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Winger Fun And Games?

Who; Lauri-Ell and All Takers
What; Lauri-Ell Learning About Winter games.
Where; Wherever Snow Is Played With
When; Early to Mid February
Warnings; None!

1. Do You Wanna Build A Snow-Man?
Lauri-Ell was not adjusting well to winter. Not at all. There was so much of this snow on the ground, and it was cold, it was wet, and clearly there was no use for it all. Or so Lauri-Ell thought until she was on the way back from the forge one afternoon. There were things happening alongside the road. People gathered around mounds of the snow, shaping them into large balls and then stacking them onto each other.

"I do not understand," she said, frowning at the people working. "Surely this would just make you more cold."

2. Snowball War
Being as large as Lauri-Ell was meant that in many ways, she was an easy target, intentionally or otherwise. In this case she was so large that a snowball meant for one target could easily fly past them and instead strike the huge blue woman. In this case it hit the side of Lauri-Ell's face. The cold on her skin was jarring. Almost upsetting.

She turned her attention slowly to the person who had struck her with the projectile.

"You wish conflict between us?"

Games were not something Kree knew. So she truly didn't know what was going on.

3. Sledding Adventures
Here, at least, was something explained to Lauri-Ell before she first saw it. Sledding was no good if the runners on sleds were not sharpened to a degree, and who else would Gili have sharpen them than Gili's apprentice? And since Lauri-Ell was so large and had more tolerance to the cold, who better to deliver the things?

So it was that Lauri-Ell approached the sledding hill with a number of sleds slung over her back by their pull strings, trudging up the hill to deliver them.

"Here," she says as she puts them down. "Mistress Gili said I should bring these. And watch the event. She said the contrivances aren't for hauling goods, though. Do you know their purpose?"

Okay, maybe she hadn't understood the explanation at all.

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Yuki was sitting on the sidelines just watching. He'd gotten out a little early from the Gullwings office, something about too much snow to not participate in. But before he went out he dressed warmly and sat watching two children rolling around a snow ball that was way bigger than the two of them combined.

But their parents weren't far and were helping so it seemed. And he made it a rule not to just jump in and help because that would be rude. So he sat on the wooden slatted bench minding his own business when he heard Lauri-Ell's voice.

He had the books for her but they were at his apartment so they weren't on hand at the moment. But he could still let her know about them, he'd kept his promise.

Her words though made him smile. "Making snow men is something that's supposed to be fun, even though it does make you a little colder to be touching and molding it."

Ah, yes, Yuki. Hello.

"But these do not look like men."

Sorry, but she is very confused. Being around humans means she is so very often confused.

"They have no arms. Or legs."

Yuki's grey head shook. "No that's just their name, not what they really resemble, unless you have the talent to really make them look like that." He'd seen photos of some really beautiful snow creations and some were just mind blowing.

"But as far as arms go, kids usually use sticks for those. Sometimes carrots are used for noses and berries are used for eyes." It was kind of amusing to see someone so unused to something that he could take for granted.

"Did it not snow..where you're from?"

Oh. Humans named things very strangely, in ways that did not reflect the facts around them. She didn't know why that was.

"There are planets the Kree control where there is winter. Often, though, we use terraforming and other technologies to make planets suitable to our needs, or control climate within our cities. So while yes, there is snow in many places Kree are from, I personally have never encountered it."

He listened and was a very rapt audience. "Oh so you can control your weather and climate." Yuki said. This was an awesome ability in his mind because if he could, he'd personally banish Summer because it was too hot. And that would be quite delightful in his own book.

"So you can work magic. Can you do something like that here or is it just where you're from?" And then Yuki stopped and shook his head. "I'm sorry, I'm just being rude by asking so many questions."

"Yes, our people can," Lauri-Ell agrees, biting her lip. How strange to see snow. The cold has been a problem for her so far.

"What, magic? No. We do it with machines. Kree do not use magic. Hybrid Kree-Skrull can, but not Kree. And I am not an engineer to make such systems myself. Though your questions are welcomed."

It was so weird to even hear himself talk about people doing magic. The only magic he could have done back home is transform into a rat and fortunately the curse had broken before he arrived. Lucky for him it stayed broken because turning into a Rat would've been frightfully inconvenient.

"Machines?" Yuki asked, after being told it was okay to ask questions. He had no idea how machines could produce snow like this or whatnot. But it was still interesting to learn.

Curious rat was curious.

"Machines. The technology is rather simple, and often involves feeder satellites."

Which she didn't know the function of beyond that.

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"Machines and satellites." Yuki mused softly. Well it would be interesting at the very least. They would take a lot of effort to get something like that done but it wasn't his own world even if the use of technology that way was neat to think about.

"Well Winter is cold, but you can go ice skating, have snowball fights or even make snowmen or go sledding." He wasn't really sure Lauri-Ell would be into any of that, so he shrugged lightly. "Or you just walk around in it and listen to it crunch beneath your shoes."

"Ice skating? Snowball fights? Snowmen?"

Nope, none of this makes sense. Crunching doesn't make sense either.

"Back on the Kree worlds, we'd make sure this stuff never fell on the roads or side walks."

At the questions being thrown at him he figured she'd never before experienced these things. Of course they controlled the weather and Lauri-Ell had said that she'd never personally encountered the snow.

So Yuki just shook his head. "You don't have to do anything with it if you don't want to." But then his grey eyes looked up at his companion with a small smile. "Winter's nicer than Summer though. So I guess I should try to build a snowman while I have a chance."

"How does one do this building thing?" Lauri-Ell asks, watching the people. She really doesn't get it. It's all happening and she wishes she had answers. "It seems an uncomfortable experience."

"Well it is cold." Yuki admitted. "But they have hot chocolate and things to warm you up after unless you just go home to do it." He wasn't sure how to proceed here but thought to give it a try.

"Did you bring any mittens or gloves?"

Gloves? No.

"I so not know what mittens are. The only gloves I have are for my uniform or my forge work. Would those do?"

She could go somewhere to collect them. But they weren't exactly warm. The blacksmithing gloves were insulated against heat though.

"Hot chocolate? I cannot imagine why one would wish to heat a chocolate bar. Would it not mealt?"

"Those gloves should work." Yuki replied with a smile. Really this was going to be fun..sort of. But if Lauri-Ell had never made a snowman before she was in for a treat. He covered his mouth politely when she asked about hot chocolate and managed to wipe the smile off of his face once his hand lowered.

"I can..show you the hot chocolate later if you want."

"Yes, that would be a learning experience. I shall go collect my gloves," Lauri-Ell answers. "Please wait me here?"

Yuki nodded, wondering how he got himself into this whole thing. But in a way it reminded him of something Miss Honda would do, teaching someone something new with infinite patience.

"I'll wait right here." he replied with a smile. And if it made Lauri-Ell happy after she saw her creation and had hot chocolate, well then he sort of would pay back the kindness that he'd been shown.

Patience was definitely needed for teaching Lauri-Ell. The woman heads off, going to collect the garments. When she returned she looked, well, at least a touch warmer with the large, heavy, insulated gloves.

"Please show me what to do next?"

Yuki had waited and while he did he got two hot chocolates. So when he returned, he handed Lauri-Ell one of them and smiled. "Well we just need to get some snow going and make it into a big ball like those kids did."

He gestured over to where some children were currently rolling a medium sized ball of snow into more of it.

"So..whenever you're ready we can start."

"Make it into a ball," she says, frowning as she takes the chocolate. And then sips.

Which means HUGE eyes.

"This is delicious!"

A hand went up to Yuki's mouth so that he didn't laugh out loud. It was kind of fun to see someone who wasn't familiar with what Yuki would term modern day stuff such as hot chocolate. Really. it made him wonder more and more about Lauri-Ells world. But he wouldn't ask.

"There's plenty more of that if you want it."

And he'd go get it for her to be polite.

"I would indeed enjoy more," she agrees, drinking her chocolate. Soon it's finished and she looks sad.

"Human foods are so intriguing."

"I can get more for you right now then if you want." Yuki offered. The snow was going to be cold so it would be best to warm her up if she was going to be playing in the snow as much.

"More of this chocolate would be a good thing," Lauri-Ell ageres. If she knew where, she'd get more for herself.

"I'll get it. You can come with me if you want, but I'm more than happy to get it for you." Yuki would of course be polite and go get the drink because he'd said he would. And he was more than happy to do so.

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