On Sun, 5 May 1996, Jeanne Hedge wrote:
Nightelf (nwl9354@tam2000.tamu.edu) presents...
The Circe Project
Part 4
"I bring her home." She gestured to the man next to her.
Nene begged to differ. "Her?!? Trust me, this is a guy."
The young man smiled as he turned to Nene. "Pardon me, Nene, but
could you bring me some hot water?"
"Sure...what do..." Realization hit her. "...ohmygod...linna?"
"Mm-hmm."
A question:
>From Part 2:
Her metallic fingers raced across the keyboard to pull up Linna's
readings. She, like Mackie, changed, but something else happened...
Somehow, the systems were being destroyed...crushed from the inside...as
though the occupant of the suit was too large? Only one thing could do
that...She pulled up the lifeform readings in the security hold.
So why would Linna changing into a guy crush her suit from the inside? A
tight fit, yes, but *crushed*?
Crushed. The suit has electronic equipment inside of it, with some
protection, but more on the outside than the inside. When the suit,
which is tight enough as it is, suddenly has a person in it who has twice
the mass of the usual occupant, something will give. The first will be
the padding. That will fail, because it will be inadequate for the job.
Next will be the equipment protection. Systems failure...
"So...where Akane?"
Ranma shook his head. "She's...she's gone." Shampoo looked ready
to ask further, but thought better of it when she saw the look in his
eyes..."Mousse?"
This time it was her turn to mourn. "Genom..." He held up a hand,
indicating he didn't need to hear any more.
He held up a hand, or *she* did?
Hmmm. I guess I should refrain from the last pronoun there. Ranma (he)
is the one who raised his hand, having seen what Genom can do (and did to
the Chinese villages)
Ranma just rolled his eyes. "Oboy...Have you learned the Kashuu
Tenshin Amaguriken yet?"
Linna's face darkened. "Yes...that witch kept me in guy-form for
three weeks...
Which witch? Is Cologne still around?
Shamps isn't as young as she used to be...Also, if someone kept me in a
cursed form for a few weeks, the term "witch" would be a tame descriptor.
By the way, what happened while I was gone? And who are
these two?" she asked, gesturing to Mackie and Nodoka.
No comments about why Leon's there?
Well, she knew Leon...at least by reputation and sight. She had never seen
Nodoka or Mackie-chan before this.
Sylia tried to repress her laughter. "Well...the one with the
pigtail's Nodoka Hibiki, Ranma's grandfather.
Uh, don't you mean grandDAUGHTER?
I know, I know...
Sylia went to a console, where she typed a few commands. The modules
opened with a hiss, revealing the suits inside. The first four were
easily recognizeable: Sylia's blue-and-white, Priss' blue with pink
pinstripes, Linna's lime-green suit, and Nene's pink and purple outfit.
Hmmm, what year are we in? Nene shifted to the mainly-red suit in BGC 8
(late 2033)
Actually, it's fall 2034. They fell in the springs in April (I know,
because I made the date in question my birthday) and spent several months
setting things up, after losing Linna and then losing the suits.
BTW, you've probably guessed this, but Crash doesn't happen.
The six women
quickly put the suits on, eager to test them out and take them into
battle.
And what's Leon doing during all of this?
Watching. They were already in the bodysuits. (I think I put that in,
anyway...as I was first describing the group in the room, before Linna
started banging).
Perhaps I should use the word "hardsuits" in the above snippet, to
distinguish from the bodysuits they wear underneath.
Very nice. :) Keep up the good work!
Thank you.
Jeanne Hedge
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