Out of Beta

[ugyuuya]

[1]

[Yuuya stands beside his unit leaning against the rail and looking up at it with a different expression.]

"Well then 94 Second, it looks like we both got jerked around by two countries but we can show them we've got more to prove than they ever expected of us. I think I finally got to grasp what it'll take to pilot you successfully."

[2]

[The Argos flight is leaving a debriefing from the last mission. Tarisa is still spitting fire and VG is placating her in his own style. Yuuya seems more pensive than normal but in a good mood however Stella seems to be just off of normal, almost like she was in part forcing herself.]

[3]




[In a more isolated runway on Alhambra you might catch a Yellow unit made infamous from the training exercise and a pilot in a similarly colored TSF piloting suit. She is looking out at the setting sun and a pocket watch she is holding in her hand. She appears to be thinking about something and will not immediately notice your approach.]

Comments

[tiger_ken]

Her's is a modified... what's the name...

[Some of his irritation may be affecting his thinking, before he finally figures out the answer.]

Huckebein! Right... Maybe there's a second version or something out there, but I doubt it. The way she goes on about her mother, and her abilities, it would seem strange...

[Though, at the remark on how to acquire the skills he desires...]

That's... harder than you'd think. Not many really know it even exists, and the only people who really know what I'm after... are either gone, or want me dead.

[ugyuuya]

Is there no basic level of the skills you could learn from another before perfecting your own unique arts? Surely working up from a basic understanding of how to control your energies as taught by one who had done so would make the rest of your work that much easier?

Even if you cannot master your more esoteric abilities as quickly at least the basic enhancement and coaching in piloting skills would be worthwhile. The answer to question you never ask will always be no.

[tiger_ken]

I don't think its really as simple as you make it out to be...

[And this is after Yui gave a rather basic set of instructions, pretty broad too.]

Though if you're that concerned, maybe you could show me a thing or two?

[ugyuuya]

My skills are more suited towards a TSF and their piloting peculiarities but if I have time away from my work on the project I would not be opposed to taking some of that to assist with building up some of your practice skills.

As for the oversimplification of your situation that may be true in part but can you not talk to the others at least? Sara, Mizuki, and Raquel are all concerned about you on at least some level. I know the first two will readily do what they can to help and sometimes having a goal is something to help you push ahead. I know that my own rival helped my growth as a pilot immensely before her passing. Take advantage of the opportunities and people you have with you while you can. A lot can happen in even a time as short as eight minutes to take that away from you.

[Yui's face seems to settle into an unusually neutral mask as she begins to turn back to her unit.]

[tiger_ken]

And there you go doing it again...

[This time Ken won't even explain, just chuckling to himself.]

If you have the time then. Though two things.

[He turns to go away, raising two fingers.]

1) No more ambushes, or I start doing it back. 2) Find something decent to wear.

[And with that, he runs off, his impression of the young woman having picked rather quickly.]

[ugyuuya]

I'll have you know this is a standard issue TSF suit designed to protect the pilot from the increased G forces of piloting these units! There is nothing inappropriate about it!

[The blush on her face is not quite luminescent as she yells after Ken's retreating form.]