On 04/24/2005 07:09 AM, Thunderstruck said:
She sighed. "It's not a bad idea, {sugar : Sugar}, but I think we'd
better play this straight. That sort of thing can backfire."
"Because of him," Ukyou agreed, "and because of you people, {sister :
Sister}. You messed up your little spell, and that old pervert
managed to get off scot-free while WE ended up with that thing on our
tails!"
Ukyou sighed, then drew out her canteen. "Ready, {sugar : Sugar}?"
she said, then poured the cool water over her friend's head. Several
of the Temple Guardians gasped as the change took hold of Hibiki
Ryouga, transforming him from male to female as the Jusenkyou curse
took effect. While they were more versed in the occult than the
average layman, few had ever seen a thing like that in person.
"You got that right, {sister : Sister}," Ukyou agreed. Some of the
attendants of the Temple of Three around them twitched at the young
chef's disrespectful tone, but she was past caring about such things.
Ryouga-chan fidgeted uncomfortably, reflexively feeling sympathetic
towards a woman in distress. Ukyou was not moved. She'd done most of
the talking in relating the tale of how Ranma and the rest of them
became the targets of the Reikoku, and was not in a forgiving mood.
"Look, {lady : Lady}," she said, "we didn't come here just to watch
you take a guilt trip. What we want is that monster off our butts,
understand? Since you accept that it's your fault that we're in this
mess, what are you going to do about it?"
"The first goddesses," the High Priestess explained. "The final
goddesses. They are past, present, and future - {daughter, mother,
and crone : Daughter, Mother, and Crone}. The Three have appeared in
different forms, by different names, in every culture on the Earth.
They are the Norns and the Fates, the Wyrd Sisters and the Kindly
Ones. Their names are Callieach and Brigit, Elaine and Morrigan,
Saravasti and Lakshmi and Kali, Urd and Skuld and Verthandi..."
"It'll be fine, {sugar : Sugar}," she'd told her angry friend. "I'll
be okay."
"Kuonji Ukyou," the young fighter shouted back. "Can the ceremony
and bring on the monster, {lady : Lady}. I'm ready to kick its
demonic ass!"