Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 17:31:43 -0800 Steve Thesken <sthesken@earthlink.net>
wrote:
Soun grunted once in {acknowledgement : acknowledgment} of the salute and saluted back.
He then turned and trudged up the wet concrete steps to the glass front
doors of the Science Ministry. Two guards stood at the entrance, each
one dressed in Security gray and armed with a semi-automatic rifle
currently slung over their shoulder. They both snapped to attention at
his approach, one of them turning to look at him and bowing slightly.
"<Captain! I'm detecting a Musk vessel twenty-six thousand li from our
present location. They are in a {stationary : synchronous} orbit on the far side of
the moon.>"
That name was oddly familiar, and it took him a moment to recall where
he had heard it before. When it came to him, he almost smiled at the
irony. His Akane practically {worshipped : worshiped} the amazon, and she even had a
life-sized poster of Shampoo hanging up in her room. Here, things were
different. So many things were different.
Soun paused. Saotome-kun? That was how someone addressed a friend,
and he had never been the friend of Professor Genma Saotome. Then he
paused again, as flashes of the friendship between this world's Soun
Tendo and Genma Saotome came to mind. A slight smile lit his face for
a moment. Maybe they could be friends as well as allies. That might
be nice. He had been so involved in his work for so many years that he
didn't really have anyone he could call a friend anymore.
That would also mesh well with his plans for Ranma and Nabiki.
Note that fifty kiloton is a pretty small thermonuclear device.
This was impossible! He was now a female, a lowly brood mare! Someone
was going to suffer dearly for this!
Jusenkyo, I presume? Considering that the Musk Dynasty was
exterminated in Earth 0,0, its survivors should be hiding pretty
deeply.
For a brief moment, the {dark : far} side of the moon was lit by two actinic
flares of light that swiftly faded into nothingness.
Even if it were otherwise dark at the time, it would not be when the
explosions occur.
Herb sat heavily on the cot, vaguely realizing that she was in a cell
of some sort, but that wasn't very important right now. This analog
was female! How could such a thing have happened? The white-haired
girl's attention seemed to be {focussed : focused} on her breasts, having ripped
open her top to stare down at them in shame and disgust.
"Nothing can stop us from uniting the schools {together :} now!" they both
shouted, and then they embraced, laughing jovially together.
"Welcome back, Ryoko-chan," said Achika, just before she stepped out of
the kitchen, drying her hands on a towel. She looked at Ryoga, not
quite sure what to make of his presence. She turned her gaze back to
{Achika : Ryoko}. "Uh, you're just in time to help me prepare dinner." She
looked at Ryoga again. "Who might you be?"
Achika felt a little faint. Her wayward daughter had been {travelling : traveling}
alone with a boy? She dried her hands a bit more, uncertain what to do
with them. All kinds of scenarios flashed through her mind, none of
them very pleasant to her.
I know how parents can be, but she should know that Ryoko can beat up
nearly any boy she'd meet. Ryoga was no exception.
Besides, Ryoko Saotome had a nice sound to it.
Be very afraid.
Stay tuned for the next chapter: "Of Cats and Women"
That should be very interesting. I am rather curious whether Nabiki
can beat all three catgirls when she goes neko.