A bit of whimsy

[soul_sister]

Date & Time: October 5th, Evening
Location: The cafeteria
Characters: OPEN TO ALL
Summary: MOONWALKING!!/The gravity breaks for an hour
Warnings: NONE

[Perhaps the refrigerator cycled at the exact same moment that someone started reheating some of that sorry excuse we have for moon food. Maybe at that exact moment, the power grid strained from bringing another section of the base into life supporting function. Maybe at that exact moment ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED AT ONCE.


Whatever actually happened, the lights flicker and go dark, leaving only the hallway illumination, and your stomach twists as gravity loses a bit of a grip on you.

You're not FLOATING, but neither are you quite as heavy as you used to be.]

What on Earth?

Comments

[velveteened]

( WELLP.

it's — a curious sensation, a little nauseating which is a little inconvenient when one's come to make some tea, and the surprise makes him freeze as he feels himself lift somewhat in the dark.

this

this is going to make pouring tea a little complicated, isn't it. )

[soul_sister]

[For her part, Rosette had found the phenomena of jumping to be the most wonderful thing possible. She drifts to the ground, skirts (Properly held, of course) sinking around her in slow motion.

She stops to think a moment, and points to some poor, random bystander - Oz - and demands.]

Quick! Do a flip!

[oncearanger]

[Well, there goes Billy's drink. It arcs up, gathering in a somewhat spherical shape, before slowly trickling down. Weird.

The drink's former owner is teetering precariously on the bench before he thinks to cling to it, temporarily planting his head on the table.

That doesn't stop him from weakly adding his two cents, though.]

Technically, I'd say we're on the moon.

[soul_sister]

[She can't help but wince at that. That could NOT have been even remotely pleasant.]

I knew that. But what's going on?

[There's a certain horror and wonder that one only encounters having lived before a space program or any measurable idea of what was REALLY outside of the atmosphere.

It turns to alarm as stomping a foot causes a little, drifting hop on her part.]

.... huuuh....

[selfless]

[Oh my oh my oh my..... As the lights flicker out, there's a pause... and then a soft pink glow appears. Yep, one of the girls in the cafeteria seems to have grown a pair of sparkling pink wings, and is using them to-- fly right into a wall.

Yep, the physics of flying work differently when there is no gravity, and Colette didn't predict that] Ow...

[aaaand because the pink light is focused around her, Colette can't really see anyone else in the cafeteria. But she's pretty sure there were people in here, maybe they'd have an idea for how she can use her wings] Hello?

[soul_sister]

[ANOTHER ANGEL? Or maybe a saint either way, Rosette stops and st-

Make that cringes as Colette kind of fwumps into the wall.

Rosette picks her way carefully around the tables to the young girl glowing at the far end of the room.]

Are you okay?

[velveteened]

Are you alright?

( he asks from the ground, peering over at her.

is he asking about the glowing or the running into a wall? let's just say both. )

[acemedium]

Woah... [Well, Maya had been about to admire those wings and the graceful flying when]

[it wasn't actually graceful at all]

Are you okay?

casually slides in here

[overclocking]

[Wings?

Chrono wheels around to ensure he isn't seeing things, and- winces as Colette hits the wall. Ah. Well... hmn. At least he isn't seeing things.

Colette might feel the faint tug of someone reaching for one of her sleeves, slowly guiding her away from any objects that seem in immediate danger of impact.]

H-Hey, be careful...

[acemedium]

... Woah.

[Maya's a little disoriented but not as put off by this change as she should be. She does a hop in the air. How cool.]

Quick, do a barrel roll! [DEJA VU...]

[soul_sister]

[There's only one thing to do when one doesn't actually know how to do what was commanded. She points at Maya instead.]

YOU FIRST!

[owlbrain]

[there goes his protein bar..... the darkness is enough to disorient anyone who didn't expect this, but it helps when you have stellar night-owl vision. Not that it's obvious, because of his glasses and the way he squawks in an undignified way....]

Did the gravity get turned off...!?

[soul_sister]

[She squints through the darkness... and frankly, fails to find the source of the voice. On the other hand, he can clearly see her playing with the water in her glass... it doesn't really float but it sure glubs back down to the bottom in odd, slow patterns.]

How could you turn OFF gravity? It's it a law?

[velveteened]

It seems so.

( he seems much less ruffled about this whole thing, but then again his cup is also doing a decent impression of a dying balloon in his hand, so.

at least it was before he tried to acquire or drink any tea, exciting space adventure though it would make. )

[maddeninghatter]

[ WELP


Time to do a handstand on the table. And drink tea upside down (with his little finger extended). ]

Good morning~!

[ Heaven knows what time is is, up here on the moon! ]

[soul_sister]

...........................





[Reaches over to poke him.]

[quackery]

[It's shocking, the way she suddenly feels as though she could easily float away. Almost as a precaution, she grabs the edge of the table where she sits, looking around with curiosity. It's surprising, but not an unpleasant feeling, all things considered. She feels light and a bit more free.]

D-Does anybody know what's going on?

[soul_sister]

In the light pouring from one of the hallways, you can see a girl doing an extremely serious floating-hop circle, experimentally. She pauses at the question, drifting to the ground.]

Supposedly ... gravity is weird here and they've been hiding that through some machine.

[ported]

H-Hey! Wait up!

[Because some of that sorry excuse for food is floating off into the air. And Kris, for one, isn't used to less gravity. When she pushes off, she really goes flying, overshooting her food by more than quite a bit.]

Whoaaaaa!!

[soul_sister]

[One of the onlookers can't help but laugh, clapping.]

CLOSE! You'll have it next time.

[rittersjuwel]

[Satella isn't having fun. At all.

She's accidentally tripped over her own foot, and as she flails her arms about and slowly falls to the ground her stomach does about 29 flips. She looks green.]

I think I'm going to be sick...

[soul_sister]

NOT HERE! NOT HERE!

[overclocking]

[It's not entirely unlike finding yourself in the deep end of the pool and abruptly remembering that no one ever taught you how to swim. Even the instinct to latch onto the nearest wall is the same, which Chrono proceeds to do.]

—Just don't make any sudden movements!

[soul_sister]

[By which it means that when the shot pans away from Chrono desperately clinging to any and all things nearby... Rosette is making small hops in place, clearly fascinated by the effortless height and slow descent...]

[senseandcecilbility]

[Kevin's kind has never been too picky about gravity, and so he notices no difference about the environment. In fact, he is glad to finally manage to leave his hiding place and secure his own tea at the cafeteria. Small victories for a convalescent angel.

When the tea threatens to escape, he instinctively tilts the cup to get it back, never thinking twice about what he is doing, or detecting anything amiss.

He drinks his tea. Like a boss. While playing Higher or Lower against himself.]

Now, what would be the odds if...

[His tablet has dozens of windows open. All of them dedicated to gambling and nothing but gambling. What, did the lights go off? He did not notice that either...]

[soul_sister]

That's the weirdest blackjack setup I've ever seen.

[That peaceful revere born only of the lulling sin of gambling is, of course, interrupted by a nun.]

[onehundredswords]

[It is an odd sensation, and one Gin can say he isn't used to, so that next step with the extra distance provided by the lightness sends him straight into the wall ahead of him, full body.

It's not exactly painful, just a bit of a nuisance.

And kind of embarrassing.]

Ugh.

[He straightens himself up, both feet on the floor again, and just waves his hand back and forth in a brief bout of confusion. The sensation is almost like being underwater.]

[soul_sister]

[There are some people who might have been concerned about the wall catch. Some people who might have seen the honest confusion and offered kindly information on what the situation was.



Others remembers TERRIBLE LIES OF FUTURE FOOD.]

I SEE YOU'VE FALLEN INTO MY TRAP!

[boundbydevotion]

[The gravity going while he was in mid-spin, looking around to try to determine the cause, results in Link bouncing up and flailing without much dignity, trying to find his center of gravity and failing]

What in--what just happened??

[andagain]

[Keith floats on by, acting as if this is the most nature thing in the world. He's floating over to Link, hands behind his head and relaxed.]

Someone must have switched the gravity off here!

[duty]

[oh. oh this is wildly uncomfortable. sure, in her own world, she was able to float for short amounts of time, but that was under her control.

Elika pushes away her food, suddenly lacking an appetite.]

...I think I can be grateful that I didn't start eating yet.

[soul_sister]

[In the mean time, a nun has been hopping a little in place, clearly fascinated by this turn of events. However, she's not deaf to the sweet sound of opportunity...]

You don't want it?

[strategic_guile]

[Blaine thought he'd be fine. It wasn't zero gravity or anything. He was still coming back to the ground, but this had to be the third time he'd tried to duck through a hatch opening, pushed off too hard, and smacked his forehead into the doorframe anyway.]

MIERDA!

[His hand went to his forehead as he continued to spew a few more select curses in whatever language popped into his mind first.]

[anotheryosuke]

[There's a probably-familiar boy on the other side of the hatch, inexplicably plastered to the ceiling on all fours and humming what sounds suspiciously like a theme song. He stops at the amazing ruckus of Blaine trying to get through the door, though.

Here, have Naoya staring at you upside down. He's totally grinning even though it's perhaps not as noticeable at this angle.]

... Dude, are you putting a curse on the door or something? Chill out.

[anotheryosuke]

[See, on a normal day Naoya would be pretty stoked to suddenly be floating in midair (not that that would be a normal day anymore, but details), especially since he's in space and that's supposed to a be a thing and all, but.

The thing is that he's already been through this, and the last time was a little... So instead of rejoicing he ends up panicking a little where he was crossing the Observatory, and the flailing sends him clear across the room to flatten himself pretty audibly on one of the screens.]

... Ow.

[It's a tiny exclamation, muffled against the glass and by Naoya's own instinctive biting down on the word (double ow).

If you happen to be nearby you're probably wondering why that dude on the ceiling is trying to crabwalk higher instead of coming back down...]

SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY!

[soul_sister]

[Rosette has been trying to find a panel with appropriate machinery to kick into functionality, when above...

...

....


She moves away from directly below him.]

You know, if the gravity comes back on...