[h1][center]Vulpine Space Command Centre, Île de la Tempête, Reunion Suited and Booted 0800 Hours[/center][/h1] Eloise saw Purna return from whatever had him elsewhere, and after Skye spoke to him, she quickly stepped over to him herself. "Look," she said in that lilting accent of hers as she looked up at him. "I'm not very got at talking to people. And I'm even less used to working with them too. But thank you for helping find my place. We work well together. And well," she frowned and tried to shrug with the bulky, awkward suit on. "I wouldn't say it was [i]fun[/i], exactly, but you know what I mean. We did well, and I'm glad we had each other's backs". She hesitated and then stood on the tips of her toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "And we'll work together more in the future too. I hope we can also learn more about each other off the battlefield too. I'd like to be [i]actual[/i] friends as well". She gave his hand and forearm a firm squeeze with both hands, before crossing over to the truck to board. Before she could work out how to climb up, she squeaked in a decidedly unflattering (but remarkably [i]cute[/i]) way as Athena picked her up and put her on the seat. She looked back to protest, and found the gorgeous giantess' face at the same height as her petite, suit-clad torso. Her heart leapt into her throat and made a bid for escape at the first part of Athena's words toward her, and she felt as though she was about to plunge into the darkest pit in the Earth - until she continued and the second part of her words sank in, after a moment. Then that heart-fluttering sensation was all for a different reason and she felt a slight dizziness. Eloise wasn't nearly the well-spoken woman that Athena was, and her lips faltered and scrunched as she tried to find the right words, before just setting for placing her gloved hand on Athena's cheek with a resolved smile. "[i]When[/i] we get back, we'll definitely go out somewhere. It's a promise," she said with a voice that sounded a lot bolder than she felt. She shuffled over as she saw Skye come along, and Athena move to lift her in too, looking to Skye as the team leader took her seat, checking over her gear. She gave one of her characteristic small, shy-ish smiles as Skye addressed her and her skills. She gave a little laugh, the sound soft and somewhat musical. "If you had told me that we would be going up into space to track down an evil clone of you when I arrive... well, I probably would have been even more eager to sign up, honestly", she said with a glimmer of amusement in her eyes. "But thank you for having faith in me. I will do everything in my power to make sure it's well placed. I am with you - all of you - in this to the end. You gave me a chance to be a real person again. I want to survive to get back and see what that's like. And if not, well... make sure that other people can have a world to do it in". [h1][center]Launch Pad, inside an Arianne 7, Île de la Tempête, Reunion T-Minus.....Raven One 0830 Hours[/center][/h1] As the elevator clattered up the gantry alongside the Ariane rocket, gleaming white in the morning sun. It was magnificent, and Eloise couldn't quite comprehend the fact that yes, she was about to climb into it and blast off into space. Even as she climbed into the crew module at the top of the rocket, her mind was whirling in a flurry of nonsensical thoughts as she strapped herself into the seat. As Skye spoke, she couldn't contain it anymore and giggled, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuyGoiQkWAo&list=RDGuyGoiQkWAo&start_radio=1]starting to sing[/url] somewhat off-key but recognisable as she did. "And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no, no, no I'm a Rocket Man..."