Ikura facepalmed. “Oh! Duh! I’m an idiot!! I was kind of fixed upon the ‘now’ for you, that I forgot that you guys had the manuals and specs for the Getter Machines memorized.” She laughed. “Sorry. I’m so used to having to break things down so all the science stuff is a bit easier to process.”
She snickered. “Yeah, a bit hypocritical, I know. Again, sorry, man. I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes, living by your emotions is the way to survive. I don’t think I’d be standing here right now if it weren’t for that.” It was true- the encounter with Hatte Saburo she had earlier in the year came to mind. The Hakase flexed her fingers, already beginning to formulate her battle plan. “You got it. I’m gonna try a rough hypothetical search…”
And there she went, off to the races, fingers flying at…pretty fast speeds, I guess. What? She’s not superhuman. “Given how Getter Rays are so powerful, I shouldn’t have to search too hard…just need to eliminate all the common stuff from the search.”
There was a brief moment as she reached back to rub the back of her head. “Getter Rays seem to behave in a manner similar to radiation, so I’m expecting them to have spread out by now.”
After tapping the enter key, Ikura leaned against the console some as the search results began to compile. One of these days, she was going to have to find a way to get a satellite of her own into orbit, instead of just borrowing others. Or maybe a few other ones. Still…there’s a lot of junk in space. So…maybe not. She tapped her chin. She’d have to think about that later.
“Still, this is gonna be like trying to grab water out of a pond- I might be coming up with a few, but since I don’t know the exact behaviors and other info about Getter Rays, this might take a moment.”
Meanwhile, upstairs, Keiko tapped the end of her fork against her plate. “Well…there’s definitely not gonna be any customers today, I get a feeling.” She dropped it on her plate, huffing. “Honestly. Why did I even bother trying to get Ikura something nice, when literal actual Ryouma Nagare stumbles in through the fuckin’ door,” she grumbled.
“Should we go check on her?” Hikaru asked. “I mean, things did get a bit tense there.” The younger woman rocked on her heels a bit, something something fanservice.
“She’ll be fine,” Yuna said. “Today’s her day. I’m alright with being unfocused on today…” She puffed her cheeks. “…though hopefully October goes better this year!”
There’s a snicker from Ryouma at Ikura’s comment at how she was used to breaking things down. Hypocritical it might be, but hey, if it was normal for her, who was someone like him to judge? That’d just be pretty scummy of him to do, wouldn’t it? Still, at least they’d gotten to the point they could make progress without him being an ass, or her rightfully protecting herself from his being an ass.
He was impressed at how quickly she went to work, though....That said, Ryouma simply decided to park his ass on the floor. It was better than nothing, and he wasn’t about to go touching things that might not be meant to be touched. That’d just be bad manners, even if there were chairs around...Besides, it gave him a chance to take his pistol apart and make sure it still worked.
“That’s right. Getter Rays are a type of radiation, like you noticed, and their power makes them perfect for powering something like Getter Robo...Or Shin Getter. I’m not an expert on it like the old man was before he cracked, but he mentioned something about Getter Rays being related to Evolution, or something, once.”
Though, Ryouma only piloted the latter Getter Robo once...So, he didn’t know all that much about it. He could wait for a little longer, though, even after his little speculating episode there...After all, once he was back home, he had a job to do. And, a mad scientist to kill. And, Ryouma did wave off Ikura’s comments before with a grin. Hey, it wasn’t like she was aiming for the throat with them, right? He could write it off as friendly ribbing.
“As for that little mixup about the whole routine you’re used to, don’t sweat it. It’s not like I look like one of those gearheads that maintain the Getter Machines, you know. Folks like old Shikishima, you know who I mean?” He’d probably apologize to Shikishima...Later. It wasn’t like the old fart cared, after all. He was probably nutty enough to laugh along with it and go right back to whatever he was up yo.
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