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Richard Harrington Summerby (the_richard) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-06-11 01:33:00

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character: lucy spinks, character: richard summerby

At the Broom Racing Track
Who: Richard and Lucy + Open for spectators and other flyers
What: A visit to the race track for the open house
Where: Just outside Cockfosters on the north edge of London
When: Last Saturday - backdated due to RL
Rating: PG for broom fu

...and Richard smiled as he led Lucy down to his pit stall along side the track. With any luck there'd be a fairly good turnout and he could do his part toward turning more broom riders to the dark side - convincing them that racing was even more fun that Quidditch. HIs hand on the handle released the wards as he rolled the door up. He knew Lucy with her non-magical background would recognize it as a standard garage door, but he still smiled a little at what an innovation an aluminum roll-up door had been to those whose entire life had been spent in the wizarding world.

He pointed past several racks of brooms and his trackside broom tuning bench. "Your leathers, boots, and helmet are in the loo back there if you'd like to get changed. And yes, they are meant to fit that tight. Something flapping about at over a hundred miles an hour can raise quite the welt, as well as mucking up your flight characteristics. The track crew will be sending up the corner markers and the high and low crossing gates and I thought I'd take you up on a Two-Place first and show you how to fly the course before I turned you loose solo on a trainer. You seemed to be pretty much a natural at the broom rodeo, so that shouldn't be too long."

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Lucy/Rich/Open

the_richard
2015-07-02 06:31 am UTC (link)

"It will do that," Richard nodded. "At least until you get in shape. Dora Montgomery and I get together early mornings when I'm in town to work out. Martial arts, running, hit the gym and lift weights sometimes. You're always welcome to join us. Just doing a lot of flying will help too."

"Place to practice." He held up the folder the track official had given him. "I'll leave this with your street clothes so you can take it with you when you leave. Didn't want to make you nervous when you were out there so I didn't tell you; I had the racing officials watching you and timing your fast laps. You passed." Rich grinned. "Here's your track card so you can practice any time the track is open, and I picked up your membership for you. Your track and membership cards will let you on to any of the associated tracks as well - and there are quite a few local tracks scattered around the world. You'll have to check ride and qualify for an authorization card for each track, but from watching you, that shouldn't be at all hard for you to do. I'll show you some of my more favorite tracks if you want to tag along on some of the circuit with me."

"Oh, by the way..." He flipped through the pages in the folder. "Your times were good enough you're eligible for the novice races here. And I just happen to have your entry forms too. Take one first, two seconds, or three thirds in novice class races and you jump to E-classification and can start working your way up. That broom is legal and competitive up through C, which is why we named it what we did. You make it to B and we'll get you another broom and unlock the charms on both so you can start setting one up for short tracks and one for long cross country runs."

"My way of saying thanks for a job well done at the office."

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Lucy/Rich/Open

addingvalue
2015-07-06 03:04 pm UTC (link)

Lucy grinned, the idea of more training very tempting - and yet she didn't know how she'd fit all of it into her schedule. "I do some lifting already," she said, "to help with the rock-climbing. And I don't think I can justify martial arts - I just don't have the time. But the rest sounds good." She still wanted to make time for more winged horse riding, too, and the learning curve there seemed pretty steep.

Her stomach swooped with late-onset anxiety when Rich told her there'd been people watching, and she was glad she hadn't known while it was actually happening. "I come for one morning and you're turning me into a life-long convert," she teased, beaming gratefully at him. "This is all amazing, Richard, thank you." She flushed, both pleased and proud when he compliment her work.

"You've given me a hell of a lot of incentive to get reintegrated into the wizarding world, both in and outside work. I really appreciate it."

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Lucy/Rich/Open

the_richard
2015-07-08 01:42 am UTC (link)

"Martial arts is a lifetime commitment if you want to get anywhere with it. Although I've taken up freerunning lately, so I'm not one to talk about too many hobbies."

He laughed. "Maybe not a life-long convert, but you're good. Real good. Good enough to qualify for a race the first time you get on a racing broom. Think about it. I'll have to make a few calls, send a few owls, but something may come of this later. I'll get back on that in a week or two."

"Well..." Rich sighed. "At first, I admit, it was just me poking a stick at the Ministry again. It's one of my little hobbies. But you're good people, good in the office, and good on a broom. Win win win all around."

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Lucy/Rich - Complete?

addingvalue
2015-07-10 09:33 am UTC (link)

Laughing, Lucy nodded. "Hobbies seem to breed hobbies, I've found. The more people you know, the more hobbies they introduce you to, the more you end up doing - or wanting to do."

Beaming at the praise, Lucy looked back to her borrowed broom. "Fancy a race?" she asked. "You didn't come here to watch me all morning." She had no doubt at all that Rich would beat her handily - but it would be fun, and she already yearned to get back on the broom.

"And the same to you, boss," she said, giving him a quick mock-salute. "Now come on, don't let me get a headstart on you." And with that, she was mounted and zipping off to the track once more.

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Lucy/Rich - Complete

the_richard
2015-07-11 02:38 am UTC (link)

Richard laughed as he pulled Miss Susan Sto Helit off the rack and quickly mounted up. Named for Death's granddaughter in a fictional series, she was his Unlimited broom that was set up for short tracks. He'd spent a lot of time building her, getting her just right. He roared out of the pits and had passed Lucy by the fourth corner.

Laughing again as he passed the start/finish line he slowed up and called out, "Right then, speed demon. Tuck in tight behind me and I'll show you how to really tear up this course."

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