| Message:
je ne vous en met que qq morceaux choisis, en tout y'en a 100+ pages word
je tiens le détail à disposition de tous ceux que ça interesse
>The Burning Sands
>"If I am to fight Iuchiban," Katamari said, seating himself on the rocks
>across
>from the rakshasa, "then I must know my enemy."
Yoritomo: It's Iuchiban. Next! (looks down) What is it, Kussy?
Hantei VI (tugging on Yoritomo's sleeve): Yoritomo-sama, what am I supposed
to do about this?
Hoturi (face flat on the floor): Oh mighty beneficent Son of Heaven...
Yoritomo: Ah, he's just got this thing about Imperials. Give him a minute to
work it out of his system.
Hoturi (mumbling): Glorious Shining Light which guides us all...
Hantei VI: (nervously) Please make him stop it, Yoritomo-sama.
Yoritomo (hoisting Hoturi off the floor by the back of his obi): No need for
all that, Hoturi. Kussy's cool.
Hoturi: He's an Emperor!
Yoritomo: Was an Emperor, was an Emperor. Sort of.
Hoturi: You can't be 'sort-of' an Emperor!
Yoritomo: You can if the Gozoku tell you what underwear to put on every
morning.
Hoturi: (pause) Oh... he's _that_ Emperor....
-----
et surtout, le célèbre Asako Bob
Utagu (to Kaushen): (eyes narrowing) What did you say your name was again?
Kaushen (producing a small rectangle with a flourish): My card.
Utagu (squinting): This is kind of blurry.
Kaushen: Yeah, it was a special promo bundled with issue #666 of Scrye
magazine. Isn't the print job crappy?
Utagu (still squinting at card): Asako... Bob?
Kaushen: You remember that "Name a personality" tournament prize? (rolls
eyes) Just my luck.
Utagu (still reading): Personal honour six?!
Kaushen (modest shrug): Hey, what can I say?
Utagu (rubbing at smear of ink on card): Master of... Laws?
Kaushen: Yep. Four years of study at Kyuden Isawa Legal School. Boy, were
those final examinations tough.
[...]
Kaushen (thoughtfully): That's an interesting point. Hide a book in a
library, a sword in an armory, and so forth... so where do you hide a heart?
Utagu (without looking up): Kuni Laboratories, third sub-basement, fourth
door on the left.
[...]
Utagu: Bob.
Kaushen: (intent on the fic)
Utagu: BOB.
Kaushen: (intent on the fic)
Utagu (prodding Kaushen with his staff): HEY, ASAKO BOB.
Kaushen (jumps): Oh, me? Sorry, I was miles away.
Utagu (taps card): It says here 'Not A Bloodspeaker'.
Kaushen (beams): Isn't that a great trait?
Utagu (to Kaushen): 'NOT a Bloodspeaker'?
Kaushen (shrugging): Heck, it was printed during one of the Phoenix's
periodic corruption kicks. It was quicker to print who _wasn't_ a
Bloodspeaker...
Utagu (ominously): Ever heard of the keyword rule?
Kaushen: Oh, that. (chuckles) I'm afraid you're a little out of date,
Utagu-sama. That got dropped in Diamond.
Utagu: (frowns)
Kaushen: Go ahead, check the rulebook, page 35! (turns to wink into camera)
Utagu (still frowning): Why would the Keyword rule be dropped? It was a
great rule.
Kaushen (coughs): For those with the 'Jade' trait, perhaps. Think of it this
way - if it was still in effect, you'd be a Witch, which I imagine would
lead to professional difficulties.
Utagu: 'Witch-Hunter' is hyphenated!
Kaushen: Suuure it is.
[...]
Utagu: (is staring at Kaushen)
Kaushen: (looks innocently back)
Utagu: (stares some more)
Hoturi: (waves his hand between them) Oh, for kami's sake. Utagu-san! I
invited you here to search the fic, not the other special guest!
Utagu (pauses for a moment): Right. Okay, then. (turns away)
Kaushen: (relaxes slightly)
Utagu (whipping back round) : JADE STRIKE!!
Kaushen (hands blurring into motion): Fleethedarkness!
Utagu: Was that a kiho?
Kaushen: Merely clearing my throat, Utagu-sama.
Utagu: And stretching your hands?
Kaushen: Yep!
Utagu: It was a kiho, wasn't it.
Kaushen (plaintively): What is this, a witch hunt? Utagu-san, we're meant to
be providing witty commentary on the fic! Couldn't this wait for another
time?
Utagu: (levelling staff) STRIKE OF FLOWING WATER!
Hoturi (blinking): Wow, I thought Strikes only came in the Jade variety.
Kaushen (ducking watery bolt): Hey, that was uncalled-for! Fall on your
knees and apologise!
Utagu: YOU fall on YOUR knees!
Kaushen: But I'm already on my knees!
Hoturi: Gentlemen, please! The time is not right! |
Forum 
