CHAPITRE DE PATHÉTIQUE: You Will Hate Me For This

"Is this *really* necessary?"

"Yup away, Volanzo my man." Zantos flipped through a few pages of the script. "You come in on this chapter, and according to the script, you're half Mazoku half Dragon."

"...Whatever." Volanzo prodded disgustedly at a black rubber reptilian arm. "My arm's gonna stink after this is over."

"Get over it. This is your grand debut, man!"

Erin, Sophia, Kyoko and Kale sat in a small circle, playing poker. Sarito poured himself a glass of water before checking his watch. "Howling WereWolf's late."

"We noted." Erin drew the Queen of Hearts from her deck. "Hey! Muse Boy! What's taking the chieftain so long?"

Zantos frowned. "Quit calling me Muse Boy."

"Since Muse Boy upsets you so much....." Ren helped herself to a Twinkie. "Hey! Severely-In-Need-Of-A-Life Psycho Boy! What's taking the chieftain so long?"

Zantos groaned and slapped his forehead. "Why do I even try?!"

Elayne and Donal sat on the edge of a table, passing a bottle of cola back and forth.

"She probably ran into a traffic jam." Donal commented.

"Nah, she probably ran into a lorry and caused a traffic jam." Elayne raised the bottle and took a swig of cola.

"Well, at least I'll get a decent snack before filming starts." Kiru squatted beside a pit with a flatfish at hand. Oblivious to the fact that Rezaru was too close to the pit, he ignited a fire.

Rezaru rumbled with pleasure. "Mmmm.......now that's warm......"

"REZ!!! WAKE UP!!!! YOUR TAIL'S ON FIRE!!!!!" Erin hollered across the room.

Rezaru woke with a startled yelp and zoomed off to the water dispenser.

The door swung open.

Sean walked in with a large rolled up bill at hand. "Okay. Pack it up, guys. You can go home."

"WHAT?! WHY?!"

Sean pulled out a small slip of paper from his pocket.

"Distinguished readers and characters alike: Due to many complications that have cropped up recently, I, Howling WereWolf, am unable to update Slayers: X Generation as soon as promised. Deep regrets are shown for the lack of inactivity that will be quite obvious in the very near future. Until the crisis is over, all things will have to wait. Signed ~ LENG the Howling WereWolf"

"....What's that mean?"

"It means....." Sean unrolls the bill. "SLAYERS: X GENERATION IS BEING PUT ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE." He sticks it up to reveal the words "NOT CONTINUED AS OF NOW" in big red letters. Then he walks out and shuts the door again.

"So much for my 'grand debut'..." Volanzo starts to tug at his prop arm. "Can anyone help me get this thing off?"