Ace tourna aussi la tête vers la direction de l'explosion, fumant quelque part derrière les montagnes alors que les paroles de Duncan se confirmaient être vraies. Tu vois qu'il n'a pas perdu de temps, hein? "C'est malheureux, je l'admets." Ace était d'accord avec un léger shrug, se retournant pour le rencontrer avec une expression sans fascination. "Mais quand même... "un mauvais jour pour un soldat galbadien"? Une revendication audacieuse. Et tout à fait, tout à fait faux."
Elle a tapé son nez avec un sourire secret, laissant entendre que tout n'était pas comme il semblait, avant de se lever avec un sens du but. "Fett, prends le kit. Quant à vous, Duncan Lerwick, je veux que vous vous asseyiez et que vous amusiez le spectacle... alors que vous avez encore les moyens de profiter de n'importe quoi."
Elle est allée au générateur, ses yeux secouant encore une fois son travail pour s'assurer qu'elle n'ait rien raté. Les boosters fonctionnaient, les circuits étaient remplacés et reliés aux transformateurs... tout est apparu dans l'ordre. Ace a pris une longue et profonde respiration alors qu'elle s'empoignait du levier, se préparant au pire avant de passer à la puissance, son cœur priant toutes les divinités du monde pour que cela fonctionne.
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Le bruit d'électricité crépitante a été la première chose qu'Asa a remarquée, ses sourcils disparaissant sous sa frange par surprise juste avant que le sol commence à trembler violemment sous leurs pieds, tourbillonnant et zappant et scrutant remplissant leur tête comme une cacophonie chaotique.
"Je n'aime pas ça, je n'aime pas ça" Le murmure paniqué de Fett pouvait à peine être entendu par le bruit alors qu'il se berçait au mur, un yelp surpris l'échappant comme le sommet de la tour glissa ouvert et un grand objet en forme de cylindre érigé du centre.
Tout s'est arrêté un instant, la respiration d'Ace s'empare de sa gorge en regardant le spectacle se dérouler. C'était... c'était ça?
Avant même qu'elle ne commence à se sentir déçue, le cylindre s'ouvre, les plaques de métal glissent et se connectent pour former un plat, et une grande antenne spinée protude vers l'extérieur vers le ciel de vanille. On pouvait sentir la statique craquer dans l'air alors que les antennes commençaient à briller d'énergie, un faisceau lumineux éclairant le ciel au-dessus et éblouissant leurs yeux pendant un moment seulement.

Et puis... c'était calme.
"Fett." Elle a appelé le soldat tremblant, le mâle en question brouillant maladroitement à ses pieds. "Contactez le QG. Informez-les que la tour de communication est en service."
"Monsieur!"
"Informez-les également que nous avons un SeeD captif. Il y aura sans aucun doute plus sur leur chemin, alors préparez-vous à un code rouge si nécessaire."
-- Oui, monsieur! Fett lui a fait un salut rapide et un sourire. Félicitations, lieutenant. Je bois sur moi ce soir, monsieur."
Ace s'est moqué de son offre. "Inquiète-toi de ça plus tard. En ce moment... je pensais vous avoir demandé de...
"Oh, le kit!" Fett a pris un étui en cuir de leurs provisions et l'a placé entre Ace et Duncan. "Tout l'équipement stérilisé et comptabilisé, monsieur."
"Bien." En vérité, Asa n'aimait pas beaucoup la torture, contrairement à la plupart de ses camarades galbadiens. Elle l'a trouvée brutale et indigne, et la jouissance charnelle de quelques-uns de ses supérieurs encaissés était un peu troublante.
Cependant, cet homme avait massacré ses compagnons soldats sans remords, laissant même l'un d'eux souffrir d'une longue et agonisante mort du venin de Bug Bite. Pour ça... il souffrirait vraiment.
De plus, le piéger un peu enverrait un message ferme à ses sauveteurs, quand ils arrivèrent. L'armée galbadienne ne devait pas être encombrée.
« Alors faisons mieux connaissance, Duncan, » Ace lui a donné un faux sourire poli, se cassant ouvrir la valise et cueillir ce qui semblait être une pince à bouche et quelques pinces chirurgicales. Elle devrait aller chercher les dents d'abord? Ça causerait des problèmes avec l'interrogatoire... "Vous savez quoi? Je te laisse casser la glace d'abord. Dis-moi quelle partie du corps tu aimes le moins."
Name: Asa "Ace" Fiore
Age: 21.
Gender: 'Male'
Appearance:

This is Ace. Hair is short, messy and jet black, and possesses noticeabley boyish and youthful features. This has earned Ace the nickname 'Pretty Boy'' from peers, much to her disdain, although they dare not call her this to her face in fear of her sharp tongue. Body type is short but lithe, which can prove an advantage on the battlefield. The standard clothing at the start is the standard Galbaldian uniform, except in maroon, with an accompanying helmet when on the field. See here.For casual clothing, Ace prefers to wear a thick, black leather jacket with closed zip, ripped flare jeans, and brown boots with a low wedge heel.
Nationality: Galbadian. Hometown: Winhill
Trained At: Galbadia Garden. Graduated at 17.
Weapon/Combat Style: With the standard Sword and Para-magic combo in the beginning. Ace shows a skill in swordsmanship that stands out from the other soldiers. She favours heavy, two handed swords for impact and physical power, although this has the disadvantage of making her attack slower. Her skills in Para-Magic are balanced, which means that she doesn't have any particular strengths or weakness in any area. At this current stage she has stocked a fair amount of -'ara' spells, and the occassional magic debuff. She particularly favours stocking offensive spells over support ones (such as Shell etc), preferring to rely on her own strength.
Limit Break: Ace uses her environment to her advantage by drawing the elements around her into her sword (such as a field, beach, snowfield, or desert), before striking an elemental blow with a particular side effect. When she is an enemy of SeeD, she will always and only use Terra Break when she is down to low health.
When Ace upgrades her weapons, she will be able to combine her attacks to create more devastating ones.
**Terra Break-** Ace will strike her sword into the ground, causing the earth to split open underneath the enemy with a violent tremble. The ground then starts to shake more and more, until either the earth finally swallows its (single) prey (50% chance), or causes sustainable damage to a group of enemies from the shock pulses (50%, 100% in boss fights)
Personality: On the outside, Ace is aloof, distant, cold to everyone she meets, and a bad enemy to make due to her unwavering determination in a fight. She is a difficult person to befriend, not because she doesn't want to to be close to people, but rather that she *can't*, in fear of exposing her secret. For this reason, she feels deeply lonely, but she won't admit this to anyone, not even herself.
There is also another side to Ace, one that she keeps well hidden from most people: her temper. Due to the events in her past, she has grown up deeply resentful of Esthar and Sorceresses, and in her pursuit for revenge, she can be perceived as reckless and begrudging where either are involved.
Ace's femininity is something that's she's struggled with for nearly all of her life, having been forced to live as a male. It's a subject that she finds unsettling and frightening, but luckily for her, few people have ever discovered her secret.
Biography: Asa was born in Winhill to two hard-working parents, both of whom owned the Flower Restaurant. The first few years of her life were uneventful, until the Sorceress War came. Young girls were plucked and torn away from their homes as potential successors to Sorceress Adel, and in a desperate bid to protect their daughter from the Esthar soldiers, they told her to hide in a closet and not to come out, no matter what happened. Asa obeyed, but in doing so, she was forced to bear witness to her parents' slaughter, dark memories which haunt her to this very day.
After this event, Asa was forced into hiding whilst the soldiers ravaged her hometown. The flower shop owner found her in the fields one day, dirty and starved, and took her in temporarily. The shop owner advised her that the world was no longer safe for little girls, and in order to survive and resist Sorceress Adel, she needed to disguise herself as a boy so that the Sorceress wouldn't come looking for her. The owner cut her hair and gave her boyish clothes, and Asa then became known as 'Ace'.
It wasn't long before Ace was enrolled at Galbadia Garden, where most orphans seemed to end up, thanks to the war. Ace's heart was filled with bitter regret and rage at what the Estharians had done to her family, and she held even greater contempt for Sorceresses, seeing them as evil, corrupt witches and little more. She decided to keep her male persona as an armour for both herself and the people around her, so that she would never have to relive her past, or feel like the helpless girl who watched her parents die.
Ace proved to be an impressive student, and at 17 she was honoured with the title of one of the best swordsmen in G-Garden. Shortly after, she was finally accepted into the Galbadian Army, and she has since rose through the ranks to Lieutenant. Whilst her combat experience is to be admired, her leadership skills are still unrefined, and she often struggles with the dilemma of what is more important; the lives of the people she calls comrades, or the mission.
Most recently, she was assigned with the task of repairing the communications tower in Dollet. However, due to SeeD's interference, the mission was ultimately a failure, leaving Ace in a state of frustration at both failing her goal, and losing her men in the process.
GF: N/A. Like Irvine, she doesn't start out with a GF. Therefore, her memories are completely intact. Later on in the story, I imagine she'll receive one but we'll wait and see.
Appearance: N/A.
Elemental Affinity: Earth.
Junctions: N/A
Abilities: To be continued...