Nick was sitting at home watching anime and playing a video
game in the dark of his room, when he heard his phone buzz on the desk. Pausing
the game, but letting the anime keep playing since it was just on for
background noise anyway, he picked up the phone. His friend from work had sent
a text.
Melanie: Hey, wut u up 2?
Nicholas: Nuffin. Game n anime.
Before he could set the phone down, she’d already responded.
It annoyed him a little when people wanted to have whole conversations via
text, but Mel was one of those girls who insisted on it for some reason. Trying
to call her when she was in a text convo usually didn’t work, since she was
already in the middle of something else, hanging out with someone or watching a
movie while texting.
Melanie: Kewl, what game/anime?
Nicholas: Just Cause 2 and Gunslinger Girl.
Melanie: Isn’t JC3 out?
Nicholas: Comp can’t run it. Mostly just something to busy my hands
while I watch the show.
Melanie: LOL, that sux.
Nicholas: Yeah.
Melanie: What’s Gunslinger about?
Nicholas: It’s the boring show about little girls being turned into
cyborgs as part of an anti-terrorism assassin unit. Each girl is paired with a
man who acts as their “big brother”, and the girls are brainwashed into being
slavishly devoted to them so that they are both body guard and weapon.
Melanie: LOL really? Sounds bad-ass.
Nicholas: It’s actually really boring. There’s a few action scenes,
but its mostly people sitting around being sentimental, and long camera pans
over vistas while pretty music plays.
Melanie: Oh, lol. I assume it set in a world w/o SP?
Nicholas: Obviously. Made in 2003, I think. Although even if it was
set nowadays, the girls would be way too young to use the magic. Plus, I don’t
know how the cyborg stuff would interact with the magic’s healing effects even
if they were old enough.
Melanie: LOL, true. So, wanna hang out?