Yesterday I found myself facing the tough question that we all must face: "What was the fairy princess doing in a room with a skeleton?" The answer came to me so quickly, that I found it a little disturbing at first... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once they had used the devious emoticon to defeat the interdimensional space fortress entity known only as "Condition Red," only Terai felt it was important to return the emoticon to its original owner, Richimoto. Trina had said "C'mon Terai, the guy's been dead for like a hundred decades! He probably doesn't care!" To which Tollas had added "Thats probably the best case scenario. When we 'borrowed' it, it was burning with a magic flame, and the flame went out after it destroyed Condition Red. Richimoto's ghost will probably be hacked off that we broke it!" Terai did want to return to the tomb of Richimoto alone, but none of her efforts could convince them to go along. So she changed into her cerimonial bikini and began the journey alone... As she placed the burned out devious emoticon into the brittle, bleached white bones of Richimoto's hand, it began to glow and it grew warm. She could sense another warmth growing, much closer to her heart. She was sure it was some sense of gratitude, but she could also sense so much more. Where ever his spirit was, Richimoto was communicating to her through his discarded bones that he was proud of her and her friends, honored to have helped them destroy Condition Red. At that point, she was glad she had come alone. Before leaving the chamber, she turned for one last look. The devious emoticon had begun burning with its magic flame.