It's not really an experiment so much as an industrial process. The purpose isn't to test a theory but to achieve an end.

> Flawed people are easy to experiment on, if you can exploit the flaws.

You use the materials at hand; but in some senses the implication is that Liu Xi is the end or very nearly the end of the process, not the start of it. She is the result.

> > > I guess it could be Fashion Accessory, but I already guessed she was fated to move in with Hatman and possibly marry him sometime later. > > I'm not sure Jay sees it that way. > Maybe not, but I thought the rule of the Parodyverse is if something is repeated enough and not contested it becomes true.

Flapjack wishes.

> > > > The question is what does one need to do to become Queen of the Pirates? > > > Probably defeat their leaders. Yuki can handle that part...of course it'll be easy when all their foot soldiers and backup are being tossed around by Anna like toys. > > Their leader is Blackchin, the terrible Mad Will mentioned in the chapter above. > Remember that this time I'm not exaggerating - Anna took on a mob of well-trained and heavily armed soldiers and sent them into chaos. Considerably less disciplined pirates with more primitive weapons don't really stand a chance. She's far too strong and quick. > Yuki would badly beat them fighting on their own terms (taking her time, with her fists and feet) just to embarrass them even more. Simple hand-to-hand and karate training paired with tireless and powerful cybernetics gives her an advantage.

I'm sure you could find a way to make it perilous to be exciting. Otherwise it just looks like bullying.

> > If you've got a good swashbuckling adventure to tell about this then I'd say go for it. These guys have been terrorising the 32 worlds for a long time now, so it;s time they were brought to justice. > It'll have to wait till I return home on Tuesday (more likely Wed, since I'll be tired from the plane flight on Tues). After that, I may try to catch up on Liu Xi's situation too.

Excellent.