View source for All Races Subject To Apocalypse

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|Date of Scene=2019/05/13
|Location=Texting
|Synopsis=In which Naru actually remembers to tell someone before going to Australia.
|Cast of Characters=127, 109
|pretty=yes
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> There's a race this weekend. It's not a stupid impulse move when I've been training for a year, right?
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> That depends on what you've been training toward and whether the race matches it.<br><TXT> Also whether the race in question includes mountaineering or firewalking. Not that you're Neil.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> It fits what I've been training towards. Even if I never actually picked a race that I was aiming at. And no mountains or fire. International travel, however.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Ah. Do you need any assistance convincing your mother?
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> I'm 18 with a valid passport. I don't actually /need/ to convince her.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> 18 is not always a magic number. But JAL doesn't specify needing parental accompaniment to the gate at that point, true.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Exactly. I don't think she'll protest, but by rights, I can travel without her permission. The reality of my non-passport holding partner, however, is more challenging. (Also I will need to sort out how to ship my bike. I am not riding for over 180 km on bike that is not mine.)
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Difficult at this stage. More warning does help. Where is the race?
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Australia. Not awful for time zone. Bad for travel. (ie I can't pop through France.)
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Not easy for shipping or Kyouko, no.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Okay, bike can come on the plane with me, presuming I am travelling the boring old fashioned way. Which seems likely. Suggestions on how to explain that I'm popping over to Australia for the weekend to do mundanely stupid stuff to Kyouko welcome.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> You haven't - of course you haven't. Have you considered that wording?
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> It might well work. It is just a one day race.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> A day between it and the flight either side might be advisable, if available seats permit.<br><TXT> Still, with Kyouko, direct is often best.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> I can accept missing school on Friday, but Friday AND Monday feels pushing it.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Either you will be right or your calves will have a learning opportunity.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> It's only a 7 hr flight. (Okay, my legs are going to hate me.)
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> (Just a small amount. From the flight alone.)
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> The swim is fine. The run is fine. Even those two back to back are fine. It's the 180 km cycling before the 40 km run and then 7 hrs of sitting. Okay, perhaps Monday off school is wise.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> I imagine you'll be off school either way. On purpose might be less painful.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Spend a day seeing more than the course in Australia. I expect I wont do much touristing.<br><TXT> So this sounds crazy but doable.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Which is generally your target area for these things.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> It's a pretty good baseline for most of our lives.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> I can't argue. Particularly given Kyouko's birthday.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Also mundane stupid, but with less travel time.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> In fairness, parts of that event required a great deal of intelligence and planning. Tragically misapplied, but a great deal of it.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> I was skeptical, but it was awesome. And yes.. more planning than I expected too!
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> These events remind me to be grateful we have acquaintances who enjoy putting them together.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Left up to us, there'd be social events of long runs in silence.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Which would prompt Neil, Kyouko, and Saburo all to explode, not necessarily in that order.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> And makes me think I should look for a wilderness race, or something along those lines for the summer.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> In Japan, or international?
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT > Japan, if we can find something good.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> I recall a few interesting ones.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> The one up the mountain is tempting. Crazy, but tempting.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> That was one of the interesting ones, yes. Wilderness here usually involves mountains.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Yep. Although the various mud races, or spartan races also appeal. I suppose I should survive Ironman first.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> If you die in Australia, you'll at least be spared research, yes.<br><TXT> (Please do not die in Australia.)
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> I have no plans to die in Australia. It's just a mundane race. It will be a long sweaty day with a lot of other tired sweaty people.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> At least it's almost winter there.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Should cut down on the sunburn potential. It should be a good race, if I pull off the logistics. I'm kinda excited.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> I'll start looking at the summer races. Logistics should not be the exciting part.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> I'm pretty sure there's at least one Spartan race that came up when I was googling.<br><TXT> You gonna race with me for a summer flavour of stupid?
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Possibly. If nothing else intervenes.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> Fair. All races subject to the potential of the world attempting to end again. We're in enough of a lull to be complacent. (Or I am at least.)
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> (a photo of a runner in a shark costume follows)<br><TXT> The end of the world was not what I was thinking of, yes.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> <snicker> I'm not doing Ironman in costume. Shorter race, very tempting.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> I merely expect hostile action from within the apartment.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> The most hostile action in our apartment is Dog's GI tract after he's been eating junk. That dog can /stink/.
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|Poser=Kunzite
|Pose=<TXT> Perhaps I should be relieved you can't draw that. I understand chemical weapons are limited by international convention.
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|Poser=Naru Osaka
|Pose=<TXT> I've never tried drawing stink before. Mmm. Experiment time!
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