On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:32:52PM -0700, Benjamin A. Oliver wrote:
Arby did something... Arby-ish and switched sides before the battle
was over. Bruce got back safe n' sound, though.
Don't worry. Nothing keeps Arby down for long. He'll just get
bored one day and pop up to bug Luna once more.
So, you're saying he can resurrect himself just by being bored? Why is
this guy not worshipped by several minor nations?
"Are you sure?" The salesman's tone was, as usual, sugary and
cheerful. "Thanks to our new partnership with Radio Shack, you can
now also call your friends who use Senshi communicators with our
phones."
Hmm. on second thought, there's a modifier or few too many in
there. try removing "with our phones"
Darien curled his lips in drowsy confusion. "Wha--?!"
"But, if you're not interested right now, we'll call back in
an hour."
ooh, i approve of their tactics!
In the next moment, the phone started ringing again. Darien
snatched it up and shouted, "WHAT?!"
Talking like Death?
(Re: Freud)
It's a little more of a stretch, but do you think it fits?
Yep.
THAT'S A BIT TOO LONG AND INSPECIFIC. HOW ABOUT TWO HUNDRED?
"Well, you see," Darian stalled for time, before coming up with a
truly brilliant plan. "Since I'm a destined Prince and all, Sailor
Pluto would be upset if I died before I'm supposed to. So I couldn't
commit to any specific figure without her permission. I hope you don't
mind."
(A bit long-winded, and perhaps a bit too intelligent for him, but I'm
sure you can do SOMETHING with that.)
Oh, of course. (Assim-il-ate! Assim-il-ate! ^_^)
Flee the Dalek Borg!
"Well, you see," Darian stalled for time, before stretching his
faded past-life memories to their limit in an effort to come up with
a truly brilliant plan. "Since I'm a destined Prince and all, Sailor
whatshername, the Time Senshi, would be... um, upset if I died before
I'm supposed to. So I couldn't commit to any specific figure without
her permission. I hope you don't mind."
YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF IT THAT EASILY, TUX-BOY. TWO HUNDRED
YEARS IS TOO LONG FOR A HUMAN, BUT I'M OFFERING IT TO YOU ANYWAY.
Darien nearly choked. "Oh, come on! For Pete's sake, that
wouldn't even get me through the Great Ice that's supposed to happen!
Four thousand, and not a century less!"
THAT'S TOO MUCH, EVEN FOR ONE OF YOU STUCK-UP PRINCES. FIVE
HUNDRED YEARS.
It works. ^_^
Whee!
Meanwhile, the union had just passed another clause into the
bylaws... Seems that since mortals had these annoying tendancies of
being able to unilaterally cancel such contracts upon seeing the
light, they might as well get with the times.
This one doesn't quite fit... But I'll keep it in mind for the next
chapter. ^_^
Always glad to contribute!
In a cosmic way, Fate decided that anyone who fought against
their place in the grand scheme of things would be stopped,
preferrably in a painfully educating manner. The reason for this is
simple: if Destiny is toyed with too much, She might someday toss up
her arms, scream "Forget you all!" in frustration, and stalk away in
another direction, taking the Universe with Her.
Sounds like Skuld with not enough ice cream, to me.
Maybe those three goddesses and Destiny work in the same department.
^_^
Or, rather, she's what happens when you merge them. See, while things
were just fine, she was Belldandy. Now she's Skuld, and in the orgy
she goes to, she'll be Urd?
The man upstairs knows what he's doing.
This is true.
...
It's weird, wild, and convoluted, but it'll all work out. ^_^
Sam... plays a part in The Plan.
Yeah, sure, we had to abduct the actors and threaten them with death,
but they play the parts willingly enough.
"Oye did!" Onto the keyboard hopped Arby the ArbyFish, who had
a little yellow halo above his head and a pair of cheesey plastic
wings strapped to his back. He grinned at the goddess, waved, and
exclaimed, "Oye'z ya new supa'voisa', Oye is!" He straighetened up
proudly as he presented his ID tag. "Bow before me, for Oye iz Root!"
He patted his chest. "Come on. Do ya duty!"
Oooh, UNIX jokes in a Cockney accent! You are my new hero, Ben!
Two of my brothers and lots of my friends are programmers. It kinda
rubs off on ya. ^_^
Whee!
Oh dear... I didn't really write all that, did I? ^_^;;;
There's no use denying it now.
Too true, too true... I mean, after 800k of it, that's pretty
hard evidence against me. ^_^
Quick! Format the hard drive!
Well, I've been looking for a spot to end the chapter and blow
up the future section of the story for quite some time now. I've
had it planned for years, but only now have I found a proper spot
to do it in.
So, ah, will the future un-blow-up anytime soon, or is that all the
longer that Crystal Tokyo lasts? (I was really wanting to see some of
Pluto and Ranma's married life. Perhaps in a side-story?)
Side stories! Yes, I'll need a few of those. I'm afraid I don't
really know how to handle the Ranma/Setsuna interactions properly,
so I'm going to open it up to the FFML in general, either in the
form of a request, or a contest. (Winner gets to decide how the
relationship goes!)
Ooh! I'll have to find time for this!
As for the future un-blowing-up soon... Well, it got kinda totalled.
It'd take a lot to fix it, even with Ranma and Setsuna working on it.
Certainly. I'd be interested in writing THAT, myself. Once I found a
good ArbyFish to help.
Additionally, and I may or may not announce it officially, if
anyone wishes to write a section with Ranma and Sailor Pluto
"maintaining the status quo" in Crystal Tokyo, you're welcome
to do so, and if it's REALLY good, I'll include it on the site
and give you credit for it. ^_^
The interested reader wishes to point out that "maintaining the status
quo" can be interpreted in many different ways.
Indeed, and like I said, it'd be kind of rough for me to handle
right, so within a few days, I'll post either a public request or
contest for side stories with Ranma and Setsuna "maintaining the
status quo" in Crystal Tokyo. There will be plenty to utilize or
ignore, plot-wise, including but not limited to:
Ranma/Setsuna dates...
The Little Big Book of Insanely Powerful and Really Idiotic Martial Arts
techniques...
The rest of the Ranma cast snatching Doc Brown's Delorian and coming
to crash the party...
And anything else anybody wants to cram into a doomed timeline. ^_^
Six Flags Over Armageddon, even.
Whee!
"I put my foot down, Ranma," Serenity retorted firmly. "You're
both getting the prettiest gowns in the realm for the ceremony, and
that's final!" She took both of them by the arm and cheerfully led
them outside. Her white wing-things nearly got caught in the door
when it closed behind them.
Ranma looked nervously at Setsuna. "I think we should break it
to her. I don't wanna hafta get fitted for no wedding dress!"
"We can tell her on the way," Setsuna replied encouragingly.
"I'm sure she'll understand."
...
Eventually, the queen half-understood. Which is why Ranma got married
dressed like a Wedding Peach version of Tux-boy.
Now THAT's a funny image. Anybody in the mood to draw it? ^_^
Setsuna thought about that for a second, then nodded. "Oh,
yes. It falls outside the Time Gate's Fair Use policy, but I've
learned that some rules are meant to be broken." She giggled
maniacally. "I've already broken about a third of them by bringing
you here in the first place, but it's not like the Universe is
going to blow up or anything because of it." She paused to glower
for a second. "Besides, Destiny _owes_ me. Big time."
...
Eventually, the queen half-understood, which is why Ranma got
married dressed like a Wedding Peach version of Tux-boy.
---
I want more. But I also want more of the future section.... Almost
enough to write it myself. Except I'd need to draft an ArbyFish as an
assistant muse and you know how difficult THAT is.
Green ones will work odd jobs if you ask nicely. ^_^
Hmm... My mom has some mushrooms growing in her yard.
Whee! Great job.
Thanks for the commentary! It was quite useful.
For once.
Thanks again!
No prob!