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.]

Comments

[virtualbirdwatching]

The dash of the bike has one two-sided curved thing which is obviously a steering wheel and a whole bunch of unmarked switches and levers.

It doesn't have tires so much as a single wheel, either, and if she checks, there's no apparent opening for fuel of any type on it. It runs just as much on video game logic and magic as steam, after all.

[softreset]

Those levers, maybe? One of them could possibly stop the rampaging machine, or the girl could try and extricate herself and Homura could catch her in mid-air (or try to, since she's not that strong to begin with) with her powers. Would a jump be possible, though, at that speed? Plus, there's the addition of the girl being too scared to jump to begin with.

Homura bites her lip, then slowly calls out, "Try one of the levers! Or jump!"

[virtualbirdwatching]

She flips one of the switches, and suddenly music starts blaring. After a couple seconds, she flips it back off.

"No..."

Not yet deterred, she unwittingly creates a blast of superhot steam around the entire bike.

[softreset]

So that one is the horn, and the other... she doesn't even want to think about what the steam was for. Homura shakes her head, those levers seemed to have some effect on the bike itself then, so it wouldn't be all that out of place to suggest that one of them was in fact a brake.

"Try another!"

[virtualbirdwatching]

Obviously that switch was meant to vent the steam chambers in case of engine overheat. Unfortunately the next lever is the nitro booster; the bike flies forward, Atoli hanging on for dear life even more.

[softreset]

"Damn it!"

She spins her shield the moment she recovers from it speeding up, the world melting to grey. The bike's not out of range just yet, and Homura breaks into a faster run than before, making a long jump for the bike frozen in time for the time being. If she could just get on that bike with the blonde girl, it would be enough. It's all she has time for in the 2 minute Time Stop she's been given.

That's when the sand fades of its greyscale and into colour once more, and Homura flails, clinging to the girl's back for dear life.

Ok maybe this wasn't part of the plan.

[virtualbirdwatching]

No, she's not sure why the other girl has suddenly grabbed her, but the sudden change in pressure on her back startles her, causing her to squeeze her eyes closed and scream a little more.