At 12:17 AM 4/30/98 -0600, David Johnston wrote:
This is an experiment, in "pop-up" annotated reviewing intended as much
to inform readers who may be unfamiliar with the source materials for
the fic as it is to comment on it's content.
^_^ And like all good "pop-up videos", this was rather informative as well
I: The Stranger
The tepid drizzle outside was ending, giving way to a fine mist
that filled the lungs and hindered breathing. The sky roiled with
clouds, threatening continued punishment at the slightest provocation.
Somewhere off in the distance, a car horn wailed, a lonely howl against
the unfriendly night.
{We have never seen an animal in Megatokyo. Not even a rat.}
BGC 5, "Moonlight Rambler". Priss and Sylvie feed a stray cat while taking
a break from a ride they're on. This is the scene where Sylvie spots
Genom's research facility that she later raids.
{Not that this is relevant}
True :)
For a while he stared into a high corner of the hut, where a
small
crack in the aluminum siding let in a view of the sky outside. A few
sickly stars shone fitfully down through the smog-filled air. The
{The internal combustion engine is still common in Megatokyo}
{Even though the Boomer power source would be more than an adequate
replacement}
And there's all those solar panels on the roof of pretty much every
building in sight during the intro of BGC 1. Of course, they all seem to
have disappeared by the time BGC 8 comes along.
Immediately, it was answered, and this time the man's voice was
loud enough to be understood. "Because it's a surprise, Ace. Don't you
like surprises? It's a vacation planet, and lord knows we need one
after the business with the Cybermen."
{Cybermen are clumsy-looking humanoid cyborgs who are nasty}
{Not to be confused with the Daleks who are non-humanoid cyborgs and
_really_ nasty}
Did Ace ever meet the Cybermen? Or for that matter, did Mel, Peri, Tegan,
<wosserface, the 'professor' - Nessa? Lissa?>, Adric, Romana I or II,
Leela[1] or K-9? I'm fairly certain Sarah Jane did... poor girl had
*everything* bad happening to her ^_^
There was a shimmering in the air, a faint bluish light. The
same wheezing, groaning sound grew louder and louder, frightening the
night creatures into silence once more. Then, the sound wavered and
died
away into the silence of the night. Where the shimmering had appeared,
the blue box now rested, slightly askew on the broken pavement that once
had been a superhighway crossing the canyon, before some great
earthquake
had torn the land apart.
{The Second Great Kanto Earthquake depopulated Japan, creating a labour
shortage filled by a flood of immigrants as well as the boomers}
Actually, just the Tokyo metropolitan area.
For the purposes of most fanfics, that *is* the size of all of Japan, of
course.
"Of course I'm sure," said the man. "It's not very hard to tell
you know, not when you've been around. That canyon there? There were
two
major earthquakes that formed that, one in the late 2020's. We're in
2025 is the *late* 2020s?
"Priss has a valid point," Sylia concluded. "Nene--"
{She does?}
Write the time and date down. History has been made!
(or visit the "I Hate Priss Asagiri" page on the web ^_^)
Sylia smiled, effecting a slight, graceful nod in return. "That
concludes our business today. Don't forget the training session this
evening, after the concert. Good luck, Priss."
Priss grinned impishly. "I'll knock 'em dead."
They all laughed.
"I'm sure you will," Sylia whispered to herself.
{Sylia and Priss are frequently romantically linked in fanfiction}
{There is no basis for this in the actual series except that neither
has ever expressed interest in a man}
Except for Fargo's comment about Sylia having 'dated' him in the past in
BGC 8, or Priss and Leon's ongoing relationship, particularly in BGC 6 and 7
The woman next to him picked up the story. "Two of the boomers
didn't return, but their service frequencies still list them as active
in
Ota district. The remote recall circuits have failed, but even *we*
can't
get authorization to retrieve them ourselves."
{Ordinarily this kind of news conference would be given by AD Police,
not GENOM}
Some would argue that Genom 'owns' the ADP
[1]Leela: Warrior Princess, not to be confused with Xena: Warrior Princess
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