Flying! [closed, complete]

[hackeralastair]

WHO: Alastair and Bakura. AGAIN. Yes.
WHERE: anywhere and everywhere
WHEN: Saturday afternoon, 10/17
WARNINGS: none
SUMMARY: Alastair found out he could fly, during the powerswap, and now he's going to go do something utterly useful with it - take a friend for a ride!
FORMAT: who am I kidding, paragraph.

The test-run with Kyosuke late at night was leading to nothing but mischief. Alastair had discovered the far more interesting facets of the power he had been granted for the past week, finally, and used his time off from StarkTech to completely abuse them. Oh, sure, he had also cleaned up the debris from blowing a hole in his wall and moved all his possessions to a new room in the motel, but then there had been some fun flying maneuvers with Kiryu and a full day of just taking advantage of the ability to fly. He had discovered a few things, though: October winds were cold, necessitating all of his motorcycle gear, and people in a city full of superheroes still looked at you funny if you dropped out of the sky and landed next to them.

Also, landing was hard. Good thing his biker boots were solid.

With a full weekend of nothing to do stretching before him, Alastair put in a call to Bakura to ask him if he wanted to go do something fun. He hinted just enough to make sure his friend dressed warmly, because he still wanted to see that look on his face when he found out just what they were going to do. Cinching up his coat tight, he took off from the motel's roof and flew - god, yes, flew - across town to Waterford Place to pick Bakura up. Literally.

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[shiromadoushi]

Bakura, ever clueless, was waiting out in front of the apartment, bundled up rather well, looking down the street for any hint of his friend's motorcycle, all but bouncing on his toes in anticipation.

[hackeralastair]

Alastair knew enough of the physics of flight thanks to being a trained pilot, but controlling a plane was nothing at all like being one. He had to swoop around the apartment building once before he could get a clear landing spot, making sure to miss the pedestrians as he flopped a little less than gracefully down onto the sidewalk a few feet from where Bakura was standing. He had been going for a spectacular entrance and missed slightly, although his coat-tails flapped magnificantly down around him as he settled and straightened up, breathing deeply.

"...ah. Hey!" he greeted his friend brightly.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura startled, staring, eyes wide a moment before his face lit up. "Alastair-kun! You-- you flew!"

[hackeralastair]

The redhead grinned widely. He was wearing his sunglasses, but not his motorcycle helmet or anything.

"Yep! Look what I learned how to do!" he crowed. "What do you think, you want to go flying?"

I do not have an icon gleeeee enough.

[shiromadoushi]

"Yes!" Bakura exclaimed, nodding emphatically, grinning as wide as he could, looking almost as if he would explode from glee just at the thought.

XD

[hackeralastair]

"Excellent! Figured you wouldn't turn me down." Alastair stepped closer, his arms loose at his sides. He was taller than Bakura, by just enough to ensure this wouldn't be terribly awkward. Not like the time he himself had to cling to the Iron Man suit. "You're gonna have to hang on tight like on my motorcycle. But I need you in front of me for balance, not behind." He knew that from experimenting with Kyosuke, as well as his own flight with JP.

He held out his arms as if for a big hug. "I'll make sure you stay safe, too. I'm still getting the hang of it so I won't do anything crazy this time."

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura blushed, suddenly shy, but he nodded just the same. He had done similar the one other time he had gotten a 'lift' from someone, after all.

It was just... Alastair-kun.

His blush deepened a little more as he moved in closer, putting his arms around his friend. "Like-- like this?"

[hackeralastair]

"That should do." Alastair wrapped his arms around Bakura's shoulders, holding him pretty securely. After all, he couldn't reposition in midair - he wasn't that good at it, yet. "I mean it, now, hang on real tight."

Jumping off things of some small height was the easiest way to get in the air, but Alastair had figured out that he could probably do it from the ground as well. The "aura" Kon spoke to him about was something he could sort-of sense, sometimes, if he concentrated. He breathed deeply to calm himself and focused, even blocking out the sounds of the street, and then jumping upwards...

...and taking Bakura with him as he continued to climb, albeit not at a rocket speed.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura clung VERY tightly, heart racing as the realization of 'holy crap, FLYING' kicked in. He gave an almost disbelieving laugh, cautiously looking down at the ground below, arms tightening a bit more.

[hackeralastair]

Alastair held him tightly enough so that he wouldn't fall, but allowed him enough leeway so that if Bakura wanted to have a look at the scenery, he could. It was quite the view, actually, the City decked out in fall colors along the streets that actually had trees.

It took a minute or two to get used to the added weight and drag, but Alastair's piloting instincts helped him find balance, at which point he consciously increased speed just a bit. It was like joyriding on his bike - there was no destination in mind, just the thrill of being up there, being something other than normal, and having the wind rushing in his face.

"...you all right?" he yelled above the wind after a bit, to make sure his passenger was handling it.

[shiromadoushi]

"Yes!" Bakura laughed, heart still pounding loudly in his ears as he clung. It was different than the bike, and part of him was petrified, but he trusted his friend. "This is amazing!"

[hackeralastair]

Alastair laughed at his reaction. "Good, good! It's crazy, isn't it?" He definitely wished he had found this out earlier. But really, what else was he going to do with the ability to fly besides be a dick about it?

He wasn't up for trying any tricks, not with a passenger, but Alastair weaved a little, choosing a lazy path between taller buildings and taking a pass over Central Park at a high enough altitude that people wouldn't see unless they were looking directly up at them. "Anywhere you want to fly past?"

[shiromadoushi]

"Un! It really is!" Bakura laughed again, looking over to see the park below them with an amazed expression. It looked so colourful and surreal from that height... "Aah, I don't know! The park was my thought, but here we are already!" he said with another laugh.

[hackeralastair]

"I'll make a couple of passes, then," Alastair decided, since they were going just fast enough that you could miss a lot of things if you blinked while flying over. A few lazy circles would do. He already flew past his own workplace to see the damage the day before, he had no intention of going that way again.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura nodded, still clinging tightly. "Aah, there's the monument!" he nodded towards the obelisk. "I hadn't realized how tall it was! Though I wonder if I should have Toph take it down now!" he laughed.

[hackeralastair]

"Oh...yeah, I saw that." Alastair had caught the post before going out, but hadn't remarked on it yet. He thought about it while he circled the obelisk one more time and moved on before the park patrons below them could boggle at the flying people. "Nah, keep it up," he suggested as he flew onward. "It marks something that was important to all of us. Even if Yuugi's back, he can't change the past."

[shiromadoushi]

"Un, true," Bakura smiled, leaning in against Alastair's chest slightly as they shifted flight paths again. "I'm glad he's back, though. Even if it does make me a little worried!" he laughed. "First with Kaiba-kun and now Duel Monsters, and now Yuugi-kun... it's almost like the City's starting to turn into Domino!"

[hackeralastair]

Alastair laughed a bit, shifting his center of balance so he could free one arm to help him make banking turns in flight. "Nah, I think the huge amount of X-men keeps that in check," he smirked. "I won't lie, it's nice to have the duel disks working again, though. Kaiba just needs to hurry his butt up and put more towers up before it's too cold to go duel in the park."

He smiled to himself, remembering Bakura's long-ago confession. Of course he was glad to have Yuugi back. No surprise, there.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura gave a soft laugh as well, clinging a bit tighter as Alastair freed an arm. "I don't know, I think I almost prefer it with out the discs," he admitted with a smile. "I hadn't realized how heavy those are!"

[hackeralastair]

Oh, yes, Alastair had noticed that, when they played against each other. "Maybe we just need to build you up some muscles," he teased, making sure his other arm was holding on tight as well. "All those other superheroes are lucky, being so naturally built. Guys like us gotta work at it." Like he was one to talk, Alastair rarely did anything resembling exercise. He was just naturally skinny for the most part.

He banked the other way and shifted arms, rolling Bakura's weight carefully. Definitely getting the hang of this.

So much forshadowing for his swap :D

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura gave a soft laugh. "Aaah, I'm trying, if you'd believe it!" he said with a smile. "Kogenta-kun and Toph have been working with me to try and get it so I have at least some stamina! Though I think muscles on me are probably impossible..." he finished sheepishly.

perfect!

[hackeralastair]

Alastair gave a little "heh." "Kogenta's a pretty cool guy," he admitted, even though he'd only actually spoken to him a couple of times. He was bonded pretty closely to Bakura, that was the important thing. "I don't know where you find the time to do everything, though. And still have time to knock off for a couple hours on a Saturday to come flying~..."

He descended to a lower altitude and flew in among the downtown buildings, deciding in a split second that it would be hilarious to buzz the City's Times Square. There was only so long he could fly carrying someone, because he wasn't strong either, but Alastair was determined to make the most of it before he got tired and had to set down.

It's like every time he says how lucky he is that he didn't get zapped.. :D

[shiromadoushi]

"It doesn't take up too much time," Bakura pointed out with a smile. "And without school or university prep, I actually have free time!"

He clung tightly as they zoomed by it, grinning at the sights. "Aaah, this is so cool!"

yeah, really - you're gonna jinx it!

[hackeralastair]

"Heh!" Alastair rolled sideways so his passenger could really get a look at the view. "Wave to the people, Bakura. Heheh! Look at 'em, they have no idea what's going on..."

And they really didn't. One would think by now a couple of guys in normal clothes (and one very full coat) wouldn't attract attention, if there was a guy in yellow and red armor flying around all the time.

He really should know better. ;)

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura gave an embarrassed laugh, but carefully extracted one arm to wave at the gawking onlookers, clinging twice as tight with his other, his face red. "You can't really blame them! This is like something out of a movie, really!"