You assumed that an aging officer has near perfect intelligence? Oh wow.
I thought that they'd had several weeks to research the thing and figure out what made it tick, which is where they would've learned what the Wolkenritter were. Kero pointed out that they never actually got around to researching it on their last capture attempt, which punched a nice big hole in my theory. Now quit acting so goddamn superior. I made a mistake.... again.
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Kill the Darkfic.
Burn the Angst.
Purge the Bad End.
The Bureau has displayed extensive knowledge of the Tome's inner workings, most likely due to a combination of research and intelligence gained from previous awakenings. Chrono displays knowledge of the origins of the Wolkenritter, accurately describing the Guardian Knight system, and the TSAB actually knows more about the Tome's history than the Wolks themselves do. The latter could be learned either through first-hand experience or through a trip to the Infinity Library, but knowledge of the former would require an in-depth examination of the Tome's contents and systems, which would in all likelihood reveal the presence of Reinforce and the corrupted defense program.
Further, Gil and the Lieze twins display an even more thorough knowledge of the Tome's systems when they essentially mind-rape Hayate and send her plunging into despair. The twins seemed to know exactly what to do to force the Book's awakening, not only subjecting Hayate to psychological torture through the erasure of Vita right in front of her, but also taking the forms of the only two people who could possibly have talked her down from using the Book, thus ensuring that Reinforce's wrath would be focused on the only two people left who could possibly get through to Hayate in her transformed state.
With this in mind, from my perspective Gil has far too much information to not know that Hayate could be saved, yet not only does he not even try to save her, he and his familiars utilize brutal tactics to ensure that everything plays out exactly as he wants it to, right up until the point where Chrono unmasked the twins. Durandal was most likely a contingency plan in case things went awry, which they did.
Gil never had any intention of "sealing Hayate away"; he most likely wanted the Book's power for himself. The only questions are how would he get it once the Book was awake, and what did he ultimately intend to do with that power.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Vaporwared?
Though if WAR manages to hit a good spot with me and my friends, the chances of getting to Northrend become smaller.
I was talking about PF and him being frozen at Northrend.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
set realmlist eu.logon.worldofwarcraft.com
set patchlist eu.version.worldofwarcraft.com
Like you said. Though its more of a level and friend issue for me.
Ah yeah, quite true. Even within the US/Oceanic servers, it's quite difficult to leave my main server and level at another place, even though Horde is being a total bitch on this crowded server.
I want to PvP, but let me finish my dailies first! I need me epic flying mount! If you want to PvP so much, I'll come back and gank you nubs if you like!
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Keroko is a 'skifter', though they are also known as 'dimension travelers' 'eternal warriors' 'world shifters' or whatever term the particular world has for them, if any. Skifters are a natural defence mechanism of the multiverse whenever an inbalance appears. Skifters are send to fix that inbalance, be it through good or evil. Whenever a skifter dies, they are send to the next world.
Okay, so this is not always true, its an excuse I sometimes use to explain to the other members of the world why Keroko has powers that shouldn't appear in that world (if she has them) the discovery of Nanoha gave me a new excuse, which I happilly abuse when inserting Keroko into the Negima storyline.
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A'dal: ...it is as we calculated. This being is a self evident manifestion of the materium.
Xes'a: Absolute chaos is directing her, and yet she is inline with our cause.
Mirii: Is it by random chance, given the absolute chaos?
Kaa: The difference is too significant to ignore.
Xes'a: What do you suggest?
A'dal: Obeservation. Kaa: Intervention.
Other Naaru: ...
Mirii: You are always interfering, Kaa.
A'dal: But again, Kaa has a point. Her existence is as limited as our Ces'rauva, a significant reason to intervene, at the same time it makes possible for the Ces'rauva to watch and guide this being's destiny. Not mention this being might illuminate the possibility of a Quera's direction.
Mirii: But that's impossible!
Xes'a: It's just statistically insignificant. This settles it then.
Mirii: I agree on that data point as well, but I emphasize caution. Going out on a limb created Kluize, and in one percentage of the timelines created by this decision, Neltharion will interfere with our work.
Kaa: I will ensure this probability stays as it is.
The songs of the crystalline beings brighten as their plan began unfolding from the past to the future.
Kaa: ...keikakudoori...
Mirii: What was that, Kaa?
Kaa: Nothing.
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Okay the last bit was Khrack... But what you've said matches perfectly the concept of Absolute Chaos, and yet still works like the Naaru's (actually Kaa's) Ces'rauva. Hence the interest, as it is possible that unbeknownst to them all, one of the Quera may be directing her.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
O_o If you're importing the FMP Keroko, then I hope you are looking for some fights, because like I said, she is war-hungry. To keep a long story short: She is the direct oposite of a whispered, she has no knowledge of black technology, but her physical capabillities are through the roof. Unfortunately that comes with an insatiable hunger to use that power, but since she is somewhat willing to listen to Tessa and Mao (because they're woman in command) Mithrill manages to guide her physical ferocity for a good cause.
Roger.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Let's hope one of them is a diplomat then.
One's a doctor, so diplomat? Check.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
So is Nanoha:
Fate: It's black, sleek and doesn't jam! Hayate: Just look the firepower of the device! Keroko: Oooh hi-techies~! Me want~~! Nanoha: Sorry, Keroko-chan. I'm testing it first! Keroko: Hidoi-yo, Nanoha-chaaan~ T_T
Kha: 0_0\\\
Raising Heart: [Didn't you know, Master Kha?] Bardiche: [Yes, Sir.] Rein Zwei: Hayate's always loved lots of big explosions desu~~ Artherion: [So eat your heart out, Meatbag.]
Kha: The fact that they are all young ladies makes it very disturbing. <.<
(Note: this is set in the loli-shouta era of the Nanoha timeline)
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Originally Posted by Ilya
Ok, this is the first time I've written something like this and I even don't know if I've done it right or not.
Also, since english isn't my native language there is a big possibility for grammatical errors. Please bear with me.
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Spoiler for Character:
Name: Vic "Silence" Johansen
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Blue
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 90 kg
Affiliation: TSAB, disbanded mercenary organization
Department: Intelligence
Military rank: Sergeant
Mage rank: AA
Call sign: Insurgent 1
History
Not much is known about Vic. It's said he's a survivor from an unknown war 30 years ago where his city was destroyed.
From there on, he trained everyday with a rifle to defend himself and in time he became a expert in marksmanship.
He was eventually picked up by a roaming mercenary group, consisting of survivors from the war. They continued his training, considering him a valued member of the group.
After several years they got in contact with TSAB, wanting aid in some kind of battle. The group responded and helped TSAB.
Afterwards, they were offered permament positions in TSAB, ranging from desk work to field trainers.
Vic was chosen into the Intelligence department, where they used his skills and knowledge to infiltrate and provide information.
To this day he's still working there, occasionally being called out for special missions.
Personality
Vic is one of those who just love to help people, whether it be in combat or on his free-time. He is kind, calm and collected, always thinking before acting. When not in battle he enjoys reading books, fishing or some other calm activity. He also enjoys astronomy, often staying up late to watch the stars.
He sometimes brings Vivio with him during his astronomy watching.
Though he might seem very shy, that isn't usually the case. In a conversation, he doesn't say more than is asked of him, making him quiet until someone asks him or inquire something. This has given him the nickname "Silence", by his friends.
Trivia
He has worked together with Captain Nanoha Takamachi and Investigator Fate T. Harlaown in several missions, providing fire support.
He is also good friends with them and is often seen playing around with Vivio, much to her delight. Investigator Fate T. Harlaown is also his superior.
The reason Vic is only rank AA, is because of his limited combat use. Not every combat situation involves long range fighting, therefore making his combat abilities rarely needed.
Combat role
In combat, Vic is considered to be kind of special. At the same time as he's mostly used for intelligence gathering and spy activities, he's also considered a special type of assassin. Since he's a long range fighter, he chooses his targets while they are fighting against the other mages, providing clear shots at officers due to the confusion the battle provides.
He usually operates solo during spy activities but also sometimes during combat if a specific target needs to be taken down. He also has a reputation of only requiring one shot for each target.
Barrier Jacket
Consists of a camouflaged military vest, skin gloves, camouflaged military pants and military boots. With little armor, this simple and light design focuses on heightening Vics agility considerably, enabling him to run fast and dodge with ease.
Device
-Device Name-
Barret
Spoiler for Barret:
Barret has the shape and function of a very small telescope when not in combat. It's an extreme long range shooting type of device, nothing can stand against it when it comes to power of range.
It has a cartridge system on the upside of the barrel but it's only capable of being reloaded one by one. He refers to Vic as "Sergeant".
-Device Type-
Shooting type
-Device Mode-
Kurzwaffe Mode (Handgun mode): A type of defensive mode. Only usable at close range, this mode is for when discovered or captured, enabling Vic to defend himself. Has the form of a handgun armored with silver plates all around to form shields around the hands holding it.
Scharfschütze Mode (Sniper mode): Considered a standard mode by both Barret and Vic, this mode is for medium to long range. Taking the form of a bigger version of the non-combat mode, it also has 2 extra telescopes on the sides serving as magnifications.
Hyperion Scharfschütze Mode (Hyper Sniper mode): This mode is only usable and most effective at extreme range, to the limit that the target can't be seen. It's similar to the Sniper mode with the exception of a longer barrel, 1 extra telescope and small optical glasses hovering around the barrel adding power and accuracy.
Combat style
Calm and collected, Vic picks his targets with care and patience. If given a target, he will do his best to take it down fast, before the target knows what's happening.
Since he is a long range fighter, he prefers being in the air, several kilometers from the battlefield but he doesn't mind being on the ground either since he gets extra support for Barret, increasing accuracy.
Depending on the range to his target, the shots varies between being impossibly accurate or having enough power to penetrate the target and
be usable again directly after.
Spells
Compared to other mages, Vic doesn't have a lot of spells due to his long range fighting capability. However, the spells he does have is very powerful and specialized.
-Defense-
Guardian: A pretty standard shield spell, capable of blocking most attacks.
Stealth: A very unusual spell, only known to Vic. If in danger of being captured or discovered he can activate this to achieve invisibility for a limited amount of time enabling him to hide or escape.
However, attacking or moving too fast makes Stealth break.
-Offensive-
Scharfschütze Shot (Sniper Shot): Easily recognizable due to it's shape, this spell produces small sticks which shoots out of Barret at incredible speed. At the same time as being a controllable shot (linking Vics mind to the shot), it also has enough power to penetrate its target and be usable directly after, enabling it to produce hit after hit until the shot is destroyed or Vic loses control of it.
It is possible to have multiple shots in the air at the same time but since all shots have to be controlled individually, it's almost impossible to handle more than 3 shots.
This shot is also lacking in accuracy, only depending on Vics ability to decide it's trajectory.
Scharfschütze Tracker (Sniper Tracker): A very unique spell. When Vic has decided his target he often uses this to make the target a different color than the rest, increasing its visibility.
This is not visible to anyone except him.
Hyperion Shot: In contrast to Sniper Shot, this spell has almost perfect accuracy instead of power. It is, in short terms, very hard to avoid, though it can be blocked easily. All the shots produced by this spell is manually locked to a target and it then chases the target until the shot hits.
Since it's lacking in power, it's best to fire one shot after another to hit the target several times.
It has the same shape as Sniper Shot but it's max range is unknown and its speed make it impossible to see. It has been known to fire from extremely long range.
Hyperion Scharfschütze Shot (Hyperion Sniper Shot): An extremely powerful and risky spell.
This combines the power and accuracy of the 2 spells, forming an insanely powerful and accurate shot, very hard to either avoid or block.
But this kind of attack comes with a price. It consumes all the energy of both Vic and Barret, making them both unable to move after the attack, for several hours.
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I'm planning on doing some fan-fic too, centering this character.
Advice of what could be better, history errors, grammatical errors, impossibilites etc. is very appreciated.
Oh, and the picture of Barret, I made in PS very quick. It's so bad it's laughable.
EDIT: Fixed a lot of errors.
I spy, with my little eye, another Johansen who's a sniper. Is he related to the Belka Gunslingers Girls (USB's creations) by any chance?
Looks good, but a 90kg, 180cm male is actually overweight... So I imagined a fatty in my mind...
Notices the whole thread going jii~~~
What? I've learned how to calculate BMI on the fly in my course.
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Originally Posted by Comartemis
First, Kero, explain to me why Gil didn't approach Hayate as soon as he knew she had the book.
We don't know anything about the book's previous meisters save for the fact that the Wolks vaguely recall that Hayate treats them unlike any of their previous masters. With this in mind, it's highly likely that every master of the Tome prior to Hayate tried to complete it using the Wolkenritter to gather power from LCs. This time, however, the bureau has the opportunity to gain the cooperation of the book's meister and possibly debug it (keep in mind that the bureau doesn't know the book can't be debugged prior to activation). So long as there was a 1% chance of saving Hayate--and obviously there was--any good honest man would do everything in his power to save her.
But what does Gil do? "Oh well, poor girl's picked up the Tome, too bad for her. We'll just ignore all chances of gaining her cooperation and fixing the damn thing and sentence her to an eternal Deep Freeze once she hits 11 or so. But hey, at least she'll be happy with her new family for the one pathetic year she has left before we mind-rape her and stick her in the fridge!"
How anybody in the entire fandom could possibly mistake Gil for one of the good guys is entirely beyond me. And of course the Tome is too tempting a target for the real Big Bad of the season to keep his hands off, so of course Gil's trying to claim its' power for himself. He's just smart enough to have a convincing cover story ready when Chrono busts his operation, then gets the mages to clean up his own mess for him while he retires in comfort instead of being executed like he should have been.
The thing is, each time its a disaster. I believe Gil became almost a specialist at the Tome after dealing with it repeatedly throughout his career. However, he doesn't feel remorse because we know that most previous owners were reckless villains asking to be taken down. Hayate was someone he knew and trusted possibly because he knew her parents/foster parents, and yet the Book chose her.
But this is theorycrafting, and granted you are arguing against a Gil Graham fanclub here created by Nighty's awesome... So I believe you can find some holes in our views as we can find in your's. But I have to judge that many points in canon run against you there...
But thanks for the heads up. Once I gather my points together I should be able to explain all in A's Destiny. :3
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
I don’t get why it would even an issue if all of them even exist that basiclly proves that “many worlds” is in effect and thus them meeting wouldn’t do anything besides cause some confusion.
I was poking fun at the crazy B-grade sci-fi premise that the meeting of same persons from different times will destory teh world.
The actual document made something very romantic out of it... As Fate and Hayate had already passed on, and the Takamachi sisters are slowly giving out due to the magical strain they've picked up over the years, Kha is struggling to find reason to remain among the living when it seems that the world no longer needed him...
...until he finds a young Keroko duking it out in the Layer against his daughter Teresa that in his grief he had forgotten...
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Badly inspired by CLANNAD no less.
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Originally Posted by -Fate-
Spoiler for Main Profile:
Name: Asclei Foresythe
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 51 kg
Place of Birth: Aldian Training Facility Eastern Branch
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Red
Mage Type: Aldian Knight
Magic Array: Aldian
Magic Color: Dark Red
Elemental Affinity: Lightning
Mage/Knight Rank: AAA, SS (Without Seal)
Known as: The Arc of Lightning, The 13th Lance
Affiliation:
Aldia (member of the Kings Lance)
Albion (one of the 7 Arcs)
TSAB (Enforcer)
Barrier Jacket:
Primary Phase, Delta Form
Secondary Phase, Levia Form
Tertiary Phase, Sigma Form
Delta Form: Asclei’s default barrier jacket. No special functions at all.
Levia Form: second form of Asclei’s barrier jacket. This raises Asclei defense against physical and magical attacks by a fair amount. In addition, Asclei can’t be detected by radars in this form; however, his speed is lowered.
Sigma Form: This Became available when Silvance was upgraded and when the Shari finished modifying the Sigma Drive that Asclei has gotten a hold of. In this form, Asclei’s magical capabilities are lowered by 50-90 percent; however, it gives Asclei a high defense against physical attacks and it reduces the magical damage taken by a large amount. Downside is that the only spell he can use in this form is Flash Step.
Device: Silvance
Device Type: Intelligent Device
Device Storage Form: Card
Device Forms:
Assault Form – Zweihander
Twin Blade Form – Two singled edged sword
Gunners Form – Rifle
Kryton Form – A scythe with four blades
After Asclei’s encounter with the 9th Lance, Versa Crew, Asclei didn’t only lose his right arm but Silvance was severely damaged to the point where the blade was shattered into pieces. With the help of the TSAB staffs and Lanos, Silvance was repaired and its frame was strengthened. In addition, although it was still on the experimental stage, the Twin Velka Cartridge System which Lanos salvaged was installed to Silvance…enabling Asclei to use a powerful bombardment spell.
Spoiler for Spells:
Offensive Spells:
Lightning Dagger: 4 lightning based daggers that can be thrown manually. It can also be detonated which releases an immense light which is perfect when retreating.
Strength: A Speed: Varies Piercing: AAA Control: Impossible.
Lightning Crest: A slash leaving a trail of lightning on the area where the sword passed by.
Strength: A Speed: Varies Piercing: A Control: Impossible
Lightning Edge: A slash that produces a wave of lightning towards the enemy.
Strength: AAA-S Speed: S Piercing: A Control: Impossible
Lightning Blade: Eight dark red lightning based swords levitates around the user and can be controlled individually. The Lightning Blade lasts as long as the user wants to; however it takes a lot of mana to keep it active. In addition, Asclei has created 3 types of formations of the Lightning Blade:
a. Phalanx Shift – Similar to Thunder Blade but Asclei can just have it float around
him to perform a multiple Lightning Crest/Edge.
b. Cutter Shift – all eight blades begin to spin individually (similar to fans) and homes
at the target.
c. Chrono Shift – all eight blades spins together in sync creating giant fan on top of Asclei’s right arm which can be used for defense or a homing projectile that will explode upon detonation. When thrown against an opponent, Asclei can break the huge fan into 8 smaller fans while its spinning in mid-air if he wants to.
Strength: AAA-SS Speed: S Piercing: A Control: SS
Ascension: Silvance is surrounded by a dark red lightning. Then Asclei dashes forward/upward while thrusting his sword towards the opponent. Once the dash has been done, the direction can’t be changed. A risky move but lethal if it hits.
Strength: S Speed: AA Piercing: S Control: C
Rail Shot: a small but extremely fast lightning based shooting spell. Each shot only fires in a straight path and can’t be controlled individually.
Strength: B Speed: S Piercing: AAA Control: Impossible.
Rail Cannon: Similar to Divine Buster only with a smaller AOE and is lightning based. The quick shot version doesn’t need to be charged; however it’s attack power is only B
Strength: A-S Speed: S Piercing: S Control: Impossible.
Rail Storm: Very similar to Fate’s Trident Zanber Breaker (upgrade version of Plama Zanber Breaker). 4 smaller rays of lightning hits the target first at the same time, then a main one comes after. When the main one fires, instead of splitting into 3 rays of lightning when it enters a magic array, an enormous amount of lightning surrounds the rail storm creating a drill-like-form. Rail Storm is Asclei’s most powerful spell; however, in order to use it, a thunderstorm and Lightning Blade Phalanx Shift are needed; In addition, it takes lots of mana to use the spell. After using it, Asclei is most likely incapable of any further combat.
Strength: S-SS Speed: S Piercing: SS Control: Impossible
Movement Spell:
Blast Step: A movement spell enabling Asclei to move from on place to another. In addition, a shock wave (at the place where he was previously standing) is produced whenever he leaps—a useful ability whenever the user is cornered by several enemies and needs to move away.
Capture Spells:
Lightning Chain: A bind in a form of chain which restrains the enemy and electrocutes them whenever they move or whenever the user wants to. It can be detonated as well.
Passive Spells:
Lightning Field: A field that expands for a mile at most and becomes invisible after activation. Unlike most field, this spell is used for detecting any enemy that enters the area of effect. Useful when hiding from enemies because it can alert the user ahead of time if there are any enemies that are in the area. If Asclei reduce the area being covered by this spell, then he can sense the movement of anything and know exactly where they are.
Lightning Coat: When this spell is used, Asclei’s arm or weapon is surrounded by lightning and would last as long as the user wants to; however, it will keep draining mana as long as its active. When the Lightning Coat is activated, the Lighting Crest will be present in every slash and the Lightning Edge is available as a quick shot spell.
Transformation: Asclei uses it to spy on others and gather information.
Defensive Spells:
Shield
Field
Barrier
IS:
Heavens Pillar: Similar to Ascension but is not a magic based skill.
Demonic Void: A defensive IS which absorbs offensive spells as long as the spell or energy being absorbed is not bigger than sphere created by the user.
Sting Raid: Similar to Cinque’s IS. The only thing different is that it’s a group of swords and not daggers.
Spoiler for Personality:
Usually quiet due to the fact he dislikes speaking with people that he doesn’t or barely know. He was first unsociable which made Fate feel uncomfortable whenever they were paired up together on missions. As he opens up to the crew of Varuna, many thought it was so much better when he isolated himself. After opening up, Asclei would not hesitate to speak up his mind. He’s also known for being sadistic and loves to tease other people whenever he finds out about their weakness or anything that would make the other person uncomfortable or embarrassed.
Asclei is very fond of spaghetti and likes animals such as cats and dogs. This was proven when he suddenly picked up Zafira and started to snuggle him the first time he saw him (he stopped doing so when Zafira later revealed his other form which left Asclei in tears).
Spoiler for Additional Info:
Type 03 Combat Cyborg of the Type Zero series and one of the Seven Arcs. Even though he is a cyborg, he is also a product of Project F; however, unlike the other products of Project F, Asclei wasn’t given the memories of his original. He knows who his original but keeps quiet about it. Among the Type-Zeroes, Asclei is the first one to posses multiple IS. However, his magical abilities are limited due to the seal placed on him due to the fact that a child’s body could not contain such immense amount of magic. The seal itself has weakened for the past years which explain why whenever Asclei goes berserk, thunderclouds gathers around the battlefield and lightning surrounds Asclei preventing anyone from approaching him. To solve the problem, Fate taught Asclei how to summon/create a familiar. That way, the familiar will drain his excess magical energies which results with Innova coming into existence.
Asclei was raised in a training facility in Aldian Kingdom. As the 3rd type-0, Asclei extremely excels in close quarters combat. When engaging an enemy, Asclei relies heavily on his speed to avoid his enemy’s attacks or to get close to them and deliver a blow. Although he specializes in speed and close range combat, Asclei’s defensive spells are average. Since he can’t rely on his defensive spells, Asclei tries to deflect his opponent’s attacks or avoid it instead by using movement spells. Other than being skilled in close range combat, Asclei is also dangerous due to the fact that he uses his surroundings into his advantage.
Asclei lacked the ability to use bombardment spell since he focused more in swordsmanship throughout the years; however, with the installment of the Twin Velka Cartridge System to the severely damaged Silvance and the training with Fate and the others, Asclei finally was able to use a lightning based bombardment spell, Rail Storm, a powerful SS class bombardment spell that has an enormous piercing capability.
Although Asclei possess powerful spells, he doesn’t use some of them due to the fact it drains too much of his mana. Although, the Twin Velka cartridge system solved this problem; the strain that is inflicted on his body is twice the amount compared to the first cartridge system which makes Asclei think twice when using a bombardment spell.
Spoiler for Relationships with other characters:
Lanos – Asclei sees Lanos as an older brother and the one that he trusts the most (when it comes to serious business).
Fate – Asclei highly respects Fate due to her melee and magical skills. The two spars together which usually ends with a draw but sometimes Fate wins by default (Asclei runs off whenever he sees signs of Fate using a powerful bombardment spell). Asclei tends to tease Fate whenever he finds the chance to do so as well. Despite of being close friends with Fate, Asclei watches his manners and tries not showing Fate his “other” side.
Sierra – The person who cut Asclei’s hair shorter which caused him to change his hairstyle.
Chrono – The two became close friends and are sparring partners whenever Fate or Signum is not around. Also, Asclei’s spell, Lightning Blade was based on Chrono’s Stinger Blade Execution Shift. Asclei usually calls Chrono “Onii-chan” whenever he sees him in a jokingly manner which causes Chrono to get mad and embarrassed at the same time.
Shari – Asclei enjoys Shari as a company due to the fact that she does almost all of the talking. The two including Lanos and Teana usually hangs out together during breaks and have fun conversations which usually involves their superiors. Asclei doesn’t feel any wall between him and Shari which makes them close. Asclei usually seeks advice from Shari whenever he’s having problems. Asclei also asks favors from Shari regarding about Barrier Jacket and Device enhancements. The one who modified the Sigma Drive that Asclei manage to get a hold of was Shari.
Signum – Asclei thinks highly of Signum which is odd for an Aldian Knight to think of due to the fact that Aldian Knight’s greatest rivals in combat are the Velka Knights. Asclei spars with Signum as well but he doesn’t whenever he can find of an excuse to decline the offer. Asclei tries to avoid a sparring with Signum due to the fact that the sparring becomes a brawl whenever the fight is dragged for too long. According to Asclei, Signum is much more of a “berserker” compared to Fate. Fate can at least maintain her composure and facial expression but Signum is different whenever she enjoys the mock battle.
Extra...in other words, sketches >_<
Spoiler for Long Haired Asclei:
for those that actually read the last part of Sierra's background, this is how Sierra looked like when she apologized to Asclei for cutting his hair. XD
Asclei: "Cruel, just cruel T_T"
Spoiler for Short Haired Asclei:
Not much in here, just a pissed off Asclei....
Spoiler for Break:
Everyone is currently on break and are relaxing. Asclei, Lanos, Teana, and Ginga are enjoying their coversation. Then Subordinate A knocked and saying that there's an item for Lanos which is from Alfred Lancer, Sierra's father. Lanos took it and was happy because Alfred sent him the items that he wanted. Everyone suddenly felt a cold breeze hitting their necks...Lanos is up to something. Teana then stood up and walk to the door but Lanos stopped her.
Lanos: wait, Tea-chan! where are you going?
Teana: I forgot I had something to do...I'll be right back once its done *whenever I see that overly happy smile of yours, you're always up to no good*
Lanos: I guess it cant be helped.....here, at least have some candy, its pretty good. I'll see you later then.................definitely.
Teana: ....yeah..
Teana left and is currently walking in the hall way
*takes off the wrapper and ate it*
Teana:....hmmm its pretty tasty...I should've asked for more.
Back in the room.
Asclei: This is...edible...right?
Ginga: It looks like any other candy, I doubt there's any harm from eating it.
Lanos: Geez, do you guys not trust me at all?
Asclei: Whenever you have that overly happy smile of yours...NO!
Lanos: How cruel T_T, you trust me dont you Ginga?
Ginga: O-Of course I do....*avoids eye contact with Lanos*
To prove that that the candy is safe, Lanos ate one. For 3 minutes nothing happened.
Lanos: see, I told you.
Asclei and Ginga ate one as well. The both of them liked the candy that Lanos gave them. 5 minutes later. A neko mimi appeared on Asclei's head while an usagi mimi was present on Ginga's head.
Asclei: Lanos! you said its safe! you lied just now didnt you!
Lanos: Ah~ the two of you look sooo good. I especially like your rabbit ears Ginga <3
Asclei: He's not listening....!....is that a tail behind you?....the tail is waving around...are you enjoying this?
Lanos: Very much so...
Asclei: He doesnt feel any guilt at all....Ginga why dont you say something as well?
Ginga: huh? (she's touching her rabbit ears....seems likes enjoying it)
Lanos: Don't worry, after an hour or so it will disappear.
Fate walks in the scene.
Fate: *surprised*, what happened?
Lanos: Not much, wanna join us Fate-san?
Fate: *sigh* (looks at Ginga). My, those rabbit ears are very cute on you Ginga.
Ginga: Thank you Fate-san.
Fate: *looks at Asclei, his cat ears are twitching* are those cat ears? *approaches Asclei* may I touch them?
As fate approach Asclei with her hands ready to grab the cat ears, Asclei stood up and was about to make a run for it but he tripped. Fate caught up and was touching Asclei's cat ears to her hearts content.
Fate: so cute!, its just like the real thing
Asclei: S-Stop, you're pulling it too hard! T__T
While this was going on, Lanos took the opportunity to take pictures of everyone in the room.
In the hallway...Teana was happy that whatever Lanos was hiding up his sleeve, she escaped from it...or so she thought.
Lanos: Gotta look for Tea-chan now and take some good shots. hahan~ if she thinks she got away, she's way to naive to think that she can escape from the hands of Lanos-sama.
Asclei: Someone! help!
Ginga: *How envious, I want to touch the cat ears too...but Asclei might get mad later...I
guess I'll hold back....for now*
Fate kept on touching and didnt let go of Asclei's cat ears for an entire hour.
I did mention that Asclei transforms whenever he needs to spy on others and gather informatin...right? Anyway, Lanos and the others didn't know about what form Asclei transforms into. However, Fate later found out about it.
Here's a sketch of Fate's expression when she realized that the person before her is...well...you can pretty much tell XD.
Spoiler for eeeeeeeeh?!!!!!!!!!!!:
Asclei's profile looks good.
And an absolutely divine moe doujin you got there! What's with those candy? Did Caro make them?
And Asclei's other self makes me think about an old Ranma joke I pulled before.
No, Alfred bought it somewhere in the neighboring Kingdoms that he visited since Lanos wanted some of it XD. Those candy have magical properties in it where it will give a person either a tail or an ear of a certain animal (randomly) . You could say the candy was made for kids who would like to have fun while eating it. Its like one of those ice cream in japan that leaves a certain color in the tongue when its eaten.
Oh, I forgot to include the history of Asclei...oh well, I'll just add it on the same post later.
Rein Eins. As Infected Rein Eins. As Omega's bride.
Oh and we were going to turn everyone into Tang.
Oh and Franz was supposed to have reached garlock too :P
Mmm...Tang
*RUNS*
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Originally Posted by Kagerou
And also, giant mecha. Lots of giant mecha.
Nothing wrong with mecha
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Originally Posted by Kha
After a girl makes both sides listen to her song and forge an unstable peace.
Before the Dark Portal opens once again...
*runs from Macross and WoW veterans*
*facepalms*
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Originally Posted by Kha
Not just faster, but THREE TIMES FASTER!!!
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Originally Posted by Kha
Fate has grown awfully daring indeed, no wonder even Kha’s kinda lightened up a lot more… Now to see if she finally accepts that whipping turns her on… >.>
...
KKKKKHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Kha
Try telling that to the Cleric-Knights…
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Originally Posted by Kha
"YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!!!"
~ Illidan, Last Words. :3
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Originally Posted by Keroko
WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Originally Posted by Kha
oO
I swear you did! Now give me my set of Azzinoth!!!
*shakes illidan182 vigorously, waiting for Warblades to drop.*
*hands Kha a knife*
maybe it's inside somewhere...
*RUNS*
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Originally Posted by Kha
How about her Blaster Bits taking the form of mechanical dragon whelps?
....
Why not mechanical squirrels?
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Tesla: Did you install the disruptor?
Grunt: Yes ma'm.
Tesla: Good.
Tesla: One step ahead, you said?
Well don't that just suck
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Originally Posted by Keroko
Standart Dota procedure. At the first few levels, you stay behind the creeps, close enough to get experience and gold, but not enough to get killed. Only when you get a few levels/items you start killing.
Well, unless you have a ranged hero.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
It's a pain to find parties as a hunter, though. -_-
Yea it can be...
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
Oh I’ve played the game before (shit I played it version 1 of it) I’m just surprised the grunt was smart enough to do it… Though I always used ranged heroes anyway so I’d be shooting creeps from the start Dwarven Sharpshooter for the win. “Oh you’re injured but you’re already running back to your base so you’re fine… SNIPED. 2000 range ultimate bitch!” Though later versions introduced too much cheese for my tastes getting random super item X first became more important then leveling, spells, or actual skill IMO and of coruse at higher levels pretty much any hero with life steal was basiclly broken.
Sharpshooter FTW!!
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Originally Posted by Kagerou
This just in.
THE POWER OF KRISS COMPELS YOU.
THE POWER OF KRISS COMPELS YOU.
THE POWER OF KRISS COMPELS YOU.
THE POWER OF KRISS COMPELS YOU.
THE POWER OF KRISS COMPELS YOU.
THE POWER OF KRISS COMPELS YOU.
That is all.
...
so what did I miss while I was at the con?
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Originally Posted by Kagerou
I just realized how awesome our thread tags are.
"Bluecheesium"?! "Khrack"?! "MADNESS"?!?!?!
I LOVE THIS PLACE :3
Lol
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
I'm back.
Welcome back
And lol at the Otoya dance
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Originally Posted by Keroko
So is Nanoha:
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Offtopic:
After a weekend of about 3-4 hours of sleep a night, staffing the Karaoke room into the late evening (and listening to some songs over and over and over again ), helping out at Yaoi Con sponsored events, lightening my wallet in the Dealers Room, and many cosplays over the 4-day con I must now return to being 'normal' . But first to show off some pics from the con
Spoiler for Fanime 2008:
My Staff and Pre-reg badge
Various cosplay pics I got
What's a Haruhi Gathering without some genderbending?
And for all you Touhou fans
And yes, I did manage to somehow finish my cosplay
Thanks to a friend who was also on Fanime staff I was able to get into the Meet Gianax event (ticket only) to meet the last-minute guest addition which consisted of 50 TTGL staff members including Gianax CEO, TTGL assistant director (the director was unable to come due to being busy making the movie), and numerous animators. Didn't get a chance to talk to them all, but I did get to talk to some...and come away with some sketches :3
Oh, and did you know the Revoltech Gurren-Lagann just came out?
It took me quite a while but finally the pieces are falling into place. Taking a page from Nighty and Lowe, some of my OCs will have their background explained via narrative instead of the usual profile format. A summary of their abilities will be provided at the end of each story.
This is the prologue to Yunie and Evalanthi's profile story, inspired by Planetarian's "Gentle Jena" T-T.
Spoiler for Prologue: Falling Snow:
Twilight Wind Character Profile Story: Yunie and Evalanthi
Prologue
The snow landed gently on her inert body. Like pure white feathers falling off the northern geese, quietly covering her from the harsh cruel world. A ever-thickening blanket that bestowed upon the sleeper cold instead of warmth.
But why? She thought. Why couldn't she feel it, that terrible frost which killed even strong men in thick winter clothes? How was it that a frail child like her, with nothing more but rags for clothes over a skeleton covered by only a thin layer of skin and flesh, could evade the cruel clutches of the northern winter?
She watched, as more and more snowflakes drifted down from the heavens.
Ah.
So that was how it was.
It was all clear to her now.
She hadn't escaped it after all.
It was not that she had not felt the cold. It had already caught her, her senses robbed by the petrifying fist of frost. She had already lost. The theft of her body was but the first payment.
She was dying. Slowly, slowly. In this endless rain of white death, sweeping her into the eternal dream.
She was dying. The realisation came to her, but it seemed that the frigidity had numbed even her heart. No sense of fear, nor was there relief.
Just a great emptiness.
I can't even cry now, she thought.
Should I be sad? Or maybe not. Maybe I should be happy. But I can't remember how it felt to be happy. The last thing I could remember.....
....
... Hatred? Was it? I can't remember. Or does it matter any more?
Hatred or not, even that darkest of emotions could be laid to rest under the grey white skies. She looked at the skies, unmoving, unable to move. Her tired eyes took in the silent colors of the world above. Here, alone in this bleached world, devoid of life.
....Alone?
No.... No, she had a companion. That rough voice, the cruel and gentle person. Where was he? What happened to him?
Was he.... dead... too?
Her breathing shook. A small tongue of burning anguish shot through that numbing heart of hers. Trickles of warmth ran past her cheeks.
Tears?
"I don't go that easily, girl. Death's afraid of me sometimes."
Ah. So he was still there. She would have smiled, had her lips not been frozen. But, perhaps... smiled she did.
He sighed. "So death is still your choice?"
Yes.
She could feel him frown a little. But before he could say another word, she continued.
But maybe.... maybe this is the best choice. For a monster like me.
"There are monsters everywhere in the world, girl. I'm one goddamn monster myself. Even the Heavens are full of them. Maybe even the World is just one freaking sadistic creep. You're not alone, kid."
But...
"But what? What's so special about you that you must die?"
She paused. He was right. Deep in her heart she knew how true he was. The world was full of monsters. Some that were born as monsters, some that were monsters only because people called them thus. And there were the ones who were born to be sane and normal, but had chose to be monsters instead... and reveled in their monstrosity. She was certainly, like he said, but a mere drop in a great, black sea.
And what kind of monster was she? The first type, or mayhaps the second? How about the third?
As if summoned by these thoughts, a part of her mind, one that she had previously tried so hard to forget, stirred. The screams of the dying echoed in her ears once more. The cries of that doomed crowd rang ceaselessly throughout her mind. But there was something else. Mingled in their midst, so soft but yet so distinct, it threatened to drown out even the agonies of that hellish moment.
Her own laughter. Laughing at their pain, laughing at their loss, drunk in their fear, their tears, the sweet mix of blood and flesh. Laughing as she watched the dark ocean swept them into its depth. Laughing as she felt their anguish flooding her senses, the black waters devouring them as they drowned. Laughing, as her tears flowed unbidden.
She tried to shut them out, the screams and especially the laughter. They ignored her.
"Are you going to run again?"
It was that question again.
Her previous answer was no. And many lives were paid for that answer.
But now...
"I'm sorry...." The trickle of warmth renewed its flow. Strange, why was she crying? But she wasn't sad.
Was she?
There was a break of silence before he spoke again.
"Why apologize?" There was no hint of anger in his voice. Neither did he mock her, unlike the previous time he asked her this question. There was a subtle warmth, not one found in the arms of a loved one, but rather, that which was offered by the deep embrace of the tranquil night. No, maybe he too knew, that this was not a decision made by a coward's heart. It was a kind of escape, true enough, but one that required some courage and selflessness at least. A strangely gentle regret ran through their hearts as the girl felt the memories of the one who dwelled in the depths of her being stirred. A brief glimpse of a similar snowy world passed her eyes... A flash of his thoughts before the dweller, protective of the privacy of his past, quickly shut his host out of his heart.
Both kept to their thoughts, before he spoke again.
"I guess this can't be helped... Even if you had hoped otherwise, there is only so little I can do to help you in this state."
He was right. Her body was too frail, too weak after that prolonged period of torment and the wounds of her previous encounter.....
Her previous encounter.....
The sudden rush of tears broke out uncontrollaby, a deluge that streaked across her frozen face.
Rio... Rio....
She killed her. She killed Rio. The one she had loved so much. The sister who had sworn to love her and keep her safe. The sister whose final heartbeat still throbbed in her bloodstained hands.
She killed her. And so many more before her. They all died, because of her. Dead, all of them.
Because of me, she thought bitterly. A deep weariness suddenly enveloped her. Her eyes, tired of seeing this colorless world, gave in to the boreal lullaby.
If she was never here in the first place, all this wouldn't have happened, right?
Yes, she should go to sleep now. Should have gone to sleep a long time ago. Too long had she stayed awake. Too long, too long...
How could she have even thought of holding on to life?
"Because death is never a good solution."
These were his last words, before she sank into the darkness.
After a weekend of about 3-4 hours of sleep a night, staffing the Karaoke room into the late evening (and listening to some songs over and over and over again ), helping out at Yaoi Con sponsored events, lightening my wallet in the Dealers Room, and many cosplays over the 4-day con I must now return to being 'normal' . But first to show off some pics from the con
Spoiler for Fanime 2008:
My Staff and Pre-reg badge
Various cosplay pics I got
What's a Haruhi Gathering without some genderbending?
And for all you Touhou fans
And yes, I did manage to somehow finish my cosplay
Thanks to a friend who was also on Fanime staff I was able to get into the Meet Gianax event (ticket only) to meet the last-minute guest addition which consisted of 50 TTGL staff members including Gianax CEO, TTGL assistant director (the director was unable to come due to being busy making the movie), and numerous animators. Didn't get a chance to talk to them all, but I did get to talk to some...and come away with some sketches :3
Oh, and did you know the Revoltech Gurren-Lagann just came out?
Awesome reporting you got there, and ur Chrono outfit is great!
Reminds me how Singapore animecons suck so much, and I'm never around in Perth to see the Waicon ><
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Originally Posted by Estavali
It took me quite a while but finally the pieces are falling into place. Taking a page from Nighty and Lowe, some of my OCs will have their background explained via narrative instead of the usual profile format. A summary of their abilities will be provided at the end of each story.
This is the prologue to Yunie and Evalanthi's profile story, inspired by Planetarian's "Gentle Jena" T-T.
Spoiler for Prologue: Falling Snow:
Twilight Wind Character Profile Story: Yunie and Evalanthi
Prologue
The snow landed gently on her inert body. Like pure white feathers falling off the northern geese, quietly covering her from the harsh cruel world. A ever-thickening blanket that bestowed upon the sleeper cold instead of warmth.
But why? She thought. Why couldn't she feel it, that terrible frost which killed even strong men in thick winter clothes? How was it that a frail child like her, with nothing more but rags for clothes over a skeleton covered by only a thin layer of skin and flesh, could evade the cruel clutches of the northern winter?
She watched, as more and more snowflakes drifted down from the heavens.
Ah.
So that was how it was.
It was all clear to her now.
She hadn't escaped it after all.
It was not that she had not felt the cold. It had already caught her, her senses robbed by the petrifying fist of frost. She had already lost. The theft of her body was but the first payment.
She was dying. Slowly, slowly. In this endless rain of white death, sweeping her into the eternal dream.
She was dying. The realisation came to her, but it seemed that the frigidity had numbed even her heart. No sense of fear, nor was there relief.
Just a great emptiness.
I can't even cry now, she thought.
Should I be sad? Or maybe not. Maybe I should be happy. But I can't remember how it felt to be happy. The last thing I could remember.....
....
... Hatred? Was it? I can't remember. Or does it matter any more?
Hatred or not, even that darkest of emotions could be laid to rest under the grey white skies. She looked at the skies, unmoving, unable to move. Her tired eyes took in the silent colors of the world above. Here, alone in this bleached world, devoid of life.
....Alone?
No.... No, she had a companion. That rough voice, the cruel and gentle person. Where was he? What happened to him?
Was he.... dead... too?
Her breathing shook. A small tongue of burning anguish shot through that numbing heart of hers. Trickles of warmth ran past her cheeks.
Tears?
"I don't go that easily, girl. Death's afraid of me sometimes."
Ah. So he was still there. She would have smiled, had her lips not been frozen. But, perhaps... smiled she did.
He sighed. "So death is still your choice?"
Yes.
She could feel him frown a little. But before he could say another word, she continued.
But maybe.... maybe this is the best choice. For a monster like me.
"There are monsters everywhere in the world, girl. I'm one goddamn monster myself. Even the Heavens are full of them. Maybe even the World is just one freaking sadistic creep. You're not alone, kid."
But...
"But what? What's so special about you that you must die?"
She paused. He was right. Deep in her heart she knew how true he was. The world was full of monsters. Some that were born as monsters, some that were monsters only because people called them thus. And there were the ones who were born to be sane and normal, but had chose to be monsters instead... and reveled in their monstrosity. She was certainly, like he said, but a mere drop in a great, black sea.
And what kind of monster was she? The first type, or mayhaps the second? How about the third?
As if summoned by these thoughts, a part of her mind, one that she had previously tried so hard to forget, stirred. The screams of the dying echoed in her ears once more. The cries of that doomed crowd rang ceaselessly throughout her mind. But there was something else. Mingled in their midst, so soft but yet so distinct, it threatened to drown out even the agonies of that hellish moment.
Her own laughter. Laughing at their pain, laughing at their loss, drunk in their fear, their tears, the sweet mix of blood and flesh. Laughing as she watched the dark ocean swept them into its depth. Laughing as she felt their anguish flooding her senses, the black waters devouring them as they drowned. Laughing, as her tears flowed unbidden.
She tried to shut them out, the screams and especially the laughter. They ignored her.
"Are you going to run again?"
It was that question again.
Her previous answer was no. And many lives were paid for that answer.
But now...
"I'm sorry...." The trickle of warmth renewed its flow. Strange, why was she crying? But she wasn't sad.
Was she?
There was a break of silence before he spoke again.
"Why apologize?" There was no hint of anger in his voice. Neither did he mock her, unlike the previous time he asked her this question. There was a subtle warmth, not one found in the arms of a loved one, but rather, that which was offered by the deep embrace of the tranquil night. No, maybe he too knew, that this was not a decision made by a coward's heart. It was a kind of escape, true enough, but one that required some courage and selflessness at least. A strangely gentle regret ran through their hearts as the girl felt the memories of the one who dwelled in the depths of her being stirred. A brief glimpse of a similar snowy world passed her eyes... A flash of his thoughts before the dweller, protective of the privacy of his past, quickly shut his host out of his heart.
Both kept to their thoughts, before he spoke again.
"I guess this can't be helped... Even if you had hoped otherwise, there is only so little I can do to help you in this state."
He was right. Her body was too frail, too weak after that prolonged period of torment and the wounds of her previous encounter.....
Her previous encounter.....
The sudden rush of tears broke out uncontrollaby, a deluge that streaked across her frozen face.
Rio... Rio....
She killed her. She killed Rio. The one she had loved so much. The sister who had sworn to love her and keep her safe. The sister whose final heartbeat still throbbed in her bloodstained hands.
She killed her. And so many more before her. They all died, because of her. Dead, all of them.
Because of me, she thought bitterly. A deep weariness suddenly enveloped her. Her eyes, tired of seeing this colorless world, gave into the boreal lullaby.
If she was never here in the first place, all this wouldn't have happened, right?
Yes, she should go to sleep now. Should have gone to sleep a long time ago. Too long had she stayed awake. Too long, too long...
How could she have even thought of holding on to life?
"Because death is never a good solution."
These were his last words, before she sank into the darkness.
And the snow continued to fall.
Still needs more to know what's going on, but this has potential.
*Cracks knuckles* Not a bad way to do start my regular visits here.
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Originally Posted by Comartemis
Kiritsugu Emiya was born in MC 048 on Non-Administered Planet #332, the capital planet of the Zetrandi Corporate Alliance. Like most who lived within the ZCA, Kiritsugu was born into poverty and would have been utilized as slave labor like his fellow laborers save for the fact that he was born to a member of a resistance cell known as the Zetrandi Liberation Front. Rather than waste away on a production line, a plantation or any number of other positions forced upon the lower class, Kiritsugu spent most of his time living in the extensive sewer system beneath the capital city of Samayn, still living in poverty but living in relative freedom at the same time. His parents and their associates were resistance fighters who sought to bring down the entire Alliance one corporation at a time, and they taught Kiri much in the art of guerilla warfare, as well as a smattering of magical spells, which Kiritsugu proved to be quite talented with.
While I'm not going to question or argue about the planet's state of affairs, as I'm going to assume that it is either in the outer rim of the TSAB's sphere of influence or just out in the middle of nowhere, the fact you make it seem out of the way does make it seem that it's just that: out of nowhere, where the TSAB would even be aware of.
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In MC 055, the ZLF received intelligence that one of the top-ranking CEOs of the Alliance had somehow obtained possession of a Lost Logia known as the Book of Darkness. This information was forwarded to the TSAB, who opened communications with the cell shortly afterwards.
Either you did your research, or you made a really accurate guess, because you are actually off by one year. MC 0054 would be the correct year, since it was destroyed about 11 years prior to Nanoha A's, and Nanoha took place 6 months prior, so yeah it's MC 0054.
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The ZLF proposed a deal with the TSAB: in exchange for weapons and support from the Navy, the ZLF would perform an assassination on the Book’s current owner, then retrieve the target and hand it to the Bureau on a silver platter. In exchange for the delivery, the TSAB would then provide fleet support for the ZLF and assist them in taking Samayn and forcing the Alliance to make concessions to the lower class and allow the formation of labor unions.
This goes back to the issue of where your planet seems to be located. Because if it were in the TSAB sphere of influence, the TSAB would not even be there, because they aren't even aware of it's presence.
Now as for the BoD, i'd find that kind of funny, only because I'd say that with the Resistance and all most likely having an abundance of magic users, it seems that the BoD shouldn't have even been on the planet, because of the fact is the user would have most likely wanted it to have the power that's locked within, and already have it's 666 pages filled.
Heck, most of the planet should've been decimated by a rampaging BoD if that were the case.
So is it safe to assume that the user actually kept some restraint and not have used it to collect magical energy to fill the pages?
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To say that the plan was high-risk would be a gross understatement; if any part of the plan were to fail, the team would be almost certainly be cut down by endless waves of reinforcements and Alliance security whether or not they accomplished their objective. In an effort to maximize the mission’s chance of success, every single member of the cell, including the 7-year old Kiritsugu, was assigned to the mission.
While I somewhat question this, we've already seen 9-year old mages being placed under contract to the TSAB, so it's passable.
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The hit went off without a hitch; the infiltration went undetected, the kill was confirmed and the Book of Darkness was recovered (though no sign was ever seen of the Wolkenritter during the course of the mission). Then came the extraction… and all hell broke loose when one of the target’s personal servants stumbled upon the scene as the team was preparing to leave. Her scream brought guards running and set the entire complex on maximum alert.
More than half of the resistance movement was killed trying to get to the extraction point on the complex’s rooftop, cut down by endless waves of Alliance security. But even when the team reached the extraction point, their support was nowhere to be seen. Outnumbered and outgunned, the rebels had no choice but to bunker down and fortify their positions. More than fifteen minutes later, the TSA warship Forerunner arrived on the scene and retrieved Kiritsugu, the last living member of the ZLF, and the Book of Darkness. With no rebellion left to aid, the captain of the Forerunner chose to reneign on the bureau’s promise, ignoring Kiritsugu’s outraged screams of betrayal and threatening to throw him out an airlock if he didn’t sit down and shut up.
All I can say is ouch.
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It would take several years of heated investigation, but Kiritsugu would eventually learn that the Forerunner had received the order to stall its’ approach directly from Gil Graham. His motives for doing so remain unknown to this day.
I question why you would make Gil Graham do that. His primary concern during this time was to destroy the BoD. If you are trying to allude to how he dealt with Hayate, this isn't even like him. Because although yes he was going to freeze Hayate along with the BoD, he was kind enough to let her live a happy life as long as it was possible before the BoD started to act up again.
In this case, by having the Forerunner be delayed as long as possible it goes against the character he's been presented to be.
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Having nowhere else to go, Kiritsugu was absorbed into the navy and served for several weeks aboard the TSA flagship Beginner’s Luck, where he first met Admiral Clyde Harlaown and his family. Clyde made an immensely positive impression on Kiritsugu and forced him to rethink his opinions of the bureau as a whole. However, before Kiritsugu could get to know Clyde as a father-figure, the Book of Darkness destroyed the Beginner’s Luck, taking Clyde with it.
No comments here really.
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In the aftermath of Clyde’s death, Kiritsugu came to the conclusion that the bureau contained both good honest people like Clyde and self-serving blackhearts who needed to be rooted out. Dedicating himself to the ideal of a perfectly just system, Clyde enrolled in the Ground Forces Academy and spent several years working his way through the system, eventually attaining the rank of Enforcer by the time he was 15 years old.
Only one minor error: Enforcer is a position, or a force outside the chain of command.
For instance, Fate by Ground Forces rank is Captain, but she holds the title of Enforcer, in which case if the situation calls for an Enforcer to step up, Fate would be that officer.
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As an Enforcer, Kiritsugu racked up a tremendous list of kills and arrests, eventually becoming one of the single most successful Enforcers in the bureau’s entire history. His rise to fame within the bureau coincided roughly with the enlistment of the Ace Trio into the TSAB, and thus he is sometimes referred to by his peers as “The First Ace”. For a variety of reasons, however, his superiors have done their very best to keep him out of the eyes of the media. Not the least of these reasons is his routine challenging of the ban on mass-based weapons and the logic behind it, even going so far as to design his intelligent device’s forms around the weapons he had used as a child in the resistance.
While it's an interesting history, Kiritsugu is not that much older than Chrono. If anything I'd say he's only 2 or 3 years Chrono's senior. If he just attained his Enforcer status by 15, that's just 2 or 3 years before Nanoha, which I say would be cutting it very close for him to claim the, "First Ace" nickname.
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For his part, Kiritsugu is on good terms with the Aces, particularly Fate, who he knows through Lindy and the rest of the Harlaown family. It is rumored among his coworkers that he has a crush on Hayate Yagami, but Kiritsugu denies this intensely, stating that she’s much too young for him.
LOL In one way yeah he's probably too older for her, since the gap is between 7 - 10 years.
I'll admit, it's better, but there are still a lot of holes and errors in your character design. The above statements should cover what I have noticed and spotted out.
I question why you would make Gil Graham do that. His primary concern during this time was to destroy the BoD. If you are trying to allude to how he dealt with Hayate, this isn't even like him. Because although yes he was going to freeze Hayate along with the BoD, he was kind enough to let her live a happy life as long as it was possible before the BoD started to act up again.
In this case, by having the Forerunner be delayed as long as possible it goes against the character he's been presented to be.
He's doing it because he's thick headed and despite having his flat our wrong and stupid characterization of him SHREDDED he's still desperately trying to make him seem like an asshole for no good reason besides basiclly not liking him.
He's doing it because he's thick headed and despite having his flat our wrong and stupid characterization of him SHREDDED he's still desperately trying to make him seem like an asshole for no good reason besides basiclly not liking him.
Name: Asclei Foresythe
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 51 kg
Place of Birth: Aldian Training Facility Eastern Branch
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Red
Mage Type: Aldian Knight
Magic Array: Aldian
Magic Color: Dark Red
Elemental Affinity: Lightning
Mage/Knight Rank: AAA, SS (Without Seal)
Known as: The Arc of Lightning, The 13th Lance
Affiliation:
Aldia (member of the Kings Lance)
Albion (one of the 7 Arcs)
TSAB (Enforcer)
Barrier Jacket:
Primary Phase, Delta Form
Secondary Phase, Levia Form
Tertiary Phase, Sigma Form
Delta Form: Asclei’s default barrier jacket. No special functions at all.
Levia Form: second form of Asclei’s barrier jacket. This raises Asclei defense against physical and magical attacks by a fair amount. In addition, Asclei can’t be detected by radars in this form; however, his speed is lowered.
Sigma Form: This Became available when Silvance was upgraded and when the Shari finished modifying the Sigma Drive that Asclei has gotten a hold of. In this form, Asclei’s magical capabilities are lowered by 50-90 percent; however, it gives Asclei a high defense against physical attacks and it reduces the magical damage taken by a large amount. Downside is that the only spell he can use in this form is Flash Step.
Device: Silvance
Device Type: Intelligent Device
Device Storage Form: Card
Device Forms:
Assault Form – Zweihander
Twin Blade Form – Two singled edged sword
Gunners Form – Rifle
Kryton Form – A scythe with four blades
After Asclei’s encounter with the 9th Lance, Versa Crew, Asclei didn’t only lose his right arm but Silvance was severely damaged to the point where the blade was shattered into pieces. With the help of the TSAB staffs and Lanos, Silvance was repaired and its frame was strengthened. In addition, although it was still on the experimental stage, the Twin Velka Cartridge System which Lanos salvaged was installed to Silvance…enabling Asclei to use a powerful bombardment spell.
Spoiler for Spells:
Offensive Spells:
Lightning Dagger: 4 lightning based daggers that can be thrown manually. It can also be detonated which releases an immense light which is perfect when retreating.
Strength: A Speed: Varies Piercing: AAA Control: Impossible.
Lightning Crest: A slash leaving a trail of lightning on the area where the sword passed by.
Strength: A Speed: Varies Piercing: A Control: Impossible
Lightning Edge: A slash that produces a wave of lightning towards the enemy.
Strength: AAA-S Speed: S Piercing: A Control: Impossible
Lightning Blade: Eight dark red lightning based swords levitates around the user and can be controlled individually. The Lightning Blade lasts as long as the user wants to; however it takes a lot of mana to keep it active. In addition, Asclei has created 3 types of formations of the Lightning Blade:
a. Phalanx Shift – Similar to Thunder Blade but Asclei can just have it float around
him to perform a multiple Lightning Crest/Edge.
b. Cutter Shift – all eight blades begin to spin individually (similar to fans) and homes
at the target.
c. Chrono Shift – all eight blades spins together in sync creating giant fan on top of Asclei’s right arm which can be used for defense or a homing projectile that will explode upon detonation. When thrown against an opponent, Asclei can break the huge fan into 8 smaller fans while its spinning in mid-air if he wants to.
Strength: AAA-SS Speed: S Piercing: A Control: SS
Ascension: Silvance is surrounded by a dark red lightning. Then Asclei dashes forward/upward while thrusting his sword towards the opponent. Once the dash has been done, the direction can’t be changed. A risky move but lethal if it hits.
Strength: S Speed: AA Piercing: S Control: C
Rail Shot: a small but extremely fast lightning based shooting spell. Each shot only fires in a straight path and can’t be controlled individually.
Strength: B Speed: S Piercing: AAA Control: Impossible.
Rail Cannon: Similar to Divine Buster only with a smaller AOE and is lightning based. The quick shot version doesn’t need to be charged; however it’s attack power is only B
Strength: A-S Speed: S Piercing: S Control: Impossible.
Rail Storm: Very similar to Fate’s Trident Zanber Breaker (upgrade version of Plama Zanber Breaker). 4 smaller rays of lightning hits the target first at the same time, then a main one comes after. When the main one fires, instead of splitting into 3 rays of lightning when it enters a magic array, an enormous amount of lightning surrounds the rail storm creating a drill-like-form. Rail Storm is Asclei’s most powerful spell; however, in order to use it, a thunderstorm and Lightning Blade Phalanx Shift are needed; In addition, it takes lots of mana to use the spell. After using it, Asclei is most likely incapable of any further combat.
Strength: S-SS Speed: S Piercing: SS Control: Impossible
Movement Spell:
Blast Step: A movement spell enabling Asclei to move from on place to another. In addition, a shock wave (at the place where he was previously standing) is produced whenever he leaps—a useful ability whenever the user is cornered by several enemies and needs to move away.
Capture Spells:
Lightning Chain: A bind in a form of chain which restrains the enemy and electrocutes them whenever they move or whenever the user wants to. It can be detonated as well.
Passive Spells:
Lightning Field: A field that expands for a mile at most and becomes invisible after activation. Unlike most field, this spell is used for detecting any enemy that enters the area of effect. Useful when hiding from enemies because it can alert the user ahead of time if there are any enemies that are in the area. If Asclei reduce the area being covered by this spell, then he can sense the movement of anything and know exactly where they are.
Lightning Coat: When this spell is used, Asclei’s arm or weapon is surrounded by lightning and would last as long as the user wants to; however, it will keep draining mana as long as its active. When the Lightning Coat is activated, the Lighting Crest will be present in every slash and the Lightning Edge is available as a quick shot spell.
Transformation: Asclei uses it to spy on others and gather information.
Defensive Spells:
Shield
Field
Barrier
IS:
Heavens Pillar: Similar to Ascension but is not a magic based skill.
Demonic Void: A defensive IS which absorbs offensive spells as long as the spell or energy being absorbed is not bigger than sphere created by the user.
Sting Raid: Similar to Cinque’s IS. The only thing different is that it’s a group of swords and not daggers.
Spoiler for Personality:
Usually quiet due to the fact he dislikes speaking with people that he doesn’t or barely know. He was first unsociable which made Fate feel uncomfortable whenever they were paired up together on missions. As he opens up to the crew of Varuna, many thought it was so much better when he isolated himself. After opening up, Asclei would not hesitate to speak up his mind. He’s also known for being sadistic and loves to tease other people whenever he finds out about their weakness or anything that would make the other person uncomfortable or embarrassed.
Asclei is very fond of spaghetti and likes animals such as cats and dogs. This was proven when he suddenly picked up Zafira and started to snuggle him the first time he saw him (he stopped doing so when Zafira later revealed his other form which left Asclei in tears).
Spoiler for Additional Info:
Type 03 Combat Cyborg of the Type Zero series and one of the Seven Arcs. Even though he is a cyborg, he is also a product of Project F; however, unlike the other products of Project F, Asclei wasn’t given the memories of his original. He knows who his original but keeps quiet about it. Among the Type-Zeroes, Asclei is the first one to posses multiple IS. However, his magical abilities are limited due to the seal placed on him due to the fact that a child’s body could not contain such immense amount of magic. The seal itself has weakened for the past years which explain why whenever Asclei goes berserk, thunderclouds gathers around the battlefield and lightning surrounds Asclei preventing anyone from approaching him. To solve the problem, Fate taught Asclei how to summon/create a familiar. That way, the familiar will drain his excess magical energies which results with Innova coming into existence.
Asclei was raised in a training facility in Aldian Kingdom. As the 3rd type-0, Asclei extremely excels in close quarters combat. When engaging an enemy, Asclei relies heavily on his speed to avoid his enemy’s attacks or to get close to them and deliver a blow. Although he specializes in speed and close range combat, Asclei’s defensive spells are average. Since he can’t rely on his defensive spells, Asclei tries to deflect his opponent’s attacks or avoid it instead by using movement spells. Other than being skilled in close range combat, Asclei is also dangerous due to the fact that he uses his surroundings into his advantage.
Asclei lacked the ability to use bombardment spell since he focused more in swordsmanship throughout the years; however, with the installment of the Twin Velka Cartridge System to the severely damaged Silvance and the training with Fate and the others, Asclei finally was able to use a lightning based bombardment spell, Rail Storm, a powerful SS class bombardment spell that has an enormous piercing capability.
Although Asclei possess powerful spells, he doesn’t use some of them due to the fact it drains too much of his mana. Although, the Twin Velka cartridge system solved this problem; the strain that is inflicted on his body is twice the amount compared to the first cartridge system which makes Asclei think twice when using a bombardment spell.
Spoiler for Relationships with other characters:
Lanos – Asclei sees Lanos as an older brother and the one that he trusts the most (when it comes to serious business).
Fate – Asclei highly respects Fate due to her melee and magical skills. The two spars together which usually ends with a draw but sometimes Fate wins by default (Asclei runs off whenever he sees signs of Fate using a powerful bombardment spell). Asclei tends to tease Fate whenever he finds the chance to do so as well. Despite of being close friends with Fate, Asclei watches his manners and tries not showing Fate his “other” side.
Sierra – The person who cut Asclei’s hair shorter which caused him to change his hairstyle.
Chrono – The two became close friends and are sparring partners whenever Fate or Signum is not around. Also, Asclei’s spell, Lightning Blade was based on Chrono’s Stinger Blade Execution Shift. Asclei usually calls Chrono “Onii-chan” whenever he sees him in a jokingly manner which causes Chrono to get mad and embarrassed at the same time.
Shari – Asclei enjoys Shari as a company due to the fact that she does almost all of the talking. The two including Lanos and Teana usually hangs out together during breaks and have fun conversations which usually involves their superiors. Asclei doesn’t feel any wall between him and Shari which makes them close. Asclei usually seeks advice from Shari whenever he’s having problems. Asclei also asks favors from Shari regarding about Barrier Jacket and Device enhancements. The one who modified the Sigma Drive that Asclei manage to get a hold of was Shari.
Signum – Asclei thinks highly of Signum which is odd for an Aldian Knight to think of due to the fact that Aldian Knight’s greatest rivals in combat are the Velka Knights. Asclei spars with Signum as well but he doesn’t whenever he can find of an excuse to decline the offer. Asclei tries to avoid a sparring with Signum due to the fact that the sparring becomes a brawl whenever the fight is dragged for too long. According to Asclei, Signum is much more of a “berserker” compared to Fate. Fate can at least maintain her composure and facial expression but Signum is different whenever she enjoys the mock battle.
Extra...in other words, sketches >_<
Spoiler for Long Haired Asclei:
for those that actually read the last part of Sierra's background, this is how Sierra looked like when she apologized to Asclei for cutting his hair. XD
Asclei: "Cruel, just cruel T_T"
Spoiler for Short Haired Asclei:
Not much in here, just a pissed off Asclei....
Spoiler for Break:
Everyone is currently on break and are relaxing. Asclei, Lanos, Teana, and Ginga are enjoying their coversation. Then Subordinate A knocked and saying that there's an item for Lanos which is from Alfred Lancer, Sierra's father. Lanos took it and was happy because Alfred sent him the items that he wanted. Everyone suddenly felt a cold breeze hitting their necks...Lanos is up to something. Teana then stood up and walk to the door but Lanos stopped her.
Lanos: wait, Tea-chan! where are you going?
Teana: I forgot I had something to do...I'll be right back once its done *whenever I see that overly happy smile of yours, you're always up to no good*
Lanos: I guess it cant be helped.....here, at least have some candy, its pretty good. I'll see you later then.................definitely.
Teana: ....yeah..
Teana left and is currently walking in the hall way
*takes off the wrapper and ate it*
Teana:....hmmm its pretty tasty...I should've asked for more.
Back in the room.
Asclei: This is...edible...right?
Ginga: It looks like any other candy, I doubt there's any harm from eating it.
Lanos: Geez, do you guys not trust me at all?
Asclei: Whenever you have that overly happy smile of yours...NO!
Lanos: How cruel T_T, you trust me dont you Ginga?
Ginga: O-Of course I do....*avoids eye contact with Lanos*
To prove that that the candy is safe, Lanos ate one. For 3 minutes nothing happened.
Lanos: see, I told you.
Asclei and Ginga ate one as well. The both of them liked the candy that Lanos gave them. 5 minutes later. A neko mimi appeared on Asclei's head while an usagi mimi was present on Ginga's head.
Asclei: Lanos! you said its safe! you lied just now didnt you!
Lanos: Ah~ the two of you look sooo good. I especially like your rabbit ears Ginga <3
Asclei: He's not listening....!....is that a tail behind you?....the tail is waving around...are you enjoying this?
Lanos: Very much so...
Asclei: He doesnt feel any guilt at all....Ginga why dont you say something as well?
Ginga: huh? (she's touching her rabbit ears....seems likes enjoying it)
Lanos: Don't worry, after an hour or so it will disappear.
Fate walks in the scene.
Fate: *surprised*, what happened?
Lanos: Not much, wanna join us Fate-san?
Fate: *sigh* (looks at Ginga). My, those rabbit ears are very cute on you Ginga.
Ginga: Thank you Fate-san.
Fate: *looks at Asclei, his cat ears are twitching* are those cat ears? *approaches Asclei* may I touch them?
As fate approach Asclei with her hands ready to grab the cat ears, Asclei stood up and was about to make a run for it but he tripped. Fate caught up and was touching Asclei's cat ears to her hearts content.
Fate: so cute!, its just like the real thing
Asclei: S-Stop, you're pulling it too hard! T__T
While this was going on, Lanos took the opportunity to take pictures of everyone in the room.
In the hallway...Teana was happy that whatever Lanos was hiding up his sleeve, she escaped from it...or so she thought.
Lanos: Gotta look for Tea-chan now and take some good shots. hahan~ if she thinks she got away, she's way to naive to think that she can escape from the hands of Lanos-sama.
Asclei: Someone! help!
Ginga: *How envious, I want to touch the cat ears too...but Asclei might get mad later...I
guess I'll hold back....for now*
Fate kept on touching and didnt let go of Asclei's cat ears for an entire hour.
I did mention that Asclei transforms whenever he needs to spy on others and gather informatin...right? Anyway, Lanos and the others didn't know about what form Asclei transforms into. However, Fate later found out about it.
Here's a sketch of Fate's expression when she realized that the person before her is...well...you can pretty much tell XD.
Spoiler for eeeeeeeeh?!!!!!!!!!!!:
*taps chin* You know... I can't help but noticing neither Ginga nor Subaru apearing in the relationship chart. You'd think a guy like him would like to keepcontact with his kin.
If you don't mind, I'll ad him to the list of Uomo's (my own Sentoukijin) contacts.
Quote:
Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
Yeah...So much for Red Dragons in the Nanohaverse
One dragon does not the power of a dragonflight make.
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
Eh? What do you mean?
I'm planning to make Uomo and Koji partners while in the academy. Koji's general acceptance of everyone around him makes him the perfect partner for Uomo, who would have had trouble with other people because of his apearance. I need to know what stands and what has been dropped since you-wrote the last chapter.
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Originally Posted by FlameSparkZ
O-ok....
*runs*
Smart move.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
...
A'dal: ...it is as we calculated. This being is a self evident manifestion of the materium.
Xes'a: Absolute chaos is directing her, and yet she is inline with our cause.
Mirii: Is it by random chance, given the absolute chaos?
Kaa: The difference is too significant to ignore.
Xes'a: What do you suggest?
A'dal: Obeservation. Kaa: Intervention.
Other Naaru: ...
Mirii: You are always interfering, Kaa.
A'dal: But again, Kaa has a point. Her existence is as limited as our Ces'rauva, a significant reason to intervene, at the same time it makes possible for the Ces'rauva to watch and guide this being's destiny. Not mention this being might illuminate the possibility of a Quera's direction.
Mirii: But that's impossible!
Xes'a: It's just statistically insignificant. This settles it then.
Mirii: I agree on that data point as well, but I emphasize caution. Going out on a limb created Kluize, and in one percentage of the timelines created by this decision, Neltharion will interfere with our work.
Kaa: I will ensure this probability stays as it is.
The songs of the crystalline beings brighten as their plan began unfolding from the past to the future.
Kaa: ...keikakudoori...
Mirii: What was that, Kaa?
Kaa: Nothing.
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Okay the last bit was Khrack... But what you've said matches perfectly the concept of Absolute Chaos, and yet still works like the Naaru's (actually Kaa's) Ces'rauva. Hence the interest, as it is possible that unbeknownst to them all, one of the Quera may be directing her.
<--- is remembered of the ending of Tales of the Past, where Arthas' was directed by a Naaru (or Quera).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
Fate: It's black, sleek and doesn't jam! Hayate: Just look the firepower of the device! Keroko: Oooh hi-techies~! Me want~~! Nanoha: Sorry, Keroko-chan. I'm testing it first! Keroko: Hidoi-yo, Nanoha-chaaan~ T_T
Kha: 0_0\\\
Raising Heart: [Didn't you know, Master Kha?] Bardiche: [Yes, Sir.] Rein Zwei: Hayate's always loved lots of big explosions desu~~ Artherion: [So eat your heart out, Meatbag.]
Kha: The fact that they are all young ladies makes it very disturbing. <.<
(Note: this is set in the loli-shouta era of the Nanoha timeline)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
The actual document made something very romantic out of it... As Fate and Hayate had already passed on, and the Takamachi sisters are slowly giving out due to the magical strain they've picked up over the years, Kha is struggling to find reason to remain among the living when it seems that the world no longer needed him...
...until he finds a young Keroko duking it out in the Layer against his daughter Teresa that in his grief he had forgotten...
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...
...
Badly inspired by CLANNAD no less.
Hoo boy. Whats his reaction to seeing that?
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Originally Posted by Evangelion Xgouki
WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Why, Keroko-chan and Vivio Caramel-dansen of course.
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Originally Posted by Tk3997
He's doing it because he's thick headed and despite having his flat our wrong and stupid characterization of him SHREDDED he's still desperately trying to make him seem like an asshole for no good reason besides basiclly not liking him.
Oh come now, just because he hasn't edited it yet doesn't mean he's not listening.
*taps chin* You know... I can't help but noticing neither Ginga nor Subaru apearing in the relationship chart. You'd think a guy like him would like to keepcontact with his kin.
If you don't mind, I'll ad him to the list of Uomo's (my own Sentoukijin) contacts.
Oh that, its because I havent finished writing the relationship chart yet. I have most of the stuffs in my head right now but I need to write it to make things more orderly. All I can say is that Ginga will be one of the important characters later on in my fanfic. Anyway, right now I'm thinking if I should make Ginga a possible love interest for Asclei....while Lanos have an unrequited love for Teana.
Anyway...can you explain more about the Uomo's contacts? sorry, I didnt get that part
*cough* Anyway, I wanted Asclei to have a dark past...or something along those lines. So yeah, here is the summary of the events that happened to Ascle's life. Lanos pretty much have the same history except I didnt include anything about what his life was before he was taken to the facility. I'd like to point out that Fate and the others doesnt know much about Asclei's past. The only exceptions are Lanos and Skryed.
Spoiler for Asclei's Past:
MC 059-068
Asclei grew up in training facility in Aldian Kingdom. It is where most children that had magic potentials were brought and were trained for combat everyday. Some of them were taken forcefully to the facility after their homes being burned down to the ground while others were the children of criminals and traitors. Each child was given a soup, a piece of bread and water for a meal. In the living quarters, there were times when children beat up one another in order to steal their food. Those who repeatedly fail the training course were punished severely or taken away somewhere. Whenever someone tried to escape and was caught, the other kids in their quarters couldn’t sleep due to the loud screams that were coming out of the “disciplinary” rooms.
When Asclei was 5, he couldn’t control his magic at all. Resulting with damaged properties around the facility. The windows and doors in the hall way were blown out and many of the children and staffs were injured. Before Asclei knew it, many feared him; however, it changed when a heavy restriction spell was casted on him. It limited Asclei’s magical capabilities which solved the problem. As a result, some of the children who held bitters feelings towards Asclei due to that incident took advantage of the situation and started to target Asclei whenever they feel stressed or irritated. Asclei had to put up a resistance or else he’ll get injured even more. Asclei manage to win against three or more children but not all the time. Later, he met another child who was 4 years older than him. His name was Lanos Skylark who one day stopped other kids from picking on Asclei. Before Lanos noticed, helping Asclei became a usual thing for him. When the other kids finally had it with Lanos’ behavior; they decided to band up together. Unlike the usual, there were more opponents than ever and as a result Lanos was beaten up severely while Asclei was not around. After the fight, Asclei tried tending on Lanos’ wounds; however, Asclei was horrible on healing spells. Asclei manage to treat Lanos’ wounds; although it wasn’t a perfect treatment, Lanos regenerating ability was fast enough to quicken his recovery. When it was about midnight, Asclei went to the quarters of the children who beated up Lanos. When morning came, many of those children were found nearly dead. No one found out who was the culprit. As a result, many children started to become paranoid and fearful. They started to become more distrustful against others and became more violent whenever a small conflict occurs. They started to think…”what if the culprit was actually one of my roommates…am I gonna be next?” Asclei noticed the distress among the children in the facility. He took advantage of the situation and told Lanos that they should create their own group to protect themselves. The two attracted others would sought protection incase a conflict occurs. Their group grew over in time. As time passes by those members grew close together. They would train with each other to have better results in the actual training hours conducted by the staffs and shared their food with each other.
Lanos and Asclei were especially close even though they weren’t related by blood, they started to treat each other as brothers. The two assisted each other whenever trouble arose. During winter, the two would sleep side by side to share their blankets because its thicker and warmer when two blankets are used together. As time passes by many of their friends were recruited but the members who were left off were not sad. It’s due to the fact that all of them agreed that they would one day meet up again.
MC 069-075
Summer of the year 069, Asclei and Lanos caught the attention of the 13th Lance who was observing the training sessions due to their excellent performance. As a result, they were recruited. Lanos was then able to come out to the outside world again. Asclei was the most delighted due to the fact that he had never been outside of the training facility for as long as he could remember. For the following years, Asclei and Lanos were under the care of the 13th Lance. During at that time, Asclei improved even more in close range combat due to having a King’s Lance as an instructor. Relliant Foresythe first thought of Asclei as a weapon than as a person. As months passes by, Relliant was forced to accept that even though Asclei was born differently, he’s not that different from any child of his age at all. As times with Asclei passes by, Relliant came to regretted not stopping his wife when she left his side after their daughter’s death. He regretted not accepting the clone of their daughter as person and for not stopping his wife from using her as a tool. The last time he have heard about the child was that she joined the TSAB. He wanted to apologize to her but even if they could meet, he was afraid of confronting her. To him, his negligence towards her was unforgivable; an apology was not enough. Later on, Relliant decided to retire from his position because he didn’t want to be part of the people who favored human experimentations and cloning for their own selfish ambitions. Relliant then became a financial supporter of the rebellion group known as Albion (without Asclei and Lanos’s knowing about it). In the last month of the year 073, Asclei and Lanos have become official knights and they were required to stay in one of the military facilities in the kingdom, resulting with separation with Relliant. Relliant then started to shelter the families of the rebels when they had nowhere to go. He also helped them escape to the borders by using his connections. Relliant admitted that it was his own way of repenting for his actions in the past.
Asclei and Lanos remained unaware of Relliant’s actions. At this time, the two especially Lanos started to develop remorse against the King’s actions towards the neighboring kingdoms, independent towns and villages near the borders of the kingdom. In addition, Asclei found out that the failed “products” of the training facility where he and Lanos used to reside in were used as research subjects instead.
As an Aldian Knight, Asclei and Lanos were usually given the tasks of intercepting the enemy forces first and break their formations while the Aldian Army finishes them. Although Asclei and Lanos never killed any unarmed men, the Aldian Army was different. The soldiers slaughtered all the men, the children were taken and at a times, the women were brought “somewhere” else. Asclei tried to help them despite of his limited authorities but only a few were spared. After all, with the Commanding General of the Aldian Army is around, they can’t do anything. They knew that two people can’t bring changes; however, if they rose to the ranks then maybe. The two agreed and decided not to do anything for now and aim for promotions. For the following years, the two executed the orders given to them flawlessly which impressed many high ranking officers of the Aldian Security Council. After all, It’s been decades ever since someone rose to the ranks quickly in just a few years. MC 075, Lanos and Asclei became members of the King’s Lance—Knights that takes orders directly from the king and have their own unit. The King’s Lance has a total of 13 members and each member has his/her own squad. Asclei and Lanos chose some of the knights that were loyal to them as part of their squad. Whenever Asclei and Lanos finds out about a possible occupation of a certain town or kingdom; they would inform them with the help of their subordinates—who were supposedly be KIA according to their casualty reports to the king. For the following months, Asclei and Lanos found out that there’s group planning to overthrow the King. Lanos and Asclei decided to meet one of the key members on a certain day; however, a week before the meeting day, the word got out and rebellion was crushed. The rebels didn’t last due to the appearance of 8 King’s Lance members. Some managed to escape while others were not as fortunate. At that time, Lanos and Asclei took part in operation by securing the area. They then “captured” some rebels who were escaping and “disposed” of them accordingly with the help of their loyal subordinates.
The following week, many of the key members of the rebels were executed publicly to serve as deterrence for those who would attempt to repeat the same thing. Afterwards, Asclei and Lanos were asked to go to the dungeon. When they arrived, they saw Relliant who was severely injured from the torture that he went through. To his right side was the 9th Lance, Versa Crew…most likely the one that inflicted the wounds on Relliant. Then the communicator screen in the wall activated. The Aldian King was on it just like whenever he’s giving orders directly to the King’s Lance members. The king wanted to know if Lanos and Asclei had anything to do with rebellion as well. Relliant repeatedly denied their participation; however, the king wanted to hear it directly from the two. The king continued by stating that Reliant has been supporting the rebellion group, Albion and was sheltering many of the suspected members and their families for the past 2 years. In addition, he also assisted by giving escape routes to the spies inside the capital. The king then said
“I’d like to believe that the two of you have nothing to do with the rebels; however, I can’t overlook the fact that the two of you were under his care in the past.”
Asclei and Lanos hearts started to beat rapidly and started sweating. Lanos then said that they had nothing to do with it. Lanos gave empirical evidences that he could think of to convince the king. The king then responded by saying:
“I would like to believe what you have said. But that is not enough. I want the two of you to prove your loyalty to me right at this moment. All you have to do is behead Relliant.”
Asclei’s eyes grew wide and using all of his strength to suppress himself from trembling. The king required that Asclei was the one that must carry it out. Lanos knew that Asclei looked up to Relliant like a father, thus he insisted that he should do it instead. The king rejected it.
If Asclei refused then all of the efforts that Lanos, as well as their subordinates have made would have been worthless. Not only that, all of them were likely to be executed as well. Asclei couldn’t bear to kill the person who gave him a last name…the person who taught him many things including writing and reading different kinds of languages...the person who was worried sick about his state when he was severely injured on one of his missions….the one who kept on sending messages to confirm if he was doing well…the person who took care and loved him like he was a real son. Asclei clenched his teeth and fist…he can’t…he just can’t. This is probably what the king wanted. For Asclei to kill his own foster father would prove his absolute loyalty towards the Aldian King.
Asclei then heard a voice in his head. Relliant was trying to communicate with Asclei via telepathy. Relliant told Asclei that he must do it or else his efforts would have gone to waste. Relliant knew that Asclei and Lanos intended to join Albion. Relliant told Asclei that the Albion was not completely crushed. The members are just scattered all over the place due to the incident. He told Asclei to go to Frostberg Town and look for Alfred Lancer. Relliant then begged Asclei to put an end to his life. Relliant told Asclei that he was no long confident that he could take anymore tortures. He wanted Asclei to kill him before he gives in and leak any information. Asclei refused. Relliant kept on insisting. Several minutes have passed; Asclei finally gave in to Relliant’s wishes. Asclei took out Silvance and raised it as Relliant lowered his head. Lanos, closed his hand and looked away…trying to suppress his emotions. Asclei held Silvance tightly…trying to prevent it from shaking. Relliant then told Asclei his last words:
“….Thank you…”
Asclei lowered his sword swiftly, ending Relliant’s suffering….blood gushed out from his neck…Asclei remained in the same position when the sword hit the ground after the slash….standing quietly in front of the headless body of the person he looked up to as a father…Lanos used all of his strength to held back his tears.
The king was delighted.
“I am grateful for your loyalty. I apologize if I doubted you two. It must have been hard killing the person that took care of you. I will not apologize for that matter; however, I can sympathize with the grief that you are feeling right now. Well then, you may leave once you two are done.”
The communicator screen turned off. Versa left the dungeon. As he walked outside, he received a transmission from the king.
AK: Do you have it?
Versa: yes, what shall I do with it, my lord?
AK: Keep it for now…just in case…
The king hanged up and conversation came to an end.
In the dungeon, Asclei dropped to his knees and reached out for Relliant’s head and held on to it. Lanos touched Asclei’s shoulder and grieved for their loss.
When Asclei returned back to his place, he saw a parcel on top of his bed. When he opened it, it had three letters and other items as well. One was addressed to Asclei and the other was for Lanos. When Asclei opened his letter, a gem fell off. It was a dark red gem and when Asclei looked closely, he could see a sphere of lightning emitting in the center of the gem. Asclei wondered what it was. He started reading the letter. In it, Relliant told Asclei about his thoughts about him at first and how it changed. It also mentioned how Asclei changed his views towards the products of Project F, artificial mages and combat cyborgs. The fun memories that he had with Asclei was written on it and how happy he was when Asclei accepted to take on the last name, Foresythe since his daughter’s last name was different than his. Relliant then told Asclei to keep his gem with him at all times. He told Asclei that Alfred Lancer will explain everything to him once they meet each other. As Asclei continued reading, he found out that Relliant asked him to do something for him. It had something to do with his daughter’s clone. In the letter, Relliant asked Asclei if ever he meets or hears about his other daughter, he wanted Asclei to bring 3 items to her. First is the black box inside the parcel, it contained a beautiful necklace with a red gem. In the center of the gem, there was an insignia on it. It was the insignia of the Foresythe family. The second one was a family picture. It was taken in a beautiful garden and there were three people in it. One of them was Relliant; the other two were most likely his wife and his “real” daughter. The final item was a letter for his “other” daughter. Asclei looked who it was addressed to:
Asclei: “To my daughter, Fate Testarossa…”
you guys can bring up any abnormalities in his past so I can revise it afterwards. If somethings sounds cheesy or anything insufficient, feel free to criticize cuz it actually helps me improve it
<--- is remembered of the ending of Tales of the Past, where Arthas' was directed by a Naaru (or Quera).
Interestingly, Martin chose to use Muruu's 3D model to represent Ner'zhul in that last scene, most probably due to the lack of a model for the being that was once an intangible enchantment in a block of ice. And I've never really imagined what the Quera were like, but your reaction has created a link between the bright A'dal hovering in Shattrah City, and the darker cousins, and Muruu who has almost completely turned black...
Looks like I have a 3D model of the crystalline Quera after all, besides the Mokona forms they adopt sometimes. :3
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Another scene of A's Destiny GET!
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Hoo boy. Whats his reaction to seeing that?
Shock, grief, resolution, and understanding. Nothing like moments like these that cause a dramatic welling of mana and facilitate a bridge between the materium and the immaterium. :3
@Fate: AAAAH ninja post! Reading it in a while, but a quick browse stuns me. No prizes for guessing why, and I'm waiting for Nighty's take on this will I read closer.
One dragon does not the power of a dragonflight make.
Looks like it
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I'm planning to make Uomo and Koji partners while in the academy. Koji's general acceptance of everyone around him makes him the perfect partner for Uomo, who would have had trouble with other people because of his apearance. I need to know what stands and what has been dropped since you-wrote the last chapter.
Didn't we talk about this in the previous incarnation?
Besides...it's the academy, that was before the events in StrikerS and BreakerS, right?
So out of interest, if I want to update links in this incarnation of the OC thread, I assume I have to contact ghazkullzkhllughlkhaaaaan I'm sorry, I swear I tried to remember how to spell your handle, but I forgot.
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), helping out at Yaoi Con sponsored events, lightening my wallet in the Dealers Room, and many cosplays over the 4-day con I must now return to being 'normal' 
What do you mean?
