17328/I Believe I Can Fly... I Believe I Can Touch the Sky...

I Believe I Can Fly... I Believe I Can Touch the Sky...
Date of Scene:	03 March 2024
Location:	Back Yard
Synopsis:	Kitora met Patty, who had recently come to Xavier's, and using gravity powers helps her learn how to fy by taking some weight off.
Cast of Characters:	Kitora Alua, Patty Sloan

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Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua hmmms softly as she was just lounging on... nothing, suspended in the air. Though it's early March, the glowing-red girl doesn't seem at all bothered by the chill in the air as she is reading a comic book, nor by the fact that her chair is invisible... or she's just levitating. There is also a physics textbook next to her, floating in the air, as she giggles at the comic page. "Ah, Garfield, you never change."

Patty Sloan has posed:
Patty steps out of the mansion into the back yard. She kicks some grass and shakes her head. "I should have been braver." She sighs and shakes her head. "If I'd have been braver I could have stopped those creeps from messing with him. He didn't deserve to be treated like that." The girl beats herself up a bit as she sighs and walks out into the cool air. Her wings are drooped down as she goes almost broadcasting her dismay. "Maybe if I got stronger. Maybe I wouldn't be as scared anymore." The blonde frowns and a gust of wind whips up and blows past her. She has yet to see the gravity defying girl and isn't blowing air in her direction thankfully.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua glances over as she heard the muttering and the gust of wind and saw... someone she doesn't recognize. She moves herself upright, and decides to just walk, heading over, the physics textbook slowly orbiting her as she walks - she's still glowing. "Hi there!" she states happily. "I don't think we've met - are you new around here? I'm Kitora."

Patty Sloan has posed:
"Patty Sloan. Or Patty. Or Sylph. Whatever." She sighs. "Sorry I'm not trying to be a jerk. Nice to meet you Kitora. I kinda messed up today. I feel bad about it. There was this guy who was getting bullied. I tried to tell the bullies off but they ignored me. I talked with the guy who was getting bullied. I felt super bad about not being able to stand up to the bullies myself." She sighs. "If only I was a bit stronger." She frowns.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua nods. "Are you a recently-awakened?" she asks softly, pondering softly. "Sylph? That's a neat codename. I use Horizon. Still working on it. Might change it. Those are neat wings..." she muses softly, not sure how to ask if they work. Some mutants... get the short end of the stick.

Patty Sloan has posed:
Patty sighs softly and smiles. "I umm, awakened two years ago." Then there is the comment about her wings. She blushes a little and looks back at her wings which perk up. "Oh umm, Thank you. I've grown kind of attached to them." She blushes at the bad pun. "Honestly I have had to keep them hidden for the past two years. They have been belted down to my back. It kinda hurt sometimes but better than people finding out that I am a mutant." She trails off at the last part there. "Not that I am ashamed of being a mutant. I was just bullied a lot as a kid and if the bullies got wind that I was physically different like this, I would have been tormented so much more."

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua nods. "Yeah... fortunately, I was found and brought to this sanctuary early." She then blinks. "I could imagine binding your winds would suck. If I may ask - can you fly, or...?" She trails off. "I could imagine that never using them might make it difficult..." She ponders as she looks Patty up and down.

Patty Sloan has posed:
Patty shrugs, "I don't know. I never got to try. I've flapped my wings really hard here. the most I've done is this." She flutters her wings and she lifts off the ground about a foot. She drops a moment later. "I think if my wings were stronger I could possibly fly. I'm kinda scared if I do end up flying. I am kinda afraid of heights." She looks down and shakes her head. "Binding my wings inhibited me from ever trying to fly. I didn't get to go swimming in school. Didn't get to participate in Gym class either because I was always hiding my wings.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua nods slowly. "I can help you figure out how to fly if you want... your wing muscles might have atrophied a bit and not allow you to lift your entire weight..." She then extends a hand. "Take my hand and I can help you learn. For... I have a power too - based on gravity. I can make you weigh less so you can learn how to fly... and can catch you if you would fall... if you are intersted..."

Patty Sloan has posed:
Patty smirks mischievously. "Okay!" She exclaims as she flutters her wings a bit, lifting off the ground again. "Flying isn't my powers though. Its part of them but not all of them." She blushes. "My powers are wind based." She blinks and a gentle gust of wind blows through the back yard. "I have a crazy idea." She reaches out and takes Kitora's hand. "What if I..." She focuses and wind starts blowing hard from underneath her. Her wings flit around. "Okay Lets see." She starts fluttering her wings and she may get launched a good 6 feet off the ground. "Whaaaaaaa!"

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua jumps up to catch your foot as you launch up, to make sure you don't rocket away. "You probably have to learn how to combine your wings with your wind powers... it'll come naturally as you get used to it. When my powers awakened, they were out of control and I literally tore my childhood home apart." She waits to see what will happen, but would catch you in a zero-G field if you'd prepare to faceplant.

Patty Sloan has posed:
The panicked girl continues fluttering her four wings. She is falling but not as fast as she would if she wasn't moving her wings. "Ahhh!" She cries out as she tries to keep from face planting she is about 6 inches from the ground before she another wind burst launches her upward again. "EEP!" She blushes, "OKay I'm going down. Going down now!" She flattens her wings and glides down into the ground. She loses her balance and stumbles to the ground. "Ahh. Sweet sweet earth!!! I missed you!" She giggles happily as she safely, if not wobbly, gets to her feet.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua smiles softly. "Well... that was... awkward.." she smiles. "We've all had our learning curves. I didn't even need to catch you..." She thensmiles. "Anyway. Ever watch the moon landing video? Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin?" she asks. She gestures as you start to glow red. "This is how they felt with gravity one-sixth as strong." She grins happily. "Try it out! Don't worry - I won't let you hurt yourself."

Patty Sloan has posed:
"Not as graceful as a damselfly was it?" She asks with a laugh. Then gravity changes. "One sixth of that on Earth?" She takes a step and winds up jumping upward a ways before coming back down. "Wait. Maybe I can..." She takes another step and flaps her wings again. This time she goes upward a ways and stays there for a long moment. "Okay... I'm up here! I... I'm flying right?" She asks as she just kinds hovers for about thirty seconds before she starts to descend. She is starting to sweat a bit as she lands on her feet this time. "I did it?" She asks curiously.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua smiles. "Well..." she muses softly. "You didn't eat dirt and you did stay up there for a while so - yes, you flew for a bit." She smiles. "You'll just have to practice. I can hold the gravity field for a little while if you like if you want to keep learning. Up to you."

Patty Sloan has posed:
"Okay! I'm going again!" She starts fluttering her wings and jumps upward. She goes flying upward, easily going past eight feet into the air. She continues flapping her wings, holding herself up in the air. Her wings buzz a little as she picks up speed and just kinda hovers there. "I can stay up a little longer!" She states as she crosses the thirty second mark. Sweat pours down her face as she continues flying "What if." She focuses and the wind blows a little. "Hey this makes it easier!" She smiles and continues fluttering her wings. Finally she comes down after about a minute. "When I have the wind blowing I can fly a little better."

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua smiles. "Yeah - I don't think your wings were meant to really support your weight by themselves. It's like a package deal..." She floats up to be at your elevation as you fly, then goes down. "Just know that I won't always be here to take the weight off of your shoulders."

Patty Sloan has posed:
Patty smiles and nods. "I know. I know the muscles in my back need to get stronger." She smiles. "I think I can fly though. I know I can fly!" She smiles and stretches, "Okay can you make the gravity a little more?" The girl smirks to Kitora. Yeah she is getting into the swing of it. "She jumps upward and starts buzzing her wings. She flies again. Again the air picks up under her and over her wings. She hovers in the air right there, Not wanting to move around too much just yet. "My back muscles are burning!" She exclaims as she continues flying.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua nods as the glow around Patty dims, and she's now at half-gravity. "There you go," she states as she continues to float up to to match your elevation. "Just don't overdo it. If you strain them you'll set yourself back." She hmmmmms softly. "I'd practice a litlte more each day until you're full strength. Not sure if anyone around here can actually help you wtih making the muscles stronger - all I can do is make it easier for you as you are."

Patty Sloan has posed:
She continues hovering, Past a minute... up to a minute thirty seconds. She quickly comes down and lands. "Oof! I think I've gotta stop now. My muscles are on fire! I have never worked those muscles before but wow! It feels really good! I never flew before!!" She beams happily having gotten off the ground for a bit. "My wings aren't just for show! I can fly!" She exclaims happily. "Thank you Kitora! I wouldn't have known if I could do this without you!" She smiles happily.

Kitora Alua has posed:
Kitora Alua nods slowly. "I'm glad they work." She then sighs softly. "Damn, that made me get hungry," she states. Suddenly, your aura fades away - as does kitora's own. She isn't glowing anymore and doesn't look weird anymore - just a normal-looking Japanese young woman with fire-truck-red hair and eyes. "Want to go to the cafeteria? They always have a lot of food... my powers make me eat a lot." She grins widely.

Patty Sloan has posed:
"Okay! Lets go to the Cafeteria!" Patty smiles a little and lets her wings rest. They sit on her back together sticking outward. She laughs, "I could really use a drink. I think I need to train. Not just my wings but all of me. Maybe I should lose some weight too. That would help me to fly sooner." She smiles a little bit more. "Starting tomorrow! I'm gonna start jogging I think!"