Warp Series Extra NO. 01--
Question-Answer Section
At the end of a Warp Series story arc, I write this little gag. Essentially, it's a spot where the star (and a certain holographic costar) of the story and the writer get together to discuss what's happened thus far and to answer any questions you might have. But the latter's a maybe. ^_^; (Then again, so is the former... o_o;) Enjoy!
And by the way, footnotes aren't in effect here, and all stuff in between [ and ] are actions. (This only applies to the Question-Answer Section.)
Bill: Well, Mai. This is the first decent fanfiction you've actually finished in two years. I'm impressed.
Mai: Finished? It's not over yet, Sonezaki-sama!
Bill: Please be consistant, Mai. Otherwise, you'll confuse the readers. [pauses to realize what Mai had said] What? What do you mean by "it's not over"!? This insanity continues!?
Mai: Yep. I've gotten a lot of support encouraging me to go on.
Bill: I want those supporters' names and addresses.
Mai: Oh, Bill, this story isn't THAT bad...
Bill: You've turned me into various Pokémon, lied about my past, given me a psychopathic enemy, and you say it's NOT that bad!?
[Ziggy appears.]
Ziggy: Ziggy Alpha, present, accounted for, and [coughs] fashionably late!
Mai: But I really didn't lie about your past. You really don't have one to begin with.
Ziggy: [blinks] Wha?
Bill: [sighs] You have a point there. Blast those writers!
Ziggy: [looks from Mai to Bill, then back to Mai] Huh?
Mai: Of course I have a point! And yes, those writers deserve to be fired.
Bill: I didn't say that. I'm just saying--
Ziggy: [interrupts] What's going on!? Oh, I hate coming in right in the middle of the conversation!
Bill and Mai: [in unison] Never mind.
Ziggy: No! Really! What's going on!?
Mai: [ignoring her] At this point of the story, we answer questions you might have about the story.
Ziggy: Hey! You didn't answer my question! Oh, I hate being ignored! [pouts]
Mai: [ignoring Ziggy and continuing from above] You know, those little bits and pieces I never explained quite well.
Bill: [rolls his eyes] And god knows how many plot holes you left. Fill them all with water, and we'll find ourselves in a piece of Minnesota, Land of a Thousand Lakes.
Mai: Hey...! [clears her throat] ^_^; Anywho! Let's see the first question! [takes a letter out of a mailbag, opens it, and reads aloud] What is Zero referring to!?
Bill and Ziggy: This should be interesting!
Mai: ....
Ziggy: You don't have anything, do you?
Mai: Hey, I know all! I'm the author! ...It's just that I don't wanna tell... right now...
Bill: [shakes his head] She's lying.
Mai: Hey...
Bill: [reaches over to take out another question] Mai, are you Zero? [narrows his eyes at Mai] If she were, I'd be violated and dead by now. Either that or still alive but in very, VERY deep trouble.
Ziggy: [starts laughing]
Mai: [puts her arms around Bill] Hey! What do you mean by that, anyways? You know I'd take care of you!
Bill: [rolls his eyes again] Right, Mai.
Mai: As for the question, yes and no.
Ziggy and Bill: Yes and no!?
[Bill prys Mai off of him and stares at her blankly.]
Mai: What?
Ziggy: [rolls her eyes and pulls out another question] What's the story behind Ziggy and Bill? Are the two lovebirds or what?
[Long, uncomfortable period of silence.]
Bill: You've got to be kidding me.
Ziggy: Er... Well... [blushes] I like him...
Bill: ...What...? [stares blankly at Ziggy]
Mai: I'll field this one. Yes and no. I wanted to make it discreet (so the reader can tell without me resorting to someone saying "I love you."-- not that that wouldn't be interesting either) that Ziggy is in fact in love with Bill because, simply, he created her, and therefore her love is somewhat natural. However, It's not really a daughter's love to her father because no matter when she had been programmed, she still sees herself as the same age as Bill, making the whole father-daughter thing awkward. However, on the other hand, Bill had reserved his love for Zoe a LONG time ago, regardless of whether or not Zoe thinks of him as "just another boy" who happens to come to her parents' shop once in awhile, and he doesn't get the fact that Ziggy is in love with him. It's because of Zoe and the fact that she's an artificial lifeform that Ziggy doesn't actually tell him this.
[Another long, uncomfortable pause.]
Bill: Okay! Next question! [reaches into the bag] You've been inconsistant on explaining this. How was Ziggy reactivated?
Mai: Yeah, I know I said Ziggy reactivated herself in the first episode, but that's only what she thinks. In reality, Zero did it. She used her mysterious powers to hack into Bill's computer and bring Ziggy back.
Ziggy: Mysterious powers? You make it sound so Disney!
Mai: Would you prefer the perverted version?
Ziggy: There IS a perverted version!?
Mai: I have a lot of time on my hands and a quirky mind.
Bill: NOW do you see why I'm glad she's not really Zero?
Mai: [glares at him and pulls out another question] Here's a good one for you, Bill. Whatever happened to the Time Capsule Beta?
Bill: I finished it and sent data about it to the Symposium. A month later it was approved and put into use at Pokémon Centers everywhere. By the way, who would be curious about a thing like that?
Ziggy and Mai: You?
Bill: [narrows his eyes] Touché.
Ziggy: [pulls out another question] Why is everything called "shift," but the series and the groups called "warp"?
Mai: Good question! Originally, everything had been called "warp" (warpers, warping, warped, et cetera). But before the first episode had ever been published, I thought "shift" sounded better and changed things to "shift," "shifting," "shifter," etc. However, for the same reason, because it sounded better, Warp, Antiwarp, and Warp Series all stayed with their original names. [pulls out another question] Bill, will you marry me?
Bill: Get serious, Mai!
Mai: It's signed "Zoe."
Bill: [grabs the paper out of Mai's hands and puts it in his pocket] Continue!
Ziggy: [rolls her eyes and pulls out a question] Mai, you've mentioned several times that you have "plans" for Warp Series. What can you say about them?
Mai: [smirks] Not too much. It'll ruin the surprise. All I can say is that there's going to be at least three seasons in total, but four is a possibility; it all depends on whether I want to keep the ideas of the third season together in a big mass or if I should just cut it in half and make four seasons. I'm also planning a set of lost episodes, the episodes I never wrote for fear that I might get bored with this whole gig, and a movie. Movie if you're lucky.
Bill: Might you have something along the lines of, say, a few details? Preferably a warning?
Mai: Well, it's still going to be rated PG13.
Bill: That's not what I meant!
Mai: [gives him an innocent (or pseudo-innocent) smile] Then what did you mean?
Bill: [highly annoyed] You know very well what I-- [stops short, sighs, and calms down] You know what? Never mind. [pulls out a question] Had Warp Series ever been a parody?
Mai: No. As I stated in episode one, Warp Series was always meant to stand up on its own, only borrowing ideas from Quantum Leap every so often.
Ziggy and Bill: [interrupting in unison] In other words, all the time.
Mai: [ignoring that remark] After awhile, this became more and more evident. The original idea, before the story was typed out, might have been; I can't remember. I think it was, but then I thought the series was too serious for a parody and just had it inspired by Quantum Leap.
Bill: Serious? I don't remember any of your SERIOUS stories...
Mai: Stones and Inner Monologue were serious.
Ziggy: Yeah, but we can't count those. Your earlier stories were pieces of--
Mai: [DEATH GLARE]
Ziggy: I'll shut up now.
Mai: [pulls out another question] What made you write Warp Series? [calmly tosses the paper aside] This is a bit of a long story, so feel free to grab some jasmine tea and some Pocky. Anywho, I had stumbled upon Quantum Leap (that is, the last time I can remember, as I was three years old when I saw the tail end of one episode -- I had remembered this halfway through writing the third episode] while reading one of the stories of one of my favorite authors, Jaxxon, author of "Evolution". After reading the fanfiction ("Of Leaps and Pokémon"), I wanted to learn more about the television series, so I summoned Google to perform a search on it. Hours later and five or more websites viewed, I had the idea for Warp Series in my mind, so, to entertain myself, I started writing it. A few days later, the first episode was complete.
Bill and Ziggy: [look at each other then at Mai] So what made you KEEP writing?
Mai: Good reviews and an inflated ego. =p
Bill and Ziggy: Uh... huh... -_-
Ziggy: [pulls out a question] Why did you choose, of all characters in the Pokémon world, Bill to be the star?
Mai: [throws her arms around Bill's neck... again] Isn't it obvious? ^_^ I like the guy! And if someone asks, I quoth the Apple Jacks commercial -- I just do!
Bill: Remind me to get a restraining order against her after this is over... -_-
Mai: But seriously, I wanted to do a sci-fi/fantasy fanfiction involving Bill for quite some time, but couldn't come up with a successful plot. That is, before this idea came around. I thought a Quantum Leap-based fanfiction would be perfect for him, so I made him be the star. Essentially, you can say that I chose the story for the star, not the star for the story. ^_^;
Ziggy: I take it I should ask the next one. How can Ziggy (Hey! That's me!) understand Pokémon speech?
Bill: She's a computer. She's programmed to be fluent in any language, including Pokémon languages.
Mai: Fluent in any language... Just like you, m'darling?
Bill: Be professional, Mai. Get off.
Mai: [sniffs sadly and lets go]
Ziggy: Aww... You made her cry! Now she'll be all sadistic on you!
[pause]
Bill: Do you mean to say she's not now?
Ziggy: [shrugs]
Bill: New question! [pulls out -- eh, you get the point] I think you've screwed up character development! Loki acts intelligent, but when he was a kid, he was a Daisuke (see Digimon 02) wannabe!
Mai: This isn't really a question, but I've noticed this, and I never got around to explaining this. Loki IS intelligent. At the time of the scene in "Present, Past, and Future Sight" where I reveal that he was eleven and in Westwood Academy, he was in his freshman year of high school. (By the way, when I said Bill was at a much more advanced grade than Loki, I meant he was in his senior year. The way I see it, Bill had to finish school quickly to get where he was when we meet him in various versions.) So, in other words, Loki was a child prodigy, just like Bill and Tess; it's just that he wasn't as intelligent as they were, and whatever skill he possessed, he didn't really put to use until he joined Team Rocket.
Bill: You are aware, aren't you, that you're telling more of the story in author's notes, rather than in the story itself, right?
Mai: Highly aware, and I don't really care.
Ziggy: Hey! That rhymed!
Bill and Mai: ....
Mai: Anywho...! Will you ever write an episode about (insert episode idea here)? [throws the question aside] Sorry. I don't take requests. Last time I did, I never finished the story, so I concider it bad luck, just like writing a complete fanfiction using only Japanese names.
Bill: You concider that bad luck?
Mai: Have you ever seen my plot bunnies? -_-
Ziggy: Okay! Ziggy's turn! How can Ziggy know where Bill is at all times? Hmm... Um... I don't... actually... know... o.o;
Mai: I've got it. Well, to put it simply, Zero gives her a clue, such as a specific location where he might be. As soon as Ziggy enters that area, she finds Bill by listening for him.
[Short pause.]
Mai: And now on to the next part of the show--
Bill: [interrupts] Wait... Aren't you going to answer the rest of the questions?
Mai: [takes out a lighter and lights the bag on fire] Does that answer your question?
Bill: Not really, but I'll say yes anyways because I fear the presence of you and fire within five feet of each other.
Mai: [partially ignoring him] And now to the part of the show where I interview the star and costar! [turns to Bill] Um... Do you want to, um... you know... get together tonight?
Bill: MAI!!
Mai: I was just kidding! [clears her throat and mutters] Damn. That worked on my LAST boyfriend... [outloud] What do you think of the story so far? How did you feel about shifting?
Bill: Actually, on the latter, I'm a bit uncomfortable about it, but it has its humorous points. I only fear what you might do next, however. On the former question, the story is... well... odd. But then again, YOU wrote it, at night no less, so it's understandable.
Mai: Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?
Bill: ...Nothing.
Mai: [narrows her eyes at Bill] You're making me feel so unloved. [turns to Ziggy] Alright, Ziggy. How about you? Do you like how the story is going so far?
Ziggy: I like the story. After all, it gave me the job, didn't it?
Mai: Well... what about the plot?
Ziggy: Oh! There's nothing wrong with the plot! I've got no complaints!
Mai: You're afraid that I'm going to fire you, aren't you? -_-
[Short pause.]
Ziggy: Yes.
Mai: [sighs, then pauses and smirks] How would you like it if I threw in a bit of datashipping?
Bill and Ziggy: Datashipping?
Mai: Oh, you know! Make an episode completely about the love between Bill and Ziggy!
Bill: What love?
Ziggy: You don't love me? Aww... I feel... so unspecial.
Bill: ....
Mai: Well, what about an Oracle and Ziggy romance?
Ziggy: HEY!! What the hell!? There's no way I'm falling for that prima donna!
Bill: Heh heh... No comment.
Mai: What? Bill, no comment? Why?
Bill: [chuckles, refusing to answer]
Ziggy: Hey! I know why! [to Bill] You jackass!
Bill: [smirks] Why, Ziggy! I thank you for such a SWEET compliment!
Ziggy: [growls]
Mai: Um... Bill? Do you know of the saying "there hath no Hell like a woman scorned"?
Bill: Yes, I'm familiar with it. Why?
Mai: No reason. Except it looks like Ziggy's thinking of one hundred and one ways to kill a certain someone.
Bill: ....
Mai: Um... Is there anything in particular you'd like to say to the readers?
[Bill and Ziggy nod.]
Mai: Alright. Ziggy, go first.
Ziggy: Um... er... [lying] Mai is a great author! Read her story again! [off the lying tone] The things I do for a job...
Mai: Uh... Thanks, Ziggy... I think... Um, Bill?
Bill: I won't lie. This girl is insane and deserves to be put up in a mental institution. You haven't seen her hyper yet. As for the fanfiction, it's torment, and each time you read and review it, you encourage Mai to keep torturing the lot of us. Please, for the love of all things good and holy, do NOT--
Mai: [interrupting] Uh, that's about all the time we have today!
Ziggy: But... We have twenty more minutes!
Mai: Shh!
Ziggy: Yes, ma'am.
Mai: So tune in another week for a continuation of Warp Series!
Bill: [sighs in the background] .... -_-
Yeah, that was pointless. I know. This would have been longer, but I thought, "What's the point in tormenting the good lot of you?" ^_^;
Question-Answer Section
At the end of a Warp Series story arc, I write this little gag. Essentially, it's a spot where the star (and a certain holographic costar) of the story and the writer get together to discuss what's happened thus far and to answer any questions you might have. But the latter's a maybe. ^_^; (Then again, so is the former... o_o;) Enjoy!
And by the way, footnotes aren't in effect here, and all stuff in between [ and ] are actions. (This only applies to the Question-Answer Section.)
Bill: Well, Mai. This is the first decent fanfiction you've actually finished in two years. I'm impressed.
Mai: Finished? It's not over yet, Sonezaki-sama!
Bill: Please be consistant, Mai. Otherwise, you'll confuse the readers. [pauses to realize what Mai had said] What? What do you mean by "it's not over"!? This insanity continues!?
Mai: Yep. I've gotten a lot of support encouraging me to go on.
Bill: I want those supporters' names and addresses.
Mai: Oh, Bill, this story isn't THAT bad...
Bill: You've turned me into various Pokémon, lied about my past, given me a psychopathic enemy, and you say it's NOT that bad!?
[Ziggy appears.]
Ziggy: Ziggy Alpha, present, accounted for, and [coughs] fashionably late!
Mai: But I really didn't lie about your past. You really don't have one to begin with.
Ziggy: [blinks] Wha?
Bill: [sighs] You have a point there. Blast those writers!
Ziggy: [looks from Mai to Bill, then back to Mai] Huh?
Mai: Of course I have a point! And yes, those writers deserve to be fired.
Bill: I didn't say that. I'm just saying--
Ziggy: [interrupts] What's going on!? Oh, I hate coming in right in the middle of the conversation!
Bill and Mai: [in unison] Never mind.
Ziggy: No! Really! What's going on!?
Mai: [ignoring her] At this point of the story, we answer questions you might have about the story.
Ziggy: Hey! You didn't answer my question! Oh, I hate being ignored! [pouts]
Mai: [ignoring Ziggy and continuing from above] You know, those little bits and pieces I never explained quite well.
Bill: [rolls his eyes] And god knows how many plot holes you left. Fill them all with water, and we'll find ourselves in a piece of Minnesota, Land of a Thousand Lakes.
Mai: Hey...! [clears her throat] ^_^; Anywho! Let's see the first question! [takes a letter out of a mailbag, opens it, and reads aloud] What is Zero referring to!?
Bill and Ziggy: This should be interesting!
Mai: ....
Ziggy: You don't have anything, do you?
Mai: Hey, I know all! I'm the author! ...It's just that I don't wanna tell... right now...
Bill: [shakes his head] She's lying.
Mai: Hey...
Bill: [reaches over to take out another question] Mai, are you Zero? [narrows his eyes at Mai] If she were, I'd be violated and dead by now. Either that or still alive but in very, VERY deep trouble.
Ziggy: [starts laughing]
Mai: [puts her arms around Bill] Hey! What do you mean by that, anyways? You know I'd take care of you!
Bill: [rolls his eyes again] Right, Mai.
Mai: As for the question, yes and no.
Ziggy and Bill: Yes and no!?
[Bill prys Mai off of him and stares at her blankly.]
Mai: What?
Ziggy: [rolls her eyes and pulls out another question] What's the story behind Ziggy and Bill? Are the two lovebirds or what?
[Long, uncomfortable period of silence.]
Bill: You've got to be kidding me.
Ziggy: Er... Well... [blushes] I like him...
Bill: ...What...? [stares blankly at Ziggy]
Mai: I'll field this one. Yes and no. I wanted to make it discreet (so the reader can tell without me resorting to someone saying "I love you."-- not that that wouldn't be interesting either) that Ziggy is in fact in love with Bill because, simply, he created her, and therefore her love is somewhat natural. However, It's not really a daughter's love to her father because no matter when she had been programmed, she still sees herself as the same age as Bill, making the whole father-daughter thing awkward. However, on the other hand, Bill had reserved his love for Zoe a LONG time ago, regardless of whether or not Zoe thinks of him as "just another boy" who happens to come to her parents' shop once in awhile, and he doesn't get the fact that Ziggy is in love with him. It's because of Zoe and the fact that she's an artificial lifeform that Ziggy doesn't actually tell him this.
[Another long, uncomfortable pause.]
Bill: Okay! Next question! [reaches into the bag] You've been inconsistant on explaining this. How was Ziggy reactivated?
Mai: Yeah, I know I said Ziggy reactivated herself in the first episode, but that's only what she thinks. In reality, Zero did it. She used her mysterious powers to hack into Bill's computer and bring Ziggy back.
Ziggy: Mysterious powers? You make it sound so Disney!
Mai: Would you prefer the perverted version?
Ziggy: There IS a perverted version!?
Mai: I have a lot of time on my hands and a quirky mind.
Bill: NOW do you see why I'm glad she's not really Zero?
Mai: [glares at him and pulls out another question] Here's a good one for you, Bill. Whatever happened to the Time Capsule Beta?
Bill: I finished it and sent data about it to the Symposium. A month later it was approved and put into use at Pokémon Centers everywhere. By the way, who would be curious about a thing like that?
Ziggy and Mai: You?
Bill: [narrows his eyes] Touché.
Ziggy: [pulls out another question] Why is everything called "shift," but the series and the groups called "warp"?
Mai: Good question! Originally, everything had been called "warp" (warpers, warping, warped, et cetera). But before the first episode had ever been published, I thought "shift" sounded better and changed things to "shift," "shifting," "shifter," etc. However, for the same reason, because it sounded better, Warp, Antiwarp, and Warp Series all stayed with their original names. [pulls out another question] Bill, will you marry me?
Bill: Get serious, Mai!
Mai: It's signed "Zoe."
Bill: [grabs the paper out of Mai's hands and puts it in his pocket] Continue!
Ziggy: [rolls her eyes and pulls out a question] Mai, you've mentioned several times that you have "plans" for Warp Series. What can you say about them?
Mai: [smirks] Not too much. It'll ruin the surprise. All I can say is that there's going to be at least three seasons in total, but four is a possibility; it all depends on whether I want to keep the ideas of the third season together in a big mass or if I should just cut it in half and make four seasons. I'm also planning a set of lost episodes, the episodes I never wrote for fear that I might get bored with this whole gig, and a movie. Movie if you're lucky.
Bill: Might you have something along the lines of, say, a few details? Preferably a warning?
Mai: Well, it's still going to be rated PG13.
Bill: That's not what I meant!
Mai: [gives him an innocent (or pseudo-innocent) smile] Then what did you mean?
Bill: [highly annoyed] You know very well what I-- [stops short, sighs, and calms down] You know what? Never mind. [pulls out a question] Had Warp Series ever been a parody?
Mai: No. As I stated in episode one, Warp Series was always meant to stand up on its own, only borrowing ideas from Quantum Leap every so often.
Ziggy and Bill: [interrupting in unison] In other words, all the time.
Mai: [ignoring that remark] After awhile, this became more and more evident. The original idea, before the story was typed out, might have been; I can't remember. I think it was, but then I thought the series was too serious for a parody and just had it inspired by Quantum Leap.
Bill: Serious? I don't remember any of your SERIOUS stories...
Mai: Stones and Inner Monologue were serious.
Ziggy: Yeah, but we can't count those. Your earlier stories were pieces of--
Mai: [DEATH GLARE]
Ziggy: I'll shut up now.
Mai: [pulls out another question] What made you write Warp Series? [calmly tosses the paper aside] This is a bit of a long story, so feel free to grab some jasmine tea and some Pocky. Anywho, I had stumbled upon Quantum Leap (that is, the last time I can remember, as I was three years old when I saw the tail end of one episode -- I had remembered this halfway through writing the third episode] while reading one of the stories of one of my favorite authors, Jaxxon, author of "Evolution". After reading the fanfiction ("Of Leaps and Pokémon"), I wanted to learn more about the television series, so I summoned Google to perform a search on it. Hours later and five or more websites viewed, I had the idea for Warp Series in my mind, so, to entertain myself, I started writing it. A few days later, the first episode was complete.
Bill and Ziggy: [look at each other then at Mai] So what made you KEEP writing?
Mai: Good reviews and an inflated ego. =p
Bill and Ziggy: Uh... huh... -_-
Ziggy: [pulls out a question] Why did you choose, of all characters in the Pokémon world, Bill to be the star?
Mai: [throws her arms around Bill's neck... again] Isn't it obvious? ^_^ I like the guy! And if someone asks, I quoth the Apple Jacks commercial -- I just do!
Bill: Remind me to get a restraining order against her after this is over... -_-
Mai: But seriously, I wanted to do a sci-fi/fantasy fanfiction involving Bill for quite some time, but couldn't come up with a successful plot. That is, before this idea came around. I thought a Quantum Leap-based fanfiction would be perfect for him, so I made him be the star. Essentially, you can say that I chose the story for the star, not the star for the story. ^_^;
Ziggy: I take it I should ask the next one. How can Ziggy (Hey! That's me!) understand Pokémon speech?
Bill: She's a computer. She's programmed to be fluent in any language, including Pokémon languages.
Mai: Fluent in any language... Just like you, m'darling?
Bill: Be professional, Mai. Get off.
Mai: [sniffs sadly and lets go]
Ziggy: Aww... You made her cry! Now she'll be all sadistic on you!
[pause]
Bill: Do you mean to say she's not now?
Ziggy: [shrugs]
Bill: New question! [pulls out -- eh, you get the point] I think you've screwed up character development! Loki acts intelligent, but when he was a kid, he was a Daisuke (see Digimon 02) wannabe!
Mai: This isn't really a question, but I've noticed this, and I never got around to explaining this. Loki IS intelligent. At the time of the scene in "Present, Past, and Future Sight" where I reveal that he was eleven and in Westwood Academy, he was in his freshman year of high school. (By the way, when I said Bill was at a much more advanced grade than Loki, I meant he was in his senior year. The way I see it, Bill had to finish school quickly to get where he was when we meet him in various versions.) So, in other words, Loki was a child prodigy, just like Bill and Tess; it's just that he wasn't as intelligent as they were, and whatever skill he possessed, he didn't really put to use until he joined Team Rocket.
Bill: You are aware, aren't you, that you're telling more of the story in author's notes, rather than in the story itself, right?
Mai: Highly aware, and I don't really care.
Ziggy: Hey! That rhymed!
Bill and Mai: ....
Mai: Anywho...! Will you ever write an episode about (insert episode idea here)? [throws the question aside] Sorry. I don't take requests. Last time I did, I never finished the story, so I concider it bad luck, just like writing a complete fanfiction using only Japanese names.
Bill: You concider that bad luck?
Mai: Have you ever seen my plot bunnies? -_-
Ziggy: Okay! Ziggy's turn! How can Ziggy know where Bill is at all times? Hmm... Um... I don't... actually... know... o.o;
Mai: I've got it. Well, to put it simply, Zero gives her a clue, such as a specific location where he might be. As soon as Ziggy enters that area, she finds Bill by listening for him.
[Short pause.]
Mai: And now on to the next part of the show--
Bill: [interrupts] Wait... Aren't you going to answer the rest of the questions?
Mai: [takes out a lighter and lights the bag on fire] Does that answer your question?
Bill: Not really, but I'll say yes anyways because I fear the presence of you and fire within five feet of each other.
Mai: [partially ignoring him] And now to the part of the show where I interview the star and costar! [turns to Bill] Um... Do you want to, um... you know... get together tonight?
Bill: MAI!!
Mai: I was just kidding! [clears her throat and mutters] Damn. That worked on my LAST boyfriend... [outloud] What do you think of the story so far? How did you feel about shifting?
Bill: Actually, on the latter, I'm a bit uncomfortable about it, but it has its humorous points. I only fear what you might do next, however. On the former question, the story is... well... odd. But then again, YOU wrote it, at night no less, so it's understandable.
Mai: Hey! What's that supposed to mean!?
Bill: ...Nothing.
Mai: [narrows her eyes at Bill] You're making me feel so unloved. [turns to Ziggy] Alright, Ziggy. How about you? Do you like how the story is going so far?
Ziggy: I like the story. After all, it gave me the job, didn't it?
Mai: Well... what about the plot?
Ziggy: Oh! There's nothing wrong with the plot! I've got no complaints!
Mai: You're afraid that I'm going to fire you, aren't you? -_-
[Short pause.]
Ziggy: Yes.
Mai: [sighs, then pauses and smirks] How would you like it if I threw in a bit of datashipping?
Bill and Ziggy: Datashipping?
Mai: Oh, you know! Make an episode completely about the love between Bill and Ziggy!
Bill: What love?
Ziggy: You don't love me? Aww... I feel... so unspecial.
Bill: ....
Mai: Well, what about an Oracle and Ziggy romance?
Ziggy: HEY!! What the hell!? There's no way I'm falling for that prima donna!
Bill: Heh heh... No comment.
Mai: What? Bill, no comment? Why?
Bill: [chuckles, refusing to answer]
Ziggy: Hey! I know why! [to Bill] You jackass!
Bill: [smirks] Why, Ziggy! I thank you for such a SWEET compliment!
Ziggy: [growls]
Mai: Um... Bill? Do you know of the saying "there hath no Hell like a woman scorned"?
Bill: Yes, I'm familiar with it. Why?
Mai: No reason. Except it looks like Ziggy's thinking of one hundred and one ways to kill a certain someone.
Bill: ....
Mai: Um... Is there anything in particular you'd like to say to the readers?
[Bill and Ziggy nod.]
Mai: Alright. Ziggy, go first.
Ziggy: Um... er... [lying] Mai is a great author! Read her story again! [off the lying tone] The things I do for a job...
Mai: Uh... Thanks, Ziggy... I think... Um, Bill?
Bill: I won't lie. This girl is insane and deserves to be put up in a mental institution. You haven't seen her hyper yet. As for the fanfiction, it's torment, and each time you read and review it, you encourage Mai to keep torturing the lot of us. Please, for the love of all things good and holy, do NOT--
Mai: [interrupting] Uh, that's about all the time we have today!
Ziggy: But... We have twenty more minutes!
Mai: Shh!
Ziggy: Yes, ma'am.
Mai: So tune in another week for a continuation of Warp Series!
Bill: [sighs in the background] .... -_-
Yeah, that was pointless. I know. This would have been longer, but I thought, "What's the point in tormenting the good lot of you?" ^_^;
