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[estirose]

Dear Mr. Kendall,

We regret to inform you that your application to buy tile, form A-26582-C, must be returned to you for the following reason(s):

[x] You did not fill out line 4f in section C of page 2, regarding any past convictions, including those for violating section 1128.1(c) of the UIC.
[] You did not complete subform DE-678 as requested, or it was not enclosed with your application.
[] You did not specify information in section D of page 20, specifying what kind of tile and the names of those individuals and companies coming in contact with it.
[x] You did not include appropriate payment.
[] You did not sign the form.

Please be aware that anyone having been convicted of section 1128.1(c) of the UIC regarding webinars, as part of the Terrorism Enforcement Act of '28, are not allowed to purchase, handle, or use tile.

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please call 0646020060, extension 41262441.

Olivia Tirasu
Tile Clerk I
Department of Flooring Administration

Comments

[estirose]

Yes. He's kind of gone past the point of no return. But she's in denial; she figures everything will be all right if she keeps him safe. And once he realizes it's not meant to be, it'll be easier. And if he's right about the pirates being/becoming good guys, then they can damn well save the world, and without him.

And she hasn't quite realized that Rangers protect their own, and that Gai's teammates once walked into a warehouse with guns blazing and swords out to rescue a teammate. Oops. She'll be lucky if her door is the only thing she'll have to replace.

[reka]

Maybe they'll just really wreck her door. And everything else that's keeping Gai from leaving. And her handcuffs, of course.

In what kind of place does she live? Because I'm really amused by imagining the crew storming a small apartment.

[estirose]

Five pirates storming a small apartment would be rather funny. I see her having a very small house, and, being more like her nephew than she thinks, running towards her living room when Marvelous destroys her front door. He's not amused.

Gai figures it's a rescue, but was rather hoping he didn't need one.

[estirose]

She was feeding her nephew Gai dinner when there was a boom. He suddenly grinned, and she hoped this didn't make him think he was going anywhere. He was still stubbornly insisting that he had a team, but she knew that, given time, he'd understand. Understand that he was more valuable than anything else, that he couldn't keep trying to get himself killed by running into the face of traffic and battling intergalactic bad guys.

Besides, there was no way that they could have found him without that device, and that device had been left in a flowerbed with instruction on where it was. If they were as good as Gai said they were, they would leave him alone and find another to risk his life. Just as long as it wasn't Gai.

"Stay here," she said, realizing that he wasn't going anywhere after a second's thought.She rushed towards her front door to find that she had no front door anymore, at least not a whole one. There was a young man in a red longcoat, four others behind him, two wielding swords and the other two guns. Hanako found her eyes drawn towards the young woman in the frilly white-and-pink dress holding a gun as if it fitted naturally in her hand and realized that this group of strangers had to be the pirates that her nephew had associated himself with. Gai had shown her the pictures, after all, even before he'd gotten the crazy idea to join them.

"Where's Gai?" the young man in the longcoat asked, demanded, and she drew herself up. She would protect her nephew even from his own so-called team.

She looked at him, straight in the eyes. "You can't have him." She didn't know how they'd found this place, but she wasn't going to give him up to that life.

"Up here, Marvelous-san!" her nephew called. Obviously she should have gagged him, but she hadn't anticipated this.

"Listen," she said, aware that there were guns pointed at her, and people with sharp swords backing them up. "Gai doesn't belong with you and your life. He's an ordinary boy." As long as she stood between them and Gai, her nephew was safe.

[reka]

Auntmuse is a bit more like Gai than she realizes, although her drive is much more protective than heroic. Do you know how she's related to him?

How familiar is Gai with the layout of the house?

[estirose]

(sadly, or maybe not so sadly, I seem to be developing a fic)

Auntmuse is his mother's sister. I know that she's been involved in stuff that's not really official, and that she's seen death.

Gai knows the house decently, though perhaps not every single nook and cranny. He can easily figure out, for example, of where he is in the house and where his Captain is, relatively speaking.

[reka]

What kind of thing do you mean by "not official?" Armed civilian group or something? And does Gai know about it?

Well, a fic would be interesting for me to read, but I hope you aren't bothered by it.

[estirose]

I haven't gotten all of the details, but I think she was involved in some undercover jobs for a while, in support. She's not a fighter, but she's been on the front line far more than she wanted to be. (This is possibly why she owns handcuffs and things like that.)

Gai doesn't know about this, of course. She might drop some hints, but I don't think he can imagine some of the stuff she went through.

[reka]

He's distracted by heroes, anyway. Flashy color-coded posing heroes. Why would he notice these things?

And thought that she should've gagged her nephew. She's done something like this before.

[estirose]

She's kidnapped one or two people. Or helped hold them. She's decent at that, but there's no way she's taking on five armed space pirates.

Of course, this is something that she wouldn't really spill, just warn him about being over-enthusiastic and over-heroic.

[reka]

Does she say anything that would reveal that she's his aunt, or would that be up to Gai?

[estirose]

She might mention it, but it's Gai that'll probably keep her from dying by furious pirate captain.

If she had her way, she'd grab Gai and run, but she realizes that it's not going to work. If they found Gai once, they'd find him again.

[reka]

Or at least furious pirate captain wanting to kill her. Maybe Ahim would do something.

[estirose]

Ahim probably would, and Marvelous would listen. Hopefully.

At the very least he'd want to get his crew member out of there.

[estirose]

And I seem to have managed a fic out of this. :)

[reka]

I enjoyed it. :) I hope it was satisfying to write.

[estirose]

At least it's out of my system. :)

(Though hopefully Aunt Hanako doesn't cause problems with the ending. If she tells the police that Marvelous & co kidnapped Gai....)

[reka]

It depends on a few things, I think: how much she trusts law enforcement, for one. And how much she wants to draw attention to herself and/or the crew. I think it would be unwise to report that, since an investigation could easily show that she drugged and handcuffed her nephew.

[estirose]

And she would be careful about that, I think. Of course, the police might also wonder why Marv destroyed her front door and took off with Gai.

I have this image of her telling them that her nephew's a Gokaiger and his crewmates had thought she was kidnapping him by accident. Oops.

[reka]

Gai was there for a visit and forgot to inform his destruction-happy crewmates? If she tried to ask them to pay, though, it'd probably end badly.

Gaaah, and now I'm thinking of legality and whatnot.

[estirose]

She'd do with the police not checking too deeply into the story and finding out that she abducted Gai. Because Marvelous or one of the others might say something about that.

Legality is interesting, especially when it pertains to space pirates breaking and entering.

[reka]

I have looked through state law for my own information before, but I usually don't because NYS does not make it enjoyable to browse. Numbers overwhelm me easily, also.

[estirose]

My state is slightly better, or I know more, but I'm not sure how to apply Japanese law to space pirates. *wry grin* Of course, that part of my brain is probably still working on library acquisitions for Terra Venture.)

Of course, I think Auntmuse will just replace the door and hope Gai comes to his senses. She's not too keen on dealing with Marvelous again, especially if Gai tells him what happened. (Which he may not.)

[reka]

Japanese law to space pirates who live on a floating boat that is not always in Japan. Would they be considered residents, even? I have no idea. Not that that has anything to do with destroying doors.

Gai might only tell him if he asks.

[estirose]

They probably wouldn't, but usually how law goes is who has jurisdiction, not what citizenship, I believe.

Hopefully, even if he asks, he wouldn't tell him. (Though this is Gai; he might blurt it out accidentally.)