細胞呼吸 / Cellular Respiration

Excuse me while I try to remember all the steps of cellular respiration.

Glycolysis

 

 Citric Acid Cycle

Electron Transport

 

ラブシック スクール ガール 章六

Chapter 6: Remote Sacrifice

            “Danmaku is about speed, huh?” My philosophy on spell card battles always was that the most strategic one would win. But what use is strategy if I don’t even have time to execute my plans? I did have something that I had been working on in this respect for some time now. However, it was far from completion, and I was still tweaking the mechanics of it.

            “It’s not even a spell card! If I were to use that in battle I would certainly win, even if it is a bit dangerous.” A bad habit of mine was that I would always think out loud. If anyone had been in my house at this time, surely they would label me insane and send me to see a psychiatrist. Luckily for me, the only one to hear my crazy ranting was Shanghai.

            I decided I would need a second opinion on the matter, so I called my good friend Aya over. Within a few minutes, she came barging in with that annoying way she addresses everyone; by their last name. “Ello Margatroid! What’s up?”

            “Would it kill you to knock first?” I told her angrily.

            “Well why did you call me over? Got a scoop for the Bunbunmaru?” Aya said with anticipation.

            “Not everything in life is a story Aya.”

            “Not unless you make it one!”

            I realized the uselessness in arguing with her and just got to the point. “Aya, I just need a second opinion.”

            “Alright.” She said with dying enthusiasm.

            I grabbed my doll and we headed into the Forest of Magic. The Forest of Magic was filled a vast number of trees, which blocked most of the sunlight. This made it a haven for youkai to lurk, but they were the least of my worries.

            After approximately ten minutes of wandering around, Aya entered the shoes of a kid sitting at the back of a car. “Are we there yet?”

            I sighed and told her that we were looking for a relatively empty area.

            “But we’re in the middle of nowhere!” Aya complained constantly until I finally snapped.

            “That’s the point!” I retorted. “This spot is good enough.”

            “What is it that you want to show me which requires calling me over during the weekend and walking to an entirely desolate location for almost half an hour?!” Her temper was at its limit.

            “It isn’t completely desolate, with the trees and all, but I suppose that won’t be the case in a moment’s time.” I had Goosebumps while saying that, realizing that it might actually be true.

            “What are you talking about Alice? Spill it already!” Aya always addressed me by first name when she was the one being annoyed as opposed to her being the annoying one.

            “This.” I showed her the doll that I had lugged around all this time. On the surface, it was just another generic doll that I made. The mechanics inside however, are a tale for another day.

            “A doll?” Aya inquired. “I’ve known you for quite some time; it’s not like that’s an uncommon sight.” As I’ve mentioned before, Aya was one of my oldest friends. I knew her ever since elementary school, when I first moved here from Makai.

            “Aya, you told me danmaku was about speed. Well, I decided to consider that maxim. I want you to be my test subject. After all, you’re the fastest-”

            “Fastest in Moriya High,” she intervened. “Margatroid, hit me with anything you got! I’ll graze it to Youkai Mountain and back! Whenever you’re ready!”

            I was glad that her enthusiasm had returned. Even though I knew Aya was fast, I was still hesitant she might not be able to handle what was in store. Putting that doubt aside, I pulled the string on the doll. Instantly, an orange-yellow laser fired forward. Aya barely grazed it, her clothes slightly ruined.

            “Wow,” was all she could say while still dazzled at what had just happened. “Are you trying to kill me?”

            “Of course not,” I defended. “I know you’re fast enough.”

            I observed the surroundings and assured that my hypothesis was correct. Everything in the path of the attack had been vaporized; there wasn’t a trace of the trees, vegetation, or anything else. I went to examine the damages to my doll and noticed that only ashes had remained.

            “Margatroid, what in Gensokyo was that?!” She asked in awe.

            Realizing that Aya was not the brightest pea in the pod, so I explained the mechanics in terms she could comprehend.

“I stored powerful magic in the doll. I then enchanted it with a seal to prevent it from activating prematurely. The string that I pulled broke that seal, and the magic that was trapped inside gets released with an incredible force. The end result is what you just witnesses with your own two eyes. It is the Remote Sacrifice. My inspiration comes from Marisa’s Master Spark.”

“I rather endure the full blast of a Master Spark than try and dodge that again; it was seriously too close. If you want a second opinion on this matter, for that was the reason you called me here, I highly recommend never, ever, using it again! You could seriously hurt someone!”

I had been thinking of the dangers of my Remote Sacrifice way before this lecture from Aya, and I would have to agree with what she said.

“I’ll pick my opponents carefully,” was all I said.

東方アニメ歌クロスオーバー

Pretty sure there are a lot more, but I can only think of six currently. Coincidentally (well not really), they are all IOSYS covers.

Original: Cowboy Bebop - Tank

Cover: IOSYS - DEAD GIRLS BE-BOP!!

 

Original: Rozen Maiden - 禁じられた遊び (Kinjirareta Asobi)

 

 Cover: IOSYS - Fräulein Lilie (The Maiden Lily)

Original: Rozen Maiden - 聖少女領域 (Seishoujo Ryouiki)

Cover: IOSYS - 六十年罪業華地獄残酷歌 (Song for the Cruelty of the Hell of the 60 Year Flowers of Sin)

Original: Hidamari Sketch - スケッチスイッチ (Sketch Switch)

Cover: IOSYS - 恋色被害届 (Love-colored Damage Report)

Original: Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann - 空色デイズ (Sorairo Days)

Cover: IOSYS: - 大空の高みへ ～The Legend of TANGO～(To the Heaven's Heights ~The Legend of TANGO~)

 

Original: Death Note - 絶望ビリー (Zetsubou Billy)

Cover: IOSYS - 絶叫クールマッチ (Screaming Cool Match)

ボランティア 五日目

12:53 - Starting early again because of lack of lunch.

12:58 - Even though the volunteer coordinator has given me a binder of infinite knowledge, it can't help me find instances (I.e conferences, etc)

1:00 - Today seems like a busy day; no time for lunch. But we will see if it stays that way.

1:15 - Someone's car got a dead battery. I'm no technician but I can give you Yellow Pages

1:17 - The most FAQ is starting to become "Where's Dr. ___"

1:22 - Getting less busy; buying lunch

1:34 - Spilled sauce on my vest; epic fail

1:39 - An Echocardiogram? I wouldn't know, but the binder of infinite knowledge does

1:52 - If signs read themselves I could eat lunch in peace. But once again it gives me a job

1:57 - YES! First "Where is the lab" question. My day is now complete

2:05 - Now that I've eaten, I'm all revved up!

2:13 - But being revved up is useless if there's no one to help

2:16 - A kid and their mom are playing tag here. Amusing, but this is a building of business!

2:30 - Halfway done, seems like I was right that it would die down eventually

2:42 - Lab rage

2:50 - More lab

2:54 - Someone thanked me by my name. Guess there's a first time for everything (It's not like I hide my name tag or anything either)

3:15 - I think someone found the lab on their own! What a plot twist!

3:20 - No I do not have scotch tape

3:27 - The HSA are having a vote in the UBC Video Conference Room apparently. Being asked about that a few times already

3:45 - Seems like everyone is coming for the HSA meeting now, so I can leave early.

農曆新年快樂

Happy year of the Rabbit everyone. Enjoy this video of my playing lunatic Stage 5 of Touhou 8: Imperishable Night. This is the best I could do with a keyboard that doesn't support diagonal movement, and I haven't played much Touhou in a long time so I consider this to be pretty good actually.

N 運転免許証

Should have done this a long time ago, but never bothered to. License was about to expire, so perfect time.

Why I did this on the day of my math midterm, I don't know:

維他奶

That Mahjong diagram will be the last comprehensive post for a while, with midterms coming up not much time for personal rambling.

Today enjoy this picture of an example to always read the packaging; not only do you get nutrition information, you can get a good laugh sometimes.