Energies in Opposition

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:25 pm

Mercy climbs higher, until she can get some decent updrafts, as Ryan flies up.

"You're a really good flier!" She says, as they swoop past each other.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:57 pm

"You're pretty good yourself," Ryan said, rolling lazily as he looped around. "How long've you been in the air?"

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:08 pm

"I got the wings at eleven, I was flying for real by twelve."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:13 pm

"Ooh, lucky. I had to wait until I was thirteen. Until then I was just awkward and knocking stuff over and losing my balance all the time."

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:26 pm

Mercy smiles. "I think I cheat a lot with my power. I'm not really sure, it's all on reflex and has been for years."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:44 pm

"If it keeps you airborn, it's not cheating."

"Besides, I cheat with mine too. Who cares. We still rock."

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:50 pm

"We do, but what's going on with that power zapping thing?"

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:52 pm

"Don't know," Ryan admitted. "I've never had that happen, but I've never gone up against a darkforce-channeler, either." He shrugged. "We can try it some more and see what happens if you want."

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:54 pm

"We can do it now if you want, as long as it won't knock us out of the sky."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:06 am

"Well... let's get a little higher, just in case," Ryan said, flapping to take him higher over the campus.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:07 am

"So we fall further, good idea." Mercy smirks, but climbs higher.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:13 am

"Nooo, so we have time to pull out of it," Ryan corrected her. "All right... I'll go first." He aimed his hand straight out over the school and let out a beam of light. "Now... let's see what happens."

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:41 am

Mercy shoots out an exploratory tendril of Darkforce, and the explosion is pretty impressive. Even with the small bit, the shock wave catches Mercy and Ryan, tossing them up an extra twenty feet.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:23 am

"Shit!" Ryan exclaimed tucking in his wings to ride out the shockwave, then leveling out, looking around to make sure Mercy had leveled out, too, and didn't need help.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:15 pm

Mercy falls a good distance, flapping frantically, but she manages to level out and catch some lift again after dropping forty or fifty feet.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:35 pm

Ryan dove alongside her, ready to catch her, but leveled off when she did. "Well, I guess that answers that question," he mused.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:39 pm

"And I only used about half the juice you did."

by **Juma Ngomo** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:40 pm

A large golden eagle soars above the campus as well. It wings into a dive when it sees the explosion, cutting a tight corner and leveling off again when all seems well.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:42 pm

Mercy looks over, frowns. "An eagle, here? Oh wait, it's probably one of the shifters. Maybe that Juma guy I met."

by **Juma Ngomo** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:45 pm

Not having a lot of communication options when fully shifted, Juma does a wingtip wave to the pair when he hears his name.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:53 pm

"Yeah, probably," Ryan agreed, smirking as the eagle waved at them. "So are you okay? I thought I was going to have to catch you for a minute there."

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:30 pm

"I don't usually have things explode next to me when I fly."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:42 pm

Ryan smirked. "Excuses, excuses. Probably did that on purpose just to get my heart beating faster," he joked.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:34 pm

"No, believe me, I don't know how to do ariel tumbling on purpose."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:48 pm

"Oh, it's not hard. Just something like this," Ryan said, letting his wings go limp and tumbling toward the quad.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:54 pm

Mercy watches, shaking her head and smiling.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:21 pm

Ryan tumbled loosly for a few moments, then let his wings out, making a wide loop that carried him back up to where Mercy was flying. "See? Simple," he joked.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:28 pm

Mercy smirks. "You are very cute when you're impressing me, but I'm not going to try that."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:33 pm

"But to be clear, I am impressing you?" Ryan chuckled.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:34 pm

Mercy laughs. "Yes you are."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:59 pm

"Well, my job's been successful," Ryan smirked. "Now... here's the question. Does it always hurt to touch each other?"

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:06 pm

"That sounds like one to answer on the ground."

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:14 pm

"Probably. No reason to hurry, though, unless you want to."

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:32 pm

"No, I want to keep flying for a bit."

by **Juma Ngomo** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:33 pm

Juma lets out a little call, then dives rapidly towards ground level. He splays his wings to regain a bit of height and lands on a branch as a prelude to shifting back to his normal appearance.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:41 pm

"My kind of girl," Ryan said, rolling in the air as he cruised past her.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:07 pm

Mercy smiles and starts gaining altitude, soaring higher and higher.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:05 pm

Ryan looped up beneath her lazily, refraining from lighting up for speed for the moment. It wasn't, after all, the best idea around her.

by **Mercy Wilkins** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:12 pm

Ryan can keep up with Mercy pretty easily, as he's much more athletic than she is. Still, Mercy continues climbing, forcing her way up higher and higher, approaching 2,000 feet.

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:27 pm

"Nice. I've never been able to get anyone to fly up this high with me before," Ryan commented as he followed.

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