✾ 『 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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[as_damaged]

[Pink-cheeked from cold and exertion, Cameron smiles. She's wobbling a little, but more or less keeping on her feet.]

Only if I can bet on you to win it.

[neverplays]

I'll give you a handicap, if you want.

[as_damaged]

You'd probably still beat me.

[But that's not a no, and Cameron decides to take her handicap without telling, suddenly crouching a bit lower and tearing straight across the ice. It's all in good fun anyway, and having watched Mindy she knows she hasn't got a chance of winning this.]

dsjhlsa so late

[neverplays]

[ She pulls back her speed as she slides after her, in other words, letting Cameron take the lead this race. ]

You skate a lot where you come from?

[as_damaged]

Not in ages.

[She recognizes a handicap when she sees one. It's kind of sweet, really.]

[neverplays]

Why? You from California or something?

[as_damaged]

Chicago. [She slows a little, enough to turn her head without feeling like she's going to crash into something.] And then New Jersey, before I came here. It's just-- I don't have that much free time. With what I do.

[neverplays]

You gotta find time to have fun, even if you're busy. Think of it like an award. [ She spins around so that she's facing Cameron, skating steadily as ever as she continues backward. ] I'm from New York City, you know.

[as_damaged]

I think you're right.

[She sways a little, manages not to overbalance.]

You've lived their your whole life?

[neverplays]

Yeah, since I was born.

No way we're from the same world. But if we were, man, we're pretty close by.