Disclaimer: I only own Aya Rei (Not Ayanami Rei!), so don't sue.
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Jim sighed as he sorted through the junk in the cargo hold. Why do I always get stuck doing this? he wondered. He paused for a moment, as his hand brushed up against something he had never noticed there before.
"Nani? A door handle?" he thought out loud, a puzzled look on his face.
He grabbed his feather duster and cleaned it off to the point where his hands wouldn't turn gray if he opened it. When he got a better look at it, he saw it was a small compartment that was actually a part of the Outlaw Star. No lock...
He turned the handle of it. Reluctantly, it opened, in defiance of what appeared to be the wear of many years. The young genius coughed as dust flew out, into his face and all over the cargo hold.
"Damn! I just cleaned!"
He blinked, seeing all that was in there. A journal and a self-contained video player?
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Gene yawned as he turned a page in the weapon catalog. It had been quite a boring day, so far. No jobs, no attacks from pirates, not even a call from Fred. He yawned again.
"GENE! Guess what I found!" a dust-covered Jim exclaimed as he ran into the room.
"What? Money?" he wondered boredly.
"A journal and a video diary!"
"And who would they happen to belong to?"
"We'll find out in a minute," he said matter-of-factly.
They both sat down at a table, and Jim opened the journal.
"June 15-
YES! I, the famous thief, Aya Rei, have stolen the XGP from the Kei Pirates! I'm too excited to write! Screw it! I'm going to video..."
They both sweatdropped. "That's all they wrote?"
The blonde picked up the video diary box and pressed a few buttons. A holographic screen popped up over it. It was hard to tell what was going on, but somebody was adjusting the camera, and it obviously a female. Jim looked over at Gene, who was staring, transfixed.
She backed away from the lens, and they got a more decent look at her. She was bright red hair, pulled back in a long braid, and cobalt blue eyes. She looked about sixteen years old.
"June fifteenth. I, the famous thief, Aya Rei, has made a name for herself by stealing the XGP from the Kei Pirates. It seems Gilliam will be my only friend for quite awhile," she said as the little, blue, soda-sized thing came into view. "I need a name for this lovely ship. Not to mention a paint job and a register number, or whatever the hell it's called. Gilliam, what name would you like?"
"I don't know."
"I forgot, you aren't exactly Mr. Personality. Well, I like the name Shinigami. I know there's a god of death, because I've seen a ton of dead people!"
Gilliam sweatdropped.
"Well, we're off! We can't let those Kei bastards get us, now can we?" Aya laughed evilly as she hopped into the pilot's seat.
"Wait! What about the navigation system, Aya?" Gilliam cried.
"Don't worry about that. It's already taken care of," she explained, gesturing to a little red light connected to the cylinder where the navigator would be.