A Skating Rink on the Mainland, Monday Afternoon

[omgnochecksyet]

So it had taken a good amount of planning- finding skates that would fit Tali, a time that would work for both of them, and then a rink open at the appropriate time- but here they were. There were a few skaters already on the ice, but it wasn't crowded or anything. Eric finished tying up his skates and then tucked his shoes under the bench along with the backpack he'd brought (what was in said backpack? well, that was for later.)

"You ready?" he asked, looking over at Tali.

[ooc: for the one that's mentioned in the post!]

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[omgnochecksyet]

"Whole routines and stuff," Eric confirmed. "I was Junior Regional Champion last year." He gave Tali a moment to steady herself, and then took a few quick strides before pointing his feet together in a triangle shape, bringing his forward movement to a stop. "This is probably the easiest way. Wanna give it a try?"

[goforthe_optics]

". . . huh," Tali said, looking down at his skates. "That makes sense, actually."

You know. Considering physics and all, because . . . yeah.

She followed suit, only with somewhat slower strides, then tried it again just a touch faster. "Watch out, you'll have on-island competition any day now!"

In ten years' worth of 'any day,' maybe.

[omgnochecksyet]

"Maybe we should propose a talent show at the next Student Council meeting," Eric called back, working up speed before he went in to a spin. "Although admittedly this one doesn't work very well outside of a specific environment..."

[goforthe_optics]

"I was just going to suggest seeing if we could set up a rink at the school temporarily." Yeah, Tali wasn't even going to try anything close to a spin, but she did manage to go about ten feet at decent speed before slowing to a stop. "That might be fun when winter comes around. Until it rains fruit preserves or something, anyway."

[omgnochecksyet]

"The ice would get so sticky," Eric said mournfully. "See, you've got it!" he added enthusiastically. "But that would be kind of cool, to have somewhere to skate on-island. Maybe it actually gets cold enough for the pond to freeze over..." he mused.

[goforthe_optics]

"Well," Tali said slowly, but with an eager lilt to her voice, "I could probably try to rig up some kind of system to maintain the right temperature, if we want to set up our own little outdoor rink -- or there's that girl, Elsa, with the ice powers . . ."

Which would be less of a technical challenge for her, but probably more efficient.

[omgnochecksyet]

"There's a girl with ice powers?" Eric had no idea! That was so cool. Pun intended. "But would she have to like, be there all the time to keep it frozen?" he wondered. Ice powers might be more efficient in the short term, but were they sustainable in the long run?

[goforthe_optics]

"Uh huh. I don't know exactly how they work," Tali admitted, and picked up a little bit of speed. She still wasn't doing anything more than basic skating, but she might actually get somewhere about as fast as she would walking now! "It could be worth asking her."

[omgnochecksyet]

"Maybe," Eric said, tapping his chin. "But if you think you could make some sort of cooling... thingy... you ought to give that a try, too." Look, if she'd had fun making skates, she'd probably have fun designing this, he figured. "Oh! Hey! Can I put a clip of us skating up on my vlog?" he asked, fishing out a digital camera.

[goforthe_optics]

"Vlog?" Tali echoed. Internet -- er, extranet terminology had changed a lot by her time, shh. "And sure, I know I could come up with some sort of ice machine. That's not a problem."

[omgnochecksyet]

"Awesome," Eric grinned at her. "Uh, vlog- video blog? I have one where I kinda just... talk about recipes? And stuff that happens here in Fandom? I only have like, three subscribers." One of which was his mother. "But it's fun!"