Tumunomi Escaver stepped on the PressureMill and all other speculative discussions stopped instantly.
He began running, feeling what his former friends and trial contenders had felt.
Every 30 seconds the pressure increased on his body and he felt so much of his working out even out amongst his body.
He could not put it into words but he felt a force sense of relaxation on his body and he sped up at some point eliciting gasps among his watchers.
Also, every 5 minutes he ran on, tiled by 2.5 degrees.
10 minutes meant 5 degrees
20 minutes meant 10 degrees
30 minutes meant 15 degrees
40 minutes meant 20 degrees.
When he hit an hour, he was at 30 and he was still mostly running straight.
Tumunomi Escaver could feel a light ripple across his body.
Jacob smiled as John had his hands biting his teeth.
Ivan was not even bothering to stare anymore as he knew that his friend had already made it.
Jake was keeping a lookout to see if there were any pretty ladies among the batch of winners and Andrew was watching with his eyes peeled.
The 2nd hour came and Tumunomi Escaver had inclined his body too so that he looked severely hunch-backed.
Bending over exaggeratedly, he continued running.
Maybe slower that last time, but still going.
And shaky also but with sure steps that always landed how and where he intended.
The next 30 minutes and he was running like an animal, staying there based on pure velocity which he had to pick up despite the popping sounds he heard in his body.
Some injures had even burst out like stripes across his physique.
When it hit three hours, no one understood how he was still there as he was now absolutely vertical.
He had been using the PressureMill, though he was now on his stomach and palms and feet, until the next minute where he let go.
And even though he fell to the ground, body quivering like a plucked string, everyone was clapping.
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Rose Marilyn joined them in no shame and Finim Barboach examined the PressureMill to see that he had punctured it with his fingers.
She reached him and stared at him, manic smile back on and a held out arm.
He slapped it away though, and stood himself up.
“Honor your word.” One of the lines Derek had used on random occasion.
“I will,” Mrs.
Roe Marilyn did not look offended.
“But first, heal yourself.”
He looked at the pill like he did not trust her before swallowing it.
Like he had been slapped, but across his entire body – in and out – and at the same time , he jolted.
Managing to only fall to one knee before his palms supported him for the rest of the way, he slowly and painfully stood up.
“We shall have the final retakes, now!”
Mrs.
Rose Marilyn turned back to him and quickly clapped her hands for the food of that day to be brought so that they ate.
She dis not want anything wrong happening to him at this juncture.
“That was brave!”
John had jumped on his back and he almost threw the boy off out of reflex but Jacob clamped his other shoulder and Ivan did something similar.
Jake went for his leg and Andrew for the other.
Peter was left out and snatched an ear, making his head tilt to the side.
The only thing Tumunomi Escaver could do was to catch falling packs of food so that they did not hit the ground.
And him being successful meant that they all join him at the ground when they entered the room.
Mrs.
Rose Marilyn had told them to hang around and that they could chose to come for the rest of the trials or not because they were not going to start the next phase till next month.
Tumunomi Escaver was not one for cuddles, so he tried shaking them off but John and Jake began tickling him and he began laughing.
“Hihihihi”
It was so high-pitched and sharp that Jacob almost jumped back unconsciously but he held on and took another look at Tumunomi Escaver with pity.
Maybe the boy was truly broken somewhere inside.
After the laughs though, they saved their food for later since they had already just eaten.
Tumunomi Escaver felt his heart now and remembered it during the trial.
He preferred that moment.
At times it had felt like a joggers high.
“Hey, teach me how you did what you did.”
John looked at him like he was expecting presents at Christmas.
Ivan cam close to hear what he would say, Andrew to perked up his ears and shifted towards him.
Jake and Jacob turned to him, leaving Peter who also waited.
Tumunomi Escaver looked at all of them and continued eating but when it looked like John wanted to start tickling him again, he jumped back like a cat whose tail had been stepped upon.
“Practice, I practice.
That’s all.”
“How long?” Jacob asked this time.
“Its been 4 years so far.
4 serious years at least.”
“Before Derek?”
“When I first watched him I thought it was comic.
I laughed at some of his stances.
But he one day challenged me to follow him and I did.”
Jacob nodded and asked one more question.
“Why did you make sure to do 30 more than I did in each round?”
“I need answers too.”
Silence, then.
“Derek?”
“Yeah.”
He did not know if his motivation to exceed even Jacob’s achievements were because of Derek but he knew that seeing what had happened to the other contestants had changed something with him.
And he needed that.
He instinctually felt like it would help him with Derek.
Jacob nodded and more questions came in.
The pill had him fully restored by the morrow and he chose to go out and watch.