Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
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Yes! Finally managed to read to the last post. Can't believe how many corpse runs i had to do to reach this point. I think i need better armour and block rating.
Welcome to "The-Thread-That-Has-Hellish-Backlogs-When-You-Go-For-2-Hours-And-Come-Back"
We're getting very interesting profiles and new information. I think Kha is going to have a field day when he sees all the updated info .
@Lowe: Actually Ratler hid the project even from me, so I'm not sure if I'll make Cass's part in here
I think I need a character relationship map.... Trying to insert a character somewhere without said map is nearly impossible. Example, I'm thinking of bring Tais to Riot 6 for some character interactions as suggested but without know who might be there (and incidentally who might beat him up for use of the tentacle pack), its is very difficult as I think have to read through everyone's creations again. Does anyone has any suggests on solving this problem?
@Keroko: Hmm...Seems like you'll be having a talk with Caro soon if what I read in Ep10 discussion post 30 is correct. hehe
Last edited by tshouryuu; 2007-06-03 at 12:44.
Reason: Some additions
Excellent! These are the kinds of conflicted and charming antagonists that several shows lack nowadays! INFINITE POWER is also a big plus.
Infinite power? What?
In any case, I've thought up of another profile extention, this one on Pain. I've actually thought up of three right off the bat, but I think it's best to post one at a time.
Spoiler for #47C7: Pain:
Subject: Requesting permission to modify #47C7 Pain's profile; also regarding Shamal
To: Lt. Colonel Yagami Hayate
From: Enforcer Maple
Date: 28/11/0072
I have managed to come into contact with a native of Ghast who happened to have moved away long ago. As the town itself has been completely destroyed, this information is unverifiable but I believe the information can be trusted.
The person in question talks about a local legend of the area, which talks about an ancient Belkan Knight who wields a large scythe. According to the legend, the Knight was very powerful and was unmatched among all other Knights at the time. The kingdom the Knight was a part of one day declared war upon another kingdom and used the Knight to lead the attack.
No matter the situation, however, the Knight refused to kill. Although the army won many battles, the King grew dissatisfied with the Knight. On the eve of a great battle, the King ordered the Knight to kill the enemy commander during the battle. The Knight refused, but during the battle the Knight's hand slipped and the scythe struck through the enemy commander's heart.
The King was overjoyed, but the Knight was distressed. A few days later, the Knight disappeared. It wasn't until after the King had won the war that the Knight was found. The King branded the Knight as a traitor and had him executed. After this event, the King was inflicted with a great pain from day to night until he became what was essentially a "living dead".
Apparently, the scythe that the Knight wielded was in a museum in Ghast, deactivated and behind a protective barrier, and was considered to be cursed. Its name, translated, can be either "Infinite Pain" or "Infinite Death". The person I talked to has seen it before, and from its description, I believe it's the same scythe that #47C7 Pain wields.
I am unsure of how Pain got in possession of the scythe, nor how she activated it. However, the pain that she mentions might originate from the scythe's "curse". As for now, I would like to request permission to update #47C7 Pain's profile with this information.
Additionally, I believe the best course for gaining more information about the two girls now is direct contact. For that, I would like the assistance of your Knight Shamal. From what I hear, she is well skilled in scanning magic and well versed in the teachings of ancient Belka magic. I believe in this time the two will be very helpful. If it is possible, I would like to hear from you soon. Thank you.
I just noticed it's June 3rd, my birthday. Ahh yes, "Maple" is the actual name of the character I created before, "M".
Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
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Originally Posted by Meophist
Infinite power? What?
In any case, I've thought up of another profile extention, this one on Pain. I've actually thought up of three right off the bat, but I think it's best to post one at a time.
Spoiler for #47C7: Pain:
Subject: Requesting permission to modify #47C7 Pain's profile; also regarding Shamal
To: Lt. Colonel Yagami Hayate
From: Enforcer Maple
Date: 28/11/0072
I have managed to come into contact with a native of Ghast who happened to have moved away long ago. As the town itself has been completely destroyed, this information is unverifiable but I believe the information can be trusted.
The person in question talks about a local legend of the area, which talks about an ancient Belkan Knight who wields a large scythe. According to the legend, the Knight was very powerful and was unmatched among all other Knights at the time. The kingdom the Knight was a part of one day declared war upon another kingdom and used the Knight to lead the attack.
No matter the situation, however, the Knight refused to kill. Although the army won many battles, the King grew dissatisfied with the Knight. On the eve of a great battle, the King ordered the Knight to kill the enemy commander during the battle. The Knight refused, but during the battle the Knight's hand slipped and the scythe struck through the enemy commander's heart.
The King was overjoyed, but the Knight was distressed. A few days later, the Knight disappeared. It wasn't until after the King had won the war that the Knight was found. The King branded the Knight as a traitor and had him executed. After this event, the King was inflicted with a great pain from day to night until he became what was essentially a "living dead".
Apparently, the scythe that the Knight wielded was in a museum in Ghast, deactivated and behind a protective barrier, and was considered to be cursed. Its name, translated, can be either "Infinite Pain" or "Infinite Death". The person I talked to has seen it before, and from its description, I believe it's the same scythe that #47C7 Pain wields.
I am unsure of how Pain got in possession of the scythe, nor how she activated it. However, the pain that she mentions might originate from the scythe's "curse". As for now, I would like to request permission to update #47C7 Pain's profile with this information.
Additionally, I believe the best course for gaining more information about the two girls now is direct contact. For that, I would like the assistance of your Knight Shamal. From what I hear, she is well skilled in scanning magic and well versed in the teachings of ancient Belka magic. I believe in this time the two will be very helpful. If it is possible, I would like to hear from you soon. Thank you.
I just noticed it's June 3rd, my birthday. Ahh yes, "Maple" is the actual name of the character I created before, "M".
Happy Birthday . Hey, very intersting additions. A curse? This should be very interesting.
Great. If what thisguy says is true, then TSAB is less a century old. Or at least the official formation of TSAB if there ever exist an less unified versions of it happened not that long ago, as in somewhere 50 to 80 years max.
My Graham Chronicles may or will need a bit of a modification once I get a clearer view, but thankfully nothing serious.
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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.
The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.
Damn, so much stuff to read after just 7 hours of sleep.
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Originally Posted by Kha
Why do I envision Ginga enmeshed in tentacles while--
(Runs faster than Keroko. AND Subaru.)Ah I knew Artei loves coming in sword swinging, but picking this fight is borderline ridiculous even for him.
Ginga-nessan ... tentac-- ...err... I mean: HEY! Stop giving me weird ideas!
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Originally Posted by Kha
---New intelligience data updated---
Using prose now to introduce another villian, this time one who isn't very powerful in person, but uses political power to crush his opponents.
Any resemblance to any person alive or lurking in this forum is completely coincidental.
Here goes:
Spoiler for Negotiations:
Scagletti was fuming.
He pounded up the stairs audibly, as if to force his anger from right under them. But him being pissed was understandable. An ever careful person, the doctor never met clients in person, opting for middlemen and encrypted psycomms. He never even told them where his laboratory was as his presents "could deliver themselves". And so, the last thing he expected from a potential client was to decrypt the code, trace his lab and bring an army down to see him.
"Show-off," Scagletti seeved.
Bang! The professor practically kicked open his viewing room door and stormed up to the bald-headed shadow watching some screens.
"What is the meaning of this?! This is not your little Outer Zone, Skane. You can't just walk in here and jeopardize the secrecy of my--"
The man just held up a hand and turned round. "Scagletti, I give you my apologies for my actions. But as you know, a man of my... popularity needs some assurance."
The doctor's eyes narrowed at the tall man cloaked in polyester parish robes. Skane had no last name, and even the reality of the first is questionable. But that did not dim the views of the vast number of followers under his wings. He was the leader of the massive Imperial Velka Army, an organization of radicals brazen and actually strong enough to take on Ordered Space at all fronts. They fought for the destruction of the Tripartite no less, to exact divine punishment for their crimes against the empire, and for their "final betrayal" while the Velka sacrificed themselves to save the universe. Scagletti didn't believe a word of Skane's quasi-religious bullcrap, but he still had enough awe of the asecular politician to let his brutal treatment of his facility slide somewhat. For from the time Scagletti saw him in the papers as a boy, through the many psyconversations they had, and finally in this face to face meeting, Skane did not appear to age, even change. And many times the GDI and TSAB claimed to have captured or killed him, but this cat had so many lives nothing stopped him from making comeback after comeback. It lent weight to the claim that he was the legitimate son borne of the Immortal God Empress who supposedly ruled all through the thousand years that the Holy Velka Imperiallon stood.
That was the part of Skane that Scagletti admired. The part of his biology that flew in the face of science and made him want to study him to improve his Relic weapons.
"This better be good then."
"How's that second detonator coming along?"
"Ever since the GDI somehow shot down the Gadgets carrying the first device, I've been unable to gather enough resources to build a second one."
"But why? You only need 4 Relics."
"Relics are rare, Skane!" Scagletti exploded in the dark cleric's smirking face. "It takes a very long time to find or make these gemstones so that last thing I want is for mine to be blown up! You got 4, you gave them to me, and I built the device. But you lost the damn thing due to your force's incompetency, so either you replace the Relics lost or you're not going to get a replacement."
He didn't waver one bit. "Then was it that you weren't bothered when Riot 6 stole your precious Relic?"
Scagletti frowned for an answer. How the heck did he know that?
"To clarify your doubts my friend, remember, the Messiah sees all, knows all and lives through it all."
"Stuff the rectoric up your rectum, Skane. I know you're not here for the detonator."
Skane huffed dramatically. "That is correct. I've heard of your pet project Lutecia and how well she's doing out in the field and from what I gather, I believe that some Relic weapons might come in handy for the plans I have in mind..."
And he turned back to the four profiles loaded on the holograph. "Weapon 63... Weapon 59. And their friends of course. They have got bad blood against the TSAB which is exactly what I need."
"Why is that?"
"Only they will understand the Imperial Velka's undying thirst for vengeance. I'm sure you know that having a common cause makes working together a lot easier, good brother."
Scagletti folded his arms. "Sorry to disappoint you Skane, you are not eligible to loan them."
Skane smiled as he place a hand over his heart. "You jest too much, Scagletti. My forces are more than able to protect your daughters from the prying hands of the TSAB."
The doctor did not let go of his stance but continued nonchalantly,"I think not. Every war you started with the TSAB has ended in defeat. Until you learn to stop biting off more than you can chew--"
"That was all according to plan. I had to die and rise time and again in order for the Imperial Velka to grow to what it is today."
"I don't give a **** about what you need to do, they are my girls and I can and will decline this losing offer!" Jeil exploded again.
"Of course you will. Without a proper exchange, I would doubt your sanity if you did. Eziel!
[Yes, Father.]
Instantly, another holo beeped and clicked into space, this time a slide show of Skane's newest projects. And Scagletti found himself having to resist the urge for his jaw to drop. Device designs, personnel optimization programs, right down to better Relic infusion and compatibility, everything the man felt he needed to further his life's work was right in front of him. While some were so new and radical he doubted their authenticity, but some were just a matter of credits and parts, both which he lacked on the scale as required by a perfect Relic weaponization program.
Skane read the lines behind Scagletti's stoic face and the dark cleric's shit-eating grin grew wider. "I have been doing some Relic research on my own on imperfect, discarded crystals of the Logians, and this is what my tech department has managed to come up with. I honestly wish to work with you, Scagletti, and we can share the fruits of our labours together! People will finally come to respect you and your research instead of labelling you a criminal, and we Velka shall have our debt paid in blood! With both of brains and brawn combined the Tripartite has not a fighting chance in the furious Hell they have damned themselves into."
The Messiah of Velka looked straight into the scientist's eyes. "What say you, Doctor Scagletti? What say you?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Erio, what do you think? Is Scaggy going to turn him down? I'll think of another way to bring the girls in if my characterisation is wrong. No worries about that.
GDI?? :O
lol That dialog did make me laugh out loud. And this Skane is so close to our real Skane... scary!
Good stuff, Kha, I like where this is going. And sure, we can have Scaggy accept Skane's offer, but he'll have to find a way to convince the girls somehow (like he tried to convince Zest and Lutecia in episode 7). I'll leave that to you, as the next part of my fanfic will not contradict any of the ideas you have here.
BTW, for some reason I imagined Skane to look like Lowe's last avatar. Maybe it was the "GDI"...
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@Erio: Great background info on Gwendolyn and Iris!! Although it seems security isn't very good where they're staying if they can find personal info lying around
Well, those were some old files that were being thrown away. They didnt have the latest data, nor any classified information. The files are but a small journal written by one of the nurses that take care of the kids in the facility, so nothing too important.
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Chrono: Yuuno... Yuuno: No. Chrono: I haven't said any- Yuuno: No. Chrono: You don't even kno- Yuuno: I do. *shows him a copy of his repair bills* Chrono: Then- Yuuno: You do it. Chrono: You crazy? Do you have any idea- Yuuno: I do. *shows him the Chronicles of Yuuno*
*snip*\
More Chronicles of Yuuno, please!
@Saint X I kept having flashbacks of Zegapain when I read about Minerva's visual.
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A nurse? Would you be willing to do a profile on her too?
LOL You caught me completely off-guard there. Hmm, I never thought about it, but that sure gave me some ideas.
And for some reason I imagined Rey when thinking about it.
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Originally Posted by Meophist
Infinite power? What?
Aaron was probably referring to my Gwendolyn.
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In any case, I've thought up of another profile extention, this one on Pain. I've actually thought up of three right off the bat, but I think it's best to post one at a time.
Spoiler for #47C7: Pain:
Subject: Requesting permission to modify #47C7 Pain's profile; also regarding Shamal
To: Lt. Colonel Yagami Hayate
From: Enforcer Maple
Date: 28/11/0072
I have managed to come into contact with a native of Ghast who happened to have moved away long ago. As the town itself has been completely destroyed, this information is unverifiable but I believe the information can be trusted.
The person in question talks about a local legend of the area, which talks about an ancient Belkan Knight who wields a large scythe. According to the legend, the Knight was very powerful and was unmatched among all other Knights at the time. The kingdom the Knight was a part of one day declared war upon another kingdom and used the Knight to lead the attack.
No matter the situation, however, the Knight refused to kill. Although the army won many battles, the King grew dissatisfied with the Knight. On the eve of a great battle, the King ordered the Knight to kill the enemy commander during the battle. The Knight refused, but during the battle the Knight's hand slipped and the scythe struck through the enemy commander's heart.
The King was overjoyed, but the Knight was distressed. A few days later, the Knight disappeared. It wasn't until after the King had won the war that the Knight was found. The King branded the Knight as a traitor and had him executed. After this event, the King was inflicted with a great pain from day to night until he became what was essentially a "living dead".
Apparently, the scythe that the Knight wielded was in a museum in Ghast, deactivated and behind a protective barrier, and was considered to be cursed. Its name, translated, can be either "Infinite Pain" or "Infinite Death". The person I talked to has seen it before, and from its description, I believe it's the same scythe that #47C7 Pain wields.
I am unsure of how Pain got in possession of the scythe, nor how she activated it. However, the pain that she mentions might originate from the scythe's "curse". As for now, I would like to request permission to update #47C7 Pain's profile with this information.
Additionally, I believe the best course for gaining more information about the two girls now is direct contact. For that, I would like the assistance of your Knight Shamal. From what I hear, she is well skilled in scanning magic and well versed in the teachings of ancient Belka magic. I believe in this time the two will be very helpful. If it is possible, I would like to hear from you soon. Thank you.
I just noticed it's June 3rd, my birthday. Ahh yes, "Maple" is the actual name of the character I created before, "M".
Writing Serge's history from his point of view is tiring. Decided to do it backwards - from the events closest to StrikerS first and later further into past. Here's Chapter 1, Act I:
Spoiler for Dance of the Demons - Act I:
Dance of the Demons – Act I
The day was perfect. In the blue sky of the uninhabited world MCTSC-1648 its two suns were shining brightly, but a gentle breeze wasn’t letting the heat become excessive. Several fleecy clouds were flying slowly to the west, accompanied by a large flock of birds I couldn’t recognize. I was standing on the edge of the forest covered by the shadows of enormous trees, which were probably several thousands years old, and looked at the vast plain laying in front of me. I really learned to appreciate such moments when I was able to simply enjoy the beauty of pristine nature without being distracted by the daily routines of Time-Space Administration Bureau’s Intelligence Department. As the Head Investigator of the Department’s Special Section D currently devoted to discovering construction sites and creators of AMF-equipped Gadget Drones I had especially much work recently. The Drones’ raids repeated constantly with their main targets being various classes of Lost Logia and some other ancient artifacts, which could as well be chosen by mistake. It took some time before every private in the TSAB ranks learned to deal with AMF effectively and we suffered minor losses during the first days of the Drones’ appearance but things were starting to go rather smooth lately. That is, before the appearance of a new type of Drones. They were several times bigger, had round shape and possessed a set of abilities making the old type of Drones pale in comparison. Their AMF wasn’t just upgraded to wide-ranged but increased its power as well. Their new set of weaponry covered both close and long range and on top of that their conventional plating was able to withstand direct hits of most of the spells ranked B or lower. Luckily there has been seen a very limited amount of new types during the raids yet, but fully understanding the possible scale of the problem SSD directed all its powers to locating the plants producing those advanced Drones. It took us more than a week of intense work and yesterday the location of the first discovered plant was confirmed. And that’s the reason I’m able to enjoy this wonderful scenery today - the scenery that will very soon turn into a battlefield.
- And I’m not going to participate in this battle, – murmured I to myself.
Yes, SSD’s job was finished as soon as we successfully detected the plant’s location. Further actions were not our concern. Well, normally it wouldn’t be our concern. Actually, it is still not our concern, but rather my personal one. I looked at the golden bracelet around my right hand’s wrist:
- Hopefully we’ll be seeing some decent action today, don’t you agree?
- Master really thinks that some measly Drones can be worthy opponents for a Device similar to me? That sounded like an insult, - answered Aether Origin in a low manly voice.
- That’s it, - I pretended to ignore the answer, - would you please keep this kind of voice pattern for me?
- I’ll think about it.
The task of dealing with the discovered plant in this world was assigned to Captain Takamachi Nanoha, and that was the thing that made me have a concern in it. Or rather that’s not right again – the girl herself was not of a particular significance to me. Not that I found her unattractive but what really interested me was her Device, Raising Heart. I was especially curious about possible connections between our Devices. Though they could seem totally different on the outside, many similarities I’ve found out supported my theory pretty well. Both were ancient Devices with unknown past and origins, both were meant for channeling huge amounts of magic energy in the first place, some of their functionalities were exact opposites of each other – like Raising Heart being mostly suited for converting magic particles into masses of raw magic energy while Aether Origin extracted masses of magic particles from the environment, and if the rumors of Raising Heart constantly draining its master’s magic power were true it’d also be an opposite of Aether Origin’s boosting. The case was too obvious to let it go without thorough investigation, but the Department’s archives failed to provide any significant information about Raising Heart, so I had to resort to direct observation. Relationship between the two Devices would’ve been proven if Raising Heart had an equivalent of Aether Origin’s final form, but simply waiting for its revelation could never provide me a distinctive answer to that question. So the most effective way would be putting Raising Heart into a situation when it would absolutely have to go all out. Easier said than done though, and most importantly I would need to know the current extents of Raising Heart’s power to create the most appropriate setting in future as I wouldn’t like to cause its destruction or kill its master accidentally. Today’s mission will serve this purpose exactly – I’ll be able to observe Captain Takamachi’s battle and if I get extremely lucky I’ll even get the information recorded from one of the Drones.
That being said, the battle will be too boring if the plant’s defenders get ambushed. I had to make some preparations to prevent that from happening. I left the forest and activated Flight magic. Hovering just a little above the ground, I flew across the plain in the direction the plant was discovered and soon was able to see it from afar. I didn’t want to risk being detected, so I stopped at a significant distance from the plant. Here I needed my abilities of Flow Manipulation to come into play – the plant certainly had different kinds of alarms and I needed the one sensing nearby magical disturbances. I looked intently at the plant and then closed my eyes slowly – plant’s image disappeared leaving only a pattern of magical particles on its place. The alarm sensor I needed should certainly be the most sensitive to magic effects and thus have a considerable amount of magic particles around it, as most magic-sensitive materials tend to emit them. It didn’t take long to find the necessary sensor, and I moved to the second part. Pointing my right hand into the desired direction I shaped a thread out of free magic particles, one end of which was connected to Aether Origin and the other to the said sensor. The job was done – as soon as I increase the density of the thread high enough the alarm will go off. I sat on the ground and relaxed, Captain Takamachi’s squad should be arriving every minute.
Although I awaited their arrival long-distance teleportation always occurred suddenly even for me. They made no mistakes and appeared just at the right distance to have a view on the target and still be out of the sensors’ range. There were four of them, all had their Barrier Jackets on and Devices readied. Nanoha was easily recognizable by her famous white Barrier Jacket, the blonde in Enforcer outfit near her must have been Fate Harlaown, and the other two were Belka Knights, Signum and Vita, whom I remembered from the introduction with Lt.-Col. Yagami Hayate back at the Department. The four girls looked at the plant and gathered closer to each other exchanging with the phrases I couldn’t hear from such distance. I considered the moment suitable enough and activated the thread. The alarm went off immediately and in several seconds I could see with pleasure a good dozen of advanced Drones forming a defensive formation in front of the plant. I couldn’t see clearly what impression the trick had on the girls but they were also preparing for battle. I readied five threads hanging above the Drones hoping to save at least one of them for the sake of recorded data. I’ve trained in taking control over the Drones we had captured in SSD and was pretty confident in success. All sides were ready for the upcoming battle and waited for someone to act first. Seemingly long, the wait actually lasted mere seconds.
- Raising Heart! Divine Buster! – Nanoha pointed her Device at the center of Drones’ formation, - Divine Buster. Shoot. – confirmed Raising Heart and emitted a thick pink energy beam in the chosen direction.
“Quite predictable”, - I thought to myself, - “but it’s OK to try out if the battle can be ended the easy way in the beginning.” The Drones weren’t that simple though, and I knew it. They quickly readjusted their AMF and formed a single one to meet the incoming beam. The AMF visibly fluctuated around the point the beam entered it but was doing its job perfectly – the beam was dissolving rapidly and didn’t reach even 1 meter inside the field before disappearing completely. The failure didn’t make Nanoha hesitate for long and she moved towards the Drones accompanied by the two knights. The Enforcer girl stayed at her place and looked into the sky. She planted the rear end of her staff on the ground and put her hands on top of it, starting an incantation. My Aether Insight was telling me it was going to be a wide-range enchantment meant for environment changing, but I couldn’t detect if it had specific targets and without further information considered the interference unnecessary so far. Meanwhile the trio reached AMF border and stood there for a moment. It was impossible to hear their voices because of the distance so I had to rely on my eyes and Aether Insight. The Drones opened fire, powering the AMF down for the moment of shot and putting it up instantly afterwards. The attack was stopped by a round shield created by Nanoha in front of the three. She remained sill while the knights charged into opposite directions taking the Drones on the flanks. Nanoha was taking care of their defenses intercepting incoming shots with small pink energy balls swarming around her and following the knights. The one called Vita suddenly stopped and summoned about ten metal balls floating in the air. The moment Drones fired another valley of shots she turned quickly and launched the balls into Drones’ direction with a swing of her hammer. The AMF activated a second too late and several Drones got hit. Although their armor withstood the attack, one got its targeting sensors damaged and started moving blindly, leaving the formation. I decided to take this opportunity and preserve the Drone for myself. One of my threads went easily through the Drone’s armor and reached its control circuits. For some reason the Drones had magical circuits instead of common electrical – it protected them from electro-magnetic influence and AMF didn’t allow it to be damaged by magical means but made it possible for me to mess with the controls without much effort. “Not that they could predict me showing up” – I thought, taking over the damaged Drone. When its movements were under my control I ordered it to crash into the nearest plant wall and stay silent below the debris. It went well and I hoped the attackers would believe the Drone was out of action.
Turning my attention back to the battle I noticed that Signum started attacking the Drones too from the other side. Her sword changed its form into something similar to a whip and was slashing at one of the Drones also aiming for its sensors. The Drone managed to defend but had no time to retaliate. Drones changed their tactic concentrating on the defense with occasional counterattacks. I felt a cold breeze. “The weather seems to change quite rapidly here” – mentioned I to myself when several drops of rain hit my head. The sky was already covered by storm-clouds and the idea to keep sitting here without cover seemed extremely unappealing to me.
- Electric discharge at the centre of Drones’ formation in 2 seconds, - Aether Origin made me flinch in surprise.
- Wha … I don’t feel … - I tried to protest when a flash of lightning and following thunderclap proved that the Device was right. One Drone suffered a direct hit and was almost entirely turned to ashes, another two closest to it looked better but clearly suffered too much damage to continue the battle.
- Master, were you dozing off? – Damned Device was mocking me.
- Who caused that? – I realized too late that I was looking like a looser asking this question.
- Electric discharge 5 meters north from the previous one in 3 seconds, - reported it instead.
I made myself concentrate quickly and looked at the sky above the Drones. Indeed, the strike before wasn’t a natural one. And I clearly saw the place from where it was going to strike again.
- Cut! Dissolve it! – I screamed standing up and waving my hand, ordering one of the threads to move at the same time.
I saw a golden flash as my thread rapidly increased its density and then the lightning stroke. Though I was unable to prevent it completely it missed its initial target and was only able to take out one unlucky Drone. I moved one more thread to the first one and when a source for the third lightning started appearing my threads ran through it crosswise dissolving it instantly. Same happened to the fourth one. I’ve dealt with the problem from the sky but the battle on the ground was already reaching its conclusion. Seven remaining Drones couldn’t keep the formation and the moment they tried to reshape their AMF back into personal four of them were immediately taken out: one slashed by Signum’s sword, another smashed by Vita and two destroyed by Nanoha’s energy balls. Three other Drones retreated inside the plant and the girls chased after them. When they were all inside I decided to recover the data my Drone was gathering all this time. I slowly made him free itself from the debris making as little noise as possible and ordered it to move to my place in a wide arc across the plain so that it couldn’t be seen from the plant’s entrance. From what I’ve seen the information wasn’t great but it was better than nothing. The Drones’ creator probably also intended to use them for analyzing the mages they fought and equipped them with all kinds of sensors enabling them to extract a lot of information about mages’ and Devices’ potential by observing just seemingly simple actions. In several minutes the Drone made its way around my position and was reaching me from behind while I was still looking at the plant. The girls didn’t return yet but I had no intention to reveal my presence and kept an eye on the entrance just in case. Soon I was going to finish today’s mission.
- Protection Sphere, - chanted Aether Origin in a soft female voice and at the same time a golden orb formed around me I heard a vicious explosion behind me and felt the barrier being showered by debris that were an almost undamaged Drone just a moment ago.
- What’s with you casting spells without commands, and a Mid-Childian one on top of that? And didn’t I ask you not to change your voice pattern anymore?
- That was your fault not paying attention at the first place, - countered the Device.
- Are you alright? That Drone was coming directly at you, - a female spoke and when the smoke cleared I saw the blonde Enforcer standing beside the Drone’s remains.
- She was following it from the plant, so I’m afraid you’ll have to explain yourself, Ma~ster, - I could swear I had never disliked any of the Device’s voices as much as this one. I realized I didn’t see the fourth girl entering the plant; she probably never moved from her initial position and saw all my manipulations with the Drone. That was a mistake worth the resignation from the post of Head Investigator. I decided to be blunt:
- Enforcer Fate Testarossa Harlaown, - I showed that I was familiar with her profile, - I was observing the liquidation of a Drone-producing plant on behalf of Special Section D of TSAB Intelligence Department to confirm the operation’s success. I consider my mission finished now. Your concern is appreciated; may I take my leave now?
- Head Investigator Serge Blanc Romardo, - she appeared to know mine too, - could you explain the behavior of the Drone I destroyed just now? It moved in unusual way and approached you without attacking.
- Of course, I controlled it, - answered I honestly, noticing a glimpse of surprise on the girl’s face.
- With what purpose?
- I was going to extract the data it gathered.
- Was it also you who disrupted my Lightning Storm during the battle?
- I know nothing about it, - I lied cursing myself for failing to recognize her as the cause of the storm.
- And it wasn’t you who triggered the plant’s alarms soon after our arrival?
- What if I did it?
- You’ll have to explain your reasons.
- I needed to observe the full combat potential.
- Of the Drones?
- It doesn’t matter. Anyway, I’ll need to extract the data from another Drone which isn’t completely destroyed.
- I’m afraid I’ll have to escort you to the nearest base where you’ll explain exceeding your commission to the officials.
- I hope you were preventing her Device from recording our conversation well? – I addressed to Aether Origin.
- As usual, Ma~ster.
- I’m afraid I’ll have to bid you farewell then, Miss Enforcer, - I said flashing a smile at her as I initiated Flight magic.
- I’m not going to let you, - she said rising into the sky herself.
As I was able to make a considerable distance between us I was already waiting for her to do something to cover the gap and appeared to be right. A magic to form a kind of cover around the body making it neglect air resistance which allows moving at extreme speed keeping great maneuverability and attack capabilities, and protecting the body from acceleration effects too. Impressive. 2 seconds to set up the Aether Web. Done almost exactly the moment she charged at me. No, I didn’t intend to stop her, quite the contrary. My creation shined gold the moment the girl crossed about a half of the way to me. My eyes couldn’t see her moving but her spell was disturbing magic particles on her future path so my Aether Insight was able to predict the trajectory beforehand. Once activated, Aether threads immediately came into contact with the magic surrounding the girl, adjusting it accordingly. Most were meant to control the directions of her flight, other provided even more acceleration and the rest should make her spin to provide enough confusion to prevent her from canceling the spell. Thanks to the amazing speed of her movement it ended rather quickly. Spinning and accelerating threads seemed to make their work and guided by the golden path the Enforcer rammed into the ground about a hundred meters away from the place we talked. I was quite sure that shouldn’t kill her but I had no idea how long it could take before she’s able to follow me again, so I hurried to proceed with my business here.
Ow. That's going to be a little hard to take on if everyone's magic just disappears from under them. As of now the only suitable I can think of is magic that does not obey his will, and that means divine magics for unlike normal magics these follow the wills of transcendents as opposed to mortal wills.
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Oh yeah, I am high today.
Part 3.5, fresh from the oven. :P
Spoiler for Part 3.5 : Meeting:
~Part III Verse 5 : Meeting of Fates~
Generia… A typical village secluded from most parts of the main land. There exist what is necessary for life, and nothing more. People were weary from the turmoil of war, but life still goes on. Struggling for survival, making do with what they can…it’s not just the knights; everyone is fighting to continue living.
I stayed a distance from General Saga, guarding his back, but never to pass his breathing space. Anyone can tell…the mood was gloomy. Even without our armors, weapons or identities known, we stood out. 2 young men… amidst children no older than 10, females and the elderly, it was only natural. Even those who are not magically adept, most young people would’ve fled such locales for safer places like the capitals, rather than a potential war zone.
Reaching the outskirts of the village… a small plain of tombstones lay. However, Saga walked to the far-end of the plain outside the bordering to a dressing of 3 rock formations, kneeling down in offer of prayer.
“This is…”
“Yes…my adoptive parent’s grave. They themselves were outcast…with no family names, nothing. Despite that, they took me and raised me, and showered me with all they could, even when they were suffering.”
“And that small rock beside?”
“That…will be mine.”
“Saga!”
“I’m sorry, Isdera, but leave me alone for a while. Even if it’s you, I don’t want you to see me like this now.”
~~~
“… I should’ve kept a closer eye on the Princess. I was distracted for a second, and she disappears. How shameful!”
The princess just instantly teleported away with Zafira…Maybe I was too naïve. The princess had been forcing herself taking up the throne of the late queen even when she, by nature is far from a warrior princess, despite her unnatural talent. I understand that she wants to carry out her duty strongly just like any daughter would, but...
Forget it. These kinds of things are not my concern. I believe in the princess, and that is all that matters. Right now, I’ve got to find the prin-
I feel something…familiar. A magical presence that is strangely…twisted, in nature…like a vortex of black as I looked in front of me. I saw him. The knight I once let go in battle, the Sword Knight of Vauxhall, Saleen.
Both of us were silent, gazing at one another. 2 enemy knights meeting like this in a half-neutral zone, what word would be more fitting, fate or irony? Although the princess needs to be found, she has Zafira with her, and without knowing what Saleen is doing here… we both walked slowly, not letting each one out of eye’s view.
Neither spoke, as we eventually reached a hill outside the village. Halfway through the forest plains of the hill, he spoke.
“It’s been a while, Signum.”
“Likewise, Saleen. I never expected to meet you in a place like this though.”
“Same here… You haven’t changed. You still look the same way you did one year ago.”
“You however…have changed. Had I not fought with you before, I wouldn’t have remotely suspected that it was you. Your magical energy…”
“I know. A lot of things happened after our fight. I am not the same man I used to be.”
“Regardless, you understand…right?”
“Of course.”
~~~
Both of us materialized our devices, mine forming the same blade I once used against her, though it was reinforced by Saga, while she…the same as she was before. A blaze red armor knight, along with her chain-blade, Leavantine. I had no armor though due to my Linker Core’s crippled state.
[ Schlangenform! Load Cartridge!]
Her blade, like a burning rattle snake, rips the air with the heat of her fangs, and the sharpness of her claws…However, despite that, the speed of her sword was…a little, almost unnoticeable, but very slightly slower than the speed she once fought against me.
Is she not at her game? Is she underestimating my lowered capabilities? Is she going easy on me?
Don’t fuck around. Just who the hell do you think you’re messing with, Signum!
I held on to Zulfiqar strongly, and with a precise aim at the bend of Leavantine’s chipped snake-blade’s neck, I slashed my blade with perfect timing, with an overhead raw attack, both wild and overbearing, pushing Signum back to a tree with that shock of a blow.
“Just who the hell do you think I am, Signum?”
“I am Isdera Saleen, the Sword Knight of the General you know as Saladin.”
“My blade has lost its luster, and I am a mere shell of my former self…”
“But the fact that I am the greatest swordsman under Saladin, has. not. changed.”
Signum looked at me, and smiled. The flames I repelled from her earlier attack…has now spread over to the forest, slowly turning the forest into a hellfire.
This is going to be a long fight.
~~~
I looked at their graves and pondered. War… how long more will it go on? How long more before I can pursue who I truly am?
“Is that your family’s grave?”
A solemn, voice, quiet with a sense of demeanor awakened me from my thoughts. I turned around…and saw a beautiful young woman, with silver hair and crimson red eyes.
I didn’t know then…that meeting would shake the fates of young ones…generations…aeons to come.
No one could’ve possibly known.
P.S There was a blue wolf by the young woman's side too, but who cares. :P
The next part may be a little slow, since I'm a total loser at doing the "meeting of fates" kind of thing, unless it involves ANGST, and cheesy stuff that no one uses in real life.
Well epic tales have their slow bits.
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Originally Posted by Saint X
As requested:
I bring to you two more of the many AIs that inhabit my section of the Nanohaverse.
First, the Mother.
Spoiler for TSAB's First Ship AI Avatar: Minerva:
Name: Minerva Age: Visual Age of 17 in Alternates I. Visual Age of 26 in Alternates II, True age unknown. Gender: Female Birthday: Production Identity Plate Indicated: Manufacture Date: February 14, CE 85 Hair: Royal Sea Blue Eyes: Royal Sea Blue Build: Similar to Shari's Height: Similar to Shari's Weight: Similar to Shari's Home World: Unknown Magic System: Mid-Type Magic Color: Royal Blue Mage Rank: Rank undetermined due to her status and role. Probable AA- to SS+ Personality: Happy, cheerful and work-oriented. She has a slight fangirl-ish crush on Chrono, but later turns into a big sister figure. But when she's depressed, she can really go to the extremes (think stellar x flay combo). Affiliation: Sub-Commander (3C), First Exatactical Command and 106th transport division (known whimsically as the 'Phantom Maids'), Time-Space Administration Bureau, TSABS Silvana Main AI and Systems Administrator. Device: TSABS Silvana, Serial LHM-BB03, "The All-killer". Device Type: "XF-Class" Multi-medium warship (Can operate in the 3 mediums- trans-dimensional void, vacuum space and athmosphere, as opposed to most bureau ships, which operate only in space- void and vacuum.)
Armor:
Multi-Ablative Armor, MDS (Magical Defense Standard- MDEF) / EDS (Energy Defense Standard) / KDS (Kinetic Defense Level- DEF) Level 7 (on a scale of 1-10- 7 is about 65-70% of magical attacks from S+ below. Lv. 11 is perfect block from S+ attacks below.)
Shielding:
Multi-phase force beam shield, MDS Lv. 9 / EDS Lv. 7, Omni barrier type.
Dual-phase Ablative beam shield, KDS Lv. 7, contour barrier type.
Reverse Phase force beam shield, Codename: "Iron Curtain", M/E/K DS Lv 10, contour barrier type- 600 second lasting time, 30 minute charge time.
Propulsion:
Hydrogen Cell Fusion Reactor, power rating unknown.
PK-A Biological Reactor, power rating unknown.
Claudia Atmospheric Drive engine, power rating unknown.
On-ship Weaponry: This section has been crossed out on the dossier that we've recieved, since the Admiral will not divulge until CC's permission is secured.
Off-ship Weaponry:
Alternates:
10x XSF-03 Anatolian Starfighters, 1 person pilot.
- 4x pulse laser cannons
- 4 missle launcher tubes, 20 missle capacity.
- Magic Interface System - allows a mage user to use his/her spells while in the fighter.
8x XDF-01 "DreadLord" Fighters, 1 person pilot.
- 2x beam pulse laser cannons.
- wing weapon configurations are dependent on the mission at hand- details are still under wraps.
- Some carry the A.R.I.K.A. (Adapting Reactive Intelligent Kinetic Armament) system in a pod on thier backs.
4x XDF-X01 "Variable DreadLord" Fighters, 1 person pilot. - commanding officers only.
- 3x beam cannons
- 8x variable beam lenses, fixed on wings or as orbiters
Other weapons are still under wraps.
Device History:
It was found as a rampaging lost logia among the busy space shipping lanes leading into the midchilda system. It was the first incident when the three aces and Kyla met for the first time- since only the AX took the mission. After it was recovered, It was subsequently restored, refitted and certified for bureau use. It was on June 13- a friday, when the ship was christened under its original name.
History:
History withheld upon the orders of Adm. Kyla Scrya and several high-ranking bureau figures.
Then the Daughter.
Spoiler for Chacha: The Silvana's Pride and Joy:
Name: Chacha Age: 5 in AlternateS I, 5-15 in Otome Daisen, 19 in AlternateS II Gender: Female Birthday: Production Identity Plate Indicated: Manufacture Date: April 1, MCY 76 Hair: Green Eyes: Green Build: Height: Weight: Home World: Mid-childa Magic System: Mid-Type Magic Color: Green Mage Rank: Rank undetermined due to her status and role, as well as age. Probable C to A+ Personality: cheerful, what a child normally is, but when serious, she is really. Affiliation: TSABS Silvana Mascot Device: None in AlternateS I, Gains the "Clear Will Crystal" in Otome Daisen from Garderobe Academy. Device Type: Otome Meister-Rank GEM. Description: The "Clear Will Crystal" is one of the new Meister Rank GEMs that was created at the now bureau-affiliated academy, intended to be used as an experimental tool for testing the X-type nanomachines. But the sudden emergence of the Neo-Schwarz has halted things once again. Fortunately, CC had brought the issue up while the child was under the care of Natsuki Kruger, while her mother Minerva went to fight. Since the battle was near Wind city, the effects of it were felt at the academy. While the adults- namely the academy administration, dicussed the X-type, the child butted in, suggesting that they test the machines on her. they reluctantly agreed, after CC's prodding. It was a sucess, giving her a weapon, a robe-type barrier jacket and even accelerating her age by ten years- permanently.
History:
Fist seen being introduced in AlternateS- in front of Chrono, Chacha's the source of pride and joy for the often weary crew- her simply being a child was enough for even the most irate of crew members to soften up and tone down. But something sad lies behind her 'birth', and only Kyla knows. Chacha was created from a data crystal that Minerva had as a memento of the time long before- when she was still serving in her former military unit. The crystal came from someone called "Vincent", who her mother had a liking to- who is in fact her father, since the data contained in the crystal was that of Vincent's as well. Minerva had once a depression spell, and Kyla, out of mercy, copied the data of the crystal and combined it with Minerva's own, resutling in Chacha's cheerful yet determined nature. During the AlternateS arc, she served as an emotional anchor to her mother, when she got depressed over thier inability to look for Vincent- now identifed as another AI of a ship similar to the Silvana.
Then when Vincent was recovered, she was shy of him at first, but then warmed up to him. And during the time when Kha was 'dead', she was instrumental in finding his spirit and soon after his return and the forging of the first Neo velka device, took care of the AI that resided inside the silver cross, often asking the cleric if she can wear the cross as so to check on her "little sister". but when Sakura's pesonality tuned in, Chacha found herself dealing with a pesky little sister- making her scold her each time almost.
During a reunion mission of the Silvana and the Aces, during one of the most intense battles, Chacha was left in the care of Planet Earl's Five Pillars, namely under Garderobe principal Natsuki Kruger, since Minerva had told the child that staying on the ship was now far too risky. Then during a heated discussion about the 'banned' X-type nanomachines, the child cuts in and even yelled to them that she wanted to fight, since she wanted to see all of them happy- they reluctantly allowed the child's request- and thus, she acquired the Clear Will Crystal.
She was last seen monitoring events outside Hotel Augusta during Yuuno's funtion attendance- as ordered by his mother-CO- under cloak.
Can you imagine a time when Sakura was just a noisy baby? That kinda got me by surprise though, even when I did say that the AI's help Sakura understand the world around her despite the sealed mode several restricting her thought processes.
I would to announce here that I'll do the Stave de Danaan (famous for the battleship mode Tuatha de Danaan) for Teresa soon, for that's another AI in a battleship
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Originally Posted by tshouryuu
Don't know is it ok to post this but whatever...
Spoiler for Getting owned is embarrassing or Tais/Ginga interaction:
~Log Number #263 : Embarrassment at the 108th~
By Yui
This has got to be the most shameful and embarrassing day of my admittedly short life. It started off normally like most days, Tais woke up early, done his personnel hygiene rituals and went for his usual morning exercises and after finishing, he would go get some breakfast at the 108th's mess hall. This morning however was a little different as he met his crush Ginga Nakajima who was also exercising and it all started to go wrong from here.
*Yui plays an audio file*
Tais: Na... Nakajima-sama! Good morning. Wow, she is so pretty....
Ginga: Oh! Hello Tais and thank you for the compliment.
Tais: Compliment?
Yui: Don't mind him miss Nakajima, he's always thinking out loud without realizing it. By the way, my name is Yui and I'm the AI assigned to this silly boy.
(Note: Yui is current hanging on a chain outside Tais's cloths)
Ginga: Hello Yui and Tais, you don't have to call me Nakajima-sama. Ginga-san will do fine
Tais: Err... ok Gin Ginga-san. Hmm... but the book....:mutters:
Ginga: Book?
Yui: Tais borrowed a book from the Infinite library recently called "Common practices of Earth" in order to try to fit in better. The head librarian there personally handed him this book.
Ginga: I'm sure he'll fit in well. Also, is it okay for me to see what you can do Yui? I'm curious to see what the scientists at the Central Science & Development Bureau have come up with.
Tais: Of .. of course its ok, we'll be happy to show you.
*Pause audio file*
At this point I wanted to disagree. Whether is it because I sense something is about to go wrong or I'm pissed that she automatically assumed that the stupid butt ugly piece of armour is part of me, can be debated.
Tais immediately activated the armour before I could protest and started rattling off the details about the armour's capabilities and construction. When he go to the magagumo pack mounted to the armour, things went.... fubar for lack of a better term.
*Resume audio file*
Tais: And this, is the magagumo wizard pack which expands my capablities.
Ginga: What does it do?
Tais: I'll show you :activates the pack:
Tais: Neat huh?
Ginga: EEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!! TENTACLE MONSTER!!!!
*Stop audio file*
This was shocking to say the least. Ginga, at this point, put on her Revolver Knuckle and uppercut Tais, releasing a revolver shot at the point of impact in under 2 secs. As neither Tais or I have expected the attack, she knocked Tais out with that one attack. I made an horrible mistake next. I took control of the tentacles hoping to use them to bring Tais to the medical centre. Ginga just saw the tentacles moving and ... I'm not too sure what she did. It seems like she managed to knocked me out too however improbable it sounds.
If I were to make a guess, I would say she knocked us back into the air and piledrivered us into the ground, burying us to the knees. That is the most likely event as I overheard the doctors saying that they found us driven straight into into the ground with Tais's knees to his feet being the only parts visible above ground.
This is most mortifying as the armour and furture AIs based on me are suppose to be standard equipment in the future and we were taken out so quickly and embarrassingly. Hmm... perhaps I should send in a request for permission to construct a solid holographic body to prevent further such incidents. ~End log~
@Nightengale: LOL I like your *Chronicles of Yuuno*
PS how do you add a quote when using the edit post function?
WAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ROFL That was exactly what I had in mind. But Ginga's reaction was... how you call it? Anime girl overreaction? But yeah Ginga should be as scary as Subaru. It's the genes see.
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
Alright... One more post before Part III of the epilogue. But I need to clear out more juicy character interaction, so without further ado here's Glock's Profile: Epilogue Part 2.5, featuring Kay and Artei:
Asuka: GET HIM!!! GET HIM GOOD!!!!! Kay: POSSESSION MODE FULL DRIVE!!!!!
Artei: *looks behind him* Hey Glock! Kay: *shocked* Wha … Asuka: What the hell Kay?!?!?! DON’T!!!
Artei: Ehem... HENMA, DORYUSEN!!!!
*knocks out Kay unto a stone wall*
Artei: You really have it baad don’t you Oba-san? Kay: *standing up, supporting herself on the wall*
Maybe I do. After everything I’ve just realized today, I can accept that fact.
Artei: Damn, and I thought I could get a camera-worthy reaction out of you! Kay: No chance Dice. Shinji: You’re alright as far as I can see Kay. But… never realized you to say that. Rey: So did I. Asuka: And I was just about to beat the living daylights out of Oji-san here. Artei: How nice of you to call me that Chibi-Neko-tan. Asuka: Kisama daro… Artei: And you’re getting sloppy Kay. Your usual security perimeter seems to be “unmanned” at the moment. Shinji: Sorry Kay, my fault.
Kay: Doesn’t matter Shinji. Alright Art. I didn’t exactly like you the first time, and I’m not gonna change that now. Artei: Because you prefer Glock right? Kay: … baka.
Since I don’t have time for flirts like you I’ll just have two questions for you. What’s your purpose here and…
*points Galatea at Artei*
… How long you’ve been listening?
Artei: Okay sweets. For first question, I was here looking for your hubby, 2nd Lieutenant Glock Heckler. We needed to find his whereabouts.
Kay: You’re not gonna find him here then… he just left for TSAB Central for possible reassignment.
And he’s not my hubby.
Artei: I’m so gonna coax a worthwhile reaction from you someday. You’re even slippier than Kha. Kay: You’re welcome to try. And for my second question? Artei: Righto. I’ve been listening long enough to determine that you’re part of our investigation as well. Kay: Investigation? Hah. If it’s relating to these Belkan artifacts, I can assure you the Saint Church will find nothing of importance here. Artei: Oh your artifacts are not under the spotlight… unless you have something interesting hidden away here. But no, that’s not it. We need to ask Glock about his device, Sofia. Seems that little device has a unique history that’s linked to our investigations. Kay: It’s a personal upgrade, nothing more. Happy now? Artei: Don’t lie to me Doc. After hearing your audio log I can tell that you know more than you give yourself credit for. And I’m gonna go on a hunch here, might jog your memory.
Invincible black skeleton-like machines ring a bell?
Kay: *drops Galatea* What… Asuka: Ow! Don’t drop me like that Kay! Shinij: Not them! Rey: Indeed. Kay: What does the Saint Church know of this matter? Answer me! Artei: Slow down missy, I’m the investigator here. And you know us the 21st; we like running into trouble. Kay: *glares* Artei: Right then.
The Saint Church sent us to investigate one of our Churches in the 178th that we believed to be “tainted”, with the senior Confessor up to his neck in some… dubious activities. We never expected to run into these machines that can’t seem to stay dead, persistent little buggers.
Kay: The 178th… J-99 spatial area, Spinward territory isn’t it? It would make sense… we encountered those machines during an expedition on the 197th. And Glock had run into them even earlier. Artei: That’s why I’m here. Miss Carim has no intention of informing the TSAB of these latest appearances, asides from those already informed. For now, it’s a matter for the Church alone. But with Glocky having a much stronger link with these things than most of the others who’ve encountered them, I’m thinking of letting him in on this. His experiences would be of great use to our investigation.
And with you apparently knowing as much as he does, I’m letting you in as well.
Kay: I’ve no intention of helping you out. Surely the 21st got out of there well enough? Artei: But of course! No shiny undead machines are gonna take us down! Kay: Then you already have sufficient firepower to deal with these things! So why ask us for help? Artei: We have nothing on these things except our encounters with them. Your audio logs sure contain a wealth of info on these things, it’d be a great help. Kay: Those logs are personal information… I can’t let you take them. Artei: If you’re so worried about revealing your love life that much, Shindig here can do some hax right? Shinji: … erh, I can. Artei: Then it’s settled then! Kay: No it’s not! Artei: C’mon missy, it’ll be fun! Besides, you’ll get to work with your hubby Glock again. Kay: I…
*sighs*
Damn you Art…
Artei: You’re welcome. Why don’t we go see Glocky shall we? I can analyze the rest of what you have in the Carryall.
*radio static*
Pilot, get ready to get outta here!!
Pilot: *through radio* Acknowledged. Kay: You wait for us outside you got that? It’ll take me a while to get ready. Artei: I know I know… women.
*dodges*
That thing’s dangerous you know!!!!
Kha pauses the replay.
Kha: The 21st likes running into trouble? Art: Boss, we're always in the thick of things. Kha: As far as I'm familiar with, I recall spending more time chasing after things than taking them head on. Art: The only difference is which way the spells are flying, Cap. Kha: I'll give you that. So now all we have to do is find Glock, and this. What did you cover on the flight back? Art: Right here Boss. (Activates the next file)
Lowe it's all yours if you like. Kudos for making it even more in char than I could've myself, believe it or not!
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Considering this is a thread filled with mages, and magic ignores armor, I think it's a better idea to stack up on + Bluecheesium resist instead.
Or you could have the "Bluecheesium Autotrophy" feat like me.
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Originally Posted by Fuyu no Sora
Welcome to "The-Thread-That-Has-Hellish-Backlogs-When-You-Go-For-2-Hours-And-Come-Back"
We're getting very interesting profiles and new information. I think Kha is going to have a field day when he sees all the updated info .
WAAA Hehehehehe...
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Originally Posted by Meophist
Infinite power? What?
In any case, I've thought up of another profile extention, this one on Pain. I've actually thought up of three right off the bat, but I think it's best to post one at a time.
Spoiler for #47C7: Pain:
Subject: Requesting permission to modify #47C7 Pain's profile; also regarding Shamal
To: Lt. Colonel Yagami Hayate
From: Enforcer Maple
Date: 28/11/0072
I have managed to come into contact with a native of Ghast who happened to have moved away long ago. As the town itself has been completely destroyed, this information is unverifiable but I believe the information can be trusted.
The person in question talks about a local legend of the area, which talks about an ancient Belkan Knight who wields a large scythe. According to the legend, the Knight was very powerful and was unmatched among all other Knights at the time. The kingdom the Knight was a part of one day declared war upon another kingdom and used the Knight to lead the attack.
No matter the situation, however, the Knight refused to kill. Although the army won many battles, the King grew dissatisfied with the Knight. On the eve of a great battle, the King ordered the Knight to kill the enemy commander during the battle. The Knight refused, but during the battle the Knight's hand slipped and the scythe struck through the enemy commander's heart.
The King was overjoyed, but the Knight was distressed. A few days later, the Knight disappeared. It wasn't until after the King had won the war that the Knight was found. The King branded the Knight as a traitor and had him executed. After this event, the King was inflicted with a great pain from day to night until he became what was essentially a "living dead".
Apparently, the scythe that the Knight wielded was in a museum in Ghast, deactivated and behind a protective barrier, and was considered to be cursed. Its name, translated, can be either "Infinite Pain" or "Infinite Death". The person I talked to has seen it before, and from its description, I believe it's the same scythe that #47C7 Pain wields.
I am unsure of how Pain got in possession of the scythe, nor how she activated it. However, the pain that she mentions might originate from the scythe's "curse". As for now, I would like to request permission to update #47C7 Pain's profile with this information.
Additionally, I believe the best course for gaining more information about the two girls now is direct contact. For that, I would like the assistance of your Knight Shamal. From what I hear, she is well skilled in scanning magic and well versed in the teachings of ancient Belka magic. I believe in this time the two will be very helpful. If it is possible, I would like to hear from you soon. Thank you.
I just noticed it's June 3rd, my birthday. Ahh yes, "Maple" is the actual name of the character I created before, "M".
Changes noted. Too tired to internalize it for now, so see what it becomes tmr.
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Spoiler for Episode 10:
Great. If what thisguy says is true, then TSAB is less a century old. Or at least the official formation of TSAB if there ever exist an less unified versions of it happened not that long ago, as in somewhere 50 to 80 years max.
My Graham Chronicles may or will need a bit of a modification once I get a clearer view, but thankfully nothing serious.
X was right?! Good lord my Tripartite history might need some modding too.
EDIT: Warning! Ion Canon activated! Run before it hits this thread!!!
Ow. That's going to be a little hard to take on if everyone's magic just disappears from under them. As of now the only suitable I can think of is magic that does not obey his will, and that means divine magics for unlike normal magics these follow the wills of transcendents as opposed to mortal wills.
There're ways around his abilities and some are going to be shown in Act II. Magic not relying on conversion of magic particles (like divine magic you mention) probably won't be affected too (didn't think on that matter ). Serge can also be caught by surprise (I don't think the barrier could save him from being injured if Fate aimed for his head instead of the Drone ), Aether Insight tends to fail if he doesn't pay attention, and to be honest I had troubles with the way he would deal with Sonic Move, I was like - oops, it's obviously too fast for him to follow, at least without Device released, so what can I do? oh, Sonic Move must do something to the air to prevent its resistance, bingo! that way I can assume an ability to predict the path beforehand
Ah, I've relized I created a serious plothole in my story (or rather contradiction to the Profile). Still can be explained in Act II though.
Oh great...my inspiration just left the house through the roof again while busting 3 writer's blocks.
Spoiler for ...HUH!?!:
Two weeks have passed since the activation of the comet series. Zaphira had taken on his humanoid form in order to personally train one of them while the others were assigned to tackle AMF obstacle courses as a team. Today's training took Yuuki aside while the others ran the course.
Zaphira: Yuuki, today we'll be working attacking defensively.
Yuuki: Instructor, why defensively?
Zaphira: In your position, you take the brunt of the force when on defense. Most of the time, people will open up the defenses and let attacks through into the formation. The target of this drill is to attack without letting attacks past you. BEGIN!
Meanwhile, in the obstacle course...
Leticia: 5 more to the goal! Firing Tracer shots!
C.Guider: Change Friggly! Gatling!
Feena: Double Boost!
C. Core: Strike and Slash!
Mikoto: Haaaaaaaaaa!
C. Striker:Change Stunstick! Thunder Fist!
Erika: Arc Slash!
C. Buster: Change Poetic! Shockwave!
As tracer shots from Leticia caused a trail of pockmarks around the drones, Mikoto and Erika rushed the drones. Mikoto arrived first, slamming a clawhand of crackling eletricity into the hastily erected AMF field and smashed through and into the unit, causing spasms as Erika rushed in next, her hand wielding a incredibly large scythe single handedly as she slashed at the shocked drone and created an air blade edge, forcing the unit back into its own comades in a huge explosion.
Leticia: Nice job, you two.
Feena: We should be thankful for you, Leticia.
Erika: Well, that wraps up that run. Let's go check on Yuuki.
Mikoto: Ne, kaa-san, how was that run?
At the operations console where Mabiko and Shari were along with Nanoha, Mabiko and Nanoha were looking over the obstacle run and checking with previous runs for comparison.
Mabiko: The speed and power isn't much of a problem...but the main focus this time is efficiency. Mikoto and Erika, you two are the main offense and defense when Yuuki is not around. Make sure you help defend attacks going for Feena and Leticia. Feena, be careful of overusing your magic. While your melee is decent with magic, you might be a liability after too much boosting or magic bombardment. Leticia, keep that pace up. You and Feena are the command post when I'm not around. Make sure you take into consideration all of your sister's abilities and not take unnecessary risks.
As the girls chorused their replies and headed off to find Zaphira and Yuuki, Mabiko cut the connection and turned to Nanoha.
Mabiko: Your opinion, Nanoha?
Nanoha: Their teamwork is impressive as usual. And you said that their devices still have another mode, Shari?
Shari: Yes, although it's still a gamble at this stage and sealed with a password from Mabiko.
Mabiko: They still need time to grow and mature.
Meanwhile...
Yuuki: Got to think...what can I do to attack while maintaining defense...I can't keep this wall up forever...that's it! Comet Crasher, Iron Wall!
C. Crasher: Iron Wall! Change Disease!
Zaphira: Hmph, that child's play technique will stop me...hm?
The aptly named Iron Wall, latticed out from Yuuki's position and expanded to nearly cut half the training zone off. From behind the lattice, Zaphira could barely make out Yuuki launching into the air.
Yuuki:Iron Wall...SPIRAL KICK!
C. Crasher: Change Passion!
Yuuki struck the Iron Wall at full speed, but the wall did not give. Instead it began to contort into a cone around the spiral kick of Yuuki.
Zaphira: Such an attack is useless!
Zaphira sent ground spikes to pierce the contorted Iron Wall, but was shocked to find that his spikes were broken off and added into the attack by the spiraling action, reinforcing the point. Hastily setting up a Shield spell, Zaphira found himself being forced backwards as the spiraling kick continued. Finally, he managed to whittle away the point enough as he shot one hand straight through the point and grabbed Yuuki's foot and stopped her spin, dissipating the the spiraling Iron Wall as well.
Zaphira: I'm suprised. You managed to come up with an attack that both defends and returns the enemy's attack. You've finished this drill nicely.
As Zaphira dropped Yuuki to the ground, she got up and brushed herself off before bowing.
Yuuki: Arigatougozaimasu...
Suddenly, Zaphira felt the aura of the area change...
Zaphira: ...oh great...
...And was fox-piled head on as he turned around to try and stop the other four, followed by Yuuki tackling from the side to finish the foxpile.
Zaphira: Girls, I'm your instructor, dammit. I am not a snuggle buddy. Now get off me!
From her office, Hayate watched the proceeded events unfold as she monitored the Magic Levels of all 6 members of Skyfox.
Hayate: ...Mabiko's magic level is almost to the point of being a B+ rank...is she giving her power to them or is there something else she's hiding for the Lost Logia she holds...Sky Vixen or not, Mabiko, I'm going to make you talk somehow...
Whew...2 and a half days to bust so many blocks.
@Aaron
You bring ***** Regissuer, I bring the HTB Cannons to bust it down. Sounds like a deal? And when are Kusuha and Bullet going to be converted?
I haven't really figured out a good format for this "character" yet, but I suppose I'll just post up an excerpt of the first meeting between Ivey and the primary antagonist of my story.
Spoiler for Excerpt:
"Welcome," the voice said.
Ivey stopped in her tracks, or at least stopped as much as anyone could when one was floating through zero gravity. The voice didn't sound anything like May, apart from being presumably female, and May had left her to her research alone anyway.
"Hallo," she ventured.
"Do you require any assistance?"
"Uh, no." Ivey rotated slowly along a couple of axes. "Where are you? Who are you?"
"I am a Specialized Heuristic Organized Data Access Node, serial CIT-43893," the voice said. Ivey could not quite make out a direction; it seemed to come from everywhere at once. "I have been installed into the Time-Space Administration Bureau Infinite Library as a Logistic Infinite Library Application. You may call me Lila."
"You're a program?"
"That is correct. A more commonly-used term would be 'Artificial Intelligence'."
"Huh." That was a new one. "Why're you here?"
"My task is to catalogue and index every volume of information in the Infinite Library," Lila said. There was something not quite normal about her tone of voice, a sort of aural uncanny valley that Ivey could not quite pin down. "I am also to assist any employees and authorized visitors of the Time-Space Administration Bureau in locating any data that may be required. I am eager to perform my functions with alacrity."
Ivey drifted over to a nearby console panel, and keyed in a few queries. "I thought that was the job of the IAR."
"The Information Archive Retrieval departments are still a vital part of the management and administration of the Infinite Library, but the Time-Space Administration Bureau High Command has implemented the Logistic Infinite Library Application program as backup and support. Head Librarian Yuuno Scrya has gone on specific record as complying with this change under protest, and his objections and conditions have been noted as per Directive PT-2401, clearance Procedural Restricted (Gamma Sandy)."
Large red letters flared on the screen. Ivey exited out of the search. "I see. Well, I won't be keeping you any longer. Good luck with, um, whatever it is you're doing."
"Your concern is appreciated. Please, have a nice day."
An artificial intelligence in charge of what was possibly a truly infinite amount of data, which was forced into conventional space only by a great deal of magical power. An artificial intelligence whose origins were classified as Ultra Viridian, one of the highest security levels in the TSAB, accessible only by special Supreme Command order, and even then never by any individual member of such.
A very polite artificial intelligence, Ivey realized. In fact, too polite. Almost as though it had an incredible number of programming blocks and constraints placed upon it. A necessarily powerful AI which had to be channeled in a highly specialized task...
Ah well. If anything did go wrong, the TSAB brass would probably have all sorts of failsafes in place.
Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
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Originally Posted by KBTKaiser
*blinks a bit and rubs his eyes*
Oh great...my inspiration just left the house through the roof again while busting 3 writer's blocks.
Spoiler for ...HUH!?!:
Two weeks have passed since the activation of the comet series. Zaphira had taken on his humanoid form in order to personally train one of them while the others were assigned to tackle AMF obstacle courses as a team. Today's training took Yuuki aside while the others ran the course.
Zaphira: Yuuki, today we'll be working attacking defensively.
Yuuki: Instructor, why defensively?
Zaphira: In your position, you take the brunt of the force when on defense. Most of the time, people will open up the defenses and let attacks through into the formation. The target of this drill is to attack without letting attacks past you. BEGIN!
Meanwhile, in the obstacle course...
Leticia: 5 more to the goal! Firing Tracer shots!
C.Guider: Change Friggly! Gatling!
Feena: Double Boost!
C. Core: Strike and Slash!
Mikoto: Haaaaaaaaaa!
C. Striker:Change Stunstick! Thunder Fist!
Erika: Arc Slash!
C. Buster: Change Poetic! Shockwave!
As tracer shots from Leticia caused a trail of pockmarks around the drones, Mikoto and Erika rushed the drones. Mikoto arrived first, slamming a clawhand of crackling eletricity into the hastily erected AMF field and smashed through and into the unit, causing spasms as Erika rushed in next, her hand wielding a incredibly large scythe single handedly as she slashed at the shocked drone and created an air blade edge, forcing the unit back into its own comades in a huge explosion.
Leticia: Nice job, you two.
Feena: We should be thankful for you, Leticia.
Erika: Well, that wraps up that run. Let's go check on Yuuki.
Mikoto: Ne, kaa-san, how was that run?
At the operations console where Mabiko and Shari were along with Nanoha, Mabiko and Nanoha were looking over the obstacle run and checking with previous runs for comparison.
Mabiko: The speed and power isn't much of a problem...but the main focus this time is efficiency. Mikoto and Erika, you two are the main offense and defense when Yuuki is not around. Make sure you help defend attacks going for Feena and Leticia. Feena, be careful of overusing your magic. While your melee is decent with magic, you might be a liability after too much boosting or magic bombardment. Leticia, keep that pace up. You and Feena are the command post when I'm not around. Make sure you take into consideration all of your sister's abilities and not take unnecessary risks.
As the girls chorused their replies and headed off to find Zaphira and Yuuki, Mabiko cut the connection and turned to Nanoha.
Mabiko: Your opinion, Nanoha?
Nanoha: Their teamwork is impressive as usual. And you said that their devices still have another mode, Shari?
Shari: Yes, although it's still a gamble at this stage and sealed with a password from Mabiko.
Mabiko: They still need time to grow and mature.
Meanwhile...
Yuuki: Got to think...what can I do to attack while maintaining defense...I can't keep this wall up forever...that's it! Comet Crasher, Iron Wall!
C. Crasher: Iron Wall! Change Disease!
Zaphira: Hmph, that child's play technique will stop me...hm?
The aptly named Iron Wall, latticed out from Yuuki's position and expanded to nearly cut half the training zone off. From behind the lattice, Zaphira could barely make out Yuuki launching into the air.
Yuuki:Iron Wall...SPIRAL KICK!
C. Crasher: Change Passion!
Yuuki struck the Iron Wall at full speed, but the wall did not give. Instead it began to contort into a cone around the spiral kick of Yuuki.
Zaphira: Such an attack is useless!
Zaphira sent ground spikes to pierce the contorted Iron Wall, but was shocked to find that his spikes were broken off and added into the attack by the spiraling action, reinforcing the point. Hastily setting up a Shield spell, Zaphira found himself being forced backwards as the spiraling kick continued. Finally, he managed to whittle away the point enough as he shot one hand straight through the point and grabbed Yuuki's foot and stopped her spin, dissipating the the spiraling Iron Wall as well.
Zaphira: I'm suprised. You managed to come up with an attack that both defends and returns the enemy's attack. You've finished this drill nicely.
As Zaphira dropped Yuuki to the ground, she got up and brushed herself off before bowing.
Yuuki: Arigatougozaimasu...
Suddenly, Zaphira felt the aura of the area change...
Zaphira: ...oh great...
...And was fox-piled head on as he turned around to try and stop the other four, followed by Yuuki tackling from the side to finish the foxpile.
Zaphira: Girls, I'm your instructor, dammit. I am not a snuggle buddy. Now get off me!
From her office, Hayate watched the proceeded events unfold as she monitored the Magic Levels of all 6 members of Skyfox.
Hayate: ...Mabiko's magic level is almost to the point of being a B+ rank...is she giving her power to them or is there something else she's hiding for the Lost Logia she holds...Sky Vixen or not, Mabiko, I'm going to make you talk somehow...
Whew...2 and a half days to bust so many blocks.
@Aaron
You bring ***** Regissuer, I bring the HTB Cannons to bust it down. Sounds like a deal? And when are Kusuha and Bullet going to be converted?
Nice dialogue. Hayate the Mistress of Cosplay becomes Hayate the Mistress of Meddling? Wow, nice change
Quote:
Originally Posted by dkellis
I haven't really figured out a good format for this "character" yet, but I suppose I'll just post up an excerpt of the first meeting between Ivey and the primary antagonist of my story.
Spoiler for Excerpt:
"Welcome," the voice said.
Ivey stopped in her tracks, or at least stopped as much as anyone could when one was floating through zero gravity. The voice didn't sound anything like May, apart from being presumably female, and May had left her to her research alone anyway.
"Hallo," she ventured.
"Do you require any assistance?"
"Uh, no." Ivey rotated slowly along a couple of axes. "Where are you? Who are you?"
"I am a Specialized Heuristic Organized Data Access Node, serial CIT-43893," the voice said. Ivey could not quite make out a direction; it seemed to come from everywhere at once. "I have been installed into the Time-Space Administration Bureau Infinite Library as a Logistic Infinite Library Application. You may call me Lila."
"You're a program?"
"That is correct. A more commonly-used term would be 'Artificial Intelligence'."
"Huh." That was a new one. "Why're you here?"
"My task is to catalogue and index every volume of information in the Infinite Library," Lila said. There was something not quite normal about her tone of voice, a sort of aural uncanny valley that Ivey could not quite pin down. "I am also to assist any employees and authorized visitors of the Time-Space Administration Bureau in locating any data that may be required. I am eager to perform my functions with alacrity."
Ivey drifted over to a nearby console panel, and keyed in a few queries. "I thought that was the job of the IAR."
"The Information Archive Retrieval departments are still a vital part of the management and administration of the Infinite Library, but the Time-Space Administration Bureau High Command has implemented the Logistic Infinite Library Application program as backup and support. Head Librarian Yuuno Scrya has gone on specific record as complying with this change under protest, and his objections and conditions have been noted as per Directive PT-2401, clearance Procedural Restricted (Gamma Sandy)."
Large red letters flared on the screen. Ivey exited out of the search. "I see. Well, I won't be keeping you any longer. Good luck with, um, whatever it is you're doing."
"Your concern is appreciated. Please, have a nice day."
An artificial intelligence in charge of what was possibly a truly infinite amount of data, which was forced into conventional space only by a great deal of magical power. An artificial intelligence whose origins were classified as Ultra Viridian, one of the highest security levels in the TSAB, accessible only by special Supreme Command order, and even then never by any individual member of such.
A very polite artificial intelligence, Ivey realized. In fact, too polite. Almost as though it had an incredible number of programming blocks and constraints placed upon it. A necessarily powerful AI which had to be channeled in a highly specialized task...
Ah well. If anything did go wrong, the TSAB brass would probably have all sorts of failsafes in place.
Probably.
LOL at the too polite Lila, but if she's managing the Infinite Library, where's Yuuno?
Well, she's genuinely worried for Mabiko. At the rate Mabiko's giving power to her familiars, she'll end up like Nanoha in the hospital in probably even worse conditions. Plus, they don't know of Mabiko's unaging status yet.
Nice dialogue. Hayate the Mistress of Cosplay becomes Hayate the Mistress of Meddling? Wow, nice change
And here I thought meddling was my speciality Anyway it keeps amazing me how many of you manage to run a whole bunch of characters at once - it's hard enough with a single one.
Quote:
LOL at the too polite Lila, but if she's managing the Infinite Library, where's Yuuno?
Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
Quote:
Originally Posted by KBTKaiser
@Fuyu
Well, she's genuinely worried for Mabiko. At the rate Mabiko's giving power to her familiars, she'll end up like Nanoha in the hospital in probably even worse conditions. Plus, they don't know of Mabiko's unaging status yet.
I know she's doing it for Mabiko's sake, but it's still funny seeing Hayate become a bit of a meddler
Quote:
Originally Posted by An Hero in Disguise
And here I thought meddling was my speciality Anyway it keeps amazing me how many of you manage to run a whole bunch of characters at once - it's hard enough with a single one.
He became its first victim probably.
. Yeah, not that easy but it's fun. That's what keeps us going ^^
Oh great...my inspiration just left the house through the roof again while busting 3 writer's blocks.
Spoiler for ...HUH!?!:
Two weeks have passed since the activation of the comet series. Zaphira had taken on his humanoid form in order to personally train one of them while the others were assigned to tackle AMF obstacle courses as a team. Today's training took Yuuki aside while the others ran the course.
Zaphira: Yuuki, today we'll be working attacking defensively.
Yuuki: Instructor, why defensively?
Zaphira: In your position, you take the brunt of the force when on defense. Most of the time, people will open up the defenses and let attacks through into the formation. The target of this drill is to attack without letting attacks past you. BEGIN!
Meanwhile, in the obstacle course...
Leticia: 5 more to the goal! Firing Tracer shots!
C.Guider: Change Friggly! Gatling!
Feena: Double Boost!
C. Core: Strike and Slash!
Mikoto: Haaaaaaaaaa!
C. Striker:Change Stunstick! Thunder Fist!
Erika: Arc Slash!
C. Buster: Change Poetic! Shockwave!
As tracer shots from Leticia caused a trail of pockmarks around the drones, Mikoto and Erika rushed the drones. Mikoto arrived first, slamming a clawhand of crackling eletricity into the hastily erected AMF field and smashed through and into the unit, causing spasms as Erika rushed in next, her hand wielding a incredibly large scythe single handedly as she slashed at the shocked drone and created an air blade edge, forcing the unit back into its own comades in a huge explosion.
Leticia: Nice job, you two.
Feena: We should be thankful for you, Leticia.
Erika: Well, that wraps up that run. Let's go check on Yuuki.
Mikoto: Ne, kaa-san, how was that run?
At the operations console where Mabiko and Shari were along with Nanoha, Mabiko and Nanoha were looking over the obstacle run and checking with previous runs for comparison.
Mabiko: The speed and power isn't much of a problem...but the main focus this time is efficiency. Mikoto and Erika, you two are the main offense and defense when Yuuki is not around. Make sure you help defend attacks going for Feena and Leticia. Feena, be careful of overusing your magic. While your melee is decent with magic, you might be a liability after too much boosting or magic bombardment. Leticia, keep that pace up. You and Feena are the command post when I'm not around. Make sure you take into consideration all of your sister's abilities and not take unnecessary risks.
As the girls chorused their replies and headed off to find Zaphira and Yuuki, Mabiko cut the connection and turned to Nanoha.
Mabiko: Your opinion, Nanoha?
Nanoha: Their teamwork is impressive as usual. And you said that their devices still have another mode, Shari?
Shari: Yes, although it's still a gamble at this stage and sealed with a password from Mabiko.
Mabiko: They still need time to grow and mature.
Meanwhile...
Yuuki: Got to think...what can I do to attack while maintaining defense...I can't keep this wall up forever...that's it! Comet Crasher, Iron Wall!
C. Crasher: Iron Wall! Change Disease!
Zaphira: Hmph, that child's play technique will stop me...hm?
The aptly named Iron Wall, latticed out from Yuuki's position and expanded to nearly cut half the training zone off. From behind the lattice, Zaphira could barely make out Yuuki launching into the air.
Yuuki:Iron Wall...SPIRAL KICK!
C. Crasher: Change Passion!
Yuuki struck the Iron Wall at full speed, but the wall did not give. Instead it began to contort into a cone around the spiral kick of Yuuki.
Zaphira: Such an attack is useless!
Zaphira sent ground spikes to pierce the contorted Iron Wall, but was shocked to find that his spikes were broken off and added into the attack by the spiraling action, reinforcing the point. Hastily setting up a Shield spell, Zaphira found himself being forced backwards as the spiraling kick continued. Finally, he managed to whittle away the point enough as he shot one hand straight through the point and grabbed Yuuki's foot and stopped her spin, dissipating the the spiraling Iron Wall as well.
Zaphira: I'm suprised. You managed to come up with an attack that both defends and returns the enemy's attack. You've finished this drill nicely.
As Zaphira dropped Yuuki to the ground, she got up and brushed herself off before bowing.
Yuuki: Arigatougozaimasu...
Suddenly, Zaphira felt the aura of the area change...
Zaphira: ...oh great...
...And was fox-piled head on as he turned around to try and stop the other four, followed by Yuuki tackling from the side to finish the foxpile.
Zaphira: Girls, I'm your instructor, dammit. I am not a snuggle buddy. Now get off me!
From her office, Hayate watched the proceeded events unfold as she monitored the Magic Levels of all 6 members of Skyfox.
Hayate: ...Mabiko's magic level is almost to the point of being a B+ rank...is she giving her power to them or is there something else she's hiding for the Lost Logia she holds...Sky Vixen or not, Mabiko, I'm going to make you talk somehow...
Whew...2 and a half days to bust so many blocks.
@Aaron
You bring ***** Regissuer, I bring the HTB Cannons to bust it down. Sounds like a deal? And when are Kusuha and Bullet going to be converted?
Zafira the wolf-daddy got fox-piled. Nice scenario.
Not as of now. I'm still waiting for Erio and Meophist's character arcs to be over first and see if we'll get any more extremely powerful antagonists before I bring it in. And I'm NOT letting YOU take ALL of the credit for beating it as well. I'll have a bit of the booty, good sir.
And you'll have to forgive me about the delay on our Choukijin duo. I suddenly had to do some revamping of ideas due to a sudden brainwave. Not to mention having a tough home-school schedule right now. But I really appreciate your suggestion on the Gouryuu Kai and Raikou Kai a few weeks ago. I'll be putting it in somehow.
@Meophist: My apologies for the mix up with Treshold, Gwendolyn and Iris. I was just in a hurry to reply because it was pretty late in our place. I should have separated them. Sorry again.
In any case, I've thought up of another profile extention, this one on Pain. I've actually thought up of three right off the bat, but I think it's best to post one at a time.
Spoiler for #47C7: Pain:
Subject: Requesting permission to modify #47C7 Pain's profile; also regarding Shamal
To: Lt. Colonel Yagami Hayate
From: Enforcer Maple
Date: 28/11/0072
I have managed to come into contact with a native of Ghast who happened to have moved away long ago. As the town itself has been completely destroyed, this information is unverifiable but I believe the information can be trusted.
The person in question talks about a local legend of the area, which talks about an ancient Belkan Knight who wields a large scythe. According to the legend, the Knight was very powerful and was unmatched among all other Knights at the time. The kingdom the Knight was a part of one day declared war upon another kingdom and used the Knight to lead the attack.
No matter the situation, however, the Knight refused to kill. Although the army won many battles, the King grew dissatisfied with the Knight. On the eve of a great battle, the King ordered the Knight to kill the enemy commander during the battle. The Knight refused, but during the battle the Knight's hand slipped and the scythe struck through the enemy commander's heart.
The King was overjoyed, but the Knight was distressed. A few days later, the Knight disappeared. It wasn't until after the King had won the war that the Knight was found. The King branded the Knight as a traitor and had him executed. After this event, the King was inflicted with a great pain from day to night until he became what was essentially a "living dead".
Apparently, the scythe that the Knight wielded was in a museum in Ghast, deactivated and behind a protective barrier, and was considered to be cursed. Its name, translated, can be either "Infinite Pain" or "Infinite Death". The person I talked to has seen it before, and from its description, I believe it's the same scythe that #47C7 Pain wields.
I am unsure of how Pain got in possession of the scythe, nor how she activated it. However, the pain that she mentions might originate from the scythe's "curse". As for now, I would like to request permission to update #47C7 Pain's profile with this information.
Additionally, I believe the best course for gaining more information about the two girls now is direct contact. For that, I would like the assistance of your Knight Shamal. From what I hear, she is well skilled in scanning magic and well versed in the teachings of ancient Belka magic. I believe in this time the two will be very helpful. If it is possible, I would like to hear from you soon. Thank you.
I just noticed it's June 3rd, my birthday. Ahh yes, "Maple" is the actual name of the character I created before, "M".
So she's slightly a living dead? Quite frightening. The scythe idea just got better ofter this. Good work! And happy birthday, by the way.
2007-06-03, 11:55
Author
. Hey, very intersting additions. A curse? This should be very interesting.
... tentac-- 
...err... I mean: 
HEY! Stop giving me weird ideas! 
), Aether Insight tends to fail if he doesn't pay attention, and to be honest I had troubles with the way he would deal with Sonic Move, I was like - oops, it's obviously too fast for him to follow, at least without Device released, so what can I do? oh, Sonic Move must do something to the air to prevent its resistance, bingo! that way I can assume an ability to predict the path beforehand 
Quite frightening. The scythe idea just got better ofter this.
