Suddenly and quite without warning, sound and movement start up again. A pleasant breeze blows, the balloons bob up and down, and with a sudden roar of sound, Eric's wings light up — part jetpack, apparently — and he rockets off the ground.
Lydia's skill on a broom means she doesn't immediately fall, though the up and down, back and forth bobbing makes it slippery. The balloon stays buoyant, even with her climbing on it, as though it can't tell she's there at all. Eric soars up, up, right past her, and plucks the green balloon from the air. When he does, it leaves behind a copy of that balloon, faintly glowing gold.
While he's up there, it seems Eric decides he doesn't want to share, because as he plummets back down to the clouds he doesn't slow. He just keeps going, cuts right through the fluff, and leaves a freshman boy-shaped hole where he'd passed through. Looking through it, it's not more open sky, but a portal back to Peckenpaugh's auditorium.
Once he's gone, everything freezes once more.
[REPLY REQUIREMENT REACHED! You may continue to thread in this scene and acquire the linchpin or tag out back to Peckenpaugh at this time.]
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Lydia's skill on a broom means she doesn't immediately fall, though the up and down, back and forth bobbing makes it slippery. The balloon stays buoyant, even with her climbing on it, as though it can't tell she's there at all. Eric soars up, up, right past her, and plucks the green balloon from the air. When he does, it leaves behind a copy of that balloon, faintly glowing gold.
While he's up there, it seems Eric decides he doesn't want to share, because as he plummets back down to the clouds he doesn't slow. He just keeps going, cuts right through the fluff, and leaves a freshman boy-shaped hole where he'd passed through. Looking through it, it's not more open sky, but a portal back to Peckenpaugh's auditorium.
Once he's gone, everything freezes once more.
[REPLY REQUIREMENT REACHED! You may continue to thread in this scene and acquire the linchpin or tag out back to Peckenpaugh at this time.]