One form of entertainment that is around year long despite its seemingly seasonal appearance, ice skating is can be found on a pond iced over by magic in Oinoe. Simply look for the skate rental shop near Toelleanbac Way & Loe Road.
[Skate Rental Shop]
A thick mat rests at the entrance to the shop where patrons may wipe off any snow that they track in. Rough cedar planks line the floor and a crude wooden counter has been built along the wall opposite the entrance. Behind the counter stands the shop owner, busily polishing and repairing the returned rental skates. You also see Valkealumi, an opening and a large wooden sign.
Obvious exits: out.
Read the sign to see what the prices are:
~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"
Rentals will be collected when your
time has expired. Leaving the rental
shop before your time has expired will
forfeit any time you have paid for.
5 minutes 10 dinars
15 minutes 25 dinars
30 minutes 45 dinars
60 minutes 85 dinars
NO REFUNDS FOR TIME NOT USED!
~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"
GIVE Valkealumi (or Valk for ease) the number of dinars that matches up with how much time you want for the ice, and you will be handed a pair of ice skates. You must WEAR these, but you do not need to remove shoes to do so. Old fashion ice skates were usually buckled over the boot worn at the time, as opposed to being a boot and the blade. It does no clarify which kind of ice skates these ones are, so you can choose to roleplay either way.
Head through the opening and out the back door in order to reach the bank of the pond at the bottom of the steps. Here, you can put on your skates and head south onto the pond. Be careful, as certain verbs will cause you to skate right off the pond. There are lots of verbs available on the ice, and they even change when doing them to yourself and to another person. Couples will find that they also have reactions to the verbs that are only for them as well! Do remember to turn in your ice skates in time, or thugs will come out on the ice and take them back from you… in a quite unpleasant manner.
Even if you would like to find all the verbs, I will warn you of the very crucial SKATE and STOP verbs that are used in ice skating, since skate is unique to ice skating and stop is not used in many places.
If you wish to explore the verbs by yourself, do not past this point. I am listing the verbs that my ice skates from an auction show as the skating verbs below. Feel free to try them out, some of them vary quite a bit from even using them repeatedly, to how you interact with others. Enjoy!
| hug | kiss | pull | nudge | poke | stop |
| push | jump | stretch | twist | fall | bounce |
| bow | curtsy | kick | pace | shuffle | tap |
| stumble | turn | throw | clench | sway | duck |
| nag | sashay | skip | bop | run |
A quick example of how these can change:
JUMP SELF:
You do a double spin jump, landing with a slight wobble, but recover very nicely!
But when tried again:
You skate slowly, building speed, then leap from the ice effortlessly to a double spin jump, land solidly, do another rapid spin on the ice and finish with a slight bow of your head!
The judges give you a 10.0!
So, with the different verbs, you can roleplay your character out suitably. If they are a good skater, quite a few verbs lend themselves to that appearance. If they are new at it, or not good at it, STUMBLE and FALL may be your greatest aids in depicting that.
After all, FALL's
You stumble and go flying across the ice on your belly, oww!
hardly seems the actions of a seasoned ice skater. ;)