[XX] Enter the Gravity Sling [Video -> Backdated before the aphro hits the water]

[greatpandmonium]

[The Farns opens on Suika... and she looks more drunk than normal, cheeks flushed a nice dark red, her body swaying uncertainly, as though at any moment she'll lose her balance and topple over. There's a sort of sleepy, drunken, half-grin on her face, which just gets a little wider as she raises her gourd to her lips and takes another drink.

Yes,

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[network_hostess]

[ God damn it you guys, this is EXACTLY why you don't drink and drive. ]

AYA!? [ Partly yelling because she's concerned. Partly because she's HALF DEAF. ]

[greatpandmonium]

[Hang on, yell a little louder, human. Gramma Oni's a little hard of hearing these days.]

[network_hostess]

[ She can do that. ] HEY!

WHAT DID YOU DO?!

[greatpandmonium]

[There we go!]

Gravity sling!

[network_hostess]

A WHAT? [ That sounded crazier than it looked. ] WHY?

[greatpandmonium]

Break th' barrier 'round th' pagoda.

[network_hostess]

[ Blink. Still loud, but less "what the fuck are you doing" yelling and more just adding volume to it. ] --What barrier? Are they hiding something after all?

[greatpandmonium]

I thin' so. An' so did she... well, she told me. So we tried this.

[network_hostess]

[ Nene grimaces, the after-effects of hurrying here so quickly making itself known with a throbbing headache. The combination is just making her day. ] What about Aya? Is she okay? [ She had better be... ]

[greatpandmonium]

Out cold fer now. Looks like someone kanabo'd 'er in th' head. She'll be fine. [Yeah. She's talking about taking an iron club to the head and surviving like it's nothing]

[network_hostess]

What? How the hell is someone going to be fine after that? Where is she?

[greatpandmonium]

Mmmm... careful about your voice, a head hit like that's prob'ly gonna give 'er a headache. [She takes a step to the side...

Motionless pile of feathers is motionless.]

[network_hostess]

You think I...

Don't... [ Staring and unable to hide the rising panic from her expression, she covers her mouth and just... freezes. ]

[greatpandmonium]

[You know... Suika could get used to the human being silent like that. She knows it's only the calm before the storm... but the silence is golden. Especially with as tired as she's starting to feel.

Alas, she's going to have to break the silence herself:] Don't touch, I dunno if she cracked her neck on impact.

[network_hostess]

Wh-- [ Suika was right to brace herself, because that storm? It was here.

She stomps right up into her face and, well, you thought you saw her angry before? ] Whatthehell didyouthink youweredoing? What do you mean "Idunno"?
What.
The.
Fuck?

[ At the same time, it sounds like she's half a step from breaking down for some entire other reason. What if Aya was...

What if... ]

[greatpandmonium]

[Human, you are like half her size. Her expression barely changes, except to one of those 'here we go again' sort of looks]

We were tryin' to break th' barrier 'round the pagoda in th' best way we knew how. I told'ya. The barrier had ta have a breakin' point somewhere, we thought that'd be it. Guess we didn' realize how powerful th' 'tradesmen' 'r whatever are.