Frostpoint, Burning Notes

Athlete and Musical Theater Actor

Shao Xuerui, a freestyle skiing aerials athlete once hailed as a prodigious young talent, was the only athlete from China to qualify for the Winter Olympics final. But her overly aggressive strategy led to a mistake that cost her the competition. She suffered serious injuries and was plunged into the depths of despair by an overwhelming wave of online abuse. At her lowest point, she unexpectedly ran into her old nemesis, Xu Yingle. Back in school, athlete Shao Xuerui had looked down on the "overly sensitive" arts student, while arts student Xu Yingle despised athletes as "all brawn and no brains." Their feud was common knowledge throughout their year. Now, this rising musical theater actor stepped forward to help her when she was at her most vulnerable.

Though she couldn't let go of her love for the sport, she became trapped in a spiral of failure. He healed her with music and the characters from his shows. At last, she resolved to return to training, only to discover that she couldn't get past the mental block. The move she had failed was now a shadow that would haunt her forever, and without it, she had no chance of winning a major competition. Aerials is known as gymnastics on snow. It tests not only an athlete's physical fitness and technique, but also their ability to control the rhythm of their movements. Once again, it was him, the musical theater artist who could both perform and write, who came to her aid. He composed music tailored to fire her up while she waited to compete, and wrote a melody precisely timed to the rhythms of several skiing maneuvers. With its beat to guide her, she could perform every move with composure as she soared through the air, flipped, and landed. Through repeated practice and adjustment, Shao Xuerui finally overcame her inner demons and set out on her journey once more.

(This is a fictional world, and some competitions are fictional. Please do not draw parallels to real life.)