RanmaTronic (ch3)

[Kadunta]

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[Cyber_Skaarj]

Kyu could barely stifle his laughter. Correction: he couldn't. He was bent over, his torso shaking, laughing at the stupefied face of his dear friend Yosuke, who in turn was staring at the "Game Over" -text blinking on the screen, the dating game machine playing the refrain of a cheap Japanese cover of "Material Girl". Beneath the "Game Over" text read: "Your debt of 1,992,334,902 yen has put you in a position where the next time you might own your toothbrush is at least 98 years into the future."
"Kyu... I agree with you. This game is evil, but the frisbee chick is only half as scary as... her," Yosuke said and gulped.
Kyu only laughed louder.

*gasps for breath after laughing too hard*
You gotta do a short side story on the Misadventures of Kyu & Yosuke and Their Dating Game Trials... it's just way too funny to pass up

[bissek]

Looking good.
Nabiki is ideally suited for social engineering attacks. She could easily manipulate somebody into giving her their userID and password, thus allowing her and possibly others to escape the game grid.One stereotypical example given is an official-looking email reading 'This is the System Administrator. We need to install some updates on your system, so please reset your password to (insert something here) until 6AM tomorrow morning so we can get in.' Any fool who forgets that the real SysAdmin has root access and doesn't need the user's password to access anybody's account and obeys the instructions of the phoney email will have just given the sender of the email unlimited access until 6AM the next day - possibly longer. Nabiki could easily think up this scheme and have Kaneko execute it. Kevin Mitnick, one of the US' most notorious hackers, admitted to the court after being caught that most of the time he could trick people into letting him in to their systems without actually hacking.

[Raneko]

Another Kyu & Yosuke dating misadventure. If the game as a two player mode.
The screen shows Ranma-chan kissing Nabiki.
GAME OVER
Due to your bumbling dating practices you have converted these two lovely girls into harden, man hateing, life long lesbians.

[Kadunta]

Cyber_Skaarj: I don't know... I've never played a real dating sim, so I wouldn't know, and within this fic's framework I don't think that'd be possible or feasible now. At best, I might manage to scribble another fic with pretty much all of Ranma cast as game characters, Kyu and Yosuke playing the game.
bissek: My thoughts exactly w.r.t. Nabiki. Of course, you shouldn't forget Shinobu also must already have some passwords to the Encom computer system (even though they can't use them now). I'll just have to make certain I don't make returning to the mainframe as easy as the hacking in WarGames.
Raneko: getting to that scene doesn't even require a two-player mode -- just someone like Kuno or Mikado playing

[Dragon Man]

Cyber_Skaarj: I don't know... I've never played a real dating sim, so I wouldn't know, and within this fic's framework I don't think that'd be possible or feasible now. At best, I might manage to scribble another fic with pretty much all of Ranma cast as game characters, Kyu and Yosuke playing the game.
bissek: My thoughts exactly w.r.t. Nabiki. Of course, you shouldn't forget Shinobu also must already have some passwords to the Encom computer system (even though they can't use them now). I'll just have to make certain I don't make returning to the mainframe as easy as the hacking in WarGames.
Raneko: getting to that scene doesn't even require a two-player mode -- just someone like Kuno or Mikado playing

Kuno would go balistic upon seeing his pig tailed goddess in the arms of the mercenary Tendo! Seeing Shinobu play DDR was weird, especially since it's not a game I pictured being used in this story since there are no enemies and nothing for the program to interact with. You proved me wrong!

[Cyber_Skaarj]

Cyber_Skaarj: I don't know... I've never played a real dating sim, so I wouldn't know, and within this fic's framework I don't think that'd be possible or feasible now. At best, I might manage to scribble another fic with pretty much all of Ranma cast as game characters, Kyu and Yosuke playing the game.

Well, maybe not a side story them. Perhaps just a little collection of scenes with them trying (and failing) hilariously to play that dating sim with various digitised Ranma 1/2 girls.
I gotta admit, the scenes with Nabiki and Ranma as the "objectives" within that game left me short of breath after laughing so hard.

[Kadunta]

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[Dragon Man]

Well, now that Kuno has been told the whole school will find out if he opens his mouth. I can also see him storming the Encom building and getting digitized!

[Kadunta]

No, he won't get digitized (enough people in there already and I'm not going to stretch this story any longer than absolutely necessary). No one in the real world knows Ranma et co. were digitized at the Encom lab, so all Kuno now knows is that Ranma is inside the arcade machines.

[Dragon Man]

Ah.... so how will Kuno react if he sees his pig tailed girl in the game instead?

[Pale Wolf]

The foul sorceror Saotome has clearly begun a new scheme to imprison her, after his countless defeats at the mighty-thewed hands of the great Tatewaki Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High.

[Dragon Man]

The foul sorceror Saotome has clearly begun a new scheme to imprison her, after his countless defeats at the mighty-thewed hands of the great Tatewaki Kuno, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High.

I was thinking more along the lines of trying to destroy the machine to free her, play the game to save her, or try buying the game to take home for his personal use.

[crystlshake]

Ideological Omake:
Tatawaki Kuno strode thrue the doors with purpose. His eyes filled with determination, his heart filled with purpose, and his pockets filled with yen. Today he, the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High would prove triumphant in his quest to free the beauteous pigtailed girl.
Eight tension filled hours and 60,000 yen later-
His palms were slick with sweat as he tightly gripped the weapon at his disposal. He would deny it to any other but his heart was gripped with apprehension and worry. This was his last chance. If he failed now he may never see the pigtailed girl again. The foul sorcerrer had finally pulled out all the stops but he had valiently fought on against the ever increasing waves of minions sent to stop him with the preasures of time pushing him to the limits of his reflexes. He stood at the pinacle, the point of no return. One wrong move and what was assuredly the final obtacle in his way would forever prevent him from his destiny.
His enemy moved! Like a bullet he raced forward intent on his goal blood pounding in his ears at the rush of the final confrontation. Quick as lightning he struck, sending the monster to its demise. Swelling with pride at his accomplishment he strode forward to claim his prize and his destiny.
He was stopped just short of embracing his beloved. Furry warred with greif as he was denied by one last trick! Then she spoke. The words turned his blood to ice and low it was if the great Blue Thunder had been slain! He gasped as their meaning registered and openly wept. He had failed! How could the heavens torture one as virtuous as he so?
The Encom Arcade security guards sighed at what had become a common occurance over the last two weeks. Resighnedly he helped the youngman from the floor and escorted him to the door.
As Tatawaki bemoaned his failure he cast one forlorn look back at the arcade machine that so taunted him and the words that tore his soul. Firming his resolve as he walked away he resighned himself to his fate. He would have to throw himself into practice to overcome the limits time placed on him, and from the looks of his significantly lighter wallet come better prepared. As he attempted to rally his spirit the mocking words of the sorcerer echoed thrue his head and he shed a tear at his failure.
The princess is in anouther castle.

[Dragon Man]

The princess is in anouther castle.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh man, I can actually see that happening. Ranma would probably love to be in a Mario game, especially with the powerups available to him!