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[Nanya01]

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A week later...

Quattro grinned as she saw Sein walking down the hallway. "Just who I was looking for." She blinked as Jail and Due walked up behind Sein, before shrugging. "I figure that since you're going to be working in the Bureau's training facilities, you'll need a device of your own." She tossed Sein a glove and the shorter cyborg blinked as she looked at it. "I modified one of the doctor's gloves." Quattro smiled at Sein. "It won't be much, but you'll be able to generate waves of pressure to push enemies and attacks away from you."

Sein blinked and put the glove on, feeling oddly... Touched by such a gesture. "That's it?"

"Since you don't use magic, it would be easier than trying to explain that you're a cyborg, wouldn't it?" Quattro chuckled softly.

Putting the glove on, Sein blinked at the look, it was mostly blue, with red lines that extended from the tips of her fingers towards the center of the palm and the back of her hand. "Um..."

"It's actually quite experimental." Quattro beamed at Sein. "It should be tough enough to withstand quite the punishment, but I wouldn't try to block a sword or a glaive with your bare hands like the doctor can."

"The gloves I wear are anti-magic, Quattro." Jail chuckled softly. "Outside of S rank power and above, it can fend off quite nearly anything." Looking at Sein's glove, he raised an eyebrow and grabbed it, running his hands over it. "Amazing, if I wasn't looking for it, I wouldn't be able to feel the chips you're using in this."

Quattro grinned at him. "Oh, trust me, this is just the least of my current goals." She smiled at Sein. "Have fun with that," she reached into her cloak's pocket and pulled out a small stick, "you can adjust how strong the blast waves are with this."

"Why not put the controls into the glove?" Due was curious, but skeptical of Quattro at the moment.

"Because it would have been uncomfortable." Quattro rolled her eyes. "I've been trying different things myself with that glove, and unless you want some sort of bulky glove on your hand that has some sort of game pad on it that totally doesn't work, I'd suggest that you don't complain."

"You've been watching old Earth commercials again, haven't you?" Due sweat-dropped as Quattro rolled her eyes.

"That Nintendo Power Glove was a failure from the get-go. They should have known that their primitive technology wasn't up to that level yet." Quattro twitched and turned around, walking away and muttering about the failings of technology and then recycling the failed technology into new technology when time caught up with the old stuff.

"She takes it hard when people can't use technology correctly." Jail sweat-dropped as he watched Quattro walk away.

As she walked away, Quattro mentally smirked. That glove wasn't just meant to give Sein a chance to fight against mages in training.

The data that it would transmit to her would be quite... Useful. Especially if it contained data on that hybrid style of magic that her dear 'sister' had used on her before.

"NEMESIS ZAMBAR BREAKER!"

She could still hear that little bitch's voice in her head, and the pain... Oh gods, the pain.

Clutching at her chest, right where the sword had pierced her years ago, her eyes widened and twitched at the same time as a dark aura, that was invisible to human eyes, sprung up around her, her eyes glowed red as a red mark appeared right in the middle of her aura, super-imposing itself over her chest.

Panting hard, Quattro slowly staggered down the hallway, trying to suck in air that she did not need. 'Damn you, Fate, mother... I swear...' Levi cursed to herself as she put a hand against the wall.

After Quattro turned a corner, Sette frowned as she came out of the room she had been in when she saw Quattro. 'What was that?' She wondered why Quattro was glowing with this dark energy that made her skin crawl.

For some odd reason, she wanted to take her boomerangs and see if she could tear Quattro apart with a colonoscopy.

(---)

Several days later...

Sein sighed as she finished listening to the standard "welcome to the Bureau" speech. The doctor had drilled into her head several times over the importance of blending in, and just told her that if anything came up, just blame it on having a sheltered life.

Still, she just hoped that things back home wouldn't get too crazy.

"Now, your room assignments are posted on the board to the back, go find who your roommates will be." The instructor, Graywords, if she wasn't mistaken, clapped his hands and dismissed them.

Sighing, Sein just hoped that she didn't get someone who was a complete bore. "Wait, roommates?"

"Yeah." She turned to see some girl with reddish hair done up in twin pigtails look at her. "There's a fairly large influx of trainees this year." She looked a bit annoyed by the news. "So, we're bunking up three to a room."

Sein grimaced slightly. "Great." More of a chance for her nature to get exposed. Maybe. "What's your name?"

"Teana Lanster. You?"

Well, at least the girl didn't seem too unfriendly, maybe she was just annoyed by the situation. "Sein." When Teana raised an eyebrow, Sein coughed into her hand. "No last name."

Teana just nodded and the two of them looked at the board curiously. "So... My roommates are..." Her finger went over to where her name was and over to the other two names in her room. "...Sein and..."

"So you two are my roommates." Both Teana and Sein turned to see a young teenager with short purple hair smiling at them. "My name's Subaru Nakajima! Pleasure to meet you!"

Sein grinned and held her hand out. "My name's Sein, and this is Teana Lanster! Pleased to meet you."

Teana felt a headache coming on. 'This is going to be a long training session.' She could just feel it.

Still, as long as they were helpful, she wouldn't complain too much.

She had too much riding on succeeding in the Bureau for her to fail.

'I promise you, brother, I won't fail.' She thought to herself before blinking as she saw Subaru and Sein walking off to get to their new room. "HEY!" Teana yelled as she ran after them. "Wait for me!"

- Valkyrie End

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

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A week later...

Quattro grinned as she saw Sein walking down the hallway. "Just who I was looking for." She blinked as Jail and Due walked up behind Sein, before shrugging. "I figure that since you're going to be working in the Bureau's training facilities, you'll need a device of your own." She tossed Sein a glove and the shorter cyborg blinked as she looked at it. "I modified one of the doctor's gloves." Quattro smiled at Sein. "It won't be much, but you'll be able to generate waves of pressure to push enemies and attacks away from you."

Sein blinked and put the glove on, feeling oddly... Touched by such a gesture. "That's it?"

"Since you don't use magic, it would be easier than trying to explain that you're a cyborg, wouldn't it?" Quattro chuckled softly.

Putting the glove on, Sein blinked at the look, it was mostly blue, with red lines that extended from the tips of her fingers towards the center of the palm and the back of her hand. "Um..."

"It's actually quite experimental." Quattro beamed at Sein. "It should be tough enough to withstand quite the punishment, but I wouldn't try to block a sword or a glaive with your bare hands like the doctor can."

"The gloves I wear are anti-magic, Quattro." Jail chuckled softly. "Outside of S rank power and above, it can fend off quite nearly anything." Looking at Sein's glove, he raised an eyebrow and grabbed it, running his hands over it. "Amazing, if I wasn't looking for it, I wouldn't be able to feel the chips you're using in this."

Quattro grinned at him. "Oh, trust me, this is just the least of my current goals." She smiled at Sein. "Have fun with that," she reached into her cloak's pocket and pulled out a small stick, "you can adjust how strong the blast waves are with this."

"Why not put the controls into the glove?" Due was curious, but skeptical of Quattro at the moment.

"Because it would have been uncomfortable." Quattro rolled her eyes. "I've been trying different things myself with that glove, and unless you want some sort of bulky glove on your hand that has some sort of game pad on it that totally doesn't work, I'd suggest that you don't complain."

"You've been watching old Earth commercials again, haven't you?" Due sweat-dropped as Quattro rolled her eyes.

"That Nintendo Power Glove was a failure from the get-go. They should have known that their primitive technology wasn't up to that level yet." Quattro twitched and turned around, walking away and muttering about the failings of technology and then recycling the failed technology into new technology when time caught up with the old stuff.

"She takes it hard when people can't use technology correctly." Jail sweat-dropped as he watched Quattro walk away.

As she walked away, Quattro mentally smirked. That glove wasn't just meant to give Sein a chance to fight against mages in training.

The data that it would transmit to her would be quite... Useful. Especially if it contained data on that hybrid style of magic that her dear 'sister' had used on her before.

"NEMESIS ZAMBAR BREAKER!"

She could still hear that little bitch's voice in her head, and the pain... Oh gods, the pain.

Clutching at her chest, right where the sword had pierced her years ago, her eyes widened and twitched at the same time as a dark aura, that was invisible to human eyes, sprung up around her, her eyes glowed red as a red mark appeared right in the middle of her aura, super-imposing itself over her chest.

Panting hard, Quattro slowly staggered down the hallway, trying to suck in air that she did not need. 'Damn you, Fate, mother... I swear...' Levi cursed to herself as she put a hand against the wall.

After Quattro turned a corner, Sette frowned as she came out of the room she had been in when she saw Quattro. 'What was that?' She wondered why Quattro was glowing with this dark energy that made her skin crawl.

For some odd reason, she wanted to take her boomerangs and see if she could tear Quattro apart with a colonoscopy.

(---)

Several days later...

Sein sighed as she finished listening to the standard "welcome to the Bureau" speech. The doctor had drilled into her head several times over the importance of blending in, and just told her that if anything came up, just blame it on having a sheltered life.

Still, she just hoped that things back home wouldn't get too crazy.

"Now, your room assignments are posted on the board to the back, go find who your roommates will be." The instructor, Graywords, if she wasn't mistaken, clapped his hands and dismissed them.

Sighing, Sein just hoped that she didn't get someone who was a complete bore. "Wait, roommates?"

"Yeah." She turned to see some girl with reddish hair done up in twin pigtails look at her. "There's a fairly large influx of trainees this year." She looked a bit annoyed by the news. "So, we're bunking up three to a room."

Sein grimaced slightly. "Great." More of a chance for her nature to get exposed. Maybe. "What's your name?"

"Teana Lanster. You?"

Well, at least the girl didn't seem too unfriendly, maybe she was just annoyed by the situation. "Sein." When Teana raised an eyebrow, Sein coughed into her hand. "No last name."

Teana just nodded and the two of them looked at the board curiously. "So... My roommates are..." Her finger went over to where her name was and over to the other two names in her room. "...Sein and..."

"So you two are my roommates." Both Teana and Sein turned to see a young teenager with short purple hair smiling at them. "My name's Subaru Nakajima! Pleasure to meet you!"

Sein grinned and held her hand out. "My name's Sein, and this is Teana Lanster! Pleased to meet you."

Teana felt a headache coming on. 'This is going to be a long training session.' She could just feel it.

Still, as long as they were helpful, she wouldn't complain too much.

She had too much riding on succeeding in the Bureau for her to fail.

'I promise you, brother, I won't fail.' She thought to herself before blinking as she saw Subaru and Sein walking off to get to their new room. "HEY!" Teana yelled as she ran after them. "Wait for me!"

- Valkyrie End

Me: I have a feeling that Teana gonna blow a fuse from Subaru's and Sein's antics.

Odin: And Nove and Subaru meet WAY before Jail's intended time, oh joy.

Mariemeia: An unwitting meeting I'll say. And can Murphy visit Levi just once?

Me: I don't think that's on the script, Marie.

Mariemeia: Aw.... *sulks*

Odin: *shrugs* Don't mind her. She's just bored.

[vic-vic]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

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Valkyrie Start

Valkyrie 2

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Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Valkyrie End:

A week later...

Quattro grinned as she saw Sein walking down the hallway. "Just who I was looking for." She blinked as Jail and Due walked up behind Sein, before shrugging. "I figure that since you're going to be working in the Bureau's training facilities, you'll need a device of your own." She tossed Sein a glove and the shorter cyborg blinked as she looked at it. "I modified one of the doctor's gloves." Quattro smiled at Sein. "It won't be much, but you'll be able to generate waves of pressure to push enemies and attacks away from you."

Sein blinked and put the glove on, feeling oddly... Touched by such a gesture. "That's it?"

"Since you don't use magic, it would be easier than trying to explain that you're a cyborg, wouldn't it?" Quattro chuckled softly.

Putting the glove on, Sein blinked at the look, it was mostly blue, with red lines that extended from the tips of her fingers towards the center of the palm and the back of her hand. "Um..."

"It's actually quite experimental." Quattro beamed at Sein. "It should be tough enough to withstand quite the punishment, but I wouldn't try to block a sword or a glaive with your bare hands like the doctor can."

"The gloves I wear are anti-magic, Quattro." Jail chuckled softly. "Outside of S rank power and above, it can fend off quite nearly anything." Looking at Sein's glove, he raised an eyebrow and grabbed it, running his hands over it. "Amazing, if I wasn't looking for it, I wouldn't be able to feel the chips you're using in this."

Quattro grinned at him. "Oh, trust me, this is just the least of my current goals." She smiled at Sein. "Have fun with that," she reached into her cloak's pocket and pulled out a small stick, "you can adjust how strong the blast waves are with this."

"Why not put the controls into the glove?" Due was curious, but skeptical of Quattro at the moment.

"Because it would have been uncomfortable." Quattro rolled her eyes. "I've been trying different things myself with that glove, and unless you want some sort of bulky glove on your hand that has some sort of game pad on it that totally doesn't work, I'd suggest that you don't complain."

"You've been watching old Earth commercials again, haven't you?" Due sweat-dropped as Quattro rolled her eyes.

"That Nintendo Power Glove was a failure from the get-go. They should have known that their primitive technology wasn't up to that level yet." Quattro twitched and turned around, walking away and muttering about the failings of technology and then recycling the failed technology into new technology when time caught up with the old stuff.

"She takes it hard when people can't use technology correctly." Jail sweat-dropped as he watched Quattro walk away.

As she walked away, Quattro mentally smirked. That glove wasn't just meant to give Sein a chance to fight against mages in training.

The data that it would transmit to her would be quite... Useful. Especially if it contained data on that hybrid style of magic that her dear 'sister' had used on her before.

"NEMESIS ZAMBAR BREAKER!"

She could still hear that little bitch's voice in her head, and the pain... Oh gods, the pain.

Clutching at her chest, right where the sword had pierced her years ago, her eyes widened and twitched at the same time as a dark aura, that was invisible to human eyes, sprung up around her, her eyes glowed red as a red mark appeared right in the middle of her aura, super-imposing itself over her chest.

Panting hard, Quattro slowly staggered down the hallway, trying to suck in air that she did not need. 'Damn you, Fate, mother... I swear...' Levi cursed to herself as she put a hand against the wall.

After Quattro turned a corner, Sette frowned as she came out of the room she had been in when she saw Quattro. 'What was that?' She wondered why Quattro was glowing with this dark energy that made her skin crawl.

For some odd reason, she wanted to take her boomerangs and see if she could tear Quattro apart with a colonoscopy.

(---)

Several days later...

Sein sighed as she finished listening to the standard "welcome to the Bureau" speech. The doctor had drilled into her head several times over the importance of blending in, and just told her that if anything came up, just blame it on having a sheltered life.

Still, she just hoped that things back home wouldn't get too crazy.

"Now, your room assignments are posted on the board to the back, go find who your roommates will be." The instructor, Graywords, if she wasn't mistaken, clapped his hands and dismissed them.

Sighing, Sein just hoped that she didn't get someone who was a complete bore. "Wait, roommates?"

"Yeah." She turned to see some girl with reddish hair done up in twin pigtails look at her. "There's a fairly large influx of trainees this year." She looked a bit annoyed by the news. "So, we're bunking up three to a room."

Sein grimaced slightly. "Great." More of a chance for her nature to get exposed. Maybe. "What's your name?"

"Teana Lanster. You?"

Well, at least the girl didn't seem too unfriendly, maybe she was just annoyed by the situation. "Sein." When Teana raised an eyebrow, Sein coughed into her hand. "No last name."

Teana just nodded and the two of them looked at the board curiously. "So... My roommates are..." Her finger went over to where her name was and over to the other two names in her room. "...Sein and..."

"So you two are my roommates." Both Teana and Sein turned to see a young teenager with short purple hair smiling at them. "My name's Subaru Nakajima! Pleasure to meet you!"

Sein grinned and held her hand out. "My name's Sein, and this is Teana Lanster! Pleased to meet you."

Teana felt a headache coming on. 'This is going to be a long training session.' She could just feel it.

Still, as long as they were helpful, she wouldn't complain too much.

She had too much riding on succeeding in the Bureau for her to fail.

'I promise you, brother, I won't fail.' She thought to herself before blinking as she saw Subaru and Sein walking off to get to their new room. "HEY!" Teana yelled as she ran after them. "Wait for me!"

- Valkyrie End

Mmm, Sein/Subaru... a pair made in hell. Poor Teana going to be molested on a daily basis.

[Rising Dragon]

Nah, Subaru in this is more interested in guys, thanks to Yuuno picking her up instead of Nanoha.

Sein, however, would be more than willing to pick up the slack.

[bhl88]

Yuuno makes rainbows (Subaru) straight.

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by bhl88

Yuuno makes rainbows (Subaru) straight.

Wonder what kind of shamefull situations will withstand the poor girl T-T

[Filraen]

Which poor girl? Subaru or Teana?

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Filraen

Which poor girl? Subaru or Teana?

Me: Teana.

Mariemeia: *Still Sulking*

Odin: *bashed Mariemeia's head with a paper fan of doom*

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by Filraen

Which poor girl? Subaru or Teana?

Subaru, but i didn't knew Teana was into Yuuno's Harem already , i now feel bad for her too T-T

Whining aside, i wonder what Subaru's signature spell will be now that Nanoha isn't her inspiration anymore ....a fist-based chain bind?

....i love both Nanoha and Subaru's screaming of Divine Buster but for some reason i thing Subaru's is the most braverous sounding xD

Subaru: DI-VIIIINE BUSTAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

...shorter but louder and rougher, that little pause in the first word make it sound more explosive xD!

[ninryu]

Making Subaru straight is like dividing in zero.

[Rising Dragon]

Originally Posted by ninryu

Making Subaru straight is like dividing in zero.

... so, we can just blame Touma for this?

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

... so, we can just blame Touma for this?

Blame him or Chuck Norris xD

[Nanya01]

Subaru likely will idolize Yuuno, fangirl over him.

As for whether or not she's straight, les or bi, I don't know.

She hasn't shown me any rainbows yet.

And Skyward Sword is sitting there, taunting me.

[bhl88]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

Wonder what kind of shamefull situations will withstand the poor boy T-T

Fixed for you

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by bhl88

Fixed for you

He isn't the one usually loosing pieces of clothe or flashing "things" on a frequent basis xDU.

[bhl88]

Nah... Subaru is stronger than Yuuno (cause she's a cyborg)... And Yuuno will be the submissive partner xD

[Akiyoshi]

Originally Posted by bhl88

Nah... Subaru is stronger than Yuuno (cause she's a cyborg)... And Yuuno will be the submissive partner xD

Talking about that, how it will be managed all the issue about Subaru's suppossed weakness? If i remember, great part of her motivation to become stronger came from her self-stern issues about being small, weak and a crybaby ....which is an enormous contrast with her cyborg nature.

Her strenght and resillence was locked at that age/size or something? If StrikerS is any indication Subaru apparently is councsious of her cyborg Nature from the very beginning(you know, having to take constant exams to receive maintenance, age-upgrades and all).

[Keroko]

Mental strength and physical strength are two different things. A little kid can be as strong as a giant, but still be mentally weak and easily frightened. Also, if I recall StrikerS correctly, one of the things Subaru was afraid of actually was her own strength. She feared hurting others as much as she feared being hurt.

[Sunder the Gold]

Originally Posted by Keroko

She feared hurting others as much as she feared being hurt.

A very realistic fear for a Combat Cyborg growing up as a civilian child among other civilian children.

Growing up knowing that your hands are deadly weapons, always afraid to really cut loose and have fun when running around with other children because you might break them.

Worried that you'll reveal what you are.


It's good that the Nakajima sisters had each other, because they likely had no other real friends growing up. It might be part of the reason why they get along with each other without any of the rivalry or resentment that most siblings feel for each other.

[Nanya01]

Man, listening to "Till All Are One" by Stan Bush does things to my head, I swear.

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News Start

Stretching her arms above her head, Vita groaned slightly as she felt her back pop slightly. "Wow, was stiffer than I thought."

Behind her, Signum tapped Vita in the middle of her back, causing the redhead to turn to look at her. "I'd see Shamal later, I think your back is slightly out of alignment."

Vita grumbled, but nodded, she did feel a little off between her shoulders lately. "How'd you know?"

"Shamal and I have similar problems at times." Vita blinked at the swords woman. "A downside of being human, I guess, we've got years of using heavy weapons and being able to throw our bodies into everything we do, and now we're human..."

Vita nodded at that and sighed softly. "Signum, I was wondering, I never hear you talk about it, but, the past, what do you remember of it?"

Signum blinked at Vita and closed her eyes. "Lots of memory comes to me, but I think you want something specific, what is it?"

"I never knew you before we were servants to the book, I was just... Kind of curious about who you served as a Knight and what you remembered about the people you were around."

Signum closed her eyes and thought for a moment. "It's been a long time, Vita." Her eyes snapped open as she recalled a very early memory. "...Vita, you said that we never met until..."

"Until we were part of the book, why?" The redhead looked at Signum in confusion.

"...I think I need to sit down." Signum didn't like that memory that flooded into her mind.

Vita blinked and followed Signum into the living room. As she walked in, she took a look around the house, it wouldn't be long until they were going to leave for Mid-Childa and leave this home.

"As for your question, what do I remember about the past..." Signum trailed off as Vita sat down across from her. "I was a knight in service of one of the many kings of the time." Vita blinked as Signum's cheeks were tinged a bit pink. "I recall that I was a bit more to the king than just his personal knight, but, that's not really important right now." She gave Vita a flat look when the busty redhead started to giggle at her. "Alright, fine, from what I can remember, he was amazing, now zip it." Vita nodded, still grinning at Signum.

"Anyway, the man was a king, but an excellent fighter." Signum looked at the table as her mind took her back. "I was a little girl when I first met the king, when he was a knight. I wasn't quite the strong woman I am now."

"You weren't?" Vita blinked and Signum shook her head.

"I was a twig, smaller than you were when you were a child... And a slave."

Vita stared at Signum.

*Flash...*

The small girl with dirty pink hair stared at the man who displayed sword skills she had never imagined were possible as he slaughtered the last of her captors. Her eyes widened as he walked up to her. Whimpering, she put her hands above her face and tried to make him go away, not strike her down like he did to the others.

"...My king ordered me to slaughter them and everyone who was helping them. He did not tell me about their slave operations." The knight sounded remorseful. The next thing she knew, the chains around her ankles were shattered.

The girl looked at him in shock.

"You're free to go, little one." The man, he was a giant compared to the small pink-haired slave girl, smiled and turned to walk away.

The next thing he knew, his legs were being grabbed, turning to look down, she looked up at him. "...what?"

"Teach me." She said softly, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

"You want me to teach you how to use a sword?" She nodded and he smiled, kneeling down and gently picking up the girl. "...First thing we need to do is get some food into you. A twig of a girl like you won't be much of a sword fighter if she's too thin."

The girl nodded at him.

"What's your name?" When the girl was silent, he nodded. "Very well... I'll name you then." She blinked at him. "...Signum." Holding her by her sides in front of him, he nodded and smiled at her. "Yes, one day, you'll be the feared Knight Signum, who will crush those who oppose you."

The newly named Signum smiled softly and nodded. "And you are..?" She noticed for the first time that he had a thick beard on his face, scars on his forehead and long, dark blonde hair.

"Sen." He smiled at her. "But when we're in training, you will call me 'master'."

Signum nodded. "That won't be a problem, master."

Sen chuckled softly as he pulled Signum against his body. "I would normally make you walk, but right now, haste is more important."

Signum nodded as he ran with her in his arms.

*End Flash...*

"For the next ten years, I was his apprentice, until the day that I was knighted." Signum leaned back against the couch. "I had little idea that he was actually the king's son until he became king and made me the general of all his troops."

Vita stared at Signum. "That is... Um... Wow..."

Signum smirked at the redhead. "Not all of us have a good life, Vita." She sighed and leaned back.

"So, why did you make that deal with the book?"

Signum closed her eyes and thought for several minutes. When Vita was about to ask again, she spoke up. "When I said he was amazing, I meant it... Both as a warrior, and as someone that I gave my heart to." Signum looked at Vita, who had a stunned look on her face. "Seeing him cut down in front of me was more than I could take. I sold my soul then and there for revenge." A melancholic look crossed her face. "...If I could remember more, I sometimes wonder what Sen would have said to me about that choice."

Vita had nothing she could say. What Signum told her was... Pretty hard to take in.

"Vita, if you ever end up finding someone that you want to be with for the rest of your life, don't follow the path that I did." Signum watched as Vita nodded and got up to go to her room, before sighing. "You're a sister to me, Vita." Signum muttered to herself. "I don't want you to be hurt like I was."