The Narrative of Kurt & Becky

So Matt, our PC tech, recently bought some fun stuff online. He got some fire steel and an r/c helicopter. They both came today.

At first I thought the helicopter looked kind of cheap. It’s made of styrofoam-looking material, the blades are plastic, and it charges by a battery-filled base. Well, I’m ready to see it in action, so We charge it up, set it on the floor and pull the throttle. It makes a loud noise, the blades turn really fast, and the body spins a bit on the floor. It got off the ground maybe a centimetre. Then the batteries died.
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