Ah, now THIS, as always, is worth the wait!

> Shirley grinned. "I always wanted to be a test pilot."
>
> Witolda Urbanowicz nodded encouragingly. "Is good job! Always much demand."
>
> "Just don't think too hard about why that might be," said Eila Juutilainen-Litvyak with
> a slightly dark smile.

Heh. I want to say be careful of what you wish for Shirley, but it seemed like you loved the test pilot part, just not the officers placed in command?

> "So you decided to power a magic chainsaw with it." Whittle folded her arms, shaking
> her head fondly, and repeated, "You madman."
>
> "I've been called worse," said Gryphon with a nonchalant shrug.

Usually by Largo era Genom types.

> "Why, Holmes, it seems the very essence of simplicity once you've explained yourself,"
> said Minna in an exaggeratedly blustery Britannian accent.
>
> "I know, Watson. That's why I rarely explain myself," Mio replied. Then, back in her
> normal voice, she went on, "Anyway, I just came down from the control tower. Letzi and
> her crew are about 10 minutes out. Hannelore is warming up the briefing room."

Sir Doyles works truely trancend time and space!

> "Well, as I said, it has to do with the kind of devil I was before I became
> Mistress Patchouli's familiar. I was—at heart, I still am—a bed warden."
>
> Gryphon raised the other eyebrow. "A... bed warden. Seriously, is that a real thing?"
> he asked, sounding just a touch skeptical.
>
> Koakuma blushed to match her hair and said, "Yes, and it's not what you're thinking. I'm
> not a... one of those,"

To be fair, Its those of us who don't get the difference between the two things that would get confused. I have to admit that I initaly fell into such a trap till I got to her reply.

> Intrigued, Elizabeth swooped down and paced the motorcycle on its near side, keeping an
> eye out to make sure she didn't drift into the woods. The person in the sidecar, a girl
> with long red hair streaming behind her in the wind, looked over in mild surprise, then
> grinned and sketched a jaunty salute. The petite blonde driver's goggles glinted in the
> sun as she glanced at the Striker and nodded, but her hands were too busy operating the
> machine to make any gesture of recognition beyond that.

Wait, What? Its FLAN's??? There is a story there yet to be told, methinks. Maybe came with the castle she mentions off-hand later? Because I'm pretty sure she wasn't referring to the family Chateu there; especially after UF-G got dug in on fixing its deficiencies.

Also Total D'AW at the Maid/Housecarl energies bit.

> Then, her gohei slipping out of her sleeve and into her hand, Reimu said quietly,
> "You know what has to happen now."

I don't think Reimu does, though. Seems like we're about to see a bit of Sumire / G style... *Forplay* to me. *ROFL*