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Old 01-17-2010, 02:51 PM   #207 (permalink)
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Kiri was a little amused by the antics the girl - Lorelai? - displayed. She hadn't kicked the ball that hard, had she? It sort of bounced along at ground level in the general direction of where the girl stood, looking as if she was about to dash for cover.

And shielding her eyes? Very bad idea. Now she wouldn't see anything at all. "Erm... you stopped it, yep. Well done," Kiri called out, grinning. "I think you should watch where it's going, though. Could be a bid dangerous otherwise, you know?"
But apparently Lorelai didn't listen. She closed her eyes... again, then just sort of prodded the ball. It tumbled away to Kiri's right. Dodging another group of playing students, Kiri hurried over to retrieve it. The girl was wearing shoes that were similarly unsuitable, same as Kiri. But Lorelai's appeared to have a thick line of rubber running around the shoes' edges, whereas Kiri's were mainly cloth.

So far, however, her feet didn't hurt. Not wanting to pick the ball up (which was apparently very much forbidden in football), on her way back she tried the "dribbling" Professor Lawson had talked about. It was easier than she thought it'd be. The ball responded to every small nudge, and when she passed the other students, she just put one foot on top of it and sort of rolled it along.

"Alright, let me try again!" Kiri called out to Lorelai. This time, she hit the ball with the inside of her foot - she'd spotted several people doing just that, and it made it easier to control the ball's direction. It also meant not subjecting her toes to the full force of the kick. The ball rolled quickly towards Lorelai.
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