L-04 ["video"/action]

[spacejumping]

[Samus is going to try a little experiment today, which would explain why she's currently wearing her armor. The idea is simple enough, and she begins executing it.

Having picked a less populated area of the Gardens, Samus starts to run straight forward. A few seconds later, she ends up moving faster and faster until the Speed Booster activates.

Once it does, she comes to a full stop almost instantly before performing a vertical shinespark. Launching herself high into the air, she continues traveling upwards until hitting the invisible barrier. Despite the high altitude and resulting free fall, she safely lands back on the ground.

She then looks upward at the sky.]

Not even a dent...

[ooc: the vine probably caught her during mid-boost, just not for very long. samus can run at supersonic speeds with the speed booster.]

Comments

[notvitiligo]

Nice try. It looked pretty cool, at least. How's that work?

[Her audience looks... only mildly impressed. (For a normal person, at least. For Jessica, this is visibly fangirling.)]

[spacejumping]

I need a straight path long enough to build up the necessary speed. Then I pick a direction.

[notvitiligo]

No, like... the technical stuff. Actually, would you be OK with me checking your suit out some? I won't take it apart or anything.

[spacejumping]

Fine with me.

[notvitiligo]

[Cue sparkly eyes and a hint of smile as she inspects things. Jessica: totally in fangirl heaven.]

We don't have anything close to this back home! Did you make it, or...?

[spacejumping]

It was made for me several years ago.

This one is different. Older, but more effective.

[notvitiligo]

It's really fascinating. Do you know any of the, uh, details of how it works? What's the power source?

[spacejumping]

Energy tanks. The suit is disabled when they're all depleted.

[notvitiligo]

Any idea what kind of energy? Doesn't seem like the sort of thing your usual battery would run.

Well, MY usual battery. I guess this could be totally normal for you.

[spacejumping]

It's vague, but that's about as much as I can say about it.

[notvitiligo]

Still a lot cooler than hat we have. Man, I hope I can remember at least some of that structure...

[spacejumping]

I didn't know you'd be such an admirer of it.

[notvitiligo]

Hah, um, sorry... [She fidgets self-consciously.] I'm kind of a general nerd about that sort of stuff.

[spacejumping]

There's nothing wrong with that, and it's a good interest to have.

[notvitiligo]

If there's one good thing about this place, it's being able to see a lot of really amazing technology.

Well, also meeting cool people. But the technology's a tie.

[spacejumping]

Funny, I haven't seen much in the way of "amazing technology". Just ancient relics.

[nice standards, samus.]

[notvitiligo]

[Ouch.]

Hah. Well, for those of us from technologically backward times- er, worlds, I guess- it's pretty amazing.

[spacejumping]

Where did you come from?

[notvitiligo]

Earth, 2011 CE. If that means anything to you.

[spacejumping]

Not as much for the year, but I know of Earth.

I was born elsewhere, though.

[notvitiligo]

Well, that's something, anyway.

Where were you born?

[spacejumping]

K-2L, it's an Earth Colony.

[notvitiligo]

[Sparkly eyes!] Man... space colonies...

This is pretty heartening to hear, honestly.

[spacejumping]

It's easy to understand why. I've never really thought much about it.

[notvitiligo]

Guess you wouldn't. I mean, I didn't think much about how great the internet was until I got here.