Eric: Maybe... roses? Does Ash like roses? I should ask her...


Ravish: Hey! You're Eric, right?


Eric: Yep. You're that guy who's doing some work for Ash?
Ravish: I was. Doing some gardening?


Eric: Yeah! Since the house was rebuilt there's still a lot of landscaping to do.
Ravish: I heard about that. Nightshade, huh?
Eric: She doesn't take 'no' very well.
Ravish: I've noticed. So what kind of flowers are you going to plant for your girlfriend?


Eric: Girlfriend?


Ravish: Aren't you going out with Valentine?


Eric: Oh... we go out sometimes, mostly when Ash is too busy to go. But we're just friends.
Ravish: I see.


Ravish: Bye!
Eric: ...bye.


Eric: That guy is really weird.

 

Elsewhere:
Ash: Was that the doorbell?


Magma: Hi there! The door was unlocked, so I let myself in.

Ash: Hello Maggie. Valentine's out.


Maggie: Oh, that's ok! I really came here to see you anyway. You seemed like a really interesting person, and I was sort of hoping to get to know you better.


Ash: Really.
Magma: Well, you're so pretty, and elegant, and smart, and you seem so self-reliant and cool.
Ash: Uh-huh.


Magma: I got these tickets to a K.D. Lang concert, and I was wondering if you'd like to go with me. Next weekend?
Ash: Sorry, I'll be out of the country.


Magma: Oh. Well that's ok, I guess I can ask someone else...

 

 

 


Magma: Hey, come on out!


Himemiya: So How're things going? Get the girl?
Magma: No. Ash doesn't seem terribly interested in my short skirts, low-cut tops, high-heeled fuck-me shoes and K.D. Lang concerts. I need help. I'm no good at this girl-on-girl pick ups.


Himemiya: Well what are you asking me for? I don't even swing human.


Magma: But you're the only one who knows about how I'm not really a girl. I tried researching this on the internet, but I don't see how Birkenstocks and eating boxes is supposed to make me more appealing as a woman. Ash doesn't seam very interested in those things from what I know of her.


Himemiya: Sorry. I don't know anything about this. For most of history all you had to do to get the girl was to offer her lots of jewels. Or kill her husband and then offer her lots of jewels.
Magma: Well if I kill Valentine, I don't think Ash will be very happy. But I don't just have to worry about her, I have to worry about that sex-bot too!


Magma: He keeps getting in the way! I keep finding him in her bed every time I try to sneak into it! Last time he even molested me, thinking I was her!


Himemiya: He WHAT?!


Magma: Yeah, can you believe that? Poor innocent me, just lying there and suddenly he's on top of me going 'Oh Ash!'


Himemiya: You know what works in situations like this? Jealousy. And I'm in such a good mood I'll help you. First, we have to get rid of the man. I have just the plan. Here's what we do...

 

 

Shortly:
Magma: You know, you're pretty good at this scheming stuff. If you were a human girl I'd be all over you.

 

 

 

 


At the Minis' hideout...
Beressa: You have it all set up?
Belladonna: Yup!
Beressa: Ok! Do it!


Belladonna: AAAA!
Beressa: It worked!


Beressa: AHAHAHAHA! I'm BACK!


Commentary:
Magma is still trying to pick up Ash the way he thinks lesbians do. Which he learned about from the internet and porn. Might not be very effective. K.D. Lang and Melissa Etheridge are lesbian rock stars, and their concerts are... 98% girls who obviously enjoy each others company. As an aside, Melissa Etheridge is also the only musician I have ever seen in concert who sounds as good/better live than on CD.

Magma and Himemiya start to plot together, which isn't good for anyone. Himemiya rather likes Magma, as fucked up as he is, because in all her lamp servitude, most people make much more selfish wishes to get the guy/girl, or just wish the guy/girl to fall in love with them. Himemiya is also rather upset by the idea that Eric might be interested in someone else, even though they're supposed to be on the 'outs' at the moment. Note Magma's *slightly* stilted version of how Eric came to molest him.