The Piggyback Meme.

[yohko]

The Piggyback Ride Meme

Ahhh. The immortal piggyback ride. So versatile, there are so many uses for it—to transport the injured and the beloved, as a means of showing affection, and to even play. It's not just for romance. It can be done between parent and child, siblings, friends, medic and patient, even complete strangers and, in those rare moments, mortal enemies! Just be sure the person can carry you, yeah?

How this works:
→ Leave a comment with the usual information in the subject line: character name, fandom. Any preferences, including what you don't want, should be included as well. If you want, indicate if you want your character to Carry, Be Carried, or Both.
→ Congratulations. Your character is one half of a piggyback ride with whoever tags them!
→ Tag around.
→ Feel free to roll RNG (1-9) if you cannot come up with scenarios of your own.
→ Have fun, and be excellent to each other!

• 1 — Injury. (You can't walk like that. Here, let me carry you . . . )
• 2 — Romantic. (Obligatory shippy option.)
• 3 — Escape. (You're on the run and one of you is moving too slow or can't move at all!)
• 4 — Surprise! (That back right there? I'm going to jump the fuck on it and they don't even know it yet!)
• 5 — Duty. (EMT, military and disaster recovery personnel, firemen, etc. are sometimes required to carry civilians like this.)
• 6 — Game. (Chicken fight, park games, made-up games, whatever!)
• 7 — Wasted. (Go home, you're drunk. Except you can't walk . . . )
• 8 — Platonic or Familial. (It's such a beautiful day, can I carry you?)
• 9 — Fuck da police. (In other words, the random/whatever option.)

Comments

[saros]

I'm not hurt.

[ maybe don't say that when you have blood on your clothes?? jesus lona ]

[somnatic]

... Trust me, you look hurt.

Look, I can carry you to where you need to go, like a- a clinic or something.

[saros]

I just need to go home. I don't need a clinic.

[somnatic]

It'd be weird if I carried you in my arms-- what about on my back? You can give me directions that way.

[saros]

It's such a long walk, though...! It takes me half an hour, it'll take even longer if you're carrying me.

[somnatic]

Well, you're not getting there on your own in this state. And I don't want to leave you behind, so.

[saros]

[ awkward silence while she's looking over his head again...... who wouldn't want to just leave her here???? ]

[somnatic]

...

You okay?

[saros]

[ this dude is some sort of saint. ]

Uh... Yeah. Let me on your back, I guess.

[somnatic]

[ kneeling down, in that case ]

[saros]

[ it takes a bit of maneuvering for her to get up there. her legs are weak, but on the up side she is really light. Probably lighter than a girl her height should be. ]

[somnatic]

[ Hoisting her up! He's skinny but apparently can lift her with relative ease. ]

Right, which way should I be walking?

[saros]

[ shifting in place to try and... pull her skirt down to try and get it between her butt and his hands... ]

Straight ahead for a couple blocks.

[somnatic]

[ letting/helping her accommodate!! ]

Right-- here we go.

[saros]

[ For a while she's pretty quiet. She's still resting on him pretty tensely like she doesn't want to put her weight down - although it can't be helped with this position.

But eventually she sort of relaxes because honestly she is just so exhausted. She even rests her head on his shoulder. With hair as messy as hers it probably tickles his neck, sorry. ]

Thank you for this.

[somnatic]

Hey, don't worry about it. I've been in plenty of situations like that and I remember what it was like not getting help for it. I want to try.

[saros]

... Really? What sort of situations? [ because if they're like hers, he will refuse to answer - but not just that. is collapsing in the streets a thing that happens to people?? she just doesn't know. ]

[somnatic]

Just difficult ones. [ Fleeing the pursuit of a particularly frightening organization, for one. ] I'd get beat up and left places and it'd be hard getting home. Not a lot of people would mix up with me.

[saros]

[ have i made friends with a gang member holy shit AM I GOING TO DIE??? ]

I-I see...!

[somnatic]

But since coming to this city, I've had remarkably less experiences like that, haha.

[saros]

That's good to hear... I like it here. It's safe. [ i mean not from her BUT ]

[somnatic]

I've noticed! I think I might finally be under the radar, it's great.

[saros]

That's good! That's the best place to be! [ what a scary thing to say Lona no you fuck up ]

[somnatic]

[ LAUGHING IT OFF..... oh look an intersection ]

So, where to turn from here?

[saros]

Left. Then it's just a straight, long walk until the Papilio Apartments.