From: JENKINS@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu (Kent Jenkins)
Subject: Joy and the Art: Precis
Date: 23 Dec 92 01:03:31 GMT

Joy and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
[Precis]
...

What follows is a summary of everything that has happened in the two
J.J. Faust stories I have written.  "Ode to Joy" and "Joy and the Art
of Motercycle Maintenance."  They both have been entirely written by
myself (tho I keep telling people they can help if they want) with
some cursory input from Liralen Li, Croyd Crimson, Kip G. Moore, and
Jim "Man-of-Many-Blinking-Lights-and-Beeping-Sounds" Gaynor.

A lot of this story was written just to write and, as the second J.J.
Faust story comes to a close, I'll possibly explain what happened.

Comments are always, always welcome at: JENKINS@AGVAX2.AG.OHIO-STATE.EDU
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INFOTEK DATA COLLECTION AGENCY
CORPERATE FILE 113-493: Juliane Josephine Armand Faust
STORY PRECIS

J.J. Faust is a woman of coincidence, manipulated by a man named Major
Rednix to gain, as some sort of comodity, herself and a pendant.  The
pendant had been an effect on her, turning her from her gemology job and
Masters degree, to running drugs and black market goods for party drugs
and the chance to live (and party) hard.

Wasp was Rednix's errand-boy, an ex-street gang kid who traded his
life to Rednix for a pair of high-security military Cybereyes.  His
job was to collect data on Faust, but he became awed by her unusual
behavior of intellect and animalism.

Faust learned she was being controled soon after killing Rednix and
five other women in a rage of selfish glory.  She was brought out by
finding a peice of her own true art - a necklace she had a hand in

into the bay.

Wasp inherited Rednix's underground empire and discovers how twisted it
truly is.  He takes a break and goes hunting after his unusual
obsession: J.J. Faust.

J.J. had brought her life back together again, with the help of a
drug, 'Liquid Apathy', until the man whose party she killed Rednix at
gives her a promotion to apprentice designer for the jewelry company.
There she meets a number of very ecclectic designers, including one,
Suz, who warns her to "stay Innocent, for someone's got to be Innocent
when the Unicorn comes."

Wasp meets Vit, a German hitman who has sought out the woman who
killed the infamous Major Rednix, a woman only known as "Faust."  Wasp
lies to keep J.J. safe from death and to have very good help in
getting to her.  Vit eventually finds out and threatens, many times,
to kill Wasp until they both find out more is going on than just J.J.
being mistaken for an international killer.

J.J. finds herself fondly courted by Patrick Mivlosk, a handsome man
who works in the building's administration.  At a party of his, she
suffers slight amnesia as a fire broke out and she fell down the
stairs, badly brusing herself in the rush for the exits.  Suz, when
J.J. returns to work, is disgusted.  J.J.'s boss sets her up in a new
apartment/flat for an incredible deal.  We, the readers, know that
J.J. was actually a part of some kind of ritual and was wounded badly
from the violence.

Faust goes out into a countryside park to reflect and to dance and
discovers a small boy whose father has been missing for a while and
wants Faust's help, as a 'faerie', to help find him.  She agrees, too
happy to think how she's going to do this.

She finds a note at work next morning from a man named 'Wasp' to meet
concerning people who are trying to kill her.  She goes to meet him
and discovers Patrick, warning of "a blond kid and a german" wanting
her life.  Wasp and Vit watch this discussion from a distance, Wasp
being outraged, and they go off to plan.
...

This is where we pick up the story again.  Confused?  Quick recap:

J.J. Faust is being controlled.  She doesn't know it.  Wasp and Vit
do, but are being held away by men with guns and lots of power.  The
word "magic" hasn't entered the scene yet, but you sure as hell bet
it's going to eventually.  J.J. Faust is in deep trouble.
...

[Copyright (c) 1992 by Kent Jenkins - Plot by a bunch of British people.]

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