Not much I can add to the commentary already spoken, I enjoyed this story immensely. Couple things, though...

Funny that someone in here mentioned a Shermie Spiral...I myself was wondering what would have happened to the bastard if the person guarding the door was Orochi Yashiro.
"Well, officer, I'd rather not discuss the condition of the body. But as you can see, there's a few dents in the asphalt..."
"In -rock-?"
"Um, yes. Needless to say, it's going to be a closed-casket funeral."

>Trigger Argee
>trigger_argee@hotmail.com
>Manon, Orado, etc.
>Denton, never leave home without it.
Dear lord almighty, you mean there's a -second- person in the known universe who reads James Schmitz?

--"I invoke the rites of fiery Muspelheim, and give thy soul up to the inferno's embrace..."