I'm looking for prereaders for my Sailor Moon fanfiction Shades of Gray
(all completed chapters available at http://www.geocities.com/anowack/).
Both spelling/grammar focused and story focused prereaders will be
helpful.
The below technically isn't a teaser, since parts of Shades have already
been released, but it's something I worked up while taking a break from
writing Chapter 5.
Aaron Nowack
"Never let reality get in the way of a good hypothesis."
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dungeon/5930/
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The Senshi are good, right?
[The camera shows the Senshi and Tuxedo Kamen.]
I mean, love and justice and all that.
[Sailor Moon gives her "I will punish you." speech.]
They even fight evil.
[Brief flashes from each of the Senshi's attacks.]
And fighting evil is good.
[Shot of Tuxedo Kamen standing on a lamp post, giving one of his
trademark speeches.]
And since they are good, those who fight them are fighting good.
[Rapid montage of "monsters of the week".]
And those who fight good are evil.
[The screen shows a group shot of Beryl and her Generals. In the
background, shadowy images of other villians come and go.]
It's simple reasoning, isn't it?
[The picture zooms in on Jadeite's face, and he begins to laugh.]
FOR LOVE AND JUSTICE
The past is dead.
[Queen Serenity lies dead among the ruins of her kingdom.]
I mean, sure, it created the present, but it's done.
[The Senshi's spirits travel to the modern era.]
That's it. It's over.
[The moon orbits the Earth, first slowly, but speeding up, as thousands
of years pass.]
And the present creates the future.
[Flash of Crystal Tokyo.]
Casuality, and all that.
[Princess Serenity raises the Silver Crystal, and the screen flashes
white.]
And when the future becomes the present, the present becomes the past.
[A shot of a diorama, obviously in a museum, labeled "20th Century
Tokyo"]
Everyone knows that.
[The camera zooms out to reveal children in school uniforms eagerly
staring at the diorama.]
UNTIL ALL ARE ONE
But what happens when the past becomes the present?
[Flash back to the timestream. In the wake of the Senshi's spirits,
eight more spirits follow.]
When the past and present fight to create the future?
[Scene of the Senshi confronting eight shadowy figures in armor.]
If the present wins, the past dies.
[The shadowy figures vanish.]
But if the past wins... the present never happened.
[The Senshi follow suit.]
Because the past created a new present.
[The pans across the Osa-P shopping center. It is hardly recognizable,
as large portions have evidently burnt to the ground. This is followed
by a quick transition to various Senshi hangouts, all in states of
disrepair.]
And the new present creates a new future.
[Flash to Crystal Tokyo, which begins to slowly fade away.]
But... what does the old future have to say about this?
[Crystal Tokyo continues to fade away.]
Does it wait passively to be erased?
[The rate of fading begins to slow...]
Or does it fight?
[Flash to Sailor Pluto, standing at the Gates of Time.]
When is the battle... not a battle?
[Flash back to Crystal Tokyo, which begins to solidify once more.]
And when the past and present and future become one, we get history.
[Flash back to the diorama.]
SHADES OF GRAY
[The shadow of an armored figure falls across the diorama.]
CONFLICT IS A HUMAN TRAIT.
[The shadow of a figure in a sailor suit joins it, just before the image
fades to black.]