Alter Ego

Alter Ego Pt. I

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Gonna break this short up into multiple parts instead of uploading a wall of text all at once. This is another story featuring my version of Connla interacting with OCs belonging to two other authors on DeviantArt. Connie (aka female Connla) belongs to me. Connla Alter belongs to Skyarmyrecurit1000. Rin Matou, Miss Matou and Davion Ramos belong to Xela-the-Conqueror.

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It was approaching the early evening hours, but Connie completely failed to notice the passage of time. She was so preoccupied with her studies, all dedicated towards helping Miss Matou – an alternate variant of her Master Rin Matou - control her otherworldly abilities. In short, due to a particular alteration with her magic, Miss Matou's abilities caused massive disruptions to technology, so even just passing by the Rayshifting chamber could potentially destroy it. Connie and her instructor Davion were trying to figure out a way to cancel this effect so Miss Matou's presence would not cause so much unintentional destruction.

Connie used whatever Runecraft she knew of to devise various beta solutions. Her latest project involved tapping into the concept of Transferal – that was, directing Miss Matou's excess energy into an external object or device for storage purposes. Much like how wind turned windmills, or dams powered turbines to generate power, her thought was that Miss Matou was a living battery who could transfer exorbitant amounts of energy into something like a crystal, staff, or even a bomb, in order to regulate her magical capacity and lower it to safe levels so she could safely approach technological devices. From there, Miss Matou could potentially break the object open like an egg and regain her abilities when needed.

That wasn't the only idea Connie and Davion had, but this was the Lancer's current approach in her studies. It was most complicated for foreign magics from other fictional worlds to be transformed into something workable in this realm since the rules were always so different. Her job was to assist Davion with creating substitute magic formulas that could function in this world.

Raido for transferal... Eiwaz attached to something made out of yew for storage... Algiz for sealing... Berkana for liberating the energy... What if I added Tiwaz on top of Algiz so that the seal is extra secure? I could try Kaunan as the release mechanism, but its symbolism of fire, malady and death might put Miss Matou in unnecessary danger, like trying to cut the red wire or the blue wire on a live bomb. And what would happen with the energy once the seal is broken? Would it go back into her, or simply go berserk? Would there be a way to control the energy after the fact so it responds to her commands, or will it function independently from her?

Connie yawned, rubbed her groggy eyes, and blankly stared at the complex Runic formulas she had scribbled on numerous pages. It all might have made sense to her at some point, but right now it looked like total gibberish. She thought she was on to something, but there were still too many questions running rampant in her mind. She reached for her mug of coffee, but realized it was empty.

"Aw man..." she muttered and was about to get up to make some more.

Suddenly, a second mug was smacked on the table next to her. She jumped in surprise, then discovered that someone had approached her from behind and unceremoniously plunked the cup. Knowing who it was, she glanced up at the young man and grumbled, "What's with you? You could have knocked or something."

"You've been cooping yourself in here for too long," Connla Alter retorted. "What about your training? Aren't you going to do something about catching up with Kojirou or whatever?"

"You're impossible, you know that? If I train too hard, you get grumpy. But if I take it easy and do my studies for too long, you also get grumpy. Isn't there such a thing as a happy middle ground for you?"