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It was Latch's first day: she was assigned to an overrun street in Tokyo, rendered completely in darkness after intense supernatural activity was detected. It was darker than midnight - a type of perpetual twilight. More and more of these occurances were popping up in the East, faster than anyone could adapt to.

The air was windy and chilled the skin beneath her praxal suit. Every muscle on her body was tense and honed, and not even the slightest spasm could go unseen beneath the layer of mesh coating her skin. Her ears twitched to the slightest sounds of leaves blowing, of nearly dead street lights losing their spark, always turning her head and shifting around. Latch's hypersensitivity kicked in; she still wasn't used to this part of her new biology yet. It kept her poised and ready to fight, even when she wasn't in danger. She closed her eyes momentarily. Repeating 'focus' in her mind, she closed in on her main objective, blocking everything else out. Her jumpiness seemed to relax a bit. She rubbed her arms, shaking.

A synthesized voice chimed in her ears. A heads-up display floated in her vision, listing her captain on the other end. "Nervous?"

Latch's voice synth responded. "Yes. A little."

"You'll get used to this."

The captain was punctual and stern. He never spoke more than necessary, so it was rare to hear anything like a confidence booster. It was more a reminder of her new nature. 'You'll get used to this', he said. He was right: she knew of the effects before signing up, but her demeanor developed far colder than she expected. Less empathy, less worry, fear replaced with viciousness. That part of her, she worried, would be erased completely by this new... thing. Latch tried to think about her friends and why she did this in the first place. It was the only way she could seek vengeance.

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Commission for I love how this turned out. Also, first fully rendered piece done in CSP.

Lyminals and Sylpheeds are now two different entities. Lyminals are the obedient drone things, while sylpheeds are black mesh-enhanced super soldiers. Don't get em confused!

Version with no mask

Description
It was Latch's first day: she was assigned to an overrun street in Tokyo, rendered completely in darkness after intense supernatural activity was detected. It was darker than midnight - a type of perpetual twilight. More and more of these occurances were popping up in the East, faster than anyone could adapt to.

The air was windy and chilled the skin beneath her praxal suit. Every muscle on her body was tense and honed, and not even the slightest spasm could go unseen beneath the layer of mesh coating her skin. Her ears twitched to the slightest sounds of leaves blowing, of nearly dead street lights losing their spark, always turning her head and shifting around. Latch's hypersensitivity kicked in; she still wasn't used to this part of her new biology yet. It kept her poised and ready to fight, even when she wasn't in danger. She closed her eyes momentarily. Repeating 'focus' in her mind, she closed in on her main objective, blocking everything else out. Her jumpiness seemed to relax a bit. She rubbed her arms, shaking.

A synthesized voice chimed in her ears. A heads-up display floated in her vision, listing her captain on the other end. "Nervous?"

Latch's voice synth responded. "Yes. A little."

"You'll get used to this."

The captain was punctual and stern. He never spoke more than necessary, so it was rare to hear anything like a confidence booster. It was more a reminder of her new nature. 'You'll get used to this', he said. He was right: she knew of the effects before signing up, but her demeanor developed far colder than she expected. Less empathy, less worry, fear replaced with viciousness. That part of her, she worried, would be erased completely by this new... thing. Latch tried to think about her friends and why she did this in the first place. It was the only way she could seek vengeance.

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Commission for I love how this turned out. Also, first fully rendered piece done in CSP.

Lyminals and Sylpheeds are now two different entities. Lyminals are the obedient drone things, while sylpheeds are black mesh-enhanced super soldiers. Don't get em confused!

Version with no mask