Ranma X. had finally packed his bags and boxes. In one day he would be on a plane bound for Cambridge, Massachusetts. He looked up as he slept on his bed in a now empty room. He sighed and turned on the light. "I can't sleep. This is too damn weird." He opened a drawer and took out a tattered piece of paper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'YOU Are Invited to the Ultimate, Craziest Impro-ish Party Ever!!' 'OOSHA!!!' 'IMPROPARTY!: A 24/7 bash that will keep going till the money stops!' To arrive at Improparty Arrive (please don't ship yourself) to: 1 Impro Drive Sandiego CA 99999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ranma X. looked at paper longingly for a bit and then turned off the light and went to sleep. Approximately 9 hours 27 minutes later "OKAY! EVERYONE DOWN! THIS PLANE IS GOING TO SAN DIEGO!!" ------------------------------ Improfanfic Presents: Improparty! Chapter 36: The Late Arrivals ------------------------------ Ranma X. looked up as he saw a strange young girl about his age holding what appeared to be an ivory colored pistol. He stood up and she immediately pointed the gun at him. "What do you want?!" "Um..uh...I don't mean to pressure you or anything, but, uh...you said you wanted to go to San Diego?" "Yeah!" "This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with a certain beach house there were dozens of authors are partying this very minute, would it?" "Um, yeah. How the hell do you know?!" "I'm Ranma X." "Ranma X.?!" The woman holding the gun towards him blinked, though her stance was softening. He nodded and she replied: "Cool! It's me, Lady Brick! Want a cookie?" She said handing him a large sack from which he took one, still warm chocolate chip cookie. "Give one to everyone Ranma, I'm gonna go check with the pilot. Oh, and here," she said tossing to him another ivory handled pistol. It felt light to him as he gave each of the coach passengers a cookie. After a while his clammy hands noticed that the gun was slippery to his hands. He shrugged it off and when he finished handing out cookies he sat down and sighed: "I'm wonder if this means I'm an accessory to hijacking." *** Several hours had passed since the whole thing started and Ranma X. was getting worried. Lady Brick hadn't come back and the crowd was getting restless. Though he had a gun, to his dismay, he had learned why it had been so slippery. It had been carved out of soap. "Figures..." he muttered to myself upon my realization. Suddenly, a large explosion rocked the plane. The speakers turned on and he heard Lady Brick's voice saying: "This is your captain speaking. We seem to have hit a large flying object so, while that safety crap the stewardesses showed you earlier may help....I think we're all pretty much dead." Ranma X. sighed and saw his college hopes vanish away. He decided on putting his traytable up and keeping his seat back in the full upright position. Most of the other people were screaming, panicking or openly having sex across the aisles. The plane entered a vast downward tilt and just as Ranma X. blacked out, he could have sworn he saw the ocean. *** Upon waking up, Ranma X. found myself in a vast stretch of beach. There was some wreckage laying about. He stood up and said, "Well that was surprising. I guess Weird Al was right..." he said to himself as he saw a large piece of wing move. Lady Brick popped up. "How the hell did you manage to survive?" He asked. "I was holding on tightly to the black box." Blinking, Ranma X. decided to not make much of it was they walked down the stretch of beach, Lady Brick viciously trying to destroy the strong metallic box. *** A few miles offshore... In the water ColdFury and Ardweden floated on the salt water, the latter in a bulky wedding dress. "What happened?" Ardweden blurted out slightly, still sounding a bit dazed. "I think it was a 747," ColdFury flatly replied. "Fury!" Ardweden opened her eyes widely. "What's wrong?" "What about him?" "Who? Cyber-Tom Green? Titanium isn't exactly the lightest of metals. He probably drowned a while ago," Clodfury said as he grabbed Ardweden's hand. "Sorry about all this mess I got you into Ard..." "Look, let's just worry about getting to land," she said calmly. "Somehow I get the feeling it's gonna be a long day," ColdFury said as he began a light back stroke towards land. *** Arriving at Chez Impro, Ranma X. and Lady Brick knocked on the door. John answered. "Hmm? Ranma? Lady Brick? What are you doing here?" he asked casually. Ranma X. looked at Lady Brick, then at John. "You want the long or the short version?" Ranma X. said flatly. "Um, the short." "Genius here hijacks a plane that I happened to be on, we hit another flying object while heading South and we end up beached about 12 miles north of here." "Hey that was uncalled for! I didn't really hijack them. The guns were fake after all..." Lady Brick yelled at Ranma X. while he sighed. John looked at Lady Brick for a second and said, holding in a sweatdrop: "Ummm...come on in." Rags and Calculus were playing KOF '99 when they saw the slightly dazed-looking Ranma X. and Lady Brick. "Ranma? What the hell happened to you?" Rags asked as Calculus unpaused the game to finish Ryo off with Bao. "You don't want to know....you honestly don't want to know" Ranma X. said as he sat down. John threw him a Jolt and sat down on the large couch where Rags and Calculus were sitting. "So, how have things been here, John?" Ranma X. asked. "Ehh, pretty good. Lots of weird things tend to happen at times. Recently I was turned back from a plushie." "Hmm, explains why I never got any reply from you when I emailed you..." "Oh it wasn't just him," Rags explained as he fought Whip with King, "Half the guys got bishounenized while the other half got plushied. Calc here was bishounenized, for instance." "That would explain why people idle on chat so much...Anyways, I'm here, so what's going on?" "Well Jonatan just turned us back to normal about a few hours ago. He left to go home; I don't know why. Actually, the big thing right now is that Fury and Ard were captured by Cyber Tom Green in the Ragnarok." "Ragnarok?" Ranma X. asked. "Yeah. Todd's ship." Calc said as Ranma X. freaked out in a uncharacteristic manner. Lady Brick, who had just got back from the restroom, was surprised to see Ranma X. looking at her. "Um...Lady Brick....could you clarify what 'exactly' hit us?" Ranma X. asked calmly, though the rattling of the almost empty can of soda belied his seeming ease. "It was kinda large, heading north, um...I think something like ['Rock..Rags no Rocks' or some-thing like that...." "Um...Was it 'Ragnarok'?" Ranma X. asked, a neck twitch developing slightly. "Yeah, that's it! Ragnarok!" Lady Brick said as everyone in the immediate area facefaulted. Calculus stood up and said, "We need to get a search party out there to see if they're still alive! Let's get Twoflower!" *** The house was nearly empty as many people went to aid the search for ColdFury and Ardweden. Ranma X. was one of the few people who stayed behind, trying to relax. All of a sudden Kate, Myth, Montae and NeoVid showed up to the main living room. Ranma X. looked up from a couch he was half-asleep on. "Oh...hey. I thought you guys left..." "A couple of us have to keep watch on the house," Montae explained. Ranma X. sat up and asked, "Is it always this odd here?" "Ehh...It's actuality been a bit quiet lately..." Kate said as a knock on the door was heard. Ranma X. and Monate stood up to answer the door. "I wonder if it's the guys with Fury?" Myth said as the sound of the door breaking was heard. "The Hell?!" Myth screamed as a slightly corroded Cyber Tom Green Walked in. "YoU BastArds! Y0U pH0Cked uP My CurkiT-ry!! NoW U Sh4all PeY!!" The odd half-metal unfunny comedian came attacking the group when a loud noise emerged from the basement. The action stopped momentarily, as it always seems to do, and out burst WoofTwo. Montae placed a hand on his had and said, "Oh God, no...." "Hah! I've awakened from my long slumber of about uh...27 hours," he said, looking at a watch. "Wh0 De h311 R U?!" Cyber Tom Green Asked. WoofTwo laughed and said, "I am WoofTwo." "WoofTwo?" Ranma X. asked Montae in a whisper. Montae shook his head. "I'll explain later," he muttered The two rather ineffective villans looked at each other quietly, pouring themselves through their eyes. Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture was playing in the background, swelling as the moments passed. Cyber Tom Green was the first to speak. "W0W URe n1ze. D0 U W4nT t0 g3T 4 cUp 0f C0fF3e?" "S-sure.." WoofTwo said dazed as the two walked out of Chez Impro, hand in hand, into the clear sky of the mid afternoon. The five stood there for several minutes. A voice emerged from the group. "What the hell was that?!!" NeoVid yelled. "I don't want to know," Myth replied, holding her head. "Yeah, would somebody turn that damn music off?!" Montae yelled as the group went back to the living room. *** A few hours later, the main bulk of the party had come back with ColdFury and Ardweden relatively okay, to the relief of most of the group. In fact, Rags was known to say, "Jinkies" at the time of the discovery. Montae, however, looked at Coldfury with a sense of distaste and left to a solitary corner of the house. There was a general lull about the house as people were relaxing from the grueling day. Ranma X. saw Twoflower out of the corner of his eye and ran up to him as fast as he could. "TwoFlower," he yelled. Twoflower looked back and said, "Oh, hey Ranma X. Glad to see you showed up finally." "Well, that's kinda the thing. I kinda need to go home." "Hmm, but you just got here! This is the shining home for all of us!" "Y, yeah, but..." "But what?" "I have college to go to. I didn't really want to be here. It was fun the little bit I was here, but I really need to get going and stuff..." "Aww..." the group of people who overheard him collectively said. "I'll come and visit and stuff..." Ranma X. added. "Well, if that's how you feel, I guess we'll see you around." "That's the other thing.." "What?" "Um, well, my luggage, money, tickets, and my tapes were destroyed in the crash," Ranma X. stated while Twoflower nodded. "So, uh, if you can, can you, um, help me out a bit, you know transportation and stuff?" Twoflower looked at him, shaking his head in thought. "Well....ah, what the hell, sure." "Cool!" *** 26 hours later, in the Nevada desert: There was a soft rumbling. It wasn't too apparent at first. Slowly however, the soft vibrations became rather coarse and violent. The nearby animals scurried to shelter as the rumbling came to a climax. Ranma X., riding a rather large monster truck, came down the unmarked desert path. "Cause I'm a Twenty-First Century Digital Boy! I don't kow how to live, but I got qa lot of toys... Ahh, life is sweet!" End 36. Author Notes: Yes I am a little late. I'm still getting adjusted to the collegiate life (as well as other things such as a new climate and so forth.) Sorry for taking up most of this short chapter. I did advance the plot a bit, though and I gave Rags more than two lines! Anyways, Thanks to Illyria for Pre-reading, Roe for being understanding and anyone who gave me ideas and requests. As per W4's request WoofTwo should stay Gone. Tom Green, is up in the air, though he should be away as well. Anyways, enough of my spiel and now...: Dramatis Personae: Aaron Pinnick: Chez Impro Aaron Shattuck: Chez Impro - kitchen Angelcat: Chez Impro Anko: Chez Impro Ardweden: Chez Impro BlackMage: Chez Impro Blade: Chez Impro Calculus: Chez Impro Cham: Chez Impro Chris: Chez Impro ColdFury: Chez Impro Coyote: Chez Impro Damien Roc: Chez Impro Dan: Chez Impro Delfina: Chez Impro Epsilon: Chez Impro - Subbasement, W2 minion Eslington: Chez Impro Eternal Lost Lurker: Chez Impro Falcon: Chez Impro Fatman: Chez Impro Greg: Chez Impro H: Chez Impro HottCoffee: Chez Impro Jake: Chez Impro Jeff: Chez Impro Jesse: Chez Impro Jonatan: GONE Kate Malloy: Chez Impro Katy: Chez Impro Kimberli: Chez Impro Illyria: Chez Impro Lady Brick: Chez Impro Lady Chaos: Chez Impro Lawrence: Chez Impro Mark Poa: Chez Impro Mechalink: Chez Impro Montae: Chez Impro Myth: Chez Impro NeoVid: Chez Impro Nick: GONE nihility (Eric): Chez Impro Omi no Miko: Chez Impro Phoebe: Chez Impro Rain: Chez Impro Rags: Chez Impro Random: Chez Impro Ranma X.: GONE Ravi: Chez Impro Robin: Chez Impro Roe: Chez Impro Samantha: Chez Impro Scott Schimmel: Chez Impro Squall (John Evans): Chez Impro Stephica: GONE Steve Scougall: Chez Impro Tameran: Chez Impro Todd: Chez Impro Twoflower: Chez Impro VVerevvolf: Chez Impro Wang Tu Chung: Chez Impro W4: Dead still - back in iceberg grave Yun Cheolsu: Chez Impro - Freezer Zrith: Chez Impro Supporting Cast: Bimbos: Somewhere... Bishounen: Ragnarok - They are? @_@ oops Catguys: Somewhere... Chippy: Stomachs of Panel -- Dead Cyber Tom Green: GONE WoofTwo: GONE Cousin Pete: Moving away Dragon: GONE Evil Neighbors From Hell: Moving away Hardhead Fred: Moving away Iron Chef Chen Kenichi: Chez Impro Kitchen Jess: Iceberg - calmed down by now, watching W4's grave Keith Richards: Abu Dhabi Kieran McWatson: Sub-basement Kimberli's Mecha: Chez Impro - Iceberg Leonardo DiCaprio: Abu Dhabi Mysterious Man: Clone tanks Old Man: The Past Phineas McWatson: Dead - Past and Present Quistis: Chez Impro Ragnarok: North of Chez Impro Ura: Chez Impro - Iceberg Weight-of-Ardweden Doll: Chez Impro - w/ Mecha? Young Elvis: No longer dead - bartending This Episode Dedicated to the Ragnarok. Todd...forgive me. Ranma X. "Formating errors can be adressed by making your hand into a fist, then moving that hand as far away from you as possible, then, keeping that hand stiil, quickly and forcefully run towards your hand."