*grumblegrumble* another bit of teaser material. Nate, we may be a bad influence on each other.
This scene is, obviously, set after the evacuation of Garderobe in the wake of Schwarz's and Nagi's little ploy.
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"It's ... big."
"It's also pretty much buried, Miss Kruger," Katz replied, not bothering to stop. He'd seen the sight too often, as it was. "Not exactly a state of affairs I'm happy with."
"So, this is where Black gets its technology," Natsuki said, following the man down, still somewhat unsteady.
Head wounds, she remembered from both education and experience, did that to a person, and were one of the things the nanomachines in an Otome's bloodstream had to let heal naturally. Or, at least, could do fairly little to help with.
The fact that Shizuru had slung one of her arms over her own shoulders and had been helping steady her ever since the beginning of the descent into the caverns helped.
"Not entirely correct," came the response. Schrdinger had stepped on top of the armor plating - at least that was what she assumed she was seeing - and extended a hand towards them. "Few of my associates are actually aware of this site, as it were. Or they weren't before now, at least. Also, the technology is in some ways cruder than what can be found buried in other places around this globe."
The two Pillars soon stood beside him, within a crimson-edged rectangle. There was a hiss of escaping pressure, and the surface within said rectangle started sinking into the depths of the buried armored structure.
"There are residential areas within, enough to house more than the group we brought here," the man continued as they descended. "Medical should still be functional enough to deal with the injured."
"This ..." Shizuru looked around. There were no signs of neglect or damage on the interior, and ...
... what looked like a small mechanical cart with a rotating broom up front drove past, cleaning the floors ...
"You mean to say that you managed to restore a fully operational stronghold, stocked with working ancient technology, functional ... by yourself?" the user of the Graceful Amethyst Robe asked, nonplussed. "I find that difficult to believe."
"It's not quite as pristine as it looks, but it is mostly operational," the man shrugged. "And it's not a fortress. It was functional when I got it, and I have more right to it than anybody else on this dustball, since I stole it fair and square."
He turned to face them, and grinned. "Ladies, welcome to the Third Foundation, Odyssey. What's left of it."
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because Incarna vol2. is going to be titled 'Uchuu no Katsu', or simply 'Katz in Space'. I mean, come on, the rift at the end of Stellvia is just too nifty a plot device not to be used.
-Griever
because you can never get enough bad puns
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm
This scene is, obviously, set after the evacuation of Garderobe in the wake of Schwarz's and Nagi's little ploy.
---
"It's ... big."
"It's also pretty much buried, Miss Kruger," Katz replied, not bothering to stop. He'd seen the sight too often, as it was. "Not exactly a state of affairs I'm happy with."
"So, this is where Black gets its technology," Natsuki said, following the man down, still somewhat unsteady.
Head wounds, she remembered from both education and experience, did that to a person, and were one of the things the nanomachines in an Otome's bloodstream had to let heal naturally. Or, at least, could do fairly little to help with.
The fact that Shizuru had slung one of her arms over her own shoulders and had been helping steady her ever since the beginning of the descent into the caverns helped.
"Not entirely correct," came the response. Schrdinger had stepped on top of the armor plating - at least that was what she assumed she was seeing - and extended a hand towards them. "Few of my associates are actually aware of this site, as it were. Or they weren't before now, at least. Also, the technology is in some ways cruder than what can be found buried in other places around this globe."
The two Pillars soon stood beside him, within a crimson-edged rectangle. There was a hiss of escaping pressure, and the surface within said rectangle started sinking into the depths of the buried armored structure.
"There are residential areas within, enough to house more than the group we brought here," the man continued as they descended. "Medical should still be functional enough to deal with the injured."
"This ..." Shizuru looked around. There were no signs of neglect or damage on the interior, and ...
... what looked like a small mechanical cart with a rotating broom up front drove past, cleaning the floors ...
"You mean to say that you managed to restore a fully operational stronghold, stocked with working ancient technology, functional ... by yourself?" the user of the Graceful Amethyst Robe asked, nonplussed. "I find that difficult to believe."
"It's not quite as pristine as it looks, but it is mostly operational," the man shrugged. "And it's not a fortress. It was functional when I got it, and I have more right to it than anybody else on this dustball, since I stole it fair and square."
He turned to face them, and grinned. "Ladies, welcome to the Third Foundation, Odyssey. What's left of it."
---
because Incarna vol2. is going to be titled 'Uchuu no Katsu', or simply 'Katz in Space'. I mean, come on, the rift at the end of Stellvia is just too nifty a plot device not to be used.
-Griever
because you can never get enough bad puns
When tact is required, use brute force. When force is required, use greater force.
When the greatest force is required, use your head. Surprise is everything. - The Book of Cataclysm