Jail said her mother required the Relic number 11, but that one was already used.
*hint**hint*
All the drama about the relic is for nothing. And there's too many holes as well For one thing, if he's only going to use one in the end, why bother collecting so many? And if that only one is the one to activate the Saint King, what's so special about it? WHat does it have? Why is it different?
At this point, just think of them as batteries for the Relic weapons, nothing more.
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Meanwhile, here
Spoiler for Jump:
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Heh, just heard the SS03
Spoiler for SS03:
I didn't quite understand what they say but, Zest said something about Number 6 to 12 (not sure if it's up to 12)
Lutecia compares Cinque to Zest.
Track 4 -Cinque did wake up soon after the attack, but she says that she's still 'a mess' and recovering.
Yeah! Fits what I wrote
It seems some of the Numbers, the oldest and Nove are clones, while the others are born from manipulated DNA.
It seems Otto and Deed have the same DNA as base, hence why they're always together
And lol at Nove: "Wherever Cinque-nee is, is where I want to be."
The same goes for Deed about otto.
Wendi, is pretty much with all the sisters included.
And Quattro teases Cinque about being flatchested, KILL QUATTRO!!!
Cinque retalites saying that breasts have nothing to do with what they do (or something like that ).
Quattro takes Cinque for another treatment (getting a new body? )
Track 5 - Zest putting his undead hands on Lutecia!! Kill!!!
lol, it seems it was Lutecia who got Agito her name, because she doesn't remember it.
Only got to Agito in the 37th try
Heh, looks like Agito did their chores
Agito says the same thing Signum says in episode 26 "fushigi to kokoto atatakai" I assume this is proof enough, huh?
Track 6 - Teana mentions Cross Mirage's Mode 3, it seems it's a mode for long range attacks (rifle? )
Teana goes tsun-tsun on Subaru XD
Track 7 - Futari no Tsubasa, nice song
Track 8 - Rein speaks of a dream, where she is Rein I
Track 10 - Yuuno theorizes that according to the prophecy, there's high chance the Cradle will be involved.
Track 11 - Rein asks Vita about the first Reinforce.
Track 13 - Nanoha and Fate talking about their Limit Break and how dangerous it is
Track 14 - Then Fate meets up with Erio and Caro, and Caro explains about her Boots and Cartrige boosts, and the dangers of magic overload.
Track 15 - NanohaxYuuno WIN!
Track 17 - Rein dreams again.
A memory/dream when Hayate was younger is shown to her, and Reinforce I is with them?
It seems the original Reinforce left a message for the next Reinforce.
Track 19 - Rein singing =
Looking forward to Sound Stage 04
Okay, afew things...
1) "Hehhh~SISCON "
2) Cinque SO wants bigger assets And I bet that's what the new body is Until Fate rained down on the party
3) WHAT CHORES ?! And lol at the 37th
4) Teana and Subaru spent one track on flirting (It might as well be ) ?!
5) That's it? That's all Acous and Schach went to hear ?
6) Nanoha and Fate, Fate and Caro sure talk about useless things Limit break being dangerous UNPOSSIBLE!!
Like cooking, since Lutecia and Zest practices unhealthy diets.
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7) But most importantly, what sort of YUUNOHA ?
Hmm...
35% Thanks, Yuuno-kun, I feel better now Yuunoha.
35% Fate is worried about you NanohaFate.
30% Yuuno understands how Fate feels seemingly better than Nanoha YuunoFate.
And the SS also proves that IF you want to learn anything to move the plot, go to Yuuno. Although Acous's dogs covered a lot of ground, in the end, it was Yuuno who pretty much covered a huge front by speculating it could be the Cradle first, effectively reducing the search area for Jail. And that he also knows the prophecy.
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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.
The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.
2) Cinque SO wants bigger assets And I bet that's what the new body is Until Fate rained down on the party
Quoted for TRUTH.
Yes, Cinque's reaction to Quattro's statement, though not over the top, was indeed interesting...
And SISCON indeed.
Speaking of which, that track has also reminded me of the ExCinque pieces I need to continue...I just need my imagination to get working...
*Runs from Rumble Detonator/Wailing Claws*
As with the Relics...eh, I've mostly regarded them as things that served to augment something else's power, so your statement goes along with mine, in a way.
Whoa, this one is very different from the past ones... The characters are not only drawn bigger, but their drawing is a lot sharper. Awesome job.
Ah~ I want Maren to do that to me too~
*ahem*
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Heh, just heard the SS03
Spoiler for SS03:
I didn't quite understand what they say but, Zest said something about Number 6 to 12 (not sure if it's up to 12)
Lutecia compares Cinque to Zest.
Track 4 -Cinque did wake up soon after the attack, but she says that she's still 'a mess' and recovering.
Yeah! Fits what I wrote
It seems some of the Numbers, the oldest and Nove are clones, while the others are born from manipulated DNA.
It seems Otto and Deed have the same DNA as base, hence why they're always together
And lol at Nove: "Wherever Cinque-nee is, is where I want to be."
The same goes for Deed about otto.
Wendi, is pretty much with all the sisters included.
And Quattro teases Cinque about being flatchested, KILL QUATTRO!!!
Cinque retalites saying that breasts have nothing to do with what they do (or something like that ).
Quattro takes Cinque for another treatment (getting a new body? )
Track 5 - Zest putting his undead hands on Lutecia!! Kill!!!
lol, it seems it was Lutecia who got Agito her name, because she doesn't remember it.
Only got to Agito in the 37th try
Heh, looks like Agito did their chores
Agito says the same thing Signum says in episode 26 "fushigi to kokoto atatakai" I assume this is proof enough, huh?
Track 6 - Teana mentions Cross Mirage's Mode 3, it seems it's a mode for long range attacks (rifle? )
Teana goes tsun-tsun on Subaru XD
Track 7 - Futari no Tsubasa, nice song
Track 8 - Rein speaks of a dream, where she is Rein I
Track 10 - Yuuno theorizes that according to the prophecy, there's high chance the Cradle will be involved.
Track 11 - Rein asks Vita about the first Reinforce.
Track 13 - Nanoha and Fate talking about their Limit Break and how dangerous it is
Track 14 - Then Fate meets up with Erio and Caro, and Caro explains about her Boots and Cartrige boosts, and the dangers of magic overload.
Track 15 - NanohaxYuuno WIN!
Track 17 - Rein dreams again.
A memory/dream when Hayate was younger is shown to her, and Reinforce I is with them?
It seems the original Reinforce left a message for the next Reinforce.
Track 19 - Rein singing =
Looking forward to Sound Stage 04
Very nice information, thanks. I do wonder what Caro is saying about the dangers of magic overload...it may be of interest for the OC thread.
But when does this SS take place?
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Ah, okay.
It has been stated, in canon, that Relics are created by an ancient civilisation and that they are basically crystalised magical energy. This indicates a use as a power-enhancer.
Then there was the scene with the entire box of Relics in a room full of drones. Sugestion of a power-core much?
The reactor of the Cradle looked like one huge-ass Relic too.
In episode 23 it is also said that fusion with the Relics was a common thing to do in the Belkan Royalty, or rather, that it was a requirement for the Saint Armor to work.
Something like this?
This is all good for me, and actually already part of my own theory. You could say this is the base of my theory, too.
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Me being in full defense means I'm activelly paying attention to the matter at hand instead of comming with half-assed baseless replies. Sorry if that confused you.
Well, not making them possible is a harsh way of putting it, rather I'm doing the same thing you're doing, I'm try to convince the other of my point of view.
Well, I personally am not trying to convince anyone to view Relics how I do. My characters are no longer linked to Relics now. (and probably never were...I did try to make them similar to Lutecia and Zest at the beginning, and so I waited week after week for canon information about Relics, yet such information never came in the end...so whatever) The only reason I stepped in to discuss this is because I wanted to try and make sense of all the Seiou and Relic stuff you guys are coming up with.
To tell you the truth, I'm very disappointed and I dont want to work with canon anymore. Sure, trying to make sense of things can be fun at times, but we actually cant do that with this, since we dont know almost anything about Relics! And the funny thing is, I believe that not even the producers know what they are.
Yes, Cinque's reaction to Quattro's statement, though not over the top, was indeed interesting...
Hehhh~ Now that's VERY interesting to know... I never thought she minded things like that...
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Like cooking, since Lutecia and Zest practices unhealthy diets.
AHAHA!! Agito... Cooking... Get it ?
*coughAgitomamacough*
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Hmm...
35% Thanks, Yuuno-kun, I feel better now Yuunoha.
35% Fate is worried about you NanohaFate.
30% Yuuno understands how Fate feels seemingly better than Nanoha YuunoFate.
50%Ahhh~ As expected of Yuuno-sensei... 20%Che, figures... 30% Are you should you're not just seeing/hearing things ?
You know... Before StrikerS, Yunno/Fate had never been seriously considered by anyone before
And I would like to think that it doesn't really need the life of someone important to them both for something to happen... Though it is the best way.
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And the SS also proves that IF you want to learn anything to move the plot, go to Yuuno. Although Acous's dogs covered a lot of ground, in the end, it was Yuuno who pretty much covered a huge front by speculating it could be the Cradle first, effectively reducing the search area for Jail. And that he also knows the prophecy.
I didn't quite understand what they say but, Zest said something about Number 6 to 12 (not sure if it's up to 12)
Lutecia compares Cinque to Zest.
Track 4 -Cinque did wake up soon after the attack, but she says that she's still 'a mess' and recovering.
Yeah! Fits what I wrote
It seems some of the Numbers, the oldest and Nove are clones, while the others are born from manipulated DNA.
It seems Otto and Deed have the same DNA as base, hence why they're always together
And lol at Nove: "Wherever Cinque-nee is, is where I want to be."
The same goes for Deed about otto.
Wendi, is pretty much with all the sisters included.
And Quattro teases Cinque about being flatchested, KILL QUATTRO!!!
Cinque retalites saying that breasts have nothing to do with what they do (or something like that ).
Quattro takes Cinque for another treatment (getting a new body? )
Track 5 - Zest putting his undead hands on Lutecia!! Kill!!!
lol, it seems it was Lutecia who got Agito her name, because she doesn't remember it.
Only got to Agito in the 37th try
Heh, looks like Agito did their chores
Agito says the same thing Signum says in episode 26 "fushigi to kokoto atatakai" I assume this is proof enough, huh?
Track 6 - Teana mentions Cross Mirage's Mode 3, it seems it's a mode for long range attacks (rifle? )
Teana goes tsun-tsun on Subaru XD
Track 7 - Futari no Tsubasa, nice song
Track 8 - Rein speaks of a dream, where she is Rein I
Track 10 - Yuuno theorizes that according to the prophecy, there's high chance the Cradle will be involved.
Track 11 - Rein asks Vita about the first Reinforce.
Track 13 - Nanoha and Fate talking about their Limit Break and how dangerous it is
Track 14 - Then Fate meets up with Erio and Caro, and Caro explains about her Boots and Cartrige boosts, and the dangers of magic overload.
Track 15 - NanohaxYuuno WIN!
Track 17 - Rein dreams again.
A memory/dream when Hayate was younger is shown to her, and Reinforce I is with them?
It seems the original Reinforce left a message for the next Reinforce.
Track 19 - Rein singing =
Looking forward to Sound Stage 04
Thanks! Now I'm really think theres going to be S4. Something big is probaly going to happen. Thats why they covered about caro and fate ,etc. thats its dangerous of magic overload. Someone might just go over that limit. Maybe ReinforceI will come back?
Winrar is used in cases of excessive win, Phoenix.
Why do all the obvious words here carry some hidden meanings?!
RAWR! *pulls hair*
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So I guess it's now safe to assume that your a girl?
*remains cloaked in mystery*
...
...
*opens cloak and reveals all*
No, I'm a guy.
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Thanks.
He makes devices/gadgets/tools/utilities to be used in the MILITARY.
And about a new weapon testing session...
Spoiler for weapon testing:
Keroko: <holding a new cannon weapon> Yosh. Ikuyo~!
Aurion: <at the data screen> Now remember. Be sure to regula-
Nanoha: Ikinasai, Keroko-chan! Zenryoku Zenkai!!!
Aurion: Chott-
Keroko: Hai, Onee-chan! Hasha!
<BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!>
(Everyone is charred. The cannon shot and then exploded due to power overload after shooting a beam that homed in on Aurion and the others location.)
Almaria:[The defensive measures were 32.46% successful]
Nanoha/Keroko: <coughs> Oopsie...
Aurion: <covered with soot> Zenryoku Zenkai... Datto? What happened to good old regulation, huh? Takamachi kyoudai?
N/K Ehto...
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Aha, that was fun once in a while, but Aurion isn't supposed to be making weapons now!
He's supposed to, uh ... make some women's underclothes!
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DIARY OF A WINDTALKER
SUMMER ARC SPECIAL, FINALE
Spoiler for length:
His eyes opened.
“Where am I?” He got up from the bed and looked round, realizing he was inside the hospital. “I didn’t remember going here in the first place…” He looked at his hands. Then at his body. They had returned to their former size. He was startled; what really happened?
He remembered.
“Ah, that’s right… I used Time Halt to beat the thugs, but I forgot to unlock the limiter. And then… Freya caught my body…”
(“Yutaro! Don’t die on me!” the girl begged. “Yutaro! Yutaro!”
He smiled. “Freya…” He closed his eyes. “Thank you…”
“Yutaro? Yutaro! YUTARO!!!!”)
He frowned. “…I don’t know what really happened, but… did I have to leave Freya without saying goodbye? How foolish…” He cringed: the memories he had shared and forged with the Gemini Sister named Freya; the happiness and sadness they had shared together; the vow they had sworn together. Everything.
Everything.
“Once summer leaves, I’ll never able to retrieve the kind of memories…” He shook his head and clenched the bandage-enveloped hands on the blanket. “I’ll surely miss those days…”
“Excuse me.”
He turned around. It was a boy. “Yes?”
“You might be one of the Riot Force 6 officers, right?” the red-haired boy spoke and handed over pen and paper. “Pleased to meet you. I’m Wakamoto Yutaro. Can I have your autograph?”
“Wakamoto… Yutaro?” He was startled; he was the boy whom name he had stolen without even having a second thought! Forcing himself to laugh, he took the paper and signed it. “Well, well, Yutaro, pleased to meet you. I’m Hikki. And you seem to have the courage to pay me a visit alone. What brought you here?”
“Actually, one of your friends told me I could approach Riot Force 6 if I could befriend you,” the boy replied. “I had only heard stories of them, but to actually meet one of them this close… I’m somewhat happy.”
Hikki laughed as well. “Thanks for the thoughts, Yutaro-kun,” he spoke. “But what are you doing here anyway?”
The boy laughed again. “I had diarrhoea and was sent here. I met your friends from… what did they say again? Wind Talkers?” He became confused and scratched his head again. “What is that?”
Hikki laughed silly. “Ah, crap… it must be Azali and Faye’s doing…”
(Azali sneezed. “God bless you,” Faye spoke.)
“And you know what,” the boy continued. “Someone told me I had acquired a fan, and it’s a girl.” Here he laughed in a shy manner, scratching the back of his head to show his timidity. “So… do I have the chance to meet her right away? I’ve always wanted a girlfriend, so…”
The door opened. They looked at the coming visitor. Hikki was surprised, for it was none other than Freya. “Freya?”
The girl approached the bed. “I heard what had happened,” she spoke and put the flowers aside. “Your friends from the Wind Talkers met us and explained the whole truth behind the incident.”
Hikki gulped. “Freya…”
She shook her head. “It doesn’t matter. I’m not angry anymore. I’m not happy either, too. It’s just…” She turned away from him, not letting him see her tears. “It’s just that I was foolish to be caught in this scheme.”
“Err… excuse me, but can anyone tell me what’s going on?” the boy asked.
“I thought by loving someone, I would be shown to the reality of living as human,” she said. “I thought by in love with some, it would teach me the values of humanity. I guess I was wrong… to love someone who is not his true self…”
(Outside the ward, Frieda, Takeru, Aura, Poseidon, Cinque, Nove and E were eavesdropping the conversation. They were unsure of what they should do to clear the murky situation Freya was facing.)
“Freya…”
“Mou, it’s enough.” She was shivering. Her heart was breaking into pieces. Her emotion was crumbling into dusts. “It was my fault for not understanding human’s true nature in the first place. It was my fault for falling in love with a liar.”
The boy approached her. “I don’t know what’s really going on, but good girl shouldn’t cry randomly,” he spoke and wiped off the tears.
“What… what are you doing?” Freya mumbled and tried brushing the boy’s hand off her face. “I’m not crying. It was just dust entering my eyes.”
“Your mouth says no, but your eyes say yes,” the boy insisted and continued drying her tears.
“But… but…” She looked into the boy’s eyes, and was touched by his blatant honesty. “You…”
“It’s Yutaro,” the boy pronounced his name. “Now what’s your name?”
“Yu… Yutaro?” The boy nodded and smiled. The girl cried again, although she was smiling this time. “I’m… Freya. Pleased to meet you.”
“Ahem.”
Freya and the boy turned to Hikki. “Before I forget, can both of you come here?” They obliged and approached the bedridden Gale Whistler. He took their hands, tied a ribbon on their little fingers and clasped them together. “This should do it.”
“What are you doing?” Freya gasped.
He chuckled. “Yutaro-kun.”
“Uh, ye, Mister Hikki?”
He glanced to the boy. “You said you want a girlfriend, right? So here she is,” he spoke and shook the hands. “Take a very good care of her. Okay?”
“Really? For serious?” the boy asked.
Hikki nodded. “Isn’t a street performer’s job to make people happy with his talent?”
“Of course, Mister Hikki!” The boy turned to Freya. He grinned. “Yoroshiku na, Freya.”
“Now while we’re at it,” Hikki continued and handed the boy his camera. “My congratulation present. Take it. You might find it interesting.”
The boy took the camera and was startled to see his face in many of the photos. “What… what did I just do? I thought I was hospitalized for three days!” he exclaimed. Hikki and Freya laughed at the boy’s clueless response.
(The eavesdropper sighed in relief. “Thank goodness everything’s solved, right?” Poseidon uttered and cried touched tears.
The hospital crews backed away from the tiger in horror. “That tiger talked…” one of the nurses murmured.
“Someone call the wildlife controller…” her friend added.
“I see what you did there, lady,” Poseidon spoke and scared the hell out of them.)
“You sure you don’t have to let go off the camera, Yu… Hikki?”
Hikki nodded. “Camera is replaceable. It’s the memories behind the lens that are here to stay. Right?”
“About now… I’m sorry…” She frowned again, as if realizing she had said things she shouldn’t have. “I’m sorry for saying harsh words at you.”
“What are you talking of, Freya?” He turned to her and giggled. “That’s Freya I know. Affectionate, not too aggressive, and lovely.”
Freya blushed. “Mou… stop praising me. You’ll only make me embarrassed.”
-x-x-x-x-x-
The group gathered in front of the hospital. The wheel-chaired Hikki was helped by Alexandra as he met up with them. It was time for them to go the separate way, and into the uncertain future.
“It’s been a great memory we had shared together, right everyone?” he spoke. “I must firsthand apology for all the troubles I created.”
“What are you talking of? Kid or not, you’re still welcomed to join us anytime,” Frieda said. “Of course, assuming you decide to take that secret formula again.”
“Ms. Frieda, don’t tell me you’re planning to do that again, aren’t you?” Hikki replied.
“That’s a secret,” Frieda replied and wagged a finger.
“Let’s meet again next year, Hikki-kun!” Aura said. “And make sure you don’t do anything weird to us, okay?”
“What? As in peering over you and Takeru doing this and that?” he replied and made the Gemini Sister blush in extreme manner. He ignored Aura who started to yell at him and glanced at Poseidon. “So…”
“So, Gale Whistler, this is where we’ll go our separate way,” the tiger spoke.
He grinned. “As if we won’t meet again,” he chided.
Poseidon chuckled. “Next time, I will not even hold back.”
They exchanged fists.
“Everyone,” the real Yutaro spoke and handed them some peculiar-looking tickets. “Sorry for being shameless, but in accordance to our transformation from street performers to full-time band, I’d like to invite you to our premier concert in Inland Sea Prefecture this Halloween. These are special VIP tickets, and you can’t get them anywhere else.”
Hikki took the ticket. “So the street performers have turned pro, huh? I’ll inform Riot Force 6 about this.”
“Of course we’ll still maintain our quality as what we really are,” Yutaro added. “Don’t forget to give us your fullest support.”
Hikki turned to the Numbers and the solo Letterman. “I don’t really know the three of you, but it’s been a pleasure to meet you throughout the holiday.”
E arrogantly rubbed the underside of his nose. “Don’t mind us, mister. I’m just sad for not having the chance to see some hot sister-on-sister-action--”
Nove killed E for 1500 piece of gold.
Cinque knelt next to the crippled E. “Owned.”
Freya approached Hikki, and giggled as she touched his hand. “…thank you for coming into my life. You’ve brought me happiness I couldn’t find anywhere else.”
“I’m happy to know you as well, Freya,” he replied.
“You know what? Even though you’re no longer Yutaro, I’ll still love you as always,” the Gemini Sister said. “Even though it’s a very short time, I’ll cherish every piece of memory we’ve had.”
Hikki smiled. “So do I, Freya.”
“And… before we leave…” she said and blushed. “Can I ask you for one last punishment?”
He had to laugh. “What is it this time? You and your punishment never fail to amuse me.”
“You have to!” Freya begged. “Please. You have to…”
(Yutaro asked what happened between them when Takeru patted his shoulder. “It’s something very personal that they must cherish before they separate,” the gunslinger boy spoke in philosophical manner.
“You are…?”
The boy grinned. “Takeru, but people call me Silent Bullet.”
“Silent Bullet…” Inexplicably Yutaro gave the boy a very tight hug. “How cool! Silent Bullet? What kind of people are you, I don’t care, but you are simply so cool!”
“Let me go!” Takeru screamed.)
Hikki stopped laughing. “Guess it can’t be helped, can it? Oh, well.”
Freya took a step forward. She was hesitant at first, before she bent forward and placed her lips upon his mouth. It was quick, soft, farewell kiss that startle not only Hikki but also Yutaro and everyone else.
The kiss broke off. Freya was blushing as she smiled into his eyes. “Don’t forget it, okay?” She said nothing afterwards and returned to the group, apologizing to Yutaro who was distressed by her bold action. Hikki and Alexandra bade farewell and watched as they walked down the road, and disappeared from sight.
“There goes my summer memory,” the Gale Whistler spoke.
“I’m sure you really enjoyed the vacation, didn’t you?” Alexandra asked.
He nodded. “Well, then, let’s get back to work. I’m pumped up already,” he said and lifted his arm only to yelp in pain. Alexandra laughed at his silly attempt to act cool and brought the arm down to its former position.
“Say, Alex.”
“Yes, Hikki?”
He threw his sight to the evening sky. “How about next year? I’ll take you and the Wind Talkers along.”
The Britannian girl giggled. “I’ll look forward to seeing the day.”
// END //
Ah, this is refreshing! It carries a certain amount of sad atmosphere in the first half and then fun for the second half. Nice!
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SANTA GEMINIS CHRISTMAS PLEASE FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!!!
YES! QUOTED FOR TRUTH!
*writes a gift request to Santa Geminis*
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Spoiler for Sipher of the Blood Dawn:
Name: Sipher Age: Unknown Height: 31cm Gender: Male Hair Color: Blood red with strains of black Eye Color: Red Physical Description: With the exception of his eye and hair color, he has an uncanny similarity to Erio Mondial.
Device: Tome of Blood Dawn Mage Rank:A, AA (10%), AAA (30%), S (50%), SS (70%), SSS (90%) Magic Color: Crimson Prefered Element: None Magic Style: Ancient Velka Fighting Style: Heavy mid-range support, Large to huge scale bombardment, Tactical Command. Barrier Jacket: Similar to all Destroyers, except the linings along the edges are crimson instead of silver, and the sleeves and cloak are longer... Not suited for melee combat.
Introduction:
The only male Unison Device in existence. In addition to being the 'voice' of the Sinclairions, Sipher also acts as the Administrator General of the Destroyers, Monitoring their every progress as well as briefing their mission and assisting them if necessary.
It was rumored that it was through him that Loki was able to come up with the designs for the Stain program within all Destroyers. This rumor was further reinforced during the countless times he was able to directly manipulate most of the lesser evolved symbiotic program.
Every Destroyer ever created knows and fears, or in the case of the other generals - respects him for his power and ruthlessness. Working with him is a double-edge sword, Victory is almost certain, but you will be in five times more danger than when you do it on your own.
Personality
Ever for the Destroyers, his personalities are practically intolerable. He is,
But most frowned upon them all, Sipher is the only one among them all, that has no problem leaving a comrade to die, or in some cases, killing them himself if he deems necessary.
Special Ability: Blood Pact
Spoiler:
On his own, Sipher is only capable enough to use certain amounts of potential magic storage within him to reach A ranked. However, this ability allows him to increase his potential dramatically within a short and almost instant period of time.
Sipher can drain the 'Health Bar' of any Destroyer to increase his output.
- 10% of the victim's health would increase him to AA - 30% of the victim's health would increase him to AAA - 50% of the victim's health would increase him to S - 70% of the victim's health would increase him to SS - 90% of the victim's health would increase him to SSS
This is one of the main reason for most Destroyers' unwillingness to follow him for Sipher has the dangerous habit of draining their life whenever he sees fit to with or without their consent.
Blood Pact can also be used against his enemies, which he sometime does during interrogation, but the energy drained from them are usually too little, or that they are not 'pure' enough to be used effectively.
Special Ability: Corrupt Unison
Spoiler:
Sipher can unison with anyone who has the Stain program within them, be it Destroyer or Cataphract.
However, none of them are his 'destined' meister, which means they cannot control the process, causing all of them to change their form into this -
Spoiler for size:
In this form, the Destroyer is practically a ticking time bomb, while all of his powers, ability and skills increases to insane amounts, Sipher is slowly eating away at their life, mind, and soul. For those who do break free in time, they are left traumatized for a week... Maybe more.
The most recent case is Cero, who lost his original right arm in his Unison mode in a savage fight against an ancient monster that the Sinclairion sealed away... Cthulhu. It was replaced by a blood-red arm which had to be sealed unless in combat.
This ability is only used in the most extreme of extreme FUBAR situations, the do-or-die ones. In most cases, it's the host that is in control of the body, but Sipher has provide capable of taking over if he wants to.
Another reason why Destroyers don't like working with him.
Other Information:
- Though owned by Loki, he was originally created by Odin.
- Can use all 10 dimensional-distortion spells
- Has 2 S+ ranked Knights as protection, but intending to make more...
- Likes to use quotes as the names for his own spells. Example;
Spoiler:
"My might cannot be matched" :High powered melee range, impact-type spell.
- Can 'copy' other spells, though rarely uses them other than to mock the opponents.
- Had a secret relationship with the original Reinforce, and was suspected to have been involved with her corruption... But details are unknown and nobody's talking.
Oh dear, last male for the Unison-type! He's endangered! *puts a conservation sign*
But, all his abilities make him more than able to survive on his own. Very powerful, too. Would love to see him in action.
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
I used the wrong word. History? Timeline? You can make it AU if you like.
Then it's a good thing I don't have a Unison Device.
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Originally Posted by haiz123321
Spoiler for New Character:
Particulars:
Name: Takusa
Gender: Male
Rank in MagicZ
Ground/Aerial: AA+
Riot Force 7 Ace
Callsign: Laser 2
Magic Type: Mid-Childa
Magic Color/Colour: Black
Usual/Battle wear: The black shirt he wears, with black jeans
Spoiler for Picture:
D.O.B: 26th Feb
Age: 20
Height and Weight:
20: 187cm 80kg
Personality: Appears cold and harsh but is actually very easy-going and kind once known. Once in combat, he's the same as Koumyou, cold, emotionless and merciless which sometimes gets him into trouble, needing other Aces/Members to stop him before he kills someone that needs to be captured alive.
Background:
Growing up on Earth until the age of 10 where he walked into a dimensional portal that was created by the Project F explosion Shakal was working on and he somehow ended up in Mid-Childa. He wandered around the streets for a few years before he managed to join the Time-space Administration Bureau Battlion 390 where he got to learn ranged abilities. He had quite a bit of magic potential in him which may be the reason he didn't get trapped in the portal.
Device:
Spoiler for :
Name: Exeter
Intellegience Device
Voice: Stiff male robotic voice
Auto mechanism
A device that can make use of modified catridges to produce different shots
Skills: Offensive:
Variable bullet: A barrier covered bullet that specialises in piercing AMF
Special shots:
Rapid: Semi-automatic firing (1 modified catridge)
Acute: Sniper firing (1 modified catridge)
Demolish: Specially designed to take out buildings (2 modified catridges)
Dice: A bullet that can take out 1 enemy after another, max 5(2 modified catridges)
Defensive:
Protection: A basic magical shield used by some Aces
Protection Bolstered: A stronger version of protection
Anything else i need to add and yes, the weapon is Exeter from FF8
Oh yeah is the new way of typing clearer? As in putting a title and stuff cause i personally like it myself
Simple and nice! But, doesn't he need any support spell? Seems a lot like a Center Guard shooter type.
If you want to type clearer, you might want to fool around learning the simpler BBcode tags available first , since copying and pasting doesn't include the tags for you. They're quite easy, actually. Then, you may want to do it in Notepad directly (together with the tags) and then copying the whole thing here.
At least, that's what I did.
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Originally Posted by Liingo
Only very small changes I see...
Since you've already told the other's that "Node" is 'kinsoku jikou desu' I won't bother answering
just a question though.. Shouldn't her affiliation be with the Intel dept, and not with the Claudia?
Actually, affiliation is confusing for me. Since Intel Dept is under TSAB, so, doesn't that make the affiliation to be "TSAB", which should be the Headquarters in the Dimensional Space? Maybe I should be more specific and write down that she works for the Navy's Intel Dept?
And, what's kinsoku jikou desu? My Japanese is only elementary.
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Originally Posted by Liingo
Nice set up here I'm intrigued about what the cards say! Nice work
Thanks. The warning will be revealed not so soon.
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
In Tk's word, restrictions to justify h4xx that isn't restrictions at all.
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UPDATE TIME! Zest vs Isdera Part I.
Spoiler for Side Isdera AFTER Part I-2 : Two Old Knights:
~Side Isdera AFTER I Verse 4 : Futari no Furui Kishi~
Agito’s body levitating moved, in the direction where Zest suddenly ran off to earlier, just as she and him both sensed Lutecia’s presence, and Garyuu’s... She was in trouble. Biting her nails, Agito flew as fast as she could, despite being not as rough and fast as Zest’s extreme burst of speed...
She was extremely worried. If it was any other time, worrying about Danna wouldn’t be so troublesome, but it was only a day ever since his fight with that red knight, Vita. Even though he’s recovered slightly after some sleep and her medicine, he was only at 80%... at best.
As she saw Lutecia tending to Garyuu, she fastened her pace, just as the winds around her roughened, as she looked at the direction Lutecia was staring her worrying eyes into...
Trees being torn apart, a small crater within the center of the bewildering forest of greens in the night, as a small tornado formed itself in the center of that crater, within that small gust of dissipating golden tornado of raw magic by Zest and genuine formed gale of gust by Isdera’s magic...
Even with the deafening sounds of winds playing the the leaves shooting upwards with the spiraling night gale, a sound dwarves that, as Agito saw Zest’s spear and the other knight’s sword smashing against one another...
Isdera felt a pressuring power pushing his sword downwards from the larger, more overwhelming knight in front of him, as holding the sheathe of his sword, he drew it from his side as he slammed the spear sideways...
Stepping his left leg forward, Isdera took that moment, as he held his sword strongly as he leaped forwards, like a fierce tiger towards his prey with an overhead slash...
“Danna!”
Agito’s worrying voice reached, but there was no response... there was no need to, as holding his spear sideways, that slash was parried by the center of the spear’s rod as Zest held on... Isdera’s blade and weight pressed down on him, a gust of wind in both directions fleeting Isdera and Zest... as his legs sunk deeper into the ground, as his grip weakened, feeling his body’s weakened response... His body’s strength was weakening with each second, and in comparison to the young knight in front of him...
All he could do is rely on his experience as a Striker.
As he felt his spear slowly being overwhelmed by the pressure, he quickly let go of his gauntlet arm to hit the sword sideways, as Isdera’s strength was pushed back by the sideway attack from his fist, as the both of them leaped back for their distance...
They looked at each one’s eyes... neither moved for a moment, knowing that it was a decisive moment...
As the tornado continued blowing, creating a ring with them as the center, an unsuspecting leaf flew into the circle from the walls of the typhoon...
It was less than a second. The leaf blocked their eye-contact, but they felt the glint of each other’s eyes behind that wall of green, as the sounds of their weapons was enough proof.
[Explosion.]
A simultaneous sound of loading cartridges, the sound of steam being released in the air, and the clink of metal falling to the ground...
That was the signal.
Rushing forward, each step’s a sound to a closer resonance, a battle’s sonata playing as it started with a thrust, the edges of their blades hitting each other, the sharp peak slamming into one another, the screeching sound of metal grinding one another in molecular levels enhanced, as they put all their strength into it...
Like an repulse of energy, the blades was simultaneously pushed back together, an equal test of power. They slammed their blades again, and soon, that test of strength became a dance of blades.
It was a unorthodox dance of swords. Heavy bladed weapons of Belka, one a double handed sword and another, a heavy polearm spear... were hitting each other with high speed thrust, the masters of those weapons making those weapons look like a parry of rapiers hitting one another at an inhuman speed.
Twirling gust of wind. The old, and the ancient, spear and sword at hand, the knight's bullet fires rapidly.
Each strike closes in to break, with no thought of stopping, each blow fast and precise. Exchange of thrust so fast afterimages felt blurred. The attacks continued for both, raging. That rage is only a repitition, each strike sharp, lacking in power, but not of precision and speed.
Agito's eyes felt tired... 30 times? 50? 100? She couldn't tell... No, I doubt anyone could. It was like trying to count rains with human eyes, as the heavy rains of sword and spear pours, like a waterfall. No... like a vacuum of blades of steel. Like a thrust of light, flying lights of weapons.
"Swish. Clang. Kling. Klang. Clang!"
Steels clanging against one another, clashes like an orchestra, sparks expanding, but without any sense of heat as their battle, was vacuum-like. Amidst an tornado of magic, their exchange only served to increase that rotation, as their battle sucked in the air of surroundings.
It was like a wall telling "come in, and die in pieces."
Over a hundred blows, over and over... yet each time was the same as the last. There was no victor, no loser... just lights of an equal battle, like fireworks...It was...mesmerizing.
Agito and Lutecia could only watch, as the shadows of the 2 knights were enveloped inside that whirlwind of power, a representative of their overwhelming pressure... Agito felt a shiver as she felt a striking sense of nostalgia...
“Where...had I...seen this...before?”
Slowly, she felt the pressure of their surroundings lessened, as the air shrouding them became less and less concentrated, as the gust of wind became centralized on the dual knights.
Everything was coming about. The end of the dance of the blades as the winds of magic played its tune of climax...
A last strike of blades. That was the end just the winds holding their invisible ring was at its limits...
Their bodies unmoved, Isdera’s sword shifted to his left, Zest’s spear to the right, their muscles tensed, as they ended their charade of lancing exchange, as every power drew into this strike... their grips tightened as their eyes focused.
And once again, a sound of loading cartridges.
Which swing of the blade was first, what happened, how it started, Lutecia and Agito didn’t know. All they could see was their cage of gale breaking apart and a flash of light blinding, as they were shot by gust of winds slamming their skin, but holding their position... they waited...as the winds cleared...
Both were standing, but their breathing ragged, clearly exhausted as Isdera stood with his blade held to the ground just as Zest too... held his spear as its weight on the ground supported the old knight. The end of the dance was a draw again...
“COUGH! COUGH!! COUGH!!!”
Red. A puddle of red as one knee dropped to the ground, the other still afoot...
Zest was coughing blood once again, as his body took its toll.
“Danna!”
Agito’s cries of anxiety, worry... as the two knights started at one another... Isdera’s sword was unmoved, but Zest’s eyes did not lose its determination, as Isdera felt a burning passion that did not dwindle within that knight.
Agito, enraged, shot a barrage of fireballs off to Isdera.
“I won’t allow you to harm Danna further!!!”
Lutecia followed suit.
“Inzects.”
Once again, the attacks were futile, as the blades slashed the Inzects and the fireballs apart, dissipating their flames...
“I’ve once faced a knight with a flame akin to yours, Ancient Unison Device... but one more powerful and vivid. Your fire is strong as well, but it is not one which is meant to destroy, but one to support a stronger flame. A flame of a Lord.”
Agito was angered, taking his advice as mockery but she ignored that, as taking advantage of his unresponsive situation, went to tend to Zest, who was already standing up, holding his spear once again, ready to continue his battle.
“Danna, let me help-“
“No, Agito... stand back with Lutecia. I’m sorry, but you won’t be much of a help against him...”
“If that’s the case, then Unison should-“
“That is not good as well... With my body’s current condition, I won’t be able to use your flames effectively. Besides, if we unison now...the next time, I probably cannot...”
“Danna...”
Agito’s concern... to be concerned..that was the only thing she could do.
“Come, Ancient Belkan Knight.” Once again, the knights readied their blades, their battle far from over. Isdera sheathed his sword once again, as he accepted Zest’s nod of the battle, his legs pressing their weights on the ground, ready to draw and attack...
“Belka-Mikami-Ryuu.”
His grip reaffirmed his place on his blade, a single cartridge shooting into the air.
“Yamato! Orochi! ISSEN!”
His blade drawn, a gust of wind shot out from his sheathe of the sword, as small spirals of tornadoes shot itself out in gales of eight, from all fronts, as the eight lashed out towards Zest, like a snake of 8 striking to their prey.
Was it the end of the battle?
~Zest~
Strange... before my eyes, I can see shadows of snakes, trying to destroy me, consume me... The winds hitting my body, I feel the pain rushing through the veins... I suppose it's proof that I am still alive.
I am not afraid of death. I have many regrets in my life, many things I couldn't protect, but in the end, I am but a dead man living on borrowed time, a life that is holding on to the small flame of a dying candle.
However, even for someone like me, I still something I must do. I still have people I must protect their future!
Lutecia... Alphino's daughter.
Alphino. You'll probably hate me... Not only was I a failure as your captain, leading to your death, making your daughter alone... My stupidity dragged your innocent daughter into this mess... There is nothing I can say or do to atone for my past, but all I can do now... is to protect her. Until she can smile, until there are wings that are willing to shelter her loneliness... I must continue this struggle.
Agito...
Countless times I had asked myself... Was it a mistake? Was I wrong to listen to Lutecia's request to take her along? If only she was left there... could she had been picked up by the TSAB? Having a good knight as a Lord, living peacefully and happily, not this ragged life we're struggling through? Or would she be just another victim elsewhere? I don't know... it's impossible to tell.
However, to have many regrets does not mean to live my life pursuing those regrets to my end.
That is why I cannot die. Not yet! Not until I've finished what I should, and end my life not as Failed Relic Weapon Zest... but as Zest Gruntgieze.
WATASHI JISHIN NO SEIGI NO TSURUGI NARI!
Dakara...
[Glänzend Freilassung.] [Full Drive Start.]
"DANNA!!!!!"
This will probably be my last Full Drive.
"Ikuzo...tomo."
[Verstanden.][Understood.]
Part III will be the end of the befriending fight, and Part IV will be... it's resolution so to speak.
Where exactly does it say that Graham made Durandal? There's no indication anywhere in the A's series...all that's confirmed there was that he had it, and was going to use it against the YnS... show me the evidence.
Lotte: Father. Durandal is almost ready.
It was in one episode. Indication/Implication. Whatever you want to call it.
Though A's doesn't provide more concrete evidence. Evidence that prove otherwise is more lacking in my view.
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And Apalis may not be the superior Device, but he's an Intelligent Device, and Durandal's a Storage - and in his mind, Intelligent>Storage ALWAYS.
I was talking about power levels and the amount of tech and specialization added. But Apalis seems to get annoyed instead of benifitting from that AI.
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It's not a huge thing...just don't mention Durandal around him - the thing he's pissed about is that everyone talks about Durandal, while no one talks about him...
I see.
Well actually, people would talk more about Arcas being the overprotective 'big brother' instad of Apalis. Lack of attention much? Maybe Arcas should introduce Apalis more often so he can give more of his quotes. That'll help in the popularity problem. And since like with Hayate, they like to shaft Chrono so much, it might just work.
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Frankly, I'm not sure how to respond to this: sarcasm, or actual, honest truth.
Whatever you like. It's your point of view, not mine.
Trickery (Not off-color jokes. That's too extreme.) is quite fun. Though just here in the world of imagination, mind you. I strive to be very poilite and tactful in real life.
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Mou, relax! It's a joke! I read the snippet and instantly heard Konata's "Otou-san" in my head...
Okay...
@FlameSparkZ: Another WIN piece of work! Maren looked so cute there! And SS3 seems to be quite interesting.
@Nighty: So how did the Ion Canon work? Can you become Captain Nightnet now?
@D_T: THAT'S OVAN!!! HAXX!!!
PF: Heh. That clears up a lot of things. And just what is with you and women's underwear?
@haiz & Chaos: Congratulations on the roof-breaker!
P.S - Don't eat anything... Wouldn't want you to choke.
Good thing I didn't eat anything, but the amount of comedy certainly knocked me hard.
Just finished Seto 16, 17, 18. ZOMG AKENO IS MADE OF PURE HOTNESS AND WIN And FISH PORN FTW
Episode 19: What the hell? Drunken Akeno going moe and giri-giri? EX FREAKING DEE
And Shinsengumi Akeno
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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
Think dirty... REAL dirty.
As if.
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Originally Posted by Erio
Havent watched 27 yet?
No, I didn't.
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Originally Posted by FieryAeon
EEK! Hayate nooo! Don't succumb to evil!
Hmm...why not do it chronologically? Halloween should be after summer in Japan right? You could start with that.
Good thing you pointed that out.
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Originally Posted by FieryAeon
Errr...don't quite understand Annabelle's reactions. *runs off to re-read Annabelle's profile*
Is there any full body picture of Anna? Instead of just the close up of her cute face.
I wish I could, but then I won't show it. :P Until time is right.
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Originally Posted by Erio
Since some here appear to be interested in Goshuushousama Ninomiya-kun, here's a special IMAGE TIME for you guys.
Spoiler for Moe and Hawtness Overload:
I died by the second pic...
*me is KO'ed* (Where is that Hayate gif when I need it? )
BTW Lowe, if the blue-haired looks like Mai, and the other one like Gwen...
Moe succubus FTW
*runs*
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
... Those Zengar/Irui doujins have really gotten to you don't they? Although Irui is a very old Loli
And is pic that a job for Superman?
How old is Irui in the first place?
Sure, go ahead.
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
If only Genome could be made to exist in the Nanohaverse, and work together with Graham, Austin, Armstrong... oh shi-
*a universe implodes from overload of awesomeness*
Although I still have Matsuri using his head as a lethal weapon
O SHI--
USB500 dies.
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Originally Posted by Liingo
*shakes fist at Yutaro(Hikki)*
Oy stop stealing all the females!!!!
WTF is with the time stop!!!! Oy!!!!!!!!
Well that was intersting to say the least
Although I got a little lost there... what happened exactly?
LOL @ your reaction
Anyway, that was done due to desperation... I mean, for the sake of his most cherished person.
Oh, don't mind that part. It's just some talks and stuffs.
Anyway, thanks.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixFlare
Ah, this is refreshing! It carries a certain amount of sad atmosphere in the first half and then fun for the second half. Nice!
YES! QUOTED FOR TRUTH!
*writes a gift request to Santa Geminis*
1: thanks again.
2: looks like Santa Geminis are going to be very busy this season.
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Time for reposts, I guess.
Spoiler for length:
JACKSON ARMSTRONG
Nickname: Grandpa; Wind Talker; Child of Thunder; Sword That Cleaves Evil Age: 55 Birthday: 22nd July Hair colour: dark grey Eye colour: sapphire Height: 188cm Weight: 82kg Affiliation: TSAB Position / rank in TSAB: General Inspector (retired); Wind Talker (active). Home world: Earth (nationality: American) Device: Forneus Device type: Intelligent Device Device appearance: halberd; Colossal Sword Magic system: Mid-Childa Magic element: lightning Magic symbol: circle Magic colour: dark grey Partner: Leonidas, Annabelle
Appearance: Armstrong is never seen without his Barrier Jacket for the most of time. Personality: a caring, understanding old man, General Armstrong always resorts to diplomacy as a mean to solve problems; only when everything else fails will he use full strength (although he seldom does so prior to his retirement). As a father, he cares of whoever he treats as his own children, adoptive or blood-related. Style: in his younger years, Armstrong was among the few Aces whose technique could counter-balance Belkan magic system. His expertise in lightning-based magic gave him the moniker “Child of Thunder”, and he was respected by friends and foes whenever he went.
In his earlier years, Armstrong was known as “Sword That Cleaves Evil” due to his extensive swordsmanship and philosophical beliefs that all evils would have to be smitten with Forneus in Colossal Blade form. It was also his preferred method to finish off enemies, particularly AMF robots that were abound during the era.
Possible voice actor: Kenichi Ono (Sanger Zonvolt, Super Robot Wars Original Generations) Quote:
“Waga na wa Jackson Armstrong. Aku o tatsu tsurugi nari!”
“Forneus, KENZAN!”
His ID:
BACKGROUND
Armstrong has an interesting background. His grandfather was America’s leading multi-linguist and cryptographer, who had spent his entire life studying the languages of the Native American tribes, especially the Navajo tribe. Both his father and mother were archaeologists and had studied various cultures worldwide, and they were famous for their studies on Mayan and Incas civilizations.
Back in the 1950s when the Cold Was starting to heat up, Armstrong and his family move to Egypt as his father becomes the vice curator of the Cairo Archaeological Museum. His interest in archaeological and studies leads him to local archaeological expeditions around Egypt but the turmoil in the Middle East becomes an obstacle for his inspiring dream. Unable to continue his outdoor activities, Armstrong spends his time in scientific studies of language, learning languages of the Middle East (Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew); he becomes the youngest person to sit the chair of National American Linguistic Society’s vice-president chair. His passion for cultural studies makes him leaving the position and he takes himself in a world tour, studying and analyzing every culture he comes across.
Armstrong’s involvement with the Time-Space Administrative Bureau becomes apparent when he is selected by a group of TSAB officers who is seeking for translator for their field studies in Navajo culture. Due to his talent, Armstrong becomes popular among space travellers who wish to study Terran cultures; incidentally the Navajo people recognize his role (they had an established relationship with his family for 125 years) and even give him the moniker “Wind Talker”.
On his 15th birthday Armstrong joins TSAB and appointed to the bureau’s cryptography division, at the time working under the Infinite Library (40 years later, he remains the bureau’s longest-serving officer). His natural-born talents as both linguist and code talker leads him to the bureau’s first extensive cultural studies programme; moreover, Armstrong is found to be a proficient learner, being able to gain knowledge of languages from all known administered worlds and perfecting his linguistic skills in short time. Today, he remains the only TSAB officer with knowledge of over 100 spoken languages.
Armstrong’s potency as a mage was, however, previously unknown even after his enlistment in the TSAB as a 1st Lieutenant (he admits during an interview with Space Magazine that he became aware of his power five years after the admission). Even so, he displayed amazing magic prowess and his traits as a mage became apparent during an archaeological expedition to Narulia (42nd Administered World) when he single-handedly defended the expedition’s base camp from Narulian local tribe, although it was his diplomatic skill rather than brute force that saved the day.
After returning to the TSAB with success (the expedition had unearthed archaeological data on the planet’s lost dynasty known as the Chronomancer; it is safe to assume that Chronomancer and, later, Chronograph, would later become Armstrong’s lifetime obsession), Armstrong undertook the bureau’s evaluation tests and passed with flying colours. He was also trusted by the admirals to take over the administration of the cryptography division, and was responsible for assigning the designation 271st Special Operation Unit to the division. Later on, together with five original members from the Navajo tribe that formed The Windtalkers, Armstrong travels across all administered worlds on mission to search and recruit as many members from different planetary cultures as he can; his aim is to have his division a distinctive multicultural identity eliminate cultural difference obvious among the bureau’s officers at the time. (Today, 271st Special Operation Unit is still accepting applications from would-be Windtalkers.)
Armstrong’s major challenge as a Wind Talker comes after he achieves success in decoding Narulia’s secret language of the Minamikaze Tribe and studying the Lost Logia his team had unearthed from Narulia’s archaeology sites 20 years earlier. He learns of the tragic tale of Bayu and Nagalintar, and the enigmatic myths behind the planet’s long-lost Chronomancer Dynasty. His investigations lead him into the encounter with the young Hikki Kokurabuji, whom he finds to inherit the bloodlines of Minamikaze and Chronomancer. He puts his cultural studies on hold as to concentrate on observing the boy, and even establishes the bureau’s auxiliary unit (which later becomes Bougainvillea Brigade) to help him with the investigation. He is the first person to unlock the dynasty’s closely-guarded secret, as he points to the fact that Chronomancer Dynasty was the expert in Time-manipulating magic.
After Hikki leaves Bougainvillea Brigade, Armstrong mobilizes his division into full force and sets them on the mission to persuade Hikki to join the bureau. He even discovers some disturbing aspects about the young monk (namely, his Linker Core) and because of this he mobilizes his task force in haste, fearing that each second wasted will only lead to the boy’s untimely demise.
When the task force is engaged in battle with the berserk Hikki, who is under control of the Lost Logia (Unison Device Halcyon), Armstrong enters the battle and assists the TSAB Aces; he is motivated by the loss of his son who died in a rockslide in Switzerland, and Hikki strongly resembles him in term of determination. Although never actually involved in the duel between the Aces and Halcyon, he himself provides valuable information on the Unison Device.
After successfully ending the Chronomancer Crisis with the help of Lost Property Riot Force 6, Armstrong retires from service and appoints Hikki, now a Tactical Instructor, as his successor. He returns to his hometown in Arizona and lives with his Navajo family. The retirement is temporary, however, as the TSAB still seeks for his service, and Armstrong agrees to return to the bureau as senior advisor.
Armstrong is married to Maria Gato, Spain’s leading linguist and blessed with two children from the marriage. His oldest son, Alexander Gato, unfortunately died when a rockslide in Swiss countryside struck his family-in-law’s mansion; his daughter, Annabelle, was the only survivor in the natural disaster that also destroyed the entire village, and was adopted by Armstrong soon after.
POWER
Armstrong is a lightning mage and uses lightning-based magic in long- and medium-range combats. He is unique for being the only known mage to have perfected the “device-free” technique; it refers to the ability to cast spells without the aids of Devices in any and all circumstances.
As a combat-hardened veteran, Armstrong has been known to fight mages and knights with all kinds of magic systems. Even in his golden years, his strength is comparable to that of Nanoha, Fate and Hayate, currently the TSAB’s strongest aces; prior to events in StrikerS he frequently fights them in mock-up battle. Although he is classified as an AAA+-rank mage, Armstrong’s actual strength is kept confidential for security reason.
There are circulating rumours that Armstrong’s strength exceeds the three Aces’ power level. Given his experience in battlefield, and his excellence as lightning mage, it may have basis. Furthermore, his reputation in his earlier years as “The Sword That Smites Evil” further strengthens the rumour, although he personally admits his power is nothing.
Armstrong’s Intelligent Device is Forneus. It takes the form of a halberd (when deployed from Sealed Form), and has ribbons tied under its pointed blades. Forneus has female voice, speaks in English and addresses him as “sir”.
Sealed Form: Forneus assumes the form of a locket.
Open the Seal: Armstrong’s incantation to activate Forneus, and usually his Barrier Jacket is activated as well. The transformation was intended to be performed with long phrases, but Armstrong saw it unnecessary and replaced it with his own chant. His trademark quote is “DaiForneus, Kenzan!”
Invoke Form: Forneus takes the distinguishable form of a halberd. It is used for firing projectiles/energy beams (Bombardier Mode) and in melee combats (Striker Mode).
Limiter Release: this is Armstrong’s command to unlock Forneus’ Overdrive Form.
Overdrive Form: Forneus’ strongest and most powerful form.
Jewel Seed Seal: used to seal the Jewel Seeds so they will not fuse with anything. Armstrong uses this ability many times throughout his archaeological expeditions.
Area Search: this ability extends Armstrong’s magical inner-senses, helping him to find anomalies in an area.
Colossal Sword: even more powerful than Overdrive Form, it was accessible during Armstrong’s golden years as The Sword That Smites Evil.
DEFENSIVE ABILITIES
Barrier Jacket: Armstrong’s Jacket is a dark grey/red knight-styled dress, with black armoured gloves and armoured boots. It hasn’t changed much for 30 years.
Thunder Dome: Armstrong’s first spell, and Forneus’ auto-guard magic. It can guard in every direction but is easily penetrable.
Round Shield: a powerful shield that can endure a prolonged attack. Unlike other barrier-type spells, it can only guard from one direction.
Thunder Feather: this ability grants Armstrong with the ability to fly and it increases his speed. If Thunder Feather is used in conjunction with a melee attack, the resulting explosion is technically called a Thunder Impact.
Reactive Blow: it refers to the ability to nullify an attack by detonating the outer layer of Barrier Jacket.
Lightning Bind: a strong binding-type magic that prevents target from moving.
Bind Break: this ability, when used, attempts to deactivate a binding spell, and the time required to perform this depends on the complexity of the target magic.
Frequency Discharge: this ability has the properties of jamming a device, therefore preventing opponents from using their abilities. This is one of the two abilities that do not require a Device (Sacred Edge is the second ability).
**Plasma Wall: accessible only through Overdrive From, Armstrong first recycles all residue magic and combines it with any available magic stored in Forneus. Then he unleashes the compressed energy to form an electrified barrier that can be used to encage a target or protect friendly units.
OFFENSIVE ABILITIES
Crescent Slash: Armstrong’s melee attack, consisting of a lightning crescent blade fired from Forneus in Striker Mode. It has the power to neutralize other projectiles, and the blade itself can be thrown.
Crescent Scythe: this ability enhances Crescent Slash to penetrate barrier-type magic.
Stun Edge: Armstrong’s basic ranged attack, fired from a small collection of lightning spheres. It is fast and can turn on command should it miss.
Sacred Edge: a variation of Stun Edge, this spell stockpiles several spheres and unleashes a huge lightning arrow at target. Armstrong can perform this attack without Forneus’ aid, and its short execution time makes it almost impossible to predict.
Voltage Shooter: Armstrong’s siege-type attack, analogous to Nanoha’s Divine Buster and Fate’s Thunder Smasher.
Plasma Storm: this is Armstrong’s area-of-affect thunderstorm and has the properties of jamming other Devices.
**Dragon Hammer: accessible only in Overdrive Form, this ability is designed to destroy force fields, binding magic spells (in case Bind Break fails), illusions and barriers. This is the strongest melee next to Divine Voltage Infinite Razor.
**Heavenly Judgment: a stronger variation of Plasma Storm where thunderstorms are summoned and commanded to strike at all opponents in target areas. It is accessible only after Forneus’ Overdrive Form is unlocked.
**Ride the Lightning: Armstrong braces himself and charges at opponent in lightning sphere, leaving electrical residue behind in trails. Then he collides with the opponent and leaves him/her stunned in vicious electric circuits. On some occasions, Ride the Lightning also serves as reactive protection spell.
**Divine Voltage: the most powerful “Breaker”-type ability so far, on par with Nanoha’s Starlight Breaker Exceed, Fate’s Plasma Zamber, Hayate’s Ragnarok and Hikki’s Squall Breaker Unlimited Discharge. This ability requires the collection and recycling of residual magical energy left over by previous attacks in combat airspace for a new attack. Overdrive Forneus assumes the shape of a gigantic thunder blade many times its original size, analogous to Fate’s Bardiche Assault in its Zamber Form. There are two attack modes of Divine Voltage:
Infinite Razor: Armstrong strikes the extended “sword of light” onto any target regardless of its distance.
This form was only available during the “Aku o Tatsu Tsurugi” saga when Armstrong, along with a colleague named Maxim, was assigned to the non-administered world Excelia following a rebel uprising. It was thought that Colossal Blade Forneus bore many similarities to the legendary Zankantou, possessed by the strongest knight in the history of the Belkan Empire, and added with the fact that many of the attacks mirrored the legendary knight’s.
Divine Voltage, Colossal Burst of Heavenly Cloud
Armstrong uses the Forneus in its base form with a swift swipe in the air that creates a strong wind to cut the enemy.
Divine Voltage, Spinning Blade of Evening Sky
Armstrong uses the plasma generator to enlarge the Forneus into a larger katana-like blade, which is then swung as if it were a boomerang.
Divine Voltage, Rising Thunder of Destiny
Armstrong enlarges the Forneus into a large broadsword. He, then, uses it to perform a series of slashes before ends it with a clean, vertical cut.
Divine Voltage, Blade of a Shining Cloud
Also known as Colossal Storm, Armstrong enlarges the Forneus to such a point that it’s almost too large for his arms to even handle. He lifts the weapon high overhead and proceeds to take to the sky. Then he drops down with a single bisecting slash as a finishing blade.
Divine Voltage, Infinite Hurricane Blade
A variation of Infinite Razor & Ride the Lightning, this attack is available only after Maxim agrees to assist him in battle. Maxim activates Trombe and transforms it into Pferde Mode, allowing Armstrong to ride on it (Maxim himself fuses with the Device during the sequence). Riding towards the enemy as a samurai on horseback, Armstrong then strikes with Forneus in high-speed horizontal slash, dragging it across the battlefield. Then he spins Forneus very rapidly to generate a whirlwind that carries the bisected enemy up into the air before adding a final horizontal slash upon the enemy. This combination attack is very flashy, often borderline-ridiculous but very powerful.
Why am I doing this? It's because for Diary of Wind Talker's Halloween Special, our main star is going to be the Gentleman himself!
Ya hear that? We got permission!
Phanan: Dibs on the expensive stuff! Wes: I got everythings thats not nailed down! Tycho: I got everything that is nailed down!
<sighs> And thus, the true kleptos emerge...
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Spoiler for Jump:
Maren... smiling?
Going to tackle... Koji?
Jumping into his arms... like a cliche romance character?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
BRAIN FAILS TO COMPUTE!!!
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You know... Before StrikerS, Yunno/Fate had never been seriously considered by anyone before
And I would like to think that it doesn't really need the life of someone important to them both for something to happen... Though it is the best way.
That's because... do I REALLY need to spell it out for you?
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Lotte: Father. Durandal is almost ready.
It was in one episode. Indication/Implication. Whatever you want to call it.
Though A's doesn't provide more concrete evidence. Evidence that prove otherwise is more lacking in my view.
Sorry - but implication/indication doesn't cut it in my book - to me, unless it is EXPLICITLY stated that Graham made Durandal, then there is reasonable doubt.
It's like sexual innuendo. You can spam it all you like, but I ain't believing it till I see the blood on the bed.
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I was talking about power levels and the amount of tech and specialization added. But Apalis seems to get annoyed instead of benifitting from that AI.
Hm.
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I see.
Well actually, people would talk more about Arcas being the overprotective 'big brother' instad of Apalis. Lack of attention much? Maybe Arcas should introduce Apalis more often so he can give more of his quotes. That'll help in the popularity problem. And since like with Hayate, they like to shaft Chrono so much, it might just work.
Apalis wouldn't mind people talking about Arcas, he's a person. To Apalis, comparing popularity of a mage to that of a Device is an apples/oranges problem: two different categories.
And Arcas will usually introduce Apalis, if for no other reason than almost EVERYONE in TSAB knows of Ascalon.
NEW MATERIAL!!!!!!!!
Re: My fall Anime-lineup
Spoiler for Guaranteed Watch:
CLANNAD
Spoiler for Favored Watch; >80%:
Goshuushousama Ninomiya-kun
D.C.II ~Da Capo II~ & ef - a tale of memories (note: these are 25 episodes PUT TOGETHER)
Rental Magica
Spoiler for Possible Watch; >60%:
Shakugan no Shana II - Never really got into the first... explanation below.
Prism Ark - if for no other reason than the massive # of cuties
Sketchbook ~full color’s~
NOTE: ANY anime series that does NOT appear here has an approximately 0% chance of being viewed by me, unless it gains levels of AWESOME near the level of Kamina, Simon, and GL.
Spoiler for re:Small # of series:
Normally, I'd have @ least a dozen series, with a 25-40-35 G-F-P distribution. However, this is my last year as an undergrad, and I have HARD classes, plus independent research to do... so I REALLY won't have time.
At this point, CLANNAD IS the only series I will watch thru to the end - depending upon the performance of the others, though, I may upgrade their priority level.
Spoiler for Re:SnS II:
It's not at the top of my list (unlike most drooling fanboys) because I was REALLY put off by the first one. Allow me to explain:
<grabs Miyuki-san Glasses; Power of Explanation=100%>
I did manage to get thru the original (both fansub and by Geneon) until about ep. 9 (the pool one, right after the end of the Friagne & Margery Daw arc) - and then I just lost interest. I really had trouble trying to find a single reason to keep going with the show - mainly because it seemed like they were trying to do too much. The Incest Twins. Exposition about Reiji Maigo origin. Exposition about Shana origin. Wilhelmina. Kazumi vs. Shana for Yuuji. To me, it was too much, too fast, and I booted it like a live grenade. Frankly, they'd have had a better chance at keeping me if they'd picked ONE thing and beat it to death before moving on.
The drop was, I will admit, due in great part to the fact that the series seemed to be headed towards a YuuijiShana pairing, at the expense of poor Kazumi-chan.
Now, don't misunderstand - I'm not opposed to YuujiShana (hell, the partner dynamic is how Arcas & Mel fell in love). But they've been shafting Kazumi, who, even if she loses, should get major screentime, being the love rival.
And yes, I am VERY partial to characters played by Ayako Kawasumi - three of my five favorite anime girls (Aoi Sakuraba, Chikane/Kaon, and Miharu Sena Kanaka) are voiced by her. Hell, Mel's NAMED after two of her characters (both derivations - Melfina of OLS, and Kazumi Yoshida of SnS)
However, I am willing to give the sequel a look - but I will be very cautious.
Good thing I didn't eat anything, but the amount of comedy certainly knocked me hard.
Just finished Seto 16, 17, 18. ZOMG AKENO IS MADE OF PURE HOTNESS AND WIN And FISH PORN FTW
As if.
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No, I didn't.
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Good thing you pointed that out.
I wish I could, but then I won't show it. :P Until time is right.
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Moe succubus FTW
*runs*
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How old is Irui in the first place?
Sure, go ahead.
O SHI--
USB500 dies.
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LOL @ your reaction
Anyway, that was done due to desperation... I mean, for the sake of his most cherished person.
Oh, don't mind that part. It's just some talks and stuffs.
Anyway, thanks.
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1: thanks again.
2: looks like Santa Geminis are going to be very busy this season.
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Time for reposts, I guess.
Spoiler for length:
JACKSON ARMSTRONG
Nickname: Grandpa; Wind Talker; Child of Thunder; Sword That Cleaves Evil Age: 55 Birthday: 22nd July Hair colour: dark grey Eye colour: sapphire Height: 188cm Weight: 82kg Affiliation: TSAB Position / rank in TSAB: General Inspector (retired); Wind Talker (active). Home world: Earth (nationality: American) Device: Forneus Device type: Intelligent Device Device appearance: halberd; Colossal Sword Magic system: Mid-Childa Magic element: lightning Magic symbol: circle Magic colour: dark grey Partner: Leonidas, Annabelle
Appearance: Armstrong is never seen without his Barrier Jacket for the most of time. Personality: a caring, understanding old man, General Armstrong always resorts to diplomacy as a mean to solve problems; only when everything else fails will he use full strength (although he seldom does so prior to his retirement). As a father, he cares of whoever he treats as his own children, adoptive or blood-related. Style: in his younger years, Armstrong was among the few Aces whose technique could counter-balance Belkan magic system. His expertise in lightning-based magic gave him the moniker “Child of Thunder”, and he was respected by friends and foes whenever he went.
In his earlier years, Armstrong was known as “Sword That Cleaves Evil” due to his extensive swordsmanship and philosophical beliefs that all evils would have to be smitten with Forneus in Colossal Blade form. It was also his preferred method to finish off enemies, particularly AMF robots that were abound during the era.
Possible voice actor: Kenichi Ono (Sanger Zonvolt, Super Robot Wars Original Generations) Quote:
“Waga na wa Jackson Armstrong. Aku o tatsu tsurugi nari!”
“Forneus, KENZAN!”
His ID:
BACKGROUND
Armstrong has an interesting background. His grandfather was America’s leading multi-linguist and cryptographer, who had spent his entire life studying the languages of the Native American tribes, especially the Navajo tribe. Both his father and mother were archaeologists and had studied various cultures worldwide, and they were famous for their studies on Mayan and Incas civilizations.
Back in the 1950s when the Cold Was starting to heat up, Armstrong and his family move to Egypt as his father becomes the vice curator of the Cairo Archaeological Museum. His interest in archaeological and studies leads him to local archaeological expeditions around Egypt but the turmoil in the Middle East becomes an obstacle for his inspiring dream. Unable to continue his outdoor activities, Armstrong spends his time in scientific studies of language, learning languages of the Middle East (Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew); he becomes the youngest person to sit the chair of National American Linguistic Society’s vice-president chair. His passion for cultural studies makes him leaving the position and he takes himself in a world tour, studying and analyzing every culture he comes across.
Armstrong’s involvement with the Time-Space Administrative Bureau becomes apparent when he is selected by a group of TSAB officers who is seeking for translator for their field studies in Navajo culture. Due to his talent, Armstrong becomes popular among space travellers who wish to study Terran cultures; incidentally the Navajo people recognize his role (they had an established relationship with his family for 125 years) and even give him the moniker “Wind Talker”.
On his 15th birthday Armstrong joins TSAB and appointed to the bureau’s cryptography division, at the time working under the Infinite Library (40 years later, he remains the bureau’s longest-serving officer). His natural-born talents as both linguist and code talker leads him to the bureau’s first extensive cultural studies programme; moreover, Armstrong is found to be a proficient learner, being able to gain knowledge of languages from all known administered worlds and perfecting his linguistic skills in short time. Today, he remains the only TSAB officer with knowledge of over 100 spoken languages.
Armstrong’s potency as a mage was, however, previously unknown even after his enlistment in the TSAB as a 1st Lieutenant (he admits during an interview with Space Magazine that he became aware of his power five years after the admission). Even so, he displayed amazing magic prowess and his traits as a mage became apparent during an archaeological expedition to Narulia (42nd Administered World) when he single-handedly defended the expedition’s base camp from Narulian local tribe, although it was his diplomatic skill rather than brute force that saved the day.
After returning to the TSAB with success (the expedition had unearthed archaeological data on the planet’s lost dynasty known as the Chronomancer; it is safe to assume that Chronomancer and, later, Chronograph, would later become Armstrong’s lifetime obsession), Armstrong undertook the bureau’s evaluation tests and passed with flying colours. He was also trusted by the admirals to take over the administration of the cryptography division, and was responsible for assigning the designation 271st Special Operation Unit to the division. Later on, together with five original members from the Navajo tribe that formed The Windtalkers, Armstrong travels across all administered worlds on mission to search and recruit as many members from different planetary cultures as he can; his aim is to have his division a distinctive multicultural identity eliminate cultural difference obvious among the bureau’s officers at the time. (Today, 271st Special Operation Unit is still accepting applications from would-be Windtalkers.)
Armstrong’s major challenge as a Wind Talker comes after he achieves success in decoding Narulia’s secret language of the Minamikaze Tribe and studying the Lost Logia his team had unearthed from Narulia’s archaeology sites 20 years earlier. He learns of the tragic tale of Bayu and Nagalintar, and the enigmatic myths behind the planet’s long-lost Chronomancer Dynasty. His investigations lead him into the encounter with the young Hikki Kokurabuji, whom he finds to inherit the bloodlines of Minamikaze and Chronomancer. He puts his cultural studies on hold as to concentrate on observing the boy, and even establishes the bureau’s auxiliary unit (which later becomes Bougainvillea Brigade) to help him with the investigation. He is the first person to unlock the dynasty’s closely-guarded secret, as he points to the fact that Chronomancer Dynasty was the expert in Time-manipulating magic.
After Hikki leaves Bougainvillea Brigade, Armstrong mobilizes his division into full force and sets them on the mission to persuade Hikki to join the bureau. He even discovers some disturbing aspects about the young monk (namely, his Linker Core) and because of this he mobilizes his task force in haste, fearing that each second wasted will only lead to the boy’s untimely demise.
When the task force is engaged in battle with the berserk Hikki, who is under control of the Lost Logia (Unison Device Halcyon), Armstrong enters the battle and assists the TSAB Aces; he is motivated by the loss of his son who died in a rockslide in Switzerland, and Hikki strongly resembles him in term of determination. Although never actually involved in the duel between the Aces and Halcyon, he himself provides valuable information on the Unison Device.
After successfully ending the Chronomancer Crisis with the help of Lost Property Riot Force 6, Armstrong retires from service and appoints Hikki, now a Tactical Instructor, as his successor. He returns to his hometown in Arizona and lives with his Navajo family. The retirement is temporary, however, as the TSAB still seeks for his service, and Armstrong agrees to return to the bureau as senior advisor.
Armstrong is married to Maria Gato, Spain’s leading linguist and blessed with two children from the marriage. His oldest son, Alexander Gato, unfortunately died when a rockslide in Swiss countryside struck his family-in-law’s mansion; his daughter, Annabelle, was the only survivor in the natural disaster that also destroyed the entire village, and was adopted by Armstrong soon after.
POWER
Armstrong is a lightning mage and uses lightning-based magic in long- and medium-range combats. He is unique for being the only known mage to have perfected the “device-free” technique; it refers to the ability to cast spells without the aids of Devices in any and all circumstances.
As a combat-hardened veteran, Armstrong has been known to fight mages and knights with all kinds of magic systems. Even in his golden years, his strength is comparable to that of Nanoha, Fate and Hayate, currently the TSAB’s strongest aces; prior to events in StrikerS he frequently fights them in mock-up battle. Although he is classified as an AAA+-rank mage, Armstrong’s actual strength is kept confidential for security reason.
There are circulating rumours that Armstrong’s strength exceeds the three Aces’ power level. Given his experience in battlefield, and his excellence as lightning mage, it may have basis. Furthermore, his reputation in his earlier years as “The Sword That Smites Evil” further strengthens the rumour, although he personally admits his power is nothing.
Armstrong’s Intelligent Device is Forneus. It takes the form of a halberd (when deployed from Sealed Form), and has ribbons tied under its pointed blades. Forneus has female voice, speaks in English and addresses him as “sir”.
Sealed Form: Forneus assumes the form of a locket.
Open the Seal: Armstrong’s incantation to activate Forneus, and usually his Barrier Jacket is activated as well. The transformation was intended to be performed with long phrases, but Armstrong saw it unnecessary and replaced it with his own chant. His trademark quote is “DaiForneus, Kenzan!”
Invoke Form: Forneus takes the distinguishable form of a halberd. It is used for firing projectiles/energy beams (Bombardier Mode) and in melee combats (Striker Mode).
Limiter Release: this is Armstrong’s command to unlock Forneus’ Overdrive Form.
Overdrive Form: Forneus’ strongest and most powerful form.
Jewel Seed Seal: used to seal the Jewel Seeds so they will not fuse with anything. Armstrong uses this ability many times throughout his archaeological expeditions.
Area Search: this ability extends Armstrong’s magical inner-senses, helping him to find anomalies in an area.
Colossal Sword: even more powerful than Overdrive Form, it was accessible during Armstrong’s golden years as The Sword That Smites Evil.
DEFENSIVE ABILITIES
Barrier Jacket: Armstrong’s Jacket is a dark grey/red knight-styled dress, with black armoured gloves and armoured boots. It hasn’t changed much for 30 years.
Thunder Dome: Armstrong’s first spell, and Forneus’ auto-guard magic. It can guard in every direction but is easily penetrable.
Round Shield: a powerful shield that can endure a prolonged attack. Unlike other barrier-type spells, it can only guard from one direction.
Thunder Feather: this ability grants Armstrong with the ability to fly and it increases his speed. If Thunder Feather is used in conjunction with a melee attack, the resulting explosion is technically called a Thunder Impact.
Reactive Blow: it refers to the ability to nullify an attack by detonating the outer layer of Barrier Jacket.
Lightning Bind: a strong binding-type magic that prevents target from moving.
Bind Break: this ability, when used, attempts to deactivate a binding spell, and the time required to perform this depends on the complexity of the target magic.
Frequency Discharge: this ability has the properties of jamming a device, therefore preventing opponents from using their abilities. This is one of the two abilities that do not require a Device (Sacred Edge is the second ability).
**Plasma Wall: accessible only through Overdrive From, Armstrong first recycles all residue magic and combines it with any available magic stored in Forneus. Then he unleashes the compressed energy to form an electrified barrier that can be used to encage a target or protect friendly units.
OFFENSIVE ABILITIES
Crescent Slash: Armstrong’s melee attack, consisting of a lightning crescent blade fired from Forneus in Striker Mode. It has the power to neutralize other projectiles, and the blade itself can be thrown.
Crescent Scythe: this ability enhances Crescent Slash to penetrate barrier-type magic.
Stun Edge: Armstrong’s basic ranged attack, fired from a small collection of lightning spheres. It is fast and can turn on command should it miss.
Sacred Edge: a variation of Stun Edge, this spell stockpiles several spheres and unleashes a huge lightning arrow at target. Armstrong can perform this attack without Forneus’ aid, and its short execution time makes it almost impossible to predict.
Voltage Shooter: Armstrong’s siege-type attack, analogous to Nanoha’s Divine Buster and Fate’s Thunder Smasher.
Plasma Storm: this is Armstrong’s area-of-affect thunderstorm and has the properties of jamming other Devices.
**Dragon Hammer: accessible only in Overdrive Form, this ability is designed to destroy force fields, binding magic spells (in case Bind Break fails), illusions and barriers. This is the strongest melee next to Divine Voltage Infinite Razor.
**Heavenly Judgment: a stronger variation of Plasma Storm where thunderstorms are summoned and commanded to strike at all opponents in target areas. It is accessible only after Forneus’ Overdrive Form is unlocked.
**Ride the Lightning: Armstrong braces himself and charges at opponent in lightning sphere, leaving electrical residue behind in trails. Then he collides with the opponent and leaves him/her stunned in vicious electric circuits. On some occasions, Ride the Lightning also serves as reactive protection spell.
**Divine Voltage: the most powerful “Breaker”-type ability so far, on par with Nanoha’s Starlight Breaker Exceed, Fate’s Plasma Zamber, Hayate’s Ragnarok and Hikki’s Squall Breaker Unlimited Discharge. This ability requires the collection and recycling of residual magical energy left over by previous attacks in combat airspace for a new attack. Overdrive Forneus assumes the shape of a gigantic thunder blade many times its original size, analogous to Fate’s Bardiche Assault in its Zamber Form. There are two attack modes of Divine Voltage:
Infinite Razor: Armstrong strikes the extended “sword of light” onto any target regardless of its distance.
This form was only available during the “Aku o Tatsu Tsurugi” saga when Armstrong, along with a colleague named Maxim, was assigned to the non-administered world Excelia following a rebel uprising. It was thought that Colossal Blade Forneus bore many similarities to the legendary Zankantou, possessed by the strongest knight in the history of the Belkan Empire, and added with the fact that many of the attacks mirrored the legendary knight’s.
Divine Voltage, Colossal Burst of Heavenly Cloud
Armstrong uses the Forneus in its base form with a swift swipe in the air that creates a strong wind to cut the enemy.
Divine Voltage, Spinning Blade of Evening Sky
Armstrong uses the plasma generator to enlarge the Forneus into a larger katana-like blade, which is then swung as if it were a boomerang.
Divine Voltage, Rising Thunder of Destiny
Armstrong enlarges the Forneus into a large broadsword. He, then, uses it to perform a series of slashes before ends it with a clean, vertical cut.
Divine Voltage, Blade of a Shining Cloud
Also known as Colossal Storm, Armstrong enlarges the Forneus to such a point that it’s almost too large for his arms to even handle. He lifts the weapon high overhead and proceeds to take to the sky. Then he drops down with a single bisecting slash as a finishing blade.
Divine Voltage, Infinite Hurricane Blade
A variation of Infinite Razor & Ride the Lightning, this attack is available only after Maxim agrees to assist him in battle. Maxim activates Trombe and transforms it into Pferde Mode, allowing Armstrong to ride on it (Maxim himself fuses with the Device during the sequence). Riding towards the enemy as a samurai on horseback, Armstrong then strikes with Forneus in high-speed horizontal slash, dragging it across the battlefield. Then he spins Forneus very rapidly to generate a whirlwind that carries the bisected enemy up into the air before adding a final horizontal slash upon the enemy. This combination attack is very flashy, often borderline-ridiculous but very powerful.
Why am I doing this? It's because for Diary of Wind Talker's Halloween Special, our main star is going to be the Gentleman himself!
Aha, aha, I see what you did there.
Nice edits- Armstrong then reclaims his old title of the Sword that Cleaves Evil then, ne?
Also, about that idea I mentioned earlier, if Kamina were ever to meet the Numbers...
Spoiler for Eheh...:
The conglomeration of cyborgs stared in incredulity at the blue-haired, tattooed man in front of them. He was holding a sword by his side in a gesture of defiance, and wore a devilish grin on his face, his eyes obscured by stylized glasses.
Confused by the mere appearance of the figure, a pall of silence fell over the opposing sides before Nove took a step forward and snarled.
"Who the hell are you?"
The man's grin widened, and he responded with a bellow.
"OioioiOIOIOI! You all sure have guts, don't ya! Breaking and entering, causing a ruckus, and now you have the audacity to ask for my name!" His tone was filled to the brim with pride and determination. "Very well! Listen carefully now, for if not, you may regret it!"
He raised his right hand, pointing his blade at the group of female warriors before him. "I am one who will pierce the heavens themselves!", he cried. "A man with a strong soul and back, ah, a tenacious demon!"
His phrases were still filled with the same determination, being uttered by him in increasingly loud shouts. All the while, the Numbers shared puzzled glances with one another, just wondering who this crazy person was.
Suddenly, he assumed a combat stance, still smirking, and said to the cyborgs:
Ya hear that? We got permission!
Phanan: Dibs on the expensive stuff! Wes: I got everythings thats not nailed down! Tycho: I got everything that is nailed down!
Mitchell: Did they take it? Felix: Yeah, they took it, all of it. Mitchell: Right! Now call the insurance company and hurry before our creditors can report we haven’t made any payments on the stuff in months! Alan: There is no way this is legal… Mitchell: What are you talking about as victims of theft we’re clearly entitled to restitution!
I’d tend to agree with the “Relic = power boost/possible physical changes in certain very rare individuals” route. It’s the simplest theory that explains what we see with the least needless complications and fits in with what we’ve seen other ancient devices probably from the same civilization do if it comes up it's what I'd use sort like some kind of magical ZPM.
Nice edits- Armstrong then reclaims his old title of the Sword that Cleaves Evil then, ne?
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Originally Posted by Dream_Traveller
Also, about that idea I mentioned earlier, if Kamina were ever to meet the Numbers...
Spoiler for Eheh...:
The conglomeration of cyborgs stared in incredulity at the blue-haired, tattooed man in front of them. He was holding a sword by his side in a gesture of defiance, and wore a devilish grin on his face, his eyes obscured by stylized glasses.
Confused by the mere appearance of the figure, a pall of silence fell over the opposing sides before Nove took a step forward and snarled.
"Who the hell are you?"
The man's grin widened, and he responded with a bellow.
"OioioiOIOIOI! You all sure have guts, don't ya! Breaking and entering, causing a ruckus, and now you have the audacity to ask for my name!" His tone was filled to the brim with pride and determination. "Very well! Listen carefully now, for if not, you may regret it!"
He raised his right hand, pointing his blade at the group of female warriors before him. "I am one who will pierce the heavens themselves!", he cried. "A man with a strong soul and back, ah, a tenacious demon!"
His phrases were still filled with the same determination, being uttered by him in increasingly loud shouts. All the while, the Numbers shared puzzled glances with one another, just wondering who this crazy person was.
Suddenly, he assumed a combat stance, still smirking, and said to the cyborgs:
Warera ga shimei! Warera ga iji! Warera ga chikara!
[Our Duty! Our Will! Our Strength!]
Imakoso! Yaiba to nashite yatsu wo kiru!!
[Now is the time to forge them into a blade and cut them down!]
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UPDATE TIME! Zest vs Isdera Part I.
Spoiler for Side Isdera AFTER Part I-2 : Two Old Knights:
~Side Isdera AFTER I Verse 4 : Futari no Furui Kishi~
Agito’s body levitating moved, in the direction where Zest suddenly ran off to earlier, just as she and him both sensed Lutecia’s presence, and Garyuu’s... She was in trouble. Biting her nails, Agito flew as fast as she could, despite being not as rough and fast as Zest’s extreme burst of speed...
She was extremely worried. If it was any other time, worrying about Danna wouldn’t be so troublesome, but it was only a day ever since his fight with that red knight, Vita. Even though he’s recovered slightly after some sleep and her medicine, he was only at 80%... at best.
As she saw Lutecia tending to Garyuu, she fastened her pace, just as the winds around her roughened, as she looked at the direction Lutecia was staring her worrying eyes into...
Trees being torn apart, a small crater within the center of the bewildering forest of greens in the night, as a small tornado formed itself in the center of that crater, within that small gust of dissipating golden tornado of raw magic by Zest and genuine formed gale of gust by Isdera’s magic...
Even with the deafening sounds of winds playing the the leaves shooting upwards with the spiraling night gale, a sound dwarves that, as Agito saw Zest’s spear and the other knight’s sword smashing against one another...
Isdera felt a pressuring power pushing his sword downwards from the larger, more overwhelming knight in front of him, as holding the sheathe of his sword, he drew it from his side as he slammed the spear sideways...
Stepping his left leg forward, Isdera took that moment, as he held his sword strongly as he leaped forwards, like a fierce tiger towards his prey with an overhead slash...
“Danna!”
Agito’s worrying voice reached, but there was no response... there was no need to, as holding his spear sideways, that slash was parried by the center of the spear’s rod as Zest held on... Isdera’s blade and weight pressed down on him, a gust of wind in both directions fleeting Isdera and Zest... as his legs sunk deeper into the ground, as his grip weakened, feeling his body’s weakened response... His body’s strength was weakening with each second, and in comparison to the young knight in front of him...
All he could do is rely on his experience as a Striker.
As he felt his spear slowly being overwhelmed by the pressure, he quickly let go of his gauntlet arm to hit the sword sideways, as Isdera’s strength was pushed back by the sideway attack from his fist, as the both of them leaped back for their distance...
They looked at each one’s eyes... neither moved for a moment, knowing that it was a decisive moment...
As the tornado continued blowing, creating a ring with them as the center, an unsuspecting leaf flew into the circle from the walls of the typhoon...
It was less than a second. The leaf blocked their eye-contact, but they felt the glint of each other’s eyes behind that wall of green, as the sounds of their weapons was enough proof.
[Explosion.]
A simultaneous sound of loading cartridges, the sound of steam being released in the air, and the clink of metal falling to the ground...
That was the signal.
Rushing forward, each step’s a sound to a closer resonance, a battle’s sonata playing as it started with a thrust, the edges of their blades hitting each other, the sharp peak slamming into one another, the screeching sound of metal grinding one another in molecular levels enhanced, as they put all their strength into it...
Like an repulse of energy, the blades was simultaneously pushed back together, an equal test of power. They slammed their blades again, and soon, that test of strength became a dance of blades.
It was a unorthodox dance of swords. Heavy bladed weapons of Belka, one a double handed sword and another, a heavy polearm spear... were hitting each other with high speed thrust, the masters of those weapons making those weapons look like a parry of rapiers hitting one another at an inhuman speed.
Twirling gust of wind. The old, and the ancient, spear and sword at hand, the knight's bullet fires rapidly.
Each strike closes in to break, with no thought of stopping, each blow fast and precise. Exchange of thrust so fast afterimages felt blurred. The attacks continued for both, raging. That rage is only a repitition, each strike sharp, lacking in power, but not of precision and speed.
Agito's eyes felt tired... 30 times? 50? 100? She couldn't tell... No, I doubt anyone could. It was like trying to count rains with human eyes, as the heavy rains of sword and spear pours, like a waterfall. No... like a vacuum of blades of steel. Like a thrust of light, flying lights of weapons.
"Swish. Clang. Kling. Klang. Clang!"
Steels clanging against one another, clashes like an orchestra, sparks expanding, but without any sense of heat as their battle, was vacuum-like. Amidst an tornado of magic, their exchange only served to increase that rotation, as their battle sucked in the air of surroundings.
It was like a wall telling "come in, and die in pieces."
Over a hundred blows, over and over... yet each time was the same as the last. There was no victor, no loser... just lights of an equal battle, like fireworks...It was...mesmerizing.
Agito and Lutecia could only watch, as the shadows of the 2 knights were enveloped inside that whirlwind of power, a representative of their overwhelming pressure... Agito felt a shiver as she felt a striking sense of nostalgia...
“Where...had I...seen this...before?”
Slowly, she felt the pressure of their surroundings lessened, as the air shrouding them became less and less concentrated, as the gust of wind became centralized on the dual knights.
Everything was coming about. The end of the dance of the blades as the winds of magic played its tune of climax...
A last strike of blades. That was the end just the winds holding their invisible ring was at its limits...
Their bodies unmoved, Isdera’s sword shifted to his left, Zest’s spear to the right, their muscles tensed, as they ended their charade of lancing exchange, as every power drew into this strike... their grips tightened as their eyes focused.
And once again, a sound of loading cartridges.
Which swing of the blade was first, what happened, how it started, Lutecia and Agito didn’t know. All they could see was their cage of gale breaking apart and a flash of light blinding, as they were shot by gust of winds slamming their skin, but holding their position... they waited...as the winds cleared...
Both were standing, but their breathing ragged, clearly exhausted as Isdera stood with his blade held to the ground just as Zest too... held his spear as its weight on the ground supported the old knight. The end of the dance was a draw again...
“COUGH! COUGH!! COUGH!!!”
Red. A puddle of red as one knee dropped to the ground, the other still afoot...
Zest was coughing blood once again, as his body took its toll.
“Danna!”
Agito’s cries of anxiety, worry... as the two knights started at one another... Isdera’s sword was unmoved, but Zest’s eyes did not lose its determination, as Isdera felt a burning passion that did not dwindle within that knight.
Agito, enraged, shot a barrage of fireballs off to Isdera.
“I won’t allow you to harm Danna further!!!”
Lutecia followed suit.
“Inzects.”
Once again, the attacks were futile, as the blades slashed the Inzects and the fireballs apart, dissipating their flames...
“I’ve once faced a knight with a flame akin to yours, Ancient Unison Device... but one more powerful and vivid. Your fire is strong as well, but it is not one which is meant to destroy, but one to support a stronger flame. A flame of a Lord.”
Agito was angered, taking his advice as mockery but she ignored that, as taking advantage of his unresponsive situation, went to tend to Zest, who was already standing up, holding his spear once again, ready to continue his battle.
“Danna, let me help-“
“No, Agito... stand back with Lutecia. I’m sorry, but you won’t be much of a help against him...”
“If that’s the case, then Unison should-“
“That is not good as well... With my body’s current condition, I won’t be able to use your flames effectively. Besides, if we unison now...the next time, I probably cannot...”
“Danna...”
Agito’s concern... to be concerned..that was the only thing she could do.
“Come, Ancient Belkan Knight.” Once again, the knights readied their blades, their battle far from over. Isdera sheathed his sword once again, as he accepted Zest’s nod of the battle, his legs pressing their weights on the ground, ready to draw and attack...
“Belka-Mikami-Ryuu.”
His grip reaffirmed his place on his blade, a single cartridge shooting into the air.
“Yamato! Orochi! ISSEN!”
His blade drawn, a gust of wind shot out from his sheathe of the sword, as small spirals of tornadoes shot itself out in gales of eight, from all fronts, as the eight lashed out towards Zest, like a snake of 8 striking to their prey.
Was it the end of the battle?
~Zest~
Strange... before my eyes, I can see shadows of snakes, trying to destroy me, consume me... The winds hitting my body, I feel the pain rushing through the veins... I suppose it's proof that I am still alive.
I am not afraid of death. I have many regrets in my life, many things I couldn't protect, but in the end, I am but a dead man living on borrowed time, a life that is holding on to the small flame of a dying candle.
However, even for someone like me, I still something I must do. I still have people I must protect their future!
Lutecia... Alphino's daughter.
Alphino. You'll probably hate me... Not only was I a failure as your captain, leading to your death, making your daughter alone... My stupidity dragged your innocent daughter into this mess... There is nothing I can say or do to atone for my past, but all I can do now... is to protect her. Until she can smile, until there are wings that are willing to shelter her loneliness... I must continue this struggle.
Agito...
Countless times I had asked myself... Was it a mistake? Was I wrong to listen to Lutecia's request to take her along? If only she was left there... could she had been picked up by the TSAB? Having a good knight as a Lord, living peacefully and happily, not this ragged life we're struggling through? Or would she be just another victim elsewhere? I don't know... it's impossible to tell.
However, to have many regrets does not mean to live my life pursuing those regrets to my end.
That is why I cannot die. Not yet! Not until I've finished what I should, and end my life not as Failed Relic Weapon Zest... but as Zest Gruntgieze.
WATASHI JISHIN NO SEIGI NO TSURUGI NARI!
Dakara...
[Glänzend Freilassung.] [Full Drive Start.]
"DANNA!!!!!"
This will probably be my last Full Drive.
"Ikuzo...tomo."
[Verstanden.][Understood.]
Part III will be the end of the befriending fight, and Part IV will be... it's resolution so to speak.
This AWESOME duel is almost like a well-choreographed Rurouni Kenshin battle, complete with bullet time
Though why did I suddenly imagine either one of the knights going "nai nai nai nai nai nai nai nai!" in their speed slashing rampage? The relationship between Agito and Zest though continues to impress
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
LOL.
I showed my friend (( a better writer than me )) my Saga der Saga yesterday, and you know what was his first comment was through MSN few hours ago?
"Are you sure you didn't rip this off Gurren-Lagann?"
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Well, I can relate to his thoughts.
Spoiler for G-L/Saga der Saga:
Saga : young orphan without family name turned General of Vauxhall Belka Knights
Simon : Digger orphan turned Commander-in-chief/GARlock
Null's A.I : Found in a library, together with Saga for as long they could remember, ending up become his Armed Device's A.I and later the memory core for his Unison Device.
Core Drill : became the essence and physical embodiment of G-L and Simon.
Boota: Together with Simon a long time, from a mole => aide even if for just a while.
Zerstroritter : A diverse bunch of loyal-to-Saga knights, who died in the last stand for his sake.
Gurren-Dan : Similar.
Reinforce/Tiara : Saga's enemy, falling in love with him, married, tragic end.
Nia : Similar, but without the 'final boss' part. And more happy than tragic.
Dream WorldS : Viral's dream + Kamina/Null's intervention combination. Not to mention the whole G-L breaking through the skies was similar to how Saga's wing sprouted in Unison to break the dream world.
Saga vs Signum/Vita = Simon vs Genome. (( not comparably epic of course ))
G-L's Final Cascade : Saga's Cascade through the Diabolic End. He said it felt like the Final Battle + Gurren-Dan's sacrifice combined in one.
Wanderer's End. Only difference is that Simon lives.
Though I agree that G-L isn't about the robots, nor is my piece about the final boss. I'd like to think my story's appeal is more on the Romeo-and-Juliet-ish romance-in-a-war along with it's emotional conflicts and battles that surround it.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
*shakes head* I swear, they must be reading this forum...
Anyway, huge mechas wasn't what made Gurren-Lagann epic either. Would you have enjoyed it even half as much without Kamina? Or Simon? Without the unhealthy amounts of GAR and hotblooded courage?
Mecha battles were simply the icing on the cake.
Same logic aplies to Saga, in my humble opinion.
So Gainax also has spies in here from the time SAGA of Saga was completed?
I agree with Keroko though. You can actually recreate Gurren Lagann's EPICNESS without the mecha, since it's the characters who made them so.
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
Who knows...
Spoiler for omg...:
Tiriel: *binds Yui and approaches her, whispering in her ear* "**** **** ***, **** *** *****."
The rest is too dangerous to be shown...yet
My thoughts exactly
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
EDIT: I should have asked this a long time ago, but...
What is GAR?
*runs*
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Originally Posted by LimitedEternal
As I understand it, someone tried to say they'd turn gay for someone and mistyped "gar." And thus the meme started.
Just think of it as the hyperbolic epitome of badass.
*points to Limited Eternal's post for short version*
GAR is basically a 4chan meme describing a person who is the epitome of manliness, often displaying the values of macho hotblood, courage, and overall awesomeness.
Originally though, the term was created when someone tried to type "I'm gay for Archer". Unfortunately, he mistyped, and it became "I'm gar for Archer", and from their the meme mushroomed. Thus the original connotation was that the character was so manly that you could become gay for him Of course, that verb aspect of the meme has long since been replaced by a more objective adjective, which simply describes all super-manly characters as "GAR".
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
Yeah my approach to what I watch is pretty haphazard, I tend not to really follow anything besides follow ups to shows I've watched before from the start and instead just wait to see what generates buzz before I try it, helps save me shifting through the real crap. That said Gundam is normally a fairly real robot show, so I'll probably check that out since I like that genre.
Good safe approach there. Although the hazard is that you'll more than likely miss the under-exposed yet just as awesome gems that are overshadowed by the more hyped-up series.
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I don't know what TC-type means... but thanks I think.
I think he means "Tom Clancy" type Yes, you're being compared to the master military writer himself
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
I think people sometimes overestimate just how much combat really effects people, it has an effect to be sure, but If anything battle will tend to make people more cynical and sarcastic.
Like in this video.
Spoiler for Soldiers (Foul langauge):
My favorite lines are.
In regards to colored smoke grenades:
“They should throw that stuff at some little kids… with their gas mask on.”
And right after getting hit by a roadside bomb:
“Oh yeah… that was super.”
“I guess we’re done for today.”
XD
After a few years in the frontlines, people really do get blaise to such things... even having an improvised explosive device detonated on them They've been in so many close calls so much that they don't mind anymore. (like reading about Lebanese soldiers who don't even blink even when artillery shells land almost beside them)
Another notable line:
"It's like a gay pride parade out there."
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
See me I’ve liked Mecha for a long time, but only in the real robot genre for the most part most super robots never did much for me. Macross, FMP, Patlabor, and Battletech (SOME of the Gundam stuff though it can get nearly as bad as SR at times) that kind of stuff is my bread and butter.
That style kind of carries over into my writing as well world altering duels and big huge bosses and stuff isn’t really my style. A big final battle? Sure, but all the heroes against some 15 story monster with the fate of the world in the balance...? Eh no so much. My style is more subdued and down to earth then fantastical. Like real robot shows do with mecha I tend to treat magic as just another tool, another source of power just like fission or electricity not very romantic, but that’s just how I am. I also shy away from the really whacky stuff like the power of love, song, and crap like that and try to approach magical combat from a tactical or military perspective (again like RR shows) where in one on one duels and the power of love don’t win wars or end conflicts.
That has its advantages and weakness on the one hand it tends to keep my writing from being actively stupid, crackish, or generally off the deep end, but it also can sometimes make it a little bland IMO. I trust myself to do humor, parody, and action pretty well, but any kind of really emotional stuff like serious romance? Na I do it when I need to but I don't feel I do it well and it tends to come out as stiff and overly thought out, like it was written by a psychologist IMO.
Reminds me of the Super Mahou and Real Mahou discussions we had in this thread back then, similar to the difference between Super Robots and Reals You'd be very much in the Real Mahou lane, with the most of us here going the Super Mahou lane
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
Meanwhile, here
Spoiler for Jump:
Koji's gonna get glomped Lucky him though, having such a cute Maren going for him
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
EDIT:
Heh, just heard the SS03
Spoiler for SS03:
I didn't quite understand what they say but, Zest said something about Number 6 to 12 (not sure if it's up to 12)
Lutecia compares Cinque to Zest.
Track 4 -Cinque did wake up soon after the attack, but she says that she's still 'a mess' and recovering.
Yeah! Fits what I wrote
It seems some of the Numbers, the oldest and Nove are clones, while the others are born from manipulated DNA.
It seems Otto and Deed have the same DNA as base, hence why they're always together
And lol at Nove: "Wherever Cinque-nee is, is where I want to be."
The same goes for Deed about otto.
Wendi, is pretty much with all the sisters included.
And Quattro teases Cinque about being flatchested, KILL QUATTRO!!!
Cinque retalites saying that breasts have nothing to do with what they do (or something like that ).
Quattro takes Cinque for another treatment (getting a new body? )
Track 5 - Zest putting his undead hands on Lutecia!! Kill!!!
lol, it seems it was Lutecia who got Agito her name, because she doesn't remember it.
Only got to Agito in the 37th try
Heh, looks like Agito did their chores
Agito says the same thing Signum says in episode 26 "fushigi to kokoto atatakai" I assume this is proof enough, huh?
Track 6 - Teana mentions Cross Mirage's Mode 3, it seems it's a mode for long range attacks (rifle? )
Teana goes tsun-tsun on Subaru XD
Track 7 - Futari no Tsubasa, nice song
Track 8 - Rein speaks of a dream, where she is Rein I
Track 10 - Yuuno theorizes that according to the prophecy, there's high chance the Cradle will be involved.
Track 11 - Rein asks Vita about the first Reinforce.
Track 13 - Nanoha and Fate talking about their Limit Break and how dangerous it is
Track 14 - Then Fate meets up with Erio and Caro, and Caro explains about her Boots and Cartrige boosts, and the dangers of magic overload.
Track 15 - NanohaxYuuno WIN!
Track 17 - Rein dreams again.
A memory/dream when Hayate was younger is shown to her, and Reinforce I is with them?
It seems the original Reinforce left a message for the next Reinforce.
Track 19 - Rein singing =
Looking forward to Sound Stage 04
Shame I have to rely on translations to appreciate the Sound Stages... but those parts with the Numbers look like lots of WINRAR
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Originally Posted by USB500
How old is Irui in the first place?
Sure, go ahead.
Not sure exactly... but I guess she's at least older than many of the other OG characters, considering her nature
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Originally Posted by USB500
Time for reposts, I guess.
Spoiler for length:
JACKSON ARMSTRONG
Nickname: Grandpa; Wind Talker; Child of Thunder; Sword That Cleaves Evil Age: 55 Birthday: 22nd July Hair colour: dark grey Eye colour: sapphire Height: 188cm Weight: 82kg Affiliation: TSAB Position / rank in TSAB: General Inspector (retired); Wind Talker (active). Home world: Earth (nationality: American) Device: Forneus Device type: Intelligent Device Device appearance: halberd; Colossal Sword Magic system: Mid-Childa Magic element: lightning Magic symbol: circle Magic colour: dark grey Partner: Leonidas, Annabelle
Appearance: Armstrong is never seen without his Barrier Jacket for the most of time. Personality: a caring, understanding old man, General Armstrong always resorts to diplomacy as a mean to solve problems; only when everything else fails will he use full strength (although he seldom does so prior to his retirement). As a father, he cares of whoever he treats as his own children, adoptive or blood-related. Style: in his younger years, Armstrong was among the few Aces whose technique could counter-balance Belkan magic system. His expertise in lightning-based magic gave him the moniker “Child of Thunder”, and he was respected by friends and foes whenever he went.
In his earlier years, Armstrong was known as “Sword That Cleaves Evil” due to his extensive swordsmanship and philosophical beliefs that all evils would have to be smitten with Forneus in Colossal Blade form. It was also his preferred method to finish off enemies, particularly AMF robots that were abound during the era.
Possible voice actor: Kenichi Ono (Sanger Zonvolt, Super Robot Wars Original Generations) Quote:
“Waga na wa Jackson Armstrong. Aku o tatsu tsurugi nari!”
“Forneus, KENZAN!”
His ID:
BACKGROUND
Armstrong has an interesting background. His grandfather was America’s leading multi-linguist and cryptographer, who had spent his entire life studying the languages of the Native American tribes, especially the Navajo tribe. Both his father and mother were archaeologists and had studied various cultures worldwide, and they were famous for their studies on Mayan and Incas civilizations.
Back in the 1950s when the Cold Was starting to heat up, Armstrong and his family move to Egypt as his father becomes the vice curator of the Cairo Archaeological Museum. His interest in archaeological and studies leads him to local archaeological expeditions around Egypt but the turmoil in the Middle East becomes an obstacle for his inspiring dream. Unable to continue his outdoor activities, Armstrong spends his time in scientific studies of language, learning languages of the Middle East (Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew); he becomes the youngest person to sit the chair of National American Linguistic Society’s vice-president chair. His passion for cultural studies makes him leaving the position and he takes himself in a world tour, studying and analyzing every culture he comes across.
Armstrong’s involvement with the Time-Space Administrative Bureau becomes apparent when he is selected by a group of TSAB officers who is seeking for translator for their field studies in Navajo culture. Due to his talent, Armstrong becomes popular among space travellers who wish to study Terran cultures; incidentally the Navajo people recognize his role (they had an established relationship with his family for 125 years) and even give him the moniker “Wind Talker”.
On his 15th birthday Armstrong joins TSAB and appointed to the bureau’s cryptography division, at the time working under the Infinite Library (40 years later, he remains the bureau’s longest-serving officer). His natural-born talents as both linguist and code talker leads him to the bureau’s first extensive cultural studies programme; moreover, Armstrong is found to be a proficient learner, being able to gain knowledge of languages from all known administered worlds and perfecting his linguistic skills in short time. Today, he remains the only TSAB officer with knowledge of over 100 spoken languages.
Armstrong’s potency as a mage was, however, previously unknown even after his enlistment in the TSAB as a 1st Lieutenant (he admits during an interview with Space Magazine that he became aware of his power five years after the admission). Even so, he displayed amazing magic prowess and his traits as a mage became apparent during an archaeological expedition to Narulia (42nd Administered World) when he single-handedly defended the expedition’s base camp from Narulian local tribe, although it was his diplomatic skill rather than brute force that saved the day.
After returning to the TSAB with success (the expedition had unearthed archaeological data on the planet’s lost dynasty known as the Chronomancer; it is safe to assume that Chronomancer and, later, Chronograph, would later become Armstrong’s lifetime obsession), Armstrong undertook the bureau’s evaluation tests and passed with flying colours. He was also trusted by the admirals to take over the administration of the cryptography division, and was responsible for assigning the designation 271st Special Operation Unit to the division. Later on, together with five original members from the Navajo tribe that formed The Windtalkers, Armstrong travels across all administered worlds on mission to search and recruit as many members from different planetary cultures as he can; his aim is to have his division a distinctive multicultural identity eliminate cultural difference obvious among the bureau’s officers at the time. (Today, 271st Special Operation Unit is still accepting applications from would-be Windtalkers.)
Armstrong’s major challenge as a Wind Talker comes after he achieves success in decoding Narulia’s secret language of the Minamikaze Tribe and studying the Lost Logia his team had unearthed from Narulia’s archaeology sites 20 years earlier. He learns of the tragic tale of Bayu and Nagalintar, and the enigmatic myths behind the planet’s long-lost Chronomancer Dynasty. His investigations lead him into the encounter with the young Hikki Kokurabuji, whom he finds to inherit the bloodlines of Minamikaze and Chronomancer. He puts his cultural studies on hold as to concentrate on observing the boy, and even establishes the bureau’s auxiliary unit (which later becomes Bougainvillea Brigade) to help him with the investigation. He is the first person to unlock the dynasty’s closely-guarded secret, as he points to the fact that Chronomancer Dynasty was the expert in Time-manipulating magic.
After Hikki leaves Bougainvillea Brigade, Armstrong mobilizes his division into full force and sets them on the mission to persuade Hikki to join the bureau. He even discovers some disturbing aspects about the young monk (namely, his Linker Core) and because of this he mobilizes his task force in haste, fearing that each second wasted will only lead to the boy’s untimely demise.
When the task force is engaged in battle with the berserk Hikki, who is under control of the Lost Logia (Unison Device Halcyon), Armstrong enters the battle and assists the TSAB Aces; he is motivated by the loss of his son who died in a rockslide in Switzerland, and Hikki strongly resembles him in term of determination. Although never actually involved in the duel between the Aces and Halcyon, he himself provides valuable information on the Unison Device.
After successfully ending the Chronomancer Crisis with the help of Lost Property Riot Force 6, Armstrong retires from service and appoints Hikki, now a Tactical Instructor, as his successor. He returns to his hometown in Arizona and lives with his Navajo family. The retirement is temporary, however, as the TSAB still seeks for his service, and Armstrong agrees to return to the bureau as senior advisor.
Armstrong is married to Maria Gato, Spain’s leading linguist and blessed with two children from the marriage. His oldest son, Alexander Gato, unfortunately died when a rockslide in Swiss countryside struck his family-in-law’s mansion; his daughter, Annabelle, was the only survivor in the natural disaster that also destroyed the entire village, and was adopted by Armstrong soon after.
POWER
Armstrong is a lightning mage and uses lightning-based magic in long- and medium-range combats. He is unique for being the only known mage to have perfected the “device-free” technique; it refers to the ability to cast spells without the aids of Devices in any and all circumstances.
As a combat-hardened veteran, Armstrong has been known to fight mages and knights with all kinds of magic systems. Even in his golden years, his strength is comparable to that of Nanoha, Fate and Hayate, currently the TSAB’s strongest aces; prior to events in StrikerS he frequently fights them in mock-up battle. Although he is classified as an AAA+-rank mage, Armstrong’s actual strength is kept confidential for security reason.
There are circulating rumours that Armstrong’s strength exceeds the three Aces’ power level. Given his experience in battlefield, and his excellence as lightning mage, it may have basis. Furthermore, his reputation in his earlier years as “The Sword That Smites Evil” further strengthens the rumour, although he personally admits his power is nothing.
Armstrong’s Intelligent Device is Forneus. It takes the form of a halberd (when deployed from Sealed Form), and has ribbons tied under its pointed blades. Forneus has female voice, speaks in English and addresses him as “sir”.
Sealed Form: Forneus assumes the form of a locket.
Open the Seal: Armstrong’s incantation to activate Forneus, and usually his Barrier Jacket is activated as well. The transformation was intended to be performed with long phrases, but Armstrong saw it unnecessary and replaced it with his own chant. His trademark quote is “DaiForneus, Kenzan!”
Invoke Form: Forneus takes the distinguishable form of a halberd. It is used for firing projectiles/energy beams (Bombardier Mode) and in melee combats (Striker Mode).
Limiter Release: this is Armstrong’s command to unlock Forneus’ Overdrive Form.
Overdrive Form: Forneus’ strongest and most powerful form.
Jewel Seed Seal: used to seal the Jewel Seeds so they will not fuse with anything. Armstrong uses this ability many times throughout his archaeological expeditions.
Area Search: this ability extends Armstrong’s magical inner-senses, helping him to find anomalies in an area.
Colossal Sword: even more powerful than Overdrive Form, it was accessible during Armstrong’s golden years as The Sword That Smites Evil.
DEFENSIVE ABILITIES
Barrier Jacket: Armstrong’s Jacket is a dark grey/red knight-styled dress, with black armoured gloves and armoured boots. It hasn’t changed much for 30 years.
Thunder Dome: Armstrong’s first spell, and Forneus’ auto-guard magic. It can guard in every direction but is easily penetrable.
Round Shield: a powerful shield that can endure a prolonged attack. Unlike other barrier-type spells, it can only guard from one direction.
Thunder Feather: this ability grants Armstrong with the ability to fly and it increases his speed. If Thunder Feather is used in conjunction with a melee attack, the resulting explosion is technically called a Thunder Impact.
Reactive Blow: it refers to the ability to nullify an attack by detonating the outer layer of Barrier Jacket.
Lightning Bind: a strong binding-type magic that prevents target from moving.
Bind Break: this ability, when used, attempts to deactivate a binding spell, and the time required to perform this depends on the complexity of the target magic.
Frequency Discharge: this ability has the properties of jamming a device, therefore preventing opponents from using their abilities. This is one of the two abilities that do not require a Device (Sacred Edge is the second ability).
**Plasma Wall: accessible only through Overdrive From, Armstrong first recycles all residue magic and combines it with any available magic stored in Forneus. Then he unleashes the compressed energy to form an electrified barrier that can be used to encage a target or protect friendly units.
OFFENSIVE ABILITIES
Crescent Slash: Armstrong’s melee attack, consisting of a lightning crescent blade fired from Forneus in Striker Mode. It has the power to neutralize other projectiles, and the blade itself can be thrown.
Crescent Scythe: this ability enhances Crescent Slash to penetrate barrier-type magic.
Stun Edge: Armstrong’s basic ranged attack, fired from a small collection of lightning spheres. It is fast and can turn on command should it miss.
Sacred Edge: a variation of Stun Edge, this spell stockpiles several spheres and unleashes a huge lightning arrow at target. Armstrong can perform this attack without Forneus’ aid, and its short execution time makes it almost impossible to predict.
Voltage Shooter: Armstrong’s siege-type attack, analogous to Nanoha’s Divine Buster and Fate’s Thunder Smasher.
Plasma Storm: this is Armstrong’s area-of-affect thunderstorm and has the properties of jamming other Devices.
**Dragon Hammer: accessible only in Overdrive Form, this ability is designed to destroy force fields, binding magic spells (in case Bind Break fails), illusions and barriers. This is the strongest melee next to Divine Voltage Infinite Razor.
**Heavenly Judgment: a stronger variation of Plasma Storm where thunderstorms are summoned and commanded to strike at all opponents in target areas. It is accessible only after Forneus’ Overdrive Form is unlocked.
**Ride the Lightning: Armstrong braces himself and charges at opponent in lightning sphere, leaving electrical residue behind in trails. Then he collides with the opponent and leaves him/her stunned in vicious electric circuits. On some occasions, Ride the Lightning also serves as reactive protection spell.
**Divine Voltage: the most powerful “Breaker”-type ability so far, on par with Nanoha’s Starlight Breaker Exceed, Fate’s Plasma Zamber, Hayate’s Ragnarok and Hikki’s Squall Breaker Unlimited Discharge. This ability requires the collection and recycling of residual magical energy left over by previous attacks in combat airspace for a new attack. Overdrive Forneus assumes the shape of a gigantic thunder blade many times its original size, analogous to Fate’s Bardiche Assault in its Zamber Form. There are two attack modes of Divine Voltage:
Infinite Razor: Armstrong strikes the extended “sword of light” onto any target regardless of its distance.
This form was only available during the “Aku o Tatsu Tsurugi” saga when Armstrong, along with a colleague named Maxim, was assigned to the non-administered world Excelia following a rebel uprising. It was thought that Colossal Blade Forneus bore many similarities to the legendary Zankantou, possessed by the strongest knight in the history of the Belkan Empire, and added with the fact that many of the attacks mirrored the legendary knight’s.
Divine Voltage, Colossal Burst of Heavenly Cloud
Armstrong uses the Forneus in its base form with a swift swipe in the air that creates a strong wind to cut the enemy.
Divine Voltage, Spinning Blade of Evening Sky
Armstrong uses the plasma generator to enlarge the Forneus into a larger katana-like blade, which is then swung as if it were a boomerang.
Divine Voltage, Rising Thunder of Destiny
Armstrong enlarges the Forneus into a large broadsword. He, then, uses it to perform a series of slashes before ends it with a clean, vertical cut.
Divine Voltage, Blade of a Shining Cloud
Also known as Colossal Storm, Armstrong enlarges the Forneus to such a point that it’s almost too large for his arms to even handle. He lifts the weapon high overhead and proceeds to take to the sky. Then he drops down with a single bisecting slash as a finishing blade.
Divine Voltage, Infinite Hurricane Blade
A variation of Infinite Razor & Ride the Lightning, this attack is available only after Maxim agrees to assist him in battle. Maxim activates Trombe and transforms it into Pferde Mode, allowing Armstrong to ride on it (Maxim himself fuses with the Device during the sequence). Riding towards the enemy as a samurai on horseback, Armstrong then strikes with Forneus in high-speed horizontal slash, dragging it across the battlefield. Then he spins Forneus very rapidly to generate a whirlwind that carries the bisected enemy up into the air before adding a final horizontal slash upon the enemy. This combination attack is very flashy, often borderline-ridiculous but very powerful.
Why am I doing this? It's because for Diary of Wind Talker's Halloween Special, our main star is going to be the Gentleman himself!
Nice repost, along with some added information... but wait a minute...
Did you just read my mind on Maxim there?!?!?!?!?!?! Your description of his unison with his device is spot-on to what I'm actually thinking
And... that Legendary Knight wielding the Zankantou on which Forneus was derived wouldn't happen to look like this would it?
Spoiler for Final Drive:
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Originally Posted by Dream_Traveller
Also, about that idea I mentioned earlier, if Kamina were ever to meet the Numbers...
Spoiler for Eheh...:
The conglomeration of cyborgs stared in incredulity at the blue-haired, tattooed man in front of them. He was holding a sword by his side in a gesture of defiance, and wore a devilish grin on his face, his eyes obscured by stylized glasses.
Confused by the mere appearance of the figure, a pall of silence fell over the opposing sides before Nove took a step forward and snarled.
"Who the hell are you?"
The man's grin widened, and he responded with a bellow.
"OioioiOIOIOI! You all sure have guts, don't ya! Breaking and entering, causing a ruckus, and now you have the audacity to ask for my name!" His tone was filled to the brim with pride and determination. "Very well! Listen carefully now, for if not, you may regret it!"
He raised his right hand, pointing his blade at the group of female warriors before him. "I am one who will pierce the heavens themselves!", he cried. "A man with a strong soul and back, ah, a tenacious demon!"
His phrases were still filled with the same determination, being uttered by him in increasingly loud shouts. All the while, the Numbers shared puzzled glances with one another, just wondering who this crazy person was.
Suddenly, he assumed a combat stance, still smirking, and said to the cyborgs:
"I...am the Divine Lord!
KAMINA-SAMA!"
This is random indeed...
*Runs.*
LORD KAMINA IS ALIVE!!!!
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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
Quote for truth on Akeno
YOUR LORD KAOS COMMANDS YOU TO THINK DIRTY!!!!
Spoiler for Winning Image:
...If ever I needed more convincing to watch Seto no Hanayome
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Well, let's not forget this is only one day after his Vita-fight and only around 5 or so hours after his COUGH COUGH COUGH in 18. He's fighting with his condition at 60%~80% of his full abilities.
So, we'll see how Zest will turn the tide with Full Drive. This is also my own version of explanation why Zest didn't use F.D against Signum at all and why he no longer can use flames after one week, since he's already chipped away his last F.D usage against Isdera and was doubly weakened.
That makes the final match between Signum and Zest all the more believable.
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
LOL.
I showed my friend (( a better writer than me )) my Saga der Saga yesterday, and you know what was his first comment was through MSN few hours ago?
"Are you sure you didn't rip this off Gurren-Lagann?"
When I read this, I wen't "Wha-?" at first...
But when you think about the characters... I guess it fits.
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Well, I can relate to his thoughts.
Spoiler for G-L/Saga der Saga:
Saga : young orphan without family name turned General of Vauxhall Belka Knights
Simon : Digger orphan turned Commander-in-chief/GARlock
Null's A.I : Found in a library, together with Saga for as long they could remember, ending up become his Armed Device's A.I and later the memory core for his Unison Device.
Core Drill : became the essence and physical embodiment of G-L and Simon.
Boota: Together with Simon a long time, from a mole => aide even if for just a while.
Zerstroritter : A diverse bunch of loyal-to-Saga knights, who died in the last stand for his sake.
Gurren-Dan : Similar.
Reinforce/Tiara : Saga's enemy, falling in love with him, married, tragic end.
Nia : Similar, but without the 'final boss' part. And more happy than tragic.
Dream WorldS : Viral's dream + Kamina/Null's intervention combination. Not to mention the whole G-L breaking through the skies was similar to how Saga's wing sprouted in Unison to break the dream world.
Saga vs Signum/Vita = Simon vs Genome. (( not comparably epic of course ))
G-L's Final Cascade : Saga's Cascade through the Diabolic End. He said it felt like the Final Battle + Gurren-Dan's sacrifice combined in one.
Wanderer's End. Only difference is that Simon lives.
Though I agree that G-L isn't about the robots, nor is my piece about the final boss. I'd like to think my story's appeal is more on the Romeo-and-Juliet-ish romance-in-a-war along with it's emotional conflicts and battles that surround it.
I see now.
But you were first!
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Originally Posted by Reiji Tabibito
Maren... smiling?
Going to tackle... Koji?
Jumping into his arms... like a cliche romance character?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
BRAIN FAILS TO COMPUTE!!!
You sound like you don't like it.
Don't you use a relatively similar style for your romance bits?
As in... Like those romance movies they show...
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Sorry - but implication/indication doesn't cut it in my book - to me, unless it is EXPLICITLY stated that Graham made Durandal, then there is reasonable doubt.
It's like sexual innuendo. You can spam it all you like, but I ain't believing it till I see the blood on the bed.
Ah. Now I see!
Very well.
I guess this is the difference in our levels of dealing with implications. yours is the good old "If I don't see it, I won't believe it." argument. Mine is more lenient.
Though one could say that your version is way more doubtful in the first place (High-level implication vs Zero implication), I'll refrain from pursuing the matter any longer. Let's just hope they come around to explaining it if ever. Besides, it looks like they might very well continue with the Nanohaverse. (Thisguy's news in the Generic Discussion thread about the producer feeling they shouldn't be done yet.)
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Apalis wouldn't mind people talking about Arcas, he's a person. To Apalis, comparing popularity of a mage to that of a Device is an apples/oranges problem: two different categories.
Naruhodou.
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And Arcas will usually introduce Apalis, if for no other reason than almost EVERYONE in TSAB knows of Ascalon.
That will work.
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Originally Posted by Dream_Traveller
Also, about that idea I mentioned earlier, if Kamina were ever to meet the Numbers...
Spoiler for Eheh...:
The conglomeration of cyborgs stared in incredulity at the blue-haired, tattooed man in front of them. He was holding a sword by his side in a gesture of defiance, and wore a devilish grin on his face, his eyes obscured by stylized glasses.
Confused by the mere appearance of the figure, a pall of silence fell over the opposing sides before Nove took a step forward and snarled.
"Who the hell are you?"
The man's grin widened, and he responded with a bellow.
"OioioiOIOIOI! You all sure have guts, don't ya! Breaking and entering, causing a ruckus, and now you have the audacity to ask for my name!" His tone was filled to the brim with pride and determination. "Very well! Listen carefully now, for if not, you may regret it!"
He raised his right hand, pointing his blade at the group of female warriors before him. "I am one who will pierce the heavens themselves!", he cried. "A man with a strong soul and back, ah, a tenacious demon!"
His phrases were still filled with the same determination, being uttered by him in increasingly loud shouts. All the while, the Numbers shared puzzled glances with one another, just wondering who this crazy person was.
Suddenly, he assumed a combat stance, still smirking, and said to the cyborgs:
"I...am the Divine Lord!
KAMINA-SAMA!"
This is random indeed...
*Runs.*
Kamina? What the...
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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
YOUR LORD KAOS COMMANDS YOU TO THINK DIRTY!!!!
Spoiler for large pic:
Careful now. You might make a flood here again.
<remembers the Kha and USB's violation of Nanoha and Fate ~> "Yamete!"X 10,000,000 event>
Anyhow...
Spoiler for GL comments:
GL 12-15: EPIC!!! GL 17-24: FUTURISTIC EPIC!!! GL 25: KINGLY GIGA DRILL EPIC<Boota wins> GL 26: COMEBACK EPIC!!! GL 27: ULTIMATE BEYOND-UNIVERSAL-SCALE EPICNESS!!!!!!!<chucking entire galaxies? BIG BANG STORM?!?! @_@ @_@ @______@ LORD GENOME WITH LAZENGGAN OVERLOAD!>
Never before has an anime left me sooooooooo satisfied as a whole!
Kudos to those producers!
And no, I don't mind that major timeskip. GL is definitely one of the best animes I've EVER watched!
Anyway, I might just watch Towards the Terra for now. Any other 2007 anime recomendations from you guys? With descriptions please.
GL 12-15: EPIC!!! GL 17-24: FUTURISTIC EPIC!!! GL 25: KINGLY GIGA DRILL EPIC<Boota wins> GL 26: COMEBACK EPIC!!! GL 27: ULTIMATE BEYOND-UNIVERSAL-SCALE EPICNESS!!!!!!!<chucking entire galaxies? BIG BANG STORM?!?! @_@ @_@ @______@ LORD GENOME WITH LAZENGGAN OVERLOAD!>
Never before has an anime left me sooooooooo satisfied as a whole!
Kudos to those producers!
And no, I don't mind that major timeskip. GL is definitely one of the best animes I've EVER watched!
Now go out and grab the OST NAO
RAW RAW FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!!
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Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all wickedness that mankind can produce... We will send unto them, only you.
In Tk's word, restrictions to justify h4xx that isn't restrictions at all.
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UPDATE TIME! Zest vs Isdera Part I.
Spoiler for Side Isdera AFTER Part I-2 : Two Old Knights:
~Side Isdera AFTER I Verse 4 : Futari no Furui Kishi~
Agito’s body levitating moved, in the direction where Zest suddenly ran off to earlier, just as she and him both sensed Lutecia’s presence, and Garyuu’s... She was in trouble. Biting her nails, Agito flew as fast as she could, despite being not as rough and fast as Zest’s extreme burst of speed...
She was extremely worried. If it was any other time, worrying about Danna wouldn’t be so troublesome, but it was only a day ever since his fight with that red knight, Vita. Even though he’s recovered slightly after some sleep and her medicine, he was only at 80%... at best.
As she saw Lutecia tending to Garyuu, she fastened her pace, just as the winds around her roughened, as she looked at the direction Lutecia was staring her worrying eyes into...
Trees being torn apart, a small crater within the center of the bewildering forest of greens in the night, as a small tornado formed itself in the center of that crater, within that small gust of dissipating golden tornado of raw magic by Zest and genuine formed gale of gust by Isdera’s magic...
Even with the deafening sounds of winds playing the the leaves shooting upwards with the spiraling night gale, a sound dwarves that, as Agito saw Zest’s spear and the other knight’s sword smashing against one another...
Isdera felt a pressuring power pushing his sword downwards from the larger, more overwhelming knight in front of him, as holding the sheathe of his sword, he drew it from his side as he slammed the spear sideways...
Stepping his left leg forward, Isdera took that moment, as he held his sword strongly as he leaped forwards, like a fierce tiger towards his prey with an overhead slash...
“Danna!”
Agito’s worrying voice reached, but there was no response... there was no need to, as holding his spear sideways, that slash was parried by the center of the spear’s rod as Zest held on... Isdera’s blade and weight pressed down on him, a gust of wind in both directions fleeting Isdera and Zest... as his legs sunk deeper into the ground, as his grip weakened, feeling his body’s weakened response... His body’s strength was weakening with each second, and in comparison to the young knight in front of him...
All he could do is rely on his experience as a Striker.
As he felt his spear slowly being overwhelmed by the pressure, he quickly let go of his gauntlet arm to hit the sword sideways, as Isdera’s strength was pushed back by the sideway attack from his fist, as the both of them leaped back for their distance...
They looked at each one’s eyes... neither moved for a moment, knowing that it was a decisive moment...
As the tornado continued blowing, creating a ring with them as the center, an unsuspecting leaf flew into the circle from the walls of the typhoon...
It was less than a second. The leaf blocked their eye-contact, but they felt the glint of each other’s eyes behind that wall of green, as the sounds of their weapons was enough proof.
[Explosion.]
A simultaneous sound of loading cartridges, the sound of steam being released in the air, and the clink of metal falling to the ground...
That was the signal.
Rushing forward, each step’s a sound to a closer resonance, a battle’s sonata playing as it started with a thrust, the edges of their blades hitting each other, the sharp peak slamming into one another, the screeching sound of metal grinding one another in molecular levels enhanced, as they put all their strength into it...
Like an repulse of energy, the blades was simultaneously pushed back together, an equal test of power. They slammed their blades again, and soon, that test of strength became a dance of blades.
It was a unorthodox dance of swords. Heavy bladed weapons of Belka, one a double handed sword and another, a heavy polearm spear... were hitting each other with high speed thrust, the masters of those weapons making those weapons look like a parry of rapiers hitting one another at an inhuman speed.
Twirling gust of wind. The old, and the ancient, spear and sword at hand, the knight's bullet fires rapidly.
Each strike closes in to break, with no thought of stopping, each blow fast and precise. Exchange of thrust so fast afterimages felt blurred. The attacks continued for both, raging. That rage is only a repitition, each strike sharp, lacking in power, but not of precision and speed.
Agito's eyes felt tired... 30 times? 50? 100? She couldn't tell... No, I doubt anyone could. It was like trying to count rains with human eyes, as the heavy rains of sword and spear pours, like a waterfall. No... like a vacuum of blades of steel. Like a thrust of light, flying lights of weapons.
"Swish. Clang. Kling. Klang. Clang!"
Steels clanging against one another, clashes like an orchestra, sparks expanding, but without any sense of heat as their battle, was vacuum-like. Amidst an tornado of magic, their exchange only served to increase that rotation, as their battle sucked in the air of surroundings.
It was like a wall telling "come in, and die in pieces."
Over a hundred blows, over and over... yet each time was the same as the last. There was no victor, no loser... just lights of an equal battle, like fireworks...It was...mesmerizing.
Agito and Lutecia could only watch, as the shadows of the 2 knights were enveloped inside that whirlwind of power, a representative of their overwhelming pressure... Agito felt a shiver as she felt a striking sense of nostalgia...
“Where...had I...seen this...before?”
Slowly, she felt the pressure of their surroundings lessened, as the air shrouding them became less and less concentrated, as the gust of wind became centralized on the dual knights.
Everything was coming about. The end of the dance of the blades as the winds of magic played its tune of climax...
A last strike of blades. That was the end just the winds holding their invisible ring was at its limits...
Their bodies unmoved, Isdera’s sword shifted to his left, Zest’s spear to the right, their muscles tensed, as they ended their charade of lancing exchange, as every power drew into this strike... their grips tightened as their eyes focused.
And once again, a sound of loading cartridges.
Which swing of the blade was first, what happened, how it started, Lutecia and Agito didn’t know. All they could see was their cage of gale breaking apart and a flash of light blinding, as they were shot by gust of winds slamming their skin, but holding their position... they waited...as the winds cleared...
Both were standing, but their breathing ragged, clearly exhausted as Isdera stood with his blade held to the ground just as Zest too... held his spear as its weight on the ground supported the old knight. The end of the dance was a draw again...
“COUGH! COUGH!! COUGH!!!”
Red. A puddle of red as one knee dropped to the ground, the other still afoot...
Zest was coughing blood once again, as his body took its toll.
“Danna!”
Agito’s cries of anxiety, worry... as the two knights started at one another... Isdera’s sword was unmoved, but Zest’s eyes did not lose its determination, as Isdera felt a burning passion that did not dwindle within that knight.
Agito, enraged, shot a barrage of fireballs off to Isdera.
“I won’t allow you to harm Danna further!!!”
Lutecia followed suit.
“Inzects.”
Once again, the attacks were futile, as the blades slashed the Inzects and the fireballs apart, dissipating their flames...
“I’ve once faced a knight with a flame akin to yours, Ancient Unison Device... but one more powerful and vivid. Your fire is strong as well, but it is not one which is meant to destroy, but one to support a stronger flame. A flame of a Lord.”
Agito was angered, taking his advice as mockery but she ignored that, as taking advantage of his unresponsive situation, went to tend to Zest, who was already standing up, holding his spear once again, ready to continue his battle.
“Danna, let me help-“
“No, Agito... stand back with Lutecia. I’m sorry, but you won’t be much of a help against him...”
“If that’s the case, then Unison should-“
“That is not good as well... With my body’s current condition, I won’t be able to use your flames effectively. Besides, if we unison now...the next time, I probably cannot...”
“Danna...”
Agito’s concern... to be concerned..that was the only thing she could do.
“Come, Ancient Belkan Knight.” Once again, the knights readied their blades, their battle far from over. Isdera sheathed his sword once again, as he accepted Zest’s nod of the battle, his legs pressing their weights on the ground, ready to draw and attack...
“Belka-Mikami-Ryuu.”
His grip reaffirmed his place on his blade, a single cartridge shooting into the air.
“Yamato! Orochi! ISSEN!”
His blade drawn, a gust of wind shot out from his sheathe of the sword, as small spirals of tornadoes shot itself out in gales of eight, from all fronts, as the eight lashed out towards Zest, like a snake of 8 striking to their prey.
Was it the end of the battle?
~Zest~
Strange... before my eyes, I can see shadows of snakes, trying to destroy me, consume me... The winds hitting my body, I feel the pain rushing through the veins... I suppose it's proof that I am still alive.
I am not afraid of death. I have many regrets in my life, many things I couldn't protect, but in the end, I am but a dead man living on borrowed time, a life that is holding on to the small flame of a dying candle.
However, even for someone like me, I still something I must do. I still have people I must protect their future!
Lutecia... Alphino's daughter.
Alphino. You'll probably hate me... Not only was I a failure as your captain, leading to your death, making your daughter alone... My stupidity dragged your innocent daughter into this mess... There is nothing I can say or do to atone for my past, but all I can do now... is to protect her. Until she can smile, until there are wings that are willing to shelter her loneliness... I must continue this struggle.
Agito...
Countless times I had asked myself... Was it a mistake? Was I wrong to listen to Lutecia's request to take her along? If only she was left there... could she had been picked up by the TSAB? Having a good knight as a Lord, living peacefully and happily, not this ragged life we're struggling through? Or would she be just another victim elsewhere? I don't know... it's impossible to tell.
However, to have many regrets does not mean to live my life pursuing those regrets to my end.
That is why I cannot die. Not yet! Not until I've finished what I should, and end my life not as Failed Relic Weapon Zest... but as Zest Gruntgieze.
WATASHI JISHIN NO SEIGI NO TSURUGI NARI!
Dakara...
[Glänzend Freilassung.] [Full Drive Start.]
"DANNA!!!!!"
This will probably be my last Full Drive.
"Ikuzo...tomo."
[Verstanden.][Understood.]
Part III will be the end of the befriending fight, and Part IV will be... it's resolution so to speak.
Awesome battle indeed...though at around the middle I thought it was dragging out a bit too much...not your writing, but Zest himself. Knowing he had been coughing blood and was all but in good shape just before this fight, to be able to move so much, and to exchange countless strikes with Isdera, was . It certainly adds to Zest's AWESOMENESS.
And the ending was the best, Zest preparing his Final Drive.
I do wonder how you're able to write like this... I have to rely on describing movements and stuff, yet you can write such poetry and the battles feel so much more epic...
Looking forward for more.
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
*points to Limited Eternal's post for short version*
GAR is basically a 4chan meme describing a person who is the epitome of manliness, often displaying the values of macho hotblood, courage, and overall awesomeness.
Originally though, the term was created when someone tried to type "I'm gay for Archer". Unfortunately, he mistyped, and it became "I'm gar for Archer", and from their the meme mushroomed. Thus the original connotation was that the character was so manly that you could become gay for him Of course, that verb aspect of the meme has long since been replaced by a more objective adjective, which simply describes all super-manly characters as "GAR".
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LOL, so that's what's going on, eh. But it all started with Archer? Hard to believe... this is rather recent stuff, then?
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Anyway, I might just watch Towards the Terra for now. Any other 2007 anime recomendations from you guys? With descriptions please.
I know this wont compute for some, but I've just watched up to 9 of Towards the Terra (5 episode marathon tonight...couldnt stop) and this thing FEELS MORE EPIC than GL.