On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 03:04:36 -0400, Hallstrom Consultants
<hallcon@mindspring.com> wrote:

Waiigh.
Remember me?
No, didn't think so.

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Ranma and Akane: A Love Story
Chapter 5: The End of the Beginning
Part A: An Unexpected Party

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Hey, _I_ remember.  I've been waiting for this next chapter. *_*

  Ranma withdrew a small tool from jacket-space and placed the blade on the
table, beginning to disassemble its hilt. "These are usually tang-marked ...
like ... so ...." her voice faded off into a long whistle. Akane drew
closer and leaned forward to see, but could not read the strange, curling
letters. Ranma held the blade up to the light and read something off the
tang in a language that Akane likewise did not know. Indicating this with
a slant of her eyebrow, Akane caused Ranma to flush briefly and then 
translate aloud into Japanese, "'Forged was I, of iron heaven born. Ulean
made me. I am Isileth.'"

A-ha... someone's been reading Peter Morwood. :)

the small sign whereon resided the single word, "Gally's".

<grin>

  "Ohh, Hugo's _just_ fine. He and Ido are both doing things at Nekomi
Tech, you know. Techy stuff." She grinned briefly, and fairly lit up the

<bigger grin>

After: It's only part one of 5A, folks. Part two coming up, hopefully
going on Spring Break next week will give me the time.

Woo-hoo!  Looking forward to it. :)