Yuna-neko: Hey ... do I sense another talking cat? ^_^
(*Eva A starts lumbering off ...*)
Andromeda 3: Hey! Waitaminnit! Chatty, get back here!
Ailith: Nani? How do you know his name?
Andromeda 3: I, uh ... I'm a friend of Yuna's.
Ailith: My cat?
Andromeda 3: No, the other Yuna. The android.
Ailith: Oh.
(*inside Eva A*)
Kensuke: Hey ... how'd a nice guy like you get damned, anyway?
Um ... I'm Miyu's scapegoat. ^^;;
Kensuke: Nani?
Mana: Scapegoat. The carrier of another person's sins.
Kensuke: No, I know that ... who's Miyu?
Evil Archmage, mass murderer, and blasphemer ... and on top of that, she wanted to replace Lilith.
Mana and Kensuke: Iie! Replace LILITH?! OO;
Yep, yep ... Rei was very pissed about that ...
Mana: Where is this Miyu?
Dead.
Mana: (*blink blink*) What?
Rei: (*on screen, from Eva 00*) Chatty-chan, are you-- (*blink*) What the _HELL_ is going on?!! Kensuke, what are you doing in Eva-A?!
Kensuke: Hey, Rei's on the communications screen!
Huh? (*turns*) Oh, Rei-san! Great to see you! How's Aoi?
Aoi: (*on screen, from Eva 07*) CHA~~~TTY!!
Aoi!! (*tears puddling in eyes*)
Mana: Onee-sa~~~n! Hey, is Kaworu-onii-san there?
Kaworu: (*on screen, from _his_ Eva*) Hai, imouto-chan! ^_^
Jen: (*on screen, from Eva 05*) Hello? Anybody home?
Kensuke: Hey, it's a big Evangelion reunion! We've got almost everybody but Asuka here!
Asuka: (*on screen, from Eva 02*) Spoke too soon, otaku-san.
Rei: (*on screen, from Eva 00*) Asuka?! You're here?
Shinji: (*on screen, from Eva 01*) And me, too! Lyn-san's on his way!
Rei: (*on screen, from Eva 00*) N-nani? Why are you guys here?
Asuka: (*on screen, from Eva 02*) It was Kii's idea. He said we were going to need as many Evas up and running as possible very soon.
He did? Did he say why?
Shinji: (*on screen, from Eva 02*) Um ... no actually, he didn't.
Aoi: (*on screen, from Eva 07*) Does he know something we don't?
Asuka: (*on screen, from Eva 02*) Probably.
(*BGM Cue -- Palestrina's Domine Fili Unigenite from the Missa Primi Toni*)
(*Meanwhile, at the bar, Kii is mopping up the mess left behind by the fight with the Huitzils ...*)
Tifa: Hey, Kii-kun, could you swab over here a little more?
Kii: Sure. (*starts mopping his way that way*)
Tifa: Thanks. Aerith and I are going out a while. Think you can handle the din without Asuka?
Kii: (*shrugs*) I don't see why not.
Aerith: Arigato, Kii-kun!
Tifa: Bai! (*they leave*)
(*Kii continues swabbing a little while amidst the usual hubbub mess that is the bar ... and at one point, he shuts his eyes.*)
(*The background noise blends together and diminishes.*)
(*In case you haven't figured it out, Kii's having one of those Enlightening Dream SequencesTM*)
(*Somewhere, deep beneath the EGC, a great round chamber ... no, make that platform. Around it, a tiny city on water ... it's like an underground Venice. And this is the center. Above this center, a great hole, through which sunlight falls though, spotlighting the center.*)
(*In the center, in the "spotlight", stands Kii.*)
(*He looks up, into the light -- and reflexively jumps backward. The ground in front of him explodes ...*)
(*... and the blast continues in all directions, obliterating all in its path ...*)
????: HEY! Can I get some service here?
(*Kii opens his eyes abruptly.*)
Kii: Um ... sorry, sir. What would you like?
Customer: One sake, please.
Kii: One sake, coming up ...
So ... I'm officially back, and what the heck was that all about ...? ^_^
Yes, those pics are from Eva R, but that's an intentional reiteration ... if you get the reference, you know what Kii's afraid of. ^.~
Presenting ...
THE REALLY BIG POST THAT WON'T HAVE EVAS IN IT (Maybe)
Yuna-neko: Uh, Jay-san? Unit Omega is SPECIAL. Hint hint.
(*pause*)
Yuna-neko: Ah well. I wonder why I bother breaking the fourth wall when I can't get a response in real time. ¬¬
(*More Demons keep coming, despite everyone's wonderful wonderful demonslaying attempts*)
Yuna-neko: Hey, lookit that ... more demons? Shit, is all of Hell going to empty into here or something?
(*Meanwhile, in the streets of the EGC ...*)
Tifa: (*ripping a demon's head right off it's shoulders*) Ha ha ha! Die, hellspawn!! Die! (*proceeds to tear another one in half*)
Sephiroth: (*blink blink*)
Tifa: (*shrugs*) I'm in a violent mood today.
Aerith: (*also kicking ass*) Hee hee! This is fun! ULTIMA!! (*flattens a few demons*)
Sephiroth: When do I get to do something besides sit here in the back row casting heal spells? ¬¬
Tifa: Hey, you always get to kick butt. We're usually stuck as healers!
Aerith: Yeah! Especially me! It's sexual discrimination! >.<
Sephiroth: Ne, there's something called _taking turns_ ...
Tifa: (*shrugging him off*)
Sephiroth: Okay, that's it! I'm kicking ass too, whether you like it or not!
(*He runs in and slashes a demon, slicing it in two ...*)
(*... and there is a blinding flash of light.*)
Sephiroth: Nani?
Tifa: What the heck ...?
(*A tsunami of light green energy blasts through the streets of EG City, annihilating all demons in its path. Exactly like Holy, except it stops after about 30 or so feet.*)
Sephiroth: Aerith, did you just cast Holy?
Aerith: Nnnnooooooo, the white materia's still on my head. ^^;
Sephiroth: Then what was that?
Tifa: I think it's that sword.
Sephiroth: (*innocently joyful -- think "Mai-chan"*) Really? WAI! ^o^
The Two Cetra: (*REAAAAALLY big sweatdrops*)
[Note to Shinobi and FM: Yes, that is one really big BoE powerup for the Demonslayer. Everyone writes it in at some point or another. ^_-]
(*Meanwhile, at the bar, a couple of people are trying to play a nice game of cards ...*)
Plimsky: Pip pip pip! Plimsky gewinnt!
Jenova: Damn ... that robot's good at cards.
Jack: Yeah. Are you cheating or something?
Plimsky: Nein. Plimsky mögelt nicht!
Edge: (*"hiding" his cards from the robot*) What the hell's that mean?
Kii: (*from the counter*) "Plimsky doesn't cheat."
Edge: Oh. I guess it's his poker face, then. ^^;
Reno: (*running in*) Hey, guys! Come look what Yuffie's doing!!
Edge: What, hacking demonspawn?
Reno: No, even better! C'mon! (*yanks Edge and a few bar regulars out*)
Jenova: Reno's getting excited over something that Yuffie's doing?
Jack: Must be *some* attack, that one ... hey, what're we going to do about Edge?
Jenova: Play until he gets back.
Jack: With three players?
Plimsky: Piep! Vorzieht ihr zwei Spieleren?
Jenova: What was that?
Jack: I dunno, but it sounds sarcastic ...
(*Outside the EGC Bar ...*)
Reno: Look! (*points*)
Edge: (*jaw dropping*) We'll I'll be damned ...
(*And there she is -- Kisaragi Yuffie, ninja girl extraordinare, defiantly poised for battle with a packed horde of raging demons.*)
(*Oh, did I forget to mention that she's floating twenty feet up in the air?*)
Yuffie: Heh ... well, here goes nothing ... (*holds out a light blue football-sized crystal, gripping it at both ends like she intends to punt it*)
Elena: What's that thing she's holding?
Tseng: I think ... (*blink blink*) Waitminnit ... isn't that ... one of the Crystal Souls?! OO;
(*Yuffie begins to glow in such a way that she appears to turn yellow, her hair sticks out with all the energy building up, and the blue crystal in her hands also begins to glow yellow -- brighter and brighter until it resembles a miniature sun ...*)
Yuffie: ALL CREATION!!
(*The glowing crystal in Yuffie's hands lets out a big blast [think "Holy N2 Bomb"] at the approaching section of the demon horde, obliterating all of it with the satisfying sound of demons being molecularly disentegrated ...*)
(*In other words, a VERY amplified All Creation!*)
Yuffie: (*landing on her feet back on the ground*) Whew! ^_^;
Jekknol: (*returning to his usual shade of blue*) Hee hee! That was cool!
Yuffie: Hai! Let's go do it again! ^o^ (*runs off to find another demon horde*)
Tseng: Hey! Get back here! That Crystal Soul is the property of the Shinra! (*runs after her*)
Elena: Tseng-kun, wait up! (*runs after him*)
Reno: Now, was that cool or what?
Edge: Yeah!
Rude: ....... ^_^
Yuna-neko: And the demons are still coming full force? Good grief, that's a lot of personified evil ...
(*pause*)
Yuna-neko: Ah well ... tune in next time, when you'll hear Silverlance Ailith say --
Ailith: When are you going to help us fight these demons, Ms. Sailor Redhead? ¬¬
Andromeda 3: Uh ... well, as soon as I remember what my attacks were. ^^;
Ailith: Nani?
Lina: Hoo boy ... -.-
Yuna-neko: Heh heh ... don't you love trainee Sailors? ^_- (*SD Neko Salute*)
Kii: The son of a good man may
still turn out evil.
But the son of an evil man may still turn out good.
It works the same way with mothers and daughters.
Genetics and environment play a part, but they don't define
a person.
For the most part, they're used as ready excuses for what
we choose.
It's what we choose that makes us who and what we are.
Our actions speak louder than our words.
But it's what we don't do that speaks the loudest of all
...
Gourry: Anno ... I still don't get it. Could you start over again?
Kii: (*sigh*)
(*If you haven't guessed, this is at the EGC Bar. It's empty except for Gourry, Jenova, Jack, Plimsky, and [of course] Kii ...*)
Kii: Ah well ... I can't put it off any longer. (*to Jenova*) Hey, um ... Jenova?
Jenova: Hai, Kii-san?
Kii: I'm going out for a bit. I'll be away for a little while. Could you look after the bar?
Jenova: No problem. ^_^
Gourry: Waitaminnit ... you're going out there in the Demon Invasion?
Kii: (*nods*) You want to come along?
Gourry: Well, seeing as how you're not much of a match for a bunch of demons ... hai.
Kii: Okay then. Follow me!
(*Kii grabs Gourry by the arm, pulls him out of the bar and starts running down the streets with him in tow ...*)
Gourry: Where are we going, anyway?
Kii: De Civitate Dei.
Gourry: Where is that?
Kii: I don't know.
Gourry: Then how are we going to get there?
Kii: I don't know.
Gourry: ........
(*Meanwhile, while Gourry tries to figure out what exactly that implies ...*)
Jack: Huh. Well, there goes Gourry and Kii.
Jenova: Y'know, I think this leaves us alone --
Plimsky: Piep!
Jenova: -- with the robot. ^^;
(*a pause, and then ...*)
Jenova: Hey, Christmas is tomorrow, and Tifa-san doesn't have the decorations up yet!
Plimsky: Pip pip pip! Das ist nicht gut!
Jack: Well, it looks like she's going to fighting demons for a while.
Jenova: Yeah. I guess I'll just have to set up the stuff myself. Mind helping?
Jack: Not at all. ^_^
Plimsky: Pip!
(*Corner of Sutedja Ave. and Streita Way ...*)
Ailith: (*squishing, scrunching, and ripping apart demons with Silent Magic*) Damn, my arms are getting tired ...
Lina: Poor you. (*turns*) Wind, crimson flame ... grant the power of thunder to my hand! DIGGER VOLT!! (*blasts a demon or two or twelve ...*)
Amelia: WAI! This is almost fun! VISFARANK! (*focuses spiritual energy on her fists and starts pounding the living daylights [nightlights?] out of a few nearby demons*)
Phyria: (*bashing a few demons into the ground with her mace*) I don't know ... something seems weird.
Amelia: Well, yeah ... we're missing Gourry, Zelgadis, and Jack-daishou-san ...
Phryia: Well, no, it's not that ... I sense an evil presence.
Lina: (*sarcastic*) Oh, gee ... we're surrounded by demons invading from Hell itself, but I guess they don't count as evil presences, ne?
Phyria: Okay, lemme change that ... I sense a highly annoying presence. >.<
Xelloss: I guess that would be me, huh? ^_^
Phyria: Ack! YOU?! You're here?!
Xelloss: Hai! Didja miss me? (*grin*)
Phyria: (*fuming*) What the hell are you doing here, namagomi?!
Xelloss: Ah ... sore wa, himitsu desu. ^_^
Ailith: (*rolls her eyes*) Seriously, Xelloss. What are you here for?
Xelloss: Well, partly to help, in a way --
Amelia: Yay! Truth and justice will prevail!
Lina: (*piku*) A Mazoku? Fight demons? Am I hearing this right?
Phyria: It's trickery. Don't believe it.
Xelloss: Why, me, trick you? Ne, it's in my best interests not to.
Ailith: And how is that? ¬¬
Xelloss: It's a long story.
(*Ailith quickly makes a few complicated arm movements, forming a green energy barrier around the group.*)
Ailith: There. We have time to hear it now.
Xelloss: Well, okay then ... you know Yuna-neko, right?
Ailith: Of course I know her. She's my cat!
Amelia: Yeah. Yuna-neko's neat! She talks and stuff and she's from Sailoon ...
Xelloss: Hai, hai ... but did you know she had a job?
Lina: Job? That lazy thing?
Xelloss: Hai, to keep a mental tab on the Andromeda Triad ... which, until recently, was the Andromeda Duo. But when you opened up the portal to travel here to fight Miyu, she sensed that the third Sailor Andromeda was, in fact, alive. Resurrected.
Lina: Yeah. We met her a while ago. Not too sharp, that one. ^^;
Amelia: Hey, waitminnit ... where did she go?
Ailith: (*shaking head*) No time for that. We can't be changing scenes this far into the exposition.
Xelloss: (*nods*) Right. Anyway, the puka activated the portal with the help of Primera-chan and broke through to this dimension to get in contact with this renewed Sailor.
Amelia: Wow! A real Sailor, defender of justice and right! Are they with her?
Xelloss: Well, Primera isn't.
Phryia: How do you know? ¬¬
Xelloss: (*smirk*) No reason.
(*A small bag on his belt starts wiggling.*)
Phryia: What's that, then?
Xelloss: Err ... it's nothing.
Phyria: You don't have Primera-chan in there, do you?
Xelloss: Nnnnnoooo ... she isn't in there.
Phyria: I'll bet she is.
Xelloss: Is not.
Phyria: Is too!
Xelloss: Is not!
Phyria: Is too!
Xelloss: Is not!
Primera: (*poking her head out*) Am too!
Xelloss: Hey! Get back in there! (*shoves her back in the bag and closes it again*)
Amelia: (*shocked*) Xelloss-san! How dare you keep a yousei in a bag like that! It's not right!
Xelloss: Yeah, but Zelgadis broke my Tamagotchi. (*mock pout*)
Lina: Probably with good reason, I'll bet.
Ailith: (*rolls her eyes*) We'll deal with this later.
Phyria: Right. So ... where do you come in this story of yours, namagomi? ¬¬
Xelloss: Well, Jack-san had to follow Yuna-neko to bring her back, but he couldn't very well bring the children, could he?
Amelia: No, I suppose not ...
Xelloss: Exactly. So he left Van-chan and Tai-kun in my care.
Ailith: WHAT?!
Lina: (*aside*) I'll bet you 100 'rims that she's going to say he's crazy. ^^
Ailith: Damn it ... he trusts you too much! >_<
Lina: (*aside*) Darn. And I was that close.
Xelloss: (*smirk*) What's wrong with trusting me?
Ailith: Well, 1) you're a back-stabbing bastard, and 2) you certainly don't seem to be taking care of my children right now. >:P
Xelloss: (*big sweatdrop*) Ah, well ... there's the problem. They're in Hell.
(*The women facefault.*)
Lina: In Hell? How the Hell --
Xelloss: All I know is that one second Tai-kun was talking to this shapeshifter doing a very bad job of impersonating you, and the next he was doing the whole demonic-voiced, head-spinning, "I-am-the-embodiment-of-the-Lord-of-Nightmares" schtick. ^^;
Lina: Tai. The one-year-old.
Xelloss: Hai.
Phyria: Xelloss, I'm finding that rather hard to believe.
Amelia: Hai, me too. I mean, the most complicated thing I've ever heard him say was "Gagua go puu-puu" ...
Xelloss: (*raising an eyebrow*) "Gagua go puu-puu"?
(*Lina sweatdrops.*)
Amelia: Hai! "Gagua" is Tai's nickname for Lina-san, and "puu-puu" is this game they play!
Lina: Amelia, I ...
Amelia: I mean, Lina makes a sillly face and goes "Puu!" And then he makes a silly face and goes "Puu!" And then she makes another silly face and goes "Puuuu! Puuu!" And then he makes another face and goes "Puuuu! Puuu puu!" And --
Lina: Amelia, that's enough! ^^;;
Amelia: Ah ... gomen nasai, Lina-san!
Ailith: Anyway, back on track ... Xelloss, you're saying my baby boy has gone evil?
Xelloss: Hai. And he's holding his older sister hostage just beyond the rift.
Amelia: Ipe!
Ailith: (*fuming*) Why, if those demons so much as touch my daughter, I'll --
Lina: Don't worry, touryou! We'll save her!
Phyria: I think you just want an excuse to blast your way through Hell.
Lina: (*sheepishly*) Well, yeah, that too ...
(*back at the bar, the trio is busy with seasonal decorating*)
Jack: Jenova?
Jenova: Hai?
Jack: Why on earth are you putting holly on the ceiling?
Jenova: Holly? Isn't this mistletoe?
Jack: No, holly has red berries. Mistletoe is white.
Jenova: Huh. Okay, now I feel really stupid. Where did Tifa put that mistletoe, anyw--
(*Suddenly, she's interrupted by what [at first] looks like a floating mistletoe right in between them. However, eventually Jack and Jenova squint and simultaneously look up from the mistletoe to the fishing line, up the fishing line, and down the fishing pole to --*)
Plimsky: Piep!
Jenova: Har har. Very funny, Plimsky. ¬¬
Plimsky: Traurig, konnte Plimsky nicht widerstehen. Pip pip pip!
(*Meanwhile, down in the [never used, and thus defunct] EGC Subway Corridors ...*)
Kii: I think we're almost there.
Gourry: How can you tell?
Kii: I don't know, I just know.
Gourry: Anno ...
Kii: Never mind. I'm not certain I understand it myself.
Gourry: Nani?
Kii: ...... gomen. Bad way of phrasing it.
Gourry: Oh, okay. ^_^
(*They turn a corner, and stop ... for at the end of it is _not_ what you'd be expecting in a subway. It's a big, massive, automatic door, with a big logo on the front.*)
Kii: This is it.
Gourry: It is?
Kii: Hai. Could you help me open this door?
Gourry: Why can't you use the controls?
Kii: (*pointing at the controls, whose lights aren't on*) There's no power. We'll have to force it open.
Jenova: Yay! We're finished!
Jack: And almost in time for Christmas!
Jenova: Well, none of the customers will notice that.
Plimsky: Pip pip pip! Fröhliche Weihnachten!
Jenova: Yeah! Merry Christmas!
(*Back in the Subway. Kii and Gourry have pulled the door up about halfway.*)
Kii: Okay, I think that's enough.
Gourry: Whew ... what're you planning to do in there, anyway?
Kii: It's a little complicated ... you know about the Demon Invasion right now, ne?
Gourry: Hai! Of course I do!
Kii: Well, um ... that's not the main thing that's happening.
Gourry: It's not?
Kii: No, it's a distraction.
Gourry: From what?
Kii: Anno ... well ... have you ever dropped a dart on your foot, Gourry-san?
Gourry: (*supremely confused*) Nani?
Kii: Um ... okay, forget that. It was a really bad analogy.
(*There's a pause in the conversation while Kii crawls under the partially open door.*)
Kii: Now we need to close it.
Gourry: Close it? Won't you be stuck?
Kii: No, I just don't want any demons getting in.
Gourry: .... oh, okay.
(*Gourry begins to pull the door down when Kii interrupts.*)
Kii: Wait .... um ... before the door is down, can I ask you a favor?
Gourry: Sure! I don't mind.
Kii: Well, um ... if you can, just ... tell Asuka ......
(*long pause*)
Kii: (*smiling*) .... never mind. I'll tell her myself. But if you do see her, wish her a Merry Christmas for me. Okay?
Gourry: Okay! Can do! (*starts pulling door again*)
(*Finally, the door is brought back down with a final slam, and Kii's footsteps can be faintly heard walking away on the other side.*)
(*Having nothing better to do, Gourry re-examines the logo on the door more carefully ... not comprehending it, of course ...*)
Gourry: TIAMAT? Isn't that a dragon?
Ah ... the plot thickens. Or heads toward a resolution. Who knows?
Ooh, ooh! Spiffy new URL for the webpage:
Yuna-neko: Oh ho ho! Link is here! Hahaha ... oh, Arisu-chan will have no choice but to bring out ... KLINK!!
(*Out steps this chibi little pointy-eared kid in red, obviously sugar-high, with majorly spiky anime hair and brandishing a wooden sword*)
Klink: I am Klink, savior of the 8-bit Universe! I will hack all bad thingies into miserable pulp and gooey bits! And I had better get paid for it!
Yuna-neko: Ladies and gentlemen, meet Klink -- the Zelda Parody Star! The RL-Chatty's _oldest_ parody character of them all!
Klink: (*bowing*) Thankee, thankee ... please, just throw money. ^_^
Yuna-neko: Everything that Link is, he is not! And more so!
Klink: (*swinging wooden sword around*) I am the greatest swordsman in the worl-- WHOOPS! (*trips over his own feet*)
Yuna-neko: Okay, enough of that for now ... time for the "serious" stuff again. ^^
Ailith: (*watching the rift close in horror*) MY SON! MY DAUGHTER!
Xelloss: (*floating about on his back*) Ne, this could be a problem ...
Ailith: (*yanks him down*) You baka! My only children are trapped in Hell and that's all you can say?! I just saved you from that damn evil-obliterating flash, you numbskull!!
Xelloss: By accident, too.
Phyria: As always.
Ailith: (*fuming*) Look, you had better help me open that rift again, or I'll ... I'll ...
Lina: Kill him?
Phyria: Oh, please please please pleeease do kill him, he's such a nuisance ...
Xelloss: Hey, I never die, except in that Sega game, and that was a fluke ...
Ailith: Nnnnnoooo, I won't kill him. Can't kill him anyway. Too hard. (*to Xelloss*) But if you don't help us, I'll have the RL bring in Wren Mariisu!!
(*Collective GASP!*)
Phyria: Wren Mariisu, the Ultimate White Sorceress?
Amelia: Wren Mariisu, the Defender of Balance?
Lina: Wren Mariisu, the only girl flatter than me?
Xelloss: (*blink blink*) Marii-chan? ^^;;
Ailith: Hai! Wren Mariisu -- THE MARY SUE FLUNK-OUT!!
[Note: A Mary Sue is a sort of derogatory term for an obvious wish-fufillment self-insert fanfic character. Therefore, a "Mary Sue Flunk-out" is a Mary Sue that isn't. ^_^]
[Addendum to Note: The Wren is the bird traditionally killed on St. Stephen's Day (Day After Christmas) by cruel little children. Go figure. ^^;]
Xelloss: (*breaking away and running*) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ...
Amelia: Um ... hey, why doesn't he just teleport out as usual?
Phyria: Parody affects the common sense lobe of the brain.
Lina: Really? I thought he was panicking.
Phyria: (*mock innocence*) Xelloss-san? Panic? Why, never ... (*grin*)
Amelia: What's so terrible about Mariisu-san, anyway?
Ailith: Ah ... sore wa, himitsu desu. ^_-
(*Meanwhile, in Hell ...*)
Tai: (*impossibly deep voice*) Mwa ha hahahahaha ....... give up, Evangeline-onee-san!!! All hope is lost!!!!!!
Van-chan: Waa ... my name stinks to poo ... (*sniff*) ;_;
Demon: Hey, at least it's not "Ermentrude" ...
Tai: Don't comfort her, you fool!!!!
Demon: Sorry, sir-kun, I --
(*BOOM*)
Tai: Idjut.
Van-chan: Mama!! Papa!! Lina-san!! Where are yooooooooouuuuuuuuu....? (*echo*)
(*Meanwhile, NOT in Hell ...*)
Gourry: Ack, what's taking Kii so long to get back ...?
(*pause*)
Gourry: Maybe I should get Asuka.
(*pause*)
Gourry: Ah well. I can wait a little longer. (*sits against door, waiting*)
Asuka: ........ Rei?
Rei: Hai?
Asuka: (*oddly calm*) Where'd you get that Lance?
Rei: Center of the city, poking out of a hole. Why?
Asuka: ...... nothing. Never mind.
Can you believe it? That post did voitully nuttin' at all! Woo-hoo!
(*After a long pause, the RL-Chatty [a.k.a. Arisu-chan, a.k.a. That Girl With The Trench, a.k.a. some other a.k.a.s too] steps forth from an alleyway in the EGC and begins to loudly applaud that marvelous post of Shinobi's.*)
RL: (*clapping*) Bravo! And I mean that! It's ... dang, it's a post that can stand on it's own, and it didn't even fiddle with technical format!
Yuna-neko: Yeah, it's got one up over the Überpost right there. ^.~
RL: Not only that, but I have an excuse to get the Silverlance family to leave so I won't have much more Cameo Overload!
Yuna-neko: You, not do a Cameo Overload? Ha!
RL: (*pouting*) Oh, shaddap. And my hands are sore now ...
(*At the Bar ...*)
Van-chan: PAPA-SAMA!!! (*runs over to Jack and gives him a suffocating hug*)
Jack: Wha -- ack! (*gasp*) Hey, not so rough, not so rough! (*wheezing laugh*)
Jenova: Aw ... she's just as cute as you said she was!
Jack: Yeah, (*wheeze*) isn't she?
Phyria: (*chatting with Voodoo*) So Lucifer helped you guys bust out of Hell?
Voodoo: (*ditto*) Err, well, yeah, and he helped us yank the L-O-N out of the kid too.
Phyria: Really? (*raises an eyebrow*) Why in Hell'd he help you defeat himself?
Voodoo: Well, he -- Huh? Himself?
Phyria: Oh, you didn't know? Most people agree that the L-O-N's "real" name is "Lucifer" ...
Voodoo: (*blink blink*)
Xelloss: Oh, it's just a theory ...
Phyria: Is not.
Xelloss: Is too.
Phyria: Is not!
Xelloss: Is too!
Lina: Huh. There they go again ...
Tai: (*beaming*) Gagua! (*hugs her leg*)
Lina: Hey, that's Lina, I'm Lina ... (*picks him up*) Can you say "Lina"?
Tai: Li...na. Li-Na.
Lina: Hehe ... well, close enough. (*grin*)
Ailith: Argh ... I fuss over them all the time, and they don't give a damn. Why don't my kids like me? ¬¬
Jack: Too much of your own mother in you?
Ailith: Shaddup. And as for you, buster ...
Jack: (*saluting*) Hai ma'am, heading home immediately.
Jenova: Aw, but ...
Ailith: (*evil eye of DEATH for Jenova -- lucky her, ne?*)
Jenova: Err ... okay, nevermind, you run along now ... ^^;;
Jack: Hey, don't worry, I'll be back ...
Ailith: (*double evil eye of DEATH*)
Jack: What's that look for, anyway? ¬.¬
Ailith: Nothing, unless she's a megalomanic shapeshifter with a thing for tentacles ...
Jenova: Huh?
Ailith: (*relieved*) Okay, then, nevermind ... Jack -- you, me, Tai, and Evangeline are heading home now. Mucho pronto, big hurry --
Lina: Aw ... the kid can't stay?
Tai: No Gagua? (*big kawaii little kiddy eyes*)
Ailith: .......
RL: (Psst ... it's okay, really. She's a good babysitter, and he's mostly a non-speaking cameo, so he doesn't really count. ^_^)
Ailith: ..... Argh ... alright, he can stay. You're a good babysitter, and he's pretty much a non-speaking cameo, so I guess he doesn't count. >:P
Lina and Tai: WAI! ^o^
RL: (Oh .... and these aren't the droids you're looking for.)
Ailith: These aren't the droids we're looking for.
RL: (You can go on your way. Go on!)
Ailith: We can go on our way. Come on! (*leaves*)
Jenova: Droids?
Jack: (*shrugs*) She's weird sometimes. Anyway ... bai, Jenova-chan!
Van-chan: Bai bai nice lady!
(*They leave.*)
Jenova: (*SIGH*)
Kaji: Depressed?
Jenova: Uh, no ...
RL: (Change the subject.)
Jenova: .... say, what was that about upsetting NERV, anyhow?
Kaji: Ah, just sarcasm ... ne, they've been trying to get their hands on this city for a while now. Or actually, the city underneath.
Jenova: What's that?
Kaji: De Civitate Dei. It's Latin for "City of God".
Jenova: Neato ... ever seen it yourself?
Kaji: Hell yeah, I lived there for 2 years ...
Jenova: !
Kaji: Oh, the rent wasn't that bad. It's more expensive in Tokyo-3. ^_-
Jenova: Err ... oh ... o-o-okay ...
(*Meanwhile, at Level 70 of Shinra HQ #2, where the DCD HQ building used to be ...*)
Palmer: Ooh, chips! (*devours bag o' Potato Chips*)
Secretary: O-o-okay, this meetin' of the Shinra Bigshots is nawwin session, I think ...
Scarlet: That's "Shinra Executives", you twit.
Secretary: Err ... roight-o, marm ...
Scarlet: "Roight-o, marm"?! >.<
Secretary: Aroight, so I have a Weird British Accent! Don't have a bloody freakin' cow over it!
Scarlet: Grrr ...
Reeve: Moo.
Scarlet: Stop that!
Reeve: Moo. (*wide grin*)
Scarlet: STOP IT!
(*Reeve is about to moo again when Rufus starts whapping a mallet on the table.*)
Rufus: Okay, okay, that's enough of that. Read the minutes of the last meeting, Ms. Secretary.
Secretary: Roight-o, suh. (*stands up and reads*) "1000 hours, meetin' called to session. 1001 hours, Reeve and Scarlet start arguin' over the difference between aliens and fallen angels --"
Scarlet: It's an alien!
Reeve: Fallen angel!
Scarlet: Alien!
Reeve: Angel!
Secretary: "1030 hours, Scarlet passes out. 1031 hours, Palmer finishes off the donuts."
Palmer: (*BURP*)
Secretary: "1032 hours, Mr. Stephen shows up with more donuts."
Palmer: He's a prophet, that guy is. ^-^
Heideggar: Cetra.
Palmer: No thanks, I don't like broccoli ...
Secretary: "1033 hours, Mr. Stephen makes Rufus try to guess how to pronounce his real name again."
Rufus: I hate it when he does that. ¬¬
Secretary: "1045 hours, Mr. Stephen finally tells us there's a Demon Invasion on the way, along with other vaguries ..."
Rufus: "Oh, I don't know, but the world _could_ blow up in the next five hours or so," is what he said, I think. Well, I could've sworn that's what he said ...
Secretary: "1051 hours, Heideggar goes off to report this to the Turks who were out goodness knows where. 1065 hours, the Science Department sends up Professor Hojo's Report of the progress on the Microsoft War."
Heideggar: Clever idea, that Red Tape Manuever. Never thought a scientist would think of that. Gya ha ha ...
Rufus: Well, that Anti-Trust Violation Monopoly thinger had _better_ work, or we're all very screwed ...
Reeve: "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Use Microsoft Internet Exploder or else!"
RL: (Hey! I do use that thing sometimes! >:P)
Rufus: (*blink blink*) Did I just hear something?
RL: (Err ... no, you didn't hear anything. Nevermind.)
Rufus: Hm ... well, I guess it's nothing. Nevermind.
Secretary: "1110 hours, meetin' called to an end on account of a Defiance character cameo suddenly appearin' in the middle of Level 4." And, uh, that's where it stands.
Reeve: Which one was it again?
Scarlet: Chancellor Micah De ... err ... Micah D'prñr ... uh ... hell, how do you say that again?
Rufus: D'Épargner. Micah D'Épargner.
Heideggar: Ack, another funky Cetra name ...
Rufus: No, it's French, kinda like Beouvle or whatever the hell Ramza's name is.
Scarlet: And you can pronounce it?
Rufus: Of course I can; it's not Cetra.
Reeve: Anyway ... what are we going to do about him, sir?
Rufus: Hm ... well, from what I can tell, Shinra Inc. would best benefit from offering him a job ...
Heideggar: Gya ha ha! Brilliant idea, sir! Gya --
Rufus: 1) Stop the stupid horse laugh, and 2) what are you laughing about? If I offered him a job, it would probably be yours.
Heideggar: Gya -- huh?
Rufus: He's a Tactical Strategian. There's not much difference between that and heading Public Maintenance and Order. And you suck at it, anyway. :P
Heideggar: Yes, but you know the cliché! #21, Law of Tactical Unreliablity: "Tactical Geniuses aren't".
Rufus: 1) That's an anime cliché, not RPG, and 2) D'Épargner's supposed to break it anyway ...
Secretary: Spoiler, suh!
Rufus: Oh, right ... spoilers. Damn.
Scarlet: But sir, you can't hire Mr. D'p.. argh, the Chancellor! He's a Leo!
Palmer: Huh?
Heideggar: Huh?
Rufus: Really Scarlet, I didn't know you were into horoscopes ... ¬¬
Reeve: Err ... no, sir, she means that he's a "good bad guy", like General Leo.
Scarlet: Or you. >_<
Reeve: Or me. ^^;
Rufus: Hm ... well, that can't make too much of a differ--
(*Suddenly, a Shinra Commander [you know, those generic guys in red] runs in ...*)
Commander: Sir! (*wheeze*) D'Épargner's broken out of his cell on Level 64!
Rufus: WHAT?
Commander: The elevators are broken so he couldn't have gotten far! Hurry and you might catch him!
Rufus: Right! Let's go!
(*And the Shinra Executives are off and down the Endless Stairs [well, not really endless, but in a 70 story building you can't really say it ends too soon]*)
Heideggar: (*huff puff huff puff*) Ack, I hate stairs ...
Scarlet: (*huff puff*) Shut up and keep running! (*puff*)
Rufus: Why (*huff*) is security (*puff*) in this building (*huff*) always so terrible?
Heideggar: Why (*huff puff huff puff*) do the elevators (*huff puff huff puff*) have to break _now_?
Scarlet: Why (*puff*) am I running in high heels?
Palmer: (*bounce bounce*) How come that commander had no trouble saying that guy's name? (*bounce bounce*)
(*Everyone skids to a halt. Heideggar happens to skid into the floor, but that's just tough for him. :P*)
Scarlet: Say what?
Palmer: Well, that commander got "D'Piggier" or whatever the coke it was right on the first try.
Rufus: (*blink blink*) Palmer, I think you said something that was almost intelligent.
Palmer: YAY! Tra la la, I'm so smart! Tra la la ...
Rufus: Damn, me and my big mouth ... okay, everybody back up the stairs!
Scarlet: OH NO, I'm not doing that again!
Heideggar: (*from the floor*) Yeah! We covered almost 5 floors!
Rufus: Well, what the hell are we supposed to do, then? Take the elevator?
Scarlet: Hell yeah! It was clearly a ruse to get us to use the goddamn stairs ....
Heideggar: Yeah, what she said.
Rufus: Fine then, we'll take the elevators -- and NO, Scarlet, you are NOT going in the same elevator as me. Take the other one.
Scarlet: But --
Rufus: No. N-O. What part of that word do you _not_ understand?!
Scarlet: Hm ... I think it's the "N" part, but the "O" is a bit confusing too at times ...
Rufus: Argh ... just take the other goddamn elevator, okay?
Scarlet: Fine ... geez ...
(*And so, the Shinra Executives pile into the elevators, punch the button for the top floor and start heading back up until the lights blink out and the elevators stop in mid-transit ...*)
Scarlet: A power outage? Damn, I knew I should've ignored that order! Who the hell am I stuck with now, anyway? Reeve?
Palmer: Tra la la ... oh, spammit, I'm out of potato chips.
Scarlet: Oh no ...
(*In the other elevator ...*)
Rufus: Great, we've been set-up, and on the one day I leave my gun in the office, too ...
Heideggar: Well, at least you're not stuck in here with Scarlet! Gya ha ha ...
Rufus: (*sarcasm*) Oh, yes, it's wonderful. Instead of being physically assaulted by a madwoman, I'll only have to listen to a laugh that's a cross between a metal grinder, a foghorn, and an asthmatic horse!
Heideggar: Very funny, Mr. President! Nice to know you have a sense of perspective! Gya ha ha ...
Rufus: Aaaagh ... (*pulls the turtleneck up over his ears*)
(*in the breaker switch room of Shinra HQ #2*)
Reeve: Hahaha ... oh, that was precious, that was just precious! (*snicker*)
D'Épargner: Err, yeah, very nice. Can I go now?
Reeve: Oh, right, the Asylum thing ... well, head off to the Café-Mieke, it hasn't been getting much publicity lately, and Cid'll enjoy the new focus ...
D'Épargner: Oh, okay ... how do I get there?
Reeve: Well, um ... leave the building and head north until you see a robotic cat with a megaphone and a crown.
D'Épargner: A crowned robotic cat. ¬¬
Reeve: Yeah. Cait Sith, my remote unit.
D'Épargner: O-o-okay, I guess I'll just have to take your word on that. Merry Belated Epiphany. (*starts to leave*)
Reeve: Hey, wait a minute! You're not leaving without this, are you? (*holds up an old violin case*)
[Little Note: For those of you who don't know (and that would be nearly everybody), D'Épargner and his violin are very closely tied, nearly inseparable. Like Rufus and his shotgun. Like Sephiroth and the Masamune. Like Cid and his cigarette. ^_-]
D'Épargner: (*face lighting up like an 75-Watt bulb*) My violin! (*snatches the case, opens it, and gingerly lifts out the contents*) It's still intact! They didn't damage it! (*takes out the bow, plays a few bars from "Greensleeves"*) It's still in tune!
Reeve: Well, they just sort of threw it into a crate on the Weapons Storage Level, and that's not too damp a place since wet gunpowder tends to be a Bad ThingTM ...
D'Épargner: Gunpowder?
Reeve: Err ... saltpeter.
D'Épargner: Oh! Right, that makes sense, but ... um ... a violin in Weapons Storage?
Reeve: Usually, it's a pretty safe bet that if a guy's carrying around an old violin case, he's really got a semi-automatic tucked in it. ^_-
D'Épargner: "Semi-automatic"?
Reeve: Semi-automatic machine gun!
D'Épargner: Oh, Ancient Technology, sorry ... I'm not an archaeologist, I don't really know much about the Artifacts.
Reeve: Hehe ... no problem, just get yourself down to the Café-Mieke. Okay?
D'Epargner: Fine! (*salutes, and starts heading on his way, violin under one arm, looking to be a very relieved Chancellor indeed ...*)
Argh ... that was two posts in one, wasn't it? Dang, dang, gand ... anyway, now that Chancellor Micah D'Épargner's here and the Silverlances are gone, will something interesting happen? Will Ambitny Potega make an appearance? Will Cid kick somebody's ass? And what the heck happened to the Eva Sentai & Co.? ( ^_- )
Next time, service, service, ser-- MOO! Oops ... excuse me! *^^*
PRESENTING!!
A post which actually has some story value!
And also introduces some really nifty new cameos! ('Cause we can never have enough o' those, after all....)
Seraphita: Ne, Tolone-chan, what does VoidStar Prime mean by "actual story value?" o.O
Tolone: Well, basically, not much actual plot has been going on, and there's supposedly a string in progress.
Seraphita: *Blank look* What about the stuff with us in it?
Tolone: What? There was no story value in that! Just Dominia and Miang beating the crap out of each other over Ramsus-sama. Bah, lust-ridden fools....am I the only intelligent one?
Seraphita: *Happy, ditzy smile* I understand! Wai! *Giggles* Ne, Tolone-chan, you're sooooo smart!
Tolone: Heh heh....*Blushes a bit*
Dominia: All right, you two, this little commentary is running a little too long.
Tolone: But I'm making an intelligent critique of our performance!
Dominia: Shove it, Evil Sasami.
Tolone: I told you to NEVER CALL ME THAT!!! *Tackles Dominia*
*SD Dust Cloud Fight ensues*
Sorry about that, folks. ^^; It was hit by infernal inspiration. As opposed to divine, that is. ^_~ And now, for the real post....
Jenova (who is idly polishing the bar with a rag): *Sigh* Here I am. Alone. Bitter. *Growls* Attracted to a married man....gah, my life is so pathetic....
Roísin: ^^;;; Anno....Miss....
Jenova: *Snaps* What do you want?!
*This, obviously, does nothing to help Roisin's paranoia.*
Roísin: *Jumps back* N-Nothing! I'm sorry! *Looks like she's about to run and hide*
Jenova: Ooops. ^^;; I'm really sorry, I'm just in a bad mood....er....what did you want to talk to me about?
Roísin: *Eyes Jenova warily* Well....I did come in here to find a bodyguard....
Reno: Hai. Me, right? ^_^
Roísin: *Looks at the rather thin, gangly Reno doubtfully* Are you sure you can do the job?
Reno: *Strikes a pose* But of course!
Roísin: I'd still like some backup....
Reno: *Indignant look* HEY! You think I'm--
??????: Somewhat below par? Not the kind of protector she's looking for?
Jenova: O_O;; YOU?! But--
Taisou: *Sits at the bar* Ah ah ah! No spoilers, my dear, no spoilers! Some people here haven't seen Giant Robo yet!
Roísin: So you think you can help me too? ^^; Who are you, anyway?
Taisou: But of course I can! I am Taisou, one of the Celestial 9, the most powerful warriors in the service of Interpol, Giant Robo continuum! There is no evil I cannot vanquish!
???????: Either you've been taking lessons in bad melodrama, Taisou, or you're just as drunk as a poet on payday.
Taisou: No, I'm perfectly sober! *Hic* And I think you're misquoting. *Turns to Roisin* Just a minute. Rival stuff and all that, I'm sure you understand.
Roísin: ^^;; O-Of course.
Alberto: Now then, Taisou, I shall slay you at last!
Taisou: And you say I'm hamming it up....
*The two Eternal Rivals step outside. Instants later, the sounds of massive explosions can be heard in the bar.*
Roísin: What was that? I thought they were just a drunken martial artist and a sinister-looking guy in a navy blue suit. ^^;
Jenova: Espers.
Terra: Nani?
Jenova: ~_~;;; That is not what I meant. Although it all goes back to the same term. Espers--as in, ESPers. People born with special powers. Most important people in the Giant Robo cast are Espers.
Roísin: I see....
Jenova: ^_^ And Taisou's one of the stronger ones. But so is Alberto. ^^; They'd probably tear down the whole city if it weren't infinite.
??????: *Sighs* How true.
*Jenova grins as a slender, decidedly attractive female figure in a dress short enough to make Tifa blush takes a seat at the bar. No, you ecchis, not for that reason. I can only make so much yuri plausible.
Jenova: Ah, at last! Ginrei, the Voice of Reason. ^_^ Kenji here too?
Ginrei: ^_^; Thanks, Jenova. I see Tifa's put you on extra shift again today. And hai, Ken-chan'll be dropping by any--
Kenji (a rather dashing sort with _serious_ Anime Hair and a pink trenchcoat and fedora over a suit): *Sits at the bar* Konnichi wa! ^_^
Ginrei: --Minute. *Kisses Kenji on the cheek* Konnichi wa, Ken-chan! *Turns to Jenova* So, what's going on? We haven't been here long....
Jenova: ^_^ Well, Roisin-san here is in search of a bodyguard more imposing than Reno-kun.
Reno: HEY! >_< I'm plenty imposing!
Jenova: Yeah, whatever. Well, anyway, you two have any suggestions?
Kenji: Hmmm, good question....we probably have the power to take it, but she wants someone imposing....
Ginrei: Well, if Taisou-san weren't sparring with Alberto the Impactor outside, I'd suggest him. ^_^;
Kenji: And if Youshi weren't drinking herself silly....
Youshi (a very intimidating-looking, muscular woman with dark hair and rather distinctive pale blue skin): *Chuckles* Like I could get drunk with my metabolism. And uh-uh. No way. I'm no bodyguard. I'm just waiting for Taisou to finish his little duel.
Ginrei: Why not join in?
Youshi: *Shrugs* They're rivals, let 'em battle it out one-on-one. They're pretty evenly matched, anyway. *Chuckles* I'll just chew him out later.
Ginrei: Heh heh heh....can't wait 'till I'm married....ne, Ken-chan? ^_~
Kenji: ^_^;;; Anno....
Roísin: Anyway....*Ahem*
Youshi: *Shrugs* Well, actually, it's not like I've got anything better to do these days. If Reno here doesn't work out, give me a shout.
Roísin: Arigatou....
*So, a few random Giant Robo cast members have appeared on the scene. ^_^ One can only hope their unique brand of chaos fits well in the EGC environment. I'm betting it will. ^_~ After all, I plan to use them again. And thus, I am gone!* *POOF!*
*And yes, I'm aware of how long that was. ^_~ So I'm trying to measure up to Shinobi and Chatty, so what?*
End communication.
(*Meanwhile, at the EGC Bar ...*)
Reno: What's wrong with my being a bodyguard? I'm a great bodyguard!
Roísin: Probably so, but I need somebody really powerful, and ...
Youshi: Yeah, but you won't hire me either ... not that I want to be your bodyguard or anything ...
Roísin: Well, there's another requirement ...
Reno: Lemme guess ... good looks?
Roísin: No, err ... the candidate has to be, um ... not attracted to women.
Youshi: Nani?
Reno: Ohmymovinlovingod, you really are paranoid!
Roísin: Well, it's because of a cultural thing, actually. Where I come from, if somebody risks their own life to save yours, they automatically own your life ...
Reno: Oh, I get it ... don't want to have to pay rent, ne?
Roísin: I suppose you could put it that way ... -.-;
Youshi: That doesn't discount me, y'know.
Roísin: Well, um ... I know you're not going to like this, but ... um ... you're not powerful enough. ^^;
Youshi: NANI?!
Reno: How insanely powerful does this straight woman or gay man have to be?!
Kaworu: Yoo-hoo! We have a request over here!
Roísin: Hm? A request?
Shinji: (*blushing*) Err, yeah ... (*hands over napkin*)
Roísin: (*reads*) "Eye of the Hurricane"? I don't know, I haven't done that one in a while ...
Shinji: (*big watery kawaii eyes*)
Roísin: Oh, okay, I'll sing it. (*fiddles about with the kareoke machine, and then ...*)
Kaworu: (*sniff*)
Aerith: (*sniff*)
Tifa: (*sniff sniff sniiiiiiiiiiff sniff sniff*)
(*Shinji, Kaworu, and Aerith all turn in unison to piku at Tifa.*)
Tifa: Ah ... hehe, sowwy, I habe a bad code. *^^.*
Aerith: Aw, poor Tifa-chan ... when did this happen?
Tifa: Un ... a feu deid ago?
Aerith: Really? I didn't notice ...
Tifa: Hey, 's nod a flu, 's nod like I'm conteigus or nuddin' ... ^^;;
Aerith: Aw ... poor Tifa-chaaaan. (*hug*) I'll get Jenova to make you some chicken soup or something.
Jenova: (grumble grumble stupid wife grumble grumble hierarchy b--)
Aerith: Jenova? Something the matter? ^^
Jenova: Err ... nothing, nothing at all. I'll go make the soup. (*sighs and walks off*)
Reno: Hey, Tifa ... know any insanely powerful straight women or gay men?
Tifa: Un ... nod off han', no ...
Roísin: Well, think about it if you can ... this is really important to m--
(*SWISH*)
(*Orange Flash of Light*)
(*SMASH*)
Roísin: AAAAAA!!!
Tifa: Hey, cahm dahn, is juzza frohn boddle ...
Roísin: B-but ... (*blink blink*) Just a bottle?
Reno: Yeah, somebody chucked a bottle at the cute couple over there ... nice tonfa, by the way.
Roísin: (*blushes*) Oh, uh, um ... never mind this ...
Reno: You're from an RPG, aren't you?
Roísin: Uh, maybe ... but what's with the bottle? I mean, it just --
Tifa: Laig Reno said, zomboddy chugged a boddle at Kaworu 'n Shinji, an' Kaworu smazh'dit. Happ'niz all de time.
Roísin: He smashed it?
Tifa: Yeah, wid an A.D. Feed. Laig I said, happ'niz --
Roísin: An A.T. Field? You mean he's an Angel?
Reno: (*lightbulb*) Yeah, and he's gay too!
Roísin: Really?
Reno: Yeah, just a sec -- HEY KAWORU, THERE'S A LADY HERE WHO WANTS YOUR PROTECTION!!
Kaworu: Err ... nani?
Roísin: Please, Mr. Kaworu-sama, it means so much to me ...
Kaworu: (*blink blink*)
There ... thoroughly pointless yet plot furthering goodness ... so I guess it's not PP or nothin' --
Cyber Mary: Eeeewww ... pee-pee ...
No no no, that's "P.P.", Acornspeak for --
Cyber Mary: Poo-poo! Yucky! (*makes a face*)
Argh ... you know, this may be why regs don't actually have an acronym for pointless posts ... (*sigh*)
Oh, and is it just me, or doesn't Roísin deserve a font color by now ...?
