I spent the next few hours playing with my new Augments. After getting familiar with my upgrades... I came to the conclusion that I have 3 new skills in general. The 2 Focus marks on the sides of my head let me scan items and "see" through walls. In Horizon Zero Dawn, you had to walk slowly when using Aloy's Focus... I did not. I could move as fast as I wanted with my Focus Activated. The 2 circles on the top sides of my hands could swap abilities with eachother. One of them acted as a phone with a Holographic display. The other let me hack into something im touching. If used with my Focus, I could create a digital map of the area Ive scanned or am touching.
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Slate: This should be useful in the future. Now I can watch TV from my hand.
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Gaia: Affirmative User.
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Slate: Ill start making the gifts. Would you help me Gaia?
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Gaia: Mission Accepted.
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The week following Gaia becoming my second Eidolon went by quickly. I crafted Ink a set of headphones that filtered sound as she wanted, Ruin's ear Crowns were the hardest to craft due to how delicate her ears are, Kareena's horn ornaments turned out nicely. Marina's earrings were changed into a choker necklace. Her Hellhound ears are not pierced and she doesnt want them to be. These 4 are part of the Echo set. I used a tiny part of Gaia and placed it within a Crystal the size of a soccer ball. Gaia calls it the "Alpha" Node. The node acts like the center of the internet and the pieces of the Echo set lets the girls log on and function like a Focus for them. This should make school easy for them.
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I started working on the design for my side arm partner for Pluto. I somewhat have a base but its coming along slowly.
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The birthday party has come at last. For the entire week, I have been locked inside on the Typhoon crafting and planning. Hades and Gaia have some how bonded... I think Hades is in love and Gaia is confused as to how he exists. He tries to get her sexually excited and she has him explain why he gets excited when he cant feel, have sex, or have kids. His only response... "Because I am a man with a raging boner for women. Hell... my entire body is a boner"
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I almost caused an explosion with my forging when he said that.
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Gaia walks around the Typhoon and upgrades it whenever she wants. Hades has to be unsummoned every 3 hours or my arm starts to hurt but Gaia can stay summoned all she wants. Hades says its because her body is made from the living Realm...
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I unsummoned them both and went to the grand hall of the castle. As expected. The King and Queen went all out... The castle is decked out with tables of presents, HUGE buffet tables of food, hundreds of people I dont know in fancy clothes that look like its killing them, and Guards. Lots of Guards keeping an eye on everyone. I start to walk inside but the guards stop me.
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Guard #1: Halt child. How did you get inside the main chamber? This is the party of Crown Princess Ink, her adopted sisters Kareena, Mareena, and Ruin. Where are your parents?
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Slate: ... Its my birthday party too.
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Damn that Noctis, I bet he did this. I still need to pay him back for my tooth. This guard is only doing his job...
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Slate: My mother and father are both inside. Here, Ill call for them.
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Slate: SHITTY FATHER ON LAW!!! COME MEET YOUR GRANDCHILD!!!
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My voice booms like a cannon and echos within the room. The music stops, the foodies stuffing their faces start choking or spitting out their food.
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I activated my Focus and placed a box in the most likely spot Noctis will teleport to and waited.
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The guard has gone paled faced as everyone is looking at our direction. He opened his mouth but before he could say anything....
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Noctis: YOU LITTLE BRAT!! YOU WANT ANOTHER...
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My trap in a box activated and opened. A shoe rocked straight up and nailed Noctis in the gonads. His face froze and his eyes rolled up. He fell to his knees and face planted into the floor right at my feet.
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Slate: HAHAHA!! THATS RIGHT FATHER IN LAW, BOW BEFORE YOUR SON IN LAW!! IT IS TRUE THAT THE FUTURE IS FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION!! WHERE ARE MY GI...
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I took too long... Noctis got pay back the instat he could form a coherent thought. He summoned his shield from the floor between my legs and gave me a taste of my own medicine...
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Noctis: Your 2 billion millennium to early to think you can beat me brat. That was your once in a lifetime lucky shot.
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My soul almost left my body. The world lost its color as a pain I have never felt exploded from my crotch. If I had known it would hurt this much... I would have ran after my trap hit Noctis. I never understood why every guy would cringe when anothers nuts got hit...
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It makes sense now.
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Hades and Gaia summoned themselves due to my pain. Hades formed from dust coming from my left arm while Gaia formed from light coming off the circle mark on the top of my right hand
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Gaia bent and pressed her fingers onto my head.
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Gaia: Scanning... Vitals stable. Blunt damage to genital region found. No permanent damage sustained. Healing in progress due to passive "Regen"
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Hades listened to Gaia and summoned his Scythe. He looked out at the people around but missed Noctis who was face down on the floor. He didnt see anyone he recognized...
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Hades: WHO DID IT?! WHO CALLED FOR ME TO COME EARLY?! WHICH OF YOU POMPOUS RICH FUCKS HIT MY SUCCESSOR IN THE BALLS!!!?
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The room exploded in screams. I guess you dont see a Sapphire Skeleton in a Shroud od Shadows with a Scythe everyday. The guests were runing around like headless Chocobos
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Lunafreya: ENOUGH!!!
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Lunafreya's voice blasted the room into a stupor as they paused and looked at the Queen.
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Lunafreya: Lord Hades, Welcome back. Please dont threaten the guests at the kids party.
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Hades: Oracle, you've better have the greatest answer in history as to why the kid is on the floor with his nuts damn near blown off.
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Lunafreya: I would assume it has something to do with why Noctis is on the floor too.
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Hades looked confused at first then turned around and found Noctis recovering from a similar pose as Slate.
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Hades: Did someone tried to destroy the future royal line of this realm?
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Noctis: That brat almost made me sterile.
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Slate: My Shitty Father in Law tried to kill his future grandchildren.
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Hades looked at them for a solid 20 seconds before he started laughing. He let go of the Scythe and it vanished.
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Gaia: I dont understand. Hades. Requesting Explanation.
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Hades looked at Gaia as he was laughing.
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Hades: Slate will end up with this human's daughter as a mate. Them fighting is very common and actually expected. He might be the only one allowed to do something like this without asking for me to visit them earlier then expected.
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Gaia: ... More information required.
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Hades: Later beautiful. Its a party. Lets enjoy it!!
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Im still on the floor sucking on tile but my breath has returned to normal. If only the color in the would would return
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Lunafreya: Lord Hades, Who is this woman?
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Hades: This beautiful being is Gaia. She is the kids other Eidolon. Where are the girls? The kid has gifts to give before the party.
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Lunafreya: They are getting dressed. Slate told me you like to eat correct? Allow me to walk you to your table. Ill have an extra seat made for Ms.Gaia.
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Hades nods and picks up Slate. He grabs ahold of Gaia's hand and walks to the table at the head of the room.