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joe 7.
HIKARU MAKIBA: A MARGINAL NOTE
Gerdha was trying to insert a coin in the coffee machine distributor in the Court corridor. That damn machine had already eaten a couple of her coins, without giving back what it was entitled to produce, and the level of disappointment of the Prosecutor was increasing second by second. She absolutely needed a coffee (does anybody know an Italian who does not need a coffee at mid afternoon in a working day?).
“It doesn’t work from some hours, but nobody has still hung an advise on the matter”
A female voice made her turn: Attorney Agnes was looking at her giggling.
“Nice news, thanks. It’s a pity, I am really tired and I would need really a coffee… oh well, nevermind.”
Gerdha sighs, then moved to return to her office. After a couple of seconds of silence, she heard Agnes’ voice once again:
“It has been difficult, isn’t it?”
Gerdha stopped and turned at her in surprise.
“What are you talking about?”
“I read your MM1 about Hikaru. I suppose you’ve spent a lot of time on it, right?
Gerdha laughed.
“Ah, Agnes, I ask for a 5th Amendment application! I refuse to answer in order to not be accused! Anyway… yes, it has been difficult. A real challenge. Or to be precise, a total craziness. Trying to expose personal ideas, but keeping the focus on the main topic and taking also in considerations production notes… Uh, I even suffered of a “writer’s block” at a certain point … It has been really a crazy experience! But you know, a proud member of TCT2 could not do anything else than a total craziness, don’t you think?”
Agnes smiled.
“Ah, that’s true, that’s true… well, you have finally answered my old first soap bubble3, thanks”
Gerdha became serious.
“Agnes, how could I ever forget that soap bubble? Everything started there, for me. I mean, the big challenge on myself. In a way, that old post from you has changed my mind 4. So I owed you an answer...even if with nearly one year of delay. I only had to find the courage…”
“And the Roman Album too”5 added Agnes. Gerdha laughed.
“Oh, yes, ahah! Anyway, don’t worry, what I have written in my MM about Hikaru Makiba could not be used in TTOTC 6 so… our challenge there is still alive. I hope to see the Defence Attorney and all the Court around soon on the matter…”
Agnes looked at Gerdha with an enigmatic expression.
“Well, who knows…” 7
They both smiled once again as a greeting, then they went back to their own offices. Gerdha took a paper and wrote an advice for the coffee machine: “Out of order”. She looked at the paper and thought:
“Well, I should hang it to my computer instead...no, I am telling lies to myself. It has been a difficult challenge, but I enjoyed very much anyway. That’s what it counts, after all. I only hope that my friends in the forum has enjoyed the reading too, and they would like to share their comments with me, whatever they could be, even sending me to hell once for all. After all it would be time, eheh”
Gerdha come out her office and hung the advise paper to the broken machine. But now she was going to face a new very important commitment in her agenda: she needed absolutely to find somewhere a coffee, and she feared it could have been maybe a more difficult task than writing that craziness about Hikaru Makiba. Gerdha sighed but then started to giggle to herself.
“Well, I love challenges...” 8
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1 MM: Monstrogoth Message: It was the friendly nickname, in the French forum, that had been assigned to the long analysis messages that were posted there, in particular by me, Agnès, Jerome and Suzi.
2 TCT: The Crazy Team. It was the friendly nickname that, in the French forum, had attributed to me, Agnès, Jerome and Suzi.
3 "soap bubble": Agnès wrote the first soap bubble (hint from which a wide discussion developed) on the French forum in November 2002, about the lake scene in episode 72, asking for my opinion on the meaning of the scene. Given the diversity between FV (French Dubbing) and IVHD (Italian Version Historical Dubbing); it was the first forum discussion on ep72, and, from there, a series of posts that generated the idea of the TTOTC.
4 "that old post from you has changed my mind": At that time, I was not really inclined to get me involved much in the forum.
5 "And the Roman Album, too", added Agnes": It was Agnès taking the initiative to buy for me the Roman Album on Ebay.
6 "what I have written in my MM about Hikaru Makiba could not be used in TTOTC" In fact, the TTOTC was based only on visual data, not on dialogues. The TTOTC (The Trial of The Century) was a sort of role-playing game, in which a trial was performed on the characters. Gerdha had the role of Prosecution, Agnès was the Defense Counsel, the Judge was Jerome, the Jury were Suzi and all the other members of the forum who wanted to comment on the various posts.
7 "Well, who knows..." When I published the analysis on Hikaru, the TTOTC was suspended and I didn't know if and when it would be taken again.
8 “Well, I love challenges…” It is a reference to a conversation on the French forum between me and Agnès at the time of the first soap bubbles.
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And with that, we have completed the service on Hikaru and Daisuke, of which I thank a lot Gerdha for her help in explaining her work.HELLO EVERYONE!
Edited by joe 7 - 24/11/2019, 23:31
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