Quote:I'd say 'our work here is done' then, but I'd be lying ^_^.
And, what with this thread plus the episode of Mai-Hime on the DVD in Newtype this month, I'm well and truly converted.
The next two days could only be described as ... hectic.
Oh, there were rewards, yes, but there was also a royal cock-up of a runabout.
For example, I'd found out that Kobayakawa's project ... well, my project that I'd set her and Tsujimoto on, to be precise ... had undergone a few changes because ...
"So, care to explain why there are two in the works, if not even one is ready yet?" I asked, eyeing the shapes critically.
About the only thing they had in common with a Transport Frame was the fact that two of those had served as parts donors.
Bigger, and not just when speaking of lenght and width but also bulk. It was also the result of not having enough resources on hand. And I didn't doubt for a second that the production process broke at least several international treaties and laws on the redevelopment of technology.
A lot of what was involved wasn't, strictly speaking, Earthen technology ... well, not from their Earth, but that was semantics at best.
Still, they were also pretty much impromptu work ... which was the reason I'd only wanted one to be built and eventual bugs to be worked out before anything more in that direction was done.
On second thought, I didn't even need to ask Kobayakawa about the 'why'.
Just the fact that one was purple and the other orange, with 'Unit 01' and 'Unit 00' written in white paint along their respective sides, told me enough.
'Well, now I know why so many people along the line wanted to strangle me at times,' I thought, before waving Miyuki's answer off and turning on my heel, intending to find the person responsible. 'She really does have my sense of humor.'
... the worst part of it was that I couldn't very well chew Fujino out because of it. Much.
Considering what she'd told me about the abilities of a HiME, this little project was about as close to an equalizer as she could get, short of trying for a GEM for herself. Which? So not an option.
Girl had been busy, since she also admitted to getting Tsujimoto to give her an ongoing crash course at Frame handling - not as simple as it sounds. Either of those.
By the time we'd gotten things straightened out again, it was late enough that I had to get going or else I'd have been.
Late, that is.
More later. I should know better than to set myself a deadline for anything. It never works.
-Griever
*now figuring out implications of latest ep*
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