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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:25 am

    As soon as Lightning got near the door Spec. swiftly opened it and shot up in the sky knowing the blue stalion would be behind her in mere seconds so she had to quickly get to the cloud she marked. Hovering in the lower cloud level she looked around, it wasn't a windy day so the clouds had barly moved but still it was hard to pick one out.

    That is unless you did what Spec did, spotting it she flew over to a cloud that had a giant red 'X' on it digging in the cloud she picked out her pink orb charm and placed it on her forhoove for now. Swiftly she flew around the cloud making it spin faster and faster until finally she jumped in the middle of it.
    It threw her mane and tail this way and that until the entire cloud had turned red and her mane was now back to it's pristine snow white color.

    So stepping out of the red cloud and onto another she shook her mane dry and quickly used her orb charm to tie off the end of her tail before it could puff up in it's usual hectic mess. She stretched her wings and let out a content sigh as she looked at the horizon waiting for a blue pegasus to come up and join her.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:11 pm

    Lightning watched as Spec opened the door and didn't waste a single second to take off into the sky. He watched her soar up to a cloud but because he was so slow (which was rather unusual for the speedy little pegasus), he didn't get a chance to tell her that he was going to run home real fast. Light simply sighed a little and decided that if he flew home quickly, she might not notice that he had gone until he rearrived without his suit.

    His wings unfolded and with a single flap, began speeding over the to his home in Stableton. Without skipping a beat, Lightning flew through his door and quickly began changing his clothing. Folding his suit up neatly and laying down on his table with his hat, the pegasus put on another holster and stuck his 10mm SMG in it. He decided to leave his sniper rifle at home as the chances as he would need it was pretty low at the time.

    Lightning also decided to leave his armor as again, the chances that he was going to get shot at was pretty low. He was just about to walk out of his home when he remembered to grab one more important item. The pegasus quickly reached into his saddlebag sitting nearby on the floor and pulled out his own pair of flight goggles, putting them on his head but not yet over his eyes.

    Once all that was done, he soared out of his home and quickly flew up into the sky. It took a little time but it was rather easy to find Spectrum as she was laying on an obvious red cloud in the sky. Smirking a bit, he flew over to her and snickered a little, "Well, hello."
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:56 pm

    Spec's ears swiveled to the sound of beating wings approaching her. Her usual reaction would to hid in a nearby cloud but because she was expecting the pegasus she merely turned around with a smile on her face, reaching into the cloud she pulled out the last item to prepare. Snapping on her own white pair of photochromic flight goggles the lenses shaded as the fading sun hit them.
    "So have any ideas of where to head? this is your hometown skies after all" Sure they were going to stay in the clouds but maybe there were some places that one should avoid while flying, and she didn't want a conflict to arise because she didn't take the time to ask where or where not to fly so to make things simple
    "A-and which race shall we have fist, the one of speed or the one of agility" She already knew who was going to win which one but still seeing one another in action made her giddy.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:59 am

    Lightning smiled as he came down to a landing on the red cloud. Looking down at the...soft, fluffy surface, it just occurred to the pegasus that he never spent even a single second on clouds in his life. And looking at the one he was on now, he couldn't understand why. These clouds were so fluffy and it would make for a pretty decent bed if he needed them too.

    Shaking his head, Lightning quickly turned his mind back to the question the mare asked. "Hmm...well, there is a nice little river near here south-west. It's not exactly a good place to swim in but it is a nice view." He would pause for a second when Spec asked what kind of race would he like to do first. He smirked as he already knew what kind he wanted, "Speed, of course."

    The blue pegasus was about to take off and start flying but then he realized that it probably wouldn't be fair if he knew the way and Spec was forced to follow behind him just to make sure she didn't get lost. So, an idea came to his mind. Reaching out with his hoof and taking her's, Lightning would say, "Here, let me put the marker on your Pipbuc-..." He suddenly stopped himself as he just realized what he was doing and he quickly pulled back, clearing his throat a bit awkwardly. "Ahem...Uhh...I mean...may I put the marker on your Pipbuck...?"

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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:55 pm

    Spectrum watched as Flash looked at his footings she guessed he was bit perplexed by it's coloring. It was a red cloud yes, not during the sunset but an actual red cloud, she let out a giggle, trying to imagine what his face would look like if she painted almost every small cloud above stableton.

    Her face lit up when Flash mentioned a river, she remembered stories of such a things, although she remembered being told that Pegasus and water don't mix, being ponies that can command the sky most Pegasus's couldn't swim very well not finding the need to learn like earth ponies. But spec had always had the idea to try 'flying' in water if ever there was water that wouldn't irradiate her. But rivers did make for great scenery.

    As her thoughts rambled off on to herself in her own sporadic mind she was unaware of flash talking to her, that is until she was abruptly taken out of her little fantasy world by someone taking her hoove, her ears perked as she looked to see what had hold of it, not being like other to see Lightning at the end of it, that is until let go of it stuttering. A tiny smile spread across her face as she resisted the urge to hug him on spot.

    She wasn't a social pony herself but when she saw others act shy she always wanted to be the one to help push them to be social and just found the trait all together adorable, so holding out her hoove for the stallion she gave him a nod and a small giggle letting him know it was alright. "I was never good with this thing anyway" she never touched the thing she was horrid with electronics so having someone else work it for seemed the easier thing.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:50 pm

    Lightning turned a bit of a light shade of red as he saw Spectrum hold out her hoof at him and giving him a nod. Quickly clearing his throat, the pegasus reached over and took her hoof in his, giving her another glance and a quick smile before turning his attention to her Pipbuck. His father worked with these things so he knew how to work them well. Quickly inputting the marker, he released her hoof and give her a nod, "There, all done." The young stallion smiled a little at Spectrum and decided that everything looked ready to go.

    Lightning would look upward for a second before unfolding his wings and looking back over at the mare. "Shall we go?" The second she was ready, he turned his gaze forward, knowing that this was going to be a "race" of speed. He smirked a little before playfully commenting, "Don't fall behind." Taking in a deep breath, the pegasus put his goggles down and counted down slowly, "Ready...set...go!" With one leap, Lightning was off, putting about half of the speed he knew he could go just as a small "test" to the mare's speed. He felt his heart pound as he loved flying but the idea of actually having another pegasus to fly against. That was getting his heart racing. Literally...
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:57 am

    Spectrum watched as Flashes face lit up as he took her hoove and started to enter the location of the river. She let out a soft giggle and for reasons even she couldn't explain she felt her own blush rise up her face before she had to look away. She didn't know why, she just did it. Quickly blaming it upon her own hopeless fact that pipbucks and her didn't mix. It was the same feeling she had on the first day she really got to fly in the clouds, like she couldn't speak, and her stomach fell both light as a feather but as heavy as a stone.

    Her mind began to ramble off again, wondering what it was like Flash's first time taking to the sky, he was a stable pony too. Which means taking on the sky even looking at was a new thing to them back when everyone was 'released' she had taken to the sky naturally although the height did scare her at first, looking down at the world from up top the clouds where before you were lucky to gain ten feet from the base level of the floor. As Flash finished up she took one look at her Pipbuck, she was wonderful at reading maps, being a courier it was a base requirement, but you went from city A to city B without looking at the scenery, she had been over this river before but because of her job she never got to look at it, so it was a pleasant day that she was not only going to go to just look at a place other than what the city clouds could give her, but she was going with a friend that when she looked at him she couldn't help but smile

    Again she was snapped out of her dream world by Flash,she quickly flexed her wings, and streched before he shot off leaving her eating clouds. But she expected that much, they were the two opposite traits of flying, while he may go from zero to seventy easy it took her longer to start up, but she wasn't no fool either having learned that thrust was a much better speed gather than just flapping your wings faster (as she regrettably though as a filly) Although it did surprise her when she caught up to him relatively fast, and then started to pull ahead with ease. A frown crossed her face, and she rolled over, mid-flight and maintained speed, to look back at the stallion " Just because I'm a Mare don't you be going easy on me Lightning Flash " she shot him a look that many would describe as 'bring-it' before she flip over once again and kicked off a cloud boosting her speed and dissipating the cloud, and repeated this step over and over again with each passing cloud (having learned this from an old pegasus called 'Cloud runner' ironically)

    By now she felt the wind pulling at her mane and she was sure if it was any other non-flying pony the wind would have been defining to hear as it screamed past their ears. She let out a giggle as a sudden though passed in her mind, by now she was going to fast to maneuver around without getting a couple of speed wobbles so she simply looked over her shoulder " How about this, winner gets to ask the loser a question? dose that motivate you Flashie" she winked at her friend as she just couldn't hold back a joyous laugh, not a giggle, a full blown laugh as she flew closer and closer to the river with Flash at her back.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:17 pm

    Lightning held his speed steadily, a skill he was rather experienced in from months of practice out on the open sky. His situation was similar to Spectrum's when he had left Stable 113. The first time he took off to the clouds was both terrifying yet liberating. To the young pegasus, it was a sign that he was finally free from the horrors of the Stable and that he was finally free to be whoever he wanted to be. He would never forget his roots though. The strict teachings of his parents was still hardwired in his brain and was only reinforced from his revisiting of his old home.

    Lightning then caught himself and realized that he had let his mind wander for a little and because of that, he didn't realize the white mare catching up behind him. Overtaking him, the blue pegasus both silently praised Spectrum and smirked at her a little to see that her flight was rather good. "Oh, don't worry...you've seen nothing yet!" Now it was on. Spectrum was using an interesting techique to help propel her forward faster but he was able to do it just off his own wing-power. Not wasting another second, Lightning quickly put most, if not all, of his strength into his wings and really began to fly.

    The blue pegasus managed to catch up enough to hear her try and give him some 'motavation' so he could fly faster. Lightning simply grinned as a response and knowing that the mare avoided his question about where was she from earlier, there was no way he was going to lose. With the river fast approaching, Lightning put one last burst of speed into his wings, as much as he could muster, before eventually diving down on a cloud, dropping into a front roll to slow himself down and slide to a stop. He wasn't sure who won but at the moment, he didn't care. That was a lot of fun...
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Thu Aug 30, 2012 6:51 pm

    She knew he would win, their was no doubt in her mind that the blue pegasus would out-rank her in speed. So when a dash of blue passed her and made her hair tangle and tickle her face she let out a grin as she came upon the cloud Flash had landed in, doing a quick twirl on spot mid-air to reduce her speed she landed with a soft pop on the cloud beside Flash. She flipped her main back out of her face letting out a giggle showing off a bit at her 'gracious and dainty' landing. But the tiny landing victory was short lived as her wings were tired, with acrobatics you glide on the speed only increasing it when needed. As such her wings put up quite protest to all this new exercise even if she had used cloud running to help ease the burden.

    She pulled down her flight goggles squinting as the sun set against the sky turning everything orange and bouncing off the river below lighting up the clouds in many patches of orange, yellow, and blues she let out a sigh as she took everything in letting her wings fold beside her as she soon laid down on the fluffy substance. " A courier always delivers! So what do you want to ask Flash " she didn't look at the stallion when asking after she had caught her breath. She was to distracted by the scenery and the fluffy cloud lulling her from a hard race to really want to move until the next one. She watched as even herself began to doubt just where her mane was and where the cloud stomped and her hoof started.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:10 pm

    Lightning took in a deep breath as he began to slow his breathing down after that hard race. It was a rather good skill to learn since most of his skills from flying depended on him being able to control his breathing and being able to keep his energy up. So, because of that, he wasn't as tired as Spectrum was right now. He lifted his goggles off his eyes and let them rest on his head like always before looking over the terrain, the river glowing more orange and yellow rather than blue or...brown which was rather common in the wastes.

    The pegasus folded his wings neatly at his sides and walked over to lay down by the white mare, looking at the sunset in the distance. Looks like they arrived there at a pretty good time. But now he had to ask her a question. Taking a moment to think, Lightning would look over at her and say, "Well...hmm..." He could ask her again where she came from. But if his guess was right, it wouldn't be a pleasant conversation. Instead, he decided to ask, "Where did you learn to fly so good? I have never seen a pegasus propel themself off a cloud before?"
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:21 am

    A Smile spread over that which reached all the way into her heart as memories of the older ponys in vault 113. "Surprisingly enough, the vault..." her voice came out soft and distant as she was lost in her fondest memories. [b]" I wasn't very popular as a filly as such the only people to talk to me, raise me in fact, was the older ponys, Birds of a feather you might say-" Spec. was referring to how, because the elderly needed special care and couldn't work, many of them were left and forgotten, so the old people taking tiny filly spec under their wings was just outcasts sticking together "- As so they told me many stories of what it was like before....this" she motioned to the wastes and all it's downfalls and horrors " All that I know about flying I was told to in stories, I practiced some in the vault, but once the skies became open...I didn't hesitate in putting the stories into reality"

    Sure she didn't want to leave the elderly, but she figured she be flying for them, enjoying the skies for them even if they arn't as pristeen as the ones before she decided to live life outside the sardine can of a vault, anything was better than being a grounded pegasus.

    " especially that trick, I learned that one from an old stallion name Cloud Runner, a family trick he claims, since the elderly adopted me he only saw it fit to teach his lil' filly" She giggled as she imagined just how he said it to her in his worn yet strong voice.

    Letting out a sigh she rolled on her back, looking up at other clouds that passed by. She had seen Flash's pipbuck after-all he worked hers like a master so she couldn't help but to look if he had one as well. She wanted to ask Flash about the vault but didn't know what, it was always a sore wound to talk about, dispite being out of the Vault the wound it left always seemed to fester no matter how much time goes by. So she did what only came to mind

    " My parents didn't know what to do with me, and rather imagined I didn't exist and I do say I scared most the Fillys and Colts my age something about being a ghost." She let out a giggle despite everything she was saying " I ended up getting adopted by the elders and grew up along side them, I walk along the roof as they didn't want my wings to wither and they pretty much home schooled me so they were basically my whole world, a vault in a vault if you would" a sad smile crossed her face, but she quickly shook it off.

    " But all that has changed now, I can hide in the clouds and not be seen, and I'm one of the best flyers around, second to you" She nudged Flash shoulder letting out a giggle as she did looking at him in the face as she spoke now [b]" And we are free and our wings wont wither, and the wonderful ponies and gryphons certainly outweigh the bad, and the best part of it all is clouds!" She wiggled herself into the cloud, giggling as she did.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:22 pm

    Lightning began listening to her story with a half smile and half frown. Wherever she was from, Stable 113 or elsewhere, it was clear that she didn't fit in well with the ponies of her age. And the only hope for her to get any social interaction, it seemed, was to spend time with the elders of the stable. To be honest, he had never really seen the elders, let alone even talked to the ones back in his Stable.

    He continued to listen to her story, his frown slowly fading away and being replaced by a smile, gently nodding his head to show that he was still listening. A pegasus named Cloud Runner. 'The name matches the trick,' he thought to himself with a little chuckle. For some reason, hearing about Spectrum's story in the Stable made him think back to his' and back to the events that occurred not long ago on his return from Stable 113...His parents...No, don't ruin the story. He subconsciously reached over to his own Pipbuck and adjusted it slightly on his wrist. It was a constant reminder of where he was from and to him, it was almost a way for him forget about what happened if he just...covered it up like nothing happened.

    Lightning's smile didn't last much longer though as the white mare soon confirmed that she didn't fit in with the other foals and that the elders were the ones that practically raised her. Though, the thought of walking/flying along the roof was rather funny, he couldn't help but feel a little sadness for Spectrum. Parents unable to know what to do, foals rejecting her. But at least she found a home among her elders.

    Lightning wasn't sure how she did it, but somehow, she managed to turn a rather sad story to a hopeful and optimistic one. His smile returned, chuckling a little as she nudged his shoulder. He gave her a nod of agreement and said, "Yes. So very true. We're free out here and there's nopony that can ever take it away from us!" Lightning smiled just a little wider to Spectrum as she complimented him on being a good flier. Second to her, apparently. He was going to offer some playful and slightly competitive words back but he decided not too. The pegasus watched the mare wiggle herself into the cloud they were laying on and for some strange reason, felt a little blush rise to his face again. Spectrum looked...unbelievably cute when she wiggled like tha- No, what was he thinking? He quickly looked away and cleared his throat a little.

    Lightning would turn his gaze upward as he began to speak a little about himself as well, "I was...a little similar to you. But not as...I guess...extreme. I wasn't...very unsociable with the other foals. I was...well...bullied by them. Living in the Stable wasn't a very...great time for me..." He didn't want to continue on the painful conversation as he worried that it would bring down the mood of the mare and plus, it took Cross a great deal of effort in order to get him even out of his house so he might as well make an effort to stay happy. Turning back to Spectrum, he smiled and said, "But anyways. You just told me quite a bit about yourself. I believe it's only fair if you ask me a question. Got any in mind?"
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:53 am

    Spectrums heart swelled at Flash's answer, she expected as much that he would agree with her, but his words hit her more than anything, of what she never really realized
    ".... We're free out here and there's nopony that can ever take it away from us!"
    She restrained a sigh as she closed her eyes smiling to herself as she heard those words, freedom was never an issue for her but it meant allot for the fact of the others that did feel restricted from the vault. Opening her eyes she wondered what life at the vault was like for Flash, she couldn't come out and ask it heck when he asked earlier she didn't disclose just where she had come from so why should he be any different.
    Her train of thought stopped there
    If she refused to tell him where she was from back at the party why was she telling him now? this though both confused and frightened the mare. As she laid burrowed in the cloud thinking hard to herself, her brow furrowed as she looked up at the stallion that had somehow made her feel comfortable enough to open up to in the slightest, just in time to see him look away, another blush on his face and another giggle escaping Spectrum as she felt her heart flutter and swell yet again.

    As she listened to his story she once agian closed her eyes nodding at time to let the stalion know she wasn't just ignoring him. It seemed as if everyone from the vault was spared no scars. It was hard to explain but in her view Flash got the short end of the stick, not that she was comparing, no she just viewd being bullied was a far worse fate than being ignored, she never heard an opinion upon her, good nor bad, but Flash had to hear himself be belittled. If she knew flash at that time she would have said something, but she didn't add that in, she could tell the conversation topic was teasty as it is, and what would be the point in saying 'if I was there' what was in the past is in the past and the only thing to do was make a better future. And Spectrum planned to make Flash happy, even if it meant just dragging him out for a flight every once and then. No pegasus could fully hate clouds.

    "Um....I dunno, I'm horrid at asking questions" her face scrunched up as she though to herself, she didn't want to ask such a generic question but it was the only thing on her mind [b]" This is kind of silly..but what dose your cutie mark mean?" she blushed a little at the simplicity of it wishing to hide in the cloud, but she always had the irrational fear of dying a 'blank flank' as a filly. Back in the day you had a whole world to explore and find your 'one true calling' but out in the vault, in a confined area, it was harder to find what made a mare a mare and a stallion a stallion. So she always loved hearing how someone found it heck. She herself hadn't gotten her cutie mark until last year after escaping from the horrors of Vault 113.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:31 pm

    Lightning chuckled a little and replied, "Oh, I'm sure you're not that bad. Just ask whatever. I'll answer it." He turned his gaze back to look down at Spectrum, giving her a smile on his face as he waited for her answer. Her question, though, caught him a little bit off guard. It did represent the obvious thing which was speed. But there was more behind his mark. It had a meaning to him which reached farther beyond what the cutie mark showed.

    Lightning paused for a moment to gather his thoughts before smiling a little, thinking back to the day when he got the cutie mark. "Ahh, well...it has one obvious meaning. It shows my love for speed. My ability to be able to go fast and still maintain control yet be unpredictable. I can soar through the skies, enemies taking shots at me but I can throw off their aim simply by adjusting my speed and making them miss, just a bit but that's all you need in a battle. Also, lightning strikes randomly. Out here, I learned how to be quiet and stealthy in the wastelands and in a way, I have become like a lightning bolt. Fast, sneaky, and..." The pegasus intentionally left out the last word which was 'dangerous' as he didn't want the mare to get the wrong idea about him.

    He sighed a little as he was now reaching back into his memories of the Stable. Going back to the days that haunted him so much. "To tell you the truth, I discovered my talent for speed and controlled flight back in Stable 113. I remember it well. I had just returned home...I had bruises all around me. I couldn't take it anymore that day. I tried to fight with the bullies. Needless to say, I lost and my parents were angry..."

    Lightning looked up toward the sky before his hoof went over his Pipbuck again, anxiously adjusting it. "It was then my parents taught me the most important lesson I know today. When it was right and when was it wrong to fight. They held a high moral code and I was one to follow it as well. But...somehow, their words made sense to me. They taught me that I can't fight back because I want to but I can fight back in self-defense. And that was the keyword for my parents. Self-defense. Up to today, I had never forgotten that lesson and despite the fact I carry weapons, I will never use them to exploit other ponies."

    The pegasus then realized he began to ramble a bit and get a bit off-topic about his cutie mark. Laughing very slightly, he looked back at Spectrum, "I apologize, I believe I rambled a little there. Back to my story. After my parents taught me that, the next day, I encountered the bullies once more. And it was obvious they were ready for seconds. I stood my ground and when the first hoof started to fly again, I dodged it. I didn't even think about it. It just...happened. I didn't even know I could move that quickly. The next thing that happened, I took my opportunity to escape while I could. Using my wings, I took off, not flying high but flying fast, speeding down the hallway. The bullies chased me, of course, but they couldn't catch up. It was at that moment that I discovered a part of myself, who I am inside, but also, what my talent was. I didn't want to hurt others and once I realized that I didn't want to fight and that it was better to turn and avoid the battle if I could, that was when my cutie mark appeared."

    Lightning sighed a little softly but he continued to hold his smile to the mare. "So, what do you think? Is my cutie mark story even half as interesting as your's?" He would glance up at the sunset which was slowly becoming more like evening. If they were going to do another flight, a flight for agility, they should do so soon.
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:16 am

    Spectrum revealed in Flashes story of how he obtained his cutie mark, although it came from bad soil it was still a nice story, it seemed he got to know just what made his cutie mark tick, she was still learning about here but she laughed none the less ecstatic for Flashes own gains " No wonder your the fastest Pegasus in all of the wastes!" she let out a giggle and a huff, letting a devilish though she leaned back just a bit on the cloud fully intending to frighten (in the least) the stallion as she 'fell' off the cloud in an un-natural Pegasus fashion, as many cannot initiate flight from there back. So making the structure change and like a cliff side, she fell off, but she had done this several times before, slipping off clouds was a stealthy way to leave, especially because the Pegasus who did such now was covered by the cloud.

    But now in this instance she threw her weight in her hips so her body swung around her extended wings. Her eyes remained closed in all of this, loving the feeling it brought on but when she opened her eyes she was met by the yellow gaze of Lightning, a faint flush crept up her face but she quickly stalled her wings, letting herself drop a few feet before spiraling back up and some distance away. " Uh, well,-" she cleared her through and the embaresment of getting that close to the stallion she shook it off in seconds her usual demeanor coming back. " You may have speed but lets see how quick on you wings you are! Race back to the red cloud, first half weaving in clouds send on one low level flying" she laughed, trying to ignore the questions that were rising in her mind, about just why she was being so much forward to this stallion than others.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:51 am

    Lightning chuckled a bit and glanced down at the cloud, "I can't say I'm THE fastest but...I worked hard to build my speed up from when I got my cutie mark to now. It doesn't feel like a huge improvement but...oh well." The next thing he realized, the mare suddenly slipped off the cloud and in a rather awkward position too. With a quick burst of agility, Lightning was already up on his hooves, running to look over the edge, "Spectrum?!"

    When the pegasus looked down, she was almost literally nowhere to be found. He took in a shaky breath as for a second, he literally believed she had fallen. Lightning was moments away from unfolding his wings and diving down to search for her but suddenly, she came flying back up, coming so close to him, she was literally only inches away from his face. Another blush turned his cheeks red once more and the pegasus swore that if he wouldn't stop blushing, he might be stained red forever. He didn't look away this time though. Lightning simply smiled at her and his heart wouldn't stop beating quickly. There was something inside that he was feeling that he couldn't quite understand...but whatever it was...he kinda liked it.

    The blue pegasus watched as she flipped herself backwards away from him, slightly disappointed nothing came from...being that close but his competitive attitude was being...tested again. Lightning smirked a little as he simply pushed the feelings down and quickly took off after her, "Alright then! How about the loser of this race has to admit one thing to the other? That should get us flying fast." He grinned a little but he had a very bad feeling that he was not going to win this race.
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:42 am

    " Well while you were working on speed I was working on agility, can't hit what you can't touch! " she let out a wink before giggling. She couldn't be serious outside a mission to save her flank plus the look of worry over Flash's previous outburst of concern had somehow made her even happier than she already was. She let out a content sigh, her eyes closed as she loved just how this random whim of a party had turned out in the end. But when her eyes opened her happy giggly self was replaced with a look of pure determination.

    She flew off to just beside lightning focusing on the path in front of her and the direction of Stableton. She trusted in herself and her own instincts to find not only the quickest path there as Lightnings speed could help him dispite this being an agility race, but aslo to help conserve the most amount of energy the less exurted the better she would be in turns and in sprints.

    "Ready Flash? on go then, Three.....Two.....One......GO !"

    Spectrum let out a powerful flap propelling herself forwardusing her wing angles, momentum and body weight all to nagigate with the utmost ease for the first part of the race, prefferiting to find the occasional thermal vent to lift her up agan rather than flapping, only prefforming said task to increase her speed every now and then as she weaved her way up around by centimeters around clouds. "automatic disqualification if you touch a cloud! I'm trusting you Flashie!" she hollard back to the stallion in a laps of her 'game on' attitude.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:19 pm

    Lightning couldn't help but sigh a little inwardly and smile at the mare. It seemed that she enjoyed his little outburst of worry but hey, what could he do about it? It was a clever little trick and he had to admit that she was pretty sneaky. The blue pegasus would watch Spectrum fly beside him, a fierce look of determination soon coming on his face. "We shall see who is untouchable then."

    Lightning unfolded his wings as the female began to count down. In his mind, he was already looking at the path ahead of him and plotting out the best route. He was the type that while he moved fast, he could make up plans on the spot and quickly execute them. The second he heard the word, 'Go', Lightning shot forward, his speed giving him a small lead but that lead was soon lost as he tried to weave past the first cloud and that forced him to slow down, giving Spectrum the chance to fly past him. He was amazed at how agile she was. Flying just inches from the clouds and not even touching them. He wasn't as good at pulling these fast turns. His attempts to dodge were much wider and usually, in battle, he depended on pure speed rather than fancy acrobatics to keep himself flying.

    Lightning's ears would perk up as he smirked towards Spectrum and already soaring past the next cloud, he tried to make use of the straightaways and use his speed to get as much distance as he could. But for now...he was still flying behind the agile mare. "Don't worry! I won't touch a single cloud!"
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:08 am

    Spectrum always preferred flying like this. Knowing where you were and where you were going and what was around you. Using as little effort as possible to get the smoothest and fastest route. Speed did have it's advantage but that was the offensive to flying, to spectrum that is.

    She loved going with the flow of everything around her, to go with the wind rather than making her own wake. That is maybe why she appropriated Flash's flying so much, and maybe hoped that Flash would appreciate her way if not just as much as she did his. And it appeared so, as he promised to her stipulation, making her realized just how much she trusted him despite the world around them telling her to trust no one. She would naturally let out a laugh at this finding herself to be elated that she was making good friends in a bleak time but for some reason she couldn't

    But she couldn't worry over trivial matter, as they had just passed the halfway point to Stableton and there finish line and as such it was time for the low altitude flying, so adjusting her wings and angle to the wasteland floor she positioned herself at the perfect angle for gravity to pull the mare down increasing her speed as the ground came rushing up to the descending Pegasus.

    By now the sun had bid the wastes goodbye and the moon was lighting up the sky, but Spectrum was just fine. Crawling around the Stable during lights out and finding night travel to be more peaceful her eyes were now very custom to adjusting to the low light, as well as her flight goggles adjusting to clear due to the pre-war glass they had in them.

    Because of those factors, Spectrum was able to hold her sloped position and speed acceleration to the very last seconds, pulling up just in time her legs spread forward and backward, her now exposed belly just inches from the ground. Now that the gliding portion was over her wings started pumping air again, raising herself from the ground as she saw every obstical the waste had to throw at her. She dare not look behind her, as this was now a stretch and Flash could just use his speed to gain the upper hand as a 'how close to the ground you must be' was never established.
    But she was hoping her streamlining would help her as she exerted the minimal amount of effort as she weaved her way around and through obstetrical her breathing coming in deep and steady as she moved with the land rather than against it to find the path that would lead her to the designated 'red cloud'
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    Post by Lightning Flash Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:09 pm

    Lightning was smiling as he now had a real challenge on his hooves now. He had never met another pegasus that flew the way Spectrum did. And to put it bluntly, he was impressed. Spectrum flew in a way that displayed much control and grace while his style of flying depended heavily on speed and wide turns. Flipping and rolling past the clouds, his speed took a major blow as he was flying at a severely slower pace than what he was used too. But maybe that's why he liked the mare so much. Despite all the training he had, he was still able to find a mare that managed to outdo him in a certain aspect of flying. In fact, he felt a little humbled.

    Now it was time to switch from high altitude flying to low altitude flying. It was going to get hard now. Lightning never flies low as he knew that the lower he flies in a battle, the easier it would be to just get strafed out of the sky. But he would entertain the mare and with a fast dive, used to descent to help pick up speed. It allowed him to fly up beside Spectrum but the second they leveled out and began flying past obstacles, he was quickly falling back.

    Spectrum was flying amazingly close to the ground while Lightning was still several feet above it. She really was amazing. The sun finally slipped under the horizon and darkness fell across the land. However, with the moonlight shining brightly, it was enough for the two to still see where they were going.

    The race was now in it's final stages as now Stableton came into view. Spectrum was the first to pull into a vertical ascent but Lightning was right behind her. As she climbed, the blue pegasus didn't waste any time to pour on the speed. Closing in on her tail, both of them were getting close to the red cloud. Just a little faster...he could...Nope. Just as Lightning expected, Spectrum won the race. His speed helped him keep up with her but it wasn't good enough to let him pass her. Landing on the cloud, Lightning was actually panting now, out of breath, "...Wh...Whew...Wow...That was...you...You were amazing."
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:00 am

    She laughed as it was now Flash's turn to be panting at the unfamiliar flying method. " Only as amazing as you are Flash " a faint blush on her face finding his compliment quite flattering. No one had ever commented on her flying but at the same time she knew that coming from flash for some reason meant allot to her.

    She shook herself out of the stupor sitting down finding the night air rather refreshing for once after the back to back races. Many times you were flying as they did to survive rather than just for fun, so with the two factors put together the day was quite a relaxing one for spectrum. "So I get to ask you to admit one thing...hm" she exaggerated a bit a hoof up near her mouth as she looked off into space playing around with the out of breath pegasus. a new 'HM' sound with each new direction she looked until something popped in her head " Ok flash, admit this to me, do you have any marefriends? " she herself was asked the same question many a times the only exception being the swap of mare for stallion. She never was good an asking questions but seeing as many ponies asked her that question it was the first one that came to mind when asking one herself. It was a harmless question to her, as she didn't really see the depth of what the question was asking of.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:33 am

    Lightning smiled at Spectrum as he tried hard to stop panting as it made him feel a little silly standing in front of the mare just panting heavily. He chuckled a little nervously before turning a little red again. "Ahh...it's nothing, really." This was the first time he had ever flown with another pegasus and the first time he raced against one also. So, hearing a compliment from a fellow flier meant a lot to the young stallion.

    He would yawn and he knew that he was going to have to admit something soon. Hopefully, it wouldn't be too bad. Lightning would look up at the moonlight for a moment, just taking in the moment. Today started out rather...bad but somehow, as the day went on, it slowly got better and better. And now, he had reached his highest point. Lightning looked back at Spectrum, watching her as she brought her hoof up in thought.

    He couldn't help but chuckle a little until the question finally came out. That was unexpected and it hit him rather hard. But for some reason, Lightning didn't feel bad about it. He didn't feel regret or anything. In fact, if he felt anything, he felt a little embrassed. The stallion would blush and chuckle nervously, looking away from Specctrum. "To be honest...I never had a 'real' marefriend. The thing is, mares never looked twice at me. I wasn't that...popular, I guess. They considered me a little...weird. I would always go off by myself and they would do whatever they did. But the reason I'm usually alone is because of my flying. The sky can be a pretty...lonely place. Especially when you don't have anyone to share it with. But, oh well...I never really had any mare catch my eye anyways."

    He would pause before feeling a strange...fear come up in the pit of his stomach, feeling almost afraid of the mare for a second. Afraid of judgement and reject. But forcing those feelings down and summoning up his courage, Lightning turned to Spectrum and added, "At least...until today..." He smiled, nervously, but it was a smile nonetheless. A blush would come to his face as he just held his gaze, knowing fully well that he was staring a little but he just couldn't help it. Somehow, someway, the mare managed to spark his interest and also begun to capture his heart as well. Eventually, he broke his gaze away and stared down at the cloud under him, his blush feeling like it would never go away.
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:20 am

    Spectrum was confused on why 'flash wasn't popular' she never got what was so special about it but she just chalked it up as something you understood if you were apart of it. She never tried to understand it as she plainly could care less, even the word itself was a vague consent for the mare rater preferring to live life and love it than to sit and worry about what others were thinking. She really didn't get what Flash was talking about on the other side of things, being rather childish at heart as well as naive because of such a trait (not to mention being raised by elders who they themselves are extreamly modest in nature) as such she didn't take much into consideration of just what Flash was talking about.

    That is until he spoke of, in a round-about way, his feelings about her. She felt her face heat up and it seemed almost impossible to speak only letting out a tiny squeak in shock. But it seemed like the wrong thing to do as he broke his gaze upon her, fearing she had 'sent the wrong message' she quickly regained herself, ignoring the fact that her heart was racing a mile a minute, and went over and sat down beside the stallion. " Well they just didn't see what I do in you Lightning" she let out a sheepish smile as her heart raced "Your pretty special yourself...you know " By now she couldn't bring herself to look at Flash, her face lit bright red as she felt it burn hot almost as if someone could cook on it. But she couldn't deny the facts of what had transpired since meeting him at the party, he was special, and looking back on he night and what was happening now, he was indeed someone special. So with that she leaned over and nuzzles the stallion briefly before giggling her heart now raing out of happiness rather than anxiety.
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    Post by Lightning Flash Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:13 pm

    Lightning's courage waned a little as he felt a surge of worry that possibly she wasn't interested in him. He couldn't bring himself to look back up at her as his face was still burning red from his blush and to the stallion, he thought that he looked rather silly through the whole thing.

    His ears perked up though as he finally looked back up and saw the white pegasus walk over to him, sitting down next to him. Lightning's heart sped up even more, if that was even possible at this point. This feeling was more exhilarating than flying but somehow, it was equally as terrifying. Before she spoke, Lightning was afraid that Spec was going to reject him but seeing the blush on her face showed otherwise. His heart skipped a beat the second the mare complimented him. "R-realy?" he stammered, slowly losing himself in the situation, "I am?" However, what was even better was the second she felt her nuzzle him, his heart nearly stopped and before resuming it's quick beating. A smile naturally came to Lightning's face and leaning in, he gently returned her nuzzle, unable to find any words to say but his actions hopefully conveyed the emotion that he was feeling in his heart.

    Breaking away from Spectrum, he would look back over the town, watching the lights glow in the night. He suddenly stood up and unfolded his wings, giving them a few light flaps before leaping off the cloud, turning back to face her with a smile. "May I have this one last flight for the night?"
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    Post by Shooting Spectrum Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:17 pm

    Spectrum stayed nuzzled at Flash's side, to red in the face to move in fear that Flash would see, she didn't know why that would be a thing to hide from but all she knew is she liked where she was now. Glad as the night progressed and the temperature dropped that the pegasus beside her was giving off heat to keep themselves warm. She though of how to respond to Flash's statement but she failed to converse with him. So when he gave the option of one last flight she simply nodded with a smile, maybe she couldn't talk right now but you didn't need to talk to fly.

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