Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[Justin_Brett]

I haven't really read it either, but because I haven't seen any of Slayers.

And yeah, no need to put foreign words in the story for no reason. Most novels don't do that.

[SonicNanohaFan2012]

Originally Posted by Justin_Brett

I haven't really read it either, but because I haven't seen any of Slayers.

And yeah, no need to put foreign words in the story for no reason. Most novels don't do that.

True..words aside, I think I'm taking some interesting turns in my Knight of the Night Sky story.. about chapter 6 I think is when I take a huge twist

[Auxilism]

I decided to redo the helmet formation, since I thought the previous description was too little

Spoiler for Author's notes and changes:

Author's notes: I don't really have school tomorrow, just a character development program. Therefore, I could work on this today!
I see another person favourited this, if you want a special mention just let me know.

Alright, here goes!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to MGLN StrikerS, whether it is the anime, manga or sound stage.
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-front part-
...Come on then, show me your true power."

"You're right, I shouldn't be holding back. Especially not now. Watch, load cartridge and catalyse the head build." Watch emptied the cartridge as smoke sprouted from him and ice started to grow on the back of Kiran's head, covering his hair. When it covered a little more than the top of his head, an ice plate with an eyehole came out from the left and right. They converged at the middle, covering his face all the way to the bottom of his nose, except his for eyes.

Ice then formed between his neck and chin, continuing outwards to form a final plate with two bumps on the side. It then wound itself upwards, the middle overlapping the previous plates a little above the nostrils. From there, the ice continued diagonally upwards until it was just below his eyes. The bumps connected to the previous plates, to allow breathing air and speech.

Ginga rushed forward, her hand formed into a drill and trust it towards Kiran's head.
-rest of it-
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Author's notes: Hope you enjoyed it, this will be the longest chapter of this story. Of course, assuming that a miracle doesn't happen with regards to the epilogue.

I made two changes to my profile page, one being my avatar as some of you would have seen from the top.
The other was Kiran's eye colour. I decided that gold was too overbearing, resulting in the change. Be sure to check out my profile page if you want to know which I changed to.

Well then, see you guys/girls next week!

Original

Fanfiction.net's

[SonicNanohaFan2012]

Originally Posted by darkhalo191

I decided to redo the helmet formation, since I thought the previous description was too little

Spoiler for Author's notes and changes:

Author's notes: I don't really have school tomorrow, just a character development program. Therefore, I could work on this today!
I see another person favourited this, if you want a special mention just let me know.

Alright, here goes!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to MGLN StrikerS, whether it is the anime, manga or sound stage.
---
-front part-
...Come on then, show me your true power."

"You're right, I shouldn't be holding back. Especially not now. Watch, load cartridge and catalyse the head build." Watch emptied the cartridge as smoke sprouted from him and ice started to grow on the back of Kiran's head, covering his hair. When it covered a little more than the top of his head, an ice plate with an eyehole came out from the left and right. They converged at the middle, covering his face all the way to the bottom of his nose, except his for eyes.

Ice then formed between his neck and chin, continuing outwards to form a final plate with two bumps on the side. It then wound itself upwards, the middle overlapping the previous plates a little above the nostrils. From there, the ice continued diagonally upwards until it was just below his eyes. The bumps connected to the previous plates, to allow breathing air and speech.

Ginga rushed forward, her hand formed into a drill and trust it towards Kiran's head.
-rest of it-
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Author's notes: Hope you enjoyed it, this will be the longest chapter of this story. Of course, assuming that a miracle doesn't happen with regards to the epilogue.

I made two changes to my profile page, one being my avatar as some of you would have seen from the top.
The other was Kiran's eye colour. I decided that gold was too overbearing, resulting in the change. Be sure to check out my profile page if you want to know which I changed to.

Well then, see you guys/girls next week!

Original

Fanfiction.net's

Got a question.. How do you handle descriptions of say armor and what not? I try to describe as best as I can, but it's hard

[Auxilism]

Wait, you actually understood that? I was worried that I over-complicated things

For me, I visualise the formation again and again in my head. It's like replaying transformation scenes from the television/youtube over and over (e.g. transformers). Then I replicate the changes in real life to stimulate the actions during transformation.

Take the helmet for example. I kept covering my face with my hands to act as if the plates were actually covering my face as I was writing it. Luckily nobody saw me doing that

I don't know if that helped, but that's what I did for that scene.

[SonicNanohaFan2012]

Originally Posted by darkhalo191

Wait you actually understood that? I was worried that I over-complicated things

For me, I visualise the formation again and again in my head. It's like replaying a certain scene from the television/youtube over and over (e.g. transformers). Then I replicate the changes in real life to stimulate the actions during transformation.

Take the helmet for example. I kept covering my face with my hands to act as if the plates were actually covering my face as I was writing it. Luckily nobody saw me doing that

I don't know if that helped, but that's what I did for that scene.

I usually try to visualize the scenarios, dialogue and appearances.. kinda feel lucky that no one's around to see me type my story.. otherwise it'll be awkward

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Originally Posted by Nanya01

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A few hours later...

The doctor chuckled as he walked out of the hospital room as the few people that were there stood up and started asking several questions. Sure, he didn't know what they were specifically, but he heard enough of the same questions over the years that he knew what the general gist is. "The young girl is quite alright, she's just suffering from exhaustion and a strained Linker Core. Normally this would be a bad thing, but as we scanned her it seems that her Linker Core was regenerating rather quickly. She's just sleeping right now."

"So, she's okay then?" The girl with short blue hair asked, fear in her eyes and he nodded.

"Yes. In fact, she woke up just as we finished to tell me to let you know that she just needs a few days of rest. She said that she wanted to recover some energy so she could spend time with all of you before she goes back to sleep."

When the people in the hallway suddenly looked at him sharply, he sighed heavily. "Even though her Linker Core is recovering, it will take awhile before it's back to full health. I'm not sure how long it will take, but she mentioned that she'll put herself into a coma to recover her energy. When I asked, she said that she could put it off for about a month before she goes into a coma again."

"So, that's it?" The girl with the short blue hair asked and he nodded. "We just... Save her, talk to her and then she leaves us again?"

"I'm sorry." The doctor sighed as the girl balled her hands into fists before storming out of the hallway. "I really am."

(---)

"Subaru!" Teana ran after her friend, sighing as she saw Subaru standing by the elevator, trembling. "Come on, she's still alive, right?"

Subaru turned to look at her sadly. "It's not fair, Tea... Why? She wanted... All she wanted was to be free of the curse she was under, and I promised her that we could help. I... I don't want to break that promise."

Teana said nothing as she walked up to Subaru and hugged her. She wasn't surprised when Subaru hugged her back, trembling before her legs gave out and the cyborg buried her face into Teana's chest and started crying.

She didn't blame Subaru one bit for this. It was hard for Teana to keep herself from crying too.

(---)

"Hey..." Wendi smiled as she looked at Nove and Ginga. "How are you two holding up?" Nove's wrists were in braces while Ginga's leg was wrapped up. Thankfully between modern medicine, healing magic and the fact the two were cyborgs, they didn't need casts on their limbs.

Nove shrugged at her, "we'll live. How's the rest?"

"Sette got a small concussion, but other than that, everyone's fine." Wendi giggled as Nove had a relieved expression cross her face. "Anyway, ran into your mom on my way here," she was interrupted as Ginga nodded to her.

"Yeah, mom was in here a couple of minutes before you got here."

"Oh," Wendi blinked and looked at the door, "no wonder she knew where you two were." Wendi scratched the back of her head.

Nove snorted at Wendi. "Anyway, Wendi, where's Subaru?"

"Last I saw her, she was waiting for news over that girl she found." Wendi wasn't sure why, but Subaru really seemed to care for the girl. "Anyway, I was just checking up on you... Are you sure your arms will be okay?"

Nove rolled her eyes at Wendi. "You fixed most of the damage when you decided to see if you could weld the holes in my arms shut." Sighing when Wendi cringed, Nove gave her a small smile. "The burns weren't as bad as they could have been. I'll have a small scar on my arms, but it won't be too bad."

Seeing Wendi suddenly smile brightly made Nove feel a lot better for some reason.

(---)

Vivio wasn't sure why she was following Arashi into that girl's hospital room. Sure, she wanted to know more about the girl who made those weird women too, but why did Arashi want to see her? "Come on, Arashi, if we stay in here too long, people are gunna be mad."

Arashi looked at Vivio and frowned before running up to the bed where Ixpellia was currently sleeping. "Vivio, why is she sleeping? It's morning. She should play."

Vivio scratched her head. She had learned about Linker Cores and how exhausting all magic was a bad thing, but she wasn't sure how to explain it. "Well, it's because she's really tired."

"Then she shouldn't be up all night." Arashi said as he climbed onto the bed and looked at Ixpellia's sleeping face. "Up! Come on!"

"Hey!" Vivio ran up to the bed and grabbed Arashi. "You shouldn't do that. People need their sleep to get better."

Arashi pouted as Vivio tried to pull him off of Ixpellia. "Hey! Let go! Come on!" He grabbed Ixpellia's arm to keep Vivio from pulling him off of her. "You'll pull her out too."

"Then let go, dummy!" Vivio yelled as she slipped and fell on her butt pretty hard. "Owwie! You jerk!" Vivio yelled at Arashi and blinked as she saw that he had flipped over and was currently resting on his head. "Hee hee, you look silly."

Arashi rolled over so that he could glare at her, but his actions caused him to crash onto Ixpellia's stomach, getting a gasp from the girl. "Uh..."

Ixpellia opened her eyes slightly. "Please, let me rest... I want to stay for a while, but I need energy."

"Why?" Arashi tilted his head as Ixpellia shook hers.

"It takes a lot of energy... To create... And... Maintain... The Mariage..." She closed her eyes, going back into a light slumber.

Arashi scratched his head and looked at Vivio. "Is that like when you run out of magic and you can't move?" Vivio nodded and Arashi looked at Ixpellia. "Then... MORE ENERGY!"

"Wait, what?" The next thing Vivio knew, Arashi had put his hands on Ixpellia's chest and a bright flash of golden energy filled the room and sent Vivio tumbling across the room. "Arashi!"

"Hey!" Vivio looked up as her grandmother came into the room. "What's... Arashi?!" Lina gasped as she saw her son glowing softly. "Hey! Knock it off, you don't know what that will do." Lina walked up and grabbed Arashi's arm, causing the glow to subside instantly on both Arashi and Ixpellia. "What were you doing?" She narrowed her eyes at her son, who gulped and looked away. "Arashi... I talk to a doctor for a few moments and you run into the room and do this?" Pulling her son off of the bed, Lina rubbed her forehead and looked at the doctor and nurses who came into the room, looking worried. "Run every scan you can on her body, check for everything you know, things you don't know, whatever. Just scan her and make sure nothing bad happened to her."

The doctor blinked at the redheaded woman gave him and the nursees orders. "What do you.." He trailed off as she walked up to him and grabbed his jacket, pulling him over. "Ma'am!"

"Listen, something very strange just happened to the girl, I'm not sure what, but I do know that if she's not looked at, right now, anything could happen to her, the least of which is death." He gulped as the woman narrowed her eyes at him harshly. "Now, do you want that girl's death to be on your watch?"

Shaking his head, the doctor quickly made his way over to the girl and helped with diagnostics on the girl.

Both Vivio and Arashi were sweating as Lina looked at them with narrowed eyes. "Come on, you two, we need to talk."

The two looked at each other and gulped.

A few minutes later, Lina was in a fairly secluded area in the hospital and was glaring at Arashi and Vivio. "Okay, now, you two have exactly one chance to explain to me why I shouldn't make it impossible for you two to use magic for a month."

"Uh..." Vivio gulped at her grandmother's piercing gaze. "Arashi ran into the room, got on the bed and wanted to play with her and then he did something and I tried to stop him but he fell over and then she woke up and he wanted to give her energy and then you came in and I'm sorry!" Vivio was whimpering at the end of that and Lina had to blink several times at her.

"...Learn to breathe once in awhile, Vivio." Lina looked at Arashi. "Well? Why did you decide that Chaos magic was a good idea?"

"You said it could do anything."

Resisting the urge to slap her face and groan, Lina knelt down and took a deep breath to calm down. "Arashi, while I did say that, I should have told you, when I say anything, I mean anything. What would have happened if you turned her into a giant three headed dog with a long tail that breathes fire?" Arashi blinked at Lina in confusion. "Arashi, I'm trying to teach you how to use this power so that you can control it. It's very dangerous and you could have done a really bad thing to that girl by accident."

"Really?" Arashi trembled as Lina nodded. "I... I'm sorry!" He hugged his mother tightly and she sighed, patting his back.

"For now, Arashi, just hope that nothing bad happens." Privately, Lina was wondering what was going to happen to Ixpellia next.

Chaos was unpredictable, Lina wouldn't deny that. But every time it was used, the course of human history changed tremendously.

She just hoped that it wouldn't be a bad change this time.

Me: Is it me or Ixy will became an energizer bunny later and fell in love with Arashi for giving her somewhat a semi-living life... not like a sleeping beauty?

Odin: Who knows? *shrugs.* we might see Einhart laughs like a noblewoman.

Me: I think she's better of as the reincarnation of a certain princess, not someone with genetic memory of a king....

Kaguya(Currently wearing a replica of Rein Zwei's barrier jacket.): Huh? Me?

Rein Zwei(Currently wearing Princess Moo's VERY small tube.): Weeeee!!!!

Amelia: *Stares at Rein Zwei.* *mutters while slightly blushing.* Cute. So cute.

Reia: While Ami is having her cute attack, Subaru is taking this rescue business quite seriously...

Odin: We'll never know if there's someone who quite way off redemption or saving. And Let's hope that Gar-tan don't follow the faker's and the paradox seeker's ideal, not healthy for someone like her.

Shirou and Archer: HEY!!!

[SonicNanohaFan2012]

Don't know about anyone else here but I'm sure that girlxgirl isn't out of the picture on this one

[Filraen]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

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She just hoped that it wouldn't be a bad change this time.

Lina, you're either lucky or favored by L-sama: of all times you or yours have tried to use Chaos none have been "bad changes". (I''m not counting the Cyborgs pre-adoption)

And while I hadn't thought of Arashi, getting Chaos inside Ixpelia was somewhat expected. Still, just linker core drain? I'm sure Reinforce could have helped without resorting to Chaos (an hybrid-type spell from a variation of the Linker Core drain used in the BoD incident, now used to infuse mana, and Resurrection or somewhat similar can help)

No, I don't believe you're leaving the Aces and Reinforce out of Mid for the time Ixpelia is wake.

Sorry, I still get a bit bitter.

[SonicNanohaFan2012]

I'm still surprised that Nanoha's Lina's daughter.. in this story.. holy..

[Nanya01]

Nanoha, why do your jokes stink so much?

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Elsewhere...

Runessa looked up as an older man walked into her cell. "Genya Nakajima?" She wondered just what her punishment would be for the fiasco that had just finished up.

The older man nodded to her. "If you're curious, I'm not here to pass judgement on you. I just need to know, Teana said you were possessed by a Mazoku. Is that true?"

Runessa sighed and looked away. "I was five, dying... And that thing said that it would save me... I let it... And it used my body, healed me, and fed off the anger and pain I felt."

"I see." Genya nodded and turned away. "Thank you." It was going to be difficult to deal with, he knew that. Still... "I wouldn't worry too much. When it comes to Mazoku, there are different rules in play."

Runessa just blinked as Genya left her in her cell.

(---)

Two days later at the airport...

"I still say that we should have just blown those pirates up." Vita grumbled as she walked out of the ship while looking back at Signum, who followed her out. "I mean, come on, no one would have noticed, right?"

"Except that we nearly lost the cargo at least three times." Signum rolled her eyes and looked up at the people who had come to greet them. "I did not expect to see them."

Vita turned and smiled as she saw Caro, Erio and Vivio waving at them. "Hey kids." She said as she walked up to them. "The rest are coming out now. Anything exciting happen while we were out?"

"Nothing much, world was doomed, had to fight a horde of evil creatures that tended to explode and nearly killed all of us." Erio shrugged and Vita blinked slowly.

"Oh, didn't realize that it was Tuesday." The comment was enough to get Signum to actually crack a smile as she fought the urge to laugh herself.

"You've been sunbathing again?" Caro remarked, looking at Signum's darkened skin. It was a rather light tan, the kind most girls got when they spent the day at the beach. "I thought you didn't like tanning."

"There's nothing wrong with it," Signum dismissed, having grown comfortable with the act. Her skin's quirks had long since stopped being a curiosity for her. Vita's own tan had been gone for a little while, and everyone knew it was just due to her fairer skin, a trait common in redheads. And Vita was already itching on getting it back, saying she was going to be dragging her along with. "It's better to tan than to get a sunburn anyway."

"Meh, it's not fair that it's so easy for you to stay tanned." Vita grumbled, even though she was smirking at Signum. She never thought that she'd find something that Signum liked to do other than train or tease Nanoha.

"Mama!" Vivio smiled happily as she saw Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno walk out of the ship next. Running up to Nanoha with her arms stretched open, she jumped into Nanoha's arms as the young woman knelt down to hug her. "Mmm! Missed you!"

"Missed you too, Vivio." Nanoha smiled as she felt her daughter hug her back. "How was things?"

"Mmm... Well, there was a lot of women that showed up and tried to hurt everyone, but then Subaru found this sleepy girl who made all the women stop moving. then grandma and everyone made the bad women stop for good."

Nanoha blinked at her daughter. "Ah, Vivio, sounds like you had fun."

Nodding, Vivio leaned back and smiled. "Come on, you need to meet Ixy."

"Ixy?" Nanoha blinked, wondering why that name seemed so familiar to her. "Sure, we can go meet her later, okay?" She smiled as Vivio nodded. 'Ixy, Ixy... Where..?'

"Hey, Fate..." Erio smiled at the blonde as she walked up to him. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, but it sounds like you were pretty busy too." Smiling, Fate reached out and ruffled his hair. "I'm glad that you're okay." She laughed softly as Erio blushed. "I almost wish that I could have been here to help."

"Nah, even if there were so many that it looked like an ocean of Mariage, we had it handled." Erio grinned at Fate, who sweat-dropped heavily.

"You need to stop hanging around Nanoha's family so much." Fate dead-panned, getting a laugh from Erio. Still, when she found out what happened, she was sure she was going to worry about what happened and get stressed out since she couldn't have been there to help.

Yuuno smiled as he walked up to Caro. "You can tell me about it later, okay?"

"Okay, papa." Caro smiled at him. Jumping at him, she hugged him tightly and sighed happily. "I'm just glad that you're okay."

Yuuno chuckled as he patted her back. "I should say the same about you. Come on, let's go."

"Where's Reinforce, Hayate, Zafira and Shamal?" Erio asked, looking for the missing four people.

"They're coming." Signum looked behind her and nodded as she saw Zafira walking out with Hayate following closely behind. "See?"

"I told you, there was something in that food that made me throw up. I'm not sick." Hayate rolled her eyes at Reinforce, who followed right behind her. "But, if it makes you feel better, I had Shamal look me over a couple of days ago. I'm not sick, right Shamal?" She pouted as Shamal scratched her head and gave her a rather amused look. "Oh, come on, other than the need to throw up sometimes, I feel perfectly fine."

"Yeah, well, I can safely say that you do not have a cold, the flu or anything like that," Shamal ignored the way that Hayate stuck her tongue out at Reinforce, "but I'd suggest that you take yourself off of active duty for awhile."

Hayate blinked at her. "Just what does that mean?"

"Well, I'll need to do some better tests, but I'm just suggesting, you know, being the doctor and all, that you take it easy, okay?" Shamal smiled at Hayate as she walked past the confused woman. "Reinforce, please make sure that Hayate takes it easy for a few days until I get my test results back."

Reinforce nodded and looked around. "Zwei, Agito, just where are you hiding?"

"Awww..." Rein Zwei's voice spoke up before her head popped up from the front of Vita's shirt. "Sis is really comfy here too!"

Vita felt like rubbing her head. "Zwei, would you and Agito get out from between my breasts?"

"Aww, come on, we weren't moving that much." Zwei pouted as she floated out from between Vita's breasts. "Come on, Agito."

"GAH! AIR!" Agito gasped as she popped her head out from under Vita's shirt. "GAH! I don't know why I let you talk me into this!" Agito glared at Zwei as she flew after the giggling girl.

Vita groaned and adjusted her shirt. "Not... One... Word..." She glared at people who were struggling to keep from laughing at her.

"I'll see you guys later," Nanoha said as she and Vivio walked down the ramp, "I've got to check on some stuff."

"Same here." Yuuno said as he and Caro followed Nanoha and Vivio.

"Hey!" Erio yelled at Yuuno and ran after him. "Get back here, you jerk! You left Fate alone!" Fate couldn't help but laugh at that and followed behind, waving at Hayate and her family.

Zafira shook his head, oh well, it was nice to be home.

(---)

About two hours later...

"Come on, she's sleeping here." Vivio urged Nanoha into the room where Ixpellia was currently resting. "She's..."

"You know, Vivio," Nanoha spoke up softly as she walked into the room, "if she's sleeping, you should be more quiet so she can rest."

"Acutally, I've recovered a lot." Vivio gasped as she looked at Ixpellia, who was awake and smiling at them. "I'm not sure... Why..." She trailed off as she looked at Nanoha. "...You, I know you."

"You do?" Nanoha blinked as she walked into the room. "I'm sorry, I have no idea who you are."

"You..." Ixpellia felt her eyes suddenly start burning for some reason. "You don't know?"

"Not at all."

"Mama?" Vivio blinked as Nanoha walked up close to Ixpellia, who looked like she was about to cry. "Do you know her?"

When Nanoha shook her head, Ixpellia couldn't stop tears from leaking out of her eyes. What was the point of being awake if the first person she met after centuries of sleep didn't remember her?

"Oh, wait..." Nanoha tapped Ixpellia on the forehead and smiled lightly. "My jokes stink, Ixy." Ixpellia's eyes widened as Nanoha gave her a hug. "How have you been, friend?"

Ixpellia hugged Nanoha back, tears falling out of her eyes as her friend came back to her. In all of her life, that had never happened and for once, she was just glad to be alive.

Vivio joined in the hug a moment later.

Nanoha smiled as she hugged her friend and her daughter with both arms. Even if it was a long time ago, Nanoha had never forgotten Ixpellia and was glad to see her now.

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Originally Posted by Nanya01

Nanoha, why do your jokes stink so much?

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Elsewhere...

Runessa looked up as an older man walked into her cell. "Genya Nakajima?" She wondered just what her punishment would be for the fiasco that had just finished up.

The older man nodded to her. "If you're curious, I'm not here to pass judgement on you. I just need to know, Teana said you were possessed by a Mazoku. Is that true?"

Runessa sighed and looked away. "I was five, dying... And that thing said that it would save me... I let it... And it used my body, healed me, and fed off the anger and pain I felt."

"I see." Genya nodded and turned away. "Thank you." It was going to be difficult to deal with, he knew that. Still... "I wouldn't worry too much. When it comes to Mazoku, there are different rules in play."

Runessa just blinked as Genya left her in her cell.

(---)

Two days later at the airport...

"I still say that we should have just blown those pirates up." Vita grumbled as she walked out of the ship while looking back at Signum, who followed her out. "I mean, come on, no one would have noticed, right?"

"Except that we nearly lost the cargo at least three times." Signum rolled her eyes and looked up at the people who had come to greet them. "I did not expect to see them."

Vita turned and smiled as she saw Caro, Erio and Vivio waving at them. "Hey kids." She said as she walked up to them. "The rest are coming out now. Anything exciting happen while we were out?"

"Nothing much, world was doomed, had to fight a horde of evil creatures that tended to explode and nearly killed all of us." Erio shrugged and Vita blinked slowly.

"Oh, didn't realize that it was Tuesday." The comment was enough to get Signum to actually crack a smile as she fought the urge to laugh herself.

"You've been sunbathing again?" Caro remarked, looking at Signum's darkened skin. It was a rather light tan, the kind most girls got when they spent the day at the beach. "I thought you didn't like tanning."

"There's nothing wrong with it," Signum dismissed, having grown comfortable with the act. Her skin's quirks had long since stopped being a curiosity for her. Vita's own tan had been gone for a little while, and everyone knew it was just due to her fairer skin, a trait common in redheads. And Vita was already itching on getting it back, saying she was going to be dragging her along with. "It's better to tan than to get a sunburn anyway."

"Meh, it's not fair that it's so easy for you to stay tanned." Vita grumbled, even though she was smirking at Signum. She never thought that she'd find something that Signum liked to do other than train or tease Nanoha.

"Mama!" Vivio smiled happily as she saw Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno walk out of the ship next. Running up to Nanoha with her arms stretched open, she jumped into Nanoha's arms as the young woman knelt down to hug her. "Mmm! Missed you!"

"Missed you too, Vivio." Nanoha smiled as she felt her daughter hug her back. "How was things?"

"Mmm... Well, there was a lot of women that showed up and tried to hurt everyone, but then Subaru found this sleepy girl who made all the women stop moving. then grandma and everyone made the bad women stop for good."

Nanoha blinked at her daughter. "Ah, Vivio, sounds like you had fun."

Nodding, Vivio leaned back and smiled. "Come on, you need to meet Ixy."

"Ixy?" Nanoha blinked, wondering why that name seemed so familiar to her. "Sure, we can go meet her later, okay?" She smiled as Vivio nodded. 'Ixy, Ixy... Where..?'

"Hey, Fate..." Erio smiled at the blonde as she walked up to him. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, but it sounds like you were pretty busy too." Smiling, Fate reached out and ruffled his hair. "I'm glad that you're okay." She laughed softly as Erio blushed. "I almost wish that I could have been here to help."

"Nah, even if there were so many that it looked like an ocean of Mariage, we had it handled." Erio grinned at Fate, who sweat-dropped heavily.

"You need to stop hanging around Nanoha's family so much." Fate dead-panned, getting a laugh from Erio. Still, when she found out what happened, she was sure she was going to worry about what happened and get stressed out since she couldn't have been there to help.

Yuuno smiled as he walked up to Caro. "You can tell me about it later, okay?"

"Okay, papa." Caro smiled at him. Jumping at him, she hugged him tightly and sighed happily. "I'm just glad that you're okay."

Yuuno chuckled as he patted her back. "I should say the same about you. Come on, let's go."

"Where's Reinforce, Hayate, Zafira and Shamal?" Erio asked, looking for the missing four people.

"They're coming." Signum looked behind her and nodded as she saw Zafira walking out with Hayate following closely behind. "See?"

"I told you, there was something in that food that made me throw up. I'm not sick." Hayate rolled her eyes at Reinforce, who followed right behind her. "But, if it makes you feel better, I had Shamal look me over a couple of days ago. I'm not sick, right Shamal?" She pouted as Shamal scratched her head and gave her a rather amused look. "Oh, come on, other than the need to throw up sometimes, I feel perfectly fine."

"Yeah, well, I can safely say that you do not have a cold, the flu or anything like that," Shamal ignored the way that Hayate stuck her tongue out at Reinforce, "but I'd suggest that you take yourself off of active duty for awhile."

Hayate blinked at her. "Just what does that mean?"

"Well, I'll need to do some better tests, but I'm just suggesting, you know, being the doctor and all, that you take it easy, okay?" Shamal smiled at Hayate as she walked past the confused woman. "Reinforce, please make sure that Hayate takes it easy for a few days until I get my test results back."

Reinforce nodded and looked around. "Zwei, Agito, just where are you hiding?"

"Awww..." Rein Zwei's voice spoke up before her head popped up from the front of Vita's shirt. "Sis is really comfy here too!"

Vita felt like rubbing her head. "Zwei, would you and Agito get out from between my breasts?"

"Aww, come on, we weren't moving that much." Zwei pouted as she floated out from between Vita's breasts. "Come on, Agito."

"GAH! AIR!" Agito gasped as she popped her head out from under Vita's shirt. "GAH! I don't know why I let you talk me into this!" Agito glared at Zwei as she flew after the giggling girl.

Vita groaned and adjusted her shirt. "Not... One... Word..." She glared at people who were struggling to keep from laughing at her.

"I'll see you guys later," Nanoha said as she and Vivio walked down the ramp, "I've got to check on some stuff."

"Same here." Yuuno said as he and Caro followed Nanoha and Vivio.

"Hey!" Erio yelled at Yuuno and ran after him. "Get back here, you jerk! You left Fate alone!" Fate couldn't help but laugh at that and followed behind, waving at Hayate and her family.

Zafira shook his head, oh well, it was nice to be home.

(---)

About two hours later...

"Come on, she's sleeping here." Vivio urged Nanoha into the room where Ixpellia was currently resting. "She's..."

"You know, Vivio," Nanoha spoke up softly as she walked into the room, "if she's sleeping, you should be more quiet so she can rest."

"Acutally, I've recovered a lot." Vivio gasped as she looked at Ixpellia, who was awake and smiling at them. "I'm not sure... Why..." She trailed off as she looked at Nanoha. "...You, I know you."

"You do?" Nanoha blinked as she walked into the room. "I'm sorry, I have no idea who you are."

"You..." Ixpellia felt her eyes suddenly start burning for some reason. "You don't know?"

"Not at all."

"Mama?" Vivio blinked as Nanoha walked up close to Ixpellia, who looked like she was about to cry. "Do you know her?"

When Nanoha shook her head, Ixpellia couldn't stop tears from leaking out of her eyes. What was the point of being awake if the first person she met after centuries of sleep didn't remember her?

"Oh, wait..." Nanoha tapped Ixpellia on the forehead and smiled lightly. "My jokes stink, Ixy." Ixpellia's eyes widened as Nanoha gave her a hug. "How have you been, friend?"

Ixpellia hugged Nanoha back, tears falling out of her eyes as her friend came back to her. In all of her life, that had never happened and for once, she was just glad to be alive.

Vivio joined in the hug a moment later.

Nanoha smiled as she hugged her friend and her daughter with both arms. Even if it was a long time ago, Nanoha had never forgotten Ixpellia and was glad to see her now.

D'awwww.

I love how you referenced Nanoha's meeting with Ixy during her recovery in the Peek Arc.

"Hope she doesn't have a headache from that." Ixpellia mumbled, hoping to see Nanoha in the future sometime.

After all, it would be nice to wake up and see that not all her friends were dead like the last few times she was awake.

[Rising Dragon]

Aww, you didn't take my suggestion about Caro and Arisa.

[bhl88]

So Chaos energy sped up her resting time by 1000 years...

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Nanoha, why do your jokes stink so much?

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SSX 17

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - SSX 18:

Elsewhere...

Runessa looked up as an older man walked into her cell. "Genya Nakajima?" She wondered just what her punishment would be for the fiasco that had just finished up.

The older man nodded to her. "If you're curious, I'm not here to pass judgement on you. I just need to know, Teana said you were possessed by a Mazoku. Is that true?"

Runessa sighed and looked away. "I was five, dying... And that thing said that it would save me... I let it... And it used my body, healed me, and fed off the anger and pain I felt."

"I see." Genya nodded and turned away. "Thank you." It was going to be difficult to deal with, he knew that. Still... "I wouldn't worry too much. When it comes to Mazoku, there are different rules in play."

Runessa just blinked as Genya left her in her cell.

(---)

Two days later at the airport...

"I still say that we should have just blown those pirates up." Vita grumbled as she walked out of the ship while looking back at Signum, who followed her out. "I mean, come on, no one would have noticed, right?"

"Except that we nearly lost the cargo at least three times." Signum rolled her eyes and looked up at the people who had come to greet them. "I did not expect to see them."

Vita turned and smiled as she saw Caro, Erio and Vivio waving at them. "Hey kids." She said as she walked up to them. "The rest are coming out now. Anything exciting happen while we were out?"

"Nothing much, world was doomed, had to fight a horde of evil creatures that tended to explode and nearly killed all of us." Erio shrugged and Vita blinked slowly.

"Oh, didn't realize that it was Tuesday." The comment was enough to get Signum to actually crack a smile as she fought the urge to laugh herself.

"You've been sunbathing again?" Caro remarked, looking at Signum's darkened skin. It was a rather light tan, the kind most girls got when they spent the day at the beach. "I thought you didn't like tanning."

"There's nothing wrong with it," Signum dismissed, having grown comfortable with the act. Her skin's quirks had long since stopped being a curiosity for her. Vita's own tan had been gone for a little while, and everyone knew it was just due to her fairer skin, a trait common in redheads. And Vita was already itching on getting it back, saying she was going to be dragging her along with. "It's better to tan than to get a sunburn anyway."

"Meh, it's not fair that it's so easy for you to stay tanned." Vita grumbled, even though she was smirking at Signum. She never thought that she'd find something that Signum liked to do other than train or tease Nanoha.

"Mama!" Vivio smiled happily as she saw Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno walk out of the ship next. Running up to Nanoha with her arms stretched open, she jumped into Nanoha's arms as the young woman knelt down to hug her. "Mmm! Missed you!"

"Missed you too, Vivio." Nanoha smiled as she felt her daughter hug her back. "How was things?"

"Mmm... Well, there was a lot of women that showed up and tried to hurt everyone, but then Subaru found this sleepy girl who made all the women stop moving. then grandma and everyone made the bad women stop for good."

Nanoha blinked at her daughter. "Ah, Vivio, sounds like you had fun."

Nodding, Vivio leaned back and smiled. "Come on, you need to meet Ixy."

"Ixy?" Nanoha blinked, wondering why that name seemed so familiar to her. "Sure, we can go meet her later, okay?" She smiled as Vivio nodded. 'Ixy, Ixy... Where..?'

"Hey, Fate..." Erio smiled at the blonde as she walked up to him. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, but it sounds like you were pretty busy too." Smiling, Fate reached out and ruffled his hair. "I'm glad that you're okay." She laughed softly as Erio blushed. "I almost wish that I could have been here to help."

"Nah, even if there were so many that it looked like an ocean of Mariage, we had it handled." Erio grinned at Fate, who sweat-dropped heavily.

"You need to stop hanging around Nanoha's family so much." Fate dead-panned, getting a laugh from Erio. Still, when she found out what happened, she was sure she was going to worry about what happened and get stressed out since she couldn't have been there to help.

Yuuno smiled as he walked up to Caro. "You can tell me about it later, okay?"

"Okay, papa." Caro smiled at him. Jumping at him, she hugged him tightly and sighed happily. "I'm just glad that you're okay."

Yuuno chuckled as he patted her back. "I should say the same about you. Come on, let's go."

"Where's Reinforce, Hayate, Zafira and Shamal?" Erio asked, looking for the missing four people.

"They're coming." Signum looked behind her and nodded as she saw Zafira walking out with Hayate following closely behind. "See?"

"I told you, there was something in that food that made me throw up. I'm not sick." Hayate rolled her eyes at Reinforce, who followed right behind her. "But, if it makes you feel better, I had Shamal look me over a couple of days ago. I'm not sick, right Shamal?" She pouted as Shamal scratched her head and gave her a rather amused look. "Oh, come on, other than the need to throw up sometimes, I feel perfectly fine."

"Yeah, well, I can safely say that you do not have a cold, the flu or anything like that," Shamal ignored the way that Hayate stuck her tongue out at Reinforce, "but I'd suggest that you take yourself off of active duty for awhile."

Hayate blinked at her. "Just what does that mean?"

"Well, I'll need to do some better tests, but I'm just suggesting, you know, being the doctor and all, that you take it easy, okay?" Shamal smiled at Hayate as she walked past the confused woman. "Reinforce, please make sure that Hayate takes it easy for a few days until I get my test results back."

Reinforce nodded and looked around. "Zwei, Agito, just where are you hiding?"

"Awww..." Rein Zwei's voice spoke up before her head popped up from the front of Vita's shirt. "Sis is really comfy here too!"

Vita felt like rubbing her head. "Zwei, would you and Agito get out from between my breasts?"

"Aww, come on, we weren't moving that much." Zwei pouted as she floated out from between Vita's breasts. "Come on, Agito."

"GAH! AIR!" Agito gasped as she popped her head out from under Vita's shirt. "GAH! I don't know why I let you talk me into this!" Agito glared at Zwei as she flew after the giggling girl.

Vita groaned and adjusted her shirt. "Not... One... Word..." She glared at people who were struggling to keep from laughing at her.

"I'll see you guys later," Nanoha said as she and Vivio walked down the ramp, "I've got to check on some stuff."

"Same here." Yuuno said as he and Caro followed Nanoha and Vivio.

"Hey!" Erio yelled at Yuuno and ran after him. "Get back here, you jerk! You left Fate alone!" Fate couldn't help but laugh at that and followed behind, waving at Hayate and her family.

Zafira shook his head, oh well, it was nice to be home.

(---)

About two hours later...

"Come on, she's sleeping here." Vivio urged Nanoha into the room where Ixpellia was currently resting. "She's..."

"You know, Vivio," Nanoha spoke up softly as she walked into the room, "if she's sleeping, you should be more quiet so she can rest."

"Acutally, I've recovered a lot." Vivio gasped as she looked at Ixpellia, who was awake and smiling at them. "I'm not sure... Why..." She trailed off as she looked at Nanoha. "...You, I know you."

"You do?" Nanoha blinked as she walked into the room. "I'm sorry, I have no idea who you are."

"You..." Ixpellia felt her eyes suddenly start burning for some reason. "You don't know?"

"Not at all."

"Mama?" Vivio blinked as Nanoha walked up close to Ixpellia, who looked like she was about to cry. "Do you know her?"

When Nanoha shook her head, Ixpellia couldn't stop tears from leaking out of her eyes. What was the point of being awake if the first person she met after centuries of sleep didn't remember her?

"Oh, wait..." Nanoha tapped Ixpellia on the forehead and smiled lightly. "My jokes stink, Ixy." Ixpellia's eyes widened as Nanoha gave her a hug. "How have you been, friend?"

Ixpellia hugged Nanoha back, tears falling out of her eyes as her friend came back to her. In all of her life, that had never happened and for once, she was just glad to be alive.

Vivio joined in the hug a moment later.

Nanoha smiled as she hugged her friend and her daughter with both arms. Even if it was a long time ago, Nanoha had never forgotten Ixpellia and was glad to see her now.

Me: damn.... can't think properly in MST3k.... just finish a quick test in C basic, after at least 2 days of tutorial lesson...

Odin: That's what you get for being a NEET, NEET.

Me: You know me... laid-back as always.

Reia: At least you're prediction of Ixy going energizer bunny is on it's way to reality.

Me: Like Odin said, who knows what happens after this.

Odin: A quick Q&A with Rune about some details from Neph?

Me: that's one possible scenario... And we might get a swimsuit contest, due to tanning in the future.

*Lamia came, in her black bikini, followed by Excellen in her STRING bikini, then Aschen in her green bikini while Kaguya's in a white tube bikini... And Suzuka-hime in a one-piece school swimsuit.*

Suzuka-hime: WHAT!?

[SonicNanohaFan2012]

Now that I think of it, I don't think Nanoha ever did make any good jokes

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by SonicNanohaFan2012

Now that I think of it, I don't think Nanoha ever did make any good jokes

At least i think the scene when Yuuno reveals his true form was a pretty good one. I was laughing xD

[Filraen]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Nanoha, why do your jokes stink so much?

Numbers

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SSX 17

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - SSX 18:

About two hours later...

"Come on, she's sleeping here." Vivio urged Nanoha into the room where Ixpellia was currently resting. "She's..."

"You know, Vivio," Nanoha spoke up softly as she walked into the room, "if she's sleeping, you should be more quiet so she can rest."

"Acutally, I've recovered a lot." Vivio gasped as she looked at Ixpellia, who was awake and smiling at them. "I'm not sure... Why..." She trailed off as she looked at Nanoha. "...You, I know you."

"You do?" Nanoha blinked as she walked into the room. "I'm sorry, I have no idea who you are."

"You..." Ixpellia felt her eyes suddenly start burning for some reason. "You don't know?"

"Not at all."

"Mama?" Vivio blinked as Nanoha walked up close to Ixpellia, who looked like she was about to cry. "Do you know her?"

When Nanoha shook her head, Ixpellia couldn't stop tears from leaking out of her eyes. What was the point of being awake if the first person she met after centuries of sleep didn't remember her?

"Oh, wait..." Nanoha tapped Ixpellia on the forehead and smiled lightly. "My jokes stink, Ixy." Ixpellia's eyes widened as Nanoha gave her a hug. "How have you been, friend?"

Ixpellia hugged Nanoha back, tears falling out of her eyes as her friend came back to her. In all of her life, that had never happened and for once, she was just glad to be alive.

Vivio joined in the hug a moment later.

Nanoha smiled as she hugged her friend and her daughter with both arms. Even if it was a long time ago, Nanoha had never forgotten Ixpellia and was glad to see her now.

Written in at least four different moments, so even I don't know what's the final point on this.

I understand BtF!Nanoha is more playful in general than in canon because of Lina's influence, but I still can't see her making that "joke".

Your references are starting to feel shoehorned too (I see your mentions of Signum getting a tan as references to Cypha)

Looks like we'll be having a Drei soon...

Note that I somewhat was expecting Nanoha not remembering Ixpelia, having them meeting a dream after all. And then Ixpelia ignoring that pain because, even if indirectly and not remembering, Nanoha kept her promise. Of course, I'd rather have Nanoha remembering.

Chrono addressed Lina by her current last name in front of Ixpelia in a previous chapter (as Ixpelia may not know how long she has been asleep she could have wondered/asked if Lina is related to Nanoha... well she may not had time at that time)

Originally Posted by biodude711

I love how you referenced Nanoha's meeting with Ixy during her recovery in the Peek Arc.

Actually I was expecting this meeting ever since Peek.

On random thoughts, who is with me on Hayate buying things to have a personal Photo Studio by this point of the timeline? The fanservicey images from Vivid have to come from somewhere, right?

[Rising Dragon]

I'm pretty sure Signum getting a tan isn't a reference to Cypha. Nanya already played with that joke using the eyepatch anyway.

[Yasanagi]

Spoiler for Material Days gets a revival:

Sette found it rather odd. One moment, the Pegasus summons were doing their best to limit her movements and the next, they were falling back and moving in the opposite direction of where the battle from earlier had been taking place.

‘What just happened?’

She didn’t have to wait long for an answer. A chorus of roars filled the sky before she felt a gust of wind generated by the dozens of Dragons that flew out of the forest. From hatchlings to gigantic Elder Dragons in all sorts of colours, they took off majestically and began heading in the same direction where the Materials were positioned.

‘Wait a moment…’ Based on the feedback from her device, she was only detecting two magical signatures there. Just as Sette pondered on the whereabouts of the third one, she heard the familiar voice of Material-L.

“HI-YO, MEGATRON! AWAY!”

‘Ah, there it is.’ A glance up showed the Fate replica hanging on to the back of a red Dragon near the end of the pack as it thrashed about in the air.

So Dragons, huh?

‘Indeed.’ Based on her recollection of the intelligence that had been gathered years ago when she had still been working for her father, there was only one person she knew who would be capable of such a feat. ‘I never would have expected for her power to grow this much in a short time period.’

What are you talking about?

The Combat Cyborg proceeded to explain. ‘There is a Dragon Summoner that works for the Time Space Administration Bureau. If she is responsible for summoning and controlling these Dragons to attack the others, then they can be in great danger.’

Summoning all those Dragons, I can buy. Controlling all those Dragons at once? That is doubtful unless she is some sort of high level Planeswalker.

‘No, she is a regular human. And how is it you’re so certain of your conclusion that she cannot control all of them?’

Dragons are known for their power, their greed, their vanity and possessing an untameable spirit. It doesn’t matter if the Summoner is some ‘Friend to All Living Things’ as Dragons only follow the fire in their hearts. In order to even have a chance at having one Dragon as a loyal follower, a human would have to essentially raise them from the moment they are born.

‘So they will run amok and destroy anything in their path?’

A likely scenario.

Something wasn’t adding up though which bothered Sette. ‘But that is not what I am seeing. They are all heading in the same direction and seem to be tolerating each other’s presence.’

Her device paused for a moment before giving a theory. If that’s the case, then it’s likely that the Summoner managed to influence their thinking & instincts to a degree. That is much easier to accomplish than simply controlling them. Just plant a simple thought in their heads and let them do the work.

‘A simple thought… like destroying a common enemy?’

Precisely. By the way, I would suggest not hanging out in the open like that where they can easily see you. Otherwise, they will see you as an intruder in their territory.

It was at that moment that the surroundings around her seemed to be swallowed up by a shadow. Her eyes darted up for a quick moment before she gave a small resigned sigh at this latest bit of trouble. ‘A little too late for that, I’m afraid.’

**********

Normally, it would take good planning and a skilled team of Belkan knights to take down a standard Dragon. Elder Dragons and Hellkites were on a different level entirely as they could withstand a lot of damage, were resistant to status ailments and not to mention how much damage they could deal with their own attacks. Yes, Material-D really would have loved to have several full battalions of soldiers at her disposal but for the moment, she had Material-S and the recently returned Material-L as her only combat units.

Under regular circumstances, their combat contribution would certainly surpass any number of standard Belkan Knight Battalions but the Starlight Destroyer’s effectiveness was reduced thanks to having no access to cartridges. And as for the Lightning Assailant…

“You know, we could really use the Dragon Spooker about now.”

She was blabbering on her usual nonsense and was hardly even paying attention to her surroundings. Honestly, if Yami had a penny every time Rai got lost in her own little world, she would have been able to finance a well-equipped army by now. Sure, Material-L did take out one big red Dragon earlier but that was due to her throwing a tantrum on it and crying stuff about how the beast is not going ‘Megatron: Terrorize’.

At the moment, Material-D had thrown up a concealment spell to keep the dragons from finding them easily. She would have used the time to try and come up with a battle plan but a certain blue haired moron kept disrupting the train of thought. “Seriously, just stick her out there and watch all those Dragons make a 180 and fly away with their tails between their legs!”

“Who are you referring to?” asked Material-S in her usual deadpan tone.

“The Bandit Killer! The Enemy of All Who Live! I can’t believe you don’t recognize who I’m talking about!”

Yami fought the urge to smack the blue haired nut. “That’s because we happen to be firmly grounded in reality. Now start helping us!”

Material-L tilted her head slightly. “You seem a bit more angry than usual. Is it because you had to say something silly like ‘Lyrical Magical’ in one of those commercials? Or is it because the update schedule went from once a week to once in a blue moon?”

“I don’t have time to put up with this,” growled the Lord of Darkness. “We are already in a bit of a tight situation.”

“But I kicked Megatron’s tail a few minutes ago!” whined the Fate replica.

“That is true but the facts are that we are outnumbered, we certainly do not have the stamina to fight in a long drawn out confrontation and that the further this drags on, the more difficult it will be to recover Yuuno-san,” stated Seikou. “With that in mind, what do you propose we do?”

“Go crazy, Broadway Style?”

“You’re already crazy so there’s no point for you,” grumbled Material-D.

“Nice and witty response! As expected from Her Majesty!” exclaimed Rai complete with a thumb’s up.

“GAH!”

“So does anyone have a better solution aside from using overwhelming firepower?” asked Material-S in an effort to steer the conversation back to their current problem.

“Hm… I recall that there is a spell in my book which has an effect of working like a virus,” replied Yami, who quickly shrugged off her earlier frustration.

“Is there something specific against Dragons?”

“It can work against any type of species and kill them within moments. However, I need to get my hands on a Dragon to serve as the initial infected. Then the virus can mutate and attack any living organism which has a genetic structure that highly matches the first carrier.”

Just as Yami finished her speech, a large object slammed on the ground near them. When the smoke cleared, they could see a certain pink haired woman on top of a stunned Dragon who looked thrice the size of a standard hatchling. She noticed the trio and gave a small wave.

“Forgive my intrusion,” said the Combat Cyborg.

“And right on cue, Sette-chan drops in with the goods!”

Material-S quickly saw that the incident had definitely drawn the attention of the other Dragons. “She also happened to shatter our efforts to remain concealed.”

“This I can work with. Material-L, go with Material-S and defend our perimeter. Let no Dragon get past!” The Hayate replica turned sharply to focus on Sette. “And as for you, I shall require your assistance to ensure this creature remains subdued.”