Video / un; Enterprise

[lucky_e]

Would anyone like some ice cream?

[Currently Enty was doing something with one of her heavier, bomber aircraft. Loading what looked like milk and other items into a compartment onto... one of the wings!?

Anyway, she looked both busy, and giddy at the same time.]

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[lucky_e]

Excellent, I'm sure you'll be just fine then. Be sure to bring very warm and thick clothing, however. We'll be flying between twenty and thirty thousand feet.

And it's not heated. I can give you some extra layers if you need.

[misstellaron]

I'll be fine. I have the Blessing of Trailblaze. It protects me from extreme temperatures. I was on a planet covered completely in ice a while ago and the cold barely felt like anything.

[lucky_e]

Really? That must've been an ordeal. But still, humor me for this one. It'll help make things a little more comfortable for you.

Other than that. I'll be ready to go up in here in a moment.

[ENTERPRISE HAS SHARED HER LOCATION WITH YOU - Open in Maps]

No need to rush.

> Action!

[misstellaron]

I guess I have to rely on your extra layers. I don't have anything else here.

[ She'll make her way to the location indicated within half an hour! As promised, she's not wearing anything extra... she's only got her usual outfit on.

When she spots Enterprise, she'll wave and jog over to her. No words of greeting though, just a bright smile. ]

Action Jackson!

[lucky_e]

[She gives a smile and a wave as well! Next to her is a jacket with two patches sewn on, along with matching pants, cap and wool socks. Winter wear, heavy winter wear. Don't worry, Enty's wearing the same in solidarity. She doesn't need to either, but she is.

And also a pair of awesome aviators. Because of course.]

Hello, were you the one I was talking to about flying? If so you got here fast!

[All warm smiles here! The aircraft already had its canopy open and is locked and loaded and ready for the air.]

[misstellaron]

[ Oh, that's a very warm looking jacket. Stelle nods, peering curiously all around in the aircraft's canopy. This is pretty cool. She'll take the jacket and put it on.

Hmmmm..... she needs to take a selfie. Give her a moment as she whirls around and whips out her shellphone to take pics of herself in the jacket and in front of the aircraft.

—okay, she's good. She looks at Enty to tell her where she needs to go sit. ]

[lucky_e]

[Ah-- the most important thing before every flight. Taking a selfie with the plane. Enty gets it, having done just that, but with dragons involved. It's pretty dang cool! Well, more than cool!

Airplanes are stupidly awesome, and selfie-worthy. Just be sure to share them with others!]

We'll be putting you in the rear-facing, back seat.

[Enty goes ahead to help Stelle actually clamber into the thing.]

There's going to be a rear machine gun. Please don't touch it... unless we really need it. You'll also need to stay strapped in and wear the oxygen mask provided.

[misstellaron]

[ Stelle gets into the plane, eyes big as saucers as she looks all over with the curiosity of a raccoon. She's never seen an airplane like this (she hasn't seen airplanes in general, to be honest. Just space shuttles and gigantic space ships.) but it looks kind of... antique. It's charming.

—There's a gun? She looks at the controls... ooooooooooooo. But she can't touch it. She won't touch it. She'll be good.


(Maybe.)

Stelle nods at all the instructions, though she's certain she doesn't really need the mask... the Blessing of Trailblaze probably afforded her protection in this case too. But whatever makes Enty happier! With Enty's direction, she'll get herself situated in her seat, straps and mask, and give her a thumbs up when it's all good. ]

[lucky_e]

[There's a big, mean gun. The kind that goes all pew pew and makes other things go aaaahhh nyooom and then booooommm. It's a plane, a modern plane, with modern guns, and big explosives.

Become an Ace, not some space cadet.

The strap is more to keep her from being thrown around the cockpit... or becoming a smear on the windshield. And the mask is so she can have oxygen to breath and keep blood flowing into her brain. It's all fun and games until you pass out from hypoxia... or worse.

Anyway! The ship closes the canopy above them with a sliding kthunk. While the engines roar to life.]

Weapons and counter measures good to go. Fuel mixture is prepped. Ice cream on board and ready to churn. Let's go.

[The aircraft lurches forward, gaining more and more speed with the scenery passing by increasingly quicker. It isn't long before gravity grabs their stomach and the ground fades away and things look smaller. While the clouds begin to grow closer and the sun becomes brighter.]

[misstellaron]

[ Stelle comes from a video game where a beautiful knight can solo a monster that swallowed a space train (with him in it) without the help of his spacecraft. Hypoxia may as well not exist for her.

Stelle watches with rapt attention as the aircraft lifts off, and the world shrinks rapidly as they gain height. It's really cool, actually. The Astral Express makes excessive use of teleporters so she doesn't get to see this. And the swooping in her stomach, the pressure in her ears—it's all so different. ]

The ships look like little bugs. Eltrut looks like a pebble.

[ She's awed by it all. ]

[lucky_e]

[They are not in a magic space train/Tardis. They were still climbing as well, with things below growing even smaller. Mountains would shrink under them, and the curvature of the world would become gradually more visible to them.]

And we still have a bit higher to go.

[Eventually all they would hear is each other, the engines of the aircraft and the faint sound of the wind as they rushed through the skies. Making everything rather peaceful. Passing the 20,000 mark, then finally reaching 30,000, Enty levels out then enters a bank turn. Letting her passenger get a better view of the world under them. Everything, for miles on miles around, the people vanishing and the ships below appearing as even smaller dots while the occasional cloud cover passed underneath them.

At their current altitude nothing could reach them, and they were free to go wherever they wished in no time at all.

It's all very exhilarating, powerful and breathtaking; and maybe a little inspiring.]