HAHAH! It's over, done! I'm free! This is the last episode of Nameless -
enjoy!

I did, this really rocked!  I laughed my ass off...but don't worry, my 
doctor says I needed to loose some weight anyway....

   Cameo by CMOT Dibbler, an invention of Terry Prachett.

Long live CMOT!  Long live Prachett!  Good job on the cameo...

Entire Crowd: HAIL PED XING! HAIL, HOLY PROPHET! HE HAS 
RETURNED!

Tsung: (still groggy) Um, yes! Hail, O great one! (drops to his knees 
before the altar) What is thy command, O Holy Prophet?

P-chan: (dazed) Bwhee?

Heeheehee

Handmaiden 2: I've got his tail!

Ryoga: (strangled, embarrassed voice) Um, that's not my tail....

HAHAHAHA

Ukyo: I'll never...

(She trails off, looking embarrassed.)

Ukyo: This is rather overused dialogue, isn't it? How am I 
supposed to be cowed into submission by lines like that?

This was really clasic, I really liked this bit.

TV: (singing) "I love you, you love me..."

Ranma: (shocked whisper) "Barney and Friends" reruns. Those 
sadistic bastards...

How evil and twisted you are Mike....

Felix: <Y'know, dear, that haircut really doesn't look very good on 
you. Now there's this little grooming salon down on Sakeda Street 
in Kyoto that does this wonderful clip and styling job....>

Heh

Ranma: I'll go get the Temerrit. Ped Xing, you keep an eye on the 
Warlord.

I like the new nick name.

TV: ...Dockworkers in Nerima have been off work for the third day 
in a row, due to reports of a savage animal of some sort that a 
ship let off. Workers described it as a cat of some kind, and we 
have in the studio someone who claims to have actually seen it. 
Mr. Aikawa, tell us, what kind of cat was it? A tiger? A panther?

Aikawa: No, it was a scruffy white cat.

Go Felix!!!!

Ranma: At least its been nice and peaceful. Ryoga's too scared to 
come near the dojo, I haven't seen Mousse since we left, even...(he 
narrows his eyes) ...even Happosai's been absent. Did something 
happen to the old Hentai?

Nabiki: (looking embarrassed) Well, um, actually....

Akane: (shocked) Nabiki! You didn't kill him, did you?

Nabiki: Of course not! I, uh, well, I kinda.....

Soun: Kinda what, dear?

Nabiki: Kinda sold him.

What a great ending!

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Author's Notes

   It's done! Hurray! Now I can toss out the next few ideas!

   I originally intended this to be a piece in the classic Ranma 
style - fuzzball humor, elements of growth between the cast, and 
no serious changes made to the overall Ranmaverse. I kept pretty 
much to that credo throughout, and I like to think I did an okay 
job.

Yes and no . . . you did a good job with the characters and humor, but it 
had a flavor all its own . . . I loved it.  It wasn't clasic Ranma, then 
again it didn't need to be.  It worked in its own right.  Keep it up, 
you've got a great style.

Thanks go to Mr. the Rutsch, Matt Trotter, and 

Hey thanks to you for keeping with the story.  P.S. Dave Nichols, a buddy 
of mine whos not on the ML, loves these stories too.

   This horror will be redone, worked over, and kicked back out as 
The Varaiyah Cycle (Foxtrot likes the new name better, and it's 
always wise to listen to Foxtrot) in a month or three.

The collectors edition!  All right!

   Smoke and Mirrors will be released in beta version, along with 
the Alpha of part 2.

Yay!

   One of these days I'll retype the second TFBT story for internet 
release.

Yay!!

You rule Mike . . . I'll be waiting for Smoke and Mirrors 2...

Matthew Trotter, comming soon: Aftermath

P.S.
   I started another old man and kid story Mike . . . see ya in a few....