Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Character Creation and Discussion

[Saint X]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I could watch Aria all day

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Because Flags are made of GOD and WIN

No... they are made of E-Carbon, Metals, Plastics by GOD to WIN....

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Turing: Don't tell me ....

you want a raise?

?????: No... we want more workers and better equipment... the thrones are sooo last week... and then the other GN drives are soooo yesterday...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

We never did know her name do we?

*falls into despair*

lol don't remind me of my crackfic idea My Iincho is a Gundam Girl

*runs*

Originally Posted by Kha

Did I miss something?

*Digs up IM Conversation*

Originally Posted by Kha

...the First Sentokijin?

This is a valid cause for intervention...


You will hear from us...

Originally Posted by Kha

And to round off the squad, it's time for the ONLY LEGAL MECHA PILOT of StrikerS!

LIGHTNING-04
Rebuilt of Caro

Spoiler for Bandwidth Control:

All hail RyuOhKi!!!

Spoiler for Caro, Princess of Voltaire:

SNIPPED

Whiffy.

Crack has been determined as a cause for intervention...

Originally Posted by USB500

Crap! How could I miss all teh fun of breaking the 20K barrier? I'm so disappointed with myself.

But no matter!!

WE SHALL PIERCE THE THREADS WITH OUR KEYBOARDS AND GO BEYOND TOMORROW!!!!

Congratulations, brother. Now let us move on.

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So Sol is now moving in along with Bridget?



But that means Ky is near-

oh shi-

Yoyo >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Saint X

[Reiji Tabibito]

Originally Posted by Tormenk

Jag: A virgin? *points to walking-by Gen* That's one.

Vita: What's a non-virgin?

Jag: Oh non-virgin? *points to Katrina* That's one.

Vita: So what's the difference?

Jag: Well for that we need a couple for demonstration. Your meister and her boyfriend will do nicely.

Vita : All right.

Vita: Hayate. Could you bring Grandis along? The two of you are needed for a demonstration.

Hayate: Okay.

Hayate: So what is this demonstration about?

Grandis: I would like to know for one as well.

Jag: *wriggling fingers* Let the demonstration begin.. *whacked on the head from behind*

Jat: Up to your usual tricks again. *shoulders her rifle* Sorry for the trouble he's caused. *walks off dragging Jag behind her*

Jag: Demo..stration..urgh

Jat: DEMONSTRATE THIS! *kicks Jag up and whacks him in the head again*

Jag: Oooooo.

Grandis: What was that all about.

Vita: Hayate what's a virgin?

Hayate: Eeep!

*RUNS OFF-PLANET*

Arcas: IwillnotfreakoutIwillnotfreakoutIwillnotfreakoutIw illnotfreakout...

Originally Posted by Tormenk

Hmm. Strangely, reading this gives me the idea of porting The Pudding Earl over as a scientist for the Prize.

Sorry, the strangeness that is Lloyd of GEASS has already been claimed by myself for my pending story.

Though they say there's someone somehwere in the world who looks JUST LIKE YOU...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I don't think you need to call in MODERATORS for such a matter like this. Afterall, while you may not have started this chain of conversations, you did escalate it further than it's original scope.

Also, as you can see the roleplay is directed at Arcas, your OC, and not you. You reply, they reply back, and you reply in kind according to your character. And it seems to me like they've got lots of things to say about Arcas' personality. We know Arcas is your token character, but he's still an OC, and their comments are directed at him, not you.

If you're really feel offended by the way they're treating Arcas, then you can do two things:

1. Arcas needs to change

or

2. You need to change, and just suck it up and go with the flow like the rest of us do.

Kinda difficult, see below...

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Leena: "Mou, I don't want to harrass your pilot, I just want her BURNING HEARTO~"
Franz & Glen: *facepalm*
Psycho: If Leena's doing anything it's with me. We're partners in harassing.
Leena: Oh, no, I don't harass girls.... I just bring them to new heights of pleasure. And let Psycho take seconds. *angelic smile*
Psycho: Indeed, this is our divine calling.... to blow shit up and to have much fun. *angelic smile*
Franz: *sighs* And the irony is that Psycho isn't a fan of the Aces. And that Leena is a girl."
Glen: I'm the only sane man in the Order.
Id: Ironic, huh?

Arcas: You and the Chief, from how it looks...

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Reiji, we're not really attacking you per se. What we are doing is poking at Arcas' overreactions in roleplay. Lowe pretty much said most of what I wanted to say, so this is just a final note more than anything.

I know it's not personal - but I'm dealing with a few truckloads of crap right now, and I feel that this is one of 2 places I can safely let out my without too much harm.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Grandis: 1) And in the process, citing me as the bigger jerk is a way to get less eyes on you. and 2) Touche. As far as I can see, that Testarossa guy seems to be alright.

Arcas: If people decide to focus less on me, I'm not gonna complain.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Grandis: Let me remind you then, regardless of your attention span. A small matter such as checking out the fans of the Aces is so dreadfully easy and non-risky. And as it is, your an absolute idiot that jumps into conclusions faster than Hayate can think of cosplay dresses since you don't bother at all with the task in a depressing one-minded pursuit of keeping them 'safe' whilst all you accomplish is hurting a lot of people, making the Aces isolated, making people hate you, etc...

And that's far from the end of it.p

Arcas: Dreadfully easy? For someone who spends the whole year-round on MC, sure. For someone whose there only a day or three at a time...? And to live is to inflict pain on others...that's EVERYBODY. As it was once said, "we hurt others just by the very nature of our existence." And it's inevitable that you'll end up making people hate you in life - it's just a question of whether or not you let it get to you.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Grandis: Your far worse than I thought. They do NOT belong to you, Arcas. You have no whatsoever authority to prevent people from talking with them. Stop acting like the damned ruler of mankind and treating other people as your subjects that you can freely do whatever you please with! Tche. I can't believe this. Why do I even bother?

Arcas: You bother because you think you can change me - and you can, just not the way you're doing it.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Okay, okay. I'm sorry. I meant it was fun for the others as well and not just us. The discussion is enjoyable in itself. We're not in this to bash Arcas, you know... It's for roleplay, roleplay!

I understand that - but this is one of 4 places I can go to where I don't have to actively worry about the problems I'm facing - a haven, if you will.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Oho?! So your going to bring us in for trying to kill your darlings, HUH?! If it's with me, you have no whatsoever right since you've been actively engaging my OC in indirect word-dueling using Arcas! If it's about the others, then why do you even bother replying and escalating the discussion in the first place? Why not just ASK them NICELY to stop since your being indirectly insulted instead of threatening us with the 1900-KILL-HAXX button as if your the from-square-one victim?! Suck it up. Were NOT flaming YOU. And we DEFINITELY have all the right to make our OC's (WHICH is IN-TOPIC) tell Arcas what they want, in accordance of how they would naturally act depending in their attitude.

Well, sorry if that came out a lot rougher than I intended. But bear with it. Because this time, I'M the one offended that you even thought of my actions as part of the whole worthy to be shot-down by the MODS.

Okay, first off: the comment wasn't directed at you, even if it seemed like it.

And second: see below...

Originally Posted by Nightengale

This was funny. Really. Tomoyo = Keroko is one funny thought, simply because it brings up the question who's Sunohara.

<-- *ships Sunomoyo in the anime. Really, Kyoto Animation should've somehow, someway change aspects of Tomoyo's route, Mei's route and Sunohara's route combined and replace Tomoya with Sunohara in Tomoyo's route, rather than that cop-out.*

I'll take Okazaki Tomoya divided by 2 as well, like KimiKiss.

It depends. Can Sunohara be an OC? If so, then I've got chars to nominate.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Keroko-chan: *a dark aura apears around Keroko* Then I'll have to re-eductate you.

Arcas: O-oi, wait, wait!

*the camera pans out as Keroko-chan advances on Arcas, while at the same time, many Air Force mages feel a chill run down their spine*

Wes: ... Did you feel that?

Tycho: Yes, like a single voice crying out in terror, before suddenly stopping.

The Air Force mages prayed for the poor soul that had just insulted instructor Takamachi Keroko's teachings.

(Bad move Arcas, Keroko takes neglecting her teachings much more violently then Nanoha. )

Arcas: OI! I never said I forgot...

Originally Posted by Keroko

Whoa, whoa, no need to call in the nukes for something so trivial, besides there's a very simple way to stop all of this: Don't reply. Like how I was tempted to reply to the disregarding of Nanoha and Yuuno bathing together in the image thread, but didn't in order to avoid a ship war.

I'd do that, but to me, not replying (with exceptions) is the same thing as conceding defeat...and I HATE losing.


Okay, finally, here @ the end, I can explain (hopefully) why I've been so short with people the past few days.

First: Everyone here knows that I lost my job for a VERY stupid-ass reason. That was about a week or two ago. Since then, I've been turned down by a dozen professors for an equally stupid-ass reason as why I lost my job.

Second:


Third: I'm busy trying to resolve an argument that my family and my fiancee's family are having about what I'm doing for graduate school - WHICH NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY STAKE IN. The situation is NOT helped by the fact that my fiancee's parents have threatened to call off the wedding if things don't end in their favor.


Final: I'm having to deal with this all by myself, despite asking these two coaches my parents have hired to 'improve the family dynamic' for help, and receiving only the answer: "You're a man, you're going to get married, deal with it on your own." They say this, despite the fact that anyone who knows me in person also knows that I NEVER ask for help unless I'm desperate.


In Summary: My crap-taking ability is at its limit (or near it). So if I explode, you'll understand why.

[Wild Goose]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

We all know who the victor is...

Spoiler for latest novel:

It was BOUND to happen.

*runs*

Only took 'em about 9 years or so, which isn't too bad when you consider that they're from novels, not an anime or manga...

This was funny. Really. Tomoyo = Keroko is one funny thought, simply because it brings up the question who's Sunohara.

[SIZE="1"]<-- *ships Sunomoyo in the anime. Really, Kyoto Animation should've somehow, someway change aspects of Tomoyo's route, Mei's route and Sunohara's route combined and replace Tomoya with Sunohara in Tomoyo's route, rather than that cop-out.*

I have plans for the Clannad Cast. Oh yes I have plans. Especially for Tomoyo-chaaaaaaan~

Which is mildly annoying. In the A's manga, Nanoha made an effort to improve mobility upon seeing her own advantages and strength in power, etc. Hayate pretty much 'lol I'm good in this, that's enough.'

There's specialisation... and then there's stupidity. Franz has never quite understood why Hayate acts the way she does. Despite being a pwn puppy, he's the best shot in the OFM with the MA5C. He sucks with the battle rifle and sucks ass with the sniper rifle, but is still capable using them. Just not very well... He actually shoots better with iron sights than without, strangely.

Oooh, epic family drama. Can't get enough of them, and you write them damn well, it almost feels like something out of RAID SLASH's emo-style.

Speaking of which, how Yuuno's relationship with Vivio in Alpha canon anyway?

Yes, family drama.

Yuuno's relationship with Vivio.... will be revealed. But he won't be having that much time in Cranagan, because the OFM base is far far away from Cranagan... and he's Alpha Platoon's medic/designated marksman.

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Originally Posted by Reiji Tabibito

Third: I'm busy trying to resolve an argument that my family and my fiancee's family are having about what I'm doing for graduate school - WHICH NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY STAKE IN. The situation is NOT helped by the fact that my fiancee's parents have threatened to call off the wedding if things don't end in their favor.


Final: I'm having to deal with this all by myself, despite asking these two coaches my parents have hired to 'improve the family dynamic' for help, and receiving only the answer: "You're a man, you're going to get married, deal with it on your own." They say this, despite the fact that anyone who knows me in person also knows that I NEVER ask for help unless I'm desperate.


In Summary: My crap-taking ability is at its limit (or near it). So if I explode, you'll understand why.

"Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

On a serious note:

Perhaps you could use a relaxing song to calm down and approach from a different angle.

Have a calm song: http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1424129/

Now, to address someone else...

They have trained in tatics and combat but reading about them fight is more like a experienced earth soldier who learnt the ropes of magic combat later. Even with their backgrounds of having lived on earth and being combat personnel at one point or another, I don't see the TSAB implementing routines and practices that would mirror earth so closely, even with some of the examples shown.

I don't get what you're seeing. If anything, they aren't using anything NEAR 'Earth Soldier' tactics. (Nanoha and Fate that is.) I mean, they're flying, but even then, not using air combat manuevering principles such as correct use of each other as a wingman to cover the other.

As far as I've written the last scene, Nanoha dove from high altitude to the surface, dodged/blocked an attack, stopped, shot her own attack, defended while trying to use a power attack, dodged again, tried to attack again, but was blinded.
The fact that they split up to go one-on-one with each other deviates from Earth style air combat doctrine right there.

You're going to have to give a more clear example of what you're talking about. I may be doing it on autopilot without knowing it, and can't see it. Because I AM trained, and thus to me, there is simply a right and a wrong way to fight based on that training.

[Erio]

Hey Goose, dont forget the PM.

Originally Posted by LoweGear

If Gwen's good at making her enemy defend, then serious-mode Asagi is an expert at defending and dodging, it's part of her style afterall The belief is that an attacking enemy creates more chances for an opening than a defending one, and Asagi more often than not tries to get the enemy to make that mistake first. I don't think Gwen would let Asagi exploit any openings though (not like I'll think she'll make one in the first place), so a mock battle between these two would be pretty interesting

What makes Gwen's offensive strategy work very well is her choice of spells. This little chat here has given me more points to include in her Fighting Style section.

I think the one who will really give Gwen trouble (and I would say beat her most of the time) is Mayura, though. Mayura does not rely much on magic, and that's a bad thing for Gwen's strategy. At least Gwen is used to fighting melee types, since she practices daily with Iris, who is a melee speed-type, though that doesnt mean she can beat them easily or in a regular basis. Keeping her distance is key.

And yup, mock battles are in order.

It does yes... but considering she doesn't use much magic in the first place, she can use all her magic for BJ changes. Besides, don't think BJ changes use that much mana to begin with

In comparison to Signum... she'd equal Signum in melee combat, unfortunately Signum has long range attacks As has been pointed out, it depends on the circumstances

And special boots? hmmm...

Makes sense.

I see. And whenever their distance shortens, Signum may be in trouble.

And yeah, Lenalee's boots in particular seem to fit Mayura very well, since it would give her the mobility she needs.

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Shameless copy-pasta is shameless, but who cares?

"A person? Moving in dimensional space in a high-speed energy shell?"

"A strong magical response detected approaching at high speed... Estimated over SSS!!"

HOLY SHI--!!!

WANT.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

I know. And I understand that. However, even though not specializing is no problem, at all; having no capability and practice just in case is not. More so since 'Aurion' is the one who'll be charging her head-on. And besides, I've already mapped-out a list of rationales for Hayate's further improvement, both personal and professional. It's not like I'm trying to make her adapt to everything, oh no. But I'm just injecting some practicality and a bit of my own flair for the sake of my story. Well, she DID decide for back-support because that's where she fits best. And I accept that. BUT being back-support while being helpless on her own, i.e. the battle's lost when her guardians are down, that I CANNOT accept! She is a back-attacker and always will be, but that doesn't mean she has to be limited to the basic idea for the rest of her life!(Note: GenerationS is 2 years after StrikerS) It may sound a bit too personal, but I believe that one shouldn't waste potential just like that. This isn't an RPG where the amount of stats are limited so you can only specialize in one or at most two factors while being essentially zero in others factors. And she'll more than hell need it for my story, since there WILL be more than one occations that she'll be forced to fend for herself without Rein. The very first example is the mock battle against Aurion. you think he'll go easy with her just because of their closeness or her lack of specialization? Oh no, he'll maul her down if she can't hold out. She's NOT practicing for forward offense. She's practicing for off-chance defense in closer engagements in order to gain distance and do what she does best, nuking.

Whew...

And besides, I'm using a bit of author-freedom as well...

Is it okay? Is it fine?

Haha, dont worry - as I said, its not that I do not agree with you.

One little thing you said, though...

She is a back-attacker and always will be, but that doesn't mean she has to be limited to the basic idea for the rest of her life!(Note: GenerationS is 2 years after StrikerS)

...well, in Hayate's case, wouldnt she get WORSE (not only with her weaknesses but also with her strengths) as time passes? Her current position does not require that she goes into the battlefield (not saying that she doesnt do it anyway). After Scaglietti's incident, who knows, maybe there hasnt been any challenging threats for Hayate and her unit, meaning that she may have become quite rusty, since she may have never needed to leave her chair.

Now the question is, why would she suddenly decide to take up a more active role in combat? This could be a good idea for your scenarios - giving Hayate a motivation to become better in combat instead of just staying at headquarters commanding her troops. Of course, you still gotta keep in mind her position - she falls and her entire unit may fall apart. She has an important role, not just in battle.

The tricky part will be giving Hayate a good motivation - there must be quite a dangerous threat that would require her to go out and help her unit, like she did against Scaglietti and the Cradle.

Just some ideas.

Originally Posted by tshouryuu

I would like to run an idea of mine by you guys for a while before I truly get started on it. Lowe never replied so I decided to ask every one instead.

Spoiler for VUDs:

Viral-type Unity Device - Partial Notes

A vast corruption of the ideology of a Unison Device. Unlike most unison devices, viral devices do not possess their own wills, only possessing that of their creator. They have limited sentience and a form which normally looks like a glowing spark. Like normal unison devices, these devices can “unite” with users to provide Mana control in great volume and speed but without the mage even being aware of it. One other function of this device is that it accesses memories of the infected person and "records" them while the person is sleeping. A person might experience a dream consisting of those memories when they're being accessed

However, that is just the infection stage. At a certain time, the device will forcefully cause loss of consciousness to the infected and “take over” the user and operate autonomously based on the will of the creator. When the viral device is successful in "taking over" the infected, an effect, similar to that of a user loosing control of a Unison device will occur. However, instead of taking on the appearance of the device like normal Unity-type devices, the infected will be mutated via transformation magics into a more terrifying form based on certain conditions.

All those that are infected have chances to fight off the "taking over". This is done by combating the VUD within Internal Space. While this battle for control is going on, the VUD has control of the body and access to whatever abilities/ equipment the infected has. Usually, only those that have extraordinary wills or power can suppress the VUD taking over attempts.

Spoiler for Plan:

My plan is to have a secret organization of rogue elements, existing in the TSAB to develop and use this to create a huge army of loyal, controlled, magic wielding "monsters" which is made up of the majority of the TSAB forces, thus forcing the "heroes" to fight against a vast force of what used to be comrades for their very survival.

Its a fairly crazy idea but is it viable or should I shut down my delusions of grandeur?

Hmm, the concept, while crazy indeed, makes some sense, since UDs do take control over their masters.

Maybe the secret organization should exist outside the TSAB, though. At least the Ground Forces already had a similar secret plan (the Einherjar) and it failed.

Originally Posted by Kha

In my crack:

Aces, Sophia/Anita: 19 going 20

Artei, Vice, Sunny, Belkarengers: 23 going 24

Sounds good to me. Does Artei look differently now, though?

It allowed me to shift all the mushy moments out for cuter ones, and focus on Sophia a lot more. Nanoha/Cente Gravia is as much about her as it is about Kha.

"Cente Gravia"... How do you come up with these names...

Who will be Sophia's love interest now?

...no, Kha and Erio are NOT related by blood.

And yeah I used Shaman King's interpretation and spliced it with Ichigo's to create Granado es Strada. The Shaman King emphasis came when I thought about Erio becoming the opposite of Kha, and that would be in WoW terms a Shaman. The electrical affinity made it work, and Acous' Unlimited Feral Spirits just added to the feasibility of the crack.

Forgot to mention that Erio's jacket turns HOTBLOODED RED, and becomes 3 TIMES TOUGHER but 3 TIMES LIGHTER as well.

And apologies to whoever started the Erio Aznable idea for me just using it right off the bat. I accredit this idea to you, so please stand up so I can add that piece of information into Erio's profile.

Who cares? Erio doesnt have to have Kha's blood for his hair to change to white. It would serve as an interesting WTF-ANOTHER-KHA scenario.

And so you thought about Shaman King as well, huh? Nice. The stuff about Shamans sure is crackish though. At least it can be an excuse for how he is able to get along so well with Fried and Garyuu... and maybe other dragons...

~~~New Intelligence Data Updated~~~

More crack from 00:

Spoiler for uhoh:

Patrick: (bursts into the room) Captain! Why am I not launching with the others?
Auris: Patient, Patrick. (Looks at the mage) I will make you a man.

~~~

Foy: I'd never believe I'd see the day I'm working in formation with you.
"Setsuna": Me neither.

~~~

Foy: Sou... This is my inherent equipment Nadleen's power. To dominate all other units connected to Jehovah!

(pupils turn yellow)

Foy: Fear my IS! Macro Dominator!

~~~

Gimmy: (pulls Dynames out) I really want to shoot you right now. Do you mind? Can you let me settle this score?
Hiro: I don't mind.

~~~

Gimmy: That's so lame I don't feel like shooting you anymore. You really are a Grade otaku.
Hiro: Thank you.

Foy:
Gimmy:

Hiro: That was the highest praise.

(Gimmy bursts out laughing)

Foy: So this is being human?

And some more from CLANNAD, but applied as a trailer:

Spoiler for Cente Gravia:

If only things were simplier...

Kha: What are you doing here?
Keroko: Waking you up of course.

If only things were more innocent...

Hayate & Sophia: Ohaiyo! We made bento!
Kha: Eh?
Keroko: (appears at the door wearing an apron) What is it, a guest?
Tohkiha twins: Heeeh?!

If only there was no such thing as magic...

Kha: Both of you... Let's just chi--
Keroko & Sophia: YOU CHILL!!!

Kha: Hayate-san...
Hayate: Kha-chan... I want you to enjoy my cooking too!
Kha: HWAH!
Botan: (slinks away) Boo...

Kha: Nanoha-san... Nanoha-san...
Nanoha: I also want you to enjoy my cooking!

Kha: ...

Yes...

Fate: (falls off seat) Ouch! (sees bloody hand) What's this...!
Kha: Why is there so much blood?!

Hayate and Sophia sees Kha's unusually large reaction, and are mortified.

Fate: I'm... fine... (tries to clambor to her feet)
Kha: No you're not! (shifts her arm over his shoulders, helping Fate up) We better get you to the nurse's office!

The couple limps past, and Sophia has her eyes buried in her fringe. Hayate and Nanoha watch on in horror.

Nanoha: Fate-chan! What's going on?!
Hayate: No... way...!

Both girls run off, leaving Sophia alone and biting her lip.

If only things were different.

Time suddenly seems to rewind. Nanoha, Hayate, Kha and Fate move back to where they were 3 seconds back. Kha and Fate pass again.

Nanoha: Fate-chan! What's going on?!
Hayate: No... way...!

Nanoha runs off alone. Hayate instead turns to face Sophia.

Hayate: One-chan.
Sophia: ?
Hayate: One-chan. Sorry. For everything... up till now...
Sophia: (forces a laugh) Well no haha... I... We... (face contorts, and she quickly buries her face and weeps)

The twins embrace, and the world darkens.

~~~~~~

Turing: Well.

Kha looks up from his hands.

Turing: Do you have the time to waste on pondering that?

~~~~~~

[Cue: Chorus of "The World" by Nightmare]

Hirogaru yami no naka Kawashiatta Kakumei no chigiri.
Within the spreading darkness, we exchanged vows of revolution.

On the beat, Kha fully kitted in his plate armor slams his heavy foot into the launch catapult. Several mechanical arms around him begin moving.

Sumire: Dock Aile Striker pack! We're launching in 1!

Dare ni mo jamasaseru
I can’t let anyone interfere

Kha launches into a full firefight. Keroko and Nanoha form up on him and they thunder into another pack of battling mages.

Artei: (looking at holo as it becomes awash with red) This... it's... Impossible!

Wake ni wa ikanai
With everything that’ll come about from now on

Carim: Turn the fleet around 180 degrees! We must not let the daemons reach Allison!

Several TSAB ships banked hard a-starboard and begin launching ion cannon fire at an unseen foe.

Gard Redel: (to his grunts)HOLD THE LINE!

Itsuka boku ga misete ageru, hikarikagayaku...
Someday, I’ll show you a shining...

Acous: The summoning... (opens his eyes) It's almost complete!

A storm of vile beings gather and blot out the moon before descending by the thousands. We then cut to Kha landing and skiding to a stop.

Kha: Sophia! Listen to me!

[End music suddenly]

~~~ ~~~ ~~~

Nanoha/Cente Gravia

~~~ ~~~ ~~~

COMING SOON

This is a short version of the trailer. I'll do a fuller one when I can get the time.

I'm not sure what's going on here.

*after reading Lowes comment* Ah, 00 ep 19... havent watched that yet.

...Grown-up Caro?

*dodges gondola*

Why didnt I think of that...?

Originally Posted by FieryAeon

Anyone ever thought of adding in the legions from Chaos Legion? (You know, taken in the Nanoha forums' context, that sounds so weird and wrong on so many levels. )

I actually created a Nanohammer faction with Chaos Legion units, though I didnt get to release it...

Missed this quote earlier. So like you huh? Chinese cheongsam are hawt after all. *has sudden urge to see more of Chao and Ku Fei in cheongsam *

What can I say...after seeing Wang Ryumin...

*runs*

And of course Signum is a MUCH more experienced and power fighter. I wouldn't say no contest there, but it'll be tough. But Chinese martial arts have certain styles/schools that are specialized against armed opponents, so we won't know.

She does have a lot more experience, I dont argue that, but so far she hasnt shown that. Even though she "held back" during A's, she should have been able to win regardless if she was that much better.

Vita is another example - she has as much experience as Signum - but she has not actually shown that she is that much better than, say, the Aces.

In any case, I do agree that they have more experience. I guess 7arcs did not give them enough credit, especially during StrikerS.

BTW, none of my comments above refer to power.

[Erio]

Double post again.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

BTW, some crack just hit me...

Here's Aurion's relationship data with the Stars Forwards from the revamped profile... This is filled with a little crack and my own little take at the latest chapter of the manga, except that this happens after the final battle...

Spoiler for Length:

Subaru – One of the first two Forwards he met during his visit. Aurion knew much of Subaru’s background, but Subaru didn’t even know who he was until after the introduction. She was the one who spearheaded the ‘Aurion Dauer Combat Capability Investigation’ plan that she and the other Forwards formulated (with help from Shari and Alto) after hearing that he actually defeated the Aces before. The process was, suffice to say, full of comedic events (and lots of whining from Teana) that revealed nothing more than the fact that Aurion defeated the Aces when they were 11 and nothing more. Finally manipulating Vivio to confront Aurion about his wins, he simply replied, “I cheated.” before walking away, laughing. Nanoha and Fate cleared up the issue, saying that Aurion was just better than them in terms of experience and skill back then. However, they wouldn’t reveal how they lost despite Subaru’s inquisitions. Unfortunately for the two of them, Hayate and Keroko all too cheerfully revealed how they all lost, showing Nanoha’s and Fate’s most embarrassing losses due to smart and yet completely asinine use of Aurion’s illusions, much to the embarrassment of the leaders of Stars and Lightning Squads. Subaru, despite herself, was sent to the floor laughing over the ‘Large Ferret!’ tactic that Aurion used to defeat the then younger Nanoha, much to the Ace of Aces’ chagrin.

Teana – One of the first two forwards he met during his visit. Out of the four prospective Strikers, she was the only one who knew who Aurion was prior to the visit. Interestingly, Aurion showed more interest in Teana than in any other forwards. This is mainly due to their similarity in styles, illusion magic coupled with range attacks. He actually took her aside for a few minutes and told her that if there is time, he is willing to teach her more about illusion magic and tactics, citing her as one of the more unique young mages he knows since he only knows few other mages who uses illusion magic. Teana was delighted by the offer. She was skeptical about Aurion’s rumored victory over the four Aces, particularly over Keroko, her idol; which Subaru exploited to drag her along the ‘Aurion Dauer Combat Capability Investigation’ plan despite Teana’s reservations. In the end, she actually felt quite proud that Keroko was defeated thru ‘sane’ means, accepting the gap in experience of several years ago. She tried hard not to laugh on how Nanoha and Fate were defeated, but was encouraged by Keroko to not hold back, much to Nanoha's further indignation. Several months after StrikerS, Teana had already learned a few tricks from Aurion, as well as several tactics of applying her illusions properly in her attack plans.

Weird, I thought Keroko was also beaten in a funny way too...

Good additions overall. I like how Aurion will be teaching Teana some tricks...

Originally Posted by Nightengale

We all know who the victor is...

Spoiler for latest novel:

It was BOUND to happen.

*runs*

What's this?

Originally Posted by USB500

Crap! How could I miss all teh fun of breaking the 20K barrier? I'm so disappointed with myself.

But no matter!!

WE SHALL PIERCE THE THREADS WITH OUR KEYBOARDS AND GO BEYOND TOMORROW!!!!

Congratulations, brother. Now let us move on.

Guilty Gear FTW.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Not at all, like we've said in the past, if canon refuses to propperly develop Hayate, we will. I mean, even Nanoha, who also focusses on ranged attacks, can fend of Signum in a one-on-one.

But Nanoha is VERY different from Hayate. She is a frontline aggressor and constantly takes part of missions, unlike Hayate, who most of the time sits back and commands her unit, only few times actually leaving HQ for the battle field (when she is needed), as we have seen in StrikerS. Since Aaron's scenarios take place 2 years after StrikerS, then Hayate must be worse than before (as in very rusty), given her position as a Lt. Colonel.

And just to make it clear, my favorite ace is Hayate. While Aaron feels the need to develop her further (something that I also want), I feel the need to make sure she stays as Hayate. One of the reasons why Hayate is my favorite Ace, and I would dare say favorite character, is that she actually has weaknesses. Probably you guys wont feel the same as me, but I feel that Nanoha and Fate are way too perfect. They are both good at everything, they dont make any mistakes, all their decisions are correct, and stuff. They are just 19 years old, and yet there is not much room for character development in regards to their combat abilities, and even power, since they have already reached almost unreachable ranks by TSAB standards (S+ and above). There is just room for developments such as how to become a mother and crap ... at 19 years old ... Not saying that those developments are automatically crap, just that a 19 year old girl should be doing other stuff.

Well, that became a small rant, sorry about that. And for the record, the above was not directed at Keroko - dont want to cause any trouble.

Originally Posted by Kha

And to round off the squad, it's time for the ONLY LEGAL MECHA PILOT of StrikerS!

LIGHTNING-04
Rebuilt of Caro



All hail RyuOhKi!!!

Spoiler for Caro, Princess of Voltaire:

snip

Whiffy.

It's official; Lightning Squad is my favorite, with Kha's waifu Fate (), Lamia Signum Loveless, Kha's little boy Erio and the non-Tomino talented female mecha pilot summoner Caro!

Health warning: Caro’s drinks are good for you.

There seems to be the other side of the Sigro crack.

And no, I’m not gonna spoil the moves of Ampere, Shin-Voltaire, Ampaire, Voltere, Shin-Ampaire or Shin-Voltere.

Well, as it was said before, it was great until the mecha part. I like Nighty's idea of a soul possession thing, though.

[tshouryuu]

Originally Posted by dkellis

I'm just going off what I can think of at the moment, rather than structure everything more coherently.

First of all, thank you dkellis for making me think and poking holes in my ideas. Like I said before, I'm still at the thinking stage but I'll do my best to answer your queries and I hope you'll poke more holes in my ideas. Also my thoughts will not be that coherently structured as well.

Originally Posted by dkellis

First, I'm not sure what you mean by "left-wing extremists". Explain, please, in detail.

I really hope you are not asking me for the meaning cos I can't really explain it that well. I'll try to explain their "views". These extremists advocate stricter laws, usage of lost logia, using hostile force to bring in the non-administrative worlds etc. They think that the TSAB itself has become weak in part due to the actions of the three admirals and it has become nothing but an over glorified police force and an ineffective one at that often citing the events in MSLN S1 and S2 and how ineffective most of the time the TSAB forces are. So ineffective that they have to rely on children to fight their battles for them. They believe that more should be done to strengthen the TSAB so that any threats can be more effectively taken care of. They fully support people like Regius who they think did the correct thing and think that it was a terrible shame that he got murdered.

Originally Posted by dkellis

Next, why is there a rogue faction? Why do these people believe what they do? Have they thought their plan out entirely yet? Where are they getting their support and their resources?

Why are they rogue? Why haven't they tried to effect change through more legal means? What obstacles did they face which made them choose this path? How is the development of the VUDs more cost-effective than simply waiting for political trends to change?

There is a rogue faction because they're tired of trying to change the views of others and have decided to take matters into their own hands by any means necessary. As such they decided to overthrow the current administration but without an armed force they cannot possibly succeed. It was then the Plan was created. To control TSAB forces and bend them to their wills. Yet for that to happen, they needed resources and support. To do that, they recruited like minded individuals from various departments of the TSAB as well as from civilian companies like Umbrella and arranged for those that did not join to die in accidents or "disappear". Resources would be carefully siphoned from the department budgets as well as from smuggling contra-banned items etc. This would be happening since MC 0043 but have started picking up speed at MC 0068. Also to avoid attention, they would gently push certain prominent people who share some of their views like Regius into the foreground and thus diverting attention away from them.

The main obstacle would actually be the three admirals who are heroes and carry alot of political weight. It was they who led the TSAB to its present state. And some of the left-wing extremists gave up trying to wait for a political change after 40 years and thus, the rogue faction was created.

Originally Posted by dkellis

Most people like to believe that they are doing the Right Thing. How are the VUDs justified in their minds?

The VUDs are a means to an end and they believe that in this case, the ends justify the means.

Originally Posted by dkellis

How are the VUDs made? If a lot of people will be getting infected, this implies some sort of contagion effect, or mass-production of some sort. How does this work, and why can't it be contained after the first outbreak?

The VUDs are created by studying and experimenting on actual unison devices that they managed to acquire. In my scenario, Agito would be one of those Unison devices experimented on until Zest and Lutecia manged to free her. As for the infection part.... this question would be hard to answer since the outbreak and initial infection is related to the story line that I don't really wish to reveal now and as for the last one, the VUDs will not do anything immediately. It will wait until a certain time then it activates. Its like you eaten food but you won't know you gotten food poisoning until you start running to the toilet. If you want further details, you'll have to PM me

Originally Posted by dkellis

I'm picturing the leader as someone who is eloquent enough to gather a group of like-minded individuals and convince them to risk life, limb, and liberty for a plan that may or may not work, but not good enough with rhetoric to simply convince the populace at large that their views are for the best of the TSAB.

I haven't thought that far actually I'm still thinking of the organization as a whole and have not got to the individuals yet

Again, thanks for making me think of things that I didn't really think of.

Edit: Looks like this idea is rather useless now since a few people think that an external organization is a better choice. Back to the drawing board I guess....

Originally Posted by Kha

And to round off the squad, it's time for the ONLY LEGAL MECHA PILOT of StrikerS!

LIGHTNING-04
Rebuilt of Caro



All hail RyuOhKi!!!

Spoiler for Caro, Princess of Voltaire:

Caro, Princess of Voltaire

Caro Ru Lushe (キャロ・ル・ルシエ, Kyaro Ru Rushie) is a character in Kha the Cleric's Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Rebuilt of StrikerS. After much encouragement from Kha and some steeling on nerves from herself, Fate T. Harlaown became her guardian after sad circumstances left Caro with no place to live. Wherever she goes, Caro is usually accompanied by her pet dragon, Friedrich (or Fried, for short).

She is a kind and somewhat timid girl and, just like Erio, has little sense for matters of life that most people would see as ordinary. Caro hopes to become a magical doctor like Kha or run a health food shop, which no one encourages overtly. She and Erio in Fate and Kha’s absences look after the young and powerful Allison Ford, who was formerly the priestess nominate of the Tome of Life Necro’omnicron.

Caro is known for taking long baths (up to 3 hours), collecting shopping catalogs and, ever since meeting Liana of the ATX team, experimenting with health drinks.

Her health drinks, like Liana, have earned some degree of infamy, in that while very healthy and capable of curing most ailments (as well as restoring energy), their taste leaves much to be desired, and they often cause the drinker to faint. Even manly men, like Kaempfer, Smith & Wesson, Ingram Prisken Aurion Dauer, and Master Wodan, have been laid low by her concoctions.

Her health drinks can restore energy even when it is not drunk: When one of Caro's health drinks were offered to Vice during a battle he vows he would rather die than drink it and began fighting harder.

There are only four people known to withstand this dreaded beverage: Kha (who’s taste buds are non-existent), Friediche, Yui Hiro, and Mai Enna.

She is named for either the Mazda Carol or the FSO Polonez Caro.

Caro in StrikerS

Native of the TSAB-administrated world No. 6, Alzas, Caro was born under the nomad-like "Minority Tribe" known as Lu-Lushe. Since very little, she was taught the tribe's traditional summoning arts: the "Dragon Summon". Caro exhibited a rare talent to the craft, to the point that she could already summon two powerful dragons by the age of six. This frightened the elders of her tribe however, who believed that her power would attract misfortune, and lead them to banish the girl.

This has had tremendous effect on Caro, who is has developed a fear of her own powers, right to the point of sometimes hallucinating that there was an irremovable blood stain on her right hand, the hand that she empowers to call upon Voltaire the Black Dragon Lord.

Sent to stay at a TSAB's HQ-attached special protection facility, Caro had a life of many restrictions and few liberties imposed upon her. This would have gone on forever, had she not met with Fate T. Harlaown one day by pure chance. After hearing about Caro's past, Fate decided to take her in and become the girl's guardian. Similarly on how it was with Erio Mondial, the circumstances prevented Fate and Caro from living together from the beginning. Instead, the girl started to live and work at a wildlife preservation area in the TSAB-administrated world No. 61, Supools, where she discovered that her talent as a summoner also helped her to deal with all sorts of animals. Caro remained there until the day that she was invited to be part of the Mobile Division 6.

She met Wang Liu Mei who was “holidaying” (she was actually looking for a secondary forward base for Celestial Being in the Core Worlds) in the area just prior to the beginning of Operation StrikerS. For the first time in her life, Caro discovered what luxury was, but Chao observed that the more Caro found herself to like it, the more she tried to withdraw from it.

Although talented, Caro is held back by her inner demons and still has much to mature as a mage. At the beginning of StrikerS, she was "C+" ranked, ground-based summoner that had little to no control over the dragons that she invoked. Caro eventually overcame this flaw after her ingression in the Division 6 and, after being assigned to the Lightning Squad under the sign-name of "Lightning 4", soon became a reliable member of the Forward Team. She seems to harbor romantic feelings towards Erio.

As Voltaire has a companion spirit, Ampere the White Tiger Queen, Caro would eventually choose Erio to be Ampere’s master.

At the end of the series, Caro goes back to TSAB-administrated world No. 61 and continue to work at a wildlife reserve.

Powers

A user of the Mid-Childa magic system, Caro's area of expertise is known as Summon Magic. Specifically, she is skillful at summoning and controlling dragons (hence the name Dragon Summon). Furthermore, she is quite proficient at Increase-type Support spells. Taking that, plus her blatant handicap for direct combat (she is highly dependent of her summoned dragons in order to be functional) into consideration, Caro was assigned to the position of Fullback of the Forward Team. Like most users of Summoning Magic seen so far, Caro possess a Boost Device named Kerykeion.

Defensive Abilities

Active Protection - Caro's variation of the basic Protection magic. It seems to be more tuned to defend against attacks from a single direction.

Barrier Jacket - The primary defensive measure of most mages. Caro's Barrier Jacket possesses a white cape that is very similar to Fate's and she wears a white hat, giving her a very stereotypical “mahou shoujo” look.

Wheel Protection - Similar in principle to Nanoha's Active Guard, a pair of wings appear on Kerykeion's jewel and conjures a magic typhoon that repels a target that is far away.

Booster Protection – A defensive shield that reduces the effects of AMF on a target.

Offensive Abilities

Blast Flare - Not a real spell, but actually Fried's inherent fire-breathing ability boosted by Caro's magic. Its power is nothing remarkable, but it would be expected of a auto-shot type attack.

Blast Rain - A variation of the Blast Flare used while Fried is in his true form. Unlike the original, Blast Rain is very strong, with a destructive power in par with an AA magic attack.

Shooting Ray - One of the few offensive spells in which Caro herself attack the enemy, two wings of light appear over Kerykeion's jewels and turn into one magic beam each.

Wing Shooter - Another of Caro's personal attack magics, multiple magic bullets are conjured and shot at the enemy. Akin to Fate's Plasma Lancer, the bullets can only be directed towards the target but not controlled during flight.

Summons

Dragon Soul Summon (竜魂召喚, Ryūkon Shōkan) - In order to keep Fried always by her side and, at the same, time have his true powers available when necessary, Caro makes use of the Dragon Soul Summon spell. With this magic, she can seal away Fried's real form and strength and then temporally summon them back when they are needed. On a side note, Soul Summoning is very advanced summoning spell known only by a few experts.

Dragon Mount Summon (竜騎召喚, Ryūki Shōkan, Dragon Mount Summon) - The magic that summons Alzas' guardian dragon: the Dragontiger Lord, Voltaire. It is important to be aware that Voltaire is an ancient creature of great power that only allows himself to be summoned when there is real need to.

Wrought Iron Summon (錬鉄召喚, Rentetsu Shōkan, Wrought Iron Summon) - This spell allows Caro to summon, transmute and control any inorganic matter on the nature. Although not restricted to it, the form of a chain is Caro's favorite and she dubbed this variation Alchemic Chain. She was once praised as being very skillful and imaginative in the usage of this magic. And when Caro is attempting Wrought Iron summons, the magic circle she calls upon, the chants and hand-claps involved are a heavy nod to the Alchemists from Full Metal Alchemist.

Rockbell Arm – Caro creates an arm’s gauntlet of magical steel for Erio to wear over his left arm, allow him to block attacks with it and strike with his other arm. Caro can further transmute parts of the Arm to add a massive blade to its cuff, or summon other parts and gizmos that can be mounted onto the arm.

Support Abilities

Boost up, Ready - Caro's and Kerykeion's exclusive Increase-type Support magic. Each variation raises only one single and specific attribute.

Enchant Word: Acceleration - The target's speed is increased.

Enchant Word: Barret - Increase the destructive power of a target's ranged magic. It does not help the attack penetrate certain defenses like an AMF.

Enchant Word: Strike - As the name suggests, the target's striking power for melee attacks is increased.

Enchant Word: Fortitude – Increases one's physical defence.

Enchant Word: Shield – Strengthens one’s barrier defence.

Enchant Up: Field Invade - This spell is similar to Kha’s Blessing of Sauctuary, but instead of a solid defense, this spell grants the target the capacity to penetrate a Field-type magic defense (such as AMF) and negate its effects.

Enchant Up: Energy Boost – Like Kha’s Blessing of Energy, this magic allows Caro to assist another mage in her spellcasting.

Physical Heal - Basic healing magic, it is meant to treat minor injuries only.

Spell Program Advance – As each spell is a magical program, using Kerykeion’s built-in mechanic, Caro can cast two “Boost Up” spells simultaneously, which then stack and meld into a totally new spell of power greater than the sum of the lesser spells. This only works from stacking the correct spells in a proper sequence. However, as this stacking is governed by the spirits of the runes in magic, it is usually due to trial and error, and the experience of other mages to learn a new program advance.

Caro knows of 1 Program Advance, and later found out 2 more. She is experimenting to discover more. Erio encourages Caro to try finding more Spells and Program Advances, both to increase her capabilities in battle, and to keep her busy from making health drinks.

Slash & Strike – Made by stacking Energy Boost with Enchant Word: Strike. It increases striking strength and cutting capacity.

Total Defence – Made by stacking Enchant Word: Shield and Enchant Word: Fortitude. This allows Erio to use Lightning Shield and tank a hard blow without being forced backwards, and then return the favor with Lightning Shield’s strengthened orbs.

Gun X Sword – Made by stacking Enchant Word: Barret and Enchant Word: Strike. Caro used on Erio, allowing him to shoot and hit much harder at the same time. Erio uses this spell for daring swings, like rappling down on an armored target, using the shots to severely weaken the target’s defense before finishing with a slash.

LIMITER BREAK: Princess of Voltaire

A mark of a great summoner is the closeness he/she is to her chosen guardian, and the best summoner and summons fight side-by-side as one unit.

After summoning Voltaire, Caro gattai’s with Voltaire, entering via his back and into a plug-like cockpit, while changing her battle costume to a more skin tight version, as seen being worn by this person. This gives Caro the ability to share knowledge and boosts with Voltaire and at the same time allow Voltaire to protect Caro, allowing him to focus fully on the prey. And he needed to, as Lutecia did the same.

As the pilot of Voltaire, Caro can help Voltaire with whatever tricks she picked up from watching Kha and Erio practice, allowing her to wrestle Lutecia’s summons to the ground twice. They also gain access to several new skills:


Rastaban Beam - Energy beams are launched from the eyes, after Caro stammers the spell “Ra-ra-ra RASTABAN BEAMUU!!!”

Laevanteinn– Voltaire summons his blade from his tail by yelling, “Howl, Laevanteinn!”, then charges to attack.

Fire Breath – Voltaire blasts the enemy with fire.


Caro knows that Voltaire has a companion spirit, Ampere the White Tiger Queen, and after growing to trust Erio, she and Voltaire agree to choose Erio as Ampere’s bearer. However, the boy has to win the capricious spirit’s favor before she agrees to be in contract to Erio.

Voltaire noted that, at the end of his battle as he was returning to his astral plane, he commented that Caro had grown much stronger than when she first called him to make a contract, and someday, he hopes that she can use Dragon Soul Summon on bigger things. This makes her recall that Voltaire had another form, which the Elder called Shin-Voltaire, and she promised to the vanishing creature that she’ll strive to attain that, so he could once again “Voltaire can dance his dance in the sky.”

Later, when Erio proved his worth to Ampere, Erio, Caro, Ampere and Voltaire can gattai into a powerful, summon creature that no living person has seen, and that the Lu-Lushe villagers call by only one word out of sheer reverence:

Jin.

Whiffy.

It's official; Lightning Squad is my favorite, with Kha's waifu Fate (), Lamia Signum Loveless, Kha's little boy Erio and the non-Tomino talented female mecha pilot summoner Caro!

Health warning: Caro’s drinks are good for you.

There seems to be the other side of the Sigro crack.

And no, I’m not gonna spoil the moves of Ampere, Shin-Voltaire, Ampaire, Voltere, Shin-Ampaire or Shin-Voltere.

I see a few references like gun x sword, FMA, Haruhi and megaman battle network i think. Like the rest, I thought the amount of crack would be low until I reached the limit break part... Why oh why must you turn Voltaire into a mecha and an Evangelion at that? :facepalm: Couldn't you use something else like the Mashin (Rune Gods) from Magic Knight Rayearth? Even though those are also mecha, its at least isn't a science-type mecha.

[krisslanza]

Wow we passed the 1000 mark... Not going to have fun digging through 3 days worth of backlog considering I didn't know where I last posted... Or maybe I never did...
Oh well guess I'll find out. In the mean time! I do have a gift for you all.
...
Kinda. Maybe less of a "gift" and more of a "well what do ya think!?"

Spoiler for Arc-en-Ciel: Character:

Name: Malon Eine
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Race: Mid-childan
Mage rank: C
Style: Mid-childa
Device: Intelligent (Storage? Hm) device, bow - Ulteri
Height: 5' 0"
Weight: 93lb
Physical description: Bright red hair that is mostly straight with occasional curls reaching to the middle of her back, bright blue eyes, white skin, slender frame and athletic build with a small bust.
Personality: Malon is a happy person in simple terms. She's a kind person, always helpful and quick to smile. Dislikes fighting and tries to avoid it. Is sensitive about her bust and gets surprisingly angry when teased.
Spells
Falcon's Prey: A homing shot essentially. Is extremely fast and accurate but lacking in power.
Eagle Shot: A fast, unguided arrow. Faster and more powerful then Falcon's Prey.
Raptor's Wing: One of Malon's strongest spells. Launches a extremely fast, homing arrow that packs a punch.
Scattering Sparrow: Argueably Malon's strongest and taxing spell. A single arrow is launched that soon splits into dozens and locks onto targets she designates. Although there are numerous arrows they are thin and weak but are designed to pierce defenses.
Feather Burst: An avoidance spell that transports her a short distance in a burst of feathers.
Raining Hawks: A wide-area attack where arrows are shot upward, split, and rain down in a small area. Incredibly taxing but destructive as the arrows explode on contact but they are unguided.

And now... "Gift" 2!

Spoiler for Arc-en-Ciel: No.47 notes:

Rare Skill, "Dragon's Heart": No.47 has, in simple terms, superhuman regenerative powers. Inflicting any serious physical harm is near impossible as wounds heal in seconds after infliction; she can even regrow severed limbs in little as one minute. Her internal organs can also regenerate. However she cannot regenerate if she is decapitated or suffers severe head trauma. She also cannot heal magical injuries.
Genetic trait, "Limited Scale Growth": Has limited control of her dragon scales. Her tail is always covered along with a small area around the area it is attached. No.47 can only grow scales from her bust to groin and not beyond 10% of that area.

All is WIP of course.

[FieryAeon]

Originally Posted by Erio

I actually created a Nanohammer faction with Chaos Legion units, though I didnt get to release it...

Really? I think they make good antagonist faction cannon fodder.

Originally Posted by Erio

What can I say...after seeing Wang Ryumin...

*runs*

I get to see real life girls wearing cheongsam sometimes during Chinese New Year in my country. Though I must say its quite rare around here. Not many people seem to want to wear our traditional clothes any more. My friend called it the deterioration of our culture, and I have to sadly agree that it is true.

Originally Posted by Erio

She does have a lot more experience, I dont argue that, but so far she hasnt shown that. Even though she "held back" during A's, she should have been able to win regardless if she was that much better.

Vita is another example - she has as much experience as Signum - but she has not actually shown that she is that much better than, say, the Aces.

In any case, I do agree that they have more experience. I guess 7arcs did not give them enough credit, especially during StrikerS.

BTW, none of my comments above refer to power.

Yeah, I think Vita did trash Nanoha pretty badly at the start of A's (edit big boo boo!! @@) though. And Signum defeated Fate rather easily as well.

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@Goose and Kagerou: I had the strange urge suddenly to tell you guys something. Though actually after some discussions lately, I think I do have an idea why I'm doing this. I hope you guys don't think I'm not commenting on your fics on purpose.

Its just that I kept missing the first few chapters, and it piled up. And I just thought, "heck, I'll read everything one shot some day, seeing as the releases are quite frequent, I'll have a lot to read". Why? Cuz after reading some of the fics I frequent in FF.NET, the frequent cliffhangers gnaw at me. I don't suppose you do cliffhangers? I know PF does. *swears to wring PF's neck if the next chapter is another cliffhanger* (speaking of which, what happened to FlameSparkZ?? T_T)

Especially at Goose, we Malaysians need to stick together! (Poor USB is alone in Sarawak though) So anyway, am trying to devour backlogged MLSN Alphas chapters now. Do hope I don't get stomach ache from eating too much. (should it be brain ache in this case? *ponders*)

You must forgive me if I stay away from military discussions and such though. I have 0 knowledge when it comes to things like that. It'll just make me look dumb if I try to comment on something I know nothing of. That being said, I'm staying away from the whole roleplaying thing too. Has too much potential for trouble.

*Looks at post* Why am I being long-winded again!!?? *shakes head*

Edit: Now that I think of it, I hope I didn't offend you back when we were questioning why the OFM needed to use conventional weapons.

[Kagerou]

Originally Posted by Tormenk

The tone does get darker with chapter but I'm liking it all. Vivio cutting herself to get Nanoha's attention, who is still unable to overcome the events of the past. Still, makes for better conflicts and drama later on. And traitor elements within the TSAB? Not good.

The drama skyrockets/evolves, ne?

Originally Posted by Tormenk

Ah the dynamics of the OFM are undoubtedly awesome as always. And BURNING HEART 'Leeroy' Leena is always welcomed.

lol that's Goose for ya. His style of writing crack allows for some of the best character interactions .

Originally Posted by Tormenk

It's interesting to look at the under-used characters sometimes. My attempt at un-shafting, in this case Lutecia. It's nice to see my portrayals of Lutecia felt natural at least.

Good luck. Lutecia was underused, but then, so were a lot of characters.

Originally Posted by dkellis

I'll just wait for Keroko to go ballistic at the inclusion of mecha into the Nanoha-verse.

In 3... 2... 1...

Originally Posted by dkellis

So I've encountered another problem with writing my story, which is that I need to refer to some things which have, shall we say, inconvenient names.

Specifically, the Turing Test. (I might include the Drake Equation or the Kardashev scale later.) Basically, concepts and ideas which have a specific name set to them, but which should technically only make sense on Earth, as opposed to Midchilda.

This goes into rather basic things, sometimes: Newton's Laws of Motion. Murphy's Law, and the technically "correct" Finagle's Law. Hanlon's Razor. Occam's Razor.

I can think of four ways to deal with this:

• Use the name anyway. This completely ignores the problem of how a random person on Midchilda can use a term from the 97th Non-Administered World and have it understood by the other random person he or she is talking to.
• Use a made-up name. This makes more consistent sense, but is jarring and requires me to describe the concept at least the first time, so the reader knows what I'm talking about. This is also rather smeerp-like.
• Explain the concept every time I bring it up. Unwieldy and exasperating.
• "You know, there's a term for this on the 97th Non-Administered World..." How the heck did so many things on Midchilda develop in parallel to ours and not have an equivalent or close basic principle? Also, to avoid playing favourites, I have to come up with more terms for the other worlds; otherwise it would seem that Earth is the only planet with any sort of codified scientific knowledge.

I'm not happy with any of the choices. Currently I'm using choice one (using the names anyway, and pretending that it's a "translation"), but it just makes no sense.

There's nothing wrong with pretending it's a translation, or by just giving it a different name/concept.

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Oooh, epic family drama. Can't get enough of them, and you write them damn well, it almost feels like something out of RAID SLASH's emo-style.

Speaking of which, how Yuuno's relationship with Vivio in Alpha canon anyway?

woah, I'm nowhere near RAID SLASH ability yet >.> . Although they are somewhat inspiring.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Vita seems more the 'Urusee' type to me. Small difference in the pronouncing, but I think it fits her better.

oops. Well, you know, it sorta sounds the same...
Vita: "But your Japanese is awful. It's all... otaku Japanese."
Me: ";_______; ouch."
Shamal: "*patpat* It's okay, Vita can just be a bit harsh at times."

Originally Posted by Keroko

And Fate makes her entrance, giving a mental boost to Vivio. I liked that scene. Mystery and intrigue also hits with the bad guys apearing on traditional non-identity revealing ways.

hehe, well, originally, I was going to describe them all in detail, but then I realized that would take me like... fifteen paragraphs. Or something. So no. Generic cloak-and-dagger (nearly literally) stuff with them .

Originally Posted by Keroko

Then I came to the mecha part, and realized I jinxed it.

Remember that firm line I drew? You just stepped over it. Voltaire is a summoned creature, not a mecha. Hell, even Nighty's jewel thing sounds better then going 'lol, mecha'

*continuation from above* "...aaaand... EXPLOSION!!!!"

Originally Posted by FieryAeon

@Goose and Kagerou: I had the strange urge suddenly to tell you guys something. Though actually after some discussions lately, I think I do have an idea why I'm doing this. I hope you guys don't think I'm not commenting on your fics on purpose.

Its just that I kept missing the first few chapters, and it piled up. And I just thought, "heck, I'll read everything one shot some day, seeing as the releases are quite frequent, I'll have a lot to read". Why? Cuz after reading some of the fics I frequent in FF.NET, the frequent cliffhangers gnaw at me. I don't suppose you do cliffhangers? I know PF does. *swears to wring PF's neck if the next chapter is another cliffhanger* (speaking of which, what happened to FlameSparkZ?? T_T)

Especially at Goose, we Malaysians need to stick together! (Poor USB is alone in Sarawak though) So anyway, am trying to devour backlogged MLSN Alphas chapters now. Do hope I don't get stomach ache from eating too much. (should it be brain ache in this case? *ponders*)

You must forgive me if I stay away from military discussions and such though. I have 0 knowledge when it comes to things like that. It'll just make me look dumb if I try to comment on something I know nothing of. That being said, I'm staying away from the whole roleplaying thing too. Has too much potential for trouble.

*Looks at post* Why am I being long-winded again!!?? *shakes head*

Edit: Now that I think of it, I hope I didn't offend you back when we were questioning why the OFM needed to use conventional weapons.

lol cliffhangers? Oh, they'll happen on my part... haven't decided where though. Each chapter ends with some horrible sort of preparation for the next one.

It's okay to stray from the heavy military stuff; OFM is steeped in it, which makes a good read for some, not a lot for others. I'm a huge military nut (still making preparations for joining the USAF, actually ), but I try to write "light" enough that most people don't have to know 400 pages of military tactics to understand what's going on.

And you didn't offend us when you questioned the need for conventional weapons. It allowed us to explain why we needed them in the first place .

[Wild Goose]

@Erio: PM reply in 8 hours. Sorry, it's just that SRW OGs Divine Wars is so addictive...

Originally Posted by FieryAeon

I get to see real life girls wearing cheongsam sometimes during Chinese New Year in my country. Though I must say its quite rare around here. Not many people seem to want to wear our traditional clothes any more. My friend called it the deterioration of our culture, and I have to sadly agree that it is true.

I know what you mean -_- Cheongsam ftw.

@Goose and Kagerou: I had the strange urge suddenly to tell you guys something. Though actually after some discussions lately, I think I do have an idea why I'm doing this. I hope you guys don't think I'm not commenting on your fics on purpose.

Its just that I kept missing the first few chapters, and it piled up. And I just thought, "heck, I'll read everything one shot some day, seeing as the releases are quite frequent, I'll have a lot to read". Why? Cuz after reading some of the fics I frequent in FF.NET, the frequent cliffhangers gnaw at me. I don't suppose you do cliffhangers? I know PF does. *swears to wring PF's neck if the next chapter is another cliffhanger* (speaking of which, what happened to FlameSparkZ?? T_T)

Lol, no. Kagerou and I haven't been doing cliffhangers because we've been writing one-shots, all of which are more or less self-contained. The links to all our stuffs can be found here and Chapter 1 of Alpha is on page 71 of the Fanfic Thread. I understand cliffhangers, but I've always disliked them. They are useful though.

Especially at Goose, we Malaysians need to stick together! (Poor USB is alone in Sarawak though) So anyway, am trying to devour backlogged MLSN Alphas chapters now. Do hope I don't get stomach ache from eating too much. (should it be brain ache in this case? *ponders*)

You must forgive me if I stay away from military discussions and such though. I have 0 knowledge when it comes to things like that. It'll just make me look dumb if I try to comment on something I know nothing of. That being said, I'm staying away from the whole roleplaying thing too. Has too much potential for trouble.

*Looks at post* Why am I being long-winded again!!?? *shakes head*

Lol USB's in Sarawak? I grew up in Sabah and everyone keeps thinking I'm from Sarawak, lol

No prob on staying away from the military discussions... Kagerou does more soft-ish, while I do more hardcore milspec writing - it's not really a read for everyone, though I try and attract people with charecter interactions and dialogue. I think I've become quite good at cracky interactions . On the other hand though, there's Joint Training, which is pretty much an excuse to ramp up hot blood levels to over 9000 <.<

Right now I'm working on something for Prelude to Alpha, a series of one-shots set before MSLN Alpha. Sneak preview:

Spoiler for Preview:

I remember that day. How time has gone by... has it been twelve years since they appeared? Where did my life go?

"Shit it's not dying!"

"Sergeant Major! Help me!"

I remember... it was a red sunset, that day...

"Eat seven-six-two and die, mike foxtrot!"

...the day I looked into the face of death itself...

-I am a monument to your sins-

What is this feeling? What is this place?

"Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must-"

...Stream on consciousness at 2:46 AM makes no sense. *sighs*

What I find really lol though, is that no one has commented on Emili & Naomi's combo attack which was mentioned in passing: RAMPAGE GHOST: WEISS YURI SHIFT. Which involves yelling, beamspam....

And ends both of them in each others arms, gazing into each others eyes, going "...I love you..." while Glen facepalms in the background.

[Kyral]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Spoiler for Preview:

-I am a monument to your sins-

Hm... this reminds me of:

Spoiler:

-This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded-
-This one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded-

Ah well

[Estavali]

First off, welcome (once again) to Outer Cadian, Anita! It's not everyday that ladies frequent this place.

We eagerly await more AxK moments .

• A small nit, but nonetheless thought I should point it out.
  
  Linith is a mountain cat (yamaneko) as described in the novel, not a tiger, lion or any large member of the feline clan. Also, Linith was the Testarossa's house-pet and Alicia's constant playmate. Canon aside, logic would tell us that keeping a large cat alone with a little girl is as undesirable as would be with a lolicon, especially if the large cat is entirely capable of devouring said little girl in one mouthful (yes, I know felines don't gulp down their food like snakes. This is just a figure of speech ).
  
  (I realise the above comment is something that a person with access to the novel is capable of, and thus may be very unfair to those without .)

• Regarding Kha's idea with Voltaire, I second tshouryuu's idea of altering him after MKR's Mashin. It's in line with the Mahou Shoujo concept, and still allows you to play with mecha ideas (somewhat). Maybe you can even consider how Wataru "pilots" Ryujinmaru in Majin Eiyuden as well. Of course, the choice is still yours.

• @Erio: Interest thoughts about Hayate. I think me that when folks like Aaron and me get too enthusiatic about un-nerfing Hayate, it's up to folks like you to cool us down with large pails of freezing water .
  
  My take on Hayate's reason for self-improvement (personal combat-wise) is simple. As you have pointed out, if Hayate falls, her pack falls with her. Now if the opposition thinks the same way, that would put Hayate in a very hot spot as every gun, sword and staff would be pointed at her direction. She will need to defend herself from assassins, and imho depending solely on bodyguards is not a good idea. Who can guarantee that the people who are supposed to protect you are in fact the very ones who are after your life? Julius Caesar learnt that lesson the painful way and paid its due with his life. This, I believe, is enough reason to make Hayate train hard in self-defense at least. Her knights will not be around her 24/7 and assassins won't drop their cards before visiting (well, not most of them).

Ah... Since I'm here:

Spoiler for Random WIP stuff:

Unlimited Blade Works - Utopia

The greatest masterpiece of Weyland Highwind, Aerith's greatest Weaponmaster, a semi-sentient Reality Marble that strives eternally to create the ultimate sword. Contained within it all the resources and means to achieve such a goal, as well as Weyland's own beliefs, his dreams and his regrets, it was said that Weyland used his own life as a sacrifice to activate his final work. An eternal dream, an ambitious attempt to cheat the limits of time, in search for the highest level of perfection in the art of weapon crafting.

The Keyblades are the only paths to this fiery Paradise, and all these are guarded by the one manifestation of Weyland's ideals as a Weaponmaster. A snow-maned maiden with eyes of the purest flame, wielding his creation with the accumalated skill of all humanity in her small hands. She is the soul of his blades, her frame slender yet tough as steel, with fiery blood coursing through her veins. Undaunted by life nor fearing death, silently bearing the pain of her creator's dreams and sins. Yet, would those hands ever grasp anything but death and emptiness?

So she prayed.... to be led to the True Paradise.


And finally.... after long years of sleepless nights....

Her prayers were answered.

"My life is Unlimited Blade Works. And where I stand, Utopia unfolds."

[Evangelion Xgouki]

*crawls in...slowly*

Urg...so tired after working the convention . After a long weekend of working, what do I find? I missed not one...but TWO OC MILESTONES . Why?! Why must there have been so much BLUECHESSIUM and BACKLOG the ONE WEEKEND I was gone?! WHY?!?!?!?! And now I have to plow through almost TWENTY PAGES...urg....

Originally Posted by LoweGear

For some reason I find this chapter wierd, even for my style of writing.

Nonetheless, here's the 2nd Update to Mayura Labatt's profile -

Part II: Personality

Spoiler for length:

*snip*

Yay! More profiles!

Originally Posted by Kha

And no even better is when you come back and pwn the a$$ off the ganker and still get to score Rep with girlfriend!

For some people, that's a reality... like yours truely.

*runs*

*glare*

Originally Posted by Kha

I've thus decided never to take her along to Heroic UBRS if it existed. The bug magnet might draw a Category Leeroy Whelpstorm.

*runs*

Evil whelp room...

Originally Posted by Anita

I've been lurking here for a couple of weeks without registering. ^_^

...I suppose that's a pretty effective way of keeping tabs on Kha without him knowing...

Originally Posted by Anita

And nope I'm not as free as you. Lab rat for 8 to 6 every weekday lor, how to keep up with this post speed sia.

Ouch

Originally Posted by Anita

Do carry on what you guys are doing. I hope my presence doesn't change anything, really funny to watch your exchanges. Reminds me of that long-named super robot anime Kha gave me for christmas.

Anyway, Kha is rather childish and loves overreacting, and this is not the first forum where both of us are members at the same time, so I'm used it now. I'm sure you all are used to it too.

Ja ne~~!

(rides off on a scooter)

Things have gotten a bit more interesting in here, ne Kha?

Originally Posted by Kha

Not in the mood for too much crack, and there's enough in Signum herself already anyway. Just left with stuffing more crack into her lifestory. :3

LIGHTNING-02
Rebuilt of Signum


The Burning Fire General

Spoiler for Signum, Servant Archer:

*snip*

Not much crack here... Except maybe when I get the Rebuilt Signum's Vaisaga KA picture ready.

The slight Caronum crack was just an inneudo; don't worry.

Shall I post the possible theories of Signum's past, as discussed by OCs and CCs too?

*runs*

Rebuilt continues!!

But...Signum...and Nanoha... *head explodes into crack shower*

Originally Posted by Kha

We may be bros but HANDS OFF!

What did I just do...?

Gendo: All goes according to the scenario.

Originally Posted by Anita

Arm training.

As they say, practice makes perfect so hurl away

*runs*

Originally Posted by Anita

He only wishes I were more like the girls in anime.

Silly Kha

Originally Posted by Anita

This is pretty fun so far. In fact, I'm getting ideas for my own OC, and I'd like to try snatching Kha from Fate... ^_^

DO IT

Originally Posted by Anita

Or I could just take over and rebuild Sophia. That baka made her using an idealized image of me. -_-

Originally Posted by Kha

*is stabbed by Spear of Evangelion*

You mean the Spear/Lance of Longinus (Spear/Lance of Destiny)

Originally Posted by Fuyu no Sora

LOL!

So even Kha, the King of Bluecheesium is afraid of his girlfriend?

Oh this is just too dang good

*scribbles notes*

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Oh, another piece from me. It's severely incomplete, since within DestinyS story-context, it's supposed to be 2 episodes worth of flashback and not a narrative piece, but the general outline somewhat works like this.

Would like to get some opinion.

Spoiler for Alhazred:

*snip*

Wow...a very interesting look on he destruction of Alhazred.

Originally Posted by USB500

Actually, there's the epilogue.

DO WANT!!

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Right, Scene VI now. Just a quick info dump, really, has some OFM character development.

Spoiler for MSLN Alpha, Chapter One, Scene VI:

*snip*

Yay! Another chapter! And it leaves some very interesting questions...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Yes, Expect lots of flying dragons and 1000 hit combos

And I told you the Belkarangers will get along with Akira quite well. And with Ryotaro here as Den-O...

Mayura/Akira/Ryotaro:

TRIPLE RIDER KIIIIIIIIIIICKU!!!!!!!

Hmmm...perhaps we can try and make this a reality...

Speaking of which...

Ryotaro: *glances up at Mayura* So...where shall we head off to now?

Originally Posted by Kha

Time for T3H HERO of Rebuilt!

LIGHTNING-03
Rebuilt of Erio



Hmm... Wrong age?

Spoiler for Erio, Knight Rider:

*snip*

Thank your Meister, Erio, for I made you Grand.

Not a lot of crack as well, but can you spot the VA refs in the post?

And can you think of any more things that Kha and Erio are alike?

The ReBuilts just keep coming....

Originally Posted by LoweGear

So it IS KINO!!!!!!

Spoiler for ALL HAIL THE QUEEN:

ZOMG! Kino!!

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Spoiler for OFM Report: Encountered Spawn Forms:

*snip*

Ultralisks?!
Oh boy...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Spoiler for ”Low Key Celebration”:

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE US!!!!

Whether it be BACKLOG, BLUECHEESIUM or CRACK, they are nothing to us!

WE WILL PIERCE THE POSTS AND PAGES YOU'VE CREATED!!!!

THAT IS WHO WE ARE!!!!

THE OUTER CADIANS!!!!!



USB500:
Even if we were to be enslaved in writing's cycle of rebirth!
Keroko:
The feelings that were left behind shall open the door!!
Aaron008R:
Even if the Infinite Backlog were to go against us!!!
Nightengale:
Our Burning Blood shall cut through fate!!!!
Kha:
WE WILL BREAK THROUGH THE HEAVENS AND DIMENSIONS!!!!!

OC:
WE WILL SCRIBE OUR PATH THROUGH FORCE!!!!!!!!!



ORE TACHI WO!!!
DARE DATTO OMOTTE YAGARU!!!!!!

AND OC GOES THROUGH 20000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations OC

AND TORMENK WINS 20K!!!!!!! And with a scenario no less!!!!! AWESOME!!!!

Megatron: YYYEEESSSSSSSS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Originally Posted by Keroko

She's been... busy.

Spoiler for busy indeed:

*A large collum of Mamoth tanks can be seen driving through the desert*

Jack: Sand, sand, more sand... when do we get there?

Pete: Shouldn't be far now, intel says the NOD base is around here.

Jack: Where? There's nothing here!

*suddenly, a red beam of energy descents from the sky, smashing into the front of te collum and whiping out a good dozen of the tanks*

Pete: HOLY- When the hell did NOD get an Ion Cannon?

Jack: I don't know! Let's get the hell out of- shit! Incomming!

*another read beam smashes into the remaining tanks, oblitherating them all*

Meanwhile, in the NOD base several kilometers in the oposite direction.

Keroko-tan: *buzzing and weaving through the NOD forces in the building* Kane-san! Kane-san! I did it! they're gone now, I got all of them!

Kane: *pats Keroko-tan's head* Very impresive. Now, I need you to this place and hit these laaarge cannisters. Can you do that?

Keroko-tan: *beams* Un!

Wha...WHA?!

Keroko-tan...and...and...the messiah?

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

As part of Prelude to Alpha, I present Last One Standing.

It is canon as regards to Alpha. Yes, that's who it yes. Yes, there's hot blood.

Spoiler for Last One Standing:

*snip*

Poor, poor 1-4

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Franz: "I'm pretty sure things would have gone better if I didn't say point blank 'O hay I'm gonna kill you now,' to that TSAB guy running a sex-slave ring."
Ivanovich: "I told you to snipe him.
Franz: "He needed to be killed with a knife, Sergeant Major."

With a knife you say?

Spoiler for No sniping:

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Ironically, I have something along those lines... well, sorta.

At any rate, here's the final two scenes of and the ED for Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Alpha. This is Episode 1: My Magical Incantation...

Spoiler for MSLN Alpha, Scenes VII and VIII:

*snip*

OMEGA? Wha...?

And didn't you say you wanted to use NERV? Makes me wonder what you want them for...

Originally Posted by Kha

And to round off the squad, it's time for the ONLY LEGAL MECHA PILOT of StrikerS!

LIGHTNING-04
Rebuilt of Caro



All hail RyuOhKi!!!

Spoiler for Caro, Princess of Voltaire:

*snip*

Whiffy.

It's official; Lightning Squad is my favorite, with Kha's waifu Fate (), Lamia Signum Loveless, Kha's little boy Erio and the non-Tomino talented female mecha pilot summoner Caro!

Health warning: Caro’s drinks are good for you.

There seems to be the other side of the Sigro crack.

And no, I’m not gonna spoil the moves of Ampere, Shin-Voltaire, Ampaire, Voltere, Shin-Ampaire or Shin-Voltere.

So...much...ReBuilt

Automail Arm and WoW spells FTW!!

[Aaron008R]

Three o-clock... And I'm still up!

Originally Posted by Reiji Tabibito

Arcas: If people decide to focus less on me, I'm not gonna complain.

Grandis: Makes sense, see?

Arcas: Dreadfully easy? For someone who spends the whole year-round on MC, sure. For someone whose there only a day or three at a time...? And to live is to inflict pain on others...that's EVERYBODY. As it was once said, "we hurt others just by the very nature of our existence." And it's inevitable that you'll end up making people hate you in life - it's just a question of whether or not you let it get to you.

Grandis: If you're just going to generalize everything to justify your actions, sorry, it won't pass. What you're saying is similar to the "Life's futility" theory that I once read about... Heck, this is certainly demoralizing for many people. Since life's so futile for you, then why do you even bother caring for others? Just bug off and stay in some corner where you can rot away like the brat you are. You'll be no less of a pest to existence, but hey, it'll make some people happy.

Listen, since life is ephemeral, why not consider hurting other's less? Hate losing so much? And that won't change my opinion, not that you care. But you should know that you'll be regretting this "I AM YOUR GOD!!!" and "RATIONALE-PERFECTO!!!" act sooner or later. Frankly, I can't believe you're doing this. Not that you care. But I had a higher opinion of you than just this.

Arcas: You bother because you think you can change me - and you can, just not the way you're doing it.

Grandis: So maybe you want Aurion to talk to you?

Okay, first off: the comment wasn't directed at you, even if it seemed like it.

And second: see below...

Let's see...

I'd do that, but to me, not replying (with exceptions) is the same thing as conceding defeat...and I HATE losing.

Crickey. I hate losing as well.

Okay, finally, here @ the end, I can explain (hopefully) why I've been so short with people the past few days.

First: Everyone here knows that I lost my job for a VERY stupid-ass reason. That was about a week or two ago. Since then, I've been turned down by a dozen professors for an equally stupid-ass reason as why I lost my job.

Second:


Third: I'm busy trying to resolve an argument that my family and my fiancee's family are having about what I'm doing for graduate school - WHICH NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY STAKE IN. The situation is NOT helped by the fact that my fiancee's parents have threatened to call off the wedding if things don't end in their favor.


Final: I'm having to deal with this all by myself, despite asking these two coaches my parents have hired to 'improve the family dynamic' for help, and receiving only the answer: "You're a man, you're going to get married, deal with it on your own." They say this, despite the fact that anyone who knows me in person also knows that I NEVER ask for help unless I'm desperate.


In Summary: My crap-taking ability is at its limit (or near it). So if I explode, you'll understand why.

Fine. But don't expect me to bow away while you insult my OC just because of a vote of sympathy. I regard and respect you higher than that level.

I'll do tone down mine's, if it will help you. I hope you pull thru, soon enough.

Originally Posted by Erio

Haha, dont worry - as I said, its not that I do not agree with you.

One little thing you said, though...

...well, in Hayate's case, wouldnt she get WORSE (not only with her weaknesses but also with her strengths) as time passes? Her current position does not require that she goes into the battlefield (not saying that she doesnt do it anyway). After Scaglietti's incident, who knows, maybe there hasnt been any challenging threats for Hayate and her unit, meaning that she may have become quite rusty, since she may have never needed to leave her chair.

Now the question is, why would she suddenly decide to take up a more active role in combat? This could be a good idea for your scenarios - giving Hayate a motivation to become better in combat instead of just staying at headquarters commanding her troops. Of course, you still gotta keep in mind her position - she falls and her entire unit may fall apart. She has an important role, not just in battle.

Hey, her current position is Special Investigations, which involves hands-on field work as shown in the A's to StrikerS manga. And yes, I have already crafted some more reasons why she would need not to be more active per se, but to be more adaptable.

The tricky part will be giving Hayate a good motivation - there must be quite a dangerous threat that would require her to go out and help her unit, like she did against Scaglietti and the Cradle.

Just some ideas.

We're thinking along the same lines. And I have just the thing.

Originally Posted by Erio

Weird, I thought Keroko was also beaten in a funny way too...

Good additions overall. I like how Aurion will be teaching Teana some tricks...

Thanks.

But Nanoha is VERY different from Hayate. She is a frontline aggressor and constantly takes part of missions, unlike Hayate, who most of the time sits back and commands her unit, only few times actually leaving HQ for the battle field (when she is needed), as we have seen in StrikerS. Since Aaron's scenarios take place 2 years after StrikerS, then Hayate must be worse than before (as in very rusty), given her position as a Lt. Colonel.

And just to make it clear, my favorite ace is Hayate. While Aaron feels the need to develop her further (something that I also want), I feel the need to make sure she stays as Hayate. One of the reasons why Hayate is my favorite Ace, and I would dare say favorite character, is that she actually has weaknesses. Probably you guys wont feel the same as me, but I feel that Nanoha and Fate are way too perfect. They are both good at everything, they dont make any mistakes, all their decisions are correct, and stuff. They are just 19 years old, and yet there is not much room for character development in regards to their combat abilities, and even power, since they have already reached almost unreachable ranks by TSAB standards (S+ and above). There is just room for developments such as how to become a mother and crap ... at 19 years old ... Not saying that those developments are automatically crap, just that a 19 year old girl should be doing other stuff.

Erio!!! T_T I'm not erasing her weaknesses~~~!!! I'm giving her a rough ride that can be very much experienced in real life applied in a Nanohaverse fashion! It involves, character/attitude flaws, failure, desperation, etc!

I am not trying to make her perfect! I'm just trying to develop her from her borderline-defeatist attitude from StrikerS! T__T I hate Mary-sueism and I sure as hell would NOT like Hayate to be one! And also, I'm not just improving her whimsically! I'm trying to give her proper reasons, motivations, and some painful experiences that can warrant such improvements as a mage, but most importantly, as a PERSON! T___T Quite honestly, to me, she's being portrayed as an almost complete loser, both ability-wise and attitude-wise in canon. But I DO NOT intend to suddenly turn her into a winner. I intend to give her development that will give her the attitude to win! I don't want her to win because she's a LOLprotagonist nor because she's my favorite. I want her to win because she deserves to!

I'll say it now, and I'll say it a thousand times if need be! In the end of GenerationS, is Hayate a perfectly determined girl that is now set on taking the world; as well as a super-mage that has minimal weaknesses? HELL NO! She'll still be full of regrets, sadness and misgivings. But she'll also have according determination to change herself and those around her! Ability-wise, she's still the nuker! Always have, always will. But there are some things that I can make her go thru to improve herself. Not to become perfect, but to become a better human being! And those include both spiritual/mental/emotional and ability-development within realistic bounds. That's one of the reasons why I like her more than anybody else! Her potential development is full of possibilities!

The idea of her being fine where she is is fine. But being static for life is not a good thing either! Accepting if you have a weakness and doing something about some weaknesses that you can improve upon, for everyone's sakes are two different things! I'm not doing this to make her weaknesses in combat, even though I hate some of them disappear. I'm doing this just for the plain purpose of developing my favorite character naturally as I think she would and could be in the future! I have reasons, both fabricated and canon. I have the means! Thru some OC's and set limitations. I have reasons to. And that should be obvious!

Uwah~



*COUGH!*

Anyway, GenerationS, the next chapter is now up to 7,000+ words. Lots of combat, commentary, interactions, fanservice and crack included!

[Satashi]

Just a friendly reminder that I archive the fanfictions made by AnimeSuki members on the front page of the fanfiction thread. If you have any stories written and do not have them archived there, please contact me Via PM so I can work with you to get the needed information to be sure everyone can easily access your stories. Doesn't matter if it's OC or not, a fanfic is a fanfic :P

Looking forward to hearing from you ^.^

P.S~you don't have to have them posted somewhere, we can link to post in the OC thread just as easily as a link to fanfiction.net, ect. I will do all the formatting and stuff for you if you can provide the links <3

[FieryAeon]

Originally Posted by Kagerou

oops. Well, you know, it sorta sounds the same...
Vita: "But your Japanese is awful. It's all... otaku Japanese."
Me: ";_______; ouch."
Shamal: "*patpat* It's okay, Vita can just be a bit harsh at times."

She has her shy side too.

Originally Posted by Kagerou

lol cliffhangers? Oh, they'll happen on my part... haven't decided where though. Each chapter ends with some horrible sort of preparation for the next one.

Heh? Cliffies, they hang you over the edge. +_+

Originally Posted by Kagerou

It's okay to stray from the heavy military stuff; OFM is steeped in it, which makes a good read for some, not a lot for others. I'm a huge military nut (still making preparations for joining the USAF, actually ), but I try to write "light" enough that most people don't have to know 400 pages of military tactics to understand what's going on.

And you didn't offend us when you questioned the need for conventional weapons. It allowed us to explain why we needed them in the first place .

Phew...glad to hear that.

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

I know what you mean -_- Cheongsam ftw.

Great, someone who still loves our traditions and culture. I've had people tell me they thing going back to their hometowns for reunion and visiting relatives as "boring" and "unnecessary". =\

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Lol, no. Kagerou and I haven't been doing cliffhangers because we've been writing one-shots, all of which are more or less self-contained. The links to all our stuffs can be found here and Chapter 1 of Alpha is on page 71 of the Fanfic Thread. I understand cliffhangers, but I've always disliked them. They are useful though.

Hmm...thanks. Going through them slowly. I don't suppose there's a particular chronological order to that list right?

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Lol USB's in Sarawak? I grew up in Sabah and everyone keeps thinking I'm from Sarawak, lol

Well I recall he's mentioned he's from Sarawak. Though my memory could have failed me.

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

No prob on staying away from the military discussions... Kagerou does more soft-ish, while I do more hardcore milspec writing - it's not really a read for everyone, though I try and attract people with charecter interactions and dialogue. I think I've become quite good at cracky interactions . On the other hand though, there's Joint Training, which is pretty much an excuse to ramp up hot blood levels to over 9000 <.<

Ahh all that hotblood, really makes my eyes spin sometimes.

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Right now I'm working on something for Prelude to Alpha, a series of one-shots set before MSLN Alpha. Sneak preview:

Spoiler for Preview:

I remember that day. How time has gone by... has it been twelve years since they appeared? Where did my life go?

"Shit it's not dying!"

"Sergeant Major! Help me!"

I remember... it was a red sunset, that day...

"Eat seven-six-two and die, mike foxtrot!"

...the day I looked into the face of death itself...

-I am a monument to your sins-

What is this feeling? What is this place?

"Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must-"

*shivers* I'm getting Disgaea 2 vibes. "I am a being of solitude."

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

...Stream on consciousness at 2:46 AM makes no sense. *sighs*

I'm worse of. I'm working on a night shift in KL, Sunway. Right now its 5:30 AM in the morning, and I don't get to leave till 7 AM. Yep, one reason why I looking elsewhere for another job.

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

What I find really lol though, is that no one has commented on Emili & Naomi's combo attack which was mentioned in passing: RAMPAGE GHOST: WEISS YURI SHIFT. Which involves yelling, beamspam....

And ends both of them in each others arms, gazing into each others eyes, going "...I love you..." while Glen facepalms in the background.

I've told myself a long time ago not to get in trouble with scary girls like that. I value my health after all.

Originally Posted by Kyral

Hm... this reminds me of:

Spoiler:

-This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded-
-This one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded-

Ah well

Where do those quotes come from?

Originally Posted by Estavali

Ah... Since I'm here:

Spoiler for Random WIP stuff:

Unlimited Blade Works - Utopia

The greatest masterpiece of Weyland Highwind, Aerith's greatest Weaponmaster, a semi-sentient Reality Marble that strives eternally to create the ultimate sword. Contained within it all the resources and means to achieve such a goal, as well as Weyland's own beliefs, his dreams and his regrets, it was said that Weyland used his own life as a sacrifice to activate his final work. An eternal dream, an ambitious attempt to cheat the limits of time, in search for the highest level of perfection in the art of weapon crafting.

The Keyblades are the only paths to this fiery Paradise, and all these are guarded by the one manifestation of Weyland's ideals as a Weaponmaster. A snow-maned maiden with eyes of the purest flame, wielding his creation with the accumalated skill of all humanity in her small hands. She is the soul of his blades, her slender frame as tough as steel, with fiery blood coursing through her veins. Undaunted by life nor fearing death, silently bearing the pain of her creator's dreams and sins. Yet, would those hands ever grasp anything but death and emptiness?

So she prayed.... to be led to the True Paradise.


And finally.... after long years of sleepless nights....

Her prayers were answered.

"My life is Unlimited Blade Works. And where I stand, Utopia unfolds."

Uber...crack...is...uber...*froths at the mouth and faints* IlyaArcher-chan saiko...

[Erio]

Originally Posted by FieryAeon

Really? I think they make good antagonist faction cannon fodder.

My thoughts as well.

I get to see real life girls wearing cheongsam sometimes during Chinese New Year in my country. Though I must say its quite rare around here. Not many people seem to want to wear our traditional clothes any more. My friend called it the deterioration of our culture, and I have to sadly agree that it is true.

I would say such deterioration happens in almost every culture...little can be done. I've also sometimes seen real life girls wearing cheongsam during special occasions, such as the graduation ceremony of a Chinese highschool we got around here.

Too bad, though, that the girls do not wear mini-skirted cheongsams...

*runs*

Yeah, I think Vita did trash Nanoha pretty badly at the start of StrikerS though. And Signum defeated Fate rather easily as well.

Wait, when was this? I dont recall such events...

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

@Erio: PM reply in 8 hours. Sorry, it's just that SRW OGs Divine Wars is so addictive...

Ah, no worries. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Estavali

• @Erio: Interest thoughts about Hayate. I think me that when folks like Aaron and me get too enthusiatic about un-nerfing Hayate, it's up to folks like you to cool us down with large pails of freezing water .
  
  My take on Hayate's reason for self-improvement (personal combat-wise) is simple. As you have pointed out, if Hayate falls, her pack falls with her. Now if the opposition thinks the same way, that would put Hayate in a very hot spot as every gun, sword and staff would be pointed at her direction. She will need to defend herself from assassins, and imho depending solely on bodyguards is not a good idea. Who can guarantee that the people who are supposed to protect you are in fact the very ones who are after your life? Julius Caesar learnt that lesson the painful way and paid its due with his life. This, I believe, is enough reason to make Hayate train hard in self-defense at least. Her knights will not be around her 24/7 and assassins won't drop their cards before visiting (well, not most of them).

Very good point there. And I 100% agree with your logic - the enemies will want to take her down at all costs, and bodyguards are not to be relied on.

I do believe Hayate can already magically defend herself, even from melee attackers, though. What she is not good at is actual non-magical melee combat, reason why she said even Caro could beat her (and Caro was showing her big fist in the background, lol). And even that was a joke.

Ah... Since I'm here:

Spoiler for Random WIP stuff:

Unlimited Blade Works - Utopia

The greatest masterpiece of Weyland Highwind, Aerith's greatest Weaponmaster, a semi-sentient Reality Marble that strives eternally to create the ultimate sword. Contained within it all the resources and means to achieve such a goal, as well as Weyland's own beliefs, his dreams and his regrets, it was said that Weyland used his own life as a sacrifice to activate his final work. An eternal dream, an ambitious attempt to cheat the limits of time, in search for the highest level of perfection in the art of weapon crafting.

The Keyblades are the only paths to this fiery Paradise, and all these are guarded by the one manifestation of Weyland's ideals as a Weaponmaster. A snow-maned maiden with eyes of the purest flame, wielding his creation with the accumalated skill of all humanity in her small hands. She is the soul of his blades, her slender frame as tough as steel, with fiery blood coursing through her veins. Undaunted by life nor fearing death, silently bearing the pain of her creator's dreams and sins. Yet, would those hands ever grasp anything but death and emptiness?

So she prayed.... to be led to the True Paradise.


And finally.... after long years of sleepless nights....

Her prayers were answered.

"My life is Unlimited Blade Works. And where I stand, Utopia unfolds."

Female Archer is finally here.

Originally Posted by Aaron008R

Three o-clock... And I'm still up!

I see what's going on here... whenever we write "Hayate", Aaron's computer beeps.

Hey, her current position is Special Investigations, which involves hands-on field work as shown in the A's to StrikerS manga. And yes, I have already crafted some more reasons why she would need not to be more active per se, but to be more adaptable.

Actually, that is not her "position", but her field of work. She could be in that or in "Internal Security" or else, but she will still have the same rank, Lt. Colonel, and she will still be commanding her troops into battle.

Also, apparently being in Special Investigations did not help her much, since during episodes 11, when she used Hrslverg (sorry, I forget the spelling), she said that it had been a while since she used magic.

And that's great. Given good reason, she will surely want to improve in combat.

We're thinking along the same lines. And I have just the thing.

Sounds good.

Erio!!! T_T I'm not erasing her weaknesses~~~!!! I'm giving her a rough ride that can be very much experienced in real life applied in a Nanohaverse fashion! It involves, character/attitude flaws, failure, desperation, etc!

I am not trying to make her perfect! I'm just trying to develop her from her borderline-defeatist attitude from StrikerS! T__T I hate Mary-sueism and I sure as hell would NOT like Hayate to be one! And also, I'm not just improving her whimsically! I'm trying to give her proper reasons, motivations, and some painful experiences that can warrant such improvements as a mage, but most importantly, as a PERSON! T___T Quite honestly, to me, she's being portrayed as an almost complete loser, both ability-wise and attitude-wise in canon. But I DO NOT intend to suddenly turn her into a winner. I intend to give her development that will give her the attitude to win! I don't want her to win because she's a LOLprotagonist nor because she's my favorite. I want her to win because she deserves to!

I'll say it now, and I'll say it a thousand times if need be! In the end of GenerationS, is Hayate a perfectly determined girl that is now set on taking the world; as well as a super-mage that has minimal weaknesses? HELL NO! She'll still be full of regrets, sadness and misgivings. But she'll also have according determination to change herself and those around her! Ability-wise, she's still the nuker! Always have, always will. But there are some things that I can make her go thru to improve herself. Not to become perfect, but to become a better human being! And those include both spiritual/mental/emotional and ability-development within realistic bounds. That's one of the reasons why I like her more than anybody else! Her potential development is full of possibilities!

The idea of her being fine where she is is fine. But being static for life is not a good thing either! Accepting if you have a weakness and doing something about some weaknesses that you can improve upon, for everyone's sakes are two different things! I'm not doing this to make her weaknesses in combat, even though I hate some of them disappear. I'm doing this just for the plain purpose of developing my favorite character naturally as I think she would and could be in the future! I have reasons, both fabricated and canon. I have the means! Thru some OC's and set limitations. I have reasons to. And that should be obvious!

Uwah~

Hey hey, wait, I never said, nor thought, that you were trying to make Hayate perfect. I was just clarifying that I am not trying to basically screw Hayate over, but instead, as a fan of hers, try not to make her another Nanoha or Fate, basically.

What I was saying before is that you only need a good reason for Hayate to want to develop her combat skills further. Also, what I am trying to get through is that Hayate does not exactly need to improve her combat skills for her to "become better". There are various other ways for her to become better, such as becoming a better commander, improving her leadership skills, her strategies and tactics, etc. A good leader can win any battles without interfering.

However, that does not mean that she can just disregard her own combat skills, since every leader should be able to step forward and aid her troops at any time, and that is one thing that Hayate has done in canon, which is very good.

Another good point was brought up by Estavali. Hayate, or any leader, must know how to defend themselves, even if just until reinforcements arrive. I personally do not believe that the current Hayate is "helpless" as some say. She may not be good in actual non-magical melee combat, but she can surely use her magic to stay safe (at least for a moment, if against a very skilled assassin).

In any case, I have never doubted your intentions, I was just trying to give you a few ideas - though clearly that was not needed.

Also, with my reworked characters I have already thought of some scenarios to give CCs some character development too. Unfortunately, though, I have to stick to canon, so I cannot give them too much development. For now, Fate and Hayate are the two whom I will be working with a little.

Anyway, I hope that clears things up.

*COUGH!*

Anyway, GenerationS, the next chapter is now up to 7,000+ words. Lots of combat, commentary, interactions, fanservice and crack included!

Hayate fanservice...

*runs*

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Erio

Hayate fanservice...

*runs*

Hayate with just an apron on.

*whistles*

[FieryAeon]

Originally Posted by Erio

My thoughts as well.

Originally Posted by Erio

I would say such deterioration happens in almost every culture...little can be done. I've also sometimes seen real life girls wearing cheongsam during special occasions, such as the graduation ceremony of a Chinese highschool we got around here.

Too bad, though, that the girls do not wear mini-skirted cheongsams...

*runs*

Well if you talk about tradition, it doesn't include the mini-skirt version. That version is kind of a modern fashion, and I must admit I've never seen anyone wear those myself.

Originally Posted by Erio

Wait, when was this? I dont recall such events...

OMFG BIG BOO BOO! I mean during A's. *shots self in the head*

Originally Posted by Erio

Female Archer is finally here.

I wonder how many know who she really is. Though fact is she doesn't exist in canon.

Originally Posted by Erio

I see what's going on here... whenever we write "Hayate", Aaron's computer beeps.

Actually, his mobile phone rings, a siren sounds in his house, and his computer plays the Star Wars soundtrack (forgot the name omg!).

Originally Posted by Erio

Actually, that is not her "position", but her field of work. She could be in that or in "Internal Security" or else, but she will still have the same rank, Lt. Colonel, and she will still be commanding her troops into battle.

Also, apparently being in Special Investigations did not help her much, since during episodes 11, when she used Hrslverg (sorry, I forget the spelling), she said that it had been a while since she used magic.

And that's great. Given good reason, she will surely want to improve in combat.

Truly the only way for her to get any real action is to ditch the Ground Division and transfer to the Navy. That's what I think.

Originally Posted by Erio

Hayate fanservice...

*runs*

*licks lips* *runs from Aaron*

Long replies are long. Like I said before, none of us mind the changes you are planning, Aaron. I personally think that the command position has left her little time to develop her prowess as a mage, much less in melee. This justification is actually rather solid (considering what 7arcs usually comes up with. ).

But there is also no problem in saying that she has learned to arrange time to do so anyway after the events in StrikerS. In this case, it is also not a problem in using the events in StrikerS itself to justify her need to train herself.

In conclusion, and I quote Nike, "Just do it!"