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Harry And The Shipgirls: Prisoner of Shipping (A HP/KanColle Snippet Collection)

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Ah, we're seeing some of the effects of the time quake. With the transits mentioned, I sort of wonder if this is actually Tara taking advantage of things to do a little bit of ecological balancing of her own?
 
Harry Leferts said:
Got it in one. And for those wondering...
^This is a size comparison. B. bison is the modern day bison, and B. priscus is the Steppe Bison.
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Yeah, that really highlights the bison being most closely related to yaks. Which is a thing I didn't know until I started looking for what bison species you'd pulled back from extinction.
 
I'll be honest, I really hope one of the animals that came through was one of those Elephant species who's mouth looks like it's at the end of its trunk. It's so derpy looking.
 
A gift from beyond the grave.

Nobu was short. She was slight, small, and petite even for a Japanese person. One of the few things that was tall or long about her was her hair, and even that was not 100 percent real: not hair extensions but hair dye. At her school's insistence, she had to dye it black, or else she couldn't partake in the lessons.

Unknown to them, this just fanned the flames of her ambition: She fully intended to rise to the position of the prime minister of Japan one day and make sweeping changes to her beloved nation's society so that she could, one day, not hide behind a mask of conformity.

Those who knew her, past and Present, both knew she could do this. She had the ambition, intelligence, ruthlessness, and presence.

And the Oni of Lost Shepherd were the ones now exposed to this very presence. Slight and small as she was, the way she carried herself as she marched down the street to the church, with her beloved Kotegiri at her side made them feel as if they faced the entire Auror forces of Tokyo at once.

However, the oni were peacefully performing their work, and not a single one thought of trying to harm her, so she was kind to them: Loudly greeting them. They, in turn, treated her as an honored friend remembering both her and Kotegiri from the victory feast following the final defeat of the skull masks: As far as they were concerned, both Kotegiri and her mistress were members of the tribe and thus always welcome.

At the entrance of the church, Hide and Yoshi stood. Together, they bowed. "Nobunaga-dono, Kotegiri-dono. Welcome. We hope your journey was a pleasant one." they said as one.

Nobu smiled and Kotegiri returned the bow. "It was fine enough. Now, for what reason did you call for me?" The youngest of the group replied.

The twins nodded and led them into the church's kitchen. There, on the table, sat a long slender box, marked with an unknown wax seal.

"A few days ago, the tribesmen fetched this box from Johnathan's pantry. Of course they opened it and... well, the letter makes us think it is for you."


Without another word, Ikeda Ruka reached out. The seal broke under her grip, and carefully, she opened the box. Polished wood and steel greeted them: A long, gleaming rifle of a make neither Hide or Yoshi recognized.

The sword spirit cast a quick spell. "It's safe," she said after a second.

Carefully, Nobu-chan lifted the rifle. There on the buttstock, gleamed the mon of the Oda in brass. The rest was gleaming lacquered wood and polished steel.

"It's... beautiful..." She observed. The twins could only nod. This was indeed the most beautiful gun they had ever seen.

"And there is the letter" Kotegiri observed. She snatched the piece of paper from the box and unfolded it.

" To Johnathan." she started to read.

"Hey, big guy. I hope this letter finds you in good health. The gun that you requested as a gift turned out to be something of a challenge, but I think your friend will be happy with Ambition here: All the spells you requested are woven in and should make it superior to even modern firearms.

Your friend

The beautiful Kiri." she finished.

The four shared a look, the festive mood gone.

"So... Ambition here..." the reincarnation of Oda Nobunaga began.

"It's a gift. From Johnathan. So that we can fight together in the future." Kotegiri continued. The other three nodded.

"That Kiri... She probably doesn't know of Johnathan's fate..." Hide observed.

Carefully, Nobu-chan ran her hands over the masterpiece of a gun.

A sad smile bloomed on her face. "I will take good care of you. Once I am of age." she handed the gun to Kotegiri. "The laws of Japan are clear. I am not allowed to touch it until I am of age."

Kotegiri bowed and Nobu laughed a sad laugh.

"Can't be helped!"

A/N: A rewrite of Nobu and Kotegiri getting their hands on Ambition since Johnathan's lost to the abyss.
 
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I think there's some mistakes in HL latest chapter, just read it. Could the timequakes screw with the memory thing for the TWT - apart from thefact tha HL forgot about that pushes it around?
 
Darthcourt10 said:
I think there's some mistakes in HL latest chapter, just read it. Could the timequakes screw with the memory thing for the TWT - apart from thefact tha HL forgot about that pushes it around?
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It was brought up and addressed by HL recently.

And Something random inspired by the time quake:

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Shimazu woke up, feeling it before she truly felt it, if that makes sense.

Nothing truly did when temporal phenomena was involved.

Even with her... experience.

She hastily walked to the minka common room, and saw, leaning over the room's low table... herself.

Seventy/Ten years younger, mad, sunken eyes frantically looking, analyzing and contemplating over the mess of documents lying on the low table.

Shimazu blinked.

And the past/other her was gone.

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Also, just a day ago I had a random thought process, on how to shoehorn Final Fantasy VI into HatSG.

Concept wise it was somewhat easy, just adapting into the context of 16th Centruy Italy of declining city states, foreign-controlled puppet states being sucked dry to fund foreign wars, and the Papacy in the midst of Counter-Reformation and loss of secular power, all complicated by problems on the magical side just decades before the Statute goes up.

Where the Magical City State of Gastra (original Japanese name for Gestalh Empire, but it turns out it is a name for a remote, obscure region in Italy) starts punching way above its weight by skipping into early industrialization via using Espers/Eidolons as power sources (Who were the soldiers of Pre-Etruscan gods that waged war on the Peninsula, leaving it a wasteland and leaving behind people capable of magic), while also industrializing magic itself, poising to unite and remake Italy in its image, often brutally.

A plot of Not!Final Fantasy VI happens (Balance with elements of Ruin), one of the islands off the coast of Italy full of magic flies into the sky, a ragtag bunch of misfits fly onto on their Airship, and soon after a massive spike of magic the island, along with the Gastra, his servants and unfortunately the heroes themselves, disappear. The short-lived empire will soon fall afterwards.

This whole episode will be brought up years later as a case for why the Statute is necessary.

As for the heroes of FF6, instead of waking up in a ruined world, they wake in the unfamilair far future, trying to make sense of their new lives after defeating Kefka.
 
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Harry Leferts said:
For those wondering... how about how Hóngyuàn looks:
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Aren't you kinda breaking your own (semi-unwritten) rule about how kitsune AREN'T actually busty as all hell?

I mean, it's a running gag by this point with Natsumi that she gets.....twitchy.....about such matters. And, funnily enough, you did put up a global 'mass sneeze' aside where one time when she vents/laments about 'who the hell started that stereotype??', and EVERYWHERE in Japan, Tanuki, Inugami, Tengu, and Nekomata alike, all sneezed, then felt faintly smug for some reason. Even Tamamo gets grumpy (and she's no slouch herself in having good luck with genetics) about it.

(yes, I'm teasing)
 
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Harry Leferts said:
[Time quakes]
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RUSALKA: "Ididn'tdoitNobodysawmedoitYoucan'tproveanything!"
FENRIS: "Ah: we didn't do it yet, Little Miss Bart Simpson. At least I don't think we did it yet. The question is 'Will we do it'? I mean, the concept of 'linear four-dimensional space-time' at the Stone Circle at Chitzena has always been a little... negotiable, and there's no way of knowing if the damage it suffered during BUG HUNT caused issues retrocausally."
RUSALKA: "'You're talking about things I haven't done yet in the past tense. It's driving me crazy.'"
FENRIS: "Like that's a long trip?"
RUSALKA: "You'll keep. But as I was saying, there's a better-than-fair chance this is nothing to do with anything we've done. Or will do. Whatever — you know what I mean."
FENRIS: "Eeeh... time will tell."
RUSALKA: "... that was bad, and you should feel bad."
FENRIS: "And yet, I stand here unashamed."
 
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