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Reaching for the sky; Boom Wing/OPEN
Topic Started: Aug 18 2014, 01:13 AM (422 Views)
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The next turn came and the long stretch of street was in from of Nova now. He was confident that he could outmanoeuvre Boom here, with all of the small obstacles in rapid succession of one another. He weaved over and under banners and around a lamp post or two as they went. The surprised shouts of ponies behind him could be heard as the two Pegasus sped past. He found himself neck and neck with Boom now, coming up on the next turn, after which was a wide curve.
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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The ability to spot a series of obstacles and foresee a path through them was not something Boom had learned during his time of dodging flak cannons, arrows and nets; This ability was intrinsic to every flyer and Boom's time in the military only honed it further. He found a path wide enough for even his large wingspan to glide through. With a deft slide from one side of the street to the other, Boom avoided the many outreaching structures that threatened to break a wing if they touched him. He gave a flap where he could to increase speed and hit the wide curve up ahead with his maximum speed. When he hit the curve he banked at the highest altitude he could, quickly falling to gain just as much speed as he would lose. This placed him dangerously close to the edge of the street and every open window and balcony threatened to grace him with a collision.
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Nova's wingspan didn't have the problems that came with Boom's. He was able to dodge obstacles much easier than Boom could. The curve had far fewer of these obstacles however. And Nova soon found himself flying straight above Boom as he skimmed the street. He was starting to break a sweat with the pace he was keeping, steady as it went. He didn't want to push himself until the final stretch.
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With the wide curve over, a short straightaway lied between the two flyers and the final turn. Just after the final turn would be a short straight stretch and then they'd hit Main Street. Boom flapped up to the next turn and changed his direction, complete with a loud boom. As he pressed on, he could see Main Street just up ahead and he's reach it within a moment.
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Boom got ahead of Nova on the turn again. But that was when he really put the pressure on. The final stretch. He put as much power behind his wings as he could, feeling the strain on his muscles and the pain in his joints. Almost at the finish now, he had almost caught up. Then with a whoosh, they passed Main st. Nova only a hair behind Boom.

Nova pulled up, losing all of his built up momentum and slowing down to what might be considered a walking pace. "WHOO!" Nova let out, looking up to the sky and heaving deep exhausted breaths. "Not bad." He said with a smile.
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Boom looked back to see Nova had flown up to brake and so Boom followed his actions, soon hovering just beside him. "I try." Boom replied. "A moment longer and you'd've had me beat." With that, Boom would gently glide down to Main Street and land. There was a moment's hesitation as he folded his wings and did his best to try and hide the sharp pains he was feeling in his joints.
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Nova glided down and met Boom, sitting down and giving his joints an after workout stretch. "Good exercise though." he said. "I liked the way you took those turns. I don't think I'd be able to do that." He looked at Boom's large wings again. Tools for powerful flight, they were.

"We should do this again sometime. I'm sure I'll beat you next time."
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"I'm certain you would. I try to take advantage of a large wingspan, but speed is not a benefit." he replied. Looking around Boom Wing noticed the time of the evening."So. Drinks? Maybe another secret LSF hideout?" Boom Wing joked.
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"Heh." Nova laughed. "If that place is supposed to be secret, somepony needs to be fired." He joked. "Well, I was going to go for a cool-down flight, then report in for duty. Lots of training scheduled after all."
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“Ahh I forgot. You have one of those things called a job.” Boom remarked. He looked around at the busy crowds of Canterlot’s evening. “Well perhaps we could take a slower flight. Luna knows my wings take a bit longer to stretch than most.” he added.
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"Well, gotta make a living somehow. Right?" Nova said. He gave his wings a final stretch and lifted off into the air again. "We'll take it at a casual pace." He added. "Besides, I don't know if the streets can take much more of us tonight." He pointed out a few knocked over signs and litter that had been strewn about when they had sped past.
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“I’m just noisy, but you make a mess of things, haha.” Boom stated as he leaped up after Nova. The next time they raced, Boom figured he would intentionally stay right behind Nova, if only to see how he flew. There weren’t many secrets to the art of flying when you’ve reached the adult age, but he was sure LSF knew one or two. “By your lead.” Boom stated, ready to go.
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Nova lifted off from the ground and started at a leisurely pace. The idea being to let his muscles relax, but at the same time not stopping completely. Something about flexibility and cramps or somesuch. "Do you do workout lie this often?" He asked curiously. "Well, I guess being a flight instructor it comes with the job."
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“Yeah, it comes with the job. They wanted to move me onto some physical therapy at the veteran’s hospital, but it turns out teaching young pegasi and gryphons to fly is just as tiring. You gotta show ‘em how to achieve lift, so that’s a good stretch. Then how to make short flights, which you could call exercise. Then you have to make long-distance flights which could be called endurance training. All in all it’s a good workout on the daily. Except when you do it four times as often as the students, it can really get to ya.” Boom Wing explained as they flew. For Boom, he barely ever had to flap his wings to achieve lift. In truth he was more like a large kite and could just easily glide most of the time. “So what sort of the training has the LSF been into recently? More of those suicide drops?
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Nova Nodded. "Yeah, we've been practicing a lot of extreme maneuvers lately." He said. "I guess they think that we ought to be more prepared in case of another invasion. They're trying out different, more radical training methods. I can't say that I agree with a few of them."
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