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[foolishwren]

<sub>[CLOUDS ABOVE. WATER BELOW. That's what Heather is seeing when she briefly flicks on the audio feed.]

[After spending a whole lot of time trying to ensure through various means that she wouldn't meet an uncertain death trying to fly, enough time had passed and Heather couldn't hold back that classic Mason mother-hen desire to have all the eggs in one place at the same time anymore.]

[In hindsight, though, informing the two she'd gotten on the bird to actually GO SEE that she'd left... AFTER she left, was a bit of a bad decision. Turns out the roaring wind is pretty damn loud when you're that high. She has to raise her voice to be heard.]</sub>

Angela. Lisa!

Sorry for the wait. M'finally on my way.

_{[A pause, punctuated by the whistling wind.]}

... Aaaand it'd be good if you could both tell me where you are, too. Prooobably should've asked that before I left.

_{[But THAT ASIDE... the video feed flicks on then, showing off a vast expanse of blue water below and fluffy clouds above, with Sunny's downy ear-tufts fluttering down towards the bottom of the screen.]}

I take back any misgivings I might've had about flying before.

This... is pretty awesome.

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[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Wow, uh, Heather sure is high up. Above the water. Perfect for drowning in.]}

Don't die, okay, Heather? _{Heather, don't die.}

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[It's a good thing that Sunny is a slow, steady flier and not some power-flapper because otherwise Heather'd never be able to carry on a conversation while in the air.]}

I'm not gonna die, Henry.

Promise.

[Voice]

[saltwaterwounds]

Oh, Helga! Isn't flying just the greatest? I hope you're being careful!

[Voice]

[foolishwren]

_{[SCREAM THAT IS NOT A VOICE SHE WANTED TO HEAR RIGHT NOW]}

Wh-- uh, yeah!

Totally being careful!

Got a helmet and everything!

So... no, uh... worries.

[voice]

[darkenedgales]

[Crow himself has left a few hours earlier after he heard of the trouble in Olivine, so now he's a little... busy there, obviously, but how could he not find some time to comment on his apprentice's Heather's first real flight?]

Told ya so!

[... He sounds cheerful alright, but the screams and noise of GENERAL CHAOS in the background make it sort of difficult to communicate.]

... Y'know, you might wanna skip stopping in Olivine. Things are kinda messy over here. [Bad pun.]

[voice]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[OH FINE CROW, YOU WIN ON THIS ONE.]

[Heather had heard some of the news, but apart from Crow's hurried departure, she'd been a little more focused on the logistics of her own trip.]</sub>

Yeah?

It's real bad, huh?

[Video]

[show_my_cannons]

[Even watching flying is hard. He is definitely making a face as he looks at the feed.]

... If you fall, it is your own fault.

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[She sees that face and she can't help but laugh. It's just... FUNNY, okay? She grins down at the screen, hair blowing wildly around her face (or whatever of it is sticking out from under her helmet, which Harry insisted that she wear).]}

Aw, Ironhide, don't be like that.

[voice]

[bluedespitebeing]

[OH GOOD YOU GOT THE HANG OF IT. She'd feel really bad if you died.]

I'm over in Violet.

[Which might be a tad hard to hear because on top of All the wind on your end, her voice is muffled and accompanied by the sound of other people groaning. And possibly retching.]

[voice]

[foolishwren]

_{[YEAH HEATHER WOULD FEEL REALLY BAD IF SHE DIED TOO. Dying sucks.]}

Violet?

_{[She can't help but make a bit of a face-- god, she hates that town. But it quickly turns to confusion when she picks out the sounds of moaning and ... other...things over the 'Gear. At first she didn't hear it because of the wind, but...]}

... What's going on over there?

_{[YOU MEAN BESIDES THE MUK INVASION?]}

[voice]

[newberktown]

[Hiccup doesn't sound quite as upbeat as last time you were so very high in the sky (or, well, not so much), but there's the tiniest hint of a smile beneath all that groggy voice. He just woke up from the longest nap ever a little while ago.]

I could'a told you that...

[Sigh, flying... =c]

[voice]

[foolishwren]

_{[Oh, Hiccup... don't worry someday you'll have a Pokemon you can fly on, even if it's not Toothless. :c]}

I think you might have, but I guess I had to see it to believe it.

_{[Or FEEL it, rather... the view is incredible but it's that weightless tingle in the pit of your stomach that really can't be replicated without actually doing it...]}

Video

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

......you told me you knew where you were going.

Video

[foolishwren]

--well, I did!

... You know, just... not the specifics!

_{[SHE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO GET ANGELA AND LISA, SHE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE. :c]}

[video]

[ripped]

[There's the telltale rushing of the wind first, then Nero's face, framed by blue sky and clouds. He's apparently doing the same thing she is--only he's making straight for Saffron, where the Mukpocalypse is taking place. He manages a expression that's just short of a smile.]

Not a bad view, huh?

[video]

[foolishwren]

_{[The grin she sends back at him is broad-- giddy, even.]}

It's awesome.

_{[She's flown once or twice, admittedly... but never by herself. Never this high.]}

voice;

[usedshooshpap]

Flying is fucking amazing.

voice;

[foolishwren]

Now I see what all the fuss's about.

[ video ]

[getthehorns]

[ Cliff is still unsure about the whole "flying" thing, himself, but the view does look pretty awesome ]

I was about to ask what the frag you were doin' that I couldn't hear you.

[ video ]

[foolishwren]

HAHA, yeah, sorry-- didn't realize the wind'd get so loud up here!

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Good to see you've gotten the hang of it.

[Envy's got his voice raised, but it still might be a little hard to hear him over the sounds of a very noisy Pokemon battle going on around him. There's some shaky-cam going on too; it looks like he's in the middle of running.]

[video]

[foolishwren]

Yeah, I did.

... What the fuck is going on over there?

[vide]

[darksoulwithlight]

Can't say I've ever tried it on a Pokémon, but flying's a pretty damn good way to travel I'd say.

[video]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[--OH. It's that lady that totally dissed her and made uncomfortable implications! >:( ..... :I oh well. That kind of WAS awhile ago.]

[Though Heather still adopts a somewhat aloof note in her voice when she replies.]</sub>

Sure is quicker, anyway.

voice;

[doitrockapella]

Wherever your travel plans are taking you, I'd suggest avoiding Goldenrod City.

[In the background here is some clattering, clamoring, and the faint chatter of a Spinarak.]

voice;

[foolishwren]

So I've heard...

_{[She already has to go to VIOLET, which is under attack... she's sort of hoping that Angela didn't head there after all.]}

[video]

[vulpesvivus]

It takes a little getting used to.

...Is that Sunny?

[video]

[foolishwren]

YEP.

She's the only thing I own that's big enough to fly on, so!