NOTE: This commentary is a companion piece to The Drums of Heaven and may not make complete sense unless you've read chapters 4 and 5 of that story.
Wufei: Where's Duo and Heero?
Trowa: Quatre gave them a time-out.
Wufei: A good time out or a bad one?
Trowa: Bad one.
Quatre: I put them in opposite corners. Noses to the wall. They're just both so obstinate.
Wufei: It's a story, for crying out loud!
Quatre: Yeah, but I didn't think Zef was up for being slaughtered because Duo's jealous that Heero kissed someone else.
Wufei: Someone else... oh! Riiiiiight.
Trowa: I was framed.
Quatre: And I know it's a story. Really. So I'm not bothered. Really. I'm FINE with this. REALLY.
Trowa: You need a time-out, too?
Quatre: How come you're the only one not bothered by all this?
Trowa: *shrug*
Zefyr: *mumble*
Relena: I say it's time for a topic change! So, Hilde, what're your reactions so far?
Hilde: I thought Sammy was cool, but then, I've worked with that character before, so it was a nice reunion.
Relena: You have? In what?
Hilde: I did some bit parts while we were filming the original series. Since I wasn't a regular, I got a few jobs in other anime. If you're watching Ranma ½, I'm in the sixth and eleventh episodes. Fourth girl on the left. Sammy's right next to me. He's a good guy to work with. Very professional.
Relena: I thought you looked familiar. I loved that series.
Hilde: I had no idea you were a fan!
Relena: Well, anything by Takahashi is fine by me.
Zefyr: Hey. My story, you two. Sheesh. You're as bad as the pilots.
Hilde: How far are you on Inuyasha?
Relena: Up to volume 13. It was yanked from Adult Swim again while waiting more dubs, did you hear?
Hilde: Yeah. That pisses me off. I'd rather see reruns than be denied Inuyasha ogling time.
Relena: It's the ears.
Wufei: Sheesh. Women.
Zefyr: HELLO!
Relena: Oh, right. Anyway. Chapters 4 and 5 reviewed together, because Zef's too busy writing the next chapter to take the time on both chapters separately.
Hilde: And there's that whole Duo-being-mad thing...
Relena: Though I thought you kicked ass at the end of Chapter 6. Zef didn't say what you were wearing though. I was visualizing vinyl.
Hilde: Close. Leather. Vinyl doesn't breathe. It looks better than leather, but man, after about fifteen minutes, it can be too much.
Relena: I'll remember that.
Hilde: And I've got to compliment you on your scene at the beginning of Chapter 4. That was a really skillful conversation with Heero. Very mature.
Relena: I like to think I've come a long way from whining his name and screaming at him to kill me.
Wufei: *eyeroll*
Quatre: Zef, what is the deal with the story? When are you going to explain what's going on with Trowa and Duo?
Zefyr: When I get around to it. You are just spoiler boy.
Trowa: No, just spoiled.
Quatre: That's your fault.
Trowa: What of it?
Zefyr: Figures.
Relena: You think Duo's calmed down yet?
Heero: Someone get me some ice.
Hilde: I'd take that as a no.
Heero: I think I'm going to kill Zef myself.
Quatre: You do that, we'll never find out what happened next.
Relena: They're both just upset because they didn't get a lemon as their reunion. Zef, stop making everyone fight. This is not my idea of pacifism.
Zefyr: What? Did I say I was Ghandi?
Hilde: You're too tall to be Ghandi.
Zefyr: And I don't speak with a British accent, either. Although sometimes I wear glasses.
Quatre: Cute little round ones?
Zefyr: No. Sunglasses.
Trowa: And the red hair is hardly a common South Asian hair color.
Zefyr: Thanks for noticing.
Wufei: Unless you're Kenshin, of course.
Quatre: Or Aya.
Wufei: Who?
Quatre: The swordsman from Weiß Kreuz.
Wufei: You actually watched that anime?
Quatre: Just for the seiyuu. The anime sucked rocks.
Trowa: One way of putting it.
Hilde: So what happens next? I want to know.
Relena: Yeah. The hackers have broken into Heero's account, there's some sort of chip thingie that's being passed secretively, but at the same time Pops would just hire some guy off the street to act as a babysitter?
Zefyr: Oh. Oops.
Relena: You wrote me as going to Cambridge. You thought I wouldn't notice such a gaping plot hole?
Zefyr: *eep* Well, see, there's a reason for that...
Quatre: What? What?
Zefyr: But if I explain, it'll just be a big fat spoiler.
Hilde: Alright, Heero's right. Let's kill Zef.
Quatre: No! But torture might be good.
Zefyr: WHAT?
Wufei: You deserve whatever you get, Zef, if you're going to take this long to tell a story.
Zefyr: I am not writing any fanfic where it all starts and ends in one fifteen-paragraph one-shot. That's moving too fast for something this complex.
Duo: I want a LEMON.
Zefyr: Have an orange, monkey boy!
Duo: That's IT, you're --- *oomph*
Zefyr: Thanks, Trowa.
Trowa: No problem.
Duo: Hey! Did you just grope me?
Trowa: Hunh?
Quatre: Trowa!
Wufei: Monkey boy. That works.
Heero: Duo! Sit down and shut up!
Duo: Make me!
Hilde: Back in your corners!
Quatre: Uh... Weren't they supposed to be in separate corners?
Wufei: Good gods. There's no hope for this world.
Relena: Separate corners? Oh! Oh, my. Are we old enough to be seeing this?
Wufei: Get a room, you two.
Zefyr: I'm going back to writing original short stories. I can't take much more of this.
Quatre: That's our cue. Grab the author!
Zefyr: *eep*
Trowa: Who has the cattle prod?
Zefyr: *MMSTTHFFF!*
Trowa: Just kidding.
Quatre: Zefyr, meet keyboard. Keyboard, meet Zefyr. Now... TYPE!
Hilde: And remember, leather, not vinyl.
Zefyr: Sheesh.
End Part 5
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