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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
The Least Common Denominator XCVI.I Astronomy
LACE⬛⬛⬛The world has officially gone sideways."Where is she?!"While Lace understood that massive incidents like these could happen at any given moment, she never thought that it could happen as soon as they stopped laying their eyes on the woman."I... I...""What the hell were you doing, Anne?! How could you let her disappear this easily?!"The healer stood dumbfounded by the doorway as Olivia tore through the poor maid with the fury of a thousand suns. The Vaion woman cowered with abject fear and desperation, assuredly feeling guilty about her own slight more than anybody now present in the room."I-I do not know! I only let her out of her sight for the night!" Anne practically groveled beneath Olivi
The Least Common Denominator XCVI.II Astronomy
DESCARTES⬛⬛⬛Descartes didn't think her blind loyalty would completely turn against her."Madame Crimson..."How could she possibly know that the bedsheets she gave to her Madame would turn into... this? She didn't even know that a method such as tying multiple sheets together to form a long rope was strong enough to support a person from such a height, much less lead to her Madame escaping out of the window like a common thief.The Vaion curled in on herself just as Madames Lace and Olivia left the room. Left to her own devices, Descartes stewed in her own regret and misery as she contemplated ending her life right then and there."Je devrais juste me tuer..." she mumbled under her breath. "Je suis inutile..."After all, what use wa
The Least Common Denominator XCVI.III Astronomy
DESCARTES ⬛⬛⬛ She didn't know how to respond. How was Descartes supposed to answer such a dangerous question? Did she even want to talk to her Madame as she was now? "O-oui, Madame..." Her voice came out meek and quiet, almost drowned out by the blowing winds. The Vaion maid almost wanted to try and jump again, but her own guilt and fears held her back. Meanwhile, Madame Crimson merely flashed her a knowing smile. "You're afraid of me..." her leader chuckled. "You're actually afraid of me now..." Descartes's eyes widened, "N-non! It is simply-" "A natural response to my sudden change in behavior." She was cut off, her own worries deepening t
The Least Common Denominator XCVI.IV Astronomy
DESCARTES⬛⬛⬛Think fast...While she might not boast about having a frightening amount of intelligence like her Madame, Descartes still had some skill in reading the human body. The maid felt her training kick in as she saw the minute changes that rippled all across her Madame's body. In an instant, she knew that the woman wasn't going to jump. Instead, she was merely positioning herself to dangle her legs over the precipice of death. Even if her body language suggested otherwise, Madame Crimson was not going to throw herself to her death.Or at least, she wished she wasn't. She still had a duty to make sure she returned the favor.With a tempered tone, Olivia began the process of talking her Madame down. She didn't know if it would even work, let alone if her words would even be enough to
The Least Common Denominator XCVII.I Pascals
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛"Sis?! Where are you?!"The world seemed to blur around her as she desperately searched for her missing Sister. The busy streets of the city parted right in front of her, some of the populace recognizing her as they seemingly tried to greet her. Some would say it was a lively day, others would say it was a bloody and chaotic time for the Empire. However, the only thing Olivia saw was an encroaching gray as the seconds ticked by with no Sister in sight."Sis! Please!"Her throat hurt from the constant screaming. She didn't care what others saw as she stalked the streets. The only thing she cared about was that her Sister be found safe and, hopefully, sound. In Her current state, there was a chance that someone would take advantage of Her compromised mentality. For all she knew, som
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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.
- The Least Common Denominator
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
