A teaser. This came to me while nursing a very painful abcess my
dentiust kindly gave me (don't ask).


Tokyo, 2752 AD. A pleasant enough city, but changes are afoot.

  "Rhialto, you know what you must do."

  "Yes, sensei."

  "Everything is prepared?"

  "Absolutely. I shall begin the jump right away."

  "Insertion, please. Use the correct terminology, Rhialto."

  "But sir, research has shown that the term has lost favour amongst
many of the populace. Hence, I chose to use an alternative term."

  "Whatever. But make the jump soon, we don't have much time before the
cusp. Call the machine."

A chorus of 'call the machine's went circling around the crystal
chamber. 'Must do something about the acoustics in here,' the sensei
thought. A minute later the machine whumped in from the open ceiling and
Rhialto stepped inside. Another minute later a cry came out from the
machine.

  "How do you work this thing?"

  The sensei sighed. "Dial '1992-Tokyo' he called back." A minute later
the machine sunk into the floor.

Ranma to ryouga no ichiban sugoi ryokou

  "Chiwa! Saotome Ranma dono desu!"

  "Yaa! Hibiki Ryouga dono desu!"

  "And together, we are..."

  "Big Teeth!"

  "Hey, wait a minute..."

  "Sup?"

  "How come you get to name the band after your self?

  "Can't help it, that's just the way parodies work."

  "How about we combine our names?"

  "How do you mean?" Ranma took this as a cue to whisper in Ryouga's
ear. "Yeah, that world work."

  "And together we are..."

  "The Wyld Boars!"

  "Kuso. The videotape has run out. We'll have to start again. Ranma,
it's your fault for wanting that name change just now. There's nothing
wrong with the band the way it was."

  "Sez you."

  "Shut up Ranma. I just know if you carry on like this you're gonna
make my life a living hell."