Chapter 1: Intro
Chapter Text
Keegan Messing was plunged into darkness. He could feel himself falling. But then, a voice. “You have all been gathered here to day by none other than me!”
Another voice spoke up as the lights turned on. “And what exactly have we been gathered here today for?”
“You’re going to watch other skaters programs.”
“And… why are we doing this?” asked a blonde boy, who was sitting on the floor against the legs of a chair. Keegan didn’t know why he wasn’t sitting one the chair, which was empty, but sure, why not.
There was a pause. “I didn’t think about that part yet.”
“It’s for entertainment, probably. For the readers.” Keegan was confused, but he didn’t need to speak up because a girl with the longest red hair that he’d ever seen did. “What?” she asked Johnny Weir.
“Never mind,” he replied.
“Anyways, moving on from that, who are you?” asked Jason Brown.
“Oh you can call me Alex. I run things here. Also, before we start, some basic information and rules. You are all going to be watching skating programs, and learning things about each other. I’ve made it so that you can all understand each other, don’t ask how. It was difficult.”
“Ok, we won’t ask,” said someone, Keegan wasn’t sure who, at the same time as another person asked “How did you make it so that we can all understand each other?”
“There will be no fighting. Snacks and drinks are over on that table. You can sit wherever you want to. That’s all.” Alex went silent. They all found seats.
“So…” Yuzuru Hanyu broke the awkward silence that followed. “What now?”
Everyone shrugged. “No idea,” said Keegan.
“Should we introduce ourselves?” Asked Yuzuru.
“Oh, yes. Say your name, what country you represent and what year you’re from. I’ve pulled everyone from the year of the senior debut. I think, could’ve screwed up somewhere along the line.” said Alex.
“Ok then,” the blonde boy spoke up, still sitting on the floor. “I’ll go first. My names Ilia Malinin, I’m American, and I’m from the year 2022.”
“Dear god, that’s far in the future,” Keegan said. “My names Keegan Messing, from 2011. I’m also American.”
“What?” asked Ilia. “I thought that you were Canadian.”
“Oh, so I did go through with the switch. Wait, when did that happen?”
Everyone shrugged, but Alex said “2014. You are now a walking Canadian stereotype.”
“Ok then. I’m Brian Orser. Canadian from 1980”
“Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan, 2010,” said one of the only people in the room that Keegan recognized.
“You’re one of my biggest inspirations,” said Ilia.
“I… Thanks.” Yuzu looked shocked.
“Javier Fernandez, Spain, 2009.”
”Nathan Chen from 2014 United States.”
”Jason Brown from 2013 United States.”
”I’m Boyang Jin, from China. 2010.”
“Alexandra Trusova, or Sasha, Russia from 2019.”
“Anna Sherbakova, also Russia from 2019.”
Hi, I’m Junhwan Cha, from South Korea in 2017,” he sounded super excited to be there.
“Deniss Vasilijevs, representing Latvia from 2015.”
“Hello, I’m Stéphane Lambiel, from Switzerland, and I’m from 2001.”
“Kaori Sakomoto, 2017 Japan.”
“Shoma Uno, Japan again, but this time 2015.”
“Kamila Valiava, from 2021 Russia.”
”I’m Tessa Virtue, from 2006 Canada I’m also Scott’s dance partner.”
”Hi I’m Scott Moir, I’m from 2006 Canada, and Tessa’s dance partner.”
”Johnny Weir, 2001 America.”
Everyone was silent for a moment, before a big TV in front of them turned on, displaying big text on the screen.
ILIA MALININ: US INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC 2022: FREE PROGRAM
Chapter 2: Ilia 2022
Summary:
Ilia: That one where he lands the quad axel.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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ILIA MALININ: US INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC 2022: FREE PROGRAM.
“Me?” Asked Ilia.
“Is there another Ilia Malinin that it could be?” asked Johnny.
“Not that I know of, but why would we be watching this… ooh, I might know. I hope that I know, because that would be super cool!”
“What?” Junhwan asked, looking like he desperately wanted to know.
“I’m not gonna jinx it.”
The video started to play. He skates to his start spot, ready to skate. He stands there for an awkward amount of time before making a face.
“Why isn’t the music starting?” asked Sasha.
“I don’t know, it hasn’t happened yet. The music probably just started late,” responded Ilia. He was in total awe at being in the same room as Sasha. “Also thank you for following me back on Instagram.”
She took a moment to think. “Wait, you’re that kid?”
“Yeah,” he blushed.
His program begins, and he takes his first pushes and enters his jump.
Everyone’s eyes went wide.
“HOLY FUCK!” screamed Yuzuru.
“Yes!” Ilia pumped his fist in the air.
“I… what… how…” stuttered Brian.
“Are you the first?” asked Keegan.
“Well, this guy,” Ilia gestured at Yuzu, “Did it at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, but it was a Q and he fell, but that was the first ratified. It’s been tried by others before as well, but it never got enough rotation to count in competition.”
Brian clapped Yuzu on the back. “Well done.” He moved over to Ilia, and did the same thing.
“Thank you,” said Ilia, and then a muttered “Holy fuck, I just landed a quad axel.”
“How on earth did you do that?” asked Deniss. “I want to try, but my triple axel is questionable at best.”
“At least you can do a triple Axel,” said Stéphane.
Ilia does some steps an a spread eagle into a quad toe, but then falls on his quad Lutz.
“Ooh, good try,” said Boyang.
He does a spin and a step sequence, going into a quad lutz + euler + triple salchow with his arms above his head.
“Ooh, just managed to save it,” said Ilia, commenting on his shaky exit from the quad lutz.”
“Not bad,” said Boyang, nodding approvingly.
“Thank you very much.”
He does a triple triple combo, and then goes into a triple lutz + triple axel combo.
“That was cool!” said Yuzu. “I love triple axels!”
He does a spin, and then goes into a step sequence (or maybe a choreo sequence, I can’t remember the difference help,) with lots of jumping in the air. Then one last spin, and he hits his ending position. Everyone is cheering as Ilia takes his bows.
“Good job,” said Yuzuru. “But why is almost no one there?”
“Umm… Ilia hesitated, but Kamila jumped in for him.
“We’re living in a pandemic it’s called Covid-19 and it’s shit.” She continues to explain about the virus.
Everyone stares at her, unblinking. “Oh noooo.” Complained Jason.
“Yeah, it’s bad,” Kamila replied.
“Well I thought that that was an excellent performance,” said Nathan.
Jason nodded, agreeing. “I’m guessing that it’s a new program? It does still need a bit more flow, but overall I thought that it was great.” Everyone else thought so too.
“Thanks,” said Ilia, shying away from their eyes.
The next performance appeared on the screen.
SHOMA UNO: INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE 2019: SHORT PROGRAM + FREE PROGRAM.
Then a smaller note at the bottom.
*Please note that this is just after Shoma separates from his coach, and is not a great representative of his usual skating ability.
“Wait what?” asked Shoma.
Notes:
Things in bold are his program, and here is the link to where I watched it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz_DEToSSGY
Btw this was very ooc, and I want to be able to write them better and improve my writhing before I do anything of Yuzu or Nathan’s.
Chapter 3: Shoma 2019(1)
Summary:
Shoma: That one where everyone cried.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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“Oh no,” Ilia groaned. He knew what had happened at IDF 2019, and it had reduced 2019 Shoma to tears. He had no idea what it would do to 2015 Shoma.
“Is it that bad?” Shoma asked, looking crestfallen.
Ilia hesitated. “It was- you were going through a rough patch at the time.”
Shoma nodded. “Ok, play it.”
SHOMA UNO: INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE 2019: SHORT PROGRAM.
Shoma skated onto the ice. His music started to play. He brought his arms up and then down again dramatically.
“Oh, that’s an outgoing music choice for me,” said Shoma.
“What an intense facial expression. Such concentration.” Yuzu smiled at Shoma.
Shoma goes for a quad flip, and lands it.
“So skaters are doing quad flips now?” asked Brian.
“Yup,” said Alex. “Shoma here was actually the first to land one in competition, in 2016.”
“Wait, what?” asked Shoma, shocked as one of the people he was sharing a sofa with, (Yuzu) hit him on the back in congratulations.
Shoma attempts a quad toe, but falls on it.
“No, good try!” exclaimed Nathan.
Shoma went into a spin.
In the middle of Shoma’s spin, Keegan burst out laughing. Everyone looked at his strangely.
“Sorry,” he gasped. “But the crowd are all clapping in sync and it so robotic that it looks funny.” Everyone else looked closer, and then started laughing because they were indeed.
After his spin, He goes into a cantilever that gets lots of applause, and takes off for his triple axel. He falls and rolls over onto his stomach. It looks like it takes him a lot of effort to get up again.
Javi winced. That looked really painful.
“Ow,” said Shoma with no emotion.
He goes into a spin, and then another.
“Your spins are good,” commented Stéphane.
“Thanks.”
Shoma came out of his spin.
“Keep going, you’re almost there,” whispered Deniss, mostly to himself, not really intending for anyone else to her.
“Yeah, only the step sequence left,” Scott agreed with him.
When Shoma’s step sequence and program ended, he looked down at the ice, disappointed. He took his bows and waved before leaving the ice to go to the kiss and cry. After the replays, it cut to him in the kiss and cry.
“No!” Yuzu cried at having to see on screen shoma sitting alone and wiping away a few tears that had escaped. He and Javi, who were sitting on the same sofa as Shoma, moved to give him a big hug.
“Why did I split from my coaches?” asked Shoma. “Also, who will I train with now?”
“Well,” said Alex. “I’m not gonna tell you that.”
“What? Why?” asked Brian.
“Because I say so.”
Shoma got his scores of 79.05, going into 2nd place.
“Not bad,” said Javi, who was still hugging Shoma.
“By the way Shoma, you ended up as 4th is the short program. Now next, the free program!”
SHOMA UNO: INTERNATIONAUX DE FRANCE 2019: FREE PROGRAM.
Shoma took to the ice wearing black and silver. When he was ready, his music played and he took his first few steps. He stumbles out of his quad salchow, and does the same thing on the quad flip.
“Well, you’re fighting for it,” said Junhwan.
He lands a clean quad toe double toe combo.
Everyone in the room erupted into applause.
Shoma takes a fall on the triple axel, and then goes into a flying spin.
“Good try,” said Boyang.
He falls painfully on a quad toe, but the audience is louder than ever. He lands a beautiful triple sal triple toe.
Once again, everyone in the room is applauding.
His second triple axel has a fall.
“That was defiantly leaning,” said Shoma, obviously pretending that watching this was fine for him and that he didn’t feel like crying and wasn’t dying inside.
He does a step sequence, a spin, a choreo sequence and another spin, before ending the program. After his bows and replays, he is once again alone in the kiss and cry.
“No!” This time it was Stéph who yelled it when he saw the tears openly streaming down Shoma’s cheeks. He couldn’t even imaging being alone in the kiss and cry after having not the best skate.
Shoma got his scores and went into fifth.
Everything was silent for a bit, before Alex broke it. “Shoma was 8th.”
Shoma nodded.
“Well, onto a slightly less sad note, here’s the next thing.”
SHOMA UNO: ROSTELECOM CUP 2019: SHORT PROGRAM
“No, not me again,” Shoma complained
Notes:
Links to the videos I used as reference:
Free Program-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GkJxIF9LVa8&t=4387s
Short program -
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlVte2w4n8&t=4652sI forgot how sad this actually was. :(
Chapter 4: Shoma 2019(2)
Summary:
Shoma: That one with a new coach.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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“Ok, let’s do this,” Shoma breathed out,
SHOMA UNO: ROSTELECOM CUP 2019: SHORT PROGRAM
Shoma and Stéphane are shown talking. Shoma skates onto the ice and takes his spot. His music plays and he starts his program. He falls on his opening quad flip.
“Ooh, good try.” Javi winced.
His does a quad toe double toe, landing it smoothly.
“Ooh, yeah,” said Ilia. “That’s more like your skating.”
After his sit spin, he lands a triple axel. After Shoma’s spins, he does his step sequence, which is much more lively than the other one. He ends his program and takes his bows. He skates of the ice to see Stéph.
“Wait a fucking second. Is that ME?” he exclaimed when he heard future him talk.
“Yup,” said Ilia.
“But why? Like, do I go into coaching? Why was I even at that event?”
“Well you already had Deniss there, so might as well add one more.”
“Wait, ME?” exclaimed Deniss.
“Yes, you. Both of you. Stéphane, meet two of your students. Shoma and Deniss, meet your future coach.”
“Fucking plot twist,” whispered Stéph.
“Dear lord, I can tell where Deniss learned all the swear words now.” sighed Ilia.
The replays are shown, and then Shona was in the K&C with his temporary (at that time) coach. He tells Shoma how he thinks that he’ll get a higher score. He gets 87.29 points and goes into 3rd. The screen skips to the final standings, showing him in 4th.
“Wait a second!” exclaimed Deniss, looking at the scoreboard. “I’m not in bloody last place!”
“Well we don’t really need to watch the long program for this, the only reason that we really watched that was to introduce Stéphane,” said Alex. All that you need to know is that Shoma ended up fourth.”
“Wait what was I?” asked Deniss.
“Sixth,” replied Alex.
Deniss nodded, satisfied that he wasn’t completely failing seniors.
“Well then. Next up, now that we’re discussing you anyways Stéph, might as well do you next!”
STÉPHANE LAMBIEL: TORINO OLYMPICS 2006: FREE PROGRAM.
Notes:
Video link-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IthiIWTexbQ&t=5326sBtw after Stéph I’m doing Yuzu.
Sorry that this chapter was rather short, but I didn’t think that I needed to do both programs again.
Chapter 5: Stéphane 2006
Summary:
Stéphane: That one with the amazing last spin.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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STÉPHANE LAMBIEL: TORINO OLYMPICS 2006: FREE PROGRAM.
Stéphane is standing at the boards across from his coach. The banner at the bottom with his name on it says that he’s in 3rd after the short. The commentator was talking about him.
“Wait what?” asked Stéph. “Reigning world champion?”
“Yup,” said Deniss. “2005, and then another year after that, but I can’t remember which one.”
“2006,” Alex confirmed.
He skates onto the ice.
Nathan smirked. “Nice costume.”
Kamila looked at him. “Dude, it’s not like yours are any better. You have a yellow highlighter cloud shirt, at one point in time.”
“Ooh!” Ilia jumped in. “Let’s not forget the hot Cheeto shirt!”
“The… the what?” asked Yuzu horrified.
“Anyways moving on,” said Nathan. “What is that even meant to be? Like a blue armed zebra-tiger hybrid?”
“I… even I don’t know,” said Stéph.
He starts, and skates around for a bit. The commentator says that he’s going into a triple axel, and that it is not his friend. He only does a double.
“Fuck,” swore Stéph.
“Well, on the bright side, you can probably do a triple axel,” said Brian.
He goes into a quad toe triple toe double loop combo.
“Oh I can do quads now. Nice.”
After a loop, he goes into another double axel.
“No triple again,” Stéphane said, disappointed.
He does a spin.
“Ok but those spins,” said Keegan, as he made an OK sign with his fingers.
“It’s a good strategy,” said Sasha as the commentator said that he was waiting for the second half of his program to do the second quad.
He stumbles out of the quad slightly, but continues and does a triple flip triple toe combo. He then falls on his triple lutz.
“Oh nooo,” complained Stéphane.
He does a triple sal double toe, and then two spins.
“You’re tired aren’t you,” asked Yuzu.
”Probably.”
He does a step sequence in time to the music, and ont last spin before his music dies off. The commentator says that he’s looking a little unsure about his program.
“Well of course!” said Jun. “I’m fairly sure that everyone is unsure about their programs.”
He gets of the ice.
“Hey!” gasps Johnny. “It’s me!”
He gets his scores and goes into second.
“Ok before you start yelling at me to tell me what you were, you stayed in second for the rest of the event,” said Alex.
“Wait, what?” he asked.
Shoma reached over to give him a high five. “Olympic silver medal buddies!”
“Hey, how do you know that?” asked Anna.
“Quad Axel is shit at keeping secrets,” said Shoma.
“What?” asked Ilia when he got some looks. “Quad Flip looked sad after the IDF 2019 video, so I was cheering him up.”
“Fine, that’s good reasoning,” said Javi.
“Stéph you also also go to Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010, where you are 15th and 4th, respectively,” Alex told him. He nodded.
“Anyways!” said Alex. “Now that we’re on Olympic programs, I present to you…”
YUZURU HANYU: SOCHI OLYMPICS 2014: SHORT PROGRAM.
Notes:
Link to program-
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuBpsych9VoSo up next I have some planned out, but don’t know what order to do them in. If there are specific ones you want to see first, then comment them below. If not, I’ll do them randomly.
Kamila-Rostelecom Cup 2021
Nathan-2022 Olympics
Javier-2018 Olympics
Yuzu-2014/18/22 Olympics
Deniss-2022 Europeans
Kaori-2022 Worlds
Shoma-2022 Worlds
Tessa+Scott-2018 Olympics
Chapter 6: Yuzu 2014 (1)
Summary:
That one SP with over 100 points.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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YUZURU HANYU: SOCHI OLYMPICS 2014: SHORT PROGRAM.
Yuzu is at the boards, talking to someone. A current standing board appears on screen.
“Wow I’m in first at that time!” cried Jason. “That’s cool. Even tho I’m about to get my ass whopped by everyone else,” he added as an afterthought.
The camera moves in, and we can see that the person that Yuzu is talking to is Brian.
“Hold up!” exclaimed Brian. “I go into coaching too?”
“Yes!” said Kamila. “Currently, of the people in this room you’re coaching, or have coached, Yuzu, Javi, Jason, and Junhwan.”
“And also many more,” said Ilia.
“Wait did anyone else go into coaching?” asked Brian.
“Well that I know of,” said Deniss, “You two are the only two sods old enough and with enough experience to coach.”
“Hey!” gasped Stéph. “You take that back, young man.”
“You are further proving my point.”
“Hey, stop.” Alex cut in. “You two morons are the same age at the moment.”
“Oh,” said Deniss. “That’s weird. You’re supposed to be old.”
Stéph stuck his tongue out at him.
“No, he’s the spirit of a five year old in a fifteen year olds body,” said Shoma.
“Anyways let’s all shut up and watch,” Sasha argued. They all smartly closed their mouthes.
He skated to the ice, wearing his blue shirt, and took his starting position. He started skating with a little shoulder shimmy. His opening quad toe was clean.
Yuzu stared at the screen with his mouth hanging open in shock. “And are we sure that this is me?” he asked.
“Yes, this is very much you,” said Junhwan.
After a flying camel and a sit spin, he stuck the landing on his triple axel.
“Yeah, you’re defiantly the strongest with the triple axel,” said Nathan.
“It’s got amazing flow,” said Boyang.
After a triple lutz triple toe, a step sequence and a combo spin, he finished. He looks satisfied with his skate as he exits the ice. Brian tells him that he did it.
“I can tell that you’ll be a great coach,” Boyang told him.
“Thanks,” replied Brian.
He score is announced, and it is said that he got over 100 points.
Yuzu almost screamed. But he managed to stop himself so all that came out was a super high pitched noise that was very muffled. “Over 100!” he shouted.
“Good job Yuzu!” screamed Javi.
Alex had forgotten to pause the video.
“Hey,” Said Javi. “I’m there too!”
Junhwan snickered. “I like the title of your music.”
Everyone else read the title of Javi’s music, Satan Takes a Holiday, and laughed.
“Also you were first overall.”
Yuzu actually screamed this time.
“Hang on, I want to bring some more people in who I forgot about earlier.”
Six others teleported into the room.
“Welcome!” said Alex.
“Where are we?” asked a blonde girl.
“Hell,” responded Shoma.
Stéphane lightly hit his arm. “Stop being dramatic.”
“You’re dramatic too.”
“If anyone’s dramatic here, I’d say that it’s Johnny.
“Well you know what, Mr.-” He was cut off by Sasha.
“How about we all just accept that figure skaters are all dramatic short bitches.”
“Yeah ok,” said Keegan.
“Wait am I short?” asked a boy with blonde hair who had just teleported into the room.
“No you’re a tall-ass motherfucker,” Deniss told him.
“Then that makes you short.”
“Eight fucking centimetres Romsky, I swear to god.”
“Whatever, do the introductions. Name, country and year.” Alex told them.
“I’m Yuma Kagiyama, from Japan in 2020.”
“Amber Glenn. 2017 Untied States.”
“Your triple Axel awesome,” Ilia told her.
“Thank you. It’s nice to know that I land it.”
“I’m Daniel Grassl. 2018 Italian.”
“Roman Sadovsky, 2017. Canada.”
“Yuna Kim, South Korea 2006.” She smiled at Jun, who looked starstruck.
“Koshiro Shimada. I’m from Japan in 2019.” He looked around the room. “Wait, is that younger Stéph?”
“You mean me?” asked Stéphane, pointing at himself.
“No I meant that giraffe in the corner. Obviously I meant you.”
“Yeah.”
“This is some weird shit. You’re younger than me. I don’t actually know how old you are at the moment, but you look younger than me.”
“I’m fifteen.”
“A full two years! Deniss is this weird for you too?”
“I mean, I’m used to it. Also it might be easier for me because I’ve never met him before now.”
“Wait what? Oh, he wasn’t coaching you then,” Koshiro realized.
“Nope, and me neither, so I’m fine.”
Koshiro turned his head around at the other voice. “Huh?” He looked at Shoma. “Oh my god.”
“Wait I coach you too?” Stéphane asked.
“This is a mess, but I think that Yuna is going into shock at seeing Brian,” Jason told them all.
“Oh lord. Why are young people such a shock you you guys from the future?” Brian asked.
“I don’t know. I just is. I mean, you are my coach,” Yuna said.
“Wait, I coach you too?”
“Brian you coach so many people it’s not even funny,” Ilia said. “Yuna, Jason, Yuzu, Javi, Jun, Boyang, to name a few.”
“Sorry, could we continue with the introductions? Everyone not knew, introduce yourselves.” They did so.
“Anywas,” said Alex. “Now, onto…”
KAORI SAKOMOTO - 2022 WORLDS LONG PROGRAM.
Notes:
Sorry for taking a while. :(
Here’s the link to the video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk6qrBrqAqoOnce again, I didn’t do the free program, as even though it is a beautiful one, I didn’t really think that it would add much to the story.
ALSO DID YOU GUYS SEE DENISS AND DANIEL AT SHEFFIELD??
Chapter 7: Kaori 2022
Summary:
That one with the effortless jumps.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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KAORI SAKOMOTO: WORLDS 2022: SHORT PROGRAM.
“Me?” asked Kaori.
“Why is everyone so shocked when it’s them?” Ilia asked.
“I’m not sure. We just are,” Shoma answered.
Kaori skates onto the ice with a determined look on her face. The commentator is talking about her achievements.
“Olympic Bronze?!” Kaori exclaimed. “Really?”
“Oh my god why do none of you guys believe that you can do good things?” Alex asked them all.
“It’s because we’re all about to make the change from seniors to juniors, and it seems like a lot of pressure at the moment. We think that everyone else is so good, and forget that we are also good too,” Brian said.
Nathan nodded. “I can see why you’re a good coach.”
“Why thank you.”
Her music starts.
“I love this program so much,” Ilia said.
“How do you know?”
“I’m from august 2022. Everything that we’ve watched, except for my own, I’ve already seen.”
She does a double Axel, a triple Lutz and a triple Flip double Toe.
“You make it look effortless,” Daniel told her.
She does a triple Salchow.
“The jumps look like they’re part of the program and the artistry. Just some extra steps with many rotations in the air. I think that’s amazing.” Stéphane said. “I love it.”
She does a flying sit spin and a triple flip triple toe combo. After her double axel triple toe double toe, the crowd cheers loudly. She does an amazing step sequence and combo spin. Before finishing, she does a choreo sequence, a triple loop and a spin.
“I absolutely love how the crowd was nonstop cheers after the triple loop,” Sasha observed.
After taking her bows and skating off the ice, her replays start, and before long she was getting her scores. The commentator says that everyone was looking at the new world champion.
“World champion!” Kaori screams.
“Good job!” yelled Yuma.
“It was a great performance, and Japan had double world champions that year!” Alex told everyone.
“Who was the other?” Deniss yelled.
“I’m not telling you. I will tell you that they both got the same olympic result, and then won gold at worlds.” Ilia told everyone.
“I know who it is!” Yuzu beamed. “Ilia told me all the olympic podiums.”
“Ilia. Are you even capable of keeping a secret?” Daniel asked.
“No.”
“I know too,” said Javi and Shoma at the same time.
“What? I didn’t tell you guys!”
“Yeah, but Yuzuru did.”
“Yuzuru!”
“I didn’t think it would spoil anything at the time!”
“I know too,” Stéphane said.
“I forgot that I told you about your students during your mini coaching freak out.”
“Ilia, we need to work on your secret keeping abilities.” Kamila told him.
“And how did no one notice him ever telling anyone things?” Brian realized.
“I may not be secretive, but I am discreet.” Ilia defended himself.
“Wait no, who was it?” Yuma asked.
“Shoma,” Johnny blurted out.
“How you you know this?” Koshiro asked.
“Stéph tells me everything. He also can’t keep secrets, he talks too much.”
“Guys.” Alex said firmly. “Stop telling everyone about the results.”
“Sorry,” everyone apologized.
“It ok. Next up, we have…”
NATHAN CHEN: 2022 OLYMPICS: FREE PROGRAM.
Notes:
Link to the program:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BliZVsSdXI4&t=6955sThis fic is starting to become not a whole lot of reacting and a whole lot of fluff and dumb conversations.
Chapter 8: Nathan 2022
Summary:
That one with the flaming hot Cheeto.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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NATHAN CHEN: 2022 OLYMPICS: FREE PROGRAM.
“It’s me!”
Nathan skated onto the ice.
“Ilia,” Yuzu asked worriedly. “Is that the olympic hot Cheeto shirt that you mentioned earlier?”
“Unfortunately, it is indeed that.”
“Nathan, what the fuck is that monstrosity.” Yuzu asked rhetorically.
The banner that said his name pops up.
“113 in the short program?!” Nathan yelled.
He does a quad flip triple toe combo.
“Both of them right on the music as well!” said Brian.
Another quad flip, and then a quad salchow with a bit of a lean, then a camel spin. He executes a perfect quad Lutz.
“Right on the music again!”
A step sequence, followed by a quad toe euler single flip, and a triple Axel. Then a triple lutz triple toe and a spin. He goes into his choreo sequence.
“You can tell that you know you’ve won it,” Scott observed.
“I’ve noticed a lot more slides, not just here, but in general, compared to what it’s like in 2001,” Stéph said.
“I will say that I’ve noticed that too,” said Johnny.
“They’ve because lots more popular in the past few years,” Ilia told them.
He does his final spin and ends.
“124 in technical alone!” Nathan screamed.
He takes his bows and we see the three Japanese men in the chairs.
Yuma gaped like a fish before screaming, “OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL!” Then he looked at Yuzu and apologized.
“It is fine. I have two golds already, and the first certified quad Axel in competition.”
“ILIA!”
“I’M SORRY!”
“We have another Olympic Silver Medal buddy!” Shoma told Stéphane.
“Get Sasha and Brian to join too!” said Ilia. “Wait FUCK.”
“You fucking moron.” came Alex’s voice.
“I’M STILL SORRY!”
“Guys,” said Deniss calmly. “Nathan’s scores.”
He gets 332 points in total.
“Jesus fucking Christ that’s a high score,” said Brian. “Wait, what happened to figures?”
“Oh they were abolished in the 90’s,” Stéphane said. “I kind of wish I got to do them.”
“And what about the 6.0 system? I meant to ask about that?”
“That stopped in like, the mid 2000’s. Now elements have base values and grades of execution,” Javi explained.
Yuzu, who was watching the silver medalists try to have a five way high five, turned to Nathan. “Should we start an Olympic Gold medalist buddies club?”
“That sounds really lame since we only have two members, but I’m in!”
Anna scooted over to them. “Three.”
“Oh congrats!”
“Wait.” Denis interjected. “Do youth olympics count?”
They all looked at each other, and finally decided that yes, they did count, but the team event didn’t.”
“Sweet, I’m about to make the high fiving for the silver medalists more difficult.”
“I swear that this one wasn’t me!” Said Ilia.
“Yeah, that one was me,” admitted Junhwan.
“Where are my bronze medalists at?” asked Javi.
“Hi.” said Kaori from across the room.
“Wait, now I’m in two olympic medal clubs!” said Shoma.
“Oh, me too, bye guys,” Yuma wandered over to the gold medalists.
“This is getting way too fucking confusing,” said Brian.
“Fine. I hereby abolish all olympic medalist clubs!” decided Stéph. “Except for the silver medal one because we were the first!”
“But you weren’t in first,” muttered Nathan.
“Ooh!” gasped Boyang. “Chill.”
“Everyone shut up, we’re going to keep watching now.”
KAMILA VALIEVA: ROSTELECOM CUP 2021: LONG PROGRAM.
Notes:
Program link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_POCB-oVgEI am way too invested in my OSM club. You guys will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands if you want it gone.
After over a month of doing nothing, my brain has decided that it likes writing again and would like to write instead of doing schoolwork.
My brain has also decided that it likes writing in all caps. And long programs.
Chapter 9: Kamila 2021
Summary:
That one with all the arm up quads.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
KAMILA VALIEVA: ROSTELECOM CUP 2021: FREE PROGRAM.
Kamila skated onto the ice in her red and black outfit.
“World record in the short!” Kamila gasped.
“Well done!” Kaori congratulated her.
She starts her program with some fancy arm movements.
“How on earth did you just do that with your shoulders?” asked Jun.
“I’m just really flexible.”
She starts with a perfect quad salchow, wit her arms above her head.
“QUADS!” exclaimed Shoma.
“That was really good,” Deniss said.
A triple Axel, once again with her arms above her head, and a massive quad toe triple toe combination with a beautiful triple loop, a flying spin and a choreo sequence.
“Wow, you really can do it all,” said Keegan. “The jumps, the spins, everything.”
“Thank you.”
After a quad toe euler double salchow, she does a triple flip triple toe.
“I don’t think that you’ve done a single jump without your arms above your head, that’s super impressive,” Yuzu complemented her. “And it’s good arms over the head too, no leaning in any direction.”
She does a triple lutz, and a step sequence, finishing the skate off with two spins. She looks happy with her skate.
“YES!” shouted Kamila.
“Why, is everyone wearing maskes?” asked Javi.
“Well, in March 2020, a great disastrous pandemic called COVID-19 hits the entire world. Comps canceled, rinks closed, two week isolation, it was an all around disaster,” Kamila explained.
“A pandemic?” questioned Yuzu.
“Yeah, but that can get discussed in more detail later,” Alex said.
Kamila gets a score of 272 points.
“Good job! That was amazing!” Anna congratulated her.
“There’s over a 40 point gap in between first and second.” said Jason in disbelief.
“So, we’re doing something different next, we’re going to watch an exhibition skate from one of the best entertainers there is. For those of you who don’t know, that’s an unscored skate at the end of a competition that a few skaters are selected to participate in. There are no rules or banned elements in it, it’s just for fun and entertainment,” Alex explained.
KEEGAN MESSING: WORLDS 2022: EXHIBITION GALA.
Notes:
Here’s the link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JbmfcwBf174I’m sick of quads now, so I’m entering the Exhibition Gala phase temporarily, before going back to actual programs.
Chapter 10: Keegan 2022
Summary:
That one with the backflip and the hydroblade and entertainment in general.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
KEEGAN MESSING: WORLDS 2022: EXHIBITION GALA.
“I’m still going in 2022?” Keegan questioned.
“Yup,” said Alex. “Although you have plans to retire after the 22/23 season for undisclosed reasons.”
“Surely the reason being that I’ll be 31 ish at the time?”
“Well yes, also that, but I’m not telling you the other reason. Although I do think that you should just keep skating until you die. Have ‘will Keegan Messing finally retire this year’ as a common conversation topic between fans,” said Yuzu.
He skates on the ice as the commentator talks about his skate.
“Well, not sure if I like the 14th place, but going for a quad lutz is good!”
He’s wearing his plaid shirt and jeans. His music turned on.
“Holy Jesus I can see what you mean about the Canadian stereotype thing,” he said, taking in his music choice and clothing.
“You also do your long program in a plaid shirt,” Ilia said.
He starts his program off.
“That was a badass knee slide twirl thing,” said Shoma.
He claps along to his music, interacting with the audience with a few hand gestures.
“Why does the camera keep zooming out?” asked Koshiro. “I can’t see a thing.”
A double Axel and a spin are next up.
“That spins is fucking fast,” said Stéph.
“Oh my god,” said Keegan, having himself a little fanboy moment.
“No, I’m serious. That was a pretty fucking awesome spin.”
“That’s it!” Said Alex. “Stéph, the next time that you say fuck, you owe every single person in this room a private spin lesson.”
“Shit,” he said. “Ouch, sorry I can feel the glare.”
He does some entertaining skating and a massive side split jump.
“3, 4!” Jun, Boyang, Deniss and Yuna shout along with Keegan’s music.
His footwork is super fast* and he slides up on the boards before doing another spin.
“Oh my f- gosh,” Stéph corrects himself quickly. “I think that Keegan should do the spin lessons.”
He goes into his next move.
“WAS THAT A BACKFLIP?” yelled Brian.
“Yup,”said Alex. “Apparently, backflips are what Canadian men are good at. Kurt Browning, Keegan Messing, Elladj Baldé, who actually owns the world record for most people backflipped over. It was five people, or 20 feet.”
He finishes his program.
“Hold up. What was that thing that you did after the backflip? Like, you were lying on the ice but it complete control of where you were going?”
“Oh, that was a Hydrobrade. They’re awesome,” said Ilia.
“That was entertaining,” said Sasha.
“So for the next one I want to bring someone else in,” said Alex, as there was a flash of light.
“KAZUKI!” Shoma yelled.
“Hi Shoma! Where on earth am I?”
“Hell.”
“Didn’t we already have this conversation, Shoma?” Stéphane asked.
“Yes, but I ignored you.”
“So Kazuki, your full name, year and country that your you’re from.”
“Ok then, weird floating voice. I’m Kazuki Tomono, from 2017 Japan.
Everyone else re introduced themselves, and explained what was going on to Kazuki.
KAZUKI TOMONO: WORLDS 2022: EXHIBITION GALA.
Notes:
Link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wcml4-5eaXA&t=1483sPlease go and watch this if you haven’t already. My writing does not do this justice.
*Fun fact: I spent ages rewatching the video trying to do that section of footwork on the ice before I realized that actually it’s just a series of super fast step turns.
Chapter 11: Kazuki 2022
Summary:
That one that made everyone on Reddit say that you should allow inanimate objects as partners in pairs/dance.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
KAZUKI TOMONO: WORLDS 2022: EXHIBITION GALA.
“Is that me?” asked Kazuki.
“Oh yeah, I see what you mean,” Keegan said. “Everyone is so shocked that they’re in this.”
Kazuki is standing at the boards in his shirt with his suitcase.
“6th place!” Kazuki was super excited. “Oh, third after the short. I hate long programs.”
He skated on and lies on the ice.
“Interesting start,” commented Brian.
His music starts.
“Oh, I’m… asleep?”
“I’m awake!”
“I’m getting dressed!”
“I’m late for work!” Kazuki narrated the beginning of his program.
He starts skating faster.
“Ok so 22 year old Kazuki is late for work but he needs to pay his bills!”
“Thank you Shoma, i think that he all got that,” Koshiro said dryly.
He falls on a triple axel, and continues his entertaining steps.
“Oh my god,” gasped Shoma. “This is gold.” He looked at Kazuki. “Sorry, I’m not laughing at you. This is brilliant.”
“It’s ok! I know that you’re not laughing at me!”
He does a little dance routine on the spot. The crowd cheers loudly. He runs into a slide.
“You did a blades of glory slide!” Yuzu yelled.
“Yasss, get that posing King!” said Ilia.
He does a spin.
“Look at that spin position!”
“Stéph are you just complementing everyone’s spins?” Daniel asked.
“I like spins.” He defended.
“Kazuki do you have back pain?”
“Yes. I’ve been working so hard after being late and needing to pay bills that it’s symbolic of my work.”
He lands his next triple axel and does a slide.
“Are you singing along?” Scott asked.
“Ha! You’re one to talk, Scott.” Anna reminded him. “You sang the slow part of your long program at the 2018 olympics.”
He does two split jumps and puts on his jacket, picking up his suitcase.
“Throw it.” Kaori dared him. “Triple twist.”
“I’d hit myself in the face.”
“Whoo, careful!” Yuzu called when Kazuki swing his stitches over his head, narrowly missing his glasses.
After a lot more skating around with the suitcase as his partner, Kazuki rolled it in front of him, ran after it, but tripped and fell on the ice face first, ending his program.
Everyone burst out laughing.
“Oh lord that was amazing!” Yuna gasped.
Kazuki gave his suitcase a double pat, as if he was congratulating it on a job well done.
Everyone laughed harder.
“You hear that Kazuki?” Koshiro elbowed him. “You’ve got bags of personality, according to the commentator.”
Javi pouted. “He missed the opportunity to say that he’s got cases of personality.”
He takes his bows.
“You should do dance. With your suitcase. When Scott and I retire, obviously. Then we can coach you, and we also don’t need to go through the humiliation of being beaten by a suitcase,” Tessa teased him.
“Kazuki looked his dead in the eyes, and with a completely straight face, he said, “That sounds wonderful. I will take you up on your offer.”
“Well this has been lovely, however we’re going to continue with a long program, again. Kazuki, you can stay!” Alex showed the next thing on the screen.
DENISS VASILIJEVS: EUROPEANS 2022: LONG PROGRAM.
Notes:
Once again, the text doesn’t do this justice, so here’s the video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wcml4-5eaXA&t=3499sI’m super excited for the next chapter! See y’all in probably an hour, judging by the speed I’m writhing these now. Don’t worry, I’ll be done in a week and won’t do anything for a month. :)
Chapter 12: Deniss 2022 (1)
Summary:
That one with the strangely wholesome medal ceremony.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
DENISS VASILIJEVS: EUROPEANS 2022: LONG PROGRAM.
“I’m not failing seniors!” Deniss rejoiced. “Wait. Maybe I am. We’re about to watch my greatest failure ever.”
Ilia leaned across Stéph to hit him playfully on the shoulder. “Stop being so negative.”
Deniss skated onto the ice after talking to Stéphane.
“Deniss… what happened?” Koshiro asked upon seeing his hair. “Are you ok?”
“Sixth?” Deniss said. “Even the commentator says that I couldn’t possibly get on the podium.”
“Why, Deniss, are you listing to the commentator?” Amber asked.
“And not me!” gasped Ilia. “Who has already seen your program!”
“Ilia do you just memorize competition results?” Brian asked. “Because you seem to know everything.”
“I have a really good memory.”
His music starts, and he pushes off. He lands a perfect quad salchow.
“OH MY GOD!” deniss screamed. “QUAD JUMP QUAD JUMP QUAD JUMP!” Deniss blushed as he realized that everyone was looking at him. “Sorry,” he whispered. “2015 Deniss has bad quads.”
“It’s ok, 2015 Roman also had bad quads,” Roman said.
He does a triple axel double toe. After a second triple axel and a triple loop, he does a step sequence and a flying sit spin.
“SPIN!” yelled Stéphane.
A triple flip triple toe, and then another combo, a triple lutz euler triple sal. He lands the second triple lutz. There’s a choreo sequence, a combo spin, and a flying camel before he glides into his ending pose.
A few people snicker as Deniss try’s to bow twice, but is waiting for his name to be said.
He bows and leaves the ice.
There are a few more laughs at Deniss’s thumbs up, and Stéph’s ‘are you kidding me? well done.’
The replays are shown, and he gets a score of 272 points.
“Yay!” said Deniss.
“I love how the commentator went from saying that there’s no way you could podium, to saying that you’re in the mix, to saying that it could get you on the podium, and even questioning which spot,” Jun said.
“Hey it’s you!” Roman told Daniel as he saw him high fiving his coach.
The video changes to show a photo, and we can see the rink illuminated by purple light.
Everyone aww’s at the strangely wholesome photo of all the medalists and their coaches posing for a photo.
“High five!” Daniel tells Deniss.
“Congrats!” Deniss tells the silver medalist as their palms collide.
”6th to 3rd!” Daniel tells Deniss.
”5th to 2nd!” Deniss fires right back at him with a grin.
”So next up, we have…”
SOME RANDOM PHOTOS AND VIDEOS I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
Notes:
Link to the masterpiece:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DZSruR33cG0I couldn’t decide weather to do this or Sheffield for Deniss, so we’re doing both!
Also the number of times it took me to spell Vasilijevs was very bad. Also I think I may have fucked up the year that Deniss is from, but I’m not sure.
Chapter 13
Summary:
That chapter where we discuss Keegans sex life and I hate myself a bit for it.
Titles of thing are in italics, the content is bolded, as usual.
If you are the owner of any of these videos/Images and wish for me to remove the part about your content, then just leave a comment stating which one it is, and of course I’ll delegate that section!
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
SOME RANDOM PHOTOS AND VIDEOS I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
“Well, this’ll be interesting,” Nathan said.
“So, here’s the first one!” said Alex. “Most of these are off of figure skating reddit.”
“Oh jesus christ no,” Ilia complained.
Deniss Vasilijevs drops an F-bomb in the kiss and cry was not on my IdF bingo card.
“What?” asked Deniss.
Deniss and Stéph are in the kiss and cry. Deniss says “But it just doesn’t fucking glide,” however Stéph tells him that he doesn’t need to glide. They both wave as they realize they’re on camera.
Well, you know what?” Deniss said defensively. “I can see who I got that from.” He mock glared at his future coach.
“Stéph!” Johnny hit him with the edge of his sleeve. “Don’t cuss around the tiny children!”
“Hey!” Deniss objected. “I am not a tiny child!”
“Child you’re literally two years younger than me.”
“Stéph’s the same age as me, then, so it’s that tiny child you should be telling not to swear.”
“Oh. That’s weird.”
“Well you know what Johnny? You’re Weir.”
“Stéphane Lambiel I swear to god if you make one more weir/weird joke I’m going to snap your neck off.”
“You’re loss.”
“Ok,” said Jun. “Let’s move in to the next video.”
“Deniss and Stéph no swearing!” Yuzu reminded them.
Ilia also taking classes at the Shoma Uno School of dramatic falls.
“I’m sorry, at my school of what?” Shoma asked.
“Oh dear god no!” said Ilia.
Ilia does a triple lutz single loop, but then steps out of it. He falls over the edge of his blade and does a backwards roll. He stands up and skates towards the camera. “Whoops.” and then a pause. “Ah boy”
Everyone started to laugh.
“I’m sorry, but the way that you fell? With the roll? And the fact that it wasn’t even in the jump? That was amazing!” Shoma said.
“Hey! Don’t forget that it’s your school of dramatic falls that I graduated from!”
“Personally,” Yuzu started. “I like the ‘Whoops. Ah boy’ at the end.”
“Personally, I don’t like any of that video,” Ilia told everyone.
That fangirl is all of us.
“I don’t like what’s this is going,” Javi said.
Jimmy Ma is blowing kisses to the audience. “I love you Jimmy!” A girl shouts. Jimmy responds with “Someone has to!” The commentator laughs.
“I LOVE YOU TOO JIMMY!” Amber and Jun screamed.
“One of Jimmy's hobbies on his ISU biography i’d annoying you,” Ilia told Amber.
“NEVER MIND!”
Stéphane after Deniss’s incredible freeskate today.
“I am not going to like this.”
Four photos appear on the screen, each showing Stéph with his head in his hands, and Deniss going through various stages of taking photos with fans. They’re still in the K&C.
“Oh, I was right! I do not like this one bit!” Stéph proclaimed.
“No that’s so sweet!” Shoma said.
“No I hate it whyyyyy…”
“Deniss! Stop taking photos!” Koshiro scolded.
“Why? Oh wait fuck are you crying?” he realized.
“Let’s move on.”
Trading cards: off of tumblr this time, credit to Skate the Onion. (Really, I do suggest looking at the actual cards using the links for this, otherwise it won’t make sense. It’s the last two links, as they were separated into two groups.)
Shoma Uno
“I feel offended that my height has put as no.”
“Well, that escalated quickly,” said Johnny, looking at his fun fact.
“Hey Shoma? Who’s your secret crush?” Yuzu teased.
“Fuck you, Yuzu.”
“Shoma?” Kaori asked. “Why is your hobby throwing rocks at girls?”
“No! My hobby is throwing darts! You see how throwing rocks at girls is scored off!”
Keegan Messing
“Well, I feel flattered to get a card, however I’m not so sure if I’m a fan of my motto.”
“Well, you know how baby’s are formed now, at least,” Ilia muttered under his breath.
Keegan chocked on air. “What are you trying to say?”
“Wait no forget I said anything I just realized how that sounded no I didn’t mean it like that I meant that you have a child so you must know how!” Ilia blurted out.
“I have a… what? A child? Like, a human child?”
“No Keegan, you have a fucking baby elephant. Of course a human child!” Kamila said sarcastically.
“HANG ON I’M MARRIED?” Keegan yelled as he read further on.
“Keegan you fucking moron. Did you not get that from the child bit?” Stéph asked him. “You don’t exactly strike me as a one night stand guy.”
“Let’s move on from my future sex life,” Keegan hastily said.
Nathan Chen
“I feel offended that my nickname is just my name. Keegan and Shoma got cool names.”
“I like how your coach is listed as youtube tutorial videos,” Shoma laughed.
“Well, your coach is listed as Yes, so…”
Yuma Kagiyama
“I solemnly swear to abide to my motto,” Yuma said.
“I swear to god, Yuma, if you quote Harry Potter then I will abide to your fun fact,” Deniss told him.
“Ok calm down.” Alex intervened. “No killing.”
“Your coach is your dad?” Jun asked him.
“Yeah.”
Yuzuru Hanyu
“Frist of all how dare you,” Yuzu said when he read his weakness.
“Hey, at least you got yes as your strength!” Boyang said. “That means that you’re good at everything!”
“Except shaking is ass, apparently,” Javi snickered.
“I’m more concerned about your secret crush,” Roman said. “Like, why?”
“It a big thing involving an ancient tradition,” Ilia informed him.
Boyang Jin
“Yes, your cat can have a little bit of salami as a treat,” Kamila said.
“Shoko Uno?” Shoma asked confused.
“I’m not sure,” Boyang responded. “And to be honest it’s probably better that way.”
Deniss Vasilijevs
“Oof, that’s a lot of crossing out.” Daniel said.
“Deniss, are you ok?” Koshiro asked him.
“Please don’t start exploring the dark web,” Sasha advised him.
“Well, I’m more concerned about his aesthetic. Like, very concerned. And confused. How is that an aesthetic?” Yuna rambled.
“Forget both of those things!” Stéph exclaimed. “Deniss, stand up.”
“Ok.” Deniss did so.
“No! Ilia, how tall is future me?” Stéphane jumped to his feet.
“Umm, hang on.” Ilia pulled out his phone and googles something. “175 cm tall.”
“How tall is Deniss?”
Ilia once again googled something. “176 cm.”
“No! I can’t be shorter than my student, that’s just sad!”
“Ha! Get wrecked!” Deniss shouted.
“It’s one centimetre you guys. Get over it,” Boyang told them.
Junhwan Cha
“I’m flattered,” Yuna said, looking at his secret crush.
Jun blushed. “No, don’t look at that!”
“No, seriously! I am!”
“I like Kpop too,” Roman told everyone as he read June’s nationality.
Jason Brown
“I like my spirit animal.”
“Meh. Cats are better,” Yuzu said.
“Hell no! What are you supposed to do with a cat? Watch it eat all day?” Kazuki asked.
“You can cuddle them and they’re cute!” Javi said.
“I like both, personally. And let’s move on before this escalated into a full out war between cats and dogs,” Stéph said, for once the voice of calm.
“Ok, so we’re done with that for now!” Alex said.
TESSA VIRTUE AND SCOTT MOIR: OLYMPICS 2018: LONG PROGRAM.
Notes:
Links: in order
https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/qybvzz/denis_vasiljevs_drops_an_fbomb_in_the_kiss_cry/https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/yc52xl/ilia_also_taking_classes_at_the_shoma_uno_school/
https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/ystmt9/that_fangirl_is_all_of_us/
https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/ytp8u6/stephane_after_denisss_incredible_free_skate_today/
https://www.tumblr.com/skate-the-onion/646679700776845312/new-to-this-hell-sport-no-worries-i-made-these
https://www.tumblr.com/skate-the-onion/646754866619973632/made-some-more-trading-cards-for-my-faves
Chapter 14: Tessa+Scott 2018
Summary:
That one with the beautiful music timing.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
TESSA VIRTUE AND SCOTT MOIR: 2018 OLYMPICS: FREE DANCE.
“We’re still going then?” Tessa asked.
“Yup!”
“Wow.”
Tessa and Scott take to the ice and stand facing each other on opposite sides of the olympic rings drawn on the ice. The beat of the music starts. They stake in a circle, before Tessa jumps up into Scott’s arms. They do some nice stationary choreography in time to the music.
“An element already?” Johnny asked.
“Yup,” Scott said.
“But what was it?”
“It was like, a stationary lift thing, I think,” Jun replied.
They go into many twizzles one after the other, and end them exactly on the music.
“So that was like a twizzle sequence thing, right?” Javi asked.
“Yes!”
“Can we take a moment to appreciate the screams of the audience when the music changed?” Yuzu asked. “Because honestly, I loved that.”
Scott lifts Tessa up, and she does some spiral kicks in the air. They do a step sequence like thing, and Tessa assisted backflips onto Scott’s shoulders. [I am struggling y'all help me I don’t know what anything’s called]
“That was so cool!” Daniel exclaimed.
They do a combo spin with a lift out of it.
“Oh, I see what you meant about the singing,” Scott said. “Eww, future me is singing a love song.”
They do more stepy-things [send help please] and then do a beautiful lift where Tessa stands on Scott’s thighs.
“I love that lift so much,” Keegan said.
They do an Ina Baur Spiral, and then one last lift before the end of their program. They hug each other as the audience cheers loudly. They bow and exit the ice.
“The fact that every, single, thing was on time to the music in that?” Amber said. “Was perfection.”
After the replays, it is announced that they are in first place.
“YES!” Scott screamed, mimicking his on scream counterpart.
“I love every single moment about that kiss and cry,” Deniss said.
“Tessa just being happy about the scores before the places are announced.” Kaori said.
“Scott’s visible confusion until the place is announced!” Anna laughed.
“Scott screaming yes!” said Koshiro.
“Scott jumping out of his seat like a firecracker was lit beneath him after he screams yes!” Sasha added.
“Scott in general!” Tessa exclaimed.
“OLYMPIC GOLD!” Scott shouted.
“Actually, three olympic golds and two silvers,” Kamila said.
“How the fuck did you guys manage to go to at least five olympics?” Stéphane looked aghast.
Jun laughed. “In 2014 they introduced a team event for figure skating, where you compete with your country for a medal. So actually you went to three olympics.”
“Ooh, that makes more sense.”
“Yup!” Jun said.
“Hang on, let me google something,” Ilia said. “Ok, you won individual golds in 2010 and 2018, and silver in 2014. Then for the team event, silver in 2014 again, and another gold in 2018.”
“5 OLYMPIC MEDALS!” Scott rejoiced.
KEEGAN MESSING: 2023 CANADIAN NATIONALS: FREE PROGRAM
Notes:
Link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wOEKdWrtz6UY’all I was struggling through that at it showed :( It might just be easier to watch the performance rather then try to imagine it from my writing.
Not me realizing halfway through this that I forgot to do their intros at the beginning :( Lmao that’s been fixed now.
Chapter 15: Keegan 2023
Summary:
That one that’s got too many Canadian men who Canadian man their programs.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
KEEGAN MESSING: CANADIAN NATIONALS 2023: FREE PROGRAM
“My god, I’ll be ancient by then!” Keegan exclaimed.
Keegan came out onto the ice for his final Canadian nationals, currently in first after the short. The music starts and he lands his first quad toe, but falls on the second.
Yuzu hissed. “Good try.”
“What was that skid-spiral thing?” Brian asked. “Because I loved it.”
Keegan lands a tripe axel euler double salchow combo, but falls on his next jumping pass, a triple loop. He redeems himself with his first spin.
“That-”
“If you complement another spin, I am going to lose it,” Koshiro told his future coach.
“But what if the spin deserves the complement?”
“No buts,” Koshiro firmly stated.
“I fucking love this program,” Deniss said when Keegan finished his step sequence. “It flows so nicely.”
Jun glared at stéph. “You’re corrupting the young ones into your swearing ways!”
“I thought we’d already established this?” Stéphane said, a bored look on his face.
He lands a triple axel and a triple lutz double toe, before landing a clean triple flip. His second spin had a wonky end to it.
“I… what?” Keegan asked.
“I think you just gave up,” Roman said. “Too much effort to get out of the spin.”
He does his choreo sequence and one last spin, finishing off his program.
“Oh no, don’t cry!” Shoma said when the camera zoomed in on his face.
“You’re the backflip guy!” Yuma realized when Keegan did a backflip down the ice, heading to hug his parents.
After the highlights, he gets his score, placing second in the free but first place overall.
“No baby photos in the kiss and cry?” Ilia questioned.
The scoreboard comes up.
“Roman before you get too downhearted, it’s ok, you’ve had a rough season, but you’ll get back on your feet soon enough,” Alex said.
“Wow, the Canadian men really Canadian men’d that comp,” Anna said.
“Woah, that guy in fourth was seventeenth in the short, what kind of tricks did he pull out of his hat in the free?” Javi asked.
“The guy in third was eleventh in the short, so not sure what happened in this entire competition, to be honest,” Tessa said.
“If you look next to the word inconsistent in the dictionary, you’ll find the words male, Canadian figure skater next to it. No offence intended,” Ilia added as an afterthought.
“Keegan, I hope you enjoyed your last Canadian nationals, but now we have to move on to…” Alex paused.
JAVIER FERNANDEZ: 2016 WORLDS: FREE PROGRAM
Notes:
I’m back! It’s been four months! 👀
Link to the program:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYSHU0bwaHMI cried when I watched this the first time, but I did t cry writing it, so improvement!
Haven’t written this fic in a while, so it’s probably rusty and inconsistant.
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