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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.]
ikissdhimbck: (Looking down Bashful Don't know what to)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-27 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Her lips twitch.

She doesn't look at him, because once she does she's not going to be able to hide the affection in her eyes, or the knee-jerk sauciness her countenance takes on whenever they're teasing each other.

"Would it, now?"

Hmm, that is a good point. What a tragedy that would be.

"Guess we'll hafta be careful, then."

Especially once they reach that next turn.
cute_scoot_boogie: (Hard at thinking)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] cute_scoot_boogie 2013-07-27 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Units, huh?"

She examines her modified scooter.

From the looks of it, the biggest expense will be in buying a second scooter. She's already got the blades, and can pay for them easily enough.

"How does one get money here?"
iambetadraconis: (Confident)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-27 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I see you're finally growing as an individual if admitting to your shortcomings doesn't bother you now, as opposed to how it did when you first arrived here."
a1enzo: (thoughtful)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] a1enzo 2013-07-27 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, there's odd jobs you can do, like tending bar during Happy Hour or working in the... um, the stables." Maybe not. "Or if there's anything you can do that you can do that you can sell, making stuff or services or whatever, you can try that."
gavin62truck: (is checkin u out)

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-27 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
He can still hear the teasing in her voice. He's missed that.

"Right. And it ain't like I'd deliberately bump into you just to make you lose your balance so you could grab my arm to keep from falling, either. 'Cause I wouldn't do that."

Oh, wouldn't he.
iambetadraconis: (Confident)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-27 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I know what I said, lad."

He's just not going to rise to the bait right now. If he's going to convince Autor that he's not lying, he has to keep his cool.

"And I meant it when I said it. But it's nice to hear you finally learning what that quote means to you."
iambetadraconis: (Confident)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-27 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
"No, Autor. That you're enough of a person that you can now admit to your shortcomings."

Pause.

"Lying? What makes you think I'd be lying here?

"Your own personal experience with practising deceit?"
ikissdhimbck: (Wide Eyes)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-27 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
She looks shocked.

"You wouldn't dare."

He's far too much of a gentleman for that. White hat and all.
iambetadraconis: (Plant)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-27 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Was it my job to instruct you on that?" he wonders. "So what, exactly, makes you think I'm lying here? Now?"
gavin62truck: (prowl 2)

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-27 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
"'Course not, honey! Never. Not me. Uh-uh. 'Specially not in front of all these people. We've gotta be-- y'know, proper."

He bites his lip to force back a smirk and a snicker on the word 'proper.'
ikissdhimbck: (Cold weather)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-27 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
She finds the strength of will not to roll her eyes at him, but it takes a lot of effort. She'll pinch him black and blue later, once they're alone.

"You're terrible. Positively terrible."

She means he's terrible at keeping things a secret. He's got all the subtlety of a bull in a china shop, and probably couldn't give her the definition of 'proper' if he tried. She honestly doesn't know what she's to do with him.

They take the corner, and her blade catches a shallow rut. There's the slice and scuffle of a wobbly-footed struggle to stay upright, and an undignified squeak as she topples toward him.
iambetadraconis: (Hopeful)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-27 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Really..."

Pause.

"Speaking of ice... Why not use that on your bruises? Or would you rather a spell to dull the pain instead?"
iambetadraconis: (I do magic!)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] iambetadraconis 2013-07-27 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
He quickly fashions a bag and half fills it with ice.

"At least consider using some ice on them. You'll be more comfortable, I'd think."

Rabastan then proceeds to levitate the bag over to Autor before he floats off..
gavin62truck: (not lying)

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-27 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe he takes pride in being terrible. She could just be encouraging him when she points it out like that.

And actually, he honestly wouldn't have deliberately knocked into her; he would've just waited for her to fall down on her own.

He doesn't expect her to do it so soon, though.

"Whoa--!"

Grabbing her, he steadies her as they come to a stop. Once he's sure her feet won't slide out from under her, he-- well, he'll just keep holding her for a couple moments more.

"You didn't do that on purpose, didja?"
ikissdhimbck: (Looking down Bashful Don't know what to)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-27 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always that brief moment of panic when you're falling and you realize you have two sharp knives strapped to your body.



"I'll never tell."

She's breathless, but underneath that her words lilt coyly. He'll have to make up his own mind on what happened.
ikissdhimbck: (Miss Kate beam)

[personal profile] ikissdhimbck 2013-07-27 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Kate looks up, and laughs.

"Deal."

She ever-so-grudgingly acquiesces to his request, pausing to make a snowman. A snowguard, built up just next to her main barricade. He is fearsome and imposing.

(He is all of eighteen inches tall, and a little rotund. She isn't sure what to do about the nose and eyes, however.)
a1enzo: (Default)

[personal profile] a1enzo 2013-07-27 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Enzo sets up base behind a snow-mounded rock and tucks his rations safely out of the way. Then he starts packing ammo as fast as he can.
gavin62truck: (bemused)

[personal profile] gavin62truck 2013-07-27 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
He breathes out a chuckle. Whether or not she slipped on purpose, she isn't shying away from his touch.

(It is a party. People are supposed to mingle.)

But he lets her go before too long, one hand lingering at the small of her back. For the sake of her balance. Or just because.

"You okay now?"

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