And moving on to a little CB:

COWBOY BEBOP
PICNIC FLAMENCO




There are some days when it just doesn't pay to not work for a living.

Most of the time, IMO. :)

Without even looking up from the table, Spike's finger whipped up and
pointed at me threateningly. "Don't... even... SAY... it..." he gritted
out. "I am SO SICK of hearing that!"

Geez. Spike really needs to part with a couple of wulongs and buy a
sense of humor, y'know?

I don't see someone as somber as Jet really thinking that.

But I will admit, he does have a point about how irritating this
bounty is becoming...

When we first saw it on the lists, we couldn't believe how easy it
looked, especially for the amount offered.

Heh. You think they would have learned by now.

 I mean, all the information

was there: Where he was hiding out, what he looked like, even what he
liked to eat!

Only Ein had given us any hint of how difficult this job would be...

Hid under the table and wouldn't come out, eh?

What a waste.

A pink crack appeared in the thing's head, and Faye's voice issued
from it. "That thing is DEAD!"

Heh. Cute imagery.

All of a sudden, her face started contorting under the mud, and I
realized that she was about to cry... and I started sweating. I've
never been able to figure out how to deal with a woman crying; it
always reminds me of a serpent weaving back and forth, preparing to
strike...

And in Faye's case, he's probably right. She does go through mood swings
like nobody's business.

"I... invited him... and everything... said that... I wouldn't try to
hurt him..." Faye sniffled again, and tears cut a clear path down her
cheeks through the mud. "But then he... TRICKED me..."

"Just like you were planning to trick him, eh?" I looked over at Spike,
scandalized that he would DARE to step on my lines. After all, I'm the
one that's supposed to be a thorn in her side...

Oh, Spike is good at it too.

Surprisingly, she didn't scream at Spike, or kick him, or even sneer
at him! Lucky bastard. She just slumped down beside me, buried her face
in her hands, and started crying full-out.

And that was where I made my mistake.

Grinning, I said, "Well, you know, they DO say he's smarter than-"

Yogi? Hehehehehehe.

Faye crushed my instep just as Spike's foot met my kneecap. "WE DON'T
WANT TO HEAR IT!!!"

Faye stood up after that and brushed ineffectually at the mud covering
her jacket. "Well, I'm gonna go get cleaned up at the Ranger station."

Capitalizing the name is a bit of a giveaway, or a mistake?

Spike leaned in towards me and whispered, "Actually, I snuck a taste
of the picnic lunch she prepared for HER trap, and the food was
terrible! The hamburgers she put in the warm section were undercooked,
she accidentally put part of the ice cream in the warm section, so it
was melted, and..."

A rock hit the side of his head. "I HEARD THAT!!"

Heh

"DON'T YOU EVEN DARE SAY IT!!!" Spike stood up sharply, knocking the
bench down. Ed sat down crosslegged, facing him, as he began to rant.
"It was funny the FIRST time, sure, and maybe even the second, and the
third, yeah, I chuckled, but this is the TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVENTH
TIME YOU'VE TRIED TO SAY THAT STUPID PHRASE, AND I'M SICK OF IT!!!"

Oh, it took considerably shorter for me for that to happen. :)

The bear grinned; an evil, soulless grin to match Spike's worst,

Hehehehe. What a way to phrase it.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "The
tourist season's over and the park's off-limits to anyone except the
rangers until next year. You can try to catch him again next year, if
you're in the neighborhood..."

Knowing what was coming next, I reached out and grabbed Spike by his
frizz of hair just as he drew his gun and started running for the woods.
"NO, SPIKE! BAD SPIKE! DOWN! SIT!"

Hehehehe. Bit silly, but this fic is meant to be, so it isn't a bad thing.

This was fun!

Although the ending jokes were weak...

Yeah. You need a stronger opening and closing line, though nothing is coming
to me right now. Aside from that, it works well for a spamfic

D.B. Sommer




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