She turned her attention to ‘her’ personal history.
Hmm… It seemed her name in this timeline was ‘Sexsuna’. No last name. This did not bode well.
Sixteen years ago, she had been left on an orphanage doorstep as a baby. The authorities speculated that it was due to her green hair, an unusual hair color was a fairly reliable indication that a person was changed (of course, some parents just dyed their child’s hair and never admitted it). The first thing the authorities did was check her magical level. Even as a baby, she classed high enough to be considered a Magical Girl. She was named Sexsuna, and returned to the orphanage to be raised with the knowledge that as soon as she was old enough, she would be collared and sold.
On her sixteenth birthday, that day had come. In order to raise money, the orphanage had arranged a lottery with her as the prize. They had held the drawing during a local festival.
As luck (or Ranma’s destiny) would have it, Genma and Ranma had been passing through on their way to Nerima to meet the Tendos and were drawn to the festival. Being hungry and not having any money, they each turned their skills to ways to get a meal. Genma, naturally, simply stole what he wanted and ran. Ranma had more pride in himself, and a stronger sense of honor. He entered a baseball contest to see who could throw the fastest fastball.
He hadn’t won, due to his lack of experience throwing baseballs (he was convinced that with just a little practice, he would have won), but his superb physical skills allowed him to take second place. Since the prize for coming in second was 5000 yen and two lottery tickets, Ranma was content. 5000 yen was more than enough to get him a good meal! Stuffing the lottery tickets into his pocket, he had proceeded to get some food.
As he was finishing his meal, he heard the numbers of a winning lottery ticket bring read over the loudspeakers. Thinking it might be more money (or food) he pulled out his tickets and checked his numbers. He won! Hurrying over to the grandstand to claim his prize, he was shocked to find out that he was now the owner of a pretty, green-haired slavegirl.
Sexsuna smiled to herself as she saw that memory. He was cute, especially when he was at a loss for words like he was then. She must have looked just that same way the first time she saw him turn… into… a… girl? What the heck? Concentrating some more, she ‘remembered’ that Ranma had a Jusenkyo curse that changed him into a girl when he was hit with cold water.
This caused Sexsuna to pull her attention away from her ‘memories’ for a moment. Why hadn’t she learned this with the first batch of information she had gained about Ranma?
Again, the information appeared in her mind. There were limitations to her power. Non-living items rarely held impressions long, unless the event had a significant impact on the item. Also, people instinctively hid facts about themselves that they didn’t want others to know. This made it much harder to pick up information the person considered a secret. And finally, there was often simply too much information to examine it all. If she did not know exactly the right question to ask, she might never learn crucial information.
Ranma did not like others finding out about his curse, so she had not picked it up from him. On the other hand, she had no desire to keep secrets from herself, so she could learn her own history simply by concentrating on what she wished to know. Which explained where her ‘memories’ were coming from. And since 'she' had learned about Ranma's curse already, she was able to pick up that knowledge from her own 'memories'.
At that moment…
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Mon Sep 9 23:33:11 2002