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[captainash]

Hey, could anyone please send an escape rope over to the Mahogany Gym?
Or a chair, that would work too.
I'd even take a gloating rescue at this point. Please?

Seriously, my legs hurt, my Pokémon are too busy laughing to be helpful, and I don't think the Gym people would like it if I tried to melt their floor.



At least my coworkers aren't here to see this. This world truly is merciful after all.

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[nostabbing]

...What's wrong with the floor? Did you slip on the ice?

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[timelymaid]

lmao i can
are you ok ash?

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[captainash]

A few times. It's been a very, very, very long time since I last went ice skating, and it shows.

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[captainash]

My hero.
My pride is bruised, and so are my legs, but I'm otherwise fine.

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[nostabbing]

You have to bend your knees a little more and walk flat-footed. That helps keep you from slipping.

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[captainash]

Bend my knees, alright. How far should I spread my legs? I mean, obviously I shouldn't be doing a split, but I think I remember my old sports teacher saying something about shoulders?

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[nostabbing]

Well, smaller steps are better, and you have to keep your center of gravity positioned over your support. With traction that's usually not a problem because you know the support won't slide, but on ice you're compromised so you have to manually compensate.

If you're making a rocking motion when you walk, rolling from your heel to the ball of your foot, you're doing it wrong and you'll slip. Think in terms of keeping a vertical line over your feet and you won't slide around as much.

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[captainash]

Alright, I think I got that. I'll try standing up and then a few steps to see.

...Grabbing a laughing Furret by the neck and dragging her along would unbalance me right back, right? I shouldn't risk it?

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[nostabbing]

Probably. She sounds slippery.

Or why don't you hold on to her tail and have her drag you along the ice? She's got claws, and you'll slide anyway.

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[captainash]

Huh, that could work if she's willing to cooperate. Give me a second to grab her.

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[captainash]

Little brat knows Defense Curl, almost forgot that. I can't even grab her ears. If she hadn't won me that badge, she'd be grouded for a week right now.

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[nostabbing]

Gonna have to stand up and walk, then. Remember: center of gravity!

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[captainash]

Center of gravity! Smaller steps! No running after the ferret, no matter how tempting it is!

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[nostabbing]

GO FIGHT WIN

OR JUST DON'T DIE THAT WORKS TOO

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[captainash]

NO DYING IS A GOOD START, YES


This is weird, you'd think rocks made of ice would be really slippery, but I managed to grab one along the way and I can use them to stabilize myself a little.

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[nostabbing]

So are you stopping to text every so often or what?

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[captainash]

Whenever my old bones need some rest.

...Or whenever I have to tell those Gym trainers to stop gawking, pick one of the two. Shouldn't they be used to people making fools of themselves on the floor by now?

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[nostabbing]

Just ignore them. They're jerkfaces.

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[captainash]

Jerkfaces that can't even win against rodents. Maybe I should bring that up loudly, once I've crossed this last patch of ice.

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[timelymaid]

so what exactly happened...

[teammother]

Which one's the Mahogany Gym?

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[captainash]

Reaching Pryce was easy, because it turns out that an Exploud can carry a human bridal style with enough motivation.
But now Murmur is too tired for that, and this ice is more slippery than I thought, and I have to go back to the door.

[captainash]

The Ice-type Gym in Mahogany Town. Apparently just a really cold room isn't god enough for them. Bring ice skates if you ever visit.

[teammother]

Ice skates?! Wow... that sounds pretty, um, extreme? Thanks for the advice, but are you okay?

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[bookslap]

What's special about the Mahongany gym?

{Someone doesn't know that every gym has a quirk yet...}