You're the Next Captain of the Nadesico

[hontobakabaka]

[The past few days there had been a drone of Ruri running around, but now she was replaced with some normal unremarkable drone girl in the house on Stevens as Ruri woke up just before sunrise in a new house, in a new bed, next to a sleeping figure with a confused look on her face.  Outside the house at 947 Beulah Street, hovering over it with its loading ramp down covering part of the driveway hovered the Nadesico-C, sitting there as the sun just began to glisten off its hull.]

Action 1 - 947 Beulah Street

[Dressed in a simple dressing gown and bathrobe Ruri peers about the house, she looks a bit older than she did just days ago, though not much.  She walks outside to look around, looks at the address and lets out a breath.]

Two years...  I see.  I wonder how long its been here.

Phone -

I'm not sure how long I was droned, several years passed at home so I'm not sure what has been happening here.  I remember a nuclear bomb attack and that's about it.  The town seems to think I'm the guidance counselor at the High School now.  If the Cosplay Cafe is still open could someone let me know?  Also if there is any new data to be analyzed.  Also apparently the Nadesico is here with me, though I need to check all of her systems over.

Action 2 - School

[Ruri walks into the school, now not as a student but as the force that guides the children to mental stability and prosperity.  You may find her wandering the halls occasionally, or sitting in her new office, putting out a bowl of little chocolates.  After school you will find her sitting at cheer-leading practice, looking horribly unimpressed.]

Why is coaching this my job again?

Action 3 - The Nadesico

[Its big, its shiny, its just hovering there, over the house, and the lot behind the house, and the street....  Its really freaking big.  Ruri is at the entry ramp going over several holoscreens and "hrm"ing a lot.]

Comments

[princeofjunes]

[His hand finds hers and gives it a squeeze]

If it has to do with you, of course I'm interested. But if you don't want to talk about something like that right now, I understand.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[She smiles slightly]

Given how time didn't move at home I just don't want to worry about it. How long have I been gone?

[princeofjunes]

Only a day or two, actually. I was getting worried you wouldn't come back when I heard, but...

Well, I'm okay with how this turned out.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[She nods a little and rests her head on his shoulder]

[princeofjunes]

[He rests his head against hers and just smiles like an idiot]

You know what this means, right?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

That I don't have to support the whole family as a child anymore?

[princeofjunes]

Well, that and we don't have to lock a drone in the basement anymore.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Really? I let my drone mother out to do the cooking. She was rather good for that.

[princeofjunes]

... I meant for this.

[He gestures to the bed and nudges her playfully]

Was I not being blatantly perverted enough?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[She flushes slightly red and shakes her head]

There is that.

[princeofjunes]

Though now that you mention it, I didn't even think of the cooking thing.

I guess one of us really needs to learn how to cook now. Or I could just beg Ed's mom for food.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

I can cook some, its just kind of bland.

[princeofjunes]

I already promised you no Mystery Food X, so I'll just have to learn. I can deal with bland until I do.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

I could cook like Yurika. She tried to give me lessons on cooking with love. Just... Blackened and charred is.... No.

[princeofjunes]

You can cook with love! I'll just make sure to bring back take-home on those nights, for after.

[And in his mind continues the internal debate on whether to tease her about only wearing an apron or no]

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

No, because then I'd have to eat it. And other people may be exposed to it. That and its a waste of food.

[She shakes her head a bit]

[princeofjunes]

[He gives a dramatic sigh]

Fine, but you can't get rid of my dreams of you in an apron!

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Apron?

[She gets up and walks to the closet peering around in it before pulling out her frilly apron from home]

This one? Hrm, it seems they moved my things. I hope you didn't have much in your garage or basement.

I'm so good at sleeping

[princeofjunes]

[Oh hey that's an apron]

[Give him a moment for his brain to come back from fantasyland]

That... is a fantastic apron.

[But after a few moments his faculties - some of them - return]

I never used either one, so that shouldn't be an issue. So now all your stuff is here... that's pretty awesome!

Obviously

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Its the one I wore at the noodle stand. Omoikane took up most of the basement, garage and my room... But... I don't see him in here. Hrm. Maybe a spare room?

The best. Around.

[princeofjunes]

[Note to self - have dirty fantasies about noodle stand girl later]

Well it's not like it'd only move half of your stuff over... I'm sure Omoikane's here somewhere. You'd feel it if it were gone, right? In your head?

Something something something can keep you down!~

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

No, I can feel the full systems he's here. Just hrm. Maybe a guest room or something. I can worry about it later.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, if you can still feel him then it can wait.

... to be honest, I still can't get over the fact that you're actually my wife. My wife.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

[She smiles a little and sits back down]

You're okay with that, right?

[princeofjunes]

Well...

[He turns to look at her]

Honestly, this feels different. Not like the other wives Mayfield's put here. For the first time, this feels almost... real.

... and I'm happy about that.