>   Then Kodachi arrives at 8:20. Assuming she leaves then at about 8:30
>(as Lord Ranma has to go to class), she would have on a school-day
>half an hour or thereabouts to get to St. B's.

St. B's CAN be close because it is a Private Girls School (so no zoning 
problems.  There is an elementary school across the street from a religious 
school/day care and about 4 miles from another christian school here in 
Hudson) and it is apparently within walking distance of the area of Furinkan 
high/Tendo dojo (The characters walk there, and Pandas can't take the bus).  
So it can be close (within 1/2 hour walk/run of Furinkan High.  Or, she could 
just be late!  If she has no problem with leaving early or beating up kids 
from other schools, showing up a little late should be no problem!

>>Maybe St. B's is really a mental institution and she escaped?
>   What gave you that idea? The other girls at St. B's seem reasonably
>well-balanced, anyway. (Just what Kodachi's classmates think of her is hard
>to say. I'm sure they don't appreciate having to clean up after her
>dramatic exits...)

Remember the classmates under the ring?  There was one deeply disturbed girl 
with a flashlight!  :)  Not to mention the whole team cheats by moving the 
ring!  (but hey, it was a JOKE!)

               [ Joseph M.Torres ]
  [ Mousse Lodge #42 - Ryouga's Travel Agency ]
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