When the three star began to follow and move into the purpose of his abrupt interruption of her morning sprint Mato raised a brow, looking back to the young man with a shrug of the shoulders before slipping her hands behind her head. ”Thats what I'd hope but I haven't got a clue what those guys up on the council are planning. Too early for congratulations, probably plenty of people lookin' to bump their way up.” The Synthetics club captain stated plainly before letting her hands fall back to her sides, pulling open one of the large double doors that served as the entrance to the academy.
Noticing the shift in the Three Star's attitude, Mato's eyes narrowed a bit while she stopped just a short ways beyond the door way, her arms crossing tentatively at her chest. ”What do I want? It'd help out the whole club, really. Closer connection to the student council makes it easier to get higher quality materials which in turn makes all of our projects grow smoother.” She spoke unflinchingly despite the intent stare which she met with nearly the same casual gaze and demeanor she held from the beginning. ”Besides, it could benefit those three as well as plenty of the other clubs too. Synthetics has already collaborated with other clubs in the past, if we were able to expand not only could we work more efficiently, we could afford to refine and distribute more often.” With her statement concluded she turned once again to her casual stroll into the school building, stopping to glance over notes posted on a large bulletin board for a moment.
”So, I think it'd be beneficial for everyone. I get the higher rank and uniform, my club gets more resources, not to mention I could afford to rank up some of my promising one-stars as well. Then the rest of the academy gets easier access to our work, if they want it.” She said with a bit of a grin, plucking some handouts from the wall before folding them up and shoving them into a pocket. ”But what about you, Mr. Three-Star. Do all of you guys have time to come chat up the underclassmen?” She turned back to face the boy, leaning against the table that sat before the bulletin board. ”If I'm as busy as I am, and I definitely am, I don't imagine you guys have any more time to waste. So theres got to be more you want to get from this little visit.” She stated inquisitively, waiting for the other students response.
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Also posting interest. Seems quite neat.
As Mato sprinted off through the schools main courtyard she noted the mass of students now making their way through the area, thankful that she at least was able to be ahead of the wall of students. Even with a higher ranking uniform, making your way through that massive crowd was an experience she didn’t miss from her days as a lower ranking student. Lost in thought for a moment she almost didn’t have time to notice student stepping directly into her path. When she did notice the girls eyes widened, a foot slamming against the ground as she forced an abrupt stop, letting out a startled ”Woah!” as she stumbled a bit.
Her expression shifted to mild annoyance when she looked to the student that blocked her path, a long haired young man dressed in a three star uniform. She was about to reprimand the obviously higher ranking student before something else caught her attention, a series of shouts and explosions which ended with a huge beam of light tearing through the courtyard not that far behind herself and the three star that had blocked her path. Mato's expression shifted once again, eyes following the beam back to its origin point. She sighed shaking her head and placing a hand on her forehead as she did so. ”Whys someone always gotta blow something up first thing in the morning? I could have ran right into that.” She remarked casually before turning her attention back to the three star, her head tilting curiously.
”So, do you need something? I'm kinda in a hurry, gonna be late at this way. If its just materials request or something could you just leave a message over at Synthetics front desk?” The captain spoke as if this sort of thing was routine. Synthetics got their fair share of requests for hardened life fibers from other clubs, but plenty of them seemed to think bugging the captain was a way to get quicker results. Probably the result of the previous captain Mato always thought with a bit of disdain. The two star leaned to the side looking over the aftermath of the early morning scuffle, hands set on her hips. ”Plenty more are gonna be late though, so I guess it doesn’t matter.” She said, mostly talking to herself. Still she couldn’t help but smirk slightly at the unfortunate one-stars who were barreled over by the blast and the students scurrying about either trying to help their classmates out or just not be late.
”Anyway, if you need something I guess I'll deal with it now, Mr.Three-Star. I'm gonna be late anyway so what is it.” Mato said before gesturing off towards the school with her thumb and taking a few steps off herself. ”C'mon, Talk'n'Walk, I'm a busy lady you know!” She said with a grin, waiting for the three-stars reaction.
Her expression shifted to mild annoyance when she looked to the student that blocked her path, a long haired young man dressed in a three star uniform. She was about to reprimand the obviously higher ranking student before something else caught her attention, a series of shouts and explosions which ended with a huge beam of light tearing through the courtyard not that far behind herself and the three star that had blocked her path. Mato's expression shifted once again, eyes following the beam back to its origin point. She sighed shaking her head and placing a hand on her forehead as she did so. ”Whys someone always gotta blow something up first thing in the morning? I could have ran right into that.” She remarked casually before turning her attention back to the three star, her head tilting curiously.
”So, do you need something? I'm kinda in a hurry, gonna be late at this way. If its just materials request or something could you just leave a message over at Synthetics front desk?” The captain spoke as if this sort of thing was routine. Synthetics got their fair share of requests for hardened life fibers from other clubs, but plenty of them seemed to think bugging the captain was a way to get quicker results. Probably the result of the previous captain Mato always thought with a bit of disdain. The two star leaned to the side looking over the aftermath of the early morning scuffle, hands set on her hips. ”Plenty more are gonna be late though, so I guess it doesn’t matter.” She said, mostly talking to herself. Still she couldn’t help but smirk slightly at the unfortunate one-stars who were barreled over by the blast and the students scurrying about either trying to help their classmates out or just not be late.
”Anyway, if you need something I guess I'll deal with it now, Mr.Three-Star. I'm gonna be late anyway so what is it.” Mato said before gesturing off towards the school with her thumb and taking a few steps off herself. ”C'mon, Talk'n'Walk, I'm a busy lady you know!” She said with a grin, waiting for the three-stars reaction.
Alrighty, thats what she figured.
So, how long to wait between posts? Cuz she could just reply now or wait for Reialgo to post. How we gonna be doing rounds and whatnot?
So what are your favorite?
Favorites... Thats always a hard one. Really love too many, so time for a list!
.hack//SIGN, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Madoka Magica, Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, Eureka 7, Katanagatari, Baccano!, Mardock Scramble(Though more so the novels), Steins;Gate, Monster... well, thats some. Heh, could go on for a while on stuff she really loved.
What do you like about Anime?
That ones tricky too. Well, a nice amount of varying art styles. While theres a lot of stuff with the basic anime look theres plenty of stuff with unique aesthetics too. Anime has quite a few very good stories as well. A lot of it being stuff you couldn't really do as well in live action or something. Thats definitely one of the reasons she likes animation in general. You can go really over the top, you can do stuff which is just plain weird, its just way more flexible.
Also love being able to rewatch things like Evangelion or Lain or plenty of others and always notice something she didn't in previous viewing. Always love spotting new little things that get you thinking.
Oh, also, music! Theres a lot of great soundtracks from anime. .hack//SIGN, Baccano!,Eureka 7, Madoka Magica, the list goes on. Seeing a pattern here with her favorites up there
Who are your favorite characters?
Favorite characters, thats probably even harder than favorite anime in general. Rei from Evangelion has been a favorite for a while, and she could definitely list Shinji and Asuka as well. Lain from Serial Experiments Lain is up there too. Homura from Madoka Magica most definitely, and Kyouko too. Tsukasa from .hack//SIGN is one of her favorite main characters. The whole god damn cast of Bakemonogatari/Monogatari series. Balot from Mardock Scramble. This list could end up even longer than favorite anime list so just gonna stop here.
If you had to recommend one anime to the world, which would it be?
One, well... thats hard too. Since if shes gonna recommend stuff she'd rather ask what a person liked in particular and recommend based off that... Soo, guess thats her answer!
Favorites... Thats always a hard one. Really love too many, so time for a list!
.hack//SIGN, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Madoka Magica, Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, Eureka 7, Katanagatari, Baccano!, Mardock Scramble(Though more so the novels), Steins;Gate, Monster... well, thats some. Heh, could go on for a while on stuff she really loved.
What do you like about Anime?
That ones tricky too. Well, a nice amount of varying art styles. While theres a lot of stuff with the basic anime look theres plenty of stuff with unique aesthetics too. Anime has quite a few very good stories as well. A lot of it being stuff you couldn't really do as well in live action or something. Thats definitely one of the reasons she likes animation in general. You can go really over the top, you can do stuff which is just plain weird, its just way more flexible.
Also love being able to rewatch things like Evangelion or Lain or plenty of others and always notice something she didn't in previous viewing. Always love spotting new little things that get you thinking.
Oh, also, music! Theres a lot of great soundtracks from anime. .hack//SIGN, Baccano!,Eureka 7, Madoka Magica, the list goes on. Seeing a pattern here with her favorites up there
Who are your favorite characters?
Favorite characters, thats probably even harder than favorite anime in general. Rei from Evangelion has been a favorite for a while, and she could definitely list Shinji and Asuka as well. Lain from Serial Experiments Lain is up there too. Homura from Madoka Magica most definitely, and Kyouko too. Tsukasa from .hack//SIGN is one of her favorite main characters. The whole god damn cast of Bakemonogatari/Monogatari series. Balot from Mardock Scramble. This list could end up even longer than favorite anime list so just gonna stop here.
If you had to recommend one anime to the world, which would it be?
One, well... thats hard too. Since if shes gonna recommend stuff she'd rather ask what a person liked in particular and recommend based off that... Soo, guess thats her answer!
Thanks for the interests~ Replies sent.
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In her normal fashion, first post is tl;dr and rambly, but its there!
Early morning, beams of light shone harshly into a small bedroom of one of the LFA's many student dorms. A single bed sat next to the window with an end table beside the head of the bed, and a small dresser with several drawers at the foot, the top most drawer remaining open with garments hanging haphazardly from it. Hanging from the ceiling beside the bed was a mechanism resembling a clothes hanger with two vertical cases on either side. On the wall opposite the bed hung an iconic outfit, emblazoned with two stars on the shoulders and an elaborate harness folded neatly below it with a sheathed sword resting against the corner of the wall.
Covers atop the bed stirred, a discontented groan sounded lightly through the room. Beneath the the covers Mato rose with a quick lurch up, coming to sit at the edge of the bed and causing the blanket that covered her to fall to the floor beside her. In response to the sudden and unwelcome motion her body doubled over, her forehead nearly meeting her knees as she let out a shaky gasp, her legs quivering weakly. If the girl were fortunate to have kept her arms she would have had them clutched firmly around her stomach. Instead she could merely grit her teeth, red seemingly metal plates which sat embedded into the stumps where her shoulders once resided and extended to cover her collar and shoulder blades glinting in the morning sun. Her breath remaining ragged for a few minuets before finally growing more steady finally allowing the girl to sit upright. She tapped a button beside the bed with her foot. A second later a light lit up on the mechanism beside her bed followed by clicks and whirrs of machinery filling the room. The device lowered until the enclosed cases sat beside her shoulders and unfolded revealing two purely silver prosthetic arms, aside from the connection pins and base which showed the same vibrant red as the ports at her shoulders.
With a series of swift movements the arms were aligned to her shoulders and connected to the ports. Mato winced a bit as they tightened into place, the fingers of the arms spasming as control flooded through them. Mato flexed and manipulated the prosthetic hands until proper dexterity returned, only then pushing herself up from the bed to gather her clothes and dress. With a few unsteady steps she moved to the wall where her two star uniform hung, stumbling as she approached and bracing herself against the wall with her freshly attached arms. ”I really hate mornings.” Mato scoffed as she snatched her uniform from the hanger with a free hand and held herself up against the wall with the other. Quickly as she could, which unfortunately never started out quickly she began to don her uniform. First her skirt, followed by stockings, then her shirt and finally the red scarf wrapped around her neck. With each piece of clothing slipped on her movements grew more steady until she could stand steadily enough to retrieve the harness which housed her auxiliary prosthetics and fix it to her waist, the arms folded around her hips like a belt.
When all was said and done Mato stepped over to her night stand and opened a case set upon it. Inside the case were seven slots, each containing a needle housing a thick red liquid. Grabbing one she pulled the safety cap from the needle, pushed her scarf aside and brought the tip to her neck. Carefully she pressed the needle into her vein and pushed down on the plunger, the bright red fluid slowly vanishing into her body. After tossing the needle into the trash and waiting a few moments Mato began to stretch, her joints giving a series of snaps and pops, her entire body seeming strengthen. With a final quick glance at the clock beside her bed Mato snatched her sword from the wall and exited the room.
Around ten minuets later Mato strode up to a series of buildings almost at the very back of the LFA school grounds. A large, almost windowless central building housing a sign simply reading 'Synthetics Club' above the main entrance served as the focal point of the area. Several smaller buildings sat around the central building, entrances kept locked and entrance only permitted through halls connected to the main building. Mato quickly moved up to the main entrance and swiped a keycard at the double doors causing them to click open with a chime.
Upon entering the girl was greeted with the familiar hum and chug of machinery working in the production areas. Immediately passed the main entrance was a sort of receptions desk which was usually manned by a no star student seeking entrance to the club. Beyond the front lobby the main building housed various machines designed for mass work on life fibers, the most prominent use being the hardening of life fibers for use in their own projects and the occasional shipment to other clubs. Adjacent buildings held a variety of more specialized buildings dealing in experimental or more delicate works.
With a wave and a smile to the student who seemed to stiffen reflexively at her entrance Mato proceeded back to the working areas of the main building. A series of huge spools ran life fibers through machines in mass, weaving the fibers tighter and tighter until proving near unbreakable. At her entrance two of the near by students ran to meet her. ”Production seems smooth, how are the projects going?.” Mato said as she began to make her way around the room, glancing over machines and checking calibrations while the students went over various significant projects in turn.
“This batch of fibers is a nice quality, its taking well to the hardening process so we've sent some of it to work as the base for synthesis.” A female one star spoke up first, flipping through some notes before nodding to a male one star that accompanied her. "The synthesizing process is still shaky but its looking a lot better than it did a few months ago. We're working on improving efficiency at the moment.” The male student continued as they reached the hall to the experimental labs near the back of central productions.
”Great, I'll leave it to you then. I'll be back later to check the batches.” Mato stated with a nod to the students who returned the gesture, heading back to their work while chatting between themselves. She then headed through the hall to the experimental labs, greeting a two star student who was managing the labs as she entered. ”I'm already running off schedule, how did the Nano-Fiber tests go?” She stated curiously, once again looking over the devices in the world and making various adjustments.
“The splitting process went decently but we had a lot of waste for the small batches we prepared. One of the labrats we tested on was overwhelmed and died. The other is living but its displayed some odd symptoms.” The two star student spoke with a bit of a sigh, giving a somewhat weary shrug at the less then optimal news. Mato ran a hand through her hair, ruffling it a bit before signing herself. ”Still too risky to try on anyone else then. I'll have to keep working on the formula. Send me the data so I can look over it later.” She replied before glancing at a clock on the wall, grimacing a bit as she only now noticed the chime for classes to begin masked under the hum of machinery.
Just as she was about to turn and rush out the door the two star student spoke up once more, catching her attention. “Captain, you're using the nano-fibers aren’t you? How have you been fairing with them?” Mato looked back curiously, blinking for a moment before grinning and giving a thumbs up. ”I'm feeling right as rain! No need to worry about me, I know what I'm doing.” She said confidently before heading out the labs back door and sprinting off to the academy's main grounds...
Covers atop the bed stirred, a discontented groan sounded lightly through the room. Beneath the the covers Mato rose with a quick lurch up, coming to sit at the edge of the bed and causing the blanket that covered her to fall to the floor beside her. In response to the sudden and unwelcome motion her body doubled over, her forehead nearly meeting her knees as she let out a shaky gasp, her legs quivering weakly. If the girl were fortunate to have kept her arms she would have had them clutched firmly around her stomach. Instead she could merely grit her teeth, red seemingly metal plates which sat embedded into the stumps where her shoulders once resided and extended to cover her collar and shoulder blades glinting in the morning sun. Her breath remaining ragged for a few minuets before finally growing more steady finally allowing the girl to sit upright. She tapped a button beside the bed with her foot. A second later a light lit up on the mechanism beside her bed followed by clicks and whirrs of machinery filling the room. The device lowered until the enclosed cases sat beside her shoulders and unfolded revealing two purely silver prosthetic arms, aside from the connection pins and base which showed the same vibrant red as the ports at her shoulders.
With a series of swift movements the arms were aligned to her shoulders and connected to the ports. Mato winced a bit as they tightened into place, the fingers of the arms spasming as control flooded through them. Mato flexed and manipulated the prosthetic hands until proper dexterity returned, only then pushing herself up from the bed to gather her clothes and dress. With a few unsteady steps she moved to the wall where her two star uniform hung, stumbling as she approached and bracing herself against the wall with her freshly attached arms. ”I really hate mornings.” Mato scoffed as she snatched her uniform from the hanger with a free hand and held herself up against the wall with the other. Quickly as she could, which unfortunately never started out quickly she began to don her uniform. First her skirt, followed by stockings, then her shirt and finally the red scarf wrapped around her neck. With each piece of clothing slipped on her movements grew more steady until she could stand steadily enough to retrieve the harness which housed her auxiliary prosthetics and fix it to her waist, the arms folded around her hips like a belt.
When all was said and done Mato stepped over to her night stand and opened a case set upon it. Inside the case were seven slots, each containing a needle housing a thick red liquid. Grabbing one she pulled the safety cap from the needle, pushed her scarf aside and brought the tip to her neck. Carefully she pressed the needle into her vein and pushed down on the plunger, the bright red fluid slowly vanishing into her body. After tossing the needle into the trash and waiting a few moments Mato began to stretch, her joints giving a series of snaps and pops, her entire body seeming strengthen. With a final quick glance at the clock beside her bed Mato snatched her sword from the wall and exited the room.
Around ten minuets later Mato strode up to a series of buildings almost at the very back of the LFA school grounds. A large, almost windowless central building housing a sign simply reading 'Synthetics Club' above the main entrance served as the focal point of the area. Several smaller buildings sat around the central building, entrances kept locked and entrance only permitted through halls connected to the main building. Mato quickly moved up to the main entrance and swiped a keycard at the double doors causing them to click open with a chime.
Upon entering the girl was greeted with the familiar hum and chug of machinery working in the production areas. Immediately passed the main entrance was a sort of receptions desk which was usually manned by a no star student seeking entrance to the club. Beyond the front lobby the main building housed various machines designed for mass work on life fibers, the most prominent use being the hardening of life fibers for use in their own projects and the occasional shipment to other clubs. Adjacent buildings held a variety of more specialized buildings dealing in experimental or more delicate works.
With a wave and a smile to the student who seemed to stiffen reflexively at her entrance Mato proceeded back to the working areas of the main building. A series of huge spools ran life fibers through machines in mass, weaving the fibers tighter and tighter until proving near unbreakable. At her entrance two of the near by students ran to meet her. ”Production seems smooth, how are the projects going?.” Mato said as she began to make her way around the room, glancing over machines and checking calibrations while the students went over various significant projects in turn.
“This batch of fibers is a nice quality, its taking well to the hardening process so we've sent some of it to work as the base for synthesis.” A female one star spoke up first, flipping through some notes before nodding to a male one star that accompanied her. "The synthesizing process is still shaky but its looking a lot better than it did a few months ago. We're working on improving efficiency at the moment.” The male student continued as they reached the hall to the experimental labs near the back of central productions.
”Great, I'll leave it to you then. I'll be back later to check the batches.” Mato stated with a nod to the students who returned the gesture, heading back to their work while chatting between themselves. She then headed through the hall to the experimental labs, greeting a two star student who was managing the labs as she entered. ”I'm already running off schedule, how did the Nano-Fiber tests go?” She stated curiously, once again looking over the devices in the world and making various adjustments.
“The splitting process went decently but we had a lot of waste for the small batches we prepared. One of the labrats we tested on was overwhelmed and died. The other is living but its displayed some odd symptoms.” The two star student spoke with a bit of a sigh, giving a somewhat weary shrug at the less then optimal news. Mato ran a hand through her hair, ruffling it a bit before signing herself. ”Still too risky to try on anyone else then. I'll have to keep working on the formula. Send me the data so I can look over it later.” She replied before glancing at a clock on the wall, grimacing a bit as she only now noticed the chime for classes to begin masked under the hum of machinery.
Just as she was about to turn and rush out the door the two star student spoke up once more, catching her attention. “Captain, you're using the nano-fibers aren’t you? How have you been fairing with them?” Mato looked back curiously, blinking for a moment before grinning and giving a thumbs up. ”I'm feeling right as rain! No need to worry about me, I know what I'm doing.” She said confidently before heading out the labs back door and sprinting off to the academy's main grounds...
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