A "Normal" Day?

[Darastrix]

"I guess," Nagi murmured, eying the disc dubiously. What was wrong with a piece of wood or something, honestly? At least that would be marginally warmer to sit on. "How do you keep from just sliding off the ice?"

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"Like this," she said, kneeling down and removing a cord with two small metal pegs on either end. With that, she inserted them into the ice and with a little help from her sign, froze them in place.

"You get on, and hold onto these, c'mon, get on behind me!" Grinning, she got onto the disc and twisted her upper body to look up at him.

[Darastrix]

Nagi opened his mouth to go off into an explanation about just how many things could go wrong with that setup...then snapped it shut as he felt a smack against his mind hard enough to be felt physically. Well, he could always use his signs if needed.

He looked down at Yuki and the disk and frowned slightly before settling in behind her. He squirmed inwardly at the position it put him in. Squirming physically would just make things worse. Pausing to give the laughing telepath a mental glare, he murmured to Yuki, "Um...are you sure this is okay?"

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"Absolutely!" she laughed and slid them forward on the ice disc to the very edge of the hill. "Hold on tight, 'cuz we're gonna go fast!"

With a cry, she pushed off and down, the sliding disc picking up speed very quick as it went down the tightly packed snow.

[Darastrix]

As they began their descent, Nagi bit back a yelp and wrapped his arms tightly around Yuki. Despite the fact that his clenched hands meant he was in constant contact with his signs, he felt still felt an acute lack of control. He gasped sharply and tightened his grip for a brief moment during their downhill ride, then seemed to relax, tilting his head back as the wind rushed through their hair.

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She laughed and called something out to him that was lost on the winds whistling through their hair and ears. What it was soon became apparent though as Yuki sawed at the reigns slowing it down only slightly before hitting a small bump that sent them tumbling through the air.

[Darastrix]

Nagi yelped and instinctively clenched his hands, activating his signs. The burst of telekinetic force didn't catch them, exactly, but it did cushion them somewhat as they landed onto the packed-down snow.

"Um, are you okay, Yuki?" he asked, shaking snow from his hair.

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"Whoo!" she shouted, not seeming to hear him. Turning her head to look at Nagi, she grinned broadly and asked, "Wasn't that fun?"

[Darastrix]

Nagi blinked for a moment, then a shy smile stole slowly across his face. "Well...yes. I guess it was," he admitted.

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Yuki's eyes widened and her smile softened some. "Looks like they're going again, do you want to try steering this time?" she asked, putting a gloved hand over his.

[Darastrix]

Nagi looked down at their hands with an expression of surprise and blushed faintly. "Um, well, I...."

"Nagi."

The nasal voice made Nagi look up quickly, and Schuldig could be seen standing a few feet away. The redhead looked distinctly displeased.

The boy's brow furrowed in confusion. "What is it?"

"Decision's been made," Schuldig stated cryptically. "We have work to do."

"Right...," Nagi muttered. He looked at Yuki apologetically. "I'm afraid I have to go."

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"Oh...." she said, looking down and then back up. "Of course. Um," she blushed and looked down at her feet. "Whenever you're done, if you find yourself still here, come find me, okay?"

With another smile at Nagi, she shot Schuldig a glance and then trotted away from the two of them.