✾ 『 eighteenth hit 』 | video

[neverplays]

[ The video clicks on to reveal one prefers_chess, skating listlessly on the surface of a frozen lake with a look that an defines boredom, not to mention, with the skill of an Olympic skater. ]

Hey, Rudy. Santa Claus should have come and kicked your ass. 'cause, Dude, you're one hell of a liar. Not like that's a surprise.

[ The scene of Rudy Miller suddenly

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from about halfway across the ice;

[prefers_chess]

I don't skate.

[He calls blandly, as he executes a flawless double Axel.]

from about halfway across the ice;

[prefers_chess]

I also did not consent to be recorded.

[He's just, like, skating backwards now as he comes around near Mindy. Still bored as ever.]

from about halfway across the ice;

[prefers_chess]

Marvellous.

from about halfway across the ice;

[prefers_chess]

No.

[As he speeds up to match--or possibly slightly surpass--her pace.]

sdjfksdjl somehow my attempt to delete one tag deleted two? 8D;

[neverplays]

What's the big deal then? You can skate. [ Well. ] Not like it's some dirty secret.

you might've hit "delete all" by mistake? IDK. <3

[prefers_chess]

There is no deal. I merely don't skate.

... wow. derp. I did. This is my worst LJ mistake ever.

[neverplays]

But you are skating. Must have learned somewhere.

If you want to repeat the thread now while it's still short, we can repost it, then delete this one?

[prefers_chess]

I hail from Canada.

[As though this explains it all. Though, to be fair, they are the land of ice hockey, okay.]

If it doesn't bother you, I remember the thread well enough to let it be. <3

[neverplays]

So that means you automatically know how to skate?

[ Said with disbelief, of course. ]

I'm from America. Not everyone eats hamburgers.

I'm fine with it if you are! o/

[prefers_chess]

Regardless, I received no instruction in the mechanics of skating.

[Which is technically true, with a few significant details about being the world's greatest natural athlete left out. But his curiosity is piqued.]

Does it matter?

[neverplays]

Just wondering why it's such a big deal.

[prefers_chess]

[This is a kind of thoughtful, hesitant pause. But it's Christmas, and he's lonely, and Mindy's usually pretty good about getting him, so he decides to venture an attempt at it.]

It has little to do with the pursuit itself and everything to do with parental expectation.

ftlog

[neverplays]

[ 'Getting' him, that's an odd thing to say. Mindy's usually bad at understanding people. ]

Yeah? Don't want to make them happy or something?