Not that the guy in question was showing any sign of wanting to leave, as Hiroto was wandering around, tapping his chin as he looked up at the various tubes containing growing feminine forms. "Interesting work you are doing here. Quite well made, for what you can do."
"Your appreciation is noted," Gendo stated flatly.
"Yes, well, I do have to wonder why you are showing no life in your choices though."
"What are you talking about?"
"I suppose that everyone has their preferences, but look at what's going on with you," Minaka pointed out. "You're having a fixation on one pale little girl."
"I do not have to defend my choices to you."
"Whatever. I'm sure that you just like... petite designs."
"For your information, this model is obedient, quiet, and will do whatever is needed for a mission," Gendo murmured. "All they care about is doing what their programming says."
"Really. I suppose that is all well and good... so long as everything goes right."
"And why would you think that it wouldn't?"
"This one is a little big, don't you think?" the flamboyant scientist asked, jerking a thumb at one tube in particular.
Gendo went to glance at whatever it was that had caught the other man's attention... and then couldn't stop himself from staring. What was inside had the proportions of the other 'Rei' units, but was larger than even an adult human woman, and was obviously getting bigger. On top of that, its skin was taking on a pasty white cast that was rather disturbing to look at, and did not bode well for the future.
"See? Obviously your recipe went off somewhere."
Letting his gaze go flat, the bespectacled man allowed himself a moment of 'hope' that his rival would be in the line of fire if something really did go wrong with that particular unit.
From where he sat, things were not as all as Genma would have liked. Of course, the fact that he had to hold an ice pack to soothe the throbbing in his head meant that comfort was elusive for him right then. However, his whole body was stiff and sore, and he rather thought that he couldn't get any ease from that, not that those machine girls seemed to have had problems causing it. If nothing else, he had them to thank for giving him a rash from those ivy plants, which he couldn't scratch for fear of making it worse.
No, he was most certainly not having a good day.
Unfortunately, he couldn't see a way of getting out of this troublesome situation. His son was enjoying the benefits of having all these girls around, so he wasn't going to see the wisdom of putting them aside. On the other hand, those robot girls had no other focus than to be with his boy, so they had nowhere else to go. As a result, all those were left together in one big rowdy bunch that made this less of a training journey, and more of a group field trip.
All this made him long for the days when he was training himself. Well, he was really pleased that he was no longer under the Master's thumb, but he did like the idea of there being nothing for the trip other than a martial artist and the Art. Back then, he had spent his days sparring with a man he was as close as brothers with, and the only mobs were the ones at their backs when trouble started. Had Soun had daughters of his own, then it would have been perfect, but from what he understood, the other man had gone childless. It was a terrible misfortune that his friend had no heirs to carry on the school, and was left in that large house of his all by himself.
Remembering that caused Genma to realize that his old training buddy had plenty of space. Sure, it would be presumptuous to impose as he was staring to plan to, but he was sure that it wouldn't matter. His friend would not be able to refuse him, and he figured that they could enjoy each other's company, if nothing else. Just being there would at least allow him to store all these dolls, and figure out what exactly they should do with them.
Grinning to himself, Genma looked over at where his son was standing with several of those bothersome girls. "Boy, we'll be moving out as soon as I have finished my rest."
"Yeah, right. What's it this time?" Ranma scoffed. "Some sort of training in the hills?"
"Hardly. In fact, we'll be be visiting my old friend in Tokyo."
"Do you really mean that?"
"Would I say it if I didn't?"
"You never tell the whole story, Pop," his son muttered.
"Well, I am doing so now."
"How nice for you," Nabiki drawled.
Misato crossed her arms over her chest. "I hope that you weren't planning on leaving us behind."
"I never said any such thing," Genma told them. "It would be pointless if you didn't come. That was my plan, especially since I'm hoping that he has enough room for all of you to fit in."
Clearly surprised by Genma's apparent act of generosity, the gynoids looked at each other for some answer to their confusion, while:
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