herr_bookman: (lean)
herr_bookman ([personal profile] herr_bookman) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2013-07-18 12:04 pm

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The sun silently beats down on the grounds, waves of heat radiating off of everything. But then, a soft rumble begins. It grows louder and louder, starting in the mountains and crashing down down down until a great roaring avalanche of snow arrives...

The calm returns but the blistering heat is gone. "How's that, Autor?" Mia asks.

The boy smiles shyly at her, his warm, knitted scarf demonstrating a clear gradient of skill from raw novice to advanced beginner. "It's lovely," he says, squeezing her fingers in his gloved ones. "Thank you, Mia." Releasing them, he turns and places a hand on his hip to watch the next step.

At the mouth of the inlet a narrow cliff juts out into the water, covered by a thin layer of soil to which a mat of short grass is clinging, littered with demon bunny droppings. On this ledge, Korra stands, her feet planted firmly against the ground. Starting with that wide stance, Korra moves a foot and then pushes her arms in front and up, causing the lake bed to shift, and the waters to part as a narrow ledge of earth divides a smaller pond away from the larger lake.

Turning into the inlet, she leaps onto the surface and slides out into the center on a shelf of ice that stretches out in larger and larger crystals as it thickens beneath her. In the center of what will be the ice rink, Korra stops, and takes one calm, centering breath.

And then with her eyes closed she moves again, this time much more fluid in her motions, turning a slow circle on the ice with her arms in front of her, swaying as her weight shifts from foot to foot. A bubble of water rises in front of her, and as she pushes out, the bubble expands, passing through Korra so she's standing in the center of an ever expanding air filled bubble of water, stretching further and further out so by the time it hits the shore any onlookers will feel the cool sensation of water vapor from a fountain. She shifts her movement again, and the snowflake patterns of ice crystals appear at the top and the spread around the bubble, crystallizing and solidifying in a lattice of clear ice.

Then Korra opens her eyes, and finishes the rink as she slides back to the shore. There, a further turn and a sweeping gesture towards one side shatters a large hole in the side, perfect for a double door.

"Neat trick, Avatar," Autor says, accompanied by a saucy grin and an informal salute. With a few simple words, Mia sets a flurry fluttering down in the dome.


Once the rink is complete, the boy heads off to help an industrious ten-year-old set up the food and drinks table. There are some things too heavy for Rae to lift.

[Credit to the respective muns for their pups' part in the EP! Standard party post rules apply, all tags welcome.]
thefirststark: (Let's Get Busy)

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-19 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
"As do all new skaters. I just had the advantage of growing up near Detroit. Not many frozen lakes, but a few ice rinks in the area." He steadies himself. "Ready to take to the ice?"
sunbaked_baker: (young)

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-19 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
The uncomfortable look on Rae's face says that it was not her choice to be vegetarian. There was no wanting. Charlie's famous beef hash would still be her favorite dish, if she could but eat it.

But Autor approaches before she has a chance to answer, and her look lightens.

"They are good," she agrees. "I made them."

...With Autor's help, of course.
thefirststark: (People)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-19 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe a few days in the 40s or 50s. But never cold. And often really hot." Too hot for comfort without air conditioning units.
gavin62truck: (good point)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-19 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Rae--"

As in...Sunshine?

Something clicks in his head, but his eyes might be playing tricks on him. Either that, or Milliways is playing tricks on him. He figures it's Milliways.

"Okay, uh-- Rae. Well. Uh. First thing before you get moving is finding your center of balance. Basically if you can stand on the ice without falling, you've found it. Try to relax and keep your feet apart, knees bent a little. Oh and if you do feel like you're gonna fall, try to force yourself to fall on your butt -- I know, it's gonna hurt, but trust me, it'll hurt a lot less than if you end up falling on your knees or hands."
Edited 2013-07-19 00:28 (UTC)
ikissdhimbck: (Laugh it out loud)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-19 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll fight t'the bitter end!"

She yelps as Rae's second snowball tags her hip, firing off a retaliation shot. It's got good aim, and a nice spin to it.

Thanks, Tommy.
gorgonfondness: (Blue Star)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-19 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Mia nods at that.

"Thousands of years ago, the people of Lunar used to live on the Blue Star. The world was more or less at peace until the hearts of man were poisoned by the influence of the demigod Zophar. This brought about a war that ended nearly all life on the Blue Star. Althena, moved by the plight of her children, brought the survivors in an exodus to the dead Moon. With her power, she turned it into the thriving world of Lunar. So if that war has not happened yet, that would place your world in my very distant past."
sunbaked_baker: (young wary)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-19 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I... saw some other people falling down, earlier." It's why she took so long to get out on the ice.

"So... knees bent, feet apart..." She's still wavery, but standing still, she seems mostly okay. Keeping her feet under her when there is momentum (intentionally or not) may be her problem.
ikissdhimbck: (Shocked)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-19 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Castle.

Rook.

Her mouth opens, and she fixes him with incredulous, scolding eyes.

"Y'mean you've been playin' a trick on me all this while?"
missginnytonic: (Smile mischift.)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] missginnytonic 2013-07-19 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"It only gets hot in my area in the Summer. Do you get to swim at least?"
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-19 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Mia smiles brightly at this.

"Would you like me to make arrangements?"
missginnytonic: (Smile mischift.)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] missginnytonic 2013-07-19 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
She thinks.

"I would like that a lot if you're sure you don't mind."
sunbaked_baker: (young smiling)

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-19 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Eep!" Hit squarely in the chest, the girl flails to get the snow that's fallen down the neck of her shirt out. "That's cold!"
thefirststark: (It's All Very Simple)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-19 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps. Though our reality has no such gods. And if there is a god of any sort, He doesn't really make his presence known that directly." Or, in Howard's opinion, at all.
thefirststark: (People)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-19 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"If I have the time. A lot of people have pools. I'm building one in my new house, in fact. And there is the beach." Though the Pacific is cold. Even in summer.
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-19 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I'd be glad to. You don't mind staying in the Magic Guild, do you? It is kind of my home."
gavin62truck: (oh what a thing to do)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-19 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
He gives her an appreciative half-smile, but nevertheless, he remains a bit tight-lipped about his family politics.

"Yeah, I know," he sighs. "It's just that I think the less people know about the ridiculous carnival that is my life on the other side of my door, the better. I'm out of the down parts at least, for the time being. Or I think so. I can't ever say for sure, 'cause once I do, something else happens to mess everything up."
ikissdhimbck: (Cowboy Kate smirk)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-19 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
She smiles warmly. It looks as though she's stumbled onto a partner, and she couldn't be happier.

"Ready an' rarin' t'go."

She runs through her mental checklist quickly, pushing off the way Tommy taught her. She's a little wobbly, and slow moving, but at least she's upright.
says_the_booyah: (Default)

Re: Not in the bubble!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-19 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Not going in?" Cy is just coming out.
gorgonfondness: (Blue Star)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-19 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
"That is where the other possibility comes in, the very distant future. It is not widespread knowledge on Lunar. If anything, I might be considered a heretic for what I'm about to say. But Althena has ceased to exist as a goddess.

"If that's the case, her influence may very well be gone and you might live in that prophesied time when the Blue Star is habitable again and we can return to it."
thefirststark: (It's All Very Simple)

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-19 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not that hard if you've done it once. And not long ago." He puts one foot on the ice and then the other. "Though I can't remember the last time I went."
thefirststark: (People)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-19 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
"But the moon is a dead rock. And my understanding is that it's always been a dead rock." He only took two classes in astronomy in college. But that much was pretty clear.
iambetadraconis: (Plant)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-19 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"That's it," he snarls to himself. "Cushioning charms."

Now that he's vertical again, he can cast them on himself before resuming his efforts.

"Know any punks named Autor?"
cantdiequiteyet: (interested)

Re: Not in the bubble!

[personal profile] cantdiequiteyet 2013-07-19 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"No," she says simply. She doesn't turn her head to look at him, just follows him with silver eyes.

"I don't know what is happening in there."

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