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He doesn't understand, Ferro thought. No one will understand me ever again, except for Vergyl. Ferro felt a strange partnership with the SAs, even the ones they were fighting. He contented himself with knowing that he wouldn't have to spend eternity alone.

Ferro didn't really understand what Seraphim was talking about, but he would remember it just in case he figured it out. He felt he had some explaining to do with Derik anyway. "Derik, time is so slow. I need things to occupy my attention. Because I can't let myself go insane."

Ferro saw Rodin's initiative and followed behind him, ready to shield him from oncoming fire. "Derik! Other girl who was called "dear"! We're moving now!"

Mike retracted his blasters and clapped his hands together. "All in a day's work, hey? Let's head to town. I know a great place where we can get some fried scrambled eggs. Mmm mm!" He started walking through the trees. Dane and Ferro started to follow him, but Dane turned and looked back. "Want to come with?" he asked the younger people.

The tentacles retracted into the ground, only to spring up beneath Ferro's feet and lift him to a vantage point in the air. "You wish to know my name? Ha! I will tell you. My name is Avernus, my name is Dis, my name is Minauros, Phlegethos, Stygia, my name is Malbolge, Maladomini, my name is Cania, my name is Nessus. The Nine are my names. They are the names you will know in infinite torture after death. And the name you will hear before death is Ferro!" The tentacles threw Ferro towards Orion, and during the descent Ferro teleported behind Orion. Ferro raised his arm, and an ice spike started growing to impale Oriom from behind.

Ferro could only accept data for the few seconds during Rytt's transmission. Then he spent another second in stunned silence. And another sorting the data and formulating conclusions. Five seconds in total. The conclusion was: Rytt was right in that the whole thing was morally ambiguous. On the one hand, the way Genesys was used ended the lives of all humanity. On the other hand, there wasn't much of humanity left. And then there was the perennial debate on human nature. Ferro was undecided on the issue right now, but there were some things he knew he had to do. Taking control of Knightmare, Ferro quickly scanned the frequency of Veridyan's energy bolts, changed the frequency of his shield to match, and flew into the bolts' path. The shield became visible as the bolts impacted it, storing the energy in Knightmare's large reserve reactor. Then Ferro sent a message back to Rytt, telling him his conclusion, and also saying that he was undecided on the issue.

Makes sense.

Dear? That word pricked Ferro's ears up, if he could be said to possess ears. What happened when I was in the black box? Since when does Derik start calling people "dear"?

Ferro stopped his teleportation right before reaching Orion and flung his arms out in two upward arcs. Two spikes of ice congealed up from the ground, trapping Orion's blade inside as it arced toward Ferro. Then Ferro raised his arms again, and a multitude if tentacles erupted from the ground behind Orion, rearing up to crush him. "Prepare to meet the devils in Hell!" Ferro growled.

Ferro saw the shuriken coming. He raised his red iron gauntlets, and a horrid transformation took place: the gauntlets began to glow with a dull red light, and suddenly spikes exploded out of their surfaces, designed for tearing and lacerating. Black fire ignited around them, turning an already fearsome weapon into a nightmare. A quick swipe knocked the shuriken back the other way, and Ferro began the erratic teleportations he used to engage enemies.

Right. That is why it would be complicated. Because she can only have four things. So if she gets a new weapon and not an attachment, the rules would say she has to pick four things. If she chooses to use her new weapon, she can't bring her entire current one into battle. As is said, we'll jump that hurdle when we come to it. Also, I'm thinking single combats are the way this RP is going to go. Maybe the occasional big fight, but stick to one-on-one combat for the most part.

Ferro was sitting and watching the clouds when he saw a figure moving between the enemy palisades, coming toward the wall of the Red Hawk. Ferro grinned with an almost infernal glee, leaping down to go meet the incoming opponent. Perhaps this one will be worthy. Perhaps he will burn in the fires of the Nine Hells after I tear his body asunder. Ferro stood waiting for the man to approach.

Accepted. Although it may complicate things when she gets new weapons. We'll deal with that as it comes.

Start killing each other: http://kh13.com/forum/topic/65680-on-the-walls-rp/

An open field, muddy with the recent rains and the tramp of guardsmen's feet behind palisades. A cloudy sky sat stagnantly overhead, the clouds occasionally parting to allow a few shafts of sunlight to illuminate the grim scene. Two walls, one of solid stone, the other of logs and magic. Several people walked the length of those walls. This is the story of these people, how they lived and fought for king and country, or not. The clouds parted for a few seconds, and the walls stood forth in all their glory. The banners of the Red Hawk and Gold Lion flapped weakly. The watching had lasted for a few weeks now. Something was bound to happen soon. . .

The Knightmare was launched out of the planet's atmosphere and into space. Ferro detected the three SAs, and sent them a data packet explaining what had happened to him. He knew the delivery method by itself would probably tip them off, but he also explained the whole deal in document form. Ferro kept himself alert to any attacks coming from the ships, ready to put up his shield if Alex was too slow.

Okay, then, fully accepted. SIKOTA WHERE IS NEKO WE ARE WAITING FOR HER

"Well, how do you think I feel when I don't have any control. I was stuck in that black box for at least a minute, you know." Ferro went silent for a few seconds, during which he was furiously hammering out a new UI for Alex's consoles. "This robot has the ability to absorb energy through its shield and return it as a powerful pulse. I'm putting you in control of piloting the robot, but when it comes time for attacking, I'm going to take over." Ferro displayed the new UI on the console screens. It was much simplified, unifying many functions in single controls.

"Maybe you should leave the giant robot flying and fighting to me, Alex. Unless there is some kind of weapon that can be fired autonomously from the rest of me. Did I just say me? I meant the robot." Woah. That was weird. "Hey, Vergyl, any chance we could do a last minute installation of a small turret?"

Ferro stowed the message in a small data pocket and layered it with a few firewalls. At a basic binary level, Ferro felt the paradox of Seraphim's last statement as illogical, but at the level of self, he understood what she was saying. It was a sort of strange duality to his new existence. He had emotions, but they were comprised of almost unnoticeable blips of black and white. Right now he was feeling. . . Ferro wasn't sure. He made a few last adjustments to Knightmare and sent a data packet to Vergyl signaling he was ready. Much faster than talking.

I noticed. Looks good!

"I can hear you fine, Alex. You don't need to be that close. A data stream is a data stream, no matter how strong it is, and I can amplify it however I wish." Funny, doing it seemed second nature to Ferro. He reached down with his large hand and gently grasped Alex, lifting him up to one of the secondary cockpits. Ferro had also been listening to Seraphim. He easily bypassed the comm lock and spoke into Seraphim's mech. "He cares about you a lot, but you probably already knew that. I'll tell you one thing. The reason I'm still alive is because somebody cared about me."

"All righty." Ferro responded. Actually, he knew he would be able to hear everything anybody said into their comm devices. Ferro stood there tapping his foot, going through Knightmare's systems. If he adjusted the shield's frequency in this way, he could cause it to absorb energy that came into contact with it. Hmmm. He tried out the scanning systems. He noticed a bug scuttling across the floor. He could tell its exact velocity and size. "Hey Derik, these robots are beauties. Which one are you in again?"

Ferro felt what seemed like water rushing past, then sensation slammed him in the face. If he could be said to have a face. Ferro felt every single part of Knightmare. He felt every single part of himself. He saw everything, heard everything, felt everything, all at once, as if for the first time. He also felt the ability to communicate with any technology. I'm an SA now. . . Ferro reached out with his newly expanded existence and spoke through Alex's holo-comm. "Alex, come over to Knightmare. You will be safe with me." Ferro wasn't sure what his voice would sound like, but he could tell it sounded like his regular voice. Then he remembered he could move. He lifted up the massive silver left hand and curled the fingers. His fingers. He ran checks of every single system in Knightmare, putting up firewalls and changing functions almost instinctively. And Ferro knew he would be safe now. He had to be.

(Yes! Come liberate me from the black box!)