"Actually, I have no idea," Ranma said sheepishly. "Can't we just skip that?"
Nabiki sweatdropped. "Look, Saotome, every dungeon in such a game needs its climax... a boss enemy, an especially hard puzzle or something like that. Without it, it's just boring. Even a small training level like this should have something similar. Look, I have an idea: We let the new party of heroes fight a special opponent, in this case, maybe the principal's champion. We could use Kuno for that, I suppose..."
"And that's it?" Ranma asked. "Just defeating Kuno? Doesn't sound like a big challenge to me..."
"Well, after that, they won't be quite finished. I suggest they should assign a leader of their little troop, and then this leader has to pass a little test."
"Another test?"
"Yes, but nothing like a challenge. I'd rather think we give the leader three choices, and he can choose one of them."
"Ah, I've heard of games with such a feature before, I think. You mean, like: A sword that raises your attack, a shield that raises your defense or a wand that raises your magic?"
"Not quite, but the idea is similar. The principal just shows them three bottles... and only one of those bottles is filled with normal water. The other ones are filled with Jusenkyo water."
"Now why should the principal do something like that?"
"Because it's funny. Now, which Jusenkyo curses should we use?"
"I don't really care... It's your idea, so you can put in whatever you want."
"Sheesh, you have no imagination, have you, Saotome? Well, okay, I'll think of something..."
After saving all the changes they did to the starter dungeon 'Furinkan', Nabiki yawned. "Huh, it's getting late, is it? Perhaps I should ask Kasumi if dinner is ready..."
"Um, is it okay if I stay here until dinner? I just want to finish some things here..."
"Sure, go ahead! Just save your changes and I'll shut down the computer before going to bed."
After Nabiki had left, Ranma re-opened her character sheet. He changed her profession from 'Mercenary Girl' to 'Thief' and added a few skills: Locking Picks, Disarm Traps, Pickpocketing and the Dagger Weapon skill.
Before closing the menu, Ranma hesitated. Now he had Akane, Nabiki, Ryoga and Ukyo as the starting party, but... Somehow, it felt wrong to put Ryoga with them. If those characters were like their original counterparts, Ryoga would certainly be lost at the beginning of the game and only run into the others some time later.
So that means they needed a replacement for him, right?
Ranma thought about it. Ukyo, Nabiki, Akane... all of them students at Furinkan High. Well, then why not just add a fourth party member who's going to that school as well?
Gosunkugi? Naw, too creepy. Hiroshi, Daisuke, Yuka or Sayuri? Too plain. Kuno? FORGET IT! Besides, he was already the 'boss' of the dungeon.
Then Ranma grinned. Of course! He would just use himself. Or rather, his female side. Ranma figured it would be weird to see his own (male) face during the game.
So, Ranma wrote 'Ranko Saotome', and his own profile appeared, only was it marked as 'female', and the image of his cursed form grinned at him from the portrait.
Okay, the group now consisted of a Healer, a Warrior and a Thief. Ryoga, would he join the party, was a martial artist, another 'hard-hitter'.
What this party needed was someone with magic attack skills. Someone who was standing in the back row, from where he could let his offensive spells fly.
Without further ado, Ranma changed 'Ranko's' profession from 'Martial Artist' to 'Black Mage'.
Automatically, the Martial Arts skills vanished from the battle skill menu and were replaced with the standard spells of a Black Mage: Fireball, Icicle, Lightning and Aqua Edge... the basic attack spells that came with the game. After giving it some thoughts, Ranma also added 'Focus', so the heroines Magic Points (or MP) would regenerate faster, and 'Esprit', so she could absorb the MP of her enemies.
"That should do it," the pig-tailed boy nodded.
Satisfied with the changes, he moved the cursor over 'Save Changes'...
...and clicked.
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