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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Oxnard, CA
Age: 20
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Well guys, SearcherS 9 is done, added some OC's, but I don't feel right on how I wrote the dialog... 
Anyway, it's for you to judge...here it is.
Spoiler for SearcherS 9:
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
10:25 A.M.
“Well, you’re doing fine, Satoshi.” Derek Devero, the chief medical officer of the 216th Medical Bay concluded. “Jeez man, 3 weeks ago, you got the crap beat out of you. Now, you look like almost nothing happened to ya.”
“Heh, must have been the food.” Satoshi jokingly replied to him, a smile on his face. “And besides, I still got the bandages on.”
“Well, at least your sense of humor’s intact.”
“I guess I’m done then, right?”
“What do you think?”
Getting up, Satoshi headed for the door; the answer was obvious. “Thanks….later then.”
“See ya.” As Derek cleaned up, the Major went in. He was concerned about Satoshi, but not for his injuries. Rather, he was concerned on how fast he healed up. “So, what’s the news?” he asked.
“I’m not sure on how Satoshi healed up that quick.” Derek replied, looking down on the floor. He raised his head up, and added, “Ignoring that for now, at least he’s back in action.”
“I see….what about the headaches and the fainting?”
“Must be fatigue; I don’t see anything wrong with him on that.”
I see….alright then. I’ll be going now. Thanks.”
“No problem.”
As he left, he still could remember Asteright’s words, clear and simple in his head. “You can’t hide him from finding out who he was before.” Those words echoed in his head. “Is he coming back?” he thought to himself, stopping out of a hallway, where Satoshi was preparing to take Sydney to the Belkan Self-Administrated Region. Looking out a window, he shook his head. “No, it can’t.”
He then looked back to the two of them, remembering why they were going there.
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
10:27 A.M.
“Hey, look, it’s Satoshi and Sydney.” Vincent said to Satsuki and Margaret, pointing at the car nearby. Coming back from a bit of training, all of them wondered where in the world both of them were going. “Wonder where they’re going...” Margaret said.
“Oh man, I can think up of a number of reasons…” Vincent said to himself, thinking of a lot of stuff, laughing at each and everyone one of them quietly. “Keep those thoughts to yourself, would ya?”
“Shut up, Arvis. What’s with you and that right eye anyway?” Since the mission on Compound 34, Arvis took two days off last week to fix his artificial eye. When he came back, instead of his former color of black or even the color of his left eye, it was green.
“It feels fun to go up to someone and see that your right eye changed its color. I get a kick out of it.”
“You got to be kidding me.” Vincent replied, disappointed. “Let’s just check up on them, then.” Satsuki said before accidentally tripping. She would have smacked the ground hard, if it wasn’t for Vincent catching her. “A-Arigato…” Satsuki said to him shyly, blushing. “Y-Yeah…” he replied, blushing a bit too.
“And he’s the one that’s thinking up everything.” Arvis commented, batting an eye at him. Lian just giggled at the comment, getting his joke. As soon as Vince helped Satsuki up, Satoshi drove by, and rolled down the windows, wanting to talk to everyone. “So, I see you guys are done.”
“Yeah, we are.” Vincent replied. “Anyway, where are you two going at this time and in the same car?” he added, grinning.
“Hey, we’re just going to the Saint Church; nothing special.”
“Right….”
Forgetting about Vince for a moment, Satoshi turned to Arvis. “Hey, where’s Nobuyuki?”
“He’s off somewhere; we didn’t catch on where he was going.”
“Alright then, just asking. Anyway, take care, guys.” Before Satoshi rolled up the windows, he turned his attention to Vincent. “Looks like you and Satsuki have something in common, I see.” He smiled, and rolled up the windows, leaving an embarrassed Satsuki, a truly annoyed Vincent, a confused Margaret, and a laughing Arvis and Lian.
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
11:01 A.M.
Getting out of the car, both Satoshi and Sydney looked up at the sky for a bit. “It…it was today, right? The day-.” Sydney said quietly, seeming like she was holding something back. “Yeah…it was.” Satoshi replied, nodding. Both of them didn’t say another word as they headed in the Church.
“Well, you know the way, right?”
“Y-Yeah…”
“Alright then, I’ll be there after I’m done.”
Both of them parted ways, with Satoshi heading to Carim’s office. After searching for a while and asking some people on where it was, he finally found it.
“Hey there-.” Satoshi said before realizing that someone else was inside. “Chrono! My God, man, it’s been a while.”
He just smiled a bit, chucking that he managed to get Satoshi by surprise. “Didn’t expect me here, huh, Enforcer Kazukuni?”
“Well, Admiral Haralown, I never knew you spent so much time here.” Satoshi replied to him, taking a seat nearby. Realizing that he forgot about Carim, he turned to her, partly embarrassed. “I’m sorry about that, Paladin Carim.”
“Don’t worry about it, please.” she replied. “After all, we’re friends.”
“If you insist then…”
“So, Satoshi, what did you want to tell us both?” Chrono asked, since the Major had called both of them, wanting them to know about something. Carim then noticed something. “You came here with someone else. Where is she?”
Satoshi hesitated for a moment and then he spoke. “Well…she’s not here for this conversation…I just brought her here for another reason…”
She was not here for the sake of this conversation; Satoshi just needed to be by himself. As she approached a graveyard, a guard was nearby. After telling him the reason on why she was there, the guard let her in. “You’re free to pay your respects.”
“Thank you.” she said quietly to him. Taking some time to search the names on the tombstones, she finally found one. It was an average-sized one, with the name starting to fade. Still, she knew who was buried there. Biting her lip, she tried to hold back tears, but some came out; she couldn’t hold them for long.
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
11:04 A.M.
“Still, I wonder why both of them went to the SAR.” Satsuki said to everyone. “Do they have something important to do?”
“Maybe the Major does have something that they both have to do there.” Margaret said to her.
“I bet they’re just taking a vacation from work, leaving us in the dust.” Vincent replied, annoyed at both Satoshi and Sydney.
“I don’t think so.” Arvis countered. “They don’t seem the type to ditch.”
“I agree.” Lian replied, joining Arvis’ side.
“Well, we’ll never know, it seems.”
“So, you want to know why they’re there?” the Major said to all of them, hearing their conversation while following them. His presence surprised all of them, for the fact that he could appear out of nowhere.
“Old man, you have a weird habit….”
He just chuckled for a bit, then calmed down. “Well, I just have that habit, Vince.” he replied. He then reached for a pocket and took out an old picture. It was slightly faded and there were some scratches, but it was still good enough that you could still see who was on it. It showed the Major and Sky Squad, about 7 years ago. “There’s Satoshi…Sydney…the Major…” Margaret said, pointing out everyone. “Rachel…Nobuyuki…Anne…” There was only one person left, near Sydney and Satoshi, someone that Margaret couldn’t identify.
“Yacoby….” the Major said, quietly and sadly. “Who?” Vincent asked.
“Yacoby Gerian. He was a Neo-Belkan knight, assigned to our squad. He was like you, Vince. Maybe that’s partly why we chose you.”
“What happened to him?” Lian asked, while Vincent stayed silent. “He died on a mission…” he replied, stopping for a while. Trying to make out the words to tell the story, the Major seemed like he didn’t want to tell the story at all. “It was a simple mission; take out the generators of an electric plant that was supporting a group of rogue mages. We carried out our mission perfectly, with light resistance. That was until the last one. They ambushed us there, and we weren’t expecting it. He went in and took out that last generator…those mages got the walkway where he was, and he managed to get a hold of the edge. Sydney grabbed his hand and tried to pull him up, but…he released his grip and fell. It was this day he died….”
[COLOR="#DC143C"]“And that’s why Sydney’s with Satoshi right now….”[/COLOR]
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
11:31 A.M.
“…and so, that’s what we have encountered right now.” Satoshi said to both of them, and shutting off the screen.
“These Replicas are going to be a danger if they come out en masse.” Chrono said, thinking on how much havoc would cause the TSAB. “But why tell us and not Central Command?”
“We already have a while ago. We haven’t told any others for fear that this might get overblown.”
“I see…”
“They’re also somehow involved with the whole Relic case, but we’re not sure what.”
Carim and Chrono took some time to think about them, but Satoshi couldn’t stay any longer; a call came from 216th HQ. After opening it, it was Armay, with some news. “There’s been a report of some of those Replicas near a storage complex. The Major’s calling everyone to investigate.”
“Alright, I’ll be there.” As the screen closed, he moved towards the door. “Sorry to leave so early, but, as they say, duty calls.”
Going outside the Saint Church, Satoshi saw that Sydney was outside, and waiting for him. “So, you got the message?”
“Yeah…let’s go.”
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
12:05 P.M.
Both Satoshi and Sydney were up in the air, heading to the complex. A screen then showed up, and it was the Major. “As you both know, there have been reports of those Replicas showing up. We’ve been sent to investigate. Thunder Squad’s near the site, and some others will be helping us in this mission, namely the 79th Army Battalion. Drones have also been spotted in the area, so keep your guard up.”
“And why is the 79th going to help us?” Sydney asked. “They were near the area, so we asked for their help. You guys understand, right?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good luck, both of you.”
“Alright then. Sky 1 signing off.”
“Sky 2 signing off.”
“Let’s go, Sydney.”
“Right.”
Both of them then saw the King Raven, just a couple hundred feet from them. “This is Spec 4, going towards the landing site now.” Scuderia reported, confirming that he was not some wayward pilot going towards a mission site. “This is Sky 1, we see you, over.”
“Good; at least the sky’s safe….” Scuderia said to him, but he noticed something else in the direction of where he was supposed to be. Sydney noticed it too, and turned. Both of them saw a couple of those flying Drones heading towards them. “Great…they had to come.” Scuderia muttered over the screen.
“Relax, we’ll get them.” Satoshi said to him. “Just prepare for combat.”
“You got it.” As the screen closed, Satoshi and Sydney started making their attack run on those Drones.
“Gale Saber!”
“Blizzard Shotgun!”
Both of them sliced through the group, taking out several of them at once. Some managed to survive the initial attack, and were heading straight to the King Raven. Scuderia was ready to fight though, with the help of Vincent and Satsuki.
“Vince, hope you’re a good shot. Man the left Troika, now.” he ordered. “Satsuki, open the door, and prepare to snipe.”
“Got it.” Vince took over the Troika and started firing, taking out a few, but managing to scatter the rest off. “Ellis, Double Bullet.”
“[Alright then.]” She fired off four shots, all four of them only grazing the Drones. “Damn, have to adjust.” she thought to herself as she adjusted her shot. “Double Bullet.” This time, the bullets managed to hit the wings of those Drones, sending them in a spiral downwards. By this time, they were nearing the landing site; a roof on the southern side of the complex. Satoshi and Sydney were already there, waiting for them.
Down on the ground, Nobuyuki was finishing up on some unlucky Gadget Drones while Anne and Lian took out another group. Arvis was dealing with two of the big versions of the Drones, easily sending both of them onto each other. Nobuyuki took a look on the sky, and saw the King Raven moving out of where it was supposed to drop off the rest of Sky Squad.
“Good, they’re in.” he said to everyone else, and all of them moved towards the entrance. Before they could all get in, an explosion suddenly appeared in front of them, effectively destroying the entrance. As they looked back, all of them saw a large mechanical object, larger than the circular-shaped Drone they were just facing. It had 4 legs, two small arms that had what looked like to be revolving cylinders on the palms of it, and a cannon on the top, aimed straight at them. The object fired at them, first with its own cannon, then spraying the ground with fire from its arms.
“Damn it, this day is getting worse and worse…” Nobuyuki thought to himself as all of them took cover behind whatever they could find. “It’s too risky to approach it…I’ll use Scuderia’s help then.”
“Hey, Scuderia, open fire on that thing for us, would ya?” he said to him via screen communication.
“I’ll get started on it.” he replied, and started to head towards it. “Blitz Striker, set up the Troikas to auto-aim.”
“[Roger.]”
The Troikas started to move on their own, and Scuderia started his covering run.
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
12:07 P.M.
“This place is huge…” Margaret said to everyone commenting on the complex’s massive size. “It didn’t look like it when we landed….”
The room that they were in was stacked with boxes, piled very high, enough that someone could topple them and all of them would be crushed. Still wary of what might happen, they turned left, only to find a couple of bodies, all strewn around. Blood was on several boxes, and they looked like they were running away. Vincent went up to them and checked on what happened to them.
“They look like smugglers.”
“Smugglers? That’s a bit strange.”
“Yeah, it is.” Looking at their wounds, he saw several cuts and holes. “One thing’s certain, though. The Replicas got to them before us. And there’s someone using some sword or something here, too.”
“I see….” Satoshi replied, deciding on the next course of action. “This is a big area; if we stay in a group, they’ll find us first. Everyone, split up.”
“Isn’t that dangerous right now?” Sydney replied, concerned about it. “It’s a risk we have to take. Besides, if they get all of us, we’re as good as dead.”
“I agree with Satoshi; we should split up.” Vincent said. “Me too.” Satsuki added.
Sighing, Sydney went with the plan, and all of them headed in different directions at once.
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
12:11 P.M.
Taking a look around a corner, there was nothing in sight. “Good, no Replicas.” Satoshi thought as he moved towards an open area. “Eagle’s Eye.” he thought in his mind, and looked around for any enemies that were hiding. “None…” he thought as nothing showed up. Suddenly, he heard a scream from behind him, but before he could react, he was already sliding back, taking a hit from a flail. Only the timely intervention of Cipher’s auto-guard prevented a direct hit. Two scythe-like blades came in front of him, ready to strike him. “Mach Move!” Satoshi easily dodged both of them, but didn’t expect that the blades would arc back to him. Getting hit by both of them, he staggered back, only to get blasted by a couple of beams. He smacked into a couple of boxes, but slowly got up, coughing a bit of blood up in the process.
“So, this is the guy Sion wanted us to get?” someone said, appearing out of the shadows. He had a flail-like Device with him, with red-orange hair. “Yeah, that’s him.” someone else replied, having green hair and headphones. “Seems pretty weak…”
“Clotho, Shani, don’t underestimate him that much.” Another one came out of the shadows, with yellow green hair, and wielding two cannon-type Devices. “If Sion wants him, he must be pretty good.”
“Sion?” Satoshi wondered in his mind before remembering who he was. “So, these guys must be with Scagletti.”
“Relax, Orga, he’s as good as done.” Clotho said to him. “Hey, he’s getting up.”
Satoshi got on his feet, a bit of blood near his mouth. “I dunno who you guys are, but one thing’s for sure; you’re involved with Scagletti.” he said to all of them, wiping the blood off and getting into a combat stance. “3 on 1…not good.”
“[You said it.]”
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
12:13 P.M.
Vincent was slowly moving along, trying to see if there was anybody else waiting for him. He had already encountered a small group of Replicas, nothing too heard to handle, though. He had picked up one of their rifles, since he knew how to use them. As he pointed the rifle near a corner, it got shot out of his hands, but he managed to see that it was a magic-based shot. “Rogues?” Vincent thought. “Thunder Squad’s got the outside covered….maybe it’s the 79th….” He stepped out of the corner, only to be nearly shot by another magic-based shot. “Hey, watch it!” he yelled in the direction of where the shot appeared. Two guys suddenly appeared out of the boxes nearby.
“See, I told you it was someone from the TSAB.”
“Hey, I thought he was one of those…”
As they kept moving towards him, Vincent could easily recognize both of them. “Say it ain’t so…please tell me it’s not them…” he thought. “Who are you two?” he asked. “Who are we? Who are WE? We’re-“
“Great, the LineBackers….they just had to send you two.” Vincent said out loud, a bit ticked off and disappointed. “They’d think they would send someone else, but they just had to send you two.”
Before they could even bother to respond, another Replica showed up, this time wearing what looked like to be armor plates around it. It also had some sort of weapon that fired nails, as evidenced by its inability to shoot any of the three as they took cover. “Load Cartridge….Storm Magnum!” Smith’s shot hit the Replica straight in the chest, taking it out.
“Nice shot, Smith!” Wesson said to him, giving him a thumbs up. “I aim to please…” he replied with a grin on his face. As soon as that one Replica fell down, three others came in. “Lambda 4 is down!” They started firing on all them, the nails going over the place. “Maschinegeweher Faust!” Vincent yelled, making them take cover.
“[Fluch….]” Shell Bullet said, indicating that all the cartridges were used up. “This day just got from bad to crappy….” Vincent thought with a smile as he loaded spare cartridges.
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
12: 17 P.M.
“You think everyone’s okay for now?” Margaret asked to Satsuki. “I hope they are, especially Vince…I’m sure-.”
A sniper shot rang out, missing both of them clearly, but they took cover. “Margaret, go forward.” Satsuki quietly said to her. “I can find out where that sniper is.”
“Hai.” she replied back, and started moving. Suddenly, a boy, blond-haired and with sky blue eyes, appeared with two daggers and tried to stab Margaret. She dodged it, but didn’t expect that there was someone else there.
“Hollow-sama, what should I do now?” he said, apparently to himself. “Who are you talking to?” Margaret asked him, slightly annoyed. “She says that you and your Meister must die…too bad, we’re the same…” he replied to her, without emotion. “My name is July.” he added.
Meanwhile, up above, Hollow was looking down at Satsuki, Carrossea in Scharfschützeform. “I found you…”
Friday, June 26, MC 0075
12: 19 P.M.
Approaching a room, Sydney could hear several Replicas talking. “We got someone here; she was sneaking around-.”
“-then what should we do?”
“Mages are here. I think that we should-.”
“Great, someone who shouldn’t be here is…” she thought as she was readying to breach the room. “I have to make this quick.”
Breaking through the door, the Replicas were clearly surprised. “Ice Bullet!” she said, firing from all 4 barrels of Equinox. The Ice Bullets penetrated the armor of one Replica straight through, and she fell down, dead. The second one was stabbed by one of Apex’s blades, and the last fell when Sydney threw Apex’s other knife at her. All that was left was a woman, with chocolate brown hair in a ponytail wearing some sort of sunglasses. She was tied up, but that quickly changed as Sydney cut the ropes binding her. “Thanks…” she said, getting up and wiping the dust off her clothes. “Great, first artifact smugglers, now these soldiers.”
“Artifact smugglers?” Sydney asked, confused. “Yeah, they were based here, and I was gonna try to get some artifacts from them.”
“Those bodies from before must have been the smugglers.” Sydney thought, remembering about before. “Wait a minute, you’re TSAB, aren’t you?” she asked, suspicious of her. “Yeah, why?”
“That’s it, I’m out of here.” She started moving towards the exit, but Sydney tried to stop her. “You know you’re already in the middle of a military operation here.”
“So? There’s no good reason for me to stay here.” She continued on, and would have left if it wasn’t for noticing a black figure approach towards her from above. The figure barely missed her, cutting a part of her hair off. She jumped back a bit, forming her Barrier Jacket and a katana-shaped Device. Sydney then joined on where she was. “See? It’s either working with me or getting killed.” Sydney then turned his attention to the figure. “Wolf….”
“Ah, Megane.” he said to her, readying for battle. “I see you brought someone along.”
“Hey, I’m just here because I’m here.” the woman said to him.
“It makes no difference.”
“Damn it. Looks like I have to fight this time.” she thought to herself as she also readied for battle. Turning her attention to Sydney, she said, “Look, I’m gonna work with you…for now. In return, you don’t tell anyone that I was here.”
“Got it.” Sydney said to her. “By the way, what’s your name?”
“Mathis…Kay Mathis.”
Looking back to Black Wolf, Sydney could tell that they were gonna be in for a long day.
“Man…this is gonna be a day I’m gonna remember….”
@FieryAeon:Nice 2nd character of yours, and don't worry about anybody making fun of your character, it's all cool here.
@Eternal:Interesting character...
@Keroko:Nice shop there! I approve!
@FlameSparkZ:Nice chapter again, poor Treize, she's just trying to help!
@Nighty:Damn, that's scary  .
@Saint:Bringing her to the OC thread, huh?
@Caro:Nice first character, and the pictures work well for imagining how she looks like.
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