Fandom Into the fire (1x1 MzHyde/Gallifrog)

[MzHyde]

Kay ate her slice of toast as did Fia whilst watching it all unfold in actions, despite not understanding anything they were all saying. Any other time the lack of English would make both girls feel a little out of the group, but for some reason this morning it wasn't phasing either of them. Fia had noticed how Elliott had his arm round Jay a while before John had but that was only because she was up first out of the three of them, and so saw it. It was an action she was used to seeing so it just seemed like a normal thing to see to her.

Though she could imagine how it would be a note worthy thing to John and maybe Kay, having not really noticed that kind of action between the two of them when there was so many people around. Both girls watched as Deke clearly was saying his goodbyes before turning and focusing his parting words to Jay and Elliott, before leaving. "Well that was something" Kay thought to herself, wiping off the odd crumb off her jumper as she finished her breakfast. Now she was finished eating, she loosely brushing her hair over one shoulder and did a messy braid, tying it up. She just wanted it mostly out of the way whilst she travelled later on. She noticed Fia had also tied her up but into a messy ponytail, that was long enough to drape over her left shoulder into a lose curl.

 

[_gallifrog_]

John raised an eyebrow at the parting words and Elliott just shrugged in response. He hadn't had a proper chance to get to know (or thank) the man who took his place in the cells on quite a few occasions. But Cal vouched for him and even though he'd only seen Rinaa and Deke together twice, the green-blue skinned man never failed to pull out a proper smile from her. "Care to enlighten us on that?" Jay asked, directing the question at Rinaa. The girl set aside the knife and leaned back against the countertop. "He's very perceptive on some things. In my timeline, I spent hours in his lab learning, watching, building, testing. As soon as I walked in for the first time in this timeline he picked up on it instantly and weaseled an explanation out of me. Plus as a shapeshifter, he can't take somebody's form without getting an idea of their mindset too."

"So..... long(ish) story in this timeline, but an even longer and more complex one in yours?" Jay asked, carefully watching Rinaa's response. "Exactly that yeah." She nodded, hanging the towel back over the hook on the wall. "Deke's a great guy, crazy, but a great guy, I'll vouch for that any day. Can't make waterproof hearing aids for shit though." Cliff nodded with a sigh, turning the shoe box around so the others could see the contents. "And since going home means unexpectedly ending up in water, I've been zapped a few times by these. Usually I don't bother and I just spend the whole time communicating in sign, the whole family is fluent. But given the sheer amount of people, my brain can't lip read them all at once, so hearing aids it is. Though if somebody makes a long, boring speech I'm turning them right off."

 

[MzHyde]

Kay and Fia both listened to what Rinaa said after Jay asked what that was all about on what Deke said to them. It seemed to the two of them that a lot of people on Attil were highly observant, going by Rinaa's story of how Deke got the explanation out of her. As Rinaa said he still couldn't make waterproof hearing aids for shit, they both had to smirk at it. They then both turned to Cliff as she turned the box around for them all to see the hearing aids inside, whilst explaining the deal with them.

Kay smirked listening to what Cliff had to say finding her last comment amusing. "Well that's one way to tune people out I guess" she smirked, not being able to help herself with the poor pun. In her head it was hilarious, but she knew it actually wasn't. It didn't stop her from saying it anyway though. "Mum that was terrible, don't ever say that again" Fia groaned, shaking her head at her, in shame that Kay would come up with something so bad. "It was funnier in my head" Kay replied, but not actually apologising for making such a comment.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Cliff just rolled her eyes with a slight sigh. She'd heard similar versions of that joke before and made such jokes herself, usually to break the ice and let people know that, yes, it was okay to make these kinds of small jokes about her disability, but taking it an further than that was a firm no. "It's not the worst, but I've heard a lot of those style puns in my life, probably most of them. If you can think up of one that I haven't heard before and actually find funny I'll be preeetty damn impressed." She explained, finishing with a light smirk. This wasn't the first time she'd issued such a challenge, and it more than likely wouldn't be the last. But this group (that were about to become her extended family) might just have it in them to muster up something truly good.

"I wish I could just tune out boring speeches, that's such an underrated superpower." Rinaa sighed slightly wistfully as she took the bowl John had been eating cereal out of. "Or just tune out people in general." Cal added. "Like when you're on the underground rail. Do I really need to hear about Shan getting tonsil surgery? Or the fact that Dami has broken up both his girlfriend, his boyfriend and his dog? Or that Aaron has fallen out a window on the seventh floor?" "Sounds just like the shite you hear on the tube back home." John scoffed, his disapproval for all public transport networks evident. That was one of the reasons he liked having Chas around. Just as he thought of the cabbie a key was heard in the locj and the door opened smoothly (as Dan actually knew how to open a door). The two entered each carrying a large crate. "Mornin'. Is he talking shite about public transport again?"

 

[MzHyde]

Seeing Cliff sigh, it was obvious to Kay wasn't the first to make a similar pun, she listened to Cliff say as such and put out the challenge about finding one that hadn't been said before and was actually funny. She may not get any better than that but she wouldn't put it passed any of the other lot to find that one gem. As Rinaa spoke up about wishing she could indeed tune out boring speeches or conversations, Kay nodded. She smirked at Cal's contribution on the topic, kind of glad that her awful pun made for a conversation starter at least.

Then came the normal complaint from John about Earth's public transport, even if it was warranted in this topic. As Chas walked through with Dan and the crates, asking if John was moaning about the transport again, she nodded. "Sure is, well, sort of anyway. Talking about tuning people out on said public transport and the kind of crap you hear from people" Kay explained. "So...same old same old in other words, but this time totally valid" Fia contributed to the topic with a smirk. She had heard his disapproval many times in her timeline, which always made her smirk and roll her eyes each and every time, brushing off comments like they were water of a duck's back. This morning was no different in her eyes.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Chas was the longest suffering listener of John's tirade against public transport. But it was a useful threat to use when he got too out of hand. The threat of having to take public transport to get to the exorcism site or the demon outbreak was one that made John blanch. Said transport was never on time and never went to the right places, no matter how hard you hexed it. "Ah yes." Chas nodded knowingly as Kay and Fia elaborated on the matter. "That old fish. And as I always say in retaliation the talk is just as bad in a cab. Some people think that 'cabbie' is synonymous with 'therapist'." "In your case it basically is, considering how much of our shit you deal with on an hourly basis."

Elliott replied with a fond smile as Chas and Dan left down the crates on the floor by the table. The armour crates were heavier than they looked, but would in no way be regarded as light. Dan said something in Attili to Cliff and Cal who nodded. The blacksmith then turned his attention to Rinaa and what was quickly becoming the hot topic of the day, the fact that she had all but acquired a girlfriend in the days she'd spent on Attil. Rinaa had been expecting it, and told him most of what he wanted to know. "If I started charging yis, I'd make a fortune." Chas mused aloud, enjoying the flashes of horror that crept into John, Elliott and Rinaa's eyes.

 

[MzHyde]

Kay and Fia both nodded and listened to what Chas was saying about it being just as bad in the cab profession. Both of who could easily believe that, just like how people opened up to their hair stylist or the like. When Elliott said what he said, both girls had to chuckle at it, as it was true. He did seem to be the one that listened to all of their woes and worries in life, in and out of the cab.

Whilst Rinaa and Dan had their conversation, the two stayed focused on the chatter with Chas and the others. When the charging comment came up, they both laughed at the sheer horror that crept into the others' faces. Out of everyone it felt like Kay chatted to Chas the least, but that wasn't to say she didn't get his opinion on things. "for the sake of all our wallets and sanity please don't start charging" Fia commented whilst smiling as sweetly as she could. "I love you but I think I can speak for all of us when I say we'd be seriously in debt if you did" she chuckled.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Rinaa nodded, totally agreeing with what Fia said. "I agree. I managed not to get into student debt and to get a proper, relatively cheap flatshare with some decent people in London and somehow find time to attend at least one movie a week without completly draining my bank account. I really don't think therapy debt is neccesary in my life." She smirked. Rinaa worked summers in the labs and mechanics bays as well as doing some hauling for Dan at the forge and pulled shifts at the restraunt to make her own money to pay for her own education. Jay payed the fees, but Rinaa was determined to be self sufficient on everything else.

Chas chuckled "I won't, I won't, don't worry. But I guess I have a plan B for life- turning cab driving into therapy and getting paid extra." "Other people mate, not us. Do it on other people." John shook his head, seeing that Chas was at least partially tempted by the idea. "Fine, fine, but you people seriously owe me." Chas didn't actually mean that, he was perfectly happy to consult and help out with all these problems for free. Evne if they were frustrating, complex and causing a lot of hurt to many people, including himself. It was just the kind of guy he was. "Well me making your cab self repairing has to count for something." "Of course that only happened after you destroyed the other five."

 

[MzHyde]

Fia smirked listening to what Rinaa was saying and agreeing with her. She chuckled at Chas saying it was a plan B option for him. It just made things all that more amusing when John was reiterating that his best friend could by all means charge, but not them. She rose an eyebrow though when the topic of the cab came up and when John decided to make it self repairing. "Only after the first five?! Seriously dad?" She questioned.

Kay just found herself greatly amused by the whole banter going around. It really did feel like that pre vacation family banter. She just stayed out of it but she watched on happily, she was just waiting for someone to come back at Fia with some sassy comeback, whether it was Chas making a dig at John or John saying something to defend himself.

 

[_gallifrog_]

"It wasn't five Chas" John sighed. The cabbie shook his head and held up a hand, with five fingers pointing up. "Yes it bloody well was mate, I keep track of this stuff. The first cab got hit by a truck" Chas put down his thumb. "The second was burned within an inch of its life by hell fire." Another finger went down. "You fell out of a third floor window onto the third cab because aoaetently flinging yourself at a demon rugby-tackle style is the logical thing to do." The next finger went down. "The fourth one you drove, if you can even call it that, into a bloody wall." He put down the fourth finger, leaving only his middle finger pointing upwards. "And the fifth one got all but thrown into a portal to Hell." The last finger went down. "Five cabs, like I said."

John ran through the events Chas was detailing and had the decency to wince slightly. "Yeeeeah, okay, it was five cabs. But now you've got the self repairing cab, even if it takes about as long as you do to knit yourself back together." Minor damages went away quickly, and the tires never wore out (something Chas was immensely grateful for), but for proper damages it took hours to get into shape again. Chas hadn't asked what John had done to make the cab that way, considering his own limited immortality had resulted in the deaths of all the people in the bar. The others in the apartment smirked at Chas putting John right in his place. "You should know by now that Chas knows this stuff."

 

[MzHyde]

Kay just knew John would protest the fact that it was five cabs. He wouldn't be able to stand there and not protest it, even if he was immensely wrong about it. Seeing Chas put him in his place one disaster at a time, she smirked when he left the middle finger up last, instead of any other finger. She sniggered at John caving into the truth that he just got thrown in his face metaphorically speaking. "Dad got owned!" Fia sniggered, after Elliott said his bit toward John.

Kay chuckled at Fia enjoying the whole thing, whilst finding it made a change from the lot of them ragging on Elliott. "How long has it been John? About fifteen minutes/half hour since being awake and you've already been ragged on." Kay commented chuckling, sliding her hand onto his back and rubbing it lovingly. She had a feeling today's travelling was going to spur a lot of laughs.

 

[_gallifrog_]

"Yeah well, and we all know that doing this kind of shit makes him happy?" John smirked in response to Elliott. "Putting you in your place? Damn straight it does, somebody has to." Chas replied with an equally devious smirk. "It doesn't exactly change much either in my time, both the dynamic and the breaking stuff. Y'know I learned basic plumbing cos of you lot?" Rinaa's best family related memories of Earth were Chas and John bickering about who'd broken what. Chas raised an eyebrow "really?" "Yeah, demon capturing went wrong, end up half flooding the place and destroying the plumbing. So it was anybody who knew how to do plumbing was helping out, or just shouting advice gleaned from the internet."

"Ah yes, YouTube tutorials, the bastion of all intelligence and useful life skills." Elliott remarked dryly from the wall, getting a smile from Rinaa at that. "It was either YouTube or reading all four hundred pages of 'Plumbing For Dummies' in less than half an hour." "Fair point." Elliott nodded. The fact that John and Chas (though he suspected mostly John) had accidentally flooded somewhere didn't surprise him. "That's a real book?" "Apparently so, didn't know it was a thing before that. Though considering 'Golf For Dummies' is a book then it makes sense. And golf is a useless sport, nowhere even close to exciting."

 

[MzHyde]

Kay just chuckled at John's response to being dragged on which didn't stop when Chas added his little bit. She too rose b eyebrow at Rinaa saying about learning how to do the plumbing because of John and Chas' antics. It also didn't come too much of a surprise that in one timeline, they would have accidentally flooded an apartment. She was curious to whose apartment if was but she wasn't going to ask because that wasn't the point of the short story.

When the talk about the 'for dummies' book came up, Fia nodded, "pretty sure theyve done a book in that series for nearly everything" Fia added, remembering when she went online shopping for books several times, or did the odd sneak out to the independent book shops, she'd of found a book in that series for anything and everything, or so it seemed to her. "I'm surprised those books are still going in both your timelines. I remember when they came out when I was a kid" Kay remarked.

 

[_gallifrog_]

"They're still going alright and they do have almost every title under the sun, unlike 'The owners Guide To' series who actually have one on the sun. There's some extremely exciting tech titles in my timeline, what with all the research and extra government funding going around." She'd established that Fia's timeline was not as technologically advanced as hers, and suspected it was something to do with the fact that in her timeline and interplanetary war was a very real possibility and governments wanted to be prepared. Rinaa decided against making the classic age joke about Kay also remembering when telephones were invented, along with fire and the wheel, but she didn't feel quite comfortable with that.

Cliff consulted her phone and then turned her attention to the group. "It looks like we won't be able to get a private ship out today, not even with the crazy number of pilots." She rolled eyes, scoffing in disapproval. "So we'll have to take a shuttle to the gate." "Please tell me its one of the good companies, not the shitty ones our school used to shove us on." Elliott shuffered at the memories as did Cal and Cliff. "It's not believe me, I made sure." "Excellent, that's a memory I don't need to relive." "I'd say it's best we set off now, everybody got everything?"

 

[MzHyde]

Kay listened to what Rinaa said about the books still going and going strong by the sounds of it. She could imagine with the way things advanced in Rinaa's timeline, there was plenty of subjects to constantly make a book out of or release a revised version of. With Fia, she didn't see quite the types Rinaa had, but there was still enough to keep the books being published. Rinaa may not have felt comfortable making an age joke toward Kay, but Fia certainly did, "was that before or after the Industrial Revolution?" She smirked. "Oi! You cheeky mare!" Kay replied digging her in the ribs, making Fia laugh.

When Cliff turned her attention to the room and spoke up, the laughter stopped and both girls listened to what Cliff was saying. Just hearing Elliott's tone, it was clear to both of them that the shuttle wasn't ideal at all for this trip but they'd have to deal with it. "Yeah, we got everything" Kay said, looking around at the stuff, to which Fia nodded in agreement. Kay still had her bag on her back out of just forgetting to take it off, it was only her dress bag that was next to Fia, as well as picked up by the teenager. "I got this" she told Kay. "Yeah you do.. after that comment" Kay smirked.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Rinaa didn't need to know Elliott's past to understands his reference to school days. It seemed that it was required for every school, no matter where they were in the universe to use the cheapest possible service for school outings. But she trusted Cliff to splurge out and get one of the better services. They were going to a gate after all, so there were plenty of services willing to take them there. Rinaa pulled on her bulky backpack, slung the gear bag over her shoulder and reached down, grabbing the armour crate and wedging it securely under her left arm. "Locked and loaded" she smirked as the others gathered their things together. Both Cal and Cliff had large backpacks and an armour box each to deal with. From helping carry them, Chas knew that the boxes had wheels and a helpful handle, unlike Rinaa's which was just a box.

It didn't go amiss either that the weapons rack had been emptied, some of the weapons stowed, others coming with them. Royal guard credentials was like a diplomatic passport in a way. Cal checked the windows and doors one last time, before herding everybody out. Cal locked the door, checking the handle before leading them down the stairs and out into the fresh air. Rinaa and Jay looked at the wheels on Cal and Cliff's armour boxes, Jay sighing slightly. "Why didn't either of us think of doing that?" "Missed opportunity on my part, though I don't really mind lugging this around. Plus the box came custom with the armour and it'd be a shame to ruin it." "True that."

 

[MzHyde]

Kay readjusted the straps on her bag so it was more comfortable but other than that, she was good to go. She glanced between everyone as they picked up their stuff making sure no one left anything behind by mistake. She heard what Rinaa said but said nothing, just like how Rinaa didn't want to mention some kind of age joke towards her. When everyone had their stuff she gladly walked out the apartment with everyone else and headed downstairs.

Hearing what Jay said about the wheeled cases, she had to smirk ever so slightly, surprised that she didn't think of getting such a thing for herself, yet had no doubts that she would invest in one in the near future now she had seen them being used by Cal and Cliff. Fia just followed like everyone else, but remained closer to Kay and John out of familial habit more than anything else. She had her bag on her back, and her thigh bag on her left leg like usual. Deep down she was excited to see Cliff's home planet, as it was after all only the second time technically she had really gone away from home. The first coming to Attil and back in time.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Rinaa had made arrangements the night before for Moya to have the newly finished bike kept safe in the rental place. She'd also given in a note of explanation to the various lecturers and teachers she had in the university. She chose to walk midway between Cal and Cliff and Elliott and Jay. Chas walked with Dan and John, talking to both in a mix of Attili and English. His language skills had come on remarkably on what he dubbed once as 'the strangest language exchange programme I've ever been on'. All were looking forwards to seeing Cliff's home planet. Neither Jay nor Elliott had been there before, but knew the basics. Chas was fascinated by the idea that there were so many diverse and different planets out there and humans had somehow managed not to miss so many of them. John wanted to compare it to Earth, which he knew was one of the more watery planets around, yet not classifiable as a water world.

Given that they were all carrying weapons, Cliff had decided it was easier to fly out of the base as opposed to the city. The launch complex was situated a couple of kilometres away from the base and the landing zone for smaller crafts. It was situated behind a mountain wall They could have taken transport there, but since this was the first time for many, Cal and Cliff had decided that the reveal was better on foot. And if people did get tired, they would be spending hours sitting down afterwards, so it balenced out. As they came closer to the pads the smell of burnt rocket fuel and vapourised rocks began to permeate through the air. Cliff led them up the ridge, stopping at the summit to let them have gape in awe at the sight below them.

There were at least six launch pads (varying in size). The pads consisted of a platform with a large exhaust channels to the front. Each contained a ship similar in style to the space shuttle, but far bigger. They were mounted vertically, with gantries at the side allowing access to the ships. "If any of you ever had dreams of being an astronaut and launching in the shuttle, then this is basically that dream realised."

Spoiler: Space Shuttle/Ariane Launch pad references pics

For reference really, the actual space shuttle Discovery on the launch pad. The launch pads and respective gantries would be something like that:

With an exhaust funnel kind of like this one used at Korou:

 

[MzHyde]

Whilst they walked, Kay stayed on the other side of John, half listening to Chas and Dan to the English parts of their conversation. But she didn't try to chime in so not to be rude. She did think it was impressive how Chas has managed to pick up on the language so quickly, though it probably helped that he knew a little bit before coming to Attil. Every now and then Fia spoke to both Kay and John, whilst she switched hands with the dress bags, to save her fingers from the hangers digging into them.

When they got closer, the smells hit Kay hard which made her wriggle her nose slightly whilst her sense adjusted to the smell, as it was hitting her similar to how coffee was. She just hoped it didn't make her vomit in public as that would be highly embarrassing. As they reached the top, she looked out indeed in awe, amazed at the whole view around them. Fia took a couple of photos instantly of the viewpoint, before taking it all in. "So... fricking... cool" Fia commented slowly to emphasize her awe at the whole thing with a smile on her face. "It sure is babygirl" Kay smiled whilst replying, rubbing her stomach to ease both her and unborn Fia.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Chas' eyes nearly fell out of his head as he took in the scene below him. When Cliff had mentioned 'shuttle' and 'base launch pad' and 'passenger ships' this wasn't what he'd imagined. He'd imagined a smaller affair, small bus sized ships ferrying people back and forth. He realised then that they'd never launched off a planet before. They had left Earth from the Watchtower which was in Erath orbit and the other two places they'd visited had been a binary asteroid and a space station, neither warranting a vertical launch. The shops in from of him were behemoths. John was similarly impressed, but managed to control his facial features better than Chas. "Bloody bollocks, that's quite something else." John whistled taking it all in. "Are you sure were actually in the real world and not one of Ell's elaborate 'Matrix' fabrications?"

Cal looked on with amusement "this is all one hundred percent real, if you want we can take the classic tourist photos that you never be able to show to anybody normal." "Good thing I don't know anybody normal then." John smirked as Chas pulled out a proper camera. "Mate, take a tonne of photos, I'm so sending these to the League when I get back, oh it's gonna piss them off so much." He continued gleefully making his way to the summit of the ridge. Taking photos of John was a well rehearsed routine by now. There was enough wind that his coat billowed dramatically behind him. In some photos he was scowling, others smirking and there quite a few where he was giving the finger.

The camera was then passed to Elliott who took photos of both Chas on his own and Chas with John. The cabbie was slowly amassing quite a collection of photos like that. Chas then took the camera back, snapping Elliott and John together, before Rinaa volunteered to take the group photos. "I'll do the group ones, I can't be in them after all. I won't just simply Marty McFly out of them. So get in people." She getsuerd them to a spot where they would be framed between two rockets on the launch pad.

 

[MzHyde]

Kay's initial thought was very similar to Chas', she never thought it'd be a vertical launch to get off of Attil so this was indeed mind-blowing. She watched as Chas pulled out a camera to take photos of John on his own first, chuckling at the poses he was doing just to make it more irritating to the League. The poses were so typical of him, that it stupidly made her love him more. She then watched as Elliott took photos of Chas and John together, smiling to herself at it all. Oh she most definitely wanted to paint one or two of these shots on canvas for them.

Fia kept back as like Rinaa she couldn't be in the photos for obvious reasons. So when the group photos came up, she stood beside John which wasn't much of a surprise to Fia, but it was also where Fia thought she should be. She wondered when she turned into someone who didnt mind having her photo taken as when it came to having them wit Sam, she'd have protested so much about being in them, yet it seemed to be different with this group. She enjoyed being in the photos, messing around with them all.

 

[_gallifrog_]

Rinaa did all the group photography on Chas' camera as it not only had the best quality, but also had greater storage than any other device. The holy trinity of John, Chas and Elliott, the couple of Cliff and Cal, the siblings, a couple of Elliott and Jay together and the duo of Dan and Cal were among the permutations. There was also a full group photo, with everybody but her, at her insistence. Rinaa wanted to be in the photo, to have some record somewhere that, yes, she was part of this crazy group too. But she didn't, not knowing if after her timeline vanished she'd still be in it or not. She wanted as few triggers as to her presence as possible. The others laughed, messed around and pulled stupid faces, making the photos distinctively 'them'.

Still in a good mood they descended down the slope, heading towards the main waiting terminal, a building with all the architectural charm of a nucleur bunker on the outside. It needed all that concrete Cliff explained, if something was to explode there was a hell of a lot of rocket fuel lying around. Over the past few days Deke had made up proper ID for everybody, fake documents good enough to fool gate staff and machinery to allow everybody to travel between planets without interruption. The documents were suitably battered as if by years of use, but it was actually chemicals and a sanding belt that had achieved this effect. Rinaa and Jay already had suitable travel passes under assumed names so they hadn't required Deke's services, but Jay had made note of his skills.

Cliff and Cal led the way through the various security points, pulling out an official document allowing all in their party to travel uninterrupted with their weapons. "And this is the advantage of having a royal on your side." She smirked, tucking the document away. They didn't check in baggage, opting instead to stow it themselves on the ship. Boarding passes and a gate were received and the two women led the way to one of the large windows looking out over the launch pads. Cal gestured over to a medium sized ship on the left with green detailing on the heatshield. "That's us over there."

 

[MzHyde]

Like Rinaa, Fia was desperate to Benin the photos deep down but knew it was a bad idea and stayed out of them, even though every part of her wanted to get at least selfies with her father and mother. So to make up for that, she insisted her parents had plenty of them side by side, which Kay humoured her, though she didn't complain in the slightest, (she even let Fia take a few on her phone so Kay had her own photos). She also let the others have their photos without her, as it was only fair.

Walking down the slope, she listened to the explanation of why it was built up the way it was, which all made sense to her. She followed with Fia by her side through the various check points, smirking when Cal said what she did about having a royal in their group. When they reached the window and they explained that was their ship on the left, she looked at it impressed and still finding it incredibly cool what they were all about to do. Fia stared at it also and quietly and discreetly gasped, keeping it to herself mostly.

 

[_gallifrog_]

"For these commercial flights there's no need for wearing a spacesuit, sorry if anybody was getting excited about getting to do that." Cliff told them, as they all craned their necks to take in the whole shuttle. "These ships are made sturdy, sure there's still a chance of getting blown to smithereens, this is space travel, but it's very low. There's protical to follow, so I figure it's best if I brief you in this now, rather than have is make a show of ourselves in there." "That sounds like a good idea." Chas nodded, peeling himself away from the window, thinking that if it wasn't for the photos his family would think he was crazy if he attempted to explain what he'd seen and done on this trip. "So shoot, tell us what we need to know."

"The obvious one being, this is a shuttle, large booster rocket and two smaller ones. On take off it is going to feel like the ship is falling apart and that your teeth are falling out of your mouth. That's all perfectly normal. Since we're leaving the atmosphere we will pull serious g-force, it shouldn't be enough to make anybody pass out. On launch, sit straight, hands on the armrests and get comfortable before we take off, there won't be time for that during take off. Keep your head forwards facing until we've cleared the atmosphere. Stow all belongings before take off. Stay strapped in when told to, for obvious reasons. And there may be some points of weightlessness. When that happens grab onto one of the ceiling hooks, not the seats, it's easier and safer for when gravity kicks back in again" She smiled consulting the tickets. "We got three window seats between us, it's rows of four on there, the view is incredible by the way."

 

[MzHyde]

Kay peeled herself away from the window when Cliff started speaking. She agreed with Chas that was beat to hear it now so it sinks in and they take actual note of it. Fia also did the same as Kay, wanting to listen intently so she didn't mess anything up in the process and as Cliff says, make a show of herself. A lot of it seemed quite common sense on the g-force situation, though neither girl liked hearing about what it would feel like.

Hearing that they had three window seats between the group, made Fia happy, it meant that even if she didn't get that seat she could still see out of it relatively well. "So I guess that means it's a fight for who gets the window seats and who gets the rest next to each of them" Fia smirked. This was going to be the most insane flight Fia would have ever taken not to mention the first flight she's ever taken. "You've never flown anywhere have you?" Kay asked her, to which Fia shook her head. "Nope" Fia replied, "well if anyone doesn't have any objections, I think Fia should have one as it's her first ever flight of any kind" Kay suggested, thinking it was fair as the teenager was the only one out of all of them to never have flown before.