03 - Public / Video

[domesheriff]

[Linda is sitting on a bench in the garden when she activates the feed. she's dressed casually in a coat and jeans, though her right hand visibly has a bandage around it. she looks tired, and she's obviously fallen in some mud at some point today as well]

Anybody else having trouble learning to ride their animals? [there's weariness in her tone. but a thought occurs to her then, and she adds:] Are many people going to be in the race? I know it's optional.

[while the mud is a result of her rocky attempts to learn to ride a "yoshi," her burned hand isn't. it's been a busy day, starting with testing forcefields with Agent K to try to find one like the dome followed by her riding session on the farm. needless to say, relaxing for a bit chatting with friends strikes her as a good way to end an exhausting day]

Comments

[domesheriff]

You too, Boone? [she smiles, glad to hear of another friend who's participating] Are you riding something really strange, too?

Honestly, I don't think I'll make it far either. Even if I can get better at riding a yoshi, it's not really very fast. [it just likes to jump, but she somehow doubts she'll score any points in the race for vertical ability. then again, much like Boone, she's mainly doing this for something to do with her time, rather than because she has any real hopes of winning]

[thumbsdown]

Yeah. It's, uh...

[He walks a short distance, and then turns the communicator. Now the video is focused on this.]

Pretty strange, huh.

[Pretty damn ridiculous, too.]

Doesn't seem like it wants to go anywhere fast.

[domesheriff]

[Linda just...stares at that picture] Um. Wow. That looks...kind of small. [and utterly ridiculous] You've already tried to ride it? [because it looks to her like it might just fall over if you tried to get on it]

[thumbsdown]

It's bigger than it looks.

[Big enough that it doesn't seem to care when Boone tries riding it.]

Yeah, I tried. Didn't work out so well.

[He'd almost immediately fallen off it when it actually started moving. He's kind of glad nobody was around to see it.]

[domesheriff]

I'll take your word for it. [that's a relief for her to hear, though, since putting Boone on a small animal just sounds like a bad idea all around]

[she winces] What happened?

[thumbsdown]

Fell off it, and it kept moving.

[It hadn't been going fast, at least. He wonders if it's even capable of going fast. It doesn't seem like it wants to.]

[domesheriff]

Ouch. [another wince] The yoshi did that to me, too. I guess there's probably a trick to staying on, but I haven't worked it out yet.

Do you know if there's anybody around here who knows much about riding?

[thumbsdown]

Not that I know. Gotta be someone, though.

[Boone glances back at the llama.]

For now, guess we'll just have to keep trying. Maybe we'll figure it out.

[domesheriff]

[she nods. she's definitely done for today, but she'll probably try again after her shift tomorrow] Good luck. I'll let you know if I get the hang of it. [or if she finds someone who can help them do so]

[thumbsdown]

Yeah. You too. I'll see you around.

[He'll probably be sporting a few bruises when Linda sees him again, but he intends to keep trying with the llama.]