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The Least Common Denominator Interlude XX: Love II
This day had been a disaster."We have to find them!"Love watched in tentative silence as her twin hurriedly packed their bags, her own muted emotions swirling in ways she never thought would happen for anything beyond her own twin. The former Prime supposed that Lace would take poorly to Lady Crimson's kidnapping. Lace had confided in her that she had taken some sort of liking to their young leader; a liking that Love herself had begun feeling for some time. It was to be expected seeing as they've cared for the young woman for over a year now, but she never expected their reactions to be this... extreme."Calm down, Lace. She's in very capable hands," Love assuaged. "I am sure that she is fine."She had never expected Lady Olivia to reappear after all this time. They both knew that the younger Den was actively trying
The Least Common Denominator XLVIII.I Rebound Velocity
Nostalgia... A feeling of chasing past glories, in my opinion. Back in the old world, I, myself chased these old ideals. I had the firm belief that my old self wouldn't do the mistakes that I consistently made as I got older. Procrastination, lack of confidence, low self-worth, the me from before I entered college would probably laugh her ass off while kicking me on the ground for being so stupid. I was an academic monster, after all, so why did I become a mediocre student content with my barely passing grades? I didn't know... And I wish I did...Ahh... The old days of being a model student... Then I failed one exam so spectacularly that I lost all confidence in my ability to be an overachiever. It was all downhill from there, I guess."Sis?"Shaking my head at the thought, I returned my thoughts to my sister who was trying to grab my attention. I
The Least Common Denominator XLVIII.II Rebound Velocity
Thank God I asked Lace to give me a refresher course on basic smithing techniques."Am I doing this right?"Livia, for all of her genius and natural intuition, still insisted that I check up on everything she did despite her work being up to par, if not even better than what I could make even during my prime. On some parts of it, especially during the curing and tempering process, I actually even had to turn around just so Livia wouldn't see my face grimacing as I wracked my brain for answers. This was fucking horrific. Father would skin me alive if he was... well... alive."Sis?"I raised my head from my own thoughts as I took a look at Livia's attempt at blade number two. Her first blade was already runed up on the table, only awaiting its future twin to be born to test out if they'd even work together.&nb
The Least Common Denominator XLVIII.III Rebound Velocity
I couldn't help but feel mildly ecstatic at what I was about to do. Despite how much I hated my own profession, I still took pride in what I did. And to have to do something as basic as a physical was just the perfect amount of boring that I loved doing it whenever I got slated to do a company-wide annual physical exam. To think I had free reign to look at other girls naked with a proper excuse to do so? It was a lesbian's dream...And I just exposed myself as a lecherous young woman... Hey, I still did my job with utmost professionalism. I just- I should stop thinking about myself like this...Coughing into my fist to compose myself, I began the exam, "Name?""Is this really necessary, Sis?" Livia cautiously asked me, her arms covering her chest from me as if it would save her still-unmolested chastity. "You already know me."
The Least Common Denominator XLVIII.IV Rebound Velocity
I let out a sigh as I stared at my sister sitting on the anvil. Her visual exam didn't yield me any peace of mind except for seeing the number of scars I needed to fix. Livia might also have some sort of malnutrition or hormonal imbalance that caused her to bloom well into her teenage years. I just knew there was more to my sister's body that I needed to uncover, and I haven't even truly started the question-and-answer portion yet."Okay, that's one part down," I mumbled out. "Let's move on to the hands-on aspect of the exam.""Hands-on?""I'm going to be feeling your body out for any sort of abnormalities," I explained to my confused sister as paced in front of her. "You know how I taught you that we have organs inside our bodies that keep us alive?""Yeah," Livia nodded. "You're going to check if they're working prope
The Least Common Denominator XLVIII.V Rebound Velocity
Ignoring the way that she froze as soon as my hands made contact, I began palpating her left breast for any sign of abnormal lumps."Relax, Livia. I'll be done before you know it."Based on my visual inspections earlier, there was no need for me to do the grandstanding stuff of making her do wacky poses to check for visible marks or abnormalities. At a glance, her breasts were free from any blemishes or stretch marks despite going without support for the better part of a year. To be honest, I was quite surprised that they were even this firm and supple to begin with. Usually, they'd start sagging due to the ligaments giving out."Does it hurt?" I asked as I methodically palpated her chest."N-not so far..."I raised an eyebrow at the way she answered me. She avoided eye contact, which probab
The Least Common Denominator XLIX.I Wavelength
It's... probably been a week since I personally oversaw Livia's minor health scare. While I found nothing of note during that time, I still put myself to task in treating her seemingly endless number of scars that riddled her body. In true, Olivia-like fashion, she vehemently denied needing treatment despite her wincing and moaning with every scar I reopened and stitched back properly. I really didn't understand why she constantly tried to keep telling me that she's fine when she was clearly not. I still remember the way she moved the day after she learned how to bind her own chest. It was like a huge weight was taken off her chest. Literally."And I forbid you to have sex with just anyone, am I clear?""Trust me, Sis. I don't plan on doing it with anyone anyway," Livia rolled her eyes at me as she hefted her new weapons by her side. "You don't need to worry about me suddenly
The Least Common Denominator XLIX.II Wavlength
"Not fair...""Life's not fair, Livia, remember?"Livia winced under my care as I carefully treated the wounds I gave her during our sparring session. While she utterly destroyed me during our shortsword-only bout, I had decimated her on every other weapon. Her bow rifle had proved to be too heavy for her despite it being of her own design, and thus that was back on the drawing board for her to fix. Then came the no-holds-barred final round where I actually showed her my Numerator powers.She fought valiantly for all of thirty seconds before I blindsided her by a sudden burst of flame."I thought we were both Dens till the end of time," Livia pouted as I moved to treat a small cut on her side. "Since when did you become a Num all of a sudden?""To be honest, I really don't know," I sighed as
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CV.V Cotangent
I don't even know what's happening anymore..."Huh... That looks far too complex even for you, Crimson," Phillipe snarked at my work. Technically Anne's as well, to be honest. "A square rune with that many parts? I don't think that'll work out in the long run.""You and me both," I rolled my eyes with the sarcasm of an overflowing dam. "Seriously, why are you here?""You're being annoying."I raised an eyebrow at the blunt delivery of his oh-so-important announcement. Giving him the best sarcastic inquisitive eyes I could muster, I let out a scoff as I began whatever this talk was going to end up as.'Right behind you there.'You always are, Ica. "And?"Phillipe smirked at me as if he knew exactly what I was thinking, "You're wasting
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CV.IV Cotangent
"Let's go crazy..."With a borderline manic whisper, I let my imagination cut loose as my hand moved on its own. Traps within traps, earthen sigils meant to sprout at a moment's notice, the world was my oyster as the goodies slowly accumulated with each stroke of my charcoal.'Don't get too carried away, Master.'I know. I'm not dumb enough to overload the thing before it even came to fruition.And that was the biggest risk to such a massive array as well. With so many moving parts, any wrong line or overlapping rune will pretty much make the whole thing explode. I couldn't stress it enough, even to myself. Do not make this thing more complicated than it already is.'And yet here you are having fun with it.'Don't test me, Ica. Or maybe I'll just assert me being
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CV.III Cotangent
Fiiiineee... You win, my precious Ica.The stuttering that ensued at the back of my head was like a soothing tune as I looked over my work. The communication arrays were gonna stay, as would the Essence storage runes at strategic parts of the palace grounds. Hmmm.... Wouldn't the communication arrays be two-way anyway? So why even bother with surveillance runes like last time?My hand moved to remove the minor additions I added on the dirt parts of the grounds, leaving me with more space to work with in terms of... well... anything, really. What kind of runes would even work on shaky ground? Dirt couldn't hold anything beyond the basic types of runic arrays. Anything more complex than a three-layered circuit would blow up instantly from the strain. I could maybe run- wait... why not just do that?The charcoal streaked across the outskirts of the pa
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CV.II Cotangent
*ruummbbllee...*The sound of a sputtering engine echoed from behind me as I drew up yet another set of circles on the board. While I kind of put the general purpose of the massive multi-circuit array at the back of my head, I really should try and solidify that stuff properly before making the main control array, shouldn't I...'Good thing you remembered that, Master.'I grumbled through the dull pain I was feeling at my knees as I focused myself back on the doodle that was supposed to be a defense system for the palace grounds. It was far too small of a circle, now that I thought about it. The size of the drawing did little to help me ascertain the types of circuits that I drew on it in the first place. Squinting even further, it felt as if I was reading my own handwriting from how jumbled and nonsensical it all looked with hindsight.
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CV.I Cotangent
Plans upon plans upon plans. I feel like I'm repeating myself whenever I say that I'm obsessed about things going right, and if not, to have plans to be able to properly react to the failure. Fool-proofing something small was easy. Doing it again for something on the scale of a war, however, was a completely different beast. The number of variables at play, hundreds to even thousands of moving parts to look over and take into account. The time, the weather, morale, even individuals that might have other ideas and could stray from the plans put into place... It was so much to think about that hours or even days of pouring over the relevant information wouldn't be enough to take everything into account into one's plans. And even if you think you somehow managed to achieve this impossibility, there will always be something so monumentally out of left field that could just absolutely destroy any and all plans along with its sub plans and
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Interlude XXXIX: Grigori
GRIGORI⬛⬛⬛*RRRRRUUUMMBBLLEEEE!!!! RRRRUUMMBBLEEEE!!!*"What's wrong, Lord Stone?! Finally getting tired in your old age?!"Grigori grumbled in annoyance as he found himself standing his ground in his self-made fortress. Truth be told, the former Prime expected his fight to be over over ten minutes ago. However, he severely underestimated his enemies' hidden tenacity and downright stubbornness."I'm just getting started, kid!" he boisterously replied. "I'm far from being done!"Still, even as he said those words, Grigori was beginning to feel more tired than he initially expected. His reserves were starting to run dry from the constant back and forth that the combined forces of Lords Breeze and Inferno were throwing at him. And that's not to mention the current
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CIV.IV Transistor
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛"So Lord Iron truly took care of the problem?"Olivia held her breath as she found herself taking in the state that the young Num was just found in. Broken, battered, and bleeding all over, Tesla had clearly taken a beating of a lifetime as her head lolled in her unconscious state, her face marred with cuts and bruises as her white hair was stained brown with dried blood."Damn... I guess the ranking in the Prime Thirteen's not a joke, huh...""Lord Iron's the Sixth, after all. Lady Static's the Thirteenth...""Fuck..." Olivia swore under her breath, her teeth gnashing as she watched the Imperials gawk at her fallen friend. "How the hell do I get her out of there safely..."The warrior Den tuned everything out as she focused on the unenviabl
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CIV.III Transistor
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛*c..crackle....*The faint sound of electricity seemed to crackle from the distance as Olivia stood in the middle of her self-made carnage. The lack of common sense that she was witnessing honestly made her feel more irritated than amused as she slowly walked towards the panicking commander. Olivia had places to be, and possibly someone to save depending on whether or not Tesla could somehow relay to her that she was okay."No matter," she sighed. "You idiots wouldn't understand, I guess.""No!-"*SLASH!*With a quick step, the commander didn't even stand a chance. His sword fell with an unceremonious clang onto the ground as his head rolled off his neck like a piece of meat. Olivia didn't flinch as the idiot's terrified fa
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CIV.II Transistor
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛*CRACKLE! CRACKLE! KRAKATHOOM!*Olivia ran through the streets of Mathema like a woman possessed. Wreaking havoc across every Imperial contingent she came across, lightning followed her path as she relied on Tesla's ever-encompassing presence to deal massive damage on the enemy while despite being outnumbered by at least a hundred to one. She knew that Her Sister would no doubt disapprove of her current tactics, but if it worked, then why bother changing it?"If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?"*KRAKATHOOM!*"AAHHH!!!!""IT BURNS!"With a smile on her face and blood on her blade, Olivia uttered her Sister's own words out loud as a reminder. Lightning crackled behind her, screams of her fallen enemies saturat
