Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:09:09 EDT Kyhdin@aol.com wrote:
His lab was a hodgepodge of crystal devices and {nineteen : nineteenth} through early
twenty-first century technology. Parts and assembly equipment were scattered
in a seemingly unorganized mess. On top of a computer tower an iguana
perched. It's name was Iggy, which Conrad claimed was short for {Enstien : Einstein}.
"That was totally different!" Minako shouted. "The bear catching fire and the
totaling of the Millennium Dome was a completely separate incident.
Her Majesty's Government was grateful though.
"Yep." He closed the device up and turned it over. The cover opened like a
book, revealing a few keys, a small{: ,} two inch screen and a rectangular button.
He pointed at the keys. "This one determines your location, this one allows
you to call home, and the big one will get you out, or if you're here, send
you in. In theory. It might also send you to another world. There's no way to
tell."
"Expand search. Widest parameters. Authorization is Howard Alpha {one : One} Cee."
Minako had fought with Makoto like mad to get him that clearance, which was
just a step below the Senshi themselves and two steps below the Royal Family.
"Poke your nose into the Queen's private chambers if you have to."
"I told you. I created what was supposed to be a teleporter matrix. Maybe I
misplaced a decimal point on the fifth line or something while I was thinking
about something else. Genius works like that. The point is, I never installed
any way to track her and the transporter has no guidance circuits." He
scooped up a handful of data crystals. "Every work of fiction from every part
of the world going back twenty-five hundred years {in : is} on these crystals. Every
anime, TV show, movie, comic, manga, {Video Game and Book : video game, and book}. Even though some of
them offer only a glimpse, each one is a world, a full fledged universe unto
itself. There's no way to tell where...hell, when she is. I'm sorry, but I
think she's gone."
Conrad stared at her helplessly, and then his gaze dropped. Not {: to} the revealing
cut of her gown, but to the scepter topped with a multifaceted crystal that
she held. He stared at it a moment, then looked up and straight at Hotaru.
His eyes took on a peculiar look and they could almost see circuits being
designed in the brown orbs. "Maybe...maybe there is a way." He pointed at the
crystal. "I'll need that, Setsuna's henshin wand, Hotaru, her henshin wand,
and a whole lotta luck."
Conrad hadn't been kidding. It was almost a week before he sent for Hotaru.
The lab had been completely altered. In the center of the room was a long bed
mounted on a pedestal. A large crystal disk mounted on a long metal rod {was :}
jutted out from the pedestal and then curved up and over the bed like a
vulture. A one end, Neo-Queen Serenity's scepter and Setsuna's henshin wand
were mounted on a headboard and thick cables ran from the pedestal to other
pieces of equipment scattered across the room.
"And as an interesting parallel to {Ms. : Ms} Conner," said an authoritative voice,
"we have this young lady, an partial amnesiac, who answers only to Venus. In
this case, unlike Ms Conner's Paranoia Dementia, which leads her to believe
in the arising of sentient robots which will wipe us all out, Venus has
Senile Dementia, or believes she is a super hero." There were a few chuckles.
"She was picked up in downtown Los Angeles attempting to stop a mugging by
attempting to catch him with a 'Venus Love Chain'. Some kind of energy chain.
Naturally, it didn't work. She is strapped down as she suddenly began
shrieking during her recreation period and then began throwing various
objects. When the orderlies came in, she became violent, insisting that there
was a young lady standing in front of her holding a weapon. She was taken
back to her room, sedated, and strapped down for her own safety. Treatment so
far has been mild sedation and sessions with a therapist. Now in the next
room is a young man who believes he is a creature known as an 'Arby Fish'."
The panel closed and the voices faded away.
Apparently this is before Ms Conner's escape.
And so, the Senshi travels from world to world, striving to put right all the
wrongs and hoping that the next time she presses the button on the
transporter...
That it will take her home...
You've labeled this a one-shot, but the potential for following episodes is
obvious. Do you have any plans for more stories?