Robert G Orick verbalized:

On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, AlberCrombie wrote:

HURT ALLEGRA AND YOU WILL ANSWER TO THE GOPHER!!!!

KEEP YELLING AT ME AND I WILL KILL OFF MISS ALLEGRA IIKO OCTAVIA ZODIAK!!!!!!
Allegra: HE MEANS IT!!!!!  SAVE ME!!!!!!!

[Gopher drops his plasma rifle] All right, you win.  How 'bout a trade?

[Gopher pulls out a bag from nowhere, moving slow with no sudden moves]

G:You let Allegra go, and I'll give you...[pulls out a black shape]
a hand crafted, stuffed P-Chan made by Takahashi, herself!  (See, has her
autograph and everything)

[Rob's eyes glow slightly, but it quickly fades]

R:No Deal

G: Alright, I didn't want to do this.  Here [pitches a flat object at Rob's
feet.]

R: Nani?

G: Issue #45 of Chinese  Amazon Bimbo Monthly - the one with Shampoo neked
and doing nasty things with bombouri.

R:  [Picks up the book and pages through] GAAHH!!!!  [Head errupts in a
fountain of blood.  Allegra runs for it]

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{later}

Allegra: You, you saved me.

Gopher:  Yup.

A: How?

G: Rob may be twisted, but he'll never make a good hentai, like me.  I knew
he would lose it over that mag.

A: And the authentic P-Chan?

G: ...made in Bogata.  Worthless.  I lied.

A: Wow!

G: Let's go home.

A: Ok.

G:....by the way, do you know Amanjaku?

A: No.

G: uh-oh.

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[Back in the Tendo's, Rob is slowly picking himself up off the floor from a
sticky mess.]

Rob:  CURSE YOU GOPHER!!!

(now where did I stick that extra plasma rifle clip?)

Musica: in your other jacket, on the chair, in your bedroom...

	Rob "I don't think it's just Zodiak who was affected by that 
		shadow..." Orick

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Virgo: Pop quiz, hot shot!  Your author's gone nuts and now holds your 
	own plasma rifle to your head and his trigger finger is really 
	itchy...  What do you do?
Allegra: Er, cry?

 
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