It's the shy ones you always gotta watch out for in bed.
But the more astounding it is in the bedroom, the more overtly recessive will the individual be, as stated by the trope. In practice, this is a very hard to thing to do as an author to carve and sculpt properly, and even my attempts have failed to impress me beyond, "Yes this is a fanboy/girl fap-session, totally disjointed from reality."
No one has managed to NxF like I'd want it to. Or NxY. Or any other Nanohaverse pairing. I want to find the realism and yet capture the sweet dreamy essence of a relationship, one that can even take the gross befoulments of ero and make it scented, without reeking of fanboy/girlism. I've yet to find that spark that first made me love CCS fandom, before it became drowned in fapping.
No one, not even myself, has delivered, and thus I continue my pursuit of this Holy Grail. In the meantime, I write about war and love.
But the more astounding it is in the bedroom, the more overtly recessive will the individual be, as stated by the trope. In practice, this is a very hard to thing to do as an author to carve and sculpt properly, and even my attempts have failed to impress me beyond, "Yes this is a fanboy/girl fap-session, totally disjointed from reality."
No one has managed to NxF like I'd want it to. Or NxY. Or any other Nanohaverse pairing. I want to find the realism and yet capture the sweet dreamy essence of a relationship, one that can even take the gross befoulments of ero and make it scented, without reeking of fanboy/girlism. I've yet to find that spark that first made me love CCS fandom, before it became drowned in fapping.
No one, not even myself, has delivered, and thus I continue my pursuit of this Holy Grail. In the meantime, I write about war and love.
The Holy Grail is at the top of the floating castle in the Yggdrasil Labyrinth! /Etrian Odyssey 2
Providence» by Lyem
Two ancient bloodlines converge from across the world to fulfill a destiny. After thousands of years, their world's greatest mystery will be uncovered. A fantasy setting genre. NanoFate and others.
Fiction Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 36,909 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 8-20-08 - Published: 7-16-08
I'm here to recommend you this fanfic. I'm not that much into fantasy, but I opened the fic and looking over it seemed well written so I gave it a chance, and what I discovered was, without a doubt, Beyond Epic: a fantasy world with its own life, history, races, creatures, and magic, everything in a well designed universe that doesn't has too much to envy to Tolkien's.
Probably due to its length (14 Kwords for the first chapter, 22 for the second) some people have ignored it, but let me say that I think every word from this fantasy fic is worth your time, and if you haven't read it yet, you're missing something big.
The fic has some NanoFate but it isn't romance centered so I think everyone should hive it a chance. The plot is BIG and goes by its own, including lots of characters from the series, and even the devices in their own peculiar forms.
"This is going to be great." Hair bounced merrily behind the blue haired girl sporting a cheerleader style ponytail. The strands tickled her neck slightly but was ignored after her friend had taken her hand to keep it from rubbing the area. "I can't beleive they were able to get us Fake IDs!"
"Shh!" Vivio nudged her friend. "We're still sixteen, we have to act the part! Just stay calm and act like you're twenty-one." She nodded at the doorman guarding the entrance to the bar and held up her ID card. With a wink she was allowed in and Syn followed.
"Wait!" A large hand grabbed Syn's shoulder, making her stop in her tracks. "Let me look at you again."
Syn turned and blinked. "Huh?" She put a hand on her hip and glared. "Look, pal, I'm not interested in dating a bouncer. Too many girls pass by for me to feel comfortable."
The man blushed and tried to ignore the snickering behind him. "My bad, go ahead."
"Thanks." Syn took her card back and met with Vivio again. "I think my heart skipped a beat."
"Good job," Vivio nudged her lightly and grinned as they sat at the bar. "Hey! Hey barkeep! Give us some beer!"
"What kind?" The man asked while cleaning a glass and talking to a girl in front of him.
Vivio pouted. "Um..."
The man looked at them and fumbled his cleaning, almost dropping his glass. "You two..." He went over to them and leaned closer, looking at the miscolored eyes."
Vivio tried the card Syn played earlier. "What, you going to hit on your customers?"
The man smirked and leaned back. "Oh no, no not at all. This is your first time in a bar, huh?"
"Just turned." Syn flashed her ID and put it back after letting the man glance at it. "Give us something good."
"Oh, I will." The man flipped his blue ponytail over his shoulder and took two Collins glasses out before mixing several things into them. "We call this 'Riot Force Breaker'. I made it for the top Aces who come in here a lot. Are you woman enough to handle what they do?"
Vivio's nerve was struck hard. "Of course!" She grabbed the glass and downed it back so fast she didn't even taste it. "HA! Give me another!"
Syn copied the move and slammed her glass down. "That tasted like no alcohol at all!"
Kuhn grinned to himself. "Oh, I know... I know..."
~**~
"You know what?" Vivio looked at Syn and out an arm around her, leaning heavily on the girl. Her eyes were unfocused and voice slurring more with every word. "I... I wanna... I wanna... you listenin'? you listenin'? Good...I wanna tell you... that I... I respect you..." Vivio poked Syn's chest and both of them would have fallen off the stools if not for the people next to them shoving them back over.
Syn grinned stupidly at her. "I reshpak yuu tuu." She hiccuped loudly and gave her friend an over exaggerated hug. "You... You're she apples of mine eyesh."
"Cuppycakes!"
"Mai cuppcakesh!" Syn raised her mostly empty glass and started singing the song with Vivio, much to the amusement of the people around them. " You kno whatsh, Vi? I..." She hiccuped again. "I lurv you. Shooooooooooo much."
"Me too!" Vivio cheered happily, eyes wide and throwing out her arms. What was left in her glass was slung onto the floor, making someone behind her slip and fall. "Syn is my secret crush!"
"Yay!" The two hugged again and kissed sloppily, trying to use their tongue but ending up snickering and laughing, their kissing turning into a hug while giggling. Syn turned back to an amused Kuhn and raised her glass. "More!"
"You got it!" He proudly filled their drinks with a dark amber liquid."
Haseo looked over at him and shook his head, whispering to the barkeep. "Hey, they're wasted, you should cut them off!"
Kuhn shook his head. "Nothing gives a worse hangover than drinking this stuff. They'll be throwing up all night, I promise you." He slid the drinks over and smiled at the two. "On the house if you can drink it all in one go!" The two drunk girls nodded and turned up the glass before slamming them onto the floor, along with the rest of their bodies. "Haseo, be a pal and take them home for me?"
"Oh god, why me?" The white haired waiter leapt over the bar and sank down, picking both up at the same time with skill he learned over the years. "If Nanoha ask, I'm telling them it was your fault."
"Go ahead," Kuhn started juggling some bottles to pass the time while waiting for another order. "I promise they learned their lesson.
~**~
Nanoha groaned and opened her door angrily. "WHAT do you want!?" She yelled at the person. It was three in the morning ans she wasn't in a good mood.
"Special delivery." Haseo spoke up, making Nanoha wake a little more.
"...wha...?"
"Here, this'll explain it." He moved expertly to reach into his pocket to take out two plastic cards to give to Nanoha while the drunken girls moaned in their sleep. "They got fake IDs and came to Fuji's."
Nanoha's eyes narrowed. "Who served them!?"
"Kuhn, gave them multiple riot breakers and some whiskey and burbon."
Nanoha's frown turned to a smile. "Well, I don't need to punish them then... did they eat anything?"
"Spicy wings." Haseo grimmaced. "They're in for a wild night." The blue haired one in his arms groaned louder and burped, making him wince. "Hey, they're yours now."
Nanoha took Vivio and allowed her friend to drag Syn into their house, placing them both on Vivio's bed. "Thanks, Haseo. I'll tip you big next time we're there."
"Don't mention it. Say hi to everyone for me."
"Sure," She waved to him as he left and then went to her own bedroom.
Fate groaned lightly when the cold air was let into her bed. "Ugh, who was that?"
"Haseo. I'lll explain in the morning." Fate answered with heavy breathing, her own version of snoring. The mother grinned and curled up next to her, hearing scrambling and tripping sounds from across the house, followed shortly by the sounds of throwing up.
~**~
"TIME FOR SCHOOL!" Nanoha yelled loudly at her daughter, who cried at once, covering her ears. "WAKEY WAKEY VIVIO!!" She saw Syn fall out of the bed and hold a pillow to her head. "HELLO SYN!" She practically screamed at the girl, who whimpered and cried.
"Mama, I don't feel good..." Vivio's voice wavered.
"YOU'RE FINE!" Nanoha told, her pulling her daughter out of bed.
Syn groaned loudly. "My heeeaaaad..."
Fate chose that moment to enter the room, holding two glasses of water. "Thirsty, girls?"
Vivio instantly took the glass and drank it all in one go, followed by Syn as soon as she managed to sit up.
Nanoha looked over at Fate and grinned. "Oooooh, you're mean."
Fate smiled back. "They need to learn their lesson."
Vivio looked at the empty glass for a few moment before a hiccup died in her throat. "...Oh god..." she stumbled to the bathroom, where Syn quickly chased. The two mothers put their hands on their hips and waited. "Oh Syn, my hair!"
Nanoha nodded in satisfaction. "Should we make them go to school?"
"Oh yes, they're going." Fate said firmly. "And I'm calling the nurse and tellnig her not to let them sleep too."
"I'll get the number," Nanoha scurried off while Fate walked to the bathroom and took a deep breath. "OKAY GIRLS, GET READY FOR SCHOOL!"
Providence» by Lyem
Two ancient bloodlines converge from across the world to fulfill a destiny. After thousands of years, their world's greatest mystery will be uncovered. A fantasy setting genre. NanoFate and others.
Fiction Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 36,909 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 8-20-08 - Published: 7-16-08
Spoiler for Long text is long:
I'm here to recommend you this fanfic. I'm not that much into fantasy, but I opened the fic and looking over it seemed well written so I gave it a chance, and what I discovered was, without a doubt, Beyond Epic: a fantasy world with its own life, history, races, creatures, and magic, everything in a well designed universe that doesn't has too much to envy to Tolkien's.
Probably due to its length (14 Kwords for the first chapter, 22 for the second) some people have ignored it, but let me say that I think every word from this fantasy fic is worth your time, and if you haven't read it yet, you're missing something big.
The fic has some NanoFate but it isn't romance centered so I think everyone should hive it a chance. The plot is BIG and goes by its own, including lots of characters from the series, and even the devices in their own peculiar forms.
"This is going to be great." Hair bounced merrily behind the blue haired girl sporting a cheerleader style ponytail. The strands tickled her neck slightly but was ignored after her friend had taken her hand to keep it from rubbing the area. "I can't beleive they were able to get us Fake IDs!"
"Shh!" Vivio nudged her friend. "We're still sixteen, we have to act the part! Just stay calm and act like you're twenty-one." She nodded at the doorman guarding the entrance to the bar and held up her ID card. With a wink she was allowed in and Syn followed.
"Wait!" A large hand grabbed Syn's shoulder, making her stop in her tracks. "Let me look at you again."
Syn turned and blinked. "Huh?" She put a hand on her hip and glared. "Look, pal, I'm not interested in dating a bouncer. Too many girls pass by for me to feel comfortable."
The man blushed and tried to ignore the snickering behind him. "My bad, go ahead."
"Thanks." Syn took her card back and met with Vivio again. "I think my heart skipped a beat."
"Good job," Vivio nudged her lightly and grinned as they sat at the bar. "Hey! Hey barkeep! Give us some beer!"
"What kind?" The man asked while cleaning a glass and talking to a girl in front of him.
Vivio pouted. "Um..."
The man looked at them and fumbled his cleaning, almost dropping his glass. "You two..." He went over to them and leaned closer, looking at the miscolored eyes."
Vivio tried the card Syn played earlier. "What, you going to hit on your customers?"
The man smirked and leaned back. "Oh no, no not at all. This is your first time in a bar, huh?"
"Just turned." Syn flashed her ID and put it back after letting the man glance at it. "Give us something good."
"Oh, I will." The man flipped his blue ponytail over his shoulder and took two Collins glasses out before mixing several things into them. "We call this 'Riot Force Breaker'. I made it for the top Aces who come in here a lot. Are you woman enough to handle what they do?"
Vivio's nerve was struck hard. "Of course!" She grabbed the glass and downed it back so fast she didn't even taste it. "HA! Give me another!"
Syn copied the move and slammed her glass down. "That tasted like no alcohol at all!"
Kuhn grinned to himself. "Oh, I know... I know..."
~**~
"You know what?" Vivio looked at Syn and out an arm around her, leaning heavily on the girl. Her eyes were unfocused and voice slurring more with every word. "I... I wanna... I wanna... you listenin'? you listenin'? Good...I wanna tell you... that I... I respect you..." Vivio poked Syn's chest and both of them would have fallen off the stools if not for the people next to them shoving them back over.
Syn grinned stupidly at her. "I reshpak yuu tuu." She hiccuped loudly and gave her friend an over exaggerated hug. "You... You're she apples of mine eyesh."
"Cuppycakes!"
"Mai cuppcakesh!" Syn raised her mostly empty glass and started singing the song with Vivio, much to the amusement of the people around them. " You kno whatsh, Vi? I..." She hiccuped again. "I lurv you. Shooooooooooo much."
"Me too!" Vivio cheered happily, eyes wide and throwing out her arms. What was left in her glass was slung onto the floor, making someone behind her slip and fall. "Syn is my secret crush!"
"Yay!" The two hugged again and kissed sloppily, trying to use their tongue but ending up snickering and laughing, their kissing turning into a hug while giggling. Syn turned back to an amused Kuhn and raised her glass. "More!"
"You got it!" He proudly filled their drinks with a dark amber liquid."
Haseo looked over at him and shook his head, whispering to the barkeep. "Hey, they're wasted, you should cut them off!"
Kuhn shook his head. "Nothing gives a worse hangover than drinking this stuff. They'll be throwing up all night, I promise you." He slid the drinks over and smiled at the two. "On the house if you can drink it all in one go!" The two drunk girls nodded and turned up the glass before slamming them onto the floor, along with the rest of their bodies. "Haseo, be a pal and take them home for me?"
"Oh god, why me?" The white haired waiter leapt over the bar and sank down, picking both up at the same time with skill he learned over the years. "If Nanoha ask, I'm telling them it was your fault."
"Go ahead," Kuhn started juggling some bottles to pass the time while waiting for another order. "I promise they learned their lesson.
~**~
Nanoha groaned and opened her door angrily. "WHAT do you want!?" She yelled at the person. It was three in the morning ans she wasn't in a good mood.
"Special delivery." Haseo spoke up, making Nanoha wake a little more.
"...wha...?"
"Here, this'll explain it." He moved expertly to reach into his pocket to take out two plastic cards to give to Nanoha while the drunken girls moaned in their sleep. "They got fake IDs and came to Fuji's."
Nanoha's eyes narrowed. "Who served them!?"
"Kuhn, gave them multiple riot breakers and some whiskey and burbon."
Nanoha's frown turned to a smile. "Well, I don't need to punish them then... did they eat anything?"
"Spicy wings." Haseo grimmaced. "They're in for a wild night." The blue haired one in his arms groaned louder and burped, making him wince. "Hey, they're yours now."
Nanoha took Vivio and allowed her friend to drag Syn into their house, placing them both on Vivio's bed. "Thanks, Haseo. I'll tip you big next time we're there."
"Don't mention it. Say hi to everyone for me."
"Sure," She waved to him as he left and then went to her own bedroom.
Fate groaned lightly when the cold air was let into her bed. "Ugh, who was that?"
"Haseo. I'lll explain in the morning." Fate answered with heavy breathing, her own version of snoring. The mother grinned and curled up next to her, hearing scrambling and tripping sounds from across the house, followed shortly by the sounds of throwing up.
~**~
"TIME FOR SCHOOL!" Nanoha yelled loudly at her daughter, who cried at once, covering her ears. "WAKEY WAKEY VIVIO!!" She saw Syn fall out of the bed and hold a pillow to her head. "HELLO SYN!" She practically screamed at the girl, who whimpered and cried.
"Mama, I don't feel good..." Vivio's voice wavered.
"YOU'RE FINE!" Nanoha told, her pulling her daughter out of bed.
Syn groaned loudly. "My heeeaaaad..."
Fate chose that moment to enter the room, holding two glasses of water. "Thirsty, girls?"
Vivio instantly took the glass and drank it all in one go, followed by Syn as soon as she managed to sit up.
Nanoha looked over at Fate and grinned. "Oooooh, you're mean."
Fate smiled back. "They need to learn their lesson."
Vivio looked at the empty glass for a few moment before a hiccup died in her throat. "...Oh god..." she stumbled to the bathroom, where Syn quickly chased. The two mothers put their hands on their hips and waited. "Oh Syn, my hair!"
Nanoha nodded in satisfaction. "Should we make them go to school?"
"Oh yes, they're going." Fate said firmly. "And I'm calling the nurse and tellnig her not to let them sleep too."
"I'll get the number," Nanoha scurried off while Fate walked to the bathroom and took a deep breath. "OKAY GIRLS, GET READY FOR SCHOOL!"
Vivio sobbed loudly. "My heeeaaaad!"
that was funny, way to go Satashi.
i love the end when Nanoha and Fate play an evil role to teach Vivio and Syn a lesson, wanna more Vivio/Syn please (puppy eyes).
Providence» by Lyem
Two ancient bloodlines converge from across the world to fulfill a destiny. After thousands of years, their world's greatest mystery will be uncovered. A fantasy setting genre. NanoFate and others.
Fiction Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 36,909 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 8-20-08 - Published: 7-16-08
I'm here to recommend you this fanfic. I'm not that much into fantasy, but I opened the fic and looking over it seemed well written so I gave it a chance, and what I discovered was, without a doubt, Beyond Epic: a fantasy world with its own life, history, races, creatures, and magic, everything in a well designed universe that doesn't has too much to envy to Tolkien's.
Probably due to its length (14 Kwords for the first chapter, 22 for the second) some people have ignored it, but let me say that I think every word from this fantasy fic is worth your time, and if you haven't read it yet, you're missing something big.
The fic has some NanoFate but it isn't romance centered so I think everyone should hive it a chance. The plot is BIG and goes by its own, including lots of characters from the series, and even the devices in their own peculiar forms.
I can agree with you with that, but I wonder where you found the art?
It's in the MegaPack vol2, and I posted them in the first version of our image board too, so probably Lyem found the pics in one of those places.
I think I bookmarked the web of the artist, but I have like 50 bookmarks in my nanfoate folder and I'm too lazy to browse through all of them to find a specific blog =/
Providence» by Lyem
Two ancient bloodlines converge from across the world to fulfill a destiny. After thousands of years, their world's greatest mystery will be uncovered. A fantasy setting genre. NanoFate and others.
Fiction Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 36,909 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 8-20-08 - Published: 7-16-08
I'm here to recommend you this fanfic. I'm not that much into fantasy, but I opened the fic and looking over it seemed well written so I gave it a chance, and what I discovered was, without a doubt, Beyond Epic: a fantasy world with its own life, history, races, creatures, and magic, everything in a well designed universe that doesn't has too much to envy to Tolkien's.
Probably due to its length (14 Kwords for the first chapter, 22 for the second) some people have ignored it, but let me say that I think every word from this fantasy fic is worth your time, and if you haven't read it yet, you're missing something big.
The fic has some NanoFate but it isn't romance centered so I think everyone should hive it a chance. The plot is BIG and goes by its own, including lots of characters from the series, and even the devices in their own peculiar forms.
"TIME FOR SCHOOL!" Nanoha yelled loudly at her daughter, who cried at once, covering her ears. "WAKEY WAKEY VIVIO!!" She saw Syn fall out of the bed and hold a pillow to her head. "HELLO SYN!" She practically screamed at the girl, who whimpered and cried.
"Mama, I don't feel good..." Vivio's voice wavered.
"YOU'RE FINE!" Nanoha told, her pulling her daughter out of bed.
Syn groaned loudly. "My heeeaaaad..."
Fate chose that moment to enter the room, holding two glasses of water. "Thirsty, girls?"
Vivio instantly took the glass and drank it all in one go, followed by Syn as soon as she managed to sit up.
Nanoha looked over at Fate and grinned. "Oooooh, you're mean."
Fate smiled back. "They need to learn their lesson."
Vivio looked at the empty glass for a few moment before a hiccup died in her throat. "...Oh god..." she stumbled to the bathroom, where Syn quickly chased. The two mothers put their hands on their hips and waited. "Oh Syn, my hair!"
Nanoha nodded in satisfaction. "Should we make them go to school?"
"Oh yes, they're going." Fate said firmly. "And I'm calling the nurse and tellnig her not to let them sleep too."
"I'll get the number," Nanoha scurried off while Fate walked to the bathroom and took a deep breath. "OKAY GIRLS, GET READY FOR SCHOOL!"
Vivio sobbed loudly. "My heeeaaaad!"
They're both as devilish as each other! :O
Now kids that's why it's more fun to watch other people get drunk.
Before anyone says anything: it's legal to drink in the UK at 18.
Now kids that's why it's more fun to watch other people get drunk.
Before anyone says anything: it's legal to drink in the UK at 18.
That it is . I have yet to touch a drop myself .
Quote:
Originally Posted by Satashi
Dedicated to Wanwan :3
Spoiler for Drunk!Vivio/Syn:
*snip*
Hmm...is that crack I smell?
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Vivo and Syn groaned in the bathroom. Right now they figured it was best not to make any sudden movements. To them that meant no moving at all as they rested their heads on the rim of the toilet. Vivio's head lifted up a bit as she heard her mothers outside the bathroom door.
"Oh great Porcelain God, we humbly offer thee sacrifice this day from these two maidens. May their offerings please you until you have had your fill~"
The blond turned her head towards the snickering and opened her mouth to protest. However, it seemed that the Porcelain God demanded more offerings from her.
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The three women stared at each other with eyes narrowed.
“Rock! Paper! Scissors!” they yelled while their fists bounced in front of them, and the event ended with cheers from the two brunettes.
“Shit!” Fate growled staring at her closed fist, “Come on, guys. Best two out of three? Please?”
“Oh, no!” laughed Hayate, “You lost fair and square!”
Fate frowned, “But…but…I don’t want to be the DD!”
“Tooooooo bad!” taunted Nanoha with her tongue out, “I’ve been DD twice now. You’re due!”
“Damn it!” growled Fate, “Fine, whatever, let’s just go!”
“Oh, Fate’s an angry sober?” Hayate asked Nanoha mockingly causing Nanoha to laugh at the blond’s expression.
“Get over yourself,” smiled Hayate to Fate, “You can liquor up when we get back.”
“Do you mean ’liquor up’ or ‘lick her up?’” asked Fate.
“It could be both for all I care,” replied Hayate while she ignored Nanoha’s crimson face.
The trio of soldiers piled into Fate’s car and drove to the high awaited “Riot Reunion Rave” or "R3" as it had become affectionately named. Even three years after Riot Force 6 had been dismantled, its members still met once a year for a huge party on a field near the old base.
The trio of aces stepped out of the car to the cheers and applause of the party-goers. Old friends, colleagues, and even old enemies who became friends held up blue plastic cups to toast them.
Hayate and Nanoha instantly had full cups in their hands, but when one was offered to Fate, Nanoha intercepted it with her free hand.
“Sorry,” she told the young officer, “She’s the DD.”
Nanoha laughed at Fate’s scowl and started taking sips from the cups in her two hands. The party continued long into the night. Hayate mastered the “kegstand” on the fifth try, and Nanoha was happily losing a game of "Quarters" to Subaru.
‘Girl can’t hold her liquor!’ grumbled Fate to herself as she watched Nanoha get a little louder with each shot, ‘She should have been the Designated Driver!’
“Faaaaaaaate!”
She knew that voice. It was the voice of temptation. It was the call of the Alchy. It was the deep voice of Vice.
“NO!” she yelled instinctively, “I can’t!”
“But you want to…”
“Can’t! I’m the fucking DD tonight!”
She expected him to say “That sucks” or “too bad.” She hadn’t planned on him to say, “Just one won’t do anything will it? I thought you had a stronger liver than that?”
She turned to her Mephistopheles, “What are you mixing?”
“Sake bombs!”
“Hey!” yelled a drunk Griffith leaning on a tipsy Zafira, “Is Fate gonna do one too?”
“Sure, she is!” declared Vice as he handed a large pint of lager to Fate.
“But-“ Fate tried to argue.
“SAKE…” chanted the men around the keg, “SAKE….SAKE….”
Vice dropped a shotglass worth of the rice wine into Fate’s lager.
“BOMB!”
Fate hesitated briefly before succumbing to the pressure and downing the drink in multiple, rapid gulps. She gasped for air as the amber fluid dripped from her face and hair. The boys stared at her in awe.
“What?” she asked.
“AGAIN!!!” they cheered, and Vice started pumping the keg.
-- --- --
“I hope you’re happy,” Nanoha scolded.
“Ugh,” groaned Fate from the other side of the bed, “Inside voice, please”
Her head was pounding, but Nanoha was too pissed to care.
“Do you even realize how embarrassed I was when I had to beg Signum to drive us home? She even had to carry your drunk ass to bed!”
“Ummm…Murfle…” replied Fate pulling the pillow over her head.
“YOU’RE NOT SORRY ENOUGH!” yelled Nanoha into Fate’s ear causing the blond to wince with pain, “I’m never letting you drive to a party again!”
Nanoha angrily got up and walked to the bathroom slamming the door behind her.
“Did you learn…(hic)…your lesson?” mumbled the still sloshed Hayate from the foot of the large bed.
“I think I just learned how to get out of DDing for the rest of my life,” mumbled Fate, “Yay.”
“I’ll drink to that,” said Hayate, “once the room stops spinning.”
I prefer being the DD as well
You know DESIGNATED DRUNK
Quote:
Originally Posted by Allquall
And to continue the story that's really growing on me...
Spoiler for I'll Take The Kids, And You Take My Heart part five:
“Stop thanking me,” yawned Lindy, “I’ve already told you that you’re welcome over at any time.”
Nanoha slept soundly in her mother’s arms as Momoko followed Lindy through the dim hallway. Lindy stopped by a large bedroom door and carefully opened it. The door creaked softly, and Momoko could see the faint outline of Fate sleeping peacefully in her bed. Lindy moved over to the bed and lifted the sheets up carefully.
“Mom?” groaned Fate, “Is it day time?”
“No, honey,” whispered Lindy, “You’re ok. Go back to sleep.”
She brushed her daughter’s long blond hair out of her face and kissed her cheek. Fate rolled onto her side, her breathing evened, and Lindy moved out of the way for Momoko. The older Takamachi laid her daughter in the opening in the sheets, and Nanoha curled while sucking her thumb.
“What’s that look for?” asked Lindy to the concerned face of Momoko illuminated by the moonlight.
“She didn’t start sucking her thumb till after Shiro left us,” said Momoko quietly.
Momoko’s attention shifted from her curled up daughter to the woman standing next to her. While she had her robe closed with her cloth belt, Lindy let her robe lay open. Her light blue nightgown stopped midway down her thighs, and the spaghetti straps held up the plunging neckline that showcased her ample cleavage. Momoko’s study was cut off by Lindy folding her arms while raising a lone eyebrow.
“Tea?” offered Lindy with a sly smile while closing her robe.
“Please,” replied Momoko hoping that the dark could conceal her burning cheeks.
The two women walked to the lit kitchen where a pot of steaming water waited for them. With a simple outstretched hand, Lindy motioned to her guest to have a seat at the large table while two mugs clanked together as she removed them from the cabinet shelf.
“Is there any tea at all?” asked Momoko while she watched Lindy fill her glass of water with spoonfuls of sugar. She wrapped her fingers around the warm mug in front of her while her friend grinned.
The long green hair spilled haphazardly around Lindy’s neck and shoulders and down her back. “Let’s just say that I like my tea very weak,” she replied.
Momoko chuckled while taking a small sip from her mug.
“So, did you have nightmare or did you just want to see if I was serious about my offer?” smiled Lindy.
“I’m not sure,” said Momoko honestly, “Nanoha crawled in next to me, and I had some sort of bad dream, I suppose. I woke up terrified and just wanted someone to talk to.” Her gaze dropped as she realized how inane that must sound to someone.
“I’m glad you came over,” said Lindy reading the poor woman’s embarrassed expression, “It’s a horrible feeling to realize that you don’t have anyone to run to. I’m very happy that you know that I’m willing to listen no matter when and no matter how silly you may think it is.”
A lingering silence followed as Momoko weighed the risk of telling her new friend what plagued her mind at this ungodly hour.
“I had another dream about him,” said Momoko and paused to rub her tired eyes, “Does the pain ever go away? I always think that I’m healing, and then his face will appear in my dreams.” Her voice cracked as she tried to sort out her words, “It feels as bad as it did at the beginning, almost like a stitched wound that’s been ripped open.”
Lindy reached across the table and placed her slender fingers on Momoko’s trembling hand. Her own heart broke as she listened to the similar reflections that mirrored her own years ago. “It feels that way, because it is a wound,” she said clearly but quietly, “You’ve had half of you torn away without getting a say in the matter. It won’t heal overnight.”
Lindy felt warm water droplets fall onto her hand as Momoko hid her face behind her long hair. “Clyde died four years ago,” Lindy continued, “and I still have good days where I can laugh at my happy memories with him, but I have my bad days where those same memories will have me crying in a heartbeat.”
“Have you ever wanted to just…stop?”
Lindy looked hard at the woman who was clutching her hand, but Momoko refused to meet her eyes.
“Yes.”
Momoko finally looked up at Lindy with shock in her bloodshot eyes.
“There was a time,” Lindy cleared her throat while drawing her hand back and looking at the table, “when I wanted to….” Lindy’s voice trailed till she finally gave up on speaking altogether.
The women nervously sipped their tea while glancing up occasionally to see if the other one would speak.
“Do you feel that way?” Lindy finally asked.
Momoko turned her head away from the woman across the table, and her shoulders shook as she kept a wave of tears at bay.
“I want to,” Momoko finally gasped and wiped her eyes, “but Kyoya…and Miyu-”
She clenched her teeth as tears poured down her pained face. Unable to continue, she laid her head on her arms and silently cried. She was embarrassed at her inability to control her emotions, but that pain paled in comparison to the constant hurt of abandonment. She felt left behind and utterly alone.
Two warm arms surprised her as they lightly embraced her and gently pressed her into an inviting chest. She tried to stop her tears, but that only added hiccups interspersed in the deep sobs.
“I’m not leaving till you can,” whispered a voice kindly into her ear, “My kids were the only reason I didn’t go through with it either. No one should ever feel as lonely as I did, and my kids didn’t deserve that.” Lindy added a mother’s kiss to the crying woman’s temple.
Momoko could only nod in agreement as her tears made dark blue spots on the arms on Lindy’s robe. The green hair intermixed with the messy brunette locks, and Lindy held onto Momoko while she let a year’s worth of bitterness and anguish flow from her eyes. They stayed in that position for a long time while the clock on the kitchen wall continued to tick.
“I’m so sorry!” Momoko coughed when she realized the time. “I should let you get some sleep.”
She tried to stand but found that green-haired woman’s arms would not release her.
“Lindy?”
“Where do you think you’re going?” Lindy replied through a kind smile.
“Home,” answered Momoko sadly, “I should be getting ready for work in a half hour.”
The arms did not loosen their hold, “No, you’re not.”
“Excuse me?” Momoko said smiling.
“It would go against my conscience to let you go to work tired and mentally taxed,” said Lindy firmly but gently, “I know that you work seven days straight. You probably do it to keep your mind busy, but it won’t heal the real hurt. At the end of the day, you'll be just as lonely as ever.”
“Let go of me,” demanded an angry voice.
Lindy released her hold, and Momoko stormed to Fate’s bedroom door to get Nanoha.
“You can leave if you wish, but she stays,” said Lindy who was calmly leaning against the hallway wall.
“You’d be mistaken if you think you can keep me from my daughter,” stated Momoko warningly.
“But I will when I see that her mother is on the verge of a breakdown,” Lindy replied, "I won't risk you hurting her."
Momoko’s eyes narrowed as her hand gripped the doorknob of the bedroom.
“Open that door, and I call children’s services,” threatened Lindy, “All I need to tell them is that you told me that you’ve been considering suicide, and you’ll see the walls of a mental health ward instead of your kids.”
Momoko shook with anger but still held the brass doorknob. Lindy’s smile faded, and her hand reached down into the deep right pocket of her robe. Her hand reappeared with her mobile phone. Momoko continued to tremble while Lindy’s face became illuminated by the bright blue display as loud tones sounded while she punched in a telephone number. Momoko’s hand fell from the doorknob as she glared at Lindy in impotent rage. She leaned against the hallway next to the door, and her back slid down the smooth surface of the wall.
“I trusted you,” she whispered bitterly hugging her bent knees.
“I’m sorry,” said Lindy sincerely, “but trust me on the account that I was in your position at one point in time.” Lindy knelt down next to the angry woman, “Please,” she begged, “I don’t want you to be holding a liter of Popov and a bottle of Perocet, because you can’t take any more pressure.”
“I’m not going to break!” yelled Momoko, but the anger vanished from her face, “I can’t break!”
“I remember thinking that,” Lindy nodded, “but the world became complete noise for me. It was as if all the colors had smeared together and turned into an ugly shade of brown.”
Momoko stared at the kind eyes of the green haired woman.
“I’m strong, Momoko,” Lindy finally said, “and even I broke. Please, you don’t have to go through this alone, let me help you.”
“Why should I?” asked Momoko suspiciously.
Lindy gave a slight smile though her eyes were full of regret. She answered Momoko’s question by reaching out and turning the doorknob. She nodded toward the darkened room, and Momoko twisted around to see the snoring occupants. Nanoha was sleeping peacefully in Fate’s embrace. Long blond hair partially covered the five-year-old brunette, and Nanoha’s left arm was wrapped around Fate’s waist while her other arm was tucked next to the blond’s chest.
“She will suffer the most if you break down,” said Lindy sadly, “Thankfully, Fate was too young to remember, but I wonder about Chrono at times.”
Lindy offered her hand to Momoko, and the brunette took hold of Lindy’s hand and pulled herself up.
“So, what would you have me do?” Momoko finally asked.
“Close the café, but just for today,” Lindy added to ease Momoko’s fears, “and let your older kids go to their old clubs this afternoon.”
“But what about me?”
“Hmmm…” thought Lindy, “Stay here with me, and we’ll figure that one out later.”
The clock on the wall started to chime, and Momoko smiled as she walked away from Lindy.
“Where are you going?” asked Lindy.
“I need to let my son know the adjusted plans for today,” replied Momoko with the slight hint of a laugh in her voice, “I’ll be back.”
Lindy watched as Momoko transformed from an exhausted mother of three into something beautiful. Lindy felt her stomach turn at the sight of Momoko’s hair as it bounced on her back. Her eyes drifted downward and became fixated on her hips rhythmically moving back and forth. Lindy blinked at the subsequent mental image that was spawned from the stare and walked toward the kitchen.
“Time to start making breastfast…er…breakfast,” she caught herself saying and blushed.
Momoko ran back home to wake Kyoya in order to tell her son what she had decided, and the teenager nodded though he didn’t respond well in his sleepy confusion. Momoko rushed back to the house across the street and walked back in through the unlocked door. She heard the sounds of the radio as well as the clanking of pots and pans. The smell of breakfast cooking became stronger the closer Momoko crept to the kitchen as did the dulcet sounds of Lindy singing along with the radio:
“WHAT YOU WANT! BABY, I’VE GOT IT! WHAT YOU NEED….”
Writing Bloopers:
Spoiler for Allquall's Adventures in Proofreading!:
"Nanoha’s left arm was wrapped around Fate’s waist" conjures a very different mental image than the original horror "Nanoha’s left arm was wrapped around Fate’s waste."
Ummm...eww?
Its grown on me as well, cant wait for part 6
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Originally Posted by BPHaru
Providence» by Lyem
Two ancient bloodlines converge from across the world to fulfill a destiny. After thousands of years, their world's greatest mystery will be uncovered. A fantasy setting genre. NanoFate and others.
Fiction Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 36,909 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 8-20-08 - Published: 7-16-08
I'm here to recommend you this fanfic. I'm not that much into fantasy, but I opened the fic and looking over it seemed well written so I gave it a chance, and what I discovered was, without a doubt, Beyond Epic: a fantasy world with its own life, history, races, creatures, and magic, everything in a well designed universe that doesn't has too much to envy to Tolkien's.
Probably due to its length (14 Kwords for the first chapter, 22 for the second) some people have ignored it, but let me say that I think every word from this fantasy fic is worth your time, and if you haven't read it yet, you're missing something big.
The fic has some NanoFate but it isn't romance centered so I think everyone should hive it a chance. The plot is BIG and goes by its own, including lots of characters from the series, and even the devices in their own peculiar forms.
Been reading it also, hopfully part 3 will be posted soon
Now if only Arigatou Sheitarou would also post Red R o s e s soon too
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Originally Posted by Satashi
Dedicated to Wanwan :3
Spoiler for Drunk!Vivio/Syn:
"This is going to be great." Hair bounced merrily behind the blue haired girl sporting a cheerleader style ponytail. The strands tickled her neck slightly but was ignored after her friend had taken her hand to keep it from rubbing the area. "I can't beleive they were able to get us Fake IDs!"
"Shh!" Vivio nudged her friend. "We're still sixteen, we have to act the part! Just stay calm and act like you're twenty-one." She nodded at the doorman guarding the entrance to the bar and held up her ID card. With a wink she was allowed in and Syn followed.
"Wait!" A large hand grabbed Syn's shoulder, making her stop in her tracks. "Let me look at you again."
Syn turned and blinked. "Huh?" She put a hand on her hip and glared. "Look, pal, I'm not interested in dating a bouncer. Too many girls pass by for me to feel comfortable."
The man blushed and tried to ignore the snickering behind him. "My bad, go ahead."
"Thanks." Syn took her card back and met with Vivio again. "I think my heart skipped a beat."
"Good job," Vivio nudged her lightly and grinned as they sat at the bar. "Hey! Hey barkeep! Give us some beer!"
"What kind?" The man asked while cleaning a glass and talking to a girl in front of him.
Vivio pouted. "Um..."
The man looked at them and fumbled his cleaning, almost dropping his glass. "You two..." He went over to them and leaned closer, looking at the miscolored eyes."
Vivio tried the card Syn played earlier. "What, you going to hit on your customers?"
The man smirked and leaned back. "Oh no, no not at all. This is your first time in a bar, huh?"
"Just turned." Syn flashed her ID and put it back after letting the man glance at it. "Give us something good."
"Oh, I will." The man flipped his blue ponytail over his shoulder and took two Collins glasses out before mixing several things into them. "We call this 'Riot Force Breaker'. I made it for the top Aces who come in here a lot. Are you woman enough to handle what they do?"
Vivio's nerve was struck hard. "Of course!" She grabbed the glass and downed it back so fast she didn't even taste it. "HA! Give me another!"
Syn copied the move and slammed her glass down. "That tasted like no alcohol at all!"
Kuhn grinned to himself. "Oh, I know... I know..."
~**~
"You know what?" Vivio looked at Syn and out an arm around her, leaning heavily on the girl. Her eyes were unfocused and voice slurring more with every word. "I... I wanna... I wanna... you listenin'? you listenin'? Good...I wanna tell you... that I... I respect you..." Vivio poked Syn's chest and both of them would have fallen off the stools if not for the people next to them shoving them back over.
Syn grinned stupidly at her. "I reshpak yuu tuu." She hiccuped loudly and gave her friend an over exaggerated hug. "You... You're she apples of mine eyesh."
"Cuppycakes!"
"Mai cuppcakesh!" Syn raised her mostly empty glass and started singing the song with Vivio, much to the amusement of the people around them. " You kno whatsh, Vi? I..." She hiccuped again. "I lurv you. Shooooooooooo much."
"Me too!" Vivio cheered happily, eyes wide and throwing out her arms. What was left in her glass was slung onto the floor, making someone behind her slip and fall. "Syn is my secret crush!"
"Yay!" The two hugged again and kissed sloppily, trying to use their tongue but ending up snickering and laughing, their kissing turning into a hug while giggling. Syn turned back to an amused Kuhn and raised her glass. "More!"
"You got it!" He proudly filled their drinks with a dark amber liquid."
Haseo looked over at him and shook his head, whispering to the barkeep. "Hey, they're wasted, you should cut them off!"
Kuhn shook his head. "Nothing gives a worse hangover than drinking this stuff. They'll be throwing up all night, I promise you." He slid the drinks over and smiled at the two. "On the house if you can drink it all in one go!" The two drunk girls nodded and turned up the glass before slamming them onto the floor, along with the rest of their bodies. "Haseo, be a pal and take them home for me?"
"Oh god, why me?" The white haired waiter leapt over the bar and sank down, picking both up at the same time with skill he learned over the years. "If Nanoha ask, I'm telling them it was your fault."
"Go ahead," Kuhn started juggling some bottles to pass the time while waiting for another order. "I promise they learned their lesson.
~**~
Nanoha groaned and opened her door angrily. "WHAT do you want!?" She yelled at the person. It was three in the morning ans she wasn't in a good mood.
"Special delivery." Haseo spoke up, making Nanoha wake a little more.
"...wha...?"
"Here, this'll explain it." He moved expertly to reach into his pocket to take out two plastic cards to give to Nanoha while the drunken girls moaned in their sleep. "They got fake IDs and came to Fuji's."
Nanoha's eyes narrowed. "Who served them!?"
"Kuhn, gave them multiple riot breakers and some whiskey and burbon."
Nanoha's frown turned to a smile. "Well, I don't need to punish them then... did they eat anything?"
"Spicy wings." Haseo grimmaced. "They're in for a wild night." The blue haired one in his arms groaned louder and burped, making him wince. "Hey, they're yours now."
Nanoha took Vivio and allowed her friend to drag Syn into their house, placing them both on Vivio's bed. "Thanks, Haseo. I'll tip you big next time we're there."
"Don't mention it. Say hi to everyone for me."
"Sure," She waved to him as he left and then went to her own bedroom.
Fate groaned lightly when the cold air was let into her bed. "Ugh, who was that?"
"Haseo. I'lll explain in the morning." Fate answered with heavy breathing, her own version of snoring. The mother grinned and curled up next to her, hearing scrambling and tripping sounds from across the house, followed shortly by the sounds of throwing up.
~**~
"TIME FOR SCHOOL!" Nanoha yelled loudly at her daughter, who cried at once, covering her ears. "WAKEY WAKEY VIVIO!!" She saw Syn fall out of the bed and hold a pillow to her head. "HELLO SYN!" She practically screamed at the girl, who whimpered and cried.
"Mama, I don't feel good..." Vivio's voice wavered.
"YOU'RE FINE!" Nanoha told, her pulling her daughter out of bed.
Syn groaned loudly. "My heeeaaaad..."
Fate chose that moment to enter the room, holding two glasses of water. "Thirsty, girls?"
Vivio instantly took the glass and drank it all in one go, followed by Syn as soon as she managed to sit up.
Nanoha looked over at Fate and grinned. "Oooooh, you're mean."
Fate smiled back. "They need to learn their lesson."
Vivio looked at the empty glass for a few moment before a hiccup died in her throat. "...Oh god..." she stumbled to the bathroom, where Syn quickly chased. The two mothers put their hands on their hips and waited. "Oh Syn, my hair!"
Nanoha nodded in satisfaction. "Should we make them go to school?"
"Oh yes, they're going." Fate said firmly. "And I'm calling the nurse and tellnig her not to let them sleep too."
"I'll get the number," Nanoha scurried off while Fate walked to the bathroom and took a deep breath. "OKAY GIRLS, GET READY FOR SCHOOL!"
This little bottle of embarrassment came as a request from a friend.
As you all should know, Syn Virage and everything associated with the character belong to Keroko.
Spoiler for NSFW-Just move along-Rated M:
“Virage!” bellowed the old commanding officer, “Takamachi!”
The two navy captains saluted the elderly mage while Vivio stared daggers at the blue haired woman next to her.
“You two have been at each other’s throats all fucking day!” Syn watched the old man’s spittle launch from his lips and his gray hair bounce on his wrinkled forehead. “If this is your idea of foreplay, save us the courtship dance and go home and fuck yourselves already! If not, pay attention!”
While Tactics Instructor Rigby’s body may have aged, his temper was just as short as ever.
“Aye, Sir!” the two young knights replied though Syn rolled her eyes when Rigby turned to face the other members of the elite squad.
“Virage!” yelled Rigby without turning around, “What’s your killzone?”
“One hundred to six hundred yards, sir.”
“How far am I away from you?”
“Eight yards, sir.”
“My killzone is zero to thirty,” barked the old man, “Mind your manners, you arrogant piece of shit!”
Syn jerked her head suddenly in the direction of the person who chuckled at the old man’s threat. Vivio stopped laughing when she saw Syn looking her way, and her lips pursed in annoyance as she turned her attention to the training field in front of them. Syn could see the anger flash in her girlfriend’s eyes, but she’d be damned if she could think of a reason to set Vivio off like this. Her brow furrowed as she tried to remember if she had picked up her clothes off of the floor or put her dishes in the dishwasher that morning.
“What the hell is your problem?” she whispered unable to think of anything.
“Oh,” sniped Vivio sarcastically, “Is the great Syn Virage willing to listen to the pleas of her people?”
“Not if ‘my people’ are going to be this bitchy!” Syn said with a sneer, “Geez, I thought your period wasn’t for another week. Do I need to get a box of tampons for you when we head back to the barracks?”
Syn knew immediately that that was the wrong answer. Vivio bared her teeth as her annoyance instantly turned to blinding rage. However, Syn handled Vivio’s anger the same way she always had: the angrier Vivio became, the calmer she would be. Syn sighed nonchalantly while green sparks started to fly from Vivio’s grinding device gloves.
“Are you going to just stand there,” smiled Syn, “or are you going to back up that expression?”
Vivio’s curled fist flew toward Syn’s smile but was quickly intercepted by an old, grizzled, but strong hand.
“I warned you two!” growled the angry Rigby, “Go settle whatever’s got your bollocks in a twist in the cage!”
The ranks went silent as they watched Rigby drag the two famous daughters to the equally famous place. Syn and Vivio knew about the cage though they had never been there. In fact, no one had been in there in years. It was a large, magically protected room that was used for the occasional heavy artillery and ballistics testing. Vivio’s mother had rented out the room years ago to show advanced airmen her “Starlight Breaker.” However, the room had another purpose for those in the Navy. If two men were arguing to the point of being distracting, the punishment might be the cage. Two men would go in, and the magical door would not open until one or both of the men were unconscious.
“I don’t care what you’re bitching about!” roared Rigby, “but it better be over when that door opens again!”
The old man threw them into the spacious room, and lone exit door sealed shut. Syn stood up and dusted herself off.
“Well, we’re stuck, so how did I piss you off this time?” asked Syn while hiding any sign of concern or sincerity behind her protective mask of sarcasm.
“I’ve been trying to tell you since last night,” yelled Vivio, “but you’re too dense to get it!”
“What?” replied a perplexed Syn, “You were whining about your device not working properly! See, I listen!”
“You idiot!” Vivio fired back, “I said ‘This wasn’t working for me!’ ‘This!’” She pointed to herself and to Syn, “As in 'you and me' wasn’t working for me anymore!”
Syn paled as she experienced the unwanted epiphany, “You’re…you’re…breaking up with me?”
Vivio had a million witty retorts, but all she could do was stare at the wounded expression on the usually confident face of Syn.
“Why?” Syn finally said.
“If you need to ask that, then there’s your first reason,” replied Vivio as her anger transformed into pity, “I’m sorry, but I can’t do this anymore.”
“No!” yelled Syn as she tried to control her emotions, “Tell me why! How can I fix this?”
“It’s too late.”
“Is there someone else?” gulped Syn in a moment of complete weakness.
“No,” said Vivio truthfully, “but I know you too well to hope that you can change. If we’ve only made this much progress in seven years, we might need to cut our losses and find-“
“UN-FUCKING-ACCEPTABLE!”
The swift change in demeanor took Vivio by surprise.
“You’re the only one for me!” roared Syn as rare tears danced in her eyes, “Don’t just throw this at me and expect me to go away without asking why! I LO-“
Syn cut off her statement with a crimson blush on her face.
“Say it!” commanded Vivio, “I’ve said it to you a million times, but you’ve never reciprocated! You want me back? Say it!”
“I…” Syn fought through the fortified walls of pride that surrounded her heart. Part of her reasoned that if Vivio had this much control over her that it may be worth ending the relationship, but the other part of her didn’t want to consider a life without waking up with that messy head of blond hair in her face every morning.
“…I love you…”
“Do you?” asked Vivio with her face steeled in seriousness.
Syn nodded without meeting the victorious red and green eyes. She did look up when she heard the sound of two cartridges loading and clanking onto the cage floor. Syn watched Vivio’s uniform melt away and replaced by her barrier jacket.
“Syn, do you love me?”
Syn stared at the woman walking toward her with the gears of her device gloves grinding with magical energy.
“Yes, I do,” Syn replied though she also ordered her barrier jacket to manifest.
“You have one chance to prove it,” Vivio declared as she started to charge at the blue haired woman.
“So be it,” replied Syn through clenched teeth, “Hellskor!”
The large battle bow sparkled with magical energy as its master jumped back to take aim at her charging lover and current opponent.
Spoiler for Here be SMEX and VIOLINS!:
SMEX AND VIOLINS!!
Like hell I'm putting that NSFW section on AS.
TSS reminds me! This is my newest short series... I won't probably be able to write much for the next few days (Labor Day weekend = BUSY DAYS at work) but I should be able to by maybe Mon or Tue... Wed for sure.
So without further ado here's a teaser! (It's all I've written so far )
Spoiler for Lyrical Odyssey:
“You already bought how many copies?” coughed Nanoha in surprise, swallowing the bite of food in her mouth quickly
“One for everyone of course!” remarked Hayate gleefully, wrapping spaghetti on her fork and placing it in her mouth casually, “So you aren't going to say no now are ya?” teased Hayate as she went to get another forkful of the spaghetti
“We're supposed to be on vacation not playing games...” groaned Nanoha, “I have all this paperwork to do and - “
“Well shouldn't you be relaxing instead of working Nanoha...?” cut in Fate softly giving Nanoha a sideways glance with her fork to her lips, “Besides they didn't give me anything to do...”
“Well they didn't give me it exactly,” retorted Nanoha stubbornly, “But it's very important training paperwork I need to - “
“But Nanoha-san isn't the point of a vacation to relax?” asked Erio
“Erio-kun is right!” added Caro sitting back down at the table after getting another helping, “So come on Nanoha-san, don't be working on your time off!”
The Ace of Aces sighed and slumped her shoulders as she dejectedly took another forkful of spaghetti into her mouth, “Ok, ok... So ah, what did you buy anyway Hayate-chan?”
“Well it's an old game but I managed to find a version of it that you can play online with friends! It's called 'Etrian Odyssey Online', I know I have a box around here somewhere...” Hayate got up from her seat and began scouring the kitchen, before Signum pointed off to the side into a room and she bounded off into it, returning with a plastic bag full of box-shaped objects, “Here we go!”
She unceremoniously dumped the contents of the bag onto an empty spot on the table, twenty plastic wrapped computer game boxes spilling out. Nanoha plucked one from the table as the others at the table – Fate, Signum, Shamal, Zafiria, Caro, Erio, Teana, Subaru, and Vita – also grabbed one. Nanoha looked oddly at the rather large remaining amount.
“Why did you get so many extras...?”
“Well I thought I could give some out and well uhm... I saved more money this way.” admitted the brunette nervously
“They caught her with a good deal, if she bought it in groups of ten.” pointed out Signum with a sly smirk
Hayate pouted as Nanoha took a look at the box. Still wrapped in plastic the front cover of the box had the words 'Etrian Odyssey Online' written in a green color in a old-styled font, it looked like fancy cursive. The box art had a small party of adventurers in various action poses. She flipped the box over and took a quick look of the back. The back advertised the game's large dungeons and highly customizable adventurers. It also said something about a kind of enemy called “FOE”. It looked rather typical, she wondered what was so interesting about it...
“So!” announced Hayate suddenly, “I'll set up a game and everything! So after dinner run home and get it all set up and let's play all night~”
Nanoha sighed. She wasn't going to get any of her work done at this rate...
This little bottle of embarrassment came as a request from a friend.
As you all should know, Syn Virage and everything associated with the character belong to Keroko.
Spoiler for NSFW-Just move along-Rated M:
“Virage!” bellowed the old commanding officer, “Takamachi!”
The two navy captains saluted the elderly mage while Vivio stared daggers at the blue haired woman next to her.
“You two have been at each other’s throats all fucking day!” Syn watched the old man’s spittle launch from his lips and his gray hair bounce on his wrinkled forehead. “If this is your idea of foreplay, save us the courtship dance and go home and fuck yourselves already! If not, pay attention!”
While Tactics Instructor Rigby’s body may have aged, his temper was just as short as ever.
“Aye, Sir!” the two young knights replied though Syn rolled her eyes when Rigby turned to face the other members of the elite squad.
“Virage!” yelled Rigby without turning around, “What’s your killzone?”
“One hundred to six hundred yards, sir.”
“How far am I away from you?”
“Eight yards, sir.”
“My killzone is zero to thirty,” barked the old man, “Mind your manners, you arrogant piece of shit!”
Syn jerked her head suddenly in the direction of the person who chuckled at the old man’s threat. Vivio stopped laughing when she saw Syn looking her way, and her lips pursed in annoyance as she turned her attention to the training field in front of them. Syn could see the anger flash in her girlfriend’s eyes, but she’d be damned if she could think of a reason to set Vivio off like this. Her brow furrowed as she tried to remember if she had picked up her clothes off of the floor or put her dishes in the dishwasher that morning.
“What the hell is your problem?” she whispered unable to think of anything.
“Oh,” sniped Vivio sarcastically, “Is the great Syn Virage willing to listen to the pleas of her people?”
“Not if ‘my people’ are going to be this bitchy!” Syn said with a sneer, “Geez, I thought your period wasn’t for another week. Do I need to get a box of tampons for you when we head back to the barracks?”
Syn knew immediately that that was the wrong answer. Vivio bared her teeth as her annoyance instantly turned to blinding rage. However, Syn handled Vivio’s anger the same way she always had: the angrier Vivio became, the calmer she would be. Syn sighed nonchalantly while green sparks started to fly from Vivio’s grinding device gloves.
“Are you going to just stand there,” smiled Syn, “or are you going to back up that expression?”
Vivio’s curled fist flew toward Syn’s smile but was quickly intercepted by an old, grizzled, but strong hand.
“I warned you two!” growled the angry Rigby, “Go settle whatever’s got your bollocks in a twist in the cage!”
The ranks went silent as they watched Rigby drag the two famous daughters to the equally famous place. Syn and Vivio knew about the cage though they had never been there. In fact, no one had been in there in years. It was a large, magically protected room that was used for the occasional heavy artillery and ballistics testing. Vivio’s mother had rented out the room years ago to show advanced airmen her “Starlight Breaker.” However, the room had another purpose for those in the Navy. If two men were arguing to the point of being distracting, the punishment might be the cage. Two men would go in, and the magical door would not open until one or both of the men were unconscious.
“I don’t care what you’re bitching about!” roared Rigby, “but it better be over when that door opens again!”
The old man threw them into the spacious room, and lone exit door sealed shut. Syn stood up and dusted herself off.
“Well, we’re stuck, so how did I piss you off this time?” asked Syn while hiding any sign of concern or sincerity behind her protective mask of sarcasm.
“I’ve been trying to tell you since last night,” yelled Vivio, “but you’re too dense to get it!”
“What?” replied a perplexed Syn, “You were whining about your device not working properly! See, I listen!”
“You idiot!” Vivio fired back, “I said ‘This wasn’t working for me!’ ‘This!’” She pointed to herself and to Syn, “As in 'you and me' wasn’t working for me anymore!”
Syn paled as she experienced the unwanted epiphany, “You’re…you’re…breaking up with me?”
Vivio had a million witty retorts, but all she could do was stare at the wounded expression on the usually confident face of Syn.
“Why?” Syn finally said.
“If you need to ask that, then there’s your first reason,” replied Vivio as her anger transformed into pity, “I’m sorry, but I can’t do this anymore.”
“No!” yelled Syn as she tried to control her emotions, “Tell me why! How can I fix this?”
“It’s too late.”
“Is there someone else?” gulped Syn in a moment of complete weakness.
“No,” said Vivio truthfully, “but I know you too well to hope that you can change. If we’ve only made this much progress in seven years, we might need to cut our losses and find-“
“UN-FUCKING-ACCEPTABLE!”
The swift change in demeanor took Vivio by surprise.
“You’re the only one for me!” roared Syn as rare tears danced in her eyes, “Don’t just throw this at me and expect me to go away without asking why! I LO-“
Syn cut off her statement with a crimson blush on her face.
“Say it!” commanded Vivio, “I’ve said it to you a million times, but you’ve never reciprocated! You want me back? Say it!”
“I…” Syn fought through the fortified walls of pride that surrounded her heart. Part of her reasoned that if Vivio had this much control over her that it may be worth ending the relationship, but the other part of her didn’t want to consider a life without waking up with that messy head of blond hair in her face every morning.
“…I love you…”
“Do you?” asked Vivio with her face steeled in seriousness.
Syn nodded without meeting the victorious red and green eyes. She did look up when she heard the sound of two cartridges loading and clanking onto the cage floor. Syn watched Vivio’s uniform melt away and replaced by her barrier jacket.
“Syn, do you love me?”
Syn stared at the woman walking toward her with the gears of her device gloves grinding with magical energy.
“Yes, I do,” Syn replied though she also ordered her barrier jacket to manifest.
“You have one chance to prove it,” Vivio declared as she started to charge at the blue haired woman.
“So be it,” replied Syn through clenched teeth, “Hellskor!”
The large battle bow sparkled with magical energy as its master jumped back to take aim at her charging lover and current opponent.
Spoiler for Here be SMEX and VIOLINS!:
SMEX AND VIOLINS!!
Like hell I'm putting that NSFW section on AS.
Kossa, I belive the M2D turns into Mobile Moniter Display. Two M's making the M2 and the D as well... the acronim for display. Taken from .Hack series as the Face Mounted Displays people use in public. (If i got that right, the M2D being a smaller version of the FMD)
@Allquall... I'm loveing your story with Momoko and Lindy
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Saber - Signum - Serenn
Life is a thing most of us take for granted. Until we lose someone that we charish, are we forced to realize that things will never always be the same.
TSS reminds me! This is my newest short series... I won't probably be able to write much for the next few days (Labor Day weekend = BUSY DAYS at work) but I should be able to by maybe Mon or Tue... Wed for sure.
So without further ado here's a teaser! (It's all I've written so far )
Spoiler for Lyrical Odyssey:
“You already bought how many copies?” coughed Nanoha in surprise, swallowing the bite of food in her mouth quickly
“One for everyone of course!” remarked Hayate gleefully, wrapping spaghetti on her fork and placing it in her mouth casually, “So you aren't going to say no now are ya?” teased Hayate as she went to get another forkful of the spaghetti
“We're supposed to be on vacation not playing games...” groaned Nanoha, “I have all this paperwork to do and - “
“Well shouldn't you be relaxing instead of working Nanoha...?” cut in Fate softly giving Nanoha a sideways glance with her fork to her lips, “Besides they didn't give me anything to do...”
“Well they didn't give me it exactly,” retorted Nanoha stubbornly, “But it's very important training paperwork I need to - “
“But Nanoha-san isn't the point of a vacation to relax?” asked Erio
“Erio-kun is right!” added Caro sitting back down at the table after getting another helping, “So come on Nanoha-san, don't be working on your time off!”
The Ace of Aces sighed and slumped her shoulders as she dejectedly took another forkful of spaghetti into her mouth, “Ok, ok... So ah, what did you buy anyway Hayate-chan?”
“Well it's an old game but I managed to find a version of it that you can play online with friends! It's called 'Etrian Odyssey Online', I know I have a box around here somewhere...” Hayate got up from her seat and began scouring the kitchen, before Signum pointed off to the side into a room and she bounded off into it, returning with a plastic bag full of box-shaped objects, “Here we go!”
She unceremoniously dumped the contents of the bag onto an empty spot on the table, twenty plastic wrapped computer game boxes spilling out. Nanoha plucked one from the table as the others at the table – Fate, Signum, Shamal, Zafiria, Caro, Erio, Teana, Subaru, and Vita – also grabbed one. Nanoha looked oddly at the rather large remaining amount.
“Why did you get so many extras...?”
“Well I thought I could give some out and well uhm... I saved more money this way.” admitted the brunette nervously
“They caught her with a good deal, if she bought it in groups of ten.” pointed out Signum with a sly smirk
Hayate pouted as Nanoha took a look at the box. Still wrapped in plastic the front cover of the box had the words 'Etrian Odyssey Online' written in a green color in a old-styled font, it looked like fancy cursive. The box art had a small party of adventurers in various action poses. She flipped the box over and took a quick look of the back. The back advertised the game's large dungeons and highly customizable adventurers. It also said something about a kind of enemy called “FOE”. It looked rather typical, she wondered what was so interesting about it...
“So!” announced Hayate suddenly, “I'll set up a game and everything! So after dinner run home and get it all set up and let's play all night~”
Nanoha sighed. She wasn't going to get any of her work done at this rate...
*Sneaks out*
Looks like they'll have some trouble with FOE
Quote:
Originally Posted by Allquall
This little bottle of embarrassment came as a request from a friend.
As you all should know, Syn Virage and everything associated with the character belong to Keroko.
Spoiler for NSFW-Just move along-Rated M:
“Virage!” bellowed the old commanding officer, “Takamachi!”
The two navy captains saluted the elderly mage while Vivio stared daggers at the blue haired woman next to her.
“You two have been at each other’s throats all fucking day!” Syn watched the old man’s spittle launch from his lips and his gray hair bounce on his wrinkled forehead. “If this is your idea of foreplay, save us the courtship dance and go home and fuck yourselves already! If not, pay attention!”
While Tactics Instructor Rigby’s body may have aged, his temper was just as short as ever.
“Aye, Sir!” the two young knights replied though Syn rolled her eyes when Rigby turned to face the other members of the elite squad.
“Virage!” yelled Rigby without turning around, “What’s your killzone?”
“One hundred to six hundred yards, sir.”
“How far am I away from you?”
“Eight yards, sir.”
“My killzone is zero to thirty,” barked the old man, “Mind your manners, you arrogant piece of shit!”
Syn jerked her head suddenly in the direction of the person who chuckled at the old man’s threat. Vivio stopped laughing when she saw Syn looking her way, and her lips pursed in annoyance as she turned her attention to the training field in front of them. Syn could see the anger flash in her girlfriend’s eyes, but she’d be damned if she could think of a reason to set Vivio off like this. Her brow furrowed as she tried to remember if she had picked up her clothes off of the floor or put her dishes in the dishwasher that morning.
“What the hell is your problem?” she whispered unable to think of anything.
“Oh,” sniped Vivio sarcastically, “Is the great Syn Virage willing to listen to the pleas of her people?”
“Not if ‘my people’ are going to be this bitchy!” Syn said with a sneer, “Geez, I thought your period wasn’t for another week. Do I need to get a box of tampons for you when we head back to the barracks?”
Syn knew immediately that that was the wrong answer. Vivio bared her teeth as her annoyance instantly turned to blinding rage. However, Syn handled Vivio’s anger the same way she always had: the angrier Vivio became, the calmer she would be. Syn sighed nonchalantly while green sparks started to fly from Vivio’s grinding device gloves.
“Are you going to just stand there,” smiled Syn, “or are you going to back up that expression?”
Vivio’s curled fist flew toward Syn’s smile but was quickly intercepted by an old, grizzled, but strong hand.
“I warned you two!” growled the angry Rigby, “Go settle whatever’s got your bollocks in a twist in the cage!”
The ranks went silent as they watched Rigby drag the two famous daughters to the equally famous place. Syn and Vivio knew about the cage though they had never been there. In fact, no one had been in there in years. It was a large, magically protected room that was used for the occasional heavy artillery and ballistics testing. Vivio’s mother had rented out the room years ago to show advanced airmen her “Starlight Breaker.” However, the room had another purpose for those in the Navy. If two men were arguing to the point of being distracting, the punishment might be the cage. Two men would go in, and the magical door would not open until one or both of the men were unconscious.
“I don’t care what you’re bitching about!” roared Rigby, “but it better be over when that door opens again!”
The old man threw them into the spacious room, and lone exit door sealed shut. Syn stood up and dusted herself off.
“Well, we’re stuck, so how did I piss you off this time?” asked Syn while hiding any sign of concern or sincerity behind her protective mask of sarcasm.
“I’ve been trying to tell you since last night,” yelled Vivio, “but you’re too dense to get it!”
“What?” replied a perplexed Syn, “You were whining about your device not working properly! See, I listen!”
“You idiot!” Vivio fired back, “I said ‘This wasn’t working for me!’ ‘This!’” She pointed to herself and to Syn, “As in 'you and me' wasn’t working for me anymore!”
Syn paled as she experienced the unwanted epiphany, “You’re…you’re…breaking up with me?”
Vivio had a million witty retorts, but all she could do was stare at the wounded expression on the usually confident face of Syn.
“Why?” Syn finally said.
“If you need to ask that, then there’s your first reason,” replied Vivio as her anger transformed into pity, “I’m sorry, but I can’t do this anymore.”
“No!” yelled Syn as she tried to control her emotions, “Tell me why! How can I fix this?”
“It’s too late.”
“Is there someone else?” gulped Syn in a moment of complete weakness.
“No,” said Vivio truthfully, “but I know you too well to hope that you can change. If we’ve only made this much progress in seven years, we might need to cut our losses and find-“
“UN-FUCKING-ACCEPTABLE!”
The swift change in demeanor took Vivio by surprise.
“You’re the only one for me!” roared Syn as rare tears danced in her eyes, “Don’t just throw this at me and expect me to go away without asking why! I LO-“
Syn cut off her statement with a crimson blush on her face.
“Say it!” commanded Vivio, “I’ve said it to you a million times, but you’ve never reciprocated! You want me back? Say it!”
“I…” Syn fought through the fortified walls of pride that surrounded her heart. Part of her reasoned that if Vivio had this much control over her that it may be worth ending the relationship, but the other part of her didn’t want to consider a life without waking up with that messy head of blond hair in her face every morning.
“…I love you…”
“Do you?” asked Vivio with her face steeled in seriousness.
Syn nodded without meeting the victorious red and green eyes. She did look up when she heard the sound of two cartridges loading and clanking onto the cage floor. Syn watched Vivio’s uniform melt away and replaced by her barrier jacket.
“Syn, do you love me?”
Syn stared at the woman walking toward her with the gears of her device gloves grinding with magical energy.
“Yes, I do,” Syn replied though she also ordered her barrier jacket to manifest.
“You have one chance to prove it,” Vivio declared as she started to charge at the blue haired woman.
“So be it,” replied Syn through clenched teeth, “Hellskor!”
The large battle bow sparkled with magical energy as its master jumped back to take aim at her charging lover and current opponent.
Spoiler for Here be SMEX and VIOLINS!:
SMEX AND VIOLINS!!
Like hell I'm putting that NSFW section on AS.
Violins... so can we assume there is a NSFW section XD
This little bottle of embarrassment came as a request from a friend.
As you all should know, Syn Virage and everything associated with the character belong to Keroko.
Spoiler for NSFW-Just move along-Rated M:
“Virage!” bellowed the old commanding officer, “Takamachi!”
The two navy captains saluted the elderly mage while Vivio stared daggers at the blue haired woman next to her.
“You two have been at each other’s throats all fucking day!” Syn watched the old man’s spittle launch from his lips and his gray hair bounce on his wrinkled forehead. “If this is your idea of foreplay, save us the courtship dance and go home and fuck yourselves already! If not, pay attention!”
While Tactics Instructor Rigby’s body may have aged, his temper was just as short as ever.
“Aye, Sir!” the two young knights replied though Syn rolled her eyes when Rigby turned to face the other members of the elite squad.
“Virage!” yelled Rigby without turning around, “What’s your killzone?”
“One hundred to six hundred yards, sir.”
“How far am I away from you?”
“Eight yards, sir.”
“My killzone is zero to thirty,” barked the old man, “Mind your manners, you arrogant piece of shit!”
Syn jerked her head suddenly in the direction of the person who chuckled at the old man’s threat. Vivio stopped laughing when she saw Syn looking her way, and her lips pursed in annoyance as she turned her attention to the training field in front of them. Syn could see the anger flash in her girlfriend’s eyes, but she’d be damned if she could think of a reason to set Vivio off like this. Her brow furrowed as she tried to remember if she had picked up her clothes off of the floor or put her dishes in the dishwasher that morning.
“What the hell is your problem?” she whispered unable to think of anything.
“Oh,” sniped Vivio sarcastically, “Is the great Syn Virage willing to listen to the pleas of her people?”
“Not if ‘my people’ are going to be this bitchy!” Syn said with a sneer, “Geez, I thought your period wasn’t for another week. Do I need to get a box of tampons for you when we head back to the barracks?”
Syn knew immediately that that was the wrong answer. Vivio bared her teeth as her annoyance instantly turned to blinding rage. However, Syn handled Vivio’s anger the same way she always had: the angrier Vivio became, the calmer she would be. Syn sighed nonchalantly while green sparks started to fly from Vivio’s grinding device gloves.
“Are you going to just stand there,” smiled Syn, “or are you going to back up that expression?”
Vivio’s curled fist flew toward Syn’s smile but was quickly intercepted by an old, grizzled, but strong hand.
“I warned you two!” growled the angry Rigby, “Go settle whatever’s got your bollocks in a twist in the cage!”
The ranks went silent as they watched Rigby drag the two famous daughters to the equally famous place. Syn and Vivio knew about the cage though they had never been there. In fact, no one had been in there in years. It was a large, magically protected room that was used for the occasional heavy artillery and ballistics testing. Vivio’s mother had rented out the room years ago to show advanced airmen her “Starlight Breaker.” However, the room had another purpose for those in the Navy. If two men were arguing to the point of being distracting, the punishment might be the cage. Two men would go in, and the magical door would not open until one or both of the men were unconscious.
“I don’t care what you’re bitching about!” roared Rigby, “but it better be over when that door opens again!”
The old man threw them into the spacious room, and lone exit door sealed shut. Syn stood up and dusted herself off.
“Well, we’re stuck, so how did I piss you off this time?” asked Syn while hiding any sign of concern or sincerity behind her protective mask of sarcasm.
“I’ve been trying to tell you since last night,” yelled Vivio, “but you’re too dense to get it!”
“What?” replied a perplexed Syn, “You were whining about your device not working properly! See, I listen!”
“You idiot!” Vivio fired back, “I said ‘This wasn’t working for me!’ ‘This!’” She pointed to herself and to Syn, “As in 'you and me' wasn’t working for me anymore!”
Syn paled as she experienced the unwanted epiphany, “You’re…you’re…breaking up with me?”
Vivio had a million witty retorts, but all she could do was stare at the wounded expression on the usually confident face of Syn.
“Why?” Syn finally said.
“If you need to ask that, then there’s your first reason,” replied Vivio as her anger transformed into pity, “I’m sorry, but I can’t do this anymore.”
“No!” yelled Syn as she tried to control her emotions, “Tell me why! How can I fix this?”
“It’s too late.”
“Is there someone else?” gulped Syn in a moment of complete weakness.
“No,” said Vivio truthfully, “but I know you too well to hope that you can change. If we’ve only made this much progress in seven years, we might need to cut our losses and find-“
“UN-FUCKING-ACCEPTABLE!”
The swift change in demeanor took Vivio by surprise.
“You’re the only one for me!” roared Syn as rare tears danced in her eyes, “Don’t just throw this at me and expect me to go away without asking why! I LO-“
Syn cut off her statement with a crimson blush on her face.
“Say it!” commanded Vivio, “I’ve said it to you a million times, but you’ve never reciprocated! You want me back? Say it!”
“I…” Syn fought through the fortified walls of pride that surrounded her heart. Part of her reasoned that if Vivio had this much control over her that it may be worth ending the relationship, but the other part of her didn’t want to consider a life without waking up with that messy head of blond hair in her face every morning.
“…I love you…”
“Do you?” asked Vivio with her face steeled in seriousness.
Syn nodded without meeting the victorious red and green eyes. She did look up when she heard the sound of two cartridges loading and clanking onto the cage floor. Syn watched Vivio’s uniform melt away and replaced by her barrier jacket.
“Syn, do you love me?”
Syn stared at the woman walking toward her with the gears of her device gloves grinding with magical energy.
“Yes, I do,” Syn replied though she also ordered her barrier jacket to manifest.
“You have one chance to prove it,” Vivio declared as she started to charge at the blue haired woman.
“So be it,” replied Syn through clenched teeth, “Hellskor!”
The large battle bow sparkled with magical energy as its master jumped back to take aim at her charging lover and current opponent.
Spoiler for Here be SMEX and VIOLINS!:
SMEX AND VIOLINS!!
Like hell I'm putting that NSFW section on AS.
mooooooooooooooooore! :3
Quote:
Originally Posted by illidan182
Kossa, I belive the M2D turns into Mobile Moniter Display. Two M's making the M2 and the D as well... the acronim for display. Taken from .Hack series as the Face Mounted Displays people use in public. (If i got that right, the M2D being a smaller version of the FMD)
Ah, yes, sorry Ididn't get to this earlier, was distracted. ^^ What illy said, Kossa, Mobile Monitor Display, a Hack term I altered for my 6th Division story that is themed around the Hack terminology. It's basically sunglasses or a visor that can be worn away from your computer so you can acces the net (and THE WORLD) anywhere you are.
2008-08-29, 10:32
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/Etrian Odyssey 2
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The pic was put together a while back by TeleIce btw
