Spoiler (click to show/hide):
Rolled some dice to see what happened:
Nyx Roll: 14,10
Krista: 17....1
Krista took the moment she had to take in the outside and orient herself, having arrived in the fading light it was her first time really seeing the area and it's natural beauty. She saw the path to the hill just as she heard the door close behind her and knew Nyx was coming hard. Skipping into her gate as she twisted slightly to the side to see how Nyx was doing.
"Catch me you can, loser" She challenged back to the other woman and got stuck back in seriously.
Taking off, she made sure to measure her pace and breathing, burning herself up early would only mean disaster at the end. Her longer legs gave her more travel than Nyx and she exploited it, concentrating on the sound of her breaths and the footfalls of her own feet and those behind her. Her skin glowed with perspiration in the morning cool and light as foot followed foot, but eventually she heard Nyx's pace falter and become uneven, a sign of her being gassed.
"Hah! Told you shouldn't cold stretch!" she laughed briefly over her shoulder.
Krista felt the ground start to turn upwards as she hit the base of the hill, near imperceptible at first until the angle became very acute. Looking up at the steep incline, Krista knew this would be the real challenge and steeled herself. Her thighs and calf burned as she tried to power through, lungs soon joining them as he laboured briefing filled all senses... oh damn this sucked... why had she thought this was good idea. She lost all track of Nyx as her world became focused purely on the suck she was experiencing.
Finally, she saw the crest the hill and the fear that this hill would go on forever evaporated. Nearly there, so close... just one foot and then the other... she saw a picnic table at the top, a good enough finishing line as any other... just one foot and then the other and ...
"AHHHH!" she yelped as the paving stone beneath her foot wobbled and slid as she landed.
Thrown off balance, she felt her ankle roll and she stumbled to the side, cursing under her breath. Hobbled, she glanced towards the table, she was so close. Limping and hopping, she tried to keep as much weight off the ankle as she could... so close... nearly there... just 10 more metres....5 metres... and...
"Got you Bitch!" Nyx shouted in Victory as her arms suddenly wrapped around Krista's waist, tackling her against the edge of the table and bending her over it.