Skatin' my way downtown

[mobprincess]

Who; Holly + whoever happens upon her!
What; Open log
Where; Meeting square outside the dorms/that general area
When; Early evening
Warnings; Holly



Now here's the thing; Holly's been away from home before, but this whole situation kinda takes the entire cake. Like the whole thing. Fuck your birthday, Timmy.

Has it truly sunk in yet that she's not going home? Not quite, but she likes to think she's handling it pretty well. And by that, she's referring to the fact that she's yet to have an emotional breakdown like a forty-something soccer mom being told her coupon's expired.

So of course, the only thing left for her to do once she'd figured out where her room was to explore a bit more. And when she'd done that, her skates had taken her right back to the dorms, where the opportunity to burn off a little more energy had presented itself. Perhaps not the smartest move while she had no stable source of sustenance, but she'd rather be hungry than bored - and of course, the meeting square wasn't ideal for practice, but she highly doubted that this place had a roller rink of any description.

The sound of her roller blades sound weirdly loud and echo-y without any music blaring from anywhere, and without anyone else around it's easy to forget she's not completely by herself, but it's still soothing to be able to do this at least.

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[mobprincess]

Letting herself plop back onto the grass completely, Holly crossed her legs underneath herself, watching Yuna get the hang of it, perking up again when the other girl came to a stop close by and crouched to take the skates off.

"Oh yeah, totally - you can go super fast on 'em. Especially in a rink, 'cause the floors made for it special and everything. Makes it hurt more if you fall over, but you get used to it, 'cause lemme tell ya, gettin' run over by other skaters sucks way more ass than just fallin' in the first place."

Once they've been handed back over, she happily starts pulling them back on. Her feet had started to feel rather naked without them.

"Hey, by the way, what's y'name? Just realised we've been talkin' this whole time and I never even introduced myself."

With one skate half-strapped up, she stuck her hand out for Yuna to shake. S'only polite, after all.

"I'm Holly."

[whereishe]

Yuna's smile widened. "I probably should have said that before. I'm honestly not used to introducing myself." Everyone knew her as the High Summoner who had defeated Sin. "I'm Yuna. It's nice to meet you Holly."

It was also exciting to try something new.

"I like these but it makes me miss being on the airship. That's how I traveled in Spira. I was able to go anywhere." She missed the freedom of the airship but she wasn't going to stop exploring. "Is that how you traveled? In your world or did it have to do with a job? I became a Sphere hunter."

[mobprincess]

"Same - used to everyone knowin' my name, feels weird doin' it so much now. But yeah, s'nice to meet you too!"

Man, the sound of an airship though? That sounded rad as hell to her, and it showed in how her eyes widened in delight.

"Nah, we use trains and planes an' stuff, and I mostly just use a car for work things, but airships sound WAY cooler than any'a those. What d'they look like?"

[whereishe]

Yuna laughed. "I'm not sure what those things are or if I could draw it out but maybe I'll give it a try. I've been on two airships in my life. They're rare and not entirely understood. The two airships I've seen were found and fixed up by family." She didn't really understand how it worked.

"But there was a bridge where the airship was flown. A deck up above that we sometimes used for performances. Then below was the living quarters and bar. And below that was the engine room. It wasn't very big but it was comfortable and I had a love of fun traveling all around Spira."

[mobprincess]

Seeing one drawn on paper would be helpful - with how Holly's imagination tended to run away from her at the best of times, the mental image she already had of an airship was likely wildly inaccurate.

"That sounds awesome - I've been on planes a couple'a times, but I get real travel sick, so I normally just stick to travellin' over land."

'Travel sick' was the easiest way to word 'vampires don't do well on journeys that take them over water', at least for now. Holly didn't want what she was to become public knowledge just yet, and it was possibly one of the only subjects she managed to keep from chattering about.

[whereishe]

"I knew a few people who got motion sickness. I find that it helps to drink some water and find a place that's steady to focus on. That's how you skate, right? You focus on where you're going. I don't think flying is any different." At least from her experience.

"But I sometimes get dizzy looking up at very tall buildings. I haven't found a way to fix that besides... not looking up." She grinned a little sheepishly.

"If you want to know more you should swing by the Gullwing office. I might be able to sketch something out there."