In a message dated 6/20/2002 7:26:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
sommer@3rdm.net writes:

And here we go on the Merry Go Round of maddness that is Nuke 'Em:

And don't you forget it! ^_-

 >     "The search-and-destroy mission went flawlessly.  It just
 > turned out that _we_ weren't the hunters," Zoicite
 
 Oops.

Happens that way sometimes. ^_^

 >     Kunzite nodded reassuringly. "Of course. You'll be up and
 > around in no time," he said as he read through her last will and
 > testament, which he had cunningly forged, to be certain that there
 > were no problems or loopholes to prevent him from getting everything.
 > The only task remaining was to get her to sign it...
 
 Heh. How evil.

If you've gotta be a villain, might as well go the whole nine yards!

 >     Soon afterward, pair
 
 a pair

Ooops! ^_^;;;

 >     "I know, but he came, and he killed EVERYONE!"
 >
 >     Kunzite shook his head. "I saw him die, Zoicite! Twice."
 
 Which should be the tip off. When you have to kill them more than once,
 there's no telling how many times you'll have to kill them.

Yup! Funny how the most annoying people keep coming back over
and over again and refuse to die...

  He
 > paused and considered his last statement. "Oh, I see your point,"
 > he deadpanned.
 
 See? :)

In-deed!

 >     Kunzite frowned. "Yes, I can see how that would be a
 > problem." Suddenly, he stood. "But that's no reason to give up
 > the fight. If they keep coming back to haunt us, then we'll keep
 > coming back to haunt them!"
 
 That's the spirit.

You can say one thing about some villains: they're persistent.

 >     "No matter! We will CRUSH them anyway." With an increasingly
 > dramatic flair in his voice, Kunzite spun around, clicked his heels,
 > and spoke into the wind, "ANCIENT SPIRITS OF REVENGE! TRANSFORM THIS
 > DECAYED--ER!! REVIVE MY FALLEN MONSTERS AND GIVE THEM POWER BEYOND
 > BELIEF; POWER TO DESTROY THE SAILOR SCOUTS FOREVER! BY THIS NAME, I
 > CALL YOU, I CALL YOU-"
 
 Heh. The Barney Ranma xover had a Mum-Rah reference as well.

Well, I HAD to include it somewhere. It's one of those cliche'd enoigh
things to quote that I had to do it sometime.

 >     Serena stopped, the sudden jerking motion nearly toppling
 > Mercury in the process. "Oh!" she said, realization slowly filling her
 > eyes in much the same way that maple syrup fills a plate of pancakes.
 
 Heh. Nice metphor.

It's so hard to insert that sort of thing without the ArbyFish metaphor
police attacking...

(A Green ArbyFish dashes on set with a sign)

ArbyFish: Wait! They'll be no meta'phors 'ere! This's a no meta'phor zone!

 >     "Brace yourself, everyone," Mercury said, "because this is
 > _really_ going to hurt." She wedged her eyes shut, and Mars did
 > likewise.
 
 Prolly right.

^_^ Quite.

 > one that kept on screaming and blasting them with those sound waves.
 > Except this time, it had grown half a meter taller and had bits of
 > metallic red armor all over it, complete with a set of large spikes
 > on the shoulders and huge, jutting teeth. In short, Scream had come
 > back to life, more powerful and frightening than ever, as Scream II.
 
 It leveled. Cool.

Yup! After all, the older one was defeated far too quickly.

 >     "Light which burns beyond crimson flame," the Fire Scout
 > continued,
 
 Of course. That spell. :)

Slayers, episode four. Don't get much more classic than that. ^_-

 >     Scream II peered dumbly at Mars's gloved hand.
 >
 >     "LIGHTNING!!!" Mars cried, her hair turning white again.
 
 Heh. Mako might not like her turff being trod upon though.

True. And... On popular request, I changed it to "LIGHTING."

 > up to her ear. "Hello? What?" She frowned and yanked off her boot,
 > staring into it. "Six and a half. Why--?" She tilted her head and
 > put her footwear back on. "No, I DON'T want to save eight cents off
 > of every long distance call!" She clicked the talk button, cutting
 > the connection. "Oooh, why do they have to follow me everywhere?!"
 
 Hehehehe.

Gotta 'ave running gags! Wouldn't be proper otherwise!

 >     "We're kind of in the middle of something," Serena admitted,
 > "but it's great to hear a friendly voice..." She gasped as something
 > important occurred to her. "Is Terra there?"
 >
 >     "Oh, I'm so sorry," Kasumi replied, her voice fluently
 > apologetic,
 
 Heh. I like that term.

Yeah, as long as we're going to use adjectives, we might as well
spruce 'em up with an adverb or two.

 >     "Uhhh. Sailor Mars has these spells she's been trying out..."
 >
 >     "Did she try out all the ones she knows?"
 >
 >     "Uh huh. But her hair turned white and she collapsed."
 >
 >     Mars looked over at the blonde. "Hey, I'm getting better!"
 
 Heh

She got betta'!

Though I don't think she'll be tossing off any Ra-Tilts anytime soon.

 >     "Does it have a crystal on it?" Kasumi asked.
 >
 >     The girl checked. "Uhhh, yeah, a red one, on the handle."
 
 Heh. This is almost surreal.

I'm trying to blatantly hint at something without actually giving any
clues. ^_^

 >     "I heard what she said," Mercury replied, and patted her
 > outer thighs. "And I'm afraid we're fresh out." She irritably tilted
 > her gaze upwards. "Look, is she just making wild guesses, or how does
 > she know all of this?"
 
 It sounds pretty educated to me.

Yup! There's a reason why. It should become apparent as the story
goes on.

 >     "We'll have to do it the old fashioned way, then," Kasumi said.
 >     "Okay..." The blonde started concentrating as hard as she
 > could. If anyone could have seen the thought bubble hanging over her
 > head, they would have seen the following: First, her mother and her
 > father appeared, then came her younger brother Sammy.
 
 brother, Sammy

Right-o!

 >     "Right!" Serena said, grimacing. She fumbled around for the new
 > locket, and found it after a moment. She stood, then held it up and
 > shouted, "MOON-STARLIGHT HONEY-LOVIN'-SQUISHIN' POWER, MAKE-UP OR
 > BREAK-UP!!!"
 
 Cute

Well, it would've been more cute if I could have worked in the words 'pink,'
'fluffy,' and 'sweet-kissing,' but I thought this would suffice. ^_^

 >     The word "yipe," hadn't entered into the youma's vocabulary.
 > Then again, it wasn't a very smart monster to begin with. Actually,
 > that went a long way toward explaining why the beast laughed
 > confidently, put her hands on her hips and cried, "OH YEAH?!!
 > WELL, I'M GONNA GETCHA!"
 
 Heh. So doomed.

That obvious, huh? ^_^

 >     Sailor Moon took a deep breath to revel in her newly regained
 > power for a moment. "Oh yeah, I love it! I'd like to see those Nega-
 > Creeps try something right now!" She tried a few fast experimental
 > punches, which made sharp whooshing noises in the air. Then she
 > stopped, frowned, and started fidgeting when the paradox hit her
 > right square in the noggin. "Er, Mrs. Incognito? How did you know
 > about all this stuff?"
 >
 >     Kasumi blushed. "Well, you, um, sort of have to know these
 > things when you're a mother."
 
 Heh. Serena just might buy it too.

Yup. Sherlock Holmes she is not.

 Nice work. A good amsuing short piece, and even had the obligatory SM
 upgrade. Liked it a lot.

Thank you very much! It was noted to me that SM should have had
an upgrade, since it IS a Sailor Moon fanfic...

But that didn't mean I had to do it in an _exactly_ traditional manner. ^_-

 D.B. Sommer

Thanks again!

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