The multiverse is a big and varried place. There are many universesm similar but different. Now we see one universe where Ranma got CYOA'd by a different method.
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??/??/2016
Hi. My name is Ranma Saotome. I am currently forty-nine years old.
I am a girl at the moment.
Seeing as how I had just gotten splashed with cold water.
It was a lousy night in the house. I had just, a little while ago, gotten smashed. Totally.
Considering that my wife cheated on me with my rival and then left me. And everyone blames me for it, me?! Can you blame me?
Then I decided to take a break from feeling so depressed and started browsing through the web instead. I went to Google and typed in 'Worm Series', just to see what I would get. My attention was caught by a link that said 'Online Worm CYOA Complete Form' and I wondered what it was.
Clicking the link brought me to a site that had what appeared to be a custom version of the Worm CYOA and little boxes you fill out to make your choices. I was curious about this so I thought I would give it a try. I didn't have anything better to do at the moment.
Now if the room would just stop spinning. Spin, spin, spin, spin, spin. Wheee! Hahahahahahaha!
Since this was all a game I decided to be a bit silly and choose stupid and ridiculous things. It's not like any of this was actually gonna happen.
The first part of this thing seemed to be 'Method of Arrival'. I read all the choices, blinking at some of them, and chose 'Reincarnation'. For the specifics I chose 'Random'. And I chose time of awakening as 'Random'.
The next part was the 'Difficulty'. Boy. This was a bit different from the one I was familiar with.
Well some of those sounded somewhat interesting to me.
Hmmm... So, limited 'Powers'. Yeah. Maybe. Perhaps, that choice.
For my 'Difficulty' I chose 'Standard Nerfed'. A little box popped up saying '7 points remaining', then another little box popped up saying 'your powers will be limited'.
"Yeah!" I crowed. "I can beat this game on the standard nerfed mode cause I am so awesome!"
I giggled drunkenly.
Next up was the 'Disadvantages'.
And there I chose 'Kryptonite' gaining two points. I blinked as a button appeared then saying 'press to generate random weakness'. I clicked the button and it filled in the weakness field with 'A High Deadly Allergy To Yak Milk'. Huh, yak milk? Yak milk? YAK MILK!? WTF? I chose 'Enemy' gaining three points. I blinked as a button appeared then saying 'press to generate random enemy'. I clicked the button and it filled in the enemy field with 'Evil Clone Of Vista Without Any Limitations'. Wait a moment, Vista never had an evil clone. I guess it was really a random generated enemy. Shrugging then I chose 'Geas' gaining one point and I typed in 'a fear of cats and other big felines'. If I was going to be compelled to be afraid of something. Might as well be something I'm already afraid of in RL. 'Wanted' gaining three points and I typed in 'ABB/E88/Merchants'. I could survive those guys... so easily. And 'Without a Map' gaining 2 points and I typed in 'in a three-way fight between the E88/ABB/Merchants'. The little box popped up again saying '17 points remaining'.
Well that was good. I only needed two points and I'd have the full nineteen I was allowed. I scrolled on down to 'Things Get Worse'.
I chose 'Disastrous' gaining two points and I typed in 'a Fourth Endbringer'. The little box popped up again saying '19 points remaining', 'no extra points', 'proceed on now'.
So it kept track of extra points now. It wouldn't let me go over the limit. Well that was good. I relaxed knowing the machine would do all the calculations for me right now. I was too drunk to add two plus two. I'm glad I had some machine here. I decided that now that I had them I would spend them.
I decided to skip the 'Powers' cause I didn't need it any and went straight to 'Advantages'.
For 'Advantages' I chose 'Badass Normal' costing one point. "Who needs Powers when you got Martial Arts." I said to myself. I chose 'Cauldron Vials' costing two points. "Hmmm..." I wondered to myself. "I might need to Power up some friends. If they join me inm fighting enemies." I chose 'Charles Atlas Superpowers' costing one point. "That'll make sure my new body has the potential of this one." I said to myself. 'Comic Book Pretty' costing one point. "Might as well look good if possible." I chose 'Companion' costing one point and I typed in 'reformed Sunset Shimmer'. "Yeah Sunset!" I exclaimed. "Alright Sunset! You'd never cheat on me like she did would you? Nah course not. You got honor.". 'Item of Power' costing one point and I typed in 'Captain America's vibranium/uru shield and a version of his uniform made of unstable molecules'. "What better gear for a hero than this?" I asked the universe. Mmmm... It didn't answer. I chose 'Man of Mystery' costing one point. "Never gonna know who I am now." I giggled. I chose 'Resources' costing one point. "Money!" I yelled in happiness. "Yeah the money! Gimme the money now yes!" I chose 'Extra Skill' costing one point and I typed in 'Anything-Goes Martial Artist'. "I wonder if this will actually work?" I thought quite hopeful. I chose 'Mental Fortress' costing one point. "Let's see you do anything to my mind now." I said quite happily. I chose 'Temporal Ghost' costing one point. "Hah!" I said out loud. "Take that Coil! Stick it Coil!" I chose 'Special Snowflake' costing one point. "Hmmm..." I pondered. "Would this work on me even though I don't have any Powers? Then again do Martial Arts count as Powers there." The little box popped up again saying '6 points remaining'. I blinked, I hadn't realized I'd used up that many so far.
"Wheee!" I shouted gleefully.
For 'A Brighter World?' I chose 'For Want of a Nail' costing one point and I typed in 'shards do not cause conflict', and 'Crossover' costing two points and I typed in 'Friendship is Magic' then I typed in 'it's always been this way'. The little box popped up again saying '3 points remaining. would you like to discard, spend, or convert points into cash for insertion. choose'.
I shrugged at that. I didn't really like the idea of discarding some points I'd earned. But it was just three points. And what could I spend that on. As for turning it into cash. I already had the cool 'Resources' 'Advantage' so I didn't think I really needed it. However you never did know when you might need as much cash as you can get. I decided to convert it right then.
It seems to have worked just fine. Hmmm that took care of that now. Well, looks I was done filling this thing out.
"Excellent." I say in imitation of a Mondasian Cyberman.
And people think all I know is Martial Arts.
I watch Doctor Who. See I'm cultured. The Fourth Doctor is my favorite one.
I stretched and yawned, wondering what to do next. Maybe I should watch 'Die Hard' or 'Rainbow Rocks'. One had some real cool action and neat stunts, the other had Sunset Shimmer. Yeah, no contest here pal. I reached for my 'Rainbow Rocks' dvd.
"Gimme my Sunset!" I shouted joyfully. "Yeah, Sunset! She would never betray me!"
Another box popped up saying 'press'. I blinked, shrugged, and clicked it. Another box popped up saying 'your choices have been made. universal insertion will now commence. bye bye now, have fun!'
There is a sudden disorientation, and I am gone.
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06/12/1995
Darkness was all I could see. I could not move and it had been so for a long time. I occupied his time by playing back the many memories of my past life. 'Perhaps this is what heaven is.' I thought. I felt very warm and secure. Then everything changed; behind me I felt something give.
I felt something push me forward and crush me. I tried to breathe but no air could be found, I writhed as I felt the world shift forward, in a panic I began to struggle. The wall around me began to close together.
'Oh Kami-sama! I've gone to Hell!' I thought desperately. I felt something grip my head hard and pull. I felt cool air on the top of my head and tried to open my eyes, but they seemed sealed shut. I felt myself being lifted into the air by my feet and bright lights surrounded me.
A sudden pain came across my back and I saw a large colorful blur move towards me. I registered speech in the air and I realized what had happened. I had just been born. I began to scream.
The only sound I could make.
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??/??/1995
A few months later I lay in my crib. I listened to the voices coo and coddle me and the shapes that started to focus around me became clearer, soon I was beginning to recognize them but they were still blurry and my instinct was lessening so I was no longer so attracted to mere movement. Then one day I woke up and saw two faces clearly as my eyes finally began to focus clearly. I looked up at the faces looking down on me, one was calm and loving and the other was jovial and loving as well.
My mother looked at me and said "Aren't you the sweetest thing my dear little girl."
'Girl?' I thought. 'Girl??? Girl! Huh what girl! You're kidding me!'
My father looked at me and said "You're the most perfect little angel of a girl there ever was my dear Madison."
'Madison?' I thought in shock. 'Madison! MADISON! Well now it's official. Kami-sama hates me yeah.'
I just lay there in shock at the fact that I'd been reincarnated as Madison. As Madison Clements. A cruel bully.
I did the only thing I could do.
I opened my mouth.
And I screamed.
(Posted Sun, 13 Mar 2016 08:18)
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