There are a few things I watch out for when I sit down at my computer
in the afternoon. TWO of them turned up today when I sat down: Sailor
Moon Z Episode 15 was up on J.Biles page, and Together Again ACT I was
staring right at me through my E-mail window.
Life is good.
(and by the way, so is this)
TOGETHER AGAIN
Silver Millenium Chapter
ACT ONE
SUBTITLE
DO NOT DISTURB. OR I'LL KILL YOU.
From future descriptions, I'm under the impression that Uranus and
Neptune are the only two on the ship. In that case ... why the sign?
OYUKI
That was quite the explosion. <beat>
Saturnine Dreadnought-in-a-Boat?
BENTEN
<short> Pluto.
PRISS: Y'know, cryptic interruptions really piss everyone off.
To quote.
But anyway, it always seems that Pluto shows up only just before the
worst things ever to happen are about to occur. It would be more
prudent if Neptune set a course for Andromeda and hope that the
shockwave isn't that large.
glowing red beam. We pull back to see that the staff is held by
PLUTO,
and that her face is set and determined. The beam is being emitted
from
the hand of a woman with vibrant red hair and glowing green eyes
(CALLISTRA SKYWALKER). CALLISTRA is, to put it mildly, furious.
Their
fight is not so much a duel as it is simultaneous assault with
murderous
intentions.
*cough*Washuu*cough* -- sorry, I have a cold.
CAPTION
Ganymede,
Jovian Confederation
Took me a while to recall this little titbit of information you put in
the timeline. For a moment I thought we'd gone all the way to Jurai.
DRIANO (O.S.)
Lord Zeus?
Driano, or Draino? Is this a pun or have I missed this individual in
mythology?
Let's be upfront about this: TSUNAMI, at this stage in her
development,
looks identical to Sasami at the very beginning of her career --
roughly
eight years old, with electric blue hair drawn back in two tails
behind her
back, and red-pupil-on-red-iris eyes. She is dressed in plain white
robes,
without adornment, and smiling a disarming grin at ZEUS.
Hmmm.. this would mean that she was always destined to join with
Sasami. Hmm... >:) I can only imagine what would have happened if
Sasami came back with Tenchi and the gang.
TSUNAMI
<enthusiastic> Hi! You're Heaven
King Zeus, right?
Hmm... seems to have picked up Sasami's personality too.
ZEUS
All right. Is Riana up yet?
Who's Riana? Do you mean Ramia? You mentioned this person in your
timeline as well.
At this point, I'm willing to assume that you tried to get this
written as quickly as possible from whatever hand written notes you
were using since there have been a bunch of typos and later on the
fomatting is completely off. They slightly distract from the piece
causing one to backtrack a few times to make sure they've read
correctly. Nothing earth shatteringly wrong though.
CHIHIRO
You're insane.
RUMIA
<insane> No, dear, I'm a survivor.
Hmm...
ANAND
That's quite all right ... <double
take> Excuse me, but aren't you the
historian Meru?
Do you hold some high regard to Historians? I only mention this
because you seem to like introduce historians, the most famous being
Shelia of course. Not that I have anything against them, it's just
interesting.
LEDA
<*extremely* angry> *Treachery*!
SERENITY blinks.
Always a good way to start the day.
MERU
<whispered> The one who spoke is the
Ambassador from Mars, Lord Vulcan.
The other is his bodyguard -- Jeun-
sang, the White Wolf of Ceres, and
kinsman to the late Black Wolf.
I won't say anything ... yet. For now, mere speculation.
There is the sound of a clearing throat at the door.
OURRANOS (O.S.)
If I might intrude ...?
Enter... the Viper.
Serenely.
What was that line from Hamlet? Uhh, He hath smiles may still be the
Devil?
TA'ARU
Ai amu Ta'aru Sutarufuarren!
Uh-huh. Well... I recommend usage of the Babel fish on the camera.
TENCHI
<deep sigh> It's going to be one of
*those* days, isn't it?
Don't you know it. >:)
KIYONE
<muttered> ... it works perfectly.
Kiyone, master reader of Mihoshi.
KIYONE
Sure I can. *You're* here.
Ooh..
RYOUKO
<irritated sigh> Washuu. She's put
some kind of an ... encyclopedia in
my head, filled with facts that only
get revealed to me when she thinks I
might need 'em. Right now, I'm
processing a ridiculous amount of
info about the Silver Millenium.
Convienient, although I would expect Washuu to install such a device.
KIYONE
Let me guess, Tokyo?
Kiyone seems to be only slightly irritated here.
AYEKA
How in the world did Washuu obtain
the information you possess? <beat>
Earth was unknown to the Galactic
Union before my father visited it,
eight hundred years ago. And any
information about this period is
unknown ...
Is Washuu that concerned about this time period or does this fall into
the encyclopedia's 'not until you need it' rule?
CYBELE
Ganymede has fallen, so has Callisto
-- there's some token resistance on
Io, but it will probably be crushed
within the hour. Our shield is
holding up, but the engineers don't
believe that it can last forever.
The other moons have all either
evacuated here, surrendered, or had
their populations put to the sword.
"All these worlds are yours, except Europia..."
CALLISTRA (O.S.)
You didn't have to do that. It
doesn't really matter where she is.
Who does she think she is? Pluto? >:)
CALLISTRA
<admiring> Ooh, this is fiiine. It
even shows the asteroid belt.
Still has that thrill for technology I see...
ZEUS
But that's insane -- everyone knows
that Rheannion could beat the rest
of us with her arm tied behind her
back, even without that damned Orb
of hers.
So Rheannion still has her Orb... oh, that's right this is year 375 of
the Silver Millenium. Another 500+ years before the Silver Empyrum
Crystal will be a factor in these games.
CALLISTRA
<definite> No. I will want a little
something for my troubles -- but it
is just a *little* something. <beat>
A *little* something ...
I have a picture of Washuu dressed in black and juggling the three
gems in her hand. I'm wondering if you have this same picutre...
We see an eye open suddenly ... then widen ... and then we pull back
from
the vat, as RABBY of the Solenoid Fleet begins to scream in silence.
Fun.
TO BE CONTINUED
Can't wait.
Adam Christopher Leigh
Omicron@sprynet.com