The operator must be having a heart attack down there

[stinglikeabat]

[Joachim, like many other new arrivals, was fairly unfamiliar with the modern concept of theme park, and even more unfamiliar with the concept of "basic safety protocol". Why would anyone want to ride inside the ferris wheel when they could be balanced on the car with the wind in their hair and the sun on their face? And what a view! Sure, it's a

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[thekoistiger]

O-oi! OI! Get offa there! You outta your mind?!

[stinglikeabat]

[Can't quite hear you from up here give him a second to jump down a few cars and put a hand to his ear.]

Pardon?

[thekoistiger]

I said "Get down from the friggin' Ferris Wheel!" You're supposed to ride IN the cars not ON them!

[stinglikeabat]

What, really?

...I suppose that would explain why I'm the only one up here.

[heybiteme]

...You're going to break your neck.

[stinglikeabat]

[He's moved down far enough to hear that.]

Not at all! I feel perfectly at home up here!

[heybiteme]

Only an idiot would feel at home on a rickety machine.

[stinglikeabat]

It's not that rickety!

[totallynotaspaz]

[Let's pretend that this post happened a few hours after Danny's, so that I can handwave the idea that Danny has a rudimentary idea of how flying works and is now practicing, which is why he is now precariously floating beside Joachim.]

Really? Me neither!

[MAYBE IF HE SOUNDS CONFIDENT ENOUGH, IT'LL BE TRUE.]

[stinglikeabat]

Oho! That's a pretty neat trick!

[Flying teenagers. That's not normal at all, but he can roll with it.]

[totallynotaspaz]

Oh, thanks! It's definitely pretty great.

[NO IT'S NOT OH MY GOD HE'S NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH UP BEFORE]

[stinglikeabat]

...Say, if you don't mind me asking, just what are you?

Some kind of magician?

[He suspects it's something less wholesome, but he figures that starting off that way wouldn't go over too well. He'd be pretty flinchy if someone suddenly started flinging around the "v-word" after all.]

[press_b_to_run]

[Never mind the ride operator, what about the poor passenger inside the car? All Ruby wanted to do was to get a good look around, and hopefully find somewhere that look beautiful to explore later. Not be freaked out by the guy riding on top of the car!]

What the heck do you think you're doing?! Get off of there!

[stinglikeabat]

Hm?

[Joachim slides down the side of the car, the better to have a conversation that doesn't involve shouting for a change.]

Is there a problem?

[press_b_to_run]

Are you kidding?! It's dangerous and stupid to be on top of car like this!

[stinglikeabat]

It's perfectly safe. I have excellent balance!