”Whooo~” Same and Lanlai responded at the sight of RF6 headquaters. A light blue building in the middle of a grass field. It's walls were steep slopes and filled with windows, it would have been easy to climb it with little talent. Above the entrance, there were a larger block with a yellow ornament attached to it. The building was strangely well designed for military base.
”Wait till you see insides of it.” Subaru winked at the amazed knights.
”Amazing~” Same's polytonic voice exaggarated even his feelings. ”Technology, damnit!” He swung loosely as the car stopped.
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”Now that we are back after succesful retrieval of the book. You are all given 5 days of vacation while we gather pages for the book.” Hayate stood on her stand and waited for the cheering to stop.
”However.” She took a pause for it to sink. ”We need something to get the pages from. You all are prohibited to cast magic and your linker cores will be drained twice, today and three days from now. Shamal has confirmed this will not have any longterm effects on anybody.” She finished her speech.
”Ah great.” Same shrugged his shoulders and fell into deep depression. ”I'm penniless and now I have to spend a week doing something.” He laid down on the dirty floor.
”If you want, you could work for the RF6 and we shall give you a part of this months salary in advance.” Hayate cheered to overreacting boy. ”Same goes for all other knights and Aren-kun. TSAB has accepted you as their staff if you are interested in it.” She announced more news.
”Fantastic.” Linque clapped with Miachell. ”Ages accept your offer.” He bowed deeply followed by a curtsy from both Miachell and Lanlai.
”But I wanted a dance sh...” Same was silenced by a merciless stomp from Linque.
”As he was saying. None of us has any complains.” The white haired man rose from his bow and kept Same silent with his feet.
”Great. Welcome aboard. We'll handle the formalities afterwards. You could call yourself semi-staff members until the book has been destroyed.” Hayate clapped at the new RF6 personel. ”How about Aren-kun?” She searched the room for a suited man. ”Has anybody seen him?”
”Speaking of which. I haven't seen Shari or Yuuno either.” Fate recalled.
”Don't say...” Nanoha staggered and broke down in deep laughter.
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”Atchuu~” Shari, Aren and Yuuno sneazed in unison.
”Bless you.” They said and continued reading in Claudia.
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”I'll let Chrono-kun know that there are extra geeks onboard.” Hayate sighed, causing laughter in the audience.
”Once we get the team geek back, we will be having a party for our new members.” Nanoha pulled herself together and punched the sky.
”Now, everybody please follow Shamal for a linker core drain and general medical check.” Hayate pointed her hand towards a waving green haired doctor.
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”Next.” A bored voice ordered. ”Miachell? What are you doing here?” Shamal wondered the irritated brunette.
”I was forced to join this. Nobody believed that I didn't have a linker core or that I can't get sick.” Miachell shrugged and sat on a plain chair.
”I'm not suprised that people didn't believe that somebody could be strong as you without linker core nor that somebody could have immunity to pretty much every disease or disorder out there.” Shamal rolled her stethoscope around her neck and flexed. ”But do stay here, I need a break.”
”Fine by me.” Miachell responded. ”We have lots of catching up to do anyway.” She smiled slightly and crossed her legs.
”Yes, indeed. But now might not be the best time.”
”I can wait.” Miachell inscpected the small room. There was nothing but a bed, desk, two chairs and a scale. Plain even for an infermary. ”Can Mid-Childan science remove scars?”
”Most of them yes. You have something to be cured?”
”Yes I do.” Miachell rose from her chair and unclasped her cape. ”This.” She dropped her cape and pointed the scar above her right breast.
”You should be careful. Nudism is illeagal in public here.” Shamal smirked and inspected the scar. ”That's not too bad. Yes, I think it can be fixed.” She sat down in her chair and wrote something down. ”Whered did you get that?”
”Signum-senpai got me back in the temple.”
”Ouch. I wonder how Linque-san's stomach looks like.” Shamal thought aloud horrified.
”I don't think it's too bad.” Miachell reminced and returned to her chair.
”You forgot your clothing.” Shamal pointed the decorated cape still on the floor.
”Ah, yes.” Miachell blushed and grabbed her cape.
”Ready yet, Shamal-san?” Nanoha peeked from the door. ”...” She saw a frozen Shamal and Miachell dressing without any rush. ”Carry on.”
”Miachell, I'm counting on you.” Shamal rubbed the area between her eyes and sighed deeply.
”Is it really that bad thing?” Miachell asked, finishing her dressing and saw Shamal nod. ”Alright, you can count on me.” She walked out from the room to a corridor full of people.
”I'm happy for you.” Nanoha teared in the clapping crowd.
”Your deduction capabilites are below avarage.” Miachell spouted and pushed the crowd away from her way.
”Miachell... Your social skills are below avarage.” Shamal sighed again before calling next person in.
”Mental note: Do not let Nanoha-san get any ideas and nudism is illeagal here too...” Miachell walked the now empty corridors of RF6. Only the general people would sleep in the building during this vacation as they had no other home.
”Now... A week to kill.” She pondered what there was in the new culture she was introduced to. In the temple, they could only play cards, eat, or train their mind or combat without using the book's power, so finding something interesting wasn't the proplem.
”Ah... I had that...” -Remove Thought- Four blue lights appeared from her head and materialized in her hand as a small amulet.
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”Hayate, what are you going to do this week?” Vita asked walking next to her master.
”Unlimited paper works.” She answered smiling.
”Workaholic.” Vita pouted and lowered her voice.
”Don't worry. I'll be with you too.” Hayate attempted to cheer Vita. ”There will be much more free time then usual so don't worry.” She patted the child-sized warrior.
”It's not that...” Vita lowered her voice even more. ”I'm worried about you working too much.” She turned her head away, making it hard for Hayate to hear her.
”Aaww...” Hayate moaned from the sight and words. ”You should be cute around other people as well.” Her smile widened even more.
”I-I'm not cute.” Vita denied.
”Aaww...” Hayate covered her mouth with her hand and eyed Vita like watching a baby.
”Stop that!” Vita continued her desperate denial only fuelling Hayate's actions.
”Vita in denial is even cuter.” Hayate snickered maliciously.
”Stop teasing me!” She stomp the ground. ”I'm really worried about you.”
”Hohoho~” Hayate made the most fake laughter ever.
”Stoop~!” Vita rushed away from the scene.
”Vita-san running? Where's the fire?” Subaru joined the child sized warrior.
”Away with you!” The blushed child tried to shake Subaru off but couldn't.
”You can't outrun me.” Subaru easily matched Vita's speed with Mach Calibur. It was common for Subaru to roll around the outpost with her skates just because she could.
”Cheater!” Vita yelled, now forgotten her initial reason for running. ”Graf Eisen!” She cast and her necklace turned into a mallet.
”Last in the training field buys the other a dinner.” Subaru suggested.
”I'll take you on.” Vita confirmed and lifted her maul.
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”Rio-tan, could you show me the city tomorrow?” Same asked, rotating in their room on a black disk.
”Sure.” Erio watched Same spin around. ”We could get ingredients, what Nanoha-san asked me to get as well.” He planned with his hand on his chin.
”Hoo... Aren't you dependable.” Same deducted and descended to Erio's head level.
”People say that often.” Erio grinned proudly. ”How can you cast without your linker core?”
”Oh, this?” Same stopped the spinning and flew off the disk. ”Selshin's don't seem to use linker core for spells.” Black straps caught Same mid-air and he floated now upside down.
”How do you cast then?” Erio sat on the lower bed. Same was now his roommate and bunked in the upper bed.
”There is something other inside us.” Same landed on the floor and the straps vanished. ”Sha-san said that Sha-chan said that she found a void inside Ren-kun.”
”Wait, your names are hard to follow. Who are Sha-san and Sha-chan?” Erio tried to make sense to the boy.
”Sha-san is the green haired nurse and Sha-chan is the female member of team geek.” Same told clearly like they made sense. ”So that's how it is. We don't use linker core's for spells, so draining it doesn't effect us.” He demonstrated by lifting his own shadow from the floor.
”So that should mean you don't use mana and AMF has no effect in you, right?”
”I am unfamiliar with your scientific terms.” Same tilted his head.
”Forget it, I'll ask Aren when he gets here.” Erio rose up and walked towards the door.
”Aww... Please tell me. Please~” Same floated next to Erio on a black disk.
”I'm not a good at these things. You should ask somebody else.”
”I don't need to remember it. I just want to know.” Same stated and began spinning around again.
”You are really strange.” Erio sighed and proceeded to ignore the spinning monk.
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Caro walked slowly towards her room. She knew what was waiting for her and was hesitant to open the door. It wouldn't be so bad if she could sleep with Lanlai wiggling next to her but when Caro found out about it she coudn't get it out from her head. Despite this she didn't want anybody else to be her roommate.
Quietly she peeked from the door if she could see Lanlai inside.
”Caro-chaan~” A black haired girl forced the door open with immense strenght, making Caro fly to her arms. ”How has your day been?” She smiled and spun around few times to avoid falling over.
”G-good. What about yours?” Caro smiled back the best she could from Lanlai's arms.
”Never better. Mid-Childa is interesting and I haven't even been to the city yet.” Lanlai beamed with excitement and let Caro stand on her own.
”Thats good to hear.” Caro brushed herself and gave a natural smile to Lanlai.
”Which one is your bed?” Lanlai asked in a borrowed pink pajama as she still didn't have own pajamas, althought Caro doubted she would even wear them if she had.
”The upper, even that I've been alone here for now.” Caro dressed herself to an identical pink pajama.
”Okay.” Lanlai climbed up and covered herself in the blankets.
”So you want to sleep in the upper bed?” The pink haired girl asked, knowing the answer.
”Only if you are there.” Lanlai answered like Caro had predicted.
”Not that I don't like you but it bothers me to sleep with other people.” Caro blushed and looked away.
”Oh...” Lanlai froze and climbed down from the bed. ”Then I give you this.” She opened the upper drawer and took out a gem, identical to what Aren used to be only blue.
”What is that?” Caro inspected the item in Lanlai's palm. She didn't want to pick it up as she knew what Aren did as an amulet.
”It's a Thought gem.” Lanlai stated proudly. ”I'm giving this to you.” She handed the jewel to Caro.
”Thought gem? What does it do.” Caro accepted the gift.
”It blocks or creates thoughts. Use it to create thought that us sleeping together isn't bothering.” Lanlai explained with her usual smile.
Caro was astound of the level of Selshin technology. Even in Mid-Childan standards, something like this was almost uncomprehensible.
”But isn't that cheating?” Caro asked after few seconds of scaling her morality.
”Only if you think that way.” Lanlai winked. ”If you don't like it, you can remove it. It comes with instructions, so they can't be forced on ignorant people. Sure you can still abuse them if you wanted but they were expensive and rare back in the days.”
”Maybe testing doesn't hurt.” Caro dared. ”How does this work?”
”Say the words 'Block thought' or if you want to create then use the word 'Create'. And then say the thought you want to be blocked or created. In this case 'Sleeping with Lanlai is bothering.' ” Lanlai gestured to test it.
”O-okay.” Caro closed her eyes and consentrated.
-Block thought: sleeping with Lanlai-chan is bothering- She casted and the amulet turned into four blue flames, that entered her head after a few spins in the air.
”Great.” Lanlai climbed back to the upper bed. ”Good night.” She closed her eyes and made herself comfortable.
”Good night.” Caro replied and grabbed the pillow from the lower bed before climbing up to curl next to Lanlai.
”It does work.” She grinned surprised and closed her eyes.