[The theater is dark, concealing everything except the silhouettes of
two heads. A female voice is giggling, and making other noises
of...amusement. Another voice of indeterminate gender is whispering,
far too quietly to understand. The lights suddenly come up, and we
see that the two figures are Lurker and Hikaru. The two yelp, and
suddenly pull apart from one another, quickly enough that all traces
of what they were doing before are gone before the lights are fully
on. Hikaru's face is the same color as her hair, and Lurker's not in
much better shape.]

Chris: [handing $20 to Urd] How'd you know?
Urd: [grin] I have my ways...
Skuld: [frown] Isn't she 14?
Chris: Doesn't stop Chiba.
Skuld: As you keep on saying, he's a putz. 

Lurker: Ahem. Ah, yes, well...let's see....ah! Look, Hikaru-chan!
It's a fic!

Hikaru: <nods> Yes, yes, it's definitely a fic.

Lurker: <chuckles nervously> That's right, a fic. Well...

Hikaru: Maybe we should *read* the fic? 

Lurker: <nods, grinning sheepishly> Hai, hai, let's do that.
<collecting himself> Well, since we've already reviewed the first
half of this, let's skip to the new sections...

Chris: [smirk]  Nice save...not.

Endymion reluctantly released his wife and turned to the newcomer. 

"Why

Usagi?" he asked sharply.  "Why is she the only one you can trust

in this

matter?  There are a score of people whom are better trained and

more able.

 Why must our daughter be the one put at risk?"

Hikaru: <Belldandy voice> Because it's a convenient plot device.

Lurker: <snicker>

Chris: [snorts] BAH.

"We destroyed them," Skuld whispered, and her voice grew thick with
emotion.  "We just wanted to play a centennial birthday joke on

Chris.  You

know, turn Rachel's hair purple, or play around with Ami's

measurements. 

They were Valkyries then, it should have been easy.  But we didn't

count on

a bug showing up.  It attacked the process we were running during

the final

write.  Instead of writing the data changes...it erased the files."

Lurker: I still say that's a hell of a cruel thing to do just as a
birthday prank.

Chris: [glares at Urd and Skuld] No doubt.
Skuld: That's NOT US!
Urd: Yeah, if you blame us for what those two did we get to blame you for
what your alter-ego does.
Chris: [considers that] Good point.

"He couldn't have!" Washu yelled.  "Rebooting Yggdrasil would cause
Ragnarok, and everything would have ended..." she trailed off as
realization hit her.  "He was trying to commit suicide."  Ryoko

shook her

head in negation, and Ayeka made a small sound of dismay.

Lurker: And genocide, and deicide, and solicide, and galacticide, and
every other kind of 'cide...

Urd: He has a point her...Niichan?
Chris: Hmm?
Urd: Stop reading Eryie Productions stuff and Lawson's stuff, you're
turning into Megazone.  I don't think the world can take two walking angst
factories.
Skuld: Go back to witty banter.
Chris: Are you people reading the same fic?  Jeez....I do have a couple
good smartass scenes here, give me a break.

"So Skuld," Ryoko began, a grin on her face.  "Which one is you?"

"Ami," Skuld said, and blushed.

Lurker: Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the term 'incest', doesn't
it?

Hikaru: <giggle>

Urd: [shrugs] Need I remind you that Ayeka is Tenchi's great Aunt?  Heck,
she was going to marry her own half brother, and the relations genetic
there.
Skuld: [looking at Chris carefully] Besides, he is kind of cute.
Chris: [yelling] Don't even THINK about it!
Skuld: [sulks] I like it better than some of your other plans...
Chris: Hey, jsut what is wrong with him, anyway?
Urd: Do you mind not spoining the next part of OMB?
Chris: Bah...I haven't even written it yet.
 

"If you wouldn't mind, PLEAASE," he whined in a childish voice,

"call me

Oniichan?"

Lurker: Yep...he's definitely got some of his mother's
characteristics...

Chris: Bah, if you can't make fun of your parents, who can you make fun
of?
 

<the lights fade out. After a moment, the hushed sounds from before
begin again. The sounds abruptly stop, and a violet glow erupts from
the center of the theater.>

Lurker: WILL YOU GET LOST ALREADY! <the violet glow fades out, as
does everything else>

Chris: [chuckles] Invite me to the wedding.  I'll even refrain from
bringing Thor. ANYWAY, thanks for the MST.

<ducks a ki-ball>

Chris: I'm LEAVING....jeez.  Say, when are YOU putting something out, hey?


Christopher Angel
cja124@mail.usask.ca