The planet where all this is 
going on is part of the Jurai Empire, and every amateur team of 
"Soldiers of Love and Justice" in that part of the Empire was 
apparently headed for Epsilonsis IV.  Real bozo system they've 
got there. 

You know, this actually makes sense.  Amatuer liceinced Magical Girls...
God, that's a scary thought.  

"Oh, Tenchi!" shouted Sasami gleefully.  "Grandma, this is Tenchi, 
our fiance!  Tenchi, this is Aeka's and my grandmother, Kamiki 
Seto Jurai." 

You know, the first time I ever heard of Seto was in the english adaptation
of the Shin Tenchi Muyo! manga.  Nice to hear that we'll see more of her in 
TM! GXP.

"Umm, Kiyone, is your face supposed to turn red like that?" 
wondered Mihoshi. 

"Grrr." 

This entire part had me laughing throughout.  Good job.

"Do you know something about it, Washuu-sama?" asked Aeka. 

Washuu came out of her momentary freeze.  "That's -CHAN!" she 
shouted, glaring at Aeka.  "But, yes, I do.  I created that, and 
twelve more like it, over fifteen thousand years ago.  But how 
did they escape?  I buried them on an uninhabited planet far from 
the nearest outposts of civilization!" 

I got the strangest feeling while reading this, but couldn't figure it out...

"Jurai colonized Epsilonsis IV about four thousand years ago," 
said Hikaru slowly. 

"Four thousand fifty-seven," clarified Edward, still typing. 

"Epsilonsis IV?  Was COLONIZED?  What idiot did that?  I built 
that planet to be a trash heap for my most dangerous experiments!" 
Washuu grabbed two fistfuls of her hair and looked as though she 
were about to tear them out. 

Edward looked up from further typing, smirking.  "The then 
Minister of Imperial Colonization approved it, overriding the 
unanimous opinion of his advisory council.  He retired shortly 
afterwards, joining the board of the megacorp to which he had 
granted colonization rights." 

"Typical Juraian business ethics, then," said Ryouko with 
amusement.  She ignored Aeka's return glare. 

Mental note: Never do business with the Juraians.

"Anyway, as I said, there are thirteen of those things running 
around.  They all have the same forcefield, but different shapes 
and abilities.  I called them 'Angels'.  Well, we'll have to go 
and stop it ourselves, I think.  Tenchi might be the only one who 
can." 

...Then it hit me.  Washuu creating the Angels makes perfect sense,
as does her using an entire planet as a dumping ground.

"What," wondered Ryouko, appearing out of nowhere almost nose- 
to-nose with Aeka, hands clasped behind her back and wearing 
a mischievous grin, "you just happen to have an I.M. Force or a 
Noir Team up your sleeve or something?" 

Nice choices.  Much better than the JSIS.

This, accompanied by a series of synchronized gestures which ended 
with all three girls pointing their bouquets at the monster, just 
floored Yuri and I.  We fell backward on top of Mughi; we couldn't 
stop laughing for minutes.  It didn't help when the monster itself 
tilted its head and beak to the side, as if puzzled. 

I do this too, every time I watch show like this.

Just to my right, Sasami exclaimed in delight as the waiter droid 
brought her food, Rei's, and Asuka's.  I glanced her way just as 
Sasami asked Rei to pass her a knife.  I blinked, startled.  Did 
I really see that?  It looked like this manikin-like teenager had 
just flipped that knife around, one-handed, in one of the slickest 
moves I'd ever seen.  Sasami's face sure looked like she'd seen 
something unusual, but the other new girl, Asuka, didn't look the 
least bit surprised.  She had something else on her mind. 

Rei and Asuka as Noir?  Oh, this just screams for a fic...
Good choice, too, for parts.

"Nope, no question about it!" the snippy redhead said.  Boy did I 
ever want to wipe that smirk off her face.  "The psychic 
'bad-luck' aura you two generate is completely dampened as long as 
the two of you stay within a hundred meters of Mihoshi.  And your 
clairvoyance abilities are enhanced, too!" 

Now, this you saw coming... but it's still funny.

All in all, very funny, and well done.

Dave Fox



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