Getting Out of Tight Situations- Period 5

[solo_sword]

Today when everyone got to class, they'd find themselves in a hangar, in front of a small airplane. "Glad to see everyone's back to their right ages," Jaina said with a smile, because she loved those weekends. "Today, you're going to do one of my favorite things. You're going to fly. Now, some of you might recognize this sort of plane, some of

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[solo_sword]

Like it's the last week of class.

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[endsthegame]

Andrew Wiggin

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby Drake

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[willbethenight]

Bruce Wayne

Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[solo_sword]

Talk, react to getting to fly a plane, etc.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[longislandiceme]

If Bobby looked slightly nervous about the premise of the final, it was not because he'd never flown a plane before. Rather, it was because he had. Granted, the X-Jet's controls were a little more sophisticated than this particular setup, but it was the same basic principle. The problem was that, well. Like Jaina had said, it wasn't exactly the sort of experience your average teenager was familiar with.

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[endsthegame]

Ender was sitting back. He wasn't too fussed - it wasn't like this was a combat sim.

Re: Listen to the lecture/wait your turn

[willbethenight]

Between the flight class last summer and some personal lessons he'd taken, Bruce was fairly confident in his abilities here. And even if he couldn't, he knew how to skydive. Yes, even bringing an unconscious person with him. His training was very thorough.

Fly! Try not to crash!

[solo_sword]

The cockpit's pretty much what you'd see in a movie. Let the control tower talk you down, try a landing in a field somewhere, or aim for the nearest mountain cuz it's the last class and you like crashing. Your call.

Re: Fly! Try not to crash!

[need_no_moon]

The whole flying a pain thing was cool. Would have been cool if it wasn't frigging crashing and this was sort of a situation where none of his abilities helped him out any.

So after some aimless attempts to get the plane to stay level, Jake somehow managed to get the frigging thing spiralling towards the earth. Which was in itself kind of cool, if not nauseating.

Oh well. Explosions were fun? He should have just aimed for the mountain.

Re: Fly! Try not to crash!

[momslilassassin]

Ben was aiming the plane for the field, all the while muttering to himself about antiquated technology and making that woman back in coach stop screaming before he went back there and yelled at her while flying the plane.

Re: Fly! Try not to crash!

[willbethenight]

Bruce took control of the plane easily and, with orders from control, managed a fairly smooth landing in a field.

Talk to Jaina

[solo_sword]

Who will miss you all!

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[sorella_vecchia]

Triela approached Jaina a little bit hesitantly. "I'm... not sure I feel comfortable flying. Even in simulation." She managed an awkward little smile. "I'm not really at my best." Bouts of dizziness and flying didn't really go that well together.

Re: Talk to Jaina

[solo_sword]

"That's all right," Jaina assured her. She was actually surprised more people hadn't sat out this whole semester. "I can't let you leave till the end of class, but if you want to hang out till it's over, that's okay."

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[sorella_vecchia]

"Sorry," Triela said again, even though she knew it was unnecessary. "I'm just feeling a bit... dizzy. So..." Yeah.

"Thank you for the course, though."

Talk to Bruce

[solo_sword]

Who may or may not miss you too. I won't speak for him.

Re: Talk to Bruce

[willbethenight]

He may miss you, but he's not going to make a big deal about it. Or a small deal. Look, he still has to see most of you for another year.