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" Behind the Scenes of The Drums of Heaven "Written By: Solitude1056 Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, but I
like to take them out and play with them. Pairings: Heeruo, Trotre, Heerena (only as source
of teasing), Zefillow, but no Spuffy. Oh, wait, wrong fandom. Okay,
I meant: Heero & Duo, Trowa & Quatre, Heero & Relena (past
only), and Zefyr & Evil Willow. Rated: PG-13. And General Weirdness. Warnings: fluff, weird stuff, gratuitous use of
original characters, and occasional cameos from other Zefyr fics or
general anime, all written as voice-over commentary transcripts. Critiques: Always welcome, especially constructive.
Spoilers: Many spoilers for the actual story;
recommended that Drums be read prior to reading the corresponding
commentary. Chapters correspond to commentaries until chapter 9, at
which point the commentary drops off, and picks back up at chapter
17. Behind the Scenes of The Drums of Heaven Commentary 9 NOTE: This commentary is a companion piece to The Drums of Heaven and may not make complete sense unless you’ve read chapter 9 of that story. May contain spoilers for the story!
Quatre: Already in some of the reviews, people are talking about the maniac hackers who are making guests appearances in the story. We thought it’d be a nice change to interview them, and see what kind of experience they’re having with our established crew. Rat: Hey again. Duo: Oh, it’s you. Rat: Don’t be disrespecting elite hackers, man. Duo: Elite? You wish. Your keyboard against mine. Outside. Now. You’re going down. Wufei: Back away from the laptops. Quatre: *cough* So, as I was saying, I thought we could start with the youngest. Mike, known as Mike the Hand. Mike: Hi. Quatre: How’re you feeling today, Mike? You seem a little nervous. Mike: You sure you can keep that Deathscythe guy away from me? Duo: That what guy? Mike: *eep*
CRASH
Wufei: Smooth, Duo. We now have a Mike-shaped hole in the studio door. Duo: I didn’t do anything! Heero: Idiot. Quatre: Alright, then, next up is Harry, also known as Pinky. Pinky: Hey. Nice to meet all of you. Trowa: Why ‘Pinky’? Pinky: It’s a character I play in a game. Wufei: You play a female character? Pinky: Why not? She’s cute. I’d rather look at her than some hairy guy for three hours. Duo: He’s got a point. Hairy is bad. Trowa: Let’s not go there. Quatre: So, Pinky, how are you enjoying your role so far? Pinky: I’m a little disappointed. I thought this was supposed to be a Western. Wufei: A what? Pinky: That’s what my agent said. Something about Clint Eastwood... Heero: I have no idea what he’s talking about. Pinky: ...or that other guy who was in some show in Hawaii and drove a red car and had a butler... Wufei: Let him keep talking. Duo’ll met his match. Pinky: ...And he was in other stuff, this guy. I think he had a mustache. So, like a western... Duo: Hey! I heard that! Pinky: ...and that’s good, because I’ve always wanted to ride a horse... Heero: This is NOT a western! Pinky: ...especially since some of the guns in those westerns are really cool. There was this one set in Australia... Trowa: I think he’s figured that out. Pinky: ...again that tall guy was in it, what was his name? Anyway he had this modified Sharps rifle with a nifty tang sight... Quatre: Does anyone know where the duct tape is? Pinky: ...He was a sniper or sharpshooter or something, and there’s this crazy chick. If she had pink hair, she’d be like Ping-chan. Wufei: Ping-chan? Pinky: Oh! Yeah, that’s the name of the character I play in this game... Duo: Tom Selleck. Heero: What? Pinky: Yeah! That’s the guy. And none of you are him. So I’m like, disappointed but it’s pretty cool to play a hacker anyway. So, like, nice to meet everyone. Quatre: Moving right along... Snake? Snake: \/\/h@+Z H4PP3|\|1N5? Quatre: *blink* Wufei: What did he say? Snake: C|-|I11, |>UD3Z. 1M 3NJ0Y1N6 B31N6 I|\| D@ S7ORY 50 F4R. I+Z <0OL. Heero: Where’s Duo? Wufei: Making faces at Mike through the hole in the studio door. Heero: Duo! Do you speak L33t? Duo: Nope, sorry. But I speak C+ and C++, and some Cobalt, ASCII, and Hexadecimal. Enough to get by. Y’know, where’s the bathroom, I want a beer, and speak English you freak. All the important phrases. Heero: Idiot. Where’s Trowa? Quatre: Getting duct tape, hopefully. Trowa: Back. What’s up? Heero: Do you speak l33t? Trowa: Sure do. J00! 5P34K 3|\|6L15H, M@N! Snake: You are not l33t. Trowa: Ph34r M1 N4|<3D L33T 5|<1LLZ! Snake: *quake* Quatre: Alright. I think we should talk to Rat now. Rat: About time. I have a question for you guys. Quatre: You do? Duo: This I gotta hear. Rat: What’s the deal with the bikers? Where’d you get that trick? Heero: No idea. Rat: What? Heero: Look, I’m not writing this story. I’m just the POV for it. Third-person partial omniscient, but still, mostly my POV. But I’m not claiming responsibility for it. Rat: Damn. It just seems like a really familiar idea. Trowa: Hell’s Angels ’69. Wufei: What? Trowa: Similar plot line for a bank heist. I think Zef was doing a homage. Duo: *grumble* If I’d done it, you would’ve said it was theft. Heero: Yes, we would have. And if I were writing this story, it’d be completely different by now. Duo: Would it have --- Heero: NO. You’d be DEAD by now. Duo: Hey! Heero: Hey yourself! Quatre: Are those corners free again? We might need two. Wufei: Why don’t we just shoot both of them? Pinky: Westerns! I came prepared! I knew this 12-guage pump-action Remington 870 would come in handy!
Ka-BAM!
Heero: Shit! Quatre: Kid, you just put a hole in the fucking CEILING! Trowa: And you just got Quatre to CUSS! Pinky: Oops? ~ oOo ~ On
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