The Newcago Court

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

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Oh, good try, but she isn't wearing skates. Her feet are just frictionless. Also, you said: slicked her body and the sled so that the two were frictionless, but that implies that Yzabet would have just slid off her sled, unless her body and the sled were going the same speed, which they weren't, because she threw herself onto it, and her hands couldn't have held on. 

Tena concentrated on the race, but made sure to shoot a coin at Yzabet, who got hit in the face and nearly toppled off her sled. She took a snowball to the back, but remained upright. She saw the snow area coming, and her spren obligingly turned into a big, curved piece of metal that she threw under herself as she hit snow, stopping her lack of friction and maintaining her momentum, gliding forward on her Shardsled. Yzabet was close behind her, along with Mace, but she only knew that because of Yzabet's snide comments and Mace's maniacal seal-laugh. 

Edited July 28, 2018 by AxeliustheGreat

[I Am Witless she/her]

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She made it so that she could stay on her sled using the friction on her feet and on the sled. She slicked herself AFTER she started moving. Do you need me to draw you a picture? [I don't intend this as an insulting comment. We've done it before. Sometimes the physics of these things are REALLY confusing.]

Yzabet easily balanced on her sled, veering back and forth in a threat to pass Tena. She's a coinshot as well, but I don't have any metal on me, and the sled is made of wood. What can I dooo…… Jael, her spren, formed into a boomerang, and Yzabet threw her right in front of Tena's sled, upsetting the toboggan. Yzabet passed Tena, then quickly summoned Jael back and used her as a staff to go faster. Yzabet was nearing her top speed on this downhill slope, aided by the mostly-frictionless sled and her mostly-frictionless body. Behind her, Mace was singing the Alleyverse National Anthem, the Hokey Pokey.

Edited July 29, 2018 by I am Witless

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

Tena growled and Pushed some coins into the faces of other sledders, including Mace, who tried to grab the coin. Tena then tossed one in front of her and veered right really fast, Pushing the coin right into Yzabet's flank, and making the woman turn 90 degrees and smash into the side. I guess it's time to play dirty, Tena thought, promptly setting a coin on her sled and Pushing herself to her feet with it. She did her ice-skating motion and gained speed, easily passing the cursing Yzabet, then summoned her spren as an axe, throwing it behind her without looking. She heard a shriek of pain and re-summoned her spren into her hand as a staff the length of the sled track, re-frictioning her feet and angling the staff so that it was throat-level with the incoming sledders. They all either crashed into it or each other, so Tena spun back around and ice-skated right over the bright red finish line, but kept going to the green one because that was obviously a Mace-esque trap; setting a fake finish line. Or maybe two. She kept on skating until she touched the wall with her hand, and then looked back to see what the other racers were doing.

"Okay, you finished in first," a bored-looking guy said, handing her a small pouch that Tena didn't open, because putting something in there to knock her out was also a Mace-esque trap.

[Archer he/him]

Mace watched the other racers zoom around him. If he was worried, he didn't show it. In fact, he reached down and pulled the parking brake on his sled to slow it down.

When that failed to do anything (likely due to the lack of wheels) he grabbed the coil of rope on the seat beside him tied it around his waist, then jumped ship. He flew through the air as the sled zipped out from underneath him. Eventually the rope pulled taut, as the other end was connected to the floor of the sled. He felt like a kite. 

Mace then quadrupled his weight. He dropped like a stone, landing with a crunch in the middle of the track. Using his body like a human anchor, and his hands to guide the rope, he swung the sled around him like the hand of a clock. Its momentum carried it in an arc, lifting up into the air as it swung. Mace allowed it to swing 90 degrees to get it in the right position, before deftly drawing on some stored speed to quickly untie the knot holding it on to him, releasing the sled. He watched with satisfaction as it whizzed through the air like a cannon shot, headed towards the person standing at the finish line. 

[I Am Witless she/her]

A coin shot right into Yzabet, but slid off of her, hardly even wobbling the Edgedancer. An ax flew past her, and Yzabet cursed loudly. Someone is willing to hurt other people to win. I'll ask Mace who she is after this is over. This is NOT cool.

Yzabet jumped over the other competitors, then skidded towards Mace. "Lighten up!" She screamed, then grabbed him by the collar.

[Archer he/him]

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MUST WIN I'VE GOT 25 CRYSTS RIDING ON THIS!!! 

Okay, so not really. It's probably been long enough, Mace can reasonably transition out of war-mode now. 

The sled flew true, smashing into the snowbank above Tena. It caused a mini avalanche, sending snow spilling down onto them, half burying them. 

Mace smiled. 

Then Yzabet slapped him. 

"Ow!" he muttered, rubbing his cheek. He looked up at her. Looking into her eyes triggered something in his subconscious. A memory, faint, but poignant. 

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But his author hadn't planned on any major character development in this post, so nothing more was said about it. 

"Sorry!" he shouted in the general direction of his fellow party-goers. Feeling a bit embarrassed at how reckless he'd been acting, he slowly got to his feet to inspect the damage he'd caused. Luckily, no one was hurt. 

Although, much confusion and delay had been caused. "Hey Yzabet?" he asked. "Could I get a ride to the bottom with you? My ride appears to be in several different pieces at the moment."

[I Am Witless she/her]

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I intended to hint for Mace to store weight, and for Yzabet to drag him through the air like a kite by his neck or something like that. I didn't communicate that, sorry.

 

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

"Great gods of the-" Tena cursed, slamming a coin into the snowy ground under her, then Pushing off it, bursting through the 10 feet of snow that had buried her, and flying upwards and backwards. She spun in mid-air, so that when she landed, she was facing towards the sledders, one of whom had apparently been attempting to suffocate her. She dropped another coin and Pushed herself towards the track, alighting nimbly on a Shardpole that she formed below her as she willed it to, so that she glared down at Mace and Yzabet like a hunting owl.

"What was that?" she asked calmly, knowing that Mace had thrown the sled that had almost killed her; she'd seen him doing it, but had figured that he wouldn't attempt to kill her. She raised her hand to silence what Yzabet was going to say, knowing what it was. "No, what he did is different, Yzabet. I can heal any wound I cause easily. But he would've had to dig me out, and by the time I was out, I might have hypothermia or be dead. You can't heal dead people." She shortened her Shardpole until she could jump off and stand up, which she did, now holding a Shardstaff that she could use in a fight if she needed to.

[Archer he/him]

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*should have taken Witless more literally*

"Actually..." Mace caught himself before he started on a lecture on how to heal dead people. "Nevermind. I'm sorry Tena, that was out of line. No hard feelings?" He offered his hand to her to shake. 

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This doesn't seem like a Mace-esque trap at all. No sir. Definitely not.

... 

You can take it either way. 

 

Edited July 29, 2018 by Archer

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

Tena extended her hand, accepting the handshake, but quickly backed off a few steps and looked around, expecting to see hemalurgic seals coming to eat her or something like that. "Whew," she said quietly, then, "I heard something about money or something being given to the winner, which, as I recall, I am. So...?" She tilted her head questioningly. 

[BitBitio he/him]

A Sentinel Representative wearing a blue coat enters and whispers something in Mace's ear.

[Archer he/him]

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 Hemalurgic seals would be fun!

"Expletive!" Mace exclaimed. "So soon?" 

The Sentinel Representative nodded. 

"Okay," Mace continued. "I'll get my battle armour ready, then go pick up the army. I'll meet him on the battlefield as soon as I'm ready."

The Sentinel Representative nodded. 

"Sorry guys. I've got to go. See you around." 

The Sentinel Representative noodled.

Mace then removed a Tia card from his pocket and stroked it. Just as he was about to disappear, he shouted, "Give my thanks to Queen E! It's been a fun party!". Then he was gone. 

The Sentinel Representative continued to casually improv on his flute. It sounded terrible. 

[I Am Witless she/her]

Yzabet poked her finger into the hole of the flute.

 "Anything for me?"

[Archer he/him]

The Sentinel Representative nodded. 

Then leaned in to whisper something in her ear. 

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

"Oh, by the way, Yzabet," Tena said casually. "I'm working in Solace's army. Peace." She grinned deviously and disappeared onto the Alleyplanet. The battle was beginning. 

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

On 28/07/2018 at 9:20 AM, Archer said:

Speaking from experience, riding down stairs is fun, but it hurts to stop. Let's make this a real course. Perhaps Her Majesty could magic up one, unless that would bring back too many traumatic memories? 

Elsa thought for a moment. "A track? I can do better than that!" A massive snowy mountain began to rumble out of the ground with a gorgeous twisting and turning ice track around it.

"Not bad for an improvement over thirteen years. Will this do?" 

Edited August 1, 2018 by Queen Elsa Steelheart

[+Ark1002]

"I would compete but I'm a bit busy at the moment. War going on at all. Bye!"

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

On 02/08/2018 at 0:44 PM, Ark1002 said:

"I would compete but I'm a bit busy at the moment. War going on at all. Bye!"

"Feel free to join one anytime!"

[Grey Knight]

A space marine burst into the hall and dropped to his knee in front of Elsa, his armor too scorched to identify the heraldry. His left pauldron was on fire, but he didn't seem to notice.

"My Queen!" he said, making a hasty bow. "Warmaster Drako requests your assistance in evacuating the citizens of the AlleyCity, before we cleanse the corruption from orbit. What do you say?"

[+Ark1002]

They alleystorm washed over the city. It had left the city, and had reached here. It did much less damage than at the alleycity. This was pure steel. It did damage it though.

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

Tena used a Perpendicularity to transport to the Newcago Court, jumping out and going frictionless, ice skating over to the Queen. 

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

On 15/08/2018 at 9:59 AM, Grey Knight said:

A space marine burst into the hall and dropped to his knee in front of Elsa, his armor too scorched to identify the heraldry. His left pauldron was on fire, but he didn't seem to notice.

"My Queen!" he said, making a hasty bow. "Warmaster Drako requests your assistance in evacuating the citizens of the AlleyCity, before we cleanse the corruption from orbit. What do you say?"

"Assistance Granted. What do you need?"

[Kidpen he/him]

19 minutes ago, Queen Elsa Steelheart said:

"Assistance Granted. What do you need?"

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She said, sixteen years after he asked for help.

 

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

21 hours ago, Kidpen said:

 

"Go on, I'm waiting."

[Kidpen he/him]

@Grey Knight