Joe heaved a huge sigh. "Okay okay. We're finally back. As you can see I did NOT kill myself. Not for lack of some nearly successful attempts though. Anyway, that storm had a hell of a time playing with our setup here on Llantano mountain. But now everything's all set back up and stable. I told them not to worry to much about the stable part, but those bastards insisted. As for the game starting again, I'm standing here trying to figure out if that's a blessing or a curse. Getting the game going again means it's closer to being
over. Yet, it also means I have to start interacting with these spazzes again." Joe shrugged. "I don't know. Well we'll get the ball rolling again by getting the four of you doing the same. See that over there?" Joe pointed out at the mat. "You're going to have to land on that."

Jen raised her hand.

Joe rolled his eyes. "What Jen?"

"Uhm...I really don't think I can jump that far. You do realize that I'm not a kangaroni."

Joe just blinked a time or two. "So, did you just get a marsupial mixed up with pasta or that thing that clears hockey ice? Never mind, never mind. You ask stupid questions and you give stupid answers so I'm not even gonna try. Well you don't have to jump. You'll be skating out to it."

"AH HA! We can't do that Joe, there's no ice." Jen giggled. "You're dumb."

"And you're blond. Pot, kettle, black, I don't know. But, you're also blind. Walk until I tell you to stop."

Jen did as she was told. She continued on her way with a brainless smirk on her face. At least until she rammed her forehead into something, causing her to land on her ass. She reached up to rub the spot. "Ow! When the hell did air get so hard?"

"I don't know. Stand up."

Jen did as she was told again. And again she hit something solid, sending her face first into a snow drift.

"Okay, the first one was a good teaching. The second one was just evil." Natalie interjected. She then looked at Joe with a smile. "Good job."

"Yeah, I know. Anyway. You'll be standing at the top of this big ramp here. We're gonna slap some in-line skates on ya and then you're gonna skate down the ramp. Whoever lands farthest out on that big mat over there is the winner. Seth is first up."

Seth climbed up the ladder up to the top of the ramp. He stood there, looking out at the mat in determination. He pulled his goggles over his eyes and took off.

However, he didn't take off fast enough. He got nowhere near the mat. He landed asshole first on a jutting part of the mountain. "Ooohoohoo!" he exclaimed with a gigantic grin.

"Well, it looks like Seth ain't the winner."

"Oh I don't know if I'd say that Joe. Mmmmmm. Daddy like!"

"Okay, I don't know who's daddy you're talking about, but I'm just going to suggest that kid get itself adopted."