Any road

[terry_cassidy]

Well. No longer in X-force, with no shame in the leaving. What do I do now? I should make a list

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[ororom]

Transition can be a fruitful time.

[terry_cassidy]

'Tis frightening as well.

I could use some air to clear me head. Would ye care to join me in a flight?

[ororom]

Certainly. Where shall we rise?

[terry_cassidy]

Above the Mansion, over the countryside ... wherever whim takes us?

[ororom]

A soft wind stirs the air around them. Ororo's hair billows like the crest of a big wave. She bends her knees while raising her straight arms above her head. She pushes off of the ground, a buffet of air catches her and bears her aloft. She smiles over her shoulder at Terry.

"Hurry up, slow poke!"

[terry_cassidy]

Terry follows, angling her arms at her side. "Some of us have t'create our own winds t'carry us!" she calls, trying to catch up.

[ororom]

Ororo laughs, rising higher still on a warm updraft.

[terry_cassidy]

This was good, to fly and soar, not in battle, not simply to travel faster, but to rise high until the Mansion was only a dark blot against the green. The air grew cooler against her skin, her hair whipping back with the force of her speed.

"Saints, is there any better way to travel?" she shouts to Ororo.

[ororom]

Ororo rolls onto her back and stretches her arms and lengths longer. "None!"

[terry_cassidy]

Terry indulges in a slow horizontal roll. "Leave all your cares behind up here, ye can."

[ororom]

Ororo smiles in response but adds dryly, "Notwithstanding the planes."

[terry_cassidy]

Terry pulls a face. "Och, ye had t'mention those...."

[ororom]

"Airplane, 10 o'clock," Ororo responded lazily. The winds cut out from under her -- like the space between a hiccup and a shallow breath. She dropped like a stone. The air whistled past her ears. Her smile widened exponentially as she experienced the best part of being the Windrider: free-fall.

[terry_cassidy]

"Awp!" Terry dove down, not willing to risk the free-fall Ororo enjoyed. "Fey, y'are," she accused playfully, twisting her head to watch the plane as it continued on its journey.

[ororom]

"Your father explained the meaning of that word to me." Ororo says quietly. "Do you think we'll ever figure out how you can fly, talk, scream, and not deafen your flying companions at the same time?"

[terry_cassidy]

Terry shrugs, the movement causing her to swoop erratically. "Perhaps Dr. McCoy knows?" She soars in a curve around Ororo. "Perhaps there're sidhe in the Cassidy family tree."