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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Drix D'Zanth [/i] [B]Jesus christ.. I hate hearing the band. All it was , in highschool, was "Band this.. " and "Band that".. it was like a little 500 person sub-community within our school. If you weren't part of the band.. you missed out on ALOT apparently. I think both sides just need to grow up, you may just be taking this a bit too seriously Stardust. It's really not worth your stress.. Who give's a damn if the band has a sign or not? It's a sign.... You are all going to realize how incredibly pointless the petty bickering was in a year... *shrugs*. [/B][/QUOTE] Well, excuse me, but the people in band have just as much right as those freakin' preppy cheerleaders do. Of course, I haven't had anything as extreme as what stardust was talking about, but if you say to someone *coughcheerleadercough* that you like band or something, they'll just look at you like you're some sorta geek. *punches random cheerleader in the head, not you BabyGirl, lol* [quote][i]Originally posted by stardust[/i] [b]Then of course the cheerleaders. They share our bus with us, well,one of our buses, and they were actually yelling at some of our band people to triple up in seats so they wouldn't have to share a seat with anyone,they said they might "break a nail",the sad thing is I ain't joking,kinda typical tho. [/b][/quote] Holy cheese, that's exactly what the cheerleaders at my school are like. They think they're just the best and all that, and one sees you sitting in a seat across from their friend, they'll make you move. Gwad, it's horrorible. I hate cheerleaders....:grumble:

Behehe, the reason you say he looks "computery" is because he's a character from a video game. :D Golden Sun: The Lost Age. His name is Piers, the Water Adept from Lemuria...yeah. Personally, I think the background is not too busy. Huh, that's just me, but I really like this piece. ^^

I just finished this in Paint Shop Pro. It's a little part of my collage for my autobiography, showing five of the seven guys I like. Girls, I suggest only you look at these. I don't know why, it's just that a girl's comments kinda mean more in a bishonen situation. :D My favorite piccie is the one of Kurama...he's so cute... Oh, and in case your wondering, I am "married" to Sai Saici! I do not think he's weird! So there! *kicks Iva in the ankle, inside joke ^^*

On one of my daily trips to this anime website called Lelola, I saw this in an update. Here's a part of the article. The full one made me gag so badly. [i]I found an article discussing the "best" and "worst" TV shows (Because, you know, what's the point of quality time and literature when there's TV "Books"? What are these "books" you speak of?") for little children. Here's an excerpt from "The Worst": ---- Pamela Odom's rule of thumb: If a children's show is violent in any way, it's not something she's going to let her 1-year-old son, Kaeleb, watch. At the top of her list of bad kids' shows is the animated adventure series "Pokemon." "As if children don't see enough of that (violence)," the Lakeland mother said. "They certainly don't need to see it in their favorite cartoons." She's hardly alone. Advocates for quality TV also deplore "Pokemon," along with similar action cartoons. Other offenders include "The Powerpuff Girls," "Yu-Gi-Oh" "X-Men" and "Dragon Ball Z," all on the Cartoon Network; and "Shaman King," on Fox. ---- This article reminds me of an article I have somewhere in my collection of junk from 1996 that listed TV Guide's most violent shows. The top ones were all exports from Japan (At the time, Power Rangers was at the top of the list). Meh. I grew up on "violent" shows and I turned out fine. *nervous laugh* Seriously though, I understand not wanting to allow a really young child to watch such shows, but compared to most of the stuff on TV, the anime mentioned wasn't that violent. I do think that parents have a responsibility controlling what their children watch, however, there is such a thing as sheltering children a little too much. Yes, the happy happy joy joy "perfect world" moral-of-the-day TV shows aren't violent, but they also are a bit of a dilution at times. Fairytale endings rarely happen in real life. I think that children should be exposed to a wide range of programming. I've found that anime works wonders in opening children's imaginations. That said and done, I'm off to watch the ever-violent Pokemon so that I can even more become corrupted and evil, so that I may find a way to overthrow the current governments and take over the world.[/i] Am I the only one who sees the first obvious sign? [i]Pamela Odom's rule of thumb: If a children's show is violent in any way, it's not something she's going to let her 1-year-old son, Kaeleb, watch.[/i] My God, the kids 1 YEARS OLD! Of course he's not gonna watch DBZ. But seriously, am I the only (besides Pan-Chan, who did the update) who thinks that the parent's over-protective? Okay, well, wha'cha all think? PS: If you [i]really[/i] wanna gag, go [URL=http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030917/NEWS/309170301/1021]here[/URL]

"Okay, everybody freshened up?" Moriko half yelled, half asked. "Yes!" came the reply. "Does anybody need to use the bathroom?" "Morik, that fits into the category of freshened up," muttered Tani. "I knew that!" came Moriko's stout and cheerful reply. The group began to walk back. The path they had taken was easily found, for there were broken twigs, foot imprints, and small circles indicating where Tani's staff had been. Katumea yawned and started talking to Mori-Sora about random things, while Moriko and Tani tried to see what had happened to Reena. "You said you saw your past," said Tani, sounding a tad concerned. "Or something like that," piped in Moriko. Reena sighed. "If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." "Hey," said Moriko, pointing a thumb at herself, "Lookie at me. If I was under a cloak, and I told you I was a demon,would you believe it?" "Well yeah. People don't lie about not being human." "Yeah! We rebellions don't lie!" There was a loud cough from Tani. "Or at least most of the time." Reena took in a breath, as if about to tell some long story that would last for hours. "Well, it was right after I collapsed. I heard some voices behind a rock on the other side of this pool." "A rock?" Tani asked. "Yup. Anyways, it sounded like a boy and a girl, and the girl was asking the boy if he'd be okay, and about what if he got attacked and stuff like that. The boy said he'd be find and the girl ran off." "Okay...so what's so weird about that?" Moriko wondered. "I'm not finished yet." "Yeah, that would help." "So the girl ran off. I went to go talk to the boy. It was strange, to be talking to somebody between a rock, but he eventually came out and showed me who he was." "What'd he look like?" Tani asked. "Let's see...dark blue eyes and orange hair...he was about, maybe seven or eight. Oh, and he had these funny markings under his eye." ---------- Blah, I'm ending there cause I'm tired of typing. *yawns*

Yessss...my banners! I always notice this weird pattern in my threads where it'll be at the top for a while and then shrink down and down...that's one of my favorite things to do is try and revitalize old threads. :D Anyways, since I seem to make banners and avis alot, I decided to make this and post them here. Number one is one I just finished. It's one of my favorite Trigun pics and it's from episode nine, Murder Machine. It's when Vash "introduces" himself to Wolfwood, and I took the liberty and wrote down that whole, 17 word, freakin' long name. Its really simple, but I like it alot. Enjoy. ^^

*is not paying attention to any other posts* ^^ [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by stun gun Milly [/i] [B]I like it,but the orange background color,doesn't really suit the two pics very well,how about a shade of blue or something like that ^^,but the design of the background goes really nicely with the two pics,and the border I really like it it adds some kind of mood to it.The text is a bit hard to read but if you try a different type of text,it would look really great!!Overall,the text and the background color are the only things that are a little problem ^^,but fix that and it would be a really great banner,but I still really like it,but if it's for your friend she'll probably really like it!!Also I'm not saying it's not really good,I think it's a really great banner!! [/B][/QUOTE] Thank you, thank you, stun gun Milly. Your practiclly the only one who offered some real, true advice. Thanks. ^^ :love:

Tani looked over at Moriko. Their eyes met. [i]Talk about mental problem. "Moriko! Don't be so mean!" You know it's true. "It is not! Don't give Reena a hard time. We just found her!"[/i] Moriko shrugged. "I don't know...seems like it to me." Tani puffed out her cheeks. "Hmph," she said, crossing her arms. "Uh...you two okay?" Mori-Sora asked, looking between the two. [i]"Why am I the one always confused?"[/i] "You think she's okay?" Katumea asked Mori. "Yeah. Well...maybe. I mean...er...well, how can someone 'see thier past'? It doesn't quite make sense." Katumea sighed. "Nothing makes sense in this world." "Yeah, that's true." The five walked in silence for a bit, the only noise being made was the sound of leaves and twigs being snapped under their feet. Reena spoke up. "Where's everybody else?" she asked, turning around. "In the opposite direction of where we're going, that's for sure," Moriko responded. "What? Why didn't you tell me?" "We though you knew!" Reena sighed. "Yeah, well...whatever." The group turned around and headed back. -------------- *does the happy dance because people are finally posting*

Yeah, well...yeah Me and my two other friends (Iva and EowynElf) have many different anime guys we like, aka Bishonen. So far, I'm in the lead with 7. :sweat: Yes, I'm overly obsesive. It's a well known fact amongst my friends that, any anime I watch, I'll probably see some dude who I think is cute...I'm notorious for that. :D ANYWAYS, I made this banner for my friend, Iva. She doesn't know, and that's because a) I haven't told her and b) She's not online. -_- (Oh yeah, I'm smart...) It's with her two favorite bishonens, Haku (Spirited Away) and Domon (G Gundam). Tell me what ya think, 'kay?

"HOLY-" Moriko swore so loudly but her voice couldn't be heard through the roar of the flames and falling of the forest. It all stopped. The Reena-Dragon was nowhere to be found. Swiftly, the rebellion searched the area, looking for any traces of Reena. "You know, even an ear would be nice," said Katumea, lifting up some fallen trees. "That's not very funny," said Tani, waving her staff around. The magic lifted up the fallen trees. "Hurry," she grunted through clenched teeth, "I can't hold this for long you know!" Rann nodded. He transformed into a dragon, then flew up in the air to look. Katumea and Evean started sniffing the ground for Reena's scent, Moriko looking on, muffling her laughter. Tani couldn't hold it. She closed her eyes, as if in pain, trying to hold up the massive weight of all the trees. Sweat trickled down her face in pained concentration. "I'm really sorry you guys!" she yelled, "But I can't hold it up anymore!" She let her concentration go loose. Her hands fell to her side as she fell on her knees. The elf laid on the floor, appearing dead. "ACK! TANI!" Moriko yelled, running over to her friend's side. Tani made a few mumbles. "I'm fine. Look for Reena though."

Dude, that's pretty darn good for MS. I downloaded free versions of Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop, although for the moment I suggest PSP. Anways, that's really cool!

I would except I loose some color info. Sorry.

"Lemme give it a shot," said Nami, holding her gun out with one hand. She carefully aimed it and fired. "Well, you took out an eye," commented Serenity. "HEY!" Nate yelled. "This thing is MINE to kill! Not little girls!" Damon, Serenity, and Nami all shot if-looks-could-kill glances at Nate. He raised an eyebrow, then muttered, "Yeah yeah, whatever." Serenity threw another dagger as Damon fired another bullet. The demon wasn't going down, as Nami viewed it. There was another gunshot; Mirth had fired again. The bullet made a hole in the demon's right arm. "Damn," he said, clenching his teeth. [i]Wait a minute...I can do something to help...[/i] Nami carefull opened up a trinket on her necklace. Inside was a silver-white powder, softly grined. "What's that?" asked Cat. "Angel powder. I only use it in bad situations, which haven't been any yet, but it still works." She took an empty shell and filled it up to the rim with the powder, then carefully placed it in the silver gun. "Triple attack?" asked Damon. "Sure." "One," said Nami. "Two," said Serenity. "THREE!" Damon yelled. Two gunshots and a blade spliced the air they traveled through. Nami held her breath, waiting...

"Woah woah WOAH!" Moriko yelled at Katumea. "Calm down you moron!" Katumea began pacing her breathing. "Yeah...it's just...we can't let Tani die!" "No duh," responded Moriko, her hand wiping her face. "But we can't let those soldiers get back to the city and give away our postion." "Then why don't we just [i]move[/i]? Ever think about that, genius?" "Because they [i]know[/i] that were riding on dragons. Did you ever think about [i]that[/i], genius?" The two crossed their arms and looked away from each other. "Guys guys guys!" said Mori-Sora, trying to maintain peace. "Don't fight!" (At this time in an anime, she'd be smiling with a large sweatdrop on her head...I'll shut up now...) "Yeah you guys. I mean..." Tani jumped off Reena. "We need to maintain a proper vocal level so we don't get discovered." "There you go in your miss goody-goody act again," said Moriko, "Can you give it a rest for once?" "What's that suppossed to mean? You know I'm always like this!" "Yeah, but," Moriko began to talk in a higher voice, imitating Tani, "[i]We need to maintain a proper vocal level so we don't get discovered.[/i] Sheesh." Tani heaved a sigh. "Shut up." "You." "No you." "You." "No you!" "YOU!" "Hey hey hey! Elf girl and demon person, could you shut up so we can get going?" said Phaedra. "Just shut your traps, take Mori's medicine, and we can go find this sword, okay?" Needless to say, the rebellion wasn't feeling that well towards each other that night.

Nami raised an eyebrow. "Okay, so we got a biker gang with one member dead, and now a little reunion on our hands. Next thing we know were gonna find someone's lost wallet..." Damon, who had been happy just moments before, now looked solemly at the ground. Serenity did her best effort to comfort her friend. "So," said James, "So...are we going to city hall now or what?" "Oh yeah!" shouted Damon suddenly, "I forgot all about that! Let's get going!" Damon returned to her cheerful mode. [i]She's hiding how she really feels,[/i] thought Nami, remembering only too well how she had done the same when she as younger. The group walked back into the city in a muffled silence. There was the ocassional cough from somebody, Nami couldn't figure out who, but other than that, not much in the terms of noise happened. "Did anybody else see that?" Serenity said quickly, her eyes darted to the other way down the road. "No," came the many replies. "Oh. Well..." "Did it look like a demon?" wondered James. "How 'bout a demon child?" asked Nami. "No. It looked big. Really big." "[i]How[/i] big?" asked Cat. "Like...like...hm...(the size of a Gundam huge...no, no, just kidding...:D)...it seemed at least three times bigger than the normal, full grown demon." "Whew..." said Nami, as James whistled in amazment, "Now that's huge."

Hehehe...I got this list off of some AOL guys post...it's really funny, it's called "You know you've been in band too long when..." And it has 214 reasons. That's alot. Also, the orgianl author threw in some inside jokes and then I putin some comments, so yeah. Here's part 1. You Know You've Been In band too Long When? 1.) You think going to competitions on Saturday's is more fun than getting presents on Christmas. 2.) You're asked who the people in your family are and you start naming off band people. 3.) *For flutes.* A lyre is a fashion must. 4.) You begin to think those funky hats you wear when you're marching are kind of cool... 5.) And you wished you owned one. 6.) Someone behind you says "band geek" and you turn around. 7.) Being a band geek is a good thing. 8.) You value your instrument(s) more than life itself. 9.) Your fall over (holding your instrument), smacking your head on concrete in the process, and are more worried about your instrument than yourself. 10.) You accidently call your band director "dad." 11.) You wish your band director was your dad 11B.) Your band director responds when you call him "dad." 12.) You have put your friends in two seperate catagories - band friends and non-band friends ... 13.) And the "band friends" category has at least 30 more people in it than the "non-band friends" section does. 14.) Your instrument has a name. 15.) You start calling brunette's blondes (inside joke ... ^_^). 16.) You feel more at home with the band than with your own family. 17.) Going 2+ hours in 90 degree heat without water is easy. 18.) You think your band shirt is "pretty ... " 19.) And you constantly wear it in public. 20.) You have all the band shirts you've ever gotten in the back of your closet ... 21.) And wouldn't give them up for anything. 22.) You still have the music from last year memorized. 23.) All the music you've played since your first year of band in still in your lyre or set up lovingly on a band altar in your room. 24.) You make up sets for your favorite songs. 25.) Everywhere you go reminds you about something that happened in band. 26.) Your favorite memories have something to do with band. 27.) Bus rides are fun. 28.) Changing on those buses with other people becomes natural to you. 29.) *For double-reed instruments* The term "one time at band camp ... " doesn't offend you any more. 30.) It's actually kind of funny when you hear people say that. 31.) Seeing trumpet players (etc.) empty out their spit valves on the floor isn't gross anymore. 32.) You feel more comfortable standing at attention than anything else. 33.) You roll your feet while walking down the hall. 34.) Someone sees you rolling your feet and automatically knows you're in the band. 35.) Your leg muscles are the strongest muscles in your whole body ... 36.) Except for your butt muscles (ya know, backwards marching?drum majors?Monica ?) 37.) You're sitting in class and begin practicing your fingerings on your pencil. 38.) That last sentence didn't sound "dirty" to you. 39.) Hearing certain drummers (*cough6thgraderscough*) randomly bang on their drum (very loudly) doesn't scare you anymore. 40.) A metronome doesn't hurt your ears anymore. 41.) You think of what life without band would be and begin to cry. 42.) You're standing at attention and your drum major/director could pretty much start scratching his/her butt without you reacting. 43.) Left over hotdogs and hamburgers (from the football game the night before) on competition mornings is the breakfast of champions. 44.) You like leftover hotdogs and hamburgers for breakfast (hey, it is the breakfast of champions). 45.) Uniforms are sexy. 46.) You dress to the lunch line... 47.) And encourage everyone else to do the same. 48.) You've considered writing a book about your experiences in band. 49.) You are always in step with the person in front of you - even if you're just in line for the bathroom. 50.) You wish marching season lasted all year. 51.) You can actually sight read. 52.) Your crush is always someone in band. 53.) Having a crush on someone outside of band is just plain weird. 54.) Your band could kick the football team's butt ... 55.) And that's a well-known fact. 56.) You've had multiple dreams about band. 57.) You can almost twist your upper body all the way around. 58.) Numbers above 8 aren't important. 59.) Letters beyond G aren't important. 60.) You've forgotten what the numbers past 8 and the letters past G are. 61.) You hear a song on the radio and it only takes you a minute to figure out how to play it on your instrument. 62.) You're so inspired by this list that after you finish reading it, you'll go make your own. 63.) Music with words begins to sound kind of strange to you. 64.) "Oboe" is one of your favorite words, 'cause it sounds so fun. I mean, think about it - oboe. Oh-bow. It's fun. 65.) You know that your instrument is the best... 66.) And when someone who plays another instrument tries to say otherwise, you slap them. 67.) You can't be in a family snapshot without at least three other band members and you holding your beautiful instrument in it. 68.) You see your band more than your family... 69.) And your mom doesn't recognize you one day because of it. 70.) You wish you could sleep in your band room. 71.) You start wearing your black shoes to school, the mall, etc. 72.) Marching over someone who is unconsious from being smacked by a flag is a usual thing. (Just kidding, color guard!) 73.) Your band director is your hero... 74.) Even if he/she did call you out for talking when you weren't (so true). 75.) People worry when they don't see you polishing/holding/playing/talking to/kissing/hugging/admiring/etc. your instrument. 76.) You've never been seen not polishing/holding/playing/talking to/kissing/hugging/admiring/etc. your instrument. 77.) People who aren't in band stare at you funny when you say you've been studying your fingering chart. 78.) You read that last sentence and it took you a few minutes to understand it. 79.) Non-band people think "oh, great ... " whenever you walk up because they know they are going to bombard them with words like flank, attention, four count turn, parade rest, tune, mark time, slide, eight by eight, to the rear, and so on. 80.) Some non-band people actually understand you when you start talking to them like that ('cause you do it so freaking much). 81.) You scream and have to find a seat whenever UNA marches onto a field. 82.) You see bands like UNA perform and cry because it was so inspiring. 83.) You can't empty your pockets without finding screw drivers, valve oil, cork grease, etc. ... even if you never use any of that stuff. 83.) Band isn't just an extracurricular activity, it's a way of life. 84.) You relate to this stuff. 85.) Standing is more natural than sitting. 86.) Your drum major refers to you as "that funny flute girl." 87.) Your drum major has said that she wishes she played flute so she could be a "funny flute girl." (yet another inside joke from the author?^_^) 88.) You know someone's personality by what instrument they play. 89.) You can't walk into a music store without sighing happily because its like you just walked into heaven. 90.) You consider owning a music store someday and calling it "Heaven." 91.) You get angry at the cheerleaders when they take the band's pretty sign down from the fence in front of the bleachers (darn cheerleaders ... grr). 92.) You goal is to someday be able to play every instrument known to man and then make some new ones so you can play those, too. 93.) *For flutes.* You've wanted to meet that guy named Artley/Armstrong/Jupiter so you can thank them for making flutes. 94.) *For everyone else.* You've wanted to meet the guy who's name is on your instrument case so you can thank them for making your instrument. 95.) There's nothing like the smell of that grass that smells like onions and dirt in the morning ... or afternoon ... or night. 96.) Marching in the rain is the funnest thing in the world - even if you have to jerk your shoe out of two inches of mud and nearly fall on your butt a few times. 97.) You can't pass a football field without smiling because it's makes you think of band... 98.) And band is the best thing in the whole world. 99.) You wish daylight savings would occur at 2:00 p.m. instead of 2:00 a.m. - that way you'd get an extra hour of band practice! 100.) You've actually come up with 100 things to put on a "You Know You've Been In Band Too Long When" list!! 101.) You count down the days to band camp ... 102.) And cheer when it finally comes. 103.) You get seriously insulted whenever someone says about how all the band does is "walk around ... " 104.) And spend at least an hour telling (actually yelling) them otherwise ... 105.) Until they start to cry and say "Ok, ok! Just, please, let me go home!" 106.) A day just isn't complete without holding your instrument ... 107.) And when it has to be repaired, and you can't hold it, you go into serious withdraw.

*rocks back and forth and the ground* I'm getting picked on...I'm not that stupid...*starts sucking on thumb* ---------- As the door screeched open, Nami caught a glimpse of Michael's expression. It looked...scary. "Shall we go?" he asked, bowing slightly and motioning towards the steets. "Ladies first." Aubrey snorted. "Alright. Go right ahead, Michael." Nami hid a fit of laughter under her breath as the gang walked outside. The outside air was crisp, smelling like when you have snow in your face. A few more snowflakes fell, nine more to be percise. "More omens," mumbled Michael, grinning. ----------- AHH! I'm sorry for the short post, but I am BRAINDEAD!

Hmm..that's not a bad idea. :D Thanks Otaku T_T! Here's card number 2! ^_~

Moriko huffed. Her last words, "Um, somewhere," had used up the last of her breath. Katumea stood up weakly, holding on to the tree she had hit for support. Ash marks covered her body. "What should we do?" asked Katumea, yawning. "I'm not sure," came Moriko's shakey reply. "Phaedra said something about going back to the city." "What? But...but what about Tani?" Katumea shook her head. "I know! I know that we should try and stop those soldiers, but Tani's life is on the line!" "Yeah, and we aren't fit to even kill a bug. We should send people who actually [i]have[/i] the energy." At those words, Moriko looked up at the dragons, flapping their wings to stay in position. The Rann dragon came swooping down, landing with a hollow thunk on the soft earth. Mori-Sora jumped off. "You two okay?" she asked, running up to check them. First Moriko, then Katumea. "You know it's bad to go and try and get yourselves killed." "Yes Mori," the two replied in dull voices. ---------------------------------------------- That's it for now. Gotta go! :sleepy:

OOC: Yeah, pretty much. *hoping not to get yelled at by Harelquin* )Is that how you spell it? I have a bad time spelling names on here...never mind.) ------------ "What now?" wondered Nami aloud. The group was just walking around Spiegel's grave, James twirling his fallen comrades revolver, and Damon staring blankly into space. There was a scream. "What was that?" asked Cat quickly, shiving slightly. "A scream." "No duh." James looked up. "Sounded like a humans, though." "Did to me too. How 'bout we scope it out?" said Nate, jumping down from his perch in the tree. The group ran onto the pavement, swiftly pulling out their weapons. There was another scream, but not in the city location. "Where the hell could it be coming from?" Nami half yelled, half asked. These kind of things irritated her. "Sounds like it came from where we just came from," said Cat, taking in small breaths. "Yeah, but it sounded far away from where we were from," replied Damon.

I've always wanted to do this...make a deck of Trigun-themed cards. *starts coughing* These are what I have so far. *hides under pillow* Don't hurt me if you think they're crappy! Okay, so here is card number 1. PS: Sprites curtosy of Happy Donut Land. Also, the number of Kuros on a card means its number. Just like real cards....:genius: ^^;

:toothy: Dudeicles man, dudeicles. The first one is niiiiice and clear and cool. Has the anime feel to it. The second one is good too. More like manga. ^^ 10/10 10/10

"I TOLD you! I TOLD you!" Nami yelled in James' face, dancing around. James glared up at her. "Shut up." Nami put on a stern face. "Yeah, I know. What happened to Damen's mom happened to my best friend." She looked at everybody. "So...doesn't this guy get a proper burial or anything?" James looked at Spiegel's dicapitated body solemly. "Yeah, you're right." James took his arms while Sen took his legs, the two carrying the body of their friend off the pavement to an area of gravel, sand, and old grass. ---- "Um...we are gathered here today to honor the memory of...Spiegel," began Damon, unsure of what exactly to say. "He was cool," continued Sen, "Always a good guy. Little weird." Cat spoke up. "He fought bravely to the end." James remained in silence. Everybody bowed their heads, giving Spiegel their last wishes. Finally, Sen and the three girls covered up his body the best they could with gravel and dirt, but not before Nami threw her cloak on the corpse. "Keep him warm," she commented.

"I don't know how Michael can eat raw stake," said Nami, cutting up her piece of cooked meat and shoving the pieces in her mouth with chopsticks. "Wi meean," Nami swallowed, "It's so...uncooked and stuff." Aubrey rolled her eyes. "No duh. I personally think he eats it so he looks tough to us." "Yeah, makes sense. Guys..." Aubrey finished off her plate and sipped down the rest of her water. She stood up, took her plate, and walked off. "Hey!" yelled Nami, "Maybe he eats it raw 'cause he's a [i]vampire[/i]!" She then rolled with laughter on the floor. "I HEARD THAT!" came Micheal's voice.

Tsuyoi woke with a start. A cold sweat tricked down her face. She soon figured out what was wrong. "AH!" she yelled, banging her fist on her pillow, "I missed another fight!" Nami pushed herself out of bed and went to the front door of thier base to glumly greet them. "Tsu-Nam, you missed another fight!" said Michael, a tad furious. Nami winced. "Hey, if you're going to say my name, say it right!" "Why should I? If you don't come, I should get you where it hurts." "Blah blah blah blah blah," murmed Nami under her breath. Aubrey tapped Michael on the shoulder. "So...how 'bout breakfast?" "Hmm? Huh? Wha'? Oh yeah, breakfast, food..." Tsuyoi sighed. "Thanks," she mumbled to Aubrey. "What are you thanking me for? I wasn't saving you, I wanted food." "Oh. Uh...yeah. Umm..." Nami held up her right hand, making a peace sign and grinning nervously. ---- "Remember, Nami. Wake up next time." "Yeah. Uh...sorry about that."