Ranma: evolution: Ego rising Episode 110774
by dogbertcarroll
Ranma did a quick run through in his mind of which Acolyte was the closest in size to him.
The firebug was too skinny and both the metal man and the guy with the fangs were much too big. The guy who kept throwing explosive cards was probably the best match. His taste in clothes was a bit bizarre, but at least he wouldn't have to raid Magneto's closet. Being forced to run around with a bucket on his head would really suck.
Now his only worry was how to find the card guy's room.
Magneto came awake with a sneeze, glancing around as she did a quick inventory.
'Daughter is here and dressed. Check.'
'No other red headed females are present. Check.'
'Stand down panic attack.'
Sitting up slowly, she wondered if being turned into a woman could have affected her mind. Maybe she had imagined the whole thing?
Slowly she examined her room in greater detail.
Her bed was soaked, as was her daughter who had an expression that all men (even those that were currently female) dreaded. Her expression said 'we have to talk'.
Suppressing a shudder, as it was unbecoming the future ruler of all mutantkind, Magneto braced herself for whatever her daughter had to tell her.
"Mom, we need to talk."
Metal plates ripped themselves free from the walls and floor, as Magneto's subconscious took control of her powers, surrounding her in a soundproof (and probably bombproof) cocoon.
Wanda couldn't contain her laughter.
'This is going to be fun!'
Ranma slipped into the Umisenken, checking to make sure he wasn't leaving a trail of footprints behind him again.
Hindsight was a wonderful thing.
It was clear that, once again, he had let his ego run away with him. His old man had even pointed out to him long ago that the flaw in the 'Thief's Cloak' was that it didn't mask sound, smell, or interaction with the environment.
He had shown Pops that using the 'Feather Step' technique he'd learned from Caine covered both sound and most interaction with the environment. Forgetting that he was covered in water was his own fault. Once more his enormous ego had convinced him that he was invulnerable and that he didn't need to take any precautions.
He had to admit it did work well in cementing their belief that he was dead. Someone drowned and eaten by sharks would naturally show up dripping water. He'd just be sure to leave out any mention of it being an accident when he told the story to anyone else.
'I wonder if Wanda would know which room Card guy sleeps in?'
Ranma glided down the hallway, oblivious to the still searing temperatures of the steel he was treading upon.
Wanda was contemplating turning the big steel egg, which her 'mom' had wrapped herself up in, into a big pile of rust when Ranma's voice sounded from the doorway.
"Wanda? Would you happen to know where I can find the card throwing guy's room?"
Inside Magneto's room.
Mystique's plan. Still in progress.
The Acolyte's retreat.
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Ranma: evolution: A little Voodoo... Episode 111321
by dogbertcarroll
Colossus set an exhausted Pyro on Gambit's bed, as Gambit righted his dresser and began scrambling through it's contents.
Clothes and odds & ends went flying as he searched for the few items he had that might actually help. Gambit let out a sigh of relief as his hand touched an old leather bound black book.
"Best hope ole Gambit remembers 'ow ta do this right. 'elp me clear the floor."
Colossus and Gambit tossed aside clothes and furniture, that had scattered across the floor in the battle the day before, until only bare steel met their gaze.
Gambit sped through the book, running his finger down each page, while muttering something about needing an index. Pausing at one page he quickly committed it to memory.
Reaching under his bed he pulled out a wineskin and a hip flask. Flipping over his nightstand reveled the bottom to have been carved into a hidden shrine of sorts.
"If you do not practice, then why do you have so many of the…" Colossus trailed off unsure of exactly what to call them.
"Tools o' the trade?" At Colossus's uncertain nod he continued, "Well Mon ami, Gambit believe you can never be too prepared. My grandam, may she rest, told Gambit he would run across many strange t'ings and a little working knowledge o' voodoo would 'elp 'im through 'em. So while ole Gambit ain't exactly top shelf, 'e may be able to clear off some minor spooks and at least slow down t'is 'aunt."
Gambit poured some sort of fragrant herb into the altar's bowl along with some of the liquid from the flask before continuing, "She 'ad a bit o' the sight, so I always followed her advice. Sides she would 'ave 'ad my 'ide tanned and stretched if'n I didn't"
Colossus stood there blinking for a moment and wonder if he should have Gambit repeat that in English.
Gambit crossed himself nervously before uncapping the wineskin and pouring a grayish powder on the floor in a spiraling pattern near the doorway, chanting all the while and sprinkling some liquid in the air from a hip flask.
He tossed a lightly charged match onto the alter and watched as it set the offering aflame with no small amount of satisfaction. He hadn't lost touch with the small gift he had. The warding had been successful.
Taking a slug from the flask, it was traditional, he couldn't help but grin.
'If this don't stop it, nothing will!'
Wanda had just finished explaining her latest idea for driving her father insane, much to Ranma's amusement, and given him directions to Gambit's room, when she felt a fairly strong ward snap into place.
"Ranma?"
silence
'Guess he already left. That's the problem with dating a guy that can turn immaterial, you never know where they are when they decide to stay invisible..'
Mentally shrugging she decided it really wasn't anything to worry about. Ranma had enough power to walk through most wards without a problem and could probably break through a major one given enough time. As a spirit he packed some heavy horsepower.
sigh
She quickly shook off the melancholy that followed that thought.
"Well 'Mom', it looks like it's time to turn even more of your hair white or failing that see if we can make some fall out!"
Ranma quietly chuckled to himself, still cloaked in the Umisenken. Wanda was as sneaky as Nabiki and defiantly sexier… nicer, Much nicer... and in all the right places too!
Following her directions he found Gambit's room easily.
The Neon sigh above the steel door reading 'Gambit's Pleasure Den: Where it's always Mardi Gra!' was kind of a hint.
'These guys really are idiots.'
Inside Magneto's room.
Inside Magneto's poor little overloaded brain.
Mystique and Hermes on the move...
Ranma knocks.
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