To those on the R2096 ML, this is only a slightly edited
version of the R2096 ML alpha, which is why I'm not
resending it there...

Chris, could you please put me back on the '1096 ML again? Thanks.
stargaze@world.std.com

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	Green tendrils sprouted from the ground and wrapped around Kasumi,
dragging her away; away from sight, away from touch, away from hearing...

Nice imagry of kasumi in  heaven and tofu in hell.

	"I ran it through the computer. After I removed all the numbers that 
had been imprinted, all that was left was a copy of the letter that 
supposedly had angered Ryouga.  A perfect copy."

What's the time frame here?  Do they have computers that sopisticated readily available.  I know that it can be done today, but would everybody have that type of tech, or does tofu have some sort of business relation with people who would 
have that eqipment and be willing to use it?

had been cloning done without my permission.  A lot of it, and the rest

  ^^^
has

	She'd had the appearance of a ghoul, before, but now that Shampoo had
plucked out her eyes, she looked like Baba Yaga out of some child's fairy-

Woah?!? Shampoo attacked her? Why, and how did she servive long enough to do
that sort of damage???

	"What do you MEAN, impossible? I'm CMO of USE, and I'm ORDERING you

Ok, that explains the access to the computers.

	"I dare," he said.  "And... Tatewaki, it IS 2026.  Stuff the
archaisms."

ROTFLMAO  I love the thought that somebody finally tells kuno to cut the annoying chatter.

	"It is YOU who will call ME sensei." Kunou bit his lip. "I laid my
wife to rest today, 'Waki, and I don't have the time or patience to put up
with this.  I need a favour from you; as a business partner, not a friend."

iThs does seem a bit out of character for the normally inflapable tofu, but
the extreme emotional stress he's been under might explain it.

	"Wait!" Any thunder that there might have been seems to have collapsed
into a whine.

ROTFL

	"Dialup? Cancel that last command." *Click* "I'm SO glad that we 
understand each other."

He sounds more like nabiki here.

	Kunou scowled, and did not answer. The monks stood, dusted off their
robes, then marched out of the room in single file.

What about the ones who are uncouncious?

	"So are most of the Kunou Foundation's activities."

Oh? this could add a few interesting aspects to the story...

was very obviously a human leg. Or, had been.  Chunks of fless were torn off 

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							flesh

randomly, and several of the obscene unguals dug their way into the mutilated 

					^^^^^^
Waht is that supposed to mean?

destroyed your life by what she pretended was a Shishi Houkodan... It's only
fitting that she be faced by someone who can actually PERFORM it."

Before this goes any further, let me guess, that decendent will be Rat, right?

Well chris, I hope this helps.