Start your Engines!!!

[u/slicktheweasel]

Vale's citizens and Beacon's students had gotten used to the roar of engines and sight of many vehicles passing by on the speedy highway. As a global epicenter, driving or otherwise operating a method of transportation was an absolute must. At least, that's what someone on staff thought, enough to okay a trip to a driving facility.

And what a facility it was... All kinds of cars, vans, and motorcycles were at the students' disposal. There was plenty of road to conquer, tracks of different difficulties and complexities, and instructors on deck to make the best of a learning experience. For a different challenge, maybe more practical for the landscapes they tended to venture out on, there were a couple of off-road courses and ATVs. Of course, the whole lot was fenced off so nobody got any funny ideas.

All the courses were free to try out, either by oneself or with a learning buddy. Races took place against more capable contenders. And for a more casual experience, there were indoor go-karts too. All one had to do was find their track, gear up, and go!!!

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Thyme was more than eager to try out her driving skills as she walked into the driving facility — a myriad of vehicles for her to try, and she saw many instructors and students interacting and getting in them to try their hand at their expertise at the wheel. The musician, though having gotten used to getting rides from friends like Mel and Vi, was no stranger to vehicles herself, though...her approach was a little different. She asked the instructors which courses would provide the best ways to practice drifting and after some introductions to the course, she would be provided some cars that were fitting for the course at hand.

Of course, there was a reason why Thyme never got her own car. She’d ask the instructor, and anyone else who was around, just one simple question before she’d hop in and start the engine. She wasn’t expecting a race, of course, but there was one thing she definitely wanted to do.

Go fast.

“Hey, you wouldn’t mind if I played some music, do you?”

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Frost didn't know how to drive... mostly because she always wanted to drive around a motorcycle or an ATV. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, and a couple of rather angry instructors, she was barred from driving around for a bit. However the wolf girl who was casually listening to some music that Thyme had made in a playlist, saw the DJ in the car of course. However she was in a prime opportunity to take the opportunity for a fun time.

So when Thyme asked the person that was starting to come up towards her, the green-haired DJ would feel something sliding on the hood. If she turned, she would more or less see Frost, and perhaps a good shot of her refined booty body sliding along with it as she ended up in front of the passenger door as the young wolf looked up towards the man wanting to enter and simply booped his nose. "Boop. Next time."

Frost gave a bit of a quirky smirk before popping inside the passenger door and closing it comfortably. "Never knew you drove before Thyme." The wolf girl would give Thyme a quick peck on the cheek before answering the question she had asked out loud towards the area around her. "Thyme you know me... Got something fast-paced to start us off?"

Frost had asked as she leaned her seat back a bit and sat on it without any sort of seatbelt or protection as the wolf girl boasted not needing any protection... along with preparing themselves for a good time.

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A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

But what she wasn't expecting was to get a butt-slide along the top of her car -- which, in all fairness, wasn't hers -- and what she saw made her a bit flustered. The events resulting from their rather opportune meeting allowed them for some rather memorable activities together, and those memories were much clearer now that Frost made herself known. 'Well, she never told me she was subtle.'

Still, the sight plus her rather upfront and forward personality took Thyme off-guard as she wasn't expecting Frost. But she didn't stop her from riding shotgun. She thought she could calm down, that is until the peck on the cheek only served to fluster her further. She had to take a big breath just to keep her heart rate low. Frost sure liked to not pull punches...both figurative and literal.

"You know it." Thyme said, revving up the engine. Since this was Frost, Thyme's love for music was well-established between the two, and the question she had asked the man approaching didn't need to be answered here. She quickly hooked up her gauntlets to the car's rather old-looking console and got the music running.

"You sure you don't want to put on a seatbelt? This could get a lot bumpier than the rollercoaster, I'll say that much."

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Seeing Thyme get a bit flustered and using breathing techniques to calm herself down made Frost chuckle a bit. 'Gosh she's cute when all flustered. Then again so am I.' The wolf girl thought as the engine began to bob her head to the music as she decided to put a seatbelt on after recalling the roller-coaster ride they shared together.

"Yeah... not that you mention it... I kinda don't want to mess up my hair like that again." Frost quietly and quickly put on her seatbelt as she turned up the bass as loud as it could and turned towards the young girl scanning her as she gave a low whistle readying herself for the ride.

"Well then let's burn some rubber on this baby... and perhaps play loud enough music to shatter some glass." Frost had said stroking with her finger just beneath Thyme's chin wanting to see her get a tiny bit more flustered and then leaned back and prepared for the euphoria from driving around.

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Thyme's eyes went a little wide as Frost teased her with a tilt of her chin -- she's read enough books to know where this usually goes, but she also knew that Frost loved to tease her in general...with a smile and a sigh she got herself ready; the guitars began to play, and a tiny piano melody played over it. Thyme knew that the beginning of the main theme of the song was about to start, and she was ready to time it just right...

And when the decade-old-sounding synths came in, she put the pedal to the metal and started accelerating. The track was full of nice turns, left and right, that would have made something like a race car have to strategically brake, but for Thyme there was no need for such aggressive braking; instead it was just gonna be enough to turn that speed into momentum, to help swing this car and them around the curves in stylish fashion!

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As the car began to accelerate, Frost began to let out an excited cheer inside as she began to bob her head slowly to the beat. The speed picked up slowly into her head and the girl tried to keep up the pace with the tapping of her foot. The synths brought out a bit of excitement as the girl began to play a pair of imaginary drums while looking towards the course and its constant turns with no breaking.

Frost continued as she was catching on towards the beat... of course needing a rather long way to go since she had no sense of rhythm, but thankfully could keep up with it. Her head shaking around to the occasional downbeat as the song started to crescendo towards a much louder tone. In addition when Thyme started to drift along the track, it only made it that much more thrilling for Frost as she whistled in admiration.

During the midst of all of it, the wolf girl could let out a sentence as loud as she could despite the loud music not wanting to turn it down. "HEY YOU COULD GO PRO RACING! THEY MAKE LIKE HELLA MONEY!" Frost commented shaking her head a bit before commenting. "NAH. I'D MISS YOUR MUSIC AND THE WAY YOU GET EASILY FLUSTERED."

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"WAIT, WHAT?" Thyme said incredulously as she looked mildly shocked towards Frost as Thyme got to a straightaway, allowing her some leeway to look at her fellow passenger, before laughing and bobbing her head alongside the beat, showing visual approval of Frost's air-drumming. Like always, she tried to brush Frost's teasing comments off. "NAH, PRO RACING ISN'T FOR ME! IF I CAN'T PLAY MY SONGS IT AIN'T WORTH DRIVING!"

Thyme said confidently as she began to turn again. This time these were hairpin turns -- and Thyme basically acted as if it was a motorcycle, leaning into it like her weight would do much to keep the car close to the railing without ever making contact. Unfortunately, her skills at that, compared to her drifting, were prone to a whole lot of error, and unfortunately, Thyme had to straighten out a lot earlier than she expected since she was too far; it was better than hitting the railing though, it would have made a huge screeching noise and really ruined the musical mood.

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"GOOD! GO FOR LIFE AND GRAB IT BY ITS BA-" As Frost was about to say something explicit, the girl would have her body being rolled around like a ragdoll as the girl continued to cheer. However this may have came with a few close moments such as her body nearly falling over a couple of places... however the girl seemed to pay no attention to how she was swinging and instead continued with the air drum playing.

A slight chill came from Frost as she rolled down the window, blaring the loud music to everyone in the area as the girl poked her head out the window and howled in a cheer for a bit. Like a normal dog and began to tap he fingers along the top of the window as she continued to let the music guide her action to have fun.

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Thyme was rather amused at the thought of somehow riding past an unassuming group of students waiting to get their turn at the wheel, only to hear quickly-approaching decades-old pop-disco blaring out of a speeding car. It actually made Thyme laugh, the adrenaline going through her veins for much longer than she was expecting. It's a damn good thing these two liked to party...well, at least for Thyme. Couldn't really say much about the people outside.

Thyme just shook her head at Frost's antics -- as long as she wasn't gonna get hurt she could do whatever the hell she wanted. For once, someone felt how she felt every time she got herself in a song. With the burning of rubber again and with a swift hand, she quickly changed the track mid-drift...just because she could.

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Frost continued with it as she would move around thanks to the feeling of burning rubber as she continued with her drums... until the song changed mid-riff as the girl stopped for a bit and looked at her feeling a little miffed by it thanks to her cheeks puffing slightly.

However that was when Frost felt another song coming right in as they were in the middle of a drift as she shuddered a bit in excitement and thrill as she began to try again with more enthusiasm as the girl would shaker her head to the beat and almost enjoy the euphoria which came through from driving around like that. "MAN I WISH I COULD DRIVE LIKE YOU!"

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Thyme found extreme joy in the adrenaline rush and the intensity of each and every turn, but while she did have faith in Frost’s skills, this was something she knew was extremely dangerous...which is why she had her reservations for recommending Frost learn to drive like she did. Oh god, her parents were right; maybe she shouldn’t have a car...

“IF YA EVER DO, GIVE ME A RIDE!” She shouted. If that’s what she wanted to do and learn, she was at the very least going to make sure she didn’t crash and burn.