Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 14:26:09 -0400 Nuki_mouse <Nuki_mouse@hotmail.com>
wrote:
"Lina, Lina, Lina! What makes you think I'm here for anything?" Xellos
replied. "It's just oh so boring back in the monster realm right now I
just felt like {take : taking} a break {and : to} give you a helping
hand."
Where electricity had {crackle : crackled} before, full blown bolts of lighting raced
up and down her arms. Her hair flowed up above her, waving as if strong
updraft had caught it, her eyes blazed like ruby lasers, her hands where
cupped before her as if holding a {round ball or :}globe, ready to throw.
Although it was the {results : result} he had hoped for, Xellos felt disappointed.
He would have preferred that Lina lost control and the inn had burst in
flames around him. <So it's true, the dragon spookier is trying to learn
control and responsibility> Xellos sadly thought. <It's been fun, but
all good things must come to an end....> Ancient prophecies were coming
true, and he had a part to play, as did Lina Inverse. <Her "last" part>
he suspected, <Oh well, and I was really looking forward to a good Fire
Ball!>
"Hey Lina! What does PETITE means? Is it a size? If Xellos was talkin
'bout yer chest, it might mean small or tiny..." Gourry asked his
companion, noticing her standing in the room's center for the first
time. He also saw for the first time the reappearance of the lightening
bolts, blazing eyes, and of course "globe", even more powerful and
deadly {as : than} before.
Then suddenly, inexplicably, the magic spell changed course, slammed
into the creek-bed with the force of a mini-Dragon Slave. The shockwave
{knock : knocked} Gourry off his feet and he was pelted with earth, mud and bits of
dead fish, but was otherwise unhurt. <Thank the Lords it missed> he
thought at first, but then wondered <Lina's fireball can't miss unless
she wanted it to...> That thought trailed off as an exceptionally large
piece of rock bounced off his head, and sudden "sleep" overcame him.
Whether Gourry was hurt, asleep, or d... de... dead, killing Xellos
would not change that, it wouldn't even avenge it. SHE had thrown the
spell, had lost her temper, not Xellos, and for something as childish
and meaningless as her breast size.
Hey. It's not big thin... oops.
Lina wept as she spiraled down to where Gourry {laid : lay}. She alighted next
to him, crying out his name again. She stooped to feel his pulse, to
check his wind <Slow, strong, and steady.> She measured his vitals.
<Exactly what I'd expect if the jellyfish-brain was just asleep> she
realized with relief. <Humm... Slow, Strong, and Steady is also a good
description of him awake!> Lina thought, with some of her normal good
humor returning.
<I can't just leave him here, the locals will either rob him or throw
him in jail, or they'll rob him AND throw him in jail> Not waiting to
send the night on a reeking muck covered road surrounded by fish
entrails, Lina made one good effort to rouse Gourry as he laid covered
with the same muck. "Hey wake up you jackass!" she screamed in his ear
loud enough to, well, wake the dead but he just mumbled something about
"just five more minutes, {mommy : Mommy}...." and started to snore.
<Well it can't get worse than this!> Lina thought, not knowing the
potency of that particular curse. Gourry stirred in his sleep,
tightening his arm around her, pulling her even closer. "Lina...! Oh
yes, Lina!" he moaned quietly, feeling her body atop his, then rolled
over on his side, freeing his other arm and dragging her into a full
face to face, side by side body hug. One of his arms was still
protectively curved about her back but now its hand was resting very
near to and almost {"cupping" : cupping} her bosom, while his other arm now rested
lower on her back, its hand on her... on her...! Lina blushed a bright
crimson as she felt Gourry's second hand unconsciously kneading her
{"Gluteus Maximus" : gluteus maximus}, his broad hand covering almost her entire rear end,
as he unknowingly made his long held, hidden "desires" for Lina known.