After Quest, 50 Years after Ranma was sealed and Alfea was rebuilt. Rating Options

[mightymarty2]

Martina just tried to flash a reasuring smile

[Nightstorm]

Between Xieress’ fire attacks and Solara’s burns, smoke still clung hazily in the air. During the awkward silence that followed behind Xieress and Martina, the wisps swirled around as though caught in a breeze, though the air itself never stirred. The smoke gathered as though with a mind of its own, collecting near Solara. When the swirling stopped, the blackened air held a form somewhat similar to Solara, though the wings and tail that protruded from the mirage-like apparition gave it a much more draconic appearance than the female human it “stood near”.

“No. It’s not!” the wavering black humanoid spoke in a voice identical to Solara’s, speaking as though in response to Xieress’ reassurances. “She doesn’t get to say ‘sorry’, and suddenly everything’s peachy-keen!” Eclipse – or at least the smoky form that acted out her will – looked down on Solara’s kneeling form with contempt. “You don’t get to take the easy way out.”

[P-girl]

"What gives YOU the right to say such things?" Xieress hissed, not trusting this new presence.

[Nightstorm]

“Oh, I don’t know. How ‘bout the fact that I gave her everything she wanted – I kept her alive – and in return, she tries to chain me, to use me like some freaking tool!” Eclipse spat right back at Xieress.

“Xieress and Martina: Eclipse. Eclipse: Xieress and Martina,” Solara tried to introduce everyone – surprisingly quietly – but it was obvious Eclipse didn’t care right now.

[P-girl]

"Pleasure." Xieress said, crossing his arms. "So you're her.... source of power?" He tried. Still not trusting this new presence.

[mightymarty2]

Martina "so eclipse, perhaps you can explain why you two have become linked. In the first place"

[Nightstorm]

Solara answered Martina first. “We’re not linked; we are the same person – it’s like Multiple Personality Disorder in physical form.”

“No. I’m not the source,” Eclipse answered Xieress. “I’m the connection to her powers; we share the same body, but she can’t access her abilities without my say-so.”

“Look, all I can do is apol-” Solara tried, but Eclipse cut her off.

“Apologize for what? For creating me by melting together with that black idiot’s pet inside Krakatoa? For throwing me aside after I saved your worthless soul? For trying to keep my free will locked up every single second because I’m too ‘inconvenient’ for you?! We are well past the point of apologies, Rice. If want me back so badly, you're gonna need to start BEGGING me for it.”

[mightymarty2]

Martina was getting very confused now she just stood back thinking about how to try and solve this

[P-girl]

"Trust it from someone with experience, I don't think that attitude will get you anywhere." Xieress tried to tell Eclipse.

[Nightstorm]

Eclipse’s smoky form wavered as she audibly sighed. “Yeah, I know,” she said as her tone seemed to calm. “But she can’t deny that she owes me for trying to keep me under for so long.”

“I do,” Solara admitted. “I’m not sure if there’s anything I can do to make anything right, but we have to work together on this.”

“Just respect me, for once,” Eclipse said as her hazy form knelt down next to Solara, looking her other “self” in the eyes. “That’s all I ever wanted was just a little freaking respect. Is that too much to ask?”

[mightymarty2]

Martina hoped as they were making progress Solara would just answer no it was not too much to ask. She didn't say anything as Solara saying it would be much more meaninful than her pushing her to the correct answer

[Nightstorm]

Solara gave Eclipse a sheepish grin. “Probably not…” she answered.

Eclipse just shook her head with a sigh. “Now that wasn’t so hard, was it?” she asked as her spectral hand grazed Solara’s bandaged right side. Without another word, the smoke that made up Eclipse’s image unraveled and swirled around Solara’s body before it was quickly dissipated.

In response to Eclipse’s disappearance, Solara’s bandages instantly incinerated into ashes. Magma burst out of her wounded side and collected over her body, reforming and cooling in an instant. When it ended, it was obvious Solara had undergone a few changes. Eclipse’s black chrome lined her bodysuit, and her clawed lower legs replaced Solara’s. A new right arm had formed, though its skin held a charred appearance with magma “veins” running through its surface.

Solara’s burns had completely healed, and the damage to her face and hair had been reversed. The blonde woman got off of her knees and stood at her full height, taking a breath as though it was with new life. “Finally…” she breathed.

[P-girl]

Xieress blinked a couple of times, trying to fully grasp all he just witnessed.
"Uhm, glad you got that figured out. I think?" He tried.

[mightymarty2]

Martina was very much in the same boat as Xieress watching the transformation not quite sure even what to call her.

[Nightstorm]

“Yeah, it’s a good thing you two helped out,” she agreed before she caught Xieress’ and Martina’s confused expressions. “Ah, sorry. That all just kind of blew right by you guys, didn’t it?” she sheepishly asked them. “Need me to explain any of what just happened?”

[P-girl]

"Yes, please." Xieress said. "I only got as far as that other presence being another part of you...."

[mightymarty2]

"yes, please. I did get a bit lost. It something I have never heard of before" Martina explained

[Nightstorm]

The blonde nodded. “Alright, here’s how it is. I had two personalities; but, I didn’t start out that way. Remember when I mentioned the whole ‘turned into a nuke’? When I fought Nightstorm, and fell into this exploding supervolcano they called Krakatoa, my personality split into two fragments in order to survive. They shared the same body, operated out of the same mind, but acted independently and were completely aware of each other. They were supposed to work together, but...

“Solara was the embodiment of my intellect; Eclipse, my emotions. Normally, logic and feelings don’t get along in anybody; that’s kinda the whole dichotomy about Human Nature. But if each side has a free will of its own, like Solara and Eclipse did, then they really don’t get along. Solara kept trying to keep Eclipse from being the dominant personality – Eclipse kept trying to break out. To make things worse, Eclipse was the only one with access to my powers; Solara couldn’t use them without Eclipse’s say-so. That’s why Solara wanted to learn how to control her abilities – she was trying to find a way to keep Eclipse repressed, while still retaining Eclipse’s connection to her powers.

“That little fire-show you just saw happened because you two convinced them to cooperate. For the first time since the volcano, they’re working simultaneously; I’m whole again,” she tried to explain.

[P-girl]

"I... think I get it now." Xieress said.

[mightymarty2]

Martina was starting to understand but still had one question "If you are whole again. Then does that mean both personalities have merged?"