[Nexus RP] Minoru teaches robocattes parkour

[viridienne]

From: https://bakerstreet.dreamwidth.org/7001426.html?thread=3081281362#cmt3081281362

Viridian grins up at him.

Should I try to go higher?

He seems to be in the way, but she can't tell whether he wants to go further up, or for her to jump down.

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[viridienne]

Viridian isn't fully grown--she's only six feet tall standing bipedally. So the forty-foot drop is a bit more daunting to her than it is to Howlback. However, she has claws and paws, and inching down is definitely doable.

Howlback is around 25 feet tall bipedally at full expansion, like Ravage--they're exactly the same model. She stands up under Minoru with her hands held out. "Jump, and I'll catch you!"

[itmeanstruth]

The distance from the ceiling to her paws was a lot more reasonable to the traceur.

“Thanks!” He smiled. “Hey Veridian, watch this!”

He swung back and forth just a bit to get a feel for how he was going to land, and then let himself drop. There was a bit of a lesson here too, though how transferrable it would be to a cat-like Cybertonian, he had no idea.

He landed on the balls of his feet, and then let the force spread out over his toes and heels. He kept his knees bent and his legs roughly shoulder width apart. It was still a fairly large drop, all things considered, so he leaned forward into the landing to touch down with his palms and let even more of the momentum dissipate. (He tried to explain most of this after the fact.)

[viridienne]

Howlback catches Minoru easily.

Viridian grins. That's why we generally keep our knees at least slightly bent all the time! she sends to them both telepathically. She scurries up to the top of the building, then lands in Howlback's hands right next to Minoru, rubbing up on his knee like an actual cat.

This is fun!

[itmeanstruth]

Minoru laughed happily at the cat-like show of affection.

“You’re a natural!” He smiled. He meant that, wholeheartedly. “But where I come from, they do say that cats always land on their feet. So, I guess that’s true here too.”