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[h1]Mahora Campus- Ranma's Bento Tree[/h1]
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Still mildly weirded out that a flying purple pastel pony was speaking so eloquently, the boy just smiled and nodded as Twilight rambled on about things that he didn't know or get, for once not being able to stick his foot in his mouth since this was a bit out there even for him. When people chimed in about the martial arts, the boy found something he could latch onto, since it was his life and all. Though Jax commenting about how his parents were proud of him made him feel a mixed bag of thoughts considering WHO his parents were. This too he remained quiet about, since he'd rather keep the old shame of his parents' expectations to himself. His master... well, that was his dad and various other people he cribbed his moves from. How to word it... [color=DC143C]"Ehhhh, my master is anyone or anything I can learn from. Anything Goes is a style that emphasizes change and adaption, so anything that can make it stronger will be added. It's designed to be able to overcome any challenge much like water flowing around rocks or reeds bending in the wind."[/color]


This Ranma said with pride, since even though the other practicioners of the style weren't all that great, he himself was proud of his hard earned skills. That and he didn't want to say his teacher was a lazy glutton of a father or a lecherous tiny old man that stole women's underwear. Mentally congratulating himself on not losing any face, a kid dressed up like one of those foreign superheroes popped up from a higher branch in a manner that reminded Ranma of himself, asking about being kidnapped and whatnot. If it weren't for the fact that he himself randomly did this to other people and regularly had to contend with people popping literally out of nowhere to threaten him with extreme violence, he would have been surprised. Instead, he just simply cocked his head to one side and gave a pretty calm response. [color=DC143C]"Nah, we ain't who yer looking for. That'd be the Viewer, who seems to be a giant jackass with too much power and time. Me, I'm just gonna play along with his games and survive until the end of the thirty days and then sock the bastard in the face when he comes out to take us home. Also, nice effort on trying to be intimidating. Four outta ten. Anyways, we're still trying to figure out what to do the first day besides look around and eat stuff-"[/color] 

It was at this moment that the skies filled up with [url=http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/toriko/images/3/38/Bug-like_scum_beast.png/revision/latest?cb=20131209202642]various insect shapes in the distance[/url], the majority swarming about a distant point in the City, congregating about what looks like a giant cornucopia filled with all manners of similarly scaled up ingredients. Unlike the appealing foodscape, these beasts seemed to be quite a bit more unappealing in appearance. A couple of the things however seemed to be going after easier prey, swooping down into the distance and attacking people attracted to the generous amounts of foodstuffs. Seeing a couple headed towards Mahora and a few others flying to another point (Roanapur) in a small flock, the pigtailed boy's easygoing face turned a bit more serious. [color=DC143C]"Ah, there we go. No free meal, huh? We only get to eat if we can live..."[/color] Cracking his knuckles simply by flexing his hands, Ranma entered a battle state. [color=DC143C]"Well, at least we got our exercise."[/color] As ever, the boy had to quip even in a life or death situation. 
 
"Mahora has a special barrier spell set over its ground so most the things won't be able to get in." Chao spoke into a microphone, her young voice loudly giving vital information to the people in Mahora. "Still, be careful. There's gaps in the system so people might have to either defend themselves or run and hide from the aggressive creatures." That done with, the Chinese student turned to those closest to her with a smiling face that seemed to be all but full of ill intentions towards the incoming things. Indeed, that seemed to be the case considering the fact that most of the thing seemed to be electrocuted and treated as insects by the barrier which acted as a giant bug zapper, as well as the multitude of turrets that swiveled out from hiding from various buildings to shoot down the interlopers with what looked like lasers, vaporizing holes in abruptly dead enemies.
 
"Also, killing them will gain you Contribution Points, as well as completing certain hidden Objectives such as saving civilians, capturing key targets, and bringing down certain enemies. You can then use these Points to exchange them for various things from a catalogue at the end of the day. My guess is that today is a Survival Challenge and that waves of enemies will descend upon the City to purge its inhabitants." The smile turned even more chill, as cold as permafrost."What horrible taste the Viewer has..." Even as she said this, about a dozen of the chimeric beasts managed to worm their way in a gap and ran about the campus, their insect-like bodies homing in on the Players.    
 
Over in Roanapur, the already rather hellish port was besieged by all manners of abominations, some from the skies, others from the land and sea. All were about the size of a grown man or larger and had parts that could be described as predatory such as sharp teeth and claws designed to rend meat from bone. Others had thick armor, acidic saliva, or poisonous parts attached all about their body. Thankfully their intelligence wasn't all that good and they weren't too hard to kill judging by the scattered corpses of the things filled with lead and bullets that were much bigger than 9mm. Those that weren't armed enough or unlucky enough to be ambushed by the things simply became hunks of gristle and gore that were beset upon by the ravenous animals that ignored the foodscape and went after human flesh.