In a message dated 11/24/2001 11:31:59 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
sommer@3rdm.net writes:

and going for a change of pace:

And I'm glad to see you did!

 > "Oh my," Kasumi Incognito
 
 'Oh my' and 'Kasumi' together, nothing but trouble. :)

Oh, yes. That's one of the principles behind Chaos Theory. ^_^

 > Terra turned to the side and put her feet on the floor and
 > tugged at the sleeve of her pajamas. She thought deeply, taking a
 > few deep breaths. "I'm feeling better, but I'm still a little
 > woozy from last night."
 >
 > Kasumi nodded. "Well, that's what happens when a level ten
 > Super Sayajin comes up and puts a brain-scrambler on your head.
 
 Yeah. I should say so.

Though it's not as bad as jury duty...

 It
 > takes some rest for your sinapses
 
 synapses (I think)

Right, thanks. Missed that one.

 > Kasumi blushed. "I read about it in this month's Discover
 > magazine.
 
 Of course.

Everything's in Discover! ^_^

 > *SMASH!* "GRR!" Kasumi's arm turned into a long, steel
 > spike, which she drove through the bed's headboard, missing
 > Terra's cheek by barely a centimeter.
 
 Got to hate it when your mother's been replaced by a T-1000

Yeah, I hate it when that happens. Then you've got to go through
this big time-travel epic, become the leader of a future resistance
group, send back a friend to make sure you're born--it's really
quite a big mess to clean up afterward.

In my experience, it's a whole lot easier to just destroy the world
and be done with it.

 > Though, the music she had heard with the name of 'Reggae'
 > sounded interesting. Perhaps she would ask one of the royal musicians
 > to try and duplicate it someday. In any case, the Future VisionQuest
 > was essentially useless. In her five attempts, she always ended up
 > seeing herself brutalized in some fashion. While she didn't mind the
 > concept itself, it was not any fun experiencing pain.
 
 Maybe it's her fate to be beaten within an inch of her life.

That's a pretty good interpretation of the dreams. How did you
manage to decipher them? ^_^

 > "Fine, just fine," the redhead replied with a secretive look
 > in her eyes. <When I regain my full strength, you will be the first
 > to know how I feel, and to feel what I felt.>
 
 How delightful.

In'nit, though?

 > "You looked at her big, round stomach and asked her if she was
 > about to 'spawn.'"
 
 Hmm. Not a good sign.

Ain't culture-shock great? ^_^

 > From a mental link with one specific human, the one who had
 > defeated her, she had learned something that surprised her: The
 > individuals and civilizations she had been destroying over the past
 > nine billion years didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as she did.
 
 Heh. Cute.

Just never bothered to ask, I suppose.

 > Nevertheless, many humans remained suspicious of her. Several
 > refused to believe that she was human. At first, when what was to be
 > done with her was discussed, the general consensus had been to seal
 > her away in a  magical chunk of quartz until they figured out what
 > to do with her.
 
 Actual what I would chose to do with many of the people I meet everyday as
 well.

Seal them away into a huge, magical chunk of quartz until you figure
out what do with them? The Beryl-Jadeite approach is actually starting
to seem natural, isn't it? ^_^

 > Known to her as her Atomic Starlight Knight, the construct had
 > been her primary venting source. Taking on the pseudonym of 'Timothy
 > Starknight, or 'Tim S. Knight, he was known to the kingdoms simply
 > as her old, mysterious friend who had pursued her in an attempt to
 > break the magic possessing her.
 
 How interesting.So this is the real origin of ASK. I had no idea.

It's sort of explained somewhere in chapters 1-5. Yeah, he's just some
energy construct Terra made by duplicating and modifying some
Moonlight Knight-thing (SM-R series-style) she encountered somewhere
and left a portion of her being in control of the thing.

Even if somebody knows Terra's true origins, they'd not really have a
clue about the Atomic Starlight Knight. Not that it matters, really.

 > As of late, ASK had taken on an alarming level of independent
 > action. It was incapable of disobeying her entirely, but in sixteen
 > occasions in the past month, he had almost overruled some of her
 > commands. If this got out of hand, she would have to 'tighten the
 > leash,' so to speak.
 
 Hmm. That could be quite the showdown.

Indeed. I wonder if such a battle ever took place...

 > Princess Venus kept her nose held high in a very princess-like
 > posture and grasped for the sima jug, but accidentally took hold of
 > the gravy boat and poured it into her goblet.
 
 Oops.

Minako is still Minako, even if she's not!

 > "Mind your manners, Pyra," the Queen cautioned. "A proper young
 > lady should not tease her friends."
 
 Pyra: Bitch slap them?
 
 Serenity: That's right out, too.
 
 Pyra: If we're enemies can I do it?
 
 Serenity: Then it would be all right.
 
 Pyra: Cool. Dead Moon Circus, here I come!

^_^ Heh. Cute.

 > "Nonsense," Princess Venus interjected. "You are only as old
 > as you think your shoes are," she misquoted the old adage.
 
 Misquote? But I say that all the time.

A very common misconception when one says that you're only
as old as you think you are, when it is really the perceived age
of footwear that determines cellular phone decay.

ArbyFish: Caught ya ear in th' jam, Oye s'pose, but ain't no snuff
off _me_ nose.

 > "Err, Queen Serenity-sama," Princess Jupiter picked at her
 > food, resting her cheek against her hand while leaning against
 > the table, "when's the circus starting?"
 >
 > "In roughly three hours."
 
 Pyra: And I'm going to join.

I may consider using that line in there somewhere...

 > Althea thought back to the event. "No, she just walked in,
 > sat down, and didn't say anything for a month. One day she went off
 > somewhere quietly by herself and came back with this huge grin on
 > her face,"
 
 Heh. Things must have been boring.

Either that or _really_ traumatized. And bored.

And with all the Venus stuff; y'know, Amy's trip and Althea's descriptions,
I'm really just making fun of John Biles. (Sailor Moon Z without Sailor
Moon shouting KameHameHa? Honestly, what kind of story is THAT!?!?)
^_^%

 > "Which daughter?" Princess Serenity asked. "The real one, me,
 > or the fake one?"

 It does get confusing.

Not overly so, I hope.

 > "I suggest you all reserve judgment until you have gotten to
 > know her," Queen Serenity cautioned.
 
 Pyra: Then can I bitch slap her?

Serenity: If she gives you permission, then so do I.

 > "Right!" Princess Terra nodded. "Really nice people, them.
 > They don't give me any dirty looks, they obey my every command, but,
 > well, they were trying to do my hair up into a pair of balled
 > ponytails again."
 
 Heh

I figure it's traditional. All wacky, pointlessly overdone things are
traditional.

 > "It _is_ the Royal Lunar Fashion," Queen Serenity reminded
 > her adopted daughter, touching her own long tresses. "Perhaps they
 > thought it would help you make a good impression since we have
 > visitors."
 
 Terra; It makes me look like a puffball.
 
 Pyra: Too true.

I think I might add those lines, too.

 > "Right, so then one of my assistants tell me that we're going
 > to a circus later, and so it's not right for the occasion. I said,
 > 'Okay,' and we swapped over to a pair of bib overalls hidden way
 > in the back of the wardrobe."
 
 Heh

>From formal to stunningly INformal in ten seconds, flat!

 > "How come you never cook anything?" Princess Serenity asked her
 > mother.
 >
 > "I mustn't take the palace assistants' jobs away from them."
 
 Hehehehe. I never heard that excuse before. Very nice. I think I'll use it
 sometime.

Glad to be of help. Feel free. Shear and shear alike, lemmings off a
bridge, and hold the mayo!

 > "Gaaagh, yucky," Princess Serenity grimaced at the memory.
 > "Serenity smash wormy food!" She halfheartedly thumped at the table
 > with a knuckle.
 
 Hehehehe.

If there was _one_ kind of food Terra wouldn't complain about...

 > "So," Terra half-smiled at the four princesses, "you're the
 > Sailor Chibiscouts, huh?"
 
 Heh

I figured it'd be derogatory. ^_^

 > Hermione winced, as did Pyra. Iolanthe and Althea slammed
 > their fists on the table. "Watch your mouth, commoner!" they snapped,
 > standing up and pointing at her from across the table.
 
 Actualy, she's not.

Depends on how you look at it.

>From their perspective, she's just come out of nowhere, and therefore
cannot be what they perceive as royalty, even while adopted. And
only royalty, of a major planetary bloodline, could become a powered-up
Sailor Senshi or comfortable equivalent, according to what they've
apparently been taught. Pride and prestige, etc.

On the other hand, Terra WAS a major component of a certain
planet aeons ago... ^_^

 > "Yes it is," Terra replied, "according to the Jurai codebooks,
 > all responsible adults may-"
 >
 > "We are not on Jurai, and you are not a responsible adult,"
 > Queen Serenity reminded her adopted daughter.
 
 Good points, both.

I'd say so. ^_^

 > To be continued...
 >
 > Eh, I thought I'd try a change in pace. Cuteness and whatnot.
 
 So far, so good. Entertaining, even if Sailor Terrafying is up to no good 

in

 preparing to mutilate the chibi-scouts. Pacing was good, and it was
 different from the last few chapters you've done. Already looking forward 

to

 more.
 
 D.B. Sommer

That's great! I'm glad to hear it. The styles tend to shift every once in a
while; typically, I keep the flashbacks more or less serious, but I say that
the present and the future are fair game and invitation to cut loose. The
past justifies the future.

I couldn't justify the story being 100% outright insanely funny.

But I think I'd choke if I HAD to make it 100% serious, though those
parts are sometimes necessary to stabalize the plot.

All work and no play, all play and no work... What's the proper balance?

A lot of people seem geniunely surprised to find out that there's a
plot at all to this thing.

Again, thank you for your commentary. I don't know what I'd
do without your public spotlighting now and again. ^_^

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