| Letter Eight |
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| Dear Ana, What�s happened to the Phoenix Fighters over the past year? A Fan Fan, It�s been a busy year for the Phoenix Fighters, but I�ll try to give you the basics: Tranns and Lucien got into fights. Then they had sex. Aden got migraines caused by knowledge of said fights and sex. Aeq disappeared for a month and returned with the ability to raise people from the dead. We are relying on him to supply us with an army of zombies. Pipira told us she was a robot. And then she died. Then she was un- dead and Aeq had nothing to do with it. Now we have a big empty hole in the courtyard where her body used to be. Phil turned evil. Then he turned good. Then he turned evil. And then he turned good. He also wore leather pants. Airy told the house that she was a demon. No one was surprised, as we had figured something wasn�t right when she turned green and sprouted black wings. Shawn pretended he was normal, but then he went crazy and hit on everyone. Evil bastard. Amorette walked the fine line between good and evil. Sometimes she lost her balance and fell on her ass, and we pointed and laughed. Mia cried. And sometimes she ate and slept too. I saw dead people. Pfalz walked through stuff. We considered putting her in a cage and charging people five rupees to see her. She did not approve of the idea. We found files on people named Lionel and Nathanial, but for the life of us, we can�t remember who they are. Valero talked to himself. We are encouraging him to seek out that medical help he so desperately needs. Cammie saw the future. The rest of us saw a creepy little kid. Except for Joey, who kept muttering something about her thunder being stolen. Casey blew stuff up and never replaced it. She also occasionally rambled on without taking a breath for more than a minute. We all bought ear plugs and scientific dictionaries. Jesse lost and re-gained his voice an awful lot. We�re beginning to wonder if he�s playing a really elaborate joke on us. Maze yelled at everyone, and then asked why none of us liked him. Krysta wore pink. A lot. And then she insisted she was a warrior and not at all princess-like, while polishing her tiara. Felsen died. And there was much rejoicing. One year and counting! Happy anniversary, everyone! Love, Ana |