On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Matthew Campbell wrote:

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Chaos and Destiny

Part 2: Royal Vengance
by Christopher Jones
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        *Ranma, wake up! Akane's in trouble!*
        "nnuh?"
        Ranma sat bolt upright in bed. "Wait a second... Ryouga, get
up! I think somethin's happened to Akane!"

Hmmm.  Why did the voice choose to speak to Ranma and why did it single 
out Akane?  Curious.

Maybe because she is the one person that Ranma would do anything for?
The voice of the Prophecy knows quite a bit about everything.

        Without waiting for further prompting, Garion and Belgarath
dropped their cups and ran for their private quarters.

Couldn't they just translocate there?

Probably, but that would leave them momentarily unprotected.  Remember,
there is a small period after releasing their will in which they are
somewhat drained.

Besides, the relative distance probably did not warrant such a feat.
Either that or running there is more efficient is energy than
translocating.

Also, we have a precident.  In "Guardians of the West", Garion ran for the
bathes when Ce'Nedra was in trouble.

        Not hearing, but realizing what had happened none the less,
Garion turned to his son. "I want you to stay here too, Son."
        "Father--"
        "No arguments, Geran." He turned back to the others. "Let's
go!" He took off running down the corridor, shifting into the form of
a wolf in mid-step.
        The martial artists' eyes widened slightly, but they followed
without question. Belgarath followed close behind with Poledra. They
too went wolf before they had moved three paces.

Hmmmm.  If the Eddings bunch can 'hear' it when the Nerimians do stuff, 
shouldn't the Nerimians be 'hearing' something when they shapechange to 
wolves?

Most likely.  Of course, it might be that they did hear.  We see, here, no
indication that they did not.

        "One more chance. Where's my wife?"
        The guard started nervously. and looked around at the buildings
around him.
        He spared one more glance at the furious king. Resignedly, he
yelled out, and raised his sword against the king.

Wow, they really are stupid!

As was said before in the Mallorean, "The Asturians don't have the monoply
on stupidity."

        He could feel the boy's will gathering. Belgarath gathered his
own again, for he appeared to be letting the cultists get closer to
him.
        "BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Ryouga released his will. stabbing an
outstretched finger down into the cobblestones. They literally
exploded, sending a large group of cultists flying through the air in
all directions. Chest heaving, he stood unharmed in the middle of a
small crater in the street. He lifted his umbrella, and attacked
another cultist from behind.

I don't think Ryouga uses any of his chi to use the Bakusai Tenketsu.
In the same manner, Ranma's Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken doesn't use any of
his chi.

        Akane ran past Ryouga up to Ranma, but stopped just short of
embracing him.
        "Did they hurt... any of you?" he asked.
        Akane shook her head. "One cretin tried to attack Shampoo while
she was tied up, but I gave him the business end of a beating."
        Ranma grinned fiercely. "Good."
        Shampoo glomped him at that point. "Oh, Airen! So scary! Bear-
man try to hurt Shampoo. Airen make Shampoo feel better?"
        Akane rolled her eyes and stomped off in anger as Ranma tried
to dislodge himself.

You know, I'm a little disgusted with Ranma here.  Given that Shampoo 
was just kidnapped and attacked you'd think he could just give her a 
freaking hug for once without trying to squirm away and act like she has 
some sort of disease..  Just give her a hug you moron!  Isn't he glad to 
see she's alright?

Giving Shampoo a hug might make it look as if he cared more for her than
he does for Akane.  Knowing the Ranma group, this is exactly how most of
them will interpret the act.  This is the one thing Ranma wants to avoid
at all cost.

At least until he decides that he likes one girl more than the other.

Not that he hasn't already done so, even if he won't admit it to himself.

The list of *Confirmed* sorcerers are so far:

Akane - Translocated the mallet in the first story
Ranma - Mouko Takibisha - this story
Ryouga - Bakusai Tenketsu - this story
Mousse - Translocates or conjures all his weapons in this story.

On Ryoga, please see above.  Of course, his Shishi Hokodan qualifies...

Waiting for more of this...


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