st_ratagem: (frost giant)
st_ratagem ([personal profile] st_ratagem) wrote in [community profile] strangetrip2018-12-15 06:39 am

[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.
st_ackeddeck: (i am)

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[personal profile] st_ackeddeck 2019-02-01 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
st_allionofdoom: (you see this guy?)

Re: Emma and Valkyrie

[personal profile] st_allionofdoom 2019-02-02 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"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."