Hmm. I'm finally getting down to doing some C&C. Better late than never, I
guess.
DB Sommer wrote:
Ryo-Ohki dipped low over the greenish colored waters as she flew toward the
towers in the distance. The buildings grew larger as she approached the
tourist area that Ryouko had directed her towards. When she was less than
three kilometers away, she slowed down and approached at a far more
cautious speed.
"Are you certain they're here?" Aeka asked as she observed the town become
more distinct on the external monitors.
"Well, we have on our hands a popular seaside tourist planet with a
population of fifty million that has either mysteriously lost the ability,
or is simply refusing, to communicate with us. There hasn't been a launch
from the planet's surface since we've arrived in-system. And I can't pick
up a single transmission, not even a radio station, anywhere on this entire
giant swimming pool. Now what do you think the odds are Mihoshi has been
here?" Ryouko crossed her arms as she waited for Aeka's inevitable answer.
"It does make sense," Aeka admitted a bit reluctantly. Something was
bothering her about the situation. Even Mihoshi, walking disaster that she
tended to be, would have been hard pressed to knock out an entire planet's
ability to communicate. And how could she have disabled all of the
spaceports too? It just didn't seem possible. "But perhaps we should
consider an alternate explanation."
"Yeah, right," Ryouko snorted derisively. "Like what? A giant undersea
monster awakened from its ancient slumber and grabbed the entire population
of the planet?" Ryouko made a 'monstrous' sound and wriggled her fingers in
Aeka's direction. "That sounds like the plot to some cheesy late night
movie."
As Ryouko finished her declaration, gigantic tentacles hundreds of feet
long and dozens of feet across shot out of the water and wrapped themselves
around Ryo-Ohki, halting her in mid-flight.
"I hate you," Aeka said calmly to Ryouko right before Ryo-Ohki was dragged
into the icy depths of the ocean below.
I know other people have said this already, but this is still the best opening
sequence to a fic that I've read for a long time. It's clever, IC, and darn
hilarious. Kudos.
Vacation Days
Chapter 7
A Tenchi Muyo! Fic
This uses the OVA continuity.
Any and all C+C craved for. You can contact me at:
sommer@3rdm.net
Ask and you shall receive? :)
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Tenchi Muyo! materials
All of my stuff is now stored at:
http://angcobra.jumpfun.com/dbsommer.html
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"A Sasquish." It was an odd being to be among the group of pirates. In
general they were a race that tended to be well respected throughout the
galaxy. They were most famous for being very talented negotiators, with
sharp minds and quick wits. That they also tended to stand between seven
and ten feet tall, bore very sharp teeth and sharper claws, and weighed in
around five hundred to seven hundred pounds of solid muscle that could
break most other sentient races in half without halfway-trying did not hurt
in most of their negotiations either. Onita had never met one himself, but
Sasquish were usually spoken of in terms of great respect.
Heh. Look - more cannon fodder. A 'Sa-squish' indeed: The question is whether
this newcomer will do any serious squishing or will end up being squished a la
Fera.
Among them was that Fera was dead. Somehow Funuyaki instinctively knew
that, although she could not say how she knew or why. She was beginning to
wonder if any of them were going to get off the rock they were stranded on
alive. As the casualties on Funuyaki's 'side' continued to soar, she had to
admit it was not an unrealistic expectation.
"You're all gonna die! Bwahahahahaha!!!" :)
Much to the others' surprise, Stargrave grinned, the first time he had done
so since they had crashed. "You do at that, old one. You do at that. Now
let's get going" He took a moment to pull the locator out and examine its
viewscreen once again. The blip still remained at the exact same
coordinates it had before. If it stayed that way for one more day, it would
be his once again. And then he would prove Autolycus wrong as the galaxy
trembled at his feet.
Key in the maniacal laughter as the rest of the crew stared in dismay.
Tenchi rolled around a bit, still somewhat in the throes of the latest part
of a dream. The one that led into it was a faint blur, but the current one
was more than enough to capture his full, dreamlike attention. In it, he
was placed in some horrible situation in school in which he was interested
in several very attractive classmates who continuously rejected his blatant
romantic overtures. In it the girls had no names, but they all seemed
hauntingly familiar. There was the somewhat ditzy blonde hall monitor, the
somewhat snobbish purple-haired class president, and the somewhat rough and
tumble cyan-haired class rebel. Every time he tried to come onto any one of
them, that girl would hit him and say she wasn't interested in him and that
he should try to harass one of the other girls. Each rejection caused the
class to laugh at him, but he still persisted in spite of the humiliation.
He was sure one of them would break down and like him eventually. He just
knew it.
There were other, non-romantic interests in the dream as well. There was
the tall, pale, greyish-haired teacher with the small glasses on his nose,
who seemed to have a bad tendency to come after Tenchi with an energy sword
whenever he got an answer wrong. There was the spiky red-haired school
nurse that kept trying to give him enemas, and then there was his younger
sister, who would pop in periodically and say 'poor Tenchi', and offer him
support. Somehow, they all seemed faintly familiar to him, although he
couldn't place a name with any of the faces.
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy? :)
"Ohh, what would the others think if they heard you say that about me?"
That piqued his curiosity further, the feelings of disgust falling by the
wayside. Was she dreaming about him?
"I bet Aeka and Ryouko would get angry. They get jealous so easily if
they're made to feel inadequate. Thanks for choosing me."
So it was about him. He should have known. Still, it was to be expected.
She had made her interest in him known, even if she was not quite as
forward as the other girls tended to be. The other girls probably dreamt
about his as well. His pride swelled at the implication as Mihoshi spoke
again.
"Of course, I'd be happy to help you with the cooking, Sasami."
Oh, the delicious irony. So nicely chewable. :)
Tenchi stopped pulling the anti-grav sled and looked in the direction she
pointed, shielding his eyes from the glare of the twin setting suns and
stared at the distant horizon. A soft smile broke across his features as he
bathed himself in the panoramic view before him.
Of course, he failed to realize that it made him look just like Luke Skywalker
in Star Wars. Mihoshi, who had seen the film a dozen times since arriving on
Earth, hid a quiet sigh of delight.
That was just great. Tenchi took note of their surroundings. The pass they
were in was narrow and with sheer sides that made climbing impossible.
Judging by how fast the Sasquish had initially ran towards them, there was
no chance they could outrun him either. Unless a space ship suddenly
swooped down and chased off the large alien, they were not going to get out
of this without a fight.
All of a sudden, a giant space ship appeared and.... nah, too boring. :)
Pupei took one look at the blade of energy, laughed then came forward.
Tenchi gulped audibly. "Stay back, or I won't be responsible for what
happens to you." Tenchi saw that words had no effect on the much larger
alien, and was about to go into an attack position with the master key when
the blade flickered, then went out altogether.
"Ahhh! This never happened to Luke Skywalker!" Tenchi exclaimed.
Pupei backhanded Tenchi, sending him sailing several feet away and into the
side of the pass wall and right under an overhang. Pupei took a moment to
admire his handiwork. "Nice try, kid. But this is where you get what's
coming to yo-" A rock hit Pupei directly on top of the head.
Pupei paused in his 'parting speech' and looked up. At first, he was
concerned that a third person might have been hiding and had positioned
themselves above him for some kind of assault. But when he looked up, he
saw no one there. Relaxing, he looked back towards Tenchi. He was about to
begin his speech again when a low rumble came from above. His head jerked
upward, for he thought he recognized the sound and understood what the
first stone had heralded. Sure enough, just as he looked skyward, he saw a
large portion of the pass wall, the part that the fourth laser shot had
hit, give way and come falling down the towards him like a gray wave of
water.
Mihoshi's luck holds true even when she's unconscious.
Pupei lunged forward, hoping to make it under the overhang Tenchi had
fallen under, all the while knowing he wasn't going to make it. A prayer
passed his lips as he felt the first, and largest of the rocks, hit him
squarely in the back. A Sasquish's hide could withstand a great deal of
abuse, but tons of stone falling from that height was far too much, even
for someone as durable as Pupei.
Oh well. This answers the question of whether Pupei would squish or be
squished. :)
"Ohhhh, that's really pretty. You know. I think that second orb inside the
first one is made out of polynison. That's strange because it's really,
really expensive and to use that much of it would cost a small
fortun...Tenchi, why are you hitting your head into the ground and saying
'Why do I even bother' over and over again?"
Yeah. Why does he even bother? Oh wait, that was Washu that ended up bashing
her head the last time... :)
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Wow! Just under two weeks to get this one done.
And two weeks for me to get some C&C out. Oh well.
Anymore now that's turning
out to be a good speed for me >_<. Hopefully the next chapter won't take
as long, although I might work a little on a smaller piece if the mood
strikes me, so no guarentees (although I will promise to finish this). Lots
of ideas running around in the cranium, nowhere near enough time to put
them all down on pape...well on disk space.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for writing, DB. Wonderful stuff yet again.
Phil.
D.B. Sommer
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