("Sloshing Along The River" was set in a post-apocalyptic universe where a lot of my fandom OCs ended up in the same neighborhood. The oldest OCs, Disa and Keegan, come from a universe I wrote back in the late 1980s, while the most recent - Marie, Naoko, and Nezumi - come from the mid 2000s.)
Disa and Keegan had never been on an ice rink before. That didn't stop them from trying to chase each other around on ice skates, falling and laughing as if there was no tomorrow.
Marie only wished she could be so carefree.
* * *
Greer waited her chance to skate. She had grown up in Fairbanks and knew how to ice skate, and it felt so terribly nostalgic to have her skates on. Beside her, Michael relaxed; he knew how to skate too.
* * *
Naoko had grown up around ice and snow, but she really hadn't skated in years. Instead of going skating, she watched Nezumi make her way towards Marie.
Hopefully her little sister wouldn't make a scene, like every other time.
* * *
"Not gonna skate?" Nezumi asked casually, grinning in hopes that the other woman might listen to her.
"I'm not that daring," Marie looked at the rink and then at Nezumi, and then back at the rink again.
"Come on, I'll catch your fall!"
* * *
Det could read what Nezumi had in mind, and shook his head. "She's never going to go for it," he said to nobody in particular.
Beside him, Naoko sighed.
* * *
"I think it would not be a good idea if I set the rink on fire," Marie told Nezumi softly. Only the people in her neighborhood knew she was pyrokinetic and prone to set things on fire if she panicked.
She knew from Nezumi's expression that it hadn't put the other woman off one iota.
* * *
Disa and Keegan got to go on the ice several times because the operator had been taken in by their cuteness. Greer had a grin on her face by the time she and Michael went home.
Marie was just glad that she had held to her better judgement and had not set the rink on fire by accident.
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A bunch of people either ice skate or think about it
Date: 2016-03-10 01:54 am (UTC)Disa and Keegan had never been on an ice rink before. That didn't stop them from trying to chase each other around on ice skates, falling and laughing as if there was no tomorrow.
Marie only wished she could be so carefree.
* * *
Greer waited her chance to skate. She had grown up in Fairbanks and knew how to ice skate, and it felt so terribly nostalgic to have her skates on. Beside her, Michael relaxed; he knew how to skate too.
* * *
Naoko had grown up around ice and snow, but she really hadn't skated in years. Instead of going skating, she watched Nezumi make her way towards Marie.
Hopefully her little sister wouldn't make a scene, like every other time.
* * *
"Not gonna skate?" Nezumi asked casually, grinning in hopes that the other woman might listen to her.
"I'm not that daring," Marie looked at the rink and then at Nezumi, and then back at the rink again.
"Come on, I'll catch your fall!"
* * *
Det could read what Nezumi had in mind, and shook his head. "She's never going to go for it," he said to nobody in particular.
Beside him, Naoko sighed.
* * *
"I think it would not be a good idea if I set the rink on fire," Marie told Nezumi softly. Only the people in her neighborhood knew she was pyrokinetic and prone to set things on fire if she panicked.
She knew from Nezumi's expression that it hadn't put the other woman off one iota.
* * *
Disa and Keegan got to go on the ice several times because the operator had been taken in by their cuteness. Greer had a grin on her face by the time she and Michael went home.
Marie was just glad that she had held to her better judgement and had not set the rink on fire by accident.