Time Out: Just a Jump
Once things had quieted down, Rioichi led Carmelita back to the hideout. As soon as they caught sight of each other, Sly and Carmelita rushed forward into a very passionate embrace and kiss, plainly overjoyed to see each other again. Rioichi smiled as he saw this. "So...you are not married?" he asked playfully.
"Not yet!" Coco piped up, pointing to the ring on Carmelita's finger. "Hopefully soon, though."
"Then perhaps you could explain how it is that they are both your parents?" Rioichi inquired curiously, kneeling down to Coco's level.
"Oh, I'm adopted," Coco explained.
"Oh?" Rioichi purred. "Was the adoption the result of rescuing you from a villain who sought to use your magical nature to conquer the higher plane from which you hail?"
Everyone turned to stare at Rioichi in shock. "How did you...?" Bentley finally managed to ask.
Rioichi rolled his eyes. "You act like it has never happened before. That's how most of the god-born of our country found their way into the families that became noble as a result of adopting them!" Noticing continued stares, he shook his head. "Your time has forgotten much, it seems..."
"How'd you even get here?" Sly asked Carmelita, trying to change the direction of the conversation to something he hoped would make sense and not make him feel foolish.
Carmelita held up the device in the hand not holding her shock pistol. It was a small sphere that looked like a grenade, but with a screen on one side and a button on top. It showed no sign of response, however. "Turns out you were 100% right about Le Paradox," she explained softly. "Not only was his warehouse chock full of stolen relics and all the evidence I could possibly have needed to take him down, he also has quite a few time travel related gadgets in addition to a blimp equipped with it. I managed to learn that much before I was cornered by his goons. I was outmatched and outgunned...and then I grabbed this thing. It was labeled as a Quantum Shift Beacon, and I activated in desperation when Le Paradox ordered the chamber gassed. Next thing I know, I'm in a kitchen somewhere and the Beacon is fried. I start trying to shoot my way out, and Splinter over here comes in and I almost mistake him for you."
"My name is Rioichi," the elder Cooper corrected with a frown as Coco giggled.
Bentley took hold of the device, cracking it open along a seam to examine the circuitry inside. "Fascinating...it's a time travel device in miniature! It seems to be the same overall tech design as my own machine, but much more portable and far less stable. Looks like it's good for one, maybe two jumps before it fries itself, and works on coordinate inputs. Without inputs, though...it probably set your destination to random. That's probably what fried the device." He looked up at Carmelita. "You could have wound up anywhere in time in space. It's dumb luck you wound up here safe, and not in the middle of the Big Bang!"
"The time energies didn't have enough to get her that far," Felicia suddenly spoke up as the quantum communicator hummed to life, projecting a holographic image of the gatordog appeared over the glowing crystal that was the focus of its circuitry. "I picked up the unexpected surge of time waves and recognized Coco's Mom's life energies bound up in them, so I worked a little spell to send her to Coco. Got the time right, but had to leave a wide margin for error on the space part to avoid tele-fragging."
"Thanks, Felicia!" Coco piped up happily. "It's good to have Mom here with us...as long as Dad remembers our hideouts aren't soundproof!" Sly and Carmelita both blushed brightly as Bentley, Murray, and Rioichi shared a guffaw.
"Glad it worked out," Felicia responded in relief. "Time magic's still pretty new to me. Speaking of, I need to renew my protections..." The signal faded out.
As everyone calmed down, Rioichi spoke up. "We need information before anything else. We must know what this El Jefe plans." Noticing surprised looks turned his way, he raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"We're just...surprised you're taking this all in stride so well," Murray explained. "I'm living through it, and I'm still a little off balance."
Rioichi sniffed disdainfully. "I am ninja. You act like this is the strangest thing to ever happen in my life."
"I...it's not?" Carmelita gasped out as Coco's eyes lit up, eager for the story.
"Of course it is!" Rioichi snapped back. "Still, that is no reason to stand around gawking, is it? I am ninja."
"Well, I actually have a plan as far as learning El Jefe's plans go," Bentley spoke up. "He's been seen visiting the geisha house extremely frequently, and that's the only time he comes out of the safehouse. However, the Madame of the house has just gone on vacation...but El Jefe doesn't know it yet." He turned to the whole group. "If Rioichi can slip in and steal her outfit, one of us can take her place and get information out of El Jefe."
"Then it's a good thing Mom's here, isn't it?" Coco asked impishly. "I mean, who else would wear it?"
"I could pull it off!" Murray spoke up eagerly. "Lemme go undercover, Sly! I won't let you down!"
"Don't you think El Jefe might...notice a male geisha?" Bentley offered delicately.
"I don't see why," Rioichi countered. "Quite a few young men enjoy taking the time to 'live as a woman' for a number of reasons, and working at a geisha house is a safe, controlled way to do so where one's masculinity can easily be concealed." He shrugged his shoulders. "While not my own pleasure, there are others in my clan who enjoy such pursuits...and they are quite popular."
Bentley's jaw hung briefly. "Oh, right. This is ancient Japan," he reminded himself. "Still, I think perhaps Coco is right and that Carmelita might be able to pull off the role better."
"It should be a decision of who can best handle the role," Rioichi pointed out. "Which of them do you think will do a better job being calm, demure, but with an awareness of authority?"
Silence greeted that question. After a time, Deik-Beck spoke up. "Demure? Coco only!"
"Why you!" Murray growled out angrily.
"What did you say you stupid machine?" Carmelita snapped out.
"QED!" Deik-Beck beeped out.
"El Jefe's had his encounters with Interpol before," Sly pointed out. "Would he recognize you, Carmelita?"
Carmelita rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "I'm not sure. We've never crossed paths directly, but he's known for researching his foes thoroughly..."
"I still think Carmelita will pull off being feminine better than Murray," Bentley spoke up. "For...certain obvious reasons."
"Hey!" Coco shouted out as it looked like it was about to come to another argument. "Either way, we need the clothes, right? So how about Grandpa goes and swipes them, and then we decide who goes undercover based on what size they are? Pretty sure he'd notice if the outfit suddenly didn't fit right."
"The young kunoichi speaks sense," Rioichi observed. "I shall retrieve the outfit immediately." With that, he turned and headed for the Geisha house.
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Do you mean Kami? The definition, like Youkai is more of an umbrella term for a number of things.
Guess Coco being chosen is part of the diminutive group.
Guess it's a shame modern day folks aren't able to adopt some of the olden days of thinking.
Seems in the end it's gonna be that Size Matters.
I was still surprised that Murray managed to pull it off.
....Anyone else hear the Ouran Highschool Host Club theme when then mentioned passible male geisha?
So ... we see one future possiblity for young Coco just now.
Heeheehee, this is good, this is reeeeeaally good, good work!
My brother's an anime nut and a lover of Japanese culture.
He said he's not SURE this is accurate, but it wouldn't surprise him.
Great chapter. Just one thing. La Paradox is spelled Le Paradox, at least I think that's the proper spelling. I'm actually not entirely sure.
Hmmm... that Quantum Shift Beacon smells of being a gun labeled Chekhov.
I am calling it now, that beacon will be used to resolve the issue of the games ending.
I shall wait and see if my call gets picked up or left to voicemail.
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.........wat.
Man, Japan gets ragged on in all times. I suppose that's what happens when a good chunk of your publicity comes from the frankly weird porn you put out.
Anyways, is that actually historically accurate? Or are you just spinning things your way?
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It is absolutely culturally accurate to modern Japan, as Japan has never been judgmental about 'alternative lifestyles' the way the western world has.
No idea how far back in time it goes, but it's easy to believe.
8308226 Actually, I thought of that one episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
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Having spent time living in Tokyko, I can honestly say that it's not Japan that is weird. From their perspective a large chunk of western civilization is batshit insane.
Nice chapter, love the arguments over who should do the distraction... though Carmelita could end up with an abhorrent admirer once El Jefe sees her dance.
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It was because the Madame Geisha was a "large" person herself.
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Yeah....it's a shame that most of the world likes the bigger sizes. It's like a personal badge or something. I mean...I understand it. Bigger sizes, usually mean, better with chid rearing, but....sometimes you don't want that. Sometimes you want something more personal instead of survival oriented...right?
hahahaha was honestly expecting Carmelita or even sly to straight up squash the little robutt for that one
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I'm hoping Diek Beck sneaks off to find past owl Clockwerk... for reasons...
I'm leaving this as obvious and open ended.
I think i missed it but who is Felicia
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Muggshot and Mrs. Ruby's daughter. First introduced in the Darkwing Duck segment.
Hahahaha!
That line about Ancient Japan's good too.
See this abomination for reference.
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what is this comic, and is there more?
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http://exterminatusnow.co.uk
It's called Exterminatus Now. It's pretty good, as long as you don't mind the Sonic-style characters.