Ranma smiled confidently as he and Kodachi walked onto the farm at the edge of the town. Among the more pleasant surprises that came with his new mutated status was near perfect recall, something he'd put to good use studying the records, files, tutorials, and instruction manuals in an attempt to become something more than helpless in the new, future world in which he found himself. While he still lacked in actual practical knowledge, at least he could fake it, and if there was one thing his father, or rather his previous incarnation's father, had taught him to do well, besides the martial arts, it was how to lie, cheat, steal and run a decent confidence job. He snorted. Yeah, real need to know skills for a true and honorable man amongst men.
“What was that, love?”
“Nothing. Just reflecting on my past a bit.”
Kodachi nodded. If Ranma was having difficulty sorting through the contradictions between his self-image, memories, and actual skill set, then Kodachi had barely been able to scratch the surface. He'd freely admit that his old self wasn't exactly the poster child for mental stability. Kodachi's on the other hand was an outright loon, by the standards of anyone with... well... standards. He didn't envy her position, and didn't know how to help her. What was most depressing though, was that he was starting to believe she'd stopped trying, and was instead letting the bulk of her memories wither on the vine.
Ranma shook his head. He didn't think that was healthy, but on the same note he didn't have 16 years of built up bat shit crazy to dig through. It was a complicated solution and he had no idea how to deal with it. Nanami might know, but she was so obsessed on not mating that she was keeping herself locked up, which made it impossible to talk to her privately. Not that she didn't have her reasons. The pheromones that marked her as sexually receptive was like a drug, and if you put them in the same room alone for longer than 5 minutes and he wouldn't be able to keep his hands off of her, and while her body might be saying yes, he knew her mind really was saying no, and if there was one thing he didn't want to do, it was take advantage of a girl.
Putting his train of thought back on the matter at hand he considered the convince of this world. The terraforming of Mudpie had turned it into a interesting mixture of shallow seas, mud flats, blasted deserts, scattered mountains, all inter spaced with massive stretches of vast grassland not unlike those of the American West. In other words, it was almost perfect for growing grain and cattle, and there were already a number of entrepreneurs were already on the planet who'd seen the hidden potential that the corp that ran the place had glazed over in their quest for mineral wealth. Or at least that's what they said on the 'Move to Mudpie and Become a Rancher' adds he'd cross referenced. Either way, it meant that he could buy a large amount of meat and grain without looking suspicious.
Looking over to Kodachi he frowned. This is where they split ways for the moment. He was going to deal with the Free Traders and she was going to hit up the local market and buy as much as she could get away with. They were in the same area, but even still he didn't feel entirely comfortable letting his pregnant mate run off on a alien world without him to protect her.
“Don't worry,” she said, detecting his worry, “I can handle myself.”
“I know, its just...”
Kodachi smiled and shushed him. “I'll be fine. I'll buy us take out.”
Ranma smiled. That was a good suggestion. He was always up for food.
“Okay, just... stay safe.”
“Don't worry. What's the worst that could happen?”
Read the comments on this episode
See other episodes by PsyckoSama
(Posted Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:16)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.