On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Richard Lawson wrote:
: A spray of cold water hit him and Ryoga. He looked over to see Akane
: standing with a fire hose. Ranma blew out a relieved breath as he and
: Ryoga changed. One disaster averted.
:
: Ranma looked down to realize that another was about to happen. The
: force of the water's blast was carrying her out of the ring - and to
: defeat. She tried to swim against the force of the water, but it was a
: useless gesture - Ranma vaguely remembered lessons from her physics
: class. You couldn't lift yourself off the ground, and you couldn't swim
: up a waterfall. The same principle - no leverage.
:
: She fell to the ground outside the ring, Ryoga in pig form landing on
: top of her. Her mind shut down, with one thought ringing through her
: head: she'd lost.
:
: ROSES OF SHADOW
:
: A Love Story
:
: By Richard Lawson
:
: If I do write this, it will be weeks from now, as I have other things to
: work on first. But the ideas have begun to pop into my head.
:
: What do you think? Should I write this?
<Shudder> Yes! Write it. Oh god, the thought of Ranma stuck
with a still-crazy Kodachi sends chills of horror up my spine. I
want to see this fic!
First predictions: Ranma will be doing whatever he can to get
Kodachi to call off their relationship without breaking his
promise, but as he gains more and more insight into her tortured
mind he automatically begins to look out for her and thereby helps
her on the way of recovery.
When does Kodachi learn of his curse? The most effective time
would probably be at a point where Kodachi just begins to form an
actual bond of trust to Ranma (instead of her unhealthy fixation
and ownership delusions). How will she react to the fact that the
man she was just beginning to trust turns out to be the same
person who fought against her to prevent her from getting Ranma in
the first place. Most likely she would withdraw from him and slip
back into her neurotic patterns. Ranma would have to work hard to
save their relationship and thereby her slipping grasp on sanity.
Lots of potential in this. Writewritewrite!
Sebastian