4th Key Smash

[dork_of_keys]

[From the looks of things, it seems like Sora's worked out a way to have one of his Spirits hang on to the communicator and film whatever he's doing. Judging by the bouncing, Jelly Bean has it... strapped to his head, maybe?

More importantly, it looks like Sora's found a skateboard.

...This will end well. Sora does seem to be proficient with it. At least, most missed tricks (and there really aren't many of those) only result in a less than perfect landing.

He's obviously in First District in Traverse Town, though the presence of the board to begin with might suggest that he's at least visited Twilight Town by now. It's fairly obvious that he probably intends to end this post by asking if anyone wants to join him for some fun.

And then he approaches the stairs in front of the accessory shop, having started near Second District, and attempts to grind down the rail. The angle of approach isn't the best, however. While he gets part way down, he manages to lose the board a little more than halfway and come down hard on the rail, tumbling off and tumbling the rest of the way down the stairs only to come to rest at the bottom curled up and clutching at his now bruised vulnerables in obvious pain and embarrassment.

Bruce circles above him clearly laughing his sick little head off while Jelly Bean bounces up to him to find out if he's okay. He may or may not be regretting the decision to film this...]

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[Action]

[skysmirror]

[Xion mentally facepalms. Original, she likes you, but there are some traits she's glad she didn't inherit.

Give her a minute and she'll be there to check on you, along with Barkley and Axel.]

[Action]

[dork_of_keys]

[By the time she gets there, he'll have gotten himself together enough to sit up, at least. He's obviously still hurting, but it seems like he'll be okay. Possibly, he's a little more embarrassed than he is hurt.

Meanwhile, Bruce is still laughing.]

[Action]

[skysmirror]

[Axel is hissing in amusement himself, but Pooh just looks concerned. Xion herself is dealing with a mix of both, plus a little exasperation.

At least she offers him a hand up and doesn't laugh.]

You okay?

[Action]

[dork_of_keys]

[Amusement might be more justified at the moment than concern. While there was a risk of a failed stunt like that ending in serious injury, it hadn't happened in this case and the only thing hurting worse than his privates is his pride.

He has the the grace to accept the help rather being a brat about it. It takes him a small effort to answer her question without his voice sounding noticeably higher than normal.]

I'll... be fine. Just a little bruised up.

Video

[allfunandgamesuntil]

You okay over there?

[York's been too busy to get to Twilight Town again this week so he doesn't know where the skateboard came from; he'd planned to head over when Wash or North was going, but that didn't seem to pan out. He'll get there sooner or later, because he needed to see if Wash found one.]

Re: Video

[dork_of_keys]

[Sora doesn't reply immediately, instead taking a moment to regain some composure. When he does speak, he really does sound more embarrassed than hurt.]

I'm... fine. I guess that wasn't the best spot for that stunt...

Video

[allfunandgamesuntil]

It was going well until it fell apart. If you give it a few more tries I bet you'll nail it.

[He should ask if Sora needs help, probably, but it's just nice to see someone doing something normal that isn't going to the tea shop or coming from the tea shop.]

[nightmaresfear]

[Guess who was watching? Riku can't help it, he laughs too. It's too much like the stupid stunts Sora used to pull in the old days, back when they were just normal kids, that it only makes it funnier. Some things never change.]

I think the idea is that you stay on the board, Sora. You all right?

[dork_of_keys]

[His pride is in more pain than anything else. Now he just needs for Kairi or Namine... or worse, both... to see this.

He only has a slightly snippy response, though.]

Generally, yes. Accidents happen, though. Yeah, I'm fine.

[nightmaresfear]

Accidents just tend to happen to you more than most people.

[Sorry Sora, but it's true.]

[unrecovered]

[On one hand, Wash has some measure of sympathy, as he'd certainly done that before when he was learning to skateboard. On the other hand, at least he hadn't broadcasted it, and stuff like this is never not funny. At least he did all of his laughing before he turned his communicator on; on the other hand, Fang is perched on his shoulder and still giggling. It's funny because he fell! And it's okay to laugh because his person was laughing!]

Your balance was too far forward. Easiest way to lose the board like that.

Where did you get that, anyway?

[dork_of_keys]

[Has -everyone- seen this?

It should be noted that Sora still hasn't taken the communicator off Jelly Bean's head, so when the Spirit looks around for whatever reason, the view moves away from Sora... most frequently to Bruce, who is still immensely amused at all this.]

Yeah, I realized that almost as soon I was on the rail.

They have them in Twilight Town.

[unrecovered]

[Pretty much, yes.]

[The bat's got the right idea, really, but Wash is actually trying not to make too many enemies here.]

And you didn't adjust your balance or jump off because why, exactly?

Really? [HOW DID HE MISS THAT]

[Video]

[frostyfuntimes]

[Jack's leaning back on a roof top and clearly amused and on the verge of laughing.]
Ooh. Ouch.

Well, I'll give you points for effort but I've definitely seen more graceful falls.

Re: [Video]

[dork_of_keys]

[Sora's beginning to wonder if he did something in a past life to deserve this.]

I'm not sure there's anything less graceful than this...

[Video]

[frostyfuntimes]

You didn't break anything did you? I'd say that's a plus on your side.

[Action]

[motorvation]

[Poor Sora; Asami was just getting ready to leave the little moogle shop in the First District when she saw that little stunt. The physicality of it isn't anything startling to her, but that ending - obviously that's not the way it's supposed to happen, and she dashes through the door and over to him to check on him.]

Oh my god, are you okay?

[Action]

[dork_of_keys]

[By now, Xion's already checked on him and he's just hanging out and giving himself a moment before heading off to his room to hide for a bit. So, naturally, having yet another person noticing that he's gone and gotten himself hurt and filmed it isn't doing good things for his dignity.]

I'm fine. Just bruised.

[And then he realizes that, while he did see her first communicator post, he never said hello.]

Uh, we haven't met yet, huh? I'm Sora.

[Lovely first impression this...]

[Action]

[motorvation]

Are you sure? That was a pretty nasty fall, there. [She could remember a couple of times in probending when one of the competitors would accidentally take a shot there - it was never a pretty sight.]

[She raises an eyebrow at how nonchalant he's trying to be about this, but she'll let it pass - for now.]

No, we haven't - I'm Asami Sato.

[colorbymemory]

[Have a concerned Namine. While it's not much compared to what he's faced in some fights, that fall didn't look good at all.]

Sora! Are you okay?

[She will go over there if he needs her to.]

[dork_of_keys]

[Perfect. Now he just needs for Kairi to see this and any all dignity will have been thoroughly quashed...]

I'm fine. Just... bruised.

[At least physically. Mentally, he's wondering if it's at all possible to die from embarrassment.]

[colorbymemory]

[At least she's not laughing? and glad to see that he's not too badly hurt?]

Okay. That looked like a bad fall.

[video]

[paopucharm]

Sora-!

[Too bad for you, Sora, but she was watching too. Whilst she would consider teasing in some situations, not this one - his name slips out before she can do anything else though, and she's straight into worry mode.]

Y-You're okay, right...?

Re: [video]

[dork_of_keys]

[This is turning into a stellar example of a good reason to pester the Moogles about adding features to the communicators, such as the option to edit or redo videos before posting them. In the absence of such features, it's turning into a good reason to avoid filming something unless one is absolutely certain it will go well.

On the other hand, at least the ones openly mocking him seem to have gotten it out of their systems pretty quick. And even if Kairi was teasing him, he finds he couldn't really be too annoyed about it.]

I'll be fine. Just bruised.

[And humiliated, but he really will be okay.]

[video]

[paopucharm]

That's a relief.

[She sighs. The fact he's safe is the most important part. She smiles a little, mind.]

Maybe stay upright next time?

[She's smiling as she says it, though; mostly just to deny how worried she actually was for a moment. And also an unspoken, "be careful", because having him injured? Wouldn't be a good thing.]