"I think these are just stories downloaded to your files from that reworked game that was released a few years back," said Kizna. "The graphics are the same and the file type indicates a transferred compressed recording."
"I am TIFA Lockheart," said the gynoid, clenching a fist and studying it. "Technique Intuitive Fighting Automaton. Other data not found."
"Yes, I know," said Kizna. "Hang on, I'm rebuilding your shoulder. The bone is easy enough, it's the artificial ligaments that are tricky."
Tifa quieted and went over the memories she did have, false though they seemed to be.
In the game, it appeared that she was following a boy named Cloud Strife, up until he was turned into a potion of some kind by an enemy. Even that might have been reversed, except her boyfriend was then drank by a girl named Yuffie. Later on, some maniac named Sephiroth destroyed their world. Game Over.
"She's a taijutsu specialist?" asked Naruto.
"Like I said, she's mainly a hand-to-hand combatant," said Kizna. "From questioning her, I discovered she has several TW devices in her. She identified them as Heal, Sense/Analyze, Cure, Barrier, Water, Revive, and Mime."
"I don't understand any of that," admitted Naruto.
"I think I understand from your previous explanation," said Jiraiya thoughtfully. "If I understand this right, these 'TW devices' are like a single-use Sharingan. They contain a single technique that the user can then activate?"
"I don't know 'Sharingan' - but that seems to be the basic idea," admitted Kizna.
"Whoa," said Naruto, who understood that now. "Pervy-sage, we gotta get ahold of some of this 'tea double u' stuff!"
"The thought had occurred to me," admitted Jiraiya.
The admin assistant usually was "hard to read" - her species having little flexibility in their face. Body language was also something not easily translated by humanoids as her species wasn't all that humanoid.
The publisher, who was the manager and owner of a small (by Three Galaxy standards) publishing house, knew SOMETHING was up though. Just some oddity in the admin's gait.
"These are the numbers of downloads and print availability on the new book," said the admin.
The publisher glanced at the data and froze. "I appear to have underestimated the marketability."
"Do you still want to wait a month before releasing the second volume?" asked the admin.
"Yes," said the publisher immediately. "Make sure the notes indicate that the second volume IS in our hands and give the estimated publish date."
"These are the reviews," said the admin, clicking a comlink to transfer the files to her boss' comlink. "Two give it horrible reviews, three so-so, and six give it a 'must read' rating."
"I don't think that guy ever read anything he liked anyway," said the publisher as she looked over the names. "Huh. Whoa, we made HER 'recommended reading' list?"
"Yessss," hissed the admin, clearly enjoying the idea herself.
"Well, with these sorts of numbers we may have to get Jiraiya to write the third in his trilogy if we have to chain him to a vocoder," said the publisher, only half-joking.
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