Interesting Times OAV Special
Emily's Visit
By Ewen "Blackbird" Cluney

Author's Note
	I am entirely too well aware that Movie 3 is taking too 
long. It's been nearly two years, I think, and that's part of the 
problem. I've kind of lost touch with the story and the 
characters, so whenever I try to work on it the Muse is on 
vacation in the Bahamas within ten minutes. Hopefully this short, 
silly "OAV" episode, which includes a character that never made 
it into the series, will help chase the writers' block away, and 
maybe help tide the fans of Interesting Times (myself included) 
over until I can get Movie 3 finished.
	Emily is a character I thought up for Interesting Times a 
little too late. She's a younger cousin of Jeff's who he likes 
because she shares his interest in comics, and because she's the 
closest thing to a normal person he associates with. Emily is 
about 12 years old, with short brown hair and blue eyes. She 
usually wears denim shorts and a T-shirt (her favorite is the one 
of a kitten with a halo that says "angel girl" on it, which is 
what she sports during this story) and red Converse. The only odd 
thing about her is that she ALWAYS wears her "antennas" -- one of 
those hairband type things with two deely-bobs on springs. She 
will not take them off for any reason, and anyone who forcibly 
removes them will find she has another one on  the next time the 
camera cuts to her, usually more distracting than before.

[Open on Mr. Hilter's world history class. Mr. Hilter is gripping 
a rapid-fire grenade launcher and gestures to the map of Europe 
showing on the overhead projector.]

Mr. Hilter: Und zo, vee come to da schtaht of za sekond vorld 
var, at vich time ze glorious Fuher made his move. Zo!

[He abruptly swings around and most of the class cringes. He's 
interrupted by the bell ringing. No one moves.]

Mr. Hilter: [smiles] Guut! Kommplete za kwestions frahm chapter 
nein for tomorrow! You may GO!

[The students bolt. Jeff comes out the door and finds Emily 
waiting outside the door. She looks up at him and smiles. Ada, 
Iggy, Pao-Gui, Silvie, and Usagi-26 all stop behind Jeff.]

Jeff: Emily? What're you doing here?

Iggy: Who's she?

Emily: Who're all of you?

Iggy: And what's with those deely-bob things?

Emily: And what's with that hair?

Jeff: [to Iggy] Don't ask.

Emily: [to Jeff] So? Who are they?

Jeff: Guys, this is my cousin Emily. Emily, these are Ada, Iggy, 
Silvie, Pao-Gui, and Usagi.

Iggy: Are all of your relatives wierdos?

Jeff:  She's probably the most normal person I know. Everyone I 
meet is a wierdo, including you.

Iggy: Me?

Jeff: One-quarter waning moon?

Iggy: Ah. Point taken.

Emily: My parents are going to Reno, so I'm spending the weekend 
at your house. You're gonna' take me to the comic book store, 
right?

Silvie: She's into comics too?

Emily: Don't talk like I'm not here 'cuz I am. And I love comics! 
Jeff's the one who helped me get started. [to Jeff] Ooh! Ooh! 
Guess what *I* got last week!

Jeff: What?

Emily: [grins] Can you say "Xtreme Battle #1: Laser Lips"?

Jeff: _What_?! Are you serious?

Ada: What's that?

Jeff: The first issue of one of the most popular comics on the 
market! It's worth a fortune! How did you manage to get that?!

Emily: Being cute has its advantages so can we go to the comics 
shop now?

Jeff: Um, sure. Any of you guys want to come along?

Iggy: Ah, I gotta' help my dad fix his motorcycle.

Silvie: And I have homework to do.

Usagi-26: I'm, er, busy.

Emily: Hey, where'd you get bunny ears like that?

Usagi-26: [ears twitch] What... do you mean?

Emily: Well, [grabs one of Usagi's ears] They look -- and feel! -
- almost real! [she give the ear a yank]

Usagi-26: Ow! Let go!

Emily: And you got it glued on real good too!

Ada: Um, Emily?

Emily: Hm?

Ada: Those are her real ears.

Emily: [looks at the ear and squeezes it] Really?

[Usagi-26 growls, pries Emily's hand open to free her ear, and 
pulls of Emily's antennas.]

Emily: Hey!

Usagi-26: Let's see how you like it! [she pauses to look at the 
antennas] What're these things called anyway?

Emily: [who now has another pair on, this time heart-shaped] 
They're my antennas!

Usagi-26: [confused] When did she...?

Jeff: Don't try to figure it out. She gave one of her teachers a 
nervous breakdown that way.

Emily: Is that what it's called? All I know is we didn't have 
class that day because she ran away screaming.

Usagi-26: N-never mind! I have to get going anyway! [dashes off]

Iggy: There she goes again. I don't see how you can make 
supervillany a part-time job.

Silvie: I think you have to be good at it to make any money in 
the first place...

Emily: You have real supervillains here? What about super-
*heroes*?

Jeff: A few. Dyna-Woman and the Celestial Pair, mainly. We'd 
better get going if we're heading to the comics shop. We might be 
able to get there before the Inklord does.

Emily: [in awe] The Inklord... I've heard about him...

Jeff: [shrugs, starts walking] Yeah, we were on the news and all 
that.

[Emily, Ada, and Pao-Gui follow.]

Jeff: Bye!

Silvie: Bye!

Iggy: Bye, man!

Emily: Is the Inklord really as strange as he seems on TV?

Jeff: No. He's much stranger.

Emily: Wow.

[Cut to Jeff & co. walking into the comics shop.]

Nate: Well! If it isn't the number one collector, and his cute 
little cousin.

Jeff: Hey Nate. What d'you got for me today?

[Nate grins and goes through the files beind him to produce a 
stack of a dozen or so comic books. Pan over to where Emily and 
Ada are looking at the various toys along the counter.]

Emily: So, um, you're that alien princess and stuff?

Ada: Uh huh. "Ada Gin, Second Crown Princess of the Nwei Empire."

Emily: Second?

Ada: Yup. My older sister Ame is the First Crown Princess.

Emily: [picks up a plush... thing] So... you and Jeff are gonna' 
get married?

Ada: Uh huh.

Emily: When?

Ada: After he finishes school.

Emily: You like him?

Ada: Yeah. He's really nice and cute.

Emily: [incredulous] Him? Cute?

Ada: [smiles] You'll understand when you start to appreciate 
boys.

Emily: If you say so. But do you want to spend the rest of your 
life with Jeff?

Ada: I... I think so.

Emily: Because, um, my mom said you should be sure before you 
marry someone.

Ada: <sigh> You think so?

Emily: [shrugs] It makes sense, doesn't it? [distracted, looks 
off-camera] Hey, what's this?

Ada: What?

[Emily points to a panel set into the wall with a latch holding 
it shut.]

Emily: I wonder what's inside.

Ada: Are you sure you should be--

[Emily opens it up, to reveal a swirling vortex of blue and 
purple energy.]

Emily: Hey, what's this swirly thing?

Nate: Um, please close that before something happens.

Emily: Like what? What is it?

Nate: A dimensional vortex.

Jeff: Oookay. And what's it doing here?

Nate: What am I, Steven Hawking? How should I know?

Jeff: It *is* your store.

Nate: Not my universe, though. Someone else decided on that 
thing. Believe me, I'm not too thrilled about it either.

Emily: But why should I close it?

Nate: Well, the funny thing about dimensional vortices... 

[Black smoke pours out of the vortex, taking on strange, 
monstrous shapes. The sounds of a tiger's roar can be heard. Ada 
pushes the vortex shut, and the smoke slowly begins to clear.]

Nate: Things tend to come through them. Bad things.

Emily: Well why didn't you say so?

[Nate sighs and flips of a fan, blowing the smoke out the door to 
reveal Messona, a girl who looks to be 16 or so, with the tail 
and ears of a tiger. She's wearing a simple orange dress and 
grins as she looks around.]

Nate: Cuter than the Unspeakable Horrors that came through last 
time...

Messona: Meow.

Emily: Hey, who're you?

Messona: Messona the Pooka.

Ada: Pooka?

Messona: You don't know what a pooka is?

Pao-Gui: No... Should we?

Messona: Hee. You'll learn. Meow meow meow.

[Messona immediately starts skipping through the store, knocking 
things over at every chance she gets.]

Nate: Hey! Someone stop her!

Ada: I'll handle this.

[Ada dashes over to Messona and goes in for a leg sweep only to 
have Messona flip backwards, sitting on Ada's head for a moment, 
then bound off to knock several breakable items off the counter.]

Nate: Stop it!

Messona: [pauses] Why?

Nate:: Those are expensive!

Messona: [grins] Good! Meow!

[Knocks down even more things. Ada frowns and goes in for a 
flying kick. Messona neatly sidesteps, and Ada flips in mid-air, 
pushing off the wall to fly back, going for another attack which 
Messona also dodges, and landing on the floor.]

Messona: [clapping] Meow! You're a really good acrobat! Now let 
me try!

[Messona hops off the counter and does some backflips, then does 
one really big flip, turning over and over in the air, and lands 
on top of some boxes, smashing them.]

Messona: Ta-da! Hey! Shouldn't you clap or something? Meow.

Jeff: [contained rage] You're destroying my favorite comic book 
store.

Emily: Yeah! Go break stuff somewhere else!

Messona: [giggles] No. I like it here. Meow.

Nate: WHY? Why are you doing this?

Messona: 'Cuz it's fun. Me-ow!

Nate: Have fun somewhere else!

Messona: Nope.

Emily: Do all Pookas like annoying people?

Messona: Yup. I especially like crystal-forehead girl.

Ada: Hey, I know. If we just ignore her she'll go away.

Nate: But how much more of the store will she destroy?

Jeff: Too much.

Messona: Meow! Lots and lots!

Emily: Yeah, but can you think of a better way?

Messona: Nope! [sticks out her tongue]

[Everyone looks around and hangs their heads. Cut to Messona seen 
running across the camera from one side to the other and back 
again several times. She shreds comics with claws, eats some 
action figures, turns trading cards into little paper airplanes, 
sets fire to a pinata, balances numerous porcelain figures on her 
nose before they fall and break, juggles model kits. Cut to the 
group. Nate looks ready to cry, and is working on a noose. The 
others look depressed.]

Ada: She sure has a lot of energy.

Pao-Gui: A whole lot... I wish I had a potion that could help, 
but everything's at home.

[Cut to Messona running back and forth some more, using CDs as 
frisbees, using CDs as clay pigeons for skeet shooting,]

Messona: Pull!

[Blows bubblegum into a huge bubble that pops, completely 
covering the cash register and stereo system. Finally, she stops 
in front of them.]

Messona: Meow! That was fun. Hey, what's with you guys?

Nate: My store. My beautiful store...

Messona: Oh, that.

[Messona shrugs and snaps her fingers. Purple sparkles swirl 
around until they blot out everything else. When they fade, the 
store is intact.]

Nate: [awestruck] It's... it's all okay. Ah. Ahahahahaha...

Messona: Yeah. That way I can wreck it all again.

[Nate collapses. The others give her a death-stare.]

Messona: Okay, here I go!

Jeff: Huddle, now.

[They huddle. Close up as Messona pokes her head in.]

Emily: Not you!

Messona: Oh. Sorry. [gets out]

Jeff: We gotta think of something else for her to do.

Pao-Gui: No idea.

Ada: Something that'll get her frustrated and give up...

Jeff: [looking at Emily, grinning] I've got it.

Emily: Got what?

Jeff: Trust me. Break!

[The huddle breaks up. Messona is curled up on the counter.]

Messona: [annoyed/bored] Meow, are you guys done yet?

Jeff: Almost. Just make sure you don't try to take off Emily's 
antennas. She just HATES it when you do that.

Emily: Jeff, are you sure...

[Messona's ears perk up. She immediately bounds over to Emily and 
yanks off the antennas.]

Emily: Hey!

Messona: [look at the antennas] What're these supposed to be? Oh 
well.

[Messona puts them on and turns back to Emily, who now has new 
antennas, these ones blue and star-shaped.]

Messona: Huh? Where'd you get those?

[Emily shrugs. Messona grabs those too.]

Messona: So, do you want them back?

Emily: [now wearing ones with yellow smiley face balls] Why?

Messona: Hey, are you a faerie too?

Emily: Um, nope. I'm just a normal little girl.

Messona: Then what're those?

Emily: My antennas.

Messona: Why do you wear antennas?

Emily: I just have to.

Messona: Why?

Emily: Just because.

[Messona frowns and pulls off the antennas.]

Messona: Now don't go putting more on, because-- AAH!

Emily: [now wearing red heart-shaped ones that alternately light 
up] But I have to.

Messona: Oh no you don't! [pulls them off] So-- [Emily now has 
ones with purple cubes] Stop [then green teardrop shapes] that 
[then golden isocahedrons] already! [then clear balls with 
multicolored sparkles] AAAAH!

Emily: What?

Nate: What the...? I thought you said she was normal.

Jeff: Well, except for this little thing she is.

Messona: Will you cut it out! [pulls off another pair]

Emily: [now wearing silver ring antennas] Cut what out?

Messona: [pulls them off] You keep having more!

Emily: [now with little cat antennas] So? I have to.

Messona: [pulls them off] WHY?!

Emily: [now with little light bulb antennas; shrugs] I just do. 
Please stop.

Messona: NO! [pulls them off]

Emily: [now with antennas with little (working) TVs on them] Why? 
I can't stop even if I want to.

Messona: I'll get to the bottom of this! [pulls them off]

Emily: [now wearing antennas with sparkling fireworks on them] 
Wow, no one's ever gotten so many before. I kinda' wanna' go back 
to my cousin's house now.

Messona: AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Never mind! Keep these! [drops the 
pile of 20 or so deely-bob things at Emily's feet] I'm going back 
home to pixieland where things are normal!

[Messona opens the panel dives in, and closes it behind herself. 
Everyone looks at Emily, speechless.]

Emily: What? Can we go now?

Jeff: Um... sure. Let's get going. Please.

[Fade out.]

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La la la. /^_^\ I feel better already. Got frustrated trying to 
work out a plot, even if it was really simple. I thought up Emily 
way too late to really use her in the series. Maybe if I ever 
rewrite it... In case you were wondering, her father is Bob's 
brother, and both of her parents are magic users, though they 
keep it a secret. Now on to Movie 3, I hope. Bye for now!

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