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strangetrip2018-12-15 06:39 am
st_ratagem) wrote in strangetrip2018-12-15 06:39 am
Entry tags:
- alec mcdowell,
- annie may parker,
- bo dennis,
- bradley baker,
- bucky barnes,
- buffy summers,
- caroline forbes,
- clarice fong,
- coby ward,
- curnen overbay,
- dean winchester,
- gartrett corbie,
- hugo "hurley" reyes,
- jack o'neill,
- jag,
- jane doe,
- killian jones,
- liz parker,
- loki,
- makoto kimura,
- maria deluca,
- marie-ange colbert,
- mary winchester,
- mia,
- miguel rivera,
- mildmay foxe,
- moana,
- molly carpenter,
- ned leeds,
- ororo munroe,
- peter parker,
- peter quill,
- snow white,
- sunny nwazue,
- the doctor,
- thor odinson,
- tony stark,
- tyrone johnson,
- valkyrie,
- vex'ahlia,
- xavin
[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.
***
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.
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.
Re: Peter and Ned
Ned looked confused. "A candy bar? That guy doesn't look like he's ever eaten one in his life." Although, Ned mostly saw him eating like crap, so how Alec stayed looking the way he did was like magic.
Re: Peter and Ned
Or at least he used to. Alec had changed a lot since they last met.
"Hopefully this just makes him laugh, though." Peter's not entirely sure how Alec would react to getting a candy bar cookie.
Re: Peter and Ned
Ned almost asked Peter if he could be there to see him laugh, but didn't. "I think he'll like it." Probably. Peter seemed to know what Alec liked.
"Oh, hey! You think you have enough dough I could make a cookie for Moana." He paused. "Wait, would that be weird?"
Re: Peter and Ned
Re: Peter and Ned
"Okay." Now he had to figure out what to make. Fish seemed like a weird choice. "Can you watch while I give it to her? Maybe see if she like, secretly hates me or something?" Maybe something about the islands? "On second thought, don't watch. I don't want to know if I completely flunked it."
Ned decided on a plumeria and began to shape a cookie into one as best as he could.
Re: Peter and Ned
"Besides, you're going to have to ask a girl out sometime, right? Moana seems really nice. If you're going to ask someone out, I think she'd be a good person to ask."
Re: Peter and Ned
"Sure. But what if she says no? Then I have to walk around the inn being all like 'oh hey girl I asked out who totally rejected me. This isn't awkward at all'. Except it'd be totally awkward." Ned was pretty sure on that. "It'd be like me asking Betty out, her inevitably laughing in my face, and then having to show up for decathlon practice." Which was one of the reasons Ned never got the nerve to ask Betty out back home.
Re: Peter and Ned
Re: Peter and Ned
He looked over at his best friend. "So you're saying you'd be totally cool to like, hang out with someone who flat out rejected you?"
Re: Peter and Ned
"It'd probably be weird at first, yeah. But eventually, probably."
Re: Peter and Ned
He kept staring at his friend. "And this is why you're the superhero." He turned his attention back to the cookie. "Okay... so. Maybe I'll try and ask her out. In the new year though. Like, you know, give her a cookie now, save her fish from the snow... build up how nice I am and stuff before I take the plunge."
Re: Peter and Ned
Re: Peter and Ned
"Yeah. Oh. That was part of saving her today. I gave her my hoodie and then I carried her basket of fish back to the inn." Like that was something completely normal and usual for Ned.
Re: Peter and Ned
At least Peter did.
Re: Peter and Ned
Except for people who dated Flash - what was up with those girls anyways?
"If Moana does say yes, what do I do? I mean, is the restaurant an ok place for a date? There's not a lot of options here.." he looked to Peter. " Should we go on a double date?"
Something Ned never thought he'd ask.
Re: Peter and Ned
"The restaurant generally works okay. And if an OtherWorld portal opens, you might get lucky and it'll be a nice enough place for you to go out in." OtherWorlds were pretty rare, though.
"If you wanna go on a double date, I can ask Liz. I don't think she'll mind, though."
Re: Peter and Ned
"Okay." He was basically pep-talking himself. "Okay. After the New Year, I'm asking her out. It'll be my new year resolution." He paused and looked over to Peter. "Thanks." He could always rely on Peter to help.
Re: Peter and Ned