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Gordon's not a particular fan of cold mornings, but he got used to them- at least he thought he did- during his time in Boston and Austria. Then he went to work in New Mexico and was quite happy with the utterly climate controlled environment of Black Mesa. And then, well, everything went to hell and he had to get used to it all over again. He tends to wake up and grumble to himself before going to look for something vaguely coffee-like to warm himself up from the inside out. He also favors sleeping with socks on, as cold floors are horrible things in the morning. As far as tests go, he kind of looks back on them with fondness, because when academic tests were the only thing he had to worry about the world was so much simpler.

Adrian grew up in mountain country. Cold mornings happen. Best way to deal with it is to get moving, a lot. And tests, well, he was never really a big academic type. He dislikes essay tests, because he's not comfortable with writing, but he's really pretty good with multiple-choice or true-false stuff.

Ellen grew up in a completely climate-controlled environment and was completely shocked the first time she hit a cold morning. They're really disorienting for her, even now, and she really doesn't like getting out from under the Brahmin hide she uses as a blanket. As far as tests go, she was raised with the assumption that when she hit age sixteen she was going to take a test that would determine what she would do for the rest of her life. Any test has a certain amount of THIS IS IMPORTANT in her mind as a result, so she tends to get really tense about them. The last one she had to take was a fitness and performance test to ensure she was ready to be sent back into the field after her radiation poisoning, though.

I hadn't thought of Ellen's experience of growing up in a climate controlled environment and how disconcerting a cold morning could be. That makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, cold mornings freaked her out. So did irregular ground- the Vault had flat metal floors, after all- and varying light levels at morning and dusk, because Vault 101 only really had 'lights on' or 'lights off'. Even wind was weird for her, and we're not going to get into her reaction to fog. ("OH MY GOD WHY CAN'T I SEEEEE oh wait.")

Fog is weird anyway, so I can see it worrying her. I think my least favorite part of mornings is dealing with having to scrape and then defog my car's front window. The way it works seems badly designed and I never time it right.

Scorpius does not like cold mornings, but he's used to them at Hogwarts. If anything, the first couple of cold days in the year are the worst, but he manages. His first thing in the morning is to go for a jog, so that always helps with the warming up!

As for exams, it all depends on the class. He's far more comfortable with Charms and Transfiguration, so he tends to do rather well on exams and pop-quizzes, regardless of studying or not. In Potions and Arthimancy, despite any studying he's done, he'll often stress during and second-guess his answers.

Hogwarts seems like it would be a mix of good and bad for cold mornings as there's lots of cozy breakfast but all that stone is chilly.

Definitely a mix. I imagine some sort of magic is at work to keep the rooms toasty-warm and there are a lot of fireplaces throughout, but it can definitely get chilly. Some of those corridors are open to courtyards and the elements.

And the beds have the lovely curtains which are good for holding in the warmth but yeah, one of those places where the temperature would change a lot depending on where you are.

Ben grew up in New York, in a neighborhood with poor heating, so he's pretty used to cold mornings. Nowadays though he doesn't even feel it. On those rare mornings when he does, he'll just annoy Johnny until Johnny lashes out with flames. And as to tests, well, he's always been scared of them. He does well on them but they scare him regardless.

Val grew up between New York and Latveria, and so knows cold quite well. If she's having trouble with it, she'll just turn on her armor and its climate control. As to tests, she loves them!

Jessica doesn't do well with the cold. It makes her grumpy and homesick for California. She doesn't mind tests nor look forward to them, unless they are tests of friendship or loyalty, which she hates.

Hank loves cold mornings, especially if there is snow. Like Val, he also loves tests as it's a time to exercise him brain.

Thalia hates the cold and tests. *grump*

Aww, Ben, he's probably had so many tests but I love using Johnny to warm up in the morning.

Felix lived for three years in Prox, which is north of his world's Arctic Circle-equivalent (the Arctic Line, perhaps?) and doesn't have much in the way of central heating, so he's used to cold. He doesn't enjoy it per se, but he doesn't - for instance - grumble anywhere near as much as I do.

Fluttershy is insulated! She's got feathered wings and a coat and lots of mane and tail. Also a taffeta cape from Rarity. She also has an in-house sauna (and I kinda want to know how well that works with what appears to be a sod roof on her cottage) and a house that's very well suited for hot chocolate.

Huh, ponies in saunas is an interesting image but they do like their luxuries.

Well, we've only seen it being used in an attempt to help an ailing pet. (Which turned out to be a phoenix about to incinerate itself, but it's the thought that counts, right?) Though there is the spa in town, which also has a sauna in it...

Well, they have hot tubs since Rarity and Fluttershy used them for their meeting in the episode where Fluttershy was chosen as a model. That seemed like a well decked out spa.

Mark is from California, the Land of Perpetual Sunshine. At least, around Riverside where he's from. Cold isn't something he's really experienced, and now he doesn't really feel it. He spent several hours in the vacuum of space (and later in the series flies to Mars and beyond) without discomfort. Intellectually, he gets that not every place is like the Inland Empire, but he just has no point of reference. The only reason that he wouldn't go to the North Pole dressed in a t-shirt and shorts is that someone might see him out of costume. (Also, he thinks it'd be a little silly looking.)

As for tests... Mark is in high school. Tests are part of the experience. Mind you, finals are around the corner, and then graduation, so he's pretty much dealing. Give him time to study, and he'll do fine.

Living in California is useful if you don't feel temperatures the same way, you won't get as many people calling you on it if you're dressed too lightly.

Cold?

Yrael sleeps in until it's warm out of sheer disgust for cold mornings. Or, if forced to get up, will complain at length and take every available opportunity to insinuate himself into whatever warm space (a rucksack, the corner of the couch, alongside someone else, flopped in a pile of cats) he can find, and go back to sleep.

Sunshine grumbles and hurries from the warmth of her bed to a quick hot shower. Cold mornings tend to be really bitterly cold, when you're getting up at 4:00 in order to get to work by 4:30, well before the sun rises. Her favorite way to wake up is a ginormous cup of hot tea which is the first thing she makes when she gets to the coffeehouse each morning, while the preheating ovens help warm her bakery and keep out the cold.

Zelgadiss is pretty stoic about the cold. It's a regular hazard of being on the road. If it's available, he likes to warm himself up with a hot drink before he begins sword practice.

Personally? I haaaaaate cold mornings. I resent them with a fiery passion. Leaving that wonderful warm cocoon of blankets and pillows is a very nearly heartwrenching experience. My favorite way to wake and warm up is an inordinately long and hot shower, followed by tea and wrapping up in warm knitted things to venture outside.

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Tests?

Sunshine still has the dread of sudden tests that comes with being a student who never really paid attention in class unless the subject directly interested her. She took written tests as a high school student, but now her tests are... practicals. And are more often than not life-or-death situations.

Zelgadiss takes tests seriously, but is not intimidated by them (this would be the life-or-death situation tests again, rather than written). He knows he's smart, and fast, and strong, and very seldom doubts that he'd be able to face any test - if not always with ease - then without too many problems.

Yrael likes a good challenge. He likes being tested, because it gives him an opportunity to show off (as though he needed an excuse). Push him, and he'll push back with enthusiasm (or, as the occasion merits, with teeth).

Me? I'm good with tests. There is always some vague trepidation, now that I'm out of school and tests are always of the practical and job-assessment types, but nothing that would keep me from doing my best.

Tea makes mornings so much better, I need to get myself early enough to get tea and defrost my car or else I end up grumpy.

I couldn't do what Sunshine does, that's just too early.

I can't really tell if Pollnivneach, one of Amascut's haunts, is a high desert town or not. Such places can get very cold at night and during winter. (its -14 degrees Fahrenheit were I live right now! D: )

I can't imagine she likes it, but she's well equipped to handle it. Fire magic is useful that way.

As for tests, she's usually the one dishing them out. Tests are opportunities to get rid of annoying students. Witness Sumona's (one of her false identities) challenge:

Sumona will occasionally offer a special task in place of a regular slayer task. The player can decline to take the special task without penalty. If the player accepts the special task, completing the task:

Earns 15,000 slayer experience.
Earns 30 Slayer reward points.
Counts as a task for the player's consecutive task count, thus 12 slayer reward points are received, giving a total of 42 points.
Depending on your task count, you can get more points. If this is your 10th task, you will receive 90 slayer reward points. If this is your 50th task, you will receive 210 slayer reward points.

Sumona's special task is for the player to slay the Kalphite Queen. The queen is very hard to kill solo, and players on this task can be assisted by another player. However, the player is only credited with completing the task if the player causes the majority of the damage to the queen, and also Coinshare/Lootshare MUST be turned OFF. Note: The Slayer helmet does not seem to work for the queen's second form.

That sounds like a difficult test she has set up.

OOPS, that is -14 degrees centigrade, or 7 degrees Fahrenheit. It has warmed up to 14 F (-10 C) in the past two hours

Edited 2013-01-15 17:20 (UTC)

Autor's not partial to cold. Nor does he particularly enjoy heat. He pretends to be less fussy than he is.

Tests, though... He is easily aggravated if he doesn't score perfectly on everything. Of course, since he knows he lives in a perpetual Groundhog's Day until the plot turns, he has learned to copy and edit his tests and assignments so he can concentrate on other research.

At least he has the time to improve, which is nice.

Truth, you speak it.

I'm of the mind that Aang isn't really all that affected by dramatic changes in temperature due to the nature of airbending. I mean, we see him walking around in the snow without any special cold weather gear, and while that's probably for the simplicity of the animation...I like this other idea better.

Both Raph and Mike hate hate HATE cold mornings. Always have, probably always will. That totally stems from their cold-blooded/poly-thermic days. A cold reptile is a sluggish one.

Raph's preferred defrost method is a hot shower, Mike's is to lay in the sun. Neither is really fond of how they usually spent cold mornings growing up, ie. training.

The older and bigger Splinter is, the more he dislikes the cold.

Bumi can handle the cold if he needs to, and often seeks it out, but his favorite way of spending a cold morning is next to another warm body.

Ida prefers the cold, it's nicer on her hard drives.

Aang seems very adaptable and aww, maybe Splinter can snuggle up with Sallie.

Yeeaaah that's totally me on the SS Makin' Shit UP!
Character images from Korra Book 2 show Tenzin with warm weather clothes, but...no hat. So maybe I'm not far off? *shrug*

Splinter would not be opposed to snuggling with Sallie...

Maybe its an airbender thing since they all have shaved heads, they always have a warm air cap or such.

Splinter and Sallie are adorable and Splinter and Charles should talk more at some point.

Is that a cruise liner? Because I am so on board with you.

Firebenders can regulate the temperature externally and internally; why wouldn't Airbenders, if they could?

True! Or if nothing else something specific to Aang on account of the fact that he's also a firebender?

:D?

Possibly, though Tenzin and the Airbabies showed up at Korra's ice compound in orange and yellow nothing. Then again, Pema did, too--not even socks on that chickadee.

Maybe they all have really thick clothes, and they can move them around with ease?

Further proof that Pema is a badass.

"Illness? Ain't nobody got time for that."

As this exam block looks to be quiet, I'll answer for my own pups.

Will doesn't like cold mornings but he's used to them as he's from a time without central heating and he's never had to deal with tests. School wasn't something he went to and most of the test type things he's experienced were more around how competent he was at something.

Charles likes the quiet of the morning but not cold ones, he tends to wear layers anyway so I think he might just run cold. His normal morning drink is hot tea and that helps a lot. Charles enjoys academia even if he doesn't find test always that compelling.

Most mornings are cold for William due to where he lives and just something he deals with by drinking lots of hot coffee. His mother tries to make sure he eats something warm in the morning as well. Tests are something he's not too bad at but they worry him as they're another way to be judged and he doesn't think he's smart.

Moist likes the briskness of cold mornings and if he's going to be riding away, he'd rather have a cold day then a warm day. Though he'd much rather be a comfortable bed and not have to move, but he's from Uberwald and I think doesn't mind cold that much. He hates tests but he's very good at passing all those small tests people create to go, are you who you say you are? He loves getting it over on someone and finding a way to get control of the situation.

Jane dislikes the cold but will get up early to write as that's when the house is silent. I don't think she's had many tests, it doesn't seem to fit with how I imagine her being educated.

Sameth hates cold and cold mornings and loves to be near a fire and have some mulled wine. At Somersby he did well because he loves to learn and I don't think he minded them as he's good at focusing.

Demeter doesn't like cold at all though she loves mornings, so she tries to balance it out. She hates the idea of tests.

Tumnus takes a lot to be truly cold due to being a Faun but I think he'd much rather be inside with tea than have to go out into the cold. His world doesn't really have tests.

The Pirate King doesn't like cold, I imagine his bed is rather luxurious but he has to get up to keep the ship in line. Luckily for him, Ruth makes wonderful tea in the morning and breakfast.

Teja still doesn't sleep much, and likes to get started on work in the morning. Urquhart quite likes mornings and taking the dog out first thing to the lake area.

Poins doesn't do mornings, unless there's some major mischief to be managed.

Have you done many joint morning Eps with Teja and Urq? It seems like it would make sense with them as I know you like doing them.

I think I've done it once or twice on a Saturday, but not for a long time. Good idea to do so again!

Henry doesn't mind cold mornings, they make a good excuse for even more hot chocolate with cinnamon in. He's mostly a normal ten year old. Tests suck.

Tavi used to dislike cold mornings. In the Legion, it doesn't matter whether he does or not. He's getting inured. As for tests, he despises the really badly written, 'must conform to what teacher says regardless of truth or thought' kinds. He loves interesting tests allowing for creativity and actual challenge.

Lois is not a morning person, period. Cold ones involve fuzzy PJs, bunny slippers, and staying under the covers as long as possible (more than usual, rather; these are generally morning things for her). She hates tests.

Me, I love cold as a rule. Mornings are not my thing, but cold mornings allow both the huddling in warmth but also my waking up more refreshed. If a morning must exist, make it cold. Tests, I echo Tavi's opinion.

I can see that with cold, it always wakes me up more than a hot morning like oh, yes, I'm up.

Cold Mornings:

Jack gets on with cold mornings. They combine nicely with early morning PT to wake him up quickly. Otherwise, a cold shower after PT has to do the trick instead.

Alfred lives in a house that is always kept nice and warm (well, the few rooms he uses regularly are), so he doesn't have to worry about that too much. Just keep an eye on things and make sure to allow enough time to deal with de-icing the Rolls.

Max would rather be in bed on a cold morning, but if he has to get up, then he wakes up far quicker with a mug of coffee.

Bean dislikes them, but that's mainly because it means wasted energy warming up, and until recently food (and hence energy) were a short supply stock for him.

Erik just gets on with it. They were a regular part of his life growing up, what's the big deal?

On tests:

Alfred, Max and Erik are all old enough that any tests they had to take are long behind them.

Alfred didn't do many, just basic training and then SAS selection. He may be sharp and intelligent, but he's not educated beyond O-levels.

Max and Erik on the other hand, went through university, so erm, tests fairly regularly year on year until they were at least mid-twenties.

Jack has completed his degree 9 months ago his time, and then went through SASR selection, so yes, you could say he's been through a lot of tests.

Bean has sat none so far (asides from the brutal 'can you survive' one living on the street sets every day), but oh gosh he has a lot, lot, lot of tests in his future. (Most of them are jolly easy for him, but that's neither here nor there).

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