So Moved

Mission Summary

Four pilots and one cadet set off into the night with the full knowledge that groove is in the heart and their task was to let that groove move them to great things. They first surmounted the gravity-well laden journey to Roxbury, fortified with funk-busting life support. Bonus points were already secured from Bohemian Rhapsody compelling a civie to join the gang in song and a vociferous canine to also join in, along the way. The gang arrived at the library and encountered the art installation, the compelling manifestation of an Artisan’s member’s creativity, only to find it in night mode and, as such, insufficiently powered. The intrepid Truck Stop deftly resolved that to the appreciation of all. With power supplied, the gang beheld the art installation where the bold pilots gazed into the compelling mirror. Who can say if any saw their future in it, but but all certainly beheld the power of physics in action where the mirror translated what would typically be experienced as sound waves, into movement instead, in the form of vibration. All was returned to the state it was found in and the ever-dependable Bane Thunderwolf lead the gang to a nearby landing spot where some preliminary line-dancing took place. From there the gang flew on displaying their finest moves to YMCA in flight and receiving additional life-supporting civie participation to Uptown Funk and sweet Caroline before circling the Cambridge civil war monument and landing for a shore leave. Pilots then engaged in a spirited Macarena with laughter and persistence. With no further choreography available to the pilots present for the remaining dance-centered life support, the gang was then homeward bound. When passing through a bike path near the Mass Ave orange-line station, they encountered a civie appearing to have abandoned ship and, though showing signs of life and no visible injury, was unresponsive to attempts to hail. Quick-thinking and careful assessment led to a determination to call medical services. To great relief, just as that call was being placed, the civie became responsive and then very determinedly left to continue their journey elsewheres. With their civic duty fulfilled, the pilots landed back at the fort having supported life and life-supported. While not all the metrics set out at the outset were met, pilots were successful in bringing smiles and joy to themselves and to others; what they lacked in line-dancing they made up for in heart, in song and in funk-busting moves along the way.