Of course, he didn't know that the pink haired girl looking cute as she slept had been mentally altered to think of herself as his medical unit in any case.
Basically, having her be able to talk back to him on her own accord was a great triumph, and he was looking forward to going with the momentum from this victory. In the Art, one could press a success to gain an advantage over an opponent, and since that was what the machine was to him, he didn't see why he shouldn't follow it. On the other hand, he was also aware of just how troublesome it would be, and hoped that he wouldn't have to struggle as hard to get closer to getting everyone free of this zombie state. At the moment though, he did need to know what he was facing, and it wasn't like he had much of an idea of what was coming up. In fact, he rather thought that it might be good to have some sort of information as to what might be affecting his plans, like what had worked on this stuff from the outside while he was trying to get the girls free.
When a display slid out of a wall and popped up in front of his face, the ship had merely thought that it was doing as the Master had requested. Data had been asked for, and as it was an authorized operator doing the asking, there was no reason to put a block on that. The reality of it was that it was actually a preferred request, as it meant that he was actually trying to do his job.
Ranma just eyed the display with a wary gaze and a raised brow. "It's kinda creepy how it keeps on doin' that."
The ship didn't have a way to comment, and didn't see any reason to, other than to show what he had asked about.
1. All Drones to be of a female configuration.
2. All drones to be set at bio-age nineteen years. (Local time)
3. All drones will parthenogenetically produce identical copies using a seven year cycle.
"Eh? What's that 'partho-genie' thing 'bout?"
PARTHENOGENESIS IS A WAY FOR ORGANIC LIFE FORMS TO CREATE OFFSPRING BY SPLITTING INTO TWO COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL ORGANISM.
"Then... that means that there would be a bunch of the same girls around?"
CORRECT.
"If that'd be the case...." he murmured to himself, and then had a mental image of being bashed by a half dozen Akanes, or being grabbed onto by a horde of Shampoos and Kodachis, before shivering. "Nah, that's gotta go. There sure as hell is more than enough of even a good thing."
Understanding that the Master wanted to avoid the pitfall of creating too much of a single resource, the ship followed the order without question.
"Any other ones?"
4. All drones shall long hair, bare smooth and soft skin, maximized curves, large occular sensors, thick lips, taut bottoms, and other physical attributes to increase physical attractiveness.
5. All drones will have mammary glands proportionally large for their frames.
6. All drones shall be dress in the clothing category 'lingerie' when other considerations will not make it unfeasible.
7. Factory 304B has been geared to produce clothing category 'lingerie' for mass drone usage.
One of Ranma's eyes developed a twitch as he considered what exactly it was that he was seeing. The very idea that the captured masses of humanity were to be shifted into curvy young girls was rather disturbing to him. If anything, he would have to admit that the very idea that someone could think that way was 'sick' and 'wrong' in his book, and he certainly didn't like where that would take him.
Then again, it did sound like something the old freak would come up with, so he supposed that there were probably alien perverts too.
Knowing what exactly it was like to be forced into becoming a girl, even one who was a babe, and knowing that it was entirely likely that many other guys were walking right into such a change, he knew that could not be allowed. There was no way that he would force other people to be stuck in that sort of hell when he didn't want it for himself. On top of that, having no other guys to hang around with was rather... bothersome as well. Not that all girls were problems, and he had to wonder why the girls had to be changed like that. As far as he could tell, there was plenty of appeal in having girls who would look differently, like with cute short hair, or toned bodies. And they all sure as hell needed more clothing than just bras and panties.
UNDERSTOOD. PARITY IN GENDER RELATIONS SHALL BE RESTORED. BODY STYLING FOR DRONES SHALL BE SET FOR LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR 'ATTRACTIVE'. ACCESSORY GARMENTS CHOICES SHALL BE EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS ALL KNOWN LOCAL TYPES.
He didn't know much about what exactly that meant, but if it was going to keep someone like Kasumi from shivering about in her underwear, that was all good for Ranma. Hopefully, he wouldn't get into too much of a mess with this sort of problem, but then, he wasn't about to bet on it. If anything, he just wanted to work out for the best.
This was just going to be a pain to deal with, and he knew it, while:
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