Standard writing conventions apply and italics should be reserved for thoughts and emphasis. This isn't a tyranny but don't expect to make a lot of people - in particular, the people who run this thread - happy if you keep this sort of stuff up. This applies to everybody, not just the present offenders.Stay smart. Read a book. Whatever. Just don't italicize half your post.
Hank then starts the engine of the plane, making sure everything is in order, he moves his plane to the Taxi lane and asks the ATC if he can launch
nice touch, making your post an example of how to properly use italics
I violently slammed the throttle to its fullest, kicking the afterburners to life as I attempted to pursue the rat bastard who had the gall to scratch my paint.
"You lecherous pig," I grumbled, slapping his hand away from me, my off-hand reaching for the sidearm at my side. "I wouldn't even have you drawn and quartered, I'd rather have the satisfaction myself."
The missiles streaked past my roosterpit, the rocket engines leaving sears of darkness in my retinas. Too close, I thought to myself, righting my aircraft with shaking hands.
"It tastes like stuff, doesn't it?"
I stare at the man violently swigging down his fresh coffee."Holy stuff dude, isn't it hot? How do you not have 1st degree burns?"
"You, uh, know there's a slider that adjusts the temperature this stuff boils at? It's on the back, kinda hard to reach, but if it's below 120c I can handle it. Nobody really knows how or why but in my family line we have a history of not getting scalded easily."
"No, I didn't know that. That's also weird."
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