A Jade In The Skies (Maria's Flight)

Jas was swimming in the lake like an otter when the call rang out. His eyes whirled a bright purple as he launched into the sky. He would catch a Green this time for sure. He just needed to be more... well he didnt know yet. But he would once he got up there!

Winging jauntily through the skies, he followed after the other Brown and Blue. But he didn't see them. All he could see was the radiant Green-that-would-be-his.

Thief flicked at HisBronzeThing's nose from his perch on the wher's head. He had been trying to annoy the Bronze wher for some time now, unfortunately he was having no luck. The Bronze was just as gruff and patient as HisStupid. Thief was prepared to give up and try to invoke a reaction out of HisStupid's instead when the sound of a Green's call reached him.

Flinging himself off of HisBronzeThing's head, to the delight of Iggesk, Thief decided to move on to more pressing matters. Speeding through the air, the small blue hurtled towards the Green and her suiters. There were already three other Chasers, but Thief didn't mind. The more Chase, the sweeter the Catch.

Seichou was out near the lake darting from tree to tree and generally just flying around when he heard the call. A mating call, enchanting to his ears as he was beckoned by the lovely voice that produced the sound. On his way to where the female was calling, he spotted a wild rabbit and quickly blooded it. He drained all the blood from the rabbit and leaving the carcass behind as his body was gripped in a mating instinct as old as time.

Expertly winging through the trees, he came upon a flock a flits with a gorgeous green in the midst of browns and blues who were all vying for her favor. However, gripped by the mating instinct, what once were considered friends by Seichou, they were now rivals for the affection of the delectable green who had obviously voiced the mating call taunting them into chasing and catching her.

Seichou swooped down from above the skies trying to disperse the other males who were near the lovely green flit. He didn't bother with anything else but had his entire person focused on the chase. His eyes were glued towards the green flit but ever conscious of the air around him noting updrafts, downdrafts, and thermals that would help him fly better.

Jas chirred with elation. If she wanted acrobatics, acrobatics she would have. The Blue made a steep ascent so as to have enough space for what he was going to do. No, twas not a Crazy Ivan, but it would be nearly as dangerous and just as spectacular.

As he reached what he deemed as a safe distance from the pack, and (most importantly) Maria, He began his descent. He fell in a tight corkscrew that was nearly an areal spin. Just as he was reaching maximum speed, he fanned his wings and pulled up into a barrel roll, letting his momentum carry his tightly controlled body back up to the radiant Green. Any false move or sudden twitch would not only ruin his maneuver, but it would put him in danger of hitting one of the others.

Still having too much speed for a safe reemergence, Jas spun in wide loops around the group and especially the shimmering loveliness that was Green Maria. He broke from his path and spread his wings a little wider to slow himself further as he sped under Maria's glorious, supple form. From his spot a little low and behind he waited, trying to conserve what energy he had left.

Seichou watched as the others did their own acrobatics trying to incur favor with the Gorgeous Green. First there was the blue and then the brown. Their aerial flight was good but Seichou knew that he could do better. After the brown had finished with his aerial display. Seichou chirped getting the Gorgeous Green's attention. Dipping down his right wing, he banked a sharp right down and away from the others. He kept his wings outstretched making his descent harder to control but produced interesting zigs and zags as he was buffeted by the wind. Then, when he was close to the ground, he angled upwards and he swooshed high up in the air. All of this was down without flapping his wings.

He had chosen a spot where the thermal could easily help him up into the atmosphere and he shot past the others in front of their flight missing them only by an inch. He warbled an apology if he had scared any of them, but he wasn't done yet. As he sped high up and away from them, he turned up-side-down and did loop-de-loops alternating with his body outside of the loop and then with his body inside the loop that he made. After that, dipping his left wing, he sharply banked to the left and went down in a spiral as he let the downdraft that he felt bring him down fast, closer to the ground to the middle of the lake.

When was close to the surface of the lake, again he angled himself to skim the surface of the lake up-side-down. One wrong move could mean an injury that could very well take his ability to fly again but, Seichou is an avid flyer and knows his own limitations. When he sensed that he was nearing the shore, he turned around and finally with a flap of his wings, began his ascent towards the others. He hoped that he had done something quite difficult to imitate if one is not used to doing what he loves to do. And that is flying without flapping his wings too much.

Maria watched each chaser, but almost just as quickly forgot them as the next began their show. But she was nearly spent, so made her descision. She trilled to Thief to claim his prize.