[Great Gifts for Dad] Read Message Dictionary RELATED: Inbox Thesaurus From: Chris Rand Save Address Block Sender To: Timothy McLees Subject: Another MiSTing Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:42:43 -0700 (PDT) Reply Reply All Forward Delete Previous Next Close This is the last part of "Dimension of Fighters." Chris Rand ctrand@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Gold Digger Theater 3000 - Episode 3 "Gold Digger" is the copyrighted property of Fred Perry and Antarctic Press MST3K is the copyrighted property of Best Brains "El Hazard" is the copyrighted property of Pioneer and AIC "A Dimension of Fighters" is the property of Omoto Takashi MiSTing by Chris Rand: ctrand@yahoo.com Okay, I'm trying a new host format and a new villain here (thanks to Jeff for giving me the idea). Hope you enjoy! * * * The bridge of the MSOL was bustling with activity, as Gina, Brianna, and Cheetah prepared for their first invention exchange with the diabolical kid genius, Mandark. They had spent the better part of the last three days preparing their creation, and by God, they were going to be ready when he called. "Do you think ours will be better?" asked Cheetah, as she watched her sisters put the finishing touches on the invention. Gina grinned. "With the two of us working on it?" she replied, indicating herself and Brianna. "We'll blow his socks off!" Just then, the hexfield irised open. The three ladies turned to face it... ...and were greeted by someone entirely unexpected. "Ha! It worked!" exclaimed the boy gazing out of the view screen. He appeared to be about 16 years old, with a close-cropped, slicked back head of black hair. He was dressed in what appeared to be a uniform of some sort - blue slacks with a white shirt, a blue blazer, and a red tie. In the background, the three sisters could see what looked like a giant insect hive of some sort. Cheetah was the first to recover her voice. "Um, hello," she said. "Who are you? And what happened to Mandark?" Beside her, she heard Gina give a startled noise, then start swearing softly. The boy smiled smugly. "I am Jinnai Katsuhiko, Supreme Commander of the Bugrom forces," he declared. "And I have taken control of your little satellite from that grade schooler so that I may further my ambitions of conquering El Hazard!" Cheetah looked surprised. Brianna looked dumbfounded. Gina just looked resigned. "Okay, I can understand wanting to find something so bad it drives your enemies crazy," the blond archaeologist began. "But how is subjecting us to bad movies or stories or whatever going to help? The inhabitants of El Hazard don't have the sort of projection technology you'd need to expose everyone to it." Jinnai smirked at her. "I'm dealing with a text-based medium - once I have the right story, I'll simply have my minions insert it into every piece of readable material in Roshtaria. That should bring the populace to its knees in no time at all. Ah, thank you, Katsuo," he added, as a large, purple Bugrom came up behind him and offered him a cup of something. The would-be dictator took a sip from it, then returned his gaze to the three distraught sisters. "Now then, let's begin, shall we? Your experiment for today is the conclusion to the project Mandark started you on." Cheetah groaned. "Not again," she said wearily. "Of course again," Jinnai replied. "I haven't had time to find something else yet, but rest assured, I will." "I guess this means there's no invention exchange this time, either," said a dejected Brianna." "No, but be ready when the next story comes," he answered. "Now, prepare for part three of 'Dimension of Fighters!' Katsuo, send them the story." The purple Bugrom said something in Bugromese, then pressed the flashing blue button on the console next to it. On the satellite, the klaxons went off and the lights flashed. "WE'VE GOT FANFIC SIGN!" the sisters screamed as they ran around in a panic, before heading into the theater. * * * [6]-[5]-[4]-[3]-[2]-[1] [The ladies file into the theater and take their usual seats.] GINA: Great. So now instead of dealing with a slightly demented kid genius, we've got a teenage psychopath on our hands. CHEETAH: But he's not Mandark, Gina...we might have a chance to escape now! GINA: I doubt it, Brittany. Remember, in the original OVA series, Jinnai almost succeeded in conquering El Hazard in 7 days. I think he's a good deal smarter than we're giving him credit for. Plus he has access to a lot of that ancient El Hazard technology. BRIANNA: What -I'd- like to know is how the heck he managed to get control of the satellite from another dimension. GINA: I rest my case. > A Sailor Tale. A Dimension of Fighters CHEETAH: And so it begins again. GINA: A long time ago, in a satellite far, far away, three brave sisters were subjected to CRAP! > (fanfic/plot for my next game) GINA: Can anyone think of a good joke here? BRIANNA: Sorry. CHEETAH: 'Fraid not. >It's my very first fanfic... It actually wasn't supposed to be even >one but when I was writing the plot it looked so nice that I did a >story based on it. BRIANNA: I think you need to get some glasses, Takashi. > XIII - A new match CHEETAH [Beavis]: Heh heh, fire, yeah, heh... >The sun started to rise, and the rocky desert semmed emptyed of >everything. GINA: Well, what else would you expect from a desert? >For miles, not a single soul was seen, and the only traces of humanity >were a house and two cats staring at the sky. BRIANNA: The house was staring? CHEETAH: Must have been as bored as we are. GINA: How can two cats be considered a sign of humanity? >Quick, small color stripes appeared on the sky. >"Impressve, GINA [Vader]: Most impressive. CHEETAH: It's the Blue Angels! >the speed they have achieved..." said the black cat "i can hardly >follow them.". "You must be out of train" BRIANNA: Throw Mama From the Train? CHEETAH: How about this story? GINA: We can only hope. >replied the white one "I can easly follow them. My reflexes are as >fast as...!" Luna's claw got Artemis right in the middle of the face. CHEETAH: Yeah! Smack that arrogant SOB! GINA: Brittany! BRIANNA: I wonder which claw she hit him with? CHEETAH: I'd guess the middle one. >"Fast reflexes, hum ?" GINA: Sorry, I'm afraid we don't know that one. > > Jupiter directed to Goku's direction. BRIANNA: Huh? GINA: Maybe she's conducting the Boston Pops or something... >He turned right to her and defended the first strike, CHEETAH: Woo! Jackie Chan! Maybe now this story will pick up. BRIANNA [to Gina]: She's off in her own little world now, isn't she. [Gina nods sadly.] >as well as the following fast puntch attacks. A well directed kick was >enough to make the sailor to drop from the heights. "Move faster!" >said Goku. BRIANNA [Goku]: Faster! Harder! Don't stop now! CHEETAH: Ugh...will you stop with the nasty images?! GINA: Actually, wouldn't Jupiter be the one using those lines? >"Fast enough?" Jupiter appeared right at his side, and gave a fast >succesion of punches to Goku. GINA: Now -that's- service. CHEETAH [Jupiter]: Here's your order of punches, sir. That'll be $3.95. >Altough impressed he was able to avoid almost all of them. "No." Goku >attacked the Sailor, BRIANNA [singing]: In the Navy... CHEETAH: That joke's been a looooong time coming. >who jumped back and directed herself to the ground, GINA: All right now, ease it back, that's it, easy now, just a little more...no, no, you're coming in too fast! Pull up, pull up! Aaaaaaa! ALL [make explosion sounds] >meaning that she was giving up. > Goku fought against the senshi every day for almost a month now. BRIANNA: So he's turned them from magic-reliant Senshi to kick-ass DBZ- style warriors in under a month...is anyone else struck by how wrong this seems? GINA: Right here. CHEETAH: Yo. >They had became almost as good as himself, and that was noticable. GINA: Do you know what's truly terrifying about that statement? BRIANNA: What? GINA: Well, as a Saiyan, Goku gets stronger every time he fights, even if he doesn't realize it yet. So he's been getting progressively stronger during the entire month they've been training. Which means the Senshi have been improving at a rate way beyond his own. BRIANNA [paling]: ...My God... CHEETAH: So basically...the Senshi are superior natural warriors to the Saiyan, the greatest warriors in the universe. [Gina nods.] Excuse me, I think I'm going to be sick now. [turns around and throws up over the back of her seat] >Jupiter was strong, and had a great wish to fight. Her techique wasn't >perfect altough, BRIANNA [Inigo]: You keep using that word...I do not think it means what you think it means. [Cheetah turns back towards the screen, shaking slightly] GINA: You okay? CHEETAH [weakly]: I'll be fine...that was just a bit too much of a shock there. >and was a bit of disapointment to fight against. BRIANNA: In bed, however, it was a different story. CHEETAH [holding her stomach]: Brianna, please... > "Venus..." Goku turned to the right... but she wasn't there! ALL: Duh-duh-DUUUUUNH! >"Love-me..." GINA: What, is Venus admitting her feelings for him? Or is this Goku? CHEETAH: Either way, I find it hard to believe. >The sound spreaded around the place, BRIANNA: Clean up, aisle seven! >and seemed to come from everywere. GINA: Savoie Faire...is -everywhere-! CHEETAH [Klondike]: I'll make mincemeat outta that mouse! BRIANNA: The "Underdog" sketch, ladies and gentlemen. >"Chain!" He saw the chain too late and was slightly hit by it. Venus >was now the fastest of them, faster than Goku himself, CHEETAH: Wow...that's pretty impressive. BRIANNA: Of course, we're not surprised by this, are we? CHEETAH: Oh, of course not. >and almost impossible to detect. She was the most dificult oponent, GINA: Well, at least it's not Chibi-Usa. BRIANNA&CHEETAH: Hear, hear! >and beated Goku several times on the sky. But the gravity appealed to >the ground and the fight continued there. Goku landed and jumped to >Venus direction. CHEETAH: Wha...? BRIANNA: I only barely understood what just happened. GINA: I see Dr. Thinker's been giving lessons again. >She did the same, and the near-body fight begun. GINA: "Near-body fight?" It was -almost- a body fight? BRIANNA: Is that anything like "near beer?" >Venus was very good with her hands, CHEETAH: No. BRIANNA: Aw, come on! >but she was not very strong. Not like Jupiter the techinque was >perfect and even better then her master. But the strenght falied on >her and a couple of stronger hits made the senshi to fall down. GINA: And go boom. VOICE: That was rather un-inspired. GINA: Hey! You're still here! VOICE: Of course. My existence is not dependent upon the person running the Satellite. CHEETAH [Venus]: I've fallen...and I can't get up! >The wind blowed making small balls of dust rool over the ground, and >the silence once more sweeped the land. BRIANNA: That silence is really doing a good job of keeping the place clean. CHEETAH: So far, it's the best part of the story. >All the Sailor where on the ground and visible. Venus got up and moved >out to make place to the next one, and Mercury and Mars aproched. Even >if they hadn't created great strenght, the combination of the two made >a strong oponent. CHEETAH: I'll say it again: Wha...? GINA: You and me both. BRIANNA [Frugal Gourmet]: And now, we mix one part Mars with one part Mercury. Be sure to pound it well; then bake in the desert for one month. And voila! An opponent you can be proud of. >Once more they stood in defensive position and got ready to attack. >Goku showed already signs of exaustion, but was as happy as ever. GINA: Now that's the Goku we all know and love! CHEETAH: He's tired -already-? What's wrong with this picture? >The Sailors looked at each other and vanished... from the eyes of an >untrainded person. Goku could see them running around in circles, BRIANNA: Like chickens with their heads cut off. CHEETAH: Ewww. VOICE: Now that was uncalled for. >in oposite directions. He jumped back and waited for the response of >the girls, that follwed right behind him. Still walking backwards he >defended both the sailors at the same time. He easyly won the >advantage, and started to force them backwards. But he started to feel >strange... BRIANNA: Nope, too easy. >and images of fire apeared in his mind. GINA: It's the Flame and the Void! BRIANNA: Somehow I don't think Goku's about to start Channeling, Gina. >The thing that woke him out was Sailor Mercury's fist, who drove Goku >way back into the ground. The Sailor Senshi had won. CHEETAH: ...the hell?! BRIANNA: Um, what just happened? >Venus got near Goku and helped him to get up. "Well, how were we?" she >asked. BRIANNA [Goku]: Terrible. I want my money back. CHEETAH: Brianna... >"You are now more stronger than myself. My task here is done" he >replied, GINA [Philo]: I must now return to my home on the planet Zarkon. BRIANNA: Oh, God, I haven't seen that movie in -ages-. CHEETAH [Goku]: Now it's time for me to get out of this crappy story. >cleaning the dust out of his red fighting suit BRIANNA: Hey, it's a red jumpsuit! ALL [starting signing MST3K theme] >"I must get back to my own trains". The time he spent here was >usefull, but to defeat Daimon King Picolo's son he would have to train >more than ever. CHEETAH: What, so he's just going to leave them on their own? Come on, Goku wouldn't do that! >Mars looked at Goku "How did you liked my latest tecnique ?" giving >him an sarcastic look. BRIANNA: Sarcastic? Why? >"I tought that was you" he said. GINA: Let's see...mental projection, using fire...nope, sorry, no idea who it could have been. CHEETAH: I think you used up about half your sarcasm with that line, Gina. >Mars had an astonishing mental power, who overcomed any faults she >had in the actual fight. Mercury was perfect in the techinque, ALL: Of course. >but her conscience didn't allowed her to figth at the best level. ALL: Of course. >He had to convince her that there was no problem in him getting hurt, >because there was allways the senzu beans, before she could give up >her inibitons. BRIANNA: After all, he didn't want all the whipped cream to go to waste. GINA: And she -did- look striking in leather. CHEETAH: One of you I can handle... > "We never got to fight... what a pitty" said Chibi Moon to his mom. CHEETAH: And we have gender-switch! GINA: It wouldn't be a "DoF" story without it. >"Why are you complaing, its their task to protect me... and you" >replied Sailor Moon "After all, they ARE the Royal Guard" CHEETAH: That girl has the backbone of a slug. BRIANNA: But slugs don't have-oh. > "Anyway, you are too weak to fight againg Goku" she awnsered. > "I'm not weak! I'm the strongest of all the Sailors!" ALL [laugh uncontrollably] >said Moon, looking at her future descendant. CHEETAH: Shouldn't this be causing time paradoxes or something? GINA: Not really. You see, because of- CHEETAH: Never mind. > "I'm stronger than you now... and you know it" replided Chibi. >"No you're not!" said the mother, now really angry. But Moon know >deep inside that it was true. BRIANNA: Uh-oh. CHEETAH: I was afraid of this. >Chibi Moon trained harder than everyone else and now was almost as >fast as Venus, and near as strong as Jupiter. GINA: Chibi-Usa: she was -almost- as fast as Venus, -almost- as strong as Jupiter. In fact, if not for the other Scouts, she would have been greatest fighter of her Age! BRIANNA: Only the hard-core fans of that series are going to get that, Gina. >Goku used her small size and weight BRIANNA: To get added leverage when they- CHEETAH: NO! GINA: Ugh...that was too low even for me... >to made her into the more balanced fighter of the girls. As for Moon, >well... even if she was as talented in the martial arts as Venus, CHEETAH: I'll believe that when I see it. And I ain't seen it yet. >she lacked the speed and had dificulty in focusing in the fight. She >could not comare to her when destroying demonss > The tension between the moon princess rose... GINA: I think you forgot an "es" there, Takashi. BRIANNA: Maybe he means that Sailor Moon is going to split in half? >"Please calm down, there's no reason in fighting" Venus appeared out >of nowere ALL: Ah! CHEETAH: Don't -do- that! >"You, as her mother, should be more understanding..." Both the girls >looked at the Sailor "You should help eatch other, because sonner or >later she will be your mother, am I right ?" she said. BRIANNA: So, wait, is Usagi Chibi's mother, or is Chibi Usagi's mother? >A raindrop appeared behid Venus as she looked at the starred sailors, >wondering why does she had allways to get into this things. But the >tension lowered quicky as everybody got out of his senshi form. GINA: He makes it sound like the Senshi forms are powered armors or something. >In the last month they had been in the Sailor Shenshi form more than >they ever thought possible. Some days they only got back to their >normals selfs at night. Altough needed, this putted them in a terrible >mood. CHEETAH: Um, why? I didn't think the Senshi forms affected their attitudes any. BRIANNA: Maybe they're tapping into PMS power or something. > The effect at the senzu beeans had long been gone, GINA [to Voice]: Are will still out of gas jokes? VOICE: Yes. ALL: Damn! >and it was time for dinner. As Makoto set the table, she warned that >they were almost out of supplies. > XIV - Guests for dinner > "Time to eat!" BRIANNA [Makoto]: -me! [Cheetah sighs.] >said Makoto. > "You go... I'm not hungry" mumbled Usagi. GINA: Usagi's not hungry? BRIANNA: It's the seventh sign! Doomsday is at hand! CHEETAH: This happens about as often as all the planets get in a straight line. GINA: Actually, I think this happens less often. >Everybody looked at her, including Goku. She didn't wanting to eat >was a VERY rare event. BRIANNA: Kind of like a white stag, eh? GINA: I need to read that series again... >Makoto got it in the instant... Mamouru again. "She had been so time >away from him, that she lost the will to eat..." she tought "The >fights had distracted her, but now she is really down". Suddently, she >had an idea. "Usagi... why don't you ask that Takashi guy to give your >boyfriend back ?" CHEETAH: After all, nothing is beyond the unholy power of the plot contrivance. BRIANNA: Especially when paired with an author avatar. >Usagi looked at her friend, got up and screamed "TAKASHI!!!! IF YOU >CAN HEAR ME..... I WANT MY BOYFRIEND BACK!!!!". GINA [singing]: Or you're gonna be in trouble! BRIANNA&CHEETAH [singing]: Heh-nah, heh-nah! >Her eyes filled up with tears and she sat back in the couch crying. >"She IS desperated... i never tought she would do that" BRIANNA: Is it just me, or is the spelling actually getting worse? GINA [to Makoto]: Then why the heck did you suggest it in the first place? > The door ring played. CHEETAH: Played what? Knick-knack paddywhack? >Who the heel could be ? GINA: Who is our mystery heel? Is it the one-armed man? The Phantom of the Opera? Mr. Boddy? >Usagi couldn't belive... It couldn't ? > Goku opened the door. Out of it came two guys. BRIANNA: Wouldn't that imply that the Senshi were -outside- the house? GINA: Just smile and nod, Bri. >One that the girls had never seen before... And Mamouru. In the >instant he got out of the door, Usago jumped out of the couch and >grabbed him. GINA: My, she's being forward. BRIANNA: I wasn't even aware they had gotten past -first- base, let alone all the way to third. CHEETAH: Ugh... > "I've missed you soo mutch!!" > "Usago... s-stop. Can't b-reath" > "Oh.. sorry" she says, and a teardrop apeears out of her head. >The eyes turned to the stranger. He was a young man, but far from >being a teenager, maybe 25 or more years old. His dark hair was pulled >back, and formed a very small pony-tail behind his head. CHEETAH: So, can we assume this is a self-portrait of the author? BRIANNA: Not necessarily. >He was undoubtly from japanese ascendency, and the long black raincoat >gave him a strange, glommy look. GINA: It's the Highlander! CHEETAH: Five bucks says Duncan could kick his ass. >He smiled at the sailors and complement them. > "Welcome Takashi-chan." said Artemis. >"So... you're the one that is a male sailor" Makoto said to him "That >I got to see..." BRIANNA: Uh... GINA: Jinkies, they're -all- being awfully forward. > "But after dinner please... the food is cooling" > "Hum... I'm starving..." said Usagi. >"I tought you said you weren't hungry" said an sarcastic Rei, as an >sweatdrop appeared behind Usagi. CHEETAH: And just as Usagi appears to be permanently set on "dim-wit," Rei is permanently set on "high sarcasm." > "I'm hungry NOW!" she replied. >"One whole month living together, and they still pick on each other >?" wispered Mamorou to Ami. GINA: Mamoru, after they die, if any part of their essence is absorbed into some single-celled organisms, and those organisms pass it on to their descendents, and so on and so on for millions of years - if they cross each others paths 100 billion years from now, they will -still- pick on each other. BRIANNA: That was an awful long way to go for a joke, Gina. >"It has beem worst than you thought" she wispered back. While >fighting against each other during the trains, CHEETAH: Where are all these trains coming from? >the tension arose... They could fight for hours against each other and >don't show any tierdness. Some kind of impule moved both of them. BRIANNA: They probably should have trained against each other, rather than Goku. >"By the way, have you come because the request of Usagi ?" asked >Matoko. >"Hum... not really. We were just outside the door when we heard her >scream." replied back Takashi, as Usagi looked at an obviousy >embaraced Makoto with an avenging look on her face. >They sat for dinner, and Takashi's raincoat slided showing the shine >of metal. Rei sat next to him and saw it. BRIANNA [Rei]: Eh. I've seen bigger. CHEETAH: Brianna! > "Is the sword for protection ?" she asked. GINA: If it is, that's the weirdest form of protection I've ever heard of. BRIANNA: I'd think that would be rather...painful. >"'Kind of...' It's from my family, has been with it for generations" >she replied, revealing the american behind him. GINA [Rei]: Hey! You American! What are you doing? And why are you hiding behind Takashi? > "'Kin dof'?" she asked. CHEETAH: Any relation to King Dok? > "Oh... Sort of" she repled, in a perfect japanese. GINA: Okay, now, is Takashi actually a woman? I mean, that's twice in a row he's been referred to as a "she." BRIANNA: You're over-analyzing again. > "I see you are not from Japan" said Makoto. >"Well, no.. My family moved when I was very young to America, due to >trouble with the justice. CHEETAH: Just another example of the Man trying to keep us down. >Altough I went to a normal American School, my grandfather teached me >japanese." >Minako brought in a huge pile of food and put it near Goku. Mamorou >looked astonished as he saw the food disapearing of the table. > "Is it good to him to eat all that ?" he asked to Mina. GINA: Good -to-? Probably. Good -for-? I really doubt it. >"That? That's the start... I have 2 other bowls of food to bring. He >eats a lot." BRIANNA: That's like saying the sun is moderately bright. > The girls laughed at the amazed look of Mamotou. > "Don't worry, you'll get used" said Usagi, BRIANNA: Over and over again over the next few nights, I would imagine. CHEETAH: Brianna... >holding him. >"Its just... I never tought it could be someone who could eat more >than Usago." she thinked out loud, CHEETAH: Whoopsie. GINA: Someone's going to be sleeping on the porch. >to meet Usagi's eyes looking at him. A sweatdrop appeared behind him >as he tried to get out of this one. > The dinner continued without incidents, GINA: So...how did he get out of it? >and it was now time for explainations. BRIANNA: Which would normally serve to enlighten us as to what's going on, but will most likely only end up confusing us more. >"Ok... Lets start from the first. How did you find out about us ?" >started Rei. > "It's a long story..." he started. > "Don't worry, we have time" CHEETAH: Not that we're pleased with having that time, mind you... GINA [any Sailor]: We have time, but you had best not waste it with a stupid story about your boring life before you were transformed, or we'll have to kill you. BRIANNA [Censor]: Um... >"Well, it all began near a year before now. I've just got out of >univerity, where i've graduated in Foreign Languages, and a friend >told me that a company needed someone to translate japanese for them. >I applied and got the job..." > Rei watched the sword and something got her interest. GINA: I believe your hormones are kicking in, Rei. >"I later found out it that the job was translating a popular anime >serie, 'Sailor V'" she said, looking at Minako. CHEETAH: How conveeeeeenient. > "Oh... I see" > "Sorry to annoy you... but can I see the sword closer ?" interrupted >Rei. > "Sure. Here you go" he said revealing out a fine oriental-made sword. CHEETAH: Hey, how come you two didn't comment? BRIANNA: It's just too easy. > "Carry on... please" asked Usagi. > "Well, the company used strict censorship rules to translate, and so >the anime was sevearly changed" BRIANNA: So he worked for DIC, then. CHEETAH: Looks that way. > "What a pitty" said Usagi. She had been a great Sailor V fan. Well, >before he actually was a Sailor. GINA: Y'know, those gender changes happen so often, I hardly even notice them anymore. > "By then, I started having strange dreams about a palace on the moon >and a queen asking to protect someone." he carried on. CHEETAH: ...and on and on and on... GINA [any Senshi]: GET TO THE POINT! > "Interesting..." said Mamorou "That happened to me too, a long time >ago." >"Anyway the serie got a small amount of fans... Who passed the life >annoying me with huge amount of hate-mail. BRIANNA: Welcome to the glories of anime translation, Takashi. >Well, one day I got a strange letter. It invited me to a Sailor V >reunnion. I never had heard of one of those things, and so, even >knowing that I would be annoyed like hell, I went." > Rei kept looking at the sword... It was pretty ancient, from the >Heian Era, almost a millenium ago. CHEETAH: When did Rei become a sword expert? >It had a curved shape, and was light weighted. BRIANNA: In other words, it was your typical Japanese sword. > "There I found a huge amout of teenagers that looked to me like if I >was the encarnation of evil." GINA: The thankless job of a translator... >he carried on smiling "To sum things up, ALL: Finally! >it turned out that it was a strange Dark Kingdom attack to catch >energy, aparently to summon some one. A... "youma" appeared and >started collecting energy." BRIANNA: The "aura of otaku-dom" - the most powerful force known to man. GINA: No, that's the plot-contrivance power of your standard author avatar. > Everybody could now see what it had happened. Happened to Hotaru a >few time ago when she releaved her sign. CHEETAH: 'Cause, you know, she had been trying to hold it in till the next gas station. BRIANNA: Ewww... > "And you where revealed your powers in an hour of distress" summed up >Ami. > "Yes... that was it. The memory gradually came back and eventually I >remembered the Silver Milenium, the fight against the Dark Kingdom..." GINA [Censor]: How my friends ostracized me because I looked like a fairy in my Sailor outfit. > Rei looked at the sword cable. A small set of signs adorned the >highly polished cable. CHEETAH: Since when do swords have cables? >She started reading the character set, happy for her knowledge in >antique Japanese history BRIANNA: Was this part of her training, or does she just have an awful lot of free time at the temple? >"Made for Otomo Jiro". Rei turned white... It was impossible ! "What's >your family name ?" she asked, ancious. CHEETAH: Gina, should this name be ringing any bells? GINA: I'm not sure... > "Otomo Takashi, why ?" GINA: Why, God, WHY?! What did we do to deserve this?! [starts sobbing] BRIANNA: Whoa! CHEETAH: Easy, Gina! It'll all be over soon. [Gina calms down] >She dropped the sword at her lap and looked at Takasi "Do you KNOW who >you are ?" BRIANNA: Must...resit...urge...aw, never mind. All together now! ALL: No, but if you hum a few bars... > "What do you mean ?" asked Makoto looking at her. GINA: I should think the meaning of the question "Do you know who you are?" is painfully obvious. >She was as astonished as happy. > "You... you are descendent of Jiro!" > Now everybody was confuse. What did she mean by that ? GINA: And again... CHEETAH: Thank you, I think we get the picture. > Rei calmed down. The story was told to her by Grandfather many years >ago... And the details were not perfect. She would have to explain the >best she could. > "Taka-chan, had you ever heard about your ancester Jiro ?" > "No, my family allways refused me to tell me about my origins. Even >my granfather denied me of that." > "Well, many years ago, existed in Japan the Heian Era. BRIANNA: Oh boy... CHEETAH: I think I'll get some popcorn, this could be long and painful. [starts to get up] VOICE: I'm sorry, but I can't allow that. CHEETAH [sitting down]: Nuts! >A lot of tales exist on that time, and one of them talked about a >aristocratic young men from the country, named Jiro. He is given a >strange flute in a temple by the master of the cosmic dual forces. >Then he meets princess Hagi, who is kidnapped by Fudomaru, a mighty >bandit. He fights for the princess against the sequester gang and >Fudomaru himself, and wins. Yet, both are assigned to a short life. >Their love is impossible." CHEETAH: Huh...well, that wasn't so long. GINA: It was painful... CHEETAH: ...but not long. > "Its so sad. " said Usagi "I pitty them." > "I never knew... But wait, if they died... How am I here ? " said >sadly Takashi. > "Their love beated the time and space... The time was repeated and >the meeting was possible... GINA: Jinkies, I haven't seen this many contrivances since...heck, I don't think I've ever seen this many contrivances. >I can't tell you how it happened. I was told this story a long, long >time ago, when I was a small girl. I can't remember the details. But >this I know" she said lifting the sword back "This sword witnessed >real love, and was filled with the energy of that meeting. This is THE >most mighty weapon ever developed on Earth. CHEETAH: Oh, for crying out loud... BRIANNA: Five bucks says he winds up with one of the Senshi by the end of the story. GINA: No takers here. I mean, he's hit every other self-insertion Sailor Moon contrivance; nabbing one of the Senshi is about the only thing he has left to do. >The Sword of True Love..." GINA [DPR]: Death cannot stop true love, only delay it for awhile. >she said looking at the fine details of the sword. Suddently she had >an idea to show the power of it "Here, you both grab it" she said >giving it to Usagi. BRIANNA: Looks like Rei's been hitting the sake. GINA [thug]: You're so drunk you're seeing double. CHEETAH [Doc Holiday]: I got two guns - one for each of 'ya. > "I really don't like swords" she says. GINA: That's not what Mamoru says... CHEETAH: Gina! BRIANNA: Woo! You go, girl! >"I don't want you to fight with it, Odanga Atama! I just want you and >Mamo-chan grab it, PLEASE" she replied. > "Why do you have to be allways screaming at me ?" CHEETAH: Because that's what it takes to get ideas through that thick skull of yours? GINA: Ouch, that was harsh. CHEETAH: Bite me, I'm feeling bitter. >"Usago, lets just do this" said Mamorou, grabbing the sword and >finishing the discussion. >"... Sure" she grabs it by the cable together. The weapon vibrated for >a second and then started to gain shine. Suddently, all the sword >gained a bright aura and became white. Then as fast as it started, it >stopped... GINA: Just like most men. CHEETAH: Not Stripe...heheheh... >Leaving an intense, warm glow on the handle. Usago took the hand >around the cable BRIANNA [Usagi]: Hey! Whose hand is this? >and all the shine stopped. Rei grabbed it and gave it to Taskashi "I >hope you can handle it well..." GINA: He's practically begging us to do this, Brianna. [Brianna nods.] > "Sure, don't worry" she awnsered back and getting up. The sword now >looked lighter than before, and an all new kind of energy took over >him "Lets try this out". He swinged the sword against an imaginary >oponnent CHEETAH [invisible man]: Hey! >and noticed it was faster than ever, and left an imense light trace >behind it. It was no longer a normal weapon. CHEETAH: An abnormal weapon for an abnormal warrior...makes perfect sense. >"The energy of Mamorou and Usago's love gave it new power" explained >Rei. > "Oh Mamo-chan, we do sutch wonderfull things together" said Usagi, >grabbing firmer to Mamorou. BRIANNA: He's taking all the fun out of this, Gina. >"Now there is someting that intrigues me..." said Rei looking back to >Taka "The flute, the flute that was given to Jiro... do you still have >it ?" GINA [Takashi]: Um, no. I think I used it as kindling a few years ago. >"Ehh... sure. After all it was the reason for us leaving Japan. I see >now..." > "What do you mean ?" > "Some few years before you where born, one famous Japanese Antique >History Museum in Tokyo was robbed. Nothing else but an old flute was >taken. The robber was my father, but he never explained to me why did >he wanted an antique flute..." BRIANNA: Could we assume...because it was -valuable-? I mean, it is an antique. > "Do you have it with you ?" > "No... But I can get it from your dimension." she said. CHEETAH: It's his dimension too, isn't it? GINA: Okay, now that gender-switch actually confused me a bit... > "Great. Please get it!" > "There's a problem, altough" > "What?" ALL: HE SAID... > "I can travel to diferent dimensions and space. But I can't handle >the time like Pluto does. Your dimension and this one are in diferent >time-zones. BRIANNA [Rei]: So, does that mean I should set my watch back an hour? >A month here takes near 15 minutes back on Earth. I will take at least >5 minutes to find it, so i'll only be back in a week or so." CHEETAH: Why can't he just warp right to where it is, grab it, and warp back? It would take him less than a minute, and he'd probably be back before the end of the day. GINA: Hey, overanalyzing things is -my- department...wait a minute, that didn't come out quite right... > "Please go. I think it could do us some good." ALL: We couldn't agree more. > "Just hold on a minute, why do you want the flute ?" asked Makoto. > "It has an imense power. The problem is that i can't remember what it >is..." she said "I'm almost as curious as you." > "All right... I'll leave here the sword, it would slow mw down" he >said putting down the weapon. > "CENSOR DISTANT STAR MAKE-UP !" he shouted, raising the pen with his >hand. GINA: Oh, goody, another drawn-out transformation sequence. CHEETAH: Does he really need to specify "with his hand?" I mean, what else is he going to raise it with? BRIANNA: Well, he could use- CHEETAH: Don't answer that. >Takshi would never get used to this... The light appeared at the top >of the arm, and his raincoat and the rest of the clothes diapeared... ALL: AHHHHHH!! CHEETAH: I'm blind! I'm blind! BRIANNA: The horror! >In fact it looked like he was only energy... GINA: Girls? You can look now, it's not that bad. >Pink stripes appeared surrounding and covering his light-body... >forming a white with red strikes sailor suit. [The sisters start chuckling softly.] >The small pony tail recived a red ribbon behind and the hands got >white gloves. [The chuckles escalate to muffled guffaws.] >A strange round sign appeared on his forehead. GINA [between laughs]: "Beware of cross-dressing Sailors." [This causes all three to start laughing harder.] >The tranformation ended... he was now Sailor Censor. > The girls looked at the male Sailor. The clothes where like nothing >they had never seen before. BRIANNA: At least, on a guy. >There were sailor clothes, all right, but were cutted like an martial >arts outfit. CHEETAH: So, does this mean no skirt? GINA: I think so. BRIANNA: Aw, shoot. >It was really strange, but very pretty altough. > "Distant star ? Censor ?" asked Minako "What is that ?" > "I'll explain, hold on" said Artemis "Besides you and the Outter, BRIANNA: Did he mean to say "Outer," or "Otter?" You be the judge. CHEETAH: A super-powered otter...I'd pay to see that. >there were few who were given powers. some of them correspond to the >Distant Stars Powers. Censor is a star, very near the Solar System, >in fact is the nearest of all stars. Someone gave other name to it a >few time ago... Pistol I belive... but it was known by Censor in the >Silver Millenium and Censor it stayed." > "You mean that there are still unrevealed Distant Stars out there ?" GINA: I shudder to think of that. > "Yes... but the awakening is mutch harder than yours. It's needed an >serie of events to release the power." awsered Luna "Takashi, was just >a strike of luck." CHEETAH: And bad luck at that. > "I will leave now... See you in a week !" said Sailor Censor, >creating a man sized gate and entering it. > "Goodbye Censor..." said the girls as the gate vanished. BRIANNA: And after waiting five minutes, they erupted into a massive party to celebrate his departure. CHEETAH [any Sailor]: Woo! The Censor is gone! Now we can say [bleep]! Aw, crud, I forgot about that... VOICE: Sorry, but it's in the rules. > "Now... It's time for us to go to sleep" remembered Makoto "We have >go go to a town to get some food first thing tomorrow." > "I'll go with you... and then i'll leave to Kami-sama" said Goku. GINA: He'll probably eat all their supplies before they leave town. > "Mina-chan... the sword is now yours" anounced Artemis. > "What do you mean ?" she asked. BRIANNA: HE MEANS...oh, never mind. > "As Sailor Venus, the sword will enhance your strenght. It is a very >valueble weapon." > "Why she and not me... or any other ?" asked annoyed Makoto. She >really fancied that sword. BRIANNA: ...since it looked like it was just the right size to- CHEETAH: Please don't go there, Brianna. > "The power of the weapon will be stronger on her. Metal objects will >enhance Venus power, as wood ones will enhance Jupiter's." GINA: Eh? BRIANNA: Where the hell is this coming from? > "You're kidding right ?" > "No. The atribution of powers works like this." > "Great... Fighting against the enemy with a wooden sword." she >replies, ironicly. CHEETAH: I dunno, seems to work well enough for Kunou. GINA: Unless he's fighting another member of the Ranma cast. CHEETAH: True. >"Well, we will do this later" he replied, moving with Makoto to their >room. CHEETAH [paling]: Please tell me I didn't just see that. GINA [looking a little green]: I'd like to, but... BRIANNA: This is nothing like Oscar's stuff, you can probably relax. GINA [calmer]: Wait a minute...isn't Artemis Minako's cat? > "Well, were am I sleeping ?" asked Mamorou. BRIANNA: Wait for it... > "WITH ME!" mumbled an slightly sleepy and confuse Usagi. CHEETAH: Brianna! BRIANNA: Hey, it wasn't me this time! CHEETAH: Oh...sorry. >Mamorou blushed and everybody got sweatdrops... except for Goku, who >didn't had a clue of what was happening. GINA: Poor Chi-chi...she's got a lot of work to do. > "There's no need for that. We still have extra rooms " remebered Ami, >and taking Mamorou out of an embaraced Usagi. BRIANNA [Ami]: Damn, woman, can't you wait till you get married? Or at least get a room? CHEETAH: Brianna... > XV - The beggining of the end [There is a scene of wild revelry in front of the screen.] > Luna got waked out of the bed, once more. Usagi hadn't stopped all >night, CHEETAH: Sounds like Genn's stories about you, Brianna. BRIANNA: Hey!...no, wait, you're right. GINA: Cheets! You made an innuendo crack! CHEETAH: I did? Aw, crap, now I'm being sucked down to your level... BRIANNA: Come to the Dark Side... >mumbling Mamoru all the time... and owling alot. BRIANNA: A howler? That's a new one. >"Tonight it was worst than usual..." she tought "Seeing him again must >have started her on again". In fact, since they had left, Usagi got >less... silly, and slightly more depressed. CHEETAH: She hadn't gotten any -better-, but she was less silly. GINA: I thought we put a stop to those. CHEETAH: Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. >Now she was back on... and Luna didn't liked this "We will have to >wait and see...". >Someone knock at the door. It was late, almost 10:00 AM, and Usagi >didn't seen at least intrested in awaking. BRIANNA: Normal day, then. > "Usago... time to leave" said an male voice behind the door. >She opened her eyes instantly and looked at the side of her bed... >She cleared the toughts out of her head CHEETAH: Easy job. GINA: Brittany... >and was as confuse as allways. CHEETAH: See? See?! Even the author agrees with me! GINA: All right, all right. BRIANNA: And here I thought he liked Sailor Moon. >Where was she ? Why is Mamorou in the house ? GINA: Who am I? What am I doing here? BRIANNA: Wow...a '92 election reference. I'm impressed, Gina. > "Ehh..." she mumbled and yauned. The ideas got back togeher. CHEETAH: All the Super-Glue in the universe couldn't hold her thoughts together. GINA: You've just been saving these up, haven't you. > "Time for you to wake up... We must go, remember ?" said Luna. > "Oh yes... we're going to the city." ALL [singing]: We're off to see the wizard... >she got up and looked at the closet BRIANNA: Thus proving to herself that the closet was, in fact, closed. >"I have to go to a mall, im running out of clothes". They were not the >best housemaids in the world, and the dirty laundry was stocked in a >mount near the washer CHEETAH: Jeez, you'd think at least Ami would be diligent in keeping her things clean. GINA: Maybe he's just referring to Usagi. > "By the way, where is the city he are heading to ?" > "Goku says its near the place were he was born..." she replied "But I >don't know more." > "Never mind..." BRIANNA: Well, what were you expecting? I mean, this isn't her home, either. > Usagi got ready for the journey and found everybody outside, waiting >for she to leave. > "We tought you would never came out" said Rei "we have to take the >house, you know ?" CHEETAH [Rei]: I mean, we can't just fold it up with you still inside...saaaaaayyy... > "Oh yes..." Usagi pressed the secret putton behind the door before >she leaved. >In the moment she closed it, the house disapeared in the middle of the >smoke, at the amazed look of Mamorou. GINA [Usagi]: And for my next trick... > Usagi picked the capsule and put it back in the box. Mamo still loked >at the place where once was a house. BRIANNA: There once was a house from Nantuket... CHEETAH: Stop. > "If you REALLY want to know, the house is inside the thing Usagi >caught" explained Mina, with Takashi's sword hanging behind her dress. > "How...?" > "I'll explain later" > Everybody entered the flyer and buckled up. GINA: Hold on a second...I thought the flyer could only hold 6 people. CHEETAH: So? GINA: Well, there's the 5 Senshi, plus Chibi-Usa, plus Mamoru. That's 7. BRIANNA: Maybe they're leaving Chibi behind, to die a slow and agonizing death in the wilderness. VOICE: You haven't been taking your medicine, have you. [Brianna sinks down in her chair.] >The hover took off with an loud burst and directed north. >There were few miles away from the place inicated when, all of >suddent, all the girls quieted. Chibi-Usa GINA: So much for that idea. >didn't even wanted to think what was what she was feeling... "Is it ?" > "Yes... Its far away... BRIANNA: In a galaxy long ago... CHEETAH: Cheeeeesy. BRIANNA: Bite me. >But it is." confirmed Rei. > "What are you talking about ?" asked Mamo. He was really confuse, and >Takashi's advices weren't enough. BRIANNA: AHH!! No, no! CHEETAH: What's wrong?! BRIANNA [re-reads last line]: Oh, that says "advices!" I thought it said "advances," and I just got a nasty image. GINA: Ewwww... CHEETAH: See what comes from having a dirty mind? >He knew that they had been training, and that Goku had helped them >out, but all the rest was so strange... > "The daimon... 'Genezisa' CHEETAH: Bless you. >is somewere near here" awnsered Usagi, looking very serious. She had >not forgot the name or what it had done to them all... >The tension feeling dissipated as they neared the town. It looked >normal, apart from the flying and round vehicles. GINA: They must be smoking something, 'cause I'm pretty sure the DBZ cities look very different from "normal" Earth cities. >Ami landed in a place not very far of an mall. Usagi and Makoto ran >into a store. Rei called them "Do you have any money ?". BRIANNA: I think a better question would be, "Is our money any good here?" >"Sure... don't worry" ALL [singing]: Be happy. Don't worry, be happy now! >they awsered back entering the store. She kept moving in direction to >the grocery, when she heard a man's voice "Get out of here and take >your fonney money!" BRIANNA [singing]: I want my mo-mo-mo-mo-money. >and both the girls being kicked out of the place. > "What happened ?" asked Mamorou. > "I picked an lovely outfit, and when I was going to pay, they didn't >wanted to accept my money..." said crying Usagi. CHEETAH: You called it, Bri. [Brianna grins smugly.] > "We should have noticed... the prices on the tags were WAY too low" >replied Maktoto. > Rei showed a yen note to Goku "Have you ever seen one of those ?" GINA: It'd be perfect if Goku took the note and blew his nose with it. CHEETAH: Like in "El-Hazard?" GINA: Yup. > "No..." he awsered "I've seen simillars but they didn't have this >symbol" > "Do you have any with you ?" > "No... I don't need money to train" > "Great... We are without any money." GINA: Point of clarification: they have money, it's just money that's not accepted here. BRIANNA: That was -really- anal, Gina. >she said "Now what we will do ?" BRIANNA [Minako]: I guess we'll have to sell our bodies for money. [Cheetah just sighs.] > They wandrered around the city for a few minutes... When Goku saw a >small croud on a side... "That's it!" > "What ?" asked Usagi. > "The last time I needed money I fighted against a guy and he gave me >money." > They approched the croud and some guy was exibiting himself... GINA: Was he cute? CHEETAH [leans over and whispers in her ear]: Master Roshii. GINA [blanching]: AAAAAAAHHHHH!!! BRIANNA [covering her ears]: Owwww... >He was quite young, with a strange hairstlye. On small sign was >written "10.000 cash for the one that beats Mr. Devil". BRIANNA: Any relation to Mister Satan? >The girls looked at each other, and suddenly noticed that Makoto >wasn't there ! ALL: Dun-dun-DUUUUUUN! >Someone started laughing in the front row... They squezzed in just in >time to see her facing Mr. Devil. > "Oh! So you think you can beat me ?" he started, in an over >entusiastic tone of voice. CHEETAH: He's gonna get whupped, ain't he? BRIANNA: Probably. > "Yes." she replied. > "You REALLY must need the money. I don't belive that someone would be >as silly to come and fight me, the champion of this city!" > "I am... shall we start ?" she replied, warming up her hands. > "Err..." Mr. Devil stood there for a second. he >tought !>. "Look, i'll let >you start first... GINA: A move henceforth known as mistake #1. >If you make me fall, you can have the money... CHEETAH: There's #2... >Is this allright, honey ?" he said, putting his face so that she could >hit easier. BRIANNA: And that makes 3. > "All right..." > ......... GINA: And there's a light snowfall being forecast for the central mountains... > "Mako-chan, you could have been more nicer... The poor guy got >whacked out..." > "He called me 'honey'... CHEETAH [Makoto]: Only my ex-boyfriend was allowed to call me that. BRIANNA: I'm surprised he didn't remind her of her ex. GINA: Mr. Satan? Brrrr...I would hope not. >and besides, we got the money, haven't we ?" CHEETAH: ...okay, so where's the rest. VOICE: That's it. GINA: You mean...it's finally over? VOICE: That is correct. [Gina and Brianna start dancing around and dash out of the theater. Cheetah sits for a little while longer; then, muttering to herself, she gets up and leaves.] [1]-[2]-[3]-[4]-[5]-[6] * * * On the bridge of the MSOL, Gina and Brianna were engaged in a wild party. There were streamers everywhere, the air was filled with confetti, and the two sisters were raising a ruckus with air horns. Cheetah, however, was not participating in the revelry; instead, she was leaning against one of the walls, looking irritated. "No more Censor, no more Censor!" chanted the two exuberant women, as they danced around the bridge. Gina disappeared behind the bridge console briefly, then reappeared with a bottle of champagne, which she promptly uncorked and began pouring into the glasses conveniently placed on the console. Brianna noticed this and looked a little surprised. "Where did you get that?" she asked her older sister. Gina grinned smugly. "I reprogrammed the ship's replicators," she replied. "They were initially set up to give us nothing but low- fat, low-taste healthy foods. Naturally, that wouldn't do; so I fixed them so that we can order anything we want now." Brianna laughed happily, then grabbed a glass and raised it over her head. "To my sister Gina!" she exclaimed. "The best scientific mind this side of Professor Washu!" "Kampai!" they cried, before clinking their glasses together and chugging the contents in a single gulp each. Gina quickly gave each of them a refill, then raised her own glass. "And to my dear sisters," she began. "Without whose help, I surely...would have...." She trailed off as she finally noticed that Cheetah was not joining in the celebration. "Brittany? Is something wrong?" The were-cat glanced at her, sighed wearily, then shook her head. "Don't tell me you're upset the story's over," exclaimed Brianna. "I mean, come on: it was -bad-." Gina nodded in agreement. Cheetah shook her head again. "It's not that," she replied. "It's just...even if it was bad, it irks me not to know the end. I mean, it cut off just at the point it might have started to get moderately interesting." Gina and Brianna thought about this for a moment. "I suppose so," Gina said finally. "Leaving a story before it's finished does tend to leave one feeling unsatisfied, no matter how good or bad the story is." Brianna nodded reluctantly, then picked up the third champagne glass and passed it to Cheetah. "Moping about it won't do you any good," she scolded. "As far as we're concerned, the story's done. And it doesn't look like it will be continuing any time soon. So why not celebrate a little bit, hmm?" The were-cat took the proffered glass and smiled. "Why not? No reason at all. Let's party!" The three sisters happily clinked their glasses together, and were just about to down their drinks when the communication light began flashing. Gina groaned. "Oh joy. K. C. and the Sunshine Band are calling," she said as she tapped the light. The hexfield irised open, presenting them with the scowling face of Jinnai. "Well, that story was a disappointment," he said. "It didn't even have an ambiguous ending to torment you. Ah, well, looks like we'll just have to try again next time. Maybe I can find something by this 'Oscar' fellow that hasn't been done yet." He glared at the Diggers sisters. "Don't think the rest of the experiments are going to be this easy. I -will- break you! Oh, and be ready for the invention exchange next time." With that, he turned his attention away from the screen, and the field irised shut. The three women stared at the portal for a little while. "Well, that was short," Cheetah finally said. "No kidding," added Gina. "I would have figured he'd talk for at least 10 minutes or so." "Hey, I'm not going to question it," said Brianna. "As long as he doesn't use that annoying laugh of his, I don't care -how- long he talks." She then turned to face Gina. "So, eldest sister, what are we going to do for the next...er, the -first- invention exchange?" The blond archaeologist grinned. "I've got a few ideas I developed from that story. Come on - we need to go to the lab." "Lab?" interjected Cheetah. "When the hell did you two build a lab?" "Last week," replied Brianna, as the two sisters headed off down one of the hallways. "While you were enjoying the holocabana." Cheetah watched them go, scratching her head. "But I was only in there for maybe a hour at a time," she said to herself. Then she shrugged. "Oh well. I never understand most of their techno-stuff anyways. Hey, Magic Voice!" she called out. "Yes, Miss Diggers?" replied the Voice. "Is there a supply of paint, a paint brush, and a space suit in my size anywhere on the satellite?" she asked. "Of course," it answered. "Great! Can you tell me where they are?" "Compliance!" The bridge lights flickered momentarily; then, a series of holographic arrows appeared at chest height, pointing down one of the side corridors. Cheetah grinned. "Perfect," she said, starting off in the indicated direction. "May I ask what you intend to do with the paint?" inquired the Voice. "Especially since you apparently intend to do it outside?" "Not much," replied the were-cat. "Just a little re-naming job." A few hours later, Cheetah was relaxing in the holocabana. She was running her "Evening with Stripe on the Beach" program (again). Gina and Brianna were still in the newly christened "Gina-Lab Mark II," trying to figure out which of Gina's invention ideas would actually work. And the outside of the satellite was adorned with a fresh coat of red letters that spelled out the new name for the sisters' temporary home: The Satellite of Diggers. * * * Mr. MiSTer's notes: Ahhhh, -finally-! Boy, that was a doozy of a series to get started on. Admittedly, it wasn't that bad a story compared to some of the other works on the SVAM. But still, it seemed to just drag on and on. Add to that the fact that I often couldn't find time to work on the MiSTing, and I think you can see why I'm relieved to be done with it. Hopefully, Jinnai will work out as a villain. I wasn't really happy with Mandark - he just didn't seem to fit. My problem in selecting a villain was that I needed somebody who had the power or knowledge to keep Gina and Brianna from devising a way off the satellite. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of characters I can think of that fit the bill (other than Washu, and I didn't want to use her - she shows up in enough other series). I really do think people tend to underestimate Jinnai, and he's certainly maniacal enough to do this sort of thing. So, as long as I can write for him, he'll stay. I'd like to give one more big thank you to Mr. Takashi for allowing me to use his stories for my first attempt at MiSTing. No offense was meant to him or hist stories - it's just another form of commentary. And please: send any and all (and I do mean -all-) comments to ctrand@yahoo.com. > "So... you're the one that is a male sailor" Makoto said to him "That >I got to see..." Reply Reply All Forward Delete Previous Next Close ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Travel Agent | Buy Music | Downloads | Movie Times | Free Games | Yellow Pages Headlines | Sporting Goods | Buy Videos | Weather | Buy books | More cool stuff... search the web: [Great Gifts for Dad]