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[perfectsymmetry]

[Today in the park, Crowe can be seeing leaping about trees! Well, sort of. He's climbing up and down them as fast as he can, timing himself as he does so with a stopwatch. He's pretty fluid, and after a few runs in one tree, he has it down to a matter of seconds. Once he accomplishes that, he moves on to the next one, doing the same. He looks exhausted, but pleased once he checks his times. He's breaking his old records.

Later, he'll be found practicing a tightrope walk. He's just using a regular rope tied between two trees for now, only a few feet off the ground. He does alright but he's new at this, and falls off a lot. Most of the time he manages to land on his feet, but he does slip on occasion. But he'll get back up and try, try again. Practice makes perfect.

Crowe's been a bit closed off from everyone lately, thanks to basically living at the park. And after the droning of three of his friends in a short amount of time - the hardest on him being Massimo's - he wonders if he should have listened to Ichobod's advice from many months back about not making too many friends here. It didn't make things any easier when this happened.

Of course, this doesn't mean he isn't free for talking/ridicule/question what the hell he's up to since he's in a public park.]

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[westerned.livejournal.com]

[[HE'S WATCHING HIM PRACTICE because there's nothing to do]]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Yeah Mayfield is boring like that. To the point where kids failing to tightrope walk is entertainment. He'll be surprised though once he notices he's being watched, then slips off. He at least lands on his feet, but he looks a bit embarrassed.]

Oh. Um. Hi there.

[ponypuncher.livejournal.com]

_{[What in Thor's name is this kid doing--Have a Viking Tree watching from a bench. All of you future people are wacko.]}

[westerned.livejournal.com]

[[HE'S HEADING OVER, gotta make sure he's alright]]

Y'all're okay?

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[Aisling's considerably more cheerful after getting her leg back, so she's also back to tree climbing. Crowe may hear giggling from somewhere in the leaves.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe jumps down out of a tree, pulls the stopwatch from his pocket and clicks it. He grins at it.]

Alright! A new record.

[When turns around to head to the next tree, he sees he's being watched. Good lord that guy is enormous, what the crap. He blinks at you for a moment before chuckling a little nervously.]

Ah. H-hi there. I, uh, beat my old time. 24 seconds.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He hears her, and grins.]

Hey! Don't think you can hide from ol' Calleo Crowe.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, fine. Thanks. I'm, uh, new at this, so that's bound to happen a lot.

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[She pokes her head out and grins.]

I bet I can!

[And she disappears again.]

[ponypuncher.livejournal.com]

The hell ya climbin' trees for?

_{[This is what happens when you eat your veggies, kids. Staring some more.]}

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I'll consider that a challenge then!

[He starts going from branch to branch now, poking through the leaves to try and track her down. He's got a good instinct for it, but catching a fairy is tough work.]

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[Luckily this fairy is still a human, so she isn't as fast as she would normally be. However, she's very good at keeping quiet when she has to. A few rustlings of leaves may betray her, though.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Oh. Um. Practice. Trying to, uh, keep in shape. Work on my balance. That sort of thing.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[She's got a trained thief on her trail, and he'll track down by the sound of the leaves. After a few minutes he'll finally catch up to her, laughing.]

Ah ha! Gotcha! You really had me going there for awhile.

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[Aisling laughs as well. It's been a while since she's played a good old-fashioned game of hide and seek.]

Ohh, you got me! I thought you wouldn't be able to find me.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

It wasn't easy. You're pretty good at this.

[He sits down on a nearby branch, catching his breath. He takes the stopwatch from his pocket and clicks it off, since he was originally timing himself on another speed trial.]

[ponypuncher.livejournal.com]

...So yer climbin' trees.

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

Of course not. I'm the fastest!

[Ooh, a mysterious foreign object! She leans closer to look at his stopwatch.] What's that?

[friendly-ghosts.livejournal.com]

Wow! Are you practicing for the circus?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He stretches a bit as they talk.]

Ah. Yeah. Mostly I'm working on getting faster climbing, so... trees are my best bet. Each one is different, so I don't get used to the same course all the time.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

But I'm pretty fast too, you know!

Ah, this? It's a stopwatch. I'm using it to time myself to see how fast I can make it up and down these trees. I've gotten a lot faster at climbing in these last few months here.

[He'll click it to reset it, then start it again, handing it to her.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe wobbles a bit on the rope, but he manages to keep on for now!]

Ah! Um. N-no, but that would be good too, eh? Just... [wobblewobble] working on my balance. I-I'm new at it though.

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[She turns it over in her hands in a way that kind of reminds one of a monkey looking at a piece of fruit.]

Ohh. So it can tell time, then? And how much time has passed?

[ponypuncher.livejournal.com]

...Workin' on climbin' away from somethin'? Wild bears?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Just how much has past. [He points everything out as he talks.] The big hand counts minutes, and the smaller hand in there does seconds. You start it with this button, and stop and reset it with this one.