tengaku squared

This was apparently my average, though I clocked at around 108 at max. Went back and corrected a few mistakes - probably cost me some time.

Hey guys: DCW IRL is going to be on hiatus for the holiday season. One reason is that Secret Santa is also going on (which I am hosting) and we want you guys to participate fully in the event, but more importantly, we want you guys to enjoy your holiday season and not be busy with DCW IRL, instead spending time with your families and friends. In related news, KKLT will leave her moderator position. This was a joint decision by IU and me, and we feel its the most prudent decision. We will not be making any other changes to our crew at this point in time. DCW IRL will restart in the month of January, and we'll have plenty of fun things planned then! Keep tuned for more news! Happy holidays! The DCW IRL crew

Just a friendly remainder: there's not a lot of time left before the deadline! A week awaits! Remember that I will not tolerate any tardy gift-givers! oh was that not very friendly im totally not sorry

I'm going to get this thing going now, cause you guys need all the time you can get for this. PMs will be coming out very very shortly. Regretfully, I will not be participating in this event (as in gift-giving). My schedule is far too prohibitive for that. However, if you want to give me a gift, or anybody else a gift, feel free to PM me. (I even had a wishlist prepared and everything... Sad Moho is sad. )

\o/ Third Annual DCW Secret Santa Event \o/ Ah, you may remember DCW doing something like this for two years now. Well, it's back! First of all, here are links to the previous two years we've done this: 2012 and 2011, and both of them went very, very well. There's also some cool information (and a little off-topic banter as well) in both these topics, so take a look if you need it! Here's the most ideal timeline for this event this year (it's a bit rushed, and I'm sorry): December 13-14, 2013: All signups close. I will send out PMs to remind everyone who signed up to get going, as well as the name of their special someone and their wishlist. REMEMBER REMEMBER REMEMBER that once you sign up, gift-giving is completely required! Make sure you can actually do this before signing up! December 22-25, 2013: Get your gifts in by this date. It's really important you get them in by this block of time. Hey, I'll take them earlier, but take what little time (:V) you have to make the best gift! December 25?, 2013 (ideally, but somewhere around there is possible): And the reveal! It's likely I'll probably be spreading out the reveal days, but who really knows. And now with that out of the way, I'll give out some information about this event that may come in handy: How to Signup How to Make a Wishlist How to Upload your Gift How to Make Brownies Current signups: - Cold Gangsta - blackhiden - Nara-chan - boringfreak - Red Angel - Phantomach the Reaper - Ren-kun - Aadikudo - Astraculpa - Rye - Misaki-chan <Oh, please tell me if I missed anything or should add something to this post or edit something. Also send delicious brownie recipes. No, I'm just kidding. Don't do the last one.>

That's a pretty obvious point there. Mmmm. "The ends justify the means."

Closing down this round due to major inactivity. In other words, this round has been discontinued.

"So zetta slow, kids. Four lowly hectopascals and one downgraded fractal. Ah, and now you've come to be integrated, I assume?" Stein tilted his head back and cackled. Then he abruptly stopped, and frowned. "Footsteps...one more factor?" The group turned around to meet the eyes of a small brown-haired boy with a smirk on his face. "Good evening, Stein. Or should I say Danzo?" For a small boy, his voice sounded unusually eloquent and deep. "Haven't been called that in a while." The now Danzo took off his skull cap and shoved it into his pocket. "So what are you, fractal?" The boy didn't answer, but his smirk remained. Danzo grimaced, then cackled again. "Oh, I see, I see! This is all according to plan! Ha!" He ripped off his shirt to reveal black magical lines runnning down his body. "And in the end, it doesn't even factor in." It's time, I suppose, to show you the limit as I approach infinity!" He crossed both his arms and began to glow. The black lines running down his body began to pulsate and glow purple. The purple lines starting drawing elaborate designs on his arms, similar to a Forbidden Spirit sigil. His eyes began to glow purple and his skin began turning black. Soon, his eyes were completely purple, his skin was black, and deep pulsating purple lines ran down his body. "Ahaha! Witness the power of a higher Angel! An entity that surpasses even Him!" He expanded both his arms out and began distorting the space around the group until the group was in a completely different dimension, devoid of any features. "Now...that we are alone, it's time to be iterated, yoctograms! Forbidden Spirit and Angel combined, let's see how you fare!" He waved his arm and several beams of purple light down and narrowly missed the group. "Oh dear. Looks like Danzo's no longer bound to the rules of an Angel," the boy remarked. "And he's grown much more powerful. I suppose I could lend you a hand." The boy reached into his pocket and whipped out a cell phone. "Well, have fun!" He dialed a few numbers on the phone and bright beams of light targeted Danzo, who didn't seem very fazed. ======================== So Stein/Danzo has taken in a power boost. He's similar to a Forbidden Spirit in that he can take enormous punishment, but his magic has also received a terrific buff. The boy's an NPC I had in the wings but never got to deploy. So, here he is, as your ally! Oh. and while you battle, Walpurgis Night is destroying the school, so hurry up! Joshua

(I guess since we're running pretty low on time to set up the final battle.) Stein lifted his finger off the magic circle he drew on the school's rooftop. A glowing light was hovering around him, blinking over and over. A strange humming voice came from the light: "What exactly do you think you're doing?" Stein swatted the light, but the light flew out of range. He fixed his hat and put his hands together. "What does it look like? I'm doing a magic spell." In response, the light shot a single beam at Stein, stinging him. Stein put his arm to the wound, but didn't appear in much pain. "Don't play coy. I recognize that sigil anywhere - that circle is going to summon Walpurgis Night itself." "Quite the scholar You are. I'm a mathematician." "I don't recall giving you these orders." Stein turned towards the light and put his hands up in exasperation. "I recall Your orders were to watch over the people of this world? That's exactly what I'm doing. Now I'm guiding them to a new exponential." The light remained silent, and stopped flashing. Then it began to glow brighter. "So be it. Before I leave, may I be informed of the identity of that strange circle inscribed on your back?" Stein appeared mildly assumed by the question. "This would be a Forbidden Spirit circle. And that is all You need to know." The light hummed, then went off. Stein turned back to the circle, and began ramping up his mana flow. He placed his hands on the circle, which emitted a harsh purple light that shot into the sky. Stein noted tiny purple lights shooting from the carefully placed corpses on the school grounds and into the circle. The circle contracted, then expanded to encompass the entire school. The ground began to shake and the sounds of chains breaking came through the air. Then, a single hole opened up in the ground, and a dark black hand with sharp purple nails came out. The hand pressed itself against the ground, as if lifting a larger figure. The ground began to bulge, as if something very large was breaking out of the earth. Stein let out a chilling laugh. He watched Walpuris Night break from its prison from the edge of the roof. He spread out both his arms. "Hahahahaha! The time has come! Drown in the sea of imaginary numbers!" A harsh screech came from the earth, and then the earth exploded, releasing the horror that was meant to stay underground. =================================================== (Here it comes, Walpurgis Night itself! I left the appearance pretty vague except for one black hand, but you can make it up as you go. Make me proud! And good luck, guys!)

(And you'll get your turn.) "What the?! You little factoring...that is not my title!" Stein spread both his arms out and began to glow. "I'll drop you like an apple from a tree, you factoring hectopascal!" He put both his hands together, and began to glow even more brightly. He pointed a finger at Rouge, and then clenched his fist. He called the name of his spell, "Gravity: Collapse Inwards!" Countless numbers of little dots of light began forming in the area. Then a strange thing occured: Rouge began to collapse inwards and crunched into a smaller and smaller mass, and then a vortex formed where Rouge was. The dots of light fell into the vortex, as well as the walls, and anything else nearby... Then the vortex stopped, and Stein stopped glowing. The entire area was devoid of all features; everything around Rouge and Rouge himself disappeared. Stein dusted his hands, and observed his work. "What the factor was that? A magician like that, a yoctogram compared to Tonate and a speck of dust in the universe, challenging me?" Stein began to teleport again and was gone. =========================== Rouge has been crunched into nothing. Everything within a 50 meter perimeter of Rouge has also been sucked into the vortex and was taken who knows where. Thank you, Usui. I needed to show Stein's full combat abilities somewhere. I also got kinda bored. :V Gravity: Collapse Inwards

Those aren't cliches. All of these are unique to your fanfic. A cliche is an overused trope.

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(Mmm, not much longer. A week or two? As a result, no more NPCs may be created. I will also be less lenient with inactivity from here on out.)

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"Eh, I wasn't planning on coming here." Stein shrugged off the body of Kavin that he was carrying on his back and turned to face Garnet. "What's this, another yoctogram? They keep coming in sequences." He raised his hand, and continued, "I suppose you want to fight me, now that you've seen the decimation of that two-digit decimal. Not really worthy to be factored, even." "Ah, ah, but unforunately," and he took a glance at his watch, "angels aren't allowed to fight lower plane yoctos unless challenged. Not unless you say I insert name here will challenge the angel Stein, the Numerical Singularity and the Bringer of Light and bring his true power to this plane, which will certainly result in your integration."He scratched his head. "Hmmm." "The rules only say I can't directly fight you. But," and he waved his hand, summoning two Forbidden Spirits to his side, "the rules don't say these Spirits can't." He turned around and began to walk away. "Now, what do you think the probability of you winning is? Bzzt. That would be zero, like your taste in fashion! Now, tangle with these irrational beasts!" The air appeared to blur around Stein and then he was gone. The two Forbidden Spirits began to rumble. ============= (Mmmm okay I will. Also please note that phrase Stein mentions: I <insert name here> will challenge the angel Stein, the Numerical Singularity and the Bringer of Light and bring his true power to his plane. Angels inherently limit their power when visiting lower planes, and can only unleash their full power when challenged like so. While not unleashing their power, angels are nigh-invincible since their vast resevoirs of mana go into grounding their essence, and any damage dealt to them in this reduced state is recovered instantly. Should you manage to overpower Stein when challenging him, it is possible to defeat him due to his lowered defenses. Of course, Stein at full power can likely obliterate the Earth, so be careful of what you wish for. Both Tonate and Kavin are aware of the nature of angels. Both challenged Stein in an attempt to defeat him, but were mercilessly crushed. Oh, and yes, Kavin is the yoctogram Stein mentioned earlier. I'll try to reduce the sheer size of exposition drops.)

"1 to the 7-3. 2 to the 0-5-0. 8 to the 0-7-5-7. And there." Stein lifted his finger from the black magic circle he drew on the floor. He dusted his hands, then rubbed them together. He slammed a single hand onto the circle he drew. The ground shook, and the circle on the floor opened to a yawning black vortex. Stein stepped backwards and several Spirits in the room flew into the vortex. Every time a Spirit fell into the vortex, the vortex sparked and hissed. "These students are formidable, almost worthy to become factored. This error must be accounted for. The source of the error lies within the Spirits themselves. Weak, only powerful in large numbers." He paused and turned towards the door, seeing no one there. "The Spirits must be factored and expanded, first outside inside last. A new breed of Spirit." Right after Stein finished, the vortex calmed and stopped sparking. The vortex began to spin, more quickly and quickly, and became smaller until it was a small hole in the floor. Then, the room grew cold, and the vortex exploded. From the vortex, several large amorphous black-colored Spirits flew out. Stein smirked. "These new Spirits, the Forbidden Spirits. Brought forth from the irrational fusion of many Spirits. Their battle capacity is at least 21x greater than the others." He gestured to the Spirits to move throughout the school. "Now, Spirits, heed this command. Take this school to the ground!" The Spirits began to rumble, then darted in different directions, leaving holes in the walls. Stein turned to the person in the hallway. "Now, I must deal with this little yoctogram here." He held out his hand and blue energy formed at his fingertips. ====================================== Forbidden Spirits

"QED." The headmaster took another step back, blood seeping from his many wounds. He looked at his aggressor, a bored man with a skull cap and suit. Spirits surrounded him, but were kept back by the other man. "Just another Z-class magician. I was expecting more from the headmaster of Gretchen High." The man didn't even look phazed, or out of breath. Tonate's eyes flashed with anger, and he sent a fireball at the man's face. The man calmly lifted his hand and a single Spirit drifted over and absorbed the fireball. "You realize you are way out of your vector. You, and the rest of Gretchen High, and everyone in this world!" Tonate gritted his teeth. "Don't...mock Gretchen High, you bastard!" "Gretchen High? Pah, I'll just add it to the heap. Like everything else." The man waved his hand dismissively. "What are...you after?" "The perfect solution, of course. Flawlessly calculated over years, the equation that solves for the perfect world. It began with Ein, and it will end with Stein. That's me, of course." The man spread out both his arms. "This world is ugly, devoid of any beauty or order. It must be factored into its basic elements, then formed into a new, perfect era! And I fully intend to bring about the Walpurgis Night itself to bring about this new world!" "You, can't be," and Tonate raised his hand, but then collapsed from his wounds. The man walked over and kicked Tonate over. "What mere human could understand the goals of an angel? Mmm, Tonate?" He waved his hand and a group of Spirits swarmed Tonate's body. He looked up at the sky. "For centuries I have stood by, but no longer. This world has become a sea of irrational numbers, devoid of any sense of order or beauty." He spun around on his feet, and began to walk. "I believe that some student from Gretchen High must have sent a Spirit to Tonate. I did deploy a single Spirit at Gretchen, but to think it would reveal itself so soon...heh. Perhaps I should take a visit himself." His appearance shimmered and soon Stein was gone. ======================================== Here he is, your final boss for this roleplay: Stein And btw, you're welcome, Usui.

(Going good, guys, going good. There's nothing I need to do right now, but if you need me to mess up the plot, whether you want me to or not, I'll be there. )

I wish all days were longer.

That is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

Too plotty and clunky as an idea. However, I'm not a very good judge on ideas anyway, so go forth, if it's that compelling.

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