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The Least Common Denominator LXXXV.I Plasma
I wasn't really the type of person to appreciate unwanted surprises. Whether for good or bad, I'd rather have stability and peace of mind rather than have my schedules destroyed by sudden birthday parties or emergency trips. I guess I just wasn't as flexible as I thought I'd be. I mean, I used to have massive chunks of empty time where I just laze around and think about life. It was wasted time, that I knew. But I couldn't bring myself to be productive during those times. I just... I don't want to think at times, and dead time was both a blessing and a curse for my own sanity. The monotony of life... In retrospect, I truly am a boring person if my personality was distilled to its basest form.Then again, life had constantly tried its best to break me out of my mold."You again."My stomach dropped as the young familiar voice echoed in my ears. I ex
The Least Common Denominator LXXXV.II Plasma
Right. Strategy.At a glance, the study was fairly small. Probably because the entire floor itself was smaller than the base of the palace. The stairs we came from were located at the side of the now destroyed wall. I guess we were actually close to the outside than we expected. On the room itself, it was like staring at a miniature version of the Royal Library. Bookshelves galore as far as the eye could see, but on a smaller scale; probably about the size of the main floor of my own mindscape where Ica and I shared tea and thinly-veiled verbal jabs. Add in the cluttered and haphazard arrangement of the books and the shelves that contain them, and I was left in an arena that was just ripe for stealth takedowns or a blazing inferno.In short, not a lot of elbow room in a room filled with highly flammable material. Kind of an advantage and a disadvantage when thinking about the
The Least Common Denominator LXXXV.III Plasma
"Had enough?!""DIE!"My heart worked overtime as I held my ground. It didn't matter that some of his flames were getting through. I just had to hold out till he ran out of steam. This was it. Victory was so close that I could literally smell it being cooked to perfection.I just had to take it home.Another batch of flames buffeted my position as the force of the impacts almost made my feet slide back to the edge. Not that it did, but it made me all the more cautious as I stood back up and kept grinning. Looking at the kid, the panic on his face was starting to overtake the rage he once held. His hands glowed with powerful flames, but even I can see them starting to flicker as I began walking. This was so fucking cool!"S-stay back!"A blast of fire practically
The Least Common Denominator Interlude XXXIII: Arya III
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The Least Common Denominator LXXXVI.I Absolute Zero
What was the point of achievement? Clearly, it was for the sense of progress and fulfillment. But then, what of overachievers? Were they just glory hounds wanting all the pride for themselves? Were they possibly just addicted to the endorphins that being superior gives to them in spades? Maybe they're just simply better than everyone else around them? Well... I don't really know, and I don't know why this thought even popped up in my head as I made the last step to reach the end of these torturous stairs. I found myself staring at a large door. No room, no space.Just door."I guess this is the room?"Placing my left hand on the intricately decorated door, I held the Firebrand with my right hand as I pushed the damn thing open. Hopefully, Livia and the rest already had the situation under control. It'd make our lives easier since I'm expecting to s
The Least Common Denominator LXXXVI.II Absolute Zero
Getting out of cover, the growing ball of ice forming in the middle of the room had begun to crack more intensely. Tiny spikes grew all around its surface, the limited moonlight and my own flames just barely making the needles visible as the situation immediately registered in my head.Getting out of cover was a bad idea."I'm sorry."The ball of ice exploded into millions of tiny pieces. My arms flailed to create a wall of flame to melt the projectiles away, but the speed that they traveled enabled some of them to go through.And what went through hurt like hell."AAAGHH!!! FUCK!"My body was riddled with dozens of pinpricks even as I kept my guard up. It wasn't devastating as a singular spike of ice piercing through my abdomen or anything, but a death by a thou
The Least Common Denominator LXXXVI.III Absolute Zero
This was not how I planned this night to go down.I never thought I'd spout this kind of garbage to another human being, let alone someone so young and clearly malleable that doing so would inevitably be detrimental to their own mental and philosophical development. I knew I had a weird way of looking at life in general, but I honestly thought I'd never have the chance to explain it to anyone. Hell, even Livia didn't know about this shit, much less Micah back in the old world."Uhh, can we do a rain check-"I paused mid-sentence as the temperature dropped again. Looking at the Prime whose name I didn't even know yet, her enthusiasm about my shitty worldview shone brightly enough that it barely hid the cold and resigned despair that was leaking through.Yikes.. "On second thought, do you have any other questions so that
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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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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