"So let me get this straight. You’re offering me…"
"A harem," The pigtailed man in the black kung fu pants and red vest said. "I know that you probably think that it sounds odd, but I’ve never had any complaints about my service."
"So… is this a dream we’re in now?"
"A gross oversimplification, but yes," The man said gesturing to the foggy white space around the pair. "This is a dream with consequences."
"So who are you?"
"Ranma Saotome, Divine Agent of Romantic Entanglements, member of the Divine Brotherhood of Relationships, Local #6969." The man said to his companion.
"How in the world did you get that job?"
"I had a problem, back when I was still mortal, and I offered myself to the kami, saying I'd do anything to have it fixed. To make me regret my rash words, they fixed my problem, and then I found myself pressed into their service."
"That doesn't sound like the gods are very nice."
"They're not bad beings to work for really." Ranma said. "I mean some of them can be mean and more than a little vindictive, but the Goddesses I work under- Aphrodite, Venus, Hathor and some others- they're really nice. They made me feel welcome, even though I was little more than an indentured soul to them."
"Okay, so if- and this is a big if- I was to go for this, what would it entail?"
"First a sample, a glimpse of what you may have," Ranma explained. "If you decide you like what you see, I can make it permanent... for a price."
"What price?" His companion asked warily.
"You're suspicious," Ranma laughed. "I like that. The gift I give you, this glimpse, I bend the laws of reality somewhat to do it. When reality returns to normal, your glimpse ends. I myself do not have the power to make that change permanent, but with my Bosses ok and- this is where you come in, by the way- sufficient power, I can brace reality into it's new configuration. In time, reality will settle in like it was always this way."
"So how would I supply this power?" His companion asked.
"It would cost a year from the end of your life, and before you worry about how long you'll be around, the Fates and my Bosses assure me you'll be here or I wouldn't even be allowed to make this pitch."
"And if I changed my mind, didn't want this anymore? Could I get that year back?"
"Ah... kinda quirky that. See you're not actually giving me a year of your life. You're giving me all the energy you'd use in that year, you know heartbeat, respiration, brain waves, all that. Now if you change your mind, there is a chance that the energy may come back, because energy just changes forms. You may still die a year earlier, but you could have a child, or live a year longer. No one knows for sure.
"One more thing. Will anyone be hurt?"
Ranma seemed to choose his words carefully. "I know you're a good person and you wouldn't hurt anyone intentionally, but others could be hurt by the new circumstances. That's really the best answer I can give."
The other figure chewed their lower lip in silent contemplation, then nodded silently. "Well then, lets start crafting your new life,
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