Quote:Evil Midnight Lurker wrote:*Chuckles darkly* Not even Ranma can duck one of Lum's lightning bolts when he's being a prat.
Ranma in the wake of such an adventure: "When... does the hurting... stop?"
Hrm, pacing...
Rei will take a bit of time. You know that scene that I wrote where the Grandfather was watching the two? Courtship can be like that, especially with a woman who has Rei's stubborn nature. It's going to be fun when she realizes she's actually fallen for Zeke, but she won't be 'out of character' for long - she's far too dignified to allow herself go on like Usagi does. Rather, after the initial freak-out she'll take control of the situation in fine Aries fashion.
Lum is a lot quicker and less complicated. She simply wants to get the show on the road - which irks Rei to no end, of course. As for how Lum sees Zeke: Just about perfect. She sees Zeke as being an honorable man, first and foremost, since he does not treat women as objects. Another bonus is that he is not 'clingy' like her last fiance and gets along relatively well with her family. Final nail in the coffin? When Lum's ex-fiance, Rei, shows up 1.) Zeke starts calling him 'Raymond' just to irk him and so there’s a little less confusion over who they’re talking about and 2.) when the Raymond pushes matters Zeke gives the alien a first-class beat down with a baseball bat.
Teletha’s a whole other ball of wax. At first she was just being flirty because A) they used to know each other and B) she loves the looks on Lum and Rei’s faces. But then she starts to really notice that her old adventure-buddy turned into a man and things really start to go downhill from there. Shades of the outrageous hijinks she pulled with Sosouke in the FMP series are seen here.
As for how she would get away from her ship… Easy! MITHRIL wants to build closer ties with the USN and the JMSDF, so they cut a deal to let the Tuatha de Dannen moor in Yokosuka in return for ASW exercises with the de Dannen as the OPFOR and a few technologies on the side.
Before anyone says anything, I’m fairly certain that the de Dannen could be moored in Yokosuka with minimal fuss. Recently, our piers were home to the great Japanese beast, the JS Hyuga. The locals are calling her a “Helicopter Destroyer.” She actually resembles a small aircraft carrier or an amphib. What really makes her stand out is that she lives up to the destroyer part – she’s equipped with phased array radar, VLS missiles, and surface vessel torpedo tubes.
So, the de Dannen would probably wind up parked across from the George Washington, where the Blue Ridge and one of our DDG’s would be moored. Blue Ridge can be shuffled back onto Pier 7, forcing 7th Fleet’s two cruisers to double up on the other side, and the Destroyers will make do with what’s left.
Anyhow, for pacing’s sake, I’ll spend the first story arc just getting everyone together. That alone should be entertaining enough.
RE: Nanoha + Rage
You don’t need to fly off the handle in order to go on a rage. Simply laying down a righteous and well-deserved smackdown with extreme prejudice qualifies. And Nanoha can do prejudice very effectively once certain criteria have been met.
I don’t think MITHRIL’s gonna need any help in regards to ‘spreading the word.’ The fireworks alone should do the job. Anyhow, MITHRIL is going to trust that Zeke’s paramours can handle most of the mundane threats, but if things start to get out of hand Sosuke shouldn’t be far away.
The day Gauron goes after Zeke he’ll be sorry he did, and so will Leonard. Zeke is going to be so disgusted by Leonard that he will become his ‘Special Friend.’ Note that I use special friend in the Warner Bros (AND the Warner Sister) sense.