[GP] SNOW DAY

[st_ratagem]

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.

***

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.

Comments

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[st_allionofdoom]

"There are many sheep with the grand horns." Valkyrie mimicked the classical swirl of the Bighorn Sheep horns with her arms. "The horns are especially prized--the bigger your catch, the more glory you obtain. You know." The Gjallarhorn was said to have earthly counterparts, though Valkyrie doubted that was still something practiced on Midgard.

"If you manage to obtain a set of horns bigger than His Majesty's, please involve me in that reveal. We could fashion it into a drinking vessel." She smirked.

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[st_ackeddeck]

It was probably – no probably about it, actually – missing the point when Valkyrie started talking about hunting mountain sheep and Emma's first thoughts were of how she could cook the meat: grilled tenderloin, sausages, shepherd's pie and other mutton favorites, stew and chili, all came quickly to mind.

How did you even go about hunting sheep? But before she could do more than think the question, another slipped past her filter and out before she could stop it. "Thor has horns?"

Weren't the horned "viking" helmets a misconception from the opera or something like that?

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[st_allionofdoom]

"For drinking--ceremonially, anyway." Considering Thor had quite a significant ceremony on the coming horizon, the horns would see some use.

No word on if they were still ceremonially slaughtering that goat, still.

"Or decor. Furs, wool, other parts make fine gifts." Though it didn't seem that Midgarian still processed their animals or displayed them for status, anymore.

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[st_ackeddeck]

That did make more sense than the helmet. And Nate and Dani both had reasons to have taught her to use as much as possible of whatever animal they hunted and killed.

"Can I use my powers? Or I should stick to old-school hunting techniques?" If nothing else, seeing where she was most likely to find her prey could be helpful. She didn't plan on using at Death projection, though. She didn't like doing it unless it was necessary, and it wouldn't help much with the sort of things Valkyrie was going to teach her.

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[st_allionofdoom]

"Why not both?" Valkyrie clapped her hands together once of them, catching traces of powdered sugar she was certain she hadn't missed, smiling in the direction of the knight and his steed. "Prey would make suitable practice for the real thing."