The women were uniformly well built and attractive. The men seemed a bit slender and unnaturally graceful - even a bit effete.
They were anime characters, apparently based on some idea of what would be pleasing to the newly appointed Governor.
A Mihoshi tripped and fell over, apparently stumbling over her own shadow.
Said newly appointed Governor groaned but then had an idea. Send Mihoshi to go help some other country. Make her an ambassador. Maybe to Antarctica since that was getting refugees from Australia and Germany - and now Africa.
Hmmm. Washu. Better keep an eye on her. "How accurate are the reproductions?"
"Unknown, sir," responded the Alexandrian. "It seems likely that the basic personality and physical abilities, but only within normal human parameters."
"Good," said the Governor, who had just spotted not only Ranma but Ryoga in the crowd. Was that Akane? Oh dear.
Just his luck, now they'd be sued for copyright infringement.
"We must destroy this Invader," said the UN President. "He represents a threat to our economic and political interests."
"That's all well and good," agreed the British envoy. "The problem is how do we go about this?"
"Direct attack has not worked," said the US ambassador. "Look at North Korea. The technological edge of this Invader is simply too great for direct confrontation."
"Spies are apparently allowed, our attempts at sabotage have not done so well," admitted the French delegate. "We have lost fourteen of our best agents in Australia."
"Perhaps we should strike at these Senshi instead," offered the Belgian. "If they turn up 'missing' we should be able to get representitives who are at least older and more experienced."
"We are working on that now," admitted the Russian. "Though another idea has occurred to my superiors."
"What's that?" asked the President.
"Let him win, initially," said the Russian, holding up a hand to forestall argument. "Look at what he has done with Australia, what he is doing with Germany. Environmental pollution - gone! Reforestation, soil enrichers, fusion power plants, automated factories that can put out anything from belts to automobiles, new medical technologies such as this artificial pancreas, new methods of mining and materials refinement. Then there is the final game in which we or the alien win the whole thing. We win that - and the alien leaves but what he leaves behind..."
"Place all our careers on a roll of the dice?" The US ambassador was clearly skeptical. Though the fusion power plants and recycling technologies alone would make this a tempting idea.
"Exactly," said the Russian. "Place the entire thing on a game of chance."
"Flipping a coin or something? That way we have at least a 50-50 chance of victory?" The British envoy shook his head. "That's better than we have in a frontal assault, but roughly what we have with the Senshi representing us."
"No," said the Russian. "What we have determined about this Invader is that he is completely honest and sincere. Once he sets a rule or agreement, he abides by it. So we do something uniquely human."
"Cheat and lie?" The Frenchman smiled. "That would work."
"It's either that or settle down for guerrilla warfare and the Germans didn't do too well with that tack," grumbled the US ambassador.
"If this Invader can bring peace to a united Africa, then he is certainly formidable," said the British representitive. "Just that he could rebuild the Great Barrier Reef in slightly over a week, or build that fantastic space elevator is impressive in another manner."
"Mile long support girders made of flawless diamond," said the Frenchman with a scowl. "Just that bit of news leaking out would cause economies to collapse. First we need to deal with these teenage girls so that we can substitute our own players. Then we can concentrate on what to do after the alien leaves."
(Posted Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:31)
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