Aelith

A member of The Order of Unity

Aelith is a fracture where both Science and Magic are very prominent, resulting in a city with both advanced technology and features such as a Magical Academy, the culture revolves around the practices of Magiscience and Alchemy and try to act on a path of knowledge over all else, favouring the pursuit of knowledge.

The prestigious Mynd Acadamy is one of the central points of the land, Arco Balta (Truepotentia) was taught here along with many others on the quest for knowledge and mastery of Magiscience.

## The spark of intrigue

Within the island rings surrounding the Mynd institute of knowledge and magic was the Alchemical and Artificers a huge building seemingly made of various different components its shape was twisted and contorted almost as if it was designed not to be stable and yet seems to stand strong with nary a tarnished spot present. This is where the trans-fracture shuttle departed. In front of it stood a woman wearing what could only be described as a robe with attachments from overalls. She has long blonde hair tied back and thin half frame glasses covering her grey eyes. She has in her hand a clipboard and a pocket watch with a strange sequence of circles and markings engraved into it, she stands at the entrance with a no nonsense demeanor about her clearly waiting for someone specific to steep forward

A man wearing sun glasses and a suit, clearly not from this area standing out from the very different appearances of the people around him, approaches her. He is wearing a white shirt with the top two buttons undone a black jacket trousers and nice shoes. Flanking him are what appear to be two robots, these also stand out greatly in this world of magic and natural power. Clearly this man is from a very different fracture.

"Automatons halt." The man says and the robots stop and spurt a gush of steam each "*Yes sir* they both say in a very raspy voice. "Good afternoon, I take it you're the head of alchemic and artificer lectures her at the university?" He says in a charming voice and he extends his hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm, as you no doubt have guessed, am Victor Sparks. I am extremely pleased to be doing business with you in such a beautiful fracture. I feel like I have a lot to learn from this place and you have a lot to gain from my company. My advanced works in electricity should be able to light this place up and bring in technology you can scarcely imagine, however shall we discuss it in the meeting later? For now I wish to have a look around, this is my first time in this fracture and I would like to further understand what exactly you have to offer me and what there is to learn in this beautiful place."

The woman shakes his hand then pushes her glasses up "I am Aeline Balta yes, it is a pleasure to meet you Mr Sparks." She turns around beckoning him and his Automotons to follow "Your proposition of partnership is an interesting one and i am sure the council will have plenty to discuss especially the potential of those constructs you brought with you" She leads him into a wing of the institute the walls are metal with the same circles engraved upon them the circles are unfamiliar to Victor but he can recognise the markings representing the compositions of elements within it "But that discussion is for later, as a prospective partner of our institute i have arranged and impromptu tour to allow you to better witness what our students learn and strive to develop and for this purpose you will be shown around by one of our higher alchemy and magitek students, I hope this is acceptable?"

Sparks smiles at her "It's more than acceptable Ms Balta. I cannot wait to see what this place has in store for me and to be shown around by someone who experiences it day to day first hand would be my honour. I shall look forward to speaking with your council about my, and my boards, propositions for this partnership. I shall regale you with all the potential for Sparks Metal Men in the meeting but I promise you will not be disappointed with their potential." He examines the symbols on the walls closely as if he were saving them in his memory, the robots act similarly. "So where is this tour guide I'm so eager to meet?"

She nods and opens a door leading to a grand hall like area, it appears to be full of small workshops of varying purpose and material, it is relatively empty bar some older students absorbed in what appears to be very precise work given the level of magnification devices present. Towards the main work station is stood a lone student in full uniform position as if he is waiting to be inspected and from the look on his face its clear he doesn't want to be. Aeline inspects his work station picking up a small clump of metal that seems to deform as if it were more like a liquid she frowns "you need less zinc and apply a balsine reagent to it next time" She turns back to Victor "Mr sparks this is Arco the alchemy student who will be your guide. He will show you around and answer any questions on alchemy and magiscience. The boy introduces himself h has his hand across his chest which appears to be the position for talking to superiors and his words sound rehearsed "A pleasure to meet you sir my name is Arco Balta of the advanced alchemical proceedure and development core its an honor ot be your guide." Aeline nods "i shall prepare your place for the council meeting, i shall now take my leave" she bows slightly and walks off a door forming in the wall and dissapearing as she walks through it.

Sparks looks back to his companionbots. "Metal Men, take everything in" He says in a hushed tone before focusing on the student. "Good afternoon Arco, may I say what a wonderful place you have to study, it almost puts the university I went to to shame. Almost." He smirks. "Of course the subject I studied was quite different to all this, at least in the things I learned in concept alone I believe applied physics and alchemy to be very similar. I hope to learn a lot about alchemy and so called magiscience on this tour. Perhaps I can teach you a thing or two if you have any questions about me as well, it shall be a learning experience for us both and you know what they say. Knowledge is power." He smirks. "Well, shall we get going. What are we going to see first?" He asks politely.

Arco's and the whole rooms demeanor seem to lighten up somewhat when Aeline leaves "Well sir we will start with the halls of construction and combat alchemy, from there we will segway to the research and development facilty allowing us to then proceed to the magiscience wing. There will most likely be demonstrations and the like prepared"

Sparks smiles "Sounds delightful and extremely interesting, please Arco lead on. I'm very excited to see all that this magical place has to offer to my fracture and my company."

Arco leads him towards the rear of the main hall, there are various flashes of electricity that is a byproduct of alchemical processes "This is the workhall, in which we work on personal projects. The actual amount of study time is pretty brief but we are expected to actively experiment and demonstrate what we learn." As they approach the door it appears to split into multiple rectangular shapes before sliding open leading into a large lecture hall with a wide open space between the lecture boards and the chairs "This us the combat area in which we learn more immediate and pragmatic uses for alchemy for the purposes of self defence and for those who are that way inclined the fracture battles"

Sparks looks interested "Hmm sounds very exciting, quite a topic to teach in a university is combat magic." He smirks "So what can alchemy do in self defence? As far as I understood it it wasn't a very violent art but I am very interested to see it's practical uses. Could you potentially show me of its abilities?" He asks politely "If you're able of course, this is my first time experiencing the world of alchemy first hand I'd like to see all that it can do. Of course you understand my curiosity as I'm sure you're curious about my metal marvels"

"although my method is less combat focused it does have some combat applications" he takes out the block from earlier and its shape changes forming that of a sword "this is psuedo steel named so as it can change its state of matter from solid to liquid to gas very easily as such its shape size and density is pretty flexible too" A girl steps in from the door to the other side "This is Lira she is the current forerunner of combat alchemy" the girls reaches into her robe taking out a pendant that seems to spin like a gyroscope it seems to gather speed creating a small unstable red orb creating a screech similar to suddenly released steam. That orb is then fired at Arco who's sword shapes into a large flat semi-solid shield as the orb hits it the steel envelops it containing the explosion, the metal breaks and then rapidly reformed "that is the most basic level of combat alchemy which involves compressing the air to a superdense state and then rapidly heating the moisture trapped within to create a searing concussive force. I applogise we cannot show you advanced techniques but they manipulate fire and electricity which are at their nature unpredictable and unsafe to use on institute grounds." there is a noticable Sheen on Arco's uniform where it was caught in the heat "and this here is a magiscience lattice armour field, an alchemically manipulated psuedo-metal that is woven in to clothing to act like an adaptable armor. I beleive that is to be one of the discussions for the future of your machines if i recall correctly" he draws out the latice material and places it on the table it is only slightly thicker than string and appears to be plastic like in form. "if you wish to inspect it go ahead although this particular one wont chane shape without the use of alchemical processes"

Sparks has a wide grin on his face as he approaches the string. "My word this is... this is genius. The things I could do with this, my machines wouldn't have to be clunky or heavy. Not to mention your sword, the ability to change matter like that, imagine the practical uses in a construction droid... Think of all the things it could do, in combat as well it's extremely light weight and easily concealable. The things I could do..." He chuckles to himself lightly holding the string up to the light "This could be used in all armours, all the clothing I could produce. Or I could weave it into a light weight metal for a much better standard of robot unlike these clunky top heavy automatons..." He looks to Lira "And that orb you created, think of all the practical uses in energy production, the steam it gave off and the heat all within the palm of your hand, I'd never have to use coal again, these machines of mine could run forever." None of this seems directed at anybody he just appears to be thinking outloud. "All of these marvels and genius innovations are wasted here, they're not being harnessed or used practically at all... all the things I could do..." He pockets the string and appears to snap back into the room "And you say this is only the beginning? My word, you truly live in a world of wonders Arco and I promise I will use it for all it's worth to improve the lives of everyone on all the fractures." He smiles "Do you have more to show me?"

Arco nods not quite knowing what to say while sparks is having his outloud thought session "Yes i beleive the applications of these are what should be at the forefront the issue is most require alchemical knowledge which although not difficult to learn isnt the easiest thing to add to a day to day life. The magitech people are the ones who will explain things on that end im afraid it is a little above most of us students." Arco takes out a piece of chalk and draws a alchemic circle "this next feat is know and restructural alchemy" he places his hand in the circle energy is displaced as the floor begins to shift and reshape hills platues and cover form "This is the base form of constructive alchemy its actually how this wing of the institute was built however it requires a great amount of knowledge and skill to do this sort of thing in large scale forms." the ground solidifies in the positiions he made them "the downside is we cannot create more than we have to work with but its application in combat should be evident. I can demonstrate more grandious uses of this method later as this area is not designed for large scale use"

Sparks nods his head "Hmm seems like quite an interesting feat, on a large scale I can see it's practical uses and I can also see it's use in combat. You say this wing was made through this form of alchemy? Well it's an architectural marvel if the masters of this art can make places such as this I can see it's value. This is all very interesting stuff Arco I had never dreamed such things were possible."

"Yes it was created by a team of alchemists and mages around the time after this fractures inception. I am however getting ahead of myself are there any questions you would like to ask myself or Lira before we move onto the next wing?" Lira steps forward still wearing her hood which appears to always be angled to obscure her face

Sparks smirks "No I think so far you've been extremely accommodating. Thank you Arco and Lira. Oh wait there is one thing, Lira, Arco said you were the best combat alchemist here. Could you possible show me something electrical, it's a point of interest of mine I'm just curious to see what, if any differences there are between alchemic electricity and natural electricity."

Lira stands still for a moment and speaks with a very flat voice "understood" Arco moves back and instructs Sparks to do the same as Lira places a few small pieces of paper covered in the same circles as her pendent around her in a circle. She places her hands on one sheet and the pieces of paper  begin to light up as they react forming an impromptu circle on its own. The energy that is released passes through the circle and follows its contours gathering force. Lira throws a small piece of metal into the air and the lightning jolts forward immediately reducing it to cinders, Lira has control of the lightning but it seems to arc and jump in sporadic unpredictable ways before breaking the circle and sending the lightning to the cieling where it spreads out to the metal strut points and dissipates in a rain of sparks. Arco uses this as a chance to explain "from what we have found the electric like effect of transmuting something comes from tapping into the energy produced from the friction between fractures meaning it behaves like electricity would but is slightly more manipulatable and can be used to jumpstart larger alchemical processes"

Sparks smirks "Very interesting, I feel like it needs a bit of perfecting though it seems a bit static and sporadic at the moment. Let me show you something I've been working on." He pulls out what looks to be a hand gun from his jacket and points it to the roof. "Don't worry it should be perfectly safe." As he pulls the trigger a stream of electricity leaves the gun and hits the roof. "See hand held, easy to use, practical and safe." He smiles "However I think there's a lot to be done with this kinetic energy you seem to be able to harness I'll have to research further into it. Thank you very much for the demonstration Lira." He smiles

Lira nods her head in a bowing like motion after observing the gun while making little intregued noises and walks off. Leaving Arco to continue "she uh...she doesn't talk much. I suppose that item is a good metaphor for the benefits of a symbiotic interaction as you can do with that what we alchemists have struggled with for a while. Anyway to get to the construction wing we'll be passing through the quad area it should be relatively empty at this time" Arco leads Sparks into the corridoor stopping to take something Akin to an imp like plush toy out of his locker "I'll explain this when we get to the main lab as it will make a good demonstration piece" Once they leave they corridoor they enter the quad which is a very large section of grass and trees with benches and the like spread between the construction wing clearly on the other side"

Sparks chuckles "That's a very interesting prop, I cant wait to see what you have to show me." as they enter the quad Sparks seems to notice something out of the corner of his eye and his robots turn to face the trees also. "Hmm do you have creatures from outside fractures living here Arco?" He asks suspiciously of something he seems to have picked up on.

The sound of an explosion fills the air, a shoeless, purple clad man comes running through the quad with several alchemists chasing him, from Toko's footsteps spears jut up slashing up, non lethally across the pursuers chests, they stop chasing. "Phew" he stops and rest on Sparks's shoulder "Hey there" he grins. "Gotta say didn't expect the book worms to fight back"

Arco is taken aback for a moment due to being caught off guard "uh...what?" he snaps too attention putting the plush down and taking out the block of metal holding it outwards in his cupped hands managing to position himself between this man and Sparks "Mr Sparks sir, step back this person is an intruder" He seems to be looking around both weighing his options and attempting to figure out where the spears came from "*Oh this is just perfect, first i have to be the damn tourguide and now an intruder arrives this day just cant get any better"*

Sparks smirks and nudges his head sideways at that one of the robots grabs the man. He pulls out his gun from his jacket. "What a perplexing character... What on earth is someone from an outside fracture doing inside the university grounds, what fracture are you from and how on earth did you make those spears?" He asks intrigued though stepping back and pointing the gun at him. "I'm Victor Sparks. Charmed to meet you acquaintance but if you don't answer all those questions in that order I guarantee you will not be charmed to meet mine." He smirks the second robot is now in a rather clunky battle stance ready for any rough housing.

"Metal men and bookworm" he grabs the close robot by the leg turnong it into a blade, the top heavy machine looses balance and falls, Toko palm strikes the gun to keep it away. "Sorry suit, I'm more worried about Booksies" he shoves Sparks back and then throws a punch at Arco.

Arco quickly dodges by shaping his metal into a shield but creating a connecting point so it can be retracted and then stretches it to the ground so he can use the circle on it. it flashes with energy and creates a small piller of earth below Toko's unshoed feet attempting to push him away "Give me a break will you" he he shapes the connecting point into a spear like shape while still maintaining the shield for now.

Sparks smirks and shrugs his shoulders "Eh this'll give me a very good insight into what combat alchemy can do when under stress, plus I am very curious as to what this person is and no better way to get a read than observation." He clicks his fingers and the standing robot outstretches his hand for him to sit on and lowers him towards the other robot. "Hmm now how to make you stand again... I'll have to use nearby materials to make a crutch... Eh I'll work it out." He laughs as he observes the other two.

Toko uses the uplift to bounce into the air as he lands he converts, from his wrist down, into a swords blade he now re-dashes towards Arco, alight lets see how tough your metal is, he slashes down onto the shield and follows through flipping over it, in the air he changes his foot into a rapier blade and begins a downward jab kick from the air.

As Toko strikes the shield it feels more viscous and liquid then he expects making his slashes a little slower than anticipated giving arco a chance to move back or parry with the lance as the jab kick impacts the shield it goes solid and immediately shatters outwards displacing the impact Arco uses the opening to jump back and reclaim the fragments rapidly "Ok who are you and why are you here?"

Sparks chuckles "Who are you and why are you here?" he says in a mimicking voice. "I've already asked him that genius and I was much more threatening about it. Just take him out, I can get information out of him later if need be. He had his chance and he broke one of my robots. Just knock him down I promise I can be very persuasive." He smirks fiddling with his gun in his right hand. "Electricity is a marvelous thing you see." Sparks is clearly enjoying this a lot more than Arco given his grin. Both he and the robots are focusing their gaze on the fight

Toko starts strafing and dancing around Arco, scarf fluttering as he moves he then runs at Arco, fake outs and attack allowing him to slip around Arco very closely "Hey smiles I need a sword, don't attack me" he winks and leaps towards Sparks, he grabs the upper arm of the robot propping him up, turns it into a sword causing Sparks's seat to fall away he then throws the sword at Arco and grabs Sparks to keep him stood, Toko smiles at him as though he did Sparks a favour.

Although Arco was able to parry the blade due to its velocity and closeness it strikes his shoulder the lattice takes the majority of the impact but it still throws him off a little bit he seems to be thinking outloud to himself "Those swords, they form of his body and from the looks of it other none organic matter i guess i had better be careful" he retracts his lance and then makes the metal strike itself like a flint light using the circle to manipulate the air flow turning the spark into a sudden burst of flame up close to Toko it wasnt a big flame but it was sudden.

Sparks rolls away from Toko and the flame "Can you try and not burn my suit Arco, it costs a lot of money." He smirks "I must be honest of all the things I wasn't expecting to discover here today he is the most surprising." He points his gun at Toko and fires the beam of electricity seemingly targeted to him which seems odd considering the hand gun doesn't seem to have any such addition. "I must admit though his vandalism of my machines is getting somewhat tiresome while his power intrigues me I'd rather observe it in a controlled environment."

Toko ponders for a few seconds, ultimately deciding which method of getting fried he prefers in this situation, he takes the lightning bolt, whilst taking the shot he throws a hand out pointing at Arco, the finger extends into a long metal javelin like weapon jabbing into Arco's shoulder, not severely but enough to conduct the electricity to him also, so they both get shocked. "That worked!" Toko shouts out of both shock and shocks.

Arco's lattice works as a faraday cage with the exception of the point of impact causing less overall damage but leaving him looking slightly cooked and not impressed. From nowhere a loud boisterous girls voice breaks out "what the hell are you doing?" Toko's vision goes blue then black as he feels his face get smothered by something soft and squishy, not quite thick enough to suffocate him but enough to smother out his vision as fabric enshrouds his face. Sparks can see the plushy moving or more aptly floating while Arco just has a look of disdain "...he woke Immy up..... please something just kill me now, i dont want to be in this nightmare anymore"

Sparks smirks looking a bit baffled. "Okay now that is the most surprising thing I've seen today..." He pauses to take in what he is seeing. "Huh... I could totally make a toy line based on this guy. That'd sell well. Kids would never have to make real friends again and I make loads of money. Win win, plus it's more cuddly then the Spark pals on sale at the moment..." He's evidently thinking out loud again. He looks over to arco. "Uh what actually is that and how does it work?"

Toko tries to punch the thing on his face, it moves last second to leave him punching his face, Toko stumbles back a bit before regaining balance, he looks at the thing "What are you?" he seems baffled, dropping all defences whilst trying to poke the thing.

The Dummy floats around for a few seconds but as soon as Toko tries to poke it rushes forward seeming to increase in size and density immediately in a manner similar to Arcos Psuedo-metal. "I'm the ever maniacal supremely fantastical soft squishy super special brilliantly amazing stupendously sensation ultra omega weapon. You however may call me Immy, or your queen" As soon as she is finished posturing she is yanked back by Arco "are you quite done? As he says this several alchemists and other security armed with actual weapons surround Toko ordering him to surrender.

Sparks smirks "Well looks like I have two new pals I'd love to study very closely, however I believe Arco was going to show the doll off anyway..." He points his gun at Toko "You on the other hand have some questions to answer for me, and some things to explain, and considering you messed up my metalmen you better hope I ask nicely. I was going to show them off here now I'll need to fix them and that's truly a waste of my talents and wasting something as precious as that is truly one of the worst crimes imaginable. So tell me sir" He says quite spitefully "Who are you? Where are you from? How did you get here? And how do you manage to turn objects to swords like that? You can either answer here or in your cell in spark tower. Whichever you prefer." He says sternly. He turns his head slightly to address Arco "Once we're done here may we continue with the tour I still have many things I wish to see in the university that doll of yours being top of my list." The Robot with two legs is stood by him and the robot with one leg is now walking on its hands.

Toko surrounded by guards, being stared at by Arco and Immy, and feeling interrogated by Sparks begins twiddling with his scarf, he sighs and begins talking, "I forgot the order you asked me the questions" he says happily " My name is Toko! I believe I walked here" he then goes into an especially long tale about walking here in excruciating detail, "I then got on a guys nerves at the door, I turned his book into a sword and he got angry" he continues for what feels like an hour about the fight he had leading to the explosion that brought him into the quad "And you know the rest hehe" he grins, it's becoming clear by the looks on everyone's face that they have noticed he is stalling for time, "OKAY!" he says with determination capturing his audience by surprise "Onto the next question! I am from my home town!" he leaves it at that " I prefer to answer here" he seems to be talking faster now "and I just can!" he says in reference to his powers, suddenly his face changes, the face of someone who just caught a monster off guard and is about to kill it and have a nice meal "How about I give you an example" he grins. The guards around him all jolt into a prepared stance, but all of his talking had them off guard, giving him a brief moment for movement, he swings his arm skywards and spins it as though he had a lasso, he then stops mid spin, grinning.

A guard shouts "HALT ARMS BEHIND YOUR BACK!"

Toko winks at him, "You haven't noticed have you, LOOK!"

The guards look shocked then yells "WHAT! STOP!"

"MY SCARF!" Toko's scarf is now much shorter than earlier, only just wrapping around his neck!

"BEHIND YOUR BACK!" The guard shouts more erratically.

"OKAY!" He jerks his arm down with a confident smile! Suddenly all of the guards arms pull together and drop their weapons, their ankles pull together, then Arco's legs pull together, he feels a tightening around each arm too, Sparks's gun feels a pull as well as his arms pull into his chest.

"I Have been secretly laying super fine thread around you all, now FALL"! His scarf turns into a thick blade, all of the thread turns into sharp metal wire, he pulls his thread, it begins to cut, it slices into all of the guards arms and ankles causing them to fall, sparks's gun is sliced in half and both he and Arco get sliced and fall. The cuts on everyone's ankles and arms are deep enough to draw blood and give out but not enough to cause lasting damage.

Toko reverts his scarf and thread to normal, snips off the thread and readjusts his scarf, he steps over the guard and walks away from all of the fallen people, "Um... So I win yeah?" he grins, he begins to run away, "Catch me if you can!" he smiles, only to be stopped by a thick door in the way, he begins trying to break it down to no avail, "Uh starting right after I open this door!"

The lattice prevented damage that was too severe but blood was drawn. Arco groans sounding extremely disgruntled "Today really isn't my day is it" He slowly gets up alchemically deconstructing the string sword and standing up he can see several more alchemist warriors seemingly transmuting things one of them stands out with a very stern bearing and. Arco's face just drops when he hears her voice even Immy seems to withdraw a little in response

Aeline steps forward so she is directly in front of Toko hands behind her back and a not too impressed look on her face "You will find the door functions no more, please come quietly and you will not be met with harm. However should you wish to continue this foolish endeavour you will face the finest alchemists and magiscientists."

"Oh for god sake. MM455, use that new appendage of yours to cut me loose" the standing metalman walks over to Sparks and cuts him free. He picks up his gun "This was a prototype you dolt, lucky you though you're going to be a test subject for my new model if you cause any disruption to me again, next time won't go as well for you I promise." He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a glove which he puts on his right hand walks up to Toko and grabs at his scarf with his left hand "What on earth is this made out of and how do you control it like you did? I can see a lot of use for something like this in my industry..." He turns to Aeline "Well this has so far been a very exciting and interesting day for me, I can see this university has much to offer me and I have just as much to offer you but what exactly are your plans for this dolt? I'd be happy to have him taken to Sparks city where I can... get to know him better." He smirks. "Oh and Arco dont think I've forgotten about your magic doll I have far too many questions to ask about her." He laughs jokingly.

"The scarf is just a scarf!" Toko smiles, enjoying all of the attention on him, he grins at Aeline "Y'know drop that hair down and you'd be quite the looker" he winks at her, "HEY MOMMA'S BOY" (Arco) "How strong are your strongest, are you one of them!?" he calls out.

Arco doesn't rise to the comment "as a combatant im mid rank at best, however theres a good chance you will see first hand what the the top brass can do" Immy sits on his shoulder "He's right you know but i doubt that bothers you"

Aeline sighs "It appears you will be nothing more than trouble" She draws out 5 thin metal sticks no larger than a needle and she swiftly throws them through the air they seem to repel each other with a force akin to magnetism creating a circle the needles suddenly whip outwards like a microfiche wire and circles violently in the air around him barely giving him room to move. It cuts through the ground like it was butter so looks very unsafe to touch and seems t oconstantly be reconfiguring so if it was changed to a sword it would be reconfigured t ofast to intervene

Sparks eyes light up "Magnets... high speed, sharp, spinning magnets... I've been working on something like this but I could never get it to work without electricity and at that point it's just an execution circle, let me tell you. Good thing test subjects sign wavers... It's a mobile prison. Not only that but it's a saw... and a weapon and if you have full control over it a shield. These magnets are perhaps the most exciting thing I've seen here today. You must teach me how to do that, all the possibilities. This magical place has too much to offer the world but with my resources all the fractures willing to work with spark corp will be able to feel its benefits. How exciting is that?" He says in a very gentle yet sharp voice.

Toko crosses his arms and closes his eyes "You've done well Aeline, you may drop the prison, as I'm sure you can tell this was an invasion test" he nods "Very well done I'd say an 8/10 the defences were a bit loose but I'm sure the higher ups will be impressed no less" he nods.

Aeline clicks causing the metal to splinter leaving sharp protrusions pointing around Toko's vital spots and main tendons "However truthful your statement is only a fool would take you immediately at your word." She pushes up her glasses and the magitec users move forwards dropping a small set of boxes around Toko creating a suspension field "Your timing seemed far too coincidental for a mere test and we have had threats from many fractures to ally with them. You will be interrogated fully abd thoroughly"

Sparks smirks as if he's just had an idea "I should hope the interrogation proves fruitful, if not I can always see if we can have better luck in Spark city we're very persuasive over there. I have to say this fool has positively ruined my trip to the university it may even reflect on my discussion with the council just how poorly you dealt with an intruder, just how can a fool like this get so far into the university? And you mean to say you've had threats from other fractures, sounds like it'll only get worse than one fool in the future. The council and I have a lot to discuss for the future of our agreement, it appears the needs of this university may co-inside with what I can provide. Now is there more to this tour or shall we get to the meeting Aeline?"

Toko seems a bit baffled but keeps his arms folded and nodding "My My, I can't even drop my disguise in this field, care to at least let me get out of this stupid getup it is very unfitting for a man of high esteem, plus once you see my real face I should think you will have all your proof" Toko shakes his head "A moment is all I ask Aeline"

She shakes her head dismissively "If a form is to be revealed then clearly those who arranged it will stop me, as it stands you have harmed staff and attacked a representative of another fracture in clear violation of the dispersal treaty. You will remain in containment until you are placed in holding should your form be dropped then it will occur then" she gestures to the gaurds to lift the field she turns to sparks "I appologise for the interuption have you sustained any injuries you wish to have looked at?"

Sparks smiles politely "No I'm in perfect health, the only thing damaged is my opinion of this fractures security but that is nothing that cannot be fixed through my arrangement with the council. So shall we get moving since that dramatic interlude is over I should like to see the rest of the university and get to the meeting, I have much to discuss with the council. My Metalmen are a bit worse for wear though I shall need them escorting to some form of workshop where I can fix them after my meeting with the council, or perhaps even before time permitting."

Toko paces around the cell for a few seconds, he then gets a piece of paper and writes on it, "GOODBYE EVERYONE HAHAAA!!!" he then shoves a large sword into the spinning trap causing sparks masking him from vision, after the sparks clear all that is left in the cage is a not reading 'Thanks for the fun!' on top of a large sword that seems to be the one that had been jammed into the trap.

Aeline clicks and 2 gaurds bring another set of containments grids taking the metalmen "they shall place them in the magus workshop which will be the final stop, this event will not go without repercussion and re-evaluations i assure you" She walks over to Arco "next time don't try to do too much against an unknown foe, always be prepared for the unexpected or your wounds will be worse than that scratch. I will not always be around to save you so straighten up" She sounds oddly cold as she scolds Arco and returns to the field. As Toko's escape happens she has a slight hint of irritance on her face if only for a split second she taps on her watch "The detainee has escaped send out the magus team and be sure to include fracture shift kits we must track him down and where he came from" she hurries off with the guards

Arco looks understandably downed by that but not too noticeably he takes Immy off his shoulder and puts her on in a mnner similar to a backpack "well Sir we can continue if you wish and you may as well ask questions about Immy now as our schedule was cut a little" he then sighs at the sight of Toko escaping "well she is going to be insufferable later oh joy"

Sparks looks rather irritated as he takes off his glove and places it back in his pocket along with the two halves of his gun. "Urgh, I might just kill him next time an autopsy should do just as well in finding out how he does that. He was a pain in the neck..." He sighs "Ah well, I'll get him next time. So as for this sentient doll. What is it? How does it work? Are you controlling it or does it have its own personality and self awareness?"

"Well she is a handmade doll that i tried to reinforce with the lattice when i was younger as it kept breaking. Something went wrong with the transmutation however and it appeared to generate a false soul so to speak. She works by being alchemically programmed with a preset amount of motions such as creating a repelent force of air so she can fly the programming i assume would be similar in concept to how your metal men were capable of following orders and the like. She has free will but she also has a connection to me, my body forms the circle that keeps the false soul going in a manner that baffles us really but thats cause things like souls and free will are hard to quantify and make. hence why she has sleep cycles if she is too far from me she falls asleep. As for her personality and voice that is a mystery its actually a foundation point of my research here is trying to figure her out. Her material is known as an exil-material. This is a material that can be influenced beyond its natural state case in point those pins mothe..... Mrs Balta used they formed way more metal than is present. Immy is made of something similar that can self repair if left close enough to the damage. The materials are very hard to produce so although it was to be discussed in the context of your machines i am unsure if enough can be made to practically apply" Arco finishes up leading them into another grand hall except this one is full to the brim of experimentation.

Sparks smirks "Well she certainly is one of a kind, if you ever manage to replicate her I'd be very interested in studying it, creating more varied and intelligent AI for my machines is on my list of research so far it's going well but nothing like her. As for the material I wouldn't mind getting my hands on some, not all my machines need mass producing just one or two is all I need in some cases, whether it be for a specialist machine or... personal use." He looks around taking everything in. "Well this is an exciting room, what's going on here then?"

Arco seems to lead him more ot the side to avoid the more explosive areas "well the magitech trails are soon, this is where students who choose magiscience as their main subject are told to either make a new application for existing technology or if they are feeling brave attempt to make something new from scratch. Everyone is currently in creative overdrive hence why theirs no lectures on at the moment. Half of the fun is trying to figure out what half of these things even do."

Sparks smirks "Ah I'm among my people, innovating, inventing, all those other fancy words that begin with I. I'm sure some of these students will come up with brilliant applications which I certainly hope aid yours and my fracture alike in the coming years. Through my technology and the talent of this university I see big things in the future, my companies potential is limitless with abilities such as the ones you see here everyday. I have very much been enjoying my tour Arco aside from that dramatic interlude. Do not worry though Arco, once I have made arrangements with the council I should hope that I can install some form of security for your fracture, a place as precious as this needs protecting wouldn't you say?"

"umuminetiuimu usu waaemugun waaemugun usu piban'di. The words of the founding mages who made this place it means innovation births change and from change you find knowledge. So yeah places that instill knowledge are always important if we want to move forward in any way" Arco takes him round stopping at the table with the most open space with several strange sets of goggles he gives on to Sparks "here put these on it will allow you to see one of more prodigous inventors work"

BUMP, CRASH!

Sorry I hope that wasn't important" A familiar face runs into Sparks, it looks guilty "Um... Oh, you wouldn't happen to know the way out would you?" his scarf is wrapped over his hair as though he thinks it is disguising him, he starts whispering while shooting suspicious glances at Arco "I'm trying to sneak out you see"

Sparks looks like he's about to be angry then he just smiles "Ah yes of course friend, hang on..." He reaches into his pocket and puts on a glove placing his hand on Tokos shoulder. "Now lets see if we can't get you home huh?" Suddenly a surge of electicity flows through Toko where Sparks hand meets Tokos shoulder the clothes start to smoke, Sparks stops the flow just before the clothes combust. "Arco I'd love to see this inventors work but first we should remove this safety hazard from the testing area and preferably put him somewhere where he can't get out, may I suggest an electric fence."

Arco sighs "This is just getting embarrassing now and i dont know who it is worse for us or our security" There are several loud clicks as various items which looked pretty mundane shift shape into various forms of guns blades and projectile launcher and one kid at the back with a slightly unnerving smile and what could only be described as a plasma cannon in his hands"

Toko stands pretty still due to the recent electrocution, he then topples over "Don't you even wanna know how I got out haha..." he just lays there and smokes for a few seconds.

Sparks smirks "Honestly? I'm curious but I'd rather find out somewhere you can't escape again." He crouches beside Toko with his hand on his spine "Try anything funny and this'll hurt even more. Arco be a dear and call someone who has somewhere to put him." He looks around to the room "Keep up the good work fellow inventors I'm very impressed by these creations you've made and how most of them double as weapons. I didn't take this as a very violent fracture clearly you have proved me wrong." He laughs "Don't worry Arco, if all goes well I should be able to install some sort of security system to stop pests like this getting in in the future."

Arco moves to the wall pulling away a panel and hitting the button and immediately you can hear the movements of a large number of guards coming from the door by the quad "They arent violent just uh a little weapon enamored" he takes Immy off and she increases in density sitting on Toko's legs keeping them pinned "they usually make them as part of their self defence stuff and like all kids that age like to show off" he looks at the kid with the plasma cannon "except Ivar over there he is more violently inclined but he is good at what he makes"

Toko's legs turn into blades, Immy is smart enough to move before being shredded, Toko then flips up, landing on his two bladed legs and changing both hands into blades, "I'd much rather you escort me out, I don't want to cut off a bunch of limbs, half of you aren't even old enough to have used the important ones yet!" He stands ready for an attack, however his face seems genuine, he'd much rather be shown the door.

Sparks raises his hands as if to say he won't hurt him and he moves closer to Toko "Okay okay we don't want any trouble. I'll show you the way out, just act calm and everything will be..." He puts hit right hand down on one of Tokos blades and a surge of electricity shoots through him "Honestly I'd have thought you'd have learned from the first time... obviously not." He smirks.

Almost immediatly as the electicity begins to run into the blade Toko slashes down into Sparks's shoulder sending the electricity straight back around into Sparks, after the charge runs for a while it throws both of them back, Toko takes the velocity, turns it into a backflip and lands further back, "I thought you would have learned Electricity is conductive by now... Obviously not" He sneers, he looks annoyed, significantly more ready for a fight than before, he brings his legs and arms back to normal, grabs a peice of metal near him and changes it into a long sword, "Last chance, or people start losing a lot more blood"

Arco backs up, he isnt exactly brave enough to stare down a sword held by someone who means to use it Immy possitions herself between Toko and Arco the material around her seems to darken and lighten sporadically as if it is changing she still speaks with her direct curt attitude "What the hell is your problem, you intrude in this school and now you threaten us with violence simply for wanting to defend it? Why can't you just surrender and save the trouble for yourself and the student"

Sparks stands up and pats himself down. "I did, the suit is electricity retardant obviously I didn't plan to get stabbed by a sword with a current." He looks at his arm and sees the suit is stained with blood "Do you know how much this costs? You arrogant, ignorant, ugly little fragment hopper." Sparks picks up a piece of metal and charges it with electricity before throwing it full pelt at Toko and runs after it at considerable speed "You don't even understand why you're the bad guy in this scenario, you're too stupid to comprehend it. Clearly your fragment isn't worthy of study and you'd be much more useful in an autopsy." As Toko dodges the metal Sparks grabs his neck and shocks, it appears like he doesn't plan on letting go. "You should have stayed gone." He says coldly.

Toko's fingers turn into daggers, he grabs Sparks and digs them into his sides shocking both of them, "I ASKED TO LEAVE!" in the next instant a bladed version of the Scarf went puncturing into the side of Sparks's abdomen, Toko moves away frazzled and angry "Might I add YOU attacked ME first, I'm really sick of chances now, if I'd have wanted you wouldn't have any fingers left" he sneers at Sparks, and turns his attention to Arco "What now? How many more people are you going to throw at me" *Tsk I'm starting to get tired, I can feel my muscles loosing control due to all of the shocks* he looks concerned in his thought.

Again it seems Immy is doing most of the talking though it seems Arco is position ready to react "If you were so keen to leave why did you start fighting, right now you are an idiot who started a fight and has bitten off more than they can chew. You know if you kill any of us then you have no way claiming for mercy" she increases in size and dnesity so she is roughly the size of a medium dog she starts shoving into Toko shifting her weight in such a way that she can get pierced without being dragged "just give up and make it easier on yourself before someone really gets hurt more than they are now"

Sparks grabs Tokos ankle and shocks him to the ground where he is pinned down by Immy. Sparks then stands up. "I'm going to kill you now." Sparks says bitterly. "You should never have come here you fool, you should never have attempted to fight your way through. You shouldn't have destroyed my robots, destroyed my gun or left your sorry excuse for a fracture. But your biggest mistake. You shouldn't have ruined my suit, you common, vulgar, ignorant, foolish, waste of consciousness." He turns to Arco. "Anything you want to say to the fool before I excecute him? He's been as much a thorn in your side as he has mine" He grabs his bloody side where he has just been stabbed. "Also when your done could you call me some medical attention."

a muffled voice from under Immy warns Sparks "You'll need it" *All out, I can't keep up for longer now* Toko grabs Immy in a pained shout comes from Toko as suddenly Immy is changes into an Immy sword, he throws it in Arco's direction, but by the time it is near him it has turned back into Immy, Toko then launches at Sparks, "I think you can stop with the electric now!" in an instant Toko's hand is a Rapier, it stabs through Sparks's gloved palm "I warned you three times, but you kept attacking me" the next moment a cleaver styled hand blade drops through Sparks's forearm cutting it clean off.

The detached hand still on the Rapier Toko swings it out letting it fly across the room "Why don't you get a Robot one" Toko sniggers, Toko is panting heavily and looks incredibly tired, his hands change back to normal, he turns and runs at the door, the guards, currently shocked by the events give him an easy time barging through, as he passes the door he shakes Sparks's blood of his hand into little Caltrops littering the ground as he heads into the outdoor Quad. *Gotta find the way out!*

Arco was about to persue but at that point felt it unsafe to do so, as such he allows the guards to continue persueing him a few are caught by the caltrops but not all. Arco and a few of the others focus on Sparks using a combination of alchemy and a strange gel to form a tempory second skin to at the very least stop the bleeding and dull the pain

Sparks grits his teeth and punches the ground with his left hand "SON OF A!" He exclaims for obvious reasons. "I am going to get a robot arm and I swear to god I'm going to choke him with it. He is not going to get away with this..! Urgh" He makes out painful grunts as he keeps his teeth gritted. "For bloody hells sake now I need to make myself an arm... urgh I suppose it could come in handy..."

Toko dashes around panting heavily, he can't keep it up for long, he manages to loose the guards for a few seconds, by the time they find where he was all that is left is a single large damaged looking sword and a note reading 'Gotta HAND it to you, I'm all tired out now', the pursuers are very upset by this.