As was his wont, the Author stepped forward and surveyed the previous 
episodes of Girls with Guns. Then he blinked.

The resulting 'piku-piku' echoed like thunder.

"But I'm bound by the Fifth Wall! How in the Nine Hells did he blow up 
the Seventh Wall?"

"Technically speaking, he didn't," his Ursine Avatar responded.

The Author rolled his eyes. "Very well. Try not to make the Ayame-
impression too accurate."

"The entire chapter was written in the present tense. As a result of 
destroying the Seventh Wall, time has been fractured. The previous 
episode all happened in the 'Now'. None of it actually happened in the 
past."

"But events appear to follow one another. Cause and effect doesn't seem 
to have collapsed."

"That's where it gets tricky. Rather than the normal flow of time, the 
future becoming the present which then becomes the past, there were 
multiple Nows existing at once."

The Author's eyes narrowed slightly. "How many?"

"Theoretically, an infinite number. However, our current ficton limits 
our access, so we perceive a finite number."

"Why do they seem to fit together?"

"The Story has power."

"Even under these circumstances?"

"Yes. And it is established in this metacontinuity that this ficton is 
isolated. You are the Author, and the Story will respond to your 
wishes."

"Will the resumption of the flow of linear time have any untoward 
effects?"

"That remains to be seen."

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GIRLS WITH GUNS

Created by David Kelk (dkelk@sympatico.ca) 

[realizes he doesn't actually know how to genuflect]

This chapter by Philip Barkow (pbarkow@is2.dal.ca)

Hosted By Improfanfic (http://www.improfanfic.com)

Chapter Sixty Four: 

Eighty-Eight Miles Per Hour with a Blonde in the Backseat

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  "I WILL SAVE YOU AIKA MY LOVE!!!!"  Becky yells as she drags Akai 
off, leaving a dust trail and attracting a lot of looks.

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"No. That is not how it should be."

The Author's brow furrowed in concentration.

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  "I WILL SAVE YOU AIKA MY LOVE!!!!"  Becky yelled as she dragged Akai 
off, leaving a dust trail behind her and attracting strange looks from 
the people she passed.

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"Good job, time is now flowing in the right direction."

"Quiet. The Story demands my attention."

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"Help!" Akai called out, simultaneously attempting to hold down her 
skirt with the hand that wasn't attached to the arm she was being 
dragged along by.

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MAGICAL GIRL DO-GOODERS Data File Entry #94-Gamma: Akai

Full Name: Akai Jissai

Occupation: High school student and provider of fanservice. Also a 
Quantum Narrative Construct.

(All statistics are rated from 1 to 10.)
Intelligence:  5              Age:  17
Reflexes:      7              Measurements:  87-59-85
Technical:     6              Blood Type:  O
Body:          9              Favorite Food:  Chocolate ice cream
Looks:         8              Least Favorite Food:  Cauliflower
Charisma:      6              Hobbies:  Shopping, and tattoo artistry
Cool:          9
Luck:   Medium                          
Hit Points:     23/24
Mana:           12/12
AC:             6

Abilities:
-Get dressed and ready for school at the speed of lint
-Mundane

Not available in monochrome. Tastes like chicken. Does not have the One 
Ring. Has non-anime eyes. Has a secret crush on Leann Rimes. Wears a 
Japanese girl's school uniform modified for horrific levels of fan 
service.

Background:
Akai came into existence in the confusion that resulted from the 
destruction of the Seventh Wall. She is a relatively ordinary school 
girl, save for her slightly non-standard garb. She may be an alternate 
version of Aika from another universe. She may also be Aika, having 
undergone a strange transformation.  The third possibility is that she 
is an unrelated entity, and her resemblance is merely coincidental.

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"Don't worry my love! I will aid you in whatever way I can, even though 
it may require me to face horrific danger." Becky ended her brief over 
dramatic monologue with an equally over dramatic pose.

"Does that include letting me go?" Akai asked meekly.

"Fear not! For I shall never let you go alone into this cold and 
dangerous world, even it may require me to..."

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MAGICAL GIRL DO-GOODERS Data File Entry #754: EKPF

Full Name: Exaggerated Kunou Personality Fragment

Occupation: Continuity maintenance device

A distorted piece of a character from another series has possessed 
Becky. Note that is only a fragment, and has no actual identity. It 
does however have some extremely idiosyncratic notions as to what 
constitutes proper behaviour.

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{Base personality is exhibiting non-standard behavioural patterns. 
Estimate 87% likelihood that external influence is present.}

[An evil force has possessed her!]

{Recommended course of action: A combined effort. Estimated chance of 
success, 74%.}

[Alright, let's do it.]

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"...even though it may mean risking the wrath of a ferocious badger!" 
Becky suddenly seemed to realize that she was posing over dramatically, 
and her sudden expression of embarrassment and confusion mirrored the 
one Akai had been wearing for the last five minutes.

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Meanwhile, in the living room of the Villyn-household, Lavos suddenly 
looked around, as if trying to spot something she'd seen out of the 
corner of her eye.

"Did you notice a momentary disjunction of the space-time continuum?" 
Lavos asked, furrowing her brow slightly.

Aki blinked, and took another scoop of her ice cream. "Nope. I think 
the VCR was having trouble with the tracking."

"I guess that was it." Lavos responded, and then turned her attention 
back to Sordid Sorority Slasher part 2. It was currently the classic 
scene in which the seemingly innocent Sorority initiate reveals that 
she is in fact the slasher. "Ooh! I love this bit! I get goose bumps 
every time she pulls the knife out of that ice cream container."

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"Well, I guess that prophecy was wrong," Gaia commented to herself, 
putting down a tome of ancient knowledge which predicted that two 
minutes ago the world was to have been destroyed by a massive can of 
spam. "I hope Flidais gets back soon. That little errand of his is 
important to my plans."

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Elsewhere, the former deity Lina was being watched.

Considering she was wearing a fuku modified for horrific levels of 
fanservice, this was not really surprising.

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Then the Archangel Eli wandered by, but no one got the reference, so he 
left.

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"Sorry about that." Becky released Akai's arm and instead laid a 
comforting hand on her shoulder. "I'll find a way to restore your 
memory."

"Thanks." Akai glanced quickly from side to side. "Can I go now?"

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Dedicated to Iolanthe McCoy, Impudite Princess of Cute. Just because.

Thanks go to my pre-readers, Sharyna Tran and Kate Malloy.

And for those of you who read to the end, a quick poem.

I watch humanity squabble among itself
The pettiest differences becoming excuses for battle
To me, it seems so foolish.
After all, they all taste the same