Sacramento Pipeworks

[Phoenyx]

Phoenyx stares at Kaze. She feels... angry? Is that it? She's still trying to figure it out as the nimble girl looks down, smiling.

That somehow makes the feeling worse. She's cute. Why is she cute? Why did he happen to point out a cute girl, the only girl, here?

"Um. Hi," Phoenyx says stiffly. "I'm Alice."

[Sonnie Wu]

The girl on the wall studied the pair with a passive sort of curiosity, as her attention was mainly on the hand- and foot-holds she was currently using. She clung there, friendly enough in her expression.

"Helloooooo. I'm Sonja. Thanks, I do stuff like this all the time."

Her gaze drifted between Kaze and Alice, and she picked up enough on the woman's intense looks towards the man that she smirked and started climbing higher.

"Don't let me distract you from your date, or whatever this is."

[Kaze]

"Oh it's a date, definitely." Kaze says, looking at Phoenyx affectionately, and apparently obliviously to her emotional state at the moment. "Nice meeting you, Sonja." he says to Sonnie Wu. "I guess we'll see you around."

Kaze turns to Phoenyx. "So, wall first, yeah?"

[Phoenyx]

Phoenyx looks between Sonja and Kaze, the smirk raising her hackles. But Kaze's smiling look was enough to show he wasn't seeing what she was. Shaking her head and sighing, she agrees. "Sure. Climbing wall," she says with a smile, before making her way up the wall, although less nimbly than the other girl.

"How did you find out about this place? It's pretty great," she asks Kaze.

[Sonnie Wu]

Sonnie contented herself with climbing sideways along the wall space, putting some distance between herself and the dating couple. She had no interest in making things any more uncomfortable.

She was nimble, sure, but she also moved with a sort of absent-minded ease. She didn't put much thought into her handholds or balance. The girl just seemed to be one of those people for whom a sport came naturally. For Sonja, it was parkouring around the Pipeworks.

As she played, she also began humming a new tune. This time it was Born This Way by Lady Gaga.

[Kaze]

"Well," Kaze says, beginning to climb up the wall and then stopping, realizing he has taken a path that won't go any further, he lets himself drop back down to start again.

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2019-03-16 18:27:16		Kaze rolls 5 to Climb (Str 3 + Athletics 2) (10 Again)		6, 7, 6, 1, 1		failure

"A guy in our neighborhood told me about it," he says, starting up again on a path that works better, making fast progress with impressive strength and athleticism! He is now over Phoenyx, who started before him, despite dropping down and starting over.

  4 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2019-03-16 18:28:42		Kaze rolls 4 to Climb (Str 3 + Athletics 2) (10 Again)		10, 10, 6, 9, 10, 2, 7		4 successes

"And I 'Yelped' it, and they have really solid, rave reviews!" he says.

[Phoenyx]

The scrambling of the other Arrow flares the competitive spirit. Phoenyx grins and tries to scrabble up after him, but slips and crashes face-first into the wall, clinging loosely by one hand.

failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2019-03-17 06:00:57		Phoenyx rolls 5 to Climbing: Str2+Ath3 (10 Again)		3, 1, 7, 3, 5		failure

[Sonnie Wu]

Sonja continued her monkey-like traversal of the climbing walls, scampering from section to section with incredible ease. She was a truly gifted climber. She traveled the "routes" laid out along the walls, pillars and inclines with no difficulty or fear.

The entire time, she loudly hummed what sounded like a rendition of Miley Cyrus' Party in the U.S.A.

  5 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2019-03-19 13:15:41		Sonnie Wu rolls 10 to Str 3 + Athletics 3 + Spec (Climbing) 1 + Kith 3 (10 Again)		5, 6, 6, 9, 3, 10, 1, 4, 10, 6, 10, 7, 9		5 successes

[Kaze]

Kaze pauses without comment, allowing time for Phoenyx to get herself sorted out without seeming to be doing so deliberately. He doesn't say anything, and appears to be completely absorbed with studying the path up above, looking for the best hand and footholds.

[Phoenyx]

The little Arrow scrabbles inelegantly alongside Kaze.

"Don't you dare say a word," she says, leering at him.