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| GPF Archive: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 | [[Mr. and Mrs. Oshiro are in the dining room. Mrs. Oshiro gets out plates and silverware]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: No silverware.
/ Mrs. Oshiro: ? / [[Nick, Ki, and Yoshi enter the dining room, Mr. Oshiro stands by the chair at the doorway]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: Gaijin, you sit here.
/ Nick: Um, yes sir. / Yoshi: (whispering) You *do* know that being seated by the door makes you the least important person right?
/ Nick: (whispering) I am painfullly aware, Yoshi. / Ki: (whispering) I was afraid he'd pull something like this...
/ Nick: (whispering) What?
/ Ki: (whispering) He's *forcing* you to use chopsticks. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040922.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, September 23, 2004 | [[Nick, Ki, and the Oshiro family are seated at the dinner table]]
/ Ki: (whispering) I know you can't use chopsticks, so I'll go get you a fork...
/ Nick: (whispering) No, wait. / [[Nick picks up his chopsticks]] / [[Nick picks up food with his chopsticks]] / [[Nick eats with his chopsticks, Mr. Oshiro looks irate]]
/ Nick: Itadakimasu.
/ Ki: (whispering) I don't know which impresses me more, that you learned to use those, or how much you just ticked off my dad... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040923.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, September 24, 2004 | [[Nick and Ki carry dirty dishes to the kitchen, where Mrs. Oshiro is standing]]
/ Ki: Since when did you learn to use chopsticks?
/ Nick: Oh, I've been practicing. / Ki: You've done a lot of that lately. I'm impressed.
/ Mrs. Oshiro: As am I. And despite my husband's coldness, I should mention it has not gone unnoticed. / Nick: As I said, Mrs. Oshiro, I want to honor your family's customs. Um, if you'll excuse me, is that the bathroom?
/ Mrs. Oshiro: Yes, and don't forget to put the slippers on before entering. / [[Nick leaves for the bathroom]]
/ Mrs. Oshiro: Your boyfriend at least has my blessing.
/ Ki: Right now I'm just glad dad never got that Japanese style toilet installed. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040924.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, September 25, 2004 | [[Nick and Mrs. Oshiro walk towards the office]]
/ Mrs. Oshito: Let me get you a few blankets...
/ Nick: Where did Yoshi disappear to...? / Mrs. Oshiro: Sigh... the basement. He has been tinkering down there for over a year now, building things. I never go down there, so I don't know exactly what. / [[Yoshi sits in the basement, by a laptop computer]]
/ Mrs. Oshiro: He concerns me. There was an... incident a few months ago. He told me it was all a mistake, but I don't think I believe him.
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040925.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, September 26, 2004 | [[Ki has a hot drink as Nick enters the room she sits in]]
/ Ki: Morning, sweetheart. How did you sleep?
/ Nick: Not well. The futon had no back support. / Nick: Are your folks awake yet?
/ Ki: Mom's fixing breakfast, dad hasn't surfaced yet, and I think Yoshi was up all night in the basement. / Nick: I hope I haven't embarrassed you too much...
/ Ki: Honey, you haven't done anything wrong. Dad, on the other hand... / Nick: I just want to make a good first impression. I love you, Ki, and I want your parents to know how much you mean to me. It's very important to me. / [[Ki kisses Nick]]
/ Ki: Well, if there's anyone who could win dad over, it's you. I know you've won mom's heart, and that's half the battle. You've put more effort into this than anyone expected. / [[Mr. Oshiro enters the room]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: You shall refrain from touching my daughter within this house...
/ Nick: (thinking) Note to self: no PDAs, and I don't mean my Palm... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040926.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, September 27, 2004 | [[Mrs. Oshiro brings Nick and Ki breakfast]]
/ Mrs. Oshiro: I see my husband has awakened. You two appear far too aloof to be in love. / Nick: I'm just not connecting with him. I tried to honor his ancestry, but that's failed miserably.
/ Ki: Maybe you should try to find a common interest with him. / Mrs. Oshiro: Judging from what Ki has told me of you, I'm afraid that may be difficult. You seem to have little in common. But I do know one thing he enjoys more than anything else... / Mrs. Oshiro: You do know how to golf, I assume?
/ Nick: You're talking miniature, right? I do okay except for the spinning windmills... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040927.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | [[Nick and Ki prepare to go golfing]]
/ Ki: I can't believe you actually agreed to go golfing with dad...
/ Nick: No one's more surprised than me, Ki. / Nick: But I've got to find some way to bond with him, and maybe joining him in his favorite pastime will help. Maybe seeing how bad I am will give him something to appease him. / Nick: Of course, I don't know how your mom talked him into it.
/ Ki: She knows the magic words... / [[Mrs. Oshiro stands at the chair where Mr. Oshiro sits reading the newspaper]]
/ Mrs. Oshiro: You know, it's the off-season now... I think the green fees are half-off... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040928.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 | [[Nick, Ki, and Mr. Oshiro are golfing]]
/ Nick: (thinking) Well, here I am, trying to bond with Ki's dad by going golfing. I hope I don't embarrass them too much... / [[Ki tees up]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: Kyoko-san shall go first. / [[Ki hits the ball]]
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040929.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, September 30, 2004 | [[Nick, Ki, and Mr. Oshiro are golfing]]
/ Nick: (thinking) Okay, so Ki is secretly a golf pro and she apparently learned it from her dad. I am so hosed right now... / Mr. Oshiro: Gaijin, hand me my three wood.
/ Nick: Um, okay. / [[Nick looks through Mr. Oshiro's golf bag]] / [[Nick looks up]]
/ Nick: Er, all of these appear to be made out of metal... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20040930.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, October 1, 2004 | [[Nick, Ki, and Mr. Oshiro are golfing. Nick is scribbling on his PDA]]
/ Nick: (thinking) Okay... assuming the slope of the green is three degrees, and the angle of the club head is ten degrees... the ball weighs 52 grams... / [[Nick sticks his finger into the air]]
/ Nick: (thinking) Take into account the wind... about 2 MPH to the north north east... and the probability of hitting the water hazard is 32.689%... / [[Nick looks back at his PDA]]
/ Nick: (thinking) Figure in the curvature of the earth... and the air speed velocity of a coconut laden swallow... but would that be African or European...? / Nick: Any idea what the coefficient of friction of grass is?
/ Ki: (thinking) You can't take the science out of the geek...
/ Mr. Oshiro: Just hit the ball, gaijin! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041001.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, October 2, 2004 | [[Nick, Ki, and Mr. Oshiro are golfing]]
/ Ki: Your swing has improved since you bought that new driver, dad.
/ Nick: (thinking) Did I download that new video driver yet? / Mr. Oshiro: Hold the pin, Kyoko.
/ Nick: (thinking) DB-9 and DB-25 are easy, but how many pins are in a PS/2? Ah, 5 in an AT, 6 in a mini. / Mr. Oshiro: Do not forget to pick up your tee.
/ Nick: (thinking) Should I upgrade my 100base-T to gigabit ethernet? / Ki: You don't seem quite as dazed and confused as you were earlier.
/ Nick: When you don't have a clue what's going on, your mind wanders to the familiar... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041002.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, October 3, 2004 | [[Ki is in the kitchen with her mother]]
/ Mrs. Oshiro: You are back! How did things go?
/ Ki: Pretty bad. Dad was two under par, I was five over, and Nick... was over by an order of magnitude... / Mrs. Oshiro: I meant between father and Nick.
/ Ki: I know, and the results were about the same. They're so different. They barely spoke, but at least Nick tried. I'm afraid of what will happen next... / Mrs. Oshiro: How so?
/ Ki: I'm afraid Nick is going to ask dad for my hand in marriage, and dad will go ballistic. / Ki: You don't seem surprised...
/ Mrs. Oshiro: That your Nick will propose? No. Though he tries, he does not hide things well, which is how you know, I suspect. / Ki: Yeah, I've thought so for a while, but I can tell now that he wanted to honor and appeal to dad first. I'm proud of him and touched for that. I'm just worried it's going to backfire. / Mrs. Oshiro: You know, it is the 21st century. You could ask him first...
/ Ki: I know, but he's so cute when he's trying to be sneaky... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041003.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, October 4, 2004 | [[Nick and Mr. Oshiro are near the bottom of the stairs]]
/ Nick: Oshiro-sama...
/ Mr. Oshiro: Grrrr... / [[Nick bows]]
/ Nick: I thank you for the honor of sharing this afternoon with Ki and me, as well as for the use of your clubs. Domo arigato gozaimasu. / [[Nick continues to bow]]
/ Nick: I would ask for a few moments of your time, if it is not an inconvenience to you. I have a matter of great importance I wish to discuss with you. / Nick: Your time is valuable, so I will only ask --
/ Mr. Oshiro: Perhaps you should bow lower, gaijin. You cannot lick my shoes from such a height... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041004.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 | [[Nick and Mr. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Nick: Er, um... excuse me?
/ Mr. Oshiro: You speak of not wasting my time, yet you chatter on like an annoying monkey. / Nick: I'm sorry, sir. I only meant to honor you, not bother you.
/ Mr. Oshiro: Honor me? You call your incessant groveling "honor"? / Mr. Oshiro: I know your kind, gaijin. You watch japanimation, then you become a fanatic and believe you know all there is of Japan. You speak of honor with only the faintest notion of what it truly is. / Nick: I fail to see what watching anime has to do with this...
/ Mr. Oshiro: It was your kind that added that annoying "7-zark-7" to "Gatchaman"... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041005.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 6, 2004 | [[Nick and Mr. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Nick: It wasn't my intention to insult you, sir. I sought to honor your -- and Ki's -- heritage.
/ Mr. Oshiro: Then seek it no further. Keep to what you know, gaijin. / Nick: Very well. I will respect your wishes. It is also with respect that I seek your blessing on another topic dear to us both.
/ Mr. Oshiro: You need not my blessing for anything. / Nick: On this, I feel I do. Your daughter is very special to me, and she has blessed my life more than words can express. I know that she cares for me as much as I care for her. So out of respect to you and your wife... / Nick: I wish to ask for Ki's hand in marriage. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041006.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, October 7, 2004 | [[Nick and Mr. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Nick: I love Ki, Mr. Oshiro, and I know she loves me. I want to spend the rest of my life making her happy, and to--
/ Mr. Oshiro: No. / Nick: Um... I'm sorry?
/ Mr. Oshiro: You ask my permission to marry my daughter, and I say no. / Nick: But I --
/ Mr. Oshiro: There shall be no "buts," gaijin! You asked your question and you have your answer. Now leave! / Nick: Sir, I mean no disrespect, but I don't understand--
/ Mr. Oshiro: Then I will make it plain to you! My grandchildren will not be half-breeds! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041007.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, October 8, 2004 | [[Nick and Mr. Oshiro are discussing Nick's desire to marry Ki]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: Always it is you gaijin who pursue my little girl, thinking her some exotic trophy. Stick to your own kind, and you will be better off. / Nick: Ki was never a trophy to me, and she is old enough to make her own decisions. Race has never been a consideration in our mutual agreement to date each other. / Mr. Oshiro: Then perhaps it should be! You young Americans sicken me, diluting yourselves until you can no longer identify your lineage! You preach diversity while slowly blending your genes to conformity! / [[Mr. Oshiro picks up his cane]]
/ Nick: And this comes from a Japanese man who married a Chinese woman? How does that make you exempt from your own bigotry?
/ Mr. Oshiro: That.. is... enough! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041008.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, October 9, 2004 | [[Ki and Mrs. Oshiro are sitting together]]
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041009.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, October 10, 2004 | [[Nick, Ki, and Mrs. Oshiro are outside the Oshiro residence]]
/ < http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041010.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, October 11, 2004 | [[Mrs. Oshiro and Ki are outside the Oshiro residence as Ki walks towards it]]
/ Mrs. Oshiro: Where are you...?
/ Ki: To find out exactly what happened... / [[Ki enters the house to where Mr. Oshiro went on a rampage]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: Is the gaijin gone?
/ Ki: It depends. Are you done throwing your temper tantrum yet? / Mr. Oshiro: Do not be flippant with me, Kyoko-san. You will respect your father in this house.
/ Ki: And you will show me some respect for once. My name is Ki. / Mr. Oshiro: You dare to correct me as if I do not know my own daughter's name?
/ Ki: You haven't called me by the right name for 30 years, so yes. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041011.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 | [[Ki and Mr. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Ki: What's wrong with you? What could Nick have possibly done to upset you?
/ Mr. Oshiro: What has he not done? / Mr. Oshiro: From the moment this gaijin sets foot in this house, he mocks us, parodying us! He takes what little he gleans from cartoons and pretends to know our ways and culture! / Ki: That sounds nothing like Nick! If anything, I'd bet he spend weeks, if not months, doing research, trying to find ways to honor you. He knew you highly valued Japanese culture and wanted to show an interest in it. / Mr. Oshiro: Then he should have researched more! His pronunciation was totally wrong!
/ Ki: Well, maybe you could have offered to help instead of questioning his motives! http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041012.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | [[Mr. Oshiro and Ki are talking]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: The gaijin never understand us! All they see is an oddity, a curiosity that makes electronics or ridiculous cartoons! They care nothing about us or our culture! / Ki: Has it ever occurred to you that not all of them are like that? Did you ever stop to think that you are stereotyping them just as you accuse them of stereotyping you? / [[Mr. Oshiro motions as if to say something, but stops]] / Mr. Oshiro: You... you are not allowed to make more sense than me in an argument!
/ Ki: Well, I'm not about to play stupid, so you better catch up, dad. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041013.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, October 14, 2004 | [[Ki and Mr. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: Then have you forgotten the last gaijin you brought home?
/ Ki: No, I haven't forgotten. Sam was a mistake, and I'm still glad you and mom helped me see that. / Ki: But Nick is not a mistake. He's the perfect man for me, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. I've grown since Sam, and I know I'm right this time. But you won't even give Nick a chance. / Mr. Oshiro: Kyo--Ki-chan, I am your father. I only want what is best for you. I want you to have nakoudo, to find the right man. I do not want you to make the same mistake I made. / [[Mrs. Oshiro enters]]
/ Ki: I'm not even thinking of touching that one... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041014.html |
| GPF Archive: Friday, October 15, 2004 | [[Ki, Mr. Oshiro, and Mrs. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: I m-meant the same mistakes we--
/ Mrs. Oshiro: Àiyá. You are still sleeping on the couch tonight. / Ki: My point is that I don't need nakoudo. I don't need someone to find a husband for me. Nick has brought more joy to my life than anyone. I know I'm making the right choice. / Ki: You two did not have nakoudo; you met here, in America, and you fell in love. You didn't let your differences stand between your love. If Japanese and Chinese can find happiness, then why not Asian and American? / Ki: I'm going to marry Nick, whether you approve of it or not. I hope you can overlook your own intolerances and be a part of this. I want you to see Nick for the wonderful man he is. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041015.html |
| GPF Archive: Saturday, October 16, 2004 | [[Ki, Mr. Oshiro, and Mrs. Oshiro are talking]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: I... have acted shamefully. I have dishonored all of you especially your friend. For that, I must apologize. Domo sumimasen. / [[Ki hugs Mr. Oshiro]]
/ Ki: Dad, don't apologize to me. Apologize to Nick. Why don't you stay here, and mom and I will go to the hospital and bring him home. Then we'll talk this over. / [[Yoshi watches from the second-story railing]]
/ Mr. Oshiro: I am sorry to you as well, my wife. My overzealousness embarrassed and angered you as well.
/ Mrs. Oshiro: All is forgiven, my husband... / Mrs. Oshiro: But you are still sleeping on couch. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041016.html |
| GPF Archive: Sunday, October 17, 2004 | [[Yoshi watches Ki and Mrs. Oshiro leave from the second-story railing]]
/ Yoshi: (thinking) Man, my family is so lame... it's getting to be a regular soap opera around here... / [[Yoshi tosses a small capsule into the air]]
/ Yoshi: (thinking) But I've got my own problems, like a technological mystery to solve. As long as those losers are busy with their dramas, I can spend time working on things like this... / [[Yoshi looks at the capsule]]
/ Yoshi: (thinking) This doohickey was in s1r3n's machine, but I don't remember it being in the plans. 'Course, I could easily just not remember it. It is small... / Yoshi: (thinking) Nobody's been down there. Mom and dad wouldn't know what they'd be looking at, and not even Scott has seen that thing. So where did it come from? / [[Yoshi enters his room]]
/ Yoshi: (thinking) I've got to come up with an answer fast. I don't want to still be figuring it out when--
/ s1r3n: Hey, there, tiger... / [[s1r3n is sitting on Yoshi's bed]]
/ s1r3n: Miss me? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041017.html |
| GPF Archive: Monday, October 18, 2004 | [[s1r3n and Yoshi are talking in Yoshi's room]]
/ s1r3n: You don't look so happy to see me...
/ Yoshi: I told you in IM. It's a mad house around here right now. Not a good time for a visit. / Yoshi: Besides, I thought you were skipping out of the county with that money we "consolidated"...
/ s1r3n: Hrmph. That plan didn't work. And that's why I'm here. / s1r3n: My pursuers have stepped up the chase. They've hounded me closer since we last met than before. I'll bet they've had you bugged, and were using you to track me. / [[s1r3n points at Yoshi's capsule]]
/ Yoshi: Huh? I'm more thorough than anyone in covering my tracks...
/ s1r3n: Then how do you explain that bug you're holding? http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041018.html |
| GPF Archive: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | [[Yoshi looks at his capsule and talks to s1r3n]]
/ Yoshi: That's a bug?!?
/ s1r3n: Do you remember that "FBI" raid months ago? How "sloppy" they were, missing or ignoring things? / s1r3n: Well, it wasn't the FBI. It's an ultra-covert spy organization, and they are not sloppy. I guarantee everything they "missed" was thoroughly copied and put back where you hid them, so you wouldn't notice. / Yoshi: Th-then all my files...
/ s1r3n: Relax, kid. They don't care about your file swapping or hacking. They wanted me, and you were an easy conduit. / Yoshi: My files were stolen by government spies. That makes me cooler than Kevin Mitnick...
/ s1r3n: If I knew who you were talking about, I'm sure I'd be impressed. http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041019.html |
| GPF Archive: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 | [[Yoshi and s1r3n are talking, Yoshi has a bug in his hand]]
/ Yoshi: Er, sorry, I guess. I didn't mean to...
/ s1r3n: No sweat, Yoshi. I was the one who was sloppy. Both I and the UGA used you, but at least I'll apologize. / Yoshi: This bug... I found it in the machine I built for you...
/ s1r3n: It's a tracker. Don't destroy it, or they'll know you found it. But if you ever move the device, make sure that isn't in it. / Yoshi: The device. I did tell you I finished it...
/ s1r3n: No, you didn't. But now that you have, I'm sorry I made you build it. I should never have involved you. / [[s1r3n looks away and starts to cry]]
/ Yoshi: Then what do you want me to do with it?
/ s1r3n: Destroy it, and keep yourself from making the same mistakes I made... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041020.html |
| GPF Archive: Thursday, October 21, 2004 | [[Yoshi and s1r3n are talking]]
/ Yoshi: So... what are you going to do now?
/ s1r3n: I don't know. Keep running, I guess, until I'm caught... or I'm dead. / Yoshi: I'll help any way I can...
/ s1r3n: No. I've put you in danger too much already. I won't risk your life for one as worthless as mine. / s1r3n: I have only one hope left. Somewhere out there, I have a sister who my mother put up for adoption. She may turn me in, or she may help me. I don't know. But she's all I have left. / Yoshi: You can have my sister, for all I care. I certainly don't want her...
/ s1r3n: Heh... I'd almost love to see Ki's smirk right about now... http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20041021.html |
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