"It's a good choice, you could evolve your Eva or the Tomboy with a Thunder Stone," said Amanda.
Ranma clicked the choice and watched as the trade request went out and came back with an "accepted" message.
Amanda checked her watch. "I've got to go to the station, Mister Saotome. I might need your assistance with something a little later though."
"Oh, sure," said Ranma, thinking maybe she needed something moved or something like that.
"Okay," said Nabiki. "Saotome's got a Psychic type (Kasumi), two Normal types (an Eva and Akane), and a Wood type (the High Elf)."
Ash continued to work at the screen, making the occasional noise of agreement.
"Yeah, that's basically it," said Tanya. "Elements are one of the important things to keep in mind when in battles. Water types are strong against Fire, Fire is strong against Plant or Wood, and so on."
"Chinese elements, gotcha, that's like that 'pokemon' game," mused Nabiki.
"There's also some breeds which are strong against other specific breeds," added Tanya. "Cat-types tend to have an advantage against mouse-types for example."
"Right," said Nabiki, not remembering anything like that in what she'd seen of pokemon but seeing where it could be considered a natural tendency. Predators would be strong against prey. Of course, that might mean a herbivore-breed would be strong against a plant-monster-woman.
"So how's the trade coming?" asked Tanya of her own Tamer.
"Pretty well," said Ash. "I can't do anything about 'Galia' - do we even know what element or anything?"
"With a name like 'Galia' - I'm guessing Steel element," said Tanya. "Ash has myself - a Fighting element, Peekabu - Electric type, CharAmanda - Fire type, Boobisaur - Plant type, Shadowcat - Psychic/Dark, and a Squirtitty which is Water element."
"I'm trading the Shadowcat," said Ash.
"WHY? They're pretty strong," said Tanya, though she was a little relieved as cat-types tended to get competitive with each other.
"We're going to be with Ranma for awhile, right? Guy who turns into an engine of destruction when he's scared?" asked Ash.
"Gotcha," said Nabiki, scratching at another part of her skin which had gotten itchy. The idea of trading girls off like this bothered her, but having Saotome wreck their transportation trying to get away from a cat didn't sound good either. "Good thinking, I guess. So what are you trading her for?"
"Currently I've got a bid on a Flying type and another on a Poison type," said Ash distractedly. "If either is accepted I've got auto-cancel on the other."
"A Buzzbreast is Flying and Poison, right?" asked Nabiki.
"No, mainly considered Bug, I think," answered Tanya.
"Pok-E-Bay hasn't really taken off as a service of Pokecenters," said Ash after puzzling over more menu options, "I think I'm beginning to see why."
"WAIT!" said Nabiki, leaning closer as a familiar name scrolled across one display. "Tatewaki KUNO? Selling 'Evolution Stones'?"
"Yeah, the Kunos of Stone Town are real big experts on Evolution Stones," said Tanya. "Everyone knows that. Though I've run across some Tamers that have had to meet with Tatewaki."
"Idiot who thinks he's some samurai out of some drama?" asked Nabiki, wondering if Kuno being the same here was something to be happy about simply because it was the single thing staying the same.
"Oh yeah," agreed Tanya. "He does his duty as a Tamer, but he's all for that love-between-two-guys thing like the old samurai too, I -"
"WHAT?!" interrupted Nabiki, her brief embracing of a single point of normalcy now having proven to be premature.
"Oh yeah, I've heard of him," mumbled Ash with an expression of distaste. "Butt-pirate. The Blue Balls Of Stone Town."
"A world where Akane would actually be safe from Tatewaki Kuno," mused Nabiki. "If he meets Ranma though - that could be messy."
"WACHOOOO!"
"Your hankerchief, sir."
"Thank you, good Sasuke. What's on today's itinerary?"
"You have a luncheon scheduled with Professor Pirate to discuss his experiments with the infusion of raw magic into existing stones to make new stones - apparently he's had some successes as of this week."
"Good, good," said Tatewaki Kuno, magnificent heir of the Stone Town Kunos. He idly kicked his latest conquest out of bed as he roused himself. "What else?"
"Your sister sends her annual request to be let out of her tower," said Sasuke, moving quickly along.
"Send my annual regret that this cannot be so," replied Kuno.
"Oh yes, there is one other thing," said Sasuke.
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