On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Shazorn wrote:

To: Mike Noakes <s6699330@aix2.uottawa.ca>
Subject: Choices: the Party
	This got mailed privately, but something went wrong and it 
bounced.  So this time, I'll try through the ML.

	Thanks!  I didn't check my e-mail for a few days and I think the 
FFML kinda filled up my mailbox.  Thansk for persisting, though!

	I can only plead the usual copious spare time problems about 
replying to this.  On first browse, I knew I was going to reply.  This is 
an amazingly good story, I am v. impressed!  I don't think I've seen a 
story from Hiroshi/Daisuke 's pov before, and I'm very surprised no one 
else has thought about it.  Certainly glad that the first person so to 
think is such a good story teller.  

	<blush>  Again, thanks!  I like Hi and Dai, I figure they've got 
to have an interesting view on all the insanity that surrounds them.  In 
all fairness, though, a few others have used 'em, too (see Hiroshi and 
Daisuke are Dead - great fic).

	In my opinion, no one is ooc.  Hiroshi and Daisuke are perfect.  
Akane is exactly as she should be.  The cameo of Ryoga was 
unforgettable.  I think I knew Ryuta back in high school.  

	Thansk for the grammar notes.  Yeah, I think everybody knows a 
Ryuta, sadly enough...

	Some questions, if I may.  "Drunken style Kung Fu"?  Is the idea 
yours or does it occur in some other source?  (It's good.)  When Daisuke 
asks Ranma "...you gotta have a favorite...maybe that friend of Nabiki's, 
the one with the pig-tail?"  That one almost slipped by me.  Great 
foreshadowing.  

	Drunken Master II - Jackie Chan's greatest film!  Actually, 
Drunken Style is a real kung fu style, too...

	Another exchange that had me in stitches, and perfectly in 
character:  "And, Hiroshi..."  "Yeah?" "Would you mind letting go of my 
hand?"  
	This is just Part One???  It is a superb stand-alone story by 
itself.  If you are looking for pre-readers, I would be honoured.

	It was intended to be the beginning of something quite longer, 
but general feedback seems to like it as a stand-alone (which was 
unexpected, but nice...).  I've been revising this first part, and thanks 
for the offer!  I'll likely take you up on it...

	P.s.  Do you read much Tom Stoppard?  Just a thought....

	I'm not sure - what does he write?

	-Mike