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Subject: [OW!S] Refuge of the Blue Lagoon
Date: 07 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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Glamour Productions presents:

Refuge of the Blue Lagoon!

               or

How to Avoid Pestering Recruiters

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Others before wrote:

<<> "You haven't seen anything yet." SD said as she put a new reel on the
> projector. "Here we have Sailor Saturn, ChibiMoon, Mamoru and Nehelenia.
> Watch." Coby's mouth fell open even further as he watched Saturn use
Silence
> Wall and block Nehelenias attack. By the time Silence Glaive Surprise was
used,
> his jaw was on the floor. The sheer drama of it was amazing, the rays of
light
> and the silence before the huge explosion.
> "Holy Christ!" He said.

"Yes, don't you just love the violence displayed here?" said Kane.  "Wait a
minute.... you don't like violence do you Coby?  I know cuz I read it in
your
WG...  Ah, well, violence is something you're going to have to get used to
here in
OtakuWorld, I'm afraid."

> "You think that's amazing?" SD asked. "Here." She handed him the Manga,
volume
> 10, open to just before Saturn used Death Reborn Revolution. Sailor D'ni
had
> thought his mouth couldn't open any further. She was wrong.

> "Wow..." He said.

Kane looked thoughtful for a moment then said, "Well yes, I'll admit that
the Death
Reborn Revolution is pretty amazing, albeit not very practical.  Unless
you've
totally on the verge of defeat and determined to take the enemy with you,
there's
no real nice and neat way for her to use it.  Besides, why blow the world
up to
kill a fly when you can just throw a rose or two at it and scare it away?"

Sailor D'ni completely ignored Kane as she continued hyping her faction to
Coby.

> "Yep. Saturn's awesome. Here, come to the HBC with me. There's someone
I'd like
> you to meet." SD and Coby went to the HBC.

"Hmm, the Hotaruchanian Base Camp.  This I've gotta see.  I've got nothing
better
to do right now and Mamoru's taking care of Speedie Speedie (see, he's even
good
with kids too).  I'll be going with you guys too for a while," said Kane
cheerfully, as he started following them despite the icy look Sailor D'ni
was
giving him.

"Would you go away?!" she said through clenched teeth.  She turned back to
Coby.
"So, what did you think of all that stuff I showed you?">>

"It was...interesting..." he replied.  "But why would someone use a rose to
kill an enemy when a simple blast of magic would take care of it?"

Sailor D'ni looked pleased, thinking she would win a new convert.  "Yes,
only baka fools would use objects of beauty to bring about violence."

"Besides," Coby continued, "why would I want to follow a Patron that is
continually brainwashed, in one form or another?"

Kane looked disturbed; he was losing confidence in his skills.  "Why would
an otaku follow a Patron that could destroy the world?"

Coby looked at Socrates.  The bat was as bored as he.  "Soc, cover me for a
minute.  I'll be back."

"Okay, but you owe me a Coke."

The factioners kept arguing about the flaws of the other Patron; neither
noticed their subject had eluded them.
_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Coby was looking for a sign/revalation/vision to inform himself of which
path to choose.  He'd get nothing by listening to them argue.  He needed a
place where he could sit quietly, listening to nature.

It so happened a Quiet Blue Lagoon™ was nearby.

At the shore of the Lagoon, a small shrine was dedicated to the beloved
Ami-chan.  Coby walked quietly up to it (it was a _Quiet_ Blue Lagoon™,
after all), and sat before it, waiting for a sign.

"Dear Ami-chan, what can I do to find my Patron?"

"All you must do is follow your soul."

"Wha..." Understandably, Coby was surprised to hear a voice answer him. 
"Auntie Polaris, is that you?"

"No, you idiot, it's me."  It appeared the voice cam from the statue of
Ami-chan standing at the shore of the Quiet Blue Lagoon™.

"I never knew statues could talk before, even when I knew nature could talk
back to me."

"Well, you're the first person that bothered to talk to me," Ami-statue
said.  "How can I help you?"

"These 2 faction members are pestering me to join their factions, but I
wish to worship you, o great Ami-chan.  What can I do?"

"That's a dilly of a pickle.  Tell you what:  I'll give you a little
boost."  As soon as Ami-statue stopped talking, a blue ray of light shot
into the air from the Lagoon.

Coby whistled in appreciation.  "What was that?"

"A little...message.  Let's just say someone will at least get word of this
and come to your aid like a bat out of Hades."

"Thanks for helping ou...oooooh, no.  Bats?  I've got to get Soc!"

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

Not only did Kane and Sailor D'ni not notice Coby was gone, they also kept
walking to the HBC.  By the time they reached it, Socrates was more than a
little "batty." *

"That entire 'Moonlight Knight' thing was a joke.  No self-respecting hero
would dress up like the Ayatollah," D'ni managed to sneak out.

Kane instantly shot back, "Why would an otaku want a senshi like Margret
Thatcher?"

"Never mind.  Behold, the glory of the HBC!"  What she failed to realize
was that she was pointing at a smoking crater.

"My HBC!  It ruined!  I'll maim the jerk who...oh.  Never mind.  It's over
here."  She then gestured at a grape-colored version of the White House. 
"Whadda ya think, new recruit?"

All Socrates did was say "Umm, aren't you missing a member of your
entourage?"

"Where is the little pale-boy!?"

"Here I am," Coby said, jumping in with a cloud of dust at his feet.  "I'm
sorry, but I've made up my mind.  I stand for the glories of Ami-chan. 
Nothing short of wild horses could shake my faith."

"Very well," Sailor D'ni said, an evil gleam in her eye as she advanced on
Coby.

"Mighty and faithful servitors of Ami-chan," he muttered, "SAVE ME!"

TBC...?  

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Coby (caught again in a very nasty storm)  :(

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