Okay, a couple of announcements here.
1): I have enough submissions to begin trying to put together
'A Wish of Honor', although I still need more. It looks like the two
or three week time frame may have condenced back down into
one, with about four chapters covering part one: 'Happosai's
Magic Ring (yes, there are more parts that haven't been opened
for submissions yet). All told, the chapter count for part one looks
to be about three (I was hoping for at least five).
Chapter One should be ready to post soon (I hope), and pretty
much covers the first day.
Chapter Two should cover what I havent gotten much of anything
for yet, which is scenes at school, after ranma has been
permanently changed into a girl, but before Happosai has wished
to become his idealized interpretation of his youth. While
'Ranko' might be 'flirting' with the boys, everyone else is behaving
more or less normally... or are they? ("Nabiki has begun giving
away some pictures for free!? Isn't that one of the signs of the
coming of Appocolyps!?")
Chapter Three should cover Happosai's third major wish (mentioned
above). He doesn't take a direct hand in events yet, but he has
become more insatable as a puppet-master voyuer, and gets a little
more into risking public exposure. His victims begin doing more
risque acts in public, and their mask of 'nothing is wrong gets a
whole lot harder to believe. Right at the end, Happosai finally takes
a personal hand in things and decides to start with his 'Chief
Concubine', Cologne (who he had renamed Glomp). Ryoga/Hug,
Mousse/Kiss, and Cuddles (Poor Taro finally got 'her' name
changed ^_^) look on in trepidation, as they had been informed that
their Master intends to have Glomp use the Cat's Tongue Point to
stick them in their revised cursed forms forever as his 'other'
concubines...
(I don't have very many submissions for chapter three yet...)
Chapter Four should be the escape (once again) of Konatsu, who
makes his way to the Kuno residence to recruit Kasumi (whom
he had discovered that Happosai feared, as the old letch had
come to believe that she was incarnated with the essence of an
Angel as this generations defender of the Tendo Clan in their time
of need - actually sealing his own fate as his subconcious mind
gave her just those abilities over the past week, and she was
just now growing beyond his ability to effect her anymore... ^_^).
Tsubasa makes a play to revenge himself on Happosai for what
has happened to Ukyo (both her greenish elfin appearance and
the acts he had witnessed when he snuck in to spy on the Tendos).
Tsubasa's attack should occur at about the same time as Happosai's
'session' with Colonge mentioned in chapter three. During the
confusion between fighting Cologne's will and the distraction caused
by Tsubasa, 'Ranko' feals an incredible surge of hope flowing into
her (from Kasumi, but she won't know that until later), breaking her
free of Happosai's control. Ranko makes her final bid for the Ring,
and makes her Wish of Honor, breaking Happosai's Power over Women.
The rest of the chapter should be vignettes, covering the various points
of view of the victims and rescuers as Happosai's Power is broken.
I only have a few submissions covering chapter four.
Chapter Five is the climax, covering the fight scene between
Happosai and Cologne (and whoever else joins in - so far
Nodoka has joined, both because of having been regressed
to the physical age of eighteen as a sex-toy, and for the injury
that Happosai inflicted on her precious 'Daughter as revenge for
breaking his Power).
Kodachi does not join in because she experiences a nervous
breakdown of self loathing and guilt; nor does Mousse/Kiss,
who has decided that Kodachi needed him at her side now than
Shampoo does for the battle to come
After the battle, things wind down for a bit, and events are set in
motion for 'A wish of Honor part two: Aftermath
Chapter five has a few submissions as well, mostly skirting around
the fight scene without actually covering it at all...
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2): Son Turned Daughter chapter three, which I had started writing
again, is experiencing some delays as: I got sick; my overtime
came back; I bought a couple of new games; and I discovered how
addicting chat rooms are. I have promised myself to sit down monday
and write *something* in it, even if I have to fix it up later. Sorry for the
added delay, folks! ^_^
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When given the constants a, b and c, and the variables x, y and z...
I often find it helpful to concentrate on point q
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