On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Travis Butler wrote:

From:        Mike W. Loader, mloader@scs.unr.edu

       "Gosunkugi no BAKA!!" Noriko shouted. "You wasted an entire roll
taking pictures of AKANE??"

  Gos the reporter. The mind boggles.

No, Gos the *photographer*. Photojournalists are a completely different 
species. You should know that by now. :) Of course, the ad staff is not 
just a completely different species, but a completely *alien* one. :)

Not on a HS paper. The guy with the camera one day is the guy interviewing
the football team tomorrow.
   The exception to this is the Camera God; the one guy who's able to work
the incredibly complex, highpowered camera that we stole from them
Yearbook people. 
 

       With lightning speed, Mr. Watanabe hurled the letter opener in
Noriko's direction. Before Noriko could even gasp in surprise, her
reflexes took over her body and Noriko caught the blade just centimeters

>from her face. "What did you that for?? You could have been killed!

I like how she was concerned about _his_ safety. :)
  Overall, Noriko is portrayed very well. Editors tend to be fairly nice,
if stubborn, people - unless you work under them. Then the relationship
becomes akin to the one between galley slaves and the whip dude.
  Good first chapter. Kick out the rest soon. :)

You'd better believe it. :) The grammar does need some extra work, but 
that can be handled. It appears to be time for the introduction of... 
dare I say it... Martial Arts Journalism? <g,d,rvvf!> 

Naw....couldn't be. (Knowing grin)
 

You could also bring in Nabiki to handle the Ad staff. That could make 
things rather interesting indeed... :)

Ergh. Ad people are...they're...well, we think they bring in money. Not
really sure. Some friends at work and I have attempted to communicate with
them, but haven't had much luck. We're considering disecting one to find
out what it's made out of. ;)

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