The garage, Friday Afternoon

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

There was reggae playing on the radio as Leda made sure her bike was in tip top shape. It was a shame that in a few months she'd have to leave it behind. She needed to find someone to give it to perhaps.

Speaking of which there was a bag of ungiven Christmas presents near at hand in case any of her friends stopped by. She planned on carrying it around till she found them all.

[Open post is open!]

Comments

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

After shopping and lunch and before the party, Ariel made sure to stop by the garage like Leda had said she should, and her head was already bobbing in approval to the music.

"Leda, hiiii!"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Hey Ariel! Happy New Year!"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Happy New Year!" Ariel parroted back with a giggle. "You don't plan on spending it all in the garage, do you? You do know there's a party going on, right?"

And then she saw the motorcycle, and her eyes lit up.

"Ooh, is that it?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

The bike was painted a deep purple, and was all clean and shined up. "This is it." she nodded, resting a hand on the handlebars. There was an engine, but it wasn't like any engine on a mortal bike. It was a rectangular box etched with runes.

When Leda revved her, the bike's exhaust gave off a blue non-toxic vapor that smelled like flowers. Also the engine sounded like a little kids saying;

"Zoom zoom."

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"It's beautiful," Ariel gushed, wided-eyed as she edged a little closer. It was the sort of admiration from someone who had no idea how a thing worked or what it really did, but could still appreciate the shininess of it and the fascinating fact that many little things went together to make one big thing work.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda smiled proudly. "Have you ever ridden a bike before? Any kind?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Is it very different from a jet ski?" Ariel wondered, tilting her head at the machine with fascination.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda immediately pictured a pair of skis with rockets on them, but remembered what those actually were.

"I don't know if it's very different, but I've never been on a jet ski. I think you have to be more careful on a bike, since if you fall, you don't land in water." And maybe get eaten by a shark or something.

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"Although landing on the water off of one of those things can be rough sometimes," Ariel recollected with really wide eyes for a moment. "But you're probably right. We're even, then! I've never been on a motorcycle, but you've never been on a jet ski."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"How about a bicycle?"

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

"...how is that different from a motorcycle?" Ariel wondered.

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"It's a lot lighter for one thing, and generally don't go as fast." She mounted the bike and walked it around in a circle. "Though this one's lighter than most other motorcycles because it doesn't have an internal combustion engine."