MEL IS GOING TO JAPAN!

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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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Comments

Good luck.

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Mel. I am a big fan of your;s and Christy's site. I am going to miss the amount of chapters you guys have managed to put out. Trying to get myself back into writting. Not as easy as it once was. Anyway back to subject at hand. I am glad for you... Going to Japan has been one of my dreams to.. A friend in my fandom has gone there to work, so who knows maybe sometime I can go there to. Though I'm not sure if you two are in Tokoyo. By the way I'm Draven, sorry I didn't introduce myself in the beginning of the message. Good luck with your studies and everything.. And hey who knows maybe you can find many more bishounen to drag back with when you are done. Anyway good luck and all...