Chapter 18: No… Insanity really is a gift
[AN]: Ah, back with a new chapter. I also got out of the hospital now, but I am still grounded, so it looks like writing fan fiction and doing schoolwork will be the only things that I'll be able to do for awhile. I again apologize for taking so long to update the last chapter; it was an unintentional hiatus. Addressing the Magnus spin-off; I will not be able to post the next chapter for awhile. Certain things must be revealed before its release, and someone stole my other computer. My car was jacked! I just have the worst luck ever, don't I? First I break my femur, then I have to stay in the hospital for an extended time, then my stuff gets stolen! ZOMG! Why does the ZUN- I mean, the almighty god hate me?
Anyway, moving on to the chapter, I feel like the Gunethre arc has been dragging on for too long. Not to mention, I had some great ideas for the Hakurei shrine, the forest of magic, the SDM, and many more locations that I can't use while Magnus is wandering around. So, this is why exciting things are starting to happen again. This chapter mainly takes place in the outside world, but don't worry, next chapter will have more Gensokyo in it.
Another thing I'd like to note is that there are two different types of Rumias I'm using. They are both the same person, so think of it as a split personality type of thing. One is a mature personality, and the other is childish.
BTW, I think there may be a misconception. Dan was based off my first editor, and Magnus was based off a completely different person… I sure have some fucked up friends, don't I?
NOW!... ON WITH THE SHOW!
Xanavere
Insane German Chemist/Alchemist POV… Dr Magnus
"Errrr… so, zees… Youkai, as you call zem, zey all 'ave magical powers?" I asked quizzically. Matt was telling me about the youkai, or at least what he knew about them.
Matt inhaled deeply, and sank further into the velvet armchair he was sitting in. A rythematically ticking clock was… ticking in the background. "Yes, or at least to my understanding."
"What are you talking about? Of course all youkai have magical powers!" Dan piped up. He had joined the conversation about five minutes ago, and at every opportunity, he would try to dominate the conversation.
"Ahhh, ze crazies are always attention hogs…" I quietly thought to myself. The scene before me was… humorous to say the least. Matt Proceeded to face-fault at the interruption, and I could tell Franz was just barely restraining himself from making a rude comment.
"Youkai are-
Dan was about to continue, but was interrupted by Matt. "Oh, here we go! Dan knows everything! *sarcastic tone* Lets all be like Dan! *sum Moar sarcasm*" Matt made sure to sound as dis-respectful as he could.
"What the cunt-fucking hell is your problem?" Dan asked as an angry glare occupied his face.
"It's just that you always pretend you're so high and mighty! You aren't even a youkai, and you're talking like you know all about them!" Matt yelled at Dan. His escalated voice rang through my ears like a high pitched bell. Seriously… his voice is really annoying. It pisses me off!
Dan stuttered, and reached for one of his "pointys". "You didn't even know you were one until 4 cock-shitting months ago!" Dan escalated the yelling to the point if one were to be at the other end of the castle; they would hear it echo through the halls.
"Zis is escalating to epic proportions… I like it!" I thought out to myself.
"Whiiiirrrr clackataka!" ("My thoughts exactly!) Franz happily clicked. The half flesh and bone, half mechanical arm functioned as my evil side, so it always loved some unnecessary chaos.
Of course, the chaos was pretty funny, but I came to the decision to end the madness. "Okay everyvon, eet iz time to stop with ze arguing! Now… lets all go and-
"SHUT UP YOU!" Matt and Dan both simultaneously yelled.
"You shall not disrespect me in my own home!" I thought to myself. In reality, I banged the base of my cane on the ground, and stood up. "No!... YOU must be ze von to do the shutting up!" I yelled in my trademarked heavy accent. Matt and Dan froze, and I adjusted my glasses focus knob. "Eh-hehehehe… Sorry about zat…" I said with my continual neutral expression.
Matt and Dan looked at each other, and looked back at me. Matt spoke up in a shy tone of voice. "Sorry about that…"
"Yeah…" Dan continued. An awkward silence graced the atmosphere. The ticking of the clock… or… many clocks was the only sound other than the occasional sound from Franz, or Matt's arm. As Stated before, most of the ticking came from the many clocks in the house, but the loudest ticking came from the giant wagon-spring clock mechanism in the basement*.
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"Sooo…" Matt interrupted the awkward silence. "Would you like to hear about my adventure in Gensokyo?" He asked with an unsure expression on his face.
I didn't know anything about Gensokyo, so I decided that this could be valuable info. "Sure! Vhy not!" I replied.
Dan rolled his eyes, and said: "Here we go…"
"It all started with a gunfight in new York…"
Matt proceeded to tell me all about his experience in Gensokyo. I listened patently, and even laughed/coughed at some parts. It was a humorous tale.
Gensokyo, underground
Flandre's POV
"There there Rumia… it's ok." I comforted Rumia as she sobbed at the place the LT used to be. The dark, dank cave was moist, and occasionally, the dripping of wet water-drops would echo through the caverns.
Rumia continued to lament over the disappearance of Matt. "B-b-b-but, I didn't even get to say goodbye *Cry* H-h-he left without *Sob*-
"I'm sad too, but at least I don't cry like that…" I thought to myself.
"He-he just left! *Sob* I miss him already!" Rumia cried.
*Sigh* I sighed. "He'll probably be back." I tried to comfort her once again.
My efforts were beginning to work, but they were interrupted by a certain gap-troll. "Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that." Yukari stated as she stepped out of one of her gaps.
I stood up with a hostile expression "What do you mean?" I asked with a threatening tone of voice. Yukari came to visit sometimes, and almost all of her visits ended badly. The fact that she foiled my attempts to calm Rumia down didn't help my anger towards the trolling youkai. "You had something to do with this, didn't you?" I raised an eyebrow.
Yukari took out her fan, and hid half her face behind it as usual. "Fu-fu-fu-fu-fu! Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag." Yukari chuckled. "I guess I could tell you my plan."
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I waited for Yukari to continue, but she wouldn't budge, like a frozen video game. "Well… let's hear it." I waited impatiently. "If you don't tell me why Dan is gone, I'll make you go kyuu!" I threatened.
Yukari dropped her fan back into one of her gaps. After the gap closed, she said: "My my! Someone has a temper! Maybe I won't tell you."
I rose in the air with an insane grin on my face. A six-sided spell circle appeared behind me, and my voice seemed to have 5 different layers. Like it's in G-major**. "TELL ME RIGHT NOW!"
"WHAAAAAH!" Rumia burst into tears again. As she did this, I almost instantaneously dismissed the circle, and flew down to comfort the crying darkness youkai.
Yukari let out a soft giggle, and rolled her eyes. "As I was saying!..." Yukari got our attention. "… Matt refused my offer, so I transported him out of Gensokyo." Yukari calmly stated. Again; there was an awkward silence.
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"WHAT?" Rumia and I simultaneously exclaimed.
Yukari twisted her parasol, and turned away from us. "Yep, he yelled at me, and was just down-right rude. I was going to let him stay, but-
"I hate you so much right now." I thought as my angry voice kicked in, and I said: "But why did you take Dan too? We always hang out together!"
Rumia got up from the ground, and ran up to Yukari. She began beating her fists against her legs like an upset child. "Bring! Matt! Back!" She said through tears while banging her fists at the end of each word.
Yukari made a clicking noise with her tongue, and raised her parasol. She brought it down, and whacked Rumia on the back of the head; sending her into the opposing wall. "Do NOT touch me!" Yukari said while raising her parasol back to her shoulder. "Besides, the time of the week that I can transport objects to and from the outside world has passed." She stated while turning back away from me.
I was about to protest, but She jumped up into the air, and a purple gap swallowed her up.
"Dammit Yukari!" I thought while walking over to where Rumia stuck to the wall. "Come on Rumia…" I said in a low undertone.
"*Sniff* Ok *Sniff*" Rumia scraped herself off the wall with my help, and proceeded to brush the dirt from her skirt. Her tears started to dry up as well.
"Come on Rumia, I need to make something go kyuu!" I said in my half mature, half immature voice.
"Where are we going?" Rumia asked. She wiped the last of her tears off her face with her right sleeve.
I slowly turned my head to face the childish darkness youkai, and an evil grin crept onto my face. "We're going to do something that Dan would've wanted us to do!" I said in an even darker undertone.
Rumia's face darkened exactly like mine, and an evil grin, identical to mine, crept across her face. "Is that so…" She said in a similar dark undertone. She raised her arms, and a ball of darkness surrounded her.
We flew out of the entrance/exit to the cave, and headed towards the desert plains at top speed.
"I will finish the job for you Dan…"
Xanavere
Matt's POV
"And that's how it happened…" I just finished telling my tale of my trip through Gensokyo up to this point. Magnus seemed fascinated throughout the whole story, and always seemed eager to hear the next part after I finished one. "*Whew* I hope that satisfies you." I said with relief. He basically made me tell him about my entire experience in Gensokyo.
"Yay! Tell it again!" Maria exclaimed. She had started listening near the beginning of my story.
"Vell… It vas very good… I 'ave decided!" Magnus exclaimed. His Left hand… Errr, Franz tapped his fingers on top of Magnus' cane. "I 'ave most zertainly decided…" Magnus repeated.
Dan snapped out of his thoughts, which were most likely about ways to kill certain people he didn't like, and spoke up. "What?... What have you decided?" He asked in a… normal tone.
"Weird… Dan almost always adds some sort of twist into his speech." I thought. Right after processing that last thought, I asked: "Yes, just what have you decided to do?"
Franz made a grinding noise, and clicked: "Clack whiirr click clickaticka clack Whiiiiirrr" ("Yes, what is it that you've decided on Magnus?")
"Tee hee… Your hand is funny!" Maria burst out of her chair, and landed next to Magnus. She pointed a finger at his left arm/Franz, and slowly inched it forward.
Franz backed away and hissed. "WHHIIIIRRRR CLACKATACK!" ("DON"T FUCKING TOUCH ME!") Franz angrily clicked. Magnus turned his head towards Maria, and maintained a neutral expression.
Maria backed away from Magnus and tears started to well up in her eyes. Dan snapped to attention at this, and reached for his sword. "What… Was that?... Your hand is starting to make little wuddles*** cry…" Dan said in an ominous dark and dangerous tone.
"Vhat… I did not say anything. Franz did." Magus stated while Franz raised its penny-sized eye/camera to Dan. I sat passively and watched the situation unfold. Dan growled, and Maria cuddled up next to Dan. "Vhatever. Anyvey, I 'ave decided to move to zis… Gensokyo" Magnus announced.
Everyone in the room was left speechless. My mouth hung agape, and Dan had stopped petting Maria in her youkai form.
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"YOWCH!" After a while, a mischievous glint escaped Maria's eyes, and she proceeded to claw at Dan's face. I let out a snicker, and I could tell that if Maria wasn't in her youkai form, she would be loling.
"R-re-really?" I stuttered. Dr. Magnus seemed like the one who would make decisions on a whim, but this was just ridiculous. "Y-you do realize that I have no idea how to get into Gensokyo, right?" I said in a deadpan tone while glaring at the insane doctor. "The only person I can think of who could let us into Gensokyo is Yukari… And she most certainly isn't going to help us." I sank into my armchair as my tone did the same.
Dan was nursing a wound that was inflicted by 'Wuddles', as he called her… And is also completely unrelated to this paragraph. Maria resumed her youkai form, and cuddled back up on Dan's lap… Maybe he is related to this paragraph, don't you think?
Anyway, Magnus stood up out of his chair, and tapped the ground with his cane. "Vell! I vill see you all later, except for you Matt mine boy. You vill meet me in ze observatory!" Dr. Magnus interrupted the conversation so smoothly, that everyone dismissed without a second thought; except for me. I continued to sit silently in the room even after Magnus himself left. After about 5 minutes of absolute silence; a loud clank came from the ceiling, and a large funnel lowered itself from the darkened space. "Matt! I am waiting for you!" Magnus' voice echoed though the funnel with bad quality. It almost sounded like a worn out vinyl album.
"Gah!" I jumped to attention. Springs along the walls moved, and mechanisms operating flint lighters lit chemical substance torches along one hallway.
I gazed into the seemingly-endless hallway, until Magnus' voice was heard again. "I 'ave lit ze vey Matt. Just follow ze torches." The bad quality voice spoke once again. "And do not let me catch you snooping as you do in your story****.
I couldn't help but chuckle at the phrase. Once being somewhat of an internet troll, I couldn't help it.
"GET MOVING!" Magnus' bad quality voice rang through the intercom. I once again sprung out of my chair, and dashed down the hallway.
Xanavere Observatory
After climbing a never-ending set of stairs, I hesitantly opened the door. When I walked into the room, I was greeted by a mechanically-driven model of the solar system in the middle of the room, and a moving cosmic design behind glass that decorated the walls. It seemed like it was also mechanically driven. Under the glass floor, was a 20 foot diameter analog clock. There were telescopes of different sizes all over the room, and a Giant lever by the door I just walked through. All the designs were like that of 19th century clock face decoration. My mouth hung agape.
"Velcome… To my observatory!" The doctor said with an almost-smile. His left lip was just barely maintaining an upright position, but the right side of his lips remained stationary. "Zis facility houses some of ze finest optical telescopes in ze verld!" He said with pride.
I took about 2 more minutes to take in my surroundings. Instead of a normal ceiling, a dome composed the uppermost area, and met with the constantly-moving walls. It was much like how Okuu's cosmic cape met her black crow wings.
Magnus walked over to me, and laid a hand on my shoulder; specifically his right one. "Mine boy, I vould leik to know something." Magnus asked in his deep German accent.
"What is it?" I questioned while staring at my warped face in one of Magnus' many optical telescopes.
Magnus let go of my shoulder, and leaned on his cane. "I vas very… intrigued by your watch, I vas just vondering if I might take a look at it?" His voice was very direct, and his expression was blank as usual.
I turned to Magnus with an eyebrow raised. "Why?" I questioned.
Magnus started pacing in circles around me. "Vell, I just saw how personal it seemed to you, and I vas also vondering vhy you started dying when Franz took it apart." Magnus started admiring his own décor half-way through his last sentence.
"Whiiirrrr Clakatacka Whiiir whir whirrr Clack!" ("Hey! You're the cunt fucker that told me to look for silver!") Franz argued.
I scratched my chin, and ignored the Hand's creative comment. "Yes, but why should I trust you?" I asked in more detail.
Magnus turned his gaze back down to me, and said: "Vell, if you show me your watch, I vill show you something zat might just get zis Yukari's attention."
I waited a moment, then sighed "Fine!..." I proceeded to take my prized solid-gold pocket watch out of my pocket, and clicked the lid open and showed Magnus the face. As he bent down, I cleared my throat. "*Ahem*!... You see this dial?" I pointed to a location on the face of my watch. "It shows how many years I have lived. This watch always keeps perfect time, but it is no magic… well, it sort of is, but that's not the point. The point is that my soul is actually tied to this watch. If anything were to happen to it, I would die." I took a deep breath. "Oh, and see the moon dial?" Magnus nodded. "That doesn't actually show day or night, it is actually my mood." I concluded.
Magnus nodded. "Interesting… very interesting indeed…" He continued nodding as he stood up. "I do not suppose I could… be holding ze watch, could I?" Magnus asked with a hopeful look in his eyes.
"Well… I-
I was interrupted yet again as Magnus swiped the watch out of my hand, and started examining it for himself. I started panicking and grasping for the watch. Unfortunately, the watch was too far out of my reach. Even when I was jumping, I wasn't able to get my hands on my precious watch. "Why is it that I am cursed with this short height…?" I grumbled in thought form.
Magnus continuing to examine the watch with sparkles in his eyes. "Ooohh… Vagon spring… Tell me, just how does one fit a vagon spring inside a small pocket watch." If the doctor had bothered to look down, he would see that I was continuing to jump for the watch, with twin waterfalls in my eyes.
"The sad thing is, he isn't even trying to hold it out of my reach…" I once again grumbled to myself
"Vell, I zimply must zee inzide this watch!" Magnus said while Franz took out a screw-driver.
"NO!" I yelled and got the mad doctor's attention.
"Oh… sorry." Magnus said while kneeling down to my height. "Erm, how about I disassemble ze watch in your sleep. Zat vey your death vill be painless." Magnus said in an eerily cheerful tone.
I snatched the watch out of his hands, and clenched it to my chest. "NO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE AT AGE 112!" I shouted while backing away from Magnus.
"Ok…Ok… Fine! I vill… vait until you are 113. Is zat ok?" Magnus questioned. An awkward pause followed Magnus' uncomfortable question, and silence that was only broken by the ticking of the gigantic floor clock, graced the room.
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"NO!" I screamed. If I had ever met anyone who qualified for that lack of a soul more than Dan, it would have to be Magnus.
"Vell… How about after you die?" Magnus questioned for the third time.
"N-!... Well…" The awkward pause graced the room once again, but I was distracted by my thoughts to take much notice.
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"Ugh… this has to end somewhere… well this has to end somewhere. I doubt he'll live longer than me. Sure, I'll agree to his deal." I debated in my mind. My ever-turning gears in my head slowed down, and the combination of neurons and micro-clockwork that made up y brain whirred down. "You know, the good thing about my brain being half-mechanical, is that If my heart were to stop for more than 2 hours, none of my memories or thought-processes would be lost." I thought to myself. I nodded, and grinned. "You have yourself a deal Dr. Magnus!" I exclaimed while I thought: "What an idiot!"
"Wunderbar! Ve 'ave a deal!" Magnus stuck out his right hand, and I proceeded to perform the hand-to-hand contact binding ritual… or handshake. "I 'ave all ze time in ze verld! For I am immortal!"
I nodded and maintained my grin for about 5 more seconds, and then my cheery expression shattered. "I-I-I-I-Immortal?" I just barely managed to say. "You… are immortal?" I repeated.
"Vhy yes! While I am not, as you say, a true immortal, I am a biological immortal*****!" Magnus said in an almost-cheerful tone. I stood stupid for a couple more seconds, and stared with my mouth continuing to be agape, at Dr. Crazy.
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"*CHOKE!* ACK! *COUGH COUGH COUGH!*"After having my mouth open for so long, I bug flew into it. "Don't worry *COUGH!* I just swallowed a bug." I gulped. "Great, now he might get to actually take apart my watch. Still though, I'll be dead already, but I think I'm going to be sick!" I'm not sure if it's what Magnus said unnerved me, and I felt queasy. "This… is somewhat disturbing…" I composed myself, and looked the doctor in the eye "So… what is this thing that might get Yukari's attention?" I asked in a quizzical tone of voice.
"Here, let me show you!" Magnus calmly stated while walking over to the large switch located by the door. He pulled it, and the loud sound of a large clutch being engaged, followed by the sound of chains operating echoed through the room as the room seemed to rise.
*Whir-CLANK!... Dink-dink-dink-dink-dink-dink-dink-dink…*
The sound of the chain continued until the room shook and came to a stop. The large dome part of the ceiling opened to reveal the starry night, and a waning ¾ moon. I marveled at how clear the night sky was, and Magnus walked over to an object that was put away in the corner of the room. It wasn't a telescope, but it had a chair and an eye-piece. Magnus half-grinned as he climbed into the chair and pulled one of the many levers in front of him. The sound of a clutch engaging once again filled the room, and the mechanism extended out to the middle of the room via wall-mounted scissor lift.
"Zis… is Dr. Octagonapus! It is a super laser!" He proudly stated with a half-grin.
"Seriously? Did we really need to reference the lazer collection?" I mentally dead-panned. "That's a… creative name." I said while a bulb of sweat formed on the back of my neck.
The doctor looked down at me from the operator's seat which was raised about 7 feet into the air. "Do you really think so?" He asked in an eager voice.
"Just what is he a doctor of?" I thought as the bead of sweat disappeared, and while rolling my eyes.
"Et firez a massive lazer using 700,000 ampz of electrizity!" He stated with glee. "It takes about… 5 dayz to charge ze capacitorz, but the reward iz vell vorth ze vait." Magnus continued. "I vas going to use et to burn a message into ze full moon tomorrow, but ehhhh… Ve could use et to zend a message to zis… Yukari. Ze moon iz vizible from Gensokyo… Right?" Magnus asked with anticipation.
I cleared my throat and spoke in a low undertone. "Yes, yes it is."
Magnus lowered himself from the chair and exclaimed "Wunderbar!" Right when his feet touched the ground; the huge contraption folded itself back into the small space it was in before. "Vell then… Ve vill burn ze message in tomorrow night." Magnus threw the switch once again, and the dome-like observatory lowered itself down to the level of the hallway. "I am going to hang out vith your friend Dan. You may do az you please, but… Just don't touch any of ze cars!" Magnus stated while walking out the door; leaving me alone in his observatory.
Gensokyo, Desert plains
Rumia's POV
Flandre and I were racing toward the location of Gunethre's base. It was about time someone had done this, and we were motivated to do it. "WHERE IS IT!" That is, if we could find Gunethre's base.
I flew closer to my companion, and patted her on the back. "Calm down Flan, I'm sure it's around here somewhere." I back further away and added "I hope…" in thought form.
Flandre gazed over at me as we were flying, and I gazed back. She had an expression of rage plastered all over her face, and her fists were clenched tightly. She turned her head back in front of herself to once again look for Gunethre's base.
An awkward silence graced the atmosphere as we flew low to the ground, which was only interrupted by the wind howling in my ear. "I HOPE we find it soon. I don't think Flan can hold on much longer."
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"THERE!" Flandre shouted while pointing to a camouflaged structure. The bricks were the same color as the sand that surrounded them, so it was understandable that one would have difficulty locating it from the air.
I smirked as we started descending towards the base, while a psychotic grin crept onto Flandre's face. While descending, neither of us noticed that the place seemed almost deserted.
As we landed at the front gate, Flandre nodded at me, and walked ahead of me to the towering door. She said "Ding dong! Anyone home?" and after a short moment, she bashed the door down in one hit. "Come on Rumia! Let's go!" Flandre said in an enthusiastic manner.
I held my arms out to my sides, and created a ball of darkness around myself. "WHEEEE! Let's go stop the bad guys!" We made our way into the dark corridor, and set out to search for Gunethre in his seemingly never-ending base. "Yeah, it's about time someone stopped them…"
Xanavere garage, basement level 1
Dan POV
Well… I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, but it sure lived up to its name. If you're wondering what 'it' is, 'it' is an extremely long, modified, 5 axle Dusenberg. It was painted white, with chrome finish in certain places, and took up the entire length of the garage we were in. "It's… nice." I said while sweat-dropping. "Seriously! Who needs a car this long!"
"Ah yes… et zertainly iz!" Magnus exclaimed with enthusiasm. "An it iz ze most powerful land-based vehicle in ze verld!" Magnus stated while limping towards the car he mentioned. He looked back at me, and a smirk crept on to the left corner of his face. "Do you vant to ride in it?" He asked before fully turning around.
I shook my head and nervously backed away. "I think I'll take my chances with Matt's death trap."
Magnus arced his head backwards, and laughed. After he brought it forwards, he stared me in the eye, and said: "Bah! Zat piece of shite vill never know ze power of zis thing! I have turbo charged ze doodle to inject mine special chemical compound directly into ze thingy." He wore a half smirk on his face that only he could pull off.
"Is this guy for real? Shouldn't a scientist know what he's talking about?" I thought to myself for a moment, and then proceeded to admire the vehicle. "So, what does that mean? What is, the 'doodle' and the 'thingy'?" I said while quoting doodle and thingy with my fingers.
Of course, Magnus completely ignored me, and continued with his babbling. I sweat dropped, then thought: "Just like old times…" I double took over my shoulder, and noticed that the doctor had started pacing back and fourth. "Better escape while I still can…" I quietly said to myself. I tip-toed out of the garage, leaving Magnus to continue babbling on his own.
Gunethre's HQ
Gunethre's POV
"WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT FAILURE!" I hissed at a soldier who I had grabbed by the collar of his shirt.
I lifted the soldier into the air. As he trembled, he said: "T-t-that failure r-results in d-d-d-death…"
"Kill, destroy, murder, death, die, destruction, oblivion!" My psychotic thoughts echoed through my mind. "Well then…" I began with my rock-hard face. "It's time to make good on the promise!" I slammed the soldier against the wall, and then my metallic eye began to glow.
"Nooo!..." The grunt soldier fell limp in my grasp as his soul, his life essence, was absorbed into the eye.
I smirked, and then dropped the grunt on the ground. "At least you are of some use to me." I kicked the body away, and took a seat at my desk; where I started planning my next invasion.
Just as I was getting into the right thought process, I heard a loud thud, followed by a small girl saying: "Wheeee!"
I face-faulted, then grumbled "Intruders…" under my breath. I got up from the desk that I had comfortably seated myself at, and threw the door to my office open. I exited the office with a grim scowl, and made my way down the dark hallway. "Death, Burn, Decimate!" Violent thoughts cycled themselves through my head as I grimly walked down the hallway to face the intruders.
Unknown location
AILC's POV
"Huh… usually Maria comes around to play about now…" I thought to myself as I was alone in the wide void known as my hard drive. Maria had turned me off some time ago. I couldn't really remember how long ago, I just remember that it was a while ago.
Suddenly, someone powered on the computer, and soon, I found myself looking through the lens of the web-cam once again. "Ah- hello Mar-…" I stopped once the web cam focused, and saw that the person who had powered me on, was not Maria.
"Gah! Zis thing speaks!"
"Wait! Who are you?" I asked after my Wheatly-impersonation voice had fully loaded.
The man in a white lab coat pointed to himself and proudly stated: "I am Dr. Magnus! Master of all ze chemical doodles and thingyz!" He lowered the hand he had used to point to himself and asked: "Now vhat iz your name Mr. thingy?"
My hard drive made a click, and I said: "My name is AILC; Artificially Intelligent Locator Computer." If I had a body, I would have done a bow.
"Whirrr clickaticka!" Magnus' hand made a clicking noise that matched my hard drive.
After the hand clicked and whirred; Magnus seemed to get angry. He looked down at his hand while saying: "No Franz! Ve vill not be doing zat!"
A question mark appeared on my screen, And Magnus looked back over to me. "Who is Franz?" I asked with curiosity.
Magnus took a breath in, and straightened his square glasses. "Franz iz my left arm." Magnus stated in the bluntest way possible.
I stayed silent for a couple seconds, and then said: "Oh…"
After a couple more awkward seconds, Magnus said: "Vell, I better be going. Goodbye."
He reached over to close my screen. Right as his hand was inches away, I yelled "NO!" but he ignored my protests, and put me back into sleep mode.
Magnus looked up at no-one in particular, and said: "Now… I 'ave verk to do!" He limped away I finally shut down once more.
"Grrrrr…" I thought once I was fully in sleep mode.
To Be Continued…
[AN]: OCs OCs OCs! Dear god! What have I become? I've really got to lay of the scenes with my OCs…
*Sigh*
Ok, footnotes.
*A wagon-spring is leaf spring. It consists of parallel metal bars that slowly straighten over time to power a mechanism. It has a lot more power than a conventional spring, but watch out when they pop! They also have a much longer life than a conventional spring.
**The 5-layer G major fad was a short lived one on youtube. It involved layering the audio in 5 different tones with Sony Vegas.
***Wuddles is a nickname for the co-author's cat, you know, the one that Dan is based on. He often refers to the cat as wuddles, and gets pissed off if anyone laughs at the name.
****What?... It needed to be referenced at some point.
*****A biological immortal is a person that will never die of old age, but can still die of… For example, getting shot, or a stab wound. Basically, they can still die from anything that isn't old age, or sickness. I got this idea from bluewolf963's fan fiction: "from the sky and beyond".
There is something I'd like to mention before I get any reviews. Magnus' English is SUPPOSED To be bad! For example, he doesn't use acronyms, even when it would be far easier than his way of speech, and he is always saying "mine boy" instead of "Mah boi"… errr, I mean "My boy".
To address the part with Magnus and Matthew, Magnus is supposed to have no regard for living creatures. Basically, he cares about his own well-being, and everyone else around him is a potential subject for an experiment… or at least that's his view. In the world I live in that's not the internet, the person who Dr. Magnus is based on (who is also helping me write this now, and is NOT the person Dan is based on) has a weird taste for cars as well. It was his decision that Magnus be of German heritage. He also wanted to make him a Nazi supporter, but I vetoed the idea. Another thing about Magnus is that I have yet to reveal his full name. 'Magnus' is just an alias and I actually censored his real name in the last chapter. Maybe I'll reveal it at some landmark, like when I get 100 reviews, or the word-count on this fic breaks 200,000. Something like that.
Profile: Xanavere
Xanavere is Dr. Magnus' castle. It sits atop a dried silver mine, and it completely mechanically driven. The wagon spring in the basement drives all the devices in the mansion, and only needs to be wound about once every month. Dr Magnus must use one of his many cars to wind it with their special chemical fuel. The castle itself is about as big as the scarlet devil mansion, so I'm not going to go into the layout, but it is truly a mechanical, steampunk wonder.