ROTFL: MAO!

[robkelk]

http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=136 ... tcount=545]Shadowjack's watching episode 94 of Sailor Moon S...

The Professor: "Miss K! You've been screwing up a lot lately, haven't you?"
Kaolinite: "Er… yes?"
The Professor: /airily. "No matter! Experiment is built upon failure! We shall press on!"
Kaolinite: /phew.
The Professor: "What is the new subject?"
Kaolinite: "A pure-hearted girl who dreams of a perfect first kiss. She's a walking target for a Daimon on the make."
The Professor: "Excellent! …Hmm, a kiss, eh? I haven't done such a thing in years…"
Kaolinite: "Yes, I know."
The Professor: /BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kaolinite: /heh heh heh.
Kaolinite: /sigh.
The Professor: "I dedicate this next Daimon to those foolish, carefree days! Let's try another silly one today."

Usagi: "This must be the biggest junkyard in Tokyo. How are we supposed to find it in all of that?"

A magical explosion goes off in the junkyard, and white-clad figures leap away from it across the stacks.

Mamoru: "Just a hunch…"
Usagi: "How did the competition wind up all the way out here? Someone musta screwed up!"
Haruka (from far away): "[size=smaller]Did not![/size]"

Usagi: "Since you kids can't stop fighting over it, none of you gets it! I'm turning this junkyard around and returning the soul crystal to the store, right now! Because I'm your Sailor and I said so, that's why!"

Usagi: "Do you remember our first kiss?"
Mamoru: "…"
Mamoru: "Which first kiss?"
Usagi: "Um… the first kiss in this life."
Mamoru: "…"
Mamoru: "Which first kiss in this life?"
Usagi: "Um… the first kiss in this life as Usagi and Mamoru."
Mamoru: "…"
Mamoru: "Which first—?"
Usagi: "GOD! Why is my life so complicated? At the ball! The fancy ball! We danced! I was drunk!"
Mamoru: "Oh, thank God! You do remember that time."

--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Black Aeronaut]

Pure. Comedy. Gold.

[Shepherd]

Motivation: www.fanfiction.net/s/6756329/6/Motivation

Sakura blinked, watching the bunshin and Ino leave, the blonde somewhat surprised at the blond's behavior.

"You," the pink-haired girl said slowly. "You can... You just sent Ino on a date with your jutsu?"

"Yeah," Naruto said, frowning slightly. "Why? Is that bad, or something?"

Sakura shook her head in surprise, explaining, "No, that seems perfectly appropriate to me." Then she looked away, muttering, "That is the world's best ten-foot pole..."

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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

[Herr Bad Moon]

Motivation: www.fanfiction.net/s/6756329/6/Motivation

Also from Chapter 6.

"'In the balance'?" she asked herself aloud, her voice slipping towards an indignant screech. Oh, that unforgivable asshole - he'd yanked her ANBU file! The ANBU in question had then-

Oh, that one-eyed bastard was going to pay! She was going to put some venomous serpents down his pants the next time she managed to get him into her bed!

There's something about Kakashi and Anko's relationship that is delightfully similar to Bruce and Selina's in Chris Dee's Cat Tales

Also:

Explosive tags.

---
Jon
"And that must have caused my dad's brain to break in half, replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge!"

[ECSNorway]

'Material Days':

After the connection was cut off, Dieci started to whimper horribly. "No fair…" When her sisters turned to her, she shivered. "Nanoha-san blew me up when I was a bad guy. Now I'm not a bad guy and evil Nanoha-san is going to blow me up." Tears started to flow down her face. "I don't wanna explode in pink again!"

--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Epsilon]

I submit... the entire second half of Chapter 41 of Kyon: Big Damn Hero. Seriously every moment with (spoiler) is pure comedy gold.
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Epsilon

[Dartz]

Ritsuko went to Asuka's room, or more accurately where she had Asuka brought after they got her out of the EVA. Inside the bathroom, she found Asuka staring at the mirror and examining herself. Though it appeared to be with clinical detachment, Ritsuko could have sworn she saw a slight pinkish tone come over her face.

"Rei?" she asked questioningly and watched as Asuka's head turned in her direction.

"Doctor Akagi," she replied. "I seem to have an unusual problem."

Ritsuko sighed… it was going to be a long day.

From Trading Places by Archdruid-Sephiroth
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

[Black Aeronaut]

*Reads Fic* Oh dear. This will not go over too well between the two.

[BYapes]

 A few from Gundam SEED: Serenity now that the fic is basically complete:

Spoiler

At least, not until he felt a flash cross his senses, accompanied by a
red light warning to raise his shield into position, deflecting the
powerful beam blast. Leon's eyes narrowed as a white M3 in mobile armor
form charged at him, readying to fire again. He attempted to evade, but
all three shots found their mark, forcing him to defend himself with the
beam armor.
"Yeesh, guess I just lucked out with that other
machine," said Leon, firing a barrage of Firefly missiles at the M3,
only to watch the mobile armor weave through it like a bird. His eyes
widened, and he guided the missiles back around, though several wound up
striking debris or other mobile suits, and attempted to strike his foe
again, only this time, the pilot shifted to mobile suit mode for half a
second, flipping about, shifted to mobile armor mode, and gunned down
all of the missiles before shifting to mobile suit mode again and firing
on him with the rifle.
Leon defended with his shield, eyes
narrowing as he saw the rifle was held in the machine's left hand.
Deciding not to move to close range just yet, he switched his sword out
for his own rifle and opened fire. The M3 skillfully evaded his shots
before returning fire, Leon sideslipping the blast, but still getting
grazed, eyes narrowing further.
"This guy's good," he murmured,
firing one last shot, only to see the M3 block with its shield. "Fine."
He switched back to his Tempest beam sword before charging in.
His
opponent shot off two more shots, first a standard rifle blast, then a
wide-angle blast more befitting a beam cannon. Leon somehow dodged the
first, but had to bleed off some of the power from the second with his
shield, allowing him to get by with only superficial damage.
Then
he was in melee range. He swung his Tempest, and nearly cursed when the
rifle smacked up against the flat of the blade and pushed him away, the
rifle only minimally harmed by the beams.
Annoyed, Leon swapped
his sword out for a Vajra beam saber and charged back in, but his
opponent had taken the opportunity to switch over to a saber as well,
and the two plasma blades locked.
Leon attempted to angle his
Draupnir to fire on the opponent, but somehow, the M3 pilot beat him to
it, and a grenade smashed into the Valiant's face, knocking him back and
giving the edge to his opponent.
"Okay... he's really good,"
muttered Leon, swiftly pulling back and firing a barrage of missiles.
"This might've been fun... but I don't have time to waste on you."
With
that, Leon withdrew from the fight against the M3 as it destroyed his
missiles; the pilot would've pursued, but got attacked by a pair of
Windams, though they were swiftly dispatched.
Then, a white and blue-black M3 with cross-shaped decals pulled along next to its wingman.
"Geez, Nanoha, don't run off like that!" groaned Hayate. "You know I'm a total klutz at aiming."
"Yeah... sorry Hayate," said Nanoha, staring off in the general direction the Valiant had gone.

Spoiler

Kira recalled his DRAGOONs and turned to leave when he was suddenly
swarmed by ZAKUs, GOUFs, Dagger Ls and Windams, the Messiah and Daedalus
forces setting aside their own fights to try and bring down the White
Angel.
"Damn!"
The Strike Freedom began dancing through
their fire, but the pilots maintained their tight control. He couldn't
even track how many of them there were. He tried snapping into attack
position, but his danger senses warned him of an attack from behind. He
fired while on the move, but his opponents were also keeping largely on
the move, and balancing speed and mobility. Well, if they were smart
enough to gang up on him, they'd logically be smart enough to handle
evasion properly in such a situation. Kira was dodging so many attacks
that he couldn't even compensate.
"You too Kira?" came Makoto's voice lightly. He quickly located the Serenity and saw that Makoto was in much the same position.
"How
many?" he asked, voice equally light as he blocked with his beam shield
and returned fire, this time catching his target right above the
cockpit.
"Oh, you know, a hundred here, a hundred there, I lose track somewhere past the first seventy or so," replied Makoto. "Kira... "
"Yeah... "
Spreading
their wings, the two Angels altered course, quickly bringing them
together, almost back-to-back. The eyes of all their assailants widened
simultaneously.
"SHIT!"
"Oh crap, oh crap, oh CRAP!"
"Mother FUC–"
That was all they managed to get out.
The
Strike Freedom and Dauntless Faith, the Devotion and Serenity, snapped
into firing position, covering one another's backs, rifle in each hand,
railguns in attack position, all twenty DRAGOONs deployed.
Spinning back-to-back, they opened up repeatedly.
More
beams than could be counted lit up space, followed seconds later by a
dozen explosions, then a dozen more, and continuing on until the enemy
completely broke apart, fleeing the titanic might of the Angels united.
The two recalled their DRAGOONs, and the Serenity grabbed the Freedom's wrist.
"Let's go Kira," she said, giving him a soft smile as she spread her wings and shot off towards the Eternal, slamming both of them into their seats as they trailed afterimages.

Spoiler

Messiah
The fortress rocked around them as Kira and
Makoto each drew one of the Serenity's Angelus mega swords before
combining them, each with a single hand on the handle while they
supported each other and input the modifications for their attack.
I've gone for too long
Living like I'm not alive
So I'm going to start over tonight
Beginning with you and I
"These maps should be helpful," commented Makoto. "Ready Kira?"
"Ready," replied Kira.
"Here goes," they whispered in unison.
When this memory fades
I'm gonna make sure it's replaced
With chances taken, hope embraced
And have I told you?
Then,
the White Angel of Freedom and the Dauntless Angel of Faith tightened
their grip on the Caelum Angelus... and ignited the Vesica Caelum at full
power, the strongest mobile suit weapon in existence, if only for that
brief moment when it was wielded by the Strike Freedom and Dauntless
Faith as one.

---

The Eternal
Cries of shock and awe filled the comm. lines as eyes widened in all directions at the sight before them.
I'm not going 'cause I've been waiting for a miracle
And I'm not leaving
I won't let you, let you give up on a miracle
When it might save you
A
beam blasted out of Messiah, piercing right through Neo-GENESIS,
obliterating the superweapon completely. The beam dragged itself about
slightly, inflicting more damage before it disappeared, but not before
everyone knew what it was.
It was absurd, of course... but oh, so fitting to the Divine Angels.
We've learned to run from
Anything uncomfortable
We've tied our pain below
And no one ever has to know
The
beam sword reappeared, this time cutting through Messiah's thrusters.
It only cut two of them, but that was enough to set off a chain reaction
as each thruster detonated one after another. The hearts of many
clenched as the beam sword faded again, leaving them waiting with baited
breath.
Messiah rocked about like it was being struck repeatedly
by the Nephilim. A minute passed. Two. Messiah began to fall towards the
moon.

Spoiler

Shinn was the last of the guests to arrive. He rang the doorbell,
feeling somewhat uncertain about all this. However, the door opened
within a minute, and his eyes widened in surprise at who he saw there.
"N-Nabiki?"
he questioned, shocked. Actually, he almost hadn't recognized her -- he'd
never seen such a drastic change in any person, excepting the Extended,
of course.
What first struck him was just how young she looked; he was used to her seeming closer to the age of Talia than his own, but now her bearing made her look his own age.
That wasn't all of it, either: her features were softer, and her eyes held a light warmth to them he was not accustomed to.
What disturbed him, however, was the French maid outfit she was wearing.
"Ah,
Shinn, you're here," said Nabiki, smiling pleasantly, further pushing
Shinn to believe he was having a bizarre dream. "Come on in. And um...
it's Erica now."
"Uh... o... kay... ?"
Shinn quickly stepped
inside, carefully trying to avoid looking at 'Erica' as he sought out
someone who could explain what was going on.
"Shinn," came
Misuumi's voice, drawing his attention. The Destiny pilot sighed in
relief as he spotted the blonde, rushing over to her.
"What was Nabiki doing at the door?" he questioned, still trying to shake off his shock.
"It's
a long story," said Misuumi. "To keep it short, she's not the Nabiki
you knew anymore, she prefers to go by the name Erica now, she's
completely and totally in love with Makoto and wants to become Makoto's
personal maid."
Shinn swore he heard crickets chirping in the silence.
"I'll give you the long version later."
"I don't even know if I want to hear it," muttered Shinn, rubbing his face.

Spoiler

Until
then. Once more, thanks to all of you who read and reviewed this story.
As a final gift, I'm going to end this with a preview of what's to
come, just as I did in SEED Dauntless.

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"Amazing... so this is the power of a Gundam?" ~ Classified.
Starlight Gundam:
Model Number: ZGMF-X01L
Code Name: Starlight Gundam
Unit Type: Prototype Assault Mobile Suit
Power Plant: Ultracompact Hyper-Capacitor Battery w/Solar Drive System
Equipment and Design Features:
Sensors, range unknown; Variable Phase Shift (VPS) Armor; Mobile
Assault Frame; Aurora System; DRAGOON System; 4 High-Speed Mobile
Assault Wings w/12-wing High Mobility Aerial Tactics Mode; Solar Barrier
System; Flash System; "Hikari no Tsubasa" Mobile Wing Propulsion
System;
Fixed Armament: MGX-2235 "Callidus" Multi-Phase Beam
Cannon, mounted in torso; 2x MA-M03 "Sakeru" Beam Saber, stored behind
shoulders, hand-carried in use, can be combined; 2x MCC-A1 Experimental
Beam Cannon, mounted in forearms; 2x MMI-GAU27D 31mm CIWS, fire-linked,
mounted in head; 2x MX2200 Beam Shield Generator, mounted in wrists;
Optional Hand Armament: Classified
Remote Weapons:
4x MSD-W27 Starlight DRAGOON Wing, stored on wings, each mounts: MA-80V
beam assault cannon, 2x GDU-X5 assault beam machine gun, ADF-T117 beam
field emitter; 8x MSD-P90 Starlight DRAGOON Pod, stored on waist, hips
and legs, each mounts: 3x GDU-X5 assault beam machine gun;
Pilot: Classified
"An absurdly sharp blade of fire. That's new." ~ Classified.
Night Sky Gundam:Model Number: XMF-01
Code Name: Night Sky Gundam
Unit Type: Custom Melee Combat Mobile Suit
Power Plant: Ultracompact Deuterion Drive System
Equipment and Design Features:
Sensors, range unknown; Variable Phase Shift (VPS) Armor; Mobile
Assault Frame; Nightfall System Mode; Mirage Colloid Proto-Cloak;
Lightwave Pulse Thrusters;
Fixed Armament: SI7-S/H01-NT
"Lævateinn" Fire Sword w/Heat Rod mode, stored on left hip, hand-carried
in use; 2x SI7-M02 "Mico" Beam Saber, stored on waist, hand-carried in
use; 2x MMI-GAU1717 12.5mm CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2x MX2351
"Soldidus Fulgor" Beam Shield Generator, mounted on forearms;
Optional Hand Armament: TMA-BL09 "Tempestas" Beam Launcher
Pilot: Classified
"I've been fighting since the blockade of 69. I'm the only soldier left who has been with ZAFT from the start. And I'm not ready to hand the reins over to a new generation just yet." ~ Classified
Masamune Gundam:
Model Number: XMF-02
Code Name: Masamune Gundam
Unit Type: Custom Melee Combat Mobile Suit
Power Plant: Ultracompact Deuterion Drive System
Equipment and Design Features:
Sensors, range unknown; Variable Phase Shift (VPS) Armor; Mobile
Assault Frame; Hyperion System Mode; DRAGOON System; Lightwave Pulse
Thrusters;
Fixed Armament: SI7-MS003 "Kaneuji" Mega Sword,
stored behind right shoulder, hand-carried in use; 2x RQM-60F "Flash
Edge 2" Beam Boomerang/Saber, stored on shoulders, hand-carried in use;
2x M234BMS 4-barrel Beam Submachine Gun, mounted on forearms; 2x MA-987
Beam Saber, mounted in feet; 2x MMI-GAU1717 12.5mm CIWS, fire-linked,
mounted in head; MK-E41 Beam Carry Shield, mounted on left forearm,
includes EEQ8 Grapple Stinger;
Optional Hand Armament: None
Remote Weapons: 10x Winged DRAGOON Blade, stored in hip armor, each mounts: GDU-X5 assault beam machine gun
Pilot: Classified
"Mention
the M5 to any pilot outside of ZAFT, and you'll see them start
trembling in fear; that's no exaggeration, and that reputation is
well-deserved." ~ Makoto Michiru Taiyonoha, on the MVF-M5 Tempest's performance during its debut in the international war-games exercises.
M5 Tempest:
Model Number: MVF-M5
Code Name: M5 Tempest
Unit Type: Mass Production Transformable Assault Mobile Suit
Power Plant: Ultracompact Deuterion Drive System
Equipment and Design Features:
Sensors, range unknown; Variable Phase Shift (VPS) Armor; Mobile
Assault Frame; Hyperion System Mode; 2 High-Speed Mobile Assault Wings
w/6-wing High Mobility Aerial Tactics Mode; Mobile Fighter
Transformation;
Fixed Armament: 2x MA-M21MP Beam Rifle, stored
on hips, hand-carried in use, can be combined, mounts on main body in
mobile fighter mode; 2x MA-M983 "Anser" Beam Saber, stored on hips,
hand-carried in use; 2x SI8-ML02M 12-tube Missile Launcher, mounted on
biceps, each carries 5x AMA-MM13 "Wasp" micro missiles per tube; 2x
SI8-ML22A 21-tube Missile Launcher, mounted in torso, each carries 3x
AGMX39 "Dragonfly" particle missiles per tube; 4x MMI-GAU27D 31mm CIWS,
fire-linked, mounted in head; 2x MX2351 "Solidus Fulgor" Beam Shield,
mounted on forearms; 6x TMA-BC3L Light Beam Cannon, mounted in wingtips,
operable only in mobile fighter form; 12x MMI-GAU26 17.5mm CIWS,
fire-linked, mounted in wings, operable only in mobile fighter form;
Optional Hand Armament: TMA-MPR01 Linear Auto-rifle
Pilots: Classified

Brian Yaple
BYapes@aol.com
Brian Y.
Seed Chronicles

[Black Aeronaut]

This little bit from Sleeping This The Girls:

Ami looked at her computer and then back up at me, then shook her head.
"Everyone
keep quiet and give him some space," she commented softly. Though
honestly, it felt like she was speaking at a borderline shout.
"Why?" Rei tuned it down to a whisper. "What happened?"
"He
just ingested a borderline overdose of methylphenidate." The
blue-haired senshi replied. "He's suffering from agitation symptoms.
Give him a minute or two to relax."
I leaned back against the bed, the throbbing in my head subsiding a little.
"So the crone mixed methylphenidate into it?" I asked. "Sounds familiar... What is it?"
"Oh," Ami chirped a little too loud. "Sorry. You might know it by its more common pharmaceutical name."
"And that is?" I asked in irritation.
Ami almost laughed but managed to keep it in.
"Ritalin." She stated.
...
You're shitting me.
You're FUCKING shitting me...

Heeeeeeeeeeee....  (^_^)

[robkelk]

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?562 ... st13721258]Shadowjack's watching episode 95... and I had to trim some of the better lines from this so it wouldn't be a monster post...

Usagi: "It's funny, but when I was younger, school seemed to eat up huge chunks of my day. Now it just seems to fly by like it's not even there."
Naru: "I know the feeling. Sometimes I feel like I'm not even there."

Awkward Zone Achieved.

(IIRC, this is the last episode where Naru appears, too...)

Usagi: "I'd take your offer of help, but my, er, other friends are getting worked right now and I'm not sure, um…"
Naru: "…that a mere mortal could do anything but cheerlead?"
Usagi: "Zackly."
Naru: "To be honest, I've been enjoying the quiet. I haven't been abducted in weeks."

(...but it looks like she seems happy with that.)

Usagi: "Does this mean that the droid-monster's control buttons are on her chest?"
Ami: "Aren't yours?" /blushes. "Sorry, I said it without thinking!"
Usagi: "…That's between me and Mamoru."
Mina: "I think that's the idea!"
Usagi: "LESS INNUENDO MORE TRANSFORMING."

Usagi: "I don't really want to stop the show, but I thought you might like to know, that we're gonna get real mad, unless you unhand that lad! So let me introduce to you, the one and only Sailors here—"
Rei: "Mars!"
Ami: "Mercury!"
Mina: "Venus!"
Mako: "Jupiter!"
Usagi: "—and Saiiiiiilor Moon! Just call us Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Vigilance Association!"

Kaolinite enters behind the team.

Kaolinite: "What would you think if I sang out of tune?"
Usagi: "Well, we'd stand up and walk out on y—waaaaaait a minute."

(Obviously, this is a quick transposition of Sailors with the ones in the universe where Doug trained the Senshi.)

Usagi: "…It's not my fault you haven't got upgrades lately!"
Rei: "¿Well, what else are we supposed to do? ¿Run in circles?"
Mako: "Maybe it is your fault, Moon. Have you tried a royal proclamation, granting us new powers?"
Usagi: "Sorry, I can't proclamate without a throne."
Mina: "There's pills for that."

--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Wiregeek]

Usagi: "Sorry, I can't proclamate without a throne."
Mina: "There's pills for that."

*CHOKE GASP DIE*
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies

[Bob Schroeck]

(Obviously, this is a quick transposition of Sailors with the ones in the universe where Doug trained the Senshi.)

Save for the fact that, y'know, Doug's not in these retellings, the banter alone makes it seem like Shadowjack''s channelling DW-S all the way through...
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Jorlem]

So when the live feed from the Pribnow Box appeared on the monitor, Dr Akagi laughing, then turning in surprise toward the test plugs, Kozo instinctively knew they had severely underestimated Dresden's ability to screw things up.

From chapter ten of Harry Dresden: Agent of NERV.
-----
Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

[Jorlem]

"Okay, we have a serious problem," Shirou said.
"Is it the fact that there's a tiny little girl with a giant mountain of muscle out to kill you?" Archer asked.
"Well, that's part of it, but that's not what I meant."
"Is it about the fact that there's berserker shaped holes in most of the walls of your house?"
"Okay, that needs to be taken care of too, but-"
"Or is it the fact that you have no idea what you're doing."
"That's a little harsh isn't it? I mean, I just got thrown into this today and-"
"Wait, I've got it – it's a school night and you have a biology test in the morning that you forgot about until I mentioned it and you haven't studied for at all."
"No, well, yes…how did you even know that?"
Archer smirked knowingly, before shrugging. That guy was really starting to annoy Shirou.

From What if Almost Everybody was Shirou's Servant, chapter 2.
-----
Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

[robkelk]

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?562 ... st13729730]Shadowjack's watching episode 96... and the most quotable line is the very first one:

Motorcycle riding montage! Who is this mysterious red-and-white-clad rider? And why am I suddenly humming "Crisis – Ikari no Komete Hashire"?

--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

The second half of http://www.cg-lair.co.uk/daleks/secemp429.htm]this page of Second Empire, the all-rendered, (almost)-all-Dalek webcomic.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[nocarename]

I Put On My Robe and Wizard Hat by VelspertheCat
“Hello Master.” Archer greeted the magus like nothing had gone wrong at
all. “How are you? Fantastic.” He answered before she could even
respond. “Does Saber look as handsome as me? No.” He interrupted her as
she raised a finger to answer.

He walked over to her bed, which now looked wrinkle free and freshly laundered. “Look to the right.”

Rin instinctively did as instructed as her higher reasoning centers were
still off balance. Her reading desk, which had been positively
overflowing with books last night was now completely spotless. A quick
check of the bookcase showed that the books had been moved over. Yes,
they had been moved over and alphabetically sorted.

“Now back to me.” Archer was now holding an oyster. He opened it to
reveal the ruby pendant Rin had lost last night. It still glowed with
the great amount of prana stored within it. Thanks to her losing it last
night, she had wound up with the Heroic Spirit in front of her. “I’ve
got an oyster with that thing you always loved.”

Rin opened her mouth to speak, but Archer thrust the pendant into her
hands. In the split second she glanced down at it, a golden light blazed
in her room. She glanced back up and suddenly the white haired man was
clenching onto a bejeweled dagger that glowed with all the lights of a
rainbow.

“Look again, the oyster is now a Jeweled Sword!” The red coated man
smugly crossed his arms in front of him. “Anything is possible when your
man smells like steel and smoke, and not like a lady.”

“…what.” Rin gave Archer a dead man’s stare. The man merely grinned as
their surroundings suddenly shifted in a wave of heat. A vast wasteland
filled with countless swords, both priceless and mundane, stabbed deep
into the cracked brown earth. High above the sky, towering gears spun as
they ground together.

“We’re in a reality marble.” Archer concluded.

All story segments may not be suitable for all ages. Or world views.

[LilFluff]

Heh. From Magical Guardian Ranma: Beta Edition chapter 2

"So, Ranma," Nabiki redirected her attention as Akane lead them
further into the lot amongst the gravel piles. "How many elements can
you support? Just the Western four, or our traditional five? Or should
that be the Chinese five, since you became a Guardian Beast there?"
Ranma
thought for a moment before responding. "Eight, I think. Shampoo,
Akane, and you have Earth, Fire, and Water already. The others are: Air,
Wood, Metal, Light, and Dark. I'm pretty sure that that's it."
"That sounds like either an amalgamation of the various traditional sets, or a standard videogame RPG set."
"Videogame RPG?"
"You know, Role Playing Game. Only as a videogame instead of with pen and paper."
"Not a clue, sorry."
"Final Fantasy? Breath of Fire? Dragon Quest?"
"Nabiki,
the only videogames I ever got to play were Pac-Man, Zaxxon, and
Galaxian," Ranma explained. "Although I had gotten rather good at
Martial Arts Pinball before Pop made me quit. He said that if I was
getting so lazy as to let some blind boy beat me in a tournament, I
could be doing other things to improve my hand-eye co-ordination. Too
bad, though; the kid was a really cool customer, a regular pinball
wizard! I'd have liked to challenge him again. Didn't seem to be all
there though..."

New insane martial arts has to be one of the more fun aspects of Ranma 1/2 fiction.

Akane and Nabiki had both set down their backpacks so that they could
try powering up for the first time in the lot when they heard a woman's
scream. Sparing Ranma a quick glance, the girls saw him nod, just
before the large blue kangaroo rat bounded off towards the source of the
scream at a considerable clip.
"Right," Nabiki stated seriously. "Let's do this!"
"BISHOJO MAGICAL FIRE HENSHIN!" Akane yelled, posing dramatically, triggering her transformation.
Nabiki, embarrassed at her sister's antics, pretended that she didn't know the other girl as she too transformed.

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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.

[Necratoid]

Lilfluff, am I wrong in guessing you have no idea who the blind (an deaf and dumb) boy is?

[Proginoskes]

He plays by sense of smell!

[Black Aeronaut]

Sure plays a mean pinball. *Starts rocking out on an electric guitar*

[Jorlem]

Shadowjack is reviewing Children of an Elder God. (Link. It starts at post #238)

It seemed like the sort of day that he would get blown up and eaten by spiders. Most days he saw his father were like that.

Let us hope he is exaggerating. Otherwise a later line by
Gendo—that he sent Shinji away for his own good—takes on worrisome
meaning. ("Dad, I ran away from Mom's grave three years ago because of
the zombie dinosaurs." "You disappoint me. Security was handling them.")

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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.

[Sweno]

Shadowjack is reviewing Children of an Elder God. (Link. It starts at post #238)

ooOOoo this should be good.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[LilFluff]

Lilfluff, am I wrong in guessing you have no idea who the blind (an deaf and dumb) boy is?

Blink! BLINKETY-BLINK!
Okay. I'm not sure how the heck I missed that. It's merely one of the Who songs I like cuing up.
Got hooked on The Who after a Kyo Kara Maoh AMV to I'm A Boy, which sadly I neglected to download, one of two AMVs I greatly regret failing to save a copy of.
Which now makes me think I should look for Ranma/KKM crossovers...
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.