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[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

Ryoko's at a table, finishing off her dinner. She's been reading up on surfing, witness the book on the table, but all that's done is make it more irritating to be Bound. Now that she's got a reason to want to go home, the door's continued refusal to show up was becoming irksome.

Still, a small decanter of warm sake does wonders, and she's considering another before going out for a night flight. Conversation is good too, and/or a drinking buddy.

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[falconryu.livejournal.com]

"Ryoko." Look, there is Ryu, smiling. The space pirate is very good company for the shinobi, and the warm sake's presence does nothing but improve it. "How are you?"

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Ryu!" She is quite pleased to see him. "I've been fine, how have you been?" She sets up a cup of sake for each of them.

[falconryu.livejournal.com]

"I have been very well, to tell the truth. Things are calm enough to not be a worry, and agitated enough to not be boring." He bows to her, before siting.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Then life is as it should be." She acknowledges the bow with a nod, as standing is a bit difficult at the moment. "To interesting times?" She says raising her sake for a toast.

[falconryu.livejournal.com]

He raises his cup with a grin. "You know, the chinese use that saying as a sort of bad wish... or a call for a challenge."

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"I like a challenge, myself." Her eyes sparkle with laughter, and probably the sake has something to do with it. At least a little.

[falconryu.livejournal.com]

Ah, the michiveous kami that lives in all bottles of sake. Yes, that could be it. "Well then, to challenging interesting times, and the rewards of challenges conquered" And he drinsk, having to do some catching up with Ryoko.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

Ryoko drinks too, with a bit more gusto than decorum. She pours another for Ryu then leans back in her chair, smiling contentedly. "So what has been keeping you busy lately?"

[falconryu.livejournal.com]

"Simple things. Have been helping a friend hone his fighting skills, and he has been returning the favor to me." he drinks with an equal balance of gusto and decorum; later, when it becomes necessary, Ryu will also order a replacement decanter.

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

Conversation and a drinking buddy. Ben could be both. But he is walking by, nose in a book, seemingly distracted.

Wait, he is not walking by, he is in a collision course.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

Ryoko doesn't catch him quite in time, but her hand reaches out to keep the distracted guy from landing in her lap. "Ben! Are you okay?"

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"Aaaack!" And there is a ben half on the table, half on her lap, and fortunately he did not knock the sake. "Ah, uh... ah, hi Ryoko. Ah, sorry!"

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

Ryoko laughs kindly, helping him to a chair at her table. "No problem. How 're you doing? And what are you reading?"

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"Huh..." He straigtens up. "I'm fine." He nods, and a bit embarassed, shows her the book (http://www.amazon.com/Legacies-Sword-Kashima-Shinryu-Samurai-Martial/dp/0824818792/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7114691-2972134?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189401581&sr=8-1) he was reading.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Say, that looks like good stuff!" Ryoko's impressed. "I should probably read something like that too. My only knowledge of Earth history is what I could see from my cave, and that was pretty limited." She shows him her own book, a generic beginner's guide to surfing.

[benloserz.livejournal.com]

"Nice. You ever, uh, ever tired skateboarding?" Even if a skateboard must seem bland and even boring to someone who can fly.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"I've seen it, but I haven't tried it myself. Is it fun?" Flight is fun and all, but it isn't everything, and if it's natural, then it's not a challenge.

[greatestgenius.livejournal.com]

After a good couple of days of tinkering, and another good couple of days back home, working on the final parts, there is a pink-haired menace with a smile on her face, an egg beside her and a nice fizzy soda in front of her.

She's sipping the latter idly, just waiting to be bombarded.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Ah, Washuu!" Ryoko spots the scientist almost immediately. "How are you doing?" The niceties have to be observed, but her attention is mostly on the egg.

[greatestgenius.livejournal.com]

"Well hello! I was wondering when my favorite daughter would come and visit." She smiled warmly, "I'm doing quite well." She nodded to the egg, "As we arranged. Now I have to warn you again, Ryoko, this one is not like any of the others. He'll be much more volitile and harder to control as an animal than the others have been. He's got a lot of eccentricities, but I think they'll work to your favor. You will probably do well with him, because I've programmed him to be attracted to..." She pauses and eyes Ryoko, "Are you even listening?"

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Hmm?" Her gaze finally snaps up to meet Washuu's eyes. "Of course I'm listening! Um..." innocent look, "eccentric, right? And it's a male this time?"

[greatestgenius.livejournal.com]

"Yes. He's going to be a handful, Ryoko." She pats the egg, before handing it to the blue-haired lady. "And keep him away from telemarketers."

Seriously, that would just be a bad thing. A very Bad Thing.

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"Telemarketers?" She's afraid to ask, but not asking would probably be worse. "So he'll be able to speak human language?"

[greatestgenius.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, Telemarketers. He won't be able to speak, I haven't quite gotten that part of the coding down, but you and I will be able to understand him as easily as we understood Ryo-ohki."

She paused. "I haven't thought of a name for him. That'll be up to you, I guess."

[ryoko-set-free.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to think about it. It should take a couple of days for the egg to hatch, right?" She looks askance at her mother for confirmation.

"I do appreciate this, Washuu. I didn't want to take Ryo-ohki away from friends to bum around the galaxy with me." She's quite sincere, and holding the egg close.