Okay, truth be told, this one just came to me out of the blue. I was thinking for the plot of some of my stories – after reading Element Commander's 'We Are the Smashers' – when this little birdie flew in. This is pretty much based of of EC's 'Review to the Smashers' section in his story. So, a bit of credit goes to him for this.

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A lone person is sitting in a dark-brown leather chair on a studio stage, facing a crowd of people. A few other chairs were sitting across from the person, enough to hold a small crowd of sorts. He has jet-black hair that is always short. A white t-shirt with a black and white sword - with the letters 'A' and 'S' printed on it - is on the front with a matching shield on the back. Black jeans covered his legs and had half a dozen pouches per side on them, each holding an object. White tennis shoes – with the same sword from the shirt on the sides – were his footwear. This person...is Aleron's Sword.

He was leaning back in the seat, one leg on the other, swinging the higher up foot lazily. He was host of this show, but it has yet to start. The OC's in his stories were invited to this show, but they have yet to show up themselves. So, it was a little boring waiting for them, but AS has a lot of patience. He was about to fall asleep when the door to backstage opened, showing two beings. Jerking himself awake, he looked towards the newcomers. One of them was human, holding the door for what looked like a robotic insect, Marcus Flint and Aleron Bane (Just to avoid confusion, the author will be referred as Sword, the OC as Aleron) respectively.

"This the right studio?" Marcus asked.

"Yeah, this should be it." responded Aleron.

"I hope so, I do NOT want a repeat of the last one."

"Don't remind me..." Aleron said, sweat-dropping.

"Don't worry," Sword called to them. "you got the right one."

Walking in, and shutting the door as well, Marcus and Aleron walked onto the stage and took a seat, though Aleron decided to stand instead. After getting seated/situated, Sword straightened himself up in his seat. He was about to open his mouth when the back-stage door opened again, this time revealing a teenage girl around Aleron's height, Teresa Yuna. She closed the door, then walked onto the stage, taking a seat besides Marcus. Aleron raised a non-existent eyebrow to the new arrival, wondering on why she was here. He also noticed some form of tail on her lower back.

After Teresa was comfortable, Sword signaled to someone off-stage to start the show. Cameras were positioning themselves to get a good angle on the stage while the OC's started looking at each other.

"We are live in 5...4...3...2..." one of the cameramen called out.

"Hello everyone and welcome to my show, 'Ask the Characters'!" Sword called out. "Those who have no doubt read some of my stories, you probably have a few questions that you want to ask but didn't put in a review. It's cool, it's cool, for here's your chance to ask, right here, right now! But, before we do get started, I would like to introduce the characters first."

Sword sweeps his hand to Aleron first. "First, I would like to introduce you all to the first one of them all, Aleron Bane!"

Aleron shuffled slightly in his spot from his introduction. Sword then moved his hand to where it was pointing at Marcus.

"Second, he's a best friend of Aleron and has near-superhuman strength to boot, I give you, Marcus Flint!"

Marcus waved to the camera and crowd before the hand shifted to Teresa.

"And last but certainly not least, we have Teresa Yuna. She can be a little bit of a trickster now, but she's still nice to have around."

Teresa winked to the cameras and the crowd. Sword then lowered his hand before continuing.

"Now, you may be wondering on why I called you three here, right?" Sword asked. All there OC's nodded their heads. "Right, there are probably dozens of people just itching to ask you all questions, and this show is here to answer them. Right now it's just you three, but as the show gets more popular, more people will be allowed to come, and sometimes other popular authors will guest star on this show." Sword then whipped his arm towards the camera, index finger pointing out towards it. "And I would like to give a shout-out to The Element Commander, for if it wasn't for his Reviews to the Smashers section of his main story, We Are the Smashers, this show would not be here now!"

Before he could move his arm back though, a metal lock-box fell from the upper-stage railings, nailing Sword on top of his head. He brought both his arms up, covering the spot where the box hit.

"OOOWWW! WHAT THE HELL! WHO'S THE SMART-A** THAT DROPPED THAT LOCK-BOX ON MY HEAD?" he demanded. He shot up out of his seat into a standing position. He then tilted his head upwards, searching for whoever nailed him. Aleron and Marcus started chuckling like mad. Sword shot them a fierce glare which shut them both up. After sitting back down – with an anime-style lump on his head – he looked at the guilty lock-box. On a strip of tape, the word 'Questions from the reviews' was written on it.

"Talk about painful convenience, I get nabbed by the review box..." he muttered, lifting the box and fishing for its key in his pouches. He was able to find it and insert it into the lock.

"Alright, minor distraction aside, lets get on with the questions." He called out, opening the box.

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Okay, this show runs mainly on reviews, so review to ask the characters questions you have. Just like EC's RttS section of his story, you can ask anything you wish. Anonymous review welcome as well. Flames, however, will be ignored. This will continue so long as there is a steady rate of reviews coming. As my stories get further along their plots, more OC's will be here. And if this is popular enough, other authors can request to appear as well.