"That has been sooo horrible, dear..." the queen sniffed, as she sat next to her husband, back in the royal palace, back in her royal gown.
King Endymion aka Mamoru patted his wife on the shoulder. "There, there... everything's fine now!"
A small, grey-haired girl entered the throne room. "Lady Washu is ready for the demonstration, Your Highness!"
Usagi... No, Neo-Queen Serenity nodded and sat up straight in her throne. "Thank you, Diana! Send her in!"
"Right away, Mylady!"
Just then, a minuscule woman, who looked rather like a little girl, came into the big hall. She had exceptionally spiky, red hair and was accompanied by another woman with light blue hair, who was pulling a big cart. Inside the cart, a strange, red box could be seen.
"Your Majesty!" Head Scientist Washu bowed in front of her queen. "It's an honor that you allow me to show you my newest, greatest creation yet..."
"Let's hope it works better than the last one..." her companion grumbled.
Washu threw her an angry glare. "Ryoko, behave... we're in the presence of the king and queen!"
The ex-space pirate just shrugged. "Yeah, yeah, whatever..."
The queen looked over to the mysterious box lying in the cart. "So, you claim to have invented the ultimate energy source, right?"
"That's correct, Your Highness," Washu said with sparkling eyes. "Of course, it's not a big problem for a genius of my caliber... but let's not digress. I think it's best if I show you how it works. My assistent will help me."
"As if I have a choice," Ryoko mumbled.
Washu reached into her lab coat and produced an ordinary light bulb. "Here, Ryoko... take this bulb into your right hand."
Ryoko did as instructed. "Okay, now extend your left index finger... and touch the..." She grinned, turning to the royal couple. "I called it 'THE BOX'! Okay, Ryoko, touch the box!"
Ryoko looked at the dark bulb in confusion, then she shrugged and touched the box...
And then, the light bulb began shining in a bright light.
"That's amazing!" Neo-Queen Serenity gasped.
"An ingenious invention, if I may say so," the king nodded.
Washu blushed bashfully.
Ryoko looked at the glowing bulb in her hand. "It's always people like me that have to test the big inventions of history..." she sighed.
"Yes, Your Highness: Using this box, all of our future energy problems will be solved. It's supporting itself with energy... and will never run out! Okay, now you may ask yourself: Where is the switch? How do I switch it on and off?"
She nodded towards Ryoko. "I'll show you... Ryoko, attention: Mooove your fingeeerrr... UP!!"
Ryoko did so... and the light went out.
"Attention: Mooove your fingeeerrr... DOWN!"
Ryoko obeyed... and the light went on again.
Washu gestured towards Ryoko and the box. "Now you may try yourself, Your Highness!"
The queen grinned. "Finger... UP!"
Dark.
The king snickered. "Finger DOWN!"
Light.
"Finger up!"
Dark.
"Finger down!"
Light.
Ryoko, whose finger was slowly getting numb, sweat-dropped. "I think I'd prefer the good ol' switch..."
When the king and queen were finished, Washu nodded and continued her demonstration.
"Yes, it's impressive, isn't it? And it's not expensive, not at all! Using this energy source, we can gain a valuable advantage over the forces of the Black Moon."
Then she grinned. "Now you might ask yourself: Where do the light bulbs go if no hand is free? Is there some kind of socket?"
She produced another light bulb. "I'll show you... Ryoko! OPEN YOUR MOUTH!"
The blue-haired woman grimaced. "You can't be serioUMPH..."
Washu stepped back and looked with satisfaction at the second light bulb that was sticking out of Ryoko's mouth, shining as bright as the first one.
"Incredible!" the king and queen shouted and applauded. "Fantastic!"
Washu grinned. "Yeah, I know..."
"Simply amazing," the queen said as she stood up and took a closer look at the red box and the slightly-annoyed assistant with the two light bulbs sticking out. "And to think that it works with Ryoko, who had never been too bright..."
"Hey!" the woman in question mumbled in annoyance, as best as she could do with a full mouth.
Queen Serenity nodded. "Okay, now I wanna try this as well..." And she reached for one of the light bulbs and the box...
"NOOO!" Washu screamed. "NO! DON'T TOUCH IT!!"
And she yanked the queen away from the box.
Turning away from Ryoko, she whispered to the queen: "Um, excuse me, Your Highness... But as this is still a prototype, I think it would be better if only the normal soldiers, um... burn their fingers like this..."
"Hey, what are you whispering about?" Ryoko mumbled. "Speak up! I can't hear you!"
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"This is a truly impressive invention, Professor Washu," the king said. "We'll make sure that it will be delivered to our army camp as soon as possible."
"Yes," his wife nodded. "And the people who are going to do this should be two real heroes... Soldiers that are worthy of accomplishing such an honorable mission..."
Washu scratched her head in embarrassment. "Um... I didn't tell you of the... minor side effects that may occur when touching my box for too long, did I? So, um... I think that this transport should be done by two REPLACEABLE soldiers..."
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(Posted Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:39)
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