Lake Hotel Egilsstadir, Iceland

[rebelseekspizza]

If you slept the rest of the way to the hotel after that hike, we don't blame you at all. We rest for the night at a country hotel close to Lake Lagarfljot (Lagarfljót). Supposedly the giant worm, Lagarfljotsormur, resides in the depths of the lake: Iceland’s version of the Loch Ness Monster. Maybe the northern lights will dance for us again tonight? On this tour our search for them never ends!

We're staying at Lake Hotel Egilsstadir, which has charming rooms--modern styled ones for the students, and antique-style for the teachers--and a renowned restaurant, noted for its innovative use of local ingredients. The town itself is mostly other hotels and guesthouses, but you can go for a wander and find a couple of different bistros, and some grocery stores if you need to stock up on bus snacks.

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HOTEL

[rebelseekspizza]

It's got quite a view.

Rooms

[rebelseekspizza]

Enjoy these nice, warm rooms while you still can, kids...

[OOC: Assignments are here. NSFW goes in private journals.]

Room 10

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Much as Sabine was loving this trip, all the driving and hiking did get tiring, and she didn't really feel like going out more tonight. So after checking with Mae, she sent a text to a couple people.

If you want to hang out, you can come to Room 10! We have some stuff here but if you want to eat or drink anything you might want to bring it.

At least she thought it went to a couple people. Blame the tired for why it somehow got sent to all the students.


[Sometimes you need a good old fashioned hotel room party. Open!]

Re: Room 10

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae was pretty used to spending her days running around, but usually not in the cold. And yeah, the minibuses were getting pretty old. So she was all in for low-key hanging out.

Currently she was sprawled on her bed, enjoying the coziness of the big fluffy comforter while she aired out her feet. She loved her boots, but damn it felt good to just pop them off and fling them across the room at the end of the day.

"So. How much do you wish you could just go to town on all these plain walls?"

Re: Room 10

[seriesofbaddecisions]

"I could definitely make them more interesting," Sabine said, considering it. "Here, I more want to take a bunch of blues and greens and get at the ceiling."

If you didn't go out to the Northern Lights, might as well bring them indoors.

Re: Room 10

[white_oleander]

Far be it from Astrid to turn down an invitation text from Sabine, so there she was, knocking on the door of room 10, wondering if she should have brought something and trying to push the fact that she had so much work she wanted to do still out of her brain. She'd been stuck on all that for the whole trip so far; even her brain was agreeing that she should take a nice break tonight.

Re: Room 10

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine might have called for whoever to come in, but she also didn't want to risk it being a teacher checking up or whatever. So she got up to get the door and let her in. "Welcome to our room, which is probably exactly like your room."

Re: Room 10

[thishouseishaunted]

"Astrid, hi!" Mae greeted. "Are you going to do tarot again?"

As far as Mae was concerned, that should be a party staple.

Re: Room 10

[unusual_sith]

Lana smiled when she got the invitation, then headed over and knocked on the door.

Re: Room 10

[seriesofbaddecisions]

Sabine opened the door and made an exaggerated gesture for her to come in. "Welcome to the room, please join us."

Re: Room 10

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae waved from where she was sprawled on her bed.

"We're clearly party people in here."

Room 21

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was babysitting!

Steve was...slightly terrified of messing this up with a very, fragile small person.

"Okay, Lexi," he whispered. "How about you keep sleeping there and I will just...remember to breathe, okay?"

Re: Room 21

[imafuturist]

Did it help that he had a little help? Probably not.

"She's a little young for bargaining," Tony said whispered.

Re: Room 21

[heroic_jawline]

"Is she?" Steve whispered back. "I have no idea."

Restaurant

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The restaurant serves all the slow-cooked beef and scallops you might want.

Lagarfljotsormur spotting

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It is a little dark, but who knows: you might find the snake in the lake.

Re: Lagarfljotsormur spotting

[goldfishontherocks]

So maybe Keyleth wanted to be able to possibly add a giant lake snake to her wild shaping repertoire in the future. Or maybe she just wanted to see if she could spot a giant lake snake! You don't know.

It was probably both.

Anyway, that was where she'd be spending most of her evening, because darkvision was awesome.

Re: Lagarfljotsormur spotting

[in_sidon_we_trust]

Perhaps a slightly younger, more impulsive Sidon might have done something very stupid that night. As a matter of fact, this very version of Sidon actually had cobbled together a bit of a wild scheme regarding this mysterious creature within the depths; this very version of Sidon may have actually been ready to call up someone to help him enact that scheme. But the bracing cold cutting far too easily through his layers and the reminder that the water would be significantly colder and the fact that it was getting dark and he was not so blessed with things like darkvision and he was getting a little bit better about acknowledging that some ideas were worth reconsidering before going for them all with gusto and no reservations.

Jumping in the lake to seek out a giant lake serpent that might not even exist in the darkening evening was a bad idea, Sidon. But the fact that he was only going to the lake to try and spot it from the shore was an excellent sign of growth and restraint.

Even if he probably was just making it worse for himself. After all, if anyone could find the creature, it would be him, right?

He also wondered if he would win if he were to fight it. It really was a pity the monster wasn't terrorizing the town, because then he'd have no choice...!

But it was reassuring that, apparently, he wasn't the only one drawn in by the legend, and he nodded when he say Keyleth there, offering a smile. "Did you venture out this way with hopes to catch sight of the great serpent of the depths as well?"

Re: Lagarfljotsormur spotting

[goldfishontherocks]

"Oh! Yeah, I did," Keyleth said, flashing a quick smile and waving at him. "I couldn't not, when I heard about it, you know?"

Which was not to say that she hadn't also been entertaining notions of turning into a giant fish of some sort and diving into the lake to look for it herself. It was just that gills were another thing she was still trying to figure out.

"Do you think it's real? Stories like that don't come from nothing."

Why wouldn't it be real? Legendary creatures usually were, weren't they?

Exploring Lake Lagarfljot

[rebelseekspizza]

If you're rather less spot-a-monster inclined, but still like lakes.

Salt Cafe and Bistro

[throughaphase]

It might not have been anything fancy, but date night was date night. Lexi had a babysitter for a while tonight, which left Clint and Kitty to be able to leave the group and get out for a while.

"Think we can go without checking up constantly this time?" Kitty asked once they'd gotten seats.

Re: Salt Cafe and Bistro

[so_hawkward]

"I'm pretty sure if Lexi wakes up, we'll hear her screaming from here, so I feel safe in assuming silence is golden," Clint said. Maybe he was exaggerating. Maybe he was exhausted still. Who knew?

Re: Salt Cafe and Bistro

[throughaphase]

"Good point," Kitty said, even being good and putting her phone back in her purse. "I feel like it's easier to enjoy a night off here."

Probably because she was tired.

OOC

[rebelseekspizza]

Re: OOC

[goldfishontherocks]

I really want some of that slow-cooked beef and scallops now, damn you.