Quote:Great, just great. Tom's drunk and Ransom's about to step outside. I wish I could ask Eimi whether this was the night, but there wasn't time to go back to the hotel. It was up to me to make sure Ransom didn't end up dead. Maybe.

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

Quote:"I promise you, Cooper: we will find out who killed Laura Palmer."

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Twin Peaks

Duane Peters Wrote:Narrator's voice: "Very few people know that Racer X is, in reality, Douglas Q. Sangnoir, Speed Racer's second cousin twice removed."

Quote:I really didn't want to have to belt the girl, but she just wouldn't give up.  She kept trying to get to her rifle and I didn't want to have to deal with that.  I gave her a nice, solid whack to separate her from her consciousness for a couple of hours while I figured this post-apocalyptic world out.

My reprieve was short-lived when the door to the warehouse slid open and a dozen more women stood there.  Some were armed with conventional weapons: an uzi there, an AK-47 over there.  Others, less so.  At least one girl (almost dressed as a pirate) was carrying a pair of flintlocks while another carried a Flammenwerfer 35.  Some of them, however, were armed with weapons that I couldn't figure out how they got.  One girl was carrying what looked to be one of Egon's proton packs.  Another was carrying a man-pack gatling gun.

Most of them were only partially clothed and damn if they weren't all gorgeous.  They all had me covered and I let out a long sigh.  I turned to face them and prepared to combat hype.

"Oh," the one with the proton pack exclaimed, almost disgustedly.  "It's just a man."

My eyes went wide.  "What do you mean, ‘just a man!?'"

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Macho Women With Guns--what do you want, I'm a pervert!?

Ebony Wrote:

Quote:Duane Peters wrote:

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Narrator's voice: "Very few people know that Racer X is, in reality, Douglas Q. Sangnoir, Speed Racer's second cousin twice removed."

Doug (looking around, confused): I'm what?! Who the hell is that?

Quote:Ebony wrote:

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I know she's a superhero and all, but I'd hate to see Rose try to throw a punch with those nails.... 

Quote:And it was indeed a cafe that occupied the side of the house, complete with a cute sign that read "Cafe Alpha - Open". It was compact but well equipped and, currently, completely deserted. The windows were flung open, letting in a lot of sunlight and good ocean air.

"Nice place," I said. "You must make some pretty good business."

"Thank you!" Alpha said as she began brewing a pot on the burner behind the counter. "Though you're my first customer today!"

"Really?" I asked as I sat down at one of the tables.

Alpha tilted in her head in a now-that-I-think-of-it angle and continued, "Actually, you're my first customer in... two? No, three days!"

"..." I said.

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Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

JFerio Wrote:"So, it's a magic helmet," the man who had been identified as "Garabaldi" said, his look like he was sizing me up for a straightjacket. "And where do you keep your spear, then?"

JFerio Wrote:"So, it's a magic helmet," the man who had been identified as "Garabaldi" said, his look like he was sizing me up for a straightjacket. "And where do you keep your spear, then?"

Quote:"Your fancy hat - it's got at least one enchantment on it, right?"

Doug, wondering about the term "fancy hat," looked at Chris. "Of course it does. I don't need some hotshot mage casting some spell on it that would make it stop playing my music, so it's warded against that."

"So," he replied while grinning and looking at the ... toothpick. "Now you've got a spear and magic helmet."

"Magic helmet?" asked Skuld.

"Magic helmet," Urd confirmed.

"Magic helmet..." drawled Belldandy while gesturing toward Doug. Noticing the men staring at her, she continued, "You aren't the only ones who've seen some of those cartoons."

Wiredgeek Wrote:I can't see Doug's stay in the YKK world being 'nano'. There's something sinister going on behind the scenes in that manga - I can feel it in my meat.

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The entire human race is slowly dying away and the ocean is equally slowly rising up to engulf the remaining land. And it's implied that it's humanity's fault that these two things are happening. 'Course, this is just on Earth; if Taapon is any indication, some of humanity may have escaped its planetary cradle.

JFerio Wrote:"So, it's a magic helmet," the man who had been identified as "Garabaldi" said, his look like he was sizing me up for a straightjacket. "And where do you keep your spear, then?"