Ranma and most of the rest of the regulars were staring at Shampoo hanging in midair and in what looked like a translucent bodysuit.
"It's a blend of my own," said one of the drow. "Do you like it?"
"It's very good," admitted Kasumi.
Shampoo's face was rapidly turning a nice purple color.
"I'll be sure to leave a small bag," said the drow. "It's so nice to run into someone who appreciates good tea."
"You grow the leaves yourself?" Kasumi guessed.
Shampoo's face was definitely purple now and her eyes were bugging.
"No, actually I get them from a private supplier," said the drow. "I can put you in touch with her."
Kasumi beamed. "That would be very nice."
"Uhm," interrupted Ranma. "I hate to break up the talk but, uh, I think Shampoo just passed out from lack of air."
"Oh, fuss and bother," said the drow. "I've got just the thing."
Seeing that she pulled a card out of her purse, everyone briefly wondered what was up.
Whatever was holding Shampoo up let go and she hit the ground a moment later.
"This'll take care of her, and fix that attitude too," said the drow, who seemed to pass her hand into Shampoo's head to withdraw a card, then put the card that had been in her purse wherever she'd gotten the first card.
Kasumi blinked. "That card?"
"Oh, template spell." The drow held up the card she'd just gotten. "You know how Ranma's curse works?"
Some shakes of the head. The rest of the Army just sat back, sensing that Edema was going off on one of her spiels.
The drow just started sketching in midair, leaving something like chalklines on a blackboard.
"If we specify Ranma as he was pre-Jusenkyo as:"
[Raised by Genma]+[Cat Fist]+[Human]+[Male]
This is vastly oversimplified, but you get the picture." Edema then expanded the [Male] to read [Hot water=Male/Cold water=Female]. "You might state that Shampoo is:
[Cute Bouncy]+[Chinese]+[Amazon]+[Hot Water=Human/Cold Water=Cat]+[Female]
again oversimplifying to a ridiculous degree. So what I've done is remove the [Amazon] variable in this card and supplied another card. Once I do this," Edema seemed to sketch something on the card in her hand then put it back where she'd gotten it, "then I've modified the part of her that was causing the problem. Simple and fairly humanitarian."
"What exactly did you do," asked Ranma as Shampoo slowly got up and groaned.
Edema smiled and helped Shampoo to stand. "Well, instead of a Chinese Amazon, she's now a"
(Posted Sat, 12 Oct 2002 19:34)
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