CROSSED SWORDS/THIS TIME ROUND: SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALL RIGHT... Nyssa leaped off the railing, caught the light fixture, and swung out into the common room, but there was no escape. Blade clattered off blade as the redhead backed her against, then onto a table. Rapiers flashed too quickly for eyes to follow, then the battle- crazed Trakenite sagged to her knees, a swordpoint against her throat. "You've a bad habit of parrying in seconde," explained her opponent, but Nyssa merely grimaced. The violence over, the Proprietor rushed out, grabbed the older woman by the arm, and raised it over her head. "The winner," he announced, "Larrissa Ashford! That's Larrissa Ashford over Psycho Nyssa in three minutes, twenty seconds for those keeping score! Next will be a mixed-doubles match, with Lo-Shon and Count Danik versus Setsuna Sakurazaki and Kastchei!" At the door, Polly could only shake her head in wonderment at the lengths some people would go to in order to drum up business. Granted, Karaoke Night and Crossover Poker Night hadn't quite done the trick, but whoever heard of 'Swashbuckling Saturdays'? At any rate, door-warding was refreshingly easy tonight, thanks to the new 'partner' she wore on her hip. "We'll keep everything neat and orderly," she cooed, "won't we, Stormbringer?" --BKWillis 'Doctor Who' is property of the BBC. Setsuna Sakurazaki is from 'Magical Teacher Negima', property of Ken Akamatsu. Stormbringer is from 'Elric of Melnibone', property of Michael Moorcock. This Time Round created by Tyler Dion. Count Danik is from the fiction of Igenlode Wordsmith. Kastchei is from the fiction of Helen Fayle. Larrissa 'Grandma' Ashford is from 'Space Vixens A.A.I.', Lo-Shon is from 'Spring Surprise', and Psycho Nyssa is from 'To Die For'.