Okay, a disclaimer first. This bit currently exists in isolation -- there is no more of this particular story before or after it. I have only the vaguest
"gee, it would be cool if..." intents about putting the GGG crew in this setting. The scene just came to me a couple days ago and insisted on being
written, though, and would not leave me alone. Sadly it's not enough to throw at my prereaders, but I'd like it if someone enjoyed it, so here
it is. Enjoy, but don't ask for more.
Yet.
"Rinrin!" Skuld shouted. "Where are you?"
"Almost done with the control circuit overrides!" the reply
echoed across the room. "You?"
"Power's rerouted, the amplifier circuit's laid in, the
regulators have been upgraded..." Skuld counted off. "We just
need the last two components."
*Better hurry,* Delandra's telepathic "voice" echoed through
their minds. *That thing on the castle's about to take another
shot and the Headmistress is still cycling her weapon.* There
was a sensation of mental laughter. *Rei says this seems
disturbingly familiar to her, right down to her being out front
playing shield-maiden.*
"I'll ask her about that later," Skuld growled. "We should be
just about ready to go online. I just need..."
"Herehereherehere!" From out of nowhere, Kaolla Suu vaulted the
conduit on Skuld's right and slapped a small, pen-sized object
into the young goddess' hand. "Suu has been saving this for a
special day. She thought it would be *her* special day, but this
is more important!"
Skuld looked at the device. Not just pen-sized, it was pen-
shaped, bright yellow, one end surmounted by a tiny metal
sculpture of a banana. "This isn't..."
Suu nodded her head fast enough to blur her features.
"Yepyepyep! Henshin stick! Suu sortakinda borrowed Makoto's for
a little while and studied it and made her own. Sailor Banana!
Fighting for fruit, justice and the Molmolian way!" She
suddenly sobered. "But Suu doesn't need it as much as they do.
What do you have?"
Skuld smiled slyly and reached into her tunic to withdraw a
shining silver gem, a hexagonal prism in form and about the size
of a walnut. "I was more interested in Mirai's Mol unit. After
scanning it a few weeks back, I synthesized my own Mol crystal."
Suu threw her hands up. "Yatta! Let's plug them in and show the
bad guys what a mistake they made!"
"Your wish is my command," Skuld chuckled as she fit the last two
components into the sockets she'd prepared for them, closed the
protective cover that shielded them from outside influence, and
released the latch that held the actuating lever locked in its
"off" position. "Rinrin?"
A goggled face popped up over the other side of the console and
flashed a confident smile. "All done! Quicker than I expected,
too! There was an existing remote override system in place -- I
just diked out the remote part and replaced it with our local
control board."
Skuld nodded as Suu capered in delight. "Cool. Then we're all
ready here. Dee, let them know we're going online right now!"
*Will do!*
Rinrin scampered around to join the other two in taking hold of
the great lever with the bright red ball on its end. "Let's do
it," she whispered with a grin.
"Right!"
"Yesyesyes!"
Skuld closed her eyes and drew a breath. Then they snapped open
and she called out, "Otome Metamorforce Power..."
And together all three girls slammed the lever into the "on"
position as they shouted in unison, "MATERIALIZE!"
(ETA: fix subject line, which blanked because of embedded doublequotes.)
(ETA: Fixed Yuku-spawned lack of linebreaks after browsing into this old topic.)
-- Bob
---------
...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
"gee, it would be cool if..." intents about putting the GGG crew in this setting. The scene just came to me a couple days ago and insisted on being
written, though, and would not leave me alone. Sadly it's not enough to throw at my prereaders, but I'd like it if someone enjoyed it, so here
it is. Enjoy, but don't ask for more.
Yet.
"Rinrin!" Skuld shouted. "Where are you?"
"Almost done with the control circuit overrides!" the reply
echoed across the room. "You?"
"Power's rerouted, the amplifier circuit's laid in, the
regulators have been upgraded..." Skuld counted off. "We just
need the last two components."
*Better hurry,* Delandra's telepathic "voice" echoed through
their minds. *That thing on the castle's about to take another
shot and the Headmistress is still cycling her weapon.* There
was a sensation of mental laughter. *Rei says this seems
disturbingly familiar to her, right down to her being out front
playing shield-maiden.*
"I'll ask her about that later," Skuld growled. "We should be
just about ready to go online. I just need..."
"Herehereherehere!" From out of nowhere, Kaolla Suu vaulted the
conduit on Skuld's right and slapped a small, pen-sized object
into the young goddess' hand. "Suu has been saving this for a
special day. She thought it would be *her* special day, but this
is more important!"
Skuld looked at the device. Not just pen-sized, it was pen-
shaped, bright yellow, one end surmounted by a tiny metal
sculpture of a banana. "This isn't..."
Suu nodded her head fast enough to blur her features.
"Yepyepyep! Henshin stick! Suu sortakinda borrowed Makoto's for
a little while and studied it and made her own. Sailor Banana!
Fighting for fruit, justice and the Molmolian way!" She
suddenly sobered. "But Suu doesn't need it as much as they do.
What do you have?"
Skuld smiled slyly and reached into her tunic to withdraw a
shining silver gem, a hexagonal prism in form and about the size
of a walnut. "I was more interested in Mirai's Mol unit. After
scanning it a few weeks back, I synthesized my own Mol crystal."
Suu threw her hands up. "Yatta! Let's plug them in and show the
bad guys what a mistake they made!"
"Your wish is my command," Skuld chuckled as she fit the last two
components into the sockets she'd prepared for them, closed the
protective cover that shielded them from outside influence, and
released the latch that held the actuating lever locked in its
"off" position. "Rinrin?"
A goggled face popped up over the other side of the console and
flashed a confident smile. "All done! Quicker than I expected,
too! There was an existing remote override system in place -- I
just diked out the remote part and replaced it with our local
control board."
Skuld nodded as Suu capered in delight. "Cool. Then we're all
ready here. Dee, let them know we're going online right now!"
*Will do!*
Rinrin scampered around to join the other two in taking hold of
the great lever with the bright red ball on its end. "Let's do
it," she whispered with a grin.
"Right!"
"Yesyesyes!"
Skuld closed her eyes and drew a breath. Then they snapped open
and she called out, "Otome Metamorforce Power..."
And together all three girls slammed the lever into the "on"
position as they shouted in unison, "MATERIALIZE!"
(ETA: fix subject line, which blanked because of embedded doublequotes.)
(ETA: Fixed Yuku-spawned lack of linebreaks after browsing into this old topic.)
-- Bob
---------
...The President is on the line
As ninety-nine crab rangoons go by...
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.