Sorry about that, Necratoid. I thought I mentioned that I was seriously considering scaling back the ages to make things fit a bit better in the other thread.
Bear in mind this is, by far, not a finished product. Imagine if you would a sculptor whacking away at pieces of stone, trying out different things, and
correcting and/or disposing of parts as he sees fit.
Anyhow, this way I don't have to change things too drastically for other source materials. We can simply say that the 1st season of Sailor Moon took place
in Usagi's final year of Junior High School - I doubt it would change the story too drastically except that she's a touch more mature now.
It seems very disjointed now, but in the end I will have a refined and finished product.
RE: A Thousand Yard Stare - A bit extreme, maybe, but not a bad description for the appearance they go for in Recruit Training camps around the world. Back in
my bootcamp days, the RDCs specifically instructed us so. However, I can see your point - Sosuke is a bit more animated than that (pun not intended).
More ideas:
Zeke's harem consists pretty much entirely of A-Type personalities - they are not going to get along well initially. That is, until Lum cooks up a crazy
plot with Luna's help. Luna is afraid that Zeke and the other girls are distracting Rei from her calling as Sailor Mars, and Lum wants Zeke to herself.
Working together, they create a mage-tech device that causes people to fall in love with each other. This is not the fake stuff, but the real thing, borrowing
the idea from the Moon Crystal Healing power (which Usagi isn't quite ready to use yet, but Luna saw Serenity use a few times).
Unfortunately, they pull a 'You're Doing It Wrong' and wind up nailing the whole harem instead, sans Zeke. (In other words, Lum had the damn thing
backwards.) Now, all of them are straight, so yuri is out of the picture. What winds up happening instead is that our Harem now has a very deep and protective
sisterly love for each other. And they all still love Zeke. And somewhere there's a Raven laughing his tail-feathers off.
Side Story: Zeke, Sosuke, Ikuto and Ranma all decide they need a bit of guy-time - some time away from their respective harems and just being guys in general.
Zeke has the cure - a week back on the Reservation, hunting, fishing, and camping. For Ranma's sake a kettle of hot water will be kept on stand-by the
whole time they're there. There will be talk of the past and observations - introspection with sides of action as Zeke's jealous cousin tries to take
an ill-advised revenge. Even the venerable Grandfather will show up to dispell some evil spirits and dispense some of his wisdom.
Bear in mind this is, by far, not a finished product. Imagine if you would a sculptor whacking away at pieces of stone, trying out different things, and
correcting and/or disposing of parts as he sees fit.
Anyhow, this way I don't have to change things too drastically for other source materials. We can simply say that the 1st season of Sailor Moon took place
in Usagi's final year of Junior High School - I doubt it would change the story too drastically except that she's a touch more mature now.
It seems very disjointed now, but in the end I will have a refined and finished product.
RE: A Thousand Yard Stare - A bit extreme, maybe, but not a bad description for the appearance they go for in Recruit Training camps around the world. Back in
my bootcamp days, the RDCs specifically instructed us so. However, I can see your point - Sosuke is a bit more animated than that (pun not intended).
More ideas:
Zeke's harem consists pretty much entirely of A-Type personalities - they are not going to get along well initially. That is, until Lum cooks up a crazy
plot with Luna's help. Luna is afraid that Zeke and the other girls are distracting Rei from her calling as Sailor Mars, and Lum wants Zeke to herself.
Working together, they create a mage-tech device that causes people to fall in love with each other. This is not the fake stuff, but the real thing, borrowing
the idea from the Moon Crystal Healing power (which Usagi isn't quite ready to use yet, but Luna saw Serenity use a few times).
Unfortunately, they pull a 'You're Doing It Wrong' and wind up nailing the whole harem instead, sans Zeke. (In other words, Lum had the damn thing
backwards.) Now, all of them are straight, so yuri is out of the picture. What winds up happening instead is that our Harem now has a very deep and protective
sisterly love for each other. And they all still love Zeke. And somewhere there's a Raven laughing his tail-feathers off.
Side Story: Zeke, Sosuke, Ikuto and Ranma all decide they need a bit of guy-time - some time away from their respective harems and just being guys in general.
Zeke has the cure - a week back on the Reservation, hunting, fishing, and camping. For Ranma's sake a kettle of hot water will be kept on stand-by the
whole time they're there. There will be talk of the past and observations - introspection with sides of action as Zeke's jealous cousin tries to take
an ill-advised revenge. Even the venerable Grandfather will show up to dispell some evil spirits and dispense some of his wisdom.