Winger Fun And Games?

[kree_soldieress]

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.

Comments

[kree_soldieress]

"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."

[areasontohope]

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."

[kree_soldieress]

"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."

[areasontohope]

"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?"

[kree_soldieress]

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?"

[areasontohope]

"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."

[kree_soldieress]

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

[areasontohope]

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.

[kree_soldieress]

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?"

[areasontohope]

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."

[kree_soldieress]

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

Which means HUGE eyes.

"This is delicious!"

[areasontohope]

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.

[kree_soldieress]

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

"Human foods are so intriguing."

[areasontohope]

"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.

[kree_soldieress]

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

[areasontohope]

"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.

[kree_soldieress]

"Yes please," Lauri-Ell smiles, happy to move to follow him right away. "Snow is very nice it seems."

But very cold as well.

[areasontohope]

"The hot chocolate is this way." Yuki replied, slightly inclining his head towards the stand that he'd gotten it from. And Lauri-Ell's comment made him smile. "Snow is nice, you can visit it and go back inside when you're done with it."

It wasn't a long trip but they made it over to where the hot chocolate was. "It's free, so you can have as much as you want. I wasn't sure if you'd like it, so I got a small cup."

Obviously there were larger ones and all sorts of sizes available here.

[kree_soldieress]

Lauri-Ell follows the young man quite easily toward the vendor. It was going to be nice, to experience this flavor again.

"Yes, I do not believe it would be pleasant to encounter snow in one's home."

Wait, free? This didn't fit the concept of economy she had known. But she confirms with the vendor and gets the largest size, holding it in her hands before she looks to Yuki.

"Now, how do we make men of snow?"

[areasontohope]

"Yes, snow needs to definitely stay outside." Yuki smiled. Patiently he waited as Lauri-Ell got her hot chocolate and he got himself a refill while he was at it. He was happy too, to see that she'd gotten a large size beverage because she would need it while they were getting to work.

"First we need to make a decent size bit of snow. It needs to be about the size of a beach ball and then we start rolling it in more snow so that it gets bigger. That's going to be the base of the snowman. Depending on its size we add a smaller ball, and a smaller third. But you'll see what I mean."

It'd be easier when she saw the others that were out there. Yuki wasn't trying to compete for any sort of snow build. He was just trying to go slow and make sure that they made a good sized snowman for Lauri-Ell to learn about.

[kree_soldieress]

"I do not know what a beach ball is," Lauri-Ell answers as she moves with him. Once they are by a snow bank, she puts her cup down and looks around.

Alright. She takes some snow in her hands, and marvels over how easy it is to pack and shape.

"What strange material."

[areasontohope]

"Oh, ok. Well it's a medium shaped ball." He wasn't sure how else to describe a beach ball, but he smiled as Lauri-Ell picked some snow up and began packing it. "That's the idea. You can keep adding snow to it until it's too big and then we can roll it."

As if to illustrate his point, Yuki bent down and scooped some up after putting his hot chocolate in a safe location. Then he made quick work of the snowball and placed it on the ground, kneeling down in order to add more snow to make it bigger.

[kree_soldieress]

What an idea. She adds more snow to her ball, making something almost bowling ball size before she leans down and starts to roll it.

"Like this?"

[areasontohope]

Yuki nodded with a smile and gestured with his head to a pair of children now rolling a huge amount of snow up into a ball. "Yes. I'll get another ball of snow together so we can make it bigger in a smaller amount of time."

This was fun and it was nice to be there when someone who'd never played in the snow got to experience it first hand.

[kree_soldieress]

"Alright," she says, moving to roll her ball up larger. This was interesting. Or it was until she slipped in the snow and collapsed next to the mound of snow. Wow.

"It's cold," she says before she pushes to her feet. "That was fun."