Jurai-Knight wrote:

Hi Paul,

Paul Arezina wrote:

Quantum Destinies

Wahoo! More of it!

It's comments like this that make it worthwhile to keep writing. :)

Chapter 9 - A Taste of Things to Come
Ukyou had almost started a fight right then and there with the
Amazon.  Akane had turned her back on the whole thing, but she
was secretly glad that Ranma was all right.

So THAT's what happens when you're jumped into? You just... blank out?

Yep.  The quantum traveller takes over as the active personality, and the
target personality gets suppressed.  I guess it would be like having a
multiple personality disorder.

With enough exposure would the memories from the quantum 
traveller during the jump be available for the supressed personality 
when he/she awakens?  Maybe just flashes of memory, just 
enough to drive one crazy.

[snip]

He kept sneaking looks at his
father, as the older Saotome gulped down food, like he didn't
recognize him.  Genma hadn't noticed, but Ranma had become
even more withdrawn after that.  These back and forth switches in
personality were exhausting Akane.

What about RANMA? Ya think he might be just a LITTLE concerned that his mind
hasn't been his own lately?

You're right.  I guess I glossed over when I shouldn't have.

If my previous question is answered with a yes then this would 
cause MAJOR concerns!  He'd not know why he was doing 
something just that he was.

[snip]

    Her anger was forgotten.  Ranma noticed her looking through
his notebook and frowned.  He pulled it out of her hands without a
word and stuffed it into his bag.  She glared at him, but he just
ignored her.  That threatened to send her anger back to its usual
levels.

*Sigh* And they were getting along SO well...

It wouldn't be Ranma 1/2 if Akane went TOO long without getting angry.  :)

Some of AltRanma's dislike for AltAkane showing through?

[snip]

commander.  She wrapped it around her nakedness.  "<Pathetic
weaklings.  If such as these are the best warriors that the Empire
can muster, then my path to power is assured.>"

Wait... that lust for power... I know you! Herb-chan!

Another character that was too good to pass up. :)

    The girl looked to be no older than seventeen, but she walked
with the arrogance of nobility.

Yup yup yup, it's Herb-chan.

I did manage to restrain myself from doing some Darth Vader impressions
with her.  This was one of my favorite scenes to write in the chapter.

<Shshhh> Ranma <Uhh><Shshh> I am <Shshh> you're 
<Shsssshh> mother! <Shshh>

I just HAD to do it! :-)

    "<That I should suffer such an indignity,>" she muttered.  She
whirled to face the other way.  The cloak gave a brief glimpse of
finely toned legs as it swirled up for a moment.  <"I plan to make
their Emperor suffer as I have suffered these many years, as our
people have suffered.  Our people kept in cages for generations.
Bred like animals for their experiments.  My own father dead at
the hands of ones such as these.>"

Boy. She sounds a mite peeved.

You have no idea. :)

Emperor of Japan.>"  She laughed deeply.   "<A surprise that he
will enjoy for the few remaining moments that I allow him...
before I rip his head from his shoulders.  After that, I intend to
visit such blood and terror upon this world that none will ever
forget the power of the Musk Dynasty!>"

This would be a nice Chiisuiton/Jusenkyo cocktail?

Well, there are all those conveniently marked water samples to choose from.
:)

Ranma mets Herb.  Herb splashes Ranma.  Ranma no a she?

[snip]

    "Ranma, do you remember why we originally left home when
you were a boy?"  Genma took his glasses off and wiped the lenses
with his handkerchief.

Whoa, that happened here, too?

    "Sure, pop," replied Ranma with a smile.  "You wanted to make
me into the genius that I am today."

Bizarre parallels.

Isn't it?  :)

rare genetic disorder.  It wouldn't kill you, but your mental and
physical development would have left you far behind your peers.
As your father, I couldn't stand to see that happen, so I took steps
to prevent that fate from befalling you."

*gasp* Genma CARES! What an unexpected twist!

That's part of why it was so painful to see what his counterpart did.

were one of the very first recipients of this process, and I'm told
that it will soon become standard for every Citizen child born.
You are a new type of human, my son.  A superior breed.  That
was when I conceived to do what I now wonder might have been
egotistical folly."

Julian Bashir IS Saotome Ranma IN Quantum Destinies!

My joke with Herb might not be too far off!  What type of process 
hum?  Did they use some genetic material from the Musk Dynasty 
members in it?

[snip]

    "I have, brother," she had said.  She left him sputtering in
surprise as she went upstairs to change.  *My poor brother.  He
still isn't used to the new me,* she had thought with a smile.  The
Kodachi that she had jumped into had been a rather shy girl, her
only two interests were science and dancing.  She was slightly
afraid of boys, so her older brother had taken it upon himself to
protect her.  He apparently felt that no man was truly worthy of
his little sister.

"If you try to take advantage of my sister, I shall SMITE THEE!"

It does put a new persepctive on the character, doesn't it?  Just wait
until AltAkane meets AltKuno for the first time. :)

What happens when he notices AltKodachi's condition and THEN 
finds out AltAkane did it?  How's that change the dynamics of the 
AltAkane/AltKuno relationship?

[snip]

    "<Ah, I thought as much,>" said Khu Lon.  "<Perhaps a trip
might not be out of order for the two of us.>"

Oh dear. They're going to run smack dab into Ranma and the web of
strangeness that surrounds him, aren't they?

Unless they happen to see him encounter Shampoo and defeat her on worldwide
television first? :)

If AltRanma develops the techniques that Khu Lon showed Ranma 
what will AltKhu Lon think?  WHERE did he learn them, and from 
whom?  A nice puzzle for her to solve.

[snip]

All-in-all a rather nice fic.  Keep up the good work.

-- 
BKM

The Fountains Are Dusty In The Graveyard Of Dreams
The Hinges Are Rusty, They Swing With Tiny Screams.