GIGO therefore applied. Ranma remembered Genma's insane-yet-strangely -effective training methods and adapted them.
Your objective today is to get from here to the cabin constructed for your use ten klicks in a NNE direction. Consider that to be a safe area whereas everything surrounding it is to be considered enemy territory. You have until 15:00 hours to reach the safe point before you are considered a casualty. Any questions?
"Can we get our henshin pens back yet? Or at least my broach?" asked Usagi timidly with a glance towards her mother.
Negative. Analysis of Jupiter's past performances indicates that skill acquired in civilian ID is boosted in your empowered state. There is also a distinct possibility of null-magic zones being utilized which would cut your empowered forms off from the mana stream, resulting in detransformation.
"That was a 'no'," translated Haruka, eyeing the forest uneasily. "Well, a ten kilometer hike doesn't seem that difficult."
It is currently 09:00. Those of you who arrive by 11:00 will have lunch prepared for you. Otherwise you are on your own. Arkangel rose into the air and shot off in a direction most assumed was NNE.
"Lunch?" said Usagi, moving quickly forward along the obvious path while visions of a feast danced in her head. "I'm just sorry Mamo-chan has to work."
TWANG! toing shuffffff.
"Yeeeeeek!" went Usagi as the loop around one foot hauled her up into the air.
"Perhaps it would be best if we went seperately from the Inners," suggested Michiru.
"I think you're right, then we can ambush that guy and get our pens back," added Haruka.
Makoto traced the rope holding her princess up in the air to where it was anchored and reached down. "Hold on. I'll have you down in a moment, Usagi-chan!"
TWANG! toing shuffff.
Hanging upside down, suspended by one leg in an identical situation to her princess, Makoto appended her earlier statement. "Unless, of course, this guy is so sneaky that he'd booby trap the booby traps. This is so embarrassing."
"Definitely we should seperate," said Michiru, walking off into the woods as she followed the path their airborne tormentor had taken.
Haruka shrugged and followed. Hotaru glanced towards the Inners, then followed her 'parents'. Setsuna set off on her own path.
"You don't suppose he'd booby trap the booby trap on the booby trap?" asked Minako. She blinked. "That's a lot of boobies."
"He did," said Ami as she inspected the rope holding Makoto. She stepped back to try tracing the line.
TWANG! toing shuffff.
"Why do they call them booby traps anyway?" mused Minako. "Were they originally used to catch boobies?"
Ami's mother lowered the camcorder as she watched her daughter dangling from a tree branch by her ankle. "They just barely left the parking lot. This might take awhile."
POOM! went the sound of something that released a cloud of pink smoke off in the woods.
Minako carefully approached the tree holding Usagi. Since Makoto had already triggered that trap, she ought to be able to get -
TWANG! toing shuffff.
"AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA!" said Minako. "Hey that was fun!"
Rei looked over her teammates as they dangled and swung back and forth. "Well, I'll see you all later."
"WHAT?!" erupted from several throats.
"If this had been some Evil Dark Queen's fortress, you'd all have been caught," pointed out Rei. "So I'd have to carry out the mission on my own. See ya."
"Rei-chan!" "REI!" "Rei-chan you MEANIE!" "Ooooh, all the blood's rushing to my head."
"Pink paint?" asked Michiru as she looked over Haruka.
"That angel-yoma is so dead," promised Haruka.
As stated, she was currently a nice pink color. Hair, skin, clothing - every exposed surface and a good section of the ground she was standing on were all the same shade of pink.
"Want to bet its water soluble?" asked Michiru.
"Michiru-mama, what's this?" asked Hotaru, pointing to a trip wire. "Is it a trap?"
"Yes. Very clumsy though," said Michiru as she eyed the string sticking between two trees. Curious, she traced it to something that looked like a baseball base. A square satchel or cushion made of canvas. "More pink paint?"
SCHLUMPF!
Michiru looked up to see that Hotaru had found another trap, this time by tripping it. "Hotaru? You've been slimed."
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