10 things you didn't know about...

Hoki

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#1
When I was trying to think of ideas for my stories while watching a historical drama, these thoughts came up. Since I found them interesting, I decided to write them down. I'll probably come up with something for Fate, Hayate, and the others too.

Obviously none of there are canon, so feel free to add whatever.

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10 things you didn’t know about…

Nanoha
1. Although not as proficient as her older siblings, Nanoha can wield a sword. It is just that she never had any interest in pursuing swordsmanship and when she became a mage, she wielded a staff. She did take lessons on how to wield a naginata, as Raising Heart’s Excelion mode is a spear.

2. When she was younger, Nanoha was not very good at aiming her spells, relying mostly on Raising Heart for her aim. Although she has shown proficiency on controlling her shots, she still found it hard to shoot down agile enemies, evidenced by her initial encounters with Fate. This is why she worked hard on learning bind spells, as it was easier to shoot an unmoving target.

3. When they were in high school, Nanoha was only the 5th most popular girl in school, coming behind Arisa, Hayate, Suzuka, and Fate. This is mostly due to the fact that Arisa once spread a rumor that Nanoha had taken on 5 guys and won, something that Nanoha neither confirmed nor denied.

4. A tradition in the TSAB air force is that the 10 top cadets would have an all-out mock battle against 3 instructors. Nanoha is only the third person to lead her fellow cadets to victory; the first being former admiral Gil Graham, and second being Chrono.

5. Nanoha was pretty nervous when she was given her first class as a combat instructor. Her first students, however, were pretty skeptical of a 14 year-old girl being a combat instructor, even if they had heard the rumors of her participating and being instrumental in the two biggest cases in recent years. Someone even dared to challenge Nanoha’s expertise by challenging her to a one-on-one combat. Not one to back down from a challenge, Nanoha quickly proved she was the real deal by knocking out the arrogant cadet with one Restrict Lock + Divine Buster combo in under a minute, after which she told him what he could’ve done to, at the very least, last longer.

6. While Hayate still holds the title of best cook among the three Aces, Nanoha comes a close second when it comes to baking. Her family does own a very popular café, and Nanoha has learned some of her father’s baking techniques.

7. In relation to #4, ever since Nanoha became an instructor, the tradition of sending the top 10 cadets against 3 instructors has been changed to top 10 cadets versus Nanoha. So far, no cadet group has been able to shoot down the Ace of Aces. Due to this, Nanoha’s fellow instructors and some graduates make betting polls on how long until Nanoha shoots down the trainees. So far, the record is 5 minutes and 37 seconds.

8. Though Nanoha and Signum’s two battles have resulted in draws. Nanoha can proudly claim that she has beaten Signum 10 times in video games. In fact, nobody has been able to beat Nanoha in fighting games. Vita snidely comments this is probably where Nanoha gets her combat strategies from.

9. Nanoha’s slim figure hides the fact that she’s one of the physically stronger female mages in the TSAB. This is due to the fact that she follows a strict workout routine. According to her, the recoil of most of her spells can affect her overall fighting capabilities, so she trained herself to withstand the strain caused by firing her signature spells. To compare, in order of strongest-weakest: Signum, Vita, Nanoha, Fate, Shamal, Hayate.

10. Nanoha once challenged some of her fellow instructors and a few of her friends to a match, on the condition that whoever gets a clean hit on her wins. The winner’s prize being a date with her on Valentine’s Day. The winner of this challenge was Yuuno, who hit Nanoha with a single shoot bullet via teleporting it.
 

Akiyoshi

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#2
Yuuno is my hero and the sight of Signum playing videogames makes me smile xD
 

Prince Charon

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#4
Nice. Sorry I didn't notice sooner.
 

Hoki

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#5
Here's another set. I'll probably make one for Fate next.

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Yuuno

1. Yuuno holds two Masters Degrees; one for archaeology and another for library science. Currently, he is pursuing his Doctorate Degrees for Archaeology and Library Science.

2. Yuuno’s mage rank of A has never lessened even if he was not in the field with Nanoha anymore. This is due to the fact that he still does light magical training, and would sometimes do intensive training with Nanoha.

3. Yuuno is one of Mid-Childa’s most eligible bachelors, as not only is he very good looking and a talented mage; he also earns a lot of money. His sources of income include being the Chief of the Infinity Library, a professor of Archaeology at the university, his various lectures and speaking engagements, being an appraiser of rare Lost Logia for various auctions and museums, and the head of the TSAB information division. He is also very gentlemanly, something that always gets the ladies swooning over him. A popular magazine has him being the most eligible bachelor for 3 years.

4. Yuuno has actually dated each of the three aces several times. He went on dates with Nanoha during high school and sometimes when she’s free. He takes Fate on dates occasionally when she finishes her missions, and Hayate asks him out when she has free time. On rare occasions, Signum or Shamal (on Hayate’s orders of course) would come and invite him.

5. Yuuno is credited as being responsible for the renovation and organization of the Infinity Library but as he readily admits, it would’ve been impossible for him to do this alone. He actually sought the help of some of the Scrya clan members as well as people who are knowledgeable in library sciences. With the backing of Admirals Lindy Harlaown and Leti Lowran, and the support of the people he recruited, he was able to create a more organized search and archiving system that can be easily used by people.

6. There is a joke in the Infinity Library that claims Yuuno can beat every TSAB elite mage. The joke is that Yuuno keeps a comprehensive record of the TSAB elites’ combat data as well as their psychological profiles and has devised several strategies based on this information in order to ensure complete victory. There is also the joke that since he was the Ace of Aces’ first magical teacher, he is actually far more powerful than he lets on. Yuuno simply laughs when he hears these jokes.

7. Aside from being quite popular with the ladies, Yuuno is also very popular with children, due to his skill at storytelling. Vivio admits that Yuuno’s storytelling skills trump both her mothers’.

8. The Scrya clan has expressed happiness and pride in Yuunno that one of their youngest and brightest members is making a name for himself. Yuuno has stated that he will be eternally grateful for what his clan has done for him.

9. One of Yuuno’s few shortcomings is the fact that he is not a good cook. He admits that despite having access to countless cookbooks, he has never really taken the time to improve his cooking, as he’s the only one who eats his dishes and he usually takes people out to restaurants if he wanted good food.

10. Several people have asked Yuuno to teach them the transformation spell in order to turn into a ferret upon learning that he once was able to bathe with beautiful women while being a ferret. Yuuno, being the gentleman that he is, would politely decline and would tell them that because of being a complicated spell, doing the spell wrongly would result in a transformation lock, leaving the poor mage in ferret mode for a long time. This warning deters mages from persisting. In actuality, however, the transformation spell for Yuuno’s ferret mode has no such limitation, although it is true that it is a complicated spell taught only to the members of the Scrya clan. He also admits that his ferret mode has some uses with his job as an archaeologist and librarian.
 

041088

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#6
Well, well. So, out of the three aces, only Hayate who got the initiative to ask Yuuno out on dates?
 

lhklan

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#7
Can anyone post 10 truths here or only the one Hoki writes? Cause I want to put a couple of 10 truths of my own :D
 

Hoki

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#9
lhklan said:
Can anyone post 10 truths here or only the one Hoki writes? Cause I want to put a couple of 10 truths of my own :D
You can PM them to me so I can steal your ideas...

Just kidding, go ahead and make your own.
 

Amaranth

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#10
I'll chip in with a few:

1. Despite being a supposedly "advanced" society compared to Earth, the Bureau lacks some comforts available on Earth such as Maglev trains, low bypass turbofans, vacuum bots, solar panels and scooters.

2. Despite looking like only females participate on it, the Inter Middle Tournament is segregated by male and female divisions, with the first fighting before the latter.

3. Cranagan's average skyscraper height is comparable to Dubai's.

4. High speed rail is rather common in Mid Childa and used for commuting. For starters, Vivio commutes to school in an equivalent to the Acela Express trains through a distance roughly that between Central Tampa and Orlando in 6 minutes and it's comparable to taking the school bus over there.

5. Contrary to popular belief, male mages are not that uncommon. It just so happens that Special Divisions form at the Commander's discretion and Hayate choose her friends, most of which had other female friends which they recommended. Mostly male Divisions with some female members also exist.

6. English, Japanese, Russian, French and Italian are the five official languages of the Bureau. Bureau nationalities themselves are mostly identified by their Earth counterparts as America, Japanese, German, Russian, French and Italian. Americans would be the majority of it's population, followed by Japanese, Italians and Russians. The smallest "national" groups would be the French. German, despite Belka's historical status, is spoken only by an small minority of the population and is not official, even in the Saint Church.
 

Hoki

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#11
You mean to tell me that Mid-Childa doesn't have vacuum bots?
 

041088

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#12
Well, since the incident with gadget drones, TSAB are not too fond with anything robotic. :p
 

Amaranth

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#14
You mean to tell me that Mid-Childa doesn't have vacuum bots?
That's right. They have the technology, but not the interest. Just because they're Earth doesn't means they will have all the ideas we do. Also, the Maglev one was a conclusion from learning Vivio uses high speed rail as if it were commuter rail (though I think both Russia and Japan already do that).

Which makes me wonder what their reaction(s) would be if you were to show them the Terminator films...
I actually pictured that. Subaru would break into tears and run away, heartbroken, most likely. Also, all Numbers get surgery to return them to full humanity.
 

Rising Dragon

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#15
Honestly I don't think Mid-childans would be all that impressed by Terminator.
 

Hoki

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#16
They'd be impressed by the time travel stuff going on. Other than that, I also think they wouldn't be too impressed by robots.

They will be impressed by Santa Claus though, just ask Fate.
 

041088

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#17
Hoki said:
They'd be impressed by the time travel stuff going on.
Hayate: Wow, they got to travel through time naked! We should have one of those time machines!
 

vic-vic

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#18
041088 said:
Well, since the incident with gadget drones, TSAB are not too fond with anything robotic. :p
Considering TSAB are now deploy an entire unit of robots (Raptors in Force), Id say that Bureu are pretty found of robotic technology.
 

Rising Dragon

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#19
Yeah, robotics is a fact of life in Mid-Childa, and we've seen them in the franchise since the first season in the employ of a Mid-childan. Something like the Terminator would've even make a Mid-childan blink, I suspect.
 

Hoki

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#21
Here's the next one, next one goes to Yaten no aruji.

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Fate

1. Although she’s well-known as the fastest mage, Fate has admitted to be scared of riding roller coasters. Both Nanoha and Vivio like to tease Fate for her inability to ride the coaster whenever they go out to amusement parks.

2. Much to the chagrin of her friends, Fate never seems to get fat no matter how much she eats. Arisa even commented that all the fat that Fate eats go directly to her breasts.

3. Ever since middle and high school, Fate has always been ranked as the most beautiful girl in school. Being the shy girl that she is, Fate expressed being troubled by the amount of love letters and the occasional confessing boy or girl. Her friends jokingly tell her that her problems are typical for a beautiful lady.

4. Fate’s barrier jacket in her true Sonic Form was designed by both Hayate and Lindy, both with the reasoning that aside from being practical, it emphasized Fate’s assets more. Hayate even had a more risqué design for Fate, but Lindy decided to give her adopted daughter a bit of peace of mind by choosing a design that Fate was more comfortable with.

5. Fate has once cosplayed as Precia in one Halloween. Everyone who saw this note that the resemblance between her and Precia is very striking.

6. Fate has admitted that despite her numerous suitors and admirers, she has only gone out with Yuuno. She said that she is more comfortable going out with Yuuno than other males due to the fact that she has known him for as long as she has known Nanoha. This, of course, has Chrono worried, because of the possibility having the ferret being his brother-in-law.

7. Fate is well-aware of the rumors that speculate the true nature of her relationship with Nanoha. Her reaction to this is simply to keep quiet or not comment about it. However, there was one time when she announced to her friends and family that she and Nanoha are, in fact, a couple, complete with rings on their fingers. After seeing everyone’s reactions, the funniest being Arisa almost choking on her food and Shiro Takamachi almost fainting, Fate laughed hard and revealed that it was just a joke as it happened on April 1st.

8. In relation to #8, Fate flashed a knowing smile to Nanoha and told her the words “Looks like I won, Nanoha. I’ll be claiming my prize later.” Nanoha could only shake her head while smiling. When asked, Nanoha simply replied that they had a certain bet. The nature of the bet, as well as Fate’s prize, is only known to the two.

9. Fate’s car is the most expensive thing she owns, as it is not only a top of the line model, it was also modified to suit her job as an enforcer. It is reported that the car, with all of its modifications, costs as much as Nanoha’s Mid-Childan house. How did she afford such an expensive car? She won a lottery.

10. When it comes to cooking, Fate is the least skilled cook among the three aces. Her dishes taste decent enough, but as she admits, it is not as delicious as Nanoha’s or Hayate’s cooking. This is because she lacks practice and the fact that she mostly eats food served on TSAB cruisers due to her job as an enforcer.
 

041088

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#22
Somehow I would like to think that Fate's car is black with some jet engines and lots of hidden mechanisms.

Fate: Quick, to the Fatemobile!

*moments later Fatemobile zooms past the 'Cranagan, 14 miles' sign*
 

Hoki

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#23
041088 said:
Somehow I would like to think that Fate's car is black with some jet engines and lots of hidden mechanisms.

Fate: Quick, to the Fatemobile!

*moments later Fatemobile zooms past the 'Cranagan, 14 miles' sign*
Well Fate's car is black. As for the hidden mechanisms, all we know of is a siren and lights.
 

Tennie

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#24
I wouldn't be surprised if she's had it tricked out James Bond-style (i.e., with lots f crazy gadgets and weaponry tucked away in it).

...And now I can't help but imagine either Mariel or Shari (pick either one) as being Q from the same film series. All that's needed now is for either one to say something like, "Please try to bring it back in one piece, Ms. Harlaown!":D
 

Hoki

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#25
Wow, it's been a while since I updated this thing.
Well anyway, "facts" about our most beloved Tanuki
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Hayate


1.       Hayate has admitted that if she didn’t become a mage, she would’ve been a businesswoman or an entrepreneur. She says she finds managing people and running a system she built a challenge.

2.       Hayate’s various domestic skills were taught to her by the elderly ladies she befriended (no, not in that way) at the nursing home near her Uminari residence. As she spent time with them, she learned the secrets of cooking delicious dishes, creating and repairing clothes, and other domestic tricks.

3.       When they were in high school, Hayate’s friends were baffled by how she can get such high grades even when she was unable to study because of her work as a TSAB mage. Hayate simply told them that she likes solving problems by analyzing them.

4.       While admittedly not as skilled in personal combat, Hayate does know how to use Swertzkreuz as a naginata. She says that there will come a time when she has to defend herself in close combat, so she trained together with Nanoha and Fate.

5.       Hayate is well aware of the rumors about her sexual preferences. She says that it is normal for people to imagine stuff like that, so she just rolls with it. When asked about what her true sexual preference is, she simply smiles and says “it's a secret.”

6.       Hayate has been asked to design the Barrier Jackets for the autobiographical movies about the three aces. According to her, Nanoha’s Barrier Jacket has been designed to make her look like a magical girl Gundam.

7.       Hayate is not above using her authority as the Mistress of the Night Sky to make her guardians do whatever she wants. Signum and Vita have been cosplay models for her before, although they did not find their first experience very pleasant.

8.       Aside from being very intelligent and a good cook, Hayate also has talent in acting. Mischievous as she is, she sometimes uses her acting skills to get what she wants.

9.       In terms of athletic prowess, Hayate is the least athletic of the three mages, for obvious reasons. Like in combat, Hayate has admitted that even Caro and Shamal would outrun her in a sprint race. Her stamina is above average at best because of her training, but pales in comparison to that of the more athletic Nanoha and Fate.

10.   Hayate’s favorite food is surprisingly, Midoriya’s cream puffs. She’s been trying to replicate the decadent and creamy treat, and even asked Nanoha for the recipe. However, her attempts remain unsuccessful.
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I wonder who should I write about next?
 
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