--- Brian Welch <bwelchz7@yahoo.com> wrote:

--- Thryth <thrythlind@yahoo.com> wrote:

   "Yeah," Ranko said.  "I learned a spell today,
let's ya listen ta an see an stuff what people are
kinda thinkin' around ya.  Just the surface junk

ya

know, like stuff ya think but not say, nothin'

more n

that."

That's a pretty powerful spell to be treated so
off-handedly.

Detect Thoughts....second level wizard/sorcerer...D&D
3E...AD&D 2nd Ed wizard (called in that ed "ESP")...

   "Really?" Ranma said.  ~That would have been

useful

a number of times.~
   "Tell me about it," Ranko said waving a hand.
   "Tell you about what?" Akane asked.
   "You're doing it right now," Sheila said. 

"Aren't

you?"
   "Ya, an' there's this other one I learned to

let ya

speak any language right," Ranko said.  She looked
confused for a moment.  "I already know Japanese,
Akane."

tongues 3rd level in 3E and 2nd Ed...comprehend
languages 1st in 3E and 2nd

   Akane was about to comment something along the
lines of "just barely" when suddenly Ranko's face

took

on a highly disturbed expression.  Everybody

looked at

the slowly greening werecheetah as she slowly

cocked

her head around to look back into the crowd.

Are werecheetahs predisposed to magic? (I really
don't know. 
I do know that Kitsunes are.) So Ranko is a
werecheetah, can 
read minds, and casually picks up a couple powerful
spells a 
day?

not necessarily...but Ranko is a product of the same
curse removing method that created Brianna, and she
has untapped magical power

   Following the line of her gaze the group saw

Tirga

approaching.  Several swift connections were made,
though Ranma still looked thoroughly confused.
   For Sheila and Akane, however, it was obvious. 
Ranko was using a spell that let her read minds. 
Tirga was approaching them right now, his normal

smirk

on his face.  Ranko looked vastly disturbed.
   It was highly unfortunate, for him, that Tirga

was,

again, trying to use his human form to get to

Ranko.

But it should be amusing. :)

   "Hey guys," Tirga said, eyes lingering on the
twitching Ranko.  "How're you..."
   "PERVERT!!!" Ranko shouted, smashing into

Tirga's

face.  "EWWW!!  That's NOT what you do with

whipped

cream!!!!" There was a smash as Tirga connected to

the

ground.  "I HATE the smell of fish!!!  My tail

does

NOT go there!!!!  EWWWW!!"

Tail!? I don't even want to think of what he may
have had
in mind. *shudder*  

Besides, whipped cream and fur... don't mix.

What's that about hating fish, though? She's a
werecheetah.

Yes...well most werecheetahs have never been subjected
to the catfish...as such, unlike most werecats, Ranma
and Ranko tend to have BAD thoughts connected to the
smell of fish....

   The tavern rang with the scattered applause of
women and jealous men accompanying the sound Tirga
being firmly beaten into the ground.

Although any time Tirga gets beaten up by an
outraged 
woman is cause for celebration, certainly!

Well, it's a GD fanfic which is a good thing, but
having an 
airheaded Ranko who's presumably still a martial
artist as 
well as a werecheetah and a natural magic user seems
to be 
a little over the top. Still, Ranma/GD crossovers
seem to 
work well in general, so this has potential.

that was just a quick teaser, not even saved to
disk...a scene that will probably be reworked, but
will show up...because Tirga getting pummelled BEFORE
he can say something is a funny thought...


Ranko has decided to stop advancing her martial arts
as she finds she's been placed in positions where
killing things might be necessary and she'd rather not
be in those situations...plus...she suffers from the
lackadaiscal training Ranma gave his female form, and
thus, while having better speed and the same amount of
theory, she is overall inferior to Ranma as a martial
artist and feels inferior as person (knowing that she
is a clone doesn't help) as a result...however, some
events have shown she might have a skill in magic, so
Dr. Diggers is going to give her some training to help
her...I'm eventually going to make her an
exorcism/abjuration specialist that tries to release
demon-stolen souls without actually killing the
demon...

the scene will definitely need to be reworked to show
she's rather depressed...

obviously, despite her non-killing attitude she is
still rather violent and has a temper (and is also as
clueless about and intimidated by sex as Ranma is)

Brian Welch

=====
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Tribble, Kender Warrior of the Celestial Kingdom
"God has to have a sense of humor, it's the only explanation for sex." - my father
"I have to write a how-to paper for class, so I'm writing a paper on how to be psuedo-evil." - my brother

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