video ; 7th transformation

[permutates]

Did you know we have an ice rink?

[ Because there is one! And Raven pans the camera around to see: yes, ice, places to sit around the ice, everything.

When she refocuses it on her, it's apparent that she looks slightly different from usual. She has dark hair, for one. And, for another, her skin is a subtle shade of green. ]

I didn't!

It's in the annexe.

Someone come skate with me.

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[megamind]

Oh, brilliant!

....I have no idea how to skate, but that's still brilliant.

[permutates]

It's not hard.

[ Don't mind her, she's doing little two-step spins on the ice. (Having left the camera sitting on the rail.) ]

[megamind]

Depends on how uncoordinated you are. I mean, I'm super graceful [ lies, Megamind, so many lies ] but not everybody else is.

Who has the keys? [ Skates are dangerous! ] Did you request it?

[permutates]

Alex does. I'm going to see if I can get a set too.

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[fireincarnate]

[Jean's been trying her damndest to get back in the swing of things, and she can't help but smile at Raven's jubilance. It's a bit worn around the edges, but it's warm.]

I don't know, last time I skated I spent half the time on my butt. [And then in the water. Thanks, Wanda.]

Video

[permutates]

You'll probably do better this time.

[ She's left the camera on the rail, and she's skating in circles, letting her body remember how to move. ]

Video -> Spam

[fireincarnate]

[Her smile softens. It's still a bit sad, but hopeful, too.] I guess it's worth the risk.

Be there in a second. You look beautiful, by the way. [And then she's gone.

It's not long at all until she's feeling her way out into the ice. She decided to be whimsical; she's wearing a black figure skating dress, spotted with stars.]

Video -> Spam

[permutates]

Thank you.

And I'm glad you're back.

[ She's spinning around by the time Raven gets there, and she spots her and breaks into skating backwards to steady herself out. ]

Did you make that?

[onlysurvivor]

That sounds fantastic!



...what's skating?

[permutates]

It's like this - you have skates, which are a boot with a kind of blade on it - [ She holds up one foot, in explanation ] and you use them to glide across the ice.

[ She leaves the camera on the rail and demonstrates, doing a couple of little spins too. ]

[onlysurvivor]

A... metal blade.

[What, he's not gonna troll anybody. Much.]

[He shows up a while later. He looks over the skates before he puts them on. ]

[permutates]

Don't you dare!

[ She shouts this while she's skating around, out on the ice. Just a forewarning, Kelsier. ]

[spam]

[routemistress]

[Iris doesn't bother answering on the network; she just turns up and comes out onto the ice. She's no ice-dancer, but she's well able to stay upright at high speeds, a fact she demonstrates by shooting past Raven like a fluffly blonde projectile.]

Eeeeeee! I'd forgotten. Sokolov were going to organise ice-hockey or summat. Which I'm so up for I can't even tell you. I like the Easter basket thing you've got goin' on lately. Can you do lilac?

[spam]

[permutates]

I never met him.

[ She regrets it a little, now. He seemed like he was nice. Maybe if he comes back she'll see if they can be friends. His accent reminds her of Azazel, anyway.

She gives a little spin on the ice, and makes smaller circles, inside of where Iris is, keeping pace with her but slower. ]

I could do purple.

This is ... it's because of Ivy, though.

[spam]

[routemistress]

[Iris' idea of changing direction on ice seems to involve either a rink-gouging handbrake-turn or hitting the wall and rebounding, but she watches Raven's spins and circles with headcocked interest.]

Oh, of course! Aye. I never quite managed to get close with 'er. I did try. I wish she 'adn't gone. Amazing woman. I've got a safe deposit full of seeds I were lookin' after for 'er and all. When I find 'em a planet I'll name it for 'er, I think. Maybe go find 'er and move 'er there too, if she likes.

[spam]

[permutates]

[ She got good at tight maneuvering because she didn't like skating with the rest of the crowd, in endless circles around and around the winter rinks. So she went to the center, and more or less played on her own.

Thinking about Ivy leads all of those feelings to twist in her belly again. She'd wanted a lot of things, when she was around Ivy. Some of them she doesn't really have words for. ]

That sounds really nice.

She helped me. A lot. And she was beautiful.

[ There's longing in her voice. ]

[darknessb4me]

...I haven't skated since I was a child.

[permutates]

Then it's been too long.

[darknessb4me]

Are there skates?

[Private]

[wecanavenge]

[Well that's a new look, and he's good at burying the - whatever he feels over Ivy's departure.]

You know how? [By which he means, he's never tried this before.]

[Private]

[permutates]

Don't tell me you're nervous. You could just float on the blades.

[Private]

[wecanavenge]

Of course I'm not nervous. [Huff.] Is it open? [Does he need a warden item to get in, he means.]

[intelligently]

I'll be there. [ Her favourite, yay ]

[permutates]

Great!

[intelligently]

Are there any spare skates? [ Because look who doesn't have her own.

Lydia quickly grabs her headband, putting it on place on her head to keep her hair back for skating before checking her outfit. Once everything is all set she makes her way down to the annexe. The last time she'd been there (for class) she hadn't noticed this place, but she hadn't been looking for it either. (She just hoped there weren't any hallucination dead bodies in this one) ]