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Aaaaction!
Who: Ranma Saotome, some macho chick Akane Tendo, and YOU!
When: 3/27
Where: Genessia City, outside a random archway from the Bay
What: Two lost and confused newcomersand possible harbingers of the Nerima apocalypse arrive.
As was all-too-common in Genessia these days, two people were standing under the arch leading to the Bay. One of them was a red-headed girl with waterlogged shoes, who was looking around with all the open-jawed shock of a tourist fresh off the boat. She glanced down several times at the paperwork in her hand, then at her companion, then at the surrounding buildings. Words seemed to be failing her.
Finally, after what seemed like a long, long few seconds, Ranma spoke. "Wow. So this must be what it's like to be Ryoga."
When: 3/27
Where: Genessia City, outside a random archway from the Bay
What: Two lost and confused newcomers
As was all-too-common in Genessia these days, two people were standing under the arch leading to the Bay. One of them was a red-headed girl with waterlogged shoes, who was looking around with all the open-jawed shock of a tourist fresh off the boat. She glanced down several times at the paperwork in her hand, then at her companion, then at the surrounding buildings. Words seemed to be failing her.
Finally, after what seemed like a long, long few seconds, Ranma spoke. "Wow. So this must be what it's like to be Ryoga."
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And that thought actually seemed to cheer her up a bit. Hey, maybe nobody else they knew was here!
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Although the more she thought about it... well okay, no Shampoo or Kodachi is a bonus. She liked Ukyou, but she was a rival too so she wasn't that broken up about her being not here.
Still if Ranma wasn't worried, then she supposed she shouldn't worry either. Maybe. "At least we have some money to find a place to stay." That was pretty generous for kidnappers.
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At Akane's last comment, she glanced at the stack of odd money, then at her. "Hmmmm. I guess we do." To propose sharing or not? On the one hand, it would be cheaper (hurray!) and also easier to keep her out of trouble...on the other hand, well, she'd be sharing a place with Akane.
And on the other other hand, she'd be sharing a place with Akane...
Argh! Why did everything have to be so complicated?
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She glances away again, thinking. She COULD suggest staying together, but there'sa huge difference between the living situation back home, and the living situation here.
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A tent would also do.
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"It looks like.. the closest place is the apartment block in Genessia City -- that's where we are now. I guess most people who first arrive here use that place to stay."
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It didn't help that they were often broke due to the old man's idiocy.
Mind made up, Ranma set off in that direction. "C'mon! The sooner we've got a place to stay, the sooner I can go lookin' for the guy who brought us here."
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She quickened her steps in any case, and if she looks a little surprised it's because she is. He said 'we' after all. Suggesting he wanted to stay in the same place? Maybe? Well... she wasn't .. she didn't have a problem with it. As long as he kept to his OWN room. "Wait up, Ranma!" What's the rush? -oh right, finding the kidnappers.
"Hey.. you don't think whoever it is would bring anyone from home here, do you?"
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She glanced at Akane out of the corner of her eye. There was definitely something weird about that look, Ranma just couldn't put her finger on it. Akane successfully changed the topic before Ranma could say anything about it, though. She let out a rather un-ladylike snort.
"If they were smart, then no."
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"Hmm.." That's good then. She didn't want her family to be trapped here, but... she'd be lying if she said she didn't want to see them too. "Well if we find the people responsible, maybe we can make them send us home sooner rather than later."
Soon enough though, she spies the apartment building in question. "There it is." It's going to be weird staying in an apartment, not gonna lie.
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At least Nerima was used to repairing big chunks of the neighborhood every now and again. Once they reached the apartment building, though, Ranma folded her arms across her chest. Everything seemed to be in order from here.
...now should she bring up the idea of sharing or not...?
"Say, Akane...I've been thinking..."
Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace~!
When Ranma brings up that she'd been thinking, Akane opened her mouth to quip a 'that's a first' remark, but she managed to hold it back. "About what..?"
What's your favorite thing about space?
"If we share an apartment we can probably stretch our money further."
There, she'd said it. See? That wasn't so hard after all!
That it's all .. spacey! Also gasp, paid account!
Either way there's still a difference between living together and living with her family and him! "Share...?" Erm. Well Ranma DID have a point.
"Well. Yeah.. sure, why not...?" Thinking about it, friends often get apartments together to save money so... it was the same way here right? "That's actually a pretty good idea." The 'considering who it's coming from' is implied.
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...
An hour or so later the two of them found themselves the proud(?) renters of a new apartment. As Ranma walked around the wide-open space (it still smelled a little bit like paint, even) she happened to wander into the kitchen and open a cupboard. Yep, empty.
"Looks like I'm gonna have to get some food too."
Because the thought of letting Akane handle the shopping didn't even occur to him. He didn't even care about whether it was a girly thing to do or not (something he could be oddly prickly about) - this was a matter of survival!
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Following Ranma into the kitchen, she caught her comment about food shopping, and shook her head. "You? That's okay Ranma, I can get the shopping done." Just.. don't let her cook. EVER.
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"Really, really not necessary!" How else can Ranma be sure she won't get sugar instead of salt?
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It's when she's cooking you have to watch out and head for the hills. Akane shot a suspicious glare in Ranma's direction. "Don't be ridiculous, we still need to eat. I saw a store on the way to the apartment here, so it'll be fine!"
Run. RUN.
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Ranma clapped her hands once, then held them together in prayer while her eyes wandered up towards the ceiling. "Kami-sama, whatever I did in a past life, I'm sorry."
It had been a little while since Ranma inserted her foot into her mouth...so she was probably due, wasn't she?
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Akane set her hands against her hips, glaring at Ranma now. "And what is that supposed to mean?"
In retrospect it's probably a good thing they didn't have to put in a security deposit on the apartment. They'd lose it in the first day.
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...oh. Crap.
"Akane, do you remember what happened the last time you tried to make dinner? The alleged yakisoba?"
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Arms are folding, her posture shifting into the 'I'm going to deck you one' stance. "That's not going to happen again." For one, Happosai's shenanigans aren't here. But uh. That's not to say something worse might not happen.
She may recreate the Blob (Tm).
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Ranma folded her arms over her chest. "Look, all I'm sayin' is, the last thing we need is for somebody to get sick around here. Let me worry about the food, alright? I can at least make ramen."
...yeah, Ranma, that wasn't diplomatic. Like at all.
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Think of Akane as that time bomb.
Only her fuse was much much shorter. It starts at 10, and then hits 0 the minute Ranma opens his mouth. "I'm NOT going to get people sick you JERK! You haven't even TRIED anything I've made recently!"
He was too busy running away, or getting stuffed at Nekohanten or Ucchans.
beware of short tag
No YOU beware ... AKANE.
Akane's expression shifted from mildly annoyed and suspicious to glowering, her hands clenching into fists as she drew in a breath.
"You are SUCH an INSENSITIVE JERK!" She tried really hard when she was cooking you know!
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"I'm just tellin' ya the way things are! Do you even eat your own cooking?"
Maybe this would explain Akane's remarkable toughness.
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"You're just such a brain dead loser you can't even APPRECIATE the work I put into my cooking!"
Wut.
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Oh yeah. She went there.
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That is like. THE SUPREME insult!
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Well if he's going to bring Nerima-ites into this, so can she! "And anyway, Ryoga-kun liked my cooking."
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Ranma had decided long ago she wasn't going to out P-Chan, but that didn't mean she couldn't make the occasional joke at Ryoga's expense. And it probably flew right over Akane's head too.
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"Don't pick on Ryoga-kun when he's not even here!" Not cool Ranma, at least give the man a chance to defend himself! "And besides, that's not true because Ryoga-kun is more of a gentleman than you!"
Are they getting a wee bit sidetracked with the issue here?
Bad idea it might be, it's still hilarious
Maaaaaybe putting these people in the same house was a bad idea.
MWahaha :D
Who ... to be fair... IS kind of a friend, but he's also kind of a great big dorkberry.
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Yeah there was definitely a point to the conversation that spiraled into an argument that was making less and less sense by the second.
"I KNOW Salt doesn't go into PUdding!" She's just bad at paying attention. THEY'RE BOTH WHITE, OKAY. "And I DON'T need Cooking lessons FROM YOU."
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Insulting Ranma's masculinity was a definite no-no. You could practically hear her teeth grinding as she sucked in a deep breath, then boomed in the kind of voice that could probably be heard the next block over:
"I'M A GUY YOU MACHO TOMBOY!"
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She pivots on that note, to storm out of apartment with clenched fists. She's going shopping. And then she's going to cook something. And then you will eat it and DIE. No wait. Eat it and like it.