Kira: Did she do this in public?
This is Nerima, would anyone *notice*?
SKJAM!: Oops. Well, she remembers where the Nekohanten is, I hope.
Nope..fortunately that isn't a problem...
Kira: (silly voice): Yaahhh!! Run away!
(Casper voice) Awwww MAN!
SKJAM!: Don't you just love weirdness overload?
Yes, I am rather fond of GRIT.
Oh, you mean this fanfic. Ah, heh heh heh... <sweatdrop>
Kira: Guess the girls didn't think that if Hikaru was possessing
someone,
they'd want their body back...
(Imagine Ranma's body as the pay binoculars in the first episode of
MKR...you'll get a great laugh out of this scene if you think about
it that way...)
SKJAM!: yes, that's right, Ranma, Akane hit you on the head too
hard and
you've been living as a girl for the past year :-)
<snicker>
Kira: ~\o Gonna turn my brown eyes blue o/~
I thought it went "Don't it make my brown eyes blue"? Oh well, it's
been years since I bothered to pay attention to country music anyways.
..
SKJAM!: Major uh-oh here... Ranma must still be addled. he'd
better
hope Umi or Fuu don't call the pig Ryouga in front of Akane...Heck,
they
might tell *Hikaru* the pig's name is Ryouga, and won't that be a
pretty
picture...
<shrug> Ranma never calls him P-chan when he's actually a pig, except
to mock him. At least, not that I can recall...
Kira: yes, definite blowing of Ryouga's secret ID here if the girls
find
out about the hot water thing later...
Could happen...time will tell...
SKJAM!: Okay, now everyone knows everyone else's name, though They
might
wish otherwise later...
"Sometimes you wanna go...where everybody knows your name..."
Kira: In a public coffee shop? Ranma is being really careless here.
..]
ACK! This was a bit of a rush on my part, which led to this glaring
error. I meant for this to occur in the RESTROOM of the coffee shop.
That WILL get fixed when I revise this chapter.
SKJAM!: Or, to quote Shirow's "Orion", "Does this place have a
never-ending supply of weird shit?!"
ROFL!
Kira: Amazingly cogent observation...
Personally I think Ryouga just likes checking out Ranma-chan's bod.
<snicker>
Jodan! Jodan yo! <dodges rocks, bricks, mallets, anvils, and spells>
Kira: RAnma isn't going to pour cold water over Ryouga in front of
the
girls, is he?
Even Ranma isn't *that* dense.
SKJAM!: Must've had a stash under the table.
Didn't you know? Scientists finally figured out where Ryouga manages
to find his clothes all the time. Turns out he has an ENORMOUS
hyperspace pocket dimension in his bandana. Every time he turns into
a pig, his clothes, umbrella, and backpack fall in there--and even if
they don't, he always has spares. That's also where all those
bandanas come from.
Kira: (Umi voice): And how would you know all this, oh boy who
we've
never seen before?
<snicker> Yep, Umi would definitely say something like that. Of
course, she's probably used to stuff like that now, after dealing
with Madoshi Clef...
Kira: (Fuu voice): Ara, like the pig! You're the pig! How
Kawaii!
I'm supposing that Fuu and Umi didn't actually hear Ranma call the
pig Ryouga, since he was talking quietly. I'll work that out when, as
I said, I revise this beast.
SKJAM!: And the level of violence de-escalated rapidly...(It's been
at
least an hour, probably more, and no discussion in Nerima could
possibly
go that long without a fight breaking out :-)
Unless they were all too busy pigging out on fine Joketsuzoku ramen
to get all rowdy. <g>
(hey, it COULD happen. After all, the only thing they all like to do
more than fight is eat, and that applies to ALL of them, ne? Think
about it.)
(....Ever notice how the martial artists always have ENORMOUS
appetites?)
(And sorceresses and swordsmen too...okay, I'll shut up now...)
Kira: Well, that's a change. Although glomping yourself isn't much
of a
thrill...
Another one of my really glaring errors in this chapter. I should
have proofread this one, but at the time I was just concentrating on
moving the story along and getting it posted before I fell asleep.
But, as I said, it will be fixed.
SKJAM!: Technically not true...the actual engagement came after the
explanation of the curse, which could be considered "getting to
know"
Ranma.
Touche.
Kira: What database is she tapped into?
tendou-nabiki.omniscient-beings.org.jp <grin>
SKJAM!: yep, which is always a consideration in "Ranma turns girl
mentally" fics...
Hai, sou desu.
Kira: Telepathy is a wonderful gift, but one should always be
ethical in
its applications.
Yeah...at least they aren't like Vince and Amy Tagle yet <g>
SKJAM!: I hope this isn't going to happen too often. It's a nasty
vulnerability...
More than likely they'll only do this at night, when they're asleep.
I won't comment on Ranma's intelligence, but he does have common
sense about SOME things, and Hikaru's sensible...they'll figure it
out.
Kira: her mental self-image, I guess.
Pinpon!
Kira: obviously, both their self-images are pretty positive :-)
Ain't it great? ^_^
SKJAM!: Though if you keep blacking out, it may be a good idea to
keep
the conversations to a minimum.
Like I said, best saved for sleeptime. After all, while the body is
resting and recharging, they can go on like this for hours in REM
sleep...
SKJAM!: Wonder how much censoring they'll do...And Ranma's take on
the
various people in his life is likely to influence Hikaru unduly at
first.
I'm considering actually adding this scene into the chapter. I didn't
at first because 1) it was late and I was tired and 2) I wasn't sure
how much it might bore everyone. But, I'll probably do something with
this, to round out the chapter...
SKJAM!: Hmm, Hikaru still hasn't woken up in the male body yet.
Wonder
if she can...?
I'll admit, I've thought about that one. All I can say is time will
tell.
As always, thanks for the C&C! It's been most useful on this chapter,
the most hastily thrown-together one of the whole lot. (I really have
to work to clean this one up...oy VEY...)
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