I'd walk a thousand nights {Hope, open}

[tanglenose]

Adrian pushed the gym doors open and survayed the deserted room. The wooden floors were almost flawless, which would make a good testing ground. If the boots worked, they would move onto more varied ground, such as grass or gravel. Looking up, he realized the hight of the room would be no problem; it was well over 30 feet high. Hopefully, Hope wouldn't jump that high. He gently placed his bag on the floor and made his way over to the equipment room. If they were about to do this, large mats would be a requirement. 

After a grueling 20 minutes of extracting and arranging four 2-foot thick mats so that they were in a square. In the center of the square, there was a smaller blank square, just big enough for Hope to stand in. After accepting the way the mats were placed, Adrian dragged a small table and chair from the equipment room and put the bag on top of the table. Now all he had to do was wait for Hope to show up.

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[victoria hope jean]

Hope had told Adrian that she'd test out his boots for him. While she was excited, she was also scared. She didn't want to hurt herself. She shook the thought from her mind and looked around her dorm room for a little bit, before deciding to get up and get dressed. She pulled on her clothes, before running a hand through her hair. She looked at herself in the mirror. This wasn't even meant to go together as an outfit, but it looked great. She smiled, glad with how she looked for once, before grabbing her bag and running out of her dorm.

She hummed as she walked towards the fitness center; she was excited, she couldn't help it. When she walked in, she say the mats all around. Her brown eyes looked over everything before her they landed on Adrian. She smiled lightly and walked over to him. His back was turned towards her, so he couldn't see her. She tapped him on the shoulder, a warm smile on her lips, "Ready?" she asked, happily.

outfit: click!
notes: sorry that it pretty much sucks. i didn't really know what to say. it'll get better.

[tanglenose]

Adrian turned around to see Hope standing right behind him. A sudden burst of adrenaline burst through him as he realized that they were about to try one of his best inventions yet. If they worked, who knew what might happen. Of course, that’s assuming the boots did maim or kill Hope. Adrian shook his head to clear the suddenly rapid thoughts of failure and tried to concentrate of the positive. “Of course I’m ready. The question is, are you?” He said, unzipping his bag.

From his bag, emerged a clipboard with a pen. “I’m going to ask you a few questions, ok?” He asked, writing notes on a sheet of paper. ‘Test Subject #1: Victoria Hope Jean. Gender: Female. Age:... Height:… Weight:… ’ Adrian paused, looking at the data table, then up at Hope. “Ok, first of all, I’m going to need your age, height, and weight.” He stated, almost sounding like a real scientist.

[victoria hope jean]

Hope let a small smirk form on her pink lips at Adrian and she nodded her head, "I was born ready," Okay, so that was a lie. She was just ready to do it. She was just hoping that they didn't blow up on her. If they worked, she hoped that Adrian would give her a pair. Because who wouldn't want a pair of jumping boots? They sounded like fun. Maybe someone who didn't want to jump in the air, obviously wouldn't want them. But, they sounded like an awesome invention to her.

She looked at the clipboard curiously, then when he told her what all he needed she understood. She didn't mind all the questions, but the weight part. She was drastically underweight and she knew it. She bit her bottom lip for a second, before sucking it up. Adrian wouldn't say anything about it.. right? Oh, whatever. She didn't care anymore, "Okay, no problem. I'm sixteen, 5'4" and, uh, 98 pounds.." She said, playing with the end of her shirt. She was just ready to test these boots out already.

[tanglenose]

Adrian gave a small smile at Hope’s enthusiasm, happy that he found such a willing test subject. Hopefully Gabriel wouldn’t drop in and ruin his tests. Nicole had happily obliged when Adrian had asked to keep him busy, but he knew that she could occupy him for long. He could easily knock her out or something equally bad.

Copying down the information Hope gave him, Adrian paused and wrinkled his forehead in thought when she disclosed her weight. Wait, wasn’t that extremely not normal for a girl her age and height? He was about to comment, until he looked up. Hope was staring at the floor, playing with her shirt. He saw that she was uncomfortable enough as it was, so he just dropped it, but he would need to make a few changes in the boots to accommodate the weight loss.

Adrian opened the bag again and pulled out what looked like it should be in a ‘Saw’ film. The boots, which originally were hiking boots with extra large bottoms, were now covered in oil, dirt, and grease. A few metal shaving were stuck to the fabric and gears stuck out of the soles. The bottoms were almost entirely metal, save for a small patch in the center. “Ok, please remove any jewelry, empty your pockets, and take your boots off. Actually, this would be eaisier if you just took off all your clothes.” Adrian said, adjusting the boots with a screwdriver so that they wouldn’t push off the ground too hard. He then looked up at Hope and gave a little smirk to let her know he was joking.

[victoria hope jean]

Hope shook her head of the thoughts that she'd just been thinking. Thankfully, Adrian didn't say anything to her about her weight, and she was so thankful for that. She had enough trouble with it, she didn't need anyone to say something about it. She didn't let many people know about her eating trouble, much less her weight. But it was obviously needed for this experiment, so she had no choice but to tell him. She'd rather not hit the ceiling when she put on the boots, that would hurt pretty damn bad.

She watched as Adrian opened his bags and brought out the boots. Her eyes widened slightly at them. They looked... crazy, to say the least. They were dirty, and they looked like they would be a torture device. But she didn't care, they couldn't be that harmful.. right? Whatever, she was still going to do it. She let her eyes go over the boots one more time, before she looked at Adrian with an amused look, "Only in your dreams, dude," She said, laughing a little bit afterwards. She took off all her jewelry, and took her phone out of her pocket, and put them in her bag before placing her hands on her hips, "Okay, done. Now what?" She asked, her eyes drifting back over to the boots once more. She certainly hoped they just didn't fly off her feet.

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Adrian continued to tinker with the boots as Hope 'de-robed' and put her things in her purse. "You can just put that on the table too." He said, walking around to his bag. He fiddled around in it until he pulled out two black objects. One was just a trigger, like the one you would find in a remote controlled slide show machine. The other was a small box with some wires poking out. "I forgot to remote control it." He said, implanting it the boots. "Its to see if the basic machinery of propelling works with out the pressure sensor activator." He was trying to keep the jargon simple or her sake.

Finally, Adrian stopped adjusting the boots and backed away, admiring his work. "Sorry. They're not to pretty, but they should work. I put months of work into it." Picking up the boots, he walked over to Hope and placed them infront of her feet. "Ok, so take those boots off, put mine on, and tie them up tight."

[victoria hope jean]

Hope just watched as he continued to work with the boots. This was certainly going to be an experience for her. She hadn't ever agreed to do something like this. What if something went terribly wrong? Well, even if it killed her, it would save her the trouble of doing it herself, and worrying about all the things that have already happened. She shook the thoughts from her head and listened as Adrian explained something to her. She tilted her head to the side like a little puppy and raised an eyebrow at him, "You know, I could pretend that I understood what you just said, but I'm not good at pretending. So.. uh.. huh?" She said, in a casual tone. Like she said that sentence all the time, but she didn't.

She let a small smile work its way to her lips and she shrugged her petite shoulders, "It doesn't matter how 'pretty' they are, silly," She said, looking at him, amused. She nodded her head at Adrian and sat down, taking off her shoes. She placed them to the side and carefully put the boots Adrian sat infront of her on. She tied them as tight as she could make then, and carefully stood up. For her, they were heavy on her feet, but it didn't bother her. She just wasn't used to wearing hiking boots with a ton of things in them.

[tanglenose]

Picking up his clipboard and pen again, Adrian walked over to Hope and crouched down. He used a tape measure from him belt to measure how well the boots fit Hope; how far the toes of her foot were from the toes of the boots, how much the boots wiggled, and stuff like that. Everything he measured, he scribbled down in his notes. He was about to look up at Hope until he realized he was exactly face level with her crotch. So, instead, he just kept his eyes on his notes and not on her pussy.

Eventually, Adrian stood up without staring at Hope and walked over to the square of mats. He moved one out about two feet – just enough room for Hope to get to the empty center. “Ok, so…” He started, walking over to the table. “You stand in the square.” Adrian put down the clipboard and pen and picked up the trigger. “Just jump like you normally would. Just before you take off, I’ll press the red button and you go flying. Then aim for the mats. Don’t bother trying to land on your feet, we’ll get to that later.”

[victoria hope jean]

Hope ran a hand through her hair and let out a sigh. She wanted to know how this all was going to work out. It wasn't often that she agreed to test out some kind of invention a teenager made. Was she really that stupid? Obviously so. Ofcourse, he did need someone to test them out, and being the helpful person she was, she knew that she would have done it anyway. Besides, it's too late to say no now. She already had the boots on. She was looking forwards to this, anyway. It was something new to try, and she was always up to something like that. Well, to a certain extent, ofcourse.

She snapped out of her thoughts to see Adrian walk away and she quickly followed. This seemed to be going by pretty quickly, and she was excited to see if these boots were going to work. Hopefully, they would. That would be alot of fun. To jump so high in the air. Ofcourse, some people may think that a teenager having jumping boots was silly and immature, but she didn't care. She was the one who was able to say that she had these amazing boots let let her jump up so high in the air. Hope stepped into the empty center and just stood there for a minute, listening to him before nodding her head. She took in a breath and looked down at the floor for a second before beginning to jump.

[tanglenose]

Adrian leaned against the table in anticipation as Hope got into position. Wow, that sounded vaguely sexual… Moving on. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, turned the video function on, and propped it up on the table so the camera lens was facing Hope. “Ok, you ready” He asked, suddenly pumped with adrenaline. He could hardly stand still. His thumb hovered with anticipation over the button. He noticed Hope bending her knees, getting ready to jump.

“Launching in three. Two. One.” His thumb slammed down on the trigger just as Hope unbent her legs. He couldn’t help but add a final “BLAST OFF” as she launched into the air. “YES!” He exclaimed, throwing his arms into the air. “FUCK YA!” He quickly swiped his phone from the counter and followed her. Now all that was left was the landing. He hoped that would also go as planned.

TAGGED: Hope
WORD COUNT: 150
NOTES: Flibbitygibbit

[victoria hope jean]

As soon as she jumped up, and as Adrian just had to add a Blast off!, Hope flew into the air. She let out a surprised gasp and as she was coming down, she aimed for the mats that Adrian had put out. She didn't bother landing on her feet, but instead fell flat on her ass. Her eyes were wide and she looked up at Adrian with a huge grin on her lips. They worked! She was glad that they did, he had accomplished what he'd planned to do. Now he was happy, and she was happy for him.

She carefully stood back up and put her hands on her hips, her grin not leaving her, "That was fucking awesome!" She exclaimed. That was fun, she had to admit. She was glad that she was the one that got to try these boots out first. Nothing bad had happened yet, and she was planning on it to stay that way, "Now what?" She asked, curiously. She knew that they couldn't be done yet, there had to be more to it... right?

[tanglenose]

Just as Hope started to decline, Adrian realized that he was supposed to be taking notes. Notes were quickle etched onto the note pad as Hope landed not-so gracefully. "Good job!" He exclaimed helping her to her feet. Laughing as she expressed her enjoyment, he put the note pad onto the table. "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself." He smiled, reaching for the bag.

"Ok, so now you take those off..." Adrian trailed off, digging through the magical bag. "...And put these on!" He exclaimed, producing a pair of Nike All-Stars. They almost looked like normal shoes, save the metal plates on the souls. "These have an 'auto-eject' function, so you just jump normally and the pressure sensors jump in and launch the firing mechanism. Basically, it's without a remote control."

TAGGED: Hope
WORD COUNT: 130
NOTES: Yeah, I know, crappy post…