Deep in the Caribbean...

  Governor Akane Tendo carefully guided her small boat into the bay of the
unmarked island, beaching it onto the shore that rapidly degenerated into
untamed jungle.  Wasting no time, she collected her equipment from the back
of the skiff, and headed inland, her destination firmly in mind.
  It wasn't long before she came across a large clearing, deep in the centre
of the isle.  However, it was immediately apparent that someone had gotten
here before her.
  Where once a large X should have been marked, was instead a huge crater.
About a foot below the sodden earth, the protective layer of concrete had
been blasted open, revealing the now twisted steel bars that, in theory, were
supposed to have strengthened it.
  Hanging from one of the steel bars was a crowbar, which had been attached
to a rope.  Akane knelt down for a closer look, and shook her head in
exasperation when she saw what was attached to the bottom of the rope.
  She unshouldered her own piece of rope and tied it securely to a nearby
tree trunk, before throwing the rest of it into the pit.  Then, carefully,
she let herself down into the abyss.
  Hanging from her own piece of rope, she looked back across at the other
side.  "You do turn up in the strangest of places, don't you," she remarked
to the initial occupant of the pit.
  "Ah.  Hi, Akane," said the red-haired young woman who was hanging from the
makeshift grappling hook.  Her attire wasn't quite right; everything she wore
seemed at least one size too big for her, and whatever she had been wearing
on her feet had appeared to had fallen off, lost in the depths of the pit.
  Her position was also rather precarious, since she was holding on to her
bit of rope with only one hand.  The other was busy holding on to a large
chest that was almost as big as she was.  It was obvious that she was having
a great deal of trouble trying to get out of the pit with her burden, and
equally obvious that she wasn't about to let go of the chest if she could
help it.  Akane looked down to where the floor should have been.  In its
place was a large hole that descended into darkness.  /This is going to be a
good one, I can tell,/ she thought.
  "What on Earth are you doing here?" Akane demanded of the red-head.
  "Um, well, it's kind of a long story, y'know," the woman replied, obviously
uncomfortable with the thought of having to relate it while still hanging
above a bottomless pit.
  "I've got time," said Akane, completely unsympathetically.
  The woman sighed, and seemed to reach a decision.  "Alright, you win."
Muttering something about "tomboys" under her breath, she began her story.

  "I guess it started back on Scabb Island.  I was sitting around this
campfire with a bunch of pirates, and they'd pushed me into telling them
again 'bout the time I got rid of the Ghost Pirate Kuno...


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Coming soon....
     "The Curse of Monkey Island"
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Well, that's another teaser out.  Okay, a few notes.  I'm still
waiting for bloopers.  Now, I realise that writing them will take
a little time, but I would like to know (for now) how many
people are interested on taking up this challenge.  Just a private
E-mail should suffice.  Once all the bloopers are in, I'll categorise
them (depending on how many there are), and send it back to the
FFML for C&C.  (Note, that C&C will probably be for all the
authors who wrote to it).  Once that's done, someone with access
can take it and post it to RAAC.  And that's the plan.

Of course, you know what they say about plans, don't you.

As an incentive, I'll be trying to write a "Curse of Monkey Island"
blooper.  Oh, and thanks to Sebastian, Gary Kleppe, Chris Jones
and Megane 6.7 for their contributions so far.

Oh, and lastly, for anyone who's interested, I'm going to give you
a quick scorecard for you to try.  Basically, if you can guess who
I've casted for the following characters, you get 20 points (each).

Of course, just because they're casted *now* doesn't mean I
won't change my mind ^_^.

Anyway, here they are:

   The Swordmaster
   Otis
   Meathook
   The Murderous Winged Devil
   Bob
   Herman Toothrot
   Alfredo Fetticuni
   Bill Fetticuni

That should do for now.

Good luck,
                                      Terence Fergusson
                                   -- Stranded in an Anime-free College



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"You know, bad things could happen to a person in a
dark, deserted alley like this one.  And at this time
of night, nobody would be around to see it."
                      - Fester Shinetop

"Did you hear something back in here too?"
                      - Guybrush Threepwood
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