~*After the Beep*~
A fanfic by Setsumi-san
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Quotable quotes: "Just think! With the push of a button you could be a 500-story gastropod- a slug the size of the Chrysler Building!" –Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
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Mari: How repulsive.
Setsumi-san: Well, Calvin's only six years old. I probably would have loved the idea of being a giant slug when I was six too.
Mari: *rolls eyes*
Setsumi-san: Well, here are the Author's Notes: 1. Sorry for the long update. I just had to get another one-shot, Thinking of Him, out of the way. I researched my butt off before posting it here and was pleased by how well it turned out. ^-^ 2. Manta has a bratty little sister named Mannoko in the manga, so hopefully message number four won't confuse you. 3. In response to a reviewer who was unfamiliar with who's who in the Hanagumi: Macchi is the carrot-top girl with an ultra cheerful personality, Kanna is the blue haired leader with a cigarette problem, and of course Mari is the quiet blonde who is easily gets bored to death.
Mari: Your notes are too long. Mari tsumanai.
Setsumi-san: I rest my case. Enjoy Manta's messages, everyone!
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/Manta's Answering Machine/
Manta's voice: Hello, this is the cell phone number of Oyamada Manta. I can't talk to you right now, so please leave me a voice message. If this is Anna-san than let me say please, please, PLEASE don't make me scrub the floors again! Isn't 200 times enough? I did the best I could!
#BEEP#
Message 1: Manta, it's Yoh. May I stay at your house for a couple of days? I forgot to pay the water bill again and I just know that Anna's on the warpath. I thought about running away and living in a cave because I would be protected by the wildlife, but then I remembered the time Anna scared a grizzly bear off just by glaring at it. Nobody else will give me shelter. Hiiidddeee meee!
#BEEP#
Message 2: Manta-kun, it's Faust. You can come over alone for dinner at my home, you know. I wish you would reconsider saying yes to the invitation that I mailed. In order to pass a part of my therapy I have to see you by yourself again. When I can make it through a whole evening without having fantasies of dissecting you or anyone else I won't have to see the psychiatrist anymore. Trust me, I have no surgical anesthesia or scalpels or…or chainsaws…Eeeheeheehee…. or ice chests stored away in my basement to preserve anything…Eeeheeheehee! BWAHAHAHAHAA!! Excuse me-AHAHAHA!!-I'm having a relapse!
#BEEP#
Message 3: Ah, M-Manta-san? This is Tamao calling you back. I'm sorry I missed you; we seem to be playing phone tag. Anyway, I think you were trying to say something about a night at the movie theater with me. I…I would actually enjoy your company very much. It's been a long time since I saw a good film and I couldn't think of anyone nicer to see it with. So…I…isseven-thirtythisFridayokaybecauseifitisI'dlovetomeetyougoodbye!
#BEEP#
Message 4: MANTA! It's your sister! I know that you're going to let that weird ghost-loving friend of yours crash here for a long time and you are soooo dead once I tell Daddy on you! However, I might be willing to keep quiet if you clean the poop out of my horses' stables for a month-by hand! You've got one hour to think it over, mister.
#BEEP#
Message 5: *Mari*: Are you interested in a new high-tech burglar alarm? This latest model is so realistic it sounds like a lady screaming in terror and is guaranteed to spook off any intruders! Still not convinced? Then we'll let you listen to this sixty second free sample of how well this system works: (takes a deep breath)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*pant, pant, cough* See? *huff, huff* It works *pant* like a charm.
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Macchi: @__@ Where'd you learn to scream like that, Mari? I thought you were the quiet one.
Mari: Mari is usually quiet because she saves her lungpower for when it's only necessary.
Setsumi-san: @_@ Just when my eyes were cured I become temporarily deaf. Once again only reviews and medical attention can save me.