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Everyone else already said how good this was and quoted the great lines (which I'm laughing at repeatedly), so I don't have much to add.

I do like how Superman makes sure that Lois wins the "phrase bingo" game. I bet that's the first time Clark ever cheated in the game.

I loved, loved, loved this!

Flirty!Superman was adorable. Or, Flirty!SuperClark, because,as others have commented, he may have *looked* like Superman, but he *acted* 100% Clark. Incredibly cute, annoying, and sexy all rolled into one.

I cracked up at the "Clark got lucky" exchange, loved Clark's empathetic "Ouch" on learning Lois's game phrase, smiled at each and every one of Lois's deja vu moments, cheered when she finally put it all together, and laughed out loud at her rather unique reaction to the revelation.

Loved every minute of this. Looking forward to MORE!

I apologize in advance that my comments will be brief. The personal "wifi hot spot" that I use at home died yesterday. My ISP provider is sending me a new one, but it might be a few days before it gets here. Until then I'm only able to access the 'net at work, which rather limits my time.

Framework - Like you, I just can't buy that Lois is so helpless and/or dependent on Superman that she can't finish rescuing herself.

Seme - Thanks! It's good to see you're reading along!

Sarah - I'm so glad you're enjoying the story. Thank you!

Michael - You bring up a good point about Lois' flakiness, but I ask you - if you've been obsessing about someone for two years, can you simply turn off the attraction, just like that? In Lois' case, she feels guilty about having the attraction to Supes but there's also a very good reason why she feels it. I did laugh at the pregnancy reference. I'm pretty sure she's not, though. :p

Kyla - Hi! Thanks for reading along! I confess, I can't wait to post the reunion. It's what I spend most of my time working on (when I ought to be doing the final polish on the next part). Some things are just more fun to write.

Artemis - Convoluted?

Ann - I think there's a huge difference between flirting with someone and pursuing a relationship. Yes, it's okay to flirt with her and not tell her (although, really, that's what he was semi-subconsciously trying to accomplish with the flirting). Clark's dilemma is that he feels he can't become deeply involved with Lois unless she knows the truth. I liked the star chart - all my life I've called it the "Big Dipper", but it does look like a plough, too.

Iolanthe - I'm happy to see you're back and I'm thrilled to have made you laugh.

Vicki - Yay! I'm so pleased you liked the flirting (especially the "got lucky" portion). I'm glad that it came through loud and clear that it was Clark who was flirting with her, no matter how he was dressed. Lois' problem was that she wasn't looking for her partner, but at least she still had enough clarity to find his behavior familiar.

Originally, I had the flashbacks in a different order. It went Thursday night makeout session, Friday morning press conference, and then the Tuesday night makeout. Pity my poor betas, who had to mentally jump around and try to figure out what had happened when. It finally seemed so complicated that it was easier/less confusing to make the flashbacks occur in a linear fashion.

My sincere thanks to everyone who's reading along and especially to those of you who have commented. I'm very grateful for the support!

about the wlan router. On the plus side, we might get lots of polished new parts, well, okay, three once you get back to having access to the internet at home.

Michael, who's not above groveling for new-part benefits whichever way possible.

Michael - on the plus side, I'll have lost my favorite work-avoidance technique (surfing the 'net). So, yeah, it's not unrealistic to think that I'll get the last three parts polished and off to the betas.

I'm late but I'm here! Excellent part Sue. I love when Lois figures out Clark is SM without him having to tell/show her. I mean, it's just so friggin obvious. Sometimes I feel like Tempus - Lois!! Duh!! Clark is Superman!! And poor Lois puking up all her popcorn. She's got too little food and water to be tossing her cookies.

I'm still wondering why her kidnapper left her food or why they didn't have someone watching her or why they haven't figured out she's gone yet. Did someone just really underestimate LL or is there going to be some major A plot drama coming up?? /bites nails

And I was a little confused at first with the whole Clark acting like Clark while being SM thing. At first I was like, 'Does he not remember he didn't tell her?' But then I saw your comment about how he was acting like Clark as SM in hopes that she would figure it out and then thought she had figured it out and then got embarrassed or whatever when he realized she hadn't figured it out.

One thing I'm still confused about though... the phrase game. So how does that work exactly? Everyone is handed random phrases and whichever ones SM mentions, they win? So that means that Clark cheated <gasp> when he won the week before! I love it.

When's the next part Sue?!

No, it's just a phrase that's got to be mentioned by anyone speaking, not just Superman. I'm guessing it's based on the politician-speech-generator 2.0. There about 100 phrases, 50 terminus technicus and a couple of verbs. You press a button and viola, you got a ready-made speech suitable for any occasion, from an inauguration to a hospital opening all the way to a declaration of war.

No idea how Clark won the last time. Maybe it really was luck since he couldn't be at a PC when Superman talks. Unless he leaves for a bit

Michael

Yay I am finally caught up. this was a great chapter. I loved the flirting with Superman and then I love how she figured it all out. Terrific. Laura

Hi Sue,

I was just wondering whether there is an estimated post date for part 8?

Thanks,
Lynn

Pretty please with sugar on top?

/sends lot's of WLAN cabel to Sue/

Michael

The next part? You mean there's more? :p

I sent part 8 off to the betas four days ago. I've yet to hear back from them. I haven't started to panic (yet) because of the holidays. My goal is to get the entire story posted before the end of the year.

Steph! - Hey baby! (I can totally call her that because Steph is the only FoLC whose backside I have freely groped. ) Without giving too much of the plot away, she was left with food and water because her kidnapper expects to keep her there for longer than a few days. He certainly wasn't expecting her to get out of a locked train car.

As Michael explained, the phrase game isn't just what Superman says - it's anyone giving a speech. The phrases are ranked by the likelihood of use so having a phrase spoken that doesn't pop up at your typical press conference can win it. That game is based on a RL game that my co-workers and I play when we're forced to attend some of the most boring and pointless meetings ever held.

Laura - I'm so glad you're still reading along. I thought I had lost you! Thanks for sticking with me.

I have my new hotspot and it's working great (but I did laugh at the thought of Michael unspooling all that cable on my behalf).

(insert running away with tail between the legs emoticon)....and add sound of whimpering.

Check your e-mail Sue---in like 20 minutes.

Um, Michael? The "W" in "WLAN" stands for "wireless". Did you mean "WAN cables," perchance?

Sorry, the networking instructor in me couldn't let that one slip by. I'll go back into hiding now.

Joy,
Lynn

*sigh* I guess that's what I get for omitting the "(sic)" after "WLAN".

Michael, who's now going back to tinkering with semi-colons and if-statements.

PS: There was an ebay auction a couple of years ago where someone sold 10m of high quality WLAN cable. But I guess if the joke needs explaining, it's dead and buried

So your post was just a "sic" joke (sic).



Oops. I missed that auction (obviously!), more's the pity.

Was the person posting it a scammer, a jokester, or just ignorant of networking terminology?

Joy,
Lynn

Scammer or jokster. Don't really remember which but I'm guessing small-time scam

Reminds me of the old "catchphrase bingo" game.