victory_road | 03 | Accidental Video

[When this video turns on, it's facing out at the interior of the Mahogany Ice Rink. It's now evening, and the Mahogany Mamoswines have finished practice and gone home for the day, so the ice is currently empty...except for Yuuko, who can be seen skating in slow circles. She'd gotten a job here a few weeks ago and has been pretty good with managing the hockey equipment and helping to maintain the ice, but now that she's alone and at a skating rink for the first time in months, she just can't resist doing some after-hours skating herself.

She doesn't seem to be aware that she's being filmed; in fact, it looks like she's entirely lost in whatever music is playing through her head as she skates. At first she just slowly skates around the rink, but soon she picks up speed and does a few spins, first crouching down into a sit spin and then on one leg with her body parallel to the ice and her free leg held above hip level in a camel spin. At the moment, she's forgotten that she's been brought to the Pokemon world and is now immersing herself in the past, back to when she and Yuuri would practice their skating together at Ice Castle and try to copy the great Victor Nikiforov.

Then she picks up even more speed, and for the first time in a while, she does a jump, taking off from the back inside edge of one foot into a triple Salchow. The Salchow was the first jump she ever learned, but it's been a while since she attempted a triple; she manages the three rotations, though her landing is a bit wobbly.

There's an excited chirping behind the camera after Yuuko lands the jump, and that seems to snap Yuuko back to reality and look towards whoever's filming this.]

Wha--Twizzle?! [Yuuko's face turns red...mostly from embarrassment at being caught on camera during a private moment, but also from annoyance. She starts skating towards the camera, and the excited chirping turns into a nervous "eep!" at her darkening expression.]

What have I said about using my 'gear without permission?!

[The camera shakes and is then knocked onto its side as whoever's holding it hastily puts it down. You can briefly see a Sylveon bounding away through the doors to the front desk with Yuuko chasing after her, though Yuuko can't go very fast since she's wearing skates.] Twizzle! You get back here right now, young lady!

[The camera runs for another minute before a Snorunt hesitantly turns it off. Sorry about that last bit, folks.]

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Well, sure, a little. But you get less dizzy the more you practice, especially once you learn to control how much you spin.

Really? You can get less dizzy if you practice spinning?

Do you have to be on ice to do that?

That depends on the kind of spinning you're doing. For figure skating spins, you do have to be on the ice, because you'll be able to spin more freely but you'll also learn how to control your speed and how to stop.

Edited 2018-10-15 01:59 (UTC)

[She thinks that over for a moment.]

Can you learn to do that here?

I could teach you, if you wanted. Unfortunately, the rink isn't open to the public right now because the hockey team here is using it for practice, but I could try and find some time for you.

Really?

Um...I'd like that. If you could. I....don't know how to skate though. We didn't have things like that at home.

That's alright! It isn't too late to learn. I've been teaching my own daughters how to skate back home, so I could easily do the same with you.

Oh, okay. That looks like fun.

It's definitely fun! I still remember when I tried skating for the first time. I fell down a lot at first, but once I learned how to keep my balance, I loved it.

[She nods at that.]

How old were you, when you learnt to skate?

I was around five or so. My daughters were that age, too, when I started teaching them. [Though the triplets wanted to skate as soon as they could walk.]

But if you want to learn, it's never too late!

Okay.

....I'm not really sure how old I am. Time got confusing when I got here and it was a different time then when I was taken from.

I think I'm seven until next year.

Well, that's just fine. I've taught kids who were your age. Not everyone starts learning at the same time.