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At the top level of the International Police Organization's Special Assignment branch, the Experts of Justice, it's not entirely unknown for an agent to have a hard day at the office that leaves behind unanticipated consequences.

Someone forgot to tell Geoff Depew it wasn't a competition.

UF/FI: Fable of the Reconstruction

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

Doing it today was special to me, as I came out publically two years ago today on my Facebook.

It was about time for my UF self to catch up.

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

I love stories like this. Magical transformations where the subject feels they've reached their true self are my jam. Congratulations!

>Doing it today was special to me, as I came out publically two years
>ago today on my Facebook.
>
>It was about time for my UF self to catch up.
>
>--
>Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
>Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
>"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

This was a really good read, and I'm glad you shared it with us considering how meaningful it seems to be for you. Your avatar's always been a character I've enjoyed here from the first appearance in CSI, and I've been hoping we'd get more of a glimpse at Agent Dantes' work.

Considering she's had plenty of opportunity to throw that punch, I wonder if Sara Sidle's holding it back because it's actually on her bucket list. Or her list of things to do when she has her villain phase, like all with superpowers inevitably do.

>Considering she's had plenty of opportunity to throw that punch, I
>wonder if Sara Sidle's holding it back because it's actually on her
>bucket list. Or her list of things to do when she has her villain
>phase, like all with superpowers inevitably do.

I think it’s along the lines of when she got frustrated she would tell him “I still owe you a punch in the mouth for you threatening me,” and now it’s a running joke between the two of them.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

I appreciate the restraint it must have taken not to have UF-you get a dress that goes spinny. =]

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

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>I appreciate the restraint it must have taken not to have UF-you get a
>dress that goes spinny. =]

...yet.

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

>>I appreciate the restraint it must have taken not to have UF-you get a
>>dress that goes spinny. =]
>
>...yet.

The Spinny Dress is inevitable..

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

>I appreciate the restraint it must have taken not to have UF-you get a
>dress that goes spinny. =]
>

I wouldn't be surprised if she'll need one for an infiltration op sooner or later. But just getting one to get one doesn't seem like her.

Peter Eng
--
Insert humorous comment here.

Well, congratulations, Jen!

I'm Joy (finally decided on a name for myself at last), pleased to meet you!

Slider Da Feral (NYAR!)
Don't call it a... well, I guess you can call it a comeback...

Ah, the good old 'done in one' physical rewiring. I've dreamed of that, and done it to my self-inserts, quite often.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

>Ah, the good old 'done in one' physical rewiring. I've dreamed of
>that, and done it to my self-inserts, quite often.

Amen to that. If I could do so, I would without a second thought.

------
Authors of our fates
Orchestrate our fall from grace
Poorest players on the stage
Our defiance drives us straight to the edge

>Amen to that. If I could do so, I would without a second thought.

I suspect Jen would have appreciated a bit more say in the matter, at opposed to getting a sucking chest wound and waking up with a different chest. But it turned out all right in the end.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

>>Amen to that. If I could do so, I would without a second thought.
>
>I suspect Jen would have appreciated a bit more say in the matter, at
>opposed to getting a sucking chest wound and waking up with a
>different chest. But it turned out all right in the end.

To quote Selena Kyle, "Yeah, eventually."

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

Glad to see it wasn't *wiggle hands suggestively* exploitation, but thought out story of bringing fiction in accordance with realty.
Also, good story.

>Glad to see it wasn't *wiggle hands suggestively* exploitation, but
>thought out story of bringing fiction in accordance with realty.
>Also, good story.

This has been percolating in one bit or another for the better part of a year. On the other hand, can I write a story exploiting myself?

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

probably, but it would be co-written with Traitor and published on AO3 with a number of content warnings.

All I have to say is:

"Welcome to your self."

Just realised, this means that Jen was actually a member of the 'Girls with Logan as unlikely father figure/mentor' club all along!

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

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>Just realised, this means that Jen was actually a member of the 'Girls
>with Logan as unlikely father figure/mentor' club all along!

Yeah, Jubilee's getting her medallion struck, but she refuses to backdate the certificate. It's the principle of the thing.

--G.
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>>Just realised, this means that Jen was actually a member of the 'Girls
>>with Logan as unlikely father figure/mentor' club all along!
>
>Yeah, Jubilee's getting her medallion struck, but she refuses to
>backdate the certificate. It's the principle of the thing.

Well, there's a lot of debate in situations like this. Do you use the date Logan became her mentor, the date of the gunshot, when she woke up, the date she just stopped and went 'oh. OH!', the list goes on...

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

... for some reason that I've been unable to pin down, I'm getting the strangest (and strongest) sense of deja vu here. Like, to the point where I was searching the forum for this story, because I swear I've read it before.

But no, it looks like this is the first time it's shown up, the timestamps don't have the weirdness I've come to associate with zombie threads that got suddenly edit-resurrected... nothing except my admittedly-fallible memory is saying this is old rather than new.

But! All that said, glad to see Jen making her debut. Kinda looking forward to her teaming up with Sister Destiny, just because I liked their dynamic before and I suspect I'd like it even more now.

--sofaspud
--... arrgh, brain, no, why, sisters of battle noooo staahp

She's ended up in hospital under BJs care before in stories, that might be what you're thinking of.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

Someone oughta tell that girl to keep her sprocking head down. :D

--sofaspud
--does BJ offer a punch card? does Jen get frequent-flyer miles?

>Someone oughta tell that girl to keep her sprocking head down. :D

BJ did in this one! He doesn’t want to see her in for at least a year.

…well, for trauma. Checkups are different.

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady
of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your
Friend!!"

I shouldn't have read your follow-up post; because now I can't read the story because I'm crying. I'll be back in a bit.

<3

L.

Yeah, that was worth reading through tears!

Genuinely sorry it caused you emotional pain, and thank you for the kind words.

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

>Genuinely sorry it caused you emotional pain, and thank you for the
>kind words.
>
More like emotional overload, I don't really have the words for the deep feelings that aren't pleasure or pain but just are.

> More like emotional overload, I don't really have the words for the
>deep feelings that aren't pleasure or pain but just are.

Yeah, that I get.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

A traditional benediction from my people is in order.

Great story, enjoyed it a lot. Heartwarming to see how many people turn up when G.D. is incapacitated - she's really come a long way from the solitary serial murderer days!

A couple of typos and such, but they don't detract much from the effect.

Once again, grats on the Gender to both writer and character.

>Great story, enjoyed it a lot. Heartwarming to see how many people
>turn up when G.D. is incapacitated - she's really come a long way from
>the solitary serial murderer days!

I told Jen when she was writing it that the first scene reminded me of something I remember a character saying to Batman once, although the details of who and in exactly what context have escaped me--something to the effect of, "For someone who thinks he stands alone, you have a huge family." :)

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
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This is PRECISELY why I love Wayne Family Adventures so much,which is the closest thing I've ever seen to making Kane's World canon.

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>This is PRECISELY why I love Wayne Family Adventures so much,which is
>the closest thing I've ever seen to making Kane's World canon.

You were saying...?

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

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>>This is PRECISELY why I love Wayne Family Adventures so much,which is
>>the closest thing I've ever seen to making Kane's World canon.
>
>You were saying...?

The Defense rests. ;D

>I told Jen when she was writing it that the first scene reminded me of
>something I remember a character saying to Batman once, although the
>details of who and in exactly what context have escaped me--something
>to the effect of, "For someone who thinks he stands alone, you have a
>huge family." :)

I think that was Sarah-Jane to the Tenth Doctor, actually, but yeah, the same definitely applies to Bats.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

>>I told Jen when she was writing it that the first scene reminded me of
>>something I remember a character saying to Batman once, although the
>>details of who and in exactly what context have escaped me--something
>>to the effect of, "For someone who thinks he stands alone, you have a
>>huge family." :)
>
>I think that was Sarah-Jane to the Tenth Doctor, actually, but yeah,
>the same definitely applies to Bats.

Oh, you're right! It totally was. Crossed memory wire.

--G.
-><-
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
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>Oh, you're right! It totally was. Crossed memory wire.

Probably because the weapons-grade BULLSHIT that happened next is truly a Batman Pain Experience.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

And so, in the NEXT story, Jen uses the Zip .22™, then? What with that particular story never materializing, I mean?

I am of course joking(though, it would be hilarious to actually see that one at some point), and just wanted to say that the story was quite lovely, in all sorts of ways.

...!
Stoke Mandeville, Esq & The
Victorian Ballsmiths
"Nobody Want Verdigris-
Covered Balls!"

>And so, in the NEXT story, Jen uses the Zip .22™, then? What with
>that particular story never materializing, I mean?

Her reconstructed hand could probably use it, if only to see how many bullets she could flatten against body armor in a period of time.

>I am of course joking(though, it would be hilarious to actually see
>that one at some point), and just wanted to say that the story was
>quite lovely, in all sorts of ways.

Thank you kindly.

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

Came across this one recently, and it's going to be used when someone from Big Fire thinks "Well, Hellbringer's going to be easier to deal with now..."

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So I heard you’re back in town
And haven’t changed a bit, man
You get off talking down to the little man
Time you get what you deserve

Wow, you’re so fucking stupid
Been a while since my head was this polluted
Lucky I know my own worth

So you wanna fight me, are you big enough?
Kick the back of my knee, are you serious?
You keep on trying but
I like your blood on my teeth just a little too much
So bite me, slap me round the face
Now I’m twisting your arm 'till I hear it break
I get stronger everyday, yeah

Little girl gone, got a gun from a gangster
Run little girl, run little girl, bang ha

Say that again, I didn’t quite hear you
Messed with the wrong bitch in the wrong era
I been at work and I got my badge of honour
Honey I’ve changed so much since I last saw you
Hands off my hair, how very dare you
Ding ding, hold my earrings for my debut
Cos I pack a punch backed into a corner
Come at me, don’t tell me I didn’t warn ya

Did you think I’d be easy?
Snap me like bamboo?
Mould me into the soul of your jackboot?
Wish I could bottle the taste
Cos I’d drink up that look on your face

So you wanna fight me, are you big enough?
Kick the back of my knee, are you serious?
You keep on trying but
I like your blood on my teeth just a little too much
So bite me, slap me round the face
Now I’m twisting your arm 'till I hear it break
I get stronger everyday, yeah

Little girl gone, got a gun from a gangster
Run little girl, run little girl, bang ha

Say that again, I didn’t quite hear you
Messed with the wrong bitch in the wrong era
I been at work and I got my badge of honour
Honey I’ve changed so much since I last saw you
Hands off my hair, how very dare you
Ding ding, hold my earrings for my debut
Cos I pack a punch backed into a corner
Come at me, don’t tell me I didn’t warn ya

Little girl gone, got a gun from a gangster
Run little girl, run little girl, bang ha

Little girl gone, got a gun from a gangster
Run little girl, run little girl, faster
Little girl gone, got a gun from a gangster
Honey I changed so much since I last saw you

Hands off my hair, how very dare you
Ding ding, hold my earrings for my debut
Cos I pack a punch backed into a corner
Come at me, don’t tell me I didn’t warn ya

Chinchilla, "Little Girl Gone"

--
Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

>Came across this one recently, and it's going to be used when someone
>from Big Fire thinks "Well, Hellbringer's going to be easier to deal
>with now..."

This is like wandering up and announcing, "Hello, my name is No Survival Instincts, and I'll be your live fire target practice tonight." Judging from their usual quality of judgment, I'm guessing Galactor?

>>Came across this one recently, and it's going to be used when someone
>>from Big Fire thinks "Well, Hellbringer's going to be easier to deal
>>with now..."
>
>This is like wandering up and announcing, "Hello, my name is No
>Survival Instincts, and I'll be your live fire target practice
>tonight." Judging from their usual quality of judgment, I'm guessing
>Galactor?

They do their research in the same journals as Dr. Dinosaur:

Robo blinked. "You cloned Mr. Tesla?! What the hell for?"

"I did far better than simply clone him," Dr. Dinosaur replied stuffily. "I improved on the original! My version is one of your mammal females - "

"Technically I'm not a mammal, I'm a robot."

" - which my research indicates are more suggestible than the males - "

"Pff. Where do you do your 'research'? It doesn't even say that on Galactipedia any more."

" - and I will raise her as my disciple," Dr. Dinosaur went doggedly on, ignoring all of Robo's interruptions.

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
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>They do their research in the same journals as Dr. Dinosaur:

Knowing Big Fire, there's a good chance they actually write those journals.

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter