(I'm glad this is an alternate - I get to do so many things I would never do in "real" Fenspace. Like blow the top off of a secret, or give a background character some screen time...)
Owner's Office
Stellvia
14:19 GMT 29 November 2016
"I wonder what stats I have..."
Safety looked up at Noah. "Pardon, sir?"
"Oh, it's nothing really important. I was just musing on transfictionality."
Safety nodded, then blinked, then spoke in a different voice. "Noah, stop dwelling on the past!" Then she blinked again.
Noah stared at his assistant in shock for a moment. Then he took a breath, held it for a five-count, then exhaled. "Safety, go see Kohran right now and get Ms. Nikaido's memories out of your head."
"Yes, sir," she replied as she rose to leave. "I'm sorry to have troubled you."
When he was alone, Noah spoke to the empty air. "I'm not dwelling on the past, Yoriko. I still miss you, but Leda and Helen are almost enough to fill the void you left in my heart." Then he just sat there for a moment, as if expecting a reply.
Instead, the door opened. "Mr. Scott, are you all right? Safety looked upset when I passed her in the hall."
"Kelly! Come in, please. I'm fine, just surprised by something she did. What brings you away from the hotel?"
The bunnygirl who managed Hotel Stellvia sat down in one of her employer's guest chairs. "I was wondering why you wanted me to stop accepting reservations."
"Ah. Officially, it's so we have room for some refugees from the CSA."
She nodded. "And unofficially?"
"It's in case we need to initiate Plan #3."
"Are things really that bad, Noah?"
"Not yet, Kelly, but whatever happened to our home could happen again. And if it does..."
"...we need to be ready. All right; I'll continue refusing new reservations. Now, what else is wrong?"
Noah raised an eyebrow. "What makes you think anything else is wrong?"
"I've known you since before either of us headed Up. You've slipped into your gamemaster mode, which you only do when you're GMing or there's something on your mind that you don't want anyone else to know."
"You remember the campaign I ran on alternate Fridays before I got married?"
"The ISWAT game? I still have my techomage character sheet. Why?"
"I just found out who the Infinity Scout Service agent in our universe is."
Both of Kelly's eyebrows shot up. "Woah. Anybody I know?"
"There's the problem - should I tell anyone? It isn't as if this person's done anything wrong..."
"Aside from spying on us."
"That isn't a crime."
She thought for a moment. "Do we need to know?"
After a longer moment, Noah replied, "I don't think so. At least, not yet."
"Then don't tell me. How did the agent react to learning about the GURPS books?"
"I didn't tell her about them."
"'Her,' huh? Well, that narrows it down..."
"Kelly!"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Owner's Office
Stellvia
14:19 GMT 29 November 2016
"I wonder what stats I have..."
Safety looked up at Noah. "Pardon, sir?"
"Oh, it's nothing really important. I was just musing on transfictionality."
Safety nodded, then blinked, then spoke in a different voice. "Noah, stop dwelling on the past!" Then she blinked again.
Noah stared at his assistant in shock for a moment. Then he took a breath, held it for a five-count, then exhaled. "Safety, go see Kohran right now and get Ms. Nikaido's memories out of your head."
"Yes, sir," she replied as she rose to leave. "I'm sorry to have troubled you."
When he was alone, Noah spoke to the empty air. "I'm not dwelling on the past, Yoriko. I still miss you, but Leda and Helen are almost enough to fill the void you left in my heart." Then he just sat there for a moment, as if expecting a reply.
Instead, the door opened. "Mr. Scott, are you all right? Safety looked upset when I passed her in the hall."
"Kelly! Come in, please. I'm fine, just surprised by something she did. What brings you away from the hotel?"
The bunnygirl who managed Hotel Stellvia sat down in one of her employer's guest chairs. "I was wondering why you wanted me to stop accepting reservations."
"Ah. Officially, it's so we have room for some refugees from the CSA."
She nodded. "And unofficially?"
"It's in case we need to initiate Plan #3."
"Are things really that bad, Noah?"
"Not yet, Kelly, but whatever happened to our home could happen again. And if it does..."
"...we need to be ready. All right; I'll continue refusing new reservations. Now, what else is wrong?"
Noah raised an eyebrow. "What makes you think anything else is wrong?"
"I've known you since before either of us headed Up. You've slipped into your gamemaster mode, which you only do when you're GMing or there's something on your mind that you don't want anyone else to know."
"You remember the campaign I ran on alternate Fridays before I got married?"
"The ISWAT game? I still have my techomage character sheet. Why?"
"I just found out who the Infinity Scout Service agent in our universe is."
Both of Kelly's eyebrows shot up. "Woah. Anybody I know?"
"There's the problem - should I tell anyone? It isn't as if this person's done anything wrong..."
"Aside from spying on us."
"That isn't a crime."
She thought for a moment. "Do we need to know?"
After a longer moment, Noah replied, "I don't think so. At least, not yet."
"Then don't tell me. How did the agent react to learning about the GURPS books?"
"I didn't tell her about them."
"'Her,' huh? Well, that narrows it down..."
"Kelly!"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012