Ah what a good day today is~
The sun is shining! The grass is green! The flowers are singing! And I have FFT backlog to rea-
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Storm clouds setting in, the grass is a shade of brown and there are no living flowers in New York.
twilight. Many hours I will never get back...
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Though if it gets some tweens and teens into Jane Austen I suppose that could be 1 good thing from it.
... 1 thing...
never get those hours back....
never...
Page claim: for wasted time...
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I awoke before Raising Heart's alarm went off, thanks to the small bundle clinging to me shifting. Groggily I opened my eyes and blinked a few times before shifting the covers to see Vivio huddled against my chest, one of her small hands gripping my shirt. The sight made me smile fondly, and I was reluctant to move away from her. Slowly I pulled my shirt from her loose grasp and sat up. I slide my arms under Vivio and moved her to the other side of myself, placing her near Fate's back and under the mass of blonde hair that was strewn over the pillows before turning to brown and leading up to my head. I giggled quietly and scooted over to the side of the bed, grasping Raising Heart's bars to pick myself up. I felt a weird sensation on my scalp that I wish I hadn't ignored. When I allowed myself to flomp into my chair, a searing pain came mixed with a startled cry from Fate-chan.
AlternativeS V
By: Satashi
"Nanohaaaaaaa." Fate groaned as she climbed over a dazed Vivio who was still half asleep. "Sweetheart, you know better than to sleep back-to-back with me."
"Ow... I'm sorry, Fate-chan." I rubbed my head ruefully and watched the still groggy Fate pick up the tangled mess of hair between us. Brown and gold strands were mixed like a bad quilting job, knotted in several places. "I didn't think about it."
Fate seemed to be waking up more and sighed out. "Sorry, I was lost for a moment."
Nanoha repressed an urge to reach out and hug the girl when she realized what Fate meant by that. "Can you undo it?" She asked instead, blue eyes going to Vivio who was sitting up now as well.
"I think..." Fate sat Indian style and started to pick at the clutter. "I'll have to break a few of our hairs." Her fingers quickly worked, narrowing down the situation until she had no choice but to grip the hair and start tugging. Once their hair was free, she sighed out in relief. "There."
"You're quite skilled at that." Nanoha mused, inspecting the tips of her hair.
"Get used to it." Fate yawned again and laid down, taking Vivio down with her. The child seemed to be lulled back to sleep immediately and held onto Fate's nightie. "Sleep face to face or back to front...."
Nanoha blushed softly. "Face to face sounds nice..."
"Mmn..." Fate managed to mumble out as sleep started to overtake her once more. "I'll be there later, have a good day."
"You too, Fate-chan..." Nanoha smiled happily. 'Wow, its like waking up next to your wife...' The thought made her grin as she moved around to get her uniform on. Several minutes passed as she dressed in silence, glancing over at the bed every now and then to see Fate and Vivio sleeping peacefully. 'Its going to be a good day.'
Heading to her field, Nanoha saw a forest setting already displayed on the training grounds. Curiously, she brought up her monitors and saw both Teana and Subaru already in a mock battle against each other. "Good morning," She greeted them contently.
"Ah, Nanoha-san!" Teana looked nervous. "Um, sorry for activating the field before you got here..."
"It seems," Nanoha mused, making each girl go stiff in fear of being punished. "That Fate-chan was right about you two. Could each of you report to my podium outside of the training area?" Both girls saluted, eyes wide in fear.
When the monitor cut off Teana looked at Subaru. "I told you we should have waited!"
"But... I thought she would be proud." Together they walked to where Nanoha was waiting for them.
"I just got transferred here too..."
"...I'm sorry, Tea."
A low groan came. "Its fine, I agreed to it anyway..." Standing before Nanoha, each one saluted once more."Ma'am!"
Nanoha held up her hands, a white card with a red X on it in her left, and a necklace with a clearish blue gem on it in her right. "I'd like to introduce you to your new partners."
Spoiler for AlternativeS 5-2:
~**~
"What the hell?" Lexus looked up at Nanoha's training field, seeing a flying blue road of magical energy along with a girl skating across it yelling out at the top of her lungs in excitement. At the same time he saw countless orange spheres of energy flying around near the bottom. Teana was dodging bullets from Nanoha while countering with her own. What he noticed the most, however, were teh matching barrier jackets each one sported. "Instructor!"
"Yes?" Nanoha turned to look over her shoulder before groaning. "What do you want now?"
Lexus stood by her and pointed. "What did those two do to deserve custom jackets and storage devices?"
"They're intelligent devices," Nanoha mused with a hidden smirk. "Teana Lanster is a prodigy. Combined with Subaru and the two have already become some of my best students. We had the devices made specifically for them."
"You can't make an intelligent device in under a week for Lanster."
Nanoha shrugged. "Fate-chan had the schematics with her. We just employed them."
"That contracted mage had that information!?"
"She's very smart." Nanoha took the opportunity to rub it in. "Not only was she recently marked SS- by the bureau, she gave us the information for both Mach Caliber as well as Cross Mirage, the devices. Teana is capable of outstanding illusion magic and Subaru has almost doubled her skill since the two have been together."
"Che..." Lexus scoffed at her.
"And you are here because?" Nanoha asked after enjoying his annoyance.
"There was an artificial mage that was recovered from a recent investigation. An investigation that your team was on before it was even reported."
"Is that so?" Nanoha breathed out, shrugging again.
"I have papers requesting that mage." Lexus held out the documents.
"What!?" Snatching them, Nanoha looked over the certified request form that was signed by TSAB staff. "She's a living person, you can't treat her like an object!"
"According to the law she has human rights, but she is still underage and the church you love so much has already put out an adoption request. My base will simply look after her until one is found."
Nanoha glared. "You can't have her."
"Oh? And why is that, Instructor?"
"Because.... Because..." Nanoha looked up at him challengingly. "I have already filled out the forms to become her legal guardian!"
"Ohhh? Can I see them then?" Lexus crossed his arms when the girl went pale. "I see then. Well, I'll just be on my way to talk to your base leader to get ownership."
"You can not own something that is alive," Fate's voice came to their ears as she walked forward.
"I have every right to-" Lexus stopped talking when Fate met his eyes.
"If you touch her, I will cut off your hand." Fate warned, voice firm.
"She will," Bardiche's metallic voice came up from Fate's glove.
Lexus snorted. "I'm sure you will. However, I still have the papers stating-"
"Bardiche," Fate cut him off. "Show this man Vivio's adoption records." A screen appeared, displaying pictures of Vivio and the documentation of both Nanoha and Fate's written agreement to take the girl into their custody as legal guardians. "A dollar short and a day late, Lexus."
The man glared at her hard, crumpling the papers in his hand as he made a fist. "Who the hell are you, and why are you suddenly in my life?"
"I'll be watching you," Lexus challenged her as he walked past, hitting Fate's shoulder as he went.
Once the man out of hearing range, Fate looked down at Nanoha. "If he investigates my claim, he will find out that I don't have her as my daughter in this time line."
Nanoha looked like she was about to be sick. "I... I don't know what I should do..."
"Nanoha, calm down." Kneeling, Fate put both her hands on the girl's shoulders. "Don't worry-"
"How can I not worry!?" Nanoha almost shouted. "I've only had Vivio for a few days and already I feel like... like... Fate-chan, I can't raise a daughter, I don't know how to!"
"Take a breath." Fate told her sternly, looking into Nanoha's eyes until she finally tried to breathe properly. "We will think of something."
"There's no time!" Nanoha shook her head again. "He could very well go to the people above Hayate-chan and get Vivio transferred to him! He will treat her like a thing." Her eyes looked at Fate once more. "I... I have to do something."
"I can contact the church," Fate offered. "I can become her legal guardian until I approve of a foster home for her."
"But you don't even exist on this planet!" Nanoha shot the idea down. "You were only able to get a bank account because you said you were married to me and were escorted by military who's base you were in! If you try to get a child under your care they will need more than just a recommendation!" Realization slowly started to sink in on the girl. "I'll have to do it... Oh god, I'm going to adopt a child..." Tears came to her eyes and she tried to blink them away. "Fate-chan, I'm scared..."
Leaning over to hug the girl, Fate though about what to say. "Nanoha, you can be her guardian without being her mother... I think there is some sort of law stating that you have a certain amount of time to adopt or something..." The blonde tried to rake her memories for when she tried to adopt Caro and Erio.
"...Will you come with me?"
"...Yeah." Fate took a deep breath. "I dropped Vivio off at Hayate's office this morning so I could help you train."
"I see..." Taking a steadying breath, Nanoha tried to get herself collected. "I wonder what Vivio will think about all of this."
Fate gave the girl an honest smile. "Vivio," she told her softly. "Will be very, very happy."
"...Really?" Nanoha thought about it. "She really will?"
"Of course," Fate added. "You are saving her."
"Saving?"
"This isn't just changing your life," Fate whispered to her lovingly. "You're changing hers as well... Taking her away from pain and loneliness, offering comfort for when she cries, and making her smile every day when she sees you."
Nanoha felt her eyes moisten yet again. "... I really am, aren't I?"
"Yes." Fate nodded, massaging Nanoha's shoulders encouragingly. "You are changing her life, making sure nobody like Lexus will ever harm her."
The words made Nanoha calm down noticeably. "...Yeah." Reaching up, she touched Fate's hand on her shoulder. "Thank you, Fate-chan. I don't know what I'd do without you."
"The same thing," Fate replied without hesitating. "I know it."
"...Thank you." Nanoha wiped away a tear. "I needed to hear that."
"Whenever you want to hear the truth, I'll give it."
"Fate-chan..." Nanoha brought Fate's hand to her lips and gave it a small kiss. "Thank you, for being here for me."
"Always."
'Always,' Nanoha thought to herself as she let go of her hand and moved to head towards Hayate's office. 'Please, Fate-chan.'
Spoiler for AlternativeS 5-3:
~**~
"And you're done," Hayate informed Nanoha once the signature was on the paper. "All I need to do is show it to the church to make it final." Taking the document, she had it scanned and sent to the church via her device. "But I must say...this is a huge step for you. Why did you want to do this?"
Nanoha looked down at Vivio in her lap and noticed that the girl was still confused about what was going on. "Well...Lexus forced my hand but... I don't know, I just... when the thought of her being with someone else actually was put in my face I couldn't deal with it. I don't know what I'm going to do but... there are a lot of single mothers out there who raise children on their own, you know? I can swing something..."
"You'll do just fine," Fate encouraged her. "I know because I've seen it." the words worked as she planned and Nanoha noticeably lightened up. Before she could offer any more advice, however, a sudden knocking on the door came. Hayate blinked but allowed entrance, smiling when Subaru and Teana saluted everyone.
"Sorry for imposing, ma'am," Teana began. "We just wanted to thank you personally for allowing us to have these devices." Subaru nodded eagerly at teh words.
"Thank Fate-chan over there," Hayate mused. "She had all of the information for Cross Mirage, down to the smallest detail. Mach Caliber was already being designed as it was and the specifics Fate-chan had really helped."
Teana looked confused. "Ma'am... Why was this device fine tuned to me? It does everything I could ever want..."
Fate waved it off, not wanting to reveal the fact that Teana was her partner in her world. "Don't worry about it."
Nanoha looked at Subaru. "Subaru? what is it?"
Subaru laughed and scratched her head. "That little girl, she's the one that was rescued right?"
"Yes. Vivio, introduce yourself,"
Vivio tried to bow from her place in Nanoha's lap. "Hello. My name is Vivio, I'm six years old."
"Nice to meet you, Vivio." Teana and Subaru spoke at the same time, making each girl blush. "So," Subaru continued. "Are you looking after her?"
Nanoha nodded. "I just sighed the official papers."
"Papers!?" Subaru gasped. "You adopted her!? Nanoha's a mama!?"
"Mama?" Vivio repeated the word, turning to stare at Nanoha in shock.
"Ah...um..." The flight instructor looked down into Vivio's wide eyes. "If... you want, you can call me that."
"Mama....?" Vivio tried the word, her little voice breaking halfway through.
"Yes?" Nanoha tilted her head to the side.
"Mama!" Lunging forward, Vivio hugged the woman's neck tightly. "Mama!"
"Awwwwwwww!" The blue haired girl held up her hands and cooed. "That's so cute!" Her ranting was stopped when Teana elbowed her, not very discreetly, in the ribs. "Hey, ow..."
"There, there, Vivio," Nanoha soothed the girl clinging to her. turning to look at a smiling Fate, she couldn't help but grin as well. "Wow, hearing her say that..."
"Really makes your heart flutter, doesn't it?" Fate finished for her.
Slowly Vivio moved from Nanoha's neck and reluctantly sat down again. "Mama..." She was smiled at so she turned to look at Fate, the girl who slept with her and her mother.
"Oh! I'm, um...." Fate felt he heart break a little. "I'm like an aunt. Nanoha-mama's good friend, like Hayate." She pointed at the other girl.
Vivio seemed to take this information and process it. "Nanoha-mama," She pointed at Nanoha, who nodded. "Aunt Hayate..." She looked at the leader of the base and was given a peace sign. Now encouraged by this, she happily turned to Fate and pointed. "Aunt Alicia."
@Satashi: Note, this is just what came to mind when I read the newest chapter. Well, that would explain why alt!'Fate' didn't reach for Nanoha when Nanoha was nine, it wasn't Fate. Alicia wouldn't give up on her mother, as Precia wasn't abusive to her. It'll be interesting to see how Fate reacts to finding out either her sister is alive.
Fate didn't exactly reach out to Nanoha either, remember she even offered to backstab Nanoha in the end. Only Precia saying no and falling to her doom stopped that.
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@Satashi: Note, this is just what came to mind when I read the newest chapter. Well, that would explain why alt!'Fate' didn't reach for Nanoha when Nanoha was nine, it wasn't Fate. Alicia wouldn't give up on her mother, as Precia wasn't abusive to her. It'll be interesting to see how Fate reacts to finding out either her sister is alive.
It was Fate :3
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Fate didn't exactly reach out to Nanoha either, remember she even offered to backstab Nanoha in the end. Only Precia saying no and falling to her doom stopped that.
Yeah, Fate didn't go back for Nanoha, she want back for her mother to offer one more chance to save her. She may have saved and fought alongside Nanoha, but her goal was always her mother.
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Originally Posted by synaesthetic
My question is how on earth does Vivio even know who the hell Alicia is, since Alicia/Fate/whomever in this alternate reality died ten years previous.
Good Question... one that I know the answer to!
... I'm just going to make you wait until its written to answer it XD
To be fair, Satashi, your earlier statement of Jail creating someone else speaks for itself as to what that answer is.
If you say so~
Spoiler for Here, have a short!:
Hayate drank from her straw contently, chin propped up on her hands while looking at Vivio across the little, circular table they were sitting at. The wind blew across them along with the chatter from other people at the café. "You look confused," The girl spoke around her straw, a habit she couldn't break no matter how old she got.
"A little," Vivio replied around her ice cream. The thirteen year old girl thought how to word what was on her mind. "Fate-mama was complaining again this morning."
"About what?"
"How Nanoha-mama keeps tossing and turning in her sleep."
"Mmhmm?"
"Well," Vivio started to over-analyze the situation, a habit she picked up from time spent with Yuuno. "Their bed is really big, big enough for all of us to sleep in it together if we wanted to."
Hayate smiled at her. "Mmhmm?"
"So, why does Nanoha's turning bother Fate-mama? She could lay sideways and not touch her at all?"
Hayate felt a familiar smirk on her lips, and Vivio immediately knew what was coming. "You'll understand when you're older."
"But I want to understand NOW!" Her words made Hayate break into a full blown smile.
"When you're older," Hayate mused contently. "I am going to remind you that you said that."
Vivio fumed, eyes going to her ice cream and stirring it with a pout on her face. 'Why does everyone grin like that when I ask questions about Nanoha-mama and Fate-mama's behavior?'
@Satashi: This was my impression after reading your latest AlternativeS part:
Spoiler for ...:
"Alicia?!"
:3
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I disagree. Twilight is an important work to showcase what not to do. If you're going to have your own spin on a well known legend, keep it consistant and don't make stuff up as you go along. Take heed, fellow writers! If you say the only body fluid vampires have is venom, do not have them suddenly have semen later on!
I COMPLETELY AGREE!!!! That was one of my biggest complaints (and don't get me started on all that "imprinting" crap!)
And if you think Twilight was bad, horrible or whatever negative word you want to use, you haven't read Eragon yet....
I've heard Eragon is a story about a 15 year old written by a 15 year old. Having never read it, I can't confirm that, but given some of the fanfic output I've seen that frightens me.
Back on topic, though. I'm 99% sure that Vivio has figured out the basics on the whole reproduction thing by 13, if Midchildia's popular culture is anything like Earth's western world.
Plus, Vivio spends a lot of her time reading books. I'm sure she doesn't always have her nose in a historical text.
Spoiler for Yeah, probably.:
Vivio's head shot up when a small creaking sound came from the hallway of her house. Keeping perfectly still, she listened intently. Her sharp, trained ears were on full alert and strained to catch even the slightest bit of air movement. Nothing else came, and she reminded herself forcefully that her parents wouldn't be back for at least an hour.
Red and green eyes turned back to the book in front of her. The text was taken in hungrily, drank through her eyes with excitement and wonder. A small tint of red was on the teen's cheeks, splashing over her nose and even reaching to her ears. Each word was read carefully, making sure not to miss anything. Her nose got closer to the pages and she shifted to get comfortable.
Sitting Indian style, Vivio put one hand between her legs to hold onto her ankle and the other held the book in front of herself. Rocking back and forth on her bed, she smiled happily and continued reading, turning each page one handed with a skillful flip of her thumb.
"Vivio." The single word made the girl shriek, tossing the book up in the air in shock. Nanoha laughed happily at scaring her daughter and went to pick up the book Vivio had tossed, curiously looking at her child when she fell off the bed trying to get the book first. "Silly, I'll hand it to you." Ignoring the statement that Vivio would get it, Nanoha picked up the paperback and looked at the cover to see what her daughter was reading. "...Erotic love stories, Vivio?"
"I... that is..." The girl couldn't find what to say.
"Hmmm...." To Vivio's horror, Nanoha opened it up and skimmed the pages. "...Ohhhh...."
"...Mama..."
"Where did you get this?" She held it up.
"...Syn."
"If you want pornography, Vivio, you don't have to get it from your friends and hide it from me." She smiled sweetly. "Don't be embarrassed, its nothing to be ashamed about."
"... Mama, its embarrassing..."
"Kris?" Nanoha held up her hand and got a palm full of bunny. "Access a web page for me?" A monitor came up and Nanoha typed in a URL. "Raising Heart, share subscription with Kris for me?"
"Yes, Master."
Vivio felt her stomach turn in knots. "Mama?"
"Here," Nanoha turned the floating monitor around to show Vivio. "It has stories like in that book on the side, okay? Don't look at the picture or video links, okay?"
"Welcome." Nanoha patted Vivio's hair and got a giggle. "I'll go now." With a small wave, the mother left Vivio's room and closed the door behind herself.
Vivio looked at the page before her and immediately pressed the button for video.
"I can see what you access, Vivio!" Nanoha called from the hallway, making Vivio literally yell out in shock.
Vivio's head shot up when a small creaking sound came from the hallway of her house. Keeping perfectly still, she listened intently. Her sharp, trained ears were on full alert and strained to catch even the slightest bit of air movement. Nothing else came, and she reminded herself forcefully that her parents wouldn't be back for at least an hour.
Red and green eyes turned back to the book in front of her. The text was taken in hungrily, drank through her eyes with excitement and wonder. A small tint of red was on the teen's cheeks, splashing over her nose and even reaching to her ears. Each word was read carefully, making sure not to miss anything. Her nose got closer to the pages and she shifted to get comfortable.
Sitting Indian style, Vivio put one hand between her legs to hold onto her ankle and the other held the book in front of herself. Rocking back and forth on her bed, she smiled happily and continued reading, turning each page one handed with a skillful flip of her thumb.
"Vivio." The single word made the girl shriek, tossing the book up in the air in shock. Nanoha laughed happily at scaring her daughter and went to pick up the book Vivio had tossed, curiously looking at her child when she fell off the bed trying to get the book first. "Silly, I'll hand it to you." Ignoring the statement that Vivio would get it, Nanoha picked up the paperback and looked at the cover to see what her daughter was reading. "...Erotic love stories, Vivio?"
"I... that is..." The girl couldn't find what to say.
"Hmmm...." To Vivio's horror, Nanoha opened it up and skimmed the pages. "...Ohhhh...."
"...Mama..."
"Where did you get this?" She held it up.
"...Syn."
"If you want pornography, Vivio, you don't have to get it from your friends and hide it from me." She smiled sweetly. "Don't be embarrassed, its nothing to be ashamed about."
"... Mama, its embarrassing..."
"Kris?" Nanoha held up her hand and got a palm full of bunny. "Access a web page for me?" A monitor came up and Nanoha typed in a URL. "Raising Heart, share subscription with Kris for me?"
"Yes, Master."
Vivio felt her stomach turn in knots. "Mama?"
"Here," Nanoha turned the floating monitor around to show Vivio. "It has stories like in that book on the side, okay? Don't look at the picture or video links, okay?"
"Welcome." Nanoha patted Vivio's hair and got a giggle. "I'll go now." With a small wave, the mother left Vivio's room and closed the door behind herself.
Vivio looked at the page before her and immediately pressed the button for video.
"I can see what you access, Vivio!" Nanoha called from the hallway, making Vivio literally yell out in shock.
2009-11-19, 15:07
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"Alicia?!"
