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In the bar...

Puppetmon: Okay, so, you go up to the bar, and you tell him you're twenty-one, okay?

Calumon: Hee! I like this game!

Calumon bounds off, and Puppetmon look around and taps his foot. Calumon returns a few minutes later with a six-pack.

Puppetmon: SCORE!

Puppetmon and Calumon high-five each other.

Elsewhere...

Armadillomon knocks back the last of his fifteenth eggnog.

Armadillomon: Three... votes... dear Lord, why do you hate me...?

Jeri pats Armadillomon's shell, and holds her sock puppet in front of his face.

Jeri: *lips not moving* Cheer up! It's not the end of the world! There's plenty more - AWP!

Armadillomon eats Jeri's puppet.

Kazu: You've done mankind a great service.

Armadillomon: Do I get an award?

Kazu: Nope.

Armadillomon: Goldurnit!

Elsewhere again...

BlackWarGreymon: I feel so alive...!

Machinedramon: Okay. Okay. There's. No. Need. To. Go. On. About. It.

BlackWarGreymon: I know now that I must have a heart, for it is so filled with joy! I feel as though I could do anything!

BlackWarGreymon bolts down the remainder of his eggnog in one gulp, and hurls the glass away. It strikes Machinedramon's leg and shatters.

Machinedramon groans and falls to bits.

BlackWarGreymon: Oops...

Elsewhere twice removed...

Kari: It was YOUR fault! *slap*

T.K.: YOUR fault!

Kari: YOURS!! *slap*

T.K.: Cut that OUT! You're the one who insisted we take pictures! I just decided to post them on the Internet, that's all!

The speaker system crackles.

Chris (v/o): Posters of AFD and fan-created characters can return to the auditorium now. Anyone else... well, anyone else really just won't care, so you don't have to come.

AFDers and fan-created characters all shuffle off out of the bar, and back into the hall.

Oikawa: ...so then she says, "No, I'M the hooker!"

MetalSeadramon: BWAAA-HAHAHAHAHAAA!!

Oikawa: Yeah, it's a good one, huh? *chuckles*

MetalSeadramon: Heh... heh... HAHAA! I'm da hooker...

Oikawa: ...

MetalSeadramon: ...

Oikawa: ...

MetalSeadramon: ...I don't get it.

Back in the hall... (if you're not an AFDer, you can just CLICK HERE to skip this bit, as you won't be missing anything)

Chris: Welcome back to:

THE DIGI-AWARDS 2001!

Chris: And now, we're gonna hit:

SECTION THREE: ALT.FAN.DIGIMON

Chris: ...hard and fast, to get it over with. I don't want this section to be required reading for any non-AFD readers, so I'm just going to shoot through the votes here, without guest presenters or anything. First up...

CATEGORY ONE: MOST POPULAR AFDer

Chris: Votes were:

1 - Thomas Connor
1 - Areku
1 - Aaron Thall
1 - Haruspex
1 - Shard
1 - Chris McFeely
1 - Lisa
2 - Tech Weaver
5 - Susan

Chris: A definite victory for Susan, there!

Chris lobs Susan her award.

Chris: Next...

CATEGORY TWO: MOST ANNOYING AFDer

Chris: For safety's sake, after the kerfuffle last year, I'll just deal with the winning votes for those who won't actually get all offended and paranoid and stuff, and they are:

2 - Areku
4 - Fenix
5 - Dima

Chris: Like we didn't expect that. Dima can't be here tonight to accept his Sukie, but we'll mail it to him.

CATEGORY THREE: FUNNIEST AFDer

Chris: Moderately sized...

1 - Haruspex
1 - Timestones
1 - Susan
2 - George Rodd
3 - Chris McFeely
3 - Jolly Trolly
3 - Ghostyhead

Chris: Our second and biggest tie of the night, between me, JT and Ghosty!

Chris leaves one Digi on the podium, and tosses JT his.

Chris: Ghosty isn't here tonight either... we don't know where she is, but we miss ya Ghosty! Get back here so I can give you this frickin' award!

CATEGORY FOUR: FAVOURITE FANFIC BY AN AFDer

Chris: We didn't actually have a winner this time. Just a lot of fics that received one vote each. Looks like we'll be doing a breakdown ballot for this next year. The fics that got voted for were:

"Digi-Trigger" by Timestones
"Angels Reborn" by Time Lady
"Ascension" by Chris McFeely
"Remembrance" by Time Lady
"Acid Trip" by Fenix
"The End of the End" by Ghostyhead
"The Saga of the Fox Kids Fantom" by Chris McFeely
"The Doctor and the Debutante" by Time Lady
MST of "Anserwing Machines" by Susan
"A Digi-Tale" by Time Lady
"A Teacher's POV" by Time Lady

Chris: So you can see that TL would have won by sheer number of fics voted for, but that ain't how this category works!

CATEGORY FIVE: FAVOURITE CHARACTER CREATED BY AN AFDer

Chris: Limited voting...

1 - The teacher, from "A Teacher's POV," by Time Lady
1 - C.J. (StarBukamon), from "DigiWars! DigiDestined," character created by Aaron Thall
1 - April, from "DigiWars!" DigiDestined," character created by Shard
1 - The Fantom, from "The Saga of the Fox Kids Fantom" by Chris McFeely
1 - Katrina Rydeout, from "DigiWars! Bring Your Own Destiny," by Tech Weaver
1 - Otakkio, from ?
1 - Keramon/Aitomon, from "DigiWars! Losing Touch," by Ghostyhead
4 - Charlene (Izzy's laptop), from Chris McFeely's fic series

Chris: I did good when I made you, Sharlie.

Chris pitches Charlene her award, which lands with a thump in the seat beside her.

Charlene: Boo - yah.

Chris: And finally:

CATEGORY SIX: FAVOURITE AUTHOR FROM AFD

Chris: People don't read enough these days...

1 - Fenix
1 - St. Paul
2 - Ghostyhead
3 - Chris McFeely
6 - Time Lady

Chris: I had this one predicted since before the ballots came in as well. *tosses TL her award* You've taken my title, but I'm not bitter... *twitch*

The Digi-Rap plays again.

Chris: Well folks, that's this section over and done with. No time wasted. Now, off you go, out, out, out, and we'll call you back in a little while when it's time for section four!

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CONTINUED IN SECTION FOUR!
Click HERE to continue on to Section Four.
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