melredcap | MEL IS GOING TO JAPAN!

MEL: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[Mel runs past the startled G-boys at top speed, hair flying, arms waving everywhere. Her glasses are steamed up.]

QUATRE: Ummm… Christy… what’s going on?

[Mel runs past in the opposite direction.]

MEL: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

DUO: Did she get into the sugar tin again?

CHRISTY: *grumble* No.

MEL: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

WUFEI: Duo… have you been doing anything we need to know about? For example, putting drugs in the cola?

DUO: No! Would I do anything like that?!

EVERYBODY: Yes!

MEL: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

WUFEI: I seem to remember _somebody_ trying to drug the muses and getting Mel by mistake. She acted amazingly annoying that time, too.

DUO: Er… true. Wasn’t me this time, though!

MEL: WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

HEERO (wincing as the ear-piercing squeal dopplers past): Are you _sure_?

CHRISTY: It wasn’t him. At least, I don’t know if Mel is drugged or not, but she does have a reason to be acting this way.

[Christy pulls a frying pan out of the cupboard and holds it out to one side.]

MEL: WHEEEEEEEEEE-*clang!* …ooooo. *THUD*

TROWA: Well, that’s a little more peaceful at least.

HEERO: Until she wakes up again, anyway. What’s going on?!

CHRISTY: *sigh* Mel’s Japanese lecturer called. She’s going on a student exchange program.

QUATRE: Oh! That’s nice!

CHRISTY: No it’s _not_!

DUO: Er… why not?

CHRISTY: *grumble* Because.

TROWA: Mel seems to be happy.

CHRISTY: Well of course she is! She’s always wanted to go to Japan.

HEERO: …Japan?

CHRISTY: Kanazawa University, to be precise.

HEERO (mutter): Maybe I should warn the Self-Defence Forces to prepare for a worse monster than Godzilla ever was…

WUFEI: So why aren’t you happy?

CHRISTY: It’s going to be bloody hard to write with her in Japan and me stuck here.

[The G-boys all develop huge grins. Quatre attempts to conceal his, and Trowa’s is more of a smirk, but Heero, Duo and Wufei are all acting like an advertisement for White’N’Brite Toothpaste.]

QUATRE: Well, she’ll be back soon, I’m sure—

CHRISTY: In a _year_! A whole year!

[The grins widen.]

CHRISTY: *sigh* I suppose it can’t be helped.

QUATRE: Exactly! Calm resignation is the proper frame of mind to take this sort of news in!

HEERO: Accept the consequences.

WUFEI: It’s for her studies. That’s more important than writing. Perhaps she’ll improve her mind.

DUO: *snort* Yeah, right.

TROWA: You’ll adapt. So will we.

CHRISTY: Yep. Got to approach this in a positive sort of way. OI! Mel! Wake up! We’ve got to write really fast to get as much done as possible before you leave!

G-BOYS: *gleep!*

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Okay… Yes, the writing team of Mel and Christy will be split up for a year, starting in early October. But fear not! We’ll be keeping in touch over the Internet, and will try to set up a writing schedule as close as possible to what we’ve been doing so far. We’re likely to slow down a bit, but we are NOT going to stop! All our stories will be continued. We promise!

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