Chapter 1294 Chapter 1294 Obstacle Course Highlight Reel Part 1
--- Kat ---
When Green finished the obstacle course, and was awarded second place she quickly left the stage to collapse across the laps of her team. This was made more awkward by the fact that part of the way through the obstacle course Nixilei and Asteodia had claimed a seat beside Kat, and Lily was still in Memphis mode to help calm Asteodia a bit more.
So it was rather awkward when Green just faceplanted into Asteodia's legs as she lay across the couch. Lily had jumped away in time, but Kat really wasn't sure WHY that had been Green's course of action. Asteodia was looking awkwardly at Nixilei who had gone bright red, and looked torn between yelling at Green for sleeping on her new girlfriend's thighs, congratulating her on the win, and worried because Green might be sleepy, but she was normally more careful then this.
"Are you alright Green," is what Nixilei settled on saying.
Green raised her head up and looked sideways, noticing that those weren't Nixilei's clothes. Raising her head higher she then saw an elf waving at her. "Oh," said Green.
"Oh indeed, now why did you collapse onto my girlfriend," asked Nixilei with a glare. Asteodia blushed with the admission and slight claim of ownership. They hadn't… quite gotten to the question of 'are you my girlfriend' or not yet, but she had no plans to complain. Ask for a proper date yes, but not complain.
"Sorry just stressed I suppose," said Green as she got up and swung herself around so that she was now in position to lay on Kat's thighs instead. "Lily I'm stealing your girlfriend's lap for a bit I'm tired,"
Lily gave a firm nod of acceptance. As if to say that this was a perfectly understandable thing to do. Kat gave Lily a look with a raised eyebrow. Lily simply returned the gaze with a look of profound understanding… that Kat didn't understand. "Right…" said Kat as Green did actually lay down.
*Where do I put my hands? Normally I'd give you pets or just rest my hand on your fur or body. When it's kids, normally they're sitting up and leaning into my more for hugs then anything else. What the heck do I do with a grown woman who's, straight and in a relationship?*
[I dunno, whatever you want? It doesn't bother you does it?]
*Not much no. I'm sort of used to being used as a pillow by now, it's just a bit strange that it's Green and not you or one of the orphanage kids. Like… she said she was stressed, so do I rub her hair? What about her wings? I don't know if I can actually touch them or not, or if they're only for family to touch. It would be hard to pat her back if that's the case though… so like what do I do?*
Lily hopped up on Green's face so that she was laying on the fae's cheek. [As I said. Do whatever. Green's taking up space on YOUR lap. If she gets uncomfortable she can either move or tell you off. We're close enough friends that she's not going to attack you or anything.]
*You know, I really wasn't concerned with getting attacked but whatever.* Kat decided she didn't want to deal with those worries, nor see how long Green would put up with having Lily perched on her face. So Kat pulled the Memphis into her arms and tight against her chest. It wasn't quite a hug, and it was close enough. Plus Lily started to purr so Kat wasn't complaining.
Nixilei just shrugged at the whole thing and leant back into Asteodia before turning to Thyme. "So, the round is over. In first place was Burnice, in second Green, third place for Carl, and the final two contestants bowing out once I informed them the top two spots were taken… so it's time for a highlight real!" shouted Thyme.
Kat manoeuvred Lily so that she was facing forward and then closed her eyes so she could take in the highlights through Lily's eyes. Upbeat music played from nowhere as a number of quick clips flashed across the space above Thyme. Green running into that puzzle wall. Nell using her head to break a puzzle box, Burgandy getting angry and hurling all of the glass jars off the table… passing the challenge in the process. The final quick clip was Burnice, covered in a whirlwind and zipping across the sky.
None were on screen for more than a second before the screen transitioned into a longer clip. It was a zoomed out view of everyone attacking the puzzle boxes at the beginning. Carl calmly watching, Burnice, Nell and Burgandy, all attacking it as much as they could, and Green just waiting as well. Apparently, they'd skipped over the very start.
The clip get playing until the three bashing away at the box got out, then the scene flipped again. It showed Burnice sitting in a room filled with cups, with a sign that says 'Pick up the one worth the most money'. Burnice was clearly not bothering with thinking it through. Instead, she simply grabbed two cups, one with each hand, and through it off the desk as soon as she could. Either the round would end, or she was wrong. She kept doing this until picking up two cups, one that looked rather plain and made from wood, while the other looked like it was made entirely of diamond. One of them was correct, as she vanished from the room. Considering the diamond cup shattered when it hit the floor, it was probably a fake. Especially when the wooden cup remained floating in the air.
The next scene was Nell charging through wall after wall. There was a cut-out of a second screen in the top left corner that showed what must have been the sign for the challenge room. It said 'Destroy all of the white walls in this room'. Bits of thin wood went flying everywhere as Nell charged, arms together in front of her face. The thin sheets of wood nothing before her might.
Then the scene cut away again, this time to a picture of Carl looking over a question that read 'What colour is a redbelly snake'. "Red" said the Carl on the screen before a big X appeared over the screen showing his answer was wrong.
"Is… is it not red?" said Kat confused.
"It's blue actually," said Green.
"What?" asked Kat confused.
"Yeah, so, they get red stomachs when they go into heat and the first person to discover them found the first example of the species while it was… um… fornicating. Anyway, they didn't know that they weren't normally red when they named them. It's a textbook example of why names for monsters and animals can be misleading," explained Green.
Kat just shrugged, she had more questions but they weren't so important she wanted to miss out on the highlight reel for them. Focusing back on Lily's eyes Kat watched as a new transition happened, meaning she'd missed at least one clip. This one showed Carl fucking breakdancing underneath a sign that says 'Break it Down'. There was a large stone wall behind the sign… but the fact that Carl vanished shortly after he finished spinning meant that was an acceptable answer.
*Why did that work! There's no way that joke translates into whatever language everyone here speaks… except it did. Was it just the spinning? Whatever.* Kat didn't spent too long overthinking things as the next clip played. Burgandy was shadowboxing, mimicking the movements of a dummy next to it. A sign in the corner of the screen read 'Copy the puppet for 20 seconds'. It was actually rather impressive how smoothly Burgandy was able to match the moves.
A new clip. This time it was Nell shooting at a moderately close target with a water gun. She had to make sure to keep pumping so that the water remained in a steady stream. She was doing well… until she pulled back a bit too hard and the whole thing exploded in her hands. Nell glared at the sign that said 'Fill the target with water' sitting in front of a table, now bereft of its water gun.
Of course, there was no railing, and a bucket of water was also, right there. Nowhere did it say you couldn't use it. Which made it all the funnier when the video sped up. Nell looked around the room, searching for a backup water gun, before finally picking up the bucket… and drinking from it.
Kat was confused for a moment until Nell started to spit the water back out in thing stream that… surprisingly, just barely managed to hit the target. Kat couldn't help but snicker. Having paid attention mostly to Green, she knew that simply walking up and pouring the water into the hole in the target would've worked, but this was fine to, she supposed.
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