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Nine Quest: Believe In Getter and Hold A Determination to Build
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Update One
You are System Nine-Nine, better known simply as Nine, and you are getting real tired of being tossed into parallel universes without so much as a by-your-leave. You'd thought that having the power of a literal Golden Goddess on your side would make the return to your home dimension an easy task, but apparently that was too much to ask for, judging by the completely unfamiliar night sky you find yourself uncontrollably hurtling through. You're not even sure what happened; one moment you were in the GranVang's cockpit, the next you were here, wherever here is, and down your left arm below the elbow to boot. If you were human, you almost certainly would have passed out from sheer trauma by this point, but androids of Gardim are made of sterner stuff, so now you just have to worry about smashing into the ground headfirst at terminal velocity. Speaking of which, here it com-
Well! That definitely could have gone worse. Sure, you may have lost consciousness for… a couple minutes, judging by your internal clock, your dress is a complete ruin, and maybe some of your insides are on the outside now, but it's nothing you can't handle! Your CPU is intact, your power core isn't spilling fuel everywhere, your remaining arm is still functional if bent at a slightly worrying angle, and you even have internet access! Wait a minute. You have internet access. Sure, you could see lights during your little swan dive, so clearly there's some kind of civilization around these parts, but this… this opens up a whole host of possibilities. Most of which are illegal, sure, but it's not like you have any credible alternatives right now! Other than "sit around and wait for everyone to rescue you," of course, but like hell are you just going to lie down and do nothing while everyone else could be in god knows how much danger from whatever just did this to you.
You can already imagine how badly Sis is going to take this; poor girl's already had one younger sister die in her arms, and this experience probably won't do her psyche any favors. You still see her sobbing face in your nightmares about the time you were hacked and forced to hold her at gunpoint. She once promised you that you weren't going to be a replacement for Yu, but trauma has a way of making people regress sometimes. Hopefully your other body will be able to help her through the worst of it. It'll still hurt, no doubt, but having a surviving version of yourself to lean on might blunt the pain somewhat. She'll also have her friends, of course, but it probably won't be quite the same, although you can only guess there. Even if your own understanding of human psychology wasn't woefully incomplete, you don't think they have a section of any textbook on how to comfort someone about your own recent demise.
You appear to be in a small wooded area on the outskirts of a city that you'd bet a lot of money is the this world's Tokyo; seen one, seen 'em all. The moon is out, insects are buzzing, and there appears to be the lights of a fancy campsite in the distance. No matter where you go, there's always a quiet and peaceful place known as Japan before something inevitably ruins that peace and quiet. It would probably be best to not focus too heavily on that last part, but given that your entire life so far has been defined by a series of ever-escalating battles against evil you sometimes find it hard to think of much else without a convenient distraction to draw your focus first.
Speaking of convenient distractions, here's a transmission now! And a heavily encrypted one, too… not so heavily encrypted that you can't break into it in a matter of seconds, of course, but enough to be worth investigating. It seems to be some kind of combination phone/identification/credit card, registered to one "Chris Yukine," who's probably the young lady swearing under her breath as she talks to… whoever this "HQ" is.
"-on't do anything reckless," a man who sounds an awful lot like Ryoma says as you penetrate the network. "Just see if you can get a better look at what's going on, and keep us on the line. You're clear to engage if it turns out to be an enemy, but focus on-
"I know already!" The girl suddenly interrupts. "It's probably just another me or something, we've done this how many goddamn times now? I've got this, and I'll call everyone in if I don't, so quit worrying already!" She seems pissed about something, but maybe that's just how she always is… ohhhh you hope she's not another Ange, two of that woman is already one more than the multiverse needs.
"I know we've done this before," the old man interjects, "but the Gjallarhorn exploded, so this might be something we've never seen before. Don't just rush in without a plan!" What the hell is a Gjallarhorn… if it exploded just recently, it might have something to do with how you got here, but that can wait for a moment. You've been tracking Chris via her phone's location since you started listening in, and she's making surprisingly good time towards your current location. If she's friendly… OK, if she's non-hostile, because friendly is clearly not in the cards here, making contact is a good first step towards getting a new arm and figuring out what the hell's going on here. On the other hand, if she is hostile, you'd really rather have a head start, given your lack of options if it turns into a fight. You were always more of a supporter than a face-puncher, and that was before you lost one of your primary punching implements. The one time you got into combat outside of the cockpit, it ended with you being hacked, and there's another bit of lingering trauma that you probably shouldn't dwell on! Decisions, decisions, and not much time in which to make them…
Vote choices:
[] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
[] Time to run like hell; you were able to hide right under The Brave Express Corps' collective noses for an entire week while constructing your body, getting away from one teenager shouldn't be too hard. Maybe you can find your severed arm while you're at it, although the odds there aren't looking great.
[] Try to hide and see what you can find out about this girl and her… employer? Captain? Superior officer? Via hacking a little deeper first. It won't make the best first impression if they manage to sniff you out, but you'll have the option to make friends or foes on your own terms while also having more information about who you're dealing with.
[] Write-In.
Well! That definitely could have gone worse. Sure, you may have lost consciousness for… a couple minutes, judging by your internal clock, your dress is a complete ruin, and maybe some of your insides are on the outside now, but it's nothing you can't handle! Your CPU is intact, your power core isn't spilling fuel everywhere, your remaining arm is still functional if bent at a slightly worrying angle, and you even have internet access! Wait a minute. You have internet access. Sure, you could see lights during your little swan dive, so clearly there's some kind of civilization around these parts, but this… this opens up a whole host of possibilities. Most of which are illegal, sure, but it's not like you have any credible alternatives right now! Other than "sit around and wait for everyone to rescue you," of course, but like hell are you just going to lie down and do nothing while everyone else could be in god knows how much danger from whatever just did this to you.
You can already imagine how badly Sis is going to take this; poor girl's already had one younger sister die in her arms, and this experience probably won't do her psyche any favors. You still see her sobbing face in your nightmares about the time you were hacked and forced to hold her at gunpoint. She once promised you that you weren't going to be a replacement for Yu, but trauma has a way of making people regress sometimes. Hopefully your other body will be able to help her through the worst of it. It'll still hurt, no doubt, but having a surviving version of yourself to lean on might blunt the pain somewhat. She'll also have her friends, of course, but it probably won't be quite the same, although you can only guess there. Even if your own understanding of human psychology wasn't woefully incomplete, you don't think they have a section of any textbook on how to comfort someone about your own recent demise.
You appear to be in a small wooded area on the outskirts of a city that you'd bet a lot of money is the this world's Tokyo; seen one, seen 'em all. The moon is out, insects are buzzing, and there appears to be the lights of a fancy campsite in the distance. No matter where you go, there's always a quiet and peaceful place known as Japan before something inevitably ruins that peace and quiet. It would probably be best to not focus too heavily on that last part, but given that your entire life so far has been defined by a series of ever-escalating battles against evil you sometimes find it hard to think of much else without a convenient distraction to draw your focus first.
Speaking of convenient distractions, here's a transmission now! And a heavily encrypted one, too… not so heavily encrypted that you can't break into it in a matter of seconds, of course, but enough to be worth investigating. It seems to be some kind of combination phone/identification/credit card, registered to one "Chris Yukine," who's probably the young lady swearing under her breath as she talks to… whoever this "HQ" is.
"-on't do anything reckless," a man who sounds an awful lot like Ryoma says as you penetrate the network. "Just see if you can get a better look at what's going on, and keep us on the line. You're clear to engage if it turns out to be an enemy, but focus on-
"I know already!" The girl suddenly interrupts. "It's probably just another me or something, we've done this how many goddamn times now? I've got this, and I'll call everyone in if I don't, so quit worrying already!" She seems pissed about something, but maybe that's just how she always is… ohhhh you hope she's not another Ange, two of that woman is already one more than the multiverse needs.
"I know we've done this before," the old man interjects, "but the Gjallarhorn exploded, so this might be something we've never seen before. Don't just rush in without a plan!" What the hell is a Gjallarhorn… if it exploded just recently, it might have something to do with how you got here, but that can wait for a moment. You've been tracking Chris via her phone's location since you started listening in, and she's making surprisingly good time towards your current location. If she's friendly… OK, if she's non-hostile, because friendly is clearly not in the cards here, making contact is a good first step towards getting a new arm and figuring out what the hell's going on here. On the other hand, if she is hostile, you'd really rather have a head start, given your lack of options if it turns into a fight. You were always more of a supporter than a face-puncher, and that was before you lost one of your primary punching implements. The one time you got into combat outside of the cockpit, it ended with you being hacked, and there's another bit of lingering trauma that you probably shouldn't dwell on! Decisions, decisions, and not much time in which to make them…
Vote choices:
[] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
[] Time to run like hell; you were able to hide right under The Brave Express Corps' collective noses for an entire week while constructing your body, getting away from one teenager shouldn't be too hard. Maybe you can find your severed arm while you're at it, although the odds there aren't looking great.
[] Try to hide and see what you can find out about this girl and her… employer? Captain? Superior officer? Via hacking a little deeper first. It won't make the best first impression if they manage to sniff you out, but you'll have the option to make friends or foes on your own terms while also having more information about who you're dealing with.
[] Write-In.
Thanks! I'm still holding out hope that they'll get into DD or a future mobile game someday; now that Devilman is in, I'm inclined to feel like anything is possible.
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That's the attitude! Excited to see where this goes!
Also dont forget to advertise your quest on quest advertisement thread to make questers aware of this
Already done, but thanks for the reminder! I'll have to see if there's anywhere else I can post to maybe draw some extra eyes. Thanks for being on board so quickly!
Well this seems interesting, SRW is something I know off alongside some of the broader strokess of Symphogear.
So to put things into perspective.
Nine is an AI made by an ancient civilisation who ended up choosing the side of humanity by the end of the game and is petty much the co-protagonist.
The sister mentioned is this gal
So for our timeline.
The concept of the golden goddess is from arcadia from my youth, we are directly just after the end of the dlc pack of SRW T.
Meaning that leaves us with some interesting units that may have made the jump too, the fact a relic outright went boom it is probably because of all the energies related to that jump.
Gonna put on a spoiler the list of the things that would indeed cause that reaction, but the people involved on that final battle weren't lightweights.
Otherwise.
[X] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
We still dunno on where on the timeline we are for Symphogear, may as well get into talks with SONG right now instead of maybe finding more unsavory people.
As for the people mentioned.
Ryoma Nagare, the to go pilot of the Getter 1 from Getter Robo and a overall good friend once you get to know him, get on his bad side on the other hand? it was good knowing you, he is one of the few man you don't want to piss for anything in the multiverse as that man has killed a lot of dangerous stuff with his bare hands even, the voice that quakes the universe is a phrase that tends to be related to him.
Ange is the protagonist from cross ange, someone who pretty much lost all and build herself back up from the ground, a nice girl to her friends, but like Ryoma piss her off truly and you have a very dangerous person going after your life.
kazanari genjuro a good man in all aspects if a bit excentric with his movie learning skills, but someone you can always trust, it is like Ryoma Nagare actually was a well adjusted member of society.
chris yukine, one of the main protagonists of Symphogear and a little trigger happy, but a nice girl too if a bit tsundere, someone we can also trust at future.
So to put things into perspective.
Nine is an AI made by an ancient civilisation who ended up choosing the side of humanity by the end of the game and is petty much the co-protagonist.
The sister mentioned is this gal
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So for our timeline.
The concept of the golden goddess is from arcadia from my youth, we are directly just after the end of the dlc pack of SRW T.
Meaning that leaves us with some interesting units that may have made the jump too, the fact a relic outright went boom it is probably because of all the energies related to that jump.
Gonna put on a spoiler the list of the things that would indeed cause that reaction, but the people involved on that final battle weren't lightweights.
Aura battlers and aura power in general are the key to open the path to the afterlife of Bryston Well.
So that probably had something to do with this.
For that game we got Shin Getter Dragon, not the armaggedon one, but the Daikassen one and that thing is packing getter rays to no end.
The Gunbuster engine probably also messed things up.
Van on his overflow mode with Dann of thursdays tends to get quite freaky.
The King of Braves, the power of the G stone is unlimited as long as the courage of the wielder persists.
Rayearth with Hikaru still having power of the pillar adds another thing.
Mazinger Z, photon power is multiversal as seen on infinity.
Add on top Universal century tech up till crossbone, this game also used the Hi-Nu and the Nightingale so have fun with Psycho frame shenanigans.
That is on top of the protagonist stuff.
The other two game protagonist from after V which is the game Nine is from are also involved.
One is a magic golem that is carrying two top adept magic users and a parrot that was a god at one point.
The other is human tech using an alien engine that produces pretty much unlimited energy iirc
So that probably had something to do with this.
For that game we got Shin Getter Dragon, not the armaggedon one, but the Daikassen one and that thing is packing getter rays to no end.
The Gunbuster engine probably also messed things up.
Van on his overflow mode with Dann of thursdays tends to get quite freaky.
The King of Braves, the power of the G stone is unlimited as long as the courage of the wielder persists.
Rayearth with Hikaru still having power of the pillar adds another thing.
Mazinger Z, photon power is multiversal as seen on infinity.
Add on top Universal century tech up till crossbone, this game also used the Hi-Nu and the Nightingale so have fun with Psycho frame shenanigans.
That is on top of the protagonist stuff.
The other two game protagonist from after V which is the game Nine is from are also involved.
One is a magic golem that is carrying two top adept magic users and a parrot that was a god at one point.
The other is human tech using an alien engine that produces pretty much unlimited energy iirc
Otherwise.
[X] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
We still dunno on where on the timeline we are for Symphogear, may as well get into talks with SONG right now instead of maybe finding more unsavory people.
As for the people mentioned.
Ryoma Nagare, the to go pilot of the Getter 1 from Getter Robo and a overall good friend once you get to know him, get on his bad side on the other hand? it was good knowing you, he is one of the few man you don't want to piss for anything in the multiverse as that man has killed a lot of dangerous stuff with his bare hands even, the voice that quakes the universe is a phrase that tends to be related to him.
Ange is the protagonist from cross ange, someone who pretty much lost all and build herself back up from the ground, a nice girl to her friends, but like Ryoma piss her off truly and you have a very dangerous person going after your life.
kazanari genjuro a good man in all aspects if a bit excentric with his movie learning skills, but someone you can always trust, it is like Ryoma Nagare actually was a well adjusted member of society.
chris yukine, one of the main protagonists of Symphogear and a little trigger happy, but a nice girl too if a bit tsundere, someone we can also trust at future.
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[X] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
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[X] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
Alright, vote closed in favor of talking things out! Update to come later today.
Update Two - First Contact
[x] Come out with your hand up; no sense making enemies if you don't need to, especially in a dimension you've never visited before. She probably won't know how to send you home, but maybe she'll know someone who does?
After pondering your options for a moment, you decide to come out and face the music. While you could probably evade her without too much trouble, you're not in very good shape at the moment and would really appreciate some time in a factory to fix yourself up. While she doesn't seem particularly friendly from what little you've overheard, she also doesn't strike you as violently insane like so many of the criminals and would-be dictators you've had to deal with over the course of your short but eventful life. And when you get down to it, you know what Sis would do; she would always put her faith in people to be fundamentally good. With that in mind, you can't bring yourself to do any less. Well, no time like the present to make contact; hopefully this doesn't blow up in your face.
"Excuse me?" You say as calmly and confidently as you can manage as you rise from the bushes in which you had been taking cover. "I'm a bit lost at the moment, can you tell me-"
"AAHHHHH!" Your new acquaintance immediately jumps and screams; apparently you startled her with your approach. Her lilac eyes flash with a mixture of surprise and anger, while her messy white hair flies in every direction as she flails about in confusion. You can already feel the situation spiraling out of control and away from the peaceful and measured conversation you had been hoping to have as she tugs on her necklace and turns towards you.
"Holy hell lady, don't scare me like that… hey, are you OK? You look like a ghost!" Her expression flickers from wrathful to concerned back to angry with a hint of fear as she pulls out a flashlight with one hand and gets a better look at you. You know you're in pretty bad shape right now what with your missing arm and some internal wires hanging out of your torso, but surely you're not THAT scary-looking? "Shit! Hey old man, I've got an Autoscorer here, but it's beat to hell and back. Do you want me to blow it up?" And isn't that an alarming way to introduce herself?
"Please don't!" You shout, waving your raised arm and stump for emphasis. "I'm not here to hurt you, I just need some directions! And maybe some repair time, but I can handle that myself." You already weren't too keen on the idea of letting this girl get into your systems even before she started talking about blasting you to smithereens. On the other hand, she doesn't seem to be carrying a weapon, aside from that… necklace…
Your sudden full-body shudder has nothing to do with the cold and everything to do with the scan you just did on that pendant in her hand. The inner fragment is nothing special as far as you can tell, just a chunk of crystalline matter, but the converter mechanism… There's no mistaking it. It's been modified in ways you don't immediately understand, but that's an Innocent Wave amplifier. The same kind of artifact that, placed in the right hands, could turn an ordinary human into something akin to a god. Something that could raise the dead, kill a pantheon and keep them dead, and do nearly anything else your mind could imagine. And judging by the way this girl is holding it, she clearly has at least some idea how to use it.
"Please put down the miracle generator, miss," you say, trying to keep your voice steady and not quite succeeding. "There's no need for that kind of violence here." Her expression suggests otherwise, but after a brief moment she seems to agree and tucks her necklace back into her shirt. You're suddenly very glad that you didn't refer to her by name; she clearly doesn't trust you as it is, and using her name unprompted likely would have made things much worse.
"Definitely one of Carol's dolls if you're throwing the m-word around like that," Chris mutters under her breath. "Not sure how you made it out of the Chateau, but if you're not trying to kill me, I'll take what I can get." You quickly patch into her transmission once more and learn that 'HQ' wants her to bring you in. Maybe it's just that lingering faith in others you can't quite get rid of, but you feel oddly unconcerned at the prospect. Either that, or you're just terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought by the prospect of Innocent Waves being turned against you by a total stranger.
Eventually, however, the word 'doll' sinks through the haze of fear and converts it into one of your other least favorite emotions: anger. "Excuse you!" you bite out, briefly forgetting the power imbalance of your situation. "I am NOT a doll, I'm an android, and I have free will! I don't know who this 'Carol' is, but I am not one of her creations!" Your indignant rage suddenly burns out as you try and fail to cross your arms only to be suddenly reminded that Ol' Lefty doesn't reach quite as far as it used to.
Fortunately, Chris seems to take your interruption in stride. "Alright, not Carol's murder-doll, got it. So who DID build you, then?" She cocks an eyebrow and motions you to follow her with one hand, which you do without complaint. Best not to antagonize the girl who might be able to explode you with the power of love and all that.
"Technically, I built this body myself." You very heavily summarize as the two of you walk towards the nearby harbor and away from the campgrounds. "As for my original creators… it's a long story, and I'd have to start from the beginning. Actually, if you could humor me for a moment, could you tell me what the date is?" You already know that the local date is October 7th, 2045, but decide that it might be best to not reveal your full capabilities until you can be sure that you won't be blown up first.
Instead of answering your perfectly harmless question, Chris starts ignoring you in favor of a rapid-fire conversation with her boss about her behavior towards you thus far. As you listen to her complaints about her weekend being interrupted, you start to ponder some of the immediately relevant facts regarding your new and hopefully temporary home dimension. One interesting thing that you've noticed is the near-complete absence of Getter Rays in this world. Once you knew what to look for among the usual background radiation, you could find at least trace amounts of them in every world you visited, but not here. Around here, the only Getter Rays you can detect are small residual amounts clinging to your body as well as a single source of slightly concerning size freshly emanating from a nearby massive submarine. It makes the Tuatha De Danann look like a child's toy in comparison, which makes you wonder if this one is space-capable as well. Perhaps this is where that "Gjallarhorn" Chris and HQ were talking about was located before it exploded? It's difficult to focus on when compared to the Innocent Wave amplifier that Chris is still carrying around like it's no big deal, but it might be worth looking into later. Maybe it'll even be relevant to getting you home somehow! And also possibly attract Invaders, but hopefully they don't exist in this dimension.
As Chris leads you in the direction of this mysterious 'HQ,' having still not answered your question about the date, your mind immediately jumps to intel; specifically, your current lack of it. As prickly and unhelpful as she's been so far, Chris is the only person you can talk to at the moment unless you want to go back to hacking…
"Excuse me, miss-"
"Chris. Just call me Chris, will ya? I'm not going to apologize for earlier, but it's October 7th." Oh good, she won't apologize for threatening to kill you, but at least she'll tell you her name. Clearly first contact is off to a great start! Even so, you have questions, and hopefully she'll have answers...
Vote choices:
[] Ask Chris about the Innocent Wave amplifier she's swinging around so casually. Shouldn't she be more careful with a miniature miracle generator?
[] Ask Chris about the lack of Getter Rays. You've heard of worlds that don't have them, but something about the current concentration of them doesn't sit right with you.
[] Stay quiet and let Chris determine the topic of discussion, if any. No sense in putting your foot in your mouth unnecessarily.
[] Write-In
After pondering your options for a moment, you decide to come out and face the music. While you could probably evade her without too much trouble, you're not in very good shape at the moment and would really appreciate some time in a factory to fix yourself up. While she doesn't seem particularly friendly from what little you've overheard, she also doesn't strike you as violently insane like so many of the criminals and would-be dictators you've had to deal with over the course of your short but eventful life. And when you get down to it, you know what Sis would do; she would always put her faith in people to be fundamentally good. With that in mind, you can't bring yourself to do any less. Well, no time like the present to make contact; hopefully this doesn't blow up in your face.
"Excuse me?" You say as calmly and confidently as you can manage as you rise from the bushes in which you had been taking cover. "I'm a bit lost at the moment, can you tell me-"
"AAHHHHH!" Your new acquaintance immediately jumps and screams; apparently you startled her with your approach. Her lilac eyes flash with a mixture of surprise and anger, while her messy white hair flies in every direction as she flails about in confusion. You can already feel the situation spiraling out of control and away from the peaceful and measured conversation you had been hoping to have as she tugs on her necklace and turns towards you.
"Holy hell lady, don't scare me like that… hey, are you OK? You look like a ghost!" Her expression flickers from wrathful to concerned back to angry with a hint of fear as she pulls out a flashlight with one hand and gets a better look at you. You know you're in pretty bad shape right now what with your missing arm and some internal wires hanging out of your torso, but surely you're not THAT scary-looking? "Shit! Hey old man, I've got an Autoscorer here, but it's beat to hell and back. Do you want me to blow it up?" And isn't that an alarming way to introduce herself?
"Please don't!" You shout, waving your raised arm and stump for emphasis. "I'm not here to hurt you, I just need some directions! And maybe some repair time, but I can handle that myself." You already weren't too keen on the idea of letting this girl get into your systems even before she started talking about blasting you to smithereens. On the other hand, she doesn't seem to be carrying a weapon, aside from that… necklace…
Your sudden full-body shudder has nothing to do with the cold and everything to do with the scan you just did on that pendant in her hand. The inner fragment is nothing special as far as you can tell, just a chunk of crystalline matter, but the converter mechanism… There's no mistaking it. It's been modified in ways you don't immediately understand, but that's an Innocent Wave amplifier. The same kind of artifact that, placed in the right hands, could turn an ordinary human into something akin to a god. Something that could raise the dead, kill a pantheon and keep them dead, and do nearly anything else your mind could imagine. And judging by the way this girl is holding it, she clearly has at least some idea how to use it.
"Please put down the miracle generator, miss," you say, trying to keep your voice steady and not quite succeeding. "There's no need for that kind of violence here." Her expression suggests otherwise, but after a brief moment she seems to agree and tucks her necklace back into her shirt. You're suddenly very glad that you didn't refer to her by name; she clearly doesn't trust you as it is, and using her name unprompted likely would have made things much worse.
"Definitely one of Carol's dolls if you're throwing the m-word around like that," Chris mutters under her breath. "Not sure how you made it out of the Chateau, but if you're not trying to kill me, I'll take what I can get." You quickly patch into her transmission once more and learn that 'HQ' wants her to bring you in. Maybe it's just that lingering faith in others you can't quite get rid of, but you feel oddly unconcerned at the prospect. Either that, or you're just terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought by the prospect of Innocent Waves being turned against you by a total stranger.
Eventually, however, the word 'doll' sinks through the haze of fear and converts it into one of your other least favorite emotions: anger. "Excuse you!" you bite out, briefly forgetting the power imbalance of your situation. "I am NOT a doll, I'm an android, and I have free will! I don't know who this 'Carol' is, but I am not one of her creations!" Your indignant rage suddenly burns out as you try and fail to cross your arms only to be suddenly reminded that Ol' Lefty doesn't reach quite as far as it used to.
Fortunately, Chris seems to take your interruption in stride. "Alright, not Carol's murder-doll, got it. So who DID build you, then?" She cocks an eyebrow and motions you to follow her with one hand, which you do without complaint. Best not to antagonize the girl who might be able to explode you with the power of love and all that.
"Technically, I built this body myself." You very heavily summarize as the two of you walk towards the nearby harbor and away from the campgrounds. "As for my original creators… it's a long story, and I'd have to start from the beginning. Actually, if you could humor me for a moment, could you tell me what the date is?" You already know that the local date is October 7th, 2045, but decide that it might be best to not reveal your full capabilities until you can be sure that you won't be blown up first.
Instead of answering your perfectly harmless question, Chris starts ignoring you in favor of a rapid-fire conversation with her boss about her behavior towards you thus far. As you listen to her complaints about her weekend being interrupted, you start to ponder some of the immediately relevant facts regarding your new and hopefully temporary home dimension. One interesting thing that you've noticed is the near-complete absence of Getter Rays in this world. Once you knew what to look for among the usual background radiation, you could find at least trace amounts of them in every world you visited, but not here. Around here, the only Getter Rays you can detect are small residual amounts clinging to your body as well as a single source of slightly concerning size freshly emanating from a nearby massive submarine. It makes the Tuatha De Danann look like a child's toy in comparison, which makes you wonder if this one is space-capable as well. Perhaps this is where that "Gjallarhorn" Chris and HQ were talking about was located before it exploded? It's difficult to focus on when compared to the Innocent Wave amplifier that Chris is still carrying around like it's no big deal, but it might be worth looking into later. Maybe it'll even be relevant to getting you home somehow! And also possibly attract Invaders, but hopefully they don't exist in this dimension.
As Chris leads you in the direction of this mysterious 'HQ,' having still not answered your question about the date, your mind immediately jumps to intel; specifically, your current lack of it. As prickly and unhelpful as she's been so far, Chris is the only person you can talk to at the moment unless you want to go back to hacking…
"Excuse me, miss-"
"Chris. Just call me Chris, will ya? I'm not going to apologize for earlier, but it's October 7th." Oh good, she won't apologize for threatening to kill you, but at least she'll tell you her name. Clearly first contact is off to a great start! Even so, you have questions, and hopefully she'll have answers...
Vote choices:
[] Ask Chris about the Innocent Wave amplifier she's swinging around so casually. Shouldn't she be more careful with a miniature miracle generator?
[] Ask Chris about the lack of Getter Rays. You've heard of worlds that don't have them, but something about the current concentration of them doesn't sit right with you.
[] Stay quiet and let Chris determine the topic of discussion, if any. No sense in putting your foot in your mouth unnecessarily.
[] Write-In
[X] Stay quiet and let Chris determine the topic of discussion, if any. No sense in putting your foot in your mouth unnecessarily.
Yeah, letss not just drop stuff that will make someone look at us like we have a 2nd head.
Getter rays, the primordial energy that let humanity evolve, but as always evolution is not a linear path and reacts according to the situation at hand, which leads to some not good endings.
Innocent Waves a concept used in mightgaine by the protagonist, couldn't really put it into words, but it is based on positive emotions and can be used to cancel negative mind effects and outright mess with negativity based powers with enough boosting.
Yeah, letss not just drop stuff that will make someone look at us like we have a 2nd head.
Getter rays, the primordial energy that let humanity evolve, but as always evolution is not a linear path and reacts according to the situation at hand, which leads to some not good endings.
Innocent Waves a concept used in mightgaine by the protagonist, couldn't really put it into words, but it is based on positive emotions and can be used to cancel negative mind effects and outright mess with negativity based powers with enough boosting.
Alright, vote closed and we're letting Chris take the lead! Update to come sometime tonight.
Update Three - Meeting the Mountainous Man
[x] Stay quiet and let Chris determine the topic of discussion, if any. No sense in putting your foot in your mouth unnecessarily.
Well, first contact isn't exactly off to an inspiring start. With that in mind, it might be smarter to let Chris direct the flow of the conversation and see what you can get out of her. As you continue to trudge towards the submarine in sullen silence, your thoughts are briefly consumed by thoughts of home before Chris interrupts your musings.
"Alright, Miss Not-Doll. What should I call you? You do have a name, right?" Well she's not threatening you anymore, but she still isn't making a great first impression on you. Her tone is defensive and prickly, almost treating you as though you're some kind of enemy just for being dropped out of the sky in front of her. Which, to be fair, is entirely reasonable to be surprised by, but you really wish that she'd ease up on you a little bit.
"My name is Nine… Kisaragi," you blurt out the last word on impulse, blushing as the full implications of it strike you. Sis must never know about this; accepting her as your family is one thing, but claiming her name as your own is quite another. The teasing would never end, and no doubt Soji and Lottie would be even more obnoxious about it. "Please, just call me Nine. In fact, forget you heard that last part."
"Alright, Nine." Chris softens her tone slightly, perhaps taking mercy on your embarrassed self. "If you built that body, who built your first one, and how did you get here?" She crosses her arms as she once again takes in the damage to your torso; you're lucky that none of your hydraulics or fuel lines got severed during your impromptu lithobraking maneuver. "I'm assuming you didn't mean to land around here, going by all the damage you're sporting right now."
"Those are both long stories, so I'll summarize," you tell her before taking a moment to hesitate. Judging by her earlier conversation, she's at least somewhat used to dimensional displacements, but she might not be ready for this. "The short version is that I'm an alien-"
"You weren't built by a Custodian, were you?" Chris immediately cuts you off, and oh joy the suspicion is back! At this rate, you're inclined to think that this girl is pricklier than a hedgehog and just as likely to stab you with something.
"What, like a janitor? No, I was built by the super civilization Gardim, but they're all gone now. Well, almost all of them, so don't worry about it." You spent a lot of the last two weeks getting to know Nevanlinna better while the Golden Goddess made preparations for your Parallel Jump, not that they seem to have done you any good. As the only other survivor of Gardim and (briefly) your former boss, the two of you had a lot to talk about once she stopped trying to kill you and your friends and take over the world. You're not about to share that last part with Chris, though; something tells you she wouldn't take it well.
"No, a Custodian is- oh forget it, if you don't already know I'm not the person to tell you about them." Chris states as she gives you a skeptical gaze. "I bet the old man is gonna want to know more about that Gardim of yours, but how did you get here? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you're not native to this dimension. You showing up right after the Gjallarhorn exploded doesn't seem like a coincidence, and you wouldn't be the first person from a parallel world to show up. Definitely the first one to show up like that, though." She motions at your arm this time.
You nod, grateful that she's not accusing you of anything for once. "That's right, I'm from another Earth. I'm not sure exactly how I got here, the Golden Goddess-"
"Definitely a Custodian." Chris interrupts you by murmuring under her breath. "Sorry, keep going." At least this time she looks somewhat bashful about the interruption.
"The Golden Goddess was supposed to send me and my friends back to our home universe using her power, but for some reason I got sent through another portal and ended up here instead." You sigh in frustration and wiggle your left stump for emphasis.
"You make it sound like you get sent to parallel universes all the time." Chris comments with a look of suspicion on her face. "This a normal Tuesday for you or something?"
"You'd be surprised. This is the… fifth? Yeah, fifth Earth that I've been to, counting my home," you comment, taking a slightly unprofessional amount of glee in the shocked look that sweeps across her face. "I had hoped to be done with that sort of thing by now, but I guess I'm just a magnet for dimensional distortions."
"No kidding." Chris adds as you reach the security checkpoint in front of the submarine's dock. "Hey old man, I brought the Autoscorer back like you said. Now what?" The 'old man' to which she was referring doesn't look particularly old to you; in fact, he bears a rather startling resemblance to both versions of Ryoma Nagare that you've met in your travels, although this man has red hair instead of black and bright golden eyes. He certainly has the muscles and the aura of a martial artist down pat, though, and for a moment you wonder what would happen if he and Ryoma were to fight in hand-to-hand combat.
"Now we prepare for the welcome party, of course!" He booms in a surprisingly friendly voice before offering a massive hand for you to shake. "My name is Genjuro Kazanari, and let me be the first to welcome you to S.O.N.G. HQ! Sorry if Chris was a bit harsh on you, she's just looking out for her friends." Chris attempts to object before being silenced by a pat on the head and pouts as she looks in any direction but yours. Wow, this man is basically a giant teddy bear. For all his physical resemblance to Ryoma, his personality is far friendlier and much less gruff.
"Hello, Mr. Kazanari," you offer as you accept and shake his hand, your remaining one vanishing within his much larger hand. "I'll try not to hold it against her, I've dealt with plenty of overprotective people in my time." Your mind firmly refuses to flash back to Soji's ace pilot interview in which you asked him about his intentions regarding Sis in the most blunt and straightforward manner possible. You've learned since then, honest! "I don't suppose you can help me get back home, by any chance?"
"I wish I could say yes without any reservations," Genjuro says, "but given that our primary means of dimensional transportation just exploded, I'm afraid that may be easier said than done. I was rather hoping you would know something about that, actually."
"Figures," you mutter. Every time you end up stranded in a new world, it's because something went terribly wrong first. Why can't these things ever go smoothly for once? Of course, if things were going smoothly you'd presumably already be home by now, but one of the many lessons you've learned from humanity is that it's therapeutic to complain for the sake of complaining sometimes.
"Before we head down to the party," the mountain of a man rumbles jovially before switching to a slightly more serious tone, "there's one thing we need to get straight. How did you identify Chris's Symphogear on sight? Are there any wielders in your native dimension?"
Vote choices:
[] Be honest. You have no idea what a Symphogear is, but you know an Innocent Wave amplifier when you see one and have a healthy respect for (and moderate fear of) its power.
[] Deflect the issue, you have some questions of your own first. What is a 'Symphogear wielder' and why would you have them in your dimension?
[] Write-In
Well, first contact isn't exactly off to an inspiring start. With that in mind, it might be smarter to let Chris direct the flow of the conversation and see what you can get out of her. As you continue to trudge towards the submarine in sullen silence, your thoughts are briefly consumed by thoughts of home before Chris interrupts your musings.
"Alright, Miss Not-Doll. What should I call you? You do have a name, right?" Well she's not threatening you anymore, but she still isn't making a great first impression on you. Her tone is defensive and prickly, almost treating you as though you're some kind of enemy just for being dropped out of the sky in front of her. Which, to be fair, is entirely reasonable to be surprised by, but you really wish that she'd ease up on you a little bit.
"My name is Nine… Kisaragi," you blurt out the last word on impulse, blushing as the full implications of it strike you. Sis must never know about this; accepting her as your family is one thing, but claiming her name as your own is quite another. The teasing would never end, and no doubt Soji and Lottie would be even more obnoxious about it. "Please, just call me Nine. In fact, forget you heard that last part."
"Alright, Nine." Chris softens her tone slightly, perhaps taking mercy on your embarrassed self. "If you built that body, who built your first one, and how did you get here?" She crosses her arms as she once again takes in the damage to your torso; you're lucky that none of your hydraulics or fuel lines got severed during your impromptu lithobraking maneuver. "I'm assuming you didn't mean to land around here, going by all the damage you're sporting right now."
"Those are both long stories, so I'll summarize," you tell her before taking a moment to hesitate. Judging by her earlier conversation, she's at least somewhat used to dimensional displacements, but she might not be ready for this. "The short version is that I'm an alien-"
"You weren't built by a Custodian, were you?" Chris immediately cuts you off, and oh joy the suspicion is back! At this rate, you're inclined to think that this girl is pricklier than a hedgehog and just as likely to stab you with something.
"What, like a janitor? No, I was built by the super civilization Gardim, but they're all gone now. Well, almost all of them, so don't worry about it." You spent a lot of the last two weeks getting to know Nevanlinna better while the Golden Goddess made preparations for your Parallel Jump, not that they seem to have done you any good. As the only other survivor of Gardim and (briefly) your former boss, the two of you had a lot to talk about once she stopped trying to kill you and your friends and take over the world. You're not about to share that last part with Chris, though; something tells you she wouldn't take it well.
"No, a Custodian is- oh forget it, if you don't already know I'm not the person to tell you about them." Chris states as she gives you a skeptical gaze. "I bet the old man is gonna want to know more about that Gardim of yours, but how did you get here? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you're not native to this dimension. You showing up right after the Gjallarhorn exploded doesn't seem like a coincidence, and you wouldn't be the first person from a parallel world to show up. Definitely the first one to show up like that, though." She motions at your arm this time.
You nod, grateful that she's not accusing you of anything for once. "That's right, I'm from another Earth. I'm not sure exactly how I got here, the Golden Goddess-"
"Definitely a Custodian." Chris interrupts you by murmuring under her breath. "Sorry, keep going." At least this time she looks somewhat bashful about the interruption.
"The Golden Goddess was supposed to send me and my friends back to our home universe using her power, but for some reason I got sent through another portal and ended up here instead." You sigh in frustration and wiggle your left stump for emphasis.
"You make it sound like you get sent to parallel universes all the time." Chris comments with a look of suspicion on her face. "This a normal Tuesday for you or something?"
"You'd be surprised. This is the… fifth? Yeah, fifth Earth that I've been to, counting my home," you comment, taking a slightly unprofessional amount of glee in the shocked look that sweeps across her face. "I had hoped to be done with that sort of thing by now, but I guess I'm just a magnet for dimensional distortions."
"No kidding." Chris adds as you reach the security checkpoint in front of the submarine's dock. "Hey old man, I brought the Autoscorer back like you said. Now what?" The 'old man' to which she was referring doesn't look particularly old to you; in fact, he bears a rather startling resemblance to both versions of Ryoma Nagare that you've met in your travels, although this man has red hair instead of black and bright golden eyes. He certainly has the muscles and the aura of a martial artist down pat, though, and for a moment you wonder what would happen if he and Ryoma were to fight in hand-to-hand combat.
"Now we prepare for the welcome party, of course!" He booms in a surprisingly friendly voice before offering a massive hand for you to shake. "My name is Genjuro Kazanari, and let me be the first to welcome you to S.O.N.G. HQ! Sorry if Chris was a bit harsh on you, she's just looking out for her friends." Chris attempts to object before being silenced by a pat on the head and pouts as she looks in any direction but yours. Wow, this man is basically a giant teddy bear. For all his physical resemblance to Ryoma, his personality is far friendlier and much less gruff.
"Hello, Mr. Kazanari," you offer as you accept and shake his hand, your remaining one vanishing within his much larger hand. "I'll try not to hold it against her, I've dealt with plenty of overprotective people in my time." Your mind firmly refuses to flash back to Soji's ace pilot interview in which you asked him about his intentions regarding Sis in the most blunt and straightforward manner possible. You've learned since then, honest! "I don't suppose you can help me get back home, by any chance?"
"I wish I could say yes without any reservations," Genjuro says, "but given that our primary means of dimensional transportation just exploded, I'm afraid that may be easier said than done. I was rather hoping you would know something about that, actually."
"Figures," you mutter. Every time you end up stranded in a new world, it's because something went terribly wrong first. Why can't these things ever go smoothly for once? Of course, if things were going smoothly you'd presumably already be home by now, but one of the many lessons you've learned from humanity is that it's therapeutic to complain for the sake of complaining sometimes.
"Before we head down to the party," the mountain of a man rumbles jovially before switching to a slightly more serious tone, "there's one thing we need to get straight. How did you identify Chris's Symphogear on sight? Are there any wielders in your native dimension?"
Vote choices:
[] Be honest. You have no idea what a Symphogear is, but you know an Innocent Wave amplifier when you see one and have a healthy respect for (and moderate fear of) its power.
[] Deflect the issue, you have some questions of your own first. What is a 'Symphogear wielder' and why would you have them in your dimension?
[] Write-In
Hmm a good combo would be to give the truth and ask if they registered any abnormal readings or uknown energies before the explosión happened, then ask to go over the data and Cross reference it with Nine database.
Nine should have at least a good understanding of many of the tech her allies normally run on.
Most of which tend to be very volatile and do whatever they want in certain cases.
Nine should have at least a good understanding of many of the tech her allies normally run on.
Most of which tend to be very volatile and do whatever they want in certain cases.
She does in fact have such an understanding! As much as anyone can understand Photon Power or Getter Rays, at least. This would be totally viable as a write-in vote if you feel so inclined.
[X] Be honest. You have no idea what a Symphogear is, but you know an Innocent Wave amplifier when you see one and have a healthy respect for (and moderate fear of) its power.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
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[X] Be honest. You have no idea what a Symphogear is, but you know an Innocent Wave amplifier when you see one and have a healthy respect for (and moderate fear of) its power.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
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[X] Be honest. You have no idea what a Symphogear is, but you know an Innocent Wave amplifier when you see one and have a healthy respect for (and moderate fear of) its power.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
[X] Be honest. You have no idea what a Symphogear is, but you know an Innocent Wave amplifier when you see one and have a healthy respect for (and moderate fear of) its power.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
-[X] Ask if there was any strange energy readings before the explosion happened, if yes ask if you can review the data.
--[X] Tell that you have a database regarding certain energies that you would like to cross reference just in the case these energies may be one of the reason of the current problem, you know most of them don't tend to play nice when they are poked in the wrong way after all.
Vote is now closed in favor of Nine telling the truth and examining some data and charts! Update should be out sometime tonight.