Second Floor Common Room; Monday Afternoon [01/15].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer had to admit, having a room all to herself now that Shiemi went home for a bit seemed like it would be pretty sweet, but it was actually driving her a little up the wall. It was just too damn quiet! Sure, Shiemi was quiet to begin with, but now it was, like...ultra quiet. She was not a fan.

So instead of lounging on her bed, texting and liking stuff on Instagram, she moved herself to the common room, where she lounged on the couch, texting and liking stuff on Instagram. With a marathon of The Days and Nights of Mrs. Pancakes on TV for background noise, which was good, because she really needed to catch up with the latest seasons.

And on occasion, without looking up from her phone, Summer would blurt out Mrs. Pancake's tried and true catch phrase whenever it came on. "You don't knooow me!"

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[somethingwithturquoise]

"Hey, you didn't know that I come from a world that used to be run by interplanetary fascists, so we're even?" Summer offered, because it didn't sound like that big of a deal really, but, then again, she still didn't know what it was.

"Soooooo," she prompted, "AirTrek is...?"

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"I think it'll be easier to show you," Ringo decided. "So, um, don't go anywhere!"

With that, she spun and sprinted for the stairs without waiting for an answer, heading up to her room.

[somethingwithturquoise]

This....was going to be interesting, Summer could just tell, which was fine by her, she was pretty bored, anyway. She could only sit there and speculate while she waited. Was it something sports related? Some sort of game? That had to be it; some sort of game involving travel...Odds were she was pretty far off.

"You don't knoooow me!" huffed Mrs. Pancakes, and Summer had to grin a little.

"No one does, Mrs. Pancakes," she said wistfully, "and I doubt anyone ever truly will."

Here's to hoping Ringo didn't get back in time to hear her talking to the TV.

[soniaroadsqueen]

It didn't actually take that long.

When Ringo had left, her steps had been pretty loud pounding on the floor, but coming back there were no footsteps. Instead there was a high-pitched whine, something electronic-sounding, and Ringo rocketed into the room way faster than she'd left. Her hips twisted and she skidded across the floor almost entirely from one end of the room to the other before she came to a stop with a huge grin on her face.

"Tada!" she announced, beaming.

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Summer realized she wasn't very good at trying to guess what those sounds might be coming from, so she just waited until Ringo came flying through the door, half expecting her to crash into the wall.

"Ohhhhh," said Summer, locating the source of the other girl's rapid mobility. "They're like super-skates. That's cool!" A little disappointing, if she was completely honest with herself, but still cool, and it wasn't like she ad any other cooler thoughts, anyway. "Where'd you get 'em?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

Don't let Ringo know you're disappointed, Summer. Ringo might try to get you to change your mind.

"Home. They're pretty common back there, but no one else here seems to have anything like them."

She looked over at Summer, expression mostly smiling but slightly serious. "And they're not really super-skates. The motors built into them are really powerful. It's hard to really get much out of the inside the dorms." She smirked slightly. "I get worried about breaking things, you know?"

A little shrug.

"If you really want to see what they can do, you should come see me do a run outside sometime."