(Continued immediately actually)

It took Nae several minutes to fully come back to consciousness after Iri pushed her off the delicate construction and pried the rope out of her fingers. The sporty girl didn't mind losing the bet, it was just a prelude to her own intention anyway, she was just glad that she lost the bet but still would get to show off to Nae what she was sure she could pull off.

Finally, Nae came to enough to lift herself on her elbows and look at Iri all but dancing impatiently next to the noose.

"So anyway, I can totally hang myself with my own strength just by HOLDING the rope!" Iri quickly got to the point.

"Loop the rope around your hand," Nae advised. "Also..." she made the scissors gesture questioningly.

Iri shook her head proudly, to both. This was going to be her achievement, and her achievement alone, without any help of Nae's! Maybe if she came up with the loops on her own, but she didn't, so... And she didn't want to be cut down when she INEVITABLY succeeded in this glorious endeavour!

Iri put the noose around her neck, facing the rope - Nae got on her hands and feet and crawled around to see Iri's face, to which the girl of the hour nodded gratefully - tugged a couple of times, breathed in and out and started pulling.

It was a little like climbing a rope, only it also hurt. After lifting herself off the ground, Iri immediately brought her feet over to the rope, planning to do exactly like she did at PE...

...but the rope was far thinner than the one they used there, and it hurt a lot more to try to press it between her feet hard enough to not let it slide down. At least she didn't need to tug herself further up, her weight was already on her neck and she was determined to not let the spasms of pain and asphyxiation tear her away from it. She half-stood on the rope, half hung from it by her hands, all her weight on her neck, the pressure and the pain in her lungs distracting her from the effort -

- aaand she fell. The playground was covered in rough sand, perfect for choking on but also blunting impacts for stunts like this. Still, Iri's head swam, and it took her some time to loosen the rope's hold on her neck as her fingers frantically, instinctually scrabbled for it and she didn't make them stop. She lost HER part of the bet.

Finally, she managed to sit up and met Nae's amused gaze with her own glare. Fine, so she lost and Nae won!... What now?