☣ sixth story ( video → action. )

[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

( video. )

( G'day, garden dwellers. As is perhaps something of a familiar sight by now: it's Ellie! In a tree. She's actually still climbing this one, and she's deliberately caught the vines attention to direct it towards some eggs. Apparently she's invading the orchard, today. )

Hey, Em. That's the kind, right? ( Muttered to herself: ) Dunno why you'd ever want different kinds of eggs.
( She suspects it might have been a ploy to get her out of the house and away from trying to remember the recipe for Anzac biscuits, most of which involves plaguing Em with endless questions about cookies.

With a glance at the vine, she shrugs a bit. May as well get them either way - eggs are eggs, right? So she's back to adjusting her weight, starting to move further along the branch, and then there's an almighty snapping sound, followed by an undignified 'agh!' and the sound of more branches breaking.




And this new sight would be Ellie on the ground, looking slightly winded as she looks up at the tree. Ow. Ow. Nothing broken, but what the hell, traitor tree. ) God.



( action. )
( Ellie is dusting herself off, rolling her shoulders and circling the tree. And scowling. We can't forget the scowling, now, can we? )

Comments

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

Just because we don't toss balls around doesn't mean we're not athletes. Climbing trees isn't that much different than climbing pyramids.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

Yeah, okay. ( Judgmental netball captain is judgmental. ) There aren't always branches and footholds, you know that? And you can't rely on someone else hauling you up, either.

( . . . . okay, and irritated because she doesn't understand the term in a cheerleading context: )
Pyramid?

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

Pyramid. Of girls?

Re: Video

[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

Weird.

Anyway, point is, I just don't think you can do it. You seem kind of like you're all talk.

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

What are you even trying to do, challenge me to a tree-climbing contest? How old are you?

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

Can't blame me for being skeptical, can you? You're such a girl. ( And that means you are useless. )

Anyway, no, no contest, and seventeen. ( . . . ) I think.

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

So are you, way to put the feminist movement back.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

I lived on a farm and fight wars. I know all about feminism. ( Flippant, so very flippant. ) You're just all... ( And she waves her hand. Words, what do! ) You're one of those elegant girl types. Me and Corrie, we can climb trees, because we're rural farm girls. You're more like Fifi. Drink high tea and talk about mascara, or something.

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

I don't know Fifi, so that comparison doesn't even mean anything. And I don't even like tea.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

Well-- I think she used to do ballet or something. Fi's beautiful and feminine, and... She's very... demure and ladylike.

( A pause, and she grins just a bit. ) Maybe you aren't like Fi.

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

I wasn't in ballet, I was in gymnastics.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

They both look pretty silly, don't reckon I could tell the difference.

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

You have way better sex when you're super flexible.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

( She blinks, and laughs - startled - because... wow, that was more than she expected to be told. )

O...kay, you're very honest. I've been just fine with sex without bringing leotards and backflips into it, though.

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

Just keeping it real.

Obviously you take the leotards off.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

I'd really, really hope so.

But the backflips get worked in?

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[heretolookhot.livejournal.com]

Sometimes.

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[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't pull any muscles.

[howaverage.livejournal.com]

[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

[howaverage.livejournal.com]

I'm going to pretend I didn't see this.

[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

What? Teenagers talking about sex is disturbing?

[howaverage.livejournal.com]

It's just the fact it's you. [ She's not implying that she thought you were a virgin, Ellie. Only she did. ]

[thinkbrave.livejournal.com]

( LE

ARCHED

EYEBROW )

Lee and I had a lot of sex. ( WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT )

[howaverage.livejournal.com]

Oh, God. [ PUTTING HER HANDS OVER HER EARS. ] Okay, fine, I get it, keep it to yourself.