This... this is actually one that Reno massively derailed. I wrote about 500 words of this original outline, and as I reread it, it was like Reno was sitting on my shoulder going, "Eh, wouldn't it be neat to write this in the game time period? Ooh! Me, under the Plate! Being recruited, yo! It'll be fun and quick, I promise, yeah?"

... That was 12k ago. >.> I actually posted the first 1.5k or so on my journal before everything went insane and I dropped off of the face of the internet for a while. I need to update my comment here since the scope of my fic has changed so much. ^^;