[GP] SNOW DAY

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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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Coby & Moana

[st_rummer]

Flying with his board in a sling was awkward, but not as awkward as flying with the board without a sling. Soon the water was going to be just on the chilly side for his wetsuit, so Coby had been trying to get in as much surfing as he could before then. He'd changed clothes, but his hair was still wet when he started back for the inn, and at first he thought it was that wet hair plus the normally cooler temps the higher he went that made him feel cold. But it kept getting colder, and he kept flying lower, and by the time it started to snow, his teeth were starting to chatter.

What the fuck was it doing snowing?

Then he remembered last year, how somebody had magicked up some snow one day. Maybe somebody had decided to try it again? Whoever or whatever had done it, the more important thing was he really didn't need to be trying to fly in the snow. On the other hand, walking would take longer than flying.

Nope. Walking was better. He landed, rubbing his arms to try to get the blood circulating and warm them up, since short sleeves were not cutting it, and followed the path he didn't normally have to bother with when he flew.

"Snow caught you out too, huh?" he called out when he saw Moana not far ahead.

Re: Coby & Moana

[st_ellarnavigation]

"Sn-sn-snow?" Moana forced out, teeth chattering. She looked up at the sky. "Is that what this is?" Like him, she was dressed for the beach. Her bare feet disappeared into the drifts. On the handles of the bike, her hands were frosty and mottled.