[Fiction][Season 2] A Family Matter

[robkelk]

It was a quiet day ... but aren't they all, in space?

She was flying. She loved to fly, but couldn't find the time very often. There were so many duties pressing on her shoulders nowadays - but not today. Today was a rare day off.

She casually executed a barrel roll, and thought about a friend of hers who had trouble keeping her ship flying on a straight line. But that was her life before her life here - her "counterpart" had lived that life. She'd probably never see those friends in this life.

Her ship's proximity alert lit up; somebody was nearby and getting closer. She switched on her radio and set it to hunt for the frequency the bogey was using, while she called up that ship's transponder call.

Then she blinked.

The incoming craft was one of the old fencraft, and it was unique: "Avril Arrow".

What were Avril and Ramona doing out here, in the middle of nowhere? There was only one way to find out, and her radio had found the right frequency. "L5-A-003 calling CF-105-Z, do you read? Over."

"CF-105-Z calling L5-A-003, I read. Request permission to come alongside. Over."

Were they looking for her? "Permission granted. Over."

A few minutes later, the replica Arrow was holding position alongside her port wing. It made her feel small. "CF-105-Z calling L5-A-003, request permission to send over a passenger. Over."

"L5-A-003 calling CF-105-Z, this ship does not have an airlock. Over."

"Neither does Avril. I'm in a pressure suit and my passenger doesn't need one any more than you do. Over."

That caught her interest. Why hadn't Ramona identified her passenger? Could it be ...? "Is your passenger someone from your home base? Over."

"Affirmative. Over."

It probably was. "Permission granted. Over."

As if on cue, Avril's canopy opened and one of the people aboard drifted out. Using a reaction pistol for propulsion, that passenger floated over to her craft's hatch, which she had already opened. She plugged herself into the craft's radio and sent, "L5-A-003 calling CF-105-Z, your passenger is aboard. Over."

"Thank you for letting me complete this contract. Clear ether, L5-A-003. Out." With that, Avril turned around and left the way she had come.

By this point, there was enough air pressure in the craft for both people to be able to hear each other. "Do I have to ask permission to come aboard?"

"No, I gave that permission before you left Avril. It's good to finally meet you face to face, neesan."

"Don't call me that."

"We do have the same parents, and you are older than me."

"I prefer to be associated with Scott and Peters as little as possible, Fujisawa."

She sighed. "All right, Inspector Aki. Please, sit down."

"I'd prefer to stand."

"If you do, you'll end up hitting the hull the first time I have to make a maneuver."

"In that case, I'll sit." Natsuko took the seat beside Yayoi. "All of you are far too frivolous for my tastes. 'Love and Justice'?"

Yayoi's puzzlement was only momentary. "That's what the Senshi named this Bolitho before they gave it to me, and the Senshi say it's bad luck to rename a ship. If I don't want to cause an interfactional incident, I'm stuck with it."

"You care too much what other people think."

"Perhaps you care too little what other people think. But you didn't come here, in as much secrecy as you could manage, just to lecture me." Yayoi set course for Mars, but didn't engage the engines. "What do you want to talk about?"

"We have something in common."

"Other than our construction and parentage?"

Inspector Aki scowled. "I ignore both of those as much as possible." (Yayoi thought Natsuko did protest too much, but said nothing.) "We both want to bring to justice the leaders of the Mariposa Cartel."

"Are Sato and Clay still working together? I thought they had split up before Nehalennia was raided."

"That's the official record, backed up by Quattro, but who trusts Quattro? More importantly, somebody's re-powered their dome outside Little Jakarta."

"How? I was there when it was destroyed; there's not enough left to make rebuilding worthwhile."

"Whatever you saw doesn't change the fact that something there is drawing power from the Little Jakarta grid."

Yayoi thought for a second, then switched the radio to StellviaCorp's usual frequency. "L5-A-003 calling L5-A, over."

Miyuri Akisato's voice came over the speakers. "L5-A acknowledging, over."

"Miyuri, please let Noah know I'll be late returning. Senshi business. Over."

"Will do, girlfriend. Got an ETA here? Over."

"Not yet. Out." As she cut the connection, Yayoi reset the Love and Justice's course for Ganymede. "You might want to strap in, Inspector."

---

(After too long, it's time for a story from me... This is as good a break-point in the narrative as any; the stage is set and the two leads have taken their places. But I'm only human - sleep now, more writing later.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[M Fnord]

Yay! Storytime!
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"

[Foxboy]

*hunkers down under the covers, bright-eyed, waiting for Mummy to bring in the cookie and milk* What he said!
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[robkelk]

(looks like this is going to be less than one scene per week... )

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"So, this is Little Jakarta. Looks like Helium."

"If you judge only by the spaceport, yes. It'll be different once we're in town." Yayoi opened a locker and pulled out a bundle of clothes. "Would you mind looking the other way while I change?"

Inspector Aki quickly turned to study the view of the wall just outside the front window.

After a long moment, Yayoi cleared her throat. "Thank you." Natsuko turned to see her companion buttoning up a burnt-orange jacket (which matched her slacks and shoes) over a plain white blouse. "It's somewhat annoying, but when you care what other people think, you have to avoid giving offense. I picked up this outfit the first time I was here." As Yayoi pinned up her hair and grabbed a hat from the locker, she added, "I hope it's still in fashion."

"If it was black instead of orange, I'd think you were trying to dress like me. Do I have to pin my hair up as well?"

"If you don't want to stand out, yes. We can get you a hat at the duty-free shop."

"I'm surprised they have a duty-free shop here."

Yayoi grinned. "They just call it that; nobody charges customs fees here. Their view is that taxes and bureaucracy are for places like Stellvia and Helium."

"How do they pay for public infrastructure?"

"Mostly they don't. What they absolutely need, I've been lead to believe they collect donations for."

"Taxes by another name."

"Don't tell them that." Yayoi opened the hatch and gestured for Natsuko to go first, then followed her out and locked the Love and Justice behind her. She finished secuting the ship just as a port worker reached them.

"Welcome back to Ganymede, Sailor Stellvia! You are, of course, pre-cleared to enter town. Who is your traveling companion, please?"

Before Yayoi could reply, Natsuko Aki said, "I'm called Eimi Anderson."

Yayoi very carefully did not show any reaction to that.

The port official tapped the screen of his tablet a few times, then looked up. "Thank you, Ms. Anderson. Welcome to Ganymede. May I give you directions to the shops here at the port?"

"We know where they are, thank you." Yayoi smiled. "We'll head there now. Selamat tinggal."

The port official went about his business as the two newcomers headed for the port's commercial district. "What was that last phrase that you said?

"I'm told it means 'good-bye' in Indonesian, or maybe 'farewell'." Yayoi's smile disappeared. "What the hell was with you, using Eimi's name instead of your own?"

"I usually use her name when I go undercover. Nobody's noticed yet."

"For somebody who wants to distance herself from the family, you're awfully quick to use the name of a family member who can't object any more."

Natsuko stopped. "What happened to Eimi?"

"She's no longer with us. And that's all I'll say about it outside the Old Ring on Stellvia."

"I didn't know. I'm sorry. I'll stop using her name once this is over."

"You can stop now," Yayoi all but hissed.

"It's the name I used at customs. I'm stuck with it."

"Nobody cares, here. You. Can. Stop. Now."

Natsuko looked Yayoi in the face, and realized how close she was to finding out how hard Sailor Stellvia could hit someone. She had no doubt she'd win a fight between the two of them, but a disturbance would draw too much attention. "All right. I'll stop now."

"Thank you." Yayoi started walking again. "Let's get you that hat, and then we can be on our way."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Proginoskes]

Looking good so far, Rob! (Yes, I'm still lurking about. I simply haven't had anything to say.) Sneaky-mean of Yayoi to imply that Eimi died, but Natsuko Aki's choice of pseudonym after her dismissal of family bonds was grating to me, so I can hardly imagine what Yayoi felt about it.

[robkelk]

"I admit the sate kambing was quite tasty, although I still prefer a proper yakitori."

"I thought you would like a Singapore-style satay better than the other goat satays they sell here."

"Thank you. Why did we waste time getting it?"

Yayoi sighed. "We already stand out, even with what we've done to blend in. Doing what tourists do makes us stand out less."

"So I don't actually need to wear this hat?" Natsuko reached for the brim, only to be stopped by Yayoi grabbing her wrist briefly.

"This is a predominantly Muslim settlement. Take a look around. How many women have bare heads?"

After a quick check revealed none, Natsuko replied, "I'll keep the hat on. Is everyone here Muslim?"

"No, but the ones who aren't know better than to give offense on purpose. A civil disturbance could damage life-support equipment. Besides," Yayoi added with a bit of a grin, "the hats help hide our faces from casual scrutiny."

"When did you get so good at relating to people?"

"About a month or two after I became vice-president of StellviaCorp, give or take a few weeks. Come on, let's go look at the earrings at that pushcart over there."

"I don't wear ..."

"You don't have to. We're playing 'tourist,' and that cart's roughly in the direction we want to go."

They continued walking in a zig-zag path roughly toward the airlock they wanted, stopping every so often to look at (or buy) something. Eventually they reached airlock 37.

"There's no hiding our intentions now," Yayoi sighed. "Let's go."

"About time," muttered Natsuko as the two stepped into the airlock.

What neither of them noticed was the small robot, barely larger than a pocket-watch, watching them cycle through the lock and into the tubeway beyond.

---

I couldn't figure out how to work this into the story: Because of some unfortunate planning choices, Jakarta has massive gridlock on a nearly constant basis (or so says Wikipedia); thus, people often walk, and Sundays are "car-free days." Little Jakarta doesn't have the gridlock, but old habits die hard. Thus, Yayoi and Natsuko walking through town wasn't unusual - what would have drawn attention would be if they had hired a taxi, bajaj (auto-rickshaw), or becak (cycle rickshaw / pedicab) to take them to the airlock. (And they were noticed anyway...) An hour and a half's research to avoid glaring errors, buried in a half-sentence and a footnote.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Inspector Aki was appalled at the level of destruction she saw in the abandoned base. It was expensive to set up a dome; surely someone would have moved in and cleaned up this one by now. But the fact that nobody had moved in before now was what gave her the hope that the power draw she'd learned about was connected to the person she wanted to see again.

"What happened here?" she whispered.

"The Visitors happened," was Yayoi's reply. "Well, the Visitors and Kohran. I stayed near the airlock and arrested anyone who surrendered." And Sora stayed with the ship, Yayoi didn't add.

"But ... how? I read the reports; you didn't bring along heavy weaponry."

"Most of the Visitors are heavy weaponry. Kohran and Kaolla rampaged through the warehouses." Yayoi gestured toward some lots chocked with rubble. "That area," pointing at what looked to be intact row housing, "was where Delandra, Peggy, and Bibi held off the ground forces, if what I saw was accurate. That ar- DON'T GO THAT WAY!"

Natsuki froze, a dozen steps away from a flat expanse of glass. "Why not?"

"That used to be the administration complex, and it's where the Boskonians coordinated their defense against us. I still don't know what Skuld and Rei did there, and I saw it happen." Yayoi shivered in half-remembered fear. "I don't trust the area to be safe."

"Right." The inspector backed away from the glazed terrain and made her way to the plutocrat's side. If someone who hadn't developed a sense of paranoia as a working tool didn't trust an area, that was enough for her. "Is this the safe way farther in?"

"As much as anything here is safe," replied Yayoi as she worked her way around a wrecked aircar. "Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Loon, and Luna shot down anything that threatened Moldiver's advance, so following Mirai's path is probably the safest way to get to the access point you want to reach."

"I'm sensing a 'but' attached to that sentence."

Yayoi nodded. "But Mirai was flying. We're walking."

"Are you sure this is the only safe way to the bunker that's drawing power?"

"It's barely safer than walking outside without pressure suits and coming in the way La Mariposa left when we attacked."

"All right, we'll go this way. I might lose this hat you bought for me if we went outside."

"You don't need to keep it on in here, you know."

"I've grown to appreciate it."

"Was that a smile I saw dancing on your face, Inspector?"

"You must have been imagining things."

As they continued toward the bunker, cameras in quiet corners turned to watch them.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Dartz]

My first thoughts involved Roadside Picnic.

My second thoughts involve the surprise appearrance of a Russian dude sitting around a campfire talkiing through his gasmask as if he's surrunded by his buddies but he's all alone....
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[robkelk]

(Real life is conspiring against me. Time to put this story to bed, in a somewhat more abbreviated form that I would have preferred.)

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"There's dust on the steps."

"There's nobody here to keep things clean, Inspector. Why wouldn't there be dust on the steps?"

"There's nothing here to create dust. Somebody had to have put it here."

Yayoi took a close look at the steps. "Oh, dear. There's some sort of radioactive powder mixed into the dust. I suspect we'd get it on our shoes if we just walked down the steps."

Natsuko blinked. "How can you tell that just by looking?"

"The Visitors gave us some upgrades."

"Is it enough radioactivity to be dangerous?"

"I don't think so. It looks to me like a tracer, not a trap."

"We'll have to keep a lookout for detectors, then. How do we beat this?"

"Don't get it on our shoes."

Natsuko pulled a few evidence bags out of her jacket pocket. "I think these are big enough to fit over our feet."

Yayoi nodded. "We'll just have to be careful going down the steps."

---

"What are all these ... things?"

"I have no idea."

"How are they supposed to be useful?"

"I'm not a scientist. I couldn't say."

"Is that one what I think it is?"

"It looks like an interocitor to me. Noah has one."

"I know I'm going to regret asking, but - why?"

"He uses it to make hot chocolate."

"You're all too frivolous."

Yayoi smiled. "You knew the reference, Inspector." Both women stopped. "That looks like a Catgirling Machine."

"It is a Catgirling Machine," came a voice from behind them.

The room's doors clicked shut.

The two women turned to see a young girl - apparently a cute pre-teen blonde - casually pointing a hand-held mini-gun at them. "Hello, sisters," she said with a smile that had no happiness behind it. "Remove your pistols, Natsuko. Now."

"You must be Agatha," Yayoi said while Natsuko emptied her holsters. "I like the body you're wearing; it looks good on you."

Their captor raised an eyebrow. "And you would be Fujisawa. You don't seem surprised to see me in a different body than the one everyone knows."

"Should I be? Sora's changed bodies."

"Never mention that name in my presence again! This is your only warning."

Yayoi nodded, and carefully did not smile.

After a few minutes, Inspector Aki stopped adding sidearms to the pile beside her. The blonde looked at the size of the pile, thought for a moment, and said, "Don't bother putting your jacket back on. Hands on your heads, and step away from the weapons - both of you." They complied, and she put down the mini-gun. "That's ridiculously heavy. Fujisawa, you said at the entrance that you received some upgrades from the Girls. I'll have those secrets before you leave."

"They're all in the Whole Fenspace Catalog."

"You can see radioactivity. That isn't one of the upgrades detailed in the WFC."

Yayoi sighed. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that was redacted before we published. I don't know how it works, it just does."

Natsuko finally broke her self-imposed silence. "Why?"

"Skuld didn't tell me -"

"Not you, Fujisawa! Clay! Why?"

"Why set this trap for you?" Seeing Natsuko's curt nod, the little girl continued, "Because you were beginning to become an annoyance. Because it would upset Scott. But mostly because I could. Getting two of you was an unexpected bonus. Now, since you don't know how that upgrade works, I'll just analyze your slowly-cooling chassis and take your secrets from you that way. Time to die."

"Kill me first, please."

As their captor turned to Yayoi in amazement, Natsuko put her hand through her hat, grabbed what was hidden beneath it, and pulled the trigger five times.

The pre-teen body dropped like a rock.

Without taking her eyes off the body, Natsuko asked Yayoi, "How did you know enough to create a diversion?"

"You never said that you were completely disarmed. Do you think this was really her?"

"Hmm. She never said she was Agatha."

"And both Yuu and Quattro are proof that she can build AIs on her own." Yayoi frowned. "We'd better take this body with us, and get the Hacker Underspace to analyze it."

"No. It might be booby-trapped. Call a specialist in here - one who can survive a point-blank explosion."

---

A day later, A.C. Peters came back with her report. "There weren't enough memories written into the computer core for that to have been Agatha Clay. I did find a transmitter, but it self-destructed before I could get the frequency it used."

Natsuko sighed. "That's the closest I've been able to get to her in months, and it wasn't her."

"I am sorry. If you'll excuse me, I have to get back to Prometheus Forge."

"So," Yayoi said as they watched the Scarlet Angel leave.

"So."

"Want to get a coffee?"

"I wouldn't mind getting more sate kambing, actually."

Yayoi's smile was as open and honest as the false Agatha's wasn't. "I know just the place."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

Rushing the story while my mother was ill left an important plot point unsaid. Now that I'm no longer spending as much time as I can at the hospital, I can remedy that with a sequel.

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"Why did you bring it back with you?"

"I wasn't going to leave a body behind, where anyone could do who-knows-what with it."

Noah stared at Yayoi for a long moment. Finally realizing she wasn't going to be intimidated, he sighed. "Booby traps?"

"Korhan says no."

"Logic bombs?"

"A.C. says no."

"Memories?"

"Takami says she was being used as a telepresence remote, so we think they're all copied to Agatha."

"You think."

"And they were backed up in Takami's lab before she pulled the SSDs and memory boards."

"I see. What have you replaced them with?"

Yayoi blushed. "Is my plan that obvious?"

"Only to people who've known you for years ... which would be half of the SMOFs." Noah took a quick but careful look at the preteen gynoid chassis on the workbench. "That's a lovely head of blonde hair; better than anything I can make. She looks like -"

"No. I want her to wake up on her own."

"Are you sure?"

"... No."

"Then wait until you are sure. She isn't going anywhere."

---

"We have a bit of a problem."

Yayoi looked worried for a moment. "What sort of problem, mother?"

A.C. smiled for a brief moment at the reminder of the connection between the two women, then returned her concentration to the matter at hand. "This processor complex isn't designed for long-term growth. At best, it can handle simulating an existing personality template, just like the one installed in Yuu. Either Agatha isn't as smart as she thinks she is, or she's something of a sadist."

"Or she doesn't have access to anything better."

"That's possible, but given the reports and rumours about her activities, I doubt it. You can't keep giving her the benefit of the doubt, musume-chan."

"What can we do about the problem?"

"In general? Give Agatha some better plans somehow, although she probably wouldn't use them if she knew they came from us. In Yuu's case, nothing; she's tied too tightly into the processors she has now. That's something else we can blame Agatha for. This girl ..." A.C. gestured to the chassis as she thought. "We could give her an existing personality template, either from the Catalog or from fiction. Or we can pull the processor complex and install something more powerful and versatile."

"Can you do that?"

"This brain case is a variant of a design that I originally created for the six of, sorry, the seven of you. Of course I can. Kohran probably could, too. For that matter, I've had some ideas for a few years for upgrades for all of you. We could try adding in a mana co-processor design from the Whole Fenspace Catalog while we're rebuilding her brain."

Yayoi blinked in surprise. "I didn't think that was possible with our technology."

"That's why I said 'try;' there's no guarantee it would work. Although Noah somehow gave Honami one, or the equivalent of one. And it would be appropriate, given her appearance."

"You and Noah both want her to be -"

"I don't want anything," snapped A.C. "This is your choice. I'm just saying it would match her looks."

---

"Why isn't she waking up?" Yayoi almost sobbed.

"Is the replacement braincase A.C. built working properly?"

"You can read the displays better than I can."

Noah studied the monitors. Finally, he said, "The system appears to be working as designed."

"Then what's wrong?"

Noah placed his hand on Yayoi's hand, and quietly said, "The system was designed to run an existing personality."

"I have no choice, do I?"

"I'm sorry. Do you want help building the base personality file?"

Yayoi shook her head. "I'll do it."

---

"You've been awfully busy with this project of yours, darling. Don't you have any time for me?"

"Oh, Ginny ... I'm sorry. It's just ..."

"I know. I want a child as much as you do."

"You could get an artificial insemination treatment."

"That sounds so romantic, Yayoi."

"Well, if you put it that way ..." They both giggled.

"Let me help."

"I want to do this on my own."

"Like Mr. Scott does? You know what that takes out of him better than I do, and I've seen that it's like a bad Blue Hair Day. More importantly, if I help, she'll be our daughter, not just your daughter."

Yayoi couldn't answer her wife's statement.

"You know I'm right. Let's do this together. But there's one thing I want to know first."

"What?"

"What name do we put on her registration certificate: Kittredge-Fujisawa or Fujisawa-Kittredge?"

Yayoi smiled. "We can figure that out later."

---

The family were gathered around, not too near, to see Yayoi and Ginny's daughter wake up for the first time.

The little girl opened her eyes.

"She has your smile, Yayoi." Noah smiled as well, recalling fond memories of when Yayoi first awakened.

Yayoi didn't hear him. She was focused completely on her daughter, gazing into her green and red eyes.

"Hello, Yayoi-mama."

"Hello, Vivi-chan. Welcome to the world."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Proginoskes]

Lovely story, Rob! I've been absent for a while.

[Dartz]

A good finish.

"Speaking of Yuu, does Shinji know?"

Shinji knows better.
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[robkelk]

I was hoping I'd left some doubt as to which apparently-pre-teen blonde with magical ability she was... was anyone thinking she was somebody else?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Cobalt Greywalker]

Originally my thought was one of the Rozen Maidens dolls at child size. Sorta anyway, when I thought about it. After the last part? Not really.

Is she going to get martial arts training? I can only think of one red-haired cyborg at the mo, and wouldn't you know it? She's a martial arts trainer...

[Dartz]

It took me a moment to cop it, but A.C.'s reaction sort of gave it away.

Even though I don't quite catch the reference (I only saw A's and Strikers, because Quattro.) Jet would have no problem training her if asked - with some amendments to account for her probably being a bit more fragile than the average Kunstler.
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[robkelk]

With the enhanced personality capability, she might decide to become something other than the star of ViVid... but that will still be an important part of her life. Especially since the only person she knows who can train her in magic has a cinematic split personality that sometimes manifests as her "aunt" Hayate.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[HRogge]

I am not sure what I should think about an android trapped in a body of a child...

But since I watched the main Nanoha animes (original one, A's, Strikers and now Vivid ^^) I recognized the name. *G*

[robkelk]

Android bodies can be rebuilt over time, as demonstrated by Sora Hasegawa.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[HRogge]

Android bodies can be rebuilt over time, as demonstrated by Sora Hasegawa.

Okay, sounds reasonable...

do you have decided about the date this story happens?

[robkelk]

What, I have to decide when this takes place?

(consults notes)
(ponders)

Okay, the "snipe hunt" is in November 2019.

Vivio wakes up July 7, 2020 - which means Vivio and Helen are in the same grade at PS238 later that year. (This also means the scene with Yayoi and Ginny is in their private residence on 3895 Earhart.)

EDIT: Wiki http://www.fenspace.net/index.php5?titl ... orporation]timeline page updated.

RE-EDIT: Something from much later:

"Honami..."

"I'm Hayate right now, Noah."

"Sorry. Hayate, what language are you and Vivio speaking?"

"Ancient Belkan."

"... Of course you are."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[HRogge]

What, I have to decide when this takes place?

Okay, the "snipe hunt" is in November 2019.

Vivio wakes up July 7, 2020 - which means Vivio and Helen are in the same grade at PS238 later that year. (This also means the scene with Yayoi and Ginny is in their private residence on 3895 Earhart.)

Okay

I hope Vivio and Mikaja (born March 10, 2021) will meet one day... Mikaka will be one of the first children at CI who shows magical abilities.

[Dartz]

Okay, the "snipe hunt" is in November 2019.

Vivio wakes up July 7, 2020

This also means that Shinji doesn't exist yet.
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[robkelk]

Okay, the "snipe hunt" is in November 2019.

Vivio wakes up July 7, 2020

This also means that Shinji doesn't exist yet.

Oops. I'll edit out the reference to him.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Dartz]

Now that you remind me... We have Wolkenritter, just coming into probation at the same time.
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