From: houbang@633.megatokyo.acs.jp Subject: LEGACY- The HouBang strikes back! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Echo of rec.arts.anime.stories The members of the Hou Bang were amused by the BGC fanfic known as 'Legacy.' We were so amused, Kou and Reika decided it should be the next target for _Bad BGC Fanfic Theater 3000_. We hope you'll enjoy... -!!!-railgun spike here-!!!- The Legacy ********** Another (Feeble) Story of **************** Bubble Gum Crisis ***************** by Brian R. Poppenwimer 2/18/94 Chapter One ***************************************************************** "Now I would like to present, Mackie Stingray" Kou> Looking lovely in his sister's red pumps... "Thank You Principal Otaku" Kou> HELP!!!! The Otaking is the principal... Loud clapping comes from the audience as Mackie walks up the stage to the podium. Looking out across the gathering of fellow students and their parents on this very important day of High School Graduation Mackie takes a long breath and steps up to the microphone to begin his speech: Kou> Today I stand before you, about to make one of the dumbest speeches Kou> ever heard, now bear with me I will only babble about an hour.. "Thank you everyone. We come here today to pay honor to another class of Mega-Tokyo High. Kou> Why didn't he just call it Central High, that's a little less original. Times change, people change,the world changes, but high school students continue to graduate. Kou> Wait, don't they get to change? Now is the time of our young lives where we must make many decisions about our future, we are now ready to inherit this world and contribute to it. Schooling has been difficult but we made it through, and for what? Kou> For nothing, that's what, I'll tell you.... To change, not only ourselves, but those around us, and maybe if we are lucky the world around us. Time to reach out into the unknown and grasp onto it with both hands, Kou> Knowing Mackie, I won't comment. and shape it into a place for ourselves. I am ready to carve my name into this world and so is the rest of Mega-Tokyo High!" Applause bursts out from everyone as Mackie steps back and accepts his diploma from the principal, he begins to smile as he takes his cap off and tosses it into the sky. Kou> And Priss shoots it... Kou> Does anybody ever remember him going to school? "Yeah finally, I'm done with my schooling!" Kou> Would somebody please tell me when he went to school? I'm beginning Kou> to get a little mad here.. "Not so fast there little brother, College awaits you." "Ahhh come on Sylia, give me a break its my graduation." Priss, Nene, and Linna break out laughing at this statement as they walk up and pat Mackie on the back in congratulations. Kou> OH NO!!!!! Laughing, that's the last thing anybody should do in this Kou> story... "Poor Mackie, done with one school and rushed off to another," says Priss, "So where are you going to go anyway?" Kou> "Reform School!" Sylia says, Priss says, Nene says, Mason says. Wait Kou> a minute- MASON?! How did he get here? "I've decided to continue with my father's work on robotics, so I've decide to go to the Tech Institute of Texas." Kou> Oh, like one madman in the family wasn't enough. "Whew, all the way over to America," whistles Nene. Kou> Wow!! Thanks Nene, without that little bit of help I would never Kou> have known that... "Well with Genom being quiet I figure Priss won't need me here to constantly repair her motorcycle!" Priss takes a swipe at Mackie as he jumps back into a defensive stance. Smiling Linna steps in and sweeps his feet out from under him. Kou> 1. Would Priss miss? Kou> 2. Would Linna help? Kou> 3. Will Danny marry Elaine? Kou> Confused? You won't be, after the next episode of Soap. "Ouch, no fair two against one!" Kou> I was sure that was his dream.. "Awww poor Mackie, beat up by some girls," says Priss. Kou> Sorry, *that* was his dream.. "Yeah come on Mackie respect your ELDERS," says Linna. "Hey no fair, I'm not old," Priss says with a very hurt look in her eyes. "Come on children lets get home, I've got something for Mackie before he leaves for College," Sylia says as she heads towards Nene's car. Kou> Children? Please someone tell me when they started to let Nene drive. Chapter Two ***************************************************************** Kou> Chapter 2? I have *menus* longer than that chapter.. The sun sets as Sylia an Mackie sit outside their house, the graduation party for Mackie continues on inside. Kou> OUTSIDE!!! When did the 633 get an outside, what do they do- hang Kou> "outside" the tower by their fingertips? "Great of Priss to get the rest of the band here for your graduation party." Kou> Does anybody else see a slight flaw in letting Priss's band play at Kou> the KS headquarters? "Yeah that was great, most of my friends are big fans of her music" Kou> Mackie has friends? Will wonders never cease.. "Now Mackie it is time for my special present for you." Kou> This worries me.. You know how Mackie thinks, maybe it's genetic. Looking on in wonder, Mackie watches Sylia as she goes over to a plant and pulls out a box from behind it. Kou> Cool! A plant that makes presents! The paper is shiny silver with black stripes around it. Sylia gently hands the box to Mackie and says, "Well now is the time that you are old enough for this, so I present you with your legacy, since you are continuing on in father's footsteps." Kou> "Cool, my own legacy, I never had one of those before." Sylia's eyes begin to cloud up, and a tear forms at the corner of her right eye as she hugs Mackie tight. Kou> NO... Stop that, we will have no affection from Sylia.. Reika> What, is Sylia getting a cataract now? "I'm going to miss you little brother, do not look on what is in the box as exactly a gift, you may not like all of what you find in there." Kou> What's in the box? If it's not a gift, what good is it? "Sis, why? I do not understand, what could be so difficult about Dad's past?" Reika> "What, you mean apart from the fact he wore Mom's underwear?" "You were very young when he was killed, and you were never told the real truth of what happened, but now it is time that you know the truth." Kou> "The truth is he was killed by the people in the office because he Kou> wouldn't take his turn driving the car pool." "Huh?" Kou> "Huh?" Is that really the best this guy could come up with? I mean he Kou> could've put something like "Death is cool, huh huh huh..." Looking puzzled Mackie begins to gently unwrap the package as a loud bang is heard from inside the house. The Music suddenly stops. Reika> "When the music's over..." Kou> Way to make tension, oooo.... "Leon you idiot!" shouts Priss, "I'm going to kill you that was my favorite mini-skirt!" Kou> What's Leon doing at Mackie's party, where all of the KS are? Reika> Is he, like, stalking Priss, or what? "Oh come on, you don't need to hit me with the guitar!" croaks a startled Leon. Kou> No she doesn't, she needs to shoot him! Reika> "croaks a startled Leon"- That sounds really weird, like he's a frog Reika> or something... Sylia looks at Mackie with tears in her eyes and begins to stand. Kou> Stand in the place where you live... Reika> Forget about a plot here, wonder why we're reading this now... "I better go deal with that before we will need the real ADPolice to control Priss, you know her temper." Kou> Question, who are the *fake* ADP? Reika> Maybe the ones who get things done?! "But sis what about the box?" Kou> It's square and has four sides. Next... Looking over her shoulder, still quietly crying, Sylia says, "It's best you look at whats in the box on your own, and come to your own decisions concerning things." Kou> What happened? She was going to let him open it- and now she won't! Kou> This is a gyp, I want to know what his LEGACY is... Reika> "It's a plot device, Mackie. Enjoy." Wiping the tears from her eyes she gives Mackie a little half-hearted attempt at a smile, straightening her hair she begins to walk for the door. Another loud bang comes from the building as some screaming begins. Kou> Dude, emotion from Sylia and yet even more banging.. Reika> Is this like 'Carrie', where she'll get emotional and then break Reika> something... "Your going to get it this time Leon!" shouts Priss. Kou> She would have got him the first time, and what the hell is making Kou> all the banging? "Aww please Priss," squeaks Leon. Kou> Leon stop begging, she likes that! Reika> "Squeaks Leon"- so now he's changed from a frog to a mouse? He's Reika> turning into a Mighty Morphing Power Ranger! Not knowing what to do Mackie just sits there for a while staring at the box without even touching it again. Mackie watches the sun as it finishes setting, thinking back to his father and what he was like. Not remembering much Mackie just sits there and wonders if his father would be proud of him. Kou> Why do I get the feeling that I should be getting sad here? "Well dad, I hope you are proud of me and I hope to make you even more proud. I will continue on with your work, and make this world a better place, no matter what is in this box." Kou> For Boomers to flourish and wipe out the human race.. Reika> To ignore your sister and drool over mechanical objects? Guess you're Reika> doing pretty good so far... Mackie finishes tearing the paper off the box and slowly opens it. Inside is a portable laptop computer, marked in the upper left hand corner with the words Dr. Stingray. Kou> That was so he wouldn't forget how to spell his name.. Reika> And in the lower right hand corner were the words, "Property of Genom Reika> Mailroom." Starting to wonder he lifts the top of it to see the screen and hits the power key. The machine blinks to life and bootstrap information begins flashing across the screen. The computer lets out a weird beep and a soft voice begins to speak. Kou> A $1.99 for the first minute, $1.00 for each minute after that. "Please stare at the right hand corner of the screen, and state your name." Kou> California, Nevada, Oregon... How's that? Reika> "Please stare vacantly at the screen and pretend you're reading Reika> something intelligent." Mackie being puzzled as to this process stares at the appropriate corner and utters the word "Mackie." Kou> Mackie, Mackie, Mo Mackie. Bannana fanna fo Fackie. Reika> Everything puzzles Mackie. He can't remember if it's one or two hands Reika> for himself.... (bad joke, I know...) "Clearance level 1A approved, Welcome Mackie" "Welcome?" says Mackie puzzled. "Yes welcome, what else would I say?" Kou> Maybe, "Would you like to play a game?" Stuttering Mackie says, "Who are you?" Kou> "I am the voice of world control." Reika> "I'm your worst nightmare!" "I am a Generic Intelligence Operating Neural Network model 25x2 hyperchannel computer system. Gionn for short!" Kou> Couldn't Stingray afford something name brand? Reika> Hyperchannel? Cool, cable! I guess this is an off-road of the Reika> information highway... "What is that?" "I am, or should I say, was, your father's last project before his death at Genom." Kou> How did you know he died? "What do you mean?" "Your father did research outside of Genom on AI programs, more advanced than in any Boomer currently in existence, accept for......" "Huh? What about Largo?" Kou> He's dead, go on with your life.. Reika> 'Go on with my life', yeah thanks... "Next time let me finish before blurting out things!" "Oh sorry." "Your father worked on more advanced AI's than he let Genom believe were possible. I was his first, he did not make a body for me, he left me as his personal computer, all that was him is me, and stored in here with me. He constantly worked on me, kinda like a running experiment. Kou> I have never seen an experiment run.. Reika> You wouldn't *want* to... He also created two more of us, and gave them bodies to interact with the world around them. One you remember as Largo." "Who is the other?" Kou> Ohhh.. Like that one's gonna be hard to figure out. "Sylia Stingray, your sister." "No can't be, we grew up together!" "He constantly upgraded her body size so you would think she was a real human, and so until recently she believed she was human also." Kou> What did he do with the bodies? Stick them in the closet with his Kou> skeletons? And who upgraded her body after he died? Did we think of Kou> that? NO!!!!!! "What do you mean by, until recently?" "Well in the final battle with Largo. Largo told her and tried to get her to join his side of the revolution, but as you know she killed him. Kou> Of course, I knew that, again how the hell does it know this stuff, Kou> for a dusty old laptop, she sure knows a whole lot of information. "I can't believe it!" "It is true, she was afraid to tell you, so we have been discussing it and decided that I should be the one to tell you." Kou> And all of this was told to him while he was in his party, with all Kou> of his friends there. That was bright. Mackie looking stunned, hurt, and puzzled closes the computer to a loud and angry Beep! Looking around noticing that no one is in the house anymore he stands and walks inside. Kou> Now that was convenient. Looking around he sees Sylia sitting on a chair with tears in her eyes again. Kou> I thought that he was alone? Reika> Looking around, he sees Sylia sitting on a chair quietly laughing Reika> at him... "Do you understand now what I was talking about? "Somewhat, but not all." "Well, I will tell you the rest of what I know but first you must make some promises to me." Kou> First, you won't breed, offspring from you and Nene would scare people... Kou> Second, never, never, let them see you sweat.. Nodding his head he utters the word "Yeah." "First please do not tell anyone else, I have not accepted it yet myself. Kou> Taking it pretty well for non-acceptance, wouldn't you say.. Secondly please continue to love me, I am your sister, truly I am, we grew up together. So I am not human, made of flesh and blood, but I am your sister, I love you and will continue to," Sylia says as she burst out into tears. Kou> All she seems to do in this thing is "burst into tears." Mackie, looking at his sister stunned, slowly approaches her and pulls her into a hug. Gently he begins to rub her back and pull her closer. Kou> OK, get the hose, you two are going a little too far with this one.. "You are my sister, why wouldn't I love you? Father created us both, it does not matter how." "I knew you would understand." "Hush, just let me digest this, together we will be fine." Kou> I tried to digest the fact that I was a boomer last Kou> (K)night but it gave me a yucky tummy. "I am glad you are continuing on with father's work, together we will make this planet a better place, both for humans and boomers alike. Kou> But only for the Boomers I like. The computer contains all of his work, including how he made myself and Largo. It contains all the programs, trust Gionn, she will guide you through his work. Also Gionn has all the schematics to the hard suites. I have upload all the new changes that I made so that you may work on them. So if need be you can make a suite for yourself. In case the Knight Sabres are needed again we will be there." Kou> I think that he would look cute in a little pink one with a bow. "I don't know what to say sis. I still have so many questions to ask, I wish father was still with us." Kou> Didn't that computer thingy say that Stingray was with her. Kou> I don't know, this story thing hurts my head.. "So do I Mackie." ***************************************************************** (c) 1994 Brian R. Poppenwimer #include standard.ownership =) -!!!-railgun spike here-!!!- -Kou & Reika ( P.S. Our newsfeed at at Ladies 633 is erratic; all replies may not get through. ) -!- The Chang Group: Providing for your combat mecha needs now and through the 22nd century. Contact chang@633.megatokyo.acs.jp for more information. Kou and Reika Chang; Chang group field specialists, testing, and repair.