02 | video 💀 skate park help

[stillarhino]

Type: Video
Sender ID: soundsurfer (Beat) and seasaltkeys (Roxas)
To: Everyone
Subject: Help wanted for skate park
Warnings: None

Aight, so me and Checkers are trying to make a skate park over at Hero's Rest and we gonna need some help.

[Beat moves aside to show off the State of the Skate Park. It is obvious that it needs quite a bit of Help. He stands in what looks to be the middle of a repurposed amphitheater. The only things that have been set up is a ramp and a grind rail from the stairs that are already part of the original architecture.]

It ain't much right now, but we got a lotta plans.

[Setting aside the shellphone, he rummages through his sketchbook, eventually flipping to a page with said plans. He holds it up to reveal a very rough drawing of his and Roxas' dream skate park for all to see.]

We thinkin' 'bout puttin' up a half-pipe somewhere 'round here— [He starts moving around, pointing out to a space each time. Boy, does he look excited about it, grinning from ear to ear. Very much like a kid in a candy store.] —coupla pyramids somewhere in the middle, an' a buncha rails and ramps all 'round. Yo, Checkers! Am I missin' anythin'?

[Roxas can be seen in the background, cleaning up part of the amphitheater that they hadn't gotten to. He turns to Beat.]

Maybe a bowl somewhere?

Nah, you's right. Gotta add that to the plan. [Then Beat turns back to the shellphone.] That too. Anyways, it's gonna be a lotta work, so if can help us out, we gonna owe you big time, yo! Jus' name your price!

[ooc: Beat is red and Roxas is blue. Either one of them or both will be answering replies!]

Comments

[stillarhino]

[Since when???]

They's flat an' got wheels so we can get on them an' do tricks.

[This is definitely the first time he's heard about skates being in water.]

You sure you ain't talkin' 'bout wakeboardin' or somethin'?

[beshackled]

I... suppose one might entertain another to ride upon its back as one might utilize a board. Skates are certainly flat enough.

I don't think we've put wheels on living creatures though.

[He pauses.]

Not yet.

[And another, quieter murmur.]

I wonder how that would work... it would be difficult to accomplish such a feat with connective tissues. Mayhap something like how the hippokampos manages with a detachable head...?

[stillarhino]

[If he was confused earlier, his expression has moved on to shock instead, eye wide and brows high on his forehead.]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up, yo! Who said anythin' 'bout it bein' alive?!

[beshackled]

Not alive?

[He lifts his head, glancing up to see the boy's expression on the screen.

There is... definitely a miscommunication of some sort occurring here. Hmn.]

Ah. Apologies.

To clarify, the skates I am familiar with are aquatic living beings. A type of ray. They are broad enough that one might feasibly ride them, and their shape would be very suitable for flight were we to create one with such an ability.

And I think they might enjoy this half-pipe of yours.

[stillarhino]

[He blinks once... twice, then starts shaking his head.]

We ain't even talkin' about the same kinda skatin', man! We's talkin' 'bout skateboarding! [To which he proceeds to grab his skateboard to show on screen.] On one a' these. Not some fish.

[beshackled]

Oh! A mechanical apparatus. The wheels make sense now.

So, you ride upon these wheeled boards and use them to navigate obstacles with feats of dexterity?

[stillarhino]

[Huh, this guy sure talks like someone he knows back home. Thankfully, he's used to hearing her speak similarly that he's able to pick up most of what's being said.]

Now you gettin' it, yo! Tha's why we makin' the park.

[beshackled]

'Twould be interesting to see the end result. 'Tis not an activity I have ever heard of before.

[Though that, by now, is obvious, given the extent of his prior confusion.]

[stillarhino]

Between you an' me, I'm hopin' we get it done 'fore the year's up. Been itchin' to go skatin' in our own backyard, you know?

[Not that he doesn't already do that with what they have. But just the idea of having more excites him.]

[beshackled]

[A lack of creation magicks means he can't be of much help, and this sort of engineering feat really isn't in his background besides. And yet...]

What manner of materials will you need? I may not have the expertise in that sort of craft, but I could record locations suitable for gathering those materials as I encounter them.

[stillarhino]

Lotsa wood an' concrete to get things nice and smooth, but someone's pitchin' that we go an' use the earth that we already got.

[He reaches backward, rubbing at the back of his neck, a sheepish look on his face.]

Bein' real with yea, I ain't made something like this 'fore. Tha's why I was hopin' we can have someone hop on an' give us a hand with this, you know?

[beshackled]

[Given the differences in speech, it takes a moment for the words to percolate and translate in Erichthonios' mind. But he thinks he understands. Even if he doesn't know what manner of material concrete is. He'll have to look it up at some point.]

'Tis good that you asked for the aid of those more experienced. Especially since it sounds as though you will be putting these structures under some form of regular stress.

If you use wood, you'll need to make certain it is protected from any rain, lest it become saturated and begin to decay.