Case File 5 [Action/Voice] This is my Boomshack

[greatinspector]

[Early in the morning on the 23rd, Zenigata walks outside and into the forest clearing he's been working in for the last few months. The old cop had been carefully constructing a controlled environment for Lupin III to work, as well as a potential shelter for himself should something occur to his own apartment.

Lupin had given him plans, and Pops had followed to the best of his ability, which wasn't inconsiderable. His uncle had taught him how to do most carpentry things, and through his own ingenuity and skill with his hands he'd figured out the rest. Growing up in Post-War Japan had its benefits after all. Men were handy, because if you weren't and something went wrong then you were going to have to spend money that you didn't have to have it repaired. With what he'd had in Luceti, he'd managed to get a workable shack built with some windows,and it was wired for some basic functions, but would need a generator. Instead, some lanterns hung around, which would hopefully provide enough light.

The last thing he had to do was install working locks, which took only a few moments. Pops turned and wiped his hands satisfactorily before pulling out his journal and sending out a broadcast filtered to Lupin,Fujiko, Jigen, and the only person who'd actively helped him work on it, Adele LeBlanc. ]

[Filtered]

Ok folks, the Boomshack is officially finished. If you guys wanna come down, I'll give you keys so it can be used for...whatever really. Adele, I'd like to thank you for your help a few months back. I owe you a drink, so c'mon down here and get it whenever you feel like.

[Then Zenigata makes a generic broadcast to the entire village]

Alright everybody, this is Inspector Zenigata Koichi. I wanna apologize for all the racket around Community House 5 lately, I've been finishing up a project but I'm done now. Everything's fine, no problems. And hopefully with my job done, Lupin's more destructive urges can be curved and the community can be a bit safer.

All this work has got me thinking about my childhood. Is there anyone from Japan that grew up after the war? Y'know, the Second World War? I'd like ta know if that happened in any other worlds, and if it did, what was it like? If you aren't from Japan, then...can you tell me what your childhood was like? I'm just curious, gettin' a bit nostalgic in my old age. Lookin' back on it all, I'm wonderin' if I had an abnormal childhood, or a relatively normal one?

[Obviously Pops is asking because he's thinking back to life as a kid. He's worried that he's just accepting Luceti a bit to easy, and...for some reason thinks that his upbringing had made him just deal with the situation the wrong way.]

[Finally Pops sends off another message, this one [Filtered to Moro]

Moro, if you are still around, I wanna speak to you. If you're busy, thats OK.

Comments

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Aw, gee... well... I try.

[He offers a flustered grin, feeling a little humbled to have heard that from an adult he respects.]

Ain't no good doin' nothin' 'round here. I'd prob'bly go crazy if I didn't have some kind a' routine, y'know?

[Something to remind him of home.]

[greatinspector]

Its true, I've been doing projects to keep myself from going nuts.

Built a workshop for me and some folks from home, took some time though.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Oh cool... I bet! Didjya build it all by y'self?

[greatinspector]

Pretty much, yep. My uncle was a carpenter, taught me a lot about how to build stuff, and I kept it up over the years.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

[Welp. The thing he can do best with his hands is to punch people.]

Is this the biggest thing y'ever built? Totally gotta check it out sometime.

[greatinspector]

It is and it isn't. Biggest thing I've built by myself, but I've worked on bigger while on the case. Sometimes ya gotta erect mobile bases, ya know?

[thelittlemacthatcould]

A mobile base?

[That sounds wicked, even if he's just imagining some sort of house on wheels.]

Ain't sure I know whatchya mean, but it sounds pretty cool. What's it like?

[greatinspector]

Nothing fancy, just...a place to keep track of all my work when I'm on a case. Sometimes that involves a place for a dozen officers to rest too.

Usually just like a mobile home, or a trailer.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

[Mac nods, listening attentively.]

Man, bet you could help build an arcade here in Luceti... that'd be really somethin'...!

[greatinspector]

You find me the wood and I can build a place to get started on it. Wiring it into the electrical grid wouldn't be easy though since I don't know where to begin with that.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Hm... the forest's got plenty a' trees, right? But about the other stuff...

[He purses his lips, frowning thoughtfully.]

I can talk 'bout it on a video sometime an' we'll see if anybody can help. Somebody 'round here's gotta know somethin'... there's hell of a lot a' smart people.

[greatinspector]

Well, I wouldn't start choppin' down trees just yet. The forest god would take offense to that, and would probably take a few bites out of you.

Y'ever met Moro, Mac?

[thelittlemacthatcould]

[The name is more familiar to him from his more recent journal skimming adventures.]

Oh yeah. [Faltering, he knits his brows, looking a cross between bummed out and pathetic.] ...Yeah.

[He had only bumped into her once in the flesh during that fairy tale madness in which he had found himself stuck in a red skirt, but that was enough. It was a marvel he hadn't shit bricks.]

...Huge wolf, right? [Welp.] Maybe if we jus' ask, he'd- - er, she'd be okay with us usin' some.

[greatinspector]

Yea, thats the one. She's...not the most keen on helping humans out. I was gonna ask her if I could take the wood that fell during the winter. Maybe we can do a little somethin' with that, but I dunno how much there actually is.

[thelittlemacthatcould]

Well... no rush with this whole thing... it's jus' an idea, anyway. It's good t'know good at makin' stuff. Never know when somebody's really gonna need that.