Hi, y'all.  Please forward to those not on the FFML anymore (Willmore
et al).

Another excellent part, if darker than the others.  Chris assures me
it isn't dark, though I notice he doesn't mention how this will affect
*his* story in terms of darkness...plus I know where Ryouga ends up at
the end of this one.  *Sigh*...I suppose I should be happy.  I get my
wish...kind of.

Anyway, standard disclaimer, make Ryo Saotome happy at the end or I'll
kill you, etc. etc.

Specifics:  I'm guessing here, but I assume that Ross, Mike and RpM were
the major writers this part, with Kun-chan in there a bit.  The Ami
bits were really excellent, providing a sympathy for this Ryo that has
been lacking.  (See, I have to like Ryo a bit.  In TPOH, he's paired
with Akari.  Thus, RpM knows that Ryo must have a good heart.  Otherwise, 
we'd be seeing RpM cutlets on the FFML...)

Kaeri is a rather creepy way to take Smoke and Mirrors, which, as I 
recall, Mike kept assuring us wasn't a darkfic.  Note to authors:  I
give you permission to kill off this Ryo, but let's see Kaeri recover
at least a *bit* of sanity.

Caught the Surreal World and Gilligan bits, as well as Macross and 
Lodoss Wars.  But what was the San Wei ref of?

Nice blending of the previous fics here, especially the prologue.

Get your formatting correct all the way through.  Lines between 
paragraphs vanish for a few pages halfway through (the bits I suspect
Kun-chan wrote).

I miss Childra and Ishido.  Don't miss Rat one bit.

I get the feeling Miyabi is the *real* villain here.  She is the one
doing the most damage to the timeline... :-)

Though I suspect most of the MOC bits were RpM, the bit with the gay
Ryouga hitting on Muhoshin *had* to be Willmore...

Overall, this was excellent.  It flowed very nicely, and Mike has
really become an excellent addition to the team.  I remind you, 
however, that most plays have either 2, 3, or 5 acts.  Hence, this 
is one fucked-up fic.

But then, you knew that.

--Sean Gaffney
--providing C&C needs since 1996...