Author's Note - Um... if you guys have been paying attention to the pattern
of this fanfic, you will have realized that every other chapter previously
posted has been in the point of view of one of the major crew members on
the Bebop. So far, as you probably already know, I have covered Spike,
Faye, and Jet. So, keeping with the pattern, this chapter belongs to Edward.
Knowing Edward, she speaks and refers to herself in 3rd person, so I've kept
her monologue (or whatever) in 3rd person, too. I hope you guys don't mind
too much. It's not that hard to read (at least I don't think...) I promise!
Chapter 6 - Is it Real?
"I'm falling in and out of touch
Could someone please explain?
Set my mind for open sky, but couldn't fly, so sadly
What am I? What am I?"
Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV's P.O.V -
Even though the Earth is mostly barren wasteland, it can be a very
cold place. Edward knows this just as well as anybody. You can be in the
Sahara Desert, where it gets to be a ba-zillion degrees in the shade (or so
Edward has heard) and still be cold. Why is this, you ask? Simple, it is
always cold when someone is lonely.
Sadly, Edward cannot remember Edward's mother. Mother-person went
away a long time ago when Edward was very little. Edward thinks
mother-person may have gotten sick and passed away, but Edward is not
sure. Father-person said that mother-person went out on a walk, and got lost.
He said she had forgotten the way back. He says she was very forgetful… or
maybe it was forgettable. Edward is not very sure.
However, Edward is sure that father-person changed when mother-person
went away. Father-person would go away sometimes, working, and would
leave Edward by herself. Edward would get very lonely with no one to talk to.
Edward began talking to Edward's self.
Father-person traveled a lot. Sometimes, father-person would take Edward
with him and sometimes father-person would not. 'Francoise,' he would say,
patting Edward's head. 'Please hold down the fort for father. I'll be back soon, I promise.' Edward would not see father-person for weeks sometimes.
Father-person was a very busy man. His job was to track meteors, chunks
of the Earth's moon that fell to Earth. He told Edward that he hoped to chart
them all, so that he would know when the last one fell. That way, Earth would be
safe to live on.
At that time, Earth was not a very safe place at all. Not many people
were left living on the planet. Not only were meteors constantly falling from the
sky, but a lot of dangerous people lived on Earth, too. Bounty heads always
came to Earth, hiding out from hunters and the ISSP.
One time, when Edward was all alone, Edward met a lady. Lady-person's
name was Madame Hotaru; she was a hacker hiding out on Earth because of a 500,000,000-woolong bounty on her head. Edward never found out what it
was Firefly did. Edward called her Firefly, by the way.
=====
"You're a weird kid," Firefly would say, when she failed in trying to get
Edward to tell her where a place owned by some person named Doohan was.
Doohan-was? Edward had never heard of a place like that. Edward
told her instead about Edward, and father-person, and how Edward liked
computers - but Father-person would never let Edward play with his equipment.
"Francoise no-touch," he would always say. Sometimes Edward would
think father-person did not like her.
Firefly shook her head. She was a tall lady, much taller than Edward was.
Firefly's hair was bright red, and hung down her back in a big braid. She had
amber eyes - just like Edward's - and always wore orange. Edward liked Firefly. Hefting Edward over her shoulder, Firefly got in her car and drove off. Edward
had never ridden in a car before. Edward was only three.
=====
It turned out Edward was as good with computers as Firefly was. She
told Edward so when Firefly taught Edward everything she knew. She said
Edward would make a good hacker. Edward did not know what a hacker was.
Edward thinks Firefly was insulted.
Firefly said hackers were like artists; they created works of art. Instead of
using paint, or clay, hackers like Firefly used computers to undo 'the damage
wrought by the weaker sex of mankind'... or so Firefly said. Edward did not
know what that meant. Edward does not even understand today. To Edward,
hacking was a game, seeing since Edward never really had anyone to play with. Except for Ein and MPU, but that was later.
Edward stayed with Firefly a very long time. Firefly taught Ed how to
interface with government databases, breach firewalls, read and create
encrypted information while Edward taught Firefly how to make origami.
Edward is very good at that.
When Edward turned four, Firefly decided it was time for Edward to go
home. Edward did not want to; she was afraid father-person would be angry
with her for staying away so long. Firefly insisted, so Edward had to say
goodbye. She tracked father-person down, and returned Edward to him.
Father-person had not even noticed Edward was missing.
Edward did say father-person was very forgetful, didn't she? Not even a
month later, father-person left Edward at a daycare at the edge of what is
left of the Salt Flats. Father-person did not come back for Edward like he
promised. Edward was alone again.
=====
Edward has been many places, and has had many homes. Edward
has heard people say that 'home is where your family is'. Edward can tell you
now that this is not always true. 'Home is where your heart is.' Father-person
is a good man, and cares about Edward, but he does not know Edward. He
does not love Edward. Edward's heart does not lie with father-person and his
heart does not lie with Edward. That is why Edward had to leave him.
When Edward lost father-person a second time, Edward realized that
father-person's work was his only main concern. If Edward were to stay
with father-person, Edward would only be abandoned again. Edward would
not be able to handle that. So, what was Edward to do?
Go back to the Bebop, of course! At first, Edward did not know how to
find Bebop - everyone had disappeared. Spike-person had died, Edward had
heard, and Faye-Faye, too… so to speak, but that is another story. Jet-person
did not wish to look for them. Then, Edward received e-mail from Skip Pliegees. Edward is not dumb - she knew right away that it was
Spike-person. Edward is not easily fooled.
Still, even though Spike-person only wanted help on a bounty, Edward
was very happy to be going back to the Bebop. Edward and Ein had been
out in the wilderness a long time (Ein was really starting to need a bath… and
a haircut, too). Faye-Faye, and Spike-person, and Jet-person can be weird
sometimes, but Edward still likes them. They are Edward's family, and
Edward would not trade them in for the world.
So, now Edward is back on the Bebop. Finally Edward feels that she
is at home. After all, home is where your family is.
End of Chapter 6
of this fanfic, you will have realized that every other chapter previously
posted has been in the point of view of one of the major crew members on
the Bebop. So far, as you probably already know, I have covered Spike,
Faye, and Jet. So, keeping with the pattern, this chapter belongs to Edward.
Knowing Edward, she speaks and refers to herself in 3rd person, so I've kept
her monologue (or whatever) in 3rd person, too. I hope you guys don't mind
too much. It's not that hard to read (at least I don't think...) I promise!
Chapter 6 - Is it Real?
"I'm falling in and out of touch
Could someone please explain?
Set my mind for open sky, but couldn't fly, so sadly
What am I? What am I?"
Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV's P.O.V -
Even though the Earth is mostly barren wasteland, it can be a very
cold place. Edward knows this just as well as anybody. You can be in the
Sahara Desert, where it gets to be a ba-zillion degrees in the shade (or so
Edward has heard) and still be cold. Why is this, you ask? Simple, it is
always cold when someone is lonely.
Sadly, Edward cannot remember Edward's mother. Mother-person went
away a long time ago when Edward was very little. Edward thinks
mother-person may have gotten sick and passed away, but Edward is not
sure. Father-person said that mother-person went out on a walk, and got lost.
He said she had forgotten the way back. He says she was very forgetful… or
maybe it was forgettable. Edward is not very sure.
However, Edward is sure that father-person changed when mother-person
went away. Father-person would go away sometimes, working, and would
leave Edward by herself. Edward would get very lonely with no one to talk to.
Edward began talking to Edward's self.
Father-person traveled a lot. Sometimes, father-person would take Edward
with him and sometimes father-person would not. 'Francoise,' he would say,
patting Edward's head. 'Please hold down the fort for father. I'll be back soon, I promise.' Edward would not see father-person for weeks sometimes.
Father-person was a very busy man. His job was to track meteors, chunks
of the Earth's moon that fell to Earth. He told Edward that he hoped to chart
them all, so that he would know when the last one fell. That way, Earth would be
safe to live on.
At that time, Earth was not a very safe place at all. Not many people
were left living on the planet. Not only were meteors constantly falling from the
sky, but a lot of dangerous people lived on Earth, too. Bounty heads always
came to Earth, hiding out from hunters and the ISSP.
One time, when Edward was all alone, Edward met a lady. Lady-person's
name was Madame Hotaru; she was a hacker hiding out on Earth because of a 500,000,000-woolong bounty on her head. Edward never found out what it
was Firefly did. Edward called her Firefly, by the way.
=====
"You're a weird kid," Firefly would say, when she failed in trying to get
Edward to tell her where a place owned by some person named Doohan was.
Doohan-was? Edward had never heard of a place like that. Edward
told her instead about Edward, and father-person, and how Edward liked
computers - but Father-person would never let Edward play with his equipment.
"Francoise no-touch," he would always say. Sometimes Edward would
think father-person did not like her.
Firefly shook her head. She was a tall lady, much taller than Edward was.
Firefly's hair was bright red, and hung down her back in a big braid. She had
amber eyes - just like Edward's - and always wore orange. Edward liked Firefly. Hefting Edward over her shoulder, Firefly got in her car and drove off. Edward
had never ridden in a car before. Edward was only three.
=====
It turned out Edward was as good with computers as Firefly was. She
told Edward so when Firefly taught Edward everything she knew. She said
Edward would make a good hacker. Edward did not know what a hacker was.
Edward thinks Firefly was insulted.
Firefly said hackers were like artists; they created works of art. Instead of
using paint, or clay, hackers like Firefly used computers to undo 'the damage
wrought by the weaker sex of mankind'... or so Firefly said. Edward did not
know what that meant. Edward does not even understand today. To Edward,
hacking was a game, seeing since Edward never really had anyone to play with. Except for Ein and MPU, but that was later.
Edward stayed with Firefly a very long time. Firefly taught Ed how to
interface with government databases, breach firewalls, read and create
encrypted information while Edward taught Firefly how to make origami.
Edward is very good at that.
When Edward turned four, Firefly decided it was time for Edward to go
home. Edward did not want to; she was afraid father-person would be angry
with her for staying away so long. Firefly insisted, so Edward had to say
goodbye. She tracked father-person down, and returned Edward to him.
Father-person had not even noticed Edward was missing.
Edward did say father-person was very forgetful, didn't she? Not even a
month later, father-person left Edward at a daycare at the edge of what is
left of the Salt Flats. Father-person did not come back for Edward like he
promised. Edward was alone again.
=====
Edward has been many places, and has had many homes. Edward
has heard people say that 'home is where your family is'. Edward can tell you
now that this is not always true. 'Home is where your heart is.' Father-person
is a good man, and cares about Edward, but he does not know Edward. He
does not love Edward. Edward's heart does not lie with father-person and his
heart does not lie with Edward. That is why Edward had to leave him.
When Edward lost father-person a second time, Edward realized that
father-person's work was his only main concern. If Edward were to stay
with father-person, Edward would only be abandoned again. Edward would
not be able to handle that. So, what was Edward to do?
Go back to the Bebop, of course! At first, Edward did not know how to
find Bebop - everyone had disappeared. Spike-person had died, Edward had
heard, and Faye-Faye, too… so to speak, but that is another story. Jet-person
did not wish to look for them. Then, Edward received e-mail from Skip Pliegees. Edward is not dumb - she knew right away that it was
Spike-person. Edward is not easily fooled.
Still, even though Spike-person only wanted help on a bounty, Edward
was very happy to be going back to the Bebop. Edward and Ein had been
out in the wilderness a long time (Ein was really starting to need a bath… and
a haircut, too). Faye-Faye, and Spike-person, and Jet-person can be weird
sometimes, but Edward still likes them. They are Edward's family, and
Edward would not trade them in for the world.
So, now Edward is back on the Bebop. Finally Edward feels that she
is at home. After all, home is where your family is.
End of Chapter 6