On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, White Wolf wrote:

Normally, I would have included the original story, and just commented on 
the bits that needed it.  But this one doesn't need much.

Hmm...I _Think_ that's a good thing?....

Mainly, I wanted to know why Ranma, Mousse, Shampoo, Akane, Kodachi, & 
Kuno would be working together!  And why not Ukyo too?

Because the plot called for it. :-)
   Seriously, the Nerima Gang will work together if they all want 
something; I refer you to Big Trouble in Nek, and Nihao My Conc. for 
specific instances. Mind you, these were what the term, "uneasy Alliance" 
was made for. As to why I didn't write in Ukyo..
(Author pauses to beat himself with a trout in shame)
....*sob* I'm a poor college student lackin' the money to buy hideously 
expencive videos, so I must rely on my friends' non-copied (for any feds 
listenin' in) episodes, and they stopped JUST SHORT OF UKYO!!!!ARRRGH! the 
horror...
   Thankfully, we'll be getting more vids soon, but I just didn't feel 
qualifided to write in someone I haven't yet seen. Besides, from what I 
read, Uk-chan might be the only one who wouldn't be motivated by greed.
 

Otherwise, you have captured the feel of a Callahan's, but it is *not* 
Callahan's.  It is clearly a different kind of place, with a different 
crowd, with their own style.  Bi-weekly fights, a band instead of 
individual players, all of them young, and...  they may not all have 
their own story.  Spider has always been a favorite of mine, and this is 
a worthy tribute to him.

Any comparison to Spider-Sensei is high praise, in my book. Thanks a lot. :-)

-ML

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