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LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR.... AND THE FISH TOO

Previously on The Real World, nothing REALLY relevant happened.

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Everyone sits around in the living room. Usagi kills time by telling everyone of the LAST time she was in Nemesis, and how she hopes her experiences this time will be better. "Better than having the planet's ruling prince be head over heels for you and get you beautiful clothes?" asks Mimete, in a strange mix of sarcasm and incredulity. "Well, that's ONE way to look at it," Usagi responds "I was thinking more of the traumatizing experirence of being kidnapped and hipnotized into almost kissing a guy that wasn't my boyfriend. Not to mention the part where I was almost killed." "Well, if you want to focus on the BAD stuff..." says James, at the same time as Trunks looks up (seeming sort of relieved, I might add) and asks "Oh, so you have a boyfriend?"

"DOH!"

Mimete snickers. Then makes a pouty face at Trunks (t's supposed to look cute) "I told you she had a boyfriend, right when we met you! Trunks! Don't you listen to me?" Trunks grins in a way that reminds us that he's Vegeta's son, however much his usual attitude might hide it "Sorry, Mimete, I guess at the time my attention was focused on the part about you being an evil witch and stealing pure hearts." "Aw, aren't you the sweetest thing? But, you know, that's just my job, I told you that"

"Okay, enough with the slutty flirting MIMETE" Usagi snaps "Back to MY story now!" (because Real Worlders are Real Worlders, whether they're in Hawaii, New Orleans or Nemesis)

"Ok, Usagi, so tell us more about how the Black Moon operated" Kusanagi says (she actually has a mission here, remember?)

So Usagi tells them about the sadistic GQ wanna-be that crucified her friends and about the Ayakashi sisters and Esmeraude and her laugh and that's when she gets to the part about Sapphiro making the droids...

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Next is a little montage of people doing confessionals.

James in a confessional: "So little Sailorbrat is telling us about the Black Moon (and oh my god, they seem like so much fun, by the way) and THEN she gets to the part about the Droids they used, and as soon as the word "droid" leaves her lips, Trunks just does a total 180°. I had no idea he had it in him."

Mimete, in another confessional: "DAMN SAILORMOON STRAIGHT TO HELL!! I hope her boobs shrivel up like prunes!"

James: "Mimete was pissed off. She'd somehow managed to coax Trunks into sitting next to her... or maybe she just plopped down next to him, who knows... so anyway, he was actually paying attention to her, sort of."

Mimete: "I had Trunks RIGHT THERE!! He was FINALLY starting to come around and flirting a little! And then BAM, SHE says "Droid" and he goes postal."

Kuno: " I know he's supposed to be this great warrior and stuff, but frankly, up until then he just seemed too polite. Too quiet. Until then. He got this look on his face. Like he wanted something to kill."

Mimete "And his eyes just went dead! And they're such pretty eyes too!"

Back in the living room, Trunks is making a remember-who-my-father-is scowl. "There are androids here?" he asks in a very quiet, very tight voice. "Not ANdroids, just Droids." says Usagi. Trunks goes Super Saiyajin just for a second. And the fishtank shatters. Close up of little brightly colored fishies flopping around on the floor. "I don't like Androids"

Another confessional, this one with Usagi: "And I'm like, oh my god!! He just killed the fish!"

Trunks powers down and storms out of the room. Everything is very quiet for a moment... "Nice going, Sailorstupid! Thank you SO much. You just couldn't stand that he was paying attention to me, could you?" Mimete turns on Usagi. "What? How was I suppsed to know-- besides, he doesn't LIKE you, he was being nice!" "Oh, he was not!" "How did he do that? His hair was blond! How did he do that?" (that was James) "Woohoo!!!! What a haul!!" (that was Happosai, who just ran in with a bag full of women's underwear and panties on his head). And then there's a shot of Kusanagi staring at the fish and shaking her head.

Finally, Trunks is in the confessional "Well, how would YOU react to the mention of androids, if you've spent over 20 years trying to fight two of them, if they killed your father, and your best friend and mentor, if they've terrorized your world, and if you had to go back in freaking time to stop them AND if as a result of that you got killed for a few hours? I. Don't. Like. Androids. So sue me."

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Mimete and James are sitting around eating ice-dream. "So where did Trunks go?" James asks. "I don't know. He's not in the house." "That was sort of funny, with the fish plopping around. One of them hit Kuno between the eyes." Mimete looks at James sideways "You wanna know something, James?" "What?" "Kusanagi is an android." "No! Get OUT! Really?" "Well, more of a cyborg really, but it's sort of like that." "Wow." "Yeah." "So you wanna get some popcorn for when those two have it out?" They grin at each other. Evidently, there's some bonding going on here. "Can I have some popcorn too??" Happosai asks, jumping up to feel up Mimete, who beats him off, "No, you sick old man!" Happosai does his I'm a little ol man who no one loves crying routine. Mimete and James ignore him.

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Presumably a few hours later, Trunks is in the living room cleaning up the mess he made. "OOWW! DAMN!" he excaims as he cuts himself on some glass. Kusangi come sin from the kitchen and asks what's wrong. "I just cut myself, nothing. What happened to the fish?" "Kuno picked them up, I'm not really sure where he put them." "Oh," Trunks looks embarrased "listen, I'm sorry about all this, I'm not really like this, it's just..." Kusanagi shrugs "You're cleaning it up though." Then Happosai walks in and asks somewhat maliciously "Oh, good, young man are you apologising for being a bigot?" Trunks asks what he means. Happosai says he's referring to how Trunks insulted "Kusanagi's people". "Nani? I did what? When?" "She's an android. An android, and you made an androidfobic display easrlier" "Um, not really. I'm more of a cyborg, really. PLus I have a soul." "She's still an artificial human-like being. So you're not apologising?" "Should I?" Trunks asks her "Well, I don't like evil androids anymore than YOU do, so..." she says "You don't have to make excuses for him!! He's being a bigot!" Trunks gives Happosai a flat stare. "For that, you should kick him out of your room, Kusangi! Make him sleep in the closet! I'll take his place!" "I'm not kicking him out of the room, don't be silly." "But but but!" "I already KNEW what she was! She TOLD Kuno and me last night when we were playing pool!" "And you still insult her!" "I didn't! I just have issues with EVIL androids!" "And YOU just want to not sleep in the closet!" Kusanagi adds.

"So, ok, so not what I had in mind," James is saying to Mimete. They're sitting on the stairs watching Trunks and Kusangi get ready to throw Happosai out a window."Maybe, but this is even more fun!" she says. They go back to watching as Happosai disappears out a window.

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Outdoor s hot of the house on a peaceful morning. Birdies are singing and stuff. "EEEEEEEKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Next there are shots of everyone falling off their beds, except for Happosai, who sleeps in the closet, and for Usagi, who runs out of the bathroom. Kuno runs into the hall, katana in hand "Don't worry, Usagi Tsukino, I'll protect you!" "There are CREATURES in the toilet!!!" Mimete and James poke their clay-masked faces out of their room. "Are those the hideous monsters??!" Kuno runs toward them brandishing the katana." Mimete screams. James tries to shut the door. Trunks comes into the hall and asks if it's too much to ask to not be woken up by screeching. He looks like he's not really a orning person. Who knew! Kuno tells him to help him kill ht e green-faced mosnters that ate James and Mimete. "Baka! Those ARE James and Mimete!" "What?" "They're just wearing clay masks, didn't your sister ever get a facial?" Kuno gets a sweatdrop on his forehead. Mimete runs mortified into the bathroom to wash off the mask. They all follow because Usagi said there were things in there. "What things?" "THOSE!!" She points at the toilet. Kuno looks "What, the fish?" "Fish?" "Yes, the fish" "What are the fish doing in there?" Trunks asks "Well, GENIUS, you broke the fishtank, so I had to put them SOMEwhere!" "Yes, but the toilet?? Couldn't you think of any other place?" "That's disgusting, Kuno" Mimete says wiping her face. "What? They have room to swim in there!" Trunks rolls his eyes and says he's going back to bed "Want me to tuck you in?" Mimete asks. "NO. Just go away and let me sleep!" He slams the door. "Not a morning person, is he?" Kuno points out. He takes the fish food out from under the sink. He starts to feed the fish. Who are still in the toilet.

 

 

 
 
 
     
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