Date sent:      	Thu, 28 Mar 2002 02:24:34 -0500
From:           	Alan Harnum <alan.harnum@utoronto.ca>
Subject:        	Motoko - Log 110
To:             	ranma@KU.EDU

Nanbara says, "OOC Where did y'all go to make your preps, Alan?
The Keep?  Morgyworld?  Kenshi"

Nanbara asks, "?"

Kaede OOCly says, "Oh, Kaede's going to ask Motoko if she can
whip up a Martial Arts equivalent of Combat Mind."

Motoko says, "OOC:  Well, I'm figuring there would be some place
where all the Amber crew (Motoko's group + Eowyn & Nausicaa, I
believe) would gather."

Motoko says, "OOC:  I'd just rule you can use Combat Mind for
Martial Arts in the same way you can for Weapon Skill myself."

Kaede OOCly nods.

Nanbara says, "OOC Yes.  I can pick one if you don't want me to
pick"

Motoko says, "OOC:  As it would do exactly the same thing either
way, which is provide a constant low-level scanning of the mind
of your foe to let you anticipate and counter their moves."

Motoko says, "OOC:  Morgyworld, probably, as they would have
wanted to see off Jacqueline's group, who presumably gathered
there."

Alrightie, y'all are at Morgyworld; Motoko is busy racking spells
with Davros and Mitsune, while Moonshade pesters Kaede and Yuki
because she is bored.

Kaede tries to teach Moonshade to meditate, but probably fails.

Ahh, that makes a good way to start....

Motoko . o O (Rack, rack, rack, don't think about HOW MUCH LONGER
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET MY SEX BECAUSE I HAVE TO SPEND WEEKS OF
FAST-TIME rAcKInG...)

Davros . o O (Mmm, twine this line of power here and that one
there, and it's all rather like if Motoko and I twined our legs
around each other while Mitsune reached around both our torsos
and this is a bad line of thought if I'm not going to rip off
Motoko's clothing)

Moonshade sits crosslegged out in a courtyard with Kaede.  "So,
okay, how does this work?"

Mitsune . o O (Time to naughty the diorama...)

Motoko . o O (rAcKRAckraCK)

Kaede takes a deep breath, then lets it out. "Well, ideally, you
should be able to clear your mind completely. But that's not
easy. So instead, try to focus on one single thing. Your mother's
face, for example. Hold that image in your mind, and nothing
else."

Moonshade nods and concentrates, closing her eyes.  o O (Mother's
face, dark hair, pale skin, tears running down her face...okay,
that's not too hard.)

You page, "Are Eowyn and Nausicaa here, or are they joining us
later?  I'm not sure exactly what arrangement got made for either
of them, especially Eowyn." to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Corrine is supposed to contact you and send her;
Nausicaa will either trump somene or fly in" to you.

Kaede murmurs, "The important thing...is not to focus on the
details...that make up her image. Just...her face. That as a
single thing. If that's too difficult...try just one detail. Her
eye, perhaps."

Moonshade nods.  "As a single thing.  Right."

Kaede . o O ( .     .     .     .    . )

You page, "Gonna be fun introducing Eowyn to everyone, Chaos in
particular.  'This is my Aunt Eowyn.  She's seen the Light of the
Serpent.  For real this time, I mean."" to Akemi.

Moonshade . o O (Her face.  Sort of like Motoko's face.  The long
dark hair and those deep eyes, and the long arms and pale skin.
And the way Motoko moves and the soft silky skin
and....ooooo....)

Moonshade smiles very broadly with her eyes closed.

Akemi pages, "Davros is going to have an extra heaping of
twitching :)" to you.

Kaede . o O ( .     .     .  .  . . . ..... . . .   .   .    .
. )

You page, "Well, Motoko will have already told everyone of the
outcome in advance." to Akemi.

In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods.  Davros intellectually and
spiritually thinks it is a good idea.  But at the gut level, he
associates her with torture and pain and other not fun things.

You page, "Yup." to Akemi.

As you continue to meditate, you begin to hear a distant roar in
the sky.

Kaede . o O ( .   .   . . ...? )

Moonshade . o O (Mmm, those breasts, just the right size to put
your hands around as you nuzzle her neck, although she's got to
stop with those bandages; what a pain to get off...)

It slowly grows louder.

Kaede opens his eyes and looks up. "Hmmm?"

You see a redhead clad in blue riding a silvery glider over the
forests towards Mo's Fortress of Funk.  There's some tiny dull-
colored thing on her shoulder.

Kaede stands up and gathers wind around himself. "Is that...stay
here, Moonshade-sama." He flies upward toward the approaching
figure.

Motoko opens her eyes.  "Ah, Cousin Nausicaa," she says softly.

Moonshade . o O (No...think about Mother.  About Mother.)  The
image of her mother swims to the front of her mind.  (Mother,
walking through the forest, and meeting a red robed monk.  No!
No Davros fantasies!  No monk.  There is no monk, only Mitsune in
a bikini, geez, I suck at this.)

You fly up and see the redhead is carrying a small fox-like
creature on his shoulder.  She waves hello.  "Hi there!" she
says, smiling.  "Nice trick."

Kaede peers at her once he draws near. "Hello...Princess
Nausicaa, right?"

Moonshade . o O (Okay, think about Mother weaving.  A very nice
tapestry full of flowers and lillies and roses.  There is only
her nimble fingers and thread.  Davros and Motoko and Mitsune all
weave magical threads.  I wonder...no!  No sex kittens!  Just
Mother.)

She nods.  "I see my reputation precedes me.  You must be Kaede,
right?"

Kaede nods and smiles. "Yes, I am. I think Motoko-sama is
expecting you. Come this way, please." He flies alongside her
back to the courtyard.

Moonshade . o O (A cow.  That's it.  I can't possibly get sexy
thoughts if I think about a cow.)

Nausicaa flies along after Kaede.  "So how do you fly?" she asks.

Kaede says, "I've come to master the element of air in my
training at Seiryuu's temple."

Moonshade . o O (A brown cow eating brown grass and brown milk
under a brown sky.  And it's brown, not that nice dusky color
like Davros's skin.  Not at all.  Nor is it that enticing shade
of pale skin like a hint of...no, COW!  There is no sex, only
cow!  Cow Cow Cow Cow Sex Cow Cow Ice Gypsies Cow Cow Spam Cow!)

She nods.  "Ahh, an elemental master."

Kaede nods. "Learning to fly with it was one of the first things
he taught us. I have to say, it's one of my favorite things about
all of this."

Motoko finishes weaving together Pattern Healing #52 and stands
up to wave to Nausicaa.

The two of you soon find yourself outside the window of the
second story room where the sorcerors work.  Nausicaa nods.  "I
know.  There's nothing more liberating than to feel the wind
behind you.

Davros . o O (If I burn a tree in a forest with Breath, does it
make a sound if I use Breath to suppress all sonics?)

Nausicaa throws in a closing quote there.

Kaede chuckles and nods. "Yes. I've heard that you're very good
with wind magics and the like."

Kaede adds, "And are the daughter of the Child of Air."

Nausicaa waves to Motoko, and opens the window.  "Yes, I am.  And
I bear a spikard of Air as well."

Motoko steps forward and clasps Nausicaa's hand.  "Welcome,
Cousin," she says quietly.  "I am glad you are joining us."

Kaede hms. "The Air is your desti...ny, it seems," he says,
frowning slightly as he does so. o O ( Didn't I hear something
like that a little earlier? )

Moonshade . o O (Okay, let's try meditating about Ice Gypsies.
Yes, swarms of them skating in unison.  They cross the ice,
eternally wandering in service to evil vampires, so Motoko and
Davros and Mitsune and I kill them all, then have mad passionate
victory sex in their wagons...)

Nausicaa smiles warmly at Motoko.  "We have seen little of each
other in this crisis, cousin.  I'm sorry it is taking an
apocalyptic battle to give us the chance."

Motoko smiles back.  "How have you been?" she asks.

Kaede takes a step back and waits quietly.

Nausicaa says, "Being mangled at House Formorian was a nightmare,
but largely, I have been happy."

She says, "Well, not counting the pie incident, but that was
months ago."  She shudders.

Moonshade . o (Wait, they can't have wagons on ice.  Oh great,
we're all falling through the ice because our sex is too
passionate!  I'm going to freeze to death!)

Nausicaa looks at Kaede and Motoko.  "Has Gabrielle ever buried
you in pies?"

Kaede pauses and considers this for a moment. "Well...er, no."

Moonshade . o O (Oh great, now they're all turning into fish!
But I can't shapeshift!....gurgle....)

Motoko says, "She buried me in birthday cake once, but it was
only secondary to lighting most of my eleventh birthday party on
fire because she and Morgenstern got into an argument about who
could make more fire."

Kaede stares at Motoko. "That happened to you, too?"

Nausicaa laughs loudly. "I heard about that.  Well, that was the
low point of our mission to Leng."

Motoko smiles rather raggedly.  "If being buried in pies is the
worst thing that happens to you on a mission..."

Nausicaa says, "Father spent quite a while on our Formorian
mission pounding into my head to not make that mistake again."

Moonshade begins flailing her arms about in the courtyard, though
probably only Motoko could actually see her from this angle.

Nausicaa says, "From what I've heard, you've had rather a lot
more excitement than I have."

Motoko looks down.  "What on earth is Isillome doing?" she asks,
concerned.  "Isillome?  Isillome?"

Kaede turns around and looks out the window. "...what? She was
trying to meditate when I left her...." He flies down toward her.
"Moonshade-sama?"

Moonshade has her mouth shut and is flailing about strangely with
her eyes shut.  o O (Ahh...icy arctic water...damn those ice
gypsies.  Damn THEM ALL!  )

Motoko drops down, shifting to her phoenix form for a moment to
glide.  "Isillome!"  She grabs Moonshade's hand.

Kaede touches down next to Moonshade. "Moonshade-sama?" He
reaches out and pats her cheek lightly.

Nausicaa looks down at Moonshade.  "I thought her name was
Isillome."  She jumps back on her glider and heads down.

Moonshade . o O (I can hear them calling me...is this Heaven?
Has Illuvatar summoned me home?)  She makes weird noises from her
mouth, then opens her eyes and looks confused.

Kaede asks, "Er...are you all right?"

Nausicaa swoops down.

Motoko . o O (He's touching her cheek in a familiar way.  There
are Shadows where it would be legal for me to kill him for that.
No!  No jealousy.)

Moonshade says, "Damn Ice Gypsies...is this heaven?"

Motoko says, "No."

Moonshade says, "Well, you're both here, so I assume this isn't
hell either."

Kaede says, slowly, "You're in Morgenstern's shadow. I was trying
to teach you to meditate. Er. Did you...lose yourself, perhaps?"

Moonshade says, "We killed the ice gypsies and the ice broke and
everyone turned into a fish but me and I drowned."  She pauses.
"I was meditating?" she asks in confusion.

Kaede sits back. "Um. Yes. Or...trying to, at least." He
scratches his head. "Maybe you should try again later."

Moonshade says, "Yeah."

Motoko says, "Meditation can be very entrancing.  There are,
however, no ice gypsies, and you wouldn't have drowned, because I
wouldn't have allowed it to happen."

Kaede looks vaguely bewildered.

Moonshade says, "I know you wouldn't, Melokewen."  She sighs.
"Damn ice gypsies."

Kaede asks, "How did imagining your mother's face turn into, um,
ice gypsies?"

Sana_Kurata falls asleep.

Nausicaa now lands and joins you.  "Is everything okay?"

Kaede says, hesitantly, "I think so."

Motoko asks, "Melo-what?"

Moonshade says, "Uhh...Mother kept meeting people who I want to
have sex with, and then I thought, well, you can't get sexy
thoughts about Ice Gypsies, and the vampires...uh.  Ahahah."

Kaede stares at Moonshade blankly.

Nausicaa says, "You haven't met the right Ice Gypsies." She
pauses, turns red, and falls silent.

Motoko looks at Moonshade for a moment, then just sighs gently,
though with affection, and pats her on the shoulder.

Moonshade says, "I was trying to think earlier about what good
names for you and Mitsune in Quenya would be, since Davros
already had one."

Kaede says, "Well, the Ice Gypsies in Frostspire are...well...."
He shakes his head. "I'll stop before I get more confused."

Nausicaa says, "They play very beautiful music."  She pauses.
"So I hear."

Kaede looks sideways at Nausicaa. "Ye-e-es, they do."

Motoko asks, "Nausicaa, you and Isillome have met, haven't you?"

Motoko says, "At Marches, I believe."

Moonshade continues, "And then I thought of two.  Isiewen for
Mitsune, and Melokewen for you.  Melokewen means something to the
effect of 'She Who Loves the Serpent'."

Nausicaa says, "Briefly.  You're Uncle Ota's daughter by a
goddess of Valinor, right?"

Motoko blushes just slightly.  "Thank you, Isillome; I am
honoured by the naming."

Moonshade nods.  "Yes, I am Isillome, daughter of Nienna of the
Twelve, set to guard over Middle Earth, so long as it may last.
I am a battle maiden and master smith, serving Tulkas and Aule.
And I bear Sansacure, the Wind-Splitter, forged by Aule himself."

She says, "And I am Moonshade, Princess of Amber, daughter of
Prince Ota and half-sister to Princess Jacqueline.  And I am the
Sword of the Bride of the Dragon as well."

Kaede frowns ever so slightly at the mention of being the Sword.

Moonshade says, "But for all that, I still can't meditate worth
shit."

Kaede shakes his head. "Well, er...it comes with time and much
practice. It was really hard for me in the beginning as well."

Orien wakes up.

Motoko nods.  "It requires both practice and dedication."

Nausicaa says, "Meditation clears the mind and focuses the soul.
It's very important for sorcerors like myself and Motoko, or you
end up doing things you didn't plan."

She continues, "Father meditates an hour a day if he can."

Kaede nods, and holds up a hand, in which tiny sparks of
electricity dance. "And it hones the mind to prepare it for
bending the powers of the universe."

Motoko says, "Yes.  It is very important not to do things you
didn't plan."  Twitch.

Moonshade says, "Though I have learned one thing from
meditation."

"Yo..."  Moonshade pauses.  "Actually, I think I won't share
that."

Nausicaa says, "I suppose this must be very frustrating for you,
Moonshade, having to sit around while everyone racks spells."

A bird now crests over the fortress.  Oddly, it's flying with a
stack of VCR Tapes on its back between its wings.

Kaede nods and is about to say something, but stops as he watches
the bird coming in. "What's that?"

Motoko says, deadpan, "A bird with a stack of VCR tapes on its
back between its wings."

Kaede asks, "What are VCR tapes?"

Kaede says, "Oh, I think I saw some of those lying around the
castle."

The bird begins to fly down towards the four of you.

Moonshade says, "It's probably Uncle Morgy's latest porn
shipment."

The bird circles, then lands on Moonshade's head.

Kaede frowns. "The labels on them were kind of...huh."

Motoko examines the bird.

You page, "Patternsight," to Akemi.

She reaches up and pulls off the bird.  There's a note on top:
'I thought these would help you know what to do at the rites.
And help you look forward to them.  Your loving sister, Jacqui'.

Akemi pages, "It's full of Patterny goodness, a bird of desire"
to you.

Nausicaa says, "Hmm, eagles are better for delivery than extra-
large cardinals."

Motoko stares at the tapes, then says, in a low voice, "Jac-quel-
ine..."

Moonshade takes a look at the first tape.  'The Bride of the
Dragon Does Valinor'

Motoko stares more

Kaede glances at the tapes, then doubletakes.

Motoko . o O (What, all of it?)

There's a picture of Motoko in a slinky red dress, with Isillome,
Ulmo, and Tulkas all around her in obvious ' We want your sex'
mode.

Kaede stares at the picture, then at Motoko, then at Moonshade,
then back at the tape.

Motoko says, "I'll kill her."

Moonshade looks at the second one.  'SuperStylite'.  It has a
picture of Davros in a plaid polyester suit with aquarium
sandals, holding a huge pistol, with Moonshade in, well, not very
much, holding his other arm.  Each of them holds a very large
pistol in their free hand.

Motoko says, "Then I'll wait for her Pattern to regenerate her,
and kill her again."

Kaede then rears back with one hand, which is suddenly wreathed
in flames. "Well," he says matter-of-factly, "they're obviously
the products of evil, and need to be burned."

Nausicaa stares, turning red.  "She...that...she..."

Moonshade looks at the third one. 'Love Hina Lemon Surprise'  The
cover has Mitsune and Moonshade in the hotsprings together,
making out, while everyone else looks hideously embarrassed,
except for Naru, who is busy getting busy with Keitaro.

Motoko says, "It is Isillome's decision what she wishes to do
with this... material"

Moonshade looks at a fourth one.  'How to make Motoko scream in
ecstasy for eight hours in five easy steps'

Upon seeing the third picture, Kaede stops, and drops his hand,
and looks oddly upset.

Motoko has begun to get progressively closer to Moonshade as she
goes through the tapes, and is by now almost pressed against her,
looking over her shoulder at the tapes.

Moonshade twitches.  "Well, I think they probably could improve
my technique.  We might want to maybe have a private
screening..."

Motoko says, weakly, "Eight hours?"

Moonshade says, "I hear Aunt Yavanna came for eleven hours once.
An entire forest grew up around her."

Kaede snuffs the flames on his hand and mutters something darkly
in Frostspirean.

Nausicaa stares mindlessly like she's been hit with a tank shell.

Motoko says, "My goodness."  She turns to Nausicaa and sighs.
"Just to get this out of the way, you'll be protecting Davros and
Mitsune and Isillome and myself while we perform an elaborate,
sacred, holy, blessed, magnificent, miraculous ritual involving
four-way sex to restore the Chaos of Hel's universe."

Kaede starts to turn away, blinks at Nausicaa, and takes her arm
gently. He's about to lead her away, then stops dead as Motoko
tells it all.

The fifth one is titled 'Pillar-Sitting or The Fine Art of
Inducing Stylites to Have Wicked, Wanton, Endless Sex With YOU!
Or your money back.'

Motoko looks rather flushed.  She puts her hand on Isillome's
shoulder.  "Those are quite a... selection of tapes," she says
weakly.  She licks her lips.

Nausicaa's eyes widen.  "Oh my.  I see why
you...umm...needed...guardians."

The sixth one is titled, "The Visual Kama Sutra for
Shapeshifters.  Volume I.'

Kaede says, "They'll be pretty busy, yes."

Motoko says, "Yes.  We'll be quite helpless.  It is a very holy
rite, but not one familiar to Amber."  She moves a bit closer to
Moonshade.  "Oh, this one has the Phoenix and the Turtle on the
cover; fascinating."

Kaede coughs. "Would you two...like to be left alone?" he says,
stiffly.

Moonshade is physically trembling, her eyes wide.

Motoko says, "That's just a beginner position, but the
theological dimensions... Davros can explain them better than I
can, I suppose, but..."

Moonshade says, "Well, fire and water are opposites, so when they
make love..."

Nausicaa says weakly, "Perhaps we should go discuss strategies,
Kaede."

Motoko's head snaps up at Kaede's words.  She shakes her head,
then steps quickly away from Moonshade.  "Aurgh," she says.
"Excuse me."  She looks horribly embarassed.

Kaede says, "Yes, those are my thoughts exactly."

Moonshade flips to the seventh tape, 'Clog-Dancing:  The
Forbidden Dance'.  However, insteadof having Clog-Dancing, it has
Motoko in her red dress, doing a dance of seduction for some man
who can't be seen clearly.

Kaede once more takes Nausicaa's arm. "We'll be inside. I'll
explain to Nausicaa-sama what we've got in place already."

Moonshade flips the box over, reads what is on the back, and
releases smoke from her ears, quickly flipping it over.

Motoko runs a hand through her hair.  "I'd better get back to my
spells," she says weakly.  "I still have to rack--oh, Serpent,
why did I become a mage, exactly?"

Nausicaa lets Kaede take her away.  "You have a female partner,
right?" she asks him.

Moonshade says, "So you could use your magic to take men's
clothing off, according to this..."

Kaede asks, "Female partner? Oh, you mean Yuki, my sister?"

Nausicaa blinks.  "Yes, I believe that would be her."

Kaede nods. "Yes. Well, not really my sister, but...we grew up
together." He falls silent for a moment. "With Moriya." And
shakes his head. "She's a acolyte of Frostspire, and has mastery
over ice therefore."

Motoko says, in a strangled voice, "Yes.  With the proper
advancements in magic you could make spells that would travel
through Shadow and take men's clothing off right before you
arrived."

Motoko says, "If you went for that sort of thing."

Moonshade flips the box and checks it.  "Hmm, could you make a
dance which cast spells?"

Nausicaa says, "A useful power.  How good is she at it?"

Kaede says, "Quite good. In some ways, better than I am with air
and fire."

Nausicaa nods.  "Who else will be standing guard with us?"

Kaede says, "We'll have quite a sizable army with us, led by Lord
Loewen of Helgram, I believe." He goes over those details
briefly.

Motoko says, "Of course.  You'd just need to use dance motions as
your lynchpins."

Moonshade says, "Oooh, this tape may be very useful later."  She
puts it at the bottom of the stack.  The next tape is 'Jacqui,
Thoric, and Mutsumi's Guide to Passionate Love Making, Volume 4:
Group Sex.'  It has a picture of the three of them cuddled up to
each other on a bed, obviously naked under the sheets, with
Thoric in the middle and one of his arms up around each of them.

Nausicaa listens to the details.

She says, "Hmm, this is definitely going to be ugly."

## ^_^ ##

Kaede nods grimly. "Quite likely. This will take away a large
portion of Hel's power if it succeeds, so I imagine she will
throw a lot of force at us."

Motoko says, looking very embarassed, but also slightly
interested, "I'm not sure I'd be comfortable watching that."

Nausicaa says, "Do we have any other powerful sorcerors beyond
me?"

Kaede frowns and thinks about the strategy laid out so far.

Moonshade says, "Well, it would be really useful, and I assume
Jacqui wouldn't send it if she minded, but on the other hand..."

## *^_^* ##

## H_H ##

'Filmed in the Beach, a special guest star joins our usual guides
as they demonstrate how to conduct sex with up to four people at
once!'

'We will simply hint her name begins with a 'M' and ends with an
'O'.'

Motoko twitches.

Nausicaa says, "Although my Spikard will help.  And I suppose
we'll have Motoko until the rite begins."

Kaede says, "Well...Helgram's Ten Swords will be accompanying us;
I believe they have some sorcerors there. Also, Lady Kodachi of
Alars and Princess Hiko will join us too."

Nausicaa says, "Ahh, Hiko, VERY good.  She's quite powerful.  Is
Lady Kodachi any good?"

Moonshade says, "What, Misato's in this?"

Kaede says, "I'm told that she is skilled, but I don't know
firsthand."

Moonshade says, "It had better NOT be Mongo joining them."

Nausicaa nods.  "Hmm, yes.  Can Yuki fly?"

Kaede shakes his head. "Not without help. She doesn't know any
sorcery."

Morgy's voice booms, "Moonshade, even I can figure out who that
is."

Moonshade reads on.  'Due to length considerations, we were
forced to move the tutorial on making trumps of your lovers' body
parts to the next tape, however, the erotic use of watermelons in
Group Sex is included in this edition by popular demand.'

Nausicaa says, "Well, I can build her a suitable spell, then."

She says, "I suspect the key to victory will be high
manueverability, and flight is very good for that."

Kaede nods. "That would help tremendously."

She asks Kaede, "What are you planning to do?"

Kaede OOCly says, "Was there anything specific decided for Kaede,
really?"

'We have also added special scenes shot in the bathhouses of
House Gainax, due to our special guest's request'

Nanbara says, "OOC I don't think we'd fixed on specific targets
for you."

Kaede shakes his head. "No specific targets for me. We do know,
however, that their Lady Suroth, Lord Alars, Lord Helgram, and
Lord Formorian will be there." He frowns, momentarily. "And
likely their Lord Anno, as well."

Kaede OOCly says, "Man, it'll be a pleasant surprise to find
Helgram already waxed."

Motoko says, "OOC:  And Anubis, and various other Ten Swords."

Kaede OOCly says, "Yeeeeeep."

Motoko trembles slightly.  "I really should go back to working on
my spells," she says to Moonshade.  "But these tapes, they oddly
fascinate me."

Kaede says, "The...the Alicorn warned us that you would likely
have to face Lord Formorian."

Moonshade now flips to the next tape.  'Those Obnoxious
Tentacles'.  While the characters would not spot the
resemblances, it looks rather like Urusei Yatsura with Davros as
Ataru, Motoko as Shinobu, Mitsune as Lum, and Moonshade as
Benten.

Nausicaa says, "What is Lord Formorian like?"

Moonshade says, "Yeah, they're...hypnotic."

Kaede describes him to Nausicaa.

Motoko asks, "TENTACLES?!?!?"

The 'Tentacles' seem to actually be Logrus Tendrils.

Moonshade says, "Too advanced and funky," and throws that one
aside.

Motoko says, "Well... I suppose... if you were gentle..."

Moonshade says, "I'm sure Davros and Mitsune would be gentle."

Nausicaa says, "It is not going to be fun facing someone who has
my Spikard."

She continues, "I think I may need to find someone of high Psyche
who can link with me and help me boost my strength."

The next one is 'The Erotic Art of the Tea Ceremony'.  It looks
quite demure, showing Motoko in elaborate Lipunese clothing,
though to Motoko's discerning eye, she is in fact, a Geisha.

Kaede nods grimly. "I will see what I can do to help you in terms
of defending you physically...hm. Yuki, I know, has a strong
mind. Rather stronger than mine."

Motoko says, "Oh..."  She actually smiles at that.  "My.  I will
have to watch that one."

Moonshade says, "Erotic tea?"  She sounds quite puzzled.

Motoko smiles mysteriously.

Nausicaa says, "Do you know where she is?  We should probably
speak with her as well."

Kaede says, "She should be somewhere in here." He clears his
throat, and calls out, "Morgenstern? Where is Yuki right now?"

Morgenstern says, "Yuki is in Courtyard C, carving a whale out of
a block of ice."

Kaede says, "Thank you." He looks to Nausicaa. "Let's go, then."
And offers his arm to her.

The next tape is 'Interpreting and Performing the Thirteen Songs
Of Kundali With Your Lovers:  A Visual Guide'.

Nausicaa takes Kaede's arm.

Mercutio updates Mercutio's @doing: Alan Harnum, Secret Role
Model!

Kaede goes and finds Yuki.

Motoko's eyes cross.  "They sent a lot of tapes."

Motoko feels someone trumping her.

Moonshade says, "Jacqui is VERY thorough."

Motoko takes the trump.

Kaede finds Yuki in Courtyard C, where she's going at a huge
block of ice with hammer and chisel, humming to herself as she
works.  "Good afternoon, Kaede," she says, turning and smiling.

Kaede smiles back to her. "Hello, Sister," he says. "This is
Nausicaa-sama; she's just arrived. This is my sister, Yuki."

Corrine and Eowyn are at the other end of the trump.  "Good day,
niece," Corrine says.  "Eowyn is ready to come join you."

Nausicaa offers a hand to Yuki, who shakes it.  "Nice to meet
you," Nausicaa says.  "Nice to meet you," Yuki replies.  "I hope
your trip was pleasant."

Moonshade continues looking at tapes while Motoko is on the trump
contact.

Motoko says, "Good day, Aunt; I hope the two of you had a chance
to spend some time together under... well, the new
circumstances."  She offers her hand to Eowyn.

Corrine nods.  "Yes, we have."  She smiles.  "It was very
pleasant."  She gives Eowyn a farewell embrace.  "See you again
soon, sister, I hope."

Eowyn takes Motoko's hand and says to Corrine, "I hope so as
well.  See you soon."

Motoko pulls Eowyn through.

Nausicaa says to Yuki, "It was quite pleasant, thank you.  I
understand you're a Frostspirean Miko?

Yuki nods.  "Yes, they are."

Motoko says, "Welcome to Morgenstern's, Aunt."

Kaede OOCly says, "Yuki's response doesn't make sense."

DM edits Yuki to make sense

Yuki says, "Yes, I am, thank you."

Morgenstern says, "I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL MORGENSTERN!
WELCOME TO MY FORTRESS OF FUNK!"

Eowyn laughs.  "Thank you, Morgenstern."

Nausicaa says, "May I touch your mind, Yuki?  I'd like to measure
your strength."

Yuki holds out a hand.  "Alright."

Morgenstern says, "I HAD THE LIBRARIAN FIND ME SOME OLD HARAD
COOKBOOKS, SO I COULD MAKE YOU SOME OLD-TIMEY COOKING LIKE YOUR
MOMMA WOULD HAVE MADE IF SHE WASN'T QUEEN AND KNEW HOW TO COOK."

Motoko says, "Isillome, this is... well, you know..."  She
pauses.  "Let's do that again.  Aunt Eowyn, your nephew Ota's
daughter, Isillome; Isillome, our Aunt Eowyn."

Moonshade offers Eowyn a hand.  "Hey, Auntie, good to meet ya."

Eowyn shakes the hand, then looks up at the sky, "Actually,
Mother could cook pretty well."

Morgenstern says, "SHE COULD SHAKE HER BOOTY PRETTY WELL TOO.
HMM, HOW ABOUT SOME GOULASH TO START WITH?"

Motoko pauses with the realization that Moonshade is holding all
the porn in one hand and shaking Eowyn's hand with the other.

Motoko says, "Gwoo."

Eowyn says, "That would be very nice, Morgenstern.  Can you make
it with Caribou?"

Nausicaa now takes Yuki's hand, closes her eyes, and
concentrates.

Kaede watches quietly.

Motoko says, weakly, "I suppose after you've eaten we can take
you to meet the others."

Moonshade says, "Mmm, Caribou is good."

Morgenstern says, "IT'S GONNA TAKE ME AN HOUR TO MAKE IT."

Nausicaa's eyes widen in surprise.

Eowyn says, "You can introduce me to everyone while Morgenstern
cooks, then."

Motoko says, "Well.  Perhaps we'll all eat together, then.
Moonshade, you can, err, put the, err, tapes aside for now..."

Nausicaa has a look of disbelief, then says faintly,
"Impressive."

Kaede blinks. "Hmm?"

Motoko sort of walks off in the vague direction Kaede went.

Morgenstern says, "STASH THE TAPES IN VIEWING ROOM 37!  I'LL GET
IT PREPPED FOR YOU."

Nausicaa says, "Your mind is very strong, Yuki."

Yuki says, "Really?"

Eowyn followed Motoko while Moonshade goes and stashes the tapes.

She says, "I would put you on a par with myself or Jacqui."

She continues, "And Jacqui and I have quite strong minds."

Motoko says softly, "I'm not sure how the others will respond to
you, Aunt; especially Davros."

Eowyn's face sags.  "Poor man.  He suffered very hideously...at
our hands."

She says, "Though he recieved gentle treatment compared to the
Amberites."

Yuki says, "You honor me, Nausicaa."

Motoko says, "But I have already told them of what occurred
between us, and of course, being in Ember, they witnessed the
arrival of the Serpent."  Her expression darkens for just a
moment.  "Yes," she says softly.  "I recall the devices."

Kaede hmms.

Motoko shakes her head.  "But let us not dwell on the past, but
rather move towards the future."

Nausicaa says, "Kaede is fairly strong willed as well, I noticed
on the way over.  If not up to our level."

Nausicaa says, "Have you ever shared strength with someone,
Yuki?"

Kaede snorts softly, then smiles. "I try."

Yuki says, "Kaede and I both have done it with each other, and I
have shared my strength with other Miko."

Eowyn says, "I hope so, Motoko.  I wish to make a fresh start.
But it will be harder for them than for me, I fear."

Eowyn and Motoko now emerge into the courtyard where
Nausicaa/Yuki/Kaede are.

Motoko says firmly, "We are all of us strong in the Serpent.  He
has called you home, and we will welcome you."

Nausicaa turns as Motoko and Eowyn come in, saying, "Sounds like
we have..."  And then she stares and stares and stares at Eowyn.

Kaede turns as well, then looks at Nausicaa, puzzled. "Something
wrong, Nausicaa-sama?"

Motoko says, "Nausicaa, Kaede-san, Yuki-san... this is my Aunt
Eowyn."

Yuki stands and bows.  "It is a pleasure to meet you, Princess
Eowyn."

Kaede bows as well. "Good afternoon, Eowyn-sama."

Nausicaa rises, and tries to speak, but she just makes a sort of
strangled gargling noise instead.

Kaede now looks concerned. "Nausicaa-sama?"

Motoko says, "For a long time she was lost, but the Serpent has
drawn her home to us."  She looks at Nausicaa for a moment, and
then her eyes widen.

Motoko hurries over to Nausicaa and says something to her,
quietly.

Eowyn bows to Yuki, then to Kaede.  "I am pleased to meet you as
well."

You page, "'Your father... he did tell you, didn't he?  I
assumed...'" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "She asks weakly, "Is this...I mean...I heard...Is
she...or is she..."" to you.

Nausicaa tries to pull herself together.  Eowyn takes a step
closer to her, then stops nervously.

Kaede cautiously places a hand on Nausicaa's arm. "Um...."

Eowyn says, "I am not your mother, Nausicaa, though I share her
visage.  I hope this does not bring you pain."

Kaede . o O ( ...uh? )

Nausicaa says softly, "You look just like her."

Motoko turns to Kaede and looks at his hand on Nausicaa's arm.
"Perhaps we should give them a moment," she says.

Motoko steps aside.

Kaede nods, and takes a few steps back.

Motoko says, "Would the two of you like to... well... I'm sorry,
I didn't even think..."  She looks upset.  "I've been... well,
I've been racking spells for several days now..."

Motoko stops herself from making excuses and stands there looking
really uncomfortable.

Yuki blinks and steps aside.

Eowyn steps closer, and then Nausicaa steps forward and embraces
her.  "I know.  I am, now and forever, but the child of a dream.
But I dream too, sometimes."  She sighs.  "Welcome to the family,
Aunt Eowyn."

Motoko allows herself a brief smile.

Eowyn clumsily hugs her back.  "Thank you, neice."

Kaede watches this with faint bemusement.

She continues, "I hope I can live up to the memories you must
have of her."

Nausicaa says, "Just be yourself, Auntie Eowyn."

Windir falls asleep.

Eowyn says, "I will do my best to do so."  She bows to all three
of them again.

Kaede bows back again.

Eowyn departs then with Motoko.