ZENith of Zaniness

by Nachtsider

Dedicated to all my friends in the Gunslinger Girl fandom. Contains a riot of fandom in-jokes, slews of OCs, gratuitous pop-culture references and truckloads of bizarre, over-the-top humor. You have been warned.

9. Chapter 9

Gwen from LoC978's Rebirth of a Queen is here again. This time with her handler, Orazio, in tow.

anacronistico

"So, this thing's like a 0GB ZEN?" asked a puzzled Gwen as she examined the clunky, black, Sony label-bearing metal box strapped to her handler's waist. Earphones trailed towards it from his head.

"Not so much a 0GB ZEN as one with hot-swappable SD cards," smiled Orazio, polishing his spectacles.

"Cool! Could I get an upgrade someday?"

This question caught Orazio completely off-guard, nearly causing him to drop the glasses. "If you're good," he responded less than immediately, his voice uncertain.

"Thanks!"

Orazio watched as his cyborg booted up her media player and happily scampered off to the beat of an lively tune. Sighing heavily, the veteran ex-paratrooper hit the 'play' button on the Walkman, leaned on his cane and re-immersed himself in the moody strains of John Lee Hooker's 'Hobo Blues'.

"Christ on a crutch... I'm not cut out for this job."