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 Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:53 am
"You're flyin'!" cooed Nahuel after a moment's observation. Wow! He was so jealous of Garrett now. He should have thought of that before, after all. If Garrett had wings, it was only logical he could fly. And all Nahuel had was a useless tail!
Oh well, if he couldn't jump all fancy like Garrett, he'd just jump higher. In his next few bounces, he worked on springing upwards like the cats he'd seen on TV. It also seemed that there was a way to land in relation to how everyone else was that would make his bounces higher.
Finally, with a whoop, he soared upwards past Garrett.
Hah!
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:37 am
Garrett whoops out a laugh, sounding a little screechy by laughing standards. Utilizing every muscle he's aware of, he tries to flap his wings to catch the air in the right way to allow for flight. In all his other attempts, he's never once succeeded in more than a second's float, but this friendly competition for air time sparks new hope in the child.
His left wing crumples under the first try. He grits his teeth, thankfully maintaining his balance and catching the trampoline with his feet, and tries again. And although he manages to slow himself down on his descent, he never once manages to fully capture some independent air time.
"How you .. get so .. high up?" he shouts between every bounce.
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:59 am
"Yah gotta land righ'!" cried Nahuel, rebounding off the trampoline's surface and whizzing past him again. Landing again, he continued, "you gotta land righ' before someone else!"
He wasn't sure of how exactly it worked, but he knew if you jumped right when someone else landed you'd go SOARING. And it was awesome. He was proud of himself for figuring it out, but at the same time he wanted Garrett to figure it out. After all, they were friends!
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:08 am
Watching his feet now with unfailing determination, Garrett lands at the same pace as he has always done. How to change that, he wonders? Well, first he tries tucking in his arms, but when that doesn't do anything, he sticks out both his arms and his wings at the same curve.
Success! Someone else's landing is his own bounce boost! He leaps higher than ever before - though not quite as high as his friend's top record - and laughs with delight. "I diddit, Nah, I diddit too!!" So high! So high! He loves being so high!
"Gaaaaarrett?" a familar voice calls, melting very much into the background noise.
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:24 am
"Yah did!" cheered Nahuel. It had felt good to be the best for a bit, but he was just as happy that his friend had figured it out. And Garrett stayed up for longer - Nahuel just fell like a rock.
He lost his momentum and gradually bounced to a halt before taking hold of Garrett's foot as he continued to hover.
"I think someone's callin' yah," he said.
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:08 pm
Garrett folds his wings to discontinue his fake flight experience, purposely falling at Nahuel's side.
"Oh," he mumbles, looking around with deflated enthusiasm.
His guardian spots him and strides over, weighed down by even more shopping bags and his sister, miraculously asleep all this time. "It's time to go, honey," she explains soothingly, gesturing with the only available body part, her head, toward the door. She takes note of the other boy with a hidden yet hopeful smile; did he actually socialize without needing her constant nudging?
Garrett gives a downfallen glance at Nahuel, looking absolutely mournful to be taken away from his company. "I gotta go.." is all he grumbles before his golden eyes retreat to the floor at his feet.
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:51 am
Nahuel frowned. No fair! And they were having so much fun! Though he guessed he couldn't protest, since if Garrett's mom said he had to go, and she was his mom, and moms were generally right, then he had to go.
"Byeeeee," he sighed reluctantly. "'had fun."
He watched Garrett leave and retreated back to the play fort. His earlier boredom resumed, and he crouched in the highest tower and waited for his mother.
But he had a friend now! he reminded himself. Not just a friend like Teagan, but a real friend his own age! Yay!
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