Location: Pennsylvania. It's sort of like a real state.
Age: 39
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Oooh, someone took Force a bit hard
Well you could write in the Author Notes that you have plans...
You just answered your own question . He's probably incensed to having to wait months to see whether the heroes would have a fighting chance or not, and how.
Man, you really should have left a big cliffhanger , I wonder how he would react to that!
Erm... heh heh... ummm... yeah, I know, and I'm sorry for my crappy update schedule.
I wanted to make more use of them in false light, but being Earthlings, they don't have an easy way to move from world to world like the Bureau types do. But they aren't being orphaned; they've got one last hurrah in false light, then they'll become a major part of what comes after the story.
A story about the TSAB inducting the planet as an administrated world.
(You know it had to happen after NSIS found out they were using magic in some widespread way!)
Considering how appx. 4-5 of the US mage pet projects and other various support personnel were basically offed by TSAB members, I wonder how smooth that transition will go.
"Nanoha!" Fate gasped as she saw the destruction and then narrowed her eyes at the suddenly nervous redhead, who was back in her civilian outfit. "Just what happened? Mom said not to destroy stuff unless we're training or under attack. There better have been a robbery or something."
"Uh, no, I was just sparring..." Nanoha chuckled as Yuuno and Fate both groaned while Miyuki shook her head in amusement. "Really, I kept it simple... Kind of..."
"You went Assault Mode on an old lady."
"You traitor!" Nanoha looked at Raising Heart, her eyes white and blank as she started to sweat from the aura of doom coming from Fate at that moment. "Um... Fate-chan... It's not... As bad..."
"Nanoha... I am... Not happy right now." Fate's eyes were covered by her bangs as lightning started to crackle around her hands.
"Enough of that." Mizetto spoke up, smiling at the young blonde. "I asked Nanoha to spar. If I had known about her other armor modes, I would have made sure to set limits to what she could use." Mizetto chuckled at the group and turned to see a couple young cadets just staring at what they had seen. "If you two have time to gawk, then I suppose another ten laps around the grounds will be good for you. And then you can spend the weekend fixing the damage, by yourself with no tools." She smiled as they turned and ran. "You need to be strict with recruits sometimes. Excuse me, it's time for lunch." She nodded and walked off.
"Seriously, Assault Mode?!" Yuuno gave Nanoha a dumb-founded look as the girl felt rather small in front of the three of them. "Nanoha! Come on! That's for fighting beings like Mazoku and Dragons, using it on someone who's human? What were you thinking?"
"I... Wanted to impress her?" Nanoha said meekly as she dug her shoe into the ground slightly as the other three groaned at her.
"So... Did you win or lose?" Miyuki asked and Nanoha started to really sweat.
"I... I'm not sure." She yelped at the look Miyuki gave her. "I think I could have won, but we stopped before then and..." Nanoha gulped as Miyuki jumped her and put her into a headlock.
"Dummy! You know what mom says about this! If you're going to use all your power, you better make sure you win!" Miyuki pulled on the headlock tightly, causing her younger sister to swing her arms up and down comically.
Seeing how things turned out, Fate just felt like rubbing her temples and idly wondered who was going to be the voice of reason this time around.
Still, seeing the small smile on Miyuki and Nanoha's faces... It reminded her why being silly wasn't a bad thing and sometimes just being childish was good.
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Meanwhile, back on Earth...
Xellos twitched as he sat on the back of an Elephant. The people of this continent were so... Grateful for everything he had been doing lately. First that local Warlord decided to try and mess with him, then he found a diamond mine and thought it would be hilarious to make the diamonds disappear and replace it with something completely worthless. Oh, it had been funny, until he found himself surrounded, again. This time, he just let his body become incorporeal and let the projectiles go right through him and hit each other. It was interesting, these projectiles, none of them had magic, and they were all small, yet incredibly lethal.
To humans at least. He was another matter.
Leaving that place, he felt rather amused by the conflicting emotions he felt. He went back only last week and discovered that they were STILL mining that mine. Apparently transmuting diamonds into coal wasn't the worst thing ever, since people of this world used coal for fuel and other things.
Out of sheer frustration, he blasted a port town on the Eastern side of the continent, just to feel better.
Less than an hour later, foreigners showed up and told him that he was a wonderful person for destroying the local pirate gang.
"What is up with this world?" He asked no one in particular.
Still, it wasn't as bad as what he did the other day...
Tears started to fall down his face and he started whining. "And I thought I did a good job too... I killed bunnies! Humans LOVE bunnies! I erased an entire continent's worth of rabbits!"
And the people were THANKING him for doing that!
"This world is *SO* messed up!" Xellos felt like banging his head on his staff, and wondered why the people of that continent had warned him about Dingos eating his babies.
"I swear, if I do one more good deed, I'm going to need to kill a couple dozen puppies just to feel better about myself." He grumbled before disappearing and heading North. Maybe the negative emotions he was feeling from up there would make him feel better.
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Dolphin sighed as she sat on a throne made of ice and looked at the map she had in her hands. "Didn't that rabbit say to make a left turn at Albuquerque?" She had, but now she was on some sort of continent with no people, no chocolate and nothing... But some weird bird-like things that squawked at each other. She sighed and folded the map and looked at the birds. "So, why can't you fly?"
"Quark!"
"I see... Must be tough."
"Quark."
Dolphin nodded and leaned back. "Well, at least you don't have to worry about much down here, huh?"
"Quark!"
"Huh, I guess you could freeze to death. Dynast was the one who liked it cold, I prefer the ocean myself."
"Quark!"
"...No, I am not making myself naked just to go sliding down the snow on my ass." Dolphin sat up and glared at the bird. "Just what are you?"
"Quark!"
"...A penguin that was once a dirty old man and you think I'm pretty?"
"Quark!"
"...That's probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said about a demon lord." Dolphin shrugged and picked up the penguin and hugged it to her. "...You weren't kidding... Stop nuzzling my breasts."
"Quark."
"...Fine.. But I can't turn you back into a human, you know."
"Quark!"
Dolphin was about to say something when she saw a whale pop out of the ocean. "Whee!" She threw the poor penguin into a far mountain and ran for the whale. "Hey! Wait up!" She frowned as it let out a whine. "Well, yes, it is unusual for me to not wear heavy stuff, but I don't have a real body." She tilted her head. "Well, it's easier to say that I just like this form." She blinked and grinned. "What's that? You want to get revenge on some mean people? Sure, why not?" She had no reason to help the whale.
Yet, she had no reason not to help the whale. And the sea WAS her domain after all.
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Considering how appx. 4-5 of the US mage pet projects and other various support personnel were basically offed by TSAB members, I wonder how smooth that transition will go.
That was a secret project... but yeah, you have the gist of it. Smooth, it will not be.
But you also stated that the story would be less grimdark than this story, so that should mean something right?
Yeah, it's not going to be nearly as spy-novelish even though it's still absolutely within the Shadowsverse AU and will likely feature the cast of false light in some capacity.
It'll be closer to canon Nanoha, with more befriending than killing.
Which is ironic, because around here I get anonymous flames for not liking Force!
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That was a secret project... but yeah, you have the gist of it. Smooth, it will not be.
Alien conquests never are...
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But you also stated that the story would be less grimdark than this story, so that should mean something right?
Which actually kind of confuses me, honestly. Thus far, false light really isn't very grim. I mean, okay, there's a Secret Conspiracy Plot...and a bunch of U.S. soldier-mages who have no clue what's going on got killed...but all the "name" characters are alive and well and plotting and the plotline (regardless of precisely what Hayes is up to) isn't very off from standard spy-novel-type stuff. It's actually less grim than StrikerS, which featured a secret conspiracy but also the kidnapping of a two-year-old child and raising her to fight as a soldier for the forces that reduced her mother to experimental-material-in-a-pod and the torture of a six-year-old moeblob. Or what Graham did to Hayate in A's. Or heck, the on-screen abuse of a nine-year-old in S1. Nor are there stacks of dead nuns. Or serial-killing zombies. Truthfully, the only MGLN product that's less grim than false light is ViVid.
Which makes me wonder:
1. Where are the next chapters going that's going to up the grimness factor?
2. How is a plotline of "Aliens Conquer Earth!" going to be less grim? I mean, okay, the TSAB is probably not going to descend with armed force and start blowing up cities and herding the survivors into reeducation camps, but the entire concept of introducing Earth's society to the existence of magitech-based interdimensional civilization is inevitably going to produce deaths when nations start squabbling with one another and extremist factions start committing acts of terrorism and/or "freedom-fighter" guerrilla actions.
Which is ironic, because around here I get anonymous flames for not liking Force!
Alien conquests never are...
Which actually kind of confuses me, honestly. Thus far, false light really isn't very grim. I mean, okay, there's a Secret Conspiracy Plot...and a bunch of U.S. soldier-mages who have no clue what's going on got killed...but all the "name" characters are alive and well and plotting and the plotline (regardless of precisely what Hayes is up to) isn't very off from standard spy-novel-type stuff. It's actually less grim than StrikerS, which featured a secret conspiracy but also the kidnapping of a two-year-old child and raising her to fight as a soldier for the forces that reduced her mother to experimental-material-in-a-pod and the torture of a six-year-old moeblob. Or what Graham did to Hayate in A's. Or heck, the on-screen abuse of a nine-year-old in S1. Nor are there stacks of dead nuns. Or serial-killing zombies. Truthfully, the only MGLN product that's less grim than false light is ViVid.
Which makes me wonder:
1. Where are the next chapters going that's going to up the grimness factor?
2. How is a plotline of "Aliens Conquer Earth!" going to be less grim? I mean, okay, the TSAB is probably not going to descend with armed force and start blowing up cities and herding the survivors into reeducation camps, but the entire concept of introducing Earth's society to the existence of magitech-based interdimensional civilization is inevitably going to produce deaths when nations start squabbling with one another and extremist factions start committing acts of terrorism and/or "freedom-fighter" guerrilla actions.
Not to mention how
Spoiler for spoiler:
countries will respond to random attacks such as the one experienced by those US proto-mages.
Well, "grimdark" was the wrong term to use, I should correct myself on that one. I'm a bit frazzled from general stress and trying to write this stuff over my school break, don't kill me!
You are right in that false light isn't very grim. I should say it feels more "grounded," insofar that I emphasize realism and try to make the Nanohaverse make some sort of (at least internally consistent) sense... while canon is a universe that runs on Rule of Cool.
So actually, the next project will probably have more violence than false light, so it's possible it will be darker.
I was kind of comparing in my head false light to dark fantasy/sword & sorcery and the new project to epic high fantasy. So the difference I guess isn't "grimness" but "scale" and "epic feel" vs. "gritty feel."
So I wrote a snippet for Rein Eins becoming the Familiar of Zero, originally posted it over at SpaceBattles:
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This really sounded better when it was just a plot bunny.
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Spoiler:
"Whatever you might say, the duel has already started!" Guiche drew his rose back and flicked it out to his right, causing a petal to fall from it and drift almost lazily to the ground.
Reinforce had not been idle, though. Guiche's words had betrayed hostile intent and they had scarce left his mouth before she called her Barrier Jacket into place. The mages present, Guiche and Louise included, gaped as light burst from her and shielded her from sight.
B-but she's supposed to be a commoner, isn't she? Louise tried to comprehend what was happening before her. What is th-
In the time Louise took to finish her thoughts, the light surrounding Reinforce had faded, revealing that she had added a puffy-sleeved short jacket and cape-like garment to her attire. Most curious was the quartet of black angel wings that floated behind her.
The petal too had landed on the ground and light burst upwards from it as a plate-clad figure with shoulder capes, skirting, small white wings on its helmet and a spear rose from where the petal had touched the ground. Rein recognised it for what it was, a golem. A summoner... I wonder... The memories were not her own, per se, but the Knights had harvested summoners before of varying quality. Most were weaklings who relied on their constructs for muscle and collapsed easily in physical combat, though not all. Sometimes the constructs had themselves been magically-capable, though those were even rarer. What were these and by extension their master capable of?
"My Runic name is 'the Bronze'," Guiche declared. "You may call me Guiche the Bronze. Therefore, a bronze golem Valkyrie will be your opponent."
Rein thought it was a pale imitation. There had been worlds other than Earth with similar concepts and this thing did not do them justice. It was not even bronze!
The "Valkyrie", as it was, charged at her. For a normal person, it would have been fast. However, it was not fast enough.
Loath as Rein was to credit the Defence Programme with anything, and however unlikely it would have been given that the Knights' had always been the final four Linker Cores for completing the Book, the accursed thing had given thought to curbing the Knights via Direct Intervention. They had proved useful in combating Testa- Fate, who had aspired to Signum's speed.
This tin can was nothing compared to either. As its left fist came out, aimed for Rein's gut, she slapped the forearm aside and slugged it in the face with her own left. The results were... impressive. Rank B mages' shields could take multiple anti-tank rounds before yielding, but Nanoha's had given way without her even needing Black Impact's amplification. It should have come as no surprise that the golem's head flew clean off its shoulders and the concussion sent the rest of it sprawling to the ground. Mages standing behind Guiche hurriedly ducked in mid-gasp as the head flew past, still trailing a breeze, and hit the castle wall with a crunch.
"Yield," Rein said. "There's no need to fight on."
Guiche's eyes had become the size of tennis balls and his jaw had fallen slack from how quickly his "Valkyrie" had been defeated. Rein was unsure whether it was a deeply-buried vein of genuine bravery and determination or some fool machismo, but he managed to shout defiance and flick his rose twice more. Six petals fell to the ground and formed another six golems.
Rein looked at them curiously, rejected her first few thoughts as being overkill, then said two words. "Bloody Dagger."
On cue, a number of red spectral daggers appeared around Rein and zoomed towards the golems before detonating. When the smoke cleared, all the golems were in pieces.
"Do you yield?" Rein asked, advancing towards Guiche through the ruins of his wrecked golems.
"I-I-" Guiche flicked his rose around desperately, but all for naught.
Rein's right hand whipped out and caught hold of him by the neck as the onlookers gulped in horror. "Do. You. Yield?" Rein asked again.
"Y-yes!" Guiche squealed.
"Good." Rein let go and pushed him so he fell onto his rump, then turned and walked away with all the calmness of a stroll in a park.
Beautiful but deadly! Beautiful but deadly! Guiche thought to himself as he massaged his throat, trying to dispel the sensation the deceptively firm grip had left behind.
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Spoiler for Author's Notes:
I was of the opinion that Guiche would probably try to hit on Rein, but I had no idea how to write that. I'm not too sure if the lead-up to the duel would be different. I had a thought of Rein being sad and disappointed that she had gotten abusive Louise as a new master, but I cannot figure out what would have caused Louise to start whipping, or if she would even whip at all.
Spoiler for Since people wanted a slightly faster pace for MD...:
When Yuuno had settled down to have dinner with Seikou that evening, he felt rather optimistic. He had managed to clear his worries about the latest addition to their group and there was someone who was willing to listen to his troubles and offer a different perspective on how to approach them.
Forty hours later, he was back in the familiar position of recalibrating the compensation variable after yet ANOTHER shift in their flight plan and being forced to take a quick stop at another unidentified world. And this time, he was having trouble concentrating due to rather heavy thoughts flying around in his head.
For starters, the discussion back at the dinner table somehow turned into a confession. Not one of those super crazy love confessions on soap operas. It was a confession of murder.
That evening, Material-S told him the truth about how she had killed that religious group. She explained as much as she could, such as what drove her to kill them. Part of it was driven due to survival instinct to absorb extra energy while she could. The other part of it came from when that group essentially condemned Seikou’s current choices. They indirectly implied that the Librarian had no place in her life.
She admitted that was the deciding factor that triggered her urge to kill them. And that particular reason really bothered him and caused him to do some heavy thinking during the trip before this latest detour.
Over the time that he had known her, he had observed that Seikou’s personality could shift gears from mirroring Nanoha to something else entirely. With Nanoha, she was like the sun on a bright day and she would have tried to understand that group of people that Seikou had met. In the scenario that she found their views distasteful, she probably would have lectured them on how intolerance of different viewpoints is a bad thing.
Seikou, on the other hand, was more like the full moon with dark clouds in the sky, allowing light, but darkening the world without notice. She probably did try to understand them to a point. It was when they spoke ill of her choices and indirectly insulted her friends that she decided to permanently shut them up. And that was the difference between her and Nanoha. Unlike his childhood friend, Material-S had no problems on using lethal force to those who would directly or indirectly insult her friends. That honestly scared him quite a bit, just as badly as Material-L’s inner beast.
Yuuno gently clapped his hands against his cheeks twice in order to regain concentration. He needed to finish this work by the time the others returned from scouring this world for supplies. This world seemed to be the home of several manufacturing plants, which was odd because he was certain that the Bureau would have located and identified this world if there was this much manufacturing activity. Perhaps on legal documents, this world passed for something else. He could easily see that with all the other work and Lost Logia cases that came up on a regular basis, investigating the validity of this world’s legal papers would go low on the priority list.
He rechecked his formulas and sure enough, they were all properly computed and worked out. There was only one variable he could think of that could influence the change in course. And that was the assumed magical point values of the Materials. Based on his work, it appears that their magical point values were not quite equal to the Aces he knew back home.
‘And that only means two things: either the three of them are lower on the magic rank scale or they’re far more powerful than originally assumed.’ So not only did he have to determine whether he should be using a higher or a lower value, he also had to estimate the actual magical point values that would propel him closer to home.
Joy.
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“I checked it over several times, Aru. They just don’t have that brand of dipping sauce in their truck.” Honestly, he was really getting tired of this. That girl was always being picky when it came to certain delicacies.
“Vey-nii… listen to me carefully. You said it yourself that there was at least two skids of frozen pizza in that manufacturer’s truck. How can we eat that much frozen pizza without different types of dipping sauce to go with the crust?”
Veyron fought the urge to sigh. “It’s not going to be pizza night every night. There are also pasta dishes, rice dishes and all sorts of frozen dinners. What did you expect from a frozen food manufacturer?”
The redheaded girl on the screen merely grumbled. “Ugh, we need to start looking for fresh food to raid! Living off frozen food for extended periods isn’t exactly healthy eating, ya know.”
“Yeah, I hear ya.” He could appreciate a good home cooked meal as much as the next person did.
“I mean look at these!” She practically forced the view to zoom in on her healthy bosom. “These boobs only developed from regular exercise, a healthy diet and of course, a tub of Musashino Full-Cream Milk a day!”
“…… did I really have to know that?” His senses then picked up some movement close to the manufacturing plant and the truck that he had picked out to serve as this month’s food supply for the family. ‘Did I leave a survivor? Better remedy that.’
“Vey-nii, what’s wrong?”
“Some unfinished business. Meet me at the rendez-vous point when you finish rounding up what cartridges you want to take with you.”
This earned him a salute from the redhead. “Aye aye!”
As soon as the transmission ended, Veyron willed his weapon to come forth. “EC Divider Code 928...”
Once the gunblade appeared in his hands, he checked how much ammo he had left in it. ‘Let’s see… four? No, five shells. Should be plenty enough.’
He quickly made his way back towards the manufacturing plant that he had just visited only an hour earlier. The entire morning shift had already been killed off by him when he dropped by so the only source of noise that should be heard throughout the facility should be the humming of machinery and whoever else was still around.
So he calmly walked through the hallways, not really caring about the smell of blood or the stickiness of the floor. He was only focused on finding his prey and getting the jump on them. All he needed was a clue on their whereabouts.
A minute later, his sharp hearing provided him that clue that seemed to originate from one of the assembly lines up ahead. Someone was talking rather loudly and enthusiastically, which echoed throughout the building. The biker quietly pinpointed which line it was and spotted two females down below with hair that stood out easily among the grey coloured machinery.
“Come on, Sette-chan! Help me search for frozen chicken nuggets! Or fingers! Chicken fingers are always good!”
A sinister smile appeared on Veyron‘s features as he prepared himself to close in for the kill.
I know Yuuno had to do those calculations and all, but do you really think it was wise for him to let the Materials off on their own? After learning what they did, I'd think he'd keep a close eye on them to make sure they didn't kill anyone else.
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You never did explicitly name the two Huckebein at the start, did you? The description of the female one back then didn't ring a bell.
I believe she was meant to be the woman from Thoma's flashback, but since she hasn't yet shown up in Force again, I dunno what Yasanagi plans to do with that.
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Spoiler for More MD:
It had been a rather uneventful trip for Material-S and Material-D as they flew towards the next manufacturing plant on the list. There wasn’t exactly a chart that detailed which goods were produced at each plant, even with a planetary scan taken by their ship so they had to take the time flying from region to region based on the rough map they were provided.
Material-L and Sette were covering the plants scattered across the Northern regions so that left the Southern regions for the Lord of Darkness and the Starlight Destroyer. So far, the factories they briefly checked in on did not produce anything of value as they produced mostly animal feed and agricultural products. There was only one more facility to investigate before they could head back to the ship.
Seikou had noted that Yami was being more quiet than usual. By now, the Nanoha replica’s ears should have been full from disgruntled grumblings from her companion but ever since she had that nap to recover from the nasty headache earlier, the Hayate replica had been lost in thought and focused on something else rather than the here and now. Normally, Material-S wouldn’t have minded but it was getting more difficult to keep bottling up those anxious feelings that came from her conversation with Yuuno at that dinner.
So just as the two of them landed close to one of the plant’s entrances, she finally decided to break the silence and get it off her chest. “I finally told him the truth.”
“Hm.”
“I am not sure how well he took it. We haven’t spoken since that particular conversation.”
“Hm.”
“It’s understandable that he would need time to think upon this. However, I am… worried on how much his opinion of me has changed due to my revelation.”
“Hm.”
There was a moment of silence as the Starlight Destroyer noted the lack of response from her companion other than a grunt. “Yami? Are you listening?”
“Hm.”
Yes, it was obvious that she wasn’t paying attention. Otherwise the Hayate replica would have spouted out her usual catchphrase. Without wasting a moment, Seikou reached over to grab her companion’s nose, causing Yami to cry out. “Kah…! Stop it!”
“Ah, so there is life within you, Lord of Darkness,” said Material-S in her usual flat tone after releasing her friend.
“Ugh… what is it that you want?” growled Material-D.
“You have been rather quiet for the past day or so. As if your mind was on something else.”
“That’s the curse of a brilliant mind. To always be thinking of events in motion…” Yami noticed the unchanging stare from the Nanoha replica which was a certain indication that she wasn’t buying it. After some thought, she decided that it wouldn’t certainly do any harm to ask her servant about the subject. “Do you ever get the feeling that we’re missing someone?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“The day before yesterday, I had a dream. No… I believe it was a vision of the past that somehow involved all of us… and a fourth one.”
“I cannot say that I have any such recollection of a fourth person who travelled with us,” said Seikou.
“No! She never had the chance to come with us!” hissed Yami. “She never managed to escape the world which tried to tie our souls down with gravity!”
Her tone and facial expressions all suggested that she was being deranged but this was going to be one of those times when Material-D wouldn’t let go of whatever it was that she saw. Might as well let her get it out of her system. “So tell me about her. What is her name? What is she like?”
“I only have flashes of memory. Nothing concrete.”
“Then it seems like that there is nothing you can do,” said Seikou as she opened the plant entrance door.
“I won’t accept that,” growled the Lord of Darkness. “If there is one thing I know for a certain fact, it is that she has served me as my loyal servant in the past. And I intend to find her so that she can take her rightful place at my side when I build my kingdom.”
“And what if she is no-” The Starlight Destroyer paused when her nose picked up a familiar scent. The scent of blood. Even though there were no bodies in sight, Seikou’s instincts told her that every single living person that had been working in here was dead.
It didn’t go unnoticed by her companion who merely opened up her fan to wave the odour away from her. “Oh my… looks like we have quite the mess over here, don’t we?”
The two of them first strolled throughout the plant in order to find out what it produced. It turned out that this particular facility manufactured various device parts. As it fell within something of potential value, they managed to navigate their way to the storage bay where finished goods were kept however what greeted them was an empty chamber, with only a few scattered cartridge shells. ‘So someone else is scouring for supplies too? They probably decided to eliminate any potential witnesses while they conducted their raid.’ Seikou looked over to the Hayate replica. “How many were you able to get?”
“I have six cartridge shells and it seems these were made for a CVK792-R cartridge system. That means I can only supply one fresh load to Material-L unless we can find anything else within the vicinity.” Yami paused for a moment. “You’re out of cartridges, correct?”
“Correct.”
“It’s unlikely that there are any CVK792-A cartridges lying around. That means you’re going to be stuck at a disadvantage until we can replenish your supply.” The grey haired woman growled under her breath. “Maybe we can still catch up to those raiders. The amount of time that has passed since the slaughter has only been one or two hours at most.”
“I’m pretty sure they’re long gone by now.” Just as those words left her mouth, the wall in front of them shuddered as something hit it from behind. As soon as the two pinpointed the proper exit, they bolted through to find the source of the noise.
It turned out to be a motorcycle that had been carrying a large carriage full of stolen device parts. And standing over the mess was a redheaded woman with tattoos over parts of her bared midriff arms and legs. Her wardrobe was rather limited with a torn brown vest, a top that covered only her breasts, army green shorts, black gloves and a pair of boots. She also had a pair of goggles that were strapped tightly to the top of her head. But what stood out the most was the blue wings tattoo on her right wrist.
The blue eyes of Material-S easily caught sight of that tattoo. “That mark…”
“She’s just like those other ones?” muttered Yami to herself.
“ARGH! Wasn’t this piece of crap carriage supposed to support over 2,500 pounds of cargo?” The redhead then noticed the other two women who were standing there. “This stinks! All I wanted to do was lug this stuff home, dip into a hot bath and then pig out over pizza! But nooooo… Vey-nii doesn’t even have dipping sauce!”
“You there…” Material-D never got a chance to finish as she was cut off rather abruptly.
“Sorry, but after having this streak of bad luck, this Arnage’s more in the mood to kill rather than talk!” She held out her hands and summoned a pair of mid-sized swords. “EC Divider Code 718!”
The two Materials didn’t waste any time themselves. “Yersinia Kreuz, bestow upon me my staff and armour!”
“Luciferion, start up!”
“She never managed to escape the world which tried to tie our souls down with gravity!”
Here I thought Rai was the only one who spoke in references
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Originally Posted by Yasanagi
Spoiler for Episode sixty something of Material Days:
At first glance, Veyron of Huckebein looks like the type of character who would be brash, destructive and loud. While this is true on most occasions, he does have the capability to be stealthy when the situation required it. After all, his Divider’s long range capabilities were not very good. That meant he had to learn how to be able to close the gap efficiently to make the best use of his weapon.
He moved in quietly, descending one floor at a time while masking his presence. By his calculations, he figured he could be within striking distance to take them both out before they could react as soon as he reached the next assembly floor beneath him.
“You know, it’s pretty quiet around here.”
“What do you expect when everyone else around us is deceased?” replied a second female voice in a neutral tone that had just a hint of irritation.
“That’s no good. In times like these, we need some good background music. Like ‘Only a Plank Between One and Perdition’!” She started humming a tune under her breath. “And I don’t want the boss to take the first turn…”
Veyron’s senses went on alert as he saw her right arm flare and form yellow magical circles around the upper half just above her elbow. ‘She’s a mage?’
“… so I’m gonna get the drop on him!” The blue haired woman immediately turned in his direction and pointed her right finger, which was now charged with an attack spell, right at his position. “Light Pillar!”
In a split second, a Mid-Childan Magic Circle formed right in front of the finger before a powerful yellow beam flew towards Veyron, who jumped forward quickly to avoid the attack. Even though he had the healing factor and magic negation abilities that came from being infected with Eclipse, there was something… off enough about that mage to cause him to come to the split second decision to avoid the spell rather than blocking it.
‘Shit… that was close.’ The biker flipped in mid air before landing on his feet in front of the two women while the beam continued to incinerate everything in its path as it flew upwards. ‘Heh… just my luck to encounter a pair of wandering mages.’
“Hey, what was that?” complained the blue haired woman. “That was supposed to be a one hit KO for 9,999 points of damage! You know that was a sure kill, Sette-chan!”
“That is doubtful, Material-L. His magical point values seem to suggest that an A-ranked spell would barely do any harm to him,” replied the pink haired woman in that monotone of hers.
“Eh? But I thought that was…” She paused for a moment before giggling. “Ahahaha… my bad! It’s only a proper instant kill when I’m all transformed and stuff!”
“Are you for real?” muttered Veyron under his breath until the one who called herself Material-L cleared her throat.
“Ahem… so we meet again, you Squall Wannabe!”
This caught the biker off guard. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“And I see that you upgraded your game sprite as well! But that’s not enough to fool my eyes! By the way, where’s that woman partner of yours? You know the one who looked like she jumped out of a Castlevania game?”
‘… so she crossed paths with Curren and Karen, huh?’ Veyron remembered them well even though those two hardly visited the base and would leave status updates perhaps once a year at best.
Curren, his ‘twin’ as Arnage put it even though they just really looked alike and had no real relationship to each other, was on the hunt for the ultimate ‘jackpot’ which apparently would be the key to unlocking the mystery behind the Silver Bible and the Eclipse infection. His partner, Karen, wanted to see for herself the potential power behind the Zero Driver and the truth that lay within the Tome.
They were highly focused on their prize and tried to prevent others from picking up clues that could lead them to solving the puzzle before they did. But because of their one track mind, they were somewhat sloppy when it came to cleaning up witnesses. So Veyron wasn’t too surprised seeing a survivor although he wondered just how many more are out there thanks to their negligence.
Okay, she was seriously getting on his nerves. Why hadn’t he blasted her already? “Don’t call me that!”
She merely grinned like a maniac. “If you’re not Squall, then what are you? Maybe… you’re a lion?”
“Shut up! How would you like it if I called you something silly like Levi the Slasher?” The biker paused for a moment before pressing his free palm into his face. He was sure that the longer he stuck around that Material-L, the more his IQ would drop.
“Levi the Slasher? Levi… the Slasher… dunno if I like that name. I’ll have to give this some thought.” The blue haired woman started to turn away, much to Veyron’s annoyance.
“Hey, what the hell are you doing?” She starts a fight and calls him weird names and all of a sudden, she’s turning her back on him?
“Ah, right… boss fight and all. Actually, in this case, this would probably be a sub-boss fight. Dunno if that Plank song would still be suitable for a downgraded battle.”
For some reason, Veyron felt insulted by that. “You little bit-”
“You play with him first, Sette-chan! If you need help, just scream ‘EEK! EEK!’ like a little girl!” shouted the blue haired woman as she headed off to think about that new name.
There was a pause before the Huckebein broke the silence. “Cripes, how can you stand her?”
Sette said nothing as her eye patch started glowing, a sign of the Azure Grimoire’s activation.
“… geez, it’s like talking to a wall here.”
Levi's a better name than Rai, actually.
Wouldn't be surprised if Veyron gave up on killing them because they're so annoying and he finds it too bothersome.
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Oh! Oh! Oh! I got flamed, I got flamed!
Spoiler for I'm a little proud!:
So I assume this story's done-boring invincible villans, blah blah blah, etc. I doubt even the Huckabein at full abillities could undo them now. And it will require either Deus Ex Machina or character ass-pull to change it. Sure, you could be clever and attempt treachery from either the Black Outfit or Precia, but given that you've just shown that maximum effort barely matched them, and when they went double that, they ran the good guys over, any "clever" move will simply be squashed.
A pity really, because this was the first Nanoha story in a _LONG_ time that was really living up to what I feel should be in a Nanoha fan-fic. 98% of all Nanoha writing is AU shipping fics or Luv-luv relationship fics. You had _character development_ combined with _all-out action_, which is everything MGLN is about.
Well... sort of. I guess it's not a really a flame, sadly. Just a negative review. And he's so calm about it! I wanted a little more bile, some real venom.
I just wish he'd been logged in. I could have reassured him that I have plans. Oh, such plans. And I might even get around to writing them sometime in the next couple months!
Yeah, definitely not a flame. Sounds like legitimate criticism from a loyal reader.
A true flame is completely uncalled for or down right dumb, like "OMG THIS PAIRING SUCKS! WORST FIC EVER!!!"
Aaaand now I'm all caught up. Just haven't been feeling like coming here for a bit. Lots of stuff I've been meaning to do but I can't work up the drive to do any of it *sigh*
So I assume this story's done-boring invincible villans, blah blah blah, etc. I doubt even the Huckabein at full abillities could undo them now. And it will require either Deus Ex Machina or character ass-pull to change it. Sure, you could be clever and attempt treachery from either the Black Outfit or Precia, but given that you've just shown that maximum effort barely matched them, and when they went double that, they ran the good guys over, any "clever" move will simply be squashed.
A pity really, because this was the first Nanoha story in a _LONG_ time that was really living up to what I feel should be in a Nanoha fan-fic. 98% of all Nanoha writing is AU shipping fics or Luv-luv relationship fics. You had _character development_ combined with _all-out action_, which is everything MGLN is about.
Well... sort of. I guess it's not a really a flame, sadly. Just a negative review. And he's so calm about it! I wanted a little more bile, some real venom.
I just wish he'd been logged in. I could have reassured him that I have plans. Oh, such plans. And I might even get around to writing them sometime in the next couple months!
So, you're saying that if I want an inside scoop of what you're planning next, all I need to do is flame you?
"Nanoha!" Fate gasped as she saw the destruction and then narrowed her eyes at the suddenly nervous redhead, who was back in her civilian outfit. "Just what happened? Mom said not to destroy stuff unless we're training or under attack. There better have been a robbery or something."
"Uh, no, I was just sparring..." Nanoha chuckled as Yuuno and Fate both groaned while Miyuki shook her head in amusement. "Really, I kept it simple... Kind of..."
"You went Assault Mode on an old lady."
"You traitor!" Nanoha looked at Raising Heart, her eyes white and blank as she started to sweat from the aura of doom coming from Fate at that moment. "Um... Fate-chan... It's not... As bad..."
"Nanoha... I am... Not happy right now." Fate's eyes were covered by her bangs as lightning started to crackle around her hands.
"Enough of that." Mizetto spoke up, smiling at the young blonde. "I asked Nanoha to spar. If I had known about her other armor modes, I would have made sure to set limits to what she could use." Mizetto chuckled at the group and turned to see a couple young cadets just staring at what they had seen. "If you two have time to gawk, then I suppose another ten laps around the grounds will be good for you. And then you can spend the weekend fixing the damage, by yourself with no tools." She smiled as they turned and ran. "You need to be strict with recruits sometimes. Excuse me, it's time for lunch." She nodded and walked off.
"Seriously, Assault Mode?!" Yuuno gave Nanoha a dumb-founded look as the girl felt rather small in front of the three of them. "Nanoha! Come on! That's for fighting beings like Mazoku and Dragons, using it on someone who's human? What were you thinking?"
"I... Wanted to impress her?" Nanoha said meekly as she dug her shoe into the ground slightly as the other three groaned at her.
"So... Did you win or lose?" Miyuki asked and Nanoha started to really sweat.
"I... I'm not sure." She yelped at the look Miyuki gave her. "I think I could have won, but we stopped before then and..." Nanoha gulped as Miyuki jumped her and put her into a headlock.
"Dummy! You know what mom says about this! If you're going to use all your power, you better make sure you win!" Miyuki pulled on the headlock tightly, causing her younger sister to swing her arms up and down comically.
Seeing how things turned out, Fate just felt like rubbing her temples and idly wondered who was going to be the voice of reason this time around.
Still, seeing the small smile on Miyuki and Nanoha's faces... It reminded her why being silly wasn't a bad thing and sometimes just being childish was good.
(---)
Meanwhile, back on Earth...
Xellos twitched as he sat on the back of an Elephant. The people of this continent were so... Grateful for everything he had been doing lately. First that local Warlord decided to try and mess with him, then he found a diamond mine and thought it would be hilarious to make the diamonds disappear and replace it with something completely worthless. Oh, it had been funny, until he found himself surrounded, again. This time, he just let his body become incorporeal and let the projectiles go right through him and hit each other. It was interesting, these projectiles, none of them had magic, and they were all small, yet incredibly lethal.
To humans at least. He was another matter.
Leaving that place, he felt rather amused by the conflicting emotions he felt. He went back only last week and discovered that they were STILL mining that mine. Apparently transmuting diamonds into coal wasn't the worst thing ever, since people of this world used coal for fuel and other things.
Out of sheer frustration, he blasted a port town on the Eastern side of the continent, just to feel better.
Less than an hour later, foreigners showed up and told him that he was a wonderful person for destroying the local pirate gang.
"What is up with this world?" He asked no one in particular.
Still, it wasn't as bad as what he did the other day...
Tears started to fall down his face and he started whining. "And I thought I did a good job too... I killed bunnies! Humans LOVE bunnies! I erased an entire continent's worth of rabbits!"
And the people were THANKING him for doing that!
"This world is *SO* messed up!" Xellos felt like banging his head on his staff, and wondered why the people of that continent had warned him about Dingos eating his babies.
"I swear, if I do one more good deed, I'm going to need to kill a couple dozen puppies just to feel better about myself." He grumbled before disappearing and heading North. Maybe the negative emotions he was feeling from up there would make him feel better.
(---)
Dolphin sighed as she sat on a throne made of ice and looked at the map she had in her hands. "Didn't that rabbit say to make a left turn at Albuquerque?" She had, but now she was on some sort of continent with no people, no chocolate and nothing... But some weird bird-like things that squawked at each other. She sighed and folded the map and looked at the birds. "So, why can't you fly?"
"Quark!"
"I see... Must be tough."
"Quark."
Dolphin nodded and leaned back. "Well, at least you don't have to worry about much down here, huh?"
"Quark!"
"Huh, I guess you could freeze to death. Dynast was the one who liked it cold, I prefer the ocean myself."
"Quark!"
"...No, I am not making myself naked just to go sliding down the snow on my ass." Dolphin sat up and glared at the bird. "Just what are you?"
"Quark!"
"...A penguin that was once a dirty old man and you think I'm pretty?"
"Quark!"
"...That's probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said about a demon lord." Dolphin shrugged and picked up the penguin and hugged it to her. "...You weren't kidding... Stop nuzzling my breasts."
"Quark."
"...Fine.. But I can't turn you back into a human, you know."
"Quark!"
Dolphin was about to say something when she saw a whale pop out of the ocean. "Whee!" She threw the poor penguin into a far mountain and ran for the whale. "Hey! Wait up!" She frowned as it let out a whine. "Well, yes, it is unusual for me to not wear heavy stuff, but I don't have a real body." She tilted her head. "Well, it's easier to say that I just like this form." She blinked and grinned. "What's that? You want to get revenge on some mean people? Sure, why not?" She had no reason to help the whale.
Yet, she had no reason not to help the whale. And the sea WAS her domain after all.
Xellos got bite in ass by karma in most suitable manner and Dolphin most adorable wacko with a power that put Nanoha and Co to a shame. And this make her more hilarious
"Nanoha!" Fate gasped as she saw the destruction and then narrowed her eyes at the suddenly nervous redhead, who was back in her civilian outfit. "Just what happened? Mom said not to destroy stuff unless we're training or under attack. There better have been a robbery or something."
"Uh, no, I was just sparring..." Nanoha chuckled as Yuuno and Fate both groaned while Miyuki shook her head in amusement. "Really, I kept it simple... Kind of..."
"You went Assault Mode on an old lady."
"You traitor!" Nanoha looked at Raising Heart, her eyes white and blank as she started to sweat from the aura of doom coming from Fate at that moment. "Um... Fate-chan... It's not... As bad..."
"Nanoha... I am... Not happy right now." Fate's eyes were covered by her bangs as lightning started to crackle around her hands.
"Enough of that." Mizetto spoke up, smiling at the young blonde. "I asked Nanoha to spar. If I had known about her other armor modes, I would have made sure to set limits to what she could use." Mizetto chuckled at the group and turned to see a couple young cadets just staring at what they had seen. "If you two have time to gawk, then I suppose another ten laps around the grounds will be good for you. And then you can spend the weekend fixing the damage, by yourself with no tools." She smiled as they turned and ran. "You need to be strict with recruits sometimes. Excuse me, it's time for lunch." She nodded and walked off.
"Seriously, Assault Mode?!" Yuuno gave Nanoha a dumb-founded look as the girl felt rather small in front of the three of them. "Nanoha! Come on! That's for fighting beings like Mazoku and Dragons, using it on someone who's human? What were you thinking?"
"I... Wanted to impress her?" Nanoha said meekly as she dug her shoe into the ground slightly as the other three groaned at her.
"So... Did you win or lose?" Miyuki asked and Nanoha started to really sweat.
"I... I'm not sure." She yelped at the look Miyuki gave her. "I think I could have won, but we stopped before then and..." Nanoha gulped as Miyuki jumped her and put her into a headlock.
"Dummy! You know what mom says about this! If you're going to use all your power, you better make sure you win!" Miyuki pulled on the headlock tightly, causing her younger sister to swing her arms up and down comically.
Seeing how things turned out, Fate just felt like rubbing her temples and idly wondered who was going to be the voice of reason this time around.
Still, seeing the small smile on Miyuki and Nanoha's faces... It reminded her why being silly wasn't a bad thing and sometimes just being childish was good.
(---)
Meanwhile, back on Earth...
Xellos twitched as he sat on the back of an Elephant. The people of this continent were so... Grateful for everything he had been doing lately. First that local Warlord decided to try and mess with him, then he found a diamond mine and thought it would be hilarious to make the diamonds disappear and replace it with something completely worthless. Oh, it had been funny, until he found himself surrounded, again. This time, he just let his body become incorporeal and let the projectiles go right through him and hit each other. It was interesting, these projectiles, none of them had magic, and they were all small, yet incredibly lethal.
To humans at least. He was another matter.
Leaving that place, he felt rather amused by the conflicting emotions he felt. He went back only last week and discovered that they were STILL mining that mine. Apparently transmuting diamonds into coal wasn't the worst thing ever, since people of this world used coal for fuel and other things.
Out of sheer frustration, he blasted a port town on the Eastern side of the continent, just to feel better.
Less than an hour later, foreigners showed up and told him that he was a wonderful person for destroying the local pirate gang.
"What is up with this world?" He asked no one in particular.
Still, it wasn't as bad as what he did the other day...
Tears started to fall down his face and he started whining. "And I thought I did a good job too... I killed bunnies! Humans LOVE bunnies! I erased an entire continent's worth of rabbits!"
And the people were THANKING him for doing that!
"This world is *SO* messed up!" Xellos felt like banging his head on his staff, and wondered why the people of that continent had warned him about Dingos eating his babies.
"I swear, if I do one more good deed, I'm going to need to kill a couple dozen puppies just to feel better about myself." He grumbled before disappearing and heading North. Maybe the negative emotions he was feeling from up there would make him feel better.
(---)
Dolphin sighed as she sat on a throne made of ice and looked at the map she had in her hands. "Didn't that rabbit say to make a left turn at Albuquerque?" She had, but now she was on some sort of continent with no people, no chocolate and nothing... But some weird bird-like things that squawked at each other. She sighed and folded the map and looked at the birds. "So, why can't you fly?"
"Quark!"
"I see... Must be tough."
"Quark."
Dolphin nodded and leaned back. "Well, at least you don't have to worry about much down here, huh?"
"Quark!"
"Huh, I guess you could freeze to death. Dynast was the one who liked it cold, I prefer the ocean myself."
"Quark!"
"...No, I am not making myself naked just to go sliding down the snow on my ass." Dolphin sat up and glared at the bird. "Just what are you?"
"Quark!"
"...A penguin that was once a dirty old man and you think I'm pretty?"
"Quark!"
"...That's probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said about a demon lord." Dolphin shrugged and picked up the penguin and hugged it to her. "...You weren't kidding... Stop nuzzling my breasts."
"Quark."
"...Fine.. But I can't turn you back into a human, you know."
"Quark!"
Dolphin was about to say something when she saw a whale pop out of the ocean. "Whee!" She threw the poor penguin into a far mountain and ran for the whale. "Hey! Wait up!" She frowned as it let out a whine. "Well, yes, it is unusual for me to not wear heavy stuff, but I don't have a real body." She tilted her head. "Well, it's easier to say that I just like this form." She blinked and grinned. "What's that? You want to get revenge on some mean people? Sure, why not?" She had no reason to help the whale.
Yet, she had no reason not to help the whale. And the sea WAS her domain after all.
ah Nanoha... eager to show her love.
Poor Xellos. Hopelessly trying to cause some chaos ends him becoming a hero on the other side of his targets...
And poor pirates and other hunters in the sea, Dolphin is going to kick their collective a$$es...
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
Hmm, I seem to encounter the term 'NSIS (Naval Special Intelligence)' quite a few times recently. Is the term actually canon or fanon?
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So I wrote a snippet for Rein Eins becoming the Familiar of Zero, originally posted it over at SpaceBattles:
The problem with using MSLN characters on Zero is that anybody with a name would be too powerful for the setting; I bet even Caro could beat Wardes' ass (the arm pumping scene came to mind)
The problem with using MSLN characters on Zero is that anybody with a name would be too powerful for the setting; I bet even Caro could beat Wardes' ass (the arm pumping scene came to mind)
Well, I originally posted it in the Breaking of Louise thread, which is for chars that would break the setting.
2011-01-15, 22:22
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