towerofanimus | Paid for with pride and fate

Characters: Aradia, open
Setting: Floors three and seven.
Format: Starting off in brackets, but I can adjust.
Summary: The Maid of Time always seems to have too much time on her hands.
Warnings: Language depending on who tags in, maybe?

Floor Three

[Information had always been Aradia's forte.

Granted, when the information was usually fed to you by the spirits of the dead or your own knowledge of the future, it tended to make life a lot easier. At the moment, Aradia was too wary of the tower to try heading into the future to see what was in store- and until she was sure something wouldn't happen that would get her killed (or at least, was a little more confident in the fact), she wasn't going to chance it. That meant that information had to be found some other way- and the first way that came to mind was the library. So she sat at one of the tables, looking as if she was barely moving, stacks of books growing taller and taller around her seemingly without cause.

The truth of the matter was, Aradia was moving- but the time around her wasn't. She'd taken to settling in with a book, pausing time around her, and reading her way through them as quickly as she could before letting time resume so that she could grab another book. It was exhausting, and it was probably dangerous, but it was the least she could do for the moment.]

Floor Seven

[She really should have asked one of the Feferis about this. Or maybe that Link person that had been teaching Sollux. Instead, Aradia was settled at the edge of the pool, legs dangling, while she toyed idly with one or the other of the pigtails she'd tied her hair into, staring down the water as if she'd learn to swim by that alone. Every now and then she'd move as if to slip into the shallow end and start trying, but then she'd hesitate and stop before resuming her peering down into the water.

Eventually however, she screwed her face up stubbornly and stood, turning and stepping away from the water with casual, even steps. She turned back around once she thought she was far enough away, hands on her hips for a moment-

-and then took a running start and cannon-balled into the water with a cross between a laugh and a battle-cry.

She came up a moment later, pushing her hair out of her eyes while she held herself aloft with her powers until she found a point in the pool where she could reach the bottom and keep her head out of the water at the same time.

Right. Time to actually work on this swimming thing then! ]

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[Taiki is quite an early riser in the way of most small children. He couldn't really sleep very well anyways because he was scared, and worried that someone would try and hurt him while he sleapt.]

Sorry if I disturbed you... [Taiki wondered if he should leave, if he was being a bother]

[Aradia was hardly bothered- he didn't seem to be a threat, so she was content to continue her endeavors even with him present.]

It's alright! I wasn't really doing much anyway. This swimming thing is harder than it looks..!

[She gets a nervous smile and he swims a tiny bit closer, just a tiny bit though because he didn't quite trust her. That was strange because he usually trusted people, but he was finding trust difficult at the moment.]

Can you not swim? Sorry... I could teach you?

Nope! Most of us trolls that don't live in water don't really bother with swimming. It's kind of a waste of time, and dangerous to boot.

[She does notice the wariness though, and she purses her lips a little in thought and then shrugs, giving a little bob in the water.]

You can if you like- but if you don't want to it's okay! I can figure it out myself, I think..!

I don't think it's a waste of time. [Taiki felt a little awkward because he wasn't sure if she actually wanted help and was to polite to ask of if she wanted him to go away and leave her alone.]

Sorry... I mean it might be useful if you fell in some water, it might save you...

[He smiled again nervously] I am happy to help though!

Well, on our planet it kind of is unless you live in it...

[She gives another little bob, hands splaying out on the surface of the water, and smiles.]

Sure! I'll take whatever help I can get, really..!

Oh. Sorry. [He swims closer and smiles holding out his hands] Here hold my hands and move your legs like this. [He demonstrates moving his legs in circles like a frog.]

[She hesitates a second, but eventually lets him take her hands, keeping herself afloat with her powers until she's sure what she's imitating is working.]

...oh. Hee, that's not so hard..!

[He smiles, she is doing so well!] No once you practice it's not hard at all, I'm going to walk now, keep moving your legs. Even if she struggled they were still in the very shallowest part of the pool as Taiki was so tiny]

Okay..!

[While it was a little difficult to let him be the only thing keeping her from drowning, she did as asked, surprised when she managed to stay relatively aloft.]

Oh, neat!

That's really good [Slowly he moved his arm so he was suporting her belly.] Now move your hands the same way at the same time. I wont let go don't worry.

Paid for with pride and fate

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