[Satty]

Originally Posted by Tempest Dynasty

This is the stuff that happens when you spend too much time in IRC and talk about a certain hobby...

New OC!

Spoiler for It's a Chef!:

He has no magic, yet he is a vital part of their lives.

Ordinary Iron Chef

Name: Kevin
Age: 32
DOB: May 23
Height: 6'
Weight: 240 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Blood type: O negative

Affiliation: None
Position: Chef
Rank: Civilian
Air Combat Rank: None
Ground Combat Rank: None
Composite Rank: None
Magic System: None
Magic Color: --
Specialty: Cooking
Style: Eclectic

Device: Personal set of kitchen knives

Personality:

Although generally a dry and sarcastic sort, Kevin does honestly care for the people closest to him. Of course, this doesn’t mean they’re exempt from his off-color and often silly remarks and comments. He has a dark sense of humor, able to make a comment in just about any situation regardless of the mood, and years of working in high-stress kitchens has granted him incredible patience and almost unflappable calmness. At the same time, his experience with dealing with such a variety of people has also filled him with good advice. Still, he is not without a silly side, though only a select few has ever witnessed it.

Appearance:

Rather than adapting to the fashion designs of his current residence, Kevin has clung to his Earthborn style (or lack thereof) of blue jeans, a black shirt, and black boots. Ever present on his left wrist is a silver watch, and more often than not around his waist is his chef’s apron. Overall he is unremarkable, sporting short black hair and glasses, with no outwardly distinguishing features. He is ordinary, and perhaps because of it, he is different.

History:

Kevin’s history with the Aces begins all the way back when Nanoha was still a student in elementary school. He was traveling the world, doing a bit of soul searching after a particularly unsuccessful romp through college. Though he got his degree, he found it… lacking. His travels brought him to Uminari City, Japan, to the Midoriya where he hoped to get a job filling in a gap in the roster caused by schoolwork. By then Kevin had accumulated a fair amount of culinary work, having slaved in a number of kitchens to help pay for his travels, and it was with these skills that he was put to work in the bakery and kitchens of the Midoriya. Little Nanoha found herself fascinated by the foreigner, whose clipped speech, fledgling grasp of the Japanese language, and strange kitchen antics amused her greatly. Perhaps it was because they were kindred spirits, both lost and unsure where their lives’ paths would take them. This all changed when the Jewel Seeds came to town, though through much of it, Kevin remained ignorant. It wasn’t until Nanoha herself came to him to talk about her insecurities that he became aware of Nanoha’s involvement with otherworldly entities, and even then, he only gave advice and let the girl grow on her own.

The events of A’s had him formally meeting Fate, as well as bumping into several members of the Wolkenritter in his forays into the public. For much of the incident, Kevin remained relatively ignorant of the events, knowing only that Nanoha, Fate, Yuuno, and Arf were involved in some way. Still, he didn’t pry into their business, content in simply providing something tasty for them upon their return. Unknowingly, he befriended the likes of Signum, Shamal, and Vita with his frequent outings, ultimately cumulating into visiting Hayate at their home and the hospital. All attempts to teach Shamal cooking had thus far failed, but still they tried. It was during the final confrontation that he bore witness to it all, along with Suzuka and Arisa. Though the Wolkenritter felt guilt over deceiving their friend, he merely waved off their concerns and told them to visit him tomorrow – he’d have a nice stew ready for them.

Following the incident, Kevin found himself becoming more deeply involved with magic and mages, despite having zero ability in it. Tested and observed, he was found to be completely unable to use magic, though he remained sensitive to the magic around him, a bizarre feature that no one had managed to figure out why thus far. Regardless, he remained a close friend to the growing Aces. Kevin’s ultimate fate was to be employed Riot Force Six in their headquarters as the canteen chef, where he continues to produce delicious meals and advice to all those that seek it.

Despite his older age, Kevin is considered a close friend to the Aces and the Wolkenritter.

Style:

Kevin has no real focus in his cooking style, instead simply making whatever he deems delicious at the time. He does have a particular strength in Italian, Chinese, and American cuisines, but more often that not he’ll make a dish from a different style and region of the world each day. Variety is the spice of life, and Kevin makes sure to season well. Ever since coming to Mid Childa, his cookery has grown to incorporate influences of the local cultures. Still, his dishes tend to be a welcomed nostalgia for those from Earth and a new taste sensation for everyone else. He’s had some bartender experience as well, allowing him to mix up a few tasty beverages to accompany meals. Few people know of this though – you have to go up and ask him personally for one.

Unique Skills:

Sensitive – Despite having zero magical power or ability, Kevin remains sensitive to the magic around him. This can manifest as knowing who is coming near home, or even go as far as being able to penetrate a Temporal Distortion Field. Still, he requires special technologies and devices to allow telepathic communications as well as get him though a typical day in Mid-Childa, such as his watch.

Equipment:

Being a non-mage, Kevin has a few gadgets that allow him to at very least navigate the world without having to rely on others.

Watch – Designed to look like his old Seiko wristwatch, this handy device serves as a PDA, communicator, translator, GPS, and other functions all in one. This is the once gadget that Kevin cannot go without, for it does so much for him.

Cellphone – Redundant in Midchilda, this device has been altered to allow communications with networks outside of Midchilda, like that of Earth. Though the connection isn’t perfect, it at least lets him keep in touch with friends and family on Earth. Sometimes this device is abused by Nanoha to contact her family.

Glasses – His corrective lenses contain modifications that link with his watch’s functions, letting him operate on the run. There’s a rumor that they also contain nightvision, thermal, and electromagnetic field options.

Pipe – Just a simple briar pipe.

WASP Knife -- What? What knife? He doesn't have one, really!

This guy looks a little familiar...

Interestingly, his name means "Agile Change" or "Convenient Home" in Japanese o_O

A cook....I say, that's unexpected. But, hey, it's original and it's also nice.

Originally Posted by dkellis

Spoiler for random short:

"I think it's slowing down!" Subaru shouted over the groan of straining metal.

"As expected from Shari!" Teana replied. "Just keep it away from any buildings, and we should be okay!" She looked up at the other figure hovering around the giant robot's head. "Mina, how are things on your end?"

"Monstrous Machine in the shape of a Man! Know that I, Lumina Celeste, the Unyielding Ace, shall halt your path of destruction!"

Subaru skidded to a halt next to her partner. "Ah, Tea, I don't think she's listening to you."

"I am not surprised. Mina! Mina, get back down here! That thing will shut down soon, so just keep out of its way until then! Mina!"

"Though you are a Mighty Mechanism of Metal and Magic," Lumina said, unheeding, "I see that you are faltering before the unflinching wall of our Justice! For we shall never let one such as you pass, though we may be reduced to naught but our bare hands. Indeed, such shall be a fitting punishment for your evil ways!"

"Oh, wow," Subaru said, impressed.

"I present to you my Fist of Justice! For this fist burns with an overpowering desire to Smite the Wicked and Diabolical!"

"I can't look," Teana muttered, covering her eyes.

"The light of our Righteousness shall guide this Fist of Justice to thy weakest point! Evil robot, meet my fist! Fist! MEET! EVIL!"

-CLANG-

*****

"And that's how you broke your hand?" Shamal said, not unkindly.

Lumina rubbed the back of her head with her other hand. "Ahaha, I kind of got caught up in the heat of the moment."

"Mina, I understand your passion," Subaru said firmly. "Sometimes, all you want to do is punch something!"

"But a giant robot?" Shamal said dubiously.

"Yeah, Subaru does it all the time," Lumina said defensively.

"Subaru has Revolver Knuckle," Teana pointed out. "You're not even trained in hand-to-hand combat, much less able to punch battleship steel unprotected."

"Tea's right!" Subaru said. "So remember, Mina, the next time you go out to meet Evil, always wear protection... um, Tea, why are you choking like that?"

Laughed at Mina punching at the giant robot and failing, lol at the last sentence.

Originally Posted by Kha

Time to throw things here into a fit!

Adepta Astarta: Black Templars
KIA EIN

The Smiling Impaler (Dark and Light modes)

Spoiler for Kia the Impaler:

Name: Kia Ein (Her maiden name cannot be verified)
Alias: The Impaler
Age: 55 (as of StrikerS, but she looks eternally 19)
Birthday: 23rd June
Magic Rank: S+
Height: 169cm
Weight: 48kg
Hair: Long, brown-black but tied into two buns in bonnets like how some “Chinese“ girl characters have.
Usual wear:
Magic Type: Neo-Velka, Purple-Black.
Caster Class: Knight-Sister Commander

Personality

Kia is a famed Knight-Sister for her ingenuity, tenacity, inventiveness and at the same time, of heresy, for it is believed she sold her heart and soul to Science long before she joined the Adeptae Belkarum and never got them back. Her ever-calm exterior and benign smile belies the mountain of calculations raging in her mind to ensure that in whatever deal, with the best possible odds she always comes out tops. In person, she's hard to take seriously, always dripping with sarcasm and cryptic acid-wit rounded off with a disarmingly-cute deshou ne~~. But to underestimate her is to fall into her trap; from the TSAB grunts that monitor her to the pre-modern gangleaders who were pursued by her, they all testify to having been robbed of an advantageous position even when it was right under their noses.

Her diminuitive frame belies an righteous anger that she shows to no one except the worst of foe. It was born under the harsh knives of errant lab-fiends who turned her from human to cyborg, and despite much righteous blood-letting has never really quelled. It surfaces in the surgical brutality of her schemes that account and orchestra every worst possible downfall to those that oppose her, in the off-handed yet relentless way she corners then downs the witch, the heretic and the evil whole. Some even claim she actually plotted, attempted and succeeded to travel back in time to pursue her now-dead tormentors, but such cases have been filed away as Kia's victims driven mad by her chase.

Hence her moniker as Kia the Impaler, for she pierced through any obstacle and almost singlehandedly expunged the rotting elements that made old Belka the "Church of Violence".

It then becomes very hard to reconcile all that with the fact that she turned down Sainthood, married an average Joe from the Saint Guard, eventually retiring at around 40 and bearing a child now heralded as The Cleric of New Belka. It is even harder to understand why those in her close circle trust her so much, and that her son only has fond memories of a tough-love but nevertheless doting mother. One can only guess that she found a Light that she could place her faith in and turn her lies into truth.

But now, after her long stasis under Jail's research, and her launching a crusade against users of combat cyborgs, no clue remains of what transpired during those times of peace.

From child prodigy to hexejaeger to mother, Kia has always been a lucious Angel of Death, and having been robbed of her hard-won peace, none shall stand against her silent fury.

History

Kia is a long-lived cyborg, and her story is divided into Before Dawn and Era of the Cleric.

Spoiler for Before Dawn series:

Genesis

It is said Kia was born to a family of powerful mage ancestry. The circumstances are a blur, but Kia eventually ended up with "scientists" who wished to create a new generation of cyborgs, and picked her because of a perfect storm of genetic attributes and magical potential. She was subjected to painful procedures day in and day out, without dignity or respite, eventually turning her from a mere child to an advanced cybernetic construct etched with magical circuits, the prototype from which the improved and refined Type 0 was based on. It is a wonder that Kia survived with not only her sanity intact, but awakened a technical genius that astounded first, then finally killed her "experimentors".

As she wandered the back alleys of Mars Sara, Kia continuned to modify and upgrade herself. One day, she was discovered by a Knight-Sister and brought to the Convent's small fire base there, where she'd remain for the remainder of her childhood before moving into the Saint Alexei Convent full time. Then Palatine Maria was in charge of the deployment of Knight-Sisters on Mars Sara, and, with the meaningless assignments repeatedly passed down to her, she binned her "duties" and took on caring for Kia. During those dark times, a Belka orphanage was one of the worst places to be sent to, and Maria sought to save this little soul from further corruption.

This was an opportunity of a lifetime for Kia; she realized that this small portion of the Convent could be leveraged upon to help her exact revenge on the many players that tortured her for so long. And so, Kia expressed interest to join the Sisterhood, to be like her saviors. Maria objected at first, but later she took on instructing Kia in the faith. Kia took to it like a duck to water, mastering magecraft, manuscripts, physical combat and anything in the syllabus that Maria threw at her. While her speed was very encouraging, Maria could not help but feel that Kia was fulfilling the role of a pious student too well...

The Black Knights

Kia blossomed very quickly soon after, and joined Maria's sisters in the Inquisition. The girl worked miracle after miracle, winning cases against heretical elements in the Church, working upwards, damning the Belka mafia, the Ecclessarchy and the Office of Assasinations along the way. The crusading sisters became known as the Black Knights that homed in on the various cancers plaguing the Church and purged them with lawful efficiency. Many attempts on Kia's life were made, but all that did was serve even more incriminating evidence into The Impaler's hands.

Under the cover of her heroics, Kia continued to further weapons development in a workshop captured by the Black Knights. However, her use of loopholes in the Anti-Weaponry Telemaise Treaty allowed her to carry on untouched and unhindered. With more allies, she rode on the wave of goodwill to create amazing mana-powered devices and robot aides to bolster their numbers. And she converted that goodwill into political power built on success after unbelievable success. At the rate they were going, the day the crimes of the highest echelons of the Inquisition was revealed was all but certain to come.

Touareg shovon Volks

The TSAB has long been investigating Kia's work, but their agents always return empty-handed and vowing never to see Kia again. At the height of the Black Crusade, they dispatched a nobody to do the babysitting, Cleric-Knight Touareg. Despite his namesake, Tou was just a washed-out man hanging on the last threads of his ideals. He actually admired Kia's work with the Church, but something about her efficiency unsettled him. He come, saw, but was unfazed. Tou would become the first agent to renew the tenure over Kia, adamently that he would find what is wrong with Kia and turn her around.

The days to come would be anything from whimsical harem lulls, to all-out gun battles, as the Black Knights steamrolled on.

The Anaheim Incident

Her true plan finally in motion, Kia secretly established a device in the middle of the Anaheim Ruins of Mars Sara, and set it off. It created a massive fold dislocation around the planet, as well as a large ion storm over the ruins itself. Tou battled the elements to break into the contraption Kia built, extract her unconscious form and barely made it to safety before a 15 mile shockwave carved a mark out of the planet surface. Later investigations showed that the device consumed so much mana that it was a surprise that Mars Sara did not fall apart in the blast.

No one knows that that device was supposed to do. Kia herself claimed it was a time machine, and that she risked her life to go back in time to change the past, but having failed to do so returned to the present. The device overloading was just unfortunate consequence. She failed the psychiatric tests, and being unable to stand trial was unceremoniously dumped back to the Black Knights. Their assets were frozen pending further investigation lest Kia created another disaster.

After this incident, the Knights noted that Kia had changed subtly. She wasn't as dark as before, and was much friendlier towards Tou. While she hid it under her usual demeanor, she seemed to have lost all inspiration to soldier on. When she used to work feverishly in her machine shop, now she merely wanted to perfect her Chao Sao Pao recipe.

The Black Knights, even Tou, felt that Kia may have been hurt far more in the incident than they could imagine. But what was that device for? The boy stepped in...

Battle of Ragnarok

The Ecclessarchy rest on their laurels, content that the thorn in their sides was going to be removed. They were wrong. In a astounding display of brilliance, Kia uncovered the biggest scoop ever, detailing clearly how much of the Church was linked to the Imperial Belka Army, and that a coup d'etat attack against the TSAB HQ was well underway. The only problem was getting it to the HQ; a Naval fleet had been manipulated to blockade Mars Sara, practically every assassin from the Ecclesarchy had been deployed, and then there was the convincing of the TSAB that what they claim was legitimate. The Black Knights faced almost impossible odds in their final crusade.

In the Battle of Ragnarok, Kia would work her last and most spectacular miracle.

Reconstruction

It was a brighter era. For the first time since Belka collapsed, the Saint Church stood a great chance to be rid of the corruption that brought the empire down. The Ecclesarchy was destroyed, the Officio Assassinorum, no more. Maria became Canoness, and as head of the Inquisition continued the good work of the defunct Black Knights. The mafia cartels have been smashed and the cells were running scared. The Adeptae Belkarum had been restored to the shining glory of its Ancient Belka days.

And to everyone except the Black Knights' surprise, Kia turned down Sainthood and instead married Tou. She continued to work with the Convent, as head of the tech department and caretaker of the Sisterhood's many machines.

Almost a decade later in MC 0055, Kha shovon Toureg was born.

Five years passed peacefully...

Spoiler for Era of the Cleric series:

The Sacking of Renault

There has been times when Kia was caught by surprise, but the Sacking was her biggest blunder. Whether it was her softening, the distraction of having a child to care for, or just plain aging, Kia had been protecting the Book of Daylight, but was killed in action during the Convent's last stand against an impossibly strong foe taking advantage of the chaos created by the blast. As the Adeptae mourned their fallen and the most revolutionary sister ever to live, Kia was buried with full state honors along with her husband. And her son would go on and carve his own destiny, like she did before him.

However, that was not the end. The real Kia had been snatched not long after her fall, and a lifeless clone buried instead. Jail Scagletti was searching for the Type 0 cyborgs, and the attack present the most oppotune moment to gain a prototype basis of the Type 0. From her body, Jail discovered many new technologies that he implemented in the Gadget Drones, and later generations of Numbers.

StrikerS

Kia was reawakened by accident. Kha had infiltrated a branch of Jail's gadget production facilities, and in his explorations released some of the limiters on Kia's consiousness. She quickly got her bearings, noted the world around her, then not long after began leaking her latest ruminations to Chacha via her less-than-desirable channels. It resulted in the construction of the Terminator Grade "00", and the VF-19Z Forneus; Kia's gifts to her son. These two weapons couldn't have come at a more appropiate time, and Kha was able to defeat the Extended Relic Weapons with them.

Another Crusade

Kia was eventually rescued along with Megane, but her cybernetic body needed no rest. Her time spend half-awake in a tank had given him much insight to the reach of Jail's full cyborg army. And since the latest models were made using her as a basis, she regarded them from Quattro onwards as her children, and used that to manipulate matters to her own hands once again. She knew that Jail hardwired the Numbers 13 onwards to subtly lust for battle, and true to that matter, the awakened cyborgs quickly became apathic and restless. Kia took over their rehabilitation, and included in their program weekend regimentation and live-fire training. Once again, her deft manuveuring left her untoucheable, and the results spoke for themselves. The cyborgs were quickly settled in, and Kia carried on scouring all of Midchilda and beyond for more of her daughters.

Given their sheer numbers, Kia's enterprising side took over, and Kia Sao Bao steamed bun shops staffed by her daughters literally mushroomed all over Midchilda. Nothing like cyborgs to make the perfect buns every time!

And let's not forget poor Kha who finds himself suddenly an older brother to more siblings than he could ever imagine. And some times his mother, who doesn't seem to age, joins in the glompfest!

The Black Templars

The threat that Kia warned against arrived. An army of AMF supported cyborgs laid waste to several of TSAB's outlying bases and seized control over several key foldspace points. A Belka-aligned territory was threatened, but the TSAB dragged their feet as many of their units were tied up elsewhere in Midchilda-dominant areas. Carym despaired over the planet's Saint Guardsmen and Knight-sisters having to tough it out on their own. Kia then unvealed the fruit of her labors, the Black Templars. Using the old loophole that allowed summoned mass rounds in combat, Kia had created an AMF-immune battleforce of religious cyborgs who dared to take the name of Adepta Astarta, the legendary battalions of women soldiers employed in Alhazredian mythology. Using superior tactics and technology, Kia wiped out the invading borgs easily.

That, for all it's legality, was a phyrric victory. The TSAB was plunged into much soul-searching. And Kha, for the first time, saw for himself who his mother really was.

What are her motivations now? Where will she go from here? Whatever the answers, the enigmatic shadow of Kia the Impaler was back, and that can only mean one thing...

...Revolution.

...this Khrack hit meh very hard.

...and yeah. This is supposed to be canon up to StrikerS. Do point out where I messed canon up up to then.

I'll update this entry with her combat data next time!

*starts running*

Kha's....mom.......

I'll hold my comments.

@Goose: Wow....that was....long.