Misting: Frst Date/Marriage of the Millennium [MMPR] [2/5]

[MBlackw415]

> Bart and Ashley strolled through the
>estate's vast gardens.

Tom: Ah! What a bountiful crop of decorative throw-pillow
zucchinis.
Mike: [screaming] AHHHHHHH!

> "Well," Bart told her, "I have made all
>the preparations for our date Tomorrow night.

Crow: [as Ashley] What are we going to do Tomorrow night?
Tom: [as Bart] Same thing we do every night, Ashley... snog
each other silly!

> We have dinner
>reservations at six, and I have selected a movie which Brian and
>Kim consider quite romantic." "Sounds good," Ashley replies

Tom: [as Ashley] After all, Kimberley and I have the same taste in
color. Why wouldn't we have the same taste in movies?

> , "I
>guess you should pick me up at five, that way, you can have time
>to meet the family. Daddy always closes the garage at five."
>
>Finally, the big day arrived, yet Bart still had one problem,
>what car to drive.

Mike: [as Bart] Hmmm. Should I take the Pinto, the Nova or the
Gremlin? Decisions, decisions...

> Brian and Kim taught Bart how to drive shortly
>after he arrived on Earth, but the selection of cars available to
>him at the estate was just too vast.

Mike: Unfortunately, for Bart, they were all Fords.

> Brian, however, had the
>perfect car for him. Brian told him, "Back in the fifties and
>sixties, Crowmeowme Industries had an automotive division.

Tom: [as Brian] We also made steel too. Did I mention that?

> We
>made cars the way television networks make shows;

Crow: They were all copycats of each other that appealed
to the 18-25 year old range and contained large amounts of
sex and inneundo?

> with specific
>demographics." Brian led his cousin to a section at the rear of
>the massive garage/car museum.

Mike: [as Bart] Here is my collection of garages. There's a red
one, a blue one, a brick one, one made of guess what...?

> They stopped in front of the
>most interesting vehicle Bart had ever seen.

Crow: [as Bart] The New Volkswagon Beetle?
Tom: [as Brian] Trust me, the girls will go crazy over it!

> Like all the cars
>Brian owned, it was silver, but what was strange was that it had
>no back seat.

Tom: And it had no engine. Or steering columns. Oh, heck! It
was just four mis-matched tires and a tree-shaped air freshener,
okay?

> Brian told his cousin, "This is the Crowmeowme
>Motors 1955 Teen Dream Special. We designed this as a first car
>for teenage drivers.

Tom: No way!
Crow: This must be apparently why we've never heard of Crowmeowme.
If this Teen Dream was "demographically designed" for
teenagers, it should've had a back seat the size of Idaho!

> The lack of a back seat makes it the perfect
>car for a first date. We only made one-hundred of these, of which
>I have two; this one and the one behind it . The second one has
>no miles on it, and is in pristine shape."
>

Mike: [as Brian] However, this first one will be driven by
Mr. O'Brien and Mr. O'Kieve.

>At 4:40, with a full tank of gas, and a bouquet of fresh-
>cut flowers on the dash board, Bart pulled out of the estate,
>heading towards Ashley's house.

Crow: Bart then spent the next two hours looking for "Where
Ashley Lives" Street.

> The Hammond residence was right
>next to Mr Hammond's garage, where he made a decent living. Bart
>pulled up at 4:59 on the dot,

Crow: [as Dot Warner] Hey, Ow! Get that car off of me!

> just as Mr Hammond turned the
>closed sign.

Tom: o/~ Closing time... o/~

> Bart got out of the car, the bouquet in his hand,
>and headed to the front door. The moment he stepped on the porch,
>Ashley opened the door. "You certainly are prompt," Ashley told
>him.

Crow: [as Ashley] However, I'm late...
Tom: [as Bart] Whatever do you mean? If I'm on time, and
you're here...?
Crow: [as Ashley] Oh, never mind.

> Bart responded, "It's a habit,

Mike: Bart's become a nun?

> one I don't intend to
>break." Bart gave Ashley the flowers, as she led him into the
>family room. Mr Hammond had just slipped out of his work
>coveralls, and sat with the rest of the family,

Crow: AIE! He's NAKED!
All: AIE!

> ready to meet the
>young man who was interested in his little girl. Ashley
>introduced Bart to her family, "Mom, Daddy, JJ,

Mike: The Jet Plane?

> this is Bart."
>"Nice to meet you, son." Mr Hammond said, "I understand
>you've got quite an IQ?"

All: *snicker*
Crow: Yes, I'm sure that's the first thing every girl's father asks
of a potential date.

> Bart responded, "Yes sir, it runs in my
>family." "You gonna marry my sister?" interrupts JJ. "Julius
>Joshua!" Mrs Hammond admonishes.
>

Mike: Jinglehimerschidt?
Crow & Tom: [singing] His name is my name too!

>Bart continued, "I graduated High School by age 13, went
>to Harvard, and completed business school last June.

Crow: [as Bart] Of course, it's hard not to work fast when you're
continually in a wedgie...

> I considered
>several offers before deciding to move here to work for my
>cousin. "

Tom: [as Bart] He makes steel, you know.
Mike: *THANK YOU*, Tom.

> Bart was glad he and Brian worked out that cover story.
>Mr Hammond asked, "Was that a Teen Dream you pulled up in?" "Yes
>sir, my cousin loaned it to me. His father was the man who
>designed it."

Mike: [as Hammond] Thanks kid! Now I finally know who I was cursing
at all those years in High School!

> Mr Hammond was impressed, "I haven't seen one since
>I was in high school. My best friend had one, but I was stuck
>with an Edsel my father bought for me. That Teen Dream was
>the beauty that got me interested in being a mechanic.

Tom: [as Hammond] Well, that and those calendars that
them garages have...

> In that
>condition, it must be worth a pretty penny." Bart replied, "I
>wouldn't know, sir, but my cousin has two, this one, and one that
>he never drives.

Crow: [as Bart] He says that one is Hitler's Death Car.

> He keeps both in factory condition. Like
>yourself, he's quite good with cars, he keeps all the cars on the
>estate in perfect working order."

Crow: Dear lord. We're trapped in the middle of "Speedway."

> Mr Hammond smiles and says,
>"Anyone who has family that keeps a classic like that in
>working order can't be too bad."
>

Mike: So, this guy thinks that a young man with a car that
screams out "I'm going to make out with your daughter
on the first date" is a-ok?
Tom: Odd sense of morals, maybe.
Crow: Or it could just be West Virginia.

>As the young couple prepares to leave, Mr Hammond tells Bart,
>"I'm sure Ashley will be in good hands with you.

Crow: [British accent] If you know what I mean, wink wink,
nudge nudge.

> Have her home by
>ten, and we'll get along just fine." "That shouldn't be a
>problem, sir." Bart and Ashley walk out the door, Bart earns
>extra points by opening the car door for Ashley.

Mike: And the kick up, and it's GOOD!

> With seat-belts
>safely buckled,

Tom: This date brought to you by the Triple A.

> the two head off towards Chateau de Cuisine. They
>arrived at the restaurant at five till six, Bart again opens the
>door for Ashley, rather than let the pimple-faced valet do it.

Tom: Hey! That's no way to talk about the next blue ranger!

>They enter the establishment, and walk up to Jean-Paul, the
>maitre'd. "Crowmeowme, party of two." Bart says. "Ah, of course.
>Right zis way."

Tom: [French accent] Zut alors! Zis accent is le terrible!

> Jean-Paul tells them, and leads them to the best
>table in the restaurant. Bart and Ashley study the menu,
>"Remember," Bart tells her,

Mike: [as Bart] They'll be a quiz on this later.

> "Price is irrelevant,

Mike: You will be assimilated into the collective.
Crow: Mike?
Mike: Sorry. "Hail to the Queen" flashback.

> order whatever
>you want."

Crow: [as Ashley] Oh, I just want 3 crackers and a glass of
water, please.

> They soon place their orders, and while they wait for
>their meal, Bart summons the restaurant's violin player to
>entertain them.

Tom: [as Bart] "Bittersweet Symphony", my good man.

> After a magnificent feast, Bart and Ashley depart
>for the mansion at 7:25.
>
>They arrive at the mansion at 7:49.

Mike: Ashley now had 2 hours and 22 minutes to live.

> Bart leaves the car in
>the parking circle out front,

Crow: Where it is promptly towed away.

> since he will need it to drive
>Ashley home. The two of them head directly to the theater, Brian
>and Kim never knew they came in.

Mike: They were too distracted by the three jerks in the front
row who kept making fun of the movie.
Crow: [Tom] Hostage Negotiations, the Power Rangers way!
Tom: [Mike, singing] The only family that she's ever had are her
7 older brothers and a drunk-ass dad...
Mike: [Crow] Can we skip the raising hell and just get straight to the
orgy?
Tom: [Mike] Mike! Er, Crow!

> Bart uses a remote control to
>start the film, which Ashley had never seen.

Crow: Yep. Those remotes are one of those special Minutiaen
inventions.

> Being a gentleman
>and a being of honor, Bart doesn't make a move unless Ashley
>encourages it.

Crow: Bart therefore is frozen in place all night.

> It takes him half an hour just to wrap his arm
>around her. Ashley was surprised, she didn't know her
>former teammate Brian was such a good director.

Tom: He even had a large collection of directing awards. The
Golden Raspberry, if she recalled correctly.

> "You should see
>the movie he made about the Rangers," Bart told her. Brian's
>Power Rangers movie was one of the things Bart studied in order
>to prepare for becoming Brian's replacement.

Mike: Brian's in charge of making the Power Ranger Training films.
Tom: In addition to his steel industry, Mike.
Mike: Oh, of *course*.

> Ashley was further
>surprised when, half-way through the film, a robot, less
>sophisticated than either Alpha, entered the theater with
>a variety of treats.

Crow: [as Ashley] Mint flavored condoms?
Tom: [as Bart] Shh! Go away, robot!

> Bart took a box of Snow-Caps, Ashley grabbed
>some popcorn, both of them got root beer, then the robot left as
>suddenly as it arrived.
>

[Tom and Crow *pop* out of shot, leaving Mike alone]
Mike: Hey, not you two! Get back in here!
[Tom and Crow *pop* back into place.]
Crow: Awww....

>After the movie, which Ashley thought was wonderful,
>Bart, noticing they had roughly half an hour before she had to be
>home, led her to the game room.

Tom: [as Bart] How about a round of Strip Candy Land before we're done?

> "I noticed you seemed to enjoy
>this game," Bart said as he uncovered the pool table, "perhaps a
>quick game before we leave?" Ashley responded, "OK, but I'm
>pretty good with a cue."

Crow: That's why she's a regular on "Who's Line is it Anyway?"

> Bart racked the balls, with expert
>skills, Ashley noted. Being a gentleman, Bart let Ashley break.
>Ashley sank four balls before missing a shot.

Crow: You know, I never knew how many euphemisms that playing
pool could supply.
Mike: Thank you for keeping quiet about them.
Crow: Hey, no problem!

> Bart,
>however, using his newly acquired skills, didn't miss a shot. "I
>had Brian teach me everything there is to know about this game.
>He said that with a table this expensive, you have to call the
>game billiards."

Mike: [as Bart] Then he told me that I should call you a concubine.

> Ashley chuckled at the joke as they headed to
>the car. They arrived at her house at 9:55, giving them five
>minutes to say goodnight.

Tom: Fortunately, for Ashley, she only need 5 seconds.

> "I had a wonderful time, Bart." "As did
>I, Ashley. I hope that we can do this again soon." "So do
>I, Bart." "Well, Ashley, I guess I'll see you Tomorrow." "Yeah,"
>Ashley said, right before they kissed.
>
>
>
>
>

Mike: Oh. I guess it's over.
Crow: Huh. Well that wasn't too bad.
Tom: Let's head outside. I've got an idea.
Mike: Sure.

[Mike retrieves Tom and they all leave the theater.]

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[The Bridge. A railing is in the foreground. A backdrop
of the night sky is hung over the back wall. Mike,
dressed as a steamship captain from the early 1900s.
"Southhampton" plays softly in the background.]
Mike: So, the North Star Line wants this ship to
set a trans-Atlantic speed record, does it? Well
then, engine room! Full speed! And damn the
consequences...
[Gypsy, wearing a sailor's cap, rushes in.]
Gypsy: Captain! Captain! Iceberg, dead ahead!
Mike: They've damned us all! Nothing can save us now!
[The incidental music for the Power Rangers begins to play.
(You know, the "Go go, Power Rangers" thing.) Crow, dressed
in a pink spandex outfit, and Tom, dressed in a similar
red outfit, bounce into the scene.]
Crow: Not so fast, Captain! We can help!
Mike: Who the devil are you?
Tom: We're the Mighty Morphing Titanic Rangers!
Crow: Yes, until just moments ago, we were merely a
struggling artist and a disaffected socialite,
but then we were met by this alien...
Mike: Look, I don't care who you are. Can you save
us from this iceberg?
Tom: Of course! Because we're the...
Bots: Mighty Morphing Titanic Rangers!
[The incidental music begins to play again. Tom and
Crow do martial arts moves about as well as robots
can do martial arts.]

[Castle Forrester]
Pearl: So! Those Mighty Morphing Titanic Rangers think
that they can stop my plan? Brain Guy! [evilly]
Send down the Bergies!
Observer: Right away, oh most magnificent one.
[They begin to laugh manically. Bobo stares at Pearl,
then turns to stare at Observer, then back to Pearl.]
Bobo: Lawgiver? Brain Guy? Are you feeling okay?
[The laughter ends.]
Pearl: Sorry. Got a bit carried away in the moment.
Brain Guy? Send the Bergies, please.
Observer: Of course.
[Observer Sound F/X]

[SoL]
[Suddenly, a pair of people dressed in silver-blue
bodysuits appear in the scene.]
Crow: Gasp! Oh no! Bergies are attacking!
Tom: The evil One must have sent them!
[The bots leap into battle with the bergies.
Mike and Gypsy stare at the battle
dispassionately.]
Gypsy: Mike, this sucks. I'm outta here.
[She exits.]
Mike: Yeah, you're right. This is pretty... hey, Paul?
Is that you?
Tom: <stage whisper> Shut up, Mike.
Mike: It is you, Paul! I can see your glasses under that
bodysuit!
[One of the bergies throws up his hands and storms off
the bridge.]
Crow: Oh, great Mike. Just ruin our segment.
Mike: I'm sorry! I didn't know he'd storm off like that!
[The fanfic signs begins to flash.]
Tom: And now we've got fanfic sign! Thanks a lot Mike!
Mike: I said I'm sorry!
[As Mike protests his innocence, the door sequence begins.]

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>
> Power Rangers
> Featuring

Mike: Garth Brooks, Wendy O. Williams and Boris Yeltsin!

> The Crowmeowme Family
> in
> Marriage of the Millennium... Message

Crow: This marriage will suffer from a Y2K bug! Flee for your lives!

>by
>Gold Astro Ranger
>(formerly Turbo Ranger Prime)
>

Mike: The Ranger formally knows as Turbo?

>Disclaimer: Power Rangers and related characters are property of
>Saban Productions. Most members of the Crowmeowme Family are my
>creations. This story may not be reproduced, distributed, or
>altered without my consent. Listed films and songs are owned by
>Walt Disney Productions.

Tom: Even "Debbie Does Dallas"?
Crow: Yeah. They bought the rights to that one before Eisner came
aboard.

>Note: The opinions expressed within are not necessarily what will
>happen if The Millennium Message ever sees the airwaves.
>

Tom: Just exactly what is this Millennium Message?
Mike: Probably that the millennium doesn't start till Jan 1, 2001,
and all those partygoers are going to have to prepare for
another big thing.

>It was June 12, 2000, and a vast Crowd was gathered at the
>Crowmeowme estate in Angel Heights,

Tom: [as Bart] I told you that those "I HEART Steel" t-shirts would
be a bad idea!

> the exclusive area outside
>of Angel Grove. They were gathered for the wedding of Bart
>Crowmeowme and Ashley Hammond.

Crow: They were all in line for the "Speak now or forever hold your
peace" bit.

> Bart and Ashley had been seeing
>each other for over a year and a half, and now, they were finally
>getting married.

Mike: A year and a half? Only seemed like 5 minutes to us!

> Of the three Crowmeowmes who migrated to Earth
>from the planet Minutiae, Bart, aka Micron, waited the longest
>to marry his Earth-born love, Ashley.

Tom: The others were hitched within moments of landing to former
members of the Spice Girls.

> She had been, over the
>past two and a half years, his teacher in Earthly ways,

Mike: So... Men are from Minutiae, Women are from Earth? That
doesn't make sense...

> his
>teammate, his closest friend, his girlfriend, his lover, and now,
>his fiance. The mansion's ballroom was filled with friends and
>family, including Power Rangers.

Crow: [muffled] Hey, there's a bit more space here! Let's fit the
Ninja Turtles in there!

> Not since the marriage of Adam
>and Tanya had the Rangers gathered for such a pleasant event.
>But, in the front row of seats, there were four empty chairs,
>each a different color; red, pink, black, and blue.

Tom: Round One of the National Musical Chairs Championship was
about to commence.

> These chairs
>were held in honor of four Rangers who could not attend, the
>only four Power Rangers ever to give their lives in the defense
>of Earth and the universe.
>

Crow: Most of the Power Rangers simply ran away when their lives
were threatened, but not these four.

>Turn the clock back three months, March 1, 2000.

Mike: Los Angeles is just beginning to dig out from the
post-Y2K bug rioting....
Crow: Heeeey...Anyone wanna bet that Bart and Ashley are going
to get married soon?
Mike: No way, Crow.

> The Power
>Rangers, Bart, Ashley, Andros, TJ, Cassie, and Carlos, were
>summoned to the Power Station, orbiting command center, formerly
>the Astro Megaship, by Dimitria. "Rangers," Dimitria said, "an
>army of evil greater than any ever assembled has been detected
>heading towards Earth.

Tom: Yeah, yeah, we've heard that before.

> I have summoned former Rangers to help you
>fight them, but I fear that the combined power of twenty Rangers
>may not be enough to defeat them."

Mike: [aghast] *TWENTY* Rangers?!
Crow: Well, I think we can forget about trying to follow
continuity here.
Tom: Like there was any continuity to begin with, Crow.

> Alpha 7, successor to Alpha
>6, who sacrificed himself in the final battle with Dark Spectre
>and Astronema, directed the Rangers attention to the monitor.

Mike: [as Bart] That's not an army of evil! That's just a bunch of
flying toasters!

>"Ok-ok-ok, we have developed a series of extremely powerful
>zords," said Alpha.

Tom: Joe Pesci *is* Alpha 7!
Crow: As long as he doesn't start blabbing about Pepsi, I'm ok
with that!

> On the monitor appeared larger versions of
>the original Dinozords, the Dragonzord, Thunderzords,
> Ninjazords, Shogunzords, ZeoZords, Super ZeoZords, TurboZords,
>RescueZords, and AstroZords.

Mike: [as Shaggy] Zoinks!
Crow: Why do I feel like the Zord of Damocles is hanging over
my head?
Tom: [as car salesman] Come on down to Alpha's House of Zords,
with free balloons for the children!

> Dimitria continued, "We have also
>begun reconstructing Power Weapons, more powerful than their
>predecessors incarnations. We are also working on such weapons as
>Dragon Dagger, Saba, and Manareek."
>

Crow: And Fastjack's over in the den working on a level hack
for Tomb Raider IV: Lara at Miami Beach.
Mike: You know, SDI wasn't that bad of an idea, now that I
think about it.

>Below on Earth, the single largest gathering of Rangers was
>beginning to take shape at the former site of the command
>center/Power Chamber.

Mike: That is, the 7-11 on the corner of 5th and Main.

> The Crowmeowmes, Brian and Kim and Bob and
>Kat, were first to arrive. Other Rangers began arriving, each
>with different stories of what they'd been doing since the last
>gathering of Rangers.

Tom: The Power Ranger Class Reunion of '01!

> Jason now owned a martial arts dojo and
>was engaged to Emily. Zack was a dancer in a new Broadway play,
>which was getting good reviews.

Mike: [monotone] It-was-much-better-than-Cats-I-will-go-see-it
-again-and-again.

> Trini was still living in
>Switzerland, working for world peace.

Crow: Oooh. She's a Miss America contestant then.
Mike: [as Trini] finally, the French and the English are back on
speaking terms! I can't believe how much I screwed that one up!

> Billy, just back from
>Aquitar, is a father of three.

Mike: Didn't Jethro Tull sing that?

> Tommy is now a pro stock car racer
>for his uncle.

Tom: Yep. It's Speedway, all right. Bill Bixby will be showing up
any second now...

> Rocky owns an arcade in Stone Canyon. Adam and
>Tanya are married and co-own a small recording studio in Angel
>Grove. Aisha is a tribal priestess in Africa.

Tom: [as Brian] What, none of you make steel? Yeesh, what's the
matter with you?

> Other than the
>current Rangers, the last to arrive is Justin, still in
>high school, captain of the soccer team and Student Council
>president. Kat had just graduated from the Royal Academy three
>weeks prior and was considering positions in prestigious ballet
>companies, including the Bolshoi.
>

Mike: Bless you.

>Soon, the current Rangers and Alpha 7 arrive, and a vision of
>Dimitria appears in front of the massive group.

Crow: Someone spiked the french fries! They're having a mass halicigen!

> "Rangers,"

Tom: [Dimitria] I... eegah! Dear lord! I'd didn't expect to
see so many of you! [mumbling] They're like tribbles.
All they do is eat, breed and kick alien booty.

>begins Dimitria, "in order to confront the coming onslaught, we
>must gather allies whom you have fought along side in the past.

Mike: This has all the setup of an Eddings novel.

>Only one Ranger each shall be sent to recruit these Allies."
>Seven circles of light appear in front of the Rangers.

Tom: [singing] In the circle of liggght!

> "Jason,"
>says Dimitria, "as a former Gold Ranger, you shall go to Triforia
>and find Lord Trey.

Mike: He'll probably be hanging with Baron Stone, eating cheesy
poofs.

> He shall be needed." Jason moves into the
>first circle. "Tommy," she continues,

Crow: [as Dimitria] You can play pinball, right? Oh wait, you
can't even hear me, can you?

> "you shall go to find
>Titanus, who has left Earth for the planet Diniv."

Mike: Maybe Perot was right about NAFTA.. they're taking away
all those jobs from us!

> Tommy enters
>the second circle. "Rocky," Dimitria says, "you shall go into the
>desert and enter the temple of Ninjor.

Crow: Ninjas? In the desert?
Mike: They're probably going to go find the sandworms of the
Brazilian rain forests next.

> His skills shall prove
>most vital in the coming battle." Rocky steps towards the third
>circle. Dimitria continues, "Billy, return to Aquitar and bring
>back the Delphine and her Rangers."

Crow: [as Dimitria] Oh, and if you find Marcus, the popsicle-boy,
then bring him along too.

> Billy maneuvers his way
>towards the fourth circle. "Be forewarned, Billy," Dimitria adds,
>"the armada of evil is within striking distance of Aquitar."
>

Mike: Remember, don't try to fight them with a macaroni duck.

>Dimitria points towards Kat and says, "You were among the first
>Rangers on Earth to meet Lerigot. You shall go to Liaria and
>request his presence. We shall come up with means for him to
>survive on Earth."

Tom: Oh sure...[as Kat] Hey, come to Earth and help us.. you
might die and all, but it'll be FUN!

> Kat, giving Bob a hug, moves towards the
>fifth circle. "Justin," Dimitria continues, "You gave your lucky
>coin to Blue Senturion once. You must go to the Intergalactic
>Police Academy and bring him back to Earth.."

Mike: If this is what happens if you give money to homeless
people, I'm keeping all my change!

> Justin
>leaps towards the sixth circle. "And what of the seventh circle?"

Crow: It's where false prophets live.

>asks Cassie, hoping she will get to seek out her beloved Phantom
>Ranger.

Tom: [deep voice] Who knows what lurks in the heart of Cassie? The
Phantom Ranger knows....

> "That circle," Dimitria responds, "is for Brian. He must
>go to Phaedos and find Dulcea, the master warrior. Her Ninjetti
>skills will be our secret weapon.

Mike: "Nin-jet-ti"? Trent Raznor doing water stunts?

> Give her this."

Crow: [Dimitria] It's a Nordic track. She's looking a bit chunky
lately, but don't tell her that I said that!

> A strange,
>high-tech belt appears in front of the seventh circle.

All: PUMAMAN!
Crow: Oh, I hope Videlia's going to be in this! I miss that guy!

> Dimitria
>continues, "It will allow her to leave her plateau without
>aging." Brian kisses Kim as he enters the seventh circle and
>grabs the belt.

Tom: ...and his pants drop to his ankles.
Crow: [as Dimitria] Wrong belt!

> Dimitria ends with "Good Luck on you quests
>Rangers, and Let The Power protect You!"
>

Mike: And I thought Ratliff had a monopoly on the endless
introduction scene.
Crow: I heard in the next scene, Dimitria give instructions
to everyone in Butte, Montana.
Mike: Wonderful.

>Billy arrives on Aquitar at the command center for the Aquitian
>rangers.

Mike: Unfortunately, he still has to go through customs.

> He had hoped to arrive at his residence, and contact
>Delphine and the others from there. Before he could shout for
>anyone, the whole structure shook from a massive explosion.

Crow: [shouting] Help! I had too much pop rocks and Pepsi!

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