(hurray for medication, this post is all jacked up!)
Mike got up as blade finished answering questions, the CO excusing himself to get ready for the training op. stretching with a groan, mike slowly walked to the gear bay, twisting, and popping joints as he went, as he would be cramped in Prowlers cockpit soon enough, and space would become a luxurious memory. unfortunately, even his slow walking eventually made way to the cavernous Gear bay, and mike walked over to the techs preparing prowler for its upcoming deployment.
briefly introducing himself and shaking hands with the techs within reach, he climbed into the less then spacious interior and began a pre-op check, looking over the systems as he waited for the others. as the system check rattled away, he slid magazines into corresponding pouches on his uniform, the last one for the rifle and pistol, going into their perspective magazine wells. finally the checks came to his favorite part, the screen chiming and giving a keystroke option Y/N.
"yes" mike said tapping the panel, activating manual testing of optical camo. he spent a moment cycling through the selections before touching the four color wheels and sending them on a mad spin, chuckling as he did.
"nawlin to gearbay 7, i'm checking camo, how's it look" he asked, using the onboard mic, smirking as he watched the Gear rapidly switch through riots of colors without rhyme or reason.
"uh, yeah its doing...something" a younger tech said before the lead tech grabbed his radio. "real smooth hotshot, keep doing that and it'll be stuck on something stupid, like lilac and daffodil" he mumbled as mike laughed and set it to lime green and caution orange. slightly for safety, more for the enjoyment of 'why not'.
"prowler is ready for deployment" mike called as he cycled through his weapons list, setting up ammo counters, and double checking the locations of his Gears equipment. "loaded to provide mid to long range support, as well as HVT neutralization."