2379/Totally Their First Date

Totally Their First Date
Date of Scene:	08 July 2020
Location:	Another dimension, another dimension
Synopsis:	Sally and Heidi take a trip across dimensional boundaries for a date. Yes, you read that right.
Cast of Characters:	Sally Houki, Heidi Ingerdottir

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Sally Houki has posed:
So, things taken a turn in Heidi and Sally's friendship.

They are about to embark on their first (official) date! Sally has is behind the wheel of her car, Heidi in the passenger seat, and they are driving out of New York proper and have been for a while. The trunk has a pair of suitcases that one of her brought out to the car while she was alrfeady sitting in it ready to go.

"Oh yeah," she says, "Luggage."

In any event, they've been driving for a while, and Sally has been mum on their destination beyond 'far away from things'.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
"This is exciting being able to see more of Midgard," Heidi says, mostly looking out the window to admire the scenery as they drive. "It is certainly strange not traveling on horseback, though. Cars certainly are a good option, though, when you need to carry things. Eira is not particularly useful for hauling. She's made for battle." Arguably, so is she. While currently she's just looking out the window, earlier she had her head out the window. It took a good amount of time for her to get bored of it. "So why somewhere far away? Not that I don't like seeing more of things."

Sally Houki has posed:
"Oh, that's mostly because I don't want to give away my lkocation," says Sally.

"There are people in the world who won't like what I'm about to do and it can give off signals, and I don't really wanna bring them to my doorstep."

Sally has indeed, after a little longer, stopped them at a lawrge, empty field in rural New York, not dissimilar to the one they took for their picnic which was not at all a date in any way.

"Okay, this will do! It's far enough... a field?"

A pause.

"Did I just pun?"

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
"Are we doing something the people of Midgard consider... illegal?" Heidi has an expression that's a weird mix of horror and excitement. "It is a good thing I packed weapons!" She was going to bring them regardless of if Sally said they were a good idea or not. If she couldn't bring her pegasus, she was at least going to bring a bow and sword. The field is very carefully studied, as if to determine why /that/ location. "A field. /Afield/? THAT IS CLEVER!"

Sally Houki has posed:
"/Some/ people might consider it illegal," says Sally, cheerfully.

She strides towards the middle of the field, a couple -extra- being left behind to grab the luggage and drag it towards the center of the field before setting it beside her, high-fiving, and then vanishing as a result of her absent thought process of walking into the field, realizing she almost left the luggage behind, and getting herself to get it while she can kep doing what she's doing.

In a small way, it's an insight to Sallybrain.

She proceeds to then reach p and 'unzip' a seam into reality, like she did in Kaminari's apartment, only this time no horrible monster comes out.

She slips through it, vanishing from sight for a moment before sticking her head out and adding, "Come on, Heidi!" And then she's through.

Yes, she's taking her not just on a date, but on an -extra-dimensional date-.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
Heidi had been under the impression that the weird portal thing was an accident, not something that could be controlled. So when it's opened, she moves over towards it and peers cautiously, moving to grab the luggage and easily carry it with her as she moves to the portal. "Why do I have a feeling this is a bad idea somhow?" She mutters to herself... but doesn't hesitate for a second, heading right on in with a broad grin.

Sally Houki has posed:
The multiverse!

A place of endless possibilities! A place of dreams and ngihtmares! And Sally can go into it, anytime she wants, apparently, so long as some caution is exercised. "I hope you've got no obligations tomorrow or anything," she says as Heidi arrives, "because time can be a bit wonky when you start stepping through dimensions. Mostly, it operates in a relative stability from the dimension you're moving from, but I've had a couple instances of lost days, or weeks."

As she says this, her phone is playing a... strange sound effect. A sort of... wheezing. "I've always wanted to this but it needs an audience," she muses.

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zBH3GANASg )

In any event, Heidi stands beside Sally in what appears to be the top ring of a roaring colosseum, overlooking a massive brawling festival in its center of a variety of individuals and sizes and races, some of whom she might recognize (or not). "I thought about how much you enjoyed the fight-night that Kami took us too and, like... GRANDER SCALE! So here we are, some place with... gladitorial combat, except.. I tried to imagine non-lethal? It can be hard to be that precise.

But there's definite VIOLENCE in the air. And a roaring crowd around them which isn't COMPLETELY unused to people just...appearing.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
"Whatever creature is making that noise should be put out of its misery," Heidi states, pointing at Sally's phone, before she really takes in the area around her. "Oh, wow... this reminds me of something we'd have on Asgard. I've never really experienced something like this exactly, before." She blinks for a moment. "Am I going to fight?" It's a good thing she remembered the weapons.

Sally Houki has posed:
"I'm pretty sure you can if you want." Sally leans over to peck Heidi's cheek. "I totally brought a scarf you can wear as my champion... in my luggage. That I forgot. Again." A pause.

She sees that Heidi has it and looks elated. "...which you brought! Yay!"

She claps her hands together. "So you can TOTALLY fight sinc I mean, if you can understand what they're saying and how to sign up! I'm pretty sure you might be able to do that!" She beams, linking arms with Heidi.

"It's a big fight and I have no idea what the reward is but maybe you can find out that too!"

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
Heidi takes a moment to look around. She's assessing her surroundings first before she lets her attention fully return to Sally. "No one is going to harm you if I leave you alone to fight?" It is, after all, some strange place with who knows what kind of strange rules and there's a certain sense of security she needs. "Because I will most certainly bash heads in to make certain that others understand not to bother you."

Sally Houki has posed:
"I don't think so," says Sally, "the crowd looks like it might get a little rough," and boy does it, "but I think I'll be okay! Besides, you'll save me if anything goes sideways, just like you did from the tree monster!"

... the one that stabbed her ...
... through the heart ...
"Totally fine,"she adds.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
There's certainly some concern in Heidi's eyes. Regardless of how 'fine' Sally might seem, there's always some concern there. "Alright, but if you run into trouble while I am fighting I want you to immediately let me know, alright? We do not know these people, after all." She looks around, trying to determine how, exactly, this particular gladitorial match worked.

Sally Houki has posed:
It seems to be a series of rings full of warriors, who are pushing each other out of their rings until only one remains. EAch winner of the smaller match moves towards another set of rings, getting inexorably closer to the center, where they engage again, and then again again. It is quite violent. Weapons are permitted, but it appears mostly of the blunted variety, using some sort of energy-film that reduces their lethality considerably.

Sally follows along with Heidi as she hunts for the way into the match. Given that Heidi can speak the language, it does not take her long to find a three-eyed humanoid who directs her to a way down into the interior where she can sign up for the next fight. It's some kind of elimination process with the winner being declared 'valorant of the city' or something. It's an honorrific, nothing more, it would appear, upon further questioning.

Still, eventually Heidi will find her way to sign up, and be directed away from Sally to one of the preparation rooms to get involved in the next round. It's... a very large brawl. Very. Large. Hundreds of participants in the massive arena.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
It does seem to be something interesting, and something Heidi is certain she can handle. She gives Sally a quick hug before she departs, reiterating the 'yell if trouble' message she had delivered before. It's certainly always going to be a concern. While she worries about her friends, Sally now held a bit of a different ranking in her concerns. She waits patiently in the preparation rooms, bringing her weapon to have whatever was needed to be done to blunt it before she's ready to head in.

Sally Houki has posed:
A small device is attached to Heidi's weapons. It forms a simple line of energy around it, effectively dulling their edges and making them good only for bashing, cushioning those damages so as to prevent them from being TOO lethal. She has to even sign a waiver or two acknowledging the risk of permanent harm.

Soon enough, she is directed to the waiting room, and from there, directed out into rings, and from there, she gets to fight once the beacon goes off in the next set of rounds.

...it becomes quickly apparent that she's going to be more thjan a match for *most* of the fighters she fights immediately. An Asgardian is, after all, a /frigging Asgardian/.

The first round, she cleans clocks! The second set of rings, she again cleans clocks!

.. the third set is when the tone starts to change. Here, she's noticing a significant uptick in the challenge and variety of fighters, some of the increasingly powered and more inhuman or skilled ones are still coming itno play. This means it's starting to be a bit more of a struggle and she's having to hold back less, starting to see new tricks, and experience things she hadn't experienced before.

There are parks when your girlfriend is a dimensional traveller when it comes to picking up new experiences.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
While Heidi is no stranger to some fighting on Midgard, it's usually toned down. So when she's starting to be able to fight at full strength? Oh, she's very much enjoying what she's doing. The more of a challenge things are getting, the more she's into it. Thankfully, it's not some masochistic love of pain, but rather the gleeful excitement of someone really getting to put themselves to the test. Instead of tiring even when she takes some blows, she's stubbornly trying.

With the matches getting more and more difficult, it's less that she's taking powerful hits, but almost more of a chance to outlast her opponent, as the matches get longer. She does, at least, stay focused on the matches for the most part, but between them she seeks out Sally's face in the audience.

Sally Houki has posed:
It's not like she's hard to find with her pink hair (today) and her colorful clothing! She...

... She brought pompoms.

And she's waving them.

She does manage to outlast the most recent round of opponents, her superior endurance carrying through where she's occasionally met her match in skill, or at least close enough that it could've gone either way. She finds herself moving closer to the center where she comes face to face with a familiar voice.

"Ingersdottr? What in Odin's name are YOU doing here?"

It belongs to a warrior of Asgard, that voice, and it seems she's not the only Asgardian present after alL!

"...shouldn't you be at home writing poetry, my dear?" Ah, right. It's...

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
CHAD?!

Well, his name isn't actually Chad, it's Ivar, but he's definitely a Chad. Heidi doesn't know him well, mostly because she hasn't wanted to. There have been plenty of people who she's avoided because she's been busy in the stables, people who thought Lady Sif was too good to hang out with her, and so on. He was one of those 'gentlemen', the kind that heckled from the side and never really took much action other than to be mean.

Heidi's gaze runs over Ivar, as if to study him or size him up. "That's /Lady/ Ingersdottir to you. And no, I've been a bit busy aiding Prince Thor to write any poetry. I could write some about your defeat in this match, however. It is certain to be quite exciting a fall."

Sally Houki has posed:
He's absolutely a Chad.

Sally continues to wave the pompoms!

Chad -- that is to say Ivar -- rolls his shoulders and then follows it with an exagerated snort and boisterous roll of his eyes. "Sure you have," he tells her, seeing no reason to believe this. He's not aware of her goings ons on Midgard, after all -- why would he be? "Get back to the stables where you belong, girl, and leave the fighting to actual warriors." And then there's that *beep* and he's immediately rushing at her, clearly expecting it to be an easier fight than it will be.

..but he *is* a trained Asgardian warrior.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
"First of all, I haven't been a 'girl' for centuries. Secondly, you've never ridden a pegasus, much less fought on one so I don't believe you're at all aware of my 'warrior' status. Perhaps you have forgotten that I have fought alongside Lady Sif?" Heidi glares, but somehow it's with a bright smile, as if it didn't bother her in the slightest. A strange combination.

As he runs at her, Heidi sidesteps, the way someone might with a charging bull, bring her sword around towards his back. She's not afraid of the force, since the energy around the blade is dulled and, to be honest, she's not worried about the fact that he might get hurt. Perhaps it would make him stronger and humbler to be injured by what he is clearly seeing as a 'stable girl'.

Sally Houki has posed:
He is initially caught off guard by the ferocity of the assault, but he adapts quickly, continuing to toss jibes at her.

"...Lady Sif evidentally did all the work!"

Still, he's no slouch. He's hardened by years of practical experience, but Heidi's edge and fury has kept him on the defensive for now. How long he'll stay that way is anyone's guess, but he's grinding his heels into the earth to slow her momentum lest he be pushed from the ring and lose by default.

He laughs derisively in her ear, trying to shake her. He's getting angry.

Sally continues to cheer! "GO HEIDI!"

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
But Heidi's got an upper hand. She's come to terms with her position in Asgardian society. She's enjoying her time on Midgard, she has friends and a relationship, and his words are a mere attempt to make her angry. She's not, however, angry. She's relaxed, and moves with the grace of someone zen but the strength and fury of someone out for revenge. Like someone doing yoga but setting someone on fire at the same time.

"Oh, I'm certain she did more work than you, but you shouldn't be ashamed that you have so much more to do to get acknowledge," she points out. "Did I mention Prince Thor asked me to just call him Thor? It's quite an honor. He considers me quite an ally. Just the other day, he toasted to me. /Twice/." Her dialogue is peppered into her movements, taking care to mostly dodge his attacks, her own coming swift and sharp whenever it seems like he's getting angry.

Sally Houki has posed:
"Feh! That's ridiculous! Like his majesty would waste time on a glorified stable hand -- hngh! -- hand!"

He's putting up a ferocious fight now, driven by the threat of impending humiliation, throwing his all behind it.

It might be too little at this point to manage overturning the match in his favor, but he's on it. Having not taken her seriously was a large mistake he'll regret.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
Certainly, he's got strength, but he's too reckless at this point to fully best Heidi. She's not taking a ton of hits, but Heidi is certainly getting a little tired from the continued fighting. It's hard to fight this many people and win, after all. But she's got the upper hand, and she's got /determination/!

She's fast, allowing herself to dodge more of the blows, just hoping to whittle him down hit by hit, doing her best not to let any of those ferocious blows hit her. "I'm certainly glorified now."

Sally Houki has posed:
That she does, and it's that determination that carries the day when she pushes him out of the ring. He looks furious. He's not going to forget this, and Heidi can tell she's made an antagonist this day.

... but that fight was *definitely* the hardest she's gotten so far, and if that's the class of fighter she's going to meet in the next round, it's not going to get any easier. The warriors in the next step, as she moves towards the center, are going to even *toughter*, these individuals surrouinding th ecentral ring at last.

Her opponent here is a man made of what appers to be... water?

Oh boy.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
While she might have made an enemy of someone, Heidi is pleased. If nothing else happens in these fights, she at least bested someone who certainly deserved to be bested. As she prepares to fight her next battle, she blinks at her enemy. This is... not exactly something she feels prepared for. While she's fairly certain this is the end of the fight, she grins at the challenge.

She gives a thumbs up to Sally and a weary smile. Well, this could certainly be it.

Sally Houki has posed:
He's polite enough about it, really. Heidi gets wet.

She gets very wet. It's like being hit by an increasingly strong firehose and trying to punch your way through it.

It's a good show, regardless!

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
Heidi at least tries to put up a good fight before she throws in the towel. Well, rather, goes to get a towel. She's soaking wet and exhausted and she certainly did her best. She gives a /really/ tired thumbs up to Sally as she heads back towards the preparation room.

Sally Houki has posed:
Sally, of course, eventually meets Heidi in the prep room once again and throws herself into a big old hug. She doesn't care if she gets wet.

"OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO AWESOME," she squeals at her.

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
Tired, Heidi does hug Sally back, a towel draped over one shoulder as she laughs. "That was, indeed, very fun. I am glad you enjoyed watching. I wasn't sure if you'd be bored sitting out there, but I suppose fighting like this is not quite your thing. Thank you for bringing me."

Sally Houki has posed:
"I can't fight at all," sayus Sally, "I've never learned and I don't really need to," she replies.

Of course, she then walks with her out the door. "LEt's watch the rest of the fights and I think I saw them selling some kind of meat on a stick somewhere over thereabouts and did you like the pompoms..."

Heidi Ingerdottir has posed:
"Don't worry, you don't need to fight," Heidi agrees. It's an odd thought, mostly because everyone around her has always fought in some way. This time, however, she gets to be the protector. "That water was tricky. Perhaps he'll win," she remarks as she moves with Sally towards the door. "Meat on a stick sounds perfect right now." There's a playful grin. "Is that what the colorful things were? Pompoms? A very silly name, I like it. They were quite enjoyable."

Sally Houki has posed:
"I never got to be cheerleader before but I figured it was my place for my champion and what not." Sally gives Heidi a playful elbow which is utterly ineffective and hurt her elbow more than anything else judging by the look on her face.

MEAT ON A STICK TI IS, and a fightsy tournament they have to watch.

All in all, it's not a bad first date!