6930/Flight Training: Be the Bird

Flight Training: Be the Bird
Date of Scene:	17 March 2019
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Archangel, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Souvenir, Shadowcat

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Archangel has posed:
Now that there was an actual interest in flight training from the students, Warren decided a way to get rid of some of the late night stress of being couped up in the mansion for the kids is to hold a bit of a training session. In this case, he decided to load up his own scenario. The Danger Room opens and is set to a quaint little mountain village. The air is warm and billowy, with it whistling through the canyons below.

Warren himself stands at what he has set up as the staging area. Set off to the side of him are several gliding rigs. "Good evening." he addresses the class. "And welcome to your first experience in the world of flight - or as Kitty there will put it, thrill-seeking 101." there's a smirk at the X-Woman as he gives her a little wink, before gesturing to the rigs.

"Go ahead and suit up." he offers. The wingsuits await the students.

Yes. Wingsuits.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
Okay when Skeet offered to defray the being trapped on campus on a Saturday evening to the students aware of the danger room for a flight lesson Negasonic was thrilled to have a distraction. On the inside. Solely on the inside. On the outside well she showed up on time, not exactly knowing what the scenario would be. Her asskicking, New Mutant, uniform on. Her demeanor stoic. Her eyes cynical.

Really this is better for everyone than Ellie breaking curfew and catching a train into Manhattan and fighting a Sentinel.

"This is some real Sound of Music shit." she comments as she heads into the mountain village and looks around taking in the detail of the scenario. Huh wing suits. Okay this was not what really what Ellie thought when she heard flight lessons.

It is an open secret she wants to fly the Blackbird.

"Right.. worst case I bubble and missile down.." that is muttered under Ellie's breath as she goes to try to figure out the wingsuit. "Okay... huh."

Souvenir has posed:
Souvenir puts on part of the wingsuit. Nullo. She blinks. "So if we have a power outage, am I going to be naked or something?" She looks a bit suspiciously at the rest of the suit and straps into it, adjusting the straps with the partial ease of someone who actually read the manual once, but hasn't actually had a chance to actually do the thing described.

She hopes that her occasional dinking around on a flight simulator during a few of her midnight sleepless bits comes in handy.

Shadowcat has posed:
Speaking of Kitty, she's up in the control room, visible as a silhouette behind the window situated up in the air near the ceiling. She sticks her head through the shatterproof material to yell down to everyone rather than use the intercom. "Go get 'em everyone! Ellie, no missiling down!" she calls out, flashing Negasonic a grin. Did she hear that? Or just guess?

Kitty pulls her head back through the translucent partition, focusing on the computer simulation. She ups the head wind just a little bit to give them more lift to start with.

Archangel has posed:
"If I recall right, Kitty has the record for the shortest flight on record." Warren glances towards the control booth wryly. "And she had the same reaction when I said she had to start here. But to learn to fly, you need to understand the most basic of principles first. You get this, we move to gliders. From gliders to prop jobs. From prop jobs, we see about getting you rated for a small turbojet. From there, we'll work on the Blackbird training. It's not an overnight thing, even for someone that can mimic someone else's abilities. Because just like the power going out, if you suddenly forget what you learned, then being naked will be the least of your issues. And no, they fit on over your clothes." there's a shake of his head before he's moving towards the edge of the cliff.

"You don't want to do it, you can back out now. But I'll tell you now, that most regular pilots out there? College graduates. So do the math yourself."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
There is a deep and mournful sigh from Ellie and she picks up the suit. Honestly Waren is right it is a bit like a jumpsiut and does seem to go over clothes. At least the colors are x-men/new mutants. "Sure. Start here. Learn. Work hard. Etc. Got it Skeet."

With that Ellie unzips the suit and starts to work herself into the one she thinks will fit her best, which well it is a hard light hologram and the room has her as a participant so it should be a pretty decent fit all said.

Souvenir has posed:
Souvenir wanders back to Warren, "Ready for equipment check. I think I got it on right, but I'd rather get a second opinion. I don't feel like falling out of the sky because of something stupid." It's on okay, but there's a couple things that could be adjusted better.

"Wait, is shortest good, or bad?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's voice comes over the PA. "That's right. This was the first Danger Room training that I wasn't able to just close my eyes and do it all while phased," Kitty admits with a laugh added at the end. "Or, well I could but I ended up deep inside of a cliff. Which apparently does not count as 'still flying' even though I still argue that I never actually crashed or landed, so..."

She turns the comms back off and then turns back to double check the flight simulation. Everything looks ok so she spends a few minutes working up more elements of a different simulation she's putting together. One that teaches magic and sleight of hand.

Archangel has posed:
Checking over the pair of them, Warren asides. "She took a running start, tripped over her own wing, fell, and tumbled off the side of the cliff." he says dryly. Once he has himself in position and is satisified with his students, he nods. "I will take to the air first, and then the two of you can follow." With that, he moves and rises from the ground with a thrum of his techno organic wings beating aganst the air as he rises up.

Once in position, he settles, waiting for the two women to take flight and keep an eye on them as they do so. If they need to be lifted higher, he'll do so, but for now, he advises. "I want you to spread your arms and legs out as far as you can. Let the air catch you and pull you up instead of pushing you down."

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Our lives. So very very weird." then Ellie takes a running leap, mindful of rocks so she doesn't trip like Kitty evidently did and just throws herself off the cliff spreading her arms and legs out as far as she can in the moment of truth.

"I feel like a stupid flying squirrel!"

Souvenir has posed:
Souvenir runs, spreads out with her arms back for stability, and jumps.. She starts out angled too high, and immediately stalls out, recovers, wobbles, and slowly aims at a patch of ground that seems to be at a not terrible angle of descent. Playing it safe for now.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty's voice comes over the intercom. "Flying squirrels would never jump from -that- high up," Kitty says. You know. Encouragingly. Kitty grins as she leans forward towards the window, wanting to watch them flying - or falling as the case may be - through the Danger Room.

It's always interesting to watch it from above, the room seeming to scroll when seen from up there, but the people inside it feeling like they are the ones in motion. "Crazy technology," Kitty murmurs, glancing up through the roof towards where the processors are.

Archangel has posed:
"Not bad, Rocky. Now let's see you pull a rabbit out of your hat." Oddly enough, there's a top hat that is sitting on Ellie's head at the moment, as if the Danger Room heard Warren's comment and followed it. But it's probably just a cross-contamination from the other program that Kitty is running.

Maybe.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
There isn't a pop culture reference that is likely to slide past Ellie, undisputed mistress of social media and memes.

So yeah she gets the Rocky and Bullwinkle joke.

Well shit she thought it was a joke, mostly because she can't see the top hat very well but she can see that there is a hat all of a sudden. "What the hell... Skeet... are we flying or... if a rabbit pops out of this hat I will blow someone up!"

With all that Ellie tries to keep herself level still spread like a flying squirrel.

Souvenir has posed:
Souvenir angles back and forth slowly as she starts to get used to the controls, playing it carefully.

"Okay! So far so good! Landing might be interesting.. Hey boomie, what's with the hat? Stealing my fashions?"

Archangel has posed:
Warren senses something else, instead. "Kitty, run a diagnostic!" he calls out as he pulls up short. "I think we're going to have to cut the training short." he rumbles, as he spreads his wings, ready to catch both women should Kitty need to cut the power. Just so they won't hit the floor.

"I'm not sure how the hat got there or why. It just did." he sounds honestly at a loss for it.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde's lips are twitching as she punches a few keys and the top hat disappears from Negasonic's noggin.

Only to have Erika's head start sporting a blue flyer's hat with goggles.

Kitty swivels in her chair to peek down at them. She grins and goes back to work on the other simulation then, no longer messing with them. "Dealing with the unexpected, good training," she tries to convince herself.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead has posed:
"Kitkat!" and Ellie wobbles a little, she starts to angle for the ground now, not going in hot or fast or anything but picking a spot and trying to adjust the angle so she descends a bit more purposefully. "You are such a brat." yah Ellie assumes it is all Kitty.

Souvenir has posed:
"Oooo-kay? Kitty, are you doing this? Because, like, I'm only a fan of unpredictable? When I'm the one making it unpredictable."

Souvenir locks in a course and starts looking around for any other weird additions or artifacts, doing a mental review of her artifacts on hand. Which is basically nothing useful at this point, unless she suddenly needs to understand German.

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty moves back to the main screen, watching their descent. The display she has tracks where they are currently on course to end up. Kitty talks into the comms system saying, "Make sure you do some turns, get a feel for it. And then try changing your angle, a little steeper, a little further back. Feel how it affects your flight," she tells them.

"And then when your altimeter hits 1500 feet, pull the parachute," she concludes. Because you don't land in those outfits they are wearing. You parachute the final way down.