Mardi Gras RR

Title: Mardi Gras RR (Sponsored by Rita Marx.)

Authors: The Sith Chicks.
Rating: G to NC-17
Category: ABH
Summary: The Sith Chicks do Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Generic Disclaimer: If you recognize it -- I don't own it. If you don't
recognize it -- I probably do own it. And no, I'm not making any $$$ off this,
Baucchus said Republic dataries are no good -- only real money.

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Message 16143
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Wed Jan 16, 2002 6:37 am
Subject: Mardi Gras RR -- info

I'd like to invite everyone to the new Mardi Gras RR I'm trying to
get started. To help I've put together a little something that may
help. ~ Rita

Guide to the Mardi Grad RR by the Sith Chicks.

(A special thanx to Jazzy Jedi who helped with this list.)
Yeah, I know this is a long list, but I just couldn't keep it any
shorter. Some helpful website are listed at the bottom.

Laissez les bon temps roulez.
(Let the good times roll.)

Where: Le Chateau des Belles.
* The Sith Chick's New Orleans getaway owned by Sith Chicks
International. Located on a street corner in the heart of the French
Quarter.
* Is a multi-level buildings with red brick and wrought iron
balconies overlooking the street.
* There's a courtyard inside, which you can catch a glimpse of when
you stand on the street.
* Although, there is no reason to keep everything in Le Chateau!!!
*HINT!*

When: Until Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day, Wednesday, February 13,
2002. Mardi Gras Day is over at the stroke of Midnight. As soon as
the police clear Bourbon, we start with our sackcloth and ashes, and
that season lasts until Easter Sunday. Keep that in mind as you are
having your way with your favorite Jedi and/or Sith.

The Parade: "The Lucasverse Mardi Gras Society" will put on their
parade with floats. These floats will be manned by the "Krewe of the
Force." That's your favorite Jedi/Sith males wearing masks so no one
really knows for certain just who tossed them what from the floats.

Items: Can be used more than once, even by more than one Chick at
the same time, there's no limit & there's more than enough to go
around.

* Mardi Gras: the last big blowout of the season before Ash
Wednesday, when prayer, fasting and abstinence begins (I can't see a
Sith doing that, can you?). As such, behaviors that wouldn't be
tolerated otherwise are allowed during Fat Tuesday, as long as no one
is getting hurt.
* The Mardi Gras bunnies that delivered the invitations. (Note:
these guys of my own creation.)
* beignets: a "French donut." Deep fried & covered with powered
sugar. Very yummy.
* Sugar beads (that's when a female exposes her breasts in public in
exchange for a string of fancy beads.)
* beads: the strings of beads that are thrown from the floats.
These are *not* called necklaces. During the course of the
festivities, the Chicks will be holding an informal contest to see
who's thrown the most amount of beads.
* moonpies: a real Southern treat (sometimes called "scooter
pies," for those of y'all who know what those are.) Think of a giant
Smore: two thin, dense cakes with marshmallow in between & covered
with chocolate.
* trinkets: stuff thrown from the float. Have been known to
include 'roses' that are really panties, and condoms. Use your
imagination on this one, gals. ;-)
* doubloons: aluminium 'coins' every krewe has specially made each
year for their parade. On one side is the Krewe's emblem. One the
other is the logo for the theme of the parade for that year. Usually
in silver, can also come in various other colors. People like to
collect the colored ones to get a complete set; this is not an easy
thing to do.
* feathered masks: Each Chick will have their own mask. No two are
alike. Can be worn when you wish to hide your identity.
* beaded evenings and tuxedos: worn to formal Mardi Gras Balls
given by the different Mardi Gras Societies. Don't forget your mask!
* Mardi Gras Societies: The secret societies who put together the
different parades.
* "Honey Child": The women of New Orleans seem to like saying that
a lot.
* crawfish: Think mini-lobsters. To eat correctly you: "Bite the
tail and suck the head."
* gumbo: Sort of like a tasty stew with whatever you want in to
(crawfish, shrimp, catfish.)
There is a formula to making Gumbo, and one must start with a
roux...:) Okra (or Filé, if that's not available) are essential to
thicken the dish, and it must be served over rice. Any cooks out
there care to try their hand at this? Could get interesting!
* street performers & artists trying to make some money with their
talents. Like to congregate at Jackson
Square.
* Cameras on street corners: you never know what or whom the camera
may be broadcasting over the Web!
* King Cakes: a sweet-bread cake decorated with icing and sprinkled
with colored sugar in the Mardi Gras colors. Some are filled -- a
variety of fruit fillings are available, as well as cream cheese!
Yum!
There's a small, plastic baby inverted into the cake. Whoever gets
this piece of the cake has to buy the next one.

The French Quarter
Bourbon Street
Café du Monde
Jackson Square
The Blue Dog: a New Orleans art icon.
The Red Cat (for those who prefer cats, or just to annoy the dog.)
Jazz
Pat O'Brian's
The French Market

The Mint- Once an actual U.S Mint, now a museum on Jazz and New
Orleans. Located at the other end of the French Market from Café Du
Monde.

The Riverfront/Moonwalk-If you come to New Orleans, you have to at
least look at the Mississippi River. After all, the Pope wanted to do
that, and he didn't get to!

Streetcars- (Please don't say 'Trolley.' That just makes some of us
wince.)Nice red ones run along the Riverfront, traditional green ones
go down St. Charles Avenue and Carrollton's Garden District. And yes,
people really do ride them to get where they're going every day. One
of the carnival societies even has their ball in one every year on
Twelfth Night, so we can always consider a streetcar party in our
plans. :)

Music is essential of course, and not just traditional Jazz, though
that is important. There are Mardi Gras songs done in blues, funk and
pop formats, that cover a variety of Carnival experiences. "Street
Parade," "Big Chief," "Hey Pocky Away," "Carnival Time," and of
course, "Ain't No Place to Pee on Mardi Gras Day," are just a few of
the more popular songs. ;) I'm sure one can find samples or MP3's on
the web someplace.

Mardi Gras Indian Gangs- One of the essential things to go outside of
the Quarter to see properly, though you might spot individuals
running around there sometime during the day...These African
Americans dress in elaborate costumes of beads and feathers, and roam
the neighborhoods to show off their craftsmenship. When they meet up
with another gang, there is a display as the rivals work out who is
the "prettiest." Gang competes with gang, and Uptown competes with
Downtown. One of those things one has to be in the know (and brave
enough to venture into the 'hood) to see.

Second Lines-This is where a (usually Brass) band is playing on the
street and the crowd follows them and dances. Mardi Gras is not the
only time of year for this, and in fact many Social Aid and Pleasure
Clubs parade this way in the fall, with all the members of the club
in matching custom made suits and real alligator shoes, but
spontaneous second lines are bound to break out just about anytime,
anywhere. Handkerchiefs and umbrellas are good accessories for a
second line.

Helpful websites:

Mardi Gras:

http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/
Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans! Mardi Gras krewes, live events,
parades, beads, masks, and Mardi Gras parades, official Mardi Gras
krewes, Mardi Gras LIVE, tips from locals, Mardi Gras beads, and info
on the tradition of women baring .

http://www.mardigrasday.com/
About Mardi Gras Madness, Official Site of Mardi Gras 2001. Mardi
Gras "Official" Site 2000. Come to the party at Mardi Gras New
Orleans and have a great time on Bourbon Street in the French
Quarter.

New Orleans: (some have "Courtyards & balconies" - just to give
y'all an idea what the Chateau might look like. I really don't have
a clear picture in mind of it.

http://www.neworleans.com

http://www.frenchquarter.com
New Orleans French Quarter. The magical name that conjures up images
of history, architecture, food, drink, and fun in the minds of
people ...

http://www.2fun.com/frenchquarter
St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square. French Quarter Tour brought to
you by - French Quarter Suites
French Quarter Tour of New Orleans. Brought to you by French Quarter
Suites Hotel and Reservations. We'll find you the right french
quarter hotel...

http://www.2fun.com/frenchquarter/gardens.htm
Has Courtyards & balconies.

http://www.2fun.com/frenchquarter/jacksonsquare.htm

http://people.ne.mediaone.net/rambler100/no1.htm
Has balconies.
New Orleans, Cafe Du Monde, French Quarter, Beignets, Jackson Sqaure,
St. Louis Cathedral
Trip To New Orleans - Page 1 French Quarter ----- Cafe Du Monde -
Start the day with coffee and beignets (bin-yays) here. Beignets are
fried dough...

http://people.ne.mediaone.net/rambler100/no2.htm
Has balconies.

The Blue Dog:

http://www.bluedogart.com/contents.htm

http://www.bluedogart.com/gallery.htm
Rodrigue Studios, located in Carmel, CA and New Orleans, LA
C ARMEL and N EW ORLEANS Rodrigue enjoys selling his work from his
own galleries, and has therefore avoided wholesaling. His work can
be...

http://www.azcentral.com/rep/arts/articles/0531bluedog.html
the Rep | Blue Dog artist seeks to balance integrity, commercialism
George Rodrigue's Blue Dog has become a cultural icon. ...
Interactive Rep's Best 2001 contact us meet the rep staff Blue Dog
artist seeks to...

The Red Cat:

http://www.charlietheredcat.com/

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Message 16144
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Wed Jan 16, 2002 6:38 am
Subject: Mardi Gras RR -- The invitations arrive.

>>Ding Dong<<

The doorbell rings, interrupting the Chick from her current
activity. She goes to the door. Looking out the peephole, she sees
nothing.

>>Ding Dong<<

Curious, she opens the door. She looks right - no one there. She
looks left - on one there, either. <They can't have run away that
fast,> she thinks.

A movement at her feet catches her attention.

She is quite startled by what she sees and does a double take - make
that a triple take.

Before her are three bunnies. One has purple fur. One yellow, and
the last is green.

The purple bunny, in the center, has gold jingle bells on the tips of
his long ears, making him look like he's wearing a jester's hat. The
yellow bunny wears an exotic feathered half-mask over his face.
Green also wears a half-mask. All three have strands of shiny beads
around their neck in the same odd colors.

Purple bunny stands up and presents the Chick with an envelope as his
whiskers bob up and down.

As the Chick opens the envelope, confetti of the same three odd
colors fall out. Her eyebrows shoot up.

It's an invitation.

An invitation to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

It will be held at: Chateau des Belles. (The Sith Chick's New
Orleans getaway owned by Sith Chicks International. Located on a
street corner in the heart of the French Quarter.) Until Fat
Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day, Wednesday, February 13, 2002.

The Chick grins and thanks the Mardi Gras Bunnies for delivering the
invitation.

The purple bunny winks. The yellow one smiles. The green bunny
snickers behind a cheesy grin.

Laissez les bon temps roulez.
(Let the good times roll.)

+ + + + + + + +

You will be greeted at the Chateau by the Housemother, Miss Emmalee.

Please label posts "Mardi Gras RR."

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Message 16148
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Wed Jan 16, 2002 7:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR -- The invitations arrive.

I groaned at the heat of the day. Sifting thru the
daily mail I sorted it into the usual piles- Mum, Dad,
Shari, me, Jessica, Aaron. Two identical envelopes
caught my eye. One addressed to Me and one to Shaz.
Curiosity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it
back. I opened the envelope and was shocked at the use
of odd colours. A mardi gras invitation? Living in
Australia, we didn't get things like this often.
Especially when its in a different country. I shruged.
Hey it might be fun. "SHAZ!!!!!" I yelled up the
stairs. "We have an invite to a Mardi Gras in New
Orleands!" Lord knows I had enough money for a plane
ticket over there. Shari came running down the stairs.
"I was wondering if we were going to get one of
these." She said, picking up the envelope and tearing
it open. "Well, what are we waiting for? LET'S GO!"

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Message 16152
From: Sorchafyre@a...
Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:41 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR -- The invitations arrive.

Sighing, she went to the door. When she finally saw the bunnies, she
couldn't help smiling. As she opened the invitation, she was very glad her
nap had been interrupted. "Mardi Gras!" she crowed, "I've never been!"
Trying frantically to remember any of the French she had learned too many
years ago in school, she shooed the bunnies away. "Oh, go on, the HOA will
probably confiscate you if you sit there long enough."

As she watched the bunnies dissapear, she scooped up the mulit-colored
confetti and rained it down on her head, to glitter in her long red hair.
"Well, I think I can guess the color scheme." she giggled. A slow smile
stayed on her face as she went packing. Humming to herself, she realized it
had been a long time since she had a good road trip.

OOC: anyone in the southwest want to road trip with me?

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Message 16153
From: "Angel Sparrow" <valarltd@h...>
Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 11:00 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR -- The invitations arrive.

Angel loads the last of the champagne flutes into the dishwasher and leans
on the counter with a sigh. It was a pretty fair Christmas party, that
degenerated into a typical Sith Chick style orgy. But now, the last of the
chocolate was eaten, the last dishes were washing, and she was pooped.
>
> >>Ding Dong<<

The doorbell. Perfect. She slumped to the front hall of Chez Mudd and
peeped out through the side window. No one there.

*So flamin' tired, I'm hallucinating.* She started up the grand staircase
to her bedroom where two very cuddlesome men were awaiting her.

> >>Ding Dong<<

She paused, halfway up the stair and looked back. There were some colorful
blurs through the glass, so she went back to check. OIpening the door, she
saw the green, gold and purple bunnies.

"Lemme guess, you escaped from Harrah's?"

One bunny drops the envelope at her feet. She picks it up, and they all
give her the Irresistible look.

"Nope. Got no use for another plot bunny." She slams the door before any
little noses can wander in.

Sith Chicks Mardi Gras.

Oh, this should be fun. She's always wanted to go to Mardi Gras, and back
to New Orleans. "Jambalaya, Crawfish pie, File gumbo" she half-sings as she
bounces up the stairs to where her beautiful men await her. "Beignets,
she-crabs, cajun popcorn. Oh my."

The men are asleep as she steps into the room. The fair one stirs, opens
one blue eye and gives her a smile. His dark companion coninues snoring.
She comes to sit on the edge of the bed and get undressed for her own sleep.

She kisses the farmboy's snub nose, and brushes his too-long bangs out of
his eyes, before telling him "Get some sleep. When we wake up, I want you
and then we're off to New Orleans for another party. I'll teach you about
French Quarter Croissants a la Angel when we get there."

Luke kisses her back and pulls her into bed between them. She molds herself
into his youthful body, folding her long body around his shorter one, and
backing up until the Corellian on the other side of the bed rolls over and
does the same without ever waking.

The whole trio is asleep between one breath and the next. And we shall
leave them to their own devices and pass the thread of narrative to a
sithster.

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Message 16156
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 12:49 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

After a long flight from "Down Under" and a hair-rising ride, the two
Chicks emerged from the battered taxi cab with shaky legs. Tobie got
out first as Shaz paid and tipped the cabbie. As he sped away, the
two Chicks looked at each other, amazed they had survived the ride
from the New Orleans International Airport.

Tobie looked up to study the intricate wrought iron workings of the
balconies overhead, as Shaz and the doorbell.

The door opened up and a warm glow of light spilled out into the
early morning street, and over the Chicks.

"Well, don't just stand there looking like a couple of ragged hens,
come on in!"

The Chicks felt themselves pulled in and were hugged by a beautiful
woman with long black hair and vivid blue eyes, wearing a white
dress.

"I'm Miss Emmalee. Welcome. Please make yourselves to home. There's
lots to do here in New Orleans, I hope you'll enjoy yourselves.

"Come, follow me. I'll show you to your rooms."

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Message 16159
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 4:25 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR -- The invitations arrive.

Shelly opens the door groggily at the sound of
westminster chimes. She peers around the edge of the
door, wary of Jehovah's witnesses at this hour of the
morn. Fortunately, no evangelists, but unfortunately,
three familiar-colored bunnies, one with mettallic
purple streamers on its head.

The leader drops an envelope at her feet, winking.
She retrieves it, reading over the address.

A black plotbunny with blue eyes and a circular
marking on its cheek hops over to the door and
scratches his ear sleepily with his hind paw.

"Not for you, Xanabunny, it's human business," she
says, nudging him away from the open door with her
foot and closing it before the three bunnies invite
themselves in. He hops off a little ways, glaring,
then scratching again.

She opens the envelope and smiles. "Well, we might as
well try this again," she says, thinking of another
RR. Xanabunny looks up at the 'we'.

"ohhhh no, no Xanabunnies allowed! I'm going alone
this time! No Evyl, no Daemmon, and no *you*" she
says, walking past the bunny toward her room to pack.

A pair of arms snake around her waist from behind.

"What about a /real/ Xanabunny," Xani purrs in her
ear. She soundly thwaps him with the envelope.

"One, no sneaking up on me, and Two, i don't need you
getting in my way."

"In your way?" he asks, blinking.

She smirks misceviously. "Hey, it's Mardi-gras, what
makes you think i'm sticking to one guy this time
around?"

Xani glares. "Young lady, you are /NOT/ going to
become another partaker of the usual smut-fest
associated with such events," he warns, then smirks.
"Not without me there, at least," he smiles.

Shelly sighs in reluctance.
"Oh... all right, just no pranks, teleportation, or
strange phenomena popping up at the party, okay?"

"Certainly," he says a little too quickly, heading for
the stairs.

"And no borrowing daddy's Tardis." He freezes. "I'm
not having you pull the 'oh dear, we're stuck in the
time-space continum' trick again," she says, crossing
her arms in warning. He shrugs.

"All right, one portal, and i'll behave. Unless you'd
like to walk to N'Orleans," he said, trying to fake an
accent.

She sighs, "Okay, go pack," He grins. "No toys." He
frowns. "And no more Gambit impersonations." He
scowls.

"That wasn't a Gambit impersonation," he pouts,
walking off.

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We'll be there.... eventually.

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Message 16162
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 17, 2002 9:16 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

After being showed our rooms, Shaz went to explore.
But, being the touristy twin, I studied the Mardi Gras
leaflet. I glanced up at a knock on the door. "Come
in?" I said and the door open to reveal Miss Emmalee.
"Hi," I said smiling. "Whats first on the agenda?"
"You have the leaflet there," said Miss Emmalee,
smiling. I grinned just for the sake of it.

After Miss Emmalee left, I decided to have a small
nap, the jet lag was getting to me.

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Message 16167
From: Sorchafyre@a...
Date: Wed Jan 23, 2002 11:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

Sorcha hummed as she packed for her road trip. ~Something slinky, something
furry, something warm, something scanty...~ She continued singing to herself,
packing. She mentally began reviewing everything she knew about Mardi
Gras... which wasn't much. ~My first Mardi Gras, how exciting!~ Then she
was struck with a thought.

She remembered they were supposed to have something to throw, although she
couldn't remember where they were thrown from. Her first stop was at a
warehouse store, where she had gotten some items for the last bachelorette
party she attended. She picked up armloads of gaudy purple leis, adorned
with small decorations that looked, at first glance, as if they were small
fingers. Closer inspection, however, revealed they were indeed
flesh-colored, but of another part of the male anatomy entirely.

The next stop was, of course, a convenience store. Filling up with gas, she
grabbed the required chocolate, fat and caffene necessary for a really
enjoyable road trip. If she drove like a maniac, she could probably make
Texas tonight, and be in New Orleans the next day. Popping a CD in the case,
she sang loudly as she tooled down the road.

Now if only she could find an agreeable hitchhiker...

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Message 16168
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Wed Jan 23, 2002 11:57 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras

I looked around my room in New Orleans. Geez I was
finally here! I decided to go exploring. There wasn't
much to do in my room so I walked out to door and into
the street. I decided to go to the small markets I had
seen setting up when I got out of the cab this
morning. Maybe there would be some really interesting
things there. Upon arriving at the markets, I saw a
costume shop a little further down and I got a wicked
idea. I started to walk down the street and
accidentally bumped into a guy. "Oh sorry.." I said.
"Oh thats fine, don't worry about it." he said and
gave me a dazzling smile. Hey wait a tick, I knew that
smile...
"I'm Obi-Wan Kenobi," he said, revealing more of that
smile. I grinned back. "Shari, pleased to meet you," I
said shaking his hand. "I was just going to that
costume shop over there" I pointed. He smiled. "And
what were you going to buy?" I laughed. "Oh I don't
know...say, do you want to go for a cuppa somewhere?"
I said. "Sure."

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Message 16172
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 24, 2002 5:19 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

OK this take place before the Jester incident
--------------------------------------------

As I listened to Obi Wan talk my eyes drifted around.
I saw a girl talking to Xantos...Wait a minute!
XANTOS! oh great, let the games begin. My eyes strayed
on the girl. I felt like I knew her some how... was
she off Sith Chicks? I couldn't be sure. the only way
to be sure was to ask her. So Obi Wan must have been
doing the little 'I am reading your mind' trick and
grinned. "Go on and ask her" he said. I shrugged. "Ok,
if you say so." And I walked over to Xantos and the
girl. "Excuse me? You seem vagully familiar to me and
I wondered if you were on the Sith Chicks mailing
list?" I said in a total rush feeling my face flush
with embarrassment. She looked confused.
"Sure I am, how'd you know?"
I breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm Shari. who're you?"

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Message 16169
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 24, 2002 12:14 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

There was a knock at my door and I got off my bed from
reading Lord Of The Rings. Opening the door I promtly
had a laughing fit as I saw Shaz dressed as a jester
complete with the little stick with a puppet head on
it. She even had a funny three peaked hat on her head.
With tears streaming down my cheeks I opened the door
wide enough for her to come in.
"What the hell did you do?" I asked still giggling.
"I went down to the markets and I saw a costume shop
so I thought of a good prank. I err.. also bumped
into.." the next bit of her speech was mumbled.
"What?"
"I bumped into Obi Wan Kenobi."
"Be serious!"
"I AM being serious! I asked him out for coffee.."
"Oh my godforsaken Lord.. SHAZ!! you lucky thing!!"
She grinned. I grinned. "So are you gonna see him
again?"
"We going out tonight.."
"I am sooo jealous." I muttered, grinning broadly. "Oh
well better get ready. hehe, get that stupid get up
off and find something to wear."
She grinned and walked into her own room.
I decided to write to the family back home.

Dear Mum, Dad, Jess and Aaron.

Well, here we are. we arrived this morning and have
had a pretty hair raising ride in a cab. I can't
believe we actually survived! Anyway, how have you
been? I know its only been a few hours but I'm missing
you already. And Jess, If you have somehow figured how
to unlock my bedroom door already, I am seriously
gonna get pissed off at you. I might not bring back a
souveior for you. Aaron, I might take some photos of a
couple of cars for you. Since you like cars so much.
Mum and Dad, I love you and will see you in a few
weeks.

XXOO

Love Tobie.

After I finished the letter I decided to post it
instantly. I am not a champion letter writer, but I am
okay. I put it in an envelope and posted it.

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Message 16171
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 24, 2002 4:37 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR

Shelly and Xan stood across the street from their
destination, having portaled into an alleyway to avoid
startling the locals. She bit her lip, staring
nervously at the building across the street.
Xanatos dropped his overnight bag to the pavement with
a grunt.

"I don't know why you keep doing this to yourself, you
know you're just going to run off and hide as soon as
we get in the door," he grumbled. He turned toward
Shelly, noticing her 'let's just portal back home and
watch Dragonball Z instead' expression.

He sighed, then slid his arm reassuringly around her
shoulders.
"Don't worry, just remember, this was your idea," he
said, "You're the one who made me your personal
plot-bunny. If you hadn't adopted me, none of this
would've happened" he added, grinning.
She whimpered. He growled.
"Oh, come on, I'm just joking. Let's just..." he
paused, staring down the street, blinking odddly.
"Force, is that Obi-wan?" he said, staring.

Shelly turned, and there indeed was Obi-wan, walking
and talking with some girl she didn't recognize.
Xan suddenly looked thoughtful.

"Uum, Shelly-dear," he began, then stared off into
space for a moment.

"Forgot to warn you, everyone is bringing their own
version of their favorite character along," she said,
then shrugged. He glared.

"You /should/ have warned me," he said, then looked
across the street. "You think anyone will bring
another Xanatos? That'd be oogy-bizarre, meeting
myself," he mused aloud, then smirked.

"Actually, this might be fun. Let's go, I want to
annoy some Alter-U doubles!" he said, hefting his bag
over his shoulder and grabbing her wrist, leading her
toward the building.

"Hey!" she cried, "I didn't say I was staying yet!"

"Too bad. You need some Ego-inflating fun, and I need
to harass some Jedi. Perfect," he said, dragging her
to the door and ringing the bell.

"Xani, no! I am not..." she began in a hiss, then
snapped silent and faked a smile as the door opened.

"Hello, we're here for the debauchery and chaos
festival," Xan said. "Here's her invitation," he said,
holding up the envelope and tugging the retreating
girl closer to the door.

"Xani, you are *so* getting slash-ficced with Ulic for
this," she muttered under her breath, hiding her
flushed face with her hand.

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Message 16173
From: "Angel Sparrow" <valarltd@h...>
Date: Thu Jan 24, 2002 7:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

Dawn at Chez Mudd.

Luke rolls over in the massive bed, to a "thunk" as his arm strikes bare
flesh. Not opening his eyes, he runs a hand up the side and around the
front.

"Uh, kid? You'd better be groping for her." The owner of the warm skin
sits up, knocking his arm off.

"Sorry, Han. Did she leave a note?"

"Yep. Here it is. 'Boyz,' spelled with a z no less, 'I'm headed for the Big
Easy on my own power. You're welcome to meet me there, or head for home,
whichever suits. I'd prefer the former. We could set the nightlife a new
wave, the three of us.' Her mark."

"What do you think, old buddy? Shall we hang out here a while longer?"

****

Lady Angel glides in for a smooth landing, folding her batwings, and
pretending to be a masoleum gargoyle while she gets the lay of the land.

Ah, there's the party. And what's this? A pair of Sithsters here already,
with an Obi and Xani in tow. This should be most amusing.

She lights on the street, and banishes the wings to otherspace before
walking the half block to where the girls are.

"Shelly, so nice to see you again. And you must be Shari, pleased to meet
you."

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Message 16174
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 24, 2002 9:18 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

The Katte lounged on a settee and watched the two males on the
bed. Lestat suddenly rose and gasped. He licked his lips, covered in
blood as they were and almost seemed to purr. (NEw Orleans without
LEstat? I don't think so!) Maul sneered at him and placed both hands
on the Katte's shoulders. She leaned against one of his arms and
allowed him a liberal veiw of her semi clad chest. He murmured in his
sweet sexy voice, "Why do we put up with him?"

She arched a lazy brow and looked at him a long time until he
began to shift under her gaze. "Why do I put up with YOU? Because he
amuses me, just as your master hopes you do."

Lestat grinned evilly as Maul flinched. The Katte pinned him
with a stare. "DO make sure you dispose of the body more carefully
this time." She yawned exageratedly. "Bailing you out was SUCH a
pain..." It was MAul's turn to grin.

Lestat scowled. He then took the body and dumped it out the
window. Maul growled and leaped to make sure noone had been watching.
Of course with Lestat's luck holding, noone had. Maul glared at
Lestat. Lestat merely arched a brow as he crossed his arms and looked
every bit as arrogant. The Katte grinned and enjoyed every bit of the
testosterone posturing.

There was a knock at the door and she got up to answer it. She
opened the door and looked down at the 3 bunnies. She grinned ferally
and the bunnies shifted, looked at each other, dropped the invitation
and ran from the predatory look. The Katte merely chuckled and bent
over to pick up the invitation.

"Now THAT is a perfect invitation..." A dark voice purred.

The Katte straightened and gave Kun a look over her shoulder.
She merely smiled her slow sexy smile and opened the first
invitation. It was to Mardi Gras from the Sith Chicks.

Her smile turned even sexier if that was possible. "Now THIS
should be fun..."

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Message 16175
From: "sythe_21" <TELOXI@H...>
Date: Thu Jan 24, 2002 10:13 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR -- The invitations arrive.

Sith Chicks

Mardi Gras RR

*Hope ya ladies don't mind if I invite myself and come! LOL*

I need a little fun - a little excitement - and not being pinned up
like a chicken in a pin, bored to tears and tired of everything.

I mean, being a Mistress of Sith is entertaining, but it ain't when
there is natta' to do.

Suddenly I hear a knock at the front door.

"Who the hell could it be at this hour?"

I open the door, but I find no one there. I look left, right, up
(why not?), then down and upon the door mat, I find an envelope with
my Sith name written in Sithly text on the front.

I pick the envelope up, quickly I glance outside, then I turn, step
inside and close the door behind me, not once taking my eyes off the
envelope.

"Wonder what this could be?" I think as I sit back down upon the
couch, curious of what the contents of the envelope could be.

Carefully, I break the seal on the back of the high quality
envelope, open it, then I slip out the white card inside and the
first words I see are : Sith Chicks, then I see the words Mardi Gras.

Instantly my interest is peaked - Mardi Gras + Sith Chicks = FUN!!

Hell yes! I'm there! Finally this Mistress of Sith can get herself
into some Sithly mischief!

" Wonder who else is going?" I think with a devious grin, thinking
of what I can pull off while I am on my much needed vacation.

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Message 16178 may be out of place?
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Fri Jan 25, 2002 2:05 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

I grinned. "Hi Angel, it's great to finally meet you.
My sister is in her room right now. I was going to
make her laugh with this," I held up the bag with the
Jester costume in it. "I know it will make her laugh
like a hyena." I turned to Obi. "Well, I guess we
should get that coffee, would you guys like to joins
us?" I asked my two fellow Sith Chicksters. "Then I
might go and play this joke on Tobie. Knowing her
she's up in her room waiting for me, and reading Lord
of the Rings after seeing the Movie last week." I
laughed. "Typical."

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Message 16181
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Fri Jan 25, 2002 3:21 am
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

I jumps down the stairs and wrenched open the door
just as the door bell rang. there stood .... XANTOS!
oh god. Here comes a coffin. "Excuse me," I said and
wedged myself out of there as fast as I could. I
posted the letter quicker than I ever thought
possible. Turning around, I tripped over landing flat
on my face. My face burning with embarrassment, I got
up quickly and ran... right into Wedge Antilles.
"Eep." was all I could say. "He looked confused. "Am I
in the right place? or did I just walk into heaven by
mistake?" Now to me, that was the worst pickup line I
had heard since my best bud Chris tried and failed to
ask me out. "No," I said dryly, "Your in New Orleans.
Facing an upside down girl from Australia who has no
idea where she's going so don't even bother asking."
He grinned. "Thought so. Obivously you don't go for
pick up lines."
"Wow. People we have the brightest crayon in the box."
I said sarcastically, while smiling.
"Can you show me the way to a bording house? I think I
might be lost."
"The great General Wedge Antilles? Lost?" I dropped my
jaw and pretended to look shocked.
He laughed. "Even Generals get lost sometimes."
"Well sure. the bording house me and my sister are
staying at, is right down the street." I said and we
walked arm in arm towards the door.

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Message 16188
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Fri Jan 25, 2002 3:10 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

--- Angel Sparrow <valarltd@h...> wrote:
> She lights on the street, and banishes the wings to
> otherspace before
> walking the half block to where the girls are.
>
> "Shelly, so nice to see you again. And you must be
> Shari, pleased to meet
> you."
-------
Still slightly embarrased by Xan's previous
announcement, shelly casts him a pleading look before
speaking.

"Hi, um," she looks up, and notices Xan checking Angel
over. She thwaps him in the stomach, then sprouts
some courage.
"Hi, yeah, couldn't resist yet another hopeless foray
into insanity," she says, faking a laugh. Xan frowns,
then smiles at the new arrivals.

"It was my idea. She'd have stayed home and watched
'The Pretender' all day if i hadn't...."
He recieved another thwap to the gut.
"All right, i'll behave. It's nice to meet you both,
and i assume you know who i am," he said, grinning.

"Ohh yeah," Shari says, glancing toward Obi-wan, who
has kept a short distance away. Xan frowns.

"I'm not *that* Xanatos. I'm the nicer, handsomer
version from the metaverse, and... oh, nevermind.
Just don't get any ideas about introducing me to any
Qui-gon doubles," he says, then glares off down the
street at nothing.

"You've been spending too much time as a bunny,"
Shelly says, then starts looking embarrased again.
"Um, well.. Hey, this is boring. It's a big town, and
nobody wants to see Xan flaunt his ego, so what do we
do next, people?"

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Message 16193
From: Sorchafyre@a...
Date: Sat Jan 26, 2002 12:53 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

Sorcha breezed along the road in her dark blue convertable, singing at the
top of her lungs. ~I haven't had a good road trip in ages~ she thought
happily. She was about an hour outside of New Orleans, and anxious to meet
some of the other SithChicks she had made friends with. Then, to make her
day complete, she saw a dusty figure trudging down the road. ~MMMmmm,~ she
purred to herself, ~I'd know that cocky walk anywhere.~

She pulled the car over to the side of the road and got out, leaning against
the side of the car. She watched the Corellian approach with interest she
didn't bother to veil. "Going somewhere?" she drawled as he approached.

"As a matter of fact," he began, with a sheepish smile, "I would appreciate a
ride. I had a great hand of cards and lost my... conveyance. He cheated,
though!" Han finished with indignation.

"Right. I'm sure he did. You'd never get too arrogant, right?" She returned
with a raised eyebrow.

"Hey!" he protested, "I had a good hand. I'm entitled to have a good hand
once in awhile." Sorcha smiled. "Get in the car." As he settled into the
passenger seat, she gave him a slow smile. "Got anywhere to be in a hurry?"
At his look of incomprehension, she went on. "There's going to be a great
party shortly, and in return for the ride, I'd claim some companionship for
this evening. Want to come play with some fabulous men and beautiful women?
And it's all on me." she continued, knowing he couldn't resist a free party.
She grinned a predators smile at his entheusatic assent.

An hour of interesting banter and double entendres later, she pulled up in
front of the SithChicks mansion. Despite herself, she was impressed, as well
as excited. She ran lightly up the steps, and rang the bell.

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Message 16197
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Sat Jan 26, 2002 12:42 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR

Road tripping was fun, but with three testosterone males present, one
did NOT even think of it. Sheesh. She needed a better hobby. She
flung open doors, packed a buncha clothes, (one can NEVER have too
many clothes) and tried to sneak out the door without the 3
unbearables.

"I heard that, Katte. If we're the three unbearables, then YOU'RE
Fuxalot."

She cursed quite fluently, pasted a brilliant smile on her face, and
turned to see all three males packed and waiting in the hall behind
her. Maul was scowling with his arms crossed over his chest. Lestat
was grinning smugly after having thrown her that curve. Exar, of
course, was standing around looking arrogant and thoroughly male, but
incrongruiosly studying his nails.

She blinked. Was that nail polish on his nails??? SHELLYFETT!!!!!

She rolled her eyes and loaded the three plot bunny inducing males
into the car with her own stuff. She then put the radio on megablast
and proceeded to ignore all fighting from them.

"We're almost there. Think we should wake her highness?" Exar glanced
in the rearview mirror at said sleeping sith chick.

Lestat rolled his eyes and shook his head no. "I do NOT want to deal
with MS. P,D,&AMS anytime soon!"

Maul glared at them both from his position as pillow in the
back. "You two instigated all of it. You know she has yet to tell us
where the invitation is so I doubt we could get in without it."

Lestat leered at him and shifted his gaze to the Katte's tits. "Frisk
her!"

Maul looked appaled and at that moment the Katte opened one eye to
look at Lestat. "If you were closer, I'd pinch your balls."

And so the "happy" party arrives in New Orleans...

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Message 16199
From: Sorchafyre@a...
Date: Sat Jan 26, 2002 9:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

Sorcha was just beginning to feel silly standing outside the door of the
mansion. There had been no answer to her knock, and she had to put up with
Han lounging at the bottom of the steps, grinning a smug smile at the lack of
response. His obvious enjoyment at her discomfiture wanted to make Sorcha
run back down the steps and hit him. Even though the way he was leaning
aginst the railing made her body want to do something else.

Then salvation arrived in the form of a vehicle pulling up to the curb.
(sorry, Katte, don't know what you are driving.) The driver climbed out of
the car, just as the passenger side door opened and a delicious male....
well, slinked out... was the only term that came to Sorcha's mind. ~There
outta be a law against a man moving with that smoothly.~

Han frowned and straightened up. Then from the rear appeared a figure that
could be no one but Darth Maul. ~No mistaking *that* face.~ Finally, came
the explanation for all this maleness, a woman followed Maul from the car who
could only be a SithChick. As the other woman straightened her hair and
clothes, Sorcha descended the stairs as gracefully as possible while trying
to hurry. As a result, she missed the second to the last step and ended up
falling into Han, who adeptly caught her and turned the move into one of
sweeping her into his arms.

She smiled up at him, promising him silently that she would reward him soon
enough. With a quick kiss on his lips, she disentangled herself from his
arms and moved to what she hoped would be a new friend. "Hi, my name is
Sorcha, newish member of the Chicks, and I'm assuming you recognize Captain
Solo over there. Have you come for the Mardi Gras?"

(how's that for thread-napping? Back to you, Nymkatte)

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Message 16200
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Sat Jan 26, 2002 10:02 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

"Well, I really need a coffee break. Me and Tobie only
arrived this moring from one terribly long flight and
nearly didn't survive the cab ride here, sooo, does
anyone beside Obi and me wanna grab some chow?" I
said, glancing at Obi with raised eyebrows. I was
serious. If I didn't get coffee soon I was going to
fall asleep in the street. I could smell it a mle
away. and normally I am not a coffee of tea drinker.
only if I need to stay awake or if there is nothing
else to drink. give me a coke anyday. I felt my
eyelids start to droop. I hoped Angel and Shelly and
Xan made up their minds soon!

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Message 16201
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Sun Jan 27, 2002 1:51 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR

The Katte tilted her head and smiled. "I believe I am known as The
Katte. Of course I am here for Mardi Gras! Is there any indecent
person on the planet that would ignore an invitation to Mardi Gras?"
Her eyes flickered over Han and her smile grew bold. She nearly
purred as she looked him over. "I believe I am familiar with the
Captain... and his cockpit...."

Han rolled his eyes at the emphasis on certain words. Maul stepped a
bit closer and snarled silently at Han in a territorial action.
Lestat stepped forward and with courtly grace, his eyes never leaving
Sorcha's, he kissed her hand. The Katte looked on amused and Exar Kun
did his best not to look so incredibly bored. The Katte kicked him.
She guestured to each male in turn. "You may be familiar with, but
allow me to introduce Darth Maul, Sith Lord Exar Kun, and of course
what is New Orleans without Lestat?"

Her eyes flickered over to the other Sith Chicks and Star Wars
hunks. "I have a brilliant idea! Shall we all migrate to the nearest
corner coffee shoppe so I might again sample said Creole hospitality?"

Lestat smiled and looked deep into Sorcha's eyes. "In other words,
we've pissed around long enough, she's hungry, let's party."

It was Lestat's turn to be kicked.

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Message 16209
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 2:51 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

I looked up from my coffee. "Who's that?" I asked
Angel, pointing out the window to a group. "Wel thats
the Katte, and I think that is Scorcha. She's rather
new."

I nodded and knocked on the window. The group turned
around and I waved them over. Indicating for them to
come into the store. When they walked in, I smiled and
held out my hand. "Hi, I'm Shari." I said. "You
probably don't really know me because I'm rather
quiet. But I do have a twin sister, Tobie. She's
upstairs I think..." I shook the Katte's hand and
Scorcha's, feeling glad that I had met at least some
of the Sith Chicks.

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Message 16210
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 7:56 am
Subject: Mardi Gras -- the invitation arrives

>>Ding Dong<<

The doorbell rings, interrupting the Chick from her current
activity. She goes to the door. Looking out the peephole, she sees
nothing.

>>Ding Dong<<

Curious, she opens the door. She looks right - no one there. She
looks left - on one there, either.

As Meglan looks down a curious look flits across her face, "Alright,
who left these beanie bunnies on my doorstep?"

Before her are three beanie bunnies. One has purple fur. One yellow,
and the last is green.

"Eep!" A startled cry escapes her as the Purple bunny stands up and
presents her with an envelope.

Cautiously, she takes the envelope and opens it. And smiles.

"Hmmm... Mardi Gras in N.O. I haven't been there... For over ten years.
I wonder of anything's changed."

She looks down again to take another look at the Mardi Gras Bunnies,
but they are nowhere in sight. With a sigh, she closes the door.
Casting an evil eye toward her desk, she decides to take a serious
break from re-writing her Master's thesis for the umpteenth time and
prepares for her road trip.

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Message 16217
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 3:35 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

(I'm hoping i was invited along, as i couldn't post
over the weekend)

Xan reluctantly stewed over a cup of coffee, glaring
at Shelly's rasberry tea.
"Coffee shops are for coffee, not Nestea," he
muttered, and she kicked him under the table.

"Silence, or i'll turn you into a cockroach instead of
a plotbunny next time you visit," she grumbled.

--- allison cooper <shari00au@y...> wrote:
> I looked up from my coffee. "Who's that?" I asked
> Angel, pointing out the window to a group. "Well
> thats
> the Katte, and I think that is Scorcha. She's rather
> new."
>
> I nodded and knocked on the window. The group turned
> around and I waved them over. Indicating for them to
> come into the store. When they walked in, I smiled
> and
> held out my hand. "Hi, I'm Shari." I said. "You
> probably don't really know me because I'm rather
> quiet. But I do have a twin sister, Tobie. She's
> upstairs I think..." I shook the Katte's hand and
> Scorcha's, feeling glad that I had met at least some
> of the Sith Chicks.

Xan looked up only half-interested, then nearly spit
his coffee across the table.
"Flaming twelve hells!" he snarled, grabbing a napkin
and staring angrily at a certain vampire.

"Woah, down boy! It's not... well, it is, but it's
not *THAT* Lestat."
Xan was less than placated, glaring with a hostile
intent that was palpable in the room.

"Xan... think Xana/roach/." He turned and glared at
Shelly, then frowned, then sulked.

"Make me a Xana/pigeon/ for all I care," he muttered
under his breath, "If /that/ is going to be here, i'm
going back to the hotel." He threw his napkin on the
table and prepared to stand.

"Xan.." Shelly said, then sighed. "Fine. Xanabunny."

Suddenly, Xan froze. In a single flicker of blue
light like a Coloform shrinking in an oven, Xan shrank
into a black-furred, blue-eyed bunny, flopping back
onto his seat. He scrambled to right himself on his
paws, then flattened his ears to his head angrily and
glared up at Shelly.

"That's /NOT/ fair..," he grumbled, then scratched his
ear with a hind paw. "Damn Metaverse reality-warp,"
he muttered, then looked up at the staring people
around him.
"What?!" he snarled defensively. "You never seen a
plot-bunny before? Go on!" he snapped, then hopped
off his chair and hid under the table.
"Vicious, snotty, former hippie-chick," he muttered
quietly under the table.

Shelly nudged him with her foot, then looked up at the
stunned group around her.
"Ummm, ehe, sorry 'bout that," she said, then sipped
her tea quietly, trying to pretend a man turning into
a plotbunny wasn't a big deal.

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Message 16219
From: "Angel Sparrow" <valarltd@h...>
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 3:52 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

>"What?!" he snarled defensively. "You never seen a
>plot-bunny before? Go on!" he snapped, then hopped
>off his chair and hid under the table.
>"Vicious, snotty, former hippie-chick," he muttered
>quietly under the table.
>
>Shelly nudged him with her foot, then looked up at the
>stunned group around her.
>"Ummm, ehe, sorry 'bout that," she said, then sipped
>her tea quietly, trying to pretend a man turning into
>a plotbunny wasn't a big deal.
>

Angel looks up from the giant gonzo gulp Code Red, stunned by Shelley's
behavior.

"How did you _do_ that? I need to learn to do that."

She reaches under the table and grasps the Xanabunny by the scruff of his
neck, and under his hind legs. Helpless as any other rabbit in this
position, he glares daggers at her.

"Shhh, 'sokay baby. I'm just putting you someplace safer." She tucks the
Xanabunny onto her lap and pets him gently. "Shelly, you can't mistreat the
bunnies. If you do, they ignore you and breed until you're full of ideas,
but haven't got a story to string them together."

She looks at her compatriots. "I want to go to Marie Levau's. Who wants to
come along?"

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Message 16220
From: Sorchafyre@a...
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 4:15 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

Sorcha was delighted when Katte introduced herself, she had admired this
particular Chick's works from the archive and could imagine the life she
would bring to any Mardi Gras celebration. Before she could mention it,
though, she was distracted by Lestat, his eyes giving her the most delicious
shiver. She took her eyes from his long enough to identify each male as
Katte introduced them. ~So that's what Exar Kun looks like~ she thought
distractedly.

She looked back to Lestat with a small gleam of anticipation in her eyes.
"Ah, the dangerous and exciting Monsieur Lestat." she tossed off lightly.
Completely ignoring the byplay between Maul and Han, she smiled at him.

Then the attention of the group was shifted as they heard a tapping from a
window down the street. Spying a woman gesturing to them, Sorcha said "Well,
looks like we can get more than one thing acomplished in a coffee shop.
Shall we?" They entered the shop and met Shari. "Glad to meet you, as
well." Sorcha smiled. She turned to Angel. "And of course I remember you,
from a rather short lived pool party one night."

She looked around the room, realizing that with their rather large group,
they would need a far bigger table than the one Angel and Shari were using.
"Maybe we could line some tables along the window?" she hazarded, "I'd hate
to miss seeing anything." She turned around to see the group of Hunks
alternately glaring at each other and preening for the ladies. It was all
she could do not to laugh, though she would bet before the night was through
some of those libidos would be sated.

Sorcha ~who apologies for any crudiness in this post, since she is still
under the influence of the evil flu.~

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Message 16221
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 4:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

I watched as Xan and Shelly began a sweet little
argument which abruptly ended with SHelly turning Xan
into a plotbunny. I laughed. But stopped almost
immediately from the killler look that Xan gave me
from under the table. I poked my tongue out at him and
looked up as Tobie walked in the door. "OY! TOBIE!" I
called over the usual din on a coffee shop. "Over
here!" she spotted us and slid into the booth. the
only thing I hadn't noticed was that she was followed
by Wedge Antilles. So I got a sort of supprise. "Oh,
hey Wedge." Wedge nodded a hello to me and grinned.
"So you really are twins. I thought TObie was just
making that up."
"Nope." I grinned and introduced every body. "This is
ShellyFett, Angel, Obi Wan, Katte,Scorcha, Han ,Maul,
Lestat, Exar and the bunny under the table is Xan."

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Message 16223
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Mon Jan 28, 2002 6:52 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

The Katte sat on Exar Kun's lap, simply to get on his nerves of
course, as they all sat around and drank each's favorite version of
the writer's drug. Caffiene! Maul hovered over her protectively and
Lestat made eyes at all of them. She looked over the other sith
chicks and grinned. "Despite arriving with me, the guys are free for
the taking you know..." She happily munched on her order of red beans
and rice. (only the creole can make that dish right!)

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Message 16230
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 31, 2002 6:51 am
Subject: Mardi Grass RR

Meglan emerged from her room Miss Emmalee had shown her to and took a
quick tour of the Chateau. She left the courtyard shaking her head.
Somehow, she didn't know how, but somehow, given the architecture and
the space allowed between buildings here in the Quarter, it seemed
larger on the inside than it should have been.

As she crossed the foyer, she picked up a slice of King Cake. As she
bit into the gayly colored confection she came down on something
hard. Pulling the object from between her teeth she saw it was a
tiny plastic baby.

"Ah, so you are the chosen one to bring the next King Cake," Miss
Emmalee explained.

After recieving directions to a local backery, Meglan left for a
walking tour of the French Quater. First on her list of things to
see, was the Cafe du Monde. Afterall, she surmised, she would need
some extra energy on her search for the next King Cake, and there was
nothing like coffee and donuts. "Make that coffee with chickory and
beignets," she smiled. "Oh, yeah. That'll keep me going!"

As she entered the Cafe, she felt a slight pull in the back of her
mind. It was that feeling all Chicks get when a fellow Chick is
nearby. She caught a glimse of some women just leaving. And leaving
with some very attractive men.

"Oh, well," she sighed. "Maybe I'll meet them later somewhere in the
French Quarter."

Fingering the tiny plastic figure in her pocket she wondered what
kind of King Cake to buy. Miss Emmalee said there were sooo many
choices. From plain, to filled with cream cheese and fruit, how was
she to decide?

As she savored the first bite of her beignets, a strange feeling came
over her. She felt like she was being watched.

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Message 16231
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 31, 2002 7:11 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Grass RR

"I'll catch up with you guys later!" I said. I ordered
a chocolate milkshake and then seated myself down at
the same booth. As the others were leaving, a girl
came in. I felt a weird pull. Soo, she was anoth SC.
Cool. "Hey Obi, can you do your little mind trick and
find out what her name is?" I put on the cutsie smile
I held for my boyfriend. Obi grinned. "Sure thing."
He concentrated for a moment. "Meglan. Her name is
Meglan"
I watched her for a few minutes. Then some sort of
feeling came over me and I Called: "Hey Meglan!" I
don't know why. Meglan turned around and headed toward
our table. I smiled. "Hi, I'm Shari. I guess you know
Obi-Wan. Are you a Sith Chick?"
She nodded and smiled. "How did you know my name?"
I grined and nodded toward Obi. "That's how."
"Oh."
"HEY! DID YOU GUYS FORGET ABOUT ME DOWN HERE?!"
I frowned and looked under the table. "Xantos? Did
Shelly leave you here?"
"What do you think?" He replied rudely.
"Hey, be nice or I take you home and feed you to my
dogs."
That shut him up for a bit. I turned back to Meglan.
"Do you mind if I call you Meg?"

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Message 16232
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 31, 2002 12:12 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

Meglan smiles shyly as she greeted everyone at the table, then
shrugged, "Yeah, you can call me `Meg.' Just please don't call
me `Meggie.' "

She took the seat Obi-Wan held out for her. "You'll have to excuse
me while I clean up." Meglan dripped a paper towel into a glass of
water and began wiping powered sugar off her face. Not expecting
anyone to call her name, she nearly snorted all the sugar off her
beignet.

She jumped as Xanabunny leapt into her lap and began licking off the
sweet powder.

"Umm... Thanks, I think."

"Anytime," the bunny purred as he settled his head between her
breasts and winked.

Shari explained the bunny as Meglan settled him into her lap and
absently began to rub behind his ear.

"Do you have any plans, Meg?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Well," she nodded. "I was planing to take a walking tour of the
French Quarter. There's just so much to see here." She held aloft
several pamphlets of what to see in New Orleans. "Anyone care to
join me? Unless you already have other plans..." she shrugged.

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Message 16233
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 31, 2002 3:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

"Nope, no plans. I just got here this morning, and Obi
Wan here almost killed me by knocking me over." I
grinned. Xanabunny snorted and muttered "Yeah right,
more like you."
"Xan, you don't know it but I can turn you into a
cockroach just as easily as Shelly can, not only that
but I can squash you under my shoe." Xan looked to see
if I was serious and shut up for while.
Meg smiled. "So, Meg, what do you do? Where do you
come from?" I am always interested to find interesting
people."

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Message 16234
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 31, 2002 4:50 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

"Hang on a sec," Shelly says, standing and heading for
the door. She reappears a few minutes later with an
oversized souvenir tote-bag with 'New Orleans' in big
sequin-outlined script on the sides.
She returns to find Xan comfortably nestled in yet
another S.C's lap.
"Xan, stop abusing the 'bunny cuteness'," she chides,
resuming her seat. Xani looks over from his new
friend's lap, making as rude a face as a bunny can
make at her.

"Anyhoo, since Xan dosen't seem to be in the mood to
behave like a civilized human being, he'll just have
to ride along for a while," she says holding open the
large tote bag.

"Ohhh no you don't!" Xan says, snuggling closer to his
current host. "A bunny, i'll take, even a cockroach,
but no, never in this century, no, this /millenium/,
will I ride in a gaudy, cheap souvenir bag.
Especially one with sequins and feathers all over
it!!"

"I'll carry him for a while," someone offers, and
Xanabunny looks up and considers it.

"Oh, good grief! I'll do it, but /you/ have to carry
me, since /you/ made me a bunny," he snarls at Shelly,
then snuffles in reluctance.
"Of all the indignity...." he mutters, glaring at the
bag. "Can we at least go to a voodoo shop or an
antique store or something? I promised to bring Exar
back something scary and ancient." Katte's Exar looks
over with a frown.
"The /other/ Exar, the Goth-geek from the Metaverse,"
he explained. "Force, are all his doubles this dense?
Can we please /go/ or something, current company is
giving me a headache." he rambles, glancing over at
Kun and Lestat rudely.

"Xan, next time, i'm making you a normal /mute/ bunny
instead of a plot bunny," Shelly sighs, rubbing her
forehead and trying to hide her embarrassment.

"If he lives that long..." she heard someone mutter.

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Message 16239
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Thu Jan 31, 2002 9:43 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR

Katte took hold of HER Exar Kun's chin and made him look at
her. "You're so cute when you are irked." She lightly smacked him.
She turned and glared at Xan. "I can make a really good plot bunny
stew...." Her look turned feral and predatory. "Hmmmm.... yes that
sounds very good...."

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Message 16240
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Fri Feb 1, 2002 3:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

-- nymkatte <nymkatte@y...> wrote:
>
> Katte took hold of HER Exar Kun's chin and made him
> look at
> her. "You're so cute when you are irked." She
> lightly smacked him.
> She turned and glared at Xan. "I can make a really
> good plot bunny
> stew...." Her look turned feral and predatory.
> "Hmmmm.... yes that
> sounds very good...."

Xanabunny flattened his ears to his head, backing
away, then hopped off his host's lap and cowered under
Shelly's chair.

"Ohh no, don't come crawing to me for protection! I
have a personal rule never to piss off a Sith, or
Sithly companions." She looks down at Xan. "Looks
like you should've kept your mouth shut."

The bunny peers up from near the chair leg.
"Shelly, i swear to you, make me human again, and i'll
behave myself for the rest of the trip."

Obi-wan snorted in derision.
"Since when is any Xanatos' word worth anything?"
Shelly glared.

"This is /my/ Xanatos, and i'll believe him if i want.
/You/ on the other hand, should watch i don't turn
you into a bunny next," she says, then smirks.
"Besides, you'd be amazed what becoming a bunny will
do to a man's ego." She looks back down at Xani.

"Okay, go find a men's room, i'm not having you change
back in front of everyone," she says. Xan starts to
hop off across the cafe.
"But i'm keeping the tote-bag, just in case!" she
calls after him. Xan stops in mid-hop, nearly getting
stepped on by another patron. He scurries under a
chair and glares back for a moment, then hops away
through the crowd.

He emerges from the mens room a moment later, a
changed man, literally. He casts a glare at the
patron who stepped on him, then casually flips his
hair over his shoulder and strides toward the table.

"Ladies," he greets, pulling over a chair. "And...
other people," he glances toward Kun, sitting down.
"I apologise for my previous behavior- all but the
snuggling cutely part- and beg your forgiveness for my
previous rudeness."
He looks toward Shelly.
"Can we dispose of the hideous tote-bag now?"

"Nope," she says, smirking. "Knowing you, Xanabunny
will be hopping up again sooner or later."

"Later," he says, then looks at Katte, who dons the
predatory smirk again. "Much, much, much later, and
hopefully never at all," he adds, then scoots his
chair closer to Shelly, glancing over warily.

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Message 16242
From: "Angel Sparrow" <valarltd@h...>
Date: Fri Feb 1, 2002 3:47 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR

"Tonight is the night," Angel hums as she climbs the steps to her bedroom in
the Chateau. "I need to be rested for all the parades. I just hope we can
watch them. Those mounted police are sometime else."

She smiles fondly at the memory of the look on the officer's face when she
brought her wings out of Otherspace next to him. She was barely as tall as
that giant horse's withers, but her wings were level with the officer's
saddle as she addressed him.

But days and nights of partying, too much king cake and soda and not enough
real food have taken their toll. All she wants now is bed.

Sparing less than a glance for the sleeping blond in her bed, she curls up
and sets the alarm for 5 PM. That should give her enough sleep and some
time for dinner.

"Sleep?" asks her companion, rolling over and pressing her back to the
mattress. "I have other plans for you."

"Oh stars! I didn't ask for a Sith!Luke bedwarmer, people!" she snarls at
the ceiling. "Which of them dumped you on me? Is this Meg's idea of a
joke?"

"No joke, my sweet demoness." The hands are precise, ruthless and viscious.

And in the end, Angel does what all succubi do best: succumb.

****

The alarm rings at 5, and she's stretches. Lord Vengar has left, and she's
relaxed and refreshed. After a stretch, she sniffs: "Mmmmm, gumbo. And
dirty rice, crawfish boil and cajun popcorn. Oh yeah, I'm ready to eat!"

"Hey, ladies!" She bounces into the dining room wearing a huntergreen
jumpsuit with gold and purple sequins. The height of bad taste, but Mardi
Gras comes once a year.

"Where do we want to catch the parades? Which one is Krewe of the Force
running?"

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Message 16243
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Fri Feb 1, 2002 10:10 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR

The Katte finished eating and drinking coffee after awhile and felt
like coffee was pouring out her ears. She gather up her goslings and
checked them into said residence for the festivities. She then
ignored all of the please to play and took to her bed for a nice long
nap. "Wake muy at de darkin type hour, be dat muy meya dodo brain
tire de tima."

Lestat, Maul, and Exar stared blankly at her for a moment until
months of having to live with her kicked in. "OH!" The Katte wanted
to be woken up at dusk to go play in the streets, but right now she
was tired.

The three males went off to prey on the local women and esp the
imported beautoues Sith Chicks.

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Message 16244
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Fri Feb 1, 2002 11:11 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

As Meglan and her new-found friends took a leisurely stroll through
the French Quarter she introduced herself more fully. "I'm a
graduate student working on my Master's thesis. I swear, that
advisor of mine must be Sith!" she fumed.

Seeing the concerned look on their faces she explained. "My thesis
is now over 300 pages. It's been re-written seven times and he want
me to restructure it?! I wish somebody would turn him into a `plot-
cockroach,' " she finished under her breath.

"What's your thesis on," inquired Shari.

"It's on the `Economic Impact of Beach Erosion and Deposition Along
the Gulf of Mexico.' "

A gleam lit Obi-Wan's eyes, "Oh, so it's a beach survey." He nodded
with a smile.

Meglan laughed.

Shari shook her head. "How did you manage to get approval for a
thesis like that?"

Meglan gave an evil chuckle, "That's my `lil `ol secret, hon." She
pointed to Shari's shirt. When the Chick looked down, Meg bopped
Shari gently on the nose

The four-some took their time exploring the Quarter. Shari walked
arm in arm with Obi-Wan, while Meglan walked with Xanatos. As they
left the Rodrique Studios, Shari took out her new T-shirt sporting
the Blue Dog with soulful, yellow eyes, and pulled it over her tank
top.

Xan caught Meglan rubbing the back of her neck again, as she looked
at the window to the studio. He leaned closer, "What's wrong,
honeychild? You look you seen a ghost or sumtin."

Swinging her large Mardi Gras tote back over her shoulder she replied
sharply, "It's nothing. Let's go." Again she caught a glimpse of
someone she's been seeing everywhere they go.

Obi-Wan didn't let her off that easy. She could see the concern in
his eyes as she felt a Force-scan run over her and though
her. "What's wrong, Meg?" he demanded.

"I'm not sure, " she relented. "I keep having this feeling that I'm
being watched."

"Yes," said Xanatos. "I also feel something. Something familiar,
yet not. Something..."

"Elusive," Obi-Wan finished with a nod.

From a side street, several loud yells and hollers were heard. A
group of young men dressed in elaborate costumes of beads and
feathers came to the Quarter to show off their craftsmanship. From
the next block over, a strolling brass band struck up a merry tune
and the Mardi Gras Indian Gang joined them and encouraged passersby
to come along.

Meglan found herself swept into the Second Line as a crowd of on-
lookers joined in and tried to out do one another with their dance
moves.

The Line finally wound down several blocks away, back in the Quarter
itself. Meglan braced one hand against the cool brick wall of a
cozy, corner shop. With the other, she fanned her face, flushed with
the excitement and fun of the Second Line dance party.

Her dance partner, dressed in green pulls off several strands of
metallic beads and draped them around her neck. A buzz fills her
mind as his long, elegant fingers sweep across her nape. Blue eyes,
behind a half-mask, twinkle as they gaze into hers.

Back in the Master suite at the Chateau des Belles, Miss Emmalee
leaned forward to more closely a tall figure with longish, dark hair
and a trim, full beard. She adjusts the focus of the street can and
zooms in on Meglan and the man standing over her. "Well, well,
well. Look at who showed up."

A figure joined her at her shoulder. "I wasn't expecting *him*
arrive," her companion said.

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Message 16246
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Sat Feb 2, 2002 8:34 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

Obi-Wan and I ran after Meg as she got swept along
with the crowd. "MEG!" I yelled. Then I stopped short
awhen I saw some guy towering over her. Obi Wan
knocked into me then, knocking me over and winding me.
"Oof!" He helped me up and I glanced at the huge mud
stain on my new doggy T-Shirt. "Oh man.."

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Message 16248
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2002 12:56 pm
Subject: Mardi Grass RR

Despite this tall stranger leaning over her, Meglan didn't feel the
least bit threatened. Curiously, she felt quite at ease.

The world narrowed down to just the two of them. His sparkling, blue
eyes held hers as he removed his costume to reveal the tan tunics and
brown pants of a Jedi. He dipped his head to remove his mask. As
his head came up, his longish mane framed his leonine face.

Off to the side Obi-Wan gasped.

The taller Jedi took Meglan's hand and chuckled softly, "Breathe,
little one. Breathe."

As he drew a deep breath, so did she. Indeed, her lungs had
temporarily forgotten how essential a periodical oxygen intake was to
life.

Bowing over her hand, the Jedi introduced himself, "I am Jedi Knight,
Qui-Gon Jinn. And you are?"

"M... M... Meglan. My name is Meglan, " she stammered.

Obi-Wan stood there running a critical eye over this man who claimed
to be his master. There was something different about him. In fact,
there was a lot that was different about him.

The Force-signature was unmistakable. This *was* Qui-Gon Jinn. Yet,
the body was different. This man was not quite as full through the
chest and shoulders. The most distinctive difference was the hair.
It was completely brown with not a single strand of silver.

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Message 16249
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2002 3:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Grass RR

I looked up from the huge mud stain on my shirt and
looked at Obi Wan who had gasped. Then I looked over
at Qui-Gon. Boy did he look different than from in the
movie. hmmm. I shifted my eyes to meg who was
stuttering her name to the Jedi Master. Then I shifted
back to my shirt and, grumbling to myself, took it off
showing off my tank top underneath. It had a sign on
it saying "Don't follow me, I'm lost too." I leaned
against Obi while Qui-Gon helped Meg up. Raising my
eyebrows and with a huge grin on my face, I let a
giggle escape my throat. It just looked so cuuuuuute!
Meg glanced at me and I looked toward a toy shop that
was near by. The window was holding Lord of the Rings
figurines. I sighed with envy. That had been a great
movie and now I had to wait until december to see the
next one. Man that made me pissed. Oh well. I turned
back to Obi Wan who was looking over my shoulder and
smiled. Then we walked back to Meg and Qui.

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Message 16250
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2002 3:25 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

As we walked out of the coffee shop, Wedge and I
walked away rom the clan and went sight seeing
ourselves. We walked to the French Quarter and sat
down and watched the activity going on around the
place. Wedge sat very close to me. He kissed me and I
came up gasping for air. I smiled he smiled and we saw
Shaz, Obi and some other girl walking down the street.
Suddenly the Mardi Gras indians carried off the girl
and Shaz and Obi ran after her. "Come on," I said and
we both raced down the street to where Shari was
getting helped out of a mud puddle by Obi. She had a
big mud patch on her new blue t shirt. The girl was
being helped up by Qui Gon. Wedge and I stopped and
watched the procedure draw on. Shaz and Obi waked over
to the toyshop window and looked in. I didn't see
anymore after that, because Wedge caught me by
suprise, spun me round and paralysed me with a kiss.

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Message 16251
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2002 4:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Gras RR

As we walked back to Meg and Qui, I saw a very
interesting sight. Tobie getting snogged by Wedge.
"WOO HOO! GO TOBIE!!!!" I yelled and let off a classic
wolf whistle. Oi-Wan, Qui-Gon and Meg all turned
around toward where I was staring, with a grin on my
face and Tobie blushed redder than any beetroot. Wedge
looked up and grinned widely at us. I decided (since I
was the older twin) to tease Tobie about it. "Tobie
and Wedge sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g, first
comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Tobie
pushing the baby carriage!"
Tobie turned away, but I could see she was grinning
from ear to ear. Obi whispered in my ear, "That's what
I should be doing to you, only much, much more." He
winked and I was frozen to the spot. Did he just say
what I thought he said? Oh My God. I WAS in love.
totally, blissfully in love.

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Message 16252
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Sun Feb 3, 2002 8:01 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR

The Katte was laying at her ease in the warm of the twilight. She
sighed a bit and snuggled deeper into the bedding. The blond male
crawled across the bed and licked his lips in anticipation of a
deeper kiss than she had allowed him yet. Lestat lowered his head to
her neck.

His hair was yanked hard and his head lifted from her neck before he
could even taste her. "Aaaaaaahh!!!"

Maul bared his own sharp as knives teeth and sneered at him. He
dropped his grip on Lestat and Lestat sat back rubbing his scalp.
Lestat scowled at Maul, and a fist came flying backhanded at him.
Exar stood over top of Lestat and arched an eloquent eyebrow at him.
The two Sith stood one at each side of the Katte's headboard and
dared Lestat to do anything.

"Do you think there could be once, just once mind you, that I could
wake up when you three are NOT brawling?"

The Katte spoke without even opening one eye to look at them. Lestat
scowled at the other two and bowed to the Katte. "Your pardon, my
Lady."

She sighed deeply and got up. She squinted one eye at the darkness
slowly encrouching over the city. "I suppose that counts as
nightfall."

She rose from the bed, naked as a jay bird. The three males all
watched her with avarice gleams of hunger. She smiled secretly to
herself. She knew they watched.

She dressed in absolute glam wear, shiny material, bold and sparkly
colors. She made them dress the same. She then walked to the door of
the house and looked out on the night. "Time for mischief and FUN!"

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersberg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made

I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadors
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

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Message 16255
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Mon Feb 4, 2002 6:57 am
Subject: Mardi Grass RR

Obi-Wan turned his attention back to the man standing before
him "Master?" Obi-Wan said softly.

Qui-Gon smiled at him. " 'Master'? On no Padawan. You give me far
too much credit. For a Jedi who's been only three-years-knighted,
it'll be a number of years before I can take on that mantle."

Obi-Wan's eyebrows shot upward, "Three-years-knighted?"

"Yes, that's right." He could see the wheels turning in the younger
man's head. "Why don't you introduce me to your friends, Obi-Wan?"

"You know who I am?"

"I know your name, yes. Just because I come from a different time
line doesn't mean I'm totally ignorant of things in yours. The Force
has given me glimpses of some information, while none of others."

While Obi-Wan recovered his lost capacity for speech, his companion
introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Shari. It's a pleasure to meet you,
Knight Jinn. Qui-Gon bowed to her. "You'll have to excuse those two
over there," she continued jerking a thumb over her
shoulder. "That's my sister, Tobi being kissed senseless by Wedge,
again."

"Shall we take in the sights together?" suggested Qui-Gon as he
tucked Meglan's hand into his elbow.

Responding to a light squeeze of her fingers and a gentle cares, Meg
blushed beneath her tan. Leaning over, he quietly complimented her.
This, of course, made her turn even more red.

After clearing her head with a deep breath, Meglan studied this
younger version of the famous Jedi Master. "You're the presence I've
been sensing since this morning, and seeing everywhere I go, aren't
you," she stated.

Qui-Gon replied, "Yes. I must confess, I've been following you,
Meglan. I've been trying to find a way to meet you, but you kept
slipping away, just out of my reach. In a city as small as New
Orleans, sometimes it's not easy to meet that one person."

"You can call me 'Meg.' " she said smiling up at him.

Tobi and Wedge eventually came up for air and noticed everyone was
leaving them behind. Realizing they just missed everything, they
went racing to catch up, again.

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Message 16260
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Mon Feb 4, 2002 5:29 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR (Shaz & Shelly)

As Knight Qui-Gon escorted Meg and her friends through the busy
streets, no one seemed to notice Xanatos was no longer with them.
Somehow, he got lost in the shuffle of all the Mardi Gras madness.

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Message 16261
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Tue Feb 5, 2002 3:11 am
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

When Wedge and I eventually came up for air, we saw
that Qui-Gon, Meglan, Shaz, and Obi-Wan were walking
off. We hurried to catch up. Shaz laughed and put an
arm around my neck. "Nice to see you again Tobes," she
said, using my nickname. I held up a bag in her face.
She opened it an gasped, inside there was one of each
figurine from LotR. I draped and arm around her neck
and we walked with the rest of the group. I was
glancing at the sidewalk when I saw a Penny. I picked
it up. It was engraved with strange writting. That
looked something between Elvish and Dwarfish from Lord
of the Rings. I couldn't read it. But I pocketed it
anyway. I wondered what it said.

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Message 16272
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Thu Feb 7, 2002 6:54 am
Subject: Mardi Grass RR

As the day passed from morning to afternoon, the six-some enjoyed the
company of good friends. The ladies form Down Under told of their
homeland, a hemisphere and a half away; while Meg recommended the
best beached along the Gulf of Mexico.

Obi-Wan made the most of the opportunity to get to know what his
master may have been like when he was young. This helped him better
understand the man he looked upon as his father and best friend.

Qui-Gon came to admire the stalwart young man his older self mentored
from adolescent to adult. Wedge, meanwhile, learned much of the Old
Republic as seen through the eyes of one of its greatest Jedi
Warriors. Together, the browsed the shops of the Quarter and feasted
on corndogs, and roasted corn on the cob, and washed it all down with
sno-cones, all from various street vendors catering to the crowd who
came every year for the big street party. They enjoyed the street
performers and showed their appreciation for real talent in a way the
musicians, jugglers and actors would most welcome. Later, they found
themselves sitting for portraits chalked by artists in Jackson
Square. Each couple paid for two portraits - his and hers.

As the sun set, they made a mad dash to the Chateau to carefully
deposit their portraits before catching one of the night parades.
They took up the traditional chant to get more stuff thrown at
them, "HEY MISTER, THROW ME SOMETHING!" It worked, too, as the gals
were pelted with beads, doubloon and trinkets.

Wedge jumped to snag a pack beads, but missed as he doubled over.
The small, harmless looking grandmother next to him had socked him in
the stomach and dove for t he beads. After being jostled a few more
times, he gave up and moved to the other side of Tobie for safety.
There was no way, he decided, he was going to fight a `lil `ol granny
who fought like a Sith.

"Hey guys," Tobie yelled over the din. "When does the Krewe of the
Force parade? I don't want to miss a minute of it."

"In a few nights," Wedge answered. "There'll be a Ball first, to
which all the Chicks are naturally invited. And you had better not
miss a minute of it, Tobie! I'll be looking for you." He leaned in
for a quick kiss.

Shari pushed Obi-Wan out of her way as she grabbed her twin's arm and
pointed across the street. "Hey sis, isn't that a fellow Chick over
there?"

Everyone tried to catch a glimpse between the floats as they moved
past. "You know, I think your right. Isn't the Katte and her
entourage? I'm not sure, it's kinda hard to tell with everyone
jumping all over the place."

The woman next to Meglan yelled to the next float as it came up to
them and pulled up her shirt to expose her breast. It worked. She
was immediately rewarded with a shower of Sugar beads and trinkets.
Meg looked at Qui-Gon and blushed, and got smacked in the face with a
bouquet of small flowers meant for the woman. Acting fast, and in
the spirit of the season, she acted fast. She grabbed the roses and
squeezed her way to the other side of Qui-Gon to protect her trophy.
Examining the flowers, Meglan turned a darker red as she realized
what she caught. These weren't silk roses. No, they were red, silk
panties rolled up to look like rose buds.

Qui-Gon leaned over to also examine the bouquet and saw there,
mingled in with the roses, were some items meant for a man, as well.
He quirked a smile at Meglan with a tinkle in his eyes that seemed to
speak of future plans. He chuckled, as Meg blushed even deeper.

After the parade, the couples compared their treasure to see who
captured the most. Tobie and Wedge won the contest for the most
beads and doubloons. Shari and Obi-Wan had the most moonpies, which
they were quickly devouring. But, Meglan and Qui-Gon won hands-down
for the most unique prize - the bouquet of panties and condoms.

The steam calliope called into the night the notice for the last
riverboat cruise of the night. Once on board the _Dixie Queen_, the
friends settled down for a late evening meal in the small restaurant
on the top deck and watched the city lights as they drifted down the
Mississippi River.

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Message 16273
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Thu Feb 7, 2002 3:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Grass RR

I yelled for the free stuff coming off this floats.
There were hundres! But the biggest surprise of all
was looking at the float two down from the one in
front of us. It was a lavender coloured bus, with a
HUGE silver high heeled show on the top and a
woman...no a man in a silver tight suit. I nudged
Tobie and we both burst out laughing. The others
looked at us as if we were crazy. "Those guys have
obviously seen Priscilla: Queen of the Desert." I
said. "What's that?" asked Obi, who still looked
confused.
"Oh. It's an australian movie about these three guys
who are drag queens and they travel to Alice Springs
in the middle of Australia. It's soooo funny. Ask
Tobie."
Tobie held a pretend microphone to her mouth and
turned to me. "D'you know why this microphone has such
a long cord?" she asked, perfectly imitating the Drag
Queen.
"No, why?" I asked.
"So it can be easily retreived after I shove it up
YOUR ass!"
Obi burst out laughing, along with Wedge. Meg and
Qui-Gon were soon to follow and soon the six of us
were laughing uproariously.

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Message 16274
From: "nymkatte" <nymkatte@y...>
Date: Thu Feb 7, 2002 9:36 pm
Subject: Re: Mardi Grass RR

New Orleans at night, esp during Mardi Gras, was awesome. The Katte
and Crew wandered about looking for mischief. The Katte got showered
several times with goodies as they watched the parades. She smirked
at Exar as she gathered her trophies. "You know, Katte, you really
need to get laid if you are so horny as to show off that abundant
cleavage to all those males." She rolled her eyes and sneered at
him. "Kiss it, Exar." Darth Maul crossed his arms and glared away the
impertinant others who tried to take what was thrown at the Katte.
She smiled beautifically at him. "I knew there was a reason I kept
you around." Maul smirked back at her. The Katte looked around and
suddenly realized they'd lost Lestat. "Dammit! People on milk cartons
courtesy, Lestat!" Exar shrugged. "New Orleans is known for having
the highest ratio of lost persons." Maul looked menacingly at a
potential pickpocket. "Why do you think we stick so close?" The Katte
purred in his ear. "For the extra little benefits..." Maul's eyes
blazed up even brighter if that was possible and he growled that sexy
little way that never failed to turn her on. She took a string of
beads and wrapped them around his taught muscled neck. "Let's find
somewhere more... private... shall we?"

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Message 16275
From: Sorchafyre@a...
Date: Thu Feb 7, 2002 11:24 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Grass RR

Sorcha trailed along after Katte for awhile, enjoying the life and sounds of
Mardi Gras. Then she noticed that Lestat was pacing her, moving by her side
with the silence of the evening wind, the grace of a falling leaf. As if he
could feel her awareness of him, Lestat smiled at her and offered his arm.
Gently, Sorcha placed her hand on his, bringing her body close so she could
rest it along his arm in proper fashion.

He stopped and looked down at her with serious regard, warmth shining in the
depths of his eyes. "Some of the old traditions survive, I see." he purred.
Sorcha glanced up at him, sidelong. "Some of us know how to value elegance."
she replied. There was silence between the two for the space of a heartbeat;
but there was no lack of information shared. He knew she was attracted to
him, and she knew he was enjoying himself playing with her.

Then Lestat started forward again, guiding her off the busy street into a
small path through a quiet park. As they passed under a spreading elm tree,
the bright moonlight made sparkling patterns on the vampyre's cloak. Before
she got too deeply involved in the evening, Sorcha thought she had better
make a point clear. She slowed, and when Lestat looked at her she stopped.
She looked up at him a minute, then spoke deliberately, and with emphasis.
"A Chick is never a meal." Then with a slow sensual smile she added,
"Although she may sometimes consent to be a snack."

Lestat looked for a moment as if he were going to be angry. Then he smiled a
slow smile back and bent to kiss her. It was a soft brush of the lips, but
giving promise of longer, more intimate contact later. "Then I will just
have to sate my appetite with small doses, ma petite." he whispered, his lips
still a breath away from hers. It was enough to melt her insides, and he
must have known it, because he wore a satisfied smile as he straightened.

Although Sorcha knew he thought that made them even for the insult of her
forwardness, she was not about to let him assume he could have the upper
hand. She slid her right arm up around his neck, leaning into him. The
fingers of her left hand traced his collar bone, and down to the hollow of
his throat. She stretched up to lick the hollow, brief but this time it was
she who promised later intimacies. She grinned wickedly as she felt him
shiver slightly at the warmth of her tounge. She pulled back and arched an
eyebrow at him. "Shall we watch some more of the foibles of humanity?" she
challenged him.

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Message 16278
From: Tobie Kenobi <tobie_kenobi@y...>
Date: Fri Feb 8, 2002 3:20 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Grass RR

As we sailed on the river boat, I counted my treasure.
Wedge looked at it all and I grinned covering it with
my backpack. "Mine." I said, grinning like a cheshire
cat. I suddenly remembered the dubloon I had found in
the street. I pulled it out of my pocket and examined
it closely. The Elvish/Dwarvish language stood out
more clearly and it seemed to glow slightly.
"What's that?" asked Meg, looking over my shoulder at
the coin.
"I dunno, some sort of coin with LOTR writting on it."
I said, handing it too her. "Do you know what it is?"
Meg shook her head and Shaz held out her hand for it.
"I know what that is! Tobes! that's a good luck charm
made by elves and dwarves!"
I snorted with laughter. "Shaz, you have seen that
movie WAY to many times. That stuff was make believe!"
She smiled, "Yeah, and everyone at school told us Star
Wars characters weren't real too. Remember?"
I considered. "Well, if it is a good luck charm, give
it back!" and snatched it out of her hand. I sifted
through my other dubloons, and found another one! I
had a feeling this stuff wasn't all it seemed. I
looked around the edges of the coins and found a small
hole in each near the top, so the coin was upright. I
didn't know what they were for, but I decided to make
use of them and hung them on my earings. "How do I
look?" I asked Wedge. He grinned and gave me the
thumbs up sign. "Well, I'll get double good luck then
if I have two." I said with a really evil grin at
Wedge. I think he could practically see the wheels in
my head turning, as I thought about later tonight....

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Message 16279
From: "Angel Sparrow" <valarltd@h...>
Date: Fri Feb 8, 2002 9:37 am
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Grass RR

Angel stood at the stern, watching the paddle-wheel that was was just
decoration. The thrum of the engines rose through the decks, and she
watched the night water churn away in their wake.

Thank the Dark Side for Sith Magic that was keeping the nights clear and
warm instead of the 3 inches of snow and rain the rest of the region was
getting.

She let out a sigh. Somehow, this wasn't quite as much fun as she'd
planned. New Orleans was MUCH more fun at 34 than it had been at 10, but
she was really feeling more like 68. Very much the geezer in the crowd of
younger chicks. Or maybe she just needed to spend time with them instead of
getting waylaid into bed by handsome men. But she did have such a weakness
for blonds, and darkside blonds in particular, even if he was too short for
her usual tastes.

"Getting too old for this nonsense," she grumbled, leaning on the rail.

"Old you think? Heh! 800 am I and still having a good time."

"Good evening, Master Yoda." She was carefully respectful, as one should
always be to an honored enemy.

"Spring sterkl, you are. Whining and brooding, you will stop. Dance with
you, my padawan wishes, or I will if you prefer."

"But, Master, you are barely up to my knee. Foolish, we would look." She
slipped into the backward speech without thinking.

"Harrumph. Size matters not."

"Yeah, right. Some Sith Chick you'd make, believing that one. All right.
But I thought Qui-Gon was busy with one of the others."

"Young Qui-Gon that is. Older, more mature is this one."

And so he was. Tall, aquiline and greying, this Qui was definitely
post-TPM. Not asking how he'd survived, or why he was all in black, or why
he wanted her when he had that red-gold bint of a padawan who was
desperately in love with him, Angel tucked one hand into the crook of his
arm and let him lead her back to the main salon, where a slow jazz band was
playing.

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Message 16280
From: Shelly Fett <shellyfett@y...>
Date: Fri Feb 8, 2002 3:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Mardi Grass RR

...Previously...

Shelly emerged from the bathroom to find Xanatos a few
seats away from where she'd left him. She noticed the
rest of the group had taken off for parts unknown.

"I thought i said to stay put, Troublemaker," she
said, picking up her hideous new tote bag. He smiled
misceviously.

"I haven't left the city," he mock-defended, then
smiled. "Pray tell, though, why is there a copy of
'Tale of the Body Thief' in that thing?" Shelly
smirked.
"You actually bothered to peek?" she asked. He
scowled, keeping silent.

"I thought you could use a little light reading if you
decide to misbehave again," she said, then sighed.
"Come on, we're going junk-shopping" she said, heading
for the door. He rose and followed her, frowning.

"What kind of junk?" he asked suspiciously. She
paused at the door and sighed.

"Oh, i don't know, costumes, souvenirs, maybe a new
Boa for Exar?" she said, then shrugged. "Anything
you're willing to buy me." He snorted.

"Of course," he grumbled, suddenly remembering why he
left his wallet in the Tardis most days. Why hadn't
today been one of them?

"Come, Xanabunny, we go marketing!" she said, grinning
almost Evylly and gesturing him out the door.
"Now i know where he gets it," he muttered under his
breath, following her.

---present....

Xanatos glared as they passed a street vendor selling
souvenirs and good luck charms. Specifically, he was
glaring with barely contained disgust and hostility at
a string of supposedly 'lucky' rabbit's feet, dyed
every unnatural color of the rainbow, including a
unsettlingly familiar black.

"Disgusting brute," he muttered under his breath, then
smirked as the vendor suddenly started hopping and
cursing in french/cajun, calling for a fire
extinguisher. The mysteriously sparked fire had
consumed half the booth by the time someone found one,
and Xan smiled. Shelly elbowed him in the gut as he
rested his chin on her shoulder, blue eyes still
sparkling with mischief.

"You promised," she reminded him. He mock-frowned,
glancing down at the bunny-sized tote bag.

"It was a brutish and vile thing to do, and it's not
very lucky for the rabbits, is it?" he snapped quietly
and defensively. He cast a glare back at the booth,
then sighed, looking back to Shelly.
"Sorry, i was just," he began.

"Sympathetic?" she asked. He nodded.
"You really have been spending too much time as a
bunny," she said, then looked off across the street.

"Ooh! Costumes! the ultimate revenge!" she said, then
grinned, grabbing the front edge of his coat and
dragging him across the street with her.

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Message 16292
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Thu Feb 14, 2002 5:31 am
Subject: Mardi Gras RR - The big day

Mardi Gras Day. And I wake up early. I get really
excited for a big event and ALWAYS wake up early.
Drives me nuts.

Anyway, I woke up early and just lay in bed for a
while. I looked at the clock. 5:00 am. Damn, only five
hours of sleep. But I couldn't get back to sleep. I
was to excited. So I got up quietly and put on a pair
of worn out jeans and a shirt with "Are you talkin' to
me?!" on it. I was thankful that I had brought along
my skateboard. So I grabbed it and scampered out the
door quietly. I made my way down the stairs and to the
front door.
"Where do you think you're going at this time of
morning?" asked Miss Emmalee from the staircase.
I jumped. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you. I'm just going
out. I'll be back don't worry." And I walked out the
door and down the street. When sight seeing yesterday
I had come across a skate park two blocks down from
the hotel. I ran those two blocks and made my way into
the park. It had a half-pipe, a bowl, ramp and bar and
a railing. Cool. I jumped on my skate board and
started riding around the flat cement to get some
speed. Then I started doing tricks. After I had done a
hand plant I got the weirdest feeling that I was being
watched by someone. I turned and saw Meglan, sitting
on the seat, watching me with keen interest.
"Hey, Meg, Why you out this bright and early?" I
asked.
"I was about to ask you the same question." she said
smiling at me.
"I couldn't sleep. So I decided to just come down here
and practice my boarding. I am in a sorta club back
home. We have competitions every month. I told them I
would practice while I was here."
Meg nodded and continued to watch me. I had been going
around the bowl while talking to her. I hopped up on
the edge of the steep incline and sat there watching
her too. I smiled. And lept down. Meg gasped but I was
fine, I had learnt that move from my boyfriend Ricky.
He was an expert skateboarder. One of the best in the
Town where I came from. I opened my wallet and showed
Meg a picture of me doing bunny ears over Ricky's
head. He looked like he had no idea. Which he hadn't.
I smiled at that picture. It always made me laugh.

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Message 16293
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Thu Feb 14, 2002 6:40 am
Subject: Re: Mardi Gras RR - The big day

After the gals caught their breath, Shari leaned over. "Have you
heard of any plans for today?"

"Well," Meglan looked over her shoulder and all around to make sure
the coast was clear of any eavesdroppers. "I think I may have over
heard some of the guys talking about making a trinket-run today. It
seems they want to make sure they have enough throws to throw. The
shops don't open for a good while yet, so we can relax. I don't know
about you, but I plan to tag along," she finished with a playful
grin.

Shari bumped her with a shoulder, "Yeah, you just want to make sure
he doesn't get anymore of those *roses* to throw to anyone, don't
you?"

Meglan turned away, pretending to watch the pigeons.

Shari laughed. Meg turned red. The pigeons ignored them.

"You know what tonight is?" Meg quickly changed the
subject. "Tonight is the Ball and immediately after that, is the
last parade. And you know which one that is, don't you?"

"Yeah." A gleam lit the Chick's eyes as they daydreamed for a moment
or two, or three.

"The Krewe of the Force parade," they sighed together.

Watching the one or two other early skateboarders and noting their
obvious lack of skill, Meg complimented her new friend on her
skatebroading skills. "I wish I could do something like that. I
can't roller-blade. Heck, I can't even roller-skate!" she admitted
sheepishly. "It's that whole balance thing. I just can't seem to
stay on my feet," she shook her head.

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Message 16296
From: allison cooper <shari00au@y...>
Date: Thu Feb 14, 2002 3:57 pm
Subject: Re: [Sith_Chicks] Re: Mardi Gras RR - The big day

"It's that whole balance thing. I just
> can't seem to
> stay on my feet," she shook her head.

"Well, you can walk, can't ya?" I joked, watching a
kid fall off his skateboard almost immediately. "Geez
louise, do these kids ever get any practice?" I
thought for a moment. "Hey, Meg, give it a try. You
look like you could do it, honestly, you do!" I said
when she glanced at me, her eyes wide.

"Do you really think so?"

"Would I lie to really good friend?"

She smiled. "I guess not." she admitted.

So we walked over to the flat cement and she hopped on
the board.
"OK, now, when you want to go left, lean slightly to
the left, and same with the right. To go faster, but
we'll stay at walking pace so you can get the hang of
it first, hop one foot along the ground."
I held onto her arm. "OK lean left." She obeyed and
didn't fall off. "Lean right," I said and again she
didn't fall off. I let go of her arm and told her to
go around the big stone in the middle of the flat. She
went around with the greatest of ease, even speeding
up a few times. I clapped, "Bravo! Bravo!" She
grinned.
"Hey, your really a natural! I wasn't that good when I
first started, and I was nine!"
A few more tries and she was going around the
shallowest bowl there. *Whoa, Does she have glue on
her shoes or something?* But that was impossible
because she used her right to speed up and slow down.
What's more, she seemed to be enjoying herself on that
board. Almost as much as I did. She stopped for a
while and we sat down again. I slapped her a hi five.

"Very well done, if I must say so myself." I said in a
british accent and she laughed.

"What're all those necklaces on your neck? I didn't
see them yesterday."

"Oh, hehe, Their just necklaces like a skateboarding
symbol, My Dad's peace Symbol from the sixties, he was
a hippie, whish I think is very scary," I said
grinning, "Um, That one was given to me by Ricky, and
that one is from Obi-Wan, he surprised me last night
with it." I suddenly had an idea.

I took off my skateboarding symbol, showing another one behind it
and gave it to Meg. "For being the best damn
skateboard rider on this side of the world!"

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Message 16298
From: "pinduck85" <pinduck85@y...>
Date: Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:21 pm
Subject: Mardi Gras RR

"This is nuts," Meglan said as she took several more turns around the
skatepark. "Why can I not roller-whatever; but put me on a
skateboard, and I can actually stay upright?"

Shari shook her head in amazement, as she watched Meg. <Not even a
bobble,> she thought. <She's definitely a natural.> "Meg, I swear
you're pulling my leg when you say you've never done this before."

Meglan crossed her heart, "No, honestly, I never even thought about
stepping one foot on a board until now. Really."

Under Shari's tutelage, Meg quickly picked up a few simple tricks and
was grinning like a madwoman as she perfected each. "Ok, that does
it! I'm not leaving New Orleans until I find just the right
skateboard for myself."

+ ~ * ~ + A short while later + ~ * ~ +

"Meglan, Honeychild! What happened!?" Miss Emmalee's raven brows
shot up as she threw open the door.

"Meglan! What happened!?" Knight Jinn exclaimed as he came down the
stairs and into the foyer. "I felt your pain though the Force, Meg.
I was just leaving to find you."

Meg nodded and gave a weak smile as he came to her. "I'm all right,
Qui-Gon, Miss Emmalee. It doesn't hurt so much anymore." She tried
not to wince as Qui-Gon pried her fingers away from her arm as she
cradled it against her breast. She felt a slight tingle as he Force-
scanned her.

"It's a clean break, Meglan. How did this happen?"

"Shari and I were at the skatepark a few blocks away. She was
helping me learn a few tricks - ."

"She's a natural , Qui-Gon. Really, you should see her."

Qui-Gon peered down at Meglan, "You broke your arm skateboarding? I
didn't know you could skateboard."

"Neither did I. But that's not how it happened. We were coming back
when I stepped on a broken string of beads while crossing the
street. When I fell, my arm caught the edge of the curb."

"I see. Come with me, I'll fix you up." He turned to Miss Emmalee
and Shari to assure them Meglan would be fine and then escorted her
to her room.

As they sat on the chaise by the window. Qui-Gon gently pulled
Meglan's broken arm forward and placed his hands over the fracture.
He closed his eyes and she could feel a warm, tingly feeling as he
used the Force to knit the bone back together.

In the early morning light, she studied him. The noble nose was
already broken. She resolved to ask him about it. She noticed for
the first time the gold stud in his earlobe, hidden by his thick,
dark mane. His mouth drew her vision and held her attention. As she
unconsciously drew her tongue across her lips he drew his into that
quirky little grin she loved so much.

"Stop that, you're disturbing me."

After a few minutes more, he opened his eyes and leaned
back. "Finished, and as good as new, Meglan."

She wiggled her fingers an