Berserk?
Cherico
Machine
You get a interlude of choice.
- Location
- Berkeley
Hmm, wonder who Hikaru's enemies are. I guess the most likely sources are either someone whose toes they stepped on in Japan in the influence catering or maybe a segment of Communist China.
I do find it funny how he still has no clue what's going on with Ukyo. Also, when McGuffin says something like reinforcement hitting 8x before diminishing returns kick in for Hikaru, is that saying something like it is literally impossible for him to get to 10x, or is he saying that after 8x progress gets kinda slow, so instead he's going to be focusing on teaching something else?
Finally, has Hikaru scanned himself for curses affecting him? I could see it going either way--either McGuffin clearing out his curses before grafting stuff onto his soul, or McGuffin leaving the stuff until Hikaru thinks of it on his own
I do find it funny how he still has no clue what's going on with Ukyo. Also, when McGuffin says something like reinforcement hitting 8x before diminishing returns kick in for Hikaru, is that saying something like it is literally impossible for him to get to 10x, or is he saying that after 8x progress gets kinda slow, so instead he's going to be focusing on teaching something else?
Finally, has Hikaru scanned himself for curses affecting him? I could see it going either way--either McGuffin clearing out his curses before grafting stuff onto his soul, or McGuffin leaving the stuff until Hikaru thinks of it on his own
Cherico
Machine
After 8x Progress getts progressively slower and since he has limited time he's going to be focusing on teaching some thing else. Also Hikaru does have a physical ceiling that he just can not break through no matter how much he tries.
Sensei has cleared out the junk as the first part of the training he didn't want that stuff affecting some very delicate operations. Safety comes first.
Cherico
Machine
Already guessed
Madoka?
Edit: awww nuts. Wasn't even close.
Edit2.0: at least it wasn't Eiken.
Edit: awww nuts. Wasn't even close.
Edit2.0: at least it wasn't Eiken.
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I figured it was Berserk by Cherico's comment about Macguffin hating hawks.
Who doesn't hate Griffith?
Who doesn't hate Griffith?
Water slide 36
Cherico
Machine
Water slide
Where did it go wrong last time? We put out a box of women's underwear and used traps like Ranma planned, then those traps failed, horribly. Then we attacked and he kicked out asses. I don't think he really tried, he just moved and we went down.
Dick. Everyone was healed now and we sat around sensei's kitchen table. Sensei was fixing breakfast for us. He put sausages and eggs in front of us.
"Protein, you kids are going to need it."
A woman walked in, she was wearing one of Sensei's dress shirts, her eyes were bleary and tired, she was also wearing a pair of men's boxers. Sensei handed her a cup of coffee, she gave him a light kiss on the neck.
"Have to get to work."
"Take care of yourself, Subaru."
She kissed him again as he gave her a boxed lunch. He then sat at the table like nothing happened. Ranma smiled, and nodded his head, Ukyo just blinked in shock.
"So Sensei, is..."
"IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!"
Sensei coughed as the ninja yelled.
"It appears I'm not without my charms."
He gave a small smile and then frowned at us.
"So, I talked to your parents and they understood, so where did the three of you go wrong?"
Ranma grimaced at the coffee, not used to the taste.
"He was too fast?"
I thought about it, as Ranma strategized.
"We used a physical trap when we should have used an array."
Sensei smiled.
"Your a mage Ru, I expect you to fight like a mage, now I'm going to leave because I don't officially approve of this at all and let the young people make their own mistakes."
I looked at my teammates.
"Give me a box of chalk and I can kill a god."
Ranma and Ukyo went out to get to get supplies.
I drew on the ground, my array gathering both my energy and the energy of the world around us. I hid in a trashcan, my energy connected to the seal.
"GIVE ME BACK MY PRETTIES!"
He's toying with them, all of us know he's that much faster then this. Ranma lands on his feet, runs and I set off the array. Happosai falls to his knees. I get up out of the trash can and he glares as I activate the effects of the array one by one. Suddenly he's slower, his massive Ki reserves are being eaten up. Fueling the growing magical chains keeping him tethered to the spot.
Ranma and Uyko attacked as one, I maintained the array stopping Happosai from damaging it. His look of glee shifted, becoming one of determination. He moved faster I sped up the drain, the slowing effects and everything else I could. My friends needed me to do this, even with the array, it took both of them working as a team to keep him down.
Eventally though the old man fell to his knees, his face weary.
"My Pretties..."
He fell to the ground, Ranma looked at me.
"He down Ru?"
"Not quite yet, he's faking it to trick you, give it a few."
Happosai rose and the fight started again, he fought with the power of a frenzied tiger. I drained his energy to contain his power to repair and protect the buildings in the alleyway. I could feel his reserves dropping, getting lower lower, and he was finally down.
"Picking on an old... man..."
He closed his eyes and we chained him up. The three of us walked back to the cave where he had been imprisoned and moved him in. We walled off the cave and walked away, we walked back to Sensei's place.
He rose an eyebrow.
"I assume you won?"
I nodded my head, I smelled steak.
"Come in, I have guests tonight."
"Hey, it's the crone."
Ranma got a light wack on the head.
"Respect, it's not that hard of a concept."
She took a bite of steak, Ranma smiled as he got his portion. I noticed though that the table had an empty steat with plates neatly arranged.
"Sorry I'm late."
Our jaws dropped as Happosai calmly walked into the house and took his seat.
"So Macuffin-sensei you got my steak ready?"
"Almost, you young punk."
Haposai laughed and then noticed Cologne.
"Oh...."
She froze as well her face sad.
"Yeah... been awhile hasn't it?"
"I...um...still."
A look of pain was choked down and he smiled.
"Trying to steel my little pretties."
The steak was put on his plate and he smiled as he ate it.
"Oh and to you three, good job on the trap, A for effort. Ranma-chan? I guess your worthy to be my student."
He turned to Sensei.
"Your boy's pretty damned impressive."
Sensei nodded his head.
"I told you he was damned good."
We ate in silence staring at Happosai, until Ukyo finally broke the silence.
"How? We chained you up, we put a bolder."
Happosai chuckled.
"Kid, that wasn't nearly enough to defeat me."
Ranma blinked.
"But the old man?"
Happosai rolled his eyes.
"Have you seen that cave? No food, no water? Kid if they had pulled it off I would be dead."
"Then you?"
Ranma gestured.
"Waited ten years to play a prank on them, you should have seen the look on their faces, it was so worth it."
Ranma blinked a finger in the air.
"I guess I respect that and stuff."
The meal continued in awkward silence.
Where did it go wrong last time? We put out a box of women's underwear and used traps like Ranma planned, then those traps failed, horribly. Then we attacked and he kicked out asses. I don't think he really tried, he just moved and we went down.
Dick. Everyone was healed now and we sat around sensei's kitchen table. Sensei was fixing breakfast for us. He put sausages and eggs in front of us.
"Protein, you kids are going to need it."
A woman walked in, she was wearing one of Sensei's dress shirts, her eyes were bleary and tired, she was also wearing a pair of men's boxers. Sensei handed her a cup of coffee, she gave him a light kiss on the neck.
"Have to get to work."
"Take care of yourself, Subaru."
She kissed him again as he gave her a boxed lunch. He then sat at the table like nothing happened. Ranma smiled, and nodded his head, Ukyo just blinked in shock.
"So Sensei, is..."
"IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!"
Sensei coughed as the ninja yelled.
"It appears I'm not without my charms."
He gave a small smile and then frowned at us.
"So, I talked to your parents and they understood, so where did the three of you go wrong?"
Ranma grimaced at the coffee, not used to the taste.
"He was too fast?"
I thought about it, as Ranma strategized.
"We used a physical trap when we should have used an array."
Sensei smiled.
"Your a mage Ru, I expect you to fight like a mage, now I'm going to leave because I don't officially approve of this at all and let the young people make their own mistakes."
I looked at my teammates.
"Give me a box of chalk and I can kill a god."
Ranma and Ukyo went out to get to get supplies.
I drew on the ground, my array gathering both my energy and the energy of the world around us. I hid in a trashcan, my energy connected to the seal.
"GIVE ME BACK MY PRETTIES!"
He's toying with them, all of us know he's that much faster then this. Ranma lands on his feet, runs and I set off the array. Happosai falls to his knees. I get up out of the trash can and he glares as I activate the effects of the array one by one. Suddenly he's slower, his massive Ki reserves are being eaten up. Fueling the growing magical chains keeping him tethered to the spot.
Ranma and Uyko attacked as one, I maintained the array stopping Happosai from damaging it. His look of glee shifted, becoming one of determination. He moved faster I sped up the drain, the slowing effects and everything else I could. My friends needed me to do this, even with the array, it took both of them working as a team to keep him down.
Eventally though the old man fell to his knees, his face weary.
"My Pretties..."
He fell to the ground, Ranma looked at me.
"He down Ru?"
"Not quite yet, he's faking it to trick you, give it a few."
Happosai rose and the fight started again, he fought with the power of a frenzied tiger. I drained his energy to contain his power to repair and protect the buildings in the alleyway. I could feel his reserves dropping, getting lower lower, and he was finally down.
"Picking on an old... man..."
He closed his eyes and we chained him up. The three of us walked back to the cave where he had been imprisoned and moved him in. We walled off the cave and walked away, we walked back to Sensei's place.
He rose an eyebrow.
"I assume you won?"
I nodded my head, I smelled steak.
"Come in, I have guests tonight."
"Hey, it's the crone."
Ranma got a light wack on the head.
"Respect, it's not that hard of a concept."
She took a bite of steak, Ranma smiled as he got his portion. I noticed though that the table had an empty steat with plates neatly arranged.
"Sorry I'm late."
Our jaws dropped as Happosai calmly walked into the house and took his seat.
"So Macuffin-sensei you got my steak ready?"
"Almost, you young punk."
Haposai laughed and then noticed Cologne.
"Oh...."
She froze as well her face sad.
"Yeah... been awhile hasn't it?"
"I...um...still."
A look of pain was choked down and he smiled.
"Trying to steel my little pretties."
The steak was put on his plate and he smiled as he ate it.
"Oh and to you three, good job on the trap, A for effort. Ranma-chan? I guess your worthy to be my student."
He turned to Sensei.
"Your boy's pretty damned impressive."
Sensei nodded his head.
"I told you he was damned good."
We ate in silence staring at Happosai, until Ukyo finally broke the silence.
"How? We chained you up, we put a bolder."
Happosai chuckled.
"Kid, that wasn't nearly enough to defeat me."
Ranma blinked.
"But the old man?"
Happosai rolled his eyes.
"Have you seen that cave? No food, no water? Kid if they had pulled it off I would be dead."
"Then you?"
Ranma gestured.
"Waited ten years to play a prank on them, you should have seen the look on their faces, it was so worth it."
Ranma blinked a finger in the air.
"I guess I respect that and stuff."
The meal continued in awkward silence.
...Huh. Happosai having layers beyond fabric. This is surprising.
Though I would not have been surprised had he known how to survive the 10 years without leaving... by some perverted (as in corrupted, not lecherous... well, no more than it could avoid being with the user) 'absence of need' meditation technique.
Though I would not have been surprised had he known how to survive the 10 years without leaving... by some perverted (as in corrupted, not lecherous... well, no more than it could avoid being with the user) 'absence of need' meditation technique.
Well Happousai would go what the hell at his. Because his canon counterpart actually did survive in a cave without food and water for 10 years
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- Location
- Berkeley
Hard to say what they'd think of their canon counterparts. Hikaru'd probably be horrified at what he does in canon--both in that a lot of the behavior is deplorable and in how he remains stagnant. With Happi it might be hard to tell if he's really different without getting into his point of view--it seems like his public persona will behave as ridiculously as is tolerated.
I guess a big chunk of the reaction depends on exactly how canon works--are the people as they are depicted in canon, or does it depict them as caricatures of themselves? Because really, if the people from canon behaved exactly as depicted normally, everyone here wouldn't be able to stand their canon self.
I guess a big chunk of the reaction depends on exactly how canon works--are the people as they are depicted in canon, or does it depict them as caricatures of themselves? Because really, if the people from canon behaved exactly as depicted normally, everyone here wouldn't be able to stand their canon self.
- Location
- Quezon City, Philippines
Hmm...
Hikaru is better on all fronts. Canon version was a pathetic loser.
Ranma is actually more open and more decent than his canon counterpart
Ukyo has it bad for the resident nerdy mage outcast. Least changed from canon though.
Cologne and Happosai aren't a pair evil old geriatrics. They're more human.
Ryouga is probably still the same, but we haven't seen enough of him.
Kasumi grew out of her clueless ditz portrayal from canon, and became a pinnacle of Japanese Beauty.
Kuno and Shampoo are dumb as bricks, no change from canon.
Akane and Nabiki are worse than their canon portrayal.
Hikaru is better on all fronts. Canon version was a pathetic loser.
Ranma is actually more open and more decent than his canon counterpart
Ukyo has it bad for the resident nerdy mage outcast. Least changed from canon though.
Cologne and Happosai aren't a pair evil old geriatrics. They're more human.
Ryouga is probably still the same, but we haven't seen enough of him.
Kasumi grew out of her clueless ditz portrayal from canon, and became a pinnacle of Japanese Beauty.
Kuno and Shampoo are dumb as bricks, no change from canon.
Akane and Nabiki are worse than their canon portrayal.
Waterslide 37
Cherico
Machine
Water slide
"I need your help."
Ranma slams a map down on the table, Ryouga is right next to him.
"Map of the spring of the drowned man?"
The two of them grin.
"It's a cure! We can finally be free, now there's a slight problem."
Another map, huh.
"It's under the girls' locker room."
Ranma nodded.
"Yep, and now we need to plan, if we work together we can-"
I cut them off.
"Or we can go to Sensei, wait until the school's over for the day, have him unlock the girls locker room and not get in trouble."
Ranma stopped.
"Or we can do that."
We walked over to Sensei and asked him for help, which led us to the vice principle. After agreeing to clean up grafitti, and actually having to do that first, we were led to the girls' locker room as it got dark. I used some chalk and opened up a passage way, the two boys bounced with glee until we saw an Urn.
A Ramna tilted his head.
"This, isn't a spring."
"I get that Ru."
Ryoga's face dropped as he studied the urn.
"We need the other two to find the spring, and the next one is....FUCKING KUNO."
I closed my eyes.
"Ryoga you still know all of those martial arts mining stuff?"
He smiled.
"Yep?"
I grabbed my chalk, and smiled at Ranma.
"Your going to need a distraction."
Ramna grimaced.
"Don't do this to me Ru."
"If you want that cure?"
"GAWW."
We headed up, it was dark, I had to have sensei cover for me at the hospital, but we got to the Kuno estate. Ryoga and I slipped through the traps as Ranma flirted with Kuno. The two of us got into the back yard.
"Ok so what gives?"
Ryoga and I dug in the back yard.
"What do you mean?"
"You and Ranma this whole BS."
Ryoga frowned.
"He's always insulting me and he ditched the fight."
"Which you were late to by three days."
He looked away.
"My sense of direction isn't so good."
Ah a box.
"And the other reasons?"
"He knocked me into a cursed spring that turns me into a pig and he's got Akane and."
I chuckled, and Ryoga stared at me.
"Am I amusing you?"
"No, Akane doesn't love Ranma at all, it was this thing their parents arranged, as for Akane, trust me she has issues major ones."
"And."
"I used to have a crush on her, heavy emphasis on used, if you can put up with her? Well, you're welcome to her."
I pried the urn out and we jumped the wall, we gave Ranma a thumbs up and we went into a nearby allyway.
"So?"
I drew some symbols on the ground and put a map of tokyo on it. Ryoga watched in wonder.
"and you're?"
"Using magic, third one isn't that far from us."
We ran in the night, shovels ready to one of the run down parts of Nerima we grabbed the urn and ran in until we got to the cave that held the spring the two men smiled and then frowned. It was dry nothing remained.
"Ru, figure this out now."
I drew some runes in the dirt and concentrated, the two of them started bickering about who's fault it was as I analyzed the ruin.
"Ok, the spring used to exist, but it looks like some earth quakes closed off the water, the leylines shifted a bit and it looks like the energy that used to go into powering the spring is doing some other stuff now."
They started yelling at each other screaming at each other blaming.
"SHUT UP."
They stared at me.
"Did I tell you this was a complete loss?"
They shook their heads.
"Ru?"
"Ranma, Ryoga there's just enough residual magic to treat both of your curses not cure treat, we could change for example the trigger instead of cold water changing you it would be hot water. So as long as you too took cold baths and showers."
Ryouga smiled.
"We would be ok?"
I nodded.
"Yes, it would be a particial victory, but both of you walk out of this with more then when you came in."
They smiled.
"But this is going to take all night and I am going to need your help, both of you to pull this off and that means no fighitng."
They turned looked at each other and shook hands. I got to work studying the old spring, the two cursed boys and the spring's dirt. I remembered my old lessions, if we timed it right we could use the rising sun to power it. The sun had a epic ton of leylines to draw power from, sure we could only invoke a spark but that might just be enough.
"Undress."
They did so and made a point of not looking at each other as they got in there respective holes. I drew into the dirt and then drew water from my canteen. They both transformed and I drew runic arrays around their respective holes. I looked at my watch, and poured energy into arrayas drew energy from the earth and the rising sun. The two of them transformed, they looked at their bodies.
"It's not a cure, but if you stay away from hot water..."
Ryouga nodded.
"I get it, it's not perfect but it's an improvement."
I helped them clean off the mud and then they got dressed, we felt tired and exausted but I think we all felt better. Small victories are better then nothing.
"I need your help."
Ranma slams a map down on the table, Ryouga is right next to him.
"Map of the spring of the drowned man?"
The two of them grin.
"It's a cure! We can finally be free, now there's a slight problem."
Another map, huh.
"It's under the girls' locker room."
Ranma nodded.
"Yep, and now we need to plan, if we work together we can-"
I cut them off.
"Or we can go to Sensei, wait until the school's over for the day, have him unlock the girls locker room and not get in trouble."
Ranma stopped.
"Or we can do that."
We walked over to Sensei and asked him for help, which led us to the vice principle. After agreeing to clean up grafitti, and actually having to do that first, we were led to the girls' locker room as it got dark. I used some chalk and opened up a passage way, the two boys bounced with glee until we saw an Urn.
A Ramna tilted his head.
"This, isn't a spring."
"I get that Ru."
Ryoga's face dropped as he studied the urn.
"We need the other two to find the spring, and the next one is....FUCKING KUNO."
I closed my eyes.
"Ryoga you still know all of those martial arts mining stuff?"
He smiled.
"Yep?"
I grabbed my chalk, and smiled at Ranma.
"Your going to need a distraction."
Ramna grimaced.
"Don't do this to me Ru."
"If you want that cure?"
"GAWW."
We headed up, it was dark, I had to have sensei cover for me at the hospital, but we got to the Kuno estate. Ryoga and I slipped through the traps as Ranma flirted with Kuno. The two of us got into the back yard.
"Ok so what gives?"
Ryoga and I dug in the back yard.
"What do you mean?"
"You and Ranma this whole BS."
Ryoga frowned.
"He's always insulting me and he ditched the fight."
"Which you were late to by three days."
He looked away.
"My sense of direction isn't so good."
Ah a box.
"And the other reasons?"
"He knocked me into a cursed spring that turns me into a pig and he's got Akane and."
I chuckled, and Ryoga stared at me.
"Am I amusing you?"
"No, Akane doesn't love Ranma at all, it was this thing their parents arranged, as for Akane, trust me she has issues major ones."
"And."
"I used to have a crush on her, heavy emphasis on used, if you can put up with her? Well, you're welcome to her."
I pried the urn out and we jumped the wall, we gave Ranma a thumbs up and we went into a nearby allyway.
"So?"
I drew some symbols on the ground and put a map of tokyo on it. Ryoga watched in wonder.
"and you're?"
"Using magic, third one isn't that far from us."
We ran in the night, shovels ready to one of the run down parts of Nerima we grabbed the urn and ran in until we got to the cave that held the spring the two men smiled and then frowned. It was dry nothing remained.
"Ru, figure this out now."
I drew some runes in the dirt and concentrated, the two of them started bickering about who's fault it was as I analyzed the ruin.
"Ok, the spring used to exist, but it looks like some earth quakes closed off the water, the leylines shifted a bit and it looks like the energy that used to go into powering the spring is doing some other stuff now."
They started yelling at each other screaming at each other blaming.
"SHUT UP."
They stared at me.
"Did I tell you this was a complete loss?"
They shook their heads.
"Ru?"
"Ranma, Ryoga there's just enough residual magic to treat both of your curses not cure treat, we could change for example the trigger instead of cold water changing you it would be hot water. So as long as you too took cold baths and showers."
Ryouga smiled.
"We would be ok?"
I nodded.
"Yes, it would be a particial victory, but both of you walk out of this with more then when you came in."
They smiled.
"But this is going to take all night and I am going to need your help, both of you to pull this off and that means no fighitng."
They turned looked at each other and shook hands. I got to work studying the old spring, the two cursed boys and the spring's dirt. I remembered my old lessions, if we timed it right we could use the rising sun to power it. The sun had a epic ton of leylines to draw power from, sure we could only invoke a spark but that might just be enough.
"Undress."
They did so and made a point of not looking at each other as they got in there respective holes. I drew into the dirt and then drew water from my canteen. They both transformed and I drew runic arrays around their respective holes. I looked at my watch, and poured energy into arrayas drew energy from the earth and the rising sun. The two of them transformed, they looked at their bodies.
"It's not a cure, but if you stay away from hot water..."
Ryouga nodded.
"I get it, it's not perfect but it's an improvement."
I helped them clean off the mud and then they got dressed, we felt tired and exausted but I think we all felt better. Small victories are better then nothing.
Water slide 38
Cherico
Machine
Water slide
I huffed as I poured chakra into the water, together with my aura and my prana.
"I know it's hard, but you need to use your power as one coherent whole."
The ocean fought me as I lifted more, I was building a giant orb of water in the air. I was straining myself, trying to push forward. I screamed in pain, as I tried to make the orb of water ever larger.
"Good, now bigger."
"ARRRGH."
I collapsed and the water returned to the ocean.
"Three Mega liters of water, a new record, but you're capable of more."
I took in breaths of air, it was an impressive act and it meant I had more raw power, more control, I was making progress.
"Back to rune work."
A crowd of people clapped, mostly tourists. We teleported back to my house where a sewing machine waited for me. It was the weekend and it was time to work on my quilting skills. Ranma pounded on the door and walked in.
"Ru, I need your help and, um... you're sewing?"
I continued my needle work.
"Why?"
His face was confused.
"Quilt of regeneration, it's a multilayered design that draws on ambiant energy in order to heal the person under the quilt. The hospital needs a couple off them and it's good training."
He nodded.
"Oh hospital stuff got it, not girly at all. Point is, I need your help with. um two things."
I blinked.
"And they are?"
"Shampoo gave me this Dim Sum that makes me hug anyone who sneezes."
I looked at my Sensei, who was working on his own quilt.
"It sounds just as stupid to me as it does to you kid."
I turned back to Ranma.
"You know Ranma, I literally control water with my mind, I actually sit down and use magic on a daily basis, my teacher is a magic using american from another universe and your life is still weirder then mine. So that other thing?"
"The bathroom's broken."
"Martial arts fight?"
"Yep."
I stopped my needle point and motioned for him to follow me into the basement. I did a quick check drew some runes and had him sit in it. The runes glowed and Ranma's stomach rumbled.
"Restroom's on the first floor, to the right."
"Got it."
He ran off holding his stomach and I went back to my needle point.
"Arg, ARRRGGHHHH!"
I continued on my designs.
"WHY IS THERE BLOOD?"
I ignored Ranma, I just needed to finish and it's good, I started the charge and the blanket glowed for a bit. Sensei looked it over.
"Decent healing increased by a factor of ten regeneration rather then straight healing, good job but you can do better, calculate the runes."
I looked through it and sighed.
"Wrong letter here, it threw the whole damned thing off."
"Thats ok, the hos-"
"WHY WON'T IT STOP?"
"Hospital will still appreciate the effort."
Ranma weezed out the restroom and then turned around and returned to it.
"He's going to have to get it out of his system."
My sensei shrugged and continued his needle point.
"Need me to teleport you there?"
"Thanks."
Ranma finally staggered out of the bathroom and then fell to the ground and shivered.
"Finished?"
"Yeah..."
Sensei grabbed our quilts and picked Ranma up. We teleported to his house and I got to work fixing the bathroom. Ranma's eyes rolled as I fixed everything up.
"Soun's lost the election."
I blinked it was an election year but he...
"He was running?"
"For a small position in the Nerima council, the whole Nabiki thing pretty much destroyed any chance of that happening. Why do you think it got into the paper?"
"Ouch, so what's he going to do now?"
Ranma sighed.
"What can he do? He doesn't have any students, there isn't any money coming in, I've gone over the books if things don't change they will lose the house, the dojo, everything."
"How about that contest?"
"Yeah, that win gave us some breathing room, but it's still running out of cash, and everytime something gets wreaked it costs more money to fix it."
"So what are you saying?"
"I need work."
I thought about it.
"Why not ask Ukyo, or Shampoo for a parttime job."
He nodded.
"That's Ok, but I was thinking, Old Mac knows a lot of stuff right?"
"Yeah?"
"Can he, you know teach me a trade so I can get certified? There's lots of construction work."
I thought about it.
"It's up to him."
"Thanks man, you're a life saver."
I huffed as I poured chakra into the water, together with my aura and my prana.
"I know it's hard, but you need to use your power as one coherent whole."
The ocean fought me as I lifted more, I was building a giant orb of water in the air. I was straining myself, trying to push forward. I screamed in pain, as I tried to make the orb of water ever larger.
"Good, now bigger."
"ARRRGH."
I collapsed and the water returned to the ocean.
"Three Mega liters of water, a new record, but you're capable of more."
I took in breaths of air, it was an impressive act and it meant I had more raw power, more control, I was making progress.
"Back to rune work."
A crowd of people clapped, mostly tourists. We teleported back to my house where a sewing machine waited for me. It was the weekend and it was time to work on my quilting skills. Ranma pounded on the door and walked in.
"Ru, I need your help and, um... you're sewing?"
I continued my needle work.
"Why?"
His face was confused.
"Quilt of regeneration, it's a multilayered design that draws on ambiant energy in order to heal the person under the quilt. The hospital needs a couple off them and it's good training."
He nodded.
"Oh hospital stuff got it, not girly at all. Point is, I need your help with. um two things."
I blinked.
"And they are?"
"Shampoo gave me this Dim Sum that makes me hug anyone who sneezes."
I looked at my Sensei, who was working on his own quilt.
"It sounds just as stupid to me as it does to you kid."
I turned back to Ranma.
"You know Ranma, I literally control water with my mind, I actually sit down and use magic on a daily basis, my teacher is a magic using american from another universe and your life is still weirder then mine. So that other thing?"
"The bathroom's broken."
"Martial arts fight?"
"Yep."
I stopped my needle point and motioned for him to follow me into the basement. I did a quick check drew some runes and had him sit in it. The runes glowed and Ranma's stomach rumbled.
"Restroom's on the first floor, to the right."
"Got it."
He ran off holding his stomach and I went back to my needle point.
"Arg, ARRRGGHHHH!"
I continued on my designs.
"WHY IS THERE BLOOD?"
I ignored Ranma, I just needed to finish and it's good, I started the charge and the blanket glowed for a bit. Sensei looked it over.
"Decent healing increased by a factor of ten regeneration rather then straight healing, good job but you can do better, calculate the runes."
I looked through it and sighed.
"Wrong letter here, it threw the whole damned thing off."
"Thats ok, the hos-"
"WHY WON'T IT STOP?"
"Hospital will still appreciate the effort."
Ranma weezed out the restroom and then turned around and returned to it.
"He's going to have to get it out of his system."
My sensei shrugged and continued his needle point.
"Need me to teleport you there?"
"Thanks."
Ranma finally staggered out of the bathroom and then fell to the ground and shivered.
"Finished?"
"Yeah..."
Sensei grabbed our quilts and picked Ranma up. We teleported to his house and I got to work fixing the bathroom. Ranma's eyes rolled as I fixed everything up.
"Soun's lost the election."
I blinked it was an election year but he...
"He was running?"
"For a small position in the Nerima council, the whole Nabiki thing pretty much destroyed any chance of that happening. Why do you think it got into the paper?"
"Ouch, so what's he going to do now?"
Ranma sighed.
"What can he do? He doesn't have any students, there isn't any money coming in, I've gone over the books if things don't change they will lose the house, the dojo, everything."
"How about that contest?"
"Yeah, that win gave us some breathing room, but it's still running out of cash, and everytime something gets wreaked it costs more money to fix it."
"So what are you saying?"
"I need work."
I thought about it.
"Why not ask Ukyo, or Shampoo for a parttime job."
He nodded.
"That's Ok, but I was thinking, Old Mac knows a lot of stuff right?"
"Yeah?"
"Can he, you know teach me a trade so I can get certified? There's lots of construction work."
I thought about it.
"It's up to him."
"Thanks man, you're a life saver."
Ursine
Concerned Citizen
- Location
- Home, Sweet Home
No one has ever had to pay for demolition in Nerima.Well Ranma, if you need a job, there's always demolition.
tarrangar
Fat arctic chicken
That just means he will need to commune further.
- Location
- Nowhere
Can we see what's going on with Ukyo?