Subject: [FFML] [C&C][fanfic][UY/Ranma/SisPri] "Lonely Souls" Part 9 "A" Side: "Two Big Brothers...?"
From: Michael A Chase
Date: 2/13/2003, 12:20 PM
To: Frederick Herriot <fherriot@yahoo.com>, Fanfiction Mailing List <ffml@anifics.com>


Suggested changes: {before : after}

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:53:36 -0500 (EST) Frederick Herriot
<fherriot@yahoo.com> wrote:

     They walk in, then stop on hearing something *whoosh!* past
their backs.  Spinning around, Hinako and Aria blink on seeing the
HUGE boxing glove on a spring now {imbedded : embedded} into another wall.  Sweat
drops appear as they realize how close they came to experiencing
what poor Ranma once had to deal with from Akane Tendou.  "Hina hopes
we don't have to go through all that when we leave," Hinako mutters.

     The Staff's focusing crystal flares.  Hinako and Aria squint
as a bold of energy lashes into the wall near where the Genesis
Wand now lies.  A cocoon-like ball of energy soon drifts away from
the impact point to stop in front of Aria's face.  The young
Parisian's hands instinctively come up as the cocoon lowers down,
fading to reveal a glittering Olympic torch-like device lined with
French {flers : fleurs}-de-lis and hummingbird-sized wings, all in gold and
enamel ivory.  "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaii!!" both girls gasp.

     "Hina wants to hit him, too.  Ojii-san no baka!!"

Sounds like they might have more sympathy for Akane's point of view now.

     A comet of energy soars from the Planet of Shadows, now
{vectoring : heading} in the general direction of the galactic core.  Aria holds
onto the Genesis Wand's handle as she watches the stars buzz past.
Fortunately for her, when she bonded with the Genesis Wand and became
its first controller in thousands of years, the device's energy had
been initially directed to fully restore her wounded arm.
***According to what I can sense, there are a hundred billion stars
in this galaxy, Aria,*** the Wand's consciousness reports, speaking
with a voice that reminds her of her mother Caroline.  ***Including
the small stellar clusters located beyond the galactic barrier
protecting this galaxy from the gravimetric influences of other
{intergalatic : intergalactic} bodies, that number can be raised to nearly a hundred
and twenty billion.***

     "Captain, that's enough!!" Varena barks, causing the whole crew
to back away from her.  "Don't force me to relieve you of your duties
for {possible :} mutiny!  We have what we came for, so we're going home.
Everyone, to your stations.  Prepare to depart the Planet of
Shadows."

     Her eyes then go wide as a VERY big gun on the ship's bow
elevates, locking onto the pregnant starwhale's distended abdomen.
Before Aria could emit a single frightened "Kusu," the weapon
discharges a precision burst of particle-proton energy.  The
starwhale wriggles as the shot makes its mark, then seems to relax
as her skin parts, {revealling : revealing} something within trying to break out.
The gun alters its aim by several metres, then discharges again,
cutting more skin away.  It is enough.  "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai!!!"
Aria gushes as a slippery mass covered in a bluish-green fluid pulls
free of its womb, drifting towards the giant starship which just
served as its midwife.

     Other starwhales move to encircle the newest member of their
pod, their mouths opening wide.  Aria tenses as their songs echo
through the air bubble keeping her alive, then her eyes focus on the
newborn.  The uterine fluid still sticking to its skin glistens
as it crystallizes in the near-{vaccuum : vacuum}, then pieces start to break
away.  Within a minute, the newborn is cleansed of its birthing
fluids, its eyes now wide and open as it gently swims through the
ether towards its mother.  Aria watches it wriggle its nose against
its mother's side, then smiles as they seem to drift away from the
young Parisian, a new family taking its first tentative steps into
the wider Universe beyond...

     The doors swoosh open for the young Parisian, {revealling : revealing}
Chikage.  Behind the sorceress are Varena and Mujanba, the Sceptre
of Lecasur in the former's hands.  "Welcome back, Aria-chan,"
Chikage smiles, then takes the "sea shell" from Aria before walking
into Marie's cabin.

     "Not really," Chikage flips one of the cards in the suite before
her.  The Lovers.  "In fact, I believe..." she flips the next card,
{revealling : revealing} the Emperor.  "We'll be seeing Varena-san and Mujanba-san
sometime soon."

     Oogi spins around, then gapes in shock as a virtual garden of
pansies blossoms all over Otako's console.  The bioroid tries to yank
and brush away the annoying flowers, but as soon as one is cleared,
another instantly grows in its place.  Blinking in stunned disbelief,
the disembodied president of Phentax Two turns to look at the other
stations.  Sure enough, they are ALL sprouting huge amounts of
flowers, deluging the control centre crew in a shower of blossoms.
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!?!?!" Oogi bellows...

That's a lot more subtle and humane than what was done to the previous
opponent's ship.

     Underwater, two retractable caterpillar jets extend from the
"Windrider's" sides.  Kaneko taps controls to make the ship tilt away
from the Island, keeping her speed down to a minimum to ensure the
keel wasn't banged up too much when she slid into the silt.  A few
minutes later, the "Windrider" rocks fore-to-aft as her bow digs into
the underwater sand bank.  Kaneko cuts the forward motion, then
retracts the jet mounts as Reiko looks over her shoulder.  "We're
in secure, Papa!  Dropping the {sea :} anchor," she taps a control.

     The ship reverberates with the sound of an anchor chain racing
through its hawser.  Silence falls for a moment, then the "Windrider"
tilts slightly as the chain is pulled tight, the anchor itself buried
into the rocky silt due south of its parent ship.  "{Sea anchor : Anchor} in
place," Reiko reports.  "Opening the weather deck hatch, extending
the laser gangway to the Island now."

A sea anchor is something quite different.

     "However, save for myself, all sentients on Nagussa are highly
sophisticated androids, virtually the same model as what Mecha-Rinrin
is {configured in as of this time : now}," Kaeru indicates Rinrin's replica.
"Because of that, it is impossible for me to seek out a potential
lifemate among my adopted people.  To that end, I logically had to
return to the place of my initial activation and seek a mate here."

     "I'm afraid {to say :} that he does," Ryooko breathes out.  "And
there might be a problem."

     The doorway to the left of the Rinrin Viewer -- it had been
shifted to the new section of wall covering the old door space --
then opens, {revealling : revealing} Kaeru, Rinrin and Shirayuki.  "How're things
with Kasumi, girls?" Ranma wonders.

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