Material Days (Also being posted in the AnimeSuki Forum's Nanoha FanFiction Discussion and here, though you will need to dig) is a Lyrical Nanoha fanfic by Nanya and Epsilon (aka Yasanagi on AnimeSuki & Epsilon Zeta on Fanfiction.Net).
Taking place six months prior to Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force, when an excavation team uncovers lost scriptures from the Book of the Silver Cross, Yuuno gets called away from his civilian life to lend his expertise to the case, but things get really weird really fast when he finds the excavation site blown to smithereens and the Huckebein fighting... the Materials? Yeah baby, it's everyone's favorite Evil Twins from The Battle Of Aces, and things are about to get very very interesting for our dear Ferret Boy...
This fanfic contains examples of the following tropes:
- Ascended Extra: Big time for Yuuno.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Rai starts to introduce herself to Megane and Lutecia and ends up feeling the latter's hair and commenting on how smooth it is.
- Author Filibuster: Rai occasionally goes on Fourth Wall-breaking rants about things the authors hate about the series.
- Author Tract: The authors can not shut up about how much they hate Nanoha's yuri fanbase, whether they're using Rai as a Fourth Wall-breaking mouthpiece to deliver an Author Filibuster or using Touma's Harem Genre status to troll Vivio/Einheart shippers or any number of other things.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Material-D has shades of this. By modifying one of her spells and observing the effect when it hit Arnage, she was able to reasonably estimate her enemy's rate of Regeneration and Magic Neutralization. Of course this goes out the window when Arnage Reacts.
- Berserk Button: Any mention of the Materials' original counterparts would trigger this to them.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Material-S. She's the sanest of all Materials, but...
- BFS: Blasting Zone.
- Bilingual Bonus/Gratuitous German: Sometimes, especially with Yami / Material-D's case since she uses the Belkan Magic System.
- Gratuitous Italian: Courtesy of the Azure Grimoire, Sette's new book.
- Break Them by Talking: Combined with What the Hell, Hero? when Seikou asks Erio how he would have liked to have his friends taken from him like he tried to do with Yuuno.
- Brick Joke: Rai asks Garyuu to "show me your moves". Later, when Garyuu is about to attack Seikou, she interrupts and tells him that he was supposed to show HER his moves, not Seikou/Material-S.
- Call-Back: In Dieci's words: '"Nanoha-san blew me up when I was a bad guy. Now I'm not a bad guy and evil Nanoha-san is going to blow me up." Tears started to flow down her face. "I don't wanna explode in pink again!"'
- Chekhov's Gunman: After the first fight, the Huckebein have disappeared for the moment. They're back. Actually, different ones. It might now be Isis.
- Chick Magnet: Yuuno and Touma...unintentionally.
- Clueless Chick-Magnet: Touma seems like he's one since he doesn't appear to be bothered by it.
- Deadpan Snarker: Anyone who hangs out with Material-L long enough is guaranteed to have this role thrust upon them at some point. Vulnificus and Yuuno have had their moments. And now it's Sette's turn.
- Deus Sex Machina or Intimate Healing: Applies in an interesting way. Close proximity to a power source is all they needed, but linker core synchronization yields better results, and then there's crazy theories about creation of new life or something like that...
- Deconstruction: with Yami and Rai, in Yami's case, it's a Love Spell. In Rai's case, outright Rape, not that Yuuno would protest too much after that.
- Reconstruction: With Seikou it's quite intimate. Really. Congratulations, Yuuno.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul"/They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: Material-D would rather be called "Your Majesty" rather than Yami or Material-D.
- Dude, He's Like, in a Coma!: After Material-D whacks Yuuno out cold... Material-S kisses him twice.
- Dull Surprise:Material S: Yuuno-san... You're hugging me too hard... And you're squeezing my butt.
Considering the tone she was using, she could have been talking about the weather. - Evil Weapon: The Materials' Devices have minds of their own and at times are not fully in alignment with their mistresses.
- Face Palm: Done by Veyron after calling Rai "Levi the Slasher", due to thinking that her stupidity will be infectious.
- Flaw Exploitation: Megane sets up a trap for Material-L by using her beloved chicken as bait.
- Fun with Acronyms: Yuuno's shuttle is called the Berlakian Universal Shuttle.
- Hentai: NSFW version. You have been warned.
- Hot Springs Episode: Mentioned by name.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Yami/Material D will do anything to ensure the well being of her fellow materials, despite her attitude towards them.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Yuuno is quite unaware that the Materials have declared war on the Bureau and that the Bureau is gearing up to fight them.
- Marshmallow Hell: Done to Touma by Subaru and Dieci. Mentioned by name.
- Morality Chain / Morality Pet: Yuuno is this to the Materials.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: How the Materials dealt with people who stood in their way before meeting Yuuno.
- Mythology Gag: Material-S's Linker Core manifests as a foxgirl called Kuon.
- Rai is asked if she wanted to be called "Levi the Slasher" which references the official names for the Materials that many applied Fanon Discontinuity to.
- Chrono's Obviously Evil accusation from Rai references the original Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Pilot Story.
- Doubles as Foreshadowing, Touma sneezed when Isis says, "More people show up with weirdo girlfriends and people chasing after them."
- Noblewoman's Laugh: Material-D and she's teaching Lutecia how to do it properly.
- No Name Given: The Huckebein who appeared at the start were not explicitly named. They're Curren and Karen.
- Not So Stoic: Seikou at times.
- Obviously Evil: Parodied. Material-L thinks Chrono is this.
- O.C. Stand-in: Materials, this is the whole premise.
- Flanderization: The Materials, as per above.
- Once Done, Never Forgotten: Nanoha's (ab)use of Starlight Breaker has this.
- Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Erio, why did you call Seikou nothing but a clone of Nanoha?
- Paper Fan of Doom: Material-D knocks Yuuno out with one when he's trying to shield his ship from the Huckebein. Nice going, Yam.i
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Seikou really likes telling her opponents how screwed they are before blasting them to oblivion.
- Poor Communication Kills: The TSAB think that Yuuno is being held hostage by the Materials and is trying to save him from them. The Materials think the TSAB is an evil organization that forces Yuuno to work for them and is trying to keep him away from them. None of them actually tell Yuuno what's going on.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Material-L.
- Punctuated Pounding: Done by Yami to Yuuno with a Paper Fan of Doom.
- Ready for Lovemaking: While not in the pose, Seikou tells Yuuno that if he wants to do that with her, he should see her later.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Under Yuuno's influence, the Materials were starting to reform, but the TSAB's insistence on seeing and treating them as the enemy is creating the very opponent it is afraid of.
- Senseless Sacrifice: Reinforce Eins's, since the Materials were made from remnants of the corrupted Defence Programme that got away.
- Shout-Out:
- "Now is fighty time, fighty time! Blood, blood... BLOOD!"
- "I spin me right round, right round!
- "... we shall reap the sins of your world and cleanse it in the fires of destruction."
- "For Real Soviet Damage, Yuuno-kun!"
- Mana replenishment methods invented by the Nasuvians.
- "Please teach me, Yuuno-sensei!"
- "Proceed heading 1138."
- "Does it involve growing a white moustache, sprouting rainbow-coloured butterfly wings behind you and short circuiting all the prison's equipment, including the six satellites which are generating the barrier?"
- "No matter how many times I ask Vulnificus to enter IDDQD or Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start..."
- "Engage Nightingalenote System. Authorization Code: Epyon OZ-13."
- "Um, thank Gundam? No, that's Setsuna's thing..."
- "After all, snipers are strongly dedicated to professional standards which state that they should be polite, efficient and always have a plan to kill anyone they meet."
- "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the boogeyman that causes kids to keep wetting their beds until they are twenty four and a half years old! I am Material-L! But you can call me Rai-chan!"
- "If you're not Squall, then what are you? Maybe... you're a lion?"
- "Wiggle your big toe."
- "Hey, c'mon, c'mon! Show me your moves! Rider Chop and Rider Kick! Ah, those are probably top tier special moves with crazy invincibility frames and stuff!"
- "MANTIS BOXING STYLE!" "SERPENT POUNCE TECHNIQUE!" "FLOAT LIKE LOTUS BLOSSOM!" "STING LIKE SCORPION!" "Flamingo Stance."
- Yami wants Erio to kneel.
- "It's like taking on Sagat and just before you win, someone slides a quarter in and hits the start button."
- Blue hedgehog lose all rings pouting stance!"
- "Roadrunner gets caught in coyote's wily trap!"
- Slouch of Villainy: Material-D's sitting manner.
- Spell My Name With An S: Uses "Touma".
- Spy Speak: By Agent Skyhawk. It pisses Verossa off.
- Stay Frosty
- Take That!:
- Some played for Rule of Funny, coming from Material-L's mouth. Basically, if there's something the authors don't like about the series, she'll be the one to say something about it.Rai: "There is only one truth. This universe here, our universe... it all came from one man. Masaki Tsuzuki. AND IT BLOWS!"
Rai: "I can just hear it... the voices of the Fan Dumb's complaining! Too much fanservice... and no plot. Just like ViVid..."
Later, in chapter 15
Rai: "God doesn't exist in this universe, Yuu-nii. There's only Masaki Tsuzuki... but you shouldn't pray to him because he's a big dick who pretty much ruined the universe already. Although if anything, you can also blame the Lesbian Legion of Nano Fate for-"
Yuuno: "NOT HELPING!" - Material-S fragging the Seekers of Absolute Truth, who believe "That two women, who raise a child together are obviously a family and in love with each other"]].
- Reverend Maru Kovanich and Bishop Patrick Haru. Don't these names sound familiar?
- Veyron calling Rai "Levi the Slasher".
- Some played for Rule of Funny, coming from Material-L's mouth. Basically, if there's something the authors don't like about the series, she'll be the one to say something about it.
- Tempting Fate: Chrono's 'At least there isn't someone who looks and sounds like Nanoha with them'. Some time later, Material-S shows up.
- One engineer states that "a private call to the Admiral could end up getting transferred to the bridge. Worst case scenario, some media station on Mid-Childa or a public domain television like in a mall". Guess what.
- Trademark Favorite Food: For Material-L, it's chicken.
- Unwanted Harem: Materials to Yuuno.
- Themed Harem: Well, Harem of Mass Destruction.
- Parodied in the case of Touma. The attention he gets from the Nakajimas REALLY hinders Einhart's efforts to get closer. And then Vivio joins the fray (unintentionally, which freaks Einhart out even further).
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Shi Nye accidentally relays the conversation between Chrono and the Materials to every TV station on Mid-Childa, thus starting the entire conflict.
- Wrestler in All of Us: Yuuno had a nightmare of Nanoha doing such moves to him.
- Writer on Board: See Take That!, Author Tract, Author Filibuster... hell, just look around a bit.
- Yandere: Applies to each of the Materials to various degrees:
- Seikou is a subtle example although she leans more towards Sugar-and-Ice Personality.
- Yami already got pegged as a Tsundere earlier in the story. Sanity is a bit questionable at times.
- Rai combines this with being Cloudcuckoolander and Cute and Psycho.
- Yaoi Fangirl: Shi Nye, the Claudia's comms officer.
- Yuri Fan: See Take That!