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[b]Level:[/b] 3 [i](18/30)[/i]
[b]Word Count:[/b] 831
[b]Location:[/b] Edge of the Blue - Atlantis Temple
[b]EXP:[/b] +2
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It had taken approximately three more infuriating tries for her to get the coveted Sand Dollar, as the first two had been outright failures thanks both to her lack of dexterity and having to juggle the actions and movements of the other participants. On the third and final try however, she'd finally managed to nab it, arising from the pool a victor. Handing it over and promptly having her card stamped, she made her way onto the next attraction, a twisting series of multicolored slides by the looks of things. The walk there was much more enjoyable since it provided a moment of peace in which her adrenaline could die down, though the surrounding humans ruined it somewhat, not to mention the squid people and their water gun fight. There was also the strangely overweight fuzzy creature whose body didn't seem like it should have fit in the center of the inflatable inner tube at all despite its well-measured size, although she didn't pay it more than a cursory glance as it floated about in its pool, passing swiftly by. It was at this point that she also noticed the girl in the basketball cap who was currently poised to dive, to say nothing of the strange look she gave, but the former SOLDIER chalked it up to just another bodily gawk in the long line of ones she'd gotten over the course of her stay here. Moving on, she spared naught but the briefest glance back at the girl as she plummeted from the board to land in the clear waters below, eventually arriving at her destination.

It seemed as though she had quite the climb ahead of her by the looks of things, and a choice between a rock wall or set of stairs. Deciding she'd had enough of clambering over objects for the time being, Sephiroth made her way up the stairs, her pace a light jog that saw her standing proudly at the top within a matter of seconds. Approaching the rather board looking snail, she handed over her stamp card as she requested to use the slides, reading the sign standing nearby as he processed it. Once she'd committed the rules to memory, Sephiroth turned her attention back to the snail just in time for him to motion for her to start her descent down the nearest slide. Striding towards it while doing her best to not get annoyed at the near-constant Sand Dollar retrieval requirements [i]- seriously, how many of those damn things would she have to collect? -[/i] Sephiroth situated herself at the mouth of the blue tube. Inhaling ever-so-slightly, she pushed herself down before letting gravity take care of the rest. In all honesty, Sephiroth couldn't deny the fact that she was enjoying herself, the time trial aside. For not only was she making good time so far as the slides went, having already exceeded the minimum count by leaps and bounds, she was also enjoying the sheer lack of fellow competitors. As reluctant as she was to admit it, going down various plastic tubes in a surprisingly controllable manner was actually a lot of fun. What wasn't so fun, however, was the final portion of the challenge...

Finding the Sand Dollar, a task that was proving to be easier said than done.

As a matter of fact, she'd been at it so long that she'd begun to worry she would run out of time, each dive to the bottom of the pool in which the slides released their riders proving more fruitless than the last. And then, much to her infinite chagrin, Sephiroth saw [i]her.[/i] The purple haired woman with horns, and general thorn in her side from the last game. She was looking for a Sand Dollar too it seemed, and so close to where Sephiroth herself was too. Close enough that, if she wanted to, she could just reach out and hold her underwater until she stopped moving. She didn't, of course. Wasn't worth the trouble or time, especially given her last defeat, but it was a tempting idea nonetheless. Turning her attention back to the task at hand, Sephiroth increased the speed at which she searched, eliminating the most unviable or obvious spots first before delving into the more obscure ones next. It was in one of these out of the way alcoves that she finally stumbled across it. Grasping it tightly within the palm of her hand, she breached the surface of the relatively crowded pool and began treading water until she reached the side. Pulling herself up and out of the pool, she returned to the snail as quickly as she could, practically sprinting to ensure she remained within the established time limit. At length she made it however, and apparently with time to spare, almost slamming the Sand Dollar down on the startled snail's desk.

Taking a moment to compose herself, she addressed the ride manager in a blunt tone.

[color=#7A7A7A]"There's your coin. Now give me my stamp."[/color]