A Little Stagger Snippet

[Pyeknu]

Quick snippet before work.
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Local Date and time:  Sunday 9 May 2011, 1331 hours EDT
Location:  H.M.C.S. Haida, Deck A12 Aft, Flag
Officer's Level,
Tomomi knocked at the open
doorway.  "One-sama?"

"Enter, minna," a
voice called back in Japanese.  "You
found him?"

"Hai, One-sama, we
did," Henrietta stated as she waved me into the room.

Looking around, I was quickly
taken by the somewhat spartan nature of what appeared to be a reception room
for visitors.  There was a work desk aft
with a small meeting table in the middle of the room.  Bookshelves lined all the bulkheads save for
the main door and a side door that I assumed opened into the personal living
quarters of the – as Tomomi had explained when we came here – Director of the
Volunteer United Nations Earth Defence Force. 
Whose insignia – a blue U.N. flag with the wreathed globe over a cross
crusader sword and Japanese katana – was hanging from the wall, bracketed on
both sides by the Canadian White Ensign and the national flag of Japan.

Which made sense since the woman
who had greeted Tomomi had also spoken in Japanese.

So what was she doing on a Canadian
starship?

Starship . . .

Damn!  I'm STILL boggling over that!

Said woman – who had been
seated at her work desk typing away on some sort of laptop computer – turned to
gaze at me, and then smiled. 
"Welcome aboard, good traveller," she said as she stood up and
walked over, her hand out.  "Are you
alright?"

I was gaping at her.

The Director of
the Force was a teenager?!

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay .
. . this was DEFINITELY a new one on me . . .

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Gazing at the handsome man –
she put his physical age at about early thirties, though his eyes flashed a
look that indicated that he was a lot older; Are the humans of his Earth as
long lived as Vosians or Avalonians? – Moroboshi Hiromi then smiled as she
pulled her hand away, giving him a knowing look.  "Never expected something like
this?"

He blinked and then
flustered.  "Not really . . . "

A chuckle.  "Oh, don't worry about that, good
sir," she stated.  "You'll find
a lot of things in this universe to be quite unique.  But I'm sure that your universe has its own
many mysteries as well, especially given the fact that you are a
metahuman."  As he gaped at her, she
smirked.  "Our sensors picked up
those interesting quirks in your DNA when we first detected you on the training
range.  Natural-born or
fate-gifted?"

He gaped.  "Um, natural-born . . . "

A nod.  "Well, no doubt whatever Powers control
our lives felt you worthy to gain such gifts," she stated as she waved him
to a chair.  "Here, sit!  Be comfortable!  You've probably had a bit of a harrowing
journey, so you need to relax."

Another blink, and then he
did as she bade.  "One-sama, this is
Douglas Sangoir-taisa, a member of the United Nations Metahuman Peacekeeping
Forces in his universe," Narumi then stated.  "He's known by the battle-name 'Looney
Tunes' and he prefers to be called 'Doug.' 
Doug-san, this is Moroboshi Hiromi-onêsama, the Director of the United
Nations Earth Defence Force.  Her battle-name
amongst those like her is 'Ryuko Kyorei.' 
Also a third-year high school student at Tomobiki High School, Class
Four."

He blinked several times, and
then he gaped.

"TOMOBIKI?!"

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