I don't usually post these things but after watching the Dicovery channel
eco-challenge I wondered how a cross-anime eco challenge might work.
I mean here we have groups of characters some of who want each other
dead.
Although we have seen these various groups in anime and stories as groups
against their foes.. against each other this could also be interesting.
Another possible way might be for intererested parties to agree on
"teams" from various anime series and then write up a race from their
perspective and finally link it all together. Teams might also be chosen
by anime and then by lot within the series.
Again, it's just an idea.
I wrote a couple of examples...but then there is ALSO the reincarnated
cast of Fushigi Yugi and the Sailor Senshi.
Somehow the basic character types of "Team Nermia" re-enforece this.
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"What's that?" The boy frowned.
"A proposition."
"Nabiki Tendo hearing those words from your lips is not what I call a
pleasant surprise upon this glorious morn."
"Get over it Kuno. It's not that kind of proposition."
The boy read the paper again.
"A mighty challenge but I have to ask...what is in it for me... or more
importantly...."
"What's in it for me?" The girl raised a surprised eyebrow. "I'm hurt
Kuno-chan. Hurt that you would suggest that I would find a way to profit
over something like this."
Kuno simply looked at her.
Nabiki was surprised again. No outburst...nothing. Perhaps.. perhaps he
WAS getting smarter.
"Merchandising." Nabiki replied. "If you must know. A good sponser will
pay good money to see their team cross the finish line."
"You mean to win."
"No, I mean to cross the finish line. Look." Nabiki's voice suddenly
sounded different." This is tough... REALLY tough. people from all over
come to this to compete against other teams.. but honestly...it's the
enviroment they are in competition against."
Kuno looked thoughtful.
"Ranma's doing it." She blurted playing her last card sooner than
she had expected.
"Saotome?"
"Yup. I conned...er convinced him that it would be good training. (that
and an offer to cancel several debts to sweeten the pot.)
"Perhaps then." Kuno stroked his chin. "Perhaps."
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"A contest?" The boy looked up for a second and then went back to the
ecchi manga he was reading. A tiny string of drool was working it's way
down his chin.
"A contest." His friend affirmed. "It is a test of endurance and of
vigor."
"I can get that with Sakura." His friend leered.
"Dolt." Hmmm. perhaps an appeal to his masculinity then?
"A real man would take the challenge." He said in a deep voice.
"A real man would be glad to do this."
"A real man?" The window of the supply store slid open. "A real man?"
Suddenly a struggling figure in a school uniform was thrust out of the
window and dropped on the floor.
"Take my son then."
The boy who had been so roughly deposited onm the floor stood and dusted
off his butt. His Shapely feminine butt.
"I'm a girl you stupid old man." The boy(?) said.
Ataru leapt up *glomping* his face between the *boy*'s cleavage.
"Count me in." He said.
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"A vacation?" Miki asked.
"Not really" Yuu said. "It's hard work."
"But I like camping."
"It's not really camping." Yuu tried to explain.
"Like tennis camp?" She tried again.
"Harder." he said firmly.
"And Anju-san is going?"
"Well...her doctor said what she really needed to get out and
really work hard. He said that the only reason she wasn't recovering
fully was she doesn't push herself. Her fears are really the only thing
that's making her sick now."
"But you said it's hard."
"The doctor told me that she has to be pushed and that she has to
realize that she can do more now. Also, although it's supposed ot be a
competition simply going through the course at a resonable pace should be
enough. We don't have to win."
"But...but she likes you."
"And I like her. Otherwise do you think Iwould have agreed to it?"
"No, she LIKES you."
"Jealous?" He teased.
"Yes...er... no...of course not. I love you. I trust you."
The tone of her voice didn't quite match her words.
He knew that intelectually she did trust him but her emotions
sometimes/always tended to get the better of her. It was the thing he
loved/frustrated him.
He gave an internal sigh.
Smiling he asked. "Does Jin still have that tent?"
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Neil
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Seraphim, the Restless Angel with a (borrowed) sword.
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Nene, Ami,
Girls with glasses. girls with computers. Pink hair. blue hair
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Robyn, Duke of Amber. Agent of Chaos.
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