Hello to one and all. This story of mine; "Sacrifice ½", has proven to be my best piece of work ever, and I am deeply grateful to you all for your many reviews; without the support they represent, this serial would never have reached this stage. Unfortunately, the next chapter will be delayed for a little due to lack of inspiration- not for specific events, but rather for details of intended events. If you want the next chapter posted quicker, then could you please post reviews containing any the following?
Ideas for events to occur -note that I'll be wanting these in pretty much all subsequent reviews-; I've entered a "drought" of inspiration, and your suggestions encourage my own to flourish.
Details on how either an Empyrean (Elementalist) wedding or a Stygian (Necromancer)/Joketsuzoku wedding would be conducted; one reviewer for the last chapter asked when Storm and the others would be invited to attend Blight's wedding, and as I liked the idea I decided to use it for the next chapter, if not then for the subsequent one. I'm asking for the details for an Empyrean one because I thought I'd reintroduce two of my bit-part characters from early in the fic.
You might remember that, when I introduced the Other Ranmas to Storm's Nerima, Blight mentioned that in his universe Mousse and Ukyo were engaged. Well, a line I intended to use but never got to was that they'd asked him (Blight) to be the best man at their wedding, and also named him godfather to their as-yet unborn child. Seeing a bit of drama potential there, I decided that I'd "spice up" Storm's time in Blight's Nerima by having B-Ukyo go into labour. Now, what I'm asking for here is your vote on the gender of the child (or possibly children, if I get enough reviews asking for multiples) and an appropriate name; I don't know any Chinese or Japanese, so I wouldn't know what to name it.
However, I don't intend to just sit idly by and wait for your answers; if I can't write for Sacrifice ½ then I might as well try writing a chapter 2 for Return to Jusenkyo Redone. I also have two other story ideas in concept, and I'd like your opinions on if I should use them.
The first I call "Twizted Matchups", and it's basically my homage to an obscure humour/romance fiction I know called "Non-Canonical Matchups". The problem here is that I'm a little stumped on two pairings; I definitely intend to include Ukyo/Mousse and Ranma+Nabiki+Shampoo, but I'm undecided as to who to pair up with Akane (I'm thinking Akane/Tatewaki Kuno) and I can't decide between Ryoga/Kasumi and Ryoga/Kodachi. Please let me know if you want me to write this –I do need the practise doing romance and humour- and who you want to see Akane and Ryoga end up with.
The second story is tentatively called "Red Dwarf ½", for lack of a better title. The premise is simply this; sick of repairing the damage caused by the Nerima Wrecking Crew, the Nerima Council devise a plan to get rid of them. They authorise construction of an automated deep-space ship, and lure the NWC onto it before launching it on a one-way trip out of the solar system. The rest of the fic focuses on the trials and tribulations of a bunch of teenaged martial artists as they wander endlessly through deepest space, trying to figure out a way to get home. Should I do this story? If so, please suggest ideas for events you want to occur.
I thank you in advance for any and all reviews you care to give me, and I apologise for springing this on you so suddenly.