This choice: He reaches down to scratch where you are... • Go Back... You keep yanking and twisting the hair like a stubborn weed. While it refuses to be pulled out, the fact that you could move it at all is good enough for you.
And it hasn't gone unnoticed.
Suddenly, a shadow falls over you and from behind, you see the ridges of the Asian jock's finger as it descends like a colliding world. In a panic, you let go and scramble your way further up the knuckle. And just a moment too soon, as where you once were, you could see a ridged plain that is the jock's fingernail.
An earthquake follows the collision, jostling you to the point where you nearly fall off the skin of his knuckle. But this is just the beginning. A menacing quake follows as the edge of his nail grinds against the skin. Beneath you, you could see bits of the skin crumble off the surface like worn plaster. The smallest bits, however, become airborne and scatter from the area of impact.
Looking down, you try to calculate the best point to hitch a ride. When the nail ascends, you take that chance. You let go and leap onto the surface below you.
Despite the nail's parallel ridges, the surface of it is smooth. However, you notice cracks too fine to be seen to the Asian jock. These could be battle scars of sorts, points of minor damage the nail would've took from the daily grind.
As the nail shifts up again, you let gravity help as you slide towards one of these grooves. As soon as you reach out and sink your fingers into the edge of the furrow, you realize how shallow these cracks are.
You start to slip as the nail descends, leaving you to scramble for any handhold. And to make matters worse, you see the space on his knuckle where you started fly away from you. His foot becomes smaller as you get, without the jock's awareness, taken away on his finger.
As incredible as the view is, the nail's surface and gravity conspire against you. You start to slide towards the edge. You flail your arms to find a grip on something, but to no avail. You reach the cliff to oblivion at the very edge of the nail.
Thankfully, your saving grace is your size. The jock's nail has a greater thickness than his skin, but for you, the edge of it has substantial depth with the face of it worn from daily use. You take advantage of this by finding a crack big enough for your foot to enter. You're in a less precarious position than when you were on the nail's surface, but not by much.
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