Good points everywhere, Necratoid.
True, he should fumble up his Japanese, especially in stressful situations. I'll roughen up that situation at the train station a bit more. Having some
people accusing him of making a mess of things and utterly confusing/angering him should suffice. However, once Zeke is secluded with the Station Master with
only a guard for additional company it becomes a bit different. The Station Master is reasonably upset about the situation, but obviously does not pin the
blame on Zeke or anyone else. It was just an accident and Zeke kept it from becoming a disaster.
Thus put at ease, Zeke loosens up for the Station Master and they have something like a congenial conversation over what just happened.
What I can do to remedy the scene with Rei is probably have a flash-back where dear-old-Dad is sharing some pearls of wisdom with his son in regards to the
female mind. Such as provoking Rei into chasing him across the shrine. Nothing is more fun and stress-relieving than chasing down your prey.
Sosuke + Zeke, brothers in mall-slavery. It works. (^_^)
Regarding martial arts... It is something I'm reluctant to let go, but I will caveat a handicap - he's a bit of a clutz. Not epic Mihoshi clutz, but
enough that he just does the martial arts thing for fitness and as father-son time. He would be able to do a couple basic self-defense moves fairly effectively
- basic disarms and takedowns - but the last thing we'll see Zeke doing is going all Jackie Chan or Jet Li on somebody's sorry ass. We'll also
never see him pulling a laser-sword or a katana out of his hammerspace coat. Maybe a bokuto, but only if he or someone else has enchanted the damn thing to do
some amazing shit like sending out waves of razor-wind, fire, or an ice-blast.
Zeke will be much more skilled at cross-country running and handling a fire arm (not a sniper like Kurz Webber, but well versed and still higly skilled - knows
where his strengths lay). Guns will be especially useful once mage-tech is applied. The only snag will be acquiring them in Japan, but I think being part of
MITRIL with resolve that.
As a last resort, might be decent with tonfa - weapon with equally effective defensive/offensive applications appeals to me and is relatively easy to weild. A
block with a fore-arm guard easily turns into a vicious close-in counter-blow. Also can be easily hidden in the hammerspace jacket once it is gained (probably
in the second or third arc).
True, he should fumble up his Japanese, especially in stressful situations. I'll roughen up that situation at the train station a bit more. Having some
people accusing him of making a mess of things and utterly confusing/angering him should suffice. However, once Zeke is secluded with the Station Master with
only a guard for additional company it becomes a bit different. The Station Master is reasonably upset about the situation, but obviously does not pin the
blame on Zeke or anyone else. It was just an accident and Zeke kept it from becoming a disaster.
Thus put at ease, Zeke loosens up for the Station Master and they have something like a congenial conversation over what just happened.
What I can do to remedy the scene with Rei is probably have a flash-back where dear-old-Dad is sharing some pearls of wisdom with his son in regards to the
female mind. Such as provoking Rei into chasing him across the shrine. Nothing is more fun and stress-relieving than chasing down your prey.
Sosuke + Zeke, brothers in mall-slavery. It works. (^_^)
Regarding martial arts... It is something I'm reluctant to let go, but I will caveat a handicap - he's a bit of a clutz. Not epic Mihoshi clutz, but
enough that he just does the martial arts thing for fitness and as father-son time. He would be able to do a couple basic self-defense moves fairly effectively
- basic disarms and takedowns - but the last thing we'll see Zeke doing is going all Jackie Chan or Jet Li on somebody's sorry ass. We'll also
never see him pulling a laser-sword or a katana out of his hammerspace coat. Maybe a bokuto, but only if he or someone else has enchanted the damn thing to do
some amazing shit like sending out waves of razor-wind, fire, or an ice-blast.
Zeke will be much more skilled at cross-country running and handling a fire arm (not a sniper like Kurz Webber, but well versed and still higly skilled - knows
where his strengths lay). Guns will be especially useful once mage-tech is applied. The only snag will be acquiring them in Japan, but I think being part of
MITRIL with resolve that.
As a last resort, might be decent with tonfa - weapon with equally effective defensive/offensive applications appeals to me and is relatively easy to weild. A
block with a fore-arm guard easily turns into a vicious close-in counter-blow. Also can be easily hidden in the hammerspace jacket once it is gained (probably
in the second or third arc).