Day 16 ~ I Wonder What Has Changed For Us

[notquiteanobody]

Who: Roxas and You
What: Shopping, trying not to mope
When: Late afternoon, early evening.
Where: The City Streets, varied locales
Warnings: Just the usual durp alert... plus possible angst.
Status: In Progress.

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[holmes_fanatic]

Did you say skateboard? There is currently one -- that's right, one -- in Ruby City and that one is in the possession of one Edogawa Conan, currently test-driving his skateboard for the first time since the snow has cleared enough to make the paths viable.

He's taking it easy to start with. That is to say that Conan is using it like a regular skateboard and not accessing the solar powered turbo at all as he scoots down the road, adjusting to the texture of the paved path.

[holmes_fanatic]

"I'm definitely glad to see the last of this particular winter." More than he let on -- Conan wasn't exactly keen to mention the hypothermia incident. He tucked his hands in his pockets as he nodded towards the skateboard. "Go on. The paving stones take a bit of getting used too -- since the original inhabitants would have been pedestrians it's really not designed for it."

To be fair to Roxas, seven-year-old's aren't high on most people's threat list. "--ah. It's -- you've been told about the differences in time?"

[notquiteanobody]

Roxas nodded eagerly as he hopped on the skateboard, his body remembering how to ride and balancing on its own. One foot on the board and the other ready to push off, he gave an experimental push -while he had plenty of experience on pavement, asphalt and concrete, he usually made it a point not to ride on stones just because of how head-jarring his first experience was

[holmes_fanatic]

Conan nodded as Roxas set off. He certainly handled the board like one with experience, he thought as he watched the other boy skate down the road picking up speed and easily adjusting to the bumpy terrain. He nodded, impressed by the effortless jump, smirking at Roxas' greeting as the other rejoined him.

"I think I can guess. You look pretty happy!"

[notquiteanobody]

He had to laugh at the reply, honestly, he felt pretty happy. Mood-wise, this was probably one of his high points since he'd arrived in the city. "Yeah, I guess sometimes all you need is something pretty simple to make you feel better when you're down."

Remembering that he was still holding the board, he offers it back to its original owner, "Thanks again, I think I really needed that."

[holmes_fanatic]

Conan smiled as he took the board back. "Let me know if you need to borrow it again. Now I have it, I want to explore the places I couldn't get to before, but I can't do that all the time so ..."

[notquiteanobody]

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind, thanks." He pauses a little as part of that sentence catches up with him, "Wait, places you couldn't get to without a skateboard? What kind of places?" That was something that struck him as interesting there.

[holmes_fanatic]

"The rest of the city. It's easy to get around the centre on foot, but it's a long walk to the walls and the towers ... I've only really explored the city centre and the area around the station."

[notquiteanobody]

He nodded -that did make a lot of sense. Though the way he'd interpreted that comment, he'd expected that Conan had found some place that needed the speed of a skateboard in a narrow place in order to pass.

But considering just the size of the city, a mode of transport like this was important on that front too.

"Yeah, I could see that -at least in the last place I was from, we had a train that went between the different sections of town. I'm guessing the one here only brings new people in"

[holmes_fanatic]

"That's right. It's not here most of the time and it leaves quickly. Plus, if you try following the train tracks, you end up in the forest instead."

[notquiteanobody]

"Huh, I didn't even know about that. Thanks for the tip off -I know that Aqua did mention that the forest has some fairly mean wildlife."

[holmes_fanatic]

Conan nodded. "Monsters," he said bluntly. "They're pretty dangerous." He paused thoughtfully. "You're friends with Aqua-neesan?"

[notquiteanobody]

He made a mental note that he should expect more trouble than just some of the animals he'd read about in books before. If nothing, some part of him had been hoping to see if his old panda was in there somehow -but actual monsters would pose one of those problems he wouldn't want to go chasing after needlessly.

When Aqua's name was mentioned, he gives a cheerful and enthusiastic nod, "Yeah, I'm actually living with her and Ventus now."

[holmes_fanatic]

"Ventus?" Conan looked enquiringly. "I don't know him."

"Did they tell you about the times?"

[notquiteanobody]

"He's an old friend of Aqua's. I'm still not sure what their full story is -it always strikes me as being a really iffy subject with them." He gives pause on that thought until Conan brings up his question.

"Sort of. One of my friends said something about people coming in from different times or something like that, but didn't really explain."

[holmes_fanatic]

Conan frowned. "So they know the situation -- but things are still weird?"

That sounded very problematic.