Scene #1043: Evangeline and Zephyr go flying

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Evangeline	It is getting late in the day, but even so, Evangeline is still on her patrol around Mont Saint-Michael's, the base of the 501st Joint Fighter wing. Evangeline has transmitted her coordinates to Zephyr so that they might fly the patrol together, and while she may not look it, Evangeline is excited. She hasn't gotten to see Zephyr in quite a while. She isn't sure she's seen Zephyr since the Warlock incident. She hopes Zephyr won't think her new additions are strange or insulting or anything like that. Because Evangeline herself does find the addition of those glowing blue shoulder marks and her shields to be strange and a bit unsettling. They came from a machine that enslaved her, after all, and made her attack her friends.
Zephyr Windstar	A distant sonic boom signals someone, or something coming in at high speed. A streak of purple shows Zephyr's approach path, coming in to join Evangeline's and forming up to her right. The mage is in her Barrier Jacket, and her Device is in Mistral Form, two little spinning turbine-blade drones orbiting close to her sides. Zephyr grins over at Evangeline, and half-wings over to wave, shouting over the rushing wind. "Hey Evangeline! Good t'see ya!"
Evangeline	Evangeline turns her head when Zephyr speaks up, then floats over closer and wraps her arms around Zephyr's middle. "...good to see you..." she says as she applies a careful hug, then floats back into a proper formation. "...how are you...?" she asks, her voice carried by her radio signals to Zephyr's radio so that even though Evangeline is speaking barely above a whisper Zephyr can hear her. The sun is starting to set, turning the waves on the ocean below into a beautiful rhapsody of colors and ripples. Evangeline's head turns down toward that. Though she doesn't react visibly, with the way her body goes still as she flies, she is obviously watching it.
Zephyr Windstar	Zephyr grins at Evangeline, returning the hug as it's given. She then does an aileron roll, leveling out but keeping her eyes on the Neuroi. "Somethin' on yer mind, Evangeline?" she asks, keeping pace with the human-shaped alien.
Evangeline	Evangeline turns her head slightly when Zephyr asks her that question. The neuroi turns her head back toward the waves. "...water...I...don't like it, but...it is so pretty sometimes..." she says, then she turns on her side to face Zephyr. "...I...ended up with something...after the Warlock...it is now a part of me...I don't like it...but it is helpful...and a part of me...it...makes me...not like myself...sometimes..." she says as she flies along.
Zephyr Windstar	Zephyr wings half over to fly on her side as well. "From the Warlock?" she asks, her memory flashing through those last moments of the incident, facing down the oncoming Warlock over Central Command, and protecting Evangeline's Core from the overhead Neuroi. "You're you, Evangeline, no matter what happens or what changes about your body, you are still Evangeline, and I refuse to believe you could be anyone else."
Evangeline	Evangeline is quiet for several moments after that. "...thank you..." she says. Then, she floats over and reaches out an arm. Her fingers extend from it and she pokes Zephyr on the shoulder. "...you...are it..." she says, then in a flash she is flying away as quickly as she can, leaving a set of contrails in her wake.
Zephyr Windstar	Zephyr smiles genuinely, then blinks as Evangeline flies closer. THe poke gets her to rotate a little. "Oh yeah!? You can't outrun me!" she cries, gathering herself up and launching forward and trailing a purple streak of mana, as well as causing a sonic boom.
Evangeline	Evangeline can't fly fast enough to break the sound barrier, so Zephyr is easily able to close the distance. But, just as Zephyr is about to grab her, Evangeline's form blurrs, and...she is gone. If Zephyr has sensor abilities she might quickly find Evangeline again. If not, it will be harder, but not impossible. When she is spotted, Zephyr sees she is about a hundred meters away and flying the opposite direction. Apparently, Evangeline can teleport! "...perhaps not...but I might be able to outmaneuver you..." Eva says over the radio.
Zephyr Windstar	"I have you n--- HEY!" Zephyr exclaims, 'skidding' to a stop and looking around. She does have sensors, Divine Wind gives her some situational awareness that normal humans just don't possess and she quickly locates the Neuroi. She smirks, then playfully huffs, "Now that's just cheating." she replies. "C'mon Dee, Booster mode." <YES! MISTRAL SQUALL. BOOST MODE!> the orbiting 'drones' spin rapidly, as they settle over her back, the old quartet of purple 'pixie wings' that show her flight spell is running vanish, and are replaced with a pair of large white 'jet plumes'. This time Zephyr hits max speed, leaving a sonic boom at her starting position. <BLITZ DRIVE!>
Evangeline	Evangeline heads back toward land as fast as she can, but she knows Zephyr is closing in quickly. Even as the beach and the trees beyond near, she fears she may not make it in time. So, she dives down, and at her own high speed of flight, she kicks up a nice amount of sea spray, attempting to disorient Zephyr enough to give her time to escape into the trees. She looks back toward Zephyr, then looks forward again...just in time to splash into a large wave. The sudden deceleration sends her cartwheeling along the water. Surprised Neuroi cries escape her before she can right herself again and pull up. Well, if she is not caught by now, she escapes into the trees.
Zephyr Windstar	It's a big ole grin that greets Evangeline as she rights herself. And a finger reaches out to boop the girl-shaped alien where her nose would be, if she had a face. "Tag, you're it!" she chuckles, then darts off with a blur of motion. She's purposefully not using her full speed so it's fair to her friend. Zephyr's drones are back orbitting her, and she's not broken the sound barrier, perhaps due to the two large green energy 'wings' that now spread from just above her shoulder blades. If Evangeline's memory is good, she'd likely recognize them signifying Zephyr's in Maneuver mode, trading her prodigious straight-line speed for higher maneuverability.
Evangeline	Evangeline goes still as she is booped, then tilts her head in curiousity. "...I will catch you..." she says before she blasts off as quickly as she can. She isn't slow by Strike Witch standards, but by TSAB standards, she's like...a slug. However, she is quite agile. And as she chases after Zephyr, there is a metallic sound that is very much like a girly squeal followed by a giggle. It might not be recognizable if she isn't listening, thanks to the unusual tones, but the pattern is very obvious. With Zephyr playing fair, Evangeline stays right on her tail, trying her hardest to close the gap. "...almost...have you..." she says as she nears Zephyr, the little Neuroi spiraling through the air, obviously enjoying herself.
Zephyr Windstar	Zephyr has speed, Evangeline has agility, it's a fun contest, as Zephyr tries her darndest to shake the Neuroi off her tail, weaving this way and that, pitching up and performing tight turns and half loops. She can't compete with Evangeline's natural agility, even with her own being amplified, however and will, eventually be caught, though she's laughing the entire time. The radar crew that are probably keeping an eye on Evangeline are probably going berserk right about now.
Evangeline	Evangeline's metallic sounding, slightly grinding squeaks occur every now and then as she chases Zephyr, usually whenever she gets close to catching Zephyr. Then, finally...she does it! She grabs Zephyr's foot with her hands, then lets out another squeal. "...got you..." her calm, mostly monotone voice says over the radio, rather in contrast to how she quickly lets go and spirals away from Zephyr and zooms away toward the trees again. Yes, the radar tower back at the base is reporting all of this to the commander on duty, who is in turn scrambling fighters to investigate. Neither Evangeline or Zephyr has informed them of what they are doing, after all.
Zephyr Windstar	Zephyr acks as she's finally caught, trading the green wings for white jets again, skidding to a stop and blasting off after the Neuroi once more. That's about when she picks up radio chatter. "Crap, Evangeline, I think we upset your boss!" she calls over the local radio, though she's still chasing the fleeing Neuroi.
Evangeline	Evangeline continues forward, but her evasives come to a stop as she pays attention to the chatter. She radios back to base, "...sorry commander...a friend joined me on my patrol...and we were...practicing high speed maneuvers..." she radios. Then, she floats back toward Zephyr. "...I should probably get back to base...thank you for coming out to visit me..." she says, then wraps Zephyr in a hug again.
Zephyr Windstar	Zephyr smiles warmly, and returns the hug in kind. "Any time, Evangeline. You're my friend, so if you ever get lonely or want to just hang out, gimme a shout." she eases back a bit, hands coming to rest on the Neuroi's shoulders. "C'mon, I'll escort you back, wouldn't want anything to happen before you land." then she smirks, and boops Evangeline again. "Like getting tagged."
Evangeline	Evangeline is booped, and there is a metallic giggle sound again before she takes off after Zephyr again, following her all the way back to base as they play tag. No doubt Major Sakamoto will find this to be an interesting story.