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[mybadhabit]

Who: Speed of Sound Sonic/Hermes mybadhabit, Ekko chronobreak, and you!
What: Early morning shinki/god bonding, and a shopping trip.
When: March 27th
Where: Hermes' temple and a Near Shore shopping mall
Warnings: Mall Goth Ninja Thief Shouldn't be any

Training with Ekko
Shopping trip!

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[mybadhabit]

SIGH. "Well, it feels more productive when you begin early," he grumbles, giving Ekko an annoyed pout. Mouthy, that's what this kid was. Sonic would almost be proud of him, if he didn't want to give him a smack.

Smacking, however, as he well knows, does little to endear him to anyone, so he huffs and grumbles his way through his stretches instead. At least Ekko doesn't sass him about those.

When he finishes, he gestures to Ekko. "You can set the pace. We need to learn to work together, so it'll be better for me to match your speed."

[chronobreak]

Kid's mouthy, time to deal. You got what you got, and now you deal with the consequences of the heavens.

Exercise is exercise, and he doesn't actually want to strain anything.

"My pace, huh?" Alright, then he'll take off, and that's not exactly a teenager's normal running speed, and if Sonic looked closely enough he seems to be dashing and blinking forward every once in a while. He's not as fast as Sonic, but he's certainly faster than most.

[mybadhabit]

Watching Ekko takes off makes tolerating all the mouthing off worth it. He watches him run for a bit, absolutely thrilled with how much Ekko exceeded his expectations. He was expecting to have to slow down to a snail's pace, but he could almost consider this a brisk jog. Not to mention, that blinking is so fascinating, he'll have to ask how he does it.

Once Ekko is about half way around the track, Sonic rushes to catch up to him, making up the distance with a crack of thunder and a blink of the eye.

[chronobreak]

There's no way he's going to explain the blinking. It's just something he can do, with more memories maybe he'd have some reason, but for now he'd be met with a shrug.

The crack of thunder and the speed- alright then. Sonic wasn't kidding when he said his whole name was Speed of Sound Sonic. He won't push himself to go any faster, because he's fairly sure this is as fast as he can go at a sustained pace. Good thing he's not just blowing hot air.

[mybadhabit]

It's a bit like a game, making himself match Ekko's pace, only to have to dart forward moments later whenever Ekko blinks. Occassionally, he throws in a cartwheel or a flip, just to keep himself entertained, and to show off.

Once they reach the end of a lap, he asks, "Do you think you can handle a mile?"

[chronobreak]

"I can manage a mile." His stamina seems pretty good, from the running they've just done. A mile shouldn't be too hard for him. And besides, he'd hate to back down.

[mybadhabit]

"Well, if you can manage a mile-" He darts forward, approximately the length of one of Ekko's blinks, and turns around, running backwards. "Can you catch me? I want to see more of that little trick you do!"

[chronobreak]

Man, what a show off. Well, Ekko's having fun, at least.

"We'll see." He dashes after Sonic, and tries to tag him. He doesn't go speed of sound, but with the dash-blinks, any time Sonic's close enough by, he'll tag him. Now he has a target, now his range is extended, and the range he can blink to gets just a bit wider.

[mybadhabit]

Ekko gets him the first couple times. Sonic wasn't expecting the increase in range, and it takes him several tries to re-calibrate. For the rest of the lap, he hovers just out of reach, laughing quietly to himself.

For their third lap around the track, he zig-zags across the width of the path, giving Ekko a moving target to try and catch.

[chronobreak]

The first two hits are satisfying- and the third one eludes him.

By now it's been too long since the last two touches, he needs three. He's not sure why, but he really feels like three is the number he's supposed to be going for.

He gets close, he keeps getting close. The zig-zags are fun. It's a pattern he feels familiar with, though he feels more like he was attempting to dodge something than to catch. Either way, he has no falter in his step while he turns and dash-blinks. He's certainly steady even, at this speed.

[mybadhabit]

As easy as it would be to dodge away when Ekko gets close, Sonic keeps the game as fair as he can and limits himself to zipping back and forth across the track.

Except, of course, when Ekko blinks into being right in front him. He barely avoids the collision, tripping over his own feet as he stumbles out of the way.

[chronobreak]

Ekko doesn't even seem to stumble, chasing directly after Sonic as he stumbles away, and trying to land another 'hit'.

This is clearly a game. But... somehow it still feels a little familiar to something else, somehow.

"Better keep your eyes open, or I'll surprise you again."