A water slide (also referred to as flumes, water chutes, or hydroslides) is a type of slide designed for warm-weather or indoor recreational use at water parks. Water slides differ in their riding method and therefore size. Some slides require riders to slide directly on the slide, or on a raft or tube designed to be used with the slide.

A typical water slide uses a pump system to pump water to the top which is then allowed to freely flow down its surface. The water reduces friction so sliders travel down the slide very quickly. Water slides run into a swimming pool or a long run-out chute. A lifeguard is usually stationed at the top and the bottom of the slide, so that if a rider gets hurt they will be treated immediately.

And some slides are designed to be ridden with a tube which typically seats either two or three riders Inline. The Inline Tube Slides.

Ah...

The wonders of the slides.

Now, on to the matter at hand. The reason for such unnecessary information dump had occupied my thoughts that it looks like it was taken from the largest and most popular general reference work on the internet, the 'something'-pedia. Well if you do find something of the sort sue me perhaps,or not, please don't. It is just mind storming or is it brain storming since the thing that bothered me in the last few paragraphs and a chapter or should I say moments ago is elated to the topic of water slides.

The undying glow of light from below the enormously large sphere floating above us to the ground where we are standing is just a slide.

Well maybe not just a slide, a very wide slide and a light slide.

I didn't worded that properly, huh?

A broad tube of light that I initially called a chopping board for being so wide and rephrased now that I am close to it, it appears to be a solidified inline tube slide of light or tube slide of light. To put it into a simpler explanation it looks like a tube slide that is made of light, you get the idea.

And I think there are no life guards at the end of this slide.

Such thoughts! BEGONE!!

Amidst these thoughts of mine the two beside me are having a 'prideful' look and the other is an 'amazement to the fullest' look, which namely are Aru-ia and Riela, though I don't understand why does Aru-ia have the prideful aura.

" Hooo. Not bad, not bad "

Aru-ia mutters silently to herself with smile on her face,as if she the one responsible for the scene happening in front of us.

You're not the one who did the 'Tube Slide of Light' thing, the DOLLS did.

" Miho, Miho, Miho "

The very enthusiastic one, Riela.

She is tugging my sleeves for quite some time now, and why are you repeating my name so many times, just saying it once will suffice. Thus I will converse with her because my sleeves might come off if I didn't.

"Hmm? What is the matter?"

"Eh? Where's my name?"

"Eh?"

"My name. Why didn't you say it?"

What am I missing here?

Does she want her name to be said by other people that much?

Let us go with that logic then.

She really like her name to be stated by other people huh.

Well because I'm an understanding individual, I'll handle this in a very smooth way or manner, Suave if you may.

"W-W-what is it R-R-Riela?"

The stuttering has began, when you're conscious about what your are doing it will suddenly became awkward. especially with the things you aren't really fond doing, in my case talking to the opposite gender with name attachment thing.

It is bad for me who rarely interact with them, girls I mean. I thought I was fine but with complete strangers it will always be a separate matter.

"Ehehe..."

There it is again!

That bashful reaction, it only adds to the awkward mood that is happening right now.

"EHERM! NOT BAD! NOT BAD!"

A coughing of some sort is heard behind me and quite increase of volume. Well someone wants some attention, isn't that an ideal situation to get out from this awkward mood.

"Miho, Do you think that light is hot?"

Another tugging of my sleeves occurs when I tried to looked behind me to see what Aru-ia is doing.

Tug---- Attention Acquired!

So let's answer the person who got our attention. The tugger.

"Hmm. I'm not sure but from this distance I haven't felt any heat and we are fairly near the light, so I think it's not"

"So Miho, there is also a possibility that that thing is hot, right?"

"Let's see, there is also that possibility, yes!"

"You're not denying it huh? Miho"

"Hmm? why would I deny it?"

"NOTHING~ it just seems like you are a person bound by the common sense of the original world here."

Are you implying that you aren't?

It's a shock to me, does that mean that all this time I'm the only one confronting these foreign things with caution and bewilderment?

My intake of these situation are gradually being tested.

BUT!

Stay strong ME!

"Well, yes that maybe true... But-"

"But?"

"As of now, WE are not in our world, as Aru-ia may have said or just trying to trick us of some sort, so I think its safe to assume that anything can happen at any moment. Consider it as being open-minded or being flexible in a sense but to be restricted by common sense here might be quite naive. "

Though that maybe contradicting to what I really think.

I silently thought.

"That's a long speech, Miho"

"Well, sorry for being a president in an uncharted country!"

"Eh? just when did you become president?"

"Just a while ago"

"Eh"

"And by the way, I won by no competition at all, a landslide victory if I may say so, aren't I great and all?"

"So when is your state of the nation address then?"

"I resigned just now"

"That's too abrupt!"

"It has dawned upon me that being a president of a country is too troublesome, so I step down maybe you should be president for me, Riela"

And Riela pouts and turn the other way. Did I get her in a bad mood? Hopefully not because as it stands she the only one person whom I think is the closest to what I am experiencing right now and I don't want to be hated either way.

"So you think through these things"

A wild Aru-ia whispers to my ears.

What will you do?

TALK

What? that the only option?

I sigh internally in resignation of this type of situation.

"What things?"

"A lot of things, like being prepared for unexpected things, useless things, somethings, unthings"

"You do know that you said the word 'things' three times in a row and the last one of them isn't even a word"

"You are indeed listening! that really good to hear!"

Clap! Clap! Clap!

It that a praise or something else?

"Though I deliberately said that to know whether you're listening or not"

"That's a roundabout way of doing it and its quite forced"

"Back to topic then...your thoughts?"

I sigh as I raised the white flag again to this girl.

"Haa.. I think that is given that I do that since I experience something I shouldn't have since I came here."

"Hmmm... So about the talk about the light being hot"

You didn't even want to talk about what I said in the first place.

Changing the topic eh? What is with the sudden change?

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Would you dare to touch it if its hot?"

"I think its common sense that you're not supposed to touch things that are hot."

"Hoo... 'but to be restricted by common sense here might be quite naive' isn't that your exact words to Riela?"

With a cute smile she replied.

Urgh...

My own words are used against me. Again.

"Err... "

"Haven't thought of a comeback to that huh?"

"Yes indeed, as you say"

"So, do you think you can touch it with your bare hands if its really hot?"

"You really wouldn't let go of that topic, and rather it escalated really quick!"

"It started already, ending it with a vague end is bad, so humor me for now"

I sigh as I resign to my further resistance to her, again.

"Haa... Okay I'll gladly ride along."

How many white flags will I raise to this girl.

"Good! So your reply with touching it bare handed?"

"Why would I even touch a thing that might burn me barehanded?"

"Well... Curiosity perhaps?"

Titling her head, she honestly replied to me.Are you a closet sadist or something?

"Sorry to say but I am not a type of person that will exchange his life or a body part in this case just to satisfy his own curiosity, in fact I will just stay curious at it till the end of my life, and why are you even so persistent of me touching it bare-handed?"

"Well, I learned from the past visitors tha came before you two that being a boy they are bound to have limitless or unnecessary curiosity tendencies so I might as well support you in the way... and you're really are proud of your statement, huh?"

And again with the titling of the head.

What is this? a sudden advertising of certain animation studio?

"As far as I know, boys should be ambitious not curious."

Well maybe there maybe a time that they are that curious when there are alot of things that humanity does not know.

"Is that so. Hmm... Then let us put it in a what-if scenario that you touch it"

"Apparently before curiosity there is something called self-preservation of humans"

"Meaning?"

"It means if something might harm you, in this case of the what-if scenario that you put up me with i'll wear something that will protect me from the heat."

"Meaning?"

"I will put you as a gloves for me, to see if it's hot or not"

"Uwah..So cold and cruel"

Then put her hands over her mouth.

What's so shocking about that? You're the one that wanted the what-if scenario, I just ride along with you. Though the question of me doing what I said in that what-if scenario with be forever be a question though that will be unlikely.

"How so?"

I cross my arms to stand my ground.

"So tell me about the animal called Bear in your world"

She asked me a question. Another question. That is entirely not connected to what we are talking about moments ago. What in the blue barnacles did this question concluded from?

"Huh?"

"I ask you to tell me about an animal called Bear in you world"

"Where did that came from?"

"I just thought about it for a moment since we are talking about you touching something bare-handed, you know bare and bear, sounds similar right?"

Ah... so that's where it comes from, makes sense but still...

"There is word for that. Hmm."

She closed her eyes while remembering the word for the similar sounding words. But lets beat her to the race and provide her the answer.

"It's rhyme"

"Yes, that!"

I think that is the first time that I outsmarted her, though outsmarted maybe a wrong word for the moment but that is the only I can think for now,

Yes, its a petty goal. I know.

"What's with that truimphant look for? "

"A celebration for the short-lived victory of my life."

"Isn't that supposed to be written in your monologue and not let me hear about it?"

"Yeah, it is 'Supposed' but the author got bored and let what my mind should be saying to be said out loud. "

"That was meant to be a joke, you know!"

"Ah-"

"And who is the author you ar-----"

"STOP"

Along with the cross arms in front of me I shouted and posed. ULTRAMA-