Open RP -- Rukia skips rocks

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

Rukia didn't often go down to the river except when she needed to bathe, but today was an exception. The little shinigami was desperately bored, and she'd ultimately taken to skipping rocks on the water's surface, and watching the ducks scatter when one got too close (she actually tried not to aim for the ducks and for the most part she succeeded, but occasionally, one went astray).

What was frustrating was the way some rocks skipped gracefully across the water, some skipped one or two times and then stopped and some fell into the water with a plunk almost as soon as they left her hand. Rukia was sure there had to be a trick to it. She just wished she knew what...

((Anyone who wants to come talk to her, give her pointers, feed the ducks, etc., is welcome. :D))

Comments

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

"... as in less well then what I just described?"

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

"As in about the same," said Rukia wryly.

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

"Well at least I know it's not just me." Pippi mused. "Have you tried anything yourself?"

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

"I was involved in the digging-out expedition," Rukia explained. "And I was about to try running out into the void until someone stopped me."

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

"I hear you get dizzy and fall down... You'd need a rope attached to you."

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

Rukia heaved a sigh. She made another attempt at skipping a rock. This time, it skipped twice before going under. "A rope?" she asked Pippi with a smile. "You think that would help?"

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

"Well... at the very least it would keep whoever was trying to run out there from getting stuck. Because if you get dizzy and fall over... How will you get back? So if you have a rope or something attached to you, you could get pulled back out by somebody if you weren't able to make it beyond... Um... whatever that all is out there."

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

"Good point," said Rukia. Her tone was wry, but she really did enjoy Pippi's logic. "I'm not sure whatever's out there ever ends, though."

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

"Oh... But we don't know for sure?"

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

"Nobody knows for sure, no. It would be hard to find out."

[no1likeher.livejournal.com]

"... This is a very strange place."