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 Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:40 am
Needless to say...after the event with Duncan the techs were a bit more nervous. The woman who had been helping the pair was dismissed suddenly and no longer worked at the facility. The current tech was....standing in the hall looking like the temperature was about 100 degrees. He shifted from foot to foot trying to look like nothing was wrong.
But it was obvious the man was spooked. He looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here. But he had to wait...wait for a a little girl to come in and to learn something about herself. Didn't the message say something about her ...wanting to fly? He couldn't recal...he should of read the notes better. But it was too late now. He needed to wait...he sincerely hoped...that the President of the company didn't come to see him...he needed this job.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:37 pm
Once again, they were at the facility. And, like the last time, Allete was not exactly thrilled to be here. Thrilled to be learning how to fly, yes. But she couldn't figure out why she couldn't just learn at home by trial and error. She'd been doing that already, as the various bumps and bruises could testify. But apparently her mother was concerned about her breaking a bone or something and had insisted upon coming here.
Niki was now practically dragging Allete into the building once more. Once inside, she glanced around for whomever it was that she was supposed to be meeting with for this class. Allete was nervously hopping about beside her mother, still wanting out of there.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:00 pm
The tech looked up as soon as he heard the door open. He tried not to cough or make an sound that referred to his impatience. He had lots to do...but didn't want to end up like his co-worker. Instead he forced a smile and walked up to the pair.
"..u..um..Hello! Welcome back to the facility!" He said sounding like he was forcing his enthusiam...which he was. He looked from the mother to daughter his forced smile looking more and more forced with each passing second.
"Right this way! We have a ..gym we set up for Allete to try flying, we also have all the necessary safety equipment as well." He added as if trying to reassure the mother they had their daughters best interest at heart.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:39 pm
"A gym?" The girl asked, raising an eyebrow at the technician. He sounded scared. Was he scared of her? Allete wondered if she should test this theory or not, but in the end decided it would be too much work. Instead, she peered around at his back, curious if he had wings.
"She can actually fly with those?" Niki had been curious about that, with the two sets and the fact that one was more bat-like and the other was feathered. She was rather glad to hear about the safety equipment, though.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:18 pm
The technician nodded his head at the girls curious question.
"Yes...a gym." In truth it had been a lab up until a week ago...when suddenly the president demanded they put in a gym. They scrambled to do as he ordered and just in time for the girl Allete to have her scheduled flying test.
"Well....we arn't a hundred percent sure if she can fly. But Chasity one of her DNA parents has two sets of wings...so we arn't sure why she shouldn't be able to fly. Though with the different textures...well that's why we have safety equipment." He explained trying to hurry them down to the make shift gym.
He opened the door were...there...was...a lot of random things put around. Matts...gym equipment and other things...splayed about. For trying to be safe...it looked rather messy.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:02 pm
Allete grinned as he opened the gym door and eyed the mats. Those looked very comfortable! She could take a nap on those! Maybe he'd let her after this class thing. The girl walked towards the nearest one and pressed it. It was squishy soft!
Nikiana eyed the gym, but remained silent. She figured that this tech knew what he was supposed to be doing, so she lurked backed to watch and wait. It'd be interesting if her daughter could actually fly. After all, bees weren't supposed to be able to, but they managed it...
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:18 am
The technician look around and noticed several other faces that were milling about trying to look productive. He gave a swallow....he needed this class to look productive! Who knows how many of his...fellow employees may try to rat him out to the president.
Turning he faced Allete and then looked down at her.
"Have you been stretching your wings at all? Moving them around? Can you move them independantly? Or can you only move them together?" He threw a series of questions as the young girl trying to gather as much information from her as possible.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:40 am
Allete blinked as she was suddenly bombarded with questions. "Uh... I suppose? I tried flying, but Mommy was afraid I'd get hurt..." The girl pushed up the leg on her too-large short to show the man the bumps on her knee from her practice. "I move them lots. They get in the way a lot..."
"In-dee-pen-dent-lee?" The girl sounded out the big word and thought for a moment. "Dunno. Don't pay attention to how they move..." She twisted her head about to look as she fiddled about with the wings. She moved them all at once to show the man and then each on its own. She'd never realized what all she could do with those things.
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:55 am
Giving a hmmm and a hummm the man took his clipboard and noted down that she indeed could move them all independantly. He then looked around and finding a suitable balance beam moved towards he gesturing for the girl to follow. There was an impromptue 'pool' that had been blown up it seemed and it was hasitly filled with peices of foam.
Pointing to the beam he then pointed to some 'safety equipment' on the floor. Mostly shin pads and elbow pads as well a helmet.
"What we are going to try and do is simulate flying. you will be flapping your wings on the balance beam and jumping into the pit of foam. The goal here is to get you use to being off the ground. The foam will cushion your fall and if by chance you actually 'fly' we doubt you will be able hover. so we have people on gaurd to catch you if you manage to exceed the length of the foam pit."
He explained it to her, it was simple enough, flap your wings and jump. He doubted she would actually be able to fly...being a sloth type flying took a lot of energy..
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:31 am
Allete's gaze moved to the beam when the man pointed at it. "I just jump?" This was going to be easy. She eyed the safety equipment for a moment and nudged it with her foot. She had to wear all this? Sighing, the girl picked up the helmet and put it on. Then, after several moments of trying to figure out the other pieces, she stood, protected from every possible injury. Or so one would hope.
The girl climbed onto the balance beam and stood there for a moment, glancing about. She flapped her wings experimentally, then continued to flap them as she jumped.... and fell right onto the foam. The girl rolled about, finally freeing herself from the sinking pit and got up again on the beam. This wasn't as easy as she'd thought. The girl paused and seemed to be thinking.
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:33 am
Watching the technicians hand never stopped taking down notes while he watched the girl. He could of given her some advice...but had been told to see if she could figure it out herself. If she couldn't and asked for help he would then prompt her.
He paused as she paused wondering why exactly she was stopping. Was her sloth aspect already taking over? Thinking that this was way too much effort?
"Is something wrong?" He asked despite himself. He may be cold and technically, but her pausing meant that the experiement was being put off and he wanted it to continue.
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Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:57 am
Allete shook her head when the tech asked a question. "No." With that, she flung herself off the beam again and flapped her wings. She rose upwards for a second before falling into the pit again. The girl giggled as she made her way out and to the beam again.
A few more repeats and the same results. Allete stood on the beam again and jumped, pumping her wings. Up, up, plummeted down. That time, however, she didn't move from the pit. A long sigh could be heard and... was that snoring?
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:47 pm
The technician looked a bit alarmed as he noticed that the girl wasn't climbing back out of the pit and as he moved over he noticed...she was laying there asleep. Well...she was part sloth...so it only made sense that the sloth like tendacy would take over with so much exertion.
"I....am sure you daughter could fly...if ...she maintained the energy level for it.." He explained as he moved over to Nikiana not bothering to move the girl. He would let the parent do it. No point in getting an accidental law suit if he accideently dropped the girl.
"Have you tried giving the girl energy drinks too keep her more..active?" he inquired wondering if the drinsk would have any effect on the girl what so ever.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:48 am
Nikiana hurried over to the pit when her daughter didn't move. A soft groan could be heard as she figured out that her kid was asleep. "That's the most exertion I've seen from her in a while..." The woman told the tech, then shook her head. "No... I could try that sometime though..."
Niki climbed into the pit and picked up her daughter, making her way out of the foam as carefully as possible.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:25 am
Nodding his head he looked back at Allete and gave a small shake of his head.
"I would suggest trying it. If she were able to get more active she could possible fly long distances....but she needs to build the strength in her wings before flight will even be possible. " he noted carefully before looking at the sleeping child a moment.
"Do you think you will be able to get her to practice flying from home? Even if she only does it a couple times a day it will help her build up the strength she needs...it may just take longer.." He continued with a nod of his head.
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