Chapter 5: Mysterious Ability
The next morning at 8:00am sharp Karl went to the field where Zeke was training some troops.
"Commander Zeke." He called out
"Ah" Commander Zeke said "everyone this is Karl Christopher he'll be training with us today. He'll be learning the ropes of being a crusader so cut him some slack." He turned to Karl "Now Karl we'll start you off with some basic training fighting fiends. Did you've come prepared?"
Karl shook his head "I am not prepared." He replied, "I do not have a weapon unless you count my hands."
"I don't." Zeke replied as he pulled out a tantō, "You can use this hunting tantō. It's not much on range and such but it is a usable weapon to get you started."
Karl took the tantō and held it in his right hand
Data analysis:
Weapon Name: Tantō (Double Edged)
Weapon Type: Short Sword/ Dagger
Inherent Abilities: Sensor
Memory Cost: 1 Slot.
Summary: A short sword used in close combat and self-defense. It's twelve-inch double-edged blade can be used to stab or slash depending on user preference. The Sensor ability will allow the user to see information about an opponent he faces unless they are immune to Sense Magic
Accept Data into Weapon Database?
Yes
No
All of a sudden, his metal hand glowed and the tantō glowed. A few seconds later, the tantō was no longer instead Karl's hand was now a single twelve-inch blade like the blade part of a tantō.
Learned Weapon: Tantō (double edged)
Ability Obtained: Sensor
Sensor: See the stats of all enemies you encounter unless enemy is immune to sensor
The troops all stared in awe.
"Dude Alex did you see that." A crusader muttered to his younger friend who had a pair of goggles around his neck
"I did Masato but I doubt my vision." The crusader replied then put on his goggles, "yep, no doubt his hand is now a tantō blade."
"dang…" Masato moaned as he stared
Zeke blinked "How did you do that Karl?"
Karl waved the 'hand' around. "Don't know." He replied "but it's interesting none the less. Now let's see what I can do with this."
A Mi-ihen fang appeared
Zeke said, "there's your target."
Karl hummed as he took a ready stance
Initiating Random Encounter Battle Sequence
Enemy Appearance
Mi'ihen fang (40/40)
Turn Order Check
Karl
Monster A ( Mi'ihen fang)
Command Selection (Round One)
Karl:
Attack - Monster A
Items
Run
Karl took a ready stance and the fang charged at him. Just as the Fang leapt into the air to attack, Karl met the leap with his own and a mechanical gyro sound was heard as he stabbed his blade right through the enemy and a small explosion caused the fang to explode into pyreflies and sent Karl back to the ground. He landed with ease then slashed his hand
Damage inflicted to Fang: 50HP (0/40)
Mi'ihen Fang Deleted
All Enemies Deleted
Sequence Complete: Victory
Results:
Karl gained 5AP
95 to Level Up
The troops that were watching stared in shock.
Zeke blinked and said "Whoa…" He moaned "that form, that style, Oh my Yevon, he can fight"
"Commander you said cut him some slack, you sure he's needs it." Masato asked
"I will take it back Masato." Zeke replied
Karl posed with his blade at an angle in front of him but then looked at his other hand. "I wonder." He muttered "If my other hand is the exactly the same at my right hand I should be able to do the same thing with my left hand but how do I do it and for that matter how do I change them back."
Zeke said "hmm… I don't know…"
"uh Sir." Alex spoke up, "Maybe a code word something that you would tell a machina to do. His hands are machina right?"
Zeke gave a hummed as he nodded "I'm pretty sure that correct…" He replied
Karl hummed in thought "code word…" He muttered "let see if I want something back to how it was I revert it." He looked at his hand, "Right Hand, revert!" He commanded
The hand glowed and returned to normal.
Zeke said "good deduction Alex"
"happy to help Sir." Alex replied
Karl grinned "Perfect," He stated, "Now let's see. I know my right hand transformed into a Tanto, so Left Hand Transform into tanto" He commanded
Nothing happened
Karl looked at his hand "No reaction," He muttered, "What's another word for transform?"
"Change." Masato called out
"Change into Tanto," Karl commanded
Nothing happened
"Alter?" Alex suggested
"Alter into Tanto" Karl commanded
Nothing happened
Karl groaned "Alright, I give up…" He grumbled "anyone got another weapon I can use until I can figure out how to use my hands."
Alex stepped forward said "um Karl, maybe I can help, I know how to use machina."
Karl said "you do?"
Alex said "if you don't mind I know a few basic commands."
Karl said "go for it."
Alex said "okay, Machina Hands state vocal commands that allow weapons to be activated."
"The vocal command Conversion can be used to convert unit's hand into a weapon recorded into database." The hands replied through a small speaker on Karl's arm "the command form is hand name, conversion, weapon name"
Alex hummed "list hand names"
"Left Hand, Right Hand, Both Hands; end of list." The hands replied
Alex said, "list weapon recorded."
"Tanto, end of list." The hands replied
Alex looked at Karl "I think you need to use Left Hand Conversion Tanto."
Karl hummed in agreement "Left Hand Conversion Tanto."
Karl's left hand converted into a tanto
Karl smirked, "Right hand Conversion Tanto."
Karl's right hand converted into a tanto
Alex smiled "I think we got it."
Karl hummed as he nodded "Now to see one last thing."
Alex said "what's that?"
Karl smirked then closed his eyes and thought "Revert to normal"
Both his hands transformed into normal.
Masato said "whoa Alex, they just…"
Alex blinked then looked at Karl "no way… a mind connection! You don't have to use vocal commands to use your weapons."
Karl grinned and opened his eyes "Thank you Alex for your assistance. Your knowledge has saved me a lot of time and frustration"
Alex rubbed his head "ah it was nothing Karl."
Karl turned to Zeke "Commander. I'm ready for training."
Zeke nodded "then let's get you started."