Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7489529-20140906215813/@comment-24901923-20141008224537

Arcturus smiled at Halvard's response to his music. Medieval and pagan folk music was generally a rarity these days. When the countdown began, he shut the music off and stowed his Scroll.

"Okay guys, strap in and brace yourselves. Most mass drivers are quite a bit longer since they're on some sort of mainland, so this one has to shoot us harder than most to make up for the reduced length. Peter, secure that Haro.", he said over the countdown, before leaning as far back into his seat as he could, and gripping the arms. He listened to the countdown.

"5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1... Launch." "SONOFABITCH!!", the wolf Faunus thought as the mass driver's electromagnets kicked in, mercilessly propelling the shuttle as hard as they could from the start as it assisted with it's own engines. Arcturus gritted his teeth as he was slammed further into his seat at several times his proper weight, the acceleration and g-forces climbing as they raced to escape velocity. The wolf Faunus felt the gradual increase in slope as they made their way to the end of the electromagnetic catapult. He hoped that Merel and Faye were having a better time of this, since they piloted MS/Fighter units. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Arcturus felt the shuttle fly out of the mass driver and into the sky on it's own power. The craft continued it's climb, and eventually, he felt the pull of gravity begin to decline on his body. A bit of nausea bothered Arcturus as wieghtlessness settled on him for the first time, but he held onto the contents of his stomach. Soon, an announcement came on through the speakers.

"Sigma, this is your pilot speaking. You are now free to move about the cabin." The handholds that once lay flush with the floor of the aisle now deployed outward to form a ladder of sorts, as another unfolded from the ceiling. Arcturus unbuckled himself and carefully made his way into the aisle. The others were busy adjusting themselves to the new environment. Suddenly, he had an idea.

"Hey, watch this.", Arcturus said. He moved himself onto a glyph he summoned, and pushed off gently with his legs. He allowed himself to drift a few moments, then flipped, created a glyph, and pushed off again. The rest of Sigma watched as he repeated the process several times.

"This ain't so hard at all. Just have to watch how much force you're putting into your movements and remember that up and down is a matter of perspective in zero-gravity. Not much different from how I fight during infantry combat, or how you two fly probably. Can't wait to try this when I have enough space to fire energy pulses from my glyphs. Might be a bit hard to stop, though.", Arcturus said after grabbing a handhold and coming to a halt. "You guys should get some practice in yourselves."