Test Flight
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: The test flight for Ishibil's saddle should go without a hitch.
Notes: An anon asked for, 'DragonM!21 flying amongst the flying sharks' I wasn't sure if they meant my dragon!M-21 'verse or canon!M-21 as a dragon instead, as well as if they meant a crossover or a fusion. I went with dragon!M-21 'verse fused with Storm Hawks, heh. :D
Rating: G
Genre: Friendship
Word count: 668
Status: Complete
"I think that's it," Takeo said, tugging on the straps one last time.
Ishibil nodded and stretched his wings out, making sure the saddle didn't move. It shouldn't, not when they'd already tested it before and adjusted for the problems they'd found. But he wanted to make sure; he didn't want his hoard falling to the wastelands if he wasn't fast enough at catching them again.
"How's it feel?" Tao asked, already clambering up Ishibil's forelegs to get to the saddle.
"Stable." The only way it would move was if it was blasted, and Ishibil's neck and wings protected nearly all sides of the saddle.
"Heh, good." Tao jumped into the saddle with a whoosh of air. "I can't wait to see what terras are nearby!"
"There's not much," Ishibil said, feeling Takeo climb up. He'd told them, but Tao and Takeo had explored all of his terra and since their skimmers had been destroyed after they'd crashed right outside his den. There wasn't anything there to repair them, but there was enough to create a saddle.
"Ishibil, I love your terra and how not even the Union bothers you," Tao said with a laugh, "but I need to see the sky from a different angle! I'm not used to being grounded."
"You're not used to not finding trouble," Takeo said, and Ishibil heard a light thump that must have been Tao hitting Takeo.
"And we won't!" Tao said. "All we're doing is flying to a nearby terra and then coming back. That's all. Unless Ishibil wants to fly to another terra..." Ishibil didn't need to look over his shoulder to know Tao was grinning.
"The terras aren't far from each other here; it wouldn't take that long," Ishibil said. He had enough energy to — the clouds were thin enough to still let sunlight through and he'd eaten the day before. It wouldn't make much difference to him if they came back around after the first terra or visited a few others.
"Yesss!"
Once Takeo settled, Ishibil readied himself and charged. He leapt when he reached the edge of his terra and snapped his wings out, the updraft catching him and letting him soar.
Tao whooped, laughing as they went higher into the clouds.
The saddle felt better this time, and Ishibil was starting to understand Tao and Takeo's signals for where they wanted to go. The problem was when they leaned in different directions, but he could ask them then.
They were halfway to the next terra when Ishibil saw the school of sky sharks emerge from the clouds in front of him.
He continued flying, but he turned his head when Tao and Takeo stiffened, the acrid smell of fear hitting his nostrils soon after.
"What's-"
"Those are sky sharks!" Tao hissed, and both of them were leaning back, signalling they wanted to leave.
Ishibil tilted, arcing to change direction. He knew that. "Yeah?"
"They attack anything that moves in the air," Takeo said. Ishibil could hear Takeo draw his bow.
"No, they don't," Ishibil said, furrowing his eyeridges. Was this something else they'd heard about from their stories? "I've flown with them." They weren't interested in trying to eat him and were content to drift from place to place as far as Ishibil could tell.
"But we've seen-! ...They're really not interested in us?" Tao said, twisting in his saddle to watch the sky sharks as they continued drifting at the same pace they'd started at.
"No," Ishibil repeated. "They're not aggressive." Not that he'd seen. "Maybe there's something about ships and skimmers that attracts them." Skimmers were loud enough, ships even louder; they were easy to hear on quiet days.
"Oh," Tao said, sitting straight again. "…But now I want to try-"
"We're not flying with them!"
"Aww, Takeo!"
Ishibil rumbled in his chest as he waited for them to decide. He knew the sky sharks were safe, but he didn't want to scare his half of his hoard just to make a point.
Summary: The test flight for Ishibil's saddle should go without a hitch.
Notes: An anon asked for, 'DragonM!21 flying amongst the flying sharks' I wasn't sure if they meant my dragon!M-21 'verse or canon!M-21 as a dragon instead, as well as if they meant a crossover or a fusion. I went with dragon!M-21 'verse fused with Storm Hawks, heh. :D
Rating: G
Genre: Friendship
Word count: 668
Status: Complete
"I think that's it," Takeo said, tugging on the straps one last time.
Ishibil nodded and stretched his wings out, making sure the saddle didn't move. It shouldn't, not when they'd already tested it before and adjusted for the problems they'd found. But he wanted to make sure; he didn't want his hoard falling to the wastelands if he wasn't fast enough at catching them again.
"How's it feel?" Tao asked, already clambering up Ishibil's forelegs to get to the saddle.
"Stable." The only way it would move was if it was blasted, and Ishibil's neck and wings protected nearly all sides of the saddle.
"Heh, good." Tao jumped into the saddle with a whoosh of air. "I can't wait to see what terras are nearby!"
"There's not much," Ishibil said, feeling Takeo climb up. He'd told them, but Tao and Takeo had explored all of his terra and since their skimmers had been destroyed after they'd crashed right outside his den. There wasn't anything there to repair them, but there was enough to create a saddle.
"Ishibil, I love your terra and how not even the Union bothers you," Tao said with a laugh, "but I need to see the sky from a different angle! I'm not used to being grounded."
"You're not used to not finding trouble," Takeo said, and Ishibil heard a light thump that must have been Tao hitting Takeo.
"And we won't!" Tao said. "All we're doing is flying to a nearby terra and then coming back. That's all. Unless Ishibil wants to fly to another terra..." Ishibil didn't need to look over his shoulder to know Tao was grinning.
"The terras aren't far from each other here; it wouldn't take that long," Ishibil said. He had enough energy to — the clouds were thin enough to still let sunlight through and he'd eaten the day before. It wouldn't make much difference to him if they came back around after the first terra or visited a few others.
"Yesss!"
Once Takeo settled, Ishibil readied himself and charged. He leapt when he reached the edge of his terra and snapped his wings out, the updraft catching him and letting him soar.
Tao whooped, laughing as they went higher into the clouds.
The saddle felt better this time, and Ishibil was starting to understand Tao and Takeo's signals for where they wanted to go. The problem was when they leaned in different directions, but he could ask them then.
They were halfway to the next terra when Ishibil saw the school of sky sharks emerge from the clouds in front of him.
He continued flying, but he turned his head when Tao and Takeo stiffened, the acrid smell of fear hitting his nostrils soon after.
"What's-"
"Those are sky sharks!" Tao hissed, and both of them were leaning back, signalling they wanted to leave.
Ishibil tilted, arcing to change direction. He knew that. "Yeah?"
"They attack anything that moves in the air," Takeo said. Ishibil could hear Takeo draw his bow.
"No, they don't," Ishibil said, furrowing his eyeridges. Was this something else they'd heard about from their stories? "I've flown with them." They weren't interested in trying to eat him and were content to drift from place to place as far as Ishibil could tell.
"But we've seen-! ...They're really not interested in us?" Tao said, twisting in his saddle to watch the sky sharks as they continued drifting at the same pace they'd started at.
"No," Ishibil repeated. "They're not aggressive." Not that he'd seen. "Maybe there's something about ships and skimmers that attracts them." Skimmers were loud enough, ships even louder; they were easy to hear on quiet days.
"Oh," Tao said, sitting straight again. "…But now I want to try-"
"We're not flying with them!"
"Aww, Takeo!"
Ishibil rumbled in his chest as he waited for them to decide. He knew the sky sharks were safe, but he didn't want to scare his half of his hoard just to make a point.