[ Open ] No, I Don't Want to Build a Snowman

[universal_charm]

Who: Jim Kirk & You!
Broadcast: No
Action: Yes, Planetside
When: All Month Long

a: hot springs
What's the best thing about cold planets? Hot springs. The fact that they glowed was an intriguing bonus.

But when didn't have some sort of self-proclaimed mission or errand, or wasn't trying one of the restaurants, he could be found in the hot springs. He was certainly becoming a familiar face with those who ran the places, and the climb to the springs and back down was helping him work off his indulgences. If the springs have another features, like, say, massages, he might just partake of that too.

Essentially, he might as well be living at these places if he has to be planet side. Look, he can't just avoid the planet - that's boring. So he might as well make the most of it.

"Hey, decided to come and try it for yourself, huh? Well, I can assure you - the water feels just fine."

b: culinary adventures
If there is one thing Kirk truly does delight in when they come to a new planet, it's the chance to try the culinary delicacies of said planet. He does have to be a little careful considering his allergies and one never knew exactly what would trigger a new one. Or kill you. But hey! That's the fun risk of trying to new things, right?

So he can easily be found across different cafe's and restaurants on the planet, a variety of dishes and drinks to be tasted. If he sees anyone he knows, he'll likely call them over to join him, or insist they join him for a meal. He especially seems drawn to anything selling sweets. What can he say? He has a bit of a sweet tooth.

And thank god for hot drinks on a cold planet. All the hot drinks please. Even better if they're just a bit spiked. You know, for fun.

c: gift shopping
'Tis the season, as they say, and while he knows some of his friends on the ships might not partake of the "Christmas", he certainly does, and that means gifts. Which are always much, much harder to shop for than one might imagine. It's not a math equation, or even a dissertation on the destruction of a certain space ship and the "lightning storm" in space that caused the event.

Nope, those were definitely easier than shopping for gifts. Especially for a wedding gift, which felt equally impossible given whom he was shopping for.

But he was giving it a good go by the amount of bags he had in hand, brightly colored paper popping out of the tops or in brightly colored plastic bags themselves. He could honestly give someone a seizure for the amount of colors, and he made a bit of a sight trying to fit through doors to new shops.

Help a guy out?

d: wild card
Surprise me! Want to go play a sport? Go visit the tree together? Take a tour of the castle? Visit a bar? Anything else not listed? Let's do it!

Comments

B

[sandywolf]

[Lyall readily comes over when he hears the call, but he will decline the offer of sweets, which he can't eat. However...]

I guess I could use a cup of tea.

[He is carrying a few shopping bags himself.]

[universal_charm]

It's cold enough to freeze even your balls off. Of course you could use some tea.

_{[ He nods as if he has just said something quite sagely and marches them towards the nearest little cafe, as pretty as the rest of the town, if a bit quieter, but Kirk felt that gave it a point in its favor. ]}

I hear this one has some unique combinations.

[sandywolf]

[Thank god Lyall is a military man and used to coarse language, or he'd have half a mind to correct it.

A quiet cafe sounds very nice, to be honest.]

Have you already been out and about so much to know the town this well?

[He says as if he didn't have the place mapped out from their first two days here.]

[universal_charm]

_{[ It's not often Kirk uses very course language, but sometimes it is a necessary thing. Nothing else quite gets the point across. ]}

You can see a lot from above, and this town does have maps.

_{[ Don't work harder, work smarter, especially in the cold. Which thankfully they escaped from in the sanctuary of said cafe, the heat a solid wall against the press of the natural air. ]}

Why don't you get us a table and I'll get us the first round? My treat.

[sandywolf]

[Lyall likes the cold. It's reminiscent of home. His actual home, from before he was turned.

But he does accept the offer of a drink.]

Thank you.

[He'll choose a table not far from the fireplace, but with a view to the outside.]

[universal_charm]

_{[ Kirk places the order and pays, choosing the drinks mainly on the barista's recommendation. As far as he aware, Lyall did not have any allergies except Basil, and that herb didn't exist on this planet. Or at the least, not at this cafe. He joined Lyall and settled after dropping his coat on the back of his chair. ]}

You seem to be handling the cold well. You'd think I would after growing up in the north, but you get marooned on an ice planet once and it sort of ruins all the others for you.

[sandywolf]

I am from Wales originally. This weather is not unlike what we used to have where I was born.

[It was hard when he was still alive, but still, he's used to it. He can stand it much better than heat.]

Ah, I had forgotten space travel is routine for you. But this has to be much more pleasant than just a random ice planet, doesn't it?