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Grendyne groans and starts pulling on her boots when the alarm goes off. Again. She quick-marches to the broom hangar, sits on her machine and is handed a plethora of loaded weapons by attentive corporals.
"Two flyers in one day? They're getting way too common."
"It's worse," the commander informs them, "South Karlsland got hit with three at once. We're taking Lytee's express and sleeping there. You can sit out if you absolutely need to, but Freya's still recovering so we could use you as a comms relay."
"No, I'll come. I just reserve the right to complain about it."
The 42nd United Forces Witch Wing takes off, bracing to fight yet another city-destroying monster, and assembles into a perfect synchronized formation as Lytee charges her teleport power.
...This is not South Karlsland wilderness.
Near the Golden Coven capital, in Aurum
Near Savarasse, in Thilanushinyel
Near Whately Academy
With Unbitwise
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witchwatcher
[Didn't drop Shawn. You should be good even with just the handles if you don't want to grab me though.]
She lands, it takes a good twenty seconds of careful descent.
She lands, it takes a good twenty seconds of careful descent.
And Shawn lets Gren go with a minimum of pouting and Kelly sits and holds the handles.
witchwatcher
[I'm listening on this if you want to say something. Too loud to hear properly once we get going.]
And off they go. She keeps the maneuvering slightly more sedate, so as not to stress Kelly's arms too much.
And off they go. She keeps the maneuvering slightly more sedate, so as not to stress Kelly's arms too much.
Kelly declines to "woooooo". But she seems to be enjoying herself.
witchwatcher
Gren flies her around for maybe ten minutes, about the same time as she did Shawn, or until she expresses a desire to land. It's easier to think when you're not having a conversation.
Shawn waits in the motorboat, waving. Kelly doesn't request a landing early.
witchwatcher
"Shawn's turn again. Maybe ten more minutes, hard flying is tiring after a while and we can do it again tomorrow."
"You don't have to if you're tired," Shawn says.
witchwatcher
"I'm only a little tired, and it's fun for me too. In ten or fifteen more minutes of that I'll be tired enough that it isn't worth it to keep going."
"Okay!" Shawn hops on. Hug!
witchwatcher
The hug continues to be a little weird, mostly the fact that it's oddly pleasant. Oh well. Flying!
[Time to go back in, now. That was great fun, though.]
[Time to go back in, now. That was great fun, though.]
[Yeah!]
witchwatcher
So she lands again. "Thanks for this, you two. I still don't really know what comes next, but a little flying makes everything better."
"Next I guess you show Jacob the thing and he fiddles with it?" says Shawn. "And I can show you the guest house, you can stay there overnight."
He doesn't push it. Just looks at her. Gosh, she sure has a face.
Kelly boats them back to shore.
Kelly boats them back to shore.
witchwatcher
"Gonna talk to Jake real quick."
[Jake, I'm back. Where's a good place for you to look at my 'wing?]
[Jake, I'm back. Where's a good place for you to look at my 'wing?]
[Garage is on the north end of the village, your wolf'll know where it is.]
witchwatcher
[On our way.]
She hefts the machine. "Shawn, wanna show me to the garage on the north end of the village? Have a nice day, Kelly!"
She hefts the machine. "Shawn, wanna show me to the garage on the north end of the village? Have a nice day, Kelly!"
"Yeah, sure!" says Shawn. He trots up away from the beach into the village and shows her a building where Jacob is hanging out, Elspeth nearby. There are cars and a couple buses and other miscellaneous vehicles.
witchwatcher
She looks for a convenient place to set the thing down, and sets it.
It's shaped roughly like a motorcycle, if a motorcycle had pointy bits sticking out at a few odd angles, mostly towards the back.
She starts explaining what she knows about how it works to Jake, the short version if which is: The pointy bits are important, the mechanical things inside it are also important, if either of things are ruined it's still sticklike enough for her to fly, if only barely.
It's shaped roughly like a motorcycle, if a motorcycle had pointy bits sticking out at a few odd angles, mostly towards the back.
She starts explaining what she knows about how it works to Jake, the short version if which is: The pointy bits are important, the mechanical things inside it are also important, if either of things are ruined it's still sticklike enough for her to fly, if only barely.
"D'you know if the pointy bits are for... aerodynamics somehow... or something else?"
witchwatcher
"Brooms don't work well unless they have bristles. Or are at least slightly asymmetrical. I think they might help the magic do stability, somehow."
"That's... weird. I'm not sure I'll be able to get very far on the shape without knowing what the magic is doing, but maybe the interior is doing something engine-y. How's it open up?"
witchwatcher
"By a latched hinge, here."
It doesn't look very enginey, but that is a differential gear, and that thing over there is a flywheel.
"Sorry I can't give you much help with it. I bet Knight knows how these things work, hers is custom."
It doesn't look very enginey, but that is a differential gear, and that thing over there is a flywheel.
"Sorry I can't give you much help with it. I bet Knight knows how these things work, hers is custom."