Don't know if everyone's sick to death of these things or not, but here's
my own account of the days following the time the animates struck back. :)
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The Days After (the revengefic continues!)
Part 1 - The final insult
---
[Fade in to Eric's room. God it's a mess. Books, CDs, posters
and other random items are strewn about everywhere. Lying on the
floor, looking dazed and bruised, is Eric himself. Slowly, he
begins to gain consciousness....]
Eric: What a dream... Oh man, no more Jolt and Skittles for me...
[Grumpily, he slouches up to his computer. Peering at it
through caffine-depraved eyes, he notices it's not on.]
Eric: [knocks at the screen] That's odd. [Turns it on. Nothing
happens.] That's REALLY odd.... [Eric examines the computer, puts
a few wires back in place, turns the machine on. Much better, it
loads up, smiling at him like only a Mac can.] Ahh.... That
was too weird, anime characters coming into the real world...
[contemplative pause] Hmmm... I wonder how the Ranma cast would get
along with the cast of Friends......
[The computer finishes loading up and... Nothing. No happy hard drive
icons. There is only a system folder, and one text document.]
Eric: Aigh!
[Opening the doc, Eric reads a very short note...
Eric,
As a precaution, we checked what you had on your hard drive. We
thought it'd be best for all parties concerned if we just
formatted it.
Cheers!
Mikado, Ranma, Ryouga]
[Eric ponders this for a few moments. Finally, he reacts...]
Eric: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Kunou: Ah, I see you have awakened.
Eric: Huh?! [turns around to see ol' bokken boy himself. Eric growls,
and stands up. A blue aura surrounds him.] I am Eric Jones, you
killed my hard drive. For that, you must die!!
[Eric leaps not towards Kunou, but to his side, where a shinai has
been placed on the wall. He grabs it, and with deadly intent in
his eyes, leaps at Kunou, who knocks the shinai out of his hands,
and trips Eric to the floor.]
Kunou: Cease and desist, boy! I did not wait here to do battle
with thee!
[By this point Eric is almost rabid, but his curiousity is piqued.]
Eric: What are you here for then?
Kunou: [gravely] I don't know how to get back.
[Eric facefaults.]
Eric: [getting up] Damn, I can see that getting annoying. So you're
stuck here?
Kunou: Yes.
Eric: {This must be part of the revenge.. Deleting my lif... Hard
drive wasn't enough?} I suppose you expect me to help you get back?
Kunou: You are a sorcerer of the magic arts, indeed. Puppet master,
if you could do so, I would be forever in your debt.
Eric: But I can't affect this world, I can only make fictional
worlds!! ....Waitasecond....
[Eric leaps back into his computer chair. After searching around for
a few moments, he chuckles manaically.]
Eric: Shows how much those morons know.. [produces a handful of
disks.] With this, I can make them pay!!
Kunou: What is it? A black talisman? Some magical wand?
Eric: Even better. WordPerfect. [cackles manaically, while
Kunou looks at him strangely.] Right. Now all I need is music....
[Puts on a NIN CD, with 'Piggy', and 'Hersey' running on constant
repeat.] Your asses are mine, kiddies....
--
[A scene at Uuchans. A huge, gigantic party is going on, with
most of the Ranma characters roaming around the room. In one
corner, Ranma is slapping hands with Mikado.]
Ranma: That was great Sanzenin. I liked the touch of the last
note to him.
Mikado: It was good wasn't it? [laughs] We've got those writers on
the run now..
Voice: Don't be too sure.
[Uuchan's goes silent. Everyone's looking around]
Ukkyou: Who said that?
[From the rafters, a cloaked figure laughs.]
Voice: You may have beat us, you may have cursed some of us, but we
persevere.. I'm sure Akane's all spent what with transporting all
of you around so much.. A shame, since you didn't finish the job!
Ranma: Huh?
Voice: The disks, you fool. You know- backups? What about hard-copies?
And I'm sure you never considered deleting the word processing
programs.
[Somehow, Uuchan's gets even quieter.]
Voice: I thought not. You thought you had it bad before? You
thought writers put you through hell? You haven't seen
anything yet! HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
[Before anyone can do anything, the figure dissapears.]
Ranma: We.. Didn't finish the job?
Ukkyou: Who was that?
Mikado: Another avatar...
Ranma: [grimly] We've got to set up some defences...
--
[Back in Eric's room, Eric has a very big smile on his face.]
Eric: Well, now that I've warned them, I hope they TRY to
prepare themselves for what's in store..
Kunou: You are indeed an honorable warrior, Eric. I am most
disgraced that that cur Saotome convinced me to wreak harm upon
thine property.... And self.
Mousse: [appearing out of nowhere] Eric!
Eric: Wah!! Not again! [cowers over his computer] Don't hurt
it, please!!
Mousse: Don't be foolish Eric, I'm here to help.
Eric: Help?
Mousse: You don't have any evil intentions for me. For that,
I will give you this. [Mousse digs around in his robes for a
few moments, and pulls out a trenchcoat.] It is my other
costume.. I don't find much need for it, so.. You can have it.
Eric: [gleefully taking the trenchcoat.] All right, now I can
kick ass in style! [digs into a pocket, and pulls out a
katana.] Well, this is a nice feature....
Mousse: [mournfully] I must protect my own, Eric. When we
meet next, if at all, we will be enemies.
Eric: Yeah yeah, whatever. Thanks! [ignores Mousse, and sees
what other toys he can dig out.] Oohh, knives...
--
[Meanwhile, in *a* Nerima, Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent are
walking around.]
Arthur: You know, I have this indescribable feeling that
something terribly wrong is about to happen.
Ford: [examining a book] Not suprising. This reality is
collapsing.
Arthur: What?
Ford: Umm, actually, no time to explain. [punches Arthur
across the chin, knocking him out.] Don't worry, you'll
thank me later.
[Doing a few keyboard punches into the book he's holding,
Ford grabs Arthur, and they dissapear. Just as they
dissapear, Ryouga suddenly pops into existance.]
Ryouga: Nerima! I finally found my way back! [Checks
a map] I think..
[An ominous noise from behind him makes Ryouga spin
around quickly. Everything around him is fading to
black, and the black is heading towards him...]
Ryouga: No.. Not a fade out!!
[Fade to black. Permanently?]
--
part 2: First attempt
--
[High atop a mountain, looking down upon Tokyo. Eric, dressed all
in black for the occasion, with the trenchcoat on (of course) stands
beside Kunou Tatewaki. Kunou weilds a bokken, while Eric is
twirling around a katana.]
Eric: [voiceover] It's only been a week, real time, since my life
changed forever. Mikado Sanzenin, the anime character I've idolized
in fanfics since I started, popped into reality to format my hard
drive. Needless to say, this left me a little... Annoyed. But
it's so much easier to get over when you have a kendo master as a
partner. A week ago, he was effectively as inept as I was, as far
as Ranma characters are concerned. But it's amazing what a week
can do, when you drop into a pocket universe named Fred....
And dimension hopping- who'd have known it'd be so easy? Free
access to an infinite improbability drive helps, to be sure. And
with Ford and Arthur happy to have not died, gaining said access
hardly took any effort. Even though I haven't finished it yet, I
no longer regret my HitchHiker's / Ranma 1/2 crossover idea... But
that's all the past. Now - it's payback time.
Kunou: [surveying the lands beneath him] It doth strike me as
being a tad too quiet, dost thou agree, friend?
Eric: The price of announcing your arrival early. [grins]
But oh, I want them to know what hits them.
Kunou: Indeed. They shall quake at the arrival of the
shining duo, for nothing shall match our prowess in battle!
[starts flashing a green aura of some kind]
Eric: [wryly] I guess meeting Goku-sensei did you some good
after all, ne?
Kunou: Merely honed my already keen skills. I am more
impressed with what advances you have made..
Eric: Aw shucks, you make it sound like destroying that
mountain was difficult. [grins] Having a trenchcoat
that can randomly produce explosives is useful for that.
Kunou: Ah, but we delay their deaths. Shall we put those
heathen out of their misery?
Eric: [floating off the ground] A grand idea, Tatewaki.
Lead on..
[Kunou floats off the ground, and zips off towards Nerima.
Eric follows suit.]
--
[Uuchan's. The entire Ranma cast is there, looking bruised and
battered. Tied up in a corner, kept under close scrutiny, is
the caped figure - the 'avatar' - that had appeared before them
earlier.]
Ranma: Geez, that guy had more power than Herb, Toma, and Kirin
put together.. By the way, thanks for helping guys..
[Toma, Herb, and Kirin all nod.]
Ranma: [Eyes everyone around him - Cologne, Shampoo, Kodachi,
Akane, Mikado, Tsubasa, Konastu, Soun, Nabiki, Kasumi, Azusa,
Mousse, and a dozen others] This is a bit of a shaky alliance, I
know. But you guys are prepared for our next move?
All: Hai!!
Ranma: Good.
[The group gets together in a (rather large) circle. They start
chanting.]
Ranma: Akane?
Akane: [nods] I can do it... [concentrates for a few minutes,
joining into the chanting. Eventually, the group coallesces
into a giant aura...] Anything-Goes Martial Arts... Dimension
Gate!!
--
[Outside Uuchan's, Eric and Kunou have just landed]
Eric: [looking towards Uuchan's] They must be in there. The
dojo was empty, as was the Nekohanten.
Kunou: [surveying the area. It's in ruins - destroyed buildings
left and right, craters, and even a few fires.] The ruins may
have been a bit of a hint, too.
Eric: [smirks] Perhaps. I wonder how they liked Tuxedo_Cell
anyways..
[Suddenly, Ranma, Kirin, Toma, Herb, and Pantsuo Taro walk out
of Uuchan's, strutting confidently.]
Toma: Tuxedo_Cell? What a stupid name.
Kirin: Kirin was not very frightened by him.
Ranma: And you forgot one detail, Eric..
Eric: Eh? What's that?
Ranma: Takahashi logic, and avatar fanfic logic.
Eric: [assumes the demon ward position] You... You don't
mean..?
Ranma: That's right. We beat him, and he becomes our partner.
Meet our newest ally..
[Ranma steps out of the way, to show Tuxedo_Cell, who has appeared
out of nowhere. He resembles Cell perfectly, only he's wearing a tuxedo,
and his eyes are covered by a small mask.]
Tuxedo_Cell: I'm going to KILL you for giving me such a dumb
name!
Eric: [erks] Hey! All I did was give you Tuxedo_Kamen's duds
and powers!
Tuxedo_Cell: I look ridiculous!! [Takes a step forward]
Mikado: Wait...
[The group around Ranma all stop, and turn around. Mikado
steps forward]
Mikado: Hello, Eric. I suspect you came for revenge?
Eric: I wasn't annoyed by the beating. A little physical pain,
I can endure, but when you start toying with my hardware, you
make it personal..
Mikado: I see..
Ranma: Let's just kick his a..
Mikado: [putting up a hand] No. Let's let him revel in all
his folly before that.
Eric: Folly?
Mikado: [laughs] You should have just dealt your revenge when
you had the chance. We've taken a few precautions since the
message you sent.. [stepping aside, to reveal.. Another
Mikado?]
Mikado: Eric, meet the Mikado of 'Mikado Ichiban'.
Eric: What?!
Mikado: It was your own logic, twisted as it is, that gave us
this plan. Seperate timelines exist for every possibility of
the passage of time.. An infinite number of possibilities.
Thus, an infinite number of 'me'....
Herb: [stepping aside, revealing a dozen Herbs] And me..
Kirin: [ditto] And of Kirin..
Ranma: All of us Eric... Think you can take on infinity?
Eric: Oh no... And an infinite number.. Of Akane's?
MKI Mikado: A good portion of whom can teleport between
universes, and get more of us... By the way, meet your
goddess.. All 2000 of them...
Azusas: [in unison] Kawaii!! Ferinidand!!
Eric: EEK!!! [backs away] Kunou, we've got to get out of he...
[Eric stops as he notices Kunou is being detained by half a
dozen Ranma-chans.]
Ranma-chan #1: That's right Kunou, Ranma brought hundreds of
us here, just so that you wouldn't have to fight over us
again..
Kunou: Hmm. Perhaps his black magic is't not as nefarious
and evil as I thought..
Eric: Ahh!! Kuso! [leaps up, into the air, and flies off.]
Ranma: Get him!!
[Eric flies off, far away from Nerima. He is followed by the
leaping bodies of thousands of martial artists...]
Eric: I think this constitutes a crimp in the plans...
[Suddenly, a large, shoe-shaped ship appears beside him.]
Eric: The Heart of Gold?
[Eric suddenly dissapears, as does the ship, a few moments
later...]
--
part 3: On the Run
--
[Eric awakes, blinking and confused. Looking around, he sees
where he is - in a large room, with a lot of flashing lights,
two men, a robot, and some guy with two heads.]
Eric: What the hell happened?
Ford: Returning the favour from saving us from death earlier.
I guess that makes us even. Finally.
Eric: [slumping down in a corner.] Geez, I can't believe I was
so stupid.. I've only succeeded in making things worse.
Arthur: Umm, it might be a little worse than you think...
Eric: Oh no.. How so?
Ford: Well, we weren't exactly watching over you when you
made your attack... Initially..
[Eric waits patiently.]
Zaphod: Basically, we were laying out at your place, like you
told us to do, when some crazy chick with psycho
hair showed up, laughing manaically. We figured it'd
be a good idea to make our exit at that point.
Eric: Because of one girl? ...Who was it?
Zaphod: Her name was Ryouko, I think...
Eric: Ah. I.. See.
Ford: Unfortunately, we're all that made it.
Eric: Huh?
Marvin: Of course, they wanted to leave me behind, and get
the computer; they didn't want me nearly as
much as they wanted your pathetic piece of
machinery. How depressing.
Eric: [in a tiny voice] They got my computer?
Arthur: Umm. Yes.
Eric: [glowing blue, but keeping silent] I see. [smirks
slightly] Well, at least they didn't get any important
information....
[Eric grins, pulling out some computer disks from his
trenchcoat.]
Eric: Backups really are beautiful things.. And my only
logs of information of Fred and MON.. But those
monsters will PAY for what they did..
Zaphod: If you really want to talk to them, we could just
communicate with them. They're right behind us.
Eric: What?!
Zaphod: Some gal named Washuu seemed to have taken an interest
in an invention of yours..
Eric: [pondering] The HitchHiker's Guide to Realities?
Ford: That would be it. She's been following us, trying to
get it off our hands since before we even picked you up.
Eric: Say.. Do you think she could detect that thing being
used?
Ford: I've been doing a bit of research.. If you are used to
this kind of thing, this is the mother of all billboards,
saying, "I'm being used!"...
Eric: Yeah, but I mean, while we were doing some hopping of our own?
Ford: Eh?
Eric: Well, could she detect a signature from the book, with the
Heart of Gold doing jumping of it's own...?
Ford: It's possible she might not pick it up.. Or that she'll read
two signatures, and follow the wrong one...
Eric: Let's do it. There's a few things I need to do before I want
to face these people again.. I need help.
Ford: Funny, I've been saying that since I met you.
Eric: Just gimme the book.. [gets the book, examines for a bit.]
Okay, this shouldn't be too hard... First off, a few
things to finish up back at my reality... [punches a few
buttons. He stops, and looks up.] Good luck guys.
Arthur: You too.
[Eric nods, and presses a button on the book. He dissapears in
a flash of light.]
Ford: Well, that might work.
Zaphod: Great, and we still get to be chased by this crazy lady.
Marvin: And of course, she'll capture us all, and put us through
terrible torutures.. She'll probably flare up the pain
in my left diodes again... *SIGH*
Ford: Just shut up Marvin. [to Zaphod] Can you escape them?
Zaphod: [grimly] We'll just have to see....
--
chapter 4: The Liberation of Lucas
--
[Back in.. The real world? Eric phases into view. He takes
quick stock of his surroundings.]
Eric: [consulting a note pad in his hand] Hmm.. Muzzatti.. I
can't let a fellow church member alone to such a fate..
[An imagined image, of Muzzatti being beaten over the head for
trying to access his e-mail comes to mind..]
Eric: I must do something.. No one deserves to *live* with
Azusa..
[Eric checks his surroundings, and checks the Guide for a few
moments.]
Eric: Woodbridge, Ontario... This is the place..
[Eric heads off through some bushes, and finally comes across a
ravine. He crosses it, and comes out on a street, just at the
entrance to a small court. Eric consults his book some more.]
Eric: [looking from the book, up to a house across the street,
and back down at his book again.] Bingo! Lucas' house.
Now how to go about setting him free... [His eyes glint
suddenly.] Hey.. That might just work...
[The inside of Lucas' room. Lucas isn't there, but Azusa is,
playing with her darling new toy, formerly Lucas' computer.]
Azusa: Ber-nard!!!! Such a darling kawaii little mouse!!
[Well, mostly just the mouse, actually. But it's all *HERS*,
as decreed by Muzatti's own '12 laws of the kawaii'. Eric
Ponders this as he watches her from outside the window.]
Eric: [grins] Eliminate problem #1.....
[Inside Lucas' room, Azusa stops cuddling her little Bernard,
as a small tapping noise coming from the window distracts her.
A small, yellow kitten stuffie hangs outside the window,
which in Azusa's little world, seems to becon to her..]
Azusa: KAWAIII!!!!! Roberge! [Azusa heads for the window,
and flings it open] Come to me, my darling widdle
Roberge! [Azusa leaps out the window, grabbing out for
the little kitten. She doesn't make it though, as
a rip in space opens up, and she flies right through
it.]
[Eric watches her fly through, and tosses the little kitten,
which was attached to a fishing pole, right after her. He
picks up The Book, and consults it.]
Eric: One way trip to the land of the dolls.. [grins] I'm
sure she'll be happy there..
[Eric casually goes through the open window, and into Lucas'
bedroom.]
Eric: One down, one to go...
--
[A few hours later, and Lucas and Ukyou are holding hands,
walking home from university. Eric watches them from
Lucas' window, and grins. Behind him, a figure stands in
the shadows.]
Eric: You ready?
Voice: I've been waiting for this all my life...
Eric: [opens the door to Lucas' room, and exits through
it] You know the plan dude; this is your big
chance...
Voice: You think so?
Eric: Oh definately. I made you for this purpose,
didn't I?
[The figure slowly nods, and passes by Eric out the door.
Not much is seen, except a long, black pigtail...]
[Downstairs, Ukkyou and Lucas have just entered. Ukkyou
looks suspicious almost immediately.]
Ukyou: It's too quiet in here.. Azusa' should be making
an unholy racket right now over her toys..
Lucas: Well, I don't mind the quiet.. Wanna just hang
out tonight?
Ukyou: [smiles] Why not? [gives Lucas a short kiss]
You know, I'm almost getting used to this
situation..
Lucas: [his ears beginning to emit a little steam.]
U.. Ukyou..
Ukyou: What do you say we.. Get a little more
used to each other?
[The two slowly inch together, and are about to
make contact each other, when....]
Voice: Ukyou...
[Startled, the pair turn to face the voice, and
see Ramna, who rushes forward and scoops Ukkyou into
his arms]
Ranma: Ukyou! I've wanted you for so long!
Ukyou: Ranma?
[As she is distracted, Eric rushes by quickly, and
grabs Lucas on his way through.]
Lucas: Arrrrrgggggh! Let me go! I was so close!!
[Ukyou almost looks in their direction, but is
distracted as Ranma begins to kiss her. Her attention
is suddenly VERY focused.]
[Meanwhile, Eric and Lucas are now outside]
Lucas: You idiot! What'd you do that for?
Eric: [still dragging Lucas along] I saved you! Stop
strugging! We gotta get out of here quick!
[Lucas manages to pull to a stop, and Eric stops with
him.]
Lucas: Who was that?!
Eric: What, the Ranma? I just quickly wrote the intro
to a lemon where Ranma was madly in love with
Ukyou... She should be busy for -some- time.
Lucas: [eyes glowering] That.. was.. almost me!
[Lucas leaps on Eric, and tries to pound the holy
bejezus out of him.]
Eric: Hey! Do you want your revenge or not?!
[Lucas stops for a moment.]
Lucas: Well yeah, I do.. But I almost had Uky..
Eric: [cutting him off] A fictional anime character
who wanted to keep you from writing?
Lucas: So what?!
Eric: Umm.. Who helped make you cursed?
Lucas: Actually, that was Ranma and Sailor Uranus..
Eric: [getting impatient] Yeah, so do you want to
get back at them or what?
Lucas: Now that you 'rescued' me from Ukyou... I
guess I might as well, eh?
Eric: Now that's the proper attitude. [punches a code
into The Book, and a small hole in space opens
up] C'mon dude, there's REAL revenge to be
taken now..
[Eric steps through, dissapearing, Lucas quickly
follows. The hole dissapears, and there is a small
flash of light. Everything is calm and peaceful
again.]
Ukkyou: OHHH!!!! RRAAAANNMMAAAA!!!!!!
[Well, almost.]
--
chapter 5: Epiogue: Preparations in Readiness
--
[Open to a scene of Eric and Lucas, suddenly appearing in a
small gray room, decorated only with a single PowerMac computer.]
Lucas: [Looking around] Where are we?
Eric: Just a little place I made before I set out to, ah,
*try* to exact revenge on Mikado.. I call it the
Oubliette. Essentially, it's a small pocket universe.
Lucas: You have your own universe?
Eric: Well... It's just this room, actually. I needed a place
to read my e-mail in peace.. And it serves as a reasonable
safe house; I can control all aspects of this universe -
including who can come in, and who can leave... And where
they go.
Lucas: Cool!
Eric: [grins] I thought so.
[The two shake hands.]
Lucas: Thanks for your help, I guess..
Eric: Anything for a fellow follower. Besides, I want to
finally read the second part of 'Lost Love'.
Lucas: Hey, it'll get finished, I swear! ..Eventually..
Eric: Right. Anyways, get going, dude. We've got to get
ourselves ready.
Lucas: Sure thing. [pause] Think you can get me secure
passage to Fred?
Eric: [hopping over to his computer] Never a problemo.
[Does a bit of typing, and Lucas de-rezzes out of
this particular reality] Good luck...
[Eric stands there for a few moments, and then recovers.]
Eric: That's over with, finally.. Time to check some mail..
[heads over to the computer, and after a few minutes
of checking through things, comes across something
that actually catches his interest...] Eh? Mail
from Wyrm? He's been a busy one lately...
[The letter reads:
<<INCOMING MESSAGE FROM WYRM! PRIVATE SECURITY PROTOCOL ENABLED>>
To: ejones@nero.FineArts.UVic.CA (Eric Jones)
From: wyrm@mail.utexas.edu (Thomas R Jefferys)
Resend-Path: wyrm@tantalus.MONForce.org&traxVI.middle-of-nowhere.net&gatekee
per.MON-firewall.org&nullnet.void&admin@system.archive.org&mallet@p-chan.tar
dis-12Kdl.tardis.net.gal&dragon-mage@boiler.rascal.com&wyrm@mail.utexas.edu
Encryption: Super-RSA Security Protocol Enabled; private: ejones
Priority: 1
Subject: OI! Eric! Read this!
Boy, that last mission was a stinker! Mike Loader was being a real jerk and
swindled a plot-hole out of me. >:E Anyway, we managed to defeat the RC
fleet (using a very clever use of gile <plug!>), collapse Loader's hole,
and capture the Spazzeroid, but not before a Pfhor battleship came through
the hole.
The idiot opened the plot-hole wide, see. Bigger plot-hole; bigger hole in
the plot; the more unlikely stuff can come through. We managed to put them
down, but the Pfhor have been attracted to the SKJAM! Revengefic War. We've
put down three Pfhor attacks on our own universe and other realities
already.
Mike Loader has been sentanced with the recending of his authorial powers,
the confiscation of his laptop and Trump devices, and the locking of his
signature to the little pocked dimension where the attack was launched. Oh,
he was also given my version of the Jyusenkyo treatment: the
field-generator Nyanniichaun curse, and it can't be cured by the
Nanniichuan, only by another field-generator. Wyrm-chan said he got off
easy. >:)
Latest reports say that the RC have abandoned Loader, as his little plan
almost cost them the entire RC Task Force. They only survived with our
help.
Anyway, Fred an MON are safe.
I looked you up, and decided to say hi. The MONDF _Marathon_ will be
materializing in this universe soon, so look out for it.
See you soon.
Viva l'Otaku!
PS. While Wyrm of Gallifrey's around, call me "Dragon-Mage."
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-wyrm/dm(AKA Tom Jefferys; Time Lord for Hire, "Have TARDIS; Will Travel.")
<wyrm@mail.utexas.edu> <JEFFERYSTR@rascal.guilford.edu>
Member of the AFSS Depraived Kawaii Thing of the First Order, Martin
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Currently operating at <wyrm@middle.of.nowhere.void> for the time being
"DINSDALE!!!" -Spiny Norman
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Childras, the <wyrm@mail.utexas.edu> Mailbox Deamon
Still trapped in Eternal Crystal and loving it!
<<END TRANSMISSION>>
]
Eric: [ponders of the letter] Hmm. Things are definately
looking up... [pulls out a small communicator-type device out
of one of the many pockets in his trenchcoat] FWAD1* to
Heart of Gold. Can you hear me?
*FWAD - Fanfic Writer Against Destruction
Zaphod: Loud and clear, ape man.
Eric: I'm ready.
Zaphod: Hoopy. We'll be over there in a flash!
Eric: I'm counting on it.
--
[Interior of the Heart of Gold. Zaphod is at the helm,
surrounded by the Knight Sabres, and a good portion of
the Ranma 1/2 cast. Ford, Arthur, and Marvin are all
tied up in a corner.]
Zaphod: Over and out, earthman. We'll be there before
you know it. [turns the communicator off.]
Ranma: [frowning intently] As will we...
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(The End, yet also, the beginning....)