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The sky's the limit... unless you can't fly; Tag: Arpeggio
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Topic Started: Mar 12 2013, 08:42 PM (721 Views)
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Mar 15 2013, 06:45 AM
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He smiled and nodded. "That looks good. Now all you need to do is work to build up your wing strength and your endurance. Then you should have no trouble with basic flight. You're doing quite well."
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Starry Fire
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Mar 15 2013, 08:19 AM
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Starry couldn't believe it. She had gotten off the ground with her own wings. This wasn't something that had ever happened before. Starry was amazed, simply shocked that she could finally fly.
"Really? That's... That's it? Well... Um, how do you do that? You know... Build up that wing strength? " she asked arpy
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Arpeggio
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Mar 15 2013, 05:05 PM
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"Well, it takes time, unfortunately. It's not something you can do overnight. It'll take time doing various wing exercises to build up the strength around there. For now, just practice flapping your wings and stretching them around in that angle." He smiled a bit.
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Starry Fire
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Mar 16 2013, 06:08 AM
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"Alright!" she replied.
Starry didn't as she was told. She began stretching her wings again in preparation for another attempt at flying. It took some time, but soon she felt ready to try again. Starry started flapping her wings, this time achieving some lift and making it higher than last time. However, soon after that she got tired and fell to the ground again.
She looked up. Arpeggio had a roof that was some several feet off the ground. It seemed like an appropriate challenge for her as a first timer.
"Think I can touch the roof? " she asked him.
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Arpeggio
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Mar 16 2013, 11:25 AM
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"Maybe. Be careful, though; I don't want you hurting yourself, alright? Take things slow and steady." He was a little worried, but still... he wasn't going to stop her. Live and learn, as the saying went.
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Starry Fire
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Mar 16 2013, 11:54 AM
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Starry lowered herself, ready to bounce and then flap her wings to get enough air to touch the rooof. She opened her wings as widely as they could go, and angled them so that she could fly. She knew she could do it, maybe... as long as she followed what Arpeggio had taught her. Fenny even lifted his head up and off the silky mane he was in, just to see what Starry was getting ready for..
"Here i go!" she yelled as she jumped into the air. She flapped her wings once and gained some lift, then agaion, then again, then again, untill finally she came within one inch of the roof. She reached out her hoof to touch it, but she felt her wings getting tired. 'No no! not now!' she thought to herself as she tried desperatly to keep herself in the air.... but it was to scant success as she slowly descended to the ground.
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Arpeggio
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Mar 16 2013, 12:04 PM
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"Mmm... close. Close. That's impressive considering your inexperience. I'd say keep working for a while at building your strength in your wings and I'd bet you can get it before too long." He smiled. "Let's head inside and take a break for a bit. No sense in tearing a muscle, right?"
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Starry Fire
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Mar 16 2013, 04:51 PM
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Starry was panting, completely out of breath by her attempt... and even after she had tried her hardest she had failed. It was infuriating to her. Starry hated to lose, especially by a challenge that she herself created. That wasnt normal for her, she could not, would not, shall not lose to herself of all ponies.
"NO! I WONT LOSE!" she yelled as she jumped up again, going for the roof once more. Her wings beat faster than before and she was narrowing the space between her and the roof quickly...
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Arpeggio
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Mar 16 2013, 04:53 PM
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Arpi walked a bit underneath where she was going, preparing to catch her just in case. She was pushing herself hard and he was a little nervous that she would go too far. "Careful... careful..."
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Starry Fire
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Mar 16 2013, 05:14 PM
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Starry was going to make it this time, or else she'd damn herself later. She may be young, but she was going to do this... she was going to impress Arpy and tuoch the side of his roof! She was going to make it!
However determined her mind was... her body just simply could not follow. It lst all its strength half way up and her wingbeat slowed down and she lost her momentum slowly as she approached the roof.
"NO NO GAH! GOTTA MAKE IT!!!" she yelled to herself.
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Arpeggio
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Mar 16 2013, 05:19 PM
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Arpi watched her as she began slowing... he stood onto his hindlegs, readying his forelegs to catch her. "Easy there... you don't have to do it right now; that's why I said these things take time. You're gonna tear a wing muscle if you don't relax soon..."
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Starry Fire
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Mar 16 2013, 05:29 PM
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"I MUST DO THI-" she yelled to him.
Then Starry felt it, the sudden lose of flight that carried her towards the ground, fast... too fast... she was falling...
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Arpeggio
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Mar 16 2013, 05:30 PM
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Arpi sighed softly. Live and learn, as he said. He caught the young filly in his forelegs. "You didn't tear anything, did you?" He carried her into the house and set her down on the couch.
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Starry Fire
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Mar 16 2013, 05:58 PM
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Starry fell right into Arpeggios forelegs. She had failed... and she knew it. The pain she was feeling right now was worse than the ones in her wing, something that she was sure she had pulled a muscle in. It hurt, hurt just like the time that Starborne had beaten her in racing... now she owed Arpy even more... not just for teaching her, but for failing him in achieving something as simple as touching his roof.
"I..f-failed..." was all she could say as he lay her down upon his couch.
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Arpeggio
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Mar 16 2013, 06:13 PM
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Arpi rolled his eyes. "Now don't you get all defeatist on me, little lady. There is absolutely no shame in messing up. Failure is the first step towards success. Do you honestly think I got good at anything I'm good at without trying and failing over and over?"
He chuckled. "You just rest. Learn from your mistakes and grow from it. Easy as pie, right?"
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