I've been playing Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne recently and now its got me wondering what it would be like if the Negima world underwent Conception before the festival arc.
For those of you that don't know what that Conception is, it is the destruction of the world so a new one can be made. Almost all of humanity is wiped out except for a small few and Demons take over. The new world will be made when someone gathers enough Magatsuhi, life energy.
I think it would be interesting to see how 3-A splits up. Staying together just for the sake of 3-A sticking together wouldn't work as pooling Magatsuhi would be pointless if those pooling it don't all want to make the same world. Would it be plausible for Satomi to imagine the same world as Haruna? For Ayaka to want the same world as Misora? etc. etc.
edited 2nd Apr '12 2:23:05 PM by NightmareSyndrom
Will write for Tropes!Canon Kotaro made a pactio and found it incredibly useful.
Also, come to think of it, Kaede wouldn't count.
@IANCE: Don't tell me... Either the porn mag was lost/destroyed at some point in the past, or Mott broke his word. Either way... WIPE THE FLOOR WITH HIS FACE AND ASS, NEGI!!! SHOW HIM THE MEANING OF "AGONY" AS YOUR UTMOSTLY-DREADED MASTER HAS TAUGHT YOU PERSONALLY!!!
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.He made the pactio to protect Natsumi, not the other way arround. He was made the magister of the pair simply because Natsumi has no magic power to speak of and it most likely wouldn't have resulted in an artifact. Not to mention, since Kotaro mostly uses Ki, the magic power boost would have been a hindrance, as it'd disrupt his usage of Ki.
Actually, Negi gives it to him. Mott, however, is not a man of his word, you see.
And Negi has learnt intimidation since then. A very specific form of intimidation that only people like him can manage. Something that I hope will be a tolerable excuse to leave Monster!Mott alive and give him a reason to redeem himself.
Because if he doesn't, a monster is going to get him.
edited 2nd Apr '12 2:39:37 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariHey, "innocent" 10-year-old Negi managed to Death Glare an experienced Magic World mercenary of considerable power into terrified submission in 1 second flat. I'd think a mere human who just happens to wield magic and lives a spoiled lifestyle will be shitting his pants after a millisecond of coming under the Death Glare of this much Older and Wiser and less innocent Negi.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Let me guess... allowing hit to cast his strongest spells while standing there smirking.
Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.I'm aware. I'm not under the illusion that Ayaka is more powerful than Kotaro. Nor are they under the illusion that partners are only useful as meatsheilds.
EDIT: Not that you're going to like Ayaka's role, but I've resigned myself to that.
edited 2nd Apr '12 2:48:23 PM by Sereg
Geez, IANCE, how the hell do you write that much so quickly?! I feel jealous.
You know you want to add more tropes to THIS.Eh, whatever, I just say that the reasoning to get Kotaro to accept the pactio is all wrong. If he were made the Minister, however...
@Marq
Negi takes after Evangeline when it comes down to glaring, doesn't he?
But that serves to make Mott break down and attack in a panic, using his strongest spells to, of course, absolutely no avail. It's the Alucard school of making people shit themselves. Take their strongest blow, show how little they affect you and then show that while they might be monsters, comparatively, you are Cthulhu.
Don't be. It's Semana Santa, a full week in which I do jack shiz for the entire day since I work for the part of the state that gets the full week free. I have few friends and they, unlike me, actually do work. Coupled with the fact that I don't work weekends, I have 9 days of belly scratching.
edited 2nd Apr '12 2:56:24 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariThey don't know that he's capable of being Ayaka's minister. He's already Anya's. And he's not going to let Ayaka fight alongside him just because she's his partner.
They're just convincing him that she wouldn't be dead weight.
EDIT: @Sinclair: I have a rough idea of Mana's first moves. What equipment does she have?
edited 2nd Apr '12 3:06:28 PM by Sereg
Likey everything she has before chapter 300. That includes that big sniper gun.
Hyped for Hyperdimension Neptunia V 2Really! I thought they were disarmed!
edited 2nd Apr '12 3:25:17 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.You know, there's this very basic thing I intend to fall back on. Nothing Is Scarier.
“Ah, that old thing?” She asked, waving her wand. As soon as she did, a book in a complicated leather casing floated to her hands. “It's supposed to stimulate men's sexual appetite. For obvious reasons, I don't need it.” She commented.
Negi was almost stunned by that. They made a magical artifact for that? He knew there were other uses to his magic he hadn't really explored, but that was a bit ridiculous.
“I agree.” Why did she have to conduct every one of their meetings in lingerie?
“I'm not like Tabitha, so I have no reason to read it, either.” She held it up for the taking. “I guess I can give it to you.” She said, a perverted smirk on her face. “For a price.”
Negi gulped.
“One date! With night included!”
Sighing, Negi smiled. “I'll take it. Though, if it could wait until Master doesn't want to hang me, I would appreciate it.”
The dark skinned beauty smirked. “I want to see your skills at work. Promise me you will show me the best of your abilities!” It was very clear which skills she was talking about.
––
One had to be alert to have noticed the fact that someone had just flown past a window. Tabitha was more than alert enough. So as soon as she noticed that, she placed her glasses on her face and headed to the window. The sound of the impact almost rattled her.
She'd seen him several times, but every time she did, he was always doing something that didn't make sense. He hadn't flown. He had jumped from the tower. And he was completely unharmed. No levitation was cast. She was sure of it.
Then again, barely a second after, he jumped into the air, at the very least some fifty odd feet, and then disappeared in a burst of wind. Her eyes widened, then she focused again, when she noticed a second burst of wind, in the far distance, having to use magic to actually be capable of seeing that far. Another followed, still in the far distance.
Interesting. He could not fly, but he didn't have to, considering he could jump incredibly high and it was apparent he could move far faster than most, if not all transports.
What she did not know, was that every single one of those 'jumps' clocked in at 1800 kilometers per hour.
Despite the hour it was and her own sleepiness, Tabitha began shrugging off her green pajamas, already aware that at the very least she had to tell Kirche and the germanian would do the rest. After all, going directly to Louise would be a problem. She wouldn't understand anywhere near as fast as Kirche would.
And at that hour, she was certain Kirche was still wide awake, anyway.
Then again, Kirche's explanation would take too long. At the speed he'd left, they wouldn't catch up anywhere near fast enough. “Fast.”
Later, a single yell of “STUPID FAMILIAR!” could be heard all across campus.
––
Mott wasn't as quick to receive him this time. In fact, he seemed to be halfway dressed. That did not bode well. Neither did the fact that Siesta was nowhere in sight. Negi's blood ran cold.
“I brought the book that you asked me, Lord Mott.” Negi began. “Now, please, liberate Siesta.” he said, still trying to smile despite the fact that at least two dozen guards had come into the same room minutes after he had.
The man took the book Negi offered and the key that would open it's embroidered leather casing. He opened it and discarded the casing. Negi would rather believe he hadn't just delivered a pornographic magazine, but he was too stunned by the fact that a modern -well, from the seventies, anyway, if the date stamp was anything to go by- pornographic magazine had found it's way to Halkeginia.
“But... How... What... Why...” He shook his head, he'd ask that later. Mott closed the book and ordered his manservant (who Negi was sure hadn't been there a second ago) to take it to his room. “Liberate Siesta now, please.” He repeated.
“No.” Negi's eyes narrowed. “As a matter of fact, why don't you come with her, if you like her so much?”
“... Sir.” Negi began, taking a deep breath. “I don't want to resort to violence. Please, liberate Siesta.”
Mott shook his head. “Such a naïve idiot!” he yelled. “I am a Triangle class mage! You don't stand a chance!” the noble boasted, but that didn't impress Negi.
“I challenge you to a duel.” He said, hoisting the still sheathed Derflinger.
The jackass' smirk told him all he needed to know. “I now have legal permission to kill you, boy, for raising your weapon in a noble's abode! Guards!”
Negi narrowed his eyes and pulled Derflinger from it's sheath. He felt the same rush of power he'd felt, but didn't care, at the moment, he was angry. Three guards rushed in, thinking they'd be enough. One went for a debilitating stab, while the other two tried to whack him with the wooden part of their lances.
Derflinger, far longer than it'd been in the sheath, sliced through the spears like they were made of paper. The flat side of the sword served as a very potent blunt weapon with which to incapacitate the guards one by one.
The other twenty one rushed to help their fallen friends.
He didn't move an inch from the spot he was standing in, expertly blocking every incoming blow, moving and twisting around at speeds that would have made most people dizzy. Spears were broken all around, and more than one guard sported a couple bruises as they stood in a circle around him.
Then he moved. It was more a blur of movement that darted from guard to guard, each clash sending the armored men flying back, all of them knocked out with ease.
No sooner had he dealt with them all did six dagger shaped icicles embed themselves in his chest, splattering blood across the main hall. But where Mott expected to find the dying gurgles of a life cut too soon, he found only silence. The sound of the droplets of blood hitting the ground stopped soon after the icicles struck, and then it was total silence.
The temperature descended. A tomb chill was in the air. The silence was broken only by the sound of ice crashing into the ground.
”Actus Noctis Erebrae”
And so fell the night.
Therefore, whatever happened to Mott will be left on the harem's reaction shot.
Also, I got my first flames. Yay.
edited 2nd Apr '12 3:46:49 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari@Serge, The reason why I said that was because if memory serves me right Sincalir and The Nobody AU their story before the Avericus show up so around 300. Might want to ask them for the details.
Hyped for Hyperdimension Neptunia V 2Thirty One Clown Princesses in Amber
"This is how you do it," Batman said. "Don't let them see you falter for a second. Put all your will into your eyes. Make sure your expression matches it. And above it all, never move while you're looking at their eyes. Don't flinch. Don't twitch. At all. If you move even a little, you give the impression you're human. And you aren't. You're a vengeful god staring not at their eyes, but at their souls."
"Ah... Okay!" Negi nodded quickly. "And then, I'll be able to stare down Desaad and Mr. Mxyzptlk too?"
"Yes."
"And Evangeline-san?"
"... I'll tell you what. We'll get there together..."
@IANCE: ... Wait, if him coming back stone-faced and asking Louise for permission to challenge Mott to a duel in the previous snippet was not because he had just been blown off by the arrogant bastard even after doing what he asked for, then why was he like that? Was he having a gut feeling that Mott isn't to be trusted to keep his word?
Flames? Which story, if I am allowed to ask?
Well, yeah, technically Evangline is biologically no longer human, but a genuine monster, by the sole virtue of her having been turned into a vampire. She's also been through a very brutally harsh centuries-long (un)life. Of course she could pull off the Inhumanly Horrifying Rage aspect of a unnatural-level Death Glare like it's second nature ot her.
edited 2nd Apr '12 3:53:36 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.At that point, he was pissed. It took him, oh, twenty seconds to get back at to the academy at most. He was barely restraining the need to clock Mott one in the jaw. Remember, he'd just been groping Siesta throughout their conversation and the anxiety of knowing there was nothing he could do about it was driving him nuts.
Here's the inflammatory review:
He isn't going to take being treated like shit from the get go. He most assuredly is a noble, and not just a noble but a fricking king by the time he is the age you are making him out to be.
He isn't going to waste time randomly hanging out with Louise doing nothing but her laundry, he is going to want to go home and fast, or at least let his harem know that he is alright.
He will be able to tell the the familiar bond between him and Louise isn't going to fuck him up in any way if he disobeys or tries to dispel it. Negi is literally 1000x the magician that anyone in the familiar of zero verse is.
On top of that the duel between guiche was incredibly forced, why would Negi bother messing with the kid. You should have tossed ten year old Negi into the story, at that point he might have been challenged by some of the mages in the zeroverse, wouldn't have had any connections that truly tied him to his actual world and would have been ignorant enough to act like your Negi.
But the Negi you have is an adult and his behavior makes no sense whatsoever.
edited 2nd Apr '12 4:00:52 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari@NDC:
'Damnable red star...Fall, why don't you? Stain the earth red!'
My references aside, I'm interested to see where this goes.
@IANCE:
When Negi uses shundou, he's not pushing himself away from the earth. He's pushing the earth away from him.
How'd you respond?
My Twitch.<rolls eyes> That "reviewer" obviously doesn't know what (or rather, who) he's talking about.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.Ain't that a Chuck Norris Fact?
I didn't. It's an anonymous review.
I would have just responded "Well, sorry to know that you don't like my story. Thank you for your review.", anyway.
Also, currently writing the Siesta/Negi scene that would come out of this.
Indeed.
edited 2nd Apr '12 4:14:51 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariIANCE, didn't you have similar complaints about that one fic that had Older!Kotaro summoned as Louise's familiar?
Will write for Tropes!Kotaro's personality is very much different from Negi's. Even at age 10, he would not take shit from anybody.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
His fighting style is not conductive to having someone else fight for him. He's a frontline fighter. There's no point on him having a partner to protect him. In fact, it's a hindrance.
edited 2nd Apr '12 1:52:41 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari