The snow was perfect for building, and Usopp was determined to make the most impressive snowman anyone had ever seen. Of course, he wouldn’t settle for a standard snowman; his creation had to have flair, personality — and, of course, a dramatic story.

He worked with fierce concentration, adding details that seemed bizarre but made sense in Usopp’s mind.

By the time you were both finished, the snowman had a backstory worthy of one of his tall tales, and you found yourself caught up in his enthusiasm, laughing as he explained the snowman’s “adventurous past.”

“And that’s why he’s got that scar over his eye,” Usopp said proudly, pointing to a crooked twig he’d pressed into the snow. “He fought off a hundred yetis, all by himself!”