*hehehe Poor Richard, no mater wich one he picked lifes going to be hell. Makes
me glad I'm just a lurker and not an author.*

[knock knock]

"Ah.... Who is it?" *God please let this be a coincidence.* I prayed.

*no answer, here goes...*

"Hello....Nabiki? Ah, What can I do for you?" I mumbled.

"You can invite me into your room..Penty, or should I call you Jim?"

*Well, I might as well make the best of this*

Bowing semi-gracefully, "Welcome to my humble domain, my fair Nabiki."

"Hmmm let's see, top-end VCR, stero system, LD Player, 20" TV, about 300 CD's,
and a computer system. Not so humble to me." She replied.

"It's only 250 or so, now why are you here?  I haven't written anything,
about anyone." 

"Ranma, Akane and the rest are having a ball tormentating people. I want in
on it. Besides, I was getting bored. " Nabiki smiled.

"But why me? Shurely there is someone more deserving of your attention, ummm
how about Greg?" 

Smiling, " Now, for the most part, I'm either a very minor character or rather
 decent things happen to me. In addition all the other "fun" authors have been
 taken." She snifed, "So I'm left with the lurkers. It's justifiable, after all
you've encouraged them, even offered opnions on how to improve their stories?
 Right?"

"Allright, allright, what will it cost me to have you leave me alone? Please remember
that depite my "toys" I am attending a privite university full time, paying my
own way."

"Your "toys" are precisely the reason you are first on my list. I've always
wanted an LD player, some more CD's, and lets add in your new computer for good
measure."

"No, no I beg of you not my computer!"

"ahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhahahhahahh"

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I just couldn't pass this one up.

Penty