> >         They looked at each other and frowned.
> >
> >         "Arthur and Lynn Dilbert-Cosby," Konatsu said as he
> >typed it in.  "Will you be paying cash, credit, or sneaking out
> >in the middle of the night?"
> >
> >         "Do you take coffee makers or karaoke machines as
> >payment?"  Arthur asked.
>
> Gee, I wonder... are you Scott Adams in disguise or just a fan? :)
>
Just a fan.

oh, well then :)

> >
> >         "I think you're gonna win on this one," Ryo said.
> >
> >         Gosunkugi pulled the lever.  Five unicorn horns came
> >up, and a loud bell sounded.  Chips began pouring out in a
> >torrent.  "Wow!  It worked!"
>
> We all love precognitive powers. That is, when you're the one benefitting
> from them :)
>
Yep.

I guess Gos is naturally lucky.

>
> >         "Oh man, ANOTHER big jackpot!"  someone shouted
> >from far across the room.
>
> Gos? I think he's going to become the Gambler King's worst nightmare...
>
Yep.

I wonder how much is the Gambler King going to sell his trousers for :)
On second thought, I'd say he would gamble those trousers for his IOUs instead ...

> >         "You explained that one day you'd marry the Queen of
> >the Earth and rule the entire planet, so I let you go ahead
> >and start putting up places as part of your bets."
>
> <huge sweatdrop> So he was unconsciously aware of his heritage? Interesting :)
>
Yep.

I wonder if this isn't foreshadowing...

> >         If she wasn't so competent, I would kill her, Nephrite
> >thought.  But she acts like she's Beryl instead of a
> >subordinate.  For a moment, he wondered if she might be
> >Beryl in disguise, but he dismissed the thought.  Some people
> >are just naturally arrogant, he concluded.
>
> If I could recall clearly the previous episodes, I'd be sure if what I'm
> about to say is true... Emerald sounds like she's Jadeite in disguise... in
> fact, wasn't this the series where Jadeite was spared the Eternal Sleep to
> spy on the Generals or something?
>
Why yes, Beryl did give him the job of keeping an eye on Nephrite.

Yeah, it's him, alright. I wonder if Neflyte (I know I misspelled it :) ) will realize that in time... we shall see :)

> >         Ranma was regretting rejoining the Old Maid game.  He
> >now owed Naoko about 10,000 years of service, roughly two
> >hundred children, and half the planet.  The Gambling King
> >wasn't doing much better, having lost all his IOUs from
> >Ranma, and several dozen from other customers.  He'd also
> >lost a fifty percent interest in the casino to Naoko.
>
> He's still playing? Doesn't he know when to stop?
>
Nope.  See the canonical Gambling King story.

Yeah, I remember.

>
> >         The shower was running, while Ukyou was seated on
> >the large double bed, watching late night TV.  From the TV,
> >an announcer said, "Now, in order to get the 100,000 yen
> >prize, you have to swim through this vat of pudding while
> >dressed as Tinky-Winky.  And you have to do it in three
> >minutes."
>
> Swim through a vat of... pudding? Dressed as Tinky-Winky? I wonder where
> people get these ideas. Seriously.
>
Japanese game shows are actually much weirder than this.

<shudder> Don't mention.

>
> >         Greed gestured and the green Rainbow Crystal
> >suddenly flew out of Pluto's hands while he was distracted by
> >what he had just done.  "Got it, sir!"
> >
> >         "Everyone, RETREAT!"  Nephrite barked.  "We got what
> >we came for."
>
> Yup... BTW, what's the score now? how many pieces to each side? I lost
> track of it...
>
Evil has three crystals and one Shadow, Good has one crystal and healed
three Shadows.

3-1 ... and they are 7 pieces... I guess this means it'll probably end up in a battle royale for all the pieces. We shall see...

Thanks for the comments!

No prob at all.

BTW, did you catch the Clancy reference? I sort of thought you'd say something about it.


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See ya later!

Rui 'Fragger' Costa
rsmcosta@shenlon.net.dhis.org
ICQ #11383615

"Martial artist + chick + going to Tendo Dojo = Another Fiancee for Ranma"
Extracted from Half a Timeline, Act One, Chapter One, v1.2 .
Sorry folks, it was removed...
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