[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.

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Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_eampunk]

Molly squealed with the cold and wet trickling down the back of her shirt... then she smirked. You were not the oldest of seven in Chicago without knowing how to defend a snow ambush. With a thought, because Molly didn't need her wand, a pile of snow dumped itself on Rocket, too. "Gotcha, back!"

Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_ripetail]

Since she hadn't thrown with her hands, the return fire actually did catch Rocket, but that wasn't too bad. Snow wasn't gonna hurt anyone, and when he was covered in snow, he could go back to snow-sharking. Circling the blonde human in best approved snow shark fashion. (Yes, Rocket was having fun. And no, he hadn't seen Jaws and didn't know that theme music would have been a good call.)

Humies couldn't see through snow and had shitty senses of smell. Rocket was pretty sure that he'd take any human by surprise when he popped back up out of the snow and fired a couple of snowballs at the blonde.

Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_eampunk]

Unfortunately for Rocket, Molly was an empath, which meant that she felt exactly what he was feeling and where he was feeling it. She let her eyes glaze and concentrated, but unfortunately for Molly, doing that, also meant she wasn't concentrating on the possibility of a snowball. Two hit her squarely in the head.

"Oh gloves are off." She laughed and veiled, disappearing from Rocket's sight.

Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_ripetail]

It was a little surprising when the humie disappeared, on account of they didn't usually do things like that. Rocket's ears flattened briefly, then popped back up and started to swivel, listening.

He didn't go back under the snow. Then he really would've been sunk. He hunkered down on all fours instead, ready to run and surreptitiously making four snowballs at once. (The ones from his feet would suck, but they'd be vaguely ball-shaped so it was fine.) And, while hunkering, engaged in a little trash talk. "Hey, guess what I got that you don't got? A workin' fuckin' nose! You think I need to see your bald ass?"

Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_eampunk]

Molly silently laughed. She knew that he couldn't detect her, vampires couldn't hear her heartbeat.... but, on the other hand, Mouse could always find her so he might have a nose to find her. Damn it.

She couldn't move because he'd see her footprints in the snow but she could bend down and pick up snow to make projectiles.

"Now you see me, now you don't." Molly grinned and lowered the veil just a second then launched her snowballs. When she put the veil back up she took the bush near her with her so that also disappeared.

Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_ripetail]

Rocket bounced around on the surface of the snow, avoiding not as many of Blondie's snowballs as maybe he wanted. But seeing her for a second was good enough for some spray and pray tactics on his own return fire, just launching handfuls of snow in the direction she'd done her disappearing trick in.

Re: Rocket - OTA

[st_eampunk]

Molly tried to use the bush as a shield but Rocket's snow was dead on target before she could use it. Her mind was too occupied with the veil to be able to put up a magical shield as well. So one of the cold and wet snowballs landed squarely in her face. She let the veil down and spluttered wiping it from her face and hair.

"Damn you're either good or lucky or both." She admitted but that didn't deter her. Molly let another snowball fly at him before she finished speaking.