Ranma was on the roof, which was a common things for him to do at night. He liked looking at the stars, it was usually peaceful and got him away from all of the chaos of his life. He was noticing a meoter shower which was full of colourful starts being rained down on the Earth, but from what he had heard was almost always burnt up before landing. What was unusual was one of the shooting stars looked like it was tinted green as it fell to the ground. Then it turned directions, which made no sense. From the looks of it, the shooting star was coming straight at him.
'What the hell? ' asked Ranma as he tried to prepare to dodge the shooting star, only for the small star to shift from it's pattern to follow the dodging martial artist. Ranma kept dodging what looked like a green lightning bug which was following him, matching his moves as he went. When he decided to take a stand against the object, and he stopped moving so he could fight this thing.
The lightning bug came up to him, which made it clear this was some kind of flying ring. The obvious answer in Ranma's mind was a magic ring, with magic being a troublesome source of pain for him. Both physical and mental pain from all of the trouble caused by enchantments, from his water-based curse onwards. Then he heard a voice in his mind, which he guessed was from the ring, "Ranma Saotome of Earth. You have the potential to overcome great fear. You have been selected to join the Green Lantern Corps."
"Okay, magic ring. What the heck would I want to join these corps? I have enough trouble in my life without some spell-made jewelry causing more." answered the male teen as he looked at the ring.
"I am not a magic ring, my abilities are based on advance technology. The Green Lantern Corps are an universal police force which protects people from dangers which threaten it. " with this, the ring beamed images of the various duties and missions of the GLC. Then it showed some of the powers and abilities of the rings. Powers like the ability to make things from trace matter like water, controlling fundemental forces of the universe like heat and to create force fields of protection.
"Anyone of those powers could help me with controlling my curse, so I don't have to be a girl if I don't want to. All I have to do is protect people like I usually do, so... why not? I agree." said Ranma as the ring moved to slip itself on his finger, transforming his clothes into a uniform of three colours. Green, black and white. With the syle which was on the ring in the middle of a white circle on his chest.
"Anything I should now about? Weakness or problems you might have, ring?" asked Ranma as he tried to figure out a way to counter any problems ahead of time. Even if the ring was not magical, it could still kick him in the butt.
"Yellow impurity will cause negation of ring's function when effected by the said colour. This weakness is negated by confonting the wielder's worse fears. Mental instability protocol cause by drugs, neural interference, vertigo or other form of mental incapacitation can render the wearer unable to use the ring. Ring must be recharged after being depleted by use. Rings are recharged by lantern batteries, kept in a subspace pocket by the ring. If vibration of device is set to a certain speed, it will cause the ring to function only in miniature. If ring creates an energy construct, this construct will be too small. This is all known weaknesses."
"Okay, most of that passed me by. But the images you showed me, did help me with understanding. Yellow bad, mental troubles bad, moving at a certain speed bad, and I have to recharge it when it runs out of juice. You'll tell me when you need charging and you'll help me pull out a lantern to recharge it. So what to do next?" asked Ranma with his ring, as he organized his thoughts. He knew he had to face his fears, but he was a little nervious to face them. He had a hunch his greatest fear would involved some kind of furry animal who were demonic in nature.
Images of giant green animals with retractable claws crossed his mind as he shivered with the idea.
Elsewhere...
An orange ring was floating around in the world as well, looking for someone with enough avarice to empower the technological jewelry. It soon come across a beautiful young woman with short brown hair, who was counting a form of currancy. It soon appeared before her and spoke to her, "Nabiki Tendo of Earth, you want it all! I can give it too you! "
"Okay, you're some kind of magic ring. So what can you do and how much is it going to cost me in the long run? What kind of deal are you trying to get me into and why should I care?" asked Nabiki as she sat on her bed, looking at the floating ring over her pile of yen.
The ring was stopped for a moment as it tried to think of a better sales pitch for a person who was more controlled with her greed then most of the figures it had seen before with this level of desire. Yet it wanted to have a wielder so it could take the power it needed to be as powerful as it could be.
"These are the facts and figures of the matter, Nabiki Tendo. Starting with the abilities I offer you." said the ring to the young woman, bring out what it could do and then asking for what it would need. The bargaining had begun, a new experience for the orange light.
Also in the Tendo home...
Kasumi was looking at the ring which had been talking to her for the last couple of minutes. It was indigo in colour, a shade between violet and blue, floating before her at face level. Kasumi composed her thoughts as she remembered all the ring had said.
"Ring-san, you came to me because I have the strongest compassion of all of the people in Nerima. I would doubt this. Many people would have more compassion then me, like Dr. Tofu if he was still in the area. Too bad he had to leave the district to help out his sick mother. You promise to help make my life better and easier, so I can devote more of my time helping people and their lives.
I have always wanted to be a healer in some form or another. A doctor, nurse, mid-wife or any other kind of healer. It's just I didn't have the time to study with the needs of my family coming first. If you could help me help them and let me live my dreams of helping others... I would love to be your partner, Ring-san." said Kasumi as she let the ring slip it's self on her finger. Then she formed a staff from pure indigo light before turning it into a more solid matter object.
Elsewhere in Nerima....
Cologne was trying to figure out the device which her great grand-daughter was using, a ring which had slipped on her finger when she accepted it. It was both a tool and weapon of great power from the ability to make a giant chui to smack down Mousse for another stupid attempt to win shampoo's affections. Now her Great Grand-daughter was flying over the restaurant in some kind of skimpy violet outfit, speaking in what was perfect Japanese. Follow by English and other languages which the teen Amazon had no knowledge of .
'Shampoo seems to be enjoying both her flight as well as her new lingistics skill, especially since the latter means she's not stuck speaking like a child in this land. It is also good the neighbours are use to all of the craziness around here, they likely think this light based flight is some kind of Amazon martial arts.
It is interesting this ring is based on the power of love, seeking the hole in Shampoo's heart from all of the rejections Son-in-Law has given her since she arrived in this country to consumate their wedding. The question is, can this ring help with our desire to have the boy commit to Shampoo or will it drive them apart? I worry if it hold the same powers and dangers the Red Thread of Fate held. The thread had worked almost perfectly, but when the Tendo girl had destroyed it and then explained what happened.... well, Son-in-Law was upset at us for a week afterwards. Fortunately the boy's rage tends to fade rather quickly unless further provoked or use against someone who doesn't deserve it. Or one he cares about closely, like his mother.
This will require a daft hand and great skill so no harm comes from this. But who knows? This might be our lucky break. Ranma might even so some desire for Shampoo in this outfit like Mousse did.' plotted Cologne as she made her plans.
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