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Converging Series:  a guide to the series
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fanfics and series crossed over in ACT I
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1) What is Converging Series?

   A little less than a year ago, the question was put out:  why not have
a fanfic that crossed over with not just other series, but other fanfics?
And so, a few authors got together and did a little plotting....

2) Rumiko Takahashi's RANMA 1/2 so far... yes, there's more planned, but
   that's in act II. =)

3) What fanfics are crossed into in ACT I?

   So far....

DESCENTS AND INVERSIONS: by Ross McKenzie (rmckenzi@euclid.ucsd.edu)
  A story of the many children of Ranma, from multiple realities.  In a
  way, Converging Series is a sequel to it, since it follows the
  adventures of one of the main heroes.
WHERE TO FIND IT
  e-mail: descents@ranma.net
  website:
  ftp: 

RANMA NIBUNNOICHI: by Caroline Ann Seawright
(kunoichi@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au)
  About how Ranma and Akane finally become a couple, and several other
  Nerimites that fall for each other as well.  Lemon flavored series.
WHERE TO FIND IT
  e-mail: wedding@ranma.net, univ@ranma.net, and fmn@ranma.net (three
          seperate parts).
  website: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~kunoichi
  ftp:

RANMA 2096: by Christopher Wilmore (4cw6@qlink.queensu.ca)
  100 years after Ranma dies an unexpected and early death, his spirit
  is re-awakened.  He encounters ghosts of his past, the descendents
  of old friends and enemies, and how they've dramatically changed Japan
  in the years since his passing.
WHERE TO FIND IT
   e-mail:
   website: http://qlink.queensu.ca/~4cw6/
   ftp:

THE WAY THINGS ARE (beta version, title pending): by Kevin Eav
   A wandering amnesiac is sent by the Chinese Amazons to Nerima, to ask
   Cologne for aid against a mysterious group hunting after him, and
   his own, 'programmed' fighting abilities that seem to take over him
   sometimes.
WHERE TO FIND IT
   e-mail: twta@ranma.net
   website: http://holly.colostate.edu/~geist/twta.txt
   ftp:

And of course, more to come in act 2.  We can't say now.  That'be telling
:p

4) Who are these people?

so far, in act I....

Ryo Saotome:  son of Ukyou Kuonji and Ranma Saotome, from Descents and
Inversions.  He's been put through one time crisis already, and handled it
well.  Now, another one....

Miyabi Saotome:  daughter of Ranma and Akane.  Sometimes short-tempered, a
little violent, and trained in martial arts by her father.  From Ranma
Nibunnoichi

Childra Jansen:  college student and historian from 2096.  A friend to
the ghosts of Ranma and Akane, as well as several members of the family
Gosunkugi and Hibiki.  From Ranma 2096.

Reiraku "Ratiko" Hibiki:  college student, frequent traveler.  The
great-grandson of Ryouga Hibiki, and has the distinct Hibiki ability to
travel randomly, whether he likes it or not.  From Ranma 2096

Ishido Takashima:  an amnesiac on the run from a mysterious and unknown
organization.  Ends up in Nerima, where he was told to find Cologne and
ask for her help by the amazons that he met in China.  His story is yet to
be told... in some ways runs parallel to Converging Series, and will be a
sequel to it as well.