I LOLed at this. =)

And you even got a Monkey Island reference in there as well!

LOL at Ifrit yelling at 'the writers' (and looking up while doing so), and his persecution complex.

And the "Ain't I a stinker?" ending with Arch clicking the Submit button was cute. =)

Looks like someone's been itching to get back into the FTI. I debated returning to the FTI instead of the Star Wars RP, but it seemed like there was a lot more to catch up on with the FTI, and I didn't want to return to the old days where it'd be so long between my sets that I'd forget what was going on. The RP seemed like an easier option.

I caved, alright? I CAVED! I couldn't resist! I'm not proud of it...
[/end dramatic scene]

After such long time I just felt like writing =P



Ah, argueing with oneself =)

Exactly when do you think you'll be able to catch up with the FTI? Or are you still busy on your other projects?

The other project isn't taking as much of my time as I thought it was going to. That could change, of course, and I'm also thinking about pursuing creative outlets of my own in the hope of getting published, though of course that's just a long-term plan at the moment.

I guess I'll wait and see how things develop with being active in the Star Wars RP again. If I find I still have some resources left over, resuming the FTI could be a possibility.

Alright, that does it! I'm changing the status of the FTI from 'Indefinite Hiatus' to 'Indefinite Hiatus, but it's not forbidden to post Omake or spin-off stories'. THERE! =P

I don't think that was ever forbidden - just that Ifrit was the only one who seemed interested in doing it. He kept talking about it but nothing ever happened... =)

Who knows? I may even want to start writing some FTI omakes too. That'd be fun, because we all know the characters, but we wouldn't have to worry about keeping track of the continuity (which is the main deterrent to my resuming the FTI at the moment - having to catch up with and then constantly forgetting the continuity because of slow posting rates).

I "abandoned" that project because I wasn't liking any of the drafts I wrote for it. I'm thinking of just having Ifrit address an "audience" and answering questions with everyone else wondering what the hell is going on, since it seems that Ifrit is the only character with at least partial fourth wall breaking abilities. Those abilities could almost be considered "non-canon canon" 0_o

I'd also love to revisit that transformation story, but that's another one I'd like to rewrite better.

It didn't seem to work on his friends, so hopefully he'll have more luck with the audience =P


*insert epic voice*

"In a time... when nothing happens..."

*Camera shows a tumbleweed rolling through a dusty store*

"There is one man... who knows it all..."

*Camera zooms in on Ifrit from behind. Suddenly Ifrit looks behind him, nervously*

"His friends won't believe him..."

*Camera is on Darkling's face. Darkling raises an eyebrow, then looks to the right. Camera pans to the right to Arch, who's scratching his head and raises his shoulders*

"...but it's the truth."

*Camera very briefly shows Darkling and Arch from behind, standing in front of the office desk where Ifrit's sitting. Ifrit pounds his clenched fists on the desk once*

"Ifritsparda..."

*A sad Ifrit is seen in his office, alone with Hitomi, asking "Why doesn't anyone believe me?" while Hitomi comforts him*

"Darkling..."

*Darkling is seen standing in the store, talking with Kana, saying "I'm worried about him..."*

"Arch Evil..."

*Arch is sitting on a stool, with his hands behind his head and his feet on the counter. "I think he's lost it..." He says, right before accidentally tumbling off the stool backwards.*

*Camera zooms in on the movie title*

"...Walking both worlds."

Yeah we should be able to make a decent drama/thriller movie =D

LOL, you should make movie trailers for a living, Arch!

The story is true...?

"Arigato. Until next time!" A smiling Kana said to a customer, who was smiling as well. Having made a sale and watching the happy customer leaving the store left her with mixed feelings. The store was empty yet again, except for Hitomi who was dusting off some shelves.

"Hitomi-chan!" Kana yelped. "Do you need a hand?"

Hitomi, who was humming to herself while she was dusting, looked up. "Hm?"

Kana laughed. "Were you day-dreaming again, Hitomi-chan?"

"Ah, n-no." Hitomi said, blushing.

As Kana wanted to say something, some faint laughter came from inside the office. Arch and Darkling had been called to the office 30 minutes earlier.

"Hm." Kana said as both her and Hitomi stared at the office door. "I wonder what's taking them so long in there?"

Hitomi raised her shoulders. "They're probably just doing... Huh?"

Kana suddenly hurried herself to the office door, much to Hitomi's surprise.

"Ano... Kana-chan! You shouldn't eavesdrop!"

Mischievously, Kana put out her tongue at Hitomi. "I want to know what's so funny!"

Hitomi, a little awkwardly, decided to join Kana. Some typing sounds could be heard from inside the office.

Meanwhile, inside the office, the three managers were sitting next to each other in front of the office computer...

"Good riddance! One less clown..." Darkling said out loud as he typed the words. "You're up, Ifrit."

"Alright, let's see here..." Ifrit said. He took over the keyboard, thought for a moment, then started typing. "...to make me frown!"

Arch laughed for a moment. "Heh heh, good one!"

Ifrit continued typing. "Laughing..." Then moved the keyboard over to Arch.

"Hm..." Arch said, thinking. "Oh, I know! ...I patted Duke on the..." He then looked over to Darkling.

Darkling grinned as he stared at the screen and started typing. "...ass."

"Dude..." Arch said as he raised an eyebrow. Ifrit patted Darkling on the shoulder. "I never knew you had it in you." He grinned sarcastically.

Darkling didn't look up from the screen at all and continued typing. "You're a poet and..."

Ifrit shook his head. "Now you're just going back to cliché's..." He quickly typed down his five words. "...now I am dead, right?"

"That's the spirit!" Arch said, laughing. "Okay, eeeh..." "That's right." Duke reloaded his...

As Arch started typing out loud, the three of them suddenly noticed the door to the office had opened and Kana and Hitomi were staring at them, smiling mischievously. "What are you guys doing?" Kana asked, teasingly.

Arch paused for a moment and stared at the girls, blankly. "...Aaand, send!" He said, as he pressed enter.

Ifrit cleared his throat. "So, you've send out that order then?"

"Yup." Arch said as he quickly got up from his chair. "Time for my break!" He said while he looked at the girls, smiling. He then proceeded to the break room.

Darkling checked his watch. "Wait up!" He said as he hurried after Arch.

"Okay, we're all done in here!" Ifrit said as he switched off the monitor and got up from his chair as well. "Let's get back to work, ladies!"

"Well, alright, Ifrit-san..." Kana said as she went back into the store and pretended to restock some shelves.

"What was that all about, Ifrit-kun?" A confused Hitomi asked Ifrit as the two of them walked out of the office.

"Oh, you know..." Ifrit responded, a little awkwardly. "The usual paperwork."

As the two of them were chatting and slowly proceeded to take place behind the counter, Kana quickly sneaked into the office and silently closed the door.

"Five word story?" She mumbled after she turned on the monitor. "...forum?"

Puzzled, she started browsing through the pages, until a specific topic caught her eye.

"'Yogurt Slingers - A Joint FTI of Epic Proportions?'" She scratched the back of her head. "What is this?" She whispered to herself as she started reading.

This is a collaboration fanfic between Arch Evil, Darkling183 and I, Ifritsparda, of the Kana Little Sister board at Gamefaqs.com.

"Little sister!?" Kana exclaimed, confused. "B-bro?"

It will include a large variety of Bishoujo characters, and as such I'm assigning it an 18+ rating, although I don't expect many scenes to have an overly explicit sex...

"AAAH!" Kana shouted out loud. Within seconds, Darkling and Arch entered the office from the break room, as did Hitomi and Ifrit from the store.

"What is it, Kana-chan?" Darkling asked, worried.

"Is everything okay?" Hitomi asked.

With tears in her eyes, Kana glared and pointed her finger to the managers, alternating between the three of them. "YOU!" She said loudly, her voice trembling. "You guys are... writing... sexual fantasies about us?"

Hitomi's mouth opened wide and she gasped for air a few times.

"What!?" Arch exclaimed. "Kana-chan, what are you talking about?"

"I saw it!" She yelled as she pointed at the monitor. "You..."

"Kana-chan... It's not what you think..." Ifrit said, calmly.

Darkling put his hand on her shoulder. "It's..."

"Don't touch me!" Kana exclaimed and ran out of the office.

"Kana..." Darkling yelled as he followed her.

Ifrit sighed deeply. "It's not what you think, Hitomi..." He said as he looked over to where Hitomi was. But she wasn't there anymore.

"Hitomi?" Ifrit said, raising his voice. He looked all around the office. During the commotion Hitomi had walked over to the monitor, had started reading and, as a result, had fainted. Ifrit hurried over to her. "H-HITOMI!" he yelled as he tried to wake her up.

Arch shook his head. ...It's just one of those days...

The characters in the FTI writing the same FTI they star in within the FTI...genius! I couldn't stop laughing.

So in other words, the FTI is more like a blog, where we write down what happened to us each day? =)

Not necessarily, but it's a possibility. These stories are kinda taking place in 'alternate realities' after all.
I wanted to do the opposite of the previous set. Instead of realizing they are characters in a novel, the characters become the writers, while still remaining the characters =)

0_o

...You just blew my mind...

Lol what if I had put in a short bit about us (as writers) arguing about if it's okay for the characters that star in the FTI to write an FTI within the same FTI that they are starring in. Then the writers would have become characters as well. Then I, as a writer, would have written about the writers, who had then become characters, who were arguing about their characters becoming writers of an FTI within the FTI that they are starring in!

...I should be getting back to work now