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Tweak says, "I can't remember my name"

Fang/Spar/Wind (be_my_chum) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-07-14 17:11:00

Entry tags:

!days 140-149, albert de morcerf, excel, gokudera hayato, minami ikki, nakayama yayoi, sumeragi kururu, wanijima akito, yuffie kisaragi, {il palazzo}, {kharg meleol nidellia}, {kirika yuumura}, {{{akatsuki chika}}}

Who: Anyone
Where: Outside of the angerdome
When: Day 148, noon
What:

[Scattered around the roof of Hydra are several crude tools made of bone, leather and stone and a few papers with rather technical designs on it. Claude's handiwork, for any staring at them, might be recognizable and lays largely untouched, however, in the margins, on the back, on several adjoining sheets are designs on implementing THOSE plans. Equations, materials, notes on experiments and results... all scattered throughout the pages in several handwritings and more than one language.

This obviously hasn't been an overnight project, nor anywhere near completed either...

However, what may have grabbed your attention is the groan of wood as they crank back the catapult for another test.]

... That might be the limit.. adjust the tension or just wait until we can really mess with the angle?

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	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 02:57 am UTC (link)
	[It's a pretty awesome distance.] All right~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 02:58 am UTC (link)
	[you may notice he's REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY but pretending he's not] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:03 am UTC (link)
	[Are your acting abilities any better than they are in canon?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 03:03 am UTC (link)
	[ONLY A LITTLE} (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:05 am UTC (link)
	[So we're down from VISIBLE ON THE MOON to GLARINGLY OBVIOUS] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 03:05 am UTC (link)
	[preeeeetty much] Alright, I'm ready. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Mmm! Climb up then! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 03:24 am UTC (link)
	[CLIMBS UP :D] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:26 am UTC (link)
	[Checking the lines, the solidity of the arm, position of the winch... then another quick check on the crow before.] Okay! In three... two... one... [The catch releases~] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

topofthesky
2010-07-16 03:45 am UTC (link)

[and much like he saw, he kicks off the catapult at the top of it's arc and UP HE GOES~

it's not nearly as graceful as the sharks' jump, but he's twisting into a better position to get better speed rather than height, and also to avoid those sharp, pointy rocks that can only end in pain.

He twists again right at the apex of his jump, and this time it's far less stupid boy jumping off a catapult and more seasoned storm rider getting as much air as he can before he starts to drop.

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topofthesky
2010-07-16 03:50 am UTC (link)

[but as soon as he starts to drop he's twisting into a far different position that would be for a landing, and a few feet before he hits the ground he's throwing both hands downwards—

and it's a burst of wind slamming into the ground and kicking up rocks and dirt rather than Ikki himself as he launches himself back UP - not enough to get much more distance, but definitely enough for another, much more graceful twist. His A-T hit the dirt and he skids backwards, crouched low - and it's only a brief stumble and jump to get to dry land again]

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	topofthesky 2010-07-16 03:51 am UTC (link)
	[stays exactly like that, wide-eyed, looking from the catapult to where he landed and back again a few times. doesn't even bother to check if he got farther because THAT WAS THE MOST FUCKING AWESOME THING EVER] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 04:19 am UTC (link)
	[Back at Hydra, yeah wasn't even tracking where, so much as watching how. Watching FLIGHT is only second to experiencing it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 04:21 am UTC (link)
	[really, only gives a brief glance after he's done being AMAZED at where he landed in relation to the sharks', and then he's skating back. This is probably the happiest you've seen him in a while] That was so cool! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Not bad at all! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 04:50 am UTC (link)
	[COMING BACK UP THERE] Did you see how far I got? I bet I could get even further now that I know what it's like! Ahhh, that was the best, you have to let me try it again sometime! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	[Sitting on the edge of the angerdome, expression light and airy.] I'm surprised you only used the wind at the end. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	[sits next to] I wanted to see if it would work, first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	Just the feel of it's pretty distracting, huh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 02:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, pretty much. I don't have that many memories of that, so . . . getting to experience it is pretty cool. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	The only one I have like that... [Laughs] is of Ikki telling us to remember to enjoy it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	[blinks] Really? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:08 pm UTC (link)
	You dragged Agito off the side of a tall building to make your point. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	topofthesky 2010-07-16 03:09 pm UTC (link)
	. . . huh. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	be_my_chum 2010-07-16 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	It was a good thing to be reminded of. ... It IS a good thing to be reminded of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)