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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.]
sunbaked_baker: (young smiling)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-18 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"The extra cookies are on plates in the kitchen," she adds, "in case we start running out and need more."

Always plan ahead.
says_the_booyah: (Default)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Snow...in July! This is seriously wrong.

And calls for a snowball fight!
sunbaked_baker: (young smiling)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] sunbaked_baker 2013-07-18 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Told you so!" she beams, smugly.
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Need a hand up?" Mia asks after gliding her way over.
thefirststark: (Default)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] thefirststark 2013-07-18 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Howard can't remember the last time he went skating. Or played hockey. (He grew up in Michigan. Everyone there, even the brainy kids, skate. And play hockey, if you are a boy.)

He is taking a little time to get the hang of both the skates - more modern than he's used to - and the stick.
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
She helps heft him up, stable on the ice herself.

"Once around the rink, sir?"
says_the_booyah: (ExCyTed)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoever this kid is, his snowballs don't have much impact as they bounce off Cy.

But that doesn't mean Cy shows any mercy.
areyoumyjolly: (Mermaid)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] areyoumyjolly 2013-07-18 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Tamara has been working all morning, herding the squiddies and all other aquatic life away from the area Korra meant to freeze.

Now she is bobbing on the unfrozen water a good way out, keeping an eye on things.

Perhaps somebody will fall in? Perhaps nobody will notice?
gorgonfondness: (ice magic)

Re: Ice Rink!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm always glad for your company."

Mia effortlessly slides along the perimeter, though not too fast lest Autor fall again.

"Thank you. I'm glad you thought of this. It's certainly a relief compared to the summer heat."
cook_the_rude: (Hannibal prefers blue and plaid)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] cook_the_rude 2013-07-18 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Dr. Hannibal Lecter has been walking towards he lake, and stops, eyebrows raised almost comically, when he finds himself confronted with an ice rink and snowy slopes instead.
says_the_booyah: (Default)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
This is too easy. So far.

Maybe it's a trap.

Cy pauses to make larger snowballs.
gorgonfondness: (novel happy)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] gorgonfondness 2013-07-18 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good day, Dr. Lecter," Mia greets when she comes by to snag a piece of pumpkin pie. "I see you've found our holiday from the heat."

She isn't even remotely dressed for the planned change in weather, her bare feet crunching through the snow.
says_the_booyah: (Let me tell you something)

Re: Snow!

[personal profile] says_the_booyah 2013-07-18 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, that's not fair! No air cover!" He is almost steamed enough to melt the snow.
cook_the_rude: (Oh really?)

Re: Food!

[personal profile] cook_the_rude 2013-07-18 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"So this is a traditional Milliways holiday?" Dr. Lecter says.

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