[Kha]

Originally Posted by Comartemis

I had thought of the linker core being the center of a magical cardiovascular system (magic circuits!) similar to the chakra rivers present in Naruto characters, I just forgot to mention it.

Chakra rivers, infused nervous systems, magic circuits... They are all the same thing, and in other for magical damage to actually work (or something to recognize and avoid damage), there must a piece of the system running through the whole body.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

"Linked mana"? As in mana being used in spells or mana ready to be used in spells, i.e. a personal mana pool?

Mana able to be used in spells, because raw unlinked mana is useless. AMF takes advantage of this by forcibly delinking the mana in a constructed spell, causing it to fizzle faster than it usually does. This is mentioned specifically in the booklets.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

I remember the DVD booklet mentioning that mages had to eat more than most people, but I chalked this up to their cores--being muscles--consuming a lot of physical energy. Eating food just for the purpose of replenishing mana sounds like something out of an RPG.

Unfortunately, this is quoted wholesale from the DVD Booklet so no escaping it. Anyway, it's the same thing: Mages do have a higher energy requirement than normal people, and it's because they harness 2 forms of raw energy sources instead of 1.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

Yeah, missed that one big time. Where is this mentioned?

DVD Booklet, in the same article as A Mage's Diet.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

Therein lies the logic disconnect for me; how can a muscle be purely spiritual?

It isn't a muscle, period. It can't be detected by simple imaging, or even surgical techniques, but it remains anchored to the person's soul and that undiscovered secondary comms network. At least this is what I think, using what I know so far.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

This works for me, to a degree. I'm still trying to get over the whole "core = muscle" thing, so I'm having a hard time conceiving of an LC behaving very differently from a muscle; just "awakening" technically shouldn't be possible.

See my above answer. It really doesn't have to be a muscle, or any material component at all.

Just to add on: The LC only becomes visible with special scanning techniques of the magical world. They know how to look for it and make it visible.

Also, Shamal couldn't target something she can't see right? She even missed it, so making it visible would've helped.

Originally Posted by Comartemis

The shinigami comparison sounds kinda out there to me, but transferring a linker core shouldn't necessarily be impossible with the right spells.

It is. I only just thot of it.

Originally Posted by JINNSK

I have finished my homework...Excuse my lazy translation.
Basically remaining part mentions Hayate's character.So,I'm not sure whether there is new information for you...

Spoiler for Original:

-13話のラスト、6年後のはやてが変身しようとしていましたが、あれは彼女自身が持っている能力なのでしょ うか?
都築 はやても健康で普通に育っていたらなのはたちと同じかちょっと上回るくらいの魔力があったんじ ゃないかと。
それが全部「闇の書」に強制貯蓄させられていたような状態で、真の覚醒をしてからその魔力が全部戻ってきた というかんじじゃないんでしょうか。
12話で戦った時は、貯蓄の分とリインフォース本体の力が融合している状態なんだと思います。
リインフォース消滅後ははやて個人の魔力のみですが、魔法の運用が滞りなくできてるのはリインフォースの残 した遺産のおかげということで。

-リインフォースの遺産とは?
都築 「魔力運用と、現在保有している魔法の使い方」についての知識とか...。
たとえば普通の人が、ものすごく高性能のコンピュータをぽんと渡されたとして、やりたいことがあっても知識 や経験が無い状態だとなにもできないじゃないですか。
ソフトが入っていても、何を立ち上げてどんな項目を選択すればいいのかもわからない。
リインフォースが残したものは、はやてが自分のパソコンを操作するための情報を懇切丁寧に書き込んだ、分厚 いマニュアルみたいなものなんだと思います。
「××をしたい時は、○○を立ち上げて△△を選択して」みたいな。
リインフォースが使えたり、魔導書に蒐集された魔法に関する情報や使い方をマニュアル化したものがはやての 記憶に記録されていて、はやてはそれを参照することで魔法を使える...という感じじゃないん でしょうか。
だから、リインフォースができたことは大抵はやてもできるし、当面は困らない。
ただ、これから新しいことをやっていこうと思ったら、多少の応用はきいてもやっぱり最初から覚えなきゃいけ ないと思いますけど。

-はやても修行するタイプですか?
都築 必要に応じて勉強や習得はもちろんしていくとは思いますが、なのはやフェイトとは若干方向性が違うかもしれ ません。
なのはやフェイトは、どこか「競技者」な面がありますから、習得や鍛錬の方向性が最終的に「自分個人がより 強く、上手く」ということ帰結する。
単一戦力として強くなることに価値を見いだす....強い自分を武器に仲間の役に立つというか 。
エース体質なんだと思います。
でもはやては、自分個人が万能・無敵になる必要は必ずしも無いと思っている部分あるんじゃない かと。
自分の守護騎士たちをより動きやすい形で動かしてあげられるようにするとか、一緒に事態に当たる仲間たちの 能力を認識した上で、最適で最上の支援法を選択するとか...。
はやての思考はそういう方面にむいているかと思います。育ってきた環境も、なのはやフェイトは常に「自分が 」何かをしなくてはならない状況だったのに対して、はやてはいつも誰かに何かをしてもらっていて、それに対 して自分が何をしてあげられるか、ということを考えてきた面があると思うので...。

-むしろクロノに似ていますか?
都築 はい。クロノとはやては気が合いそうです(笑)。
能力を競う「競技者」ななのはやフェイトに対して、クロノやはやては、球技のキャプテンや監督のような感じ で...。
陸上や水泳のような競技は、能力で明らかに劣っているものが上の立場の敵に勝つことはほぼ不可能ですが、実 際の戦闘や球技のようなゲームであれば、そうでもない。
はやてやクロノは、そういう状況で戦略とかゲームメイキングに気が回るタイプなんじゃないかと 。
ちなみに、なのはとフェイトは自分の速球がうたれたら「もっと速い球を投げられるようになろう」と思う人た ちだと思います(笑)。

-はやてと融合型デバイスの設定は、どちらが先につくられたのですか?
都築 はやてのほうが先です。
初期では闇の書は「望まずして突然持たされてしまった大きすぎる力」というだけで、そのほかの設定はそれほ ど細かく決まっていませんでしたが...。

-ところで、はやての料理は誰かに教わったのでしょうか?
都築 基本的には、図書館で独学とか何じゃないでしょうか。
多分ヴォルケンズ(ヴォルケンリッターたち)がくるまでは、ひとりで趣味としていろんなものを作っては「ひ とりやと食べきれへんなー」とかしょんぼりして冷凍保存したり、大人数向けの料理を「作ってみたいなー」と 思いつつあきらめていたのが、急に家族が4人も増えて一気に情熱に火がついたんじゃないかと。
自分が庇護したい相手がいて、その人たちが自分を頼りにしてくれるというのは、はやてにとってはとてつもな くうれしいことですし、そういう場はどこまでもがんばれる子だと思うので...。
逆に言うと自分個人のためにはあんまりがんばる気がないってことだったりもするんですが...
そういう意味では、はやてはエースよりも指揮官向きで、同時に騎士たちや、自分が生み出したリインフォース Ⅱの母親でいるのが一番居心地のいい場所なんじゃないでしょうか。

Spoiler for translation:

-In the last scene of A's ep13,Hayate was going to transform.Does she have transform skill?
Tsuzuki I think Hayate had mana of quantity same as Nanoha and Fate or slightly more than them if she healthy grew up.
All of her mana was forcibly made to save into "The book of the darkness" and she regained it entirely after awakening.
When she was fighting in ep12,it was the state that savings and mana of Reinforce were united.
After Reinforce disappeared,she has only mana of own.But she can use magic without stress,because there is the inheritance which Reinforce left.

-What's Reinforce's inheritance?
Tsuzuki It's a thing such as the knowledge about "the management of mana and the usage of magic".
For example,If a common person suddenly got a very high-performance PC,he cannot do what he want to do because there are not knowledge and experience.
Even if software was installed,he does not know what application he should start and which menu he should select.
I think Reinforce gave Hayate a thing like the very thick manual which Reinforce exhaustively and painstakingly wrote in information for Hayate to operate her PC.
Like "When you want to do ××,start ○○ and select △△".
Information about magic Reinforce used and collected by Knights recorded in memory of Hayate,and she can use magic by referring to it.
So,Hayate can do most thing Reinforce can do and she is not troubled with using magic for the time being.
But,When she is going to do that is totally new, she must practice and train it from a beginning.

-Is Hayate a type to train herself,too?
Tsuzuki If it is necessary,she will study and learn.But the direction may be slightly different from Nanoha and Fate.
Nanoha and Fate have character like "an athlete",so their last purpose is "I become stronger and better".
They regard it is important that becoming strong individually.
I think they are naturally ace.
But it seems that Hayate thinks herself doesn't need to be versatile and unrivaled.
To let knights can perform freely,or to support it so that her partners can demonstrate their ability.
I think the thought of Hayate is such a thing.
In the process when they grew up,Nanoha and Fate always experienced the situation that must be solved with "oneself alone",while Hayate have been helped by someone else all the time.So she always thought what she can do for other people...

-If anything, is she the type that resemble Chrono?
Tsuzuki Yes.Chrono and Hayate will get along well.LOL
Nanoha and Fate are "an athlete",while Chrono and Hayate are like a captain or a manager of the ball game.
In the individual competitions such as field-and-track events or the swimming,it is approximately impossible that a lower person beats a higher enemy.But it is not impossible in a real battle and some ball game.
Hayate and Chrono are the types that mind a strategy in such situation.
By the way,I think Nanoha and Fate are the type to think "i want to be able to throw a faster ball" if their fast ball is hit.LOL

-Which did you plot earlier,Hayate or the Unison device?
Tsuzuki It's Hayate.
In the first,I thought the book of the darkness was just as "The too big power that was given suddenly without expecting" and other stuff was not decided in detail.

-By the way,did Hayate learn cooking by somebody else?
Tsuzuki Basically,she probably studied it by herself in a library.
Probably,before Wolkens came,she made various cooking as a hobby,and she felt lonely "I cannot finish eating alone".And she dreamed to cook grand dishes for a family.
However, she got four families suddenly and her passion seemed to ignite at a stretch.
There are partners who she want to protect and they rely on her.I think she feel happy having such a place and she can do anything as far as she is there.
On the other hand,she is hardly interested about herself...
So,I think Hayate is suitable for a commander rather than an ace and she prefer to be in the most comfortable place where she can be mother of Knights and Reinforce2.

Gah Hayate really went for the Priest route, no wonder she kinda sucks in melee/physical damage. Even her squishiness makes sense now.

Still doesn't remove the notion that she can combat with instant spells and suitable defences. Like a Shadow Priest.

It's all good to know; and I'm glad its still keikakudoori on my side of things.


And once again, whether we like it or not, canon follows the specifications of a game. Party mechanics, spell versus physical damage specialization, recharging mana with items or just sitting there, barrier jackets that work on stats alone, allowing Plate-ranked bikinis to have more defensive power than a full-body robe; this is the reality of canon we have to face as much as it doesn't make sense elsewhere. Suspension of Disbelief anyone?

And it's even more keikakudoori for my Codices!!! ^_^