this is for anyone else who wants to get in, i also got a couple
   of tech questions in e-mail so...
Happi Days 0 file

Notes from a demented hack writer,Greggsharp@aol.com

some questions have been sent to me regarding the
  mechanics, and here's the answers, as i see em.
the Jusenkyo curses work on templates. ie, anything
real can be described as a set of parameters, for
example:
 <human><male><age:39><caucasian><hair color/length/othr>
<anime fan><health level:poor><str dex con int wis cha> 
and on and on and on with a number of subcategories.
for example: health: lungs scarred from repeated bouts of
pnuemonia and bronchitis, migraines, sinus problems, 
allergies, skin patches, repeatedly broken joints, etc. 

   a Jusenkyo curse resets specific values when in the
cursed form. "Bishojo Bride" would have the following
overide template:
 <human><female><age:17><hair length:1.5m, straight>
<health level:good+><str-1 dex+1 cha+2><gender identity: 
heterosexual female><value template:old fashioned girl>
<overall appearance: beautiful><libido:high, controlled>
NOTE: this is what most of the curse victims have been
 hit with. Note that strongly held beliefs, feelings,etc
 have the effect of a rock in the stream of changed 
 conciousness, the stream going around those without
 changing them. Nabiki's love of profit, for example.

    some characters have been hit by "Amazon Warrior"
water. Kasumi for one. The template for this would read
something like:
 <human><female><health level:excellent+><str+1 dex+2
con+2 cha+1><value template: Chinese Amazon><overall
appearance: tough but cute><libido:medium+><Fighting
skills improvement pleasure feedback/self image loop>

TIMELINE: (of parts written so far):
             TENTATIVE
-3 days: Yohko Harenchi is notified by Nabiki Tendo of
  Ranma's whereabouts and of his curse. Yohko pays 
  Nabiki for this info.
-2 days: Yohko attacks Ranma, Mousse drugs Ranma, Ranma
  leaves Friday evening under the influence of Passionate
  Spice.
1st day: Monday. Happosai rigs the school sprinkler
  system before classes start. Second period the cursed
  Bishojo Bride water hits. Happosai goes on a watergun
  rampage in Nerima.
Day 2: Tuesday. Happosai still blasting people, and is
  sought by a number of people for his attacks. Students
  trying to come to terms with the transformation.
Day 3: Wednesday. First obvious cases of mental 
  contamination/transformation begin to occur.
Day 4: Thursday. Gosunkugi tries out an anti-curse
  potion that actually accelerates the mental 
  transformation. Tsubasa tries to commit suicide.
Day 5: Friday. Discovery that getting drunk, using
  sedatives, etc accelerates mental contamination.

Week 2, Day:1 Happi Days 3

Week 2, Day:5 Kasumi gets hit with "Spring Of Drowned
  Amazon Warrior" water. Akane gets a manicure and
  starts planning what to do with Ranma when she gets
  him alone. The surprising part is that violence is
  not on the agenda.
  Happi Days 4a: Tofu's Chart Notes
  Happi Days 4b: Nabiki's Sidestory

Week 2, Day:6 Tetsuo starts planning out a possible
  cure for Ranma's curse based on observations of the
  curse mechanics he can see.

Week 3, Day:1 Ucchan's Story (Happi Days 4c), Tetsuo's 
  Tale (Happi Days 4d)
  suggested time frame for other sidestories as this
  is the period where if someone is going to psychogically
  change, this is most likely.

Week 4, Day:1  Ranma Returns to Nerima


hmmm. more than some authors who've had revengefics,
at the end of this storyline i'll have deserved one. pity i
don't do self-inserts. (see health description above) 
Ja ne!