One thing he'd discovered was that in this one reality, an author named Naoko Takeuchi in a publication titled 'Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsouban' on 10/3/03 made mention that her original concept of Sailor Mercury was that she would be a cyborg or android that would die heroically. Her publisher made her change that.
It was the work of a moment to find the reality reflected from that original concept, to find the semi-organic gynoid at the moment of death, and have her dissolve into sprinkles of light before the watching Senshi. Which, Toltiir thought to himselves, HAD to beat the whole cyber-body-shutting-down with the brain inside that body slowly dying in cold dark loneliness as the life support functions tried and failed to keep her alive.
No, this would be MUCH better.
Of course, he understood humans and various species a lot better now than he had in the beginning. It was necessary for their later mental health if he gave this one the choice.
She was dying. Her outer shell had already shut down. Now she was in the cold dark, going through sensory deprivation, but when the parts keeping her alive failed in 0.005 seconds she'd... why wasn't it counting down?
Sailor Mercury. I have a proposition for you.
Oh great. Now I'm hallucinating in my last moment of life.
No. Seriously.
Okay, assuming for the moment that some passing yoma/faerie/demon/angel/genie/whatever noticed my plight, what kind of deal and why should I trust you?
For the first part, I can repair you to full functionality for the price of a grand adventure in which you link up with some Good Guys (or at least mainly Good Guys.) The second question is: you don't really have a lot of options at the moment, do you?
...Okay. This is an illogical enough hallucination. What's the catch?
True, there are several. You will be in another dimension and may travel dimensions, but this one is closed to you. Fate had you dying here and I'd really rather not go mucking about too much with Fate in universes like this where it is a near-absolute force. It ends up being very time and effort consuming, not to mention messy.
Okay...
Second, there's a fairly typical shonen protaganist you're going to be owned by. They'll regard you as an android of some kind, due to the artificial nature of your biosystems. He isn't the sort to force you to do anything you wouldn't normally do, but he's kind of... a typical shonen protaganist in many ways.
Translating that to mean he's not all that bright, has the genki can-do attitude, and 'his mouth writes checks he has to pay for later'?
Yup. You got it. The other choice for owner is an older guy who is a lech, but also fairly gallant in his own way. This is what they look like.
Hmmmm. Waitaminute. How can I imagine this level of detail... you're REAL?!
That question tends to break down into a tedious philosophical debate about the nature of reality and perception. Nonetheless, I can do exactly what I've suggested to you. You would become an android superhero associating with ninja heroes as they fight evil ninja and plots of world destruction/domination. What do you say?
Sailor Mercury's eyes slowly opened to regard the ceiling. Fortunately she didn't have to continue to lie to the nice cateared mechanic as things were already past that, but this was just sort of a secret identity thing. She'd done that before.
Her repairs were sufficient that she could move about, but the damage was still extensive and would take days to complete. Now would be a good time to introduce herself to these two "mostly heroes" and figure out which would be her owner.
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