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Okay, time to gun the engines ...

"Midnight at the lost and found
Lost souls in the hunting ground
A remedy for all your ills
At the lost and found"
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, April 4, 1999 11:16:54 PM
IP: modem58.i-is.com

Happy Easter, everyone!
Nicodemus
Sunday, April 4, 1999 11:14:28 PM
IP: smfcache-1.jps.net

And let the weekly competition for top ten begin! Assuming Real Audio can link to the room, a really appropriate song is attached to my name! (click!)
Robby the CR DJ
Sunday, April 4, 1999 11:10:11 PM
IP: spider-ti021.proxy.aol.com

**SHAMELESS PLUG, HOPE IT'S SEEN BEFORE THE ROOM CLEARS**

I have a new fic now posted at the GFW. This one is a Buffy/TGS crossover called "Slayer Senshi."

If you want, please go read and enjoy. Thanks.

**PLUG IS ENDED, WILL POST MORE LATER, BYE FOR NOW**
Doug
Sunday, April 4, 1999 09:24:32 PM
IP: hil-c45-023-vty152.as.wcom.net

Tim- Actually, Lucas is paying for the Star Wars prquals COMPLETLEY out of his own pocket, so that he has complete control, artistically. Granted, Star Wars ep. 1 is almost guaranteed to be a record setter in the box office, but that doesn't change the fact, at least on this one occassion, it is art over the buck.

And Greg Weisman can't take Gargs to another studio, they are owned by Disney, not Greg.

Bronx- hate to burst your bubble, but at this point, a Gargs movie is only fandom hope like it has been. Saying WHEN it comes out only refers to the fact that some day, if Disney has any common sense, they'll bring it out. SO it'll probably never happen for that reason.

As far as story relationships... Its not that some writers are better at it than others, its just Mulder and Scully weren't meant to be together, (or at least not for a long, long time) they're just being written that way because its what the fans want. I mean, even in the very first episode, it was clear Mulder had NO interest in Scully. (You all remember the scene where he saw her without her shirt and didn't flinch don't you?)

Dumlao- Like the others haven't said it already... But congrats to your lady fair.

Argent- The MSTing of BDZ is a pretty funny page. It's only a shame it hasn't been finished yet.

Oh and, Happy Easter everyone!
Robby
Sunday, April 4, 1999 09:12:22 PM
IP: spider-wa012.proxy.aol.com

**glances nervously at the trap door**

The methane's really building up in there. If the seals hold until the room gets wiped, we should be okay ....

Aris: Good point about the UN.

SJ and other Bruce Campbell fans: For anobody who doesn't already know about this, click my name.

Happy Easter, Passover, etc etc.
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 09:09:21 PM
IP: wire-22.koalas.com

Bronx W.> Whip out that check, because here comes my millon dollar answer. Money. I wish there was a greater reason, but I'm afraid that's it. Major studios are more interested in making money that creating art. Those Suits will only be willing to give money to filmakers if they expect a greater return. And they're more willing to give money to films that are cheaper or have had a good "reputation". Sure, the "STAR WARS" films were pretty good artistically, but you don't think that's why 20th Century Fox is letting George Lucas make so many of them?

Greg Weisman would probably have better luck taking his proposal for a Gargoyles movie to a smaller movie studio. It may not have quite the same quality of special effects, though.
Tim Phipps
Sunday, April 4, 1999 08:47:24 PM
IP: s9-onawa.pionet.net

**enters doing the happy fandango, which keeps going as he replaces the candle, juggling the old one with two new ones for a moment while the old one's still lit, then puts a new candle in, using the old one to light it.**

I'm so happy, I'm so happy ... what do I get for not checking my bank account in a week? My tax return's in ... there's NOTHING that'll keep me from Dallas now!! :)

**does a backflip which extinguishes the old candle, then sits back in the big chair.**

Okay ... hmm ... not too much going on, other than HAPPY EASTER WISHES!!

**The bunnies from an ... ahem ... *particular* e-mail sent late last night hop around the room, tossing around chocolate eggs and plastic grass. Coyote rolls his eyes.**

Do you guys *mind?!* I'm trying to make a post!

<"Hey, like I told ya last night, we've got a job to do!">

**slaps forehead** I swear, I think they're stalking me.

The Matrix: I agree with everyone in here who's seen this movie. It ... kicks ... SERIOUS @$$!! I sat through the last half hour of it with a full bladder, and while I was barely able to walk out of the theater, dammit, it was WORTH IT!! :)

Previews: Missed most of them ... only got there in time to see the second half of ... the new trailer for "The Phantom Menace!" YEE-HAW!

Kyryn: Heard on my way back about the game. I was right ... the best team in red *did* win! (If you haven't guessed, this has been the best Easter I've had in a *long* while.)

Wilek: Glad to hear you were able to overcome your ISP problems. I admit, that's a ... rather creative way of doing it. :)

DumlaoX: Forgot last night ... but please pass along my congratulations to Alison. :)

Romantic elements in stories: Heh ... to tell the truth ... writing romance is a guilty pleasure for me, really. I have the most enjoyable time writing when I'm writing about two people in love ... and I guess it shows: on a few occasions I've been told the best parts of my cycle have been scenes with Rosanna and Rain.
The point is, if you're enjoying writing the romance, then it'll show through in the finished product. You can tell that when writers wrote scenes with Goliath and Elisa, they *knew,* deep in the core of their being, that they were destined for one another. Mulder and Scully, on the other hand ... this seems more along the lines of goading from the fan base rather than a natural evolution of their working relationship. That's probably why it seems so fakey ... because when romantic scenes with Mulder and Scully are written, the writer *really* doesn't have their heart into it.

Pistoff: Yeah, but consider this ... how many customers have you had come in trying to prove that they're smarter than you are, only to be crushed humiliatingly? Unfortunately, none on my end yet, but it's possible any day.
The most fun I have, though, is when a moron comes up and needs a part for any kind of Big Three car built in the mid-'80s ... considering that this was the era when the companies used any and all parts available, in a quest to just get the cars produced fast. This is the main reason why, for instance, an '85 Buick will have one of *three* braking systems, all of which use different parts. These are situations that can make your head explode, if you're not used to it. :)

Fire Storm: I'd take it out of the pocket which has the information. Just because a pocket says "TAKE ONE" doesn't mean it'll be something useful. :)

Well, that's it for me. HAPPY EASTER!!

**bunnies reappear, now tossing around jelly beans and peeps. Coyote sits back in the big chair, massaging his temples.**

Ohhh buoy ... :)
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, April 4, 1999 08:12:19 PM
IP: modem58.i-is.com

Just wanted to say Happy Easter or whatever you celebrate. I'm watching all eight hours of Jesus of Nazareth right now.
SOROW
Sunday, April 4, 1999 07:57:55 PM
IP: usr1-dialup137.mix1.irving.cw.net

UN commentary> I find it ironic that I see so many Americans hating the UN when they're one of the few nations that have the power to veto any of UN's decisions. (the veto btw being one of the reasons the UN is so impotent)

And btw Sevarius Jr. > You are allowed to 'screw' the UN. Just try not to screw the Balkans.
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 07:42:23 PM
IP: athe530-d104.otenet.gr

forgot my pic!
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 07:18:46 PM
IP: spider-tr032.proxy.aol.com

Two questions:
Tim> 1. If I knew why they's be asking my uncle to do an sequal rather than making a great Garg movie, I'd give you a million bucks!
2. OHMYGAWD! are they really making a new movie for Gargoyles???????? *puts on a party hat doing a victory dance*

that's all.
^_^
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 07:17:35 PM
IP: spider-tr032.proxy.aol.com

Happy Easter Everybody!

SJ> <Screw the UN. They're overrated.> I would recommend that you not go into politics or join the military. You're starting to remind me of that crazy general, "Buck" Turgison In "Dr. Strangeglove".

And speaking of bombs...

Bronx W.> Why would Disney want to make a "101 Dalmations" sequal instead of a live action "Gargoyles" movie?

Sequals should only be made if their quality matches or exceeds the previous one (examples: Aliens, T2, Die Hard With A Vengeance). Instead we get films like Mortal Kombat Annihilation(sp?) and Escape From LA that do nothing but pacify the veiwers and get some more money out of us.

And if they can't think of any sequals, they'll remake the classics! Look what they did to the Shining! Two decades of advancements in special effects and they still couldn't top Kubrick's version of it.

My hope is that when the Gargoyles movie DOES get out, it will take up where the TV show left off and doesn't make it campy and slap it with a wussy "PG" rating. I'm also hoping that I'll be done with my film classes in time for the Gargs sequal;)

That's enought ranting for now. Bye!
Tim Phipps
Sunday, April 4, 1999 06:31:40 PM
IP: s3-onawa.pionet.net

Hey all Happy easter and passover to everyone. Just a short post for now.

Sevarius> Disney feels that Dalmations needs a sequal, I have no idea why but that's their feeling. I'm in agreement with you when it comes to leaving movies alone. But, se la vie i suppose.

Argent> Yes, when I say Carmen, I definetly do mean "Where in the world!" ^_^

Usa Voting Poll> We are kicking the tick's @$$
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 04:59:51 PM
IP: spider-tr062.proxy.aol.com

Fire Storm> I think USA Weekend has fixed their voting system so you can't vote twice in a row. This eliminates the 'bots. I'm not so sure they've fixed it so the same person can't vote on different days though, or even on the same day if enough people have voted in between. If you're curious you can use their "results so far" link before you vote, dismiss the results box, then vote. If you haven't voted before the vote count will have advanced by 1. If you've just voted, it won't. But our 2 votes both registered when we voted on separate days.

Menagerie is very good and everyone should read it. :-)
*****MENAGERIE SPOILER ALERT*****
It would be interesting to know how anyone could manage to catch a dragon. I hope they explain this in Part 2. Maybe it's a baby. Otherwise wouldn't they have to use magic to catch and hold it?...unless it let itself be caught on purpose and why would it do that? Interesting. If it's a baby it must have a mama.
I keep wondering about Sata's reaction to the gargoyle image carved into the sarcophagus. Maybe she sees herself and is wondering whether she's going to die in a strange land hundreds of years before she was born. Maybe she'll be assumed dead when the Phoenix Gate whisks her and Brooklyn away once again and then Melchior will carve her image into the sarcophagus. Maybe I'm making all this up as I go along.
Whatever. I'm looking forward to Part 2.
*****END SPOILER*****
Happy Easter (or whatever your holiday of choice is) everyone.
(Let's see what this image looks like.)
Jen - [jenniren@mindspring.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 01:44:14 PM
IP: user-2ivf49c.dialup.mindspring.com

(Jewel*D flies in, extremely hyper. She zips crazily around the room until Argent comes in with a basket of candy rabbits.)
"Jewel*D! Get down here!"
(Jewel*D lands and begins chattering imploringly.)
"No! You've had enough chocolate to supply Hershey Pennsylvania for a year already!"
(Jewel*D pretends to sulk as her trainer begins the post.)

ROBBY> Just as long as the TGS staff hasn't forgotten about the Guatemala Clan, I'm somewhat satisfied.
LONNY> Enslave dragons, huh? I would LOVE to see you try. (Jewel*D growls her agreement.)
BRONX WYVERN> Carmen Sandiego? As in 'Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego'?
FIRE> There's a pic of Sevarius in one of the Pendragon stories. I think it's the one where he creates the halflings.
KITANIA> Looks like we have another Pokemon convert! 0^_^0 (Pikachu smiley)
DEUCE> Was that Pokemon ep on the WB network?
DOUG, KITANIA, and WILEK> Why thank you! (Does the kick again just for the heck of it.)

Gwenyvere's mate> Who?
Any Dragon Ball Zers> I stumbled across a hilarious web site called 'The MSTing of Dragon Ball Z' a couple months ago. Anyone interested in the address?

Happy Easter and belated Passover!
(Candy rabbits of any flavor for everybody!)
(Jewel*D is still pouting. Argent sighs.)
"Oh alright you little begger. Here."
(Hands Jewel*D a white chocolate one and the pair exit.)

Gotta Jet!
(Five months 'till the new 'Dark Ages' eps!)
AND
(MLB starts on Tuesday!)
Argent
stable, USA
Sunday, April 4, 1999 11:49:49 AM
IP: dyn027-nas02.marietta.frognet.net

Happy Easter or Passover what ever yours is. I do not celebrate Easter because of my Pagan/Wicca religion
Lawrence Stone - [st1@bright.net]
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.a.
Sunday, April 4, 1999 11:04:53 AM
IP: chil-ras1-1-cs-3.dial.bright.net

Well, it looks like they fixed the USA Today voting to prevent multiple voters.

SJ: <About the UN> Damn Straight!

Pistoff: I am SO glad my customers arn't THAT freeking stupid!
OH! IF you saw a two-pocket pouch, the first and front one had information and was hard to reach, while the other more visable one had "TAKE ONE" on it, which one would you take?
Think carefully. Most customers do not get this one right.

New story is just about done. For a change, I thought I would put up a spoiler on it. Clickie my link to see it!
Fire Storm - [<--- For HOT gargoyle entertainment, click NOW!]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 04:10:51 AM
IP: t1-13.visitus.net

Damn, gotta go see The Matrix. Assuming I still have any money left by the time I finally have a day off ...

Stupid Customer Stories: Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!! I've got a million of these! I don't remember if I posted this one in the other CR or not, but it'll be new to the people here.

One night a woman called and wanted her bread sticks replaced, for free, because ... brace yourselves ... "When I turned them over and tapped them on the table, the sprinkles fell off!"

And here's a brand-spankin'-new one from this afternoon:

Customer: "How much is your cheese sticks?"
Me: "Single order is $2.99, family size is $5.79."
Customer: "Uh, hmm, okay ... well, how much is it?"

Okay, one more. There's a business a couple of blocks down the street from where I work. Usually they want pizzas delivered, but they always lock the door after they order, then they go into the back of the building somewhere, where they can't hear me pounding on the door. It's a family-owned business, and, I soon found out, stupidity is in their blood.

One day they called for a carryout. One of the guy's sons came and picked it up. He was another one of these people who can't remember the price of the pizza for more than five seconds. He'd also ordered a couple cans of Coke or something ... but when he picked up the pizza, he didn't take the Coke with him.

His little brother comes back a few minutes later. "You didn't give us our cola!"
Me: "You didn't pick it up."
Customer: "Pick it up where? There isn't any here ..."
Me (pointing): "It's in the cooler. Right next to you. The one you stared at for ten seconds when you walked in the door."
Customer: "Oh! Uh, what did we order?"

Ye gods! I found his order and told him, "A can of Coke and a can of Sprite."

He grabs a can of root beer and a can of orange soda and walks out. I shake my head and lean on the counter until the dizzyness wears off.

"My god!! The whole family is F--KIN' STUPID!! Fell out of a stupid tree and hit every friggin' branch!"

**bows** Thank you and good night!
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 01:29:51 AM
IP: wire-10.koalas.com

Caroylnn: That's odd, the link just worked for me...anyway, the address is www.blairwitch.com. Enjoy!
Sevarius Jr.
Sunday, April 4, 1999 01:02:19 AM
IP: 207-172-118-67.s67.tnt13.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Howdy, all! :D

Ah, the horrors of getting prepared for finals and the end of sophomore year ... I finally get in here ... *sighs* for five seconds, but better than nothin' :)

*throws unboiled Easter eggs all over th eplace :D* hahahahaaaaaa!!!

*real quick, gotta head over to the grandparents' tomorrow for Easter Sunday... whoopee!*

SEVARIUS JR.< THAT sounds like an AWESOME movie ... but the link won't work. Could you send me the web address? It looks like such a horror flick, me and my lil creativity demons are hopping around like nuts wanting to see more :)

*peace sign* Y'all have a great Easter, or I hope you had a great Passover *smiles* Eat lots! Sing much! Hugs, kisses, and rotten eggs all around! Yolk's on you! Hehehehehehe!!!

*runs out*
Carolynn Marie - [C4arobin@aol.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 12:35:49 AM
IP: spider-tl034.proxy.aol.com

No RP tonight, in honor of Wilek killing all the retards at his ISP. Hats off to you, my good man!

Ultra-Cool tidbit for all Buffy fans: Actor James Masters (whome we all know and love as Spike) will actually team up with the folks over at Dark Horse comics to do a Buffy comic book special. I assume he'd be writing or co-writing this, unless he's got some art skills we don't know of. Either way, it sounds cool!

Jewel: Hey, still here? If ya are, just wanted to let you know that a brand spankin' new Death "action figure" is coming to toy stores this month. It's not a doll, damnit!!!

Good Friday: I guess they call it that cause Christ died for all of our sins, so that even though he sacrificed his life, we all could live forever in eternity....either that, or Christians have a weird sense of humor.

Dumlao: Whoa, whoa, whoa, you SAW Jet Li? In person??? I bow down before you, sir! Jet is one of the best action stars of the Orient, and I'm glad he's getting some attention this side of the Pacific. I can't wait for Black Mask either, it looks great!

Deuce: I saw that episode! Pikachu is my favorite character, hands down!

Traveler: **SJ reads Traverler's dern-near-novel length post. Then he reads it again. He blinks twice** Traveler, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY FAMILY TREE?!?! I swear before God, if I grow a third eye or something, there will be hell to pay!!!!

Blues Brothers: "How much for the little girl?"
"I-I beg your pardon?"
"How much for the little girl? The-the women, I want to buy them. Your wife, your daughters, the little girl. Sell them to me. Sell me your children!!!!"
That is one of the funniest quotes in all of film.

So NATO broke UN charter: Ah, screw the UN. They're overrated as is.

Hey Everybody: I want to share a great movie site with you. Anyone ever hear of the Blair Witch Project? It's a brand new movie coming out this summer, and from the hype I'm hearing, it could be the most terrifying movie you'll ever see.
Here's the background: Three college students, a girl and two boys, go to the Black Hills Forest in Burkettsville, Maryland, to research the legend of the Blair Witch for a school project (timeline is late '94). They disappear without a trace. A search goes on for weeks and then months, to no avail. Finally, roughly a year later, an anthropological team discovers the film tapes of the group and one of the members' journal, burined under a 100 year old house, with no explanation as to how they got there. (sound creepy yet?). The film is reviewed (and apparently is being edited for the world to see), and it reportedly holds the only record of their last few days....and as I understand it, they experienced quite a few horrors in that time period.
I encourage everyone here to go to the movie's website at www.blairwitch.com (or just click on my name). There's also a link to the teaser trailer for the film over at www.aint-it-cool-news.com. The whole thing is played as a documentary, as in a real occurence. If it is real, then damn. If it isn't, it's pure film-making brilliance, cause all the footage is done among the three teens; it's like one big home movie, with no big production crews or directors, just the three kids, and you're right there with them as they experience the terror of the Black Hills Forest. The website has a much better mythology, and explains the truly eerie legend of the Blair Witch (which I really should research--if it really did occur in Maryland, that's not such a short trip from here in D.C). Just visiting and viewing the site gave me the heebie jeebies.
Go check out the site, and see the movie when it comes out. I've heard that the people who are fortunate enough to have seen it were scared out of their minds by it, it's *that* realistic. This isn't a hack-and-slash/gore/Scream clone, this is a truly terrifying masterpiece. I just had to share this with everyone, it's too wonderfully horrific to keep to myself! :)
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Sunday, April 4, 1999 12:11:16 AM
IP: 207-172-118-67.s67.tnt13.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

**LONG RP HERE- YOU ARE WARNED**

In the NORAD base, Tyl and Corax have just finished getting rid of all the viruses Erin sent them, and Tyl is done tracing her link. "I thought it was you, Sultuna Zoltana," he chuckles. "Here's a little payback." He proceeds to trash her server, ensuring that Gubio's girlfriend will not be able to get back online any time soon. "Okay, Corax, back to the launch codes!" "We have a problem, Tyl," the other hacker says. "This thing is running a training simulation, one of the viruses revealed it. Somebody knew we might be coming and duped us." "What?" Tyl growls. "T'angelo, you better have one of your men check the missiles!" "I'll take care of it," says Kharsus, grabbing a Geiger counter and waving at three of his Doppelgangers. "I think I know who must be behind this." The evil wizard opens a portal and he and the Doppels step through. "Damn whoever's playing with us," T'angelo growls. "Jerry, take the men and guard the entrance. If they break in, don't let the Ravens live." Kitainia's ex nods and runs off. "Tyl, Corax," T'angelo continues, "can you get us out of this runaround and back into the real launch program?" "Already done," Corax smirks. "It was so easy once the viruses ate the training sims and the transferred control. We'll be really launching within a few minutes. We just have to break through the real launch codes." The two evil super-hackers chuckle maniacally and go to work.

The screen switches to outside the NORAD base, where Shauna is shooting down enemy soldiers with her bow and arrows. From a watchtower above her, her gang member ex-boyfriend Bruce Johnson draws a bead on her back with a sniper rifle, cursing as his bullet misses Shauna by an inch. Shauna flips around and shoots an arrow into the tower, destroying its base in a roar of flame. The structure comes crashing down, Bruce landing at the feet of his ex-girlfriend, who raises her bow and points it at his face. "Shauna," Bruce whines. "Please. Remember, we had a good thing once." "It was never really a good thing," the Ravens' archer snaps back. "You used me, Bruce. The only reasons you dated me were for status and to get me in your gang. Right?" Bruce nods sheepishly, not being the kind to deny the truth. "We're enemies," Shauna sighs, "and we always will be. Goodbye, Bruce." She shoots him dead and turns away, going back to the fight. Kitainia, who was watching their conflict while dealing with her own, sighs and turns to make a CR post.

**PAUSE RP, BEGIN REACTIONS AND REPLIES**

Hi everyone! Should have come back sooner, glad I'm here now. Happy Easter to all!! Good news- our local arcade fixed its broken game. Bad news- the game's not that great. It's terrible. Oh well, I guess that's life. :(

Coyote: Glad you have a backup plan for the WCC pics. Hope it works, good luck with it and WCC. :) I look forward to seeing the results. Thanks also for updating your site with that cool new pic.

Batman Beyond was a rerun today- Golem. That was an ep Doug and I hadn't seen though, so a rerun was okay. The ep was about what we expected (judging by our reactions to it in here, and the synopsis Todd e-mailed Doug) but still kinda good. We also watched our first episode of Pokemon after it, I've decided I kinda like that show.

Zath: Cool pic. Thanks for showing it to us. <grin>

Herculoids: I also remember this show. It was pretty cool, especially when they crossed over with Space Ghost.

Balkan War: Not going to comment on this. I just hope it ends soon, for the refugees' sake. And of course that it ends with Milosevic out of power. If we end up doing that, I'll be in full support of America's efforts. Right now, it doesn't look like we will, so my support isn't entirely for sure.

Universal Soldier 2: Ack, why are they reviving such a boring cliched movie? The first one sucked, even for a van Damme vehicle. <sighs> Oh well, guess I can deal with it. I just hope Goldberg can act.

Tim: You made some very profound statements for the school newspaper. Thanks for sharing them with us, IMO they're good advice about life.

Jaden: Have fun in Japan, and if you see them, make sure to tell Vinnie and the Ishimura Clan hi for us. :)

Wilek: $ Hope your computer problems end soon, so you can RP again and spend more time in here. As for Thailog, we still don't know what we'll eventually do with him, but it will probably be what you said. And for that period this summer when you won't be on, we'll deal with it when the time comes. Hope it coincides with the Gathering, when the RP will probably be suspended anyway. <grin> $

Brianna: Thanks for the Sailor Moon synopsis, I was wondering how that series ended. Serena and Darien did eventually get together, right?

Best TD moments: I agree with SOROW, the best moments in TD are when Brooklyn and Sata share their love. Just like it is with Goliath and Elisa in Gargs. Funny, isn't it? In a great show like Gargoyles we appreciate and like to see romance, while in other shows such as X-Files we detest the mere mention of lead-character romance even coming up. Guess it's a difference in how well the material is written, huh? :) Anyone else have thoughts on this to share?

Sevarius's Background: I too am curious about this. The good doctor is one of my favorite characters on Gargoyles, and my favorite mad scientist of all time. It would be very interesting to see where his motivations come from, especially his gleeful use of cliches.

TRC: You're welcome for the welcome. As for trashing DC, why don't you do it for your e-mail problems (which Doug and I assume you're still having, as he hasn't gotten your feedback yet)? That might be more fun. Enjoy hurting him for whatever reason, though. <grin> $ As for your RP question, it's a little bit plans and a little bit creativity. Right now we are doing a lot of stuff involving NORAD, and our next planned destinations are Washington, Area 51-A, and the Lower Planes (where we're going to try and cut Thailog's weapon supply lines while killing Deavik, Gothmenes, and their demonic hordes). We'll eventually find and head for Thailog's secret base, but that's going to take a while. You and everyone are free to plan and add in ideas whenever you like, just please send them by e-mail if you want to make sure they'll work with all our plans (so we don't spoil any major surprises). I also hope Traveler doesn't throw too many more wrenches into the works along the way. :) $

Bronx: Thanks for sharing the script news. Doug and I look forward to seeing Carmen Sandiego, although the Dalmatians film is one we will definitely skip. (No offense to your uncle, of course.)

Black Mask: Doug and I may also be checking out this movie, if only because the previews make it look really neat.

Congrats to Alison on her college acceptance. And continued good luck to her and DumlaoX.

Traveler: Good to see you back here again. Doug looks forward to receiving your feedback and hopes he gets it soon. He wants you and all his fans to know he's almost done with Slayer Senshi (three to five scenes remain).

$ As for Kharsus, well, let's just say he's an evil wizard who's very powerful and knows lots of stuff, perhaps he's heard of you somewhere. He does have some connections to the gov't and the Illuminati, maybe that could be where you two have come into conflict before. Feel free to write y'all's past if you want. But don't kill the guy anytime soon, please. Doug and I have a lot of plans for battling him. As for what you did in the RP last post, interesting stuff. Although I am starting to think your RP character is WAY too insane, powerful, and chaotic. I could go into detail about why, but I'm sure everyone in here already knows my reasons, right? Anyway, what you did had really disrupted a lot of our plans for NORAD, and possibly Wilek's, too. (Funny how you keep doing this, isn't it? <grin>) So I hope you don't take offense at how we're going to fix things so they do actually threaten the world. We want them to launch the missile, Traveler, we want to create suspense! The RP would not be a good story if we have the bad guys do a lot of bad things that appear to really endanger the planet at first, and then it turns out they never could have threatened anyone because <loud deep creepy voice> "Traveler the Great and Powerful" has all this time known of their plans and put his own into action to stop them before they could even do anything! <back to normal voice> Sorry if I sound mad here, but I am. Do you realize what your RP character is doing just by sweeping in and doing all the things he is? From a certain point of view, he is making everything we all do, both us good guys and the bad guys seem like nothing! He makes it seem like we can just sit back and let him take over, like we might as well not tell the rest of the RP story because with "Traveler, the great and powerful," on our side (if he is on our side) we've pretty much already won. That is just not right. It's not what we want to do here, right? We want to tell a good dramatic story with character development and plots that actually make the reader want to read the tale, one that will not be ruined by some psychotic combination of Dave, Bob, Brian, Nitro, and BA (from Knights of the Dinner Table, an excellent comic) sweeping in and doing everything for us. Your chaos does make things interesting, but there comes a time when for the sake of the rest of us, you must stop it going so far. Do you see my point here? I hope so, because I don't know how to make it more clear to you. We want to play a role in stopping the bad guys as much as you do, Traveler, and we want to have fun. Please tone down your character and his antics so we can keep on doing that, okay? Thanks, sorry if I've offended you. For the record, I do like what you've been doing lately, and the way Doug and I have to think creatively to deal with it. <grin> Go ahead and send Shallow Mouth on his rampage, but please try not to disrupt our plans in the process. And please don't have him stop the launch (we have a plan for stopping it that will be cooler and build a lot of suspense) or take out Tyl, Corax, Kharsus, or Jerry. We have plans for all these guys, especially the last. The gang leader T'angelo, his goons, and the Doppelgangers are fair game. Also, please don't mess Sevarius or the Borg up too much. See above for the reasons, and also let me add that doing what Doug and I think you're planning with either of them will (IMO) make your character way too powerful and may have consequences beyond your control. Traveler, please tone down your character's power and chaos. Right now I honestly think that guys like you are what give us RP-lovers such a bad name. $
(Rant over, back to replies.)

Voting: Glad we have a high percentage. Hope we win. Everyone should definitely go and vote if they haven't already. Also be sure to check out the very good comments on the poll by Dr. Will, they will teach you many neat things about the cartoons and about life.

10 Things I Hate About You: Doug and I saw that, pretty good movie. I liked how it was a modern-day adaptation of Taming of the Shrew. Wonder how many more modern-day Shakespeares we'll see in weeks to come. <grin>

Hmm, I think I've said all I came to say. <shrugs> Okay, then. Good night everyone and don't forget to set your clocks!!

**BACK TO THE RP**

Kitainia turns and runs to the main gates into NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain bunker which Doug, Jammer, and a few others have managed to reach, in the process breaking through the line of enemy defenders. Cursing at the fact that the bad guys have sealed off the mountain, Jammer places several charges of plastic explosive on the closed gates and sets them off. He curses again as they do very little damage. "Damn it, Doug, that was my best explosive!" Jammer raves. "Why did they have to build the place so well? At this rate, we'll never get into NORAD." "Try this," says DX, handing him a small package. "It's the latest in antimatter implosion devices." "Cool," Jammer grins, taking the offered bomb. "Jammer, hurry!" Doug shouts, noticing that a few of the mountain's missile silos are opening. The good guys try to shoot at the missiles inside, but their projectiles bounce off magical shields covering the tops. "Get us in there!" Kitainia yells. "We have to stop this launch from the inside!" Jammer nods and sets the explosive. leaping out of range as it goes off, destroying the NORAD entrance gates. Instantly a stream of machine gun and rifle fire comes from inside the mountain, the Ravens scrambling to dodge as Jerry and the gang members shoot.

Inside NORAD's main control room, Tyl, Corax, and T'angelo share a maniacal laugh as having broken through the launch code system once and for all, the evil hackers aim their missiles at St. Petersburg, Marseilles, Baghdad, Belgrade (the capital of Yugoslavia), and Hong Kong. "If this doesn't start World War 3," Tyl chuckles, "nothing will." He presses an intercom. "Kharsus, do we have ready nukes?" "We do," the evil wizard replies happily. "Somebody switched our missiles with dummies, but I summoned our supplier and he replaced them with the real thing." "Good," says T'angelo. "Let's start the countdown." Corax presses a button and does so. "10...9...8...7...6...5..." The screen chooses this moment to go blank.

**WITH SUSPENSE BUILDING FOR A CLIFFHANGER THAT WILL BE RESOLVED IN DOUG'S NEXT POST, WE FOR NOW END THE RP**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@yahoo.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 11:47:29 PM
IP: dal-qbu-zoi-vty33.as.wcom.net

Since there's a sudden interest in Gold Digger, here's a page all about it...
Robby
Saturday, April 3, 1999 11:40:10 PM
IP: spider-te042.proxy.aol.com

[runs in screaming her lungs off]

CLICK MY NAME AND VOTE FOR GARGOYLES!!! NOW!!!!!!! BEAT THE TICK!!!!!!!!!!

[runs out laughing maniacally]
Demona Taina - [<<<VOTE!!!]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Saturday, April 3, 1999 11:26:21 PM
IP: 209.91.207.186

**FORGET MR. DISCONNECT, I'M KILLIN' EVERY STINKING CRACKHEAD AT MY WHOLE STUPID ISP. IT'S A GOOD THING MY PART OF THE RP IS IN A BIT OF A LULL, SO I HAVE TIME. BESIDES, I'VE BEEN RUNNING AT 9600 BPS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THIS HAS TO END.**

[Wilek sends an e-mail to the staff of his ISP, cleverly altering the headers so it looks like it's from another member of the staff. The subject: "FREE POT AT THE ABANDONED WAREHOUSE ON 5TH AND MAIN!" The entire staff of the ISP, including Mr. Disconnect, rushes to the warehouse in question. When they get there and find a decided lack of marijuana, they become confused. That's when a giant hologram of Wilek appears. "Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. You're probably wondering why I've lured you here. It's because you are unworthy of running an Internet service. Your headquarters is even now being assimilated by the Borg Collective, who I *know* would make the perfect Internet service provider. You are therefore expendable." These ppl have heard horror stories about Wilek from Mr. Disconnect, so they have an idea of what they're in for. They try to get out through the doors, but they're now sealed. They try to break out the windows, but they've been replaced with unbreakable transparisteel. They know they're about to die. Several hundred dre'kketh (xenomorph) eggs are beamed into the room. Wilek: "Have fun." The eggs, sensing prey, hatch and disgorge facehuggers into the crowd. After a while, everyone, including Mr. Disconnect, is implanted with dre'kketh larvae. Wilek: "Have a nice day...because it's your last!" Wilek laughs maniacally as he deactivates the hologram.]

**WILL I HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN LATER?**

DumlaoX> Give Alison my congratulations! :D

Fire> Um...I think there are some Sevarius pics in the TGS gallery, although they're fan art. And I think there's one in the main CR...

Thomas Revor> If I haven't said it already, happy birthday! :D (Wow, *another* birthday...)

Traveler> $Interesting you should mention Borg dinosaurs, I myself have several Borg raptors. And...um...give my apologies to CC...<shudder>$ <<Ninja leprachons(sp?)in Soviet Tanks and battle armor chaseing two female Indiana Jones types from a local supermarket>> ROTFLMTO! <<For castle defence, why doesn't Xanatos install some very large iron bells in his belfrey?>> Three words: Puck and Alex. They have to have *some* vulnerability to iron. Um...transparent aluminum is REAL?! OK...

Coyote> <<did you ever get the whole MegaMix to load?>> Despite my ISP's best efforts, yes.

Well, happy Easter or Passover or whatever it is you all celebrate.
Wilek Nereus, Incarnation Of Rage
Saturday, April 3, 1999 11:02:15 PM
IP: tnt-1-74-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

*Arianna appears randomly.*
Hi, all. This is just a short post today.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it. Happy Passover to all who celebrate it.

My ENTIRE family is getting together tomorrow at my grandmother's house. It should be fun...I get to see my cousins again! (With the exception of two of them, they are all older than me, and I rarely see them anymore, except on holidays.) Everyone have a safe and happy holiday.

Later!
*Arianna melts into the shadows.*
Lady Arianna of Annwn
Saturday, April 3, 1999 10:14:11 PM
IP: chi-qbu-nvm-vty31.as.wcom.net

Only a few more hours and I can eat chocolate again. YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Sorry :) If anyone hasn't seen The Matrix yet, do! It kicks ***! And I also recommend seeing 10 Things I Hate About You, it's very charming. I hope everyone has a very wonderful Easter tomorrow. I have to go eat at my grandmother's :( But I'll make the best of it. OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Saturday, April 3, 1999 09:50:47 PM
IP: usr2-dialup133.mix1.irving.cw.net

**enters the room, sees the walls covered in blood from the various DC killings over the past couple of days, shrugs and replaces the candle.**

Hmm ... someone's been redecorating. :) **sits in huge comfy chair**

Zath: **scratches head** Uhmm ... okay.

Kyryn: Rat with a hernia? Don't you teach your pets proper bench-press technique? :) j/k
Oh ... and may the best team in red win tomorrow. :)

GCM MegaMix/updates: Thanks everyone for the comments. (Cyrway: Glad ya liked the placement of the pic. :) BTW, Wilek: did you ever get the whole MegaMix to load? If you didn't, I can send you the last part of it.

Pistoff: Don't worry about the other room, it'll blow over eventually. In the meantime, feel free to jump in on our insanity for your daily fix. :)

The Matrix: I am going to see this movie TOMORROW!! :)

SJ, re: American Pie: Someone told me what happens in that preview. Sick and wrong ... but funnier than hell! :)

Jonathan: Actually, I got it out of "Flight of the Intruder," it was a phrase used by New Guy.

Tim Phipps: Heh ... if you think that's bad ... you should see some of the absolute *morons* that come into the store I work at (an auto parts store). For example ... man comes in looking for front brake pads for his Mustang. I ask him if he has front disc/rear drum brakes or four wheel disc brakes. He says, "yeah, I want the front."
Me: "No, do you have front discs?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "Okay, do you have discs or drums on the rear?"
Him: "I don't want rears, I want front."
Me: "No, do you *have* discs on the rear, too?"
Him: "No, I have drums. What are ya, stupid?"
Me: **throttles customer**

Well, it didn't exactly end like that, but you get the point. :)

Christine: Almost have my AvMists submission ready! :)

Traveler: Right now I'm organizing everything along the timeline. That's the time consuming part. :)

**sits back in the comfy chair** Boy, these early spring Saturdays wipe a guy out. **puts head back, closes eyes, and catches a catnap**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Saturday, April 3, 1999 09:36:03 PM
IP: modem54.i-is.com

Robby - The current score over at the USA poll is 83.1 percent for GARGOYLES to 16.9 percent for THE TICK out of 1502 votes.

As for the voting itself, the site seems to have been completely remodeled. After you sent your vote a seperate window with the percentages listed pops up instead of how it was done for the last few month's. So it might be that your vote is getting through, it's just that you haven't noticed it yet.
Airwalker
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, April 3, 1999 09:29:51 PM
IP: 218.new-york-20-25rs.ny.dial-access.att.net

Hmm, later tonight I'll be watching the Rocky Horror Picture show and Akira at the same time! Talk about your interesting mixes...

Hmm, not too much to talk about, its been a slow day aside from the infamous Traveler post...

Fluer- Now that I think about it, I can't get that "Roogy" typo out of my head... And now I find myself humming, "Roogy roogy roo, where are you..."

USA voting- They aren't letting me vote for some reason. Whats the current score?

Deuce- With any luck, my name will send you to the animaniacs site mentioned earlier, with lyrics to EVERY song in the series. ANd every site they link to is worth checking out as well. You can learn useless facts like what kind of accent Pinky has!

Gold Digger- Traveler... Gold Digger is published by a small San Antonio based company named Antarctic Press. (So small, they only have seven people working there! Total!) Every issue of any given comic, including Gold Digger, Ninja High School, and up to a few months ago, Robotech, is only published in editions of 5,000 or so, so yeah, you probably need to order it. But it is SOOOO worth it. Gold Digger is _THE_ best comic on the market today, even for a black and white. (ANd its going color in June!) Where else can you find something that is a cross between Thundercats, Dragonball, Scooby Doo, Gargoyles, anime art style, a bunch of random craziness, Indiana Jones, Gen-13, anthromorphs, werewolves, bazooka armed leprechans, magic, martial arts, wedgies, semi-frequent shower scenes, a time traveling mutt named Mr. Peachbody bent on taking over the world, and a flippin' GREAT sense of humor, along with great stories, villains, and characters? Ya just can't... I stand by this book 110 percent. If I could only get one title a month, it would be Gold Digger. Yes, I value this comic over Sonic the Hedgehog! That should say something...

Also, a fractured fairy tale comes from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Robby
Saturday, April 3, 1999 08:49:48 PM
IP: spider-we022.proxy.aol.com

****WARNING: RP ALERT!!!!!! TRAVELER AND JADEN'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE PART: III****

Time/Place: mid 1940's, American hospital parking lot, 11:55pm. (Sorry guys, since there's no clear consensious on his origins, I'm gonna say he's American born, European educated to account for the accent.)
Scene: In the parking lot a bright flash goes unseen as a DMC suddentaly appears out of nowhere and two VERY strange figures exit from the car. Jaden: So...what are we doing here? Whenever and wherever "here" is... Traveler: The time period my furry friend, is mid 1940's America. So what ever you do DO NOT even start humming Du Hast because teh German's arn't exactally high on everybody's "My favorite people" list right now. As for the why....know how SJ's dad is such a ..."slippery" character? Tonight's the night he's born....and we're going to do a few....alteration's to him. Jaden: All ready I don't like this, but seeing as how *YOU'RE* doing it to a future crazy scientist, and I'm not to fond of them for obvioious reasons *gestures to himself*... I'll go along with this. Although I hope SJ Jr. does'nt mind to much when he finds out. Traveler: Yes well, altering his father's, and consequentally HIS DNA structure by splicing in a passive location sequence....NAAAAAAA I don't think he'll mind, it'll only increace the risk of spontainious mutation by 5% over the course of his life time. *hehehehhehe* Jaden: You're sick, you DO know that...right? I mean you really need to get some counciling or something. Traveler: I tried that once just to see what it was like...it's funny after my session was over, the guy just left the office, got in his car, and kept driving....right off the edge of the cliff. Then SPLAT!!! It was cool. Jaden*slaps hand to head*: Why did I even ask? Anyway, what do you need me to do this time? Traveler: Why, distract security of course!!! Whilst I am off to the newborn's ward...to play tinker toys with a certain future crazy scientist's DNA.... <<20 minutes later>> *both are running to the DMC with armed guards after them in the distance.* Jaden: GET US OUT OF HERE!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH A .45 ROUND FROM A "TOMMY" GUN STINGS???!!!! *both hop into the time machine and take off* Traveler: Yea, yea, yea... all right we're outa' here!!! *MMUUUHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!* Next stop, Las Vegas, 20 minutes before origional departure time. You want a Slurpee? Scene fades out.

****END OF RP....AND TRAVELER AND JADEN'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE...OR IS IT??? MUUUUAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!****

"Growing conspiricy, myself is after me...frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling, frayed ends of sanity...hear them calling, hear-them-calling-ME...hahahahaha" BOO-GAH!!! BOO-GAH!!! BOO-GAH!!!!! I'M BACK (yet again)!!!! AND I'M ON BREAK!!!!!! WWHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! That's right Doug, you'll be getting your fanfic reviews soon.>:)) As for my new e-mail address, well those bast@rds at NetAddress had the great idea to start charging for pop server access. So I've gone to one of my back-up accounts. Geocities is kind enough to offer pop access e-mail account along with your free web page homestead space. The other account is still active, however I will not be checking it as often. My new address fro the sake of repeating myself is "traveler45@geocities.com" Now, on to the insanity!

>Carolynn Marie- HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

>Thomas Revor- HAPPY (somewhat belated) BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

>Missile Inscription(s)- "From: The Great Satan To: You Commie Bast#%@s", "Having second thoughts?"

>American Gothic- Oh yes, twisted show, I liked it. Although.... just WHAT WAS the deal with all the "stuff" that "happened" in that town? Was Lucas Buck the Devil...or some incarnation of him or something? And Damn those fake southern accents were annoying.

>Christine- HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY!!!! <<Taleweaver > while I missed whatever the original puppy thing was, wouldn't it be funny to see the Weird Sisters doing the "three little maids from school" number?>> My name is: TRAVELER you have me confused with TALEWEAVER And yes...It would be quite amusing(sp?). As for Dark Beauty....Thank you sooooo much for posting that. The bit about <<Eddie and Trent had also provided all the Doritos and Pepsi he could take, and in the short time it took for the van to arrive, he learned more about gamer geeks than he'd ever wanted to know. Apparently, it was like a law or something that they were all big fans of Star Trek and able to quote verbatim from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail.">> had me ROTFLMAO.>:)) I really hope you don't end up killing off the "Ventura" chracter anytime soon, I see posibilites.... p.s.- How's Dark Beauty Part: II comming along?>:))

>The Tea Party- HA!!! See, Stormy has heard of them!!! This proves that I'm not completely crazy....then again....there was that incident with the blender....

>Doug- <<I wonder why Guod's Borg were going after dino DNA. Did that happen before or after our current situation? (Need to know, so I can see if my team will have to be fighting Borg-dinos any time soon.>> After. You may introduce them into the RP at any time, I have no special intoduction plans for them at the moment. Mutate them or just assimilate straight raptor clones, whatever you wish. Perhaps a mix as in Turok: Dinosaur Hunter... Just had a creativity demon and there they were...besides, aren't you getting tired of the same old human type Borg drones? These might liven the action up a little. <<"Should we open it?" "DO NOT!" Kharsus yells, looking at the label. "I know this handwriting. It's that of our greatest enemy." "You mean Satan?" Jerry asks. "No," says the evil wizard. "Someone even worse, someone that I've had a lot of conflict with in the past, someone I know all too well. Traveler.">> This was good, I was LMAO when I read the "worse that Satan" part.>:)) Although I don't seem to remember Kharsus...perhaps someone I've forgotten to smite? Doubtful, but if that's what he wants...>=]

>Army of Darkness- The movie with the ultimate cheeze factor. This is the one that all other's are judged by. A must see.

>Stormy- <<(Ok, so she showed up in my head with a duffel bag asking for a place to stay)>> I hate it when that happens. Only with me it's ideas, usually one's somehow involving designs for weapons of mass/minor destruction.>:)) Ahhh...so you HAVE heard of them....but aren't fond of them. Oh well, are music collections agree on one thing...METAL FOREVER!!!!>:)) Oh and are you and Cyrway trying to somewhat merge you two universes?

>Mary Flanders- <<My second fic will be very interesting as well. A sweet love story called "Memories". :) Hope you'll like that one too!>> To quote Mulder "Bring it on.">:))

>Gold Digger- Dammit, I first heard about this "book" from here. I mean once you hear the key phrase words "Ninja leprachons(sp?)in Soviet Tanks and battle armor chaseing two female Indiana Jones types from a local supermarket and around town...as the premise for one of the issues" for a comic, how can you NOT investigate? But apparentaly none of the local comic shops carry it.>:( So it looks like if I want a copy, I'm going to have to order it, and I am THE procrastinator so chances of that happening any time soon are nil.>:| Although I may be going to NJ next week...

>Jewel- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Ding Dong the King is dead!!!!! WWHHHEEEEEEEE!!!! "The King is gone but not forgotten, this is the tale of the Johnny Rotten..." -Neil Young I take it that with this part of your series you have just opened up one mighty big can o' whoop ass? *hehehehehe* (Needless to say I loved this part of your Apokolipse(sp?) series.>:))

>Sevarius Jr.- <<I gotta iron boot waiting to part your royal cheeks, Oberon.>> Ummm....yea you do that SJ....I'll have the camera ready....and the double use self-destruct warp gate...

>Wilek Nereus- <<$Hm, so CC is a humanoid who can talk
now?>> Not just any type of humnoid, CC: I'M PART RAPTOR!!! REMEMBER THAT OR I'LL RIP OUT YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS AND FEAST ON THEM FOR BREAKFAST!!!! Traveler: Down CC, down... CC: Stop that. <<You're odd, you know that? <g>$>> You may be surprised, but you're not the first person to inform me of this.>:)) <<I've never seen any Monty Python movies.>> You poor deprived soul. Go out and rent that movie!!! You don't know what you're missing!!!!

>Cyrway- AACCCKKKK!!! She's back!! Run for the hills (Damnit, now you've got me saying that) before her characters start to show up and make posts independant of her control!!!!! *looks at pic of old man Chaos.* Hmmm...so that's where the beak comes from....nice tatoo thingy. Funny, I always thought the "mulitple mates of Brooklyn meeting each other in the same universe" caused either a collapse of that dimention or the mother of all catfight's (which in itself could cause the collapse).>:)) Are you and Stormy trying to somewhat merge your two universes? Caligo's been turned into a cat? when did this happen? <<THE RETURN OF GARGOYLES> Well, if it does come back...I'd be happy all right...especially when they get smart and hire me, Whitless, and Stormy on the writing team...hmmm...anyone see a TV-14 FV in the corner?>> TV-14???!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're underestimating yourself and the rest of the writing staff.>:)) *looks at pic of Akira* Ahhh...so that's what Ed's bro looks like. <<just bought a special edition of Hawkwind's Quark, Strangness, and Charm>> Interesting title, seeing as how Quark, Strange, and Charm are the names of some sub-atomic particals.... <<LUC: Call up the Colby College station to volunteer a two hour Thursday night radio show. CYRWAY: And what is our evil plan? LUC: To convert all who live in the Waterville Area into Hawkwind fanatics.>> If they let you do this...well...the phrase "Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do...">:)) *MMMUUUUUUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!*

****WARNING: GARGOYLES/PENDRAGON AND TIMEDANCER EPISODE SPOILERS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.****

>The Waiting Game- Good, very good, an episode to focus on the Cold Duo, make them seem less like background characters. Interesting that Madoc did'nt know about any of the Cold Trio, seeing as how the hafling hackers from earlier in the season DID get away with a good deal of information from Xanatos's data banks. And I'll just go ahead and say what everyone else is saying about the gathering episode just carry it over to TGS: For castle defence, why doesn't Xanatos install some very large iron bells in his belfrey? *heheheheheh* And is it just me or are the halflings continuing to mutate?

>Menagerie Part: I (A.K.A. Gargoyles, Dragons and Yeti oh-my.>:) - Oh-no, not another mutliparter...I say this because the suspense from these drives me toward the full blown flaming wack-a-loon brand of insanity.>:][ But their GOOD reading.>:)) Again I ask, is it just me or.....has Brooklyn been acting like an a$$hole in the last few TD episodes? I don't know who said that the flying horse could have been a fey science project, but when I read that I was ROTFLMAO.>:)) THE DRAGON!!!! THE DRAGON!!! THE DRAGON!!!!! CC: Would somebody please stop him from doing that? *an anvil appears from nowhere and crushes Traveler.* CC: Thank you. Traveler: Ouch. *Realizes he's just written CC into the CR post outside of and not concerning the RP* Oh crap, it begins.... Anyway back to the TD episode... I'm guessing that the dragon we were shown is either very young or a different kind of dragon than the Dragon King and his daughter. Otherwise he/she (I'm not sure it was said which gender it was) could have easily broken out from the cage and leveled that city. BTW, is anyone else getting the feeling that this is going to be longer than a two parter? Buried alive (well, sort of) in a sandstorm, Ooooooh...you guys are bad. Drowning in sand...eeeeeee. I wonder what other creatures the Calif(sp?) has....

****END OF GARGOYLES/PENDRAGON AND TIMEDANCER EPISODE SPOILERS. IT IS SAFE TO BEGIN PARTAKING OF MY INSANITY AGAIN. WEATHER OR NOT THAT'S A GOOD THING.....****

>Sevarious Jr.- <<Weird News-bit about Sci-Fi becoming Sci-Reality:>> I've got one!!! I've got one!!! A few months ago I read in a issue of...hmmmm..was it Popular Mechaics or Popular Science? But anyway, the Army's materials science divison figured out how to make TRANSPARENT ALUMINUM. Right now they're trying to figure out how to mass proudce it in largh sheets. Now does anyone remember Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home? The formula for what material was used by Scotty to pay for the large plexi-glass sheets they needed?........... That is correct sir!!! *hehehehehe*

>Coyote the Bando- Ummm....just to make sure, you do know that along with the description I sent you for my character Traveler in the WCC, a more detailed blueprint of how he/I would act is what we've been doing in the CR RP. BTW, how is the nightmare that writing WCC must be, coming along?

>The Rolling Calf- Long time no post. Glad to see you back in the RP. Ooooooo....another Void Density Core?>:)) <<No could'nt do that could we , have the locals taking up space on the beach that we can be paid for. Note the irritation.>> Well now that just sucks.>:(

>Alternate personality(s)- Ummm....what's a personality?>:))

>Spinach- There's only one way to eat the stuff. When it's prepared in a dish called spanikopita. Mmmm...Mmmm...good.

>"Sunscreen" non-song- Ha! Ha! They aren't playing it here!!!>:))

>Blue Caeru- <<Some athletes take drugs to enhance their natural abilities - what about intellectuals?>> Our mental stability slowly deteriorates(sp?) until we have either a nervious breakdown, or....well....lets just say the ATF and FBI, and depending on the fields of study the person is involved in, the FCC and or the CDC get involved REALLY FAST. *heheheheheheheheheheehehehehe* They'll never take me alive.... <<Salvete! Today I played "Area 51" for so long that my arms started to ache.>> I've beaten that arcade game several times. I became so good in fact, that I only needed about $3.50 in quaters to beat the game...

>Brianna- Checked out your little nook o' art courtesy of Al. Nice......you did the TD family quite well. I see you also have a thing for 'raptors. CC: I like her. Traveler: You're just saying that because she likes drawing your species. CC: Your point?

>DumlaoX- <<Hopefully I can find a way to make my PC printers talk to Macs.>> You might try a magazine site called Mac Addict (http://www.macaddict.com/). If you can't find anything there, find a Mac Zealot, they'll more than likely have what your looking for right on their harddrive. Wait a minute...YOU SAW JET LI IN PERSON???!!!! That guy can move!!! <<ANNOUNCEMENT-- Attention all who are interested. Yesterday I found out the most exciting news. The love of my life, the person whom I cherish the most, thw one who means the world to me, Alison Wilgus, was accepted to NYU. YAY!!!>> That is indeed a cause for celebration. Give her our reguards.

>Gwenyvere's mate- Ummm....OK, what did I miss? Who's Gwenyvere, and what does she have to do with TGS?

>The Matrix- "...there is no spoon..." Words to live by.>:) (In other words: SEE THIS FREAK'N MOVIE!!!!) Oh, and I didn't think the ending was THAT bad...

>Zath- Brooklyn...with a sock puppet. Lemme guess, you were so board, one moment you were in class or something, the next, you find youself in that "strange place" in your subcouncious mind.>:))

>Aaron- <<Proof that Hollywood has lost it's marbles.>> You needed proof?

>Gabriel- First, welcome back. Now on to the points you brought up about the "conflict" in Yugoslavia. <<It won’t help the people living there.>> In the Kosovo region, the population is/was 90% ethnic Albanian before Milosevic decided it would be a really good idea to "cleanse" the area of them. In part because of a 400 year old feud. Please. You'd think after the whole ordeal with Serbia he'd have better things to do, like re-building the damaged parts of his country for one. I mean he's got "SS" style para-military units running around razing towns to the ground. However, I do agree that we should not have started bombing when we did if at all (what ever happened to all those trade embargos the UN likes so much that accomplish so little?). The airstrikes have just given them the cover of confusion that they needed to get away with the stuff their pulling now. So indeed by starting the air strikes, we worsened the situation of the people of Kosovo who are now fleeing the country altogether. What NATO SHOULD have done was instead of pulling out the observation teams from the Kosovo area (which in-part were peventing this slaughter from happening because nobody likes to be caught with their hand in the cookie jar if you know what I mean), they should have SENT IN ground troops as a "peace keeping force" like the Albanians wanted in the first place. THEN had Milosevic not agreed to the peace accord (like he did anyway), when the bombing started (after a prolonged period of economic and trade embargos that do very little except harm the civilians we were tring to help one way or another in the first place by getting that animal out of office, who now hate the US and the rest of the UN with a passion.) in Yugoslavia he could not have sent his troops into Kosovo to clean out the albanians without heavy losses. <<If the NATO, or should I say USA, write in big letters humanity over this operation it really annoyes me that they pay more for airplanes and bombs as for relief organizations.>> I partially agree with you here...the situation is so royaly screwed up that you you can't wave the human rights banner all over this one. In my opinion, the only reason we (the US) is so involved in this is because we were already there putting a stop to the other little war Milosevic was involved in not so long ago (remember Bosnia anyone?). We (the US) had been the country mainly responsible for brokering the Dayton(sp?) peace accords between those two. So after that, I guess when Milosevic turned around and started pulling this crap in Kosovo, and refeused to even acknowledge what he was doing, well that was the last straw. You see, I have a theory about why most countries do what they do. It goes something like..."The public and private actions of almost any country can essentially be broken down to the physical and emotional responses of a two year old human child." As for paying more for airplanes and bombs than for relief organizations... Well yes, I've always found that particulary disgusting that we (the US) have payed FAR MORE for ONE B-2 bomber than we give in funding for CANCER research EACH YEAR. However, you must remember that for the last 50 years the US has been preparing to fight a war against the now defunct Soviet Union which would have left the ENTIRE PLANET nothing more than a burning cinder. That kind of mega-death doesn't come cheep. Look at Russia, it caused the collapse of their economy and a coup that turned it from a commmuinst state into some struggling form of Democracy/Republic/somthing-or-other. (BTW, never underestmate the quality of most of military equipment. Example: The Su-27 most likely has better flight chacteristics than an F-15 or F16, and yet is built so ruggedly that literaly a farm boy with a screw driver and a hammer could preform most of the matinence and repairs on the thing. The only place where it's lacking is the electronics such as Radar, flight control systems, targeting systems, etc... but those are all easily upgradeable. Yes if combined with western tecnology, the SU-27 may be the perfect fighter aircraft. At least until the F-22 enters service...but even then...)

<<2. The NATO has broken law with its action. After international right only the UN-court has the right to decide about such a war after the UN-Charta and everyone knows that the NATO hadn’t the UN agreemenr.>> I can't disagree with you there, NATO has broken the UN charter laws. However when you have an international military force that can't do any thing because ONE country on the security council votes NO, well I think you can see how that would tend to agravate the military commanders that ARE ALREADY THERE to no end. <<The second case is if the country, Yugoslavia, attacks another country. This took on no account place, because it was a innerpolitical-conflict.>> There is a difference between a Civil War and slaughtering civilians because of their ancestrial background. <<Clinton has reasoned this war with the maintenance of the peace in europe. This is pure hipocrisy, because now is war in europe and now are dying thousends of people without any guilt. Besides why is the USA interested in europe?>> It is not hipocracy. It is a shining example of the old saying: "The road to Hell is paved with the best of intentions." As for why the USA is so interested in Europe...as I said before, we were already there. Also the USA has strong ties to Europe, most of the people in the US and Canada emmigrated from diffferent parts of Europe to here (North America). And after WWII, we were a major factor during the rebuilding of Japan and Europe. So even though separated by and ocean, our ties are historically deep. But let's not forget business, oh-no don't ever forget the economic aspect of things. I said our ties are deep hitorically, this is true, but so are our economic ties. Were this conflict to spread outside of the Balkins, into more "important" countries such as Germany, Austria, Poland, etc... that would be very bad for trade with them. So you see their isn't really one all encompassing reason, just a driving force and several "other" reasons. Reasons no less noble, such as human rights, just not as important as the main one(s).

<<He want to have a strong presence in europe and he want to
make the NATO, defacto USA, to a „world policeman“. I don’t think that this would be desirable.>> Well, we already have a strong presence in Europe. Have had one since the end of WWII. I know this because before I was born, my father (with my mother in tow) was in the Army and was stationed in Germany for awhile because of the "Cold War". He was a dual specialist. He was trained as a Combat Enginner, and in...Nuclear Demolitions. (That was how we were going to stall the literaly thousands of Soviet tanks on the boarder were they to invade. Nuclear mines and such.) As for NATO defacto USA as the "world's policeman", well we've (the US largely) have been doing this for so long already, I think the US is just trying to get the other NATO countries to shoulder some more of the load. Up until now NATO forces have been relegated to "peace keeping" operations which generally meant getting shot at, and not being able to shoot back, while trying to get relief supplies to civilians. This is NATO's first teething marks as far as using offensive manuvers. As for the "world's policeman" idology(sp?) in general, well WWI WWII and a whole bunch of other crap has happened because nobody steped in early enough to stop it in it's infancy. That is how everything since WWI has usually been justified. And to a point it's true. The current situation in the Balkins is and has been well within that area of reasoning in this line of thought. <<Do you really believe Milosovic will give up now?>> No, I know that in-order to completelely stop this for any considerable and meaningful amount of time he will have to be removed from office...one way or another.

<<The Balkan will be as instabil as never before, the first war after 2.WW has reached europe and perhaps, if Russia react with forces, it will be much more.>> The Balkins have ALWAYS been unstable, even when they were controled somewhat by the USSR. That area was always a headache for them. As for Russia reacting with forces, well I believe Sevarious Jr. and I share the same reasoning on this matter. <<And because the war is going on only one hour flight away from my home I demonstrate for peace and I hope that there will be a peaceful solution soon, because this would be the best for the people there, serbs and albanien.>> ACK!!! One hour of flight away? That's like from where I live to about New York City! As for demonstrating for peace...you can try but just so you know the people of the USA who were against the US's involvment in Vietnam, AFTER they had enough support mind you, had to nearly tear this country apart over a few YEARS in order to get the government to pull our troops out of there. (And I shall say no more on THAT can of worms because DumaloX would probally ban me from the room for posting what would equate to a book on the subject.) In closing as you said "a peaceful solution would be best". This is true since "A forced peace is no peace at all." To bad it doesn't look like it's going to happen that way.

>Pistoff- Please stop teasing us. Us poor fans haveing to put up with the TGS staff is bad enough.>:)) Just kidding.>:))

****WARNING: RP AHEAD!!!!! TAKE COVER!!!!!****

Scene: The inside of the Red Robin Diner. Traveler and CC walk in wearing dark sunglasses. (Quite odd looking since one of them is wearing a preditor face plate/helmet combo in addition to the cybernetic armor, and the other is a genetically enginnered humanoid raptor wearing a suit of light armor a full lebgth black duster similar to Travelers.) They sit down and a waitress come over. Waitress: What'll ya have? CC: Four fried chickens and a Coke. Waitress: Legs or breast? CC: Four WHOLE fried chickens and a Coke. *Waitress looks at her funny then looks at Traveler* Waitress: Ooook, and how about you. Traveler: Whitebread, toasted. Waitress: Anything on it? Traveler: No, just dry-toasted-whitebread. And a Coke. *At this point the waitress catches on to the improv Blues Brothers routine and turns to go place the order with the chef.* CC: Sooooo...think they're almost to NORAD yet? And what about the..."fireworks" as you put it? Traveler: Good questions...let's check. *Waves arm over counter proudcing a tactile hologram computer terminal over the counter.* Hmmm...according to this...it appears they found the Nuke in it's launcher, too bad about that, but the attacking Imperial fleet has already been destroyed so there was not much need for that anyway. Now where did it end up...*reviews the last few minutes of its security A/V feed.* Ohhhh great. It figures that moron of a mage, Kharsus, whoever he is, would throw it into a realm where it would end up on my front yard. Funny though, that he seems to know me...perhaps I'm to some more time traveling soon? If I did though, it's odd that him apparentally being my enemy, that I did not smite him yet. *further checks the readouts.* Ahhh but they missed the other package I left by a few years!!! The fighting and "other" skills program I had Wilek's friend Forfexx whip up was finished long ago by the subject. *heheheheheheh* CC: And this means what? You never told me what was in that other package either... Traveler: Well then you can give him the signal he's been waiting for. CC: Him? Traveler: My other surprise, I've had a man inside for awhile now. A few weeks before the attack on NORAD I had the Goverment secretly send the Base Commander on a "vacation" to a secure location, and had my man replace him. Heh, good thing I also told the Government to switch command and control of the Nukes over to the second site and to leave invalid codes on the NORAD mainframe. They'll only think they've launched missles, but heh, heh, heh, they won't know it's only keyed into a training simulation, of course until it's to late. CC: Well that's good news but what about that second site you mentioned? You mean there's another NORAD? Traveler: First rule of govenment spending: "Why build one when you can have two for twice the price?" Besides, you know the military and redundancy go hand in hand. And does anyone REALLY think that the military would give guided tours through NORAD if it was the ONLY one? Hell, if it was they'd have that place locked down 24/7!!! CC: To bad Doug, Kitainia and the rest of them are almost to the enterence, had we gotten here sooner I would have joined them in that little fray. Traveler: Me to, looked like they had some fun getting there. Oh well, by the time they get inside there probally won't be much left for them to do besides clean up of the odd thug my surprise might have missed. Ahhh...speaking of that...would you care to do the honors? CC: Why certainaly. *presses the area marked "Go get'em".* Scene: Back inside the Base Commander's office, the "dead" body of the "Commander" begins to stir. Wounds start to close and the entire body takes on a silvery apperence akin to a T-1000. The figure finishes reforming and is a non-descript man in a black suit, tie, and sunglasses, al-la Men In Black. Shallow Mouth: It's good to be back. *MMMUUUHAHAHHAHAHAHHA....* Scene fades out.

****END OF LONG AWAITED RP ANSWER AS TO "WHAT'S IN THE OTHER CASE?". STAY TUNED FOR OUR NEXT INSTALLMENT: CARNEGE IN THE COMMAND CENTER or A KILLING WE WILL GO!!!**** NOW FOR A FRACTURED FARIY TALE. [A cyber pizza to whoever knows what I'm babbling about.>:))]
Traveler - [traveler45@geocities.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 08:21:17 PM
IP: lpwa.com

Nag, Nag, Nag. Just a reminder, set your clock FORWARD one hour if you're going on daylight time.

Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 08:13:33 PM
IP: proxy-343.public.rwc.webtv.net

Happy Easter and Passover everybody!!!

I celebrate both since my father is jewish and my Mom is Catholic.

I had a nice Passover dinner with my Dad on Wednesday at an Indian Restaurant. For those of you who never had Indian food before, I recomend it.

Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@aol.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 07:57:37 PM
IP: spider-we024.proxy.aol.com

Happy Birthday Thomas Revor
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@aol.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 06:14:40 PM
IP: spider-tp032.proxy.aol.com

Fire > here's a so-so b/w pic of the good doctor, in a back issue of Avalon Mists. Clickie or go to http://www.gargoyles-fans.org/avmists/jun_com.htm

And speaking of Avalon Mists, the next issue is due out at the beginning of June, so start sending those submissions!

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 06:05:30 PM
IP: 01-058.009.popsite.net

Sorry 4 2X Post But:
Let's try and see if we can whip the Tick in a fair vote.
Argent
Saturday, April 3, 1999 04:57:13 PM
IP: dyn036-nas01.marietta.frognet.net

WHOAH! IT'S THE FINAL SHOW-DOWN FOR THE USA CARTOON VOTE!
the combatants:
GARGOYLES
and
the Tick
GET IN THERE AND VOTE PEOPLE!
address: www.usaweekend.com

Gotta Jet!
(FIVE months 'till the new 'Dark Ages' eps!)
Argent
excited, USA
Saturday, April 3, 1999 04:53:10 PM
IP: dyn014-nas01.marietta.frognet.net

** Deuce enters the room on a Honda 450 Foreman ES ATV. He shifts into third gear, and pulls up beside DC. **

You've been busy lately, haven't you? Cutting my mail connection, slowing down my Internet, crashing Netscape... TWICE? That's it you little ——... you're getting it now.

** Deuce dismounts, and ties a rope from the rear hitch to around DC's neck. He drives around the CR gleefully, dragging Dis until the AOL man passes out. Deuce unties the rope and runs over DC's head a few dozen times. **

Grr.... I feel a little better now.

I saw the cutest episode of Pokémon yesterday: it had Pikachu doing an impression of Bulbasaur! He went down on all fours, made his eyes large and triangular, and made his voice really deep: "Piii-kaaa...". ROTFLMAO, especially after watching it five times in a row.

Robby> Funny you should post those Animaniacs lyrics; I spent a good while yesterday trying to compile them, with just a few friends as references. *Twilight Zone music* Oh, and care to post the link to that Animaniacs site?

Tim P.> ["Why do they call the anniversity of Jesus Christ's execution *Good* Friday?"] Do you read the comic strip "B.C."? I'll explain, quoting yesterday's:

PASSER-BY: Sickos! If MY God was killed on a Friday, I certainly wouldn't call it "GOOD Friday"!
PRIEST: As you should, my son... providing of course, your God were able to STAY dead.

*big grin*

SJ> After that glowing review you gave The Matrix, I'm definitely going to see it.

Oh, and how many of you are aware of the fact that the TGS themes are fixed? Eh? Go get them!

I'd write more, but I'm exhausted. That and I have to wade through the stacks of e-mail I received over the past couple off-line days. See ya!

** Deuce climbs on the Honda and roars out. **
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
River City, Alberta, Canada
Saturday, April 3, 1999 04:40:35 PM
IP: pppa67.connect.ab.ca

Okay, where was I? Oh yeah. The Pegases gave the Senshi upgraded powers. We later find out that the villian behind the Amazon team was a woman named Nephernia. In the final battle against her, all of the senshi combined thier powers to creat Eternal Sailor Moon. Nephernia was then purified and transformed into a child. I'm not sure what happens to her after that.

Now, in Naoko Takeuchi's (the creator of SM) manga (Japanese comics) all of the Senshi got one more upgrade, turning them into Eternal Sailors. That's where my ic of Eternal Sailor Jupiter comes from.

Now, to make a long story short, we see that there is one more villian, Galaxia, whom the team confronts at the very end of the series. During the battle, all the senshi die, exept E.S.Moon. Then there's a big battle between Galaxia and Moon, yada yada yada. When Galaxia is about to die, Usagi then heals her with the Ginzuishou (silver crystal), and Galaxia turns good. All the Senshi come backto life, everybody lived happily ever after and all that, The End!

There you have it. I'm sure I got a few things wrong, or maybe laft some stuff out, but I'm just tellin the basics here. Gimme a break, I've never even seen an episode past ep 88!
Brianna
Saturday, April 3, 1999 02:40:52 PM
IP: pool047-max7.ds21-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

HOLY GRAIL IN SAILOR MOON: Actually, Japanese anime and live action shows sometimes borrow a bit from Christianity. In the OAV "Bubblegum Crash", when one of the character's father's dies his funeral his held in a Christian church. In the same episode, when a friend of that character's father is murdered, he too is giving a Christian funeral, complete with a coffin (although he is buried in a all white suit, holding to one of the traditional tenets of how Japanese view death; white being the color of death). As far as live action show go, one of the older Ultraman series pictured beings on Ultraman's homeworld performing a ceremony around several crosses, and the leader of their race being akin to the Maddonna.

Why do they intermix such images? I dunno, but I have seen pictures of anime and manga characters that employ the German swaztika... go figure.

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Saturday, April 3, 1999 01:32:51 PM
IP: m127.ieway.com

*Begin Mini-rant*
Grrrrrrr.... *steps into CR with eye glowing brightly. Pretty impressive for a human* I have just spent a total of about four hours searching the web for a picture of Sevarius, AND I CAN"T FIND IT!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH! Wouldn't be so bad but I have this picture that I'm drawing, and I need to make sure I have his face right. And every time I get close, There is a BROKEN LINK!!!!!
*suddenly stops ranting and looks out sweetly*
If anyonw knows of the location of a picture of Sevarius, please let me know. I can't find one due to the fact that I'm horrible at finding things on the internet, and that whenever you look for something, it does it's best to hide from you.

Thank you! ^_^ *Runs out of CR*
Fire, who knows that there is a picture right out in plain view, just waiting to make her look stupid. - [frostfire@angelfire.com]
XanthSaturday, April 3, 1999 11:34:11 AM
IP: user-38lcpv4.dialup.mindspring.com

The Holy Grail showed up on "Sailor Moon"? *raises eyebrows at that * Truth to tell, I've sometimes been curious about just how well you can get the Grail, of all Arthurian elements, into an animated television series, given its Christian connections; it's a lot tougher than, say, handling something from Greek or Norse mythology. Religious controversy potential here. (Although I asked Greg about that once, given his plans for the Grail in the MasterPlan, and he said that he wasn't too worried about that possible problem because the Grail's Arthurian connotations are much stronger than its links to Jesus, which would make it perfectly game. Actually, he's right, too; the Grail was not initially identified in the legends as a Christian relic, let alone the cup of the Last Supper, and was never officially recognized by the Church on the same scale as, say, the True Cross).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Saturday, April 3, 1999 07:16:35 AM
IP: 205-242-191-109.dialup-stl.primary.net

No RP here tonight. Too tired to make one out. However, just a few things here to say.

BLACK MASK-- Um, SJ, dunno if I should tell you this but what the hey. Living near UCLA you get to get very good opportunities. Well, about 2 years ago, I went to a special screening of a film. They did the screening to test how a certain actor would fare to an American audience. That film was called "Black Mask" and it was so damn cool that I always looked for it on video. Seeing it again in theateres will just kick much more. But the real pleasure wasn't just seeing the 1996 film but the little extra that came along with it...

I saw Jet Li in person.

A very nice and happy man, even if the only thing he said to the audience is "Hi".

ANNOUNCEMENT-- Attention all who are interested. Yesterday I found out the most exciting news. The love of my life, the person whom I cherish the most, thw one who means the world to me, Alison Wilgus, was accepted to NYU. YAY!!!

Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 02:43:05 AM
IP: pool0010-max8.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

Hey, everybody! There's some bad $h!t goin' on in the other CR, so I'll be here for a while, recovering. And yes, it's partially my fault. But sheesh, I just said what needed to be said.

Screw it. I won't get into that stuff again. I've had enough.

Anyway ...

Jonathon: **points at the trap door** The EPA has permanently sealed that off. Apparently the, uh, recycled Power Ranger started eating through the walls and the foundation ...

Tim P: Auto Shop of Horrors. *lol* There's always something, isn't there? ;)

Gotta go vote for our team. Later!
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 02:40:57 AM
IP: wire-15.koalas.com

Fluer- Roogy? Dang, thats a misspelling I've never been hit by before...

Wilek- Actually, I discovered that very site just tonight after deciding to find out just how many end quotes there were. And blast it, they had a complete copy of Yakko's World! For years I've been getting several of the names wrong! oh well...
Robby
Saturday, April 3, 1999 02:22:48 AM
IP: spider-wk061.proxy.aol.com

No RP tonight; Mr. Disconnect's still messing with me. My Internet connection is as bad as it was last night. And I tried to take advantage of Xoom's offer of unlimited Web space, but Disconnect visited me *while I was signing in*, so I'm locked out indefinitely. Tomorrow, when I have less of a headache, I'll thank him properly. For now...<throws DC into a large fishtank with a krakana, a vicious, octopus-like Mon Calamari aquatic predator>

Brianna> The Holy Grail showed up on Sailor Moon?! I wonder what Duval had to say about that. :)

Sevarius' Background> Hm...Sevarius sounds like something right out of ancient Rome. I'm almost certain he's either Greek or British.

$TRC> Um, no, Miriam and everyone else is on the Avatar Of Ganon, except for me and the Administrator, who are commanding our forces from the shuttlecraft, and Jake and Teri who are flying it. The shuttle is currently hovering over the Black Ravens' current position, and will remain so until they get into the base. At least I think so; Mr. DC won't let the whole room load so I can't see my previous RP post.$

Bronx> Your uncle writes scripts for Disney? Too kewl! Yet another person with connections to the organization that can get Gargs back! :D

Zath> Hm...I had no idea about Xanatos' name. I wonder if he really does avoid taxes...

SJ> Hm...I always thought the live action 101 Dalmations was a lot better than the animated one; the cartoon was so much less...sophisticated. Certainly the live action Cruella DeVil was kewler. :)

Robby> Are you familiar with the Cultural Reference Guide To Animaniacs? It's really quite fascinating. I'd provide a link, but Mr. Disconnect isn't through with me yet. I'm not through with him either; he'll get a proper sendoff tomorrow...
Wilek Nereus
Saturday, April 3, 1999 01:58:23 AM
IP: tnt-1-45-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Hi all!

Brianna> I just visited your site, and...wow. That's all there is to say. I am in awe.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE! When, when when?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS REVOR!

Theresa> cybernetic cats? Whoever made that site has been watching _way_ too many cartoons. *tries to muffle very inappropriate laughter*

Roogy, re: National adjective> Ah, so that's where you got it from. *grins* And you know what? The song is completely right! (That should scare me, shouldn't it? :) )

Zath> I was ROTFLMAO at that pic!

AND NOW - HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!
TTFN!


Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Saturday, April 3, 1999 01:34:57 AM
IP: proxy.monash.edu.au

And just to go along with the animaniacs lyrics included earlier, here's the actual music. If it link directly to the CR anyhow...
Robby the CR DJ
Saturday, April 3, 1999 12:39:28 AM
IP: spider-tp063.proxy.aol.com

Hello folks! Nice to see you again. I've hade a pretty good day. We didn't have school today because it's "Good Friday". Why do they call the anniversity of Jesus Christ's execution *Good* Friday? Beats me.

Christine> I'd like to wish you a belated Happy Birthday. I enjoyed reading your book. Any movie offers yet?:)

Jonothan> Thanks for the support. They don't seriously believe that I want to join for honor and serving my country. So much for honor and integrety. They see Saving Private Ryan once and they freak.

No one wants to fight but somebody must know how.

With the possible exception of Mike Tyson.

Another installment of AUTO SHOP OF HORRORS: For the last few weeks, the rubger waterproof lining around the front windsheild of my Dodge Minivan (Yes, I drive a Minivan and damn proud of it) was loose, causing a very annoying thumping sound when I drove. A couple days ago, my parents had the window repairman work on it in the parking lot while I was in school. After school, I came out to the parking lot to find out that the repairman fixed the REAR window that had nothing wrong with it. I promptly went to an auto parts store and bought a window sealant glue and fixed the problem. It cost me six dollars to do what my parents couldn't do with over $50.

And The Weirdness Continues...
Tim P.
Saturday, April 3, 1999 12:25:29 AM
IP: s10-onawa.pionet.net

Hmm, not too much to comment on tonight...

Zath- No, I hadn't noticed David Xanatos is an anagram for "And Avoids Tax"... Spiffy! Wonder if that was intentional?

102 Dalmations... icky poo. I think SJ mirrored my sentiments exactly on this one.

Sailor Moon plotline- Actually, thats only convolted because thats an encapsilation of over a hundred episodes in one paragraph. Originally I watched the show because at the time, it was the only anime I had ever seen and I watched just for the art... Which I now know to be crap compared to just about any other anime out there... Ah well, the long term continuous storyline was decent...

USA poll- Only 809 votes? WHat the heck, aren't the bots working this time? Gee, perhaps I should go there right now... In fact, I just did...

Sevarius' background- I dunno. I would think SJ would be the authority on that.

And since it came up, here's the Animaniacs opening lyrics. A star indicates a variation between intros. If you don't care to read the animaniacs lyrics in their entirety, just skip the rest of this post.

It's time for Animaniacs...
We are zany to the max.
So just sit back and relax
You'll laugh 'till you colapse
We're Animaniacs!

Come join the Warner Brothers
And the warner sister dot
Just for fun we run around the warner movie lot
They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught
But we break loose and then vamoose
And now you know the plot!

We're Animaniacs!
Dot is cute and Yakko yaks.
Wakko packs away the snacks
*While Bill Clinton plays the sax
*We've got wisecracks by the stacks
*We pay tons of income tax
We're Animaniacs!

*Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe
*Meet Ralph and Dr. Scratchansniff, say hi to Hello nurse
Goodfeathers flock together while Slappy whacks them with her purse
Buttons chases Mindy while Rita sings a verse!
The writers flipped, we have no script
Why bother to reherse?

We're Animaniacs!
We have pay or play contracts!
We'rezany to the max
There's baloney is our slacks
We're Animane
Totally Insanie...
*Here's the show's namey
*Pinky and the Brainy
*Shirley MacLaney
*Cockamanie
*Citizen Kaney
*No Pain no Gainy...
Animaniacs!
Those are the facts!

The line we've got wisecracks by the stacks was only in like, three episodes. And there's way more end variations than that, like 35 of them, including Mr. Haney, but I'm not going to include those unless asked to. (That, and I can't remember them all off the top of my head anyway.) Hmm, guess I need to go back and start relearning lyrics... Might want to get back into doing Yakko's world in under 2 minutes as well..

Robby
Friday, April 2, 1999 11:42:42 PM
IP: spider-tp052.proxy.aol.com

Servarius Jr. > I loved The Martix too. What's strange is that when I saw it, they showed trailers for Instinct, which has Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Donald Sutherland in it; Wild Wild West, which is new Will Smith's new film with Kevin Kline and Kenneth Bragnah; The Mummy, which had Brendan Fraiser; and the newer Phantom Menace trailer. Weird.
Ordell - [awaltrip@cableone.net]
Friday, April 2, 1999 10:23:37 PM
IP: ppp-16.ode.cableone.net

*Arianna appears.*
Hi, all.

Haven't been here in a while...Mr. DC got me too last night. I kept trying to go on-line...and it never worked. I was ready to throw the computer out the window. Then I realized that that probably wasn't the best answer.
Other than that, it was a prety boring April Fool's Day. No really good jokes...with possible exception of one played in the other CR. But that was just heartless.

Coyote> May I just say that I love the updates on your site. The opening pic is very cool...I was rather surprised by it...definitely unexpected. I just assumed that my computer was being annoying and taking its time.

Tim P.>Loved your advice that you put in your school's newpaper. Especially the last one. I found it hysterical.

USA Today voting poll> Well, we were winning with 82 percent of 809 votes when I was last there. Go Gargs!

Later, peoples.
*Arianna melts into the shadows.*
Lady Arianna of Annwn
Friday, April 2, 1999 10:02:28 PM
IP: chi-qbu-nva-vty123.as.wcom.net

Just a reminder people. That lovely summer ritual is on hand once more. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. Goes into effect sunday morning, except for the lucky ones is some places that never change.

Auntie Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Friday, April 2, 1999 09:57:11 PM
IP: proxy-513.public.rwc.webtv.net

***NO RP TONIGHT, TOO TIRED FROM EXHAUSTING DAY****

First things first: I saw "The Matrix" today. *ahem*
THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE I'VE SEEN IN YEARS. DO YOU HEAR ME?? YEARS!!!.
Christ almighty. This movie was made for me. It has hard-core sci-fi, John Woo-ish gunplay and violence, kung fu.....if there is a god of coolness, it is the maker of this film. The plot was surprisingly excellent, and the performances were great, even ol' Keaunu wasn't half bad. This is the kind of movie that for hours afterward you're still jacked up. Ever get that high? When you see a movie, and you're so pumped up mentally/emotionally that you feel like a freakin' million bucks? Makes all the rest of the day, no matter how crappy, worthwhile? I'm gonna see it a gain. I'm gonna buy the video and DVD. I got the sneakin' suspicion that, barring the new Star Wars film, this will be the coolest film I'll see all year long...which is enough for me!
In other words, I liked it a lot. 4 big honkin' stars, or a thumb, or 10 little bonus points, or whatever you use. EXCELLENT film.

They showed a couple cool trailers too. I was hoping to see the Phantom Menace teaser again, but they didn't show it. The new Jett Li film, an import called "Black Mask" looks cool. Sort of a Chinese superhero tale, but since it's Hong Kong Action Cinema, I'm there.
The other preview they showed was for a movie called "American Pie", which looks just like a movie about young teenage boys trying to get a little nookie. But the ending of the trailer had the whole theater laughing out loud. Let's just say it involved a young boy....and an apple pie....and a certain...sex act......dear God it was sick, but it sure was funny!

Batman news: Looks like there will be a Batman Beyond movie next year. It's just going straight to video, but still, that's pretty cool.

Sailor Moon: By ye gods, that's a convoluted series storyline. I've never watched Sailor Moon for any length of time....mostly cause I feel a little...well, homo for watching it. Sorry if that offends anyone, but I can't honestly watch a show about a bunch of young girls and not feel uncomfortable, no matter how high those Japanese blokes raise their hemlines. (What is it with the Japanese? Is it a rule that all anime women must be near nekkid? Are the animators just pervs or what?)

Aaron: I have my own theories as to where "Dad" comes from. He was definitely born in Europe, of that I'm certain. I never thought of him as Dutch though...

102 Dalmations: ......Okay look, I don't want to offend Bronx, cause his/her (sorry, I'm *terrible* with gender on the net) uncle is working on the film but....Why? Why this? Of all the films Disney could be making, why a sequel to a film that was so much better as a cartoon, and didn't need to be remade in the first place? Sequels are beginning to ruin the entire film industry.




Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Friday, April 2, 1999 09:52:27 PM
IP: 207-172-187-98.s98.tnt18.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Sorry to toot my bugle again... but I just finished revamping my homepage on Xoom.com. Looks like they have left my page alone, and have now started offering unlimited page space. :)

Anyway, a fresh new look for spring! Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, April 2, 1999 08:35:29 PM
IP: m153.ieway.com

Somebody must have looked at my new pic. Please, I want feedback!

By the way, has anyone else noticed an anagram of "David Xanatos" is "and avoids tax"?
Zath - [<-- Same pic as yesterday]
Friday, April 2, 1999 07:38:01 PM
IP: ppp38.worldaxes.com

***SENSELESS HAWKWIND RP (Yes, I'm still on the kick....)***

*LUC and CYRWAY, through with grocery shopping, changing Cal's kitty litter, and somewhat straightening out the apartment (ie, threw everything into the bedroom, which no one goes into anyway), they sit down in front of her computer (which is in the bedroom) and play some Daggerfall...

...WHEN SUDDENLY...

CYRWAY: I'm suddenly getting a craving...
LUC: *horrified.*
CYRWAY: I'M NOT PREGNANT!
LUC: Whew! Okay, I had my ten second scare...
CYRWAY: I wanna go shopping...
LUC: Great...*rolls eyes.*
CYRWAY: For music...
LUC: Oh! *brightens* Cool!
*They leave the apartment, realise Elric the car's missing, then decide to go hijack Herbie from Cyrway's parents to head to the world's greatest record store, Bull Moose Music...*

****PAUSE****

You know, here it is quarter of six and I was supposed to leave work two and three-quarters hours ago...ARGH!!! The PC's not cooperating...*insert few choice words.* All I wanted to do was go home before dark...looks like that'll be out of the question...*sigh*

Coyote> Domo arigato...inflate Akira's already-inflated ego...;P BTW, I gotta admit I was really surprised to find Rain and Rosanna on your site...here I am, thinking "What's taking the image so long to load? I've been here a million times!" and suddenly, ptoof! There it is...gotta admit I'm honored... ^_^

***RP!***
*LUC and CYRWAY arrive at Bull Moose, playing "Hall of the Mountain Grill" album from the frankenstein stereo system inside the '74 Bug...they jump out to find Mike, the 6'5", 300lb manager of the store, on the floor, having seizures...and Barry Manilow is playing in the sound system. Quickly, Cyrway jumps to the case, replacing the hidious music with Mike's bootleg Metallica CD...ans, and comes to his senses.*
MIKE: Ow....
CYRWAY: Mike, what the hell happened?
MIKE: Some dude walked in, began ripping through the cds, looking for something, throwing them all over the place, then when I tried muscling him out, he blasted me with some sort of weapon...it sounded like...like...
LUC: Barry Manilow?
MIKE: Yeah...Um, Cyrway, I've got good news and bad news for you...
CYRWAY:What?
MIKE: Good news...we finally recieved Warrior on the Edge of Time...
CYRWAY: REALLY?!
MIKE: Bad news is, the dude found it and totally destroyed it beyond recognition.
*CYRWAY'S face turns into a scowl.*
CYRWAY: The bastard...
*Suddenly, the local rock station, WTOS, (which is on the FCC's Most Wanted List IRL) comes over the speakers.announcing the next song will be...GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD?!*
LUC: Holy Bob Calvert, Cyrway! What the hell is going on here?
CYRWAY: I don't know, bro, but it's high time we find out. *They run out to Herbie.* I wonder where the others are? And Elric?
*Cut to Mark Showplace in Portland...there is a white '89 Cavalier, a '41 Mercedes Staff car, and a Chrysler Reliant in the parking lot...inside, at the bar, is Darkwing Duck passed out with 12 glasses that used to have Long Island Iced Tea in them...Baloo's staring up at the dancer, tongue's hanging out, Wagner's doing the same thing, Brooklyn is looking away, being the DD that he is, and Gecko and Whitbourne are whistling and banging beer bottles on the bar. Suddenly, the music switches from Kiss's "Take it Off" to 10cc...*
GECKO: Play some Slayer! *throws the beer bottle at the speaker.*
WHIT: Play some GBS! *does the same.*
WAGNER: Play some Metallica! *goes to throw his beer bottle, but realises he doesn't have one, so he throws DW instead...DW is still asleep...*
*BACK TO WATERVILLE...Cyrway and Luc are driving through downtown...*
CYRWAY: Boy, the more I think about this, the more I realise this is seeming like...
LUC: "Time of the Hawklords"?
CYRWAY: "I was going to say TMNT's "Coming out of their shell's tour...", but I think I like the Hawklords theory better...
LUC: It would make sense, considering the dude trashed your Warrior cd....
CYRWAY: *growls.* That's right....
LUC: We should summon the Eternal Champion...
*Cut back to Mark's, whom the whole lot of them are singing with Whitbourne "Old Black Rum", DW now somewhat awake and about five seconds behind the rest of the chorus...*
CYRWAY: Somehow I have a feeling they won't be much help this time...
LUC: then we must bring forth...the HAWKLORDS!!! *kewl echo.*
CYRWAY: Dude...Bob Calvert's dead, and the only one left on Hawkwind from the original lineup is Dave Brock....
LUC: Then it's up to us...why can't we be Hawklords and save the world for once?
CYRWAY: *thinks.* And suddenly I have an idea for a possiblity for a fanfic that won't be nearly as stupid as what's happening right now...come, faithful sidekick! We must retrieve the music guns and the Starstreakers, and find the cause of this madness!
*They return to the Apartment.*
CAL the CAT: About time. I'm hungry.
CYRWAY: You've got food in your bowl.
CAL: I want a turkey dinner.
CYRWAY: Well, doesn't life as a cat just suck? Luc and I have to do stuff...*Cyrway exits into the bedroom, Luc claims the Bathroom...they both come out five minutes later wearing torn jeans, Hawkwind tee-shirts, capes, and helmets stylized like hawks.*
LUC: I don't feel any different.
CYRWAY: Well, we're not supposed to get god-like power until later...so let's mount the Starstreakers and find the evil that is causing this madness!
LUC: Redundant! *The run back out to Herbie and put all over the Waterville/Winslow area, searching...*

***TO BE CONTINUED***

Okay, I'm going to smash something now...Valete! *ptoof!*
Cyrway - [amy@gcolor.com]
Friday, April 2, 1999 06:17:09 PM
IP: 206.139.123.65

Just a quick note to say good-bye until monday, and Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates it.

Later.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, April 2, 1999 06:01:22 PM
IP: ppp-100.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

*strolls in humming* Hey all! I'M ON VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOHOOO! WHO...ahem. pardon me. ^_^

Aaron> good point! just were exactly does Anton come from? were the <censor> are his backround files? I think he's got sorta a swiss accent to him.. but one would only know...
"I'm just seven hours old truly...errr nevermind.

Brianna> Great pics! I love them so much!! Especialy the Ari-chan and her bro.

Antz> Truly was a funny movie. Woddy Allen and Sharon Stone as bugs is quite humorus. (I was babysitting the other day and I saw the movie.) Though I was sorta surprized that for a PG movie there was some strong lanuage. However, I ignored that fact and just took in the computer grafics. It's scary to think that computers can do this much. I can remember just the apple computers... sheesh. Anyway if you guys haven't seen the movie, and can't find anything else to see at the spur of the moment, pick it up.

Wilek> errr... I have the same reaction with DC! LoL

****SPOLIERS FOT TIMEDANCER****
It was an excellent writing. I give it a good 10. It was good to see Brooklyn worried about Sata. I was wondering what was going on with him... A clear message that all loved ones should be appriciated.(yeah I know I spelled that wrong)
***END SPOLIERS****

New Movies to expect coming out> My uncle writes scripts for hollywood, and Disney. The two movies you can see coming out from Disney soon is Carmen Sandiego ( hopefully starring Sandra Bullock... I'll tell you guys if she will be) And 102 dalmations, a sequal to the fave pooches. This time it will be focused more around Cruella Devil..in NYC and somehow the dogs will end up there following her.. did I mention they will talk as well? :::grimaces:: well.. I made my uncle promice they wouldn't say anything cheesy.. that much I can promice!

Well... that's all for now.
bye!
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Friday, April 2, 1999 04:44:28 PM
IP: spider-wi011.proxy.aol.com

Happy Belated Birthdays to everyone I missed .

April fools Day - I ca'nt beieve it , I did'nt even get off one good joke yesterday . I hope Steve spread some of my evil for me . And I did get a few people with my life sized , realistic iguana a few days ago . My first mark spoiled my fun for me though . He was being so utterly ridiculous I could'nt help myself , I put it down in front of him and he screamed so loud (a high pitched girlish wail I might add) it brought half the school and staff running . There went any further oportunity for me to have fun with it . So I gave it to some michief makers , gave them my blessing , sat back and listened for the screams .

Kitainia : Thanks . I was'nt gone that long though . $Have you got enough planned out for a year or are you just guessing as to how long our creativity will sustain it . And if you have it planed out already could we add ideas in advance here and there .$

Megalomaniacs - I say there are too many , I sugest A THROWN DOWN LAST MAN STANDING DEATH MATCH , WHADDYA SAY , NO COUNT OUT NO DISQUALIFICATION NO RULES NO LIMIT TO THE STRIP MINING OF THE COUNTRIES UNDER OUR CONTROL . Sorry , a bit too much Celebrity Death Match .

SOROW : Congrats on making the team , ca'nt say I envy you though . I get up at 3:00am to study and even then I'm barely pulling through .

Steve : Did you put any of the stuff gave you to use ? If I do'nt see a post from you in a few days or catch you on ICQ I will assume that you tried one of the more legally unacceptable ones and are in prison . In which case . . . I warned you .

**MENAGERIE SPOILERS**
Was it just me , or was Brooklyn being a total jack @$$ in this one . I've never seen someone show such total disrespect to a host since one particular jerk just came into the house and sat down expecting us to run go call Daddy for him and not even saying good day .
Other than that , this was definitely one of the best written stories to date , I have have'nt had so much varying emotion provoked in me since the whole Lex / Moddoc thing last season . Which is really what I miss the most right know though there is some decent collateral .

Take a bow Anna .
**END SPOILERS**

Wilek : $Did you send Miriam to NORAD too ? I do'nt want to risk interferring with your plans for her , I do'nt even know if the shuttle docked or went back down . Please let me know , I wo'nt make an RP post until I know . Just in case .$

**DC DEATH , POTENTIALLY QUITE GRAPHIC BUT WE'LL JUST HALF TO SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT TO BE SURE **
The screen comes on in the CR and TRC is seen in front of a massive sterile , white , glass encased room , inside there is a large table that has Mr. DC manacled to it with nothing on except boxer shorts . There are several large robotic arms around the room which are controlled by the shoulder high gloves TRC is wearing . "What have I done to YOU ." Dis' shouts are barely audible through the thick glass . "Nothing really . But you need to be kept in line , and until I find out what my position in the RP is , I need something to occupy my time . " TRC replies with a relatively nonchalant tone of voice . TRC then flips a switch on the side of the right glove , and Dis opens his mouth to scream only to find there is no air in the room to scream with . TRC smiles and turns up the power of the vacuum . Dis begins to writhe in agony as the his veins begin to bulge . Blood runs out of his nose , eyes , mouth and in all the areas where blood vessels are close to the surface of his skin , his eyes are also starting to bulge out of their sockets . When his tissue can no longer take the strain , his veins rupture all throughout his body , his torso collapses in on itself and his eyes burst . TRC smiles and takes a minute to admire his work , and puts the vacuum into reverse until the atmosphere returns to normal inside the room and Dis' body starts to repait itself .
TRC gets up and walks into a large side room , walking by the shelves which appear to contain all forms of parasites , each in a separate , controlled environment . TRC looks at a certain shelf walks over to it and lovingly strokes the bottles . "hmm , so many choices . Should the next round be viral , bacterial or fungal . Of course there's always . . " A dark smile comes over his face as he looks to a vial containing several worms of varying size and appearance . Finally he glances at the largest container , the egg inside it , and the restless face hugger waiting inside .
**END PART 1**



The Rolling Calf - [aliscke@jamweb.net]
Kingston, Jamaica
Friday, April 2, 1999 04:43:34 PM
IP: 208.11.41.206

Aaron: He could be German or Netherland after his name and both coutries have a very good education on sciences too. But it could also be possible that he, or his ancestors, are immigrated somewhere, perhaps USA because of jobs or money.
Gabriel
Friday, April 2, 1999 04:43:20 PM
IP: ics1f.l.srv.t-online.de

Longer post with RP later, this is just a few quick replies.

Brianna: That's alright, I understand. I too am currently very busy with school stuff.

Corruptor: I've seen and enjoyed that movie. Yes, it is pretty good.

Jonathan: I don't intend to get shot. If I do, though, I'll make sure the bad guy who does the deed gets his. Or Kitainia will if I'm not able. :)

Stephen: $ Yeah, sure you can join in. Anyone who wants to can, they just have to have the right timing and inspiration. You probably already have both. Look forward to fighting beside you, good luck. $ And thanks for posting that neat redone fic.

Later,
Doug
Friday, April 2, 1999 04:33:54 PM
IP: hil-c45-023-vty1.as.wcom.net

Aaron smashes through the wall of the CR on a motorcycle. He sets the bike's kickstand, drops his helmet and goggles, and lets out a "Whoooo!"

Aaron: "Hot patootie, bless my- Oops, wrong room." Aaron briefly dies of embarassment.

Anyway, something that occurred to me this morning:

We know absoulutely zilch about Sevarius' background. Other companies he worked for, past experiments, what grad school he got thrown out of for violating experimental guidelines, or even where he's from. Romania, Germany, England? My best guess is that he's Dutch, since Sevarius sounds germanic and Anton is a very popular boy's name in the Netherlands. Anyway, what do y'all think?

I also wanted to ask, has anyone here seen The Corrupter yet? If not, go now. I went to this movie expecting a fun, Chou Yun-Fat shoot 'em up, and I got a deep, involving movie about loyalty, trust, and honor(or the lack of all of the above)

At this point Aaron thinks hears a transvestite with a pickaxe coming, so he retreats.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Friday, April 2, 1999 03:30:23 PM
IP: ppp-125.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Hello to all! I made drill team again, so it's another year of 6:30 am practice and forever bruised knees. I guess it's worth it though :) Two very good friends of mine that I helped over the week made it too which makes me really happy. But...my mortal enemy made it as well :( All I can say is that now I really, really want to make officer. I hope, I hope...

***NEW EP SPOILERS***
I think the best moments in TD are when Brooklyn and Sata realize how much they need and love each other. But I think that the eps could use a little more emotional parts, since Daylight is my fav TD ep. But Menagerie Pt1 was terrific, great job TGS! I can't wait till next week. I only wonder when Sata is going to find out she's pregnant.
***END SPOILERS***
I guess that's all for now. I'm about to see 10 Things I Hate About You. HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY! OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Friday, April 2, 1999 02:40:02 PM
IP: usr2-dialup167.mix1.irving.cw.net

Hi All!!

Denis: I'll wait - Impatiantly but I'll wait.

Jen: Almost certainly Liquified Hydrogen. It's a very effient rocket fuel and can be processed with little difficultly from water. It's also as explosive as hell, which is why steel clan robots go 'BOOM' so often.

Megalomaniacs: We're Megalomaniacs, we've got Baloney in our slacks, we're Zany to the Max, we never pay our Tax, We're Meg-alo-maniacs!!! ( or something like that anyway - I can't remember the words.)

Pistoff: re wolverines - Oh, that's okay then. Just remember to fine the Power ranger for damages to the enviroment. (well, It IS his fault.)

Doug: good luck. And, Please, try not to get shot...

Tim Phipps: Owww.. Good luck with your folks. Don't let them talk you out of it. I let mine talk me out of joining the navy and now I bag groceries for a living.

Coyote: I hadn't heard that one before.

Dale Brown: I had this strange Dale Brown/Gargoyles creativity demon last night. I'll try to write it up and post it tomorrow.

Stupid joke I saw on a mailing list somewhere: What are undead Gargoyles? Garghouls. Truely sad...

I'll run now to escape the throwen stuff from that joke...

Goodnight all!!
Jonathan
NEW ZEALAND Friday, April 2, 1999 01:59:54 PM
IP: wh20-15.wave.co.nz

hello!

hum, I think that Fred got a bit too head over the possible release date of Shared Memories, due to a li'l problem I met with my comp. I'm currently working on it, but with some luck it could be ready next week. but don't worry, I'll start to work on G2K #16 "Season Truce" right after!
and you won't regret the waiting. well, you can still re-read the trailer.
no! please! not the head! not the heeeaaaad!


the TGS eps was great!
well, that's all!

à plus!
Denis - [wyrmwolf@lft.be]
Friday, April 2, 1999 11:44:55 AM
IP: aphrodite.infonie.be

Does anyone know what sort of fuel Coldstone and Coldfire use in their rocket packs? Something more efficient than gasoline I assume. And where did they go to fuel up when they were chasing Coldsteel all over the world? (Dumb question maybe but it's been bugging me a long time and I wondered if anyone ever came up with an answer.)

Todd - Can't you use 3-prong extension cords until you're able to get the 2-prong outlets grounded? You mentioned you did have some inconveniently-located 3-prong outlets.

I'm using this picture to see what Ajax looks like.
Jen - [jenniren@mindspring.com]
Friday, April 2, 1999 11:24:10 AM
IP: user-2ivf08a.dialup.mindspring.com

To everyone: Thank you for all of your wonderful comments on my pics. I'm glad everyone liked them.

Doug> I'm really sorry. I just don't have the time to do the illustrations for your fic. Too busy with school.

The Rolling Calf> Yah, I think I've heard of that cartoon. I see it every now and then on the Cartoon Network. The name escapes me, although.

Gabriel> Whoo-boy. You want to know everything? Well, here goes. We all know that in America, they show Sailor Moon eps 1-88. (actually it's 1-82, but they cut out 6 eps in between) That's the end of Sailor Moon in America. But in Japan, the seiesr continues into 3 more series: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS, and Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars. The next line of villians they fought was a team called the Death Busters, who were led by Sailor Saturn's father, Professer Tomoe. That was the Series when Sailor Chibi-Moon, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn joined the team. Sailor Saturn was later possesed by a villian, Misstress Nine. She was freed, but was re-born on account that shae had died earlier. She is now as old as Chibi Usa (Reeny) (this is a little out of order) Sailor Moon had also found the Holy Grail, which allowed her to transform into Super Sailor Moon. In the next series, a line of villians called the Amazon Quartet, and the Amazon Trio set out to find a a character named Pegases, who inhabited people's dreams. Pegases chose to visist Chibi Usa's dreams, and gave her a bell, so she could call upon himm when in need. The Trio and the Quartet were defeated, and gave all of the shenshi upgraded powers.

I'll continue this later, because I have to go to school right now)


Brianna - [kelbribrook@earthlink.net]
Friday, April 2, 1999 10:36:26 AM
IP: pool041-max11.ds21-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

PATRICK TOMAN - The grounding adaptors were our first solution, but after we got them, we discovered that they need to be fitted up with the screws at the bottom of the outlets. The trouble is, the outlets in my apartment have no screws, or if they do, they're very difficult to find. (The outlets were painted over with white paint, in a somewhat sloppy fashion). That's why I contacted my landlady about the problem; I need to know how to handle the problem with the screws.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Friday, April 2, 1999 10:10:50 AM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

Forgive me this trespass, but...

**** BEGIN SHAMELESS PLUG *****

The latest revised chapter of my series "The DeGuy Saga" is now up on the Garg-Fans Archive:

What happens to a NYPD Detective when she runs into a Scottish gargoyle in the middle of the night? No, this isn't a re-telling of "When Goliath Met Elisa", but it concerns another member of the clan and a certain ex-Californian...

Find out in "Encounters", now on www.gargoyles-fans.org!

***** END SHAMELESS PLUG *****

DOUG - Well, is there a chance I can step into the RP? The characters I was using with Coyote's RP (Big Jake and his side kick mechanic) are just itching to get in on the battle against Thailog!

MENAGERIE - Great Job again, Anna! Can everyone agree that this lady is a fantastic writer?

Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Friday, April 2, 1999 02:38:43 AM
IP: m83.ieway.com

**NO RP TONIGHT. GUESS WHY. THE FOLLOWING DC DEATH HAS NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONNOTATIONS, COURTESY OF A CLAN OF FEMALE ASSASSINS. DON'T CLAIM YOU WEREN'T WARNED.**

[Mr. Disconnect is effecting his demented machinations at Wilek's ISP...when he is seized by several ninjas and thrown into a huge, arena-like room overlooked by a sealed observation chamber--from which Wilek is staring at him, wearing the coldest and most enraged facial expression he's ever worn. He speaks to Mr. Disconnect over a public address system..."Hello, <censored>. It seems that you've been even busier today than usual. First, you've made me try several times for an internet connection. and THEN, when I finally get connected, you keep me out of Coyote's site. And THEN, when you let me into his site, you won't let me see the new front page pic (it's broken) OR the last half of the GCM MegaMix. And now I learn that you've done something to Coyote's scanner. All this in addition to making my Internet connection ridiculously slow, sometimes even 9.6 kbps. Is this your stupid <censored> idea of an April Fool's joke?! My friend, I am going to <censored> you up like you wouldn't *believe*. PHASE ONE!" The ninjas teleport in and shed their black jumpsuits, revealing the Barbara Eden-esque traditional garb of Gerudo assassins. They proceed to <ahem> *molest* him in a variety of disgusting and creative ways, which I won't type here for fear of being banned and at which you would be sickened and horrified at Wilek for thinking up. When they're done with him, they leave. Wilek: "Phase two." One of the assassins comes back, sprays DC's head with something that has no visible effect, then leaves. Wilek types a command at the chamber's control panel, releasing a horde of carnivorous pirahna beetles, which proceed to eat DC's entire body except for his head (which apparently was sprayed with beetle repellant). Once DC is reduced to a head on a skeleton, more repellant is sprayed into the room, chasing off the beetles, and then the repellant is sucked out with ventilation fans and replaced with clean air. Wilek then takes an elevator down to the arena to deliver the coup de gras. Wilek: "Life is never easy. Neither is death. Farewell, <censored>." Wilek splits DC's cranium open with a hammer, pulls out his brain, puts it in a microwave, and sets it on low...to prolong DC's torment. Soon, DC's brain is a molten boiling mass of grey semiliquid.]

**NOW THAT I'VE THOROUGHLY SICKENED AND FRIGHTENED ALL OF YOU, IT'S TIME FOR A POST.**

Because of Mr. DC's aforementioned crimes against the fandom, I am *not* in a good mood tonight. At least I didn't fall victim to anyone else's April Fools' pranks, or I would have done *more* snuff films in addition to the above.

Speaking of April Fools' Day, has anyone picked up a copy of 'I Can't Believe It's Not The New York Times'? The headline: Al Gore (or Bob Dole; I forget which) challenges Hollywood Hogan (or whatever he's calling himself now) to a match. LOL!

Megalomaniacs> I'm kind of one, although more of the control-things-from-afar sort. Now Cocytus, from my third fic...is *quite* mad, and the epitome of megalomaniacs. Go read it and see.

Arianna> I got your message; I'll send a reply later. IF Mr. Disconnect lets me. <glares at DC's liquefied brain matter>

On an ep of Goof Troop (it came on while I was reading a book or something), they were watching a wrestling match. Know what one of the wrestlers was called? Mad Maddox (or something to that effect). My brain simply ground to a halt.

Kitainia> $<<we have a LOT of material still ahead. At least a year's worth>> Oh shoot...there'll be a period in either June or July when I won't be able to come here for a little over a week. Ah well, we can worry about that when the time comes...And yes, I would like to keep Thailog alive if it's at all possible, ideally throwing him into the Avatar of Ganon's brig...although if you'd like to do something different, I'll understand...$

Argent (I think)> Forgot last time...Congratulations! Enjoy your new martial art! <g>

**I JUST TRIED TO RELOAD THE CR. GOT A 'CONNECTION TO THE SERVER COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED' ERROR. WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.**

[Wilek waits for DC to regenerate--and after all *that*, it takes a while. Once DC is whole again, Wilek uses a hypo spray to inject DC with something. Soon, his skin begins to develop bleeding sores, which develop into large, ragged holes through which the lower layers of his skin and connective tissue slowly begin to extrude themselves. After an agonizing three hours, he is little more than a skeleton, lying in a pool of its own blood and tissues, its viscera spread out around it, its skin a crumpled ball lying in the middle of its ribcage. DC's body has turned inside out.]

**IF THIS DOESN'T GET THROUGH, DC'S GETTING MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW. NOBODY, BUT NOBODY <censored> WITH ME THIS BADLY AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.**
Wilek Nereus, Chief Torment Engineer
Friday, April 2, 1999 01:58:43 AM
IP: tnt-2-69-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

****RP!!!****
Thailog had just finished giving out his orders when he felt another presence. "Who are you and how did you get here?!" he screams at the shadowy figure. "That matters not," Hades says, "What does matter is that with my help you can crush your enemies and all I ask is one small favor." Screen fades out.
****END RP!!!****

The Matrix-That was a great movie, I may go see it again. Makes you think. Oh and by the way, just before I went to see it I saw a perview for it and it said that was comming out on Friday, I don't understand what's going on, but someone made a mistake.

Firestorm-Looks like it's going to be a great place

Timedancer-Cool episode, perfect 10. I hope we get to see them in the future soon. My favorite episodes are the ones that take place in the future.

Hey I got some good news, sometime in the next two months I'm going to Japan. It's going to be sooooo much fun, I've always wanted to go there.
See ya later!
Jaden - [smokey1@silcom.com]
Los Alamos, CA, U.S.A.
Friday, April 2, 1999 01:53:27 AM
IP: pm0-35.vpop1.avtel.net

<Tim P. walks into CR>

Lonny> Have you been taking your medcation lately? Besides, your threats of horrible movie sequels don't frighten me. I've sat through "Ishtar", "Oscar", "The Color Purple", and a four hour long Barney The Dinosaur marathon.

Hmm... I'm might be coming off scarier than you.

Earlier this week, the school faculty passed out something that most students usually crumple up and throw away-no, not their report cards, those only came out yesterday-I'm talking about the school newspaper. In this Issue, the senior class (who, for the most part, will still be the senior class next year:) gave a brief biography and some advice to the underclassmen. My advice was as follows:

1) Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor.
2) Although we live in a bilingual society, it is still considered rude to speak in a foreign laguage in front of somebody.
3) Criticism is often constructive because it makes you feel better when you give it.
4) The more your teacher spends describing your next assignment, the more ridiculous it probably is.
5) Monday and Friday are not part of the productive work week.
6) Your teacher is a very busy person who cannot waste time clarifying simple instructions. Use your best judgement.
7) As you may have suspected, there are alot of fools in life. You must learn to pity and tolerate them. (Some kid on the newspaper staff changed it to "I am a fool. You must learn to pity and tolorate me." the only thing that's keeping this kid from claiming responsablity for this is fear and common sense.)
8) Parents will often brag about their child's athletic or academic abilities. Teachers have an obligation to gently bring them back to reality.
9) The best way to avoid criticizing or offending someone is to never teach any practical information. So if you complain about my advice, you're only proving my point.

Alot of the kids at school didn't get my jokes. But the teachers thought it was funny as hell.
Tim P.
Friday, April 2, 1999 12:10:18 AM
IP: s7-onawa.pionet.net

Robby & Wilek: Thanks. Wow, people are actually glad to see me. That'll take a while to get used to ... ;)

Jonathon: It doesn't damage their teeth, but it does cause explosive dyssentery. **points at trap door** They left a mess in there that would've sunk the New Carissa a helluva lot faster than the napalm did.

Deuce: "You have no sanity? Whew, that makes my job a lot easier." Hehe, I'm just one little guy, but I do what I can. **maniacal laugh**

Universal Soldier 2: Icky! It'll probably be in theaters for maybe a week, then it'll go directly to video, a la Vanilla Ice's "Cool as Ice."

Kitaina: Thanks! :) It should be done in a couple more days, I hope. Just waiting for Denis to send the last of the outline ...

Coyote: Ah, nifty! Thanks!
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Friday, April 2, 1999 12:06:40 AM
IP: wire-21.koalas.com

Matrix: I'm gonna see this movie no matter what, Keanu or no Keaunu.

Universal Soldier 2: Only redeeming quality about this film is that it stars WCW wrassler GOLDBERG!!!! Who's next?!

Gabriel: Ah, the actor you are thinking of is Bruce Campbell, and he is my God.

Balkan Fighting: Let me purge this from my system.

First off, I'm not thrilled with us being over there. Okay, I can see dropping a few bombs on them to show we're a little peeved off. But now we're escalating into a war. I don't wanna wind up in another Vietnam just cause some moron wants to "cleanse" his homeland.

Secondly, Russia won't get involved, mainly cause, well, right now they're our b!tch. Their economy is so in shambles it's a joke. The only part of their economy that's halfway running right is the part the Mafia owns. So, unless they want us to totally give up our aid, they're gonna know their role and sit on their hineys and do nothing. Maybe grumble, but that's it.

But here's where I'm fighting angry. When I turned on the TV today, what did I see but three Americans, bloody and beaten, being paraded by those @$$holes. Now they're gonna put them on trial. Right now, way I feel, I wanna nuke the bastards till their corpses glow at night. I could take it better if they killed our boys over there--instead they're gonna have some kangaroo court try them. They're trying to embarass us. US. Johnny Yugoslavian, pig farmer by day/racist murderer by night, trying to embarass the premeire superpower of the world. AND threatening our boys in the service. I'm not prone to violence myself (well...not actual violence) but if I had a rusty knife right now, everyone of those sons of b!tches would be singing soprano in the shower tomorrow morning.
BTW, I know there are some people in here who are not from America, and I would politely ask you to please not say anything smartass like "well, if the U.S. hadn't been in there in the first place, none of this would happen..." I don't think you will, I'm just asking that if you do think that, don't try to rub it in, okay?
Sevarius Jr. - [<---Ultra-Patriot, and damn proud to be an American.]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 11:56:27 PM
IP: 207-172-41-141.s141.tnt10.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

**LONNY TAKES OVER THE WORLD- PART ONE**

The lights flicker once as Dis Connect unleashes the Doomsday virus, and I let out a maniacal laugh, common to evil twins like myself.

**END LONNY TAKES OVER THE WORLD PART ONE**


By the end of this post, my Doomsday virus will have taken over every computer on the net, and there is nothing any of you fools can do about itZ! bwah hah hah! Anyhow...

Universal Soldier 2- Its a sequal, and going to be a bad one. I know this, because one of my many evil plans is the creation of sequals, and Universal soldier is one of them.

Aaron- Brooklyn is just a fool for getting shot so often, thats all there is to it. Besides, with only a small handful of gargoyles available, and blasting the star rarely being an option, and Hudson rarely fighting, that leaves the trio to get beat up. Its only natural that one of them would happen to get roasted more often than other. Probabilities and all that.

April fools in comic striops- Personally I liked it a couple of years ago when a lot of the strip artists switched their comic for a day, and wegot to see different takes on everything. The Dilbert and family circus artists switching places, that was fun.

Coyote- Congratulations on the G:CM anniversary. Its all a moot point as within minutes, my Doomsday virus will take over all the computers on the net!

Dragons- I'm going to have to find a couple and enslave them. They would make useful flunkies, yes...

**LONNY TAKES OVER THE WORLD- PART TWO**

I glance at my watch. The Doomsday virus I have spent a month putting together should have worked by now. I look at my flunkie, Dis.
"What is the problem?"
"Wha, you mean you REALLY wanted a virus that would wipe out all the computers on the net?"
"YES! That was an essential part of my plan to conquor everything!"
"Oh... Sorry boss... I thought you were just playing an April Fool's joke... All the virus does is this." Dis Connect clicks a button, and a sign appears on screen reading "HAPPY APRIL FOOLS EVERYONE!"
I growl at him. "You fool! Why would I prepare an April Fool's joke a month in advance?!?"
"I dunno. You're the ecentric type maybe?"
I kill Dis a few times for that, and then set back to my plans. There will be a day... Oh yes, there will be a day when I rule everything... Just wait and see...
Lonny, Robby's Evil Twin
Thursday, April 1, 1999 11:07:56 PM
IP: spider-wa054.proxy.aol.com

Hi, a week or two I posted here to let everybody know I was starting a roundrobin on a storyboard. I'm posting two more. One is a TGS story essentially. It's about the Bad Guys who haven't been written about yet but I put a disclaimer stating that any TGS characters anyone else adds into it are property of the TGS writing staff. The other one isn't TGS. It's got Demona preparing to cast a spell on Elisa.
Jason Barnett - [barnett@shentel.net]
Lebanon Church, VA, USA
Thursday, April 1, 1999 09:50:00 PM
IP: pm06a07.shentel.net

Happy belated birthday Christine and Carolynn
Lawrence Stone - [st1@bright.net]
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A.
Thursday, April 1, 1999 09:37:59 PM
IP: chil-ras6-4-cs-21.dial.bright.net

...
Anonymous
Thursday, April 1, 1999 09:34:26 PM
IP: chil-ras6-4-cs-21.dial.bright.net

**RP HERE**

Inside NORAD, Tyl has just broken through the PAL system and is now seeing what nukes are available. "We're ready," he grins. "All launch codes deactivated, very soon we will shoot off a nuke." "Good," T'angelo says. "Set target Hong Kong." "Setting..." Suddenly the computer screen goes blank and then an image of a laughing green skull surrounded by red fire appears on it. "Ha ha ha ha ha," the skull chuckles. "NO!" Corax gasps. "Some hacker has spotted NORAD's sudden lack of security and they're sending us viruses. Not now!" Tyl growls and begins deploying his antivirus software. "When I trace this guy's link, he is dead. Capital D-E-A-D, dead!"

The screen changes to outside the base, where the good guys have broken through the main fence around the NORAD facility and are now clearing the outer bunkers. Doug goes around a corner and comes face to face with his a-hole ex-roommate Josh McMillan, and Josh's two equally a-hole drinking buddies (who Doug came home to find asleep in his bed many times). "We meet again," Josh chuckles, pointing a rebar gun at Doug's face. "Time for me to pay you back for breaking up me and Ashley." "Hey," Doug reminds him, "you cheated on her right across the room from me, you know your relationship was dead before I did anything. Ashley's a nice girl, Josh, I did not like to see her treated like c*^p." "You're c*&p!" Josh yells, firing the gun. Doug barely dodges and shoots back, putting several plasma bursts through Josh and each of his friends. After they've all fallen dead, he breathes a sigh of relief and as he continues to hunt for enemies turns to face the CR.

**PAUSE RP**

Happy April Fool's Day everyone! For once, I had no jokes played on me on this day. Strange, huh? Oh well, day ain't over yet. <grin>

Todd: <I very much believe that people who go around killing in God's name may often be much more truly "servants of the Devil" than outright and obvious Satan-worshippers.> I totally agree with you on this. I also think anyone who tries to charecterize God as a hateful sinner-frying SOB is also serving Satan, no matter their claims to the contrary. All good Christians should know God's really about forgiveness, understanding, and love. Some people of course still can't understand that. I've said this before, I won't say any more. :)

Happy Belated Birthday Thomas Revor!!

Jonathan: Yeah, I've heard it's an awful job, too. But to me it sounds like great work. You get to use your mind, help some people and put others away, and occassionally get into a cool gunfight or car chase. The last isn't the main reason I want to be a cop, of course. It's just added benefits of what I feel will be a very satisfying job. :)

Kyryn: Glad you haven't forgotten about my pic, I look forward to seeing the dragons in full color. BTW, if anyone's curious what's going on with Nikki and Jadriel, they will be seen in the fic I'll be working on after "Slayer Senshi." That fic, a two-parter I'm going to call "The Hostage" will also detail their pasts (Nikki's in Part 1- "Runaway" and Jadriel's in Part 2- "Dragons' Game"). Coming soon, after I finish and post "Slayer Senshi" (speaking of that, it's progressing nicely, I'm now approaching the climactic battle in the vampires' lair).

Argent: Just type the site's URL into the appropriate space on the Add to the CR page. And congrats on learning that new move.

Green Baron: When I am a cop, I'll probably be one here in Austin. Kit and I like this city too much to want to move away. Good luck in your career choice, thanks for your support.

Arianna: I don't know if that line still applies or not. But no matter what, as a policeman I'll still be trying my best to keep the peace, serve and protect the public, and uphold the law.

SJ: Thanks for the info. If I ever decide to do another Daredevil crossover, I will check those books out.

New Timedancer episode: "Menagerie" was excellent, thumbs way up, 10/10 stars. Perfect charecterization of Brooklyn and Sata and great development on them both. Excellent plot, and I liked all the foreshadowing and the supporting cast. Kitainia, Wilek, and Ed have already given my other comments on the episode. I too cannot wait for Part 2. Keep up the good work!

The Matrix: Kitainia already said most of what we thought about this movie. I'll just add that it was really good, especially in the action and technology departments. The special effects were also very well-done, as were to a lesser degree the characters and plot. I hope everyone will not take the critics seriously, decide for themselves, and go see this movie. That's all I'll say.

Robby: Thanks for telling me Heather got the commission, I was worried. As for what she should do with it- simple, draw me a pic and send it back. Please tell her I kinda enthusiastically overreacted to her wanting to do one, she doesn't have to do all the stuff I sent in the e-mail. Just a pic of Graeme, Ari, and Nudnik fighting some vampires will be fine. If she wants specific vampires or has any more questions, tell her to e-mail me. I will be waiting to hear from her soon.

Coyote: Kit and I are glad you have a backup plan. Hope to see those pics soon. And thanks for posting the "Previously..."

That's all for now, later!!

**BACK TO RP, SEXUAL CONNOTATION WARNINGS**

Doug turns another corner and comes face-to-face with Kathleen, the stupid snobby <bleep> Josh cheated on his girlfriend with. "Doug," Kathleen growls. "Asil told me I might run into you." "Hello, Kathleen," Doug grins. "I figured I'd see you around here. I've been running into so many of my old enemies recently." "Prepare to die." "You prepare to die," Kitainia interrupts, stepping out from the shadows behind Kathleen and cocking her laser gun. "This must be the girl you cloned for yourself," Kathleen chuckles. "The perfect woman, right? Funny, huh, Doug? You had to make the perfect girl for yourself because you couldn't find her? I could have been her, remember? That night Josh and I were in your room I wanted you, but you refused me." "I just met you that night, Kathleen!" Doug reminds her again. "I'm a man of honor, I never sleep with a girl that soon. Even if I like her, which with you was not the case." "Oh, tut, tut," the evil <bleep> laughs. "I'm still better than her, I didn't need to be conjured." "Asil's the 'conjured' one," Kitainia snaps. "I'm the real thing. Doug told me about you, Kathleen. I've been looking forward to this moment ever since." "What moment?" Kathleen asks, surprised. "When I can wipe that stupid smile off your face," Kitainia answers, shooting her gun neatly in half with a laser beam. Kit then tosses her own weapon aside, adopts a fighting stance, and says in her best Ellie May Clampett voice, "Let's wrassle." Kathleen laughs. "You think you can beat me in a fair fight? Hah!" She tosses down the broken gun and leaps at Kitainia. The half-garg meets her dive, spin-kicking Kathleen down while Doug watches and cheers Kitainia on. "Who said I would fight fair?" Kitainia asks as she leaps on Kathleen and pins her to the ground, then rips her throat open with her talons. "I don't know if I even can anymore." Doug smiles and claps. "Good job, you got her." Kitainia gets up and shrugs. "No sweat, she was too easy. Now come on, there's still a lot of enemies around. We have to get into NORAD." Doug follows her on towards the entrance as the screen goes blank.

**TO BE CONTINUED, BUT FOR NOW END RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 09:20:16 PM
IP: dal-qbu-zoj-vty157.as.wcom.net

**Kyryn glides in with a small rat sitting on her shoulder**

Well, Colt, the rat with the hernia, is doing fine. The vet stitched everything up. The little beggar tried to eat my fingers when I gave him dinner, so I'm not worried about him. BTW, Wilek, I still have no idea how he got the hernia. He had it when I bought him.

******TD SPOILERS********
Hey! I can actually comment on this one, since I haven't read it before, or the second part.
I love the separate characterization of Sata and Brooklyn. I also like the development we are seeing in Brook, especially as he starts thinking more about others.
I too am curious to see what happens in part two and the Caliph's zoo and the sanctuary. I will also be curious as to the development of Haroun, given the foreshadowing in the beginning of the story.
Anna, you've done a wonderful job.

***END TD SPOILERS*****


Steve> User Friendly got shut down! AAGH! I hadn't even finished reading all the back issues! Well, I hope that they can come back. They should be protected under the free speech laws involving parody/satire, I think/hope.

Oh, the flying dragon in the Herculoids was named Zok. I based some of my early dragon drawing style off his design. He was always one of my favorite characters.

Speaking of dragons: For those who love a good dragon story, read Barbara Hambly's Dragonsbane and the sequel, Dragonshadow. These are seriously good work. I especially loved one point where she describes one of the dragons as looking like a 'black glass gargoyle'.

Dale Brown> I loved Storming Heaven.

Have a good weekend everyone.

**Kyryn disappears***


Kyryn
Uvalde, TX
Thursday, April 1, 1999 09:00:24 PM
IP: 168.37.239.86

Quick note to Todd: You goof. You can find grounding adapters at any hardware store for about 50 cents apiece. I think that'd be a lot better than waiting around for your landlord to call in an electrician to replace wall outlets, don't you?
Patrick Toman
Thursday, April 1, 1999 08:26:20 PM
IP: abd71d65.ipt.aol.com

For those who really want to know how something workds.... http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 07:30:16 PM
IP: proxy-513.public.rwc.webtv.net

He guys, after a veeery long week without the CR I am back.

Iron weapons: I think they would use such weapons if they would met the unseelie eye-to-eye. But until now they have only met them surprisingly or the Halflings, but I believe that they won’t react on iron like the fay, ‘cause of their human blood. And in the up-comming war, when they meet the fay directly I hope they will be smart enough to use iron, as will be the Haflings against Oberon.

Brisco County Jr: I remember the show just well. The actor who played him, plays now Autolycus out of „Xena“ and sometimes I saw him in a sitcom. It was a really good show, especially the arc about this ufo-thing. It was the first time I recognized what UFO means.

Balkan Fighting: I have to say that i am absolutly against these attacks on Yugoslavia. There are several reasons for this (my english isn’t so well, so I am sorry for the mistakes I am going to make):
1. It won’t help the people living there. Now they are targets of two forces, the NATO and the serbs/UCK, who have now a „offical reason“ to kill each other because he is, or could be, an enemy. If the NATO, or should I say USA, write in big letters humanity over this operation it really annoyes me that they pay more for airplanes and bombs as for relief organizations.
2. The NATO has broken law with its action. After international right only the UN-court has the right to decide about such a war after the UN-Charta and everyone knows that the NATO hadn’t the UN agreemenr. The second case is if the country, Yugoslavia, attacks another country. This took on no account place, because it was a innerpolitical-conflict. Clinton has reasoned this war with the maintenance of the peace in europe. This is pure hipocrisy, because now is war in europe and now are dying thousends of people without any guilt. Besides why is the USA interested in europe? This takes us to point three.
3. Why has Clinton started the war? Because of his love to the albanien? But why doesn’t he act in Turkey? There he support the government with weapons to kill the (Kurden). There has to be another reason. A few days ago it was said: he want to set down an example on a communtistic country, defacto Yugoslavia. He want to have a strong presence in europe and he want to make the NATO, defacto USA, to a „world policeman“. I don’t think that this would be desirable.
4. Do you really believe Milosovic will give up now? Now he has the „right“ to fight and his people stand behind him. Now he will kill all albanien he is going to find because now they are enemys and now there is nobody who can prevent this.
You see this war can’t be any good for europe or the world. The Balkan will be as instabil as never before, the first war after 2.WW has reached europe and perhaps, if Russia react with forces, it will be much more. However, the people there have to suffer much more than before.
And because the war is going on only one hour flight away from my home I demonstrate for peace and I hope that there will be a peaceful solution soon, because this would be the best for the people there, serbs and albanien.

Brianna: I loooovvveeeee!!!!!!! your pictures. They are great, especially this of Brook embracing his kids. I have a question about Sailor Moon. You have written the pic of Galaxia is out of the last ep ef the show. Does this mean there isn’t any ep further more after this one? But you have also drawn a pic of EternalSailorjupiter and she wasn’t part of the show until then, I think. So were is she from? I really would like to know everthing about it, pleeeaaase!
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I try to read TD and TGS soon to comment on them.
Until then.
Oh, and a happy APRILS FOOLS DAY!

Gabriel
germanyThursday, April 1, 1999 07:23:42 PM
IP: ics3f.l.srv.t-online.de

<Tim Phipps walks into the comment room with a not-so-happy look on his face>

About ten minutes ago, my mom askeds me to go to a local convenience store to pick some stuff up. As I was about to leave, The Nightly News comes on with the featuring story about the three soldiers captured in Kosovo. My mom say "Hey Tim, the story about those soldiers that were caught is on TV. And they're *Marines*. Gee..."

I have a feeling that I'm going to be in for it later tonight.

It's odd. For my whole life, my parents have wanted me to get in shape and improve myself. And when I find a goal worth working for, they try to stop me. I'm glad my parents are concerned for me but it's REALLY getting to me. I'm just thankful that they havn't seen Full Metal Jacket.

Rap and Alternative music> I didn't mean to knock all rap and alternative music. In fact, I've enjoyed songs such as Coolio's "Gangstas Paradise". But there are some bands I worry about. It's the whole "If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck it must be a duck," idea. If I remember correctly, Kurt Cobain sang about drugs, suicide and violence. And then blew his brain out with a shotgun. Then Tupac Shakur dies in a gang related shooting. People like this are constantly being idolized. THAT is what I don't lke about it. Otherwise, it's fine.

Adios, amigos!
Tim P.
Thursday, April 1, 1999 07:14:32 PM
IP: s10-onawa.pionet.net

**Zath walks into the CR and holds up an egg with a smiley face drawn on it. "This is my brain." Zath points to the name link. "This is my brain on boredom, especially when it's April Fools' Day. Any questions?" Zath exits the CR, looking for ideas for a more constructive way to waste time (and paper) after claculus tests.**
Zath - [<-- C'mon, click. You know you want to...]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 07:01:37 PM
IP: ns6-11.viptx.net

**enters the room, stripping out of the riot gear he was wearing in the other room. He pulls out a candle, replacing it in the holder. He then appears to *eat* the old candle.**

Mmm ... paraffin ...

**most of the room enters stomach convulsions. Coyote grins.**

APRIL FOOL! It won't kill me. Honest. It was a piece of a banana made up to look like a candle. HONEST! :)

Actually, I had a high school chemistry teacher pull that one. He wouldn't 'fess up, but that's the only way to appear to eat a lit candle (a banana and an almond sliver ... you light the sliver and it burns like a wick.).

**sigh** Annyway ... **sits in comfy chair**

**SHAMELESS PLUG!!**

I've just made an update to G:CM's site, to commemmorate the site's first anniversary! Come stop by, there's some new surprises there, not to mention the "G:CM MegaMix" ... or as it's more appropriately called, "The WCC 'Previously ...' That Ran WAY Out Of Control." :)

**END SHAMELESS PLUG!! IT IS SAFE TO RE-ENTER THE BATHROOM, BUT HOLD YER BREATH FOR ABOUT A MINUTE! :)**

Starsinger: I made my verdict ... sick. Sick. ZICK ZICK ZICK!!!

Argent: Yeah, MLB starts Tuesday ... did anyone else in here see today's "Peanuts" in their newspaper? Pretty interesting April Fool's joke in that strip ... Sally was trying to convince Charlie Brown that Mark McGwire wanted to play for his team. And it worked! :)

Arianna: Who's giving a setup? It happened! And yes, I did note Duke's loss in the final to UConn ... I didn't comment on it because they'd already knocked out my team (MSU) two days before.

SJ, DumlaoX re: Eminem: Did ... I happen to mention that this guy comes from Detroit? And so does ICP? (in fact, one of ICP's schticks for concert appearances is spraying the audience in Faygo (regional soda brand that I've only ever seen sold in Michigan).)

Pistoff: LOL at the PR death. Oh ... you want to see self-promotion, click my name link. That's how I do it. :)

Fire Storm: Thanks for the link. If I'm ever bored, I'll stop by. :)

Cat names: Ours have regular names (Chessie is the smart one, Tiki is the fuzzy idiot), but more commonly known as "Miss Priss" (Chessie) and "Dumbass" (Tiki). :)

Wilek: Actually ... I was referring to the garbage can, not the toilet. but thanks for the advice anyway ... although I think chopped-up scanner parts would clog up our toilet even *worse* than the normal stuff that clogs it up.

Cyrway: Actually, I'm in better shape, since I have a backup plan ... the 386, the old B&W flatbed, and Paint Shop Pro 3.
BTW, I did check out Akira ... I like, I like. :)

Todd: What you could do in the meantime is go to a hardware store and pick up a 2M-3F adaptor for the time being ... it'll convert a two-prong plug into a three-prong. Only as a stopgap measure, until your landlady gets the outlets changed, y'know? Just a friendly suggestion. :)

Jonathan: Okay, it's just a variant of one I already knew ... IETSWAS ("I Eat This S*** With A Spoon.")

Aaron: Actually, this morning a local radio show was talking about Johnny Carson (with their resident Carson impersonator), who said his quadruple bypass was the second-most performed operation in Hollywood, and similar to the most performed one. When asked what the most performed one was, he said it was studio executives having their hearts *removed.* The DJ asked if TV executives had the same operation, to which "Carson" replied, "No, but it's also similar. They have their *brains* removed." :)
(thought I'd toss that one in, it caught my fancy this morning. :)

Kitainia: See my prior message about the backup plan. Just need to get it hooked up again, not to mention find space for it in my grandmother's bedroom (**whimper**), and I can get back in business.

**sits back** I'll be here for a while, folks. Visit the site, and party down. :)
Coyote the Bando - [<-- IT'S G:CM's FIRST ANNIVERSARY!!]
Algonac, Michigan, An hour northeast of Hockeytown USA!
Thursday, April 1, 1999 06:31:18 PM
IP: modem71.i-is.com

**RP HERE, AND IT'S A LONG ONE, YOU ARE WARNED**

At Thailog's secret base, the bad guy leaders are holding another meeting. "So Green Baron has escaped," Ted Turner is reporting via viewscreen. "I tried to stop him, but my wrestlers ran out on me and then my psycho hippie commandos were wiped out by some army of libertarians who then torched the mansion. Geoffrey and I barely got out alive." "Damn it!" Asil rants at Ted. "You were supposed to keep an eye on the Baron. I had so many plans for him!!!" "Calm down, Asil," Galante cautions the evil clone. "This is only a momentary setback. We shall surely win as long as we have God on our side." "Bishop, this message came for you," says Zale's drone Charleston. Galante takes it and reads, his face going stark white. "Dear Joseph Galante, for your many crimes committed while in the service of the Roman Catholic Church, you are hereby excommunicated and stripped of all religious office and power. Signed, the Pope, Reverend Atilla, and Cardinal Ratzinger. NO!!!!" "Poor Bishop Galante," chuckles Thailog. "I guess we may no longer have a use for you." "What? Wait! I still have my clerical powers!" He tries to cast a spell and fails, growling as he realizes that even God has abandoned him. "No, this can't be possible! I'm the inquisitor of the Lord, the chosen, I made sure lots of people glorified his name above all else!!" "We'll let God worry about that, useless Bishop," Thailog says. "Enjoy meeting him." He presses a button on his desk and Galante screams as he is instantly fried to a crisp in his chair. "Gruesome," Zale says, walking in behind Nipon and Jerec as Galante's skeleton crumbles to dust. "You three are back here?" Thailog asks them. "How goes the NORAD attack?" The Admiral, General, and Dark Jedi look at each other. "Not good."

Meanwhile, on Cheyenne Mountain, the Ravens and Wilek's forces are still hacking their way through the base's defenders, slowly approaching NORAD's outer gates. Kitainia turns from blowing up one of the enemy tanks with her new LAW-120 Rocket Launcher and makes a CR post.

**PAUSE RP**

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been by in a while, school stuff again. Happy April Fool's Day to all of you!! Haven't gotten the chance to play any jokes on people yet, hope I will soon. Same to all of you.

Steve: Thanks for telling us your future plans and responding to our question. Like Doug said earlier, good luck.

Aris: I agree with all the people who like things in the CRs the way they are and provided good reasons for them being so. That's all I'll say in response to you.

Ed: Thanks for posting all the great episode comments. It's good to see we're seeing some of the same things in old eps. And new ones, such as the Timedancer season 2 ones.

Worst Karma: I think it's Margo, although Brooklyn comes very close. :)

Ironwolf: Augh! Too bad your potential girlfriend didn't want a relationship. Don't you just hate when that happens? When they want to be "just friends?" There's a good country song for your situation but I forget who sings it. <sighs> Oh well, good luck with getting a relationship in the future. Sorry this one didn't work out.

Happy Belated Birthday to Christine, Carolynn, and Thomas Revor, Jr!

JEB: Congrats on finding your missing fanfic.

Brianna: Thanks for putting up all that very cool artwork. Great pics!!

Welcome back to TRC and Tim.

Jaden: You're welcome. I thought that was how long you were going to stay.

Exin: Will you please stop spamming the Comment Room unless you have something important to say?

Pistoff: Welcome to the CR. I too am looking forward to reading your next fic.

Coyote: Your scanner broke AGAIN? NO!!! Now we're gonna have to wait forever to see all those great WCC pics. <shoots DC in revenge with rocket launcher> Hope you get a new one soon, pal. And as always, I can hardly wait to see the actual stories of WCC.

Argent: Cool new move, congrats on learning it. Although don't you wish that sometimes you could learn martial arts the way Keanu Reeves did in his new film? Speaking of which...

**BEGIN SPOILERS FOR THE MATRIX**
This was one pretty neat movie. I liked all the cool special effects and the plot was very well-written except for the end. I also liked the characters, especially Morpheus and Agent Smith. The latter made a very good Owenesque villain and I think whoever played him was the only actor with a good role in the film (Keanu Reeves sucked again, even if his character was the most interesting). I also enjoyed all the technology in this film, and all the great fight scenes (which if possible we have to reenact sometime in the RP). The ending stank, but that was really no problem. Doug and I gave this movie 8/10 stars.
**SPOILERS END, NOW GO SEE THE MATRIX**

Green Baron: Doug's a very honest man, he'll never do what those New York cops are doing. $ Thanks for your info on the Schoolgirl Scouts, good to know we're doing a good job with them. As for Galante, well, I doubt he's really a progressive. I mean, he has done some really awful things. The above RP spells the probable end of him as a villain (if anybody wants to do more with the character, though, feel free to somehow bring him back. But Doug and I have done all we will, unless he comes back and we get more ideas :). $

Arianna: I wish your friend luck in finding a dress. Thanks for sharing her experiences.

**BEGIN COMMENTS ON MENAGERIE, SPOILERS CONTAINED**

This was one great Timedancer episode. Excellent plot and development on Brooklyn and Sata. I also like the memorable characters of the caravan people, especially Haroun and Soul. I also liked the idea of a special Himalayan sanctuary (wonder if Coldstone's been there), and the foreshadowing of the Caliph's zoo. Can't wait for Part 2 next week, hope the days go by fast. Every other observation about this episode I made has already been said by Wilek and Ed.

**SPOILERS AND COMMENTS OVER, BACK TO REPLIES**

DumlaoX: $ Sounds like your character has a lot of cool gear for us. I can hardly wait to start using some of it (besides this LAW-120 rocket launcher, :). Oh, and btw, Doug carries a plasma shotgun. It doesn't use bullets, it fires heavily ionized energy bursts. But yes, of course, it can still run out of charge. $

Firestorm: Thanks for telling us that Archive is up. I've been waiting for it. :)

Wilek: $ Thanks for the Jerec info. And as for the RP Thailog, we don't know if we're gonna kill him yet. We haven't thought ahead that far, although we have a LOT of material still ahead. At least a year's worth. So it will be a while before we're done with the guy. Feel free to do anything you want with him in the meantime. And if you request it, we shall try to keep him alive. $

Aaron: "...And I want it painted black!! No colors anymore, I want them to turn black. The guys walk on by, dressed in their summer clothes. I have to turn my head until my darkness goes. Doodoodoodoodoo..." Sorry, had to finish the song. And I am among the many who have seen and enjoyed Apocalypse Now.

Deuce: Cool quote. Hope you find someone who can do the pic for it.

Guess that's all for now. Doug will post later tonight to answer all your questions for him. Bye for now.

**RP CONTINUES NOW, VIOLENCE WARNING**

Kitainia turns back to the battle, vaporizing another tank as the Ravens advance to the NORAD Outer Complex's Main Gates. A big greasy Spanish guy dressed in leather and with several tatoos stands in front of them, holding a multi-barrelled rocket launcher and laser Gatling-gun. "Rodrigo?" Elena asks, stepping forward and aiming her rifle at her ex. "This is to pay you back for dumping me for the Russki!!" the goon roars. "Die, Die Die!!!" He begins firing the weapons at the party, twisting his powerful arms around to shoot waves of rockets and laser blasts at them all. Hundreds of Wilek's troops go down under his attack. The Ravens and everyone else except for Elena ducks behind the nearest burning vehicle for cover. "Elena!" Boris screams as fifty bullets tear into her. Suddenly his girlfriend leaps back up, her eyes glowing bright red. "Your words, Rodrigo," she spits at the big guy, who is dropping his jaw in shock. Elena then forces the bullets out of her body, transforming into a Parasite Eve Liberation Angel. Rodrigo screams and fires at her again, but Elena dodges all his shots, coming down on her ex's head with a combo of punches and kicks that break every bone in his body. "I did not know you could do that," Boris gasps, he and the others standing back up and watching as Rodrigo's corpse crumples and Elena transforms back to her normal Halfling form. "I didn't know either," she says, "but I did it, didn't I?" "Yeah," says Kitainia. "And it was cool." The others nod in agreement, then all smile and turn back to the fight. As the picture fades, the battle continues.

**LATER, RP IS OVER FOR NOW**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@yahoo.com]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 05:35:28 PM
IP: hil-c45-054-vty147.as.wcom.net

Is anybody interested in doing Illustrated Quotes? 'Cause I've got an excellent one that begs drawing (and I've got the artistic ability of a dead cat).

“Goliath's orders are what prevent me from ripping out your wings and seeing if immortals can survive aplunge into concrete off the tallest building in the world. And that's why I'm giving you ten seconds to leave this castle before I attack.” – Brooklyn to Demona, “Two”
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Champions, Alberta, Canada
Thursday, April 1, 1999 05:13:18 PM
IP: pppa72.connect.ab.ca

Proof that Hollywood has lost it's marbles. Work is beginning on Universal Soldier, The Sequel.

WCW star Goldberg will star as the bad guy.

Later
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, April 1, 1999 04:15:10 PM
IP: ppp-46.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

***SENSELESS RP WARNING***
*A Rumble is heard as everyone rushes to a window to see what is going on...a large silver spaceship of undefined origin touches down outside...the bombay doors open wide, and a ramp lowers...everyone is blinded momentarily, and then, two beings exuent out of the spaceship...at first, they seem alien, but, as the light fades, the "aliens" turn out to be Cyrway and her sidekick, Luc.*

CYRWAY: What's our first priority tonight, Luc?
LUC: Go shopping. Grandfather says his litterbox smells like a sewer.
CYRWAY: Not my fault he had been turned into a cat. What is the next order of business?
LUC: Call up the Colby College station to volunteer a two hour Thursday night radio show.
CYRWAY: And what is our evil plan?
LUC: To convert all who live in the Waterville Area into Hawkwind fanatics.
CYRWAY: And then what?
LUC: Clean the apartment.
CYRWAY: You're no fun...
LUC: We'll take over the planet later...right now, we should get the groceries done and the apartment cleaned...
CYRWAY: Do I even have time to read my new book?
LUC: I'm reading it right now...BTW. you know that Astounding Sounds comes with Time of the Hawklords?
CYRWAY: Heh...Moorcock's name isn't on that issue...

***PAUSE***

As you could probably tell, I'm on a major Hawkwind kick...bigger than normal...I just got the special edition of Quark, Strangeness, and Charm, and I want to read the book, which is a sequel to Time of the Hawklords...I still don't understand why Moorcock wouldn't admit writing it...it's pretty good...

LUC: I have reason to believe Moorcock was on bad acid when he wrote that...

TGS COMMENTS> Well, to tell you the truth, I can't read TGS when I'm in a creative mood...why? Luc and Graeme get into fights...Kat and Arianna's gotten along pretty good, but Luc and Graeme...

*Luc pulls out an orgone accumulator and aims it at Graeme, who chuckles...until he's blasted back by a powerful bass rift from "Master of the Universe".*

Okay, that's a sign of waaaaay too much Moorcock/Hawkwind...

Oh, and BTW, as of this time...WE DO THE DANCE OF JOY!

TO BE CONTINUED...


Cyrway - [amy@gcolor.com]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 04:00:16 PM
IP: gcolor.com

Zath: True, although for controversy, imagine if Robbins walked in at that point ;)

Todd: Hmm... so when does Emrys study those particular plays in his English lessons? ;)

***MENAGERIE – COMMENTS AND SPOILERS FOR NEW TIMEDANCER EP***

I miss much of the season one style of Gargoyles and Pendragon. I miss the drama and tension of the Maddox/Lexington story. I miss the flashbacks in Pendragon that fleshed Morgana, Arthur etc. out. I miss the whole feel of the episodes that seems to largely have been sacrificed for the Unseelie saga. Despite the excellence of the writing, I miss the novelty that the Unseelie saga suppressed by its familiarity.

Timedancer is a different story entirely. Last season, Timedancer was a nice addition to the Gargoyles Saga but lacked the flair and the drive and the character development and the excitement and the scale.

Not so in season two.

THE SUN AND THE SERPENT broke back the boundaries of what Timedancer was about. I was cheering to see a multiple-part story in Timedancer, showing that the series *could* do stories of scale. But it was the first in the season, and I didn’t really expect another such story. And why should I worry when such utter masterpieces like SPIRITS OF THE VASTY DEEP were being released?

MENAGERIE is excellent. I love it because it showcases a depth of character understanding and development previously foreign to Timedancer. I love it because the two strands compliment each other perfectly, and while reading the adventures of one gargoyle, there’s always the excitement brewing of what is happening to the other. I love it because the writing is sensational and it shows superb emotions. I love it because it deals with a set of excellent ideas such as the Caliph’s Menagerie and the TGS truth about the Yeti legend. I love it because it picks up on the same character clashes of the rest of the episodes in the season. I love it because it is another step in a trend of brilliance that has swept through Timedancer of late.

Superb.

***END SPOILERS/COMMENTS***
ED - [ed.reynolds@virgin.net]
London, England
Thursday, April 1, 1999 03:24:58 PM
IP: p35-pochard-gui.tch.virgin.net

Gripe of the day: I didn't get to go to the Shania Twain concert last night.

Pistoff> You have no sanity? Whew, that makes my job a lot easier. :-P

Anybody in here ever read "Microserfs" by Douglas Coupland? If you don't, read it. NOW. I don't care who you have to murder, sleep with, or pay, but GET THIS BOOK. It's amazing.. Anyway, there's a comment in there by two of the female characters; they're discussing Fabio's stomach muscles.

"They're like throw pillows."
"They're like 50-pound flank steak Chiclets."
"They're like—"

You get the point. :-)

***WARNING! LENGTHY SPOILERS FOR THE NEW EPISODE OF "SHADOW RAIDERS/WAR PLANETS" WHICH AIRED IN CANADA LAST NIGHT! IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, DON'T READ THIS!***

SOMEBODY find me an MP3 or a midi for the opening music. That's damn awesome. I love the music. And the opening for the second half of the season is breathtaking. Looks like we'll be seeing more of the Lady Zera, which isn't a bad thing. She's a good character: intelligent, precocious in a cute way, and can obviously take care of herself. Plus, there seems to be good chemistry between her and Tekla. One thing that shocked the hell out of me, and that I had to watch four times, was the gut-wrenching shot of Planet Fire smashing — SMASHING — against the side of the Beast Planet. Plus all the serious action promises that this will be one hell of a ride.

Let's start with Femur. I hate this guy. Big time. And yet I don't want him to be killed off, just because it's cheap to kill the most-hated character. In the interests of preserving him, then, I'd suggest getting rid of Pelvus: the last thing you want in a war is a majordomo who wants you dead. Not to mention he now has his whole army against him....

We also finally get to see the big secret Tekla was looking for under Planet Ice. Don't you think that, by now, the "planet-as-spaceship" concept is getting a little old? Still, this might be the hook that saves their whole system — the fate of Planet Water notwithstanding.

Finally, we have the Beast Planet. It's big. It's mean. It took out a battle moon with a single shot. It can withstand the temperatures and pressures of INSIDE A SUN. And they think they have a chance?

All in all, I think the second half of the season is going to kick serious ass, whether or not they win.

***END SPOILERS, WHICH IS MOOT BECAUSE THE POST IS OVER, TOO.***
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Shania, Alberta, Canada
Thursday, April 1, 1999 03:07:10 PM
IP: pppa110.connect.ab.ca

Hi All!!

Coyote: WETSU: It stands for 'We Eat This S*** Up.' And refers to the process by which Navy Officers are passed over for new commands or promotions. Not because they've done something dumb like run a destroyer onto a shoal or have bad grades or even gotten drunk and driven into the reflecting pool outside a Vegas Casino...With a senator's daughter in the passenger seat. No, it's reserved for when they're passed over because the other guy has a neater signature. or his evaluations officer had neater handwriting. or his application was at the bottom of the pile. or he once expressed an opinion his Admiral disagreed with... About sports. or something else trivial that causes them to try to remember WHY they're staying in the navy.( I just found this one. I LIKE IT!!!)

Stormy: Favorite Dale Brown Novel; Chains of Command and Storming Heaven. Silver Tower was okay, but I found some of his stuff on the navy to be wrong. ( USS California is NOT a Battleship - and then by the end of the book, it had changed back to a Cruiser.)I don't think I'll LAST untill june/july + 3 months. (It takes a while to get here.)

Aaron: It was 'Hunter's Moon pt1'.

Steve Gooch: I've never even seen a copy of the computer version of Harpoon.

Pistoff: No hurry, My voodoo doll is *almost* done. And you do Know that it's against the law to feed power rangers to wolverines do you? It's bad for their teeth or something...

That's it from Me.

Goodnight All!!!
Jonathan
NEW ZEALAND Thursday, April 1, 1999 02:32:54 PM
IP: wh20-9.wave.co.nz

Hey! I will create my second Manga! It will be a adult-manga...Beware!!!!!! ;):
EXiN - [exin@gmx.de]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 02:28:24 PM
IP: lpz2-tux.atm-bb.de

Almost forgot.

The Nightstone Unlimited motto: "The floggings will continue until morale improves.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:44:12 PM
IP: ppp-46.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

"I see a red door and I-"

Oh, I'm here. Okay. Question time again. Who's seen Apocalypse Now? Those who have, wouldn't the Gargoyles theme be a cool battle music, a la Colonel Kilgore's Wagner?

Stormy> I think you're confusing me with someone else. I, truthfully, found Silver Tower to be rather boring. My faves are Flight of the Old Dog, Day of the Cheetah, and Night of the Hawk.

Roby> Brook does too have awful karma. A full-auto laser burst, fired in a crowded room, will miss much larger targets like Goliath and Broadway, and hit Brooklyn twice. Like in "Her Brother's Keeper". Hyena, blinded by having a million candlepower search light shined through her NVGs, manages to shoot off a large tree branch, which falls on Brooklyn. Brook wasn't being foolish, he was just unlucky.

Ditto the time, I forget in which episode, where Brook gets grazed in the arm by a punk firing through the roof of the subway car. Brook wasn't even in that fight, and Angela, Hudson, and Broadway were all standing next to him. Brook is just a magnet for laser beams.

Later
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:39:38 PM
IP: ppp-46.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Howdy people sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Guess I’ve been in a funk.

Went to see matrix with a friend and then we talked outside the movie waiting on his girlfriend to show up so they could go on a date. It was funny when she showed up we talked for a minute ( I’ve know her longer than he has, but after a minute he looks up at me and I’m Oh gotta go bye! and rush off so he can be alone with her. I don’t know but I was LOL when I got to the car.

Matrix> great flick good action at the begging and a great climax at the end, and who uhh never mind.:)

***time dancer spoiler***
Nice story I wondered if there were other sanctuaries out there besides new Olympia. Due to the paradox though you know how the second story is going to turn out. Now here is a question. Loki claims to know what happened during the time travel. That means he would know about the sanctuary ( a dragon would come in handy in the war to come) hmmmm any thoughts? Finaly any thoughts about the gate being unable to work unless brook and sata are both there? If brook is bound to the gate then mabey the gate is bound to him aswell?
*****
guess thats it. You know for someone who can't stand talking on the phone because of the lack of body language; I do enjoy this? wierd oh well see ya

ironwolf - [cag16@bellsouth.net]
chattanooga, Tn or boresville
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:32:46 PM
IP: host-209-215-9-130.cha.bellsouth.net

Sorry for the double post, but I thought that I'd better explain to the TGS staff a little more about my absence.

Last Saturday, I moved to a new apartment. The trouble is, I haven't been able to plug in my computer yet. Nearly all the sockets there are of the two-prong variety, and my main computer plug is of the three-prong variety. The only three-prong sockets are in places where it is impractical to have a computer (such as in the bathroom). I've informed my landlady about it and she said that she'd pass it on to management to see what they could do about it, but I haven't heard anything back yet. So I may be unable to access my e-mail for a while longer than I had initially expected. I am truly sorry about this, and hope to be back up and running, but I really can't promise a definite date at present. My apologies.
Todd Jensen
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:23:05 PM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

WINGED HORSES - Actually, there was a brief glimpse of one in "The Gathering Part One", which would indicate, BTW, that Pegasus could have been a member of the Third Race.

MERLIN AND SHAKESPEARE - Merlin gets mentioned a couple of times in Shakespeare, BTW, although not in the most flattering of lights. In "Henry IV Part I", Hotspur grumbles about how often he's heard Owen Glendower (aka Owain Glyndwr, whom you all no doubt remember from a Timedancer episode a couple of weeks ago) go on about that "dreamer Merlin and his prophecies", and in "King Lear", the Fool delivers a pseudo-prophecy which, he adds, Merlin will make in the future. I don't know if this has anything to do with Merlin's dislike for Shakespeare.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:11:18 PM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

"Naaa...nanaNANANAH! NANNANNAH! HEY JUDE!!!"

Okay...I'm okay...

THE MATRIX> Might go see it tonight...just bought a special edition of Hawkwind's Quark, Strangness, and Charm (Including the sequel to Time of the Hawklords, Lady of Dileria), so I don't remember how much money I have...plus I've gotta go grocery chopping...
CAL the CAT: Damn straight...my litter box is beginning to smell like the refridgerator...
CYRWAY: I know, I know...HEY!!!

COYOTE> Sorry about your scanner...I'm in the same boat. At least your stepfather didn't drop it down the stairs...*sigh* Guess what goes on my birthday list...

Menagerie> I'm sorry, I'm still thinking the Star Trek episode...oh, that would make an interesting crossover...suddenly, Brook and Sata end up on the starship Enterprise...

Well, just for ppl to know, my link goes to my entry for the Ishimura design contest on myst.org...also, for those who read my fics, it's Akira...and there is a story of his origin coming up, don't you fret...

LEsseee.....

***DARK TRIUMVIRATE SPOILER***

Stormy> Your boyfriend is one sick and twisted individual...*thinks.* I'm REALLY begining to pity Jonathan this summer...I'm still blown away by the concept of Mei Diabolae...
****END****

Okay, I'se gonna work on some fic...

*PTOOF!*
Cyrway - [amy@gcolor.com]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 12:55:48 PM
IP: gcolor.com

*Arianna appears.*
Hi, everyone.

Just very quick today.
*******SPOILERS FOR "MENAGERIE, part 1"*******
I love it! It's really, really, good. I cannot wait for part two, at which point I'll be able to see if some of my predictions were right.
*******END SPOILERS*************

Wilek> Got your message. I e-mailed back, but I keep getting these error messages. But it did disappear from the Outbox. Let me know if you don't get it.

That's all, folks. Till later.
*Arianna disappears, for lack of a more creative exit.*
Lady Arianna of Annwn
Thursday, April 1, 1999 12:28:15 PM
IP: hil-c45-083-vty235.as.wcom.net

TGS STAFFERS: You know, I would honestly hate for you to corroberate my theory--it would ruin all the fun of reading the eps!

AARON: Oddly enough, I never much cared for Silver Tower out of them all. Chains of Command was my favourite with Fatal Terrain a close second; the Russet Knight (my father) throws in his vote for Storming Heaven.

I know there's an Old Dog computer game--Hollywood? Beats me what their problem is. Maybe the difficulty of coming up with visual reproductions of Dale's technology, which is so realistic. Though you'd think they could do it... Maybe it's that since the original Old Dog story is against the USSR, they think it's no longer relevant enough to deserve a movie. And I'd hate to see FLIGHT OF THE OLD DOG done against the Serbs or Iraquis :-P

Argent: What do you mean, another megalomaniac? I don't recall any of my fic characters in that last post being megalomaniacs--unless you mean me, in which case, if you could tell that about me from THAT little post wait until I put forth an EFFORT...BWA HA HA>...YOU POOR PATHETIC MORTALS...TREMBLE BEFORE THE NOTEBOOK GODDESS! *blinks*

ANyway, if you want megalomaniacs check out this guy *points to link*
Stormy - [<--my favourite megalomaniac]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 11:14:54 AM
IP: dynixpc2.huron.uwo.ca

****TGS SPOILERS****
Menagerie Part 1: An excellent first part to the episode. Brooklyn and Sata's reactions to their situations was very well done. The ending cliffhanger was very well done. Now that a (hopefully) good dragon has been mentioned in TGS I wonder how long it will be before we see others.
****END SPOILERS****

Happy belated birthday to Christine and Carolynn

Brianna> Great pictures. Keep up the good work.

Peter - [peter_bijl@hotmail.com]
Kamloops, BC, Canada
Thursday, April 1, 1999 11:00:58 AM
IP: a103-02.cariboo.bc.ca

**RL Mandi enters, wearing sweats and a baseball cap that reads "Bad Hair Day." She looks completely trashed.**

Okay, I must get this out of my system: the literary magazine layout is FINALLY DONE!!!! YES! YES! YES! YES! I had to stay up in the computer lab from 9 pm til 3 am last night, but it's DONE!!!

Ahem. Excuse me.

Robby> De nada. I'll be sure to forward it for ya tomorrow from home.

Christine and Carolynn> Happy belated birthday!

Brianna> Your artwork is AWESOME! :)

Gwenyvere's mate> Yeah, that's the problem with being on the TGS staff. I know the answer to that one too, and it's one of those things you wish you could tell ... **glances over her shoulder at several irritated TGS staffers in their RP personas glaring at her** ... but it's not worth the consequences. I like the speculations, though.

**yawn** Okay, I'm running on five hours sleep, and while I'm at work I have to print out some forms and call the publisher before my supervisor bothers to show up. Later, all!
Mandi Ohlin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 10:45:42 AM
IP: 144.175.8.158

WILEK-- Correct. My mistake. Lost In Space used the technique first. Then comes Wing Commander and the The Matrix. Hmmm. Makes me wonder if any other movie out there used it.

Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 02:58:55 AM
IP: pool0008-max7.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

**RP**

[The Black Ravens and Dumlao X are fighting Thailog's forces at the gate to Cheyenne Mountain...when they see several large starships, including saucer-shaped Dalek landing craft, disgorging thousands of droids, Borg, and Daleks (of many varieties, including spider and special weapons configurations) into the base. A black shuttlecraft, from which Wilek and the Administrator are commanding the defense force, enters the atmosphere and hovers just above the Ravens' position, to protect them from enemy fire and mow down enemy troops with its own cannons.]

**END RP AND NOW TO FINISH MY POST.**

Todd> Hm...maybe Madoc's just not creative with names. :P <<alert readers may well have guessed why his first name is usually "Nicholas">> Um...nope. :}

Deuce> <<Where'd you find it?>> Click my name to kill all kinds of other celebrities.

Coyote> <<First opportunity, this thing's going into the s***can where it BELONGS!>> Better chop it into *really* small pieces first if you don't want plumbing problems. Um...if you'd also like a great new printer, you can get a Canon BJC-4300; then you can get an IS-22 scanner cartridge for it; this can turn the printer into a scanner. And it's a really high-quality color printer besides. :)

Theresa> I saw that cat site. Hey, if the cats like it, so do I. :) Besides, we don't really have that kind of technology, so it can't be real. Not yet...(Did you check out the arachno-cat on another page? Now *that* was weird.)

Kyryn> A rat with a hernia? I hope it recovers...but how in the world does a rat get a hernia?!

Zath> <<I wonder if Ammut ate anything specific that earned that name, of if it was just for general dietary habits.>> Maybe it was because of its appearance; it looked just like an animalized version of the Egyptian goddess. <<If we don't stop soon, we're going to start drawing parallels between Vyvyan's hamster and Jericho...>> I have to hear this. :)

Green Baron> You know, somehow I get the feeling that you will in fact be stinking rich someday. You seem to know how the economy works. To me, such things are completely incomprehensible...$<<I will eventually find symbols for the others :)>> How 'bout the Notre Dame cathedral, or some element of it, for Bernadette, and an Egyptian ankh for Angelica?$

Arianna> <<Let me know if you get it.>> I got it; did you get my reply?

SJ> <<and here was a movie where this cool guy in a dark cloak had a 10 foot sword, cuttin' people to ribbons, and it showed every minute of it>> Heh...the really lasting impression I got from the movie was where Alucard--er, D <grin>--had someone skewered against a wall that was stained with several gallons of blood. WOW. <<I'm sure Wilek already knows about them, though. :)>> Believe it or not, I didn't, at least not about the last two. To Borders! :D

**NEW EP SPOILERS!**

Hm, a monastery for creatures who are hiding from humanity? I like it. So the Yeti were sentient beings? Now *there's* a revelation. I wonder if they still exist. Time to add yet another race to the Gargs zoo! :D Oh...bad choice of words; this Caliph Of Samarkand sounds like a real...ugh, I refuse to speak the few expletives that are vile enough to describe him. Um...a flying horse? Hm...I wonder if that's where the Greeks got the legend of the Pegasus. A Fey science project, perhaps? Hm...This is quite possibly the best Timedancer ep since The Sun And The Serpent; and I can't wait for Part 2! :D

**END SPOILERS!**

Dumlao X> <<The Matrix is the second movie to employ this technique. The first was Wing Commander.>> I thought the first was Lost In Space; I kinda remember seeing that trick in the movie...

Doug> $Um...are you planning to have Thailog killed at the end of the RP? I kinda have plans when you're all done with him.$

Steve> <<www.userfriendly.org has been temporarily shut down, due to an outrageous lawsuit by Microsoft>> WHAT?! <grr> That was a great comic; how could they DO this?!

Pistoff> Hey, glad to see you here! First Arianna and now you...I'm glad to see a lot of ppl from the main CR are discovering this one! :D
Wilek again
Thursday, April 1, 1999 02:09:43 AM
IP: tnt-1-16-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Hmm, I was called away from the computer earlier. Now where was I...

Doug- Heather got your commission, but she didn't have a clue what to do with it. She's never gotten a commission before ya see.

Aaron- Gargs of the jungle... Funny. And no, Brook doesn't have bad karma, he just has a hot temper which makes him rush into situations and not pay attention which causes his being shot, crushed, fried, or beat up.

And like Kyryn and Deuce have said before me, I can't give my opinion on your Corbie idea one way or the other. Staff secret. You may be right, and anything I say may enforce that. You may be wrong, and anything I say may enforce that. I can't tip the tides either way like I did on Sata's two egg pregnancy...

Spike- Might I enquire as to why you've switched from the pink color that has been your trade for so long to neutral annoynmous yellow? Or have you just forgotten to to click the text color box your last few posts?

Argent- Where is the Guatamaela clan? Why, they're... Oh wait, I can't say that can I. Sorry.

Fleur- Actually, I have a collection of Australian songs and folk tunes on a four CD set, and one of the things on there is a bit titled "The National Adjetive." It goes on to explain how the word "Bastard" has many meanings. For example, if you say, "Hello you old bastard, what are you drinking?" Its a term of affection. If you refer to yourself as a bit of a bastard, the term will be accepted. Anyone refered to as "That Bastard" is a proper bastard indeed. But worst of all is the "useless bludgeoned bastard" who has no friends at all. The actual song has a lot more terms, but I may be pressing my luck on this...

The fabio thing- Yeah, a bird attacked his nose, and when he got off the roller coaster, he was all bloodied. Ewww... I wanna know if he's a real blond or not myself.

Pistoff- Its really nice ta see ya in this CR to tell the truth.

Robby
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:57:27 AM
IP: spider-we013.proxy.aol.com

Hey all,

Haven't been here the last few days because of this damn flu-like sickness. Getting better, and I missed two days of classes because of the - well, let's just say I've got a list of ailments about as long as last week's CR :) Thanks to everybody that wished me better health!

Carolynn > Happy birthday!

Christine > Happy belated birthday!

Comment Room rules > Hmm, maybe there's a way to make newcomers see them the first, say, three times they post here, regulated by a cookie or something.

Doug > You're welcome. I might consider office *someday,* but no promises. If anything I'd end up doing what was right instead of politically smart and getting tossed out the next time. Too much of that happening.

Brianna > Damn! That is some AWESOME work! I'm just... just... blown away. I'm surprised TGS hasn't been breaking down your door, begging you to join the art staff! Keep it up!

Blue > <Today I played "Area 51" for so long that my arms started to ache> Hehe. Here's some advice: get Quake2. It doesn't hurt your arms, you can do it sitting down, and you don't have to feed it quarters! :) And I agree with you that the candidates for office that don't stoop to low levels to get elected end up getting shafted most of the time. It's a damn shame that nice guys really do finish last in this age.

TRC > <...that flying monster from that old cartoon which's name I ca'nt remember> The Herculoids! I forget the dragon's name... the one that shot lasers out of its eyes and tail, right? And dude, don't bash your own work. I've seen it, and it's damn good.

Tim > Welcome back man! Sorry about your grandfather, I hope he's okay. And I agree with you the SPR should've gotten the Oscar. It was just suuuuuuuch a great movie. Ah well, as long as The Thin Red Line didn't win. Argh, I'm still hating that movie.

Cat names > I've got a friend who's family has two cats, neither of which they took the trouble to name. Their default names (by which I mean what they're called by him most often) are Little $#!+ and Kitty B*tch. :)

Fire Storm > It's not important how it *grips it,* it's a simple matter of weight ratios!

Todd > <alert readers may well have guessed why his first name is usually "Nicholas"> Uhhh... to serve as a twisted darkside version of Santa Claus? Okay, I'm stretching... :)

Demona Taina > Great artwork, the colorized and B&W both! I hope you find your missing pic, and if you do, link it in here!

Jonathan > I see. I was thinking of grabbing an older version of the PC game off a bargain rack but never got around to it. Red Storm Rising (the book and the Amiga game) got me hooked on naval warfare. <does this mean that Alt.Gargs.Mil. Returns?> We can only hope. I'd subscribe to that in a second :)

Dale Brown > Read most of his books, liked some a lot, couldn't finish others. "Silver Tower" was probably my fave, though. Movies of his books might be interesting, but somehow I can't see it happening without major plot revisioning that would probably spoil the whole thing.

SOROW > Good luck with the tryouts!

For all those interested, the online comic strip User Friendly (www.userfriendly.org) has been temporarily shut down, due to an outrageous lawsuit by Microsoft. Grrrrr.... First the International Lyrics Server, now UF... What's NEXT?! TGS?!

Okay, i really must get to sleep... if not now, then sometime soon. I hate early classes. 'Night all.

==Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.==
Steve Gooch - [stg6@cornell.edu]
Ithaca, NY
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:40:14 AM
IP: stg6.resnet.cornell.edu

Quick post here...

FREEZE FRAME-- The trick seen in The Matrix (freeze frame, rotate, resume) has been done before, mostly in music videos and Gap commercials. The Matrix is the second movie to employ this technique. The first was Wing Commander.

Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:16:07 AM
IP: pool0047-max4.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

The Martix > This movie is SO cool. I saw it this afternoon and went and bought the soundtrack (which also rocks: Rage Against the Machine [the song fits the movie perfectly], Manson, Ministry, Prodigy, Deftones and some others). Any trailer gives NOTHING to the plot of the show, and they showed the [newer] Star Wars trailer, which was cool. Just go see it......
Ordell - [awaltrip@cableone.net]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:15:30 AM
IP: ppp-102.ode.cableone.net

Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream …

*Not really a spoiler, I don't give away anything or leek any plot, or even quote …*

The Matrix: I wanted to drop this in before anyone else. You're going to hear a lot of bad things about this movie. It was not as bad as it sounds. Sure, the cinema had a few holes, but the action and special effects where spectacular to the point where anyone not appreciative of this sort of thing (technophobic critic) is going to despise it. The plot itself was so amazing, but the theme behind it was so deep and such an affront to the minds of the establishment that anyone who hates RPG and Sci-Fi will despise the movie. Basically, I think White Wolf Publishing should sue everyone involved in the movie for strip-mining their game, Mage: The Ascension. They won't win, but anyone who knows Mage knows what is going on in the movie before it happens. Anyone who is open minded to Cyberpunk, Mage, or just the idea of consensual reality should be intrigued by The Matrix. On the other hand, anyone who does not like to have their perspective challenged, or can't deal with a reality existing that makes their 5 senses trivial should not see this movie, it will only piss you off. *Remembers the Sunscreen Song and shudders as his words are falling into cadence*

I must say that anyone that is impressed by computer generated special effects is going to get their money's worth. Without giving anything away, I can promise you an awesome effect when a live scene with a human being is in mid air, they freeze frame, and then do a full 180 panaramic in the frozen time, and then cut back into real time from the new angle. Major kewlies. I liked a lot.

Yes, I'll concede to the critics one thing: The end was rushed, and appeared a bit corny as a result. Still, it might have made a much better book artistic wise … but the special effects were too cool to lose.

*Plugging something kewl*
Anyone who is fascinated by the "inner" reality in the movie (you'll get this if you see the movie) should look into White Wolf Publishing's "Mage: The Ascension." The parallels are disgustingly striking, and imagine living in a real world similar to The Matrix, only human belief pushes all the buttons? Can you resist the Consensus of the Sleepers and change the Tapestry of Reality, or will you be crushed beneath the gears of Paradox? Find out!
*End Plug*

Basically, I loved this movie even though I could read it like a book. If anyone can't tell yet, I'm an avid Mage fan. I don't like Reeves, but I thought he did a lot of the expression scenes very well, and could do some very impressive (if overly-expressionless) Bad @$$ing.

OK, I'm done until I read Time Dancer
-Toku Kaioto

Toku Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Boston, MA, USA
Thursday, April 1, 1999 01:00:48 AM
IP: 141.133.134.81

All birthday ppl I missed> HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D
Wilek Nereus
Thursday, April 1, 1999 12:56:47 AM
IP: tnt-1-16-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

<>WARNING! ADULT-TOPIC STUFF INSIDE!<>

Hey! The Gargoyles fan Adult Fic archive is now up! Click my link to get to it!
<>WARNING!<> 21 AND OLDER, PLEASE.

<>END ADULT STUFF<>
Fire Storm
Thursday, April 1, 1999 12:46:58 AM
IP: t2-48.visitus.net

Doug & Jonathon: The wait is almost over. Just need to get the last part of the outline from Denis and we'll be in business. Sorry to keep you waiting for so long, but it's been one of those months ...

Coyote: Ditto. Denis suggested that I try a shameless publicity stunt, so I did. I'll try just about anything once, heh. Don't know why I didn't think of posting in here before, though. Maybe it's all that RP stuff. I usually don't indulge in that, unless I'm doing something really specific ... like killing one of the Power Rangers.

Speaking of which ...

**walks out, drags in a hogtied Power Ranger, opens a trap door and grins at PR**

Know what's down there, bubba? A pack of wolverines that're high on PCP. Adios!

**drops PR through trap door, grins as flesh can be heard ripping from bones**

Mm, sounds kinda juicy.

Green Baron: What sanity? I never had any to begin with. I'm still delivering pizzas after 4 years, so you can tell there's something wrong with me. ;)
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 12:26:53 AM
IP: wire-22.koalas.com

CHRISTINE-- Happy b-day. Belated. Hope you made it a good one.

TGS CR-- This is an open room. We will not close it to simply TGS discussion. End of story.

LAPTOP UPGRADES-- As far as I know, only chips & monitors can't be upgraded for laptops.

WHITE RAPPERS-- You'll be surprised. Eminem labels himself as a clown type rapper. Insane Clown Posse does the Kiss type thing with the makeup & their style is only ok. But don't discount the Beastie Boys or Everlast (before anyone tells me he ain't a rapper, he was the frontman for House Of Pain, of Jump Around fame). Vanilla Ice don't count but you'll never see other white rappers since they go underground. However that might change since news is that Wu-Tang clan is gaining a white rapper. And bands like Korn do get some rap influence. Otherwise how would Ice Cube get involved with them.

***BEGIN RP***

From the distance, one could hear the gunfire eminating from the Cheyanne Mountains. Doug, Kitainia, DumlaoX, and the rest of the Ravens are locked in a battle with the many waves of troops blocking their way to NORAD. As the Ravens fight the troops back, DumlaoX gets out of the car brandishing a Vulcan gattling gun. He adds his firepower to the assult but it seems like it is to no avail.

"Geez. How many of these guys are there?" he shouts out as the gunfire from both sides becomes almost deafening.

Jammer shouts back, "Dammed if I know, but this really means that NORAD is heavily protected."

"So what do you think we need for the assult?" Kitainia asks as she lobs a grenade in the middle of the advancing fleet.

"If this is any indication," Doug answers, "we need some real firepower. DumlaoX..."

"Call me DX," he shouts as he adds coolant to the already red-hot machine gun.

"OK, DX, whatcha got in terms of weapons?" Doug asks, downing two more soldiers with his one bullet.

"Hmmm. Bio-suits. Skipper missles. Proxy mines. Plastique. That's just the basics. I'll have T-Loco check out the place. Either way, she can get it here within a few seconds." He fires off a few more shots. "Matter transport is just so darn cool that way."

"Then what are we waiting for," Gubio shouts out as he lets his tazer gun fry a few more troops. No one says another word as they down the troops on their way to their ultimate destination.

***END RP***

Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Thursday, April 1, 1999 12:18:54 AM
IP: pool0047-max4.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

You never know how much you love someone till they're gone

Menagerie - Part 1

the new TimeDancer episode

Written by: Anna Hansen

Story Concept by: Rahsaan Footman

ENJOY!!!
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:38:17 PM
IP: pool0047-max4.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

No RP tonight. Just got too much else going on.

Matrix: I can't wait to see this flick. The reviews I've seen range from good, to lukewarm (USA Today's), to bad, but a few of my friends have seen it already and loved it. I had to threaten them with bodily harm not to reveal anything, although I hear it's very John Woo-ish at times, which is good enough for me!
I've also heard that if the movie does well, they're already planning a franchise, with a couple more movies. Could be cool. But I know I HAVE to have the soundtrack. It's killer: Marilyn Manson, Ministry, Propellerheads, Rob Zombie, Meat Beat Manifesto, Prodigy, Deftones and Rammstein all in one album? I'm there.

Fabio: Has anyone else heard this? It happened right in my backyard so to speak, down in Williamsburg, VA. Damn funniest thing I've seen in a long time. The one time this guy goes on a roller coaster, a duck kamikazes his face.

Doug: If you want some good Daredevil readin', go pick up some of the back issues (they might be hard to find) of the new Daredevil series written by comic book fanboy god Kevin Smith (geez, when is Dogma going to come out?). It's absolutely the best that book/character has been done in a long time, with amazing story-telling and great art by Joe Quesada.

Phipps: Hey, I like alternative music. And....well I agree, sometimes, or most of the time, it's nonsensical...but don't put us in the same boat as gangsta rap. That can make a alternative fan angry!!! ;)
That reminds me, you know what other song I'm sick of? Eminem's "My Name Is..." First off, WHITE PEOPLE CAN'T RAP. It's not possible to do it and not look like an idiot. I mean, this song was funny the first time I heard it, you know kinda like a gag song, but...arrrrrrrrrrrgh, radio overkill!!!!!!! When will people understand, if a song's good, play it often, but don't play it 5 freakin' times in the same hour?!

Wilek: Vampire Hunter D was the first anime film I ever saw, way back in the late eighties, and it totally changed my view on the artform. I was used to G.I.Joe and Transformers, and here was a movie where this cool guy in a dark cloak had a 10 foot sword, cuttin' people to ribbons, and it showed every minute of it. So I can't wait till the new movie arrives here in the states!!

Theresa: There's my sick sense of humor again, but I thought that site was pretty funny. Who wouldn't want a bionic cat? Honestly, if it was to aide a lame or deformed cat walk/have movement again, I'd be all for some sort of mechanical implanatation.

Jerec: For the full 411 on this Dark Jedi, let me recommend the Star Wars: Dark Forces trilogy written by William Dietz. It's based on the game series, and it stars the hero of the Dark Forces game, Kyle Katarn as he first betrays the Empire (he was a stormtrooper I believe), then becomes a Jedi Knight to battle the evil Jerec and his minions. All three books: Soldier for the Empire, Rebel Agent, and Jedi Knight--are fun and easy to read (and they got some pretty pictures inside too). Look for them in your library. I'm sure Wilek already knows about them, though. :)
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:33:05 PM
IP: 207-172-182-138.s138.tnt19.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Totally forgot...
Christine & Carolyn> Happy birthday! I hope everything you wish for comes true, just don't set the house on fire from all those candles(ha ha, just kidding :)
SOROW
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:30:41 PM
IP: usr1-dialup294.mix1.irving.cw.net

*Arianna appears randomly.:)*
Hi, all.
Two words..........SPRING BREAK!!!!! Or at least, EASTER BREAK!! I have the rest of this week and next week to do absolutely nothing. Excluding homework, learning my flute part, and having fun! And going to Washington to visit my aunt and uncle, plus get a tour of Georgetown. Not that I could get in there, but hey, we all have our dreams...

Not even close to room-related (I actually didn't see anybody mention this. I was surprised. Then again, I live in a state (NC) where college basketball is a religion. MY religion.) Duke LOST the NCAA. I was minorly disturbed. Of course, I fell asleep before the game started. Which was bad...luckily, I taped it. The basketball gods weren't frowning on me, at least. They weren't exactly smiling on me either.

Coyote> No redneck jokes? When you set yourself up like that? Actually, I can't think of any good ones right now. :)

Kitainia> Your dress was ruined two days before prom? Lord, I would have been a wreck. Fifteen shops> Sounds like my friend. She's exhausted the possibilities in our town, so she's going to Greensboro next week to find her dress. I don't know where she'll go if she doesn't find one there. She said Boston (she found a dress at Filene's that she loved, but didn't get because she wasn't sure. Actually, I found one, too. The next time I'm in Boston, that dress is MINE.), and she might not have been joking. I was really surprised that I found a dress so quickly...I can never find one that I like that fits right (My friends were having a blast when we looked for dresses for Winter Dance. "For once, Ari can't find something that fits." Of course, I got them all back by being the first to get find a dress for prom. I win!:). The fashion gods were smiling on me that day.

JEB> As far as I know, there are at least a few of my friends who don't. One of them was up until 5:30 this morning working on a history project. She set her alarm to go off anyway so her parents would think she had gone to bed. However, it was one awesome project.

Doug> Thanks. And congrats on your choice of career. "To Protect and Serve" (or maybe that's just NC...don't know. But it still applies.:)

Christine> HAPPY BIRTHDAY (a little late)!!!!!!!

Any one else with a birthday> HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

X-Files Ep.> I thought it was interesting. *reads last sentence* That was an understatement. I LOVED it. It was so wierd. It may have been like a B movie, but it was a B-movie with Andrew J. Robinson (Garak) in it. And that made it worth all the while. That guy is freaky! But I still adore him.

Wilek> I e-mailed you...however, I'm not sure if my e-mail works or not. Let me know if you get it.

Well, I better go, I'm going to stop by the other room before I go to bed. IF I go to bed.
Later, all.
*Arianna melts into the shadows.*
Lady Arianna of Annwn
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:00:04 PM
IP: hil-c45-051-vty230.as.wcom.net

(yup, still trying out the colours :) )
Hi all,
Yippie!! No more uni for 10 days! Which means I'll be spending all my time doing the projects and essays I've been assigned. *groans, then brightens* But at least I don't have any 8am lectures!!

Well, I hope everyone has had a good April Fool's day, and if I don't get back here in time... *The delivery guys come in dragging a giant basket of easter eggs* Have a happy easter!!

Sunscreen song> I like this song, but constant playing does get really annoying. All the people who hate it might be pleased to know John Safron (a 'cult figure' (can't think of a better word) in Australia - he's a bit of a jerk but he can also be really funny) did a take-off called 'not the sunscreen song.' I can't remember it all, but instead of wearing sunscreen, he told people to smoke winnie blues (a brand of ciggarette) and his take on the 'don't expect anyone to support you' was 'you can be on the dole and still get good money cash in hand.' hehehe. But I think it's counted as a song because Quinton Tarver pops in every now and then and whines about brothers and sisters making it great, which, for some reason, is the part most likely to make me throw something at the radio. :)

Robby> >And the word bastard is not an innapropriate one, its Australia's national adjetive.< Really? I wouldn't have said that. More like an occasional term of affection, usually in places where massive amounts of alcohol are consumed. :)

Update on my brother and the Jehovah's witnesses> For all those interested, he just got his results from that project... he got an A. *evil laugh*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CHRISTINE AND CAROLYNN!

GET WELL SOON STEVE!

Oh spit.. a tutor just came in and told me I had to go... more later.
TTFN!





Fleur - [newgoyle@hotmail.com]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:49:53 PM
IP: proxy.monash.edu.au

RP WARNING
**Green Baron and the others have left the complex and are headed back to New Orleans. Meanwhile....
"Hey, Bud, you rememebr Marge Schott?"
"Yeah! That stupid woman who said a bunch of racist stuff so I made her give up control of teh Cincinnati Reds. Could you speak up?"
"Can't. I'm a nine-year old cat."
"I've heard of you. What can I do?"
"Ted Turner said some very nasty comments about the Polish and the Holy Father. He's as bad as Fieger."
"I see what you're getting at. Perhaps he should lose controlling interest of the Braves."
"For a few Class A shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Turner should perhaps be forced to sell all his control to a certain firend of mine for a fraction of the price. Ted jusy got ruined financially. he'll need the money. BTW, I'm talking 1,000 A shares of Berkshire Hathaway."
"Kitty, you got a deal. I can't stand Turner anyay, he's a bigger a-hole than Mike Eisner."
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig hangs up the phone with a big grin.**
END RP

Kaioto> I love the post. BTW, I think it was Kitainia who suggested you should run for Office.

SJ> The Serbs also trashed a McDonald's. Bill Clinton just won't stand for that.

Pistoff> Welcome to the TGS CR. Check your sanity...my bad, you're cleared :)

Christine> Happy Belated Birthday. ::big hugs::

Carloyn Marie> Happy Belated Birthday, too. ::hugs::

Blue> Interesting career choice. Good luck with it.

Doug> If you join the NYPD you coudl be very rich, unless you're honest :) We need soem good cops. Lord knows, New Orleans really needs some. We have the Nation's most corrupt police force and that's after our new Police Chief has made big improvemnets :(

Career Choice> I think my mothe rreally wants me to teach. She never supported my decision to Major in Business, though I knew I would since I was 10 that that was my Major. When I thought about the priesthood, my godfather wanted me to be a Jesuit, though they rarely become Bishops anymore. My power-hunger, even with a noble profession like the priesthood, always disturbed her. All she cared was that I will be happy. She never liked teh fact that I was more concerned about being rich. As a broker, I can be both.

Feeling old> I feel a little old, today, because I just started my Roth IRA account. ::does a littel happy dance:: I'm 21 and I am now saving up for my retirement. Most of teh money I make this summer will go to my IRA as well as my regular investment acount. I'm so happy!!

Tim> Welcome Back.

Announcement> I won't be on the CR for a few days, because I have a family vacation in Bowie, MD and I return on Monday. I hope you don't miss me, not liek I post too often as it is :)

Kitainia> $You and Doug are doing fine. BTW, Ave Maria is the leader. Bernadette is the French one, Brifgette the Irish one, Therese the Bavarian, and Angelica is Egyptian. Th ethnicity has to do with teh symbols they use once I can find the right ones. Ave Maria has a silhouette of the Virgin Mother as her symbol. Brigette's is a Celtic Cross. I will eventually find symbols for the others :) Could it be possibles that Galante is really a progressive posing as a right-wing Zealot to generate sympathy for herectical groups like the AmChurch?$

Kyrvyn> I hope your rats are better.

Argent> As soon as she is back in town, I will :)

**Green Baron leaves still doing teh happy dance, because he started saving up for retiremnet which will probably be in 50+ years**
Green Baron - [greenbaron@hotmail.com]
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 09:58:48 PM
IP: abd42c2c.ipt.aol.com

Short...Tomorrow is my drill team tryouts and I'm actually very confident. But just in case, wish me luck. And I swear I am sooooo sore that I fell out of bed this morning :)

Brianna> The Timedancer pics are the best I have ever, ever seen. I printed them all out and they're going on my walls right now. They're the most realistic to the characters. I would die for your talent, great job!
SOROW
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 09:51:10 PM
IP: usr2-dialup244.mix1.irving.cw.net

**Robby enters the room, and the power is out. He has no flashlight, and would flick on a match, but remembers Coyote gas covered a candle the other day. So he stumbles around in the dark, barely avoiding falling into the alligator pit to post a message.**

Brianna- Cool drawings!

Futre careers- Since we're on the subject, artist/writer. As if you couldn't guess. 8) Of course, I'm still torn between comics and animation and video games, though I'm leaning towards comics...

Craig Kilborn on the Late Late Freakin Late show- Actually, I'm normally up at the hour thats on. GO fig.

Doug- That is indeed the best any writer can do with dialouge.

Lexy- Goku for gym class? I dunno... My powerlevel can't be much higher than between 5 and 40. I don't think I'd be able to keep up with an instructor who's power level is in the millions, can go 2,000 mph, and crack a mountain with his fist. On the other hand, watching him get beat up by weight equipment on a space pod might be fun for a poster...

Laser printer settings- Okay, I've got it off the "kill" setting, now where's the shake and bake setting?

Wilek- I don't know how ta help with Demona May. SHe has semi-frequent access by e-mail and scanning capabilities, given time she could probably pull something of via e-mail. Look what she did for Heather's page!

Also, interesting fact about Demona May... SHe was a cleanup artist on The Last Unicorn. Neat huh?

Also, to answer questions about her website for her, since she can't... She's working on it. I've seen a couple pages of it, mostly she needs to get it linked up.

Vampire Hunter D sequal- Actually, its a remake. About half done or more in Japan now. With a bunch of very different stuff. As far as I'm concerned, that makes it a sequal. But officially, its a remake. Consider its supposed to hit Japanese theaters this summer I think, that means we'll be getting a translated version probably around this time next year. **sigh** At least we'll be getting Princess Mononoke... And I'm schedualed to get a subtitled letterbox version of Akira soon! Kick butt!

People having birthdays soon- Happy b-day, though ZI'm sure you'll remind us on the actual day.

Aris- Part of the reason the main room doesn't get friendly is because every time it does, Gore comes down on the posters and points out its a gargs only CR.

Hmm, I'll finish posting later... I gotta go!

**RP?**

Robby looks around for a light switch. The lights come on, and he spots Lonny, grinning. "It is time for the Doomsday virus to be unleased my friend. Heh heh heh..."
Robby
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 08:38:27 PM
IP: spider-wk042.proxy.aol.com

Okay, as long as we're discussing characters we haven't seen in a while (and even if we're not): WHERE THE HECK IS THE GUATEMALAN CLAN?!
Now then:
(Jewel*D walks in behind Argent, carefully carrying two bouquet of flowers. She goes around the room and gives a violet to all the people born in March, and Sweet Pea blooms for everyone in April.)
Happy B-day to everyone in these months!

STEVE GOOCH> SS has struck again? Feel better!
STORMY> Oh no, not ANOTHER meglomaniac! :) That makes how many in here now, at least three?
BRIANNA> Very pretty pics! I loved the 'Father-Son'and 'Mother-Daughter' ones.
DEMONIA TANIA> I hope you find the picture. If it looks good in black and white, I'd really like to see it in color!

***WAITING GAME SPOILERS***
VERY nice story! I was wondering how the Cold Duo would do against the Unseelie, and there was some great character development on them. That was a sweet picture at the end.
***ALL CLEAR***

Main CR> Right now, I only have time for one CR.
Question> Would it be possible to develop the technology to do surgery on Lex and change him back to a regular gargoyle? Do you think he would want to be?
2nd Question> How do you link a web site to your post?

Urgh, this freaking keyboard is driving me crazy!
Guess who learned a new kick in Jujitsu! KI-YAH!!!!!
(Performs a side snap kick on Mr. DC, who collapses with spirals for eyes and plays dead. Argent whistles for Jewel, who sticks any remaining flowers in a vase next to Coyote's candle and the pair leave.)

Gotta Jet!
(Six months 'till the new 'Dark Ages' eps!)
AND
(MLB starts Tuesday!)
Argent
stable, USA
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 08:04:56 PM
IP: dyn041-nas01.marietta.frognet.net

Brianna> Very cool pics. I especially liked the Calvin & Hobbs inspired croquet scene.

SJ> <<Cat Urine: Few people know that this actually glows under a black light.>> Human sweat does (can be used to locate fingerprints too faint to dust for), and I wouldn't be surprised if human urine did too because it has a lot of the same chemicals.

Tim Phipps> Huh? I never said anything about the song one way or another. I've never even heard it.

Wilek> <<she's a real Egyptian deity, whose job it was to eat ppl's hearts after they died, if they were evil. I think.>> I know that part (I even have a framed picture of the weighing of the heart ceremony hanging on my wall that I got when I was in Egypt). I was asking because 1) for some reason I got the impression the beast in the story was male (guess I'll have to go back and reread it) and 2) the book I checked said Ammit translates as "she who gobbles down" so I assumed Ammut meant "he who gobbles down". I guess it's just one of those variations that turn up (like "Set" vs. "Seth") but don't change the meaning. Hmmm... I wonder if Ammut ate anything specific that earned that name, of if it was just for general dietary habits.

Aaron> <<The battle of the cranky, *indestructible* redheads>> I hadn't even thought of that. How about the battle of the cranky, indestructible redheads *with metal things on their foreheads*! I think Vyvyan would win in the cool car category, because not even Demona would drive around with a human leg as a hood ornament. If we don't stop soon, we're going to start drawing parallels between Vyvyan's hamster and Jericho...

ED> <<Creativity Demon: After one and a half seasons of Pendragon we still haven’t seen any confrontation such as Demona and Arthur. >> On the other hand, I'm curious to see what would happen between characters who have things in common. Can you imagine the gripe fest that would happen if Merlin ever got talking to Macbeth in an anti-Shakespeare newsgroup or something?

Oh well, I'm going to go work on my Brooklyn & Meryt pic. Drawing it was easy, but coloring it seems to be taking forever, maybe because I keep falling asleep with my face in the carpet...

Bye all.
Zath
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 07:50:41 PM
IP: ns5-14.viptx.net

Aaron> I believe I speak for the whole staff when I say that there's no point in me commenting on your ideas relating to the show (as much as I'd love to). Since I know the outcome of the whole Corbie scenario, I would have a biased opinion on your theories, and may even spoil the outcome. One of the minuses of being a TGS writer, I guess. *wink at Kaioto*

Same goes to Stormy: I know who Gwynevere's mate will turn out to be, yet I can't support or discredit her theories, since doing so would risk spoiling large chunks of the storyline, including events that will occur mere weeks from now.

Like Kyryn said: wait and see.

** leaves, cackling evilly. **
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Losers, Alberta, Canada
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 06:24:33 PM
IP: pppa69.connect.ab.ca

**Kyryn peeks in**

Aaron> On the Corbie prediction, I can't say yea or nay since I'm TGS staff. All I can say is wait and see. *g*
Half the fun of being staff is watching the readers guess about things.

Doug> I haven't forgotten about your pic. I finished inking it today. Now I've just got to do the colors.

-sometimes my life is stranger than fiction--

I've got a rat with a hernia. He goes to the vet tomorrow morning for surgery.

**Kyryn disappears**.
Kyryn
Uvalde, TX
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 06:21:38 PM
IP: 168.37.239.86

Yessss! The Old Dog rules! I always wanted a model of it. I've never understood why Hollywood hasn't discovered Dale Brown yet.

Thanks for telling me where to find the current eps. I feel silly.

And I know the TGS staff can't comment on upcoming stuff, (as it should be) but no one else has said anything about my Corbie prediction, not even to tell me that's it's the lamest idea they've ever heard, for the following reasons.

I mailed my Gathering registration yesterday!

Later

Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 05:55:15 PM
IP: ppp-157.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Thanks to all who've responed to my karma question. For those who are unfarmiliar with choice number five, watch a Knicks game sometime. Even if you don't like basketball, it'll be worth it. Jeff Van Gundy looks like, I dunno, picture Davros before the accident. Plus he looks like he hasn't slept since Pat Riley coached the Knicks.

In fact, I'd always hoped, that last year, when the Knicks lost both their first and second string centers, the Knicks would, out of desperation, ask Goliath to play center.

Scene goes something like this:

Sometime in January '98 at the Garden, The knicks starting lineup is being introduced.

Announcer: "And starting at center, seven feet, from Wyvern Scotland, Goliath!

Crowd:Huh? Who?

Goliath steps out of the lockerroom. The crowd is stunned.

The game starts. Goliath wins the jump easily. The Knicks post Goliath up. He's doubleteamed by Mourning and Brown, but he levers them off with his wings, and spins baseline for a thunderous dunk. Smash!

Announcer: "Equipment timeout."

Van Gundy runs down the court, and tugs on Goliath's wing to get his attention. (He has to, because he only comes up to Goliath's abs.) Van Gundy looks from the shattered backboard back to Goliath.

Van Gundy: "From now on, you shoot layups."

End useless rambling.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 05:45:02 PM
IP: ppp-157.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Theresa> That site, although rather hilarious, is an obvious fake. The graphics are nicely done, but not done well enough to escape a moderately close inspection. Warped, yes. Sick... maybe. Fake? Oh yeah.
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
Death to the Oilers, death, I say!
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 05:30:58 PM
IP: pppa69.connect.ab.ca

Here is a very sick? site?? At least warped. I still haven't figured if it is real or not.

http://www.newgrounds.com/cat/mission.html

Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 05:23:19 PM
IP: proxy-363.public.rwc.webtv.net

*The Old Dog Zero One, a B-52 bomber rigged up with a needle nose, V-tail, stealth characteristics and super armaments comes flying through the CR with Wagner at the controls, Caligo as navigator, maniacal Kyrie and Eddie running offensive weapons, and Meckler rolling his eyes while checking the defense systems.*

Jonathan: I don't personally know, but based on the fact that I take a new Dale Brown softcover to my various jobs/training courses on Forces bases every year, I'd assume THE TIN MAN will be in paperback sometime this summer, perhaps June or July. WHen his next hardcover might come out, your guess is as good as mine.

My personal definition of "soft target" is one that's pretty much undefended. Stuff like factories, hospitals, or anywhere with minimal defense. And yeah, a Stealth does tend to be a soft target once you find the damned thing...IF you can keep a lock on it, that is. But I don't think something's being hard to find makes it a soft target. A soft target's one that can't fight back.

WILD SPECULATION TIME--re: Gwenyvere's mate

People have brought up Coldstone as a possibility, or maybe Lexington (despite the age gap.) My personal theory is that her mate's gonna be a reformed Unseelie. Umbriel, perhaps.

*The Old Dog Zero One carpetbombs Madoc's headquarters and vanishes into the radar clutter of the German mountain terrain.*
Stormy - [<--Meckler]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 04:46:19 PM
IP: dynixpc4.huron.uwo.ca

Curious thing: I was in Toys'R'Us (or Toys'For'Us, as my son calls it) and they've got something new in the book aisles. The
publisher is Acclaim Books and they've taken 4 comic book stories (ala Disney Adventures) and bound them together in a
book, all from animated series. The majority of the books are Disney: Mighty Ducks, 101 Dalmatians, Hunchback, Beauty
and the Beast; and some from Fox Kids programs, Life with Louie, Bobby's World, Samurai Pizza Cats and Power
Rangers. We oughta write these people and suggest they do a Gargoyles book. Lord knows it would sell!!!

Spike
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 04:40:35 PM
IP: ppp18-39.ght.iadfw.net

Just a quick comment

Brianna> Welcome back just saw the pic's you drew of Brooklyn,Sata, Graeme, and Ariana they were realy cool.

Demona Tania> Nice pic you drew of Demona.
Lawrence Stone - [st1@bright.net]
Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.A.
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 04:08:48 PM
IP: chil-ras1-1-cs-15.dial.bright.net

Bronx: Yeah, sounds about right to me. I think one of Emrys’s lines (I’m pretty sure it was either in QUEST’S END or MEET THE MINIONS) mentioned Madoc as ‘the world’s worst nightmare’. I think that constant reminder is his own way of living up to the name.

Zath: I suspect that the stone-like substance that gargoyles sleep in negates such problems as you mention. Maybe it’s vulnerable to certain enzymes in gargoyle saliva that ensure that once they awaken, it is quickly dissolved. As for it being in their hair, I suppose the big bits would come out, and they’d just have to have a bath or a shower to wash the rest away.

JEB: Glad you’ve found your fic!

Doug: Nobody’s said that S8 is not for many of the things you say. The only rules put up there are against original fic ideas. All the other topics, which make this room so different, could quite easily be accommodated there. Also I should really note that it was Gorebash that provided the room. Oh, and thanks for reminding me about the name of Cohn! I see what you mean; there was a hint, but it was little more than the initial like in Laufeyson.

Blue Caeru & the Rolling Calf: :)

Creativity Demon: After one and a half seasons of Pendragon we still haven’t seen any confrontation such as Demona and Arthur. Can you imagine the vigour of that one? “Insolent human that dares to call yourself a king!” etc. Mind you, I can imagine that a Morgana/Demona team up would be even more violent. “You think you’ve dealt with grief? Pathetic human! You don’t know what it is to be alone!” “I don’t know? You, an insolent scrawny gargoyle would lecture me?” etc. :)

Todd: I don’t know about the Buffy stuff because I don’t watch it, but it’s a nice addition nonetheless. :)
ED
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 03:02:37 PM
IP: p16-parmigan-gui.tch.virgin.net

**Coyote stomps into the room. Narrowing his eyes, he looks directly at DC.**

You used to work at Acer, didn't you?

<"Yeah, why?">

**Coyote produces the gas can from last night, throwing it at Dis. Much to his chagrin, Dis looks down at it to see that a rag has been lit in the nozzle ... making the can a giant Molotov cocktail.**

<"Mommy ...">

**The gas can EXPLODES, sending pieces of Dis everywhere. Coyote growls.**

And THAT'S for making this friggin' SCANNER of mine such an unrepairable PIECE OF CRAP!!

**breathes heavily**

Folks, I'm really sorry about this, but my scanner problems continue ... the stupid company hasn't figured out that it's the damn SCSI card that's the problem, not any mechanical deal with the computer. It's still dead. And I GIVE UP!! First opportunity, this thing's going into the s***can where it BELONGS! And I'm getting a NEW scanner that has better tech support than those people at Acer who can't seem to pull their HEADS out of their @$$ES!!

**composes self**

I'm *really* upset about this folks. **sighs, sits in the big comfy chair and plants chin in hand.**

Kyryn: Not likely the Stars can avoid winning the President's Trophy. Currently, they're the only team that's clinched a playoff berth, not to mention they've already got the Western Conference regular-season title in hand. The President's Trophy is not far behind ... let's be honest here, Ottawa is good, but not *that* good, and Ottawa right now is the closest contender for the President's Trophy other than Dallas.

Fire Storm: Actually, I do not do a lot of tranny work, especially on automatics. Only reason I was doing this whole bit with the Aerostar was because the tranny was completely *dry.* Took about four quarts or so to get it back in working order.

Pistoff: Hmm ... you're usually in the other room. Nice to see ya anyway, dude.

Doug: Ah, I see now. Okay, thanks for the clarification.

Demona Taina: Great pic, DT! Oh, and did you get my pic request? Just wondering if ya did ... I'd *love* to have some of your stuff in my Gallery. :)

Christine: Ah good. I was worried ... last two birthdays with a CE cake were for two folks allergic to chocolate, that's why I had the remote. In that case, DIG IN EVERYBODY!! :)

Jonathan: Unnh ... not more acronyms! I think we'd better quit while we're ahead, y'know? (and of course I'm now curious what WETSU stands for.)

**sits back in comfy chair, sighing over scanner troubles.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 02:58:46 PM
IP: 207.91.254.7

Hi all!!

Steve Gooch: Harpoon4 - the paper version, not the computer game. And, for the record, I lost that particular game I was quoting from. But there were plenty of U.S. warships on the bottom to keep me company...
The B-2 is a Bomber. the F-117A is an Attack aircraft with a fighter designation - like the F-111G. I just don't know why.

Stormy: Stealth is a 'soft kill' option, isn't it? (soft kill is "hard to find, easy to kill.") Shows that I read too much of Dale Brown too. I don't suppose that you may have heard when his next book is coming out? his website hasn't been updated in a LONGGG time...

Doug: Good on you for deciding to join the police. Most of the police officers I've talked with say the job is Awful but someone's got to do it...

Coyote: You're welcome, but No-one noticed. and even if DumlaoX did banish me for it it would be worth it!! - It's educational. Oh, Well. WETSU. :)

Tim Phipps: Tim's back!!! does this mean that Alt.Gargs.Mil. Returns? :) Good luck with the Marines.

Pistoff: Oh, great. Spoilers. NOW i'm going to be on edge...

that's all from me...

Goodnight all!!
Jonathan
NEW ZEALAND Wednesday, March 31, 1999 02:25:13 PM
IP: wh20-13.wave.co.nz

Exin here again,now i will check in here every day! ...so beware! Exin will take FIST place at MS2k-1 So VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :): ...Demona>After easter ,look in the MS2k-1 Resultfile! :):
EXiN/Abnorms/Anubis/Voodoo64 - [exin@gmx.de]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 02:22:27 PM
IP: 193.97.193.242

Thanks, all, for the birthday wishes! And let's not forget Thomas Revor, who is exactly one day younger than me! ; ) Hey, wonder if he was conceived on Prom Night too ...

Oh, and chocolate is always all right ... if ever it wasn't, check my pulse ...

xoxoxoxoxoxo,
Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 01:50:55 PM
IP: 05-016.009.popsite.net

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINE!!!!
Greg "Xanatos" Bishansky - [Madoc55@aol.com]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 01:50:29 PM
IP: spider-wj054.proxy.aol.com

Hey everybody! Let's sing the Guatamalan gargoyles themesong!

Gargs, gargs, gargs, of the jungle! Friend-ack ah leggo!

Aaron's left hand, apparently operating independantly from the rest of his body, begins choking him, and shutting off the horrible sound. Aaron fights for a few minutes, before winning control back over his erstwhile hand.

Sorry about that. Anyway, Happy Birthday, to those I missed.

Robby> What do you mean? Brook has horrible karma. He's always the one how gets shot, or crushed or fried or beat up, even worse then Lex.

Zath> The battle of the cranky, *indestructable* redheads.

Later
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 01:43:33 PM
IP: ppp-163.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Oh, I forgot, click my name to see Demona Taina colored and stuff... maybe you'll understand the masterpiece with that.

Thanks again.
Demona Taina - [demona3@hotmail.com]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:36:27 PM
IP: 209.91.207.186

[walks in] No, no jokes today, or rp. [looks around] I know that some in here are artists who love their work. Well, what artist doesn't? In my family, no one cares for my drawings. So much that my grandma once crushed a very beautiful drawing of my character, and she placed it behind the microwave. I spent days looking for it, and, I had a strange feeling that that crushed paper was the drawing. Guess what? It was. I cursed for about an hour, and my grandma finally decided to flatten the drawing up. She did so, and she burned it a bit. Grrr... I have the drawing, and I managed to cover the burned parts with liquid paper.

I once made a drawing of Demona with another dress, and it turned out so beautiful, yet full of errors, but very beautiful. It was the very first drawing of Demona Taina, my character, my masterpiece. That was about three years ago. I used to leave it in my room, but I wanted to scan it, so the world could see it. I left the drawing where I have the 1113 drawings of gargoyles, but I left my masterpiece in a special place. Guess what? I can't find my drawing. Where is she??? I can't lose her! I just can't!!! She is the very first drawing of my character, it was a coincidence for her to be created! I can't lose her!!! I CAN'T!!! I just can't!!!

Oh, what can I do!?! I've searched everywhere! Even in the trash can! Where is my masterpiece!?! Oh, where??? Please, I know that there are people in here who are artists, who draw gargoyles like me, and take very much care for their drawings. Please, tell me what I can do to live without my masterpiece, that is, if I can't find her? Please!!!

Forgive me for coming in whinning about a drawing, but I needed to take it off my chest. If you have any suggestions, please email me.

In my name, there is the scanned drawing of the masterpiece. It looks a little rusty, my scanner is in black and white. But, I assure you, the original is very beautiful.

Well, that's all. Thanks for hearing me. [walks out to look for the drawing]
Demona Taina - [demona3@hotmail.com]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:27:15 PM
IP: 209.91.207.186

***FINALLY, AN RP!***

** [San Francisco, former location of the Marsh building] Deuce looks at the wreckage, which is already dotted with construction trailers and cranes. "Yikes. Guess I won't be finding anything here." Spotting a billboard, he makes careful note of the contact number for more information on Marsh Industries, and their various divisions — including Marsh Publishing.

** After calling to find their location, Deuce sets off for Marsh Publishing's HQ. **

***PAUSE PATHETIC RP!***

SJ> Thanks for the offer, but Mandi's taking care of it.

Mandi> THANK YOU!!!

Christine> You know what happens here when someone has a birthday, don't you? *ppl from all over Gargoyles fandom rush up, seize her by the wrists and ankles, and give her 33 birthday bumps* Happy Birthday!

Carolynn Marie> You too, eh? *gives her b-day bumps as well*

Robby> Why bother setting your laser printer to "stun"? Just put it on "low disruption" and aim for the knees! >:-)

Wilek> I LOVED that Hamster site! Where'd you find it?

OK, let's finish this weak RP for today. *sigh*

***CONTINUE RP!***

** [Marsh Publications HQ, lobby] Deuce taps his foot as he waits for the receptionist to get off the phone. She _finally_ does, and he turns to look at her. "I'd like to speak with the CEO." The receptionist looks at him funny. <"Um, like, I don't think so."> "Alright, then put me through to the lowest-ranking flunky I can talk to without an appointment." She just stares, snapping her gum. Finally, Deuce gets an idea. He leans in close and whispers:

** "Bob sent me."

** She sits up straight, and presses a button. The elevator doors to Deuce's right open. <"Right through there, sir."> Deuce heads for the doors, which close as the screen blinks off. **

***END RP!***
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
Edmonton (I HATE THE OILERS!!!!!), Alberta, Canada
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:16:20 PM
IP: pppa93.connect.ab.ca

A short post.

Nicholas Maddox> That reminds of one of Isaac Asimov's short mystery stories where a book had to be identified through the phrase 'Triple Devil'. The answer was 'Nicholas Nickleby' by Charles *Dickens*...
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:04:34 PM
IP: athe530-h044.otenet.gr

ED - I don't know if we ever worked out an internal reason for Madoc's aliases so often resembling (as far as the surname was concerned) his real name; it was just a bit of inspiration on my part. And yes, the irony that you brought up about the people who believe that gargoyles are evil demons and thereby try to destroy them being Madoc's unwitting tools and flunkeys was deliberate. It's the same sort of concept that they used in last night's "Buffy" (the one where a demon posed as a pair of murdered children to set up a witch-hunt in Sunnydale). I very much believe that people who go around killing in God's name may often be much more truly "servants of the Devil" than outright and obvious Satan-worshippers.

(Incidentally, while we're on the subject of Madoc's aliases, alert readers may well have guessed why his first name is usually "Nicholas").
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:13:14 AM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

**QUICK RP**

Somewhere in the Utah badlands, a dark portal opens and Deavik's 'loth legions begin stepping out, the nycaloth captain at their head. "We must find the one called DumlaoX," he tells the army, rubbing a crystal pendant around his neck. "With the talisman Deavik gave me that is linked to his essence, I know he is east of here. Transform into your Earth disguises and move out!" The whole group shimmers and turns into the world's largest traveling Shriner's Convention. Then with the nycaloth at its head (he now looks like a minister of some kind), they start heading east towards Colorado Springs.

The action changes to Colorado Springs, where the Ravens are heading for Cheyenne Mountain. As they get closer, Doug turns to make a quick post.

**PAUSE RP**

Good news- The Matrix is scheduled to open today, that poster I saw must have had the wrong date on it. So needless to say, I will not be in here tonight. I'll be watching this probably excellent film.

Coyote: Thanks for your confidence. As for Heather, the main reason I'm wondering where she is is because she never sent me back an e-mail to let me know she got my pic commission. Thus I can only assume she didn't accept it. If she did, I hope she tells me as soon as she can. If not, I'm free to get another artist.

Carolynn: Happy Birthday! Same to you in a few days, Stephen!!

Pistoff: Hope you get that new story out soon. Looks quite intriguing, I'm looking forward to reading it.

Tim: Welcome back!

Wilek: $ Thanks for the Jerec info. Glad we've gotten his personality pretty much right so far. Wonder if we'll ever bump into his ship the Vengeance. :) $ Oh, and Futurama is on Fox, not Direct Tv.

Aris: Thanks for clarifying your comments. I agree with you more now and further apologize for any rudeness in previous responses on my part. Now let's see, how to implement your suggestions and keep the camaraderie we've all found in here? Hmmm...

Guess that's all for now. Shortest post I've made in a while, huh? Oh well, gotta run to class. See y'all!!

**RP AGAIN**

The Ravens arrive at the road leading up Cheyenne Mountain to find it blocked by the convoy of troops that came with T'angelo. "Let's get these guys!" Jaden suggests, rushing out to attack them. The other Ravens nod and hurry to help him, Wilek's troops also descending to assist. "Come on, Gubio!!" Doug shouts as he gets into a gunfight with two slobbering red-eyed rednecks in the front of the enemy force. "I need your pistol to back me up!!" "Just a minute!" the hacker calls. He presses a few keys on his laptop, shuts it off, then runs over and takes the two evil rednecks out. "What were you doing?" Doug asks. "I sent Erin an e-mail," Gubio answers. "In a few minutes she's going to flood NORAD's computers with a whole bunch of annoying viruses." "What? Why would you want her to do that?" "Relax, Doug, they're all the easy-kill and low-damage kind. If Thailog has taken over the base, however, his hackers will have to get rid of all of them before they can use the computer system's launch software. And that will buy us a lot of time." "Brilliant, Gubio," Doug smiles as they continue trying to break through the enemy defensive line. "Brilliant." "Well, I try," the good hacker grins.

The screen changes to Beaumont, where the Schoolgirl Scouts have gotten the deformed Larry King clone army down to a few individuals. As everyone watches, they quickly take those out as well. "Those guys were so easy," Bernadette rolls her eyes. "And disgusting," another Scout adds. "Well, at least we got rid of them," says Ave Maria. "Now on to the cathedral so we can do more research on who Galante is and what he might be up to. I wonder if he knows he's been excommunicated yet." (note- he will find out in Kit's next post) The screen goes blank as they head onwards to the cathedral, to be continued.

**FOR NOW, END RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 08:36:18 AM
IP: hil-c45-054-vty20.as.wcom.net

Whoa! I think people have misunderstood me here. I didn't mean that I didn't want the friendly discussions, the various subjects discussed here to leave. Far from it, I like them a lot, and there are few things I'd hate more than see this room become strictly TGS with nothing else. The opposite: I'd like them to expand to the main comment room. Various people have said that that room is or should be strictly Garg-discussion related but I simply don't see why. The only limitation to that room is that we don't discuss TGS- and as I said the vast majority of discussions here belong just as much here as there. I'd like to see the "friendliness" here expand there.

My word 'dying' was too strong. But as I said I simply thought that a more equal balance would benefit both rooms. Bottomline: I don't want people or topics to go from here- I just want them to not leave from *there*.
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 04:42:52 AM
IP: pc-20.di.uoa.gr

Okay, here's a little something for the people who have been asking me about this ...

EVEN THE WORST LIFETIMES HAVE THEIR GOOD MOMENTS ...
"I knew I would find you here, my boy," she said, her voice soft and gentle.
He twitched and gasped, turning his head to look at her. It took him a moment to realize she wasn't upset or angry. She was just smiling a smile of relief and triumph.
The boy managed a shy smile as she walked toward him. Then he jumped up and ran to her, throwing his arms around her. Surprised at first, Demona returned the hug, a thin smile on her lips. Macbeth tends to forget that his son is still a hatchling, she thought, before being a prince.
"Easy, my boy," she said softly, letting him vent his stress and enraged sobs on her shoulder.
EVEN UNBORN SOULS HAVE THEIR TURMOILS
"C.O.Y.O.T.I. You're not my father. You're not even human."
"Neither are you, sweetie. And Demona and that Terminator reject aren't your parents."
"Look who's talking! You're the one who looks like a reject from one of the Terminator movies!" She twisted her lips in disgust. "And my name is not 'sweetie'!"
COYOTI fired off a bitter laugh. "Oh, and what is it, then? You still calling yourself 'Japhia'?"
She slapped the male AI across the face and hissed, shaking her hand in pain.
EVEN A JOURNEY OF REDEMPTION FINDS ITS END
Demona sighed. "I just hope this time we can ..." Something outside the hovercraft's windshield caught her attention and she leaped at the controls, screaming. "Look out!" The impact threw both of them to the floor ....

GARGOYLES 2K: "SHARED MEMORIES" ... coming soon to a website near you.
Pistoff - [pistoff@anti-social.com]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 04:14:20 AM
IP: wire-3.koalas.com

NO RP FOR NOW! I'M ABOUT READY TO FALL ASLEEP!!!!

Kitainia-I am NOT going to stay in this town any longer than I have too. And thanks for the vote of confidence.

Bringing Gargoyles back-I first pass out then I would make sure that I watched every single one.

Wilek Nereus-2 hours? Ok maybe your town is more boring, but not by far. Oh and all I had to do was to hear that music (can you actually call it that?) and I started blasting.

Karma-Brenden & Margot definately...no wait! They meet gargoyles where ever they go...they're so lucky.

Brianna-I remember you too and about your art page...WOW!

The Matrix- I did some checking and as far I as know it is still on for tomorrow...I have no idea what that Friday thing was.

Sevarius Jr.-You too. That's great.

Christine-Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Christine! Happy Birthday to you!!!!!
Blow out your candles.

Doug-So your family likes the idea of you becoming a cop. That's good news. Mine was the same way however they think I'm going to stay around here where nothing really happens.

Well my bed is calling me and I must answer. See ya later!

and remember- Impossible is just a word to describe something that nobody has seen yet.
Jaden - [smokey1@silcom.com]
Los Alamos, CA, U.S.A.
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 03:04:09 AM
IP: pm0-2.vpop1.avtel.net

F-117A: After hearing about the wreck, I laughed my A$$ off! The funniest thing I EVER heard of. Some backwater country offs one of the military's most ADVANCED fighters!
(Personally, I think it was the Russians.)
I don't care if the human rights violations ARE true, I still think we should stay out of this. Why must we be the worlds police force? I don't care if this IS officially a NATO operation, it is truly a US battle.
I think that pieces of the F-117A will probally be on eBay soon! <G>

A few weeks ago, Lady Mystic and I went to see Payback. Good movie, yadda yadda yadda.
Now for the INTERSTING part! We had 2 hours to kill in Southfield (30 some miles from my house and the nearest THX certified Star theater) so we went to Toys R US and, besides seeing this kewl Tomb Raider statue, I found the ENTIRE HARD_WIRED GARGOYLES FIGURE SET, and this is the best part, IN TRIPLICATE! Thats right! I have at LEAST 3 of EVERY hard wired figure now! $5.00 per, and I spent $95 on all of them. What a find!
<Happy dance!>

DumlaoX: Well, if you don't like the laptop, I have a die-hard MAC user who would LOVE a laptop. ;)
One HELLUVA buy, BTW! You actually got a WORKING laptop for $150!?! One with a gig drive no less! I am not a MAC user my self, but even I would probally have bought that one!
Personally, I am aiming to get myself a nice little Compaq 1255. 333 AMD, 32 MB ram, 4.3GB hd, USB, PCMCIA, the werks!
(Or, a 333 upgrade chip for my 1210 (150mhz, 80mb ram, 5.0 gb HD... I kinda upgraded it.)
Know of any upgrade chips for laptops?

Cyrway: I can destroy you with a word also!
"NI!"

Steve Gooch:<A five ounce bird cannot carry a one-pound coconut!>
Well, maybe if he uses some string...

<Hunter Fire Storm and Bubba walk into the CR brandishing Mr. Carter>
"Bubba, Lock and Load! It's Christines Birthday!"
<Bubba makes some gestures while pointing to the clock.>
"Whadda ya mean it's not Tuesday anymore?"
<Bubba gestures some more. HFS rubs his chin.>
"Well, I suppose yer right... it IS still Tuesday SOMEWHERE."
<HFS Sings Happy Birthday to Christine as he aims Mr. Carter.>
"Make a wish!"
<HFS squeezes the trigger of Mr. Carter, sending a Scottish Creame pie at the writer. Bubba gestures to HFS.>
"Whadda ya mean theres no such thing as a Scottish Creame Pie? I wanted to celebrate "The Scottish Rogue." There HAS to be a Scottish Creame Pie! Theres a Bavarian Creame pie, isn't there? The Scottish Creame Pie was Haggis blended with cream and baked. See? A Scottish creame pie!"
<Bubba cluches his stomach in disgust as he and HFS leave the CR, leaving Christine dripping with Haggis.>

Brianna: WOW! Long time no see! How have you been?
VERY nice SuperSailor Jupiter pic. I see why it is your fave! I normally don't give very high ratings for fan art, but I think I agree with Spike on this one. ENTER, ENTER, ENTER!

SJ: <Vampire Hunter D> WHEN? WHEN?!?!?

Coyote: You do tranny work? Wanna try your luck on my (non-moving) 1988 Ford Aerostar? (Probally the same type of tranny you were working on.)
(Does it matter that it hasn't moved <or even been started> since 1995? <G> Ok... I should have started it at least once a month.)

Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 02:51:12 AM
IP: t1-49.visitus.net

Everyone who has Shockwave and hated the Hampster Dance, click my name. >:)
Wilek
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 02:42:03 AM
IP: tnt-1-197-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Sorry about this second post, but I couldn't help noticing that an awful lot of people have birthdays coming up. Well, guess what? I can be counted in that group! *grins*

Stephen> 30 is not old! Since life-spans are getting longer, "middle-age" is moving farther along. The 40's can still be considered "good" if you keep yourself in decent shape. And that does NOT mean cosmetic surgery or dating women who can almost be your daughters. *grin* Besides, I think most males tend to age more gracefully than females... in other words, they look younger, longer. But when I hit 30, I'll still consider myself young. :-)
Blue Caeru
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 02:20:04 AM
IP: ppp-03-ts7.nerdc.ufl.edu

Hello again. I can't sleep, so here I am. Some replies:

The Rolling Calf and Lexy> Actually, I was majoring in microbiology/cell science at first, as a pre-med. Then I decided I didn't want to be a physician anymore, so I dropped out of being a pre-med. I like science, so I thought I'd go to graduate school instead. But then this semester I was sick a lot and had so much trouble keeping up that I had to withdraw completely from school, so I figured that it was a sign that I should look for another major. I had become totally lost in my chemistry class this semester, and I was starting to loathe it. So now I'm looking at sociology or psychology. Since there is no minor for microbiology/cell science, I have to settle for one in zoology, which is fine with me. Okay, I know I said I liked science, but the truth is that the only science I want to study more deeply is biology. I like to keep up with new developments in physics and chemistry, but I really am not too keen on taking many courses on those subjects. And the math drives me insane! My motivation for biology? I'm not really sure... maybe I just find living things amazing. Take the brain, for instance. It's all just a bunch of highly specialized cells and chemicals, but it perfectly coordinates the activities of the whole body. And then when you get into genes and DNA... it's mind-boggling. But since I'm not too great at chemistry, I can't study biology as my major. The minor for zoology doesn't require much chemistry, thank goodness. However, I am not sure if I can afford to have a minor now because I've lost time by withdrawing and deciding to switch majors. I'd like to get an English minor too, though. I've actually considered majoring in English, but I don't know what I'd do with an English degree. Besides, I'm not a great writer either; I just love to read. *sigh* There you have it, the history of my college career... sort of. Sorry, I know this is lengthy. I think I'm finally getting drowsy though...
Good night - or morning.
Blue Caeru
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 01:52:43 AM
IP: ppp-03-ts7.nerdc.ufl.edu

Speaking of B-Days... I'll be hitting the big 3-0h just ten days after the 31st. Ack! Do you realize I'm about to hit the thirty-somethin age!? HELP ME! I've lived for over a quarter of a century!

I really need a boost... Anyone care to RSVP me some presents? <grin... j/k, really.>
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 01:48:23 AM
IP: m99.ieway.com

**RP!**

[Wilek's team arrives on the Avatar of Ganon and sends a Sentinel-class landing craft to pick up the SJ-Mobile and its occupants, with a message asking him if he'd like it upgraded with Borg technology. Rho: "We just recieved word from Doug and Kitainia that the attack we just foiled was a distraction; Thailog has gotten into NORAD!" Wilek: "Dang! OK, send whatever ships are already down there, along with a whole load of Borg and Dalek ground troops. We have to drive them out of there!"]

**END RP!**

Godzilla> Hey, we were all new once. :)

Aaron> <<who has the worst karma?>> Since I don't know who the last three are, I'll choose from the first three--and that choice *has* to be Margot. She is *such* a <censored>, especially about gargoyles.

I *have* noticed that the other CR is a lot slower lately. Odd; I seem to remember it being a lot sillier, more like this one...

Steve> Oh no, you're sick too. Get well soon, and this is what Sli Sludge is for...

Happy birthday Christine and Carolynn Marie! I would sing 'Happy Birthday To You', but it's copyrighted. :)

Robby> <<How do I set a laser printer for stun?>> Oh...yours is stuck at the kill setting? Ugh, that happened to me once. I still have a scar on my tail. BTW, I'd like to commission something from Demona May, but she can't accept e-mail commissions and I can't conduct this kind of business using snail-mail. What to do...

Zath> <<is Ammut the masculine variation of Ammit, or was it changed to be a pun on "mutt"?>> Um...Ammut is female, and she's a real Egyptian deity, whose job it was to eat ppl's hearts after they died, if they were evil. I think. <<When gargoyles awaken from stone sleep, how do the get the stone off of awkward places like their hair (I doubt their scalp muscles are *that* strong), between their teeth, or up their noses?>> I imagine that the stone skin that flakes off is only at the very outer layer, and everything underneath simply turns to normal flesh at sunset. I'd just like to know how our hair turns to stone, since it's all dead cells...

Top Ten> Oh, *man* would I like to get a place there. Not much chance of it though...

Doug> $<<Something tells me we better check up on Jerec as a character before we use him again, is there any website you know of with a profile of the guy?>> <spends a few minutes in a search engine, doesn't find much> Um...I can't find any websites to that effect, although a very small and incomplete profile can be found under the Jedi Knight product spotlight at www.lucasarts.com. Hm...<spends a few minutes noodling about with an SMK video player and his copy of Jedi Knight> I just got a screenshot of him; click my name. As for his personality...kind of somewhere between Xanatos and Emperor Palpatine (with a dash of the Archmage), and his voice is a little like Christopher Lloyd. But more malevolent. And his Force ability is comparable to Darth Vader's. And his headquarters is the Vengeance, a battleship with about the same capabilities as a Super Star Destroyer (more info at http://www.theforce.net/swtc/dagger.html#vengeance). If you have the PC game Jedi Knight, it'll help a lot. Sorry I couldn't find more...$

Brianna> Incredible stuff! Do you take commissions? :)

Demona> Welcome back! :D Hey, when will your website be up? I tried it, and got a 'connection with the server could not be established' error. :/

TRC> <<did you notice that all the preserved heads had yellow skin>> Um...I'm afraid I didn't see the show. Is it on DirecTv?

SJ> There's going to be a sequel to Vampire Hunter D?! Too kewl! I remember seeing the first movie. I don't remember much, since it was a long time ago, but I remember that it rocked! :D
Wilek Nereus
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:55:57 AM
IP: tnt-1-124-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

**A small pair of rats zoom through the CR in a miniature car. Kyryn comes running in after them and pauses momentarily to post**

Cats> Mine uses the litterbox, but she drinks out of the toilet. It once saved her life as the temperature sensor for the heater broke and the apartment was 108 degrees when we managed to get back to it. We were trapped away from home by a severe ice storm. The cat survived, but unfortunately our then pair of rats didn't. BTW, the cat is afraid of the rats.

On another note: Could you see Elisa's expression if she caught Cagney using the toilet?

On College Majors: I started out as a pre-veterinary major and had to drop all the hard sciences when I found out two things: 1) I was really struggling to keep up the grades. 2) I am allergic to formaldehyde in large concentrations.

Christine> Happy Birthday! (Showers her with more bluebonnets)

Brianna> What beautiful artwork!

Robby> The stun setting is under 'Properties' in the print drivers. What do you need that one for anyway?

TRC> Original cels-- it depends. Years ago, the studios would just throw them away, which is why older ones are so rare and valuable. Now that they've created a market though, they are probably squirreling them away and doling them out carefully.

Coyote> Ack! Don't mention the President's Curse. Personally, I'm hoping that the Stars can get to the playoffs without it. And, yes, I worry about the fact that the 'Wings had Chelios.

***COMMENTS/SPOILERS for WAITING GAME***

Now, I can comment on this one. I couldn't when I proofed it a couple of weeks ago. Anywho, I loved the 'Whomp' bit. That whole sequence had me ROTFL, esp. with Hudson and the wheelchair.

***END MINOR SPOILERS***

Comment Room> I like the fact that this is an open comment room. I understand the restrictions that the other room is under and I usually don't post there because trying to keep up with that as well as everything else would be one thing to many, although I do skim it every now and then.

Carolynn> Happy Birthday in ten minutes CST!

BTW, the rats mentioned in the RP are my current RL pets. Their names are Northrop, Remington, Colt, and Mustang. Okami likes guns and warbirds, so most of the rats recently have been named after those two things.

I'm off to bed.

**Kyryn spots the rats exiting the room. They wave at her and head out a full speed. She chases after them and slams into the wall as they drive into a small portal. She staggers dizzily towards the exit to continue the chase.**
Kyryn
Uvalde, TX
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:46:21 AM
IP: 168.37.239.82

<Tim Phipps rattles the doorknob to the comment room. It is locked. He kicks in the door and it flies wide open and a pair of CR goers who were trying to hold the door shut SLAM against the wall. Tim walks in and acts oblivious to what has happened.>

Hi guys. Long time no see. I've been fairly busy lately. I've been training alongside the highschool track team to get in shape for the USMC (despite my parents' wishes) and my grandpa had a small stroke. Don't worry, he's fine. In fact it's kind of a mixed blessing. My Mom's family is close together and the doctors think that the stroke killed off the portion off the brain that gives him the urge to smoke! Weird, huh? He thought the EKG was some sort of high-tech nicotine patch.

Theresa> A cat named Stupid, huh? I know a family who named their cat Dammit. Mostly because it will only react when it's told something along the lines of "Get over here, Dammit!" or "Quit scratching me, Dammit!"

Zath and Sevarius JR.> Sunscreen song "stupid"? At least it makes alot more sense than all alternative music and gangsta rap kids are playing these days.

Gargoyles back on air> It better happen pretty (deleted) soon! The tapes and TGS just aren't cutting any more.

Downed F-117> They're using the peices as trophies!? Grrr...

And for my parting shot, I'd just like to say that Saving Private Ryan should have gotten Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Shakespear In Love was so wretched I left after the first hour and sneeked into SPR.

See ya!
Tim Phipps
Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:17:21 AM
IP: s9-onawa.pionet.net

***SPOILERS***

TGS comment room< OK ppl. Its true. This IS a room for TGS. Now should it ONLY be used for the exclusive debating and thoughts on TGS? WELL IMO NO. Why? Well, I do like the idea. Now, I wont lie here, im not a VERY constant reader of TGS. But still I feel that I can say this. Having a room to talk exclusivly about TGS or Gargs would be awsome! I know i could talk about it constantly *grins* just about do already! But not all ppl can do that. OR want to. This room has more then just its original purpose now. It was ment to be a comment room, to make comments on TGS. Now it is a comment room, to make comments on TGS, or just Gargs, or to let your feelings out, to make friends, talk about other subjects you enjoy and to find others with similar tastes. To show things weve made or found. To ask others opinons to get a well rounded answer. To make just general conversation all in one. This room has meny uses. And personally I think that is a good thing. I do believe if we all thought about it we would almost all agree this is better. We keep busier, and can pass on information faster this way. Fandom is very important. But it is meaningless if the fans are divided and dont keep in touch. Here we can set up links so we can vote when polls are open. If anything ground breaking occures we all will know because we stick together well. Im not saying THIS room is the only place we conjegate (sp) but it is part of it. It helps. I must say, if seen fans and we do a good job! We are not just a few scattered and compleatly different sites we are interconnected quite well, and then theres the Gathering....oh..wups..*Realizes shes rambling now* he he sorry folks..*moves on*

Christine< HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! YOU LIVE IN A ZO...oh ..*tee hee* sorry ppls! i cant help myself *GRINS*
A CELL??? Someone really DID get spoiled! :D Lucky!

Blue< A zoo ologist ey? <------ sorry *G* cant spell so i separated it! I once thought to do that when i was a kid, but that was before i realized i was to dumb *G* so now im going to be a teacher for kindergarden! SEND your kids to me ppls! >:D well have lotsa fun! Im going to silently preach the word of gargs and DBZ! ill make goffy posters with Goliath on them and it will say to read or something, or Have Goku for Gym class! *L* whatever *shrugs* there watchen the films anyway! >:)

hmm..ok well id better go then..BYE!!


Lexy - [lex@hnet.net]
:P, :P!~, USA
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:53:19 PM
IP: d117.hnet.net

**enters the room, changes the candle, lights it, but it won't stay lit. Lights it again. Goes out. Leaves the room, returns with a gas can, dunks the candle in the can, puts it back up on the candleholder, lights it, finally stays lit.**

Okay. Now nobody light a match!! :) **wipes hands and plunks down in comfy chair**

Jonathan: Thank you for the education, friend. Though I apologize if I managed to get you banned from the room ...

Cyrway: **insert scene of Coyote writhing anxiously** OOH! OOH! :)
Seriously, though ... can't wait to see the new one. (Incidentally, my *other* cat drinks out of the toilet, too. Not the smart one, the fuzzy idiot that won't move from the big chair in our living room even if she sees me trying to sit down in it. :)

Sunscreen lame-excuse-for-a-song: well, now I'm certainly glad that I *haven't* heard it. Though there are other songs that I wish I could forget about them. Next's "Too Close" comes to mind ... unhhh, every time I hear that song it makes me *nauseous!!*

Kyryn: Yeah yeah, don't be gettin' smug now, just because the Stars look like they're gonna win the President's Trophy again. They won it last year, remember, and what good did it do 'em in the playoffs? Six games and the Wings were playing for Cup #2.
Besides ... now we've got Chelios and Clark. (Don't know if Samuelsson will be back by then or not ...)
(BTW, in case anyone hasn't figured out by now ... for all intents and purposes, I *LIVE* for the NHL playoffs.)

Toilet-trained cats: Neither of mine is toilet trained. The one might be smart enough to do it, but the fuzzy idiot half of the time doesn't keep her butt in the litter box (we have two of them, one on the upper level and one in our bathroom, both with the hard plastic shrouds over them.) when she uses it.

Aaron: I personally would like to see some Garg music videos. Composing them, though ... unless I contact a friend of mine who did some editing work in college, I won't be composing them.

JEB: Yeah, I know Pippin.

Futurama: Okay, I'm hooked. Not just because I read the WIRED preview, not just because Leela is one extremely attractive one-eyed alien, but also because it's a series with promise ... not to mention I was ROTFLMSAO throughout. Best scene for me ... 'Here in the future, you'll always be treated with dignity. Now strip naked and get on the Probe-O-Tron." LOL!!
BTW ... did anyone manage to catch Matt Groening's cameo in the pilot?? :)

Arianna: Don't know how I missed this, but have fun at your prom. Hope ya have more fun than I did ... long story short, I was so hard up for a date that I wound up taking my cousin (NO REDNECK JOKES!!), and was half-blind for the whole thing, having left my glasses in the car (and they were broken, anyway).

Gathering attendees: I'M THERE, DUDES! (as soon as I get my taxes ...)

Doug: Good luck in your career choice. As you can probably tell from my earlier writings I have a great admiration for those who pursue law enforcement, so I myself, without having met you IRL, believe you will make a *great* officer.

Wilek: It's actually not as unbelievable as it sounds ... our bathroom door is more like a louvred closet door, so she figured out the sweet spot she has to push on each side. Having figured that out, she simply pushes her head into said sweet spots to open the door from either side. Of course this makes it quite embarassing for whoever's *in* the bathroom when she *does* open the door. :)

Christine: Happy birthday! Okay guys, roll it in!! **semi drives in bearing a Chocolate Execution cake** Okay, I'm ready for *anything* this time. **pulls out remote** If you want it anything *but* chocolate ... say the word and it's done!

Zath: How do they do it? Silly, that's what Dustbusters are for! :)

Doug again: I IM'ed with Heather last night, dude. She might just not have had time to stop by the room lately, you never know.

SJ: Actually, I'll have you know that certain automotive transmission fluids have so much graphite in them, a blind person could not differentiate between them and cat urine ... Ford Type F comes to mind ... this being the only kind I've ever (unfortunately) wound up having my hands soaked in ... long story, involves filling the tranny on an Aerostar and not having a funnel. Don't ask. Please.

Carolynn: Gee, why dincha say so earlier?! Feel free to split the cake with Christine! And Happy B-Day! :)

**leans back in the chair** You know the drill by now, I think. **plants chin in hand**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:32:28 PM
IP: 207.91.254.62

Forgot one thing-

TRC: Thanks for your compliment on the good plots. They are one thing I will definitely continue to have.

*REALLY GONE THIS TIME*
Doug
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:22:49 PM
IP: hil-c45-047-vty188.as.wcom.net

TRC: Thanks for answering my question. Hope your e-mail gets fixed soon. About your comments, I have no problem with them. You don't need to apologize, I'm glad you were honest with me and all. Negative feedback is taken as well as positive with me, sometimes even better. :) You're right, I did need to do more research on Daredevil. Too bad my local comic shop was out of books on him at the time. (I based the character more on the Daredevil I'd seen in Fox's Spiderman than the one in the comics, anyway. It was easier to do that since I knew more about that Daredevil and had already incorporated the Spiderman saga into my fic. I did that because I thought it was a very neat show.) Bullseye I got from the novel Predator's Smile and some info I read on Daredevil and him in Jeff Rovin's Encyclopedias of Superheroes and Supervillains. I thought I ended up doing a good job putting the characters in a fic that was really supposed to be more about the Rose and Kingpin. Many people have told me they felt thrown in and wrong, maybe I should have left them out.

And as for the corny dialogue, I apologize for that, too. Of course, I don't really know why you think it's that way. I've tried to base it as much as I can on what I think the characters would say in real life and what I've heard similar people say in conversations I've heard and read in various sources. That's probably the best any writer can do with dialogue, right? Anyway, I don't think it's that corny myself. I know I get repetitive at times, but every writer does that. Me more than others, but I think repetitively a lot of the time. My imagination flows easier through similar channels, I guess.

Hope you say more in your feedback on these and other beefs you have with my work. And of course also talk about the things you enjoyed reading, as I know you will. Thanks again, friend, I hope to hear from you soon by e-mail.

Okay, logging off. I've been in here enough tonight. :) Later,
Doug
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:19:45 PM
IP: hil-c45-047-vty188.as.wcom.net

Oh, Happy B-day to Christine, too :) Like, I said, I haven't gotten to read much of the page yet :)

Carolynn Marie - [C4arobin@aol.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:07:34 PM
IP: spider-pa061.proxy.aol.com

*deep whiff of the CR* Gosh, feels right at home, the smell of ... unwashed beasts and smoke from scientific experiments gone awry ... *looks at Cavall and Asrial in suspicion* :)

Didn't get to go even 1/8 down the CR list when I started getting all these compliments about Brianna's work ... so I checked it out and stayed at the page for a good 20 minutes. Brianna, man, you got skills! When are you going to try out for TGS art staff???

I really liked your Sailor moon pics best of all. The Timedancer drawings were either cute or awesome, but the Sailors were great!! My faves! Keep drawing and keep us posted on new work as it comes out.

I'll have to check the rest of the room out later. I spent so much time at Brianna's art place *s*

*6 and a half more hours until my birthday!!!!* YAY! ?:^)

Peace out to y'all!
Carolynn Marie - [C4arobin@aol.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:06:01 PM
IP: spider-pa061.proxy.aol.com

*****WARNING: RP*******
The battle pretty much over, SJ, Kari, and the Hounds in the SJ-Mobile decide to head back with Wilek and the others to the station.
"There now, that wasn't too bad, now was it?" SJ says to Kari, who's still recovering from the battle....and SJ's rough-shot flying.
"I...I think I messed up your leather seats." She says weakly.
"Oh. Ohhhhhh. Geez, um, I think there's a napkin in the glove compartment, and--Sable, Drake, don't lick that! No! Bad Hounds! Well, we got to hitch a ride with somebody anyway. This little ship is fun, but it ain't space-worthy. Wilek, somebody, can you give us a ride?"
*****PAUSE RP FOR NOW!!!*****

Really cool anime news!!!: 1)First off, it looks like the brand spankin' new Vampire Hunter D anime movie will be hitting the States, ironically enough before it lands in Japan! 2)For Princess Mononoke fans (and Jewel and myself), this summer they will be publishing a 224 page Mononoke Himu book, filled with info, sketches, and all sorts of good stuff. 3) There will be a Fist of the North Star TV series. Cool stuff! Now, if we could just get that Gargoyles anime film up and running...

Reminder: Craig Kilborn debuts tonight on the Late Late Really Freakin' Late Show, for anybody who loved him on the Daily Show.

Police officers: I'm actually considering this, seeing as I'm getting my degree in Administration of Justice (with a Psych minor). But I haven't decided yet. I may work further to get a degree in Psychology, then go the criminal psych or profiler route, like the great John Douglas. But I definitely would love a job in law enforcement.

Those Serbs dancin' On Our Plane: Ah, that pisses me off. Let's see their sheep-herding asses laugh it off when the rockets are red glaring over their wood shacks. Nobody makes fun of the United States but us good ol' Americans.

Deuce: I can hook you up with that email if ya want.

CR Debate: Forgive my sarcasm, but THIS again?? Look, this being a Garg comment room, we should talk about them. But I don't see any of the rules saying our posts are restricted to that. Sure, we can have garg only posts, but that severly, in my opinion, would lower the quality of the room. This should be a place to unite people in discussion about a multitude of topics as well as the main theme.

Godzilla: Well, not all of us are against you. :)

Cat Urine: Few people know that this actually glows under a black light. Wanna know how I know this? No you don't.

Matrix date: Are you sure they pushed it back? I saw a segment on Entertainment Tonight on it earlier today, and they said it was opening tomorrow. Maybe their wrong though.

Demona!!!!!!!! Welcome back!!!!!!!!!! Next time, come back to stay! :-)

Newsflash: People are now saying that bottled water may not be better for you after all. Well, DUUUUUUUH!!! Most of it is just tap water put through a filter!

Christine: Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!

****RESUME RP******
Meanwhile in Egypt....

The Phalanx drone escorts Dr. Sevarius into the now assimilated Sphinx. <The Phalanx Prime has wished to speak to you personally.> it explains to him.
Sevarius is taken to the center of the Sphinx, deep in it's belly. The large chamber has been totally taken over by Phalanx technology, and in the midst of the room, a large column stretches from the floor to the ceiling. It is a pure column of Phalanx organisms--faces of the alien race emerged from the structure everywhere. It was the Spire--the "brain" of this particular collective node. The robed figure of the Phalanx Prime stood silently by it as Sevarius approached him cautiously.
"You...You must be the 'Prime'", he said carefully. "Why is it that you have rescued me, and taken me here? What do you want with me?"
Prime slowly turned to the doctor. Slowly, he removed his hood, exposing his face to the geneticist, who's eyes showed the horror of recognition. "You....YOU! You're one of them??"
<<Yes,>> Prime said. <<I am the leader of the Phalanx in this sector. And the reason I have rescued you, my dear Doctor Sevarius, is because we Phalanx need you to work for us. You will be instrumental in our plans.>>
"Wh-What plans?"
<<Simple. You will help us assimilate all life on the Planet Earth.>>
*****END RP FOR NOW!!!*****
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:06:00 PM
IP: 207-172-43-106.s106.tnt22.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Sorry for the 2X post .

Blue Careau : Interesting Carreer choice , I plan to . . . Majour as you call it , in Zoolagy . What's you motivation for that field .
The Rolling Calf - [aliscke@jamweb.net]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 10:52:01 PM
IP: 208.11.41.237

**RP COMMENCES**
Inside the shutlle containing the remains of Wilek's forces , The teams members are seen taking a breather , some appear to be concentrating on various personal items on them , making mild repairs and taking stock of the damage sustained to weapon and armour .
The shuttle is halfway out of the atmosphere when a loud bang and metal screeching against metal is heard on the ships hull .
Miriam runs up to the cockpit and immediately starts to question the pilot . Miriam -"What hit us ?" The pilot looks out the window and points to the shape clinging for dear life to the outside of the ship . Miriam-"How did HE end up out there . He must have misjudged the teleportation distance . How could anyone be so stupid ." The receiver in the ship rings out and TRC's voice is heard coming through it TRC-"I've been asking God that for same question all my life . Porting to such a fast moving object is definitely not a smart move ." Miriam picks up the transmitter and begins to peak into it . Miriam -"Is you mech air tight ?" she asks him , noticing that they are about to leave the Earth's atmosphere . TRC-"Yeah ." , Miriam -"Good . We'll be at the ship momentarily . Hang on until then ."
*RP CEASES**

I'm back , jsut on day later than previously stated too . Hope your all doing well .

People Going to the Gathering : Congratulations and I hope you enjoy it .

People not as lucky : I feel your pain , but we can keep each other company .

Wilek : Well , I think it might be the same Universe as Simpsons , did you notice that all the preserved heads had yellow skin .

Futurama - I really liked the first episode as well , particularly the "Preserved heads" , "contents of Space Wasp stomach" and "You have selected slow and painful" parts . It has a great deal of potential as a new show , and the complexity of the earth scenes fits in well .

Did anyone catch the first episode of "Family Guy" on Super Bowl Sunday , I was literally ROTFLMAO every time I heard that baby . I ca'nt wait to see it on the 11th . Baby : "I'll give you anything you want . Money , women . . . (suspicious look) men ?

Dumlao : I trust you would give us ample tm to download all the stories before you cut right ? That'd be a shame though , almost enough for me to hope Gargoyle's does'nt come back , almost but not quite .

Aaron : Richard . Carloine in the City is one of my favourite shows by the way .

ED : Nice points there , all valid and quite plausible .

Christine : Lucky you . Hapy Birthday by and by , hmm 32 years closer to God huh . (went into the other room)

Does anyone know what happens to all the origional cells ? Are they all stored in some huge warehouse or do they just hand them over to a collector or the artists or the producer or what ?

Missile Messages - Well , I must say that I'm pleased that my introduced topic lasted so long . Thanks to everyone who contributed all were good . It was one of many questions (IE- a survey) that I put together over my sick period a couple months back , and here I am relentlessly adding useless information again , do'nt worry I'll stop now .

Doug : $You have no idea how close I came to messing up you RP there buddy . Be glad decided to wait before posting . $ No my E-mail is not working yet , when it is , you'll be the first to know . I'll just tell you what is still my majour beef , The Dialogue , alot of it strikes me as unnecessarily , uhmm . . . . corny(sorry) , and I think you need to do a bit more research on characters you do crossovers with . Particularly in the one with DareDevil . "Inheritance" if memory serves . I am still ebjoying it though and you plots are always good .

Brianna : That is some sa-weet work you've done there . You're dino's(the cartoony ones) kinda remind me of that flying monster from that old cartoon which's name I ca'nt remember . The one with the man , his son and wife , a rock ape , a rhino millipede and two slime creaturs . You know it ?
Aside from that , thank you for a most humbling experience . My ego had been stroked too much of late and was about to explode , (out of the gutter people , Take your minds OUT OF THE GUTTER) . I think I'll just keep my stuff under the bed and wait until everyone else is dead to take them out .
The Rolling Calf - [aliscke@jamweb.net]
Kingston, Jamaica
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 10:47:36 PM
IP: 208.11.41.237

Happy Birthday, Christine!! *throws bluebonnets*

Only ONE MORE DAY to turn in your designs for the G99 Poster Contest!!!

Strange Cat Tricks: Well, my cats do the litter box but Topper (possesser of only TWO, count 'em, TWO active brain cells) once got her head STUCK in a water glass and Nyssa, who turns 13 this week, is notorious for stalking through house with her 'sock babies'and yowling her head off. I can collect 6-10 socks whenever I vacuum. *L* I will give her one thing; Nyssa is the only cat that I ever had that loved to play fetch. In her younger days, she would fetch balls, rings, scrunchies, whatever bounced for hours at a time.

Brianna>> A most excellent Timedancer gallery!! If you don't send me something for the G99 Art Show, kiddo, you'll break my heart!!
Spike - [cshayden@juno.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:57:54 PM
IP: pppt01-151.ght.iadfw.net

Blue: Glad I was able to support your feelings on and opinion of the CR.

Brianna: Hey, I remember you. Welcome back to the Comment Room. Thanks for linking your artwork page. You've done some great pics, especially of Brooklyn and his family. I wonder if you're any good at drawing vampires. And if so, would you be interested in doing a pic or three to illustrate my upcoming fic "Slayer Senshi" (which has the clan battling them, it's also a Buffy crossover with Spike and Dru as special guest stars). I never did hear back from Heather about it (say, where is Heather anyway? Is she still moving into her new home?) when I asked her a few weeks ago. If you're interested and think you might have the time, please send me an e-mail at the address below. Thanks.

Later,
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:54:51 PM
IP: dal-qbu-zoj-vty81.as.wcom.net

Hi Ya Brianna I just saw you web site and I love what you did. Oh I just gave you some artwork so you can put them on your web site. I hope you love the hand artwork. Hear Ya Soon Rookery friend. Demona May :-D
Demona - [realdemona@yahoo.com]
Aiken, SC, Aiken
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:39:54 PM
IP: 129.252.199.17

Salvete! Today I played "Area 51" for so long that my arms started to ache. And I still have bad aim. *g* Sorry, couldn't resist throwing in some pointless info about my day.

ED> Good, interesting comments on TGS.

Christine> Happy B-day... and that cel sounds awesome!

Doug> I agree with you about the CR. I was glad to discover that I wasn't the only one who doesn't really have a problem with the CR's current "format." And congrats on figuring out what you want to do for the rest of your life.

Bad Karma: That was a little tough for me...but I'd have to say Margot.

Political Office: Why is it that most of the people interested in this type of "public service" are often the ones who want power? I know that's a sort of stereotype, but I honestly think that's the case in the majority. And the ones who want power use certain methods of advancing themselves. Then the people who care enough not to stoop so low aren't elected because they didn't use the afore-mentioned methods, and so were unable to rally enough support. *sigh*

My future career: Thanks to everyone who said I'd make a decent sociologist/psychologist. It's been a bit difficult for me to suddenly switch from "hard" science to social science... but if I have time, I just might pick up a zoology minor along the way.

In closing, an early "Happy Easter" to everyone, since I'll be home by Thursday and won't be back for a few days. But I'm pretty sure I'll make it back for the CR wipe. *g*
Blue Caeru
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:33:10 PM
IP: ppp-14-ts24.nerdc.ufl.edu

*runs in*

Hi everyone! Does anybody out there remember me? Well, I just wanted to say that Al Wilgus was nice enough to give me my own Gallery on her page! She's so nice! ^_^ Pleeeeeease go there! I have artwork featuring characters from TGS: TimeDancer! Tell me what you think, tell me what you don't think, anything, I don't care! Please click my name!

*runs out*
Brianna - [kelbribrook@earthlink.net]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:12:44 PM
IP: pool014-max14.ds21-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

**RP HERE**

Scene- Inside Nipon's flagship, shortly before assimiliation. "Admiral!" one of the bridge officers shouts as another of their Star Destroyers is blown away. "I've just detected an alien ship on the hull! It's one of Nereus's Borg ships and it's assimilating us, sir!!" "Stop it!" Nipon roars, realizing the implications. "I can't, sir. It's too late to do that. Estimated Time of Complete Assimiliation, two minutes." Nipon grabs the microphone. "Evacuate ship!! Abandon ship!!" He then sounds the alarm. "Come on, Chentor!" General Zale grabs his arm. "We have to get out of here!!" "Need an escape route, gentlemen?" Guod asks, looking through one of his portals that's opening in the middle of the bridge. Nipon and Zale quickly dash for the portal, leaping through just before Wilek's ship assimilates the Super Star Destroyer's bridge. The portal closes, and everyone knows that we will be seeing Nipon and Zale again. :)

The screen changes to the Ravens, who have stopped their preparations and are now cheering as Wilek finishes vaporizing the enemy fleet. Dumlao shows up and they welcome him (see his RP post for details), Jammer then lands the Onslaught beside them and reports that Wilek and Rho have gone back to their station. "You guys can rejoin them or stay here," he tells Miriam and Wilek's fellow team members." "We'll head back," Miriam says. "It appears the invasion has been defeated for now, and Mr. Nereus may need our help." Jammer nods and points at a shuttle coming down nearby. "They'll take you back," he says. Doug and the others watch them go, wave at the departing shuttle, and then Doug turns to make a post.

**PAUSE RP**

Hi everyone. Slow day. I was also given a lot of schoolwork to do this weekend <fumes>, I found out The Matrix's release date has indeed been pushed back <growls>, and to top that my favorite local arcade got a new game called Terraburst that Kit and I really want to try, but its motherboard ended up frying itself when they first turned it on and they have to order another unit from San Antonio. They ordered it last Friday, and it still hasn't come in. <sighs loudly> Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I know yesterday was (Kitainia told you the good thing that happened to me then). Let's see now, what topics are up for discussion? Oh yes.

Blue: Great comments on competition, they've raised a lot of interesting issues in my mind. I agree with Kit that you'd make an excellent psycho- or sociologist, good luck with your ambition to be such.

Kitainia: I want to see all those people you're missing, too. Wonder where they are. Also, what's up with the Illuminati? It's been a while since Arthur or the Manhattan clan have run into them. Hope they're not up to something bad.

Steve: Thanks for responding to our question. Sounds like you have a good attitude about running for office, one much better than a lot of politicians. I still think you ought to try it, but it's okay if you don't ep up doing so. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. And thanks for your support of my own ambition to be a cop. I agree with your thoughts on the profession, police are some of the people in the world most deserving of respect (the good cops, anyway. The corrupt guys on the take, those like the ones who beat up Rodney King, the sorts who will manipulate events for a book deal, and the Chief Wiggum types don't belong in law enforcement, IMHO. Of course, we do have to deal with all sorts. :), that's one of the reasons I want to be a cop. Not the main reason, of course (that's to help people and uphold our generally good society's laws), but it was a factor in my choice.

Wilek: $ Thanks for telling Kit and me Jerec is blind, we did not know that. We just thought the power he used in Kit's last bit would be a cool way for him to get away. So we used it. <grin> Something tells me we better check up on Jerec as a character before we use him again, is there any website you know of with a profile of the guy? $

DumlaoX: $ Welcome to our RP team. Your character does have some way to supply us without having to visit his warehouses, right? I'm sure you do. You probably have an extradimensional portal to them you can call up and reach through to get things. Just checking because we might be needing something like that in a sticky situation. :) $

Godzilla: Nice RP bit, I like its creativity. It did violate a CR rule however, so we do ask that you exercise caution if you want to post in here again. The rules are up on the main TGS site if you or anyone else wants to see them. I suggest you look at them before you come back, so you don't continue to piss Aris or anyone else off.

Aris: Deuce, Robby, and others have already conjectured why this CR is so large in proportion to the other, I agree with their statements. The main CR has become a place to discuss Gargoyles, this room has become a place to discuss TGS AND a room where we can all hang out with our friends and get to know many different people. I am among the many who value it for that and would not want to change it for anything, especially not the opinion of just one or two posters (sorry if that sounds bad, it's the truth). I also disagree with you that the other room is dying. Lots of people are still going in there, and interesting discussions do happen. For example, there's a very interesting discussion on the future of gargoyle and human societies going on in the main CR right now. I think the main difference between the CRs is that in this one we seem to be more open and tolerant of one another. That is a very good thing. Maybe if we could somehow transfer this feeling to the main CR, your complaints would be satisfied. But I don't see how that could be done quickly, nor do I really know if I want it to happen for any reason other than to shut you up (excuse my honesty, please). I like the way things are, coming to the main CR for Gargs discussions and here for TGS discussions and other friend stuff. No one's ever said this room had to be all TGS-related posts, and even the room admin has repeatedly supported and encouraged it being otherwise. You do have good points, but I think most of us disagree with them. Sorry about that. :)

ED: Welcome back, thanks for sharing all your great comments on the episodes. I too always try to give feedback on TGS eps, including them in my posts whenever I can. I am among the many who appreciate all the great work the staff does on the episodes. Of course I also appreciate them providing this room, and all the people who are taking the trouble to accept, communicate with on various topics, and generally be friendly to one another in here. That's one reason my posts get so long, I have to show my appreciation to so many (and in many cases give them back the things they've given me).

Worst Karma: I agree with Robby, it's definitely Margot. Yeah, Brooklyn had a big Timedancing accident but look at its great result! Vinnie also hasn't suffered as many mishaps as Margot and Brendan have. I'm not sure about the others on the list.

Ed again: Good points on the Dark Ages episodes. I noticed the same thing about Hudson's pain. Also good points about Madoc's name and aliases. I agree with you about his reasons for picking the ones he did. Garlon's alias was "David G. Cohn" by the way, so he too did somehow incorporate his real name.

Christine: Like I said in the other CR, a very Happy Birthday to you!!

JEB: Congrats on finding your missing fic. Now when do we get to read it? :)

Top Ten: Wish I had some fics in there. Oh well. Congrats to those who do.

Hmm, nothing else to talk about. In that case, I'll sign off. Later!!

**BACK TO RP**

As Doug and the others are recovering from the battle, reloading their weapons and healing their wounds, several Colorado Springs citizens approach them. "You're the ones who led the attack on the invaders, right?" the Mayor of the city asks. Doug nods. "Thank you for your assistance," the Mayor replies. "I was informed of your affiliation with the government and on behalf of everyone in this city would like to express our gratitude to you for helping us out." "No sweat," Doug tells him. "We were just doing our honorable duty. Is there anything else you need while we're here?" "Yes," says the local National Guard commander. "My men and I have recieved a distress call from NORAD that was suddenly cut off. Recon reports that more enemy forces have surrounded and cordoned off Cheyenne Mountain. NORAD may be under their control." "Damn it!" Kitainia curses. "The attack on the city was just a distraction! We should have known!" "My remaining men are currently too busy dealing with the consequences of that distraction to try and save NORAD," says the General. "Same for the local rescue crews and police. Several fires have broken out, along with riots, crime waves, and people trapped in collapsed buildings. We have to help the people caught in these situations, but saving NORAD is also vital. If they manage to get their hands on its nukes..." "Say no more," Doug stops him. "Hussle up, guys. We're headed for NORAD right now!" The team all gets into their vehicles and start heading over there, the Colorado Springs officials watching them leave.

Meanwhile at NORAD, sirens begin blaring and recorded emergency warnings are read over the PA. "What's all this?" T'angelo asks. "We just broke through the computer's last security parameters," Corax answers. "So Tyl and I are sealing off the mountain, as you instructed. Soon nobody will be able to break in here, and we'll be breathing recycled air." The gang leader nods. "Good." "Now for the PAL codes," says Tyl, tapping a few keys. "Let's see, where's my special ultra-advanced password-getter bot?" To be continued, the screen goes blank.

**ONCE AGAIN ON A CLIFFHANGER, WE END THE RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:01:05 PM
IP: hil-c45-053-vty214.as.wcom.net

Stephen (Coldstone) Contratulations. You have three fics in the top ten. You barely beatout Skydancer. She also has three fics in the top ten.

Godzilla We are not against you. But there are rules. Many times accurracy in a story goes a long way to adding to the enjoyment of the story. Oh and for those interested, the Godzilla being stories is the original 1950's Godzilla not the 1998 remake.

Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 08:34:28 PM
IP: proxy-323.public.rwc.webtv.net

Very brief...

I FOUND MY MISSING-FOR-A-YEAR FAN FICTION!!!

Sorry, wanted to get that out. :D

*poofs*
JEB
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 07:49:56 PM
IP: 98c9d77b.ipt.aol.com

Thanks to all who liked my pic. I hope to get around to coloring it sooner or later and am currently working on one of Brooklyn and Meryt. I also have one of Ammut (is Ammut the masculine variation of Ammit, or was it changed to be a pun on "mutt"?) that just needs to be scanned.

Aaron> <<Neil, from The Young Ones >> **a small, half formed creativity demon falls from the sky and weakly flops around the CR** Vyvyan vs. Demona: battle of the cranky redheads!!

Christine> Happy B-day!

Toilet trained cats> I was actually paging through a book in Borders on Sunday and came across something about this, which was an odd coincidence because I hadn't read the discussion yet. ** notices the Weird Sisters hovering in a corner and chases them away with the Sharp Stick** Apparently some cats pee in the toilet/bathtub/sink because they smell either faint fumes from the sewer coming up through the pipes or ammonia from bathroom cleaning chemicals. Either way, the smells resemble cat urine so they think it's an ok place to do their business.

Robby> <<"How do I set a laser printer for stun?">> You mean yours doesn't have an adjustment knob between the power switch and the volume control that goes to 11? What kind of cheapo printer do you have? I bet it can't even make coleslaw or french fries! ; P

Random Garg Question> When gargoyles awaken from stone sleep, how do the get the stone off of awkward places like their hair (I doubt their scalp muscles are *that* strong), between their teeth, or up their noses?

Okay, I guess that's it for now. Bye all.
Zath
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 07:33:12 PM
IP: ns5-11.viptx.net

With so many artists in the room, here's a URL for a book that was made by the scribes in my local SCA kingdom. The work is gorgous. They used period technich and pigments.

www.angelfire.com/pa2/scribal/index.html

Buffy is a repeat tonight. The one with the ghost children I believe.

I sent off my registration for the Gathering.

Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 06:42:07 PM
IP: proxy-333.public.rwc.webtv.net

Worst karma- Definatley Margot. She seems to have the most trouble with really odd situations, running into gargs or something else entirely every few episodes. (She even ran into them on the world tour!) Brendan is always with her when he is in odd situations, so he doesn't count. He's just pulled into her karma. Yeah, Vinnie got in trouble 5 or 6 times, but that was it! Heck, when he was in "Eye of the Beholder" nothing happened to him at all, but Margo got her car stomped on! Brooklyn doesn't have bad karma at all, just an arch enemy and ONE accident with the Phoenix Gate... The other three, well, they're a different matter entirely, so I don't count them.

Balance of CR's- One is restrained to garg talk because of Greg and no new material. This has new material and talks about lotsa stuff. That simple.

Toilet trained cats- Mine is normal, he uses the litterbox. But he CAN open doors from both sides. (Push in one direction, and if the door is slightly ajar, the side can be pulled some and opened the other way.) He does drink from the faucet tho.

RP rules- Man, these need to get perma-posted. Basically, only one RP post a day, and you have to say something other than RP related stuff for it to count. That simple.

Christine- Happy something or another.

"How do I set a laser printer for stun?"

Anyhow, I gotta be going now, Lonny's pestering me about some Doomsday thingie or another and says he needs to use the computer.

Robby
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 06:35:35 PM
IP: spider-ta044.proxy.aol.com

Deuce> heh that's a good message for a bomb!

Christine> Happy Birthday to you!! *gives her some flowers and a nice chocolate cake* ^_^

ED> Those are all very good reasons why madoc wants to use his name like that, all I say is perhaps it gives a heads up to all races, a foreshadowing to what is expected to come.

Bai Bai all!
Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 06:08:10 PM
IP: spider-th084.proxy.aol.com

I can't believe that no one's come up with this missile message yet:

"Sucks to be you."
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:35:55 PM
IP: pppa118.connect.ab.ca

Dang it! Sorry for the 2x post!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr.
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:33:26 PM
IP: m42.ieway.com

CHRISTINE - (Dashes over with a special birthday treat; one of his special Chinese Stir-fry dinners, a dozen yellow roses <for friendship>, and a box of homemade fudge)

Happy Birthday, Chris! Yes, Tim is spoiling you absolutely rotten! That cel should be a good one! BTW, congradulations on your recent book signings!

Missile/Bomb Signings - Actually, the best one I can think of is one best reserved for the missiles they fire in Doom and Quake. It's usually the one I got when I played against a certain Doom 2 master, who would wait until you stuck your head out from cover, and fire off a missile so it hit you just as you turned to see it.

Here, CATCH! <growl>

CURRENT TGS EP - So far, it's been nothing but generally good comments on "The Waiting Game". I want to thank everyone that read it for doing so, and for the kind reviews (so far, the writing record of TGS is still going strong in audience approval), and especially want to thank Brian and Kathy for their help and input. I wish I could say the credit for everything was mine alone, but I have to admit this story wouldn't have come off as well as it did without them. Well done, you two!

And that's all from me for now. Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:32:14 PM
IP: m42.ieway.com

CHRISTINE - (Dashes over with a special birthday treat; one of his special Chinese Stir-fry dinners, a dozen yellow roses <for friendship>, and a box of homemade fudge)

Happy Birthday, Chris! Yes, Tim is spoiling you absolutely rotten! That cel should be a good one! BTW, congradulations on your recent book signings!

Missile/Bomb Signings - Actually, the best one I can think of is one best reserved for the missiles they fire in Doom and Quake. It's usually the one I got when I played against a certain Doom 2 master, who would wait until you stuck your head out from cover, and fire off a missile so it hit you just as you turned to see it.

Here, CATCH! <growl>

CURRENT TGS EP - So far, it's been nothing but generally good comments on "The Waiting Game". I want to thank everyone that read it for doing so, and for the kind reviews (so far, the writing record of TGS is still going strong in audience approval), and especially want to thank Brian and Kathy for their help and input. I wish I could say the credit for everything was mine alone, but I have to admit this story wouldn't have come off as well as it did without them. Well done, you two!

And that's all from me for now. Maintain and Check Six!
Stephen "Coldstone" Sobotka, Jr. - [scififangargoyle@yahoo.com]
Spokane, WA, USA
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:31:07 PM
IP: m42.ieway.com

Greetings Mortals...

Stealth: Hmmm...the stealth is great until someone knows it's there. After that happens I'd rather not be in it, thank you...it's subsonic, not that manoeverable, and besides, if someone's got line-of-sight on you it doesn't matter how stealthy you are...if you can see it, so can your shoulder mounted missile

All this just goes to show that i've been reading WAAAY too many Dale Brown novels.

Bombs: Hmmm...I'd probably rip off a slogan from one of my many WWII books...though I've always liked the more modern

1. "Anyone order a bomb, extra explosive?"

or

2. "If found, please return intact to the U.S.A."

Cyrway: Yeah, sure, implicate me *demonic grin* heh...when I rule the world, Gargoyles is coming back on, but I'll still be writing fic so's I can do all the stuff they won't allow on regular TV

LUTHER: Cool adaptions of religious legend and fights with fundamentalists!
CLAY: I liked sex better...
*LUTHER toasts his tail with a fireball*
Stormy
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:06:22 PM
IP: vulpecula.huron.uwo.ca

Happy birthday to me! ; )

Tim spoils me ... he ordered me a new cel and it should be here in three weeks. Gorgeous, too, from "Eye of the Beholder" of Goliath and Elisa (in her Belle outfit, even!!!)

Christine - [vecna@eskimo.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:05:39 PM
IP: 06-075.009.popsite.net

Goodness- my third posts tonight! There go my plans to update my site! :)

Anyway- here’s something that just struck me. Can anyone work out why it is that Madoc feels the need to incorporate his real name into his various aliases? As far as we’ve seen, Titania never felt the need to do so, nor did Puck, Banshee, Loki (apart perhaps from the initial ‘L’), and I forget what Garlon called himself but I don’t remember it being particularly alike to his Unseelie name. So the only two I can think of right now that do so, are Madoc and Maeve. I can only think that…

1) In terms of the writers, it’s a lot easier to drop plot hints where the aliases are alike. And whereas in the original series, the revelations of Owen and Anastasia were designed to be surprises, the TGS readers already know the names, so it makes more sense to disguise them and plant them.

2) Madoc feels the need to use it as a scare tactic. He wants his enemies to know that he is about, and most of the ones that know him by name will probably be able to recognise his ‘aura’ anyway (Angela could recognise that Owen was Third Race in THE LONGEST DAY). This is probably connected to the Unseelie arrogance seen in THE RISING- if the Seelie know him by his aura anyway, then the name would only be of note to Merlin and a select few humans, gargoyles and halflings. Since he believes that the Third Race is infinitely superior to the mortal races anyway, he wouldn’t need to worry.

3) Because he doesn’t hide his name, it’s far easier for his Unseelie allies to find him if necessary, by his reputation. So it would not be as difficult to track down ‘Maddox Technologies’ as it would be if it was, say, ‘Smith Technologies’. It would be pretty clear who was in charge, so all that was left was to find the offices, which couldn’t have been a major task.

That said, it’s probably more a tactic used by Gargoyles villains than merely Unseelie leaders. The change of the Canmore name to Connover, Correy and Carter for Jason, Robyn and Jon respectively, and the later variation of Jon Carter to John Castaway all maintain a fairly good echo of the original names.

***DARK AGES SPOILERS. AGAIN***

Todd: I’ve just realised the irony that Madoc is a take on the Devil, and the bishops in PERSPECTIVES were supporting him as the side of light, and claiming Edmunds ways are Satanic. Nice one!

***END SPOILERS. AGAIN***

Right I'm off now. Honest ;)
ED again
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 03:19:35 PM
IP: p34-shank-gui.tch.virgin.net

hey gang,
Hope everyone's doing well.. I'll post more later.

***Spoilers for "The Waiting game"***
It was pretty good. I liked that the Cold duo are focused on, they seem to be always bland but this story made me recognize they are interesting. Is it me, or do I see that Goliath and Elisa are fighting way too much? I dunno... hmm *shrugs* I'll have to wait to persue that. As always I enjoyed seeing Owen about *smirks* puck has to be careful not to get out of character! (cheeck muscels have a mind of thier own sometimes <g>) Seeing Hudson, Matt, and Robbins out and about too was good. I liked how the staff descried "whomp" I went to something similar to that (stomp), it was cool to relate. Keep up the good work staff!
**End Spoliers***

"What doesn't kill me shall make me stronger"

heh. *walks out humming a namless tune*


Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 03:01:44 PM
IP: spider-wo014.proxy.aol.com

GUYS mabey the Godzilla poster was wanting to join the RP with a unique version of Godzilla!!! Yall may have been a little too hard on He/She. Is there enough of us in fandom that we can turn on each other? I thought that the family of Fandom was a little more friendly.

To the poster don’t leave just because some people took offense never give up that easy!!

AND speaking of not giving up
*******bat time batchannel****
swish thirty bolts fly from the crossbow with the f word written on them(friend) hitting Ironwolf square in the heart and dropping him to the floor. ”been fun puppy let me know if you want some more” Ironwolf staggers to his feet Dissrupt smiles”Aww more fun”then frowns”you won’t give up will you? Why can’t you just die!” With that he shoots Ironwolf’s knees out and storms away leaving Ironwolf to lick his wounds
*******end?

ironwolf
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:58:37 PM
IP: host-209-214-41-150.cha.bellsouth.net

Hey all,

Ugh, I feel like crap. Whatever it was I caught kept me up all night, in that half-dream-state you get when you're sick. Groan.

Wilek > <Laden or unladen?> I'm not sure, but my guess would be on unladen. After all, it's a simple matter of weight ratios. A five ounce bird cannot carry a one-pound coconut!

DumlaoX > Thanks. :)

Jonathan > You play Harpoon 4 for the computer? I haven't seen one of those games in a long while. Anyway, I think the F-117 is designated as a fighter so as not to confuse it with the B-2 (like the media does all the time). And as for why the Russians might want wreckage, well, who wouldn't? I really can't see why we haven't lost more of these - whenever I play Janes Fighters Anthology and use the Nighthawk I *always* get shot down by either AAA or the stubborn MiG-29 on my tail. :)

Ah well, later all.

==A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the best lawyer. -Robert Frost==
Steve Gooch - [stg6@cornell.edu]
Ithaca, NY
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:51:41 PM
IP: stg6.resnet.cornell.edu

***‘DARK AGES’ SPOILERS***

Clarification to previous post: Where I put about Hudson’s pain in the ‘DARK AGES: ‘PILGRIMAGE’’ spoilers, I meant to say that it had not been carried forward through the season that well. I.e. the transition from before where it wasn’t really shown a great deal, to the state he’s in by ‘PILGRIMAGE’ doesn’t seem so great. I didn’t mean that it seemed inconsistent internally, which is how the post reads.

Todd: That reminds me- I’m not sure who came up with the inclusion of the name ‘de Marduc or something like that’ but the fact that it swings close (in name and in viewpoint) to Madoc as Maddox or any other variation is a nice touch.

***END SPOILERS***

Godzilla: Nobody appreciates imagination where it is thrust in their faces; especially not when it breaches the CR rules (although I also thought there was a limit to amounts of RP in posts with other comments in, but by the looks of the ratios I must have been mistaken).

Deuce: Yes, but it’s a vicious circle; because of the lack of people it gains a more ‘hard-core’ atmosphere, but because of that atmosphere it doesn’t attract many people.

Todd: (from S8- I’m replying to the Pendragon discussion here because it has relevance to TGS). It wasn’t until the long break in the middle of the Pendragon season that I actually got a chance to catch up with reading it, having lapsed in reading after the first episode in order to catch up on the main series. So one evening I copied all seven (I think) episodes from the site and pasted them into Word, and then read them through in one huge go. I suppose because they seemed more like a novel than a set of episodes in their format, I had less trouble with their flashback-orientated approach- it seemed more like a legends book than a Gargoyles fanfic. Even then, I could still visualise it animated and as part of the series and so this didn’t bother me; up until it started dipping into pastures new, I believe Pendragon maintained the strongest links with the original in terms of feel. Certainly though, I’d be more likely to pick up and read those episodes again than most TGS episodes.
ED
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:48:16 PM
IP: p158-penguin-gui.tch.virgin.net

Aaron > To get to the TGS episodes Go to the top of this page where the options are: Select the TGS Website. To get this week's episode look to the left side of the page and hit This Week's Episode. To get previous stories Select from Gargoyles, Pendragon or Timedancer.

Or To Save a Step: Click on my name to go to the TGS site.
kathy
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:47:05 PM
IP: client38034.atl.mediaone.net

Hi All!!

F117A: Why they call this a 'fighter', I have no idea - it's an 'attack' aircraft. As for its loss.. the air force will get over it. It has already performed its main duties to perfection - Looking awesome at airshows, getting congressional funding. Being able to blow stuff up is just icing on the cake. :)
Seriously, they are quite difficult to shoot down with a SAM. (You have no idea how annoying it is to watch a couple come crawling across the board and sink my SLAVA class cruiser... I play Harpoon4 - great for this stuff) On the bad side, they ARE relatively slow, Shapes which reflect or avoid radar just don't fly well, they don't carry many weapons, and as Steve Gooch mentioned with the bay doors open they are very visible. The fact they are only fitted to carry short range weapons doesn't help either. Especially as they must pass over their target to drop the bombs... (right into the path of an UDALOY class destroyer. It's an ASW ship but it has a VERY respectable anti-air system.)
Several of these aircraft have been lost from flying accidents - one of these probably caused the crash.
As for the russians wanting pieces of it, Why? they've already carried of pieces from at least 2 other crashes, and anyway their version, the IL-38 (I think that's the designation), is reported to be only a few months from entering mass production - just as it has been for the last 4 years...

Toilet trained cats: sorry, Wilek, those of us who haven't toilet trained their cats are being very, very quiet on the matter...

Y2K: Mandi & Kyryn; good luck with this. I've just finished mine here - now if I could just find out if any of my suppliers or utilities or banking services are compliant I'd be happy...

Goodnight All!!
Jonathan
NEW ZEALAND Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:36:41 PM
IP: wh20-15.wave.co.nz

Guys, where are these new episodes you keep talking about? Every time I pull up the TGS episode lists, there's nothing new there.

I wanted to ask you all this this: Of the following, who has the worst karma?
1. Brooklyn
2. Brendan & Margot
3. Vinnie
4. Neil, from The Young Ones
5. Richard, from Caroline in the City
6. Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy

Lemme know what you think.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:22:08 PM
IP: ppp-106.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Well, since it seems I'm the idiot here, I'll leave now. :(
You won't see me anymore.

**GONE 4 GOOD**

Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:57:58 PM
IP: pool026-max12.ds21-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

PLOYS - Since nobody answered my question about the "Batman:TAS" allusion in it, I'd better give the answer. It was Lucius's line about unleashing even more devastation upon London than the Black Death, the Great Fire of 1666, and the Blitz had caused. This was a deliberate echo of Red Claw's line in "The Lion and the Unicorn" about London having prided itself on having survived plagues, fires, and even the Blitz. (What really surprised me, though, was that I discovered only *after* having written that line that Red Claw had been voiced by Kate Mulgrew).

ED - Glad that you liked "Perspectives", my only foray (as yet) into writing for "Dark Ages". I rather liked writing it myself, particularly the debate between Brother Edmund and the three visiting priests over gargoyles, which allowed me to explore just how the medieval Church might have felt about gargs and the differing viewpoints. (I'm especially proud of having come up, through Edmund, with a theological explanation for why gargoyles are involuntarily nocturnal that doesn't make them creatures of the Devil).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:33:53 PM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

nobody appreciates imagination.

Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:32:25 PM
IP: pool026-max12.ds21-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

Full post later today:

I need help, guys. Due to family stuff (plans, church, etc.), I won't have access to my e-mail on Good Friday. Normally, I could like with this, but seeing as how Friday is also the birthday of a... friend... I have to get a card to her sometime THAT DAY.

If there is anyone in here who is 105% certain that they will have e-mail access on Friday, April 2, e-mail me by Thursday so I can send you the card. Thanks bundles, guys.

Main CR> It's so... normal! I think the reason this room gets more postings is because it's looser, friendlier, and a lotcrazier; plus you can talk about things that _aren't_ Gargoyles-related. You want strictly Garg discussions, go to the main CR. You want fun, come here. It's that simple.

I'll RP later today (I'm at the library right now. :-P).

** leaves **
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Champions, Alberta, Canada
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:11:23 PM
IP: 198.161.203.25

***SPOILERS FOR TGS: ‘GARGOYLES/PENDRAGON’, ‘TIMEDANCER’ AND ‘DARK AGES’***

I haven’t been here for a while, so here’s some assorted spoilers from episodes I’ve read recently (although not necessarily that have been ‘released’ recently).

GARGOYLES/PENDRAGON: ‘THE WAITING GAME’

Not a bad episode, all in all. I must say that it felt a little rough around the edges compared to some of the episodes this season, but it was nice to see some good characterisations. The Owen bits were superb as well, and it was nice to see Loki. But for the most part this is another high-quality take on an Unseelie-orientated theme I’m really growing tired of. Although it is nice to see how the Court are being used to scoop character-development barrels, the fact that they’re the constant and not, say, Goliath, still seems wrong.

TIMEDANCER: ‘THE ART OF WAR’

This has some of the best writing in the business. I think Brooklyn was treated very harshly here, however, and while he was in the wrong as it turned out, it was preposterous of Sun and Sata to expect him to drop all his gut-instincts and fighting tactics with his only consolation a cliché and no further explanation.

DARK AGES: ‘NEWS FROM THE SOUTH’

Finally got around to finishing the Dark Ages series. This was quite a fascinating take on propaganda, and quite well written to boot. Nice job guys!

DARK AGES: ‘PILGRIMAGE’

I didn’t feel that Hudson’s pain was conveyed all that smoothly, given how acute it was shown here. Still, there were some lovely characterisations and general forwarding of the plots.

DARK AGES: ‘PERSPECTIVES’

Excellent! I loved the background to ‘LEGION’ created in here, and was pleased also to see hints of other characters. The Brother Edmund bits were insightful and well written, and I found the ending line, ‘and the sun rose’ set apart from the rest of the text a particularly satisfying rounding off of the season. What Greg might describe as an episode of open-ended closure, just as it should be- excellent!

***END SPOILERS***

Godzilla: If you must create an RP, please comment on something Gargoyles-related as well.

Aris: I’ve often thought that the balance of the two CRs is wrong, but I really tend to post not much more than episode comments for TGS anyway. I look into S8 and generally see the arguments being more interesting, more developed and more thought provoking. Here I rarely can read it all the way through (although I suspect the huge wads of RP make it look a more daunting task than it actually is). But I really enjoy reading TGS and given that the staff take so much of their time writing this stuff, I feel it’s the least I can do to take a few moments to respond with feedback and show my interest in it. In S8 however, it takes a lot more time to write out a coherent set of comments.
ED - [ed.reynolds@virgin.net]
London, England
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:08:16 PM
IP: p47-coot-gui.tch.virgin.net

"I can destroy you with a word..."

This guy's obviously not met Luc yet...

Okay, lessee...

Godzilla was asexual anyway...in other words, reproduce with itself...I could add a very Outklawish statement, but, hey, this is a PG comment room...

THE RETURN OF GARGOYLES> Well, if it does come back...I'd be happy all right...especially when they get smart and hire me, Whitless, and Stormy on the writing team...hmmm...anyone see a TV-14 FV in the corner?

That's why I'd rather write fics...*cues Outklaws.*
MAUSER: WE CAN DRINK!
CHAZ: WE CAN SMOKE!
WESSON: WE CAN SMOKE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES!
CASHE: WE CAN SWEAR ALL WE *bleep*IN' WANT! HEY! WHO THE HELL CENSORED ME?!
WAGNER: I CAN WEAR THIS UNIFORM!
CLAY: ONE WORD: TONS OF SEX!
SMITH: *counts on his talons, consentrating, then taps his brother on the shoulder.* Um...that's three words...

Heh..I didn't come up with that all myself...Stormy helped...

Well, back to work...*ptoof!*
Cyrway - [amy@gcolor.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 11:08:42 AM
IP: gcolor.com

Godzilla if you are going to do biology stuff, get it right. The only thing that is removed from a host egg is genetic coding. You need the rest of the stuff in the egg to nurture the new coding. Whenever they clone a sheep or something, they insert the new material into the host egg. They also us a compatable host egg. I seriously doubt that a human ova would work to recreate a female godzilla. There is talk about trying to clone a mammoth using elephant ova, but I haven't really read any articles yet. In order to get the double XX chromosomes, the best time to break them down is during the phase of cell division where the chromosomes split just before the cell divides. The cells chromosomes migrate to opposite sides of the cell just before it splits. At this point it would be possible to get the X half of the genetic material in order to combine with the X half of another cell. I would probable take more than one try however unless you were very very lucky.

Most of this is general reading and high school biology from before most of you kids were born. I like diverse reading.

Auntie Starsinger
Theresa - [Starsinger@Webtv.net]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 06:05:13 AM
IP: proxy-383.public.rwc.webtv.net

*** Grouchy Aris walks in, annoyed with a million different things and getting a chance to rant at others ***

Godzilla> <<oh, just so you know...this RP isn't finished :P >>

Oh, I really hope it is. I'm also sad to see you have not learned better since the time of your last posting. Namely: WE DON'T WANT FANFICS HERE. And neither you calling it RP when you had correctly called it fanfic in the main comment room, nor your meaningless hiding of your name, makes a difference. Sorry.

Moreover even if it was RP you would have violated the RP rules in that you posted two RP-only messages.

Bombings> They annoy me. Not because I like Milosevic - far from it: though not literally a dictator as called in propaganda he's as evil as the worst of them. But because if morality - saving the lifes of innocent Albanians - had been the goal of the bombings, then such bombings would have already taken place against Israel, Turkey, Rwanda, a hundred different places. They didn't take place, nor will they take place. And if saving innocents isn't the goal what is? Though more friendly than others towards America, even I have to wonder - the simpler answer is that it's about Nato expanding its rule. For the first time both national sovereignety AND UN rules have been ignored at the name of what's right - a fake excuse in the eyes of many. And a more dangerous one than many think.

As for the Vietnam syndrome or however you choose to call it - I agree you have to forget it, but for a different reason. It's evil. The only question it poses is : "Can we get out?" The question US should pose is : "What mess will we make" - In relation to that it's also interesting to note that the countries of NATO most in support of the bombings are the ones further away- USA and UK. The ones most doubtful and/or opposed are the ones closer by: Italy and Greece. Because if a balkan war erupts, they'll be the ones which will have to deal with the mess. US can simply wash its hand and remove its troops and look the other way if it expands.

Other topics> Once again the difference in size between the comment rooms annoys me - and I think it hurts both rooms. Due to the extreme size of this room I haven't been able to follow any of the discussions and read only a couple of the messages here- which is the reason of my so decreased posting frequesncy lately. Come on people! 70 percent of the content of most posts is not TGS-related. The same discussions you start here you can start in the main comment room. Let's bring some balance back in the room sizes and the discussions will be easier for everyone to follow. The other room *is* dying.

*** Normal Aris looks back to what Grouchy Aris has written, sees that it's more aggressive than he desired, but has no time to tone it down. He apologises and leaves. ***
Aris Katsaris - [katsaris@otenet.gr]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 04:27:29 AM
IP: ismini.di.uoa.gr

oh, just so you know...this RP isn't finished :P **GONE FOR NOW!!!!**

Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:49:16 AM
IP: pool459-cvx.ds66-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

********STRANGE RP WARNING***************

Kaijuologist Dr. Kenpachiro Satsuma peered intently into his microscope. Using special tools, he sliced a thin layer off of a chunk of leathery charcoal-gray flesh.
Very carefully, he placed the tissue sample under the microscope and switched to a higher magnification. There, he viewed the chromosomes, and was finally able to determine the actual sex of the creature called Godzilla. Bringing the chromosomes into focus, Kenpachiro found an X chromosome. Next to it was a Y chromosome. At last, the world would know...
Kenpachiro turned on the television screen beside the microscope so his colleagues could see.
"We can clearly see that "We can clearly see that Godzilla is male. There has been a controversy over the kaiju’s sex, and I now have the answer." Said the Kaijuologist. "Any living thing’s sex can be determined by its chromosomes."
"So what’s the big deal? It’s a boy! D’ya need a blue banner and balloons?" Cracked Blake Dunham, a Canadian, with shoulder-length blonde hair and brown eyes.
Emiko Kurosawa, another Kaijuologist, jabbed him in the ribs with her elbow. "Not a good time to goof around. This is serious!"
Blake shrugged and smiled, "Nobody appreciates humor these days. I always thought ol’ ‘Godzy’ was a guy."
Emiko ignored Blake’s remark and turned her attention to Kenpachiro. "What will we do now?"
Kenpachiro stood there for a moment, clicking his pen. "I plan on cloning Godzilla, only I’ll create a female clone. I am curious to see what would happen."
"Whoa! Wait a minute! Isn’t this gonna end up like Biollante or SpaceGodzilla?" Blake asked.
"No, because those monsters were created as a result of further mutation or DNA splicing. In this project, I’m going to pair a set of X-chromosomes with another set of X-chromosomes. If anything, we could study the fetal growth of Godzilla. I shall call her Shezilla."
"That will be interesting." Blake told his colleagues as they prepared to compare notes.
Godzilla stirred beneath the ocean. The loneliness had been eating away at him for so long now, and not even hibernating could ease that feeling.
Anguirus and the others were good company, but Godzilla craved a different kind of company; he wanted another of his own kind.
It was nearly three o’ clock in the morning. Kenpachiro had not left the lab that night. Instead, he decided to start the Shezilla project a little sooner.
Peering into the microscope, Kenpachiro injected a chemical that would dissolve all of the Y-chromosomes, but leave the X-chromosomes intact. Using a tiny needle, he suctioned out the inner material of a human ovum, leaving the cell wall, and injected half of the X-chromosomes.
Wiping his forehead with his sleeve, Kenpachiro worked meticulously with the joysticks that operated the microscopic needle. He suctioned the other half of the X-chromosomes and injected them into the ovum, along with the rest of the chromosomes. Then he relaxed and watched the TV screen.
For a long moment, the mass at the center of the borrowed ovum did nothing. Kenpachiro activated a device that sent a split second X-ray pulse through the cell. Suddenly, the cell became two. Those two became four.
The beginning of a new life form was at hand.
Kenpachiro wrote what happened in his notes and turned in for the night.


Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:43:19 AM
IP: pool459-cvx.ds66-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

Quickly...

STEVE-- Hmmm. Didn't notice that before. I'll look into it.

QUOTES-- Hey, been sick (well, still am sick) and just started vacation. Give me time :)

IF-- If Gargs reappeared, TGS would slowly & quietly sink away... but only when we finish the major thread of the season.

Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:12:27 AM
IP: pool0031-max5.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

***BEGIN RP***

With a vehicle full of supplies and music blaring from his speakers, DumlaoX nears the sleepy little town of Colorado Springs. As he does so, he sees thick clouds of black smoke rise from the place. Adjusting his headset, the man in black speaks to his companion on the other end.

"T, you seeing this?" he asks.

After a crackle, T-Loco responds. "Yeah. Sattelite shots come up with nothing. Looks like you gotta go in yourself for a closer look."

"Gotcha." As his car pulls in, DumlaoX sees the remnants of the battle that has ensued. He pulls up to the Ravens' vehicle and tries to find Kitainia and Doug, both slumped on the ground, resting from their hard fought battle. As the duo look up, DumlaoX bends down to meet them.

"Did I miss anything?"

Doug looks up. "You have no idea, man. Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, nothing much," he says. "Just thought that if I was gonna be your supplier I might as well be traveling with you guys to supply things to you. Besides, it's been a while since I saw some action. I need the workout. So what do you say?"

Kitainia turns around. "I say you're in. Just follow us and follow orders as well."

"Gotcha." As he extends his hand in a friendly handshake, DumlaoX goes back to his car and whips out his laptop for a quick CR post.

***PAUSE RP***

And so it begins. I
'm in the RP for good.

ROBBY-- Contact me. I'm involved in some deep thinking and I think you can help me out here.

NEWS-- Over the weekend I got a laptop for $150. It's a PowerBook 180. Has 4MB ram, 1 GB HD, B&W screen, a 68030 chip at 33mHz, and system 7.1. While it might be very old to most of you, it's still a good bargain for me. (Hell, a $150 laptop is good for anyone.) Problem is I'm a Win95 user so I'm trying my best to make the most out of my Mac investment. Hopefully I can find a way to make my PC printers talk to Macs. If not, then I better start hunting down bargain Mac items fast. If anyone has any useful Mac info for me, please let me know. Thanx.

DOUG-- Interesting RP villians. Now to see when they will show up :)

***RESUME RP***

As DumlaoX puts his PowerBook away, he checks his equipment. "So, Doug," he calls out. "What do we do now?"

He turns and smiles a bit. "We'll find out soon enough."

***END RP***

Till next time...
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@uc.edu]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 02:07:36 AM
IP: pool0031-max5.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

**RP!**

[Wilek is up in the now flight-converted Optimus Onslaught, using its weapons systems to shoot down the various enemy craft, and watching as one of the Administrator's assimilation ships finishes with the enemy Super Star Destroyer. Wilek: "Hm, looks like the Administrator has yet another ship to play with." Janice: "Aren't you two a little nervous about a Borg Queen essentially controlling your station and your fleet?" Wilek: "Don't worry, she's on our side, and she's quite loyal." Rho: "I *am* kind of worried about what this Traveler said about hardwiring commands into each and every Borg. I mean, knowing him--as much as anyone *can*, anyhow--he might decide to take over the station just because he has nothing else to do." Wilek: "If I'm not mistaken, I think the Ravens have him in a teleport lock or something just now; he can't escape."]

**OR CAN HE? PAUSE RP**

If there were new Gargs eps...if they were any good (as in not like TGC), I think that both of the CRs would probably collapse from all the posting about them. So there's a possible negative side effect...Of course, we all realize that new Gargs eps would probably invalidate TGS as canon. So...what would happen to it? Would it be quietly cancelled, or continue as an alternate universe of sorts?

Zath> Oh, NOW I remember Legend. Hm, I thought I was getting confused by the fact that DeLancie also plays a scientist in The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest...

Coyote> <<of course, now we have one cat smart enough that she figured out how to *open the bathroom door from both sides*>> OK...I want to know how she managed that.

Zath and Kyryn> Who needs a Sharp Stick when you have THIS. [Wilek produces (from where is a mystery) a graviton concussion chaingun with a lightsaber bayonet.] <g>

Bronx Wyvern> That trip to New York...man, that would have creeped me out (but in a kewl way, the same way as when I heard about someone named James Kirk being a guest speaker at a friend of mine's school). A disfigured Demona figure? How did THAT happen?!

Why is it that almost every cat owner in here has toilet trained cats?! Is it a side effect of coming here, like the loss of sanity and the boost in creativity? Do Gargs fans simply have a unique rapport with the weirdness of the universe?

Jaden> Heh, my hometown is SO BORING. I have to drive for something like two hours to get to any decent book/music/electronics stores. Ecch.

Song files> Eh, I like MIDs and MP3s about the same--the MP3's high quality is offset by long download times, and the MID's near-instant download is offset by the fact that they're not often very realistic (although my sound card goes a long way toward correcting that).

Mandi> Ohhhh, me and Westfield go WAY back. Sick place, that. $I just hope Thailog's secret base doesn't end up being anywhere near there; I almost died getting out. They don't like gargs there.$

The Offending Radio Station> I don't live anywhere near there...and I don't listen to radio...but that station still ticks me off.

Steve> Um...I haven't got the chance to try it yet. Hm. And no, I don't speak Japanese; wish I did. :) <<because this thing looks about as big as a swallow on radar>> Laden or unladen?

**INCREDIBLY SMALL SPOILERS FOR ONE OF THE PARTS OF 'THE LONGEST DAY'**

Remember when Andrea (?) stumbled onto Elisa and Dominique, with the latter in her garg attire, and Elisa covered by saying that Demona would be going to a PIT costume party as a garg? (Some of my details may be off, it's been a while.) I got a creativity demon. Assuming the party takes place at night, Demona would be hailed as having the most realistic costume there. <grin> And then someone would accidentally step on her tail, and things would kind of start to go downhill. <evil grin>

**END SPOILERS**

Kitainia> <<Looks like Groening has another cool show coming out of his mind>> Boy can that be taken more than one way. 8) Hm, I wonder if Futurama takes place in the same 'universe' as The Simpsons, just in a different time. I kinda hope so; then we might see a few crossovers...$<<Jerec waves his hand and there is a huge explosion of blinding black smoke>> Interesting that you should give him this skill...he's actually blind, but he sees using the Force, so he'd have a decided advantage in low-visibility conditions. [Jerec: "And it's *Lord* Jerec to you." Wilek: "Aw, leave her alone. Besides, the RP's not supposed to be in the middle of posts like this. <choke> Alright, alright, say what you want, just let go of my throat! <gasp> Thank you. <mumbles something threatening-sounding about an ysalamiri and a rancor>"]$

**RESUME RP. OK, SO THAT WASN'T QUITE THE *MIDDLE* OF THE POST...**

[Wilek, Janice, Rho, and Jammer finish off the last of the Imperial fighters and stormtroopers and land the Optimus Onslaught. Wilek: "Nipon only has three--" Wilek recieves a call on his cell phone from the Administrator--"Make that *two* ships left. I think *this* will take care of them." Wilek has a brief conversation with the Administrator, and immediately sees a flurry of turbolaser bolts blazing from orbit, ripping the already heavily damaged Star Destroyers to bits and sending their eviscerated hulls crashing to the ground. Wilek: "Good. Rho and I are going to take a shuttle back to the Avatar of Ganon and see if there's anything else to attend to." I *think* that's what they're supposed to do next; I'm not sure. "You two...um...do whatever it is you should be doing now..."

Meanwhile, Jake, Teri, Raoul, and Forfexx are pursuing any enemy troops who managed to survive the assault by Doug and Kitainia's team. Jake picks up a trooper by the scruff of the neck, slams his head against the nearest wall, and bellows in an eerily perfect Eric Cartman voice: "I will teach you to RESPECT OUR AUTHORI-TAH!" Yes he's a South Park fan. Jake then throws the guy about ten feet and into the waiting arms of Forfexx, who delivers his infamous Cuisinart To The Face (I wonder who will get that reference) and begins pummeling the other soldiers with the fallen enemy's ripped-off appendages.]

**END RP**
Wilek Nereus
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:59:28 AM
IP: tnt-1-14-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

Hey all,

God, I hate going back to classes after a vacation. Other than the fact that I had more than the usual trouble forcing myself awake, I got to realize that I'd been spoiled by the clean Long Island aquifer water - H2O up here is stale and reeks of chlorine. Better than water around Albany, which is so full of sulfur you smell like egss when you step out of the shower, but not what I'm used to. Blech.

DumlaoX > I noticed tonight that in order to get to the CR archive you have to go to the TGS homepage, then click on "Picture Archive" to get another main page, this one with the links for the archive and illustrated pics pages. Any idea why this is?

Wilek > <Greg said so. :)> I know. That's what made me think of it. Also, the ROM I sent you, did the translation patch work, or do you speak Japanese? :)

Aaron > <the Golden Cup, look a lot like the location of the final fight in Highlander, a rooftop with a big sign reading The Silver Cup?> The Silver Cup is a real building, is it not? I think the Gargoyles staff just played off that.

Doug > Thx for the welcome. Also, best luck with your career plans. IMO the three professions most deserving of respect are Police Officers, Firefighters, and everything in the Armed Forces. Anyone ready, willing, and able to put their lives on the line to serve, protect, and maintain peace and life automatically gets my respect, unless they do something that convinces me otherwise. I'm sure you'll make a great law enforcement officer.

JEB > Okay, maybe I'll scratch something up for ya. Basically I took every major and about 75% of the minor characters, made up character sheets for them (stats, attributes, skills, etc.). Did the same for the technology in the show - weapons, robots, vehicles, cars, planes, exo-suits - then got to work on all the spells, differentiation for the three races, etc. The system needs some tweaking (i.e. I have to lower Strength attribute numbers and weapon damage so gargoyles don't get out of control), but I *almost* got up to playing this with somebody. Probably would've been pretty cool. If you want more info Email me and I can send you some of the basics.

Loss of the F-117 > A SAM, huh? Must have been either a REALLY, REALLY lucky shot (e.g. hitting the plane without locking on, like shooting an unguided rocket) or the plane was damaged previously and its stealth integrity was lost, or its bomb bay doors were open - because this thing looks about as big as a swallow on radar (African or Eurpoean variety? I don't know). The AP reported today that Serb civilians are dancing all over the wreck of the plane. Seriously. There's a photo of two old women dancing ecstatically right on top of the USAF markings. They say farmers are stripping off the radar-absorbant coating with their knives and taking it home as a trophy. People are LOOTING the wreck of one of the most advanced ground-attack aircraft in history, and the Serbian military isn't even trying to stop it! It's great! I thought for SURE they'd confiscate it immediately, and ship it off to their Russian masters to be analyzed and duplicated. One farmer was quoted as saying "They can't touch us. No one can touch us." We'll see. We shall see.

Mandi > <a few of my friends still in HS are hatching an elaborate scheme to sneak out> Hell, when the Special Editions came out, I just plain didn't GO. Waited on line for two hours at 8 AM to get into the first showing (after helping a friend win a Star Wars radio phone-in trivia contest :).

SJ > <you don't really get the full impact of the actor or actress until you see them in the flesh, so to speak.> I was at Blockbuster over break, bent down to check out some stupid action movie, glanced next to it, saw "Brigitte Bako," and rented the movie - "Paranoia." It's a pretty good psychothriller. (And she's not bad lookin' either :)

Fleur > You're feeling better! Yaaaaay! Congrats, [cough cough] I think *I'm* coming down with something now, AGAIN.

Kitainia, Doug > Aww, you flatter me :). Seeking any kind of office never really appealed to me, (I'd rather sit back and complain about everything <j/k> :) though I did hold some minor offices in high school. Those were probably what dissuaded me from shooting for stuff at college so far, in my experience every election under local level being more about popularity than issues. As for higher office... well, let's just say it's not in my immediate plans.

As for what I know about "what's going on," at the risk of tooting my own horn, I try to stay abreast of most things in the geopolitical arena. It helps in writing the kind of military stuff I do. And once I started reading up on that, I took it in fast (for example, I confused present-day Russia with the Soviet Union in my first story, three and a half years ago). It's led to some interesting discussions with some of my teachers and professors, as well as friends coming to me whenever they have that sort of question. And stuff like Kosovo irks me, which is why I'm prone to rant about it (if you thought what I wrote in here was long, you oughta see what I posted to the Action Quake 2 Message Board earlier today).

All right, I really must get to sleep. I've got a splitting visegrip headache that wants me unconscious - NOW.

'Night all.

==Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes==
Steve Gooch - [stg6@cornell.edu]
Ithaca, NY
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:48:17 AM
IP: stg6.resnet.cornell.edu

**RP Warning**

A lone figure observes the battle raging about Ted Turner's Secret Base. The wind whips his gray trench coat about him as he watches SJ, Kari, and Green Baron make their escape. He pauses, waiting on the gentle slop at the base of the mountain. Then, without warning, an almost inhuman shriek pierces the air. It rebounds across the canyon as Kaioto pulls his sword from the saya in his trench coat and waves it above his head, screaming like a madman. With a bellow of "Pugnamus!" he dashes across the ground, towards the parameter. The guards on the defenses laugh out loud as one of the sharp shooters takes careful aim. Kaioto has taken a dozen steps when a great cry of a multitude rises from the canyon.
From every shadow, cave, and cranny rise a horde of rag-tag men. On one side, a handful of men from all races in the garb of various varieties of monk dash down the rocky terrain, raising everything from sai to quarter-staffs above them as they run forth chanting battle prayers for all they are worth. On another flank, a retinue of disgruntled independent film makers lead by Spike Lee and Quniton Tarrentino are rushing forwards, armed to the teeth with weapons of various shapes and sizes. The erupting gunfire and cheers indicate that these are not just props.
Finally, the largest band of by far takes up a charge. Men and women in everything from jeans to three piece suits run forwards, bellowing outrage that would make put even the most militant liberal news journalist to shame. Their cries are of course defended by the gunfire and artillery bursts The American Libertarians' Liberation Army lets fly from their assault rifles, bazooka's, grenade launchers and everything else Big Brother never wanted you to own, all kept carefully and responsibly safe until now necessary.
Startled, the guard lets fly his sniper shots before retreating with his cohorts. It screams through the air, only to meet with the steel of the Seeker's sword blade and ricochet harmlessly into the dirt. Within minutes the outer defenses of the compound are in rumble.
**Pause RP**

Well I hope that didn't totally stink, but I always wanted to see some of the descent underdogs in America bust some heads. Beyond that, someone had to introduce the American Libertarians' Liberation Army into the fray. These guys are what those freak militia dudes imagine themselves to be, but instead of shooting at innocent folks they are normal folks who have recognized that Ted Turner is part of the true evil. On top of that, every megalomaniac needs to be paid a visit form the Militant Monk Confederation. :)

Green Baron: Ah! *Hides* Not public disservice! If I wanted to walk through the Devil's playground I'd … I'd … well I guess I'd run for public office. Yuck! Politics is a messy business, this I know. I don't want to get into that pig's pen if I can help it. I'd rather be working with the people than having to cut deals all the time for programs that'll never work. I'll do my best too lead by example. Maybe, if I try hard enough, I can touch enough lives to turn society away from these politicians and government machines, remind them that the responsibility, power, and rights belong to the individual. Oh well, we can all have dreams, eh?

Bronx: Very cool.

** TGS Spoilers**
Well, I liked the episode. I liked the development of Dracon and the Cold Duo. I liked Lexington getting to be more than a morbid hood ornament on the Plot Engine as well. The reaction of Madoc to Lexington's mention is rather intriguing as well. Maybe there is some hope for him after all, or maybe Lexington is going to wind up burying an iron hammer in his head. *Shrugs* I do not know. Either way, I think it'd be nice to see somebody take the offensive. At least Dracon is part of the normal world trying to fight the Unseelie, but I'd like to see people like you and I (Weird, paranoid, imaginative, looking for weirdness) getting a grip on things by now. I know at least five people personally who would be packing iron brass knuckles right now, if not iron spikes and katanas. I'm part Scandinavian; I know Ragnorok when I see it. I also know that at this point I'd at least have told the Church and would be digging through whatever stuff the Inquisitors left for dealing with Witches, Warlocks, and Fey.
** End Spoilers **

Sunscreen Song: Yeah, this is not a song, but neither is some rap I've heard. The cadence is kind of nice though, and the words make some sense really. I don't listen to my radio station that plays it too much, so it isn't run into the ground on me.

Toilet Trained Cats: Nope, none here. My favorites wander outside to do their business generally anyway.

** Resume RP **

From within the confines of the compound, the WCW annual wrestler's Union Meeting is taking place. Terry "Hulk" Hogan's vicious diatribe against Ted Turner's latest scripts and pay scales is interrupted by gun fire.

The Macho Man Randy Savage looks out a window to see the previously unnoticed war zone. "Ooh yeah, the Macho Man told ya' Ted was tryin' to take over the world, but 'cha didn't dig it!"

"Shut up, Randy," Lex Luger yells at him, pushing the aged wrestler away so he can get a better look. "It's time to take your medication again," he advises. With Sting looking over his shoulder, Lex surveys the battle. "Guys," he finally says, "This may be just the break we've been looking for …."
**End RP**
Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Boston, MA, USA
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 01:45:52 AM
IP: 141.133.134.81

Forgot a couple things:

RP Correction: Doug should have said "We'll need a little pick-me-up" to Lathrop, not a little help. Sorry I forgot about the joke.

SJ again: Yeah, must be your bad sense of humor I see it as kinda funny, but in action so deplorable that I can't even contemplate anyone actually thinking of doing it. You can see where I'm coming from on this, right? Hope so.

Later (really gone this time),
Kitainia
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:13:38 AM
IP: hil-c45-056-vty70.as.wcom.net

**LONG RP HERE**

The screen comes on with the scene of a large cathedral near Beaumont, TX. The Catholic Schoolgirl Scouts' aircar is coming down near it. Inside the car, Ave Maria is speaking to Reverend Atilla via cell phone. "You've found the Baron and you're getting him out?" she says. "Great! Watch out for Ted Turner." Bernadette taps her on the shoulder as they land and Ave Maria nods. "We've made some progress ourselves. Cardinal Ratzinger has told the Pope about Galante and he was quickly excommunicated and stripped of his church rank. The new bishop is a man named Dean Calcote, who I have been informed is a much better man than Galante was. Our scouts are currently in Beaumont to find out as much information about Galante as possible before we track him down and finish him off." "Good work," says Atilla. "I'll leave you to it. Bye, meow." He hangs up and so does Ave Maria. The Schoolgirl Scouts exit their vehicle and look at the cathedral. "We're at St. Anthony's on the Trinity," Bernadette speaks into a tape recorder, "entering the building now." "Not so fast!" several loud voices interrupt the Scouts as they approach. A huge army of deformed Larry King clones comes stumbling out of the large forest near the cathedral, all looking hungry for blood. "We have been sent by Ted Turner to destroy you girls," the head clone says. "We must carry out our orders!" "You are ugly and twisted creations of a power that's working against Mother Church and all that is good in the world," Ave Maria shoots back. "For that we'll punish you! Catholic Schoolgirl Scouts, attack!" The deformed clones rush at the five girls and a battle royal ensues between them, most of the action occurring in slow motion as the Scouts do their special anime attacks.

Meanwhile in Colorado Springs, the Ravens have cornered the last of the invading stormtroopers and are fighting with them. As everyone watches, Colonel Shreck yells insults at the good guys while firing a machine gun at them from the cover of his landspeeder. Nearby, Stephanie rushes to attack Jerec, the Dark Jedi swinging out his lightsaber and in one neat motion slicing her katana in half. "Um..." Stephanie breathes, but Miriam ignites her own lightsaber and pushes the Quickling aside. "Ms. Telman," she says, "may I suggest you let someone with the proper training and weapon handle this?" Stephanie nods. "Uh, yeah sure, knock yourself out." Jerec chuckles and Miriam nods as the two Jedi begin dueling with one another. Near them, Kitainia and Doug fight back to back, downing stormtroopers and soldiers with their shots while shielding one another and dodging blasts. As she is doing all this, Kitainia somehow manages to make a CR post.

**PAUSE RP**

Hi there. Man, what a crazy day this has been. I've hardly been able to sit down. The professors heaped huge assignments on me for the Easter weekend (we get Good Friday off, so they figure we'll have extra time) and I decided to start some of them tonight (did good work, less to do over the holiday), Doug and I went grocery shopping, and I just got back from taking the motorcycle in for its annual inspection (works perfectly, thank goodness, but the shop and I were both so busy today that I couldn't get an appointment with them until nine pm. Good thing they're open late, huh?). Anyway, I'm just glad I can finally sit down and post in the CR. :)

Other news: Doug just got off the phone with his family, letting them know of his career plans. He of course asked me to inform you of the results. His sister supports it enthusiastically, as does his mother (surprise!). The grandparents aren't that enthusiastic about it, but they still wished him luck. Doug's young cousin Shannon also supported the idea, even making jokes that with Doug's liking for Dunkin Donuts, he'll make a good cop. We all had a laugh at that. Shannon was also a little worried because so many cops are stereotypically dumb (Shannon unfortunately never watched Gargoyles) and we all know Doug's not a dumb guy. For some reason the kid thought our friend might not be suited to the profession. Doug talked him out of that idea, though, and assured Shannon he would prove the stereotypes wrong about cops. Doug still has to pitch the idea to his dad, but he already has plans for that that should work. So his future plans are progressing well. So are mine (of course, my family have always supported them. I decided to be a shrink long before Doug decided to be a police officer). Just wanted to inform you guys of this, hope no one minds.

Jaden: If I didn't say this before, good luck with your plans. The police force is a noble profession and I'm among those who think you'd do very well in it. Hope you get in.

Green Baron: $ Hope I'm using your characters well, please tell me if I'm not. BTW, what are the Schoolgirl Scouts' names again? Sorry I forgot. $

Arianna: Ooh, you were lucky finding a dress. I had to look in fifteen different shops for my perfect outfit (a gown similar to Belle's, only it had less ruffles and was dark blue) and it was ruined two days before the prom thanks to an overheating iron that caused burn stains. I ended up borrowing an old crimson Cinderella-style dress from my mom and going to the prom in that, it worked just as well. Once again, I hope you have fun.

Radio Station: Thanks to all who've supported my boycott and rant. Like Doug said earlier, the station is Mix 94.7. If you agree with my claims and live in this station's broadcast area, please feel free to join in the protest. :)

Kaioto, Gooch: I also think you two should run for office, your bits about the Bosnian situation show you know a lot more about what's going on and the solution to it than the politicians. Judging by what I've seen on the news, anyway. You ever thought about trying it? Whether or not, thanks for sharing your very valid and well-supported opinions and ideas.

**BEGIN COMMENTS ON THE NEW EP, SPOILERS INCLUDED**

Nice job on "Waiting Game," TGS Staff. Most of what I wanted to say about it has already been said by Wilek, Doug, and Peter. I'll just add that I also really liked the development on the Cold Duo and am really wondering what's happening with Coldsteel (and Fang, and Lobo, and Coyote 6.0, and Wolf, and Jackal and Hyena, and the wheelchair guy, and Morgana, and all the other characters we haven't seen in a long time). Hope we find out soon.

I also liked Matt, Hudson, and Robbins' reactions to "Whomp." I remember last month when Doug and I went to see a show called "Stomp" that sounds very similar. We had about the same reaction to it Hudson did, having to settle down and close our eyes to hear the music behind the clatter. Talk about an uplifting experience. It was definitely not just "noise."

Altogether, good job on the episode. I hope the good work keeps coming. <grin>

**SPOILERS ARE OVER, YOU CAN LOOK NOW**

Demona Taina: That sounds like a party I would definitely attend. :)

SJ: The Sunscreen speech isn't all nonsensical garbage. There is some good advice in there, and people could benefit from some of it if they listen. I have several problems with it however. One, I don't agree with a lot of what he says (such as the stuff about New York City and the power and beauty of youth). Two, the radio station we listened to ran that speech so much we quickly got sick of it, especially because of complaint 3. That is that it's clearly not music and yet the radio station was billing it as such, and a lot of listeners were dumb enough to believe them. Yeah, there's a little tune playing in the speech's background but you can hardly hear it and the words don't correspond to the music so that makes it very much not a song. I think it should have been billed for what it was, a speech, and only done in the morning show and places where speeches are welcome, not all over the station at least twice every three hours all day. If Lurhman had been able to set it to music, maybe I wouldn't be complaining so much. But he didn't, so some of us listeners got mad. Good thing our new radio station (96.7) never plays the speech. <grin>

I also agree with you about Everlast and recent Offspring songs. Our new station plays those a lot, so much that we are also on burnout for them. <heavy sigh> Some songs we don't mind listening to over and over (such as Sarah McLachlan's Posession; most stuff by Alanis, Wallflowers, Oasis, or the Cure; all the old hits by Duran Duran, Journey, U2, and other big 80s-early 90s bands), but they of course don't play that stuff that often anymore. <sighs again> I guess the rarity makes us appreciate the songs all the more when we do hear them. :)

Star Wars Stuff: After watching that interview, I really respect and admire George Lucas. I'm glad 60 Minutes didn't try to hype him, and showed us Lucas the man as well as the filmmaker. He seems like a really cool guy, I look forward to seeing his next movie. I also agree with him about the film industry, and of course like millions of people hope to meet him someday. But when I do, I won't be a drooling fan. :)

Wilek: Glad you agree with me about the despicableness of that woman's parenting practices. I wrote a tactful but emotional letter to our local newspaper about it, hope she and other readers look over and benefit from it, changing their ways. If the Statesman prints the letter, of course.

Con Air: Don't get me started on how much I despised that movie. Good action and preformances by Cage and Cusak, but the script was LOUSY. So were the really cliched plot, most of the boring static characters, and the end (How could they let that Mansonesque weirdo escape, and was he even a bad guy? How dare they not make it clear if he was or not! Grrr...). Of course, this is only my opinion of the movie. I guess parts of it were okay. But overall it really wasn't that good.

Futurama: Looks like Groening has another cool show coming out of his mind. The first ep was a lot funnier than a lot of Simpsons episodes, I look forward to seeing more Futurama eps. Hopefully with continued high preformance in animation, character development, humor, and plot (all of which the first ep had in chunks).

X-Files Ep: I personally happen to like B-movies, so it didn't matter to me that this one had a lot of cliches. I liked the plot, the mystery, and the villain. It didn't develop Mulder and Scully much, however, that's a bad thing. Hopefully next week's episode will put the focus back on them.

JEB: Call me a movie romantic, if there's a male and female lead I like to see them get involved. Especially when they have good mutual chemistry, as those two did. But yeah, they were also teacher and student, I can see your point. And the end narrator did say they ruled the land together after Draco's death, so maybe they did fall in love after the movie. Wish we could have seen it. <shrugs> Oh well.

Blue: I think you'd make a good psychologist or sociologist, good luck with getting into the profession. And thanks for the continued good comments on high school life.

Mandi: Ah, the Escape from Westfield page. I remember killing time with that once, wonder if I should do it again. :) Also glad you're going to the Gathering. If Doug and I weren't already planning on getting a room together if we go, I'd gladly share with you. Good luck getting someone who will.

Okay, looks like that's all for tonight. Slow day for the comment room, huh? Later!

**BACK TO THE RP**

The soldiers and stormtroopers are by now pretty much all dead, the ones not killed having run away as they realize they are faced with overwhelmingly superior force. Shreck curses their escape, asking them if they are men or mice. The grunts do not answer, but Lathrop does, using the evil colonel's moment of distraction to hurl a large fireball at his landspeeder. The vehicle is destroyed and Shreck is hurled out, then shot several times by Doug and Shap as he tries to get back up. "Thank goodness we don't have to hear your sharp tongue anymore," Doug chuckles as Shreck falls dead. "Yeah," says Shauna, kicking the corpse of Zale's second-in-command in the face. "Shut up!" Forfexx, Raoul, Jake, and Teri rush to pursue the fleeing soldiers while the Ravens regroup and get Orion to start healing their wounds.
Meanwhile Miriam and Jerec are continuing their Jedi duel, slashing and slicing at each other with their lightsabers. The Ravens begin cheering Miriam on and she gathers strength from their support, using her new resolve to beat Jerec back. "Goodness and light will always triumph over hatred, fear, and aggression, Mr. Jerec," Miriam quotes as she sweeps her enemy's blade aside and delivers a nasty cut to the front of his armored chest. "Not always," Jerec reminds her as he continues the fight. Elena and Gubio bring up their guns to aim at him, and Jerec notices this, realizing he is now heavily outnumbered and faced with a force he cannot beat on his own. "I will be the winner next time, Baxter!" he tells Miriam. "See you then!" Jerec waves his hand and there is a huge explosion of blinding black smoke. When it clears, the Ravens are all coughing and the Dark Jedi has vanished. "Great," Miriam growls. "I hate it when they do that!" "Yeah," says Stephanie. "That guy was an a-hole supreme. Look what he did to my sword!" She holds up the broken pieces and wails. Orion tries to calm her, taking the split katana and using a quick mending spell to rejoin the pieces and make the sword as good as new. "Thanks," Stephanie tells him, sheathing it at her side. "Okay," says Doug as the rest of Wilek's team come wandering back after finishing with the ones who fled. "We mopped up these guys. Let's go see if Wilek needs help with the fleet. Lathrop, we'll need a little help." The wizard nods and begins casting flight spells on whoever can't fly naturally as the screen goes blank. To be continued.

**END THIS PART OF THE RP**
Kitainia - [dierdre34@mail.utexas.edu]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:09:54 AM
IP: hil-c45-056-vty70.as.wcom.net

****RP STARTS RIGHT HERE!!!***
Dr. Sevarius and the spy from the Avatar of Ganon have successfully eluded the heroes, and have made the long trek to Earth. Quietly, they enter Earth's orbit over the continent of Africa.
"Well, it will be good to go back to work with Thailog again," Sevarius told his rescuer. "If I had to spend one more bloody moment in that cell, I'd have had a breakdown."
"We're not going to see Thailog. At least not yet," the spy replied.
Sevarius stared at him. "What are you talking about?"
"Thailog didn't rescue you," the spy said. Suddenly, he began to transform. Within moments, his skin had morphed into a humanoid mass of yellow and black organic metal. The spy had shown his true form: a Phalanx drone. <<We did.>>
"Wha--Phalanx? But what do you want with me?"
<<The Phalanx have need of your services, Doctor. We have plans for this world, plans that not even Thailog is aware of. We need you to help us.>>
"Do I have a choice?"
The drone stared coldly at Sevarius. "No, I didn't think I did. Where are you taking me this time?"
He got his answer a moment later. "My God..." the geneticist said. They had arrived in Egypt, the new staging ground for the Phalanx base....and the aliens had taken a special interest in one momunent in particular. The Great Sphinx had been....assimilated. It's rock formation was even now being retrofitted with Phalanx technology, forming a massive edifice of alien machinery. "What have you done to it?" the scientist asked with revulsion.
The Phalanx looked upon the Sphinx with something akin to pride and affection. <<It is our collective node. It is....the Spire.>>
******END RP FOR NOW!!******

Kitiana: Well, maybe it's just my dark sense of humor acting up, but was I the only one who thought the Toys R' Us bit was funny? Hey, it sounds like a pretty dern smart thing to say! Ah well, maybe I'm just not good with kids.

Peter: <<"I was able to achieve a 4.0 GPA in grade 12 without having significantly studied">> Heh heh heh, I think I hate you. ;)

High School: Ah, aka "The Most Traumatic Times of My Life". High School for me was, by and large, one big disappointment and embrassment after another. I had a ton of anger and hostility from all the crap I took there. The only saving grace I had was my senior year. I guess God was giving me some good karma, cause as horrible and painful as the first 3 years was, the senior year was perfect. Nothing but endless days of fun with friends, goofing off, laughter and love. Ah, that may have been the best year of my life....

Futurama: Hmm....quite a few positive reviews, but as usual I'll play Devil's advocate. I didn't think it was that great. It had some funny moments (I was loving the Leonard Nimoy disembodied head), but overall it seemed a little...I don't know, slow or something. It has good promise though; it could be the next Simpsons. I'll just chalk up all the negative stuff as first-show-jitters, and withhold total judgement until a later date.

Bus Drivers: Way back in high school, mine used to play REM songs, which can be *just* as bad as country, maybe even worse depending on the song. "What's the frequency, Kenneth..." ;)

Stargate: Here in syndication this past weekend, they showed the episode where Salli Richardson plays Teal'C's wife. My God.....you know, sometimes watching Gargoyles, you don't really get the full impact of the actor or actress until you see them in the flesh, so to speak.....I guess I'm just trying to say that Dammmmmmmmmmnnnnnn I forgot how good-looking she is!!!!!
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:01:42 AM
IP: 207-172-60-92.s92.tnt7.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Hmm... Today is Lucy Lawless' 31 birthday. (Xena, warrior princess if you don't know.)

Zath- Recall, Xanatos had iron steel clan robots and exo-frame armor in the Gathering. Presumably, he has more of the same, possibly upgraded, now. What I never understood about the Gathering was why they didn't just make another iron bell...

Wilek- Thanks for the midi connection, but actually, I already knew about most of those... Problem is, several aren't CR compatible. Ah well.

Firestorm- There wouldn't be an improptu Gathering. The spies we have would know a new series was being made months in advance.

Aaron- I haven't responded to your, or anyone's thoughts about Corbie, since I'm on staff and know the truth. I can neither confirm or deny any given suspicions or even say my opinion on the matter. Sorry.

Bronx- COincidences? I think not...

JEB- If you never heard the Road Rovwers song, you never will. For some odd reason that bit always gets cut from the epuisode. (A day in the life.)

Gathering 99 roomies- Sorry, I can't help. I'm only going for a day and spending one night to cut back on expenses.
Robby
Monday, March 29, 1999 11:55:04 PM
IP: spider-tr041.proxy.aol.com

Again, a quickie in the midst of RL...

Star Wars Opening> It opens May 19, two days after finals end. I don't have to be at work/school, although a few of my friends still in HS are hatching an elaborate scheme to sneak out. :)

Kyryn> Y2K compliance reports? Gaaah! I don't even want to know - I'm only working on the Y2K task force webpage here and that alone is a pain (because everything gets changed as soon as I get an update up!). My condolences.

Futurama> I was cracking up at parts of this. My roommate, she who won't watch the Simpsons, and gave me this *look* after watching "Lover's Walk", laughed her head off after vowing that she wasn't going to watch it.

Okay, it's official, my G99 registration did make it, so...I NEED ROOMMATES! Preferably female (not because of behavior, Aaron, I'm just comfortable that way), non-smoking or occasional smoker, and hopefully not prone to run screaming through the hall about a Dawson's Creek episode. (Sorry, Dumlao, but when someone in my hall gets that hyper over DC, it really scares me.)

Last but not least: I have re-discovered an excellent way to waste any free time you have. Click my name to "Escape From Westfield" if you can.....
Mandi Ohlin - [weird_web@hotmail.com]
Monday, March 29, 1999 11:27:43 PM
IP: 144.175.17.229

******* Another discussion about high school *******
*Blue walks into the CR and pulls out a megaphone from the folds of her trench coat*
Well, since we're all on the topic (sort of)... I'VE TAKEN THOSE STANDARDIZED TESTS SO MANY TIMES I'VE LOST COUNT. And my scores still weren't that great.
Anyway, I was surprised that my outburst generated so much response. Yes, I was defintely one of those people who were positively anal-retentive about their resumes, and kind of obsessed over everything. I was bitter, depressed, and very unhappy, and in the end, I wound up applying to only 2 schools because I was so disgusted by it all. That was not a smart move because I might have ended up like my acquaintance... thankfully, I got into one of the schools. I admit the other one was an Ivy. Okay, okay, I'll stop rambling about myself now. I just want to say that I'm glad that many people know about what really matters, and I wish I had seen that sooner. As Doug mentioned, far too often we are pushed by families, teachers, and counselors to "be the best." I know from personal experience that families are especially difficult to deal with on this matter, and frankly, I worry about my younger sister because she is quite intelligent and expectations for her are very high, higher than what was expected of me. If I actually decide to major in sociology (which I am considering at the moment along with psychology), this topic would make an interesting study. How do the pressures affect the students and their parents? True, we need competition, but what happens when things get too personal? (I swear, sometimes I got downright homocidal.) Are there life-long effects from having to deal with one's "inadequacies" in the fields of academia? Some athletes take drugs to enhance their natural abilities - what about intellectuals? *realizes she's gone on too long on the subject, slaps herself, and puts the megaphone down* *sheepishly* Sorry, I really didn't mean to meander like that. Sorry if I annoyed or offended anyone here. If you want, feel free to email me on my rant.
******* end discussion *******

******* COMMENTS ON NEW TGS EP *******
I liked it. Good job on characterizations. Nice to see some other players from the saga. But I have some questions about the episode.
1) How long ago was the whole Coldsteel-Coldfire-Coldstone drama? I was somewhat surprised that they were still looking for him.
2) Was the Gargoyles Task Force dissolved? I thought it was, so Matt wouldn't really be head of it anymore.
3) Is it just me, or have Elisa and Goliath been disagreeing _a lot_ lately?
4) Uhh... I can't remember what else I was going to ask.
Okay, it was a great episode, keep it coming! Thanks.
******* end TGS comments *******
Blue Caeru - [magek@ufl.edu]
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:56:39 PM
IP: ppp-11-ts54.nerdc.ufl.edu

Hello to all! Today was the first day of our tryout clinic for drill team and I am really tired, so it's gonna be quick...

Patrick> I know I wrote about this in last week's room, but it's really important. I need to know where to send the money for the G99 t-shirt right now so that I can get the low rates. If it's not mailed tomorrow it probably won't get there by Thursday. Please tell me ASAP. Thanks :)

OKIloveyoubyebye!
SOROW
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:29:07 PM
IP: usr1-dialup73.mix1.irving.cw.net

Whew! Whatta weekend.

Robby> You saw Dragonheart on IMAX? You lucky dog... :)
The great thing is, last I heard, the ppl who did Dragonheart would do the Gargoyles movie SFX- maybe just a rumor, but one can hope. :)
And congrats on completing your Sonic collection! :D Heady feeling of trimuph, innit? :)

Brisco County Jr.> Glad to know I'm not the only one that remembers that show- it was a fun one. :D

WB Sylvia!

SOROW> Glad t'hear it! :)

GreenBaron> WB! :)

Lady Arianna> Yeah. Who needs sleep anyway? ;)

Blue Caeru> As some heading out of high school as we speak, I definitely hear your words. Well said.

Theresa> Your cat is named Stupid? *LOL* That's our cat's nickname, think they're related? ;) It trained itself to use
the toilet? Intriguing...

Kitania & Doug> Good for you, boycotting that station. What a bunch of jerks. >:(

Kitania> Thanks again. :) I don't know that they should have kissed, tho- I saw them as teacher/mentor, not in love.

Song Files> I prefer MP3s over all, myself, though midis have their charm and WAVs can be altered more easily.

Steve Gooch> Hm, actually, I don't know the Star Wars system. <:) But I'm still interested in seeing whatcha made. :)
I didn't recall the Dragonheart parallels either, until my second viewing. Wasn't on my mind at the time, I guess. :)

Coyote> You know Pippin?? Kewl! :) I didn't think anyone I knew knew that one... :)
"When you're extra-ord-i-nary, you gotta do extra-ordi-naryu things..."

X-Files> I wasn't very fond of this ep. The twists were rather predictable to me, and I recognized elements from many B through Z movie plots...

Robby> Never heard that RR song, but I'll have to keep an ear open. :) Like the anime-gargs list. :)

Demona Taina> That's been attempted before (big fan OL gatherings)- the result is overcrowding or no ppl there. <:)

Goliath's Babe> Welcome! :)

Peter> My bus driver only plays gospel (the same dang song is on EVERY MORNING and it's DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! *deep breath* Okay, I'm cool, I'm fine...) or country. He says he can't get any other stations.

Todd Jensen> No troubles. :)

Cyrway> 5000? Much congrats! :D

Aaron> That was a way better movie than I thought it would be, to be sure. *G*
"Any other day that might seem strange..."
(Nick Cage's character referring to a car hanging from the plane by a rope)

Um. *walks out*
JEB - [JEB215@aol.com]
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:15:24 PM
IP: abd59ec5.ipt.aol.com

**RP HERE, APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH**

Green Baron has just been freed by his rescuers and now they are working their way out of Ted Turner's base. "They killed my wife!" whines the evil communications tycoon as he watches them on the monitor. "And Bob Barr just caught two of our other cohorts and smothered them to death! This is an outrage!! Geoffrey! Get the psycho-hippie commandos! We're gonna stop that Green Baron and his loser pals from escaping no matter what it takes!" The two bigots grab rifles, assemble their troops, and rush to intercept the Baron, Reverend Atilla, and their politician friends.

The screen changes to Colorado Springs, where the battle is continuing between the good guys and the Imperial invasion force. SJ and Kari have just joined the air war in their SJ-mobile and damaged another Victory-class Star Destroyer. Three squadrons of jets from the Colorado Air National Guard back them up, destroying the ship with Tomahawks to vital areas their commander recognizes thanks to the fact that he's a Star Wars freak. Now Nipon only has one Imperial, one Victory, and the Super Star Destroyer left, and the latter is slowly but surely being assimiliated by the Borg ship attached to the underside of its hull. On the ground, Wilek and the others in the Onslaught mech have just finshed mopping up the remaining stormtroopers on foot and Wilek has asked Jammer his question. "It only does atmospheric travel right now," Jammer replies. "No hyperdrive. Let me show you." He presses a button on the control console and wings spring out of the mech's back, jets roaring on them and the soles of its feet as it takes off into the air. The group quickly orient themselves to the Mech's change in fighting mode, Janice firing the shoulder cannons and blowing away two TIE bombers as the Optimal Onslaught joins the fighter planes and Wilek's ships in the air battle. Elsewhere in the city, Doug and the Ravens are pursuing the bad guys who took off on speeders. From his seat on the back of the Road Moccassin, Doug turns to make a CR post.

**PAUSE RP**

Hi. Let's see, what do I have to comment on? <grin>

Arianna: If I forgot to say this earlier, have fun at your prom. And welcome back.

Jaden: Boring hometown, huh? Sounds like Beaumont, a city where I used to live. :) Hope you like living there, boring or not. I also hope they aren't pushing The Matrix back to friday, Kit and I really want to go see that film.

Kaioto: You ever considered running for office? If so, you'd definitely have my vote. As proved by your recent speech on the Balkan situation and ones addressing other subjects you've made, our government needs more people with your knowledge of human nature and common sense.

Gooch: Same goes to you, pal. And so does a very big welcome back.

Fleur: Glad you're not sick anymore. Hope you stay that way for some time. :8

Blue: I know the dangers of high school competition all too well. The only time I started being happy in high school and in life was when I decided to not care about everybody else's expectations and only worry about fulfilling my own. That made a lot of people mad at me, including my family and some of the teachers, but overall it made me a better, happier, more confident person. Thus, I'm glad I did it and if given the chance would have done it a lot sooner than I did. In the process of doing it, I learned a whole lot about the world and people and was soon able to figure my way out of most any situation just by knowing how others and myself would react to things I did, as well as being able to predict and deal with the consequences. I thus succeeded more when I stopped trying to care so much what other people thought of me and only worried about my own self-esteem. I guess that says a lot about human nature and life. :) Still have this attitude today, of course. But now I also care about what my friends think of me and what happens in their lives, especially with Kitainia. Of course, these days my friends are all people who don't really put much expectations on me, unlike the great amount of expectations and preconceptions my family treats me with. It's like my friends love me for myself and my family overwhelmingly treats me with an ideal in mind and only if I conform to it really gives me their love. This has caused me to wonder who's more my family, and conclude that it has to be my friends. <smiles> Thanks, guys!

**BEGIN COMMENTS/SPOILERS FOR NEW TGS EP**

Good job on "The Waiting Game." It had a very nice plot and gave a good picture of how the characters are responding to Madoc's current tactics while developing them all. I particularly liked the development done on Hudson (especially his reaction to "Whomp") and the Cold Duo (very nice pic of them and Alex. I also liked the changes Coldstone underwent throughout the episode. I thought he and Coldfire were pretty much static characters (that's why I never really liked them and unfortunately killed them off in my fanfic so fast), it's good that TGS is causing me to think back and review my perceptions, making me realize I was wrong (and regret not doing more with the Cold Duo, of course)). The strategy argument between Elisa and Goliath was also done well, and I liked the development of the alliance between Elisa and Dracon.

Nice foreshadowing in here, too, especially with the start of FimbulWinter Round 2, and the witches of Rangda (finally we know what Madoc is waiting for). All in all, a very good episode. Nine/ten, thumb is way up. Keep up the good work, TGS Staff!

**COMMENTS/SPOILERS END**

Brian: It's just friendly competition that some of us find fun. You can excuse that, right? :) Robby already said the rest of my opinion about the issue you addressed.

X-Files: This week's episode was pretty cool, I liked the monster (wonder if I should put it in one of my fanfics). That's all I'll say about it. I also really enjoyed Futurama, the new show that came on before X-Files. I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Hope other new eps are just as good.

Radio Station: Kyryn and other near-Austin residents, the station is Mix 94.7. Please boycott it if you agree with last week's rant. Kitainia and I shall continue to do the same.

Wilek: Yep, it's a very despicable parenting practice. I would hate to be that mother when her kids get old enough to discover her deception for themselves. And yes, Vega is a very cool character, even though I like Ken and Bison a lot more than him. BTW, Blanka and Dhalsim were also in the movie. They were among the characters whose coolness was totally ruined (Dhalsim never even got in a fight!).

Kyryn: Thanks for sharing how they shot down that Stealth plane. Now that I think about it, it seems like very good tactics. And effective, too. I also liked the way the Afghan Mujahaddin (sp?) beat Russian helicopters. Clear example of superior tactics and planning triumphing over seemingly superior force.

Bronx: Wow, you saw some neat stuff in New York. Thanks for telling us about it.

Aaron: I saw a couple Gargs music videos at the Gathering. One was of Xanatos's development set to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." I forget what the other one was, but they were both very cool.

Okay, that's all for now. Time to get back to writing the first series of gargs-vs.-vampires battles in my latest in-progress fic. Later!

**BACK TO RP (Dumlao- you had better read the second paragraph of this. :)**

Doug and the other Ravens jet on after the escaping bad guys, following after them across a huge parking lot and then into Citadel Mall. Shoppers scream, flee, and panic as the speeders whiz through the mall's hallways, their loud engines and laser blasts shooting down everything in their way. The three motorbikes and air elemental come barrelling after them even faster, the people riding on them shooting at the Imperials and downing several speeder-riding stormtroopers before they exit the mall. The chase continues in a northerly direction, Jerec realizing too late they're still heading for Cheyenne Mountain and NORAD. "Turn around!" he screams at his troops. As they try to do so, the Ravens open fire with their weapons and magic and take out over half the remaining force. The remaining stormtroopers and soldiers hop off their vehicles, drawing guns and deciding to make a stand. Shreck shrugs and joins them, crouching down in the landspeeder to aim his rifle. Jerec hops out beside him, his lightsaber flashing on as the Ravens, Fleur, Jaden, and Miriam get off their conveyances and prepare to face the group down. (Next post, this battle will begin. :)

The screen changes to Deavik's underground fortress, where Zezil has just finished reporting to his master. "Those mortal fools!" the ultroloth rants. "How dare they switch arms suppliers at the last minute, ruining our plans for them, Thailog's group, and the Earth planet!" "Master," Mikus the chronicler says, "they did not know of your plans. These mortals are not subservient to you. And they are very unpredictable. Our attempts to manipulate and exploit the situation are failing." "You are correct," Deavik agrees. "And we must take steps to get the situation back in our hands, force the Ravens to once again turn to Gothmenes for their arms and supplies. Thus we must eliminate the competition. Captain Licreg!!" One of the bulldog-like humanoids steps forward and salutes, standing at attention with his heavy lochaber axe. "Take one of the 'loth legions and go to Earth," Deavik commands him. "Find the Ravens' new supplier and destroy him!" "Yes, Great Lord Deavik," the nycaloth sounds off, leaving to assemble his force of wasp-humanoid soldiers, their weevil-humanoid cohorts, lobster-humanoid sergeants, and frog-humanoid scouts. "Excellent plan, Master," says the jackal-faced Micus. "The legions should not fail." "They will not," says Deavik. "Like us, they know how much is riding on their success." He takes a sip from the twisted goblet beside his throne and laughs as the screen goes blank. To be continued.

**FOR NOW, END RP**
Doug - [frostfire@mail.utexas.edu]
Monday, March 29, 1999 08:28:57 PM
IP: hil-c45-076-vty49.as.wcom.net

my=many (slaps typo demon)
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@hotmail.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Monday, March 29, 1999 07:37:15 PM
IP: dt047n5c.san.rr.com

I just read 'the waiting game'. Arron- The Golden Cup appears in my Gargoyles episodes including a Timdedance episode or two.
James Birdsong - [LennexMacDuff@hotmail.com]
San Diego, CA, USA
Monday, March 29, 1999 07:36:31 PM
IP: dt047n5c.san.rr.com

For anyone who cares, today is Christopher Lambert's birthday. He's 42.

And speaking of Highlander, I was watching vows Friday, and is it me, or does the location where Goliath and Xanatos are fighting at the beginning; a rooftop with a big sign reading the Golden Cup, look a lot like the location of the final fight in Highlander, a rooftop with a big sign reading The Silver Cup?

I also wanted to ask, do any of the fandom ever do gargs music videos? I've seen some non-gargs videos, and when they're done well, they're very good. A guy I know did one to Queen's "Save Me" with clips from Kenshin, Greenwood, and Maison Ingokku (sp) some of animedom's more difficult romances.

It was great. A roomful of 50 otaku all going sniffle, blink blink, sniffle sniffle, blink. All trying not to cry, in other words.

Oh, and my choice for a missle would be: My other bomb is a nuke.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Monday, March 29, 1999 06:26:11 PM
IP: ppp-183.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

Hey everyone! long time no comment.. okay 3 days, but it's long for me. Anyways, I went to the big apple on sunday, and this is what I saw:
****HISTORIC SITES******
1) A plane that looked like the hover craft

2) The Crystal bulding (silver flacons and all!)

3) A woman with red hair with a shieck red suit looking very peeved off. (hmmm? that makes me wonder...)

4) a bulding that had a clock, with statues surrounding it.

5) A view of the docks from the empire state building

6) A Brooklyn and a disfigured Demona action figure, plus small keychains of brook and lex.

7) A jogger wearing a "I LUV NYC" outfit.

***END SITES**



Spinach> yuck..plain and simple.

Toliet trained cats> My cats are trained, they get thier own bathroom to do it in, and I'm telling you, it's the easiest thing to own cats now. (saves a penny or two from
not buying cat litter)

Packaged pastries> Hmm ya know what? those things can be tasty from time to time

Well that's all for my ramblings,
bai bai!




Bronx Wyvern - [Bronx4me@aol.com]
Monday, March 29, 1999 06:08:43 PM
IP: spider-wo063.proxy.aol.com

Hey gang! I'd have been back sooner, but I've been slogging through four days of posts I missed.

Celano> If you've got the Sci-fi channel, American Gothic is being shown on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. EST

Cyrway> It's a Con Air reference. If you haven't seen it, you should. It's fun in a AOD kinda way, and it has Colm Meaney as a DEA Agent.

Sobotka Jr> My Gargoyles/GD crossover is just in the planning stage right now, so I'm just free forming scenarios right now. But I want to get Angela & Charlotte toghther. Talk about sweet till you puke! :)

Anyway, I was surprised that I didn't see any comments on my prediction about Corbie. Am I so crazy everyone is to polite to comment, or what?

p.s. Would anyone like to split a hotel room at The Gathering? Either gender, I promise to behave.
Aaron - [JCarnage@Yahoo.com]
San Antonio, TX, USA
Monday, March 29, 1999 05:41:36 PM
IP: ppp-183.tnt-1.sat.smartworld.net

**Kyryn peers in from under a pile of work**

Decided to go back to my old pic.

Wilek> Stefan's Story> Unfortunately, I don't remember much more of it than that since I was drunk at the time (one of the few times in my life that I have been), and so was the person Stef was telling it to. Somewhere I may have written down notes for it. I'll post them if I find them.

Hey, Coyote!> April 4th! Stars vs. Wings and this one's at Dallas.

Zath> Ahh! You have a sharp stick, too! Those are very handy.

Kitania> What's the station? I'd like to know just so I can avoid tuning into it, since I'm usually driving through Austin on Monday mornings.

SJ> Stealth> Actually, I think that the latest reports have it being downed by a SAM - not hard to do if you have a good line of sight and the plane has slowed down for a bombing run - no radar required. I hate to say it, but it kinda reminds me of the Russian helicopters in Afghanistan. The Afghanis would lure the copters into canyon areas and ambush them from above by throwing large rocks into the rotors.

I'm off to try to finish Y2K compliance reports.

Later All.

**Kyryn disappears into a blizzard of paper**


Kyryn
Uvalde, TX
Monday, March 29, 1999 04:26:27 PM
IP: 168.37.239.86

Hi All!!

Zath: Nice Pic!!

Fire Storm: No, you'd get a rash of absentees with excuses like.. "No, can't make it. I can't find a flight/ride/train which doesn't cross the time slot..." :)

SJ: I just live to enlighten people. :) See below...

REMF: The latest (and LAST) evil military acronym I'm going to define here. (DumlaoX will banish me back to the S8 comment room after this one.)
It Stands for "Rear Echalon Mother F*****." and is defined as "one of those order-generating b*st*rds who get line Grunts killed"
if you can't guess what the 'F' word is... Think Jericho (sorry Christine)

Yes, I AM severely twisted and evil. Why do you ask?

Goodnight all!!
Jonathan
NEW ZEALAND Monday, March 29, 1999 01:36:33 PM
IP: wh17-11.wave.co.nz

Hey: the Oilers beat the ——— out of San Jose yesterday. Guess the blue-and-orangish-gold guys finally realized that you have to _play_ to get into the playoffs. :-)

Wilek> Your "worse before better" missile message from last week: that's the best piece of advice I've ever given, and I give it a lot. Could it be possible that I'm actually inspiring somebody?

Ironwolf> Good luck with the romance.

Kitainia> That radio station sounds evil. Good that you boycott it. *thumbs up*

I was reading over the Top Ten: looks like the tagline for this week's TGS was quite appropriate. OK, I LMAO at it. :-)

Brian Thietje> You don't understand the Top Ten?! *takes his sanity and shoves it WAY back in the jar* I'm keeping this. You don't get it back.

Sunscreen song> Death to it. I HATE that song. "Desiderata" is SO much better; this is a bunch of feel-good

Argent> I've got my green belt in Wado Kai karate, but I dropped it. Getting my ass kicked my large men isn't my idea of good exercise. I bought a set of barbells instead. :-)

Well, that's all. I'll RP later.

** leaves **
Deuce - [deuce@softhome.net]
City of Champions (Take THAT, San Jose!), Alberta, Canada
Monday, March 29, 1999 12:31:52 PM
IP: pppa82.connect.ab.ca

I love this guy...

*Friday morning. Her bags are packed for the weekend, her work survival kit on top of that, and...*
CYRWAY: CALIGO!!! WHERE THE HELL ARE MY CONTACTS?
CAL THE CAT: Same place as your new glasses.
CYRWAY: And where are my glasses?
CAL: Wouldn't you like to know...
CYRWAY: Great. I don't have time for this...*opens up a new set of contacts and starts putting them in in the bathroom. CAL gets up on the toilet and stares at her, then turns and makes as though he's gonna jump into the bathtub.*
*CYRWAY hears something not unlike a faucet dripping and turns to see CAL taking a whiz in the toilet.*
CYRWAY: That's unbelievable.
CAL: What are you talking about? You've seen me use the toilet before.
CYRWAY: Usually you're drinking out of it, rather than actually use it.
CAL: Well, I'm not drinking out of it now unless you flush.
CYRWAY: You used it! Flush it your own damn self!
CAL: I don't have opposable thumbs. Flush it. I'm thirsty.

Sigh...

COYOTE> No prob on the name...couldn't think of one...I'm actually working on one with Mauser giving Graeme some pointers on Liberty, comic-book style...hee hee hee...maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow...

STORMER> Heh..."Hey, Auggie...whatever you do, don't tell him God's lawful...or else you and any other Lutheran minister's gonna go up in a big boom...save Luth, because she's related to him..."

Going now...working on some stuff...

Oh, yeah! I want to thank everyone who visits the Temple of Delphi...we hit the big 5000! Thanks all!

*PTOOF!*
Cyrway - [amy@gcolor.com]
Monday, March 29, 1999 11:58:59 AM
IP: gcolor.com

**enters, checks the candle, nods head, settles in big comfy chair**

Well well, what to talk about ...?

Toilet trained cats: My grandmother had a toilet-trained cat. Funny thing to have ... from what I understand, even funnier to watch. (of course, now we have one cat smart enough that she figured out how to *open the bathroom door from both sides!!*)

Radio stations: Heh ... you don't *want* to know about my luck with radio morning programs. Consider this: here in Detroit we have our choices amongst traditional radio voices (Dick Purtan, been broadcasting in this city for *years*, on an oldies station), former rockers (Ted Nugent ... FS, what station is his show on now that WCSX changed formats??), or simulcast national shows (There's one Detroit station whose morning show is Howard Stern).
Then there's WDRQ, a dance station. Up until recently (about four months ago), their morning show team was Joe Mama and Trixie DeLuxe. Joe Mama was a comedian. Trixie DeLuxe was ... a 320-pound *DRAG QUEEN!!*
Of course, this made things interesting ... after Super Bowl XXXII, Joe had to cash in on a side bet he made with Trixie ("her" team was the Broncos) and pull her in a wagon down main street in Royal Oak. I can just picture *that* scene. :)

Green Baron: "Sokay. I was joking anyway. Nice girl, huh? **grins** Well, good luck to ya!

Demona Taina: If Gargs was brought back to the air, we all would be shedding great big, sloppy tears of happiness, followed by vegging out in front of our TV's all day until we found it.
If it were new Gargs on the air ... something tells me that there would be a *LOT* of happiness around the world. :)

60 Minutes: Caught about three quarters of the Lucas feature last night (got home from work late. Why? Because I LEFT late! Grrr ...). The movie highlights were great, but what I was more interested in was the production stuff (the razor in the salad bowl comes to mind, not to mention the synthesizer creating engine noise) and the little things about Lucas' family. **chuckles** When he brought up what he saw in an ideal woman, should he re-enter the dating game, my mom stuck her hand out in the air and yelled "I QUALIFY! I VOLUNTEER!!!" :)

Fire Storm: May 19th. I'm already asking for this day off so I can stage a Star Wars orgy (read: get up at about 7:30 in the morning and do nothing but watch my copy of the Special Editions until the twi-light show, which I'll have tickets for the previous night so that I know for *damn* sure I'm gettin' in!! :).
And I think you know the answer ... if Gargs did come back to the air, it would be several regional impromptu Gatherings. Maybe *then* I'd finally get to meet you guys!! :)

Todd Jensen: Ehh ... don't sweat it. It happens. :)

**settles back in the big comfy chair.** If ya don't mind, I think I'm gonna hang out for a while here, folks. **plants hand in chin, stares at candle flame, and smiles.**
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:35:22 AM
IP: modem27.i-is.com

I wish to apologize to the TGS staff, via this comment room, for my absence for the last couple of days. I just moved to another apartment (my e-mail address is still the same, thanks to the new apartment being just a few blocks away from my old one), and I haven't been able to get my computer fully set up yet. So I have to access the Internet from the library. I may be able to have things operational by Thursday, but I can't promise anything. My apologies (is it my imagination, or has this sort of thing been happening to me a lot lately?) for being once again in a "temporarily cut off position".

BRISCO COUNTY JR. - I also have fond memories of this one; I'm not much of a Western fan, but I found it amusing. I especially liked a lot of the little foreshadowing/references to modern inventions in the time to come (such as Brisco and Lord Bowler discussing the possibility of a restaurant where you get your food from a window cut in the side while still mounted on your horse). I was a little sorry to see it go, too, although that sorriness was slightly assuaged by the fact that they'd managed to get my favorite part of it, the "John Bly/magic orb" arc, all wrapped up by the time that it had ended.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn@ninenet.com]
St. Louis, MO
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:17:49 AM
IP: sys.slpl.lib.mo.us

Zath=> I asked the same thing last week, along with a couple other iron related qustions, and nobady said anything. Well, one person said something about the other questions, and for that I thank him. My theroy is that they forgot and Golaith is going to be seen hitting his head against something when he rembers. BTW, nice pict. ^_^

New ep. no spoilers=> I liked it, and I was laughing through several bits of it. And the pict is broken at the bottum, as I'm sure you've noticed. ^_^ Good job, writers. ^_^

Fire
Atlanta, GA, Xanth
Monday, March 29, 1999 10:05:47 AM
IP: atl2-wc1.atlas.digex.net

(Argent sics a boxful of glow-in-the-dark hampsters on Mr. DC. As DC is running and screaming like a sissy, he mentally runs over a checklist of evil things he's done since the last time Argent was mad at him. He can't recall doing anything to the draco trainer.)
"What'd I do?!?!"
"Oh, nothing personal this time. I'm just doing my sister a favor since she doesn't post here."

DEUCE> I didn't know you took karate. What belt are you?
SOROW> Did you try your best anyway, then it still counts and congrats!
FLUER> LOL! Oh, I would have LOVED to see their faces!
KITANIA> I can REALLY sympathize with your rant. There is nothing which has the same brand of obnoxiousness as a self-glorifying station that doesn't deserve a shred of it. What's even worse is when they decide to trash other stations that actually play REAL music.
GREEN BARON> Ask her, ask her!
ZATH> Nice pic!
WILEK>$"*Please* make it necessary."$ I'll have to remember that line!
PETER> Oh yeah, I've noticed that. I'm prone to regularily getting two or three songs zipping in and out of my head at the same time. ALL country? Yuck!
FIRE STORM> May 15 sounds about right.

Hey, while I'm thinking about it, when are the new CR images going to be available?

(The hampsters pursue Mr. DC into the moat, where the reptiles swat him back and forth for a while before throwing him back. The gleaming rodents resume their merry chase.)

Gotta Jet!
(Six months 'till the new 'Dark Ages' eps.)
Argent
stable, USA
Monday, March 29, 1999 07:03:59 AM
IP: dyn042-nas02.marietta.frognet.net

IMPORTANT G99 NEWS:

There are now only 3 days left to register at the low rates. Mail-in registrations and checks sent via mail for online registrations need to be postmarked no later than March 31, 1999 to get the lower rates. Online forms paying by credit card need to be submitted by no later than 11:59 PM of March 31 (Wednesday). Prices go up as of midnight on April 1!

If you haven't registered yet, what are you waiting for? :)
Patrick Toman
Monday, March 29, 1999 06:13:55 AM
IP: abd716d9.ipt.aol.com

Wilek> I think you're thinking of Legend. DeLancie played an inventor and Richard Dean Anderson played a dime novel author who pretended to be a character he wrote about, using DeLancie's inventions to fight crime. I seem to recall the show only lasted for half a season or so. Brisco was much better.
Zath
Monday, March 29, 1999 03:00:16 AM
IP: ns11-05.viptx.net

As an after the fact post...

If Gargoyles WERE to come back onto the air, would there be an IMMEDIATE impromptu gathering so we could ALL watch it together?

Just curious to other peoples opinions.
(Or would there be MANY regional gatherings?)
Fire Storm
Monday, March 29, 1999 02:44:24 AM
IP: t1-17.visitus.net

So... when IS Star Wars going to be released? May 19? I need to know what day to ask for off!

Haven't read the story yet. Lady Mystic and I were doing... OTHER things.
Fire Storm - [Night-Flame@usa.net]
Monday, March 29, 1999 02:39:51 AM
IP: t1-17.visitus.net

****TGS SPOILERS****
The Waiting Game: A very excllect episode. It was nice to see Tony Dracon develope further along the lines set in Strange Bedfellows. The focus on Coldstone and Coldfire made for a nice change and the characterizations of the two were very well done. The fight scene was very well done, as was attendence of "Whomp". I think that the Hudson-Robins collaboration will make for an interesting post-unseelie plot thread, especially if Hudson was found out.
****END SPOILERS****

Spinach> I like it pureed into a soup with cut-up hard boiled eggs. It may not look like much but it tastes great.

With all of the high-school woes that I'm seeing in here I'm just glad that I was able achieve a 4.0 GPA in grade 12 without having significantly studyed...ever.

Radio Stations> From grades 9 to 12 I was stuck with bus drivers who only played country music stations. And I spent over an hour on the bus each day. Has anyone ever noticed that the more effort you put into ignoring music that you hate the easier it gets stuck in your head.

Missile messages>Life's a b@#%$ then you die
Catch!
It's one of those days...
Peter - [peter_bijl@hotmail.com]
Kamloops, BC, Canada
Monday, March 29, 1999 02:31:00 AM
IP: kam-53-0174.direct.ca

**RP!**

[The spy has escaped the Avatar Of Ganon with Dr. Sevarius...but Lt. Jameson isn't so lucky. He almost, almost reaches a docking bay--when he's approached by a *thing*. Imagine, if you will, a gloss-black T-800 endoskeleton, with a cyberscope replacing the right eye, larger, less skeletal arms to conceal hidden Steel Clan-style arm-mounted weaponry (fully interchangeable), and wearing a long black cravat (a type of scarf). Now imagine it speaking with the voice of Tony Jay at his most evil: "Aren't you the gentleman I've been summoned to capture?" Jameson just stands there in mute horror. The being continues: "I am a highly experimental and extremely sophisticated Arakyd X-17 security droid; so sophisticated in fact that I am fully sentient, with all the rights and privileges of an organic being. If you are still capable of speaking once I am through with you, you may call me...Dark Eternal." Jameson tries to make a break for it...but Dark Eternal flies ahead of him on its repulsorlifts and delivers a roundhouse kick to his face, sending him to the floor. DE: "I'm here as the new security chief. I'm told to capture you alive if possible, dead if necessary. *Please* make it necessary." In the absence of any resistance, Eternal begins dragging Jameson to the nearest holding cell.]

**PAUSE RP!**

Robby> Click my name to go to a HUGE index of MIDI sites, many of which haven't been found by the lawyers yet.

Doug> Vega was in the Street Fighter live-action movie? That's good to know; he was by far the kewlest SF character. (And I think you can guess who he was an inspiration for. :P ) And I agree that Raul Julia was indeed a great actor; the Addams Family movies are proof of that.

Toku Kaioto> Hm...<shudder> Maybe I DON'T want to hear any more about Malakai. He is apparently the *profoundly* disturbing answer to the question of what Forfexx would be like if he were even more psychotic...

Ironwolf> Congratulations on getting a girlfriend! And I hope Disruption stays away...

Fleur> <<just keeps coming up with more and more interesting and painful ways to kill Mr Dis>> Now I'M the one who's honored! :)

Theresa> Your cat toilet trained HIMSELF?! Wow.

Kitainia> <<One parent talked about how she's been fooling her kids since they were three with a lie that Toys R Us is a musuem and they don't sell anything there>> <ROAR> That is one of the most despicable child-rearing practices I HAVE EVER HEARD OF! <<But I did think I saw an older redhaired woman smile strangely at us from out of the corner of my eye. When I looked again, she was gone.>> Hm...<Twilight Zone theme plays>

Goliath's Babe> Welcome! As for why Gargs has been relegated to Toon Disney...ugh, who knows. Probably Kitainia's answer is the closest one any intelligent person can formulate.

Blue Caeru> From what I've heard about the public school system, I think it's MUCH too competitive. I have a friend who used to attend a public school. It was mostly about sports. Since my friend is just slightly more athletic than Halcyon Renard (he can walk though), his *real* talents, mostly intellectual, went unnoticed. Oy.

Green Baron> One thing I like about you is that you actually make politics interesting. :) Hm...so that's who Milam is. I wonder if he would fit well into my ficverse...

Steve Gooch> <<Sold it to Kenner?>> Actually, Lex's connections at Kenner were what enabled him to modify it in the first place. Greg said so. :)

Hm, looks like the room reformatted to chat mode again a while ago. Dang, I missed it. ^_^

**SPOILERS FOR NEW EP!**

Glad to see Coldstone and Coldfire are getting some attention. Um...Big Mickey? Excuse me. [Wilek steps out onto the balcony so he won't draw too much attention with his convulsive roaring laughter. A few hours later, when he finally regains some measure of composure, he returns.] Hm...you know, the human inhabitants of the Labyrinth might be able to provide some interesting testimonials to PIT if they ever need it. <<Big Mickey is street slime. The world would be a better place without him in it ~Elisa>> Excuse me again. [Wilek steps out etc etc.] Heh, Owen considers *that* a shocking lack of control? Eesh, and I thought Miriam was uptight. <<You just like {that hospital space opera} 'cause that actress that looks like Elisa is always sucking face in a closet with some guy. ~Ariana>> Excuse me yet again. [You know the drill by now.] Hm, so Coldstone's metal bits are iron. I wonder if Xanatos did that on purpose. Ooh, the witches of Rangda. I just know that'll be interesting. Uh oh, the pic at the end is broken. All in all, a great ep. As usual. :)

**END SPOILERS!**

Brian Thietje> <<I don't understand why it's so important to be the person whos message is the first in the comment room after it's wiped.>> Neither do I, but isn't it fun! :D

Steak> I like mine well done; I'm paranoid about undercooking things like that (Food poisoning, anyone?).

Zath> Nice pic. Did you do that? Hm...I seem to remember *some* show that took place a long time ago where DeLancie played a scientist or something...

**RESUME RP!**

[On the Optimus Onslaught, Wilek, Rho, and Janice are finishing off the stormtroopers before Jammer explains the flight mode transformation sequence; Wilek asks him if it's spaceworthy or only an atmospheric craft (and if it has a hyperdrive).]

**END RP!**
Wilek Nereus
Monday, March 29, 1999 01:45:36 AM
IP: tnt-1-95-56k.portsmouth.zoomnet.net

*****BEGIN RP!!******
Anton Sevarius, who had been quietly dozing in his cell, was awoken all of a sudden by the door to his prison being opened. A strange man appeared in the doorway. "Sevarius?" he called out.
"Yes. Are you the man who's going to break me out?"
"Yes, but we must hurry. We've been discovered. We only have minutes before that damn Khesaat brings the whole station down on us. Now hurry, I have a shuttle waiting." Sevarius and the spy leave, and head for a shuttle bay, where the two execute a guard and prepare for takeoff.
"Hold on," the spy says, strapping himself into his seat. "I was able to download a virus into their system a short while ago. Their systems will purge it in a matter of minutes, but hopefully it will buy us enough time. It will take out their main weapons and tractor beams just long enough for us to escape....that is, barring they don't send a fleet of fighters after us." And with that, the two villains make the mad dash for freedom....
*****PAUSE RP******

Steetfighter the Movie: Ugh, it made Mortal Kombat look like Ben Hur. I thought Ken and Ryu were pretty good, but face it, Van Damme is pretty much awful in just about anything. I miss you Raul Julia, I truly do.

Jon: So, that's what BOHICA stands for huh? My, but the military has some odd acronyms. :)

Mormons: I have some family who are Mormons. I'm not trying to be insulting here, but they seem even stricter than your average Protestant or Catholic. Some of their beliefs are....different than I'm used to. Pretty cool religion though, if it allows you to marry a dozen women at once! ;-D

Theresa: You named your cat Stupid? *ROTFLMAO!!* That is perhaps the best name I've ever heard for a pet (besides Mr. Bigglesworth, that is ;] )

Zath: You are referring to the great John Astin (sp?), famous for being Gomez Addams in the original Addams Family and one of the Riddlers in the great 60's Batman show.

Kitiana: THANK YOU!!! I have no idea why the radio stations are playing that stupid "Sunscreen" non-song. God, what is that? It ain't music! Just a bunch of nonsensical garbage.
As for Everlast's "What It's Like", it's an okay song. Better than his usual House of Pain rap trash. But the stations here in D.C. have been overplaying it, so I'm on a huge burnout for the song. That and all the new Offspring songs. Man, I remember when the Offspring actually made *good* music.

Star Wars Stuff: Saw the 60 Minutes piece. Lucas came across very well. I liked his comment about how movies nowadays are just made for a profit, not for the moviegoers. If more people tried to make "art" instead of a quick buck, maybe we'd have more intelligent, kick-ass movies and less "Waterboy"'s.
I'm a little worried about the Star Wars footage though. I thought some of the CGI work was fake and...just not right. I hope they were just showing the unfinished rough footage. As for the new character Jar Jar....I'm not sold on him. He could be a character I could grow to hate. Give me a Wookie any day of the week.
But hey, Darth Maul looks killer!

******RESUME RP, THIS TIME IN A DIFFERENT LOCALE!!!****
Wilek and his fleet are busy fighting the enemy forces, when all of a sudden a chunk of a Star Destroyer is blasted apart. Wilek and the others in Optimus turn to see....
"What the--is that a flying '78 Olds?" Rho asks in disbelief.
"Whooooooooo Hooooooooo!" SJ shouts. The SJ-Mobile, now converted into a small but easily manuverable fighter, has joined the fight, side mounted gatling guns firing off salvo after salvo of pure energy blasts. Like a fly that refuses to be swatted, the tiny craft flys repeatedly over the Star Destroyer, targeting vital systems and dodging the return fire. SJ corkscrews at the last minute to avoid the path of one of the massive ship's turbolasers.
Kari's face turns green. "Oh, I think I'm gonna be carsick..."
******END RP FOR NOW!!!!****
Sevarius Jr. - [bpoole@mailexcite.com]
Monday, March 29, 1999 12:51:06 AM
IP: 207-172-70-62.s62.tnt11.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

**no RP tonight, I’m just too lazy**

Spinach> I like spinach too, especially with mushrooms and cream sauce, but it's good in soup as well.

Wilek> <<Didn't it have John DeLancie in it as an inventor or something?>> No, that was a different show with the guy from MacGyver. The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. had the guy who played Harry's father on Night Court as the inventor (at least I think it was the same guy).

Robby> <<when I turn 18, I can get it without taking 6 weeks of Driver's ed... >> but if you take driver's ed, you supposedly get a break on your insurance.

Doug> <<All inspired by a Pinky and the Brain ep>> Your creativity demon gave me a creativity demon. Imagine Anton Sevarius trying to catch the Warners so he could get DNA from Dot's pet.

Ironwolf> <<Throw my steak on the grill count to 10 flip count to 10 throw on to plate yummmy.>> I don't like mine quite that rare, but that's pretty close.

Fleur> <<But they stopped coming to my house when my brother answered the door dressed as the devil.>> That's even better than the one about the guy (some comedian, I forget who) who claims he told them he really had to get back to the basement because the blood was drying on the pentagram, and he had red paint all over him at the time.

TGS Question> Maybe this has been asked before, but why doesn't the clan get some iron weapons to take on the unseelies? I understand full suits of armor would be out of the question, but why not knives or iron brass-knuckles?

***X-FILES SPOILERS***
I wonder if the shapeshifting dog thing that took over that guy was one of Coyote's Unseelie cousins. They did call it a trickster several times, although murder doesn't seem like much of a trick.
***END SPOILERS***

DumlaoX> I don't mean to nag, but when are you going to put up the illustrated quote page?

By the way, everyone click on my name to see a gargified version of myself (holding the Sharp Stick of course). I guess the pic is pretty close, because a friend of mine recognized it as me without me telling him, but maybe he could just tell from the glasses. It proves that while it's a real hassle, it is possible to get stuff scanned at school.

Bye all.
Zath - [<-- Clickie clickie]
Monday, March 29, 1999 12:20:34 AM
IP: ns11-05.viptx.net

***JUST NEEDED TO TAKE IT OFF MY CHEST***
[goes around the room screaming like crazy] I made second place!!! HAHA!!! In your face!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! [covers everyone in silly string and banana cream] The second is after the first, right??? HAHAHA!!!!!!!!! HA! HAHAHA!!!!!!!! [falls to the floor, starts to spin over and over again] SECOND! SECOND! SECOND!!!! SECOND PLACE!!! YEAH!!!
***END JUST NEEDED TO TAKE IT OFF MY CHEST***

***RANDOM AND CRAZY IDEAS***
What if Gargoyles were brought back to the air? I know, it is our biggest dream. We all want our show back, and back for good! I just hope that it doesn't turn out like TGC.
If Gargoyles were back, I have a wish. I want every single gargoyle fan gathered in a chatroom celebrating a big huge party! We have worked hard for our show to be back, I want answers!
***END RANDOM AND CRAZY IDEAS***

Okay, I have nothing in mind to post... so, until tomorrow!
Demona Taina - [demona3@hotmail.com]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Monday, March 29, 1999 12:13:05 AM
IP: 209.91.207.186

Top Fifteen!!!
Sevarius Jr.
Monday, March 29, 1999 12:07:09 AM
IP: 207-172-70-62.s62.tnt11.brd.va.dialup.rcn.com

Brian Thietje- There is nothing important about posting in the top ten. Its just a friendly competition that has gone on since the comment room first went up. It was just a fun thing to note some time ago, but in the last few months, its become more competative. Its something to do on Sunday night while waiting for the new story to go up while nothing else is on television, thats all. It only makes sense if you've lost your santity or given it to our official sanity keeper. Until then, don't worry about it.
Robby
Monday, March 29, 1999 12:07:00 AM
IP: spider-tj033.proxy.aol.com

"Hark the blood is pounding in our ears!
Jubilation! We can hear a grateful nation's
Cheers!"

-- from "War is a Science" (S. Schwartz) Completing the refrain, actually.

Quite the great game this week, folks. I bow to my competition, you are all worthy fighters. **bows deeply**

Okay, that's over with. Time to call it a night.

**replaces the candle before leaving**


Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:59:12 PM
IP: modem7.i-is.com

What's all the fuss about? I don't understand why it's so important to be the person whos message is the first in the comment room after it's wiped.
Brian Thietje - [thietjewolfent.com]
Naches, WA, U.S.A.
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:58:23 PM
IP: spider-pa053.proxy.aol.com

Top Ten I hope.
Green Baron
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:57:12 PM
IP: 98c9e4f4.ipt.aol.com

Missed it, RATS!!
Doug and Kitainia
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:56:27 PM
IP: dal-qbu-zol-vty75.as.wcom.net

Top ten . . . hopefully near first .
The Rolling Calf - [aliscke@jamweb.net]
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54:29 PM
IP: 208.11.41.223

There's been some complaints nothing useful is done in the top ten rush, so here's something useful. Or at least interesting. Or maybe not...

Russian names are a kind of a game.
There's a first and a last and a middle name.
The first name is the momma's chore.
Like Alexander or Theodore!
The last name comes from the family,
Like Bushcodov or Stradberry.
Then there's the middle name,
Now here's the fun.
The father gives his first name to the son.
Then he adds an ovitch or a yevitch to the end
Here is an example so you comprehend.
The father's name is Sonov,
Now here's the switch.
The kid's middle name is Sonov-ovitch!
Yeah the kid's middle name is Sonov-ovitch! Yah!

-Road Rovers (Some words may be off, its been a while since I heard it.)

Oh and...

TOP TEN!!!
I think. Competition looks to be rough this week. 8) Oh geez, when did I start using emoticons? Oii..

Also, I forgot to say it earlier, but tonights X-Files was spiffy. Shame the werewolf wasn't much of one... Ah well...
Robby
San Antonio, Texas
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54:27 PM
IP: spider-tj033.proxy.aol.com

Oh well... [plants her flag] SECOND!!!!!
Demona Taina - [demona3@hotmail.com]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54:25 PM
IP: 209.91.207.186

Rewards go to those that wait

The Waiting Game

Written by: Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr. & Brian Dumlao

With contributions by: Kathy Pogge

Story concept by: Patrick A. Toman & Stephen R. Sobotka, Jr.

Illustrations by: Noel Leas

ENJOY!!!
DumlaoX - [dumlaox@ucla.edu]
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54:23 PM
IP: pool0045-max7.ucla-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net

Not first, but hopefully close...
Lady Arianna of Annwn
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54:08 PM
IP: chi-qbu-nvm-vty109.as.wcom.net

Fourth!! Meow!!!
Reverend Attila
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:54:02 PM
IP: 98c9e4f4.ipt.aol.com

*Plants his flag, tan field with a monkey in brown trimmed by a circle*

Another top ten performance. Long live the Monkey! For the glory of the God, Daimyo, and Clan!
Toku Kaioto - [kaioto@yahoo.com]
Boston, MA, USA
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:53:46 PM
IP: 141.133.134.81

TOP TEN!
Blue Caeru
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:53:29 PM
IP: ppp-05-ts13.nerdc.ufl.edu

Too many contenders...
Demona Taina - [demona3@hotmail.com]
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:53:27 PM
IP: 209.91.207.186

FIRST!!

Time for jubilation!

"And then the men go marching out into the fray
Conquering the enemy and carrying the day!"
Coyote the Bando - [1134@i-is.com]
Algonac, Michigan
Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:53:16 PM
IP: modem7.i-is.com