Last Updated:
2021-11-24 17:00:44
MokouFriedChickenIf you liked the split POVs, don't worry. They're here to stay. Care to give me Gems? It helps my motivation to do better. To those wishing to contact me, kindly do so in my Discord. I accept private messages. My server's a bit dead at the moment, but feel free to join anyway: discord.gg/NZA6Jun Conversely, follow me on Twitter @FriedMokou.
Previous Chapter
Related Chapters
The Least Common Denominator XCVIII.I Sigma
The act of thinking for oneself was something that was utterly ingrained into the human psyche. Based on what I've seen from both myself and from others, everything that a person does solely benefits them in one way shape or form. Even those that were called selfless were selfish in a way that they wanted recognition or self-validation in their acts. After all, they did say that the satisfaction of a good deed was more than enough for them. I didn't blame them, of course, but in a sense, it was a bleak way of looking at people. I mean, if everyone was inherently a selfish person, then why bother helping others?"It's chaos out there!""They're at the Eastern gate of the city already. Should we even hold that position or should we just let them in?"It's been a long time since I've allowed myself to think properly. Had it been days already? Weeks? Months? I really do
The Least Common Denominator XCVIII.II Sigma
The tension that built up on the room was so thick that you could probably cut a solid chunk out of the air inside. The round table oozed of nervous stillness and desperate energy; both borne of a distinct lack of proper ideas and half-baked solutions that never seemed to gel properly despite all that was done to it. I was almost tempted to jump in just suggest something.'Then why not, Master?'You already know my reasons. Besides, we're not completely dead in the water just yet.It was important that the ideas kept flowing in a meeting even if they were all shit just to keep the momentum going. If not, then this exact scenario happens and nothing gets done. If all else, it would make it faster to get to a proper solution than to ruminate inside your own head about what-ifs and all that shit.'Like what you always do?'
The Least Common Denominator XCIX.I Congruency
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛Everything that could go wrong might as well go wrong now as Olivia felt her mind exploding from the constant stream of information she had to take into account. The sudden incursion of the enemy was something they all expected, but they didn't even think it would be this fast!"We... we can't send her out there," Lace gravely shook her head. "Tesla's done enough."The frazzled brunette resisted the urge to scratch her head in abject confusion and frustration. Why was Lace so adamant in not using their best asset right now? While she knew that Tesla's been rather... unstable as of late, they couldn't afford to coddle her in the same way they're already doing with Sister. Especially since it was already proven that the former Prime was powerful enough to wipe out armies on her own.
The Least Common Denominator XCIX.II Congruency
LOVE⬛⬛⬛Love never thought that the solution would be this simple. It was so laughably obvious that she couldn't help but let out a small huff of disappointment in her own skills as a Factor. After all, shrinking down their defensive wall and bracing themselves with their back against the wall would make planning and coordinating their forces infinitely easier. Not to mention the fact that it would solve their already strained supply lines in the event of a protracted siege occurring."Yeah..." her twin nodded at Lady Olivia's chosen place. "The buildings around it would make for a decent corridor to funnel the troops.""It would also be an excellent vantage point for the Subtrahends, as well as being within range of the eastern gate's battlements," Love added. "It will add a risk of being overwhelmed and being unable
The Least Common Denominator C.I Abstraction
Adaptability. The ability to shift oneself to the needs of the situation. While most would say that humanity had it in spades hence their constant progress in technological evolution, I, for one, have no faith in my own species' ability to even try to move away from their comfort zone. Hell, I find it hard and I already know it can kill me. What more for the average bloke that didn't even know that doing nothing would kill them? From an outsider's perspective, it was simply suicidal and moronic; like watching someone knowingly killing themselves off like lemmings walking off a bridge.'And even then you don't care, do you.'Unfortunately for you, Ica, I'm at least self-aware for it to somewhat work on me. I already began trying to help the others, right? That's already one step forward.'And you're more than likely to do it all the way,' Ica scoffe
The Least Common Denominator C.II Abstraction
OLIVIA⬛⬛⬛Olivia bottled up the feelings of anguish and despair even as she put on a brave face to the others. Her Sister was clearly not in the right mind, even more so than before as She gave her a nostalgic smile that tugged at her heartstrings. Don't think about Her words. Focus on defending Her even as she struggled to even decipher what She even meant."It... I don't..."To her side, Tesla had retreated into her shell again. The white-haired teen didn't seem to know how to respond to someone talking nonsense- No... not nonsense. Olivia was sure that her Sister was perfectly capable of giving them proper advice despite... despite sounding absolutely insane."I'm not being dramatic. As if speaking to you would not count as speaking in moons anyway.."The con
The Least Common Denominator C.III Abstraction
GRIGORI⬛⬛⬛Even in his retirement, Grigori was always an obligate warrior. He considered his place to be on the battlefield. Despite his admittedly above-average skill in defensive warfare and troop management, the Lord Stone never wished it upon himself to be seated into a more comfortable position training troops and assembling Imperial Army contingents. In fact, he never even wanted to act as a mentor, only being thrust into the position in virtue of his status as a Prime. Granted, it taught him the joys of teaching, Grigori still found himself wishing that he was swinging around his large war hammer and moving the earth to his whims.Then again, being away from the battlefield in his twilight years had forced him to appreciate the lack of problems that entailed being responsible for the lives of those he cared about."Who in the world said
The Least Common Denominator C.IV Abstraction
DESCARTES⬛⬛⬛"The maid would do well to sharpen her tongue."Descartes froze behind her Madame's wheelchair. It hadn't even been five minutes since the throne room was emptied of its occupants, leaving her to tend to a Madame Crimsons that seemed to have completely lost her mind. A part of her despaired at the prospect of caring for a deranged madwoman that had far too much knowledge to use for potentially inane or hazardous actions."O-oui, Madame?"The Vaion held her breath as she forced herself to calm down. Madame Love and Olivia just inferred that their poor leader still had some of her wits about her. Surely Madame Crimson simply had a plan that required her to think like an old and decrepit woman. And even then, her Madame clearly had more than enough strength to walk on her own acco
Latest Chapter
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
- The Least Common Denominator
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
