Let's see if this goes through...

  Now, how, exactly, are you handling the SoDT?  Is it _always_ 
permanent, even if the person jumping in is uncursed to begin with?

  If not, then having _male_ Ranma jump in again is an error.  It will 
produce a pair of twins who disappear after contact with hot water.  
Even if it is permanent in all cases, there is still a way to spread the 
pain around a bit.  Ranko could jump into SoDB, then join the uncursed 
Ranma in his leap into SoDT.  This would yield one Ranko and three 
Ranmas.  The third day could produce one Ranko and _seven_ Ranmas, if 
desired (he's got seven passports, so one of the Ranmas would have to 
stay behind with Shampoo, anyway).

  If you do have to be cursed for the SoDT to be permanent, then Ranko 
is going to have to be the one who jumps in--every time.  Male Ranma 
would only be able to generate permanent cursed forms, like Ranko.

  Hope this prevents major continuity problems in chapter 8, which I am 
looking forward to.

--Freemage

Being one of the prereaders, I have a good grasp of Mike's theory here.

A SoDT dip with a cursed Jusenkyo character is permanent, and generates a
cursed and uncursed form, both of which are unaffected by hot or cold
water.  The curse is effectively "free" of both of the characters (except
for the fact that Ranko is in cursed form forever).  If Ranma jumps in
again, Ranma will split permanently again into two _male_ Ranmas.  If Ranko
jumps in, Ranko will split into two _female_ Ranmas.

Comprendre?

(Okay, so my French is a little rusty.)

Now, Ranko is cursed forever, but Ranma has to endure the pain of jumping
in at least once again.  Either way, it's a painful choice.

You've been reading too much "When Ranma was Two" :)



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Jonathan Ng
jonathan@worldy.com
alternate address: jonathan_ng@my-dejanews.com

     "It feels like ten kilos of life in a five-kilo box."  His voice
gained in strength and lightened in tone.  "I can only feel a trickle now,
like dust motes floating in a sunbeam, one by one, just moving through me,
but it's just so right there's no describing it.  It tickles a bit, feels
like a first kiss or the jolt you feel when the flux in sabacc just makes
your hand better than what you were already betting." - Two Jedi trainees
discussing the Force

	-Excerpt from I, Jedi, P.96, (c) Michael Stackpole