Flight Club (After Comparative Religions, Before JA)

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin stands in front of a door to a new shed located just outside of the gym. Inside is a gleamingly new flight simulator, currently programmed for a series of simulations for a Jedi Starfighter.

He turned and addressed the crowd.

"Okay. We have about twenty people signed up for the Flight Club right now, which is great. I've decided that in order to give everyone a chance for some hands-on experience, we'll have both a flight sim and a practical demonstration available every week." He gestured into the shed. "My old teacher has sent us a flight simulator. It's capable of almost unlimited variations in programming. Currently I've set it for the ship I'm most familiar with, the Jedi Starfighter, but if you can get a flight sim of the craft from your home world or dimension, we can upload it as well and learn to fly your ships." He grinned. "I'd rather us crash and burn in the sim than in the real thing. Less paperwork."

He smiled at Harry, Kiki, and Draco. "Today's practical demonstration will be with broomsticks. Draco, Harry, and Kiki have graciously agreed to show us all how to fly on these."

Anakin held up his hand. "One more thing. If you can all sign the sheet and mention your flight experience, especially if you're licensed on your world for your craft of choice, it'll go a long way towards making the insurance people who cover the school happier.

"That's it. Have fun. Don't break my sim. Or yourselves."

[OOC: Feel free to slowplay this--Anakin'll answer all flight sim requests and our three broom instructors are in three different time zones.]

Comments

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

"I can indeed. Pretty well, I might add. You wanna try it?"

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Show me how it works first. I ain't seein' an engine on it. Looks like a swoop without handlebars."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco puts the broom on the ground.

"There is no engine. It's a charmed to fly. You can get your broom to get off the ground by saying "up" forcefully, like this. UP!"

The broom flys into his hand.

"The pretty much after you push off the ground it'll move according to the movements you make with your hands and legs."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han's face goes through a series of rather skeptical contortions. "I gotta be crazy for even trying this. Let's see if I can get it off the ground first, hunh?"

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco lies the broom on the ground.

"Go ahead. Just command it to get up and then you'll have to straddle it. You'll just hover in the air until you want it to go higher. Remember to be confident. If you're nervous it'll get a bit wacky on you."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah. Great."

Feeling like a complete idiot, he puts his hand out over the broom and barks "UP!" in his best "waking a drunken wookiee" voice.

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco is impressed. He hadn't expected a muggle to get it on the first try.

"Good. Now straddle it. And excuse the dirty terminology, I can't think of a better way to say it." said Draco, covering all the bases for ridicule.

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Like this?" Han swings a leg over and hangs on with both hands.

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

*snickers*

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

"Hey, I got the thing airborne. I'd like to see you do better."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[jayne-serenity.livejournal.com]

sorry, I dont like stick...
*smirks*

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

After dismounting Han just smirks. "Not what i saw when you tok my boyfriend home from the dance. Tell me, how'd you end up with a guy on each arm, after showing up with three different girls?"

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

"Perfect. Though you don't have to have a killer kung fu grip. Relax. If you raise your feet off the ground you'll hover a few feet. But it won't go too high unless you pull on it."

Oh the dirty sentences were piling up.

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han lifted his feet gingerly and the broom didn't move. It was steadier than he thought it'd be. He relaxed the grip a little and guided it in a slow wide circle, imagining he was sweeping the floor and using roughly the same sort of motion.

It was almost exactly like the swoops. He pulled up a little, gaining a few feet of altitude and tried a straight and level flight for a few yards before bringing it back.

"Interesting. Maybe I'll give it another try later."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

"Feel free. It's quite fun when you get used to it. We've got a sport that's played on brooms. Kind of like basketball and soccer mixed together...in the air."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Evil!Paige come over, "didn't think you were making it Drac, mind showing me how it's done?"

((feel free to sense she's evil now, she can sense it in you, but she'll keep quiet))

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco looks over at Paige. There was something different about her. He didn't know quite what it was but he liked it.

"It's not that hard to do. You just put it between your legs and work it." said Draco

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Evil!Paige smiles, "so what do I do, blondie?"

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

"Well, you pretty much just straddle it and push off the ground. You'll pretty much hover until you lead it up. I heard it's a lot like steering a car. So you wanna have a go? If you want I can go up with you."


((We'll pretend this is after Han has a go on it.))

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Evil!Paige smiles wickedly when he tells her she has to straddle it, "If you wouldn't mind Draco that'd be great."

why did I break up with this one, he's evil, but charming too oh yes Geoff! you made quite the mistake there didn't you?

((np))

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco is glad Lily couldn't make the meeting. He takes the broom into his hand.

"Alright then. You get in the front and I'll get behind you. It will be easier for me to help you steer then. But as a witch I'm sure you'll be able to get the hang of this quick enough. And I know from experience that you're good with your hands." Draco says with a wink.

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Evil!Paige smiles and slides the broom between her legs "nice to know you've not totally forgotten about me"

She waits for Draco to join her

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

"Aw, how could I forget about you?" he says with a smile

Draco gets behind Paige. He puts one hand in front of her to get a grip on the broom and the other on her waist.

"Ok. Now push off the ground."

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Evil!Paige closes her eyes for a moment enjoying being touched by evil.

She kicks off holding on tightly and the broom goes into the air slightly

"Now what?"

Re: Learn to fly a broom with Draco

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco leans in close to Paige.

"Wherever you want to go. If you want to go higher, pull up and after that it'll pretty much go where you want to."