Shinji: How does she manage to part with artifacts that she'd kill to protect only a week ago? Asuka: Exactly. A week ago she couldn't sell em'. Rey: We have determined that the sword, while valuable due to its impeccable craftsmanship, has no latent magical capacity. It is worth less than it was sold for. Shinji: In short... Asuka: ... she ripped them off...
All three: ...
Mabiko: Heh...that's what you think, suckers...
*pulls out a matching blade, causing the two blades to pulse and harmonize as power is restored to the bought blade*
Needs more 1k celebration Blue Cheesium post, guys.
To celebrate 1k, here's a special Part Zero for Saga seen from Hayate again... though using energy suffice of Blue Cheese, is not one, sadly. :P
Spoiler for Part 0 : Memories:
~ Part Zero : Vision~
A dream...a dream of times of ancient past.
A war-torn era. Suffering. Pain. Sadness. Regret.
The greatest of knights were also the weakest. The human heart is fragile as one carries the weight of lives behind them.
What is...this?
~~~
"Let's get married."
"We all wear a mask. There are things people hide, even from ones you love."
"So long as we defeat Saladin and his knights..."
"So long we defeat the Princess of the Night Sky...:
"This war will end."
"Shamal...we promised each other our future. Please understand."
"TIARA!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Awaken..."
"Awaken..."
"It is not the end."
For we are cursed to an eternal existence.
~~~
From my slumber, I felt a strange feeling. Such a dream...only voices with one vision... and yet it was so vivid, so sad...
What...was that?
Oh, and that picture there, is Saga in his Unison Mode with Null complete with wings. And that little keyblade/Hayate's device rip-off right there is his device.
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Night~and~Gale: ~ The Final Mythology of the Man who Defied Destiny.
The sleeping lion shall awaken beyond the depths of time, crossing ten billion lights, come to Terra.
???: They've already started preparations at Uminari. They're more cautious than I thought they would be. ???: Will everything be alright? ???: Don't worry Zephyr, things are still going according to plan. I'm sure Reinforce will be waiting for you.. Zephyr: Thank you.
???: Now, on to business. Ah, good morning East. East: I thought I had asked you to wait until I'm off duty before you call me. ???: I have confidence in your ability to keep things hidden. East: The light of the morning stars are meant to reveal, not hide. ???: If you reveal the right things, you can hide anything you want. East: What do you want? ???: There are some preparations going on at Uminari. East: I'm aware. The two girls are of yours, are they not? ???: Indeed, I am holding a New Year's party there. You can come if you're… East: I'm not. Is that all? ???: She's coming. East: She? ???: Yes, "she". You know who I'm talking about. East: I see. ???: So, are you coming? We'll even have a fireworks show. East: Fine, but not for your sake. ???: That's fine. Make sure to enjoy yourself. East: I'll make sure I won't. ???: Well, let Tempest enjoy himself anyways. How is he? East: He's fine. I'm surprised you care. ???: I care about everybody. East: Even your two "daughters"? ???: Especially my two daughters. East: …West, what's your real name? West: I think you know better then to ask. East: I do. If that's all, I'll cut the connection. West: That is all.
Zephyr: Are you sure he'll cooperate? West: His presence alone will be enough. Now, Blade of the Evening Sky, perhaps it's time we make our own preparations for the party. Blade of the Evening Sky: Yes, master.
After a LONG LONG time I finally finished this character. Right now, there is only basic information. I'll add more from time to time.
Hope you guys like it!
Spoiler for Jhon:
Personal Information
Name: Jhon Gender: Male Age: 21 Height: 185cm Weight: 73kg Date of Birth: N/A Home World: N/A Appearance: Black short-hair, white colored skin and red colored eyes Alignment: Lawful Neutral Personality: Nice type of guy. Has a very quiet and relaxed personality. Takes his work seriously and always finishes it even if he hates it. Polite and honest seems to enjoy fighting strong oponents. Rarely loses his cool in battles and hates to kill or see other people die. Because of this he fights without the aid of the automated gadget drones.
Background
All information about his birth, parents, family and friends was erased or never existed to begin with.
Recent information suggests he used to work as a mercenary for a period of 5 years. (Retired?) He probably got all his battle experience from this job.
We are still investigating the nature of the jobs he did and the type of clients he had.
There is no previous information yet available.
Currently assist Jail Scaglietti in the gathering of Relics. (Mercenary?)
Combat Information
Type: Magic Swordsman Mage Rank: AAA to S+ Magic Type: Belka-type. White colored. (Known to use some Mid-childa based long and mid-ranged magic) Ability to Fly: Yes
Knight Armor Description: Black and White Knight Clothes with four modes of operation, each mode has a unique form and boost different skills. It is possible for the subject to switch between modes at any moment.
• Normal Mode: Active only during Sealed Mode. A standard all-around mode.
o Attack: AAA
o Magic: AA
o Defense: AA
o Speed: A
• Knight Mode: Can be activated during Released Mode. This is a powered up version of the Battle Mode. Bears a shield-like arm protector in the left arm.
o Attack: S
o Magic: AA
o Defence: AAA
o Speed: AA
• Berserker Mode: Can be activaded during Released Mode. Sacrifices Defense for Attack and Speed. Devices combine into a two handed sword.
o Attack: S+
o Magic: AAA
o Defence: C
o Speed: S
• Shooter Mode: Can be activated during Released Mode. Long Range Magic Attack Mode, both devices combine into a staff. Knight Armor changes from Knight Clothes to Caster Clothes. Usually used for a single highly destructive magic attack.
o Attack: E
o Magic: S+
o Defense: A
o Speed: A
Devices:
RD-00 Sealer Description: Meant as a sealer and support device for the Intelligent Combat Device RD-01 Xcalibur. During Sealed Mode RD-00 Sealer surrounds the blade as if it were a scabbard sealing RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power. During Released Mode it works on three different ways accordingly to the three different battle modes. A.I.: None Attribute: Thunder / Fire Cartridge System: Yes. Revolver Type. Non Active Form: Black Bracelet Active Form: Scabbard Modes:
• Sealed Mode: Seals Intelligent Combat Device RD-01 Xcalibur’s due to its unusual magic storage ability.
During this mode all offensive and defensive spells are boosted by RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system.
• Released Modeb: During this mode RD-00 Sealer works in three different ways:
o Shield Mode: Active during Knight Mode. RD-00 Sealer changes into an arm protector that attaches to the left arm. Cartridge System is used to boost all defensive spells.
o Blade Extension Mode: Active during Berserker Mode. Extends RD-01 Xcalibur’s blade length by creating an extra blade made of magic by splitting itself into three parts. Two of these parts create the magic blade and the last one is the cartridge system that attach to lower part of RD-01 Xcalibur’s blade. Cartridge System is used to further extend the blade and/or boost all offensive spells.
o Staff Mode: Active during Shooter Mode. Combines with RD-01 Xcalibur transforming into a staff. Instead of attaching to it floats around RD-01 Xcalibur.
RD-01 Xcalibur Description: One-handed Sword-type Intelligent Combat Device. Unlike normal devices, this one seems to hold its own magic. Device’s magic storage seems to be equal to that of an AAA mage. This storage system suggests a high magic consumption. During Sealed Mode RD-01 Xcalibur cannot use its own magic to support its master’s attacks. A.I.: Yes. Female Voice. Refers to user as “Master”. Attribute: None Cartridge System: None. Uses stored magic to boost attacks. Non Active Form: White Bracelet Active Form: Sword Modes:
• Sealed Mode: Magical power is sealed. Used as a normal sword.
• Released Mode: Stored magical power is automatically used to boost attacks. Accordingly to its user’s wishes it can operate in three different modes:
o Sword Mode: Active during Knight Mode. No special features.
o Long Sword Mode: Active during Berserker Mode. Changes from one handed to a two handed sword. RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system is used to further boost attacks.
o Staff Mode: Active during Shooter Mode. Usually used as an all-or-nothing magic attack mode. Drains the entire user’s magic power and uses it in a single magic attack. RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system is used to further boost attacks.
Offensive Attacks/Spells:
Sealed Mode:
• Elemental Blade –Fire-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AAA
o Range: D
o Area of Effect: E
• Element Blade –Thunder-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: D
o Area of Effect: E
• Elemental Blade –Fire Storm-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: B
o Area of Effect: C
• Elemental Blade –Thunder Fall-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AAA
o Range: A
o Area of Effect: A to AA
• Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Flame shoots are slower but more powerful. Thunder shoots are faster but weaker. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: B
o Speed: C / A
o Direction Control: A
• Sealed Power: Subject overloads RD-00 Sealer’s system by forcefully trying to use RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored power without releasing the seal. The primary effect is a temporal Berserk state similar to Berserker Mode. Secondary effects seem to affect the subject’s body.
o Power: ??
o Range: ??
o Area of Effect: ??
Released Mode:
• Knight Mode
o Magic Blade –Burst-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power to boost attack power.
- Power: AAA
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Magic Blade –Ray-: Unleashes RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power in the form of beam of light.
- Rank: AAA
- Range: A
- Area of Effect: C
o Crossfire Shoot: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Uses RD-00 Xcalibur’s stored magic to boost spell power.
- Power: AA
- Range: A
- Speed: A
- Direction Control: A
o A Knight’s Honor: Combines Crossfire Shoot and Magic Blade –Burst- and Magic Blade –Ray-.
- Power: ??
- Range: ??
- Area of Effect: ??
• Berserker Mode
o Magic Long Blade –Burst-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Cartridge System to boost attack power.
- Power: S+
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: E
o Elemental Long Blade –Fire-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: S+
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Elemental Long Blade –Thunder-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity.
- Rank: AAA
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Magic Long Blade –Ray-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and uses RD-00 Sealer’s Cartridge System to unleash magic in the form of beam of light.
- Power: S+
- Range: AA
- Area of Effect: D
o Elemental Long Blade –Fire Storm-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: AAA
- Range: A
- Area of Effect: B-
o Elemental Long Blade –Thunder Fall-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: S+
- Range: AA
- Area of Effect: AAA
o Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Number of shoots varies. Flame type is slower but more powerful. Thunder type is faster but weaker. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AA+ to AAA
- Range: AA
- Speed: B / AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Berserker’s Rage: Combines Elemental Long Blade –Thunder II-, Elemental Long Blade –Fire- and Magic Long Blade –Ray-.
- Rank: ??
- Range: ??
- Area of Effect: ??
• Shooter Mode
o Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Number of shoots varies. Flame type is slower but more powerful. Thunder type is faster but weaker. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AAA / AA+
- Range: AA
- Speed: B / AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Crossfire Shoot: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AAA
- Range: AA
- Speed: AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Finisher: All-or-nothing magic attack. Subject last and most powerful spell. Can be used either on a single target or as an area of effect magic. Drains all avaliable magic and uses all available cartridges at once.
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: AA
- Defense Area: E
• Berserker Mode
o Magic Protection: Barrier Type Defense Magic.
- Barrier Strength: C
- Defense Area: D
o Magic Shield: Physical Protection Barrier Type.
- Barrier Strength: C
- Defense Area: D
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: D
- Defense Area: E
• Shooter Mode
o Magic Protection: Barrier Type Defense Magic.
- Barrier Strength: AA
- Defense Area: C
o Magic Shield: Physical Protection Barrier Type.
- Barrier Strength: B
- Defense Area: D
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: A
- Defense Area: E
Support Spells:
Sealed Mode
• Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
o Speed: A
• Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and restores damage taken to devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
o Barrier Strength: E
o Area of Effect: C
• Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
o Replica’s Power: None
o Range: A
o Control: A
• Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
o Replica’s Power: B
o Range: C
o Control: A
Resealed Mode
• Knight Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: AA
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and repairs damage taken by the devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: C
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A
- Range: B
- Control: A
• Berserker Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: S
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and repairs damage taken by the devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: C
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A+
- Range: B
- Control: C
• Shooter Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: A
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and restores damage taken to devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: A
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A
- Range: A
- Control: A
Combat Style
Specializes in close combat, combines swordsmanship with hand-to-hand combat, and is also skilled in mid-ranged combat using magic.
While in close combat makes use of speed and support spells to get close to his enemies.
While in mid-ranged combat makes use of directed fire type shooting magic and other types of ranged magic involving his devices.
His ability is to quickly adapt to any new situation makes clear that, even though he is still young, has a large experience in battles.
The above information is the result of the analysis done on the data recollected during the different encounters with the subject. This is but an estimate of his abilities using the most current data. Will continue to update when new data is available.
On behalf of the Central Science & Development Bureau, I'm commandeering the Lancea Longini for research purposes.
Here's another look at Tais's life
Spoiler for Getting chased by little girls is embarrassing or Tais at Riot 6:
~Log Number #313 : Being yellow is a great survival technique~
By Yui
How does Tais get himself into these situations. He is certainly talented at doing the wrong thing at the wrong time and as I log this, Tais is currently running for his life. From 3 pissed off little girls and 1 angry mother I assume.
After that crazy episode with the Spellblades last time, we received a summons from Director S. Tsuzuki to return to the Central Science & Development Bureau for some debriefing and some upgrades to the E.V.A device.
*Play audio file*
Tsuzuki: Hah! Welcome back Tais and Yui. We're a little busy today so no time to chat. Tais, please leave Yui on the table there and go find Ritsuko and tell her to take off the magagumo and put in number 13. Go on shoo! shoo!
Tais: Err.. Yes director.
Tsuzuki: Now what was the thing I wanted to tell you...? Hmm.... Oh! I remember now. Yui, you guys are going to be rather busy from now on. Do try to keep Tais alive.
Yui: What do you mean by that director?
Tsuzuki: Oh nothing much, I basically declared open season on Tais so remember to record as much data as possible.
Yui: WHAT?!
Tsuzuki: You heard me, and here Tais comes now.
*Pause audio file*
At this, Director S. Tsuzuki just picked me up and slot me into the EVA without as much as a by your leave. As I was rather roughly slotted into the armour, I got rather disoriented, having needed to integrate the new systems so suddenly. The next thing I knew, we're at Riot 6's training ground in forest setting with Tais about to face off a girl that looks like Ginga Nakajima. I had a very bad feeling at this point since all encounters with the Nakajima family turned out rather badly.
*Resume audio file*
Tais: Are you Subaru Nakajima?
Subara: Ya, how do you know?
Tais: I simply took a guess since you look like your sister and she had told me about you before. This Subaru really looks like her sister, except more tomboyish, less developed and less elegant.
*Pause audio file*
If I have a heart, it surely would have stopped. Fortunately, Subaru simply look sheepish and did not do anything violent.
*Resume audio file*
Subaru: Then you must be Tais Scien, that perverted tentacle monster guy who had a bounty on him. I heard all about you from my Onee-chan and Otou-san.
Tais: Why is everyone calling me a pervert? And what do you mean a bounty on me?
Nanoha: Hey Hey, are you guys going to do the mock combat scenario or talk all day?
Tais: Sorry Captain Takamichi
Subura: Hai Nanoha-san
Nanoha: Ready, GO!
*Pause audio file*
Here, the two started exchanging blows using only physical attacks with neither gaining gaining a advantage over the other. Tais, due to the EVA absurd defence, can easily ignore blows that got through he blocks while Subaru with her agility with Mach Calibre, simply avoided Tais's slower but more powerful blows. This went on for around 5 minutes with Subaru's partner, the 2 lightning fowards and 2 other little girls sitting around the male lightning cheering for Subaru to defeat the 'Evil Tentacle Pervert' and Captain Takamichi and Enforcer T. Harlaown smiling. After another exchange, the two combatants jumped apart.
*Resume audio file*
Subaru: *pant* You're tough.
Tais: And *pant* you're strong too.
Subaru: Let's take it up a notch.
Tais: Fine with me
Nanoha: This is going to get messy, everyone move back.
Elio: Fate-san, can I stay here, I'll be careful
Fate: Alright, but be careful. I'll moves the girls back to give you some peace *wink*
Elio: *blush redly* Fate-san!
*stop audio file*
This turned to to be a very bad idea as shortly after, Tais missed a block which allowed Subaru to deliver a powerful cartridge enhanced blow, launching him towards the crowd of spectators. Attempting to slow Tais down, I activated system 13, which makes Tais limbs act like rubber, and stretched his arms to wrap around and grab hold of the nearest trees. I managed to stop our flight, but what I grabbed to stop our flight led to the reason why Tais is running for his life right now. The right hand was wrapped around a tree so no problem there. The left however was wrapped around another tree and the male lightning forward and was grabbing him in a very inappropriate place.
The silence was deafening. The two stars forward and their captain were simply speechless, the male lightning after getting released shuddered and curled around himself muttering about being violated and the rest... *shudder* the rest are emitting high amounts of killer intent. Tais wanted to stay his ground as he knew he deserved the beating he was about to get even though I was the one who made the mistake. When the first person took a step forward, the seed of doubt was planted. When the second started moving, his resolve wavered and he started muttering "I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away". When the third moved towards him, Tais's resolve was badly shaken and his "I mustn't run away" chant grew to a frantic pitch. But when Enforcer T. Harlaown approached with a massive energy sword, Tais's flight or fight instincts triggered and he turned tail and run for his life while screaming "I must run away! I must run away! I must run away!"
*BOOM!!*
~Pause log~
Tais: YUI! Stop writing and Help me! You got me into this mess now help me get out of it!!
I turned my sensors back and immediately regreted it. Looks like I have to complete the log later. If we *BOOM!!*surviveeee!!!
@johnishida: I can't really comment since I make underpowered characters but perhaps you could use multiple spoiler tags to split the sections to make it more readable
Shinji: How does she manage to part with artifacts that she'd kill to protect only a week ago? Asuka: Exactly. A week ago she couldn't sell em'. Rey: We have determined that the sword, while valuable due to its impeccable craftsmanship, has no latent magical capacity. It is worth less than it was sold for. Shinji: In short... Asuka: ... she ripped them off...
All three: ...
ROFL!!!
Quote:
Originally Posted by LoweGear
Alright. Since it seems that I'm gonna take much longer on this than I had ever hoped, and while it's shorter than I wanted it to be...
PART III is UP!!!!
I had to split Part III into two chunks... so that'll make the next Part IV then
Spoiler for length:
*Kha pauses the replay.*
Kha: The 21st likes running into trouble? Art: Boss, we're always in the thick of things. Kha: As far as I'm familiar with, I recall spending more time chasing after things than taking them head on. Art: The only difference is which way the spells are flying, Cap. Kha: I'll give you that. So now all we have to do is find Glock, and this. What did you cover on the flight back? Art: Right here Boss.
*Activates the next file*
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Artei: This is everything then? Kay: That’s everything on Glock that we have. Right Rey? Rey: Yes it is. Artei: At least there’s inflight entertainment.
*Plays audio log 360*
“Glock: The Traitor himself. This is what I knew from the memories he had.”
Artei: Hey, where’s all the love-love parts? Shinji: Kay asked for the early parts to be omitted for your copy. Artei: Oh hell n- Kay: *points Galatea threateningly* Artei: O-kay then…
*resumes playing*
“Glock: The Traitor was once a Lord, one of several created by the Star Gods after their transformation to lead their undead armies on a campaign of slaughter. Despite losing most of his individuality and his senses, this particular Lord performed exceedingly well, ravaging world after world, desolating thousands of them into barren Tomb Worlds. As such, he was given several unique talents that would assist him in battle, including the ability to wield all of the Necrontyr’s Forbidden Artifacts at once.
Kay: Forbidden Artifacts?
Glock: These refer to the advanced technologies developed by the Necrontyr, weaponized for use in the field. There are eight such Artifacts, some of which Sofia and I are able to wield now.
The Chronometron, Phase Shifter, Lightning Field and Solar Pulse are the artifacts you’ve already seen and categorized. There are four others, including the Resurrection Orb, which was used by the Lord we fought to revive the undead on Megiddo, and the Nightmare Shroud…
Kay: Nightmare… Shroud?
Glock: It’s an artifact that taps into a person’s worse fears, and enhances that person’s receptivity to it. That was the scre…
Kay: *chokes* I know now, please stop.
Glock: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.
Kay: *shivering* I should’ve known from the name. This Traitor must’ve been an incredibly powerful being, I understand what they said about “favored” now. But… even with the remnants of his “humanity”, I don’t think he could have the willpower to just suddenly convert against his Gods, even that’s what he wanted in the first place.
Glock: It’s not really that complicated though. It began when he encountered a comparatively small group of explorers several millenia into his campaign. The Lord had encountered and defeated races with powerful psychic abilities, and while technologically less advanced than those other races, this group possessed incredible control of the null-space that existed outside the fabric of space and time; never had they encountered a race able to command nullspace and dimensions on such a scale with ease, and they seem to originate not from the dimension the Necrontyr were in, but in another. The beings they encountered regarded the supposed immortality of the undead Necrontyr with curiouslty and admiration, and actively engaged the Necron-
Kay: Necrons.
Glock: Necrons?
Kay: Necrontyr sounds a bit long-winded. Necrons sound better don’t you think?
Glock: Good point.”
Artei: Necrons huh? Impeccable naming sense Missy. Kay: Unlike a certain someone I know… Artei: And who would that be? Kay: *sighs* Someone I’d rather not have around thank you…
“Glock: Alright, Necrons.
This race, who were known to the Necrons language as the “Yog’Sothoth”, or simply “The Crafters”, engaged them out of their desire to capture “live” Necron for their studies into immortality. The Crafter’s ability to control dimensions rendered their phase shifting tactics useless, and they could not phase out of the battle zone to evacuate their “dead”. “Despite the appalling rise of casualties on both sides, the Crafters succeeded in collecting Necrons for their own ends, including several Tomb Vessels, and the Traitor himself. Satisfied with their claim, and unwilling to lose any more souls to the Necrons, the Crafters left that dimension, and with the Necrons unable to follow them through nullspace, they were safe from further contact with them and their Gods.
They brought their spoils to their home planet, which the Crafters referred to as “El-Hazard”…
Kay: Hold on… El-Hazard…
Oh crap, you don’t mean…
Glock: Yes. The world known as Alhazred.
Kay: The expedition wasn’t so fruitless after all… I can’t believe this…
Glock: Kay, slow down you’re hyperven-
Kay: Less Worry More Talk!!!!!
Glock: *sigh* I was just getting to that.
As a civilization, Alhazred seemed to be extremely similar to current Midchilda society, as far as his memories serve, possessing advanced Magitech on a level similar to our own. The Necron spoils were quickly dismantled and thoroughly examined, their technology studied, analyzed, and reverse engineered; The Lord itself was subjected to the same treatment to better understand the source of the Necron’s incredible regenerative abilities and powers.
The Lord himself did not suffer from all that was done to him, but it was his mission to annihilate the Crafters and claim their life energies for his Gods. These were his… “thoughts” for the next several years he was held in captivity. But a certain experiment would change his existence forever.
Kay: An experiment?
Glock: The Omni Crion. In the language of the Crafters, “Victory over Death”, a project that would aim to use the Necron’s technologies to finally attain immortal life. And their first subject was the Lord himself, for he was considered “dead” at the time of his captivity. They would “revive” him, using newly reverse-engineered Necron technologies.
Kay: I take it they were successful then somehow?
Glock: According to the Crafters, the experiment was successful, as they had managed to “revive” the Lord, giving him the full mental and psychological facilities needed to be classified as “alive”. He would also be given a new body, bioengineered with a longer lifespan and endurance to replace his metallic endoskeleton, to fully make him “alive” in both mind and body.
Kay: The once soulless regaining their minds once again… Oh no…
Glock: With his revival, the Lord once again regained the senses he had lost during his transformation. And he felt only… terror.
Kay: …Having existed as a mindless being for so long… he would’ve felt confused… afraid… unable to comprehend his alien surroundings…
Glock: You understand him somehow?
*silence*
Glock: Don’t worry, I won’t ask you about it.
Kay: Thank you. Please continue, if you don’t mind. I’d like to hear more.
Glock: Of course.
He still had his memories with him though, but his rediscovered emotions conflicted with these memories, and for months he would suffer in anguish and despair, wishing for “the tranquility and purity of death”. The experiments also took a toll on his mentality, for the first time feeling the pain of the procedures performed to him in the wake of his revival.
Kay: As much as I hate to say this, but had I been through his experience, I too would be wishing for death.
Glock: Kay?
Kay: Never mind that… if that’s the case though, how’d he become the Traitor?
Glock: I tell you now why it wasn’t complicated. There was one name that the Traitor kept recalling from his memories of that period, and his most important: Ifureeta van’El.
She was the replacement Head Researcher for Omni Crion after their previous Head committed suicide for reasons unknown. Amongst the Crafters, she was renowned for the knowledge and wisdom that she contributed to their scientific community through decades of service in various fields. And the first thing she did was improve the ethical atmosphere of the research facilities, which included proper treatment for all test subjects, including the Lord, now known as… Iisa.
Kay: *chuckles* After all this Traitor and Lord stuff, I’d never thought he’d get such a cute name...
Glock: Apparently, it was the Crafter’s word for “First”, because of his previous status as the leader of the Necron force they engaged.
Kay: Good enough. I think I’m starting to get the picture with Ifureeta and Iisa here… I don’t think it would be that easy.
Glock: It wasn’t. But it was Ifureeta’s personal involvement with Iisa that gradually grabbed his attention. I don’t think I can tell you that many details as per his request.
Kay: He… requested you to do that?
Glock: He did. But suffice it to say: Her unceasing dedication and endless devotion to his care and his treatment gradually turned him. She slowly restored his sanity and his humanity to him, teaching him to cope with the new world he was in. It was a tediously slow, and often painful process which endangered her life due to Iisa’s unpredictable state, and often she did get hurt, enduring several brutal injuries that horribly disfigured her. It would take her several decades to even get Iisa to trust her.
Over time though, Iisa would slowly, but surely open up the Ifureeta, who never abandoned him despite all that he had done.
The only memory that he would let me divulge in detail was when Ifureeta gave him a surname, as to secure his rights as an individual amongst the Crafters: Iisa van’El.
Kay: … she… just gave her last name to him didn’t she?
Glock: Yes. And it would have a profound effect on Iisa. As I can feel from his memories… it was the first time he felt truly… Alive."
Di immortales! Quid homo dicit?! A Necron romance?! With Ifurita no less!!! Very very touching indeed... Btw, if you picture the dark-haired Ifurita from suxx0rs El Hazard OVA The Wanderers, you'd see... Kha's mother, Kia. That's right, she's related to the El Hazardians too. But that's for the "Knights of the Old Velka" arc, and I'm only bringing it up because what you said reminded me of Kia and Tou, albeit roles reversed, if you guys can still remember them.
Oh boy oh boy this is way exciting! I wonder how did Necro get added to Omni Crion to get Necromnicron? Keep it coming!
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Needs more 1k celebration Blue Cheesium post, guys.
To celebrate 1k, here's a special Part Zero for Saga seen from Hayate again... though using energy suffice of Blue Cheese, is not one, sadly. :P
Spoiler for Part 0 : Memories:
~ Part Zero : Vision~
A dream...a dream of times of ancient past.
A war-torn era. Suffering. Pain. Sadness. Regret.
The greatest of knights were also the weakest. The human heart is fragile as one carries the weight of lives behind them.
What is...this?
~~~
"Let's get married."
"We all wear a mask. There are things people hide, even from ones you love."
"So long as we defeat Saladin and his knights..."
"So long we defeat the Princess of the Night Sky...:
"This war will end."
"Shamal...we promised each other our future. Please understand."
"TIARA!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Awaken..."
"Awaken..."
"It is not the end."
For we are cursed to an eternal existence.
~~~
From my slumber, I felt a strange feeling. Such a dream...only voices with one vision... and yet it was so vivid, so sad...
What...was that?
Oh, and that picture there, is Saga in his Unison Mode with Null complete with wings. And that little keyblade/Hayate's device rip-off right there is his device.
Short and sweet. Never mind, I think we can cover it alright.
@tshou:
Caro:(hugging Erio, making the other OC lolis fume) It's okay... Don't cry... I'm here. Erio: Meister... Kha: (smiling as he turns round to the battered Tais) You know, my Meister taught me that "Tolerance for Stupidity is a must to ensure protect peace in this world." Tais: Ah-hahaha... I'm glad someone understands-- Yui: What's this I'm detecting from his Core? It's spreading, but there's no physical sign of it... Kha:(still smiling) And that to enforce that peace the judged have to be dealt accordingly... Tais: Aha-- Sorry? Yui: RUN YOU TWIT! HE'S HOLDING AN INVISIBLE SPEAR!!!
Sophia: Was that... what I think it is?! Artei: Now that you've mentioned it... God Empress help us...
---New intelligence data updated---
AAAAAAAAAAAAAND Here it is, boys and girls! The second liquid Bluecheesium Bomb I prepared to celebrate the 1k post! Prepare to be blown away!
And keep it coming folks! Let's see if we can't clog this thread till the next day!!!
First up, the first release of ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR as requested by Saint X. Thats right, from the fans of SD Gundam Force comes...
ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!!!!!
Spoiler for Zakum! Zakum!:
(cheesy trumpet theme) Joh: Hello minna-san!!! I’m G.I. Joh-- Con: And I’m Cona-- Joh: And we’re bringing you yet another exciting episode of Both: ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!! Con: More like a minute actually. Joh: Yeah time sure flies quickly when you’re having fun with us! Tell us, Cona, what are we after this week? Con: This week, we solve the mystery of CO Kha’s asset evaluation! Joh: Uso! People’s been saying that he’s as poor as a doornail! Con: But he never replies in a concrete sense. And after my investigation, I see why. Joh: Why? Con: Cash poor, but asset rich! Our ex-CO sinks his money into many things. Joh: Naruhodo… I remember his office being lined with mech models from the 97th. So what does he have? Con: We all know he has helped build what possibly is the biggest anime and manga collection in all of the Velka SAR at Artei’s family mansion, but that’s not all! Firstly, he has a private stratofighter! Joh: Wow you mean those Firehawks from the old War? Con: Zigzactly! A two-seater first fielded in the Ichor War on the 23rd Administrated Planet Rael in MC 50, Kha since upgraded this fighter with forward-sweeping wings to include 2 articulated 7mm laser CIWS under the forward stabilizers, as well as the A.R.I.K.A. system that we now have on our DreadLord fighters here on the Silvana! He first used it as a boy launching from the decommissioned sandship Thrall to engage Velka radicals on planet Velk, and it has stuck with him since then. Surprisingly, under his hands he has defeated the super-advanced Anatolian Starfighters in simulated dogfights! Joh: But I believe the same can’t be said of the DreadLords-- Con: Shh! Classified information! Joh: Oops my bad. What else have you got? Con: The Velka Carryall 21-Custom is also registered under his name! Sturdier and better shielded than the average Carryall, this heavy equipment shuttle boasts a top speed of 200 kiloparsecs, more than 25% higher than that of the normal variant. Kha has also fitted the shuttle with four 15mm laser CIWS on the flanks, as well as an ECS stealth system perfect for sneaky insertion and extraction. Joh: I heard them calling their beloved ship the Blackbird, but I think something happened to her recently. Con: Yes indeed. Blackbird was heavily damaged in Kha’s most recent mission, and while details were classified, the technician repairing the craft said that the Cleric had practically flown the Carryall straight into a hot zone. He was very surprised that Blackbird made it back at all Joh: Thus another great example of credits well spent! Anyway, I’m sure Kha does have non-military assets? Con: I guess there goes his office. But for civilian things, he has a private cabin by Lake Lovecroft where he goes to meditate and “practice”, though recently it’s been turned into a Zakum Trooper hangout. Gard: That’s what you get for being too kind, that guy. (laughs) Both: Sir! Gard: Never mind me. Carry on with the radio show! Sure beats listening to Admiral Windbag talking about bla bla bla… Con: And Kha recently bought a Car! Here’s a picture of his picking up Fate and rookies Caro and Erio from Riot 6 base. Joh: Aw… A happy family… Know what that vehicle is? Con: From the curves, it looks like the Terran brand Toyota Canberra GT, but with MC materialization technology to close the hood when it rains of course! Knowing Kha, he probably modified beyond its original specs. Even he himself didn’t know, I quote, “how fast it could go with afterburners deployed, or when transformed into Battleroid mode” Joh: Afterburners? BATTLEROID?! Con: Oh dear look at the time! That’s all we have for today! Be sure to catch us next time as we bring you the latest gossip behind the many interesting characters both on and off the Silvana! Joh: You know you can’t be wrong when you’re listening to Both: ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!! (cheesy trumpet theme)
And that's not all! Here's the "Surprise" I've been planning since... Dunno when!
Spoiler for Ultimate Unison, SHOUNIN!:
Minerva: Recording started 29-2-MC 0074
Kha is airborne in Jaegerform outside the Silvana over Lake Lovecroft. They are testing a new weapon system.
Sakura: Misaki! Hurry up! I dying to start! Kha: Who’s Misaki? Sak: It’s E’Jaedinea’s AI’s name. We just decided it the other day. Kha: And that’s okay with you? Mis: Ano… It’s a nice name, and Jaedinea is a mouthful in human tongue so… Kha: You yield to Sakura and she’ll climb all over you. Cha: (Joins the radio chatter) She already has. Kha: Hi Chacha. Cha: Hi. Now stay out of trouble you got that, Sakura? This is going to be a live recording of the test to be downloaded into you you know, so if you don’t want to be stuck with me and Auntie for debugging again, behave yourself. Sak: Yes, Chacha! Wii~~ Kaempfer: I’m launching, Meister. Kha: Okay position yourself over there… Nice. Min: Are we all set? Kha: Where’s Nagato?
Headless suit of armor “stares” back from the distance.
Kha: How does she do that without a head in real life is a big question… Minerva, Captain, test subjects ready. Kyla: Roger that. CC, is the scenario loaded into the holoprojector? CC: It’s loaded Captain. Kyla: Got it. All personnel, stand by! 3 Ship AIs: Standby ready! Kyla: Commence Test Serial 163-D! (raises and points dramatically while yelling)
ULTIMATE UNISON, SHOUNIN!
CC: Roger! Releasing limiter on mana charge laser… Complete! Min: Zaku 1-3 Core Release sequence initiate! Cha: Unison systems all green!
CC: (raises fist) Program… (slams into holo generated on her console) DRIVE!
Mis: Ano… Assemble Drivers, install! Ejecting… (Linker Core ejects and shapes into a translucent girl spirit) Kaempfer: Letting go. (Jettisons device and Knight Armor) Nagato: Variable Formation. (jettisons armor and glowing Core transforms into a one-colored version of her digital avatar) Kha: Unison reaction, activate! (starts glowing as spare addons to his armor fire off) Tausend Kreuz, Bankai!
Sak: (dissolves her Unison device knight armor and turns into spirit-like form like the other AI and screams)
YOOSHA!!! ULTIMATE UNISON!
Kha disappears into a blue transformation bubble as he summons a massive swirl of mana as Tausend Kreuz twirls away. He floats in a crucifix pose, like how he does in henshin. The 3 AI “spirits burst in one after another and circle around him as they continue charging their individual Unison systems with his mana. Once complete, they turn into shapeless energy and plunge into the shining mage, Sakura fusing first after embracing his arm, Nagato through his chest, and Misaki coming from below.
Kha somersaults backward into the transfigurating ZAKU and lock himself in as it turned to a strange looking piece of metal.
His car Canberra speeds down the street on autopilot as Firehawk thunders into view.
Min: Right on time! Stage 2, Stage 3, Armor Slaver activate!
Firehawk folds in half and transforms into what looks like a headless upper torso. Canberra hit the jumpjets and flies over the Lake, hood flipping down into shins, exposing the thighs, butt folding outwards into lower arms. Firehawk’s hull plates shifted into shoulders and upper arms as the car docked to form the waist and lower torso. The lower arms slid upwards and docked to the upper with the loud “clunk, clunk” of the elbow joint connecting.
Cha: Stage 2 and 3, Fusion complete! Min: Core Block, join-laser activate! Mana Laser fire!
With that, the back of Firehawk broke up like a device changing modes, exposing a crevass. Kha’s “Block” flies in and fires blue mana beams that guide it in. Once it slammed into place with a bang, the Silvana’s mana charging laser fires. Inside, Kha’s brightens as the master-slave console boots up, displaying the letters Z.A.K.U. before cursors shoot off to the right spelling the words as “Zodiac Automated Kreuz Unison” and appending “Complex”. Meanwhile, the various spaces left by the transformation were being filled device-style, blocks coming together, clamping into place. The feet slide out and part; the hands spin out like a drill; the bald head popped out, and with that parts gathered and slammed into place, forming the helm and multi-bladed V-fin.
Kha: Sakura! Assemble Tausend Kreuz!
Outside, the Armed Device’s core grew, and grew. Then, like when she was smaller, she crackled blue lightning as it drew parts of her complete self together. The trigular halves of the her spearhead, attracted by the lightning, clanged audibly onto her face, followed closely by the covers for her horizontal vents. Her cylindrical neck extended out from the spearhead, and the 16-cartridge Metal Storm barrel block slotted into the gap on the neck below spearhead as the pistol grip, positioned at right angles to the plane of the spearhead, glided along the groove and locked into place just under the vent covers with a puff of sparks. The tail end of the cross clunked into a smaller triangular joint that hid another smaller beam emitter within its pinched halves.
Kha flexed a little, and Stahlmut reached out and grabbed the spear.
Sakura: DAI-
And swung it up to its shoulder.
Sakura: -STAHL-
Before lashing with so much force that it released a massive pulse of mana that caused the water behind it to explode into temporal geysers.
Sakura: -MUT!!!
Kha: Since when was there a Dai in front of “Stahlmut”? Sak: Yare, yare! A good super robot must have a 3 syllable name.
Kyla: How is it? Kha: Looks good, everything’s stable. The mana laser provided the power needed to complete the extensive armor transmutation as planned, and Stahlmut doesn’t look like he’s going to fall apart any time soon.
Sakura: For the last time, its Dai-Stahlmut!!! Kha: No need to shout when you’re IN me!!! Okay whatever, Dai-Stahlmut doesn’t sound too bad. Cha: I don’t believe this! The output of the machine is way above expected… In fact, it far exceeds the parameters set! Must be all that divine power infused into the system. Sak: Wii~~ Once we’re in this we’re invincible! Kha: Man I can’t stop grinning…
Sophia: Well Captain I see you’re having fun. Let’s see, that took… 3 mins? In which the enemy would’ve pounded your individual butts to pieces. Kha: … Sak: Hey! Mis: Na… Nag: I see 70% probability of this procedure being impractical. Sak: Not you too!
Art: Sofy, Sofy… You must appreciate the beauty of things sometimes you know. This means a lot to the Captain after all. Kha: Well… In a while, this is a dream come from true, from since when I was little… Sof: I’d rather you use that form than this hulk when it really comes down to it. Kha: But if I do so, you’ll be in danger! I cannot have you take the risk! Sof: (momentary dere reaction, then gets tsun to cover up) Gah! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Baka! (storms off)
CC: That’s a wrap. Remember Kha, this Unison mode is very complicated and energy consuming to activate, so you can only do this with the Silvana in range, got that? Kha: Roger out. Let’s go celebrate with some dinner, shall we? I think I owe Sofie an apology somehow. Art: (shrugs) So says the one who said “You yield to her and she’ll crawl all over you.”
Talk about high on Bluecheesium. Man that was almost completely outside of canon... Stahlmut means Steel Courage in "Germahn", otherwise known as Babelfish German. And look at the amount of super mecha references there; SRW was in passing, Dai-Layzer, Gundam and GGG for the finish. I initially had Voltron and DaiRaijin inside, but I scrapped the former because it disrupted the flow, and left the Dairaijin's base transformation at the AX base... Anyone notice the small Code Geass ref there? It's suppose to hint at the Kha = Zero joke from the epi threads.
The first part of the transformation is the boring bit IMO, and is used most often. Called the Trinity Unison, it involves Kha reconfiguring his Casshern KA after Sakura, Misaki and Nagato fuse with him. Rein 1, when summoned by Sophia, and Rein 2, as canon delightful reveals possible, can fuse with him for even more power, which he calls Supreme Symbiosis. His disperse Linker Core has enough room to allow for such fusion, though it is rumored that Hayate can fuse with all of her Knight and Rein 2 at the same time...
Now Supreme Symbiosis with Stahlmut is called... Genesic Dai-Stahlmut?
Thread surely progresses fast today - a lot of great stuff added. Too bad I have little time even to comment properly, not to mention contributing something. My hopes are with the weekend
@Kha, after reading your Ultimate Unison, SHOUNIN, there is 1 thing I'll would like to comment on which is the AI fusing part. the mental image I got of Sakura when fusing is of a certain Uchiha fangirl hanging off said uchiha, Nagato makes me think chestbuster and the mental image I get from Misaki fusing is rather ecchi. lol coming from below, lol.
Kay: Finally, someone I can use my artifacts against... *big grin* Shinji: Please... Not the X.Z.O. Sword... Asuka: At last, someone much tougher than Shinji for Stress Relief!!! Rey: No comment.
*After every single OC has had his/her share of practice*
Keroko: *Pokes a strange looking clump of flesh* What's this? Clump of Flesh: Grn blbllll gur.... Keroko: *blinks* I think it's trying to talk to me, what's it saying? Artherion: [I'm not entirely sure, the words are fragmented by the sounds of pain and agony -glorious sounds, I must add- but I can say with 98% certainty that it is asking for medical help] Keroko: and the other 2%? Artherion:[The other 2% is that it is looking for trouble, and needs to be blasted. But that may just be wishfull thinking on my part.]
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BAh, good. Yeah, I didnt know how you would handle Keroko's dragon powers, but that's good to know. I admit I was really expecting Keroko to at least grow wings, though.
Oh she does, only they.... no! no! must not give spoilers!
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:O :O :O +100 points for Keroko!
I dont think the reference would be hard to find, but I didnt expect many people to remember Valgaav. He was awesome.
Well, he just popped into my head at the moment. And when I compared his b0rken transformation with Natalia's, it just went *click*
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Originally Posted by tshouryuu
On behalf of the Central Science & Development Bureau, I'm commandeering the Lancea Longini for research purposes.
Here's another look at Tais's life
Spoiler for Getting chased by little girls is embarrassing or Tais at Riot 6:
~Log Number #313 : Being yellow is a great survival technique~
By Yui
How does Tais get himself into these situations. He is certainly talented at doing the wrong thing at the wrong time and as I log this, Tais is currently running for his life. From 3 pissed off little girls and 1 angry mother I assume.
After that crazy episode with the Spellblades last time, we received a summons from Director S. Tsuzuki to return to the Central Science & Development Bureau for some debriefing and some upgrades to the E.V.A device.
*Play audio file*
Tsuzuki: Hah! Welcome back Tais and Yui. We're a little busy today so no time to chat. Tais, please leave Yui on the table there and go find Ritsuko and tell her to take off the magagumo and put in number 13. Go on shoo! shoo!
Tais: Err.. Yes director.
Tsuzuki: Now what was the thing I wanted to tell you...? Hmm.... Oh! I remember now. Yui, you guys are going to be rather busy from now on. Do try to keep Tais alive.
Yui: What do you mean by that director?
Tsuzuki: Oh nothing much, I basically declared open season on Tais so remember to record as much data as possible.
Yui: WHAT?!
Tsuzuki: You heard me, and here Tais comes now.
*Pause audio file*
At this, Director S. Tsuzuki just picked me up and slot me into the EVA without as much as a by your leave. As I was rather roughly slotted into the armour, I got rather disoriented, having needed to integrate the new systems so suddenly. The next thing I knew, we're at Riot 6's training ground in forest setting with Tais about to face off a girl that looks like Ginga Nakajima. I had a very bad feeling at this point since all encounters with the Nakajima family turned out rather badly.
*Resume audio file*
Tais: Are you Subaru Nakajima?
Subara: Ya, how do you know?
Tais: I simply took a guess since you look like your sister and she had told me about you before. This Subaru really looks like her sister, except more tomboyish, less developed and less elegant.
*Pause audio file*
If I have a heart, it surely would have stopped. Fortunately, Subaru simply look sheepish and did not do anything violent.
*Resume audio file*
Subaru: Then you must be Tais Scien, that perverted tentacle monster guy who had a bounty on him. I heard all about you from my Onee-chan and Otou-san.
Tais: Why is everyone calling me a pervert? And what do you mean a bounty on me?
Nanoha: Hey Hey, are you guys going to do the mock combat scenario or talk all day?
Tais: Sorry Captain Takamichi
Subura: Hai Nanoha-san
Nanoha: Ready, GO!
*Pause audio file*
Here, the two started exchanging blows using only physical attacks with neither gaining gaining a advantage over the other. Tais, due to the EVA absurd defence, can easily ignore blows that got through he blocks while Subaru with her agility with Mach Calibre, simply avoided Tais's slower but more powerful blows. This went on for around 5 minutes with Subaru's partner, the 2 lightning fowards and 2 other little girls sitting around the male lightning cheering for Subaru to defeat the 'Evil Tentacle Pervert' and Captain Takamichi and Enforcer T. Harlaown smiling. After another exchange, the two combatants jumped apart.
*Resume audio file*
Subaru: *pant* You're tough.
Tais: And *pant* you're strong too.
Subaru: Let's take it up a notch.
Tais: Fine with me
Nanoha: This is going to get messy, everyone move back.
Elio: Fate-san, can I stay here, I'll be careful
Fate: Alright, but be careful. I'll moves the girls back to give you some peace *wink*
Elio: *blush redly* Fate-san!
*stop audio file*
This turned to to be a very bad idea as shortly after, Tais missed a block which allowed Subaru to deliver a powerful cartridge enhanced blow, launching him towards the crowd of spectators. Attempting to slow Tais down, I activated system 13, which makes Tais limbs act like rubber, and stretched his arms to wrap around and grab hold of the nearest trees. I managed to stop our flight, but what I grabbed to stop our flight led to the reason why Tais is running for his life right now. The right hand was wrapped around a tree so no problem there. The left however was wrapped around another tree and the male lightning forward and was grabbing him in a very inappropriate place.
The silence was deafening. The two stars forward and their captain were simply speechless, the male lightning after getting released shuddered and curled around himself muttering about being violated and the rest... *shudder* the rest are emitting high amounts of killer intent. Tais wanted to stay his ground as he knew he deserved the beating he was about to get even though I was the one who made the mistake. When the first person took a step forward, the seed of doubt was planted. When the second started moving, his resolve wavered and he started muttering "I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away". When the third moved towards him, Tais's resolve was badly shaken and his "I mustn't run away" chant grew to a frantic pitch. But when Enforcer T. Harlaown approached with a massive energy sword, Tais's flight or fight instincts triggered and he turned tail and run for his life while screaming "I must run away! I must run away! I must run away!"
*BOOM!!*
~Pause log~
Tais: YUI! Stop writing and Help me! You got me into this mess now help me get out of it!!
I turned my sensors back and immediately regreted it. Looks like I have to complete the log later. If we *BOOM!!*surviveeee!!!
@johnishida: I can't really comment since I make underpowered characters but perhaps you could use multiple spoiler tags to split the sections to make it more readable
Heh, looks like we have another glutton for punishment. I'm sure Kha will apreciate the company.
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Caro:(hugging Erio, making the other OC lolis fume) It's okay... Don't cry... I'm here. Erio: Meister... Kha: (smiling as he turns round to the battered Tais) You know, my Meister taught me that "Tolerance for Stupidity is a must to ensure protect peace in this world." Tais: Ah-hahaha... I'm glad someone understands-- Yui: What's this I'm detecting from his Core? It's spreading, but there's no physical sign of it... Kha:(still smiling) And that to enforce that peace the judged have to be dealt accordingly... Tais: Aha-- Sorry? Yui: RUN YOU TWIT! HE'S HOLDING AN INVISIBLE SPEAR!!!
Sophia: Was that... what I think it is?! Artei: Now that you've mentioned it... God Empress help us...
... Of course, sometimes Kha loves to be the one dealing it as well, I suppose.
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---New intelligence data updated---
AAAAAAAAAAAAAND Here it is, boys and girls! The second liquid Bluecheesium Bomb I prepared to celebrate the 1k post! Prepare to be blown away!
And keep it coming folks! Let's see if we can't clog this thread till the next day!!!
First up, the first release of ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR as requested by Saint X. Thats right, from the fans of SD Gundam Force comes...
ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!!!!!
Spoiler for Zakum! Zakum!:
(cheesy trumpet theme) Joh: Hello minna-san!!! I’m G.I. Joh-- Con: And I’m Cona-- Joh: And we’re bringing you yet another exciting episode of Both: ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!! Con: More like a minute actually. Joh: Yeah time sure flies quickly when you’re having fun with us! Tell us, Cona, what are we after this week? Con: This week, we solve the mystery of CO Kha’s asset evaluation! Joh: Uso! People’s been saying that he’s as poor as a doornail! Con: But he never replies in a concrete sense. And after my investigation, I see why. Joh: Why? Con: Cash poor, but asset rich! Our ex-CO sinks his money into many things. Joh: Naruhodo… I remember his office being lined with mech models from the 97th. So what does he have? Con: We all know he has helped build what possibly is the biggest anime and manga collection in all of the Velka SAR at Artei’s family mansion, but that’s not all! Firstly, he has a private stratofighter! Joh: Wow you mean those Firehawks from the old War? Con: Zigzactly! A two-seater first fielded in the Ichor War on the 23rd Administrated Planet Rael in MC 50, Kha since upgraded this fighter with forward-sweeping wings to include 2 articulated 7mm laser CIWS under the forward stabilizers, as well as the A.R.I.K.A. system that we now have on our DreadLord fighters here on the Silvana! He first used it as a boy launching from the decommissioned sandship Thrall to engage Velka radicals on planet Velk, and it has stuck with him since then. Surprisingly, under his hands he has defeated the super-advanced Anatolian Starfighters in simulated dogfights! Joh: But I believe the same can’t be said of the DreadLords-- Con: Shh! Classified information! Joh: Oops my bad. What else have you got? Con: The Velka Carryall 21-Custom is also registered under his name! Sturdier and better shielded than the average Carryall, this heavy equipment shuttle boasts a top speed of 200 kiloparsecs, more than 25% higher than that of the normal variant. Kha has also fitted the shuttle with four 15mm laser CIWS on the flanks, as well as an ECS stealth system perfect for sneaky insertion and extraction. Joh: I heard them calling their beloved ship the Blackbird, but I think something happened to her recently. Con: Yes indeed. Blackbird was heavily damaged in Kha’s most recent mission, and while details were classified, the technician repairing the craft said that the Cleric had practically flown the Carryall straight into a hot zone. He was very surprised that Blackbird made it back at all Joh: Thus another great example of credits well spent! Anyway, I’m sure Kha does have non-military assets? Con: I guess there goes his office. But for civilian things, he has a private cabin by Lake Lovecroft where he goes to meditate and “practice”, though recently it’s been turned into a Zakum Trooper hangout. Gard: That’s what you get for being too kind, that guy. (laughs) Both: Sir! Gard: Never mind me. Carry on with the radio show! Sure beats listening to Admiral Windbag talking about bla bla bla… Con: And Kha recently bought a Car! Here’s a picture of his picking up Fate and rookies Caro and Erio from Riot 6 base. Joh: Aw… A happy family… Know what that vehicle is? Con: From the curves, it looks like the Terran brand Toyota Canberra GT, but with MC materialization technology to close the hood when it rains of course! Knowing Kha, he probably modified beyond its original specs. Even he himself didn’t know, I quote, “how fast it could go with afterburners deployed, or when transformed into Battleroid mode” Joh: Afterburners? BATTLEROID?! Con: Oh dear look at the time! That’s all we have for today! Be sure to catch us next time as we bring you the latest gossip behind the many interesting characters both on and off the Silvana! Joh: You know you can’t be wrong when you’re listening to Both: ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!! (cheesy trumpet theme)
*drool* All... those... lovely... ships...
Keroko would be begging to be able to take those for a spin.
Oh, and 'Zigzactly' hehehe. *ads new word to peronal dictionary*
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Originally Posted by Kha
And that's not all! Here's the "Surprise" I've been planning since... Dunno when!
Spoiler for Ultimate Unison, SHOUNIN!:
Minerva: Recording started 29-2-MC 0074
Kha is airborne in Jaegerform outside the Silvana over Lake Lovecroft. They are testing a new weapon system.
Sakura: Misaki! Hurry up! I dying to start! Kha: Who’s Misaki? Sak: It’s E’Jaedinea’s AI’s name. We just decided it the other day. Kha: And that’s okay with you? Mis: Ano… It’s a nice name, and Jaedinea is a mouthful in human tongue so… Kha: You yield to Sakura and she’ll climb all over you. Cha: (Joins the radio chatter) She already has. Kha: Hi Chacha. Cha: Hi. Now stay out of trouble you got that, Sakura? This is going to be a live recording of the test to be downloaded into you you know, so if you don’t want to be stuck with me and Auntie for debugging again, behave yourself. Sak: Yes, Chacha! Wii~~ Kaempfer: I’m launching, Meister. Kha: Okay position yourself over there… Nice. Min: Are we all set? Kha: Where’s Nagato?
Headless suit of armor “stares” back from the distance.
Kha: How does she do that without a head in real life is a big question… Minerva, Captain, test subjects ready. Kyla: Roger that. CC, is the scenario loaded into the holoprojector? CC: It’s loaded Captain. Kyla: Got it. All personnel, stand by! 3 Ship AIs: Standby ready! Kyla: Commence Test Serial 163-D! (raises and points dramatically while yelling)
ULTIMATE UNISON, SHOUNIN!
CC: Roger! Releasing limiter on mana charge laser… Complete! Min: Zaku 1-3 Core Release sequence initiate! Cha: Unison systems all green!
CC: (raises fist) Program… (slams into holo generated on her console) DRIVE!
Mis: Ano… Assemble Drivers, install! Ejecting… (Linker Core ejects and shapes into a translucent girl spirit) Kaempfer: Letting go. (Jettisons device and Knight Armor) Nagato: Variable Formation. (jettisons armor and glowing Core transforms into a one-colored version of her digital avatar) Kha: Unison reaction, activate! (starts glowing as spare addons to his armor fire off) Tausend Kreuz, Bankai!
Sak: (dissolves her Unison device knight armor and turns into spirit-like form like the other AI and screams)
YOOSHA!!! ULTIMATE UNISON!
Kha disappears into a blue transformation bubble as he summons a massive swirl of mana as Tausend Kreuz twirls away. He floats in a crucifix pose, like how he does in henshin. The 3 AI “spirits burst in one after another and circle around him as they continue charging their individual Unison systems with his mana. Once complete, they turn into shapeless energy and plunge into the shining mage, Sakura fusing first after embracing his arm, Nagato through his chest, and Misaki coming from below.
Kha somersaults backward into the transfigurating ZAKU and lock himself in as it turned to a strange looking piece of metal.
His car Canberra speeds down the street on autopilot as Firehawk thunders into view.
Min: Right on time! Stage 2, Stage 3, Armor Slaver activate!
Firehawk folds in half and transforms into what looks like a headless upper torso. Canberra hit the jumpjets and flies over the Lake, hood flipping down into shins, exposing the thighs, butt folding outwards into lower arms. Firehawk’s hull plates shifted into shoulders and upper arms as the car docked to form the waist and lower torso. The lower arms slid upwards and docked to the upper with the loud “clunk, clunk” of the elbow joint connecting.
Cha: Stage 2 and 3, Fusion complete! Min: Core Block, join-laser activate! Mana Laser fire!
With that, the back of Firehawk broke up like a device changing modes, exposing a crevass. Kha’s “Block” flies in and fires blue mana beams that guide it in. Once it slammed into place with a bang, the Silvana’s mana charging laser fires. Inside, Kha’s brightens as the master-slave console boots up, displaying the letters Z.A.K.U. before cursors shoot off to the right spelling the words as “Zodiac Automated Kreuz Unison” and appending “Complex”. Meanwhile, the various spaces left by the transformation were being filled device-style, blocks coming together, clamping into place. The feet slide out and part; the hands spin out like a drill; the bald head popped out, and with that parts gathered and slammed into place, forming the helm and multi-bladed V-fin.
Kha: Sakura! Assemble Tausend Kreuz!
Outside, the Armed Device’s core grew, and grew. Then, like when she was smaller, she crackled blue lightning as it drew parts of her complete self together. The trigular halves of the her spearhead, attracted by the lightning, clanged audibly onto her face, followed closely by the covers for her horizontal vents. Her cylindrical neck extended out from the spearhead, and the 16-cartridge Metal Storm barrel block slotted into the gap on the neck below spearhead as the pistol grip, positioned at right angles to the plane of the spearhead, glided along the groove and locked into place just under the vent covers with a puff of sparks. The tail end of the cross clunked into a smaller triangular joint that hid another smaller beam emitter within its pinched halves.
Kha flexed a little, and Stahlmut reached out and grabbed the spear.
Sakura: DAI-
And swung it up to its shoulder.
Sakura: -STAHL-
Before lashing with so much force that it released a massive pulse of mana that caused the water behind it to explode into temporal geysers.
Sakura: -MUT!!!
Kha: Since when was there a Dai in front of “Stahlmut”? Sak: Yare, yare! A good super robot must have a 3 syllable name.
Kyla: How is it? Kha: Looks good, everything’s stable. The mana laser provided the power needed to complete the extensive armor transmutation as planned, and Stahlmut doesn’t look like he’s going to fall apart any time soon.
Sakura: For the last time, its Dai-Stahlmut!!! Kha: No need to shout when you’re IN me!!! Okay whatever, Dai-Stahlmut doesn’t sound too bad. Cha: I don’t believe this! The output of the machine is way above expected… In fact, it far exceeds the parameters set! Must be all that divine power infused into the system. Sak: Wii~~ Once we’re in this we’re invincible! Kha: Man I can’t stop grinning…
Sophia: Well Captain I see you’re having fun. Let’s see, that took… 3 mins? In which the enemy would’ve pounded your individual butts to pieces. Kha: … Sak: Hey! Mis: Na… Nag: I see 70% probability of this procedure being impractical. Sak: Not you too!
Art: Sofy, Sofy… You must appreciate the beauty of things sometimes you know. This means a lot to the Captain after all. Kha: Well… In a while, this is a dream come from true, from since when I was little… Sof: I’d rather you use that form than this hulk when it really comes down to it. Kha: But if I do so, you’ll be in danger! I cannot have you take the risk! Sof: (momentary dere reaction, then gets tsun to cover up) Gah! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Baka! (storms off)
CC: That’s a wrap. Remember Kha, this Unison mode is very complicated and energy consuming to activate, so you can only do this with the Silvana in range, got that? Kha: Roger out. Let’s go celebrate with some dinner, shall we? I think I owe Sofie an apology somehow. Art: (shrugs) So says the one who said “You yield to her and she’ll crawl all over you.”
Talk about high on Bluecheesium. Man that was almost completely outside of canon... Stahlmut means Steel Courage in "Germahn", otherwise known as Babelfish German. And look at the amount of super mecha references there; SRW was in passing, Dai-Layzer, Gundam and GGG for the finish. I initially had Voltron and DaiRaijin inside, but I scrapped the former because it disrupted the flow, and left the Dairaijin's base transformation at the AX base... Anyone notice the small Code Geass ref there? It's suppose to hint at the Kha = Zero joke from the epi threads.
The first part of the transformation is the boring bit IMO, and is used most often. Called the Trinity Unison, it involves Kha reconfiguring his Casshern KA after Sakura, Misaki and Nagato fuse with him. Rein 1, when summoned by Sophia, and Rein 2, as canon delightful reveals possible, can fuse with him for even more power, which he calls Supreme Symbiosis. His disperse Linker Core has enough room to allow for such fusion, though it is rumored that Hayate can fuse with all of her Knight and Rein 2 at the same time...
Now Supreme Symbiosis with Stahlmut is called... Genesic Dai-Stahlmut?
Yes I AM nuts from typing for 4 hours...
Psh, Sophia apparently doesn't know that good things take time.
Of course you could do the entire transformation in penguin-space, but I digress...
Location: Currently Recovering in the TSAB Rehabilitation wing.
Age: 36
*pops in for a minute*
7 Pages of back logs...*goes to weapons locker*......ok who hid my flame thrower???
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
A Car accident?
Hayate saves the day once again And what do you mean by "nightmare"? Hoping to see what happens from Cass' perspective (although I think Fuyu will take care of that part), and how Alex manages to get to Nadia in time.
And as already mentioned, Claudia is Chrono's vessel, unless you're setting this in A's to StrikerS. Good job though
Ya I was in a bit of a car accident on Thursday so i have not been posting much due to that. kinda having a hard time reading a lot. so I am falling behind on the forums... Way behind
Claudia.... OPPS .... looks like I misses that one thanks for pointing it out, I'll go fix that right away.
Um, by Nightmare I meant that this is not something that has happened yet. as far as the current story arc is concerned. Though that was the original intent. At the rate it is progressing right now it that will probably change, though if it does the original purpose (that being Alex's old Belka awakening) might be removed.... or it might not ^^
Glad that you liked it ^^
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Originally Posted by Aaron008R
Oi. Be careful, man! You've only one life, you get me?
Try not to get yourself into reflex-intensive activities when you still sore.
Excellent scenario, by the way.
I'll be careful. Thanks
Thank you i am glad that you liked it ^^ Any guesses on who is who with the team members??
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Originally Posted by Keroko
The main problem with the backlog in this thread isn't so much the number of posts, but more the amount of content in them.
Of course, this thread wouldn't be this much fun if that wasn't so. Heh, and the mods were woried wether this topic was going to work or not.
worried if it would work out I would be more worried that it might take over and crash the server
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Originally Posted by KBTKaiser
*blinks a bit and rubs his eyes*
Oh great...my inspiration just left the house through the roof again while busting 3 writer's blocks.
Spoiler for ...HUH!?!:
Two weeks have passed since the activation of the comet series. Zaphira had taken on his humanoid form in order to personally train one of them while the others were assigned to tackle AMF obstacle courses as a team. Today's training took Yuuki aside while the others ran the course.
Zaphira: Yuuki, today we'll be working attacking defensively.
Yuuki: Instructor, why defensively?
Zaphira: In your position, you take the brunt of the force when on defense. Most of the time, people will open up the defenses and let attacks through into the formation. The target of this drill is to attack without letting attacks past you. BEGIN!
Meanwhile, in the obstacle course...
Leticia: 5 more to the goal! Firing Tracer shots!
C.Guider: Change Friggly! Gatling!
Feena: Double Boost!
C. Core: Strike and Slash!
Mikoto: Haaaaaaaaaa!
C. Striker:Change Stunstick! Thunder Fist!
Erika: Arc Slash!
C. Buster: Change Poetic! Shockwave!
As tracer shots from Leticia caused a trail of pockmarks around the drones, Mikoto and Erika rushed the drones. Mikoto arrived first, slamming a clawhand of crackling eletricity into the hastily erected AMF field and smashed through and into the unit, causing spasms as Erika rushed in next, her hand wielding a incredibly large scythe single handedly as she slashed at the shocked drone and created an air blade edge, forcing the unit back into its own comades in a huge explosion.
Leticia: Nice job, you two.
Feena: We should be thankful for you, Leticia.
Erika: Well, that wraps up that run. Let's go check on Yuuki.
Mikoto: Ne, kaa-san, how was that run?
At the operations console where Mabiko and Shari were along with Nanoha, Mabiko and Nanoha were looking over the obstacle run and checking with previous runs for comparison.
Mabiko: The speed and power isn't much of a problem...but the main focus this time is efficiency. Mikoto and Erika, you two are the main offense and defense when Yuuki is not around. Make sure you help defend attacks going for Feena and Leticia. Feena, be careful of overusing your magic. While your melee is decent with magic, you might be a liability after too much boosting or magic bombardment. Leticia, keep that pace up. You and Feena are the command post when I'm not around. Make sure you take into consideration all of your sister's abilities and not take unnecessary risks.
As the girls chorused their replies and headed off to find Zaphira and Yuuki, Mabiko cut the connection and turned to Nanoha.
Mabiko: Your opinion, Nanoha?
Nanoha: Their teamwork is impressive as usual. And you said that their devices still have another mode, Shari?
Shari: Yes, although it's still a gamble at this stage and sealed with a password from Mabiko.
Mabiko: They still need time to grow and mature.
Meanwhile...
Yuuki: Got to think...what can I do to attack while maintaining defense...I can't keep this wall up forever...that's it! Comet Crasher, Iron Wall!
C. Crasher: Iron Wall! Change Disease!
Zaphira: Hmph, that child's play technique will stop me...hm?
The aptly named Iron Wall, latticed out from Yuuki's position and expanded to nearly cut half the training zone off. From behind the lattice, Zaphira could barely make out Yuuki launching into the air.
Yuuki:Iron Wall...SPIRAL KICK!
C. Crasher: Change Passion!
Yuuki struck the Iron Wall at full speed, but the wall did not give. Instead it began to contort into a cone around the spiral kick of Yuuki.
Zaphira: Such an attack is useless!
Zaphira sent ground spikes to pierce the contorted Iron Wall, but was shocked to find that his spikes were broken off and added into the attack by the spiraling action, reinforcing the point. Hastily setting up a Shield spell, Zaphira found himself being forced backwards as the spiraling kick continued. Finally, he managed to whittle away the point enough as he shot one hand straight through the point and grabbed Yuuki's foot and stopped her spin, dissipating the the spiraling Iron Wall as well.
Zaphira: I'm suprised. You managed to come up with an attack that both defends and returns the enemy's attack. You've finished this drill nicely.
As Zaphira dropped Yuuki to the ground, she got up and brushed herself off before bowing.
Yuuki: Arigatougozaimasu...
Suddenly, Zaphira felt the aura of the area change...
Zaphira: ...oh great...
...And was fox-piled head on as he turned around to try and stop the other four, followed by Yuuki tackling from the side to finish the foxpile.
Zaphira: Girls, I'm your instructor, dammit. I am not a snuggle buddy. Now get off me!
From her office, Hayate watched the proceeded events unfold as she monitored the Magic Levels of all 6 members of Skyfox.
Hayate: ...Mabiko's magic level is almost to the point of being a B+ rank...is she giving her power to them or is there something else she's hiding for the Lost Logia she holds...Sky Vixen or not, Mabiko, I'm going to make you talk somehow...
wow really great. lol i was wondering when Zafira would get fox-piled ^^
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Originally Posted by Nightengale
Chronicles of Yuuno : Attachment #47
book_worm_721 wrote :
I've been a big fan of Scrya-sensei ever since the thesis presentation on the subject of historical restructuring on composition based on studied archeological context 3 years ago. A 16 year old scholar, already in a high position as TSAB's up-most database manager, and also a renowned academic in the field... I did some reseach, and found something strange. It goes like this...
Yuuno Scrya : Record of Mage Academy : Rank A of Mixed Category.
Yuuno Scrya : ( 9 years old ) : Official Mage Rank : A-Mixed
There's a bunch of classified information of when sensei was 9 for whatever reason...
*snip*
Yuuno Scrya : ( 19 years old ) : Official Mage Rank : A-Mixed
It's disheartening that sensei seemingly to have given up improving yourself, even if sensei is not an active mage. Why is that?
scrya_sensei replied :
Once upon a time, there was a young girl who wanted to pass an AAA-rank test against one short-for-his-age porn-binder oniichan so that she could meet her friend.
And another once upon a time, there was this extremely ambitious girl who wants to get promoted as soon as she can so that she can gather her clique of extremely overpowered friends together in the ultimate nepotism task force, so she took a ** rank test and passed.
The thing is...you don't need high mage ranks.
My scholarly contributions already give me multiple leeways on many things, and an A-rank is just for convinience's sake. No one asks James Bond why he didn't get himself a license to shoot rocket-launchers when he's already got a license to kill.
I'm already at the top of what I am, so why bother with unneccesary rankings?
Even if I make a name for myself as a mage, I don't think anyone would like to be called "Barrier of Barrie-"
Oops. Did I say that out loud?
yay for Yunno ^^ See he understands that a rank isn't everything.... wait didn't Hayate say that at one point??? *run off to check*
*Starts reading about the "Open season" and the new Artifact Action*
Oh my....
*watching from the observation room* Alex: WOW... hay girls come look at this. Azura: What is is Miester? Alex: well it seams that there is open target practice on Tais. they just request that death is not involved. Setsuna: Are you going to participate in this are you Miester? Alex: No, not me. though it has become a bit interesting to watch. though i am becoming concerned for Tais safety. Azura: What do you mean? Alex: Well... I have heard word that some of the participants are prepping Breaker class attacks... Azura & Setsuna: There WHAT!! Alex: ya... Um Ryu...you might want to set up now... who knows how much power is about to be released.... Ryu: yes Sir.. Alex: I hope those artifacts don't get damaged. Some of them are Really nice... Ryu: Sir... your not thinking of replacing us are you? *teary eyed look from the Twins* Alex: No, no. I would never do that.
@Kha: the ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR was great^^
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sorry about being so absent lately. If things stay on track, I should have the team posted within the week, (if i can decide on a name for the team ) currently i have all 4 members named and they all have a short bio, and at least 1 spell. So in other words near completion.
Alex's profile is near completion just needs a little more tweaking ^^
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ok I have to ask. How do you people manage to run multiple characters with multiple devices each, plus they all have drastically different personalities? I can barely manage Alex, the Twins, and Ryu.
ok I have to ask. How do you people manage to run multiple characters with multiple devices each, plus they all have drastically different personalities? I can barely manage Alex, the Twins, and Ryu.
Personally, the more drastically different the personalities, the easier it is for me to write. I have the most trouble writing two people who think and act alike, since after a while, they tend to blend into the same person. When the characters have very different personalities, it's easy to generalize them: Ivey's the lazy one, Rancer's the sarcastic one, Reiz is the doormat, Nova's the ditz, Halley is the Force Of Personality, May is the robotic one. Individual shadings only come out in stories, sometimes spontaneously.
Then again, my stories tend to be very dialogue-heavy. My goal is ultimately to have the reader look at a quote and be able to tell who said it.
As for keeping track of them, my characters' personality traits are invariably based off of some fictional character from another fandom, or from RL friends.
Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
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Originally Posted by Ratler
*pops in for a minute*
7 Pages of back logs...*goes to weapons locker*......ok who hid my flame thrower???
worried if it would work out I would be more worried that it might take over and crash the server
*Starts reading about the "Open season" and the new Artifact Action*
Oh my....
*watching from the observation room* Alex: WOW... hay girls come look at this. Azura: What is is Miester? Alex: well it seams that there is open target practice on Tais. they just request that death is not involved. Setsuna: Are you going to participate in this are you Miester? Alex: No, not me. though it has become a bit interesting to watch. though i am becoming concerned for Tais safety. Azura: What do you mean? Alex: Well... I have heard word that some of the participants are prepping Breaker class attacks... Azura & Setsuna: There WHAT!! Alex: ya... Um Ryu...you might want to set up now... who knows how much power is about to be released.... Ryu: yes Sir.. Alex: I hope those artifacts don't get damaged. Some of them are Really nice... Ryu: Sir... your not thinking of replacing us are you? *teary eyed look from the Twins* Alex: No, no. I would never do that.
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sorry about being so absent lately. If things stay on track, I should have the team posted within the week, (if i can decide on a name for the team ) currently i have all 4 members named and they all have a short bio, and at least 1 spell. So in other words near completion.
Alex's profile is near completion just needs a little more tweaking ^^
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ok I have to ask. How do you people manage to run multiple characters with multiple devices each, plus they all have drastically different personalities? I can barely manage Alex, the Twins, and Ryu.
Alex did (at Cass's request by the way)
Server crashing? That'd be.....disturbing
Ken: Did you hear that Chief? Target practice. Should we join in? Artes:You know perfectly well that Chief never joins petty things like that >.> Cass: Sounds like fun.... Artes: Ken: Cass:........But for now let's stay back and enjoy the show Ken: Artes: (Back at you Ken. Girl powa!)
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It'd be nice if the entire team could be up, but there's no helping it ^^
Man...the backlog syndrome is prevalent here....anyway, good job on the characters here. I have to go finish a book report before making more characters, I've been severely lagging on it.
@tsuhoryuu: Man, Tais is one unlucky guy...*shudders*....God help him.
@Kha: Nice...I lol'ed at the Zakum Zakum Hour...good times, good times.
@Aaron: Umm...Satoshi does have a Breaker spell....just look more closely...
I was planning to give Kay a device upgrade (temporary) for the Necron Arc, and continuing from her SRW motif, what better than a sword that splits itself open?
Ah well, it'll do I guess.
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
PART III is UP!!!!
I had to split Part III into two chunks... so that'll make the next Part IV then
Spoiler for length:
*Kha pauses the replay.*
Kha: The 21st likes running into trouble? Art: Boss, we're always in the thick of things. Kha: As far as I'm familiar with, I recall spending more time chasing after things than taking them head on. Art: The only difference is which way the spells are flying, Cap. Kha: I'll give you that. So now all we have to do is find Glock, and this. What did you cover on the flight back? Art: Right here Boss.
*Activates the next file*
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Artei: This is everything then? Kay: That’s everything on Glock that we have. Right Rey? Rey: Yes it is. Artei: At least there’s inflight entertainment.
*Plays audio log 360*
“Glock: The Traitor himself. This is what I knew from the memories he had.”
Artei: Hey, where’s all the love-love parts? Shinji: Kay asked for the early parts to be omitted for your copy. Artei: Oh hell n- Kay: *points Galatea threateningly* Artei: O-kay then…
*resumes playing*
“Glock: The Traitor was once a Lord, one of several created by the Star Gods after their transformation to lead their undead armies on a campaign of slaughter. Despite losing most of his individuality and his senses, this particular Lord performed exceedingly well, ravaging world after world, desolating thousands of them into barren Tomb Worlds. As such, he was given several unique talents that would assist him in battle, including the ability to wield all of the Necrontyr’s Forbidden Artifacts at once.
Kay: Forbidden Artifacts?
Glock: These refer to the advanced technologies developed by the Necrontyr, weaponized for use in the field. There are eight such Artifacts, some of which Sofia and I are able to wield now.
The Chronometron, Phase Shifter, Lightning Field and Solar Pulse are the artifacts you’ve already seen and categorized. There are four others, including the Resurrection Orb, which was used by the Lord we fought to revive the undead on Megiddo, and the Nightmare Shroud…
Kay: Nightmare… Shroud?
Glock: It’s an artifact that taps into a person’s worse fears, and enhances that person’s receptivity to it. That was the scre…
Kay: *chokes* I know now, please stop.
Glock: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.
Kay: *shivering* I should’ve known from the name. This Traitor must’ve been an incredibly powerful being, I understand what they said about “favored” now. But… even with the remnants of his “humanity”, I don’t think he could have the willpower to just suddenly convert against his Gods, even that’s what he wanted in the first place.
Glock: It’s not really that complicated though. It began when he encountered a comparatively small group of explorers several millenia into his campaign. The Lord had encountered and defeated races with powerful psychic abilities, and while technologically less advanced than those other races, this group possessed incredible control of the null-space that existed outside the fabric of space and time; never had they encountered a race able to command nullspace and dimensions on such a scale with ease, and they seem to originate not from the dimension the Necrontyr were in, but in another. The beings they encountered regarded the supposed immortality of the undead Necrontyr with curiouslty and admiration, and actively engaged the Necron-
Kay: Necrons.
Glock: Necrons?
Kay: Necrontyr sounds a bit long-winded. Necrons sound better don’t you think?
Glock: Good point.”
Artei: Necrons huh? Impeccable naming sense Missy. Kay: Unlike a certain someone I know… Artei: And who would that be? Kay: *sighs* Someone I’d rather not have around thank you…
“Glock: Alright, Necrons.
This race, who were known to the Necrons language as the “Yog’Sothoth”, or simply “The Crafters”, engaged them out of their desire to capture “live” Necron for their studies into immortality. The Crafter’s ability to control dimensions rendered their phase shifting tactics useless, and they could not phase out of the battle zone to evacuate their “dead”. “Despite the appalling rise of casualties on both sides, the Crafters succeeded in collecting Necrons for their own ends, including several Tomb Vessels, and the Traitor himself. Satisfied with their claim, and unwilling to lose any more souls to the Necrons, the Crafters left that dimension, and with the Necrons unable to follow them through nullspace, they were safe from further contact with them and their Gods.
They brought their spoils to their home planet, which the Crafters referred to as “El-Hazard”…
Kay: Hold on… El-Hazard…
Oh crap, you don’t mean…
Glock: Yes. The world known as Alhazred.
Kay: The expedition wasn’t so fruitless after all… I can’t believe this…
Glock: Kay, slow down you’re hyperven-
Kay: Less Worry More Talk!!!!!
Glock: *sigh* I was just getting to that.
As a civilization, Alhazred seemed to be extremely similar to current Midchilda society, as far as his memories serve, possessing advanced Magitech on a level similar to our own. The Necron spoils were quickly dismantled and thoroughly examined, their technology studied, analyzed, and reverse engineered; The Lord itself was subjected to the same treatment to better understand the source of the Necron’s incredible regenerative abilities and powers.
The Lord himself did not suffer from all that was done to him, but it was his mission to annihilate the Crafters and claim their life energies for his Gods. These were his… “thoughts” for the next several years he was held in captivity. But a certain experiment would change his existence forever.
Kay: An experiment?
Glock: The Omni Crion. In the language of the Crafters, “Victory over Death”, a project that would aim to use the Necron’s technologies to finally attain immortal life. And their first subject was the Lord himself, for he was considered “dead” at the time of his captivity. They would “revive” him, using newly reverse-engineered Necron technologies.
Kay: I take it they were successful then somehow?
Glock: According to the Crafters, the experiment was successful, as they had managed to “revive” the Lord, giving him the full mental and psychological facilities needed to be classified as “alive”. He would also be given a new body, bioengineered with a longer lifespan and endurance to replace his metallic endoskeleton, to fully make him “alive” in both mind and body.
Kay: The once soulless regaining their minds once again… Oh no…
Glock: With his revival, the Lord once again regained the senses he had lost during his transformation. And he felt only… terror.
Kay: …Having existed as a mindless being for so long… he would’ve felt confused… afraid… unable to comprehend his alien surroundings…
Glock: You understand him somehow?
*silence*
Glock: Don’t worry, I won’t ask you about it.
Kay: Thank you. Please continue, if you don’t mind. I’d like to hear more.
Glock: Of course.
He still had his memories with him though, but his rediscovered emotions conflicted with these memories, and for months he would suffer in anguish and despair, wishing for “the tranquility and purity of death”. The experiments also took a toll on his mentality, for the first time feeling the pain of the procedures performed to him in the wake of his revival.
Kay: As much as I hate to say this, but had I been through his experience, I too would be wishing for death.
Glock: Kay?
Kay: Never mind that… if that’s the case though, how’d he become the Traitor?
Glock: I tell you now why it wasn’t complicated. There was one name that the Traitor kept recalling from his memories of that period, and his most important: Ifureeta van’El.
She was the replacement Head Researcher for Omni Crion after their previous Head committed suicide for reasons unknown. Amongst the Crafters, she was renowned for the knowledge and wisdom that she contributed to their scientific community through decades of service in various fields. And the first thing she did was improve the ethical atmosphere of the research facilities, which included proper treatment for all test subjects, including the Lord, now known as… Iisa.
Kay: *chuckles* After all this Traitor and Lord stuff, I’d never thought he’d get such a cute name...
Glock: Apparently, it was the Crafter’s word for “First”, because of his previous status as the leader of the Necron force they engaged.
Kay: Good enough. I think I’m starting to get the picture with Ifureeta and Iisa here… I don’t think it would be that easy.
Glock: It wasn’t. But it was Ifureeta’s personal involvement with Iisa that gradually grabbed his attention. I don’t think I can tell you that many details as per his request.
Kay: He… requested you to do that?
Glock: He did. But suffice it to say: Her unceasing dedication and endless devotion to his care and his treatment gradually turned him. She slowly restored his sanity and his humanity to him, teaching him to cope with the new world he was in. It was a tediously slow, and often painful process which endangered her life due to Iisa’s unpredictable state, and often she did get hurt, enduring several brutal injuries that horribly disfigured her. It would take her several decades to even get Iisa to trust her.
Over time though, Iisa would slowly, but surely open up the Ifureeta, who never abandoned him despite all that he had done.
The only memory that he would let me divulge in detail was when Ifureeta gave him a surname, as to secure his rights as an individual amongst the Crafters: Iisa van’El.
Kay: … she… just gave her last name to him didn’t she?
Glock: Yes. And it would have a profound effect on Iisa. As I can feel from his memories… it was the first time he felt truly… Alive."
Necron fluff story! A bit unexpected but very impressive. Nice!
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Originally Posted by Erio
Yep, there's no going back now! lol I just had to, though, as there wouldnt be anyone else capable of defeating my Relic users in the TSAB.
Fufufufu... Ya think?
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Wait, wait! What I meant is that the story no longer follows the canon. They could go anywhere from here in our OCverse, though! Kha already has some plans for my Relic users.
That's good to know. Whew, I thought we lost 'em.
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Hehe I see you guys are liking the character templates.
Very.
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Originally Posted by Meophist
Sorry…
Spoiler:
???: They've already started preparations at Uminari. They're more cautious than I thought they would be. ???: Will everything be alright? ???: Don't worry Zephyr, things are still going according to plan. I'm sure Reinforce will be waiting for you.. Zephyr: Thank you.
???: Now, on to business. Ah, good morning East. East: I thought I had asked you to wait until I'm off duty before you call me. ???: I have confidence in your ability to keep things hidden. East: The light of the morning stars are meant to reveal, not hide. ???: If you reveal the right things, you can hide anything you want. East: What do you want? ???: There are some preparations going on at Uminari. East: I'm aware. The two girls are of yours, are they not? ???: Indeed, I am holding a New Year's party there. You can come if you're… East: I'm not. Is that all? ???: She's coming. East: She? ???: Yes, "she". You know who I'm talking about. East: I see. ???: So, are you coming? We'll even have a fireworks show. East: Fine, but not for your sake. ???: That's fine. Make sure to enjoy yourself. East: I'll make sure I won't. ???: Well, let Tempest enjoy himself anyways. How is he? East: He's fine. I'm surprised you care. ???: I care about everybody. East: Even your two "daughters"? ???: Especially my two daughters. East: …West, what's your real name? West: I think you know better then to ask. East: I do. If that's all, I'll cut the connection. West: That is all.
Zephyr: Are you sure he'll cooperate? West: His presence alone will be enough. Now, Blade of the Evening Sky, perhaps it's time we make our own preparations for the party. Blade of the Evening Sky: Yes, master.
More antagonists? And the guys behind the scenes type as well. I don't see a reason to apologize to us for. By the way, can Treshold limit someone who already has a heavy limiter on them? (like the Aces)
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Originally Posted by johnishida
After a LONG LONG time I finally finished this character. Right now, there is only basic information. I'll add more from time to time.
Hope you guys like it!
Spoiler for Jhon:
Personal Information
Name: Jhon Gender: Male Age: 21 Height: 185cm Weight: 73kg Date of Birth: N/A Home World: N/A Appearance: Black short-hair, white colored skin and red colored eyes Alignment: Lawful Neutral Personality: Nice type of guy. Has a very quiet and relaxed personality. Takes his work seriously and always finishes it even if he hates it. Polite and honest seems to enjoy fighting strong oponents. Rarely loses his cool in battles and hates to kill or see other people die. Because of this he fights without the aid of the automated gadget drones.
Background
All information about his birth, parents, family and friends was erased or never existed to begin with.
Recent information suggests he used to work as a mercenary for a period of 5 years. (Retired?) He probably got all his battle experience from this job.
We are still investigating the nature of the jobs he did and the type of clients he had.
There is no previous information yet available.
Currently assist Jail Scaglietti in the gathering of Relics. (Mercenary?)
Combat Information
Type: Magic Swordsman Mage Rank: AAA to S+ Magic Type: Belka-type. White colored. (Known to use some Mid-childa based long and mid-ranged magic) Ability to Fly: Yes
Knight Armor Description: Black and White Knight Clothes with four modes of operation, each mode has a unique form and boost different skills. It is possible for the subject to switch between modes at any moment.
• Normal Mode: Active only during Sealed Mode. A standard all-around mode.
o Attack: AAA
o Magic: AA
o Defense: AA
o Speed: A
• Knight Mode: Can be activated during Released Mode. This is a powered up version of the Battle Mode. Bears a shield-like arm protector in the left arm.
o Attack: S
o Magic: AA
o Defence: AAA
o Speed: AA
• Berserker Mode: Can be activaded during Released Mode. Sacrifices Defense for Attack and Speed. Devices combine into a two handed sword.
o Attack: S+
o Magic: AAA
o Defence: C
o Speed: S
• Shooter Mode: Can be activated during Released Mode. Long Range Magic Attack Mode, both devices combine into a staff. Knight Armor changes from Knight Clothes to Caster Clothes. Usually used for a single highly destructive magic attack.
o Attack: E
o Magic: S+
o Defense: A
o Speed: A
Devices:
RD-00 Sealer Description: Meant as a sealer and support device for the Intelligent Combat Device RD-01 Xcalibur. During Sealed Mode RD-00 Sealer surrounds the blade as if it were a scabbard sealing RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power. During Released Mode it works on three different ways accordingly to the three different battle modes. A.I.: None Attribute: Thunder / Fire Cartridge System: Yes. Revolver Type. Non Active Form: Black Bracelet Active Form: Scabbard Modes:
• Sealed Mode: Seals Intelligent Combat Device RD-01 Xcalibur’s due to its unusual magic storage ability.
During this mode all offensive and defensive spells are boosted by RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system.
• Released Modeb: During this mode RD-00 Sealer works in three different ways:
o Shield Mode: Active during Knight Mode. RD-00 Sealer changes into an arm protector that attaches to the left arm. Cartridge System is used to boost all defensive spells.
o Blade Extension Mode: Active during Berserker Mode. Extends RD-01 Xcalibur’s blade length by creating an extra blade made of magic by splitting itself into three parts. Two of these parts create the magic blade and the last one is the cartridge system that attach to lower part of RD-01 Xcalibur’s blade. Cartridge System is used to further extend the blade and/or boost all offensive spells.
o Staff Mode: Active during Shooter Mode. Combines with RD-01 Xcalibur transforming into a staff. Instead of attaching to it floats around RD-01 Xcalibur.
RD-01 Xcalibur Description: One-handed Sword-type Intelligent Combat Device. Unlike normal devices, this one seems to hold its own magic. Device’s magic storage seems to be equal to that of an AAA mage. This storage system suggests a high magic consumption. During Sealed Mode RD-01 Xcalibur cannot use its own magic to support its master’s attacks. A.I.: Yes. Female Voice. Refers to user as “Master”. Attribute: None Cartridge System: None. Uses stored magic to boost attacks. Non Active Form: White Bracelet Active Form: Sword Modes:
• Sealed Mode: Magical power is sealed. Used as a normal sword.
• Released Mode: Stored magical power is automatically used to boost attacks. Accordingly to its user’s wishes it can operate in three different modes:
o Sword Mode: Active during Knight Mode. No special features.
o Long Sword Mode: Active during Berserker Mode. Changes from one handed to a two handed sword. RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system is used to further boost attacks.
o Staff Mode: Active during Shooter Mode. Usually used as an all-or-nothing magic attack mode. Drains the entire user’s magic power and uses it in a single magic attack. RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system is used to further boost attacks.
Offensive Attacks/Spells:
Sealed Mode:
• Elemental Blade –Fire-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AAA
o Range: D
o Area of Effect: E
• Element Blade –Thunder-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: D
o Area of Effect: E
• Elemental Blade –Fire Storm-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: B
o Area of Effect: C
• Elemental Blade –Thunder Fall-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AAA
o Range: A
o Area of Effect: A to AA
• Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Flame shoots are slower but more powerful. Thunder shoots are faster but weaker. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: B
o Speed: C / A
o Direction Control: A
• Sealed Power: Subject overloads RD-00 Sealer’s system by forcefully trying to use RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored power without releasing the seal. The primary effect is a temporal Berserk state similar to Berserker Mode. Secondary effects seem to affect the subject’s body.
o Power: ??
o Range: ??
o Area of Effect: ??
Released Mode:
• Knight Mode
o Magic Blade –Burst-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power to boost attack power.
- Power: AAA
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Magic Blade –Ray-: Unleashes RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power in the form of beam of light.
- Rank: AAA
- Range: A
- Area of Effect: C
o Crossfire Shoot: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Uses RD-00 Xcalibur’s stored magic to boost spell power.
- Power: AA
- Range: A
- Speed: A
- Direction Control: A
o A Knight’s Honor: Combines Crossfire Shoot and Magic Blade –Burst- and Magic Blade –Ray-.
- Power: ??
- Range: ??
- Area of Effect: ??
• Berserker Mode
o Magic Long Blade –Burst-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Cartridge System to boost attack power.
- Power: S+
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: E
o Elemental Long Blade –Fire-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: S+
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Elemental Long Blade –Thunder-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity.
- Rank: AAA
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Magic Long Blade –Ray-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and uses RD-00 Sealer’s Cartridge System to unleash magic in the form of beam of light.
- Power: S+
- Range: AA
- Area of Effect: D
o Elemental Long Blade –Fire Storm-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: AAA
- Range: A
- Area of Effect: B-
o Elemental Long Blade –Thunder Fall-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: S+
- Range: AA
- Area of Effect: AAA
o Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Number of shoots varies. Flame type is slower but more powerful. Thunder type is faster but weaker. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AA+ to AAA
- Range: AA
- Speed: B / AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Berserker’s Rage: Combines Elemental Long Blade –Thunder II-, Elemental Long Blade –Fire- and Magic Long Blade –Ray-.
- Rank: ??
- Range: ??
- Area of Effect: ??
• Shooter Mode
o Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Number of shoots varies. Flame type is slower but more powerful. Thunder type is faster but weaker. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AAA / AA+
- Range: AA
- Speed: B / AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Crossfire Shoot: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AAA
- Range: AA
- Speed: AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Finisher: All-or-nothing magic attack. Subject last and most powerful spell. Can be used either on a single target or as an area of effect magic. Drains all avaliable magic and uses all available cartridges at once.
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: AA
- Defense Area: E
• Berserker Mode
o Magic Protection: Barrier Type Defense Magic.
- Barrier Strength: C
- Defense Area: D
o Magic Shield: Physical Protection Barrier Type.
- Barrier Strength: C
- Defense Area: D
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: D
- Defense Area: E
• Shooter Mode
o Magic Protection: Barrier Type Defense Magic.
- Barrier Strength: AA
- Defense Area: C
o Magic Shield: Physical Protection Barrier Type.
- Barrier Strength: B
- Defense Area: D
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: A
- Defense Area: E
Support Spells:
Sealed Mode
• Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
o Speed: A
• Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and restores damage taken to devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
o Barrier Strength: E
o Area of Effect: C
• Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
o Replica’s Power: None
o Range: A
o Control: A
• Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
o [b]Replica’s Power[b]: B
o Range: C
o Control: A
Resealed Mode
• Knight Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: AA
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and repairs damage taken by the devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: C
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A
- Range: B
- Control: A
• Berserker Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: S
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and repairs damage taken by the devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: C
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A+
- Range: B
- Control: C
• Shooter Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: A
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and restores damage taken to devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: A
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A
- Range: A
- Control: A
Combat Style
Specializes in close combat, combines swordsmanship with hand-to-hand combat, and is also skilled in mid-ranged combat using magic.
While in close combat makes use of speed and support spells to get close to his enemies.
While in mid-ranged combat makes use of directed fire type shooting magic and other types of ranged magic involving his devices.
His ability is to quickly adapt to any new situation makes clear that, even though he is still young, has a large experience in battles.
The above information is the result of the analysis done on the data recollected during the different encounters with the subject. This is but an estimate of his abilities using the most current data. Will continue to update when new data is available.
Reinforce II Zwei
Lost Logia Regulation Sector – Riot Force 6
RPG Boss Class! Finally, a non-loli combatant antagonist. Very well done.
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And that's not all! Here's the "Surprise" I've been planning since... Dunno when!
Spoiler for Ultimate Unison, SHOUNIN!:
Minerva: Recording started 29-2-MC 0074
Kha is airborne in Jaegerform outside the Silvana over Lake Lovecroft. They are testing a new weapon system.
Sakura: Misaki! Hurry up! I dying to start! Kha: Who’s Misaki? Sak: It’s E’Jaedinea’s AI’s name. We just decided it the other day. Kha: And that’s okay with you? Mis: Ano… It’s a nice name, and Jaedinea is a mouthful in human tongue so… Kha: You yield to Sakura and she’ll climb all over you. Cha: (Joins the radio chatter) She already has. Kha: Hi Chacha. Cha: Hi. Now stay out of trouble you got that, Sakura? This is going to be a live recording of the test to be downloaded into you you know, so if you don’t want to be stuck with me and Auntie for debugging again, behave yourself. Sak: Yes, Chacha! Wii~~ Kaempfer: I’m launching, Meister. Kha: Okay position yourself over there… Nice. Min: Are we all set? Kha: Where’s Nagato?
Headless suit of armor “stares” back from the distance.
Kha: How does she do that without a head in real life is a big question… Minerva, Captain, test subjects ready. Kyla: Roger that. CC, is the scenario loaded into the holoprojector? CC: It’s loaded Captain. Kyla: Got it. All personnel, stand by! 3 Ship AIs: Standby ready! Kyla: Commence Test Serial 163-D! (raises and points dramatically while yelling)
ULTIMATE UNISON, SHOUNIN!
CC: Roger! Releasing limiter on mana charge laser… Complete! Min: Zaku 1-3 Core Release sequence initiate! Cha: Unison systems all green!
CC: (raises fist) Program… (slams into holo generated on her console) DRIVE!
Mis: Ano… Assemble Drivers, install! Ejecting… (Linker Core ejects and shapes into a translucent girl spirit) Kaempfer: Letting go. (Jettisons device and Knight Armor) Nagato: Variable Formation. (jettisons armor and glowing Core transforms into a one-colored version of her digital avatar) Kha: Unison reaction, activate! (starts glowing as spare addons to his armor fire off) Tausend Kreuz, Bankai!
Sak: (dissolves her Unison device knight armor and turns into spirit-like form like the other AI and screams)
YOOSHA!!! ULTIMATE UNISON!
Kha disappears into a blue transformation bubble as he summons a massive swirl of mana as Tausend Kreuz twirls away. He floats in a crucifix pose, like how he does in henshin. The 3 AI “spirits burst in one after another and circle around him as they continue charging their individual Unison systems with his mana. Once complete, they turn into shapeless energy and plunge into the shining mage, Sakura fusing first after embracing his arm, Nagato through his chest, and Misaki coming from below.
Kha somersaults backward into the transfigurating ZAKU and lock himself in as it turned to a strange looking piece of metal.
His car Canberra speeds down the street on autopilot as Firehawk thunders into view.
Min: Right on time! Stage 2, Stage 3, Armor Slaver activate!
Firehawk folds in half and transforms into what looks like a headless upper torso. Canberra hit the jumpjets and flies over the Lake, hood flipping down into shins, exposing the thighs, butt folding outwards into lower arms. Firehawk’s hull plates shifted into shoulders and upper arms as the car docked to form the waist and lower torso. The lower arms slid upwards and docked to the upper with the loud “clunk, clunk” of the elbow joint connecting.
Cha: Stage 2 and 3, Fusion complete! Min: Core Block, join-laser activate! Mana Laser fire!
With that, the back of Firehawk broke up like a device changing modes, exposing a crevass. Kha’s “Block” flies in and fires blue mana beams that guide it in. Once it slammed into place with a bang, the Silvana’s mana charging laser fires. Inside, Kha’s brightens as the master-slave console boots up, displaying the letters Z.A.K.U. before cursors shoot off to the right spelling the words as “Zodiac Automated Kreuz Unison” and appending “Complex”. Meanwhile, the various spaces left by the transformation were being filled device-style, blocks coming together, clamping into place. The feet slide out and part; the hands spin out like a drill; the bald head popped out, and with that parts gathered and slammed into place, forming the helm and multi-bladed V-fin.
Kha: Sakura! Assemble Tausend Kreuz!
Outside, the Armed Device’s core grew, and grew. Then, like when she was smaller, she crackled blue lightning as it drew parts of her complete self together. The trigular halves of the her spearhead, attracted by the lightning, clanged audibly onto her face, followed closely by the covers for her horizontal vents. Her cylindrical neck extended out from the spearhead, and the 16-cartridge Metal Storm barrel block slotted into the gap on the neck below spearhead as the pistol grip, positioned at right angles to the plane of the spearhead, glided along the groove and locked into place just under the vent covers with a puff of sparks. The tail end of the cross clunked into a smaller triangular joint that hid another smaller beam emitter within its pinched halves.
Kha flexed a little, and Stahlmut reached out and grabbed the spear.
Sakura: DAI-
And swung it up to its shoulder.
Sakura: -STAHL-
Before lashing with so much force that it released a massive pulse of mana that caused the water behind it to explode into temporal geysers.
Sakura: -MUT!!!
Kha: Since when was there a Dai in front of “Stahlmut”? Sak: Yare, yare! A good super robot must have a 3 syllable name.
Kyla: How is it? Kha: Looks good, everything’s stable. The mana laser provided the power needed to complete the extensive armor transmutation as planned, and Stahlmut doesn’t look like he’s going to fall apart any time soon.
Sakura: For the last time, its Dai-Stahlmut!!! Kha: No need to shout when you’re IN me!!! Okay whatever, Dai-Stahlmut doesn’t sound too bad. Cha: I don’t believe this! The output of the machine is way above expected… In fact, it far exceeds the parameters set! Must be all that divine power infused into the system. Sak: Wii~~ Once we’re in this we’re invincible! Kha: Man I can’t stop grinning…
Sophia: Well Captain I see you’re having fun. Let’s see, that took… 3 mins? In which the enemy would’ve pounded your individual butts to pieces. Kha: … Sak: Hey! Mis: Na… Nag: I see 70% probability of this procedure being impractical. Sak: Not you too!
Art: Sofy, Sofy… You must appreciate the beauty of things sometimes you know. This means a lot to the Captain after all. Kha: Well… In a while, this is a dream come from true, from since when I was little… Sof: I’d rather you use that form than this hulk when it really comes down to it. Kha: But if I do so, you’ll be in danger! I cannot have you take the risk! Sof: (momentary dere reaction, then gets tsun to cover up) Gah! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Baka! (storms off)
CC: That’s a wrap. Remember Kha, this Unison mode is very complicated and energy consuming to activate, so you can only do this with the Silvana in range, got that? Kha: Roger out. Let’s go celebrate with some dinner, shall we? I think I owe Sofie an apology somehow. Art: (shrugs) So says the one who said “You yield to her and she’ll crawl all over you.”
Talk about high on Bluecheesium. Man that was almost completely outside of canon... Stahlmut means Steel Courage in "Germahn", otherwise known as Babelfish German. And look at the amount of super mecha references there; SRW was in passing, Dai-Layzer, Gundam and GGG for the finish. I initially had Voltron and DaiRaijin inside, but I scrapped the former because it disrupted the flow, and left the Dairaijin's base transformation at the AX base... Anyone notice the small Code Geass ref there? It's suppose to hint at the Kha = Zero joke from the epi threads.
The first part of the transformation is the boring bit IMO, and is used most often. Called the Trinity Unison, it involves Kha reconfiguring his Casshern KA after Sakura, Misaki and Nagato fuse with him. Rein 1, when summoned by Sophia, and Rein 2, as canon delightful reveals possible, can fuse with him for even more power, which he calls Supreme Symbiosis. His disperse Linker Core has enough room to allow for such fusion, though it is rumored that Hayate can fuse with all of her Knight and Rein 2 at the same time...
Now Supreme Symbiosis with Stahlmut is called... Genesic Dai-Stahlmut?
Yes I AM nuts from typing for 4 hours...
A dream come true, huh? Are you really planning on involving that in the OCNanohaverse Taisen? It would prove useful against the bigger Einsts to be honest.
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Originally Posted by Keroko
*After every single OC has had his/her share of practice*
Keroko: *Pokes a strange looking clump of flesh* What's this? Clump of Flesh: Grn blbllll gur.... Keroko: *blinks* I think it's trying to talk to me, what's it saying? Artherion: [I'm not entirely sure, the words are fragmented by the sounds of pain and agony -glorious sounds, I must add- but I can say with 98% certainty that it is asking for medical help] Keroko: and the other 2%? Artherion:[The other 2% is that it is looking for trouble, and needs to be blasted. But that may just be wishfull thinking on my part.]
So Artherion is now officially a sadist?
By the way, Keroko. What are the chances of Deathwing-san ever joining the other three female Aces in an 'Onii-chaaaaaan~!' attempt?
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Originally Posted by Satty
@Aaron: Umm...Satoshi does have a Breaker spell....just look more closely...
More antagonists? And the guys behind the scenes type as well. I don't see a reason to apologize to us for. By the way, can Treshold limit someone who already has a heavy limiter on them? (like the Aces)
Yes. However, Threshold's limiter only limits to B. If another limiter causes it to go below B, or if it's already B or lower, Threshold's limiter will have no effect.
In any case, I'm thinking up of six characters right now, three of whom are devices. I'll post their profiles once I'm done planning them out.
And while Kha is dragging up the subject of assets
Spoiler for pics involved:
Not mine-found on the internet- but may be a nice pic for anyone in need of a STAB cruise patrol warship to use...
May be appropriate for the Silvana... I'll let you decide
In the meantime, on the outskirts of administrated space
Spoiler for mysterious encounter...:
It hurt. A lot. But that had never stopped him before, and he had no intention of letting it stopped him now.
The massively built monster- whether it be living being, construct, golem or whatever,- was a mass of moving shards of bone with enough strength to easily overpower a normal human
for once, David found himself glad he was now classified as an abnormal human. His body altered by the Device Micronics, he was far stronger, physically, than he appeared, and by rights should be capable of, even without enhancement spells.
Unfortunately, the being assailing him was even stronger than that, it seemed, and he was being forced down as it leaned over him, driving it's bony claws downwards, forcing him into the dirt.
fortunately for David, unlike the creature now attacking him, he was fighting not only with his muscles, but also with his mind...
Joints locked, hands twisted and gripped, his body swivelled at the waist, and he threw the massive clumsy bone creature over his shoulder, overpowering it momentarily by supplementing physique with Technique, using leverage to his advantage. The being bounced a couple of times on the hard ground, showering splintered shards of bone like shrapnel where it landed, and David turned to face it once more, summoning the Bronzion Hammer to his hand from it's dormant storage state as a miniature mallet charm inset in his Prosthetic arm.
he stood and waited, trying to gauge the response of the bizarre bone being before him.
which wasn't easy to do, particularly as it had shown exactly one sign that it could communicate: a single sentence, announced at the outset of the attack, in an echoing boom that seemed as much recording or remote transmission as speech.
"Gross morphology matches primary characteristics of Target pattern: Right to exist revoked"
mere moments before sinking it's bony claws into his shoulders from behind, the talons sinking into flesh for a half inch before encountering subdermal cybermesh and shattering in a soundless explosion of splintered bone.
since then, the creature had emitted not a sound bar the cracking and creaking of it's bony frame as it moved
In Davids hand, the slowly growing hum of Bronzion Hammer's wave amplifier beat counterpoint to it.
Both parties waited a moment, re-evaluating their opponent. David felt the itch of Micronic Reconstruction, and the slow trickle of blood from his shoulders ceased as the tissues and structures were re-knit at speed. He was lucky in that any physical damage he suffered could rapidly be rebuilt.
Unfortunately, that same seem to apply to his opponent as well, as shards of bone slid over each other to cover gaps, and the frame seemed to slither creepily into a new stable form...
nevertheless, David had a plan as he sprung forward, hammer swinging...
the being's intentions were at this stage still a mystery, but it didn't matter all that much...
David opened himself to Ambient wave energy, allowed it to pour into his frame. Light, heat, sound, gravity waves, flowed into him, were collected, stored, and then released through him in new forms, sent barreling through the amplifier within the Bronzion Hammer, and then unleashed into the enemy.
Here, now, David soaked up all ambient wave energy, converted it into sound waves, and released it into the target.
He'd used this technique before at a lower intensity to render human opponents unconscious using resonant sound waves pitched to affect the human nervous system...
This time, he had a different objective in mind...
" Shatter Hammer!..."
resonant soundwaves flowed into the being's form, began to resonate within it's structure, causing it to visibly shake, but more than that to cause a progressive buildup of harmonic resonance within it's bony construction...
" Break!"
As the creature began to struggle to move as the resonance took over, it's bony body simply shattered as the bones exploded into splintered fragments, ripped apart from the inside out as it's own construction worked against it. Bone was hard, but could also be brittle, vulnerable to fracturing under the right (or from the other point of view, wrong) sort of pressure...
David stood panting, watching the fragments as they slowly dissolved into nothing. His experience with the silver skeletons had taught him not to assume even an enemy in pieces was essentially out of action, but rather than rebuild itself, the bony being's remains instead seemingly evaporated.
Leaning heavily on his hammer, tired from having used a substantial flow of his stored energy for his last attack, David thought to himself
Needs more 1k celebration Blue Cheesium post, guys.
To celebrate 1k, here's a special Part Zero for Saga seen from Hayate again... though using energy suffice of Blue Cheese, is not one, sadly. :P
Spoiler for Part 0 : Memories:
~ Part Zero : Vision~
A dream...a dream of times of ancient past.
A war-torn era. Suffering. Pain. Sadness. Regret.
The greatest of knights were also the weakest. The human heart is fragile as one carries the weight of lives behind them.
What is...this?
~~~
"Let's get married."
"We all wear a mask. There are things people hide, even from ones you love."
"So long as we defeat Saladin and his knights..."
"So long we defeat the Princess of the Night Sky...:
"This war will end."
"Shamal...we promised each other our future. Please understand."
"TIARA!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Awaken..."
"Awaken..."
"It is not the end."
For we are cursed to an eternal existence.
~~~
From my slumber, I felt a strange feeling. Such a dream...only voices with one vision... and yet it was so vivid, so sad...
What...was that?
Oh, and that picture there, is Saga in his Unison Mode with Null complete with wings. And that little keyblade/Hayate's device rip-off right there is his device.
For some reason, it sounds more like a movie preview than a chapter, although understandable, given it's place in Saga's profile
And... most awesome view of Saga and Null there
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Originally Posted by Meophist
Sorry…
Spoiler:
???: They've already started preparations at Uminari. They're more cautious than I thought they would be. ???: Will everything be alright? ???: Don't worry Zephyr, things are still going according to plan. I'm sure Reinforce will be waiting for you.. Zephyr: Thank you.
???: Now, on to business. Ah, good morning East. East: I thought I had asked you to wait until I'm off duty before you call me. ???: I have confidence in your ability to keep things hidden. East: The light of the morning stars are meant to reveal, not hide. ???: If you reveal the right things, you can hide anything you want. East: What do you want? ???: There are some preparations going on at Uminari. East: I'm aware. The two girls are of yours, are they not? ???: Indeed, I am holding a New Year's party there. You can come if you're… East: I'm not. Is that all? ???: She's coming. East: She? ???: Yes, "she". You know who I'm talking about. East: I see. ???: So, are you coming? We'll even have a fireworks show. East: Fine, but not for your sake. ???: That's fine. Make sure to enjoy yourself. East: I'll make sure I won't. ???: Well, let Tempest enjoy himself anyways. How is he? East: He's fine. I'm surprised you care. ???: I care about everybody. East: Even your two "daughters"? ???: Especially my two daughters. East: …West, what's your real name? West: I think you know better then to ask. East: I do. If that's all, I'll cut the connection. West: That is all.
Zephyr: Are you sure he'll cooperate? West: His presence alone will be enough. Now, Blade of the Evening Sky, perhaps it's time we make our own preparations for the party. Blade of the Evening Sky: Yes, master.
East and West? More unusual pairing names we have here
Although what's the deal with Reinforce?
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Originally Posted by johnishida
After a LONG LONG time I finally finished this character. Right now, there is only basic information. I'll add more from time to time.
Hope you guys like it!
Spoiler for Jhon:
Personal Information
Name: Jhon Gender: Male Age: 21 Height: 185cm Weight: 73kg Date of Birth: N/A Home World: N/A Appearance: Black short-hair, white colored skin and red colored eyes Alignment: Lawful Neutral Personality: Nice type of guy. Has a very quiet and relaxed personality. Takes his work seriously and always finishes it even if he hates it. Polite and honest seems to enjoy fighting strong oponents. Rarely loses his cool in battles and hates to kill or see other people die. Because of this he fights without the aid of the automated gadget drones.
Background
All information about his birth, parents, family and friends was erased or never existed to begin with.
Recent information suggests he used to work as a mercenary for a period of 5 years. (Retired?) He probably got all his battle experience from this job.
We are still investigating the nature of the jobs he did and the type of clients he had.
There is no previous information yet available.
Currently assist Jail Scaglietti in the gathering of Relics. (Mercenary?)
Combat Information
Type: Magic Swordsman Mage Rank: AAA to S+ Magic Type: Belka-type. White colored. (Known to use some Mid-childa based long and mid-ranged magic) Ability to Fly: Yes
Knight Armor Description: Black and White Knight Clothes with four modes of operation, each mode has a unique form and boost different skills. It is possible for the subject to switch between modes at any moment.
• Normal Mode: Active only during Sealed Mode. A standard all-around mode.
o Attack: AAA
o Magic: AA
o Defense: AA
o Speed: A
• Knight Mode: Can be activated during Released Mode. This is a powered up version of the Battle Mode. Bears a shield-like arm protector in the left arm.
o Attack: S
o Magic: AA
o Defence: AAA
o Speed: AA
• Berserker Mode: Can be activaded during Released Mode. Sacrifices Defense for Attack and Speed. Devices combine into a two handed sword.
o Attack: S+
o Magic: AAA
o Defence: C
o Speed: S
• Shooter Mode: Can be activated during Released Mode. Long Range Magic Attack Mode, both devices combine into a staff. Knight Armor changes from Knight Clothes to Caster Clothes. Usually used for a single highly destructive magic attack.
o Attack: E
o Magic: S+
o Defense: A
o Speed: A
Devices:
RD-00 Sealer Description: Meant as a sealer and support device for the Intelligent Combat Device RD-01 Xcalibur. During Sealed Mode RD-00 Sealer surrounds the blade as if it were a scabbard sealing RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power. During Released Mode it works on three different ways accordingly to the three different battle modes. A.I.: None Attribute: Thunder / Fire Cartridge System: Yes. Revolver Type. Non Active Form: Black Bracelet Active Form: Scabbard Modes:
• Sealed Mode: Seals Intelligent Combat Device RD-01 Xcalibur’s due to its unusual magic storage ability.
During this mode all offensive and defensive spells are boosted by RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system.
• Released Modeb: During this mode RD-00 Sealer works in three different ways:
o Shield Mode: Active during Knight Mode. RD-00 Sealer changes into an arm protector that attaches to the left arm. Cartridge System is used to boost all defensive spells.
o Blade Extension Mode: Active during Berserker Mode. Extends RD-01 Xcalibur’s blade length by creating an extra blade made of magic by splitting itself into three parts. Two of these parts create the magic blade and the last one is the cartridge system that attach to lower part of RD-01 Xcalibur’s blade. Cartridge System is used to further extend the blade and/or boost all offensive spells.
o Staff Mode: Active during Shooter Mode. Combines with RD-01 Xcalibur transforming into a staff. Instead of attaching to it floats around RD-01 Xcalibur.
RD-01 Xcalibur Description: One-handed Sword-type Intelligent Combat Device. Unlike normal devices, this one seems to hold its own magic. Device’s magic storage seems to be equal to that of an AAA mage. This storage system suggests a high magic consumption. During Sealed Mode RD-01 Xcalibur cannot use its own magic to support its master’s attacks. A.I.: Yes. Female Voice. Refers to user as “Master”. Attribute: None Cartridge System: None. Uses stored magic to boost attacks. Non Active Form: White Bracelet Active Form: Sword Modes:
• Sealed Mode: Magical power is sealed. Used as a normal sword.
• Released Mode: Stored magical power is automatically used to boost attacks. Accordingly to its user’s wishes it can operate in three different modes:
o Sword Mode: Active during Knight Mode. No special features.
o Long Sword Mode: Active during Berserker Mode. Changes from one handed to a two handed sword. RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system is used to further boost attacks.
o Staff Mode: Active during Shooter Mode. Usually used as an all-or-nothing magic attack mode. Drains the entire user’s magic power and uses it in a single magic attack. RD-00 Sealer’s cartridge system is used to further boost attacks.
Offensive Attacks/Spells:
Sealed Mode:
• Elemental Blade –Fire-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AAA
o Range: D
o Area of Effect: E
• Element Blade –Thunder-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: D
o Area of Effect: E
• Elemental Blade –Fire Storm-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: B
o Area of Effect: C
• Elemental Blade –Thunder Fall-: Uses RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AAA
o Range: A
o Area of Effect: A to AA
• Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Flame shoots are slower but more powerful. Thunder shoots are faster but weaker. Requires Cartridge Load.
o Power: AA
o Range: B
o Speed: C / A
o Direction Control: A
• Sealed Power: Subject overloads RD-00 Sealer’s system by forcefully trying to use RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored power without releasing the seal. The primary effect is a temporal Berserk state similar to Berserker Mode. Secondary effects seem to affect the subject’s body.
o Power: ??
o Range: ??
o Area of Effect: ??
Released Mode:
• Knight Mode
o Magic Blade –Burst-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power to boost attack power.
- Power: AAA
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Magic Blade –Ray-: Unleashes RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power in the form of beam of light.
- Rank: AAA
- Range: A
- Area of Effect: C
o Crossfire Shoot: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Uses RD-00 Xcalibur’s stored magic to boost spell power.
- Power: AA
- Range: A
- Speed: A
- Direction Control: A
o A Knight’s Honor: Combines Crossfire Shoot and Magic Blade –Burst- and Magic Blade –Ray-.
- Power: ??
- Range: ??
- Area of Effect: ??
• Berserker Mode
o Magic Long Blade –Burst-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Cartridge System to boost attack power.
- Power: S+
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: E
o Elemental Long Blade –Fire-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: S+
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Elemental Long Blade –Thunder-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity.
- Rank: AAA
- Range: D
- Area of Effect: D
o Magic Long Blade –Ray-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and uses RD-00 Sealer’s Cartridge System to unleash magic in the form of beam of light.
- Power: S+
- Range: AA
- Area of Effect: D
o Elemental Long Blade –Fire Storm-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Fire attribute to boost attack power using flames. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: AAA
- Range: A
- Area of Effect: B-
o Elemental Long Blade –Thunder Fall-: Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s magic power and RD-00 Sealer’s Thunder attribute to boost attack power using electricity. Requires Cartridge Load.
- Power: S+
- Range: AA
- Area of Effect: AAA
o Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Number of shoots varies. Flame type is slower but more powerful. Thunder type is faster but weaker. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AA+ to AAA
- Range: AA
- Speed: B / AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Berserker’s Rage: Combines Elemental Long Blade –Thunder II-, Elemental Long Blade –Fire- and Magic Long Blade –Ray-.
- Rank: ??
- Range: ??
- Area of Effect: ??
• Shooter Mode
o Crossfire Shoot –Elemental-: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Number of shoots varies. Flame type is slower but more powerful. Thunder type is faster but weaker. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AAA / AA+
- Range: AA
- Speed: B / AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Crossfire Shoot: Directed Fire Type Shooting Magic. Controlled either by the caster or RD-01 Xcalibur. Uses RD-01 Xcalibur’s stored magic and RD-00 Sealer cartridge system to boost spell power.
- Power: AAA
- Range: AA
- Speed: AA
- Direction Control: AA
o Finisher: All-or-nothing magic attack. Subject last and most powerful spell. Can be used either on a single target or as an area of effect magic. Drains all avaliable magic and uses all available cartridges at once.
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: AA
- Defense Area: E
• Berserker Mode
o Magic Protection: Barrier Type Defense Magic.
- Barrier Strength: C
- Defense Area: D
o Magic Shield: Physical Protection Barrier Type.
- Barrier Strength: C
- Defense Area: D
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: D
- Defense Area: E
• Shooter Mode
o Magic Protection: Barrier Type Defense Magic.
- Barrier Strength: AA
- Defense Area: C
o Magic Shield: Physical Protection Barrier Type.
- Barrier Strength: B
- Defense Area: D
o Passive Defense: Knight Armor’s passive protection. Protects from environment effects.
- Barrier Strength: A
- Defense Area: E
Support Spells:
Sealed Mode
• Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
o Speed: A
• Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and restores damage taken to devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
o Barrier Strength: E
o Area of Effect: C
• Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
o Replica’s Power: None
o Range: A
o Control: A
• Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
o [b]Replica’s Power[b]: B
o Range: C
o Control: A
Resealed Mode
• Knight Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: AA
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and repairs damage taken by the devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: C
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A
- Range: B
- Control: A
• Berserker Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: S
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and repairs damage taken by the devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: C
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A+
- Range: B
- Control: C
• Shooter Mode
o Instant Move: Using magic circles as stepping ground subject can instantly move from one place to another.
- Speed: A
o Field Magic –Restore-: Field Protection Type Magic. Heals small wounds and restores damage taken to devices and Knight Armors. Usually combined with barriers.
- Barrier Strength: E
- Area of Effect: A
o Projected Image –Fake-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas no offensive, defensive or supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: E
- Range: A
- Control: A
o Projected Image –Real-: Creates magic replicas of himself. These replicas have minor offensive, defensive and supportive abilities. Disappear when hit.
- Replica’s Power: A
- Range: A
- Control: A
Combat Style
Specializes in close combat, combines swordsmanship with hand-to-hand combat, and is also skilled in mid-ranged combat using magic.
While in close combat makes use of speed and support spells to get close to his enemies.
While in mid-ranged combat makes use of directed fire type shooting magic and other types of ranged magic involving his devices.
His ability is to quickly adapt to any new situation makes clear that, even though he is still young, has a large experience in battles.
The above information is the result of the analysis done on the data recollected during the different encounters with the subject. This is but an estimate of his abilities using the most current data. Will continue to update when new data is available.
Reinforce II Zwei
Lost Logia Regulation Sector – Riot Force 6
Nice, a non-loli/shouta villain for a change. Jhon seems to be like a Belka version of Teana, but with more variety in attack and illusion spells. GJ!
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Originally Posted by tshouryuu
On behalf of the Central Science & Development Bureau, I'm commandeering the Lancea Longini for research purposes.
Here's another look at Tais's life
Spoiler for Getting chased by little girls is embarrassing or Tais at Riot 6:
~Log Number #313 : Being yellow is a great survival technique~
By Yui
How does Tais get himself into these situations. He is certainly talented at doing the wrong thing at the wrong time and as I log this, Tais is currently running for his life. From 3 pissed off little girls and 1 angry mother I assume.
After that crazy episode with the Spellblades last time, we received a summons from Director S. Tsuzuki to return to the Central Science & Development Bureau for some debriefing and some upgrades to the E.V.A device.
*Play audio file*
Tsuzuki: Hah! Welcome back Tais and Yui. We're a little busy today so no time to chat. Tais, please leave Yui on the table there and go find Ritsuko and tell her to take off the magagumo and put in number 13. Go on shoo! shoo!
Tais: Err.. Yes director.
Tsuzuki: Now what was the thing I wanted to tell you...? Hmm.... Oh! I remember now. Yui, you guys are going to be rather busy from now on. Do try to keep Tais alive.
Yui: What do you mean by that director?
Tsuzuki: Oh nothing much, I basically declared open season on Tais so remember to record as much data as possible.
Yui: WHAT?!
Tsuzuki: You heard me, and here Tais comes now.
*Pause audio file*
At this, Director S. Tsuzuki just picked me up and slot me into the EVA without as much as a by your leave. As I was rather roughly slotted into the armour, I got rather disoriented, having needed to integrate the new systems so suddenly. The next thing I knew, we're at Riot 6's training ground in forest setting with Tais about to face off a girl that looks like Ginga Nakajima. I had a very bad feeling at this point since all encounters with the Nakajima family turned out rather badly.
*Resume audio file*
Tais: Are you Subaru Nakajima?
Subara: Ya, how do you know?
Tais: I simply took a guess since you look like your sister and she had told me about you before. This Subaru really looks like her sister, except more tomboyish, less developed and less elegant.
*Pause audio file*
If I have a heart, it surely would have stopped. Fortunately, Subaru simply look sheepish and did not do anything violent.
*Resume audio file*
Subaru: Then you must be Tais Scien, that perverted tentacle monster guy who had a bounty on him. I heard all about you from my Onee-chan and Otou-san.
Tais: Why is everyone calling me a pervert? And what do you mean a bounty on me?
Nanoha: Hey Hey, are you guys going to do the mock combat scenario or talk all day?
Tais: Sorry Captain Takamichi
Subura: Hai Nanoha-san
Nanoha: Ready, GO!
*Pause audio file*
Here, the two started exchanging blows using only physical attacks with neither gaining gaining a advantage over the other. Tais, due to the EVA absurd defence, can easily ignore blows that got through he blocks while Subaru with her agility with Mach Calibre, simply avoided Tais's slower but more powerful blows. This went on for around 5 minutes with Subaru's partner, the 2 lightning fowards and 2 other little girls sitting around the male lightning cheering for Subaru to defeat the 'Evil Tentacle Pervert' and Captain Takamichi and Enforcer T. Harlaown smiling. After another exchange, the two combatants jumped apart.
*Resume audio file*
Subaru: *pant* You're tough.
Tais: And *pant* you're strong too.
Subaru: Let's take it up a notch.
Tais: Fine with me
Nanoha: This is going to get messy, everyone move back.
Elio: Fate-san, can I stay here, I'll be careful
Fate: Alright, but be careful. I'll moves the girls back to give you some peace *wink*
Elio: *blush redly* Fate-san!
*stop audio file*
This turned to to be a very bad idea as shortly after, Tais missed a block which allowed Subaru to deliver a powerful cartridge enhanced blow, launching him towards the crowd of spectators. Attempting to slow Tais down, I activated system 13, which makes Tais limbs act like rubber, and stretched his arms to wrap around and grab hold of the nearest trees. I managed to stop our flight, but what I grabbed to stop our flight led to the reason why Tais is running for his life right now. The right hand was wrapped around a tree so no problem there. The left however was wrapped around another tree and the male lightning forward and was grabbing him in a very inappropriate place.
The silence was deafening. The two stars forward and their captain were simply speechless, the male lightning after getting released shuddered and curled around himself muttering about being violated and the rest... *shudder* the rest are emitting high amounts of killer intent. Tais wanted to stay his ground as he knew he deserved the beating he was about to get even though I was the one who made the mistake. When the first person took a step forward, the seed of doubt was planted. When the second started moving, his resolve wavered and he started muttering "I mustn't run away, I mustn't run away". When the third moved towards him, Tais's resolve was badly shaken and his "I mustn't run away" chant grew to a frantic pitch. But when Enforcer T. Harlaown approached with a massive energy sword, Tais's flight or fight instincts triggered and he turned tail and run for his life while screaming "I must run away! I must run away! I must run away!"
*BOOM!!*
~Pause log~
Tais: YUI! Stop writing and Help me! You got me into this mess now help me get out of it!!
I turned my sensors back and immediately regreted it. Looks like I have to complete the log later. If we *BOOM!!*surviveeee!!!
@johnishida: I can't really comment since I make underpowered characters but perhaps you could use multiple spoiler tags to split the sections to make it more readable
Oh God No...
First Ginga... then Genya... and now Erio?! In the company of the Aces no less?!
I don't think I want to know what happens next...
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Originally Posted by Kha
ROFL!!!
@tshou:
Caro:(hugging Erio, making the other OC lolis fume) It's okay... Don't cry... I'm here. Erio: Meister... Kha: (smiling as he turns round to the battered Tais) You know, my Meister taught me that "Tolerance for Stupidity is a must to ensure protect peace in this world." Tais: Ah-hahaha... I'm glad someone understands-- Yui: What's this I'm detecting from his Core? It's spreading, but there's no physical sign of it... Kha:(still smiling) And that to enforce that peace the judged have to be dealt accordingly... Tais: Aha-- Sorry? Yui: RUN YOU TWIT! HE'S HOLDING AN INVISIBLE SPEAR!!!
Sophia: Was that... what I think it is?! Artei: Now that you've mentioned it... God Empress help us...
...maybe I do want to know what happens next...
Caro gains +50 points for Emotional Support
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Originally Posted by Kha
---New intelligence data updated---
AAAAAAAAAAAAAND Here it is, boys and girls! The second liquid Bluecheesium Bomb I prepared to celebrate the 1k post! Prepare to be blown away!
And keep it coming folks! Let's see if we can't clog this thread till the next day!!!
First up, the first release of ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR as requested by Saint X. Thats right, from the fans of SD Gundam Force comes...
ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!!!!!
Spoiler for Zakum! Zakum!:
(cheesy trumpet theme) Joh: Hello minna-san!!! I’m G.I. Joh-- Con: And I’m Cona-- Joh: And we’re bringing you yet another exciting episode of Both: ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!! Con: More like a minute actually. Joh: Yeah time sure flies quickly when you’re having fun with us! Tell us, Cona, what are we after this week? Con: This week, we solve the mystery of CO Kha’s asset evaluation! Joh: Uso! People’s been saying that he’s as poor as a doornail! Con: But he never replies in a concrete sense. And after my investigation, I see why. Joh: Why? Con: Cash poor, but asset rich! Our ex-CO sinks his money into many things. Joh: Naruhodo… I remember his office being lined with mech models from the 97th. So what does he have? Con: We all know he has helped build what possibly is the biggest anime and manga collection in all of the Velka SAR at Artei’s family mansion, but that’s not all! Firstly, he has a private stratofighter! Joh: Wow you mean those Firehawks from the old War? Con: Zigzactly! A two-seater first fielded in the Ichor War on the 23rd Administrated Planet Rael in MC 50, Kha since upgraded this fighter with forward-sweeping wings to include 2 articulated 7mm laser CIWS under the forward stabilizers, as well as the A.R.I.K.A. system that we now have on our DreadLord fighters here on the Silvana! He first used it as a boy launching from the decommissioned sandship Thrall to engage Velka radicals on planet Velk, and it has stuck with him since then. Surprisingly, under his hands he has defeated the super-advanced Anatolian Starfighters in simulated dogfights! Joh: But I believe the same can’t be said of the DreadLords-- Con: Shh! Classified information! Joh: Oops my bad. What else have you got? Con: The Velka Carryall 21-Custom is also registered under his name! Sturdier and better shielded than the average Carryall, this heavy equipment shuttle boasts a top speed of 200 kiloparsecs, more than 25% higher than that of the normal variant. Kha has also fitted the shuttle with four 15mm laser CIWS on the flanks, as well as an ECS stealth system perfect for sneaky insertion and extraction. Joh: I heard them calling their beloved ship the Blackbird, but I think something happened to her recently. Con: Yes indeed. Blackbird was heavily damaged in Kha’s most recent mission, and while details were classified, the technician repairing the craft said that the Cleric had practically flown the Carryall straight into a hot zone. He was very surprised that Blackbird made it back at all Joh: Thus another great example of credits well spent! Anyway, I’m sure Kha does have non-military assets? Con: I guess there goes his office. But for civilian things, he has a private cabin by Lake Lovecroft where he goes to meditate and “practice”, though recently it’s been turned into a Zakum Trooper hangout. Gard: That’s what you get for being too kind, that guy. (laughs) Both: Sir! Gard: Never mind me. Carry on with the radio show! Sure beats listening to Admiral Windbag talking about bla bla bla… Con: And Kha recently bought a Car! Here’s a picture of his picking up Fate and rookies Caro and Erio from Riot 6 base. Joh: Aw… A happy family… Know what that vehicle is? Con: From the curves, it looks like the Terran brand Toyota Canberra GT, but with MC materialization technology to close the hood when it rains of course! Knowing Kha, he probably modified beyond its original specs. Even he himself didn’t know, I quote, “how fast it could go with afterburners deployed, or when transformed into Battleroid mode” Joh: Afterburners? BATTLEROID?! Con: Oh dear look at the time! That’s all we have for today! Be sure to catch us next time as we bring you the latest gossip behind the many interesting characters both on and off the Silvana! Joh: You know you can’t be wrong when you’re listening to Both: ZAKUM ZAKUM HOUR!!! (cheesy trumpet theme)
Sweet... So the only reason he's piss poor is because he's a spender I guess these are the perks of a Belka Knight
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kha
And that's not all! Here's the "Surprise" I've been planning since... Dunno when!
Spoiler for Ultimate Unison, SHOUNIN!:
Minerva: Recording started 29-2-MC 0074
Kha is airborne in Jaegerform outside the Silvana over Lake Lovecroft. They are testing a new weapon system.
Sakura: Misaki! Hurry up! I dying to start! Kha: Who’s Misaki? Sak: It’s E’Jaedinea’s AI’s name. We just decided it the other day. Kha: And that’s okay with you? Mis: Ano… It’s a nice name, and Jaedinea is a mouthful in human tongue so… Kha: You yield to Sakura and she’ll climb all over you. Cha: (Joins the radio chatter) She already has. Kha: Hi Chacha. Cha: Hi. Now stay out of trouble you got that, Sakura? This is going to be a live recording of the test to be downloaded into you you know, so if you don’t want to be stuck with me and Auntie for debugging again, behave yourself. Sak: Yes, Chacha! Wii~~ Kaempfer: I’m launching, Meister. Kha: Okay position yourself over there… Nice. Min: Are we all set? Kha: Where’s Nagato?
Headless suit of armor “stares” back from the distance.
Kha: How does she do that without a head in real life is a big question… Minerva, Captain, test subjects ready. Kyla: Roger that. CC, is the scenario loaded into the holoprojector? CC: It’s loaded Captain. Kyla: Got it. All personnel, stand by! 3 Ship AIs: Standby ready! Kyla: Commence Test Serial 163-D! (raises and points dramatically while yelling)
ULTIMATE UNISON, SHOUNIN!
CC: Roger! Releasing limiter on mana charge laser… Complete! Min: Zaku 1-3 Core Release sequence initiate! Cha: Unison systems all green!
CC: (raises fist) Program… (slams into holo generated on her console) DRIVE!
Mis: Ano… Assemble Drivers, install! Ejecting… (Linker Core ejects and shapes into a translucent girl spirit) Kaempfer: Letting go. (Jettisons device and Knight Armor) Nagato: Variable Formation. (jettisons armor and glowing Core transforms into a one-colored version of her digital avatar) Kha: Unison reaction, activate! (starts glowing as spare addons to his armor fire off) Tausend Kreuz, Bankai!
Sak: (dissolves her Unison device knight armor and turns into spirit-like form like the other AI and screams)
YOOSHA!!! ULTIMATE UNISON!
Kha disappears into a blue transformation bubble as he summons a massive swirl of mana as Tausend Kreuz twirls away. He floats in a crucifix pose, like how he does in henshin. The 3 AI “spirits burst in one after another and circle around him as they continue charging their individual Unison systems with his mana. Once complete, they turn into shapeless energy and plunge into the shining mage, Sakura fusing first after embracing his arm, Nagato through his chest, and Misaki coming from below.
Kha somersaults backward into the transfigurating ZAKU and lock himself in as it turned to a strange looking piece of metal.
His car Canberra speeds down the street on autopilot as Firehawk thunders into view.
Min: Right on time! Stage 2, Stage 3, Armor Slaver activate!
Firehawk folds in half and transforms into what looks like a headless upper torso. Canberra hit the jumpjets and flies over the Lake, hood flipping down into shins, exposing the thighs, butt folding outwards into lower arms. Firehawk’s hull plates shifted into shoulders and upper arms as the car docked to form the waist and lower torso. The lower arms slid upwards and docked to the upper with the loud “clunk, clunk” of the elbow joint connecting.
Cha: Stage 2 and 3, Fusion complete! Min: Core Block, join-laser activate! Mana Laser fire!
With that, the back of Firehawk broke up like a device changing modes, exposing a crevass. Kha’s “Block” flies in and fires blue mana beams that guide it in. Once it slammed into place with a bang, the Silvana’s mana charging laser fires. Inside, Kha’s brightens as the master-slave console boots up, displaying the letters Z.A.K.U. before cursors shoot off to the right spelling the words as “Zodiac Automated Kreuz Unison” and appending “Complex”. Meanwhile, the various spaces left by the transformation were being filled device-style, blocks coming together, clamping into place. The feet slide out and part; the hands spin out like a drill; the bald head popped out, and with that parts gathered and slammed into place, forming the helm and multi-bladed V-fin.
Kha: Sakura! Assemble Tausend Kreuz!
Outside, the Armed Device’s core grew, and grew. Then, like when she was smaller, she crackled blue lightning as it drew parts of her complete self together. The trigular halves of the her spearhead, attracted by the lightning, clanged audibly onto her face, followed closely by the covers for her horizontal vents. Her cylindrical neck extended out from the spearhead, and the 16-cartridge Metal Storm barrel block slotted into the gap on the neck below spearhead as the pistol grip, positioned at right angles to the plane of the spearhead, glided along the groove and locked into place just under the vent covers with a puff of sparks. The tail end of the cross clunked into a smaller triangular joint that hid another smaller beam emitter within its pinched halves.
Kha flexed a little, and Stahlmut reached out and grabbed the spear.
Sakura: DAI-
And swung it up to its shoulder.
Sakura: -STAHL-
Before lashing with so much force that it released a massive pulse of mana that caused the water behind it to explode into temporal geysers.
Sakura: -MUT!!!
Kha: Since when was there a Dai in front of “Stahlmut”? Sak: Yare, yare! A good super robot must have a 3 syllable name.
Kyla: How is it? Kha: Looks good, everything’s stable. The mana laser provided the power needed to complete the extensive armor transmutation as planned, and Stahlmut doesn’t look like he’s going to fall apart any time soon.
Sakura: For the last time, its Dai-Stahlmut!!! Kha: No need to shout when you’re IN me!!! Okay whatever, Dai-Stahlmut doesn’t sound too bad. Cha: I don’t believe this! The output of the machine is way above expected… In fact, it far exceeds the parameters set! Must be all that divine power infused into the system. Sak: Wii~~ Once we’re in this we’re invincible! Kha: Man I can’t stop grinning…
Sophia: Well Captain I see you’re having fun. Let’s see, that took… 3 mins? In which the enemy would’ve pounded your individual butts to pieces. Kha: … Sak: Hey! Mis: Na… Nag: I see 70% probability of this procedure being impractical. Sak: Not you too!
Art: Sofy, Sofy… You must appreciate the beauty of things sometimes you know. This means a lot to the Captain after all. Kha: Well… In a while, this is a dream come from true, from since when I was little… Sof: I’d rather you use that form than this hulk when it really comes down to it. Kha: But if I do so, you’ll be in danger! I cannot have you take the risk! Sof: (momentary dere reaction, then gets tsun to cover up) Gah! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Baka! (storms off)
CC: That’s a wrap. Remember Kha, this Unison mode is very complicated and energy consuming to activate, so you can only do this with the Silvana in range, got that? Kha: Roger out. Let’s go celebrate with some dinner, shall we? I think I owe Sofie an apology somehow. Art: (shrugs) So says the one who said “You yield to her and she’ll crawl all over you.”
Talk about high on Bluecheesium. Man that was almost completely outside of canon... Stahlmut means Steel Courage in "Germahn", otherwise known as Babelfish German. And look at the amount of super mecha references there; SRW was in passing, Dai-Layzer, Gundam and GGG for the finish. I initially had Voltron and DaiRaijin inside, but I scrapped the former because it disrupted the flow, and left the Dairaijin's base transformation at the AX base... Anyone notice the small Code Geass ref there? It's suppose to hint at the Kha = Zero joke from the epi threads.
The first part of the transformation is the boring bit IMO, and is used most often. Called the Trinity Unison, it involves Kha reconfiguring his Casshern KA after Sakura, Misaki and Nagato fuse with him. Rein 1, when summoned by Sophia, and Rein 2, as canon delightful reveals possible, can fuse with him for even more power, which he calls Supreme Symbiosis. His disperse Linker Core has enough room to allow for such fusion, though it is rumored that Hayate can fuse with all of her Knight and Rein 2 at the same time...
Now Supreme Symbiosis with Stahlmut is called... Genesic Dai-Stahlmut?
Yes I AM nuts from typing for 4 hours...
HOLY...
This transformation sequence defies the very boundaries of description for being incredibly OWNING! All it needs now is a good 3-minute Henshin song and it's good to go!
*Plays "Gasshin, God Gravion" *
Seems that Sofia doesn't understand the appeal of a good, long henshin Heretic, you shall be converted soon!
And Sakura wins for revealing the secret to all great Super Robots!
Edit:
Artwork for Ratler here... Ryu's Staff Form:
Spoiler for image:
__________________
Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all wickedness that mankind can produce... We will send unto them, only you.
Caro:(hugging Erio, making the other OC lolis fume) It's okay... Don't cry... I'm here. Erio: Meister... Kha: (smiling as he turns round to the battered Tais) You know, my Meister taught me that "Tolerance for Stupidity is a must to ensure protect peace in this world." Tais: Ah-hahaha... I'm glad someone understands-- Yui: What's this I'm detecting from his Core? It's spreading, but there's no physical sign of it... Kha:(still smiling) And that to enforce that peace the judged have to be dealt accordingly... Tais: Aha-- Sorry? Yui: RUN YOU TWIT! HE'S HOLDING AN INVISIBLE SPEAR!!!
Sophia: Was that... what I think it is?! Artei: Now that you've mentioned it... God Empress help us...
Anna: not fair! Caro-chan is getting him first! *runs to Hikki & cries* papa, Caro-chan is meanie! She takes Erio from me! Lutecia: yeah, she takes Erio! The rest of the lolis: papa, do something! all of them: onegai! Hikki: calm down, girls, calm down....!
the rest: *stares at Hikki as he treats the lolis* papa? Hayate: Hikki really is a good, dedicated father, ne? Nanoha/Fate:
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
Physical appearance yes. Since I'm quite hyped when it comes to firearms... maybe you're up for a redesign?
And unfortunately that just had to be busted, and it was such a good idea too... although the powers of Midchilda magic could be used to create a real ice bullet
1: yup, I try not having the design too influenced by Earth technologies.
2: I know. It would be awesome if ice bullet actually exists
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alright, here's the profile of Frieda (I bet Aaron will squeal in excitement when he sees this :P )
Spoiler for omg yanmama!:
FRIEDA JOHANSSON
Nickname: Silent Bullet (shared with Takeru)
Age: 25
Birthday: secret
Hair colour: satin
Eye colour: sapphire
Height: 167cm
Weight: 45kg
Affiliation: Knightly Order of Holy Belkan Empire
Position / rank in TSAB: none
Home world: Earth
Device: Silberkugel; Beowulf
Device type: Armed Device
Device appearance: (Silberkugel) locket; (Beowulf) Gunblade
Magic system: Neo-Belka
Magic element: ice
Magic symbol: triangle
Magic colour: sapphire
Partner: none
Appearance: sleeveless summer gown with ribbons decorating her head; she also wears eyeglasses with sky blue frame. Frieda is often seen carrying a copy of “The Ultimate Sniper: an Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers” around.
Personality: very casual and easy-going, Frieda loves children and likes interacting with them whenever she has time. Her style of elegance and perfection are often portrayed in combat, where she fights her opponent “as if she’s the most gorgeous lady in the dancing hall”.
Frieda Johansson is among a few Belkan Knights that specialize in long-range bombardment, and is the only Knight to excel in the art of sniping and counter-sniping. It is uncommon for Belkan Knights to practice long-range attacks, let alone sniping combat, but Frieda is known to have no problem taking on opponents from long range. She is also an excellent close-quarter combatant and is known to knock down fifteen trainers during a drill with her bare hands.
Frieda is the only known practitioner of Gun Kata, a martial art that places emphasis on two tenets: shooting the enemy as efficiently as possible and avoiding return fire. Together with her Armed Device Beowulf, she is practically unstoppable in closed quarter battle. Her fighting style is resembles the combination of the Israeli Krav Maga self-defence and military hand-to-hand combat with Gun fu often seen in Hong Kong action cinema.
Frieda seems to know about Signum, leader of the Wolkenritter.
ABILITIES
Some of the abilities below are shared with Takeru’s abilities.
Knight Armour: similar in appearance to Takeru’s Knight Armour, except that it is green in colour and designed to follow her body contour. This suit is not just the flashy costume, but also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building.
Triangle Shield: blocks all magical or physical attacks coming from one direction with a triangular barrier, much like Fate’s or Nanoha’s Round Shield.
Verbegen: this ability is often used with Sniper Form for camouflage to conceal the caster from visual contact, therefore protecting the caster from being seen by target. It is translated as “Conceal”.
Vermeidung: translated as “Evasion”, this ability increases the caster’s evasion to dodge any oncoming attacks.
Nachladen: this is not an attack, but refers to Silverkugel’s procedure of reloading a cartridge.
Explosion: also not an attack; Little Buster says this when using cartridges, analogous to the English-speaking devices’ “Load Cartridge”.
Wahrnehmung: also not an attack, but refers to the ability to increase field of vision, therefore improving line of sight. This ability, translated as Perception, is most often used with Silverkugel in Sniper form.
Frieda’s abilities while using Silverkugel (with the exception of Silver Breaker) are the same as Takeru’s.
BEOWULF
Type: Armed Device
Appearance: Gunblade
Frieda’s preferred device for close-range combat, it is first created by Frieda’s mentor, the leading Belkan Knight and passed down to her before his demise due to old age. As of any Belkan devices, Beowulf speaks German and addresses Frieda as “Meister”.
Below are Frieda’s abilities when using Beowulf.
Vermeidung: translated as “Evasion”, this ability increases the caster’s evasion to dodge any oncoming attacks.
Nachladen: this is not an attack, but refers to Beowulf’s procedure of reloading a cartridge.
Explosion: also not an attack; Little Buster says this when using cartridges, analogous to the English-speaking devices’ “Load Cartridge”.
Wahrnehmung: also not an attack, but refers to the ability to increase field of vision, therefore improving line of sight.
Rauer Teiler: Frieda runs toward her target and, dragging Beowulf across the ground first, launches herself up into the air, the earth exploding underneath the target. Translated as “Rough Divider”.
Kreis des Schicksals: one of Beowulf’s area-of-affect ability. Frieda launches herself into the air and pirouettes with Beowulf extended, a surge of energy hitting the ground before exploding in a field of ice, damaging all targets. Translated as “Circle of Fate”.
Kalte Flamme: Frieda transforms Beowulf’s blade into a blue flame-enveloped entity and strikes it against target. It is often used in close quarter engagement as to enhance Beowulf’s melee properties. Translated as “Cold Flame”.
Löwenherz: arguably Beowulf’s strongest ability, Frieda charges at target and unleashes a torrent of sixteen blows, each doing massive damage. It consumes all available cartridges, and can also recycle residual magic left in air for additional damage. Translated as “Lionheart”.
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I don't know what else I should put in there, except for the probable encounter with Signum (whether permits).
Location: In a place of extremes. From below freezing to above boiling.
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Originally Posted by LoweGear
Edit:
Artwork for Ratler here... Ryu's Staff Form:
Spoiler for image:
ZOMG! That's so AWESOME!!!! Great work Lowe. That's just
Quote:
Originally Posted by USB500
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alright, here's the profile of Frieda (I bet Aaron will squeal in excitement when he sees this :P )
Spoiler for omg yanmama!:
FRIEDA JOHANSSON
Nickname: Silent Bullet (shared with Takeru)
Age: 25
Birthday: secret
Hair colour: satin
Eye colour: sapphire
Height: 167cm
Weight: 45kg
Affiliation: Knightly Order of Holy Belkan Empire
Position / rank in TSAB: none
Home world: Earth
Device: Silberkugel; Beowulf
Device type: Armed Device
Device appearance: (Silberkugel) locket; (Beowulf) Gunblade
Magic system: Neo-Belka
Magic element: ice
Magic symbol: triangle
Magic colour: sapphire
Partner: none
Appearance: sleeveless summer gown with ribbons decorating her head; she also wears eyeglasses with sky blue frame. Frieda is often seen carrying a copy of “The Ultimate Sniper: an Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers” around.
Personality: very casual and easy-going, Frieda loves children and likes interacting with them whenever she has time. Her style of elegance and perfection are often portrayed in combat, where she fights her opponent “as if she’s the most gorgeous lady in the dancing hall”.
Frieda Johansson is among a few Belkan Knights that specialize in long-range bombardment, and is the only Knight to excel in the art of sniping and counter-sniping. It is uncommon for Belkan Knights to practice long-range attacks, let alone sniping combat, but Frieda is known to have no problem taking on opponents from long range. She is also an excellent close-quarter combatant and is known to knock down fifteen trainers during a drill with her bare hands.
Frieda is the only known practitioner of Gun Kata, a martial art that places emphasis on two tenets: shooting the enemy as efficiently as possible and avoiding return fire. Together with her Armed Device Beowulf, she is practically unstoppable in closed quarter battle. Her fighting style is resembles the combination of the Israeli Krav Maga self-defence and military hand-to-hand combat with Gun fu often seen in Hong Kong action cinema.
Frieda seems to know about Signum, leader of the Wolkenritter.
ABILITIES
Some of the abilities below are shared with Takeru’s abilities.
Knight Armour: similar in appearance to Takeru’s Knight Armour, except that it is green in colour and designed to follow her body contour. This suit is not just the flashy costume, but also refers to an invisible defensive field generated by the costume, reducing or eliminating any serious injury from events such as an impact with a building.
Triangle Shield: blocks all magical or physical attacks coming from one direction with a triangular barrier, much like Fate’s or Nanoha’s Round Shield.
Verbegen: this ability is often used with Sniper Form for camouflage to conceal the caster from visual contact, therefore protecting the caster from being seen by target. It is translated as “Conceal”.
Vermeidung: translated as “Evasion”, this ability increases the caster’s evasion to dodge any oncoming attacks.
Nachladen: this is not an attack, but refers to Silverkugel’s procedure of reloading a cartridge.
Explosion: also not an attack; Little Buster says this when using cartridges, analogous to the English-speaking devices’ “Load Cartridge”.
Wahrnehmung: also not an attack, but refers to the ability to increase field of vision, therefore improving line of sight. This ability, translated as Perception, is most often used with Silverkugel in Sniper form.
Frieda’s abilities while using Silverkugel (with the exception of Silver Breaker) are the same as Takeru’s.
BEOWULF
Type: Armed Device
Appearance: Gunblade
Frieda’s preferred device for close-range combat, it is first created by Frieda’s mentor, the leading Belkan Knight and passed down to her before his demise due to old age. As of any Belkan devices, Beowulf speaks German and addresses Frieda as “Meister”.
Below are Frieda’s abilities when using Beowulf.
Vermeidung: translated as “Evasion”, this ability increases the caster’s evasion to dodge any oncoming attacks.
Nachladen: this is not an attack, but refers to Beowulf’s procedure of reloading a cartridge.
Explosion: also not an attack; Little Buster says this when using cartridges, analogous to the English-speaking devices’ “Load Cartridge”.
Wahrnehmung: also not an attack, but refers to the ability to increase field of vision, therefore improving line of sight.
Rauer Teiler: Frieda runs toward her target and, dragging Beowulf across the ground first, launches herself up into the air, the earth exploding underneath the target. Translated as “Rough Divider”.
Kreis des Schicksals: one of Beowulf’s area-of-affect ability. Frieda launches herself into the air and pirouettes with Beowulf extended, a surge of energy hitting the ground before exploding in a field of ice, damaging all targets. Translated as “Circle of Fate”.
Kalte Flamme: Frieda transforms Beowulf’s blade into a blue flame-enveloped entity and strikes it against target. It is often used in close quarter engagement as to enhance Beowulf’s melee properties. Translated as “Cold Flame”.
Löwenherz: arguably Beowulf’s strongest ability, Frieda charges at target and unleashes a torrent of sixteen blows, each doing massive damage. It consumes all available cartridges, and can also recycle residual magic left in air for additional damage. Translated as “Lionheart”.
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I don't know what else I should put in there, except for the probable encounter with Signum (whether permits).
Really nice! A shared alias? Oh my, then that means she must be a creepy sniper as well
CSDB Observation Report.
Effectiveness of the EVA suit in battleground testing.
Submitted by Suit AI Yui.
Note: Sections of this report were not observed by myself and thus have been supplemented by footage captured by the on-site drones.
Recommendations have been forwarded to the developers to change and fix certain parts of the suit.
This report has been forwarded to all parties involved in this exercise.
CSDB Testing Ground 1 0730 hours
Isamu: Morning guys Tuala: (glare) Would you mind correcting that statement Isamu. You should know by now that half the team are FEMALE! Plus Ginga is here to help us out. If anything you should be saying morning girls… hmpf! Isamu: ahaha……… Valivis: So what are we doing today? Isamu: Right, today we’re working with the CSDB to test out their new weapons system. Since the guys only D+, HQ decided to make it tougher for us by turning it into a hostage situation. Valivis + Tuala: EEEEEhhhhhhh, only D+!! Why are we all here then? Anyone of us could take him out. Isamu: Well it is a new weapon and they requested all of us to be here…. Hmm, you’re right, let’s give Tais a better chance. (Picks up four sticks from the ground, snapping two in half) Ginga, could you do the honours. Ginga: Right, two longest sticks will be the ones fighting.
(The team gather’s round and chooses)
Valivis: Good to be working with you Tuala. Tuala: Likewise. Isamu: (Sigh) I wanted to test out a new attack as well… Iza: (Back patting) There, there. We’ll get our chance another time. Tais: Sorry we’re late. Spellblades, Nakajima-sama…. Umm I mean Ginga-san, good morning, ready to go?. Yui: [Oh crap, hopefully this turns out okay…] Ginga: Could I just have a minute? Tais: Sure. Ginga: Spellblades, As ranking officer here I’m ordering you to get this over and done with as fast as possible. You, keep your tentacles away from me, IS THAT CLEAR? Rest: (Sweatdrop) Yes Madam. Spellblades: (whispering) Tentacles, would could she mean by that? As fast as possible, does that mean all four of us to attack at the same time? Quiet, stick to the plan. It’ll be good practice for times when the squad is separated. Yui: Right, this exercise will be commencing in T-minus 10 mins. Ginga could you come with us. Spellblades, good luck, your going to need it.
~10 mins later~ (Yui’s POV)
[Could all non-participants leave the area. I repeat, could all non-participants leave the area. A simulation is about to commence. Standard rules of engagement apply. This area is now off-limits to all personnel without correct safety equipment.
Hostage scenario seven parameters are now in effect. EXERCISE START!]
Myristic: I’m sending all the intel received so far to the Tactical Combat Display. The second in charge of the 108th Land Forces has been taken hostage by an unknown mage. His location in the building has been determined with our sensor package, get in there and get her out before anything happens. Spellblades: Acknowledged, TCD has received the info. Sir could you request that power to the building be cut in 15 mins time. Myristic: Understood. Blades, fly true.
(Simultaneously) Isamu: Daedra SET UP! Tuala: Ulthamar SET UP! Valivis: Stormreaver SET UP! Tuala: Right, according to the plans, the room he’s in has two different entrances: One from the North and another from the East. Isamu, Iza take the North approach, Valivis and I will approach from the East. Be careful to check for traps on the way but we want to get there before the power is cut to the building. The TCD will be able to track out progress through the building but do not; I repeat do not worry about the other team. Our objective here is to get the hostage out of there safe and sound, minor injuries will have to be looked at later. Everyone know the plan? (Nods from the team)
All right, Isamu, Iza before you guys go. (Belka triangle appears under her feet) Silence.
That should help you get to the target without too much trouble. Right lets go.
**North Approach** Daedra: My Lord, suspect object 3 metres ahead. Isamu: Iza, any ideas about this one? Iza: Let’s just charge through it, we’re not going to get there on time at this rate. Daedra: Agreed, 2 minutes remaining, estimated 800 metres until target location. Current speed: 2m/sec Isamu: All right, Daedra load cartridge. [Yes, My Lord] Knights Armour. Let’s go Iza, take out anything that’s moving.
**East Approach**
(Explosions heard) Tuala: That idiot, how the hell is he supposed to sneak up on someone when anybody can hear him coming from a mile away…. Valivis: Well, he has been moving at a very slow pace. I’ve been tracking his progress on the TCD, although his route is shorter, he isn’t anywhere near the hostage. Obviously he’s run into a lot more traps than we have. I’m surprised that it’s taken him so long to start the fireworks. Tuala: Comment noted, we’ll send that in with the report when we’re done. But still…..
**Hostage Room** Tais: Sounds like they’re getting closer.. Ginga: It’s taken them long enough, I expected them to have been here 5 mins ago, what with their stories. Tais: Really, looks like I’ll have to be serious then..
Tais, the last sensors have been tripped on the east side, get ready for action. Tais: Okay. Magagumo wizard pack, stand by. ETA of east side?
15 secs. Tais: All right, (turns to face east door) "Beast that guards the gates of the dead, barrier that shields and traps,
**Just outside (East Approach)** Valivis: Ready? Tuala: Cartridge Load, Fortify.
(A round shield envelopes Valivis)
We are now. Stormreaver: Charge Complete. Attack sequence approved.
With a flick of his wrists, Reaver’s blade extended to maximum length. Holding his right hand to the door, Valivis moved his left to his side.
The door exploded inwards, as 2 figures burst through the door.
Tais: I invoke thee”, Magagumo wizard pack, set up.
Tais smiled as Cage Barrier came into effect, catching the second figure in its grasp. As the barrier came into effect, power to the building suddenly disappeared. He heard another voice cry out ‘Lightening Flash’ and suddenly the world went white.
At this point in time, things weren’t looking to good so I took control of the EVA, casting AT Field. In front of me, the distinct sound of cartridges loading could be heard, while to the left, my sensors picked up another two heat signals.
‘Oy, Isamu, Iza what took you guys so long?’
Damm cheap optical sensors, how the hell am I supposed to do anything if I can’t see what’s happening. I’ll just let the pack do its thing; it does have automatic targeting systems.
*Pause log: In hindsight, this wasn’t the best idea but oh well*
The tentacles of the pack went into action, going after all the available targets in the room. Hmm. Tentacles 1,2,3,4 and 5 are in action currently with the 6th guarding myself and the suit. Wait…. 5 is in action as well, there’s only 4 combatants. Oh shit… The IFF isn’t configured properly.
Isamu: Hey, what the hell are you doing Tais, you’re not supposed to be attacking the hostage!! Tuala, Set up a shield around her. Valivis, Iza full power attacks; we have to take that thing down NOW! Tais: Wait, wait what’s happening. It’s not me that’s controlling the suit.
*Pause log: I felt sorry for him but I couldn’t exactly stop what was about to come*
Iza: Barrier Break! Valivis: Cross Slash, Thunder Clap! Isamu: Daedra, Berseker form, FLAME STRIKE!
[Hostage Scenario Seven has been cleared. Could all participants’ disarm and head to the debriefing rooms for an overview of the exercise. Thankyou]
Tuala: Ginga-san are you okay? Ginga: Fine, I’m fine. You guys go ahead I’ll meet you in just a bit okay. Spellblades: You sure about that, this guy might try something. Ginga: Don’t worry about it I’ll be fine.
The Spellblades depart from the room. This is going to be painful for Tais….
Ginga: (Eye’s flaming) Tais, Yui, what did I specifically say at the start of this exercise. Tais: (gulp) umm, to keep the tentacles away you, madam. Ginga: Now, this is your punishment for disobeying orders (slips on Revolver Knuckle)
Revolver.. SHOOT!
His cry of pain could be heard by everyone on the training ground. Everyone.
Thanks to tshouryuu for letting me borrow Tais and Yui. I hope you approve.
For Clarification, the mini-fic is written in Yui's POV for the most part.
This has also introduced the other members of the squad
Incomplete Character Profile Below:
Spoiler for Valivis:
Valivis
19 years
TSAB Mage rank BB Midchildan Style
Device: Stormreaver. Twin Fist weapons that are bladed (much like Wolverine from X-men) with a variable length up to 30cm long. The blades can be retracted all the way into the glove.
Barrier Jacket: Blue and Black BJ. In keeping with the enforcer uniform (see Chrono’s BJ for reference), only chest armour is worn over the uniform.
Spells: Lightening Flash: Magical energy is channeled into Stormreaver, causing the blades to emit a harsh/blinding white light. Thunder Clap: Valivis’s ranged attack. Balls of energy form at the tips of the blades. These can remain separate attacks of form into one heavier attack.
Spoiler for Tuala:
Tuala
TSAB Mage rank B Belka Style.
Device: Ulthamar: Armed Device (Quarterstaff)
Barrier Jacket: Black Robe covering the body, as well as a white hooded cloak and white gloves.
Spells:
Restore: Healing Spell
Fortify: (1 cartridge) Round Shield that can be cast on people/locations other than around the caster.
Silence: Masks the sound produced by target. Can be cast on people or locations. Can also be used offensively to stop spell casting by opponents if they rely on verbal cues.
Chameleon: (1 cartridge per target) Apply a limited chameleon effect to an ally. Due to the high magic usage of the spell, it is rarely used on the entire squad.
Nullify: (2 cartridges) Magical effects in a localised region around Tuala are dispelled. Example: Binds and Weapon enchants ( ie flame strike). However BJ’s and devices aren’t affected. More cartridges can be used to expand the area of affect.
Burden: Slow Movement Speed
+Standard Barriers/Binds/etc.
As you can see I'm still missing their background/personality info as well as many of Valivis's spells but hopefully it'll make the story make a bit more sense