BGC The Next Generation MST(5 part 3 of 3)
MSTed by Shawn Hagen

(The Scene
	A living room, with several chairs and a couch, there is a bar
in the far corner--it looks to be well stocked. It is decorated in 
questionable style, steel and glass with a sixties motif that is best 
not thought about. On the wall in front of the couch is what appears 
to be a picture of dogs playing poker. It is actually a 
liquid-crystal-display screen.
	Ree and Elenoin are sitting on the couch, talking about the 
various features of Mortaheadds. Domino enters and takes a seat.)

	Ree: So, just what were you up to?
	Domino: Just checking a few things. I think the fic is about 
to begin.
	(Scene: The screen flickers and the fic begins again.)
	Ree: This is the last part, right?
	Domino: Of this chapter.


>****
>   Nene and I walked in just in time to see Mom fighting a sort of
>hologram behind a glass screen.

	Domino: I suppose that means that both Priss and the hologram 
were behind the glass screen?
	Ree: Priss smacked Rimmer around. 'Your kung-fu sucks,' she 
said.


>Before now, I hadn't realized how skilled she was in fighting, but now 
I
>had a chance to see her in her true colors.

	Elenoin: Is Priss an Autumn, or a Winter?
	Ree: Bet you Yumeko is mad that her mother is a better fighter
than she is.

>    She darted a holographic tentacle

	Ree: Hot damn, tentacles! It's Overfiend!
	Elenoin: One, ewwww. Two, down girl.

>as it lashed out at her. She ducked another one and let out a swift
>kick,

	Domino: Freeing a swift fox afterwards.

>hitting the hologram in the middle. It vanished into thin air as Mom
>stood back to catch her breath.
>    "Here comes another one, Priss!" Linna said as another hologram
>appeared in front of her. I walked over to the terminal where she
>and Sylia were watching Mom fight.
>    "THIS is how you test our combat skills?" I asked incredulously.

	Domino: What is so unbelievable about it?
	Ree: It makes sense.
	Domino: Good point.


>    "What, were you expecting a punching bag?" Linna joked.
>    "Yes, this is how I test how agile you all are," Sylia said.
>"There are several different levels that I test you at to see how
>well you can do in a real fight.

	Elenoin: So the simulated hologram tests how they will do in a
real fight?
	Ree: Well, a safe, controlled environment is the best test for
how well you would do in a real fight.

> I'll start you off at Level One
>and then we'll see how far you'll get."
>   "What level is everyone on?" I asked.
>   "Right now, Priss is at Level Eight, Nene is at Level Six, and
>Linna is at Level Ten."

	Ree: At level ten you get the auto-shotgun.


>   "What about you?"
>   "She doesn't do these exercises," Nene cut in.
>   "Of course she does," Linna said. "We all do."

	Elenoin: So the point of asking Sylia what level she had 
attained, was?
	Ree: Probably more foreshadowing.
	Domino: Or poor writing.


>    We were interrupted by a beeping noise. Turning around, we
>saw that Mom had 'finished off' the last hologram.
>   "How was that, Sylia?" she asked.

	Domino:(Sylia Imitation) Jur /\/\4D skillz will |33 ph33red.

>   "Well done, Priss," Sylia spoke into the intercom so Mom
>could hear inside the fighting room.

	Ree: Seems to me that if she is saying something to Priss that
the reader would assume that Priss could hear it.
	Domino: It all part of the redundancies and pointless 
explanation that makes this fic so truly special.


>"Reflex speed: 8.3. Later, we'll try you out at Level Nine and see
>how you do."

	Ree:(Priss Imitation) I really want to get that auto-shotgun.

>   "That's...pretty good, isn't it?" I said. Sylia turned to me and
>smiled.

	Domino: I suspect that Kasumi, and not a pod person, has 
replaced Sylia.
	Elenoin: Oh my!


>   "Your turn, Yumeko."
>   "M...my turn? But Linna and Nene haven't had theirs yet."
>   "It doesn't matter what order you go in, so long as you

	Ree: Don't come out.

>go. It won't help you if you watch everyone else do well,
>because then you'll be more nervous by the time it's your
>turn, am I right?"

	Ree: And no one is ever nervous going into real combat.
	Domino: This Sylia is a nut job.

>   "I...guess so..."
>   Nene gave me a gentle shove

	Ree: Down the elevator shaft.


> towards the door that led into the fighting room, which Mom was
>just now walking out of. "Go on. You can do it. Heck, considering
>you

	Domino: Are basically a self insert in all but name you can be
certain that you'll do well.


>were on the gymnastics team in school, you might get

	Elenoin: To the olympics?


>even farther than me."

	Domino: Seems to me that being on a highschool gymnastics team
is not really comprable for over twenty years of training and
experience.
	Elenoin: Oh, it is just a way to explain away Yumeko's
perfection. I suppose we are supposed to buy it.
	Domino: Would you buy it?
	Elenoin: Do I look stupid?


>   "I don't know if I can get all the way up to Level Six though..."

	Domino: Oh, she'll get at least that high. She is an author 
avatar.
	Ree: I bet she gets to ten.
	Elenoin: Do you have any money left to bet?
	Ree: Just rub it in why don't you?


>   "You know what Sylia told me a while back when I was stuck on
>Level Five? She said

	Domino:(Sylia Imitation) I don't care if you can't get past 
level five. As long as you handle the ECM/ECCM aspect we will be fine.
	Ree: I'll buy that.
	Domino: So it won't be said.
	Elenoin: Yes.


> 'Even a normal girl can clear Level Five.' So I'm pretty sure you can

	Ree: Annoy the hell out of me.


>do it, Yumeko."
>   "Somehow, that doesn't make me feel any better."
>   Mom walked up to me. "Don't worry about it. Anyone can do better
>than Nene."

	Elenoin: Wait, is this a fic, or are we just watching Scoop 
Chase again?
	Ree: A little from column A, a little from column B.
 

>   Nene spun around on her. "Why you-"
>   "Hey, stop it now," Linna said. "Yumeko, you gonna go or not?"
>   "Yeah, I guess so."
>   I walked into the fighting room and closed the door behind me.
>Walking to the opposite side of the room, I stood and waited for

	Domino: Something resembling the plot to show up.

>Sylia's instructions. Don't worry, it's just a hologram, I thought. It
>can't hurt me or anything.

	Ree: Ladies and Gentlemen, there you have the plot of almost
every Trek show featuring the holodeck.


> It's not the end of the world if I can't even get past Level One or
>anything.

	Ree: Why do I get the feeling she does not believe that?


>   "Can you hear me, Yumeko?" I heard Sylia say over the
>intercom.
>   "Yeah."

	Domino: (Sylia Imitation) Can you smell and identify the gas 
I'm pumping into the room. You have ten seconds.


>   "Good. Now listen to my instructions. You will have three
>minutes to complete this level. During that time, three holograms
>will appear. The object is to

	Elenoin: Connect four.
	Domino: Three sir.
	Elenoin: Connect three.


>destroy the holograms by hitting it in the middle by any means
>possible. You will face one hologram at a time. If you manage
>to defeat the holograms before your time is up,

	Ree: No one will be surprised.


>I will tell you to stop. Then I will set it to the next level and
>you will try to destroy those holograms as well. For each
>level, you will

	Domino: Get tasty kibble into you salivate at the appearence 
of any hologram.
	Elenoin: Pavlov's Yumeko?

>always have three minutes to destroy the three holograms that appear.
>You fail a level by being hit by a holographic tentacle. Should that
>happen, that is the level on which you can fight and after a while,
>you will be asked to try that level again. Do you understand?"

	Domino: No one will be seated during the fighting simulation
explanation scene.


>   "Yeah."
>   "All right then. Get ready."
>   I took a fighting stance and waited for the blue hologram to 
appear.
>Once it did, Sylia said

	Domino: (Sylia Imitation) I hate my agent.



>"Go!"
>   Oh, this is easy, I thought as I managed to defeat the first 
hologram.
>It's no different than being in a virtual reality game. I dodged the
>hologram as it lashed out at me with its long tentacles.

	Ree: Right now a little Cthulu-like-monster action would be 
welcome.


>I defeated it by delivering a swift punch to its 'torso'. I quickly 
cleared
>Level One 

	Domino: And there was much rejoicing.


>and Sylia proceeded to set me on Level Two. It was only a little 
harder
>than the first level, but I didn't feel challenged.

	Ree: How surprised I am.
	Elenoin: You know Levi who is called Bif invented that.
	Domino: Well, that will just confuse everyone.


>I saw Nene's eyes widen as I quickly advanced to Level Five,

	Domino: Right to level five. Good to see that things are being
kept realistic.


>and did begin to feel a little challenged

	Ree: But just a little. I don't want you to think I was 
seriously challenged.


>as the tentacles lashed out at me with almost twice the speed
>they did on Level Four. I dodged them again and did a
>back-handspring to dodge some others.

	Elenoin: Anyone else reminded of DJ Croft's first time in an 
EVA?
	Domino + Ree:(Nod)


> I almost flunked the level when a long one reached out to me,
>as if to slap me across the face.

	Ree: Well, who wouldn't want to?

>I barely caught it in time and ducked it just as it swooped inches
>above my head. I destroyed it by doing a spinning kick.

	Domino: Yumeko's stunt double for the fighting scene? Why Jet 
Li of course.


>   "Wow! She's on Level Six already?" I heard Nene exclaim.

	Domino:(Nene Imitation, Deadpan) Yumeko is so wonderful.


>   "And to think, you used to be stuck on Level Five for the longest
>time too," Mom teased.

	Elenoin: I really wish these character had shown even the 
slightest hint of development.

>   "All right, Yumeko," Sylia said over the intercom. "You're doing
>very well. Keep up the good work."
>   I didn't.
>   Another tentacle managed to 'stab' me through the chest as I
>was about to take it out with a dashing punch.

	Domino: You've got to press the fast and medium buttons, while
moving the joystick forward to perform a dashing punch.
	Ree: Go Nakoruru, go!
	Elenoin: Pardon?
	Ree:(Blushing) Sorry, Samurai Spirits flash back.

> I was almost relieved that it was finally over. I leaned back against 
the
>wall, trying to catch my breath, wiping the sweat off my face as the 
door
>opened and Linna came running to me.
>   "Hey, you were great," she praised.

	Elenoin: What is Linna's purpose? To stroke Yumeko's ego 
perhaps?
	Domino: At least she gets some lines, even if they are only 
priase to Yumeko.

>   "You...think so?" I asked, still trying to get my breath back.
>   "You just got tired from getting through all those levels at 
>he same time, that's all.

	Ree: Just in case you thought Yumeko was not perfect, we have 
Linna's explanation, giving her an excuse. How sweet.
	Elenoin: Bif again.


> Sylia will have you try again soon." She patted me on the back.

	Domino: Better to attach the kick-me sigh.


>"Great job."

	Ree: So Yumeko will of course do much better. Not like we 
could have had her tank at level one seeing as it was her first time. 
No, she has to go right to level six, no difficulty what so ever. Dear
lord, she is just so perfect!
	Domino: Ree is ranting.
	Elenoin: You can't actually blame her.


>   "Thanks."
>   While I tried myself out on the arm strength tester, Nene and
>Linna had their turns fighting holograms. Linna passed Level
>Ten, much to Mom's disgust, while Nene struggled to pass
>Level Six. We all laughed out loud when she was 'stabbed'
>through the stomach by a tentacle.

	Ree: More stock footage from Scoop Chase. They have digitally 
manipulated the film to add in Yumeko.
	Domino: Hey, look, Tom Hanks.
	Elenoin: Run Forest, run! Get clear of this Fanfic!


>   "I don't see why you all have to make fun of me when I screw up,"
>Nene scorned

	Domino: Scorned?


>afterwards. 

	Ree: Because it would take too much time to not steal this 
entire scene from Scoop Chase.


>   "Because we

	Elenoin: Have not developed one iota in character since Scoop 
Chase? We know.


> can't help ourselves," Linna admitted.
>   "Do tell."
>   "Well, I have the results of your training," Sylia announced, 
holding
>some papers in front of her.


	Domino: (Sylia Imitation) Turns out you are all an 
undiscovered species of lemur.
	Ree: We are going to get in so much trouble for that. Bad 
Domino, no stealing well known jokes.


> "Here's your results, Yumeko. Reflex speed: 7.5. Arm strength: 5.4.
>Leg strength: 6.6. Perception: 8.0.

	Elenoin: Bladder capacity: 4.3.
	Ree: Fashion sense: 5.3.
	Domino: Processor Speed: 286.
	Ree: Annoyance level: Off the scale.


> Very good job."

	Elenoin: HAve some more kibble.
	Domino: And Priss' reflex speed was 8.3.
	Ree: We can probably expect Yumeko to catch up to her soon 
enough.


>   "That's better than me!" Nene said.

	Ree + Elenoin + Domino:(Deadpan) We are so surprised.


>   "Sure is," Linna added.
>   While Sylia went over Nene and Linna's results with them, I
>walked over to Mom, who was on the opposite side of the
>room as everyone else, a sorrowful expression on her face.

	Domino: Priss is realising that they did not pay her enough to
be in this fic.


>   "Is there anything wrong, Mom?" I asked concernedly.

	Ree: What a set up. Still, too easy.


>   "N...no..." she said hesitantly. And looked away
>   "Did you see how I did? I got all the way to Level Six!"

	Domino: (Yumeko Imitation) And I can go to the potty all by 
myself!


>   "I saw that. I'm very proud of you, Yume."
>   "There's something you're hiding from me, isn't there."

	Elenoin: What parent doesn't hide some things from their kids?
	Ree: Maybe it is a gun behind her back? Please let it be a gun
behind her back.

>   "Of course not..."
>   "Is this about what Nene said a few weeks ago? About this D.D.
>thing?"
>   She didn't respond. The others walked over to us.

	Domino: Just in time to do something stupid and totally out of
character.

>   "Priss, you still sore over that?" Linna asked. "Look, I've lost 
friends
>myself. One of my best friends, in fact.

	Domino: I hate being right in a situation like this.
	Ree:(Linna Imitation) Thanks to a rewrite in Double Vision. 
When she actually died she was just this girl I had met and was trying
to pump for information. Good thing they reconned it or I might have
to 
feel guilty.


> And I've gotten over it. That was twenty-two years ago. Yes, I still
>miss Irene, but I've moved on with my life.

	Ree: Linna is not this stupid.


>I don't see why you still haven't gotten over Sylvie's death,

	Elenoin: Apparently she is.


>even twenty-one years after that battle."

	Domino: For those of you who might have missed it, it has been
more than twenty years since BGC.


>   Mom snapped

	Ree: Finally. Go on a killing spree Priss! The young one 
first.


>her head up, fire burning in her red-brown eyes. She moved
>towards Linna with amazing speed, as if she were going to
>attack her. But she didn't. Instead, she

	Domino: She piddled on her!


>stopped just in front of her. I saw that tears were starting
>to well up in her eyes.

	Elenoin: Look, they've made Priss cry.
	Domino: As always, at least she is not C-Ko.


>    "How would you have liked to kill your best friend?!"

	Domino: Is this a trick question?


>Mom snapped. "After having to kill Sylvie in order to stop

	Elenoin: The Daleks from being created by Stavros.

>that damn D.D. from blowing the city sky-high, you're saying
>that I should just forget about it and move on?!?!

	Ree: You know; we are hardly needed here.


>How could you even SUGGEST such a thing?!? She was
>more than a friend to me, Linna, MORE than just a friend!!!!

	Domino: I get the idea that Sylvie was more than a friend to 
Priss.
	Ree: A special friend.

>She was like...almost like a sister to me." She wiped away the tears
>that started to flow down her cheeks.

	Elenoin: Caused by the pain of having to say these lines?


>"Of COURSE I haven't gotten over it. Especially since Anri was
>killed almost right after Sylvie was. And I was the person that
>had to tell her that Sylvie was dead.

	Domino: So you told Anri that Sylvie was dead after Anri was 
killed? Damn pointless of you if you ask me.


>I'm sure YOU didn't have to give anybody the news about Irene,
>now did you!!!"
>   "Well..."
>   "No you didn't!!! 

	Elenoin: Let her answer.

>Sorry, but I'm not the happy, optimistic person that you are,
>Linna. I have a harder time getting over people dying that
>you do. 

	Ree: Is Priss calling Linna shallow?
	Domino: Probably. Everyone else has.
	Elenoin: One wonders why Linna does not get upset.


>You know how many people I've lost in my life?!?

	Ree: Four.
	Domino: I bet she hasn't even kept count.

> More than my fair share, ok?!"

	Domino: See.


>Mom stopped to take a breath. Nene looked shaken at her

	Elenoin: Almost having a personality beyond taht needed to say
how great Yumeko is.
	Domino: (Nene imitation): Don't do that Priss. You're going to
get us in trouble with the author!

>outburst, and Sylia didn't look like she was about to stop her either.
>"'Scuse me...I have to get some air." She walked out of the room.

	Domino + Ree + Elenoin:(Stare at disbelief at the screen when 
it is all over)
	Ree: What the hell was that all about?
	Elenoin: I really don't know.
	Domino: Are we supposed to believe Linna is really that 
stupid? That she would say something so inflammatory? Come on. Even I 
would never have predicted Linna being that stupid. And my 
expectations are really low.
	Elenoin: What a foolish way to do a recap. It took what could 
have been a very interesting scene and just threw it out there. I 
mean, look at that dialogue. It is barely a step above farce.


>   "Wh...what was that about?" I asked, breaking the uneasy
>silence that had gripped the room.

	Domino: That is what we are still trying to figure out.


>   "Priss doesn't like talking about that battle," Nene sighed.
>"She doesn't like talking about the D.D. because that's the
>battlemover that Sylvie was fused to. Sylvie was a Boomer,
>but Priss didn't find that out until just before she died. In order
>to deactivate the micro-neutron bomb that was in the D.D.,
>the pilot, who was fused with it, had to be killed. And that pilot
>was Sylvie. Even with only three minutes before it would have
>exploded, Priss couldn't bring herself to kill her. After she was
>knocked out by the D.D, the rest of us tried to take it out
>ourselves, but only after Sylia was almost crushed by it did
>Priss come to, blow off its arm, and attack it. Her Motoslave
>was destroyed by the D.D. while she was still inside it, but
>she managed to eject from it before it exploded. Then, she
>forced herself to shoot Sylvie. Priss never did really recover
>from it, going into a depression every now and then..."

	All: (Stare in open mouth shock and wide-eyed disbelief, 
rendered speechless for several seconds)
	Elenoin: Well that was, without doubt, the stupidest thing I 
have ever seen. It is absolutely horrible, pointless and utterly, 
utterly, stupid.
	Domino: (Shakes here head, look of incredulous disgust one her
face) Oh, so all that was just so Yumeko could be filled in completely
on Sylvie.
	Elenoin: This just makes it worse.


>   "Priss should have been the one to tell her all that, Nene," Sylia 
said.

	Domino: So why the hell didn't you tell her that right after, 
'Priss doesn't like talking about that battle'?
	Ree: Talk about closing the barn door after the horses escape.
	Elenoin: How many idiot Sylias have we seen so far?
	Domino: This would be the third. Though none so idiotic as 
this one.
	Ree: Her character does get butchered a lot.


>   "I know, but...Yumeko had to know, and I know that she wouldn't
>have found it out from her mother anytime soon."

	Ree: And maybe that is how Priss wanted it.
	Domino: Meet Nene the idiot. I think the butcher knife needs 
to be sharpened. It is bound to be getting a little dull.


>   "I need to check on her," I said, starting to head for the door.
>Linna held me back.
>   "Leave her alone," she advised. "During times like this, it's
>best to let her be and figure out how to cope with it herself."
>   "Well," Sylia sighed, "soon it'll be time."
>   "Time? Time for what?" I inquired.

	Ree: For this fic to end?


>   "The first battle, of course.

	Domino:(Sylia Imitation) See. I've got it scheduled already. 
You'll be fighting the Iron Sheik in a cage match.


>We still need to get your suit built, but I think we'll be able to get
>that done before it's too late to do so.

	Ree: When would it be too late to do so?
	Elenoin: After Yumeko had been killed due to going into battle
without a suit?
	Ree: Sounds good to me.


>In the meantime, we'll work on a few more training sessions to improve
>your fighting skills, and then figure out what weapons will go on your
>suit."

	Ree: Which will be, oddly enough, better than the weapons on 
any of the other hardsuits.
	Elenoin: If this follows the pattern.


>   "Ok."
>   After getting back into normal clothes (which was a relief for me,
>considering that 'measuring outfit' had made my body itch all over),
>I immediately ran out to the front 

	Elenoin: The Eastern Front?


>to see if Mom was there. The only person I saw was Mackie.

	Ree: And if this follows pattern he will be of no use to her.


>   "Priss? I don't know where she went," he said when I asked
>him where she was. "She just stormed out here, got on her bike,
>and took off. What happened?"
>   I didn't answer his question.

	Ree: Yumeko snubs Mackie. How polite. I hope she learns the
danger of treating your support personnel badly.
	Domino: Well you know, he is only a man. In Yumeko's world 
that would count against him.

>Instead, I got on my own bike, not remembering that Nene would
>need

	Ree: More brainwashing to make her stupidity permanent.

>a ride home, and took off myself.
>   I expected her to be in one of the many bars in town,

	Domino: So, Priss is an alcoholic, who abandons her kid often 
enough that she, Yumeko, knows to go looking in bars?
	Elenoin: Apparently so.
	Domino: I'm getting pretty tired of this. And when Priss was 
upset, she was either taking her anger out on what upset her, or she 
was off riding her bike.


>or at Hot Legs, but she wasn't in any of them, for when I asked the
>bartenders if she'd been there, they only said

	Elenoin: Do you have ID?


>, "Nope, she hasn't been here in a while. Why, you lookin' for her?" 
>   Finally, I gave up and went home, exhausted. As I stumbled into
>the small apartment, I saw Mom, laying on the couch. And after I
>searched everywhere in town for her, too, I thought.

	Domino: How ironic.

> I decided to let her sleep, thinking she needed the rest after what
>had happened today.

	Ree: Were my character and the character's of my friends 
butchered to such an extent I would certainly need some rest as well.



>Just as I turned to walk into the kitchen to grab something to eat,
>something caught my eye.

	Domino: Would it be wrong to hope it was a barbed hook?
	Elenoin: Yes, but understandable.


> I turned back to Mom and noticed she held something in her hand.
> I gently took it out of her hand and looked at it.

	Ree: Say what you will about Yumeko, but she has no respect
for anyone's privacy.


>It was an old photo. In it, there was Mom and another girl with her at
>the beach. Mom was wearing her usual red biking leathers,

	Elenoin: So Priss is still dressing the same?
	Domino: Has anything else changed?


>but the other girl...I didn't recognize her.

	Elenoin: And then it hit her. It was Misty Brown. She and 
Priss were not the same person after all.


>She had long brown hair and golden eyes,

	Domino: Miyu in her startling supernatural mode.


>and wore blue, white, and yellow biking leathers. I turned the
>photo over and saw written on the back, in Mom's scribbly
>handwriting:

	Ree: Yumeko, if you are reading this then know you are a nosy,
busy-body.


>"21 February 2033...Sylvie and me at the beach"

	Domino: So the whole thing about telling Yumeko about 
Moonlight Rambler was just so she could identify this photo.
	Ree: Just makes it all the more sad.


>   Oh my. So that was the mysterious Sylvie. Oh, Mom, I thought.
>How terrible for you to have to kill your best friend.

	Domino: Again, for those of you who might have completely 
failed to get this point.
	Ree: Of course anyone who failed to get the point is too 
stupid to actually be able to read.

>I'm so sorry that I wasn't more sensitive about how you felt about it.

	Domino: Do you understand that?
	Elenoin: Not really.
	Ree: Something to make Yumeko look sensitive?


>   I placed the photo on the counter, where it would be safe. I
>looked back at Mom, who was still sleeping, and went to my room
>to be alone with my own thoughts.

	Ree: (Yumeko's thoughs) I am good enough, I am smart enough, 
and gosh darnit, people like me.


>* * * * *
>   "What's this?" I asked, pointing at the computer screen.

	Domino: That's a computer screen.


>   "I'm going to design your hardsuit now," Sylia said, 

	Elenoin: She is using AutoCad for hardsuits I bet.

>"as well as your weapons. You've improved a lot over the past few
>weeks,

	Domino: How surprising.


>so I think it's about time we do this."

	Ree: Thrill as Yumeko's hardsuit is designed.


>   "Ok."
>   Sylia started typing like crazy on the keyboard.

	Domino:(Sylia Typing) MUst kIlL! dOgs aRe tRANSmiTTing 
ThouGHTs inTo mY hEAd. I aM nAPolEan ReBorN. 


>A human figure appeared on the screen. She typed some more
>and some strange outlines started to surround the figure. Suddenly,

	Domino: The figure start thrashing and gridning in one of the 
best skateboard games around. 


> the figure disappeared and then I saw what the outlines were:

	Elenoin: Clothing. Sylia is playing with a KISS doll set.


>the hardsuit specs.

	Ree: Wow, the computer graphics are just amazing.


>   "This is what your hardsuit will look like," Sylia explained.

	Domino: (Yumeko Imitation) Why does it have a big bulls-eye on
the chest?


> "It will have several pairs of weapons, much like my suit.

	Elenoin: This is going to get painful.


>Each person has their own customized set of weapons that are designed
>for that particular person's abilities. You seem to be about average 
when it
>comes to hand-to-hand combat,

	Ree: So you'll get more hand to hand weapons than Linna.

>but you're an excellent shot with a gun,

	Eleneoin: (Sylia Imitation) I'm sorry, I don't want to have to
say these lines, buy I signed a contract.


> so I gave you some weapons that can be used from a distance."

	Domino:(Sylia Imitation) First we'll start with the 150mm 
cannons.
	Ree:(Sings) From a distance, you look like my friend, but up 
close you're Yumeko...


> She typed some more and then we got a close-up view of the right
>gauntlet.

	All: Ooooooh.

>"This gauntlet will house most of your weapons. You will be able
>to fire regular shots

	Domino: Define regular shots?
	Elenoin: Nine-millimetre ball.


> from this gauntlet, which is why it is armored instead of just 
wearing a
>glove like you do on your left hand. You will also have a Knuckle
>Bomber on your right hand,

	Ree: Which is a prime example of a distance weapon.
	Elenoin: I think you said it. More and better weapons than any
of the Knight Sabers.
	Domino: We have yet to see what the other Knight Sabers have
mounted on their suits. It could all still work out. Maybe.


>a lasersword on both hands and the MDD on both as well."

	Domino: Then again.

>   "MDD?"

	Ree: MDD?
	Domino: Considering how redundant this has been so far, I'm
guessing Medical Doctor Doctor.


>   "You'll be able to fire electromagnetic discs using that.

	Elenoin: The frisbee is all grown up.

>They will be able to slice through almost everything, 

	Ree: Think about the range they must have.


>much like Linna's ribbons. So if you fire some discs at a Boomer
>and they happen to miss,

	Domino: Not that Miss Excellent shot would have to worry about
missing.


> they'll just turn around and cut through it anyway, so you don't need 
to worry
>about wasting them.

	Elenoin: You always have to be concerned about wasting 
ammunition.
	Ree: We've said it before, so we might as well say it again, 
this Sylia is an idiot.


> Oh -- and I'm sure you're curious about this -- once you get a lock 
on the
>target, the disc will only hit that designated target, so you won't 
have to
>worry over hitting anybody else."

	Ree: So they are basically self-guiding weapons.
	Elenoin: The sort of thing that Nene could have used.
	Domino: Can you jam and redirect them? That would be something
I would be curious about.


>   I sighed relief. "How many will I have on each arm?"
>   "There are ten discs on each arm, so if you run out of discs on one 
arm,
>you'll be able to use the other one.

	Domino: But what if she runs out of disks on the other arm?
	Ree: Yeah Sylia, state the obvious some more why don't you?


> Now on to some of your other weapons." She typed a bit more and then 
we
>saw a close-up of the shoulders.
>   "You mean I've got more weapons?"

	Ree: Why of course you do.
	Domino: Spiky kness, and, because of the cheat card, Kneepads 
of Allure.

>   "Of course. Now, on your shoulders, there will be some 
pulse-strikers. The
>armor on the shoulder lifts up and you will see a glow emanating from 
it.

	Ree: Assuming you are outside of your suit when you use them. 
I'd like to suggest you be so.

>That 'glow' paralyzes Boomers 

	Domino;:(Boomer Voice) Don't look into the light.

>so it will help you if you're not doing so good against it." I 
frowned. Oh
>sure, rub it in, I thought. "Don't use it too often though, as it will 
drain
>the power on your suit." 

	Elenoin: So basically similar to the weapon that Nene's 
Tempest has.
	Ree: I'm sure that had been taken off Nene's Tempest. It is 
more important that Yumkeo has such a weapon.


>We now got a close-up of the legs, which I noticed had lots of little
>bumps on the ankles.

	Ree: Ick. Hardsuit cellulite.


>"Those are your Leg Bombers.

	Ree: Which again is an excellent example of a distance weapon.


> When you kick a Boomer, there will be a slight explosion which will
>hopefully do great damage against it."

	Elenoin: So just what will Yumeko's task in the Knight Sabers 
be?
	Domino: Well, her suit is outfitted with almost every 
conceivable weapon. I guess she'll just do everything. Long range 
support, close in fighting, heavy weapons, and no doubt we'll find out
that her suit is heavily loaded with ECM as well.


>   "Hopefully?"
>   "Well, if you kick it in the right place."

	Domino: (John Cleese Imitation) Honestly Double O Seven, must 
I explain everything to you?


>   "So, is that everything?"

	Ree: We just have to install the kitchen sink.


>   "Yes, it is. Now, I need to ask you what colors you'd like on your
>suit."
>   Colors? I never thought she'd ask a simple question like that, I
>thought. "I thought you chose the colors."
>   "No, I let the others choose them."
>   "Well, in that case...how about purple and black?"
>   "All right then."
>   "Ah yes, my daughter, the killing machine," I heard Mom say.

	Ree: Well, she is killing me.


>Sylia and I spun around and saw her standing behind us, an
>amused smile on her face.

	Elenoin: Anyone here see Sylia spinning around at Priss' 
voice?
	Domino: Not really.
	Ree: Nope.


>   "M-Mom? When did you come in here?" I asked. "I didn't even hear
>you knock."
>   "I didn't."
>   "You want to see Yumeko's hardsuit, Priss?" Sylia asked. Mom walked
>over to us and gazed at the computer screen.

	Ree: (Priss Imitation) Where's the suit? Behind the pile of 
weapons?


>   "Nice choice of weapons," she complimented. "Those Leg Bombers
>sure helped me out a whole lot, didn't they."

	Domino: Maybe she'll explain howthey helped her out so we can 
have the entire plot of episodes six and eight told to us.


>   "Well," Sylia sighed, "I'll get to work on your hardsuit, Yumeko. 
Now
>don't be in a rush to get into battle, all right?

	Domino: Yumeko's in a rush to get into battle?
	Ree: Must be. Sylia said it.
	Elenoin: Not like we would have wanted to hear it from Yumeko 
herself.


> You'll get your chance soon enough." She stood up. "And Priss, 

	Ree: Never breed again.


>talk to Linna, won't you? She's said more than once that she's sorry 
she
>wasn't more sensitive about that." I knew she was talking about Sylvie
>and the D.D.

	Ree: Oh, look: A chance for Yumeko to fix things between Priss
and Linna.


>   Mom looked away. "She shouldn't have mentioned it in the first 
place."

	Domino: And had she been in character she would not have.


>   "Priss," Sylia said, "you don't get over events by trying to forget 
about
>them. You have to face them, deal with them, and move on."

	Elenoin: This happened in Red Eyes. Priss faced her demons and
beat Largo.


>   "I've done that!" Mom snapped. "And look where it got me!"
>   "I'm sure you tried to forget about that attack, now haven't you."

	Ree: And what does this have to do with Sylvie's death?
	Domino: I think we are supposed to see some sort of connection
here.


>   Mom stopped dead in her tracks, a thousand emotions

	Domino: Talk is cheap. Name each of those emotions.


> crossing her face as she thought of what to say. I hadn't really 
heard
>any details about that attack, except that I was conceived because of
>it.

	Ree: Reason enough for outrage.


> I didn't even know who it was that attacked Mom...she didn't want to
>say. She hadn't even told Nene or the others who it was that raped
>and beat her in that alley some seventeen years before, when she
>was still getting used to the thrills of being a world-class singer.

	Elenoin: So getting used to the thrills of being a world-class
singer somehow removed Priss' street smarts and her fighting ability?


>   "Don't...don't...don't you bring that up!!" Mom stammered. "You 
know
>how...how horrible it was? To...to feel so...degraded after something
>like that happens? It was horrible!!

	Ree: I didn't know that Priss did MSTs too.
	Elenoin: Doesn't compare.


> You don't think I don't go a day without thinking about that night, 
about
>how humiliating it was to just be taken advantage of like that?

	Elenoin: The sad part is this could be a very powerful part of
the story and it comes across like farce.


> It totally changed everything!! But," she said, looking at me, "at
>least something good came out of it, even if her father's a bastard."

	Domino: So Priss knows who the father is?
	Ree: Well, that he raped her does make him a bastard, as well 
as many other things.


>   "That's exactly what I'm talking about," Sylia said. "If you talk
>about it, you start to feel better, and deal with it more easily."

	Elenoin: Says the woman who is well known for talking to other
people about her pain--Unless of course this is to show us Sylia's 
emotional growth over the last twenty years.
	Domino: Don't see it.


>   "You think that was easy, bringing that up?" Mom asked, 
dumbfounded.
>   "I didn't say that."
>   "I...I know you didn't. S-sorry, I'm just a little..."

	Ree: Another of Priss' inexplicable mood swings.

>   "Worn out?" I finished for her.
>   "Yeah."

	Domino: Yumeko is finishing Priss' sentences. Now I'm getting 
scared.


>   "Well," Sylia said, "I need to be alone for a while to work on
>Yumeko's hardsuit, so the two of you may leave if you wish."

	Domino:(Sylia Imitation) You two are creeping me out. Get the 
hell out of here.


>   "Ok," I said, Mom and I walking outside to our bikes.

	Domino: Right.


>I looked at her as she pulled on her helmet, lost in her own thoughts.
>I sighed and asked, "So Sylvie was a good friend of yours, huh?"

	Domino: Was she?
	Elenoin: One of the mysteries of BGC.


>   Mom looked at me with surprise, as if she hadn't really expected me
>to ask that. "Y-yeah..."
>   "I'm sure you didn't want to kill her, huh. I wouldn't want to kill 
my
>best friend either, personally." We were now on the highway.

	Ree: Thank you for telling us that. So many of us would want 
to kill out best friends.
	Domino: Just how are they talking? Do they have radios in 
their helmets? Are they shouting at each other? Give us at least a few
details.


>   "That musta been the single worst moment of my life, besides
>that 'scuffle' in that alley."
>   "So who was this Anri girl that you brought up?"
>   "Anri...was a friend of Sylvie's.

	Ree: A special friend.


>Sylvie had to use the D.D. to get blood from people to keep her
>alive, cuz she'd been injured during their escape from Genaros
>and couldn't survive without that blood. Then Sylvie stole this
>datadisc that would help Anri heal herself, but that, well...resulted
>in the D.D. threatening to blow Tokyo sky-high, and me having to
>kill her. She told me to give the disc to Anri, which I did. After 
that...
>that Largo bastard made Anri his aide or something. He told her I
>killed Sylvie in cold blood, but once she knew the truth, she didn't
>want to play any part in his schemes anymore. She...she sacrificed
>herself to save me from getting killed by him..." Mom stopped
>talking right there, emotion cracking her voice.

	Elenoin: Ladies and gentlemen, the recap of Moonlight Rambler
and Red Eyes.
	Ree: And, contrary to popular belief, it just got stupider.


>   "Oh...how sad,"

	Ree: Yumeko always knows the right things to say.


> I said sympathetically. No wonder Mom didn't like bringing either of
>them up. I'd always thought Mom hated Boomers to the guts, but
>now I saw that even though two of her best friends were Boomers,
>she still cared for them as if they were plain ol' humans. Amazing
>what the power of friendship could do...

	Domino: Is Priss hating Boomers a BGC cliché?
	Ree: It is so big it actually made it into Crash. That would 
be BGC Cliché 4.


>* * * * *
>   Damn that Linna, I screamed in my head over and over again.
>She knew I didn't want to talk about the D.D., or Sylvie, or anything
>that even came close to them. She knew that!!!! But she just HAD
>to drag it up, didn't she. I...I suppose she did have a point
>though, I thought. It has been over twenty years after all. But...
>but she didn't have to kill one of her friends, now did she!!!

	Domino: For those of you who missed it the past three or four 
times, Linna did not have to kill one of her friends.


>Little wonder that I was still sore over that...

	Domino: And Priss is still upset about this. Now remember this
because it probably won't be mentioned much more than five or six more
times.


>   Now that Yume had asked about Anri as well, that just dragged up 
even
>more memories. Felt like I was being dragged through hell a second 
time
>over. There was no escaping the past, was there. 

	Elenoin: How philosophical.
	Domino: She is so upset she lost a question mark.


>   "Mom, you feeling well?" Yume asked one morning when I didn't get 
out
>of bed. "You don't look so good."
>   "I'm fine," I groaned, sitting up. I'd dreamed about 'that night' 
again. The
>one where I was ambushed in 'that alley' seventeen years before. Musta
>been the one thing that I absolutely couldn't get over. After all, 
Yume came
>into being because of that.

	Ree: I could see how that would be hard to get over. I'm only 
experiencing Yumeko through this story and I'm not sure I'll ever get 
over it.


> She was my daily reminder of that. Not that I loved her any less, 
though.
>I loved her all the more for it actually, because I was determined to 
make
>sure the same thing wouldn't happen to her.

	Ree: The smothering love of a mother trying to hide the guilt 
she feels over the anger she feels about her daughter. It is so sweet.
	Elenoin: How does letting Yumeko become a Knight Saber protect
her?
	Domino: Priss is trying, sub-consciously, to get Yumeko 
killed. It does make sense.
	Ree: If so, that is not the case here.

 
>   "No you're not," she said stubbornly, sitting on the bed. "Ever 
since
>that training session, you've hardly even talked to me.

	Domino: Who could blame her.


> You've just been sitting there, staring into space. Was it really 
that
>bad, that traumatic for you?"

	Ree: And the winner of the most stupid question ever asked in 
a fanfic is....


>   "You try killing one of your friends and see how you feel 
afterwards,"

	Domino: Again, for those of you who have missed it, Priss is 
not happy about killing Sylvie. This is for those of you who missed 
that fact in Moonlight Rambler.


> I said flatly as I climbed out of bed. Yume just shook her head as
>she watched me walk to the bathroom to take a shower.
>   So what am I supposed to do now?, I thought as I scrubbed myself
>off.

	Ree: It will take more than that to get the dirty feeling of 
this fic off you.

>She's gonna eventually ask about her bastard-father. God
>dammit...it'll probably be harder on her than me if I tell her now.

	Domino: That's one for the plus side.


>Maybe I should wait. Just a little longer. Then she'll be ready.
>I sighed. Hell, I couldn't even bring myself to tell Nene or the
>others who it was that attacked me...do I really think it's
>gonna be any easier breaking it to Yume?

	Elenoin: This is about the last time we should have to deal 
with this. Either answer the damn question or stop bringing it up.


>   I heard someone knock on the door.
>   "I'll get it!" Yume called to me as I got out of the shower.
>Putting on my clothes and drying my hair, I walked out into
>the living room

	Domino: Apprently partily naked and with wet hair.


> just in time to see Yume yelling at a familiar-looking guy.

	Ree: Please let it be Largo, please let it be Largo, please 
let it be Largo...


>   "How many times do I have to repeat myself? No, no, and
>triple no!!" 

	Elenoin: Touch blue to make it true, infinity.

>she yelled at Masahiro.

	Ree: Dammit!
	Domino: Look; it is the pathetic and annoying twit.


>   "Give me a chance, baby-doll. You know I ain't gonna
>leave you alone until you say yes," he said with a sly smile.

	Elenoin: Maybe we are supposed to get so annoyed at him that 
we will be happy when he dies?


>   "Well, I don't give a shit, you hear me? You ain't never gonna
>get an answer, ya know," 

	Domino: With grammer like that? No.
	Ree: So Yumeko was raised in the mountains?
	Elenoin: With Jethro and Ellie-May apparently.


>Yume snapped. Masahiro looked over her shoulder at me
>and waved.

	Domino: BGC Priss would kill him about right now. Hell, even 
Crash or 2040 Priss would probably kill him.

>   "Hi, Ms. Asagiri. How ya doin'?"
>   "Fine. Don't ask for an autograph, cuz I ain't giving you one,"
>I teased.

	Domino: Good thing to see that Priss is so concerned about
this guy stalking her daughter.


>   "Nah, I was just gonna ask you when your new CD is coming
>out."
>   "Next month. Now leave Yume alone before she knees you
>again," I said, smiling slyly.

	Ree: This is just painful.


>   "Anything for the great Priscilla Asagiri," he said sarcastically,
>doing a mock bow as Yume took a playful swing at him, missing.

	Ree: And it gets more painful.
	Elenoin: Is Priss missing the fact that Yume, according to her
own words, despises Masahiro?


>   "Priss, the name's Priss," I corrected as he left, Yume slamming
>the door. She turned around, smiling.
>   "I should have you as backup all the time, huh," she said,
>chuckling.

	Ree: Yes, Priss was such useful backup. You can be certain 
that Masahiro will never bother Yume again.


>   "From the way you acted with him, I'd say you have a little crush,"
>I joked.

	Ree: So who is this character based off, lord knows it is not 
any Priss that we know.
 
>   Yume turned four shades of red. "N...no way do I have a crush
>on that son of a bitch!!" She started to crack up. "Wouldn't that be
>a sight for sore eyes!!

	Domino: Do you even know what 'a sight for sore eyes' means?

> Me and Masahiro walking hand in hand down the street!! Ha ha!!!"

	Domino: I think we've just watched a mental breakdown.


>   Funny how this sort of stuff worked, because for the first time in 
weeks,
>I actually started to feel better.

	Ree: The Prozac finally kicking in.


>Musta been the sound of Yume's laughter. It was almost music to my 
ears,
>hearing that sound...

	Domino: So the sound that you heard was a sound that made you 
happy?


>* * * * *
>   "Wow, someone's looking bright and cheery," Nene pointed out as
>Mom and I strolled into Sylia's apartment.

	Ree: Priss finally got her drug cocktail worked out.


>   "Well, you'll need that attitude," Sylia said. I stopped in my 
tracks.
>   "W...why's that?" I questioned.
>   "You might get your first taste of action tonight, that's why." 

	Ree: They're taking Yumeko to the strip club.


>I gasped. A battle? A REAL battle?! My heart thumped. Oh, finally,
>finally I was gonna go out there

	Ree: Get hurt really bad if there is any justice.


>and fight!!! Oh, what a joyous occasion!!! Wait...what was I talking
>about??

	Domino: You actually are thinking and not talking.

>Joyous?? How could I be joyous about such a thing? 
>   "You...you mean we're gonna fight Boomers?"

	Domino: Have the Knight Sabers ever fought anything else?


>   "Didn't you hear about it on the news?" Linna asked. "A Combat
>Boomer is over at District 15

	Elenoin: Singing 2020's rock and handing out balloons.


>tearing everything apart."
>   "Well, actually, no," I admitted grudgingly.

	Domino: (Yumeko Imitation) I'm not happy about having to admit
not knowing everything.
	Ree: This girl has Asuka's attitude and none of her charms.
	Elenoin: Asuka had charms?
	Ree: You always knew she was second fiddle to Rei.
	Elenoin: Good point.

> "So, when do we go over and stop it?"
>   "My, aren't we

	Ree: Horribly OOC.

>enthusiastic," Nene said with a smile.
>   "For starters, when a Boomer is rampaging through the streets,"

	Domino: You know it is going to get cliche.

>Sylia said, "we sit back and wait for the police to handle it. And
>if they can't..."
>   "Which is 99 percent of the time..." Nene whispered with a
>laugh.

	Elenoin: It is nice to see that Nene finds the idea of police 
being killed so funny.
	Domino: It is not like she cared about anyone she worked with 
at the ADP.
	Ree: You know, 'Nene the heartless bitch' is not one of the 
Clichés of BGC. This might be an original, for something that is not 
anti-fic. Of course it is still stupid.


>   "...then we move in before it hurts any more people."
>   "Oh darn, so we're not going out right away?" I said, my face
>falling.

	Elenoin: Is she upset that she doesn't get to fight, or at the
thought of people being hurt and killed?
	Ree: You really don't have to ask that question.


>   "If the police don't contain the Boomer soon anyway," Sylia
>replied.
>   "You don't have to go out with us if you don't feel you're
>ready, Yume," Mom said, putting her hand on my shoulder.

	Domino: Even Priss, her mother, does not really want her 
around.


>   "I'm ready," I said. "As ready as I'll ever be."

	Ree: For lo, I am protected by the mighty author, and though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of BGC cliche, I shall fear no 
evil, for I am about as evil as you can get.
	Domino: Amen.


>   "Well," Linna said with a chuckle, "you got farther than
>Nene did on the holographic simulator, that's for sure. So
>you'll be fine."

	Domino: Linna has taunted Nene? I never saw that coming.


>   "Hey!!" Nene yelled, looking at her. 
>   "Well, she reached Level Seven just a few weeks after first trying
>out the thing," 

	Ree: Wow, Yumeko is amazing. What can't she do?


>Mom pointed out. "You've been a Knight Saber for years, and you're
>still only on Level Six!!"
>   "I wish you'd stop teasing me!!" Nene whined.

	Elenoin: Dear lord, now Nene is whining.
	Domino: You know, I'd like to see Nene let them fight Boomers 
without any ECM support--especially in Fic like this.
	Ree: Nene probably won't be doing any ECM support, because it 
is a fic like this.

>  "It's the truth though," Linna added.

	Domino: Yes. Nene is useless. That is why Sylia keeps her 
around.
	Ree: BGC Cliché 5: Nene always was and always will be useless 
in combat. And the worse the fanfic, the more it will be focused on.


>  "Hmph. Don't need to remind me," she mumbled. Sylia turned up the
>volume on the TV so we all could hear it.
>  "---and now civilian casualties are estimated at about twenty. The
>Police

	Elenoin: Have yet to reform, much to the dissapointment of 
their few living fans.

>are still struggling to stop the Boomer, and it is strongly advised 
that
>citizens stay indoors until

	Ree: This fic is over.

>it is contained." Sylia turned the TV off.
>  "All right," she said, standing up. "I think we've waited long 
enough.

	Ree: (Sylia Imitation) Wonder Twin powers, activate!
	Domino: Shape of a plot hole.

>The police can't stop it, so I guess we'll have to do it ourselves."
>  "All RIGHT!!" Mom yelled, jumping up as well. "Let's go wipe
>that Boomer's ass all over the street!!"

	Ree: I wasn't aware Boomers went to the bathroom.
	Domino: Good thing Yumeko's suit is outfitted with a toilet 
paper dispenser.


>  "Don't need to be so vulgar, Priss," Nene muttered.

	Elenoin: No need to be so vulgar, Ree, Domino. Or, don't be so
vulgar, Ree, Domino.


>  "So, uh...it's just one Boomer, right?" I asked nervously, suddenly

	Domino: (Yumeko Imitation) Worried that I would not be able to
show off my mad skills by killing several boomers at once.


> not feeling so sure about going out to fight it anymore.
>  "Yes, it is," Sylia said. "You sure you don't want to reconsider?"

	Ree: Please say yes.


>  "Hey, you made that suit for me. I'm gonna use it!"
>  "All right then. Let's go."

	Domino:(Whistles the tune of Teddy Bears Picnic)


>* * * * *
>    "I still say we're too old to do this anymore!!" Nene complained
>as we changed into our innerwear.

	Domino:(Danny Glover Imitation) I'm getting too old for this.


>    "Ah, stop griping," Mom said as she fastened the back of hers.
>"Personally, I couldn't be happier we started up again. It was
>getting boring."

	Ree: Because playing the music you love and taking care of 
your daughter are so dull.


>    "What, singing and touring the world isn't enough action for you?"
>Nene asked

	Domino: I see Nene agrees with you.
	Ree:(Australian Accent) She's a good Sheila.


> with a note of heavy sarcasm.

	Elenoin: The sarcasm has reappeared.


>As I fastened the back of my innerwear, I looked myself over. Geez,

	Domino: (Yumeko Imitation) I make this look good.

>I couldn't believe this.

	Ree: Has Mackie cut out the back of your suit?


>I was actually going to go out and fight real live Combat Boomers!!

	Elenoin: Do you think this will be an actual Combat Boomer?
	Domino: Only twenty civilian casualties? No, not really.


> Oh, I couldn't stop from shaking all over at the thought. And in 
front
>of me lay my purple and black hardsuit in all its glory, ready for 
entry.

	Ree: This sounds so sexual.
	Elenoin:(Nods after a moment) You're right.


> At my request, Sylia had made it so it looked a bit like Mom's, and
>I'd heard Linna crack a few jokes at that.

	Domino:(Linna Imitation) What is purple and black and looks 
like Priss' hardsuit?


>   "You want racing stripes on your helmet, too?" Linna had joked.

	Ree: Wow, I bet that had their sides splitting.

>Of course my helmet didn't have them like Mom's did. Couldn't have
>us all looking exactly alike, now could we.

	Ree: Yep, nothing makes it easier for your enemy than making 
sure all your units are easily differentiated.



>   "Hey, you just gonna sit there all day and admire your 

	Ree: (Priss Imitation) A... (Elenoin Cups her hand over Ree's
mouth).
	Elenoin: Let's shop a little good taste.
	Domino: Why start now?


>suit?" Mom teased, snapping me out of my own little world. I looked
>at her and saw she was already in her hardsuit, sans helmet.

	Domino: French, how elegent.
	Ree: Just like a Bare Naked Ladies song.



>   "Uh...no, of course I'm not!!" I took a deep breath, as if I was
>going to dive into a swimming pool. And I stepped into the suit.

	Elenoin: I'm glad she did not dive into it.
	Ree: Though that would have been funny.


> The armor on the legs and arms automatically folded itself so it
>closed over them. The chest armor swung down and snapped
>into place.

	Ree: Could the servo motors short out and crush her?
	Elenoin: Probably not, and stop wishing horrible death on the 
character when everyone knows that she'll be fine.


>   Suddenly, I was a Knight Saber, armor and all. Whoa, this
>is awesome!!!,

	Ree: Was that Keanu Reeves?


> I thought as I practiced walking around. Despite the high
>heels on the suit -- which Sylia said were

	Domino: To make your legs look better and lift your butt.

> for shock absorption -- I found it pretty easy to walk around. 

	Domino: Don't tell me that this is the first time she has ever
worn this suit?
	Elenoin: It sounds like it.
	Ree: More and more I am reminded of DJ Croft and his first 
time in an Eva. Which is not a good thing.
	Domino: Just proof that it can get worse.

>Oooh, I'm gonna have fun with this!!!

	Domino: And that would be one.

> I practiced moving the mechanical hand on my right arm. It moved
>pretty much like my normal hand did.

	Elenoin: Perfect for stroking your ego.


>After checking everything over, I took my helmet and put it on.
>Instantly,

	Domino: The suit filled with tear gas. Nene's 
welcome-to-the-team joke had once more gone off without a hitch.
	Ree: Obscure.


> all the systems automatically engaged, so now I could see
>everything,

	Elenoin: Everything?
	Domino:(Yumeko Imitation) I can see God!


> even though I had my visor down.
>   "Well, are we all ready?" Sylia asked as we all 

	Ree: Gathered around the campefire with our sticks and 
marshmallows.

>grouped, dressed in our hardsuits.
>   "Yeah," Nene said.
>   "I am," Linna replied.
>   "Same here," Mom said.

	Elenoin: Got my spadd ready.
	Domino: I brought my magnetic launchers.
	Ree: I have my Arrow Widow Maker out in the parking lot.


>   "And you, Yumeko? You ready for your first battle?" Linna
>asked.

	Domino:(Yumeko Imitation) I'll form the head!


>   "Um...sure," I said, voice shaking.
>   "Hey, it'll be ok," Nene said. "First battles are always the 
hardest
>ones to handle." She stopped and corrected herself. "Wait...even
>the later ones can be hard too."

	Ree: Nene Romanova. Hacker. Panty seller. Philosopher.
	Domino: This Nene is so lame.

>    "Oh, that helps," I groaned. Now I really wasn't sure if I was 
ready
>for this!! What if something went wrong? What if...

	Ree: A mecha stepped on you?
	Elenoin: a stray ring cutter hit you?
	Domino: A steam of aerodynamic wedges travelling at several 
times the speed of sound slammed into you?


>oh, I had to stop asking all these questions to myself!!
>   "All right, everyone," Sylia said. "Let's get this show on the 
road."

	Ree: My mom said she'd sew us costumes.
	Elenoin: My dad said we could use his barn.
	Domino: This is going to be a great show!


>* * * * *
>   When we all got to District 15, I gasped in shock.

	Domino: No one told me they were having a sale!


>It was in total chaos.

	Ree: Rains of fire, plagues of toads, dogs and cats living 
together...


> There were little fires everywhere, dead people laying in the street,
>cars smashed in...it was indescribable.

	Elenoin: Let's see. Fires, dead people, lots of property 
damage. No, it is describable.

> Suddenly, I wasn't feeling so good;

	Domino:(Yumeko Imitation) Shouldn't have drunk all that cough 
syrup.


> I felt like I was going to throw up on the spot.

	Ree: That will hit the spot.
	Elenoin: I'd advise that you open your visor first or that 
will be very messy.
	Domino: And yet funny.
	Ree: Bad things happening to Yumeko are always funny. Or they 
would be if anything bad could ever happen to her.


> How was I gonna come out and fight Boomers if this was what I
>was going to see every time? And we would be facing the thing
>that did all this?? I shuddered at the thought of meeting it.


	Ree: She is about to go and fight a Boomer. How do you think 
this will play out?
	Elenoin: Realistically? Well, she does no real damage to the 
Boomer, gets hurt, but survives.
	Ree: I'm guessing, in author avatar fashion, she smokes the 
Boomer big time and makes the other Knight Sabers look ineffectual 
while doing so.
	Domino: I'd say something in-between. Yumeko has not yet shown
herself to be a super heroine or anything.
	Ree: Might I remind you that this is her first battle, and 
apparently her first time in a hardsuit.
	Domino: There is that.


>   "Hey, we deal with Boomers that do this all the time," Mom said,
>as if she'd read my mind.

	Domino: I'm betting that was a short read.

>"Don't worry."

	Elenoin: Of course that was twenty years ago. Things change.


>   "Don't worry?? That thing...that thing...it tore up the place, and 
you're
>telling me to not worry?" I panicked.

	Ree: She's panicking! Somebody slap her!


>I really was starting to regret having come along for this....

	Domino: As are we.


>   "Nene, scan for the Boomer," Sylia ordered.

	Ree: Sylia or Picard, you be the judge.


>   "Ok!!" Nene said. She looked around, as if the Boomer would just
>pop out of nowhere 

	Elenoin: And it might.


>"I found it! It's just west of here, heading west on 6th Avenue."

	Ree: Good scanners. They are picking up New York.


>   "All right. Let's split up 

	Domino:(Sylia Imitation) And get killed. Priss, you take some 
drugs and stumble around in the basement. Nene, Linna, have premarital
sex. I'll stay up here and take a bath...


>and try to get it from all sides," Sylia suggested.

	Ree: Sounds as if Sylia is not too sure of herself.
	Elenoin: Leaders do not suggest.


> "Nene, you will come with me.

	Ree: (Sylia Imitation) I saw a love hotel down the street.


>Linna, you and Yumeko try to close in from the east. Priss, you
>come in from the south."

	Elenoin: I see Sylia is reading, 'Tactics for Dummies'.


>We all nodded and split up, Linna and I taking a detour so we would
>meet up with the Boomer head-on.
>   "You sure you're ok with this?" Linna asked as we jetted

	Elenoin: Off to Aspen for a weekend of skiing.

>towards the Boomer.
>   "Uh...s-s-sure I am. No time like the present, right?"

	Ree:(Kevin McDonald Imitation) And no present like the time!


>   "I know it's your first battle, so just try and leave everything to 
me,
>ok?"
>   "No. I wanna try and get that thing myself.

	Domino: BGC The Next Generation. No Reality Here.
	Ree: She whines like a five year old.

>I can't just spend all the battles sitting at the sidelines, right?"

	Elenoin: It is certainly a good plan at first. Watch and 
learn.
	Ree: Nene makes it work for her.


>   She chuckled. "Right."

	Ree:(Linna, chuckling) Finally, the life insurance policy I 
put on her will pay off.


>   I heard a warning signal start beeping in my helmet and turned
>to face ahead.

	Elenoin: So, which way was she facing before?


>   "Huh?" Suddenly, there it was, heading right for us. A looming
>bluish giant

	Ree: Ox.

>with glowing red eyes...and it looked pissed off.

	Ree: Another one of those emotive Boomer. Damn impressive 
seeing as its face is made out of metal.


> Here was my chance. I zoomed ahead of Linna, not heeding her pleas
>for me to stop. 

	Elenoin: And probably should get stomped flat.


>   "Ok, you bastard! It's you and me!"

	Ree: Look, Yumeko's found a date for the dance.


>I yelled, making the lasersword on my right arm pop out at the same
>time.

	Ree:(Australian accent) You call that a knife? Oh, and 
Wolverine Wannabe!
	Domino: Flying head on at a Boomer is a risky tactic. Most of 
their weaponry faces that direction.


> I drove it into its chest, still in flight as I did so. We both went 
crashing
>onto the ground, fluids gushing out of the Boomer's chest.

	Ree: Hey Kool Aid!


> I stood up, folding my flight wings down. Wha...what was that?, I
>thought. Never thought I'd do THAT!!!

	Elenoin: What exactly is she talking about?
	Domino: Her disbelief in the manoeuvre she just completed.
	Ree: She's not alone.


> The Boomer stood up to face me and suddenly, its chest seemed to
>open up. Heat cannons.

	Ree: It's barbecue time!


>   "Yume, get outta the way!!!" I heard Mom yell over the communicator
>linked between our helmets.

	Domino: Sounds as if there is a string of hardware between 
Priss' helmet and Yumeko's helmet.
	Ree: Cut the cord already, Priss.


> I turned and saw her slam into the Boomer with full force, firing her
>needles into it.

	Ree: Knit one, perl two.
	Elenoin: I'm having trouble picturing that. I expect it means
that Priss fired her needles into the Boomer at point blank range.
	Domino: Bye, bye Boomer.


> The Boomer turned on Mom and fired its mouth cannon at her,

	Domino: Giving projectile vomiting a whole new meaning.


>missing as she moved towards it again, kicking it in the head
>with her Leg Bombers. 

	Ree: Boot to the head, nya, nya. Boot to the head, nya, nya...


>   "You ok, Mom?" I asked when she stood back, breathing heavily.
>   "I'm fine!" she said, despite the fact that there was a gash in her 
leg.

	Elenoin: And when did she get that?
	Domino: Must have happened off camera.
	Ree: Shaving cut.
	Elenoin: She should have waxed.


> "Just worry about the Boomer!!" I saw it start to get up again, even
>with a missing head and a ripped-open chest. Damn! Now I see why
>the police have a hard time killing these suckers!!, I thought. They
>just don't give up!!

	Domino: Head, chest, sounds like they've taken out its 
weapons. Put it to bed.


>   Linna arrived and immediately headed for the Boomer, doing
>a spinning jump over it,

	Ree: Double tap the triangle, rotate the jostick up and 
two the right, press the jump button.


>which sliced off parts of the Boomer's arms with her ribbons.

	Ree: Now it's 'armless.


> Where's Sylia and Nene?, I wondered. Shouldn't they have been
>here by now? Oh well. I couldn't wait for them anymore.
>   I decided to finish this thing off myself.

	Ree:(Deadpan) Yay.


> As the Boomer flung away an advancing Linna and Mom both,

	Domino: And Linna supposedly cut its arms up.
	Elenoin: Beating up on Linna and Priss? I think Ree is right.
	Ree: Nice to see you're woman enough to admit it.


> I (semi)calmly aimed at the Boomer, making sure to get a lock on
>its torso, and fired, sending two little discs flying its way. The
>Boomer looked around, confused

	Domino: Because combat AIs would be so easy to confuse.

>as the discs went sailing around and around it again.

	Ree: Sounds more like a Sailor Senshi attack. Lovely Spinning 
Death Disk Attack! (Pauses) I'm sorry. I seem to have gone insane for 
a moment.
	Domino: Straight-line attacks are the best. While these disks 
are spinning around and around it, it would have time to jam them.


> Then, they suddenly both turned and flew towards the Boomer, each
>approaching from a different side. They both cut into it with amazing
>speed, slicing

	Elenoin: And dicing, so sharp it will even cut a cow in half! 
New from Ronco.


>it into several different pieces, artificial fluid spilling everywhere 
as it
>collapsed in a heap on the ground.

	Ree: And Yumeko takes it down; at the same time Priss and 
Linna seem rather ineffectual. Thank you, thank you.
	Domino: Smug much?


>   "You ok?" Linna asked, running to me. I just stood there, the
>adrenaline rush not having worn off just yet. That...that was
>almost easy!!

	Domino: Now there will be no living with her.


> Killing a Boomer!!! Just like that. I burst into laughter. "Ah, the
>thrill of killing your first Boomer," she added dryly.

	Elenoin: Linna's dry wit.
	Ree: Where?


>   "That was awesome!!!" I exclaimed. "I could do that every
>day!!"

	Ree: Yumeko, you just killed your first Boomer. What are you 
going to do now?
	Domino:(Yumeko Imitation) I'm going to Dizinee World. Hear 
they got some animatronic presidents I can kill!


>   "Well, we're not gonna fight Boomers every day, thank goodness,
>so don't get your hopes up."

	Domino: This dialogue is horrible.

>   "Glory-hoggers," I heard Mom groan as she walked towards the
>two of us.

	Ree: Priss is hurt, Yumeko isn't. Just seems wrong somehow.


> She was limping now, the wound on her leg now bleeding. 

	Elenoin: I would still like to know where that wound came 
from.
	Ree: It's a stigmata.
	Elenoin: Aren't those usually found on the palms and feet?
	Ree: Who died and made you Pope?


>   I ran to her.
>   "Mom, you're hurt!" I yelled. She opened her visor and looked at
>me, my visor now open as well.

	Domino: Dammit, keep those visors closed. You'd think that 
Sylia would have learned something from Scoop Chase.


>   "I told you I'll be fine," she said, smiling. "Haven't I told you 
I've had
>worse than this before?"

	Ree:(British accent) It's just a flesh wound.


>   "Yeah, but..."
>   We were interrupted by the sudden arrival of Nene and Sylia.

	Domino: They arrived suddenly, like the birth of a child.


> Oh, perfect timing, you guys, I thought sarcastically, rolling my
>eyes.

	Ree: Oh dear, Saint Yumeko is upset.


>   "Ah, you already killed it?" Nene asked, as if she didn't
>believe it.

	Elenoin: I can sympathise with Nene in this.

>   "Sure did," I said.
>   "And you're an amateur at this too." 

	Elenoin: There are professional Boomer killers?
	Domino: Probably meant beginner.


>She shook her head. "It MUST run in the family or something.
>" Mom and I laughed.

	Elenoin: The Boomer killer gene is carried on the X chromosome
and is recessive.


>   "Good job, all of you," Sylia said. "Let's get out of here before 
the
>police show up."

	Domino: Objection!
	Ree: On what grounds?
	Domino: The police were already there.
	Ree: Sustained.


>   "Hold it," I said, stepping in front of her. "Why were you and
>Nene late? We coulda used you guys here!"

	Ree: Oh look. The Author Avatar is berating Sylia.
	Domino: Kill her Sylia. Turn away from the dark side of your 
characterization and kill her.


>   "Had to stop some crazy reporters from following the Boomer," Nene
>cut in.

	Elenoin: Seems like they should have let the crazy reporters 
do as they please. You aren't going to weed the stupid out of your 
gene pool if you protect them.


>   "Oh." How nuts could people get? Ah well, not as crazy as me, I
>thought with a laugh. Not only did I go after the Boomer...I killed it
>too!!

	Ree: There's an ego that is bound to grow.
	Domino: Problem.
	Elenoin: What?
	Domino: It sounds like Priss and Linna are using the hardsuits
from Scoop Chase, yet this fic accepts Crash in its continuity.
	Elenoin: Good point.
	Ree:(Sings) I'm loosing my religion...


>* * * * *
>    I stretched in bed, yawning as I woke up to greet a new day.

	Domino:(Yumeko Imitation) Hello new day!


> Seemed like that fight had just been a crazy dream,

	Ree: Just a mad vision, the result of too many drugs and not 
enough sleep.
	Elenoin: Thank you Hunter Thompson.

> but no, it wasn't.
>    The newspaper reminded me of that.

	Domino: And the blender reminded her to floss.


>    "KNIGHT SABERS RIDE AGAIN", 

	Ree:(Whistles Happy Trails)


>the headline said. On the front page, there was a picture of the
>Boomer I'd scrapped, 

	Domino: That will go into her scrapbook.
	Ree: And the Boomer to the scrap pile.
	Domino: Unable to get into another scrap.
	Ree: Yumeko is sure scrappy.
	Domino: And just as annoying.
	Ree: Scooby-Dooby Doo!
	Elenoin: A cheap way to avoid the fact you have no more 
'scrap' jokes.


>as well as the "Knight Sabers" insignia Nene had burned into the
>ground like she would come to do after every battle. 

	Elenoin: Like she always did before as well?


>I showed it to Mom, who just scanned the page,

	Domino: With the new Genom Scanjet Rex. The finest scanner 
you'll ever buy.


> and set it down on the table.
>   "Great, now it looks like reporters will be chasing us for more 
than
>one reason," she joked, leaning back in her chair.

	Ree: Not much of a joke.


>   "How's your leg?" I asked, pointing to her left leg, which was
>wrapped in a bandage.

	Ree:(Priss Imitation) Still attached.


>   "Feels ok," she said. 
>   "I was really worried about you back there, ya know," I said.

	Domino: Cry at the mother and daughter moment.


>   "Well, you don't have to worry every time I get a little scratch, 
ok?
>Just worry about killing the Boomer before it kills you."

	Ree:(Writing in notebook) Kill Boomer before it kills you.
Man, this stuff is gold!


>   "Little...scratch?" Mom had needed fifteen stitches to close that
>wound, and she was calling it a scratch? Oh well, I suppose I'd have
>to get used to it, cuz she'd probably be saying that about 
everything...

	Domino:(Yumeko Imitation, British) Mom, they cut your arm off!
	Ree:(Priss Imitation, British) A mere flesh wound.


>    Someone knocked on the door. I got up to answer it and lo and
>behold, there

	Ree: Was something completely original and not at all boring
and tired?

> were -- surprise! -- reporters

	Ree: Too much to hope for.


>standing there, with cameras in hand.
>   "Excuse me, Yumeko," one of the reporters said, "is your mother
>here?"
>   "Yeah, she's here," I said, annoyed. "Whaddaya want now?"

	Elenoin: Priss doesn't like them. Yumeko doesn't like them. 
Why the hell don't they move to a condo with two bedrooms and a 
security desk? It's not like they would need a servant for a place 
like that!
	Ree: They get what they deserve.
	Domino: Now that I think about it, you would have thought that
Priss would have liked to have some rehearsal space. I find this tiny 
apartment to make less and less sense. (Pauses) And that is saying a 
lot.


>   "Just need to ask her a few things about her upcoming world tour."
>   "That's not for another six months, so don't ask about it until 
then,
>ok?"

	Ree:(Reporter) Yes, we will do as the mighty Yumeko commands. 
We have no will.

>   "But..."
>   "No comment," I said, slamming the door in his face and walking 
back
>to the kitchen.
>   "Lemme guess," Mom said. "Reporters."

	Ree: No, lemmings.


>   "Yup," I said, nodding. "Some things never change."
>   She sighed. "Tell me about it."

	Domino: The end!
	Ree: And we survived another one.
	Domino: There is more.
	Ree: Dear lord, why do you send such punishments?
	Elenoin: We'll discuss that later. Serious time.
	Domino: Serious time, eh? Well, let's see. The spelling and 
grammar were not all that bad. It is obvious that the author took some
time to make sure of that. I'm mostly impressed. There were a few 
problems with the spelling and style, but they did not interfere with 
reading it too much. On the other hand, the amount of pointless 
repetition did get to me.
	Domino: The redundancies in the sentences were annoying, but 
the repetition between sections was truly maddening. We know that 
Priss had to kill Sylvie. We know that that would be difficult to live
with. Hell, that was a big part of Red Eyes. We understand that 
killing your friend would be a lot worse than seeing your friend 
killed. That being the case, telling us this once would almost be too 
much.
	Domino: We kept being told this! I wanted the scream. I wanted
to, well, do this.

	(Scene: Domino reaches under the couch and pulls out a pair of
pistols. She stands, and then, turning slowly, begins to empty the 
clips. Holes are blown into walls, bottles on the bar selves shatter; 
one of the chairs explodes in a storm of foam and torn upholstery. She
finally faces the screen and fires the remaining shots into the 
picture of the dogs.
	All through this Ree and Elenoin remain on the couch, crouched
slightly , but not looking too alarmed, waiting for Domino to finish.
	Domino drops heavily into the couch, placing the empty pistols
to either side of her.)

	Elenoin: Feel better?
	Domino: Much. Now, to continue, there were also sections of 
text that told us what had happened in the OAVs. If one is reading a 
BGC fic there is a good chance one has seen the OAVs, or that one 
will. We don't need it.
	Domino: I think the best way to describe it might be, as 
Samuel Clemens said to his wife, 'you know the words but you don't 
know the tune.' All in all I could have done without it.
	Ree: Finished?
	Domino: Oh yes.
	Ree: Fine. Well, this should come as no surprise, but I did 
not like Yumeko one bit. She was so damn perfect that it made me want 
to do what Domino just did, except I would have used a cannon.
	Elenoin: Point of order.
	Ree: What?
	Elenoin: Aren't you perfect, at least when it comes to 
piloting?
	Ree: Good point. Yes, I am the best pilot that there ever was,
but I earned it. Over ten years of constant practice, since I was 
twelve; those skills then honed by a stint in the military, and a 
great deal of natural aptitude.
	Elenoin: Fair enough.
	Ree: Let's look at this. First, Yumeko picks up a gun for the 
first time, and puts one in the centre. Then she puts the rest in a 
tight grouping. She's a natural. Fine. Being a natural in one thing I 
can accept. It is not one thing, however.
	Ree: Second, Yumeko immediately gets to level six in the 
fighting simulation; a place that it took Nene years to get to. Since 
Nene has been at this for twenty years, and since Nene is not 
physically impaired, it is safe to assume that level six is a hard 
place to get to. Anyone training for twenty years is probably the 
equivalent of a coulpe of dans black belt. Yumeko gets up there right 
away.
	Ree: Third, Yumeko's first time in combat, apparently her 
first time in a hardsuit, and she takes out the Boomer that Priss and 
Linna, together, could not. No need to say anymore.
	Ree: Fourth, Yumeko is a little too stable for a kid raised by
a single parent, who was not around much, and who likely saw her, 
Yumeko, as a reminder of a horrible, soul-crushing crime. Hell, there 
are sixteen-year-olds from stable families who have it less together 
than Yumeko.
	Ree: Putting a new character into a series is always a fine 
balancing act. You do not achieve that balance by creating a god like 
character. I do not like Yumeko. I do not find her interesting. I do 
not want to know anything else about her, unless it invloves her 
death, and maybe not even then.
	Domino: Harsh.
	Ree: Damn right!
	Elenoin: Well, I agree with both of you, but, as always, I'd 
like to offer some positive criticism.
	Ree: As difficult as that might be.
	Elenoin: Well, yes. (Sighs) I liked the idea, I really did. 
Robin and Marion is one of my favourite movies. Looking at well known 
characters, years later, after time has worked its power on them, is a
good starting place. I thought that a fic set twenty years into the 
future of the BGC world would be quite interesting. I was looking 
forward to seeing how the characters had evolved. The problem was that
they had not.
	Elenoin: Twenty years later, and the Knight Sabers have not 
really changed. They have gone nowhere, accomplished little. Even 
Priss, who has become a famous singer, lives almost exactly like she 
did in the OAVs.
	Elenoin: Basically the characters have been put in stasis, 
left unchanged, just waiting for Yumeko to turn sixteen so she can 
join them.
	Elenoin: Bringing a new character into BGC, and having him or 
her join the Knight Sabers is difficult to do realistically. The idea 
of using a child of one of the Knight Sabers is a nice way to get 
around that problem. I was impressed. Unfortunately, I think the 
author wanted her character to interact with the Knight Sabers of the 
twenty thirties, which is where the problem is.
	Elenoin: It feels like cheating. Telling us this is twenty 
years later, so Yumeko can join, but having the Knight Sabers behave 
exactly like they did in the OAVs. You can't have it both ways, or at 
least you shouldn't.
	Elenoin: I do not feel the desire to read anymore.
	Domino: So I take it that both you are thinking of using the 
escape clause?
	Ree: Yea.
	Elenoin:(Nods)
	Domino: I turned off my emotions and downloaded the rest of 
it, made some notes, then purged it. It doesn't get much worse. Of 
course it doesn't get much better either. Yumeko's perfection levels 
out--she is not the Marissa Picard of BGC. The other Knight Sabers 
stop acting quite so stupid and there are other minor improvements. 
That said, our basic problems don't go away, and Yumeko still is in 
the spotlight for most of it. I don't think we really need to take a 
look at the rest of it. There is not much more we could add, and it 
would not be very funny. And it is just not very good in the end.
	Elenoin: Well, it's agreed then. We move onto to some other 
author.
	Ree: Works for me. So, should we hit a bar and celebrate?
	Elenoin: Well, Domino and I found another way to work off the 
stress.
	Ree: What?
	Elenoin:(Leans over and whispers into Ree's ear.)
	Ree:(Surprised) A cabana boy!
	Domino: His name is Carlos.
	Ree:(Stands up) To Domino's place. (Sets off towards the 
door.)
	Elenoin + Domino:(Stand and follow after Ree.)
	Domino: Now that we have used the escape clause, what do you 
think they will hit us with that they would not have dared before?
	Elenoin: Probably a lemon.
	Ree: Or some horrible crossover.
	Domino: I suppose it would have happened eventually.


Bubblegum Crisis The Next Generation by Amanda Stair (ans709ATaol.com)
MST by Shawn Hagen (shawn-hagenATrogers.com)

Other MSTs

BGC Janus (1)
BGC Those Eyes (2)
BGC Dreams (3)
BGC The Puppet (4)
BGC The Next Generation (3 Parts)(5)
BGC Sylia's Choice (6)
BGC In the Midst of it All - Chapter 1 (7)
BGC in the Midst of it All - Chapter 2&3(8)
BGC in the Midst of it All - Rewrite (9)

'Bad Girls Riff Bad Fanfic'

"We're here is the engineering section of the Starship
Enterprise where we have replaced the fine dilithium
crystals they usually use the Folgers crystals. Let's
see what happens."
Shawn Hagen<shawn-hagenATrogers.com>