[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

Firstly, I'll say that I'm having troubles with drawing Captain Yuuno. I am not that good at poses with thick clothes and mantles to begin with, and making him hold a weapon in his arm makes it a whole lot harder.

Anyway, this is the current very very raw WIP of Yuuno. Note that it may not even be the end result if I somehow can't continue it nicely.

Spoiler for Yuuno WIP:

As you can see, I'm having general troubles with conveying the thickness, while maintaining a suitable posture for holding a sword.

I'll probably do others first, and we'll see where Garlock goes. :3

Yuuno, you look kinda bishounen there Almost not like you!

Anyways, hope you finish Yuuno GARlock soon, in one form or another

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And now, here's Mai's Profile: Part Three, on the subject of her magical background:

Spoiler for Length:

Smith: What else… oh, spells and abilities!
Wesson: Glock’s got everything pretty much covered.
Smith: Now lemme see…
Wesson: *grabs holodisplay* Nope! DRIVE!!!!
Smith: You got it boss!

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Biography of Mai Enna: Spells and Abilities

Rated AAA+ by the TSAB, Mai’s magical abilities seem to be innate, despite being born to Earth parents with no known lineage of magic power as of current. As such, her magical abilities seem to be slightly higher than average for a girl of her age, similar to that of Riot Force 6’s famous Aces.

By her own admittance, Mai was first exposed to magic when she came into contact with the Crozius Maleficus. This SS Class Lost Logia is a clawed gauntlet-type weapon, mounted on the user’s right hand, that can summon a staff with the several pointed arrows forming a star at its edge. Not much is known about this artifact, except that it is a unison device primarily used to invoke Midchildan Chaos Magic, a long-extinct branch which specializes in the use of dark spatial energies to invoke so-called “demonic” powers. While lacking the precision of standard Midchilda magics, Chaos magics emphasize power over accuracy, overwhelming opponents with brute force either through direct spellcasting, or the summoning of ethereal creatures made out of coalesced dark energies, known as Demons. Also, Chaos magics possess some of the more potent illusion spells known in TSAB classification, used to sow terror and confusion amongst enemies. Mai learned magic through the Crozius Maleficus, thus Chaos magic is her primary magic system, making her proficient in all of the aforementioned Chaos disciplines.

Unfortunately, the Crozius Maleficus had a detrimental effect on Mai’s body, constantly weakening and corrupting Mai’s Linker Core. As a Unison Device, the Crozius gradually took over Mai, until that time when it finally manifested itself as the Balrog-class Demon that the Investigation Team confronted in Shiba Park, and had it been given more time the device would have completely consumed Mai’s body and mind, effectively killing her. Fortunately the Demon was destroyed before it could complete the process, and Mai restored to her normal body. On the other hand, the corruption sealed her fate as a Dark Magic user, with her Linker Core permanently tainted by the Lost Logia’s power; as a result, Mai no longer has the ability to learn standard Midchilda magic, and she is now extremely vulnerable to the use of Divine, or Light-based magics against her. Other unfortunate effects also afflict her Linker Core, as now its power also leaks away incrementally, - even more when she uses Chaos magic - and her Linker Core has been connected to her life force due to unison with the Lost Logia; in effect, she will die if her Linker Core is depleted. To counteract this, Mai has been installed with an artificial Linker Core replenisher, which will stabilize the drain on her Linker Core by infusing it with fresh magical energy fed from a magic battery that will have to be recharged once every week.

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Wesson: On that part Mai, how’s your battery?
Mai: It is fully charged at the moment, but it is suffering a leak. It’ll have to be replaced later.
Smith: As long as you don’t use your magic much you’ll AOK won’t you?
Mai: I will be.
Wesson: We’ll have to send you and that battery over to Tech Division to get it replaced.
Mai: …. Will you be coming along to supervise?
Wesson: Of course we will.
Mai: I’d appreciate that very much.
Smith: Not in his condition though.
Mai: … hontou ni gomenasai.

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Even with the destruction of the Crozius Maleficus, Mai still retained several of the Chaos magic skills, indicating predisposition towards such types of magic on her part, hinting at perhaps a possible demon link in her lineage . It was these skills that Mai put into practice during her time as “Hell Girl”, using her demonic summons and chaos illusions to torment people who have been designated by her clients, and it is also these powers that she uses in combat situations. Even high end illusion specialist mages have had difficulty in countering even the lowest ranked of Mai’s chaos illusion spells, a further example of their potency.

(It has been noted though that only two people are known to be immune to Mai’s chaos illusions: Private Remington Smith and Private Colt Wesson, which was a decisive factor in Mai’s eventual capture.)

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Smith: You got that right!
Wesson: We’re unstoppable.
Mai: *sigh* Omae wa...

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(How and why this is has yet to be established, but they appear to have used sheer willpower to overcome these spells.)

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Smith: ...You mock us Glock.
Wesson: … willpower? How blunt and how inaccurate.
Smith: It was not simple will!
Wesson: And not just power!

Smith: It was!

Wesson: It is!

Smith / Wesson: THE POWER OF COURAGE!!!!!!


Mai: … kimitachi bakayaro…

… Truck.

*Jeep swerves violently*

Wesson: *strained voice* Oooo…..

I don’t think I’ll ever have children….

Mai: *pulls holodisplay* Idiot…

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Unusually enough, Mai also possesses incredible teleportation abilities. While first awakened when she possessed the Crozius Maleficus, Mai seemed to have absolute and precise control over these abilities almost immediately after, indicating that these abilities were innate, but dormant until the introduction of the Lost Logia’s powers. Her teleportation abilities are ranked SSS, the highest of any known mage within TSAB jurisdiction, due to the speed and ease with which she can initiate a translocation, regardless of physical or dimensional distance or obstacles without use of relays, and requiring a miniscule amount of magical energy on her part. The only weakness that can be observed in her teleportation skills is the presence of minimum distance and cooldown time. For some reason, Mai is unable to teleport at distances less than 15m from her current location, and she requires roughly 10 seconds of cooldown in order to initiate another jump. While this is no hindrance in most situations, it puts her at a slight disadvantage in close quarters combat, especially in enclosed spaces, where the minimum distance and cooldown time prevents her from using her ability as a quick-reaction melee combat maneuver. Because of it’s minimal magic requirement, Mai can use teleportation without affecting her Linker Core, allowing her to use this ability without worry.

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Wesson: *leaning over front passenger seat* Without worry for you yes, but more for the rest of u-

* Mai’s Fist >> Wesson*

Smith: You alright there Wes? *Leans over to see Mai now on back seat with Wesson*
Mai: No he’s not.
Smith: *sweats* O-kay then…
Mai: *continues reading*

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Despite the destruction of the Crozius Maleficus, a fragment of it remains in the Astaroth, the staff formed by the Unison Device to serve as its weapon. Now a neutral armed device, this staff is Mai’s primary method of casting her various Chaos spells, as it is the only one programmed to handle such spells. The device also has a secondary mode called Eviscerator Form, where it expands a round saw blade on the device head. This circular saw is motorized, and spun at high speed from the device core when activated, allowing it to cut through the toughest of materials with ease even without magic assistance. This mode is rarely seen, as Mai rarely engages in melee combat herself, preferring to engage at standoff range.

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Wesson: How come we never saw that mode when we fought you? You would’ve looked MUCH cooler with that as…
Mai: Astaroth.

*Chainsaw sounds can be heard*

Wesson: … what did I say this time?
Mai:

Your pitiful shadow is cloaked in darkness.
You have caused great pain and suffering.
I will show you…

What death is like.

Wesson: Mai, listen to me! MAI?!?

MAAAI!!!!!!!

Mai: *holding spinning Eviscerator saw centimeters from Wesson’s manhood*

Of course, that’s only after you die.

*Astaroth disappears*

Smith: Wesson, what th-

*Sees Wesson catatonic and white as a sheet*

Maaaaaaaaii?

Mai: *blinks*

Eto… hontou ni gomenasai.
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Next part should be about her individual spells and abilities.