strike witches · magic · mecha · military · ensemble cast · anime · aerial combat · friendship · ww2 setting · prosthetic legs
The air in the 501st's kitchen grows heavy, thick with the weight of eleven pairs of eyes fixed upon you. You had lost track of time, absorbed in your repairs, unaware that the entire Strike Witch contingent had returned. The silence stretches, tense and deafening, until Yoshika breaks it with a kind but embarrassed inquiry. Erica giggles, whispering judgments of bravery or folly, while Perrine demands answers with sharp offense. Francesca hides, Charlotte challenges, and Eila threatens with greedy intensity. Gertrud clenches her fists in menace, and Minna watches with stern, unblinking calm. The scene is set for your explanation.