62. [ RL with John ]

[trinities]

[ Nena's sitting in the lounge by the main departures board of the AEU Orbital Elevator drinking a coffee that's more sugar than drink, when she realizes she's just bullied a kid into letting her give him a tour. Wait, what? Seriously, what?

No, no, the goal was to totally freak him out by showing him space and the future and stuff! Which... he'll probably think is totally cool. What just happened and when did it happen??

Well, WHATEVER. She'd totally boss him around and freak him out, SO THERE. Little weirdo. ]

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[trinities]

I wanted to see if I could get you to go upside down! [ She floats over to the window, coming neatly to rest sitting on the cushioned window seat ]

I dunno why everyone always acts so silly when they get up here! Isn't it a total pain to live in gravity all the time?

[airkind.livejournal.com]

Can I really go upside-down? [That sounds sort of cool if he's doing it intentionally, so he tries to do somersaults. And fails miserably.]

Um, well, I've lived in gravity for thirteen years! So, no? Isn't it a total pain not to live in gravity all the time? Everything is all... floaty.

[trinities]

[ She pushes off the wall to do a perfect somersault because she likes showing off. :3 ]

Well it's not always super low gravity like this, sometimes it's just partial! And sometimes it's full gravity. You can do things like play space Quidditch, which is totally awesome!

[airkind.livejournal.com]

Aw, man, how do you do that? [He tries and sort of just ends up going halfway, staying upside-down, which... okay, is still the collest thing ever, this is awesome. And then he's not entirely sure how to get upright again so he just talks to her from down there.]

Like, Harry Potter Quidditch? Oh, that is so cool. Holy shit, do you seriously live here? Sooooo cool! Oh man, I'm in space! I am really in space right now, this is-- [And then he starts laughing because he is a dork who likes to quote cool Dave memes,] I'm telling you, gravity like that is unreal, it doesn't even happen! Most of the time, haha.

[trinities]

[ she pushes him right side up, maybe a little harder than need be so he ends up spinning around a bit ]

Yeah, me and my brother took some of the Haros and whacked them around! [ she mimes swinging a bat, including the twisty motions she has to do with her lower half to keep from becoming a victim of momentum ]

And I don't live here this is for tourists! I live on a colony, but like the guy who runs it is super strict so we can't really have visitors. So that's why we're here, instead!

[airkind.livejournal.com]

[WHOOPS he goes upright but then a little too far and bumps his head on the window hard enough to elicit a yelp and a pained little whine.]

Ow. Um. Oh. I wish I could see where you live, but I guess if you can't have visitors, then there's no way. Besides, this is awesome enough! I am actually in space. Wow. Oh man, floating like this is the coolest, I wish I could just do this all the time! Whenever I wanted, just whoooosh!

[Did somebody order some FORESHADOWING?]

[trinities]

You're gonna kill yourself unless I give you a lesson in floating around, aren't you.

[airkind.livejournal.com]

Uh. Not... if I stay away from walls and the floor and pretty much everything else in the room? [Pause.] ... Can I maaaaybe get a lesson? Heh.

[trinities]

You wouldn't be as much fun if you died! Hmmm... [ she's rotating a bit on the spot, trying to figure out how to explain something she does naturally ] A lot of it's just like, physics or whatever! Whichever direction you start going in you just keep going in. So you don't have to kick off of stuff super hard or you're gonna crack your skull.

[airkind.livejournal.com]

So, I should just do it lightly? [He kicks off the wall gently and it sends him floating along a fair way but not too fast, thankfully.] Pchooooo! Haha, this is so awesome!

[trinities]

Pchooooo? [ she considers that. It is a good sound effect. She'll have to use it. ]

Okay, first test! Figure out how to stop!

[airkind.livejournal.com]

[OH GOD WHAT. Nobody said there would be tests!!!]

Um! How to-- stop? Uhhhh-- [He tries to lean towards his feet, the opposite direction of the way he's moving in, and ends up going into a really bad, clumsy somersault.]

[trinities]

[ she GIGGLES MADLY as he rolls through the air ] Bzzzzzt! Try again!

[airkind.livejournal.com]

What! But-- I sort of stopped! I'm not going that way any more, at least. Also, now I think I am stuck.

[And he sort of is, because there's nothing near enough for him to kick off and he's not too good at moving on his own yet.]

[trinities]

Try flailing around! It'll totally click! [ also it'll be hilarious and silly ]

[airkind.livejournal.com]

[Because John is stupid and gullible and trusts Nena far too much already, he... flails around.]

I don't think this is really helping! Don't I need momentum or something?

[trinities]

That's cause you've gotta do it more! The more you move, the more momentum you have! [ she's in a gigglefit again... she can teach him properly after he stops rolling around like a turtle on his back. ]

[airkind.livejournal.com]

[He's pretty much trying to barrel roll his way around. But with a lot more kicking and flailing.]

Hey, don't laugh at me, this is hard!

[trinities]

You just look so stupid! Okay, okay... [ she gets the giggles under control and pushes off over to him, grabbing onto his leg to halt his wild spinning ]

Okay so like, you can use your arms to turn around if you know what you're doing, here-- [ she demonstrates swinging one arm forward and one arm back like she was spinning herself in a desk chair, and sure enough, soon she's facing the other way ]

[airkind.livejournal.com]

I feel stupid doing this.

[But he mimics her anyway, and his involves a lot more flailing and failure, but he eventually gets all the way around.] Jeez, I don't think I could ever get used to this! Isn't there an easy way?

[trinities]

Not unless you want me to drag you around on a leash! Anyway, that was a trick question. You never wanna stop until you run into something you can push off of, or you're gonna float around like an idiot!

[airkind.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on! You told me to stop, you didn't say whether I should stop or not. [He reaches out just to hold onto her shoulder or something, because this is kind of weird and unnerving.]

... But, uh, okay, how do we get back once we're stuck floating around?

[trinities]

[ She grins and pushes him up towards the ceiling; the momentum sends her down to the floor. She kicks off again, back towards the hallway ]

Heee, pchooooo! Just kick off the ceiling!

[airkind.livejournal.com]

[He yelps in surprise when she pushes him, but he does manage to twist around and plant his feet on the ceiling.]

Oh! Right, got it! [And he kicks off to follow her with his arms outstretched because he is the biggest dork.] Pchooooo!

[trinities]

[ THE DORKIEST. She grabs him once he gets near the door so he won't bounce off again, and because he's totally asking for it by being such a giant dork, gives him a SPACE NOOGIE while giggling.

Which is exactly like a regular one except IN SPACE. ]