 Jupiter's Satellite
Oh AWESOME! Tora grinned as she ran to the table with the tricked out shoes. She had been rollerskating only once before, and thought it had been fun, so when she saw the roller rink out today... she made a beeline for the smooth concrete. But now she had a dilemma. Roller skate or roller blade? She paused with a hand on each type of shoe... what would happen if she tried both? One on each foot! She grabbed a mixed matched pair and bounded over to a bench. Alright.
The second year bent over and undid her own gray converse before tugging a roller skate on her left foot first. Better to have the more stable show on first. Fumbling with the laces of the roller blade on her right, she finally managed a sloppy bow, not much caring how messy it was so long as it was on tightly. More support. With a wibble and a wobble she carefully stood, clutching the bench for extra, much needed balance.
Stepping carefully into the rink, Tora tried out her stance without any wall support. Finding she could stand on mismatched skates/blades, she tried pushing off all by herself and....
"Whhhooooaaaahahhhhh!" one foot went right, the other went forward making for a very uncomfortable half split which Tora barely caught herself. Huffing and puffing she worked her feet back up to her hands and carefully stood up. That's better! Alright. Now to continue this experiment!
This time she held onto the wall as she practiced moving with two different skates/blades. It was a different balance, different movement for each foot and it required quite a bit of concentration she didn't really have. Still, she soon made it off the wall (sort of) and was tentatively trying to get herself about the rink. It was half working...
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