RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Sixth Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
12-22-2019, 06:56 PM (This post was last modified: 12-22-2019, 06:57 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
12-22-2019, 06:56 PM (This post was last modified: 12-22-2019, 06:57 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
Nice tidbit Rob.
I have this idea about that kicking off some amusing tit-for-tat between Ben and Index, and then she tries to "impress" him... So Ben decides to introduce them all to the true depths of the insanity that he grew up with.
*Chuckles* "Index? Sweet heart? There's a reason why I have all the heaviest of heavy hitters at my complex. Very little impresses me. I'm a sailor, and I come from a long line of fiery-tempered women that can make Noike-san reconsider her options. Don't get me wrong, Mom's a total sweet heart, but if you make her angry..." He grinned wickedly. "Let's just say that she has the title 'Hatchet Lady' for a reason."
Nanoha and Fate shared a set of very amused grins at this point, as they have heard the story of Hatchet Lady from the woman herself.
"Your mom is called Hatchet Lady!? How did she get a name like that!?"
"Oh man, is that ever a story," said Ben with a huge grin on his face. "Okay, so this was when I was living in Washing State, way back in the early 90's. Washington's coast is pretty rugged, and the closest thing they had to a proper beach is a place called Pacific Beach. No sand whatsoever, and ice-cold ocean water. Dad loved going there, but I much preferred Malaquite Beach on Padre Island.
"Anyhow, we'd been there for a few nights and come to be on pretty good terms with the park rangers, so they made sure to warn us that a bunch of dumb kids from the Quinault Reservation next door were coming into the park and raiding campers' ice chests for booze.
"That very night, Mom happens to be out enjoying the night sky when she happens to notice three kids going from campsite to campsite. Mom is nobody's fool, so she grabs the most threatening looking thing she could find - a hatchet - and goes after those boys like a woman on a mission."
("Because she was!!!") snarked Kaname Chidori, unable to stop herself from giggling.
Ben snickered and went on, "Those kids take one look a her and pretty much piss themselves. Two just started running like Beelzebub himself had his hell hounds nipping at their heals. One of them tries to play it cool and dashes to a phone booth. She goes right up to the kid, hatchet held high, and tells him if she ever sees him there again that she'll take his head off!"
Ben gave everyone a moment to regather themselves before he went on.
"The thing is, though, the Park Rangers and a few other campers had seen what went down and jokingly started calling mom The Hatchet Lady. The nickname stuck like glue, but Mom didn't care - she actually liked it, and swore that one day she was gonna get someone to teach her how to throw a tomahawk.
"But yeah, that's my Mom - a total sweet heart up until you royally cheese her off, then all bets are off. And I won't have her any other way. In fact, all the women in my family are scary like that."
Noike chortled as she said, "If that's the case, Benjamin, then it sounds like your family would be right at home on Jyurai. Lady Seto would love you mother!"
Ben chuckled. "I have it on good authority that I'm the sane one of the bunch. Keep in mind, that was coming from a submarine sonar tech, and those guys have a reputation in the Navy for being weirdos."
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I have this idea about that kicking off some amusing tit-for-tat between Ben and Index, and then she tries to "impress" him... So Ben decides to introduce them all to the true depths of the insanity that he grew up with.
*Chuckles* "Index? Sweet heart? There's a reason why I have all the heaviest of heavy hitters at my complex. Very little impresses me. I'm a sailor, and I come from a long line of fiery-tempered women that can make Noike-san reconsider her options. Don't get me wrong, Mom's a total sweet heart, but if you make her angry..." He grinned wickedly. "Let's just say that she has the title 'Hatchet Lady' for a reason."
Nanoha and Fate shared a set of very amused grins at this point, as they have heard the story of Hatchet Lady from the woman herself.
"Your mom is called Hatchet Lady!? How did she get a name like that!?"
"Oh man, is that ever a story," said Ben with a huge grin on his face. "Okay, so this was when I was living in Washing State, way back in the early 90's. Washington's coast is pretty rugged, and the closest thing they had to a proper beach is a place called Pacific Beach. No sand whatsoever, and ice-cold ocean water. Dad loved going there, but I much preferred Malaquite Beach on Padre Island.
"Anyhow, we'd been there for a few nights and come to be on pretty good terms with the park rangers, so they made sure to warn us that a bunch of dumb kids from the Quinault Reservation next door were coming into the park and raiding campers' ice chests for booze.
"That very night, Mom happens to be out enjoying the night sky when she happens to notice three kids going from campsite to campsite. Mom is nobody's fool, so she grabs the most threatening looking thing she could find - a hatchet - and goes after those boys like a woman on a mission."
("Because she was!!!") snarked Kaname Chidori, unable to stop herself from giggling.
Ben snickered and went on, "Those kids take one look a her and pretty much piss themselves. Two just started running like Beelzebub himself had his hell hounds nipping at their heals. One of them tries to play it cool and dashes to a phone booth. She goes right up to the kid, hatchet held high, and tells him if she ever sees him there again that she'll take his head off!"
Ben gave everyone a moment to regather themselves before he went on.
"The thing is, though, the Park Rangers and a few other campers had seen what went down and jokingly started calling mom The Hatchet Lady. The nickname stuck like glue, but Mom didn't care - she actually liked it, and swore that one day she was gonna get someone to teach her how to throw a tomahawk.
"But yeah, that's my Mom - a total sweet heart up until you royally cheese her off, then all bets are off. And I won't have her any other way. In fact, all the women in my family are scary like that."
Noike chortled as she said, "If that's the case, Benjamin, then it sounds like your family would be right at home on Jyurai. Lady Seto would love you mother!"
Ben chuckled. "I have it on good authority that I'm the sane one of the bunch. Keep in mind, that was coming from a submarine sonar tech, and those guys have a reputation in the Navy for being weirdos."
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