A Sudden Dash

Hey, who turned on the engine? One second I was completely stiff, and the next, my fingers actually twitched! I squeezed the tiny green gem in my right hand—yep, totally real, perfectly solid. Looking around, this giant gray plain had all these wavy stitched tracks everywhere. So I leaned forward, dug my sneakers in, and sprinted a whole inch straight into a soft indentation. Not bad for a warm-up, but honestly, this terrain could use some loop-de-loops.