[ooc]Ok, I'll admit it. The badly animated aligator amuses me terribly. I love Turdle/Billy/Al, or whatever else you want to call him! He's just hilareous! My brother spent about twenty minutes trying to avoid the aligatore before I told him it was harmless. Don't you love it when siblings are idiots?[/ooc]
"Cube! Wait up!" shouted Rhyth as Cube kept speeding away from her, as though she didn't care where Rhyth was. Cube dashed into the sewer from Kibogaoka Hill and turned a sharp left, skilfully and fluidly jumping over the grates to make her way along the pipe without any hindrance. Rhyth followed behind her as best she could, but she had never exactly raced through the sewers. She wasn't as skilled at jumping over the grids.
"Cube wait!" Cube kept going. Now the grates were getting higher, and she was several grates in front of Rhyth. It was still easy for her to navigate. Grabbing air on the side of the pipes was as easy as walking for her. At the end of the first section of pipe, she had her favourite trick. She grabbed a whole stack of air, and flew through the air to land on a pole taking her to stairs up to the next level. She didn't even get wet, or touch the platform below her. Rhyth missed this stunt, and took more time to get up to the next level.
"Cube!" Rhyth cried as sewer water splattered her clothes. "Come back Cube!"
Cube was already pulling the same series of stunts to get through the next section of pipe, and wasn't even considering going back. She was finally getting Rhyth off her tail. She didn't know what she did to encourage Rhyth, she almost tried to repel her, but the chirpy kid always seemed to be hanging around. But not for the rest of the day, if she could help it. At the end of the second section of the pipe she ground the rail, and then jumped off.
She rode the wall, and the next, then dropped lightly to the ground and headed towards the bottom of the sewer.
***
"Cube! Where are you? Cube!" called Rhyth desperately. It was ten minutes later, and Rhyth had no idea where Cube had gone. She had kept climbing in the sewers, until she had reached the level where the creature lived. It was probably an alligator, but nobody could ever be bothered to classify it. Rhyth just called him Billy. And he didn't mind.
"Billy? Do you know where Cube went?" Rhyth asked, as though it would answer.
Billy waddled.
"I lost her, and don't know where she went."
Billy waddled.
"Have you seen her?"
Billy waddled on.
"She has to be somewhere!"
Waddling is what Billy continued to do.
"Where can she be?"
Billy waddled into a hole in the wall, and disappeared from Rhyth's sight.
"Billy!" Rhyth knelt down to look into the hole, but it was too dark to see anything.
There was a sudden roar behind her. Rhyth jumped up and turned around. Two members of Poison Jam had just landed on her platform, glaring fiercely at her through their masks. Their armour made them look fiercer. Neither looked impressed.
"Oh, it's only Rhyth," one of them said. "Hey Inta, what's ya sister doing here?"
"How the hell should I know? I'm not her keeper," growled the second one, removing his mask. Rhyth stared up into the face of her eldest brother.
"Rhyth, what are you doing here?"
"Hi Nick!" Rhyth greeted her brother, oblivious to the tone, "Hi Thumper," she added to the other Poison Jam.
"Answer me Rhyth."
"I didn't come here by myself. I was with Cube. But I got lost."
"Deliberately I bet," growled Inta, or Nick as Rhyth knew him.
"I didn't mean to!" objected Rhyth. "Cube was just so fast!"
"Listen Sis, just get out of here. This is no place for you."
"Aw, alright Nick," conceded Rhyth. She really didn't like fighting with her brother.
"Thumper, make sure she gets out, will you?"
"Sure Inta." Rhyth's older brother watched his sister and his friend leave. He stayed still for a minute, then brought his hand to his mouth as he coughed violently, the noise echoing in the sewers.
Once his coughing fit subsided, Nick pulled his hand away from his mouth and looked at the blood in his palm. Cursing, he wiped if off on his leg and set off to see if he could find Cube.
***
It was dark in the bottom of the sewers. Cube sat on her old throne, both the fires had long gone out. She used to feel so strong and almighty sitting up there, now she just felt alone. So very, very alone. Maybe she shouldn't have tried to shake Rhyth before. Maybe the reason no guy ever tried to get close to her was because she pushed everyone away all the time, and they didn't feel brave enough to come closer. Maybe that's why Corn never tried to get close.
Maybe that was why everyone else seemed happy, when she didn't feel happy.
Sure, the GGs were fun, and great to hang out with, but they were always so far away, in a way, like they were in a different world. Cube always felt slightly prejudiced against because she used to lead an opposing gang.
She didn't know why she still bothered with the GGs anyway, seeing as they never seemed to fully accept her.
Wait, yes she did. It was Corn.
But he tried so hard. He tried to be fair to everyone all the time and it didn't work. Just once he needed to stop, to have a break. Or even if Corn stopped trying hard, and made things simpler for himself, it would be better for him. His problem was that he had no outlet. No escape. Yet I could escape so easily, thought Cube. I should take him with me. But he wouldn't go unless he knew the GGs could function without him. But then he'd feel unneeded.
Cube sighed.
Such was this complicated life.
"Cube! Wait up!" shouted Rhyth as Cube kept speeding away from her, as though she didn't care where Rhyth was. Cube dashed into the sewer from Kibogaoka Hill and turned a sharp left, skilfully and fluidly jumping over the grates to make her way along the pipe without any hindrance. Rhyth followed behind her as best she could, but she had never exactly raced through the sewers. She wasn't as skilled at jumping over the grids.
"Cube wait!" Cube kept going. Now the grates were getting higher, and she was several grates in front of Rhyth. It was still easy for her to navigate. Grabbing air on the side of the pipes was as easy as walking for her. At the end of the first section of pipe, she had her favourite trick. She grabbed a whole stack of air, and flew through the air to land on a pole taking her to stairs up to the next level. She didn't even get wet, or touch the platform below her. Rhyth missed this stunt, and took more time to get up to the next level.
"Cube!" Rhyth cried as sewer water splattered her clothes. "Come back Cube!"
Cube was already pulling the same series of stunts to get through the next section of pipe, and wasn't even considering going back. She was finally getting Rhyth off her tail. She didn't know what she did to encourage Rhyth, she almost tried to repel her, but the chirpy kid always seemed to be hanging around. But not for the rest of the day, if she could help it. At the end of the second section of the pipe she ground the rail, and then jumped off.
She rode the wall, and the next, then dropped lightly to the ground and headed towards the bottom of the sewer.
***
"Cube! Where are you? Cube!" called Rhyth desperately. It was ten minutes later, and Rhyth had no idea where Cube had gone. She had kept climbing in the sewers, until she had reached the level where the creature lived. It was probably an alligator, but nobody could ever be bothered to classify it. Rhyth just called him Billy. And he didn't mind.
"Billy? Do you know where Cube went?" Rhyth asked, as though it would answer.
Billy waddled.
"I lost her, and don't know where she went."
Billy waddled.
"Have you seen her?"
Billy waddled on.
"She has to be somewhere!"
Waddling is what Billy continued to do.
"Where can she be?"
Billy waddled into a hole in the wall, and disappeared from Rhyth's sight.
"Billy!" Rhyth knelt down to look into the hole, but it was too dark to see anything.
There was a sudden roar behind her. Rhyth jumped up and turned around. Two members of Poison Jam had just landed on her platform, glaring fiercely at her through their masks. Their armour made them look fiercer. Neither looked impressed.
"Oh, it's only Rhyth," one of them said. "Hey Inta, what's ya sister doing here?"
"How the hell should I know? I'm not her keeper," growled the second one, removing his mask. Rhyth stared up into the face of her eldest brother.
"Rhyth, what are you doing here?"
"Hi Nick!" Rhyth greeted her brother, oblivious to the tone, "Hi Thumper," she added to the other Poison Jam.
"Answer me Rhyth."
"I didn't come here by myself. I was with Cube. But I got lost."
"Deliberately I bet," growled Inta, or Nick as Rhyth knew him.
"I didn't mean to!" objected Rhyth. "Cube was just so fast!"
"Listen Sis, just get out of here. This is no place for you."
"Aw, alright Nick," conceded Rhyth. She really didn't like fighting with her brother.
"Thumper, make sure she gets out, will you?"
"Sure Inta." Rhyth's older brother watched his sister and his friend leave. He stayed still for a minute, then brought his hand to his mouth as he coughed violently, the noise echoing in the sewers.
Once his coughing fit subsided, Nick pulled his hand away from his mouth and looked at the blood in his palm. Cursing, he wiped if off on his leg and set off to see if he could find Cube.
***
It was dark in the bottom of the sewers. Cube sat on her old throne, both the fires had long gone out. She used to feel so strong and almighty sitting up there, now she just felt alone. So very, very alone. Maybe she shouldn't have tried to shake Rhyth before. Maybe the reason no guy ever tried to get close to her was because she pushed everyone away all the time, and they didn't feel brave enough to come closer. Maybe that's why Corn never tried to get close.
Maybe that was why everyone else seemed happy, when she didn't feel happy.
Sure, the GGs were fun, and great to hang out with, but they were always so far away, in a way, like they were in a different world. Cube always felt slightly prejudiced against because she used to lead an opposing gang.
She didn't know why she still bothered with the GGs anyway, seeing as they never seemed to fully accept her.
Wait, yes she did. It was Corn.
But he tried so hard. He tried to be fair to everyone all the time and it didn't work. Just once he needed to stop, to have a break. Or even if Corn stopped trying hard, and made things simpler for himself, it would be better for him. His problem was that he had no outlet. No escape. Yet I could escape so easily, thought Cube. I should take him with me. But he wouldn't go unless he knew the GGs could function without him. But then he'd feel unneeded.
Cube sighed.
Such was this complicated life.