mission report for track_04

[capn_planet]

Title: Cohort Study
Groups/Pairings: NEWS, hinted Shige/Tegoshi crush, cameos from Maruyama, Yasuda, and Yokoyama
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some violence, murder of a non-major character
Summary: For the last three years of Massu’s life as a cargo specialist, the JS Corp. Placid has lived up to its advertisements as a safe, laid-back space cruise. A

Comments

[melonpaan]

Anon, I don't read NEWS fic anymore, for various reasons, but you had me at "murder" and this whole fic just brought back all the nostalgic feels for my first JE fandom, packaged in an super fun space!au murder mystery romp.

I love so many things about this! From beginning with the creepy organ donors to Tegoshi the Space Marshal who doesn't eat for a reason(!) and is actually really great at his job because refusing to do something for Tegoshi is usually more trouble than simply doing what he wants. The murder and how Shige finds the bug and they do all their brainstorming and rag-tag piecing together of the clues (or, okay, Shige does most of the work but the others help) in the bath. Koyama and his sweets! The clones and how delightfully creepy the payoff is when Massu finally takes a peek. The way Massu running around the ship with clone!Tego reminds me of the old Onigokko games. How the clone!standoff ended with an Evangelion question. The satisfying book-em conclusion to the mystery of the JS Corp. Placid, and, of course, AKB48 & SND48 & boobs. And of course your Massu voice, which was earnest and clumsy and anxious and adorable and perfect. Though I have a few favorite lines, this one probably wins them all: It’s a good thing they have time to decide, he thinks, because it’s going to take a while to get everyone to agree on anything other than sticking together. Perfect last line is perfect and so apropos. This fic really had me falling in love with Massu & NEWS all over again, anon. Thanks. :) ♥♥♥

[lemonadetea]

Hey, the first part of this comment makes me sad. XD I understand, though.

Massu's voice was too perfect for this story. >.> Thanks for commenting! I'm always happy to contribute to people's love of NEWS.