>>Oh, I think this is perfectly possible--not in real time, but in a
>>buffer state, like a print job patiently waiting for the laptop to be
>>reconnected to the LAN with the printer on it. Soon as he gets back
>>Skuld gets something that makes her laugh out loud and REALLY want to
>>find out what in Midgard happened.
>
>Heheh, well, by that point, she'll find out soon enough.

Fair point. =)

>
>>> He has in mind the real Van Helsing's latter-day successors
>>>back in the 25th century, who are a lot less judicious about their
>>>target selection. Think of them as the Jokerz of vampire
>>>hunters—the brand name and the flash, but none of the substance.
>>
>>The clowns we saw in both Marcy's intro story and Saya's date with
>>Etrigan.
>
>Yeah, those guys, and there are even worse out there. The ex-Triple I
>guys at least think they're professionals. They've got the
>wrong end of a number of sticks concerning what they're up against
>(and whether what they're up against needs to have anything up against
>it, as it were), but they're not complete cowboys. They have
>procedures, it's just that their procedures mostly suck. :)

Ah, the very definition of "just enough knowledge to be a danger to themselves and everyone around them."

Also, I am an idiot, because Raven dated Etrigan, not Saya. Ah, well.

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