Infinite Stratos Character Creation and Fanfiction Discussion

[ZeroXSEED]

@ Eras

Spoiler for TLR Stratos Prolodue - Blue Part 3:

July 4, 2013, 1600 hours. Somewhere in Tokyo Bay.

“Yes, we managed to capture him safely”

The boy sat in the dim lit room helplessly, or at least appear to be. His brain work at it’s fullest, trying to find a way to solve this problem of his.

At the very least, he felt neither fear nor confusion; he knew something about him lure them. The closest answer for that is his beloved sister. The next one is more or less just as important: he was a male capable of piloting an I.S.

He knew he’ll survive this and return home.

Let’s see, three people, no, zero people are watching over him. This room is heavily enclosed anyway, thick steel door he assumed; the vents are absurdly high too.

Nothing else could help him, the pipes are intact, no such thing as glass or bottle fragment, nothing. It’s just an empty 10x6x5 meter storage room.

Dang it… what should I do? Think, Ichika, think. He tried to prevent his emotion resurface, being somewhat normal 12 years old boy, that’s not easy.

His hand was free, but freeing his leg, which is tied, is near impossible. Does that mean hopping is the only way to move?

He raised his eyebrow seeing the door actually left open, albeit slightly; did they try to test me? He thought.

His attention was pulled by a blinding light several feet form his place, ended with a poof of thin smoke, actually, more resembles mist or steam than anything else.

He could see a humanoid figure.

Scratch that, it’s really a naked humanoid female. Her pink hair waved around by the aftereffect of small explosion, and her jade-colored eyes glittering.

He blinked in response, though he’s confused, he quickly crosses his hand to prevent her from talking. At first, she tilted her head, but then nodded.

“What are you doing?” he asked very silently “Oh wait, let me guess, teleportation gone wrong?”

She nodded in response and grins.

“And what about clothes?”

Three years later, he would punch himself in the face had he did the same stupidity, but for now, it’s really an innocent, if blunt question.

“Due to the fault in the system, Warp-kun was unable to transport clothes… it hasn’t passed prototype stage yet” she stick her tongue in guilt.

He wondered if she’s not ashamed about the situation at all, he is, but his mind occupied by more important things, namely, their safety.

He doubt about her helping him sans tool, and sighed.

“Dang, I wish I can remove this rope”

She blinked, and then, nonchalantly, pull the rope as hard as she could, took effort for doing so, but apparently, she managed to snap it.

Read that right.

He gawked in disbelief, is she for real? He assumed she was around his own age. There’s no way a girl like her possess such strength.

At least… normal human is. He then noticed about black tail with heart-shaped tip.

She’s not a human, or rather, not a human from earth. Aliens, as people popularly christened. Maybe that’s why she’s rather inhumanly beautiful, and he’s a little creped by that.

“Phew, all done!” wiped a little sweat off her forehead “Now, next problem is…”

Politely, he offered her his blazer, driven by both logic and instinct.

She accepts without any problem.

“Well, at least until I met Peke…” she mumbled.

He can read her expression. Carefree, innocent (in a way), seriously not understanding the whole situation and lacking focus too.

“Hey, just so you now, I’m kidnapped here. And the people who do that is outside, so you’re in considerable danger”

He is stating the obvious, but better than having her misunderstood. While commons sense dictates his situation is truly honest, there are chances that his message will be misinterpreted.

“Eh?”

She doesn’t get it.

“Can’t you teleport two of us outside”

“Ah, no, Warp-kun still has yet to recover from the last jump”

Which translates to lack of needed energy, probably massive amount of it.

“Crap” Footsteps echoing through the room, from the sound, there’s about two or three people at most. Ichika gulped, and preparing for the worst.

However, what he saw was not his kidnapper, but a pair of men dressed in black suit, typical agent stereotype, complete with glasses.

In spite of this room having poor source of light, at that.

Amazingly, they managed to bend the steel door as if it’s thin piece of metal.

“Finally we found you, Lala-sama…”

“Let’s return”

She clenched her hand; Ichika can see she’s not afraid, but nonetheless displeased about the whole deal.

Split second later, Ichika already passed them with the mysterious girl in tow, acting purely on intuition, he knew this will open another can of worms, but alas, he always been an archetypical knight as long as he could remember.

Her slightly surprised look was answered by his small grin “Returning a favor”

Spoiler for TLR Stratos Prolodue - Blue Part 4:

“[LALA-SAMA!]”

High pitched robotic voice following them. What Ichika see was a small, doll-like creature with rounded face and swirly ‘eyes’

“Peke!” She happily hugged it.

“[I humbly apologize, Lala-sama. Seems like they followed me]”

“It’s okay, just like the usual”

The ‘doll’ so to speak, turned into a small, round hairpin which attached itself to the girl’s hair, and then materialize pink clothes with exotic design, particularly a large hat. Ichika assume it’s similar to technology applied to Infinite Stratos since the processes look so similar, but then again it could be just weird alien technology.

Ichika got his blazer back, and wonder where the hell his kidnapper is –not that he miss them or something. Does these MIB-wannabes knock them out? Ichika don’t care, all he need is to leave this place.

He could see a bright light at the end of corridor, and greeted by police forming an ambush outside.

“Holy crap” Ichika mumbles, and waved his hand in response “Its okay, we’re safe”.

“Confirmed, it was Orimura Ichika” a police gently but quickly hurried them for quick medical check, of which Ichika assured is perfectly okay.

The sound of jet engine caught their attention, a black exoskeleton machine float above the sea and moving toward them at extreme speed. Ichika recognized that figure.

It was his sister.

“Chifuyu… nee…”

Making a slow landing maneuver, it was elegant so to speak. The pilot only wore something could be described as Japanese standard swimming uniform when it comes to shape, even if the material is different.

Without needing to squint, anyone can tell the resemblance between them. Though unlike him, she has hazel-colored eyes.

“….how about the tournament?”

“It doesn’t matter anymore” she answered coldly, or rather; matter-of-factly.

He clenched his hand, disappointed in himself. Becoming yet another burden, that’s what his existence is.

He is truly ashamed.

Even though his heart was covered in despair, he could hear the chaotic situation where the two alien MIB forcibly breaking through the police formation easily, with intention of detaining the girl. At inhuman speed, Ichika dashed, jump and delivered an extremely strong roundhouse kick to one of them, precisely, on the neck.

Normally, that would at least, break their neck badly, if not outright lethal, seeing as that man, probably around 1.9 meter tall, thrown several meters away. His face corrodes through the pavement before tumbled and hit a rusty fuel tank.

During that short time, Ichika concluded that they have strong enough physique that such attack would create a small dislocation.

And he was right; the blond man cracked his neck angrily, unabashedly wonder how a squishy earthling can hurt him to that extent.

Ichika wasn’t afraid.

As another one tried to catch him, he delivered a somersault that well enough launching the target to a nearby window.

“Now, it’s time for you to run” he said, with a bright smile.

The girl can feel strange, hot feeling rose through her cheek, but nodded and left the place.
“Seriously, Ichika, playing the white knight again? You’re supposed to be the hostage here” his sister grunted in response to his action, to which he never denies.

Ichika however, is caught off guard when he was embraced tightly by her. For reputably cold-blooded Orimura Chifuyu to act mellow like this feels weird to the witnesses, but seeing the circumstances, it only prove that she’s just like everyone else.

“You shall never forget your greatest strength and virtue, okay?”

“Yes, Chifuyu-neesan”

Special Forces don’t take too long to secure the place, caught several suspect in process.
Saruyama burst out of the airlock, all the while carrying a small camcorder.

“Eh? Saruyama?” Ichika asked incredulously.

“Why? Peeping of course” he replied, waving the evidence. Which is quickly confiscated by the official much to his chagrin. And those police wonder how the hell they missed a 12 year old boy inside the vent.

[Eratas123]

Spoiler:

“Yes, we managed to capture him safely.”

The boy sat in the dim lit room helplessly, or at least appeared to be. His brain was working at it’s fullest, trying to find a way to solve this problem of his.

At the very least, he felt neither fear nor confusion: He knew there had to be something about him that would lure them. The closest answer for that was, of course, his beloved sister. The next one was more or less just as important: He was a male capable of piloting an I.S.

He knew he would survive this and return home.

Let’s see, three people, no, zero people were watching over him. This room was heavily enclosed anyway with thick steel door and the vents were absurdly high too.

Nothing else could help him; the pipes were intact, nothing like a glass or bottle fragment that he could use to attack, nothing. It was an empty 10x6x5 meter storage room.

Dang it… what should I do? Think, Ichika, think. He tried to prevent his emotions from resurfacing. Being a somewhat normal 12 years old boy, that’s not easy.

His hand was free, but freeing his leg, which was tied, was near impossible. Did that mean hopping was the only way to move?

He raised his eyebrow, seeing the door was actually left open, albeit slightly. Are they trying to test me, he thought.

His attention was pulled by a blinding light several feet from his form, ended in a poof of thin smoke. Actually, it resembled mist or steam more than anything else.

He could see a humanoid figure.

Scratch that, it was really a naked humanoid female. Her pink hair waved around by the aftereffect of small explosion, and her jade-colored eyes glittered brightly.

He just blinked in response. Though he was confused, he quickly crossed his hand to prevent her from talking. At first, she tilted her head, but then nodded.

“What are you doing?” he asked very silently “Oh wait, let me guess, teleportation gone wrong?”

She nodded in response and grinned

“And what about your clothes?”

Three years later, he would have punch himself in the face had he asked the same stupid question, but for now, it was really an innocent, if blunt question.

“Due to the fault in the system, Warp-kun was unable to transport clothes… it hasn’t passed prototype stage yet” She stick her tongue in guilt.

He wondered if she wasn't ashamed about the situation at all like he was, but his was mind occupied by more important things, namely, their safety.

He doubted about she could help him what with being naked and all.

“Dang, I wish I can remove this rope,.”

She blinked, and then, nonchalantly, pulled the rope as hard as she could. It took a little effort for doing so, but eventually, she managed to snap it.

Yes, you read that right.

He gawked in disbelief. Was she for real? He assumed she was around his own age. There was no way a girl like her possesses such strength.

At least… normal human's didn't. That was when he noticed the black tail with heart-shaped tip sprouting from her back.

She’s not a human, or rather, not a human from earth.She was an Alien, as people popularly christened them. Maybe that’s why she was rather inhumanly beautiful..... and he was a little creeped out by that.

“Phew, all done!” She wiped a little sweat off her forehead “Now, the next problem is…”

Politely, he offered her his blazer, driven by both logic and instinct.

She accepted without any problem.

“Well, at least until I meet Peke again…” she mumbled.

He could see her expression: Carefree, innocent (in a way), seriously not understanding the whole situation and lacking focus too.

“Hey, just so you know, I’m kidnapped here, and the people who did that are outside, so you’re in considerable danger”

He was stating the obvious, but better than having her misunderstand the situation. While commons sense dictates his statement was truly honest, there was a chance that his message could be misinterpreted.

“Eh?”

She didn't get it.

“Can’t you teleport the two of us outside?”

“Ah, no, Warp-kun still hasn't recovered from the last jump.”

Which translated to a lack of needed energy, probably a massive amount of it.

“Crap” Footsteps echoed through the room. From the sound of it, there were about two or three people at most. Ichika gulped, preparing for the worst.

However, what he saw wasn't his kidnapper, but a pair of men dressed in a black suit. Typical agent stereotype, complete with glasses.

In spite of this room having poor source of light, at that.

Amazingly, they managed to bend the steel door as if it was thin piece of metal.

“Finally we found you, Lala-sama…”

“Let’s return.”

She clenched her hand; Ichika could see she wasn't afraid, but was nonetheless displeased about the whole deal.

A split second later, Ichika already passed them, the mysterious girl in tow. Acting purely on intuition, he knew this would open another can of worms, but alas, he's always been an archetypical knight as long as he could remember.

Her slightly surprised look was answered by his small grin, “Returning a favor”

Sure, a jacket's fine.

[ZeroXSEED]

Hmm, I wonder, should I allow 'easy communication' between Ichika and Houki in the crossover?

[Eratas123]

IS have a communicqtor.

[ZeroXSEED]

No, I mean before the story start.

I knew that Houki is truly isolated in canon, but what if she, can at least exchanging some phone call sometimes, when her handlers realized her psychological issues (somehow). The damage has been done, but at least, it's less severe (how much, is not decided)

Of course Houki is pissed now that Ichika changed his focus from swordplay to fist fighting, even if it's Shinonono-style

[demino_hellsin]

Chifuyu: Okay, this is where you'll be staying for the duration of the Christmas vacation.

Gentarou: Wow... looks cozy. It's pretty big for me to live here alone. Hm? What's this?(picks up a picture frame.)

Chifuyu: (Stalks forward and grabs said picture frame from Gentarou hands) Don't touch that, and ofcourse you're not staying here alone. This is my house. You're staying with me and my brother.

Gentarou: Your house? ... ... ... That's amazing! It must've taken years to gather this much money! How old are you?

BANG!

Chifuyu: (rubbing her right hand as Gentarou is face first against the floor with a bump on his head the size... of his head.) My job pays off nicely. Well, I was considered an ace IS pilot back then so the pay at that time helped out a lot.

Gentarou: Ngoah! Ngyu mat'b 'een brity sdrong den!("Whoa! You must've been pretty strong then"--translated from covered aching nose english to actual english)

Chifuyu: (stare, not understanding a word) Anyway, I can't have you staying at ISA alone for Christmas so I'll have you under my watch instead.

Gentarou: Waaah!(cries, letting go of his aching red nose reminiscent of Rudolf.)

Chifuyu: (surprised) O-oi! what's wrong? (Gentarou only cries louder) Oi! are you okay?(she approaches him with a mixture of concern and annoyance. Men were not supposed to cry.)

Gentarou: (suddenly pulls Chifuyu into an arm pinning hug.) Thanks Thanks! I really mean it! I really thought I'd have to spend Christmas alone. Letting me spend it with you guys really means a lot to me.

Chifuyu: W-w-well, it's no big deal. With you being alone there, I wouldn't be able to spend my vacation in peace wondering whether you've blown up an arena or another wing of the classroom buildings.

Gentarou: *pulls away to hold her shoulders at arms length* What are you talking about? Christmas is the time of happiness and childhood. It's a time for those too early to be in their youth to make warm memories and for those in their youth to make memories for them. That's why, thanks again! *looks closely* Chifu-chan. Are you blushing?

Chifuyu: *gets redder* *snap hook!* It's just the snow idiot! *she huffs away to her room.* Grab your bags and follow me so I can show you where you'll be staying.

[ZeroXSEED]

I can't really see Chifuyu stutter unless... how much development was done in these three months again? (I'm comparing this with mine now )

[agetreme]

question: What would Ichika's foil be like?

[Eratas123]

@ Senpai - In canon, they never talked. I can imagine a cellhone, though

BTW, thanks for the pic

[demino_hellsin]

step 1: Chifuyu sees a bit of herself during the white knight incident in Gentarou so she covers for him.

step 2: Chifuyu becomes Gentarou's combat coach and his trainer in anti-IS combat. After he proves to her his resolve to fight no matter the circumstances.

step 3: During a short vacation, Gentarou learns about Chifuyu's thing for Ichika. And to Chifuyu's surprise, Gentarou tells her that he'd support her if she really was going to go through with it.

step 4: Gentarou almost dies covering for Ichika. She panics over his near death state and is relieved that he's alive and well. Oddly enough, she's the only person who stayed by his bedside the whole time, though she would visit Ichika now and then.

step 5: When Gentarou is temporarily able to contact his own world and Kengo, the one who normally coaches Gentarou in combat, does so. This leaves Chifuyu wondering if she was holding Gentarou back because Kengo knows the Fourze system so well that even without anti-IS tactics, the ingenuity in using the Fourze switch arsenal is overwhelming given the proper tactics. She eventually takes this spot back as Gentarou tells her that though she may not know everything about Fourze, there was no replacing her advice in pure combat and against IS.

step 6: Gentarou saves the world... well practically.

step 7: Christmas up there.

step 8: M gets in on this complicated relationship.

[ZeroXSEED]

@ Eras
Well, Cell phone can be tracked... which is the only reason of why the talk is limited and the process is complicated, but better than nothing

@ Demi
... I can imagine what kind of complication

(Hush, Box, you're not getting Yuri scene or anything )

@ Age
Cold-headed guy with common sense (but more obvious and vulnerable to romance)

[Eratas123]

Considering Tabane got called by Houki via cellphone?

[demino_hellsin]

I was planning to plagiarize a line from/idea from Spiral Bond of Inference. But that involves some spoilers for Spiral and some really heavy assumptions to the actual relationship between Ichika, Chifuyu and M

[ZeroXSEED]

.... I leave it to author just didn't care, as you said, everything is secondary to harem antic, and Tabane can do anything impossible. :|

@ Demi
Hmm, now considering that. the fact that Ayumu is a clone of Kiyotaka

.....because now that I think of it, Josh-Chifuyu-Ichika-Madoka is not much different. Verdamnt.

[Eratas123]

I bet they have some super ultra untrackable cellphone or something.

[agetreme]

Originally Posted by ZeroXSEED

@ Age
Cold-headed guy with common sense (but more obvious and vulnerable to romance)

Better-than-a-Bare-Bulb level of common sense? Or should I go for a little less extreme?

A Harem Seeker (after all, it is the ending where everybody is happy (Ken's (from Seitokai no Ichizon) logic) or a Single-target sexuality is better? (Since Ichika is a harem lead)

While I am at it.... probably good with books and better than Ichika at piloting IS (reason being he read the manuals)

Edit:
> He is struck with Default mode (contrast Ichika's getting the shift a hell lot earlier) most of the time.
> He is hard working.....(because Ichika still strike me as lazy guy who probably slack off if there is no need to do the training...)

[demino_hellsin]

@zero: How so? I thought they were established couplings?

[Eratas123]

@ Age - Katsuragi Keima.

@ Senpai - Do you have a picture of Charles and Charlotte in the same shot?

[ZeroXSEED]

@ Eras
Hardly, even Mangatron or Chiu seems to lack Charles' picture for obvious reason.

@ Demi
Well, to put it short, Josh and Chifuyu are related... in a way that even Iori can't stop trembling remembering the fact. Chifuyu and Josh is half-sibling, Ichika and Madoka are made from composite DNA of many people, but Josh and Chifuyu is the major base template. Incest and Orimura is often present in the same sentence

[demino_hellsin]

@zero: they're siblings that tripped the light fantastic?