I was writing these snipets while working on a paper so that's why they aren't quite coherent.
Third Person Ryoko, about their second christmas in space (shortly after they had spent one year in space)
This is more about connections between fen and the crew than anything else, and needs to be fleshed out quite a bit but...
Yes the Christmas tree uses Tesla Coils as candles.
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Ryoko was humming as she put Tesla Coils in the tree. She didn't understand why her master was so obsessed with Christmas, but then there where many things she didn't understand. Getting the tree delivered on the morning of the 24'th, and not before, had taken some doing, but in the end she had convinced Kevin to do it. Still following the Danish traditions made some sense as this used to be a danish ship she mussed while putting in a Christmas Heart filled with pepernoten. Deciding she'd better start on the pancakes before Ben, Chloe and Rick arrived she left Miyu and Catty to finish decorating the trees.
"I'm going to prepare breakfast before the other get here. please wake the guests in half an hour."
Breakfast was a big affair in the ships dining hall, which was almost filled. Her master and Chloe, his sister, had a big reunion, not having seen each other since last Christmas, followed by an official introduction to Rick her fianc. There was some of the usual awkwardness of a mundane meeting the Professor for the first time, but less than could be expected.
Packing the last batch of presents that the Bullet Boy delivered Ryoko reflected on the usefulness of being the one to maintain contacts with the outside world and dealing with the finances of the ship. One of those contacts, Katz, had come through at the eleventh hour with the gift she commissioned for her master.
Christmas diner was a big success, her master was even helping in the kitchen without blowing anything up. Then came the obligatory dancing and singing around the tree before spending an a few hours unwrapping presents. As required by tradition the last person to unwrap a gift would select the next gift to be unwrapped, and so forth until all the gifts under the tree were gone.
There were some memorable presents, the professor was quite giddy with the force-field glasses from Ryoko, the collection of odd ties from Catty and the new microscope from Miyu. Catty was definitely very happy with her gift from the Professor, a custom replica of the uniform she wore during the last years of the stardust war, and Miyu hasn't stopped inspecting the Katana yet. Ryoko however will never forget the book of 'Human Psychology as Explained to Aliens' written by (Why aren't there any author fen characters yet?), while she might still not understand humans she feels as is she has come a good deal closer.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Third Person Ryoko, about their second christmas in space (shortly after they had spent one year in space)
This is more about connections between fen and the crew than anything else, and needs to be fleshed out quite a bit but...
Yes the Christmas tree uses Tesla Coils as candles.
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Ryoko was humming as she put Tesla Coils in the tree. She didn't understand why her master was so obsessed with Christmas, but then there where many things she didn't understand. Getting the tree delivered on the morning of the 24'th, and not before, had taken some doing, but in the end she had convinced Kevin to do it. Still following the Danish traditions made some sense as this used to be a danish ship she mussed while putting in a Christmas Heart filled with pepernoten. Deciding she'd better start on the pancakes before Ben, Chloe and Rick arrived she left Miyu and Catty to finish decorating the trees.
"I'm going to prepare breakfast before the other get here. please wake the guests in half an hour."
Breakfast was a big affair in the ships dining hall, which was almost filled. Her master and Chloe, his sister, had a big reunion, not having seen each other since last Christmas, followed by an official introduction to Rick her fianc. There was some of the usual awkwardness of a mundane meeting the Professor for the first time, but less than could be expected.
Packing the last batch of presents that the Bullet Boy delivered Ryoko reflected on the usefulness of being the one to maintain contacts with the outside world and dealing with the finances of the ship. One of those contacts, Katz, had come through at the eleventh hour with the gift she commissioned for her master.
Christmas diner was a big success, her master was even helping in the kitchen without blowing anything up. Then came the obligatory dancing and singing around the tree before spending an a few hours unwrapping presents. As required by tradition the last person to unwrap a gift would select the next gift to be unwrapped, and so forth until all the gifts under the tree were gone.
There were some memorable presents, the professor was quite giddy with the force-field glasses from Ryoko, the collection of odd ties from Catty and the new microscope from Miyu. Catty was definitely very happy with her gift from the Professor, a custom replica of the uniform she wore during the last years of the stardust war, and Miyu hasn't stopped inspecting the Katana yet. Ryoko however will never forget the book of 'Human Psychology as Explained to Aliens' written by (Why aren't there any author fen characters yet?), while she might still not understand humans she feels as is she has come a good deal closer.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."