[Glowing a muted crimson color now, Lucas takes the rope and nods a little.]
...One last time, then. I'll give it my best.
[Up goes the rope and round goes the lasso. The boy backs up a good fifty feet this time while keeping it going at a steady pace. There probably wasn't even anything interesting up there, but... Lucas takes off running.]
Now!
[Jump! Lucas bounds into the sky. Double jump! ...Wait what. A flash of PSI underneath his feet as Lucas somehow seems to get a solid hold in the air to jump again. A good seven or eight feet up in the air... Toss!]
Mmph...
[He lands with a thump as the rope soars upwards... It's definitely going a lot higher than his previous two attempts, but that doesn't mean his aim is any better. Higher and higher it goes... The rope actually overshoots the stone protrusion by a few feet before beginning to fall back down.]
Ah... I think it's...
[...Going to miss. As it descends, the noose brushes against the stone protrusion but doesn't catch entirely. It hangs for a moment or two, but begins to slide away soon en -- ]
We're too close to give up!
[Lucas raises a hand and a burst of green light surges upward to lash against the rope. The noose slides back. ...It catches.]
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...One last time, then. I'll give it my best.
[Up goes the rope and round goes the lasso. The boy backs up a good fifty feet this time while keeping it going at a steady pace. There probably wasn't even anything interesting up there, but... Lucas takes off running.]
Now!
[Jump! Lucas bounds into the sky. Double jump! ...Wait what. A flash of PSI underneath his feet as Lucas somehow seems to get a solid hold in the air to jump again. A good seven or eight feet up in the air... Toss!]
Mmph...
[He lands with a thump as the rope soars upwards... It's definitely going a lot higher than his previous two attempts, but that doesn't mean his aim is any better. Higher and higher it goes... The rope actually overshoots the stone protrusion by a few feet before beginning to fall back down.]
Ah... I think it's...
[...Going to miss. As it descends, the noose brushes against the stone protrusion but doesn't catch entirely. It hangs for a moment or two, but begins to slide away soon en -- ]
We're too close to give up!
[Lucas raises a hand and a burst of green light surges upward to lash against the rope. The noose slides back. ...It catches.]