[OPEN] All a settlement of snow...

[wintershepherd]

Characters: Jack Frost & OPEN
Date: Catch-all for December threads
Location: Keeliai and Landfall at Bresilyk
Situation: General prompts are in the post, prior discussed starters to be set up shortly! Message me if you want me to add a specific starter for your character or just tag in with any scene.
Special Note: Jack will have Baby Tooth with him unless noted otherwise and her visibility follows the UPDATED!! belief guidelines as Jack's do.
Warnings/Rating: TBA in threads if needed.


[ A. LANDFALL LINKS ]
→ Snow Glitter Shenanigans
→ Chilling on the pier with bitty at Aihsohlow

[ B. WELCOME CENTER ]
As officially announced at the beginning of the month, Jack's commenced running a small welcome center located in central Keeliai for Foreigners arriving into the city. Today he can be found sitting cross-legged on the floor, sorting a pile of donated books from various vendors around the city. They're in various languages and the ones that are in kedanese are of a beginner level so that the basics of the language can be attempted. Baby Tooth is flitting nearby, checking a list of supplies that they'd compiled, thinking they'd need.

"I'm glad we got so many volunteers," Jack was in the middle of saying to the faerie. "Between here and the fishing store, it's going to be really busy." Baby Tooth fixed him with a dry, droll look as though to remind him which of the two of them was used to working 24/7 and he laughed. "Right, right... can you imagine if Tooth were here?"

[ C. DOWNTIME ]
When he does manage to find some free time, he surprisingly spends it... doing nothing. Or rather, soundly sleeping in a snowy bough of a park tree, feet propped up against the trunk, staff balanced lightly across his stomach, seemingly without a care in the world and utterly unbothered by the cold.

Comments

That works too! o/

[alphatar]

Seeing Jack light up like he did when speaking of Saint Nicholas, or North since he fit Jack's description perfectly, made Korra smile. Rarely did she the Winter Spirit give that look of affection that she'd seen.

No wonder children seemed to enjoy Christmas more than the adults. Catching sight of Santa while he worked was a rare treat. Satisfied with the story, Korra fluffed the pillow under her chin she had gotten while the miniature ice reindeer were flying the air.

"Yours is a lot longer than these." Her fingers gently touched the papers in front of them. "And better..."

[wintershepherd]

"Mine is still a work in progress," Jack replied, a gentle correction. "And a lot of it's missing. Even I don't know what kind of story it is yet."

[alphatar]

"I'd like to hear it when you think you can tell me." If she ever used more, Korra would hang on to the last coupon for that bedtime story.

"But this one was good." She grinned as she put the papers back in the box and slid it back under the bed. "...I don't really know if I'll be dreaming about sugar plums though. Not too sure what those would even taste like."

[wintershepherd]

Jack nodded, though it still held traces of reluctance and gladly latched onto the distraction.

"They're... okay, I guess? They're not my favourite thing. People don't really have them as much as they did a hundred years or so ago."

[alphatar]

"What is your favorite thing?" She asked curiously and propped her elbow so she could put her head in her hand, the other still curled around her pillow. "You already know what mine is."

[wintershepherd]

"For treats?" Jack smiled, stretching out a little. "Well, I'm pretty partial to peppermint. But for a special treat, there's-- hm, I think the name will get messed up if I try to say it in Russian. But it translates to Birds’ Milk Cake and it's amazing, especially if you can get the high end ones."

[alphatar]

She was hardly surprised at the peppermint, the candy always left a cold feeling in her mouth.

"Bird' Milk Cake? Do they have any of that here?" If it could get that high end, then maybe the Fire Sector. But really, the kedan were just catching on to foreigner foods.

[wintershepherd]

That was precisely why Jack loved it-- and also because it traveled well. Nothing beat a snack you could be flying around the globe and enjoying without worrying about it crumbling or melting.

"I haven't seen anything like it in Keeliai," the spirit replied. "And I'm not sure how to make it. I know it has marshmallow and a cake base, but..."

[alphatar]

"Oh, so it's actually a cake-cake?.

She had been thinking of a Varricake, one of the small desserts back in Republic City. "You said it's from Russia, right?"

[wintershepherd]

"They're little," Jack said, holding up his hands to show something in a small square. "But they're super rich tasting, you wouldn't want too many of them at once."

[alphatar]

"So it is kind of like a Varricake. They’re about the same size, but I don’t like them too much. They taste so manufactured." And now she knew why.

"Maybe someone who knows Russian food will show up, you never know."

[wintershepherd]

"A Varricake?" Jack echoed. "What goes into that?"

He smiled, thinking that Korra would probably adore North if she ever had the chance to meet him. But until then... "Pavel Chekov's from Russia," he said.

[alphatar]

"Egg custard. They’re popular in Republic City."

It took Korra a moment after Jack said it and then she broke out into a grin. "He is! I totally forgot, he was telling me about Russia and how cold it is. I’ll ask, it couldn’t hurt." The relied on replicators, but just maybe Pavel knew. He seemed ridiculously smart.

[wintershepherd]

"Not too many people enjoy winter like the Russians," Jack laughed. "Except maybe the Canadians."