Isekai by Moonlight

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With the third chapter currently at 136 kb, I thought I'd present a few rejected ideas for the other dimension that Ami, Makoto, Ryou, and Robu have been sent to. If you were hoping to see any of these... sorry.


What's the most likely destination? Oh, right:

We were dumped out of the dimensional vortex into deep space. As I hugged my dearest, my final thought was of how much I wished we could survive in a vacuum...

While that might be the most statistically likely scenario, there's nowhere to go with that setup. Rejected.

So, let's forget statistics and go with what lets me tell a story.

It had been over two decades since we'd been dumped onto this world. We had learned which plants are edible, which animals to stay away from, and how severe the winters could get.

Now, we had a small farm. Makoto and I had two daughters, while Ryou and Ami had two sons... and the children were at the age where they were wondering about the biological differences between them.

But then, one evening, there were lights in the sky and a crashed shuttle from a spaceship - the Star Leaf.

It looks like the Adam and Eve scenario we had going was suddenly bigger than we thought.

Possible, although it would be a serious change in tone, but it's been ages since I last watched Gall Force. And if I'm not going to go with the original, I'm certainly not going to go with a knockoff of the idea, like new-BSG. Rejected.

We were dumped out of the dimensional vortex in front of our school. But it wasn't our school despite looking exactly like it; the sign out front read Crossroads Junior High School.

Ah, no.

Nooooo...

We've been dropped into dubbed Sailor Moon, haven't we?

Confirmation of that came quickly, when a particular twin-tailed blonde ran over to see what all the fuss was all about. "Amy? Lita? How'd you get here so fast? What are you doing back here, Greg? And who's this other guy you're with?"

Shoot me now. At least Usagi has redeeming qualities - Serena's a total airhead.

By necessity, that would involve too much Complaining About Dubs I Don't Like. Rejected.

We were dumped out of the dimensional vortex into a desert. Not a completely abandoned desert, though. We were dropped into the lap - literally, in Makoto's case - of a blond man wearing grey biker's leathers who was cooking an iguana over a campfire. He looked at her in surprise and asked, "Makoto? How did you get here?"

"I'm sorry, sir, but I have no idea who you are. Or where here is," she added as I helped her up.

"Right. Ed and Minerva warned me that this could happen. Hello, my name's Doug Sangnoir."

Somewhat tempting, but then I'd have to ask Bob to co-write the chapter (even if he doesn't mind fanfic of his character, it's still polite to ask)... and he's busy. Rejected.