Chiharu Sidestory Pt. 1: Mr. Ishida
Originally Posted: 26Jul03 - 2406 EST


Chiharu left the Yui quickly and silently as the crates were loaded onto the ship. The security Nekos nodded their acknowledgements as the Taisho passed by, walking out into the downpour, not too horribly bothered by the rain- she just pulled up the collar on her jacket to keep the water from rolling down her neck.

She saw that there were no open seats on the current transports to town so she just decided to go into the depo and look around for a bit before the next one came.. the depo sheltered a wide variety of people, all bustling about trying to stay dry. No one really paid her any mind, to them she was just another soldier that would probably get herself into trouble while she was in town on liberty. She just was just content to listen to all the conversations going on around her, she liked mingling with these people because rank didn't matter here- all were equal under this leaking roof as the water dripped down into strategically placed buckets around the pavillion.

"Hey buddy, where place are you aiming to go to tonight?" A human man dressed in soaked black bdus and muddy combat boots sat down beside Chi, a friendly smile wide across his face and his blue eyes shining even in the dim light.

Chi returned this man's smile, from the way he carried himself she figured him to be a ground soldier, probably assigned to a Spacey regiment... the ground troops always had this strange swagger to them when they returned to the surface, like their equilibruim was permentntly thrown off but they had too much pride to fall over. "I'm just doing some sight seeing- it's not often that I get to go to shore. Are you familiar with this planet?"

The man smiled again, pulling his stool over beside Chi and sitting down beside her. "Well, I grew up on this planet and then I decided to go for guts and glory so I joined up with the Army. The name's Kevin Jones." Kevin offered Chi his hand.

Chi took his hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you Jones, I'm Jon Ishida." Her emerald eyes sparkled, as she ran her free hand across her crew cut. She liked this body she was in, it was an Mixed Asian human male but it worked well for her purposes- to mingle with other military personnel and not attract attention towards herself. If no one knew who she was, they couldn't try to kidnap her or disect her. She already knew that being a neko with brown hair was strange enough but the simple fact that she didn't have the normal oddities that a NH-7 was supposed to have made her stand out. It would be only a matter of time before the NH-X body that she had would be common place but until then, it was best if no one knew that she was one.


Mr. Ishida - Part 2: Like a Fine Wine