AUGUST PLOT: A LOVELY TRIP TO PLANET 10952.EG.K

[luminals]

Arrival on EG.K is non-eventful; one will find themselves about a five minute walk away from the closest village on a very flat planet. The purple and turquoise grass waves in the near-constant warm breeze under a rosy pink sky, and while the sun seems far too close to the planet for comfort, the semi-cloudy nature of the planet means one can see far into the distance without squinting constantly.

EG.K is currently a delightful 23.9 degrees in Universal Standard Temperature, dipping down to 15.5 UST at night. Visitors to the planet can expect clear skies and no rain or storms for the week. Occasional winds up 50 MPH are present, but not constant.

Make friends with the locals, take a swim in a lake, actually do whatever it is you came here to begin with - whatever it is, enjoy your week on this charming and uneventful planet!

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[alwaysadrift]

It will be a chorus of laughter, Wing's joining with Drift's in a ways it couldn't have in Crystal City. That's what he hopes for, has dreamed of, for far too long.

The soft purr of Wing's engines, the inviting warmth of his body so near, so inviting, that's not a dream, nor are the words the jet speaks. Air catches in Drift's vents and he pulls Wing into a hug, an embrace both needy and reverent at the same time, the white helm tucking into the curve of a shoulder with a shivering breath. "Yes," he says, voice staticky and thick with emotion. "....us."

[knightoflight]

Time to stop dreaming, then, Drift. Wing might not be laughing right now, as they hug, but it's something else in that category of things he has wished for for far too long.

He closes his optics, letting himself breathe in the scent of Drift, his warm engine, the remade body a mix of scents both familiar and new--the kind of new he achingly wants to make familiar. Us, indeed. "You should go," he says, but, at least for a moment, he doesn't move his hands from where they've come to rest around the other's sleek waist.

[alwaysadrift]

Far, far too long. So long in fact, Drift is loathe to break it now, to attend to his duties. His fingers play at the edges of those pockets of charge that lie beneath those wings, aching to touch but far too shy to do so. He's lost in the moment until Wing speaks, and even then the reluctance shows. Finally, he grips down hard on Wing's back, embracing the other close for one fierce moment before tearing himself away, his field even more reluctant than his hands.

"I should. But. We'll have time later, right?" Please just say yes? Call it the first, not the only.

[knightoflight]

"Yes. Later." He loves this to continue, especially those soft fingers under his flight panels. But there are missing people out there, and it feels a bit...selfish. "I'd love to sit with you under the stars." And not just sit, if you get what he means.

But he does mean, alas, later.

[alwaysadrift]

The warm affirmative is everything Drift needs. He'll take that and keep it close in lieu of that warmth of Wing;s plating under his hands, the fuzzy tingle of built up charge under the flight panels he longs to be able to touch.

"The stars," He flashes a timid grin, "That'll be a first. Something to look forward to."

It's the only way Drift can break away. It feels like he should do more though, the mood wanting for something that he's too shy, too uncertain to attempt, so he gives Wing's arms a squeeze before he goes. "Sooner we get going, the sooner evening comes."

[knightoflight]

"And the sooner we have adventure." He winks, stepping back reluctantly. Things he'd just begun to dare to admit to wanting were happening, and he hated letting the opportunity slip through his fingers. It's only the promise that it might continue that allows him to let it go.

Don't mind him as he watches you leave, Drift.

[alwaysadrift]

"Yeah," he says, looking back one last time before dashing off with an unusually springy step. He's hoping for many kinds of adventure, if he's honest.

And that's not fair Wing, next time they'll have to reverse places so Drift can enjoy the view. Not that he wants to give Wing any reason to walk away from him....