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I, Tawny Mitchell, would like to be considered for a mission because my dream daddy told me to sign up. Course I probably wouldn't tell anybody that if they asked me. If they did I'd probably talk about how awesome I am. Like how I've got a lot of skills you know? Like I'm fast and can squeeze into tight spaces. My powers also help me send messages back to people at camp in their dreams and hey I could always terrorize our enemies so they don't get any sleep. Besides, I don't really want Somnia yelling at me for not going. Thank you for your consideration.

"Hey my knee is healing up pretty nice." Tawny said with a chuckle. Honestly her knee didn't even hurt anymore. There might be a little scarring but nothing serious. It was definitely nothing to worry about in any case. "I may have had a little help with that though but I think we are going to get to avoid amputation. Why else do you think I recruited you to be my very own medic?" She wasn't too sure if Archer had totally bought in to his new role yet but she was definitely not letting him forget about it any time soon. If she did have anymore accidents you could bet that she was keeping Archer in mind.

"Yeah I hear you there." She said as Archer mentioned some family friends. Her mom had plenty of connections here in New Rome as well and it was hard to get around without running into someone she was related to distantly. It was something that she had to get used to when she got here but it was kind of cool running into people who know about you every once in a while so long as they were cool. "I think as long as your family friends can make a good pie we'll be able to get along just fine. You've gotten me all excited now so hopefully they won't let me down."

“Don’t feel too bad. I was practically born on a board.” Tawny said with a grin. “My mom’s a famous snowboarder and it’s kind of the same principle. Truthfully I’ve probably been riding boards in some shape or form almost since I could walk.” It was good that she was finally getting just a few props for what she had done out there. Usually she only got hurt when bad when she was trying to invent something dangerous and new. All that other stuff was pretty standard for anyone who had spent as much time on a board as she had.

“Of course you wouldn’t have known that because I wanted a free meal but it was kind of fun getting to show off for someone too. As for the patient thing I’m tougher than what I look ya know?” Tawny didn’t look like much at all. Skinny, lanky and kind of tomboyish most people discounted her in the legion. Still, there was a little more steel in her than most people had. There had to be if she was going to have the guts to pull off some of the tricks she tried.

Archer’s reaction when she made her dinning choice got another chuckle out of her. “Yeah dude, pizza. You didn’t think you were going to have to take me some place super fancy did you?” She could tell what he was thinking but he was probably going to be disappointed. “Don’t think you’re getting off that easy though. I can pack away more pizza than you might think.” She said as she patted her belly. “And yeah if you’ve got a place in mind might as well go for it. I’ve never been afraid of trying new places.”

Tawny chuckled. Here she was thinking she would take it easy on the guy and he definitely wasn't doing himself any favors. Of course he was probably just teasing, trying to get inside her head but Tawny was starting to think she was going to have to make him eat those words or rather pay for them while she was eating. Certainly she would be pulling out all the stops now whether he liked it or not.

"You just make yourself comfortable. You'll want to be somewhere so that you can keep your jaw from dropping." She grinned at him but there was really nothing more to say. At times like this it was better to let her skating do the talking. Which was exactly what she did as she pushed off and began slowly gliding away from him. She grinned at him for a moment as she drifted away but that was the only goofing off that he got as in the next instant it was game time.

Snaking from side to side Tawny picked up speed and once she got going she was really moving. She skated around the area spinning and flipping her board with a series of kicks and jumps designed to show off her footwork and balance. With her lanky frame she looked to be taking an almost lazy stance on the board but by shifting her weight she was able to kick it and spin it in midair without even really having to put in much effort at all.

After a few minutes of this she turned her attention to the landscape around her and that's where things really got interesting. The thing about columns and slopes and arches were that they weren't only pretty but also made great ramps and obstacles to climb, jump and slide off of and Tawny knew how to take full advantage of everything that the Roman architects unintentionally offered her. For her part Tawny knew how to put on a show performing several big jumps and aerial tricks to keep her audience interested. That said it didn't really look like she was performing for anyone at all. Instead she was just having fun with it and testing just how far she could push things.

Finally she finished up with a sliding jump off one of the benches. She kicked off at the last minute flipping her board in air before landing with her balance on the tail of the board in a little popped up wheelie. At first the landing looked a little awkward but as she shifted her weight she went spinning on those two wheels like an ice skater before finally letting the board go flat for just a moment. As a last trick she popped the board up again, caught it between her legs and landed hopping on the back of the board like a pogo stick. As she hopped she looked back up at Archer for the first time since she had started with a big grin as if to say 'look what I did.'

Tawny skated smoothly through the crowded streets of New Rome avoiding civilians, dodging vendors and gliding along with a practiced ease that came from practically growing up on a skateboard. The rubes gave her dirty looks and mumbled stuff about punk kids as she passed but for the most part the blonde girl didn’t really notice. People always thought she was some punk kid and that was fine by her. As long as they didn’t get in her way or make any lame rules about not skating on the streets she was cool.



Granted she did have some things on her mind too that were pretty distracting but even if today hadn’t been the day for her little bet with Archer she probably would still have paid the haters no mind. For now though there were more important things to think about namely what she was going to eat when she won this bet and how much she was going to make the poor boy pay for calling her out on her skating skills. Right now she was hovering between taking it easy on him and letting him off the hook all together but they would just have to see how this little meet up went. It wouldn’t be long now and then she would finally get to show off.



Her knee was healing nicely enough. It wasn’t really bothering her now and she had changed out the bandage Archer had put on her for a much cooler one that had some graffiti letters and colors on it. In Tawny’s opinion it was a big improvement and one that she at least wouldn’t be embarrassed to skate with. Archer probably wouldn’t care but she liked what she liked and other people could just deal if they didn't.



Tawny made good time to the spot where they had decided to meet and glided to a halt next to a big statue of some important Roman dude. It was a quiet part of town with plenty of benches and rails and various other pieces of Roman architecture that she could use as makeshift platforms and ramps. That made it the perfect place to show off but as she looked around she didn’t see an Archer. That was okay though. She had never needed an audience to show out to before and she certainly didn’t need one now. While she waited for him she would just try a few simple spins and smooth transitions just to get herself warmed up. So that’s exactly what she did swaying and gliding and moving around the area with the same kind of fluid grace that a dancer might have except much more impressive because she was on a skateboard and she didn’t need to be in some frilly dress. Just let Archer walk in on that.



Archer Davidson

“Nah I keep all the kinky dreams to myself.” She said matter of factly. “People are pretty tame around here though. Well, most of the time anyways.” Tawny would admit that occasionally she stumbled into some dreams that she shouldn’t. Some people were very imaginative she would give them that. Those she usually left pretty quickly though. That was one aspect of everyone’s life she didn’t need to know about let alone go messing with. Luckily she didn’t think she would have that much trouble with Archer.

“Whatever dude. Call it what you want but I’m in it for the free munchies. Can’t go wrong there.” She chuckled. If she really wanted a date she wasn’t going to be going around and bumming them off Mercury boys who were hating on her skills. Bets on the other hand. “You’re on and don’t think I’ll let you off easy on you either when I win. Tomorrow evening, in the forum. I'm already looking forward to my victory dinner."

“Could be.” She said taking his jests in stride and running with it. “I doubt it though. My dreams can be a lot better looking.” Tawny chuckled at the little jab. Archer really wasn’t bad on the eyes but saying crap like that didn’t win you in street cred. It wouldn’t do her any favors just rolling over and letting him poke at her so she would just have to show him that she could give out as good as she got and if she was poked she didn’t mind poking back.

“Sounds like you need to see me in action before you decide how frail I am doc." Now they were getting down to business. If he was going to insist on pushing the frail little injury prone skateboarder card she might as well show him up while they were at it. "Next time I hit the streets of New Rome you better come with me. That way you can see me in action and then you can tell me if you need to keep your eyes on me."