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From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

reka

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

From:

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.

From:

reka

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

From:

estirose

Ahim probably would, and Marvelous would listen. Hopefully.

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

From:

estirose

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

From:

reka

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

From:

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....)

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.

From:

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.)

From:

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.

From:

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.)

From:

reka

Yeah, but residency might have some effect on the consequences?

I can unfortunately clearly see that happening.

From:

estirose

It might; my expertise is on a certain kind of tax law, not criminal. *wrygrin*

Hopefully Gai can talk fast if he accidentally reveals that, because I can't imagine Marvelous would be very happy if he put two and two together. (Though he has most of two and two, because it's easy to find out that Gai was handcuffed to the bed from Don or Luka, and because Auntmuse told Ahim where to retrieve the morpher.

From:

reka

Hopefully, the fact that he's okay now and she probably won't do it again will keep him from being too unhappy. I can also see him downplaying it after he spills the beans.

From:

estirose

Yes. (I need to make Gokaiger icons if I'm going to keep making Gokaiger entries.)

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Marvelous-san had his arms crossed and a scowl on his face, which was a bad sign.

Gai knew that his captain wasn't upset at him, but rather at what had happened that day. He was disturbed at what had happened too, but he'd known that he was going to be rescued anyway, and his aunt really had meant well.

He himself had been sat down on the couch and commanded to go nowhere, which made him want to protest, but not while Marvelous-san was in that mood. He'd learned fast not to argue with Marvelous-san's commands. Ahim-san had told him shortly after they got back on board that it always took Marvelous-san a day or two to let an endangered crew member out of his sight. She'd shared a story of how she'd been kidnapped, and she'd ended up with Marvelous-san sharing her bed - though not in a sexual way, she'd protested - for the night, and then not permitted to leave the Galleon without someone with her for a few days after that. And there had been something else that the crew wasn't willing to talk about, but it had happened shortly before Gai himself had come on board, and Marvelous was still edgy about that.

Gai was personally glad that his tiny room and his equally tiny bed meant that he wasn't going to end up with sudden captain for the night.

But at least he'd been able to talk Marvelous-san out of doing something deadly to his aunt. He had the sense that Marvelous-san would have killed her if she hadn't been a close relative and Gai hadn't convinced him that he was safe and wouldn't go near her again, at least without somebody with him. Not that he wanted to; it would take him a while himself to walk into that house without a bit of fear. His aunt had meant well, but he hadn't liked being handcuffed to a headboard, no matter how well she'd treated him.

He remembered that brief glimpse of her, holding that stand of hers and pointing it in Marvelous-san's direction. Marvelous hadn't let go of him until they were just below the Galleon, and Gai suspected that he came close to sharing a rope with him.

There were worse things, he knew, and at least they'd come for him like a true team. He wished his aunt could see them, how protective they were, how well they took care of each other. He was lucky. He had good friends and he was fulfilling his dream, and he was sure he'd be more upset at his aunt if he hadn't been so tired and scared, not that he'd admit it to Marvelous-san or anybody else.

He wanted to take a nap, which wouldn't be surprising since he'd been drugged. The couch was inviting, but he thought briefly of defying orders and going to his own bed. Finally, he decided staying still was best, so he carefully put the tea he'd been drinking down, and lay down on the couch.

The couch was warm and comfortable, and as he closed his eyes, he knew he wouldn't be conscious for long.