LNH: Classic LNH Adventures #111: Just Imagine Saxon Brenton's RACCies! Part Ten

[Arthur Spitzer]

In this weeks reposting of stuff you can find in the eyrie archive
https://archives.eyrie.org/racc/lnh/
we have the tenth section of Just Imagine Saxon Brenton's RACCies!

Jamie Rose returns with issue 20 as do a bunch of anonymous RACC
readers.  Is it time to feel the rainbow -- a rainbow of Manga Men?

And Martin Phipps returns also with #21.  But who is the real
Manga Man and more importantly can we pull that answer out of a hat?

Find out in...

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                                    ADVENTURES #111


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              Just Imagine Saxon Brenton's RACCies! Part Ten
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From: "Jamie Rosen" <jamie.rosen at sunlife.com>
Subject: [LNH] Just Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #20
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.creative
Date: 9 Feb 2005 18:26:26 -0000

Just Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #20


"This is all getting very confusing," opined anonymous RACC reader #1.

"I agree," said anonymous RACC reader #3, "but that's the nature of the
beast. I mean, look at what happened when we tried to use a cascade to
resolve the presidency of the Loonited States?"

"What happened?" asked anonymous RACC reader #2.

"Nothing."

* * *

Deja Dude deftly dodged Pointless Awards Man II's sword thrust and
knocked the weapon from his hand.

Suddenly unarmed, PAM II leaped at Deja Dude, attempting to bludgeon
him with his bare hands. But even if he had four arms to Deja Dude's
two, he was still just a hapless awards presenter, and no match for an
experienced Net.Hero.

"What's going on?" Deja Dude demanded, holding the ersatz villain to
the ground.

"I'm trying to kill you!" spat PAM II.

"But why?"

"Doctor Stomper told me to!" PAM II admitted, assuming that since he
wasn't told not to reveal the evil plan he was allowed to.

"Hrm." Deja Dude looked over his shoulder at Manga Man. "Maybe we
shouldn't go see him after all."

But Manga Man was lost in thought...

.oO( Why would Doctor Stomper have wanted Deja Dude dead? It all seems
vaguely familiar... ) His thoughts were audible in a slightly echo-y
voiceover as his cloak flapped lightly in a non-existant breeze. ( I
know! It's just like that plan I came up with and then discarded, the
one to have the Net.Heroes replaced with robot duplicates! But, if I
decided not to... perhaps that clone Manga Man is responsible! )

"That seems reasonable," Deja Dude said.

"Wha-wha?" Manga Man said, doing a double take. "How did you know what
I was thinking?"

"You were thinking in a voice-over."

An exclamation mark appeared over Manga Man's head.

"So it seems we can't even trust the other LNHers," Deja Dude mused.
"But I think I know who we can trust..."

* * *

Firewire and Bluetooth were playing cards in the rec.room of the
damned.

"Do you have any sixes?" asked Firewire.

"Go Fish."

The flaming fellow went fish.

"This really bites. Having to betray the LNH and all."

Firewire nodded. "But with everything that's going on, I don't think
it'll really even matter," he responded. "I mean, the very existence of
the Looniverse is at stake. And we're doing them a favour, in the long
run, right? Helping save the Looniverse."

"I guess you're right. Do you have any sevens?"

Firewire gave Bluetooth his seven of pentacles.

Suddenly, the door to the rec.room of the damned burst open, and Deja
Dude and Manga Man entered.

"You!" Firewire exclaimed, leaping from his seat. "We didn't do
anything!"

"I know," Deja Dude said. "That's why we're here."

"Huh?"

Deja Dude and Manga Man proceeded to explain the situation as they
understood it -- the robot duplicate LNHers, the Manga Man clone(s),
and the confusion about just what, exactly, was going on here.

"And that's why we need your help," Deja Dude concluded. "Because you
were transformed after Manga Man hatched his diabolical plan --"

"Hey!"

"-- we can be certain that you haven't been replaced by robot
duplicates. The same couldn't be said about any number of other
LNHers."

"I see..." Firewire said. Here was his chance to redeem himself for the
betrayal of the LNH. "I'll do it." He looked at Bluetooth.

"Me too."

"Great," Deja Dude said. "I knew we could count on you."

"So what do we do?" asked Firewire.

"We launch an assault on Manga Man. He's the one behind all of this."

Firewire and Bluetooth turned to Manga Man.

"No, no, no! The *other* Manga Man!" he said.

* * *

Manga Man Gold was still laughing evilly. "My plan is unfolding
perfectly," he gloated. "Confusion everywhere -- even in the Looniverse
itself!"

"This is no good," anonymous RACC reader #5 opined.

"That's true," agreed anonymous RACC reader #4. "Is it time to reveal
ourselves?"

"It is."

"Very well. Anonymous RACC readers, transform!"

"Manga Man Blue!"

"Manga Man Red!"

"Manga Man Yellow!"

"Manga Man Green!"

"..."

"Come on, now."

"Manga Man Pink."

"Go go Power Manga!"

----000----

WHY does that one Manga Man want Deja Dude dead?
WHAT can the sole-less LNHers to to defeat the aforementioned version
of Manga Man?
WHO is the real Manga Man?
WHEN will the threat of the Shoe Devil be taken seriously?
HOW will the RACCies virus finally be defeated?
WHERE have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to
you -- woo woo woo...


From: phippsmartin at hotmail.com
Subject: [LNH][RACCies] Just Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #21
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.creative
Date: 13 Feb 2005 16:42:16 -0000

[LNH][RACCies] Just Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #21

Deja Dude and Manga Man White had just explained to Firewire and
Bluetooth that various LNHers had been replaced by robot duplicates.

"So what do we do?" asked Firewire.

"We launch an assault on Manga Man. He's the one behind all of this,"
Deja Dude said.

"We're not going to let you do that," Catalyst Lass said.

Deja Dude, Manga Man White, Firewire and Bluetooth turned to see Sister
State-the-Obvious, aLLiterative Lass, Bandwagon Chick, Catalyst Lass,
Ordinary Lady, Lurking Girl, Sing-Along Lass and New Look Lass all
looking down on them in a threatening manner.

"We Wouldn't Want you to do What you Would Want to do to the One Who's
Will We obey!" aLLiterative Lass said.

"Yeah!" Bandwagon Chick said.  "What she said!"

"So you're going to have to get past us first!" Ordinary Lady said.

"And don't think we're going to go easy on you!" Lurking Girl said.

"We are loyal to our master, Manga Man!" New Look Lass said.

"He'll have the whole world in his hands!  He'll have the whole world
in his hands!" Sing-a-Long Lass sang.

"We're all robot duplicates!" Sister State-the-Obvious said.

"But wait!" Deja Dude said.  "This is Manga Man right here!"

"That's right!" Manga Man White said.  "I am Manga Man and I order you
to tell us where the real LNHers are!"

"Nice try, Manga Man imposter," Catalyst Lass said, "but we just
overheard you plotting against the real Manga Man!"

"But _I_ am the real Manga Man!" Manga Man White said.  "It is your
master who is the imposter!"

Catalyst Lass held her hands over her ears and started singing.  "Na na
na!  I can't here you!"

"Your deception won't work!" Sister State-the-Obvious said.

"Hey, guys, why are all the robot duplicates female?"

"Bluetooth is right!" Firewire said.  "What's up with that."

Deja Dude grimaced.  "That would be my fault," he reasoned.  "My
presence in this storyline has retroactively caused this plotline to
become a parody of the Stepford Wives, even if that was not the
original intention."

"Enough talk!" Manga Man White said.  "These robots may look like your
teammates but they are mere machines!  We should destroy them and move
on!"

"No!" Deja Dude said.  "Wait!  If these robot duplicates still have the
memories of our teammates then perhaps they can be reasoned with!
Perhaps they can be made to turn against their master!"

"To heck with that!" Firewire said, powering up.  "Manga Man is right!
They need to be destroyed."  Firewire transformed into living flame.

"Uh oh," Sister State-the-Obvious said.  "This can't be good!"

Bluetooth, Deja Dude and Manga Man White all stood back while Firewire
used his flame against the robot duplicate LNHers.  They all started
melting.  Sparks started flying as they all tried to continue moving
forward to kill our heroes.

"Nuts!" Ordinary Lady said.

"But... we'll Be Back!" aLLiterative Lass said, just before her head
exploded.

"I doubt that," Manga Man White quipped.

The eight robot duplicates were all destroyed.

"I'm spent," Firewire admitted.  "I won't be able to create flame like
that for a few hours."

"Is that all of them?"

"Somehow, Bluetooth, I doubt it," Deja Dude said, "which means we're
back to square one!  We still don't know who to trust!"

* * *

Elsewhere, the robot duplicates of Innovative Offense Boy, Namer Boy,
Pulls-Paper-Out-of-Hats Lad, Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr., Doctor Stomper,
Cheesecake Eater Lad and Master Blaster were plotting against our
heroes.

"The women have failed!" Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr. said.

"@#$%ing incompetant airhead @#$%^es!" Innovative Offense Boy swore.

"Do you think Deja Dude and Manga Man suspect us?" Cheesecake Eater Lad
asked.

"I would imagine so," Doctor Stomper said.

"What do we do now?" Namer Boy asked.

"We need to go find Manga Man," Doctor Stomper suggested.  "The real
one."

"That's all very well and good, but there are about seven or eight
different Manga Men running around," Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr. pointed
out.  "Which one is our true master?"

"Catalyst Lass knew which one was the real Manga Man," Doctor Stomper
said.

"Did she happen to mention to you which one?" Master Blaster asked.

"Actually," Doctor Stomper admitted, "no."

"Great."

"What do we do now?" Namer Boy asked.

"Will you quit asking that!" Innovative Offense Boy shouted.

"I've got an idea," Doctor Stomper said.  "Anybody got a hat?"

"Here!" Ubiquitous Boy Lad Jr. said.

"What's your idea?" Cheesecake Eater Lad asked.

"It's quite simple," Doctor Stomper said.  "We don't know who the real
Manga Man is so I'm going to write the words 'White', 'Black', 'Gold',
'Red', 'Yellow,' 'Green', 'Yellow' and 'Pink' on separate pieces of
paper, place them in the hat and then have Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad
pull out the name of the real Manga Man and tell us who he is!"  He
took out a piece of paper and a pen and started writing out the names
as he decribed.

"That's a stupid idea!" Master Blaster complained.

"No!  It'll work!" Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad insisted.  "That's my
power!  Or rather that is the power of the real Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats
Lad and I was given his power after he was captured by our master and I
was created to replace him.  Remember?"

"We all were given the powers of those who we replaced," Doctor Stomper
said, "so that we would not be detected pre-maturely!"  He tore up the
paper into eight equal sized pieces, placed it in the hat, shuffled
them around as best as he could and handed them to
Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad.

"This is so suspenseful!" Cheesecake Eater Lad said.  "Who is the real
Manga Man?  Who?"

Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad pulled a piece of paper out of the hat.

"Who the @#$% is it?" Innovative Offense Boy asked.

Pulls-Paper-Out-Of-Hats Lad handed the piece of paper to Namer Boy.

"Well?" Master Blaster asked.

"It says... Gold," Namer Boy said.  "The real Manga Man is Manga Man
Gold!"

"Indeed," Manga Man Gold said, suddenly appearing amongst them on cue,
"and with your help I will destroy those who stand in the way of my
taking over not only the LNH but the entire world!  Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

WHAT is Manga Man Gold's plan?

HOW is he going to destroy Deja Dude, Manga Man White and the others?

WHY did I completely ignore Grapety Purple Man and the Shoe Devil for
the second straight post?

WHERE did they go, anyway?

WHEN are Ultimate Ninja, Fearless Leader, Irony Man and the others
coming back?

These questions may or may not be resolved in the next chapter of Just
Imagine... Saxon Brenton's RACCies!

Martin


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Arthur "Same Classic Channel.  But Same Time?  Probably not." Spitzer