I have utterly zero idea, but I feel as if whoever is behind this is clearly in dire need of a befriending. Most dire need indeed.

<i>There's a pained sound for a moment before the solider shrugs off this rather uncomfortable feeling filling herself. It's hardly the first time that she's ended up injured before, except... Her Device assures the young woman that no such damage exists which causes her to raise an eyebrow.</i> N: &quot;No damage... That's, are you sure Raising Heart? Because I don't feel unharmed here in the least bit.&quot; R: &quot;Yes my master, your physical body is unharmed! Moreover, my sensors are detecting something else nearby us!&quot; <i>Nanoha's eyes narrow a bit, this feeling is... Unnatural, there isn't any reason she can think of as to why exactly she'd be sad right now. Scared maybe, worried sure, but sad? No that isn't right. Despite the foreign feeling, she presses on.</i> N: &quot;I see, let's stay on guard then. I don't want to get caught unaware if we can help it.&quot; <i>The Device replies in the affirmative as its master focuses her efforts upon trying to pin down... Whatever is stalking out there, she can't make out exactly what it is. But she's ready to defend at least, that's something.</i>

<i>A young woman appears in... A void of some kind? That isn't exactly something she'd have expected, but stranger things and all that. She's dressed in some sort of uniform, and reaches up to a red jewel around her neck with a sigh.</i> N: &quot;Raising Heart, do you have any idea where exactly we are at the moment? And either way, get ready.&quot; R: &quot;Negative on that my master, our current surroundings are as unknown to I as you. Begining setup!&quot; <i>Light bursts around the otherwise blank area, and a strange outfit takes shape over Nanoha as the jewel becomes a golden metal staff with a large red gem set in its center. Regardless of if the place had any ground or not, she'd seem to be standing upright under her own power, flying with magic.</i>

<i>Pff, kids running into things they can't handle. There's an understandable issue.</i> &quot;Gun for hire huh... I see then. And right back at you, Kali.&quot; <i>The stone in her hand briefly lights up, her Device using its telepathy to inform the woman of an utter lack of any useable Mana under Kali's command. That's... Worrying, but maybe people here just do things differently. As Chloe appears, and Raising Heart once again confirms a lack of magic Nanoha just sighs and shakes her head.</i> &quot;I don't know who you are, but this would be a good time to leave. If my instincts are even remotely on point, then this place is gonna become a warzone sooner or later.&quot; <i>If this girl is as average as she appears, then it'd be simple enough to just knock her the heck out with a bit of magic. But for now the solider's magic is held back. Best to see how the girl reacts to their order first.</i>

<i>The woman stares at Chloe for several moments. She mutters several words and points a finger at this girl, glowing pink orbs of energy taking shape around Nanoha's head and hovering around while inching toward the pop star. They vanish soon enough though.</i> &quot;I do have your safety in mind miss, so I'm gonna strongly suggest you leave. And if you do anything stupid, I'm removing you for your own good. Stay behind us, follow orders, and don't touch anything. Or better yet go home.&quot; <i>Having a clearly untrained and young civilian involved is far from ideal, to say the least. But there isn't much she can do about it without applying brute force to the girl for removal, unless reason somehow works. As they reach the figure, she absently wonders if it might be hostile before deciding to be safer rather than sorry.</i> N: &quot;Boot up please, and gimme a basic scan on that thing Raising Heart.&quot; R: &quot;Of course master! Mana detection beginning.&quot; <i>Light shines around her, outfit shifting into a far more striking form with blue and gold bracers, a large red ribbon at her neck, and a silver staff tipped by gold holding a red gem in its center. Light emits from the Device, shining onto both figures present and for now simply trying to detect any magic within either of them. As Kali speaks, she'd quickly catch onto the merc's intent and nod while speaking up. Her voice comes out loud and clearly, obviously accustomed to needing to be heard properly.</i> &quot;That's correct, Captain Nanoha Takamachi with the Time-Space Administration Bureau and some questions are raised by the strangeness of you working on what I can't even begin to guess the purpose of. If you wouldn't mind informing us of the details behind that, it'd be great. I don't mean any harm though unless you want to force my hand.&quot;

<i>A young woman wearing what appears to be a military uniform of some sort wanders up to the scene, eyes staring out curiously while she walks forward. By her judgement whatever is going appears to be magic of some kind, though hopefully not connected to the general instablity this whole dimension seems to exhibit. No way to be sure on that except further looking though. She'd greet the red-headed woman in a calm and non-threatening voice.</i> &quot;Huh, you some paranormal investigator type or something? Well, the name's Nanoha Takamachi. You could say that I'm doing a bit of investigaton into this place myself.&quot; <i>Which is rather strange considering she's a training officer in theory, but oh well. Here she is, looking at vanished light and walking forward while pulling a small red gem from a necklace.</i> &quot;Anyway, I suppose if you plan to take a look at this stuff then we have the same goal for now. A bit strange to work with random people, but this entire mission is strange for me anyway so I'll try and roll with it.&quot; <i>Her tone practically oozes professionalism as she goes on, regardless of her apparent young age this woman's clearly been doing such work for a good while.</i>

<i>Nanoha nods in agreement towards Kali, he could have done that yes. But he didn't, and that worries her a bit...</i> &quot;I find it somewhat suspect that he failed to mention those side-effects, personally.&quot; <i>Her head shakes for a moment as the device begins glowing, a small beam of light blasts into Chloe that would... Not really heal her, but infuse the girl's body with enough energy to wake up in a few minutes vs a few hours. As she begins speaking about the said girl, the woman's voice would take on a very annoyed tone.</i> &quot;Anyways, yeah I'm done. That kid is... Well, if this doesn't teach her just how easily some people can end her life on a whim then frankly I'm not sure anything will. I'll be seeing you around I think Kali, might even request your help sometime. But for now, goodbye.&quot; <i>With that, she simply begins walking away from the scene. She'll go back home soon enough, but before that, a brief walk and discussion with her Device is in order. Either way, neither Kali nor Chloe would catch heads or tails of the soldier anytime in the immediate future.</i> <spoiler>The End: Unless someone else adds anything</spoiler>

<i>Nanoha raises an eyebrow at Woz, confine him? Never said anything of the sort.</i> &quot;I didn't say I was planning to try and arrest you Sir. I was just hoping you'd explain the situation to me in fact.&quot; <i>She pauses for a moment, leaning against her staff with an absent look on her face.</i> &quot;I don't consider doing the right thing a crime, but I am curious how you define the right thing. Moreover, you haven't done anything else I'd call a crime to my knowledge. So confining you isn't within my plan today at all.&quot; <i>There's a brief smile aimed at the man, shaking her head for a moment as the woman realizes how that into likely came across.</i> &quot;Hah, I guess that did come off a bit... Possibly aggressive. But really, it's a simple request to explain things. And if you refuse, I've got no grounds to do anything about it.&quot; <i>A brief shrug is all that's offered by this point, he isn't wrong about the jurisdiction thing either. Whole place is outside the TSAB's jurisdiction if she's honest, this also isn't what she was sent to investigate, so pressing the issue would be foolhardy at best. Not to mention unneeded by current info.</i>

<i>Woz's speech leaves the woman staring at him blankly. That's all good well and fine, stopping tyrants is a pretty noble goal even. But is turning people into these crimes against nature really the best way to find a hero? </i> &quot;I see then, if what you say is true then I suppose that to an extent it's something I'd like to help with. But are these watches really the best method of finding someone to take this man down? Surely other options exist...&quot; <i>Not that she's entirely sure about volunteering to try and do it. Her thoughts are quickly cut short though by seeing Chloe rushing forward to perform a blatantly ineffective combo upon Kali's new form. The military mage would raise her staff up as the sound of a bullet clicking within it rings through their surroundings.</i> N: &quot;What the hell is wrong with you kid!? Raising Heart now!&quot; R: &quot;Yes master, protection powered!&quot; <i>Chloe would find herself encased in an absurdly tough glowing pink bubble shield that's firmly anchored to the ground, Nanoha having moved in front of her with inhuman speed.</i> N: &quot;You stay there, and don't try to break it won't work. As for you Kali, I can't say I'm going to recommend this... But I'll oblige your desire anyways!&quot; R: &quot;Divine Shooter!&quot; <i>Six glowing orbs of raw magic burst out from Nanoha's staff. 2 of them simply rush at Kali from the front, slamming down from above as their caster has begun to take off. 2 more would rush at her foe from the left and right sides, all flying faster than any bullet could hope to. And the last simply remain floating above the now airborne mage, Nanoha herself having taken off about fifteen feet above ground level for now. </i>

<i>The woman begins preparing more magic with a gleam in her eyes, not just anyone could still stay conscious after taking a Divine Buster head on. While the younger of them's got more than enough mana and power to keep going, she doesn't really see any point given that Kali is clearly willing to call it quits. Her Device however...</i> R: &quot;Shall I prepare our next barrage master!? Just say the word and I'll gladly turn this place into dust!&quot; N: &quot;No need Raising Heart, we're done with that match for now. It's a simple draw, and I see zero point in going any further than that. Power down please.&quot; <i>Raising Heart <b>sighs</b> in her usual digital tone, clearly far more entertained by combat than her master is. Even so, the woman would float back down to the ground as her Barrier Jacket is replaced with the normal military uniform again. Staring over at Chloe's latest outburst while the shield around that fool of a girl vanishes as well.</i> &quot;That was pretty good miss Kali, if you can keep that power from going out of control then it might just be pretty useful... I don't think most people could do that though, which worries me. But it isn't really my mission here, I'm just trying to figure out why this place is such a dimensional mess really.&quot; <i>Her voice is fairly calm and even, the sound of someone who's speaking to a person they consider equally. As she looks over at Chloe though, that voice would become far sharper, arms crossed and giving the girl a dead serious look in what is best called 'lecture mode'.</i> &quot;As for you miss Chloe, I've met some foolhardy people when I worked as a combat instructor. But even <b>they</b> had the sense to ask for orders before rushing into possibly deadly events. What if that device had made her go berserk? What if I weren't here to keep you from being hit by the crossfire? Would you <i>still</i> have just rushed in like that? I don't know what you've learned so far, but generally speaking when you're told to follow orders you <i>don't rush off without asking first.</i> If you wanna play around like this kid, next time I'm knocking you out and just sending you away by force. Anyways, I think I'm going home now.&quot; <i>There's a pause as her eyes watch Chloe, very closely. And with one finger aimed at the pop star almost like a gun.</i>