Station Sqaure- Gravity is a harsh mistress

[AnT]

Bill was quite excited. He just came to a city he never been to, and already there was a being in need, and that person was riding on his head. Okay, so he never remembers the places he been to, but like it matters. An adventure was an adventure.

Yes the Mighty Blockhead Bill (Cue the thunder) stood tall in the streets, as if he was facing the mother city herself.

"City it is I, the Mighty Blockhead Bill; your destined defender!"

Yet he was oblivious that he was holding up a traffic of angry and impatient drivers.

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Shaun:

Shaun was quite terrified. He just came to a city he never been to, and already he was seeing his life flash before his eyes as he clinged to Blockhead Bill for dear life. Between leaping about ten stories down from a hospital window and standing in the middle of a busy intersection, Shaun was quite honestly surprised he didn't die of a heart attack yet.

"Um... Bill?..." Shaun murmured, "Could we, like, get out of the middle of the street? Please?"

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If that didn't give him a heart attack, Shaun has seen nothing.

"Show me where it hurts." he demanded the universe as Bill searched around.

A mighty skyscraper attracted his eye.

"Tall...." he muttered as he approached it.

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Shaun:

The deer's eyes widened considerably as Bill approached the skyscraper. He struggled to break out of the armadillo's grasp, but it was too tight.

"Oh... Oh shoot..." Shaum whimpered, "You better not be doing what I think you're doing, Bill..."

[AnT]

Indeed he was, but listening to Shaun's pleas he did not. Soon the two waited inside the elevator as it was brining them to the very top.

Bill happily hummed with the elevator music.

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Shaun:

Well, at least he's going up the building like a normal person.

Shaun's relief was short-lived however, when another thought occured to him as the elevator continued to asend.

Wait a second... If he didn't want to climb the skyscraper, then what does he... Aw crud...

Suddenly, Bill's humming started to sound like the theme from Deliverance...

[AnT]

The elevator hit the top floor, the roof! Bill proudly marched out the door, taking the sight of the glorious cityscape outside the rooftop.

"It all happens here on the rooftops, furry clad stallions running the most steeple chase of them all; flanks sweating, noses flaring. We heroes are our own jockies; chummily, ride ourselves and hard!"

Bill lifted Shaun off his head and set him on the floor to let him watch the city from the skyscraper....which they're reaaaaaly high from.

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Shaun:

Almost as soon as his feet hit the ground, Shaun stumbled back a few feet to get away from the edge. The deer might not have had vertigo, but that certainly didn't mean he was fine with sitting on the edge of a really tall skyscraper.

"Look... Bill..." Shaun muttered, "For the love of Chaos, Solaris, and whatever other really powerful things are out there, please don't do what I think you're about to do..."

[AnT]

Again, he wasn't listening. "The rooftops can be our dangerous ally. With its flesh-ripping height, one can sense the danger or cries from miles. I can sense the need of your friends around, Stick-head man! I can smell them...I can taste them!"

With a foot on the ledge, Bill placed Shaun right back on his head. "So shall we answer their call loudly and brightly WITH ONE GIANT LEAP!"

And he leaped off the skyscraper... did I mention Shaun is on his head?

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Shaun:

It was a good thing Bill had those little nubs on his head: they made excellent handholds for Shaun to hold on for dear life to.

"HOLY FRIGGIN' SCHNIT!!!" Shaun screamed as the duo fell through the sky, "BILL, YOU'RE INSANE!!!"

The deer had his eyes clamped shut for most of the fall, but after a few seconds, he managed to pry them open for a moment. He quickly regreted it: now he could see how rapidly the ground was approaching. He promptly shut his eyes again and kept them that way.

"I am going to die, I am going to die, I am going to die..."

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"Have no fear, young one!" he pointed at a flag pole sticking out of the building below. "I'll bounce off that flagpole and flip to safety!"

SNAP! His landing snapped the pole in two.

"Uh..." he muttered, holding on the pole. He then looked down at a rooftop of the Twinkle Park building. "I'll....bounce off that...broad flat surface of a rooftop! Yeah!"

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Shaun:

This time, it was Shaun who wasn't paying attention. He was too busy giving himself his own Last Rites.

"My life is flashing before my eyes..." he murmured, "And the time I spent reading Crime and Punishment still seems too long..."