Around town- Monday evening

[thatwaslucky]

The speeder bike Rey had found last week was now back in good working condition. There was still some work to do, but it was enough that she felt comfortable zipping around town (not too fast, there were people around) for a nice little test drive.

At least this felt more like normal life.

[Open if you want to run into/stop her!]

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And it was nothing like Mayday's! There was a balance in the normal life.

Mayday was on a run, but she couldn't help but turn around and check out whatever the sound was coming from down the street. She was a little surprised to see the hoverbike that Rey was working on last week was moving. But having seen that, she was less surprised to see Rey on it.

"You got it working?" she checked.

[thatwaslucky]

"Yes!" Rey said as she whizzed past, but pulled the bike to stop a little bit away. "Still working on stopping."

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I guess that would be the second most important thing to work out," Mayday said, jogging over to where Rey stopped. "How is it to ride?"

[thatwaslucky]

"It's good. I think it was just left down there for a while, and needs to get used to working again," she said. "If I let you try it, will I get it back?"

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"I don't even have my learner's permit," Mayday said, staring at the bike with some surprise. If she said no now, would she have a chance to do this ever again? "How safe is it?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Don't go too fast, stop early, go in a straight line, you'll be fine. Would you like me to show you how to use it?" It was instinctive for Rey, but she also hadn't asked how safe it was.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but if you ever meet my parents, never tell them about this," Mayday said, kind of giddily. HOVERBIKE.

[thatwaslucky]

"I won't say a word," Rey promised, and went over the basics in how to make the thing go, and more importantly how to stop. Ignore that Rey was still having trouble with that part. "Got it?"

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I think so. And if I forget it suddenly, I'll do my best to go slow and veer gently into a bush," Mayday said, climbing on. "I'm going to do my best to not have to do that, though."

[thatwaslucky]

"And I'm right here if there's any trouble," Rey told her. "You've got this."

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"Here goes nothing," Mayday lied. Because it was definitely something. Something with a throttle that she depressed as little as she could, but she still zoomed down the street before coming to a stop. For a generous definition of 'zoom,' at least. It was still faster than she had ever ridden a bike before. "That was awesome!" she called back.

[thatwaslucky]

"And you didn't even need a bush!" Rey congratulated her, running over.

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I didn't crash! I... I don't know how to get off of a thing that's hovering," Mayday realized as she started to climb off. She decided to just hop down and trust that she wouldn't roll an ankle or something.

Success!

[thatwaslucky]

"See, it's easy," Rey told her. "How are you feeling?"

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I've ever gone that fast on something that didn't have windows," Mayday said. "That was so much fun."

[thatwaslucky]

"Yeah, I think I like it," she said, patting the bike. "It's also faster than rickshaws..."

[notcancelled.livejournal.com]

"I've avoided those. To be honest, they kind of freak me out," Mayday noted. "But I'd ride this thing anytime." Except for when her parents were around, yes. It was slight exaggeration. But only slight.

[thatwaslucky]

"Anytime you feel like it, just let me know," Rey told her. "As long as I'm not taking something apart."