Winter Wonderland [Event]

[voidtreckermods]

”Good Morning passengers. Today is day Twenty Four of the month of Catfish. You may wish to look out of the window.”

As passengers wake in their beds they will indeed notice something different about the light. If they look out of the window, instead of the ever changing void they will see white slopes of mountains, flakes of snow alling down around them and frost covered trees zipping past the windows. If they glance at the ICP on the table they will see a message.

Investigating the dressing cart they will find the drawers and cupboards unlocked once again. However, instead of the fantasy-esque clothing of world #25768 they will find thick winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves. There are heavy fur lined boots and even some ice skates.

Entering the garden carriage they will see that the glass dome of the roof has opened, leaving the carriage exposed to a bright blue sky. Any nonsense of the past few weeks has vanished, leaving the carriage pristine. Not that that is easy to notice as it is covered in a thick layer of snow. The paths are clearer, a light dusting of snow but easy to talk through. Around the paths the drifts are high, perfect for snowman building or a snowball fight.

The streams and the pond in the centre are solid ice. Anyone brave enough to try to find the ice holds their weight for ice skating.

And the ICP message was correct. There is hot chocolate in the stores.

Comments

[myblueskies]

He's been burried in sand before but snows a bit different! A lot colder for one but Romeo doesn't mind! It's fun to have the snow pile up around him! He's not given up though, he's still throwing snowballs back, some of them aren't even snowballs, he's just scooping up snow and throwing it in Kaito's direction.

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito calls a halt, eventually, with both of them covered in snow.

"Truce, truce! I'm starting to shiver, even if you aren't, Romeo-kun! Let's go warm up a bit."

[myblueskies]

"It is really cold!" He is shivering but he is also laughing as he makes his way over to Kaito. Kaito had called truce so that meant he wouldn't attack Romeo, it was like a promise!

"The message said there was hot chocolate so we could go and drink some and warm up, Kaito-san!"

[stealsyourheart]

"It really is." He grins and offers Romeo a high-five. Just a boring one, as they're both shivering.

"Deal. I wish they had marshmallows to put in 'em too, but beggars can't be choosers."

[myblueskies]

Boring high fives are still fun! And still a good way to celebrate teamwork! Even if they had been snowball fighting, it had been a fun game!

"What are marshmallows?" He had never heard of them before. Sometimes he knew what things were even if he couldn't remember ever having seen them before but marshmallows weren't one of those!

[stealsyourheart]

"I guess shikigami don't get marshmallows as offerings, huh? They're... basically sugar. Soft fluffy pillows of sugary goodness. Sugar and egg white and... probably some sort of gelatin to get em to hold their shape. But they melt REAL NICE into hot drinks. The Americans like to melt em over campfires, according to the movies!"

[myblueskies]

"They sound so nice!" He wants to try them, it's a pity there aren't any here! Maybe someone knows how make them?

"I like things that are made of sugar. Though too much is bad and can make you sick!"

He had never been sick from eating too many sweets, but he had been warned about it and so tried to eat them in moderation

[stealsyourheart]

"You're right about that." He laughs. "Well, I guess I could see if we have anyone who knows how to make it onboard? But the hot chocolate is here now, and who knows how long it'll stay!"

[myblueskies]

"That's right! The hot chocolate is here right now and so we should go and enjoy it!"

They could find someone to make marshmallows later, that he is sure of! He begins to lead the way to the kitchen.

[stealsyourheart]

"Exactly!" He fistbumps Romeo in lieu of fancy high-fives as they head back into warmth.

"Hopefully there are like. Towels. As I suspect we'll start to drip on the floor!"

[myblueskies]

"Oh I didn't think of that! Maybe we should go to our rooms to get our towels first!" He doesn't want to make the floor all wet! Even though it won't be too difficult to mop up. He doesn't want anyone to slip and fall just because they were dripping everywhere!

[stealsyourheart]

"Ehhhh." Kaito debates this. "Let's try the dressing car. It's closer."

He doesn't want to drag a cold and wet Romeo all the way to the rooms and then back again.

[myblueskies]

"Okay!" Romeo nodded with a grin, "Let's go find some towels!"

He thought the rooms were closer, but the train is a very confusing place! It doesn't matter though, he is sure towels will be find and they can get warm and have hot chocolate soon!

[stealsyourheart]

Who knows! Either way, Kaito and Romeo won't drip their way to the train. Into the dressing room to grab a pair of fluffy towels and a dropping off of jackets and boots and back to the kitchen they go!

[myblueskies]

Soon they were all warm again and heading to the kitchen, Romeo skipped along the train happily. Today was a really fun day!

Once they got to the kitchen Romeo went to find the hot chocolate. "So we got to heat up milk right and then add this powder to it?"

[stealsyourheart]

"Yep! You could use hot water too I guess, but it's nicer with hot milk. Just be careful we don't curdle the milk."

[myblueskies]

"Curdle? Does that mean make it go bad?" He asked as he went to the fridge to find the milk. He took it out carefully and put it on the side as he hunted for a pan.

[stealsyourheart]

"Yeah, kinda. Curdling milk splits it, and that would very definitely taste bad. So. GENTLE heat."

[myblueskies]

"Gentle heat! Got it!"

He carried the milk and the pan over to the stove and made a guess at how much milk they would need for two hot chocolates. He's not too worried, if he makes too much they can always find some friends to give hot chocolate to. He bets everyone is pretty chilly!

He turned on the heat and grabbed a spoon to stir it.

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito measures out the chocolate and brings it over, checking the heat.

"I'm never sure if we should wait or not, but I figure if we put the powder in slowly and stir it we should be fine."

[myblueskies]

"Do you think so?" He's never made hot chocolate before so he is willing to follow Kaito's lead! He makes sure there is room Kaito to stand beside him and add the powder.

"I'll keep stirring!"

[stealsyourheart]

"No clue." He admits cheerfully. "But I figure it can't be too hard, right? Slowly as I add it here we go."

[myblueskies]

"Okay! Slowly slowly!" He stirred slowly, watching the chocolate powder swirl around and sink into the milk, slowly turning it into a brown colour.

"I think it's working!"

[stealsyourheart]

"Looks like!" Kaito agrees, watching it carefully as Romeo stirs it in so he doesn't overpour.

"Smells good too!"

[myblueskies]

"It does!" Romeo grinned, he was very excited. This was turning out to be one of the best days in a long time!

"I think it might be ready." There is steam coming off it and he doesn't want to make it curdle! That would be terrible if they ruined it when they were so close to being done!