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The Least Common Denominator XCIII.II Parity
The stillness of my room made for an adequate backdrop as I began to get my bearings back in order. Beyond my aching head and the nagging feeling of guilt and emptiness, I felt relatively decent. Not unlike myself back in the old world. Still, the sense of unease and the tension that surrounded the room was suffocating. And that's with only myself occupying the damn place."Huh..."I sighed, placing a hand on my throat as I massaged it. Talking was painful, and I'm pretty sure that I'll be doing a lot of talking as soon as Livia comes back with my protege. Whatever Lace did to me was solid. Probably better than I'll ever do if she was put in the same situation. Oh... There's that guilt again.*knock knock*The rapping of knuckles on the wooden door alerted me of someone's presence. It's probably the two women on the oth
The Least Common Denominator Interlude XXXVIII: Descartes III
Descartes can only describe the sight she just saw as horrifying.The maid knew that Madame Crimson was a bit touched in the head. Brilliance can sometimes be a detriment to a person's sanity, after all. And it was only a matter of time before said brilliance would run amok and ruin a person's mind permanently. She'd heard stories of it already happening with her Madame from the others, but she never expected a breakdown to be this... visceral..."Leave us."Descartes blinked as Madame Olivia finally spoke. The elder sister was crying deep into the taller woman's shoulders, the gut-wrenching sound of guilt and regret palpable even as the cries of the broken woman echoed louder than the APC's engine.No words were needed. With a curt nod, the small crowd that gathered dispersed out of the wooden door. Madame Lace was the
The Least Common Denominator XCIV.I Fractals
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛Olivia knew that what she was doing was correct.At a time where the brightest beacon in her life was essentially snuffed out, Olivia knew that she had to pick up the torch and carry on in its former bearer's stead. Her unwavering belief in her own decisions was what she needed to push herself forward now that Sister was essentially... useless... No! She wasn't useless! Sister was still the most brilliant mind in the entire world. There's nobody that can even approach the genius that was Crimson. Yes...A standard-bearer... That was what Olivia knew she had to become now that Sister had thrust the reigns to her admittedly incapable hands. She knew that Sister only saw the good in her, and that the faith She had with her was truly founded on her own abilities. However..."Am I real
The Least Common Denominator XCIV.II Fractals
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛In the darkest of night, the throne room shone with a faint glow as the glass ceiling let the moonlight filter through it. With each step, Olivia felt her confidence waver even as the sound of her Sister's wheelchair creaking behind her gave her some semblance of reassurance. Anne's silent wave of resolve emanated behind her as the massive gilded chair before them sparkled with a pretentious light. In the middle of the throne room, an earthen table stood resolute with the current members of their group occupying its equally earthen seats.Now or never, "Is everybody here?"A terse silence was the only thing that returned to her. Approaching the table, the twins were seated the closest to the throne. Ruby and Phillipe seemed to occupy their own corner of the table, while Isaac and Bennie seemed to be gathering
The Least Common Denominator XCIV.III Fractals
LOVE⬛⬛⬛In the mind of one of the two heiresses to the Empire, the situation had completely gone off the beaten path.Love knew that the situation was dire. Any person with a functioning mind can see that their group had completely entrenched themselves in a highly valuable position without so much as a functioning supply line. At best, they had the local populace giving them donations and helping as best as they can, but the Factor still saw serious logistical problems for when the Emperor finally returned with the full weight of his army."Are... Is there any word of a possible counterattack by the Empire?"Love watched in silent observation as Lady Olivia struggled to grasp the reigns of her new leadership. While Love understood Lady Crimson's decision to put her sister in charge, it was
The Least Common Denominator XCV.I Ampheres
TESLA⬛⬛⬛*ZZZZAAAPPP!!*If were to ask about what Tesla believed in just over a month ago, she would easily spout out her ideals wherein violence was absolutely not needed to resolve conflicts. It was so easy to see how a well-worded argument can diffuse a heated situation. She had seen it once from a helpful servant, and she had worked to strive for that ideal ever since. The loss of human life was regrettable, and as a young child, she failed to see how her parents couldn't see the atrocities their family was doing to the citizens of their small town. Was it even justified to punish people for simply not arriving on time? Or even for the easily fixable problem of failing to add the exact amount of cherries in one bowl?No. No, it wasn't.*KRAKATHOOM!!!*Still,
The Least Common Denominator XCV.II Ampheres
TESLA⬛⬛⬛Getting to work, Tesla made herself inconspicuous as she trailed the massive walls surrounding the compound. Based on her own experience, each compound had at least one emergency exit for when disaster struck or unintentional fires erupted from a reckless Num throwing their elements around without a care in the world. In the past, she might have caused a few accidents that almost burned a quarter of her station, but it was a memory best left buried in the dust as she felt out the tall and imposing walls for the indent.In resolute silence, the former Prime placed her hands against the walls, her sense seemingly expanding as the sparks surrounding her seemingly danced around her fingertips. In her mind's eye, a rough image of the entire building manifested with glowing blue lines. Her lightning took in everything, and for the past few days
The Least Common Denominator XCV.III Ampheres
TESLA⬛⬛⬛*rrrruuumbbleeeee...*The sound of thunder echoed from above her as Tesla stared at the two Dens in front of her. The pair were clearly intimidated by her display of force, if the way they held their tools tightened was any indication of the sort. With each second that passed, the arcs of lightning surrounding her only seemed to grow more numerous, her seemingly limitless reserves leaking vast amounts of her own power against her will."I.. err....""T-they're near the entrance, lady!" one of them blurted out, seemingly gaining enough confidence to point right past her. "They won't dare to come here. It's too hot."Tesla blinked at the answer. It lined up with what she observed with her previous liberation efforts. It might not be much, but it'll have t
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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
