Quote:Well, the broadcast was coming from a news chopper, actually, but it showed up even before she did - actually during the killing spree.
Hehehehe. The *entire* fight? As in the beginning discussion on whose fault the dead civilians were?
Quote:It's fairly likely that they're already known to and cooperating with each other, actually - leaving aside Fate's transfer to Nanoha's school, one does not throw around the kind of resources needed to get ahold of an apartment the size of Lindy's in urban Japan without attracting government attention.
Wonder how the first meeting of a TSAB representative with the local politicos will go.
The press conference is gonna be fun, though. ^_^
Quote:The Americans are probably just going to be concerned with supporting their allies. The Australians, OTOH, may well plotz.
Mwahaha. I wonder what the Japanese and the American government will make of this. A japanese girl with an American accent weapon.
Ms. Burke was born in Perth, you see. ^_^
Quote:Nanoha's not as badly off as the bleeding might make you think - facial wounds are like that, I understand, but she was never in danger of bleeding out. I still haven't decided whether or not it'll scar...
I want to see Fate's reaction. Not to mention Nanoha's family's (to her condition and the international broadcasting ^^).
Fate is, by the power of authorial fiat, out on a case way off in the back end of beyond - which gives me more time to think of that question's real answer, and sets up a deus ex machina if I find myself in need of one. Go, me.
I figure that the parents will be just one step short of totally blase about the whole thing, and the sibs are going to try and put her into boot camp to get ready for the next time something like this happens.
Suzuka is going to be hiding from the reporters, Alyssa will solicit her parents for reccomendations on lawyers and/or PR people to help handle the whole thing, and Hayate will be too busy saving the paparazzi from the Wolkenritter to comment much.
Quote:If nothing else, a staff makes a surprisingly effective weapon. And there's something just immensely amusing about the idea of someone like Shamal diving into a fight wearing brass knuckles.
Most (i.e. all apparently) of the Intelligent Device have a long-range/middle-range component. It might be nice to have something like a gunsaber where you can easily shoot out balls of magic (sub-automatic guns!), but the ID should be fairly robust -- because some people are just too fast and they'll get too close and once you're holed up behind your shield, they won't let you open the range to your comfort zone. So I suppose all ID would have something to allow them to fight short-range.
Anyway, that ties in to the whole Midchildian(sp?) vs. Velkan question - Velka-type Devices are optimized for combat. They're weapon-like in their design, they have that nifty cartridge-amplification function, and most of all, their internal systems are protected against shocks and surges like you get in any fight.
Mildchildian ones have a lower maximum amplitude, but can manipulate power more subtly and generate more sophisticated effects, along with being a great deal more efficient.
Basically, in a fight, a Velka-user can almost always overpower a Mildchild-type mage fairly quickly - but if they don't, they'll run out of steam a lot faster. For anything other than asskicking, it's Midchild all the way.
Ja, -n
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