it's late, but if I don't get to this now, it's not getting done until
after New Year's:
A dash of C&C before Y2K.
Mihoshi liked shiny objects.
Mihoshi is a jackdaw? :)
Heh.
Oh yes. And her outfit was beginning to ride up her backside, making her
feel very uncomfortable. That was very bad too. Mihoshi absolutely hated
wedgies.
Hehehe.
Can't blame her. I hate 'em too.
That Mihoshi had evaded certain destruction was a cause for relief. That
in
doing so she ended up pulling into the forest of tall stone spires at an
incredibly dangerous speed was decidedly not a cause for relief. Mihoshi
confirmed this as she, with a great deal of difficulty, managed to
balance
out her bike, then became aware of her surroundings just in time to pull
to
the right and miss the twelve foot wide pillar of stone that she nearly
crashed into at a speed in excess of two hundred kilometers an hour.
I sense a great influence of Star Wars. :)
An inevitability when dealing with death races on flying bikes. I suppose I
could have had one of them accidentily turn an Ewok into road-kill if I had
been feeling particularly evil. ^_^
Wait. She had become one. Well, she
wanted to see the brilliant displays of auroras around Praxian Took
during
its winter solstice.
'Praxian Took'? Is that a planetful of hobbits? :)
Something like that. ^_^
No. Wait. She had done that last year. There was that
exotic Yourgina delicacy, Phlegm Bistrol,
Eeeew!
Nononono. It really tastes great, once you get past the gooey part anyway.
Fera gaped in open astonishment as Mihoshi did an unbelievably difficult
maneuver between a rocky outcropping and a huge pillar lying across the
left. When Fera tried the same thing, she came so close to the pillar
that
it nicked her ear. It was impossible! How could a mere human learn to
fly
with such skill and at such speeds?
Umm, Mihoshi's not human, is she?
humanoid=human in most Katasan's eyes (they all look the same anyway, with
their lack of fur ^_^). Now she's certainly not an Earthling, no, but
that's not the same thing.
But as vexing as it was to Fera, still she felt her blood begin to sing
in
response to the race. This was life in its purest form. Two opponents
racing with death right behind them, nipping at their heels as it waited
for someone to miss that crucial turn or go up instead of down and end
up
broken across the land. It was what all Katasans were born for, and what
they all ultimately craved.
Yes, it was a good day to die. :)
Indeed.
"Ouch," Mihoshi moaned as she got up off the bike, rubbing her sore
behind.
Cut the power off slowly, she reminded herself. Next time she would
remember for sure. But now she had other more important things to do.
She
was in unknown territory, far from any back up, and had been shot at by
at
least one individual. Who knew how many others might be right behind
her?
The situation was tense. The situation was dangerous. The situation
called
for one clear course of action.
Mihoshi picked the wedgie out of her bottom.
ROFL!
The gal knows her priorities.
until rigor mortis set in was a bit too cautious, but she didn't want to
take any chances. After all, some alien races, like the Hedghogans,
could
play dead for hours if they felt so inclined. Nothing but the most
rigorous
of medical scans would show that they were actually alive. Curiously,
they
had a high rate of employment at insurance companies, mostly in the
claims
departments.
'Hedghogans' deserve applause as a novel concept. :)
Thanks.
Mihoshi considered what to do. "Well, the temperature really doesn't
bother
me. Nights on Mensa tend-"
"Mensa?" Tenchi interrupted.
"My homeworld," Mihoshi explained. "Anyway, nights there tend to be a
bit
Hehe. 'Mensa' is perfect as the homeworld for Mihoshi's IQ level.
Ain't it though ^_^?. I was afraid that one might have gone over people's
heads. Nice to know someone got it.
So, does this
make her a Mensan? :)
but of course.
Mihoshi laid down on the ground, next to the bike. "Sure. It's one of
the
basics taught to us in survival courses. It's no big deal. I had to do
it a
couple of times with Kiyone. Like when we were stranded on one of the
moons
around Polgar 9. And another time when we were on a stakeout on Hoth and
I
Missed the Polgar ref,
Random name, in that case. Nothing special about it.
but Hoth is cold alright. :)
Yep. ^_^
Nice chapter. This isn't going to be as long as Shampoo 1/2, is it? :)
Wah! Don't even suggest such a thing. I don't have that much time on my
hands. ^_^
Seriously, though, this story has become much longer than I originally
thought it would. Not so much that I have added things, just that the
chapters are turning out longer than I thought they would. Tentative
outline and guesswork has this with four more chapters. But that could
always grow a couple, depending on how much I need to write to feel
satisfied with describing the events. And yes, I fully intend on finishing
this before starting in on any other major projects. I have no intention of
starting a half dozen fics and not finishing any of them.
Awaiting more.
It'll be a while. Haven't had much free time and only have a three pages of
the next chapter done.
Thanks a lot for the good C+C. As always, it's greatly appreciated.
D.B. Sommer