Thread:RCM9698/@comment-25132749-20161215190227/@comment-25132749-20170212235754

I read Deltora series as well. was one of the first novels i read.

actually the cystal faction (they are called void mirrors by the way) do in fact posses intimated objects like ghosts and it can be from from a rock to an entire star, depending on the size of the void mirror itself. how ever their true forms are very weak to physical weapons like guns, how ever they can absorb magic based attacks. the 8 objects are actually the parents of the crystals faction trapped in stones. they are called the first ones by their children as they were the first living things in the multiverse. the idea of a abusive parent or not caring about your own race is also alien concept to this faction as they would never hurt each other. The crystals do have powers related to the 8 elements of magic which are, air, fire, water, earth, light, darkness, time and space.

The CEO grandfather does not have much control over the corporation despite owning it. the corporation's true leader is the god machine humanity created for it self long time ago and it's goals are too nullify the other factions as threats to it's corporate rule. also the mother of the tsundere childhood friend character is sociopathic narcissist with a god complex that tries to control every aspect of her daughter's life and has a lot influence over her own father.

the reason the corporation is even aware of the other factions is because now days every human has computer chips and machinery in their brains though you obviously would not notice it do it being inside of the body. These brain  chips are suppose to make you smarter. you can store all of your memories and personality on them as a AI just so you can be brought back to life in case you die or you lose you soul. they can also be track by the corporation across the universe.

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Edit to respond to your new comment: the chips do have very bad side affects like the personality becoming little be more corrupted  after each death or the new copy becoming self aware before the person even dies. It also only works with Stacy because her soul was replaced with an AI when she was still in the womb, plus if she does die and still have her backup AI,  she would still need a clone of her body and cloneing is only done by the corporation and the new body might have a mind of its own. So if she dies the her Backup AI personality would be stuck in her own corpese which would be a fate worst than death.

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The reason why the tsundere character (who i have named Stacy) and the hero character  (named Richard until i think of better)    are childhood friends is because the hero's mother works for stacy's father as a maid. even though they are very close they do fight a lot do to having polar opposite personalities though they do get along quit well when they are not fighting.

Stacy herself is a spoiled rich kid thus making her arrogant. however she is the most sane character in the story and befriend the hero due to him being bullied. she does have a interest in technology and machines in general which she got from her grand father, this kind of makes her the smart one in the group. she is also forced to act as the hero's moral compass and has to deal with his insane antics which pisses her off. and being a rich person people that are rebelling against the corporation are always trying to kill or kidnap stacy so she is of a coward though she will always stick by the hero. though she completely fears her mother and never stands up to her. Stacy is actually the nices and most moral member of the cast once you get past the harsh exterior. Her main weapon is a plasma gun that she made her self, her grand father taught her how to make it for some reason.

the hero character was a result of a rather kind hearted succubus succeeding a elf king and when the wife of said king found out the succubus was chaste out of the fantasy world to the corporate controlled earth where she found work as head maid to stacy's father and where the hero was born. thanks to a harsh childhood he is not very sane especially since the only person nice to him was a tsundere type character. also magic uses a brain power so magic users are not very smart. he tend to cause a lot of chaos back on earth to spit the corporation which pisses off stacy as it is her family's company. The hero is VERY protective of Stacy. His main weapon is a sword and fire magic that is unstable do to his mixed haritage.

also succubus' in this story are actually a sub species of the evolutionary faction and are use to corrupt races of worlds that they are going to feast upon. the evolutionary faction's name is the Evocell Hive and was once a good faction before it was taken over by a gaint snake thing called Sin. the old hive mind still exist but it can't do anything.

the god or magic faction (know as the divine hierarchy) also use to be a good faction, but their main god when into a eternal slumber and know one knows why so a evil god has taking his place and this god has been using the lower world as entertainment by sending the eldest sons of royal elves on quests to kill a powerful dark elf and collect the 8 objects every 100 years. what the gods didn't expect was a corporation with powerful weapons deciding that the gods were threats. the dark elfs in general have allied themselfs with the void mirrors.

the corporation itself was created with good intentions but millions upon millions years of corporate greed has turn it into giant monolith of apathy and despair. In fact the god machine itself is not evil, it is merely fallowing it's programming which is to serve humanity and protect corporate interest at all cost. It and it's army of machines and AIs are actually quit friendly to and protective of children

in the second story both father and child work for different organisations.

the father works for MAJESTIC 12 a secret military organization and shadow government that controls the United States that fights to  protect earth from extraterrestrial threats. It was founded sometime after or during the American revolution.

the child fights for the Supernatural Committee which was founded in japan 1852 and is trying to protect both the magical world and the human world from magic based threats. It is filled with all sorts of supernatural and magical creatures from all over the world. It also uses a lot of magic users that were recruited as children.

the two organisations are unaware of each other before the story starts though they end up not liking each other when they discover each other. MAJESTIC really doesn't like how the committee are willing to use children in their war against the demon witch and the committee also don't like how MAJESTIC views the Supernatural as a threat to the american people. also i running joke i will have going is that the recorded history of both organizations don't line up or flat out contradict each other.

don't worry the magic girl thing was a example as i'm think of making the child character more like a shrine maiden, mage samurai or similar to fit in with Japanese mythology theme of the committee.

this is a long response so it might take a while for you to write a reply.