What better way to say hello on this list than to drop a fanfic for C&C?
(Okay, maybe *not* adding to the fifty or so messages received daily right
away...eh, too bad ^_^)  A few extra notes not mentioned in the
disclaimer:

I write with ample surrealism, and a minor disregard for serious aspects.
You've been warned.

I have a site up at http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/law/44/fanfic.html
where I'll be storing this and other fanfiction I care to write and/or
start writing.  I've actually started writing Chapter 2, but I'll wait a
bit before posting it here - say, when I've finished it.  ^_^

Yes, the title is stupid.  But, it allows for rookie mistakes to be
slipped in "unintentionally"  (wink, wink, nudge, do I have to spell it
out), and, besides, I'm trying to avoid a plotline as to yet.  One will
happen, eventually - don't worry about that.

And yes, it starts out mostly fighting-oriented.  Don't worry, though -
Mihoshi and Washu show up in Chapter 2.  And, from there...eh, I dunno yet
- as I said, I'm letting things happen.  Yes, that could be a bad thing.

Anyway, let's get the disclaimer up, and we'll put this chapter up in two
parts (it's four separate web pages at size 3 font, two pages to an e-mail
should do).  This has only been slightly edited by me so far, so C&C would
be useful.  I'd probably enjoy a MSTing, too, just because I'd like to see
what people would come up with for the idea at the bottom of this e-mail.

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My first fanfic

Disclaimer: The following is a fanfiction, which is a work made by someone
with a lot of time on
their hands to daydream. These daydreams usually consist of thoughts
related to different cultural
influences of our era. Specifically, anime/manga, video games, television,
and comic books. The
writers of these are so fascinated by the works that they will write about
them, regardless of
legalities such as getting their creator or creators' permission to do so.
Their only defense is that
most of them, like me, are in college, and can rather efficiently declare
bankruptcy upon being sued
for any amount of money deemed worth fighting over in court. Luckily,
creators don't sue often -
they like the attention. Of course, fanfic writers are still obligated to
mention that this is not their
stuff, and I myself will attempt to go one step further by attempting to
name the creators involved
with the characters as said characters are introduced, which, though a
task destined to bring about
insanity, is a worthy one indeed. Fanfic writers also have a distinct
territorial instinct, meaning that
they usually wish a good amount of control over their personal writing, or
at least want their name
affixed to the document in perpetuity. I have but two requests due to this
ownership complex: that I
am informed of any use or copying of the document, and that the credits
page included at the end of
this work, listing myself and any suckers, er, kind souls who were
generous enough to give me
ideas or editing assistance be included with the rest of the many, many
words making up this
monstrosity. Besides, they're not there just to waste bandwidth...I
think... 

With that out the way, let me introduce our first chapter's characters: 

We have a lady named Lilith Aensland, who first appeared in Vampire
Savior, which was
manufactured by Capcom
We have this bright, cheery girl named Ellis from a game known as Battle
Arena Toshinden, which
has been fully restricted to those lucky enough to own a Sony Playstation;

And we have our heroine, known for her role in Street Fighter Alpha 2, by
Capcom...(and her
fellow Street Fighter, Ryu, gets mentioned...) 

And two further credits: We mention Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
and one of its bosses,
Apocalypse; the game's by Capcom, and the boss is by Wimps 'R Us; also, we
mention the
Ultimate Video Rumble, which is a fanfic involving random destruction,
gratuitous punking, and a
BIG trophy - for the mailing list, contact the happy main writer,
Wanderer. 

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Sakura was bored. 

She'd faced everyone in the Street Fighter tournament, and had actually
done quite well, but,
having the normal attention span for her age, had hit upon the phenomenon
known as "been there,
done that" syndrome. Of course, being the schoolgirl that she was, she
could only think of (or,
more precisely, want enough to forget about everything else) one thing to
do: Hold a slumber party.

The idea of the slumber party is simple. A small group of girls get
together (or a large group,
depending on how the parents involved felt about these things) and, during
the time period when
most sane inviduals are, well, slumbering, try to stay awake by talking,
watching movies, playing
games, and consuming large quantites of edibles. It is very popular among
teenagers to do this sort
of thing, because it means having a better chance of hearing gossip about
boys, who, while
embarassing girls, seem to be the only interesting thing they can find in
school. 

Of course, Sakura needed people to invite to such an event, which would be
other girls, usually
ones that are at least a good acquaintance. The problem is, except for her
best friend, who I wish I
knew the name of, she didn't know anyone well enough to invite them -
usually, her socializing
consisted of knocking heads in via the World Warrior tournament. And, of
course, the occasional
crossover tourney, such as when they whipped on some pathetic loser named
Apocalypse or events
such as the Ultimate Video Rumble popped up. Then, an idea that pretty
much is where this fanfic
starts going bonkers hit her: why not invite some fellow fighting girls?
We can brush up on our
techniques, watch some workout videos, talk about our favorite hunks in
the tournaments (like
Ryu...), and have a fun time. So, she decided to call a couple of them and
invite them over. 

It then hit her that it might be difficult to invite girls over for a
slumber party from other...what was
that word they used? Oh, yeah, nodes...it might be hard to get people from
different nodes over for
a party. No matter, this was a fanfic, so all she had to do was beg the
author to slip them into the
same universe. 

She begged nicely, promising a couple of Sho-o-kens. Not if I cooperated,
mind you. I thought
hard. For one second. 

With that problem out of the way, the next obstacle was to figure out who
to call. 

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Again, C&C and/or MST this thing to death - oh, and don't mind the word
wrap, that's just because my only other copy is the one I typed directly
onto the web page, and hence was used to cut-and paste.  Hope you liked
it!

Nicholas Eckert
vidstudent