<div align="center"><strong>-=Vincent - in the cockpit with Mei Mei, bracing for lite speed - en route to Persephone=-</strong></div><br/>The abrupt snort that punctuated Mei Mei's first round of giggles caused Vincent to chuckle as she began laughing again.  Both of them continued like that for several moments as their laughs only perpetuated the other's.  It wasn't until Hayes' voice came over the monitor that they managed to end the cycle.<br/><br/><em>“Ai ya! That's fantastic! If my calculations are correct... and do I think that they are! I get to give this boat a good kick in the pants increasing speed 39 percent!”</em><br/><br/>"Thirty-nine percent?  Over here it sounded like the mechanic said<em>ninety</em>.  That's all the permission I need. Floor it!"  Vincent's tone was amused, though some part of him wondered if she was actually going to the excessive speeds.  She had a tendency to act somewhat recklessly when it came to pushing the ship to its limit at times.  Though he would never say anything to her about it; stones, glass houses, and whatnot.  Even at their most anxious, the two of them had enough willpower between them to act rationally.  Most of the time at least.<br/><br/><em>“Gao Guhn! We should be sure to hit Persephone atmo in about twenty or thirty millennia. I reckon I had better find me a Kai Tze before we ship off again, I've a powerful need for my nethers to be twixin.”</em><br/><br/>Had he not still been strapped to his chair, he would have jumped to his feet at the invitation.  Instead, is arm shot up and his hand shook eagerly as he shouted, "Ooooh oooh!  Pick me!  Pick me!"  Humorous as it was, there was plenty of sincerity to it.  You know, just in case she had been serious; he would never forgive himself if he let a genuine opportunity like that slip by him.  Vincent returned her smile before redirecting his attention to his instruments, keeping a close eye on the engine readouts.  Granted they wouldn't give him much more of an indication as to the problems the ships mechanics were suffering from past a series of what he referred to as "a whole lot of check engine lights".  Presently there was a handful of red and yellow illuminated text and symbols.  Basically he was making sure the entire panel didn't light up at once indicating that the engine was no longer attached to the ship or simply decided to break into smaller, more fiery bits so that it could occupy more of the ship's interior.  In such an event, he wanted to make sure he had all the time he could get to meet up with Mae for what would surely be the best and last kiss of his life.<br/><br/><em>"Your lucky boxers? Really?  You are too good to me! Do you know how long I've been waiting to get into your boxers?”</em><br/><br/>A wide grin spread across Vincent's face as he pulled his gaze away from his station to look at Mei Mei.  "You know me, Mae, I'm always eager to cater to your desires.  Unfortunately you're going to need to wait a bit longer for the boxers since I don't have any on me at the moment."  In the split second it took her to realize the meaning behind his words, Vince shot her a playful wink that would only make her even more uncertain of the layers of clothing he had on or lack thereof.