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Flight & Flying [Tuesday, May 19, 4th period]

Anakin was almost smiling today as the class met in the Danger Shop. Creepy.

"Today we're going to continue with land-based transportation," he said quietly, pointing to two motorcycle-esque machines hovering on either side him. "This is a swoop bike," he said, pointing to one, "and the one on the left is a speeder bike, the slightly newer model, which is also equipped with a laser cannon. Don't use the laser cannon, please. Both fly like the motorcycles of your world drive, but can get up to 400 kilometers an hour. That being said, you will be wearing helmets and there are two different scenarios based on your level of skill. One is a city planet with very tall buildings to miss. The second is a forest moon with trees hundreds of meters tall."

He gave the class a tight smile. "Please don't hit a tree or a building and explode. There will be mocking. If you do it intentionally, there will be detention."

He clapped his hands. "Begin."

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Because you're excited to fly on bikes!

If you really want to live through flying in intergalactic traffic jams, this one's for you...

Pairing up and chatting while you fly (and modding Rodians cutting you off) is encouraged.

Go 400 kilometers an hour through ~~redwood trees~~ Totally Alien Trees, For Real. If you get going fast, prepare to have some seriously sharp reflexes. You can fly in pairs or go two on a bike, if one of you would like to be a backseat driver ~~*cough*Leia*cough*~~.

There's plenty of standing around time. Be glad Anakin hasn't tried to get you all to do situps or something while you wait.

He has a bike. Ooooh. Ahhhh.

He made the bikes.

And no, you can't have one.

Luke and Leia on speeders is one of my favorite scenes from ROTJ. Trufax.

Rose Hathaway.

Before class, Rose approached the teacher, holding her class schedule. "Professor Skywalker? I'm Rose Hathaway. I'm supposed to be in your class, I think," she said, telling herself it was stupid to feel nervous. He was just another teacher.

Anakin arched up an eyebrow. "And yet you weren't here last week," he observed, then waited for an explanation.

"I just came to the school on this past Saturday," she explained, then gave him a half-smile. "Last week I didn't know I'd be coming to Fandom at all."

"That tends to go around this time of year," he said dryly. "Are you familiar with flying at all?"

It didn't go around so much as she stupidly got her and Lissa caught, but it was the same difference really.

"I'm a good passenger?" she offered, knowing full well that wasn't the same at all. "So - no."

Zayne Carrick

Tahiri Veila

Anakin offered her a tiny smile in return. "That's fine. It's a class to learn. It's hardly any fun if everyone's already an expert. Don't be afraid to ask for assistance."

It wasn't that Tahiri wasn't planning on taking the forest course (oh, she totally knew what that was supposed to be, thank you ~~unnecessary JJK exposition~~ stories she'd heard for years growing up), it was just that she ~~was going to need to know how to do this in fifteen years or so~~ wanted a warmup.

Besides, she hadn't gotten to drive that last time.

. . . which wasn't a memory that actually really hurt any more. Huh.

Yeah, Tahiri wasn't really feeling compelled to do situps or anything like that.

. . . much.

"I shall," Rose said, certain she probably wouldn't. But apparently whoever signed her up for classes thought she needed to learn flying. And it was better than Russian or Slavic Art or whatever they were taking at St. Vladimir's. "Thank you, Professor."

Rose - still wasn't entirely certain how to go about this though she was covering it pretty well with faked confidence. She also was really glad Blysse had mentioned the weird room-thing yesterday or she'd be wondering how exactly they fit a city and forest into the room.

There weren't many areas in which Zayne was very confident. The list was pretty much 'talking to people,' 'recovering from some terribly embarrassing accident,' and 'riding a swoop.' That last point just came with living on Taris. If you were a young man, Jedi or not, you were going to end up being really good on a swoop or you were probably going to end up in a hospital because you were trying to get good on a swoop and failed.

"They haven't really changed the design too much," Zayne mused as he hopped on the swoop, put his helmet on, and sped off. He zipped between the trees with an ease that was probably surprising if you had ever seen him do anything else at all. Zayne probably would have considered it weird, too, but he was too busy enjoying himself for that.

While he was waiting, Zayne was doing his best not to compare this swoop to the swoops back in his time. He was really struggling to avoid being a massive dork right now. It wasn't easy.

"I can practically hear your brain working," Tahiri teased.

When it came time for their turn, Blind Seer was pleased to see that, as promised, one of the bikes had been modified to allow his paws to manipulate the controls.

Firekeeper took the other bike, and with a gleeful howl, the two of them took off.

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Flight & Flying [Tuesday, May 19, 4th period]

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Fly in the city [Beginner]

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