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TV Anime COD Guide for Jan2010 20J10
TV Anime View Guide Jan 2010 Updated 20 Jan 10
By keimanzero
20 January 2010
TV Anime COD Guide for January 2010 20 Jan 10
TV Anime View Guide for Jan 2010 Updated 20 Jan 10
Published by keimanzero at 6:26 pm under 1, Anime Fanatics Central, Today’s Anime Tidbits Edit This
COD Guide for Anime TV Viewing for JANUARY 2010 20 JAN 2010
Let’s get this outta the way first. CN’s Adult Swim on Channels 125 and 32 is revamping their Saturday schedule commencing 14 Feb 2010. Here is our CURRENT lineup (all times Eastern):
12:30 AM- Bleach
1:00 AM- Bleach
1:30 AM- Fullmetal Alchemist
2:00 AM- Fullmetal Alchemist
2:30 AM- Cowboy Bebop
3:00 AM- Cowboy Bebop
3:30 AM- Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex
4:00 AM- Ghost in the Shell/Stand Alone Complex
4:30 AM- Big O
5:00 AM- InuYasha
5:30 AM- InuYasha
As of 14 Feb 2010 the new schedule will be a bit different:
http://animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-19/adult-swim-confirms-new-anime-to
-launch-on-february-14
http://www.adultswim.com/schedule/onair.html
Adult Swim has confirmed that a new, unnamed anime series will premiere on
the block Saturday Feb. 13th (early Sun. the 14th really) at 12 midnight.
Bleach will be expanded from 1 to 2 hours. FLCL returns at 2:30am. Also,
Fullmetal Alchemist is cut to 1 episode and pushed back to 4am and GitS and
Cowboy Bebop will be cut back to 1 episode.
The new schedule is as follows:
12:00 New Anime
12:30 Bleach
01:00 Bleach
01:30 Bleach
02:00 Bleach
02:30 FLCL
03:00 Cowboy Bebop
03:30 GitS
04:00 Fullmetal Alchemist
04:30 Big O
05:00 Inuyasha
05:30 Inuyasha
As to the rest of our week meaning Mondays and Tuesdays:
MONDAY:
AniMondays from 11 PM to 1 AM will run two eps of Monster followed by two eps of Descendants of Darkness. These will air on SYFY (Channel 47)
Two eps of Witchblade will air back to back from 11 PM to Midnight Mondays on IFC (Channel 164)
TUESDAY:
A single ep of Basilisk will air at 11:30 PM on IFC (Channel 164)
That’s it for ‘normal tv anime viewing’ but read on for all the stuff on COD:
Meet our own anime babe spokesgal- Neko Olson. animeontv.com has theirs so we have ours too. Neko (kudos to highteckdudu who created her and allows me to use her image and character in my fanfictions) is a shapeshifting nekomata/demon/cat (neko is cat in Japanese)/human/trill. Read all about her in Xmas with the Dirty Pair here in Chatterbox and in Angel Wings at http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/blogs and look for another stunning work of art from HTDD in an upcoming Xmas chapter here at Chatterbox.
Kudos to the Q&A gang here at GAIA for telling me how to post pix using Photobucket and I forgot that I already had an account there! I’m so used to posting from EONS that I never thought of anyplace else. A big domo arigatou to both xi-kwoo and Mystic Deadman for all their help.
Anyway as this is 20 Jan 2010 Akeome a lil late and this is the second edition of ComcastOnDemand TV Anime Viewing Guide for the new year folks! First I’ll list the OnDemand anime and some cartoon listings for this part of January and then I’ll list the other items of interest regarding anime series, films, books, reviews, NFL, cooking tips, golf tips, videos, audios, etc. You are liable to find just about anything at all here each post depending on the whims of my EONS(aah) and/or YG(AH1) groups or my bloggees, readers, posters or whoever.
Most eps and films are free but some are pay per view and are so marked. PPV anime series eps are usually first ep free then 99 cents each additional ep, films are usually $2.99 or $4.99 but some may be a bit higher. Oh yeah and I list some kids films that are a bit animeic but not all of them. I also as a favour to a dear tomodachi of mine include one cartoon series eps every single edition. The show’s about a group of helpful firefighters in a small Welsh fishing village called PontyPandy. The eps are free and can be found here:
COD/KIDS/Sprout/FiremanSam
Cried Wolf
Mam’s Day (NEW)
Floating Cart
Sheep On the Road (NEW)
Paper Plane Down (NEW)
COD/CuttingEdge/AdultSwim/Action
Big O Ep 20
Bleach Eps 3-4
Code Geass Ep 24
Ghost in the Shell Eps 20-21
InuYasha Eps 153 to 155
FunimationAnimes vary but many are free. All can be found here folks:
COD/CE/FA/Drama-Comedy
Air Gear Eps 17-18
Case Closed Eps 54 to 56
Fruits Basket Eps 21-22
Negima! Eps 16-17 (Sorry for the name mixup)
Shuffle! Eps 16-17
COD/CE/FA/Action-Fantasy
Black Cat Eps 7-8
Gunslinger Girl II Teano Eps 7 to 10
Solty Rei Eps 15-16
Tsubasa Chronicles Eps 17-18
xxxHolic Eps 22-23
COD/CE/FA
Devil May Cry Eps 7 to 10
Glass Fleet Eps 19 to 22
COD/CE/FA/AnimeSelects
Gundam Seed Destiny Eps 27 to 30
Vampire Princess Miyu Eps 15-16
COD/CE/FA/Specials ($2.99 each)
Genghis Khan (The tyrant in anime? Believe it!)
Soul Eater Eps 1 to 3 (Soul is a weapon- a scythe that can shapeshift for its owner a warrior maid)
Soul Eater Eps 4 to 6
COD/CE/FA (First ep free and 99 cents each additional ep)
D Grey-Man Eps 43 to 45
Hunter x Hunter Eps 14 to 16
Nana Eps 24 to 27
Nabari No Ou Eps 22 to 24
Blassreiter Eps 19 to 21
Dragonaught Eps 16 to 18
El Cazador Eps 16 to 18
Spice & Wolf Eps 9 to 11
COD/PremiumChannels/HBO
Hellboy II- The Golden Army
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (The guys and Splinter, Casey & April vs the Shredder again)
Max Payne
Watchmen
COD/PC/Starz
Hellboy- Blood & Iron (Ron Pearlstein voices this cigar chomping superhero demon in an animated film based on the movies and anime series)
Hellboy- Sword of the Storms (Reds is back and after a magical blade in Japan)
Nightmare Before Xmas (Tim Burton’s Hall-o-we’en meets Xmas animation)
Wall-E (Robot Love?)
COD/PC/Showtime
Twilight (Vampire Love Story)
COD/PC/Max
One Missed Call (Remake of Japanese classic horror film)
COD/PC/Encore
Legend of the Red Dragon (Jet Li subbed film)
Thunderbirds (Remake of old puppet classic)
No TMC, Movieplex or Too Much for TV entries this time. Sorry gang.
COD/FreeMovies (First 4 also under Kids/Movies)
Code Lyoko- the movie
Animated Godzilla fim
Tales of Gulliver
Legend of Atlantis (Disney animated version of timeless classic film)
Battle Force 5 (Video game film)
X-Men- Reckoning (Ep of anime series but a shame Hugh Jackman didn’t voice Wolverine)
Robot Holocaust (Sorta like Terminator III)
COD/Movies/ByGenre/Animation
9 $4.99 (Tim Burton’s end of world epic not NINE that yucky drivel the critics loved)
Battle for Terra $2.99 (See? I ain’t the only one who uses ‘Terra’ for Earth)
Monsters vs Aliens $4.99
Santa Buddies $4.99
Spaceballs/WarpedVersion $4.99 (How could anyone muck up Star Wars more than Mel
Brooks? Must be pretty raunchy!)
TinkerBelle & the Lost Treasure $4.99
COD/KIDS/Movies
Aliens in the Attic $4.99
The Black Cauldron $2.99 (Sword & Sorcery animation- cool!)
Ducktales/Secret of the Lost Lamp $2.909 (Yeah a cartoon but a great one)
G-Force $4.99
Up $4.99
Robots $2.99
Wild Thornberrys $2.99
From now on I’ll post this list twice monthly and I’ll keep it under ‘Files’ rather than ‘Messages’ or ‘Blogs’ (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)
SYFY’s AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a duble eppy of Now&Then, Here&There(Kid kendo trainee tries to rescue cute gal but ends up in Terran future fighting for an insane King Hamdo. Army led by dedicated female Abelia. Relax, it’s only 13 eppys long and it’s half over!)
Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller’s debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit!
Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave’s role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I’d pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don’t fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as ‘Ed’ and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they’ll make of the ‘Bebop’, ‘Swordfish II’, ‘Redtail’ and ‘Hammerhead’? I don’t think Ed’s power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with ‘goggle monitors’ was named ‘Tomato’!
In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko’s XANA logo in the evil characters’ eyes.
In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what’s left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it’s on Showtime.
In Bleach Rukia’s Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo’s friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week’s eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?
Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen’s HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave ‘em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)
Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I’m afraid. Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too.
Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc ‘n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver’s Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians’ Gundamlike fighting suits are called. Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday’s eppy!
In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she’s now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who’s her baby’s father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don’t miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed’s SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar’s arm into a philosopher’s stone!
Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain’t telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don’t ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who’s the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam!
Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it’s so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly.
Mama’s new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.
Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn’t know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices.
I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks. Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD.
Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film.
SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff?
This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don’t play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I’ll post a pix or two soon.
Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard ‘Mr Spock’ Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault’s Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 63 at last.
Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. ANOL is giving me fits too. Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it’s coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7.
Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?
How about Tim Burton’s 9 and Pandorum eh?
I have now posted up to and including Ch 62 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid ‘author mills’ like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!
Don’t miss Showtime’s Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K’s Anime Friends. I’m on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments?
Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime’s Beat the Insiders and it’s called Saint K’s Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew ‘Divine Wind’ Brees and his ‘4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The ‘Saintly Terrors’ are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don’t worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there’s been no Ch 63 of Wings yet but I’ve been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 61 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.
A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn’t the Japanese ever hear of transports? I’d love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society’s Seretai? They’ve got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch’s ‘brother’ Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week’s eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it’s to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide.
Latest read was Danny Brown’s excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown’s a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he’s got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there.
Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer’s Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal’s in his 80’s! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith’s on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp!
I just began reading Ellery Queen’s ‘The Finishing Stroke’ mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me!
Here’s oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). That’s half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR’s haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments?
Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I’m interested to see if they are in my music collections.
Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus’s codes! I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? Zoe’s from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel’s command working with Neptune Command. The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri’s command, 2 under Kei’s and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel’s control. Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei’s exec? Probably Han Solo nai I’ll make him Yuri’s #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from ‘Starfleet’ to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer’s ‘Starcrusher’ crew?) joins ‘Starfleet’ and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese’s exec of course. How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn’t they? Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. Will they find the treasure trove? Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? Will he kill Johann Liebert? These are questions you don’t ask writers and authors my tomodachis!
Imagine that! Avatar has outgunned Sherlock Holmes and is already well past the quarter million $$ mark so do we have another Transformers 2 perhaps? Avatar took a Golden Globe as did Up and Avatar is still ruling the box office folks!
Just joined the Clan Nation Dawn Radicals at animeleague.net so y’all come by there and see me, ya hear? Just ask for the Keiman and if you want to join up with us tell ‘em the Keiman sent you. They are into everything anime and I mean everything guys and gals! Over there my chapters are posted under Literature & Writing and I have some cool welcome posts too. The Guide can be found there under Anime/Manga subforums.
OK a mystery pix for you and here’s a hint- she’s one of the Angels’ crew and under other circumstances she’d be in Kei’s brig! Good luck!
Time will tell eh? Time to go. Next edition will be shorter I promise. Sayonara all- K&K
AngelWingsCh67'YeomenComeHome'/'Royal Trtmt'
Marina Oki of the 'Liberator'
AW Ch 67 'Both Yeomen Come Home'/'Gina Gets the Royal Treatment'
Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?
ANGEL WINGS
DISCLAIMER: OK Feb darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 67 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-
CHAPTER 67
'Both Yeomen Come Home' or 'Gina Gets the Royal Treatment'
Stepping out of the shadows and snapping to attention Suba Marina Oki saluted Zach Zero.
"Sir! Lt Marina Oki wishes to return to her duties if you will have her, sir." said Marina crisply. Zero was taken aback momentarily.
"Don't be such an idiot! I've missed you, girl! Of course I'll have you back, love!" he replied and embraced her warmly.
Kei, Ojou and Kome hugged her and wished the ex-Subaltern the best of luck. Zero glanced nervously at the Boss.
"Since I'm taking away your yeoman I've brought you a replacement, Deirdre." he said cautiously. As if on cue Saiya turned on the water works again but it was Gina who saved the day. She stepped forward saluted the Boss.
"Ensign First Class Regina Langley Phillips reporting for yeoman duty, mum." she announced in ringing tones. Both Zero and a teary-aizued (eyed) Saiya St John were in shock!
"But I thought--" began the Eloisian girl and then she caught Gina's wink as did Zach.
"You really want to do this, kid? Transfer to the 3WA?" whispered Zero. Gina nodded curtly.
"Yes Cap, I do. I never really liked the 'Lib' all that much but 'Greenie' loves it there. Oki's going to be your exec so you'll still need a yeoman. Since 'Greenie' already has that job it all works out swell, doesn't it, sir? You shouldn't really have too much trouble replacing a simple space tech eh?" whispered Gina.
"Guess not kiddo. Good luck to you. This'll be like a nice homecoming for you, love. Sayonara." whispered Zach with a wink.
Zacharias Taylor Zero, the skipper of the 'Liberator'
"Homecoming, sir? I don't get it, Zach." whispered Gina.
"You will, Ensign. Trust me." he whispered and grinned. Gina turned to the stunning redhead.
"How about it, mum? I'm a damned good yeoman." said Gina. Zach grinned.
"And a damned good space tech, demo expert, gunner, navvie, comm relay operator, medic and not to mention a fully qualified and licenses starship pilot, Reds." chortled the skipper of the 'Liberator'. Kei stuck out a gloved hand.
"Welcome aboard, Gina. You can call me Kei or Boss and that's Yuri. This is YamKumi and that's our Kome over there beside her. Hell! Oro (What) the FXXX are we all still doing up here? Least I can do is buy us all a drink. To the bar." said the Boss.
"By the way Zach. Where are you three coming from, a bloody funeral? You look like storm troopers from ancient Terra for Christ's sake." she added.
Several rounds later Ojou and Kome had passed out and were asleep on the pool table. Yuri and Saiya were gossiping away. Kei and Zach had gone back upstairs to the conference room on Level Five to catch up on old times. Gina and Faye Valentine were drinking 'Gyrolian Slammers' and Kagome had just packed Kouga off to his bunk. The lift doors parted and suddenly Junpei the Elf Hunter leaped to his feet and snapped to attention.
"Ten Hut! Brigadier in the room!" he barked as Jett Black trundled an antigrav chair with Marlene Angel aboard into the rec room trailed by 'Cowboy' Spike Steigel who had a firm grip on the wrist of a tow-headed carrot top tomboy wearing pajamas emblazoned with red starships. Faye glanced up and ticked ashes from her cigar.
"Oh. It's only Angel. Relax gang, it's just Mar." she chuckled and signalled Griff for two more refills, their tenth round of booze. Gina was sitting bolt upright in her chair.
"Hey Cowgirl! Did you just say Angel? Mar Angel? Mar like in Marlene?" asked Gina.
"Yeah. She's our second officer, the Brigadier. Why? You know her or something?" asked Faye.
"Maybe. Is she from 'Earth 2', Faye?" replied an excited Gina.
"Yeah. I think so, kiddo." answered a bored cowgirl and she blew a smoke ring or two. Gina Phillips had already raced across the room.
"Lt Angel? You are LT Angel, aren't you, mum? From 'Earth 2' Academy?" demanded an eager young Ensign. Mar noticed the name 'Phillips' on Gina's uniform patch.
"Ensign Phillips? Not little Gina Phillips? My best student? (Gina nodded with tears streaming down both cheeks) Little Gina, Little Gina Phillip. I just cannot believe it. Great to see you. Oro (What) the Sam Hell are you doing way out here?" asked Mar, hugging her former student in a death grip. Gina explained the circumstances of her arrival.
"Oro (What) has happened to you, mum? Oh my! It- It's not permanent, is it? The chair is what I mean, mum?" stammered Gina. A small voice beside her leg piped up.
"Blonde Lady almost kicked the bucket last month but she OK now, Orange Lady. Hey! You know Martin Boorman, Lady? We studied about him in ancient history class." said the tow-headed kid.
"That'll be enough of that crap, Ed! Bedtime for you. Hey Kaggie! Take Ed up for me, will ya? I'm beat." said Spike. Mar managed a wan smile.
The kid's right, Gina but it's a really long story. Yuri Donovan's our medic and she insisted on the antigrav chair. I feel just fine but she said no duty for another whole week." explained Mar ruefully.
"Brigadier? So then you're really the Boss? Then who was that big-mouthed redhead I met earlier tonight?" asked a more than a bit tipsy Gina Phillips.
"I am a Brigadier and for the time being second in command aboard ship but that big-mouthed redhead is a Marshall and she's the CO, kid, not me. Her name's Kei O'Halloran." explained Mar. Gina paled.
"And Yuri's name is Donovan, mum? (Mar nodded) Holy crap! You don't mean that I just signed on as yeoman for the 'Dirty Pair'?" blurted out Gina.
"That's 'Lovely Angels', dammit!" grumbled a violet-maned girl sitting at the bar. She looked for all the world like Snow White from the ancient Terran kiddie fairy tale books.
"I think I already met your wicked queen stepmother upstairs." giggled a totally plastered Ensign. Since Kagome and Kikyo had marched Ed off to her bunk Mar called Spike over.
"Put the Ensign across my lap and hold her steady, Spike. Let's go Jett. Home Kato." ordered the blonde and off they went. Meanwhile--
"It's been nice jawing with you again, Deirdre but duty calls. I'll have Gina's stuff sent over before we split ashita (tomorrow). Good night, my love." said Zach Zero.
"I'll walk you down to the 'Freelander', Zachie. You're loaded and the last thing I need is to have you fall down a lift shaft tonight." growled the redhead. Zach raised a fist heavenwards.
"One small step for man and one giant leap for--" said Zero who took two steps and fell flat on his face. Kei sighed and bent forward.
"Let's go, sweet prince." she said and effortlessly hoisted the big galoot onto her shoulders in the classic fireman's carry.
Jar Jar Binks was Zach's shuttle pilot and promised to get his skipper back home and safely into his bunk. He also swore faithfully to to bring Gina's belongings over before the 'Lib' left next day.
"So we have a new yeoman, Boss?" asked Mar and the redhead nodded. The Boss and her exec were having java and scones at a small table in the rec room or rather Mar was having java while Kei was drinking whiskey.
"Yeah. Gina Phillips. She's just an Ensign but she's a Helluva lot more, Blondie. She sorta reminds me of you. I think I'll make her an acting lieutenant and if she catches on OK she'll keep the gold bar." said Kei.
"Huh? A second looey that quick? You didn't promote me for three whole months, Boss." teased the blonde.
"She's good, Mar. I say she'll easily have railroad tracks (captain's bars) before we drop off Zorin. Hey, let me introduce you. Here she comes now." said the Red Marshall. Mar suppressed a giggle.
"Hullo Mar, Lieutenant I mean Brigadier Angel, mum." said Gina saluting the blonde and the redhead. Kei ignored the salute as usual but Mar returned it and grinned.
"You are quite right, Boss. She is good and did you know that she graduated third in her class of sixteen thousand? She damned well oughta be good. I taught her everything she knows. At the 'Earth 2' Academy a long time ago." said the blonde proudly. She stuck hr hand into her fanny pack and pulled out a pair of golden bars. She bent forward and pinned one on each of Gina's shoulder tabs. Each bar was divided by a white stripe which signified 'acting' in this case an acting second lieutenant.
"Congratulations kiddo, you are now an acting second lieutenant." said Mar and she saluted the young Ensign. Then she hugged Gina warmly. Acting Lt Phillips looked as confused as Hell.
"But Captain Zero said I wouldn't make acting second looey for another year at least, mum!" she said.
"You're in the 3WA and the 'UG' now, Phillips, not the 'GC'. We promote based on merit, not time in grade." growled the redhead.
"Look at me. I'm a Marshall and I ain't even twenty-one yet." she added. Mar lit a cheroot.
"I'm a Brigadier and you know I'm only twenty-eight, Gina. Things get done a lot differently over in the 3WA. Oh, you gear's going to be dropped off tomorrow before Zach leaves and in the meantime let's find you a 3WA uniform. You look like one of Himmler's storm troopers in that get-up." giggled the blonde.
"Put her in with the 'Royal's I guess. We just moved them up to Four, didn't we? (Mar nodded) Rep up something in the morning for her. Just give her one of Yuri's old TC uniforms for now. Congratulations, Phil." said the Boss and she headed for the bar. Mar smiled at her.
"Unless you'd like to wear my old uniform, kid?" she whispered. Mar remembered what the old TC uniforms were like. They resembled two crossed diapers for the loins and a very brief top barely reaching the midsection. Over the knee Cavalier boots and long opera length gloves completed the ensemble. Yuck!
"That would be super, mum." agreed Gina happily. She had heard stories about those old TC uniforms.
"Look. Around here we're all on a first name basis so call me Mar and call her either Kei or the Boss." said Mar. They had acquired their chaperones Spike and Jett after they had left the rec room and now they were all heading down the Level Four hallway bound for the 'Royal Castle' as the suite housing Ivanhoe's mob had been dubbed. Spike tapped the door klaxon and a small surly dwarf opened it.
"Yeah? What d'ya want? Oh howdy Lady Marlene. Lord Jett. Lord Spikey. (He raised his voice to a bellow) Ivy! Becky! We got company! Oh er won't you please come in? I don't believe I've had the pleasure of knowing this charming young lady. I am Odo, milady. At your service." he said and bent forward to kiss her gloved hand. Gina smiled at his old world manners.
"Gina Phillips. A pleasure to meet you, sir." she said and extended her hand. Without warning, a heavy gauntleted hand closed over her hand and Odo's.
END of Ch 67. Ch 68 'A Yeoman Amazed' or 'A Yeoman Shocked' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K
I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!
Hope ya had a happy and safe Kurisumasu and a nice Akeome. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but the Angels do! 1 Jan is Flash Kei's birthday!
Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here's to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.
PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K
See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K
This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&K
Ivanhoe is our Dark Knight!
TV Anime COD Guide for January 2010
07 January 2010
TV Anime COD Guide for January 2010 5 Jan 10
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COD Guide for Anime TV Viewing for JANUARY 2010 5 JAN 2010
Meet our own anime babe spokesgal- Neko Olson. animeontv.com has theirs so we have ours too. Neko (kudos to highteckdudu who created her and allows me to use her image and character in my fanfictions) is a shapeshifting nekomata/demon/cat (neko is cat in Japanese)/human/trill. Read all about her in Xmas with the Dirty Pair here in Chatterbox and in Angel Wings at http://www.eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/blogs and look for another stunning work of art from HTDD in an upcoming Xmas chapter here at Chatterbox.
Kudos to the Q&A gang here at GAIA for telling me how to post pix using Photobucket and I forgot that I already had an account there! I’m so used to posting from EONS that I never thought of anyplace else. A big domo arigatou to both xi-kwoo and Mystic Deadman for all their help.
Anyway as this is 5 Jan 2010 Akeome a lil late and this is the very first edition of ComcastOnDemand TV Anime Viewing Guide for the new year folks! First I’ll list the OnDemand anime and some cartoon listings for this part of January and then I’ll list the other items of interest regarding anime series, films, books, reviews, NFL, cooking tips, golf tips, videos, audios, etc. You are liable to find just about anything at all here each post depending on the whims of my EONS(aah) and/or YG(AH1) groups or my bloggees, readers, posters or whoever.
Most eps and films are free but some are pay per view and are so marked. PPV anime series eps are usually first ep free then 99 cents each additional ep, films are usually $2.99 or $4.99 but some may be a bit higher. Oh yeah and I list some kids films that are a bit animeic but not all of them. I also as a favour to a dear tomodachi of mine include one cartoon series eps every single edition. The show’s about a group of helpful firefighters in a small Welsh fishing village called PontyPandy. The eps are free and can be found here:
COD/KIDS/Sprout/FiremanSam 
Cry Wolf Fireman Sam the Welsh firefighter on Sprout
Dinosaur Hunt
Floating Cart
Sheep On the Road (NEW) 
Sam, Elvis and Station Officer Steele from Fireman Sam on Sprout
COD/CuttingEdge/AdultSwim/Action
Big O Ep 20
Bleach Ep 3
Code Geass Ep 24
Ghost in the Shell Eps 19 to 21
InuYasha Eps 152 to 155
FunimationAnimes vary but many are free. All can be found here folks:
COD/CE/FA/Drama-Comedy
Air Gear Eps 15-16
Case Closed Eps 51 to 53
Fruits Basket Eps 19-20
Negativo! Eps 14-15
Shuffle! Eps 14-15
COD/CE/FA/Action-Fantasy
Black Cat Eps 5-6
Gunslinger Girl II Teano Eps 3 to 6
Solty Rei Eps 13-14
Tsubasa Chronicles Eps 15-16
xxxHolic Eps 20-21
COD/CE/FA
Devil May Cry Eps 3 to 6
Glass Fleet Eps 17 to 20
COD/CE/FA/AnimeSelects
Gundam Seed Destiny Eps 23 to 26
Vampire Princess Miyu Eps 13-14
COD/CE/FA/Specials ($2.99 each)
Rin Mnemosyne 1-2
Soul Eater Eps 1 to 3
Soul Eater Eps 4 to 6
COD/CE/FA (First ep free and 99 cents each additional ep)
D Grey-Man Eps 43 to 45
Hunter x Hunter Eps 14 to 16
Nana Eps 24 to 27
Nabari No Ou Eps 19 to 21
Blassreiter Eps 16 to 18
Dragonaught Eps 16 to 18
El Cazador Eps 13 to 15
Spice & Wolf Eps 10-11
COD/PremiumChannels/HBO
AI (Artificial Intelligence sorta like Ghost in the Shell but def for kids)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (The guys and Splinter, Casey & April vs the Shredder again)
COD/PC/Starz
Hellboy- Blood & Iron (Ron Pearlstein voices this cigar chomping superhero demon in an animated film based on the movies and anime series)
Hellboy- Sword of the Storms (Reds is back and after a magical blade in Japan)
COD/FreeMovies
Battle Force 5 (Video game film)
Legend of Atlantis (animated version of timeless classic film)
X-Men- Reckoning (Ep of anime series but a shame Hugh Jackman didn’t voice Wolverine)
X-Men- Wolverine (How Wolvie met Xavier and company)
COD/Movies/ByGenre/Animation
9 $4.99 (Tim Burton’s end of world epic not NINE that yucky drivel the critics loved)
Battle for Terra $2.99 (See? I ain’t the only one who uses ‘Terra’ for Earth)
Spaceballs/WarpedVersion $4.99 (How could anyone muck up Star Wars more than Mel
Brooks? Must be pretty raunchy!)
OK here is our meagre anime fare in Brookhaven PA- USA these days. All times Eastern:
MONDAYS
11 PM to 1 AM on SYFY
2 eppys of Monster/2 eppys of Now&Then, Here&There
TUESDAYS
11:30 PM on IFC
A single eppy of Basilisk
WED to FRI and SUNDAYS– Nothing at all!
SATURDAYS
12:30 AM to 6 AM on CartoonNetwork’s AdultSwim
12:30 AM to 1:30 AM Bleach (two eppys)
1:30 AM to 2:30 AM Fullmetal Alchemist (two eppys)
2:30 AM to 3:00 AM Cowboy Bebop (Just restarted. Cowboy bounty hunters in space)
3:00 AM to 5:00 AM Death Note (4 eppys)
5:00 AM to 6:00 AM InuYasha (2 eppys once more- yay!)
From now on I’ll post this list twice monthly and I’ll keep it under ‘Files’ rather than ‘Messages’ or ‘Blogs’ (at www.Eons.com/groups/group/anime-a-holics/Files)
The ‘teaser’ beginning of the chapter on blog’s first page and the balance in the comment/reply is how I’ll post my fanfiction chappies from now on unless it’s a short chapter that is.
SYFY’s AniMonday (11 PM to 1 AM ET) is a double eppy of Monster (Doctor running from the law for a crime he did not do- sound familiar?) followed by a duble eppy of Now&Then, Here&There(Kid kendo trainee tries to rescue cute gal but ends up in Terran future fighting for an insane King Hamdo. Army led by dedicated female Abelia. Relax, it’s only 13 eppys long and it’s half over!)
Good news from SYFY folks! AniMonday has been expanded from 9 PM ET to 1 AM ET with the first two hours called Chiller. Chiller will feature unusual and scary anime film masterpieces beginning with Blood:The Last Vampire which spawned the Blood+ saga and a brand new live action film now running in theatres. Looks like 24 August will be Chiller’s debut. If you get SYFY in the SE PA-USA area you are still getting Star Trek-TNG reruns from 9 to 11 ET on Mondays dammit!
Hey WitchBlade the film (with Sarah Pezzini not Masane Amaha- yech!) will hit theatres in a year or so while DragonBall and Death Note are already out there showing. Many more anime based flicks are coming soon and they are filming Bebop with Keanu Reeves in Dave’s role as Spike Steigel. For Jett I’d pick LF- Larry Fishburne or even MF- Morgan Freeman. Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson don’t fit the mold. How about Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana as ‘Ed’ and Lindsay Lohan as Faye Valentine? (Rafe) Donnelly could be Tommie Lee Jones. Hey I oughta be a Hollywood cast finder eh? Gad, I wonder how much of a muckup they’ll make of the ‘Bebop’, ‘Swordfish II’, ‘Redtail’ and ‘Hammerhead’? I don’t think Ed’s power scooter had a name although we all know the computer she wore on her head with ‘goggle monitors’ was named ‘Tomato’!
In both Code Geas and in FMA some of the characters have a special logo in their eye a la Code Lyoko’s XANA logo in the evil characters’ eyes.
In both Death Note and Bleach there are specific hints as to character origins. In DN Ryuuk tells Light Yagami that any user of the DN book can neither go to Heaven nor Hell after death. So what’s left? Shinigami World meaning that DN book users after death become Shinigami death gods- right? Guess what live TV series is a DN parallel series? Hint- it’s on Showtime.
In Bleach Rukia’s Squad 13 captain (the one that is always sick as a rule) tells a subordinate that Ichigo’s friends are special with unusually high spiritual pressures. He goes on to say that he would not be at all surprised if after death they became soul reapers themselves after they had passed on to the Soul Society. Renji Abari committed a minor faux pas in this week’s eppy. While fighting one of the Arrancar Hollows he told him that by the time Kiske arrived the Arrancar himself would be dead. He apparently forgot that all Hollows are already dead to begin with. For that matter are soul reapers really alive or dead?
Ichigo, Urryuu and Chad have just met three Arrancars and their pet in the Wako Mundo desert on their way to Las Noches (The Nights) which is Aizen’s HQ fortress. Seems not all Arrancars and Hollows are bad because these guys gave ‘em a lift and are guiding them to LN. Live and learn guys. Why are they in WM? Aizen has Orihime of course! (see new post for more)
Bleach pulled a bummer on us and has dropped back 30 eppys to the first time the Vizoreds came to Kara Kura Town so no new stuff for awhile I’m afraid. Try bleachanime.org which has every single eppy on DL. New club Bleach4Ever just started up on FaceBook too.
Discovered why Moribito theme music is so familiar. Group is Arc ‘n ciel who did the GTO theme Driver’s Edge. Early OT and ET for Death Note are done by Nightmare group which is what the Black Knights and Brittanians’ Gundamlike fighting suits are called. Is this the end of Morabito? Sure seemed like it after Saturday’s eppy!
In FMA Ed has learned truth behind the Ishbaal massacre of fifteen years ago while brother Al has just discovered the identity of the Homunculi leader from the snake chimera Marta seconds before she was murdered by the #7 Homunculus- the Fuehrer King Bradley himself. He is Pride- the seventh deadly sin! But- who is his boss? Rose of Lior has become pals with Lira the girl alchemist who used to be with Yochi the state alchemist army lieutenant and she’s now called the Holy Mother but she has gone mute and who’s her baby’s father? The climax seems to be fast approaching and it promises to be exciting so don’t miss it gang! Hohenheim the Elrics dad is back and going after Dante. Al has become a deadly time bomb courtesy of an unknowing Scar and an evil Kimlee the Crimson Alchemist who used the red stones in Ed’s SAA watch to transmute the souls in Scar’s arm into a philosopher’s stone!
Another Bleach note- why did Aizen want Orihime kidnapped? What or who is the sojioque he has stolen which will awaken in the winter? Who is the lad newly born from its power? What does Kiske know which he ain’t telling? Can Ichigo defeat his Espada nemesis? Don’t ya just love that jutsu used by Captain Toshiro Hitagawa- reign over the frosted heavens! then the name of his zambatou? A version of it is used by the evil Dragon Emporer in Mummy 3 when Jet Li turns a field of snow into jagged ice stalagmites. Of course he has mastery over the five Chinese elements- fire, water, earth, wood and metal! If there are only five elements in Chinese philosophy then how can there be an avatar or guardian of the air- Avatar the Last Airbender? Air is not one of those elements! And who’s the looney tunes Espada poor Rangiku is stuck with? Avatar in theatres is NOT Avatar the Last Airbender. Instead Avatar is like a BGR or a Gundam!
Getting into DLs and ULs and burning CDs again. Finally got myself into attaching videos to messages like I do pix now and thanks to Blaine it’s so easy! Check out the fave anime moments/eppys message log here. Several Angelic contributions are there courtesy of yours truly.
Mama’s new read is Helma from the Tros of Samothrace series. Ho hum so far. Tros is getting interesting now- very interesting with refs to English countryside landmarks.
Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol was just excellent! I loved it. A lot of Freemason stuff in it I didn’t know. If any of you are Literary Guild members by all means check out the secret societies books they have at reasonable prices.
I have just added three plums to my anime vids collection: Complete DVD sets of Noir, Gasaraki and Tactics. I already have the complete set of Black Lagoon on DVD and partials on Blood+, Cyborg 009, FMA, Bleach and a few others. I have the first 7 eppys of Morabito and am on the lookout for the set. Bobby has the complete set of Trigun and Mama has the complete set of Gunslinger Girl and Witchblade. Anyone else have any new acquisitions to talk about? If so blog it here or post some messages folks. Bobby has Monster and I have My Santa and I just got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians on DVD.
Now have Bebop movie on DVD and VHS. Just got GS Innocence 2 and Haunting in Connecticutt. Thundercats came at last for Mama. Still have yet to watch DB Evolution film.
SYFY is airing Destination Truth which is like JBs old Digging for the Truth on HC. DT is hosted by Josh Bates or Gates and looks pretty good. Anyone know why SYFY considers wrestling science fiction stuff?
This just in folks! Josh Bernstein has revamped his website and is now using Twitter too. He has a fab group called JBs Group at YG. Dan Brown is on both Twitter and FaceBook now. What do you guys think about my starting an anime recipes file and a golf tips corner either here or at AH1 or somewhere else? Animeinfor.org is the only place I have ever seen an anime recipes section. As for golf tips- what can I say? I love golf- passionately even if I don’t play as much as I used to. Gomen but I just remem,bered this. Kudos to Robert the artist for hire for finding Dan Doh- probably the only anime series about golf itself! Sadly there are no dubs of it just subs. It can be found at VEOH and hulu quite easily. I’ll post a pix or two soon.
Another great show was In Search Of narrated by Leonard ‘Mr Spock’ Nimoy and I recall an eppy of theirs re the Knights Templar and Foucault’s Pendulum. If anyone knows where I can find a copy of those gems on VHS or DVD onegai let me know. A big domo arigatou in advance for your assistance. Gotta really go now and get some blogging done and maybe post Chapter 63 at last.
Just began reposting Xmas w/ the DP at www.gaia.com/forums/chatterbox/christmaswiththedirtypairChapter2 and just posted Chapter 1 (after Ch 50- sorry long story gang) and have now posted Ch 52 as well. Great pix too as I am now illustrating my posts of Xmas over there. Wings will follow as soon as I finish posting it here and at ff.net. ANOL is giving me fits too. Just found out I may get an HP Windows 7 for Kurisumasu. Actually it’s coming ashita and I just emailed Justin for some help in transitioning from Vista to W7.
Has anyone seen G Force yet? How about Haunting in Connecticut? Someone has suggested at FaceBook that our anime is dead. Boy did that ever open a potboiler of contention! If anime is dead well nobody told Hollywood! DragonBall, Watchmen, GI Joe, Blood:TLV, Transformers2, the list seems endless eh?
How about Tim Burton’s 9 and Pandorum eh?
I have now posted up to and including Ch 62 of Wings. I am trying to get Xmas and Wings rewritten and published. Think they will sell? A note to budding authors- Avoid ‘author mills’ like AuthorAmerica and AuthorHouse. All they want is for you to pay them to publish YOUR works! They guarantee nothing! Likewise avoid AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info and inspiration. They are quite negative and attempt to discourage a struggling author!
Don’t miss Showtime’s Inside the NFL tonight at 9, 10 or 11 PM ET. Play Beat the Insiders at beattheinsiders.com and join my group there- Saint K’s Anime Friends. I’m on FaceBook now you know. This is getting to be more like a newsletter than a guide. Any suggestions? I am considering a monthly golf tips column and a recipe file a la animeinfo.org. I just posted (Files) two Thanksgiving dinner menus. Comments?
Sports fans! I just started a group at Showtime’s Beat the Insiders and it’s called Saint K’s Anime Friends. Come & join me there and at FanIQ.com if you like. By the way my Saints are the highest scoring team in the league with 120 points in just 3 games. They are at 3-0 and lead their division. Our offense is #3 and our defense is #10. Quite a rise from #19 and #30 last season eh? Drew ‘Divine Wind’ Brees and his ‘4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ have outscored Detroit 45-27, Eagles 48-22 and Bills 27-7. In that last game TO never got close to a ball! The ‘Saintly Terrors’ are stepping up at last to complement our offense. Enough re that. Oro do ya think of a recipe file here and/or a golf tips column maybe once a month? Don’t worry because I have tons of recipes and loads of advice for duffers. Sorry there’s been no Ch 63 of Wings yet but I’ve been really busy with blogs, surveys, polls, reviews, guides, posts and now sports NFL groups. Soon I promise you will see Ch 61 and maybe even the end of Wings before Xmas.
A pet peeve here folks. Why is it that in most anime the characters either walk (InuYasha) or run (Bleach) everywhere they go? Didn’t the Japanese ever hear of transports? I’d love to see how Kagome could get an SUV through the well! Cars in the Soul Society’s Seretai? They’ve got wide enough roads there surely? And Ninjas and Samurai never seem to have carts, chariots or wagons although Samurai rode horses which was why they made the Zanzabatous like the one used by Zanza on Kenshin. Balsa did ride a stallion for awhile on Morabito and on Code Geas Lelouch’s ‘brother’ Rollo does have a motorbike w/ sidecar. Trains are the transport on FMA although Mustang and Hawkeye did have a car in last week’s eppy. DN and Blood+ have cars, boats, trains, planes and the like. So does GS and Bebop. Naruto has modern stuff but no transports. Guess it’s to each his own meaning whatever the creators decide.
Latest read was Danny Brown’s excellent fifth work The Lost Symbol (soon to be a flick?) which was quite good if a bit wordy. Damned thing took me 3 days to read! With 2012 in the theatres it was quite apropos. Hints: A famous statue stands in front of the CIA HQ building in Langley and is a pivotal part of the storyline. There are a lot of hidden details in Washington DC and Dan Brown’s a history buff as well as a secret society expert. He more than proved that in Angels & Demons and then again in the DaVinci Code. By the way he’s got a very entertaining website at www.danbrown.com so if you like tricky logic puzzles and codes by all means visit him there.
Oro else have I read recently? Sax Rohmer’s Shadow of FuManchu. He is the old-fashioned Darth Vader and the leader of a group out to save the Earth from its inhabitants. They are called The Seven. His nemesis is a Scotland Yarder named Sir Denis Nayland-Smith who with his trusty sidekick Dr Petrie pursues Dr FuManchu the same way Holmes and Watson pursued Prof Moriarty all those years. His latest escapade involves collecting scientists and killing anyone in his way. Looks like the Brits, Yanks, Russians and Aussies will have to band together to defeat Fu and Huan Tsung his sidekick. Some pair- Fu was at least 90 when Smith met him 60 years ago (Fu has the secret of eternal life. Has he discovered the FMA Stone?) and his pal’s in his 80’s! Geriatric? Far from it! Smith’s on his own this time unless you count his scientific buddy Carter who is about as useful as Zorro against Darth Vader! What a wimp!
I just began reading Ellery Queen’s ‘The Finishing Stroke’ mystery classic. A bit like Lost Symbol- it has a cypher EQ must solve to find the killer and it takes him over 20 years to bring the miscreant to justice! A must read for EQ fans like me!
Here’s oro the Keiman wants for Kurisumasu (Christmas) and I doubt if such a thing even exists. A wall clock (battery powered) that plays anime themes every hour on the hour. Now oro themes would it have? Nonstop Angel (DP Flash); Billy in Despair (Death Note); Life is a Boat (Bleach); Real Folk Blues (Bebop); Freckles (Rurouni Kenshin); Guardian of the Spirit (Morabito). That’s half and for the rest how about Sailor Moon, InuYasha, RaveMaster, Gurren Lagann, NOIR’s haunting watch melody and another Angels theme? Comments?
Oro anime music would you suggest for an anime wall clock? I’m interested to see if they are in my music collections.
Wanna know what my third ff will be re? Sorry re is Latin for about and is used as an abbreviation for about by many publishing houses and whatnot. Think this is something? You oughta try and read my class notes from school & college? One guy thought I was using Nostradamus’s codes! I use a little bit of everything when I write as you well know. Anyway my new and as yet untitled ff will concern the search for the lost Templar treasures- on Neptune or Pluto! Why? Zoe’s from Pluto and I have the Big O contingent under Alan Gabriel’s command working with Neptune Command. The Angels will be back with Angel 1 under Yuri’s command, 2 under Kei’s and 3 under Flight Kommandant Marlene Angel’s control. Her exec- Suba(ltern) FC/Acting Commodore Kome Sawaguchi- who else! Kei’s exec? Probably Han Solo nai I’ll make him Yuri’s #1 and Kei will use Mr (Joey) Bishop who will transfer from ‘Starfleet’ to the 3WA when Ellen Rodgers (remember her from John Berringer’s ‘Starcrusher’ crew?) joins ‘Starfleet’ and is promoted to Lt Commander status by Admiral Janeway herself! Reg Barclay is still Kiva Nerese’s exec of course. How does the 3WA and the UG get roped into a treasure hunt and can I keep the Rune Soldier treasure hunters out of this one? These require more thinking on my part but I believe descendants of both Lord Caervarvon and Howard Carter stumble onto a starmap in a hidden Templar temple- in Iceland! Could the Templars have created star craft that exceed our own devices today? Hell yeah- why not? Banking, credit, cheques, letters of credit, credit cards, computers- they invented all that stuff, didn’t they? Oh yeah a new pilot has joined the force- 2nd Lt Legato Bluesummers has been assigned as shuttle pilot for the Michaelangelo on the Angel 2. Will they find the treasure trove? Will Dexter Morgan ever get caught? Will Dr Tenma be vindicated? Will he kill Johann Liebert? These are questions you don’t ask writers and authors my tomodachis!
Imagine that! Avatar has outgunned Sherlock Holmes and is already well past the quarter million $$ mark so do we have another Transformers 2 perhaps?
Time will tell eh? Time to go. Next edition will be shorter I promise. Sayonara all- K&K
Graphic novel Angels with Faye Valentine, Mugghi and Ein
Vash the Stampede from Gunsmoke is taking dead aim on you!
AngelWings Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading'/'Homecoming'
AW Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading'/'Homecoming' 
That teacher up there is Kumiko 'YamKumi' Ooedo the 'ojou' or princess of the Ooedo Yakuzza Clan of ancient Terran Japan and those are her students from Shirokin HS. Only Fuji her inu (doggie) pug-nosed bulldog in his matching red/white tracksuit is with the Gokusen or 'gangster teacher' aboard the 'LA2'- no students came with her.
AW Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading'/'Homecoming'
This is what the graphic novel Angels look like with Mugghi. Gad! I think they all look like wimps, don't you gang?
AW Ch 66
Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?
ANGEL WINGS
DISCLAIMER: OK Coop darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 65 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-
CHAPTER 66
'Yeoman Trading' or 'Homecoming'
YamKumi was a bit tentative as she tapped the Boss on the shoulder. Ojou was very upset whenever she had to deliver potentially bad news especially to Kei O'Halloran!
"Boss? Excuse me ma'am but Captain Zach said he'd be over to visit a little later tonight." she ventured timidly. Kei came to a screeching halt and grabbed Ojou's arm.
"Oro (What) the Sam Hell did you just say, YamKumi?" yelled the redhead who was shaking the Yakuzza heiress back and forth.
"Zach said he's coming over to see you tonight around one I mean 0100 hours, Boss." said Ojou.
"Dammit! Oro (What) the FXXX does he want I wonder? He bringing 'Greenie' with him? You know Saiya St John? His yeoman?" asked Kei.
"Yeah. Why?" asked YamKumi suspiciously.
"He wants to make a trade, kid. Our own lil Suba(Subaltern) Marina Oki used to be his exec. Now he's got this Eloisian girl- an Ensign. He wants to swap yeomen with me I'll bet. Saiya for Marina. That's gotta be it." growled the redhead. Kome's aizu (eyes) went wide.
"You gonna just let her go, Boss? She's been a damned good yeoman for us ya know!" said the strawberry blonde teen. Kei shrugged.
"It's up to her. If she wants to go I won't stand in her way. (Kei grinned) Wonder if Saiya knows the score though? Diplomacy ain't one of Zachie's strong suits." she chuckled merrily.
"Look who's talking about diplomacy." said YamKumi to Kome a little too loudly.
"You say something Ojou?" asked Kei.
"Me? No, I just asked Kome if she's ever met Mr Zero before is all." replied the heiress hurriedly.
"Dunno. I think she did, kid. I don't think you've ever had the pleasure or your doggie there." said Kei nonchalantly. The 'doggie' was Ojou's and as usual he was wearing his red/white tracksuit. Fuji was a pug-nosed bulldog and quite a fighter to boot. Devoted to Kumiko Ooedo his mistress who was heiress apparent to one of the most powerful Yakuzza Clans in ancient Terran Japan he waddled dutifully beside YamKumi wherever the 'ojou' or princess was wont to go. Suddenly Kome recalled something.
"Hey Yammie! Wasn't that back around the time you had to go back home (Shimougou) and visit with your ancestours or something? So you never did meet Zachie boy." said the strawberry blonde teen.
"Yeah only it was her descendants Kome. Don't worry. You'll meet him tonight, kid." said Kei and she spun on her heel and headed for her quarters.
"Hurry up Boss. Your boyfriend'll be her real soon." chortled Kome. Kei gave her an icy glare but said nothing. Meanwhile aboard the 'Liberator' several storm clouds were brewing.
"But sir! I really like working here on the 'Lib' as your yeoman. I just don't understand, Captain. Has my work not been satisfactory? Have I displeased you in some way, sir? Why don't you want me anymore?" sobbed Saiya St John.
"It ain' that Honey. It's just that I've got a chance to get Marina back. Only Reds won't give her up without a fight- unless she gets something in exchange for her. That's where you come in, my dear Saiya. Believe me Saiya. If there was any other possible way that--" soothed Zach Zero. Suddenly the Eloisian girl's tears were replaced by flashing angry golden orbs.
"So I'm the 'Kewpie doll'? The damned 'booby prize'? You'd rather have Oki back that much that you'd trade me for her? Fine! I am sick and tired of this scrap heap junkyard of yours anyhow! I quit!!" yelled the green-haired Eloisian and she stormed off the bridge. The tears were back now- with a vengeance.
Zach grabbed the arm of a passing space tech engineer.
"Gina! Tell Saiya that I want her in dress blacks and ready to leave by 0030 hours (half an hour past midnight) and tell her I will not accept her resignation, not yet anyway. Dress blacks for you as well. I'm taking both of you to the 'Angel 2' with me later tonight and that's an order, Ensign. Understood?" ordered Zero. Gina shook off his hand.
"Aye sir." replied Ensign First Class Regina Langley Phillips. Gina was a graduate of 'Earth 2 Academy' where she had finished third in her class of 16,000 cadets. She'd been mentored and trained by a feisty blonde bombshell (Ah ah- that would be telling) who had been a famous 'Blues' fighter on Terra. Gina was a fully qualified space tech and worked as an assistant engineer aboard the 'Liberator'. Phila was also a fully licensed pilot, navigator, gunner, comm relay operator, scanner, demolitions expert and medic. Had Saiya not already been Zero's yeoman she was fully trained and qualified in that capacity too.
Gina was shorter than most of the female staff aboard being a mere 5'5" in height but she had a trim lithe figure and was a crack shot with a laser gun as well as with any other weapon you might care to name. A black belt in both karate and jeet-kun-do she was very accomplished in the forbidden arts known as hakuto shin ken or killing with a touch. Gina could hit you with an autohypo like lightning and got along very well with most of her shipmates and superiors.
Gina shared a suite with Saiya fulltime and temporarily with most of the female cosmic leaders and their staffs. This number included Mrs Leia Skywalker Organa Solo. When Gina got to her quarters Saiya was being consoled by Leia, 'Dragon Lady' Janeway and half a dozen other female cosmic leaders and junior officers. 'Greenie' had been bawling nonstop ever since she had rushed in and begun packing up her duffle bags with her belongings. Gina felt lousy right down to the pit of her guts but she had been given a direct order by a superior officer dammit! She squared her shoulders, knocked loudly and walked into Saiya's small bedroom.
"The Captain chooses not to accept your resignation at this time, Saiya. Furthermore you and I have both been ordered to accompany him later this evening when he visits Marshall O'Halloran aboard the 'Angel 2' therefore we must report to the 'Freelander' by 0030 hours in our dress blacks. (Gina glanced at her wristchromo) It's almost 2340 hours (11:40 PM) so we've less than an hour. Stop blubbering and get changed, Saiya. I'll meet you in the living room in a half hour. Understand?" said Gina.
"Uh huh." sniffled the Eloisian girl and Gina strode next door to the room she was sharing with Julia Jean Servalan, the Supreme Commander of the 'Ligurian Federation'. She slammed the door behind her and Julia Servalan looked up from her holovid novel. She was an ash blonde whose hair was almost silvery white. Despite this she looked little older than Gina although truth be told she was more than three score and ten. As usual Servie was wearing a daring shortie kimono of blazing crimson over a pair of sheer pink pajamas.
"You're going to bed already, Servie? It's not even midnight." said Gina, kicking off her boots and unzipping her flight suit. She stepped out of the coveralls and yanked on her dress black shirt. At six and a half feet Servie towered over her roommie.
"Man trouble, Phil?" she asked sympathetically.
"Yeah! And his name's Zacharias Taylor Zero dammit!" sulked the angry young Ensign. She cinched her tie so savagely her throat turned red. Servie adjusted her tie and sat down on the bunk.
"Zachie wants his old flame bac aboard but she's a Sub(Subaltern) in the 3WA. However, Lover Boy thinks she really wants to come back home even thoguh it'll mean dropping back two ranks to do it. She's travelling aboard the 'Angel 2' and he plans on asking her to come back tonight. Now he figures the Marshall won't just hand her over to him so he's bringing her a peace offering inexchange- 'Greenie'! I guess I'm to be the guardian chaperone or something. Problem is he never considered 'Greenie's feelings for a moment. Hell he never even asked her first! Nope! He just up and told her about the swap and that was that! I though sure slavery was abolished way back in 2011 at those 'Thrushyn-Tyling' conferences? Zach Zero is a callous cruel heartless Chauvinist pig!" ylled Gina while Servie helped her into her black blazer. Gina zipped it up tight and allowed Servalan to buckle on her weapons sash and adjust the strap.
"It's just not fair, Servie!" cried Gina while she was pulling on her highly polished jackboots. She leaped to her feet and faced Servalan- head to chin.
"Well how about it? Do I pass muster, Servie?" grinned Gina.
"Sure. After you put your pants on that is." giggled the taller woman. Gina smiled and climbed into her dress black trousers. She tugged on her gauntlets, squared her saucer cap atop her orange locks and slung her dark greatcoat around her slim shoulders. Gina looked like a pretty fair imitation of an ancient Terran 'SS' officer. She bid adieu to Servie and left.
"You be back home before morning, young lady." chortled Servie.
"Yes, Mother. I will." called Gina. Servalan sighed and keyed up the holovid novel she'd been reading.
"C'mon 'Greenie' or we're gonna be late dammit!" yelled Gina who was pounding out a brisk tattoo on Saiya's door. Her roommie's icy green hair contrasted horribly with the severe black uniform. 'Greenie' had washed her face but her aizu (eyes) were still red from crying. Since her orbs were golden in colour the effect was like pink-eye!
"Don't forget your purse, Honey." said Leia and she placed the bag's shoulder strap over Saiya's head and then underneath her arm. Sheila Reese was Rafe Donnelly's yeoman and she was a striking brunette in her well formed pink chemise slip.
"Don't leave home without these babies or you'll get the riot act read to you by you know who." she said and slid a Mark VIII laser pistol into each girl's side holster.
"Where's your bag, Phil?" asked Saiya.
"Never carried one, Saiya. Put this on." replied Gina and she wrapped Saiya in a white ankle length cloak.
"My goodness! Even our 'Starfleet' dress greys aren't that damned sombre!" observed the 'Dragon Lady' who was playing chess with Queen Esther of 'Lycanthos'. Esther was winning.
"Tell me about it, mum." replied Gina and she waved goodbye while she steered Saiya out the door, down the hall and into the lift. They got to the 'Freelander' with just moments to spare.
Zach Zero apologized profusely almost all the way over to the Marshall's ship. Kei had chosen to receive her guests in one of the small conference rooms on Level Five. In fact it was the same one where InuYasha's gang had bunked that first night aboard so long ago.
While Zach, Gina and Saiya looked like they had just stepped out of a bandbox Kei, Yuri, Kome and YamKumi looked like they had just crawled out from underneath one!
After the introductions had been completed a solitary figure arose from the shadows and stepped forward into the light.
END of Ch 66. Ch 67 'Both Yeomen Come Home' or 'Gina Gets the Royal Treatment' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K
I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!
Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.
A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.
Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here's to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.
PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K
See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K
This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&K
AngelWings Ch 65 'MEGAS'/'Mind Search'
December 31, 2009 - Thursday
AngelWings Ch 65 'MEGAS'/'Mind Search'
Current mood: grumpy
Category: Writing and Poetry
[Apocalypse Now with the Angels?]
The Angels in combat? Apocalypse now would have been different with the Angels eh?
AW Ch 65 'Make Room For MEGAS'/'Mind Search'
[Graphic Novel Angels, Mugghi and Faye Valentine]
This is what the graphic novel Angels look like with Mugghi. Gad! I think they all look like wimps, don't you gang?
AW Ch 65
Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?
ANGEL WINGS
DISCLAIMER: OK Kurumi darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 65 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-
CHAPTER 65
'Make Room For MEGAS' or 'Mind Search'
The 'Carthage' was the 'KASP' ('Kaguran Air & Space Patrol') flagship and she was commanded by Commodore Dan Dastun formerly a captain on the 'Paradigm City Military Police' forces.
"Mr Quinn. Those three wayfarers below us seem to be marooned. Take the 'Hannibal' down there and see if they might care for a lift." ordered Dan.
Lt Harley Quinn (Harlequin- get it?) saluted, pointed to his away team and ordered them to prepare the shuttle for immediate liftoff.
A few moments later the 'Hannibal' touched down on the small asteroid. Harley leaped out followed by his away team.
"Hullo there. Having trouble, folks? (Coop and Kiva nodded. Kiva rose to her feet and saluted) Just you three?" asked Quinn.
"Yes. And him, sir." replied Kiva, jerking a thumb over her shoulder to indicate 'MEGAS' their BGR which stood higher than the mountaintop beside it.
"That damned thing will not fit inside the 'Hannibal's cargo bays, sir." advised Lance Corporal Tomasina O'Malley.
"Yes. I know that, Toma. We'll have to have it 'beamed' aboard the 'Carthage' so get some 'pattern enhancers' (they tell the transporters where the 'beamee' section is and everything within their field is transported) and call the 'Carthage' for us." ordered Harley.
Toma saluted and hustled off with three sappers to carry out his commands.
"We'll have to have your 'toy' beamed up I'm afraid. You three will accompany us aboard the 'Hannibal' so onegai (please) follow me." said a short aoishi (blue)- haired girl sapper named Tammy McShane.
Tammy was a 'Quarl' and hailed from the faroff world of 'Halifaxus' which was in the same mysterious 'Omega Quadrant' as 'Workoh-- the Boss's own home world.
A grizzled old iron grey-haired veteran of countless wars limped over to his superior and saluted Quinn. Then he clamped a cigar between his teeth and pointed behind him.
"That blarsted thingymajig's been transported up, Master Quinn, sir." said Master Sergeant Angus MacMillan who the away team's leader.
"Very good, 'Scotty'. Might as well be off then. Get the team back aboard." replied Quinn and did an about face. Then he strolled up the gangway to the shuttle.
As soon as all of the away team and the three wayfarers were safely aboard the 'Carthage' Lt First Class Sir Richard Burton (the esteemed 19th Century Terran explorer who discovered the source of the Nile River on ancient Terra not the Terran Welsh actor) gave the order to resume their voyage to 'Romulus' once again and the ship accellerated to forty Warp.
"Steady as she goes, Lady Alice." he said and the blonde pilot nodded.
He and Alice (she was indeed the very same Alice that had inspired that very famous Terran childrens' book 'Alice in Wonderland' to be written by the Reverend Charles Dodgson much better known by the name of Lewis Carroll) had both been picked up from a very strange world- 'Riverworld'- several years ago by a passing Kaguran patrol squadron. Since that time both had been trained as fighters and pilots.
As a result both of them were 'KASP' officers although Dick by virtue of his leadership skills was a Lieutenant First Class while Alice was merely an Ensign. Dick was the 'Carthage's first officer and exec to Dastun while Quinn was the weapons officer and away team commander. Quinn felt that Dick Burton was promoted over him because he had been a Terran knight of the British realm. Of course he never said anything to either Dick or Dan or even Alice.
Belowdecks Harley and 'Scotty' were both quite perturbed. Getting 'MEGAS' beamed aboard had been mere child's play. Making it fit inside the 'Carthage's small cargo bay was another matter entirely.
"This damned bleedin' thing be just too high for the bay! Let's just chuck it down in that old storage room beside the engine rooms, sir." suggested MacMillan.
"You are not gonna chuck 'MEGAS' down in some smelly old closet dammit! It's mine!" yelled an enraged Coop.
"Ours!" corrected Kiva. "And you most certainly are not putting 'MEGAS' down there by the engines, sir!" she added, wrapping her flight jacket around Kurumi. The steel angel had decided that the cargo bay was too warm for her and she had promptly stripped down to her underthings! The 'Quarl' girl giggled and grabbed Kurumi away from Kiva.
"Don't worry. I'll find her some pajamas, ma'am." said Tammy and she escorted Kurumi to the lift.
Quinn was shaking his head sadly.
"Let's try laying it on the floor. Then we can use 'force beams' (like miniature energy barrier force fields) to secure it. That OK with you two?" suggested the slight weapons officer.
Reluctantly Kiva and Coop nodded their agreement. After 'MEGAS' had been secured as best they could manage Toma took Kiva to her quarters and Quinn took Coop back to his rooms. Tammy had already put Kurumi in the spare bunk in her own cramped quarters.
All three of them were immediately pressed into temporary service with 'KASP' whether they liked it or not. Coop was made Second Lieutenant much to his delight. Lt Kiva was demoted to an Ensign and Kurumi was made a Sub-Ensign.
Kiva became an assistant 'navvie' or navigator. Coop became a gunner and Kurumi became the 'Carthage's new cabin girl. The steel angel was ecstatic. After all she was a maid anyway, wasn't she?
Coop was nuts about all kinds of guns so being a gunner was cool. However, Kiva resented her reduction in rank and her use as an assistant 'navvie'. After all she was a damned good fighter pilot! The Commodore was sympathetic but adamant. He had all the pilots he needed for now but he needed an assistant 'navvie' so Kiva was it. Either that or scullery maid in the galley. Kiva grumbled but acquiesced.
Kiva's post was beside the comm relay officer Subaltern Jadzia Dax, a 'trill' who had formerly worked for 'Starfleet's colony on 'Deep Space Nine'. It had been rumoured that she and Lt Commander Worf the colony's 'Klingon' exec had been an 'item' back then but Dastun had forbidden any mention of that subject aboard his star cruiser. Dax seemed pleasant enough and explained quietly to Kiva that their real 'navvie' was Lt Andrea 'Kitty' Torres and had suddenly transferred back to the 'Coriander' at 'Starfleet' Captain Kiva Nerese's personal request. Andy had left just a few days ago. If she thought this would change Kiva's feelings about her demotion and menial usage as a 'navvie' it didn't.
Jadzia had been working the comm relay mikes fro about an hour when she suddenly tossed off her headphones and swore mightily.
"Dammit, sir! I just cannot raise the 'Lovely Angel 2', the 'Shalimar', the 'Coriander', the 'Outlaw Star', the 'Nova Hellsing', the 'Botany Bay 2', the 'Emerald Queen', nobody! It's like all of 'em dropped off the face of the cosmos, sir!" said Suba Dax angrily. "Please excuse my outburst, Commodore. It was uncalled for, sir." she added.
"A bad business." agreed Burton. "However, we must press on and hope for the best, Jade. We'll make 'Romulus' pretty soon. They should be on 'Remus' by that time and you can try again." said the exec.
"Keep trying anyway, Jade." corrected Dan Dastun, patting the 'trill's shoulder.
Suddenly her face brightened and she snapped her gloved fingers.
"Sir? I believe there may be another way to get through to them, sir." she replied.
"How?" asked Dan Dastun. Jade was already hitting switches and shutting down banks of controls on her console.
"There may be a 'Beta Zoid' aboard the 'Angel 2'- 'Starfleet's Lt Commander Dyanna Troi. I'm a 'trill' and I just might be able to link my mind with hers. If you permit, sir, I'll try it." she suggested.
"By all means, my dear Jade. Please try." replied the Commodore.
Dax composed herself, slid back her chair and stretched out her lithe body and shut both aizu (eyes) thus concentrating her strong will. Slowly she began to speak like an ancient Terran medium or psychic.
"I have her, sir. Dyanna says that they are travelling inside the 'Daedalus Nebulae' and can neither send nor receive signals of any kind. That explains why-- Sir! I have just reached another 'Beta Zoid' aboard! It is a male, a Legato Bluesummers from 'Gunsmoke', I think. He says they will rendezvous tomorrow evening on 'Remus' with the 'Shalimar'. He says the 'Nova Hellsing' and the other craft we cannot raise are already stored aboard the 'Angel 2', sir. I have told them to tell the Boss that we will relay them when we reach 'Romulus', sir. I am sorry but the 'Shalimar' does not seem to have any receptive minds aboard, just a couple of robotic androids. Dammit! Sorry Commodore but I have lost both contacts!" said Jade who was shaking violently and almost in tears.
Dan patted her hand. "Well done, Jade." he said. She nodded, stood up and swooned to the deck.
"Medic to the bridge- stat!" shouted Alice into her vidmike.
"Oro (What) the Hell's she on- 'Taramot'? I have warned you people before about these space drugs you know!" admonished Dr Keymar, an elderly Martian physician.
"Of course not, you old fool! She's just done a 'mind search'! She's a 'trill', Doc!" yelled Tammy McShane.
"Ach! Das explains her condition then. I vill give her a shot of 'Axileine 30' (painkiller and sedative). Take her to her room. She vill need a good long rest." said the medico from Mars.
"Ensign! Take the Suba's place as comm relay officer! That is an order, Ensign Kiva!" ordered Burton and he snapped his fingers. Kiva glowered at him but obeyed.
"Aye sir!" she intoned and sat down at Jade's console.
Harley Quinn stood and slammed his fist into his palm.
"By jove! Now I've got it!" he shouted.
"Well don't give it to anyone else, sir." mumbled Kiva.
"Bluesummers! I thought sure that name sounded familiar don't ya know! He's wanted by the 'ISSP' ('Inter Solar Systems Police', a police force headquartered on Mars. The 'Bebop's Jett Black is a former member of their 'Ganymede' branch where John Raven is commander)! He's got a bounty on his head, sir! I wonder if the 'Angel's commander knows this, sir?" cried a shaken Quinn.
"If I know our Reds she sure as Hell does, eh Burton?" chuckled Dan Dastun. Both men knew this particular firebrand Amazon Hellcat Angel quite well indeed! Dick nodded ruefully and began patiently explaining the comm relay controls to Kiva- for the third time.
Aboard the 'Carthage' the gun deck is one level below the bridge and Coop was avidly eying row upon row of gun controls.
"Here, Lt. Mr Quinn insists all of us gunners wear a sidearm, sir." said Toma O'Malley, buckling a weapons sash around the big galoot's waist. Coop yanked out the huge M4 disruptor pistol and took a bead on the bulkhead wall.
"This damned thing loaded, Tommy?" he asked and pressed the firing stud. Tomasina dove for the floor when a green plasma beam melted the wall! Where her head had been a few seconds earlier was now a smoking crater a full metre wide and half again as long!
"Does that answer your question, you crazy lunatic! You could have killed us both dammit! (Suddenly she saluted) Sorry, sir! I apologize but please be more careful." said the Lance Corporal.
"My fault entirely, ma'am. I am so sorry. Let me help you up there." replied Coop, easily lifting Toma to her feet. Toma took the M4 from Coop and snapped on the safety lock. Then she stuck it back in his holster.
Kurumi awakened next morning and (still in her pajamas) sought out Dr Keymar's sick bay.
"Good morning, Miss. How might I be of service to you?" he asked without taking his aizu (eyes) away from her curvaceous frame.
"My knees feel rusty, sir. Could you lube them for me? Please?" she asked and dropped her pajama bottoms to the deck.
"Rusty? You mean they are hard to move? Ja?" asked Keymar, feeling her knees gingerly. Kurumi shook her head.
"No. I think they are rusty, sir. I am a steel angel android, Doctor. Don't you have any oil I can use?" asked a puzzled Kurumi. He shook his head, then sat down at his desk. He hastily scribbled on a prescription vidpad, tore it off and stuck it in the girl's hand.
"Go down three decks to der engine room and give this to der Engineer. His name is Ron Shaftoe and he vill fix you right up, my dear. Get dressed first because it is quite chilly down there, my child. (Kurumi slid off the table and headed for the portals) Miss Kurumi! Do not forget your bottoms! Good day to you." said the Martian medico.
Kurumi pulled on her brand new 'Subby' uniform as soon as she got back to her room. Recalling the doctor's admonitions of cold she pulled on flight boots, gloves and a flight parka. Then she walked to the gantryway stairs and descended on her mission to Engineering.
The Chief Engineer was very tall and very effeminate with long blonde hair.
"I think that '311XX' should do the trick for you. Drop your trousers, love. Not to worry. My crew's at breakfast, darling. Fine workmanship, I see. Not done on this world then? A little dab on this one and a little dab on that one. There. Feel better, dear? Good. Now how are those feet? OK? (Ron felt her arms and legs) You need a complete tune-up, I believe. Better take it all off, love. That's right. Now this won't hurt a bit, me old darling." said Ron Shaftoe with a wink.
A half hour later when she left him Kurumi felt like a totally different android, a new steel angel! She stopped in at the galley and was soon trundling an antigrav trolley laden with dishes back to her rooms.
"Your breakfast, mums." she announced and began laying out dishes for Tammy, Tomasina and Alice.
"You surely seem chipper today, Kuri." observed Alice.
"Yes'm. I just had a complte overhaul and tune-up down in Engineering, mum." she explained to the trio of open-mouthed women.
Meanwhile at 1900 hours (7 PM) the mighty 'Angel 2' at long last exited 'Daedalus' and her inhabitants found themselves less than two hours away from 'Remus' and the 'Shalimar'. Still 'cloaked' they wasted no time in heading for their rendezvous. Still dogging their heels was the determined 'Liberator'.
While all of this was going down the 'Carthage' touched down on 'Kazrah', one of the many 'Romulan' moons. All of a sudden Kiva had a plethora of comm relay messages and everyone's vidcell unit started chirping at the same time.
By 1930 (7:30 PM) the 'Carthage' had made contact with the 'Angel 2' and the 'Shalimar' while the vidcells continued to keep all hands informed of the latest gossip.
By 2030 hours (8:30 PM) the 'Angel 2' had at last rendezvoused with the 'Shalimar' so Kei decided that since they had arrived at 'Remus' and were well ahead of the invasion forces it would be safe to break comm relay silence with their 'Galactic Command' escort vessel.
"This is the 'Lovely Angel 2' calling the 'Liberator' in the clear. Please respond. Over." relayed Kome Sawaguchi.
"Roger that. This is the 'Liberator'. We read you, love. Over." relayed Zach Zero.
"Glad to have you watching our back, Captain Zach. The Boss wants to see you pronto and she asks that you bring your special passengers with you. Shall we send transport? Over." relayed the strawberry-blonde teen.
"Negative. I'll use the 'Freelander' for the trip. Over." was Zero's response.
"That'll be fine, Captain Zach. See you soon. Sawaguchi out." relayed the young Suba.
"Roger willco. Can't wait to see you, kiddo. Zero out." chuckled Zero.
By 2100 hours (9 PM) Zach and his yeoman arrived along with a roll call of 'Who's Who' of the 3WA, the 'UG', the 'GC', 'Starfleet Command', the 'Alliance', the 'ISSP', 'KASP', the 'Federation', 'MI5', 'Interpol' and the new Mrs Han Solo as well. The Boss and her exec, second officer and comm relay officer began to smell a 'Zygorian' rat- a big one!
"Oro (What) gives, Chuck? You brought everyone except Uncle Vito (Galadriel- the god of the 3WA and the 'UG'. Think Howard Hughes and Bill Gates times a trillion and you have some idea of his power and influence in the 23rd Century) for Christ's sake!" growled the redhead.
"Now you just calm down, Katie me girl." said Andre Francis Gooley who was Aquarian Galactic Chief and one of the few folks who could call the Boss 'Katie' and get away with it.
"Calm down? When you baka (crazy) morons have brought every ranking leader of the cosmos into a war zone which is awaiting the vanguard of an invasion fleet! You and Chuck had better have a good escuse, Andy!" she yelled, crashing a gloved fist down on the conference table so hard that the ice-like veneer cracked.
Admiral Katherine 'Dragon Lady' Janeway stood up and pointed at Kei O'Halloran, her golden orbs flashing fire.
"Enough of these temper tantrums, Madam Marshall! Sit down at once! Lord Grand Admiral Pike? The floor is yours, sir." said the 'Dragon Queen' sitting down again.
Christopher Pike stood and nodded a few times. "Thank you all for coming. I'll make this short and sweet. As most of you lready know we are here to negotiate a peace treaty with Count Dooku and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Their envoy has assured us that Dooku wants nothing more to do with this idiotic war and Thrawn agrees. Therefore they will withdraw their forces and lift the blockades around 'Shimougou', 'Mars', 'Kagura' and Terra immediately thereafter. They will return to their own worlds and agree to any terms we stipulate. In return they ask only that amnesty be granted to all invaders and their hirelings, that there be no reprisals later and that we release Zorin Oakenshield. He will be--" began Pike.
"Oro (What) the FXXX! Release him? You're damned bloody lucky I ain't executed him yet! No way in the nine jigokus (Hells) will I 'ever' agree to that! He's in my brig now and that is where he will stay until his trial and that is final dammit!" yelled the Red Marshall, slamming her chair back so hard that it smashed into the bulkhead wall.
"This is not your decision, young lady. It is ours and we have already made it. Whether you agree with it or not is really quite immaterial. Control yourself and please permit Lord Admiral Pike to continue. Another outburst like that and you'll find yourself inside your own brig. Lord Pike?" said 'Interpol's Commodore James Bond whose own ancient Terran ancestour had been famed MI5 secret agent 007.
"Thank you, Bond. Zorin Oakenshield will be banished forever to a small atoll asteroid in the faroff 'Omega Quadrant'. This quadrant sits in the most remote area of this entire Universe. Should he ever escape from that asteroid he will be executed on sight. These provisions have already been agreed to by both Count Dooku and Grand Admiral Thrawn. Both 'Romulus' and 'Remus' as welll as every single one of their myriad of moons will be under the direct jurisdiction of the 3WA, however, the people of these worlds and their moons will elect their own leaderships. As we speak these self same proposals are being explained to Zorin Oakenshield. (Kei raised a gloved hand, frowned and began to rise) The answer, Madam Marshall, is no. We see no justification for banishing either Dooku or Thrawn. We believe that both men were manipulated by Oakenshield. Ah! Here comes their envoy now." said Christopher Pike who had worked his way up the 'Starfleet' chain of command from a lowly space tech to his present position as supreme leader of 'Starfleet Command' itself.
The 'envoy' from the Count and the Grand Admiral was a short squat 'Sontarran' named Torg well known to most of the inhabitants of the 'Angel 2' as well as a good many of the cosmic leaders present in the room. He very closely resembled the 'Michelin Tires Man' of ancient Terran television commercials. Several high ranking officials and every Admiral in the room followed Pike and Torg across the hall and into an empty storeroom to confer. Kei rose and was waved back to her seat by Bond who slowly shook his head at the young commander.
"He is upset quite a bit but he has agreed to abide by the decisions since His Grace (Count Dimitrios Dooku) has approved them." advised Torg.
"The little shit knows we'll be keeping close tabs on his ass?" demanded Rafe Donnelly who commanded the 'ISSP' on Mars.
"He knows, Lord Rafe." replied the 'Sontarran' knight.
There were a few other technicality type questions which Torg answered. The results seemed to satisfy the assemblage because after a while they all returned to the huge conference room where a lively discussion began and lasted until almost 2300 hours (11 PM) when a vid relay signal was received. Kei's vidphone chirped and she automatically answered it.
"O'Halloran here. Oro (What) the Hell do you want?" she barked angrily. Suddenly she sat bolt upright.
"Oro (What) did you just say, Kome? Huh? Hell yeah and put it through to Vidscreen Six in here. Thanks." she said. The Boss hung up and used a small remote to lower Vidscreen Six so that it hovered above the table at the far end of the room.
"We have a relay from Dooku so everyone shut the Hell up dammit." growled the redhead.
The tall spare figure of His Grace, Count Dimitrios Dooku of the 'Myatlantic Realm' slowly materialized on the vidscreen.
"That's the blighter? He looks like 'Ming the Merciless' from 'Flash Gordon' on the old Terran films." cried Rafe.
Dooku bowed to the assembled group and smiled. Kei loathed him at first sight.
"I trust that our terms meet with your approval? It seems to myself and Reagent Thrawn that we are doing most of the giving while you are doing all of the taking. (He chuckled) After all we are not really asking you to release Zorin Oakenshield to us. Rather we are merely asking that you banish him to someplace very far away from us and the rest of the known Universe. So as not to prolong this unduly, Pike, does Zorin know all the details of our proposal? (Pike nodded and Dooku rubbed his hands together) Excellent. To confirm that you agree on all counts onegai (please) flash your running lights twice. (Pike picked up a vidmike) Very well--" relayed the Count and he turned to speak to his subordinates.
Kei grabbed Pike and turned him away from the vidscreen. Lowering her voice to a whisper she placed her mouth very close to the Grand Admiral's ear.
"Belay that, Pike! (Pike dropped the vidmike and the Boss caught it before it hit the deck) Think about this for just a minute, sir. My ship is 'cloaked' at the moment. That means we are invisible to other transports. If we flash our running lights, even for a nanosecond or two, we will not only give away our position- we will be totally visible to all aizu (eyes) out there for a second or two. Gomen (Sorry) Pike but I just do not trust this long lanky weasel, sir. (Pike stared at the redhead incredulously) I have more experience with his kind, sir. Please let me handle this matter for you. (Pike nodded and sat down. Kei turned to face the vidscreen again) Yo! Listen up, Dooku! (The tall nobleman glared icy daggers at the Red Marshall) We will comply, however, if you fire on me I will personally blow you and Thrawn off the face of the cosmos. You understand me, Gramps?" relayed a very menacing-looking tro-con. The chiefs buried their faces in their hands except for Don Poporo who shouted 'Way to go, girl!' before Anton Gustav kicked him in the shins.
Dimitrios Dooku nodded and pointed a warning finger at Kei.
"Yes Madam, I understand perfectly. The same goes for me, my dear. If you cross me, I will take extreme delight in ending your kawaii (lovely) young life. (He guffawed loudly) Just kidding. Please proceed." relayed the tall gaunt grim figure who sort of resembled the 'Grim Reaper' more than 'Ming the Merciless' today. Kei turned her back to the Count once more and hurriedly spoke into her comlink earring.
"Vicky! Flash our running lights twice. Huh? Just do it dammit! That's an order, Captain." she trilled and dropped her voice to a low growling whisper.
"Shields up before you hit those lights, kid. Stand by on our plasma cannons and quad guns just in case." trilled the redhead.
Captain Seras 'Vicky'/'Police Girl' Victoria complied and from Dooku's ship came two answering winks.
Dooku smiled and chuckled. He picked up a goblet of wine and sipped it.
"See Madam Marshall? I asked for your signal only so that my people would receive confirmation of our agreement. You really must learn to trust people more, my dear child." relayed a grinning Count.
Kei stared right at him and whispered "Keep our shields up, Vicky. I still don't trust this damned weasel. (Then a thought struck her) Vicky!! Have Zoe change course to SSE 350.00947 immediately! Dooku's got our position now or so he thinks and I'll be damned if he's gonna be able to use it against us!" trilled the Boss angrily.
As events turned out Dooku was, for once, telling the truth. An hour later (well past midnight) Kei had Kome put through another relay call to Dooku for her. When the Count appeared on her vidscreen Kei forced herself to smile at the leering lecherous creep.
"I want to be perfectly clear on a few key points, pal. (Dooku nodded wearily and sat down at his desk) We will transport Oakenshield to 'Quorangi 9' where he will remain under 'eternal' banishment. Correct? (Dooku nodded testily) Furthermore he will be under the joint jurisdictions of the 'UG' and the 3WA and should he somehow to escpae from his confinement and leave that asteroid he will be executed on sight. Is that also correct? (Again the Count nodded and puffed away on a long pipe) And lastly- you and Thrawn agree to all of these terms, sir?" demanded the firebrand Hellcat, one fist resting lightly on the butt of her holstered Mark XIII ion cannon.
"We both agree to all of the terms in the proposal that we presented to your people, Madam Marshall. If we did not agree to them then why would we present the proposal in the first place? (He sighed) Do you have any other questions, my dear?" asked Dooku wearily.
"Just one more. Who are you sending along with us so we can prove to you that old Zorin's been properly banished?" asked the Boss smugly.
The Count mused a moment and puffed away on his pipe some more before answering her.
"Keep my envoy aboard. Is that agreeable to you, Mr Torg? (The little 'Sontarran' nodded nervously) Excellent. Thank you, Mr Torg. Then do we have ourselves a deal, dear lady?" asked the Count.
Before Kei could reply Fleet Admiral Kirk cleared his throat loudly.
"Whether Marshall O'Halloran approves or not this is our decision, not hers, sir. However, to answer your question, yes, we do indeed have a deal, Your Grace. Mr Torg will keep you informed. Good evening, my dear Count." said Kirk. Dooku rose and bowed to him. Then he blanked his vidscreen. Kei used the remote to blank hers as well and the vidscreen disappeared into the ceiling. Then she pointed to the Count's smallish envoy.
"See that Mr Torg gets a private suite next door to Zorin- in the brig. Sorry Torg but I still remember your last visit to my ship when you and your cronies hijacked two of our 'Angels' so I ain't taking any chances. (InuYasha stepped forward and Torg extended his hands) No cuffs are necessary, are they Torg? (Torg shook his head) Take him away, Doggie Boy. He'll give you no trouble." she chuckled merrily.
"He'd damned well better not." growled the big hanyou and he shoved the 'Sontarran' towards the lift. Kikyo and Kouga accompanied them and Naraku brought up the rear. After Torg and his jailors had left Kei glowered at the cosmic leaders still seated around her conference table.
"Unless you ladies and gentlemen want to take a long trip to 'Quorangi 9' I suggest you catch a lift from Captain Zero's 'Liberator'. We'll lift off in the morning. (She spoke into her comlink earring) Kome, advise all warships that there ain't gonna be no invasion and send 'em all back home. Zero has advised us that he's not leaving until tomorrow. OK Kome? Great. Thanks a lot. (She turned to her own yeoman Suba Marina Oki) Marina, I'd like to have a chat with you so report to my quarters in ten minutes. Vicky, the comm is yours. (She turned to her guests) I'll leave you nice folks to discuss your plans, ladies and gentlemen. (Kome Sawaguchi and Ojou the Yakuzza princess came in as Marina was leaving the room) Kome. Yamkumi. You're with me. The rest of you guys have your orders. Good evening." said Kei who spun on her heel and strode off swiftly to the lift.
The Yakuzza princess had just delivered the first part of Zach Zero's message to Kei- that the 'Liberator' was laying over until the morning. The second part of his message she had hesitated to deliver before. Now she had no choice!
END of Ch 65. Ch 66 'Yeoman Trading' or 'Homecoming' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K
I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh? Don't our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!
Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.
A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.
Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here's to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.
PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K
See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K
This chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&K
Alice who is now a pilot aboard the 'Carthage' once said she always tried to do six impossible things before breakfast. Someone sent me this cute trio of unicorns and I just could not resist putting it in here. Enjoy- K&K
[A trio of unicorns]
