28. "RE: H2G2: The Fleet of Fog"
In response to message #24
>>That said, the mental image of, say, Hyuuga hiding her battle hull >>on her model shelf is kind of fantastic. > >I now have the accompanying mental image of one of them - I'm thinking >probably Haruna - receiving A Visit in her new digs from some kind of >investigator who has no idea about the Fog thing, but thinks he's onto >something hinky in re her, like those people who hunt vampires >and other long-lived paranormals in various modern-urban-fantasy >settings. You know the kind of thing - both parties outwardly >cordial, but the whole conversation seethes with barely veiled >intimidation and menace, as one party tries to get across the "I'm >Watching You, and One Day You're Gonna Get What's Coming To You" >message and the other counters with the "You Have No Idea What the >Fuck You're Messing With" message without either of them coming right >out and saying so.
As someone who occasionally plays WoD games and reads urban fantasy (though I'm finding it's really hard to find GOOD urban fantasy) this is definitely a very familiar conversation. =)
> >Only in this one, part of the vampire hunter's schtick is roaming >aimlessly around the living room, picking up various nicknacks and >looking at/fiddling with them while he's talking, one of which is the >extremely detailed model of a Kongō-class battleship that >was on the shelf above the TV. It's slightly eerie. Heavier than it >looks, and if he didn't know better, he'd swear the gun turrets were >tracking him.
> >--G. >"That is not a toy."
"...Is that paint or are these weird hull markings actually glowing?"
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