03-13-2010, 07:24 AM
"Go where? There?" Ashe asked the strange man that had approached her, her eyes locking onto the giant turning wheel before them.
"Yeah. You, uh," he began, fumbling in his speech a bit but trying to appear more confident than he was feeling. "You looked a little nervous. Do you want somebody to go with?"
She wasn't entirely sure how to take it, but she'd just missed what had looked like Kaden disappearing around the corner of the machine while his companions boarded, so it was either she take a leap of faith, or she run off looking for the courier. "Well..." she said, considering his offer. She'd halfheartedly been hoping that Kaden would invite her to ride with him, but remembering how she'd come on to him a bit strongly during the last event, she hadn't quite figured out how to talk to him yet.
Was she making a big deal out of it in her head?
"How about this... I'll race you to the machine, and..." she started, digging her feet in deeply. Without continuing, she spun around, bursting off into the direction of the seating while laughing hard.
"Whoa, hey!" she heard from somewhere behind her.
Glancing over her shoulder at him, she saw him running after her only to be intercepted by a large blue door, his form vanishing into it as if he were no longer there. At that moment, the device at her side chirped, realization passing over her as she turned quickly back to look in the direction she was running. "Oh, crap!" she cried out, tripping haphazardly and falling into a portal of her own.
It was similar to the cheesy slide transitions that took place in old school science fiction movies. A giant scenario of snowy mountain just seemed to rush past her and envelop her, the blue door closing immediately and leaving her no option for escape. Her fall continued, pitching her forward into a snowy embankment directly in front of a slightly taller... dinosaur person.
"Uh... hi," she greeted, spitting out a mouthful of snow at the feet of the other creature before using her hands to push herself to her feet. "I'm Ashe."
The creature looked her up and down for a moment before blinking. "Friend or foe?" the lizard woman asked, gesturing at the girl with pink hair.
"Uh, yeah, I've been on that," she answered quickly, missing the exact point of the question.
"Forget it," the creature responded, pulling the device from her waist up and looking at it. "It says that you, Ashe, are going to be my partner for this round."
"Delightful," the student replied, pulling out her own machine. Both of them took a moment of silence to read over the small screens before glancing simultaneously at a pair of bags sitting alone atop of a large rock - that rested in the center of an enormous frozen lake. "Obviously they'd put everything we need in the middle of the skating rink. Obviously," she dripped sarcastically, rolling her eyes and looking to her partner, who the screen had identified as Alura. "Any suggestions?"
"Don't step on the cracks," came her answer. "Avoid thin ice. If you can fly, that'd help a lot."
"Right," Ashe confirmed, figuring Alura had thought she'd overlooked the most obvious points. "I guess... here goes nothing," she announced, stepping out onto the ice slowly, watching as one foot slid slowly before she threw her other one out there, immediately doing an uncomfortable split. Growling a bit, the former gym student pulled herself together and climbed back to her feet, carefully watching the frozen mirror beneath her.
"Are you coming?"
The student glanced up to find the lizard had already cleared a spans of the ice without any sign of how, the rope between the two growing tight, stopping Alura in her tracks as she rushed across. "Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it," the girl grumbled to her partner, taking another careful step. "Don't step on the cracks or you'll break your mother's back," she chanted in measured breaths.
"You know what?" the reptile called from across the lake.
Ashe glanced in just in time to see her dig strange feet into the ice and pull hard on the rope. It dawned on her about the time her rear end struck the ice what the new plan was - and that plan was called ice road truckers. "Cold cold cold cold COLD!" she screamed, sliding wildly across the ice as the strange woman crossed one palm after another onto the rope, drawing her closer and closer.
Unable to orient herself until she slid to a stop at Alura's feet, the girl glared from the ice. "That's so cheap," she whined.
"Absolutely free," the creature retorted before suddenly leaping high into the air and coming down to rest directly on the small island frozen in the center of the lake. It turned slowly to see Ashe pushing herself to her feet once more, as slowly and carefully as she could, and counted, waiting carefully for the moment that Ashe spread her arms out to balance herself. "Time's up!"
Finding herself in a position usually reserved for a person behind a speedboat, the girl became a sliding bullet of pink hair, screaming wildly as the creature drew her in like a fishing line. By the time she stopped sliding this time, Alura had already gathered the two bags from the top of the rock and thrown them down, tossing one to the girl's resting place. "I think I'm gonna be sick," the dizzy teenager complained, rolling over and breathing heavily.
"No way I'm wearing pink," Alura spat, pulling a strange woolly outfit from the first bag. She turned, throwing it on top of the recovering girl and withdrew another. "Blue fits me better," she confirmed.
Ashe took a moment to pull the pink suit on before glancing down at the ice to see what her reflection looked like. "Cute!" she gushed, happy with the outcome. Turning around, however, caused her to break into wild laughter.
"Don't you say it," the creature warned from well within its thick bundle of Eskimo outfit.
But Ashe couldn't help herself, given that the creature was trying to hold an intimidating glare while its arms stuck out straight from both sides of the warm suit, a set of warm mittens and ice boots wrapped around limb. Her bag was wrapped around each shoulder. "Oh that's just adorable!"
Alura spun around, walking towards the human before suddenly leaping high into the air, coming down like a meteor into the center of the lake while landing gently enough to keep from cracking the ice. "Yeah, I think I'm going to enjoy this a bit," she announced, grabbing the rope that bound the two together.
"Wait," the girl called to her partner, grabbing her own bag and slinging it over her shoulder before testing her new boots on the ice. "I'll be there in just a second! These boots are perfect for walking on ic-" she attempted, breaking into a scream as her tormentor snatched.
"Yeah. You, uh," he began, fumbling in his speech a bit but trying to appear more confident than he was feeling. "You looked a little nervous. Do you want somebody to go with?"
She wasn't entirely sure how to take it, but she'd just missed what had looked like Kaden disappearing around the corner of the machine while his companions boarded, so it was either she take a leap of faith, or she run off looking for the courier. "Well..." she said, considering his offer. She'd halfheartedly been hoping that Kaden would invite her to ride with him, but remembering how she'd come on to him a bit strongly during the last event, she hadn't quite figured out how to talk to him yet.
Was she making a big deal out of it in her head?
"How about this... I'll race you to the machine, and..." she started, digging her feet in deeply. Without continuing, she spun around, bursting off into the direction of the seating while laughing hard.
"Whoa, hey!" she heard from somewhere behind her.
Glancing over her shoulder at him, she saw him running after her only to be intercepted by a large blue door, his form vanishing into it as if he were no longer there. At that moment, the device at her side chirped, realization passing over her as she turned quickly back to look in the direction she was running. "Oh, crap!" she cried out, tripping haphazardly and falling into a portal of her own.
It was similar to the cheesy slide transitions that took place in old school science fiction movies. A giant scenario of snowy mountain just seemed to rush past her and envelop her, the blue door closing immediately and leaving her no option for escape. Her fall continued, pitching her forward into a snowy embankment directly in front of a slightly taller... dinosaur person.
"Uh... hi," she greeted, spitting out a mouthful of snow at the feet of the other creature before using her hands to push herself to her feet. "I'm Ashe."
The creature looked her up and down for a moment before blinking. "Friend or foe?" the lizard woman asked, gesturing at the girl with pink hair.
"Uh, yeah, I've been on that," she answered quickly, missing the exact point of the question.
"Forget it," the creature responded, pulling the device from her waist up and looking at it. "It says that you, Ashe, are going to be my partner for this round."
"Delightful," the student replied, pulling out her own machine. Both of them took a moment of silence to read over the small screens before glancing simultaneously at a pair of bags sitting alone atop of a large rock - that rested in the center of an enormous frozen lake. "Obviously they'd put everything we need in the middle of the skating rink. Obviously," she dripped sarcastically, rolling her eyes and looking to her partner, who the screen had identified as Alura. "Any suggestions?"
"Don't step on the cracks," came her answer. "Avoid thin ice. If you can fly, that'd help a lot."
"Right," Ashe confirmed, figuring Alura had thought she'd overlooked the most obvious points. "I guess... here goes nothing," she announced, stepping out onto the ice slowly, watching as one foot slid slowly before she threw her other one out there, immediately doing an uncomfortable split. Growling a bit, the former gym student pulled herself together and climbed back to her feet, carefully watching the frozen mirror beneath her.
"Are you coming?"
The student glanced up to find the lizard had already cleared a spans of the ice without any sign of how, the rope between the two growing tight, stopping Alura in her tracks as she rushed across. "Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it," the girl grumbled to her partner, taking another careful step. "Don't step on the cracks or you'll break your mother's back," she chanted in measured breaths.
"You know what?" the reptile called from across the lake.
Ashe glanced in just in time to see her dig strange feet into the ice and pull hard on the rope. It dawned on her about the time her rear end struck the ice what the new plan was - and that plan was called ice road truckers. "Cold cold cold cold COLD!" she screamed, sliding wildly across the ice as the strange woman crossed one palm after another onto the rope, drawing her closer and closer.
Unable to orient herself until she slid to a stop at Alura's feet, the girl glared from the ice. "That's so cheap," she whined.
"Absolutely free," the creature retorted before suddenly leaping high into the air and coming down to rest directly on the small island frozen in the center of the lake. It turned slowly to see Ashe pushing herself to her feet once more, as slowly and carefully as she could, and counted, waiting carefully for the moment that Ashe spread her arms out to balance herself. "Time's up!"
Finding herself in a position usually reserved for a person behind a speedboat, the girl became a sliding bullet of pink hair, screaming wildly as the creature drew her in like a fishing line. By the time she stopped sliding this time, Alura had already gathered the two bags from the top of the rock and thrown them down, tossing one to the girl's resting place. "I think I'm gonna be sick," the dizzy teenager complained, rolling over and breathing heavily.
"No way I'm wearing pink," Alura spat, pulling a strange woolly outfit from the first bag. She turned, throwing it on top of the recovering girl and withdrew another. "Blue fits me better," she confirmed.
Ashe took a moment to pull the pink suit on before glancing down at the ice to see what her reflection looked like. "Cute!" she gushed, happy with the outcome. Turning around, however, caused her to break into wild laughter.
"Don't you say it," the creature warned from well within its thick bundle of Eskimo outfit.
But Ashe couldn't help herself, given that the creature was trying to hold an intimidating glare while its arms stuck out straight from both sides of the warm suit, a set of warm mittens and ice boots wrapped around limb. Her bag was wrapped around each shoulder. "Oh that's just adorable!"
Alura spun around, walking towards the human before suddenly leaping high into the air, coming down like a meteor into the center of the lake while landing gently enough to keep from cracking the ice. "Yeah, I think I'm going to enjoy this a bit," she announced, grabbing the rope that bound the two together.
"Wait," the girl called to her partner, grabbing her own bag and slinging it over her shoulder before testing her new boots on the ice. "I'll be there in just a second! These boots are perfect for walking on ic-" she attempted, breaking into a scream as her tormentor snatched.
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