[It took Fred a little longer than anticipated to leave her house; she was feeling vulnerable with only one heart beating. Not to mention the feeling that she couldn't quite catch her breath still hadn't left her, so she had taken the time to repair the hilt of a rather nice sword she had found in the Scrapyard just the week before. It had only taken perhaps eight minutes, since she had been working on this one for a few days already, but she would have to hurry a bit now--she didn't want to make Handmaiden wait too long for her to arrive.
Strapping a scabbard she had found in the same area (and repaired earlier in the week) to her belt, she slipped the sword into it. A perfect fit, just as she had thought.
She slipped out the door with a murmured excuse to 00--"Going for a walk, be back soon"--she started off briskly toward the lift.
By the time she made it to the arena, she was walking quite a bit more slowly, slightly flushed and sweating a little from trying to walk at her normal speed the entire way. She was also trying not to hyperventilate--probably because of the illusion of shortness of breath, she had caught herself doing that several times even when lying still. After that walk, she was having to concentrate to stop herself from doing it.
She spotted the white-haired person standing in the arena almost immediately.] Ah, hello. I do hope you haven't been waiting too long.
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Strapping a scabbard she had found in the same area (and repaired earlier in the week) to her belt, she slipped the sword into it. A perfect fit, just as she had thought.
She slipped out the door with a murmured excuse to 00--"Going for a walk, be back soon"--she started off briskly toward the lift.
By the time she made it to the arena, she was walking quite a bit more slowly, slightly flushed and sweating a little from trying to walk at her normal speed the entire way. She was also trying not to hyperventilate--probably because of the illusion of shortness of breath, she had caught herself doing that several times even when lying still. After that walk, she was having to concentrate to stop herself from doing it.
She spotted the white-haired person standing in the arena almost immediately.] Ah, hello. I do hope you haven't been waiting too long.