Chernaudi

Having some really good Italian bread with butter, and I'll be having a bowl of cereal soon. Tonight, I might be having pork chops for dinner, or maybe a pizza

I guess, though I'm male, that my avatar sorta points to what I'm like and would like to be personality-wise. IE, some of the traits that Shizu has with her personality.

Hell, I'm stuck on using a PS2! I wish I had a 3 or 4 just to play some of the newer motorsport and WWII games, namely Gran Turismo 6. But by the time I get a PS4 and GT6, GT7 might be out (slated for release later this year or next year). Nowadays, any technology stuff just gets made obsolescent so fast. It wasn't so long ago that xenon headlights in cars were the rage, then it was LEDs, and now Laserlights. The latter are being used on the Audi R18 Le Mans race car, BMW have them slated for the i8 when it comes out later this year, the Audi Sport Quattro concept had them, and the Audi R8 LMX is the first production car to make it to sale with Laserlights. These things are almost as bad as having the latest smart phone, and I don't even have a friggin' cell phone yet.

Console: I'm still stuck on the PS2. I hope one day to get a PS3 or 4 when I'm able to get some money saved up. But anyways, Gran Turismo 4, since I'm a racing fan. The Medal of Honor series, since I'm a World War II history guy. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, set in a modern setting with a quasi-government assassin taking down criminals. PC: Only PC game I really play is Postal 2. Funny game, open sandbox game play. You can chose how violent you wanna be, and how violent everyone else will be. You can set it up to where the whole town is insane and want to kill your character. Game's just insanely absurd. Where a gallon of gas is much cheaper than a carton of milk, and going to the bank, library, church, or a factory can become life or death experiences. The town of Paradise is anything but, and it's entirely played for laughs. I'd love to have Gran Turismo 6, but by then, 7 might be out. They've been pretty rapid fire with releasing the GT games the past few years.

Hi everyone. Went to sleep early last night and woke up about an hour in a half ago. In that time, I fed and helped out with grandma, cleaned up after the cats, cleaned off the table, and cleaned the oven. I'm caught up on doing dishes and what not. I'll spend today looking up Audi stuff and trying to work on gaming and possibly fan fic. I'll also be following the Cola-Cola 600 and events from Indy and Monaco today. I'll be back later

Normal dynamite is usually about 1.25 more powerful than TNT. Gelignite is 1.6 times more powerful. That means 25% and 60% more powerful respectively. The problem with the Weather Underground nail bomb incident is that the whole basement of that townhouse was packed with explosives, including dynamite, pipe bombs, a 37mm HEAPI anti-tank shell, and several large nail bombs that were already assembled. I wonder if there's something better to compare Panadyne's and Gaster's explosives to, like if we know how much of their stuff would do something, is there any common explosive that can do a similar damage yeild with a similar mass.

It'll be close to 80 with off and on rain starting tomorrow and for the next week.

All three Audi R18 e-tron quattros at Spa--spot the differences up front between the sprint race (#1 and #2) and Le Mans (#3) versions. https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/10338533_614492918635354_6936682020397802981_o.jpg

Final one for today, chapter 4, narrated by Shizu. Bio-Booster Armor Twilight Chapter 4—Explanations and a Revelation After being up for nearly thirty hours and being badly jet lagged, I was glad to be heading home. By home, I mean a house that my husband and I owned here in Forks, along with our permanent home in Colorado. We had purchased this property here so we had a vacation home and to allow me to volunteer at the hospital here. However, my husband and I weren’t in Forks just so I can volunteer at the hospital. I already sense that I’m getting ahead of myself, not even saying who I am or any other important formalities. I’m Shizu, a young woman with some quite “unconventional†abilities, you could say. More on those abilities later on. My husband Agito is a host for a Bio-Booster Armor unit, or Guyver unit, as it was often simply known. We used to lead an organization called “Zeus’ Thunderbolts†until the defeat of the Chronos Organization. I was transformed into a proto-Zoalord to command our army in the field and protect them from harm. Seeing our operatives getting hurt and killed, however, as well as the processing I myself went though, put a considerable emotional and physical strain on me. I was even estimated to only live for one to three years after being processed. By the time of the events that were occurring in Forks, however, I had become a human-vampire hybrid, or, dhampir, for a more “technical†term. This “change†happened a couple of years ago by that time, and I was fully able to use my abilities and powers by the time of the events in Volterra. My change into a hybrid allowed me to become immortal, enhanced my Zoalord powers—from a physical and psychic stand point—and will allow me to live a full life with those who I love who are still with me. That didn’t mean that I was entirely devoid of human tendencies, not at all. Agito and myself grouped up with Sho, his girlfriend Mizuki, and our friend Natsuki, to head to Forks to investigate the reports of an allegedly paranormal creature that was repeatedly sighted in the area. The word “paranormal†was synonymous with Forks, due to the vampire and vampire hybrid population near the town, as well as the La Push shape-shifters. The latter creatures had the ability to change from a human form into that of a giant wolf. In the past, Zoanoids were blamed for such sightings, which, of course, meant nothing now. Our plane trip, was uneventful, but seemed to take an eternity. I stayed up for the whole trip, while everyone slept, though, to be fair, Sho and Agito spent a fair bit of time awake. We had a one night sleep over in Seattle before we departed to Forks. Agito and myself had actually left for Forks that night to get set up for our visitors—though Natsuki was willing to try her luck with lodging in town. She said that she had a few things that she needed to do on her own. Agito and I had also decided to do a little preliminary investigation of our own. Natsuki had told us that there were some mysterious notes appearing on trees in the forest near town. Four our part, I had decided, with Agito, to initiate a counter “posting†of notes, to try and discourage this creature from doing any harm to anyone in the area. We had set out into the forest near our home to engage in our “activitiesâ€. It was from that point that things for me got “interestingâ€. I changed into a pair of sneakers instead of my dress flats, but aside from that I kept on my jeans, spaghetti strap top, and jacket that I had worn since flying out of Tokyo. The weather was definitely cool, but not too bad for me. One good point of being a hybrid was that I was definitely “warm-bloodedâ€. I had posted a few notes in the forest when I came upon a pile of what at first resembled aircraft wreckage. After a few moments, I realized that this was a storage area for aircraft parts—and that I had to be on Camel’s property. This was the only such facility in Forks, so I was able to at least determine my location based on that alone. I attached a note on one of the fence posts, and I made my way from there. After a few moments, I felt a presence near my in the forest. I was able to quickly discern as to what it was. It wasn’t a Zoanoid or Zoalord, a Guyver host, or a shape-shifter or normal vampire. It had to be a hybrid. However, it wasn’t Lia, Melinda, Jess, Camel, Renesmee, or anyone I knew as well as them. I did figure out quickly who it was, but not his purpose for being in the forest, let alone being near me. I continued to walk, not afraid of the entity that was seemingly following me, but keeping an eye out for its intentions. He then called out to me. “Hi, lil’ lady,†he said nonchalantly. I feigned ignorance, and continued walking. He called out for me again. This cycle of exchanges—or lack thereof in my case—continued until I finally replied to him. It was usually not in my nature to be rude, but I did hope that if I ignored this creature, he’d leave me alone. Unfortunately, I knew who he was, and who I was… “What do you want, Mr. Zamora?†I finally spoke out to Ricky. “Miz Shizu, why would you ask that of me?†“You’ve been following me around for the past several minutes,†I said, exasperated, “like you want to ask me a question that I can’t or won’t be able to answer.†“Well, where’s Melinda?†I knew that he was bound to ask a question that, as I told him, I couldn’t or wouldn’t answer. “You know that I’m not at liberty to tell you that, for Mel’s sake. I know what you did to her, and I don’t believe that it’s a good idea what so ever, for you to look for her.†“I need to talk to her.†“I don’t think so, and for sure I can tell you that she won’t appreciate the gesture. And I love Mel like a sister, so you won’t be getting any such answers to your questions from me.†I turned to walk away and return to home, my “mission†being accomplished, when Ricky grabbed my arm. I swiped his hand off my arm, and glared angrily directly into his face. “Leave me alone! I told you that I won’t give you the information you were requesting. And don’t think for one moment that you grabbing or accosting me will change that.†I started to walk away again. Then Ricky, the disgusting rat that he was, decided to touch my hair as I turned away from him. This was one of few times I even slightly regretted having such long hair, which was waist length and styled in a traditional Japanese style. He wasn’t pulling it, but him still touching it was none the less annoying and irritated me, especially as I held him to not be a friend in any way. “Don’t touch me like that, ever again! You do, you may forfeit your life and limb!†“Miz Shizu…†“I told you to leave me alone!†He grabbed for me again. I grabbed his arm, and I slapped him. I didn’t really want to, but he left me little choice in the matter. “I told you to leave me alone and stop accosting me! Can’t you take no for an answer?! What’s your freakin’ problem! I’m not gonna tell you where Melinda is, and you antagonizing me like this isn’t gonna do you any favors!â€. “Antagonizing you?†“You are harassing me! Following me around, grabbing for me after I insisted that you leave me alone. Yeah, you’re antagonizing me. It’s annoying, and I want you to leave me alone—and leave others who may come into your vicinity, for that matter. That means Melinda, too.†“What do you intend to do if I don’t do any of what you said? C’mon, take me to Mel if you know where she is.†I had more than enough of Ricky’s antics. Does this damned fool even know the meaning of the word “noâ€? It had become time for me to really stand my ground, hoping that he’d listen to that. “I will not!â€, I told him, with no ambiguity or hesitation, whilst looking him dead in his eyes. “Huh?†“I won’t tell you where Melinda is, and I won’t lead you to her or any such thing. You’re out of luck as far as I’m concerned, and if you’re so damned desperate to find her, look for her yourself!†“Fine then, l’il girl, have it your way, but you have never seen power like mine!†Yeah, right, I thought to myself. Agito is a Guyver unit host, and so is Sho, and there’s Aptom with his unique powers. And then there’s hybrids like Mel, Jess, Renesmee and Lia, and vampires like the Cullens. And on top of that, there’s Camel and all of his abilities. Ricky started to transform into this awkward, strange Zoanoid-like creature. Tall, muscular, horned, but still looking vaguely humanoid. So he seemed to be sort of like Camel, but I doubted, based on my power readings, that he’d be anywhere near as powerful. I was able to easily block a punch he threw at me just by grabbing his fist before he could strike me, confirming my findings. He strained to try and overcome my holding him back, without success. “Do you really wanna push your luck with me?†I asked. When he threw another punch at me, I ducked his blow and threw him to the ground by grabbing his arm. “’You have never seen power like mine!’, you said!†I yelled at him. “I’ve been around things more powerful than you have claimed that you are. If anything, you haven’t seen power like mine! On top of formerly being a proto-Zoalord, I’ve been bio-engineered into being a vampire hybrid, which has enhanced those powers, some of which I can access even in my human form.†Again, it seemed that Zamora failed to take my advice, and he got up and charged at me. Hence, I used my hair, like in my Zoaform, as a weapon against him—thus turning him into half the man he used to be, literally, by cutting him in two. “Are you gonna take my advice now? I warned you against fighting with me. It’s a useless battle, one that I would rather not waste my time by participating.†“Shizu, what can’t you just help me with Melinda?†“Because Melinda is still angry at you for ditching her on her wedding day like you did. You think that she’ll be quick to forgive you? It may’ve been years now since that day, but such wounds do heal quickly. I still mourn my grandfather and all of those who died under my and Agito’s command.†The stern expression on my face softened, and became more sad and frustrated than angry and enraged. “You can’t just hope that she’ll be quick to forgive. I’ve never forgiven Chronos for my grandfather’s death, and Chronos is long gone now. I don’t think that Melinda’s ready to see you yet, and I refuse to do anything that might hurt her.†Ricky then started to merge his bisected body back together, as he said to me, “You don’t understand…†My anger level started to boil up again. “Oh, I think I do!â€, rage starting to ring back into my voice. “You couldn’t have disclosed your issues to her before your wedding day. And why didn’t you manage to come up with an understandable explanation, or ask for the wedding to be postponed?†I was angered and frustrated to such a degree that my eyes started to tear up. “I’ve tried to explain to her, but she won’t listen to me. I keep calling her, but she never returns my calls.†“Then, you shouldn’t have blown your best chance to at least save something between the two of you. Why can’t you accept that you’re liable for what you did and let the woman have a bit of peace, now that she’s married and truly happy for the first time in years?†I took a breath, the tears welled up in my eyes, I balled my hands into tight fists. I had reached my limit. “Your persistence frustrates and annoys me. Seek out Melinda if you want, but know that you won’t be getting any help from me, and whatever happens to you, happens. But you doing what you’re doing now, and me knowing what heartache you put one of my best friends though, just makes me…want to scream!†“No, Miz Shizu, don’t†It was too late for him. I let out an angry, frustrated, tearful scream. Almost literally a second later, I felt a presence near me, approaching rapidly. It wasn’t a Guyver, so that ruled out Agito or Sho. I was whisked up into the arms of this creature, who I quickly found out who it was. “Camel!†I exclaimed, surprised. “What are you doing here?!†“I heard you scream,†he replied as he lowered me onto my feet, and started to wipe the tears off my cheeks with one of his tentacles—bizarre, I know, but I felt comforted by its touch. “You hurt?†“No, Camel, but I’m as frustrated as hell. I ran into Mel’s deplorable ex-fiancé, Ricky Zamora.†I noticed an intrigued look emerge on Camel’s face has he held me in a secure embrace. “What?†“Zamora, as in First Lieutenant Ricky Zamora? He served with me in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He may’ve been a great officer, but he damn sure ain’t no gentleman.†Camel then looked up, and I turned my head to see what he was looking at. Ricky was walking towards us. Why he didn’t learn his lesson the first time I fought with him, was beyond me. “Don’t even think of playing dumb with me, Ricky. I know who you are!. What the hell do you want with Shizu?!†“I saw her in the forest posting signs, and I knew that she was a friend of Melinda’s, and I hoped that she could help me with finding her.†“Ricky, you should know that Melinda doesn’t hold you in any high esteem whatsoever, and that Shizu is her friend, and she won’t give you any help. And on top of that, you’ve upset Shi.†“Shi†being the nickname he gave me after we met. “That doesn’t sit well with me,†Camel continued. Camel then walked towards Ricky, as I stood behind him. I obviously knew of the intent that Camel had for him. “Did Shizu fight you?†“Yeah.†“I believe that you threw the first punch. I don’t believe that was a smart move.†I heard Camel’s voice lighten into an almost amused tone. “She might be only five-foot-four-inches tall, but I sense that she pretty much kicked your ass. But even with that, you still antagonized and pestered her. Just for what you did to Melinda, I ought to kill you, but instead, I think that I’ll try and teach you a lesson, you stinking, friggin’ rat!†As Camel said that, I saw him extend his blades on one of his arms, and generate the his hair blades—and I knew where he got those from, by the way—and he proceeded to slice and dice Ricky like he was making stir-fry. “Okay, Shi, Ricky won’t be bothering you anytime very soon. Let’s go and find Agito.†I hopped up on Camel’s back and he carried me to the edge of the forest. We saw Agito, in his Guyver armor, in a pasture, and he was trying to look for me. “Shizu, where are you? I know that you can protect yourself, but, please, give me a sign that you’re not in peril.†Camel then walked out into the pasture with me, while telling Agito, “Relax, Makishima-san. Shi’s safe.†I pulled myself further up on his back, so I can peek over his shoulder. He put me down on my own two feet so I can walk over to Agito. “Agito, we met who I suspect has been posting the notes in the forest that Natsuki referred to,†I told him as we embraced each other lightly. “Your old ‘friend’, and ‘mine’, Ricky Zamora,†Camel confirmed. “Zamora,†Agito said, as we let go so he could transform out of his armor. “I remember him from some dealings in Volterra. He, if I remember correctly, was associated with those people who tried to nail bomb you in Volterra.†“Sort of, Agito,†Camel responded. “He actually tried to interfere with their plans, but he didn’t totally succeed. As I told Shizu, he may’ve been a great Army officer, but he’s damn sure not a gentleman, and he’s not too friggin’ bright, either.†By then, Camel had phased back into his human form—and thankfully, in his case, he always was able to phase back and keep his clothes. It was late, as in about 3:00 in the morning, so Camel decided to return home, and we decided that it was wise to do the same. “I hope that Lia hasn’t woken up and is wondering where I’m at. Have yourselves a good night.†“Night, Camel,†I said as Agito and I put an arm around each other and walked back to our car and drove home. Once there, Agito was able to go straight to sleep, but, after changing into a sleeping gown, I continued to stay up. I wasn’t anxious, or scared, or stressed. I just couldn’t put myself in the mood to sleep. Between sitting on the couch, reading, watching crappy late night TV (mostly infomercials), I wasn’t able to sleep, even after laying down on the couch. I decided to stay there to keep from waking Agito up. This brought me to the following day. Despite still not having much in the way of sleep since my trip began, I decided to go with Mizuki and visit with Lia and Camel while Sho and Agito looked for Zamora. Their recreation area in their basement seemed to have everything one could think of to keep two young women busy. There were all kinds of arts and crafts stuff there, including some stuff that Lia was working on. She enjoyed modifying dresses, jeans, tops, and other clothing to suit her. There was also an Xbox 360 Kinect and a Wii down there. Video games weren’t really my thing, but I thought that if Mizuki and I could keep moving around, we’d be able to stay up for longer—knowing that Sho would go out looking for what something that at the time she couldn’t comprehend, she didn’t get much sleep either. Unfortunately, the plan failed, to put it short. We lasted only about a half hour with the Wii. Mizuki passed out first, and I sat down next to her, to be awakened from a near-sleep like state to hear Camel talking to Natsuki, Bella and Edward about the latter three going into the woods to find some evidence of the strange occurrences that had been happening. I didn’t know exactly all that had been said, though I was glad from what I’ve heard that my name wasn’t brought up. I didn’t want Natsuki to know yet that Agito and myself had been doing our own little “investigationâ€. I finally passed out—well, sort of—a few minutes later. After Natsuki and her party returned, I came out of my somewhat comatose state, and Mizuki also woke up. “I’m as tired as hell,†she told me. “I’m not much better off myself. Maybe we should go upstairs, to at least let Lia and Camel know that we’re tire, but okay.†Before I went up with Mizuki, I took my shoes off. They were a new pair of short heeled swing back pumps that I bought because they went well with my dress and cardigan. However, being new, they didn’t feel right, not being broken in—and my feet were killing me! Yes, even vampire hybrids can have trouble with new or ill-fitting clothing. We managed to find ourselves at the door of Lia and Camel’s bedroom, and I knocked. We were invited in, in spite of the fact that Camel and Lia were trying to share an intimate moment, and they were nonetheless hospitable, though Lia was to the point about our appearance. “You girls look like hell,†she confessed to us. Mizuki stated the simple fact that she’d “been up since we got here, and that was almost a full day ago.†“I’ve been up for nearly 30 hours myself,†I added. At that instance, Mizuki and I collapsed onto their bed, and fell fast asleep. It seemed that Camel, too, had caught the sleeping bug, and he went to sleep himself. That left only Lia awake, and she took the opportunity to dye her hair, get her nails done, and call Melinda. She told us that’s what she was up to while we slept, and I sensed that she was doing those things as well. Though I was asleep, my senses still “recorded†what went on around me to a degree. I was awoken a couple of hours later by a gentle nudge of my shoulder. I started to come to, seeing that Mizuki was no longer next to me, and sensing that Agito was trying to rouse me from my sleep. Mizuki was standing next to Sho, trying to fight off sleeping again, while I stood up next to Agito, trying to do the same, while Camel and Lia sat on their bed. After we talked about what they had found and my experience from the previous night, we parted ways for the time being, though we knew that we’d be meeting again soon. I climbed into the passenger seat of our Infiniti coupe and I was about to pass out, but I wanted to stay up until we got home. So, Agito tried to keep me talking. “How did everything go with Lia and Camel?†“Fine, I guess. Mizuki and I passed out fairly quickly when we played on their Wii. We lasted only about a half hour before we shut it off and passed out on the loveseat.†“That’s all you two managed to do while you were there?†“Aside from making our way to Camel and Lia’s room and passing out there, yeah, that’s all we did.†“Fukamachi and I decided that it would be best that you two were there for that time being. Since Mizuki is a human in a town of supernatural creatures that she’s by and large unfamiliar with, and you two being tired. I didn’t want Sho to worry about you two.†“I understand. At least Lia and Camel have a nice bed…†That got a bit of a laugh out of my husband. Things quieted down from there, that was until we drove by Melinda’s house. I noticed that the front window had been blown out, and Agito saw that the shrubbery next to the road on his side was disturbed. We decided to pull over and take a look, and what we would find didn’t surprise either of us. “Ricky, didn’t I tell you that visiting Melinda wasn’t such a good idea?†I asked reproachfully. “You should’ve taken my wife’s advice, Zamora. Would’ve saved Melinda from kickin’ your ass.†“I wanted to apologize to her,†Zamora squeaked out. “And didn’t I try to tell you that she doesn’t want to hear anything of the like from you?†I questioned. “I thought that she’d be ready, Miz Shizu.†“You thought wrong. Melinda isn’t gonna forgive you anytime soon for what you did to her,†Agito opined. “I agree with Agito-sama,†I added. “Though, I don’t think that we have to say it. The evidence of the wisdom of our advice is all around you now.†Ricky then attempted to get up to confront us, as if he was placing the blame for what had happened on us—not a smart move. “You two got me into this mess!†“How?!†I asked, insulted. “We’re the ones who told you to lay off of her. We also told you that she’d might react badly to your intrusion.†“That’s exactly what Shizu said, and you pressed the issue anyways, and now, you’re paying for it, just like how you’re gonna pay for sassing my wife like that! Bio-Boost!†Agito then transformed into his Guyver armor as Ricky transformed into his battle form. They were about to go at it when I informed them “I’ll be behind this bush for a moment.†I had a card up my sleeve, just for Zamora. “Why the hell is Miz Shizu going behind that bush. She gotta pee that badly? Have I scared her?†Agito fired back, saying, “oh, from what I heard, it was she who nearly made you piss yourself!†“Agito, we all know that as a hybrid, I’m a superior battle from against a Guyver or Zoalord, let alone any ‘lesser’ creature. I’ve had enough of this parley, let’s just see what’s what!†“Silence!†I yelled from behind the bush that I went behind. I jumped out from behind it and between Agito and Ricky. “I merely went behind the bush to remove my clothes before I converted myself into my Zoaform, as Griselda, as you also know me.†I hadn’t yet experimented with my transforming as far as doing while clothed. I know that Camel had that ability, but I’ve never tried it myself to that point. “Agito, allow me to teach Mr. Zamora a lesson.†“Happily, Shizu.†“Now, you will experience the full power of my Zoaform. I have only one major weapon based attack that I usually use, but it’s devastating to something like you. Have a taste, you vile, stinking desertionist!†I started to spin myself around, and I deployed my hair blades, and I proceeded to slice and dice Zamora—knowing that he’d reform, but my aim wasn’t to kill or permanently injure, just to hurt and humiliate him enough to add to what Melinda did to him. Just for the hell he put her though, he was deserving of what I was doing to him, or anything that Agito would’ve done if I hadn’t chosen to be the one to teach him a “lessonâ€. Of course, my “lesson†came at a bit of a price for myself, too. I went behind the bush to change back into my clothes, and I no more than got completely dressed and slipped my shoes back on, and I passed out. That was the penalty for me using my power, after having so little sleep over the past couple of days. I awoke a couple of hours later in my bed, with Agito sitting right next to me. “Feeling better?†he asked. “Yeah, but I’ve been thinking about some things while I was asleep. I wanna go to the beach to have some time to myself.†“You sure that you want to do that, and go all by yourself? You must’ve been thinking about some serious stuff.†“Well, one of them isn’t so serious. It’s about my phasing—I wonder if I can keep my clothes on like Camel does, you know? When I’m wearing normal clothes, as opposed to my battle robe?†By battle robe, I meant the robe like coat that I used to wear when I expected to change into my Zoaform. Wearing the dress I had been wearing all day, I phased into my battle form, and phased back. Like with Sho and Agito when they transform into their Guyver armor, and like Camel when he phased, I retained my clothes, in their original form. Yay! No more worries about post battle embarrassment! “Okay, now that I figured that out, I’m gonna go to the beach now, to think over the other things that are on my mind.†Agito seemed to sense what I was going on about. “Zamora?†“Yeah,†I replied, “I know why here’s here as far as being here with trying to ‘patch things up’ with Melinda. But he seemed to be asking us for our help earlier, he was tailing me in the forest, like he wanted something, and I suspect that he was asking Mel for help.†“Help from what?†“I hypothesize that he told her that he needed help from us, but I suspect that it was a veil for something else. But I don’t know what…†“Shizu, relax. Don’t agonize over this too much. Go to the beach if you think it’ll clear your head. I’ll be here when you get back, and maybe I’ll take you out somewhere so you won’t have to worry about dinner. What do you say?†“Sounds good, Agito. I just need a little time to myself right now.†I changed out of my original dress and into a bikini over which I put on a loose, robe or slip-like dress, and flip flops instead of my sling backs—I was going to a beach, after all. I only looked in a mirror on my way out to check my hair and dress. I then threw an actual beach robe over myself to give me a layer against the ocean chill. It wasn’t insanely cold, but there was a slight chill being brought in from the ocean that was making its way inland. I got into my Ford Fiesta—the Infiniti, thought my car (Agito’s being his Maserati Quattroporte), was more for long trips or to have fun. The Fiesta was for short trips or to pick up stuff, as well as the Audi A4 Allroad I also owned. Aside from stopping at a convenience store to get some snacks and a bottle of water on my way to La Push, I made no stops, being eager to have some time to think to myself. After arriving at the beach at La Push, I got out of my car, and I started to walk down the seemingly deserted beach, thinking to myself about Zamora and his cryptic approaches to me. He seemed to be acting as if someone was after him, or he was avoiding something unpleasant. However, I couldn’t think of anything more unpleasant for him to do than to confront Melinda, his ex, someone who he so hurt and angered. I loved her like a sister, so I could understand why she would act the way that she did towards him. I’ve also found him to be extremely annoying and kind of rude in my own dealings with him. If he wanted help, he was certainly going about it the wrong way in my opinion. But aside from that, I couldn’t figure out a damn thing about him. The beach seemingly being so deserted did lead me to direct my attention to a lone person laying there. I quickly recognized her from her hairstyle. “Hi, Natsuki!†I yelled as I waved at her. She waved back to me, saying “Hi, Shizu. What are you doin’ out here?†Natsuki was wearing the same jacket, T-shirt, and sneakers as earlier, and we was wearing a beach towel around her jean shorts like a bikini wrap, trying to keep herself a bit insulated from the onshore chill. I didn’t expect her to be out here. At least I might have someone to talk to about who might know about Ricky, given her background with the supernatural world. “I’m just walkin’ around, thinking about stuff,†I informed her as I sat down next to her. “Have you found out anything about Mr. Zamora?†“Lia and Camel talked about him with me after I got back to his house with Bella and Edward. Other than what they’ve told me, I didn’t find out too much myself. I think that I’ll be needing Tetsuro’s help once he gets here.†“Well, Nats, I might be of some help,†I said, a bit of an exasperated tone in my voice. “Something wrong, Shizu?†“With me, no. But I need to talk to you about something. I ran into Zamora last night!†A strange look came onto Natsuki’s face, being a mixture of concern and wonder. “Don’t worry, nothing happened to me. But I can tell you that he’s probably responsible for most of the sightings of that so-called ‘Slenderman’ creature,†I told her. She seemed to relax, but she still was intrigued by my info. “Well, that does open things up a bit. But what happened when you ran into him?†I was asked. “He kept following me and he was accosting me. It was annoying for sure, to be honest.†“Uummhh,†Natsuki uttered as she made an angry, pouting expression at me. “Something wrong?†I asked. “No, but I do have something to add,†she responded, her expression changing little. “Some guy was following me and making gaga eyes at me. He seemed to be following me around, almost like he wanted to ask me out on a date!†“He did the exact same thing to me!†I confirmed. “He followed me around like that. However, I don’t think he wanted a ‘date’, so to speak. He really wanted something, but I don’t know what. I know that he was asking me about Melinda, his ex, but he wanted something other than that, but I can’t figure out what†“I know what you mean. He didn’t seem to be wanting to ‘hook up’ with me, but it was almost like he wanted to ask me something important. He didn’t say anything about Melinda to me, though. What’d you do with him?†“I fought with him after he kept grabbing at me. I screamed out of frustration, and Camel showed up, carried me away until Ricky caught up with us, and he phased and shredded him. Today, when he was giving me crap after Melinda pressure cannoned him out her living room window, I sliced him up after I phased into my battle form. I doubt he learned his lesson, though.†Natsuki let out a giggle, stuck out her tongue at me, and then said, “I know what you mean. He grabbed at my arm when I turned away from him, and I slapped him and told him to go away, I then punched him and stomped on his foot. He finally left me alone when I told him I was friends with you, Agito, Sho, and Camel and Lia.†We proceeded to talk and joke about random stuff for a few minutes, when I noticed Bella walking alone a couple of hundred yards away from us. We waited until she was within a distance were we could get her attention with a “Hi, Bella†that was only a decibel or two louder than a normal talking voice. She was, as we had come to expect of her, wearing sneakers, jeans and a sweatshirt. “Hey, girls, what are you out here?†“I just came out to look at the surroundings, and Shizu just wanted to think about a few things until she saw me,†Natsuki answered. “Oh, I suspect that she’s been thinking about Ricky Zamora?†“Yeah, Bella,†I retorted. “Melinda call you about him—she’s gonna need a new front window now.†Bella replied, exasperated, “yeah, she called me. The window’s fixed now, by the way.†I then noticed something about Bella that struck me as peculiar. It was something that I wondered if anyone else noticed. “Bella, touch my hand. I wanna see something.†Bella put her hand in mine, and she felt nearly as warm as I did, but her skin felt as strong and durable as mine. Knowing what I had become, what Lia, Camel, Mel, Jess and Renesmee were, my suspicions were seemingly confirmed. “Are you a hybrid now?†“I have to say that it seems to be true,†Bella commented. “Does anyone else know? Edward? Nessie?†I asked, concerned. “Yeah. But I can’t tell you how this has come to be.†“I think that I might have an explanation that makes sense,†Natsuki interjected. “Nessie is a hybrid, right? Maybe, because you have such a motherly connection to her, maybe you’re being converted into a vampire hybrid for some reason, maybe to relate to her, or, since you’re such a unique case, to be able to have the ‘best of both worlds’, ya’ know…?†I didn’t have the best of knowledge of vampires, and I was only a vampire hybrid as a result of being bio-engineered into such, but Natsuki’s explanation seemed plausible. “That seems to be a good explanation, Natsuki. Only problem is that Bella’s a unique case—she the only person known to have survived a birth of a hybrid that was conceived in her womb.†“I agree with that,†Natsuki replied. “If she wasn’t a unique case, and something like this has happened to someone else, we’d know exactly what’s happening.†“Either way, I hope that I’m not becoming human again. But if Shizu can be bio-engineered into a hybrid, then I guess that about anything is possible. I gotta go for now. Edward and Nessie are waiting for me at the other end of the beach.†“Okay, Bella, we’ll see you later,†I told her as the left to rejoin her family. “You do suppose that could be what’s happening?†I asked Natsuki. “Could be. As I said, if she wasn’t such a unique case, I could say something more conclusive.†“Maybe I can figure something out. Not to sound overbearing, but my mind is ‘wired’ to think faster and work though more info than even yours is.†“Not at all—that’s just part of being a hybrid.†“I do wish that we could’ve given her more of an answer. Hopefully that will come in due time, and it’ll be good news.†“I agree. But even if she becomes a hybrid, she’ll be pretty much immortal—Lia, Camel, Melinda and the rest have proven to be as such.†“True enough. Maybe if she starts to become clumsy, and she’s not acting, she’ll be human, huh, not that I want that.†“Well,†Natsuki started to say, “I ought to be headed back to the inn. It’s starting to really cool off.†“Yeah, Agito promised to take me out to dinner, so I should be headed home myself. Bye, Nats,†I said as I gave her a hug, which she returned. “Bye, Shizu. I’ll be seein’ you around.†“Just remember, if you need a place to stay, we have a room for you at our house.†“That’s nice of you. I’ll consider it. Good bye.†At least for me, this oddesy was about to end on a positive note. If only longer term I could’ve said the same for Bella. I hoped that if anyone else knows about this, that they were taking it well, and that they might have had more and better answers than I did.

I'll post a couple more chapter today. Chapter 3, Melinda's POV Bio-Booster Armor Twilight Chapter 3: Visitation I got home after running errands with my sister Jess, to find myself home alone. I had no work scheduled at the hospital, not even volunteer work lined up for the next two weeks. I had intended to use this break to spend a second honeymoon with my husband Nauhel. Unfortunately, for me, Nauhel had to work, though he also had the next two weeks off, after this day, that is. That all being said, I was home alone, aside from my cat and my dog. Nauhel and I had our own house on my family’s property outside of Forks where the two of us lived separately from, but within walking distance of, my parents and sister. My family also “adopted†Nauhel’s sister, Jennifer. She on occasion stayed with me and Nauhel, but she usually stayed with my parents and sis. She was vacationing in Europe, where she was also helping with some projects to restore World War II era aircraft. Jen was due back home today or tomorrow. But neither she nor my husband was home, meaning only my pets were able to keep me company. I was also bored as hell, being alone with nothing really to do. In the event, I put a pot roast in the stove, since it was sort of a “set it and forget it†meal for me, since I was cooking it at a low temperature. It being the afternoon, there was nothing to watch on TV, and I didn’t feel like dragging any DVD’s downstairs. I wanted to just veg out until Nauhel got home, or someone called or texted me. I then heard my phone go off with its ringtone, being stored in my purse which I sat on the table next to where I was sitting. It was Lia, which was a bit unexpected, since she was home with Camel. I was under the belief that they’d be a bit busy, since that’s what they do when they’re both home, but it errands, working on cars or Camel’s vintage planes, or other things that I don’t feel at liberty to mention. “Hi, Lia,†I said when I answered my phone. “Hi Mel. I’m calling because I’m bored.†I wasn’t expecting that, as I noted. “Aren’t you two doing something, anything?†“Not really,†Lia answered, exhausted out of inactivity. “We talked with Bella, Edward and Natsuki earlier. Nessie and Jacob were also there, too. Then things were going to get ‘interesting’ when Mizuki and Shizu came up to our room and collapsed on our bed and fell asleep.†I then asked, “Camel fell asleep with them?†“You guessed right. So I decided to do my hair and nails, and after that didn’t kill much time, I tried to sleep, but, even cuddling up with Camel, I still couldn’t force myself to sleep. So I decided to call you. You up to anything?†“No, I’m in the same state that you’re in. Nauhel isn’t home yet, and neither is Jennifer. So I’m glad that you called. I don’t really wanna go out and find something to do until either one gets home, so I put on a roast and I was about to go to sleep on the sofa when you called.†Lia and I casually talked for a few more minutes before we ended our conversation when Lia resolved to try and take a nap with Camel—and Shizu and Mizuki on their bed, too—and wake up when he or they did. However, when we hung up, I felt alone again, and above all else, bored. Even with me being shy, I still desired human contact. The way I saw it, I had two choices: sneak in a nap, or get my butt up and go to the hospital to hang out with and help out the staff. I then though that I might have something to do with a hobby of mine, or my main business. I myself sort of tinker with vintage aircraft—some of which I owned—as a hobby of mine that I had for a while. I restored a Fiat CR32 biplane to airworthiness, and I also owned a P-51D Mustang and a Spitfire Mk VIII and a FR (fighter-recon) Mk XIV. And then there was my MG A convertible and Ford Capri that I was working on. I was also owner of my father’s old US spec Ford Cortina. But none of that really appealed to me as far as getting up off the sofa—they were all restored or nearly restored, and I didn’t want to go out into the barn I had them stored in. Then there was my main business that I enjoyed doing and made most of my income from. My dream business—my own wedding boutique. I had my own climate controlled room in my basement for altering and even making wedding dresses, which was the main element of that business. I could also make wedding cakes, but that wasn’t the main part of my boutique. But then it hit me; there was nothing urgent down there for me to do. All orders had been filled, although the summer was busy, and I made a killing with my services. It was a labor of love, and I offered good prices, but the volume of work was great. And, of course, when it’s time to renew my vows to Nauhel, I can have make or alter dresses for my bridesmaids. A few more minutes, minutes of mindless incision, passed before I finally got a knock at the door. I got myself off the sofa, and drug myself to the door. At least I was glad to find out who my visitor was. “Hi, Natsuki,†I said upon opening the door, after finding out it was her. I let her in, and she sat on the sofa beside me. We began to talk about a litany of things. At least that would pass the time before Nauhel came home, and I was doing it with a friend. “Can I get you anything? Coffee or a pop?†“Nah, I just wanted to visit you, since I knew that you had to be home. Sort of lonely at the inn.†“Tetsuro not with you?†I asked, considering that he was a close friend of her’s. “Not right now. He’ll be due in here in a couple of days. He’s just taking his time getting here, having a few things that he had to attend to in Tokyo.†We sat there a few minutes, just wondering what we wanted to talk about. It’s rare that Natsuki would be at a loss for words, nor myself for that matter, in spite of my shyness. But we just had a hard time getting our conversation going. At least when we found something to talk about… “I heard you were at Camel’s place today, with Bella, Edward, Nessie and Jacob. Was Lia back by then?†“Yeah, she was—for my second visit.†“You visited Camel twice?†“Yeah. I find him quite interesting as a creature, to be honest.†“As a creature? You mean his shape shifting deal.†“Yeah, he reminds me of Aptom, but he’s different. It’s like an even better version of his abilities.†“You do know that Camel was born that way. Something that it turns out his mother was the carrier of.†“He also says that his mom doesn’t demonstrate the ability, but, as you said, she carries the gene. I find your kind—vampire hybrids—to be interesting in general. Y’know, the best of both vampire and human traits.†Of course, I couldn’t argue with Natsuki—in my opinion, she was right, not that being a Cullen “vegetarian†vampire was that bad, either. But I liked the thought of being “warm†blooded, not really standing out in sunlight, and having my mom’s eye color, too. Of course, then, I noticed that Natuski was nuzzling close to me. “You know, you could’ve dressed more friggin’ warmly—I know why you’re sitting so close to me.†“I was fine when I got here, but now it’s overcast and feels like it’s gonna rain,†Natsuki answered. “Maybe I should ask for a coffee.†Well, it was a good reason to get up—I wanted a cup of coffee, too. I walked into the kitchen to turn the coffee pot on, and made my cup of coffee. While doing this, I noticed that Natsuki was walking around the living room, just looking around. It was almost like she was looking for decorating ideas for her apartment that she owned in Tokyo. “You want cream or flavoring in your coffee?†I asked. She snapped to attention at my question, and answered “no cream, what flavorings do you have?†“Mocha, hazelnut, French vanilla, orange vanilla.†“French vanilla.†“I noticed that you were looking around my living room—want decorating ideas?†“Yeah, I was just lookin’ around at your drapes and the colors of paint on your walls.†“Yeah, Nauhel and I like it,†I commented as I brought out coffee in. “The light bluish-lavender is pretty comforting and a nice neutral-ish color. Anything else you like?†“I like the coffee table and that lamp—I feel this since of scenery porn, to be honest.†“My house?†“Yeah, and Lia and Camel’s place, Bella and Edward’s home, and just Forks itself.†“I know, Natsuki. We all love it up here, even Bella. She really didn’t like living up here at first. Bella didn’t take well to the cold and the rain, but she met Edward, and that made things better for her, he and his family, as well as Jacob, too.†“Parts of Japan are sort of like this. Not Tokyo, really, though it has its own charms.†“Yeah, I know!†I’ve been to Tokyo before, on vacation, and I fell in love with the place, and I was never really a big city girl. “I lived near Volterra, Italy—“ “Home of the Volturi,†Natsuki accurately noted. “Yep, I lived near there, and in Slovenia, and Phoenix, and I was born and originally lived in Roswell, New Mexico.†“Fitting, given who you’re talking to…†We shared a quick little laugh over that remark, then we set to finishing our coffee. “Camel show you anything else on your first visit?†“Yeah, he showed me his and Lia’s little storage complex on their property.†Little was quite the understatement. It was a massive complex! There was a building with underground storage for his and Lia’s collector cars, and there was a big hangar—again with underground facilities—where Camel stored and worked on his vintage World War II aircraft. Among them were 2 P-51D Mustangs—one in US Army Air Force colors, and one in Royal Air Force colors, a Spitfire IX and F.22, a de Havilland Vampire and Venom, a Gloster Meteor, a Hawker Hurricane, and three pretty significant rarities. He had a North American F-82B Twin Mustang, one of the 20 Packard V-1650 Merlin powered Twin Mustangs that he rebuilt. He also had an Allison V-1710 powered F-82E day fighter, which could be configured into a F-82G night fighter. He also had one of what thankfully was becoming an increasing number of de Havilland Mosquito twin engine aircraft. He had a B.35 bomber and a FB VI attack fighter that could be configured into a F II night fighter. And he was also building a replica of a de Havilland Hornet twin engine fighter out of a few salvaged parts from an old DH Hornet airframe, so it could be called a restoration as opposed to a simple replica. I wonder what Natsuki thought of this virtual museum that Lia and Camel had to the automotive world and WWII era aviation. “Well, I was impressed, and it wasn’t just the cars and aircraft he had out. All the cars run and are occasionally driven, and all the planes are airworthy. And the attention to detail in all of these vehicles—the Mitsubishi A6M Zero has a rebuild Nakajima Sakae engine, and the Spitfire 22 has the appropriate Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. And the DH Hornet has the proper Rolls-Royce Merlin 130 series engines in them. It’s all pretty impressive and spoke to the tomboy in me.†“Well, it speaks to the tomboy in me, too. I have my own planes under restoration—actually, all the ones that I own are airworthy, too.†I took in a breath, before I said in conclusion, “Camel’s dedication to those projects always impressed me, let alone his dedication as an Army officer, and as friend and lover. I always sort of knew that we weren’t meant to be as lovers, so I’m glad that he found Lia. That being said, he’s always been a great friend of mine since I was young.†“I’ve felt that with him, too. I think that we’ll be great friends, and that he’ll be a great help to me in what I’m trying to do.†We finished our coffee and Natsuki left. We said our good byes, knowing that this wasn’t going to be the last time that we’d meet in the foreseeable future. I then sat down on the sofa again, and I started to rest, taking a glimpse at the clock. The good news was that Natsuki’s visit took over an hour out of the time that I had to wait before Nauhel got back. The bad news, sadly, was that there was nearly two in a half hours before he got back. I had dosed off for a while when there was another knock at my door. I got up and peeked through the window, and what I saw vexed me like nothing else recently—at least not since that morning. After the events of this morning, I thought that I couldn’t be made more angry with what was the present state of things. To say that I was ticked off, was putting it lightly. “What the hell are you doing here!†I commanded after I opened the front door, leaving the storm door closed. It was Ricky, and I had to believe that he either had some major balls or a total lack of common sense to be at my home right now. “Melinda, let me explain…†“You need to explain nothing! Get off my friggin’ property, and get outta my friggin’ life, you douche!†“At least let me in to talk to you about somethin’,†Ricky requested. I really didn’t want to let him into my—my and Nauhel’s—home for even a second. I considered it an affront that he even dared to step up to my door, or come to Forks in the first place. But I sensed that the sooner that I gave him a bone, the sooner he’d be out of my life, or so I hoped. Exasperated, I said, “okay, I’ll let you in, but you’d better make it quick, because my blood’s already starting to boil.†I let him into our mudroom, not daring to let him into any actual living space. I did wonder as to why the hell he was here, knowing how I still felt about what he did to me, and that my family and friends were pretty sore about said events themselves, and that many of them lived nearby. As I said, bravery or stupidity, I didn’t know what motivated him. “Melinda, I’m sorry for what I did to you.†“If you’re so damn sorry, why couldn’t you have let us know that you wanted to call the wedding off before the day we were supposed to get married? You didn’t just upset and enrage me, but my family and friends, even ones like Lia and Camel who couldn’t make it to the wedding. Camel was your commanding officer in the Army, and even with that notwithstanding, he’s much more a man of honor that you were!†I already wanted to slap the crap out of him for having the freaking gull to come and confront me with this. “I was just afraid of commitment. You gotta understand.†“No, I don’t!†I was already about to cry—a sign of extremely intense anger for me. “If you had something that was up, you should’ve come to me about it. Do you really understand how much you hurt me, my friends, my family, and even your family. And you didn’t even cheat on me. That’s good and well, but it gave me no reason to figure out why you did what you did!†I was totally exasperated by this stage, let alone insanely frustrated, and I already felt that Ricky had overstayed his welcome. “Urrgh, god! I need a drink!†I walked into the kitchen, with Ricky following me, and continuing to argue with me. Needless to say, not how I wanted to spend my afternoon. I poured myself a lemon iced tea and walked outside onto the patio in our backyard, where Ricky, you guessed it, followed me. And if you guessed that he continued to press his case with me, again, you’d be right. It was one of the most annoying ordeals that I had gone through since I got married and my life entered its first truly happy sphere in nearly a decade in a half. “Melinda, I really do need your help!†“Why should I help you, not only after what you did to me, but the fact that you’re always gettin’ yourself into such situations?!†“Trust me, I’m in danger!†“You’re a vampire hybrid! Why don’t you use your powers to aid you?!†“Don’t you understand?!†Ricky was clearly distressed, but, knowing what he is, why would he be? “You don’t know who’s after me?†“Fine, who’s after you?†“Some creature, he’s got black armor with blades on his arms and spikes on his head. He calls himself ‘Zeus’, and is accompanied by a skinny chick, almost as tall as you are, with long black hair who always dresses in a feminine style. She can transform into some seven foot tall creature with hair-like plates hanging from her head.†I instantly knew who he was talking about. I didn’t even need all of those clues to figure out what Ricky was on about as far as who’s after him. “Agito and Shizu. I know them. Shizu’s a friend of mine, and Agito was kinda a douchebag to me, but we’re sort of friends now. Even when he was at his worse, Agito was a walk in the park compared to what you put me through. And what I did to him to when he pushed me will be a cakewalk compared to what I’ll do to you if you don’t leave me alone!†At that moment, Nauhel arrived home, and he came out onto the patio to find me and Ricky. He suspected that based on my stance and my facial expression, that Ricky wasn’t welcomed. “Melinda, who is this? He giving you any problems?†“No, Nauhel. I can handle him.†I turned back to Ricky, saying, “and if I can’t, Agito Makishima and Shizu Onuma will!†I took Nauhel’s hand and I walked back with him into our house—with Ricky trailing, of course. “You can’t just let me face them alone!†“You should’ve thought of that before you committed whatever act that pissed them off!†I chided. “You can help me with them!†“NO! Shizu’s almost like a sister to me, and Agito may still have trappings of an amoral sleazebag, but he’s a much better human being, even at his worst, than the bag of crap you are!†Nauhel then interjected, saying, “I know Shizu and Agito, too. Agito is definitely a bit amoral and fighty, even after he mellowed out, but Shizu is very nice, composed, intelligent and gentle. I have to agree with Mel, you had to do something pretty significant for her to go after you with Agito. What did you do to them, anyways?" “What’s your explanation?†Not that it was going to make me more likely to help dissuade Shizu and Agito from beating the crap out of him should the mood strike one or both of them. But I at least wanted to know what he did to set them off against him. “I found this chick in the woods a few nights ago, just walkin’ around alone. I thought this unusual, so I walked up to her.†I didn’t think that it would take much of an imagination as to what may’ve happened next. He may’ve been faithful to me until he ditched me on my wedding day, he did have the reputation as being a bit of a womanizer. “I asked her what she was doin’ out in the woods. She told me that she was lookin’ for somthin’ called ‘Slenderman’. She seemed convinced that it wasn’t what was described, but she wasn’t offering any theories of her own.†“Okay, Ricky. Innocent enough so far. What’d ya’ do to tick Shizu off.†I knew that there had to be a “catch†to this story. “I asked her if she needed someone to be with her. She said no, that she was fine.†“But you didn’t take no for an answer, did you? You wanted to be with a little, pretty girl…†“It wasn’t like that,†“Oh, I bet it was,†Nauhel vocalized. “She told me to go away and leave her alone. She then said something about her being married. She then flashed her engagement and wedding rings at me. She then slapped and punched me in the face, and kicked me in the ribs after I fell to the ground. I heard her call out ‘Agito’â€. An evil, but happy, thought entered my mind upon hearing him mention Agito’s name. I could only imagine what would happen next. Only thing I knew was that it wouldn’t be good for Ricky. “This man ran out to her, and she explained what happened. I then heard him call out the phrase ‘bio-boost’, and he transformed into Guyver III, extended his sonic blades, and then I saw this tunnel of light.†I then offered up my opinion on what he meant by “tunnel of light.†“This had not better be some parody story where you ended up at an IHOP after you entered the tunnel.†“No, Mel.†“Continue.†I then woke up, after my body started to rebuild itself, to see Shizu and Guyver III standing over me. ‘You learn you lesson?’ the chick asked of me. I then made a sarcastic comment to her, about needing a man with bionic armor to help save her, at which time she, still in her human form, picked me up. That’s when I discovered, though her actions and her telling me, that she’s been bio-engineered into being a vampire hybrid. At that point, she proceeded to unceremoniously punch and kick the crap out of me, then there was that tunnel of light again.†“After I came to, I made a mocking comment about her being a girl, that’s when she turned into a Zoalord form, which she called ‘Griselda’, and when she used one of her bony, armored hair plates on me, you guessed it, there was that tunnel of light again. I decided not to press my luck next time I came to, and it was mutually agreed that it was best if I got my ass out of there as soon as I could.†“Well, at least you learned not to screw with them after the third time,†Nauhel noted. “Yeah, but he should’ve known not to screw around with Agito, or, even, Shizu. She may be a femme, and tiny, but she’s a hybrid, and a Zoalord before that, those powers being magnified since she became a hybrid,†I mentioned, almost as a chide towards Ricky. I knew here, and she’s probably the nicest person I knew, but I knew than when she was pushed, she could be hell in a dress and heels, though I guessed that, being in the woods, that it was probably more like hell in jeans and sneakers. She always struck me as being extremely strong and brave. “But now they’re after me, you gotta help me!†“Sadly, Ricky, they might not be after you out of a mere vendetta now. They probably think that you’re that ‘Slenderman’ creature, and possibly, some type of Zoanoid or other weird creature.†And I wasn’t even that far off—Ricky was kind of weird already. “Can I stay with you and Nauhel?†“That’s up to…†“Hell no!†I yelled out to Ricky before Nauhel could finish his statement. “Well, you have your answer,†Nauhel responded as he tried to hug me. He managed to put his arms around me and I was about to do the same when I noticed that Ricky was still there, pouting. “You can go all puppy dog on me to your heart’s content, but you’re not stayin’ here!†He still showed no sign of leaving even after I told him that. I felt that I had to take action against him, and I tried all peaceful means to send him away. And I knew that calling the cops wouldn’t get me far against this strange vampire hybrid. Nauhel and I let loose our embrace, and I started to dart upstairs. “Where you goin’?†Ricky asked. “I’m getting a shotgun!†I yelled. I was about to go to the bedroom to retrieve a shotgun, but, in that instance, I thought of something better than a firearm to use on him. I calmly walked back down the steps to a position where I was face to face with Ricky. “What are you doin’?!†“Something better than what a shotgun blast would do to you. Maybe Agito used something similar against you while you were in that tunnel of light.†I placed my hands close together, fingers curved gently towards each other. I began to concentrate a bit, and very quickly I felt energy welling up in my hands. I extended my arms outwards until the palms of my hands were pointing at Ricky, with an energy blast aimed right at him—exactly as for a Guyver’s pressure cannon, a gravity based energy blast that’s sort of like a worm hole that can blow big holes in an enemy. But my aim wasn’t to injure, at least seriously, but to get his ass out of my house. I fired off my pressure cannon blast, and Ricky went flying out of my front window. He landed in the thicket of trees across the street from my house. Nauhel then set to fixing the window, which only took us a few minutes. “Are you sure you didn’t hurt him?†he questioned. “No, but he won’t feel like getting up for a while. He deserved it on so many levels.†We returned inside and cleaned up, and we were about to sit down to our dinner which Nauhel and I helped finish. I took one last look out of the repaired window before I sat down, and I saw a brand new Infiniti G37 coupe park on a small access road near where Ricky was jettisoned out of my living room. A medium-height woman with waist length black hair and a much taller man with longish dark hair get out and walk into the forest. I knew who they were, and why they may’ve been there. I just hoped that Ricky wouldn’t be a smart-ass to them.

Chapter 2, narrated by Lia, as above. Bio-Booster Armor Twilight Chapter 1—The Arrival. The girls and myself went on our walk as planned that morning. It was actually sunny out, and the sun was barely starting to rise above the horizon, providing a faint light. We had planned to stick to a trail in the forest that we frequently used. It was a common event for Mel, Jess, Nessie and myself to walk by such trails at least once or twice a week, so we didn’t expect anything insanely out of the norm. Of course, by “insanely†I meant “insanely†by our standards, which being supernatural creatures, meant that not much surprised us. That being said, we started to talk about the newspaper rumors about events in the forest. First, though, we talked about what we were wearing—mostly about my choice of attire for out walk this morning. “Aren’t you cold, Lia?†Nessie asked, noting my short skirt, tank top, fishnet tights, tank top and a light jacket over that. Everyone else was in sneakers, jeans, and sweaters, except for Melinda, who was wearing a black tank top with a jacket over it. “No, Nessie,†I replied. “Why don’t you ask Mel why she has a tank top on?†“Well, at least I’m wearing a jacket, like you are Lia,†Melinda stated. “And besides, I’m packing…†Mel then showed us her .40 caliber Browning Hi-Power—well, one of them. She was also carrying a second. “Why do you feel the need to carry guns into the forest with you?†Nessie questioned, knowing the power we had as vampire hybrids. “Humans would, and besides, we might find some food that I doubt that we’d enjoy having to wrestle and kill that way.†“Well,†Jess started to opine, “Mel does have a point.†“I guess I can understand that,†Nessie said, seemingly legitimately understanding Melinda’s point. “But why use automatic pistols? What are you gonna do to a deer? Gravity gun it?†That referred to one of Mel’s abilities. She could manipulate gravity into energy blast, using her hands or even firearms to deliver them, giving even simple pocket pistols a massive punch against major threats that normally can’t be dealt with using normal guns. I could do similar, except my power wasn’t gravity based so much as electro-magnetic based. Not dissimilar otherwise, but my wasn’t as much rooted in manipulating gravity as electrical or electro-magnetic fields. Then talk turned to the recent sightings of various creatures—some familiar to us, some not. “There have been reports of Guyvers around here in this forest, as well as that Slenderman like thing, too,†Nessie commented. “I’m familiar with Guyver I and Guyver III, though I’ve never seen them in person. But this ‘Slender’ thing, I dunno, to be honest.†“Well, Jess and I have seen both Guyvers in action, and they can be formidable, but not really a match for us,†Melinda stated. “So I’m glad that I consider Sho my friend. As for Agito, well, we’re on somewhat friendly terms, but we’re not great friends by any means.†I of course, knew this. I secretly visited Volterra when Mel and Camel were there, and I know how formidable a full-on, battle trained hybrid can face not only Guyvers, but even Hyper Zoanoids, or even Zoalords and Gigantic Guyvers, which can overwhelm Zoalords. I even faced some Enzyme III Hyper Zoanoids in Volterra saving Sho and his girlfriend Mizuki from an attempted attack—Melinda did something similar, to her credit. And I know how much animosity that Mel and Agito used to have for each other. They ended up on better terms by the time they left, but it’s not an easy friendship by any means. “Camel has been talking to me about this Slenderman stuff and Guyver sightings, and I can’t say that I know what to make of it.†We continued to walk, and in so doing we encountered some light ground fog. “I know that Camel has a lot of the combat abilities of the Guyvers and some similar weapons, as well as those of some Zoanoids. He can even grow tentacles and a tail.†Jess then spoke up, saying, “What are you gettin’ at, Lia?†“Are you saying that Camel might be this ‘Slender’ thing?†Mel questioned. “You think that Camel might be experimenting with some of his powers at night in the forest?†Nessie also asked. “I can’t say for certain. It might make sense. I have felt his presence leave my side on occasion at night. It never was for very long—about 15-20 minutes at most. I assume that he watches TV because he has admitted to having issues sleeping recently.†“So, Lia, does that mean that he leaves the room, or the house?†Nessie asked. “I don’t quite know for certain,†I replied. “I think that it’s possible that he does leave the house, but I’m not worried. It’s not like he’s sleepwalking, and he’s never gone. We used to go outside for brief periods of time at night, but that was when it was warmer out.†We continued to walk, until we came across a note that was nailed to a tree. I walked over with Mel and we pulled the note off the tree, brought it back over to Jess and Nessie, and analyzed it. It was a simple, handwritten note with an illustration of the Slenderman Mythos “operator symbol†(a O with an X though it), with the phrase “it sees, it followsâ€. There was no reference to the creature not having eyes, which means that it’s questionable as to whether or not it was an actual reference to Slenderman. We continued to walk through the forest, just going on our little walk, when we all shuddered and paused. A strange presence was felt by all of us. A few seconds later, three strange beings came out of the forest in front of us. We recognized two of the forms—a Gregole and a Vamore, both types of Zoanoids (thank god for all of this being unclassified!), but the third, neither Nessie or I recognized, but it seemed that Mel and Jess did. And to put it short, they weren’t happy. “What the hell are you doing here!†I demanded. I had thought that most of these creatures had been destroyed or un-processed. “We’ve come to investigate the legends of the Olympic Peninsula, such as yourselves…†the one odd-ball character said. “We believe that since you creatures seem capable of destroying a Guyver in combat, we wondered if you could help us out?†“HELL NO!â€, I heard Melinda scream at the strange creature. “I will not help you destroy any Guyver! I know who you are, and what you may actually be here for!†“Attack!†the weird figure called out. The two Zoanoids lunged at us, but Nessie stopped Vamore by punching him out, while I punched and kicked Gregole about his face and stomach, then shocked him using my powers. We saw Mel and Jess attack the only remaining creature, and he was taking a beating, to put it lightly. As the two defeated Zoanoids vaporized in front of us, we witnessed Melinda throttling the surviving creature, with Jess slapping, punching and kicking at him, both screaming insults and profanities at him. At that very moment, I felt an approaching presence, one that was oddly familiar to me. Within seconds, Sho and Agito—Guyver I and Guyver III, as the case may’ve been—emerged from the forest, only to stop near us, only a few feet away. “It looks like you girls beat us to the punch—literally and figuratively,†Agito announced to us. Both Guyvers’ attention turned to Mel and Jess pummeling and cursing out the last creature—Zoanoid, Hyper Zoanoid, or something else altogether, I didn’t know at the time. Sho then spoke up, having observed the situation. “I think we should help out the Swan sisters. They don’t seem to be able to defeat this creature.†“No, not now, Fukamachi,†Agito opined. “But they don’t seem to be able to overcome this creature†“Sho, look at Melinda and Jess,†Agito said, continuing with “they’re toying with him. Let them have their ‘fun’, Guyver I.†We watched as Mel and Jess continued to antagonize this creature. Why weren’t they trying to kill him—they seem to be torturing him, toying with him, as if trying to punish him. For what, I didn’t know at the time. But they continued on, nonetheless. I started to listen in to what they were saying. “You scum! Don’t you know what you did to me and my sis?!†Mel screamed. Jess added a statement of, “how do you expect us to forgive you so easily? Take your punishment like a man!†“Why did you feel it was necessary to put us though the hell you put me and my family and friends though, you son of a bitch!†The torrent of insults and profanities continued until Mel and Jess decided to let him go. “We shalln’t pursue him, Guyver I,†Agito stated, as Mel and Jess came back to us. “You girls OK?†Nessie asked. “Yeah, we’re fine—physically,†Jess answered. Mel added, “But we’re both pretty pissed right now!†“What was that about?†I ventured to ask. “That guy…he’s scum, that’s about what I can say right now…†Mel said, exasperated. Sho then spoke up, asking, “what kind of creature is that?†“He’s not a Zoanoid, Fukamachi,†Agito noted, then facing Nessie and myself, stated, “and neither were those other creatures you defeated.†“Well, what the hell were they?†I questioned. “He’s a shape-shifting vampire hybrid,†Agito responded. “The others were fake clones of zoanoids that this creature spawned.†“Like my Camel?†“Sort of,†Makishima answered. “He’s not exactly the same, in more ways than one. He’s weaker than your husband in his physical form and as far as the type of person he is. He makes Camel look like a saint. It’s perhaps best to get more on that from Melinda and Jess†We all turned to Mel and Jess for answers, and they turned out to be more than eager to vent about what Agito was on about. “That ‘thing’ was Ricky Zamora,†Melinda started to say. “He was supposed to be wedded to me, but he left me at the altar.†“He ditched us, and his own family, too!†Jess angrily atoned. I myself had never heard of such a revelation from either of them before, though Camel had referred to it before. He said that Mel had a fiancé who ditched her on the eve of their wedding without informing her or leaving her with a good reason. She has had a grudge against him ever since, according to Camel’s story. And I can understand why; the least Ricky could’ve done is at least give Mel a reason for his desertion. “He friggin’ deserted me!†Mel angrily noted. “I almost don’t want to say it, but I’d love to see Sho or Agito beat the living, mortal frickin’ crap out of him!†“I don’t blame you, Mel†I responded. “At least Camel never did that to me, but he’s my soul mate, so I know that he’d never do that to me.†Nessie chimed in, saying, “So that’s why Mel and Jess wouldn’t kill him, but instead were antagonizing and beating him like that. I don’t really condone it, but I understand it.†We had a few moments of looking around and trying to cool down from what happened. We were wary of another attack, but we couldn’t sense or feel anything unusual, nothing that would lead us to believe that something would happen. “Well,†I started to ask, “what now?†“There’s nothing here, we should be going†Sho commented. “What’ll happen now?†Jess questioned. “You girls can go back to your walk, since you’re safe and we know that you can handle any threats you may face,†Agito answered. “Guyver I and I will search the woods for any psudo-zoanoids and for Mr. Zamora. We have some questions we’d like to ask him. Sho, come. We have a visit to pay…†“What about your girlfriends?†Jess asked them as they were about to leave. “You should have no worries about Mizuki and Shizu,†Agito retored. “They’re safe with Bella and Edward. I know of their abilities and they’re safe with them and the other Cullen vampires and with Jacob.†With that, Agito and Sho used their Guyver armors’ ability to fly and quickly disappeared from sight. We knew that if these creatures were no match for us, they might not be a match for a well-trained user of a Bio-Booster Armor unit. We were able to easily defeat those monsters with our bare hands, and a Guyver unit has tons of weapons. We had no question that whatever Sho and Agito found, they’d likely be easily able to confront it. But all of this left a question. Basically, the question of why the hell Zamora was here, and what the purpose of his visit is. “It beats the livin’ hell outta me,†Mel said, in reply to that very question. “Why are the Guyvers here?†Nessie asked. “Why would Sho and Agito be in forks.†“Obviously something to do with Ricky,†I surmised. “Chronos is defeated, but I don’t know why they’d be after him, aside from the fact that he seems to have the ability to clone zoanoids.†“Why ever they’re here,†Jess spoke up, “I hope that they teach Ricky a lesson…†Melinda spoke in agreement, saying, “I know about the malice of Makishima, and he definitely isn’t a great human being. But in spite of his dark amorality, he has his limits on how much of a douchebag he is. He may be a violent, dark-hearted, calculating, cold ball of sleaze, but I’ve seen him with Shizu, and I know that he’d never willingly do to her, what Ricky did to me…†We all decided to walk back to our respective homes, and our talk on the way back was basically light hearted…for the most part. “I wonder if Aunt Alice got her claws into Ms. Segawa and Ms. Onuma?†Nessie asked jokingly. “If they stayed with Bella and Edward,†I opined. “Then they’d be fine, though they seem interested in fashion to an extent from what Mel and Jess told me of them.†“You ever meet them?†Jess asked of me. “Yeah, I briefly met both of them. I met Mizuki when I saved her and Sho from being devoured by a bunch of Enzyme III hyper zoanoids. I had a longer talk with Shizu when I met her in a hotel while I was in Volterra keeping some tabs on Camel. But Mel and Jess and Camel spent a lot more time around them. I don’t know them insanely well from personal visits. I have spoken to them online quite a bit, though.†Just then, the discussion became serious for a moment. “I thought that Shizu would have died by now. I’m glad that she’s still alive, but what happened to prolong her life?†Nessie asked me. Ms. Onuma was processed into a proto-Zoalord, which supposedly shortened her life to only a couple of years or so. But she wanted to live longer, even knowing that such a shortened life span was a penalty of her processing. And, naturally, with people as smart as she and Agito were, she found a way. “She’s actually a lot like us, now,†I stated. “Vampire?†Nessie questioned. “Sort of,†Mel added. “She’s technically now a human-vampire hybrid. Jess and I know this—along with Camel—because her eyes are still the turquoise-blue-violet color that they were when she was human.†“She’s also warm compared to a normal human being,†Jess added. “So she’s very much like us—maybe more like Camel.†“Yeah, she can still transform into Griselda, her proto-Zoalord form,†I added. “Imagine a cute monster girl. What the hell am I saying? We—and the Cullen vampires—are all cute monster girls!†With that, a good laugh was had by all, and it took the conversation back to its original light hearted origins. We continued to chat until we exited the forest and walked back to Mel and Jess’ home. We had our reasons to believe that Zamora would return to their home to possibly confront them over the beating and berating he received. But since we didn’t since his presence—nor those of Sho and Agito—we assumed that the coast was clear, and we said our good byes and part our ways for the time being. As I walked back home, I continued to wonder about Sho and Mizuki, and Agito and Shizu. I was glad for them that Chronos was defeated, and that Shizu was able now to live out her life—and be as immortal as her boyfriend. My wonder then also turned to Tetsuro, Mizuki’s older brother and Sho’s best friend, and Natsuki Taga, a close friend of Sho and his cadre, who I also met in Volterra. I wondered if they were in town, or at least in the general area. And there was still the big question, the question of why. Why all of this activity around here, with Sho and Agito around here, the tales of strange sightings in the forest at night, and what I thought may’ve been strange behavior on Camel’s part recently, with his brief trips out of bed. None of this was adding up in my mind, but I did feel that there had to be some connection. And what to make of Mr. Zamora, and his fake Zoanoid clones? What the hell was going on there? All I had was a lot of questions, with no clear answers. I knew that I shouldn’t have worried myself over any of this, as we knew that we were safe. We were safe? That may’ve been, but what of everyone else in Forks? Having thought of all of those points, I realized that I was nearing home. Something caught my eye, two things in fact. I saw a silver Volvo, which I knew was Edward’s, so I knew that he and probably Bella were visiting Camel. That did make since, since I knew that Bella and Edward wouldn’t leave Mizuki and Shizu alone. The main Cullen house was on the same property, so they most likely were staying there at that moment. But another car caught my eye—a red Toyota GT-86. It wasn’t familiar from around here, but I guessed what it could mean. It had to mean that Natsuki was there. Camel met her in Volterra with Mel and Jess. She was a bit of a sci-fi nut, and she, having experience with the Guyvers and Chronos, would likely be able to help get to the bottom of the strange events in the forest that have been reported recently. I knew that if she was nearby, it would peak her interest, and that of Tetsuro, if he was with her. I calmly walked back into the house, to find it almost deserted. I couldn’t find Bella or Edward, or Natsuki; the living room was empty of any living creatures aside from Camel’s cat Salem. Aside from our cats, I was only able to sense one other presence in the house. I walked towards the kitchen, where I found Camel talking on the telephone. I then eaves dropped on the conversation. “Yes, Charlie, I’m familiar with the newspaper stories…It beats the crap out of me as to what’s goin’ on…Yeah, Natsuki is here, and she’s safe with Bella and Edward…I think that Lia has come in…I think that she should know about what might be goin’ on…I will. Take care, Chief.†“Camel…I didn’t mean…†I told him, feeling like I was intruding on that conversation, which I was to be honest. “Don’t worry, Lia,†he replied. “I was going to have to tell you anyways, soon.†“About the events in the forest?†“Yes, Lia.†“The Guyvers, Zamora, fake Zoanoids, the ‘Slenderman’, everything…?†“Yes, hon. I feel that you need to know the reason. It seems that you were on quite a run?†“Camel, I have something to admit. I and the other girls encountered Mr. Zamora, both Guyvers, and some fake Zoanoids. Mel and Jess beat the crap out of Mr. Zamora, Guyver III and Guyver I filled us in a bit, but didn’t give us much info. And we all know about Ricky’s past sins with Mel and Jess…†I was exasperated. “You fought?†“Yeah, Camel, I killed a fake Gregole. I thought that all Zoanoid technology was destroyed?†“Don’t worry, Lia. Nothing will hurt you. This is really bizzare, so you’re gonna have to bear with me, honey…†And so, my questions started to be answered…

Hi everyone. This is the area where I'll be posting rough drafts of my fan fic chapters. For some discussion and info, check out the "My Guyver and Twilight fan fic I've hinted at" thread. I've converted the chapters into the proper format so I can copy and paste the text here and so I can edit them on my laptop in the future. So here's the first chapter: Bio-Booster Armor Twilight Epilogue With me being Lia den Adel, and being born into a family a vampire hybrids, you’d think that was weird. On top of that, being married to a hybrid who is a retired and highly decorated Army officer who can also transform his body into any form he wants would seem strange to most people. And having vampires, other hybrids, shape-shifting werewolves and humans as friends seems pretty weird, too, huh? But that is my life, and it’s normal to me. I thought that things wouldn’t be able to get more unconventional, but I wouldn’t be able to think that for much longer. Having settled into a routine in Forks with Camel, my husband, I was about to have a “girl’s morning out†with our friends, Melinda and Jess, along with Renesmee, or Nessie, as she was also known. When we all had days off of work, we’d go out on walks early in the morning in the forest near our homes outside of Forks. That was our routine and how we spent time with each other—just us girls. We’d usually get up before our husbands did, which for me often didn’t happen. I would normally on these days get up before he did, but he was usually awake soon after I got up. On this particular day, I awoke very early in the morning, at least according to most people. I awoke at about 5:00 in the morning to get ready for my walk, and my day in general. That meant showering, and getting dressed mostly. I walked into the kitchen, to find, as I had predicted, Camel sitting at the table. Did I mention that he usually got up shortly after I did? “Hi, Liaâ€, he stated to me as I sat down at the table and grabbed an apple and an orange from a bowl of fruit positioned on the middle of the table. “Haii, Camelâ€, I replied. I picked away at the orange peel as Camel looked at yesterday’s newspaper. We rarely read our newspapers except for advertisements and the humorous stories in it. But something caught Camel’s attention. “You see something?†I asked. Camel actually seemed more amused than alarmed, but something clearly peaked his interest. “Just have a look at this.†I came around the table and read the article with him. There was—at least ever since it came out that vampires and the shape-shifting wolves existed—a section in the paper dedicated to urban legends and humorous stories about them. There was a twist to this story, however. It was reported as being possibly real. There had been stories about a weird creature in the forest that would show up during the night. This creature was seemingly similar to the urban legend known as “Slendermanâ€, or at least the character from the video game Slender: The Eight Pages. “I don’t believe that it’s realâ€, Camel opined. “However, there’s other weird things showin’ up, too.†What weird things? I decided to read on. The most peculiar things that were occurring were random notes were appearing in the woods. That was real in actuality. But the most bizarre thing was what the notes had written on them. “’Don’t look or it takes you’, ‘It follows’, ‘They’re coming’, ‘Bio-Booster Armor Guyver is coming to get you!’â€. The fact that some person was leaving these notes in the woods was odd itself, but saying that someone—or something—was out there such as Slenderman or Guyvers was the most irrevocably strange thing. We knew that Slenderman didn’t exist, but the Guyvers did. They became public knowledge on a large scale after Mel and Camel visited Volterra. And they were known in some circles, as well as some organization known as Chronos, for quite a while before that. However, these sightings of strange things in the forest were really standing out and were being reported as real. And in a town where mythical creatures being real was the norm, that was saying something. “All the stories about Guyvers don’t mention them in a malevolent light, but most aren’t so sure about this ‘Slenderman’ thing. And reports about it are very sketchy. However, most stories don’t fully line up with the ‘creepypasta’ urban legend.†I said, “I wouldn’t know, I’ve never been out in the forest in the middle of the night. And if the Guyvers are here, I can’t tell you why.†Camel added “I wouldn’t know, either. You still gonna go on your walk with the girls?†“Of course I am. It seems that whatever is doing this stuff wouldn’t attack in daylight.†“You goin’ out dressed like that?†Camel pointed out my state of dress—black tank top, black and grey-violet punk rock skirt, fishnet nylons, and punk rocker boots—while giving me a smirk. “I’m goin’ for a walk, not a friggin’ run, Camel,†I stated. “I think that I can walk through the forest on a trail in this outfit with my girlfriends just fine.†The smirk stayed on Camel’s face, which caused me to smile. “The others will be here soon, I’ll be in the living room—you goin’ back to bed?†“Yeah, just you and Mel, Jess, and Nessie be careful.†“We’re hybrids, I don’t think that you have to worry too much about us.†Upon going into the living room, I propped my feet up onto the coffee table and turned the TV onto the local news, and the topic of the day? A report on the “Slenderman/Guyver†sightings. However, I didn’t learn anything new compared to the newspaper article. I turned the TV off and lounged on the couch until I heard a knock at the door. It was Mel, who I let in, and we waited until Jess and Nessie showed up. After a brief conversation—all saying hi and small talk—we went out for our walk. Aside from me, everyone else was dressed in either T-shirts or tank tops, sweaters, jeans and sneakers. Pretty much stuff that we usually wore during everyday actvities on our days away from work. Our plan was to walk throught the forest on the trails we usually walked on for our morning walks, and within about an hour or so, we’d return home and we’d pick up from there. But we all felt an odd feeling. Not ominous or scary, but we knew that something weird might happen. And so it began…

I was trying to figure out her name last night. Couldn't just name her something generic. I thought of Vanessa, but Renesmee from the Twilight Saga had that as an alias (based on her nickname Nessie). But I settled on Veronica because of that, as well as Veronica Mars (portrayed by Kristen Bell, a blonde) and stuff like that.

Some more stuff about my fan fic. Firstly, I'll soon start posting rough drafts of chapters in a separate topic here. Secondly, I decided on things about my newest character that'll be introduced soon here. Her name is Veronica, she likes to be called V-ron, V, and Ver. She's about 5'4", extremely feminine, blonde, with indigo eyes. She'll be introduced near the end of chapter 12.

Hi everyone. It's one of those days in my house where it's humid and sticky, so I turn the fan on, only to turn it off because I get cold quickly. My fan's low is equal to a lot of fans' high setting. Anyways, I got done with everything that I wanted to get done with yesterday. So today, I have plans for fan fic writing, looking up some Audi stuff and some gaming. I also checked with Yuki, and she's OK with me posting rough drafts of my fan fic in a topic here when I get around to it. I might start Sunday or maybe even tonight. I'll also post some info in the fan fic discussion thread. I'll be back later

3D Printing is phenomenal technology, and if as VGuyver points out, metal printing can produce stuff as good as or better than common, there's a future for it. But like with things like caseless firearms ammunition, the problem is to take something that we know can work on a small scale, into something that's suitable for mass production. That'll be a few years from now, but we know that the concept is workable. It's just completing the steps to make it practical for mass production.

3/4 or more of an apartment building in NYC was destroyed when members of the Weather Underground accidentally detonated dynamite when they were making nail bombs to be used in a terrorist attack. The bombs in question were concealed in 12 inch water pipes for transport and had several sticks of dynamite with nails packed around the bundles. Also, in the Hyde Park bombing that the IRA did in 1982, a Morris Marina sedan had 25lbs of gelignite (jellied/plasticized dynamite, RE factor 1.6) with 30lbs of roofing nails packed in it's trunk. It destroyed or damaged everything in an area roughly the size of a soccer field. So if Gaster's and Panadyne's explosives can do that much damage, and the Weather Underground nail bombs had maybe several pounds worth of dynamite in them, and 2 pints of explosives can do more damage than that, can we determine the RE factor of their liquid explosives from that?

Now, do these Audis sound anything like we think that a diesel powered vehicle would sound? And an Audi Spain promo video for the 24 Hours of Le Mans: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=718048594925449&set=vb.144192782311036&type=2&theater

Now, do these Audis sound anything like we think that a diesel powered vehicle would sound? And an Audi Spain promo video for the 24 Hours of Le Mans: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=718048594925449&set=vb.144192782311036&type=2&theater

I don't think that 3D printing works on metal. That's something that I think is at least a few years away. It's phenomenal technology, but right now, it does have its limits.

I'd have to check with Yuki on that about posting the rough drafts somewhere here. I also might give the link to some of my TL friends so they could read it if that's allowed. But at this stage, there's not a ton of action, but lots of girly stuff, partly because only one chapter so far has been narrated from a male POV.

Hi everyone. Slept in last night until about 8:30 this morning, and I helped grandma with her breakfast and other morning stuff. Father and little brother are working around the house today, mostly mowing grass. I have some stuff to get caught up on this morning, then I'll be back on later on to do the stuff I originally wanted to do today. I also have Monaco F1 practice that I'll be trying to watch tonight, so I'll be working on that and some chicken nachos that I'll be wanting to make. I also have some gaming plans and plans, time and awake-ness permitting, to work on a fan fic chapter. I'll be back later

All of our cats--aside from the kittens--are outdoor cats, as is a huge black cat my mother and father own. So would a long haired grey one, if it wasn't such an a-hole when outside.

Toyota Motorsport GmbH--Toyota's European motorsports arm--demonstrating some of their 3D printing capabilities: https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t31.0-8/10353463_778399075526711_4640343088523210960_o.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t31.0-8/10271163_778399152193370_7217999284926752769_o.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t31.0-8/10317597_778399195526699_3804934557678896646_o.jpg

It says enter the URL of the image into a box, and the URL from here doesn't seem to be working--give me a message saying that URL is invalid. I might try and post it to my FB or something, since I can't log into my photobucket account. Actually, I might try and post it somewhere here in a topic so I can see about copying the new URL and see if that'll work. Update: adding a post here didn't really help, but adding it to a FB album did. Thanks for your help