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"So...Stocks are definitely right out.." Dryden sighs as he starts to scribble on a notepad, "Hmm...Maybe I should dabble in a little real estate instead.....Tell me, Hitomi.... What do you foresee happening to the housing market in the next........ah....on second thought...never mind..." Hitomi looks about her at the faces of her friends. "Well?" she inquires, "Anyone else want to know anything more about the future?" The stirring strains of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra are replaced on the soundtrack by the sound of chirping crickets. Hitomi sighs and lowers her head. "Maybe I am nothing but a jinx after all....." Could her problems get any worse?... Hitomi finds herself sitting and pondering over all of the things that have occurred to her since being transported to the planet Gaea... Her thoughts turn to Van, whose form she can see through her window as he climbs into his guymelef, Escaflowne. As she watches, the young king prepares himself for another day's rigorous training with swordmaster Allen Schezar... Allen climbs into his guymelef, Scheherazade and, after giving its long cape a confident flick, turns to face Van... Seconds later... |