On Sat, 30 Mar 1996 16:19:51 -0500 Peter L. WardTRAI said:

At 09:44 AM 3/30/96 +0000, you wrote:

A dark figure clings to the bottom of the airship, his pointed ears still
ringing from that hideous noise.  He deftly leaps down from the airship and
seeks cover, his blowgun at the ready.  "Hmmm...somehow he survived his
poison...but after this one he'll wish he were dead."  Opening a small case
marked "Jusenkyo", he takes out a dart and carefully places it in the gun. He
blows...and hits the panda.   He watches as the panda's features start to
shift...into that of a panda.  "Damn!" he hisses, barely containing his
frustration.  He pulls out the case again...and accidently pricks himself on
one.  He starts to convulse as the change comes...

A few minutes later:

"Oooohhh....you're going to pay for that, Panda!"  the assassin says, the
voice a few octaves higher than before.  Taking the dart that had pricked her,
she aims and hits the panda.  Not bothering to stay around for the results,
she steals the flyer and heads off to China for a cure.

What the assassin failed to realize was that the "flyer" in question was 
actually a human-sized Fire Valkyrie named Mackie in fighter mode.  
After Nightelf landed on Mackie, he shifted to battroid mode and held the 
assassin in an armlock in midair.  "Trying to escape, are you?" Mackie sneered. 
"We'll have to see what the rest of the crew has to say about that..."

A moment later, Mackie dumps the assassin into the cockpit area, in front of 
the three guardians, Buffy, Mariko, and Suzie.  "Hey girls," he said, "got us a 
would-be stowaway here.  What do you want to do with her?"

"Gee, I could use some martial arts practice..." Buffy grinned.

"Not to mention batting practice..." Mariko added, hefting a metal bat.

"Gee, my claws need sharpening!" Suzie purred, popping her claws.

Buffy grabs Nightelf by the neck and hauls her out of the cockpit, followed by 
the other two guardians.  A scuffle, puncuated by the yowling of Suzie and clangs 
of metal hitting metal.  A minute later, a fading yell of pain and suprise 
could be heard and Nightelf could be seen outside a cockpit window, flying off 
into the distance without the help of any sort of aircraft.

The cockpit door opens and the three guardians enter.  "You think I overdid it 
there?" Buffy asked.

"Naaaaa!" was the reply from the other two.

Nightelf
Personal assassin to HRH King Orick

Peter L. Ward          falcon@best.com          Kyusaku on IRC #Anime!
Caretaker of the Urd Shrine (http://www.best.com/~falcon/urdhome.htm)

"Okay, *here's* an idea...I've heard the best cure for memory loss
 is...SHOCK TREATMENT!!" - Urd