And LEEEROOOOOOY REEEEIJIIIIII has a kind of fun ring to it. I love my ingenuity.
2 people? Sakura and Jun much?
YOUR genius?! I came up with the original!
Another Jun thinker?
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Jun? Yep, you better run
Masaka... <begins twitching>
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Originally Posted by Kha
Kono...
*is stepped on by mecha feet*
Sakura:BAKA INUUUUUUU!!!
*charges attack*
DAI! BAS! TAAAAAA!!!
*Far away, rays of light can be seen bursting from OC Thread, followed by a massive shockwave that blinds all*
... ...
Help... Nanoha... Feito-chan... Their indignant screams... *nosebleeds* Get them out of my head!
[Exprozion!]
GET THEM OUT!!! AHHHH!!!
*dies*
Sakura:Wii~~
OMG this is my worst case of fanboyish eva... Ugh...*plod*
Calm down! Tabun...
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Jun on the hunt? MUST SEE!
WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK THAT IT'S JUN-KUN?!
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Originally Posted by Kha
*two flaming silhouettes with Hayate evilgrins look back*
What makes you think so? We're perfectly trustable.
Either a) X and I are genious, b) Seven Arcs really has been ripping us off, c) I have a split personality who works at Seven Arcs.
And if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.
Option C: DOES NOT COMPUTE!
Option B: COMPUTES ONLY SLIGHTLTY.
Option A: DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT- <cut off by ???>
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
As for my OC's...
Aurion = KIA'd but still thinking how. Kha is the likely candidate. No Perfect Void there.
Brevis = Killed by Kha and the numbers before he wen't rogue
Cressida = Dies in a shuttle crash. No Einst in Twist's Fate world.
Vinson = KIA'd on bodyguard duty.
Liana = Assassinated
Barabus = Also killed in the Forsa family massacre as he takes down the rest of the killers in a Kamikaze move. Plot device. PLOT DEVICE!
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Originally Posted by An Hero in Disguise
So we're going with a completely different Universe which eventually ceases to exist?
In such case:
Serge = died soon after his birth due to the lack of control over his ability
Anatoly = died in the incident with false military intelligence along with the rest of his squad
Ramsus = never showed up, probably deceased with the closure of Shepherd Project
Mirian = died along with the rest of her home world
Sarah = died during the accident together with her parents, S'Zet family ceased to exist and its property was taken apart, partially passing to TSAB, partially to criminal organizations etc.
AO = unknown
Daemons never showed up.
Well, for my guys:
Boomer - Never encountered the TSAB squad on Earth; living comfortably in Ireland as a tavern owner
Sevasti - has yet to find his parent's killers; still an Enforcer
Mel - Never received Esperacchius, b/c it was never found in this universe. But she IS a knight... and DOES have a legendary Device - Enforcer known in the Bureau as "Lady Dragonslayer."
Arcas - Unknown... graduated from TSAB Academy, given Intelligent Device Apalis... and vanished not long after.
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Originally Posted by Kha
I just had a Mindburst!
Continuation of SophiaHayate:
Hayate: Wagateru, O-nee-chan! (hugs from behind) Sophia: (blush) H-hey what are you doing? Hayate: Thanking my onee-chan properly desu~ Sophia: But your hands--! (moan)Ahh~~! Hayate: Onee-chan is very soft and cuddly desu~~
Tsundere's are always soft and cuddly - once you get past the whole 'beating you to an inch of your life' thing.
<tilts head> Could Arcas and Sophia get cuddly once? PLEASE? (Don't worry about Mel - it'll be strictly platonic) (And NOT cuddly like this)
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Originally Posted by Kha
I see... There's quite a lot of OC devices that can't be copied well in that sense, like Artherion, Tausend Kreuz, Swertkreuz, Kaleidostick, Jeweled Sword of Zelretch, Apalis and A-something, the Zestro-devices, the Intel Dept's, LineBacker L & R, Sofia...
I quoted, to the best of my ability, all the Rank S devices in the thread. Apologies if I missed anyone's.
A-something = ASCALON da yo! AS-CA-LON te ba!
And he wouldn't be able to copy Esperacchius either.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Hmm... With Auron being the father and Shamal at times being refered as a mother...
AuronXShamal!
*ducks*
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Originally Posted by Kha
Not to mention his character has single parent qualifications (Kiritsugu).
Tsundere's are always soft and cuddly - once you get past the whole 'beating you to an inch of your life' thing.
<tilts head> Could Arcas and Sophia get cuddly once? PLEASE? (Don't worry about Mel - it'll be strictly platonic) (And NOT cuddly like this)
Sophia? Getting cuddly with Arcas?
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<snorts @ idea>
<chuckles>
<laughs haltingly>
<breaks down in manic laughter a la Higurashi>
IT'S PERFECT!
If you're planning on matchmaking my character with anyone in your scenario's, two words, forget it(permission from maker, denied). If Aurion is ever to get a mate, it's gonna be an OC from me. I don't pair my Original Characters with Canon Characters. Flirting, maybe. But those are to be done by me and are meant to be as slight comic relief only (Like those snippets with Reinforce 1 and Signum; and that sekuhara-ish scare tactic used on Hayate in one scenario).
Until Nanoha’s stuck between 300 rocks and another 300 hard places, I wouldn’t call it drama yet.
Thus far, it seems like a simple issue of just saving her… I hope that simplicity gets crushed to the point where it’s either save Vivio and risk billions, or kill Vivio with her own hands to save billions.
Or something THAT cruel. At least. Call me evil, but I love drama which forces one to choose between hell and a different hell.
See I feel that drama is okay, but it can also quickly end up overdone and just become silly, soap opera’ish melodrama. Something like this would fall into that category IMO it would just be so ridiculously over the top it would be impossible for me to take seriously, plus “mysterious little girl on which the fate of the world hangs” is cliché beyond words at this point. There are ways to generate drama beyond cheap contrived moral dilemmas, if you even need drama which I don’t feel you really do for certain stories and shows to work.
I never got why allot of people seem to hate happy endings so much, you know large parts of life DON’T end in horrible soul crushing train wrecks, in fact more often then not they tend to turn out pretty okay. Allot of times life really is pretty simple, at least in terms of deciding what to do, execution can be trickier. I mean following this logic really Hayate and all of the knights should probably have been killed to stop the book, but no somehow they found a way to save them and stop the book and the one person that died really didn’t they just changed form, and shrunk a little. So basiclly you seem to want the very tenants of the entire series to somehow shift to suit you… and if they did we’d probably have guys moaning about how everyone was suddenly so damn emo.
Me I don’t mind a series that doesn’t try to inject massive doses of forced drama into my veins. But then I’m also a guy that watched Eva for the robot battles and fast forwarded past the stupid monologues and stuff and won’t apologize for it. “Yes, yes you hate your father can we please get back to stabbing that giant monster in the face with a knife the size of my car please, k’ay thanks.”
But then I’ve had plenty of borderline emo drama in my life already (kicked out of a half dozen or more schools, forced to pop pills for most of my teenage years as I was diagnosed with one disorder after another, never finished high school, had few if any friends for years, etc.) So I don’t need to watch that shit on TV I lived it. It also helped contribute to my hatred of emo and drama though; because I also GOT THE HELL OVER IT, and even at my worst I had standards I adhered too (I don’t even have a parking ticket for instance). People that hit a little bump and then go all crazy or super depressed just make me roll my eyes and say “get the hell over it already before I reach in their and pimp slap you, you whiney bitch.”
I don’t know why anyone would watch a magic girl show for gut wrenching emo drama anyway, it’s like watching reality TV for intellectually stimulating and thought provoking content, it’s just silly the genre isn’t and probably never will be about that.
But whatever that's just my opinion, besides really killing what seems like a 6 or 7 year old would be pretty hardcore for any show never mind one has fluffy as this. I put the chances of this happening somewhere between pigs flying and the Militants in Iraq deciding tomorrow the killing isn't worth it and throwing down their arms.
Not exactly. I just proposed my idea to Kha and he liked it. Gwen and Kha are now linked, but dont expect any rabu-rabu... And from the way it is, it wont Gwen who will try to get to Kha, but the other way around...
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Originally Posted by Satty
SearcherS part 6 is done, and it involves the death of someone...
Here it is:
Spoiler for SearcherS part 6:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:49 P.M.
[Thursday, June 4, MC 0075
10:38 P.M. SHT]
“For them…it’s for their sakes I’m fighting…” Vincent thought as he blocked two horizontal slashes from Betrüger, counter-attacking with two quick swipes of his own. The attack managed to make him stagger, but Betrüger recovered and pushed Vincent out of his way, towards the raging sea below. “Leitungform!” Vincent yelled, and the part fired out, grabbing an edge. Kicking Betrüger in the head as a bonus, he got back up, and prepared to fight again. “Damn it, boy…” Betrüger muttered to himself, ticked off at Vincent, who had improved so much. “It’s good you’re improving…let’s see if you can put what you learned effectively.”
“You’ll see what I can do…” Vincent replied in his usual cocky tone.
“Hmph.” Betrüger said, smirking. “You dog, you’ll die, like those friends of yours.”
“And this is why I fight.” he thought before charging straight at him.
Earlier:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
6:06 P.M.
As Aurion walked out of the Med Bay, Nobuyuki was leaning on a wall nearby, arms crossed.
“So, what’s his status?” he asked him indifferently, like it was normal conversation.
“His flashbacks may be meaning that he’s coming back, although he still doesn’t know it.” Aurion replied, and Nobuyuki looked at the left in thought.
“Alright then. Guess I’ll see you later,” and with that, Aurion left, going back to the Tech Department. “So…it’s true.”
Meanwhile, Anne was hiding from Nobuyuki, trying to figure out what was happening. “I don’t know of anybody that they would talk about…”
“Hey, Anne, I know you’re there.” Nobuyuki said with a small smile, and surprised her. “How did you-“ she said out loud, surprised. “Don’t hide around shadows next time.” That was Nobuyuki’s answer, which irritated her. “Don’t hide around shadows….who does he think he is?” she thought to herself before Nobuyuki headed straight to the Major’s office. “Well, we’re being called. Let’s go.”
Present:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:52 P.M
[Thursday, June 4, MC 0075
10: 41 P.M.]
Being smacked down to the ground was no fun. Being smacked down to the ground repeatedly, with barely any air to be able to breathe was no fun either. “Maschinegewehr Faust!” Vincent said out loud, and he fired straight at Betrüger, who dodged it, but dropped him to the ground. Catching his breath while rubbing his throat, he got up quickly. “Shell Bullet, let’s see if he gonna fall for this.”
“[Jawohl! Blattform!]” the Device said out loud, and he ran towards him. “Still charging towards me, boy?” Betrüger thought to himself, grinning that Vincent was predictable enough. “I’ll finish you off.” As he closed in, Vincent did something Betrüger never expected him to do; he jumped into the air, ready to strike him from above. “[Slash Diver!]” Shell Bullet quickly replied, ejecting three cartridges. Diving down, he would have hit Betrüger, had it not been for the fact that he barely moved out of the way, getting part of his Barrier Jacket cut off. Vincent got the blade stuck again, and Betrüger took that chance, but Vincent knew better. He side-swiped Betrüger with two kicks before landing a quick stab on him. Betrüger backed out, blood flowing from his wound.
“Shit, I never expected this.” he said to Vincent, coughing out a little bit of blood. “But it’s not over.” he added, going back into a combat stance.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Vincent replied, a smile still on his face.
Earlier:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
6:09 P.M.
“Well….let’s get started, shall we?” Satoshi said to everyone, telling them about what he found about Betrüger. “For one thing, Betrüger’s Device’s a failed project.”
“A failed project?” Sydney said, confused.
“His Device is called a Kristallnacht Device; specifically, the special thing about it was its function. It had the ability to improve a person’s fighting abilities by hard-wiring the AI to the user’s brain.”
“That’s strange….” Anne replied. “Hmm…” the Major added, looking at Satoshi somehow skeptically. “If it was a beneficial thing, then why was it a failed project?” Sydney asked again.
“The AI was known to basically take over a person completely, and any attempts to remove it would kill the person itself, since the AI and the person itself was used to the effects.”
“A parasitic Device, nice…” Nobuyuki replied in sarcasm.
“Hey, at least we got a weak point.”
“So, how does this fit with Betrüger?”
“He was the last test subject, and his Device probably made him berserk. Watch.” Satoshi showed them the small clip that he saw on the store Saika and Rushuna had. “He had the Device, and the Device corrupted him.” the Major concluded. “That’s what I think, but there’s a problem.” Satoshi replied. “A problem? Better be something important.” Nobuyuki said to him, still thinking about what was happening. “There were some pictures taken recently of him, and the problem is that Betrüger doesn’t look the same in the video and in the pictures. I asked my contact to scan the current picture for any TSAB members, and there was a match.”
“Let’s see it then.” the Major replied, starting to take a drink. Satoshi agreed and opened up the profile he saw. As soon as he saw that, the Major almost choked on his drink, managing to swallow it.
“N-Naze?” he said out loud after that, shocked. “George Darnay; former TSAB mage, presumed to be dead, step-father to Vincent Fiorano, and our current Betrüger.”
“But how is that possible?” the Major asked.
“I’m not su-“
“Simple.” Nobuyuki interrupted. “If the Device is like a parasite after it was corrupted, it would latch on anybody else when its original user dies.”
“Then that means-“
At that point, Satsuki and Margaret rushed in, knowing that the briefing was happening, but they had something to tell everyone. “Gomen, gomen, but Vince is gone…”
“Gone? What do you mean gone?”
“Margaret and I checked his room, to see if he was okay, and it was unlocked. When we went in, he was gone.” she explained quickly, still trying to catch her breath. “Crap…” Satoshi thought to himself, thinking that Vincent left for something else other than to clear his mind. “Let’s check his room then; something must be there.” he said to both of them. “I’m sorry, Major, but I have to cut the briefing.”
“No problem. I need some time myself to think about all of this.” Major Bulgakov replied to him. “Find Vincent.”
“Right.”
Present:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:56 P.M.
[Thursday, June 4, MC 0075
10:45 P.M.]
“Just keep on him…just keep on him.” Vincent was slashing his way forward, with Betrüger slowly, but steadily losing ground. “Bohrgerät Blatt!” Vincent yelled, and aimed straight at him, ready to drill a hole into his body. Betrüger responded by trying to push the arm out, but Vincent resisted the push, his arm continuing straight through, and piercing a small hole before Betrüger retreated back even more. By this time, he was kneeling down, recovering slowly from his wounds, while Vincent was in front of him, panting, but still ready. “Damn…the boy got better…I’ll have to break his spirit then.” Betrüger thought to himself as he slowly got up. “Boy, you impress me, but its time to end this," and with a stare of Betrüger, Vincent suddenly felt like he was falling down into the ocean, and everyone was on ledges. He fell down near them, but they just looked at him as they fell. He just looked back at them in horror, thinking this was the end for him.
“Why…why won’t you help me?” he thought, but he couldn’t speak the words to them; he was too scared.
“Now, you will die.” Betrüger’s voice rang out, telling Vincent his fate. Then he remembered something; Aurion’s illusion. He finally knew what Aurion was trying to do all along, under the guise of something else. “Well, Aurion, I guess I have to owe you one…” he thought to himself, smiling a bit, as he closed his eyes.
Earlier:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
6:12 P.M.
“Nothing here…” Sydney remarked as she looked inside drawers to try to find out what happened to Vincent. “Nothing here either.” Margaret replied, looking at the closet. “Seems to be nothing here…” Satsuki said to Satoshi, worry in her voice. “There should be...” he replied. “Nobuyuki, anything on your end?” he said to him telepathically. “Nothing.”
“Damn…he could be anywhere at this time.” Satoshi thought to himself as he approached the desk again. “He could be in another world for all I-“ he thought before being interrupted by himself when he looked into a seemingly empty drawer. The drawer looked normal to someone who was just breezing through, but upon closer inspection, there was a thin handle upon it, cleverly disguised to match the floorboard’s color. “Wonder what’s this doing here?”
When he pulled the handle, the whole floorboard pulled out, and there revealed one bullet and a note, made by Vincent himself. “I found something.” he said to everyone, sounding like he regretted something when he spoke. He then put the drawer slowly on the desk, and read the note.
“Gone to Death Point. If I don’t come back, I’m sorry.
-Vince”
“Death Point? Where’s that?” Sydney asked Satoshi, while Satsuki stayed silent.
“Nobuyuki, you think he went-“
“Yeah, I think he went back to Hieronymo.” Nobuyuki replied back. “Alright then, we’ll go there; you guys don’t mind if you stay here just in case we both are wrong?”
“Yeah, I don’t mind. Let’s hope we’re wrong.”
“Alright then.” Satoshi then turned to everyone, smiling a bit. “We’re going to Hieronymo; Vince is probably there.”
Everyone else just nodded silently, for the reason that they could find Vincent alive or his body on the ground somewhere.
“Vince…don’t worry….I know you’re not dead. Survive. For our sakes.” Satsuki thought to herself, hoping the best.
Present:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:57 P.M.
[Thursday, June 2, MC 0075
10:46 P.M.]
“This isn’t real….I know it. No one would forget me now.”
Vincent then opened his eyes quickly, and the illusion broke, where he saw an unaware Betrüger making a slash at him, aiming for his head. “This is where you die, boy, standing helplessly!” Betrüger yelled out as he made the slash. To his shock and surprise, Vincent blocked it with Shell Bullet, the Device easily able to handle the pressure now. “I won’t die here….” he told Betrüger softly, his head looking down on the ground. “I know now that the people I care won’t abandon me. In fact, they want me to survive, as they’ll survive for my sake. So, the only think I have to say to you is…” and with a grin, he raised his head and pushed the blade out of the way, “Tough luck!” and managed to get a couple of good hits on Betrüger, moving him back a little. Betrüger tried to recover, but Vincent acted quickly. “Shell Bullet, Blattform!”
“[Ja. Jetzt durchführen.]” Shell Bullet replied, and Vincent moved quickly. “[Sprinten sie Schnell!]”
Betrüger never had a chance; he was stabbed quickly by Vincent, who aimed at his chest. He fell backwards, and the hood fell off, revealing who he truly was. “Masaka? D-Darnay-sama?” Vincent thought in horror as the person who he had stabbed was his own stepfather. Darnay fell off the point, and Vincent chased after him, intending to save him. A moment later, he was hanging on the edge, with Shell Bullet holding both of them, while he grabbed the right sleeve of Betrüger’s Barrier Jacket with his left hand.
“It’s you, Vince…you’ve grown.” Darnay said to a scared and shocked Vince. “Darnay-sama! Hold on; I’ll get both of us up!” Vincent said to him frantically.
“It’s useless; this thing on my left hand will take you over, like it did with me.” Darnay explained to him, looking down on the sea below, ready to take his own life. “No…don’t think that! I-“
“No…it’s better if I and this cursed Device go. The only thing I wanted was to see you with my own eyes, not the eyes that were cursed, before I die.”
“I want to save you.” Vincent replied back, tears forming, but hidden from the rain.
“You already have.” His Barrier Jacket was starting to give; he knew that he had to kill himself for it, he would have died anyway. “Your father would be proud of you.” Darnay said to Vince, trying to calm him down. “Take care of who you care about. You belong with them, especially with that girl.”
“Darnay-sama…”
“Glad to see you got your arm back.”
The Barrier Jacket sleeve dissolved, and with a smile, George Darnay, former TSAB officer and Vincent’s stepfather, fell to his death, taking the last Kristallnacht Device with him to the bottom of the sea. “DARNAY-SAMA!” Vincent yelled out, crying for him. He cried, still hanging on to the edge.
“…He…he did it…for my sake.” he thought to himself, considering what his stepfather just done. Vincent then tried to get another piece of the edge with his left hand, but the piece of rock he grabbed on was loose, and he was hanging on again. He heard a crack nearby, and saw that the piece of the edge was falling. He grinned to himself and closed his eyes. “So…I die today. I wish I could say I’m sorry to everyone. Well, hello, heaven or hell.” The piece finally gave way, and he started falling down. After a while, he knew something was wrong, and opened his eyes. Vincent found out that he was not in heaven or hell; someone got ahold of Shell Bullet just moments after the edge broke off. He looked up, and saw Satsuki, her left arm holding on to let him live.
“Margaret, help.” she said, and Margaret approached to where Satsuki was. She grabbed on and both of them pulled him up just enough for him to get up on his own. “Vince…” she said to him softly, glad to see that she had made it in time. “They came…” he thought, and approached Satsuki.
“You little…” he said to her, looking like he was about to do something to her. She backed away slowly, but Vincent closed the gap. To her surprise, he didn’t grab her neck again; he just hugged her. “Satsuki…I’m glad to see you again. Thanks.” She stood there, motionless and speechless, surprised at Vincent. Finally, she spoke.
“I’m glad you’re safe….” Her voice was soft, but yet relieved and happy. She then hugged him too, blushing. Vincent just chuckled a bit, then looked at Margaret, and gave her a smile. She smiled at him too.
From the safety of the surrounding land, Satoshi and Sydney were looking at both of them, and Satoshi himself was humming a tune, with Sydney hearing it. “What’s that song you're humming?” she asked.
“Tsuki Akari.” Satoshi explained. “Fits well.”
Sydney just let him hum, and she noticed something; the rain had stopped. Up above was a sky filled with stars.
“The rain stopped.”
“Yeah…maybe this is an omen…” Satoshi replied. Then he looked up at the skies. “Or maybe this might be a coincidence.”
Sydney then looked up, smiling. “It might be…”
Cipher and Apex then spoke in. “[Well, this turned out to be a good day. No casualties AND Betrüger’s gone.]” Cipher said.
“[We still got more to go.]” Apex replied back to Cipher.
“[True…]” Cipher replied back.
Wednesday, June 3, MC 0075
5: 45 P.M.
Vincent made his way over to George Darnay’s grave, along with the Major, Satoshi, Satsuki, and Margaret. After a while of searching, they finally found it. Vincent put a group of flowers, found on Hieronymo, near his grave. “Thanks….for everything, Darnay-sama.” he thought as he rose up. “He was a good man…” the Major replied, putting his left hand on Vincent’s right shoulder. “Died with his sense of honor.”
“No…” Vincent said, correcting him. “He died protecting the people and country he believed in.”
“Hmm…you might be right.” Bulgakov mused, taking his hand off and reaching for a drink.
“It’s disrespectful to drink in front of the dead.” Satoshi said.
“Lay off, it’s for Darnay.” With a toast to him, the Major drank from his hip flask, finishing it. “Well, let’s go.”
“Right.”
All of them left the tombstone, and headed back to base. “Vince…” Satsuki said to him, a smile on her face. “I’m glad you’re back.”
“Yeah…me too.” he replied with a grin, and both of them held hands, with Margaret following both of them. Satoshi looked at both of them for a while, but didn’t say any words. “I guess they both cared about each other.” he thought, chuckling for a bit.
“Well…keep that link, both of you.”
Wednesday, June 3, MC 0075
7:04 P.M.
“It’s confirmed; Betrüger’s dead.” Nobuyuki said to a seemingly black background inside a room.
“I see…and Nil?” a voice asked him.
“He’s starting to go back piece by piece, although he hasn’t remembered his true identity.”
“Good, he’s coming back. You’ve been useful; keep on updating me, alright, Papillion?” the voice said back to him. “You’re dismissed.”
“Right.” Nobuyuki left the room and was back in the 216th HQ. “Hmm…I wonder what he’s up to…”
“So, Nil’s remembering piece by piece.” another voice said.
Scagletti then appeared out of the darkness. “Sion.” he said with a smile. “He is.”
“Great.” Sion replied to Scagletti as he came out of the darkness himself. “I want to ask you something.”
“What is it?”
“I want to take the Replicas for a test run of sorts. They’re not useful if they aren’t working.”
“Where are you going?”
“Somewhere.” Sion said to him coldly.
“I trust that this is instrumental for getting Nil back, am I right?” Scagletti asked, wanting to know.
“It might.”
“Alright then, one squad.” Scagletti then smiled as Sion was walking out of the room. “Good luck.” He then leaned back a bit, thinking about what had happened. “Betrüger…you were a useful decoy. I promised you life, and you took it. Problem is, I never even bothered.”
Suddenly, another figure came out of the darkness. This time, it was someone that had a blue mechanical eye, ready to serve. Scagletti grinned as he asked on what to do.
“What shall I do now?”
Awesome finish! Especially the Vincent x Satsuki part.
And Sion is making his move now... interesting.
And Noboyuki...
[Aaron]More![/Aaron]
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
Who's the HAWT Lolier than Loli mama?
That's my soon-to-be Sentou Kijin...
(Yin from Darker Thank Black)
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Originally Posted by Kha
Sad for that... And the shafting was so freaking direct in that short flight I was rather appalled... Didn't help that Darco was laughing his head off. >.> As usual, Liingo was squashed in the middle.
AurionXHayate's pretty expected, but I remember this scene from Ronin Kenshin:
Hayate: [Misao]I'm no longer that little girl you raised... I'm a woman, with her own heart! Aurion-sempai, open your eyes! [/Misao]
(runs from A************ voidspam)
APPROVED!!!
*runs from Aaron*
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Originally Posted by Dream_Traveller
"Brought me", not "mrought...etc." Curse my fast typing.
And I wonder in what ways Nove will choose to comfort Nove...
And here's an example of what V's like just before he gets cheesed:
Spoiler for Uh-oh...:
It was only him, the group of Numbers and whatever guards that were employed by Enzo who were present in the ruined passageway of the Cradle. The Letters were, for the most part, elsewhere, defendıng the ship. The black-clad, masked character stood in front of the cluster before him, still, waiting.
One of the Numbers, Tre, stepped forward in an agressive motion. "Sorry to spoil your fun...but your crusade ends here."
"Oh?" V tilted his head sideways in bemused confusion, and retorted, cooly: "I'm afraid that won't be possible, my dear."
Riled by his comment, Tre glanced at a pair of footsoldiers on either side of the robed man. At once, they dashed forward, hoping to neutralise him in a single blow. With a surge of almost inhuman speed, V unsheathed a pair of knives beneath his cloak, spun round, and sliced open the first man's throat, the guard dropping to the floor with an eternal look of surprise on his face.
Turning to the second after spinning back, he gripped the soldier's neck, hefted him into the air, and impaled him into the air, kicking him off of his blade with force afterwards into a wall, the man falling to the floor in a bloody heap.
As quickly as it had begun, it finished, and V calmly sheathed both of his knives. Some of the Numbers took a few steps back, warily. Tre, still indignant, spoke onced more to the masked killer.
"Defiant to the end, are you? Well, you're not like the rest of them, are you? You have something different about you..."
"That I might", was his reply. "But there is only one ultimate outcome of what is to occur- and that is I will defeat you, or you will do so to me. Either way...it makes little difference."
Nove had to attempt to hold back a bray of laughter. "Win?" She paused, then said, almost decidedly: "Futile. What methods do you have? We have this place under our control. You have nothing, nothing but your hope and your fancy knife tricks- we outnumber you, surround you, and have superior force!"
"I'm afraid that's incorrect". V's reply made Nove curse under her breath/ :What you have is resilience, and you can only hold out for so long. And you also have hope- hope that when you feel you've spent enough firepower that I'm no longer on this mortal plane, because, if I am...you'll all be down in the proverbial blink of an eye. So to speak."
Nove's tone was one of pure disbelief. "That;s...that's impossible!", the screamed, aiming her gauntlet at the man before her, a set of yellow spheres forming out it. She then barked to the others:
"Kill him!"
At once, V was hit by a hail of magic round, his body jerked to and fro like that of a ragdoll. Those in the Bureau who were watching the scene looked on in horro as he stood against the seemingly endless mealstrom of fire. He was eventually brought to his knees as the firing finally stopped.
But he was still breathing.
His breath coming to him in short, ragged gasps, he found the strength to stand, shocking the Numbers completely. He raised his head to look at them, and he spoke just two words to the group:
My turn.
When does this happen, though?
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Originally Posted by Liingo
Oy Oy.. No altering canon here please.... (Although I approve of killing off some of the canon cast... the numbers are getting ridiculous..)
What the-- Liingo, did you really think I was serious there?
See I feel that drama is okay, but it can also quickly end up overdone and just become silly, soap opera’ish melodrama. Something like this would fall into that category IMO it would just be so ridiculously over the top it would be impossible for me to take seriously, plus “mysterious little girl on which the fate of the world hangs” is cliché beyond words at this point. There are ways to generate drama beyond cheap contrived moral dilemmas, if you even need drama which I don’t feel you really do for certain stories and shows to work.
I never got why allot of people seem to hate happy endings so much, you know large parts of life DON’T end in horrible soul crushing train wrecks, in fact more often then not they tend to turn out pretty okay. Allot of times life really is pretty simple, at least in terms of deciding what to do, execution can be trickier. I mean following this logic really Hayate and all of the knights should probably have been killed to stop the book, but no somehow they found a way to save them and stop the book and the one person that died really didn’t they just changed form, and shrunk a little. So basiclly you seem to want the very tenants of the entire series to somehow shift to suit you… and if they did we’d probably have guys moaning about how everyone was suddenly so damn emo.
Me I don’t mind a series that doesn’t try to inject massive doses of forced drama into my veins. But then I’m also a guy that watched Eva for the robot battles and fast forwarded past the stupid monologues and stuff and won’t apologize for it. “Yes, yes you hate your father can we please get back to stabbing that giant monster in the face with a knife the size of my car please, k’ay thanks.”
But then I’ve had plenty of borderline emo drama in my life already (kicked out of a half dozen or more schools, forced to pop pills for most of my teenage years as I was diagnosed with one disorder after another, never finished high school, had few if any friends for years, etc.) So I don’t need to watch that shit on TV I lived it. It also helped contribute to my hatred of emo and drama though; because I also GOT THE HELL OVER IT, and even at my worst I had standards I adhered too (I don’t even have a parking ticket for instance). People that hit a little bump and then go all crazy or super depressed just make me roll my eyes and say “get the hell over it already before I reach in their and pimp slap you, you whiney bitch.”
I don’t know why anyone would watch a magic girl show for gut wrenching emo drama anyway, it’s like watching reality TV for intellectually stimulating and thought provoking content, it’s just silly the genre isn’t and probably never will be about that.
But whatever that's just my opinion, besides really killing what seems like a 6 or 7 year old would be pretty hardcore for any show never mind one has fluffy as this. I put the chances of this happening somewhere between pigs flying and the Militants in Iraq deciding tomorrow the killing isn't worth it and throwing down their arms.
Looks like I better add smileys next time I'm not 100% serious. Looks like my slight sarcasm got taken too seriously.
My main point behind what I said was the drama of the whole situation, not just Vivio alone. Like said, this is magical girl, and there is no way Mid-childa is going to get destroyed, so there's the lack of drama there already. Doesn't mean they should slack on other dramatic aspects, which imo, even as far as the final battle goes, isn't really all that exciting. Even if bad or bittersweet ends are not to be expected, I'm talking about accompanying drama, which thus far in StrikerS, despite making its scale larger, seems less touching, since on the personal fronts, it's only developed on a few accounts. Even though Hayate dying in A's was like...close to zero, that didn't demean the drama on the Wolkenritter's side, through their dramatic struggle against time for something that may be fruitless throughout the 8 or so episodes. Same goes to Fate's personal suffering for her mother's sake. On the other hand, this feels more worldly and less personal, but even the worldly aspects seemed tacked on later on with the Cradle. I mean, Jail's character development along with the Numbers and such came quite late into the series, making the other aspect that drives the negative drama seem less... powerful on some fronts.
I seem to give the impression I want a bad end. I do not. I just like very very powerful emotional ups and downs. And a good genre mixes things. SAILOR MOON was very dramatic when it needed that dramatics too. Besides, it's not like A's was pure fluff. If it was, then I rest my case.
I like happy ends. But at the same time, I like to see that happiness being earned... through thick and thin. The thin aspects of StrikerS (( the regular happy days )) were done well, but I personally think the "thick" could be thicker though.
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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.
The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.
I just phrased it wrong. Sorry. My mind was in a bit of a wreck to read properly. I meant, "No. Don't kill her." Of course I don't want Schach to die yet!
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APPROVED!!!
*runs from Aaron*
LOL! No need to run. That's really kinda hilariously nice to imagine. But I'm definitely not going to use that kind of scenario in my works. Hayate will remain as the daughter-figure of Aurion, and there's no changing that. C'mon! Hayate with a Father-Complex? USODA!
Alright. Here’s an overview of the abilities of both Hikaru and Doppleganger.
-Dopp has five slots near the cartridge entrance. Each slot has a chip in it, for a total of five chips. When a device is copied, the data is imprinted onto a chip.
-Dopp can make more chips (one every other day). Ever since he started to crack pregnancy jokes, no one has tried to figure out how he does it.
-Hikaru usually has at least one blank chip inserted into Dopp, meaning that Dopp has enough room to copy one new form a battle.
-When Hikaru wants to change the devices, he has to revert to standard mode.
-Doppleganger copies the weapon and barrier jacket. For example, if Hikaru uses Graf Eisen, his jacket will change into a ‘male’ version of Vita’s outfit. If the user of the copied device is already male, then the copied jacket will look the same.
-Dopp can copy devices with the power outputs of Bardiche and Raising Heart, but he cannot store them. If Dopp has five other forms already downloaded (in other words, no blank chips), he cannot copy them.
-Devices on the scale of Reinforce cannot be copied.
-The Copy Shot takes one cartridge to activate.
-When transformed, Hikaru and Dopp gain the abilites of the copied device, but none of the skill or power of the real user. For instance, if Dopp copies Raising Heart, Hikaru CAN use Starlight Breaker, but it will be NOWHERE near as awesome or powerful as the real thing. In fact, it’s rather pathetic (Dopp himself said so).
-To make up for that, Hikaru undergoes weapon training for each corresponding weapon copied. After he copied Levantine, Signum made him undergo swordsmanship training.
-Also, Hikaru tends to improvise in battle, using the powers of the devices that he’s copied in unorthodox ways. Known attacks involve slamming Graf Eisen’s Missile form into the ground to cause an earthquake, riding Strada like a broomstick, and sticking Levantine into the ground and switching to Snake form (like Ivy from Soul Calibur).
Alright. Here’s an overview of the abilities of both Hikaru and Doppleganger.
-Dopp has five slots near the cartridge entrance. Each slot has a chip in it, for a total of five chips. When a device is copied, the data is imprinted onto a chip.
-Dopp can make more chips (one every other day). Ever since he started to crack pregnancy jokes, no one has tried to figure out how he does it.
-Hikaru usually has at least one blank chip inserted into Dopp, meaning that Dopp has enough room to copy one new form a battle.
-When Hikaru wants to change the devices, he has to revert to standard mode.
-Doppleganger copies the weapon and barrier jacket. For example, if Hikaru uses Graf Eisen, his jacket will change into a ‘male’ version of Vita’s outfit. If the user of the copied device is already male, then the copied jacket will look the same.
-Dopp can copy devices with the power outputs of Bardiche and Raising Heart, but he cannot store them. If Dopp has five other forms already downloaded (in other words, no blank chips), he cannot copy them.
-Devices on the scale of Reinforce cannot be copied.
-The Copy Shot takes one cartridge to activate.
-When transformed, Hikaru and Dopp gain the abilites of the copied device, but none of the skill or power of the real user. For instance, if Dopp copies Raising Heart, Hikaru CAN use Starlight Breaker, but it will be NOWHERE near as awesome or powerful as the real thing. In fact, it’s rather pathetic (Dopp himself said so).
-To make up for that, Hikaru undergoes weapon training for each corresponding weapon copied. After he copied Levantine, Signum made him undergo swordsmanship training.
-Also, Hikaru tends to improvise in battle, using the powers of the devices that he’s copied in unorthodox ways. Known attacks involve slamming Graf Eisen’s Missile form into the ground to cause an earthquake, riding Strada like a broomstick, and sticking Levantine into the ground and switching to Snake form (like Ivy from Soul Calibur).
I see, I see...
Nice!
You've got the balancing just right! Good job, I say!
And no thanks for the pairing.
Aurion stays a bachelor. And if he ever gets paired off. It's with a female OC of mine. I NEVER pair my OC's with CC's, even if I have my OC's flirting with CC's on occation.
First, Signum(Kha's idea), then Hayate(Erio's idea) now Shamal(Keroko's idea)? Who's next? Reinforce 1? Tesla?
<grins> SHARIIII!!
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Originally Posted by Dream_Traveller
Right, I've decided to post another snippet. This one is highly unlikely to be present in the finished work, but I'm posting it for the heck of it.
Spoiler for 'Ello, Fawkes:
"Penny for the Guy?"
It was at this voice that the three cybernetic warriors, Nove, Cinque and Uendi, about-turned. What they saw, at first, was simply the darkness stretching on ahead of them, but upon closer inspection the rustling of a jet black cloak could be seen.
Grimacing, Nove readied herself, bringing her fist back. Taking no heed to this action, the unknown figure waled forward, until the light came upon him.
And what the trio saw was an odd sight indeed.
The figure was a man dressed in all black- his cloak, tunic, boots, trousers and whatever else- with a top hat to boot, along with a sole distinguishing feature. That feature was a white mask with an odd face drawn upon it, concealing his face.
The Numbers present were, of course, startled by the sudden appearance of an eccentric-looking stranger, but when he spoke it jolted them out of their reverie. His voice was cold, but held a well-educated tone to it.
"I don't need to wonder why you are here...all the chaos explains it. I don't suppose you know who I am, but, for you two.." He looked left and right at Uendi and Nove, respectively. "That doesn't matter. You, however..." He glanced at Cinque. "I'm sure you recognise me."
The next words to fill the hallowed hallway were those from an enraged Nove. "You...you wouldn't dare harm her!" The gears on her blades started spinning.
"I can assure you, I do not intend to harm her...yet. Now..." His tone shifted to one of seriousness. "I advise you step aside."
Listening not to the masked opponent, Nove charged forward, yelling out a battle cry and swinging her fist forward to connect with the man's face.
It was then that she stopped dead in her tracks, not of her own accord, but due to the figure in front of her. She couldn't believe her eyes as she examined what he had done- in one swift motion he had moved forward and stopped her strike with his palm alone. He spoke again, and this time around his voice was bitter, deathly, even.
"Step aside."
Much to the red-head's shock, a blood red IS circle formed around the man's hand. He took her completely by surprise as he spun round on his heel, still holding onto her arm, and released her, sending the Number hurtling back into a wall.
As if nothing had happened, he continued pacing forward, heading for Cinque. The latter figure opened up a comms window, showing E on the other side.
"Sis? Something wrong?"
"There's an...intruder. Further assistance is required."
E understood perfectly. "On my way, Hang in there."
The window closed, just as the man had finished walking up to her.
"I suppose you know who I am?", he inquired.
Cinque only looked up at him in reply, pulling out a set of knives and preparing herself. Her voice had a tinge of uneasiness in it.
"...Who are you? Another one of the Bureau's group?"
A silence fell, only quashed when she yelled out: "Answer me!"
Taken aback by this, the man paced back a step, but quickly regained his composure. "Fine. That I shall do, duly." He cleared his throat.
And the reply he gave made Cinque's blood turn to ice.
"You may remember me as...well...'Codename V'...'The Experiment'...
'Project No. 5.'
Eh, tell me what all of you think. As said, it's very, very doubtful this will be in the final product.
Well... V is finally here...
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Originally Posted by azuma-blade
finished with lance's profile
Name: Azuma-Lance
Nick Name: Lance
Sex: Male
Age: 23
Birthday: *unknown*
Homeworld: *Same as Blade*
Occupation/Rank: Former TSAB officer, Dr. Jail's Accomplice *villain*
Unit: N/A
Mage Rank: SS *multi attacker*
Magic Type: *Same as Blade*
Magic Circle Color: *Same as Blade*
Favored Element: Multi Magic spells
Height: Around 5'8
Weight: About 130-146 pounds
Hair: Long, Silver hair
Eye Color: Red
Build: Athletic and surprisingly flexible.
Device Name: Chaos
Device Form: Necklace
Device Appearance: Large Twin Saber
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Barrier Jacket Forms:
Burst Form (Black)- Lance's Default Barrier Jacket. The Burst Form gives lance a speed increased to the maximum *Same as Fate's Sonic Form* and enables him to perform a multiple attacks with his Large twin saber.
*Limiter Released* Soul Form (Gray)- The Soul Form allows Lance's large twin sword to act as an sheild to nullify every enemy attacks and also reflects directly back at them but it costs half of lance's offence.
*Limit Break* Astral Form (Shining silver)- Lance's Final Form. The Astral Form gives all of lance's abillities a massive increase in power, as well as raising his speed and defence but risking the users life.
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Attacks Spells:
Soul Ripper: Lance's basic attack, which channels his energy through his saber, and is powerful enough to tear apart anything, making it easy for him to rip his enemies in half.
Bakuryūha: *This only works. if lance uses it's Astral form* Lance combines it's strong magic and it's soul ripper to create 2 enormous twisters that sucks the foes power into the twister and forces it to flow backwards. The wind and the power twist together into a vortex, pushing it backwards and the enemy is attacked in its own magic force and might combined with his soul ripper attack.
Raigeki: Lance slams his fist into the ground unleashing a Massive Ray Storm with a range within 720m Radius around him.
Hell and Heaven: *Same as Blade but lance uses it's large twin sabers to perform*
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Background:
Lance has been considered a genius since a young age, graduating at the top of his TSAB Academy class at age 7, attaining initial activation and mastery of it's Berserker by age 8, and becoming a TSAB Officer at age 10. These accomplishments led the members of the Azuma clan to think of Lance as the clan's strongest member and, in turn, the clan's future. Lance's father, Azuma Fugaku, was the biggest proponent of this idea and focused much of his effort into bettering Lance's career and status within TSAB. Because of his focused attention on Lance, Fugaku paid little attention to his other son, Azuma Blade. As a result of this neglect, Blade attempted to win his father's attention by somehow outdoing Lance. Lance would often offer to help Blade train to accomplish this goal, though he never lived up to his promises. To compensate for this, Lance tried to force their father to spend time with Lance by refusing to carry out his other tasks unless his father complied. While Fugaku did so, much of the time he spent with Blade was still focused around Lance, and Blade continued to desire his father's attention.
At the age of 13, Lance became a squadron leader of the TSAB special force. After joining the TSAB special forces, however, Lance began to ignore his assignments and at the same time became a prime suspect in the death of Shisui Azuma. While Shisui had been a good friend of Lance and had appeared to commit suicide, the clan began to suspect the suicide was faked and that Lance killed Shisui. As this lack of faith began to spread, Lance began to distance himself from the clan, attacking its members when provoked and voicing his opinion that the clan itself was hopeless. As a result, the relationship between it's father and lance became estranged, and Fugaku started spending his time training Blade in an attempt to steer him away from following in Lance's footsteps. Just as Blade began to receive the attention he so yearned for, he returned home one day to find that Lance had killed every member of the clan. When questioned why he murdered their entire family, Lance replied that it was "to test his ability", though he felt that Blade was not worth killing. Before leaving he encouraged Blade to live a life of hate and get strong enough to defeat him and avenge the clan. To help in this regard, Lance told Blade of how to gain the Berserker: one must simply kill his or her closest friend, just as he had done to Shisui.
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Personality:
Lance is a relatively emotionless character, rarely becoming troubled by anything and finding the goings on in the world around him to be of little significance and has a "smart and cold" personality, and knows what he wants and does whatever it takes to achieve his goals.When put into a battle situation he dislikes wasting time or making the fight more complicated than necessary, instead finishing it or accomplishing his business as soon as possible. During the battle itself he finds little interest in his opponent, instead regarding them as a mere inconvenience. When he returns to TSAB for the first time after killing his clan, however, he expresses his wishes to not fight the TSAB, instead hoping to avoid a needless and drawn out battle. Lance's only noticeable interest is in Dr. Jail's goals, putting the Dr. Jail's ambition a success and secrecy before everything else. As such, Lance gets along with, Dr. Jail much better than most other Numbers do with their own partners, in fact, has a deep loyalty to Lance, immediately doing as he instructs and constantly looking out for his well-being. Lance treats all of Dr. Jail's Numbers to this same, more respectful and agreeable personality, though his courtesy is rarely returned by the other members
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done
It walks like Itachi, looks like Itachi, talks like Itachi, smells like Itachi, hell, it TASTES like Itachi!
IT'S ITACHI!!!
And unfortunately, you'll never get my approval. I DESPISE BLATANT RIP-OFFS! Especially ones from a MEDIOCRE series! If you're going to copy, at least copy something GOOD!
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
New chapter
Spoiler for Chapter 16 - RF6 Sortie! - Part 1:
At the Arthra's briefing room, Nanoha explained to everyone the plan.
That they would split in three groups, one group would protect the attack on the Ground Central, the other two would attack the Cradle and Scagiletti's lab.
"Any questions?" Nanoha asked.
Caro raised her hand, "ano, what about Maren-san, Koji-san and Yui-san?"
"They're finishing some last minute calibrations on themselves, they are already aware of the plan." Nanoha explained.
"Maren and Koji are going with me to Scaglietti's lab, while Yui will be assisting Nanoha and Hayate." Fate added.
"Anyone have anymore questions?" Nanoha asked again.
No one replied.
"Very well then, let's prepare for departure." Nanoha got up from her chair, followed by everyone else.
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During that briefing, Koji, along with Maren and Yui were in the ship's lab with Mariel.
"This should do it..." Mariel said as she finished up adjusting Koji and Yui's devices and handed them over.
"Thank you, Marie-san." Koji took Air Calibur and Yui took Undine.
"I did the modifications you asked and upgraded them as much as I could in such short notice." Mariel adjusted her glasses.
"Undine, how are you?" Yui asked as she put Undine on her finger.
[All parts are in green condition]
"I see." She smiled.
"Air?" Koji raised his pendant to eye level.
[All systems ready]
Koji smiked, "Good."
"Koji...about Air Calibur" Mariel looked at him. "Are you sure you can handle the modifications on Mode 3?"
"Don't worry, Marie-san, I'm much stronger now, thanks to Maren's training." He looked at Maren, she nodded. "I should be able to handle it."
"I see, but still...that mode is very extreme, only use it if you need to." She asked him.
"Yes." Koji nodded.
"And Undine's Mode 2...well, it shouldn't be much of a problem, but it changes Yui's fighting style."
"No need to worry. To where we are going, I don't think I'll need to fully use it anyway...maybe just the barrier jacket." Yui laughed.
Koji folded his arms, "I know you like flashy clothes, but that barrier jacket is a bit unsual, even for you."
Yui turned to him, "Onii-chan~ Even if it changes my style...it's very useful."
"Well...You were trained by Nanoha-senpai after all, but be careful..." He looked at her.
Yui giggled, "I'm worried about Onii-chan, if anyone sees you fighting in Mode 3, Onii-chan will certainly be called 'Sword Demon' for such a fighting style."
"Y-Yui..." He sweatdropped.
"At least you two are in a good mood." Mariel commented with a smile. "How about Maren-san?"
"I'll be fine...Koji will be with me." She replied.
Koji scratched his cheek, "Y-yeah...we'll be watching eachother's backs..." He looked down, embarrassed.
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While Nanoha gave her Forwards an 'inspirational speech', Maren, Koji and Yui met up with Hayate, Vita and Fate.
"Hayate-senpai! Fate-senpai! Vita-san!" Koji, Maren and Yui walked to them.
"How did it go?" Fate asked.
"No problems, we're ready to go." Koji replied confidently.
Hayate nodded, "Good, you three will be a good help, since we all split up like that."
"You can count on us!" Yui said poudly, resting her arms on her waist.
As they waited for Nanoha, Hayate stepped closer to Koji and whispered, "Did you three sleep together again?" She teased him.
"H-Hayate-senpai...that was..." He stepped back.
Fate, who was discussing something with Maren, turned to them. "Is something wrong?"
"N-Nothing, nothing at all..." He titterd.
"Fate-chan~ Hayate-chan~" Nanoha called them.
"Nanoha-nee~" Yui looked at her as she walked to them.
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The lower hatch opened and they jumped off, Koji, Yui and Maren immedeately changed to their Barrier Jackets.
Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Vita changed after their Limiter Release.
Afterwards, Nanoha changed to Exceed mode and led the group.
As Nanoha talked to Fate, like they haven't in such a long time, the other's watched.
"*sigh* They're leaving me out of the conversation...again." Hayate sighed.
Koji flew closer to Hayate, "Well...Nanoha-snepai and Fate-senpai have been together the longest...and when they get like this, they forget about who's around..."
"That reminds me...in times like this I'm talking to Yui...where is she?" Hayate looked at him.
"Behind us...talking with Maren...she doesn't let me get closer..." He sighed.
"Maren-chan, I'm not sure how things are going to turn out, but Maren-chan and Onii-chan will eventually be separated from the others..." She paused.
Maren nodded, "Yes...that might happen."
"What ever you do, don't let Onii-chan take you to some isolated room!" She said it like it was a warning.
"Isolated...room?" Maren blinked. Then, her mind wandered off.
[Imagination]
"There's nothing here...let's look elsewhere." She said, but then Koji blocked the exit.
"Is something wrong?" She blinked.
"Not really..." He walked to her and put an hand on her waist and grabbed her wrist with the other.
"Eh? Koji-sama?" She started walking backwards and he kept up with her pace, until she was against a wall.
"Maren...now that we're alone..." He slid a leg between her's.
"But, we're on the middle of a misson..." She said, but didn't struggle.
"Everyone'll be fine, let's just use this time to enjoy ourselves..." He smirked as the first hand slid down her leg.
"Mmn....Koji-sama...d-don't..."
"*chuckle* You say no, but your body says yes..."
The two slowly fall on the floor, "Koji-sama~ N-not there..." [/Imagination]
"Maren-chan!!" Yui shouted.
"Eh? What?" Maren snapped out of it, her face red like a tomato.
"Were you listening? I said, don't let Onii-chan go to an isolated room, you're going to a laboratory, he tends to get interested in mechanical things." She explained.
"A-Ah...ok, I won't let him out of my sight..." She replied.
"It's almost time." Hayate told Fate and Nanoha.
They nodded, gently hit their fists together and parted ways.
"See you later, Onii-chan~ Maren-chan~" Yui waved at them.
Koji nodded, "Do your best!" and along with Maren, followed Fate.
As they flew behind Fate, Koji looked at Maren, "Maren...why is your face all red?"
"I-it's nothing..." She looked away.
Koji blinked at her reaction, "Okay...if you say so..."
(Why...why did I think of such a thing?) Maren questioned herself, not knowing the answer.
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Hehe~
Hints on Koji's Mode 3 and Yui's Mode 2
And, as you can see, it runs along episode 20, it'll carry on to episode 21 (still working on those parts )
Maren is spending too much time with Yui
Is that just her imagination running wild...or her wishes...Hmmm
Oh dear... Maren's in Clock-Ticking Mode...
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Originally Posted by Wibbles
Alright. Here it is, the origin of Doppleganger.
It was a mistake. When Hikaru's device was being made, some corrupted parts were used on accident. The result was a smart-alecky gun that could copy other devices. The higher ups are still trying to replicate the effect.
Short, I know, but here are some Doppleganger quotes:
"My only dream is to have a body. Why? So I can sock you in the face, that's why."
"You smell that? Chocolate-chip cookies, like my mother used to make."
"I tried to copy the Tausend Kreuz, but I blacked out. I woke up thinking about blue cheese, for some reason."
"Is this the real life... is this just fantasy... caught in a landslide, no escape from reality..."
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Originally Posted by Wibbles
Here are the Doppleganger quotes:
"My god.... we're fighting a Latin textbook!" -on Scaglietti's Number troops
"Jail? His name is Jail? Who the hell names their kid 'Jail'?"
"This... is... MID-CHILDA!"
"Don't believe in yourself! Believe in me who believes in you!" -moments after saying this, Hikaru and Doppleganger were attack by a droid equipped with a drill
Good quotes!
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Originally Posted by Kha
[SIZE="5"]So much for proving my crack theory that the quietest anime girls are the horniest.
Chris Tucker... And LOL at Kaleidoscope magic connection through Tausend Kreuz AKA breaking the 4th Wall.
More Chris Tucker! And the Sparta!!! shout reminded me of this:
"Midchilda you say? THIS, IS, BELKA!!!" - Kha, to Dios.
Don't worry; there are exceptions to every theory! Don't lose hope!
And which of those quotes were Tucker?
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Originally Posted by USB500
:3
KONATA ALERT! ENGAGE ANTI-OTAKU DEFENSES!
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Originally Posted by Satty
SearcherS part 6 is done, and it involves the death of someone...
Here it is:
Spoiler for SearcherS part 6:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:49 P.M.
[Thursday, June 4, MC 0075
10:38 P.M. SHT]
“For them…it’s for their sakes I’m fighting…” Vincent thought as he blocked two horizontal slashes from Betrüger, counter-attacking with two quick swipes of his own. The attack managed to make him stagger, but Betrüger recovered and pushed Vincent out of his way, towards the raging sea below. “Leitungform!” Vincent yelled, and the part fired out, grabbing an edge. Kicking Betrüger in the head as a bonus, he got back up, and prepared to fight again. “Damn it, boy…” Betrüger muttered to himself, ticked off at Vincent, who had improved so much. “It’s good you’re improving…let’s see if you can put what you learned effectively.”
“You’ll see what I can do…” Vincent replied in his usual cocky tone.
“Hmph.” Betrüger said, smirking. “You dog, you’ll die, like those friends of yours.”
“And this is why I fight.” he thought before charging straight at him.
Earlier:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
6:06 P.M.
As Aurion walked out of the Med Bay, Nobuyuki was leaning on a wall nearby, arms crossed.
“So, what’s his status?” he asked him indifferently, like it was normal conversation.
“His flashbacks may be meaning that he’s coming back, although he still doesn’t know it.” Aurion replied, and Nobuyuki looked at the left in thought.
“Alright then. Guess I’ll see you later,” and with that, Aurion left, going back to the Tech Department. “So…it’s true.”
Meanwhile, Anne was hiding from Nobuyuki, trying to figure out what was happening. “I don’t know of anybody that they would talk about…”
“Hey, Anne, I know you’re there.” Nobuyuki said with a small smile, and surprised her. “How did you-“ she said out loud, surprised. “Don’t hide around shadows next time.” That was Nobuyuki’s answer, which irritated her. “Don’t hide around shadows….who does he think he is?” she thought to herself before Nobuyuki headed straight to the Major’s office. “Well, we’re being called. Let’s go.”
Present:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:52 P.M
[Thursday, June 4, MC 0075
10: 41 P.M.]
Being smacked down to the ground was no fun. Being smacked down to the ground repeatedly, with barely any air to be able to breathe was no fun either. “Maschinegewehr Faust!” Vincent said out loud, and he fired straight at Betrüger, who dodged it, but dropped him to the ground. Catching his breath while rubbing his throat, he got up quickly. “Shell Bullet, let’s see if he gonna fall for this.”
“[Jawohl! Blattform!]” the Device said out loud, and he ran towards him. “Still charging towards me, boy?” Betrüger thought to himself, grinning that Vincent was predictable enough. “I’ll finish you off.” As he closed in, Vincent did something Betrüger never expected him to do; he jumped into the air, ready to strike him from above. “[Slash Diver!]” Shell Bullet quickly replied, ejecting three cartridges. Diving down, he would have hit Betrüger, had it not been for the fact that he barely moved out of the way, getting part of his Barrier Jacket cut off. Vincent got the blade stuck again, and Betrüger took that chance, but Vincent knew better. He side-swiped Betrüger with two kicks before landing a quick stab on him. Betrüger backed out, blood flowing from his wound.
“Shit, I never expected this.” he said to Vincent, coughing out a little bit of blood. “But it’s not over.” he added, going back into a combat stance.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Vincent replied, a smile still on his face.
Earlier:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
6:09 P.M.
“Well….let’s get started, shall we?” Satoshi said to everyone, telling them about what he found about Betrüger. “For one thing, Betrüger’s Device’s a failed project.”
“A failed project?” Sydney said, confused.
“His Device is called a Kristallnacht Device; specifically, the special thing about it was its function. It had the ability to improve a person’s fighting abilities by hard-wiring the AI to the user’s brain.”
“That’s strange….” Anne replied. “Hmm…” the Major added, looking at Satoshi somehow skeptically. “If it was a beneficial thing, then why was it a failed project?” Sydney asked again.
“The AI was known to basically take over a person completely, and any attempts to remove it would kill the person itself, since the AI and the person itself was used to the effects.”
“A parasitic Device, nice…” Nobuyuki replied in sarcasm.
“Hey, at least we got a weak point.”
“So, how does this fit with Betrüger?”
“He was the last test subject, and his Device probably made him berserk. Watch.” Satoshi showed them the small clip that he saw on the store Saika and Rushuna had. “He had the Device, and the Device corrupted him.” the Major concluded. “That’s what I think, but there’s a problem.” Satoshi replied. “A problem? Better be something important.” Nobuyuki said to him, still thinking about what was happening. “There were some pictures taken recently of him, and the problem is that Betrüger doesn’t look the same in the video and in the pictures. I asked my contact to scan the current picture for any TSAB members, and there was a match.”
“Let’s see it then.” the Major replied, starting to take a drink. Satoshi agreed and opened up the profile he saw. As soon as he saw that, the Major almost choked on his drink, managing to swallow it.
“N-Naze?” he said out loud after that, shocked. “George Darnay; former TSAB mage, presumed to be dead, step-father to Vincent Fiorano, and our current Betrüger.”
“But how is that possible?” the Major asked.
“I’m not su-“
“Simple.” Nobuyuki interrupted. “If the Device is like a parasite after it was corrupted, it would latch on anybody else when its original user dies.”
“Then that means-“
At that point, Satsuki and Margaret rushed in, knowing that the briefing was happening, but they had something to tell everyone. “Gomen, gomen, but Vince is gone…”
“Gone? What do you mean gone?”
“Margaret and I checked his room, to see if he was okay, and it was unlocked. When we went in, he was gone.” she explained quickly, still trying to catch her breath. “Crap…” Satoshi thought to himself, thinking that Vincent left for something else other than to clear his mind. “Let’s check his room then; something must be there.” he said to both of them. “I’m sorry, Major, but I have to cut the briefing.”
“No problem. I need some time myself to think about all of this.” Major Bulgakov replied to him. “Find Vincent.”
“Right.”
Present:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:56 P.M.
[Thursday, June 4, MC 0075
10:45 P.M.]
“Just keep on him…just keep on him.” Vincent was slashing his way forward, with Betrüger slowly, but steadily losing ground. “Bohrgerät Blatt!” Vincent yelled, and aimed straight at him, ready to drill a hole into his body. Betrüger responded by trying to push the arm out, but Vincent resisted the push, his arm continuing straight through, and piercing a small hole before Betrüger retreated back even more. By this time, he was kneeling down, recovering slowly from his wounds, while Vincent was in front of him, panting, but still ready. “Damn…the boy got better…I’ll have to break his spirit then.” Betrüger thought to himself as he slowly got up. “Boy, you impress me, but its time to end this," and with a stare of Betrüger, Vincent suddenly felt like he was falling down into the ocean, and everyone was on ledges. He fell down near them, but they just looked at him as they fell. He just looked back at them in horror, thinking this was the end for him.
“Why…why won’t you help me?” he thought, but he couldn’t speak the words to them; he was too scared.
“Now, you will die.” Betrüger’s voice rang out, telling Vincent his fate. Then he remembered something; Aurion’s illusion. He finally knew what Aurion was trying to do all along, under the guise of something else. “Well, Aurion, I guess I have to owe you one…” he thought to himself, smiling a bit, as he closed his eyes.
Earlier:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
6:12 P.M.
“Nothing here…” Sydney remarked as she looked inside drawers to try to find out what happened to Vincent. “Nothing here either.” Margaret replied, looking at the closet. “Seems to be nothing here…” Satsuki said to Satoshi, worry in her voice. “There should be...” he replied. “Nobuyuki, anything on your end?” he said to him telepathically. “Nothing.”
“Damn…he could be anywhere at this time.” Satoshi thought to himself as he approached the desk again. “He could be in another world for all I-“ he thought before being interrupted by himself when he looked into a seemingly empty drawer. The drawer looked normal to someone who was just breezing through, but upon closer inspection, there was a thin handle upon it, cleverly disguised to match the floorboard’s color. “Wonder what’s this doing here?”
When he pulled the handle, the whole floorboard pulled out, and there revealed one bullet and a note, made by Vincent himself. “I found something.” he said to everyone, sounding like he regretted something when he spoke. He then put the drawer slowly on the desk, and read the note.
“Gone to Death Point. If I don’t come back, I’m sorry.
-Vince”
“Death Point? Where’s that?” Sydney asked Satoshi, while Satsuki stayed silent.
“Nobuyuki, you think he went-“
“Yeah, I think he went back to Hieronymo.” Nobuyuki replied back. “Alright then, we’ll go there; you guys don’t mind if you stay here just in case we both are wrong?”
“Yeah, I don’t mind. Let’s hope we’re wrong.”
“Alright then.” Satoshi then turned to everyone, smiling a bit. “We’re going to Hieronymo; Vince is probably there.”
Everyone else just nodded silently, for the reason that they could find Vincent alive or his body on the ground somewhere.
“Vince…don’t worry….I know you’re not dead. Survive. For our sakes.” Satsuki thought to herself, hoping the best.
Present:
Tuesday, June 2, MC 0075
8:57 P.M.
[Thursday, June 2, MC 0075
10:46 P.M.]
“This isn’t real….I know it. No one would forget me now.”
Vincent then opened his eyes quickly, and the illusion broke, where he saw an unaware Betrüger making a slash at him, aiming for his head. “This is where you die, boy, standing helplessly!” Betrüger yelled out as he made the slash. To his shock and surprise, Vincent blocked it with Shell Bullet, the Device easily able to handle the pressure now. “I won’t die here….” he told Betrüger softly, his head looking down on the ground. “I know now that the people I care won’t abandon me. In fact, they want me to survive, as they’ll survive for my sake. So, the only think I have to say to you is…” and with a grin, he raised his head and pushed the blade out of the way, “Tough luck!” and managed to get a couple of good hits on Betrüger, moving him back a little. Betrüger tried to recover, but Vincent acted quickly. “Shell Bullet, Blattform!”
“[Ja. Jetzt durchführen.]” Shell Bullet replied, and Vincent moved quickly. “[Sprinten sie Schnell!]”
Betrüger never had a chance; he was stabbed quickly by Vincent, who aimed at his chest. He fell backwards, and the hood fell off, revealing who he truly was. “Masaka? D-Darnay-sama?” Vincent thought in horror as the person who he had stabbed was his own stepfather. Darnay fell off the point, and Vincent chased after him, intending to save him. A moment later, he was hanging on the edge, with Shell Bullet holding both of them, while he grabbed the right sleeve of Betrüger’s Barrier Jacket with his left hand.
“It’s you, Vince…you’ve grown.” Darnay said to a scared and shocked Vince. “Darnay-sama! Hold on; I’ll get both of us up!” Vincent said to him frantically.
“It’s useless; this thing on my left hand will take you over, like it did with me.” Darnay explained to him, looking down on the sea below, ready to take his own life. “No…don’t think that! I-“
“No…it’s better if I and this cursed Device go. The only thing I wanted was to see you with my own eyes, not the eyes that were cursed, before I die.”
“I want to save you.” Vincent replied back, tears forming, but hidden from the rain.
“You already have.” His Barrier Jacket was starting to give; he knew that he had to kill himself for it, he would have died anyway. “Your father would be proud of you.” Darnay said to Vince, trying to calm him down. “Take care of who you care about. You belong with them, especially with that girl.”
“Darnay-sama…”
“Glad to see you got your arm back.”
The Barrier Jacket sleeve dissolved, and with a smile, George Darnay, former TSAB officer and Vincent’s stepfather, fell to his death, taking the last Kristallnacht Device with him to the bottom of the sea. “DARNAY-SAMA!” Vincent yelled out, crying for him. He cried, still hanging on to the edge.
“…He…he did it…for my sake.” he thought to himself, considering what his stepfather just done. Vincent then tried to get another piece of the edge with his left hand, but the piece of rock he grabbed on was loose, and he was hanging on again. He heard a crack nearby, and saw that the piece of the edge was falling. He grinned to himself and closed his eyes. “So…I die today. I wish I could say I’m sorry to everyone. Well, hello, heaven or hell.” The piece finally gave way, and he started falling down. After a while, he knew something was wrong, and opened his eyes. Vincent found out that he was not in heaven or hell; someone got ahold of Shell Bullet just moments after the edge broke off. He looked up, and saw Satsuki, her left arm holding on to let him live.
“Margaret, help.” she said, and Margaret approached to where Satsuki was. She grabbed on and both of them pulled him up just enough for him to get up on his own. “Vince…” she said to him softly, glad to see that she had made it in time. “They came…” he thought, and approached Satsuki.
“You little…” he said to her, looking like he was about to do something to her. She backed away slowly, but Vincent closed the gap. To her surprise, he didn’t grab her neck again; he just hugged her. “Satsuki…I’m glad to see you again. Thanks.” She stood there, motionless and speechless, surprised at Vincent. Finally, she spoke.
“I’m glad you’re safe….” Her voice was soft, but yet relieved and happy. She then hugged him too, blushing. Vincent just chuckled a bit, then looked at Margaret, and gave her a smile. She smiled at him too.
From the safety of the surrounding land, Satoshi and Sydney were looking at both of them, and Satoshi himself was humming a tune, with Sydney hearing it. “What’s that song you're humming?” she asked.
“Tsuki Akari.” Satoshi explained. “Fits well.”
Sydney just let him hum, and she noticed something; the rain had stopped. Up above was a sky filled with stars.
“The rain stopped.”
“Yeah…maybe this is an omen…” Satoshi replied. Then he looked up at the skies. “Or maybe this might be a coincidence.”
Sydney then looked up, smiling. “It might be…”
Cipher and Apex then spoke in. “[Well, this turned out to be a good day. No casualties AND Betrüger’s gone.]” Cipher said.
“[We still got more to go.]” Apex replied back to Cipher.
“[True…]” Cipher replied back.
Wednesday, June 3, MC 0075
5: 45 P.M.
Vincent made his way over to George Darnay’s grave, along with the Major, Satoshi, Satsuki, and Margaret. After a while of searching, they finally found it. Vincent put a group of flowers, found on Hieronymo, near his grave. “Thanks….for everything, Darnay-sama.” he thought as he rose up. “He was a good man…” the Major replied, putting his left hand on Vincent’s right shoulder. “Died with his sense of honor.”
“No…” Vincent said, correcting him. “He died protecting the people and country he believed in.”
“Hmm…you might be right.” Bulgakov mused, taking his hand off and reaching for a drink.
“It’s disrespectful to drink in front of the dead.” Satoshi said.
“Lay off, it’s for Darnay.” With a toast to him, the Major drank from his hip flask, finishing it. “Well, let’s go.”
“Right.”
All of them left the tombstone, and headed back to base. “Vince…” Satsuki said to him, a smile on her face. “I’m glad you’re back.”
“Yeah…me too.” he replied with a grin, and both of them held hands, with Margaret following both of them. Satoshi looked at both of them for a while, but didn’t say any words. “I guess they both cared about each other.” he thought, chuckling for a bit.
“Well…keep that link, both of you.”
Wednesday, June 3, MC 0075
7:04 P.M.
“It’s confirmed; Betrüger’s dead.” Nobuyuki said to a seemingly black background inside a room.
“I see…and Nil?” a voice asked him.
“He’s starting to go back piece by piece, although he hasn’t remembered his true identity.”
“Good, he’s coming back. You’ve been useful; keep on updating me, alright, Papillion?” the voice said back to him. “You’re dismissed.”
“Right.” Nobuyuki left the room and was back in the 216th HQ. “Hmm…I wonder what he’s up to…”
“So, Nil’s remembering piece by piece.” another voice said.
Scagletti then appeared out of the darkness. “Sion.” he said with a smile. “He is.”
“Great.” Sion replied to Scagletti as he came out of the darkness himself. “I want to ask you something.”
“What is it?”
“I want to take the Replicas for a test run of sorts. They’re not useful if they aren’t working.”
“Where are you going?”
“Somewhere.” Sion said to him coldly.
“I trust that this is instrumental for getting Nil back, am I right?” Scagletti asked, wanting to know.
“It might.”
“Alright then, one squad.” Scagletti then smiled as Sion was walking out of the room. “Good luck.” He then leaned back a bit, thinking about what had happened. “Betrüger…you were a useful decoy. I promised you life, and you took it. Problem is, I never even bothered.”
Suddenly, another figure came out of the darkness. This time, it was someone that had a blue mechanical eye, ready to serve. Scagletti grinned as he asked on what to do.
“What shall I do now?”
Surprise, surprise, surprise...
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Originally Posted by Kha
AurionXHayate's pretty expected, but I remember this scene from Ronin Kenshin:
Hayate: [Misao]I'm no longer that little girl you raised... I'm a woman, with her own heart! Aurion-sempai, open your eyes! [/Misao]
(runs from A************ voidspam)
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And here's an example of what V's like just before he gets cheesed:
Spoiler for Uh-oh...:
It was only him, the group of Numbers and whatever guards that were employed by Enzo who were present in the ruined passageway of the Cradle. The Letters were, for the most part, elsewhere, defendıng the ship. The black-clad, masked character stood in front of the cluster before him, still, waiting.
One of the Numbers, Tre, stepped forward in an agressive motion. "Sorry to spoil your fun...but your crusade ends here."
"Oh?" V tilted his head sideways in bemused confusion, and retorted, cooly: "I'm afraid that won't be possible, my dear."
Riled by his comment, Tre glanced at a pair of footsoldiers on either side of the robed man. At once, they dashed forward, hoping to neutralise him in a single blow. With a surge of almost inhuman speed, V unsheathed a pair of knives beneath his cloak, spun round, and sliced open the first man's throat, the guard dropping to the floor with an eternal look of surprise on his face.
Turning to the second after spinning back, he gripped the soldier's neck, hefted him into the air, and impaled him into the air, kicking him off of his blade with force afterwards into a wall, the man falling to the floor in a bloody heap.
As quickly as it had begun, it finished, and V calmly sheathed both of his knives. Some of the Numbers took a few steps back, warily. Tre, still indignant, spoke onced more to the masked killer.
"Defiant to the end, are you? Well, you're not like the rest of them, are you? You have something different about you..."
"That I might", was his reply. "But there is only one ultimate outcome of what is to occur- and that is I will defeat you, or you will do so to me. Either way...it makes little difference."
Nove had to attempt to hold back a bray of laughter. "Win?" She paused, then said, almost decidedly: "Futile. What methods do you have? We have this place under our control. You have nothing, nothing but your hope and your fancy knife tricks- we outnumber you, surround you, and have superior force!"
"I'm afraid that's incorrect". V's reply made Nove curse under her breath/ :What you have is resilience, and you can only hold out for so long. And you also have hope- hope that when you feel you've spent enough firepower that I'm no longer on this mortal plane, because, if I am...you'll all be down in the proverbial blink of an eye. So to speak."
Nove's tone was one of pure disbelief. "That;s...that's impossible!", the screamed, aiming her gauntlet at the man before her, a set of yellow spheres forming out it. She then barked to the others:
"Kill him!"
At once, V was hit by a hail of magic round, his body jerked to and fro like that of a ragdoll. Those in the Bureau who were watching the scene looked on in horro as he stood against the seemingly endless mealstrom of fire. He was eventually brought to his knees as the firing finally stopped.
But he was still breathing.
His breath coming to him in short, ragged gasps, he found the strength to stand, shocking the Numbers completely. He raised his head to look at them, and he spoke just two words to the group:
My turn.
Oh boy... wonder if this'll turn out like the movie...
Can I get a list of active OC characters that have either been trained by Nanoha in the past or is currently training under her? Need student names for a fic I'm doing :3
Looks like I better add smileys next time I'm not 100% serious. Looks like my slight sarcasm got taken too seriously.
I do tend to take everything seriously unless otherwise indicated, mostly because I’ve been on the net long enough to realize no matter how stupid or outrageous a position or theory there is someone out their that truly and fervently believes in it. (As a nerdy example I’ve seen someone seriously argue that the death star DIDN’T blow up Alderaan.) Sorry if I got a bit out of hand, but it seems to have generated a bit of interesting chit-chat (to me anyway) so it's not so bad.
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My main point behind what I said was the drama of the whole situation, not just Vivio alone. Like said, this is magical girl, and there is no way Mid-childa is going to get destroyed, so there's the lack of drama there already. Doesn't mean they should slack on other dramatic aspects, which imo, even as far as the final battle goes, isn't really all that exciting. Even if bad or bittersweet ends are not to be expected, I'm talking about accompanying drama, which thus far in StrikerS, despite making its scale larger, seems less touching, since on the personal fronts, it's only developed on a few accounts. Even though Hayate dying in A's was like...close to zero, that didn't demean the drama on the Wolkenritter's side, through their dramatic struggle against time for something that may be fruitless throughout the 8 or so episodes. Same goes to Fate's personal suffering for her mother's sake. On the other hand, this feels more worldly and less personal, but even the worldly aspects seemed tacked on later on with the Cradle. I mean, Jail's character development along with the Numbers and such came quite late into the series, making the other aspect that drives the negative drama seem less... powerful on some fronts.
I seem to give the impression I want a bad end. I do not. I just like very very powerful emotional ups and downs. And a good genre mixes things. SAILOR MOON was very dramatic when it needed that dramatics too. Besides, it's not like A's was pure fluff. If it was, then I rest my case.
I like happy ends. But at the same time, I like to see that happiness being earned... through thick and thin. The thin aspects of StrikerS (( the regular happy days )) were done well, but I personally think the "thick" could be thicker though.
I can see your points better now, and apparently I’m just not as demanding as you or indeed most people but I’ve always known that about myself. I tend to have two categories for stuff “it sucks” and “it’s good” either I like something or I don’t I really don’t have much of a sliding scale for how much I like or dislike something. Once you reach a certain level of non-suckiness™ I just stop really caring enough to nit-pick I basiclly go “eh it’s good enough so why waste time whining about stuff that might slightly improve it in some minor way, but that will never happen?”
That’s just how I work in most of life though “good enough” is well, good enough for me. I’ve never felt the need to murder myself to try and do something super well, and I don’t really expect other too either if they don’t want too. I guess I’m just a big softy like that.
As an aside I’d also note that I happen to rather like some the worldliness and poltics and such (which most people don't seem to from what I can tell). Military type shows are a personal favorite of mine so the politics and the general atmosphere present somewhat appeal to me more the original two’s settings. That’s hardly surprising though given I’m currently studying law enforcement with the intention of attempting to become a Military Police Officer. (an officer officer as in second lieutenant.)
Can I get a list of active OC characters that have either been trained by Nanoha in the past or is currently training under her? Need student names for a fic I'm doing :3
Hmm...sounds interesting
This is a list on who taught what for Koji and Yui, the only OCs that were trained by Nanoha
For profiles on their personalities...go Here it's TEH LINK to practically everything I did so far
A little glimpse in the hard parts of the life of an instructor:
Spoiler for A day in training:
“They’re late.” Keroko grumbled.
“Headquarters told us they were a loud and unruly bunch, but I never expected them not to show up for routine training.” Nanoha sighed.
“Outright insubordinate sounds like a more accurate description for this batch. You think they send us here because of that?”
“I guess… we do have a reputation as the most talented instructors in years.”
Keroko sighed. “Sometimes I hate this entire glorifying system of the Bureau.”
“If they don’t arrive soon, I’m going out to find them.”
Keroko observed Nanoha, noticing that she had begun fidgeting. “…Right.” Opening a channel she began talking in a strict voice. “Instructor Takamachi Keroko to training group 4B. Your new instructors are on-site and wish to see you immediately at your designated training area. Immediately means ninety seconds from the end of my transmission. No one will be punished for arriving in dirty robes, formal gowns, underwear generally not meant for the gender, or bubbles and bathwater, but no one –I repeat, NO-one- wants to arrive late. That is all. Out."
In all fairness, they did manage to arrive within ninety seconds. All of them. True, some were dressed in casual clothing, or sleep clothing, but they were all on time.
“Good, now that we’re all here, let’s begin with the routine training.”
“You called us here for that?!” A voice from the row cried. Nanoha blinked and turned to the voice.
“Your name?”
“Private Rohan Ekhesh, and I don’t take orders from kids! When we heard your transmission we’d thought Headquarters had finally come to get us out of this dump, and instead they sent us kids for more training? Hell no!” Murmurs and cheers of agreement were heard throughout the group.
Nanoha and Keroko shared a glance, and sighed. “You know, if you think you’re ready for the real job, you’re mistaken. So let’s start with the training, allright?”
“Didn’t you hear me? We won’t do any more of this routine training.”
“Then we will change the routine.” Nanoha said with a smile. “Would that work? We could start with a mock battle.”
The group blinked as their instructors took out their devices. Wait, their instructors took out their devices?
[Stand by, Ready!]
[Combat Mode, Active!]
*later that hour*
“Ano… is this the 4B training area?”
“Ah! You must be 4B’s former training officer.”
“Yes, but I hardly recognise them.”
“They’re just a bit dirty, nothing that a good shower won’t clean.”
The former instructor let her eyes roam over the non-moving bodies of what she remembered as the loudest, most insubordinate team she ever saw. “A-Are you still busy?”
“No, we were actually about finished. Minna?”
With a loud rumble and a cloud of dust, 4B Stood in a straight formation at attention.
“Today’s training is over. Come back here tomorrow and we’ll pick up where we left of when this day started.” Nanoha told them with a smile. “Dismissed.”
Snapping to attention, the group saluted with a loud “ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!” and turned around, leaving the training area with nervous speed.
The former training officer gaped in amazement. “H-how! Just yesterday they were refusing to even stand in formation, much less show respect! How did you do this much in one day!”
Nanoha and Keroko blinked and looked at each other for a moment before they turned to the former training officer and smiled.
“Trade Secret.”
For some reason the former training officer lost the urge to press for details.
I suppose these ladies are a heck lot worst than my boot camp instructors...
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
Nice pun there...
Aurion's current BGM is Time Diver.
And then what? You expect me to sabotage Formation Saint?
What else?
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EDIT: All the hints are there. I STILL can't believe nobody have guessed the full name of A**********.
I've a feeling it's from SRW, thus I won't be able to get it.
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Originally Posted by Reiji Tabibito
Tsundere's are always soft and cuddly - once you get past the whole 'beating you to an inch of your life' thing.
<tilts head> Could Arcas and Sophia get cuddly once? PLEASE? (Don't worry about Mel - it'll be strictly platonic) (And NOT cuddly like this)
I'd hardly imagine Sophia hugging anybody. Even as I quickly run over Kha and Sophia's history, I find no opening for Kha...
But have you? As long as it's not OOC I don't mind.
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Originally Posted by Reiji Tabibito
A-something = ASCALON da yo! AS-CA-LON te ba!
Hai, hai...
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Originally Posted by Reiji Tabibito
<snorts @ idea>
<chuckles>
<laughs haltingly>
<breaks down in manic laughter a la Higurashi>
IT'S PERFECT!
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Originally Posted by Erio
Not exactly. I just proposed my idea to Kha and he liked it. Gwen and Kha are now linked, but dont expect any rabu-rabu... And from the way it is, it wont Gwen who will try to get to Kha, but the other way around...
Before this starts to sound wrong, I was thinking Amuro-Quess interactions. Which I don't think is anything wrong... Since Kha's the older Amuro anyway, until Amuro takes over...
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Originally Posted by Satashi
Can I get a list of active OC characters that have either been trained by Nanoha in the past or is currently training under her? Need student names for a fic I'm doing :3
Not mine either...
But if you want the ones from the future, there's Moriyama Nanoka, who uses a shield and mace and counts as a lowbie pally. Also, there's Nanoka's best friend, the hunter type Teresa Testarossa.
Alright. Here’s an overview of the abilities of both Hikaru and Doppleganger.
You're treading a very fine line here, Wibbles. Your characters are in a squad that's supposed to be backup for Stars and Lightning, right? Try not to make them much better than the current Forwards. Otherwise, people will be wondering, "why aren't these guys in the regular squads instead?" Unlike most other OCs here, the overpowered line for these guys are the Forwards, not the Aces.
And I do believe this is the first time Satashi has posted on this discussion!
Can I get a list of active OC characters that have either been trained by Nanoha in the past or is currently training under her? Need student names for a fic I'm doing :3
*sweatdrops* I have many students and former students. But they are or were all students of Keroko, who in turn is Nanoha's adoptive sister....
Though maybe Mamet would count, as Nanoha has taught her a trick or two. Haven't written her profile yet, though.
OMG why a day I'm absent from the forums always brings the most backlog? Sorry, still no time to comment, and I'm moving back to Mother Russia this weekend so I'll probably not appear here until Sunday
Only one thing:
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
All the hints are there. I STILL can't believe nobody have guessed the full name of A**********.
Actually people keep messing with the number of "*"s in it Don't you dare tell it's Astranagant
Here's another entry in the LineBackerS series, from the POV of a character I introduced a chapter or two ago. This one takes place during the mock training battle with Mai after Part IV.
Here's LineBackerS, Part VIII, featuring:
Spoiler for Darry:
Up here on the rooftop of an abandoned condo, I observe the raging battle happening in this abandoned city. The clashing of blades, polearm versus katana.
By the overpass, the archaeologist girl continued to clash with the 2nd Lieutenant, blade against blade. Both holding their own, but even from here it was apparent that 2nd Lieutenant Heckler had the overwhelming advantage. Ms. Mathis was using ranged Midchilda spells to attack from stand-off range, only to be countered by the 2nd Lt’s. Sonic Moves, closing the gap between them. And so far I haven’t observed him using other spells. Expected nothing less from my superior.
“Wes, out of ammo!”
“Here, my last two! Darry, how’s Glock?”
That was PFC Wesson speaking through the holodisplay, asking me for the 2nd Lieutenant’s status, with PFC Smith in the background.
“The 2nd Lieutenant is doing well. I’d say he’s giving Ms. Mathis a hard time.”
“Tell us if he needs help. Right now we’re busy with som- SMITH LOOK OUT!!!
HISSATSU!!!!!!!!!!”
*beep*
I don’t know this stupid guy… nope, don’t know him…
*beep*
“- IRACULOUS FINISH!!!!!!!!! ”
*beep*
“COLT, GROW UP!!!!!”
*ehem*, sorry…
That was PFC Wesson, acting like the idiot he is, along with his brother. Even back then when fighting against overwhelming numbers or power, these two can’t seem to lose their love for screaming at the top of their lungs and spouting ridiculous barely understandable babble. These two…
I watch them on the holodisplay, running while blasting through hordes of Mai Enna’s illusion-enhanced doppelganger demons off-screen. Got to give them credit, they’re still alive and kicking, even under immense odds like these, where it’s easy to get overwhelmed due to immense numbers. I may not see them directly from here, but I can tell they’re trying to move south, closer and closer to here, and the 2nd Lieutenant’s position.
*beep*
“HARLEM HAREM BREAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!“
I feel a migraine coming…
“Colt, can you stop that please? It’s getting annoying!”
“Why should I, just when it’s getting fun! Too many enemies to handle!”
“Wesson, to your left! SMITH SPECIAL!!!!! STORM BOLTAAAA-“
“You too Smith!!!”
“Darry, it’s just a mock training session.”
“Don’t get your pink polka-dot panties up in a wad! Relax!”
“I am not getting my panties up in a-“
Wait… rewind… at this very moment, I am wearing my only pink polka-dot panties… that I just bought and wore today only an hour ago…
And Wesson flashes his widest, toothiest, grin at me…
A thousand blades appear and rains my wrath down on these two! Stirring up tons of delicious smoke and dust! Yes my crystal babies, RAIN DOWN ON THESE UNHOLY LECHEROUS PERVERTS!!!!!! SMITE THEM DOWN!!!!!!!!
MORE!!!!! DEATH, DESTRUCTION, MAYHEM, CHAOS!!!!!!!!!!! BLOOOOOOOOD!!!!!! STRIKE THEM DOWN FOR MY SAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
…
…
A thick, opaque grey cloud of smoke hangs in the air in front of me…
Justice be done…
“Wow, impressive show there! You brought the block down!”
No way…that male voice. I look behind me. Smith, Colt? How’d they get here so fast?
“Thanks for bailing us out of there! That’s a nice feint Wes!”
“Bailing you out? Feint? What’s the meaning of this? What’s going on?”
Wesson raised his Linebacker over his shoulder, smirking at me. The smirk that told me I’m going to regret this.
“I thought we were toast, with all the Mai’s we had to fight, and with Wes and I out of ammo we couldn’t use area of effect weapons. And since you were available I felt it necessary to… use your assets.”
“So Wes rigged some Stinger Snipes to create that explosion at the spot we designated, and acted like we were the ones hit. We were long gone by the time your Crystal Rain hit. Cool huh?”
“Unfortunately Darry, Me, the Wild Wild Wes knows how to push your buttons.”
Lord, why me? Smith and Colt’s grinning faces… jeez, these two… I want to just smash their heads in together right now!
But… I can’t move… can barely stand up… I should’ve known better than to waste an S-rank spell on a couple of fools… I fell…
And two arms catch me.
“The Wild Wild Wes likes to express his gratitude for saving our asses...”
Heh… trying to act all suave on me… I’m not done yet with you you know…
“…And I really think you’re cute in those polka dots.”
Colt, why you… cute huh… Oh forget it.
“Private First Class Darry Milfuelle, get some rest. That's an order from me.”
I will Colt, I will.
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Meanwhile…
Xealot: [Impressive power that young girl has. Don’t you think s- Is something bothering you Mistress? You’ve been searching under your feet for moments now.] Mai: … Iya.
It’s nothing.
Xealot: [… I do not detect the presence of surveillance spells in the immediate vicinity.] Mai: Sou ka.
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Shoddy
LOL all over!!
Pink polka-dot panties, huh? *imagines*
*CRYSTAL RAIN GENOCIDE SHIFT >>>>>>>> me*
I wonder if Wild Wild Wes will reveal to us what is Mai wearing later--
*chainsaw revs*
*runs*
I'm starting to feel...unsafe...about the idea of my OCs meeting Mai, S&W. Oh yeah, will Darry be with them too?
In case your wondering, character is Felt Grace, from the upcoming Gundam 00.
I officially cant wait for 00...
... *notices everyone staring*
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Originally Posted by Keroko
A little glimpse in the hard parts of the life of an instructor:
Spoiler for A day in training:
“They’re late.” Keroko grumbled.
“Headquarters told us they were a loud and unruly bunch, but I never expected them not to show up for routine training.” Nanoha sighed.
“Outright insubordinate sounds like a more accurate description for this batch. You think they send us here because of that?”
“I guess… we do have a reputation as the most talented instructors in years.”
Keroko sighed. “Sometimes I hate this entire glorifying system of the Bureau.”
“If they don’t arrive soon, I’m going out to find them.”
Keroko observed Nanoha, noticing that she had begun fidgeting. “…Right.” Opening a channel she began talking in a strict voice. “Instructor Takamachi Keroko to training group 4B. Your new instructors are on-site and wish to see you immediately at your designated training area. Immediately means ninety seconds from the end of my transmission. No one will be punished for arriving in dirty robes, formal gowns, underwear generally not meant for the gender, or bubbles and bathwater, but no one –I repeat, NO-one- wants to arrive late. That is all. Out."
In all fairness, they did manage to arrive within ninety seconds. All of them. True, some were dressed in casual clothing, or sleep clothing, but they were all on time.
“Good, now that we’re all here, let’s begin with the routine training.”
“You called us here for that?!” A voice from the row cried. Nanoha blinked and turned to the voice.
“Your name?”
“Private Rohan Ekhesh, and I don’t take orders from kids! When we heard your transmission we’d thought Headquarters had finally come to get us out of this dump, and instead they sent us kids for more training? Hell no!” Murmurs and cheers of agreement were heard throughout the group.
Nanoha and Keroko shared a glance, and sighed. “You know, if you think you’re ready for the real job, you’re mistaken. So let’s start with the training, allright?”
“Didn’t you hear me? We won’t do any more of this routine training.”
“Then we will change the routine.” Nanoha said with a smile. “Would that work? We could start with a mock battle.”
The group blinked as their instructors took out their devices. Wait, their instructors took out their devices?
[Stand by, Ready!]
[Combat Mode, Active!]
*later that hour*
“Ano… is this the 4B training area?”
“Ah! You must be 4B’s former training officer.”
“Yes, but I hardly recognise them.”
“They’re just a bit dirty, nothing that a good shower won’t clean.”
The former instructor let her eyes roam over the non-moving bodies of what she remembered as the loudest, most insubordinate team she ever saw. “A-Are you still busy?”
“No, we were actually about finished. Minna?”
With a loud rumble and a cloud of dust, 4B Stood in a straight formation at attention.
“Today’s training is over. Come back here tomorrow and we’ll pick up where we left of when this day started.” Nanoha told them with a smile. “Dismissed.”
Snapping to attention, the group saluted with a loud “ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!” and turned around, leaving the training area with nervous speed.
The former training officer gaped in amazement. “H-how! Just yesterday they were refusing to even stand in formation, much less show respect! How did you do this much in one day!”
Nanoha and Keroko blinked and looked at each other for a moment before they turned to the former training officer and smiled.
“Trade Secret.”
For some reason the former training officer lost the urge to press for details.
lol, nice little short. I could so imagine Nanoha's face when the guy said "HELL NO!"
I was going to do some usual ecchi-jokes () but just to be sure... how old were the two here?
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
BRILLIANT! At least S&W didn't take their pervertedness any further after exhausting Darry.
Yeah... unlike Aurion with Hayat----
*Regression Impulse Breaker >>>>>>> poor me*
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EDIT: All the hints are there. I STILL can't believe nobody have guessed the full name of A**********.
If its anything related to SRW, then I will never get it.
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
I just phrased it wrong. Sorry. My mind was in a bit of a wreck to read properly. I meant, "No. Don't kill her." Of course I don't want Schach to die yet!
Hehe yeah, I knew you meant that. Couldnt help but joke about it thought.
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LOL! No need to run. That's really kinda hilariously nice to imagine. But I'm definitely not going to use that kind of scenario in my works. Hayate will remain as the daughter-figure of Aurion, and there's no changing that. C'mon! Hayate with a Father-Complex? USODA!
lol You could use it for another Hayate PWNS Aurion revenge scenario part 2.
*me wonders where An Hero is* EDIT: Ah, there he is.
Can I get a list of active OC characters that have either been trained by Nanoha in the past or is currently training under her? Need student names for a fic I'm doing :3
Hmm...I don't have anyone....except this guy:Hikaru Karyu. Trained with Nanoha in the past, stopped training with her after an "accident".
2007-08-23, 10:23
Getting cuddly with Arcas?
If Aurion is ever to get a mate, it's gonna be an OC from me. I don't pair my Original Characters with Canon Characters. Flirting, maybe. But those are to be done by me and are meant to be as slight comic relief only (Like those snippets with Reinforce 1 and Signum; and that sekuhara-ish scare tactic used on Hayate in one scenario).
I did say I gotta save them somehow! 
Especially the Vincent x Satsuki part. 
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That's really kinda hilariously nice to imagine.
I officially cant wait for 00... 
Wagateru, O-nee-chan! (hugs from behind)
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