Comments after.
- Radio communications
… […] - Foreign language [Translation]
~ … ~ - Thoughts
**13**
Well away from the remains of the attacking force, A.C. stopped and released her two companions from her hair.
“Sorry about that ladies.” The cyber-senshi apologised. “I wasn’t sure how fast you can move, and we WERE in a bit of trouble there.”
“No need to apologise Mistress.” The Red-clad miniature Senshi replied, settling on a shoulder.
“Yeah.” Her Blue-clad partner agreed, alighting on the opposite shoulder. “They needed their asses kicking.”
That brought a small smile to the raven-haired woman.
“Well, on that pleasant note, it’s time for introductions.” She raised her sword. “Phobos. Deimos. Meet Laevatein.”
Guten Tag. The Armed Device greeted them.
“Laevatein. Phobos in red, Deimos in blue”
“Good day to you.” Phobos nodded at the sword.
“We’re going to get on great.” Deimos told the device cheerfully.
“And with that out of the way,” A.C. said, “I should get you up to speed on what’s going on.”
“We already know Mistress.” Deimos told her.
“Although your mind is startlingly well organised Mistress.” Phobos added.
“Comes from having a cybernetically enhanced brain.” A.C. gave a slight shrug (as to not dislodge her companions). “Well then, we should be expecting company soon. And it would be impolite to leave them waiting.”
***
A hissed “Dear!” and a sharp poke broke Ben out of his concentration on the video stream to look at Gina, who twitched her head at the Senshi compliment. Ben turned, and it was only Gina’s assistance that didn’t have him recoiling in terror at the hearts in their eyes.
“Ooooh crap.” He remembered the last time they had that look, and shuddered.
“Warning the Forge now.” Gina whispered. “I don’t want to think what A.C.’ll do to them if they head that way.”
“You and me both My Lady.”
***
As much as he knew it was necessary, Purple-12 hated being on point. Especially since the Scarlet Angel had gone to the Senshi side.
He didn’t notice a blue fuku-clad figure hiding in the shadows of the corridor roof, guiding A.C.’s aim. Thus the AP bullet that caught him in the neck was a surprise.
Deimos made good her escape as the gunshot echoed.
**14**
A.C. was used to having multiple trains of thought in her head, it was practically her nature. She was also used to having multiple simultaneous opinions on those thoughts, well aware of her multiple ‘personalities’. The A.I. of her tactical system had more or less slipped in with the rest after her ‘awakening’ on Jusenkyou, and she was getting used to the A.I. in her neural interface.
It was having three NEW minds linked to hers that was taking a little effort to deal with. Oh, Laevatein was easy. While the link between them was very tight, they were entirely separate beings.
Phobos and Deimos were an altogether different kettle of fish. The two Guardians were still independent, but otherwise an integral part of the Sailor Mars persona she was currently in. And they got on with Laevatein frighteningly well.
It was this connection that allowed the two Guardians to see the power-ups hidden around. Especially in the hard to spot or reach places. While the extra cartridges were welcome, the jewellery box contained a few things she didn’t want, same with the temporary tattoos. And now they had found a sealed thigh pouch.
~ What IS going on? ~ The Scarlet Angel wondered to herself.
***
“There are currently fifteen messages waiting, all currently asking what is wrong with the system.” Libbie announced.
“Tell them we can’t get a full readout until the Gauntlet ends.” Lebia replied. “And it was never envisaged that we’d need to interrupt it, so we can’t do THAT either.”
“Although we’re already planning it.” Eddie interjected. “The Boss’ll demand that.”
“True.” Leonard agreed. “The Lady will probably have further refinements as well.”
“Um, Guys?” Greenpeace interrupted.
“Wow!” One of the toy-like holographic Tachikomas said, Loki by the floating tag. “Looks like the Major will beat the longest time!”
“Aye, that she will.” Adonis sighed. “Roberta lass?”
A comm. window popped into existence.
“Yes Master Adonis?” The bespectacled maid replied.
“How’s the cheesecake coming along?”
OK, not sure If I got Ben's, Gina's, and the A-Team's reactions right but...
The whole 'magic' thing is currently KoFen sim only, due to A.C. having Laevatein and a certain transformation pen. But, as you can see, somethings seriously screwy with the sim anyway.
Could A.C. use magic in RL (or what passes for it in Fenspace)? As far as I'm concerned, techically anyone can use magic. At its most basic it requires willpower and magical energies (which we'll call mana for now). However, knowledge and talent help tremendously.
Unless TSIR becomes canon, A.C. won't have the knowledge of Linker Core creation from Honami's dual Awakening, and unless A.C. enters a high mana area (and knows it, and thinks about trying to) there'll be no casting otherwise. Not for at least centuries (assuming trans-universal travel gets invented in Fenspace).
- Radio communications
… […] - Foreign language [Translation]
~ … ~ - Thoughts
**13**
Well away from the remains of the attacking force, A.C. stopped and released her two companions from her hair.
“Sorry about that ladies.” The cyber-senshi apologised. “I wasn’t sure how fast you can move, and we WERE in a bit of trouble there.”
“No need to apologise Mistress.” The Red-clad miniature Senshi replied, settling on a shoulder.
“Yeah.” Her Blue-clad partner agreed, alighting on the opposite shoulder. “They needed their asses kicking.”
That brought a small smile to the raven-haired woman.
“Well, on that pleasant note, it’s time for introductions.” She raised her sword. “Phobos. Deimos. Meet Laevatein.”
Guten Tag. The Armed Device greeted them.
“Laevatein. Phobos in red, Deimos in blue”
“Good day to you.” Phobos nodded at the sword.
“We’re going to get on great.” Deimos told the device cheerfully.
“And with that out of the way,” A.C. said, “I should get you up to speed on what’s going on.”
“We already know Mistress.” Deimos told her.
“Although your mind is startlingly well organised Mistress.” Phobos added.
“Comes from having a cybernetically enhanced brain.” A.C. gave a slight shrug (as to not dislodge her companions). “Well then, we should be expecting company soon. And it would be impolite to leave them waiting.”
***
A hissed “Dear!” and a sharp poke broke Ben out of his concentration on the video stream to look at Gina, who twitched her head at the Senshi compliment. Ben turned, and it was only Gina’s assistance that didn’t have him recoiling in terror at the hearts in their eyes.
“Ooooh crap.” He remembered the last time they had that look, and shuddered.
“Warning the Forge now.” Gina whispered. “I don’t want to think what A.C.’ll do to them if they head that way.”
“You and me both My Lady.”
***
As much as he knew it was necessary, Purple-12 hated being on point. Especially since the Scarlet Angel had gone to the Senshi side.
He didn’t notice a blue fuku-clad figure hiding in the shadows of the corridor roof, guiding A.C.’s aim. Thus the AP bullet that caught him in the neck was a surprise.
Deimos made good her escape as the gunshot echoed.
**14**
A.C. was used to having multiple trains of thought in her head, it was practically her nature. She was also used to having multiple simultaneous opinions on those thoughts, well aware of her multiple ‘personalities’. The A.I. of her tactical system had more or less slipped in with the rest after her ‘awakening’ on Jusenkyou, and she was getting used to the A.I. in her neural interface.
It was having three NEW minds linked to hers that was taking a little effort to deal with. Oh, Laevatein was easy. While the link between them was very tight, they were entirely separate beings.
Phobos and Deimos were an altogether different kettle of fish. The two Guardians were still independent, but otherwise an integral part of the Sailor Mars persona she was currently in. And they got on with Laevatein frighteningly well.
It was this connection that allowed the two Guardians to see the power-ups hidden around. Especially in the hard to spot or reach places. While the extra cartridges were welcome, the jewellery box contained a few things she didn’t want, same with the temporary tattoos. And now they had found a sealed thigh pouch.
~ What IS going on? ~ The Scarlet Angel wondered to herself.
***
“There are currently fifteen messages waiting, all currently asking what is wrong with the system.” Libbie announced.
“Tell them we can’t get a full readout until the Gauntlet ends.” Lebia replied. “And it was never envisaged that we’d need to interrupt it, so we can’t do THAT either.”
“Although we’re already planning it.” Eddie interjected. “The Boss’ll demand that.”
“True.” Leonard agreed. “The Lady will probably have further refinements as well.”
“Um, Guys?” Greenpeace interrupted.
“Wow!” One of the toy-like holographic Tachikomas said, Loki by the floating tag. “Looks like the Major will beat the longest time!”
“Aye, that she will.” Adonis sighed. “Roberta lass?”
A comm. window popped into existence.
“Yes Master Adonis?” The bespectacled maid replied.
“How’s the cheesecake coming along?”
OK, not sure If I got Ben's, Gina's, and the A-Team's reactions right but...
Proginoskes Wrote:MY question is, does AC have the talent for Belkan and Senshi magic, or is this a feature of The Gauntlet?
Actually, never mind -- she obviously does. The real question is, will AC explore and train these new abilities? I can imagine her ignoring Senshi magic entirely in favour of studying Belkan and Midchildan casting. The reason, if I recall correctly, that Midchildan mages need an Intelligent Device is to handle the computations needed for Midchildan spells, which implies a relatively large quantity of Real Science involved. I can easily imagine AC preferring Difficult But Interesting when it comes to magic.
The whole 'magic' thing is currently KoFen sim only, due to A.C. having Laevatein and a certain transformation pen. But, as you can see, somethings seriously screwy with the sim anyway.
Could A.C. use magic in RL (or what passes for it in Fenspace)? As far as I'm concerned, techically anyone can use magic. At its most basic it requires willpower and magical energies (which we'll call mana for now). However, knowledge and talent help tremendously.
Unless TSIR becomes canon, A.C. won't have the knowledge of Linker Core creation from Honami's dual Awakening, and unless A.C. enters a high mana area (and knows it, and thinks about trying to) there'll be no casting otherwise. Not for at least centuries (assuming trans-universal travel gets invented in Fenspace).