This takes place after the fight between Lime and Hanagata's car, when Otaru is
trying to get to sleep. The reason it's titled "Electric Sheep" is because when
the first episode title shows up on the screen, there's a sentence below it that
says "Do Marionette Dream of Electric Sheep?". I thought that sentence was
really cute and funny, so I wrote a fan-fic about it.
After uploading this to the FFML, and I received many responses, and have been
informed that the sentence "Do Marionettes Dream of Electric Sheep?" is an
allusion to a Philip K. Dick novel titled, "Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep?", which eventually became the basis for the movie _Blade Runner_.
Saber Marionette J is (c) Satoru Akahori * Hiroshi Negishi * Tsukasa Kotobuki *
Kadokawa Shoten * Bandai Visual * Sotsu Agency * TV Tokyo
Electric Sheep
A Saber Marionette J fan fiction
By Luna Hinomura
"Otaru?" she whispered, turning her head to look at the sleeping figure on
her left.
He gave no response, save a light snore.
"Otaru?" she repeated a little louder, sitting up.
Still no reply.
"Otaru?" she said in a normal speaking tone.
A yawn. "What is it, Lime?"
"I can't sleep."
"The only reason you can't sleep is because you conked out after your
fight with Hanagata and his stupid car. I had to carry you home, with you
mumbling and kicking the entire way. What kind of a marionette sleeps at night,
anyway?" he said. In the dim light, she could see him turning his back to her.
"Gomen ne, Otaru," she said, feeling hurt by his words, but her pain
turned to embarrassment when the thought of Otaru carrying her home entered her
mind. She blushed, but because he was turned away from her, she knew he
wouldn't be able to see. Plus, the fact that he was human almost assuredly
meant he couldn't see in the dark as well as she could.
He sighed. "It's all right, Lime."
"Hai," she said softly. Otaru carried her home after the fight with
Hanagata? He had to be very strong to have carried her the entire way back.
Why had she fought with Hanagata, anyway? Oh, that's right... Those clothes
Otaru had purchased for her, how that girly-man Hanagata had gotten mud all over
them. She looked down at herself. What? She was only wearing a bodysuit?
What had happened to her clothes?
"Ne, Otaru?" she said.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Where are my clothes?"
"Don't worry, I cleaned them after I got back home. They don't have mud
on them anymore."
"Arigato," she said, laying back down. "Ne, Otaru?"
"What now?" he asked.
"I still can't sleep," she replied.
He sighed loudly. "Then count sheep."
"But Otaru--"
"What?"
"What's a 'sheep'?"
"It's a woolly four-legged creature that says 'baa' a lot. Try counting
them."
She nodded, even though she knew he wouldn't see it. Closing her eyes,
she envisioned what a 'sheep' would look like. A woolly four-legged creature?
That left a lot to the imagination. She assumed it would be...say, the size of
a car. Yeah! A car was a four-wheeled creature of sorts, maybe a sheep was the
same size. Woolly sheep running down the street just the way Hanagata's car
flew down the roads of Japoness, saying 'baa' as they passed by.
She drifted off to sleep, still envisioning the sheep running by her.
"One million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-three,
one million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-four; one
million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-five, one
million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-six..." she
counted in her sleep. This was boring; she wished Otaru was there...
"Lime?" Otaru said, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"Look at all the sheep, Otaru!" she exclaimed.
"Lime! They're huge monsters!"
"That's not what a 'sheep' is?"
"No! They look nothing like that!"
"Oh."
"Look out! They're attacking! Lime, get out of the way!" He dove out of
the path of one sheep gone mad.
"Hey! Are you picking on Otaru?" she yelled at the sheep, but received no
reply. "Nobody picks on Otaru!!" she screamed, diving in and grabbing the sheep
by the back leg. Around and around she swung it, and then let go when it had
gained sufficient momentum. It flew into a building and shattered into bits of
shrapnel and other oblong pieces of metal. The building broke in half, and
landed on another sheep. Then they all began to attack.
"Uh, Lime? I think you just killed that guy's cousin."
"It's ok, Otaru! I won't let them pick on you!" She dashed in and began
pounding on the nearest sheep, shoving multiple ones into each other and
destroying all the sheep she'd counted. She punched one, kicked another, and
generally wreaked havoc on them.
"Daijoubu?" Lime mumbled in her sleep, kicking Otaru in the back of his
thigh.
"Itai!" he exclaimed, turning back to look at her. "I've never seen a
marionette who laughs like she does. I've never even seen a marionette who
sleeps, let alone dreams. Not only that, she *mumbles* in her sleep!"
"Otaru..." Lime mumbled, pushing her blanket off.
Otaru smiled, looking at her innocent face. He pulled the blanket back up
to her neck.
Lime punched him in the stomach.
Falling back onto his futon, he gasped for breath. Jeez, she even moved
around in her sleep!
"Otaru, daisuki..."
He smiled again.
trying to get to sleep. The reason it's titled "Electric Sheep" is because when
the first episode title shows up on the screen, there's a sentence below it that
says "Do Marionette Dream of Electric Sheep?". I thought that sentence was
really cute and funny, so I wrote a fan-fic about it.
After uploading this to the FFML, and I received many responses, and have been
informed that the sentence "Do Marionettes Dream of Electric Sheep?" is an
allusion to a Philip K. Dick novel titled, "Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep?", which eventually became the basis for the movie _Blade Runner_.
Saber Marionette J is (c) Satoru Akahori * Hiroshi Negishi * Tsukasa Kotobuki *
Kadokawa Shoten * Bandai Visual * Sotsu Agency * TV Tokyo
Electric Sheep
A Saber Marionette J fan fiction
By Luna Hinomura
"Otaru?" she whispered, turning her head to look at the sleeping figure on
her left.
He gave no response, save a light snore.
"Otaru?" she repeated a little louder, sitting up.
Still no reply.
"Otaru?" she said in a normal speaking tone.
A yawn. "What is it, Lime?"
"I can't sleep."
"The only reason you can't sleep is because you conked out after your
fight with Hanagata and his stupid car. I had to carry you home, with you
mumbling and kicking the entire way. What kind of a marionette sleeps at night,
anyway?" he said. In the dim light, she could see him turning his back to her.
"Gomen ne, Otaru," she said, feeling hurt by his words, but her pain
turned to embarrassment when the thought of Otaru carrying her home entered her
mind. She blushed, but because he was turned away from her, she knew he
wouldn't be able to see. Plus, the fact that he was human almost assuredly
meant he couldn't see in the dark as well as she could.
He sighed. "It's all right, Lime."
"Hai," she said softly. Otaru carried her home after the fight with
Hanagata? He had to be very strong to have carried her the entire way back.
Why had she fought with Hanagata, anyway? Oh, that's right... Those clothes
Otaru had purchased for her, how that girly-man Hanagata had gotten mud all over
them. She looked down at herself. What? She was only wearing a bodysuit?
What had happened to her clothes?
"Ne, Otaru?" she said.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Where are my clothes?"
"Don't worry, I cleaned them after I got back home. They don't have mud
on them anymore."
"Arigato," she said, laying back down. "Ne, Otaru?"
"What now?" he asked.
"I still can't sleep," she replied.
He sighed loudly. "Then count sheep."
"But Otaru--"
"What?"
"What's a 'sheep'?"
"It's a woolly four-legged creature that says 'baa' a lot. Try counting
them."
She nodded, even though she knew he wouldn't see it. Closing her eyes,
she envisioned what a 'sheep' would look like. A woolly four-legged creature?
That left a lot to the imagination. She assumed it would be...say, the size of
a car. Yeah! A car was a four-wheeled creature of sorts, maybe a sheep was the
same size. Woolly sheep running down the street just the way Hanagata's car
flew down the roads of Japoness, saying 'baa' as they passed by.
She drifted off to sleep, still envisioning the sheep running by her.
"One million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-three,
one million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-four; one
million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-five, one
million, three hundred sixty-six thousand, five hundred thirty-six..." she
counted in her sleep. This was boring; she wished Otaru was there...
"Lime?" Otaru said, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"Look at all the sheep, Otaru!" she exclaimed.
"Lime! They're huge monsters!"
"That's not what a 'sheep' is?"
"No! They look nothing like that!"
"Oh."
"Look out! They're attacking! Lime, get out of the way!" He dove out of
the path of one sheep gone mad.
"Hey! Are you picking on Otaru?" she yelled at the sheep, but received no
reply. "Nobody picks on Otaru!!" she screamed, diving in and grabbing the sheep
by the back leg. Around and around she swung it, and then let go when it had
gained sufficient momentum. It flew into a building and shattered into bits of
shrapnel and other oblong pieces of metal. The building broke in half, and
landed on another sheep. Then they all began to attack.
"Uh, Lime? I think you just killed that guy's cousin."
"It's ok, Otaru! I won't let them pick on you!" She dashed in and began
pounding on the nearest sheep, shoving multiple ones into each other and
destroying all the sheep she'd counted. She punched one, kicked another, and
generally wreaked havoc on them.
"Daijoubu?" Lime mumbled in her sleep, kicking Otaru in the back of his
thigh.
"Itai!" he exclaimed, turning back to look at her. "I've never seen a
marionette who laughs like she does. I've never even seen a marionette who
sleeps, let alone dreams. Not only that, she *mumbles* in her sleep!"
"Otaru..." Lime mumbled, pushing her blanket off.
Otaru smiled, looking at her innocent face. He pulled the blanket back up
to her neck.
Lime punched him in the stomach.
Falling back onto his futon, he gasped for breath. Jeez, she even moved
around in her sleep!
"Otaru, daisuki..."
He smiled again.
