The more things change...

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Zouichi had taken a few wounds during the mission, but nothing that he would deem serious enough to require medical treatment. He'd already begun to heal, and he estimated that by the time tomorrow rolled around, he'd once again be at full strength. This was not, of course, true of everyone who had fought on that moon -- those who had lost their lives, for instance.

But for him, intense combat was the norm. There was no sense dwelling on loss of life or regretting the past, and there were no nightmares about the dead or dying. There was only the future, and the battles to be found there.

So it was back to business as usual: maintenance on the HDC, clearing stray leaves off the front steps and caring for the flowers... and teaching his pet parrot some commands. Today, however, Alan seemed more intent on rolling onto his back and demanding to be picked up. So Zouichi settled back in the shade of a nearby tree instead, playing with the bird and occasionally wondering where he'd picked up all these new phrases that sounded suspiciously like Lash.

Maybe if Howard showed up, they could look for odds and ends in the City.

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Howard nods. "Yeah. We're on a meaty spaceship hurtling through the multiverse, and that's weird."

His flashlight has clicked back on too. "You sure Toha didn't put a little homing beacon for supernatural weirdness in you?"

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"I thought it was just psychics that had it in for me. Besides, I could say the same for you. I don't think your life has been the epitome of normalcy, either."

He looked back down at the trap door. "Well. I think I should put that statue right back on top of that door."

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"Yeah. Sounds like a good idea. I'll put a Do Not Enter scribble on the door." He shudders. He's pretty sure that was a mouth down there, or at least a gullet, and he doesn't want to think too hard on what could have just happened. "Maybe, but I never run into creepy things while salvaging unless I'm with you."

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"Perhaps it's the combined force of our supernatural magnetism," Zouichi said dryly. He was taking this rather well, but that was typical enough.

"We should get funds for a study." With that, he kicked the door closed, placing the screaming Han statue right over the entrance.

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Zouichi takes just about everything on this ship well. Psychic mold? Get the blowtorch! Ghosts in the mine? Caution tape! Weird mouth under the house? Eh, just move Han back over it.

"You know the instant we go looking for ghosts, we aren't going to find any."

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Well, honestly, Howard, think of all that energy Zouichi would waste if he went and reacted to everything weird that happened on the ship. Besides, some problems had easy answers. And you couldn't live your life in fear of ghosts! Although you could possibly live with moving Han on top of your haunted cellar.

"Oh, is that how it works? But I have so much anecdotal evidence."

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Of course you can live your life in fear of ghosts! You can live your life in fear of everything, and clearly that has no negative affects on your mood, sleep patterns or overall health!

"Maybe we can get paid for interviews on ghosts. Or be on Paranormal State! Or Ghost Hunters. Ghost Hunters is better, the guys on Paranormal State are tools."

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"You could write some supernatural memoirs," Zouichi suggested. "Live off the royalties and buy a place that isn't haunted. Maybe get a movie deal."

And get played by Samuel L. Jackson okay no