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Antarctica · 01-29-2011, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoerawrr

"I s'pose it is nice to win," Jake shrugged, a teeny smile on his face. "When I was younger... losing made me cry. But I've only lost two quidditch games before," he added. And he'd only cried over it once. Yup. OOH. Except when they won. Yeah... he probably cried then. "But it's not as big a deal for me as it is for most of the other quidditch players. Like I say... I just think it's fun. And as seeker, way up in the sky, you get the best seat."

He... kinda hoped he was Seeker this year.

Ahhhhh, the pretty lady from the ice cream place. "She's super nice. I had my 17th there, summer just gone and she was real helpful," Jake looked back at Antares and grinned. "Significat other... that sounds really posh." But... yeah... interesting. The ice cream lady and the Astronomy dude.

The young man listened to what Antares had to say and nodded, leaning back in his own chair. "Yeah... I think, despite anything, the co-ordinates would mess you up. Best case scenario, you could splinch and leave, like... a leg on Earth."

Jake shuddered.

"And yeah... probably a leeeeeeeettle too far, even just to the moon, and that's ages away. Like, even more than one end of America to the other. I do think it's cool that outerspace is only 62 miles up... but it's probably hard just to Apparate into the atmosphere."

Heh.

"She is, she is," Risu said with a faint smile, looking at the photograph. "Most people here would recognise her... I guess I'm with a person who's somewhat of a celebrity, huh."

Not a red carpet kind of celebrity, of course, but delicious ice cream was a very close second. And he, Risu, could have it for free. It was such a pity really that he was about 25 years beyond his ice-cream phase.

"Well, I'm sure you could Apparate into the atmosphere, or even the edge of space, but what would you do then?" Risu shrugged. "You could even try to Apparate further out with proper equipment, I suppose, a space suit and so forth, but what then? Even if you concentrated hard enough and did not splinch yourself, would you be able to focus again to return to Earth?" He raised an eyebrow. "I'd be hard-pressed to accept a gamble of that kind.

"Now," he added with a sigh, "do you have any other questions? I do not mean to cut you short, of course, but it does appear as if I have another visitor..."

01-29-2011, 08:19 PM	#32 (permalink)
Antarctica Welsh Green Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 24,627	Encyclopaedia Galactica Quote: Originally Posted by Zoerawrr "I s'pose it is nice to win," Jake shrugged, a teeny smile on his face. "When I was younger... losing made me cry. But I've only lost two quidditch games before," he added. And he'd only cried over it once. Yup. OOH. Except when they won. Yeah... he probably cried then. "But it's not as big a deal for me as it is for most of the other quidditch players. Like I say... I just think it's fun. And as seeker, way up in the sky, you get the best seat." He... kinda hoped he was Seeker this year. Ahhhhh, the pretty lady from the ice cream place. "She's super nice. I had my 17th there, summer just gone and she was real helpful," Jake looked back at Antares and grinned. "Significat other... that sounds really posh." But... yeah... interesting. The ice cream lady and the Astronomy dude. The young man listened to what Antares had to say and nodded, leaning back in his own chair. "Yeah... I think, despite anything, the co-ordinates would mess you up. Best case scenario, you could splinch and leave, like... a leg on Earth." Jake shuddered. "And yeah... probably a leeeeeeeettle too far, even just to the moon, and that's ages away. Like, even more than one end of America to the other. I do think it's cool that outerspace is only 62 miles up... but it's probably hard just to Apparate into the atmosphere." Heh. "She is, she is," Risu said with a faint smile, looking at the photograph. "Most people here would recognise her... I guess I'm with a person who's somewhat of a celebrity, huh." Not a red carpet kind of celebrity, of course, but delicious ice cream was a very close second. And he, Risu, could have it for free. It was such a pity really that he was about 25 years beyond his ice-cream phase. "Well, I'm sure you could Apparate into the atmosphere, or even the edge of space, but what would you do then?" Risu shrugged. "You could even try to Apparate further out with proper equipment, I suppose, a space suit and so forth, but what then? Even if you concentrated hard enough and did not splinch yourself, would you be able to focus again to return to Earth?" He raised an eyebrow. "I'd be hard-pressed to accept a gamble of that kind. "Now," he added with a sigh, "do you have any other questions? I do not mean to cut you short, of course, but it does appear as if I have another visitor..." __________________