[Keroko]

Originally Posted by Evangelion Xgouki

Maybe Keroko should start carrying around cans of RAID

RAID?

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Kind of a surprise near the end, but really I just wanted to demonstrate Keroko-chan's power under pressure :3 . Might need to change that up a little, though...

I'm not complaining.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

snkkkt. Well it's not that it matters. If it gets too confusion, I'll start calling him Keroko-nyan just to confuse people more.

Why nyan?

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Not quite Zerg, though much of how they act/what they do is based off of the Swarm. Instead, I took the Zerg and spliced them together with the Flood, and made my own creation with its own history, the Spawn.

Eek, no Keroko-chan hasn't faced those before.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

I figured . It was really Keroko's my half-hearted attempt at a joke in a tense situation.

Ah, in that case it's cool.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Ahhh, okay. That's much different from the way I envisioned it, which was simply Blast Lancer on a much larger scale. I can probably change the spell to a cartridge-enhanced Blast Lancer, no problem.

Hey, it's better than the original idea. I was gonna make Keroko-chan activate Ethereal Mode, but figured it'd kill her in this state.

In that state? Definetely. Ethereal Mode is even worse then Blaster 3, so its only activated in huge drama moments.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

so does mean that "Everyone is gay for Bridget Keroko-kun?"

*runs*

That is all up to you.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

I think it's a curse of life. Authors always hate their own work.

Not always, but yes, they often do. Though maybe I have that problem less because I usually write and re-write untill I'm satisfied with it

Originally Posted by Melodius Trueheart

In my storyline, the Cradle was Vivio's personal warship, but out of her kindness and concern for her people she loaded as many people as possible that weren't involved in the actual defense of the old Belka on to it then sent it to another planet.

It ends up on Midchilda after the War of the Lords and Saints.

Hmm, in mine it goes slightly different.

Spoiler for Fall on an Empire:

During the last battle of te Cradle, the mission was to destroy the homebase of the enemy. However, several traitors boarded the Cradle in an attempt to take over the grand ship. In the end Vivio was victorious, but the Cradle was too badly damaged, and the auto-repair would need several years before the ship could be used again, so she decided to burry it on the planet it had crashed on before returning to the war that was now virtually lost.

Originally Posted by Kha

I do hope she is still receptive of Xealot the friendly Tyrannid.

If its not snarling in an atempt to bite her head off she'd all right with it.

Originally Posted by Kha

Unfortunately, my mental circuits are so lined with crack I sometimes mistake fanon for canon, and that's where screwups happen. That's why I need to run my ideas by you guys first for moderation.

*sigh* Okay, we'll keep you in line.

Originally Posted by Kha

Oh I interpreted that sheepish laugh as "Oh dear I got found out!" rather than "Huh? What? Really?"

... *looks at the above quote* ... Now I see what you mean.

Originally Posted by Kha

So I'll be going with an agricultural Core World that Kia, Megane, Quint, Lutecia, Erio, Caro and later the Numbers will live on for now due to the lack of magical pollution until their bodies recover, and also gives them a chance to be examined.

Thoughts?

Sounds good to me.

Originally Posted by Anita

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

Heeeh? So the infamous tsundere apears? A pleasure to meet you. ^_^ Do stick around, make an OC, and have fun!

Originally Posted by Anita

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

*raises hand* My fault. This place has always had weird nicknames (Orange Country for example) but I found Outer Cadia to be a better one. Several reasons include the amounts of 40k references scattered around this thread (again, my fault ) and the fact that this place used to be somewhat of a 'bastion' for Yuunoha supporters.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Will attempt a proper backlog break later.

Time for a random short one hour one shot nao, just because. Takes place pre-Alpha and is full of WAFFy goodness.

...that said, whether or not its canon to Alpha is entirely up to the reader .

Spoiler for Valentine's Day:

Cranagan City, Midchilda - February 14th, MC0082, late afternoon

"This is too embarrassing,"
"Oh, come on, it'll be fun!"
"Mou... why do you always convince me to do these things?"
"Oh come on, it's a day about you, V."

Vivio Takamachi flushed and looked away. "I-it's not about me, Syn..."

The day was called Sankt Kaiser Day, a holiday celebrated on Midchilda that served as an analogy to Earth's Valentine's Day. Though the myths and legends surrounding it were different, the concept remained the same: to give someone you love something special. To Vivio, who had never even had a boy look at her in a way that suggested attraction, coupled with the focus on her - that is, the Sankt Kaiser - caused her to simply despise this day.

Her best friend and companion, Syn Virage, decided to change that. Thus, the two were on a date. Not a "real" date, per se, but more of a girl's night out. Though if you listened to Syn's offhand comments as they got off the bus, it was a date date. "For real," even.

"Sure it is!" Syn smiled and punched her friend lightly in the arm. "Now come on, cheer up! There's this place I wanna take you!"

"Where is it?" Vivio asked, sounding completely unenthused.

"Oh, it's mega-cool!" Syn exclaimed, smiling brightly at the blonde. "You'll love it!"

"Somehow, I doubt that,"
"Oh, just come on!" Taking Vivio by the hand, Syn took off, running as if on fire. Vivio had no choice but to follow, Syn's grip too strong and possibly, just maybe, that she wanted to see what this was that Syn was so excited for.

Their adventure began this way.

Together, the two girls ran, barely holding on to their satchels as they weaved in and out of pedestrian movement. As if life itself was trying to impede them, everyone they encountered was going the opposite direction of them, and none of them bothered to move. As the tall blue-haired girl pulled Vivio through the crowd, she had to force people out of the way. None of her usual aggressiveness was there though; instead, she was laughing and smiling as she pulled the her friend along, the very image of a happy girl who had a good life.

In essence, the total opposite of Vivio. In practice, something else.

"I don't like this!" Vivio shouted as she was pulled along, nearly losing her grip on Syn and, oddly, not wanting to lose that grip. She tightened her hand on Syn's as they ran, finding her own two feet catching up to Syn's slowly.

"You will, I swear!" Syn said to her as the two burst out of pedestrians, onto the crosswalk. The same crosswalk with was currently not accepting pedestrians, and the same one that a car was about to pass, bearing down on the two. The car slammed on its brakes, but it was too little.

All Syn could think of to say was, "Oh shi-" as she stared wide-eyed at the car before slamming her eyes shut. An impact never came though, only the feeling of going up, and her arm being pulled up as well. When Syn opened her eyes, she found herself hanging a few dozen meters from the ground. Looking up, she saw that Vivio had grabbed Syn's hand with both of hers and pulled them straight up, leaping into the sky as easily as her mothers.

"..." Syn was actually quite amazed. She didn't think Vivio could react that quickly. "Vivio..."
"You're going to get us killed," The blonde replied, her face twisted in annoyance and relief. Syn just smiled up at her, the tension gone suddenly. "What?"

"...I can see up your skirt, and I see aoi no pantsu," Syn said, grinning.
Vivio dropped Syn. The blue-haired girl caught herself and touched down gently as Vivio began to fly off, paused, then landed as well.

"...sorry," Vivio muttered, looking away.
"Hey, it's okay," Syn took Vivio's hand again. "I shouldn't have said that. I know you're in a bad mood,"
"I just... really, really, hate this day."
"I know," Syn replied. "But I'm going to make you like it, at least for one night, okay?"
"I don't know what you could possibly do," Vivio said, her eyes still averted.
"I'll show you,"

Syn led Vivio down the sidewalks of Midchilda silently, hand in hand, on a mission of the most important sort, at least to her. She ignored the looks - well, the mean ones, anyway - that the two received, while Vivio ignored everything but her own footsteps altogether, trying to forget that she had just let go. If she couldn't fly...

Syn had already forgotten about it. She worried instead on her directions. The city was big, and the two had gotten as close as Syn wanted to from her destination. The idea was to get where she wanted to go, just in time for the big event. Well, possibly the big event. But this was the year. This was the day. This was their adventure, and she wanted to share everything about her half of it.

As Vivio spaced out, Syn led her to a place that was sacred; a Saint Church-run park that served as one of many Sankt Kaiser monuments. This one was special, in that only members of the church could attend, and so as the two stepped on the hallowed ground, everything was suddenly quiet; this place was rarely populated this time of day. Syn continued to lead Vivio to a place, a special place, and one that she had secured earlier. It was a lake, in the center of the park, and the place was a certain spot, secluded from everyone and everything, except the moons, the sky, the stars...

"Hey, V," Syn began as she led them to the area. Sure enough, no one was around. "Can I ask you something?"

"What?" Vivio looked up at Syn, seemingly unaware that they were somewhere else.
"If we had never met, where would you be right now?"

"..." Vivio scrunched the bridge of her nose and thought. Syn leaned up against the railing and watched the lake, staring at her watch occasionally. "I would... I don't know. I don't like to think about it. Without you... I guess I'd be either dead or... worse off."

"You think so?" Syn asked, not looking at her. "Come stand next to me,"
Vivio did as Syn suggested, assuming a similar stance on the railing. "Why do you ask, Syn?"

"Because... I don't think I'd be dead... but I can't..." Syn paused, unsure. "I don't think I'd be happy. V, I can't really imagine a world without you." She smiled at her friend. "I like life the way it is, I think, because you're here to do it with me."

"...really?" Vivio's eyes wandered up to Syn's own. "You... like life because of me?"
"Of course!" Syn answered, confident. "V, I... I'm happy you're around. Really." That was lame. "I can't really express it."

"..." Vivio went silent as she stared out over the lake. "Syn, really... without you, I don't think I'd be alive... you keep me going. I mean, some of my family does, too... but..." she paused. "I couldn't do it without you. Living, breathing, if you weren't here... I couldn't do it. No one would be there to help me back up when I fall past the point where I can get up on my own." she looked down at the lake. "Syn... I think..." she shook her head. "No, that's silly."

Syn simply chuckled and looked out over the lake. As the sun disappeared under the horizon, the moons' light reflected into the lake. As if alive, small motes of magic energy began to flow up from the lake. Vivio's eyes widened at the spectacle, while Syn's simply narrowed slightly, not out of confusion, but because she was smiling.

"W... wow..."
"This place, is infused with magic." Syn told Vivio. "They say here is where the Sankt Kaiser declared that Belka's heart would be open to all." As Vivio's eyes stared at what could only be described as stardust, Syn's hand moved atop of Vivio's, while her other reached for her eyepath. Slowly pulling it off, she sat it in her satchel. With both eyes opened, she took a deep breath, and looked at Vivio.

"Hey, V..." She began. "I need to tell you something..."
"...me, too." Vivio nodded. Without a word, she lifted both hands and put them on Syn's shoulders, turning her around and facing the taller girl. Closing her eyes and leaning up on her tip-toes, Vivio pulled Syn into a neck hug and pressed their lips together. Syn's eyes widened, amazed, but not confused, or unhappy. Syn leaned back into the kiss and put her arms around Vivio, holding the two of them tightly together.

When the two parted lips, a single tear made its way down Vivio's cheek. Gently, Syn wiped it away, and embraced Vivio tightly.

The two were silent, the rest of the night. No words needed to be said because it had all been said with a single action.

I love you.

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....

That is So. Amazingly. CUUUUUUUTE!

Oh my god, I love it! Brilliant work, Kagerou!

*saves*