Shut up! And dance with me! (Open)

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

It was almost Christmas break and Ray was in need of a break! He'd just barely passed on of his classes and the rest hadn't been that much better. He had a few hours before dinner after his exams and so he'd headed to the auditorium. He hadn't had a lot of time to practice and he was feeling very restless. It was perhaps the only place he could be alone, besides his room and he really didn't want to be cooped up in his room and it was too cold outside. He would have gone to one of the larger training rooms but they were taken over with people getting tested for their power control. Raylaigh had already done his and he would have passed if he had stuck his last landing. He was very close, his takeoffs were better than they had ever been and his inflight maneuvers were superb but his landing had, as per usual gone horribly wrong. At least not so horribly that they'd had to take him to the infirmary.

He was finally getting used to being a tree, but the problem was it seemed he wasn't even done growing yet. Already he was five nine and the doctors said he was bound to just keep growing, bound to reach six feet before he graduated. He wore low sneakers and a pair of skinny black jeans and a blue jacket. As soon as he jumped up on the stage he shed the jacket and tossed it into the corner along with his messenger bag. He'd rolled up the sleeves on his button up shirt and stretched out. The flyer's wings fluttered as he shuffled his feet a little bit. The bright green colored headphones stood out against his skin as he bobbed his head to the tunes he'd had running through his head. He started moving in what would probably appear to be a random way to an onlooker but to himself and what he heard it all made perfect sense. His exams were over and Raylaigh was feeling good! He pulled his ipod out of his pocket and found his new recent favorite song.

Hitting 'Play' and turning the volume up he let the energy flow through his veins. He flowed across the stage mixing jumps with flips and spins. Finally, he couldn't keep himself on the ground any longer. The Auditorium was large and with its high ceiling he could do a fair bit of aerial acrobatics. He jumped and for a moment disappeared into the orchestra pit before shooting out into the air. He spun and sped for the far side of the room. When he got there he pretended he was swimming in the air and flipped, kicking off the wall. Ray dipped and soon he was spinning and dancing in midair. He tucked a foot close and his other foot's wings pumped madly. He spun in a tight circle almost reaching the chairs before he let go and using one set of wings for balance and lift he raised his arms into the air and his other set of wings spun him into a fast and wild spin. He threw his head back and closed his eyes. He laughed aloud as he spun, thrilled by the adrenaline and dizzying effect it was having on his brain.

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

Cici wanted to go to the auditorium. She loved spending time there, and would often (after making sure no one was around) sing on the stage, pretending she was singing to a large crowd. She had sung and played guitar in front of crowds before, but never at Hammel. At least, not yet. But maybe that could change.

Pushing the door open and then letting it slide close behind her, Cici's eyes widened as someone hit the wall above her head. But then, they were speeding off, twisting through the air with an awesome vibe. Watching the display in excitement, Cici didn't even realize that she had risen about half a metre off of the ground herself, as she wanted to join the individual. Never mind she had no idea who he was, what she did know was that he could fly, and it looked like fun!

Grinning, she realized she was being infected by the boy's mood, though she didn't mind. Flying higher, she did a loop of her own, and flew closer to him, hoping she didn't scare him. It was so cool, another person who could fly! "Hi! I'm Cici! That looks like fun!" Cici gave him a large smile, then wandered if he could even hear her, when she noticed his headphones.

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

The world was spinning and Raylaigh was loving every moment of this glorious moment. It was like he was finally feeling the spin and the energy of the air itself. Honestly, Raylaigh couldn’t help but feel bad for those people who couldn’t fly. His spinning had him dizzy and he listed to the side and let the momentum carry him into another loop and he nearly collided with the wall before getting his feet on the right way again and pitching off again in another direction. The flyer had a smile on his face from ear to ear and the boy couldn’t keep himself from whooping with excitement as he twisted and danced in the air, weightless and at the same time precariously controlled by gravity.

He caught motion out of the corner of his eye and for a moment he wasn’t sure if it was his eyes playing tricks on him or not but he swooped and watched the girl do a loop. A flyer! Raylaigh’s smile grew and he looked for her wings. Nowhere to be found. Well that wasn’t fair, he decided good naturedly. She came closer and her lips moved but the music was pounding in Raylaigh’s ears. “Sorry,” he called loudly and plucked his headphones out of his ears then said in a much more normal voice, “I couldn’t hear you, what’d ya say?” He drifted toward her and his wings hummed faintly in the air as he hovered careful to keep his wings from colliding with one another and sending him careening into a wall.

Ray had seen other flyers but this was the first person he’d ever talked to and he couldn’t keep himself from smiling. No one else could really know the joy that flight brought unless they did it themselves. He smiled broadly and couldn’t help but peering closer at her. “Where are you hiding your wings?” He asked pushing himself in a circle around her before coming back to face her. The music played faintly from the headphone he’d hung around his neck. There was nothing but happiness in his eyes and he suddenly got an amazing idea. Oh this was going to be so much fun!

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

Laughing at how loud he talked, Cici spun in a circle. "I said I'm Cici! Min' if I join in on your flying?" Her New Zealand accent came out rather strong. Excited, her eyes widened as she saw wings on his...feet. That was so cool! And cute! She moved a bit closer to the boy, for a better look, and wandered what it was like to have wings. Especially on your feet. At his question, Cici tilted her head to the side and blinked. "No, imma wingless flyer...but...can I just..." Overcome with a wave of excitement at having found another flyer, she tried to restrain herself from hugging the boy. Really, she did. But, alas, soon she found herself wrapping her arms around the boy, though it was only a brief hug. "Shot, another flyer! You're the firs' one I've met besides me!"

Excited, the thought of what if hugs made the boy uncomfortable never crossed Cici's mind. She loved hugs, and so, naturally, she liked to give them out as well. Maybe a little too much.

Spinning sideways and flipping, Cici laughed at the thrill flying sent through her. She was really happy that she was able to get an ability that was so awesome, unlike some, who got some that they understandably disliked. But the exhileration of flying, it was something that couldn't properly be put into words, it was..amazing! Moving back in front of the boy, Cici pushed her hair out of her face. "So what's your name?

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

“Hi Cici!” Raylaigh said brightly and nodded, his whole body bobbing up and down in the air as he did so. “Oh yes!” He giggled, “I’ve never flown with someone else before! This is awesome!” He couldn’t stop smiling, Cici was a flyer! That made her instantly the coolest person. “Wingless flyer?” He echoed cocking his head to the side in fascination, he’d never seen someone without wings flying. He thought he was the most interesting case with his ankle wings, but to have no wings at all. Wow. Ray looked at her curiously as she approached but as soon as she went in for a hug Raylaigh was more than happy to oblige, squeezing her around the middle. He loved hugs, he was one of those people known to hug random strangers if they let him. Ray could already tell they were going to get along great.

“Same here!” Ray said his eyes squinting into upturned crescent moons as he smiled broadly. “How long have you been flying?” He drifted back and forth as he hovered, his excitement making it hard to sit – or rather hover – still. She was laughing and spinning and Ray was pretty sure he’d found his soulmate, it was too bad she was a girl. He giggled at the thought and mimicked her actions adding in a little twist of his own at the end. The boy spread out his arms and joy radiated from him. “Isn’t this just the most amazing feeling in the whole world?” He didn’t think he’d ever be able to come down again, not if being up here was an option. It was funny, after a while, Ray’s flying became better and his walking became worse, he just decided he should fly everywhere, but that didn’t really work in the real world.

Ray ducked his head, flushing red for a moment. “Oops, my bad,” he bobbed his head like a dove, “I’m Raylaigh, but everyone calls me Ray.” Swooping around backward Raylaigh flew toward the stage, gesturing for her to follow. As he got close he pointed to the rafters and the ropes that hung there. “Watch out for those,” he warned, he’d gotten stuck once and it had been terribly embarrassing. He looked about a bit but finally found the sound system he was looking for and plugged in his iPod. The music filled the hall and Ray zipped toward Cici his eyes bright. “Dance with me?” He asked extending his hand.

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

Cici nodded enthusiastically at the boy's words. It was awesome. He seemed somewhat surprised at the fact that she flew wingless. Was it really that surprising? She found it more awesome that he had wings growing out of his feet! Was it hard? What was it like? Oh, especially when he manifested! That would have been a huge surprise!

Happy when he accepted her hug, and even hugged her back, Cici giggled at his smile. It was the cutest! "'bout two years. You?" She asked. She still didn't know his name, but she could tell they would be great friends! Laughing as he copied her actions, with an interesting twist, Cici fell back towards the floor, horizontal to the ground, then swooped back up. "It is! Don' we have such 'n awesome gif'? It's th' meanest! I'd stay up 'ere all day if I coul'!" She frequently, however, stayed in the air for too long, which would result in her receiving her really bad migraines, but it was worth it! And, over the past two years, she had managed to increase the amount of time she could spend in the air dramatically, and hoped to further increase it.

Smiling at his name, Cici nodded. Following him to the stage, she blinked as he pointed at the ropes and rafters. Those looked like they would be easy to get stuck in. Which sounded like exactly the sort of thing Cici would do. Laughing to herself at the thought, she made a mental note to avoid the area, and thanked Ray for the heads up.

Grinning as music filled the auditorium, Cici noticed that Ray had just plugged his iPod in. Awesome! As he quickly flew over to her, Cici looked at his outstretched hand curiously, and grinned widely at his words. Her green eyes sparkled as she placed her small, pale hand in his. "Of course!"

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

Another flyer! It was basically fate that they’d met, Ray decided. And how cool was it that she could fly without wings! She must be much more maneuverable than he was and the others with wings on their backs. He bet she even could walk with ease. Not to mention she was friendly and happy. Her giggle was infectious and he found himself eating up her bright personality and amplifying his own. He couldn’t sit… hover?... still and he kept swishing back and forth, back and forward and in circles, not having the ability to keep himself from moving when he was excited.

“Sweet! It’s been…” He counted on his fingers, “Four years now.” He beamed as he showed her four fingers. Really he should be a lot better than he was now, but his growth spurt last year had destroyed all coordination he’d ever had and getting it back had been hard and well, he’d never been good at the whole landing thing. He giggled, no fear in him as she fell downward. If it was one thing he knew the most fun thing in the world was falling and catching himself before he fell too far. The sensation of freefall was euphoric. “Ohmygod yes,” Ray nodded and giggled. “Seriously! I wish I could stay here forever!” He opened his arms and propelled himself back into a loop. “I mean seriously,” he giggled as he righted himself again, “The ground is sooo boring!”

The auditorium was a little bit confined and he couldn’t rocket like he wanted to. But it was warm and that was what mattered. He couldn’t wait for summer. When his joints didn’t ache and he could go outside without freezing his feathers off. Granted if he really wanted to fly high he had to have a jacket anyways but that was beside the point, he’d really stopped trying to go so high. He wasn’t a fan of not being able to breathe, he capped his ceilings at about 3km and then only with a lot of help from thermals, which were unfortunately short in supply in the winter.

He grinned at her, holding his tongue between his teeth gleefully as she took his hand. He pulled her toward him and guided her up and into a whirl. Stepping like he was on the ground, his wings fluttering quickly to keep him aloft. He wasn’t even feeling weary, this was a blast! He lifted her hand over her head and spun her. The flyer couldn’t resist, he took her hand and put his free one behind her back and pulled her close, waltzing in the sky. “I’ve never danced with someone while flying before,” he said with a bright smile, his eyes closing as he giggled. He’d danced with plenty of people on the ground, he was on the dance team, after all, but this was different and so much more exciting.

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

Making a small face in slight awe, Cici stared a bit in wonder. Four years of flying? Wow! And she wondered what his manifestation was like. Had he grown wings suddenly? Or had they been growing for awhile before he could actually use them? For her, it had been a sudden feat, that manifested when she needed it, while she was falling towards a very deep, treacherous river, where otherwise, she could potentially have drowned. But, that was a bit of a sobering thought! She was here and having fun! She didn't need to think about serious stuff!

As she was pulled close by Ray and led up into a whirl, Cici couldn't help but laugh aloud, dimples showing. He began to step, like he would, on the ground, and giggling, Cici followed him. Man, how often did you get the chance to dance with someone in the air? It was awesome! That lead Cici to wonder just how many people had danced like this before her and Ray. Feeling herself get spun, she giggled, closing her eyes momentarily and losing herself in the moment. It was exhilerating!

When Ray put his hand behind her back, she happily obliged, placing her own on his shoulder. Waltzing in the air, something she never would have thought Cici would find herself doing! "Tell me 'bout i'! I wonder how man' people 've actually done this b'fore!" She said in answer to his comment. She had danced in the air alone (after ensuring no one could see her), and danced with others on the ground at dances, parties and the like, but this, this was surely the most thrilling dance of all, Cici decided. Following Ray and listening to the beat of the music, she genuinely never wanted that moment to end.

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

“How did you figure out you could fly?” He asked curiously. His had been kind of obvious, it really wasn’t every day that someone woke up with wings on their feet. Raylaigh was really glad that he’d been sedated when it happened, he still had pain when he folded the wings into his legs and then again when they came out. That was why he only put his wings all the way away when he had to. He was interested if she just started hovering one day or if she thought she could just fly one day and so she hoped into the air and tried it out. It was amazing, he couldn’t get over her non-winged flight. He’d never thought very much about other people’s manifestations, he assumed that they either happened by accident or like him had suddenly something growing out of them.

The flyer grinned and they spun. She was a good dancer and he was ecstatic about having a dancing flying partner. Since they were certainly going to make this a consistent thing, as far as Raylaigh was concerned they were officially best friends. It wasn’t unusual for Ray to decide that people were friends before considering their opinions. This was so much fun! He laughed spinning with her all around the room. He guided her in twirls and drops and he had to say dancing in three dimensions was a lot more fun than being stuck on the two dimensional ground. They could go up and down, side to side and diagonally.

Raylaigh laughed brightly and spun her, dipped her once or twice. “I have no idea,” Raylaigh replied with a winning grin, “But this is awesome! You’re a good dancer, too.” He added and the beat of the music picked up as a song changed. It was upbeat and quick and Raylaigh spun her away and started his own spin. He couldn’t stop smiling, his eyes closed in joy and his mouth slightly open as he felt happiness bouncing through his every nerve. He was having so much fun and flying with someone else was fabulous. He settled himself back more or less upright and then flew toward Cici.

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

Humming at his question, Cici replied thoughtfully. "Oh, I was walkin' along near a real fas' river, 'n', bein' the clumsy me, I fell off th' footpath. Was 'bout to fall 'n the river, prob'ly woulda drowned 'n that river, bu', instead of fallin' in, I hovered, 'n' flew to safety. How 'bout you?" She asked curiously.

Spinning around in dizzying fun, she laughed again. It was obvious that he had experience dancing, as he lead her around so naturally, as if he knew exactly what to do, like he was used to dancing. He was super good at it, making dancing in the air something that felt so natural, Cici felt as if she had been doing it for years. Hopefully, she would be able to do it for years to come. It was way too fun to give up! Not even realizing it, Cici already considered the boy a close friend, she already felt a connection with him, signaling that this would be an awesome and long-lasting friendship.

Dancing with Ray, Cici could feel herself getting dipped, spun, and it all felt so natural, Cici couldn't help but marvel. Her stomach fluttered at the fun of it, and the feeling of joy was practically bursting from her. Eyebrows raising in surprise as he complimented her dancing, she laughed. "No, you're th' awesome dancer here! Imma jus' followin' you!" He was super nice though, to say that. As the song changed, to something faster and more intense, she watched as Ray spun away, and did a small flip in the air, as he spun, laughing even more at the sheer fun of it. Flying back to rejoin him, she lead them both to do a flip together in the air, then went back to following Ray, the music pulsing through her and making her want to start singing along. As she did the flip, her hair flew out of its tie, and it went wild, flying around. But, she shook it out of her eyes, even as it flew around her, now loose.

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

“Oh no!” Raylaigh gasped, that sounded terrifying! He put a hand on her shoulder, “I’m glad you got your power then!” It was certainly a useful thing to have and it had manifested for her at just the right moment. Ray was genuinely glad it had, it would have been tragic, more than tragic actually. Near death experiences were not the way that Ray would have wanted to come into his power. It made Ray wonder how many people had manifested from near death experiences or otherwise high stress events. Raylaigh scratched his head. “Not anywhere as dramatic as that. I got really sick and when I went to the hospital they gave me pain killers and had me stay overnight. When I woke up, surprise, surprise! I had these little things poking out of my legs.” He gestured at the wings. There had been a lot of blood, he was glad he’d been passed out during it all.

Ray was just making things up as he went along. He’d been dancing for a while and he loved to dance, but really there was no bad dancing, not if one were having fun. The most happy people could be the worst dancers but no one ever paid attention to their dancing because it was their infectious happiness that drew attention. If someone was fun then who was to tell them to stop? It was this feeling that made Raylaigh completely free when he was dancing. He didn’t care if he was doing well, he was having a blast with their aerial dancing. Cici was a good dancer and she flowed with his movements. Looking at the joy on her face was all it took to make Ray grin.

The flyer shook his head at Cici and giggled, peacock that he was, he preened under her praise. He made a dramatic dipping bow, “Why thank you milady,” he said straightening, “But I’m not kidding, I can’t be an awesome dancer without an awesome partner.” He followed her now into her looping dance and he whooped with excitement. He watched her flip against and he was caught suddenly by her. Her hair came loose and flew around her and the mirth on her face was beautiful. Raylaigh might be gay but that didn’t mean he didn’t recognize her beauty for what it was. She was stunning, smiling with her hair going mad all around her. He gazed his eyes blinking a few times hoping to mentally capture that image, Ray wanted to paint her like this, so alive and so happy.

He opened his arms and kicked his feet over himself in a flip, laughing and feeding off of her joy. “I love this song!” He called to Cici and started to hum, “Let us fly-ay-ay-ay!” He wasn’t a good singer but to hell if that stopped him. He wasn’t on pitch and if the music weren’t so loud someone would probably wonder who was murdering a cat. He couldn’t help it. The Golden Sky was one of his favorite songs! He zoomed across the room and flipped his feet to meet the wall, planting his feet briefly before kicking off and back toward Cici. He held a hand out to her as he spun around her. “I can’t wait until it’s warm and we can do this outside!” He dashed around her, looking more like he was skating than flying. He reached out a hand to her and instead of pulling her with him he pushed toward her and accelerated her into a tight spin as he spun around her. He bubbled with laughter and really he couldn’t think of anything he’d rather be doing.

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

He reacted in a way that surprised Cici. She had never really thought of her manifestation as very bad, since nothing bad had happened, but she supposed it did sound a little dramatic. Eyes widening at Ray's story, she shook her head. He'd had to go to the hospital and get drugged up? that sounded way worse than her manifestation. "Ay? Tha' must've been crazy!"

Laughing at his reaction to her comment on his dancing, Cici couldn't stop herself from giving him another hug. Then he called her awesome and her grin widened and was about as bright as the sun. Brushing her hair quickly out of her eyes again, she continued to spin around and dip with Ray, heart fluttering in excitement and adrenaline rushing through her veins as she noted how much they were actually moving in the air.

When he started to sing, Cici laughed. She didn't know this song well, though she was sure she had heard it before a few times. Just because she was in love with metal didn't mean that was the only thing she had heard. Loving listening to Ray, who sounded like he was having the time of his life, Cici joined in singing breathlessly, her clear voice mixing with the music and Ray's. It was a pretty easy song to pick up on, after all. "Let us fly-ay-ay-ay-ay, la-di-da-di-da-di-dah, to the golden sky..."

She nodded whole-heartedly in agreement when at his next statement. Outside, where there was even more space, a view and the freshness of the air. Oooh, that would be even more fun than in here, and that was saying something! Normally, she wouldn't have danced in the air outside where anyone could see her out of embarrassment, but Cici felt like it would be completely fine if Ray was with her. She probably wouldn't even notice other people were there if they danced like this!

As Ray zoomed around, Cici stuck her hand out towards him, expecting him to pull her back in.  But when she was pulled into a tight spin that had her surroundings blurring and her hair flying wildly again, she laughed and laughed, but found she couldn't quite find up or down anymore out of dizziness. Holding onto Ray's shoulder's for support so she didn't fly towards the ground, she closed her eyes, giggling, as she waited for the dizziness to pass. When it finally had, Cici grinned cheekily. Ray's turn. Grabbing his hand with both of hers, she spun him quickly, but not too long so that he didn't feel too dizzy when she stopped laughing, she poked her tongue out at Ray playfully.

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

Raylaigh laughed and swayed in the air. With a shrug, he supposed it did sound pretty bad, but really he’d been on enough pain meds where he’d just slept through the whole thing. “I mean it’s not every day you go to bed and wake up with wings,” he admitted with a smile, “But I didn’t feel a thing at least.” Ray was loving Cici already, she was great, they already had so much in common! He hugged her back and beamed as she smiled from ear to ear. Seeing people happy made Raylaigh happy and seeing the excitement and the joy flash through her eyes he couldn’t help but laugh with joy. He was having the time of his life dancing in the air. The flyer spun and threw his arms up in the air relishing in the increased speed that it brought.

So what if Ray couldn’t sing very well. It wasn’t like he was trying to be good. When she joined him he was ecstatic. She wasn’t laughing, she wasn’t trying to shut him up, she was just joining him in his joy. He kicked his feet up and zoomed horizontally, opening his arms and swooping around the auditorium. “It’s the paradise of smile where the sun will always shine!” His wings hummed like a bird’s and he couldn’t stop himself from moving, there was too much adrenaline and too much excitement for him to sit still. What was better if they were just flying together in the air and they weren’t treating each other like they were breakable. Raylaigh assumed she had weak bones like him, but he was loving not being told to be careful and not being treated like a delicate glass sculpture.

Ray shimmied and waggled his brows at her, as he did some terribly corny moves. He could imagine doing this in the summer with the blue sky as their backdrop. What a wonderful feeling, with the wind in their hair and the chill of the atmosphere around them. They could really test their limits then, they wouldn’t have to pull up because of walls, their only limit would be their own skill. He grinned wickedly as he spun her and laughed, his eyes closed with mirth. She finally slowed down a bit and Ray let her hang onto him for a while, laughing all the while with her. “Sorry, you alright?” He asked and no sooner had he asked then he was being spun around.

He laughed and closed his eyes, tipping his head back ever so slightly and enjoying the lightheaded sensation that followed dizziness. Coming back to a steady state was difficult, he was pretty sure that he’d come to a stop but he wasn’t completely sure that the world wasn’t still turning. His eyes found Cici and he grinned at her, laughing at her antics. “Alright, Cici, let’s see if you can keep up!” He said as another song started. It was fast but had more of an even rhythm. Something that could be danced to as a pair. He offered her his hand, his eyes sparking with mischief. “You’re a very good flyer,” he said truthfully. She’d been flying less time than he had but she certainly had some moves that Raylaigh envied.

[Cianna "Cici" Rivers]

As she watched Ray do some cheesy dance moves, Cici decided then and there that he was her new best friend. Who cares that they had just met each other? She certainly didn't. Shooting back some corny moves of her own, not as fancy as Ray's, not as fancy as Ray's, but still pretty fun, she tried to wiggle her eyebrows back at him, but found herself failing sadly. Eyebrows were just so hard to move like that, and she wondered how people could even do something like lifting a single eyebrow. Sure her expression looked comical as she attempted to move her eyebrows, Cici gave up with a shrug; she'd get it someday.

Was that a challenge? Grinning at Ray, she took his hand with enthusiasm, listening intently to the quick beat of the next song. It felt as if her heart was beating in time to it, and she looked at Ray. "Aw, tha' a challenge?" Smiling at his next words, she said, "Shots! You 're too! your wings 're amazin'! It's jus'...so...trippy!" Laughing, she glanced again at his wings, unable to get over how...how awesome they were. She wondered if it was like moving your legs when walking. Did they feel that natural? She supposed they would.

However, such thoughts flew out the window when they started moving to the new song. She could feel herself working up a light sweat as they spun around fast, and hoped she didn't look too gross or smell, for that matter. But once again, the thought was quickly lost as they completed a sharp turn and Cici found herself dipping very low, her back arching as she snapped back uprights. Thank goodness for young bones and flexibility, that she was able to exert herself like this. "D'ya do dancing? You're too goo' not to!" And it was true; though they were both going crazy and having the time of their lives, Ray's movements were smooth, they flowed, as if he had practiced this a hundred times before. How cool!

[Raylaigh Hawthorne]

Raylaigh laughed, wrapping his arms about himself as if struggling to hold himself together. He really liked Cici, she was funny. He broke even further into giggles when she attempted to wiggle her eyebrows and ended up looking like she was stretching and contracting her whole face. He spun a little and shook his head. “You’re really bad at that,” he teased, a bright smile on his face. The flyer couldn’t believe he’d met someone who could not only fly but knew how to have fun with it! Some people here were just so serious, he couldn’t even begin to comprehend why people didn’t want to have fun. Life was good and life was glorious in flight.

“Absolutely,” he said pointing a finger at her. From his hover he did a loop and giggled. “Don’t even ask me how they work,” he said lifting a foot and holding it while his other foot hummed. “Thanks! You wouldn’t believe how surprised I was to find them,” he said. “And what about you, he swirled around her, “I can’t even imagine how you’re staying up here.” While Ray’s wings were exactly logical when it came to flight at least he had something that appeared to give him lift, he wondered… “Hey, how high have you ever flown? Have you ever run into a bird? I have, a flock of crows. You don’t want to run into a flock— or is it a murder?— Anyways, you don’t wanna do it. Those things chased me right out of the sky!” He laughed at the memory, granted during it had been quite terrifying and well he’d gotten a nice broken ankle and wing for his trouble when he fell out of that tree.

Ray smiled, she was a wonderful dancer. Raylaigh blushed and ducked his head. “Thanks,” he said waving a hand dismissively, faking modesty, really he was preening under her praise, holding his head higher and his shoulders back, chest puffed up. “I do a little bit, how about you? If not you totally should! It would be so much fun! I’m on the dance team and it’s a blast!” He smiled brightly and took her hands and shook them like an excited child. “I mean think of how awesome we could be, dancing in the air, we’d be the envy of everyone.” He winked at her and shimmied an open mouthed smile on his face.