The Price of Desire
Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious
A/N: This is my response to anon reviews, which right now is only Karate Queen, but here we go. Karate Queen, I'm sorry, I keep forgetting to reply. I can only reply within story, so it's hard to do, so here goes. I'm going to respond to your reviews one by one here. Anyone else can read for info, but instead of making this a response, I'm going to do this in a...fun way….I'm going to have the characters respond as though they are actors in this movie of theirs. So HERE!
Forgive this moment of out of character-ness for everyone. This isn't an actual chapter, just a response to my anonymous reviewer. I may throw in some brief teasers of future chapters, I may not, that remains to be seen
Chapter X (KarateQueen)
Trina, Sikowitz, Jason, and Christy sat at a circular table with their fellow co-stars. Chief Michael sat alongside Tori, Sinjin and Ying Lee, all were here to help discuss the commentary of their reviewers. Mostly, however, they were responding to the reviewer, Karate Queen.
"I have to say, I love that name, Karate Queen," Trina said while tapping her cards on the table. "I wonder if I can't claim that name myself?"
"Pride begets a fall," Sikowitz said with a subtle smirk. "Before we begin, I'd like to give a shout out and thanks to all of our fans. That is, Boris Yeltsin, love that guy! Sealing-"
"That's SeaIng," Tori corrected. "And why am I over here next to both Sinjin and Ying? Seriously? Is this to represent the fact that I'm…never mind…carry on." The others chuckled nervously as Sinjin and Ying slowly shook their heads. A glimmer of knowing shone in their eyes while Tori slowly moved to the side. "Who else?"
"There's Pinkbull115LovesBrina-"
"Is that referencing to what or whom I think it is?" Jason remarked with a flat tone. Trina started to pale and quickly shook her head. He crossed his arms over and let a small growl escape his throat. Sikowitz rolled his eyes and shifted through the envelopes in his hand, continuing.
"BigStuOU, James008, and another person who isn't anonymous, but their name is 'Anon'! Also we can't forget Jeremy Shane." The characters all murmured to themselves while Sikowitz slowly shook his head. "We appreciate everyone's comments! Now moving on to Karate Queen. Her first statement is…"
Wow. That was totally epical! I like the fact that they did have somewhat of a struggle, that the fight scenes made sense (w/ the exception of a few things), it wasnt cheesy but was still like a martial arts movie, and the characters are belivable (i like that you brought up Trina's canon personality by having her say "you should know im the only one that can show off"). Any wh, this is an amazing fic, its clear concise interesting and has a well developed plot and characters thata arent to complex. I would like to see more of the girl's(sorry i cant remember her name right now) backstory though. Now for the generic part: please update soon! You can look forward to more reviews from me! And sorry if anonymous reviews bother you, i forgot my username somehow and i cant make one for another month or so due to computer problems(this is from my fone). I will always refer to myself as karatequeen kk? Please respond to this! I wanna know what you think!
"She misspelled 'phone'," Ying remarked.
"As if it matters," Tori chided. Ying glared at her and she quickly flinched, leaning in towards Michael. "Chief Michael? Help."
"Oh come on, I hardly think you have to worry about me when you have Sinjin right next to you!" Sinjin smirked and wagged his brows. Tori started to turn ghost white and Trina's eye twitched dramatically. Ying smirked triumphantly as Sinjin propped his feet up on the table and leaned back, putting his hands behind his head. He clicked his heels and concealed daggers popped out from the soles.
"Shoe knives, they exist in the mafia, look them up," He bragged. Ying started to smack him upside the head, but stopped, flinching as he looked towards her. She put her hands in her lap and sighed.
"Moving on. A struggle? Yes they struggled, they were going up against my ninjas!"
"They weren't that hard to kill," Christy said with a slight shrug. She would be lying if she said it wasn't a struggle, but at the very least, ninjas were still annoying as hell. "And as for Trina's showy personality? Yeah, she's a showoff. Big one at that. Also, 'the girl' you're referring to, I think that's me?"
"I'm pretty sure it's you," Trina replied. "Christy doesn't have much of a back story to focus on. There are some facts that we need to talk to you about regarding Christy and Jason, however, that's to be addressed in a different one of your fan mail letters." She paused and looked over to Sinjin, who was swaying his feet from side to side. "Sinjin, please remove your boot knives from the table." He flashed a smirk and pulled his feet away, leaning forward.
"Whatever you say. By the way, I'd like to point this fact out for anyone to think about. There's a condition called 'Dextrocardia', in which the heart is located on the right side of the chest. The condition in which all major organs, such as the heart, lungs, and so forth are a mirror image in the chest, which all are reversed, is Situs Inversus. Dextrocardia is a rare condition, and it isn't overly serious. People who are shot, or stabbed, or have some kind of wound in the left side tend to be able to survive if they have Dextrocardia…keep this in mind…"
"Oh shut up Sinjin, there's nothing to think about! We're trying to answer fan mail here!"
"I'm just saying-"
"Shut it! Now, we love anonymous reviews! It's just difficult to respond, as you can see, and we decided to do this special thing just for you! You've had questions and points in each of your letters that simply need to be addressed! Now we did find a username on this site named Karate Queen, but the user has been around for a couple years, I think they have a story up, and their profile's not been updated for a while. Had the thought to send them a message, but didn't, because we didn't know for sure if that would be the same person."
"Better to be safe than sorry," Michael replied. He turned his head to Ying and Sinjin. "They're here because I am and they're both in custody at the moment. How the hell Sinjin got those shoes, I'm not sure…Anyway, Karate, feel free to respond as much as you like!"
"Yes," Ying said with her lips curling upwards. "Please do, it makes…well it makes the good guys happy. We villains feel neglected though, and abused, only because um…" Tori grinned and crossed her arms, closing her eyes and nodding with proud certainty.
"You get your asses handed to you by my sister!"
"Oh shut up. Why is she even here?"
"Even I don't know that. Aren't I dead at this point?"
"Well you're still an actor," Sinjin replied casually. "Next fan mail from Karate Queen, pick it up."
Karatequeen
3/3/12 . chapter 8
Thank you for putting in a chapter that informs us as to what's going on w/ the police, what the main characters are feeling, and what's going to happen next. I look forward to the next installment. Please update soon!
"What's going on with the police, Chief Michael? Do you have any information that doesn't count as a spoiler?"
"Nope," Michael stated clearly. There were no secrets where the police were regarded, not where he was concerned. Nothing got past him that he wasn't aware of, and if anything did, he usually found out. "The police will not betray Trina and her friends, I can tell you that. Warren and I are on her side. While there may be a betrayal from someone unmentioned, at this point, it will not be anyone within the police."
"Good to know, sucks though that the bosses didn't think to use any dirty cops. However, I'm sure some people could be more than capable of dealing with the police if needed."
"In your dreams, Sinjin."
"Whatever you say. Next!"
"This is the most recent letter," Christy said as she held up an envelope. Her eyes darted along the words while Jason read over her shoulder, grimacing at the assumed OC characterization.
Karatequeen
3/7/12 . chapter 9
Wow! Great chapter! Poor jason, at least he avenged his mother. Damian totally had it coming! I can't believe they killed people! Well, i can cause i kinda saw it coming, but i thought it would be farther down the road. Love the fact that we got to learn more about one of the OCs. I Hope to see Christy doing some pretty badarse stuff w/ that sword in future chapters! Anywho, great chapter update soon!
"Not an OC," Jason said while moving his finger in between himself and Christy. Sikowitz firmly nodded his head while Trina started to laugh. Christy and Jason both glared at her while Michael snickered.
"I am an OC," Michael remarked. "There are going to be OCs in this story, but usually the author here doesn't like to use OCs as main characters if he can avoid it. If you remember the 'Christmas Tori' episode well, then you'll remember the gift Beck got for Robbie."
"He found Robbie's childhood bully," Christy said as she pointed her finger to her chest. "That's where I come in. Robbie was supposed to tell me off, but instead, we ended up going on a date. Now for Jason…"
"I am literally Uncle Sikowitz's nephew. If you recall the episode where everyone had that continuous acting exercise at Uncle Sikowitz's home, and anyone who broke character had to leave, then you will remember me." He exhaled softly and glanced over to Trina, who was nodding her head. "When Cat broke character, Tori didn't, she wanted to, but instead remained in character while Cat broke hers and commented on my appearance…we then proceeded to go out to the movies while the others remained with my Uncle."
"Precisely," Sikowitz added. "Even though Jason should have been upstairs practicing, he decided to take one of my students on a date…" Jason chuckled nervously. Sinjin lifted his eyebrows and moved his arms onto the table, clasping his hands together.
"Can I also add, just in case anyone's wondering…Damian is also not an OC. He was in the episode with Dale Squires, the kid that made Tori, and every other kid in the classroom, all move away from him. The one who 'rarely gets excited'." Sinjin took a deep breath and ran his hand through his hair. "Honestly? I was embarrassed by Damian in this recent chapter! How dare that bastard try to replace me, he most certainly got what he deserved! However I still hate Jason…"
"Why?" Tori asked with a knowing smirk. "Is it because he killed your girlfriend?" Sinjin closed his eyes and lifted his finger as both Ying and Michael moved to cover the girl's mouth.
"That has not happened in these recent chapters, and no one is going to even know who my 'girlfriend' is!" He opened his eyes and slowly removed his glasses, pulling a lens cloth from his pocket and cleaning it. "I'd also like to state for the record, that I don't do drugs that much, not good for the body. The only drug I've ever done is marijuana. However drugs probably explain Damian's twitchy, easily killed self…Oh and another thing you need to keep in mind. Do not underestimate the power of a Lieutenant. If a Captain is supposed to be ridiculously strong, the Lieutenants will be very strong as well, whether they act accordingly or not. However I suffice to say, Damian's Lieutenant could easily be stronger than he was." With a smirk, he looked over to Trina, extending his hand. "Any further comment?"
"Yes. Shut up. Karate Queen, I want to state, there will be bloodshed. There will be deaths. Sad, but truly necessary. You will see epic sword skills from Christy, I will say, you will see awesome fighting. Now keep in mind, that anyone that survives us, well, I can't say whether or not it comes to bite us in the butt or not…surely not in this story. Keep in mind a sequel is possible, should our readers want one at the end."
"When you say deaths, can you please elaborate on that?" Tori asked while waving her hand in a circular motion. "Who exactly dies?"
"I can't say who dies or who lives. I can't say what ramifications happen to anyone. Granted, some of our fans may already know certain elements to this story, but not every one of them does know. Certainly, not every one of them knows the bigger twist to this story, and I don't plan on anyone knowing that. I will say however, Ying and her father have received the lightest punishment that any bad guy receives. They survived and were arrested, the majority of the villains will probably not survive. I mean, hey, karma catches up to you."
"So this story is just going to get better from this point on?"
"Hell yes. Also, there will be promised romance, but not an over-dash of it. Keep in mind that we're on a timed basis here, there's no time for romance really. Now, I think everyone will enjoy everything that's coming their way. Oh, and look forward to a really awesome chase scene in later chapters!" She winked and set her papers down. They looked amongst themselves, trying to decide if there was anything else to say, but there was nothing that came to mind. Trina slowly rose to her feet and smiled. "Well I guess that's it! It's back to the story from here, thank you for listening to our brief break, and look forward to the next chapter. A step away from drama. Miss Karate Queen, anymore replies to you, the author will try to address in author notes at the beginning and end of his chapters. This was just done on the spot right now to avoid having to wait another few days and answer all your questions in one long author note…which would likely bore the living hell out of other readers…and that remains the reason we've created this special 'break' just for you, so that the other readers won't be bored to tears by an author note!"
"Exactly!" Sinjin moved from his chair and started walking towards the door, stopping only to glance back over his shoulder. "The story itself is over, but no sequel has been started. Keep in mind however, the author is leaning towards a sequel and has several points in place for one…should all the readers agree that one would be good. Sequel, continuation, whatever you want to call it, you may want to wait until the end of the story before jumping the gun and saying you want one. It won't be written until all chapters are uploaded."
"That won't take long either," Tori agreed. "There are only twenty seven chapters written for this. Eight of which are already uploaded. There's a system to when each chapter is up, a cycle that goes along with the stories Nature is currently uploading. So, one, one day, another the next, and so forth. It's a system, expect the next chapter in approximately four days! Or, if he surprises you guys, he'll upload it sooner…It all depends really. Enjoy!"
"And with that, we're bowing out," Ying stated. "For the record, villain wise, here are the people you'll see that are OCs. Niu, Mercury, Venus, Mortimer, Morgan, Raven, Lilith, Seth, Giovanni, and…that's it. Tyson is not an OC, he is the manager of the Gorilla club. His Lieutenant is also…not an OC…"
"That's all we have!" Trina exclaimed rather impatiently. Everyone rose and quickly bowed.
"Enjoy the movie, slash, story!" With that, they all started to leave the room, flipping off the light and shutting the door behind them. Anticipation filled the air, and the next chapter was already in the works. Never again, however, would the characters break the fourth wall and reply to an anonymous user. No, the author would address that one at a time in their chapters.
There you go, just for you. I hope this answered some of your questions and concern, while also keeping you entertained and not boring anyone to tears. I will not do this again, so don't worry (and I say this to my other readers, in all seriousness), I will reply, Karate, to your reviews in author notes at the start and/or end of each chapter. SO DEFINITELY READ THE AUTHOR NOTES. I can't stress that enough, a lot of people just simply do not read the author notes