OOC: I'm married to a man? Never mind that, I'm married to a Liberal? This means war!
A roar like thunder shook the White House. Plaster dropped from the ceiling and a shadow fell over the house, transforming noon to midnight.
"O dear God," whispered Phoenix, "This can't be happening."
"And why not, Mother?" came the laconic reply. "Don't you miss me? It's been long since I've been to this backward planet, Earth. I see you've been up to trouble."
From the artificial shadows strode the form of Toshiharu Maynard, Conqueror of Sirius Sector.
With a glance at Rafael, Toshiharu commented, "I see you've been drinking again." Nonchalantly, Toshiharu kicked Rafael square in the arse.
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething
As if this Earth in fast, thick pants were breathing
A mighty fountain momently was forced
Amid whose swift, half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail!
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
Flung momently down the sacred river!
Five miles meandering with mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran
And reached the caverns measureless to man
And sunk in tumult to lifeless ocean
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from afar
Ancestral voices prophecying war!
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountains and the caves
'Twas a miracle of rare device!
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
OOC: Note: the bit about "Kubla" was put in there for completeness--I don't want to introduce a second new character, since I am acting as though already bound by the new "twist" I'll introduce into "What If" #2
