15||0|2634|0|yes 0|0|0|||1||TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Gryphon||01:22:50|05/21/2007|%5Bpre%5D%5Bbig%5D%5Btt%5D%09%22Ugh%2C%22 said Hiroshi Morisato as he heaved himself up onto a%0D%0Astout branch not far from Corwin%27s perch. %22I thought I might find you%0D%0Aup here. Phew%21%22 he added%2C wiping sweat from his forehead with one%0D%0Aarm. %22Did you have to climb this far up%3F It%27s not like most of the%0D%0Apeople who%27d be looking for you can%27t fly anyway.%22%0D%0A%09Corwin had to admit his cousin had a point.%0D%0A%09%22Did Aunt Bell send you looking for me%3F Whatever it is%2C I%27m%0D%0Anot getting in the middle of it. I already told Urd%2C one more hassle%0D%0Aout of either one of them and I swear we%27ll elope.%22%0D%0A%09Hiroshi chuckled. %22No%2C I think they actually took you%0D%0Aseriously. I just figured you might want some company that -isn%27t-%0D%0Aobsessed with your impending nuptials. When you left the temple you%0D%0Ahad that preoccupied look. What%27s on your mind%3F%22%0D%0A%09Corwin gave Hiroshi a thoughtful look for a second%2C then%0D%0Asighed. %22I%27m not sure. I feel... strange.%22 He blew out a breath.%0D%0A%22Something%27s going to happen%2C I think%2C but I don%27t know what.%22%0D%0A%09Hiroshi looked interested. %22You had a vision%3F%22 he asked%2C but%0D%0ACorwin shook his head.%0D%0A%09%22No%2C%22 Corwin said. %22Not as such. I don%27t have Mom%27s direct%0D%0Aconnection to the future... when I touch what might be%2C it%27s always%0D%0Ainvoluntary%2C usually in a dream%2C and so cryptic that I can hardly ever%0D%0Amake any use of it. This is different. I... I%27m not really sure how%0D%0Ato describe it. I%27m one of the Aesir. I can%27t see the future%2C but I%0D%0Acan... -feel- the heft and swing and%2C and -momentum- of the universe.%22%0D%0A%09Hiroshi nodded. %22I think I know what you mean. I never%0D%0Awanted to be a god like you%2C so I let that part of me lie%2C but it%27s%0D%0Astill in my blood%2C and sometimes... sometimes it%27s like I catch a%0D%0Aglimpse of the... I dunno how to say it%2C the -circuitry-.%22%0D%0A%09Corwin%27s eyebrows went up. He%27d known Hiroshi all his life%2C%0D%0Abut he%27d never known that. Hiroshi caught his look of surprise and%0D%0Agrinned slightly.%0D%0A%09%22Might just be my imagination%2C%22 he said%2C playing it off. %22But%0D%0AI think I can imagine more or less what you%27re getting at. You feel%0D%0Alike something%27s in motion that wasn%27t before.%22%0D%0A%09Corwin nodded%2C encouraged. %22Exactly. I think... I think some%0D%0Afundamental shift in the order of things is in progress%2C has been%0D%0Asince... well%2C since just about last June. Everything I%27ve seen and%0D%0Aexperienced and discovered since then feels like part of a pattern.%0D%0AMy instincts tell me it%27s all important%2C all connected%2C but... not%0D%0A-why- or -how-.%22 He sighed again. %22That might just be -my-%0D%0Aimagination%2C but... %22 He looked Hiroshi in the eye. %22I feel like%0D%0Aeverything%27s about to change... and it makes me uneasy.%22%5B%2Ftt%5D%5B%2Fbig%5D%5B%2Fpre%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Avatar_of_Chaos||01:48:38|05/21/2007|Looking good%2C the build up to the clash of the two orders of the rose looms closer. I can%27t wait.%0D%0A%0D%0ALight%2C the new avatar of chaos 2|1|0|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|clg||03:53:46|05/21/2007|Oh %5Bem%5Dhell%5B%2Fem%5D yes. More Symphony%2C always good.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor a minute I thought this might be the run-up to Day of Infamy%3B but this is about two years prior%2C so unless there%27s a lot of buildup%2C not so much. I suppose this is about the Black Rose Duelists%2C but so far they seem pretty small-time %28anyone who would be subordinate to Akio%2C after all...%29. Oh well%2C at least we%27ll all enjoy finding out.%0D%0A%0D%0A - Chad%0D%0A 11|2|2|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|asuffield||14:07:38|05/22/2007|%3EI suppose this is about the Black Rose Duelists%2C but so far %0D%0A%3Ethey seem pretty small-time %28anyone who would be subordinate to Akio%2C %0D%0A%3Eafter all...%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s how Akio works - he uses people as cogs in a machine%2C but the purpose of the machine is not cogs. 12|3|11|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|clg||20:26:23|05/22/2007|%3EThat%27s how Akio works - he uses people as cogs in a machine%2C but the %0D%0A%3Epurpose of the machine is not cogs. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C okay%2C fair enough. The purpose of this machine seems to be to cause trouble for Utena and friends%2C and I keep forgetting that they%27re as cosmically important as they are. Even that assumes that Akio doesn%27t have still bigger plans.%0D%0A 14|4|12|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|StClair||01:42:27|05/23/2007|Never assume that.%0D%0A 3|1|0|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|BZArcher||07:41:58|05/21/2007|Oh%2C man.%0D%0A%0D%0AHaving seen the psychosis that sets in around wedding planning recently%2C I can only imagine how much crazier it%27d be with Aunt Bell and Urd playing parts in it.%0D%0A%0D%0AI wonder if Utena and Anthy will get walked down the aisle separately%2C or if they%27ll give each other away to Corwin%3F 7|2|3|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Polychrome||23:38:28|05/21/2007|%3EOh%2C man. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHaving seen the psychosis that sets in around wedding planning %0D%0A%3Erecently%2C I can only imagine how much crazier it%27d be with Aunt Bell %0D%0A%3Eand Urd playing parts in it. %0D%0A%0D%0AI don%27t think Belldandy is the problem there. I think the chaos would be significantly reduced by tieing up Urd and stuffing her in a closet until the wedding day.%0D%0A%0D%0APolychrome%0D%0A 8|3|7|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|mdg1||06:50:43|05/22/2007|Hel%2C don%27t let her out until after the honeymoon.... 9|3|7|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|BZArcher||07:56:25|05/22/2007|%3E%0D%0A%3EI don%27t think Belldandy is the problem there. I think the chaos would %0D%0A%3Ebe significantly reduced by tieing up Urd and stuffing her in a closet %0D%0A%3Euntil the wedding day. %0D%0A%0D%0AYou%27re probably right%2C but I don%27t know - I%27ve seen a woman I thought was an absolute saint turn rabid over choice of chapels and caterers recently. It%27s probably scarred my perceptions. %3A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A 4|1|0|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Tabasco||11:09:44|05/21/2007|You know%2C I never thought about it%2C but Hiroshi actually would have every bit as good a claim to a spot in the pantheon as Corwin%2C I can%27t believe I missed that. Anyway%2C I%27m glad to see that put to use%2C and another dose of Symphony goodness in the works. 5|2|4|||1||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Pasha||11:18:32|05/21/2007|%3EYou know%2C I never thought about it%2C but Hiroshi actually would have %0D%0A%3Eevery bit as good a claim to a spot in the pantheon as Corwin%2C I can%27t %0D%0A%3Ebelieve I missed that. Anyway%2C I%27m glad to see that put to use%2C and %0D%0A%3Eanother dose of Symphony goodness in the works. %0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s explicitly discussed that he a%29 has the right and b%29 wants nothing to do with it in...one of the stories. In fact%2C it discusses all of Bell%27s kids and their desires towards getting Phenomenal Cosmic Power.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha%0D%0A%22I invented Warp Drive%2C whatta ya got%3F%22%0D%0A%22I%27m the Norse God of Mecha.%22%0D%0A%22Well%2C I guess you win then.%22 6|3|5|||1||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|BobSchroeck||23:33:51|05/21/2007|%3EIt%27s explicitly discussed that he a%29 has the right and b%29 wants %0D%0A%3Enothing to do with it in...one of the stories. In fact%2C it discusses %0D%0A%3Eall of Bell%27s kids and their desires towards getting Phenomenal Cosmic %0D%0A%3EPower. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd there was some external discussion too%2C with the jury apparently still out on whether or not Mirai is just too dippy to even realize she could be a goddess...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AThe President is on the line%0D%0AAs ninety-nine crab rangoons go by... 10|4|6|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Tabasco||09:55:39|05/22/2007|Like I said%2C I dropped the ball just a tad. %0D%0A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EAnd there was some external discussion too%2C with the jury apparently %0D%0A%3Estill out on whether or not Mirai is just too dippy to even realize %0D%0A%3Eshe could be a goddess... %0D%0A%0D%0AUnder the circumstances%2C that%27s probably fortunate... 13|5|10|||1||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|BobSchroeck||22:45:30|05/22/2007|[updated:LAST EDITED ON May-22-07 AT 10:46 PM (EDT)]%3E%3Ewhether or not Mirai is just too dippy to even realize she could be a goddess... %0D%0A%3EUnder the circumstances%2C that%27s probably fortunate... %0D%0A%0D%0ABut it would make a %5Bi%5Dgreat%5B%2Fi%5D sphere of influence%21 Mirai%2C Goddess of Ditzes%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%28ETA%3A I mean%2C you gotta wonder%2C has she even figured out her grandfather is God%3F%29%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AThe President is on the line%0D%0AAs ninety-nine crab rangoons go by... 15|6|13|||||RE%3A TEASER%3A S5M2 %28Clarion Call%29|Tabasco||11:32:11|05/23/2007|Lord knows she%27d never lack for worshipers.