Flight Club [after classes]

[momslilassassin]

"Mara, get out of there, please," Ben said to a tiny person already hidden inside the flight simulator.

"May I go first, Papa? Please?"

"Yes," Ben finally decided. "Hey, everyone," he said to the group with a small smile. "Since we have, um, visitors still, Tahiri and I decided that we'd show you some of the sorts of things we got to play with when we were kids."

And a lot of what was wrong with their childhoods was about to be made clear...

"Yeah, no random Winnebagos this week," Tahiri added. She'd left the programming of the sim to Anakin (Skywalker, since even she had to emphasize that in her own head this weekend, thanks, Raven) so as to avoid that happening again.

"Bet I could have figured out what went wrong there, Mom," Cassa piped up.

"Yeah, I bet you could have. But that was last week." Tahiri, who would not put it past her kid at all, grinned sheepishly.

"'course I could have. I've gotten to copilot the Falcon lots of times! Okay, just two."

"You've gotten to fly the Falcon twice?" Don't sulk, Ben, it's not attractive. "Anyway. This is a Corellian cruiser which might not look pretty, but is kind of a family heirloom. If you crash it, it won't be the first time, but please try not to crash it."

"But fixing it again is fun," Cassa objected.

Tahiri looked at Ben and shrugged. "I never get to fly it either, if that makes you feel any better. Anyway, if you don't feel like flying the fastest hunk of junk in our galaxy and want to stick to atmosphere, we've got hang gliders for you. We thought the kids might like that." Because neither of them thought there was anything wrong at all about letting young children dangle in midair from a light metal frame. Hang gliders had wings. It was more than they'd had at that age on some occasions.

"It's totally astral," Ben said enthusiastically, "especially off the top of a really tall building. It's even better without wings--" he caught his grandfather's glower and immediately corrected himself, "--but that's not for non-Jedi. So. Have fun!"

Comments

Sign in [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

With any wee ones who also want to fly or fling themselves from things!

Re: Sign in [4/12]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone

Re: Sign in [4/12]

[wwiii]

Warren Worthington III

Re: Sign in [4/12]

[likes_scoundrels]

Leia Organa (with Jaina 2.0)

Re: Sign in [4/12]

[heromaniac]

Momoko Akatsutsumi

Mingling [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

Talk about (or make up!) exciting stories about things you get to fly at home!

Re: Mingling [4/12]

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Mommy and Daddy both have magic wings my Auntie J built," Jaenelle announced. "I'mma get some, too, when I'm older. An' Daddy has all sorts of ships he likes to fly. I get to sit on his lap an' work the controls an' everythin'!"

This was not triumphantly announced in the direction of Jaenelle's half-sister or anything. Perish the thought.

Re: Mingling [4/12]

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone was more than a little sad that Benni hadn't come this year, but she figured it meant that her somewhere-daughter was off on a grand adventure with her mommies.

But she totally had her coloring books and crayons poking out of her bag, should anyone have wee-ones in need of distraction or someone else to watch them for a bit.

Re: Mingling [4/12]

[wwiii]

Warren didn't really have kids or exciting stories.

But he totally had wings, which he figured pretty much made up for all that.

Fly [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

Because that's what you're here for!

Re: Fly [4/12]: The Falcon

[momslilassassin]

Because it's a classic.

And possibly the only way Ben will ever fly it.

Re: Fly [4/12]: The Falcon

[likes_scoundrels]

"Family heirloom?" Leia had to ask.

Re: Fly [4/12]: The Falcon

[momslilassassin]

Ben grinned aggravatingly. "That's all you get to know."

Re: Fly [4/12]: The Falcon

[weetinyjedi.livejournal.com]

Leia responded with the appropriate bitchface. "Do I get to know?" Jaina said, bouncing. "Can I fly? Please? Can I?"

Re: Fly [4/12]: Hang gliding

[momslilassassin]

Because hasn't every six year old pitched themselves off a building at some point? No? Just them?

Huh.

Re: Fly [4/12]: Hang gliding

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

The Falcon was a classic, but this? This was the closest she was going to get to pulling out her refboard for now.

Anemone took a running start before leaping off the building, quickly catching a thermal to pull herself higher and get some speed going. It was harder in the sim than it would be outside, where her natural (Coralian) advantages would be at their peak, but she was still very good at it.

Talk to the Club Heads [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

When they aren't child wrangling...

Re: Talk to the Club Heads [4/12]

[weetuskenraider]

Cassa, luckily, didn't need much wrangling, and when she wasn't in the sim she was sitting on the ground near Tahiri with a multitool out, the tip of her tongue poking out between her lips as she tinkered with some bit of machinery.

Tahiri, for her part, was taking quite a few holos of Cassa while she worked, and contemplating teasing Ben more about the whole flying-the-Falcon thing.

Re: Talk to the Club Heads [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

Ben was trying to ignore the growing headache he had. So far, no real luck.

Re: Talk to the Club Heads [4/12]

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

Here comes a headache in mobile form. Jaenelle Mara was practically dragging her mother by the hand, storming over to her Daddy. "How come she gets t'go first?" Jaenelle demanded, face growning as red as her hair. "An' how come she calls you Papa? You're my Daddy."

Karla tried to edge away. "I think I ought to head to work now..."

Re: Talk to the Club Heads [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

"Very helpful," Ben said dryly to Karla before turning his attention back to Jaenelle. "Mara got to go first because she asked. You may go next if you like, or you can try hang gliding, which is a bit like the wings Karla has at home."

Talk to the Advisor [4/12]

[momslilassassin]

Who is starting to wonder about the child-raising ability of the people in his galaxy.

Re: Talk to the Advisor [4/12]

[sith_happened]

omg emotion-modder Anakin was there by himself--Christopher and Juliet were with Rory--so he was willing to play babysitter while other people took turns in the sims.

OOC

[momslilassassin]

Do we have to send them back? Well, other than creepy!Anakin?

Re: OOC

[weetinyempaths.livejournal.com]

But I am so lovable!