#‘I’ll love you until the day I die’ so we gettin married or nah

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[letstalksymphogear]

Symphogear, Ep. 1 (Cont)

So obviously, Hibiki lived. What, you thought she died? Nah, not yet.

The show punts us back to the present.

And Hibiki’s in a brand new school! Looks good. It looks better than most University campuses. So it be in the psuedo-future, where pods and towers and glass are everywhere, and god knows how the condensation works in the building.

And it’s a music academy! Because fuck you, this is a musical anime. What, you thought she was going to a technical school? Trade school? No buddy. Better get with the choir ‘cause we singin’ out here.

All the teachers hate Hibiki, because she’s the world’s biggest goof.

This is karmically balanced by her having such a swanky dormitory that it outrivals most high end studio apartments. Look at this shit. Look how many square feet that is. A family could live in here. Is she paying for this? How can you afford this?

“i saved my money”

Her roommate? It should be obvious.

Her soon-to-be wife. This is not an exaggeration. She literally acts like her housewife. This is something even the voice actresses keep in mind. It’s that ingrained.

I... what? But. But they do...

She loves her idiot girlfriend.

Tsubasa is going solo for depressingly obvious reasons. Also, she goes to this school! Nobody really cares, though. It’s sorta weird really, you’d think more people would freak out that a pop star of national acclaim would be getting classes at their school, but nah! Not a damn person cares. It’s just the usual.

Oh right. Hibiki cares. That’s real fucking creepy, Hibiki.

This scar is important. It’s what she got after the whole incident. You might say it’s going to show off her... forte! Eh? Eh...? ‘Cause, ‘cause it’s a forte symbol, and it means force in italian, and it means she’s gonna get stronger, and... okay. Okay, I’ll shut up.

Harry Potter jokes aside, Hibiki isn’t just tailing Tsubasa to be a creepy stalker. She wants answers; mainly an explanation for what the fuck happened during that whole Noisefest 2017 thing, and why they were in admittedly cool outfits singing to themselves without any music (because presumably the music is only in our perspective, not theirs).

Hibiki’s really hung up about not dying, and she’s worried the whole Symphogear revelation was just part of a near death hallucination. Like seeing angels right before dying, except a bit more anime.

Anyway, time to go to sleep together with your bestest friend in the whole wide world who clearly would not marry you at the drop of a dime.

In the top bunk of a bunk bed. Clearly heterosexual behavior. Straight as straight can be.

Meanwhile the Noise are wrecking shop in some undisclosed location somewhere as the military keeps attacking them.

This is a bad time to point out that guns, bullets, and all conventional artillery and means of warfare have no effect on the Noise. This is also a bad time to remind you that this is not the first altercation; so much so that civilians are on a first name basis with them.

“i am literally being thrown into a meat grinder”

Tsubasa shows up explicitly to clown on the military, putting the F. U. in SNAFU.

Tsubasa is currently an angsty gay mess. Her girlfriend’s gone, she’s in the same school as the person she sacrificed her life for, and she’s real fucking lonely. Also her family sucks ass. I mean real ass. Not the traditional ass. We’re talking advanced ass.

Abridged footage of Tsubasa defeating the Noise.

“why the fuck were we even sent out to begin with”

Meanwhile at Lydian, where fully stocked healthy buffet options are just The Norm in this cafeteria. You know, just making more higher tier casual food restaurants be put to shame by this.

Hibiki eats the SHIT out of things. Spiritually, she’s basically Goku.

Tsubasa comes in and some girls sorta lose their shit but otherwise they’re really keeping it together for being near a celebrity. Hibiki gets up and-

“uhhhhhhhh hi”

Awkward sniffing noises.

“aw damn shits gettin real too bad i cant watch this i got a four course meal to get to HA CHA CHA”

And in a single hand gesture, Tsubasa absolutely destroys the shit out of Hibiki.

Annihilated. Never living that one down. Total destruction of her ego.

You know it’s bad when even your girlfriend-to-be roasts you for it.

Yeah, pirating is the only way to get the- I mean! Digital goods are only to be retrieved through purchase.

Anyway. Our lovely little nerd sets off to buy some limited edition CDs of her favorite idol and also her classmate, Tsubasa; the clipped wing of Zwei Wing. A fitting, but unfortunatre title. Hibiki is all giddy about this until her Hibiki sense tingles.

The patented HibikiSense technology only goes off in two scenarios: When she’s hungry, and when she’s in danger. Using her limited, but sharpened, braincells, Hibiki understands that she already ate several times. So the only thing left is-

You know, you’d think there’d be zone warnings about this kind of stuff it happens on the regular. But this is Hibiki, so she probably never paid attention to them.

Intense fax noises in brain.

Hibiki, being A Good Person, goes out of her way to save a little girl she heard in danger.

Weirdly, the day changed rapidly, but fuck it, we all know it’s for the drama.

I want you to take a moment to process this picture. How long do you think the Noise have just been standing there to catch those two? Do you think they all collectively went “You know, they’re gonna end up here, so let’s just wait it out for a bit.” And then just stood there for hours? These are the things that keep me up at night.

Hibiki makes her run to the shelter with the girl, but failed to realize having 4 meals in succession is a real bad thing to do before running what culminates a triathlon.

Hibiki remembers Kanade’s words of advice, though. They ring out something like:

So she keeps going. And going. And going.

What a thrill...

She makes it to the roof of some... power facility complex? With strong Megaman vibes? And they hide out there, blissfully unaware that this does not stop something that has rockets phase right through them. And can, y’know, fly.

Surprise, motherfucker. Thought you saw the last of me.

Cornered, and out of options, she does what any main protagonist would do in the worst possible situation.

Whips out some good ol’ fashioned superpowers, baby!

Even the noise are confused! They literally look at each other and go “uhhh, what” and wonder what the fuck is going on!

“ohhhhhhh my GODDDDD WHY IS THIS HAPPENING MY EYES”

Naturally it’s just GOTTA be an EVENT everybody’s gotta know about.

“oh my god the gaydar’s OFF THE CHARTS”

The impact of this is that this is Kanade’s old relic, which was used as the basis of her Symphogear. This gives two implications: She’s alive (she can’t be), or someone else is wearing her duds in a hand-me-down fashion.

GUNGIR DATTO?!

“no fucking why. is. is she alive? she cant be. she died in my fucking arms. i SAW her die. how the fuck- who stole her clothes? thats impossible. oh my fucking god. my brain cant take this. who the fuck is running around in my deceased girlfriend’s clothes. im going to fuck them up so bad. im going to rewire their skeleton so they have legs for arms. theyre gonna be lanky fucking kong once i get my hands on them. ohhhh my god. i need to destress at panera or something. fuck. oh my fucking god.”

As the elemental piss stream vortex keeps pulsating out of Hibiki’s chest like a strange, pulsating flashlight of energy, her very body transforms to embrace the relic and become..

Feral? She’s turning feral? Oh shit. I didn’t remember this. Oh boy. Better go see a dentist later.

Oh Jesus Christ.

I hope you never watch AKIRA, Hibiki.

Oh. Oh, you thought this was gonna be a happy transformation? You thought wrong, viewer. Hibiki is no longer fucking around. And to think, this is just the beginning...

[augustawren]

101 Questions You Should Be Able to Answer About Your Character

Filled out for Savior AU

1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname? Uh, I guess my birth name was Fayri Underhill. I go by Wren. Soon to be Wren Meluir. *grins* Thrush calls me Little Bird or Aiwë. Blaise calls me Little One.  2. How old are you? When is your birthday? I’m 20 and my birthday, I just found out, is the 3rd of Maen. So I guess I’ll be 21 soon. 3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic? I was born in the Rillands but I don’t remember it. I’m from Dolbry, in Saumermere. Am I patriotic? *snorts* Not unless it’s to Dolbry. 4. Who are/were your parents? (Names, occupations, personalities, etc.) Alice and Harper Underhill. Harper is dead and I never knew him. He didn’t try and save me from being kidnapped, so no great loss. I don’t actually know what he and Alice did for work. *shrugs* Alice is okay. She’s kinda nice. 5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like? Yeah. I got a sister. She’s fine. I wish we were closer but... *shrugs again* whatever. She left. 6. What is your occupation? Thief? If that counts as a job? 7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh? 2′11.5 ft tall, I’m gaining my weight back so I’m probably about 25lbs. Can’t see my ribs no more, and look at these tits, yeah?? 8. What color is your hair? What color are your eyes? My hair is mostly white but I still got some brown on the sides. My eyes are hazel. 9. What is your race? I’m a halfling (white) 10. To which social class do you belong? The shit one? 11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others? HAHAHAHAHA no. Thrush does, I guess. Devlin did, I think.  12. What is your style of dress? I like to be comfortable. Breeches and a plain shirt works just fine for me. 13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features? You wanna talk scars? You got all day? There’s the one from a knife across my lips, the ones from a whip all over my back (think 8 years worth of regular whippings), the brand on my left shoulder (circle with two horizontal lines), a few burn scars on my palms and knees. I have two tattoos, one on my right hip of a butterfly (prevents pregnancy) and one on my left forearm of a wren and a thrush flying together. I’ve got freckles pretty much all over. 14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses? One time I ate a muffin with teeny seeds in it and my mouth swelled up and I couldn’t breathe. I got a thing in my right hand where a broken bone didn’t heal right, but other than that, I’m fit as a fiddle! ((she has severe PTSD, dissociative disorders including dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue, is possibly borderline, and has severe attachment issues)) 15. Are you right- or left-handed? I can use both pretty well, but I guess I write and stuff with my right, but when I’m juggling, my left leads. 16. What does your voice sound like? Ehhh... I dunno? My Dolbry accent is pretty thick, yeah? Sometimes I talk real fast. 17. What kind of vocabulary do you use? The street kind, ya porcelain. 18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics. 1-- I dunno if it’s a quirk, but I don’t like carrying less than twelve knives on me at a time. More, usually, but the baseline is twelve. 2-- I like dancin’. Both with music and with daggers. 3--  19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes? When I can, I guess. It’s not my favorite thing to do, unless I’m with Thrush. And no, I don’t wear perfume. I used to use a lavender and honey soap, but I don’t so much anymore. 20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)? Depends who I’m with. With Thrush I’ve been all smiles lately. I guess in general it’s more a ‘get the fuck outta my way’ glare. 21. Do you use body language? How? Yeah, I guess I can be easy to read. My body language is stiff when I’m pissed off, I dance around when I’m happy, that kinda stuff. 22. Do you have a commonly used saying? Heh, yeah, well, I used to, whenever I’d open a lock, I’d say “you’re the joke and baby I’m the punchline”. It’s funny, yeah? *giggles* And, uh, well, Gabriel always said “no loose ends” and “only worth your weight” so... I still think those a lot. Childhood 23. What is your earliest memory? Ah, you really wanna go there? They’re not good. Um, they all kinda blur together. Being whipped, I guess. Lots of blood. 24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it? I was mentored and taught by a few member of the guild for several years. I hated most of the book learning, but loved everything else. 25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill? The Thieves Guild 26. How would you describe your childhood in general? Half hell, half hard work. 27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Uh, well, until I was about ten all I wanted to do was die. After that, I guess I just wanted to be the best thief ever. 28. When and with whom was your first kiss? Widget kissed me when he first got to the factory. I was like six-ish. After that, I kissed Thrush under the holly when I was seventeen. 29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity? Nope. I fucked a guy named Leo. Turned out it was a real bad mistake for both of us. He went bragging about it and got nearly all his men killed. 30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you? Nope and nope. I’m the notorious one, but I’m not gonna be anyone’s ancestor. Influences 31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far? Meeting Thrush 32. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Destroying the factory and killing Fang 33. What is your greatest regret? Not going back for Widget  34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you? Wow, you sure you wanna ask to someone who was kept for a slave for almost ten years? Take a wild guess. 35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they? See the above. 36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done? Ehh... I dunno. Evil’s kinda subjective. I cut out a half orc’s tongue, eyes, and heart while he was still alive once. And killed his familiar right in front of him. But HE was real evil. 37. When was the time you were the most frightened? When I was little. My last night in the factory. 38. Have you ever traveled outside of your country? If so, to where? Nope. Unless you count other planes, I guess. Beliefs 39. What is your alignment? Chaotic neutral 40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic? I’ve been gettin more optimistic, but usually I’ma pessimist.  41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why? I believe that they exist but I don’t exactly worship one anymore.  Used to be Yondalla. 42. Do you believe in an afterlife? I guess. 43. What is your greatest fear? Being alone 44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why? Angry-- when people act like they know what’s best for me Sad-- Innocents suffering Happy-- Thrush, food, dancing, sex, Widget 45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil? Pretty evil generally 46. What are your views on politics? Religion? Sex? Don’t care about any of it except sex. That I’m all open and free about. 47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing? All necessary, and all things I’ve done.   48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs? To the ends of the earth. Pretty sure I demonstrated that in Dolbry, and Ima do it again with this whole Belmont thing. 49. How much do you value money? Only worth my weight. Gold is everything. Gold is life. 50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do? Uh... Be Fang. Enslave and kill kids, do what he did to Thrush and that girl, all that. 51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good? Yeah 52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love? Most definitely. Look at me and Thrush. 53. Are you superstitious? Nah, not really. 54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others? Depends on if they’re stupid. 55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings? Not very. Unless I’m talking to Thrush, I guess. 56. Do you have any biases or prejudices? I don’t like dwarves all that much, but that’s cause their food sucks and one of them is married to my sister, which is fucking weird. Dealing With Others 57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why? Thrush. He just is. He’s my world. 58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why? Respect the most? Lou. I never realized what she had to go through until I had to lead people, too. Despise the most? Well, now that Fang’s dead, and Gabriel... Probably Belmont. But Lily’s a close second. 59. Do you have a significant other? Who? In case you haven’t figured it out. Yeah. Thrush. 60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend? I guess more than I thought I did. I used to think I didn’t have any. Widget is my best friend. 61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex? I don’t know a ton of halflings, but I tend to like them when I meet them. If other rogues are on my side, I love ‘em. Girls are great.  62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex? Different races are mostly fine. Wish they were a little shorter, most times. Other classes are fine. Unless you mean social class, then I tend to not get on too well with the porcelains.  63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened. Yeah, twice. Things didn’t work with Devlin, obviously, and Thrush and I stayed away from each other for a long time, but now we’re together. 64. What do you look for in a potential lover? They’re sexy either in how they look or act. I need to trust them at least to a degree. 65. How close are you to your family? Not close. At all. 66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children? Marriage, yes, and we’re about to do that. No to anything else. 67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict? Argue. Please see: my relationship with Devlin 68. Are you a listener or a talker? I guess I’m a talker? 69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others? A looooooooooonnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggggg time. Like, think years. And years. To fully trust, anyway. I trust Blaise and I just met her a few months ago, but pretty much everyone else it takes years. 70. Do you hold grudges? Oh fuck yes I do. 71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations? Not generally, no. Though I guess I might a bit more after this whole Dolbry mess. 72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people? HA! No. Nooooo. I hate it. Last time it happened, I blanked out and don’t remember what happened. 73. How well do you express yourself? Not very well unless Thrush and I are alone together. 74. How quickly do you judge others? Pretty fast. Sizing people up is what I was trained to do. 75. Do you care what others think of you? Yeah, I guess so. I dunno, I just hate the way people pity me 76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy? I guess people who don’t like what I did in Dolbry? And Belmont and his people. Personal Taste and Opinions 77. What is your favorite pastime? Color? Food? Possession? I like to dance and practice tumbling and backflips. I used to draw a little. My favorite color is stormy blue. My favorite food is chocolate cake with raspberries. And my favorite possession is probably my book of elven love poetry from Thrush. Followed closely by my new ruby necklace from him. 78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment? I thought that play about me was HILARIOUS. I like funny things like that, not the weird tragedies the theater people sometimes do. For art, I like Thrush’s drawings and carvings. Soft, flowing things like that. 79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?. I drink and sleep around a bit with Thrush. And... because it’s fun? 80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night? Fighting or fucking. 81. What is your most cherished fantasy? Every day is a fantasy with Thrush. But I really can’t wait to have a house with him. I just wanna do regular shit with him. Make breakfast. Sleep in our own bed. Laugh and run naked through the house. 82. How long is your attention span? I can be pretty focused when I wanna be, but I’m not very patient most of the time 83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny? When I’m with Thrush. I dunno, I guess I find a lot of shit funny.  84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what? Not generally. I don’t like when people are rude about other people for no reason 85. How do you deal with stress? Depends how bad it is. If it’s real bad, my mind can blank out and I disappear in myself 86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic? I can climb and tumble and balance and dance. I can draw a little bit. 87. Do you like animals? Do you like children? Animals are okay. Kids are... weird. I like Trynni, but that’s about it. 88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan? Kinda both. I guess more spontaneous 89. What are your pet peeves? “You’re not being fair” say it to me and you’re dead. People being fake. People being too nice. Self-Image 90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness? I guess I’ve been through a lot of shit. And when you’ve been through shit and survived, people like to call you “resilient” or whatever. As for weaknesses, I’m emotional, irrational, short-tempered, and don’t think things through 91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Pretty much everything 92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted? Introverted? I dunno. I used to be a lot more so. 93. Do you like yourself? Not really, but Thrush is helping me see some positives 94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted? I used to in the Guild, and I kinda liked it. Now time is super free 95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime? Kill Belmont. Get a house. Figure out how to live as long as an elf. 96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years? With Thrush. With Thrush. With Thrush. 97. If you could choose, how would you want to die? In Thrush’s arms. 98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death? Doing what I could for Dolbry 99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality? unstable, impulsive, fierce 100. What three words would others probably use to describe you? mischievous, ruthless (according to Grul), cheeky 101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?  To save the world, duh. Because I, you know, live in the world.