On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Travis Butler wrote:

A figure sat down at the kitchen table with a sigh, and opened up his 
PowerBook. With the tap of a key, the system woke up from sleep and 
displayed his e-mail program. He shuddered a bit, but did not look back, 
as a hand clamped the chain around his ankle.

	Could this be....?

Prof: <Sigh> The new regime has begun... and I am a pilgrim in an unholy 
land.
Frito: Enahhh... didn't ya say that ya just needed somethin' ta make ya 
sit down and start writin'? <Evil chuckle> Well, ya *gots* it now!

	Frito?  ALRIGHT!  I always wanted one of these...
	Didn't think I'd get one for my SKJAM! story, though...

The Professor shook his head and slumped down in his seat. 
Lyra: Nice Connery quote, though.
Windir: You are, of course, aware that the quote originated *long* before 
the particular movie that you are referring to?

	I feel silly asking this... but what movie _did_ it come from?
 

               SKJAM RevengeFic: A Call to Arms

Prof: Hehehe.
MTF: Hmmm.

	Now who to trust more... the Prof or a MTF?
	Hmmm...
 

Frito: Amen ta that one, toots! <Muttering to himself> Loosin' yer 
manhood like that... GAHHH!

Mike: Toots?  <glare>  Toots?
 

Frito stares at the glass in horror, then throws it away from him in a 
violent spasm. There is a tinkle of glass offscreen, followed by a splash.
Voice 1: OI!
Prof: No... That wasn't *really*... FRITO!
Voice 1: <Offscreen> Oi ain't sayin' that it was. And oi ain't sayin' 
that it wasn't.
The Professor sighed and buried his head in his hands, shaking his head.

	Did somebody just get splashed?  A female Firto would be... odd...
 

Prof: I see what you mean about contradictory. And rapid/easy... being 
able to bend your elbow a little bit extra seems like a kinda silly 
reason to like being female. <wry g>

	I hadn't really thought it out to much (though I _am_ adaptable 
to odd situations!).  Hmmm, hadn't planned for much of a revision...
 

back to wherever the enemy lives.  I will _not_ be pushed around by
a bunch of imaginary animated characters.

Prof: This --
Windir, Frito, and Lyra <in unison>: Is a little cliched!
Prof: <Sigh>

	...but with two cliches?  Yikes!  Gotta get that!
 

together, form some kind of Onna-Otaku Organization, and free the
ML from the tyranny of the oppressive anime dictators!  

Windir: <Standing up and raising a fist in the air> Otaku of the world, 
unite! You have nothing to lose but your oppressors... oops.
Prof: He he heh...

	Oops!  Never thought of that...
 

Lyra: Well, it *could*. Of coures, certain conditions probably need to be 
fulfilled first, like aerial pigs and frozen precipitation Down Below.

	Well, Ryoga could fufill the first condition... Mercury the 
second?  <shrug>  I'm sure there's a writer out there just _itching_ to 
send her to, ah, 'Down Below' (and I'm guessing you don't mean Australia...)
	 

Hmmm. It *did* get me out of a multi-week session of writer's block... 
and it also brought a lot of people out of the woodwork and got them 
writing, which is always a good thing. On balance, I'd say yes. Sometimes 
it's good to just relax and have fun. ;>

	Well, I'm glad some good came out of it... I missed these review 
sessions... and never expected getting one myself.  Thanks!

	-Mike