You know, Matt, considering that we haven't discussed this adventure in a while, it is disturbing how much of my personality is accurate here.  :)

Been meaning to repost, since I figure part 3 will be done in

Was this just a repost?  It seems slightly revised.  I don't remember the Kenshin references from last time...

transported into an anime... you'd try to make it with some of the
characters, wouldn't you? Of course, that's not necessarily such a
good idea. Watch and learn!

Especially considering the rather cruel and ironic situation you put me in.  *shudder*

The characters of Michael Chen, David Eddy, Andrew Huang, Matthew
Lewis, and Anand Rao are fictional; all similarities between them
and persons living or dead are purely coincidental. These names

Hell of a coincidence.

2. Anand "What the hell am I doin', drinking in L.A.?" Rao
    -not as big as Dave (although he does work out), he ranks in as
     second tallest member of the group as well as the second
     oldest
    -couldn't fidget or twitch more if he were a psycho who just
     popped a few caffeine pills
    -doesn't go around screaming "I always wanted to be dainty!"
    -got a good set of shoulders underneath that head of his
     (wait! that didn't come out right for some reason....)
    Known for: obsessive devotion to Kasumi and Kasumi-ish
    characters... I mean, for the trilogy: Love and
    Marriage-- the Dangerous Path   (starts off with
            Kasumi and Spice), among other things-- check out
            his web pages and have a look see

Not so much these days...

You and your four (4) co-winners are:
                        Michael Chen
                        Andrew Huang
                        Dave Eddy
                        Anand Rao
                        Matthew Lewis

    Mike's response upon reading was, "Cool! I get to go to Japan,
where most of the girls aren't taller than me!"
    Andrew thought, "Hey, some of these names seem familiar."
    David thought, "I've always wanted to go to Japan. Hmmm...
maybe I'll put another shrimp on the barbie."
    Anand thought, "Paid vacation! I'm in!"

Damn straight!  No adventure better than a free adventure.

    "Didn't know you were into young girls in short skirts, Matt,"
ribbed Dave.
    Anand said, "In the name of Jupiter I'll--" but there's no need
to use the exact words now, is there? I can't even think of a way
to say it in polite company, and the way Anand said it, well, let's
just say that you wouldn't even say it in impolite company, much
less polite company.

As long as it wasn't in the name of Uranus.

    Matt was somewhat dismayed that no one else got the reference,
although he was rather proud of Anand for that unexpected show of
crudity.

Slightly OOC here.  Cruidity should be expected.

    They never reached the high school. The group of five found
themselves in the van, in a desert. Confused expressions claimed
everyone's face, with the exception of Matt, whose face wore a
maddeningly ecstatic grin for counterpoint.
    "El Hazard," he said, although no one else knew what he was
talking about.
    Someone at Suspicious Plot Device Sweepstakes laughed.

'The Hazard' indeed.

    "Although," Matt added thoughtfully, "truthfully? I don't
really know where we are. I suggest we get out of the van and look
around a bit. You know, see if we can see anything before we pick a
random direction and start driving."
    Everyone knew that Matt was holding back big-time on where they
were. Still, his suggestion was a good one, and they could always
beat... er, get... it out of him when survival wasn't such a
problem.

Have you ever had to take that survival exercise/puzzle where you and a group of people are stuck in the desert with only a handful of items and then you have to rank the items in importance?  Might be a fun thing to add here.

    "What about Evangelion?" asked (oh come on, you know who it is,
I know who it is, so why even bother saying it? Well, just to be
complete, I suppose I should say who) Andrew.

Heh.  Of course.

    "Don't like it," said Mike, simply.
    "It's not bad. Bit over-hyped though, methinks," replied Matt.
    "How come Andrew was moving so fast? He left small craters
where his feet touched the ground," asked Dave, again, this time
slightly louder.
    "What do you mean? The animation is awesome, the story is
great, the characters, the fact that it's more than just about the
mecha...."
    "All well and good, but Escaflowne's got all that in spades.
You got characters who I'd say are more realistic, in their actions
and their motivations. You could take out everything about the
Guymelefs and the show would still be pretty much the same--
Evangelion? Take out the Angels and the Evangelions, and what do
you have? I even like the design of the Guymelefs better. The Evas
just don't seem quite real to me-- with their too thin and too long
torsos, and their stretched arms. The centre of gravity of those
things'd be really effed up," Matt paused and thought for a brief
moment.

Yeah, but Escaflowne as Hitomi.  And she's more annoying than Gendo, Ritsuko, and Asuka combined.


Great fun, Matt.  Glad to see that you're keeping this thing alive!  :)

Later,

Anand



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