strangetrip | [GP] SNOW DAY

Thor and Loki got an early start, because there was a lot to do. Almost two weeks to the day since their first small-but-successful experiment with snow, Loki was confident that he'd improved enough for a bigger experiment. Still snow, because Thor wanted it and it did seem like a decent way to try something big-ish without causing Loki unnecessary grief with the other residents. (It was an arrival day, so there would perhaps be some grief with any new arrivals, but that was entirely acceptable.)

It was before dawn when they went out into the grounds. Thor called up clouds and loaded them with water so they hung low and heavy, covering the sky so that the sun, when it rose, wouldn't ruin the event. Loki took his frost giant shape and staff (now very familiar to his hand) and concentrated on dropping the temperature. Just around the Inn and grounds, but that was enough to be serious effort.

When the snow first started, the flakes were big and wet, and melted as soon as they hit the ground, which was still on the warm side. As they melted, they cooled the ground. After an hour or so, the flakes were smaller and more powdery - real snow, not glorified slush - and they were starting to stick to the ground.

By mid-morning, the Inn and grounds were covered with a thick layer of snow, and it continued to fall.

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Meanwhile, indoors and inspired by the snow, Hurley and Xavin decided to try and make cookies. Cooking together was fun, since neither of them exactly knew what they were doing apart from 'follow the recipe', but since the point was 'try to make cookies' they ended up with a lot of cookies. Sugar cookies, gingerbread, all kinds.

There was no way they'd be able to eat all of them.

Instead, they loaded them onto trays and hauled them to the cafe, then brought out various frostings and candies for decorating. This had been completely intentional. Completely.

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“And my brother,” Loki affirmed readily enough. Anyone who felt insecure enough to casually wear armor at the Inn, of all places, probably needed a little care in dealing. “The clouds are his doing, the freezing is mine.”

"Then I should thank you. And your brother. Winter sneaks up all too suddenly without snow." Winter's Crest was only a few days away, and yet without magic, there wouldn't be any snow here at all.

"Last year Pike gave us all a snowy day as a Winter's Crest present. I'd been thinking we wouldn't get similar this year, now she's gone. On the other hand, I wouldn't have to resort to my armor for warm clothing. The flip side to every coin."

“Everything is a trade.” Put something in, get something out. “I will note, however, that there’s no merit in this. I needed the practice and to shut Thor up about snow for a while, nothing more. Thank him if you’ve a mind.”

"There's always merit in shutting up a brother who simply will not let go of something," Vex commiserated, with fondness coloring her tone.

"But at least we'll never stay bored for long while we've got them here with us."

Loki actually chuckled. The woman obviously understood brothers, though whether she was the elder or younger to hers wasn't immediately obvious. It also didn't much matter. "I'm never really bored anyway - a consequence of age, I believe - but it's certainly not possible while Thor's around." Love him or hate him (and Loki sometimes did both), Thor kept things interesting.

"Oh? Does he run headfirst into trouble without stopping to think even a moment? Or is that just how Vax keeps me on my toes."

Thor did seem, from what Vex had observed, the excitable, enthusiastic type. That could just be his habit of shouting over the magic journals, though.

"Often!" Oh yes, she knew brothers; though Loki hadn't met Vax officially, he was aware of how Thor had described him: similar to Loki but with better hair. That would have been insulting, if Loki hadn't been used to the casual insults to his appearance. He was satisfied with it - when not blue, anyway - and that was good enough. "It's worse when he thinks, though. He takes hold of a thought and runs with it heedless of any nuance or detail. No thought is much, much easier to steer."

Vex nodded. It seemed they understood each other at least to a degree. "When Vax bothers to think, he broods. And broods and broods. The feathers are surprisingly appropriate, for such a broody bird." Broody bird, and as much as Vex teased, she loved him desperately, and didn't want to imagine her life without him.

Which was one of the reasons she got so frustrated when he took off on his own without her to watch his back.

Something else was funny though, Vex realized, the more they talked about their brothers. "From what Thor said, I got the impression you were the one with so much in common with my brother. But now it seems the opposite. Does this mean you're the clever one?"

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