SPLUT.
Each one ended in a spray of orange goo, the fluid slowly gathering like mercury, going downhill or into drains.
Ranma went out to one of the piles of clothing and nudged it. Now he knew what had happened. What it meant - that was something else altogether.
Images of people appearing, touching one of the real people, then the image flickered out and the real person was turned to goo.
Ranma wandered around briefly after that, seeing the piles of clothing he had ignored previously, and realizing what had saved him. His father's stupid nocturnal attacks had gotten him to go on automatic. Any attempt to attack him in his sleep caused him to dodge the attack without waking up or even consciously register the attack. He had to have dodged the whatever it was, and then the image had to have moved on. Whatever time limit for the attacks had passed.
Except he was now alone. The old freak or old ghoul might have survived due to similar skills, but he wasn't counting on them.
In fact, a visit to the Nekohanten revealed Cologne's clothes and staff near the entry.
Now that he knew what to look for, he was finding the clothes. The attack had come early morning. The janitor had apparently realized something was going on, grabbed his camcorder, and fled. He'd kept his cool long enough to realize what was going on and had tried to hide but had eventually fallen as well.
The Tendo family was gone. There was no sign of his father, but stupid oyaji had been spending a lot of time in panda form lately.
Akane's bedclothes were crumpled on the floor. Apparently she'd realized something was happening, had gotten up out of bed, and had fallen to the same attack. Nabiki's pajamas were still in her bed, Kasumi's nightgown near her door.
From the look of things, all his fiancees were gone. There was no telling where to look for Ryoga but every other rival he had was also a pile of clothes on the floor.
Sitting down against a fountain that sat quiescent, Ranma tried to consider his next move.
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