From: "L-Soft list server at Indiana University (1.8d)" To: "ARTF@MemoryAlpha.nil" File: "LOISCLA-GENERAL-L LOG0101C" ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 06:00:29 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: I need your help! Comments: To: afolcslife@egroups.com, DeanCainFans@egroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm desperately looking for the sound wav where Clark tells Lois that he doesn't mind that she can't cook because she rates 5 stars in other areas of the house. If someone has that wav from the ep Ghosts, please let me know! If someone has the ep...please let me know!!! Thanks, Alexis ;-.) "You should see him, Clark, up close. He's the most magnificent figure of a man I've ever seen." (Lois) "Sounds like he made quite an impression on you." (Clark) "He did...why? Are you jealous?" (Lois) "Of Superman? Should I be?" (Clark) {LnC, Pilot} ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:23:37 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kate Crane Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/14/01 8:05:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, kathybrown91@HOME.COM writes: > if > someone won't spend the 2 seconds it takes to scroll to the top of the page > to cut and paste the email address, are they really going to cut and paste > it > from the bottom of the file? Well, not to be argumentative, but I was reading some fic in another genre (no rotten tomatoes, I do still love L&C the best) and several of the authors had links or requests for feedbacks at the bottom of their stories and I found myself sending feedback right away, just because it was there to remind me. Just a thought.... Kate ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:27:51 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Barbara Garonzik Subject: Unsubscribe Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please remove me from this list. Thanks. BSG2351 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:42:07 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) Actually, I thought Kathy had a very good point. It really isn't *that* much effort to scroll back to the top of a story to copy and paste the email address in order to send a note of feedback. Providing a hyperlink is a more complex issue than it might seem. First of all, that involves moving to HTML within story files; a couple of months ago, the Archive ran a poll on whether readers preferred .txt or HTML, and .txt won by about 2/3. Second, HTML files take up more space on the server than .txt files, and the Archive already stores over 1400 stories - heaven only knows how many MBs of space is used by the Archive and its mirror site. Moving to HTML would considerably increase the space requirement, and consequentially the financial costs to those who currently bear the cost of running the Archive. And third, to include a HTML mail:to link within every story uploaded would add more work onto some volunteer's plate. I don't know how it would work: as a GE, I haven't the faintest idea how to HTML. But even if the GEs or the authors (most of whom won't do it!) provided the email details at the bottom of the story file, someone has then got to HTML it for every story uploaded. And all because it's a little too much trouble for readers to scroll back to the top and copy the email address? However, here's a suggestion: if it would be helpful and possibly generate more feedback, WRITERS could themselves add their name and email address to the end of their story file before submission. How's that? Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:44:28 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Unsubscribe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Barbara, you remove yourself from the list. The instructions are in the FAQ file you'll have received when you subscribed. Or, I *think*, you can do it from the Archive site. > Please remove me from this list. Thanks. > > BSG2351 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:52:12 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Unsubscribe ...and, if you don't still have that FAQ file, go to www.lcfanfic.com, scroll down the screen and look for the FAQ section on the right-hand side. One of the FAQs you'll find there is the one for this list. That explains everything! Wendy --------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:56:12 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > However, here's a suggestion: if it would be helpful and possibly generate > more feedback, WRITERS could themselves add their name and email address to > the end of their story file before submission. How's that? > > *Excellent* idea! LabRat ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:56:56 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Missy Gallant Subject: Anneplace Donations Update Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html
 
I am stunned!  The response from the US Folc's has been just awesome!!! I think I will give Anne the honor of letting you Folc's exactly just how much you have come through for her.  (He! He!  Even she doesn't know the total tally just yet!)  Let's be prepared to do the happy dance with her! 
 
Missy (who wants to reminds those few Folc's who pledged and haven't sent anything yet, that it's not too late to send your contribution.)

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========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 19:01:39 +0200 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Hazel Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sheesh. Talk about creating a storm I hadn't intended! >Providing a hyperlink is a more complex issue than it might seem. First of >all, that involves moving to HTML within story files; a couple of months >ago, the Archive ran a poll on whether readers preferred .txt or HTML, >and .txt won by about 2/3. If I may meekly refer you all back to my original post, I started by saying that IF the archive ever reconsidered the html issue and decided to go for it, a hyperlink with the author's addy might be added to the bottom. As for the coding question: Quite frankly, Wendy, that hadn't occured to me. Will the editors and archivists have to code everyone's story into html? Ugh, what a nightmare! If we *do* ever make the switchover, it ought to be strictly on a "submit your story in txt or already prepared html" basis. It would be incredibly unfair to our already dedicated and hardworking archivists to expect them to take on the additional job of doing the coding for us! >However, here's a suggestion: if it would be helpful and possibly generate >more feedback, WRITERS could themselves add their name and email address to >the end of their story file before submission. How's that? "That" was *exactly* what I suggested: that the author add it on his or her own, just as the author is now required to submit a story with certain headings. Hazel, now retreating ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:54:45 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: btinternetmail Subject: Re: Trial by Empress by Phil Atcliffe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I just wanted you all to let everybody (especially Phil) know how much I = enjoyed Trial by Empress.=20 I realise it was posted a few weeks now but, as my time is really = limited, I tend to read a bunch of stories once a month, if I can manage = it. =20 This was a truly delightful revelation story and I thought the 'trial by = jury' scenes were extremely well crafted and Lois' gradual realisation = of what she had been feeling, and her acceptance of Clark/SM as he = really is, very moving. Well done Phil - a story I would recommend to all. Kind regards Eileen ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:02:18 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Melisma Subject: Help me locate a fic and author? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi! I'm as you know trying to catch up on my reading, and therefore am going through my archive trying to get it cleaned up. I have in my No Name file a part of a story entitled Wednesday's Child, with no author name on it. I did a title search in the archive and couldn't find the story. Can anyone tell me the author, and where I can get the rest of the story? Is it on another site, or if the author is on this list, can s/he send it to me? Or if you know who the author is, can you tell me how to contact hir? Many thanks! Melisma (slowly crawling out from under the morasse of fic stashed away under her Rock) Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:20:55 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Help me locate a fic and author? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 01/15/2001 1:09:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, melisma@INTERGATE.CA writes: << I have in my No Name file a part of a story entitled Wednesday's Child, with no author name on it. I did a title search in the archive and couldn't find the story. Can anyone tell me the author, and where I can get the rest of the story? Is it on another site, or if the author is on this list, can s/he send it to me? Or if you know who the author is, can you tell me how to contact hir? Many thanks! >> and please reply to the list as I was wondering whether to read the parts I had or delete them, as well. --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:50:14 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Help me locate a fic and author? I have a feeling - and please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong, or corroborate me if I'm right - that Wednesday's Child is a story someone (a new writer) was posting to the fanfic Message Boards some months ago. I couldn't tell you if it was ever finished. *However*, Mel, take thee over to the handy Fanfic Message Board Index (URL to be found in any of Dawn's weekly emails to this list) and you should be able to check this theory out easily enough. Happy hunting! Wendy ---------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:05:08 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Help me locate a fic and author? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yes, I think that's right, Wendy. At least I seem to remember it from when I was gathering the data for the Updates. Gfic Index: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/7378/lnc.html LabRat :) > I have a feeling - and please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong, or > corroborate me if I'm right - that Wednesday's Child is a story someone (a > new writer) was posting to the fanfic Message Boards some months ago. I > couldn't tell you if it was ever finished. > > *However*, Mel, take thee over to the handy Fanfic Message Board Index (URL > to be found in any of Dawn's weekly emails to this list) and you should be > able to check this theory out easily enough. > > Happy hunting! > > > Wendy > ---------- > Wendy Richards > wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:50:02 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Re: Question for a fanfic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Amy, Laurie and Hazel, who answered my query about bylines and acknowledgment in a newspaper, on irc or private email. FoLCs are really a neverending ressource of information. :) Helene :) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:17:39 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kate Crane Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/15/01 8:42:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, wendy@KINGSMEADOWCR.FREESERVE.CO.UK writes: > However, here's a suggestion: if it would be helpful and possibly generate > more feedback, WRITERS could themselves add their name and email address to > the end of their story file before submission. How's that? > > > Great idea, Wendy, and thanks for the explanation. Kate ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:47:08 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Margaret Brignell Subject: Re: The Kerths are Coming! :) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm a little behind on my reading (like this is news) but I'm sort of catching up on e-mails anyway. Fanfic...now, that's a whole other issue;\ On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:35:59 -0700 Erin Klingler wrote: >Feb. 1st: Nominations Open > Feb. 18th, Sunday: Nominations Close (at midnight EST) Argh! The most recent fanfic I've read was dated February 1999:( This deadline means I have a *month* to read a whole year's worth of fanfic if I want to be able to nominate for this year's fanfic. I *knew* I should have been reading more and writing less;) > *MOST INNOVATIVE IDEA--A story that uses a unique premise or unexpected twist; creativity and originality are key. (A great example of an "Innovative" idea > is Debby Stark and Margaret Brignell's "Swap Meet.") Thanks for the credit, Erin:) I should point out, however, that it was Debby who was the creative innovator on this one. Well, actually, I think Debby got the idea from another FoLC, but she's the one who recognized it's genius and ran with it. Me, I just tried to keep up--I'm still catching my breath > *BEST SERIES--Stories written by the same author that have 2 or more parts to > it. Ongoing series need to have at least two new parts that are both eligible > for this year’s Kerths to qualify as a series in this category. Dang! You mean to tell me if I'd had the smarts to split that huge last episode of "Only You" into two smaller parts, and submitted them separately, I'd have qualified in this category? Actually, come to think of it, I wouldn't have qualified even if I had split the story. You can't be nominated twice for the same series, can you? Since "Only You" was nominated in this category in the only year I managed to get out two parts "quickly" (two in a year is *very* quick for me) I figure that would have precluded me from a nomination, anyway. > *BEST NEW AUTHOR--Limited to authors who first published their LNC stories in the past year. > Never have qualified for this one. I was already old and decrepit by the time the Kerths rolled along I should shut up now and get reading, if I'm going to have any chance of submitting any nominations. Margaret ****************************** Margaret Brignell brignell@sympatico.ca Ottawa, Canada %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% My fanfic now available at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/brignell/ ****************************** ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:09:19 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Irene D." Subject: Anneplace Donations Update - Canada MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just a reminder to any Canadian FoLCs who would like to donate who haven't as of yet, please email me at sirenegold@yahoo.com for details as to where cheques should be sent. And any stragglers out there who have volunteered to donate, but haven't as of yet (And you know who you are!) please get those cheques in the mail. I'd like to send one U.S. money order to Anne to cut down on service charges at her end! Thanks, Irene ===== www.originalequestrianmusic.bigstep.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:33:15 -0600 Reply-To: truitt22@flash.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: timothy truitt Organization: tnt technical services Subject: Re: Help me locate a fic and author? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anne is the author of Wednesday's Child. email bbigi398@aol.com Melisma wrote: > Hi! > > I'm as you know trying to catch up on my reading, and therefore am going > through my archive trying to get it cleaned up. I have in my No Name file a > part of a story entitled Wednesday's Child, with no author name on it. I > did a title search in the archive and couldn't find the story. Can anyone > tell me the author, and where I can get the rest of the story? Is it on > another site, or if the author is on this list, can s/he send it to me? Or > if you know who the author is, can you tell me how to contact hir? Many > thanks! > > Melisma (slowly crawling out from under the morasse of fic stashed away > under her Rock) > > Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:17:00 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jill Melena Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I said; > For example, Kathy, I *still* owe you feedback for 'When Friends Become Lovers' (because last time I only sent feedback to Demi, and Kathy got jealous ;) ), so sometime *soon* I'll reread it.... but not until after my Chinese test. Kathy responded; > I got jealous? I don't remember discussing it before, but if you say so. Well, you probably don't remember because it was months ago, :) but it wasn't really because you were jealous. Actually, you kindly volunteered edit a short vignette for me, and in turn I told you I'd reread 'When Friends Become Lovers' (which I loved, so this is not exactly a hardship ) and send you feedback. Which I still intend to do. Soon. -Lena _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:42:07 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: The Kerths are Coming! :) On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:47:08 -0500, Margaret Brignell wrote: > This >deadline means I have a *month* to read a whole year's worth of fanfic if I >want to be able to nominate for this year's fanfic. I *knew* I should have >been reading more and writing less;) LOL, I know the feeling! Except I don't have the writing excuse to fall back on. Well, not since summer, at least. :) > >> *MOST INNOVATIVE IDEA- >> is Debby Stark and Margaret Brignell's "Swap Meet.") > >Thanks for the credit, Erin:) I should point out, however, that it was >Debby who was the creative innovator on this one. Hey, it's not just the idea that makes a story Kerth worthy, it's the execution! How many times have we read a story and thought, "oh, what a wonderful idea; I just wish the author had done a better job of plotting/ chacterization/whatever." So I'd say both you *and* Debby deserve all the kudos you get (and more) for that brilliant two-sided story. :) > >> *BEST SERIES- >Actually, come to think of it, I wouldn't have qualified even if I had >split the story. You can't be nominated twice for the same series, can >you? Hmm, good question ... my feeling is that a series could be nominated again, since the parts in question would be unique -- in other words, you'd be judged on only the parts that came out in that year, not on the earlier parts. But I guess it's something the Kerth committee would have to put our heads together and figure out. >> *BEST NEW AUTHOR >Never have qualified for this one. I was already old and decrepit by the >time the Kerths rolled along LOL! Join the club, Margaret ... join the club! Kathy (off to get her cane ) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:06:11 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: L&C Fanfic Archive -- fundraiser information Hi everyone. :) With the fantastic response the fundraising team for Annesplace has been getting (yay!), several people have asked me when the Archive is going to our next fundraiser. As some of you might recall, our last fundraiser was in Fall 1999. Well, the wonderful news is that we raised enough money in our 1999 fundraiser to last us through the summer of 2001! We were originally planning to do another fundraiser in 2000, but when we looked at the final accounting, after all the bills were paid for the new domain name, new server, etc, we found that we were still in really good shape. FoLCs are so generous -- we didn't need a 2000 fundraiser! Going forward, we are hoping to run our 2001 fundraiser this summer; I'm tentatively planning a kick-off somewhere around June 2001, with money collection to occur in July and August. As an added bonus, we're hoping that LAFF 2001, which will be held in early August, can act as an optional collection point. Not only could US FoLCs donate while they are there, but overseas FoLCs in attendance could save on mailing and exchange costs. :) Thanks to everyone who has inquired about where to send money. Rest assured, you haven't missed a posting. But look for more info to follow this summer! :) Kathy _________________________________ Kathy Brown Editor-In-Chief Lois & Clark Fanfic Archive: kathybrown91@home.com OR kathyb@lcfanfic.com KathyB on IRC _________________________________ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 06:19:34 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: JaT Subject: New Link to Seven Days of Superman Comments: To: 7days FanFic <7DaysFic@egroups.com>, BackStep Fiction , Tad Flowers , Dave and Debbie Harrison , Melanie , Backstep Operation , Vernon Terrell , Travel Time , Dad Tull , Danny Tull MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Actually the link is not that new, just the source code. It contains a link to the text version. http://www.geocities.com/mr_d8a/7dos.htm James __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:23:42 +0200 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Hazel Subject: Answers and scores to Kerth Quiz #3: Elseworlds Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Here are the answers and scores for Kerth Quiz #3: Elseworlds: S P O I L E R S P A C E Story 1: In the Beginning, by Sheila Harper Story 2: Lost and Found, by Jeff Brogden Story 3: Tryst, by Pam Jernigan Story 4: Learning Curves, by Chris Carr Story 5: The Fugitive, by Mobile Richard Story 6: Universal Union, Book 2, by Jenni Debbage Story 7: Strangers, by Missy Gallant Story 8: Between Floors 7 and 8, by Jessi Mounts Story 9: Superiority, by Nicole Wolke Story 10: Near Wild Heaven, by Helene Scores: The trio of Cindy, Dia, and Adam got a perfect score of 20 points (wow!); Wendy gets a very impressive 19 points; Pam (and Anne) got 17.5 points; Irene, Nan, and Bethy both get 16 points, Helene gets 15 points, Nicole and Carol both get 11 points, Chiara gets 7 points, Marnie gets 6 points , and Yvonne gets a gallant 2.5 points. :) Congratulations to our winning trio! Teamwork does pay off so nicely. :) Some nice high scores this time, which only goes to reflect the popularity of this type of story! Just wait until it's time to vote for only ONE at the actual Kerths! Many people suggested alt-stories instead of elseworlds. A brief reminder: alt-stories either take place in the alt-world as shown on LnC (like M.L. Thompson's "The Other Woman," which several people named, or Carol's "Connections," which was also frequently chosen) or involve Lois and Clark traveling to an alternate universe (like Tank's A Future Not Now from last year). Elseworlds, on the other hand, have no pretensions of alternate universes, but rather twist the "real" universe and put it on its ear, like -- well, like all the stories in this quiz. :) Hope that's more clear! One last reminder: Please don't forget that just because a story is on the quiz, it doesn't mean it automatically deserves a nomination; and if a story *isn't* on the quiz, it only means that it wasn't one of my ten subjective stories. If your own favorite fits the category and wasn't in the quiz, by all means, nominate it! Over to you, Wendy... _______ "Lots of little Bigwigs, Hazel! Think of that, and tremble!" ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:22:34 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Carolyn Schnall Subject: Re: Anneplace Donations Update In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >I am stunned! The response from the US Folc's has been just >awesome!!! I think I will give Anne the honor of letting you Folc's >exactly just how much you have come through for her. (He! He! Even >she doesn't know the total tally just yet!) Let's be prepared to do >the happy dance with her! > >Missy (who wants to reminds those few Folc's who pledged and haven't >sent anything yet, that it's not too late to send your contribution.) > > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com Thanks for this post. Is it too late to donate? Carolyn ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:24:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks very much to Hazel for a great Elseworld quiz - I have *no idea* what I'm going to nominate in that category, much less vote for! Okay, so we move on to the SuperFutures/Early Years category. A couple of reminders before we begin... RULES: Identify each story and its author accurately to be awarded a correct answer. This is an open-hard-drive and archive quiz, so feel free to check your answers if you wish. These stories, as usual, are identifiable by either a QUOTE or an EXTRACT. Please indicate whether you guessed the answer from the quote or the extract. Two points for a full correct answer from the quote, and one point from the extract. DISCLAIMER: Two =91disclaimers=92 here. First, just because, in my subjective decision- making process, I have singled these stories out for the SuperFutures quiz, that should not be taken in any way to suggest that other stories are not deserving of nomination in this category. Your choice is every bit as good as mine! Second, just because, let=92s say, Story 6 and Story 8 are included here as = a SuperFuture story, that does not preclude anyone nominating them in other categories, such as Drama or Innovative Idea, and the same goes for the other stories in this quiz. Multiple nominations of one story ARE permitted!= So, without further ado, here is the quiz; DON=92T FORGET THE SPOILER SPACE!= Quote 1: "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. Quote 2: "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." Quote 3: "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." Quote 4: "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Quote 5: Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm looking through walls. Quote 6: "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." Quote 7: "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, please!" Quote 8: "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" Quote 9: 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Extract 1: He gasped as he went flying through the air to the other side of the street. That punch had hurt! It hadn't been enough to knock the wind out of him, but the surprise was almost as overwhelming. He hadn't felt pain since he was 12 years old. "Don't pretend that hurt!" Sarah was approaching him, and Calvin struggled to get to his feet. "I know who you are and what you are!" She hissed the words, her face red with anger. "You're a liar and a cheat!" She punched at him again, but this time Calvin was prepared. He grabbed her arms and was surprised at how strong she was. It was all he could do to hold her still. "Let's calm down and talk like decent human beings." She pulled away from him, rubbing her wrists. "Neither one of us is a human being, and you know it." Extract 2: Larissa fixed him with an icy stare. "Kevin, I know I asked for your help today as I couldn't go shopping. I know I asked you to do something you don't do on a regular basis. I trusted you. I even trusted you with my measurements. What in the name of heaven made you think that this dress would be suitable for me to wear tonight?" She surveyed her lanky assistant from head to toe. "If you were wearing this outfit, and I just might make you do that someday, where do you think you would conceal your weapon?" "Uh, sorry, boss. I never thought of that. You asked me to pick out something nice, and I asked the saleslady for help, and ... I guess I didn't think about guns. Uh, does this mean you're unarmed tonight?" "No, Kevin, I'm not. Lucky for you I always pack my first aid kit. I've never needed it before, but, well, Kevin, I guess today was the day to inaugurate it. I've managed to tape my gun in a very unusual location using a great deal of surgical tape that pulls every time I move. Of course, when I stand still the tape doesn't pull, but the gun does pinch. I'll be thinking of you, Kevin, every time I move tonight, and every time I stand still tonight. I'm not what you would call pleased, Kevin. I'm going to give you a word of advice. Keep this in mind. Kevin, next time, your boss, whether it's me or some other REALLY cranky woman, asks you for this kind of help, don't be tempted to make them dress like your own personal Barbie doll. Okay?" Jon congratulated himself on the magnificent amount of self-restraint he was showing by not x-raying Larissa to locate her gun. Extract 3: It was getting harder and harder for him to maintain this distance and continue provoking her as he heard the love and pleading in her voice, but the vision of what the end would be like for her if he stayed was in his mind, as well as the fear of a repeat of last night's episode. What if he hurt her again? What if he didn't stop next time? And he was sure that as his control slipped, there *would be* a next time. "That's easy for you to say, Lois. It's not going to happen to you. I have to go. Just let me say goodbye." "Clark, please don't do this. I'm here for you and you should be here with me so that we can stand against this together. We'll find a way; I know we will." "Goodbye, Lois. Tell the kids I love them." He paused. "I won't be coming back. You should start thinking about making a life without me." He disconnected and whispered, "I'll always love you." Then he turned and ran for the boarding gate. The sound of the click was like an explosion, but Lois couldn't accept what she heard. "Clark?...Clark?!" She stared at the silent phone in disbelief. "Oh, Clark, no! Please come home." And she sat staring at the gray static of the visi-phone screen as the silence of the house pressed around her. Extract 4: I wanted to know; I *needed* to know, but where would I look? Even if I could get my mother to open up to me, it would be nearly impossible to get her alone. Grandmother always seemed to be hovering around, not letting Mother out of her sight long enough to swallow a pill or find a razor. Grandmother even watched Mother take her pills every morning, making sure she swallowed each, recounting the number in the vial every day. For someone who thought my mother's overdose had been an accident, Grandmother was being awfully careful. More than wanting to know what was going on with my mother, though, I dreaded knowing; I was afraid of knowing. The thing that most scared me was that the thoughts that raced around her head, urging her to swallow pills and fall asleep forever, were the same thoughts in my own mind, the thoughts that kept me from making decisions about my life and sticking to them. The worst thing about my mother - the thing that most revulsed me about her - was my likeness to her. I hated the years she had spent in limbo, not living and not yet dead, existing somewhere in between, where no one else could find her. The thing that scared me most about her lack of direction in life, about her indecision, was my own indecision. More than being afraid of losing her, I was afraid of becoming her, of sinking into that same well of obedience and despair. I didn't want to be stuck in a life of regret, of should'ves, a life spent hating my husband, my children, my very self so much that I wanted out. She scared me because I thought I could almost understand her. Extract 5: Jon followed Superman as he walked into the bathroom. He could hear the faucet in the sink turning on and saw Superman running his head under it, splashing water on his face. Lois was still hanging up the suit over in the closet. As Superman reached for a towel, Lois shut the compartment and made her way back to the bed, sitting on the edge in a sultry fashion. Superman walked back toward her, his hair looked slightly disheveled. *And oddly familiar* Jon thought. This was the first time that he was really able to get a good look at the man's face. Yes, it was so familiar is was disconcerting. Superman caught a glimpse of Lois on the bed and smiled. "Well, sweetheart," she said. *Sweetheart?!* "Maybe I can help you forget about your night." Superman smiled even wider as he took Lois in his arms. They began to kiss furiously as they lay out on the bed, Superman perched over Lois. If this went on a whole lot longer, Jon figured, he would need to go downstairs and get a bowl of popcorn. *Or, you could just mind your own business!* Like that was going to happen. This was BIG. "Mmmm, Lois," Superman practically moaned. "Oh, Clark," she sighed and they kissed some more. "OhmyGOD." Jon's voice was barely above a whisper, but as he said it, Superman looked straight at him, through the wall, and went visibly pale. Extract 6: "Clark! Clark!" Hazel patted his cheek with just enough pressure to bring him out of his faint. "Clark, you must wake up . . . fight it Clark . . . you have to stay awake!" The words were those familiarly spoken when he had been brought down by kryptonite, but the voice was new. Had some other woman discovered his secret? Clark prised opened his heavy eyelids and the mud-caked face that leaned so close, regarding him so anxiously was one he knew. << Oh, no, not Hazel Chen . . . she would probably blackmail him into having an affair in exchange for keeping his secret.>> His eyes closed again and he tried to shift away from her nearness, but the pain that smote him forced a groan from his lips. "No, Clark! Don't leave me! It's important that you stay conscious." His pain-filled gaze returned to her face and she strove to keep him with her. "You tripped coming down the slope and you fell heavily . . . ." Yes, now he did remember . . . . Desperately he nodded his head and a fresh wave of giddiness overtook him. "Try not to move," the kind female voice instructed. "When you fell you landed on a sharp piece of rock and it's embedded in your back. We can't tell how much damage it's done but Roy's gone to fetch help and we should have you on the Swallow very soon and Freddy can treat you. He's our resident paramedic; we wooed him from your military so he's seen all sorts of wounds . . . ." "You have to . . . pull it out . . . ." Extract 7: The sirens were still a minute or two away. In that moment, Clark made his decision. "Bill, it's Clark. Clark Kent," he murmured in a low voice. "Wha...?" The eyes were beginning to glaze over; the voice was slurred, indistinct. "I'm Clark. I... want you to know," Clark repeated. The eyes focused on him again. "Clarrr... yeah, Claa...." A pause, then, "Should ha'... guessed... always too close to Loisss...." Henderson's hand clutched weakly at Clark's. Clark covered it with his own, and waited. It wasn't long; just as the first police vehicle screeched to a halt by the entrance to the alley, Henderson drew a shuddering sigh and his head slipped to one side. Clark inhaled deeply and reached out with one shaking hand to close his friend's eyes. The two young police officers running into the alley were amazed at the sight of Superman, crouched on the ground with his cape pooled about him, holding the dead and bloody body of an old man in his arms, and the glimmer of tears showing in his eyes. Extract 8; "All right?" he asked. She gulped and nodded. "What do we do now?" "Now, you find out something a little prematurely," he explained, dryly. "I couldn't do it in there with the camera on us." He slipped one arm under her knees, and the other around her back. "Ready?" She nodded jerkily, and turned her head to examine his face, only half visible in the gloom. Was it possible? "Good. Put your arms around my neck and just relax. We'll be out of here in a minute." Lori obeyed wordlessly, and felt them lift effortlessly into the air. She found herself holding her breath as Clark floated sideways several feet to clear the elevator, and began a slow, gentle descent. For a second, she closed her eyes, then opened them again to look at him. He hadn't changed. He was looking back at her, his expression a little concerned. "Lori, are you all right?" She took a deep breath and tried to banish the detachment that seemed to have gripped her as they drifted slowly downward. "Yeah." The word came out as a squeak. She cleared her throat. "Yeah. I'm fine." Extract 9: Michael's jaw dropped. "Superman's like a dad to you, and I don't have any pants on?" "Uh huh." "Oh, crap!" "Exactly!" Vicky quickly stripped his t-shirt off and put it on the bed beside him before finding his socks and shoes for him. Then she turned her attention to her own apparel - or lack, thereof - frustrated that in such close quarters she couldn't use her superpowers to move faster. Michael would feel a suspicious blast of air if she did. Three things happened almost simultaneously. She did up her bra, Michael zipped up his pants, and her father appeared with a great whoosh. "Vicky, you're naked!" the shocked superhero exclaimed. Have fun! Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:55:54 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: ChiaraP Subject: R: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 1: "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. Shayne's Hearts& Diamonds Quote 2: "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." Quote 3: "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." Quote 4: "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Quote 5: Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm looking through walls. Quote 6: "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." Quote 7: "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, please!" Quote 8: "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" Quote 9: 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Gale Force Winds by Irene Dutchak ^_^ Not a big result.... for me :) but... I tried anyway :) Extract 1: He gasped as he went flying through the air to the other side of the street. That punch had hurt! It hadn't been enough to knock the wind out of him, but the surprise was almost as overwhelming. He hadn't felt pain since he was 12 years old. "Don't pretend that hurt!" Sarah was approaching him, and Calvin struggled to get to his feet. "I know who you are and what you are!" She hissed the words, her face red with anger. "You're a liar and a cheat!" She punched at him again, but this time Calvin was prepared. He grabbed her arms and was surprised at how strong she was. It was all he could do to hold her still. "Let's calm down and talk like decent human beings." She pulled away from him, rubbing her wrists. "Neither one of us is a human being, and you know it." Extract 2: Larissa fixed him with an icy stare. "Kevin, I know I asked for your help today as I couldn't go shopping. I know I asked you to do something you don't do on a regular basis. I trusted you. I even trusted you with my measurements. What in the name of heaven made you think that this dress would be suitable for me to wear tonight?" She surveyed her lanky assistant from head to toe. "If you were wearing this outfit, and I just might make you do that someday, where do you think you would conceal your weapon?" "Uh, sorry, boss. I never thought of that. You asked me to pick out something nice, and I asked the saleslady for help, and ... I guess I didn't think about guns. Uh, does this mean you're unarmed tonight?" "No, Kevin, I'm not. Lucky for you I always pack my first aid kit. I've never needed it before, but, well, Kevin, I guess today was the day to inaugurate it. I've managed to tape my gun in a very unusual location using a great deal of surgical tape that pulls every time I move. Of course, when I stand still the tape doesn't pull, but the gun does pinch. I'll be thinking of you, Kevin, every time I move tonight, and every time I stand still tonight. I'm not what you would call pleased, Kevin. I'm going to give you a word of advice. Keep this in mind. Kevin, next time, your boss, whether it's me or some other REALLY cranky woman, asks you for this kind of help, don't be tempted to make them dress like your own personal Barbie doll. Okay?" Jon congratulated himself on the magnificent amount of self-restraint he was showing by not x-raying Larissa to locate her gun. Extract 3: It was getting harder and harder for him to maintain this distance and continue provoking her as he heard the love and pleading in her voice, but the vision of what the end would be like for her if he stayed was in his mind, as well as the fear of a repeat of last night's episode. What if he hurt her again? What if he didn't stop next time? And he was sure that as his control slipped, there *would be* a next time. "That's easy for you to say, Lois. It's not going to happen to you. I have to go. Just let me say goodbye." "Clark, please don't do this. I'm here for you and you should be here with me so that we can stand against this together. We'll find a way; I know we will." "Goodbye, Lois. Tell the kids I love them." He paused. "I won't be coming back. You should start thinking about making a life without me." He disconnected and whispered, "I'll always love you." Then he turned and ran for the boarding gate. The sound of the click was like an explosion, but Lois couldn't accept what she heard. "Clark?...Clark?!" She stared at the silent phone in disbelief. "Oh, Clark, no! Please come home." And she sat staring at the gray static of the visi-phone screen as the silence of the house pressed around her. Extract 4: I wanted to know; I *needed* to know, but where would I look? Even if I could get my mother to open up to me, it would be nearly impossible to get her alone. Grandmother always seemed to be hovering around, not letting Mother out of her sight long enough to swallow a pill or find a razor. Grandmother even watched Mother take her pills every morning, making sure she swallowed each, recounting the number in the vial every day. For someone who thought my mother's overdose had been an accident, Grandmother was being awfully careful. More than wanting to know what was going on with my mother, though, I dreaded knowing; I was afraid of knowing. The thing that most scared me was that the thoughts that raced around her head, urging her to swallow pills and fall asleep forever, were the same thoughts in my own mind, the thoughts that kept me from making decisions about my life and sticking to them. The worst thing about my mother - the thing that most revulsed me about her - was my likeness to her. I hated the years she had spent in limbo, not living and not yet dead, existing somewhere in between, where no one else could find her. The thing that scared me most about her lack of direction in life, about her indecision, was my own indecision. More than being afraid of losing her, I was afraid of becoming her, of sinking into that same well of obedience and despair. I didn't want to be stuck in a life of regret, of should'ves, a life spent hating my husband, my children, my very self so much that I wanted out. She scared me because I thought I could almost understand her. Extract 5: Jon followed Superman as he walked into the bathroom. He could hear the faucet in the sink turning on and saw Superman running his head under it, splashing water on his face. Lois was still hanging up the suit over in the closet. As Superman reached for a towel, Lois shut the compartment and made her way back to the bed, sitting on the edge in a sultry fashion. Superman walked back toward her, his hair looked slightly disheveled. *And oddly familiar* Jon thought. This was the first time that he was really able to get a good look at the man's face. Yes, it was so familiar is was disconcerting. Superman caught a glimpse of Lois on the bed and smiled. "Well, sweetheart," she said. *Sweetheart?!* "Maybe I can help you forget about your night." Superman smiled even wider as he took Lois in his arms. They began to kiss furiously as they lay out on the bed, Superman perched over Lois. If this went on a whole lot longer, Jon figured, he would need to go downstairs and get a bowl of popcorn. *Or, you could just mind your own business!* Like that was going to happen. This was BIG. "Mmmm, Lois," Superman practically moaned. "Oh, Clark," she sighed and they kissed some more. "OhmyGOD." Jon's voice was barely above a whisper, but as he said it, Superman looked straight at him, through the wall, and went visibly pale. Extract 6: "Clark! Clark!" Hazel patted his cheek with just enough pressure to bring him out of his faint. "Clark, you must wake up . . . fight it Clark . . . you have to stay awake!" The words were those familiarly spoken when he had been brought down by kryptonite, but the voice was new. Had some other woman discovered his secret? Clark prised opened his heavy eyelids and the mud-caked face that leaned so close, regarding him so anxiously was one he knew. << Oh, no, not Hazel Chen . . . she would probably blackmail him into having an affair in exchange for keeping his secret.>> His eyes closed again and he tried to shift away from her nearness, but the pain that smote him forced a groan from his lips. "No, Clark! Don't leave me! It's important that you stay conscious." His pain-filled gaze returned to her face and she strove to keep him with her. "You tripped coming down the slope and you fell heavily . . . ." Yes, now he did remember . . . . Desperately he nodded his head and a fresh wave of giddiness overtook him. "Try not to move," the kind female voice instructed. "When you fell you landed on a sharp piece of rock and it's embedded in your back. We can't tell how much damage it's done but Roy's gone to fetch help and we should have you on the Swallow very soon and Freddy can treat you. He's our resident paramedic; we wooed him from your military so he's seen all sorts of wounds . . . ." "You have to . . . pull it out . . . ." Extract 7: The sirens were still a minute or two away. In that moment, Clark made his decision. "Bill, it's Clark. Clark Kent," he murmured in a low voice. "Wha...?" The eyes were beginning to glaze over; the voice was slurred, indistinct. "I'm Clark. I... want you to know," Clark repeated. The eyes focused on him again. "Clarrr... yeah, Claa...." A pause, then, "Should ha'... guessed... always too close to Loisss...." Henderson's hand clutched weakly at Clark's. Clark covered it with his own, and waited. It wasn't long; just as the first police vehicle screeched to a halt by the entrance to the alley, Henderson drew a shuddering sigh and his head slipped to one side. Clark inhaled deeply and reached out with one shaking hand to close his friend's eyes. The two young police officers running into the alley were amazed at the sight of Superman, crouched on the ground with his cape pooled about him, holding the dead and bloody body of an old man in his arms, and the glimmer of tears showing in his eyes. Extract 8; "All right?" he asked. She gulped and nodded. "What do we do now?" "Now, you find out something a little prematurely," he explained, dryly. "I couldn't do it in there with the camera on us." He slipped one arm under her knees, and the other around her back. "Ready?" She nodded jerkily, and turned her head to examine his face, only half visible in the gloom. Was it possible? "Good. Put your arms around my neck and just relax. We'll be out of here in a minute." Lori obeyed wordlessly, and felt them lift effortlessly into the air. She found herself holding her breath as Clark floated sideways several feet to clear the elevator, and began a slow, gentle descent. For a second, she closed her eyes, then opened them again to look at him. He hadn't changed. He was looking back at her, his expression a little concerned. "Lori, are you all right?" She took a deep breath and tried to banish the detachment that seemed to have gripped her as they drifted slowly downward. "Yeah." The word came out as a squeak. She cleared her throat. "Yeah. I'm fine." Extract 9: Michael's jaw dropped. "Superman's like a dad to you, and I don't have any pants on?" "Uh huh." "Oh, crap!" "Exactly!" Vicky quickly stripped his t-shirt off and put it on the bed beside him before finding his socks and shoes for him. Then she turned her attention to her own apparel - or lack, thereof - frustrated that in such close quarters she couldn't use her superpowers to move faster. Michael would feel a suspicious blast of air if she did. Three things happened almost simultaneously. She did up her bra, Michael zipped up his pants, and her father appeared with a great whoosh. "Vicky, you're naked!" the shocked superhero exclaimed. Have fun! Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:55:16 +0200 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Hazel Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Wendy, this is a great quiz! S P O I L E R S P A C E >Quote 2: >"Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." Jon to Larissa in Solar Eclipse, by Irene >Quote 3: >"Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're >finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." Lois to her daughter in The Circle Game, by Jude >Quote 5: >Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm >looking through walls. The Dawn of Discovery, by Cindy Leuch >Quote 7: >"I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, >please!" Sarah in Wendy's So Strong a Foundation >Quote 8: >"Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" Well. This is one of Nan's Home series... Um... I'd say the second. Yep, Home 2: Beginnings >Quote 9: >'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Vicky Kent in Gale Force Winds, by Irene From the extracts: >Extract 1: Hearts and Diamonds, by Shayne >Extract 4: Christy Kubit's Metanoia >Extract 6: Red Sky, by Jenni Debbage Really good quiz, Wendy! This was a lot of fun. :) Hazel, still cringing at being a villain ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:57:25 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay, let's see... :) s p o i l e r s p a c e Q1: Hearts & Diamonds, by Shayne Terry Q2: Solar Eclipse, by the inimitable Irene Q3: The Circle Game, by Jude Q4: Umm... too many Jonathan Kents in fanfic! Q5: Dawn of Discovery, by Cindy Leuch Q6: Might have been 48 Hours... but I can't find the quote in the story... Q7: One more Jon Kent to confuse me Q8: Definitely one of the Home series... Home II, Beginnings, by Nan Smith Q9: lol! Gale Force Winds, by Irene Let's see if the extracts help me sort out all the Jons... E4: Whoa. I have definitely not read this. It looks intense. E6: Based on what I've heard on IRC, this would have to be Red Sky, by Jenni :) E7: Ah, got it ... So Strong a Foundation, by Wendy -- I'd forgotten this one was eligible this year :) Well, that's not too bad... -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ "Hi, I'm Larry the Cucumber, and welcome to the very first VeggieTales success video! Are you ready to make millions of dollars in real estate with no money down? I know I am!" --Larry, misunderstanding a sing-along video ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:20:14 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey all :) S p o i l e r S p a c e > Quote 1: > "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. Uh... > Quote 2: > "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." I think I've read that one but... > Quote 3: > "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're > finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." Hmmm... > Quote 4: > "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Oh! That must be one of the Martha Chronicles, by Christy Kubit. It's in my urgent 'to read' list. :) > Quote 5: > Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm > looking through walls. Uh... > Quote 6: > "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely > flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." I think it's from Jenni Debbage's Red Sky. > Quote 7: > "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, > please!" Hmmmm... guessing, here. So Strong A fundation, by Wendy Richards? Another one from my urgent 'to read' list. > Quote 8: > "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" That's from Nan Smith's 'Home' series... and here again I don't know which one. :( > Quote 9: > 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Uh... > Extract 1: Oh! I haven't read it yet (yes, it's on the list, too ), but I recognise the characters' names. Hearts and Diamonds, by Shayne Terry. :) > Extract 2: Nope, no idea. > Extract 3: Haven't read that one, but it looks deliciously angsty!! > Extract 5: Still don't know. > Extract 9: >From the names of the characters, I'd say it's something by Irene. Helene :) (now retiring to a corner to go read that backlog of fic) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:26:46 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: ChiaraP Subject: R: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 6: "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." Of ourse I remeber this line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember only one fic where Clark was flirting with someone else!!!! It's in Jenny Debbage's Red Circles ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:40:23 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Tim Porter Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, lets see how I do... S P O I L E R S P A C E Q2: 'Solar Eclipse' by Irene Dutchak Q8: 'Home II: Beginnings' by Nan Smith Q9: 'Gale Force Winds' by Irene Dutchak -------------------------------------------- E1: 'Hearts and Diamonds' by Shayne Terry E6: 'Red Sky' by Jenni Debbage didn't do as well as I thought I would! But, the rest all sounded SO familiar! tim ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:31:22 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Irene D." Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii S P O I L E R S P A C E > > Quote 1: > "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. Hearts and Diamonds by Shayne Terry - a fantastic story! > > Quote 2: > "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes > on your backside." Solar Eclipse by me. :) > > Quote 3: > "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, > as I think you're > finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love > isn't enough." Oh, Jude's um, what's it called, oh, is this The Circle Game?? > > Quote 4: > "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Christy Kenyon's The Martha Chronicles 3 - Metanoia. Loved the story, love the title even more! > > Quote 5: > Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the > next time I think I'm > looking through walls. Not sure. > > Quote 6: > "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you > were definitely > flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." Could be Kathryn Ann Kent's 48 Hours Without a Superman > > Quote 7: > "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to > protect him for me, > please!" Um.... > > Quote 8: > "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done > to my life, Lori Lyons?" Nan Smith's fantastic story Home II > > Quote 9: > 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Gale Force Winds by, um, me again. :D Excerpt 5: Oh, I know I've read this one! And I know I loved it! And I ... just don't remember who wrote it. Sigh. Extract 6: Ah, of course. Jenni Debbage's fantastic Red Sky. Extract 7: Oh, of course I know this one. It's by the multi-talented Wendy Richards, and it's called So Strong a Foundation So, how'd I do? Irene ===== www.originalequestrianmusic.bigstep.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:32:30 -0000 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, I have to have a go, I suppose :) s p o i l e r s p a c e Quote 4: "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Wendy, this is you. Sarah and Jon and the baby and her awful ex... Just what the heck is the title??? Quote 8: "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" Lori means it has to be Nan's story. The title? No idea. Extract 1: Shayne's story. Calvin is L&C's wayward son, and no - I can't remember the title. Extract 6: Jenni's story. Hey, I remember the title!!! Red Sky. I think. Extract 7: You again,Wendy. Darn, I know this scene so well, but I can't remember which fic, other than Clark is older and he's feeling a bit down because a few people close to him have recently passed away. Yvonne (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:41:03 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Shayne T Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES >From the quotes: 1. Hearts and Diamonds by ME 2. uh 3. um 4. Martha Chronicles by Christy Kubit 5. am I in trouble yet? 6. sigh 7. I've read this one 8. Home by Nan Smith 9. Gale Force Winds by Irene (lovely story) >From the excerpts: 2. Solar Eclipse by Irene ( I liked this one too) 6 Red Skies by....um...just shoot me well, now that we know I have a memory for naes and titles like Swiss Cheese, let's just move along. Nothing to see here, just mosey on along. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:52:39 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Okay...sending this in under protest because I'm hopeless at these kind of things... S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 1: "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. Easy! Shayne's wonderful Hearts and Diamonds. Hey, good start... Quote 2: "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." Ummm....nope. Quote 3: "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." Jude's The Circle Game. Definitely helps if you GE'd or beta read the entries. Quote 4: "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Christy's Martha Chronicles. Now, which one? Not 1...too early for a proposal. Not 2 I don't think (didn' I GE that too?) - okay, I'll take a wild stab in the dark and say no. 3. Quote 5: Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm looking through walls. Cindy Leuch's Dawn of Discovery. Brilliant series. Quote 6: "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." Nope Quote 7: "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, please!" Not ringing any bells. Quote 8: "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" Nope Quote 9: 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Nope. These were obviously GE'd by someone else then. ;) E2: Still no idea. But I want to read this one. If only for that last line. LOL. E6: "Clark! Clark!" Hazel patted his cheek with just enough pressure to bring him out of his faint. "Clark, you must wake up . . . fight it Clark . . . you have to stay awake!" Aha! Jenni's Red Sky. One I haven't read yet, but I recognise the villain from irc. Is that cheating? E7: Ah. Wendy's So Strong A Foundation. I GE'd this one too. Is that what you call an unfair advantage? Okay...that wasn't too much of an ordeal. I think. :) LabRat :) (closing her eyes and hitting the button...) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:45:31 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Smith Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Wendy Richards wrote: > Thanks very much to Hazel for a great Elseworld quiz - I have *no idea* > what I'm going to nominate in that category, much less vote for! Okay, so > we move on to the SuperFutures/Early Years category. > A couple of reminders before we begin... > > RULES: > Identify each story and its author accurately to be awarded a correct > answer. This is an open-hard-drive and archive quiz, so feel free to check > your answers if you wish. These stories, as usual, are identifiable by > either a QUOTE or an EXTRACT. Please indicate whether you guessed the > answer from the quote or the extract. Two points for a full correct answer > from the quote, and one point from the extract. > > DISCLAIMER: > Two ‘disclaimers’ here. First, just because, in my subjective decision- > making process, I have singled these stories out for the SuperFutures quiz, > that should not be taken in any way to suggest that other stories are not > deserving of nomination in this category. Your choice is every bit as good > as mine! > > Second, just because, let’s say, Story 6 and Story 8 are included here as a > SuperFuture story, that does not preclude anyone nominating them in other > categories, such as Drama or Innovative Idea, and the same goes for the > other stories in this quiz. Multiple nominations of one story ARE permitted! > > So, without further ado, here is the quiz; DON’T FORGET THE SPOILER SPACE! > S P O I L E R S P A C E > I know these! > Quote 1: > "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. > Shayne's "Hearts and Diamonds" > Quote 2: > "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." > Irene's "Solar Eclipse" > Quote 3: > "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're > finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." > Jude's "The Circle Game" > Quote 4: > "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." > Christy's "Metanoia" > Quote 5: > Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm > looking through walls. > Cindy Leuch's "Dawn of Discovery" > Quote 6: > "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely > flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." > Jenni Debbage's "Red Sky" > Quote 7: > "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, > please!" > Wendy's "So Strong A Foundation" > Quote 8: > "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" > I better not miss this one! My own "Home II: Beginnings" > Quote 9: > 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' > Irene's "Gale Force Winds" And, as you can see, I got them all from the quotes (/me dislocates shoulder patting my own back) Nan > Extract 1: > He gasped as he went flying through the air to the other side of the > street. That punch had hurt! It hadn't been enough to knock the wind out of > him, but the surprise was almost as overwhelming. He hadn't felt pain since > he was 12 years old. > > "Don't pretend that hurt!" Sarah was approaching him, and Calvin struggled > to get to his feet. > > "I know who you are and what you are!" She hissed the words, her face red > with anger. "You're a liar and a cheat!" > > She punched at him again, but this time Calvin was prepared. He grabbed her > arms and was surprised at how strong she was. It was all he could do to > hold her still. > > "Let's calm down and talk like decent human beings." > > She pulled away from him, rubbing her wrists. "Neither one of us is a human > being, and you know it." > > Extract 2: > Larissa fixed him with an icy stare. "Kevin, I know I asked for your help > today as I couldn't go shopping. I know I asked you to do something you > don't do on a regular basis. I trusted you. I even trusted you with my > measurements. What in the name of heaven made you think that this dress > would be suitable for me to wear tonight?" She surveyed her lanky > assistant from head to toe. "If you were wearing this outfit, and I just > might make you do that someday, where do you think you would conceal your > weapon?" > > "Uh, sorry, boss. I never thought of that. You asked me to pick out > something nice, and I asked the saleslady for help, and ... I guess I > didn't think about guns. Uh, does this mean you're unarmed tonight?" > > "No, Kevin, I'm not. Lucky for you I always pack my first aid kit. I've > never needed it before, but, well, Kevin, I guess today was the day to > inaugurate it. I've managed to tape my gun in a very unusual location > using a great deal of surgical tape that pulls every time I move. Of > course, when I stand still the tape doesn't pull, but the gun does pinch. > I'll be thinking of you, Kevin, every time I move tonight, and every time I > stand still tonight. I'm not what you would call pleased, Kevin. I'm > going to give you a word of advice. Keep this in mind. Kevin, next time, > your boss, whether it's me or some other REALLY cranky woman, asks you for > this kind of help, don't be tempted to make them dress like your own > personal Barbie doll. Okay?" > > Jon congratulated himself on the magnificent amount of self-restraint he > was showing by not x-raying Larissa to locate her gun. > > Extract 3: > It was getting harder and harder for him to maintain this distance and > continue provoking her as he heard the love and pleading in her voice, but > the vision of what the end would be like for her if he stayed was in his > mind, as well as the fear of a repeat of last night's episode. What if he > hurt her again? What if he didn't stop next time? And he was sure that as > his control slipped, there *would be* a next time. > > "That's easy for you to say, Lois. It's not going to happen to you. I have > to go. Just let me say goodbye." > > "Clark, please don't do this. I'm here for you and you should be here with > me so that we can stand against this together. We'll find a way; I know we > will." > > "Goodbye, Lois. Tell the kids I love them." He paused. "I won't be coming > back. You should start thinking about making a life without me." He > disconnected and whispered, "I'll always love you." Then he turned and ran > for the boarding gate. > > The sound of the click was like an explosion, but Lois couldn't accept what > she heard. "Clark?...Clark?!" She stared at the silent phone in > disbelief. "Oh, Clark, no! Please come home." And she sat staring at the > gray static of the visi-phone screen as the silence of the house pressed > around her. > > Extract 4: > > I wanted to know; I *needed* to know, but where would I look? Even if I > could get my mother to open up to me, it would be nearly impossible to get > her alone. Grandmother always seemed to be hovering around, not letting > Mother out of her sight long enough to swallow a pill or find a razor. > Grandmother even watched Mother take her pills every morning, making sure > she swallowed each, recounting the number in the vial every day. For > someone who thought my mother's overdose had been an accident, Grandmother > was being awfully careful. > > More than wanting to know what was going on with my mother, though, I > dreaded knowing; I was afraid of knowing. The thing that most scared me was > that the thoughts that raced around her head, urging her to swallow pills > and fall asleep forever, were the same thoughts in my own mind, the > thoughts that kept me from making decisions about my life and sticking to > them. > > The worst thing about my mother - the thing that most revulsed me about > her - was my likeness to her. I hated the years she had spent in limbo, not > living and not yet dead, existing somewhere in between, where no one else > could find her. The thing that scared me most about her lack of direction > in life, about her indecision, was my own indecision. > > More than being afraid of losing her, I was afraid of becoming her, of > sinking into that same well of obedience and despair. I didn't want to be > stuck in a life of regret, of should'ves, a life spent hating my husband, > my children, my very self so much that I wanted out. She scared me because > I thought I could almost understand her. > > Extract 5: > > Jon followed Superman as he walked into the bathroom. He could hear the > faucet in the sink turning on and saw Superman running his head under it, > splashing water on his face. Lois was still hanging up the suit over in > the closet. As Superman reached for a towel, Lois shut the compartment and > made her way back to the bed, sitting on the edge in a sultry fashion. > Superman walked back toward her, his hair looked slightly disheveled. *And > oddly familiar* Jon thought. This was the first time that he was really > able to get a good look at the man's face. Yes, it was so familiar is was > disconcerting. > > Superman caught a glimpse of Lois on the bed and smiled. > > "Well, sweetheart," she said. *Sweetheart?!* "Maybe I can help you forget > about your night." Superman smiled even wider as he took Lois in his arms. > They began to kiss furiously as they lay out on the bed, Superman perched > over Lois. If this went on a whole lot longer, Jon figured, he would need > to go downstairs and get a bowl of popcorn. *Or, you could just mind your > own business!* Like that was going to happen. This was BIG. > > "Mmmm, Lois," Superman practically moaned. > > "Oh, Clark," she sighed and they kissed some more. > > "OhmyGOD." Jon's voice was barely above a whisper, but as he said it, > Superman looked straight at him, through the wall, and went visibly pale. > > Extract 6: > "Clark! Clark!" Hazel patted his cheek with just enough pressure to bring > him out of his faint. "Clark, you must wake up . . . fight it Clark . . . > you have to stay awake!" > > The words were those familiarly spoken when he had been brought down by > kryptonite, but the voice was new. Had some other woman discovered his > secret? Clark prised opened his heavy eyelids and the mud-caked face that > leaned so close, regarding him so anxiously was one he knew. << Oh, no, not > Hazel Chen . . . she would probably blackmail him into having an affair in > exchange for keeping his secret.>> His eyes closed again and he tried to > shift away from her nearness, but the pain that smote him forced a groan > from his lips. > > "No, Clark! Don't leave me! It's important that you stay conscious." His > pain-filled gaze returned to her face and she strove to keep him with > her. "You tripped coming down the slope and you fell heavily . . . ." > > Yes, now he did remember . . . . Desperately he nodded his head and a > fresh wave of giddiness overtook him. > > "Try not to move," the kind female voice instructed. "When you fell you > landed on a sharp piece of rock and it's embedded in your back. We can't > tell how much damage it's done but Roy's gone to fetch help and we should > have you on the Swallow very soon and Freddy can treat you. He's our > resident paramedic; we wooed him from your military so he's seen all sorts > of wounds . . . ." > > "You have to . . . pull it out . . . ." > > Extract 7: > The sirens were still a minute or two away. In that moment, Clark made his > decision. > > "Bill, it's Clark. Clark Kent," he murmured in a low voice. > > "Wha...?" The eyes were beginning to glaze over; the voice was slurred, > indistinct. > > "I'm Clark. I... want you to know," Clark repeated. > > The eyes focused on him again. "Clarrr... yeah, Claa...." A pause, > then, "Should ha'... guessed... always too close to Loisss...." Henderson's > hand clutched weakly at Clark's. Clark covered it with his own, and waited. > > It wasn't long; just as the first police vehicle screeched to a halt by the > entrance to the alley, Henderson drew a shuddering sigh and his head > slipped to one side. Clark inhaled deeply and reached out with one shaking > hand to close his friend's eyes. > > The two young police officers running into the alley were amazed at the > sight of Superman, crouched on the ground with his cape pooled about him, > holding the dead and bloody body of an old man in his arms, and the glimmer > of tears showing in his eyes. > > Extract 8; > "All right?" he asked. > > She gulped and nodded. "What do we do now?" > > "Now, you find out something a little prematurely," he explained, dryly. "I > couldn't do it in there with the camera on us." He slipped one arm under > her knees, and the other around her back. "Ready?" > > She nodded jerkily, and turned her head to examine his face, only half > visible in the gloom. Was it possible? > > "Good. Put your arms around my neck and just relax. We'll be out of here in > a minute." > > Lori obeyed wordlessly, and felt them lift effortlessly into the air. She > found herself holding her breath as Clark floated sideways several feet to > clear the elevator, and began a slow, gentle descent. > > For a second, she closed her eyes, then opened them again to look at him. > He hadn't changed. He was looking back at her, his expression a little > concerned. "Lori, are you all right?" > > She took a deep breath and tried to banish the detachment that seemed to > have gripped her as they drifted slowly downward. "Yeah." The word came out > as a squeak. She cleared her throat. "Yeah. I'm fine." > > Extract 9: > Michael's jaw dropped. "Superman's like a dad to you, and I don't have any > pants on?" > > "Uh huh." > > "Oh, crap!" > > "Exactly!" > > Vicky quickly stripped his t-shirt off and put it on the bed beside him > before finding his socks and shoes for him. Then she turned her attention > to her own apparel - or lack, thereof - frustrated that in such close > quarters she couldn't use her superpowers to move faster. Michael would > feel a suspicious blast of air if she did. > > Three things happened almost simultaneously. She did up her bra, Michael > zipped up his pants, and her father appeared with a great whoosh. > > "Vicky, you're naked!" the shocked superhero exclaimed. > > Have fun! > > Wendy > > ----------- > Wendy Richards > wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:44:51 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Judith Williams Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Miz Rat wrote (Hmmm., how alliterative. Say that fast 5 times. Hmmm and the preceding also): > Jude's The Circle Game. Definitely helps if you GE'd or beta read the > entries. ----And great GEing it was, Oh Wise One. :) Jude ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:47:29 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kath Roden Subject: OT: Fanfic Link Does anyone know what the new link is to this site? In loving memory of Lois and Clark (L&C Shrine) http://www.annie.simplenet.com/loisclark.html Thanks! Kath ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:57:38 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Re: OT: Fanfic Link MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Unless I'm wrong, i thought that was Andrea's old site and that one has been removed due to stubborn internet servers. :( Alexis ;-.) ~You hold the key, to set yourself free, love is the answer... - Catch 22 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:23:14 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Annette Ciotola Subject: Re: OT: Fanfic Link MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kath, Unfortunately, this was one of the sites lost to the increase demands of Yahoo. They forced all those under the Simplenet contract (who they bought out sometime last year) to "upgrade" to a higher priced package. Andrea does, however, have CDs available through which she hopes to distribute the content of the web site through. She has information posted on how you can order them (for costs) at: http://hometown.aol.com/DaniPayson/web.htm Also, some of her music videos are still available through the internet at Zoom's site and all of them are available at annesplace.net. Hope this helps some Anne www.annesplace.net ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:21:24 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Cindy Leuch Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES Seeing as I'm IN this one, I figured I should send my answers. (And look - I'm all by myself this time.) (Spoiler Space) (Forgive any misspellings - I'm doing this from memory) 1)Hearts and Daimonds by Shayne Terry 2)Solar Eclipse by Irene Dutchak 3)The Circle Game by Jude 4)The Martha Chronicles 3 by Christy Cubit 5)Uhhh....hmmm...oh yeah. Dawn of Discovery by Cindy Leuch 6)Haven't read it 7)So Strong A Foundation by Wendy Richards 8)Home 2 by Nan Smith 9)Gale Force Winds by Irene Dutchak ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:26:34 -0600 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Adam Labotka Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Working alone this time ;) S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 2: Solar Eclipse by Irene Dutchak Quote 5: Dawn of Discovery by Cindy Leuch Quote 7: So Strong a Foundation by Wendy Richards Quote 8: Home II: Begennings by Nan Smith Quote 9: Gale Force Winds by Irene Dutchak Excerpt 1: Hearts and Diamonds by Shayne Terry ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:27:47 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "MoesyL47 L." Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit These were all great stories, and I think I may even know some of them, so here goes... S P O I L E R S P A C E # 1: Shayne Terry's 'Hearts and Diamonds' (from extact) # 2: 'Solar Eclipse,' by Irene (from extract) # 3: 'The Circle Game,' by Jude (from extract) # 4: 'The Martha Cronicles 3 - Metanoia,' by Christy Kubit (from extract) # 5: I know I've read it - and enjoyed it very much - but don't remember which one it is. # 6: Jenni Debbage's 'Red Sky' (from quote) # 7: 'So Strong a Foundation,' by Wendy Richards (from extract) # 8: Nan Smith's 'Home II - Beginnings' (from quote) # 9: 'Gale Force Winds,' by Irene Dutchak (from extract) Maureen ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:47:34 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Diyan Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 * * S P O I L E R S P A C E * * Quote 1: "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. * Shayne Terry=92s "Hearts and Diamonds" Quote 2: "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." * Irene Dutchak=92s "Solar Eclipse" Quote 3: "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." * I=92m almost sure I=92ve read this quote, but I just can=92t seem to place= it. Quote 4: "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." * Christy Kubit=92s "The Martha Chronicles III: Metanoia" Quote 5: Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm looking through walls. * Cindy Leuch=92s "Dawn of Discovery" Quote 6: "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." * Jenni Debbage=92s "Red Sky" Quote 7: "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, please!" * Wendy Richard=92s "So Strong a Foundation" Quote 8: "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" * Nan Smith=92s "Home II: Beginnings" Quote 9: 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' * Irene Dutchak=92s "Gale Force Winds" Excerpt 3: I knew I=92d read this: It=92s Jude=92s "The Circle Game." Good quiz on some really good stories :) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:56:54 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: StarKitty Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok, I'll give this one a shot S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 1: "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. No idea :( Quote 2: "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." This one's by Irene Dutchak--Solar Eclipse Quote 3: "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." Uh . . . Quote 4: "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." Quote 5: Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm looking through walls. Quote 6: "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." Ooh, this one I know! Red Sky by Jenni Debbage Quote 7: "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, please!" Um . . . Quote 8: "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" Nan wrote this one! Home I: Beginnings Quote 9: 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' Gale Force Winds, by Irene Dutchak Extract 1: Ok, now I recognize this one! Hearts and Diamonds by Shayne Nice one, Wendy! Tara ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:03:04 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nicole Wolke Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Another category with great stories! Let's see what I can remember :-) S P O I L E R S P A C E >From the Quotes: Q2: Solar eclipse by Irene Dutchak Q8: Home 2, by Nan Smith Q9: Gale force the winds, by Irene Dutchak >From the excerpts: E1: Hearts, by Shayne E4: Martha Chronicles 3, Metanoia, by Christy Kubit -- AKA CKgroupie on IRC/AIM NKWolke@t-online.de Are you always searching for news about Dean Cain? And you don't have enough time to search? Here's your solution: Go to "The Dean Cain News Page" http://members.tripod.de/CKgroupie/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:14:39 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a note from the committee ... while most of the stories in this category are SuperFutures, it does include Early Years stories, as well (as one of the quiz selections illustrates :) On the surface, these two types of stories don't seem to have much in common. We combine them because there aren't enough Early Years stories to merit a separate category, and we wanted to have a place for them. But I think they *do* share something important: Getting readers interested and invested in "new" characters is a challenge, whether the "new" people are Martha as a young woman, or L&C's various offspring -- or even older versions of our heros. So when writers succeed, this is where we reward them :) -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ "Hi, I'm Larry the Cucumber, and welcome to the very first VeggieTales success video! Are you ready to make millions of dollars in real estate with no money down? I know I am!" --Larry, misunderstanding a sing-along video ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:35:55 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Lois and Clark on audio Comments: To: afolcslife@egroups.com, DeanCainFans@egroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I mentioned this a while ago, but I thought I would mention it again. A while back I made a few audio tapes that were LnC related. The first tape was a tape full of LnC sounds combined with songs that never made it onto the LnC soundtrack CD. I made another group of tapes that were full of songs that reminded me of LNC. If anyone is interested in purchasing a some copies of these, please email me privately at LoisLane9397@aol.com and I will give you all the neccessary info. Thanks, Alexis ;-.) "You should see him, Clark, up close. He's the most magnificent figure of a man I've ever seen." (Lois) "Sounds like he made quite an impression on you." (Clark) "He did...why? Are you jealous?" (Lois) "Of Superman? Should I be?" (Clark) {LnC, Pilot} ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:10:57 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Marilyn L. Puett" Subject: Fanfic Question I know this has been posted before, but might I ask again? When is Clark's birthday? I seem to remember that it's in May but that's all I can remember. Thanks for your help. Marilyn AKA Supermom ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:18:36 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As I recall, Clark's ship was found on May 17th, 1966 ... but his birthday is celebrated February 28th. I think the idea was that the Kents guessed his age at almost 3 months and back-dated his supposed birthdate accordingly. At least that's how I remember it... ;) "Marilyn L. Puett" wrote: > > I know this has been posted before, but might I ask again? When is Clark's > birthday? I seem to remember that it's in May but that's all I can > remember. > > Thanks for your help. > > Marilyn > AKA Supermom -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ "Hi, I'm Larry the Cucumber, and welcome to the very first VeggieTales success video! Are you ready to make millions of dollars in real estate with no money down? I know I am!" --Larry, misunderstanding a sing-along video ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:40:28 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES LOTS of entries so far! And some pretty good scores too! :) Cindy, you omitted to tell me whether you guessed the stories from the quotes or the extracts, so I can't score you unless you let me know. (Otherwise I'll assume you got them from the extracts, and mark accordingly ) Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:54:45 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Betty Cheng Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wendy wrote: > Actually, I thought Kathy had a very good point. It really isn't *that* > much effort to scroll back to the top of a story to copy and paste the > email address in order to send a note of feedback. Hmmm ... I'm kind of puzzled about why it's more difficult to scroll back to the top of a story when the story is long than when it is short. On a PC, if you hold down the key and press , you are back to the top of the story regardless of its length. Since this takes only a split second, why all the fuss with HTML and adding the e-mail addy at the end of the story? Or do most people on the list use a MAC or some other system? Puzzled, Simba ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:13:47 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Marilyn L. Puett" Subject: Re: Fanfic Question Thank you kindly, Pam. Now if the muse will just cooperate, I'll be in business! Marilyn AKA Supermom ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:20:10 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Betty Cheng Subject: Re: Anneplace Donations Update - Canada In-Reply-To: <20010116000919.19158.qmail@web901.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Irene. I want to donate money to Anne's Place as well but one slight problem --- I don't have a chequing account. Can I send you money in the mail instead? (Sorry, I know I'm a bit late in responding to the donations collection. I've been sick for nearly a month now so I'm really behind in reading the e-mails.) Thanks for coordinating the donations =) Cheers, Simba -----Original Message----- From: Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic [mailto:LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU]On Behalf Of Irene D. Sent: January 15, 2001 4:09 PM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Anneplace Donations Update - Canada Just a reminder to any Canadian FoLCs who would like to donate who haven't as of yet, please email me at sirenegold@yahoo.com for details as to where cheques should be sent. And any stragglers out there who have volunteered to donate, but haven't as of yet (And you know who you are!) please get those cheques in the mail. I'd like to send one U.S. money order to Anne to cut down on service charges at her end! Thanks, Irene ===== www.originalequestrianmusic.bigstep.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:22:36 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Betty Cheng Subject: Pls disregard last e-mail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry, I meant to send that e-mail to Irene only =p ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:29:15 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Simba wrote: On a PC, > if you hold down the key and press , you are back to the top of > the story regardless of its length. Since this takes only a split second, > why all the fuss with HTML and adding the e-mail addy at the end of the > story? Or do most people on the list use a MAC or some other system? > I wondered this, initially. But, I'm told, Simba that there are actually quite a few older PCs which don't include such a thing as a HOME button. Or an END button either for that matter. LabRat :) (ever grateful for the wonder of irc... ) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:40:26 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 01/17/2001 12:33:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, labrat@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK writes: << But, I'm told, Simba that there are actually quite a few older PCs which don't include such a thing as a HOME button. Or an END button either for that matter. >> what, we have dinosaurs in our group? I can't remember a PC keyboard I've had even back from a 286 that didn't have these keys... --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:21:32 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Simba wrote: > Hmmm ... I'm kind of puzzled about why it's more difficult to scroll back to > the top of a story when the story is long than when it is short. On a PC, > if you hold down the key and press , you are back to the top of > the story regardless of its length. Since this takes only a split second, > why all the fuss with HTML and adding the e-mail addy at the end of the > story? Or do most people on the list use a MAC or some other system? Actually, my folks have a Packard Bell computer that they bought two and a half years ago, so even if it's not *very* recent, it's still a pretty good PC, and the keyboard doesn't have a HOME key. I noticed this because I always use my laptop and the HOME key has become essential to me . But some keyboards don't have it, even if the computer is not very old and is good quality. Helene :) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:58:41 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Laurie wrote: > what, we have dinosaurs in our group? I can't remember a PC keyboard I've > had even back from a 286 that didn't have these keys... > Apparently you'd be surprised, Laurie. I certainly was. But it reminded me of the odd affection I still retain for my old Amstrad WP. That was an eccentric bundle of wires if ever there was one. It had the endearing habit of not telling you when a disk was full until you tried to save the last 10 pages of story you'd just spent the afternoon writing. And then, although it pretended you had two options, one of which would save the text, in reality it never worked and the only option was to switch off the computer, losing everything in the process. It's other nice trick was to not only have no HOME or END button but to have no actual means of getting through a document at all, other than scrolling down manually. Quite often - especially if I was working on a long fic - by the time I spent twenty minutes or more scrolling down to where I needed to start, I'd lost the inclination to do anything with it once I got there. Surprisingly enough though, as I say, I remember that infuriating little beast with a great deal of nostalgia. Wouldn't use it for the world though these days, even if you paid me! ;) LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:30:23 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Clarissa Kent Organization: @Home Network Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote One: Shayne Terry's "Hearts and Diamonds" Quote Two: Irene Dutchak's "Solar Eclipse" Quote Three : Jude's "The Circle Game" Quote Six: Jenni Debbage's "Red Sky" Quote Seven: Wendy Richards' "So Strong A Foundation" Quote Eight: Nan Smith's "Home 2: Beginnings" Quote Nine: Irene Dutchak's "Gale Force Winds" So, how did I do?? :) Clarissa Wendy Richards wrote: > > Thanks very much to Hazel for a great Elseworld quiz - I have *no idea* > what I'm going to nominate in that category, much less vote for! Okay, so > we move on to the SuperFutures/Early Years category. > A couple of reminders before we begin... > > RULES: > Identify each story and its author accurately to be awarded a correct > answer. This is an open-hard-drive and archive quiz, so feel free to check > your answers if you wish. These stories, as usual, are identifiable by > either a QUOTE or an EXTRACT. Please indicate whether you guessed the > answer from the quote or the extract. Two points for a full correct answer > from the quote, and one point from the extract. > > DISCLAIMER: > Two ‘disclaimers’ here. First, just because, in my subjective decision- > making process, I have singled these stories out for the SuperFutures quiz, > that should not be taken in any way to suggest that other stories are not > deserving of nomination in this category. Your choice is every bit as good > as mine! > > Second, just because, let’s say, Story 6 and Story 8 are included here as a > SuperFuture story, that does not preclude anyone nominating them in other > categories, such as Drama or Innovative Idea, and the same goes for the > other stories in this quiz. Multiple nominations of one story ARE permitted! > > So, without further ado, here is the quiz; DON’T FORGET THE SPOILER SPACE! > > Quote 1: > "You aren't human!" Her voice was accusing. > > Quote 2: > "Got it. You want me to hang back and keep my eyes on your backside." > > Quote 3: > "Yes, I love him; I'll never stop loving him. But, as I think you're > finding out for yourself with Jack, sometimes love isn't enough." > > Quote 4: > "I'm asking you to marry me, Jonathan Kent." > > Quote 5: > Well diary, I'll leave you alone, at least until the next time I think I'm > looking through walls. > > Quote 6: > "Normally, no you don't. But believe me, Clark, you were definitely > flirting, and with a female that wasn't me." > > Quote 7: > "I can't let Jon get hurt - Superman, I need you to protect him for me, > please!" > > Quote 8: > "Do you know," he said abruptly, "what you've done to my life, Lori Lyons?" > > Quote 9: > 'I'm spying on a blind man. How low can I go?' > > Extract 1: > He gasped as he went flying through the air to the other side of the > street. That punch had hurt! It hadn't been enough to knock the wind out of > him, but the surprise was almost as overwhelming. He hadn't felt pain since > he was 12 years old. > > "Don't pretend that hurt!" Sarah was approaching him, and Calvin struggled > to get to his feet. > > "I know who you are and what you are!" She hissed the words, her face red > with anger. "You're a liar and a cheat!" > > She punched at him again, but this time Calvin was prepared. He grabbed her > arms and was surprised at how strong she was. It was all he could do to > hold her still. > > "Let's calm down and talk like decent human beings." > > She pulled away from him, rubbing her wrists. "Neither one of us is a human > being, and you know it." > > Extract 2: > Larissa fixed him with an icy stare. "Kevin, I know I asked for your help > today as I couldn't go shopping. I know I asked you to do something you > don't do on a regular basis. I trusted you. I even trusted you with my > measurements. What in the name of heaven made you think that this dress > would be suitable for me to wear tonight?" She surveyed her lanky > assistant from head to toe. "If you were wearing this outfit, and I just > might make you do that someday, where do you think you would conceal your > weapon?" > > "Uh, sorry, boss. I never thought of that. You asked me to pick out > something nice, and I asked the saleslady for help, and ... I guess I > didn't think about guns. Uh, does this mean you're unarmed tonight?" > > "No, Kevin, I'm not. Lucky for you I always pack my first aid kit. I've > never needed it before, but, well, Kevin, I guess today was the day to > inaugurate it. I've managed to tape my gun in a very unusual location > using a great deal of surgical tape that pulls every time I move. Of > course, when I stand still the tape doesn't pull, but the gun does pinch. > I'll be thinking of you, Kevin, every time I move tonight, and every time I > stand still tonight. I'm not what you would call pleased, Kevin. I'm > going to give you a word of advice. Keep this in mind. Kevin, next time, > your boss, whether it's me or some other REALLY cranky woman, asks you for > this kind of help, don't be tempted to make them dress like your own > personal Barbie doll. Okay?" > > Jon congratulated himself on the magnificent amount of self-restraint he > was showing by not x-raying Larissa to locate her gun. > > Extract 3: > It was getting harder and harder for him to maintain this distance and > continue provoking her as he heard the love and pleading in her voice, but > the vision of what the end would be like for her if he stayed was in his > mind, as well as the fear of a repeat of last night's episode. What if he > hurt her again? What if he didn't stop next time? And he was sure that as > his control slipped, there *would be* a next time. > > "That's easy for you to say, Lois. It's not going to happen to you. I have > to go. Just let me say goodbye." > > "Clark, please don't do this. I'm here for you and you should be here with > me so that we can stand against this together. We'll find a way; I know we > will." > > "Goodbye, Lois. Tell the kids I love them." He paused. "I won't be coming > back. You should start thinking about making a life without me." He > disconnected and whispered, "I'll always love you." Then he turned and ran > for the boarding gate. > > The sound of the click was like an explosion, but Lois couldn't accept what > she heard. "Clark?...Clark?!" She stared at the silent phone in > disbelief. "Oh, Clark, no! Please come home." And she sat staring at the > gray static of the visi-phone screen as the silence of the house pressed > around her. > > Extract 4: > > I wanted to know; I *needed* to know, but where would I look? Even if I > could get my mother to open up to me, it would be nearly impossible to get > her alone. Grandmother always seemed to be hovering around, not letting > Mother out of her sight long enough to swallow a pill or find a razor. > Grandmother even watched Mother take her pills every morning, making sure > she swallowed each, recounting the number in the vial every day. For > someone who thought my mother's overdose had been an accident, Grandmother > was being awfully careful. > > More than wanting to know what was going on with my mother, though, I > dreaded knowing; I was afraid of knowing. The thing that most scared me was > that the thoughts that raced around her head, urging her to swallow pills > and fall asleep forever, were the same thoughts in my own mind, the > thoughts that kept me from making decisions about my life and sticking to > them. > > The worst thing about my mother - the thing that most revulsed me about > her - was my likeness to her. I hated the years she had spent in limbo, not > living and not yet dead, existing somewhere in between, where no one else > could find her. The thing that scared me most about her lack of direction > in life, about her indecision, was my own indecision. > > More than being afraid of losing her, I was afraid of becoming her, of > sinking into that same well of obedience and despair. I didn't want to be > stuck in a life of regret, of should'ves, a life spent hating my husband, > my children, my very self so much that I wanted out. She scared me because > I thought I could almost understand her. > > Extract 5: > > Jon followed Superman as he walked into the bathroom. He could hear the > faucet in the sink turning on and saw Superman running his head under it, > splashing water on his face. Lois was still hanging up the suit over in > the closet. As Superman reached for a towel, Lois shut the compartment and > made her way back to the bed, sitting on the edge in a sultry fashion. > Superman walked back toward her, his hair looked slightly disheveled. *And > oddly familiar* Jon thought. This was the first time that he was really > able to get a good look at the man's face. Yes, it was so familiar is was > disconcerting. > > Superman caught a glimpse of Lois on the bed and smiled. > > "Well, sweetheart," she said. *Sweetheart?!* "Maybe I can help you forget > about your night." Superman smiled even wider as he took Lois in his arms. > They began to kiss furiously as they lay out on the bed, Superman perched > over Lois. If this went on a whole lot longer, Jon figured, he would need > to go downstairs and get a bowl of popcorn. *Or, you could just mind your > own business!* Like that was going to happen. This was BIG. > > "Mmmm, Lois," Superman practically moaned. > > "Oh, Clark," she sighed and they kissed some more. > > "OhmyGOD." Jon's voice was barely above a whisper, but as he said it, > Superman looked straight at him, through the wall, and went visibly pale. > > Extract 6: > "Clark! Clark!" Hazel patted his cheek with just enough pressure to bring > him out of his faint. "Clark, you must wake up . . . fight it Clark . . . > you have to stay awake!" > > The words were those familiarly spoken when he had been brought down by > kryptonite, but the voice was new. Had some other woman discovered his > secret? Clark prised opened his heavy eyelids and the mud-caked face that > leaned so close, regarding him so anxiously was one he knew. << Oh, no, not > Hazel Chen . . . she would probably blackmail him into having an affair in > exchange for keeping his secret.>> His eyes closed again and he tried to > shift away from her nearness, but the pain that smote him forced a groan > from his lips. > > "No, Clark! Don't leave me! It's important that you stay conscious." His > pain-filled gaze returned to her face and she strove to keep him with > her. "You tripped coming down the slope and you fell heavily . . . ." > > Yes, now he did remember . . . . Desperately he nodded his head and a > fresh wave of giddiness overtook him. > > "Try not to move," the kind female voice instructed. "When you fell you > landed on a sharp piece of rock and it's embedded in your back. We can't > tell how much damage it's done but Roy's gone to fetch help and we should > have you on the Swallow very soon and Freddy can treat you. He's our > resident paramedic; we wooed him from your military so he's seen all sorts > of wounds . . . ." > > "You have to . . . pull it out . . . ." > > Extract 7: > The sirens were still a minute or two away. In that moment, Clark made his > decision. > > "Bill, it's Clark. Clark Kent," he murmured in a low voice. > > "Wha...?" The eyes were beginning to glaze over; the voice was slurred, > indistinct. > > "I'm Clark. I... want you to know," Clark repeated. > > The eyes focused on him again. "Clarrr... yeah, Claa...." A pause, > then, "Should ha'... guessed... always too close to Loisss...." Henderson's > hand clutched weakly at Clark's. Clark covered it with his own, and waited. > > It wasn't long; just as the first police vehicle screeched to a halt by the > entrance to the alley, Henderson drew a shuddering sigh and his head > slipped to one side. Clark inhaled deeply and reached out with one shaking > hand to close his friend's eyes. > > The two young police officers running into the alley were amazed at the > sight of Superman, crouched on the ground with his cape pooled about him, > holding the dead and bloody body of an old man in his arms, and the glimmer > of tears showing in his eyes. > > Extract 8; > "All right?" he asked. > > She gulped and nodded. "What do we do now?" > > "Now, you find out something a little prematurely," he explained, dryly. "I > couldn't do it in there with the camera on us." He slipped one arm under > her knees, and the other around her back. "Ready?" > > She nodded jerkily, and turned her head to examine his face, only half > visible in the gloom. Was it possible? > > "Good. Put your arms around my neck and just relax. We'll be out of here in > a minute." > > Lori obeyed wordlessly, and felt them lift effortlessly into the air. She > found herself holding her breath as Clark floated sideways several feet to > clear the elevator, and began a slow, gentle descent. > > For a second, she closed her eyes, then opened them again to look at him. > He hadn't changed. He was looking back at her, his expression a little > concerned. "Lori, are you all right?" > > She took a deep breath and tried to banish the detachment that seemed to > have gripped her as they drifted slowly downward. "Yeah." The word came out > as a squeak. She cleared her throat. "Yeah. I'm fine." > > Extract 9: > Michael's jaw dropped. "Superman's like a dad to you, and I don't have any > pants on?" > > "Uh huh." > > "Oh, crap!" > > "Exactly!" > > Vicky quickly stripped his t-shirt off and put it on the bed beside him > before finding his socks and shoes for him. Then she turned her attention > to her own apparel - or lack, thereof - frustrated that in such close > quarters she couldn't use her superpowers to move faster. Michael would > feel a suspicious blast of air if she did. > > Three things happened almost simultaneously. She did up her bra, Michael > zipped up his pants, and her father appeared with a great whoosh. > > "Vicky, you're naked!" the shocked superhero exclaimed. > > Have fun! > > Wendy > > ----------- > Wendy Richards > wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:39:14 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Randi .." Subject: Fanfic Question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hey, guys! I'm just attempting ("attempt" being the operative word here :p) to start another story (Oh, help me! Why do I do this to myself??). Anyway, I was wondering. At the beginning of. . .oh, it was either "Barbarians at the Planet" or "House of Luthor", I think. . .when Clark was betting Lois she couldn't name all Santa's reindeer, does anyone know if this was spurred on by the time of year? Was it just before or after Christmas? (Of course, I can just *make* it the right time of year, but it would be nice if I was backed up by the show. :)) Thanks for any help! :) Randi ------------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm not a praying man. I don't even know if you're up there. But if you are and you can hear me, Save me Superman!" --Homer Simpson ------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:39:37 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/17/01 4:41:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, emily_starr@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > .when Clark was betting Lois > she couldn't name all Santa's reindeer, does anyone know if this was spurred > on by the time of year? Was it just before or after Christmas? (Of course, > I can just *make* it the right time of year, but it would be nice if I was > backed up by the show. :)) > > I don't think it had anything to do with the time of year, because those episodes were in the spring. I believe that it was a sort of game they were playing, because he also bet her she couldn't name all seven of Snow White's Dwarves. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:40:49 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Bethy Em Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 4: SUPERFUTURES Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Wonderful choices, Wendy! This was fun! S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 1: "Hearts and Diamonds" by Shayne Terry Quote 2: "Solar Eclipse" by Irene Dutchak Quote 5: "The Dawn of Discovery" by Cindy Leuch Quote 6: "Red Sky" by Jenni Debbage Quote 7: "So Strong A Foundation" by Wendy Richards Quote 8: "Home II: Beginnings" by Nan Smith Quote 9: "Gale Force Winds" by Irene Dutchak Extract 3: The Circle Game by Jude Extract 4: This doesn't look familiar, but *very,* very interesting. Can't wait to read it! Bethy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:57:55 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Judith Williams Subject: Re: Well said, Kathy :) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Laurie wrote: > what, we have dinosaurs in our group? I can't remember a PC keyboard I've > had even back from a 286 that didn't have these keys... And LabRat wrote: >But it reminded me of the odd affection I still retain for my old Amstrad WP. That was an eccentric bundle of wires if ever there was one. It had the endearing habit of not telling you when a disk was full until you tried to save the last 10 pages of story you'd just spent the afternoon writing. And then, although it pretended you had two options, one of which would save the text, in reality it never worked and the only option was to switch off the computer, losing everything in the process. ----Oh Young Ones, you are speaking of modern times and modern machines--with *disks*. How well I remember the olden days and my first PC experience using a Radio Shack TRS 80, affectionately known as a Trash 80. Disks? Oh no, it had tapes that looked like audio tapes and a magnificent memory that, as I recall, must not have exceeded 5 kilobytes. And the excruciating agony of waiting for it to process something! Its keyboard, such as it was, had no need for a home key because. like Miz Rat's WP, all up and down movement had to be done by scrolling one line at a time. But, primitive as it was, it was 10 giant steps better than an adding machine and a typewriter. I fondly remember my WP program called Electric Pencil. It didn't tell you anything , but if you found a mistake, you could correct it much faster than with a Correcting Selectric. :) Jude ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:06:53 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Judith Williams Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry Randi, but neither Barbarians at the Planet nor House of Luthor takes place at Christmas time-- at the time they were shown (final 2 eps of Season 1), or apparently in the context of the story since the characters seem to be comfortable the street without warm coats and Lois is seen driving a convertible with the top down. :) Jude ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randi .." To: Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 1:39 PM Subject: Fanfic Question > Hey, guys! I'm just attempting ("attempt" being the operative word here :p) > to start another story (Oh, help me! Why do I do this to myself??). Anyway, > I was wondering. At the beginning of. . .oh, it was either "Barbarians at > the Planet" or "House of Luthor", I think. . .when Clark was betting Lois > she couldn't name all Santa's reindeer, does anyone know if this was spurred > on by the time of year? Was it just before or after Christmas? (Of course, > I can just *make* it the right time of year, but it would be nice if I was > backed up by the show. :)) > > Thanks for any help! :) > > Randi > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > "I'm not a praying man. I don't even know if you're up there. But if you are > and you can hear me, Save me Superman!" --Homer Simpson > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:49:40 +0900 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Liz O Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have read that Clark's birthday is actually supposed to be on 29 February - there are quite a few sites about Leap Year that claim him as a Leap Year baby.... Liz "Marilyn L. Puett" wrote: > Thank you kindly, Pam. Now if the muse will just cooperate, I'll be in > business! > > Marilyn > AKA Supermom ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:37:07 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Kerth Quiz No. 4: Early Years/SuperFutures: Answers and Scores MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks for all the responses to this one. There were eighteen entries in total, and even allowing for the fact that I bullied some poor victims on IRC into entering, this is very encouraging. It's nice to know that FoLCs enjoy the quizzes! And not only were there 18 entries, but several people actually got all the answers correct; one person even guessed them all from the quotes (well done, Nan!), which is excellent. I wasn't especially aware of choosing quotes which made it easy to guess the stories in question, so I'm extremely impressed. Before I give the answers and scores, as usual I'd like to make a couple of things very clear, on behalf of the Kerth Quiz-setters. Please don't forget that just because I've included a story in this quiz, it does NOT imply that the story automatically deserves to be nominated; and if a story fits the category but ISN'T on the quiz, it only means that it wasn't one of the stories I chose, by admittedly subjective means. In this quiz, I was also very aware of the fact that three authors, between them, could have filled this category at least twice over: Irene, Nan and Cindy; and so I made choices between their stories as well. If your own favorite fits the category and wasn't in the quiz, please nominate it! Okay, on we go: here are the ANSWERS: 1 - Hearts and Diamonds, by Shayne Terry 2 - Solar Eclipse, by Irene Dutchak 3 - The Circle Game, by Jude 4 - The Martha Chronicles 3: Metanoia, by Christy Kubit 5 - Dawn of Discovery, by Cindy Leuch 6 - Red Sky, by Jenni Debbage 7 - So Strong a Foundation, by Wendy Richards 8 - Home II: Beginnings, by Nan Smith 9 - Gale Force Winds, by Irene Dutchak Where a story is part of a series and the entry guessed the series but not the particular story, I awarded half of the points which would have been awarded for guessing the story. So anyone who guessed The Martha Chronicles for #4, but not Part 3 or Metanoia, got .5 of a point for the story if guessed from the quote. Scores: Chiara: 5 points Hazel: 15 points Pam: 14 points Helene: 8.5 points Tim: 8 points Irene: 14 points Yvonne: 3 points Shayne: 9 points LabRat: 10 Adam: 11 points Maureen: 10 points Tara: 9 points. (Said Home I, but gave the subtitle as =91Beginnings=92, so I=92ll accept it) Nicky: 8 points Clarissa: 14 points Cindy: 11 points Bethy: 15 points Dia: a very strong 17 points, which earns her second place, and... The winner is... Nan gets 18 points - maximum score! Wow! This is definitely her category! Thanks again, everyone! The next quiz is SuperFutures, and it'll be posted tomorrow, or possibly later tonight if I get asked nicely enough! :) Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:03:07 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kath Roden Subject: Re: OT: Fanfic Link Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Thanks, I appreciate the quick reply! Kath >From: Annette Ciotola > >Kath, > >Unfortunately, this was one of the sites lost to the increase demands of >Yahoo. They forced all those under the Simplenet contract (who they bought >out sometime last year) to "upgrade" to a higher priced package. > >Andrea does, however, have CDs available through which she hopes to >distribute the content of the web site through. She has information posted >on >how you can order them (for costs) at: > >http://hometown.aol.com/DaniPayson/web.htm > >Also, some of her music videos are still available through the internet at >Zoom's site and all of them are available at annesplace.net. > >Hope this helps some >Anne >www.annesplace.net _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:06:41 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz No. 4: Early Years/SuperFutures: Answers and Scores I wrote, obviously in the midst of a brain system failure: >>>The next quiz is SuperFutures, and it'll be posted tomorrow, or possibly later tonight if I get asked nicely enough! :) <<< Of course, we've just HAD the SuperFuture/Early Years quiz... /me smacks me upside the head. The next quiz will be the Tearjerker one. This is a new category for 2001, and there are LOTS of really great stories eligible for this category. That quiz will be posted... soon. Sooner, if I get nagged! Wendy ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:14:16 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 All right; having been nagged on IRC, here's the next quiz. This is the TEARJERKER category, a new one for this year. Stories in this category are usually strongly B-plot driven, and - as the name suggests - tend to require a high Kleenex count. They usually contain angst and emotional WHAMs. I'll admit that this is one of my favourite categories, and some of the stories I've chosen here are among my personal favourites for the year. So here we go... RULES: Identify each story and its author accurately to be awarded a correct answer. This is an open-hard-drive and archive quiz, so feel free to check your answers if you wish. These stories, as usual, are identifiable by either a QUOTE or an EXTRACT. Please indicate whether you guessed the answer from the quote or the extract. Two points for a full correct answer from the quote, and one point from the extract. DISCLAIMER: Two =91disclaimers=92 here. First, just because, in my subjective decision- making process, I have singled these stories out for the Tearjerker quiz, that should not be taken in any way to suggest that other stories are not deserving of nomination in this category. Your choice is every bit as good as mine! Second, just because, let=92s say, Story 1 and Story 10 are included here as= Tearjerker stories, that does not preclude anyone nominating them in other categories, such as Alt or Episode Adaptation, and the same goes for the other stories in this quiz. Multiple nominations of one story ARE permitted!= Oh, and PLEASE do not quote the entire quiz in your response! And don=92t forget the SPOILER SPACE. :) s p a c e Quote 1: She could picture him in there, letting the water pound down onto him, waiting for the hurt to wash away... Quote 2: "Lois, let me in," the ghost said. Quote 3: "Well, Lana, you see... ah, Lois and I aren't married anymore." Quote 4: "I came back for you," Lois answered gently. "Because you needed me." Quote 5: "My best friend in the whole world has just been to hell and back, and I came over here because I didn't want him to be alone.=94 Quote 6: =93I think we need to all start accepting... that Clark isn't coming home." Quote 7: Mirages weren't supposed to have a heartbeat! Quote 8: "Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep?" Quote 9: "You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some deserving person one wish." His smile was warm and comforting. "This year I have chosen you." Quote 10: I was going to say," she looked up at him miserably and then finished on a whisper, "It's not...the end of the world." Quote 11: "I guess I came back right in time, huh? Lois Lane, I'd like you to reacquaint yourself with your bodyguard, Clark Kent." Extract 1: This time she was the one pulling away reluctantly, anxious to prevent him running out of breath again. Was this true emotion? Was he showing her his true feelings for her, or was it just that he needed solace and comfort, and she was conveniently nearby? Had he forgotten already what Lex had revealed about her sordid past, or was he choosing not to believe it, as he'd implied she should do? With anyone else, she might have been happy to pretend that his feelings for her were as strong as hers undoubtedly were for him, but with Clark somehow it mattered. Suddenly, she knew that she cared for him too much for this to simply be a shallow fling, even if they only had a few hours left together. Before she could form a question for him, he was back again, a hand moving gently through her hair while he rained kisses over her face, filling her senses with his undisguised passion for her, until the hand in her hair was trembling and he was gasping for breath. She reached up and stilled him, pushing him softly back against the wall. "Shhh. You need to rest." She leaned across and kissed his face, feeling his hot breath against her skin. "Is this real, Clark?" "What...what do you mean?" "Are we just two lonely people trapped in a condemned building together, or is it more than that?" Extract 2: The thought of the next forty years or more without Clark was unbearable. "Why you and not me?" she sobbed aloud, tears still streaming from her eyes and falling on the raised earth. She'd always thought she would go first; ever since Bernie Klein had told her about Clark's slow metabolic rate and she'd realised that his life expectancy was possibly twice hers, she'd imagined him being left alone, some forty or fifty years hence. And she'd ached for him then; but at least they would have had a long life together. But he'd been taken from her after only four months of marriage. Four precious months. The four most wonderful months of her life. Extract 3: Once Clark was out of sight Lois made her way as close to the memorial stone as she could. She sat down, cross-legged, on the soft grass at the edge of the pond and stared at the stone, her hands clasped tightly together. She didn't move or say anything for a few minutes, she just stared. After a couple of deep breaths she addressed the marker. "You knew this would happen, didn't you, Lois? You knew that I wouldn't be able to resist, and that I'd fall under his spell." She took another deep breath. "You knew that I'd find him the sweetest, most caring individual I'd ever met, that even with the horror of what he's had to endure, his nobility and desire to help people would still shine through. You knew that...I'd fall in love with him." Lois plucked some grass from in front of her and rolled it between her fingers. "I'm sorry I haven't been able to be the friend to him that I promised you I'd be, or that he has needed during this time. I guess my being a Lois Lane is just too painful for him to be around. He's gotten better, and more accepting of me as me, but when I remember the haunted looks on his face every time he saw me those first few weeks, I'm amazed he was ever able to stand to be around me. I want to be around him, be there for him in whatever capacity he needs if he'll let me, and if that is only as a friend, so be it. I will accept that. I owe him, and you, so much." Extract 4: His smile faded as his mind snapped back to the present. He felt the tears stinging his eyes as he realized, for the first time, sitting there watching a stream of mourners file past Lois's coffin, that there would be no more moments like that. No more jokes shared over coffee, no more arguments about a story, no more of her tangents. He would never hear her babbling again. The thought of never hearing Lois's sweet voice again was more than he could bear; he closed his eyes and just let the tears fall. He didn't care who saw him. He just let his mind go blank and the grief overtake him. He didn't hear any of the minister's words of comfort, or the rest of the service. A while later he felt Perry's arm go around his shoulder. "C'mon, Clark. I'll drive you home, son." He let himself be led out of the church. As he passed Lois's coffin, he gazed down at her one last time, and leaned over to place one final kiss on her lips. Straightening, he lovingly placed a rose under the hands folded over her breast, and whispered, "Goodbye, Lois." Then quietly, so no one could hear, he murmured, "I love you." Extract 5: Lois finally fit the key in the lock and heard it click just as a strong pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, surrounding her with a long, warm coat and holding her tightly in their embrace. She hadn't realized she'd been shivering until she felt the warmth encircle her body and she finally began to cry, losing her tears to the torrent of rain which washed over her face and hair, soaking both herself and the man behind her. "Lois ..." Clark called softly, bending toward her ear so that she would hear him over the rain that continued to fall. He turned her around and pulled the long coat shut in front. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close. The rain began to fall harder, causing rivulets of water to run down from their hair and into their faces. Lois pulled back and looked into his face. She could see how worried he was. Oh, God, she didn't want that. She didn't want to hurt him. She looked at him in desperation. "Lois, I won't let you leave this way. You're so upset. What's wrong? Tell me, please; let me help you." At his pleading, she started to cry harder. She let him hold her, but could only shake her head, knowing that once she started to talk, she wouldn't be able to stop. "Come back inside. Please? Please?" Extract 6: She looked up at him. His beautiful Lois, watching him with sad, dark eyes. "I can't believe I have to say goodbye to you again," she whispered. He shook his head and tried to smile. "I can't believe I have to leave again. This visit's been like a dream." "Dreams end." "Yes. They do." She took a deep breath and nodded. "Take care of my boy." "I will." "And take care of yourself, too." Her voice wobbled dangerously. He nodded. "I talked to Tom." "About...?" "He said that since I was leaving, I could do this." He bent and kissed her, slowly, tenderly, with all the feeling his heart had for her. When he stepped back, there were tears in her eyes. "Never forget I love you." The tears spilled. "I won't. I love you, too." Extract 7: "Oh come on, Lois, what did you care?!" he exploded. "What did it matter to you to know where I was or how I was coping with my life without you? I know you've always enjoyed having me under your control back at the Planet but that time is over! It's been over ever since you told me you were marrying *him*, and nothing can change that." Lois stared at him, appalled at the twinge every one of his words created in her heart. The man in front of her was completely different from the one she'd always known. His entire being was speaking of suffering and pent-up distress, the anger of his outburst the only way for him to deal with his grief. He was offering her the image of a man deeply hurting. The image became slightly fuzzy as she felt the hot moistness of her tears on her cheeks, and the man in front of her quit his harsh stance all at once, his acrimony replaced by a confused expression before she felt him tentatively pull her into the circle of his arms. His embrace was shy in the beginning, as if he was afraid she'd push him away, but she relaxed against him, burying her head in his shoulder and bringing him closer to her, her sobs muffled in his neck. Clark was murmuring soothing words in her hair, restlessly caressing her back, marvelling at the feel of her body pressed so close to his. It felt so good to hug her, it had been so long. But the wetness on his t-shirt was a painful reminder that he'd made her cry, and he held her tighter to himself, slowly rocking their clasped bodies in a gentle movement, whispering how sorry he was and how much he wished he could undo the hurt he was responsible for. Extract 8: "I... can't do this," he whispered suddenly, his body slumping. Beloved hands were gripping him suddenly; Lois's scent was beside him, his father's strong arm was about his shoulder, and Martha held his lower arm firmly. "You can do it, son," Jonathan assured him in a firm but shaky voice. "You know you can - you have the strength and the courage, it's there, inside you." "Clark... I want you to stay, but you have to go," Lois told him. He turned to face her, and the pain and grief in her face made him want once again to sweep her up in his arms and fly her away to somewhere where they would be safe. But he looked again, and he saw the strength of her resolve. She didn't want to let him go, but she would do it because it was the right thing to do. It was the right thing to do... and he was going to do it. Slowly, he straightened, and his hand reached for the door again. "Goodbye. I love you," he said, his voice firm but low. Slipping through the opening, he pulled the door closed behind him. Extract 9: "Clark?... Clark!" All weakness left her frail body as she tossed aside the covers, leapt out of her bed, and launched herself into her long-lost lover's arms. Lois felt Clark embrace her with all the fierceness of desire that a man could feel for a woman. Their lips met in a kiss that seemed to last a lifetime. Clark carried Lois back over to the bed and slid in next to her. Lois literally tore the shirt from his back as her hands explored the magnificent stomach and chest that she thought she'd never feel again. He planted kisses all along her neck and throat, until he captured her lips in his again. There would be no need for any words to be spoken. All thoughts of dreams fled as their minds and bodies became one in a fire of passion that had been silent for too long. Lois knew that her one wish had been answered and nothing else in the world mattered. ****************** The day after Christmas was always a tough working day. It was hard to get people to focus back on their jobs, whether it be due to too much partying or just too much holiday, it was always tough. This one was especially tough for Perry White. He stepped out of his office and looked out over the newsroom as his staff moved in slow motion about their tasks. "People," his stentorian bellow brought everyone to attention. Many of the folks were shocked at the visage their editor and chief presented. He looked tired, and older somehow. There were deep lines edged around his mouth and eyes, and his pallor was almost gray. "If I may have your attention for a moment." He stopped long enough to sigh and wipe haphazardly at his eye. "Yesterday morning, Christmas day, at 4:37 a.m., Daily Planet Pulitzer prize winning reporter Lois Lane passed away." He allowed a few moments for the stunned murmurs to run through the audience. "She was a dear friend to some of us, a valued colleague to others, and a trusted voice to this city. She will be missed by all." Extract 10: "Clark, I know why I said..." she stopped, gave him a troubled glance, looked away, "but I didn't mean we should...that is...I mean it's not that I don't...*want* to...I just...we shouldn't...we don't *have* to...I just need -- " She closed her eyes, took a deep, re-orientating breath, and then turned to him. "It's just that...I'm so *cold*, Clark," she whispered. "Worse than cold. It's...it's like...like the cold's in here, you know?" She pushed a fist into the valley between her breasts. "Like there's a ball of ice trapped in my chest. I just..." She stopped again, her words clogging in her throat, suddenly hard to push through what seemed like a crush of rocks blocking her windpipe. "Will you just hold me?" she said in a small voice, looking down at her lap and away from him, ashamed of the weakness that would have her ask him for the comfort. "Please? "Lois..." Clark looked at her helplessly. His reaction was instinctive. Afterwards, he was never sure which of them had moved first, he to pull her to him, she to let herself be drawn into his arms, but whichever of them it was the result was the same. He reached out for her and she came willingly into the shelter of his embrace as he tugged her close. She buried her face in the strong harbor of his shoulder. Clark wasn't sure, but he thought she was weeping, soundlessly, hopelessly. Certainly, she was trembling like something wild and hunted. "Lois," he whispered, spreading one large hand against her hair. "Oh, Lois...honey..." Extract 11: Lois knew that she'd been drifting in and out of sleep the whole time he was in her bedroom. Her defenses had been down, and so when he'd leaned down and kissed her forehead in a loving gesture, she'd immediately responded. "Love you," she'd whispered to him. Lois remembered then how she'd woken immediately, embarrassed by her declaration. He'd probably thought she was the most two-faced person he'd ever met. One minute, she was yelling at him about how much he'd hurt her, then the next minute, she was whispering sweet nothings in his ear. What kind of games was she playing with him? After her little slip, of course, she had pretended that she was still sound asleep, half hoping that he hadn't noticed. Apparently he had, however, because just seconds later, she heard him say, "I love you, too, Lois, so very much." Her heart had swelled with her love for him then, and she had been touched by the emotional tone in his voice. It had been hard to keep her tears beneath her eyelids until he was safely out the door of her apartment. Her last thought before she had fallen asleep that night was that she was going to work things out with him. The truth was that no matter what the hurt she had suffered because of him, he had suffered as well, albeit in different ways. The most important thing was that they loved each other; of that she had no doubt. And, as a couple, whatever happened to one of them, happened to the other. If she was hurting, then so was he. They were no longer individuals, but two halves of a whole that had finally found the way they fit together. She'd wondered why she had never seen it before. Have fun! :) Wendy --------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:52:08 -0000 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Filling in my entry before Wendy nags me... s p o i l e r s p a c e Quote 1: Erm...me. FoD3. Is it cheating to guess your own story? Quote 2: "Lois, let me in," the ghost said. The ghost isn't Lois? Darn, then it's not Pam's Lois as ghost story. No idea. Quote 4: "I came back for you," Lois answered gently. "Because you needed me." Love the line, but no idea here either. Quote 5: "My best friend in the whole world has just been to hell and back, and I came over here because I didn't want him to be alone." Love that line too, but... Quote 6: "I think we need to all start accepting... that Clark isn't coming home." Now this one is very familiar, but I just can't remember! Not FTGG??? Quote 8: "Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep?" Ah-ha!!! At last - FTGG, by Wendy. Fandabulous story. Quote 9: "You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some deserving person one wish." His smile was warm and comforting. "This year I have chosen you." This one is familiar too, but no idea why. Quote 10: I was going to say," she looked up at him miserably and then finished on a whisper, "It's not...the end of the world." Labrat's Are you lonesome tonight? Quote 11: "I guess I came back right in time, huh? Lois Lane, I'd like you to reacquaint yourself with your bodyguard, Clark Kent." LOL! But no idea where it's from. Extract 3: Ahhh - Tank's story. Can't remember the title, but it's the one where altLois comes back with a widowed Clark. Extract 4: I *know* this one! But not the author or the story or the title... Extract 5: Kathy and Demi's epic. Title? Nope. Extract 6: This is the one where he comes back from New Krypton - long and incredibly, terribly sad. Becky's, but don't know the title as usual. Extract 7: I'm guessing this is Helene's Near Wild Heaven, because I haven't actually finished reading it yet. /me hangs her head in shame... Extract 9: Erm - not Pam's ghostly Lois story, is it? ****************** The day after Christmas was always a tough working day. It was hard to get people to focus back on their jobs, whether it be due to too much partying or just too much holiday, it was always tough. This one was especially tough for Perry White. He stepped out of his office and looked out over the newsroom as his staff moved in slow motion about their tasks. "People," his stentorian bellow brought everyone to attention. Many of the folks were shocked at the visage their editor and chief presented. He looked tired, and older somehow. There were deep lines edged around his mouth and eyes, and his pallor was almost gray. "If I may have your attention for a moment." He stopped long enough to sigh and wipe haphazardly at his eye. "Yesterday morning, Christmas day, at 4:37 a.m., Daily Planet Pulitzer prize winning reporter Lois Lane passed away." He allowed a few moments for the stunned murmurs to run through the audience. "She was a dear friend to some of us, a valued colleague to others, and a trusted voice to this city. She will be missed by all." This is Tank's Christmas story about Lois dying, isn't it? But is this the same story as the one before the asterisks? Didn't seem to be... (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:42:03 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Annette Ciotola Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit s p o i l e r s p a c e I know Q8 (I'd get hit if I didn't ) For The Greater Good ... Q11 is on the tip of my tounge, the excerpt didn't help much either ... Pitiful, I know Anne ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:51:34 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel & LabRat Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey all :) Okay, after some struggle each on our sides, we decided to do some team work on that. S p o i l e r S p a c e > Quote 1: > She could picture him in there, letting the water pound down onto him, > waiting for the hurt to wash away... Fear of Discovery III: Coming Home, by Yvonne Connell > Quote 2: > "Lois, let me in," the ghost said. Hmmmm... We thought it could be Out of Time, by ML Thompson, at first, but the excerpt didn't fit . > Quote 3: > "Well, Lana, you see... ah, Lois and I aren't married anymore." Boy... Hmmm... > Quote 4: > "I came back for you," Lois answered gently. "Because you needed me." Nope, not that one either. > Quote 5: > "My best friend in the whole world has just been to hell and back, and I > came over here because I didn't want him to be alone." We were supposed to know most of these, wasn't that what you said, Wendy? > Quote 6: > "I think we need to all start accepting... that Clark isn't coming home." Hmm... > Quote 7: > Mirages weren't supposed to have a heartbeat! Near Wild Heaven - Half a World Away, by Kaethel. You know it took me (Helene) a moment to find that one! > Quote 8: > "Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep?" For the Greater Good by Wendy Richards. (Helene didn't find it from the quote, can you believe that?!? ) > Quote 9: > "You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some > deserving > person one wish." His smile was warm and comforting. "This year I have > chosen you." Christmas Wish, by Tank Wilson. > Quote 10: > I was going to say," she looked up at him miserably and then finished on a > whisper, "It's not...the end of the world." LabRat's Are You Lonesome, Tonight...? > Quote 11: > "I guess I came back right in time, huh? Lois Lane, I'd like you to > reacquaint yourself with your bodyguard, Clark Kent." Sigh... okay, let's try the excerpts. > Extract 2: Tank and Wendy's 'Oops, did I forget to mention...?' > Extract 3: A Future Restored, by Tank Wilson. > Extract 4: After half an hour of puzzling over that one... Allison Forbes' After Life: When Morning Comes. > Extract 5: When Friends Become Lovers, by Kathy Brown and Demi. > Extract 6: Becky Bain's Ad Astra Per Aspera > Extract 11: Tracey's A Love Well Worth the Wait Team work is much easier . Thanks for the great quiz, Wendy. :) LabRat and Helene :) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:07:20 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Farah Chisham Subject: OT: Tracy Loggins(sp??) sighting I thought you guys would get a kick out of this. My band played at Lincoln Memorial today (just got home, boy was it cold!) and backstage, I saw the woman who played Cat Grant in the first season. I got a pretty good look, but there was no way for a photo/autograph opportunity. I was in uniform ready to go on stage. Among other cool people were Muhammad Ali, Ricky Martin, Charlotte Church, Larry King.... oh yeah, and the President Elect, George Bush. It was kind of neat, but quite a long day. Take care. Farah ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:43:41 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Tim Porter Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, lets see how I do on this one... S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 3: "A Future Restored" by Tank Wilson "Well, Lana, you see... ah, Lois and I aren't married anymore." Quote 8: "For the Greater Good" by Wendy Richards "Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep?" Quote 9: "A Christmas Wish 1 and 2" by Tank Wilson "You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some deserving person one wish." His smile was warm and comforting. "This year I have chosen you." Quote 10: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Pam Jerigan I was going to say," she looked up at him miserably and then finished on a whisper, "It's not...the end of the world." Quote 11: "A Love Well Worth the Wait" by Tracey "I guess I came back right in time, huh? Lois Lane, I'd like you to reacquaint yourself with your bodyguard, Clark Kent." Extract 1: "Fear of Discovery III: Coming Home" by Yvonne Connel Extract 2: no bells... Extract 4: still not ringing. Extract 5: this sounds familiar... Extract 6: I know everything but the title and the author :-( Extract 7: "Near Wild Heaven - Half a World Away" By Kaethel ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:54:58 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Natascha Kortum Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html

Ok, I figured I would give it a try. I love Tearjerkers even though they kill me <g> and I am pretty sure I actually read most of them if not all. :)

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>Quote 1:  Fear of Discovery III by Yvonne

 >Quote 2: Oops I forgot to mention by Tank Wilson and Wendy Richards 

>Quote 3: A Future Restored also by Tank Wilson

 

>Quote 4: no idea :(

>Quote 5:  When Friends Become Lovers by Kathy and Demi (the epic!) :)

 

>Quote 6: no idea but it sounds like something Perry would say...

>Quote 7:  Near Wild Heaven- Half A World Away by Helene (I just read it last week on my way to San Diego. Wonderful story, Helene!!) :))

>Quote 8: For The Greater Good by Wendy Richards (the story that got me hooked to the mbs...) :)

>Quote 9: A Christmas Wish by Tank Wilson?

>Quote 10: LabRat's Are you Lonesome! :)

>Quote 11: I believe this is Tracelynn's A Love Well Worth the Wait

 

Let me take a look at the extracts...

>Extract 4: Lois died without ever knowing Clark loved her? How sad, I have to read this one!!

>Extract 6: I am afraid I haven't read this one yet... but now I really want too!
 
Oh well, how did I do?
Thanks for the quiz (or is that quizz?), Wendy! :)
 
Natascha

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========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:05:11 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS Tasha, can I ask you to send your entry again, but in plain text, please? I read from the web interface, and this is a sample of what your email looks like: s p o i l e r s p a c e >

>Quote 3: A Future Restored also by Tank Wilson

 

>Quote 4: no idea :(

I *can* go through and work out your answers, but it's not easy and not kind to my eyes! Wendy ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:20:31 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Natascha Kortum Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Second try, let's hope this one is legible! Ok, I figured I would give it a try. I love Tearjerkers even though they kill me and I am pretty sure I actually read most of them if not all. :) Here goes: S P O I L E R >Quote 1: Fear of Discovery III by Yvonne >Quote 2: Oops I forgot to mention by Tank Wilson and Wendy Richards >Quote 3: A Future Restored also by Tank Wilson >Quote 4: no idea :( >Quote 5: When Friends Become Lovers by Kathy and Demi (the epic!) :) >Quote 6: no idea but it sounds like something Perry would say... >Quote 7: Near Wild Heaven- Half A World Away by Helene (I just read it last >week on my way to San Diego. Wonderful story, Helene!!) :)) >Quote 8: For The Greater Good by Wendy Richards (the story that got me >hooked to the mbs...) :) >Quote 9: A Christmas Wish by Tank Wilson? >Quote 10: LabRat's Are you Lonesome? :) >Quote 11: I believe this is Tracelynn's A Love Well Worth the Wait Let me take a look at the extracts... >Extract 4: Lois died without ever knowing Clark loved her? How sad, I have >to read this one!! >Extract 6: I am afraid I haven't read this one yet... but now I really want >too! Oh well, how did I do? Thanks for the quiz, Wendy! :) Natascha _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 02:53:58 +0200 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Hazel Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >s p o i l e r >s >p >a >c >e Excerpt 1 (and I'm embarrassed not to get it from the quote!) FoD3, by Yvonne >Quote 3: >"Well, Lana, you see... ah, Lois and I aren't married anymore." Tank's Future Restored >Quote 4: >"I came back for you," Lois answered gently. "Because you needed me." After Life, When Morning Comes, by Allison Forbes >Quote 5: >"My best friend in the whole world has just been to hell and back, and I >came over here because I didn't want him to be alone." Shayne's Dear Lois >Quote 6: >"I think we need to all start accepting... that Clark isn't coming home." Becky Bain's Ad Astra Per Aspera (might have gotten that wrong a bit) >Quote 8: >"Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep? Wendy's For the Greater Good >Quote 9: >"You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some >deserving >person one wish." His smile was warm and comforting. "This year I have >chosen you." Tank's Wish, 1 and 2 (I'll let you add in the first word of the title, Wendy) Not very good, is it? This isn't my favorite type of story -- which, of course, is why Wendy made this quiz. :) Hazel ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:58:19 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Ren Carr Subject: Re: OT: Tracy Loggins(sp??) sighting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It is Tracy with an S!!! Not an L! Ren ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:12:49 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kass Johnson Subject: Re: OT: Tracy Loggins(sp??) sighting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Don't forget the C, either ;) (Tracy Scoggins) Kara I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated. _________________________________________________________ I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:29:56 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Ren Carr Subject: Re: OT: Tracy Loggins(sp??) sighting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LOL Yes that's right Tracy Scroggins! A great actress! ;O) Ren C. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 20:36:45 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Ren Carr Subject: Re: OT: Tracy Loggins(sp??) sighting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Opps that is Scoggins! LOL my shakey hands make for typos tonight. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 02:44:20 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: ChiaraP Subject: R: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit s p o i l e r s p a c e Quote 1: She could picture him in there, letting the water pound down onto him, waiting for the hurt to wash away... Quote 2: "Lois, let me in," the ghost said. Quote 3: "Well, Lana, you see... ah, Lois and I aren't married anymore." Quote 4: "I came back for you," Lois answered gently. "Because you needed me." Quote 5: "My best friend in the whole world has just been to hell and back, and I came over here because I didn't want him to be alone." Kathy and Demi's When friends become Lovers!!!!!!!!!! Quote 6: "I think we need to all start accepting... that Clark isn't coming home." Quote 7: Mirages weren't supposed to have a heartbeat! mmm I remeber this one,,,, grrrrrrrrrrr Quote 8: "Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep?" can this be For a greater good by Wendy? mmmm I'm not so sure Idon'tknow if it's elegibile.... Quote 9: "You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some deserving person one wish." His smile was warm and comforting. "This year I have chosen you." this is Tank Wilson's A Christmas Wish (Don't remeber if the sad vertion or not) Quote 10: I was going to say," she looked up at him miserably and then finished on a whisper, "It's not...the end of the world." Lonesome by LABBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh you need the whole title? ' Are You Lonesome Tonight...? ' Quote 11: "I guess I came back right in time, huh? Lois Lane, I'd like you to reacquaint yourself with your bodyguard, Clark Kent." Extract 1: This time she was the one pulling away reluctantly, anxious to prevent him running out of breath again. Was this true emotion? Was he showing her his true feelings for her, or was it just that he needed solace and comfort, and she was conveniently nearby? Had he forgotten already what Lex had revealed about her sordid past, or was he choosing not to believe it, as he'd implied she should do? With anyone else, she might have been happy to pretend that his feelings for her were as strong as hers undoubtedly were for him, but with Clark somehow it mattered. Suddenly, she knew that she cared for him too much for this to simply be a shallow fling, even if they only had a few hours left together. Before she could form a question for him, he was back again, a hand moving gently through her hair while he rained kisses over her face, filling her senses with his undisguised passion for her, until the hand in her hair was trembling and he was gasping for breath. She reached up and stilled him, pushing him softly back against the wall. "Shhh. You need to rest." She leaned across and kissed his face, feeling his hot breath against her skin. "Is this real, Clark?" "What...what do you mean?" "Are we just two lonely people trapped in a condemned building together, or is it more than that?" No idea.... But I HAVE TO READ THIS ONE! Extract 2: The thought of the next forty years or more without Clark was unbearable. "Why you and not me?" she sobbed aloud, tears still streaming from her eyes and falling on the raised earth. She'd always thought she would go first; ever since Bernie Klein had told her about Clark's slow metabolic rate and she'd realised that his life expectancy was possibly twice hers, she'd imagined him being left alone, some forty or fifty years hence. And she'd ached for him then; but at least they would have had a long life together. But he'd been taken from her after only four months of marriage. Four precious months. The four most wonderful months of her life. Evil authors wrote this one!!! Tank & Wendy's Oops I forgot to mention. so good have so evil writer sometimes Extract 3: Once Clark was out of sight Lois made her way as close to the memorial stone as she could. She sat down, cross-legged, on the soft grass at the edge of the pond and stared at the stone, her hands clasped tightly together. She didn't move or say anything for a few minutes, she just stared. After a couple of deep breaths she addressed the marker. "You knew this would happen, didn't you, Lois? You knew that I wouldn't be able to resist, and that I'd fall under his spell." She took another deep breath. "You knew that I'd find him the sweetest, most caring individual I'd ever met, that even with the horror of what he's had to endure, his nobility and desire to help people would still shine through. You knew that...I'd fall in love with him." Lois plucked some grass from in front of her and rolled it between her fingers. "I'm sorry I haven't been able to be the friend to him that I promised you I'd be, or that he has needed during this time. I guess my being a Lois Lane is just too painful for him to be around. He's gotten better, and more accepting of me as me, but when I remember the haunted looks on his face every time he saw me those first few weeks, I'm amazed he was ever able to stand to be around me. I want to be around him, be there for him in whatever capacity he needs if he'll let me, and if that is only as a friend, so be it. I will accept that. I owe him, and you, so much." I HAVE TO READ THIS ONE TOO!!! Extract 4: His smile faded as his mind snapped back to the present. He felt the tears stinging his eyes as he realized, for the first time, sitting there watching a stream of mourners file past Lois's coffin, that there would be no more moments like that. No more jokes shared over coffee, no more arguments about a story, no more of her tangents. He would never hear her babbling again. The thought of never hearing Lois's sweet voice again was more than he could bear; he closed his eyes and just let the tears fall. He didn't care who saw him. He just let his mind go blank and the grief overtake him. He didn't hear any of the minister's words of comfort, or the rest of the service. A while later he felt Perry's arm go around his shoulder. "C'mon, Clark. I'll drive you home, son." He let himself be led out of the church. As he passed Lois's coffin, he gazed down at her one last time, and leaned over to place one final kiss on her lips. Straightening, he lovingly placed a rose under the hands folded over her breast, and whispered, "Goodbye, Lois." Then quietly, so no one could hear, he murmured, "I love you." SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I dont'know! Extract 5: Lois finally fit the key in the lock and heard it click just as a strong pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, surrounding her with a long, warm coat and holding her tightly in their embrace. She hadn't realized she'd been shivering until she felt the warmth encircle her body and she finally began to cry, losing her tears to the torrent of rain which washed over her face and hair, soaking both herself and the man behind her. "Lois ..." Clark called softly, bending toward her ear so that she would hear him over the rain that continued to fall. He turned her around and pulled the long coat shut in front. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close. The rain began to fall harder, causing rivulets of water to run down from their hair and into their faces. Lois pulled back and looked into his face. She could see how worried he was. Oh, God, she didn't want that. She didn't want to hurt him. She looked at him in desperation. "Lois, I won't let you leave this way. You're so upset. What's wrong? Tell me, please; let me help you." At his pleading, she started to cry harder. She let him hold her, but could only shake her head, knowing that once she started to talk, she wouldn't be able to stop. "Come back inside. Please? Please?" yes this is When Friend's became lovers!! Extract 7: Lois st"Oh come on, Lois, what did you care?!" he exploded. "What did it matter to you to know where I was or how I was coping with my life without you? I know you've always enjoyed having me under your control back at the Planet but that time is over! It's been over ever since you told me you were marrying *him*, and nothing can change that." ared at him, appalled at the twinge every one of his words created in her heart. The man in front of her was completely different from the one she'd always known. His entire being was speaking of suffering and pent-up distress, the anger of his outburst the only way for him to deal with his grief. He was offering her the image of a man deeply hurting. The image became slightly fuzzy as she felt the hot moistness of her tears on her cheeks, and the man in front of her quit his harsh stance all at once, his acrimony replaced by a confused expression before she felt him tentatively pull her into the circle of his arms. His embrace was shy in the beginning, as if he was afraid she'd push him away, but she relaxed against him, burying her head in his shoulder and bringing him closer to her, her sobs muffled in his neck. Clark was murmuring soothing words in her hair, restlessly caressing her back, marvelling at the feel of her body pressed so close to his. It felt so good to hug her, it had been so long. But the wetness on his t-shirt was a painful reminder that he'd made her cry, and he held her tighter to himself, slowly rocking their clasped bodies in a gentle movement, whispering how sorry he was and how much he wished he could undo the hurt he was responsible for. Helene's Near wild Heaven :))) I can't be wrong!!!!!! Extract 9: Confirm my choice!!! Extract 10: "Clark, I know why I said..." she stopped, gave him a troubled glance, looked away, "but I didn't mean we should...that is...I mean it's not that I don't...*want* to...I just...we shouldn't...we don't *have* to...I just need -- " She closed her eyes, took a deep, re-orientating breath, and then turned to him. "It's just that...I'm so *cold*, Clark," she whispered. "Worse than cold. It's...it's like...like the cold's in here, you know?" She pushed a fist into the valley between her breasts. "Like there's a ball of ice trapped in my chest. I just..." She stopped again, her words clogging in her throat, suddenly hard to push through what seemed like a crush of rocks blocking her windpipe. "Will you just hold me?" she said in a small voice, looking down at her lap and away from him, ashamed of the weakness that would have her ask him for the comfort. "Please? "Lois..." Clark looked at her helplessly. His reaction was instinctive. Afterwards, he was never sure which of them had moved first, he to pull her to him, she to let herself be drawn into his arms, but whichever of them it was the result was the same. He reached out for her and she came willingly into the shelter of his embrace as he tugged her close. She buried her face in the strong harbor of his shoulder. Clark wasn't sure, but he thought she was weeping, soundlessly, hopelessly. Certainly, she was trembling like something wild and hunted. "Lois," he whispered, spreading one large hand against her hair. "Oh, Lois...honey..." I love Labby!!!!! ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:24:01 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I know I'm going to suck at this but what the heck, I know a few... s p o i l e r s p a c e Q1: sounds familiar... Q2: I have a suspicion... but the search string isn't working :( Q3: no idea! Q4: I might have read this... Q5: Might be "when friends become lovers" ... or not it is! by Kathy Brown with an assist from Demi :) Q6: Sounds like Ad Astra Per Aspera, by Becky Bain (finally, one I know!) Q7: Not a clue Q8: no idea Q9: never seen it Q10: Are You Lonesome Tonight, by LabRat (excellent story!) Q11: (can you tell I usually avoid tearjerkers? ) E1: Ah, now I get this... Fear of Discovery III, by Yvonne. Fabulous. E2: Nope, it isn't what I thought. Seems vaguely familiar, but... E3: Maybe one of Tank's Future series? E4: I think I've read it... E5: good thing I got it from the quote ;) E7: I'm going to guess it's Near Wild Heaven, by Helene E8: Guessing again -- For the Greater Good, by Wendy? E9: Don't think I've read this... E10: Knew it E11: sounds good... :) told you I'd be hopeless... good quiz, Wendy :) -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ "Hi, I'm Larry the Cucumber, and welcome to the very first VeggieTales success video! Are you ready to make millions of dollars in real estate with no money down? I know I am!" --Larry, misunderstanding a sing-along video ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 23:17:29 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Fanfic Question On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:49:40 +0900, Liz O wrote: >I have read that Clark's birthday is actually supposed to be on 29 February >- there are quite a few sites about Leap Year that claim him as a Leap Year >baby.... This is the comics' birthday for Clark, yes. For L&C, the creators wanted Clark to be born in the same year as Dean -- 1966 -- which wasn't a leap year. So they changed it to February 28 for the series. (The episode was "Never On Sunday", btw.) Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:24:04 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Diyan Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well, this one is a bit harder than the last two. I=92m afraid tearjerkers are not usually my favourite stories to read and reread. But there sure are some great stories in this category. * * s p o i l e r s p a c e * * Quote 1: She could picture him in there, letting the water pound down onto him, waiting for the hurt to wash away... * Yvonne=92s "Fear of Discovery III: Coming Home" Quote 3: "Well, Lana, you see... ah, Lois and I aren't married anymore." * Tank=92s "A Future Restored" Quote 5: "My best friend in the whole world has just been to hell and back, and I came over here because I didn't want him to be alone." * Kathy and Demi=92s "When Friends Become Lovers" Quote 6: "I think we need to all start accepting... that Clark isn't coming home." * Becky=92s "Ad Astra Per Aspera" Quote 8: "Do you mind if I wreck the Jeep?" * Wendy=92s "For the Greater Good" Quote 10: I was going to say," she looked up at him miserably and then finished on a whisper, "It's not...the end of the world." * LabRat=92s "Lonesome" Quote 11: "I guess I came back right in time, huh? Lois Lane, I'd like you to reacquaint yourself with your bodyguard, Clark Kent." * Tracey=92s "A Love Well Worth the Wait" Quote 2: "Lois, let me in," the ghost said. Extract 2: But he'd been taken from her after only four months of marriage. * Oh, I should have know this one from the quote: it reminds me of Peter knocking on the door after the angel led him out of prison--but that=92s another story. This one is Tank and Wendy=92s "Oops, Did I Forget to Mentio= n? =85" Quote 4: "I came back for you," Lois answered gently. "Because you needed me." Extract 4: He felt the tears stinging his eyes as he realized, for the first time, sitting there watching a stream of mourners file past Lois's coffin, that there would be no more moments like that. * Allison Forbes=92s "After Life - When Morning Comes" Quote 7: Mirages weren't supposed to have a heartbeat! Extract 7: "What did it matter to you to know where I was or how I was coping with my life without you?..." * Hmmm. This sounds kind of familiar, but I can't quite place it. Quote 9: "You may not believe this, Lois, but every year I'm allowed to grant some deserving person one wish." Extract 9: "Yesterday morning, Christmas day, at 4:37 a.m., Daily Planet Pulitzer prize winning reporter Lois Lane passed away." * No clue. I don=92t think I=92ve read this one. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 06:31:15 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yael Kfir Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think (!) I've got one (!!): Extract 5: "When Friends Become Lovers", By Demi and KathyB I tried thinking of good excuses why I can't even recognise the others, but the only thing I came up with was that I don't have enough time for myself lately... Which only made me feel sorry for myself. Yael. ----------------------- - Oh, god... - Zod. (Superman II) ----------------------- ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 06:56:30 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Rowan Fuller Subject: Updating my 170 L&C related Links Page - looking for more! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sorry if you get this more than once As some of you may know my Lois & Clark website situatated at: http://members.aol.com/lanekent has all kinds of info, however it specialises in keeping up to date with L&C Links. At last cound I had around 200 Lois & Clark Links. However it is now time to update them as many L&C sites appear to have and are closing down. I hope to have a revised list up by early next week. Therefore if anyone has any Lois & Clark, Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher or websites dedicated to other members of the the cast, or fanfic, then I'd love to hear from you and add them to the list. Last year was a bit hectic so I wasn't able to add that much to my site. However this year I'm hoping to add more. Rowan :) -- -- -- LaneKent@aol.com Lois & Clark: Over 200 Links, News & Information About the TV Show and Its Cast: http://members.aol.com/lanekent For news of updates to my site: http://www.onelist.com/community/LaneKent Other Pages: Dean Cain The Many Faces and Talents of Teri Hatcher ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 13:20:47 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Natascha wrote: > >Quote 7: Near Wild Heaven- Half A World Away by Helene (I just read it last > >week on my way to San Diego. Wonderful story, Helene!!) :)) Hey, thank you, Tasha :) I'm glad you liked it. :) Helene :) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:57:56 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nicole Wolke Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Tearjerkers! One of my favorite type of stories! S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 3: Tank's Future series, but which part?!! I'd say "A future revised" Quote 9: Oh my god, I know that one. It was *so* sad!!! It's Tank's "Christmas wish" Extract 1: Darn, I read so many tearjerker this year, I can't remember which is which! I'm guessing this is Yvonne's "Fear of Discovery 3" Extract 2: I know this one. It's from Wendy and Tank. Do I get points for the author only? I forget the title, but I know what happened... Extract 6: I didn't read it, but I know this must be the story with the latin title. Something like "Ad addendum aspera" (don't know any latin) I don't know exactly. I couldn't myself bring to read it, after reading the last page! Extract 7: Hélène "Near wild heaven - half the world away"? Extract 10: Labrat's "Are you lonesome tonight" Well, that was pretty bad! I thought I would do much better :-( What is it with me and titles!? Nicole -- AKA CKgroupie on IRC/AIM NKWolke@t-online.de Are you always searching for news about Dean Cain? And you don't have enough time to search? Here's your solution: Go to "The Dean Cain News Page" http://members.tripod.de/CKgroupie/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:47:08 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Missy Gallant Subject: Re: Kerth Quizzes No. 5: TEARJERKERS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed S P O I L E R s P A C E Just spent my morning having a great time with this... 1. Yvonne Connell's - Fear of Discovery III - Exerpt 2. I know I've read this one.... Don't think this is correct, but I'll guess anyway - ML Thompson's - Out of Time 3. Tank Wilson's -Future Restored - sniff! 5. When Friends Become Lovers by Kathy Brown and Demi - Quote Awwww! 6. Becky Bain's - Ad Astra Per Aspera ( I cried all day :( - absolutely heartwrenching) - Quote 7. Helene's - Near Wild Heaven - Excerpt - Whew! 8. Wendy Richard's - For the Greater Good - Quote - I'm *still* crying over this one :) 9. I know I've read this, too :(Can't find it!)Grrrr... 10. Labby's - Are You Lonesome Tonight - exerpt - Hmmmmm!!!! 11. Tracylyn's - A Love Well Worth The Wait - Quote - sigh!!!! Thanks for a great quiz. Now I know I'm going to have to stop *everything* and start re-reading for the Kerth's. ;) This is going to be a very tough category :) Missy G. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:10:19 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: "ADITLOM" (RPG) Fifty-seventh Installment, Week #58 (Part 1 of 2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the fifty-seventh installment of my rpg on yahoo called, "A Day in the Life of Metropolis." Go to: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/aditlom Private feedback welcomed! =3D) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Cast List: Diego : Renda Mayson Drake: Renda Cat Grant : Renda Dan Scardino: Renda Perry White: Renda Batman: Sam F. Sam Falcon: Sam F. Dick Grayson: Dave Anya Starr: Tabitha Jimmy Olsen: Tina T. Batgirl: Angel Clark Kent: Alexis W. Superman: Alexis W. Lois Lane: Alexis W. * * * * Metropolis Airport! Diego and Ramone sat in the Air Terminal waiting for their flight! Storms in New York had delayed their flight to New Orleans. Ramone pulled out his cell phone and dialed Mayson's number! "Hello, Mayson! It is Ramone!" "Hi Ramone!" "We are still in Metropolis, our flight is delayed. I just wanted to let=20 you know what was happening, so you would not worry when I did not call=20 you from our house in New Orleans!" "Ramone, I am so glad you called. I would have worried," Mayson said and=20 blushed. Ramone smiled and said, "Goodbye for now!" "Bye Ramone!" Meanwhile at Catherine Grant's home... Catherine sat looking through her clothes. And trying not to think about=20 Diego leaving. She was startled when the phone rang. It was Diego. "Hello Catherine! I just wanted to let you know that our plane is=20 delayed. We are still at the airport!" "Diego, you should let me see if the jet is ready, and I can fly you=20 down!" "Catherine, don't worry about us!" "Well, I am uneasy about your plans to find you know what!" "Princess! I would never lie to you. Ramone and I will be fine. Besides,=20 you will be coming down for Halloween!" Cat laughed at that and they said their goodbye's. Cat finished sorting her clothes from the trip and put them by colors to=20 be washed, white's, dry clean only and spot clean only. Catherine thought. *I wonder if the Chief has those machines up and=20 running? If not, he will be very grumpy tomorrow!*=20 >tbc< Re: Is the Secret Safe? Bruce Wayne drove the sleek, black Jaguar away from the garage complex.=20 He was angry. He was angry that Clark had acted with such cavalier=20 recklessness and may have exposed his greatest secret. He was angry=20 that Dick was nowhere to be found and had already broken his trust in=20 the young man. He was angry that Sam could just pack up and leave in the=20 way she did. He was angry that the people closest to him seemed to be=20 tearing him apart. He could feel the car's speed increase, hear the engine strain as he=20 accelerated away from the busy highways of inner Gotham to the secluded=20 forests of Bristol. It was foolish, Bruce thought. It was foolish for him to think that he=20 could... love... anyone. It was foolish to think she could love him. He could still see her soft face in his mind's eye, the gentle way she=20 would gaze at him. A bright light flashed behind him and Bruce peered over into the=20 rear-view mirror. The Gotham skyline had been cut by the illumination of=20 a massive skylight, with the shadowy silhuette of a bat. "Damn..." The war goes on.=20 >tbc< =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Re: Seattle - the next day When she got to the hospital, it was busy with activity. Nurses and=20 doctors were running all over the place. She headed down the hall to her=20 mother=E2=80=99s room and as she got close, noticed that several of the nurs= es=20 and doctors were running into her room. She quickly headed to the window=20 and tried to see what was happening. "I didn't expect it this soon," she whispered. "Someone tell me what's=20 happening," she tried to ask one of the nurses. They were too busy to=20 answer. Someone pushed her out of the way and she slammed into the wall.=20 >tbc< =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Re: Is the Secret Safe? "And your programing project in C++ will be due next class, so I suggest=20 all of you make sure you paying attention to this lecture..." Barbara rested her head in her hands and she gazed at the professor at=20 the podium. She didn't like being here, especially at night. School had=20 never been her favorite place to be, but it was a condition she had=20 agreed to if she wanted to continue to be Batgirl. She suddenly heard=20 the soft chirp of her wrist-watch. The face of the watch disolved to an=20 LCD screen on which the words "intruder alert" appeared. "Hey Babs... you free for dinner tonight?" Curtis Smith, quarterback for=20 the Gotham University knights, all around jock, leaned over to whisper=20 in Barbara's ear from the desk beside her, taking her hand into his own. Barbara looked at him and smiled shyly. "I... umm..." She quickly=20 gathered her books and stood as she put on her black leather jacket.=20 "Take notes for me, k?" "Miss Wilson, where do you think..." The professors words were cut off=20 by the slamming classroom door.=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: Metropolis Airport! The Don's, Diego and Ramone Dela Vega, heard their flight number called. Diego picked up his case and waited as Ramone got his. They went to the=20 boarding gate and gave the Stewardess their boarding passes. The first class seats were comfortable and they settled in for their=20 flight to New Orleans. " Diego, do you think we will catch this Carmelian?" "I don't know Ramone, something in my gut tells me that this person is=20 in either Gotham or Metropolis. We will wait and see!" Diego starred out the window and his last glimpse of Metropolis! *Stay safe, my Princess!* He thought to himself as they went above the=20 clouds and the City was no longer visible to him. Ramone thought about Mayson and how much he had enjoyed meeting her. ************************************************** Mayson lingered in her bubble bath and thought of Ramone. She smiled. "I can't believe that there is such a man as Ramone Dela Vega!" ************************************************** Cat Grant pulled out her note's and started writing her second=20 installment of the Enviromental Ball Gala for her column. "Okay! Let's see, should I write about meeting Batman?" Cat thought=20 about that for a moment and then said. "Nah! I have a suspicious=20 feeling that the person that I met on the veranda wasn't Batman,=20 maybe Robin in disguise?" Cat pondered her questions. *One thing for sure! I hope to find out if my suspicisions are correct!* She stood up and walked over to her balcony! "Well, be he Batman or Robin, whomever it was! I am forever grateful for=20 the help!" She said the words aloud. And smiled as if some how. The man in the Batsuit heard her words uttered!=20 Cat smiled and walked back into her cosy living room.=20 "Well, I have some wonderful things to write about for my society=20 section. And, I can even give Lois and Clark some information for their=20 stories!"=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: to the bat cave!!! Dick pushed the visor back down over his eyes and said nothing. The ride through Bristol's lavish manor neighborhoods seemed to take=20 forever to Dick, even as he pushed the bike well above the speed limit.=20 He slowed as they approched a small wooded area in a secluded field.=20 They faced a large rockface and Dick began to slowly inch the bike=20 toward the rocks. The rockface began to shimmer and he accelerated the=20 bike through the transparent image that was being projected. They=20 entered a long passageway, as the engine's roar echoed through the=20 caveren. A few short moments later, the passageway opened to reveal a=20 larger cave, rounded platform-like parking area and dozens of computer=20 screens. The center display was huge, while smaller monitors surrounded=20 more electronic equipment. Dick climbed off the bike, and helped Anya with her helmet. "This is it..." he said, looking around.=20 It took awhile for Anya to catch her breath. I mean it wasn't every day=20 that you go through a pile of rocks like that. She had almost thought=20 that Dick had gone crazy. She looked around at the huge computers and=20 high tech equipment that seemed to fill every inch. "Wow, this is=20 unbelievable!" she said. Anya looked at him for a second. "How's=20 Barbra?" she asked.=20 >tbc< ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:10:06 -0000 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'd always wondered whether Clark was originally supposed to have been born on Feb 29 - it seemed such an obvious and very neat thing to do - so thanks for confirming my suspicions! As for making Clark's year of birth the same as Dean's - call me sad, but it gave me a little buzz to know that the man I was watching was actually exactly the same age as the man he was playing ;) Nice to have that extra bit of insider knowledge as well, of course. Like on ST:NG - I have this vague memory that Geordie (sp?) was based on a blind fan of the original series. Yvonne (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:11:24 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: "ADITLOM" (RPG) Fifty-seventh Installment, Week #58 (Part 2 of 2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * * * * Daily Planet Edition to bed! Perry, Jimmy and the repair people as well as the printing staff were=20 bone tired and weary. But they smiled as the Daily Planet Edition rolled=20 off the assembly line and to the waiting trucks that would deliver them=20 throughout Metropolis; to the paper boxes, the stores, the stands and=20 the paper delivery boys and girls. "Well, Jimmy! You did good, Son. I am proud of you! You are now upgraded=20 from copy boy, semi photographer to Junior Photographer! And with this=20 promotion comes a raise!" Perry told young Olsen as he patted=20 him on his shoulder! "Wow a promotion and a raise? All I did was help them fix the machines,=20 but thanks Chief for being proud of me." "Now, Jimmy go home and get some rest! And don't come in until noon!=20 You deserve the rest! You've earned it!" "Thanks Chief. I am pretty beat I will take you up on your offer. I will=20 be here at noon on the dot. You can count on me." Jimmy got his coat and went home smiling. Perry walked into his office with Alice and they prepared to go home.=20 >tbc< * * * * Anya confronts the Batman... Dick sighed. "She should be here in a few minutes. I don't think Bruce=20 will be around for a while, so we have a little bit of time..." "I don't think so..." The low, grating voice seemed to echo ominously=20 through the massive cavern. The voice was detached and only the flap of=20 leather like batwings from the shadows followed the cold pronouncement. "Bru... Batman?" Dick's voice quivered. He could hear the slight rustle=20 of a cape in the nearby dimness.=20 "Go home, Miss Starr..." This time, there was anger behind the frigid=20 tones of the man's voice.=20 Anya shievered at the tone of Batman's voice. She had goosebups all over=20 her arms at the coldness in his voice. "I..."she started. She looked at=20 Dick for some help or support. For the first time in her life Anya knew=20 what it is to be scared stiff. But by no means was she going to run away=20 scared. >tbc< * * * * Catherine couldn=E2=80=99t sleep! Catherine Grant could not sleep. So she decided to take a drive. Driving through the streets of Metropolis, late at night, gave one a=20 different glimpse of the city. Catherine put on the brakes at a traffic light and, shook out her=20 tawney mane of reddish brown hair.=20 She looked to her left to see a man staring at her. She smiled slightly=20 and looked straight ahead. She could feel the man's gaze still on her. So she looked to her left=20 again. "Oh God!=E2=80=9D she said and laughed. "Hello Agent Scardino!" Dan smiled and replied, "I couldn't sleep!" Catherine laughed. "I thought you were leaving Metropolis?" "Well, I got delayed! Want to grab some coffee?" "Sure! Follow me I know a great, late night Coffee house!" The light turned green and Cat stepped on the gas. She drove about three miles, until she came to Everyone's Dream Coffee=20 House! She parked her car and smiled as Dan pulled up in the space beside her. Dan got out of his car and opened Catherine's door. "My Lady!" He said as he gave Catherine his arm. They walked into the coffee house and waited to be seated. "You know Dan, they have the best Irish Coffee in Metropolis!" Dan smiled and said, "Okay! Let's have two of those!" The waiter smiled as he heard Dan. After seating them, he asked if they=20 wanted anything else? Cat smiled and said, "Coffee only for me!" "Me also!" Dan replied. >tbc< * * * * Going to the Batcave Barbara hurried out the building to the driveway where she got on her=20 motorcyle and quickly and headed in the direction of the Batcave. "I wonder what who the intruder is?" she said to herself as she punched=20 in a code that allowed her into the batcave. "Darn, and I was almost=20 getting a date, oh well I'm sure this is going to be more important." Barbara got out of the car and hurried to where Dick and Batman were with.. a girl she didn=E2=80=99t know. "Batgirl, see to it that Miss Starr is made comfortable for the next few=20 minutes." Although the displaced voice was softer now, it held no=20 warmth and the Batman's voice seemed to betray the anger Dick knew he=20 was feeling. "Robi... Nightwing and I have a few things to discuss." Dick looked back at Anya, then to Barbara and finally to where he=20 thought Batman was standing.=20 "No, Bruce... We're going to settle this RIGHT NOW!!!" Dick snapped.=20 "Anya, I'm sorry..." he said, softly. >tbc< * * * * Dreams... LOIS! BOOM!....LOIS!!! BOOM!...LOOOIS!!!...BOOM...kept replaying through=20 Clark's mind as he continued thrashing on the ground in his sleep. He=20 kept dreaming about Luthor taking her away from him and it was causing=20 him great distress. "NOOO!!!" he screamed as he woke up and felt the sweat dripping off his=20 chest. "Lois," he whispered as he looked at the iron door and cried. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Re: Dreams... Lois walked down a long, dark, corridor until she came upon a figure=20 standing under an entry way. "Hello?" she called out. A bright light shown upon the figure, it was Superman. "Oh Superman!" Lois cried. She ran over to the superhero and wrapped her arms tightly around him.=20 "Lois," he smiled. Lois brought Superman's mouth down to hers and started kissing him=20 passionately. =E2=80=9CMmm..." Superman groaned as he tasted the sweetness of her mouth. The kiss lasted a few seconds longer, until Superman pulled away. "Superman, is something wrong?" Lois asked. "Lois, there's someone else...someone else who needs you more than me." Suddenly, the image of Superman disspated and Lois found herself back in=20 the dungeon that Lex had taken out of. She looked over into the corner=20 of the room and found Clark lying in the fetal position. His clothes=20 were tattered and he was crying. "Clark? Are you all right? Clark?" she asked as she walked over to him. "Clark?" she said as she touched him on the back. His image disappeared=20 just as soon as she brought her hand away. "Clark!?!" she called out as once again she found herself standing in a=20 dark corridor. "Clark???" "Loooooisssss..." "Ah!" she exclaimed as she shot out of bed.=20 "Clark?" Lois asked as she woke up in a strange room. >tbc< * * * * Re: Catherine couldn=E2=80=99t sleep! Dan pulled out the chair for Cat to sit down, once she was sitting=20 comfortably he sat down himself. "Well, Cat. I don't know just how much Diego confided in you about the=20 New Orleans trip, but I know you understand who he is looking for!" "Yes, Dan! When Mayson and I got those "Joker" cards at that pub in=20 Gotham City, we knew that Diego's suspisions were even more founded and=20 I knew that Interpol was sending Diego to New Orleans." Cat said and looked= =20 at Dan as he stirred his coffee. Dan paused a moment from stirring and looking up at her he asked, "Did=20 Diego tell you why he felt that he would find more answers in New=20 Orleans?" Cat took a deep breath and answered, "Because his Father was struck down=20 by a car in New Orleans and the person responsible placed a whole stack=20 of "Joker" cards on his Father and just left him there in the street." Dan looked shocked. "I had no idea this was so close to Diego. I=20 probably should have gone with him!" "Dan, I am sure if Diego and Ramone need you they will get in touch.=20 Besides, they know what to look for without being discovered. And Diego told me before he left the airport that the "Joker" cards are=20 not from American Poker decks, they are from Spanish Bru Ha card decks!" Cat told Dan as they sipped the coffee and watched people come and go in=20 the Coffee House. Dan looked at Cat and thought. *Bru Ha! Hell, Diego knew all along who=20 he was after!* Cat finished her coffee and told Dan. "I have to get back home. I have=20 to be at a Society function early to get the run down on it and write an=20 article for my column. I'll let you know if Diego calls me." Cat left Dan and motored back home. She felt erie as she made her way=20 from the parked car and to her apartment. *Diego, be careful!* She thought as she got ready for bed.=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: Anya confronts the Batman... Anya swallowed hard. There was going to be a fight between the two soon.=20 That much was a given. She met Dick's eyes and nodded at the comment, although it wasn't his fault at all.=20 "LOOK both of you. Seriously, put this on hold. If you two hadn't=20 noticed those huge computers you've got here have just been flashing=20 Intruder Alert and I really don't think they mean me since I came in=20 with Di..umm Nightwing here. And really I don't think he came here with=20 out a purpose and that was not to give me the 10 cent tour. So shouldn't=20 all three of you supposed to be looking for who it was! Seriously!" Anya=20 found herself shouting without meaning to. She crossed her arms and=20 waited for an answer. Batman wasn't as scary now that she was angry at=20 him.=20 =20 "Excuse me... Anya is it? here come and sit down." Batgirl said whle=20 leading her to a chair as far away from Batman and Nightwing as=20 possible. "Let us deal with the alert." She hurried back to the boys and looked at them frowning. "Okay so what's=20 so important that calls up the alert and drags me out of my boring=20 computer programing class I need an A in?" Batman finally immerged from the shadows that had concealed him. He=20 looked at Dick with an icy glare. Dick looked down, momentarily, as if=20 shrinking away from Batman's stare. Batman then eyed Anya and Batgirl. "I don't have time for this," he mumbled angrily, barely audably. He=20 turned away from them, making his way toward the Batmobile. The engine=20 roared and tires screeched as Batman rocketed off. Dick sighed heavily as he watched the car drive away. "He's pissed..."=20 Dick whispered. "I'm sorry... this is my fault... jeez... what was I=20 thinking??" He looked at Anya and Batgirl.=20 >tbc< Look for Week #59 coming to a PC near you! Enjoy! Alexis ;-.) "ADITLOM" arbitrator "A possible visitor from another planet arrives on earth and all you can=20 think of his hauling him off to your lair and trying him out?" (Lois) "Test drive, Lois. A couple of hours behind the wheel, I'd know for sure if= =20 we're talking import or domestic." (Cat) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:18:30 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: "ADITLOM" (RPG) Fifty-eighth Installment, Week #59 (Part 1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the fifty-eight installment of my rpg on yahoo called, "A Day in the Life of Metropolis." Go to: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/aditlom Private feedback welcomed! =3D) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Cast List: Batman: Dave Dick Grayson: Dave Sam Falcon: Sam F. Cat Grant: Renda Dan Scardino: Renda Diego: Renda Anya Starr: Tabitha Batgirl: Angel Lois Lane: Alexis W. * * * *=20 Pulling Anya Away Batman could feel the thrust of the engine as he accelerated through the=20 darkened Bristol forest. His jaw was clenched as he held the steering=20 wheel with an iron grip. A fog had begun to roll in, and the night air=20 seemed to thicken.=20 =E2=80=9CWhat the hell just happened?=E2=80=9D Batman shook his head, trying= to clear=20 his thoughts. Despite all of his knowledge, despite all of his skill,=20 the Dark Knight, the world's greatest detective was confused,=20 frustrated, and... there was something else. He had felt it before, when=20 Alfred looked up at him from his sickbed only a few short months ago,=20 when Harvey riddled the roof of the bigtop with machine gun fire, three=20 bodies plummeting to their death, when a shadow took the form of the=20 barrel of a gun and his world was reduced to falling roses, pearls, and=20 blood. He had felt this way when all sense in his life seemed to flee.=20 The Batman was afraid. He keyed into the onboard computer installed in the digital dashboard of=20 the Batmobile. There was little doubt that the intruder was, indeed,=20 Clark. He grunted. Clark was going to be a problem, Batman thought. The=20 sooner Clark was out of HIS city, the better. Batman scanned the monitor=20 screen which displayed a small radar. Apparently, the tracker was=20 working. Batman smiled slightly at this, his studies of Kryptonian=20 anatomy and body chemistry had finally proven practical. For the moment,=20 'Clark' seemed to be stationary and although it appeared he may have=20 been weakened, he was alive. Lois' whereabouts were still unknown. But=20 there were more pressing issues... Batman could see the bright searchlight which cast the silhuette of a=20 bat above the expansive Gotham horizon. Gordan needed him, and he wasn't=20 about to let his old friend down. And there was still her... Batman closed his eyes, trying to erase the memory of her embrace, of=20 her lips against his, of her soft voice in his ear. "Computer." His voice was subdued. "Dial Falcon cell phone, secure=20 channel." The phone began to ring. >tbc< =3D=3D=3D=3D Re: Seattle - the next day She felt like the room was closing in on her. She knew exactly what was=20 happening. It was like the night she found out her grandfather was dead,=20 well not exactly. She hadn't been there, he'd been at home and had=20 passed in his sleep, but she felt the same. God, how she wished Bruce=20 was there, but she wasn't sure how things were going to be after the=20 fight. She'd never done this before, this being a relationship. She=20 shouldn't have left like she had, but she was worried about facing him. Right then all she wanted was to have him hold her. She leaned back=20 against wall for support. *Not the same thing.* The hallway was starting to clear out so she stood up and started=20 towards the room. Then her cell phone rang. She leaned against the wall=20 again and opened the phone. "Hello," she said. She knew her voice was=20 shakey, but she couldn't help it. Her soft voice came through the speakers and Bruce's eyes widened=20 behind the mask.=20 "Sam?" His voice quivered, but was equally gentle. "Please tell me=20 you're okay... where are you?"=20 >tbc< * * * * Noise on the balcony! Cat finished brushing her hair 100 strokes and had settled down into=20 her peach colored satin sheets to sleep. Out on the balcony, strange footsteps were stomping around. Cat stirred from her pillows and craned her neck to listen to the=20 sounds. She carefully got up and reached inside her night stand and pulled out=20 her trusty friend. Making sure the saftey was off, she made her way from=20 the bedroom and into her living room. She could see a tall, dark figure, standing on her balcony. The figure=20 had moved one of her large lead flower pots and placed something under=20 neath it. Next as Cat watched, he stood on the railing and jumped from her=20 balcony! Cat moved to the french doors and went outside, she pulled the item from=20 under the edge of the flower pot. Opening the parcel, she gasped as she realized it was a Bru' Ha Joker! Cat ran into her living room and dialed Dan's number. "Dan, it's Cat, I=20 know it's late. But I have just been visited by the...this Joker guy!" Dan sat straight up in bed. "You mean you saw him?" "No, he was dressed in all black and grey, and his face was covered.=20 After he left my balcony, I went out and got the parcel he left under=20 my flower pot, and it is another Spanish Bru' Ha Joker!" "Cat, listen to me. Make sure your windows and doors are locked! And go=20 ahead and call the police! You need to have a record of this!" "Okay, Dan. I'll call them. Thanks for your help!" "Anytime Lady and you be careful!" "Sure Dan and you too!" Cat hung up with Dan and dialed the police. They came and took finger prints and took the parcel from Cat. Before=20 they arrived though, Cat removed one of the Joker cards. She would need=20 one to give to Diego.=20 >tbc< =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D New Orlean=E2=80=99s Lady! Don's Diego and Ramone Dela Vega, picked up their luggage and made their=20 way to the limo. Ramone smiled and shouted! "Garcia! It is good to see you old friend!" "It is good to be seen by you Diego!" Garcia, a chubby limo driver and confident to the Dela Vega Brother's=20 for years, assisted them with their luggage and then into the limo they=20 drove through the streets of New Orleans.=20 The limo made it=E2=80=99s way to the Dela Vega estate. After Garcia had let= Diego=20 and Ramone out at the main door, he carried their luggage in, so that=20 the chamber maids could unpack it for them. He drove the lLimo to the=20 garage and then made his way to the New Orlean's Lady, moored at the=20 back of the estate on the river! Garcia waited for his friends and employers. Diego and Ramone changed into casual clothing and made their way to the=20 yaht. "Garicia, do you have wine here?" Ramone ask as they boarded. "Si, I have the finest wine from the winery!" Diego looked around and then he said, "Garcia, have you had any visits=20 from our Bru' Ha Joker lately?" "Si, Diego he leaves those joker cards every week! Or like we suspect,=20 he has his cronies leave them!" Diego nodded and lite a cheroot. The smoke rose until it looked like a=20 halo around his head. In the moonlight on the river, things can take on=20 an un-earthly shape.=20 >tbc< * * * * Pulling Anya Away Anya ran her fingers through her hair as she watched Batman drive off.=20 "Oh yeah he is very ticked off!" she said with a low whistle. "Look Dick=20 it'll be alright. We both knew that he wouldn't take it well and I guess=20 I don't really blame him either," she said as she put her arm around his=20 waist and leaned her head against his shoulder. "I assume you must be=20 Barbara. Since I we didn't get a real introduction, my name is Anya=20 Starr," she said to her.=20 =20 Dick rested his chin on top of her head.=20 "Jeez... where are my manners..." he said softly. "What do you guys=20 think we should do?" *nods* to Anya... "yeah".=20 *looks at Dick rather confused* "I think I would be able to decide that=20 better when I understand what exactly is going on here...=20 =20 Dick sighed heavily. "I... I took the mantle of the bat. I went out as=20 Batman." He looked down, biting his lip. "Bruce has been acting...=20 weird. I just didn't know what else to do. And now, with Lois and Clark=20 having found the cave.. well, things aren't all that great for Bruce."=20 He looked at Barbara. "Not only that, but where's Sam been?" Dick turned=20 to look down at Anya. "You remember Miss Falcon, right?" "Yes briefly at the party. I also met Lois and Clark. It doesn't=20 surprise me a bit that they found this place. They're good at what they=20 do. Well I guess it's not such a good thing in this case," said Anya=20 glancing around the Batcave Dick laughed. "Have you figured it out? Who Clark is???" Suddenly, Dick put his hand over his mouth. "Maybe I shouldn't say=20 that..." "Uh... Excuse me but just what is going on around here. I got called out=20 of a very important, yet boring, class to come here for an intruder=20 alert and nothing is going on. Then you ask what we should do when you=20 probally know more than we do. Dick what IS going on here?" Barabra then=20 walks over to a nearby chair and sits in it looking tired and wondering=20 why she never seems to be told anything. Dick slowly rubbed the back of his neck. "Umm... You know how Bruce has=20 been... ummm... dating Sam? How he's been acting kinda weird?" Dick took=20 a seat opposite Barbara and motioned for Anya to sit next to him.=20 "Well, I kinda took it upon myself to be Batman while he was playing=20 smoochie." Dick sighed. "Look, I know you like Sam, Babs... and I guess=20 so do I. But Bruce just hasn't been himself lately." He turned to a=20 nearby computer terminal. "Not only that, but we need to find Clark, he=20 might be in trouble. Babs, I know you're a wonder with computers...=20 Anya, are you any good with mainframes?" Anya looked at the computer before her with a little doubt. "I am=20 considered good on your regular computer but with these I think we'll=20 just have to see. These are a bit for high tech then what the college=20 has. Even in my networking class," she said. "But I am always up for a=20 challenge. Now how exactly are we going to find Clark?" asked Anya as=20 she sat down to a computer.=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: New Orlean=E2=80=99s Lady! Diego thought about Garcia's words and then he looked around and said,=20 "We have to be wiley like a fox to catch this man!" Ramone looked at Diego and asked, "What do you have in mind Brother?" Diego smiled and replied, "Something that even this person won't=20 suspect!" Ramone and Garcia nodded and laughed. Diego looked up at them and they=20 all laughed together!=20 >tbc< * * * * In Luthor=E2=80=99s hotel suite Lois rubbed her eyes in hopes of bringing them more into focus. She=20 looked down and noticed she was sitting on a large bed. The sheets she=20 had pulled up around her were white. They looked like fluffy clouds.=20 Lois pulled off the sheets and looked down at what she was wearing. She=20 was dressed in a light blue, silk nightie. "What?" Lois asked herself in confusion. Over to her left hung her dress from the day before. Lois got out of bed=20 and looked around. "Hello? Is anybody there? Clark?!? Anyone?" she called out. >tbc< =20 * * * * Re: Seattle - the next day She closed her eyes, so glad to hear his voice. "I'm . . . fine.=20 Something came up and I had to get to Seattle quickly," she replied, the=20 shakiness in her voice slowly getting better. "Seattle??" Bruce... Batman... tried to hide the shock in his voice.=20 The Batmobile rocketed down the broad Grand View Expressway toward=20 downtown. Batman could hear the sirens of patorl cars as they passed his=20 massive car, weaving in and out of mid-evening rush hour traffic. He=20 swerved in behind them and hit the accelerater, hoping to catch up with=20 the police squad cars. His grip tightened as he tensed for the chase. "Sam..." His voice was low again. "Why didn't you tell me? Why did you=20 leave me?"=20 >tbc< Look for Week #60 coming to a PC near you! Enjoy! Alexis ;-.) "A possible visitor from another planet arrives on earth and all you can=20 think of his hauling him off to your lair and trying him out?" (Lois) "Test drive, Lois. A couple of hours behind the wheel, I'd know for sure if= =20 we're talking import or domestic." (Cat) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:46:40 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: "ADITLOM" (RPG) Fifty-ninth Installment, Week #60 (Part 1 of 1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the fifty-ninth installment of my rpg on yahoo called, "A Day in the Life of Metropolis." Go to: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/aditlom Private feedback welcomed! =3D) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Cast List: Diego: Renda Cat Grant: Renda Dick Grayson: Dave * * * *=20 Re: New Orlean=E2=80=99s Lady! The Dela Vega brothers and Garcia left the yacht and made their way into=20 the main house. Diego looked around to make sure that no one was around except the three=20 of them. Then he reached behind the fireplace mantel and found a notch=20 in the wood. He gently tapped it twice and the whole fire place swung=20 open to reveal a secret passage way. "Well, it is time to initiate another phase of our plan!" Garcia looked at the two brothers and laughing said, "You know that=20 Fox.... Zorro! He could be almost anywhere!" Laughing, Diego threw up his hand and said, "So right, my friend! So=20 right!" >tbc< * * * * Bat cray Dick swivled his chair to face the terminal. "Can we do a search for any=20 files in the mainframe having to do with Clark?" He rested his chin in=20 his hands, pondering the small green radar blip on one of the lower=20 screens. "Babs, you suited up and ready to go? Looks like we're gonna see some=20 action..."=20 >tbc< * * * * Inspector Henderson arrives at Cat=E2=80=99s! Catherine watched the Metropolis police work on the balcony. Then there=20 was a knock at her door. She opened it to see Inspector Henderson standing there. "Hello Inspector! I thank you and your officer's for being so prompt to=20 answer my call!"=20 >tbc< Look for Week #61 coming to a PC near you! Enjoy! Alexis ;-.) "ADITLOM" arbitrator "A possible visitor from another planet arrives on earth and all you can=20 think of his hauling him off to your lair and trying him out?" (Lois) "Test drive, Lois. A couple of hours behind the wheel, I'd know for sure if= =20 we're talking import or domestic." (Cat) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:34:04 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: "ADITLOM" (RPG) Sixthieth Installment, Week #61 (Part 1 of 1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is the sixthieth installment of my rpg on yahoo called, "A Day in the Life of Metropolis." Go to: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/aditlom Private feedback welcomed! =3D) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Cast List: Batgirl: Angel Lex Luthor: Dave Dick Grayson: Dave Lois Lane: Alexis W. Anya Starr: Tabitha Diego: Renda * * * * Barbara is ready "Yes... I'm ready but I dont' know what all of this has to do with=20 Clark," Barbara said as she leaned in and looked at the computer screen=20 a bit closer. >tbc< * * * * Luthor=E2=80=99s personal Journal Defeat of a battlefield opponent must be complete and utterly swift. I now look at my chessboard and see that I am merely a move or two away=20 from victory, from claiming my conquest. I now posses the queen and=20 have thuroughly cornered the king. However, there is the specter of the=20 knight's interference, for which I have already planned accordingly. I=20 have my queen stratigically placed to block any advance the knight may=20 make, effectively countering his every move. Victory through anticipation... through preperation. It almost seems... anticlimatic. What ever shall I do once the game has=20 been won? Personal note: When Superman has been defeated, find new hobby. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Lois continued walking through the hotel suite, looking for anyone who=20 might be inside. "Hello?" she said as she peered into a room that was well lit. Lex looked up from his desk and smiled at the form in the doorway.=20 "Lois, my dear.. please, do come in."=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: Barbara is ready Anya frowned at the computer screen. "This is like finding a needle in a=20 haystack," she stated. "Do you think any one at the Planet would know=20 where Clark is?" she asked bringing up the network page of the Planet.=20 There had been some activity so she knew someone had been using one of=20 the Planets computers. She typed in, "This is Anya Starr from the Gotham=20 Herald. This is important. Where is Clark?" If it worked right, it=20 should bring up a little window that worked sort of like an IM. She=20 wished she had paid more attention in her networking class.=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: New Orlean=E2=80=99s Lady! Diego, Ramone and Garcia made their way through the tunnels inside the=20 walls of the house. Their journey ended about a half mile from the house=20 underground in a cave. Diego flipped a switch and turned on the lights. He turned on the=20 computers and waited as they loaded their programs. He turned to Garcia and asked, "How's the car, motorcycles and water=20 crafts?" Garcia smiled. "They are all in top notch working order!" Diego smiled at his friend and nodded. Ramone watched as information about the City came up on the screen.=20 "Diego, I think you should see this!" Diego stepped over to his Brother's side and looked at the monitor. "Ah!=20 So he is still playing games." They both looked at the Cemetary and upon the top of a Voo Doo Priestess=20 Musleom was a Bru Hah card of a Joker.=20 >tbc< * * * * Re: Luthor=E2=80=99s personal Journal "Oh Lex, you are here...I was beginning to think I was left here all=20 alone," Lois said as she walked behind him. "Although, the events that=20 led up to all of this still seem a bit fuzzy," she laughed as she ran=20 her hand down the back of his neck. >tbc<=20 =20 * * * * Lex and Lois? "Then again, maybe it won't work," said Anya as nobody answered her IM=20 at the Planet. She sighed as she clicked away at the computer. "Umm=20 let's see, more stuff here about Lois, Lois and Clark, Lois and Lex,=20 Lois and Superman, Clark," she said outloud as she scanned through the=20 information. "More stuff about Lex and Lois," said Anya. She wrinkled up=20 her nose as the computer screen brought up a photo of Lex and Lois at=20 some sort of social gathering. It was a poorly taken picture. "Do you=20 think Lex Luthor might know where Lois is? I mean they from all these=20 social columns they seem to have gone out together," she commented to=20 Dick who was beside her. Dick watched Anya in amazement. When he turned to her, he shrugged. "I dunno... but it's worth a shot. I=20 mean, what else do you have. What do you think, Barbara?" >tbc< * * * * Lois and Lex Lex closed his eyes and sighed softly as he felt Lois' gentle fingers on=20 his neck. "You need not worry any longer, my dear... you're safe here=20 with me. How are you feeling?"=20 =20 "Well my back's a little sore...no thanks to Kent," she said as she=20 rolled her eyes. "But other than that...ahhh," she said out loud in=20 pain. "Man, where's a good chiropracter when you need one?" Lois cried=20 out as she leaned onto Lex's chair. >tbc< Look for Week #62 coming to a PC near you! Enjoy! Alexis ;-.) "A possible visitor from another planet arrives on earth and all you can=20 think of his hauling him off to your lair and trying him out?" (Lois) "Test drive, Lois. A couple of hours behind the wheel, I'd know for sure if= =20 we're talking import or domestic." (Cat) {LnC, Neverending Battle} ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:06:40 -0600 Reply-To: truitt22@flash.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: timothy truitt Organization: tnt technical services Subject: Re: "ADITLOM" (RPG) Sixthieth Installment, Week #61 (Part 1 of 1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alexis I'm still reading and enjoying the story. I'd like you to concentrate more on L&C though. Lex makes my stomach turn. I'd also like you to get back to Sam and Bruce. more soon please - more often. merry ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:27:12 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Fanfic Question On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:10:06 -0000, Yvonne Connell < yvonne@YCONNELL.FSNET.CO.UK> wrote: >As for making Clark's year of birth the same >as Dean's - call me sad, but it gave me a little buzz to know that the man I >was watching was actually exactly the same age as the man he was playing ;) >Nice to have that extra bit of insider knowledge as well, of course. I've never been so involved in a show that I would know of "inside references" like this before L&C, but from my experience in the last five years of being online, it seems like L&C did a particularly good job in this area. From the stock ticker at the Daily Planet reading "FOLCS up 3 7/8" to Tempus giving everyone a "Warm and Fuzzy Feeling", the producers and writers seemed to have a lot of fun dropping these little things in. :) There were other fun references like this as well. Superman talking to a football player-turned-florist in ATAI -- "didn't you used to play for the Bills?" "Yeah, until I blew out my knee." And of course, Clark being a Bills fan (complete with a baseball hat with the bull logo in BE.) Joe Malloy getting a "Clark bar" from the candy machine in IASWAA. I'm sure others can add to the list! Just some of the many little things that made the show so fun. :) Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 01:00:12 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Marilyn L. Puett" Subject: Re: Fanfic Question "Joe Malloy getting a "Clark bar" from the candy machine in IASWAA. I'm sure others can add to the list!" Speaking of Joe Malloy... He was played by Steve Clark of the San Francisco 49'ers. Wasn't Teri a 49'ers cheerleader at one point? ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:24:26 +1100 Reply-To: "jenerator@ozemail.com.au" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Jen Stosser Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marilyn, As I recall, Teri actually contact Steve (wasn't his last name something other than Clark?) to ask him to be in "her" ep of L&C, and was embarrassed at the way she gushed over him; she's a big fan of his. Jen -----Original Message----- From: Marilyn L. Puett [SMTP:no1supermom@HOTMAIL.COM] Sent: Saturday, 20 January 2001 5:00 PM To: LOISCLA-GENERAL-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: Re: [LOISCLA-GENERAL-L] Fanfic Question "Joe Malloy getting a "Clark bar" from the candy machine in IASWAA. I'm sure others can add to the list!" Speaking of Joe Malloy... He was played by Steve Clark of the San Francisco 49'ers. Wasn't Teri a 49'ers cheerleader at one point? ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 06:10:17 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Alexis W." Subject: Re: Fanfic Question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit His name is Steve Young and not Steve Clark. Before he retired he used to be the quarterback for the San Fransisco 49ers. I happen to love football and yes I'm a female so sue me! (I don't think Dean would though! LOL!) ;D Alexis ;-.) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:20:01 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Kertn Tearjerker quiz: Answers and Scores MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Another great response to this quiz, too; it's great to know that FoLCs are enjoying taking part in these as much as Hazel and I are enjoying compiling them. :) As before, I would like to remind everyone of our spiffy disclaimer thingy: the stories in this quiz are by no means the only stories which could be eligible for this category. The last thing Hazel or I would want is to be thought to be 'steering' people in the direction of nominating particular stories. However, we hope these quizzes at least get you thinking about a category, and if they help to remind you about favourite stories, whether or not they're included in the subjective list which we put in each quiz, then we're happy. Okay, here are the answers: 1 - Fear of Discovery 3: Coming Home, by Yvonne Connell 2 - Oops, Did I Forget To Mention...? by Tank Wilson and Wendy Richards 3 - A Future Restored, by Tank Wilson 4 - After Life: When Morning Comes, by Allison Forbes 5 - When Friends Become Lovers, by Kathy Brown and Demi 6 - Ad Astra Per Aspera, by Becky Bain 7 - Near Wild Heaven: Half a World Away, by Kaethel 8 - For the Greater Good, by Wendy Richards 9 - A Christmas Wish 1, by Tank Wilson 10 - Are You Lonesome Tonight, by LabRat 11 - A Love Well Worth The Wait, by Tracey Chiara asked whether For The Greater Good is eligible; it is on the list of eligible stories, and - as far as I remember - it went up on the Archive in February of last year. The scores next; this was another great field, and there was no story which failed to be recognised. In no particular order, then: Yvonne: 8.5 points Anne: 2 points LabRat and Helene: 16 points Tim: 11 points Hazel: 11 points Chiara: 10 Pam: 9.75 (I've awarded 3/4 point for guessting Tank=92s Future series but not the right part) Diyan: 16 points Yael: 2 points (and great to hear from you, Yael!) Nicole: 7.5 Missy: 12 points ...and Tasha is the winner with 18 points! Well done, Tasha! Hazel's up next; I don't know which category she's doing, but it should be posted tomorrow. Over to you, partner! :) Wendy ----------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:46:46 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Natascha Kortum Subject: Re: KerthTearjerker quiz: Answers and Scores Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >...and Tasha is the winner with 18 points! Well done, Tasha! /me won? /me really won? Thanks Wendy! :) I guess this is my reward for all the tears I shed reading these stories. >Hazel's up next; I don't know which category she's doing, but it should be >posted tomorrow. Bring it on! :) Natascha _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:00:47 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: In Search of a Possible Fanfic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Everyone, I was going through some old articles and interviews I had in a folder that I had collected a while ago from Lois & Clark. I came across one page that appeared to be part of a fanfic and I need some help finding out whether this was just a one page funny thing or if it was actually a fanfic and if so where I could find the rest of it. Anyhow it was written by Kim (no last name) and this email (kim@amalthea.net). I is a story about Lois & Clark in the Daily Planet talking to Jimmy about a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster in the Metropolis Water Treatment Plant. Superman takes a look and does see something, but is not sure what it is. Does anyone remember this and know anything about it. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Melody ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 12:27:56 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Budmayes2@AOL.COM Subject: Re: In Search of a Possible Fanfic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For those looking for fanfics that they suspect 'are' on their harddrive, bu= t=20 can't find, try using the windows explorer find... option on the toolbar=20 under tools. I found this right away searching for text containing Key words 'Loch Ness'=20= &=20 'water treatment plant' in my folder of listserv fics. A quick check showed that it was in the 3rd week of April '99 at the listser= v=20 archive. Untitled Fanfic Date: 99-04-15 23:52:49 EDT From: kim@AMALTHEA.NET (Kimberly Thomas) Myself and my friend Jeni (angelsvamptress@hotmail.com) started writing this story way back when Lois and Clark were newlyweds, or maybe before, back whe= n=20 it was just wishful thinking. In any rate, it was a long time ago. We were wondering what you guys thought of it (IE: Do you think we should finish it?= ). Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kim (kim@amalthea.net) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Inside the Daily Planet, Lois and Clark are talking. Lois, "I still can=E2= =80=99t believe that I=E2=80=99m Mrs. Kent. I mean, that=E2=80=99s just so-"You guys= are not going to believe this. A hot story like this in our own little Metropolis and these=20 guys beat us to it." He shows them a tabloid. The headline says, "Loch Ness Monst= er Makes a Big Move-to Metropolis Water Treatment Plant" Lois says, "Jimmy, don= =E2=80=99t believe anything you read in there. The pictures are touched up and the=20 stories are from some bum that got drunk on the cheapest bottle of wine that he coul= d find." Clark and Jimmy look at each other. Perry enters from his office. "Jimmy, did I hear you talking about those tabloids? Those things are nothing more than a bunch of Elvis-impersonating phonies. You=E2=80=99d never find the real King in there, let alone anything= else=20 real. Now run this down to resource." Jimmy replies, "I=E2=80=99m on top of it, Ch= ief." The phone rings, and Clark picks it up. The police are on the other end. =20 "Can you guys get a hold of Superman? We=E2=80=99re having a little problem down=20= at the=20 water treatment plant." Clark says, "I=E2=80=99ll try to get a hold of him," and h= angs up. "Lois, there=E2=80=99s a problem at the water treatment plant. You stay here= ; this is probably something to do with that tabloid. It should only take one of us." "Sure." Clark runs out of the newsroom with a gust of wind and a sonic boom. Lois says, "Not on your life, Mr. Kent." Then she picks up her purse and run= s out of the newsroom. Superman is at the water treatment plant with the police. Everybody is looki= ng at the water. "What=E2=80=99s the problem?" asks Superman. (In the backgroun= d is a hysterical woman with the cops trying to calm her down.) One of the police officers comes forward and says, "This woman says she saw some kind of monst= er in the water. Do you know anything about this, Superman?" "Only what I read=20= in the tabloids." The officer has an incredulous look on his face. "You read those?" Superman replies, "A friend showed it to me." The cop gives him a=20 funny look, then says to him, "Just to prove that those tabloids are a crock and t= o keep other citizens from doing that," he gestures to the hysterical woman, "Could you x-ray the reservoir for us?" "Sure. No problem. Anything to help.= " Superman starts to x-ray the water and about halfway through it he notices something at the bottom. He says, "I=E2=80=99m not sure, but I do see someth= ing down there." I think you should vacate the premises. Lois comes up. "Clar-er-Superman; what=E2=80=99s the problem?" He replies, "= You know that story in the tabloid this morning that Jimmy showed us?" "What about it= ?" "It turns out that the story may be true." "That=E2=80=99s impossible." "Obv= iously, nothing=E2=80=99s impossible; look at our marriage." Inside Mindy Church's headquarters, Mindy is at the head of a table, with so= me other guys around the table who are the heads of Intergang. "So, our little=20 plan seems to be working. The media is sucking it up like we are going to do to Superman." "So, what exactly is our plan?" asks one of the other guys at the table. "Oh, boys. We=E2=80=99ll get to that, in time. Right now we have more= important things to think about. Like, making sure everyone still believes in the Loch Ness Monster. Boys, time for phase two." Meanwhile, back at the Daily Planet, Jimmy is telling Lois, "I still think=20 that you should reconsider asking Perry about writing up that story about the Loc= h Ness Monster before the tabloids wear it out. This is big news, and living=20 here, you could get to it first." "Jimmy, we do news here, not garbage. I only wri= te real stories," replies Lois. Clark comes up to Lois and gives her a=20 mischievous smirk. Jimmy asks Clark, "Where have you been all morning, CK?" Clark replie= s, "Just covering the public=E2=80=99s latest reaction to the Loch Ness scare."= Someone calls out, "Jimmy!" "Later, guys," calls out Jimmy as he leaves. Lois asks Clark, "So what did you see?" "Actually, to my surprise, I actually saw something down there, but I=E2=80=99m not exactly sure what it is yet," Clar= k says. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:40:56 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nicole Wolke Subject: Re: Fanfic Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hey Folcs :-) Jen Stosser wrote: > Marilyn, As I recall, Teri actually contact Steve (wasn't his last name something other than Clark?) to ask him to be in "her" ep of L&C, and was embarrassed at the way she gushed over him; she's a big fan of his. Jen < His name is Steve Young and he's (or was? Is he still playing?) the quarterback of the 49ers. Teri was indeed a cheerleader of the 49ers at one time, but I don't know if Steve Young was in the team then (I doubt it actually. Wasn't Joe Montana Quarterback at the 49ers back then?) Teri wrote him a letter, asking him to play Joe Malloy and included her telephone number. And Steve Young later said, he went into the locker room of his team and said: "Hey guy, guess what? I have Teri Hatcher's phone number!" Nicole -- AKA CKgroupie on IRC/AIM NKWolke@t-online.de Are you always searching for news about Dean Cain? And you don't have enough time to search? Here's your solution: Go to "The Dean Cain News Page" http://members.tripod.de/CKgroupie/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:05:30 +0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Dom Melaragni Subject: Re: Fanfic Question In-Reply-To: <3A69DBB8.650CCFDD@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Ah...so good when I can use other interests on a list. >His name is Steve Young and he's (or was? Is he still playing?) the >quarterback of the 49ers. Teri was indeed a cheerleader of the 49ers at >one time, but I don't know if Steve Young was in the team then (I doubt >it actually. Wasn't Joe Montana Quarterback at the 49ers back then?) Steve Young retired last year after one too many concussions ( I guess he hit a vending machine too hard one time!). He went to the Niners in 1991 and played back up to Montana until 1992 when Montana got traded to Kansas City in 1993. He won Superbowl XXIX in 1995. I think Teri's Superbowl ring is from XXIV when Joe won it. Dom ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:35:09 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kimberly Thomas Subject: Re: In Search of a Possible Fanfic In-Reply-To: <71.a1049d9.279b1e3f@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, this story was a joint effort between myself and my friend Jeni (I think she's still on this list - Hi, Jeni). Unfortunately, that story never did get finished, although it did get a little further along and was revised quite a bit. Frankly, I'm a little shocked that someone is asking about it. :) Kim ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 22:58:03 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: New MessageBoards... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just wanted to say, thank you, Anne for setting up a brand new set of = mbs at annesplace. Lots of places to discuss fanfic, recommend = fanfic...and chat about other things besides. Way to Go! Check them out at http://www.nfanfic.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi And have fun! LabRat :) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:20:01 -0000 Reply-To: LabRat Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: LabRat Organization: LabRat Subject: Re: New MessageBoards... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Fwding for Mel. :) Two excellent ideas that I forgot to mention that Anne has come up with that might interest the authors among us. Especially new authors. There are two folders where you can request a beta/editor for your fic and can ask for help with your writing skills. Wonderful thought, Anne! LabRat :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Melisma To: LabRat Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:04 PM Subject: Re: New MessageBoards... > Thanks to Anne for setting up those boards, and to Labby for bringing them > to my attention. I've signed up and made my first post already :) > > Melisma (cheering under her Rock) > > > > > Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 15:15:37 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Melisma Subject: Re: New MessageBoards... Comments: To: LabRat In-Reply-To: <003c01c08337$835ca260$897f1f3e@land> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dang, I forgot to change the address! Thanks for forwarding it for me, Labby! Anne, can authors whose muses seem to have abandoned them, advertise and get a new muse? Melisma (wishing very hard, here under her Rock) At 11:20 PM 20/01/2001 -0000, you wrote: >Fwding for Mel. :) > >Two excellent ideas that I forgot to mention that Anne has come up with that >might interest the authors among us. Especially new authors. There are two >folders where you can request a beta/editor for your fic and can ask for >help with your writing skills. Wonderful thought, Anne! > >LabRat :) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Melisma >To: LabRat >Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:04 PM >Subject: Re: New MessageBoards... > > >> Thanks to Anne for setting up those boards, and to Labby for bringing them >> to my attention. I've signed up and made my first post already :) >> >> Melisma (cheering under her Rock) >> >> >> >> >> Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html > > Visit my rock at http://www.intergate.ca/personal/melisma/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 22:04:50 +0200 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Hazel Subject: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR This is the Kerth Quiz for the New Authors category -- one of the most difficult to create, as there have been so many new authors this year! Thanks to Dia, as always, for her efficient list of new authors. And thanks to LnC for captivating our hearts so that even now, years after the show stopped running, we're still attracting new authors to FoLCdom. :) Spiffy Disclaimer Thingy: All the fics in this quiz are written by authors who qualify for Best New Author: that is, these writers first had fics uploaded to the archive in the year 2000. HOWEVER, please note that any inclusion or exclusion of an author or story should not be construed as a recommendation or otherwise. I arbitrarily stopped when I got to sixteen, but there were over *twenty-five* more new authors on Dia's list. Additional reminder: Inclusion of an author in this quiz does *not* exclude that author from any other category. Nominating a story in multiple categories is perfectly legal. Story 1 could go into Comedy, Story 2 could be included in SuperFutures, Story 3 would fit nicely into Elseworlds... You get the idea. :) Quiz rules: Open hard drive and archive. When submitting your reply, please let us know if you got the fic from the quote (worth two points) or the excerpt (worth one point). If you don't give me any indication, I will automatically assume that you got it from the excerpt. And DON'T forget the spoiler space! One final request: When replying, please snip the quoted excerpts! Not only does it waste bandwidth (yes, there are still people out there who pay for time online), but it makes it very difficult for me to actually *find* your answers. Quote 1: "But bright, oh, purple would be okay for a change." Quote 2: "'The Life of A Super Man.' By Ridley Davenport. I've heard of him - he has some good stuff. Clark! How does he...? What the heck is this?" Quote 3: "Wait. So you are admitting you are...special? Talk to me, I won't recognize you. I can't see your facial features very well in this light. That hat does nothing for you. Come sit over here." Quote 4: "When can I begin my work on the Kent story? I'm really excited to get started. If at all possible, I want to get down to STAR Labs and interview the captors - uh, doctors." Quote 5: "I never felt so helpless as I did in Quazistan. With all my power, there were some things I couldn't solve. I'm at my best when things are black and white. When everything is varying shades of gray, I'm lost." Quote 6: "I can't be totally accurate, but it appears that you will lose more and more control over your body, rapidly age and after a few months, you will die." Quote 7: "The proof's conclusive. The super gene remains intact, even after lying dormant for a generation. Furthermore, despite previous evidence, the super gene *can* completely manifest itself in females." Quote 8: "Dr. Klein, what do you think of our theory? That some kind of trigger exists that can allow someone to control the dreams of others?" Quote 9: "But Clark, this isn't you. Whatever this thing is, it's affecting Jimmy too. Clark, Jimmy was arrested today, for assault and battery." Quote 10: "Let's get back to Tempus. In two days, we think he is going to nuke Washington D.C. and effectively re-decorate the East Coast in early fallout. Second, he plans to expose your husband, Clark Kent, as Superman." Quote 11: "It was the note for the most part, but that was just the catalyst. When I really started thinking, it all fell into place: the disappearing, the crazy excuses. It all made sense." Quote 12: "Look, Chief, if you think my work has suffered just because Clark's gone, you're wrong. I mean, it's been a year. Sure, we made a good team, and we brought in some great stories, but I'm still the same reporter I was while Clark was here. I'm still good." Quote 13: "It's been three years that he has kept her locked up in that cellar. It's as if he has already killed her, but now he wants to do it for real ... and he'll kill me too, for what I'm doing ..." Quote 14: "Unbelievable case. The guy murdered his fiancee, buried the body, and got off. We studied about it in one of my classes." Quote 15: "Three hours is plenty of time to find something for him. He can't be that hard to shop for!" Quote 16: "Well, I was wondering if you'd like to play poker with me." S P O I L E R S P A C E Excerpt 1: "Oh, I knew it. You're embarrassed for me. Of course you are. Why wouldn't you be? I put on my cute little perky voice and let him chase me with toy cars, and I flirted and..and...I was a cup holder! Clark, I let him treat me as a human cup holder! Of course I embarrass you!" Clark gently raised Lois's chin until her eyes met his. "Lois," he said gravely, "you could never, and will never embarrass me. It's impossible. Got that?" Incapable of arguing with that breathtaking declaration, but still not ready to give up her melancholy mood, she only nodded forlornly and demanded, "Then you tell me. Why in the world am I so good at playing the dumb airhead?" "Oh, you're not." Clark said airily. "What made you think you were?" Lois laughed and pummeled Clark with the nearest pillow. "Funny, mister. You happen to be speaking to the woman who got what's-his-name's confession on tape. He sure wasn't going to brag about his ingenious scamming feats to anybody with a brain. Much as I hate to admit it, I'd say I've got the airhead thing down to a fine art." Excerpt 2: Jon noticed the fact that his father *Superman!* had put his glasses on before coming over. He thought that was kind of funny - he was SURE that his father knew what Jon had figured out, and he obviously didn't NEED glasses, after all. It occurred to Jon that he hadn't seen his father out of his glasses before tonight. He remembered going to the public swimming pool as a kid, and if his dad was there, he would be wearing sunglasses and sitting by the edge of the pool, just soaking up the sun. "Come on in the water, daddy, it feels great!" one of the kids would always say, and Clark would invariably give some excuse on why he couldn't go in. "I don't know, I think I just might melt in there" always made his sister giggle. Of course, when they brought out the kiddie pool in the back yard at home, he would jump right in, glasses on, of course. So he didn't want anyone to see him without the glasses and with his hair wet and slicked back. Jon figured that was understandable, from a public standpoint, but he was the man's son after all, and he had a right to know. Excerpt 3: He sighed deeply, "People are trying to remember more details. Last I heard, one of the groups have hired a police artist to make a composite of me. It's getting harder to not be discovered. I don't know what to do." "What does your family say about it? Do you have a wife? You said you wanted a family," Lois asked. "Just my folks, but they worry too much about me now. They're great, but they'd be here in a second if I let them know how this was bothering me. I don't want to burden them." "You said, 'in a second'. Can they fly too?" He laughed softly again, "No, they're just regular folks, though if Mom could fly, she'd set Metropolis on its ear. I can't disturb their life when I'm not sure what's going to happen next with mine." "So who do you talk to?" "No one." "Sounds like you could use a friend." Excerpt 4: "After I came to Metropolis, my fiancee . . .*ex*-fiancee now . . . Lana convinced me to hide my powers to be normal. She was like my father - afraid the government would want to dissect me like a frog." Clark laughed bitterly, and Lois felt her stomach turn at the prospect. Surely that couldn't be the end result of this captivity . . . Lois shook the rose-colored notion out of her head. *Of course* it could. Men had stooped to lower levels for lesser gain in the past. Lois looked at him compassionately, deciding for now to not think of what the end may hold for Clark. She would find a solution later. "So what made you decide to become Superman?" He stared at her strangely. "You really don't know?" "No," she replied, confused. "You . . .you came to me, in this dream I told you about . . ." He looked out into nothingness. "Not long after Lana tried to convince me to stop being . . .uh, super . . .You came to me in this dream and told me I must use my powers for the good of mankind, and you . . .you showed me pictures of the suit. The next day I went home and found the fabric among my mother's belongings, along with the "S" that was supposed to be on my chest . . ." Excerpt 5: "Clark, have you ever considered that this is one situation where Clark Kent may be able to do as much good as Superman?" He stared at her for several moments. "The power of the press? Quazistan is crawling with reporters." Lois shook her head. "Half the news organizations have been pulling out. Each of the different factions has been infuriated by the refusal of the press to declare them the legitimate government, and have been closing the borders to the press. Six reporters were killed yesterday." Clark winced. Those people were his colleagues. The odds were that he had met at least some of them. He should have been able to stop the killings. "Besides, none of them would tell the story the way you would. If the UN insists on sitting on the fence, then make sure that they know why they shouldn't. Show them why they have to act." "If the scenes LNN was showing don't convince them, I don't know what I could do that would make any more of an impact." "All they saw were bodies. Give them the truth about each loss. I've seen your work, Clark. You really can change the world if you really try." Excerpt 6: High up in Gates Tower, Lois watched through her window as a tall slightly stooped gray-bearded man gathered the vagrants like his flock and shepherded them across the street. She watched them until they were out of sight down the alley that ran alongside the building to the annex then the river and bridge beyond. The comings and goings of the riverbank's inhabitants disturbed many of those who worked and resided in this part of the Hobbs Bay reclamation area, but Metropolitans of 2032, while struggling to find a solution to the question of what to do about these people, had learned to see the human faces involved and were not inclined to rash or punitive actions unless criminal intent was suspected. As she turned her eyes back to the park, they filled with tears. But she was talking to herself, not sending a subliminal message to him. She no longer tried to reach him. Her efforts had met with a cold blankness too long and she was now too angry at the rebuff to continue trying. And she occupied herself with the urgent business of CHILD, her legacy from Aunt Liz. Excerpt 7: The gene and its powers never showed up in me. I was the only blood relative of Grampa Clark who did not become a Super-person. For years, we had postulated that my sex made the difference. After all, although they only married into the family, I'm just like all the Kent women--all the women until now, at least. It's hard to count Ellen as a woman, not a girl. The point is, I don't fly. I make my way along the ground like some kind of grub. Flight. Like a migration of butterflies, the Supermen dart around above us, fluttering their bright blue, yellow and red. Most people only dream of joining them. For me, it was an expectation: one day my violet, pink and teal would unfurl, waving slowly, gaining strength in the sun. Only, they didn't. My time came...and went. My relatives flitted. I crawled. In my typical fashion, I grubbed all the way to Hyperion, and parked my car. Excerpt 8: She sighed, then opened the desk drawer and pulled out the file Jimmy had given her on dream research. "Dream studies?" Clark asked in surprise. "I thought you said you weren't worried about your dreams." "I lied." She got up suddenly, pacing in front of him. "These dreams are so real. I'm tempted to wonder if there's something behind them. I never had dreams like this before! Nightmares about Lex, yes, especially right after we tangled with him. But these, they're too real. And they started just a couple of weeks ago. Believe it or not, I can go for weeks without thinking about Lex. But now - " "But now, you're haunted by visions of Lex who's trying to make you feel guilty for his death," Clark nodded. "You're right. It wouldn't be the first time somebody tried to hurt you by bringing up Lex. But tampering with your dreams? That's pretty far out, Lois, even for us." Excerpt 9: "Clark?" Lois asked after a few moments of silence. "Are you okay?" Clark sighed and sat down on the bed. "Yeah. No. I don't know." Lois moved over to where he was sitting and brushed an unruly lock of hair out of his face. "Is it about what happened today?" "I almost hit you, Lois. I *did* hit Griffin. I could've killed both of you." "It's not your fault, Clark. Griffin's device made you lose control. You couldn't have helped it. I know you would've if you could. I saw how hard you were fighting it!" "I saw the look in your eyes when I lost control," Clark said quietly, his eyes downcast. "Lois, you were afraid of me." Excerpt 10: **Trask. Jason Trask.** The name was familiar and recent. Frank sifted through his storehouse of photogenic information and nailed it in moment. Jason Trask, director of the mysterious Bureau 39 and nemesis of Superman. **What was *he* doing as Head of Security for Operation Backstep?** Frank's musings were interrupted by Ballard's voice trying to get his attention on the phone. "I'm sorry, Ballard, I was distracted. What did you say?" "I was asking if you had noticed any other changes?" Frank looked at the paper he was still carrying. He looked at the sub-heading and first paragraph. He looked again at the date to make sure it didn't read April 1. It hadn't changed. Martha Kent, adoptive mother of Clark Kent, a.k.a. Superman, was the President of the United States of the Americas. "Just a moment." He quickly thumbed through the paper and became more depressed with every page. Finally, he let the paper drop to the ground, closed his eyes, and muttered a very low, "Whoa." After a moment or two, he finally spoke into the phone. "Yeah, I would say there were some changes. I remember Bill Clinton as being the President of the United States of America, singular. Cuba was not the 61st state and definitely not a vacation resort. Jason Trask is the Director for Bureau 39. And the Soviet Union no longer existed, among other things." Excerpt 11: "Good, because we need to talk about something I said the other day. Or rather, something I wrote." And with that Lois produced the note from the restaurant. Fear showing in his eyes, Clark asked her, "Where did you get this?" "Superman dropped it in the park when I was talking to him before the trial." "Uhmm...he and I were talking," Clark explained, nervously, trying desperately to make up a story that Lois would believe. "I was really upset after you wrote that and Superman found me moping on the park bench and asked me what was wrong. So I told him about our lunch and showed him the note and I guess I forgot to get it back from him." Clark had launched into a babble that could rival Lois's. "Nice try, Kent," Lois declared. "Huh?" "I said, nice try," she answered. Excerpt 12: There would be no reason for Clark to stay once they solved the case. No matter what had transpired between them last night, Clark would be going back to London soon. She had taken another step forward, intending to go say good morning to him, when she stopped again. What should she say to him? How was she supposed to act around him now? They couldn't talk about what had happened while they were in the newsroom; there were too many office gossips around that would love to get their hands on that kind of information. So... The best thing to do was to just pretend that the kiss had never happened. She would be polite and friendly to him, and maybe they could get the old partnership going again. If they were fortunate enough to slip back into familiar patterns, maybe she could convince herself once again that there was nothing more between them than a terrific friendship. She was still gathering the courage to go down when a gravelly voice came from behind her. "It's good to see him back in the newsroom, isn't it?" Lois turned, finding Perry watching the activity in the bullpen with a soft look in his eyes. She sighed, intending to tell Perry not to get used to it, for Clark would be gone soon. Besides, she didn't want Perry to know what having Clark back was doing to her. Instead, though, she found her mouth opening to say, "Perry, you have no idea." Excerpt 13: Clark had been sleeping for a couple of hours when a strange noise woke him. He slowly walked toward the bedroom where Lois was sleeping. He called to her. He saw her sitting near the open window: "Lois ... you'll get sick ... why don't you go back to bed ..." She shook her head firmly and he was immediately surprised. She looked at him, then she looked out the windows, then again at him, she did this three or four times. Clark came near the window and peered outside. It was a calm night, moonlight lighting all there was to see. "The Moon?" She nodded. "Your bed?" She nodded again. Clark went to the bed and grabbed a blanket. He walked over to Lois and wrapped the blanket carefully around her. "Can I stay with you?" She stared at him for a couple of seconds then seemed to smile. Clark sat near her. Suddenly she leaned against his shoulder. Clark hesitantly slipped his arms around her, embracing her, he seemed to sense her smile. Excerpt 14: An embroidered cushion on the armchair caught her eye. She grabbed it and continued the circuit of the room back to the couch. Clark stared at her dumbfounded as she began to pummel him with the pillow. "How dare you try to put words in my mouth?" Whack! "Have I ever acted like I thought Superman was a freak?" Whack! "I chased you all over Metropolis last year, for crying out loud!" Whack! "Is that how you view yourself? Do you think you're a freak?" His silence spoke volumes. Lois dropped the cushion on the sofa and plopped down beside Clark. Placing her hand on his chest, she peered at him and smiled. "I don't think you're a freak, Clark. I think you're an idiot." "You think I'm an idiot?" Clark was completely taken aback by Lois' words. This scolding was not what he had been expecting. "Yes, Clark. An idiot. You know, someone who is mentally deficient, according to my old psychology professor. You, Clark Jerome Kent, are an idiot." "Why?" "How should I know? Maybe crashing into that asteroid last year caused brain damage or something. Or maybe you were always stupid, and I never noticed before." Excerpt 15: Lois entered the departments store and immediately headed for the men's department. The first thing that caught her eye was a beautiful silk tie that she would have loved to see him in, but then the thought entered her mind, "Doesn't he have enough ties?" She scratched that idea. 11:44. After trying to describe to the attendant for nearly an hour how Clark looked and trying to figure out his size, Lois gave up on buying Clark clothes. The attendant seemed to think Lois made up this marvelous looking man she was intending to buy clothes for. Finally Lois realized "What's the point in buying something if he's just going to have to take it back anyway? Then he'll also know how much I spent on him!" The thought of a gift certificate flashed through Lois' mind, but that got nixed right away. "The amount is always so hard to decide, and there's really no thought involved in it, either." 12:33. Excerpt 16: "So, you only have your boxers left, but I know you won't take those off, so I'm going to bet on your glasses." "My..." he trailed off, an appalled look suddenly crossing his face. "Yes, your glasses, you know, those things that are constantly on your face!" "But..." "Your glasses are no big deal, Clark." "Lois, maybe we should just..." "Maybe we should just what?" "Nothing. Okay, my glasses." Enjoy! ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 04:59:47 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Diyan Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 * * s p o i l e r s p a c e * * Quote 1: "But bright, oh, purple would be okay for a change." * Jessi Mounts from "Drastic Measures" Quote 2: "'The Life of A Super Man.' By Ridley Davenport. I've heard of him - he has some good stuff. Clark! How does he...? What the heck is this?" * Cindy Leuch from "Dawn of Discovery" Quote 3: "Wait. So you are admitting you are...special? Talk to me, I won't recognize you. I can't see your facial features very well in this light. That hat does nothing for you. Come sit over here." * Missy Gallant from "Strangers" Quote 4: "When can I begin my work on the Kent story? I'm really excited to get started. If at all possible, I want to get down to STAR Labs and interview the captors - uh, doctors." * Randi Warwick from "Love Me Once More . . . " Quote 5: "I never felt so helpless as I did in Quazistan. With all my power, there were some things I couldn't solve. I'm at my best when things are black and white. When everything is varying shades of gray, I'm lost." * Shayne Terry from "Dear Lois" Quote 6: "I can't be totally accurate, but it appears that you will lose more and more control over your body, rapidly age and after a few months, you will die." * Jude from "Circle Game" Quote 7: "The proof's conclusive. The super gene remains intact, even after lying dormant for a generation. Furthermore, despite previous evidence, the super gene *can* completely manifest itself in females." * Klair-El from "Big Girls Do" Quote 8: "Dr. Klein, what do you think of our theory? That some kind of trigger exists that can allow someone to control the dreams of others?" * Amy Lauters from "Night Terrors" Quote 9: "But Clark, this isn't you. Whatever this thing is, it's affecting Jimmy too. Clark, Jimmy was arrested today, for assault and battery." * Rose from "A Lie of the Mind" Quote 10: "Let's get back to Tempus. In two days, we think he is going to nuke Washington D.C. and effectively re-decorate the East Coast in early fallout. Second, he plans to expose your husband, Clark Kent, as Superman." * Mr. D8a from "Seven Days of Superman," which, I confess, I've not read yet= Quote 11: "It was the note for the most part, but that was just the catalyst. When I really started thinking, it all fell into place: the disappearing, the crazy excuses. It all made sense." * Supermom from "Forget It=85Not!" Quote 12: "Look, Chief, if you think my work has suffered just because Clark's gone, you're wrong. I mean, it's been a year. Sure, we made a good team, and we brought in some great stories, but I'm still the same reporter I was while Clark was here. I'm still good." * Tracey from "A Love Well Worth the Wait" Quote 13: "It's been three years that he has kept her locked up in that cellar. It's as if he has already killed her, but now he wants to do it for real ... and he'll kill me too, for what I'm doing ..." * ? Quote 14: "Unbelievable case. The guy murdered his fiancee, buried the body, and got off. We studied about it in one of my classes." * Ann McBride from "A Triangle Built for Two" Quote 15: "Three hours is plenty of time to find something for him. He can't be that hard to shop for!" * SinginDrew from "Presents" Quote 16: "Well, I was wondering if you'd like to play poker with me." * Kaethel from "Naked Truth" ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:35:11 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh, this isn't gonna be easy, but I'm a sucker so I'll give it a try :) Apologies in advance for the stories I don't recognize! :) s p o i l e r s p a c e Q1: dunno Q2: Cindy Leuch, definitely ... probably Dawn of Discovery -- yep :) Q3: don't recognize it Q4: Love Me Once More, by Randi Warwick Q5: Quazistan is a dead giveaway :) Dear Lois, by Shayne Terry Q6: Sounds like the Circle Game, let's check... yep. By Jude Q7: Big Girls Do, by Klair El (hi Claire! :) Q8: not sure... found it, first try! :) Night Terrors, by Amy Lauters Q9: don't even have a clue how I know this one but it's A Lie of the Mind, by Rose Q10: Easy! 7 Days of Superman, by James Q11: Forget it... Not! by Supermom :) Q12: umm... A Love Well Worth the Wait, by Tracey Q13: Lois' Return, by Chiara Prato (didn't even have to look this one up!) Q14: Not ringing any bells... Q15: funny quote but I don't know where to look for it Q16: Naked Truth, by Kaethel Gosh, I did better than I expected :) Lemme see if I can fill in the gaps... E1: sounds cute, but not familiar E3: interesting! E14: > "I don't think you're a freak, Clark. I think you're an > idiot." ROFL! Okay, I've gotta read this... E15: This one *does* sound familiar, but not enough to let me find it :( Great quiz, Hazel! And great stories, all you new authors! :) -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ "Hi, I'm Larry the Cucumber, and welcome to the very first VeggieTales success video! Are you ready to make millions of dollars in real estate with no money down? I know I am!" --Larry, misunderstanding a sing-along video ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:14:34 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey all :) S p o i l e r S p a c e > Quote 1: > "But bright, oh, purple would be okay for a change." Hmm... > Quote 2: > "'The Life of A Super Man.' By Ridley Davenport. I've heard of him - he > has some good stuff. Clark! How does he...? What the heck is this?" The Dawn of Discovery, by Cindy Leuch. > Quote 3: > "Wait. So you are admitting you are...special? Talk to me, I won't > recognize you. I can't see your facial features very well in this light. > That hat does nothing for you. Come sit over here." No idea. > Quote 4: > "When can I begin my work on the Kent story? I'm really excited to get > started. If at all possible, I want to get down to STAR Labs and interview > the captors - uh, doctors." Love Me Once More, by Randi Warwick. > Quote 5: > "I never felt so helpless as I did in Quazistan. With all my power, there > were some things I couldn't solve. I'm at my best when things are black and > white. When everything is varying shades of gray, I'm lost." Dear Lois, by Shayne Terry. > Quote 6: > "I can't be totally accurate, but it appears that you will lose more and > more control over your body, rapidly age and after a few months, you will die." Uh... > Quote 7: > "The proof's conclusive. The super gene remains intact, even after lying > dormant for a generation. Furthermore, despite previous evidence, the > super gene *can* completely manifest itself in females." Don't know either. > Quote 8: > "Dr. Klein, what do you think of our theory? That some kind of trigger > exists that can allow someone to control the dreams of others?" Hmmmm... > Quote 9: > "But Clark, this isn't you. Whatever this thing is, it's affecting Jimmy > too. Clark, Jimmy was arrested today, for assault and battery." Nope. > Quote 10: > "Let's get back to Tempus. In two days, we think he is going to nuke > Washington D.C. and effectively re-decorate the East Coast in early > fallout. Second, he plans to expose your husband, Clark Kent, as Superman." /me gets desperate. > Quote 11: > "It was the note for the most part, but that was just the catalyst. When I > really started thinking, it all fell into place: the disappearing, the > crazy excuses. It all made sense." Sigh... > Quote 12: > "Look, Chief, if you think my work has suffered just because Clark's gone, > you're wrong. I mean, it's been a year. Sure, we made a good team, and we > brought in some great stories, but I'm still the same reporter I was while > Clark was here. I'm still good." Aha! A Love Well Worth the Wait, by Tracey. > Quote 13: > "It's been three years that he has kept her locked up in that cellar. It's > as if he has already killed her, but now he wants to do it for real ... and > he'll kill me too, for what I'm doing ..." Lois's Return, by Chiara Prato. > Quote 14: > "Unbelievable case. The guy murdered his fiancee, buried the body, and got > off. We studied about it in one of my classes." Hmm... > Quote 15: > "Three hours is plenty of time to find something for him. He can't be that > hard to shop for!" I know I've read this... > Quote 16: > "Well, I was wondering if you'd like to play poker with me." Naked Truth, by me. > Excerpt 1: Nope, still no idea. > Excerpt 3: Oh! Strangers, by Missy Gallant. > Excerpt 6: Still no idea. > Excerpt 7: Not very sure, but could that be Big Girls Do, by Klair El? > Excerpt 8: Um... > Excerpt 9: Um here, too... > Excerpt 10: Sigh... > Excerpt 11: Oh! That's Forget Me... Not!, by Marilyn. > Excerpt 14: LOL! Now I think I know. A Triangle Built for Two, by Ann McBride. > Excerpt 15: Arrrgggh! I know that one!! So why does the title and author escape me at the moment? :( Helene :) (now going back to reading that backlog of fic... ;)) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 13:01:49 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Question for a fic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey again :) I need some help from the Americans on the list. During which grade to kids learn to read? Is that the first grade? Thanks in advance! Helene :) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 07:33:09 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: No Name Available Subject: Re: Question for a fic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 01/21/2001 7:20:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, kaethel@CLUB-INTERNET.FR writes: << I need some help from the Americans on the list. During which grade to kids learn to read? Is that the first grade? >> good question. in many areas they start doing some reading stuff in kindergarten now. but yes, they certainly focus more on it in first grade. Of course, some bright kids can read before they get to school (I was reading fluently at age 4.) --Laurie ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 05:39:16 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Irene D." Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Okay, I'm game. S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 2: Dawn of Discovery by Cindy Leuch Quote 3: Is this Strangers by Missy Gallant? Quote 4: Love Me Once More by Randi Warwick (I think) Quote 5: Dear Lois by Shayne Terry Quote 6: This sounds like The Circle Game by Jude Quote 7: Big Girls Do by Klair El Quote 8: Night Terrors by Amy Lauters Quote 10: I think this must by 7 Days of Superman by James Quote 11: Forget It...Not by Supermom Quote 12: A Love Well Worth the Wait by Tracey Quote 13: Lois's Return by Chiara Prato?? Quote 14: A Triangle Built For Two by Ann McBride Quote 16: Naked Truth by Kaethel Excerpt 1: Drastic Measures by Jessi Mounts How'd I do? Irene ===== www.originalequestrianmusic.bigstep.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 08:40:18 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR Great quiz, Hazel! Okay, here goes... s p o i l e r s p a c e 1 - I have absolutely no idea, but I like the look of it! Quote 2 - Cindy Leuch's Dawn of Discovery - a great first fic. Quote 3 - Missy Gallant's wonderful Strangers Quote 4 - I GEd this, so I ought to know it! Randi Warwick's intriguing Love Me Once More. Quote 5 - one of last year's best fics. Shayne Terry's Dear Lois. Quote 6 - Jude's inventive The Circle Game Extract 7 - Klair El's amusing Big Girls Do. Quote 8 - Amy Lauters' thrilling Night Terrors. Quote 9 - Rose Cookson's A Lie Of The Mind - also inventive and thrilling. 10 - No idea, never read it; but from the extract I'd guess James Tull's Seven Days with Superman, or something like that. Extract 11 - Supermom's angsty Forget It - Not! Quote 12 - Tracey's wonderful A Love Well Worth The Wait. I cried buckets over this! Quote 13 - Chiara Prato's haunting Lois' Return. Quote 14 - Ann McBride's clever and well-written Triange Built for Two. And my only question to Ann is why on earth she waited so long to start writing?! 15 - Again, I have absolutely no idea! Quote 16 - Kaethel's hilarious Naked Truth - loved it! :) Okay, so how'd I do? Wendy ---------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 08:45:28 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "C.C. Malo" Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To be honest, I haven't yet read all these stories but after eliminating the ones I thought I knew for sure(?), and then checking a couple in my TBR folder.... Some very incredible stories in this list, btw. Thanks for the quiz, Hazel. S P O I L E R S P A C E from the quotes: 3. Strangers - Missy Gallant 5. Dear Lois - Shayne Terry 6. The Circle Game - Jude Williams (reading this right now. :) ) 7. Big Girls Do - Klair El 12. A Love Well Worth the Wait - Tracey 16. The Naked Truth - Kaethel from the excerpts: 1. Drastic Measures - Jessi Mounts 2. The Dawn of Discovery - Cindy Leuch 8. Night Terrors - Amy Lauters 9. Lie of the Mind - Rose 11. Forget It .... Not! - Supermom 13. Love Me Once More - Randi Warwick 14. A Triangle Built for Two - Ann McBride ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 06:46:51 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Nancy Smith Subject: Re: Question for a fic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In the school my kids went to first, they taught them their alphabet and letter sounds in kindergarten and actually started them reading in first grade. (fortunately for her, Tara got hold of some of the old books my dad used to teach me and taught herself to read by the middle of kindergarten, but it wasn't because of the school.). Nan Kaethel wrote: > Hey again :) > > I need some help from the Americans on the list. During which grade to kids > learn to read? Is that the first grade? > > Thanks in advance! > > Helene :) > Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 10:22:57 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Natascha Kortum Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: Best New Authors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 3: Missy Galant's Strangers Quote 5: Dear Lois by ShayneT Quote 6: Jude's The Circle Game Quote 7: Big Girls Do by Klair El Quote 11: SuperMom's Forget It... Not Quote 12: A Love Well Worth The Wait by Tracey Quote 14: Ann McBride's Triangle Built For Two Quote 16: Naked Truth by Helene Excerpt 1: Drastic Measures by Jessi Mount Excerpt 13: Chiara Prato's Lois' Return Excerpt 15: Presents by SinginDrew I am afraid I can't top the last one but oh well. :) How did I do? Great quiz, Hazel. Thank you! Natascha _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 09:05:14 -0800 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: lcfic Subject: Message Board Index Update through January 20 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi FoLCs! Lots of new story parts and one completed story to check out this week from Zoom's message board! Links at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Meteor/7378/lnc.html New part(s) posted: THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN: WENDY RICHARDS THE EXODUS: THANATOS FUGUE: SHAYNE TERRY HOME IV: HONEYMOON: NAN SMITH LONG, STRANGE TRIP: THIRTYSOMETHING THE LONG WAY HOME: CHRISH A NEW BEGINNING: PINTOFOLC PURITY: YVONNE CONNELL Completed stories this week: TOGOM VERSION 487: TANK WILSON New stories this week: none Added to the Archive this week: Knocking on Heaven's Door by Nicole Wolke Enjoy! Dawn & the Index Crew __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:17:36 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Question for a fic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/21/01 7:20:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, kaethel@CLUB-INTERNET.FR writes: > I need some help from the Americans on the list. During which grade to kids > learn to read? Is that the first grade? > > Most kids probably learn to read in first grade, although they start teaching them a little bit in kindergarten in most schools. And in some "elite" schools, if a child doesn't learn to read in kindergarten, they don't promote them to first grade. Truthfully, learning to read is a lengthy process which continues throughout most of elementary school. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:46:01 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think I'd feel a bit prouder of myself for finally getting some quiz answers, if I hadn't beta-read half of them. S P O I L E R S P A C E >From the quotes: #3 Strangers I, by Missy Gallant #5. Dear Lois, by Shayne Terry #11. Forget It... Not by Supermom #12. A Love So Long in the Making, by Tracey Lynn #13. A Sad Return, by Chiara Prato #14. A Triangle Built for Two, by Ann McBride >From excerpts: # 1. Drastic Measures, by Jessi Mounts #16. The Naked Truth, by Kaethel Ann ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:56:56 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/21/01 8:40:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, wendy@KINGSMEADOWCR.FREESERVE.CO.UK writes: > And > my only question to Ann is why on earth she waited so long to start > writing?! > > Umm, because I didn't know you were going to be so encouraging? Ann ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:02:51 -0600 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Adam Labotka Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 2: Dawn of Discovery by Cindy Leuch Quote 3: Strangers by Missy Gallant Quote 4: Love Me Once More by Randi Warwick Quote 5: Dear Lois by Shayne Terry Quote 6: The Circle Game by Jude Quote 8: Night Terrors by Amy Lauters Quote 9: A Lie of the Mind by Rose Quote 12: A love Well Worth The Wait by Tracey Lyn Quote 13: Lois' Return by Chiara Prato Quote 14: Triangle Built for Two by Ann McBride Quote 15: Presents by SinginDrew (Kristin) Quote 16: The Naked Truth by Kaethel (Helene) Excerpt 1: Desparate Measures by Jessi Mounts Excerpt 7: Big Girls Do by Klair El Excerpt 11: Forget It ... Not! by Supermom (Marilyn) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:58:50 -0000 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Bethy Em Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Whoa. I am continually impressed by the talent in the world of FoLCdom -- these guys are all *NEW*?!?! Amazing. Simply amazing. S P O I L E R S P A C E Quote 1: "Drastic Measures" Jessi Mounts Quote 2: "The Dawn of Discovery" by C. Leuch Quote 3: "Strangers" by Missy Gallant Quote 4: "Love Me Once More..." by Randi Warwick Quote 5: "Dear Lois" by Shayne Terry Quote 6: The Circle Game by Jude Quote 7: "Big Girls Do" by Klair El Quote 8: "Night Terrors" by Amy Lauters Quote 9: "A Lie of the Mind" by Rose Quote 10: "Seven Days of Superman" by Mr. D8a Quote 11: "Forget it...Not!" by Marilyn Puett, aka Supermom Quote 12: "A Love Well Worth the Wait" by Tracey Quote 13: "Lois' Return" by Chiara Prato Quote 14: "A Triangle Built for Two" by Ann McBride Quote 15: "Presents" by SinginDrew Quote 16: "Naked Truth" by Kaethel Bethy _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:06:01 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Wendy Richards Subject: Feedback again Returning to the subject of feedback briefly, I'm interested to see that the new poll on the Fanfic Archive relates to how often readers give feedback on stories they've read. It's admittedly too soon to say much about the responses, but it's noteworthy that the second most common response at the moment is 'never'. /me replies smugly that she's already sent her feedback for this week. I loved Erin's new story, Just A Heartbeat Away! It's set in Whine, Whine, Whine, during that wonderful segment over which the Eric Clapton song, 'Old Love', plays, when Clark and Lois try to call each other at the same time and get an engaged signal. Erin gives us both Clark's and Lois's emotions and thoughts at that time, in a poignant short story. I know people are trying to get their Kerth reading done, but this is short, and well worth the read. :) Wendy --------- Wendy Richards wendy@kingsmeadowcr.freeserve.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:14:15 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Annette Ciotola Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Who Hoo ... I know some of these!!!! s p o i l e r s p a c e * * * * * Q3 - Missy Gallant - Strangers Q4 - Randi Warwick - Love Me Once More ... Q5 - Shayne Terry - Dear Lois Q12 - Tracey - A Love Well Worth The Wait Q13 - Chiara Prato - Lois' Return Q16 - Kaethel - Naked Truth Anne ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:25:02 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Cindy Leuch Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR I'll give this one a try.... (spoiler space) 1) dunno.... 2) That would be the Dawn of Discovery by yours truly (quote) 3) Strangers by Missy Galany (quote) 4) I know I've read this.... 5) Dear Lois by Shayne Terry (quote) 6) The Circle Game by Jude (quote) 7) I'm pretty sure I read this one, too.... 8) Night Terrors by Amy Lauters (exert) 9) Don't know this either... 10) Okay, I'm pathetic.... 11) Forget It! (Not) by Supermom (quote) 12) A Love Well Woth the Wait by Tracey (quote) 13) Haven't read it... 14) A Triangle Built For 2 by Ann McBride (exert) 15) One of Chiara's (ack! Don't know which one. Sorry!) 16) Naked Truth by Helene (exert) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:00:05 -0700 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Tim Porter Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit S P O I L E R S P A C E > Quote 2: Personal Loyalties by Cindy Leuch > Quote 3: Strangers by Missy Gallant > Quote 4: Love Me Once More by Randi Warwick > Quote 5: Dear Lois by Shayne Terry > Quote 6: The Circle Game by Jude > > Quote 8: Night Terrors by Amy Lauters > > Quote 10: 'Seven Days' by James Tull > > Quote 12: A Love Well Worth the Wait by Tracey > Quote 13: Lois' Return by Chiara Prato > Quote 14: ACK, I KNOW THIS! L&C&S save Susan Williams from Hal Martin (Sal)... but title and author elude me :-( > Quote 15: Presents by SinginDrew > Quote 16: Naked Truth by Kaethel on to the excerpts... > > Excerpt 1: Drastic Measures by Jessi Mounts > > Excerpt 9: A Lie of the Mind by Rose > Excerpt 11: Forget It ... Not! by SuperMom > Enjoy! I did! Thanks to both Wendy and yourself for the great quizzes ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:03:04 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kaethel Subject: Re: Question for a fic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Laurie, Nan, Ann and Sue who replied to my query about US schools. You guys have even given me an idea to extend the conversation I was working on, thanks a bunch! Helene :) Kaethel@club-internet.fr ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:30:25 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kathy Brown Subject: Re: Question for a fic In the 60's and 70's, Kindergartens mostly worked on teaching kids their letters, to write their names, and maybe recognize a few other words like the colors. But phonics (the sounds letters make and sounding out words) and memorizing sight words (common words like "is", "the", "and", etc.) weren't really taught until 1st grade. So if you are writing about Lois or Clark's childhood, you'd be safe saying they learned to read in 1st grade. (Though as many people have posted, their parents may well have taught them earlier, since L&C are both very bright.) Today, with so many kids going to preschool, Kindergarten has become more academic. They are more likely to start early phonics and teach beginning sight words in class. District-wide, in our area, they say that about 25% of kids are reading by the end of Kindergarten, but that varies widely by school and by teacher. For example, in my daughter's Kindergarten class, she is one of the few that is reading already, but in the other K class (which is taught by a former 1st grade teacher who really stresses early reading), there are several. This other teacher (the former 1st grade teacher) told me that her goal is to have 90% of her kids reading by the end of Kindergarten. Kathy ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:43:13 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Chiara P Subject: R: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit S P O I L E R S P A C E -----Messaggio Originale----- Da: "Hazel" A: Data invio: sabato 20 gennaio 2001 21.04 Oggetto: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR > Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR > > > > > Quote 1: > > "But bright, oh, purple would be okay for a change." No idea > Quote 2: > > "'The Life of A Super Man.' By Ridley Davenport. I've heard of him - he > has some good stuff. Clark! How does he...? What the heck is this?" > No idea too > Quote 3: > > "Wait. So you are admitting you are...special? Talk to me, I won't > recognize you. I can't see your facial features very well in this light. > That hat does nothing for you. Come sit over here." :)))) MissiG's Stranger :) > Quote 4: > > "When can I begin my work on the Kent story? I'm really excited to get > started. If at all possible, I want to get down to STAR Labs and interview > the captors - uh, doctors." > > Quote 5: > > "I never felt so helpless as I did in Quazistan. With all my power, there > were some things I couldn't solve. I'm at my best when things are black and > white. When everything is varying shades of gray, I'm lost." Shayne's Dear Lois. > Quote 6: > > "I can't be totally accurate, but it appears that you will lose more and > more control over your body, rapidly age and after a few months, you will die." > boh > Quote 7: > > "The proof's conclusive. The super gene remains intact, even after lying > dormant for a generation. Furthermore, despite previous evidence, the > super gene *can* completely manifest itself in females." > > Quote 8: > > "Dr. Klein, what do you think of our theory? That some kind of trigger > exists that can allow someone to control the dreams of others?" > > Quote 9: > > "But Clark, this isn't you. Whatever this thing is, it's affecting Jimmy > too. Clark, Jimmy was arrested today, for assault and battery." > Grr I remember this one!!!!! damn! > Quote 10: > > "Let's get back to Tempus. In two days, we think he is going to nuke > Washington D.C. and effectively re-decorate the East Coast in early > fallout. Second, he plans to expose your husband, Clark Kent, as Superman." > > Quote 11: > > "It was the note for the most part, but that was just the catalyst. When I > really started thinking, it all fell into place: the disappearing, the > crazy excuses. It all made sense." > > Quote 12: > > "Look, Chief, if you think my work has suffered just because Clark's gone, > you're wrong. I mean, it's been a year. Sure, we made a good team, and we > brought in some great stories, but I'm still the same reporter I was while > Clark was here. I'm still good." > > Quote 13: > > "It's been three years that he has kept her locked up in that cellar. It's > as if he has already killed her, but now he wants to do it for real ... and > he'll kill me too, for what I'm doing ..." > That's mine! :) It's Lois' Return!!!! :))))))))))))))))) > Quote 14: > > "Unbelievable case. The guy murdered his fiancee, buried the body, and got > off. We studied about it in one of my classes." > This is Ann Mc Brite's 'A Triangle Built for Two' > Quote 15: > > "Three hours is plenty of time to find something for him. He can't be that > hard to shop for!" > > Quote 16: > > "Well, I was wondering if you'd like to play poker with me." > Helene's Naked truth!!!! FUNNY ONE!!!! GREAT ONE from a great Author! Excerpt 11: Forget It.Not! by Supermom Ok I have to raed a lot of more Fanfic!!!!! ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:45:10 +0100 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Chiara P Subject: R: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----Messaggio Originale----- Da: "Pam Jernigan" A: Data invio: domenica 21 gennaio 2001 12.35 Oggetto: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR > Q13: Lois' Return, by Chiara Prato (didn't even have to look this one welll just THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:53:35 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Annette Ciotola Subject: annesplace.net Updated 1/21/01 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey Gang, After taking a weekend off to visit some pretty cool people down south, it's time for a few updates to the site ... First on the list is a new message board area. While we still have Zoomway's site for on going fanfic, I've added some topics for fanfic help if you need some tips, an editor, or some recommendations on what to read. There is also a trading post of sorts ... if you're looking for Videos here's the place to ask. Also, we began work on the Alt-Kerths web page. Not all links work because it's still underconstruction, but Wendy and Pam have done a fine job on explaining what they are all about. So please stop by and take a look! This week's Archive updates are on the PG side of the site: Marns has a new vignette like fic titled Flight. Plus new Readers Digest versions of some of your favorite fanfic, sometimes humorous and sometimes downright silly. They are definately worth checking out! That's all for now ... Anne :) www.annesplace.net ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:48:24 +1100 Reply-To: Patricia Walpole Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Patricia Walpole Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I actually recognised some of these! s p o i l e r s p a c e Quote 3 Strangers Missy Gallant Quote 4 Love Me Once More Randi Warwick Quote 5 Dear Lois Shayne Terry Quote 12 A Well Worth the Wait Tracey Quote 14 Triangle Built for Two Ann McBride Tricia=20 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:00:15 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Pam Jernigan Subject: Re: R: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Q13: Lois' Return, by Chiara Prato (didn't even have to look this one > > > welll just THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! LOL, no problem, Chiara :) It was a good and memorable fic! -- Pam Jernigan / ChiefPam / jernigan@bellsouth.net http://www.geocities.com/~chiefpam http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/~jernigan/ "Hi, I'm Larry the Cucumber, and welcome to the very first VeggieTales success video! Are you ready to make millions of dollars in real estate with no money down? I know I am!" --Larry, misunderstanding a sing-along video ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:12:35 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Diyan Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR * * s p o i l e r s p a c e * * Good heavens, how could I have missed this one? All I can say is that it was 3:00 in the morning. >From the excerpt, #13 is Chiara Prato from "Lois' Return" ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:13:17 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Annette Ciotola Subject: Re: annesplace.net Updated 1/21/01 - Showcase! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Doh! I forgot about an update to one of our biggest features! A new showcase has been uploaded, so be sure to check out how ML Thompson got her start in Fanfic as well as the other cool features this week!! Anne ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:18:51 -0600 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Adam Labotka Subject: The Exodus (parts 1-10 of unknown parts) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ok I started posting this to zoom's message boards so many of you may have seen this already. I've decided to post here get some fic going here again, and I hope to get feedback from some people who don't frequent the boards ;). I know this ends on a cliffhanger, but I'm working on the next part pretty much as I write this (just took a little time out ;) ). Public and private feedback are welcome. This is my first attempt at something like this so I'm very insecure about it too ;). Ok first lets give a little background. The Kal-El is not the same as the one we know, nor is this an elseworld story. This story is set somewhere over 10,000 years into the past and explains some things that have bugged me, namely why Kryptonians (who evovlved under a red sun supposedly) have special abilities under a yellow one. ****** Kal-El looked over the devastation of his beloved world from his lofty standpoint. Even now the waters had barely begun to recede. He couldn't believe his own brethren. They had used their abilities selfishly. He prayed to whatever gods there might be for forgiveness. It had all started decades ago, Kal-El recalled. His people had always lived separate from the others. In the beginning, they had always avoided contact with those who weren't of their kind living in hard to reach places that could only be reached through their innate abilities. For millennia it had been like this. Then came Vorath. Vorath and his followers felt that because they had these abilities and those who lived elsewhere did not, they should rule those who could not oppose them. They presented themselves as gods from above. At first, Kal-El remembered, the council of elders had decided to leave them alone let them have their way. They felt it was none of there business. This decision caused much controversy among the people. In the end, it was the cruelty of Vorath and his followers that galvanized the council into action. They elected Kal-El to lead their forces. Vorath and his people began to torment the people who lacked their power. They killed men for sport, took women without consent and left their children to die. The council was appalled by these actions and decided they needed to put a stop to these atrocities. Then the war began. Kal-El shuddered to think of what had happened in that war. Millions of innocent helpless people had died in that war, solely as a side effect of battles, especially the last one. Kal-El remembered the last battle all to well. After many years of fighting, both sides seemed at an impasse. Neither could inflict serious harm on the other side due to their speed and just general toughness. Kal-El had spent hours locked away planning with his top generals. They needed a way to stop Vorath at whatever cost, before the world was destroyed. They finally came up with a plan. Kal-El's scientists had been working hard at a way to capture and hold Vorath and his men. They finally discovered a way to "rip" space and create a pathway into what they called hyperspace. This was a different form of existence, in which space and time had little meaning. If they could somehow trick Vorath's men into entering such a rift, without special equipment, they would be trapped for all time. Kal-El's plan was simple; they were to set up a device to create such a rift in a remote location. He felt the southern pole would be best as few creatures could survive there anyway, so there was little worry about the fallout. He and a small group of men would journey there as if trying to create a secret base from which to attack Vorath. Kal-El figured he would be enough bait to draw Vorath and his main forces so that they could be trapped. Oh how Kal-El cursed his plan now. He had not foreseen the true outcome. Vorath and his men had showed up as planned, trying to capture and kill Kal-El hoping his defeat would break the spirit of the rest of their enemies. There was a short and fierce battle raging, heat vision darting out everywhere trying to score on flesh. The temperature began to rise and the ice began breaking and melting. And then when Kal-El finally managed to draw them into the rift, sealing them forever in hyperspace, there had been a large explosion, the machine having overloaded under the strain. Chunks of ice flew everywhere, the ice cap ripped apart by the vast energies released. Large chunks of ice rained down into the seas causing them to rise. The Oceans began to rise and quickly covered nearly all the land. Water flooded onto the continents. Those living there ran screaming and crying out in terror. Whole villages were wiped out by massive torrents of water. All but the highest ground was flooded. Those who survived the sudden onrush of water lived only long enough to suffer a cold cruel death underwater. Quickly, mere minutes later only the highest landmasses remained dry. Kal-El and his men worked quickly, saving as many animals and the different people of the world who could not save themselves. Even after all that, most of the life on the planet had died. Kal-El shuddered as he thought of how many people had died because of his oversight. As Kal-El's musings came to a close, he came to a decision. Nothing like this must ever occur again. He would find a way to insure that no one would follow in Vorath's footsteps. All he needed was to find a way. ****** Kal-El spent days locked away in his chambers, alternately berating himself for his carelessness and desperately trying to think of a way to prevent another such catastrophe. He hardly slept, every time he closed his eyes he saw the waters rising, the people fleeing, crying out in terror. When he did sleep, he dreamt of the bodies left floating on the waters, their eyes glaring at him accusingly as if saying you did this, you killed us all. He saw those that his people managed to save look at him with fear and horror. He heard them demanding why he let their loved ones die, why he destroyed their world. He began to see the faces of his wife and children among the dead, even though they couldn't have been killed by the disaster. Everyday Kal-El slid deeper and deeper into his guilt and despair. He refused to eat after a while, also refusing to see anyone, including his wife. In the first few days after the war she had tried to comfort him, telling him it wasn't his fault he couldn't have known, but he refused to listen to her. One day something inside him snapped. He couldn't take the overriding guilt anymore. He felt the only way he would ever get over his guilt was to prevent anyone from being able to repeat the steps, which led to this war and its horrifying end. He still hadn't thought of a way but he needed to speak to the council, only they had the authority to make such a decision anyway. They also had many more resources at their command to find a way to prevent another man such as Vorath abusing their innate abilities. ****** Kal-El stood before the council of elders. "It is my belief we must find a way to prevent another occurrence such as that of Vorath. Such an atrocity can not be allowed to occur a second time. We have learned that power such as ours can not be trusted to everyone, as there are some who would abuse it." Kal-El watched the council members. He saw surprise on most of their faces and watched them confer in low murmurs designed so that he could not hear. His face fell as he realized just what he was asking of them, to find a way to give up everything that allowed them to live as they did. He felt they would never agree. Finally, the head of the council spoke, "We know that this war hit you hard, as you were on the front lines for most of it. But do not think that though we were not directly involved we were unaffected. We see your point and concur. We do not make this decision lightly." He paused before continuing, "There is something we have kept very secret, even from you, for we feared Vorath may get a hold of such information. This is a dangerous secret for any to get a hold of; it may be able to give them an advantage. What I say next is not to leave this room, at least for now." Kal-El could hardly believe his ears. What could the council be hiding, why was it so dangerous. He quickly nodded his consent. The elder continued again after receiving Kal-El's promise, "During their studies, the scientists discovered that our abilities come from the yellow sun. Somehow our bodies, somewhat like plants, absorb the solar energy and use it to manipulate their immediate surroundings, even to the point of defying gravity. Our bodies create what they termed an aura, which both protects us and allows us to manipulate the very atoms that surround us. They hypothesized that, if we were to remove ourselves from the influence of a sun such as ours, our abilities would fade to the point of almost nonexistence." "We shall begin the search immediately for another home, one on which our abilities would cease to exist, then men like Vorath will be unable to wield such terrible power. You shall continue to lead us Kal-El, as we will need a single strong leader to organize an exodus such as the one we plan. Project: Exodus shall begin immediately." The leader of the council finished, and they all stood. "It is time to make an announcement, the people have a new leader. All hail Lord Kal-El." In turn, council members bowed to Kal-El in the tradition of their people. Kal-El stood there stunned. He was overwhelmed by all of this. He was now the leader of everyone? But the council had always led, since as far back as the records had gone there had never been a single ruler. He was still trying to process all the information and barely acknowledged the council as they bowed. When he was finally able to speak he said, "How can you pick me. Look at what I've done. I've destroyed our world. I've ruined our beautiful home how can you see me as anything other than a monster?" Kal-El was near tears. He was unable to comprehend why they would even consider him. Why they thought he was deserving of anything let alone leadership. The head of the council addressed Kal-El again; "You could not have foreseen the overloading of the hyperspace device. You should not blame yourself; you made the best decision you could. We also believe that had the war continued the devastation would have been far worse then the flood, at least you managed to save some life other then our own, we fear the whole world would have been destroyed had the war gone on much longer. The people look up to you Kal-El they see you as our savoir for ending Vorath's threat. You are best qualified to lead us; the people will listen to you. You are a hero Kal-El." Kal-El couldn't believe what he heard. He wasn't considered a monster? They didn't blame him for destroying their beautiful world? He was a hero? Such was his respect for the council he finally began to let himself believe what his wife had tried to tell him, that maybe it wasn't his fault after all. Oh he'd never get over being the cause of such destruction, but maybe, just maybe he could allow himself to move on and instead of beating himself up he could work towards making the future better. "I guess I have little choice but to accept, but the council shall remain to advise me, I don't think I could handle it alone. I need a chance to adjust, to allow me to forgive myself." Kal-El left the council chambers and returned home. He fell into an exhausted sleep. For the first time since the disaster he slept peacefully, no dreams haunting him. The healing had begun. ****** The next day Kal-El stood before another door, with even more trepidation then when he went before the council. He knew she'd be here, after he'd driven her out of their home she would have no where else to go. He was afraid she'd take one look through the door, see it was him, and decide not to open it. Or worse she'd tell him to get lost and stay lost. He didn't think he could handle her rejection. On the other hand, he couldn't go on without her so he had to try and mend the broken fences. He cautiously knocked on the door and held his breath, his heart in his throat. After what seemed an eternity but was in reality only a few moments the door opened. He saw her standing there. She was even more beautiful then he had remembered. Quickly before he lost his nerve he began to speak. "Oh Liera I'm so sorry, can you ever forgive me. I was wrong to shut you out, drive you out of our house. I should have listened to you, you were right all along. It took the head of the council to knock some sense into me." He stopped talking having run out of steam and watched her hopefully. Liera couldn't believe it. When she had seen her husband through the door she had almost feared she was hallucinating. After he had shut into himself, refusing to talk to or even look at her, she feared he might never speak to her or anyone else for that matter, again. As she stood here now absorbing what he had just said, she looked him over. He looked so dejected and lost, the haunted look that had been in his eyes since the war was still there but not as deep as before. She pulled him into a fierce hug and said "Kal-El I'm so glad to see you. I was so worried about you. I thought, maybe, I had lost you forever. What happened to bring you out? What do you mean about the head of the council knocking some sense into you? Of course I was right you should know by now I'm always right. That should teach you to listen to me." Kal-El couldn't quite suppress a rue grin as he watched his wife babble. Putting his fingers to her lips he silenced her. "I went to the council yesterday because the guilt was driving me mad. I wanted to talk to them about finding a way to prevent another person, such as Vorath, abusing our abilities. They surprised me by agreeing with me and then they told me I would be the new leader of our people. They said we needed a strong singular figure to lead if we were to undertake such a task." He paused taking a breath tightening his arms around her, unwilling to let go "I was incredulous, how could they see me in that light." Kal-El's voice broke with emotion as he recalled those moments of the previous day. "They told me it wasn't my fault, just like you did. The accident was unforeseeable and I did my best. They told me I was seen as a hero, a savior, for stopping Vorath. And I started to believe it, finally." Liera's face clouded with anger. She smacked him on the chest with one hand as she said "You idiot. I've been telling you that for WEEKS. See if you had just listened to me we could have been solving this weeks ago instead of now." Then she ducked her head to hide the tears building, and in a small, quiet voice full of hurt said "I wouldn't have had to watch as I lost you bit by bit to your guilt." Kal-El lifted her chin and wiped the tears which had begun to flow off her cheeks, "I'm so sorry I made you go through that. I was an idiot. I can't apologize enough for my actions. You mean everything to me. I never told you this but." His voice broke again with emotion as he fought to get the words out, tears building in his eyes, "I had these nightmares of.. the flood.. in them I saw all the..bodies .. and not at first but eventually I.. I .. I began to see your and our children's faces on them." He finished in a rush as the tears began to flow. After a moment he began "I know it's not logical, I mean with our abilities none of us would die in it, but it began to feel so real. I imagined losing you and it hurt. I thought I would lose you anyway because you'd hate me. You'd blame me for destroying our beautiful world. And I was losing you anyway by shutting you out." Liera spoke in a soft, soothing tone "It's ok honey, I'm here now. You won 't lose me. I love you more then anything. I'm so glad you've come back to me. We can't change the past so lets just try to move on." Then her tone changed to a more teasing one "Just don't shut me out anymore and remember to listen to me, we'll save loads of time." In a resigned, yet somehow teasing and sarcastic tone he replied "Yes dear." Liera now took another good look at Kal-El and realized how exhausted he looked. She was surprised he was still on his feet. "Come on lets go home, you look exhausted. You need to get some more sleep." Liera began to fly them both through the air to their home. Kal-El was unable to do more then just hold on and be dragged along. She helped him into the bedroom and had him lay down. "You get some sleep now. I'll be just in the other room if you need me." She noticed Kal-El was already asleep and quietly left. ****** Liera set about tidying up the house as she let Kal-El sleep. She did it slowly in hopes he went disturb him. After about half an hour she heard him tossing about and muttering in his sleep. She entered the bedroom to see Kal-El floating about a foot above the bed and tossing and turning. He was obviously in distress and began muttering again "Liera.don't go. so sorry. my fault. never forgive. ruined everything. monster. I'm a monster." Liera floated up and gathered Kal-El into her arms and began stroking his back, speaking in soothing manner as she held him. "Shhh, it's ok, I'm here you didn't lose me. You aren't a monster none of it was your fault. Shhh." Kal-El began to quiet down and she stayed floating there, holding him as he slept. ****** Liera floated there for hours holding and comforting Kal-El. He had slept peacefully after she quieted him down. She checked the time and realized Kal-El would probably be waking up soon and when he did he would be hungry. He was already beginning to show signs of waking up. Gently she lowered him to the bed and quietly floated out of the room. She checked the icebox and noted with relief it hadn't thawed yet, but she blew into it again to make sure it would remain cold. She took some frozen vegetables and a chunk of meat. She set the meat on a metal plate and the vegetables next to it. She then took a large glass bowl and left the house. Because of the raised ocean levels, she was unable to find fresh water so Liera heated some of the ocean to steam. As the steam rose she quickly cooled it over the glass bowl, so that the now salt free water fell into it. She repeated this process until the bowl was almost full, then went back home. Kal-El still had not gotten up, so she continued to make preparations. She poured most of the water from the bowl into two large glasses and set them on the table. She put the vegetables into the bowl with what was left of the water. She then put a lid on the bowl and concentrated on the water, causing it to steam and left it to steam the vegetables. She then quickly made some dough and spread it in a rectangular pan. She heated it to a nice golden brown with her heat vision. Finally she cooked the meat in a similar fashion. She then portioned out the meal, giving Kal-El most of it. Kal-El then emerged from the bedroom. He smiled as he watched Liera place the food on the table. He quietly came up behind her and pulled her into a hug. "Thank you for everything. I don't know how much longer I could have handled those nightmares on my own." Liera turned and smiled at Kal-El, "You're welcome, I can't stand to see you suffer anyway. I made dinner, I figured you'd be hungry after all that time without food." Kal-El began to nuzzle her neck and plant kisses along it "You're right I am hungry." And then kissed her passionately. "But not for food." In between kisses Liera protested weakly, "But.the food.will get.cold." "We can reheat it, later." Kal-El said as he began to float them toward the bedroom. "This is more important." "Alright" Liera responded slightly breathlessly and they floated into the bedroom. Kal-El blew the bedroom door closed behind them. ****** Some time later, while still floating entwined above the bed Kal-El spoke "I guess we should go eat now." Liera sleepily mumbled something incomprehensible and just snuggled closer to Kal-El. "Come on sleepy head, can't let the food go to waste." Kal-El said gently shaking Liera. This time she responded groggily "Oh you're one to talk Mr. I just spelt all day." And then she said as he continued shaking her "Ok, ok I'm up." They let go of each other and got dressed and headed back to where dinner was waiting for them. As they reheated the now cold food, Kal-El said "I'm sorry for interrupting dinner, but." Liera interrupted "I don't seem to recall me objecting much. I've missed you a lot too Kal, we needed to reassure ourselves that we were together again. It's ok. Come on eat you haven't eaten in weeks. I don't want to lose you to hunger now. There's only so long you can go without food." Kal-El began to wolf down his food very quickly, inhaling it all within a minute. Liera watched him and said "See I told you, you needed to eat." Suddenly someone knocked on their door. Checking the door, Kal-El saw the head of the council standing outside. Kal-El got up to answer the door. "Hello elder, what a pleasant surprise" he said. The elder began to speak "Forgive me my lord, I hope I'm not interrupting anything." "Oh no, come in" Kal-El replied. "Thank you" the elder said. "I'm sorry to bother you at home but there is something we need to discuss. The council has called a meeting of all our people. We would like you to be there so we can introduce you as their new leader. In addition, we want you to explain our plan, leaving out the specifics about our abilities for now of course." "Of course elder, I am perfectly able to attend. When is this meeting scheduled?" Kal-El replied. "The meeting should commence about an hour hence. I'm sorry to bother you again but the sooner we start preparations the better. I shall leave you to prepare." The head elder then left swiftly. Kal-El looked at Liera, "Well we better get ready to go. I'd like you by my side for support, I'm not sure I can handle this alone." Liera replied "Of course Kal, as if you even need to ask" Kal-El gave Liera a soft, tender kiss. "Thank you for everything. I don't deserve you. I love you." Liera replied "I love you too Kal. Kal-El and Liera cleaned up after dinner and made ready to head to the meeting. ****** Nearly an hour later, Kal-El and Liera were ready to head for the meeting. As they were leaving Kal-El turned to Liera, running his hand through his hair, and said "I can't do this, I'm just not up to the task," in a very agitated tone. Liera turned to Kal-El and patted him on his arm comfortingly. "You'll do fine. There's nothing to worry about. I think the speech you prepared is great." Kal-El gave Liera a soft kiss. "Thank you I needed to hear that. We better get going, wouldn't do to be late for my introduction." His eyes sparkling with mischief as he teased. With that, they both sped out of the house and flew quickly to their people 's ancient gathering point. ****** Moments later, Kal-El and Liera arrived at the mountaintop. The elders were waiting at the peak to commence the meeting. Already hundreds of people were floating below the peek waiting for the elders to speak. Kal-El hugged Liera quickly "Wish me luck," and then flew off to meet with the elders. When he arrived, the head elder approached him again. "Thank you for coming, in just a few minutes I'll introduce you and let the people know we' ve decided you will be our new ruler. Then I'll let you speak and tell them about our plans." Kal-El nodded "I'm ready when you are." He replied in a voice filled with a confidence he didn't really feel. He watched as more and more people arrived to hover, waiting patiently for the elders to begin speaking. He noticed several hushed conversations when people saw him with the elders, but he couldn't decipher any of the comments. Nor could he tell from their expressions what they were thinking, other then surprise at seeing him standing with the council. Once people stopped arriving, the head of the council stepped forward. Suddenly all of the conversations stopped as all eyes turned towards the elder. He began to speak. "We have called you all here in order to discuss great changes that must come to our people. The council has decided that in light of the situation, and to help keep a unified front for the transition, we need a single leader. To that end, the council has decided that Kal-El, leader of the forces against Vorath, shall now lead our people." The crowd erupted in a great roar and applause, surprising Kal-El. At best, he hoped they'd accept him, but apparently they enthusiastically agreed with the decision. Maybe the people really did see him as a hero. The elder then stepped back and motioned Kal-El forward. Kal-El moved toward the end of the peak nervously. He looked upon the thousands of people watching him, waiting expectantly. It was all very overwhelming. He tried to start his speech but only mattered to stammer out a "Um. Thank you for. that. um enthusiastic. welcome." He couldn't do it. There was no way that everyone would accept what was required. They would be upset at what he had to ask. They would probably turn on him as soon as he told them about what exactly the changes were. He noticed he was beginning to rise off the ground and fought to keep himself down. As he scanned the crowd he saw Liera, smiling up at him full of support and confidence in him and suddenly, from somewhere he didn't even know was in him, he found the confidence to do what was necessary. "All of you remember the atrocities Vorath perpetrated with his followers, using their abilities to take advantage of those who could not defend themselves. His actions resulted in great devastation, the greatest of which came about through my own efforts to stop him. We have destroyed our own world." Kal-El fought to maintain his composure and keep his voice from breaking as the crowd listened in silence. He continued, "We have learned a harsh lesson indeed over the past few years. We have learned that our abilities are dangerous. Who knows when another man like Vorath will come about? We saw what happened this time, next time could be far worse. To this end, it has been decided we shall leave our home and find another, one where our powers will be suppressed. Our scientists are working on the problem of how as we speak." Kal-El paused again watching for a reaction. He expected outrage, incredulity but what he got was several people conferring together, which he could not make out. Then, surprisingly, everyone seemed to nod in unison, although somewhat sadly. Kal-El was shocked. He had to check and make sure his jaw hadn't dropped off. The people apparently accepted and understood. While no one looked particularly enthusiastic about the idea, he couldn't see one person who looked defiant or upset at the news. In fact, everyone seemed resigned. Finally managing to recover from his shock, Kal-El began to speak again. "On such a long road as we intend to embark on, we must take small steps. To begin with, I would ask for volunteers to help remove the large chunks of ice from the oceans and replace them on the southern pole. This should lower the water levels significantly, and allow other life to begin to reestablish itself. Those not involved with this clean up I would ask to begin removing all evidence of our existence. It would not do for the people without our abilities to know we were here and maybe try and find us when they are more advanced. Also, gather as many supplies, livestock and seeds as you can, and bring it to the council so we can have what is needed to start out life on our new home, as well as survive to make it there. Construction on a vessel to carry us to our new home will begin immediately. Anyone with experience in engineering and building is asked to help. Since we have often relied on our abilities this shall be tough but I have faith we can manage it. After all, we manage to send hundreds on unmanned probes out among the galaxies, surely we can adapt the technology for manned use." Kal-El paused again to take a breath and calm himself. He was still surprised at how well this was going. He was also amazed at how calm his voice was remaining. Kal-El could hardly believe this level, virtually emotionless speaking voice was his own. He continued again, "I know this is a lot to ask, to leave our home, but I feel we must before we destroy it completely. I want to thank you for taking this so well. Those who wish to volunteer to help, please see the council and they will give you instructions. The meeting is dismissed, I ask you all to go and prepare, the sooner we leave the better." Once Kal-El finished his speech, the mass of people began to slowly leave. They all flew slowly away resigned to their fate. Kal-El watched them go sadly, realizing that many of them felt guilt, much as he did, for what happened to their once beautiful home. He rejoined Liera and they both slowly flew off towards home. ****** Kal-El floated above the southern pole taking a short break. Through their efforts most of the pole had been fused together over the past few days. It had been a lot more difficult then he thought it'd be. First, he'd had to dismiss most of the volunteers because they had just gotten in the way of each other. Now it was down to just him and 9 other people. He'd told the other volunteers to replant the vegetation as the waters receded. Additionally, they couldn't move very quickly carrying the ice or it'd vaporize, plus they'd had to use their breath on the chunks to keep them from fracturing as parts of the ice melted. It had also taken a lot of effort to find the right intensity of heat to fuse the ice chunks together. And to top it off, there were just so damn many of them. He watched as the others brought in the last of the chunks of ice to the pole. It was actually fairly mesmerizing to watch. A blazing band of color trailed each ice chunk as the light refracted through it. As a consequence, there could be seen several arching rainbows, following the paths flown to the southern pole. Once they arrived they began fusing the final chunks into the now rebuilt southern ice cap. Once the final pieces were fused, Kal-El felt a great sense of accomplishment. Helping to correct the problem he himself created gave him a sense of atonement. As he looked around the globe, he saw the water levels were much lower, nearly back to their original levels, baring a few new lakes. Now that he was done with the ice cap, he could go help with the replanting. As he turned to go, he suddenly found himself face to face with an irate Liera. She began to speak "I know what you're thinking and don't you dare do it. You've been working day and night for days now, you need to get some sleep. You know the lead scientist has asked to speak to you about his findings. The volunteers can get along just fine without you." She punctuated her tirade by poking him several times. Kal-El looked sheepish as he responded, "I should help, it's my fault this happened. I can't just sit back and do nothing. I have to help. I have to make up for what I've done." His voice was strained and full of pain. Liera paced in the air, throwing her hands up and gesticulating wildly, "Oh no not this again. We've been through this. The accident was NOT your fault. I don't want you blaming yourself for what happened. I won't let you do this to yourself again. You're coming home right now and that's that." Kal-El sighed, he knew there was no dealing with Liera when she was like this. His only choice was to go with her and get some rest. He knew she was right anyway, and he was very tired. So he said in a deflated voice "You're right, again. Sometimes it just takes a while for it to get through my thick skull. Let's go home now." With that, Kal-El and Liera went home. ****** The next day, Kal-El met with the scientists. They met in the council chambers. When he got there, the scientists were already floating around the table. Kal-El joined them at the table, floating Indian style. He felt better after a nights rest, though he was still a bit guilty about not being out there helping fix the problems they had brought upon the world. He snapped out of his reverie as Zhang, the lead scientist, began speaking, "My lord, we have spent day and night working on the problems of where to go and how to get there. We believe we have solved the problem of how to get there." Zhang continued in a calm, collected voice, almost as if he was lecturing. "I'm sure you remember the method we used to imprison Vorath. We have been studying this hyperspace we found. We believe that we could travel instantly anywhere in the universe by entering hyperspace at one point, and exiting at the destination. This is the angle we have been pursuing and we have developed a device, which should allow us to control out entry and exit from hyperspace. We call it a hyperlight drive." At the mention of hyperspace and using it to travel, Kal-El began to have a panic attack. He began breathing in quick, short breaths. He began to drop to the floor, and blinded grouped out at the table for support. He could tell Zhang was still speaking, but all he could hear was the deafening roar of his blood pounding in his ears. None of the scientists noticed the change in Kal-El, to intent on the explanations. Kal-El was hounded by his own thoughts. 'Oh no not again' was running through his mind like a mantra. 'Where they MAD? Did they not remember what happened last time?' Kal-El thought. After a few moments his panic began to pass, and he recovered before the scientists noticed. Kal-El interrupted Zhang, and said through gritted teeth "What about last time? Last time the device exploded when we tried to send something large into hyperspace. What if that happened again?" Zhang was incredulous "Of course we've taken that into account. We studied the designs carefully and noticed a flaw, which we have since corrected. I assure you, this time it will not explode. We miscalculated the load and shall not do so again. We have tested and retested hundreds of times without incident, much more then last time. We wouldn't even think of exposing our people to such risk." Kal-El considered Zhang's response. He knew the scientist meant no harm, he wouldn't use an unsafe device on purpose. Kal-El thought 'Can I make this decision again? If it goes wrong again I would be responsible for the extinction of our entire race. But what choice do I have, without this drive it'd take centuries or even millennia to make the journey.' He replied "I guess we have little choice. We will use the drive." Zhang responded, a hint of glee creeping into his voice "The drive has already been incorporated into the ship being built. If all goes well, it should be up and running in a few days." 'That's a scientist for you, going ahead with what they think is right without waiting for permission,' Kal-El thought. "Ok so I guess we have the how solved so that just leaves us the where." Zhang actually smiled at this "We have been going over the data of our probes and have found several suitable planets, which revolve stars unlike our own. Since we must have a planet on which our crops can grow, we have narrowed the choices to those revolving red stars. Photosynthesis occurs fairly well under a red light, so our crops should grow just fine under a red sun. The only problem is choosing which one." Zhang handed Kal-El the information about the different planets. Kal-El looked over the papers. Most of the planets already teemed with life; he rejected those out of a desire to displace any natural cultures. One planet caught his eye. It was barren and rocky, but surprisingly it had a nitrogen oxygen mix similar to the one they currently lived in. Reports showed that recently some disaster had hit the planet, wiping out life. The danger was past, and it would be ripe for their needs. As a bonus, there would be little life to displace so he wouldn't have the guilt of possibly displacing a sentient race. Choosing it from the pile, "We'll use this one, it will be tough in the beginning but I'm sure we can convert it to our purposes." "Thank you my lord, we will begin calculations on where to enter and leave hyperspace to get there. All should be in readiness for us to leave by the end of the week." Zhang replied. "Excellent, keep up the good work. Get in touch with me if you need anything else." Kal-El stood and walked out of the chamber, and flew to check on the replanting. ****** Kal-El stood at the mountain peak again, to give his second speech since he became the ruler of his people. As he watched the people arrive for the meeting, his thoughts drifted to the last month. He was amazed how much they had gotten done since the last time he stood here. Thanks to their valiant efforts, one would hardly believe that a short month ago nearly the entire planet was covered with water. The seas were almost back to their original level and life once again filled the land. The scientists and engineers had been very busy as well. They had worked tirelessly day and night preparing the ship that would take them to their new world. Kal-El remembered how they excitedly contacted him and told him that it was ready. That thought brought Kal-El back to the present and the reason he had called another meeting. As his musing drew to a close, he noticed everyone staring up at him waiting for him to begin. This time he sought out Liera deliberately, seeking her love and support and smiled at her before beginning. "Thank you all for coming here. Over the past month we have all worked hard to prepare for our journey across the stars. I would like to thank everyone for contributing so selflessly to this task." Kal-El paused a moment, watching for reactions in the sea of faces floating below him but so far there was none. "The time has now come for us to leave our home and head to our new one. One where we don't have to worry about one of us causing such destruction using our inborn abilities." This time there was a reaction in the crowd. Kal-El watched as a look of disgust crossed most faces when he mentioned the abuse of their abilities followed by each of them resignedly hanging his or her head. The mood became dark and somber as Kal-El continued. "I'm proud of everyone willing to make this sacrifice. I'm sure the transition will be difficult, but I believe we will be able to handle it." As he spoke those words there was another change in the crowd's mood. Everyone seemed to simultaneously straighten up his or her back and there was now an air of resolute determination. "The ship is now in orbit and ready for us to begin boarding. Due to restrictions of the airlock as well as needing to get provisions aboard the ship, I would ask everyone to pair off and then we can board in pairs, each pair taking what they can aboard. Hopefully this will help minimize the time it will take. Let's get started." With that the meeting ended and everyone flew off to prepare to board. ****** Kal-El watched over the people as they boarded the ship. They had lined up a while ago and began flying up to the airlock, as it was available. The next pair would wait for the airlock to open again, fly up and enter. This had been going on for nearly an hour, and most of the people were on board as well as a majority of the supplies. Kal-El again found himself lost in thought. Initially they had worried about getting the livestock aboard, seeing as the atmosphere was too thin to breath where the ship was orbiting. The ship was designed to land, but Kal-El felt it best not to have it land here. The less visible their leaving was the better. Luckily, by moving quickly enough they were able to get the livestock aboard without any major problems. According to Zhang, they would have to leave the solar system before entering hyperspace, just to be safe. Entering any earlier could cause major disruptions in the orbits of planets in the system. By his calculations, it would take a little over a month to reach a safe point to enter hyperspace. All their abilities should have faded by that point from lack of exposure to the sun. After the hyperspace jump, there would be another month or so to reach their new home. Kal-El hoped nothing went wrong during these two months. With so many people living in such close quarters that long, there were bound to be frayed nerves. He just hoped it didn't get much beyond that. Things would also be difficult once their abilities faded, but luckily the scientists had developed a way to simulate gravity. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Liera, "Kal, honey, it's time to go. Everyone else is already on board so it's our turn." Kal-El grinned sheepishly and replies "Sorry guess I got a little lost in thought, let's go." With one last look around, Kal-El followed Liera to board the ship. Across most of the world a giant flaming streak could be seen as the giant spaceship began it's journey into the depths of outer space. ****** Liera searched the ship, looking for Kal-El. Shortly after they had boarded the ship, Kal-El had disappeared. She was worried about him. Now that he was no longer busy getting ready to leave maybe he had gone back to wallowing in his grief over what had happened. She wandered the halls of the ship looking for him. She eventually found him staring out a rear view port at the shrinking blue green world they once called home. She studied him a moment from the doorway. She could tell he was lost in thought, pretty much oblivious to his immediate surroundings. She quietly approached him and wrapped her arms around him from behind, resting her cheek on his back murmuring "Penny for your thoughts." Kal-El turned at Liera's touch and brought her beside him, draping an arm over her shoulders. "It's looks so beautiful doesn't it?" Kal-El said, indicating the steadily shrinking planet. "And so fragile from out here. Well we learned just how fragile it really is didn't we?" He laughed bitterly. He let out a sigh and continued "I don't know Liera. Can we really do this? Just leave our home, give up or abilities? Am I asking too much of our people?" Kal-El asked quietly, with a hint of sadness in his voice. "I don't know if I can do it how can I expect them to." Liera tightened her hold on Kal-El to reassure him. "You're doing the right thing, you know that. Everyone knows that, why else would they be here, undertaking this journey. I know it'll be tough, but as you said we can do it. We'll find a way to live without our abilities. We know it's possible to live, even thrive without our abilities as evinced by the others on our world. If they can do it so can we." "I know that up here." Kal-El said indicating his head with his free hand. "But in here, in here I'm not so sure." Kal-El said now pointing to his chest. He tightened his arm around Liera. "You just keep telling me that till it sinks in. I don't know what I'd do without you. I know I couldn't get through this without you, honey. I love you." "I love you too, Kal." Liera replied. "And I'll always be here for you, you know that. I couldn't live without you either." Liera laid her head on Kal-El's shoulder and then Kal-El rested his head upon hers. They both stayed that way, holding each other silently as they watched their former home shrink out of sight. ****** The days seemed to crawl by as they made their journey through the black void of space. As their abilities faded, they found themselves needing to eat and sleep more often. Tempers grew short as people found themselves tired and crabby most of the time, not used to needing so much sleep. Arguments were frequent between people around the ship. People would snap at the littlest things, raised voices could be heard echoing through the corridors almost constantly. This did nothing to improve the mood, making it difficult to sleep. Luckily though it never escalated beyond yelling. Meals were somber occasions. Everyone was moody and tired so they just sat there brooding as they ate, not bothering to try and have conversations. The scientists, luckily, had anticipated needing more food for energy as their abilities faded so they had brought enough provisions to compensate. Thus passed the first month. ****** Everyone was gathered for the big event. Soon the hyperlight drive would be activated and they would be in another galaxy, millions of light years from their former home. The air was full of excitement and trepidation as the appointed time for the jump drew close. They watched the final moments with baited breath, watching out the viewports when suddenly the stars changed. It took everyone a few moments to realize the jump had occurred, and then a great cheer arose from the crowd. Kal-El checked with the people monitoring their flight and then turned to the gathered group and said, "The jump has gone according to plan. We should make it to our new home in about a month." More cheering was heard at Kal-El's proclamation and they started to celebrate. Glasses of blue liquid were passed around as everyone showed their exultation in different ways. There was lots of hugging and jumping around for joy. Then someone started up some music. People started dancing and reveling in their success. Liera threaded her way through the crowd and came up behind Kal-El. "May I have this dance, my lord," she asked. Kal-El turned at smiled at her, chuckling as he said, "As if you need to ask." Kal-El led the way to the area where couples were dancing, and then pulled Liera close. They began to move slowly in time with the melody. Liera laid her head upon Kal-El's chest and just enjoyed being in her husband's arms. He seemed so relaxed right now, the worries of the journey forgotten temporarily, due to the success today. She'd been very worried about Kal-El lately. As the time for the hyperspace jump had approached, he'd become increasingly tense and irritable. He hadn't been sleeping much either, but in the aftermath of the successful jump, that all seemed to have melted away. She knew he'd soon fret about how the landfall on their new home would go, so she wanted to enjoy this respite as much as possible. Kal-El relished the feeling of his wife in his arms. Gone were the worries over the jump. The hyperlight drive had functioned exactly as the scientists had promised. He could unwind for a while before worrying about preparing for settling their new home. For now he would just relax and not worry about tomorrow. ****** Several hours later, the festivities began winding down. Kal-El and Liera left the celebration and headed to their quarters. They walked down the corridors of the ship holding hands. Liera turned to see Kal-El smiling down at her. She began to speak, "It's so good to see you smiling again. You've been so worried lately, I was wondering if that frown would become permanent." Kal-El chuckled softly, "I know, I've been very concerned that something would go wrong with the jump or the arguments would escalate into brawls. Right now though, everything seems to be going great. Once the initial rush of succeeding so far wears off I'll start worrying again, but for now I say we enjoy it, while we can." Kal-El lightly stroked Liera's face as he leaned down for a kiss. Liera parted her lips slightly in anticipation. Kal-El began lightly nibbling Liera's lower lip before deepening the kiss. When they finally surfaced both were a bit breathless. They resumed walking to their quarters, and if they moved a little bit faster now, neither noticed it. Soon, Kal-El and Liera reached their bedchambers. They entered and then had their own little private celebration. ****** The second month of their journey went much smoother, as everyone adjusted to the loss of their special abilities. The adjustment had come surprisingly easy. Kal-El attributed the easy adjustment to everyone being as deeply affected by the events leading to this journey as he was himself. As the days passed, excitement grew among the passengers of the tiny ship. The final day of their journey through the vast void known as space drew close. On that last day, Kal-El went to the control room to oversee their landing on this new world. When he arrived, the room was ablaze with activity as preparations for landing were underway. One of the flight crew looked up from his console as he heard Kal-El enter the room. "My lord, welcome. We were just preparing to re-ignite the engines. We will need to begin braking soon in order to safely land on the new planet." Kal-El nodded in acknowledgment. "I just wanted to be here when it all happened, so feel free to go back to what you were doing." The man returned to his task. Watching everyone at work, Kal-El felt useless and out of place. He considered offering to help, but figured since he didn't really know what was going on he'd just get in the way. So instead, Kal-El watched the view port and the rapidly growing dot that was to be their new home. Now that the trip was almost over, Kal-El began to worry about what they would do when they finally landed. It would be a struggle to survive at first, especially with their decreased abilities to rely on, though luckily people seemed to be adjusting well to life without them, even if they did grumble when what used to be simple now required a major effort. Most of their stored food had been consumed on the long journey, so they'd have to get some crops growing as quickly as possible. Kal-El was suddenly torn from his musings by an exclamation from one of the flight crew. "What's wrong?" Kal-El worriedly asked. The young man, who had exclaimed spoke in an agonized tone, "The engines won't ignite. I keep trying, but they just refuse to start. They haven't been used in so long, I think disuse is what's causing the problem." Kal-El was stunned. Everything had been going so well, but now all seemed lost. If they weren't able to slow down, they would crash into the planet so hard no one would survive. Haltingly he asked "Ca.Can anything. be done?" One of the older flight crewmembers stood up. "Well, it's risky since we won't be able to start braking as soon as we should, but if we try bringing the engines back up slowly, we should be able to restart them. We'd have to run the engines beyond safe limits. Hopefully they'd hold and we'll be able to land safely," he explained quickly. Kal-El nodded grimly. "I guess we'll just have to try that, doesn't look like we have much choice." The man who had spoken, barked a few orders and everyone renewed their efforts. Again the control room was ablaze with activity as they worked on slowly reinitializing the engines. Kal-El watched them nervously, feeling more useless now then he did before the crisis. After several minutes the chaos settled down. The head crewmember again spoke again. "My lord, everything seems to be going well. Soon we'll be able to begin braking, once the engines are fully ready. If all goes well, we will land safely." Kal-El let out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding as he sighed in relief. The crisis had passed; everything seemed to be going well. He settled in and watched the dot grow as they grew closer and closer to their new home. ****** Some time later, the tiny ship grew near its destination. Kal-El watched the world as it grew and loomed large in the view port. He was amazed both by the similarities and differences of this new planet to the one they had until so recently called home. There were vast expanses of sea, as well as continents spread throughout. Even familiar clouds swirled in the skies, but everything had a reddish hue. One of the crewmember's voices brought Kal-El out of his contemplation. "My lord, we are about to begin the final stage of braking in order to land safely. You should brace yourself for entry into the atmosphere, it'll be quite a jolt." As Kal-El moved towards a chair, the ship jerked, and he heard what sounded like an explosion. An alarm began going off and many of the crewmembers exclaimed in alarm. "What happened," Kal-El shouted over the din. Someone worriedly replied, "The engines overloaded. We're going to crash." He stood there feeling numb as people frantically rushed around him. Somewhere he vaguely heard someone announcing what happened to the ship and advising everyone to brace for impact. Kal-El was unable to move. The planet continued to rush towards them in the view port. Soon it dominated the entire viewing area. The ship jerked and jolted many more times as they approached, buffeted around by the atmosphere. What would have been a haven had become an unknown graveyard. Through everything that happened, Kal-El moved naught a muscle. He just continued to stare at the ground as it rose up to meet the ship. He watched all his hopes and visions for the future go up in the flames that now surrounded the ship. His last thought as the ship slammed into the ground was 'what have I done?' ****** ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:31:18 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Chris P Subject: LAFF 2001 Comments: To: lcnfanfic@onelist.com, LoisandClarkNAOS@onelist.com, pxzntv@rit.edu, macdougm@cadvision.com, lois_lane16@hotmail.com, TrstInHymn@aol.com, erink@ida.net, debbie@ikos.com, Sharon_Gilbert@umit.maine.edu, mrspeel@blarg.net, purplehayley@yahoo.com, NKWolke@eifel-net.net, JSJ3JLJ1@aol.com, aliendove@juno.com, kathybrown91@home.com, folc4fr@juno.com, Jea111nne@aol.com, Zoomway@aol.com, BraincsDtr@aol.com, oxbloodred@hotmail.com, melisma@intergate.bc.ca, sharper@cncc.cc.co.us, ittleone@yahoo.com, DBurton973@aol.com, AStory2873@aol.com, karenbooth@webtv.net, Marjean74@aol.com, Bsg2351@aol.com, Nekanuq@aol.com, MRlovesDC@aol.com, CCapu81@aol.com, cschnall@mail.med.cornell.edu, maggie13@bellsouth.net, DDDavis331@aol.com, JnC57@netzero.net, AnneHoijer@aol.com, LCME239@aol.com, delvard@sa.ozland.net.au, szabell@yahoo.com, jsowell@mail.com, sharon78@wharton.upenn.edu, dharshj@hotmail.com, Eraygun@aol.com, gwalden@knology.net, jtw230@airmail.net, chaste@cyberhotline.com, DUNNFOUR@aol.com, hess2@mindspring.com, kubitc@kenyon.edu, erabobbett@att.net, znovido1@san.rr.com, d.arendt@worldnet.att.net, cosmic@kingston.net, zimri@hotmail.com, euts.gray@virgin.net, SinginDrew@aol.com, Rcpeaches2@aol.com, Mxyz@aol.com, gay.devlin@aut.ac.nz, mountain.family@virgin.net, aviatiko@excite.com, Martina.Koerber@t-online.de, MoesyL47@aol.com, Ennazus1@aol.com, emily_starr@hotmail.com, raimsha@yahoo.com, YHo1014790@aol.com, mmt@pe.net, peabody@mcs.com, orangemd@cdmnet.com, SupieGirl@aol.com, AMCiotola@aol.com, script.design@t-online.de, Sigi@dnet.it, dean_hugged_me@yahoo.com, charm3d@yahoo.com, DOberdhan@pharmanet-cro.com, judithwilliams@prodigy.net, Lansbury1@aol.com, MWalker5@aol.com, Susievere@aol.com, Angel4Teri@aol.com, lough@erols.com, anitaah@earthlink.net, Ximemia@aol.com, renderto@es.com, j.mills@netcom.co.uk, Dillinghamle@aol.com, WillDi4@aol.com, 106532.433@compuserve.com, fluffy@addcom.de, rbagwell@airnet.net, deimos1@earthlink.net, Pumpkin622@aol.com, lizwinton@yahoo.com, natanh@hotmail.com, jedisista2000@worldspy.net, mei@adnc.com, nowucme1@yahoo.com, zimmo@wctc.net, bjs1121@pacbell.net, Fanclubdt@aol.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry if you get this more than once. This a reminder notice. We will be holding LAFF 2001 (LAFF is Los Angeles Folc Fest) from August 7th through August 11th at the Bevery Garland Hotel in Los Angeles. We had a great time last year and hope to do even better this year. If you would like more information or to get on our mailing list, please email me at cp13607@aol.com. Chris ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:47:14 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Kate Crane Subject: Re: Feedback again MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh, major bummer, I meant to send feedback to Erin this am too!! and got taken away from the computer by family and then this memory lapse thing kicked in....anyway, Loved the story, Erin....now you need to write the happy ending, too! Kate, who is in the middle of making dinner and apologizes for the shallow feedback. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:53:39 -0000 Reply-To: Yvonne Connell Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Yvonne Connell Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK, here we go... > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > S > P > A > C > E > Quote 5: Shayne's Dear Lois > Quote 6: The Circle Game? I think that's the title. It's the one where Clark suffers a degenerative disease as a result of the nasty things Veta Dootsin did to him. Can't remember who wrote it. Cindy ? > Quote 7: Sounds familiar... > Quote 8: Also sounds familiar... > > Quote 9: Argh! Sounds familiar again! > Quote 15: Yet another familiar-sounding one. > Excerpt 12: TraceyLynn's longish story? I'm afraid the excerpts didn't help jog the memory either :( Ah, well - I tried, Hazel, I really did! Yvonne (yvonne@yconnell.fsnet.co.uk) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:03:28 -0500 Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Marilyn L. Puett" Subject: Re: Kerth Quiz #6: NEW AUTHOR S P O I L E R S Excerpt #11 -- Forget It...Not by ME!!! /me faints with the realization that I've hit the bigtime! I'm part of a quiz!!!!! I've told you guys on IRC that I'm hopeless at these quizzes. And to prove my point, I didn't even guess my own story based on the quote. I had to read the excerpt to figure out it was mine! LOL! ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:16:40 EST Reply-To: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: "Ann E. McBride" Subject: Re: Question for a fic MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/21/01 4:30:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, kathybrown91@HOME.COM writes: > This other teacher (the former 1st grade teacher) told me that her > goal is to have 90% of her kids reading by the end of Kindergarten. > > As a teacher, I find this to be an interesting goal. I have read of a number of studies that indicate that most children aren't developmentally ready to read this young, and that pushing them to do so actually slows them down in the long run. Are all the children in the class already six years old? I know that I have also read that the Scandinavian countries have the lowest incidence of dyslexia, yet supposedly they don't really push reading until children are at least seven. All you Scandinavian FoLCs -- is that true? Ann ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:30:33 -0700 Reply-To: erink@ida.net Sender: "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Fanfic" From: Erin Klingler Subject: Yay, Posted Fanfic!! (Was: RE: The Exodus (parts 1-10 of unknown parts)) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yay!! Adam, I can't tell you how excited I was to see an actual story posting here after the drought as of late. I, for one, have always loved seeing fanfics posted here, and have really missed seeing the stories appearing in my email box. So, thank you, Adam!! And I look forward to reading your story (sounds like a very interesting premise!), and promise to send feedback when I'm done. :) Please keep the stories coming, guys. After being knocked over the head by several FoLCs about sending feedback, I would bet ppl will be more careful about it. So send away. :) Erin __________________ erink@ida.net Visit my LNC/Kerth Website: www.ida.net/users/davek ***** "It's not the years that count, it's the moments...right now, as they happen." __________________