 Post #6 - Summer. Mod Babysitter | be curious, not judgmental
Though certain she was just a few feet from the season change to summer, Sophie felt like it was a cruel task to get there again. In real life, the planets didn't randomly skip around and re-experience spring again after summer, so why wasn't there some sort of preventative measure to keep her from crossing backward into a previous season, hm? UNJUST.
It was okay, though, because the third year darted forward when no one was in the way and the pendulum was swinging away from her, and she made it back into summer territory without too much more effort. The flip-flop of the season changes was weird stuff, though, as the temperature rose back up the moment the light source reacted to her being this far in the rotation. And this time there was a heavy downpour accompanied by thunder. Excellent.
The end was in sight as she could see through the rainstorm those who were still hanging out in autumn with crimson leaves falling in their bubbles - were they not planning on playing along? - and she took a quick, calculated step sideways and forward, then back to avoid the swinging pendulum. She followed behind it, squeezing her costume between others and using her hands to steady herself as people bounced into her on all sides, making slow but steady strides toward the autumn section to complete the rotation. SO CLOSE.
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