Hi, Morgan! ^_^

Hey Latin!  Hey Morgan!  ::waves::

>Well, finally, after an inexcusable delay, here's my C&C. ;-b

It's never too late for C&C.

Yeah, though mine will be a bit small, since Morgan hit all the big stuff.  And Morgan, if your reading this, I should hopefully get to C&C the last chapter for Flashbacks hopefully this weekend...

>Just add water, and... no, wait, that's RANMA. ^_^

'Spring of Drowned Battloid'? ^_^

Well, that'd be different, a flying version of Turbo Teen.

>>      Minmei looked at the retreating forms of his cousin and the tall
man,
>>  Ranma. Should she go with them? While she was worried for Jason, Ranma
>>  was
>>  already there to look after him. But she was also interested in the tall
>>  man.

>Yeah, Minmei. After all, he's breathing.

You wouldn't happen to be a Minmei fan, ne? ^_~

::raises hand::  I am.

>Too bad he's not your cousin, like
>Kyle. Then he'd be the perfect catch.

Now speaking of monkey cra-..er, I mean Kyle, when he eventually makes his appearance there will hopefully be some interesting scenes with him and Ranma, right?

Well, Ranma isn't a drunk...

>>      There was something else about him, something she couldn't quite put
>her
>>  finger on. The way he walked perhaps--so gracefully that he made other
>>  people look clumsy in comparison. Or maybe it was that aura of
confidence
>>  that seemed to surround him, impregnating everything he did. He was...
>>  mysterious--and Minmei loved solving mysteries.

>Really? I thought Minmei loved stringing Rick Hunter along like a cruel,
>sadistic puppet master and putting him through the emotional wringer
because
>she's a vapid, giggling little twit.

That too. ^_^

I dunno, I have to lay some of the blame on Rick for being so wishy-washy half the time he was around Minmei.  After all, it only took 4.8 million Zentraedi ships to make Rick confess his feelings, and by that time, someone else had a firm place in his heart...

>Can you tell I'm a Lisa Hayes fan? Is it showing, at all? ^_^

Really?! No, you gotta be kidding me! ^_^

Well, I also used to be a Lisa fan, but now I'm a completely-unbiased fanfic
writer.

Really. ^_^

Um hmm, will see.  For the record though, I am both a Lisa fan as well as a Minmei fan, I just happen to like Minmei a bit more.  ::scratches head::  Hmm....maybe it's because for about 9 years I only had the two first Robotech episodes to go by until I was able to collect the series.....  Also, just to see how Morgan reacts, my opinion of Kyle is most likely lower than his of Minmei's...

>>  It revealed another seat, this one occupied by a
>>  young man. He had medium-length mussy black hair,

>Hah! That is an anime phenomenon known as the "hero hair". Rick Hunter has
>it, Ryo Sanada has it, Keith (from Voltron, remember?) has it, Tuxedo Kamen
>has it...

Morgen, Tux-boy don't have no hero hair.  Outta all the people you listed, Mamoru has the most normal hair 'o them all...

I believe Ken Eagle had it in Gatchaman... Point being, most
anime
>heroes go to the same barber. There, by the way, is a spamfic BEGGING not
to
>be written.

Too true, my friend, too true. But...

<Here's where I lose a lot of readers, as all the SM fans reading this will
inmediately stop reading my work>

But, to say the truth, Tuxy doesn't strike me as a big hero. Maybe in your
fic, and I haven't read the manga, but in the anime...

Tux-boy, a big hero in Morgen's fic?  Well, he got lucky in a few chapters, but he's still the same old punching bag, which isn't saying much....

He rarely wins a fight by his own, hides behind the far more powerful
Senshi, and makes corny speechs. Is he a hero? Umm...

No, he's a disgrace to all superheroes.  ^_^

Besides, he dresses like an idiot. ^_^

That too.  ^_^

>> and was wearing a  white and orange uniform that almost hurt the martial
>> artist's eyes.

>Gee, no mention of that oh-so-hip blue neck scarf? I'm hurt and offended...
>by the clothing, not by the writing.

Yeah, but Goku is even worse. ^_^

All that orange, huh?

>And would this woman happen to be that "old
>sourpuss" we all know and can't tolerate? ^_^

What do you think? ^_^

'Old sourpuss'... Now _that_ is a famous phrase. I'll just have to use it.

Man, if Lisa flipped over Rick saying it, I wonder how she'll take it in stereo....  Then we can see Rick and Ranma displaying their impressive skill at opening mouth and insert foot.  Oh boy, maybe they are related.....

>>      "Oh, yeah," Rick drawled. "Then why don't you come here and try?" he
>>  invited, holding out his helmet.

>Oh, dear Lord, I had feared that this day would come. Rick Hunter's ego,
>meet Ranma Saotome's ego. Everybody else better duck, because this could
get
>REAL messy, REAL fast.

Heheh. Beware, readers, beware. I won't be responsible for the consequences
of their acts... Actually, I _will_ be responsible. Oh, well.

Hehehe.

>And, as for Ranma's taunting. Wouldn't it sound a little better if he said
>"I just might! After all, I can't mess up worse than you... KID."

It'd sound _much_ better. You know, you really have a knack for writing
dialogue.

That he does, that he does.

>>      "Any time," he said defiantly, trying to refrain a smile from
>reaching
>>  to his lips. �I like the boy. He reminds me of myself at his age--just
>not
>>  so handsome.�

>And sadly, even better at getting himself in the absolute worst possible
>situations with the opposite sex. Aside from his lethal case of
>foot-in-mouth disease, a certain incident involving dropped toothpaste,
>spilled hand soap, and a lingerie shop comes to mind... Not to mention that
>classic "Sorry I grabbed your butt, Commander Hayes, but I guess I must
have
>tripped" line...

Heheh. Maybe you're exagerating a little. Remember, Ranma had FOUR fianc�es.
Rick can't beat that.

Does Sue Graham count?  Out of curiosity, if I missed it(and I will feel so incredibly stupid if I did), is this the Mckinney timeline or the tc one?  Or perhaps one with a bit of both?

>>      "Great. Would ya make me a big favor?"
>>
>>      "What?" asked Rick, confusion reigning his voice.
>>
>>      "Remind me to never lend you my car, 'kay?"
>>
>>      "Why you..."

>And so it begins. Yeesh. ^_~

I've already got my popcorn.  ^_^  Hopefully this won't be a one chapter thing.

It could have been worse. Now that I think about it, Rick would create one
helluva Moko Takabisha, right? ^_^

Now that I think of it, damn....

>Not the Zentraedi, that's for sure. Although he does get about six million
>times better than everyone else. Except Max Sterling. And Myria Parino. And
>Roy Fokker, I guess. And... er... Why was he put in command of a squadron
>again? ^_^

Heheh. I often wonder about that myself. Maybe because he was Roy's best
friend. ^_^

It most likely was because of his connections with Roy.  Sad thing that his first time out in command we bid farewell to Ben.  Y'know, as much as it hurt seeing a lot of characters go(especially Ben, he went out even more undignified in DYRL), with Ranma around, could we some changes in that department?

>Now that's hardly fair. Magic's also brought him a whole lot of trouble.
^_^

Heh. Now that I think about it, it also brought him a beautiful female
body... but that's probably beside the point. ^_^

And I wouldn't tell him that if I were you..  ^_^

>>      Ranma smirked. "Try not to step on anyone, eh?"
>>
>>      Rick growled, "The only one I might step on is you."
>>
>>      "Ha! As if you could catch me," yelled Ranma at the Battloid, but
>>  started walking away anyway. If there was something he had learned
during
>>  his life in Nerima it was that you should never _ever_ push your luck.

>And so it continues. The Battle of the Mega-Egos. Buy your tickets now, for
>just $9999.99!

Wow, and to think I got mine on discount!

Heheh. Which ego will we the winner? Which ego will be the _biggest_?

Vegeta?  Hiko Seijuurou?

>Ah, Minmei. You almost have to pity a girl with so few working brain
>cells...

.........

>I'm a fan of that one Battloid in canon that ran out of ammunition and just
>put the boots to his opponent. I mean, taking on a bigger, meaner, and
>better armed mecha with just fists? That takes guts, even if you aren't
Leon
>McNichol.

Makes me wonder how Breetai will react when he sees vids of this battle later on....  Now that I think about, I wonder how he'll react at seeing Ranma perform ki blasts like Kyle did in Little White Dragon, but that's a bit down the road though...

Well, then you HAVE to be Ranma's fan. He's taking on the pods with his
fists... and no mecha! THAT takes guts--and lots of skill (or a couple of
Flowers of Life, but that's entirely another matter ^_^).

Wonder what that says about Khyron then....

And I have no idea who Leon McNichol is. Not so famous down here, I guess.

Works for the AD Police in Mega Tokyo in the anime Bubble Gum Crisis.

>and good catch on the colour change of that Guardian! It was orange and
>white in the anime, but McKinney's books do refer to it as being brown and
>white.

Where?  I remember red and brown, and orange and brown, but not white and brown for the VT-1D.  Remember, brown and white are the redshirts of Robotech.

>>      He practically flew towards him, his feet melting the asphalt with
>each
>>  step. A bright white aura emerged from his body, but Ranma didn't
notice.

>Gohan? ^_^

Nah, not enough Ki, then again, almost no-one has that amount of ki....

This may be the right moment to tell you that this is actually a
Ranma/Robotech/DRAGONBALL Z crossover. ^_^

Hehe.

>Sorry, I've been watching too much Dragonball Z again...

I can't blame you, even when I think that the original Dragonball is much
better than Z.

I dunno, I just saw more of Son Goku vs Kid Buu today and like I told my friend, the more I see of this series (even though I have seen a good 73% of it....) the more I continue to like it.

>the
>>  canopy of the Guardian, when he heard a deafening buzz saw sound.

>Buzzsaw is one word, I believe. Like hacksaw or jigsaw.

Umm, I'm not sure. I've checked, and, while 'buzzsaw' isn't in the
dictionary, 'buzz saw' is. Will check again, though.

It's buzz saw, as that's how I see it in the novel at this moment.  I think Morgan was thinking of the Decepticon 'Buzzsaw'.

>I shudder to
>imagine how this man plans to pair Rick and Minmei together : he DID study
>at the Saotome / Tendo school of making people fall in love, right? My one
>condolence is that he is almost doomed to fail. Although, it should be
funny
>watching him try.

Hey, c'mon, it's possible y'know.

Doomed to fail? Don't know about that. After all, things might be a little
different with Ranma around. ^_~

That, and aside from this fic, I am one of those who think Rick and Minmei's relationship would have been far different if they were rescued at least 5 minutes later while they were trapped somewhere in the SDF-1.  Despite what Mckinney said, in the anime Rick and Minmei came close to actually kissing before they were nearly flattened.  They missed it by milliseconds, and in those milliseconds, there relationship never got around to what it could have been.

>Quick question : you've carefully avoided telling us how old Ranma is now.
I
>assume he's younger than Gloval, who was in his fifties, and older than
>Rick, who is I think sixteen.

If we're going by McKinney, then Rick's about 18, IIRC, as is Max.

However, is he too old to be a fighter pilot?

>Even the RDF must have rules about age. Then again, the RDF signed up Max
>Sterling, and those blue glasses of his are prescription, so I guess maybe
>it doesn't matter.

And there damn lucky they did sign him.

Aha! Actually, there's actually a little mention of his age (added in the
revision, so that's probably why you missed it), but _you_ shouldn't need
it. The SDF-1 leaves the Earth in the tenth anniversary of his crash, so, if
he was still living with Akane when the ship arrived, he has to be around 26
now. Young and strong to pilot a Veritech!

Yup, after all, Roy is 30, the same age I'll be in 2009.

>Anyway, a great story, with good grammar and characterisation. As always,
>you've managed to recap important events without boring people who've
>already seen them, and finished on a cliffhanger that has me, for one,
>wanting more. Kudos!

Agreed.  Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the praise! And the cliffhanger was unintentional. Really. ^_^

Right....

BTW, FFMLers. If you're reading this, know that this and the previous
chapters of SB can be now found at:
http://lwf58.tripod.com/fan_fiction/latin_d/

Is the url right?  For some reason I can't get it.

thanks to Larry F, who kindly

decided to host them. So, if you want to read them, you know where to go
(chapters 1 and 2 are also in Tannim's site).

Thanks again, Morgan, for taking the time to C&C and help a newbie. You're
the best. Now get to write Ronin Summer's new sequel! ^_^

I second that!

Until next time!

-Mike, Hail to the Bridge Bunnies!!!!

"The Land Before Time" was over, and the Dinobots were watching
cartoons again.
    "Me like Airazor," Swoop said, raptly watching the screen. "She
pretty."
    "Megatron even more stupid as Dino than real Megatron," Grimlock
said. "Me much better Dino than him."
    "Rattrap stupid," Slag said. "Me eat him."
    "Can't, he in TV," Sludge said. "You stupid."
    "Dumb velo-verla-eva-enveloraptor-thing stole our name!" Snarl
complained. "What we do?"
    Grimlock scratched his head. "What humans do when someone steal stuff?"
    "Sue," Swoop said helpfully. "We sue?"
    All complaints were forgotten as Optimus Primal unfolded a massive
amount of weaponry on the screen, yelling "All right! WHO WANTS SOME?!"
    The Dinobots stared at the screen, jaws dropping. "Cool!" Sludge
finally declared.
    "Me Grimlock wish Prime do that..."

-A Day in the Life
by Sionna Klasson

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