On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Gary Kleppe wrote:

Scott Jamison <majks@cyberx.com> wrote:

one, I'd really only been alive for a month or so.  I was still very much 
a baby when it came to considering others' feelings, especially when they 
weren't right there to remind me.

Ranko's been reading the C&C on the previous chapters of this. :) The
explanation makes sense, but is there any way it could be shown in the
story rather than told directly to the readers?

	She does this a faire bit, but I'll see what I can do.  This 
tendency is going to be shoved in her face next chapter...

	I turned around, and there was Nabiki, in one of Akane's better 
outfits.  She smiled ruefully.

Why isn't Nabsy wearing her own clothes?

She's indulging in her hobby of borrowing Akane's stuff.

	I noticed a book on the counter, _Up the Walls of the World_ by 
James Tiptree, Jr.  It had a spaceship on the cover, so I made a note to 
myself that Ukyou was a science fiction fan.  I didn't know too much 
about the subject; I was still working through the Tendou sisters' 
collection of romance novels.	And they'd taught me it was important to 
find out a boy's interests so you could talk about them with him.

Extra tabspace.

oops.

	In fact, I failed to notice his presence until a bunch of roses 
was thrust in my face.
	"Ranko Tendou!  Flowers to the fair, and a vision to my eyes."

Why is it Ranko Tendo in this continuity, rather than Ranko Saotome?

Whoops.  Brainfault.  She's a Saotome.

Some reason I'm forgetting? (I also note that Ranko claims to be Ranma's
sister, or at least Ukyo thinks she is, which would make her a Saotome.)

Yep.

Ukyo is obviously up to something with Ranko, but it's hard to say what
it is at this point. Hope we don't have to wait another year to find
out. :)

Who knows?

SKJAM!