Cataclysm Cafe - The Viewing Room

[wiccachica]

Thank you all for voting!



It looks like Nine West and Pacific Tides are tied for first…and SO-REAL and Living Woman are tied for second…



The Big Woo decrees that all four shall be written.



Penrose Orleans…Never give up! A vote for the Woo is a vote for chocolate and other life-altering confections all over the world.



Grimaldi…Glad you like the standoff! By the way…I have to know…where do you get you quotes. They slay me.



Grimlock72…I have the distinct feeling that Ryder comes across MANY beings that have a nasty habit of self-implosion. Hee.



Dekalog…You can vote for them all…but think about the Woo….How Who the Big Woo write it all??? It’s food for thought, eh?



JewWitch18…By the looks of the votes this time around…I might have to procure your expertise again. Nine West will rise again…the votes are strong with this one.



Xita…Thank you for voting! Better late than never I say. Welcome to the Viewing Room…pull up a cushy chair and open a Tab at the Barista Bar and have the first mocha on me.



Willntlover…Thanks for the vote! I will ask the Woo to work very hard to continue to blow you away. I’m off to sacrifice a few cupcakes on your behalf.



Tkheaven…The Woo appreciates you AND your votes. Have you ordered a drink yet? We have a fabulous Kona blend…verrrry robust.



Stay tuned for the dust and chaps or ocean and bikinis…whichever the Big Woo chooses.

Mark doesn't want you because you're mean and evil. He wants me because I am nice and sweet and pure so f*** off!- Once Bitten

[Mix]

Ok, you already know how much I love the Futopia Channel, looks like Winna is staking a claim on Tayrn. It's all so exciting,



All the Stories are great which makes it hard to decide, however my votes are as follows. (Must Flee TV narrowly missed out here due to my curiosity over flashbackland)



My vote...

1)Pacific Tides

2)So Real Network

3)Flashbackland Hasn't been seen for a while so...

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Proud member of the Nancy Tribe!

[tkheaven]

all four! wow, won't this be a treat...yeah, time for a drinkie, Kona blend, eh? will it make me see beautiful blues? maybe I need to have a few in order to get there...I'm in...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"...Tk's Heaven

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"I've become really protective of her. I want to make sure if Tara comes back, it's for good reason." -Amber Benson
Tara ate her, devoured her from beneath. -The Edge of Silence giving new meaning to this season's catch phrase.
"Got it: that's a 'yes' to petals; a 'no' to pricks. I should remember that more often." -On Second Thought

[willntlover]

Cools! ::sets down a plate of cupcakes::



-Will

"I think finding her soulmate would have made Tara a more confident and secure person" -Amber Benson

[tkheaven]

cuuuupcaaaakes..



oh boy, I sound like the cookie monster...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"...Tk's Heaven

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"I've become really protective of her. I want to make sure if Tara comes back, it's for good reason." -Amber Benson
Tara ate her, devoured her from beneath. -The Edge of Silence giving new meaning to this season's catch phrase.
"Got it: that's a 'yes' to petals; a 'no' to pricks. I should remember that more often." -On Second Thought

[wiccachica]

Channel 5: The Pacific Tides Network.

La’akalani Beach

Episode One: Part 4



Moki parked the van in front of the house and jumped from the driver’s seat to help me out. Lopaka clambered out of the back with Kelani to assist.



“ I can do it.” I snapped at them…immediately feeling guilt tear at my insides.



I knew it’s because they worry about me.



I just hated the looks they gave me after a session with Dr. Yamata. Full of worry…anxious…full of….



Pity.



No broken bones hurt so deep as recognizing that one disdainful emotion in the eyes of the people you love.



I slipped out of the van and found my footing on the ground, already not looking forward to the long five-yard trek from the van to the house. I knew from experience that walking on that hard-packed sand, jars every inch of my body and makes the muscles in my back and legs scream in pain.



Moki heard my sharp intake of breath as I took that first step and reached for me instinctively. I gave him another look that made him put his hands in his pockets and pout towards his feet.



I might be the youngest…but I’ve got an amazing handle on the whole murderous eye market.



Hell… I’m barely taller than Lopaka. I needed something on my side when living in a brood of boys.



With two of my brothers hovering over me as though a strong wind could blow me apart like dust, and one opening doors and bee-lining to the house…I felt like the center of attention.



I hated that.



After a particularly hard session with the good doctor…I had a tendency to hunch…kind of…curl…around the pain…



Lately I’ve found the pain after a trip into town less intense…and my recovery time less intrusive to my usual life.



In a day…the pain would give way to a stiffness…that would give way to a dim ache…and then…a week later…we would do it all over again.



But for now I straightened my back and lifted my chin despite the raging flames of overexertion I felt in every muscle.



With my head held high…I walked up the porch steps and into the house.



I did it.



I am the Queen of the World.



I made it…as I wholly expected myself to. Now all I expected from the rest of this day was to fall into the couch and prop my legs up…



What I hadn’t expected was to see someone sleeping on the couch, under a blanket, while Keoki lounged in a nearby chair, watching Magnum P.I.



Count them again, Kali…



Keoki…one… Lopaka…two…Kalani….three…and Moki….four…Dad wouldn’t be back from the Mainland for another week…



So who was this?



“ Keoki?” I asked from the doorway. He stood up like a shot…his face a comical mix of several emotions…Worry, guilt, confusion, and residual Magnum P.I. Marathon dazedness.



“ Kali…oh…Hi…we…we waited for you…then she go fall asleep. I figure she look so peaceful that I leave her that way…” He said this breathlessly…trying to read my expression.



“ Her…who??” I asked…wondering who in the world could be waiting for me.



He stuck his hands in his back pockets…his expressions melding slowly into a single one…chagrin.



“ Rosewood.” He said.



“ Rose….WOOD???” I hissed incredulously. “ You let her into our HOUSE?”



What I don’t think Keoki understood was that I was more surprised that HE let her in than the fact that she was there.



What had gotten into him? Whenever any of us would mention the Rosewoods, it was Keoki who usually make spitting noises at the ground in their honor. It was Keoki who muttered obscenities as we drove by the resort, and it was Keoki who had once recruited his brothers to go with him and…well…TAINT the resort pool last month.



I didn’t even ask him what he considered tainting.



And now… here he was…harboring the enemy. (maybe she was a prisoner…maybe he was holding her hostage…)



“ She came by to tell us she was sorry...so I let her in. You angry?” He asked this quietly…so as not to wake her.



Forgetting myself, my pain…my everything… I slipped off my shoes at the door and limped in for a closer look.



Yep. He wasn’t lying. A Rosewood. Right here on my couch. Sleeping right there in my spot.



I leaned back to look at Keoki again….then back down at her.



I had a choice to take this one of two ways:



Well…or very, very badly.



Here she was sleeping … all innocently peaceful and unsettlingly gorgeous didn’t hurt in swaying the vote.



I moved to the chair Keoki had been sitting in and eased myself into it.



“ Since you have taken to picking up stray heiresses these days, it looks to me like you’ll be cooking dinner for ALL of us, Keoki.” I said pointedly, keeping my voice low…non-intrusive.



The redhead on the couch stirred under the blanket, but did not wake.



It was just as well. It would give me time to sit here and pretend like I was watching Magnum while I got the opportunity to get a better look at this sleeping Rosewood.



The boys shuffled out of the room towards the kitchen in a single file line... Moki in the rear.



“ She didn’t even throw anything at you, Keoki…what’s the deal?” Lopaka said under his breath as he followed Keoki.



“ I think she’s all crushed out on the Haole. You see the way she was looking at her?” Keoki snickered quietly.



Not quietly enough.



“ I heard that. Tell them I heard that… Have them both come back out here a minute…” I told Moki.



But before he could disappear into the kitchen as well, I stopped him.



“ Wait…Hand me my slippahs. I need something to throw.” I said, winking at him.





Commercial

[dekalog]

I apologize Big Woo - I was selfishly thinking of screaming Ya Hoo getting my Yahoo's when an episode comes on. I was not thinking How Who the Big Woo write it all.



I think you broke me. but in a good way - will chew on the food for thought.

[ange04]

hey chica! sorry for the lack of feedback. just felt like lurking for a while. i like the update (actually i like ALL your updates), nice touch with the taking off of the shoes at the door. VERY local!



twinkie

[Penrose Orleans]

Wow... you know, I used to be much more excited about sci-fi Willow, but you've converted me- this is my favorite story! It's so romantic... Willow getting all social-justice-y, defying her father, and Tara fighting for her family... unlikely allies... plus, you write it really well! Annoyed Tara's not someone I'd like to meet in a back alley... well, maybe I wouldn't go so far as to say that, but... oh, losing train of thought. Great update, and I think I'm going to swoon! -Nora

"Fear prophets...and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them." -Umberto Eco

[tkheaven]

"Hand me my slippahs. I need something to throw.”

HAHA!

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"...

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"I've become really protective of her. I want to make sure if Tara comes back, it's for good reason." -Amber Benson
Tara ate her, devoured her from beneath. -The Edge of Silence giving new meaning to this season's catch phrase.

[Grimaldi]

great update that last line was funny.



oh, and my quotes are from the South Park episode "Cow Days" and the Buffy episode "Triangle"

You can't just go declaring shenanigans on innocent people, that's how wars get started!
I'm not stealing, I'm just taking things without paying for them. In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

[Cindy Lou Who]

You are one helluva a "T.V." writer W.C.!



I can't wait to see Ms. Rosewood's reaction to the pain wrought by her father's greed. Kali might very well try to conceal from her the physical and emotional hurt you described so well...but...it's just so sad and compelling. That Kali hasn't lost her sense of humor or proportion is incredible and wonderful.



So...what's next. My chaps seem to chafing a bit!



TY for the great update and the overall creative approach to this!!!^^^Suse (CLW)

[Grimlock72]

Heh... *tainted* the pool eh ? Fun to do but hardly effective to get your point accross. Recently a parc over here had a fire in it's main pool, now THAT's effective... : -->



I hope Roselyn's dad hasn't tried any other actions, still recovering from reading the effects of his last one. I'll bet he doesn't even KNOW and/or CARE what happened as a result. All he's interested in is that he doesn't own the land yet. Grrr...



Yeah, Kali will likely try to hide her pains from Roselyn. If nothing else Kali has her pride, doesn't want to be a bother to anyone. Their first real conversation could be fun. Somewhat related; I hope the K's have a good health-insurance or they'll go broke on Kali's medical bills alone. Which would effectivly force them to sell their property (or stop Kali's treatmeants which would be NOT good).. hmm....



Now when does the Willow-bable start...



Grimmy

"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[JewWitch18]

I think I'll have that irish coffee now, chica-- on the woo's tab, right?



it was so nice to see an update of the tropical nature tonight, especially as massachusetts is currently having its coldest winter in 120 years. I actually decided to stay home last night purely because the thought of opening the door and walking outside brought tears to my eyes.



hope rose wakes up soon! we need other kinds of heat too...



--jenny

[TareBearRS]

Nice updates!!!



But i need more, on all of them

I mean, first the kiss and you go off to the commercials, i how i hate those aargghh now Rose is asleep on the couch and Kali is pissed off... not good.



R.

[xita]

Oh pacific tides was in the house. It's such a traditional romeo and juliet type story, I am hooked, hooked on wiccachica satellite .

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead

[wiccachica]

dekalog...I hope I didn't break you! Eek! (runs to get tape and other various adhesives)



ange04...actually...funny thing...I've been Mainland for some time now and I still take my slippahs off at the door. Old habits die hard, I guess.



Penrose Orleans...Hmm...I don't know how to feel about this shift in your loyalties. I love my Sci-fi Willow...but I love my Ocean-side Roselyn too! ( Me thinks I am too attached to my fictional characters)



tkheaven...Glad to keep you laughing, kiddo. And with Slippahs to boot...(no mealy...sad little pun intended)



Grimaldi... Well I love your quotes! I need to start watching South Park again.



Cindy Lou Who... Thank you for you TV writer comment. Your chaps are chaffing eh? Well...hold onto your saddle horn, lass...right after this eppie of SO-REAL comes the Wild...Wild West.



Grimlock72... I would have paid good money to see water on fire...but then again.. I am easily entertained... (or is that just easy...?)



JewWitch18...Jenny...One Irish coffee coming right up! On the Woo! (Signal to Maben, the Barista behind the bar)



TarebearRS... Oh... I think we can convince the Big Woo to give us more of everything...just wait until sweeps!!!



Xita...I'm glad to have you hooked on the WC satellite. I figure I would like everyone to share my vision of the way I would like television to be....( Scary little 9-tracked world I live in, eh?)



and now...



SO-REAL...









Channel 3: The SO-REAL Network

Episode One: Part Six







Tara’s Room



Tustin is busily rifling through Tara’s dresser drawers, lifting up various lacy undergarments to examine them with the scrutiny of a world-class, international underwear buyer. He tosses all standard whites on the bed behind him by chucking them over his shoulder.



A stray pair of projectile panties nearly hits Meagan in the head. She is lounging on the bed, reading a magazine. She looks up at him.



“ What do you think you’re doing?” She asks him tersely.



“ Saving Tara from the dreaded ‘Granny Pannie’ syndrome.” He states, nonplussed.



“ It looks to me like you’re digging through her underwear drawer.” She says.



“ That too.” Tustin says with a smile.



“ I’ll tell you what, Buck-o…you touch my drawers…literally or figuratively…and I’ll eviscerate you..” She says rolling up the magazine and drawing a line in the air across his mid-section.



Meanwhile, Alec is pacing the floor like an expectant father.



“ Do you think they’re all right?” He asks worriedly.



“ Yes. Stop pacing…you’re making me sea sick.” Tustin says with a rubbery scowl.



“ Should we go and find them?” Alec suggests hopefully.



“ What are you, stupid? No... We do NOT go and look for them. We wait here…play with panties…look for forbidden toys…” Tustin says with an odd air of reason.



Meagan grimaces at him.



“ YOU…are a slimy…slimy man…Tustin…” She says.



“ I’ll take that as a compliment.” He smirks.



“ Don’t. It wasn’t.” She says evenly at him.



“ They could be hurt. They could have gotten themselves into a terrible…dangerous…situation.” Alec says…working himself into the proverbial tizzy.



“ The only thing either of those two are into…is each other.” Meagan says, picking up another magazine and flipping through the pages.



Tustin pauses. A pair of red lacies in the air.



Alec freezes mid-pace.



They both turn to look at the young woman on the bed…eyes wide.



“ What???” They both demand in unison.



The White Room



Meagan sits in the chair with her legs out, her feet crossed at the ankles.



Meagan: “ What are they? Blind…AND stupid???”





Tara’s Room



Meagan looks over the top of the magazine at them.



“ What are you? Blind…AND stupid? I’ve known them for all of six minutes and I could see it…”



Tustin creeps closer to the bed.



“ What are you saying??? And please say what you are saying you are saying…and be specific….use charts…and graphs…” he says. Meagan rolls her eyes.



“ Don’t be so…YOU…” She yawns casually. “ Even I could see that they dig each other.”



“ Willow doesn’t ‘dig’ Tara!” Alec scoffs…all the while reluctantly, putting the pieces of the puzzle together in his head. They slam together like train cars at a railway station…



<> <>



“What…ever you want to believe. Doctor Denial to Emergency Room number 1…” Meagan says with a wry smile.



“ But…but…she had a crush on ME in high school…” Alec whines aloud to himself. Tustin frowns in thought.



“ Now that definitely makes me wonder about her…not so much her sexual orientation…as her astronomical improvement in taste over the years…It’s almost alien super intelligence caliber… ” Tustin offers.



“ And she didn’t hit her head? Wandering senseless and helpless when she had a crush on you?” Meagan asks.



“ It just doesn’t make sense…” Alec says, shaking his head.



“” No…actually it does make sense. I mean…she did resist the old Tustin charm. I’m hot…and she didn’t even show interest. Flat line…all the way…” Meagan looks at him blankly.



“ You gargled juice.” She says with disgust.



“ In some circles…that’s considered VERY sexy. Besides…you weren’t even there.” He groused.



“I brought a T.V as my luxury item….I saw the whole first segment…You guys kind of suck. ” She says.



“ Willow is NOT gay!!!” Alec howls.



“ Wow…one track mind much?” Meagan smirks.



“ I’ll bet they’re kissing right now…” Tustin says with a grin.



“ They are NOT kissing!” Alec says, covering his ears.



“ You wanna put your money where your mouth is, Keyhole?” Tustin asks.



“ Don’t call me that!” He shrills…humming to himself, but unable to keep his traitorous eyes from reading their lips.



“ How about twenty dollars on major smoochies and some second base action.” Meagan adds, upping the stakes.



“ You’re on.” Tustin shakes her hand. Meagan gets up and they both walk to the door.



“ Where are you two going?” Alec calls out, hands still over ears.



“ To win a bet.” Meagan says.



“ You aren’t leaving me here alone, are you???” He hoots.



“ No. We are just leaving. You staying here… is YOUR choice.” Tustin says.



“ So you two are actually going to stoop so low as to face a haunted house just to see if Willow and Tara are making out???” He accuses them with baleful eyes.



Tustin and Meagan look at each other.



“Hell yes!!!” They both say together and head out the door.



Commercial

Mark doesn't want you because you're mean and evil. He wants me because I am nice and sweet and pure so f*** off!- Once Bitten

[TareBearRS]

O man, don't these people have anything better to do then make bets and bother Tara and Willow. Those people are so sad and annoying.



R.

[tkheaven]

LOL and Anya *ahem* I mean Meagan makes an entrance...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"...

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"I've become really protective of her. I want to make sure if Tara comes back, it's for good reason." -Amber Benson
Tara ate her, devoured her from beneath. -The Edge of Silence giving new meaning to this season's catch phrase.

Edited by: tkheaven  at: 1/29/03 11:53:15 am

[Grimlock72]

It's real-life soap-house alright. Complete with annoying bratty boys, gawd. Maybe sacraficing two males will appease the ghost in the house, hmmm ?? Worth a try I say, then again I might be a bit biased....heh



Tustin is a sick little pervert who thinks himself to a *cough*man*cough* of the world. Sooner or later he is going to be soooo dissappointed. I'm voting for sooner.



Now where DID Tara and Willow go ? Hopefully to a not-covered part of the house, heh.



Grimmy

"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[ange04]

why do boys ALWAYS act like boys? no wonder tara & willow like girls. hey look, i can finally give my mom a reason why i like girls (one particular girl, thankyou very much) -- they're NOT boys!

[TromDeGrey]

Trom runs in carrying a huge tray of rainbow sprinkle covered cupcakes. Um, oops. I guess I missed about a ZILLION updates!! Arrrgh!!! OK, let's see... What is up with Winna's eyes? That whole story line is really making me itch. A bikini-clad Tara is always ALWAYS a good thing. The reality series is a total hoot! I'm really hoping Megan wins that bet. I bow down before you're immense creativity! More!

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

Chinese Proverb.

[Penrose Orleans]

Oh, this bet can only end in good places... poor clueless Alec (of course, Tustin's clueless too, but in more of a "Smack me, I'm a jerk" sort of way)! Anyway, great update, and no need to worry about my loyalties- though my favorite may change from channel to channel, I like all of them! Plus, of course, I'm really fickle, so my favorite will probably change with every update... -Nora



*Edited because I have the typing skills of a quadrapalegic flying squirrel*

"The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness."



"No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition."-Milan Kundera

Edited by: Penrose Orleans at: 1/30/03 1:35:20 pm

[Grimaldi]

great update



Megan betting Tustin that Willow and Tara are engaged in major smoochies was funny, as was both of them saying yes to Alec's question that they would risk walking around the hauted house just to prove it. Alec sure is clueless about things.

You can't just go declaring shenanigans on innocent people, that's how wars get started!
I'm not stealing, I'm just taking things without paying for them. In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?

[Mrs Vertigo]

you GENIUS.



I had no internet but now I do.



You so genious I R not Talking right anymore; I R love you.

On Buffy, Season 7: ”Bored now…”

[Kieli]

*sigh* I've been up to my tuchus in work, school and just stress in general....I suck badly for missing all the updates but MAN was it worth the hour and a half I spent catching up. Alex so needs to get a grip



Wiccie I can't tell you how much your writing puts me to shame. I'd ditch my own threads to come have you entertain me for hours (all right ladies, getchermindsouttadaguttah).



Anxiously awaiting your next update,

Kieli

Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it, then let it walk with you. You can never balk. It moves you like the tide. It takes you out to sea then lays you on the beach again. Today's struggling pain is the foundation for a certain stride through the heavens. You can run from it but you can never say no. It includes everyone."--Amy Tan "The Hundred Secret Secret Senses"

[Mrs Vertigo]

*giggles*



Tuchus. You said "tuchus".



*giggles*

On Buffy, Season 7: ”Bored now…”

[JewWitch18]

does the big woo observe february sweeps? cuz I'm kinda hopin' that the next time we see so-real, there will be less discussion of smoochies, and more of the actual variety. besides, we have to see who won the bet!



and hey, that barista? maben? she's a hottie. think the woo could score her number for me?



--jenny

Say you really like shrimp. Or, say you don't like shrimp at all. "Bah, I wish there weren't any shrimp," you'd say...

--Anya on multiple dimensions

[Kieli]

*chuckle* Yeah, MV, well, my tuchus and I are a bit meshugge nowadays

Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it, then let it walk with you. You can never balk. It moves you like the tide. It takes you out to sea then lays you on the beach again. Today's struggling pain is the foundation for a certain stride through the heavens. You can run from it but you can never say no. It includes everyone."--Amy Tan "The Hundred Secret Secret Senses"

[DarkWiccan]

Awesome awesome awesome!!!



Still tossing in a vote for a return to the "Big Rainbow House"... we haven't even come out of commercial break there yet!



Pleeeeeaaaaassssseee? ray



Thank you!



Cheers

DW

"Promise me you'll never be linear." "On my trout."