It gets very cold in winter. The shallower water freezes over and we get tons of snow.
[As they reach the house, Tuuri will lead him around to the back! There is a small wooden building back there, with a door on it.]
Actually, winter is a good season around here. Freezing temperatures are one of the things that can kill trolls, so they're way less active in winter. They stay inside of caves and old homes, so we don't have to worry about them sneaking up on the settlements.
[Not surprising at all, since that was her excursion in real life.]
That's when they usually do them. Nations spend the fall picking what areas of the Silent world they want to clean and start turning into safe zones, and during winter they go through with flamethrowers and burn everything to the ground.
Yeah. It's something my ancestors learned over the years.
[She goes up to the door and opens it! She's not moving to go in though, she's just gesturing for Zel to peek in. Three of the walls inside look like they have benches built into it, and in the middle is a small stack of coals and a bowl of water with a ladle.]
What you do is scoop water onto the hot coals to make steam, which makes the room warmer.
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Date: 2023-03-17 04:20 am (UTC)Still, Tuuri seems happy to show him around... and perhaps happy to be seeing it all again herself.]
A sauna...?
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Date: 2023-03-17 09:34 pm (UTC)[Up the path she go. She'll show Zel the sauna.]
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:08 am (UTC)[Well, sort of. He hasn't spent much time at the hot springs here because he's practically a never-nude. But he knows hot springs.
He'll go in to take a look, anyway.]
Does it get cold around here...?
[It looks like it would be nice in winter.]
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:21 am (UTC)[As they reach the house, Tuuri will lead him around to the back! There is a small wooden building back there, with a door on it.]
Actually, winter is a good season around here. Freezing temperatures are one of the things that can kill trolls, so they're way less active in winter. They stay inside of caves and old homes, so we don't have to worry about them sneaking up on the settlements.
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:30 am (UTC)[He didn't offer that much detail to her before, but. It's probably not too surprising.]
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:33 am (UTC)That's when they usually do them. Nations spend the fall picking what areas of the Silent world they want to clean and start turning into safe zones, and during winter they go through with flamethrowers and burn everything to the ground.
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:42 am (UTC)[we probably should have used more fire.]
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Date: 2023-03-18 12:53 am (UTC)Yeah. It's something my ancestors learned over the years.
[She goes up to the door and opens it! She's not moving to go in though, she's just gesturing for Zel to peek in. Three of the walls inside look like they have benches built into it, and in the middle is a small stack of coals and a bowl of water with a ladle.]
What you do is scoop water onto the hot coals to make steam, which makes the room warmer.
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Date: 2023-03-18 02:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-18 02:57 am (UTC)[They have the hot springs but it's not quite the same.]
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Date: 2023-03-18 03:05 am (UTC)There'll be other chances. When we get out of here.
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Date: 2023-03-18 03:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-18 03:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-18 11:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-18 02:51 pm (UTC)[he sounds a little distant there. and his gaze turns to her.]
What about you?
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Date: 2023-03-18 03:06 pm (UTC)[Did she dodge the question there? Who knows!]
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Date: 2023-03-18 03:17 pm (UTC)[He steps back from the shed, and casts a look over the nearby house, their surroundings...]
You won't be coming back here, will you? ... So where do you plan to go?
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Date: 2023-03-18 03:27 pm (UTC)[That's the true question, isn't it?]
I have a few options, and I haven't decided yet.