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From mike@thekeep.org Mon Feb 22 10:59:08 1999Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:04:22 -0500 (EST)From: Mike Loader <mike@thekeep.org>To: ffml@fanfic.comSubject: [FFML] [Spamfic][R1/2] She's Got The LookShe's Got The Looka 15-minute bit by Mike Loader--------------------------------It was a friday when Nabiki sort of snapped.She'd been staring at Kasumi all throughout dinner, a sortof sick, distant look on her face. Ranma had slowly begun tonotice it, and kept squinting at her, trying to figure out whatwas wrong.Kasumi just smiled, her eyes slightly wide.Finally, Nabiki shoved her plate away. "I'm sick of fish.""We always eat fish around this time, Nabiki. You knowwe...""The whole damn house," Nabiki began slowly, voicebuilding, "has been stinking of goddamn fish for weeks."Ranma silently agreed with the sentiment, if not thetone. He was getting tired of fish.Akane, unusually silent, just fidgeted."You know why, Nabiki. You now that mother told us to...""I don't care." Nabiki abruptly stood, her napkin falling tothe floor. "Damn mother."Kasumi's smile vanished, and her eyes got wider still."Take that back, Nabiki."The middle Tendo sister laughed bitterly. "You look morelike her every day, Oneesan. Your turn soon, eh?"Kasumi didn't blink."She left us to this, Kasumi. Left us without telling usanything. Just fish around this time, and some jewelry, and...""You'll understand in time, Nabiki-chan. I used to feel theway you do, but now I understand. I understand, and it's not sobad. You'll see."A sick look washed over Nabiki's face. "I don't _want_ tounderstand.""But you will, regardless.""Get out of my sight," Nabiki slowly rasped. "Just go
 
away. Lock yourself up somewhere where I don't have to look atyou."Ranma stared at the two in amazement. Genma, with thewisdom and cowardice of a master, had long since vanished.Soun just stared at his food.Kasumi shrugged. "I'm going to be moving out soon. Youknow that.""Not soon enough. Get out. Just looking at you makes meill."For almost a minute Kasumi stared at her younger sister,unblinking. Then, slowly, she turned and shuffled out of thedining room."You shouldn't have," Akane whispered. "Oh, Nabiki...""Shut up," Nabiki mumbled. "Two more years. Oh God, justtwo more years, Akane. Maybe less.""You don't know that...""I DO!" Nabiki shrieked. "LOOK AT HER!"Akane swallowed. "Mother said...""Mother. Mother. Kasumi used to feel the same way I do.But she got older. Things changed. Daddy even let her haveMother's jewelry."Akane turned to stare at her father. "You.. you didn't...""It made it easier on her," Soun mumbled. "She missed hermother. You all do, but especially her.""I don't," Nabiki hissed."Deep down, you do," Soun sadly replied.Nabiki stared at him, tears running down her cheeks. "Iwish you'd never met her. I wish I'd never been born."Akane stared at her in shock. "Nabiki, don't say...""Shut up, Akane. Eat your fish. Your time will come, soonenough." Nabiki's laugh was thin and hysterical. "Two years!Maybe less!"Akane turned and fled from the room. Giving Nabiki aworried glance, Ranma followed.He found her in the dojo, sobbing. "Akane? What's goingon?""It's... it's about mother. And the way she was taken fromus. It's about that time again."
 
He bowed his head. "Oh."A fresh spate of tears burst forth, and he awkwardlyhugged her. "Hey... c'mon, it's okay...""It's not okay. It'll never be okay. Poor Kasumi... she usedto be so scared, and now she just accepts it.. she's evenhappy...""It's okay.""Nabiki and her were so close about this... they promisedthey wouldn't let it come between them, but it has... we eatfish at the time, but it never really hides it... oh, Kasumi..."Ranma hugged her until the tears slowed. It took a longtime for them to stop.* * *Kasumi shuffled upstairs, slowly made her way to herroom, and turned on the vaporator.Sighing slightly, she open the trunk by her bed and tookout her Mother's jewelry."I love you, Mother. Soon we'll be a family again."Smiling, she set the gold tiara on her head, brachialshapes capering across it, and hung the chain of linked goldenfrogs across her neck."Telekki Li! Telekki Li! Ry'leh ftaghn..."Eyes wide and staring, Kasumi leaned back and dreamedof her mother.----------------------------------------------This grew out of a fun little card game called Mythosbetween me and John Biles. My protagonist, a Bored Housewifewho I immediately dubbed Kasumi, started off strong. But shesummoned up a few too many nightgaunts, and the Dark Youngof Shub-Niggurath did a number on her, and she sort of had toread the Dreamlands Edition of the Necronomicon, and beforelong her sanity level was next to nothing. She was gibberingand giggling and calling up Leng Spiders when John's Deep Onesstrolled across and made mincemeat out of her last shreds ofsanity.At some point, one of us made a joke about Kasumi havingthe Innsmouth Look."Cool," I said, sipping my coffee and glaring at John'sthrice-damned Mi-Go Speechbox (Hester Payne blasted it tobits at Kasumi's command next turn.) "I'll make a spamfic outof it."
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