Almost forgot the other person who sent me C&C from here...thanks goes out
to Damien Roc.
Now, remember, near the end of this chapter, we have an intentional
grammatical error. Enjoy it.
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"Now, Mihoshi, I want you to listen carefully, and write this down,"
Washu said as she stepped into the time travel device.
"Okay, let me find a pad and paper...ooh, I know it's around
someplace - oh, I know, I left it back on the ship!"
"Then here, borrow mine. First thing - you don't go near that ship until I
return."
"Okay..."
"Second, you see the tent I just set up? You're to sleep there - it has
all
the food you'll need for the next few days."
"Yes..."
"Finally, try to stay out of trouble. I know it's hard, but we've already
ruined the lawn...no need to make more problems."
"Um-hmm...first...thing...don't...go..."
"Gimme that!" Washu decided to take the writing into her own hands,
instead of leave it with the female equivalent of Agent 86.
That done, she powered up the time portal. "Goodbye, everybody! Try
to stay clear of this area until 8:00 P.M. Friday."
Sakura, who was just standing there watching this, nodded and waved.
She didn't want to know.
Mihoshi wailed again. This time, it made it to Hawaii.
"There, there," Sakura said, reassuring Mihoshi and saving the
collective eardrums of Japan at the same time. "She'll be back, and, in
the meantime, you can talk to me."
"I can?" Mihoshi said weakly.
Sakura barely managed to get out the words, "Of course," before being
throroughly strangled to death with happiness. She wondered for a
second if it wasn't Washu taking Mihoshi to the party, instead of the
other way around.
Nah, Mihoshi's too old.
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While all this mess was going on, the invitations were going out. Lilith
decided to get ahold of a fighter she had just met in this new
tournament she'd been signed up for between her creators and some
comic book company.
"Hello, is this the residence of Dr. Light?"
"Yes, Roll speaking. Can I help you?"
"Hiya, Roll, it's me, Lilith - remember?"
"Of course! You were that secret character with the cute bat-wings!
How are you?"
"Doing fine. Say, wanna go to a party on Friday, work on some fighting
moves, hang out, you know?"
The by-now-overused scene of scurrying, asking permission,
screaming, and scurrying again took place, and Roll came back and
said, "Great! When and where do I meet you to go over?"
"Come over around 7:30, and we'll go from there."
"Cool! I'll have Rush take me there. Bye, Lilith!"
"See ya then, Roll. Bye!" She almost forgot - Roll had her own
transportation. Not that she had a license, mind you, but the
dog/car/board/sub/jetpack armor/quarterback/running back/punter was
sentinent, and hence no license was necessary.
Next on the list, a foreign exchange student from Africa. "Hello, this is
Lilith. Is Elena there?" (Note that Lilith's hand never left the phone.)
The voice on the other end said, "Just a minute. ELENA? SOMEONE
ON THE PHONE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU..." Luckily, the
voice on the other end didn't shout into the phone - just down the
steps, where the only Street Fighter to attempt fighting solely with their
feet (and hence, bring about a bad unintended pun) was playing with
Narumi in the bright Tokyo sunshine.
Elena walked up the stairs and took the phone from her exchange
mother's hand. "Hello?"
"Hi, it's me, Lilith. I was wondering if your busy on Friday night."
"If your busy Friday night...what? What did my busy Friday night do?
Do I have a busy Friday night, for that..."
"Huh? Hold on for a second." She looked at the script. "WHERE'S
THE AUTHOR?"
I replied quickly - sure, many of her attacks were, um, nice, but I
wanted to live until tomorrow, and she sounded like she was quite
prepared to prevent my life's continuation. "Hold on..."
A quick dash of white-out and typing later, the conversation continued.
"Hi, it's me, Lilith. I was wondering if you're busy on Friday night."
"I think I'm free. Why?"
"Are you interested in coming to a slumber party?"
"Can Narumi come along?"
"Sure. It's a bit fighting-related, but I'm sure she'll have fun too."
After the quick check with her host family, which luckily didn't involve
scurrying, she accepted; a phone call later, Narumi was also signed up.
A few more phone calls, and Lilith was done...Ellis was just getting
started. Currently, she was talking with Kasumi.
"Do I want to go out tonight? Of course!" You could hear the bouncing
over the phone. (For that matter, you could hear the fanfic author
getting slapped silly while writing.)
"Actually, it's Friday night."
"Oh, yeah. That's cool. Where is it? I'll meet you there."
A quick description of the location for ninja teleportation purposes, and
another signed on. Ellis was on a roll. Of course, she wasn't keeping
track of who she was inviting precisely...she was, instead, just asking
people she called that night on the phone.
Perhaps twenty-one was a small estimate...
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It'll just get loonier from here, folks.
C&C and MST to your heart's content.
Nicholas Eckert
vidstudent