Haruka was a driver and mechanic. A tough tomboy who was pretty darn good in a fight. She tended to use a crossbow. She had a pistol with four bullets still, but finding the replacement bullets was difficult. She could fight too - she had some excellent kempo skills and could take on much bigger opponents and could hold her own. She preferred a sniper position however.
Ranma had Nanto Suicho Ken and some Hokumon No Ken under his belt. He was deadly, which had proven to be necessary in this post-holocaust world. This was not a forgiving world. If someone said they were going to kill you, it was not safe to take it as just words or an idle threat. Most likely they were simply being honest.
In that way the world was simpler. Things were often as they appeared to be. Giant mutant bandits leaping at you from ambush with drawn axes were NOT likely to be inviting you to tea.
Ranma glanced at the back seat of the 'baja racer' style buggy. Haruka and Hotaru were both asleep. Hotaru managing to look cute and innocent. Haruka had completely covered herself with the blanket to keep out the dust and sun, where it occasionally poked through the canvas stretched across the roll-bar and down to the back.
Ranma had many skills, but being a great driver was not one of them. He kept the speed below Haruka's 'cruising speed', stuck to the road, and kept an eye out for ambushes. Finally he crested a hill and saw a town a few miles away.
He studied it through Haruka's field glasses briefly. It looked like:
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