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	Having trouble understanding Chapter 2 of "The Downward Spiral"?

	Well, friend, you're in luck because I just happen to have the 
Uncanny X-Men right here in front of my very own keyboard (GASP)!  
They're going to attempt to explain Chapter 2 right in front of your very 
eyes (DOUBLE GASP)!  Enjoy!
			
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	"Greetings, my friend and welcome to the Xavier Institute for 
Higher Learning.  I am Professor Charles Xavier and these are my 
students:

	"--Scott Summers--"  "Hello."  <Did I say it right Professor, did 
I?>

	"--Jean Grey-Summers--"  "Pleasure to meet you."  <I hope I don't 
die in this story.>

	"--Dr. Henry McCoy--"  "I am humbled with your honorable 
presence."  <I doubt even I can figure this one out.>

	"--Robert Drake--"  "Hey!"  <Dude, Anthony, you need to chill out 
with the melodrama in your stories!>

	"--Warren Worthington the third--"  "Nice to meet you."  
<Betsssssyyyyyy, I wanna' fool around!!!>

	"--Elizabeth Braddock--"  "Hullo."  <Not now, Warren!>

	"--Mr. Logan--"  "Grrrrwwwwll."  <Something about this scent 
makes my hair stand up.  *Logan, you're hair already does stand up.*  
Shut up, Chuck.>

	"--Remy LeBeau--"  "Bonjour, mon ami."  <I wonder how bad dis 
writer's gonna make my cajun accent.  Well, nuthin could be as bad as 
Scott Lobdell.  Can it?...>

	"--Mr. Bishop--"  The room is deathly quiet as Bishop slowly eyes 
the guest of the mansion.  Could it be that this was the Traitor...?

	"--Sam Guthrie--"  "How yall' doin'?"  <Ah hope ah don't look too 
green on my first fan fic as an X-Man.>

	"--and finally, Ororo Munroe."  "Welcome, friend."  <As long as I 
don't say 'goddess' in this story, it should fine.>

	"Now that you know my students, we will proceed to today's 
lesson.  Today we are attempting to do the impossible by explaining 
Anthony Ryan's fan fic "The Downward Spiral."

	*Incoming call for Charles Xavier from Moira McTaggert*

	"I'm afraid you must excuse me.  I'll be in my office if anyone 
needs me."

	<JEEEEAAANNNN!  The Professor's leaving!  What am I going to 
do?!>

	'Sigh'  <(Not again.)  Calm down, Scott.  It'll be okay.  
Everything's going to be okay.  Why don't you take the call with the 
Professor?>

	<Yea!  Professor!  Wait up, Sir!  I get to come with you!>

	'Sigh'  <(Not again.)  Hurry along, Scott.>

	"It seems two members of our inquisitve assemblage are now in 
absentia.  I suppose we should continue before any others are forced to 
depart.  I am accessing the fabulous piece of fan ficton at this very 
moment -- OY VEY!  This sucker's HUGE!"

	"What?!  I'm an Oriental assassin AGAIN?!"

	"Oh my God!  I'm a real loser in this story!"

	"I KNEW I was going to die again!"

	"Well, technically, Jean you are not yet deceased.  You and I are 
on a sabbatical in what appears to be the Mojoverse.  Apparently, Mojo is 
attempting to use us for his dastardly, devious, diabolical schemes."

	"I KNEW LEBEAU WAS THE TRAITOR!!!  He's run off with Sabretooth 
AND he's killed me!!!  Hey, 'sniff, sniff' I'm dead..." 

	"Get a hold of yerself Bishop!  It says here that I run off after 
Gambit as soon as he kills ya, that stinkin' piece of cajun trash..."

	"Hey now, I don' tink you guys are bein' very fair to dis Cajun! 
If you stop an' read dis' part, it says dat de only reason I ran off wit' 
Monsier Creed is because him an' his partner Angela are holdin' two of my 
friends hostage!  Mon Dieu!  <My accent is worse den when Scott writes 
me!>"

	"I only have two dang lines in this whole stupid fan fic!  See?  
No one likes the loser of the team!"

	"If ya' think yoah part is bad, Bobby, check out mine!!  Ah sure 
do look green in my first fan fic as an X-Man!"
	
	"NO!  I do say goddess again.  This 'Anthony' fellow shall pay 
dearly for writing me like Scott Lobdell!"

	"Betsssssyyyyy!  Can we fool around yet?"

	"Not now Warren.  Oh the nerve of that indignant little...  Did 
you know Warren, that you propose to my catatonic body in this story--"

	"Does that mean we can fool around???!!!"

	"SHUT UP WARREN!  Because of Spiral, my body is healed but my 
mind is now that of Kwannon's?!  And Robert, if you thought you were a 
loser, look at War!  He destroys the medlab when he enters my mind, and 
then he runs away!"

	"Okay, okay guys, calm down!  I'll admit, I did some pretty 
drastic things when I wrote this fan fic--"

	"I'm Kwannon AGAIN!"

	"I'm a loser AGAIN!"

	"Ah look green AGAIN!"

	"I was right about Gambit being the Traitor AGAIN!"

	"I get a berserker rage AGAIN!"  'SKIKT'

	"I have an 'orrible accent AGAIN!  (But at least someone finally 
shuts up Bish!)"	
	
	"I say 'goddess' AGAIN!"
	
	"I die AGAIN!"

	"Actually, Jean, you've only been kidnapped AGAIN!"

	"What are you all doing?!"

	"YEAH!  You tell 'em, Professor."

	"We're sorry, Professor..."

	"I trust you've all explained this story?"

	"Yes, sir."

	"Good.  Then I suppose our visitor should be leaving.  I hope 
you've enjoyed your visit to the Xavier Institute.  Good day."

	"Wait don't leave yet!  It's me, the author!  Feel like the end 
of "The Downward Spiral" has left a huge cliffhanger?  That's cause it 
has!  Look for the continuations of "The Downward Spiral" soon!"

	"Do I get to fool around with Betsy in them?"

	'Sigh'  "No, Warren.