Anthem City: Fall of the Possum

[Harri-chan]

Georgia clattered into the fence and whined, "That's not fair!", she found herself protesting without even thinking about it. For if she had thought about it, she'd have realised how ridiculous she sounded. Her cheeks went bright red, and she felt even more childish now, "How did you do that? Am I that bad?".

[Blaze]

Suzie grins and points to her legs.

"Capoeira and soccer remember? My legs are really strong."

She gives the younger girl a hug

[Harri-chan]

Georgia slumps into the hug, peering down at Suzie's legs as she gives the older girl a squeeze, "But you were walking.. ", she groaned. She couldn't help but cringe, picturing how she must have looked to everyone else as she skated around, like one of those little kids trying them for the first time.

[Blaze]

Suzie smiles and pats Georgia's helemted head.

"Don't worry about that. Just focus on getting better at skating, and you can tackle that half-pipe someday."

[Harri-chan]

Georgia let the hug linger for a moment or two before she pulled back, and nodded with a determined look on her face. "Practice makes perfect", she said, taking a couple of steps back on the skates. Her brown eyes glanced around, watching some of the other kids, chewing on her bottom lip, "A LOT of practice... ". She blushed brightly. Even if she could get back to doing what she did best, The Hellchemist had ensured she would be out of the way for quite some time until she could get used to her altered body.

[Blaze]

Suzie smiles and nods.

"That's the spirit! For now, work on keeping your balance on them, then we'll practice for speed."

[Harri-chan]

Georgia slowly skated in a circle around Suzie, "I guess it's gonna take a lot longer than I thought", she muttered. Her gaze lingered to an older girl casually skating backwards, and she chewed her lip for a moment. "Do you walk to school? Maybe if I skated there and back every day...".

[Blaze]

"Oh yeah, it's just a short walk in the other direction." Suzie says with a nod.

"And that sounds good to me!"

[Harri-chan]

Georgia felt a surge of excitement as Suzie confirmed she could skate to school, followed by a moment of panic as she was reminded of how all over the place her emotions had become, more like a teenager than an adult! She kept the concern to herself for now, and tried to roll backwards like the girl she had been watching. Unfortunately she put a little too much into it, and instead of gliding on the wheels, she toppled backwards and crashed down onto her butt, groaning in embarrassment.

[Blaze]

Suzie watches Georgia try to glide backwards, eyes widening when the small girls falls. She rushes over and helps her back to her feet, brushing the dirt from the back of her skirt as she does.

"You okay? Did you hurt yourself?"

[Harri-chan]

Georgia just felt guilty as she watched Suzie lean down over her and help her back to her feet. "I'm fine... ", she murmured in a quiet, embarrassed voice as her skirt was brushed off by the older teen. "I'm sorry, Suzie... it should be me looking out for you... not like this".

[Blaze]

"It's not your fault, don't be silly." Suzie says in a firm voice, sounding eerily like Amanda.

"C'mon, try again."

[Harri-chan]

Georgia adjusted her feet again, and this time leaned her weight forward, ever so slightly, and gently nudged herself back with one rollerblade, and she slowly glided backwards, away from Suzie, causing the smile to jump back onto her face!

[Blaze]

Suzie beams and gives the girl a thumbs up.

"Make sure you check behind you so you don't bump into anyone!"

[Harri-chan]

Georgia glanced back over her shoulder, loose auburn hair swishing across her back as she continued her slow but steady pace, before easing the toe bumper down along the ground to come to a stop, and returned Suzie's thumbs up, "Baby steps", she nodded.