Having just watched another couple of episodes, it might be interesting to have Doug in the world of Legend of the Four Kings, quite an old anime (1991 in japan, english release in 1995) but overlooked in my opinion. LoFK is about four brothers who possess special powers because although born human they are actually dragons - and that's eastern dragons, meaning practically unstoppable elemental forces. Naturally there are lots of people - government, underworld. international conspiracy etc, who would like to get their hands on this and there are some pretty messy confrontations. Worth getting your hands on just for the characterisations.
Somethign else that occurred to me was that since Step I is probably not going to be made available, maybe anotehr step should put Doug in an seting other than modern or post-modern urban. Even if you don't use a fantasy setting, something like Sakura Wars would be an interesting change of pace."How can I be this kick ass strong?! Powerful! Handsome! Charismatic! Gorgeous! Oh, Gods... Why do you burden me with such a heavy karma!"
- Dark Schneider, Bastard!!! #20
D for Drakensis

You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.

Because of the volume of messages on the topic, and because it has been rather active in my creative imagination recently, I have spawned this new forum to handle material on the Drunkard's Walk Step in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
As a side effect, I've finally settled on a place in the Walk for this story -- it is now Step 6, replacing the ill-defined Step in Jack Chalker's Well World. The Well World may show up in the Walk again some day, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.
This does not mean that this Step has been pushed up on the production schedule. It's still where it always was, as it is dependent on material that first appears in DW5, and must wait until that installment is finished first.
That doesn't stop us from talking about it, though! Enjoy and have fun.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I can't remember who, and the search function is clearly broken and won't let me find out, but someone here suggested that Hexe might be Athena. Helen laughed at that when she saw it, but I was a little puzzled, as I wasn't sure why Athena was a logical choice. Well, I am puzzled no more. I have just read what is I think the second Saint Seiya fic I've ever seen, and the first one which explains what the hell is going on in the series. No, Hexe is not Pallas Athene and the Warriors are not her knights. Hexe is team leader not because she's a goddess, but because we voted her there -- Dwimanor was team leader for a while, as was Major Kanis, whom you've not yet seen mentioned in the story. Hexe's just been team leader longer than any one else (although in bits and pieces as she keeps getting voted out and then voted back in).

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

It's in the hands of the editor, who's currently working it over. I've been contacted a couple of times about minor details which sort of imply that we're at the start of the final edit process.
That's all for now.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I forgot to add the following to the "spell song book" I posted in the thread of the same name; these are technically "in continuity", although for reasons that most folks here already know, they'll never actually be seen in use.
Note that these are just the songs in my outline; other songs might have been included in the story as things developed, but we'll never know now. (Then again, I may well throw out a song in a future installment and cite it as something Doug first used in Valdemar...)
Note that what I'm giving here is the specific effect allocated in my plot outline; most songs will probably get far more general descriptions if I need them.
We Built This City, Starship. Permanently transforms wooden palisade walls into worked stone.
Bad for Good, Jim Steinman. Ill-specified travel song; I'd probably have replaced this with something more suitable.
Sowing the Seeds of Love, Tears For Fears. Restores fields and crops destroyed by a battle.
Radar Love, Golden Earring. Locates a girl or woman Doug is fond of, and flies him to her at supersonic speeds. (He doesn't know his destination, and is "dragged" along by the song.)
Burning Down The House, Talking Heads. Another generic "fire powers" song.
Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young, Fire, Inc. (from Streets of Fire soundtrack). Gives an extensive illusory "tour" of places on Earth that are important to Doug.
Your Wildest Dreams, Moody Blues. Was going to be used as a cross-dimensional communication in an epilogue, but to tell you the truth, subsequent plans have eliminated the likelihood that this would be needed.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Given the traffic I've inadvertantly caused with DW-EVA threads, and the fact that it seems to be rather active in my writer's imagination at the moment, I've been considering spinning it off into its own forum a bit earlier than I'd intended. Thoughts, comments, objections?

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

(After Doug listens to the recordings made during the big fight in chapter 12...)
Well, now I knew their names. Celia. Linna. (Or maybe "Lynne",spelled English and pronounced Japanese.) Pris. (I knew a Pris,once, an android. She was a sweet kid, before that arms smugglerkilled her.) And the last one. I wasn't sure how to spell it,in either kana or Roman letters -- Naynay? Neinei? Somethinglike that. Probably a nickname of some sort -- maybe she alwaysvoted "no" at their meetings. Or maybe she liked horses --Neigh-Neigh?Nah. That was too strange, even for me.It was the most distinctive of the four names. If I could havejust settled on a spelling, I might have tried a search for herin the online telecomm directory for MegaTokyo. Just in case itwasn't a nickname. But that seemed far too unlikely.

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

This is apropos of nothing except the "song spellbook" thread; I've gotten a couple of emails asking just what this song is, since I listed it in Doug's repertoire. It's an oldie from the sixties, and it seems custom-made for his use. Think driving beat, old rock organ, and a really psychotic vocalist.
-- Bob
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(bellowed)
I am the god of hellfire and I bring you:
(sung)
Fire, I'll take you to burn.
Fire, I'll take you to learn.
I'll see you burn!
You fought hard and you saved and learned,
but all of it's going to burn.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now's your time burn your mind.
You're falling far too far behind.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, you gonna burn!
Fire, to destroy all you've done.
Fire, to end all you've become.
I'll feel you burn!
You've been living like a little girl,
in the middle of your little world.
And your mind, your tiny mind,
you know you've really been so blind.
Now's your time burn your mind.
-- Arthur Brown, "Fire,"
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I'm trying to see if anyone can help me identify the song that is played on the 1-800-flowers commercial. It's one that used to be popular around '64 or '65. The best I can do (since I can't hum on the forum) is to print some of the lyrics: "My love and I will be in love eternally, and that's the way; that's the way it's meant to be." I tried calling the company, but the people who answer the phone don't know the name of the song used for their commercial.

Well since my first guess went so well why not another. I see this song as stopping momentarily a fight between two sides, for example two mobs of people. Anyways here it is.

Enough Is Enough (4:36) - Chumbawamba
(Chorus)
Open your eyes, time to wake up
Enough is enough is enough is enough
Open your eyes, time to wake up
Enough is enough is enough is enough
Enough is enough is enough
Give the fascist man a gunshot
Enough is enough is enough
Give the fascist man a gunshot
Enough is enough is enough
Give the fascist man a gunshot
Trying and trying again to get this damn thing done
It can't done
Come shoot the fascist with a gun
'Cause it's stopping us from unity
We cannot see reality
Just vanity insanity Fusion cannot stand it see
No man fascist man will ever get me outta the land
So understand Fusion plan to stop them with a bang
We sang and sang to make the people all unite
Not fight but fight because the leaders don't think right
You burnt us in the past you know it won't happen again
So black and white take a stand and all try to defend
All of the people and the children who are living in the past
Just blast and blast don't make the fascist man last
(Repeat chorus)
On and on and on you know the feeling's so strong
So long
It's wrong
I'm telling you it's wrong
Destruction confusion and blaming it on the color
I wonder in horror 'cause the people start to follow
All the leaders and the rulers who are putting up the fence
It's dense immense and you say you're talking sense
Bull, bull I want to say it full
But people on the radio you know will make a pull
So I try to tone it down to make the whole world know
That the language of my violence will proceed in my show
Flow, flow to make the fascist man know
that unity is here and unity will grow
(Repeat chorus)
I want to wake up, I want to wake up
I want to wake up, I want to wake up
Open your eyes, time to wake up
Enough is enough is enough is enough
(Repeat)