At a Loss (Open)

[starlightace]

It had taken Nanoha some time to explore the ship, and she still hadn't managed to see everything - or even close to everything. Still, she managed to find a bit of seclusion - an untraversed little corridor - where she could communicate with her Intelligent Device at length and find out just what powers she had available to her.

"Raising Heart," she said quietly to the red jewel she held in her hands. "Activate Barrier Jacket."

And the jewel spoke, in a synthetic-sounding female voice: "I can call only the base forms, my Master. Barrier Jacket - Sacred Mode, unavailable. Aggressor Mode, unavailable. Exceed Mode, unavailable.

Excelion Form, unavailable. Exceed Form, unavailable. Blaster System, unavailable. Axel Fin, Unavailable."

Still, she wasn't about to give up entirely. "Axel Fin, huh? But what about the Flier?" In response, the device spoke again: "I can call it, my Master: Flier Fin!" In the next moment, two small magenta wings sprouted from Nanoha's ankles, lifting her a foot or two off the floor. Well, it wasn't much, but it was at least something.

So yes, anyone who happened to come by would see a girl talking to a piece of jewelry, hovering off the floor. Nothing strange at all about that, right?

Comments

[starlightace]

"Can I ask how that happened? If there are only three of you, it must be pretty rare."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Me and the evil creep who both looks like and shares a first name with Dracula? Got exposed to ghostly energy from an opening ghost portal. And then Vlad tried to clone me, kept screwing up, and one of the clones ended up female and that's how Dani came to be."

[starlightace]

Another blink. Nanoha's seen a lot, but this is ... stranger than what she's used to. A bit, anyway. "...oh. That must have been annoying, to have somebody trying to clone you all the time."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"I figure he stopped that when Dani decided she liked me better."

[starlightace]

Nanoha smiled at that. "So was she meant to be your enemy? ...then it's good you made her your friend. She's probably glad for that, too."