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" Behind the Scenes of The Drums of Heaven "Written By: Solitude1056 Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, but I
like to take them out and play with them. Pairings: Heeruo, Trotre, Heerena (only as source
of teasing), Zefillow, but no Spuffy. Oh, wait, wrong fandom. Okay,
I meant: Heero & Duo, Trowa & Quatre, Heero & Relena (past
only), and Zefyr & Evil Willow. Rated: PG-13. And General Weirdness. Warnings: fluff, weird stuff, gratuitous use of
original characters, and occasional cameos from other Zefyr fics or
general anime, all written as voice-over commentary transcripts. Critiques: Always welcome, especially constructive.
Spoilers: Many spoilers for the actual story;
recommended that Drums be read prior to reading the corresponding
commentary. Chapters correspond to commentaries until chapter 9, at
which point the commentary drops off, and picks back up at chapter
17. Behind the Scenes of The Drums of Heaven Commentary 3 NOTE: This commentary is a companion piece to The Drums of Heaven and may not make complete sense unless you’ve read chapter 3 of that story. Duo: Fear my godlike hacker skills, puny mortals. Heero: Oh, man. Quatre: Zef’s created a monster. Trowa: Another chapter already? Relena: I liked this chapter. It was neat reading about hacking stuff. Heero: Zef made all that stuff up. Relena: Really? Oh. That’s disappointing. I thought I was learning something there. First photography, now computers. Trowa: Actually, the photography stuff was pretty accurate. I think Zef has a camera or two. Zefyr: Nine. Trowa: Nine? Zefyr: I never claimed I wasn’t a gearhead. Trowa: Fine. But you made up all that stuff about cars in Benediction Darkness. Zefyr: No, I didn’t. I really have rebuilt an Austin-Healey, a Porsche 914, a Porsche 912, and replaced a Volvo 740 transmission. Which, incidentally, I don’t recommend. Stupid things weigh a ton, and don’t get me started on British ideas about wiring harnesses. Trowa: Hn. Zefyr: I do have a life when I’m not listening to you pushy characters. Quatre: I’m not pushy. Zefyr: No, you’re demanding. Quatre: *preen* Trowa: Good to see Heero got his laptop back. Zefyr: It won’t be making any more appearances. Heero: What? Duo: This is Heero. This is Heero’s laptop. This is Heero suffering DTs. Heero: One of these days, I really am going to kill you. Duo: Yeah, whatever. Meanwhile, yay me! I finally show up. Heero: You didn’t show up. You were just referenced. Quatre: I still want to know why Trowa and Duo are supposed to be bad guys in this story. Zefyr: I haven’t said they were bad guys. Quatre: Oh. Oops. That’s in a future chapter, isn’t it. Zefyr: Don’t make me put spoiler warnings on your ass. Quatre: Don’t make me, uh, sic Trowa on you. Trowa: Only if I get the cameras as loot. Quatre: Deal. Zefyr: Hey! Duo: Where’s Wufei? Heero: I think he’s plotting CalicoCat’s early demise. She has him showing up in Fragments, beaten... and engaged to Sally. Quatre: I love that story! So much angst. I got all sniffly. Relena: The Wufei subplot? *eyeroll*That’s most fanfics. CalicoCat can get away with ‘cause she’s a fine writer. Wufei: Most? Maybe, but not the beaten part! Relena: Don’t argue, justice boy, or I’ll show you beaten. Wufei: Hunh? Wait... really? Quatre: I think the chapter needs edits, though. I saw some grammatical issues. Zefyr: *eep* Relena: Which reminds me. I thought that was sweet, the reference to Heero and me being in love. Heero: What? Relena: You’re a romantic, Heero. If you’d just admit it, you’d be a lot happier. Heero: Hn. Duo: Romantic pinhead, you mean. Heero: Duo, I swear... Duo: Yeah, yeah, get in line. Relena: What’s DCC? Zefyr: Direct Computer Connection. Normally on the ‘net the communication between two computers occurs through a variety of relays and servers, bouncing back and forth. This causes things like lag, a delay as the message is relayed through the system. When you open a DCC it means the system is treating your connection with no relays. The plus side is the speed of interaction; the drawback is that if I were to spam you with a huge file within the DCC window, you couldn’t back out of it. Just the way it works. Relena: So you know something about all this? Zefyr: Not really. I’m even more out of date than Heero. Heero: Hey! What is this, Abuse Heero Day? Zefyr: No, that’s next chapter. Heero: Hn. Duo: Just you wait, Heero Higgins, just you wait... And don’t even tell me to shut up again. *glare* Heero: Heh. On
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