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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.]
souffle_girlek: (D Time to be a little bit badass)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
"The one spent indoors." She replies, giving the area outside a deeply distrustful glare. Dangerous things happen out there, and she does have some sense, thank you very much.
knightoftheswan: (didn't consider that)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] knightoftheswan 2013-07-19 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
"What is real here?"
knightoftheswan: (didn't consider that)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] knightoftheswan 2013-07-19 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
"At least you don't have pfeifferkuchens."
souffle_girlek: (D You must be joking)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
"There's plenty of room to drive in the garage." She sniffs, which means no, she's not taking a car out in that treacherous wasteland, thank you very much.
knightoftheswan: (is this right?)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] knightoftheswan 2013-07-19 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll pass, thank you. I'll likely return inside soon."
souffle_girlek: (D I'm sorry whut?)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
"... The people, I suppose. And the food, haven't starved yet. And the danger." She replies, after a moment of thought. She does tend to try and keep close tabs on reality. It got away from her once, and she's not keen to find out again the hard way that she's slipped.
gavin62truck: (Iceholes)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-19 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, it is, pretty much. When I first met your friend Rabastan, we caught a hockey game on TV. He told me some more about quidditch, and they do have some similarities. Get a puck-- a small disc of hard rubber-- into a goal while the other team tries to stop you. It's a really physical, full-contact sport. I used to think I could play it professionally when I was in high school, but obviously that didn't pan out. Now I just play on the fire department's team. Did you ever try to play quidditch?"
knightoftheswan: (spell and sword)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] knightoftheswan 2013-07-19 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's the last that commands the Knight's attention.

"Danger? Here?"
souffle_girlek: (D You could just call me Oswin)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
"There was a 'battle' out there, not more than a few days ago." She honestly has no idea how big this fight was, other than 'big enough for someone to call where it happened a battlefield'. "And there was the creepy dolls the other day. And a vampire."
knightoftheswan: (Default)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] knightoftheswan 2013-07-19 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's an odd thing for someone who's practically a shadow to say.

"When aren't you around?"
souffle_girlek: (D You must be joking)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Wasn't planning on it." She assures him, leaning against the railing.
souffle_girlek: (D Totally judging here)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
She makes a face at him, but since the punishment has already been meted out for that crime, she doesn't do much more than that.

"They do sound good."
cute_scoot_boogie: (Uh-oh)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] cute_scoot_boogie 2013-07-19 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

Not helping oh this is not helping!

She tries to veer left, and ends up going right.

But not before advancing another three yards forward.


"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!"
souffle_girlek: (D You must be joking)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-19 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
"... Why would I be sick because of liking cookies? Cookies I haven't even tasted yet, even." Can't even claim she got sick off the cookie dough.
knightoftheswan: (whatever)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] knightoftheswan 2013-07-19 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Battle outside isn't a big deal to the Knight, whether it's the likes of the previous paintball tournament or not. He's not sure what to make of the creepy dolls, either. By the time she gets to vampire, he's completely lost.

But that just makes things worse: now there are threats he doesn't yet comprehend.

"Hn. As if there wasn't enough already," he grumbles.

Perhaps it's a good thing he has a supply of arrows on hand.

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