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Really, you've already read it several times? Yay! :-)) That's a wonderful compliment - I am very glad you like it so much!

I really did feel as if I stepped through the looking glass into a completely different world and it was so surreal, and you managed to compound that by switching between real life and that underbelly.

:-)))

I was really intrigued by the sparkly slaves in space AU

You read that, too? Ayeee. :-)

I also love that the ending of First Contact seemed more of a beginning than anything else.

YES! It's just the beginning for Ryo and Junno. :-) (Yes, I am a hopelessly romantic sap. Why do you ask?)

I love Junno.

Yay for the Junno-love! :-) I agree with you that he often seems to be underrated, or underestimated - if it were up to me he would get a lot more attention. *g* And he is definitely far more nuanced than he generally lets on; in fact, I find it pretty interesting in itself that he so often hides behind the clown facade.

I seem to like Ryo better in fic too so.

You don't like him so much in real life? Well, he can be difficult, yes. *g* But in some ways, I feel he's sometimes taken at face value in much the same way Junno is - just one facet of him mistaken for the whole person.

But whatever you think about real!Ryo - I'm glad you liked the version in my story! :-)

And I am very very happy to hear you enjoy the story as a whole so much. Thank you for your wonderful feedback! :-)

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wow... this was really hot... and erotic...

Yay! I'm very glad. :-))

i can't believe someone would write up ryo and junno together like this..

But they are hot together, aren't they? They should be written like this all the time, if you ask me! (Not that anyone did ask me. Just, you know. *g*)

closing my eyes to dreamland with them...

*g*

Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed the story! :-)

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IT'S SO HOT. XD XD XD

GOOD! I'd hoped it would be - very glad that worked! :-))

I don't usually think about RyoJunno that much

Always a mistake. *ducks*

Sorry! ;-) I know it's an odd pairing... I just can't help myself. *g*

Glad you enjoyed this!

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I laugh at the weirdest things *V*

And I like Junno. A lot. Enough said. :-)

I'm with you on the BDSM - the more extreme versions aren't my thing either, but it's a wide field. Doesn't have to be bloody or painful or humiliating. And I love the psychological potential for stories... *g*

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This is absolutely the best Junno I have ever read. This is the best BDSM I have read. I'm not even sure what to say. I am so impressed.

*blush* Now I'm not sure what to say either. :-) Except - yay, I am very glad to hear that you liked the story so much - and especially this version of Junno! (I was initially a bit anxious whether he'd come out well enough as a character when the story is from Ryo's POV, and am very glad that he does seem to stand his ground. *g*)

I have one complaint, though. I want more.

:-) Sorry to leave you hanging... yeah, I know I left several plot lines unresolved. This story really was about the "first contact" of the title - about Junno and Ryo connecting, finding a way to relate to each other and - all that. *g* And since that story was told, well. :-)

Junno and Ryo will of course bring Tomo's murderers to justice together, with many a cheerful pun and snarky grumble along the way. And the Ragaraja investigation will indeed become an asset to the Inagawa-kai investigation as a whole, and that... that would be enough plot for a novel, or a series of novels. :-) And I already have way too many stories in progress!

Of course it's cool if you link to me - in fact, it's very flattering, and I am happy you want to. :-) Go right ahead!

Thank you for your wonderful feedback - I'm very glad you enjoyed the story!

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*giggles* I almost always feel the urge to just pat Ryo on the head. I don't know. I feel like if I tried, he would bite me.

but to tell you the truth, I don't feel that a Junno-bias is such a horrible affliction. *g*
Dude, totally agreed.

OH MY GOSH, NAKAMARU SO WOULD. He would drive people mad with it, but asdlkjfaw whatever :DDDDD I have such a fondness for Nakamaru and Junno it's ridiculous.

Hahahaha! Of course. :)

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I can't begin to tell you how much I love you for writing this. Ryo/Junno has always been a rare pairing that I loved to read. Not only that, but you have also brought in another rare pairing I would love to see more of, Ohkura/Junno. Though bondage has never been something I'm found of, I had no problem diving into this fic and loving it to pieces. It is truly an amazing fic. ^^

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First off.... ;alksdjf;alsdkjf;alskdjf

Okay...I don't read fics very often at all, but a friend sent this to me because it was Junno/Ryo. I've only ever read one other Junno/Ryo fic... and I was mostly disappointed. But this, this was brilliant. It's late/early, and I'm far from eloquent, but I can't say how amazing it was. Your depiction of Junno was so spot on. He's such a mix of characteristics and it's so rare for someone to tap into that.

I loved every bit of this, and my Ryo/Junno fangirl is now in utter bliss. Thank you. ♥

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You may promise to pay her, but I know where she lives. There was that thing with a horse's head, wasn't there... oh wait, wrong universe.

Still. :-)

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I doubt that even the words I'm managing to come up with right now are really enough to express how thoroughly impressed I am with this. How you managed to capture Ryo's and Junno's characters and create their entire world in such PERFECT WRITING is beyond me, but I heartily approve!

Everything about this fic is just right to me. When I saw the pairing at first I was like, "Hm...I don't know", but you totally had me hooked by the first few paragraphs. When I noticed the length of it I actually limited how much I'd read daily just so I could enjoy this for three whole days.

I take my hat off to you sir! Well...in this case, ma'am! I'm assuming.

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This may be the start of a beautiful enablership.

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xD Not a Pin fan?

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I failed to make myself clear. :-)

The horse head will happen should she feel tempted to accept your offer! No Pin here. Pin-free zone. I need an icon.

...mutter mutter gotta work on my threats mutter mutter...

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D: So I am not welcome on these grounds?

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Hey, nobody is 'not welcome' just because of the pairing they like! :-) This isn't my journal anyway I'm just hijacking the thread for confusing hypothetical second-hand threats against the owner - but you'd be very welcome there, too! Only the Akame bias might make you run away. Or go 'grrrrr' a lot. ^_^

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Oh, Akame! That's okay too. XD I like ~~anything with Jin in it~~ Akame too! It's just that good Akame fic is so rare these days that I was beginning to lose hope that there were other intelligent Akame fans I didn't already know. :(

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Using the word 'intelligent' after my threat fiasco is very generous of you! :-)

I agree it's quite rare. But a friend who will occasionally venture into ~~the dark side~~ Pin territory (see! I said friend! Some of my best friends are-- oops.), was just recently complaining that there isn't much decent fic there, either. I don't know what it's like there, but with Akame, I have found that simply unsubscribing from

akame_ gave me a different perspective. Good fic still comes along infrequently, but at least I no longer see all the 'hai gais i wrote this in half an hour in art class and i know it sux, no beta coz i coudnt wait, i heart feedback and no flames and oh kame is a girl in this fic hehe dun hate me now' contributions.

Akame has some excellent writers, and I bet Pin has, too. They're just too busy with RL things to produce a lot. What we need... what we need is a rich sponsor to fund a writing contest between the two groups, something where everybody gets paid a lot of money to go hang out in a nice onsen and do nothing but write good fic. I'm sure a Junno/Ryo writer could also be invited along, in acknowledgement of where the project was first mooted.

Looks around... hm, now who's rich?

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Akame has some excellent writers, and I bet Pin has, too. They're just too busy with RL things to produce a lot. What we need... what we need is a rich sponsor to fund a writing contest between the two groups

Ahem. I beg your pardon? Akame and Pin *have* some excellent writers, so they should count their blessings. Any financial support should go to the truly needy pairings.

Some people around here are too spoiled, methinks. *grumph*

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It's not even that... I honestly have nothing against the pairing at all; I can imagine they might theoretically go quite well together.

I just can't muster up much interest in any pairing that doesn't include Junno, so the result of me attempting to write anything for such a pairing would be pretty lackluster. :-)

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Not a bad idea, that, with the horse head. Might also be applicable to people who do horrible things with Ryo...

Or I could threaten with dire Pin retaliation. ;-)

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Not a bad idea, that, with the horse head. Might also be applicable to people who do horrible things with Ryo...

Yes, it might! But clearly you are not referring to anyone we know, or are you?

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Aw, Ryo-chan is upset...

I think nothing can beat the Kung Fu Kitchen Fuck, actually. :-)

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So you keep the spare key under the flower pot, do you?

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Aw, Ryo-chan is upset...

That's right, and you don't want to make him angy, do you? Well, do you??

(The Kung Fu Kitchen Fuck is awesome. I would order it in a second. I still want the fanfic. I would PAY for that fanfic.* *g*)

* Legal note: Any horrible pairing ideas will be met with prompt and merciless retaliation.

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