Heaven's Arena, Two Continents North of Yorknew City

[soniaroadsqueen]

"You know, the floor of the blimp wasn't that bad a place to sleep," Ringo announced. And then immediately belied her claim by grimacing as she stretched to pop her back again.

Once she was feeling a little bit loosened up again, Ringo looked around. "Too bad we don't really have time to really explore the city. I mean, this place looks like it's got as much neat stuff going on as Yorknew City did." But their wallets were pretty much empty, and Ringo really wanted a room and a bed to sleep in tonight.

Ringo's eyes swept the city skyline, then went wide. "Whoa! Is that Heaven's Arena?" The building was huge.

"Do you think that, after we've made enough for a hotel, we can AirTrek on it?" Hopefully that wouldn't be against the rules.

[ooc: For the partner in crime, but open for calls, etc, if anyone wants]

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Outside Heaven's Arena

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Inside Heaven's Arena

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The room they end up getting

[soniaroadsqueen]

IF THEY GET ONE!

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

"Yeah," Alluka said, peering up and up at the huge building. "That's Heaven's Arena."

It would be amazing fun to AirTrek it.

"But Ringo, you don't get a hotel room elsewhere when you're at the arena. You have to earn a room in the arena."

Alluka had been doing her reading while on the blimp.

OOC

[soniaroadsqueen]

Despite my protests

Re: OOC

[that_oldsaying]

Thank youuuuu!

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Oh!" Ringo grinned. "That's convenient. I take it that you just have to pay with it from whatever your winnings are?"

Re: OOC

[soniaroadsqueen]

<3

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

"That's what it sounded like," Alluka said, eyes fixed on the arena. "So the first few floors you don't get a room at all. If you win or if you lose on the first floor, you get the prize money of a drink."

And then got to try again!

"I don't think we'll get up to the top."

Given the Floor 200 hurdle that she had no idea about yet... yeah, they weren't going to make it to the top.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Well, it is really tall," Ringo allowed. "So it probably takes a lot to get all the way to the top."

She pursed her lips. "If the first floor just gives you a drink, I hope it doesn't take too long to get high enough to, you know, pay for things."

She wasn't worried. Yet.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

"We're already here," Alluka said optimistically. "Did you want to look around for a bit? Or head straight to the arena and see how it works?"

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

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"Well, I really want to look around, but we should probably head straight over just to make sure we have enough time to get settled into our room. Like, what if there's a big line, or it takes a while, or something?"

Every so often, Ringo was responsible. Hopefully Alluka wasn't too shocked.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

At this point? Alluka wasn't shocked at all!

"That makes sense," she said, shifting a little. "After all, it sounds like the arena's a really big deal."

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"So let's get that settled first!" Ringo grinned. "At least we won't get lost getting there."

Since the building was more than twice as tall as anything else on the skyline.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka laughed as she started moving.

"Could anyone get lost looking for it?"

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"I bet someone could manage it!" Ringo declared airily. "I mean, we probably could, too, if we really tried."

She sighed as she moved alongside Alluka. "It's too bad we've got to carry our bags, though. It'd be a lot faster to just go top speed over the rooftops to the arena."

Ah, well. They'd just have to do that some other time!

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

"We can do that once we earn a room," Alluka said hopefully. "We've got to be good enough to at least get that far."

She was keeping her fingers crossed on that.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Definitely!" Ringo looked breezily confident as she nodded at Alluka. "I mean, we're pretty experienced, right?"

Certainly against the average person from Earth they'd have no problems.

But this wasn't Earth.

Not that that reduced Ringo's confidence at all. She was sure that they'd be just fine.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

"I've never been in a real fight before," Alluka said, a bit anxious now that they were so close to doing this. "I'm not bad at AirTrek, but..."

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Hmm. Maybe there'll be some space to warm up? I can show you a couple of quick pointers. Like, ways to use your AT skills in a match?"

She only sounded a little bit concerned. She had a lot of confidence in Alluka. Maybe more than she should, but she couldn't really help that.

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

It was sweet of her, really.

"And maybe you'll go first," Alluka said, "and I'll be able to see how you do it. If nothing else, I get the same prize whether I win or lose on the first floor!"

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

"That'd work, too." Ringo grinned. "You've always been a fast learner."

"And even if it takes you a couple of rounds to get a hang of it, it sounds like losing isn't too big a deal when you're just figuring things out."

Re: Inside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

Alluka paused, her eyes going huge and apprehensive, as she stopped just inside the doors.

Oh dear.

Well. Well--Ringo thought it'd go okay.

They'd be fine, right?

"Eeeep."

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[that_oldsaying]

She laughed.

"Okay, okay," Alluka said. "I'll do my best, I hope."

Re: Outside Heaven's Arena

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo looked fond. "You always do."