Hey, guys. Like I said, I'm back for some more, and I've decided to keep the old concept chapters up til late 2023 at the very least. Should give other people plenty of time to read them before I delete them from this story and begin proper. Don't think I have forgotten the Kaguya and Yuzuru lemons.
While we aren't gonna be covering lemons today, I figured we can cover a bit more of the Spirit Mimics from Spirit Pledge, may it rest in piece. I've been archiving as much as I can of the game, and may post it to YouTube or something.
So today, we're gonna dive one of the more friendly Mimics. Her name is Freya. Your probably asking "who dat? You didn't mention her." Well, not all Spirit Mimics were boss battles. Some were collectables that were made to boost stats like attack and defense. As for what Freya looks like, she's succubus-like with big boobs (if I had to guess, they around Miku's size, Freya was never given any measurements), blue eyes, pink hair, wings and a heart shaped tail. As for her weapon/Angel, its a thin yet long sword.
Again, I have screenshots if your interested.
Since Freya's chap at the time of posting this isn't much, I'll add some Muku moments after (not gonna be much, only 3000 words). While we're on the subject, I also updated the last chapter with the Boss Mimic information, giving details on their battle styles as well.
lixiaofossil:
Well, video games that cannot be played offline, no matter on a computer, a console, a cellphone, are never reliable.
Twilightiger1602:
And crap like this is exactly why I avoid mobile games like the plague. Why bother dumping 100 of hours (And potentially dollar$) into a game that eats up your phones battery and is going to be shutdown at literally anytime? At least the devs had the decency to give you a full-refund. Most don't even bother; they just take your money and leave you high and dry.
But I digress. Sorry you have to go through this crap, especially when Season 5 is just around the corner. Well, if this series was going to end, then let it's Final Date end on a high note, instead of a bittersweet one... I'm sure Tohka of all people would appreciate that (For those who are up to date with the novels, you know exactly what I'm talking about).
Though sidenote, I highly doubt they'd get rid of any of the visual novels, because 1. They are made and owned by those beautiful people at Idea Factory and Compile Heart, and 2. it's practically a go-to gateway into this series for so many, so if Steam even so much as thinks of D-listing it, the entire collective Date A Live fanbase will be ON. THEIR. ASS.
Seriously, don't mess with a person's waifu's. I should know; I was once both the giver and receiver of that kind of nonsense. Trust me, it doesn't end well for anyone.
Anyways, I suggest you try to archive and save as much info as you can from this before the game is gone forever. Especially since the lore-bits you've shown are actually very interesting, doubly so for those Mimic Spirits which sound much more of a viable threat than the Nibelcole or Ellen.
But for now... let us take a moment to mourn for such a loss.
[Attack on Titan Original Sound Track: Bauklötze]
Bakuganman: To answer you both at the same time, your both right. But a point to add about the visual novels, i'm pretty sure they follow the same rules, they need a license in order to keep the games active. One explain is an old one called Shuffle, which was available on Steam and well technically it's still there, it's been delisted and can only be re-downloaded by those who had purchased it prior.
Like I said above, I've been archiving as much as I possibly can. And I think you both would've liked this game, as it's the only one in the entire franhise where the player can actually utilize the Spirits powers instead of just dating them. Plus the Mimics seemed to be inspired by Nibelcole, as like her, they are artificial. I had fun with the game in the little time I had, and at least the full story will somehow allow it to live on.
Freya Chapter:
So… what was it like… ya know… being a test tube baby?" Was the only thing Michael could think of to ask. After he and the girls have been fighting Mimic after Mimic, they didn't seem like the kind to say much, but here he had to opportunity to try and get some answers. To think they found Freya in another abandoned lab, but she was flying around it as if living there for a while. Then she crashed into him, then commented he was kinda of cute while on top of him, which nearly set some of the harem off.
What was the point of making Mimics of Spirits? How were the Battlelogs connected to them?… And why?
Sitting on the bench alone in the park, Freya sat with her legs crossed and thought about how to answer the Inheritors question. She had a flashback to a moment of her life where she opened her eyes, but she was floating in some kind of liquid and like Michael said, in a tube. Her vision was a little weird due to the effect of the liquid and the tube shape itself, it basically skewed her perception of the outside world.
"Also, would it hurt to dispel your Astral Dress?… People have been staring." Mike added, not that he cared, but the last thing he needed were people drawing parallels between her and Kerubiel, which despite happening months ago was still fresh in the public mind. A massive Defense System going haywire is not something the general public tends to forget.
That's not to say her Dress was bad, oh no. She looked great! But again, keep things on the down-low. Sure cosplay was a convenient excuse, but who knows how much longer thats gonna last?
"I… I can't." Said Freya. "I don't know how."
Mike raised an eyebrow. That seemed odd. A Spirit (or Spirit Mimic in this case) not able to manipulate clothing? This was strange as Tohka knew how to do this from day one.
"There's allot I don't know about me… what I am… where I came from… just humans in white coats looking at me like I'm a piece of meat." Said Freya, hugging herself. "They even tapped my tube like I was a fish! You know how annoying that is?!" Freya suddenly got agitated. "Like, poke! Poke, poke! Poke-Poke-Poke-Poke! YES! I CAN HEAR! You know how many times I wanted to scream that?!" She began poking the air wildly to emphasize her point.
Michael gently grabbed her hand. "That's enough…" he said. "I think I get it." He added with a chuckle. He was gonna pull it away when Freya then adjusted her hand so she was holding his own. They're fingers were not interlocked at this time, they were sideways while still held up.
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"… Your hands… their so warm…" Freya said in shock.
'Great, this trope now?' Michael thought but then again, this was probably one of the few times Freya had actual contact with another person. By all accounts, she was a lab experiment, having never been able to experience the outside world.
As stupid as this was in anime in his opinion, he let it slide with that context.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
CRASH!
Out of nowhere, something dropped in front of Freya and Michael… something female.
"Ow… Yuzuru, what was that for?" Asked Miku, the person who fell from the sky. Yuzuru then descended from above.
"Reminder. You said 'I see Darling. Drop me off'." The Wind Spirit said simply.
"You could've dropped me off, gently." Miku growled at her. Why didn't Miku just fly on her own before or after getting dropped? The shock of falling suddenly for the latter, but Mike would have to ask for her reasoning for the former. Maybe since Yuzuru waa faster?
But when both Spirits looked at Michael and Freya, they're eyes widened in shock. Miku's especially. What was the issue you may ask?… Going on a Date? That was par for the course. Holding hands?… intimate, but tolerable.
Freya pulling Michael's head into a chest as big as Miku's and Natsumi's own?… well…
"ffffrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Miku, while she had no qualms with a Spirit harem, having a fake Spirit in it was NOT gonna fly. Not to mention none of the other Spirits trusted this Mimic and didn't believe its innocence for a second due to how hostile Mimics were.
To be fair, Freya only pulled Michael in out of shock of Miku's rough landing. She even looked a little embarrassed at the clear misunderstanding. Michael also had to admit, Miku's been a little more possessive of him when it came to the Mimics, but this new trait of her's seemed to really spawn when he and her shared… that night.
Miku stomped over quickly and snatched Michael back… if only to hug him and pull his head into her own chest. "First you trick my Daring into going on a date with you, and here you are trying to seduce him?! So much for being different from those other phonies, that's just like a succubus!" Miku said to Freya.
Feeling a little bit offended, Freya snatched Michael back herself, his head ending up in the same location it was a moment ago. "Oh, spare me the sob story! The last thing I need is a lecture from a blossoming flower! And what's with that Darling business? You think your his wife or something?"
"As a matter fact, I am his Waifu!" Miku pulled Michael a second time. "I'm his idol, he's my number one fan, and you're just getting in the way of our adorable harem!"
"Response. Reminder. Michael is still technically registered as Kaguya and Yuzuru's property." Yuzuru jumped, also of course repeating the hug on Michael.
"Stay out of this, chicken wing!" Both Miku and Freya said, referencing the fact that Yuzuru only had a single wing which was also an insult directed towards her.
Mukuro Chapter:
"Zodiac's happiness meter is rising. If this keeps up, Michael can seal her before the end of the day." Kannazuki said.
Kotori just watched the screen keeping track of Mukuro and Michael… this was the complete opposite effect from before, where Mukuro's Happiness or any meter wouldn't even budge by a single point. Once again, this was highly concerning. At least when Nia's nearly shot up to max, it was due to the anime character cosplay (which backfired in the end but that wasn't the point).
And what's with that dumb nickname?… Michael Philly or something (which sounded like a sandwich pun)? Mukuro was acting like she had known the guy all her life. Sure one could be nice and flirt a bit but this seemed a bit… too nice.
"So, Michael…" Mukuro began to ask as she suddenly walked in front of him, and traced a finger gently on him. Now Kurumi and even Miku had done stuff like this to him before, but the golden eyes and golden hair of Mukuro had a slightly stronger affect. "What exactly did you have in mind for our date? Is it something to make your Muku-Bunny happy?"
Now nicknaming was fine, but Michael felt something click in the back of his mind, though he couldn't grasp it. It showed in his face…
Strangely, Mukuro's eyes widened but only for a split second and gave a small gasp, then she recovered. "I-I mean… what kind of fun are there to do on earth?" She changed the subject.
"Oh, she's so adorable! Look at that blush on her face!" Miku said.
Normally this is where Kotori would tell Miku to be quiet, but her and Kurumi couldn't help but focus on Mukuro's mannerisms. This was now the second time she had used that nickname, the first time was when she reappeared in Mike's medical room via a black hole, asking ' don't you remember what you did for your Muku-Bunny?' before immediately retracting her statement.
They assumed it was for unlocking her heart after she herself locked it…
"I mean… there's allot, but to be real, I'm not sure what you'd wanna do first." Michael admitted he was clueless on what to do with Mukuro, for at least the other Spirits had been on earth and was around them long enough to get a general idea of what they would like to do.
"That's fine. You know that I don't m-…" Mukuro was saying some thing, but then cut herself off with a surprised look on her face (again, only for a split second). Don't think this wasn't noted by Kotori and Kurumi. "N-Nevermind. Just show me all of them!" Muku went back to her bright happy self and then began to walk off.
"Hold up, Rapunzel." Michael said, which did get Mukuro's attention. "You wanna fix up your hair or something?" He asked, as he has been noticing it was dragging along the ground. This was not because it was longer than Tohka's, in fact he would argue it was just as long as hers, but because of her short stature, Mukuro's hair was dragging. "Like, maybe just a trim or…"
Michael immediately felt a sense of dread, mainly because Mukuro was glaring at him the very second the word trim left his lips. Her Hapiness did drop a little as well. "Michael!" She yelled his name. "How dare you! You said your Muku-Bunny was…!" Mukuro once again calm down before she went on a rant. "S-Sorry. I don't want my hair cut… even if its for you…"
Third. Third time she had used that nickname, as if Michael was supposed to replicate it, and again retracting it once she realized what she said. Not only that, she was speaking like she knew Mike and he was supposed to already know. Call Kotori and Kurumi crazy, where a simple conclusion could be that Mukuro was a bit naïve… but was there more to this new Spirit? They still didn't know why she fled into space when she was most likely on earth like the rest of them at one point.
That's not even the weirdest part… why wasn't Michael reacting to any of this at all? He was the one who would usually call stuff like this out…
"… Hoooooow about tying? Anything against that?" Michael asked.
"No. Only cutting. Tying should be fine." Mukuro said, her Happiness going back to the level it was before.
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We swap to the Spirit Mansion, where Michael in some room of the house was doing Mukuro's hair, tying it up expertly behind her in a very long ponytail. "Muku's gotta hand it to you, your really good at this." Said Mukuro, honestly impressed at how skillfully Michael was doing her hair, the Spirit able to watch from a mirror in front of her as well as feel it via her hair.
"Well, when you live with a gaggle of girls with absurdly long hair, you tend to get a lot of requests." Said Michael.
"So a bunch of girls live here too? Are they those girls from yesterday?" Mukuro asked.
"Yeah… they can act like Princesses, be a Nightmare, and sometimes drive me Berserk; but they mean well." Michael said while referencing a few of their codenames as a joke. Mukuro's happiness did drop by one point because if this. "That should do it." Michael said, then held a handheld mirror behind her like a hairstylist would to show their work. "What do ya think?"
Mukuro, despite feeling a little sad before, regained a sense of happiness afterward, seeing her hair done up like this… she also had a flashback still-image of a young boy caressing her hair as a young child. "Its beautiful…" she said.
"Anything for the Bunny Girl." Mike said, not realizing that simple term triggered another flashback in Mukuro's memory of that same young boy calling her that as well, though she was wearing a pair of actual bunny ears. "Speaking of which, your Dress might catch unwanted attention." Mike added.
He was gonna ask her to change her own appearance, but Muku instead asked: "Do your house mates have any I can borrow?"
Not wanting to offend the space Spirit, he went along with it. "Hmm… let's see…"
He thought up of the girls of his harem and their clothing styles. First to pop up was Kurumi, but she mostly had red, which didn't really go well with Muku's golden hair, but black could work which was the same for Mayuri. Miku was next, but that would be too much yellow, though pink was a possibility. Yoshino, Natsumi, Kaguya, Origami and Nia were out of the question due to obvious bust size differences.
"Actually; I just did some laundry last night." Michael said. "You can pick out something from there."
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They did just that and went to the large laundry room, with freshly done laundry hanging on hangers (there was no underwear or bras mind you, he refused to do that… although certain harem members encouraged it…).
She took her pick and ended up picking a beige shirt with a matching black skirt and black and white socks. Now it looked good on her, but a certain area was severely too small.
"M-Michael… do you have a bigger size? This is way too small…" Mukuro asked while wearing a pair of Kotori's clothes.
Kotori's response to that was biting hard into her lollipop, which caused a loud high-pitched sound in the earpiece Michael was wearing. "Uh… J-Just re-purpose them with Spirit Power." He said.
"Oh. What an excellent idea!" Mukuro said and flaring her energy, she made the socks slightly longer, the skirt slightly more frilly, and of course increased the shirt size for her chest area. "There! Perfect!"
"Why. Didn't you say that. In the first place?" Kotori asked while keeping herself cool, but talking through her teeth. In her offense, she kind of had a point, and Michael probably should've said that the moment they walked into the laundry room.
"I told you he had a fetish." Kurumi's voice said the next, Michael able to hear the smile on her face. He could also feel the smile on Miku even though she hasn't said a single word.