4th Words: Passing Engine's Rider

[virtualbirdwatching]

Who: Atoli and OPEN
Where: ALL OVER TOWN
Summary: Atoli cannot motorcycle to save her life.
Warnings: Mass panic and somewhat cartoony violence??


Atoli’s alarm clock had awoken her just a little too late. The way things were, she wasn’t going to get to her little meeting with Kotoha on time!

But as she ran down the stairs, one more option presented itself to her: her steam bike, which had sat there for months unused. It should still work fine...

Welp. Here goes nothing, she thought, as she got on and took off.

Not two minutes later she’s careening uncontrollably through the city, since video game vehicles are rarely designed to be practical. She doesn’t exactly consider this, though, and to be quite honest hadn’t.

You hear a faint, high-pitched screaming of “SOMEONE HELP ME STOP THIS THIIIIIIIIIING”, and may notice a light coming straight towards you.

[No, your character won’t be injured if they’re run over. Try anything.

Definitely inspired by this log.]

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[resipiscent]

"Can't you just brake?" he calls, letting down the shield so he can hurry after her and make sure she's okay.

[virtualbirdwatching]

She turns around and hollers at the silver-haired boy.

"That's what I've been trying to do, but I can't find it!"

Then panics and swerves again once she faces forward again, since she was about to hit a streetlight.

[resipiscent]

"So jump off!" If she's not on it to control it, maybe it'll stop...? Riku's a pretty fast runner, and he's keeping up all right, but this is kind of ridiculous.

[virtualbirdwatching]

"...well, I don't have any other ideas... I'll do it!"

As she slowly lets go of the handlebar the bike starts shaking a little bit. But as she moves her right leg over the seat, the bike tilts sharply and she slams it back down.

[resipiscent]

"Come on!" He can't help but groan when she sits back down. "I'll catch you, okay? You'll be fine!"

[virtualbirdwatching]

"Maybe if I move my leg first it'll work better," she states, trying to swing her leg up after grabbing the handlebar again. But it's tough trying to move her leg through such a tight space, as the posture needed to ride the bike is rather forward-leaning.

[resipiscent]

"Just jump! Or I can cast a spell at it or something?" Hopefully he won't hit her, but...

[virtualbirdwatching]

..."What kind of spell?"

That would be important, since Steam Bikes don't take damage like people. She, on the other hand, is still quite vulnerable...

[resipiscent]

"I don't know, if I cast Slow can you get off?" Why didn't he think of that before...?

[virtualbirdwatching]

"I need to be going faster than the bike, so try not to affect me with it!"

She assumes it's kinda like Dek Do, from the name, and silently applauds it for being simple and practical.

[resipiscent]

Riku summons his Keyblade next, though he's kind of getting tired from all this running at top speed. He can jog for long periods of time, but he's not really a sprinter.

He points the blade at the front wheel of the bike, careful to shoot at it and not at Atoli.

[virtualbirdwatching]

Well, the bike only has one wheel, but that's enough for it to have a front wheel.

His plan works, at least, although the sudden downshift in speed causes Atoli to lurch a bit.

Still, she jumps off after a few seconds.

[resipiscent]

He slows to a stop, kicking up a little bit of dust.

"Jeez. You okay?" He dismisses the Keyblade, approaching.

[virtualbirdwatching]

She tumbles, badly, when she lands, since the bike was still going pretty fast.

"I should be fine." She is missing a little bit of HP, but she can fix that with a quick Repth.

[resipiscent]

Riku approaches slowly, holding out his hand to Atoli to help her up. "Okay. You're a little scraped up, though, huh?"

[virtualbirdwatching]

She accepts Riku's hand, saying "It's nothing I can't fix."

[resipiscent]

"Heh, well. Here." He lets go of her hand once she's steady, then summons his Keyblade back to his hand, raising it a little and casting Cure. Green light twinkles around her for a moment. "There. It's not perfect, and I didn't fix everything, but it's a bit."

[virtualbirdwatching]

"Hmm... it feels different from my own healing spell, Repth. Thank you."

Really, Repth didn't feel like much at all...