Sorry for not doing this earlier. Hi. Names' Phillip. I got dragged here by Evil Midnight Lurker one day to see yet another piece of fiction (which inevitably ends with me grudgingly admitting that it's good stuff), and I'll have to say that I'm rather enjoying DW so far. I have yet to finish it, though that has less to do with lack of interest than it does with lack of time.
So, about me:
-I'm a gamer. Have been since recieveing a first edition Player's Handbook at the tender age of six. My father would later claim it was the biggest mistake of his life. I'd like to add some more to that list, myself. My systems of choice are GURPS, TFOS (Arguably the greatest RPG of all time), and In Nomine, though I'll play most anything at least once. My forays into developement of game designs haven't gotten me that far just yet, but give me time.
-I'm an anime fan. That kicked off my sophomore year of high school, when a friend of mine brought out a tape of Ranma 1/2 during halloween. It was Dub, but I have since learned the joys of Subtitling. As anime goes I tend to be fairly picky. Excessive blood, violence or (shudder) fanservice annoys the hell out of me. I can't help but feel that they're insulting my intelligence when they do it.
-I'm also big on fanfiction, more or less under the same stipulations as I have with anime. Mind you, I'm also picky about quality of writing, but there you go. I've got a lot of ideas at the moment, three of which have seen the light of the internet. I need to do something about this. Oh, and I write original stuff too.
Lessee, what've I got on the burners now?
-'Ran Nomine: Hell or Hot Water', the 'fic previously mentioned by Lurker. Ranma 1/2-In Nomine Fusion.
-'Prodigal Son', an Ukyou-centered story in which Ukyou goes home after the Ranma/Akane wedding, hoping to leave Nerima behind. She wishes.
-'Card Captor Saotome', ...yeah. It really just hit me upside the head one day when I imagined Keroberos intoning the phrase "The life of a true Magical Girl is fraught with peril." Well, that and I enjoy making Ranma's life hell.
-'Yellow', which is the other way I'm messing with Ranma's life. Sort of a parody of the altaverse 'Ranma the badass' fics I saw everywhere for a while, it asks the question: What if Ranma, still the martial arts savant, were a complete coward?
-'Team Nerima', which is presently expanding at a geometric rate. Started as Ranma/Bureau 13 fusion, rapidly becoming Bureau 13/ALL ANIME IN THE COSMOS.
And of course Time and Place, which I'm really starting to enjoy.
Sorry about that. I really should get a website one of these days so I can just put things there.
Anway, looking forward to reading more of your works, Schroeck.
Phillip A. DesJardins
The Happy Shiny Mercurian
Monkeys With Typewriters Fanfiction Productions
Ukyou stared at the boy in disbelief. "Please don't tell me you're trying to make sure your future happens."
The boy shakes his head. "Oh no, my life is hell."

A few potentially-useful Bjork songs found among the many which would probably induce a psychotic episode (yai).

For those special times when all you need is an army of Dougs:

Quote:

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Army of Me
Stand up
You've got to manage
I won't sympathize
Anymore.
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
You're alright
There's nothing wrong
Self-sufficience please!
And get to work.
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
Army of me
You're on your own now
We won't save you
Your rescue-squad
Is to exhausted
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
Army of me

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Headphones
Genius to fall asleep to your tape last night
So warm
Sounds go through the muscles
These abstract wordless
Movements, move move move move move.
They start off cells that haven't been touched before
These cells are virgins
Waking up slowly
My headphones
They saved my life
Your tape
It lulled me to sleep
To sleep, to sleep
Nothing will be the same
I'm fast asleep
I like this resonance
It elevates me
I don't recognize myself
This is very interesting
My headphones
They saved my life
Your tape
It lulled me to sleep
To sleep, to sleep
I'm fast asleep now
I'm fast asleep
My headphones
They saved my life
Your tape
It lulled me to sleep
To sleep, to sleep.

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Hunter
Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh...
If travel is searching
And home has been found
I'm not stopping
I'm going hunting
I'm the hunter
I'll bring back the goods
But I don't know when
I thought I could organize freedom
How Scandinavian of me
~en-cha-le-li~
~en-cha-le~
You sussed it out, didn't you ?
yeah!
You could smell it
So you left me on my own
To complete the mission
Now I'm leaving it all behind
I'm Going hunting
I'm the hunter, I'm the hunter
I'm going hunting
I'm the hunter Ooooohhh... I'm the hunter
I'm the hunter Ooooohhh... I'm the hunter
I'm ... the ... hunter...
Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh... Ooooohhh...

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Alarm call
Wo-oo-ooh hoh!
I have walked this earth
And watched people
It doesnt scare me at all
I can be sincere
And say I like them
It doesnt scare me at all
An-bithelafter-mer
An-yeah-hoh-oh
An-be-ja-a-a-ha-ha
You can't say no to hope
Can't say no to happiness
I want to go on a mountain-top
With a radio and good batteries
And play a joyous tune and
Free the human race
From suffering
It doesnt scare me at all
I'm no fucking buddhist
But this is enlightenment
The less room you give me
The more space I've got
It doesnt scare me at all
An-chamel-after
An-yeah-hoh-oh
An-be-ja-a-a-ha-ha
You can't say no to hope
Can't say no to happiness
It doesnt scare me at all
I want to be on a mountain-top
With a radio and good batteries
And play a joyous tune and
Free the
A-human race
From suffering
It doesnt scare me at all
This is an alarm-call
So wake-up, wake-up now
Woo-oo-ooh!
Today has never happened
And it doesnt frighten me
It doesnt scare me at all
An-bithel-after
An-yeah-hoh-oh
An-che-ja-a-a-ha-ha
You can't say no to hope
You can't say no to happiness
Wo-oo-ooh!
It doesnt scare me at all, wo-oo-ooh! ....

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Pluto
Excuse me
But I just have to
Explode
Explode this body
Off me
Woo-ooh
Oooooh (x4)
I'll be brand new
Brand new tomorrow
A little bit tired
But brand new
OOoooh! X3
Aaaaah! X13
Aaaaaah!
Woaahh!!!

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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.