Open | Getting all parkour in here

[everysecond]

Who: Riley and ANYONE
What: Riley is getting back into the swing of things and that means roof running.
When: D460
Where: Various districts...feel free to pick one.
Rating: PG for her mouth

Riley had been out of touch for a couple of weeks. Honestly, it had sucked because it had kept her from finding away to save Ellie or going down with her. It was a fucked up situation, especially with what her girlfriend knew about what her future was like. She hated that she couldn't be there for her back home but that was kind of the price of being, well, dead.

That really did come up a lot in her mind. Here she could do things for Ellie and be there for her but in the end they'd have to part ways because Ellie lived and she died. Perhaps she should have hated her for that, hated her for all the love she got from everyone too. It would have been fair really. Though it didn't seem like it, Ellie had it going on. People loved her and cared about her. They'd always put her first. Hell, Riley put her first too.

She was jealous. Who had actually given that much of a shit about her since her parents died? Well, besides Ellie.

Not a damn person.

Today, she just needed to clear her head. Then she could go back and be all smiles and laughter for Ellie again since that was what she needed. She needed her to be awesome as fuck and she had to make sure she had her head in the game for that. Which meant she was now running along rooftops, swinging along ledges. It wasn't anything anyone had taught her to do, she'd figured it out on her own and had the guts to bother to try. Practice had made her pretty damn good at it too.

Landing on another rooftop, she took a breath of air and planted her gloved hands on her hips. It was nice being alive. It really was.

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thor, around the arena.

[hisstrength]

It was as good a place to start practicing again as any, and since Tris was at the arena so often anyway, it was the first place she could bring herself to try. It turned out, it was harder than she thought, climbing again. Finding ledges and footholds and pulling herself up when she remembered very clearly the feeling of falling down and down and-

Well.

Tris tried her damndest to shrug it off, but still she stood on the first rooftop she climbed, not daring to make the jump to the next. Luckily, perhaps, she noticed the other girl headed her way with some surprise. Moving to meet her gave her a decent excuse not to contemplate the drop any longer than she already had, at least.

"Hey."

She figured she'd at least say something.

"I had no idea you went up here too."

[everysecond]

Well now there was a face she recognized. True, she hadn't seen her in weeks but she remembered her and remembered she was pretty cool with her knife throwing stuff. Setting aside her own thoughts, Riley grinned at her waved a hand before walking over.

"Hey. I like it up here. Apparently, you don't mind it so much yourself."

Which was cool with her. It was nice to see people up on the roof with her like this since it meant that they enjoyed it as much as she did. Or, they were trying to. Either way, she wasn't about to complain because she wasn't really against company right now, even if she was trying to clear her head a bit.

Though, it looked like Tris wasn't happy to be up here so maybe it was something else?

"What brings up?"

[hisstrength]

"I like high places." A genuine smile at that. She'd loved rooftop running when she first learned it. It seemed like a kind of freedom she hadn't known of before.

"But I was gone a bit, so I couldn't practice." There's a visible tension in her, though. Maybe she changes the subject too quickly, too.

"Did someone teach you, or did you learn all by yourself?"

[everysecond]

So that was what it was. Lack of practice. Riley could sort of understand that even if she didn't really feel the same way. It just meant going bigger to push herself again.

Which she didn't say since she had a question to answer.

"I taught myself. The military isn't big on this kind of stuff."

Odin

[familyissues]

"They teach you how to land like that in school?"

So much has happened in the past four days, and the weeks before that. Convalescence is something Desmond has always been rather shitty at, unless he's absolutely forced to, and so this afternoon he's scrambled onto the roof of the 'rents. It was less for air and sun, more for the desperate urge to know he could still do it at all, in spite of the loss.

He's called down to her from a higher ledge, customary hoodie draped over his shoulders like a makeshift cape, hiding much of his right side from view, saluting her with his left hand.

"Where have you been? I thought you went to Ginnungagap with the others..."

[everysecond]

Hearing someone above her, she looked up to see Desmond. With a grin, she waved back at him then promptly went to go climb up there to join him. Higher was always better because it meant a great surveillance point. That and she just couldn't resist the way it made her heart beat faster to be up there so high. It was like she was free or something.

Whatever the case, Riley answered while she ninja'd her way up to him.

"No one taught me how to land actually. They don't really want us doing this shit at the school. Too big a risk that we'll fuck up and they'll lose a potential soldier. So I taught myself when I would sneak out."

As for where she'd been...

"Oh and I was grey or whatever you call it. Not myself for two weeks or so."

[familyissues]

While she climbed, he studied her quietly, unconsciously assessing her form, each decision to grab this handhold instead of that, as if she were one of the novices. Part of him was glad she didn't have to deal with the horrors of the past weeks. The other part of him was discomforted by how easy it was to just lose oneself like that.

"Lose your bracelet, huh? Missed out on one wild party." By his tone, it was clear the last two weeks were anything but. Desmond shifted aside to make room for Riley on the ledge, letting his feet dangle in the air.

"Is that what they were training you guys to do, to fight those...fungus zombies?"

Loki

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Well, at least there's one creature who care for her, standing outside the ice rink. He whistles appreciatively at her skills, folding his arms to watch her.

"Ten out of ten."

[everysecond]

Someone was speaking to her? Riley looked down and saw Bunny. With a grin, she immediately climbed down to go say hi. It was still super cool that she knew the Easter Bunny.

"Thank you, thank you. I do what I can."

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Only the coolest people could hang with the Easter Bunny, after all.

"You practise much, to get that good?"

Hel district, around.

[notsogrimreaper]

Ryoji was going for a walk to calm himself down, but he was usually quite happy to stop and chat with whoever he ran into. It's not very often, however, that he comes across someone running on a rooftop just above him. He blinks and gapes, and then calls out, hoping he doesn't distract her enough that she stumbles.

"Hey! Where did you learn how to do that?"

Forgive him if he's a little panicked, he just worries about people.

[everysecond]

Landing easily and even throwing her hands up in the air like a champion, mainly because she was a giant dork and thought it would be fun, she almost didn't hear him. When she realized someone was yelling at her, she blinked then looked down. Oh hey, that was a guy down there. Grinning, she waved at him.

"I taught myself to do it! Who are you?"

[notsogrimreaper]

Ryoji chuckles a bit and waves back. Whoever she is, it doesn’t look like she’s about to hurt herself, so he can relax.

“Ryoji Mochizuki! Who are you?”

Ellie might have mentioned him as some big dork that likes talking with her, but she might not have.

Heimdall

[hadbadays]

Riley wasn't the only one in the city who enjoyed running about on the rooftops. John wasn't one of them - not just for fun, anyway - but he'd seen a few already. It was bound to happen after being here a while. The sound of someone being up there was in itself not a surprise, but when he raised his gaze and spotted her, he was a little surprised.

"Riley?"

Of all people--

...

Okay, maybe, of all people, she would be one of them. But still.

[everysecond]

Whoop, that was a familiar voice speaking her name. Rather than continuing on, she went over to the edge to look and see who it was. Sure enough, there was that doctor. Smiling at him, she gave a wave then went to sit on the edge of the roof with her feet dangling over the edge. Was it safe? Not even a little bit.

"Hey! How's it going?"

Might as well be friendly. She actually rather liked him.

[hadbadays]

"Good." He blinked, and a bewildered crease quickly formed on his brow. "Like usual. What are you doing up there?"

Had she gotten used to his fussing yet? If not, she probably should.

heimdall;

[feathery]

There are a pair of legs dangling over the edge of the rooftop entrance.

The kid attached to them sits up when he hears footsteps, mildly curious about who's wandering around when he's trying to catch some z's. Molting sucks and he snags what little shuteye he can at all kinds of odd hours.

"Man." The teenager scrutinizing Riley is a lanky blond douchebag in shades, with black crow wings sticking out of his back. "If I weren't already bloated with runic wealth, I'd consider opening a toll booth." He might not talk to most of the people he sees pass through, but he knows the city roofs see their fair share of traffic.

[everysecond]

Riley looked over at the guy talking to her. A guy with black wings apparently. That was pretty cool actually. Smiling, she turned on her heel to face him. The words didn't bother her at all.

"Isn't that one of those things where you pay money to pass?"

Yeah. Those were all run down and not working in her time.

[feathery]

"Oh, christ." Davesprite knocks one heel against the door; he's been a veritable encyclopedia about this shit lately.

"Ok, give me a clue about what kind of frame of reference I'm dealing with here. Like do they just not have toll booths in fantasyland and you picked that one up from a movie. Or is this a past-future deal."

Gefion Park (lol when is he elsewhere)

[bythewaves]

There's a song that drifts up, as she cuts across the rooftops near the park.

"Oh where are you going,
And what are you doing,
O lady, milord Riley?
Such twisting and turning,
such running and leaping,
A fine figure you cut today!"

[everysecond]

That brought her to a halt super fast. Not only did she know the voice but those were lyrics she hadn't even heard yet. She burst out laughing as she climbed down to run over to him.

"Holy shit did you make that up just now?"

[bythewaves]

A laugh and he swings down from the branches of the oak tree he was resting in.

"Not my finest effort, alas, but yes, I did. Good morrow, herunya. Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

Elsewhere in Odin

[pushesgently]

Altaïr was finishing a run much later in the day than he usually went out, thanks to a tumultuous evening, and he was practically strolling across the roof toward home when he saw the girl. For a moment he didn't recognize her, but then her name came to him just as she drew near. He observed her for a moment longer before nodding.

"You move well."

[everysecond]

Talking with people had been great and she was surprised by how light she felt. She hadn't known she'd feel this way but it actually...helped? Riley was still surprised but noticed someone there and looked over at him. Oh hey, it was Desmond's not twin.

"I like to think so. What's up besides us?"

[pushesgently]

At least she didn't call him 'Al' this time.

"Little enough, I think," he said, glancing around them and down at the streets. No giants, no curses spreading across the whole city. "We can be thankful for peace at the moment."