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Gage didn't travel far but now after the nightmare of the black rain he never traveled anywhere unequipped. It was a rare phenomena, a black tar colored rain that had poured down in the center of Naruki's history district, caused by one very disgruntled worker that was aided by a very angry Hollow. The black rain itself had little effect on regular people other than an uneasy sense of loneliness but to Gage the rain had all but sealed his body away from his Fullbring powers leaving him weak and feeble. He needed time away from home, the hollow infection that was spreading through Karakuratown being too much for him in his weakened state. He was weak and in danger so the best thing to do was to get out of town, bury himself in his lab and wait for the effects to slowly wear off like they have been.

Gage has just finished one thing of his own design, something big, big enough that he wanted to get out of his hidey hole and stretch his wings. Still sealed enough that he could not lift his own body weight with Soul Communication he had finished his own body augmentation prosthesis. A full body suit covered from head to toe with servos and electric pistons to manipulate the suit around him so that he can perform feats similar to what he was doing before he was sealed.

It was like flying. No it was flying. The evasion boosters that Gage had installed on the bottoms of both feet, side of the legs, shoulders, arms, palms and back all burn at varying amounts to maintain steady forward flight at subsonic speeds. "Lani, this is amazing. Don't ever let me think otherwise." Gage could feel that falling sensation in his stomach as he cuts all power and lets his body descend to the ground like a bullet from a cannon. Outside the suit air whooshes past like a hurricane, Gage's hands outstretched making him fall a light amount slower. [Of course sir. Would you like me to make you an official notice or just slap you in the hand every time you complain.] "I'll take the memo thanks."

Gage kicks the throttle back to full power just before he strikes the ground so that he darts into the forest, pulling up and exploding out of the trees at break neck speeds. "Lani, ring Justin. I have to tell someone about this. This is amazing." He needed to brag, he never expected that this little side project would ever get quite so much success but here he was, flying through the sky like a bullet. The sound of a phone ringing in the helmet makes Gage slow down slightly so that the sound of the air was not as loud to drown out the phone as much.

"Nice, very funny. Scintillating sense of humor. So I have just finished another project and someone has to see this. This one though is big, like can change the scheme of everything. Where are you at," Gage has been building things for a while now, it was his new big hobby but even so this was something that he needed to get off his chest. He has said that he made something amazing last time with his shield that can turn into both a sword and a rail gun. In concept it is an amazing item but lacks the speed or finesse to fight in a world filled with these monsters.

"Where are you now? I can come meet you," Gage still was pushy, not really thinking about whether or not the person he was talking to really wanted to see him at all in the first place. Maybe all this time alone was starting to go to his head, making his social skill a little more than lacking. He needed to get out more. Gage dives down again, weaving back and forth in the trees so that his flash of speed pulls up a roster tail of loose leaves into the air.

Oh good, I know right where that is. That should be about- Gage hooks a hard left, the G's in the suit reaching ridiculous levels before smoothing out again. Where we met that one time. Then Gage sees a tree, roaring out of no where, to blind side him from the front. Covering his face with one arm he is only about to get out a tensed grunt as his diaphragm seizes up from the shock. Impacting the tree he feels the resilience of the tree hold up as best it can but it was no match for him, traveling like a shell from a cannon. The rumble is horrendous, the sound of splintering wood deafening even inside the safety of his suit, the blood hitting his head like a wall as he loses a massive amount of momentum in a single instant.

Exploding out the other side, tumbling through the air Gage reacts popping the thrusts one at a time, each in a different direction to regain his bearing before he was off again streaking through the sky like a bullet. 'Sir, you have a mild concussion. Might I advise that you get some medical attention soon? At these speeds you are liable to-' "Oh hush up Lani. Its a bump on the head. I will live and you will get your updates so relax." Just then the HUD beeps, an energy signature finally coming up in front of him, Justin's profile scrolling up on the screen to show that his energy matches the one on scene. Hands forward he uses them to slow down, his legs swinging forwards underneath him to force his stop with a flare of the jets. Cutting the power at about fifteen feet he falls to the ground landing on both feet, crouching slightly to absorb the landing. The suit itself was still silver, lacking the final touches of a paint job but none the less it made Gage feel like a real super hero. This suit was going to be a Game changer.

Gage hits a button on the side of the helmet, the face plate pulling down and attaching to the front of his chest while the helmet disassembles itself and moves down to protect the back of his neck. Justin, drinking from his flask comments on his suit and its origins but he didn't care. "You know, video phone showed on the Simpsons years before that was ever a thing in real life. No reason to disregard something just because it comes from a cartoon."

Gage listens to Justin's explanation of his Fullbring and the changes, the worry in his voice evident. "Well first off, anything during the release is a non worry. I would just chock it up to be something with your Fullbring itself but the eye color," moving closer he pulls his face mask from his chest and holds it out to Justin. "I don't know what to tell you about the color." Leaning in he tries to get a look at the eyes to make sure that the capillaries are not ruptured and indeed they were not. For all intents and purposes the eye color had actually changed from its original color to red, the pigmentation in the eye actually changing.

"Put the mask on, it will get a closer look at the eye, maybe we can find out what is wrong with your eyes."

Gage dove forward to catch his friend, the energy spilling from his body roasting the suit all over. "Fuck whats going-" then Gage realized what was happening. Justin's Fullbring was peaked but his body was not able to handle the surge of power. That was what the red eyes must have been, the energy was rupturing the cells in his body faster than anything was able to heal. Some of the green bile spilling from Justin's mouth gets onto his leg, the clothing burning through in an instant with a hiss and sizzle. Gage yells out in pain and shock but still takes Justin by the shoulder, Soul Communication flooding the suit all over deactivating the latches holding it together. Falling from his body all at once the plates all hit the ground and rock to a stop as Gage can feel the caustic energy coming from his friend.

I'm not a doctor, what do I do? Gage has not felt real panic in some time, the last time being before he was even fully aware of the spiritual situation at hand. "Seran," it was the only thing that he could think of. He had not gears, sprockets, wire or chips that he could fix. The mans spiritual energy was fading and he had no idea of what he could do to stop it. Seran though would be able to think of something. Pulling out his phone he dials in the number for Seran's shop, hoping that he has not taken the day off for a break or anything.

Seran

"I know...I didn't know what else to do though," Gage looked down as this boy, his once friend almost disintegrating in front of his eyes. Guilt was running rampant in his mind, perhaps if he had known what was going on he would have been able to react faster and catch him before he went off the deep end but he was too late. "I did not do this too him. Not exactly," He thought about how to best explain the situation before speaking.

"His Fullbring peaked but I did not know what was happening before he finally detonated. I have seen several Fullbrings go through the final maturation phase and each one was different. Even so, I have never seen a Fullbring that has failed at such an intense level." Gage walks around to the other side of the table. "If I had known what was happening then I could have suppressed his fulbring enough to keep this from happening but there was no warning...Is there anything that you can do for him?"

It was true, with mre heads up on the situation he would have been able to intervene and suppress the Fullbrings release to survivable levels leaving Justin with nothing but a fully developed power.