Suggested changes: {before : after}
Glad to see more from you, too. Anything is nice, but you left Paragon in quite a cliffhanger.
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 00:29:01 -0400 "Robert Haynie Jr." <kenjiko2@knology.net> wrote:
I don't know WHERE this idea came from...
That's a comfort. :}b
"Bringing Ranma and company from China. May be complications
with our pact. Not my fault. Genma"
Which is a sure sign that it _is_ his fault.
It turned out that his daughter had made a less than accurate
report. The monkey and the panda were also arguing with a red-headed
girl, another with violet tresses, and a boy with long ebon hair and
thick glasses. Well, technically, the boy was arguing with the dojo
sign, but that seemed a minor point at this juncture.
An easy mistake for Mousse to make.
"Ranma, my boy, you've come at last!" And he hugged the
glasses-wearing youth.
At least Nabiki won't spend as long poking his chest.
The violet-tressed girl, who was named Shampoo looked a bit
nervous. "Um. She Ranma Saotome," she replied, pointing at the
red-haired girl.
"Yes. Sorry about that," added Mousse, the boy with the glasses.
That's a nice twist on the way that phrase usually comes up.
"Mate? What are ya talking about, {Colonge : Cologne}?" murmured the redhead
under her breath.
"Half-witted dolt," retorted Cologne.
Thinks rather more highly of him than he deserves.
Akane began to fume. "Look, you agree that there's nothing wrong
with girls sharing a bath?"
"Yes. Is no wrong."
"And the only person in there is Ranma, right?"
"Yes. Only Princess in bath."
"Then there's nothing wrong with my going in and sharing--"
"You no go in bath."
Who's on first?
Genma frowned. "How do I explain--WAHHHHH!" The latter was
because Cologne had somehow entangled her staff {into : onto} his ankle and
tossed him into the Tendo's koi pond.
It seemed a bit over the top, these Amazon {chicks : chicks'} reactions. I
mean, it was just FOOD for crying out loud. And then beating this
Nair chick for the prize. What was this Kiss of Death crap?
Badgers made whatever noise it is that badgers make. All this,
by the way, was extremely ominous, since there were no wolves, lions,
elephants or badgers in that area of China.
I'd wondered about the elephants at least.
Finally, as if to make certain everyone understood the importance
of what had just happened, a passing choir of angels, on their way to
the four o'clock serenade of the Almighty, decided to do one last
quick rehearsal of Alleluia number 36.
"Hold!" called Cologne. "I'm not certain, but this may be
significant."
Subtle.
The air about Soun Tendo seemed to waver a bit, and then exploded
into a grotesque, monstrous, even demoniacal grotesquerie. To which
Ranma reacted with great nervousness, Mousse gasped in horror and
leapt into Shampoo's arms-- who was petrified for a moment, and then
dropped Mousse, Genma sighed, and Cologne merely stared with
{facination : fascination}.
"Well, {son : Son}, years ago Soun and I made a pact, that as a matter of
honor, our families would be joined in matrimony, to join our houses
and our schools. Family honor rides upon the fulfillment of this
pact."
"Ranma," Cologne sighed, "As little as I like to admit it,
arranged {marraiges : marriages} are not unknown amongst our people as well. And
when your father calls honor into the pact, I can only follow. At
the least, an engagement can be held, until such time as we can
figure out a resolution that will satisfy all parties."
"Cute? Hah. She too too uncute." Shampoo was aggrieved at the
realisation that while here in Japan, Cologne had forbidden the Kiss
of Death OR {Marraige : Marriage}. There was one she dearly wished to deliver at
the moment.
Robert Haynie, who has discovered
that the average {recipie : recipe} for onigiri makes
WAY too much for one person...