Gong to combine my replies in one letter to save the list from getting so
many short ones.

I probably need to be shot or something for this...

I'll pump a round in the old shotgun in preparation.

Azuman.EXE

by the Eternal Lost Lurker

Azumanga Daioh belongs to Azuma Kiyohiko.

Rockman.EXE belongs to Capcom.

Ah ha. Not familiar with Rockman, so bear with me.

Used without permission.

* * * * * *

My name's Kasuga Ayumu, but everybody calls me Osaka, just 'cuz I'm from
Osaka.

Osaka: There is a certain logic to it, when I think about it.

It used to really bother me, but I guess I've gotten used to it or

something. Or maybe I decided it's not worth worrying about. I'm not

really

sure. Anyway, it doesn't matter. So I'm Osaka, I guess.

I moved here from Osaka a few months ago, and things sure are different.
Course we had PETs in Osaka too, and lotsa people even had their own

custom

Net Navis,

A Lain reference, yes?

but...it just wasn't as big as it is here in Akihara. Everybody

has a PET, and most people have custom Net Navis. There's tons of shops

for

upgrades, Navi programs, repairs, and battle chips...you can even buy

packs

of low-grade battle chips at a conbini, like thirty for a thousand yen.
Mostly minibombs and guard chips and area steals...little stuff. Only
newbies and little kids buy them, really. I bought some when I was a

newbie.

I've got better chips now,

Osaka; They're called Pringles, and I can't eat just one.

but I still have the other ones, except for the

ones I used in a chip trader. But I didn't get very good chips. Oh well.

Even the teachers have Net Navis here, and we use our PETs in class. Our
homeroom teacher teaches English and also virus busting, but she's not

very

good at virus busting and doesn't have her own custom Navi. It pisses her
off that most of the class have custom Navis...but hers is just a teaching
Navi, and usually does most of the teaching for her anyway while she

sleeps

or plays a video game. She's kind of a lazy teacher, really.

Osaka: Though she can drink like a fish. Her liver must be superhuman or
something.

Tou-sa gave me a Navi when we moved. She's a really great Navi. Her name

is

Chiyo-chan.EXE, and she's the smartest Navi ever. She's got lots of memory
and program modules, so she knows everything,

Including using her pigtails to fly.

Oh, wait, I didn't tell you what PETs and Net Navis are, did I? Well, a

PET

is a Personal Terminal. It's like a little computer you can carry around
with you, and it keeps your schedule, and does e-mail, and can be used as

a

phone, and you can play games on it, and lots of other stuff. It has an
artificial intelligence program called a Net Navi that's kinda like your

own

personal assistant. They take care of things like e-mail and schedules and
all that. Also, they can fight other Navis and even fight computer

viruses,

because there's lots of computer viruses on the net around here. Computer
viruses are scary. I think it's mean that people make viruses and stuff.

Most of which I would delight in beating to death, the little snits.

Chiyo-chan doesn't like fighting other Navis, but she's really good at

virus

busting. A lot of my friends are envious because my Navi is so good at it.
Usually she just tells me what chips to send, and I send them, and she

works

out how to win on her own, because she's so smart. That's not how it
normally works, because most of the time it's the operator and not the

Navi

who figures out how best to fight, but...that's just how smart Chiyo-chan
is.

Heh.At least she's giving credit where credit is due.

There's a lot of interesting people in my class. There's this one girl,
Tomo-chan, who's really wild and hyper, and kind of annoying sometimes.

Her

Navi, Yomi,

Of course it would be Yomi. So is Sakaki's Kaorin, or is it the other way
around?

What was I talking about before? Oh yeah, the people in my class. Well,
there's two girls, Kaorin and Chihiro, who are always hanging out

together.

They have pretty much normal Navis, except Kaorin's is pink...I can't
remember much about hers right now. There's also this one girl,
Sakaki-san...I don't think she has a Navi. Come to think of it, I've never
seen her with a PET. Maybe she doesn't have one? Maybe that's why she

always

looks so...I dunno. She tends to stare out the window a lot, and not many
people try to talk to her much.

She is the epitome of taciturn.

You know, it's funny...Chiyo-chan and I have seen a Navi on the Net that
looks kinda like Sakaki-san. Weird.

Hmmm

AHHHH! Shutterman! Run away, Chiyo-chan! Ah! I should plug out...whew.
Shutterman is Kimura-sensei's Net Navi. It's a little creepy. Kinda like
Kimura-sensei...he's really creepy too.

mention 'little creepy' before, then use 'really creepy'. Might want to
change one of them so they are exact. Sounds better to me, but is really a
minor quibble. First person narrative is hard to do grammarwise since it's
acceptable to use improper grammar, and almost necessary in order to get the
'voice' of the character.

The tall Navi was currently approaching a small, grey sprite perched on

the

edge of a path. Chiyo-chan tensed. That was a Kamineko virus! They weren't
especially dangerous, but they had a tendency to...

Oh no! The tall Navi is reaching out a hand to the Kamineko! Doesn't she
know better?

*CRUNCH*

Heh

"It's alright, Aoi. Someday, you'll succeed." She looked down at her hand,
which had a slightly bloody bandage wrapped around it. "Someday, we'll

both

succeed..."

Obi-wan: Go to Okinawa, Sakaki. It's your only hope.

* * *the end?* * *

Amuzing. now for the next

And because I'm on a roll...

as am I

Excerpts from "Chiyobits"

only seen the first 4 eps of that, but a cute series

1. The discovery

Discovery

Sakaki stared at the bundle on the trash pile. Wrapped in clear plastic

and

many bandages, it looked like a young girl, but upon closer inspection...

"A persocon?"


She was very cute, and seemed to be in fairly good condition. Made to
resemble a ten-year-old girl, with short brown hair; the pink and white
interface terminals attached to her head were positioned so as to look

like

a pair of small, cute pigtails.

Heh. it is quite the picture.

Sakaki blushed at the cuteness of the persocon. Glancing around, she saw
nobody was watching, and quickly picked up the machine from the trash

pile.

A clatter alerted her to a data disc falling out of the loose packaging.

She

scooped it up, pocketed it, and made her way home.

Ah, a difference between that and the anime, as I recall.

The persocon opened her eyes. "Chiiiii...?"

"Chii?" Sakaki repeated.

"Chiiiiii..."

"Is your name...Chii?"

"Chii...chii yo!" The persocon smiled, and her terminals bobbed cutely.

How can they do anything else.

3. The neighbor

intentionally not capitalizing the second word to each scene?

"...un."

"If you don't mind, I have a friend who I'd like to introduce her to.

She's

an expert on persocons, though she can be a little spacey at times."

hehehehe. Oh my, I hadn't thought of Osaka being in that role.

"Hello, Ayumu," Yomi greeted.

Tomomo leapt from Yomi's shoulder, landed badly on the desk, and skidded
across, nearly falling off. She stood up and shuffled back over to stand

in

front of Ayumu. "Oi, Osaka!"

Ayumu winced. "Tomomo, please don't call me that."

"But you're Osaka! Osaka Osaka Osaka Osa--" Tomomo suddenly went limp as
Yomi clicked a small remote she'd just pulled from her pocket.

Thank you.

Yomi and Sakaki sat on a sofa, sipping tea and staring.

"Your friend is very..." Sakaki observed.

"Yes, she is."

And that says it all.

The persocon giggled. "But you know some interesting things about beans

too,

Ayumu."

Sakaki leaned toward Yomi. "Do you think they'll ever stop talking about
beans long enough to get around to the subject of persocons?"

No

Sakaki blinked, and blushed. "Kawaii..."

"Isn't it?" Kimura asked. "It's the same design as the outfit I made for a
girl who used to shop here all the time..."

Sakaki blinked. "For...a customer?"

Kimura nodded. "For a customer." He sighed, then bellowed, "SHE STOPPED
COMING!"

Heh

That's as far as I dare go with this. ^_^;;

Probably for the best

And finally

Sugar. Spice. And everything nice.
These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect little girls.
But Professor Yukarium accidentally added an extra ingredient to the
concoction...

Booze?

Chemical A!

I was close, since it is Yukari

******

"NOT SO FAST...MOJO YOMI!"

The tall brown-haired girl in the dark bodysuit, blue tunic, white boots

and

gloves, and ridiculously large turban sighed. "Not this again..."

Yep. that would be her reaction.

******

"I'm telling you! Miss Nyamo is evil! EVIL! You must destroy her!"

"But...we can't, Professor! She's our teacher!"

"AND I'M YOUR MOTHER!"

Hehehehe. Nyamo's also not evil, I'd wager.

There was no doubt about it...this was the most evil, most dangerous, most
powerful, most horrible enemy the Azupuff Girls had ever faced.

This was....HIMURA.

Heh

Cute little idea spamfics. Not really anything to go further with, but I
found them amusing.

DB Sommer

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