How much danger can you really fit into a room?

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:32 pm

"So, uh..." Samantha said to Nailah as she stepped into the Danger Room, "...fair warning, I've never tried this thing before."

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:37 pm

"Are you sure it's safe to go into something called a danger room?" she asks, totally not worried at all. Just making sure.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:39 pm

"Well... from what I read in the manual there's safety protocols to keep us from getting hurt until we pass some sort of testing?"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:45 pm

"Wait, there's gonna be some kinda test?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:46 pm

"No! Uhm... not unless we request it. I think."

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:48 pm

"Right, okay..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:49 pm

"So... what do you want to try?"

"You're going to make me dress up in that silly thing with the feathers for this, aren't you?"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:57 pm

"Hey I put this on again and you still gotta show off the feather thing." she chuckles.

"And I dunno... I guess giving these another try would be safer in here?" she says, spreading her wings a little.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:59 pm

"Alright, I'll go get changed, and you can pick the scenario. Sound cool?"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:02 pm

"Right."

"Wait! How do I pick the scenario?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:11 pm

"Just talk to it!" She said as she went over to the locker room. "It's voice activated!"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:19 pm

"Oh, okay..."

She turns towards the empty room.

"Uhm... hello?"

"User recognized. Access level restricted to alpha simulations."

"Right, hi. So... can you do, like, the grand canyon? Only the ground is soft or something? For flying and, well, falling safely."

"Grand Canyon simulation loading. Gravitational buffers engaged."

And then Nailah was suddenly standing on rocky ground, looking out over the giant gorge.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:22 pm

"Okay, I've got this thing on and it feels really drafty and..."

Samantha's jaw dropped as she stepped back into the room.

"...well, you didn't go small, did you?"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:32 pm

"Well... why not, right? And shut up, you look great! Don't complain just cause you've got some cleavage..." she teases.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:34 pm

"Oh, thank you very much for reminding me," she said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest and stuck her tongue out at the sphinx.

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:37 pm

"Relax. No one's looking."

"Not even me." she adds with a smirk.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:40 pm

"It's kind of weird that we can joke about that now, isn't it?"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:43 pm

"Dunno... I think it'd be weirder if we couldn't. I mean, I'm glad we can anyway."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:45 pm

"Aye, and it's not like I was going to accuse you of it anyway."

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:47 pm

"Right... Anyway... Are you really sure this place makes things safe? This looks awfully real..." she says, looking down into the canyon without going too close to the edge.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:48 pm

"It's supposed to not be able to give you anything you haven't proven you can handle."

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:51 pm

"Okay, but if I go splat that's on you..." she says, carefully stepping a little closer to the edge.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:06 pm

"Oh, if you're so worried about going splat, let me just..."

And that was when Samantha jumped into the Grand Canyon.

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:24 pm

"What the hell Sam!" she shouts, rushing to the edge to watch her fall down into the canyon until she slows down the closer she gets to the ground and eventually ends up hovering a couple inches above it.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:35 pm

"Not a pancake!" She called back up, echoing through the canyon.

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:22 pm

"You're crazy, you know that!?" she shouts back.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:40 pm

"The topic might have come up!"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:49 pm

"Right, okay, can't let her upstage you. She doesn't even have wings. You just gotta jump..." she talks to herself as she takes a couple of steps back from the edge. And then she takes a running leap over the edge. Her wings unfold and... she plummets down into the canyon, letting out a high-pitched scream, desperately flapping with her wings because she's not really thinking much right now. As the ground rushes closer she eventually raises her arms in front of her face and shuts her eyes before she stops just off the ground, hovering next to Sam, carefully peeling one eye open.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:51 pm

"Also not a pancake," she pointed out.

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:55 pm

"That was terrifying..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:59 pm

"But you saw that I didn't get hurt!"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:05 pm

"I was still falling!"

But before she can object too much the computer cuts in. "Course failed. Resetting." And the next moment the two of them are standing at the top of the cliff again.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:07 pm

"...well, at least we didn't have to climb back up!"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:13 pm

"Guess the room took pity." she chuckles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:21 pm

"Oh come on, I bet you'll do better this time!"

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:27 pm

"Hey I didn't say I was gonna give up!"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:07 pm

"Good, because I'd totally have to nag you if you did."

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:12 pm

"Right, yes. Let's try again with less panic." she says and takes a bit more of a headstart but slower and a more controlled jump over the cliff, her wings open.

She still ends up falling but this time she feels the wind against her wings and has a clear enough head to try to angle them until she ever so slightly slows her fall, being carried further away from the cliff-face as she sort-of glides down.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:15 pm

"That looked pretty good!" Samantha called down.

by **Nailah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:19 pm

"I know! Look at me! I'm almost fly--aaaah!" Trying to turn around to look back up at the cliff was probably a bad idea because she ends up messing with the delicate balance of wings and airflow and her gliding turns into uncontrolled plummeting again, ending with the danger room dumping her next to Sam again.

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