You wandered around the facility in the late afternoon and curiosity got better of you when you heard a ruckus coming from the hangars. Who works on aircraft when it's dinner time? Thunderbird, apparently.

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Yet another day has passed in the facility, everyone retreats to their quarters to take a breather after the training, before gathering in the mess hall for dinner and chit-chat. But not Thunderbird. The Nakoda worked on the whole hangar the entire afternoon. Someone's got to look after the birds of steel when Jäger is off-duty for a moment.

She doesn't know how long it took, but there's only one aircraft to tend, and it isn't her heli. The C-295 that Nøkk used to "test" her just after she joined Rainbow. Yes, years passed, and the Dane can say only good things about her. Yet looking at the particular hydraulic line of landing gear takes her a few years back. Doesn't matter if it got replaced, Thunderbird can still see the cut. Remember where the necklace was, followed by where she was shot by Nøkk. The Nakoda shakes away the memories and focuses on the present. The pair of turboprop engines won't check itself over. She starts with the left one and opens up the assembly to reveal that 2,645 shp powerhouse. Propeller mount? Check, nothing noteworthy. Gearbox? Could use some cleaning already, but that's scheduled for next week. Hopefully that C-295 won't lift off until then, and accumulate even more of that gunk that's time-consuming to remove. Compressor, combustor and turbine look good thanks to regular maintenance and diligent care. Again, good cleaning won't hurt.

Thunderbird was slowly advancing towards the exhaust, but saw movement close to the hangar's door, prompting her to step down and investigate. Not that she felt the telltale sights of "test", OK maybe a little, but she was curious. Then she sees someone indeed, as curious as herself. "Hi. Shouldn't you be in the mess hall?" She asked the rhetorical question, just as the newcomer could ask her the same thing.