first, computer problems continue to snowball.
i've got the system up and running though fitfully
at this point. how long it will remain active is
anyone's guess.

while i've done a few powerful Ranmas, i've left
the pluses and minuses fairly equal. if i
hadn't...

A SPRING TO BE NAMED LATER:

 "Very bad you fall in spring!" The Jusenkyo Guide
watched the two figures sparring above the
springs. How terrible. At least it was only two of
them, and not like that lost tour group from last
week. Aiyah, what a mess *that* had been.

 "Ah, that one fall in Spring of Drowned Pooh
Bear. Very terrible tragic story of last week,
when child's toy fall in spring. Now whoever fall
in spring, take body of Pooh bear!"

 Ranma, beyond shocked at being attacked by a
Disney version of the old storybook character, was
rather easily knocked from his pole. At which
point Genma-pooh lost all interest in the fight
and went looking for honey.

 The reaction of the Guide to the now-bubbling
spring that Ranma had fallen in was rather more
melodramatic. "AHHHH! No, no, NOT THAT SPRING! Is
terrible tragic story. Too terrible!"

 A female shape stood up within the spring.

 In the hills under Transylvania, Caine- first
lord of all vampires, shuddered as something cold
walked up his back.

 In Thailand, Balrog (in English translations
M.Bison) killed a junior executive who had sworn
that SHE was dead. For he knew by the shiver of
apprehension, SHE walked the Earth again.

 In the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl considered
leaving Metallia's service and becoming a
cosmetologist. Appropriate, as Metallia was
considering other employment options as well.

 In fact, in a thousand different locations, Evil
Beings of a number of stripes were getting that
certain chilly sensation that indicated something
of a potentially unhealthy nature had just
occurred.

 The Jusenkyo Guide backed away in horror, taking
in the little shoes with the powderpuffs, the
painted-on looking swimsuit, the cufflinks, the
ears. The bunny suit.

 "Terrible tragic story. You... fall in Spring Of
Drowned Daicon Girl!"
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 if you haven't seen the Daicon opening animation,
contact your nearest anime club. Any girl who can
blow up the Yamato & the Enterprise, military
press Voltron, surf the skies on Stormbringer, and
beat Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel counts as
power up in my book.


gregg, saying don't take it so seriously, folks!

 BTW: missed bets in Catscratch Fever.
 "HEY! How was I supposed to know that you had a
thing for Doctor Tofu?"

 Akane flushed red as the crowd of schoolkids
started spreading that rumor without any further
need for input. "Ranma, you jerk, you blockhead!"

 "What are you so..."

 <SPLASH!> Akane dropped the bucket and smirked at
Ranma. "Well, Ranma, were you going to make
another of your lame excuses?"

 The black cat loomed closer to her, causing Akane
to back up against the wall. "Hey, Ranma, you bite
me, I'll...I'll"

 Faces inches apart, Ranma attacked - quickly and
decisively. His tongue went from Akane's jaw to
lift her bangs up. The crowd noticed that the
bangs stayed up.

 "AHHHGGGHHHH! I've got tiger germs! Ugh peh peh
peh! I got cat slobber on me. Ick! Aghhh! Ranma!
You'll pay for this!"

 Ranma just snuck off, snickering every so often
as he did.
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 Cologne grinned at Ranma from her position at the
window, noticing that Nabiki and Kasumi were now
standing behind the tiger. "Now son-in-law, you
are trapped in tiger form until such time as you
marry my Shampoo. What do you say to that?"

 Kasumi looked down at T-chan and smiled. How
nice. She could cuddle T-chan whenever she wanted.

 Nabiki looked down at Ranma/T-chan thoughtfully.
How could she make a buck off of this?

 Cologne stopped in mid-gloat and vanished. One
doesn't get to be three hundred plus years old
without learning some survival skills.

 A moment later the wall she had been standing on
exploded outward.

 "HUURRRRRRRR!!" Fur bristling, T-chan went
through the bathroom wall, then the compound wall,
then the neighbor's wall, and through a bus
station.

 "HURRRRRR!!!" Three people called in Godzilla
sightings, two alcoholics swore never to touch the
stuff again, and one drug user turned himself in
at the police station to complain about the bad
stuff that he had been sold.

 Cologne finally came to a stop on a wooden sign,
turning to see the trail of destruction now
heading her way at high speed.

 "RROOOWWLLLL!" T-chan said, plowing through the
pungent herbs and almost making it to Cologne
before collapsing.

 Cologne breathed a sigh of relief, hopped off the
sign for "Daisy Hill Catnip Farm" and took a
moment to chide her son-in-law for having a great
deal of raw power but damn little control.




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