This week we have an anonymous prompt: Wrath

"Aw, man!" Jinpei complained, throwing the DVD cover onto the floor. "What a ripoff!" "What is it?" Jun asked, sighing at yet another example of her little brother's mercurial temperament. "He's not happy with the movie I rented." Ryu shrugged. "To be fair, I thought it was something different." "What is it?" Jun asked curiously, reaching for the discarded case. "Well, we've been watching a bunch of silly horror movies about food." Ryu explained. "Poultrygeist, Dead Sushi, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes... So we got this one..." "The Grapes of Wrath." Jun tried to stifle her laugh as she read the movie's title, but failed miserably. Jinpei and Ryu stared at her in angry disbelief. "I'm sorry, guys." Jun attempted to recover herself. "But at least you're getting a little culture..."

Haha! Cute, TJ!

A great cautionary tale, TJ! Pay attention in English class, kids, and you'll avoid tragedies like this!

I can see their point. I might have thought he same thing. I was lucky to be exposed to Shakespeare, let alone anything else in my education. I'm assuming Jun is going to make them watch it.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun "Well, we've been watching a bunch of silly horror movies about food." Ryu explained. "Poultrygeist, Dead Sushi, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes... So we got this one..."

Poultrygeist! Love it TJ! Good work. Every time someone mentioned "Grapes of Wrath it reminds me of a Simpsons episode where the the kids had to do a book report or something similar and Nelson chose "Grapes of Wrath". His presentation consisted of putting a bunch of grapes on the table and smashing them with a mallet while stating "Here's the grapes, and here's the wrath".

LOL, I remember that episode! Actually, Poultrygeist, Dead Sushi and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes are all real horror movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultrygeist:_Night_of_the_Chicken_Dead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sushi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_killer_tomatoes

I knew about the Killer Tomatoes, but *Poultrygeist* is a real movie?! Who knew? LOL. Thanks for the links!

Don't forget Killer Clowns From Outer Space. Not a food reference, but of the same bad movie mold.

Ha! I didn't know "Poultrygeist" was real! I thought he was just mispronouncing it!!

There were so many badly named B horror movies in the 80s. Chopping Mall (where shopping costs an arm and a leg), Slaughter High (where the student body is going to pieces), Microwave Massacre (they came to dinner... to find they were it!), Don't Open Til Christmas (not a creature was stirring... they were all dead!), Reaminator (Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders... and another one on his desk...), etc. etc. etc. I remember being fascinated with the VHS covers in the movie rental store as a kid. Unfortunately the movies rarely lived up to their awesome cover art.

Neat one, TJ! I agree with Becky ... guess Jun will make them watch it just the same!

Originally posted by Transmute Jun There were so many badly named B horror movies in the 80s. Chopping Mall (where shopping costs an arm and a leg), Slaughter High (where the student body is going to pieces), Microwave Massacre (they came to dinner... to find they were it!), Don't Open Til Christmas (not a creature was stirring... they were all dead!), Reaminator (Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders... and another one on his desk...), etc. etc. etc. I remember being fascinated with the VHS covers in the movie rental store as a kid. Unfortunately the movies rarely lived up to their awesome cover art.

I didn't see them but I remember all those titles TJ! LOL.

TJ - I'm not a big fan of movies, so none of those titles mean anything to me, (although the links certainly helped to give me some perspective - thanks) I can really see Jinpei being annoyed when the film didn't turn out to be what he expected. I can imagine he wouldn't be very interested in anything the least bit cultural.

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Hold on, Ryu! Help is on the way!

TJ -- LOL! I would never have thought that these were real movies. Poor Jinpei -- what a mistake KT -- Oh yeah! Nambu's wrath could actually be the subject of one of the splatter movies Jinpei likes so much.

KT - the plot thickens. Hopefully Joe will be able to help.

KT ... Joe has to hurry cause things do not seem good for Ryu! As to Nambu's wrath .. well .. I don't wish to be in Joe's place!

Here's mine, continuing exactly from where we left last week: //Mark and Princess walked back to Anderson's office. The rest of the team was there but, out of discretion, they left when Anderson asked Mark whether he wanted to see the message Cronus had left him and Mark has whispered "yes". Princess also made to leave. "Stay, will you?" said Mark, his voice barely heard. She sat down next to him, took his hand in hers, saying nothing. It was so, so tempting to say something sweet and tender to Mark at that moment -- but it would be taking advantage of him, thought Princess. He needed her. That didn't mean he loved her. At least, not like she would like him to. Cronus appeared on the screen, sitting behind a desk, in his Rigan uniform. "Let's skip the prelims, Mark. If you're reading this, I'm dead. I sincerely hope that so is the X-3 plot. If not, well, there's nothing I can do now. Don't be angry with Anderson, Mark. If I can also ask you this, don't be angry with me. I wanted to tell you the truth. Sure, it sounds trite now. But it's true. It killed me a little each day to be so near to you and not to be able to to reach out to you like a father would to a son. I'm so proud of you, Mark. If there's one thing I would like to say to you in my message, is, continue the fight. Don't give in to despair. Don't give in to anger. And don't give in to Spectra. All right, mate?" The message stopped and the tape popped out. Mark buried his face in his hands. "That's all he has to say to me?" he mumbled. "My father, and he leaves me with this?" Princess dared place an arm around his shoulder. "It's more than enough, no?" Mark paused for a second. "Yes. It is. He was never a man of many words, was he?" Princess shook her head. "But he was a man of action. Now, mister, will you come eat something, or risk my wrath?" She pulled him to his feet, determined not to let him sink into despair. Mark shook his head "no". But followed her out the room just the same.//

IT was enough. It shows that Cronus at least thought about him at the end, even if he didn't so much in the beginning.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun IT was enough. It shows that Cronus at least thought about him at the end, even if he didn't so much in the beginning.

TJ -- you've put in just a few words what it took me a whole fic to describe!

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Originally posted by Transmute Jun IT was enough. It shows that Cronus at least thought about him at the end, even if he didn't so much in the beginning.

TJ -- you've put in just a few words what it took me a whole fic to describe!

LOL, I don't know about that... I think you did it somewhat more eloquently.

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Ooh, it's all up to Iona now!!!!

Don't keep us in suspense! More please k2p2!

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DT ... I agree with TJ ... that was enough for Mark to hear from his lost father. At least, it was a good beginning for him to have closure. At first, one might expect more from such a message, but it wouldn't take long to understand that in those few words there's the whole meaning of what a man with Cronus's character would have felt! K2 ... oh, you left us full with curiosity, there! I wonder what Ryu's eyes will see when he opens them! EW ... when having the opportunity of having the Condor by one's side I doubt that anyone would be thinking about jeopardizing something or not! Well ... I doubt that anyone would be thinking about anything, honestly!

EW -- It just occured to me, shouldn't Henri, with his Kanatienne accent, say "how is our plan proceeding, eh?" Sorry, couldn't resist -- I had flatmates from Kanata's sister country when I was in college!

k2 -- I love the way you show Ryu doing whatever he can, in the situation he finds himself in, to help his team-mates. It's actually quite scary, to allow yourself to be given an injection, no?

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TJ--Hee hee...Makes me wonder if they might possibly have enjoyed it. C'mon Henry Fonda? That incredible opening scene..."murder one?" I could so see the boys being hooked into the tale. (yeah, I remember reading both the book, then the movie in High School...) KT-Nice build up of suspense. Keep it coming! Daniella- Wow... He needed her, that didn't mean he loved her... What a powerful phrase. Amazing. Just those few words and you wrap up an entire story, damn, and entire history of these two. Well, well done! EW-The plot really thickens doesn't it, and all those condor feathers really do make a savory stew... hee hee.

TJ-Yep, it is all on Iona's shoulders now, that and all the foreshadowing I've dinked around with these past two years.... Redbird- working on it. To whomever nominated this week's prompt--THANKS! Plays well into my hand. Gatchamarie-Not going to say quite yet...or if he opens them at all...hmm... Daniella- It has only happened to me once. I thought I was getting an antibiotic while in the ER, but when I could no longer keep my head up, and it hit the pillow kinda hard behind me, I kinda figured it out to be some sort of pain killer.

K2 - I hope Ryu is all right. Iona is on her own, for a while at least. EW- just because they assume Anna had fun with her new 'boy toy' doesn't mean she did, so I'm waiting to find out if she really did. Very interesting family here. I'm curious to learn what family this is.

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Oh damn, Becky! I really liked this "chapter"! So Jason and Laurel almost had an encounter "way back when", huh? Just wanted to say that you write her very well because I seriously dislike her! LOL. I never thought of Joe or Jason as a hound either. I'm not exactly sure how that trait seemed to come about in the comic world (and I guess it just carried over into FF). Looking forward to more.....

So much for all of the coincidences... I gather he just blew it.

K2- I think we all came to the conclusion the hound reputation was an FF creation. Especially for BoTP, where Jason was more tame than Joe. TJ - not necessarily....

Becky: Ooh! How did I miss this installment? I like this!!

Becky ... Jason has been doing a very good job in trying to keep the bullets of accusations at bay! I hope the last part won't blow his cover off, even though I'm anxious to see how he'd come out of this one, this time! Love this installment of yours!

Originally posted by gatchamarie I'm anxious to see how he'd come out of this one, this time!

....Maybe "Damn, some chicks just won't take 'no' for an answer!"

Thanks everyone. You know he does have such great luck with women.

TJ: Hehe, oh dear, they must be horribly disappointed. KT: Uh oh, at least there will be no time for anyone to give Joe a real ass whuppin'. DT: Aw, I'm liking Princess in this one, not wanting to take advantage of him when he's falling apart. If I were him I'd still want to know why he could be trusted with leading G-Force but not with knowing who his father was. k2p2: He had some hard choices to make there. Looks like at least he was able to slip under knowing that Iona was ready take over. And are we seeing hints that mom might be redeemable? EW: Wonder what Joe's thinking of his situation by now. Becky: Yeah, pissing off a reporter who might have the hots for him was not Jason's smartest move. Getting attacked mid-argument is really not gonna help his case! I suppose he could complain that all these accusations have gotten Galactor's attention and put him in real danger.