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Post by Bio Plus on Mar 30, 2017 20:04:56 GMT -5
"I'm going into town for a bit." Blaze told Cloud as he served breakfast. "I need to stock up on a few things now that there are two of us here. You're free until I get back. Then we'll have class and after that end the day with another training session."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Apr 4, 2017 19:34:27 GMT -5
"Alright, I'll stick around here while you're gone." Cloud said.
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Post by Bio Plus on Apr 4, 2017 19:58:38 GMT -5
"Great. Feel free to familiarize with the house and everything around here." Blaze told him. "Knowing the layout could help you react faster in an emergency."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Apr 6, 2017 16:21:27 GMT -5
"Will do sir." Cloud said, having recovered nicely after a short sit down.
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Post by Bio Plus on Apr 6, 2017 19:18:53 GMT -5
Blaze finished breakfast and after a quick shower said goodbye to Cloud and headed out.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Apr 10, 2017 17:00:27 GMT -5
Cloud, now alone in the house, headed straight to his room to rest. He laid down for about 15 minutes before getting bored and wanting something to do. He turned to the small desk in his room and pulled out some paper and started writing. Nothing in particular, just scribbles and scrawls. Sometimes he'd fill a page and other times he'd write two words before flipping it over. He continued at this for the next couple hours.
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Post by Bio Plus on Apr 10, 2017 17:10:29 GMT -5
Blaze returned from his shopping trip a bit after two hours and started putting things away in the kitchen and the hallway closet.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Apr 10, 2017 20:30:13 GMT -5
Cloud heard Blaze come in and hastily put the finishing touches on the a letter he had penned. He left it on the desk next to the envelope and went downstairs to greet Blaze.
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Post by Bio Plus on Apr 10, 2017 21:10:38 GMT -5
"There you are." Blaze greeted Cloud as he came down. "Ready for class?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Apr 25, 2017 13:48:12 GMT -5
"Yes sir." Cloud said, a little more lively now after writing for a bit.
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Post by Bio Plus on Apr 26, 2017 7:11:11 GMT -5
"Great, let's head over to the equipment room." Blaze said leading the way. The room was filled with buckets, hoses, special fireproof suits and lots more. There was a blackboard against one side of the wall and Blaze grabbed a desk and chair which he pulled in front of it.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Apr 27, 2017 20:47:23 GMT -5
Cloud took a seat in the chair, "Ready."
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Post by Bio Plus on Apr 27, 2017 21:47:24 GMT -5
"Alright, let's start with the basics." Blaze said standing in front of Cloud. "Firefighting usually tends to attract more earth ponies then other ponies. That's because unicorns and pegasi have a hard time reaching their full potential and feel like they're limited to what they can do as a firefighter. Unicorns can be quite helpful with their magic when transporting water, heavy lifting and getting things in place. But near a fire smoke can be a big distraction and inside a fire casting any kind of spell can be dangerous. Not noticing fire creeping up to you or something falling towards you is much too common for a unicorn that's trying to concentrate on a spell while swamped with smoke. For a unicorn to be able to cast spells effortlessly in such situations they would need to have a lot of control over their magic, which means they would need to spend their time studying and practicing magic instead of fighting fires. Unicorns that are able to do that are also able help firefighters in an emergency without any need of extra training from us. Unicorns also work together with us to help and heal the ponies we save as well as us. Which means the most useful unicorn to have in a firefight is a unicorn that's not part of the firefighters. Pegasi has it even harder though. Even though it's crucial for us to work with the weather teams to help put out fires, for pegasi on the ground flying is almost never an option. The drafts the fires create is extremely dangerous when flying, your wings can get in the way of tight spaces, your feathers can catch fire that could be hard to put out or in the heat of the moment you may not even notice that your feathers did catch fire and when you do try to fly in a final effort to get clear you can't." Blaze paused for effect before adding. "That said, there's no reason a unicorn and pegasi can't be a good firefighter without relying on magic or flying."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2017 14:14:38 GMT -5
"That makes sense. Maybe I could make a fire vest that protects my wings when their closed. The hardest part will be not defaulting to flying, since it's second nature." Cloud said.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2017 20:58:00 GMT -5
"Exactly." Blaze replied. "Which is why you'll be doing all your training from here on out using this." He lifted up a harness that almost looked like a net with the holes too large. "This will tie up your wing so you can't use them. As for when you're dealing with the real thing, it will be up to you to make sure your wings are safe and out of the way. As dangerous as it is to use your wings in a fire, there may still be one chance out of a hundred that they could save your, or another ponies', life. And that's enough reason not to keep them restricted, but also a greater responsibility on you to learn when and when not to use them."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 3, 2017 21:01:01 GMT -5
Cloud nodded, standing up since he figured he'd be putting it on now.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 3, 2017 21:58:24 GMT -5
"No need to be so eager." Blaze told him. "We still have plenty of other subjects to cover and you'll be very familiar with this soon enough." Blaze put the harness back down. "Do you have any questions?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 12, 2017 10:30:15 GMT -5
"What's the frequency of fires in Ponyville?" Cloud asked, sitting back down, "So I can plan my times out of the station during times when emergency has the smallest chance to strike."
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Post by Bio Plus on May 13, 2017 19:07:06 GMT -5
"Not a lot." Blaze said, his gaze falling to the window almost disappointingly. "Since I've been transferred here I haven't had to deal with one major fire. The town being almost destroyed and small fires breaking out here and there happens quite often, but those are usually quickly dealt with before we even arrive at the scene. Non the less, we do head out there when it happens and make sure that it was properly put out. Despite the lack of major incidents however we always make sure that we're ready for them. The most dangerous fires are those that happen where fires never seem to happen. Since no one expects them they're caught by surprise, they don't know what to do and mistakes are made. It's our duty to make sure we're never caught by surprise."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 15, 2017 20:35:22 GMT -5
"Yes sir." Cloud said with a salute.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 15, 2017 21:51:10 GMT -5
"Then let's continue the lesson." Blaze told Cloud and the rest of two hours were spend showing the various tools that they used when fighting fires. From axes to special ropes and water carriers.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on May 25, 2017 15:42:43 GMT -5
Cloud was taking mental and physical notes as the lessons went on, well attuned ot the schooling life after all the schooling he'd been through. Learning also seemed to offer him a momentary distraction good enough he didn't remember what he was being distracted from.
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Post by Bio Plus on May 25, 2017 16:51:38 GMT -5
"That's enough studying for today." Blaze finally announced. "We'll take an hour break before hitting the course."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Jun 23, 2017 14:05:18 GMT -5
"OK, Going to put my notebook away upstairs before meeting you out there." Cloud said, feeling confident he'd do better this time round.
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Post by Bio Plus on Jun 24, 2017 21:06:57 GMT -5
"Great! Then I'll meet you outside." Blaze said heading out to get everything ready.
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