3rd Reckoning

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

[Tiffany appears on the plane, her eyes shut tightly. Her entire body is shaking and she can't walk straight. She happens to open her eyes while looking down and lets out a shriek, stumbling backwards and falling onto her back. She groans, more in annoyance than anything else, and tentatively opens her eyes to stare at the swirling stars and galaxies above her.]

Get a grip... I've been here before... I won't fall through...

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[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

[Tiffany nods, trying very hard not to open her eyes.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Inside the theater now!] Ah, there's a floor. You can open your eyes.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

[She's doesn't let go until she opens her eyes and see it for herself. She sighs.] Thank you, Henrietta.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. What happened? You weren't scared before.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

Have you ever been flying on a broomstick before?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

On--no! Never. I've flown in planes, but never on a broomstick.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

It's not terribly fun. You're really high up going really fast and there's nothing keeping you going splat on the ground except your own hands clinging on. And it's cold up there. Are planes anything like that?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[._.]

Plane's aren't like that at all! Sometimes they're cold, but they give you blankets. And your inside--it's like a long tube that they fill with air, because it's so high up that you wouldn't be able to breathe outside. And it has wings, but they don't flap... I'm not very good at explaining, am I.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I've never seen one. It sounds a lot nicer than a broomstick, though... Do you know how the wings work?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um... It has something to do with air pressure, I think? I'm not really sure.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

Oh. Do you ride in planes often?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Yes, actually. We drive places a lot, too, but if we need to get somewhere quickly a plane is the best.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

You drive a car, right?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Oh, me? No, no, definitely not. Only adults are allowed to. Well, or almost-adults.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

Do you have to be a certain size? Or a certain age?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Oh, age. I never really thought about size before.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

You know, like how some people won't let their kids ride a horse unless they're so tall... I guess you wouldn't know that...

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, I understand. I've never ridden a horse, but... I think it's just age. People can fix their cars so that even if they're short, they can drive them.

[livingchalk.livejournal.com]

Really? That's convenient. Do they pile up boxes or have some sort of mechanism?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Um. Usually the chair in the car can move backward or foreward, and sometimes they have special seats made so really short people can see over the steering wheel.