It’s a Wonderful Day for Parkour

[itmeanstruth]

The twins had returned to the Nexus after a brief visit to their world. It was that time of year again - time for the American Ninja Warrior qualifiers.

For anyone passing through the plaza this beautiful afternoon, the grin on Minoru’s face said it all. He’d beaten the Seattle course, clocked in a great time and scored a spot in the Finals! But this was no time to rest on laurels. There was still a lot to do before he set his sights on Mount Midoriyama again.

“If I’m going to make it all the way to Total Victory this time, I need all the practice I can get!” He exclaimed while hopping on top a picnic table. The plaza and the surrounding areas were full of obstacles to train on. “Anybody want to race? Let’s do it!”

[open for anyone who wants to do a little freerunning or parkour. Either with Minoru or with each other, threadjacking here is fine by me.]

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[itmeanstruth]

It was Challenger’s Pick as far as Minoru was concerned. And Tielle was the challenger - a challenger with a potion of some kind. This was probably not going to be your normal freerun.

“All right, sure!” He nodded. “If you made it easy, it wouldn’t be vey fun. Would it?”

Win or lose, the alleys had a lot of tight corners and walls. It would be good practice for some of the more narrow obstacles.

[tielle_mortevus]

She smiled cheerily, twirling her parasol overhead as she glanced up at it.

"Though I do have a bit of a handicap I suppose, keeping under this blasted thing. Why did it have to be such a clear day out..."
She let out a sigh, shrugging.

"It can't be helped, I guess I'll make due. Let's get things started then, shall we?"

With that, she sprinted off towards the alleyways with surprising speed considering she was in a slim black dress.

[itmeanstruth]

Minoru was still mid-shrug when he saw her dart off. That alone made him laugh, “Oh, no you don’t!”

He leapt off the picnic table he was standing on, and took off after her. She was fast! But fortunately, that parasol made her a little easier to spot when he vaulted himself up and over the wall that surrounded the heart of the plaza. Minoru bolted after her, trying to gain some ground as he sprinted toward the alley next to the cafe.

[tielle_mortevus]

She giggled a bit, glancing back as he gave chase.

"Do try to keep up, dear. Or should I slow down?" she asked teasingly before leaping up, kicking off a nearby wall and onto a balcony before doubling back, slinging the straps of her bag up and over a laundry line, leaping off and riding it like a zipline back down the alleyway.

[itmeanstruth]

“I’ll catch up!!” He shouted, grabbing and spinning on a streetlight to change direction quickly into that alley.

Minoru was quick on his feet, using the walls as leverage to speed up his turns. Boy, was she fast!! He grabbed the balcony, pulling himself up just as she did. Unfortunately, he didn’t really have anything on him he could use for a zipline, and he wasn’t wearing any gloves either.

“Okay, next time, I need to bring supplies for that!” He noted between breaths. (Or better yet, ask Lucifer to set up a giant zipline going through the wilds. Man, that would be fun. But that was a thought for later. Much later.)

The best Minoru could do was jump off the balcony, tuck, roll and keep going. But not being able to zipline down would definitely keep her farther ahead.

“Okay, where’d you go…” he scanned the area for that parasol.

[tielle_mortevus]

She gave him a whistle, perched atop the fountain in the middle of the plaza.
"Don't give out on me now, we're only just getting started. Maybe you just need a little motivation..."
She twirled her parasol between her fingers as she thought for a moment.
"I'm sure you're probably a bit thirsty, or at least you will be by the time we're through. How about we grab a drink after, loser pays?"

[itmeanstruth]

“Who’s giving out?!” Minoru laughed, sprinting back toward the plaza and running along the half-wall. He jumped, grabbing a tree branch and swinging forward to clear some distance. Those kind of dismounts would be all over the Finals course.

The offer or a free drink, or to avoid paying for one, wasn’t really that motivational. Minoru would do it, of course. He won a nice chunk of spending money after clearing the Mega Wall. The majority of that would be used to help Isamu pay down his student loans, though Isamu insisted Minoru set aside several grand for going back to PTA school.

[tielle_mortevus]

She nimbly hopped off the fountain, gracefully landing on a nearby railing at the side of the main road, walking along it casually. The parasol tilted a bit too far to one side, the bright sunlight illuminating her hand for just a moment before she reflexively pulled it back, wincing a little.

"This damn sun..."

It broke her concentration just long enough to lose focus on Minoru.

[itmeanstruth]

He sprinted past the fountain. Sure, it would have been faster to run alongside that railing on the ground, but it wouldn’t be nearly as much fun. And he couldn’t think of an American Ninja Warrior course that didn’t have at least a couple balance obstacles.

So, he hopped up onto the railing where it met the stairs and began shuffling after her.

He had extremely good balance thanks to years and years of this kind of practice, so he could move a little quicker than Tielle might be expecting.

[tielle_mortevus]

It took her a moment, but as soon as she noticed him gaining on her she leapt off the railing, grabbing and pulling herself up on to a balcony before hopping up onto the rooftops.

"You're not bad, I'll give you that much. Granted, I do have a bit of an advantage."

She gave him a smirk, leaning against a nearby chimney as she took another sip from her stainless steel flask.

[itmeanstruth]

Minoru smiled at both the compliment and the continued challenge.

Unlike with the makeshift zipline, he didn’t hesitate to jump for the balcony. He grabbed the rails and climbed up, over, and onto the rooftop where Tielle was waiting.

“You’re great at this! I’m having a blast trying to keep up!” He grinned.