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(last updated: 1/21/19)

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[Peter...doesn't even make it into the hangar, really. Sure, he leans more toward the life science side of things than engineering, but there is an actual fighter jet RIGHT! THERE!

Or a very detailed simulated reconstruction of one, he still isn't 100% sure how any of this "calibration" stuff worked, but even knowing it wasn't technically there wasn't enough to stop him from nerding out.

He does at least have the presence of mind to at least make a quick look around him, just to see if anyone was in sight- if only to avoid being rude and ignoring someone completely- before just jumping right up against the fuselage to get a better look inside the cockpit. Who even needed a ladder when you could just jump up and cling on by putting your hands on the cockpit canopy?]

[There's no one in sight but getting this close to the VF unit does tell him one thing - there's someone inside of it, up in the cockpit itself. There's the sound of things rattling about and movement.

And giggling? It sounds childish and sweet though at the very least.

Once he's up on the VF itself though he'll find a little girl plunked down in the pilot's seat.]

Edited (I read that wrong, derpderp.) 2019-01-27 21:33 (UTC)

[Okay this was not something he expected at all, and he kinda feels a little bad for interrupting a kid so clearly living it up on cloud nine. But he does need to piece together what's going on and maybe get out of here. And also apologize for intruding. All of these things would be easier to do once the little fighter ace finishes up her sortie.

There is not, however, any reason to be bossy about it. So he'll just play things straight and treat the little pilot like she's definitely the one supposed to be sitting inside the cockpit of a war machine.]

Hey, lieutenant?

[Because all pilots were traditionally officers, right? Wait, what rank of officers? What even were the ranks? Whatever, he's committed now, it's too late to change anything.]

Sorry to bother you, but I think I'm a little lost. Could you spare a minute?

[And maybe not ask about how he's just... there because honestly he didn't even check for a ladder before jumping up here and he is a terrible liar. Like, hard-pressed to fool an actual child terrible, which is kind of unfortunate for him right now.]

[... Huh? At the sound of the voice, this much smaller Mirage whips her wide-eyed gaze over to Peter. Her hands are still frozen on the control sticks to either side of her. By necessity to reach them she's on the very edge of the seat itself and her feet dangle rather than properly touching the floor.

It takes her a moment apparently to register the 'lieutenant' portion but when she does and he mentions he's lost, the little girl lights up. Evidently she's decided he's not scolding her so he can't be one of the workers that her mother sent to find her.]

Sure! Uh... just don't tell my mom where you found me, okay?

[Okay he barely manages to fight back a laugh, there. He probably shouldn't find it so funny that he's being asked to keep something that could probably go very wrong a secret, but he's getting the feeling this is not the first time she's snuck inside. Or likely to be the last.]

Well, that would involve me admitting I was sneaking a peek inside the cockpit myself. And then we'd both be in trouble!

[This is...probably fine? He's like 99% sure this is just another one of those mental rooms, so it's not like he'd actually have to cover for young Maverick here. Right? Maybe?]

So, I won't tell if you won't. You need a hand getting out?

[At that the kid relaxes. She slides out of the seat while shaking her head.]

Nope, I'm fine!

[And she seems to be true to her word. She hops out of the cockpit straight out of the side, dangles a moment and then drops down the rest of the way. It's not too long of a drop and she seems more than used to the maneuver. It gives the impression that she's snuck around like this plenty of times before.

She looks back up to where Peter is, calling up to him:]

Are you here to see my grandpa?

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