In the MiSTing of Complete Control part 3, Andrew quoted Ranma as
saying:

Ranma: Oh, please! Why can't they just leave me alone! No fiancees,
no girlfriends, nothing! Just a stinkin' bachelor watching ESPN
International and going out to Kashima Antlers games in Kashima
Football Stadium.

To find out why, Wax Wolf Studios proudly presents:

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Ranma's So-called Life

A short fiction by Taper Wickel.

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Ranma dragged himself from his futon, yawning and blinking blearily at
the alarm clock.  He rubbed his eyes, a hangover coloring the light
around him, and he tried not to shake his head too hard.  What
happened?  Oh yeah, he had gone to the game with Hiroshi and Daisuke,
and had spent a little too long in the bar afterwards...

"I gotta stop celebrating so much after an Antlers win," he mumbled as
he stood, stretching out his back, and turned to stumble into the
bathroom.

And stopped.

Two women, tall, stately, wearing strangely archaic gowns and white
masks, stood at the door to his room.  The masks were almost familiar,
one laughing, one crying...

THIS CANNOT BE, one said, her words seeing to echo in Ranma's bones.

NO, IT CANNOT, replied the other.

"What the-- who are you?  What are you doing in my room!?"

They looked at him, gazes piercing through the masks.  And as one,
they said, REMEMBER.

And he did.  Martial arts.  Curses.  Fiancees.  Magic.  Battle.  He
dropped his gaze from them.

"No!  Why can't I just live a normal life?"

The crying-masked woman's tone was harsh.  BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE
TRAGIC.

The laughing-masked woman's tone was almost giggly.  BECAUSE IT
WOULDN'T BE FUNNY.

And they turned to each other.  CALL IT..., started one.

...DRAMATIC NECESSITY, finished the other.

And Ranma disappeared.

"Nice working with you again, sister," the crying-masked woman said in
a more conversational voice.

"And nice working with you," said the laughing-masked one.

And they each took off their masks, revealing each to wear the face of
Rumiko Takahashi.

FIN

Ranma created by Rumiko Takahashi.  Rumiko Takahashi created by
Mr. and Mrs. Takahashi.  The Muses of Comedy and Tragedy, Thalia and
Melpomene, created by the collective unconscious of the ancient Greeks.

Flames accepted happily, C&C even more so.  Thank you for letting one
waste your time.

-- 
Jeffery "Taper" Wickel                            jtwickel@nyx.net 
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