[this won't do-- she can feel her knee wanting to buckle and send her toppling over backward. desperately, she strains some more before daring to force herself to hop up straighter, compromising her balance as she frantically snatches for the rope and--]
Ah! Got--!
[--and lose it.]
GAH-!!
[she windmills before flattening against the wall, sand spilling on her hair as she slumps.
dismayed:] This isn't going to work, it--
[she blinks, surprised to find the ladder all but in her face when she pushes her face away from the wall. huh??? it's...right here all of a sudden.]
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Ah! Got--!
[--and lose it.]
GAH-!!
[she windmills before flattening against the wall, sand spilling on her hair as she slumps.
dismayed:] This isn't going to work, it--
[she blinks, surprised to find the ladder all but in her face when she pushes her face away from the wall. huh??? it's...right here all of a sudden.]
Wait, I...I got it?!