BaRkInG sNoUt
by DARK DAY FOR ANIME

5. LETS GO, GEKIGANGER!

	One day, Usagi came charging into Setsuna's humble abode 
whilst the elder senshi was counting the royalties.

	"Wh...  What are YOU doing in here?"  She said as she quietly 
shuffled 20 billion yen under the carpet.

	"I came through the front door."
	"This is not somewhere you can reach that easily."

	Usagi shook her head wildly.  "I haven't come here to have an
argument over how I got in here."
	"Yes you did."
	"No I didn't."
	"I tell you, you most certainly did."
	"I did not."
	"No no no."
	"Nonsense."
	"I'm telling you..."
	"Look, will you stop distracting me whilst you hide the 
royalties under the carpet."
	"Oh, you spotted that...."

	"Look, our show...."
	"What about it?"
	"Its been cancelled."

	Setsuna raised an eyebrow.  "I see.  I expected as much."
	"The ratings for the early part of Sailorstars was really 
crappy.  So they decided to pull the plug on us."

	Setsuna nodded sagely.  "Hmm...  Sounds about right."

	Usagi looked at Setsuna.  "You....  Did you already know about 
this?"
	"I'm sorry, Usagi.  I can't explain these things to you.  You 
must understand, I only see an approximation, the possibilities, of 
the future..."
	"Bullshit.  You already knew."

	Setsuna shifted her feet uncomfortably.

	"I saw you wearing that blond wig....  You're going for the 
role of that scientist woman in Nadesico, aren't you?"  Usagi 
pointed a finger at Setsuna accusingly.

	Setsuna hid the blond wig with the royalties.  "Oh come on, 
Usagi, that's rampant paranoia.  They'll never kill off Sailormoon.  
There shall always be sequel OAVs."
	"So why are Haruka and Michiru hunting for roles in various 
potential shoujo anime productions.  I hear they're going to take 
the roles of sisters who have an incestuous lesbian relationship, 
but are really the reincarnations of angels who committed some 
treasonous act against God at some vague point in the past and have 
to die in various horrible manners repeatedly as punishment...."

	"Sounds like fun.  Can I join?"

	"TALK SERIOUSLY, you stupid, green-haired bint."  Usagi 
gritted her teeth.  "Then there is Hotaru...."

	"What about her?"
	"She's bleached her hair and re-dyed it blue.  Now all she 
does is wander around, looking pathetic and scrawny, and saying 
'hai' to anything anyone says to her."  Usagi scratched her head.  
"Or is that ordinary behaviour for Hotaru...  I can't remember 
anymore....  Whatever, she's taken the lead female role in some 
piss-ant mecha show with religious overtones...."

	Setsuna nodded.  "Hmm, yes, I must admit, all this sounds very 
grim indeed.  But remember, we'll always have Paris."

	"Eh?"

	Before Usagi could do anything, Setsuna was out of there with 
the royalties....

	"Waddayaknow.  She scarpered..."


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DDFA ayanami@merlin.net.au
30th Jan 1998