GITS SAC: Jokes and Secrets

by IronRaven

Starts the first night back on duty, and Batou goes to visit a friend. Continues from there. 2nd GIG from the eyeturrets of the youngest memebers of Section 9. Lots of stuff, some of it funny, some of it heavy, all of it as deep as the inside of a Tachi

3. Chapter 3

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, 2nd Gig
Jokes and Secrets, 3rd scene: Strength and joy

by IronRaven

Ghost in the Shell, and the associated characters aren't mine. Now, this WAS going to be a one shot, but it is becoming my Tachikoma focused drabbles.

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"It's a classic."

"The Challanger is outmoded. Compaired to modern systems, it lacks mobility and stealth; it doesn't even have an autoloader!"

Major Kusinagi leaned against the work bench of her second in command, watching the specticle. A dozen blue mini-tanks, with perky personalities, bickering about something. Which wasn't terribly odd, but always interesting to watch. "What's gotten into them today?"

"They've been talking about tanks since I got in." Batou looked up from the tiny listening device he was cleaning, looking over his shoulder. "That one seems to like the old ones, with treads."

The Major leaned against the bench as her comrade went back to his work. She crossed her arms, listening to the think tanks- thier evaluations were accurate, but the one... It wasn't Batou's friend, or the reader. No, it was the one who tried to be her's whenever possible. She wasn't normally this passionate about things. She was-

"But you are missing my point! None of those are as sexy as the Challanger!"

A can of air clattered on a work bench. The sound of an armoured carapice bouncing off the floor rang through the bay. And no one spoke.

"Major? Did she just..."

"I'm not going to ask." The Major turned slowly, shaking her head, and walked to the elevator.

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Author's notes:
In Runaway Evidence – TESTATION, one of the Tachikoma utters "wow". To me, that is not the "wow, we are dead" wow; it's more of a "wow, check out that insert body part of choice here" wow. They are developing thier personalities- one has a Sean Connery-type thing for what would be an old British tank. It's like listening to my female friends debate actors. And one of them DOES have a thing for Sean Connery, so I guess this is dedicated to her.