Well, all except for Dowel. She found him quite attractive. But then again, there’s no accounting for extremely bad taste, I guess.
“Aiyah,” Shampoo muttered. {I have to marry… him?}
Cologne blanched as well, horrified at the thought of that… man’s genetics creeping into their tribe’s gene pool. Sure, a fair bit of his large frame was bone and muscle… but there was also an inordinate amount of fat covering said muscle.
Suddenly, Dowel walked forward with a gleam in her eye. Stopping next to Shampoo, she muttered something into her ear, a wide grin on her own face. Shampoo, for the record, was very brace and did not throw up at the visual of what her Amazon sister was suggesting… Though she did look a little green around the gills as she went to consult with her Great-Grandmother.
{Great-grandmother,} Shampoo whispered, {Dowel is asking for permission to challenge me for this outsider’s hand in marriage… and I am very, very tempted to accept that offer, and make it an arm wrestling match to boot.}
Cologne hummed to her self, thinking this proposal over.
Dowel could probably break the man of any bad eating habits he had, or just plain break his leg so that he couldn’t get to the food on his own. Aerobic exercise was also one of the best ways to lose fat and, from what she knew about Dowel’s mother, Lumber, the poor man would be getting a lot of that in.
On the other hand, the man’s son was much to powerful and skilled to leave at Dowel’s mercy. One fight and the woman would be down for the count, and unable to discipline her husband as was needed. That, and such power really should be trained and honed by a much more experienced master of the Art…
Like herself…
A smirk played across her aged face, matching the gleam in her eyes.
{Tell me, boy,} Cologne said, turning to Ranma, {Would you like to learn thousand-year-old martial arts techniques that most outsiders don’t even know exist, let alone how to do them?}
Cheshire dropped his smile, at once becoming deadly serious… something that was impossible before They blended into He. Mulling the pros and cons out through his head, he observed the people around him with a keen eye.
Though the village was made mostly from wood, the buildings were in good repair, and had sturdy roofs to keep the weather off.
All the streets, not just the main thoroughfares, were hard-packed and cobbled, with drainage ditches on either side filled with looser packed small rocks to aid against water erosion.
The women were attractive and fit, and everybody was dressed in good sturdy clothes. The Men, though obviously not the governing body, seemed to be well fed and happy, if the occasional one looked a little bit tired.
So things were going well for this village. The Women were in charge—which is actually a rather good idea for most societies outside of Wonderland—but the men weren’t mistreated. And they had more than enough human firepower to defend themselves against most attack.
Perhaps…
He glanced at his confused father, then to the large Amazon woman called Dowel, and an evil grin arrived full-force on his face, disturbing no few Amazons in the process.
{I assume that I will have to join your society to be able to learn these techniques?} Ranma asked in a low voice.
{That is true,} Cologne nodded.
{Perhaps… but there is one condition…}
{And what is that?} Cologne asked suspiciously.
{That you take me in as your honorary son.}
Cologne thought that one over for a few moments, before coming to a final decision.
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