Relics [Closed]

Hira snorts and shakes her head. "You obviously heard me."

Jacob shrugged
"To be fair I kinda zoned out after you called me 'adorable' so really the rest of it went unnoticed." he lied.

Hira nods in approval. "Good. You... didn't need to hear the rest of that just yet."

Jacob smirked
"That was out loud" he stated, awaiting Hira's well crafted excuse.

Hira looks a little offput for a moment. "I... uh... uh... you did hear it, didn't you?" She asks while poking at the tip of his ear.

"Yes" Jacob replied, remaining somewhat reserved.

Hira throws her head back and lets out a loud groan. "I really wished I hadn't let that slip so early." She mumbles as she stands up, getting off his lap. "Either way! Let's find the artillery tractor before we leave the compound. They're rather cool I understand."

"Are we going to be leaving this place in tact?" Jacob asked, seeing a possible route for Hira's train of thought.

Hira shrugs, smiling mischievously. "Maybe. Though we could always just commandeer a Hammerhawk and leave everything else burning." She says as she heads towards a low down tank body with an off-center long barreled cannon.

"I thought that might be the case" Jacob bounded onto the huge ridged tracks of the tank and climbed up onto the barrel, balancing their momentarily, walking down towards the snub end.

Walking around to the back, Hira opens the door with a loud clunk, then takes a step into it. "Wow! These controls are old!" She announces.

Jacob jogged down the gun's barrel to peer inside
"And it doesn't smell particularly fragrant either" he looked up "at least not in the good way."

Hira shrugs, sitting in the main control chair, scanning over the controls. "I have no idea how to use this." She mumbles, narrowing her eyes in frustration.

"Try a few of the buttons" Jacob called down to her "I'll let you know what they do."

Hira slaps random buttons, hoping for the machine to power up.

The engine growls, causing the whole vehicle to lurch forwards, the gun barrel waved around wildly for a few moments before it settled.
"It's running" he confirmed.

Standing up and lifting a heavy shell with a groan, Hira kicks down the pedal to open the cannon breach. "Loading a shell, get down here!" She calls as she pushes the heavy shell in.

Jacob swung himself inside the vehicle, like the mech it was another tight fit
"I'm starting to think these vehicles weren't meant to house two people" he joked.

Hira sits back in the control seat as she swings the breach closed, freeing up a lot of space. "It's meant to be one driver and a gunner. You can fire the cannon however. But wait for my signal." She says as she starts adjusting the vehicle to line up with the small building at the side of the airfield.

Jacob nodded dutifully and took hold of what he assumed were the weapon controls. A small targeting system flashed up, but he ignored it, preferring to go for his gut instinct.

Raising her arm, Hira narrows her eyes as the main cannon aims at the building. "Fire!" She shouts as she swings her arm down.

Jacob tugged the controls and the small compartment shook. The muzzle of the tank erupted in a flash of brilliant orange. The small shack vanished in a burst of orange fire, smoke curling upwards in the shape of a fat mushroom.

Hira sticks her head out of the top of the tank. "Direct hit! We're done here." She says as she pulls herself up, sliding down the side paneling once she jumps off.

Jacob appeared seconds later, carefully maneuvering as he exited the vehicle, ensuring that one of Jernulv's curved heads didn't become hooked on the rim of the hatch.

Hira stretches her arms out and yawns loudly, walking over towards a Hammerhawk that has it's Thermal Lances replaced with extra thrusters.

Jacob slid down the front of the tank before whistling in the direction of the Hammerhawk.
"I bet that one can really move."

Hira steps on the wing before sitting in the co-pilots seat. "Yep! And you get to drive it." She says as she leans back.