::Indy steps up to the podium::
Indy:
The Best All-Time Fanfic award represents what the
community sees today as the best of the best. That’s changed over the years,
but not a lot. True quality has a way of rising to the top time and again, and
that’s one reason for this award—we should let our best storytellers know each
year that we appreciate their efforts. And it’s always possible that a new
favorite will emerge.
::Indy gestures to the Jumbotron::
Indy:
The nominees for Best All-Time Fanfic are…
Best
All-Time Fanfic
Of Mice
and Mayhem
Rhyme
and Reason
Space
Wars: the Ranger Parody
Gadget
in Chains
Clarice
Returns, Rachel
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy
::Indy takes the envelope::
Indy:
And the 2005 winner for Best All-Time Fanfic is…well
what else on this night, a tie! Mike Demcio and Fish,
you have the floor…
::Fish enters, sporting a black eye and Monty's Cowardly Lion
Costume.::
Fish: I
woke up tux-less in the dumpster just outside of the Rangers’ dressing room. I
saw this in the window and just had to have it. Thank goodness for suspension
of line-up height on awards night.
::Indy shrugs as several folks look his way::
Fish: Anyway--
I am sooooo honored to share this award with the main
man himself Mike Demcio, who, with his other
incredible RR work, "Soul Searching," inspired me to write "of
mice and mayhem" in the first place. I am but a padawan
to his Jedi master. Although, standing here next to him tonight I sort of feel
like saying 'the circle is now complete..at
first I was a learner etc. etc. heh heh heh"
John “Q”
Davidson: Hey- the Star Wars geek awards are at the
Fish: Uhh-- sorry..let
me check Winston's database for a fitting Ranger related quote…
John: Too
late. No time or space for the thread that would kick off.
Fish:
Hey, look. I KNOW Mike personally, and I happen to know that HE's a huge Star Wars fan, too, so watch it, pal! My son now owns his childhood "Hoth
Playset."
John: Too much information! Get on with the awards!
We have to vacate the premises! "La Traviata"
starts the overture in 20 minutes!
Fish: Um-right.
Well- Like I said-- thank you soo much for this
honor, everybody! And thanks to ALL the writers at the café for keeping the
spirit alive! Mike, ready to come up? Oh, we couldn’t
get hold of him? Well, that’s okay. He’s a friend of mine and I know he
appreciates it.
::Fish accepts his award and heads offstage, then stops and
faces the audience::
Fish: And NEVER trust a talking wallaby! ….does this
Lion suit smell like Brie '86 or ….is it ME?
::The
mixture of laughter and shrugs doesn’t help, and Fish trots offstage::