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The door opens onto an alleyway between two buildings- one residential, one not. "Here we are," Ray says, stepping out and holding the Firehouse door open behind him. "Home sweet- uh, hang on a minute, I need to check the year."
He trots off to the newspaper box on the curb, then gives Kitt a thumbs-up.
He trots off to the newspaper box on the curb, then gives Kitt a thumbs-up.
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Date: 2005-07-13 04:22 am (UTC)And then the pedal went down underfoot.
"Oh, wow...."
He held on. His reflexes were screaming at him to slow down, or steer straight, or something, but this was Kitt and he trusted the car. Somehow, he managed to stifle the urge to do more than dig his nails in a little tighter-
-well, no, that wasn't entirely true. He did let out an involuntary squeak when the Ski Mode transition happened. Otherwise, though, he managed.
"... that's the jump thing, right?" he answered when Kitt mentioned the turboboost. "Uh..."
Stantz, you are never, never, ever going to get a chance at something like that again unless the Bar shoves you into the wrong continuum. Take a deep breath, you nimrod.
"... sure. Let's do it."
(( OOC: The icon is from an episode of the Ghostbusters cartoon where Winston was driving. At this point in the episode, Ecto was running on two wheels as Winston took a corner particularly sharply. ))
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Date: 2005-07-13 04:34 am (UTC)"Now you can see more what I can do."
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Date: 2005-07-13 04:42 am (UTC)Somewhere in the back of Ray's head, the Ride of the Valkyries began to play.
It didn't have time to run for long, of course, but for a few glorious seconds- oh, wow was that ever the coolest freefall he'd ever imagined!
"Sir," he said as they rocked to a stop and his utterly boggled spinal nerves started reporting in once again, "I admit it, I am impressed. That was massively cool. You do- and are- incredible work."
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Date: 2005-07-13 04:48 am (UTC)The mode shifted back to Normal Cruise.
"We'll begin teaching you to do a few things that I can do."
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Date: 2005-07-13 05:09 am (UTC)Oop, there, that was the post- truck simulation time.
Ray brought his foot down on the brake, hard, and turned. An old driving-instructor memory cut in at exactly the wrong moment, and he caught himself going hand-over-hand on the wheel.
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Date: 2005-07-13 05:14 am (UTC)"You were doing quite well until you let go," he said.
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Date: 2005-07-13 05:24 am (UTC)And this time, at least, he got it right.
((OOC: Shall we pause here for the evening?))
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Date: 2005-07-13 05:26 am (UTC)"You're an apt learner," Kitt congratulated on the success, and asked, "Now, can you repeat it?"
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Date: 2005-07-13 01:14 pm (UTC)It was easier the second time, though perhaps not as precise. Beginner's luck was not something with which Ray could claim much familiarity. Beginner's terrified nervous tension? That was another story. Having conquered that particular sensation, he could steer more easily now- and breathe more easily, too.
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Date: 2005-07-14 02:30 am (UTC)Something he'd noticed Ray doing, too. He was really very appreciative of that.
"Once you have the ninety-degree stop down, we'll work on turning it into a one-eighty."
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Date: 2005-07-14 02:41 am (UTC)He nodded, resettling his hands on the wheel. "Let's try that again?"
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Date: 2005-07-14 02:47 am (UTC)Meanwhile, he was gathering statistics on their runs so far. He figured that it would come in handy, perhaps, for Ray to have a hard copy once the day's lessons were through.
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Date: 2005-07-14 02:57 am (UTC)The fuel level hadn't dipped at all.
There was no visible odometer. All the better, or Ray might've been more than surprised at how many miles Kitt had racked up in just under a year. Being on the road constantly tended to do that.
And as a car, the Trans Am was more than responsive to every touch that Ray gave. A nudge to the gas brought the car faster. A tap to the brake and the speed immediately dropped. Just a twitch to the wheel and Kitt swerved. Knight Industries had done a miraculous job with their supercars.
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Date: 2005-07-14 03:13 am (UTC)"You are improving," Kitt said. "Soon, I'd like to teach you the one-eighty."
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