Driver's Education, Thursday, Period 1

[10secondcar]

Before starting this job, it had not entirely occurred to Brian that for most people, driving a car was not second nature, although to be fair it wasn't like he'd gotten a lot of time to think about it ahead of time. (Also, he'd learned by stealing one when he was fourteen, but that was so not the point.) And he was a lot better rested this week, having picked the lock gained access to the storage room McIntosh had told the landlord to put the contents of his allegedly-furnished apartment in, since Hale was on the other side of the country and couldn't give him the key.

The setup in the Danger Shop was the same as it had been last week: city street, night, four sleek little sports cars. Except this time Brian said, "Okay, so. Steering and braking, you'll get those, it just takes practice. Better to get that in here than out in the real world where you might get hurt. Some of you really need to work on shifting gears, though." Like, really. If these were real cars and not hard light holograms he wouldn't let some of you back in them. "So let's go over that." Brian patiently walked the class through how to know when to change gears before declaring, "And now? We race. Same deal as last time, give it a shot and then if you want some more practice, just wait until everybody else is through.

"Oh, and if you have any questions or anything, I'm here for you. If you'd rather talk to someone else, Ronan here will be my assistant for this class." Although Brian was probably the more approachable option.

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Sign In

[10secondcar]

Well-rested!

Re: Sign In

[not_every_mage]

Anders

Re: Sign In

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

Ronan Lynch

During the Lecture

[10secondcar]

Again, some of you might want to pay attention.

Run Heats

[10secondcar]

Wait your determined by the RNG turn.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 1

[10secondcar]

Kira Yukimura
Ada Miller
Anders
Thorin

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 1

[not_every_mage]

Anders tried to put the gear-shifting advice into practice, overthought it ... and ended up stalling out. Several times. He limped across the finish line eventually, but not without a lot of swearing.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 1

[dwarvenswagger]

Thorin could shift just fine. That was not his problem. His problem was that he crashed.

A lot.

This would not bode well should he ever drive for real outside this room. But on the plus side, he'd managed to flip his car movie style twice so far.

Bitchin'.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 1

[justwantedfriends]

At some point, Kira would manage to make the drive without squealing and making noises the entire time, but it wasn't this week. The car totally went faster when you went "wheeeee" at it, right?

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 2

[10secondcar]

Anna of Arendelle
Ichabod Crane
Ezra Sagishi
Garik Loran

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 2

[not-called-icky.livejournal.com]

Ichabod had looked forward to this class more than he was willing to admit. However, while steering and breaking wasn't too complicated to grasp intellectually (practically was another matter entirely), gear-shifting and the purpose of it was more difficult to understand. Hence the result was that Ichabod's car came to a jumping standstill every time he tried to shift gears.

"Now, why can't there be logic to this, such as in horseback riding!" he muttered to himself.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 3

[10secondcar]

Jesse Pinkman
Jalian d'Arsenette y ken Selvren
Blue Sargent

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 3

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

How fast could these go? How fast could they get there?

Jalian took the corners at a speed that would probably have given any other teacher (or passenger) a heart attack, but what was the point in going slow? She might as well walk in that case!

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 3

[yogurtvore]

Blue had done a perfectly respectable and responsible job of getting the car from point A to point B, thank you very much. She just...hadn't been very fast about it, was all.

Oh, well. At least her car hadn't exploded, unlike certain roommates of hers.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 4

[10secondcar]

Johnny Storm
Ronan Lynch
Gwen Stacy

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 4

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

This was fast becoming his favorite part of the week. Sliding behind the wheel of the car, his hands found their spots on the wheel and his foot hovered over the gas.

When it was time to go, he punched it and punched it hard. His stomach lurched into his throat and he grinned wildly. He made one small miscalculation but it was enough to throw him off and make his time not what he wanted it to be.

Still. He had to wipe the grin off his face before getting out of the car.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 4

[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Johnny couldn't help but show off a little as he crossed the finish line.

Okay, maybe the flaming arm out the window was more than "showing off a little." Whatever.

Re: Run Heats -- Heat 5

[10secondcar]

Kathy Hana Li
Alex Mack
Hanna Heller

Take Another Turn

[10secondcar]

Need more practice? Just enjoy driving really fast without traffic laws applying? Go for it!

Re: Take Another Turn

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Jalian would be driving until they were kicked out, thank you.

Or until she wrecked enough times to make herself sore, trying to go faster. One of those.

Re: Take Another Turn

[spin_kick_snap]

Like Jalian, Kathy was all too happy to stay and practice driving for as long as she could. After the heats were over, she decided to practice driving in reverse, to see how fast she could go that way.

It was a lot harder than going forward was. But her crashes were pretty epic!

Talk to Brian

[10secondcar]

Who was hanging around until you were done to have a little fun of his own, yes.

Talk to Ronan

[10secondcar]

Once he pings in!

Re: Talk to Ronan

[thegreywaren.livejournal.com]

It was still weird to be a teacher's assistant (if Gansey could see him now!) but Ronan made sure not to look like it was weird. He had his arms crossed and looked as he always did.

Sour with a helping of angry on the side. But, he'd help you out if you needed it.

OOC

[10secondcar]

La.