At 06:02 PM 7/15/1997 -0400, Tybalt wrote:

Yes, I know this responce is a tad late. I've had a backlog of posts to
yell at people about, and have been slacking a bit.

On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Gary Kleppe wrote:

I apologize for raising my (electronic) voice; but 99% of these"fic
request" posts do not need to be on the list IMO. They contribute
nothing to meaningful discussion of fics, and both WW and Tybalt have
said they don't want this kind of post on the list.

Damn straight. I tolerate a good deal of discussion-type spam because A) I
don't have the energy to deal with it all and B) Because it often leads to
fic ideas. But useless spam... things which will never produce a fic and

Never say never.


note:  Naoko Takeuchi and her publishers own the Sailor Moon copyright.

			       Fanfic Request
                         by Lizsue (lizsue@mit.edu)

(scene: A calm Sunday afternoon at one of the public parks in Tokyo.  Most 
people are sprawled on the grass, sunbathing or just taking naps.)
AMI: (Reading her laptop computer.) "That review seemed pretty nice...too 
     bad my disk crashed and I already lost my copy...." (Begins to reply to 
     the review.) "Zzz...wow, I'm tir- AAIEE!"
GUY: (Trips over Ami.) "OUCH!" (Picks himself up.) "Pardon me, but have you 
     seen a talking puppy anywhere?" (thinks) First day on the job...I hope 
     I don't mess up too much....
AMI: "He went that way." (Waves her arm a bit.) "Zzz." (thinks) I'll send 
     that request later, I'm too tired to think now.... (Falls asleep.)

(scene: The front yard of the Hino shrine.)
REI: (Roasting marshmallows.) "So what do you want to do today?"
USAGI: "I don't know.  What do you want to do today?"
LUNA: (Rushing in from the street.) "I found a youma in South-central Park!
      We need your help!"
USAGI: "I don't want to do that today."
REI: "Want a marshmallow?" (They run to the park.)

(scene: The park again.)
GUY: (Turns into a big youma.) "I need to tan this form too...." (Stretches 
     out large wings and tans them, while casting a shadow over everyone 
     else.)
USAGI: "What the...."
YOUMA: "So there you are!"
USAGI: "What happened?!"
RANDOM PEOPLE: "The usual.  What's his problem, anyway?"
YOUMA: "The usual."
USAGI: "Well, it's the usual then.  BLA BLA BLA!" (The scouts transform and 
       chase the youma away.)
MERCURY: "...and don't come back!" (Trips over her laptop and falls on the 
         send button.  Before she had a chance to modify the to: field, four 
         thousand copies of her request are sent.)

(scene: Makoto's kitchen an hour later.  Everyone's watching T.V. and eating 
snacks.)
MINAKO: "...and don't you hate fights on nice days like this?"
MAKOTO: "It wasn't any worse than usual.  Rei, why is Ami's computer screen 
        bursting into flames?" (Points at the computer.)
REI: "I don't know - it's not my fire this time!"
AMI: (Gestures at the laptop while chewing pizza.) "Fbvfgvvbvbfmfbfm."
ARTEMIS: (Sitting in a corner and crying.) "I failed.  We should have 
         detected the youma much earlier.  It would have been so easy...."
REI: "Of course, if Ami was paying attention none of this would have 
     happened."
USAGI: (Crying.) "Rei, you're so mean!"

The end.