3rd Record ｢Lost & Found｣ -- backdated to 7/10

[guiding_starlight]

[ Action : Locked to Housemates : Early Morning ]
Kyouko? Sayaka? [ Nanoha is bustling away in the kitchen as is her morning routine. Pans are fired up and the sound and scent of sizzling eggs, bacon, and sausages fill the air of the first floor of the house. The encounter with Wataru's drone this morning has sobered her post-carnival mood somewhat, but that is precisely why she worked even harder this morning. The man had already grabbed his morning cup of coffee, finished his toast and set aside his newspaper. She deftly deflected him on his way in for a goodbye kiss, and heard him call out in to them about the mailman's arrival before driving off. ]

[ Once more, she called out to the children. ] Kyouko~, Sayaka~, breakfast is almost ready! Could one of you bring in the mail, please? I can't leave the stove just yet. [ She hums quietly to herself, wondering if there is anything else she should make this morning. Kyouko has a voracious appetite. It makes her recall meals with the Nakajima family members, though they had very good reasons for putting away so much on a regular basis. ]

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[ Action : Makeout Point : Open ]
[ There is only one thing left to do after receiving her mail this morning, performing a little damage control, and checking in with the others from home:

Testing.

Nanoha stands in a clear space and brings her hand up, fingers touching what appears to be a red marble hanging off of her necklace. She is otherwise not wearing anything unique for this session. ] I think this spot will do. Are you ready?

[ The orb flickers with light as it — she — replies in a smooth artificial voice: ] ⌈Yes, my Master. Prepared for counting.⌋

[ It is an old exercise, but a good benchmark. Nanoha closes her eyes and draws her left hand up, holding it palm out away from her. A bright pink magic circle appears on the ground at her feet, the rings circling opposing directions as she recites a lengthy incantation she has not had to use in years. ]
Holy light, come to my hand.
Under my guidance, reverberate through the sky!

[ A ball of pink light gathers in front of her her left hand. She tosses something from her right hand high into the air — a pinecone — and then stretches her left finger out after it. ]

Divine Shooter.... Shoot! [ The ball zips forth, pink light tracing after it as it arcs through the air and hits the pinecone. It is not a direct hit, and the impact causes the object to bounce higher into the air. With a motion of her hand, Nanoha wills the shot to curve around and home back in on it for a second strike. Then another. And another. ]

⌈Fifty. Fifty-five. Sixty. Sixty-five.⌋

[ All the while, Raising Heart continues to announce her current progress every few shots. She'll just be juggling this until she is satisfied that the other limits in place will not affect her concentration and longevity, nor her accuracy and control.

...or unless she is interrupted. ]

Comments

Phone ☆

[vividly]

[ A placeholder where Vivio immediately calls Nanoha to talk about her recent regains. ]

Nanoha-mama? This is Vivio speaking! [ Being so polite on the phone too. Such a good girl. ] Guess what? I got some stuff in the mail!

[guiding_starlight]

[ A good girl and a welcome voice this morning. She was going to call, but this saves her a few minutes mulling things over after the dramatics this morning. ] Good morning! You —

[ Wait. Of course, there were the odds that other houses would receive their "reward" around the same time. And she would have been excited about this more if she had not witnessed Kyouko's regain.

Though Nanoha remains calm for now. Calm and curious. ] You, too? Have you opened it, yet? [ Please say "no"... ]

[vividly]

Yep! [ Your daughter is so cautious!

Then again, it's not like she imagines that she could ever regain anything terrible. ]

Cris can help me fly! Oh, and! Guess what else I got, Mama! [ She's holding the 1st Movie behind her back, not used to the fact that these 1950s phones don't show her picture. ]

[guiding_starlight]

[ Well, if she has her Adult Mod and hasn't gone Evil Sankt Kaiser on people yet, she's probably safe. Nanoha is more upbeat. ] You can? That's wonderful! It will make getting around a little easier.

Hm. Could I get a hint? Is it one of your spells...?

[action]

[thunderace]

[It really is nice to have a weapon with a built-in AI that seems more human than one would think. It's like Bardiche really knows Fate. So after informing her that two more of her spells had been unlocked, he made sure to tell her that he detected Raising Heart's activation as well.

And well. Fate knew by now that Makeout Point was usually the point of interest for people to train, so that's where she checked first. When she arrives, she'll just stand off to the side and waits for Nanoha to finish, unwilling to interrupt her concentration.]

[guiding_starlight]

[ In a way, not announcing her acquisition is a test. She wanted to be sure that the range of the others' Devices was as wide as specifications called for.

So she is not at all surprised when the footsteps approach and then halt. ]

⌈Seventy-five. Eighty. The target has been destroyed.⌋

[ Tiny bits of the cone have been flaking off from the repetitive impact for some time now, but that last shot finally sheared the core of it right in half. Nanoha plants her shot in the ground a short distance away, leaving a small dent in the dirt.

Then she lowers her hand to wipe the sweat from her brow and turns right to Fate. ] I should have picked a more durable target.

[thunderace]

[Fate laughs.] I think so too. Your score is usually... around three times that, right?

[guiding_starlight]

Something like that. [ It isn't like she holds any records or anything. ]

The important thing is that, despite arriving with missing data, Raising Heart is in top shape. [ And she looks and feels quite relieved. ]

[thunderace]

Mm, it was the same with Bardiche. It's still a bit frustrating, though, that we don't have access to all of our abilities...

[guiding_starlight]

I agree. Although...

[ She cants her head down. ] Raising Heart.

⌈Device Mode, Set-Up.⌋

[ Her staff materializes in the air in front of her, and she cradles it with both arms. The most glaring omission is the Cartridge System, complete with the modified grip and clip. ] Seeing it like this is a little nostalgic.

[thunderace]

[Fate's eyebrows raise at that.] They... took out the cartridge system?

For Hayate

[guiding_starlight]

[ "Yoo-hoo~" ]

[ That was totally Nanoha's voice, but it was NOT from within the Yagami household, but rather, in her head.

...well, she had to test this somehow. ]

Re: For Hayate

[lil_tanuki]

[Hayate looked up in surprise before a grin worked its way across her face.]

["Heyo~ I see you got your magic back if you can do this! Great!"]

[guiding_starlight]

[ "Raising Heart arrived this morning in the mail, too. I was quite surprised." ]

[ Nanoha walks over to one of the windows facing her neighbor's house and looks on to see if she can spot her. ]

[ "There is a lot still missing, but this is a good start." ]

[lil_tanuki]

["That's good! I got the Tome in mine, but it's missing Rein. I'm worried but that's one less family member back home."]

[She can see her through the kitchen window, working on dinner.]

["I got a card that reactivated one of the spells in my device too; Ragnarok. Obviously I'm not going to test it out."]

[guiding_starlight]

[ Ah, the original Reinforce. That brings back some memories, though as emotional as that sort of reunion would be, in a place like this, she can't say that she would look forward to it. ]

[ "Mm. I plan on testing out my capabilities later, but I can say that I don't have anything readily available with that kind of power just yet." ]

[lil_tanuki]

[Yeah it would be nice to meet her, or even see the younger Reinforce but hey, it was one of those things.]

["You'll have to tell me how it turns out, or I could come watch. I'm surprised I have full power but no spells to use it with. I guess that sort of balances things out."]

[guiding_starlight]

[ "If you have time, meeting up later would be best. I have some specific things I would like to test.

As for our spells, I'm sure we can come up with something." ]

house stuff hk;lh

[falsereligion]

The mail...?

[Grumble-grumble.]

I guess.

[She hobbles out of the room, and comes back, oh, fifteen minutes later than what was necessary to simply retrieve mail, several packages in her arms.]

[guiding_starlight]

[ Nanoha steps out of the kitchen, having just finished all the preparations. She was actually just about to call them both again when she sees what Kyouko has. ] Oh my. That looks like quite a bit. Is that for all of us?

[falsereligion]

The lot of us, or something. [She pushes the two marked to Nanoha across the table, and dully stares at her own.]

[guiding_starlight]

[ She takes the single envelope and the small parcel and sets them in front of her. ] Aren't you going to look?

[falsereligion]

Eh, I guess I should.

[She cuts the string of the first package with her nails, and unceremoniously shakes the content of the box out onto her lap. A picture of a spear flutters down.]

Well, it's about damn time they give me something useful.

[guiding_starlight]

[ She peers over, curious. ] What is it? It looks like a photograph. [ Of a weapon? Hm. ]

[falsereligion]

I told ya, ya get pictures back of immaterial things.

[Just like that, her spear materializes itself in her hand.]