Personel Log: James Steelheart, Sun-Eater

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[Generating log.... Subject... James Steelheart....]
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Subject: James Alexander Steelheart.... birth name ||REDACTED||
Birthdate: March 1, 84
Gender: Male
Height: 5'9''
Weight: 167 lbs
Eye Color: Sapphire Blue
Hair Color: Brown

Ethnicity: ||Redacted||
Genetic Notes: Psychodriver

Pilot Notes: Capable of summoning Genion by Snapping his fingers. Alternatively, able to boost his physical speed outside of Genion once per day (Disables summon for that day)

Appearance: For some people, years of physical training would lead to a muscular structure. For James, years of training have left him with a hint of toned muscle on his narrow frame. He doesn't have much fat, with narrow shoulders and long limbs. He looks more at home in a pool among professional swimmers than among the stereotypical idea of muscled heroes. He errs on the pale side of skin tones due to his primarily indoor life and burns quite easily. He has no notable markings or marring. His hair is often a mess kept cut short for ease of management. Who the hell has time to manage such a mop these days?

Biography:
James was born with a genetic heart defect that resulted in his adoption by a Lunarian Knight. The defect was repaired over his toddler years, allowing him a relatively normal childhood. Once he was strong enough and old enough to learn, his adoptive father began training him with the sword and other similar weapons. When he was old enough to understand and handle the information, his adoptive parents dropped the truth bomb on him. He took this hard at first and sequestered himself for a few days before he began to accept this information.

After learning of his adoption additional education was added into the curriculum as well as additional weaponry, including guns after his twelfth birthday. While the initial conditioning for knighthood felt forced and unwanted, he accepted the ideals he had learned and embraced the ideals and duties by his mid teenage years. That is not to say he doesn't have a rebellious streak toward it.

Of course, Every knight needs their own way of grounding themselves and relaxing. For some it's painting or drawing. Others find solace in an instrument or their own vocal cords. James likes to cook. He's decent at it, but he has room for improvement. It's still a fifty-fifty shot of being edible and delicious or a trip to the bathroom. Thankfully, it is no longer a trip to the hospital.

Mobile Weapon: Genion

Affiliation: Lunar Kingdom of Everglory
Combat Style: Endurance
Combat Theme: We Will Fight (disk 1) Let's Do This (Disk 2)

Strengths: James has a good record for thinking on his feet to create an opening. He's a kind and compassionate person as well, finding it easy to make friends and comrades.

Weaknesses: Being an untested green horn, James has some confidence issues. Training and skirmishes can only do so much before you get to the battlefield. Thankfully, some of that pressure is alleviated by the fact he has commanding officers and more experienced soldiers around him, but that won't always be the case.

He also has a bit of a mouth and something of a bad habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Open mouth, insert foot.
 
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Genion

Weaponry:
Dagger
Twin Punishers (Hand mode and remote mode)
Vulcans
Halberd

Specials:


Genion GAI mode

Note: Due to the limitation of the artificial sphere, GAI mode is restricted to 3 minutes (3 posts)

Weaponry:

Specials:

Shift Helheim: The Genion GAI generates three rings arranged in a conecentric formation, then discharges a sphere of emerald plasma that is launched at an opponent.

Shift Midgardsormr:

Virlrest:

Nibelung Annihilation

 

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[Please Insert Disk 2...]

[Reading disk....]

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Day 1: James lays in bed at his adoptive parent's house to sulk... and get over a hangover. People in the house purposefully make noise to torment him for getting drunk

Day 2: More sulking, less hungover.

Day 3: Sulking with a side of talking to his parents. Exact details of the air between him and Selene are obscured poorly, but not pried for.

Day 4: Selene and James finally have their discussion in the safety of the Steelheart home, followed by a good old fashioned family dinner.

Day 5: James returns back home to his own apartment, training with Enfield begins.

Day 9: James is introduced publicly as Selene's younger brother; James establishes ongoing weekly meetings with the public to listen to their grievances and work to resolutions.

Day 10: James' training is augmented with learning to royalty from Selene.

Day 15: James attends his first state dinner. He is not amused.

Day 17: Merida returns from visiting her family

Day 21: James drags Selene into her first tabletop rpg session.

Day 27: James drags Selene out to play hookie and give her a spa day to relax and rest. Activities include spa, shopping, dinner, and movies.

Day 31: Merida beats James with an archaic printout of Genion's manual until he agrees to refit the mech to seat two people comfortably.

Day 32: Lacking anything to do with Genion while she is being refitted; James is subjected to far more lessons on the royal behaviour and learning to run a country, as well as exercises to keep him in line with the Sphere.

Day 39: Another dinner. James almost starts a food fight.

Day 40: James gets flirted with by Baron Doban. Unsure how to handle this he stared at her blankly for several minutes before reportedly being escorted out by his mechanic to reboot his brain.

Day 71: James steals all the fancy forks and buries them in the garden.

Day 83: James replaces Selene's tea with an identical teapot full of gelatin.

Day 91: James catches a frog and presents it to Doban as a means to deter futher flirting. She was not affected by it as he thought she would be.

Day 124: Test runs of Genion's new cockpit take place, much to his delight and Merida's dismay.

Day 127: Training with Merida as a copilot begin. Unfortunately she is seated above him and excessive shenanigans lead to a few bruises and bumps on the head.

[Achievement Unlocked.... Sphere Reactor (Gemini)]

[Theme song update..... Combat:]
 
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[Loading Disk 1 Bonus Scene..... Armageddon]

"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Merida turned to face James, her hands paused in the act of setting up the recording unit. James nodded silently, pushing the shades further back on his face. He wore a neutral expression, which honestly was scarier than when he had an angry one. It was too close to how he was years ago...

He must have seen something on her face. James' expression softened, "There aren't any other choices. Tomorrow's the day, or it's not happening at all. We've run out of time... I pushed this too long." He let out a slow, shaky breath, "She's going to hate me... after she watches this. Once she knows-"

"Shush." Merida chided quietly. She finished with her task and sat next to him, pulling James into a tight hug. "She will understand. Just be honest with her. All of it, everything we should have told her."

James nodded, hugging Merida tightly. "You could go with her... no reason for both of us to-"

"I won't hear a damn word of that." She snarled, giving him a dark glare. "There's no place for me there and you know the timeline can't handle two of me. We lived our lives, we fought our fight. We failed. I'm not leaving you."

He pressed his head to her forehead, "It's not fair to you... You never wanted to fight. If I hadn't been-"

"James," Merida warned, "If you start on that I will find something to smack you with."

James chuckled and pulled away from her, "Yeah yeah. Violence is your love language, I know." He kissed her forehead, "I love you."

"I know." She smiled, leaning into his arms. She had never felt it necessary to repeat the words. Neither had needed to say it out loud for over a year. It had taken them both an eternity to even realize it. "And don't you start with feeling guilty." Her fingers went to the locket she wore, ever since the day Bisen Fortis fell.

"I know, I know. Njegus is gone... He'd want you to move on and be happy. He'd be pissed as hell that I'm letting you stay with me to the end." He finally released her from his arms. He ran his palm over her cheeks, wiping the tears away before they could fall. She nuzzled into his hand instinctively. "It's okay to miss them all." He smiled weakly.

"I know. But right now we have goodbyes to record and we don't need to blubber before we get there." Her fingers traced the engagement ring on the chain, her face burned hot with the threat of further tears. It was all she could do to keep her voice under control.

"We have all night." James pulled her into his lap, letting her lay back against his chest. "It's okay if we dawdle a little bit and lament our losses. We won't get another chance and we're only human." He settled back against the wall of the stadium, his arms wrapped comfortably around Merida's midriff.

She nestled into him and let the tears silently roll down her cheeks. "I had always thought we'd get through it," she sniffled, burying her face in her hands, "We'd stop the threats and life would go on. I thought you and Adrian would get married and find somewhere quiet to settle down out of the public eye. That Njegus and I would finally be able to get married and have a family..." She felt James flinch at the mention of Adrian. His death to let them get away had been the final straw that broke James.

He remained quiet for a long time before finally swallowing, "Yeah. Me too. We should get those messages recorded and you should get some sleep." He bent down to gently kiss her forehead, then her lips.

Her face flushed bright red, it was their first real kiss. Of course he'd pick the night before they died to show his true affection for her. Then again, she wasn't much better. She eagerly kissed him back and sat up, "You're coming to bed too. You can't neglect yourself like this. I know you tried not to eat dinner."

James forced a small smile, "Ah, you got me. But there wasn't enough for everyone anyway. I wanted to make sure you two get enough." His glance shifted over to the sleeping girl. "She's going to hate me. I plan on telling her everything. My past, what I've done... What I'm going to do..."
 
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