I'm kinda surprised you see that as being more SI than before. Well, for him still being in school, I can play the Brilliant-But-Lazy/Distracted card - the
course material is simply boring and he often finds himself flipping through random-but-interesting AP Engineering text books.
Another route I can take is that he has already earned all the necessarry credits to graduate, so now he's just taking random electives at the urging of
his Father - who feels the boy needs to be a lot more social. The Japanese school is a last ditch effort on his Dad's part to get him to socialize - the
environment of conformity minimizes the effect of cliques, so he feels it's possible that Zeke would make friends more easily here. That, and Zeke really
does want to better his Japanese.
Zeke helping Haruno to grade papers - something I kinda had in mind. We'd also see a lot of, "Zeke-kun, you're the native English speaker here.
How would you translate this passage?"
True Love Device - only an idea for now. It'd take a bit more work to make it seem less like Mind Rape. I was going for an effect similar to two things: 1)
Usagi's Moon Crystal Healing which removes all motivation to do harm or think ill of others, and 2) the Postive Mood Slime from Ghost Busters 2 which
promotes good vibes and positive thinking.
Yes, Grandpa is going to be most bemused by Ranma's experiences. Love the idea about the casual date with the restless spirit of some woman. Zeke is going
to grouse that the entire point of going out like this was to avoid crap like that for a week. Meanwhile, Ikuto is going to kinda annoy the more spiritualistic
men in his dogged refusal to believe in anything supernatural, even as it stares him in the face. Sosuke will be the one to get the most relaxation from this.
He knows that Reservation land is something you tread very lightly on, even if you're a guest, because those Native Americans can get away with a lot of
things as long as it's on their land.
Funny thought - AMALGAM sees that Zeke has left the relative protection of MITHRIL in Japan and send a retrieval squad to get him... Only to be confronted by
the Grandfather leading a band of their warriors... who all happen to be prior special forces, or at the very least trained by prior special forces. Their
specialty: Anti-Armslave Guerilla Tactics. The poor fools will never have a chance. *evil grin*
"What's all that noise?"
"Oh, the Reservation has its own Militia. They're probably doing a training exercise right now."
course material is simply boring and he often finds himself flipping through random-but-interesting AP Engineering text books.
Another route I can take is that he has already earned all the necessarry credits to graduate, so now he's just taking random electives at the urging of
his Father - who feels the boy needs to be a lot more social. The Japanese school is a last ditch effort on his Dad's part to get him to socialize - the
environment of conformity minimizes the effect of cliques, so he feels it's possible that Zeke would make friends more easily here. That, and Zeke really
does want to better his Japanese.
Zeke helping Haruno to grade papers - something I kinda had in mind. We'd also see a lot of, "Zeke-kun, you're the native English speaker here.
How would you translate this passage?"
True Love Device - only an idea for now. It'd take a bit more work to make it seem less like Mind Rape. I was going for an effect similar to two things: 1)
Usagi's Moon Crystal Healing which removes all motivation to do harm or think ill of others, and 2) the Postive Mood Slime from Ghost Busters 2 which
promotes good vibes and positive thinking.
Yes, Grandpa is going to be most bemused by Ranma's experiences. Love the idea about the casual date with the restless spirit of some woman. Zeke is going
to grouse that the entire point of going out like this was to avoid crap like that for a week. Meanwhile, Ikuto is going to kinda annoy the more spiritualistic
men in his dogged refusal to believe in anything supernatural, even as it stares him in the face. Sosuke will be the one to get the most relaxation from this.
He knows that Reservation land is something you tread very lightly on, even if you're a guest, because those Native Americans can get away with a lot of
things as long as it's on their land.
Funny thought - AMALGAM sees that Zeke has left the relative protection of MITHRIL in Japan and send a retrieval squad to get him... Only to be confronted by
the Grandfather leading a band of their warriors... who all happen to be prior special forces, or at the very least trained by prior special forces. Their
specialty: Anti-Armslave Guerilla Tactics. The poor fools will never have a chance. *evil grin*
"What's all that noise?"
"Oh, the Reservation has its own Militia. They're probably doing a training exercise right now."