Date sent: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 00:30:09 -0700 (MST) From: Chris Davies Send reply to: Chris Davies To: jhosmer@ix8.ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: [PRE READ] Sailor Moon Z #12 (Rough) On Wed, 19 Nov 1997 jhosmer@ix8.ix.netcom.com wrote: Cut to a theatre, in which is seated SHEILA TENKAI, quietly munching on a bucket of popcorn about the size of one of the seats beside her. She suddenly becomes aware of the camera being on here. SHEILA: Oh, hi! The other Experts of Fanfic Review are all kinda busy right now, but Ryouko said that I'd really like this one for some reason. Which makes me suspicious, but ... anyway, let's go! > HARUKA: > > The beach is a place of great beauty. Much has been said of the > joining of sea and shore. While the sea is prone to its temper, and > storms may ravage the coast, for the most part, it is a peaceful place. > > Not any longer. I'M here now. SHEILA: Yep. That's definitely my mother. > Michiru smiled impishly and shook her head slightly, causing more > cool > drops of water to fall on me. God, I can't resist that look, and she > knows it. She kneeled beside me. "It was just practice, Haruka-chan," > she said softly, leaning close. I felt my annoyance ebb as I lost > herself in Michiru's vivid blue eyes. SHEILA: Definitely my other mother. > "Hmph, some practice," I whispered. Then Michiru kissed me gently, > her lips tasting of saltwater, yet still somewhat sweet. > > "Haruka-san! Michiru-san! We're here!!" Hotaru-chan suddenly > screamed from the top of the nearby dune. "Um, oops," she said > sheepishly as we gave her evil looks. SHEILA: Hee hee! Although I can definitely sympathize with Hotaru-chan here ... > Episode 12 > > "Life is a Beach. > Can Usagi Fit Into Her Swimsuit?" SHEILA: > I shook my head, trying to dispel the morbid thoughts. I felt a > hand > on my shoulder as I did so. Turning, I looked into a pair of > sympathetic lavender eyes. HER eyes. SHEILA shifts uncomfortably in her seat ... > It's a father's duty to protect his family. I couldn't protect my > wife, when she died giving birth to Hotaru. I couldn't protect Hotaru, > when she was hurt in the lab accident. I would have sold my soul to the > devil to save her. In a way, I did. SHEILA: In a way? > "Poppa! Poppa! Uh, oops." It was Hotaru, coming back from the > beach, blushing bright red as she saw Setsuna in my arms. SHEILA: > "Yaaaaaahoooooo!" > > That was Mina-chan, my girlfriend, currently doing her best to > drive > me deaf. > > "Faster, Steven!" SHEILA: Geeee ... and I thought our version of Lady Venus had some problems ... > My dad used to joke I should become a quality inspector for his > company. I was never certain what I should do with this. I guess I > thought I should do something more with it, but I was never sure what. > I couldn't go around and be a hero like Sailor V. SHEILA: I dunno why he'd think that. A little martial arts training, a snappy costume, boom, instant Batman. The hard half of the job, from my experience, is finding things out in time. And he's got that half sewed down. > Sailor V. That's how it all started, with Minako, though I didn't > know her secret then. Like a lot of young English boys, I was > infatuated with our mysterious heroine, who had appeared out of nowhere > to fight monsters and criminals. Polly wasn't too happy, at the time. > I can only imagine what she would do if she knew Minako's secret. > Probably spaz out and pay some gang to attack Minako. Nah, she wouldn't > do that. Polly's really a nice person, under the air of snobbery she > affects. It's her brother who's a creep. SHEILA: I retract my earlier comments. Clueless male person ... > Minako was suddenly right in front of me. She must have come out > of > the rest room while I was lost in thought. Her beauty seemed to grab me > and leave me breathless. Oh, her friends are all beautiful as well, but > I only have eyes for Minako. (I better, if I know what's good for me.) SHEILA: Damn straight. > It's scary, though... I never felt this strongly before about > anyone. > Oh, Polly and I were close friends, but it wasn't the same. SHEILA is suddenly wearing a costume from her Idol Angel Tenkai period. SHEILA: "Mooooonlight DES-tin-eeeeee!" > Recently, when I lost control to my darker side, I fought Naru-chan > in > her first outing as Sailor Odysseus. I regained control before I could > kill her, and in the process I discovered some unpleasant memories about > the Saturn Power. It's not something that is a part of me, like the > others. It has its own goals, its own intelligence. In the Silver > Millennium, Senshi of Saturn were kept in enchanted sleep, lest they > lose control of that power. In short, their lives sucked. SHEILA shifts uncomfortably again. SHEILA: ... my, what kind of horrible people would do that to a child. > "My Power was to be that of Death," she continued. "Have you ever > wondered why the ancient myths link Saturn with time and Pluto with > death? It is because of the planets' mystical affinities. As the most > gifted of the girls chosen, as Serenity's apprentice, I was chosen to be > part of an experiment." SHEILA: Interesting explanation. I'd ask our Pluto for our version except I'm scared to death of her. > "I rushed to stop them," I said, in a voice suddenly not my own, > "but > I, the Mistress of Time, was not the mistress of my destiny. They had > already begun on you, poor sister, and the spirits were wroth at their > effrontery. Bands of silver and black spun wildly across the room, > striking down the mages who had summoned them. And those same Powers > were feeding on you, turning you to a frail and withered husk. Serenity > was raising the Silver Crystal, but there was no time left. You would > never survive... but I could. I forced my way through the ebon-silver > bands, the Fluorite Orb on my Staff flaring with its multi-colored > light. I forced the Time Staff into your feeble hands and sent you > through time... leaving me to bear the burden of destiny." SHEILA: Yeah? And then? What happened after that?! > MAKOTO: > > I faced my opponent, poised, reining in my eagerness to strike. He > has already struck down many brave warriors in his time, men and women > in the prime of their life. He is evil incarnate, madness embodied, but > I cannot rush madly into this. I must stay calm. > > Fuck it. I charge, my fist raised to deal him a terrific blow. SHEILA: DEFINITELY my mom. > I looked at my watch. "Wow-Rei-chan's-right-we-gotta-go-Bye!" I > say > all in one breath, then I grab Rei's arm and tear out of the Arcade. > We're halfway down the block before Rei's complaints make me slow down. > > "Ow! Pull my arm off, why don't you?" Rei said acerbically. SHEILA: Ah, geeeez ... not a Project A-Ko reference! I hate -- > "He's the new teacher at Tsunami. I think we have a class with him > next semester. His name is Clark Maguson. Don't you remember him being > introduced at the last assembly?" SHEILA: AWK! You WOULDN'T! > "Geez, Usagi, can't you walk two feet without falling?" I said with > a > grin. > > "Waaah! Rei, why do you have to be so mean?" Usagi said with a > grin > of her own. > > We both laughed. slightly at our little joke. I couldn't explain > it, > but we have been getting along a lot better since I lost my powers > briefly and then had to move into the Tsukino House while the Shrine was > being rebuilt. That didn't stop me from nagging or teasing her, of > course. One must keep up appearances. And besides, she DESERVES it a > lot of the time. She's getting better, but don't ever tell her I said > that. SHEILA is back in her Idol Angel costume. SHEILA: "I hope you knooow/In case it doesn't shoooow/ You are/My frieeeeeend. That doesn't meeeeann/That we've had it/ We won't go at it again and again!" (Lyrics from "Who Do You Think You Are", the Sailor Moon/Sailor Mars fight song from "LunaRock".) > You were keeping an eye on him, a little voice whispered in the > back > of my mind, guarding him for her. Serenity and Endymion belong together > and you belong by their side. SHEILA: "Although you might work your way in the middle from time to time, it added, causing me to blush furiously." > > "Sorry we're late, but Mako-chan was glued to a video game," I > said. > Makoto glowered at me, but I paid her little mind. My attention was on > our prince and princess. Besides, it was the truth. > > "Good," Mamoru said. "Usako's father has been watching me ever > since > I arrived." He laughed nervously. SHEILA: Um, I don't understand why Endymion-sama said "Good" in response to Rei-sama's explanation. > I caught myself looking at Mamoru and thinking again of how right > he > and Usagi looked together, despite the differences in their ages. That, > of course, led me to wondering if I would ever find a man of my own. > Someone I could depend on, someone kind and gentle, someone like... > > Jadeite. SHEILA: Now there's a sentence you don't hear everyday ... > I looked over at him and couldn't help but smile. For all her > faults, > Athena was right. I was lucky to find him... and then to find him > again. Now, if I could just forget some of the things she told me to do > with him... or at least think of them without blushing. SHEILA: Oooh, I think I know why Ritsuko didn't wanna review this one ... > I felt the blood rush to my cheeks again as a vision of what she > had > described appeared before my mind's eye. How could she do that, I > wondered, and the other things she had written down in her diary? In a > way, it was a foolproof security system. Anyone who snuck a peek at her > diary could never look at her without blushing. SHEILA: Um, you're using "without blushing" twice in as many paragraphs. > I turned back to the house, ready to welcome her to the beach, but > my > greeting had a coronary and got lodged in my throat. Ami was running > toward me, wearing a blue bikini. A blue string bikini. A very SMALL > blue string bikini. Heck, I think nudists wear more than that. > > "Oh... my," I heard Michiru say behind me. SHEILA nods, eyes wide. SHEILA: Gee I'm glad Ryouko's not here ... she'd be trying to kill me right about now ... > HIMEKO: SHEILA visibly braces herself. > "Let's go already," I growl. Then a thought hit me. "You didn't > get > permission by any chance for Daichi to be there too, did you?" I asked. > > "This is for training, Nonohara-san, not for spending time with > your > boyfriend." > > "No fair," I grumble. "YOUR boyfriend's going to be there." > > Pluto shot me a dark look while I merely grinned impishly back at > her. SHEILA: Oh Goddess, she just stole a march on Pluto ... the world is going to end ... > I just wanted to go swimming. To float on the waves, surrounded by > the mother ocean. The old fear of drowning reared its head but I > smothered it. I was strong. I had long ago faced and conquered my > fear. It barely bothered me at all. SHEILA is back in her Idol Angel costume, but she seems much more subdued. SHEILA: "I saw you dancing out the ocean/ Running fast along the sand/ A spirit born of earth and water/ Fire flying from your hands ..." (Lyrics from "The One", by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.) > I turned my head slightly and looked at them. The Inners. We have > become, in the words of that TV show Haruka watches, the "shadow between > the darkness and the light" and they are the light. SHEILA: Um, if it's Babylon 5 (AGH! Why didn't they do more with Ivanova and Talia, dammit!) then that should be "the candle between the darkness and the light". Of course, my mother could be misremembering ... I'm not a hundred percent sure that it was even on in Japan in this period. > I felt numb with shock at first, but this was swiftly surmounted by > anger. Who was she to dictate to us about teamwork? > > "I am Serenity," she said, answering my unspoken question, probably > without even realizing it. SHEILA: I wouldn't place any large wagers on that ... > She looked to Mercury. "Mercury, you will be teamed up with > Uranus. > Her offensive power and aggressive nature will be a good complement for > your defensive and data gathering role." SHEILA: Oh, *this* would make Ryouko freak ... > "Okay, try it, Jupiter," Pluto said loudly, interrupting my > musings. > I looked up. Jupiter stood there, a look of fierce concentration on her > face. "Don't force it," Pluto warned. "If you do, the results--" > > Lightning suddenly flashed down from the clear night sky and struck > Jupiter. SHEILA: Ouch. > Despite her protestation, she actually sounded a little hurt. "I'm > sorry you feel that way," I said. Actually, I mostly felt nervous over > being so close to one of the monsters that seemed to think Osaka Naru > was the number one delicacy on planet Earth. SHEILA: Well she *is* cute ... > "Um, okay..." Himeko faced the driftwood and concentrated as > fiercely > as Jupiter did before. "DEAD SCREAM!" she shouted. > > "NO!" Pluto yelled. Then the hurricane was upon us. SHEILA: Well, that answers that question ... > got the cable ready. I couldn't help but stare at the Mercury Computer > again. It was so small and compact, but its computing power and memory > storage rivaled a Cray's. Whoever had made it had known a lot more > about computers than anyone on Earth. Once again, I noticed the cracks > on its side and wondered what could have done that. It looked like > someone had smacked the corner against something hard, but Ami wouldn't > mistreat her equipment like that. SHEILA: > Ami stepped forward and held something in her hands. It was a > burned > and broken hunk of plastic, melted and charred, but half of the symbol > of Mercury could be seen on its cover. SHEILA: Awwwww.... > I stepped closer to him. "Oh, they'll be busy for a long while. > Plenty of time for us to be... together again." SHEILA: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! > Or would she? Oh, now I worried. She could be doing almost > anything > with Mamoru on their dates. Doesn't she know the sort of trouble that > could result, or how men can be with young, innocent girls? If he did > anything to my daughter, I would-- > > I froze. I actually thought of Usagi as my daughter there. The > idea > was totally at odds with my human appearance, but I knew it was true. I > loved Usagi as much as Mrs. Tsukino or Queen Serenity did. I wanted to > do whatever I could to keep her safe, and I knew, in that moment, that > it was a losing battle. SHEILA: Very nice. > Luna sat there, in human form, next to the sauna door. She was > smiling at me, which was a considerable improvement over how she looked > a moment ago. It didn't last, of course. Still, the memory of that > smile (even if it was on a human face) got locked away in my heart. > > "Artemis," she said at last, "how do you feel about Minako?" > > I stared at her for a moment. She wasn't jealous over me, was she? > Even I knew better than to ask that question. Now, do I answer > seriously or do I make a joke of it? I flipped a mental two-headed > coin. > > "Hmm, well, she is a good looking young lady--OW!" I didn't think > Luna could have transformed so quickly, but as her claws sank into my > rump I learned otherwise. SHEILA: Ummmm ... wasn't she in human form just now? > It was strange, different, as humans, but I don't think either of > analyzed it too much. At the moment, in fact, all I was aware of was > how it seemed to go on and on and on-- > > "Oops!" > > We both jumped and involuntarily transformed. Luna became a giant > midnight-blue panther and I became a great white cat. We both snarled > at Hotaru, who jumped back out the entrance to the kitchen. > > "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... I didn't see anything!" she > babbled. > She backed up against the sauna. I growled to warn her away, a bit put > out to find that this form couldn't talk. Of course, its mouth was more > for biting and tearing than talking. So I just closed my eyes as Hotaru > bumped against the sauna door, caught the handle with her hand, and > accidentally pulled it open. > > "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" > > "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" > > "STEEEEEEVEEEEEN!" > > God, I wish I had a camera. SHEILA can say nothing as she's rolling around in her seat, laughing her head off. > "Well, you were on the love cruise with Sailor Mercury. I guess > you > got what you wanted from her and moved on to the Princess. Take it from > me, though, the ones at the top use you and then lose you. I mean--" > > "I AM NOT LIKE THAT!" she screamed. > > Oh, touchy, touchy. Interesting. SHEILA: Ooh, boy I hope she dies in an interesting way ... > "Hotaru?" I asked. "Why do you have your hands over your eyes?" > > "No one is kissing or hugging or other stuff, right?" she asked, a > bit > frantically. "They're everywhere! I can't go anywhere without seeing > them! I don't mean to! Please, make it stop!" SHEILA: "An imp seized control of me. "Nope, nobody's kissing or hugging," I said cheerfully, then gave Rei-chan a big smackeroo on the lips as soon as Hotaru uncovered her eyes. The yelp was fun." Okay, this was a lot of fun! Gee, I should thank Ryouko for suggesting it. SHEILA stands, and picks up the now-empty popcorn bucket, and easily crunches it into a small ball, which she tosses over her shoulder at the theatre's garbage. Unfortunately, the head of RYOUKO MIZUNO interrupts the arc as she enters. RYOUKO: Ahem. SHEILA: Oh, hey, cousin! RYOUKO: I am *not* your cousin, Tenkai. Did you enjoy the fiction? SHEILA: Oh, yeah, it was great. RYOUKO: Oh. SHEILA: Hey, you didn't recommend this on a partial reading, did you? RYOUKO: ... um, well ... SHEILA: Gee, no wonder! I was really wondering what you were thinking of, recommending a fic where my mom feels tempted by your mom. SHEILA walks out of the theatre, humming softly to herself. RYOUKO is stunned. After a moment, she works out of it, and a maniacal expression develops on her face. RYOUKO: TENKAI! So you LIKE Project A-Ko now, do you? RYOUKO pulls off her uniform to reveal a skintight Akagiyama battlesuit, and fires her thrusters to head after SHEILA. Chris Davies. ****************************** From: Self To: Chris Davies Subject: Re: [PRE READ] Sailor Moon Z #12 (Rough) Date sent: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 18:23:38 Cut to a bedroom, in which ATHENA is lying on the bed in a very, very thin negligee. ATHENA: Well, hello there. Hosmer-san asked me to reply to the lovely Tenkai-san's missive. I just love dealing with another's... submission. > SHEILA: Hee hee! Although I can definitely sympathize with > Hotaru-chan here ... ATHENA: Ah, so thou likes to watch, then? > > "Life is a Beach. > > Can Usagi Fit Into Her Swimsuit?" > > SHEILA: ATHENA: Well, all of my ideas went down hard... > > I shook my head, trying to dispel the morbid thoughts. I felt a > > hand > > on my shoulder as I did so. Turning, I looked into a pair of > > sympathetic lavender eyes. HER eyes. > > SHEILA shifts uncomfortably in her seat ... ATHENA: Now, now. Everyone has... hidden urges that should be expressed. Do not be frightened of them, Sheila-chan. > SHEILA: Geeee ... and I thought our version of Lady Venus > had some problems ... ATHENA: Our Venus is much less inhibited... but what dost thee expect from someone with an attack called "VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN." ;) > > My dad used to joke I should become a quality inspector for his > > company. I was never certain what I should do with this. I guess I > > thought I should do something more with it, but I was never sure what. > > I couldn't go around and be a hero like Sailor V. > > SHEILA: I dunno why he'd think that. A little martial arts training, a > snappy costume, boom, instant Batman. The hard half of the job, from my > experience, is finding things out in time. And he's got that half sewed > down. ATHENA: Alas, I dost not think Steven is into spandex... myself, I prefer silk... or maybe latex. > SHEILA: I retract my earlier comments. Clueless male person ... ATHENA: Come now, they are good for one thing at least. And poor Steven feels nostalgic over his first love. I knowst how I feel about... oh, what was his name? There have been so many... > > Minako was suddenly right in front of me. She must have come out > > of > > the rest room while I was lost in thought. Her beauty seemed to grab > > me and leave me breathless. Oh, her friends are all beautiful as > > well, but I only have eyes for Minako. (I better, if I know what's > > good for me.) > > SHEILA: Damn straight. ATHENA: Oh, pooh... monogamy is virtually synonymous with monotony. > SHEILA is suddenly wearing a costume from her Idol Angel Tenkai period. > > SHEILA: "Mooooonlight DES-tin-eeeeee!" ATHENA: Oh, tho likest to dress up too! I have a lovely maid's costume for thou... > SHEILA: ... my, what kind of horrible people would do that to a child. ATHENA: True. But Senshi Saturn could destroy all life in the System. Myself, I prefer more... traditional restraints. I could show thee... ;) > SHEILA: Yeah? And then? What happened after that?! ATHENA: Come closer and I'll whisper it in your ear. > > Fuck it. I charge, my fist raised to deal him a terrific blow. > > SHEILA: DEFINITELY my mom. ATHENA: Very passionate, I agree. > SHEILA: Ah, geeeez ... not a Project A-Ko reference! I hate -- ATHENA: A what reference? I do not see any time when that ugly little C-ko complained... I do not see what B-ko sees in her. She should chase that delectable red-head or that Kei fellow. A bit short on brains, but he doesn't really need them... > > "He's the new teacher at Tsunami. I think we have a class with > > him > > next semester. His name is Clark Maguson. Don't you remember him > > being introduced at the last assembly?" > > SHEILA: AWK! You WOULDN'T! ATHENA: Wouldn't what? There are very few things I wouldn't do. ;) > SHEILA is back in her Idol Angel costume. > > SHEILA: "I hope you knooow/In case it doesn't shoooow/ > You are/My frieeeeeend. > That doesn't meeeeann/That we've had it/ > We won't go at it again and again!" > > (Lyrics from "Who Do You Think You Are", the Sailor Moon/Sailor Mars > fight song from "LunaRock".) ATHENA: LunaRock? Oh, dost thou think we could shorten that skirt a few inches? > > > You were keeping an eye on him, a little voice whispered in the > > back > > of my mind, guarding him for her. Serenity and Endymion belong > > together and you belong by their side. > > SHEILA: "Although you might work your way in the middle from time to > time, it added, causing me to blush furiously." ATHENA: Sadly, my prudish cousin wouldst ne'er entertain such thoughts... silly of her. But I thought thy creator frowned on such a threesome? > SHEILA: Um, I don't understand why Endymion-sama said "Good" in > response to Rei-sama's explanation. ATHENA: It escapes me as well now. I shall have to question Endymion-sama quite vigorously. > > I caught myself looking at Mamoru and thinking again of how right > > he > > and Usagi looked together, despite the differences in their ages. > > That, of course, led me to wondering if I would ever find a man of my > > own. Someone I could depend on, someone kind and gentle, someone > > like... > > > > Jadeite. > > SHEILA: Now there's a sentence you don't hear everyday ... ATHENA: Zoisite is more my type. > > I looked over at him and couldn't help but smile. For all her > > faults, > > Athena was right. I was lucky to find him... and then to find him > > again. Now, if I could just forget some of the things she told me to > > do with him... or at least think of them without blushing. > > SHEILA: Oooh, I think I know why Ritsuko didn't wanna review this one > ... ATHENA: Shy, is she? I am good with shy people... ;) > SHEILA: Um, you're using "without blushing" twice in as many > paragraphs. ATHENA: My future self seems to excel at blushing. Another thing I shall have to break her of... > > I turned back to the house, ready to welcome her to the beach, > > but my > > greeting had a coronary and got lodged in my throat. Ami was running > > toward me, wearing a blue bikini. A blue string bikini. A very SMALL > > blue string bikini. Heck, I think nudists wear more than that. > > > > "Oh... my," I heard Michiru say behind me. > > SHEILA nods, eyes wide. > > SHEILA: Gee I'm glad Ryouko's not here ... she'd be trying to kill me > right about now ... ATHENA stretches on the bed ATHENA: Wouldst thou like to see more? > > HIMEKO: > > SHEILA visibly braces herself. ATHENA: Oh, do not tense so... I could give thee a lovely massage. > SHEILA: Oh Goddess, she just stole a march on Pluto ... the > world is going to end ... ATHENA: She IS such a spunky girl, is she not? ;) > SHEILA is back in her Idol Angel costume, but she seems much more > subdued. > > SHEILA: "I saw you dancing out the ocean/ > Running fast along the sand/ > A spirit born of earth and water/ > Fire flying from your hands ..." > > (Lyrics from "The One", by Elton John and Bernie Taupin.) ATHENA: Michiru is a lovely person, and so enlightened. Now, I have ideas on thy costume's bodice too... > > She looked to Mercury. "Mercury, you will be teamed up with > > Uranus. > > Her offensive power and aggressive nature will be a good complement > > for your defensive and data gathering role." > > SHEILA: Oh, *this* would make Ryouko freak ... ATHENA: I dost not see why... Uranus is such a healthy young girl... > > Lightning suddenly flashed down from the clear night sky and > > struck > > Jupiter. > > SHEILA: Ouch. ATHENA: Nothing was hurt but her pride. It didst not even tear her outfit... pity. > > Despite her protestation, she actually sounded a little hurt. > > "I'm > > sorry you feel that way," I said. Actually, I mostly felt nervous > > over being so close to one of the monsters that seemed to think Osaka > > Naru was the number one delicacy on planet Earth. > > SHEILA: Well she *is* cute ... ATHENA: And so art thou. ;) > > I stepped closer to him. "Oh, they'll be busy for a long while. > > Plenty of time for us to be... together again." > > SHEILA: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! ATHENA: If it hurts so badly, come and let Athena givest thou a great big hug. > > I froze. I actually thought of Usagi as my daughter there. The > > idea > > was totally at odds with my human appearance, but I knew it was true. > > I loved Usagi as much as Mrs. Tsukino or Queen Serenity did. I wanted > > to do whatever I could to keep her safe, and I knew, in that moment, > > that it was a losing battle. > > SHEILA: Very nice. ATHENA: Thou hast obviously never been mothered by Luna. Try explaining what thou art doing with two giant tubs of whipped cream and twenty gallons of chocolate sauce at 3:00 AM some time. Or simply ask me what I used them for. ;) > > "Hmm, well, she is a good looking young lady--OW!" I didn't > > think > > Luna could have transformed so quickly, but as her claws sank into my > > rump I learned otherwise. > > SHEILA: Ummmm ... wasn't she in human form just now? ATHENA: IF thou readest the last paragraph closely, thou will see that she transformed to claw Artemis. But human nails CAN leave interesting marks in flesh and interesting... sensations. > > "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" > > > > "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" > > > > "STEEEEEEVEEEEEN!" > > > > God, I wish I had a camera. > > SHEILA can say nothing as she's rolling around in her seat, laughing her > head off. ATHENA: Hmmm, they are not doing it quite right. I should show them the right way... but let them have fun finding it on their own. > > "I AM NOT LIKE THAT!" she screamed. > > > > Oh, touchy, touchy. Interesting. > > SHEILA: Ooh, boy I hope she dies in an interesting way ... ATHENA: I find taunting my dear cousin to be a lot of fun... she does need to have more fun. > SHEILA: "An imp seized control of me. "Nope, nobody's kissing or > hugging," I said cheerfully, then gave Rei-chan a big smackeroo on the > lips as soon as Hotaru uncovered her eyes. The yelp was fun." > Okay, this was a lot of fun! Gee, I should thank Ryouko for suggesting > it. ATHENA: Thou art not the first to suggest this, and I thinkest our Princess might do it... but it wouldst embarrass dear Rei far too much. Let them do it in private when they thinkest no one watches. > RYOUKO pulls off her uniform to reveal a skintight Akagiyama battlesuit, > and fires her thrusters to head after SHEILA. ATHENA: Oh, she is cute, too. I think she has a thing for you, Sheila-chan... I can givest thou some advice on how to help her deal with her feelings... HOSMER comes back to the keyboard. HOSMER: Thanks for answer the mail, ATHENA. Anything I should look at? ATHENA pushes the send button. ATHENA: Oh, no. Not at all. ************************************************** Date sent: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:14:13 -0700 (MST) From: Chris Davies Send reply to: Chris Davies To: jhosmer@ix9.ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: [PRE READ] Sailor Moon Z #12 (Rough) On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 jhosmer@ix9.ix.netcom.com wrote: > ATHENA: Well, hello there. Hosmer-san asked me to reply to the > lovely Tenkai-san's missive. I just love dealing with another's... > submission. SHEILA: Ooooh boy. I didn't have enough troubles before now, obviously ... > > SHEILA: Hee hee! Although I can definitely sympathize with > > Hotaru-chan here ... > > ATHENA: Ah, so thou likes to watch, then? SHEILA: Not really. (Not much.) But something similar kept happening to me the first few weeks out of my stasis ... the worst was walking in on the Queen and the Prince Consort ... kowaikatta desu yo ... > > > I shook my head, trying to dispel the morbid thoughts. I felt > > > a hand > > > on my shoulder as I did so. Turning, I looked into a pair of > > > sympathetic lavender eyes. HER eyes. > > > > SHEILA shifts uncomfortably in her seat ... > > ATHENA: Now, now. Everyone has... hidden urges that should be > expressed. Do not be frightened of them, Sheila-chan. SHEILA: I'm *not* frightened. I'm ... it's an old injury. Never mind. > ATHENA: Come now, they are good for one thing at least. SHEILA: Well, yeah. Great comic relief but other than that ... > And poor > Steven feels nostalgic over his first love. SHEILA: This, I can sympathize with. Utena-sama ... > ATHENA: Oh, tho likest to dress up too! I have a lovely maid's > costume for thou... SHEILA: Ummmmm ... > > SHEILA: ... my, what kind of horrible people would do that to a > > child. > > ATHENA: True. But Senshi Saturn could destroy all life in the > System. Myself, I prefer more... traditional restraints. I could show > thee... ;) SHEILA: Ryouko will *kill* me if she ever finds out that an alternate universe version of her mother is flirting with me, let alone if I respond. And if I *do*, Misa will *help* her ... I was actually thinking of something that was done to me, about a millenia ago ... for my own protection ... > > > next semester. His name is Clark Maguson. Don't you remember him > > > being introduced at the last assembly?" > > > > SHEILA: AWK! You WOULDN'T! > > ATHENA: Wouldn't what? There are very few things I wouldn't do. ;) SHEILA: Let's just say that it would involve your Jupiter's first born child looking a lot like me, except for this (gestures to her waist length ponytail.) > > (Lyrics from "Who Do You Think You Are", the Sailor Moon/Sailor Mars > > fight song from "LunaRock".) > > ATHENA: LunaRock? Oh, dost thou think we could shorten that skirt a > few inches? SHEILA: The second North American Sailor Moon music compilation. And no, thank you ... > ATHENA: Sadly, my prudish cousin wouldst ne'er entertain such > thoughts... silly of her. But I thought thy creator frowned on such a > threesome? SHEILA: *He* might. *I* don't. > > SHEILA: Oooh, I think I know why Ritsuko didn't wanna review this one > > ... > > ATHENA: Shy, is she? I am good with shy people... ;) SHEILA: No, just uncomfortable thinking about her father, especially in moments like this. > ATHENA stretches on the bed > > ATHENA: Wouldst thou like to see more? SHEILA: Okay, calm down ... remember, she is, technically, your aunt ... bad karma all around ... Ryouko on the rampage ... actually that last is sort of inevitable anyway so ... no! That way lies madness! Think of Misa! No, "INSTEAD", not "WITH", STUPID BRAIN! > > SHEILA: Oh, *this* would make Ryouko freak ... > > ATHENA: I dost not see why... Uranus is such a healthy young girl... SHEILA: My cousin is a borderline psychotic homophobe, Athena-san. She would *not* care to think about even an alternate version of her mother being in close quarters with such a "pervert" as my mother. > ATHENA: Oh, she is cute, too. I think she has a thing for you, > Sheila-chan... SHEILA: Nah. I'm fairly sure by now that she *is* repressing a crush on someone, but I'm also sure that it's not me. I'm not a hundred per cent positive, but I think that she has a thing for R-- RYOUKO explodes through the wall, interrupting SHEILA and grappling with her. The fight takes them out the other side of the theatre. Chris Davies. *************************************************** From: Self To: Chris Davies Subject: Re: [PRE READ] Sailor Moon Z #12 (Rough) Date sent: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:39:04 Hey, Chris, if you want we COULD do a story of Sheila and Athena meeting. It could be fun. :) ********************************************** [NOTE: Oh, I look back now on those words...]