Okay, here's the other part for your viewing enjoyment, C&C, or MSTing
(whichever you prefer).
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Now, who to call? Well, let's see...there's Lilith, who'd be great if we
played "Truth or Dare",
Ellis, who's always fun to have around as well as good for training;
that'd do for a start. Have them
invite some people they know, say five each, and we'll have twenty-one
people show up, including
herself. (That's correct party math, folks...everybody invites extras,
and, eventually, even the
police get invited - by the neighbors that can't sleep - around 4:00 A.M.)
Next, she needed to get her
parent's permission before she called. After that was settled, and dialing
the WWF hotline by
mistake, she called Lilith's house.
"Hello, this is Morrigan, what can I do for you?"
After realizing she hadn't dialed the Hot Girls Hotline by mistake, Sakura
spoke. "Uh, hello, this is
Sakura. Can I speak to Lily-chan, please?"
"Of course, hold on a minute," said a voice on the other end that would
have made a man blush
instantly.
A few seconds later, a new voice spoke through the headset. "Hello,
Sakura-chan, what's up?"
"Well, I was wondering, if you're not busy Friday night, want to come over
for a sleepover party?"
The word "party" perked Lilith's bat-wings up, and evoked the typical
response of "Let me check,"
followed by the sound of a receiver being dropped and running back and
forth, followed by a
screamed "YES!" and more scurrying, until the phone was apparently picked
back up.
"I'd be glad to. What time?"
"Come over about 8:00. Do you need directions?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Hold on. Where do you live?" Sakura had to write out directions herself
to figure out how to get
her there, then, once that information was passed on...
"I'll see you there, Lily-chan. Oh, and invite some of your friends."
"How many?"
"Oh, about five."
"Great. I'll see you there."
"Cool. Bye, Lily-chan."
"Bye, Sakura-chan."
Next, Sakura called Ellis, with virtually the same dialogue. Just
substitute Ellis-chan for Lily-chan,
think ears instead of bat-wings, and consider a remarakble amount of
bandwidth saved.
With that out of the way, it was time to get supplies.
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So, what do you get for a slumber party made up of fighters?
Sakura started by getting the normal prerequisites for such a party,
though adapting some for the
crowd she was expecting to handle. A quick stop at the grocery store
procured enough food to feed
an army, which would have to do. At the video store, she rented a couple
of movies, some workout
and training videos, and a few video games just to make this all surreal.
A few board games, just
because people talk more during them...especially when the board games are
Pictionary, Scruples,
and Taboo. She then went around town, picking up odds and ends that we
won't describe
yet...let's just say that the Truth-or-Dare competition oughta be good.
Now, for the rooming arrangements. Sakura picked four rooms that looked
large enough to fit five
people, and moved some of the furniture around to get just a bit extra
space. She also made sure
that a few small rooms were available, just because she now realized that
she hadn't said anything
about not inviting boys over. Oh well, she thought, it'll make for a more
interesting Truth or Dare
session. Which reminded her - she needed makeup. Back to shopping; and,
while she was at it, she
checked with her best friend, who I still can't remember the name of, to
make sure she could come.
After more screaming, begging of parents, louder and more jubilant
screaming, and a running about
that was thought impossible considering the maneuvering area of the house,
she accepted and
started packing her stuff. Sakura had to calm her down somewhat, seeing as
it was only
Wednesday, and that they had a couple of school days before the event.
That settled, Sakura now
went home to *blech* study.
After boring herself with geometry, which took the better part of five
minutes to do, she began
staring out the window. And this is where we start twisting the plot so
everyone doesn't think this
sort of thing just a rather sarcastic description of the females'
overnight party. As I was saying,
Sakura looked up into the sky, and, out of the blue, she caught a glimpse
of a shooting star. She
made a wish (it involed Ryu, Paris, and a hotel with training facilities)
and then saw a big flash of
light. Now, it wouldn't have worried Sakura so much if the flash of light
hadn't come from her
backyard, which, by the by, had now been transformed from a collage of
grass, flowers, and a tree
swing into a gaping, smoking hole in the ground. And this is one of those
great moments to induce
suspense by ending Chapter One, and I don't want to miss the chance, so...
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I'll leave you hanging. ^_^ Unless, of course, you want to see my web
page (again - shameless, aren't I? ^_^) at
http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/law/44/fanfic.html. Oh, and a quick
thanks to the Wanderer, also known as Thomas Wilde, for letting me mention
the UVR and use the node principle; the address to contact him is
vox_ex_machina@hotmail.com if you want to see gratuitous punking of
various fighters in and out of a big ring with a dimensional field around
it. Hope you like this!
Nicholas Eckert
vidstudent