Just then, an official-looking official walks up to the JLR.

OLO: Hello. You must be the JLR!

Ace: Yes we are. And you would be?

OLO: I am Reginald Farquhart-Sindgeon-Smyth-Jones, I am your official liaison for the Conference Battles.

Ace: Hello Reggie, pleased to meet you. I'm Ace, this is Harpy, La Machine, Britannica, AGW, dun-like-dinner & (young) Nightwing.

Reggie: Reginald, if you don't mind. But pleased to meet you all also.

(y)NW: Hello.
LM: Hiya.
AGW: How's it haggin?
Brit: How do you do?
DLD: Hi.
Harpy: Mmm. . . tasty [mwah hwah haa]

Reggie: [eh... i dunno... ] eh, yes [walks over to Ace, avoiding Harpy] Do you have your registration form?

Ace: Yes, here it is. [Hands over the registration form to Reginald]

Reginald: [pulls out his reading glasses, and starts looking over the form] hmmm. . . uh huh. . . .Foundation for Superheroine Pre-Health students? em . . . worthy cause, I'm sure. . . um? [looks up at the JLR] you have also registered two more members. A Registered Member 552 and Cowgirl Jack. Where are they now?

Ace: [um....  uh huh! ...  ]

Harpy: Cowgirl Jack is in mmmmmmm [Britannica quickly muffles the rest of Harpy's sentence]

Brit: Um, she's just gone to the ladies, to powder her nose, you know.
DLD: [whispers] Nice save.
Brit: [whispers back] Thank you. *crunch* [Harpy bites Britannica's fingers] OOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!

Reggie: Uh, yes. . . and Registered Member 552?

AGW: He's gone to the little boys room.
LM: He's gone to the Superheroine swimsuit calender stand.

[AGW and La Machine, both look at each other]

AGW: He's gone to the Superheroine swimsuit calender stand.
LM: He's gone to the little boys room.

[AGW and La Machine look at each other again]

AGW & LM: He's gone to the little boys room, then going to the Superheroine swimsuit calender stand. [um....  uh huh! ...  ]

Reggie: Um, yes. [eh... i dunno... ] Well as long as they won't be too long. There is a press conference and photo opportunity in less than an hour. It is expected that all of your team will be present.

Ace: Ah yes. . . I'm sure they will be here by then. . . *I hope*

Reggie: Well I hope so. If they are not, your Team maybe disqualified from the competition.

JLR: [whaaaa!] [eh?] [no no no]

Ace: [looks at the other members and mouths "what the heck do we do NOW!?!?!"]

Reggie: [not noticing the JLR's reaction, as he was putting his glasses away] But, I'm sure there is nothing to worry about. Let's discuss which teams you will be battling with.

Ace: Sounds good. Who are we battling first?

Reggie: Well the competition structure, was chosen completely randomly of course.

Brit: Of course.

Reggie: The JLR, is in Group D, along with the Defenders and Young Justice.

LM: Young Justice! We're expected to fight a bunch of kids!

DLD: Well they are quite tough.

Ace: And it is for charity, remember.

LM: We're the JLR, dammit not a bunch of baby-sitters

Reggie: There will be three battles. Each Team, battles the other two teams, once. The two Teams, with the most victories progress to the next round.

(y)NW: What if each Team wins a battle?

Reggie: If two or more Teams win the same amount of battles, the judges will review each battle and allocate scores for certain aspects, such as opposition knock-outs, Team-work, battle tactics, etc.

(y)NW: I see.

Brit: So who are in the other Groups?

Reggie: Well:
Group A: Avengers, The Authority and Fantastic Four.
Group B: JLA, Outsiders and the Suicide Squad.
Group C: Legion of Superheroes, X-Men and Teen Titans.

But let's hurry, the press conferernce is taking place on the other side of the hotel. We had better go.

LM: [whispering to the other members] So what are we going to do about Harpy and RM552?

Ace: I don't know? We're going to get thrown out of this competition for sure!

Brit: I'm sure I can come up with some plan. . . I just need a bit of time to think of it.

AGW: We're screwed.

Harpy: Can Harpy eat Reginald?

JLR: No!

RM552: elp me!

DLD: Did you guys here something?

Harpy: Harpy sorry. Integestion *Buuuuurp*

Reggie: Charming. . .

[ 02-06-2003, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: Britannica ]