C. Richard Davies wrote on 10/20/2004, 6:58 PM:

 >
 > > Tokyo, Nekomi Ward, Friday, May 9, 1997, 4:05 PM
 > >
 > > Skuld, Norn of the Future, called by some the Raven-Haired and by
 > > others the Goddess of Technology,
 >
 > And by others still "kawaii Skuld-chan", which pisses her off to no end,
 > particularly the iteration of her personality who's in an incestuous
 > relationship with the corresponding iteration of Belldandy.

    Speaking of, what *has* Twoflower been up to lately?

 > > "Christopher."
 >
 > Y'know, it's funny how the full version of that name can sound like
 > "doom".

    It's the *tone,* man.
    Of course, for my mother, it was less the tone than when she decided to 
use *all three* of my names.  In order.
    What's scarier is that my *sister* is now doing it with *her* kid.

 > > Keiichi suppressed a sigh.  Chris and his sister got along poorly
 > > at the best of times -- only slightly better than Skuld and Urd
 > > did, and that was likely due to their somewhat more peaceful
 > > natures.  It still bothered him that his sister and Belldandy's
 > > brother couldn't at least make an effort to be civil. Instead,
 > > Chris descended into an icy over-politeness, and Megumi never
 > > missed a chance to needle him.
 >
 > Hmmmmm. <smiles evilly> Do we know what *that* often means?

    ....oh...ho.  Now *that* possibility never occurred to me.

 > > In the top of a tree outside of the temple compound, a small,
 > > implike creature sat,
 >
 > I think I must have missed something -- when'd Senbei stop looking
 > like Michael
 > Jacks--
 >
 > Ah. Never mind.

    <facefault>

 > > "Don't call me 'god-boy,' *pipsqueak*!" he snarled as his sword
 > > rippled back into existence around his arm.
 >
 > Hee hee hee.

    I think that's Doug's Other Unconscious Superpower:  finding *exactly* 
the wrong thing to say.  Or the *right* thing, assuming you *want* to 
piss off complete strangers and stick your foot in your mouth up to the 
hipbone...




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