It's good to see you around, by the way. It seems like it's been a while.

~Neshomeh

--And here I have to point out that I've never seen the Star Trek episodes in question myself--but I believe the reason was that the PPC's Medical Department was simply too swamped with casualties, and with actually fighting off the viruses, to synthesize the cure. As soon as the big bugs were killed off, they were free to get on with it. You'd have to ask Tawaki to be sure, though.

Personally, I suspect it's a side effect of Real World time leeching into HQ, where it doesn't really have any business being. Comes of keeping a Door open to New Caledonia and mucking about with TARDISes and such.

I'm glad you liked my story, anyway. {= )

~Neshomeh

I'm glad you approve. And yeah, he'll recover just fine, and he'll have a cool scar to show off. ^_~

~Neshomeh

I thought about having Legolas join Luke, but I decided Legolas was more likely to be cautious, especially since he had no way to really understand what Luke was about to do. I had said he was mostly in-character, after all. {= )

I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

~Neshomeh

I have to second the love of the way the Reality Room was handled. You noticed, Neshomeh, I'm sure, that I had very little beta-y comments to make in that section? 's 'cause I couldn't find anything much to quibble over that managed to make itself heard over the general feeling of being masterfully pulled in to a really excellent and well thought out bit of narrative. In fact, anyone reading this who hasn't read the fic, consider this a plug - it's worth it for that bit if nothing else.

Sedri - I also considered what would happen if Iza was shoved in there. While the results would be interesting, I'm not sure they'd help Trojie and I to write her, so maybe we'll avoid it for now, but it was an interesting mental exercise nonetheless. Especially when I started considering the effects of the room on every other agent we write. And then Marsha.

The song was "Fighting Thread", not "The Duty Song", wasn't it? Oops. And here's me with the CD itself sitting on my desk...

Saving worlds: just one more thing the PPC has in common with the dragonriders. {= ) I'm glad you like Derik. You'll definitely be seeing more of him (and Earwig).

I like exploring the things that happen in the PPC as things that would have real effects on real people. With people as strange as the ones inhabiting HQ, it can be entertaining as well as dramatic. At least, that's the idea.

~Neshomeh

But who's to say they were telling the truth? They're not the most honest people in the multiverse, after all.

Or, this being HQ, there could well have been two simultaneous infections. Coincidence is nothing to Legal. :P

hS