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[Also the best part of having a passenger, A+

As usual, with no traffic whatsoever, they make quick time. Nero slows to a stop outside the Sayama Indoor Skiing grounds and takes it in.]

Huh. Doesn't look that out of the ordinary.

I'd sort of expect it to be... taller?

Then again, maybe it's for beginners.

The Live made it look pretty different inside...

[Then again, camera trickery? He shrugs, and props the bike up on the kickstand. Let's head in~]

Guess we better see for ourselves.

Guess we’d better.

[ let’s skiing!!

She pushes open the doors to the building, and— ]

..............oh wow.

[A WHOLE MOUNTAIN. ALL OF IT.]

Holy crap.

We did not dress for this.

...we did not dress for this.

We... could probably... see if they have clothes we can borrow in that building...?

Yeah, they've gotta have a rental section...

[Let's get inside, quick. Takes her by the hand and tries to slog through the snow as fast as they can.]

[ laughing, in spite of herself, even as they're shutting the door hard behind them against the cold. ]

Well, all the more an adventure, I guess—‚

They really can put anything in this city, it seems.

I guess I really shouldn't be surprised. If they can fit a beach into a bedroom, why not, huh?

[He dusts off some snow from his arms, his hair, and looks around.]

I suppose so, and—goodness, there's even more in here? Honestly, it seems like you could even just spend a whole day indoors here, too...

...but oh, there's skis over here. I wonder if I should get more creative on additions to the dorm, honestly.

Ohh, we should get hot cocoa later...

[He's wandering over to the rentals and looking at ski jackets and fleece, for warmth]

Bet you could ask for a quiet brook near the woods, somewhere sunny... nice stuff, like that.

Oh—something like that... it would be nice, you're right. It'd be a nice place to sit, even in the winter...

[ she pulls down a coat to check it for size and warmness, and tries it on. ]

I don't know if you'd be interested in some kind of shared space ever, for the two of us...?

[His head perks up when he hears that, eyes alight]

Really? That's-- what should we get??

I hadn't really thought it through, but maybe some kind of connected courtyard would be nice. Could have a garden, some shade trees, some exercise equipment.

...although I promised Gold a receiving room first that we can flood to flush out anyone who's being rude.

Flood? Holy shit, could we actually do that? [He laughs, slipping on a ski jacket,] What'm I saying, of course we could. With dragons at the gate and gators in the moat, I bet.

A garden sounds beautiful... Somewhere t'just relax and. Be with you.

[His cheeks tint with pink, with a wistful air to him]

Sort of like... a little home inside home, you could say.

...it really is nice to just... spend time one-on-one with you. It's... comfortable like... coming home out of the cold into a warm place, I guess.

[He takes a warm, fuzzy toque and affectionately puts it on Shrike's head, even if he has to lean up on his toes a bit.]

Or like walking through the door after a long trip. That weight on your shoulders' gone and everything feels lighter.

[ she pats at the hat a little bit, charmed, and then looks over, picks up a scarf that matches his eyes, and drapes it around his neck. ]

Mm. Coming home, wherever I am.

The blue looks good on you, by the way.

Every day I regret not picking blue for my position.

[He wraps the scarf snugly around him and zips everything up. Maximum warmth!

Next... the most important decision of all... he stares at the rack of snow equipment]

Snowshoe, ski... snowboard...

...I don’t know how a snowboard works, but... it has the right sort of look for something you’d like.

[ she is herself picking out some skis because she at least vaguely knows how those are supposed to work. ]

Well, who am I t'deny my aesthetic?

[He picks the coolest looking snowboard on the rack, of course.]

All right, I'm all set!

[ she eventually settles on skis from the section labeled for beginners, because, listen, she has zero pride.

but also she did try and find some ones with a gold-trim avante pattern. for the aesthetic. ]

I think I'm good to go, too, so—time to see what we can figure out, I guess?

I'm ready to practice falling facefirst into the snow.

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