I just got a wonderful copy of a viral post that was addressed from the
ffml. I'm guessing it's from a program that is simply reading everyone's
addressbook and sending out this stuff....

  I'm sending from a UNIX system myself and usualy pre-screen my mail so I
have doubts that it's myself.  :)


 Thanks.




  and now a shortfic posting for this evening.

 Opening her eyes -
 She...
  She was....
   She was...?
  Who was she?
  She slowly raised her hand and looked at the outstreched fingers.
 She knew they were fingers... but she didn't know her name.
 She let her hand fall to her side.
 Overhead the leaves created a shifting pattern of green and yellow as
 they filtered the sun's light and took their own joy in living.

 She got to her feet.
 dusted off her knees, her dress.

 She swayed for a moment as her surroundings were momentarily blurred by
memory.
 A kind voice (her mother?) was gently telling her..
 gently telling her...
 She remembered reaching out and touching the

  *PAIN*

 The image of her hand reachiong out and touching the thing she had
found.. cold, sharp, full of pain.
 a voice whispered it's name - virus.

 She slumped to her knees at the memory.

 "Are you alright?"

 She opened eyes she hadn't known she had closed and saw his face, worried
anxious.
 She didn't want to scare him (despite the fact that she was scared.)
  - she was a big girl after all.

  "I'm, I'm okay." She said. "I just...I just slipped."

 "Pine needles."  the boy said with authority. "they get slippey."
 After wiping it on his pants he offered her a grubby hand to help her to
her feet.

  "I'm Keichi."  He said.

 "I'm..." For a second it was gone but as she watched his friendly face at
least that much came back. "I'm Bell."

 "Wanna be friends?" He asked.

 She smiled.






 Neil


p.s.
   Peter Norton is your friend.

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            Seraphim, the Restless Angel with a (borrowed) sword.
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         Nene, Ami,
       Girls with glasses. girls with computers. Pink hair. blue hair
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                 Robyn, Duke of Amber. Agent of Chaos.
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