Eighth Crash [Action/Voice]

[broji]

{In today's episode Ginji can be found refilling a metal dish suspended from a tree with seed and peanuts. If you guessed "bird feeder", give yourself ten points! After making sure the feeder's still attached securely to its branch, Ginji will make himself comfortable on the lawn and pull out his journal. He'll sit there for a while, enjoying the fresh air and the milder weather, before starting a new entry.]

Hey everyone. So...what's it like for you back home? Do you come from a large family or a small one? Have you set out on your own or still live with your parents? Got any siblings? Kids?

I'd like to know.

[After the voice post is finished, he'll spend the next few hours watching any animals that might wander over to the feeder and run through a few sketches of different wing shapes.]

Comments

[voice]

[broji]

Sounds like it's a problem. Do people still expect girls to stay at home and take care of all the domestic details where you're from?

[Ginji smiles.] Actually, he was both! But I don't think he tried to be funny most of the time - it just sort of happened whenever he went on one of his tirades or got into an argument with someone. Well, it got pretty tiring, too. Having to break those guys apart.

Well, sure. It's still prestigious, I guess. Most of the people who go there are known in their fields. But the princess only visits now and again for special events. Grandfather said she came to one of their class reunions and everyone was talking about it. Guards and everything.

[voice]

[ribbonbon]

Well...not everyone believes that, but it's still kind of a big stereotype, you know? Girls play house, boys play cops...that kind of thing. Not as many people believe that now, but...Well.

I can imagine...! I never saw my grandpa get into any arguments, but he would always talk about having to yell at his patients about stuff.

I'd think people would talk about it if a princess went anywhere! I mean, she's the princess! Kind of a big deal, right?

[voice]

[broji]

I guess it might be different in other cities, but there isn't so much of that in Sheridan. Then again, we're a pretty mixed bunch. My sister's just as good a pilot as I am, and she's pretty handy with mechanical repairs, too. And then there's Tamara...she could whip up things like you wouldn't believe! She once constructed a flamethrower entirely out of scrap metal and spare parts. [He sounds a little proud of this. It was a pretty awesome contraption, okay.]

[Ginji just chuckles at this. Grandparents sure are something.]

Yeah, you've got a point. Princess Natalia's a really nice person, though. It's easy to forget she's the princess.

[voice]

[ribbonbon]

Whoah! That's amazing...! When you said you were all crazy about machines, you weren't kidding, huh?

Ah! So you've like, met her and stuff?!

[For someone from a world where movie stars and political figures share a similar status, she just finds this really cool.]

[voice]

[broji]

Haha... No, I really wasn't kidding. [They totally dig their crazy contraptions.]

Well, yes. She was part of the group who rescued me, so I've talked with her a few times. Actually, Princess Natalia was staying here in Luceti for a while, but she isn't now.