Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24416658-20151207234956/@comment-26362067-20160723051307

Ravelyn chased after the Creed sphere on the rooftops, trying not to let it out of her sight. It was hard, as the sphere kept zigzagging and abruptly turning corners without warning. When it suddenly dropped down, Ravelyn found herself about to fall off the edge of the roof. Looking down, she found it floating near the ground, three stories below. It had stopped moving, and seemed to be mocking her. ''What? Scared of climbing down?''

The 15-year-old couldn't help but roll her eyes - a sign of the teenage attitude that was just starting to fade. Of course, Ravelyn thought. She couldn't just jump down, let alone climb - the building was concrete, so there were no cracks to use. There was no fire escape near her either. Hm... she thought, before spotting a fire escape on the building across from her. It was a large jump, but Ravelyn was confident she could make it.

Unsheathing Shade, the longer of her two katanas, Ravelyn backed up 5-or-so steps, took a deep breath, then started running. Shade wasn't exactly designed to be a pole vault, but that's what the young girl used it as once she got to the edge of the roof. The manuever looked a little weird, since the katana could only be held with one hand, but it worked, and in about 4 seconds Ravelyn landed on the other side, rolling to absorb the impact.

Ravelyn was subsequently hit with deja vu as she remembered how long she had to practice before she could do that move without spraining an ankle or some other part of her body, let alone dropping the weapon. Shaking it off, she got up, sheathed Shade, and walked towards the fire escape, quickly dashing down the metal stairs.

Then, the sphere was right in front of her. Ravelyn snatched it rapidly, not wanting it to dart off again. Now... How to get back? she wondered.

(I'm trying to imagine how Ravelyn would've been three years younger, hence the "teenage attitude" part.)