Cos Play

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0e8c8c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kenshin stuff"><U><IMG SRC="397a0300.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="48" ALT="Kenshin-related things-includes a gallery, fanart, etc." ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Doujinshi"><U><IMG SRC="3a9a0300.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="48" ALT="Rurouni Kenshin Doujinshi Guide!" 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(I don't really like the way it turned out... need to fix it up.)  Other than that, I'm not really sure.  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>