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Rotten? Alice supposed they could be classified as that, since they weren't being very nice to MO. But they seemed to be treating her alright. "They're kind of hard to get, I suppose, but what's the fun of doing something easy?" Grin. There was no fun in easy things, obviously. Challenges were much more interesting, which was why she found catching stars to be much more fun than reading and answering questions like any other old lesson.
She advanced on the meteor a bit more because of that extra push Mo had taken off the wall. Yes.. it was JUST out of her reach.. but her fingers inched closer.. it was right there.. and..
Alice jerked the opposite way, towards Mo, crashing into him because of his little tug. "Oomf." And.. NO. It was gone. The little star had moved on to be caught by another person. Her face fell a little, but it was okay, because Cactus had gotten his star. Right? "At least you caught one," she pointed out as optimistically as possible. "And now we both need blue." Had he spotted anymore slowmovers? Because their patch was scattered now.
.. was that a cry of distress she heard? Alice tilted her head away from Mo to STARE at the suit-obsessed professor, cartwheeling through the air. And Ella was applauding, wasn't she? Was that meant to happen? She attempted to clap as best as she could while still keeping a grip on Mo's hand. "You do wonderful acrobatic tricks, Professor!" Of course, that was what he was doing. Obviously.
But then he started screaming. About.. his suit. Go figure. Alice found it slightly amusing, though. "What's wrong? Is there a stain?" No, that wasn't a satirical comment, she was dead SERIOUS. She was definitely a Seer. She had known it would happen. It was some kind of magical voodoo or something, she was sure of it.
See that right there was what made Alice a hundred times more interesting than most people. She didn't just want stuff to be easy and to pass through things without trouble, but she knew that the challenge was what made the task worth doing. Even if Mo was busy glaring at the meteors, he'd rather be doing this than a boring lecture class.
Mo's nearly dropped his newly grabbed meteor as Alice came crashing into him, and his free arm went around her to steady them both. Obviously, Mo's grab at that last meteor had ruined Alice's chance at grabbing one herself, but she was taking it on the chin like a trooper. 'Cause she was such a good egg, that's why. He released her, but not before knocking his meteor lightly against her forehead and grinning at her. "I'm trying not to hurt you, but you make it awfully hard when you insist on following me around like this."
Jokes. Just jokes. "Let's try..." His eyes searched the meteors around them, and Mo thought he spotted a cluster of blues tracking slowly in their direction. "Those right there look like a safe bet. They'll probably run right into us."
This game plan to have no game plan seemed like a GOOD ONE, but the Professor's cries of distress drew their attention. What was wrong with him? Was he hurt? What a baby.