Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Character Creation and Discussion

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Will attempt a proper backlog break later.

Time for a random short one hour one shot nao, just because. Takes place pre-Alpha and is full of WAFFy goodness.

...that said, whether or not its canon to Alpha is entirely up to the reader .

Spoiler for Valentine's Day:

Cranagan City, Midchilda - February 14th, MC0082, late afternoon

"This is too embarrassing,"
"Oh, come on, it'll be fun!"
"Mou... why do you always convince me to do these things?"
"Oh come on, it's a day about you, V."

Vivio Takamachi flushed and looked away. "I-it's not about me, Syn..."

The day was called Sankt Kaiser Day, a holiday celebrated on Midchilda that served as an analogy to Earth's Valentine's Day. Though the myths and legends surrounding it were different, the concept remained the same: to give someone you love something special. To Vivio, who had never even had a boy look at her in a way that suggested attraction, coupled with the focus on her - that is, the Sankt Kaiser - caused her to simply despise this day.

Her best friend and companion, Syn Virage, decided to change that. Thus, the two were on a date. Not a "real" date, per se, but more of a girl's night out. Though if you listened to Syn's offhand comments as they got off the bus, it was a date date. "For real," even.

"Sure it is!" Syn smiled and punched her friend lightly in the arm. "Now come on, cheer up! There's this place I wanna take you!"

"Where is it?" Vivio asked, sounding completely unenthused.

"Oh, it's mega-cool!" Syn exclaimed, smiling brightly at the blonde. "You'll love it!"

"Somehow, I doubt that,"
"Oh, just come on!" Taking Vivio by the hand, Syn took off, running as if on fire. Vivio had no choice but to follow, Syn's grip too strong and possibly, just maybe, that she wanted to see what this was that Syn was so excited for.

Their adventure began this way.

Together, the two girls ran, barely holding on to their satchels as they weaved in and out of pedestrian movement. As if life itself was trying to impede them, everyone they encountered was going the opposite direction of them, and none of them bothered to move. As the tall blue-haired girl pulled Vivio through the crowd, she had to force people out of the way. None of her usual aggressiveness was there though; instead, she was laughing and smiling as she pulled the her friend along, the very image of a happy girl who had a good life.

In essence, the total opposite of Vivio. In practice, something else.

"I don't like this!" Vivio shouted as she was pulled along, nearly losing her grip on Syn and, oddly, not wanting to lose that grip. She tightened her hand on Syn's as they ran, finding her own two feet catching up to Syn's slowly.

"You will, I swear!" Syn said to her as the two burst out of pedestrians, onto the crosswalk. The same crosswalk with was currently not accepting pedestrians, and the same one that a car was about to pass, bearing down on the two. The car slammed on its brakes, but it was too little.

All Syn could think of to say was, "Oh shi-" as she stared wide-eyed at the car before slamming her eyes shut. An impact never came though, only the feeling of going up, and her arm being pulled up as well. When Syn opened her eyes, she found herself hanging a few dozen meters from the ground. Looking up, she saw that Vivio had grabbed Syn's hand with both of hers and pulled them straight up, leaping into the sky as easily as her mothers.

"..." Syn was actually quite amazed. She didn't think Vivio could react that quickly. "Vivio..."
"You're going to get us killed," The blonde replied, her face twisted in annoyance and relief. Syn just smiled up at her, the tension gone suddenly. "What?"

"...I can see up your skirt, and I see aoi no pantsu," Syn said, grinning.
Vivio dropped Syn. The blue-haired girl caught herself and touched down gently as Vivio began to fly off, paused, then landed as well.

"...sorry," Vivio muttered, looking away.
"Hey, it's okay," Syn took Vivio's hand again. "I shouldn't have said that. I know you're in a bad mood,"
"I just... really, really, hate this day."
"I know," Syn replied. "But I'm going to make you like it, at least for one night, okay?"
"I don't know what you could possibly do," Vivio said, her eyes still averted.
"I'll show you,"

Syn led Vivio down the sidewalks of Midchilda silently, hand in hand, on a mission of the most important sort, at least to her. She ignored the looks - well, the mean ones, anyway - that the two received, while Vivio ignored everything but her own footsteps altogether, trying to forget that she had just let go. If she couldn't fly...

Syn had already forgotten about it. She worried instead on her directions. The city was big, and the two had gotten as close as Syn wanted to from her destination. The idea was to get where she wanted to go, just in time for the big event. Well, possibly the big event. But this was the year. This was the day. This was their adventure, and she wanted to share everything about her half of it.

As Vivio spaced out, Syn led her to a place that was sacred; a Saint Church-run park that served as one of many Sankt Kaiser monuments. This one was special, in that only members of the church could attend, and so as the two stepped on the hallowed ground, everything was suddenly quiet; this place was rarely populated this time of day. Syn continued to lead Vivio to a place, a special place, and one that she had secured earlier. It was a lake, in the center of the park, and the place was a certain spot, secluded from everyone and everything, except the moons, the sky, the stars...

"Hey, V," Syn began as she led them to the area. Sure enough, no one was around. "Can I ask you something?"

"What?" Vivio looked up at Syn, seemingly unaware that they were somewhere else.
"If we had never met, where would you be right now?"

"..." Vivio scrunched the bridge of her nose and thought. Syn leaned up against the railing and watched the lake, staring at her watch occasionally. "I would... I don't know. I don't like to think about it. Without you... I guess I'd be either dead or... worse off."

"You think so?" Syn asked, not looking at her. "Come stand next to me,"
Vivio did as Syn suggested, assuming a similar stance on the railing. "Why do you ask, Syn?"

"Because... I don't think I'd be dead... but I can't..." Syn paused, unsure. "I don't think I'd be happy. V, I can't really imagine a world without you." She smiled at her friend. "I like life the way it is, I think, because you're here to do it with me."

"...really?" Vivio's eyes wandered up to Syn's own. "You... like life because of me?"
"Of course!" Syn answered, confident. "V, I... I'm happy you're around. Really." That was lame. "I can't really express it."

"..." Vivio went silent as she stared out over the lake. "Syn, really... without you, I don't think I'd be alive... you keep me going. I mean, some of my family does, too... but..." she paused. "I couldn't do it without you. Living, breathing, if you weren't here... I couldn't do it. No one would be there to help me back up when I fall past the point where I can get up on my own." she looked down at the lake. "Syn... I think..." she shook her head. "No, that's silly."

Syn simply chuckled and looked out over the lake. As the sun disappeared under the horizon, the moons' light reflected into the lake. As if alive, small motes of magic energy began to flow up from the lake. Vivio's eyes widened at the spectacle, while Syn's simply narrowed slightly, not out of confusion, but because she was smiling.

"W... wow..."
"This place, is infused with magic." Syn told Vivio. "They say here is where the Sankt Kaiser declared that Belka's heart would be open to all." As Vivio's eyes stared at what could only be described as stardust, Syn's hand moved atop of Vivio's, while her other reached for her eyepath. Slowly pulling it off, she sat it in her satchel. With both eyes opened, she took a deep breath, and looked at Vivio.

"Hey, V..." She began. "I need to tell you something..."
"...me, too." Vivio nodded. Without a word, she lifted both hands and put them on Syn's shoulders, turning her around and facing the taller girl. Closing her eyes and leaning up on her tip-toes, Vivio pulled Syn into a neck hug and pressed their lips together. Syn's eyes widened, amazed, but not confused, or unhappy. Syn leaned back into the kiss and put her arms around Vivio, holding the two of them tightly together.

When the two parted lips, a single tear made its way down Vivio's cheek. Gently, Syn wiped it away, and embraced Vivio tightly.

The two were silent, the rest of the night. No words needed to be said because it had all been said with a single action.

I love you.

[Mood-killer]

Kai Sean: (puts on [Surestrike Goggles v2.0]) OMFG MOTES OF AIR BY THE MILLIONS! I'M RICH!!!

(goes off revving Gas Compacter loudly, splashing around the pond and sending motes fleeing in all directions)

Syn: ...
Viv: ...

[/Mood-killer]



A great WAFFy Wuck post, made me miss my Neko-chan. *sniff* Nice!

Originally Posted by dkellis

MC 0071 4th Month 29th Day - Airport Fire, Subaru meets Nanoha, love at first sight

MC 0075 4th Month - Subaru and Teana undergo B rank exam, fail

STUFF HAPPENS

MC 0076 4th Month 28th Day - Hayate gives a speech to RF6, announcing RF6's disbanding

/facepalm

Gosh I wish I can get something right from the start for once...

Thanks for the heads up! At least we'll have our One Year War before Alpha then. :3

*runs*

[Anita]

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Anita

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

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OMFG HOW ON AZEROTH DID YOU FIND ME HERE?!?!?!?!?!


(runs off screaming incoherently)

Please don't kill me... You'll never get the 160g back if I'm dead.

It's called Cadia because of Outer Cadia. Really long story, as you can tell from the 19k++ posts...

Canoness is Maria from Mai Otome actually. You know, the one who caused everyone to jump at her looks when she transformed? But yeah I got inspired by the Adepta's awesomeness. I know you love them.

(Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not?)

Er... Anyway...

PLZ FEEL FREE TO MAKE AN OC HERE!

(I said it! I'm so gonna regret this... )

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Originally Posted by Kha

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OMFG HOW ON AZEROTH DID YOU FIND ME HERE?!?!?!?!?!


(runs off screaming incoherently)

Please don't kill me... You'll never get the 160g back if I'm dead.

It's called Cadia because of Outer Cadia. Really long story, as you can tell from the 19k++ posts...

Canoness is Maria from Mai Otome actually. You know, the one who caused everyone to jump at her looks when she transformed? But yeah I got inspired by the Adepta's awesomeness. I know you love them.

(Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not?)

Er... Anyway...

PLZ FEEL FREE TO MAKE AN OC HERE!

(I said it! I'm so gonna regret this... )

TAKE EVAISIVE ACTION!

GREEN GROUP! STICK CLOSE TO HOLDING SECTOR L-K-7!

Spoiler for ADMIRAL! We have enemy ships in sector 47!:

"IT'S A TRAP!"

[Anita]

Originally Posted by Kha

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OMFG HOW ON AZEROTH DID YOU FIND ME HERE?!?!?!?!?!


(runs off screaming incoherently)

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

Originally Posted by Kha

Please don't kill me... You'll never get the 160g back if I'm dead.

It's called Cadia because of Outer Cadia. Really long story, as you can tell from the 19k++ posts...

Canoness is Maria from Mai Otome actually. You know, the one who caused everyone to jump at her looks when she transformed? But yeah I got inspired by the Adepta's awesomeness. I know you love them.

(Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not? Should I? Should I not?)

Er... Anyway...

PLZ FEEL FREE TO MAKE AN OC HERE!

(I said it! I'm so gonna regret this... )

I see...

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

Reading is fun enough. Kagerou and PheonixFyre are really really cool! Kha's just spammy. Cheap. >_>

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

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

Ja ne~~!

(rides off on a scooter)

[Kha]

Originally Posted by AdmiralTigerclaw

TAKE EVAISIVE ACTION!

GREEN GROUP! STICK CLOSE TO HOLDING SECTOR L-K-7!

Spoiler for ADMIRAL! We have enemy ships in sector 47!:

"IT'S A TRAP!"

Aye sir!

And no I'm fine. Really.

Originally Posted by Anita

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

I see...

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

Reading is fun enough. Kagerou and PheonixFyre are really really cool! Kha's just spammy. Cheap. >_>

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

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

Ja ne~~!

(rides off on a scooter)

Hope everything holds up in the Swiss. Must post one OC at least or you might get us off-topic!

And thanks for ruining my rep here...

(chills in the corner)

But... Scooter?

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Masaka! Why don't you just yell "KORA!" before you post the next time?

*RUNS REALLY REALLY FAST*

[Liingo]

Originally Posted by Anita

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

Originally Posted by Kha

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OMFG HOW ON AZEROTH DID YOU FIND ME HERE?!?!?!?!?!

Ahahahahahahahaha..

From Kha's reaction, I think I know who you are (well vaugely).

is : (nod): without the ( ). Oh wait, nevermind, you figured it out Maybe you can help us keep his brain from overheating with all the copy-pasta crack he thinks up

ORZ.... still busy as heck and the backlog keeps growing and growing.... I want pm's from everyone who wants their stuff reviewed haxxbusted as well as stories, etc. Since I have been reading over the posts, just not the spoiler tagged stuff.

About two more weeks until I'm back at school and I have the time to lurk in here again.. (gg at the irony... more busy during the holidays that at school..)

@Kha, if you can't find seeds/ can wait a few weeks, I can pass you all of Aria.

[Tormenk]

All right so this is exactly what it looks like right?

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And teh scooter to boot..

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Anyway, repeating my question from a while ago, since it appears to have been missed entirely as the last post of page 991...

Uh, could someone post, or directy me to that alternate rank method that was developed for the OCs?

[Kha]

Originally Posted by Liingo

Ahahahahahahahaha..

From Kha's reaction, I think I know who you are (well vaugely).

is : (nod): without the ( ). Oh wait, nevermind, you figured it out Maybe you can help us keep his brain from overheating with all the copy-pasta crack he thinks up

ORZ.... still busy as heck and the backlog keeps growing and growing.... I want pm's from everyone who wants their stuff reviewed haxxbusted as well as stories, etc. Since I have been reading over the posts, just not the spoiler tagged stuff.

About two more weeks until I'm back at school and I have the time to lurk in here again.. (gg at the irony... more busy during the holidays that at school..)

@Kha, if you can't find seeds/ can wait a few weeks, I can pass you all of Aria.

LIINGO! DON'T SUNOHARA ME TO TOMOYO!!!

Yeah I know the irony, it's the same here.

Ok I'll wait then. Still got Night Wizard to clear.

Originally Posted by Tormenk

All right so this is exactly what it looks like right?

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And teh scooter to boot..

I told her about CLANNAD, but she was hung up on Nicole from Heroes at that time, so didn't expect her to start watching it so fast.

Looks like I have to watch out for flying dictionaries from now on.

Originally Posted by AdmiralTigerclaw

Anyway, repeating my question from a while ago, since it appears to have been missed entirely as the last post of page 991...

Uh, could someone post, or directy me to that alternate rank method that was developed for the OCs?

I'm not too sure about what you mean... Are you refering to magic ranks, or fictional Belka Knight PVP ranks?

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Originally Posted by Kha

I'm not too sure about what you mean... Are you refering to magic ranks, or fictional Belka Knight PVP ranks?

Whatever the one was where we started breaking OCs down by catagories and assigning ranks 1-5 to to each catagory ranging from speed, strength, etc...

[Tormenk]

Originally Posted by Kha

I told her about CLANNAD, but she was hung up on Nicole from Heroes at that time, so didn't expect her to start watching it so fast.

Looks like I have to watch out for flying dictionaries from now on.

I see.

Well not to worry. If you're Tomoya you'll dodge them all. On the other hand, if you're Sunohara..


And the list ATC is looking for should be this post:

Originally Posted by Estavali

Spoiler:

Btw I have been thinking of an alternate ranking system for my OCs, since the canon TSAB ranks doesn't seem quite helpful to me. Basically I rate my characters in 8 catergories, namely:

- Melee Attack
- Magic Attack
- Physical Defense (How good are you at defending against physical attacks)
- Magical Defence
- Mana Capacity
- Regeneration Rate (How fast you can recover. Applies to both physical and magical stamina)
- Speed (Movement speed)
- Reflexes

Ranks range from A to F, A being the best and F the worst, as shown below:

A - Excellent
B - Very Good
C - Good
D - Average
E - Below Average
F - Bad

Points

A - 5
B - 4
C - 3
D - 2
E - 1
F - 0

If converted to marks format:

A - 91 ~ 100
B - 76 ~ 90
C - 60 ~ 75
D - 40 ~ 59
E - 20 ~ 39
F - 0 ~ 19

After assigning a rank to each category, there will be an Overall rank to roughly determine the person's current status:

Overall rank = (Sum of ranks when converted to points)/8

Example:

- Melee Attack: B
- Magic Attack: C
- Physical Defense: A
- Magical Defence: A
- Mana Capacity: E
- Regeneration Rate: D
- Speed: F
- Reflexes: E

Converted to points:

- Melee Attack: 4
- Magic Attack: 3
- Physical Defense: 5
- Magical Defence: 5
- Mana Capacity: 1
- Regeneration Rate: 2
- Speed: 0
- Reflexes: 1

Overall rating: 21/8 = 2.63 = D+ (+ for above 0.5, - for 0~0.5)

Right now I'm not sure if the Speed catergory should be scraped or not, whether Regeneration should be divided into (Physical) Stamina and Mana, and if the Overall rating idea is really that fair. Your thoughts, folks?

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Ex-ACTLY what I was looking for.

EDIT: Okay, did a point conversion for crash.

Spoiler for Point conversion:

- Melee Attack: E? (Could change, that armored exoskeleton has a lot of brute strength, but he has no effective weapon asside from a rifle stock for clubbing people to death.)
- Magic Attack: C (No multi-round attacks homing, weak rapid fire, but a decently powerful sniper cannon and faster projectiles overall.)
- Physical Defense: A (Armor plating with magical reinforcement is tough stuff.)
- Magical Defence: D (An average mage in this aspect.)
- Mana Capacity: C (He's trained and fit from years of magic work experience.)
- Regeneration Rate: B (Constant use builds good stamina recovery. Give him five minutes and he'll be back up to speed.)
- Speed: A (Gotta be fast when you're running away from exploding test materials.)
- Reflexes: A (VERY high reflexes. Worthy of ace combat mages in this aspect. Thank years of reacting to dissasterous test situations.)

Converted to points:

- Melee Attack: 1
- Magic Attack: 3
- Physical Defense: 5
- Magical Defence: 2
- Mana Capacity: 3
- Regeneration Rate: 4
- Speed: 5
- Reflexes: 5

Overall rating: 28/8 = 3.5 = C+ (+ for above 0.5, - for 0~0.5)

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Kha

Wow... The difference in life story is just... Certainly could feel her pain. And the return of Shinobu was as well.

Nice work! I got a better idea of who Mayura is now! It'll do well for Rebuilt crack referencing Artei's arc Mahou Itsugi Pow--

*static*

Artei: Creator-san DC'd again?! You got to be kidding me!!!

Pray tell you reveal your intent

And DC sucks doesn't it?

*taps radio*

Originally Posted by Kagerou

Will attempt a proper backlog break later.

Time for a random short one hour one shot nao, just because. Takes place pre-Alpha and is full of WAFFy goodness.

...that said, whether or not its canon to Alpha is entirely up to the reader .

Spoiler for Valentine's Day:

Cranagan City, Midchilda - February 14th, MC0082, late afternoon

"This is too embarrassing,"
"Oh, come on, it'll be fun!"
"Mou... why do you always convince me to do these things?"
"Oh come on, it's a day about you, V."

Vivio Takamachi flushed and looked away. "I-it's not about me, Syn..."

The day was called Sankt Kaiser Day, a holiday celebrated on Midchilda that served as an analogy to Earth's Valentine's Day. Though the myths and legends surrounding it were different, the concept remained the same: to give someone you love something special. To Vivio, who had never even had a boy look at her in a way that suggested attraction, coupled with the focus on her - that is, the Sankt Kaiser - caused her to simply despise this day.

Her best friend and companion, Syn Virage, decided to change that. Thus, the two were on a date. Not a "real" date, per se, but more of a girl's night out. Though if you listened to Syn's offhand comments as they got off the bus, it was a date date. "For real," even.

"Sure it is!" Syn smiled and punched her friend lightly in the arm. "Now come on, cheer up! There's this place I wanna take you!"

"Where is it?" Vivio asked, sounding completely unenthused.

"Oh, it's mega-cool!" Syn exclaimed, smiling brightly at the blonde. "You'll love it!"

"Somehow, I doubt that,"
"Oh, just come on!" Taking Vivio by the hand, Syn took off, running as if on fire. Vivio had no choice but to follow, Syn's grip too strong and possibly, just maybe, that she wanted to see what this was that Syn was so excited for.

Their adventure began this way.

Together, the two girls ran, barely holding on to their satchels as they weaved in and out of pedestrian movement. As if life itself was trying to impede them, everyone they encountered was going the opposite direction of them, and none of them bothered to move. As the tall blue-haired girl pulled Vivio through the crowd, she had to force people out of the way. None of her usual aggressiveness was there though; instead, she was laughing and smiling as she pulled the her friend along, the very image of a happy girl who had a good life.

In essence, the total opposite of Vivio. In practice, something else.

"I don't like this!" Vivio shouted as she was pulled along, nearly losing her grip on Syn and, oddly, not wanting to lose that grip. She tightened her hand on Syn's as they ran, finding her own two feet catching up to Syn's slowly.

"You will, I swear!" Syn said to her as the two burst out of pedestrians, onto the crosswalk. The same crosswalk with was currently not accepting pedestrians, and the same one that a car was about to pass, bearing down on the two. The car slammed on its brakes, but it was too little.

All Syn could think of to say was, "Oh shi-" as she stared wide-eyed at the car before slamming her eyes shut. An impact never came though, only the feeling of going up, and her arm being pulled up as well. When Syn opened her eyes, she found herself hanging a few dozen meters from the ground. Looking up, she saw that Vivio had grabbed Syn's hand with both of hers and pulled them straight up, leaping into the sky as easily as her mothers.

"..." Syn was actually quite amazed. She didn't think Vivio could react that quickly. "Vivio..."
"You're going to get us killed," The blonde replied, her face twisted in annoyance and relief. Syn just smiled up at her, the tension gone suddenly. "What?"

"...I can see up your skirt, and I see aoi no pantsu," Syn said, grinning.
Vivio dropped Syn. The blue-haired girl caught herself and touched down gently as Vivio began to fly off, paused, then landed as well.

"...sorry," Vivio muttered, looking away.
"Hey, it's okay," Syn took Vivio's hand again. "I shouldn't have said that. I know you're in a bad mood,"
"I just... really, really, hate this day."
"I know," Syn replied. "But I'm going to make you like it, at least for one night, okay?"
"I don't know what you could possibly do," Vivio said, her eyes still averted.
"I'll show you,"

Syn led Vivio down the sidewalks of Midchilda silently, hand in hand, on a mission of the most important sort, at least to her. She ignored the looks - well, the mean ones, anyway - that the two received, while Vivio ignored everything but her own footsteps altogether, trying to forget that she had just let go. If she couldn't fly...

Syn had already forgotten about it. She worried instead on her directions. The city was big, and the two had gotten as close as Syn wanted to from her destination. The idea was to get where she wanted to go, just in time for the big event. Well, possibly the big event. But this was the year. This was the day. This was their adventure, and she wanted to share everything about her half of it.

As Vivio spaced out, Syn led her to a place that was sacred; a Saint Church-run park that served as one of many Sankt Kaiser monuments. This one was special, in that only members of the church could attend, and so as the two stepped on the hallowed ground, everything was suddenly quiet; this place was rarely populated this time of day. Syn continued to lead Vivio to a place, a special place, and one that she had secured earlier. It was a lake, in the center of the park, and the place was a certain spot, secluded from everyone and everything, except the moons, the sky, the stars...

"Hey, V," Syn began as she led them to the area. Sure enough, no one was around. "Can I ask you something?"

"What?" Vivio looked up at Syn, seemingly unaware that they were somewhere else.
"If we had never met, where would you be right now?"

"..." Vivio scrunched the bridge of her nose and thought. Syn leaned up against the railing and watched the lake, staring at her watch occasionally. "I would... I don't know. I don't like to think about it. Without you... I guess I'd be either dead or... worse off."

"You think so?" Syn asked, not looking at her. "Come stand next to me,"
Vivio did as Syn suggested, assuming a similar stance on the railing. "Why do you ask, Syn?"

"Because... I don't think I'd be dead... but I can't..." Syn paused, unsure. "I don't think I'd be happy. V, I can't really imagine a world without you." She smiled at her friend. "I like life the way it is, I think, because you're here to do it with me."

"...really?" Vivio's eyes wandered up to Syn's own. "You... like life because of me?"
"Of course!" Syn answered, confident. "V, I... I'm happy you're around. Really." That was lame. "I can't really express it."

"..." Vivio went silent as she stared out over the lake. "Syn, really... without you, I don't think I'd be alive... you keep me going. I mean, some of my family does, too... but..." she paused. "I couldn't do it without you. Living, breathing, if you weren't here... I couldn't do it. No one would be there to help me back up when I fall past the point where I can get up on my own." she looked down at the lake. "Syn... I think..." she shook her head. "No, that's silly."

Syn simply chuckled and looked out over the lake. As the sun disappeared under the horizon, the moons' light reflected into the lake. As if alive, small motes of magic energy began to flow up from the lake. Vivio's eyes widened at the spectacle, while Syn's simply narrowed slightly, not out of confusion, but because she was smiling.

"W... wow..."
"This place, is infused with magic." Syn told Vivio. "They say here is where the Sankt Kaiser declared that Belka's heart would be open to all." As Vivio's eyes stared at what could only be described as stardust, Syn's hand moved atop of Vivio's, while her other reached for her eyepath. Slowly pulling it off, she sat it in her satchel. With both eyes opened, she took a deep breath, and looked at Vivio.

"Hey, V..." She began. "I need to tell you something..."
"...me, too." Vivio nodded. Without a word, she lifted both hands and put them on Syn's shoulders, turning her around and facing the taller girl. Closing her eyes and leaning up on her tip-toes, Vivio pulled Syn into a neck hug and pressed their lips together. Syn's eyes widened, amazed, but not confused, or unhappy. Syn leaned back into the kiss and put her arms around Vivio, holding the two of them tightly together.

When the two parted lips, a single tear made its way down Vivio's cheek. Gently, Syn wiped it away, and embraced Vivio tightly.

The two were silent, the rest of the night. No words needed to be said because it had all been said with a single action.

I love you.

I never thought I'd enjoy a pure romantic piece focusing on, of all the people to ship, Syn and Vivio, but DAMN, did I really enjoy it, just the right amount of sappy delicious SWEETCHEESIUM for the occasion

*plays "How Do I Live Without You"*

Though for some reason I thought I'd hear a "Hazukashii Seirifu Kinshii!!!" line somewhere

Originally Posted by Kha

[Mood-killer]

Kai Sean: (puts on [Surestrike Goggles v2.0]) OMFG MOTES OF AIR BY THE MILLIONS! I'M RICH!!!

(goes off revving Gas Compacter loudly, splashing around the pond and sending motes fleeing in all directions)

Syn: ...
Viv: ...

[/Mood-killer]



A great WAFFy Wuck post, made me miss my Neko-chan. *sniff* Nice!

WAFF too diabetic for ya?

Originally Posted by Anita

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

Well well well...

You're T3H Tsundere that Kha's been raving on about here in the thread since eternity?

(The code for the nod is : nod: , sans the spaces)

And don't worry, Kha's been no trouble at all, his services have been invaluable

*sniffs more crack*

Anyways, WELCOME to the OC, and enjoy your stay

Originally Posted by Kha

And thanks for ruining my rep here...

(chills in the corner)

I don't think that's her fault



*runs very fast*

[Kha]

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

LIGHTNING-02
Rebuilt of Signum


The Burning Fire General

Spoiler for Signum, Servant Archer:

Signum, Servant Archer

Signum (シグナム), voiced by Kaori Shimizu, is a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's. She is the leader of the Wolkenritter (German > "Cloud Riders" or "Overcast Knights"), a creation of the Book of Darkness. She is generally seen as the cold one, but Shamal has said that Signum's heart has warmed since they met their mistress Hayate Yagami. Signum's weapon is a chain-link sword called Laevatein, and as a magical creation, she has no familiar. She is named for the Opel Signum, much like characters of Magic Knight Rayearth are named for cars, and her device appears to be named after the mythical sword Laevateinn, but due to the spelling it might be a homage to the fiery Armor Slave Laevantine.

Like Vita, Signum’s life before becoming part of the Book of Darkness is a blur. And even more so, as she only recalls being in service to the same princess as the other Wolkies with no recollection of her earlier life, and she sometimes feels that it is all the result of a case of double amnesia. And that feeling of loss sometimes changes to a sense of being in waiting; it’s as if whoever she once was is still looking for something.

Each of the Wolkenritter has had dreams of snippets from their days as the living, and Signum is no exception. But as the leader of the Guardian Knights, she hides it all to be the pillar of strength of the group, only indulging in them when she is alone, letting a surprisingly soft side, almost reminiscent of Caro’s childish innocence (), show...

Also, Signum finds Erio strangely familiar, and in trying to beat the deja vu from her mind forgot to return Erio's salute.

()

Road to StrikerS

In Nanoha/Cente Gravia, the Wolkies faced their hardest challenge in protecting Hayate, when she became the unfortunate target of 3 Servants and their Meisters. Despite successfully defeating the Servants, Signum, Vita and Tesla were mortally wounded, with Zafira and Shamal not that far from the edge either. Seizing the chance, another servant Assassin took advantage of the now defenceless girl. Vita, together with Signum and Tesla, wished for one more chance at any price, and the Tome of the Night Sky gave them that wish, bringing the Knights back as replacements for the Servants they defeated. Assassin was forced to make a hasty retreat.

However, the brief battle drained what little mana Vita, Tesla and Signum had, and they collapsed again.

Later rescued by Marge and her team, Signum returned canonized as Servant Archer, and had advanced cybernetics that reinforced her Valsaiga program body, making her attain an almost superhuman level of toughness. She later withstood two simultaneous attacks from both Dios and another of his masked allies, and still came out just minimally wounded, despite both men being powerful mages and claiming that they hit her deeply.

However, she is remains oddly vulnerable through other means, such as being drugged or passing out from ingesting food or drinks, such as Shamal's cooking or Liana's infamous health drink. Alcohol is another of Signum's banes.

After the events of Cente Gravia, Signum too misses Marge, but she often thinks of Marge’s solemn gynoid assistant Lambda of which they shared an almost sister-like connection due to similar personalities.

And after performing Unison with Agito, it seems that her Knight Armor changes slightly to resemble that of Lambda’s.

Who in the World is Signum?

This was a question the girls have puzzled over for years. Signum was the only Wolkie who had no recollection of who she was before joining the service of the same princess as the other Wolkies, meaning that she had suffered amnesia before that.

In Cente Gravia, the first theory proposed by Hayate used Kha's relation to the incredibly powerful being known as Thomas Kluize. In summary:

Spoiler for UHOH...:

The second but equally amazing theory was based on how Caro resembled Signum. Later, when Signum used transformation magic to turn herself into a young girl, the end result for basically a world-weary Caro with her hair styled like Nanoha's, adding more weight to the theory.

As expected, all this only gets on Signum's nerves.

Lightning No. 2

Ten years after the epilogue of A's, Signum became the sub-commander of the Lightning Squad of the TSAB, working under Fate, who worked under Hayate. Unlike Vita, however, she did not participate in training the trainees, under the pretense that she is an old fashioned knight and can only teach to them is to get close to their enemies and rip them apart.

However, near the end half of the series, she accepted the request of Erio Mondial to spar with him. And the knight couldn’t help note how that little boy reminded her of both Kha in the past, and of someone else buried deep within her memories.

Powers

Much like Raising Heart and Bardiche speak English, yet their masters understand them, the Wolkenritter's devices speak German. Translations are in parentheses.
Belka combat doctrine consists of 3 trees: Movement, Magical and Psionic.

Movement techniques focus on the body, strengthening it and facilitating the mastery of advanced melee battle finesse.

Magical techniques teach a Knight to infuse his/her attacks with enchantments and spells, turning the Knight into a devastating opponent.

And lastly, Psionic techniques focus on support skills like flight, teleportation, sensing, mental calculus and psionic communications, as well as other Belka skills like Mind Tricks and basic telekinetics. However, this tree is governed more by talent rather than training, and as such only the rarest of Knights go far in this tree, and those that do gain access to awesome traits like moving great masses with only their minds, creating psionic storms and even mind-control.

Signum is a skilled Knight, having expert mastery over magical and movement techniques, while her grasp of psionics, as evidenced by her flying capability and crystal-clear telecomms, isn't shabby at all.

Bogenform (Bow form) — Signum combines Laevatein with its scabbard to turn it into a longbow.

Nachladen — Not a real attack, just Laevatein reloading cartridges.

Telepathy — Not notable, as like flight and teleportation, all other mages in the Nanohaverse have it; however, her links appear to be strong with the other Wolkenritter, so it is tentatively listed here.

Schlangenform (Snake form) — Laevatein expands into chain-link form.

Schwertform (Sword form) — Laevatein returns to sword form.

Transformation — Signum performs a group transformation with Vita and Shamal.

Defensive Abilities

Knight Armour "Angelg" — Signum's battle costume is comprised of a battle dress designed for mobility, and armor plates. Although it is only referred to as "Armour" in the series, it seems to function similarly to the Barrier Jacket of the Mid-Childa magic system. Although Hayate discouraged her and the other Wolkenritter from fighting, she co-designed each of their costumes.

It may be Hayate's idea of a joke, but Signum noticed that after a recent design upgrade, she found her chest mantle a lot looser, and gave her assets rather unprecedented freedom.

Knight Armor "Vaisaga" — Signum's alternative battle costume created after Unison with Agito, shedding the extra gear for a more sleek and figure-complementing setting. It also bears a striking resemblance to the Knight Armor once worn by Lambda.

While it is not clear what settings changed with her armor swap, Signum did swap back to Angelg during Unison, when she prepared to fire Uberatna Sturmfalke.

Panzer Geist (Tank Spirit) — Creates a defensive aura, which surrounds Signum.

Offensive Abilities

Belka Magical Techniques

Hiryū Issen (飛竜一閃, Hiryū Issen?) (Flying Dragon Flash) - One of Signum's most powerful attacks, she spins Laevatein in Schlangenform and makes fire elemental energy run along the blade. A typhoon of flames is formed in the air between the segments of the blade, which is then thrown against the enemy. Though it falls in the Shooting-Type category, this attack has roughly the same power as Fate's Plasma Smasher, a Bombardment-Type Spell.

Karyū Issen (火竜一閃, Karyū Issen?) (Fire Dragon Flash) - Signum creates a shaft of flames and hold it as if was a sword. By swinging her arm, she can then throw the flames against enemies that are far away, hitting all enemies within her front-arc and more as it travels forwards for a short distance. She can also create this rod in her off-hand, allowing her to dual-wield Laevantine and the magic sword.

Shiden Issen (紫電一閃, Shiden Issen?) - Roughly translating to "Sword Flash", this is a weaker version of the Hiryū Issen with Laevatein in Schwertform that covers the sword's blade with flames to increase its attack power. Other than that, its just a regular melee strike.

Ougi, Tenryū Issen (Heavenly Dragon Flash) - An improved Shiden Issen that uses Laevantine as a core for the rod of fire. Signum unleashes the flames like Karyu Issen, hitting all enemies within her front-arc and more as it travels forwards for a short distance. However the flamewave travels faster and burns several times hotter.

Jizan Shikkūtō (Earth Slashing Swift Sky Sword, 地斬疾空刀) - Signum would charge Laevantine with fire beforehand while it is still in it's sheaths. Using it as a Batou technique, Signum unleashes it at an unsuspecting enemy with a quick swipe, sends fire blast towards the target if the enemy somehow managed to avoid getting struck at melee.

Suiryū Sōga (Flow of Claws and Tusks, 水流爪牙) - Signum charges Laevantine with fire, then swungs it down from above her head, releasing a column of fire that blasts through a line of enemies. It can be described as a typical Samurai ranged "blast from the blade" attack skill, akin to Inuyasha's Kaze no Kise or Kurosaki Inchigo's Getsuga Tenshou.

Sturmfalke (Storm Falcon) — Laevatein's attack as a bow.

Erhobener Falke (Exalted Falcon) – This is a higher powered variation of the normal SF, adding a magical bubble to SF’s tip that explodes on impact. The arcane explosion dispells a magical effect that was earlier applied to the target, allowing Signum to reduce the power of the target. Due to additional preparation needed, this shot cannot be strafed like the normal SF can.

Drei-Voranger Falke (Three-Headed Falcon) - A version of Sturmfalke that splits the bolt into 3 before launching, targeting different targets at once.

Hurrikan-Falke (Hurricane Falcon) - Launches a giant version of Sturmfalke that Signum holds back for a while to add spin to it before releasing, allowing it to "drill" through air and barriers alike, arriving at the target at unprecedented speed and is able to penetrate strong defences. This attack was based off of Kha's Caladblog II, a Traced spiral-shaped Armed Device that he uses as arrow.

Stern-heller Falke (Star Light Falcon) - A rare Sturmfalke that works exactly like the Starlight Breaker, absorbing residual magic to charge up a massive long-ranged shot much like a particle cannon’s. Targets hit by this bolt get burnt by starfire, reducing the ability of allies to heal the target. Due to the long cast time, Signum rarely uses this attack.

Interestingly, Signum always had this skill in her arsenal long before she could remember, and was not inspired by Nanoha, leading Hayate to make a rather disturbing conclusion of Signum’s past based on the relationship between Kha and Thomas Kluize.

Superatna Sturmfalke (Super Etna Storm Falcon) — A powerful version of Sturmfalke made by using Agito as the arrow. Signum draws upon all of her knowledge in shooting bows and uses them on this shot. As such, Signum her own magic as well as those still lingering around her, gathering it into her bow. Due to the ignition of expended magic as they are drawn into Signum, the Knight, who switches to Angelg in this attack, is given the appearance of an angel with giant fiery wings.

Visually, the attack is similar to the Angelg's Phantom Phoenix attack in magnitude, fiery opulence and sheer glory.

Belka Movement Techniques

Signum employs several basic Movement Techniques, and as such these are usually unnamed. She has 1 named MTs to date:

Sakkaku no Ken (Mirage Sword) — Signum launches herself at her opponent and deals a torrent of slashes to her target.

Sakkaku no Uta (Mirage Sign) — Signum carves two star shapes in the air and strikes through them, right through the enemy and pinning him in place. She then charges in and does five slashes on the enemy, which creates a pentagram. Signum then finishes it off by doing a final vertical slash.

Fūjinsen (Wind Blade Flash 風刃閃) — Signum sheathes Laevantine and gathers her maryoku, creating a "tornado" of mana around her. Blinking open suddenly, she rushes forward, faster than the eye can follow such that she leaves multiple images travelling up, down, left and right of her previous position while she herself is moving forwards. Signum does a quick unsheathe and slash at point blank range, right in front of the enemy.

Ōgi - Kōjinsen (Secret Technique - Light Blade Flash 奥義・光刃閃) — Signum performs the same motions as the Fuujinsen, with the only difference being where the Knight ends up. In the Ougi: Koujinsen, Signum ends up behind the opponent, and hits harder like a critical strike for Fuujinsen.

Later, when Signum's limiters were released, she uses this skill as an entire new attack altogether. Dashing straight towards the enemy, she delivers a multitude of slashes, effectively paralyzing the target. As a final strike, Signum readies herself, then swiftly slices the enemy horizontally in half, leaving the hapless Ex-Number to explode behind her.

Spoiler for Allusions, for those who are interested...:

Allusions

The creator of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is noted as a fan of Super Robot Wars, thus fans has noted that Signum might be based on or is a homage to the heroine of Super Robot Wars Advance, Lamia Loveless. There have been a lot of similarities found between both characters:
• A lot of Signum's spells bear similarities to the attacks executed by the Angelg, Lamia's canonical mecha, particularly the sword and bow attacks (And although Angelg lacked a chain-sword, Laevatein's Schlangenform translates into 'Snake Form', while Lamia is also a name of a mythological snake demon). Furthermore, Signum's overall fighting style resembles that of Lamia's other mecha, Vaisaga.
• They are voiced by the same seiyuu, Kaori Shimizu, with her using similar voice level (she is also known to voice younger characters with lighter voices).
• Their have similar backgrounds:
• Signum was once an artificial intelligence within the Book of Darkness, with ruthless attitude, devoid of any personalities, but gradually changes as she served Hayate
• Lamia was created as an android only to fulfill orders, but after being surrounded with other people, she began to develop her own conscience and free will.
• They were somehow connected with men who were considered dead once:
• Signum fought against Zest Grangeitz, a former member of Capital City Defense Forces, formerly presumed to be dead.
• One of Lamia's predecessors in the W-Series is W15, based on the Shadow Mirror universe's Sanger Zonvolt, which was considered killed in action beforehand. Also later includes Axel Almer, who was thought to be dead in Original Generations, but came back alive in the Gaiden.
• Signum's color scheme matches Angelg's (Pink and white).
• In the final episode of StrikerS, Signum managed to perform an unison with Agito, resulting a new outfit resembling Lamia's outfit, colored in blue[5]
• Both of them also experienced events where they were thought to be dead, but in truth, they were still alive. They also underwent some reprogramming in process.
• In the end of A's, Signum was abruptly deleted by the Alia and Lotte Liese under Gil Graham, only to be called back by Hayate 2 episodes later, reprogrammed with more power and her memories intact.
• In the end of the bonus section of Original Generations, Lamia was abruptly killed by Wilhelm von Juergen. In the continuation of the events in Original Generation Gaiden, it turns out she was slightly reprogrammed by Duminuss and fell under her control.

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

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

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

*runs*

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Kha

LIGHTNING-02
Rebuilt of Signum

The Burning Fire General

Spoiler for Signum, the Burning Fire General:

Signum, the Burning Fire General

Signum (シグナム), voiced by Kaori Shimizu, is a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's. She is the leader of the Wolkenritter (German > "Cloud Riders" or "Overcast Knights"), a creation of the Book of Darkness. She is generally seen as the cold one, but Shamal has said that Signum's heart has warmed since they met their mistress Hayate Yagami. Signum's weapon is a chain-link sword called Laevatein, and as a magical creation, she has no familiar. She is named for the Opel Signum, much like characters of Magic Knight Rayearth are named for cars, and her device appears to be named after the mythical sword Laevateinn, but due to the spelling it might be a homage to the fiery Armor Slave Laevantine.

Like Vita, Signum’s life before becoming part of the Book of Darkness is a blur. And even more so, as she only recalls being in service to the same princess as the other Wolkies with no recollection of her earlier life, and she sometimes feels that it is all the result of a case of double amnesia. And that feeling of loss sometimes changes to a sense of being in waiting; it’s as if whoever she once was is still looking for something.

Each of the Wolkenritter has had dreams of snippets from their days as the living, and Signum is no exception. But as the leader of the Guardian Knights, she hides it all to be the pillar of strength of the group, only indulging in them when she is alone, letting a surprisingly soft side, almost reminiscent of Caro’s childish innocence (), show...

Also, Signum finds Erio strangely familiar, and in trying to beat the deja vu from her mind forgot to return Erio's salute.

()

Road to StrikerS

One of the biggest Signum was to face came during the events of Nanoha/Cente Gravia, which saw the Wolkies wounded critically as they fought to protect Hayate and Kha who was still recovering from his crash. Later rescued by Marge and her team, Signum returned with advanced cybernetics that reinforced her Valsaiga program body, making her attain an almost superhuman level of toughness. She withstood two simultaneous attacks from both Dios and the Phantom Lancer, and still came out just minimally wounded, despite both men being powerful mages and claiming that they hit her deeply.

However, she is remains oddly vulnerable through other means, such as being drugged or passing out from ingesting food or drinks, such as Shamal's cooking or Liana's infamous health drink. Alcohol is another of Signum's banes.

After the events of Cente Gravia, Signum too misses Marge, but she often thinks of Marge’s solemn gynoid assistant Lambda of which they shared an almost sister-like connection due to similar personalities.

And after performing Unison with Agito, it seems that her Knight Armor changes slightly to resemble that of Lambda’s.

Lightning No. 2

Ten years after the epilogue of A's, Signum became the sub-commander of the Lightning Squad of the TSAB, working under Fate, who worked under Hayate. Unlike Vita, however, she did not participate in training the trainees, under the pretense that she is an old fashioned knight and can only teach to them is to get close to their enemies and rip them apart.

However, near the end half of the series, she accepted the request of Erio Mondial to spar with him. And the knight couldn’t help note how that little boy reminded her of both Kha in the past, and of someone else buried deep within her memories.

Powers

Much like Raising Heart and Bardiche speak English, yet their masters understand them, the Wolkenritter's devices speak German. Translations are in parentheses.
Belka combat doctrine consists of 3 trees: Movement, Magical and Psionic.

Movement techniques focus on the body, strengthening it and facilitating the mastery of advanced melee battle finesse.

Magical techniques teach a Knight to infuse his/her attacks with enchantments and spells, turning the Knight into a devastating opponent.

And lastly, Psionic techniques focus on support skills like flight, teleportation, sensing, mental calculus and psionic communications, as well as other Belka skills like Mind Tricks and basic telekinetics. However, this tree is governed more by talent rather than training, and as such only the rarest of Knights go far in this tree, and those that do gain access to awesome traits like moving great masses with only their minds, creating psionic storms and even mind-control.

Signum is a skilled Knight, having expert mastery over magical and movement techniques, while her grasp of psionics, as evidenced by her flying capability and crystal-clear telecomms, isn't shabby at all.

Bogenform (Bow form) — Signum combines Laevatein with its scabbard to turn it into a longbow.

Nachladen — Not a real attack, just Laevatein reloading cartridges.

Telepathy — Not notable, as like flight and teleportation, all other mages in the Nanohaverse have it; however, her links appear to be strong with the other Wolkenritter, so it is tentatively listed here.

Schlangenform (Snake form) — Laevatein expands into chain-link form.

Schwertform (Sword form) — Laevatein returns to sword form.

Transformation — Signum performs a group transformation with Vita and Shamal.

Defensive Abilities

Knight Armour "Angelg" — Signum's battle costume is comprised of a battle dress designed for mobility, and armor plates. Although it is only referred to as "Armour" in the series, it seems to function similarly to the Barrier Jacket of the Mid-Childa magic system. Although Hayate discouraged her and the other Wolkenritter from fighting, she co-designed each of their costumes.

Knight Armor "Vaisaga" — Signum's alternative battle costume created after Unison with Agito, shedding the extra gear for a more sleek and figure-complementing setting. It also bears a striking resemblance to the Knight Armor once worn by Lambda.

While it is not clear what settings changed with her armor swap, Signum did swap back to Angelg during Unison, when she prepared to fire Uberatna Sturmfalke.

Panzer Geist (Tank Spirit) — Creates a defensive aura, which surrounds Signum.

Offensive Abilities

Belka Magical Techniques

Hiryū Issen (飛竜一閃, Hiryū Issen?) (Flying Dragon Flash) - One of Signum's most powerful attacks, she spins Laevatein in Schlangenform and makes fire elemental energy run along the blade. A typhoon of flames is formed in the air between the segments of the blade, which is then thrown against the enemy. Though it falls in the Shooting-Type category, this attack has roughly the same power as Fate's Plasma Smasher, a Bombardment-Type Spell.

Karyū Issen (火竜一閃, Karyū Issen?) (Fire Dragon Flash) - Signum creates a shaft of flames and hold it as if was a sword. By swinging her arm, she can then throw the flames against enemies that are far away.

Shiden Issen (紫電一閃, Shiden Issen?) - Roughly translating to "Sword Flash", this is a weaker version of the Hiryū Issen with Laevatein in Schwertform that covers the sword's blade with flames to increase its attack power. Other than that, its just a regular melee strike.

Sturmfalke (Storm Falcon) — Laevatein's attack as a bow.

Uberatna Sturmfalke (Super Etna Storm Falcon) — A powerful version of Sturmfalke made by using Agito as the arrow. Signum draws upon her own magic as well as those still lingering around her, gathering it into her bow. Due to the ignition of expended magic as they are drawn into Signum, the Knight, who switches to Angelg in this attack, is given the appearance of an angel with giant fiery wings.

Visually, the attack is similar to the Angelg's Phantom Phoenix attack in magnitude, fiery opulence and sheer glory.

Belka Movement Techniques

Signum employs several basic Movement Techniques, and as such these are usually unnamed. She has 1 named MTs to date:

Trugbildswert (Mirage Sword) — Signum launches herself at her opponent and deals a torrent of slashes to her target.

Spoiler for Allusions, for those who are interested...:

Allusions

The creator of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is noted as a fan of Super Robot Wars, thus fans has noted that Signum might be based on or is a homage to the heroine of Super Robot Wars Advance, Lamia Loveless. There have been a lot of similarities found between both characters:
• A lot of Signum's spells bear similarities to the attacks executed by the Angelg, Lamia's canonical mecha, particularly the sword and bow attacks (And although Angelg lacked a chain-sword, Laevatein's Schlangenform translates into 'Snake Form', while Lamia is also a name of a mythological snake demon). Furthermore, Signum's overall fighting style resembles that of Lamia's other mecha, Vaisaga.
• They are voiced by the same seiyuu, Kaori Shimizu, with her using similar voice level (she is also known to voice younger characters with lighter voices).
• Their have similar backgrounds:
• Signum was once an artificial intelligence within the Book of Darkness, with ruthless attitude, devoid of any personalities, but gradually changes as she served Hayate
• Lamia was created as an android only to fulfill orders, but after being surrounded with other people, she began to develop her own conscience and free will.
• They were somehow connected with men who were considered dead once:
• Signum fought against Zest Grangeitz, a former member of Capital City Defense Forces, formerly presumed to be dead.
• One of Lamia's predecessors in the W-Series is W15, based on the Shadow Mirror universe's Sanger Zonvolt, which was considered killed in action beforehand. Also later includes Axel Almer, who was thought to be dead in Original Generations, but came back alive in the Gaiden.
• Signum's color scheme matches Angelg's (Pink and white).
• In the final episode of StrikerS, Signum managed to perform an unison with Agito, resulting a new outfit resembling Lamia's outfit, colored in blue[5]
• Both of them also experienced events where they were thought to be dead, but in truth, they were still alive. They also underwent some reprogramming in process.
• In the end of A's, Signum was abruptly deleted by the Alia and Lotte Liese under Gil Graham, only to be called back by Hayate 2 episodes later, reprogrammed with more power and her memories intact.
• In the end of the bonus section of Original Generations, Lamia was abruptly killed by Wilhelm von Juergen. In the continuation of the events in Original Generation Gaiden, it turns out she was slightly reprogrammed by Duminuss and fell under her control.

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

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

Finally Lamia Loveless Signum's rebuilt profile, though you still up with that Caronum PIME TARADOX crack again?!?!?!

Lacks Koujinsen though

[FieryAeon]

Originally Posted by Kha

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

LIGHTNING-02
Rebuilt of Signum


The Burning Fire General

Spoiler for Signum, the Burning Fire General:

Signum, the Burning Fire General

Signum (シグナム), voiced by Kaori Shimizu, is a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's. She is the leader of the Wolkenritter (German > "Cloud Riders" or "Overcast Knights"), a creation of the Book of Darkness. She is generally seen as the cold one, but Shamal has said that Signum's heart has warmed since they met their mistress Hayate Yagami. Signum's weapon is a chain-link sword called Laevatein, and as a magical creation, she has no familiar. She is named for the Opel Signum, much like characters of Magic Knight Rayearth are named for cars, and her device appears to be named after the mythical sword Laevateinn, but due to the spelling it might be a homage to the fiery Armor Slave Laevantine.

Like Vita, Signum’s life before becoming part of the Book of Darkness is a blur. And even more so, as she only recalls being in service to the same princess as the other Wolkies with no recollection of her earlier life, and she sometimes feels that it is all the result of a case of double amnesia. And that feeling of loss sometimes changes to a sense of being in waiting; it’s as if whoever she once was is still looking for something.

Each of the Wolkenritter has had dreams of snippets from their days as the living, and Signum is no exception. But as the leader of the Guardian Knights, she hides it all to be the pillar of strength of the group, only indulging in them when she is alone, letting a surprisingly soft side, almost reminiscent of Caro’s childish innocence (), show...

Also, Signum finds Erio strangely familiar, and in trying to beat the deja vu from her mind forgot to return Erio's salute.

()

Road to StrikerS

One of the biggest Signum was to face came during the events of Nanoha/Cente Gravia, which saw the Wolkies wounded critically as they fought to protect Hayate and Kha who was still recovering from his crash. Later rescued by Marge and her team, Signum returned with advanced cybernetics that reinforced her Valsaiga program body, making her attain an almost superhuman level of toughness. She withstood two simultaneous attacks from both Dios and the Phantom Lancer, and still came out just minimally wounded, despite both men being powerful mages and claiming that they hit her deeply.

However, she is remains oddly vulnerable through other means, such as being drugged or passing out from ingesting food or drinks, such as Shamal's cooking or Liana's infamous health drink. Alcohol is another of Signum's banes.

After the events of Cente Gravia, Signum too misses Marge, but she often thinks of Marge’s solemn gynoid assistant Lambda of which they shared an almost sister-like connection due to similar personalities.

And after performing Unison with Agito, it seems that her Knight Armor changes slightly to resemble that of Lambda’s.

Lightning No. 2

Ten years after the epilogue of A's, Signum became the sub-commander of the Lightning Squad of the TSAB, working under Fate, who worked under Hayate. Unlike Vita, however, she did not participate in training the trainees, under the pretense that she is an old fashioned knight and can only teach to them is to get close to their enemies and rip them apart.

However, near the end half of the series, she accepted the request of Erio Mondial to spar with him. And the knight couldn’t help note how that little boy reminded her of both Kha in the past, and of someone else buried deep within her memories.

Powers

Much like Raising Heart and Bardiche speak English, yet their masters understand them, the Wolkenritter's devices speak German. Translations are in parentheses.
Belka combat doctrine consists of 3 trees: Movement, Magical and Psionic.

Movement techniques focus on the body, strengthening it and facilitating the mastery of advanced melee battle finesse.

Magical techniques teach a Knight to infuse his/her attacks with enchantments and spells, turning the Knight into a devastating opponent.

And lastly, Psionic techniques focus on support skills like flight, teleportation, sensing, mental calculus and psionic communications, as well as other Belka skills like Mind Tricks and basic telekinetics. However, this tree is governed more by talent rather than training, and as such only the rarest of Knights go far in this tree, and those that do gain access to awesome traits like moving great masses with only their minds, creating psionic storms and even mind-control.

Signum is a skilled Knight, having expert mastery over magical and movement techniques, while her grasp of psionics, as evidenced by her flying capability and crystal-clear telecomms, isn't shabby at all.

Bogenform (Bow form) — Signum combines Laevatein with its scabbard to turn it into a longbow.

Nachladen — Not a real attack, just Laevatein reloading cartridges.

Telepathy — Not notable, as like flight and teleportation, all other mages in the Nanohaverse have it; however, her links appear to be strong with the other Wolkenritter, so it is tentatively listed here.

Schlangenform (Snake form) — Laevatein expands into chain-link form.

Schwertform (Sword form) — Laevatein returns to sword form.

Transformation — Signum performs a group transformation with Vita and Shamal.

Defensive Abilities

Knight Armour "Angelg" — Signum's battle costume is comprised of a battle dress designed for mobility, and armor plates. Although it is only referred to as "Armour" in the series, it seems to function similarly to the Barrier Jacket of the Mid-Childa magic system. Although Hayate discouraged her and the other Wolkenritter from fighting, she co-designed each of their costumes.

It may be Hayate's idea of a joke, but Signum noticed that after a recent design upgrade, she found her chest mantle a lot looser, and gave her assets rather unprecedented freedom.

Knight Armor "Vaisaga" — Signum's alternative battle costume created after Unison with Agito, shedding the extra gear for a more sleek and figure-complementing setting. It also bears a striking resemblance to the Knight Armor once worn by Lambda.

While it is not clear what settings changed with her armor swap, Signum did swap back to Angelg during Unison, when she prepared to fire Uberatna Sturmfalke.

Panzer Geist (Tank Spirit) — Creates a defensive aura, which surrounds Signum.

Offensive Abilities

Belka Magical Techniques

Hiryū Issen (飛竜一閃, Hiryū Issen?) (Flying Dragon Flash) - One of Signum's most powerful attacks, she spins Laevatein in Schlangenform and makes fire elemental energy run along the blade. A typhoon of flames is formed in the air between the segments of the blade, which is then thrown against the enemy. Though it falls in the Shooting-Type category, this attack has roughly the same power as Fate's Plasma Smasher, a Bombardment-Type Spell.

Karyū Issen (火竜一閃, Karyū Issen?) (Fire Dragon Flash) - Signum creates a shaft of flames and hold it as if was a sword. By swinging her arm, she can then throw the flames against enemies that are far away.

Shiden Issen (紫電一閃, Shiden Issen?) - Roughly translating to "Sword Flash", this is a weaker version of the Hiryū Issen with Laevatein in Schwertform that covers the sword's blade with flames to increase its attack power. Other than that, its just a regular melee strike.

Sturmfalke (Storm Falcon) — Laevatein's attack as a bow.

Uberatna Sturmfalke (Super Etna Storm Falcon) — A powerful version of Sturmfalke made by using Agito as the arrow. Signum draws upon her own magic as well as those still lingering around her, gathering it into her bow. Due to the ignition of expended magic as they are drawn into Signum, the Knight, who switches to Angelg in this attack, is given the appearance of an angel with giant fiery wings.

Visually, the attack is similar to the Angelg's Phantom Phoenix attack in magnitude, fiery opulence and sheer glory.

Belka Movement Techniques

Signum employs several basic Movement Techniques, and as such these are usually unnamed. She has 1 named MTs to date:

Trugbildswert (Mirage Sword) — Signum launches herself at her opponent and deals a torrent of slashes to her target.

Spoiler for Allusions, for those who are interested...:

Allusions

The creator of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is noted as a fan of Super Robot Wars, thus fans has noted that Signum might be based on or is a homage to the heroine of Super Robot Wars Advance, Lamia Loveless. There have been a lot of similarities found between both characters:
• A lot of Signum's spells bear similarities to the attacks executed by the Angelg, Lamia's canonical mecha, particularly the sword and bow attacks (And although Angelg lacked a chain-sword, Laevatein's Schlangenform translates into 'Snake Form', while Lamia is also a name of a mythological snake demon). Furthermore, Signum's overall fighting style resembles that of Lamia's other mecha, Vaisaga.
• They are voiced by the same seiyuu, Kaori Shimizu, with her using similar voice level (she is also known to voice younger characters with lighter voices).
• Their have similar backgrounds:
• Signum was once an artificial intelligence within the Book of Darkness, with ruthless attitude, devoid of any personalities, but gradually changes as she served Hayate
• Lamia was created as an android only to fulfill orders, but after being surrounded with other people, she began to develop her own conscience and free will.
• They were somehow connected with men who were considered dead once:
• Signum fought against Zest Grangeitz, a former member of Capital City Defense Forces, formerly presumed to be dead.
• One of Lamia's predecessors in the W-Series is W15, based on the Shadow Mirror universe's Sanger Zonvolt, which was considered killed in action beforehand. Also later includes Axel Almer, who was thought to be dead in Original Generations, but came back alive in the Gaiden.
• Signum's color scheme matches Angelg's (Pink and white).
• In the final episode of StrikerS, Signum managed to perform an unison with Agito, resulting a new outfit resembling Lamia's outfit, colored in blue[5]
• Both of them also experienced events where they were thought to be dead, but in truth, they were still alive. They also underwent some reprogramming in process.
• In the end of A's, Signum was abruptly deleted by the Alia and Lotte Liese under Gil Graham, only to be called back by Hayate 2 episodes later, reprogrammed with more power and her memories intact.
• In the end of the bonus section of Original Generations, Lamia was abruptly killed by Wilhelm von Juergen. In the continuation of the events in Original Generation Gaiden, it turns out she was slightly reprogrammed by Duminuss and fell under her control.

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

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

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

*runs*

The history is well done, and generally I approve of this. However, it feels that it lacks details on other areas when compared to the other rebuilds. Is this finalized? Anyway, thumbs up!

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

Okay, rebuilding that rank system to more work in line with the Nanoha profile:

This should give a more accurate mage profile and more match up with the overal levels of ability based on a range of attributes going from physical, to magical, to mental, or behavioral. I keep them simple enough however not to overly confuse or contradict.

Spoiler for In depth Rank System:

First up, the rank score chart expanded.

RANK::CATAGORY::SCORE

SSS - PHENOMINAL - 9
SS - SUPREME - 8
S - EXCELLENT - 7
AA - GREAT - 6
A - VERY GOOD - 5
B - ABOVE AVERAGE - 4
C - AVERAGE - 3
D - BELOW AVERAGE - 2
E - POOR - 1
F - NON FACTOR - 0


PHYSICAL PROFILE ATTRIBUTES

Strength
Stamina
Speed
Reflexes
Dexterity

"Straight up physical attributes of character's body. Should be pretty simple to classify each one." Add them up and use the average to calculate the PPA section.


MENTAL PROFILE ATTRIBUTES

Intelligence
"Brain Smarts"

Wisdom
"Street Smarts, experience."

Judgement
"Judging the right from the wrong, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Making decisions based on this. "

Decision Time
"Thinking on the fly, making snap dicisions, especially in rapidly changing situations (like combat)."

Creativity
"Coming up with new and inventive ways of doing things. Be it destroying, creating, or everything in between."


MAGIC PROFILE ATTRIBUTES

Magic Capacity
"Do not confuse with MAX DISCHARGE. This reprisents the maximum stored power a mage can have and shows how much/how long they can belt out large magics.

Recovery
"How fast the mage recovers from extensive magic use."

Max Discharge
"When a mage is reffered to as 'powerful', this is the attribute most commonly implied. The amount of energy they can pour into any single magical event."


COMBAT PROFILE ATTRIBUTES

Magical Attack
"Strength/Effectiveness of Magical attacks. Both power AND useful effective ability are considered."

Magical Defense
"Strength and Effectiveness again."

Battle Option Variability
"Number of available options available to particular mage. Extremely specialized mages have lower values here, while general mages with many skills ranging from projectile to melee have a higher value."

Melee Attack
"Strength/Effectiveness of Melee Attack

Melee Defense
"Strength/Effectiveness of Melee Defense. This will include armors and shields the mage may be using."

Stress Management
"Ability to handle extremely dangerous situations with a clear head. Ability to supress panic in critical moments."

Skill
"Ability manage all of the above effectively to multiply their effects."


BEHAVIOR PROFILE ATTRIBUTES


Compassion
"Example of high level is Nanoha, who would rather attempt to befriend an opponent clearly trying to kill her."

Loyalty
"Example is Signum, fiercely loyal even in the face of immoral actions, and disobeying orders for the sake of the leader."

Submission (To Authority)
"How much the character goes 'by the book' of whomever is in charge of them. Often times tells you how much they may get into trouble, break rules, and act as wild cards.

Confidence
"Whether or not the mage is sure of themselves."

Charisma
"The mage's ability to win others over to them, or to get others to generally like them."

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Calculating Methods:

METHOD ONE: DIRECT

Add all attributes directly together and divide by number of attributes in the table.

METHOD TWO: Catagorical Breakdown.

Average Each Attribute Catagory individually, then take those catagory values and average them together.

Scoring the + value.

+- value follows the following formula. ( - = .0 - .2 ) ( += .7 - .9 )


NOTATIONS:

With physical, magical, combat, mental, and behavioral catagories, mages can be strong enough across the board to achieve a high rank while having a particular weakness in a whole section, or pieces of multiple sections.

EDIT 1: Forgot confidence
EDIT 2: Forgot Charisma

[Saint X]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Depends. Some OC's are free to use, while others, most often main characters, need some clarification from their respective owners. As long as you get the basics of the character right, we don't mind at all

PM ME IF INTERESTED...

That is my only rule...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I suddenly feel the need for milk

What kind of milk?

And from who?

*hops into gondola and rows fast... really fast*

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Originally Posted by LoweGear

*Dann lands*

HEY, WATCH WE'RE YOU'RE AIMING THAT THING! ()

we can bring in all other six if you wanted to...

*sees giant rifle falling from the sky*

Originally Posted by LoweGear

*conjures up more CRACK maps*

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Oh will they now? Wait till they see pics of her with ponyt-

*radio static*

That's Kyon-bait...

*sees GN particles floating*

Originally Posted by LoweGear

GATE OPEN!!!!!

*vanquishes Machine Empire*

well I did base Rurika from Ruriko...

a port attempt turned scratch build... but will be refined in the rebuilt

see the name resemblance?

maybe i can port in Junko the meganekko as well- her gate is is really good for searching...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Speaking of which, I'm surprised Saint X hasn't ported her in yet

Yuuko's one of the more stable Dimensional people... well TSAB Middle Council Seat 9/11 is always empty asides from Carim's seat 10/11 and Andrei's seat 11/11...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Nah, I have better plans for Mayura than that

Okay... it's much better with Subaru and her partner anyway...

@ Lowe do you have a solo pic of Sumeragi?

I have a job for you... and the rewards are great... since you've enjoyed the first set of Aqua's treasures....

Use the usual channel for communication...

Originally Posted by Anita

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

SUPERIOR TSUNDERE SIGHTED

sees Celestial Being incoming...



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@Thread: can anyone get a quick look on Bridget and evaluate shim?

Bridget!

I need suggestions, questions and reactions- as many as possible...

Because I'm almost ready to do some lectures on Dei and Linear-Type magic here in OC- which relates to about 4-5 characters here in my roster, as well as posting Bridget's formal profile...

[Kagerou]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Spoiler for Chronicles of the Roaring Fist:

*flexes fingers*

"Right Glock, let's get this over with."

"Same guidelines as last time Kay."

"Of course! Who the hell do you think I am?"

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Name: Mayura Lee Labatt
Alias:
- KuroBlack
- BelkaBlack
- KiiYellow
- BelkaYellow
- “Kokou wa Awarashi” (Noble Eagle)
- Honest Heart
- Ebony Justice
Gender: Female
Age: 23 (as of MC0075)
Origin World: Cranagan, Midchilda
Birthdate: April 8, MC Year 0052
Height: 5” 5’
Weight: 112 lbs
Complexion: fair
Eye color: hazelnut brown
Hair color: Blonde

Theme Song: Just Feel It ~ Ashita No Tameni (For Tomorrow)

Spoiler for ID Image:

23-year-old Mayura Lee Labatt

History:

Amongst the three Belkarangers, Mayura was the only one not born into the bloodline of wealth and luxury. She was born Mayura Lee, youngest of three siblings, and only female of the Haken Lee Dojo of Martial Combat in Cranagan. Their parents had died in a power-related struggle that had left the dojo in near ruins, and left to fend for themselves it was up to her elder brothers Garrod and Falken to restore and continue the family tradition. Without the restrictions that their conservative parents might’ve otherwise imposed on her as a female, Mayura was extensively taught the family arts by her brothers at a very young age, excelling in the ways of the ‘Gaoleon’ style of hand-to-hand combat by 6 years of age.

The turning point in her life came at age 7, when their most hated rivals, the Ark Chen School, challenged them yet again to a match for their dojo’s name. Hoping for an easy victory with their underhanded methods, the Ark’s best mage fighter, Rio, had asked specifically for Mayura to represent the Lee’s in direct combat.

In an astounding moment that would shock her brothers and the Arks, the young Mayura managed to utterly own the taller and more powerful Rio in combat, using her own magic-enhanced fighting style. The defeated Arks could not take this overwhelmingly embarrassing defeat of their best adult fighter at the hands of a child, and in a fit had their minions proceed to have the Dojo burned and the Lees killed. Despite their best efforts the Lees could not overcome their enemy’s superior numbers, weapons and dirty tricks, and as the siblings lay exhausted and beaten they could only watch their Dojo razed to the ground. It was when all hope seemed lost for the Lees that salvation arrived, and it came in force with the mass of police sirens that accompanied Mr. Mason Labatt, head of Labatt Enterprises, and one of the most influential people in Midchilda. After months of surveillance the Arks were finally caught in the act, and were thus rounded up to face justice, including their leader Rio.

With the Haken Lee dojo gone, Mr. Labatt offered to take in the tired and battered children, because in his words “so he can clear his immeasurable debt”.

The Lees were thus adopted, which was a blessing to the long childless Labatts, as they now had legal heirs to their decades old family business. The now Labatt siblings would now be indoctrinated in the ways and responsibilities of the upper class elite, groomed in the decorum of luxury, a world once alien to them. Fortunately the siblings were still allowed to continue their Haken Lee martial arts tradition, but with the elder brothers having less and less time in practicing their art and dedicating themselves more to upholding the Labatt business it was left to Mayura to shoulder the burden.

For a while, the weight of this responsibility at such a young age, coupled with the isolation of being the only female around nearly left Mayura in despair… until the day Mayura met a bored Asagi Colwell at cocktail party, and casually started a conversation about the martial arts and fighting. This would be the simple start of an inseperable friendship between the both of them, and only a year later up her return from a family vacation on the 97th Administered World, Mayura would be responsible for introducing Asagi to what would later become their shared passion, and the latter’s obsession: Super Sentai.

And it was this passion that would lead to the two of them joining the TSAB Academy a few years later along with their new friend Julie Liu Ming to put their collective combat knowledge into good use. Like Asagi and Julie, Mayura would train as a Midchilda-type Mage for their first two years as cadets, before they were enlisted into the experimental class of 0061-Q, with their superior’s realization that their skills as close combat fighters would be better honed and utilized in the emerging style of Neo-Belka. As one of the newly formed Belkarangers, codenamed BelkaYellow, Mayura displayed her impressive talent in unarmed martial combat, besting many of the cadets in hand-to-hand, and getting the personal approval and praise of instructor Quint Nakajima, whom Mayura had fought to a standstill in duels.

Graduating from the Academy with flying colors, Mayura served with Asagi and Julie in their assignment in the 79th Army Battalion under Hiram Maxim. It was while serving with the 79th that the Belkarangers would meet one of the most influential people in their lives: Private Shinobu Nakajima.

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"Did you say something Glock?"

"... no, it's..."

"It's what?"

"... just remembered something strange that's all..."

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As one of the rare TSAB servicemen to practice hand-to-hand combat, Mayura easily found a common bond with the young and fiery Nakajima, becoming an honorary Belkaranger dubbed “BelkaBlack” who always went along on any mission assignments the girls would find themselves in for the rest of their time in the bureau. As sparring partners in martial arts the two complemented each other well, and Mayura found a sympathetic soul in Shinobu, who only too well understood the ordeal the young Lee had once undergone, and knew best how to lift the girl’s spirits from the burden of responsibility for her entire dojo.

Thus the news of Shinobu’s untimely death at the hands of a Lost Logia only weeks after the Belkaranger’s retirement devastated the trio, Mayura being the hardest hit of them all. Her grief was only quelled by Asagi’s creation of the Search Guard Successor Foundation with the intention of preventing a similar tragedy from happening again. And so as Asagi founded their current organization in memory of their fallen friend, so did Mayura honor her beloved friend by adopting Shinobu’s colors as her own, as The Ebony Justice BelkaBlack.

Currently Mayura is still serving with Asagi and Julie in search of their “Precious”, all the while continuing to uphold the family arts by teaching a new generation of young warriors in the way of the roaring fist.

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"You can always leave this to me, if it's alright with you."

"No, it's fine..."

Ah, I like her .

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Smith: What is Hotblood?
Wesson: Hotblood is PASSION!
Smith: Hotblood is LOVE!!
Wesson: Hotblood is BURNING FIERY EMOTIONS running through your veins like liquid fire!!!
Smith: It is the BLAZING ESSENCE of the COURAGEOUS SOUL!!!!
Wesson: RAGING FURY!!!!!
Smith: ROARING POWER!!!!!!

Both: A True Man's ERUPTING SPIRIT!!!!!!

*ehem*

Franz: "THE TRUE SPIRIT OF MEN BURNS IN OUR- *kicked*

Glen: "Thank you."
Emili: " :3 "

Originally Posted by LoweGear

C'mon Aurion, you have nothing to lose... right?

*runs*

Can you actually escape Sentai?

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Aaaah

What's the Flood?

As Eva explained XD.

Originally Posted by Evangelion Xgouki

Intriguing...

Originally Posted by LoweGear

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

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

Part II: Personality

Spoiler for length:

Personality:

In between the explosively dynamic Asagi and Julie’s multiple personalities, Mayura can be considered the most… normal of the Belkaranger trio, though even she isn’t free from some quirks…

To many people, Mayura is the Labatt’s pride and joy, a shining example of the grace and elegance that all Labatt females seem to possess. With impeccable decorum and a gentle yet proud aura she never fails to catch the eyes and respect of many a male (or female) onlooker. But beneath her soft smiles is a person who has weathered the odds to arrive at where she is today.

As one who was raised in and has experienced the two opposing spectrums of socio-economic class, Mayura is a girl who knows and appreciates the meaning of contentment: to accept good graces gratefully, and yet never asking more than what she feels she requires. Balance is Mayura’s principle in life, making sure never to let any one aspect dominate over another, to let everything settle in their natural order in harmony, and to give equally to what is taken.

Her years of exhaustive training with her brothers in the Haken Lee dojo has given her incredible mental and physical discipline, the restraint to act only when needed, and to block out all unnecessary distractions and noise from her mind. Where Asagi’s singlemindedness stems from her obsession and stubbornness, Mayura’s comes from her stern determination to see the task accomplished at all cost, steeled by the incredible patience built from her years trying to hold together the bonds between her brothers, and now her friends.

Critical and logical thinking are her best mental friends, along with a head that rarely looses its cool, mostly calm, and often collected, her most favored weapons in dealing with any crises. This tranquility of mind paradoxically comes from a burning passion within her to achieve perfection, and it is this passion that drives her to perform her best in all things.

It doesn’t mean Mayura can’t let loose, and at times she can let the martial artist inside rest and just let the girl have fun. As a daughter of Labatt, Mayura is encouraged to indulge in fun and pleasure, and often this means lots of playful teasing and jabs at her friends… if they’re not up to something incredulously impossible again, in which case she steps up with her elder sister authority and hands out any much needed correction. When not with her friends or left to herself, Mayura indulges herself in her unconditional love of animals, especially with her favorite pet cats, and strangely enough beetles.

Only a few things can break through Mayura’s rock solid defenses, and much like Super Sentai is to Asagi, Mayura’s emotions are released at full force by the tokusatsu series known as Kamen Rider, as series she went to love due to its emphasis on martial combat (and beetle motifs). No matter how much she tries to restrain herself, her insane love for anything and everything Kamen Rider will most always override her conscious thought. Thankfully she can regain control of herself before she does too much collateral damage, unlike Asagi or Julie…

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"Reminds me of the train she destroyed that one time with a Rider Kick..."

"Could've been worse... much worse..."

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Like Asagi though, Super Sentai has left a big impression on Mayura, most specifically the 2007 title “Jyuuken Sentai Gekiranger”, whose story about the power struggles between martial arts schools is a constant reminder of her own experience against the Ark Chen school (and it didn’t help that the main villain was also named Rio…), and further reinforcement to temper her will to succeed.

And on the negative side, the same martial arts that gave Mayura her strengths are also her weakness, as her love and pride for her art is such that anyone that she cannot turn a blind eye to those who dare to sully or challenge their name, and the smallest insult for her family’s tradition can, and had rattled her enough to anger. At times, that very tradition is the very cause of her sadness and stress, as the only one of the Lee siblings entrusted with carrying on their intangible family legacy the weight can sometimes be too much to bear alone. And as proud as she is, she often keeps such matters regarding her personal life to her own, a move which oftentimes reveals her still fragile inner-self.

Which is why she’ll be forever thankful to Asagi’s explosive optimism and Julie’s sage advice to counteract her doubts and fears, and understand her unique plight amongst the sisters. No wonder that when all the corrections are said and done, she resigns herself to the whim of her two beloved sisters who are always up to more insane antics and tricks.

I find nothing weird about it

Originally Posted by dkellis

STUFF HAPPENS

For some reason, when I saw that, I lol'd. Hard.

Originally Posted by Anita

Kha I see that you've been hard at work overseas... Don't think I'll forgive you for slacking off just because you miss me.

^_^

Kagerou that was one swell piece of writing! I wish I could write like that!

(How do you guys do that noddy thing?)

And hello everyone... I hope Kha hasn't been too much trouble... What's with this place being called Cadia anyway? And I even see that Kha made an OC called Canoness... What's with all these WH40K madness?

Greetings. Pitch up a tent and sit with us around the campfire. No harm will come to you.

Originally Posted by Kha

OMFG HOW ON AZEROTH DID YOU FIND ME HERE?!?!?!?!?!

... ohohohohohohohohohoho...

*makes twisted grin* I LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

Originally Posted by Anita

Reading is fun enough. Kagerou and PheonixFyre are really really cool! Kha's just spammy. Cheap. >_>

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

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

Ja ne~~!

(rides off on a scooter)

XD I like you already.
And I am by no means the best writer here. We all stand out occasionally, but ultimately, we're a band of brothers and sisters that stick together and help each other out, and all of us improve together.

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I never thought I'd enjoy a pure romantic piece focusing on, of all the people to ship, Syn and Vivio, but DAMN, did I really enjoy it, just the right amount of sappy delicious SWEETCHEESIUM for the occasion

*plays "How Do I Live Without You"*

Though for some reason I thought I'd hear a "Hazukashii Seirifu Kinshii!!!" line somewhere

XD. Glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by Kha

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

LIGHTNING-02
Rebuilt of Signum


The Burning Fire General

Spoiler for Signum, the Burning Fire General:

Signum, the Burning Fire General

Signum (シグナム), voiced by Kaori Shimizu, is a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's. She is the leader of the Wolkenritter (German > "Cloud Riders" or "Overcast Knights"), a creation of the Book of Darkness. She is generally seen as the cold one, but Shamal has said that Signum's heart has warmed since they met their mistress Hayate Yagami. Signum's weapon is a chain-link sword called Laevatein, and as a magical creation, she has no familiar. She is named for the Opel Signum, much like characters of Magic Knight Rayearth are named for cars, and her device appears to be named after the mythical sword Laevateinn, but due to the spelling it might be a homage to the fiery Armor Slave Laevantine.

Like Vita, Signum’s life before becoming part of the Book of Darkness is a blur. And even more so, as she only recalls being in service to the same princess as the other Wolkies with no recollection of her earlier life, and she sometimes feels that it is all the result of a case of double amnesia. And that feeling of loss sometimes changes to a sense of being in waiting; it’s as if whoever she once was is still looking for something.

Each of the Wolkenritter has had dreams of snippets from their days as the living, and Signum is no exception. But as the leader of the Guardian Knights, she hides it all to be the pillar of strength of the group, only indulging in them when she is alone, letting a surprisingly soft side, almost reminiscent of Caro’s childish innocence (), show...

Also, Signum finds Erio strangely familiar, and in trying to beat the deja vu from her mind forgot to return Erio's salute.

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Road to StrikerS

One of the biggest Signum was to face came during the events of Nanoha/Cente Gravia, which saw the Wolkies wounded critically as they fought to protect Hayate and Kha who was still recovering from his crash. Later rescued by Marge and her team, Signum returned with advanced cybernetics that reinforced her Valsaiga program body, making her attain an almost superhuman level of toughness. She withstood two simultaneous attacks from both Dios and the Phantom Lancer, and still came out just minimally wounded, despite both men being powerful mages and claiming that they hit her deeply.

However, she is remains oddly vulnerable through other means, such as being drugged or passing out from ingesting food or drinks, such as Shamal's cooking or Liana's infamous health drink. Alcohol is another of Signum's banes.

After the events of Cente Gravia, Signum too misses Marge, but she often thinks of Marge’s solemn gynoid assistant Lambda of which they shared an almost sister-like connection due to similar personalities.

And after performing Unison with Agito, it seems that her Knight Armor changes slightly to resemble that of Lambda’s.

Lightning No. 2

Ten years after the epilogue of A's, Signum became the sub-commander of the Lightning Squad of the TSAB, working under Fate, who worked under Hayate. Unlike Vita, however, she did not participate in training the trainees, under the pretense that she is an old fashioned knight and can only teach to them is to get close to their enemies and rip them apart.

However, near the end half of the series, she accepted the request of Erio Mondial to spar with him. And the knight couldn’t help note how that little boy reminded her of both Kha in the past, and of someone else buried deep within her memories.

Powers

Much like Raising Heart and Bardiche speak English, yet their masters understand them, the Wolkenritter's devices speak German. Translations are in parentheses.
Belka combat doctrine consists of 3 trees: Movement, Magical and Psionic.

Movement techniques focus on the body, strengthening it and facilitating the mastery of advanced melee battle finesse.

Magical techniques teach a Knight to infuse his/her attacks with enchantments and spells, turning the Knight into a devastating opponent.

And lastly, Psionic techniques focus on support skills like flight, teleportation, sensing, mental calculus and psionic communications, as well as other Belka skills like Mind Tricks and basic telekinetics. However, this tree is governed more by talent rather than training, and as such only the rarest of Knights go far in this tree, and those that do gain access to awesome traits like moving great masses with only their minds, creating psionic storms and even mind-control.

Signum is a skilled Knight, having expert mastery over magical and movement techniques, while her grasp of psionics, as evidenced by her flying capability and crystal-clear telecomms, isn't shabby at all.

Bogenform (Bow form) — Signum combines Laevatein with its scabbard to turn it into a longbow.

Nachladen — Not a real attack, just Laevatein reloading cartridges.

Telepathy — Not notable, as like flight and teleportation, all other mages in the Nanohaverse have it; however, her links appear to be strong with the other Wolkenritter, so it is tentatively listed here.

Schlangenform (Snake form) — Laevatein expands into chain-link form.

Schwertform (Sword form) — Laevatein returns to sword form.

Transformation — Signum performs a group transformation with Vita and Shamal.

Defensive Abilities

Knight Armour "Angelg" — Signum's battle costume is comprised of a battle dress designed for mobility, and armor plates. Although it is only referred to as "Armour" in the series, it seems to function similarly to the Barrier Jacket of the Mid-Childa magic system. Although Hayate discouraged her and the other Wolkenritter from fighting, she co-designed each of their costumes.

It may be Hayate's idea of a joke, but Signum noticed that after a recent design upgrade, she found her chest mantle a lot looser, and gave her assets rather unprecedented freedom.

Knight Armor "Vaisaga" — Signum's alternative battle costume created after Unison with Agito, shedding the extra gear for a more sleek and figure-complementing setting. It also bears a striking resemblance to the Knight Armor once worn by Lambda.

While it is not clear what settings changed with her armor swap, Signum did swap back to Angelg during Unison, when she prepared to fire Uberatna Sturmfalke.

Panzer Geist (Tank Spirit) — Creates a defensive aura, which surrounds Signum.

Offensive Abilities

Belka Magical Techniques

Hiryū Issen (飛竜一閃, Hiryū Issen?) (Flying Dragon Flash) - One of Signum's most powerful attacks, she spins Laevatein in Schlangenform and makes fire elemental energy run along the blade. A typhoon of flames is formed in the air between the segments of the blade, which is then thrown against the enemy. Though it falls in the Shooting-Type category, this attack has roughly the same power as Fate's Plasma Smasher, a Bombardment-Type Spell.

Karyū Issen (火竜一閃, Karyū Issen?) (Fire Dragon Flash) - Signum creates a shaft of flames and hold it as if was a sword. By swinging her arm, she can then throw the flames against enemies that are far away.

Shiden Issen (紫電一閃, Shiden Issen?) - Roughly translating to "Sword Flash", this is a weaker version of the Hiryū Issen with Laevatein in Schwertform that covers the sword's blade with flames to increase its attack power. Other than that, its just a regular melee strike.

Sturmfalke (Storm Falcon) — Laevatein's attack as a bow.

Uberatna Sturmfalke (Super Etna Storm Falcon) — A powerful version of Sturmfalke made by using Agito as the arrow. Signum draws upon her own magic as well as those still lingering around her, gathering it into her bow. Due to the ignition of expended magic as they are drawn into Signum, the Knight, who switches to Angelg in this attack, is given the appearance of an angel with giant fiery wings.

Visually, the attack is similar to the Angelg's Phantom Phoenix attack in magnitude, fiery opulence and sheer glory.

Belka Movement Techniques

Signum employs several basic Movement Techniques, and as such these are usually unnamed. She has 1 named MTs to date:

Trugbildswert (Mirage Sword) — Signum launches herself at her opponent and deals a torrent of slashes to her target.

Spoiler for Allusions, for those who are interested...:

Allusions

The creator of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is noted as a fan of Super Robot Wars, thus fans has noted that Signum might be based on or is a homage to the heroine of Super Robot Wars Advance, Lamia Loveless. There have been a lot of similarities found between both characters:
• A lot of Signum's spells bear similarities to the attacks executed by the Angelg, Lamia's canonical mecha, particularly the sword and bow attacks (And although Angelg lacked a chain-sword, Laevatein's Schlangenform translates into 'Snake Form', while Lamia is also a name of a mythological snake demon). Furthermore, Signum's overall fighting style resembles that of Lamia's other mecha, Vaisaga.
• They are voiced by the same seiyuu, Kaori Shimizu, with her using similar voice level (she is also known to voice younger characters with lighter voices).
• Their have similar backgrounds:
• Signum was once an artificial intelligence within the Book of Darkness, with ruthless attitude, devoid of any personalities, but gradually changes as she served Hayate
• Lamia was created as an android only to fulfill orders, but after being surrounded with other people, she began to develop her own conscience and free will.
• They were somehow connected with men who were considered dead once:
• Signum fought against Zest Grangeitz, a former member of Capital City Defense Forces, formerly presumed to be dead.
• One of Lamia's predecessors in the W-Series is W15, based on the Shadow Mirror universe's Sanger Zonvolt, which was considered killed in action beforehand. Also later includes Axel Almer, who was thought to be dead in Original Generations, but came back alive in the Gaiden.
• Signum's color scheme matches Angelg's (Pink and white).
• In the final episode of StrikerS, Signum managed to perform an unison with Agito, resulting a new outfit resembling Lamia's outfit, colored in blue[5]
• Both of them also experienced events where they were thought to be dead, but in truth, they were still alive. They also underwent some reprogramming in process.
• In the end of A's, Signum was abruptly deleted by the Alia and Lotte Liese under Gil Graham, only to be called back by Hayate 2 episodes later, reprogrammed with more power and her memories intact.
• In the end of the bonus section of Original Generations, Lamia was abruptly killed by Wilhelm von Juergen. In the continuation of the events in Original Generation Gaiden, it turns out she was slightly reprogrammed by Duminuss and fell under her control.

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

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

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

*runs*

Oh damnit there you go beating me again . I was going to use Vysaga in Alpha as well... though I probably still will... just in a different way.

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Lacks Koujinsen though

Shhhh *runs*