A Fond Farewell

[STSF Seiben 0]

"A Fond Farewell"

Nakamura Log entry 04, SD: 10601.17

 

The NFS Reaent rocked and shook like the '89 San Francisco Earthquake. This was the end. Hideki knew it. He wasn't sad about it, though there's lots of reason for him to be. Death was a risk Hideki was all too aware of when he signed up in the first place. But, he didn't expect to die like this.

 

Like his fellow Japanese warriors before him, Hideki believed in dying in honour -- going out in a blaze of glory, for his Emporer and his crew. On the other hand though, dying with one's closest friends right by you, isn't a bad way to go. People were undoubtedly scurrying around the ship, saying a last prayer, thinking about their families...

 

Hideki took a long savoury inhale of his cigarette. Now he knew what the First Class passengers on the Titanic felt like. They knew they were going to die with the ship, but there wasn't anything they could do about it. But it was proably the wait, that killed them the most, knowing that certain doom is just at their doorstep.

 

He sighed, resigned to his fate. No tears, no prayers. But he did think about his younger sister Chiyo. He hoped the best for her, wherever she was. Hideki believed in destiny and fate. He was fairly religious in his Shinto Buddism faith. So, he greatly accepted his fate, and ascension into the afterlife.

 

Outside the massive blue energy wave envelopped the Reaent and everything around it. Time was slow for Hideki at this point. "Hmm, so this is what death feels like" he said quietly. Hideki had enough time to sip his cold glass of beer and puff his cigarette. Nothing tasted finer, in his whole life.

 

Smiling at his comrades, sitting in the table with him, slowly accepting their fates, resigned, Hideki raised his glass at them once more. "It's been alot of fun. I must say. It's been an honour, it really has" Hideki's smile faltered, then returned. "See you on the other side..."

[Elgor 0]

::plays "Taps" on a trumpet:: Good bye NFS Reaent may you rust in piece