destinystrings | I'm a real girl!

Who: Nano Shinonome and YOU
Where: Capricorn Ward, Park
When: 13th Hour, the night of October 23rd
What: Nano tries out some newly awakened powers
Warnings: Standard combat related warnings

[Nano has had a very busy month, between Geartopia and finally completing the quest she'd been given by Caroline several months ago. She's grown and learned so much since coming to Hinoto-Ri, and apparently all of that development was enough to awaken new abilities that she never even knew were sleeping inside her. Eager to try them out for herself, she's come alone to the wide expanse of the park in the Capricorn Ward to fight some demons.

Fortunately, the kind she was most curious about showed up first, and Nano can be found fighting a group of Heartless straight out of the Kingdom Hearts universe. She's done this before, but this time there's something a little different about her fighting style - in place of the replica keyblade she'd been given by Naminé, the one she holds now is very much the genuine article. Adorned with clockwork gears, there's no mistake that this blade is very much an expression of Nano's own soul.

She spends some time darting between low-level Heartless dispatching them with her new weapon until a few larger ones show up. At this point, Nano spends a moment's concentration to call out her Soul Persona - unmistakably so, considering she summons it directly instead of with the floating tarot card common to Velvet Room Personas. However, this time instead of the familiar wooden puppet Pinocchio, the puppetmaster Geppetto appears in his place, lashing out with a carving knife in sync with Nano's own strikes.

Clearly, this little robot has done quite a bit of changing over the past year - a far cry from the scared and unsure little clockwork girl that arrived in the streets of Hinoto-Ri last October.]

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Cerberus-san!

[Nano may be much more accustomed to fighting now, but explosions like that are startling no matter what. She turns around to face the massive mountain of a man, seemingly surprised to see him standing there.]

Don't let your guard up, it's time to fight!

[ He sweeps his chainsword into a heartless, still holding his ground, annoyed that her concentration broke. ]

R-right!

[There are still a few of them left, after all. Nano moves toward where Garviel is standing as she fights, lashing out with her keyblade and cutting through another low-leveled Heartless like butter. Her stance is low and wide, her feet spread apart for maximum stability and to enable her to quickly move in any direction at a moment's notice, her side presented to her opponents to make her as small a target as possible, and her blade held firmly forward in her dominant hand. She's definitely taken Xion's lessons to heart here.]

[ once the heartless are gone, he stares at her weapon with interest, noting the gears. ]

Like the Mechanicus. Interesting. [ He says, apropos of nothing. ]

It's a keyblade!

[Said with no small amount of pride on her own part, as the tiny gears on her sword continue to turn.]

[ He removes his helm, looking at the blade with something like grief in his eyes. ]

I know what it is, little one.

I didn't think I could ever have something like this... not a real one, anyway.

[Sorry, too caught up in the happy to process Garviel's angst and prejudice at the moment.]

It is simply a weapon.

[ He puts his chainsword away, and looks out across the park, quiet. ]

I didn't imagine that you'd be one to use such things.

[Nano shakes her head.]

No, it's more than just that... this came from me. From my heart...!

Oh?

[ That manages to provoke a bit of interest from him. ]

That's what a keyblade is. It's like your own inner strength in the form of a sword.

[Or at least, that's how she understands it. She never really got the complete explanation.]

Like a Librarius force weapon then. [ The concept doesn't seem unfamiliar to him, forbidden by Nikaea though it was. ]

That... stands to reason. I see.

So, why are you fighting?

I just wanted to try it out and see what it's like to use my very own keyblade. It's so different from just using the replica sword.

What do you think you'll do, now that you know?

I don't think what I'm going to do will really change much now... I was already fighting during the 13th Hour. Now I just have a stronger weapon to help me do it.

[ Loken slides his helmet on, not commenting for a moment. He looks at Nano through the red eye slits, and shrugs. ]

...Did I say something to upset you, Cerberus-san?

No, just old memories. [ He shakes his head emphatically. ]

Oh... I'm sorry.

[Always conscientious, even when it's not her fault and even when she doesn't know what the problem is.]

You done here, then?

I don't see any more Heartless around, so I think so, yes.

[ Loken starts to move away, almost like he's scared of the little girlbot. but that's impossible, isn't it....? ]

...Cerberus-san? Are you all right?

[ He halts, considering the question. ]

I...

I'm simply reminded of all the people I've lost since I came here. I was close to someone who wielded a blade like that. [ He looks at his armored vambrace, wrapped around it is what Aqua left him, almost like an oath-scroll. ]

Oh...

[Nano thinks back. There are a few candidates, but the likeliest one is probably...]

...Was it Aqua-san?

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