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merle-de-le-obscurite:
Picking up a wallet, Merle noticed someone looking for something they may have dropped. Smiling softly, Merle walked up to them and held out the wallet. “Excuse me, I found this on the ground. Is it yours?”
Seeing the stranger Merla had asked shake their head, Maia shrugged and pointed to the wallet. “Open it up and see if there’s some kind of I.D. It’s better than letting some shady ass person take off with a wallet.”
afrozendecember:
“I like Halloween and all…but what’s sexy about a hot dog costume?”
“Some people have a food fetish thing. But that sounds more like a thing Sin would be in, not normal people.”
Ice is not your friend
seethedemonini:
“Don’t look down. It’s a mind trick since it’s all about balance. I’ve had to do the same thing when I would practice back in the Cirque.” He said with a nod, looking into her eyes while he continued to skate backwards. Though, as she cursed aloud, he looked into her eyes again and made sure she was looking into his. “Remember to keep looking at me. Look behind me, just don’t look down. It’ll keep your mind from thinking you’re not balanced.”
She was quiet for a moment as she focused on trying to moving forward, reminding herself mentally to not look down. Meeting Stefan’s gaze, she gripped to his hands a bit more as they went a little faster. “You know, I’m liking living here and everything. And minus the whole museum thing, it’s a bit safer,” she said with a shake of her head. “But I do still miss it all. The shows and practicing and the audience.”
Ice is not your friend
merle-de-le-obscurite:
“Y’ can learn, ain’t gon’ stop y’.” He said simply, smiling to her and then looking over to Freja as she moved around the ice. “Ye’, Freja. Sh’s sum’in’ else.” He told her, sighing a bit softly in a manner that showed his adoration for his girlfriend. “How’s y’, ma amie?”
“I’d like to see anything stop me from something I want,” she said with an upward tilt of her chin, smiling at Merle as she spoke. Maia was a stubborn woman and when she wanted to do something, there was little anyone could do about it. “I’m fine,” she said with a shrug, sitting back against the bench with a light sigh. “Just working and decorating the apartment for Christmas,” she said, frowning lightly at how boring it all seemed. “How are you and Freja? You looked like a love sick fool a moment ago,” she teased him.
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“Very much Alpha. I would’ve made a great wolf.” He said with another chuckle, feeling her gripping to him more when she faltered. Looking to her when she caused them to stop, he smiled to her and gripped to her sides just a bit more to show he wasn’t going to let go of her. “It’s alright. It’ll get easier as we keep doing this.” He reassured her, enjoying the fact that she was losing herself in the conversation between the two of them. “I…wow. He’s young. I didn’t expect that. Maybe we should show him a few tricks? It’ll help him learning from more than just one, you know?”
“A big fluffy one,” she said, adding on to the joke with a small laugh. Maia was starting to get frustrated with this learning to ice skate plan she was trying to pull off. She did not enjoy feeling like some drunk toddler learning to walk. Not when she was used to being graceful. After they had been stopped for a moment to regain herself, she looked to Elio with a small nod and a squeeze of his shoulders to let him know she was okay with going on. “I told you he was a baby,” she said with a smirk. “He’s been picking up on stuff here and there, I think. His dad’s Helix, so I think he’s got the fire thing under control.”
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afrozendecember:
“Oh yeah, I cried like a little bitch.” He said, laughing softly as he took in her jokes. He could tell she was trying to adjust and lose herself in the conversation. It was the best advice he could give her since he knew she needed to relax just a bit and let her body adjust. Overthinking anything like this could cause what happened to her earlier. “The baby? I can see that. I don’t think he knows how to change his body temperature yet. He was still a bit cold after I took my breeze away.”
“Wow. Very alpha of you,” she said, smirking lightly before jolting slightly as she lost her balance. She gripped-clung to Elio tightly for a moment as she stopped suddenly, trying to find her footing again before letting either of them move again. “Ugh,” she said in frustration over the slippery ice. Shaking her head with a huff, she tried to focus back on the conversation. “Not surprised to hear that. He’s literally just a baby. I think he only just turned twenty-one? He’s practically still potty training.”
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
Once he began to pick up speed, he smiled at her and figured that distracting her a bit so she would at least relax a bit. “So one of the guys from your Cirque place melted my ice cream the other day.” He told her, laughing softly and shaking his head a bit. “Zeke, I think that was his name. He’s harmless but I did make him cold after he did it. I really liked that ice cream.”
She unconsciously pulled herself a little closer to Elio as he picked up speed, feeling her balance waver for a few moments as she tried to adjust to their new speed. “Oh, really? Did he make you cry?” she teased him, letting herself get sucked up into the conversation. “Zeke? Oh, yeah. He’s harmless, like a puppy. He likes to nip at ankles, but all he wants is cuddles and pets,” she said with a dismissive roll of her eyes. “He’s the baby of our group.”
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afrozendecember:
Feeling her grip, he smiled as she started to feel a bit steadier in his grasp. “That’s good. Keep it up. Alright, I’m going to start moving backwards and I’ll pull you just a bit.” Starting to move backwards, he went at a snail’s pace but it was enough for her to get her footing if she needed a bit more time. “Want me to go faster?” He asked, still keeping his original pace while waiting for her to give him the go ahead.
She cursed lightly in her native tongue, feeling her feet wobbling even more now that they were moving. Repeating over and over in her mind to not look down, not even just for a second. Looking around them as Elio moved them slowly, her grip stayed tight on his shoulders. “Yeah, faster,” she said with a firm nod, looking back to him and trying to ready herself for the increased speed.
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“How? Think as if you’re walking on heels. You walk in those perfectly. Think of how you balance yourself with those.” He said with a nod, still keeping her close. “Also, don’t look down. Look at me. If your knees close together, that’s fine. It’ll help you gain some balance.” Elio just stood there, his hands staying on her despite the playful threat. He knew she didn’t mean it, especially since he held her not that long ago when she was upset. “Once you feel you’re stable, I’ll help you move forward.”
“I do. Except for in ice,” she muttered, huffing lightly in mild irritation over the ice. Maia had been about to look down at her feet once more when Elio gave her that warning and her eyes shot back up to his face. Letting her knees close, Maia gripped his shoulders tightly as she forced her feet to steady themselves out. “I think that’s going to be the best I can do. I want to move,” she said, meeting his gaze again with determination in her eyes.
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“Maybe, but mostly I want to help you.” He said winking at her before starting to walk backwards while his boots started to form ice blades. “Alright, first, let’s teach you some balance on the blades.” Soon enough, there was a small spot of ice underneath them while he moved so his hands were right above her hips so he could keep her steady. “Let’s try on this first. I can make a pile of snow so you don’t hurt yourself. Balance is the main trick to ice skating.”
“Sure, sure,” she said with a small smirk, her hands gripping to his when he suddenly starting moving backwards. She looked down and saw the new patch of ice under them, feeling her feet start to wobble slightly. “Hey, watch where you’re holding there,” she warned him playfully, winking back at him as he held her hips. “Alright, how should I move on these things without falling on my perfect ass?”
Ice is not your friend
seethedemonini:
“You won’t fall. I’ve got you.” He told her while he started to slowly skate backwards. “You know how people tell you not to look down when you’re going across a bridge? Think of it like that. Place one foot forward and push back on it. It’ll make you go forward a bit.” He told her, nodding his head once while he waited for her to do what he told her to do. It was the easiest way for him to get her to start getting some footing on the ice.
“I always look down,” she pointed out when he mentioned bridges. But Maia could see what Stefan was trying to get across. Gripping his hands in her’s as she remembered her earlier fall, she continued looking into Stefan’s eyes as she moved her feet like he told her. As she moved, she glanced down out of habit and her feet wobbled unsteadily on the skates. “Shit!”
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“Yeah, yeah. Keep laughing, but it’s true.” He told her while standing up and holding out his hands for her to take. “You do, like skating on it and teaching it a lesson with the blades.” He continued to hold his hands out for her to hold, a bit excited to teach her something that was part of his element.
She looked up at him, seeing his hands reaching out before looking to the ice rink. Maia could be stubborn when he felt like it and there was no way she was going to let hunk of frozen water beat her. “You trying to butter me up?” she said finally, looking back to him as she took his hands and pulled herself up.
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“That’s why you take this time to get to know all of them now. This is my element, this is you meeting the Elementals you didn’t while growing up.” He told her while looking into her eyes. “Want to give it one more try? I’ll be right behind you and holding onto you just in case you lose footing.”
She couldn’t help but laugh at his words, shaking her head as he finished talking. “That sounded so cheesy,” she said, smiling at him with another shake of her head. “Alright, fine. One more try. I’ve got better things to do than beat myself up with this ice.”
Ice is not your friend
seethedemonini:
“Sure. I’ll show you.” Standing up on them easily, he walked over to the ice and started to race through the ice quickly but not really doing anything fancy on them. Coming back to her and walking over to her, he took her hands into his and started walking backwards slowly to give her some chance to get some footing. “Once we’re on the ice, just focus on my eyes, okay? That’s all you need to do.”
She watched as he zipped around on the ice, rolling her eyes as he came back to her. “Show off,” she said with a smirk, reaching out to take his hands and pull herself back up onto her feet. Her hands gripped onto his tightly as he started leading them both out onto the ice and she looked into his eyes like he suggested. “That and not fall onto my ass again.”
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“Yes, it was in the most Northern part of Greenland. It was full of Elementals like us. Earth, Fire, Water, Air…so on and so forth. I was a rarity despite where we lived.” He said with a smile, chuckling a bit. “These villages don’t exist all over. It was established to make sure no one could find it.”
“Hmm,” she said in thought, thinking of the village Elio was describing. “They sound like a good idea,” she said with a small shrug, looking to Elio before back out to the ice rink. “I didn’t really get a chance to grow up with other Elementals besides my family,” she added, shrugging once more.
Ice is not your friend
seethedemonini:
Hearing her question, he smirked and looked back to her. “I am going to skate on the ice. I can show you how if you’d like.” He told her while adjusting his skates a bit. “Learning on your own is hard when it comes to this. It’s not easy. In Romania, I learned from the other children around my home. They let me use their skates.”
She looked at Stefan for a long moment, not really saying anything in response to what he had shared with her. Maia was jut trying to process the mental image of Stefan gliding along on skates. “Alright, let’s see what you can do. But if I fall one more time, I’m moving on to something else,” she said with a light laugh.
Ice is not your friend
afrozendecember:
“It’s funny you should ask.” He said, laughing a bit as he took in the contentment of the ice on her injury. “I grew up in a village of Elementals so we all had our parents to help us learn basic hand-eye coordination, talking, walking, balance…so on and so forth. Just because ice is my element doesn’t mean I could walk and chew gum at the same time as I grew up.”
“Wait, a whole village of Elementals?” she asked, her brows furrowing lightly in thought. That was never something Maia had experienced or even really heard of before.