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Adam Alexie (constantguard) wrote in nosuchplace,
@ 2009-02-25 11:35:00

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adam alexie, eleven milton-keynes

Friday: December 21, 2007
Who: Adam and OPEN
When: 1:00 PM
Where: The ice rink in the market place.
What: Adam is trying out his hand at ice skating.

Despite living in Alaska for all of his life, Adam had never been ice skating. With the long, cold winters in his state, it seemed as if he would at least be familiar with the art of ice skating, but Adam was oblivious to it like he was with many other things. As he watched the people out there on the ice, he thought they looked like they were having a fun time. Adam cringed whenever he saw someone fall over or slip, colliding with the hard ice below. It looked painful. Since the elemental had never skated before, he idly wondered how easy it would be if he gave it a try.

Adam rarely thought in terms of something being too hard for him to do, so he was more likely to try it than to not try it. Finally, he mustered up enough curiosity to go and get some skates for his feet. Once he found the proper size, he slipped them on and tied them up. Then, quite suddenly, he wasn't sure what to do. Adam sat there for a long while, just sliding his feet across the ice in front of the bench. It was placed right beside the ice rink for beginners, so he was capable of just sitting down and moving his feet along without actually standing and doing anything.

Eventually, Adam took a deep breath and settled the blades of his skates against the ice at the same time. With one solid heft upward, he pushed himself to his feet. The balance the elemental had at first didn't last very long, as he found himself wobbling, and then, with the wrong move, Adam went crashing to the ground like he had seen a handful of people do before him.

His lower back hurt, and Adam wanted to rub it to make it feel better as he winced there on the ice. He pushed himself to a sitting position, sweeping his hair out of his face.

Apparently, this was going to be hard.

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oneplusone
2009-02-27 01:02 am UTC (link)

Eleven never expected such cold weather in Elysium. For some reason she took the haven's summer weather for granted. She was glad she'd spent some time in New York or she wouldn't have been prepared at all for this... this cold! Living in California for so long had trained her not to expect real seasons but she was really back in practice now. She was just glad there was an aspect of it she could enjoy! There wasn't too much natural ice in Southern California but there were skating rinks and Eleven had spent as much time on them as the proud Californian would spend at the beach, even in November.

To be honest, Eleven hadn't expected ice skating either, but that was her taking the praeternatural environs for granted. Ice skating had just as much right to happen as any magical phenomenon, she thought, and why shouldn't it? Not to mention it was just the thing to bring people together and smiles to people on this Winter Solstice. After watching the small clumps of skaters glide and step their way across the ice, Eleven was smiling herself. Her smile widened when she realized the pair of skates she picked up fit just right. It had been so long since she'd last skated and sitting on a bench and slipping her feet into the snug boots felt like going home again. Her eyes slid closed for a moment and she thought of her family as she tugged gently on the laces.

The sound of laughter brought her back to the present. She opened her eyes to see a fallen victim of the ice and said victim's friend helping her back to her feet. Wanting to join the fun, Eleven quickly finished tying up her laces and gently slid out onto the surface past the friends. She got a spin in before she saw someone else fall, a man. An "Ooh!" left her lips upon impact and she covered her mouth with her palm.

He didn't have anyone to help him up so Eleven, worried, skated in his direction. She dropped into a crouch and hugged her knees as she slid to a stop near him.

"Are you okay?" she asked with sympathetic smile.

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constantguard
2009-03-01 01:43 pm UTC (link)

Adam considered pushing himself up from the ice when he noticed a young woman skating toward him out of his peripheral vision. She seemed very skilled with skating, and slid right over to him without even a hitch along the way. Adam’s face clearly showed his awe at how she managed to easily perform what he had tried to do, making it look like a piece of cake, when he had fallen because of it. The woman even crouched close to the ice as her skates did the rest of the work in maneuvering her in his direction. If Adam was any more of a child, he might have pouted at how well she outdid him.

Instead, Adam was impressed by how well she could handle this thing called ice skating, and he was curious enough to ask her for help with it. She could show him the ropes and maybe even prevent him from falling on his rear end again if she was as good as his eyes told him she was at it. He smiled when she asked if he was okay and looked forward temporarily to see how he was spread out on the ice again. “Yeah, I’m okay,” Adam said. He looked over with an expression that said he might have been debating that in his head. “I think,” he added with a little laugh.

“I’m not very good with this. I’ve never skated before.” He was quiet for a few seconds when he realized if he sat on the ice any longer he might freeze to it. “I think I should get up, too, before I become a part of the ice rink.” Adam managed to get himself onto his knees, but then came the hard part: getting onto his feet. Adam put one skate down and did well, but when he tried to move his other leg, the skate slid.

Adam sighed. “If I can get off the ice,” he added in a despairing voice.