RE: [IC][Story][Arc 1] It's All Relative
09-27-2017, 06:42 PM (This post was last modified: 09-28-2017, 08:41 PM by robkelk.)
09-27-2017, 06:42 PM (This post was last modified: 09-28-2017, 08:41 PM by robkelk.)
OOC: I promised a continuation... but I'm still not sure where I'm going with this. So here's a short-short.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 16, 2016
8:15am
Rob looked at the email that had just arrived:
"Hey there! You spent a half-hour with these people that you foisted off on me and you didn't introduce yourself! Were you *trying* to get them to distrust you?"
All he thought was "Oops."
"They don't want to live anywhere near you. I can't blame them. Let their older sister know that I think I can fix that rapid-aging problem they've got. Washuu"
Rob mentally added "-chan", out of habit. Then he started to forward the email to Mikoto - then stopped, realizing emails weren't secure in a household that included Kazari and Ami. He made a mental note to mention it to her later.
He did send a reply: "I was an idiot. I apologize. If they don't want to live near me, can they stay with you folks?"
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 17, 2016
9:55am
Since the girls were off at school and university, Rob took the opportunity to catch up on his "landlord" correspondence.
Bills, bills, paperwork that required a Canadian citizen's signature (and Rob was still surprised that Lord Phantomhive couldn't find somebody to take care of that full-time - or maybe he wouldn't; maybe this was Sebastian's way of annoying him), more bills, and another email from Washuu-chan.
The Sisters' treatment was coming along nicely - she expected them to have a decent lifespan by the time she was finished in a week. Decent for a baseline human, that is - none of them had asked for a Juraian lifespan ... yet.
For now, Washuu-chan was referring to the four older Sisters by the last digit in each of their serial numbers, mixing the On and Kun readings: 10032 was "Nii" (or "Niiko"), 10339 was "Kokono", 13577 was "Nana", and 19090 was "Rei". (Rob thought that at least they sounded like names, although "Rei" might cause confusion with Rei Hino... or Rei Ayanami. Of course, it wasn't up to him what they were called.)
Sasami liked them. She especially liked Misaka Misaka. Sasami wasn't sure whether she liked Accelerator, though.
Once Rob had finished his reading, he got out paper and pen and wrote a letter of apology to the newcomers for being so inconsiderate that he hadn't introduced himself. Once he had finished, he sealed the letter and went out to the closest FedEx office to send it.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 18, 2016
10:12am
Rob got an email: "You could have asked me to open a portal for that letter, you know."
He replied, "Yes, but I hope sending it without your help shows that I was serious about my apology."
In reply to that, he received, "Maybe. We'll see."
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 16, 2016
8:15am
Rob looked at the email that had just arrived:
"Hey there! You spent a half-hour with these people that you foisted off on me and you didn't introduce yourself! Were you *trying* to get them to distrust you?"
All he thought was "Oops."
"They don't want to live anywhere near you. I can't blame them. Let their older sister know that I think I can fix that rapid-aging problem they've got. Washuu"
Rob mentally added "-chan", out of habit. Then he started to forward the email to Mikoto - then stopped, realizing emails weren't secure in a household that included Kazari and Ami. He made a mental note to mention it to her later.
He did send a reply: "I was an idiot. I apologize. If they don't want to live near me, can they stay with you folks?"
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 17, 2016
9:55am
Since the girls were off at school and university, Rob took the opportunity to catch up on his "landlord" correspondence.
Bills, bills, paperwork that required a Canadian citizen's signature (and Rob was still surprised that Lord Phantomhive couldn't find somebody to take care of that full-time - or maybe he wouldn't; maybe this was Sebastian's way of annoying him), more bills, and another email from Washuu-chan.
The Sisters' treatment was coming along nicely - she expected them to have a decent lifespan by the time she was finished in a week. Decent for a baseline human, that is - none of them had asked for a Juraian lifespan ... yet.
For now, Washuu-chan was referring to the four older Sisters by the last digit in each of their serial numbers, mixing the On and Kun readings: 10032 was "Nii" (or "Niiko"), 10339 was "Kokono", 13577 was "Nana", and 19090 was "Rei". (Rob thought that at least they sounded like names, although "Rei" might cause confusion with Rei Hino... or Rei Ayanami. Of course, it wasn't up to him what they were called.)
Sasami liked them. She especially liked Misaka Misaka. Sasami wasn't sure whether she liked Accelerator, though.
Once Rob had finished his reading, he got out paper and pen and wrote a letter of apology to the newcomers for being so inconsiderate that he hadn't introduced himself. Once he had finished, he sealed the letter and went out to the closest FedEx office to send it.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
October 18, 2016
10:12am
Rob got an email: "You could have asked me to open a portal for that letter, you know."
He replied, "Yes, but I hope sending it without your help shows that I was serious about my apology."
In reply to that, he received, "Maybe. We'll see."
--
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown