"...Wow." Lucia coughed and cleared her throat after Akira ended up stripping down to his boxers. In all honesty she hadn't expected the guy was.. pretty damn attractive underneath the uniform and typical rookie attitude. How the hell didn't he pick up the obvious hint? Oh, right... He [I]wasn't[/I] looking to see if Lucia was also stripping down, so he was already in her good books after the little eyes test! He was now also marked down as someone she'd be able to tease occasionally for fun. He was the new guy - he totally had it coming... Lucia giggled as she started undressing anyway, "Whatever, it does get kinda hot in pilot suits. And I feel like I have you at a disadvantage now. Just don't go bragging about this, or I'll have to embarrass you too~" After a short while, Lucia was stripped to her underwear too, but she got straight into her suit rather than going into a state of shock like Akira did. After zipping the suit up to her neck, she took the helmet from her locker and held it under one arm, throwing her hazel-coloured hair out of the pilot suits collar with her free hand. And, after giving Akira a sly grin, she left the room and kicked off the nearest wall, heading to one of two jet-like fighters being prepared for takeoff by the Minerva's engineers. As she climbed into the pilot seat she would fix the suit's helmet on and take a deep breath. Mock battle or no, takeoff was always a rush - the Core Splendor got catapulted out into space, it wasn't exactly the calm, easy liftoff you'd get in normal gravity. ---------- "Yeah, copy that, Cronic. Aethon is the most battle-ready unit - we'll keep a beam rifle and a shield close by just in case there's trouble." Glitch replied in a more serious tone. "Contact me before anyone else if this hunch of yours becomes a real problem, alright? Glitch, out." ---------- "Yes, Sir!" Izzy saluted, chuckling as they continued on. Coming so close to death hadn't seemed to leave a very deep scar on the outside. She was still the Aotisa Team #2, and.. well, Izzy. And heck, as far as danger went, Zerenis was coming with her to the industrial sector of Prosperity City. "So what's the plan for the new boxing gloves? You gonna teach the newbies how to take a punch?" Izumi smirked at Zerenis, nudging him as the two entered the spaceport hangar containing the Minerva. As the airlock closed behind them, and the one in front opened, zero gravity kicked in. "Or maybe you could teach me how to more effectively kick someone's ass in hand-to-hand combat. I know we Reds all get that training, but I'd feel better learning from someone with experience." she shrugged her good shoulder, drifting towards the ship.