1X1 with ~Griffin: Blossom and Maverick

[Maxella Roe]

He stood up and raced outside, barely able to hear her let alone process her words of intended comfort. He launched himself up the rock face, scrambling to get to the top. He cried out as he slashed his paw on a sharp stone, but that didn't stop him from trying to climb higher. His footing slipped from his perch and he tumbled to the ground below, gathering hefty bruises and scratches in his descent back to the ledge of his cave.

[Weeping_Angel }Y{]

Blossom races outside and manages to catch him on her back, yelping when she almost loses her own balance from the force of his fall. She was in pain, but she ignores it, carrying him slowly back to bed. "Maverick, I need you to take deep breaths," she says gently. She wasn't the greatest at calming voxxies in most cases, but she had learned a few tricks from when Ami was really little and would panic without Scout around. "Breathe in... two... three," she counts slowly. "And out... two... three." She keeps directing him this way as she kneels, helping him back into bed. "When you can, I want you to tell me what's wrong."

[Maxella Roe]

"Stop. Stay here." He turned her around and sat her down on the bed, jogging out of the cave once more. He again began climbing the rock face, determined to get to the top, his claws struggling as his limbs trembled from trying to hold himself on the rock face. He let out a loud scream of pure determination, hauling himself higher.

[Weeping_Angel }Y{]

Blossom follows him but stays on the ledge. Maverick, what's going on?!" she cries out, trying to search out the sound of his paws over the sounds of the waves.

[Maxella Roe]

He couldn't hear her over the roar of the waves below, and the rushing wind around him. His foot slipped once more, and he went tumbling back to the bottom a second time.

[Weeping_Angel }Y{]

Blossom pulls him tightly to her when he falls in front of her. "Maverick, I demand an explanation. I'm not letting you go!" she exclaims. Her limbs lock around him. "Tell me what the hell you're doing climbing these stupid rocks!"

[Maxella Roe]

"Gimme two seconds." He hissed, his strength and size easily able to evade her grasp. "I'm figuring something out. Something important." He jumped back on the rock face. "I just... Need.... A way... To get.... Up." He rasped each word separate between pulling himself higher. This time, he climbed a different side of the mountain, managing to cling on. He couldn't find anywhere he could go from here, so he just hung there. "Uh... Gimme a minute, actually." He said sheepishly, his back legs hanging freely as he tried to find something he could hold onto. He grinned down at her. "Haha, I'll be right down." He assured.

[Weeping_Angel }Y{]

Blossom frowns. "Maverick! What do you think you're doing?!" she exclaims. "There's an easier way then breaking every bone in your body trying to climb this thing!!"

[Maxella Roe]

"I got it, I got it." He called, scrambling higher. "I'll be right down." He promised again. Finally after grueling effort, he reached the top, only to realize his mountain was sealed. He sighed in relief and slipped right off the top, plummeting back toward the earth.

[Weeping_Angel }Y{]

Blossom finds her way to where he's falling and catches him, although the force brings her to her belly. "Oof! You're heavy!" she complains playfully, struggling to stand. "What was all that about, anyway?"