[Yes, I know this is over a week past posting time; gomen. What can I 

	<snip> Yow. Um, my sympathies and congratulations. At least it
wasn't all bad, eh? ^_^

meantime, I've been trying to finish up part 3 of Ranma Pride, with 
assorted distractions and lots of jumping around. Um, is anyone reading 
it besides Chris Davies? No one else is commenting. <Sigh>]

	I try...just that I'm devoting most of my reviewing energy to EVA
fics, if you haven't noticed. ^_^

	(I'll let the other guys comment on their parts....)

	Andrew was pleasantly surprised to find Jinnai Nanami upon entering
his dorm suite. 

Frito: Who wouldn't be? <Leering> 

Lyra: Nabiki.

	Why Nabs in particular?

	"Nanami-san? What're you doing?"
	"Setting this SuperMST system up," she replied, without looking up.
	"I said I was giving up on MSTing stuff...."

[Heh. Trust me. Once you start, it *never* lets go of you.]

	Doh.

joined her there. "We got it for free! The guys at FFTech R&D want us
to test the portable SuperMST model for them. They even sent us a fic
that'll...what's that?"

Windir: Ah, so a name to go with the McGuffin. Delightful. Now, if one 
could come up with a justification for the McGuffin...

	The McWhat?

	"Wha? Oh...." Andrew held up a spiky ball on a chain attached to a
wooden handle. "This is 'The Old Ball and Chain'. Gaspode dragged my
morningstar out from under the bed and tried to use it as a chew
toy.Must be a relapse of his unintelligent days.  I--"
	"A morningstar?" Nanami interrupted.
	"Um, yes."
	Slowly, she asked, "Why do you have one?"
	"Um. Well, I just thought it would be fun to have one."

Lyra: See? I told you. Definitely a Carrot-head.

Windir: Was it not Corporal Nobbs who attempted to use it?

Lyra: He only tried to swing it. Carrot was the one who actually used it 
right. <Grins>

	Heh...Men At Arms. Prolly my favorite Discworld book, so far.

	"Good weight distribution, easy to grip and all."
	Yet more silence.

Lyra: Um... I don't think you're getting anywhere you want to go with 
this.
Windir: One must admire the almost Vetinari-esque silences she employs.

	Ah, but when was the last time Vetinari was genuinely afraid?

	"Look, it's not like I ever use it on anything other than the
occasional soda can."
	A soft thump, followed by further silence.
	"Nanami-san, you can stop edging away from me, now. You've fallen
off the futon already. I'll put it down here, and not touch it, all
right?"

Frito and Lyra snicker.
Windir: Indeed an effective way to portray the action in this section. 

	Heh. Still got the touch.

	"Nanami-san? Why does that DVD-ROM have 'UF, part 2/42' written on
it?  Oh, no. I _am_ a college student, you know. I do have work to
do, and I can't spare the next few months here...."

Lyra: Some 'stage business' in the middle of this speech would make it 
even better, I think. A pause, a thoughtful or inward look, something 
like that would help the "Oh, no" stand out more.

	Gotcha.

	"We'll just do some of it, all right? Just enough to get a feel for
the thing. Now come on and relax." She sidled up to him and patted
his leg. That, of course, destroyed any possible resistance from him.

Windir: <Dryly> Of course.

	Well...I'm only human...specifically, a 19-year old male human....

	"Ah...okay...." Andrew's consciousness had somewhat separated from
the rest of him. Not that he minded, of course. With a giggle, Nanami
hit the play button on the remote.
	*SWOOSH*
	Nanami's last thought before unconsciousness claimed her was, "Hey,
this reminds me of when I got sent to El Hazard...."

Frito: At least they ain't repeatin' all da borin' description bits all 
over again. 

	I figured you all would have figured it out by now. :P

	Andrew's brain just gurgled a bit before going out.
	The Old Ball and Chain thought, "Oh, bugger."

Lyra: I think the bowl of petunias ought to sue for plagerism.

	Plagiarism. :)

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Windir: Hmmmmmmmm. <Thoughtful look> Well?

Lyra: Interesting, very funny in spots, kinda self-indulgent. I do want 
to see where this goes... this is really just a teaser, doesn't say much 
of anything about what the actual plot will be.

	Seen the release of that bit of part one yet?

And no, we're _NOT_ MSTing UF. Nobody is that insane. 

Windir: <Taking his own look up at the projection booth> Really.

	Leastways, _I'm_ not....

Also, we're not leaping _into_ UF either. Sorry to say, we really,
really needed it as a plot device. Gomen nasai!!

Lyra: Definitely better off this way. Aside from the fact that the UF 
universe is (last I heard) officially closed by the creators and it's 
incredibly bad form to write in another authors' universe without 
permission, that universe is crowded enough already; Ghu knows what would 
happen if this got mixed up in it.

	Exactly. Well, we all feel honored (at least, I do) to be MSTed.
^_^ Say, Professor, when are you going to update the MST review page? Last
I saw, it hadn't been touched since the end of September....

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