frost_jewel | 18. [voice/action]

[There's a chill in the air and a smile on Mia's face as she gets herself ready for the day. For once, she isn't headed straight to work at the crack of wintry dawn; instead, she bundles up and puts a set of skates into her shoulder bag. Before she ducks out the door, she flips her journal open to leave the world a message.]

As Captain Sparrow has so generously provided a skating area in the village to use, I will be there this afternoon if anyone would like to learn how to skate. The weather is perfect for it today. [There's a break in the clouds - for a while - and a peek at the sun they haven't seen in days.] It's only a little tricky to learn, but I'm sure anyone can get the hang of it with a little practice.

[And off she goes! The morning is for Caius and Seto - one after the other - since she did promise them individually and neither is quite the type to learn while others are watching.]

[[ooc: This is set on the 18th, before the truly heavy snow sets in for the event!]]

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Yeah! Uh, as long as I don't end up taking any of the people you teach.

[Another circle, this time faster than the last, but only by a small margin.]

I might have be one of those people, or someone who hadn't seen snow at all if things back home didn't change.

That wouldn't bother me. If people want to learn, and others want to teach, then it shouldn't matter how many students each teacher has.

[She's circling now too, keeping pace a few feet back from Caius.] I had not seen a field of flowers or a desert before my journey. The parts of the world are so different, aren't they?

Yeah, they are. I'd seen flowers before, but I had never seen a desert until I left home.

[Still skating, he looks back to check and see where Mia is in case he ends up skating into her or something.]

That's why, when I get back, I want to travel around and see what else is out there in my world.

Choosing to have an adventure like that will make it even more enjoyable.

[And then Mia hits a rough patch of ice - made by her own skates, no less - and abruptly goes over backwards.]

An adventure you want to go on has to be more fun than--

[Welp. Seeing Mia go over like that cuts the conversation short. Keeping the same speed, he turns and skates over to see how he can help. Caius holds out a hand to help Mia up, but don't be too surprised if he ends up sliding forward when his hand is taken.]

[She's had quite a few falls in her time, and getting up from them is easier for her without a hand to hold. Lucky Caius.]

Well, at least now you can be sure it happens to everyone.

[Oh good, now he doesn't have to worry about how he's meant to hold still while pulling someone up on skates.]

Yeah, I guess so. It's a little strange to see you fall over though, since you were the one that showed me how to skate in the first place. [...] Are you all right?

Oh, I'm fine. A little fall like that couldn't hurt me. [See? On her feet again and ready to keep going.] It helps to wear a lot of layers, too.

If you're sure. [He'll just go back to skating in that case.] Maybe I should have brought more clothes with me, not that it hurt when I fell over either.

You can remember for next time. It can get rather cold out here on the ice, too. At least it isn't a lake, or we'd have to worry about how thick the ice was as we went.

That's true. The water under the ice must be pretty dangerous when it's this cold. [... Question!] Wait, why doesn't all the water in a lake freeze?

Because of the way water works. [There are books in the library that talk about this, but she's faint on the details now.] The top of the water freezes, and then it covers the rest of it, which makes the freezing take much longer under there. You know, the entire ground doesn't freeze in the winter either - if you dig far enough below the frost, it is regular dirt instead.

I didn't even think about the ground freezing, but I guess the cold does make it harder. It's hard to tell under all the snow.

[Normally he would be filled in on little tidbits of information like this by his tutor, but since his last one left the enclosure and he's not fond of studying himself...]

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