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[fotia]

Characters: Leo Valdez, Eponine Thernardier, and YOU!
Date: May 15
Location: Everywhere
Situation: Leo takes his hoverboard flying around the different sectors!
Warnings/Rating: Hey this guy is from a wholesome canon so G for now. Changing if needed!


[Leo sometimes remembers, vaguely, a promise to Annabeth that he would tell her about his hoverboard when he actually manages to finish it. Today is not that day.

He screws in the final bolt and grins as he watches the hoverboard rise from the ground. So he cheated, kind of, using a little bit of that Celestial Bronze to actually bring it to life, but whatever. Little details. He hops on it, wobbling for only a couple of seconds before he finds his balance, Thomas and Buford leaping excitedly below him.]

Alright! [He claps his hands together and rubs them excitedly.] Let's do this!

[And off he goes!]

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Closed to Eponine

[fotia]

[He almost doesn't see the girl in shoddy clothes when he miscalculates a turn. Fortunately for her, he manages to narrowly avoid whacking her on the head with the tip of the board.

Unfortunately for him, that sends him crashing into the nearby bushes. All is silent for a moment, until a groan is heard from behind the shrubbery.]

Dear Gods of Olympus and all that is good and holy everything hurts so bad.

[knowsherway]

[Eponine has seen quite a few things in her time, but a young man on a floating piece of wood is not one of them. The crashing and shouting and the silence following the crashing is somewhat familiar, but after a moment of standing by and listening to his exclamation, she decides to inquire as to his well-being, or lack of it, as it might be.]

Monsieur? Have you hurt yourself?

[He fell, yes, but there are various degrees of "hurt".]

[fotia]

[He groans again in response to that and pushes himself off the ground; he has a few scraps and bruises, but nothing big. Okay, so far so good. A glance at the hoverboard tells him that it's fine, too, aside from a few scratches, and he exhales in relief.

When he finally notices that it's a girl who's asked him about his well-being, though, he scrambles to his feet and grins.]

I'm fine; crashing into bushes is kind of my thing! This is nothing!

[knowsherway]

[Eponine pauses to take in Leo's scrapes, scratches, and bruises, and she wonders for a moment if she should offer to bandage them for him. She is no healer or physician, but she has had many occasions when she had to patch herself up. But he seems well enough for the fall that he took, and so she refrains from asking that, at least for the moment.

His sudden grin takes her by surprise, but she returns the smile, glad to see such a positive response from him.]

Are you? And is falling in such a way a source of amusement for you? [She tries to think if she has ever met anyone who also had such a positive reaction to crashing and scraping oneself up.] What is that thing you were standing on?

[fotia]

Who wouldn't want to fall if it could get you to meet a cute girl like you? [And a wink at that. Valdez swagger.

He walks to the hoverboard at then, switching it back on and allowing it to float waist-high.] This is a hoverboard I made myself, the McFly Hoverboard Generation II Turtle Edition. [He gives it a pat, his expression proud.] Although you can just call it the Loverboard.

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[fotia]

[He takes his hoverboard for a spin, first around Fire, and when he's a little more confident he heads to the different sectors, zooming above the heads of unfortunate passerbys. It almost seems like he's showing off his newest invention, really.

Which he totally is, enough to let anyone ride it, if they ask!]

[jirk]

[This place isn't so bad if you ignore the distinct lack of technology. Oh, he saw a car. A car. Like those ancient fossils on Earth. Like his dad's, minus about thirty years of mechanical developments. But there was nothing in this place that would have even been a twinkle in the eye of a modern scientist yet, and man it's driving him a little nuts.

So when that hoverboard passes overhead? He actually stares. And then breaks out in a grin.]

Hey!

[And he'll totally chase after him, too.

He's not in his uniform today. It's conspicuous, and he stands out just a little too much. But he's wearing the black undershirt with a faint Federation symbol over the left breast and he's still packing his captain's phaser and tricorder unit.]

[fotia]

[The hoverboard skids into a halt, or as much as skidding on air is possible, at least, and Leo turns it around to face the guy who called out to him. The familiar symbol on the guy's shirt makes him grin.]

Hey! What's up, Star Trek nerd dude?

[Not a bro, though, because Leo isn't that much of a Star Trek guy. Sorry, man.]

[jirk]

[HE PAUSES CONFUSEDLY MID-STEP.]

-- What?

[Total. Bafflement. WHAT IS A 'STAR TREK' HOW DOES IT WORK.]

[fotia]

You know, Star Trek? [And he raises his hand in a Vulcan salute!] "Live long and coaster", or something like that!

[justlittle]

[Bean came to Fire to check the Nets at a cyber cafe, but when he sees a boy on a hoverboard, he stops, and follows as best he can without drawing attention to himself.

Which isn't so well, because his legs are short, and that hoverboard is fast.]

[fotia]

[Bean what are you even

Feeling a kind of pity for the guy (okay, and maybe he just really, really wants to show off, too,) Leo slows down and spins the hoverboard around so he's facing the kid. He gives him a smirk.]

So let's see here: no one told you that it's kind of hard to keep up with a hoverboard?

[justlittle]

I just hadn't seen anything like it in so long; I was curious.

[fotia]

[Ooooh? Leo looks at him curiously for a second, because did the guy just imply that hoverboards are totally a thing in his world? Sweet. He lowers the hoverboard and jumps off it, leaving it floating waist-high in the air.]

But are your hoverboards anything like this? [And he pats the board before he continues.] 250kph max speed, dual-thrusters, solar-generated battery, sound system that perfectly mimics stereo surround-sound, sleek, titanium coating, base made entirely of Celestial Bronze. [Neglecting to explain exactly what Celestial Bronze is...] I call it the McFly Hoverboard Generation II Turtle Edition. Or, for short, the Loverboard.

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[urbanmagic]

[--- Well. If Traci was told there'd be hover boards here, she'd be all over it. That looked pretty cool.]

Hey, where do you get one of those things? [She doesn't run after it-- she's not much of a runner anyway-- and just calls out to him, obviously amused from her position on the ground.]

[fotia]

[Leo immediately pulls the hoverboard into a stop, because girl. And when he casts a glance at her he's all like, wow, hold up!

So he maneuvers it so that he's now beside her and hops off, the hoverboard floating waist-high, and flashes her a dumb grin.]

I made it! Aren't I awesome?

[urbanmagic]

[Cute, and she flashes a cheerful smile of her own at that, looking at the hoverboard for a moment before she turns back to him, surprised.

Well, that's just impressive.] Seriously? Okay, that is really cool. I didn't actually think I'd see hover boards in this place.

[fotia]

[He lets the hoverboard lower so that he can talk to her better, and arranges himself on it so that he's sitting down on the board, feet dangling in the air.]

Yeah, I know— [And an abrupt pause at that!] Wait wait wait: "didn't actually think you'd see hoverboards in this place...?" [And his eyes widen suddenly in excitement.] Does that mean you have hoverboards in your world?!

[fatedchaos]

[Vanessa's invisible when she spots Leo. Or at least, she's pretty sure it's Leo. Moving in closer, she notices that it's definitely him zipping around on a hoverboard. That's pretty cool.

The molecules of her face forms a sort of smirk, not that anyone can really see it. She follows after him for a few moments, before moving close enough so that she's hovering by his ear.] Boo.

[fotia]

[Um, yeah, you're getting a high-pitched, totally not manly in any way whatsoever yelp from him as the board wobbles, and he breaks abruptly before he crashes into one of the kedan houses.]

Oh my gods whoever you are I am not your murderer or former lover or best friend's boyfriend or—

[And he pauses at that because hey, he knows that voice.]

Vanessa?

[fatedchaos]

[Oh, good. She would have felt pretty bad if he had actually crashed into the house. Actually, she would have felt pretty bad if he had gotten hurt in any way, so this plan was definitely not well thought out.

There's a giggle though as she breezes over him.]

Well, I'm not dead. I can't say I've had former lovers. And I am pretty sure my best friend's boyfriends are still dead.

[She concentrates just enough to pull her outline together, waving.] You screamed like you were going to be murdered, Leo.

[fotia]

[He quickly puts on a brave and totally-not-just-freaked-out face as he spots her outline!]

What? Did I? No way. I was, uh, vocalizing.

wow i am the latest

[sophos]

[Well Annabeth is in the Metal Sector!! Because of reasons like she lives there and she's out and about for whatever reason.]

[And what!! She hears a different sort of soft noise from normal, and when she looks up, there's... a hoverboard. It takes one more quick glance to realize it's Leo up there, and there's a flash of annoyance that this is the first she gets to see of it. Sorry, bro, her memory's a lot better than yours. Still, she's impressed all the same that he managed to build one.]

Hey! Leo! Excuse you! [Her arms are crossed, and her expression is somewhere between oncoming lecture and being impressed.]

annabeth shows up to the hoverboard party 10 minutes late with starbucks

[fotia]

[He makes a sharp turn back to Annabeth when he hears her voice, and is like totally grinning.] Hey, Annabeth! Wow, what ticked you off this ti—

[And then he's like: Oh. OH.] Holy sh—sheepfarts, I totally forgot to tell you. Uh... Surprise?

i was in work when i saw that and nearly laughed out loud ihu

[sophos]

[She rolls her eyes. But at the same time, she's not surprised. She can maybe even forgive him eventually, because she knows what it's like to get caught up in whatever work you're doing.]

How long has it been done?

[But, really Leo? Really? Sheepfarts?]