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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: Moana and Ned
Ned wasn't sure what he was doing, exactly, but he really wanted to make sure he did a decent job. He almost called for Peter, but he didn't know where his friend was and... he could do this on his own, right?
He crouched and took a look at her foot. Ned felt a little faint - blood was not his thing. He took a deep breath and told himself he could do this. First he tried to clean her foot as best as possible, gingerly and lightly with a wet cloth. "Do you not normally wear shoes?"
Re: Moana and Ned
Moana gulped down the hot chocolate, not caring that she was scalding her mouth. The warmth spreading through her chest was more important. She almost missed his question and just shook her head when she realized what he'd asked. "No, never. I tried some after I got here but they're strange. Confining. A lot of the clothes people here wear are."
Even now in the middle of the cold season, she still wore a wrap skirt that let her move and climb easily. "You don't have to be gentle. I can't feel it."
Re: Moana and Ned
"You can't?" That was alarming and the worried spread over Ned's face - he was not good at hiding his emotions. "That's not good. We should.. I mean, I should go get someone from the clinic. I think there are people who can heal with magic?"
He looked at her foot again and then bandaged it, though his hands were a bit shaky as he was panicked quietly.
Re: Moana and Ned
She leaned over to look at her feet. "I don't know. This has never happened before. Is it bad?" She looked at him, trusting that his knowledge of snow would also answer what to do when you had been stuck in it for an hour.
Re: Moana and Ned
"Well, I mean, bleeding is general bad to begin with, but not feeling it is usually worse." He winced. "Sorry. I mean... It'll be okay because we have people who can heal and stuff."
He finished wrapping it and looked up at her. "I'm going to go get someone, okay?"
Re: Moana and Ned
Moana hadn't had to spend any time with the doctors in the inn, so she didn't know what they were capable of. Magic certainly seemed possible. There was a lot of magic here. "I don't know what harm snow can do. It's just frozen water, right?"
He looked very concerned. It was part of her role to ease the concerns of others. She shivered again and nodded. "I'll wait here. You ask a doctor. Just in case."
Re: Moana and Ned
"Too much frozen water can cause a lot of problems, actually." Ned started to explain about how when the body gets cold it reserves heat for the more vital parts of the organs to keep a person alive and then trailed off because he really needed to get her help and he wasn't sure she cared.
"Okay, I'll be right back." And then he ran off to get help.