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Post by Ty on Nov 29, 2020 7:07:05 GMT -8
After Cayle secured an annual pass for Arashi, loading it with zeni for him to buy concessions with, Ty lured the dragon boy to specific a roller coaster. On their way there, the teenage redhead explained that she was able to test ride it with Lilith Nevermore, so was excited to discover that it was now operational for all guests. Upon arrival they got there first in line, since she was a lifetime pass holder, they were able to enter the theme park as VIPs. The roller coaster itself was long, with several dips, dives, turns, and tunnels that looked like mining tunnels. A mining cart was outfitted for two riders to face each other with levers in between them, which meant only two people were able to ride it at a time, compared to the other coasters which allowed for several passengers.
Ty hopped into the cart, pleased to know that the suggestions she made last time she rode it, with only a lap bar, was upgraded to a shoulder support safety and a belt instead. The staff secured them both in, as well as explaining that the lever with the squeeze handle controlled which direction the cart should travel, the second one was a wheel on its side, the faster your it was turned the speed of the cart would spin around along the track. Instead of the ride starting automatically the lever that determined direction allowed the riders to decide when the fun should begin.
“Alright, are you all snug inside your seat, Arashi? Do you wanna go forwards the first time and backwards the second time?” Her ocean blue eyes stared directly at him, she was happy that the seat was adjustable to accommodate his height, and she wondered if he could reach the levers since they were within knee reach. “Do you want to start the ride?” [313/8,000] Arashi
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Post by Arashi on Nov 29, 2020 22:35:05 GMT -8
The place was pretty amazing to him. He'd never seen anything like it, not him, nor his mother whose memories he continued to develop from. It seemed like this was a place where lots of people came for fun. And Lily and Cayle had worked to get him a pass for this place, although it seemed they were using Lily's pass this time around.
"They treated you super important when you walked in. I guess that means your extra special in this place?" He asked curiously while they made their way to the ride she seemed intent on having him ride.
Once they were snuggly buckled in, Arashi felt just a little nervous. He wasn't scared of heights or anything like that. But he did feel slightly trapped on the ride with the bars holding him in place. He was almost strong enough to fly on his own, maybe in a few days to a week his wings would finally be strong enough to flap and take him into the skies. From there it would be more about how quickly his entire body would develop. He'd probably grown an inch, maybe two since coming to live with Ty and Cayle, though unless someone tried to measure him, they would never know it.
"We can go backward and forwards." He mused looking at the bar between his legs before pushing it forward. "Forward this time, backward next time!" He said with a smile, figuring that would be fine with her. He just wanted to be able to see where he would be going this time since the second trip would mean going backward, and that made him less comfortable. But he figured that in an emergency he could freeze and shatter the bars holding himself and Lily to get off the ride if something went wrong.
Then again Lily was strong enough she could probably break the bars herself frozen or not regardless. If they were in trouble she could probably react faster than he could. He didn't have any reason to believe there would be any trouble, and Lily seemed perfectly comfortable. So he trusted her judgment. At least for now as he put the ride to start forward.
WC: 370
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Post by Ty on Dec 9, 2020 9:51:12 GMT -8
“Yeah! I earned a lifetime pass when I saved Marshmallow Summit, which is an artificial snow mountain for ski and snowboarding here at the theme park, from a carrot meteor….” Ty paused for a moment, “Well it was a spaceship made out of a giant carrot. So Cayle and I worked with a team of martial artists to take it apart from a giant rabbit.”
It sounded absurd, Tiger Lily was telling the truth, there was never a time when she lied about describing something. In fact that space ship was entirely made from a giant rock on the moon by Monster Carrot who had the ability to turn anything into a carrot after he stored enough of his power to do so. Arashi began the ride, moving it forward this time, it was actually a fast theme based roller coaster dipping down into a mine shaft tunnel which glittered with gems, then back out into a loop da loop, if they relaxed gravity jettisoned them across the track with sharp fun turns. Despite their strength, flight, or control of their own bodies being carried away by the miner cart along a track was distinct feeling that provided a fun thrill. At the very end of the ride, a flash nearly blinded them, an hologram image of Baba Yaga gazing at her crystal ball determined their fortune at the cart came to a stop, an image on the crystal ball itself began to fade in to predict their future. The ai integrated into this particular ride captured their faces and drew an illustration of the riders for their amusement. Tiger Lily planned on having the image printed to decorate her room with later, she gestured for Arashi to try the lever in the other direction to continue, perhaps even cause the mine cart to spin down the track during a loop-da-loop. [311] [994/8,000] Arashi
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Post by Arashi on Dec 12, 2020 13:35:46 GMT -8
Thanks to his mother's memories he was able to understand most of what she was talking about except for one thing. "What's a space ship?" He asked. Wherever his mother had lived such things had never existed. Though based on the name at least it was a ship that went into space. Though it was very odd to think about a ship that could sail among the stars. Although it did have a very magical quality to it. Although from what Lily said, it was a ship shaped like a carrot. Very odd. He didn't think a carrot could sail very well, so why make a ship-shaped like one? She would have to correct his impression of what a space ship was later. Although actually creating a sailing ship that could fly through space might be possible for someone like Arashi, assuming he one day learned or mastered the proper magics for it. Though for the moment at least he would have had no idea how to go about such a project.
He enjoyed the ride as it started. He was surprised by the loop they went through! He laughed and smiled as he rode along, losing any suspicion he had of the ride before they hit the end of it and hat the future image taken. He blinked at the sight of it. It was clearly him, but in it, he was taller than Lily was. He was definitely shorter than she was right now. So he found the image very interesting. "Wow, why am I big in that image?" He asked, pointing to it. Asking the question before he did as she wanted and started the ride again but this time in the opposite direction. He smiled excited to see what it would be like to go through the ride backward this time.
WC: 306/676
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Post by Ty on Jul 11, 2021 20:07:40 GMT -8
“Wee!” Tiger Lily laughed as the ride started up again, this time going backwards, and Arashi had full control of the mining cart along the track to manipulate the fun they were having.
“In one of the illustrated books of Pilaf’s Adventures, the Emperor meets a small witch named Baba Yaga, she has a giant crystal ball that can divine people’s future at a cost of one million zeni! Remember the picture in my room, back in the tree house, with me and Lady Lilith Nevermore? We did a test drive of this roller coaster before, there were some safety issues, she almost fell out of her seat so they changed the lap belt to the shoulder one.” After a beat she smiled widely and continued, “It’s just for fun. We can have it printed on vellum to cover one of the walls in your room if you like it.”
For a moment she wondered how long it would take for Arashi to grow as tall as the fortune image. “Hmm...I am sixteen years old now....in sixteen years you will be taller than me and I will be 32! Yikes! That’s how old my parents back at my home island are. Hehe.”
Recalling her parents, she wondered if she should introduce the dragon boy to them, but given that she left on bad terms with her father in order to be with Cayle it would probably be best for him to return to the remote island.
“My parents are very nice. I am sure they will happy to meet you. They live on a remote island in the southern side of the globe. There is another small island across the way with an eldery neighbor who goes fishing from time to time…you will like him too!”
While Tiger Lily did not mention any names, it turned out her elderly neighbor was no other than Master Roshi who was Baba Yaga’s brother, but since it had been over four hundred years, this bit of information had been lost. [339] [1,639/8,000] Arashi
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Post by Arashi on Sept 16, 2021 16:36:12 GMT -8
"I hope I don't need to wait that long to become that big." Arashi mused while considering the older-looking image of himself and Ty. "My age is based on the amount of power I have. The more power I have the faster I'll grow." Arashi explained, knowing this to be a function of his race. "We adapt and grow quickly since doing otherwise was very dangerous in my mother's world. Young dragons are a rare prize and often quickly hunted down, either to be killed or captured. As one might expect that means that young dragons are raised to be little more than pets. My mother had seen the like only a handful of times, however, it made her blood boil like a whirling tempest." He said while the ride started up again, going backward with him in control. He had no idea what he was doing though and just tried to switch stuff up whenever he could. Once the ride really got going he could not speak much more on his growth. All he knew was the more he trained and the stronger he became the faster he would and could grow. That meant that the image could be months, or years. But if he grew as strong as he hoped to, then he was leaning towards months more than years. WC: 222/898 TWC: 1,861/8,000 Ty
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