Fred Herriot <gorgo@kwangju.net>


(Scene in Oshika, Japan, at the Moroboshi home)

        BANG!!!!  CRASH!!!!  YEOWCH!!!!  HELP!!!!

Lum:     Ah, sorry, everyone.  Lum, here.  Fred's a bit busy right
now, so Nokoko-chan and I've elected ourselves to introduce you the
next picture in the UY-TSY gallery, that of Darling as the Cyborg.

        LUM-SAN, HELP US!!!!  AIYEEEE!!!!

Nokoko:  Wouldn't you just know it?!  Mal-chan, Lum-chan, Ataru-chan
and I were playing a little game of strip-poker when those dorks from
Tomobiki HAD to show up to wreck the game!  Well, my little brother
got peeved...as usual...and right now, those jerks are headed for a
week in the hospital with the way he's going right now.

Lum:    Not to mention a week in the Sendai jail.

Nokoko:  Thank the Fates for that!  Anyhow, for you fiends who like to
colour your pictures, here are some tips as to how to colour the
Cyborg.

Lum:    First of all, Darling's still-human features are the same as
if when he's normal.  That's those beautiful brown eyes...

Nokoko:  Right eye only.

Lum:    Nokoko-chan, stop interrupting me!!  And that nice brown
hair...(very dreamy sigh)...and that velvet smooth skin...(orgasmic
sigh)...and...and...OH!!!!  DARLING!!!!

        (Sound of Lum fainting)

Nokoko:  He-he-he-he!  Looks like Lum-chan's gonna be having her way
with Ataru-chan tonight after work.  Well, to carry on, his body is
shaped somewhat like the Cyborg Superman from the "Reign of the
Supermen" subplot that recently ran in the comics.  His organic
clothing is a Sagussan jumpsuit, black overall with gold belt and
phoenix...left-side that is.  The phoenix insignia, when it crosses
over to the right side of his body, turns into gold metal (I say mix a
little gold with silver and black...that should be the right effect).
All the rest of the mechanical parts are gunmetal grey.

Lum:  Nokoko-chan, don't forget his eye.

Nokoko:  Ah, that's right!  That's cherry red.

Lum:  And Darling's forearm shields.  The phoenix insignia on the
shields, with the 'ai to jijutsu' motto, are enameled, so it should be
white.

        (Sound of a giant explosion outside the house)

Nokoko:  I think Ataru-chan's done with those dorks for the day.  Is
that it, Lum-chan?

Lum:  Nokoko-chan, the story!

Nokoko:  Ah, right!!  Forgot!  Fred's decided that since he needs some
immediate input before he rewrites "Spirit-War Tomobiki" and "Together
the Outland," he'll be putting out the initial Version 2.0 of
"Sakura's Class Reunion," "Arrive Reiko-chan," "Tag Race Mark Three"
and "The Return of Koosei Ryooki" over the next few days.

Lum:  That should help Sean do his "No Grudges" fanfic about Reigi and
Ryooko.

Nokoko:  Yeah...oh, forgot!  Fred also said that he's going to put the
Three Sisters subplot into "Asuka's Choice" when it gets rewritten
sometime in the future.

Lum:  Nokoko-chan, please!  I just had breakfast!!

Nokoko:  Ah...sorry, Lum-chan!   Well, that's it for now.

Lum:  Tcha!  Fred says that the next picture will be Honey, then Lufy,
Catty, Mie-chan's bond-mate Makoto and then Shinobu.

L & N:  Take care!!

(From Oshika, Miyagi-ken, Japan...via Seoul, Korea)