On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Ranma Al'Thor wrote:

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Gary Kleppe wrote:

On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 20:51:26 -0700, you wrote:

       "That is him, Son-in law."
        Ranma looked at the gentleman in question. He was a tall Latin man
curly graying hair. He was dressed in a white linen suit with a black tie.
A hula girl presented a tray with a glass of champange to him. He took
the glass, nodded, faced the group and raised the glass.
         "My dear guests, I am Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy
Island!"
        

How about the following: Ranma is wandering around the island, looking
for the Jusenkyo cure that Roarke says is there. He keeps bumping into
some other martial artist, one who looks kind of familiar. This other
martial artist easily out-fights and out-wits and generally makes a
fool of Ranma and his entourage at every opportunity. Akane gets a
crush on him. The reader thinks that this is yet another author
insertion fic. Then at the end, Roarke says to the other martial
artist:

"Did you enjoy your fantasy, Gosunkugi?"

Now that's brilliant!

Here's a way to improve on it:

Same as above, only a couple of things happen at the end.  Ranma is faced 
with two pools, one with Nannichuan water to cure him, the other with 
Nyannichuan water to cure him in a way he doesn't want to be cured.  
To make things worse, he doesn't know which is which, and must choose.  
Along comes Gos, who wished to be an excellent martial artist JUST LIKE 
SAOTOME.  During the fight, Gos lands in one of the pools, and comes out 
a little...different.  Ranma, seeing the change, jumps into the other pool, 
and is cured, thereby getting his wish.

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nwl9354@unix.tamu.edu
Nightelf's Elysium - http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~nwl9354
"Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived...A magician,
practiced in the mysterious arts of his trade...A warrior maid, beautiful
of face, gifted with the strength of twenty...A wild man, cloaked in
honor, doomed to forever wander the earth...A princess, regal in
appearance, born with a heart of fire...and her betrothed, a handsome
prince, transformed by dark sorcery into a young girl..."
Ranma Saotome, "Home: Sunrise Chronicles pt. 3"
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