----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua 'Gargoyle' Trujillo <gargoyle@glasscity.net>
To: Reispirit <gilreath@exis.net>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] (FFML) (Idea) (SM) (Alt.) Moment of the Firefly

Hi,

Howdy!

   Just thought I would see what you all think of a little idea
I've been thinking about. The story is called Moment of the
Firefly. Well here's the teaser.

<Snip teaser>

"Please let this work out."

Intriguing...Though I will have to say that my knowledge of SM is
limited...Mostly early stuff and Stars, but not much in between...

First of all thanks for reading.

I have to ask, where were you thinking about the direction for the story?

I

mean, at the beginning of Stars, it seems to me like Setsuna takes care of
Hotaru anyway, so I'm not quite sure about the direction...

Yes I am quite aware of that fact.  Thinking about it though I definitely
could have explained certain events better. So in that spirit I will try
to clarify certain events.
    First of all I should make it clear that Pluto had sent her past self
to not only destroy the machines neccesary but also to eliminate
Hotaru if neccesary. To put it simply Hotaru was never meant to
survive.
    The next thing I should mention was Setsuna's last thought. She says
this because she's worried about the changes that will be occuring in the
timeline. It does not have anything to do with Hotaru. As for Hotaru's age
I decided to use the old convenient plot device to handle that. Simply put
the chronal energies from the Dead Scream, the still forming thus unstable
vortex energies hit each other with an effect not unlike matter hitting
antimatter.
The reason Hotaru survived was the energy interacted with her still dormant
Saturn powers causing them to awaken temporararily and protect her.
Saturn's powers helped to heal most of the more severe injuries she had
suffered due to the explosion. The age increase was a side effect of the
events.
    The third thing I should probably clarify is that Pluto near the end of
the story
was planning on letting Hotaru die from her injuries. She could not bring
herself
to do it however.
        Well I hope that's answered some questions for you. If you need
anything
else clarified let me know and I will try to answer what I can.

It is something that I would read more of and, of course if you'd want it,
C&C...

Unfortunately I doubt I could give this the attention needed to make it
work.
My problem is I think of these ideas but I lack the patience needed to make
a long term story work. However I would be more than willing to preread a
story with a similar theme.

End Prologue
Author's Notes: I don't have much to say except that if this idea
appeals to you than you are more than welcome to it. Unfortunately
or fortunately depending upon your views I doubt highly that I could
give this the attention needed to make this story something truly
special. I can only hope that someone else will find it worth exploring
at the very least.

Do you have works that I could read? I mean, you've been more than

generous

with my little ramblings...But I was wondering about your works?

Unfortunately I don't have anything I have written that I could recommend.
Well actually I do but trust me you do not want to read it anyways.

;)

By the way, the next chapter in my ramblings, Part 8 - Castles Built In

The

Air, will be sent on Monday to the FFML...Right now, my remaining

prereader

is mulling over it, probably because it's the only piece so far to earn a
[Dark][Lemon] tag...But enough about my musings...

Josh

I want to read YOUR musings...;)

I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Sayonara
Reispirit