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Story title: Peacemillion Bedtime Stories
Author: Ingvild
Word count: 463
Rating and warnings: Safe for everyone, silly humour
Characters and/or pairing: Howard and the Gundam pilots
Summary: Howard tries to break the tension with a story about the earlier types of mobile suits.
“Now, you boys know very well that mobile suits meant to be used in war is only one of many uses that people have had for mobile suits. You’re colony-born, so you’ve probably seen loads of suits without armaments, meant for maintenance, mining, all of that.
“This story is about one of the earliest suits there was. It wasn’t a true mobile suit, because you couldn’t sit inside it. The operator, not a pilot in the true sense of the word, would thread it over their head and arms and wear it down to the waist. The name of the designer has been lost to time, but we know one thing. He or she really liked their horses. The suit was designed to look like a horse.
“The purpose of the horse suit was to sniff out broken gas vents. You boys know exactly how important it is to prevent gas leaks here, where all the air is recycled. If all the inhabitants on one colony decide to have pea soup for dinner, you can smell it. So sniffing out gas leaks is incredibly important. The horse suit was vital back in those days.
“It was meant both to find the leaks and protect the repairer once they were found, that’s why the suit covered up the upper body of the operator. The long horse nose carried all the necessary sensory equipment. It looked funny, yes, but it worked. And the kids liked it.
“The mobile suits you boys pilot now are designed to intimidate. The horse suit was meant to reassure people who would normally be panicking to see it. When it showed up, it meant there was a gas leak, which is a bad thing. But it’s a horse showing up to repair it, and it sneezes when it finds a leak, so people found it funny, not scary.
“Truly, that was a marvelous mobile suit.”
Howard finished his tale, and looked expectantly at his captive audience.
Sally was trying very hard not to laugh.
Noin was looking rather dazed.
Duo looked like he was caught between laughter and embarrassment.
Wufei looked disgusted.
Quatre looked almost as dazed as Noin, but was trying harder to show an appreciation.
Heero’s face had frozen in a sort of frowny disinterest.
Trowa’s face was the best one. The normally very stoic boy had lost his blank expression, and was wearing an expression of absolute horrified fascination. The corner of one of his eyes was twitching.
Howard grinned happily. They were all distracted from the massive battle that was coming up. Mission accomplished.
Just one more thing.
“It was a truly fun mobile suit, but people genuinely believed that the designer must have been drunk when they created it. That’s why they called it Fun-Sake.”
A/N: Well. Thank you, little sister, for the idea for this story.
Author: Ingvild
Word count: 463
Rating and warnings: Safe for everyone, silly humour
Characters and/or pairing: Howard and the Gundam pilots
Summary: Howard tries to break the tension with a story about the earlier types of mobile suits.
“Now, you boys know very well that mobile suits meant to be used in war is only one of many uses that people have had for mobile suits. You’re colony-born, so you’ve probably seen loads of suits without armaments, meant for maintenance, mining, all of that.
“This story is about one of the earliest suits there was. It wasn’t a true mobile suit, because you couldn’t sit inside it. The operator, not a pilot in the true sense of the word, would thread it over their head and arms and wear it down to the waist. The name of the designer has been lost to time, but we know one thing. He or she really liked their horses. The suit was designed to look like a horse.
“The purpose of the horse suit was to sniff out broken gas vents. You boys know exactly how important it is to prevent gas leaks here, where all the air is recycled. If all the inhabitants on one colony decide to have pea soup for dinner, you can smell it. So sniffing out gas leaks is incredibly important. The horse suit was vital back in those days.
“It was meant both to find the leaks and protect the repairer once they were found, that’s why the suit covered up the upper body of the operator. The long horse nose carried all the necessary sensory equipment. It looked funny, yes, but it worked. And the kids liked it.
“The mobile suits you boys pilot now are designed to intimidate. The horse suit was meant to reassure people who would normally be panicking to see it. When it showed up, it meant there was a gas leak, which is a bad thing. But it’s a horse showing up to repair it, and it sneezes when it finds a leak, so people found it funny, not scary.
“Truly, that was a marvelous mobile suit.”
Howard finished his tale, and looked expectantly at his captive audience.
Sally was trying very hard not to laugh.
Noin was looking rather dazed.
Duo looked like he was caught between laughter and embarrassment.
Wufei looked disgusted.
Quatre looked almost as dazed as Noin, but was trying harder to show an appreciation.
Heero’s face had frozen in a sort of frowny disinterest.
Trowa’s face was the best one. The normally very stoic boy had lost his blank expression, and was wearing an expression of absolute horrified fascination. The corner of one of his eyes was twitching.
Howard grinned happily. They were all distracted from the massive battle that was coming up. Mission accomplished.
Just one more thing.
“It was a truly fun mobile suit, but people genuinely believed that the designer must have been drunk when they created it. That’s why they called it Fun-Sake.”
A/N: Well. Thank you, little sister, for the idea for this story.
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That's a G Gundam reference, isn't it? If it isn't, please don't burst my happy bubble.
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