>I think that Zoner was just the easiest to get to the right place at
>the right time to deal with the issue. SOMETHING was going to happen,
>and a little tweak of the patterns - if you check the thread 'The
>Weapons' on the General board, you'll see Megazone's comments on it -
>would be just enough for his subconcious to tell him 'go here, it's a
>good idea'. And it's also possible that there was just enough of the
>need of Utena to 'Escape to a safe place' with Akio being
>murder-bastard at her that HER power along twisted fate to insure that
>the person to meet her in Midgard was the one person best suited to
>help her at that moment...

To subtle for me. I'm just a lowly programmer in the service of Skuld...
I could see either or both of your suggestions.

>Of course, Clef couldn't do anything AFTER she worldwalked, and while
>'So You've Arrived...' helps UTENA, there is, as far as we know, a
>book called 'So You Just Had Someone Arrive From The Tenth World In
>Your Presence'. Considering that Eris and Belldandy both state they
>know very little about the Tenth World, I would expect even the
>redoubtable Derek Bacon would have a problem writing that one.

A world even Fate and Chaos don't know much about. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing... Considering the apparent state of things, and that we're talking about Belldany and Eris, it seems like a bad thing.
>
>Besides, from what we've seen, Megazone just kinda zens his way
>through life right now. He's building the traps and stocking the
>armories and training the armies, and no one can see it until the
>enemy strikes and finds their target is far more prepared than they
>think.

It's as big a mistake to underestimate Chaos as it is to underestimate Good.

Captain Willard
Commander, Free Socorro Liberation Front