and before I forget, thanks for taking the time to write!
On Saturday 19 April 2003 02:29 pm, DB Sommer wrote:
Finally getting to this:
Goodie!
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At first it was the "same old, same old", ya know? Not that Yuri
'n I'd had much in the way of missions in that part of the galaxy,
but otherwise the story seemed very familiar. Mysterious
creature destroying everything and creating havok, yawn.
Hmm. So who is this, I wonder.
Heh.
The newsguy's voice-over came simultaneously with a floating
hypertag: "Lady Hikaru of House Shidou, 2nd degree hereditary
military nobility, fiancee of Prince Masaki Youshou Jurai."
Heh. Still hanging on to that dubious title of 'fiancee'
There's a scene late in GXP (can't remember the ep) where Airi appears
before Azusa, Funaho, Misaki, and Seto, with Seina. Airi calls Azusa
"father", but all three of A/F/M just frown at her in response. My take
is that as far as Juraian records go, Youshou's fair game.
In obviously well-practiced unison, the three called out, "In the
cause of Love and Justice, we will defeat you!"
I think they need a few more levels. :)
Heh.
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Well, they didn't; the monster proceeded to plow through all
three, apparently impervious to anything they
Specify some of the futile attacks. "Plasma balls, energy shots, and I
think the green one even broke wind on it or something. None of it worked.'
:)
Good idea; will implement.
"Oh, Tenchi!" shouted Sasami gleefully. "Grandma, this is Tenchi,
our fiance! Tenchi, this is Aeka's and my grandmother, Kamiki
Seto Jurai."
Heh. Seen GPX, have you?
Every bit of it. :)
"Of course I cut your hair, dear," explained Seto, putting one arm
around Kiyone and one around Sasami. "Now you look much like
Sasami's old nanny. I think it'll make Sasami feel more
comfortable in this alien environment."
Hmm. That seems a bit too direct, even for her. Still, I haven't seen the
last 9 eps yet, so she might have done something like that.
It is a bit direct. Still, Seto does get that one last prank in ep 26:
"who, me? Really, I didn't think they'd strike just yet. Cross my heart."
"And is that all, grandmother?"
Grandmother?
Yep, should have been capitalized. Will fix.
"...who keeps trying to hide us whenever he has visitors to the
shrine," Umi muttered darkly. "And he always acts embarrassed
that we exist, and he keeps making 'secret' interstellar calls to
beg someone named 'Airi' for help..."
Heh.
Heh indeed. I doubt she's amused.
Aeka turned to stare frostily at Kiyone. "I'll have you know that
the polls give much higher popularity ratings to the average
Juraian Licensed Soldier of Justice than to the average GP
officer!"
I have a feeling Soldiers of Love and Justice don't do non flashy things,
like walk a beat or pull over speeders. That makes all the difference in
the world. :)
You never know, maybe they do? "Foul speeder who threatens havok
amongst the starlanes, we, the Sailor Starlights, will pull you over!"
"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.
Hehehehe. She needed to stick them in a sun or something.
I'm sure she thought of that later. :)
Yuri 'n I were both surprised by how easy it had been to enter
Juraian space. We'd been denied entry in the past (with some
rather unflattering comments). But this time, approval came very
quickly, apparently expedited by someone named 'Kamiki Seto
Jurai'. Yuri looked her up, and found that she, like us, had
somehow acquired an uncomplimentary sobriquet: 'Demon Princess'.
No doubt she sympathized with the difficulties Yuri and I
sometimes run into because of that horrible name people keep
applying to us.
Or wants some competition to the name eliminated.
Heh.
We came back to ourselves only to see that the so-called 'Love
Angels' had taken advantage of our momentary precog trance
ah, using that angle. It was rarely touched on in the anime, as I recall.
I think the TV series had just tne instance, in ep 7 or 8 or something
like that. The OAV Affair on Nolandia also had an instance, but
I think that's about it.
armed and trained for that purpose. There are many other,
similar galaxy-wide organizations established by the Galactic
Union: the Galaxy Library Institute, for instance,
ROD equivelant?
My concept is similar to David Brin's: several galaxy-wide bureaucratic
organizations cross political boundaries. He has an important Library
Institute among his.
"On this pleasant planet, on this nice spring day, the warm
sunshine should be raising one's spirits. However, you have
depressed the spirits of the people by devastating their cities
and killing them by the hundreds of thousands. This has made me,
the Angel of Love, Wedding Peach, become mildly upset with you!"
never saw that one.
Not out in the US (yet)
"No! It's too strong! It'll kill you," I heard Yuri whisper, and
made a mental note to myself that I'd have to move quick to beat
Yuri to this guy.
heh. They are the last thing in the world Tenchi needs.
Heh. I hope so. It's difficult to think up ways to complicate his life more
than it already is.
This short, red-headed girl seemed surprised when Mughi walked out
from behind us. "A coerl. You keep a coerl as a pet.
not familiar with the name.
I suppose I should reference the story in the Notes at end. A.E. Van Vogt's
"Black Destroyer", I think 1939 or so. Description matches Haruka Takachiho's
exactly (deliberately, I'm sure; in fact I think I've detected another lift
on Takachiho's part from classic American Sci-Fi. The description of the DP's
ship seems borrowed from something James Schmitz wrote.)
"I can see where such a course of action might occur to you,"
Youshou admitted, pursing his lips in consideration.
Shouldn't she be running this by Funaho or something?
Where would the fun in that be? Funaho would actually give her an answer.
"I see." Aeka said, testily. "I will refrain from asking whether
your personal situation has any bearing on your advice. Please
ask the relevant ladies to join this call, and I will issue their
charge. And if you wish to send the other pair to this planet as
well, I am sure we can find some use for them."
Youshou nodded, pleased, then stepped away from the screen and
called out the door of his office back at the Masaki Shrine on
Earth. A few moments later, the faces of Sutingurei Shiria,
Daitokuji Pikko, Amberudon Teruzi, and Haafusaaku Menori, four
of Youshou's official fiancees, filled the screen.
Heh. Who made them 'official'?
Okay, maybe I ought to reconsider the word choice. As far as I've
written it down, they did.
"They've never had one, single mission go right in their entire
careers, except for the one where Mihoshi and I met them."
heh. They canceled each other out.
Hee-hee. You got it.
Our communicators buzzed. It was our boss Gooley, natch. And
what did he want? He ORDERED us to stay with this polygamous
prince and his sap brides-to-be. He showed us the pile of
petitions on his desk, begging us to spend the rest of our lives
with them.
hehehehe. That's one way of forcing them to stick around.
I thought it might work :)
And what was up with Seto and Kiyone? Well, the release of
GXP and its revelations puts me in a bind, since I'd already
added Kiyone to this cast. Who could have guessed that
Kajishima would decline to add Kiyone in OAV III, but instead
introduce a different green-haired former partner of Mihoshi's?
I decided I'd try to stay as close as possible to the OAVs,
which means changes for Kiyone.
that's fine. I don't see any one complaining about it. BEsides, as I
recall, the Mihoshi special was supposed to be set in the OVAverse, which
means Kiyone should be alive.
Nice work. I was amused by it. Centered more on the DP than Tenchi, but
it's a nice diversion.
Again, thanks.
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