From Sailor Moon Flash!
| Featuring: | Kenrou, Teaki, Daichi, Binshou, Toshiro |
| IC Date: | January 2003 |
| Status: | Completed |
| Summary: | TERRANS DISCUSSING SCIENCE FICTION AND HOW IT IS PERCEIVED ("Classic motifs of mankind and his environment, striving to fit the universe to his understanding" versus "dude, spaceships are totally cool.") |
"Open it."
"I will."
"Why would you order it if you're not going to eat it?" asked Teaki.
Toshiro snorted. "Why would you order balut period?"
"I just wanted to see what it looks like," Daichi explained.
"Then open it!" Teaki insisted.
"I... think I'll wait until after we eat." Daichi put the egg back in the bowl, and pulled the bowl away from Teaki.
"Takawa-san is very considerate to place the aesthetics of our dining experience above his own curiosity," Kenrou noted with approval.
"Yeah, well, our food hasn't even come yet." Teaki sighed and turned his attention instead to Binshou, who was hiding his face behind a book and pointedly ignoring the bowl of eggs. "What're you reading?" he asked out of extreme boredom.
"Ray Bradbury." Upon noting Teaki's confused expression, Binshou clarified. "Science fiction."
"Oh, cool! So are there spaceships?"
"No."
"Laser fights?"
"No."
"Sexy green-skinned alien babes?"
"...no."
Teaki sat up and furrowed his brows in annoyance. "Well then what the hell kind of science fiction is it?"
"The literate kind," noted Toshiro. Teaki turned to him with an expression that said "I'm so glad you decided to chime in", and actually managed to convey a sarcastic tone with his face.
Binshou considered Teaki's question, and tried to explain. "Science fiction isn't so much about ray guns as it is a unique commentary on the human condition."
"Like Star Trek!" Daichi chimed in with a smile. Toshiro looked at him doubtfully. "Well, c'mon. It's got commentary on the human condition AND spaceships and phasers and green-skinned alien babes. It's the best of both worlds!"
Kenrou smiled approvingly at the prince. "Science fiction truly is the literature of ideas." Toshiro raised an eyebrow. "We have a passing familiarity with all manner of literature," he explained.
"Well," said Toshiro, clasping his hands together like an imaginary gun, "Phasers I understand, but I'm not sure what exactly spandex uniforms have to communicate about the human condition."
Teaki considered making a comment about spandex uniforms communicating something about the curves of female Starfleet officers, but he couldn't cut the idea down into a short and witty one-liner. Instead, he turned back to Binshou. "So if that story's not about spaceships or anything, then what IS it about?"
"It's about children who kill their parents with holographic lions."
There was a beat of silence before Teaki responded. "...AWESOME."
Daichi and Toshiro nearly doubled over laughing. Sensing that he had an opening at last, Teaki lunged across the table, snatched an egg from the bowl in front of Daichi, and cracked it open on his plate. Out of it poured a small, limp duck covered in half-cooked mucus. "OH, GROSS."
Binshou, who'd been looking at Teaki instead of his book, immediately turned an alarming shade of green. "I... I have to go." He bolted out of his chair and ran to the bathroom at lightspeed.
Kenrou also rose from his seat, expression unmoved by the duck fetus in front of him. "Shunran-kun, a word with you outside."
Toshiro, ever the smug, well-behaved child, grinned at Teaki. "Maybe green isn't such a sexy skin color after all."
