trans_9 | Exhaustion!

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Exhaustion!

After fighting in a massive planetary battle -- well, less 'fighting' and more 'healing people, occasionally from literal death' -- the Akashic was, in a word, exhausted.

Not necessarily physically; regardless of how grueling shifts in Medbay might be at the moment, he made a point to stick to his schedule, sleep plenty, eat (ugh) enough gruel, and keep his body in shape. Not necessarily mentally either; good health and self-care, along with meditation and discipline, helped in that matter as well.

There was just a certain level of core, deep, ground-in exhaustion that couldn't be banished that easily, though. So that left only one thing to do for the best relaxation:

Snowboard in the sensorium.

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The unicorn raised an eyebrow. "Oh... Well..." Rarity really did not want to ruin her mane but he looked so eager to teach her and she did not want to disappoint her friend. "Alright." She gave him a smile.

(OOC: Have you seen the show? I don't recall Rarity being adept at sports [or doing sports for that matter] besides being surprisingly flexible and agile when she got her butterfly wings... Do I assume she has the potential to be sporty but chooses not to do so due to vanity or would she be a total klutz at sports?)

[OOC: She is surprisingly graceful in a fight and not even hesitant (she jumped right in with that manticore in episode 2), so I wouldn't say she's a total klutz, personally?]

"It is the sensorium, so there's no way you can get hurt or whatnot. We can even stop the snow from being cold and wet."

And if it's any consolation, his own hair, which he was just a little vain about himself, was nothing worse than wind-mussed. Of course, he hadn't fallen. He was pretty good at this...

Not get cold and wet? Now that sealed the deal for her. "Shall we begin? How does this work?"

"Good question." He crossed his arms thoughtfully even as he made the mental changes to the snow. Same consistency and qualities, but simply not conductive nor inclined to melt against a warm pony body. "All right, which is your primary side, do you know? If you were, say, sliding on a floor, which legs would be forward?"

"I rarely slide on the floor, it isn't graceful for a lady..." Rarity was about to finish her sentence before she had to mentally remind herself to not be rude.

"I do use my right hoof more often though."

"I'd be shocked if you could do anything and not make it graceful." He had no scruples about cheerfully feeding her ego. Then again, it was probably true! He'd seen no reason to doubt it. "All right then, let's see what we can do."

He took a couple of steps away, onto the hill more properly, then mentally instructed the sensorium to construct what essentially amounted to be a launching platform for a pony snowboard, complete with a gate. Normally one put on a snowboard by sitting in the snow and strapping in, but aside from the inherent difficulty IN strapping in for a pony, the getting-up part afterward might be complicated.

Then, on top of the platform, he added in a snowboard with four bindings, one for each hoof; the right pair forward of its left counterpart.

Rarity followed after Morgan as things popped up around her. She saw the flat board with the four weird looking straps and prodded it gently.

"All right, put your hooves in these bindings, and I'll strap you in," Morgan said, dropping to a knee beside the board.

"Would that mean I would be immobilized though?" Rarity asked. She trusted him but she was still unsure and curious about snowboarding.

"That's the safest way. You'll be steering by shifting your weight to one side or the other. The bindings will keep your legs and ankles safe, but if you fall over they'll release so the board doesn't run any risk of hurting you."

He hadn't been using bindings, but he could use magic to keep his feet to the board.

Rarity stepped onto the board and used her magic to fiddle with the straps. "So I just have to move and the board will follow the direction?"

He knelt down to test the bindings, making sure that there was no motion at all in the bindings or her hooves. "Yep, but let's make sure you're comfortable with just straight boarding, first! I'll release the gate, and then you'll just slide slowly down the hill, okay? I'll be there to catch you if you start to fall."

This was just the bunny slope, so she shouldn't get moving so fast he couldn't keep up!

"Alright." Rarity was still a little hesitant but he was her friend and it did look like a rather gentle slope after all.

"Here we go!"

He tugged the little lever that released the gate and left Rarity to the mercy of gravity, physics, and her own balance. Then he hopped off onto the snow himself, running lightly on its surface to keep pace with the unicorn.

Rarity stood gracefully tall and proud, allowing the wind to lightly tousle her hair. The speed was not Rainbow Dash quick but gentle enough for her to see where she was going.

He came to a stop as she did at the bottom of the hill, not breathing hard from the run but definitely grinning.

"You made that look good," he said as he knelt down to undo the bindings. "Fun at all?"

Rarity nodded and stepped out of the bindings. "It was gentle, serene and a beautiful descent down the slope. I can see why you enjoy it so much."

Morgan pressed the back of his wrist against his mouth to stifle laughter.

"I think you may be more of a skiiing person in the long run, Rarity, but I have to confess I'm not really certain how to adapt that sport for a quadruped. But I appreciate you trying it nonetheless!" He sat back on his haunches to look up at her, smiling. "It's hard to think four-leggedly."

"Did I not fair well? I certainly do not want Applejack to get hurt when she learns from you."

Rarity looked at him mock sternly.

"Oh no, you did excellent, don't get me wrong!" he said, easing himself back to his feet. "But if you enjoyed that, well, it only gets faster and wilder from here. Nothing gentle or serene about it." He pointed to the hill behind them, which, at its top, certainly was nothing like the gentle slope she'd just gone down.

She looked at the hill and her eyebrow twitched a bit. "Perhaps another time, Morgan. I'm sure Applejack would enjoy it though." Rarity looked at him and gave Morgan a smile.

"That's about what I thought," he said with a wink. "It's a thrillseeker's sport..." God help them all if he ever met Rainbow Dash.

"Out of curiosity, how do you generally relax?" He implicitly gave her permission to reshape the sensorium with that question.

"I relax at the spa in Ponyville." The surroundings changed (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110816121703/mlp/images/5/5f/HornFilingWithASideOfFail.png) and the wallpaper was a nice serene blue with a couple of massage tables in the middle. The spa ponies trotted towards her with delight.

Morgan chuckled. "This one may not be an option for me, I have to admit."

Rarity raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You do look like you take care of your appearance very well though." She waved the spa ponies away and they proceeded to fold some towels.

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