Dark Mars/10 Rings: Urd's opinion [Episode 4352]

by Kestral

Urd had kept an eye on Ranma because 11 year olds or not, the entire concept of Ranma Saotome and ten genie was entirely too good to miss.

Then he had temporarily freed Mars, and despite the taint, she had seemed completely sincere at regaining herself with this current master.

Then...

Urd was beyond pissed.

One thing to seduce the boy, Urd actually approved of that though the whole age-manipulation thing seemed a bit odd.

What followed after was rape and torture and sentencing someone who had shown her kindness to death. By the time Mars was through, there would be nothing left of the kind boy who had been on his quest to free the genies.

That anyone doing that sort of thing gaining any more power was a side point.

As the current body of Ranma Saotome was controlled by someone who was evil, the bond with the Rings was relatively small again. And as had been in those Tolkein books, the Genie Rings would slip from the hands of those they did not wish to serve.

Urd knocked on the surface of the card. She had to tell Keiichi about this.


Pluto felt the attentions of Mistress Nine accessing her powers. Nothing that could be done. For now at least.


Ukyo lifted herself from the stream. So much for evil spirits not being able to cross water. "Let me GO damn it!"

Fiore laughed within her head. Promising that he'd break her soon enough.


"Ranma's dead?" Keiichi couldn't believe it with things having gone this badly this fast.

"His identity is dead," corrected Urd. "His body is possessed by Mars. His soul has been stripped of everything that made him Ranma. When released now, there will only be Ranko - an ifrit."

"There is hope yet," said Belldandy, checking other pathways with Skuld's assistance.

Keiichi signed his name at the bottom of the Summon Druid card they'd finally found, binding it to him. "Even if Mars can't utilize the ifrit, that still leaves the powers of Ice and Death at his command. Can we do this without all the Cards?"

Urd shook her head. "Kei, you're fourteen. You won't find, much less be able to access the full power of the cards, until you're sixteen at least. Eighteen is more likely. You're doing very well since the, err, problem, that got you started on this journey."

"You mean when I accidently captured my sister in a blank Card," Keiichi held up the Summon Megumi card. "It'll be an hour at least before I could challenge Mars. I can only activate a Summon Card for an hour before I have to turn it off for another hour and I want full power going up against genies."

Urd knew it wasn't Keiichi's fault and hated reminding him of his sister's plight. He'd made a Motorbike card with one blank card, and had been preparing a Door card when Megumi had gotten in the way. Now he had to gather all the Cards to have the power to unmake that card and free his sister for more than an hour at a time.

Summon Cards Power Cards Effect Cards Miscellanious Cards
Summon Angel
(Belldandy)
Element Immunity Lightning Hammer
Summon Witch
(Urd)
7 League Boots Divination Motorbike*
Summon Mechanic
(Skuld)
Divination Mana Ball Door*
Summon Druid
(Peorth)
Commune Recharge Cabin
Summon Megumi
(Megumi)*
  Meteor  
*=card that Keiichi made
"You still have four blank cards," Urd reminded Keiichi. "Maybe one of these weapons would make a good card."

"Good idea," said Keiichi. "I'll do that while your cards are recharging."

"There is one hope for Ranma," said Belldandy, even as she turned transparent - indicating her hour was up and that she was being returned to her card. "And that is:"

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(Posted Thu, 10 Oct 2002 19:58)


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