[008 ☿] Cliff-Diving

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[There's a gorgeous view from up here: a rocky cliff face overlooking the sea. The breeze plays with her hair as Ami waits at the very highest point, right on the edge. She looks down, an angle likely to give vertigo but she only grins broader.

She's going to jump.

She lets go, and her body suddenly looks so small against the backdrop of open sky as she plummets towards the water and sinks beneath the waves. The movement is a thrilling rush and the moment she's immersed, she smiles. She lets herself stay there, savoring the feeling, and she rises to the surface only reluctantly and belatedly.]

(ooc: not necessarily theme, but I'm open to theme antics as well if anyone wanted to catch her here for them; let me know)

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[waterfell.livejournal.com]

I have no intention of letting you decide how I spend my time.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

[ That just gets Ami a funny look, since Aerith hasn't been trying or even thinking to do that at all, and she shrugs. ]

You can do what you want. But you won't convince me that that's being careful. [ She leans on her back, pulling her arm into a backstroke. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[To blow off steam, Ami lets herself float along, too, letting being immersed in the water soothe her. She tells herself she doesn't need for Aerith to understand her.]

No one's asking you to go up there.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

[ Ami was asking if she'd jump too, but Aerith thinks it'd be little help bringing that up. ]

You can ask me to go up, and I'd say yes.

I just wouldn't jump.

[ She looks over, smiles. ] I could cheer you on?

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Not now; that was over when Aerith refused - though the comment is admittedly born of irritation.]

Do what you like. I'm going back up when I decide to.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Oh, boy. [ She clasps her hands, closing her eyes, and focuses on the flow of the water, the breeze on her face. ] Then I'll be down here. [ She doesn't want to leave Ami, but she feels like she'll be dragged into something absurd trying to please the other girl, and her instinct is to dig her own feet in. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

As you wish! [Once it's decided, a few sharp strokes bring her near the shore, where she stands and wades the last small distance. She heads up the pathway, picking her way carefully across the rocky ground, and finally stands at the peak again.]

I'll be there in just a moment!

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

I'm watching! [ And she is; she'd like to cheer on if possible, and she'd hate if something did happen and she wasn't ready to help. ] Go, Ami, go!

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Her own cheering section. For a moment, she imagines it at a chess tournament; it'd never be allowed, and that itself makes her grin, now.

She hurries up the slope; it doesn't take that long. For a moment, she's silhouetted against the sky as she prepares herself. Then she launches herself into the fall, and waits for the embrace of the water.]

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

[ Aerith would get herself booted out of a chess tournament, surely. Or just boot herself.

But once Ami is actually in the air her breath stops. Even if she's mostly sure that Ami will be okay -- ninety-nine percent sure! -- there is still that tiny chance. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[Ami slips into the water gracefully. When she surfaces, only a moment later this time, she shakes her head, and the clinging droplets roll off her. She grins, alert and energetic.]

It was pretty fun! Your turn now.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

You're being pushy about this.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She doesn't apologize for it. She likes to push people.]

And if I am?

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

I have to wonder a little if you're used to getting your way.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with that?

[Not that it's entirely true. She acts out like this because of the thousand ways she's been under someone else's thumb. And simply to see the reaction of the other person.]

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

Nothing! -- Unless you expect your way all the time.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to make you jump if you decided not to.

But if you were my enemy in battle, I'd definitely expect it to go my way.

[auncyenhalig.livejournal.com]

We're not going to fight. [ She doesn't feel like getting into comparisons of strength; Ami is probably stronger but she doesn't deal with things by fighting anyway. Not if she can resolve it another way. ]

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Then it's not a problem for you.