Completed the very last day of December, so it still counts as '05. ;) Nell, supah-reader that she is, sent me purple-and-black arm-warmers as a holiday prezzie. (*laughs*) So I gave her this in thanks. She requested a face-off between six characters of her choice from Sand & Stone and Jupiter -- Vlad, Char, Seth, vs. Lupus, Chopin, Monnier. Voila! Vlad, I think, would naturally go after alpha Lupus, but on finding a lack of weapons, they would reach for the nearest. . . chopsticks! Yes, I know. Vlad would be very serious about it while Lupus is like, "What the heck?" Seth and Chopin, in the meantime, would find it very appropros to settle their differences via water pistols. Meanwhile, Char and Monnier would probably look at each other blankly for a moment, then eventually shrug and commune over some very intriguing reads. (*grin*)