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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.]
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's been done before, though I wasn't behind it the first time. But people are, I guess, used to seasons going on as they do.

"I'm well, as are mine at home. I think the city in general has finally adjusted to the change in temperature that came with our drastic drop in altitude."
orange_lily: (the saga of tongue continues)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] orange_lily 2013-07-18 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Gravity, please."

Some people in the bar might be familiar with that mechanical voice. And the magical circle beneath Yugo's hand in bright red, orange and yellow, currently sucking in snow towards its centre.

The resulting snowball is near twice the size of Yugo's head, and currently being propelled at whoever looks like the best target.



- In the boy's defence, he does have a literal demon in his head telling him to do bad things.
says_the_booyah: (Default)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No, of course not. But Cy isn't going to tell anyone that.

"It's supposed to be a ground war!"

SPLAT!
gorgonfondness: (curious)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I'm sorry. I meant holiday as in vacation."

She scratches her cheek near her lip thoughtfully.

"At least, I don't think it's a holiday. It's been done before but this is the first time I've had a hand in the change."
sunbaked_baker: (young smiling)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-18 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! It's the person who helped her in the library. The ten year old girl, currently hovering by the refreshments table in an effort to muster up the nerve to try ice-skating - it looks like it hurts, when people fall - welcomes the distraction.

"Hello," the girl offers, with a smile. "Would you like something to drink?"
cook_the_rude: (Brown suit on a day off)

[personal profile] cook_the_rude 2013-07-18 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"What did you do for it?" Dr. Lecter asks.
cook_the_rude: (Default)

[personal profile] cook_the_rude 2013-07-18 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hello again," the man says, politely. "Can you tell me what this is all about?"
gavin62truck: (Iceholes)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-18 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Tommy's gotta admit, this is all very impressive.

He's already circling the rink, wearing pretty much a duplicate of his own skates provided by Bar, gliding along as effortlessly as if he were walking. The ice is good, smooth and solid, for being summer. Then again, there's the insulating dome of ice. Now that is cool.

Noting the hockey equipment, he's wondering if anybody would actually be up for a pickup game.

He might also be generous with tips on how not to hurt yourself when you fall, but only if he likes you.
Edited 2013-07-18 21:27 (UTC)
orange_lily: (Default)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] orange_lily 2013-07-18 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yugo will defend to the death that using magic in a snowball fight is not cheating.

He's eyeing the Big Ring thoughtfully.
gorgonfondness: (ice magic)

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"The snow. I brought some down from the nearby mountains but I'm responsible for the snow currently falling."

She forgets if she told Dr. Lecter that she's a witch. Either way, he'll certainly know now.
sunbaked_baker: (young smiling)

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-18 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The girl grins. "I think Autor just wanted to go ice skating, really, but the idea kind of grew with the thinking. Some people were complaining of the heat, and he knows some people who play ice hockey, and knows some people who can make snow... mostly it's for people to have fun."

She helped with the cookies!
says_the_booyah: (in thought)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"As long as it's snow. No rocks, no ice." No magic.
souffle_girlek: (D I'm sorry whut?)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] souffle_girlek 2013-07-18 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a girl on the porch, eyeing the snow warily. See, she knew it. The ice and snow would return. And unseasonably. What if she'd been out there when it happened?

So, wary eyeing. Who knows what it'll do next?
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
In contrast, Mia is gliding along effortlessly without wearing skates. Or anything remotely warm, for that matter.

"Hi, Tommy!" she calls a little ways away. "Enjoying the ice?"
cook_the_rude: (Oh surely not!)

[personal profile] cook_the_rude 2013-07-18 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Magic or technology?" Dr. Lecter asks. "Which would you say you used for it?"
sunbaked_baker: (young)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-18 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's just a kid. About ten years old, or so.

She's clearly never been on the ice before, but is gamely trying to keep her balance on a slippery surface, even though the skates require her to focus much more on staying upright than she's used to.

At some point when he's mostly still, Tommy's arm may suddenly find itself being used as a defense of last resort against succumbing to a combination of a slippery surface and gravity.

"Eep!"
cook_the_rude: (Your stupidity is hilarious)

[personal profile] cook_the_rude 2013-07-18 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The man grins widely.

"Autor," he says. "Wanted to go ice skating. In summer."

He shakes his head.

"So he wrote himself a scenario where he could."
gorgonfondness: (ice magic)

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Magic. Ice magic is one of my specific areas of study and one of the subjects I teach."
says_the_booyah: (Default)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Cy is pretty sure this kid has another trick up his sleeve.

And presses his assault.
sunbaked_baker: (young smiling)

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-18 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
The girl shrugs, grinning. "Why not?"

"This place is just like that. If you want to do something, even if it wouldn't normally be possible, you usually can."

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