For those not yet sick, andother OTA game of Rhiaball!

[rhiaofdruma]

Who: Rhia and anyone out and about
What: Yet another game of Rhia ball
Where: Outside the mansion, but on the grounds
When: Early morning to mid-afternoon every day of August (Unless something comes up)
Warnings: Shouldn't be any
Rating: G


Rhia had no clue what was going on, that people were sick. She didn't follow the news, didn't use the cellphone thing she was given, and never went into the building... so... she had no clue. She was thinking about what Alric and Viti had said, though. But deep thoughts were for night time. Mornings were for fun. So She was swinging through tree banches, racing with the wind... and playing a whole lot of Rhiaball.

For those who have never seen her playing this game, it mostly consisted of Rhia - who looked like she was part tree herself with brown skin, brown hair, and green clothing made of leaves and vines - curled in a ball as the trees happily threw her from tree to tree in the canopy.

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[anythingspossible]

Joss had to take a second to catch her breath before she could say anything.

"That thang has ion propulsion thrusts. Like one them rockets that goes into space only it shoots out charged particles with a magnetic field instead of fire. I can control with ma smart phone."

Joss whipped out the phone. "Ya can grab it with ma grappling lasso, or I can have it carry ya."

[rhiaofdruma]

She looked at her blankly, having followed none of what was said.

[anythingspossible]

"Anyway... Just let me know when ya wanna fly." Joss smiled hopping to meet Rhia's approval.

[rhiaofdruma]

"Always," she said, softly but seriously.

[anythingspossible]

Joss pressed a button on her smart phone, and the robot slowly descended to Rhia's level. It extended two hydraulic arms. If there was no resistance, Joss intended to have the robot lift Rhia up from underneath her arms and raise her into the sky.

[rhiaofdruma]

She saw the arms, confused, and reached up to touch them, wondering what they were.

[anythingspossible]

The arms were made of a material that looked like steel, but felt a little more like smooth plastic. In reality it was made of neither substance. The hands of the arms were for finger clamps, with each finger opposing another, and with a faint wirrr sound rotated 90 degrees.

"Don't ya worry none," Joss assured. "Tornado is a friendly robot, that want ta fly ya up high.

[rhiaofdruma]

She had no clue what robot meant, but she knew friendly. "How can I fly?"

Yes, she asked this of the robot.

[anythingspossible]

The robot made soft beeping sounds. Joss had to chuckle just a little. "This robot don't talk much, but just let it pick ya up, and hang on, cause I can make it carry ya ta up above that there mansion."

[rhiaofdruma]

"Okay. Where should I hold on so I don't hurt it?"

[anythingspossible]

"It's hard ta hurt. Just grab it where ever yer comfortable. Ya can even let it hold on ta ya." The robot extended it's hydrolic arms and opened it's mechanical hands to offer support.

[rhiaofdruma]

"Alright." So she grabbed the hands.

[anythingspossible]

The diamond shaped made a "voom" sound as it expelled more ions. It levitated, like an elevator, past the trees, and past the height of the mansion. Those became and everything on the ground became smaller as the clouds became closer. The machine floated Rhia over the grounds, and over the forest, singing birds veering their path to avoid collisions with the machine.

Down below Joss put herself in Rhia's place and was warmed with joy.

[rhiaofdruma]

She squealed with joy as she went higher and higher and higher. She just wished she could do this on her own, to be free to choose her own direction, to go as high or low as she wanted. She wanted to fly. But this... this was good too. She gave a delighted laugh as she went higher and higher. She looked around, thrilled.

[anythingspossible]

Too add excitement, Joss had her machine suddenly veer downwards, and suddenly shoot back up like a roller coaster.

[rhiaofdruma]

Loud happy squeals from Rhia as she held on. She tried to twist, to get on top of the thing, so that she could leap off if she wanted, so that she had some more control. She felt the familiar ache in her back. Oh, how she longed for wings, longed to fly on her own.

[anythingspossible]

For a second Joss lost control due to Rhia's squirming. The robot twisted like a screw, and almost did a log roll downward, but Joss regained control by forcing the log roll faster so it wouldn't hit the ground. It then took back up to the sky.

Joss breath a sigh of relief when the robot stabilized, but just as it was Joss realized that she hadn't finished unpacking yet.

[rhiaofdruma]

She laughed happily as the thing went out of control, having no clue that was what had happened. She still kept trying to climb onto the top.

[anythingspossible]

Joss' heart jumped when Tornado once again spun out of her control. She used the same method to bring back under, but this was getting unsafer than she originally intended, so she commanded Tornado to slowly levitate down to her.

[rhiaofdruma]

Rhia pulled free as they got low enough and jumped towards the trees who happily caught her. She climbed like a squirrel down to Joss. "That was fun!"

[anythingspossible]

Joss heart was pounding. "I'm glad ya weren't scared, cause that looked mighty frigtin the Tornado just started rollin like it did." Joss sighed away her anxiety.

"Anyways I still gotta unpack and get settled. But it was a lota fun playin with ya. Do it again someday?"

[rhiaofdruma]

"Why would I be scared? It was fun!" she said, even as she nodded. "I'm going to sleep now." Yes after that, she was just going to curl up and sleep.