Giant Robot Display

[second_destiny]

Who: Asem Asuno and Cloche Leythal Pastalia
Where: Capricorn District
Summary: Cloche is highly curious about the Gundam, so Asem offers to show it to her.
Warnings: Tsundere and giant robot in the same place.

The tram stopped in the Capricorn District station. Asem reached the spot he had asked Cloche to meet him at first, so he dropped down on the bench and pulled out the AGE Device. He idly flipped through the data contained within as he waited.

He couldn't help but wonder how this would go, though. Apparently humanoid mecha were not new to Cloche, but ones that stood at roughly nineteen meters were. He also hoped he wouldn't end up having to explain the AGE System -- in fact, he wasn't completely sure of all the details himself. That was his grandmother and father's brainchild, not his.

After a few minutes, Asem put the AGE Device back in his pocket and leaned back. He stretched his legs out and let his eyes slide shut.

Comments

[second_destiny]

"The best place would be on my lap. Crosswise." The implications of such a position seem to fail to stick in Asem's mind; he's about to launch, so he's less awkward and more professional at the moment. "I guess there's enough room on the arm rests, but that's gonna be less stable. You'd need something to hold onto."

The back of the pilot's seat might work for that...

[pastalishe]

"Sitting in your lap would be entirely improper." Nope, nope, nope. Cloche will take a perhaps-precarious seat on the arm of the pilot's chair. "I will hold onto the chair."

[second_destiny]

"Improper?" Who would care about propriety in a cockpit?

Then it dawns on him. "...Oh." Asem turns his head to the side in an attempt to hide the red creeping into his cheeks. Okay, now things suddenly make sense. Best to get moving to not think about it too much.

With the flick of a switch, the cockpit closes. Asem then pulls the AGE Device out, pulls his arm back, and then slides it into place to the right side of the hatch. The panels on the inside of the cockpit all light up, running through diagnostics quickly, then displaying the full system running at full capacity before fading into a view of the interior of the Nadesico's hangar.

The panels aren't clear, but rather displaying images sent to them by cameras distributed throughout the mobile suit. The front, the sides, the rear... A full 360 degrees in every direction is visible.

[pastalishe]

In Cloche's opinion, a woman should never have to explain such matters to a young man! Thankfully, she doesn't have a chance to voice it and continue the argument. When Asem activates the AGE Device, her attention immediately focuses on the Gundam's start-up.

"You can see everything from here, can't you?" From her tone of voice, she's impressed. Before Asem activated the AGE Device, Cloche wasn't sure how it was possible to operate the massive machine without a clear view of its surroundings.

[second_destiny]

"Yep. Cameras in every direction. There's not a single blind spot." Asem grabs one of the handles on the sides of the chair. "Okay, I'm going to get on the catapult. We're going to accelerate suddenly, so make sure you're holding onto something. You can grab my shoulder or my arm if you have to, I won't mind."

With that (and with some BGM because his mun loves Gundam OSTs), Asem slides the handle forward, and the AGE-2 takes its first step. Then another, and another, until it steps onto the catapult. The hatch opens, and the AGE-2 crouches.

"Captain Asem Asuno, Gundam AGE-2...launching!"

The catapult fires, shooting the Gundam out the hangar and into the air. While in the air, Asem pulls another lever, and the sounds of advanced hydraulics can be heard from all around. The HUD indicates that the Gundam is...transforming?

Once it's complete, the thrusters fire, and the machine flies up into the sky.