shiro2hero: (my smile is so SHINE-Y)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-23 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Great! Okay - don't worry about anything. No matter what happens... I've got it. And you.

[Which is probably not. The most reassuring thing. But he feels like it needs to be said. No matter what happens out there, up there, he's not going to let anything happen.]

[They're out on the landing pads now. The tourist plane isn't anything special, but it's familiar enough - pilot and copilot seats, a couple in the back. But aside from that, it's pretty straightforward. He hops up through the hatch, making his way to the pilot chair - ducking in the small space.]

[He's still grinning, settling in at the controls.]
Whenever you're ready, strap in.
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What happened to the coding in that last tag huh

[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-24 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
[What had he gotten himself into? What was he going to see up there, in this world? Could he even logically expect anything?

He always felt uncomfortable leaving things like this up to others. But Astarion had to remember it was his choice to do this so whatever happens he had to take responsibility for it.

How annoying.

It was easy to do as instructed, advised. This was too new otherwise. Following Shiro’s example on strapping in was easy enough and soon he was secure. Ready as he will ever be.]


All set here.
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ghosts

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-25 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
We'll start slow. You're going to feel a little turbluance over the city - there always is. But...

[As much as he wants to just shoot into trick flying, into cutting the engine and free-falling in almost zero-g, that's not something you do with a first time passenger.]

[He turns in his seat, regarding Astarion with the most sincere face he can muster.]


I will not let anything happen to you. And if you want to land, I will.

[That said, he starts putting the plane into gear. Starts warming up the engines, checking the dash. Everything looks green. Radar looks clear. This plane doesn't look like it needs a runway, thankfully. Just straight up. Perfect.]

[So... far slower than he would have, if he were on his own, Shiro levers the plane up off its landing gear.]
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1/2

[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-25 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aaah.]
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-25 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[That felt…that made him feel strange. He gave a look of small befuddlement before going back into his usual smile.

That was probably nothing. Nothing worth of note.

Just someone offering protection in an unsure first time experience. Not letting anything happen to him.

Ah, yeah. That was nothing.]


Be free, darling. By all means, let me experience what you do. Don’t hold back on my account. Behinds, being slow and easy is boring. I’m sure you’d agree.

Go on, I can handle it.

[That flew out of his mouth.]
shiro2hero: (ROLLER COASTER ROLLER COASTER)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-25 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay well, then they're even - "darling" has color spot across Shiro's cheekbones. He's never getting used to that. But, more importantly, they're clear from the city skyline. No more buildings in the way.]

Okay. Just - I warned you.

[Because Shiro is, deep down, extremely deep down, like buried in bedrock deep down, a daredevil still.]

[Since they are clear, it's time to slam the throttle and jolt forward at a speed probably not recommended. There are general lines of air traffic around, and Shiro avoids those. There's open skies down one of the routes, and that's where he aims. Kicking the plane up even higher to avoid anyone else.]

[It's a little bit like a roller coaster. And Shiro is like a kid in a candy store.]
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-26 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah.




That wasn’t expected. Oopsie.

But he was good at lying and acting happy, so his fingers clenched on the seat. Was it possible for his knuckles to be paler? He felt his stomach go to his throat and his eyes go to his toes.

He was dead silent the entire time, fearing is he opened his mouth he would vomit his breakfast.]
shiro2hero: (shit i can't believe that worked)

LMFAO OOPS

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-26 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[That silence is telling.]

[Maybe someone who wasn't Shiro would have written it off. But he's flown too many times, with too many people, not to realize what's going on. Slowly, he levels the plane off, settling for making easy, gentle circles over the open route below.]

[He feels elated. He feels alive. The only thing that would have made it better would have been the stars laid out all around them. But this is still... this is still amazing. This is what he was born to do.]


Sorry. We'll take a break from the dramatic stunts...
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-26 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, he’d been warned and Astarion was too stubborn to admit he was maybe incorrect in how much he could handle it. He let out a gasp of air, clearly having held his breath.]

Ah, quite the daredevil aren’t you…didn’t expect it, I admit.

I was right about you…full of surprises.

[That got him to look around a bit. They were away from any other flying vehicles. And the sky looked different.]

Where are we, exactly?
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-27 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah - yeah, I am. I've gotten in trouble with it before.

[A lot of trouble. But that's not important at the moment. He's not in trouble for it, here, and he pulled out of the stunts before it got too bad. Or too much for his passenger.]

[At least he didn't drive a hoverbike off a cliff this time.]

[Where are they? He almost answers in coordinates - a reflex. An immediate reaction. Catching himself only at the last moment.]


We're over Route 34, I think. Goldenrod is north of us. You can kind of see it if you look close. [Out of the cockpit window.]
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-27 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
We are quite high up, I wouldn't know if you didn't say anything.

[Still, it was pretty. Still yet. He looked at Shiro for a moment, catching their reflections on the cockpit window and the constant blinking radars.]

How high up CAN you go?
shiro2hero: (oh hell yes bring it bitch)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-28 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Shiro's quiet for a moment, before he looks over, and shoots Astarion a grin. Lopsided, mischief. That grin that turns back the clock. Makes the crease of scar tissue over his nose into a laugh line.]

Well...

How high do you want to go?
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-28 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[There it was. A grin that Astarion knew all too well. He watched Shiro creep it toward him and it was something so new, surprising, refreshing. Astarion loved chaos, he loved FUN. While he was here, he was going to have as much fun as possible.

He shot the grin, back. Adding his own flare of mischief in it. He loved this side of Shiro, he wanted to see more of it. Everyday. On that face of his.]


Technically, you're driving, darling. How far can we go until we get into trouble?

[Let's be DANGEROUS.]
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-29 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ARE YOU SURE, BRO.]

Far enough and fast enough... I can probably get us weightless.

[It won't be for long. He's not sure how hard he can push the plane just yet. Or if putting it into free-fall will activate some recall protocol. But suddenly?]

[Suddenly he feels willing to try.]

[He's already swinging the plane around, towards the water and away from the route - safety precaution.]
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-29 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that I know what to expect, I know I can handle it.

[He did one final smirk, and even one wink for good luck. As if to pressure him further. Show him, Shiro. Show him what you were made of.]

Show me what you can do.

[He braced himself again. Ready for anything now. Ready for chaos, and FREEDOM. Shiro needed this, he deserved it.]
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-11-30 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
All right - let's do it.

[He'll wait a moment or two. Because yeah, he wants to make sure his passenger is really ready, and not just saying so. Once he's sure, then... that throttle is slammed into high gear.]

[The plane jolts forward. Hard enough, fast enough to throw even Shiro back in his seat a bit. He can't help it, he shouts - it's a victorious sort of yell, and banks the plane upward. Higher.]

[It should be shaking, or jostling. Somehow, though, it isn't. They're climbing higher and higher, and while it's fast as hell, there doesn't seem to be any turbulence.]
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-11-30 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Astarion knew what to expect now. His stomach prepared itself as he clenched to the seat.

With the word, they were off. Astarion braced himself until he listened to Shiro's thrills. The screams of joy and energy.

He couldn't help it, soon enough there was a choir of thrills. Astarion never knew he had such an emotion in her dead heart, but he was showing it. For once, he felt alive. For someone actually undead, it was EVERYTHING.]
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-12-01 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[It's so tempting to put the plane into a spin. To actually make it dance in the air. But, that's a little much when there's gravity - especially for someone newly in the air. He'll settle for climbing, for getting as close to the top of the sky as possible.]

[And then glances over.]


Want to feel something crazy?!
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-12-01 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[There was a thrill in Astarion's face. It was a feeling he felt before in his time, some times. But this feeling of thrill was now something so new and cherished. Like his soul was released into the air.

Maybe now, he finally understood why Shiro liked this life so. It was a feeling of freedom unlike anything he ever felt. His heart could soar, his body could fly. He could do anything here.

He wanted to now do it all.]


Show me. Let me feel it already, what are you waiting for?
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-12-02 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
You got it!

[They're high enough. The plane's flying steady enough. This should work just fine. He climbs up a little more, and then...]

[Then he cuts the engine.]

[The plane seems to hover in place for a moment. Suspended. In that moment, gravity falls away. Everything hangs, weightless, in the air. It won't last. It never lasts. The earth is going to start pulling them back down again, they'll have to come back to ground. But for now...]

[For now, he can shut his eyes. Feel that brief heartbeat of weightlessness. It's as close to home, to the stars, as he'll get here.]

[He feels the plane start to tilt. Again, Shiro opens his eyes, the moment passed. Engines are re-engaged. They don't go into any kind of sharp dive. It's more of a shallow dip before he pulls them out of it again.]
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-12-02 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He wasn’t sure what he felt just now. It’s not like he’s never felt the feeling of flight before. Or falling. He’s been in the air and he’s fallen to the ground.

But what he felt was something else entirely. Like his body wished to rise. Be caressed by the air around him. He was so still yet so flighty like a feather. Everything around him floated with his spirit.

It was euphoria.

He closed his eyes and allowed the feeling to come over him. His breath was released, and he let out an audible exhale. Like in a dream, he could float away.

But it would soon end and his exhale ended with a gasp of air. They were in the real world again. But. He didn’t want that to end. Even if it had to.]


That was…remarkable.

[Another exhale.]

You’re…remarkable.
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-12-02 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's - it's just an old trick. Old pilot trick. If we had a bigger one, we could do more... I could hold it for longer.

[It was good to feel again, he can't brush that off. And if they could break the atmosphere... But that's the problem, huh? They can't.]

[On the other hand, it's nice to have someone here for the ride who actually enjoys it. He grins again.]


I can probably put it in a barrel roll though.
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-12-03 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Then let’s-

[He was still breathless. Feeling the serotonin from the release of such joy.

Until a loud beeping was then heard on the monitor.

Very loud, obnoxious beeping.

Come in, come in. You have went beyond your limit. Bring you and the vessel back to base. Over.]
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[personal profile] shiro2hero 2023-12-03 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Shiro just deflates.]

[He sags, for a moment, at the controls, exhaling sharply. After that moment, he straightens up, focuses. Throttling down the disappointment. Still... he banks sharply, swinging the little plane around on a dime.]


... They didn't say I had to fly straight in.
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[personal profile] bloodysnarky 2023-12-04 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
And we’re finding delightful loopholes? I just LOVE this side of you.

[No stuck up RULES we’re going to bring down the fun.

Oooh, he was just feeling too high on good feelings. As he’s only been to the Astral Plane a few times, this must be what it’s like but advanced. He didn’t want this feeling to end.]

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