Looking forward to your Nao-arc, then. She was a pretty neat character in HiME, what with her plot-twisty backstory and all - plus, I consider myself a Spidey fan, or used to, so there's that angle. Speaking of which, if you ever have the characters throw a birthday party for her, there's your answer as to what to give her right there. Though I suspect her commentary on the comics would be 'is this some sort of hint that I should start wearing spandex? major turn-on of yours, huh?' or something in that vein. Hehe.
As for Otome-Nao? Less plot twisty, unless they decide to actually make her another covert operative for Schwarz - not bloody likely at this point, yes? - but still fun.
Juliet and Shizuru.
In a small enclosed space.
On inordinate amounts of coffee, or tea in the latter's case.
The less said about that, the better. Let's just leave off at: we finally did get some work done, and there were no bodies on the floor at the end of it. And not because someone had turned to cannibalism as a way of life.
I think Juliet was impressed, though. Personally, I have no qualms about saying that Shizuru was far smarter than I, and is showed here. Particularly when extrapolating information.
She'd said before that she'd dabbled in politics, but I hadn't really appreciated just how many insights she could glean from the reports.
Her ability to single-mindedly focus on a goal and follow through until she was within grasping distance was frightening.
On a sidenote, I did finally find out how Juliet - and she actually preferred Nao, but my mind steadfastly refused to accept my labeling her as such - managed to get inside. Turns out she's more than talented at sleight of hand and pinched a keycard when she was here last time.
What we did find out was spotty at best. Juliet's own information wasn't very detailed either, since her digging had been rather heavy handed and very personal in nature. The sort of personal that resulted in bandaged knuckles and bruises, the first on her, the latter not.
When people say that violence is not the answer, they're lying. It's just that, it's a very immediate and stuttering answer where most things are concerned.
It's also as much a declaration as anything else. Things are starting to visibly escalate.
Annan itself, on a high government level at least, seemed on the level. Seemed, because we didn't get nearly as much business there as we did where we had an actual main office and not just a branch, and there'd never been as much as an indication of their involvement in Schwarz. Hell, I knew Yamada wasn't telling me everything, but this wasn't something he would have overlooked. He's far too meticulous for that.
On the other hand, the Ho family - specifically, Coral Erstin Ho's father - was rumored to be a bit of a radical and held station as their current council's Chair for Recovery and Research of Lost Technologies. Something that seemed to run in the family, since that position seemed to pass from one generation to the next of theirs for the past four generations.
Well, Yamada was in town, as far as I knew, though off doing his own things at the moment. I'd get in contact with him and see what falls out when I shake that particular tree.
That, though, would come later.
Much later.
We'd closed up the research session with mixed feelings, and decided to call it a day at the crack of dawn. Irony notwithstanding. Juliet was heading back to her own daily grind, Shizuru had finally beaten her insomnia into submission, and as for me?
No, I didn't really have to sleep anymore. I went off to do just that, nonehteless. It made me feel more human.
Which was something I wasn't about to just toss away on a whim.
Yes. Filler segment. I'm mosty busy fiddling with plot details right now. Stay tuned.
-Griever
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm
As for Otome-Nao? Less plot twisty, unless they decide to actually make her another covert operative for Schwarz - not bloody likely at this point, yes? - but still fun.
Juliet and Shizuru.
In a small enclosed space.
On inordinate amounts of coffee, or tea in the latter's case.
The less said about that, the better. Let's just leave off at: we finally did get some work done, and there were no bodies on the floor at the end of it. And not because someone had turned to cannibalism as a way of life.
I think Juliet was impressed, though. Personally, I have no qualms about saying that Shizuru was far smarter than I, and is showed here. Particularly when extrapolating information.
She'd said before that she'd dabbled in politics, but I hadn't really appreciated just how many insights she could glean from the reports.
Her ability to single-mindedly focus on a goal and follow through until she was within grasping distance was frightening.
On a sidenote, I did finally find out how Juliet - and she actually preferred Nao, but my mind steadfastly refused to accept my labeling her as such - managed to get inside. Turns out she's more than talented at sleight of hand and pinched a keycard when she was here last time.
What we did find out was spotty at best. Juliet's own information wasn't very detailed either, since her digging had been rather heavy handed and very personal in nature. The sort of personal that resulted in bandaged knuckles and bruises, the first on her, the latter not.
When people say that violence is not the answer, they're lying. It's just that, it's a very immediate and stuttering answer where most things are concerned.
It's also as much a declaration as anything else. Things are starting to visibly escalate.
Annan itself, on a high government level at least, seemed on the level. Seemed, because we didn't get nearly as much business there as we did where we had an actual main office and not just a branch, and there'd never been as much as an indication of their involvement in Schwarz. Hell, I knew Yamada wasn't telling me everything, but this wasn't something he would have overlooked. He's far too meticulous for that.
On the other hand, the Ho family - specifically, Coral Erstin Ho's father - was rumored to be a bit of a radical and held station as their current council's Chair for Recovery and Research of Lost Technologies. Something that seemed to run in the family, since that position seemed to pass from one generation to the next of theirs for the past four generations.
Well, Yamada was in town, as far as I knew, though off doing his own things at the moment. I'd get in contact with him and see what falls out when I shake that particular tree.
That, though, would come later.
Much later.
We'd closed up the research session with mixed feelings, and decided to call it a day at the crack of dawn. Irony notwithstanding. Juliet was heading back to her own daily grind, Shizuru had finally beaten her insomnia into submission, and as for me?
No, I didn't really have to sleep anymore. I went off to do just that, nonehteless. It made me feel more human.
Which was something I wasn't about to just toss away on a whim.
Yes. Filler segment. I'm mosty busy fiddling with plot details right now. Stay tuned.
-Griever
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm