Louise may have a temper but she's not an idiot, after seeing BRS take down her professor and the other mages she would not pull her wand out at her.
but that's the thing. Rock didn't take down her professor, Louise just knows Colbert asked her to stop and Rock obeyed. Once Rock surrenders her cannon as she's done with her gun, she'll be just as dangerous as a commoner with a sword, nothing more. She may be strong, but there's little difference with an orc, isn't it? The only requirement to use Rock's weapons is the brutal strength needed to even lift them off the ground as far as Louise is aware. Rock says she's not a noble, she can't do magic, and her weapons are no different from a commoner's. Louise will only accept that Rock got lucky back in the courtyard and that in presence of four mages Rock can only obey what her betters told her to do. Of course, Rock has zero fucks to give and she's more likely to just leave her things and walk away than listen to anything Louise has to say. Not to mention, remember Louise was all too happy to do suicidal crap if that would give her the recognition she craved. Rock telling her "No" and walk away would override her self preservation instincts in face of what would be the end of her life as a noble.
Doesn't Rock have a sword as well. And I thought she's strong and fast enough to beat these guys with her bear hands?
that she does, but again it's part of the dogma. A commoner needs to use all those weapons and yet they will never be able to match the weakest dot mage. It's been taught to them just as strongly as "rain falls down". It's an essential truth of their lives, just like Colbert accepting that a Human being can do the same job than a frog or a dog and encouraging the binding ritual to be completed with Saito. Not to mention Rock hasn't shown her flash speed, only that she can easily move around with all the weight of her weapons on her.
Don't be so impressed, I basically stole it from Of Love and Bunnies. ...As he goes through collecting all the Void Familiar Powers he can become the Gold(en Void) Ranger, which should cover for yellow.
The current Dr. Fate (or at least he was the current Dr. Fate, before the latest reboot) from DC comics is a psychologist, I believe. Could be a pretty interesting cross. The guy is estranged from his family because he cheated on his wife, and I could see him eventually coming to view Louise as a surrogate daughter, even as her 'treats' her and fends off all the demons and crap that would likely follow him.
...I hate the fact that you mentioned that Dr. Fate cheated on his wife. Why? Because Louise' historical counterpart is/was/will be a Mistress. So it just seems wrong wrong bad wrong.
Refer to quoted post below. The Karina that 'died' when Centurion/Pierre accidently hit her with a spell as they tried to escape troops Pierre's family sent after them now goes by 'Noir' after her revival. She looks nothing like Karin the Heavy Wind. Noir is taller, more feminine, and probably more graceful since she was a dancer in a travelling band of performers. And no, Noir isn't a clone, twin, or Alternative Universe character of Karin the Heavy Wind. Just another girl with coincidently the same name. EDIT: Oh, and about the latest Napoleon chapter: Germania calls their ruler 'Emperor, and so does Romalia. In Romalia's case however 'Pope' is used more often.
Moar karin ... Why does one seek power? Why does one gain power? Why does one use power? What is power anyway? Is it the means to create and destroy? If so, what does one become with power? Good or Evil? Loved or Hated? Feared or Inspired? Protect or Kill? What is power? Power simply is. Regardless of the kind, the source, the potency, the scope, the scale. In the end, it is simply that. Power. Power in of itself does not a will of its own. There are exceptions of course but those are very few and very far in between. In the end, power needs someone or something to wield it to be able to be of any meaning. The power derived from the purest light can be used to destroy countless innocents. The power derived from the deepest darkness can be used for the sake of good. In the end power is simply a means. It will always be up to the wielder to decide how it is used. If you seek power, regardless of what it is...why? -Blabberings of some guy who had an interesting life ... After quickly dismissing his class and bringing Louise and her...summon...to the academy's infirmary, one Jean Colbert immediately stormed into the academy library with the force of half a dozen hungry hungry hippos. It would have been more but robes tend to be very restricting when it came to locomotion. He tore through the many shelves that held various books and scrolls that he thought were releveant to the subject matter he was trying to look into. "It should be impossible. No, it is impossible!" Jean stated with conviction as he poured over the material he has gathered so far. Everything that had anything to do with the academy's Springtime Familiar Summoning Ritual. What he had already read so far seemed to prove his point. Not once in the entire recorded history of the academy did anyone ever manage to summon a human familiar. Until now. "I don't believe this..." Jean muttered to himself after recalling what happened in that field a while ago. He shook his head as if trying to deny the truth of the matter. Apparently the term 'seeing is believing' didn't sit well with him. Then again, that term probably hadn't come up in Halkeginia yet. It wasn't just the apparent impossibility of summoning a human familiar that had him on the edge. Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere had summoned a mage. A noble! A Chevalier if the young woman's claims were true. And if that wasn't enough, the Chevalier that was summoned had claimed her name to be Karin. "Karin." Jean repeated the name. A Chevalier named Karin who wielded the element of Wind with little effort and had a striking resemblance to her summoner. All the clues pointed to only one possibility. A possibility that Jean didn't really want to believe despite the evidence. Beyond all doubt and impossibility, Louise had somehow summoned the younger version of her own mother. Did Louise manage to pull out her mother from the past? The ritual should not be able to do that. Did Louise manage to summon her mother then make her younger again and forget her memories? Again, the ritual should not be able to do that. Nothing in that situation made any sense at all. None of that should have happened yet it did. The good professor also failed to consider the fact that brute force summoning someone from the past should have caused all sorts of headaches for causality since doing so meant that you just plucked away someone from existing in the time they were supposed to. If Louise summoned her mother from the past before she married, then that meant that she would never be able to give birth to Louise and prevent her from summoning her mother in the first place. Doing so will allow Louise to be born and live her life to eventually summon her mother from the past before she married, ad nauseum. Too bad a magic-based civilization like Tristainia's didn't have things like Quantum Physics to play around and confuse each other with. What was worse was that Louise seemed to realize who she had summoned as well. "Maybe I shouldn't have left them alone..." The professor muttered when he considered what may happen after Louise woke up. However, he made no attempt to tear himself away from the documents he was now blankly staring at, not really trusting his own sanity at the moment. Let's all just hope he doesn't start rambling nonsense about High Fructose Corn Syrup or we'd all be in trouble. ... Karin was sitting on a chair next to the bed where Louise lay, still unconscious. She had originally intended to simply report back to her barracks after acquiring a means of travel back there but it would be a poor showing for a Chevalier to leave an unconscious young woman without rendering some form of aid. Reluctantly, but with her head held up high, Karin went with the balding professor as he carried Louise to the infirmary. The good professor Colbert had given her some overview information about what happened to her and where she was at the moment, though she had wondered why the man seemed to be on edge around her. The revelations were not what she had been expecting. The young woman who was lying on the bed was performing the traditional Springtime Familiar Summoning Ritual, a ritual she herself had gone through as well. Normally she would be happy to witness the academy students prove their own worth by summoning a partner most suited for them during the ritual. There was just one problem... The familiar summoning spell that the young lady of house Valliere performed called her. Her! "Summoned as a familiar..." Karin muttered bitterly as she felt her anger grow from the idea. It was ridiculous! Preposterous! Blasphemous! She sheer notion was downright exceedingly heretical! It should also be technically impossible. Karin felt herself scowl deeper and deeper as she continued that line of thought. This wasn't supposed to happen to her! Not after everything she had already done! Everything she had been through! Everything she had sacrificed just to prove to herself, her family, and to everyone else that she had what it took to become a full time magic knight of Tristania! And finally! Finally! She had earned the title of Chevalier and was recognized for her efforts! Then she walked right into a strange blue portal while her mind was too occupied with trying to decide what her morning training regiment should be. Centurion and her comrades were called for a summons for the rest of the week so she had to get creative with staying at the top of her game while they were gone. Heh. I don't think Halkeginia had the term 'Shit Happens' either. Karin blinked when she realized what she was doing. She had wrapped her long coat around her and was gripping the outer fabric so tightly that her knuckles were going white. She took several deep breaths to try to calm herself down. She closed her eyes while doing so and realized that there was something in her eyes. She used her right hand to touch her face near her right eye and felt something wet. Karin grit her teeth and quickly wiped the tears in her eyes with her coat. She was silently disappointed with herself. Crying over this was beneath her. She took another deep breath before turning back to Louise. Karin fundamentally knew that the situation that transpired wasn't Louise's fault either. The ritual simply did not work that way. The Springtime Familiar Summoning Ritual will only either summon a familiar that was compatible with the mage's primary element or a familiar that the mage needed the most. Mages can't simply pick what they wanted to have as their summon. Even if that was possible, Karin had never met or heard of Louise and she was certain that she had not claimed enough of a reputation or fame to be known by a daughter of the Valliere family. This brought on something that slightly bothered her as well. When she looked at the young woman as she slept, it was like looking at another her. Her hairstyle and other minor traits were different of course but otherwise, they may pass as sisters at a glance. That kind of coincidence was...unnerving. Especially since she knew that her family had absolutely no connection with the Vallieres. "Just what in Brimir's name is going on?" The young Chevalier thought out loud as she continued to stare at Louise's face. As if triggered by some form of cosmic event flag, the young Valliere slowly opened her eyes. "How do you feel?" Karin immediately asked after she saw Louise's eyes open. The girl in question still did not seem completely conscious yet and blinked before turning her eyes to the one peering down at her. "I..." Louise started to say before she finally realized who it was that asked her that question. Her reaction to this situation should be obvious. "Aaaaaaaahhh!" The student suddenly screamed out in panic as if spectre of infinite relentless suffering was looking right at her. "Calm yourself, Lady Valliere! You are safe here!" Karin immediately stated with as much clarity as possible while grabbing Louise by the shoulders to prevent her from hurting herself. She had been taught to deal with people who suddenly broke down into raw fear and panic after regaining consciousness. Making the person who was flipping out understand that they were safe and needed to calm down as the first action. Smart. Louise struggled in her grasp for but a civilian student of a magic academy did not have any hope of breaking free from a highly skilled and trained Chevalier. Of course, with all that adrenaline pumping inside her body, a fully panicking Louise was still something that was a bit of a challenge to subdue for Karin since they shared similar body builds. "Lady Valliere! Please get ahold of yourself! Have some dignity, you're a Valliere for Founder's sake!" Karin let out before taking Louise into an embrace both to secure the girl and to be able to calm her down. "It's alright, Lady Valliere. No one will hurt you. I swear it on my honor as a Chevalier. No harm will come to you so long as I am here." Karin swore to Louise in a desperate bid to get the girl to finally stop freaking out. She normally didn't throw around oaths like that but doing so for Louise just seemed like the natural thing to do for her. She idly though if that was part of the reason why she was called when Louise performed her summoning ritual as she finally felt the other girl relax. Karin felt Louise grab onto the back of her coat while burying her face into her left shoulder. "Why...why is this happening?" Louise weakly asked. Karin didn't know the scope of the question from Louise's point of view, but she had her own things she wanted answers to as well. Why was all of this happening indeed. ... Still on the fence on whether or not I should push this into a full on story on top of Be Careful What you Wish For. I WANT this concept to happen though. What do you guys think?
Karin snippet is really interesting. I like how protective Karin's already being of Louise. It bodes well for fireworks when she mets herself later. The guy wouldn't see Louise as a love interest; he's got a daughter who's not too much younger than she is. Given how intensely guilty he was about the affair (and a few other spectacular screw ups that resulted in him living in a gutter before he found the Fate helmet), he'd probably see the whole experience as some bizarre chance at redemption.
I think it cut off just as it was getting interesting. I also think it'd take a lot of work to turn it into a real story since you'd have to both account for butterflies and stick relatively rigidly to canon. So... One or two more snippets where you show Karin and Louise actually finding out about themselves (and Karin meeting Karin, which is the main scene everyone wants to see) would be good, but I'm not sure it's worth it to do more than that.
Karin snippet is nice, though if this takes you away from Be Careful What You Wish For then sadly I'll have to say drop this one. Your other fic is just so much more developed compared to this one.
I read too many ZnT fics to remember which one Be Careful What You Wish For is I admit. This seems nice though, so go with it I guess.
A sprained ankle and pain meds make weird things to the mind. Ladies and gentlemen, Behold the Flere Signal!. And remember with great power comes great responsibility!
:wtf: >.> What exactly in the many hell/s have you been taking, man? *shrug* Never mind, I don't think I want to know. Though if anyone ever actually needs to use that signal, you might as well just drop the question at the 'ZnT: Back to Basics' thread over at the Creative Writing Index (link is in my sig too). That way it won't be lost in all the story ideas this thread seems to go through. And this way I don't have to come flying to wherever that signal's lit up and can just handle all requests at my batcave library.
Oh sure, he gets a photoshop, where's the one I was promised several threads ago... *sulk-sulk* I guess I'm just going to have to destroy Halkeginia some other way.
Was I the one that promised you a photoshop? I don't remember... I have this queue of stuff I'm supposed to be doing, but I think I lost the list.
