Okay, that's a load off my mind.
ETA: Fixed that bit in the conversation between Zeke and the Station Master. How's this look?
"Home address?"
(Insert address here)
"Oh, that noisy place?"
"What do you mean?"
The man gaped at me.
"You mean you don't know!?" Then he stopped and seemed to think about it.
"How long ago did you get here?"
"About a month ago.
Why, what's been going on?"
The old Station Master sighed and had another long drag on
his cigarette, puffing politely away from me.
"Well, it's been pretty quiet lately, but
there's been some wild business with pretty girls fighting monsters. They tend to do a lot of collateral damage,
but so far no one's been killed. I suggest that if you ever see anything even resembling that you get out of there
and call the police."
I blinked hard at that.
It's hard to believe, but when I looked up at the traffic police officer, he simply nodded his head.
"I'll take your word for it," I said
honestly.
The old man nodded. "That's the best I could hope for. Reason for
coming to Japan?"
Something else that I just thought of. I should set the Senshi storyline at that quiet point between the first and second story arcs. This does two things -
gives my guy some room to get settled without having Cardians/Youma coming for his head, and allows Rei to be genuinely innocent for a little while (her
memories are blocked out for now). That way it will add a little tension between her and Zeke until she gets her memories back, and then it's gonna freak
her out that Zeke divined that she was hiding something.
UPDATE: More will be coming soon, hopefully. Rest assured, the meeting between Zeke and Rei is actually going to be more confrontational... in a subtle way.
It should be interesting - I'm using Rei's distrust of men from the manga version and pitting it against Zeke's calm, if a bit abrasive,
confidence. The results are interesting because while his attitude initially grates against her, his overwhelming sense of honor, duty, and courage throws her
completely off.
ETA: Fixed that bit in the conversation between Zeke and the Station Master. How's this look?
"Home address?"
(Insert address here)
"Oh, that noisy place?"
"What do you mean?"
The man gaped at me.
"You mean you don't know!?" Then he stopped and seemed to think about it.
"How long ago did you get here?"
"About a month ago.
Why, what's been going on?"
The old Station Master sighed and had another long drag on
his cigarette, puffing politely away from me.
"Well, it's been pretty quiet lately, but
there's been some wild business with pretty girls fighting monsters. They tend to do a lot of collateral damage,
but so far no one's been killed. I suggest that if you ever see anything even resembling that you get out of there
and call the police."
I blinked hard at that.
It's hard to believe, but when I looked up at the traffic police officer, he simply nodded his head.
"I'll take your word for it," I said
honestly.
The old man nodded. "That's the best I could hope for. Reason for
coming to Japan?"
Something else that I just thought of. I should set the Senshi storyline at that quiet point between the first and second story arcs. This does two things -
gives my guy some room to get settled without having Cardians/Youma coming for his head, and allows Rei to be genuinely innocent for a little while (her
memories are blocked out for now). That way it will add a little tension between her and Zeke until she gets her memories back, and then it's gonna freak
her out that Zeke divined that she was hiding something.
UPDATE: More will be coming soon, hopefully. Rest assured, the meeting between Zeke and Rei is actually going to be more confrontational... in a subtle way.
It should be interesting - I'm using Rei's distrust of men from the manga version and pitting it against Zeke's calm, if a bit abrasive,
confidence. The results are interesting because while his attitude initially grates against her, his overwhelming sense of honor, duty, and courage throws her
completely off.