Adapting to a new world (Solo)

Alone in his office, poorly lit and surprisingly spacious, Zamoreus sat brooding. His thoughts were going over and making deductions and calculations on his past battles, repeating every mistake and every turn of them to uncover a means to improve his combat efficiency. His conclusion was very clear after having needed to go through very little of the known facts, he required an efficient close combat weapon. While the telekinetic strikes were effective, they still took quite a while to charge and if they missed, that was it. With his goal set he began to consider how best to approach this issue, brainstorming as it were. Drawing up basic schematics at first of various different melee weapons on his holographic interface, he remained dissatisfied with every idea he came up with. He knew the basic concept behind it all, a weapon powered by spiritual pressure that could act both as an offence and defence from melee attacks but the design for the weapon itself was an inherently different matter, melee combat certainly wasn't something he was used to working with. But the answer came to him when he considered his already extensive knowledge of armour manufacturing, it was something he knew well and then the weapon design became easy. A gauntlet. Quickly he began working on proper schematics. First and foremost he ensured both that it would be protective enough and as optimally fitted to his arm, to this end he first designed the actual gauntlet then added armour that would cover the entire forearm, being careful to ensure that it would have the right dimensions to fit him specifically. Then came the really important and complicated bit, powering the mechanisms that would make it an actual efficient weapon. Fortunately such things weren't foreign to him, even when it was spiritual energy rather then electricity that would serve as the power source. His rather profound expertise in this matter proven both by the advanced suit worn by him already, as well as a certain rampaging monster that had only recently brought a city's population down by several thousand. He considered his alternatives yet only one was found to be truly viable and coincidentally was also highly convenient. Retrofitting his combat suit would allow him to divert power from it into the new device, then it would be a simple matter of simply constructing a power distribution system inside the weapon itself that would ensure that it would not be interrupted by damage received, or at the very least not easily disturbed. Once this part of the design was established came the actual section regarding what effects would actually require powering. First part that came to mind would be to funnel spiritual energy into the metals themselves, in order to make them properly defend against the weapons of spiritual creatures. But this certainly wasn't enough to properly qualify as a weapon, it would just be armour that would be awfully convenient for punching people, something else was needed.

He tinkered with various ideas but it all came down to utilizing spiritual energy to power the strikes, it seemed plausible in theory but it remained to be seen whether it would work in practice. "NIAS! Prepare the workshop, time to get to work." He wrapped his mind around the chair he was in and lifted himself down to the level he was after. "Of course, Mr Nebulous." As he finally arrived at the level he was interested in Zamoreus typed in a seemingly unnecessarily long password on the panel next to the door to the workshop he was after. Leaving the chair and entering the building, the billionaire certainly was excited to see how this would end up, he hadn't worked on spiritual technology since he created N.I.U.S and he was anxiously awaiting to see whether he still had the gift. Giving a simple command to NIAS he got to work, the mechanical arms of the room extending across, ready to assist him in any way he would require. "Let's get to it." First came the simple things, taking his schematics and preparing the metal and custom fibres he would require to make the device, as well as his spiritually prepared circuits. It didn't take long for the materials he required to arrive, four thick sheets of platinum that with some moulding would fit perfectly as the section covering his arm, and then a few other pieces that he would use to form the gauntlet itself. Zamoreus quickly took all the measurements he needed for this then using his telekinesis bent and formed the first piece into the shape he wanted it to be, then placing it onto his forearm to make sure it was exactly as he needed it to be. Once the core of the armour was in place he would begin work on the actual power supply. Utilizing the capacity of the mechanical helpers around him he opened up the power section of his combat suit on the left arm, knowing that he would need to exercise caution for the next step.

"Prepare immediate extraction out of the suit if complete power failure occurs." With that only safety in place Zamoreus got to work, once again using his telekinesis to ensure he did it as securely as possible, he retrieved one of the delicate circuits he had made for the sole purpose of transferring spiritual energy, the organic weave that made up his armour immediately integrating the circuit into the suit, connecting it to the system. "Heh.. What am I worried about, I made this design specifically so I could integrate more designs like this.." Those words were quickly eaten, as his entire body was torn with pain as his power went out of control, the humans spiritual energy dissipating into the atmosphere as it was pouring out of the circuit like a flood. Zamoreus could feel his body coming close to disintegrating by the enormous pressure being put on his body right before he was saved by the computer controlling the building, disconnecting him from the machine and allowing him to quickly recover, although absolutely exhausted and panting heavily. "I guess... I g-guess I shouldn't have experimented while still wearing the suit... Damn it..." "Do you require a rest, Mr Nebulous?" "No, I'm fine.. Let's continue working." Having the suit now connected to the power supply was the first step, he had been careless to attach the power supply without it being connected to something, that's why it had transpired the way it did, the very atmosphere had been exposed to a direct connection to the very source of his spiritual pressure and it took the opportunity to tear it out.

Now he had to work without the suit until he could connect it to the actual design, testing would have to be done after it was all done, a precarious affair but necessary. Taking the fibre-cells he had developed, the same which was used for creating his suit, he began to apply it to the already existing glove on the combat suit, letting it expand and cover the weave but not applying the substance required to take it away from its basic form just yet, he would leave it like this and apply the armour pieces to it, making it a grip stronger then any weld as well as perfect protection for the circuits. Before proceeding he did the same the the piece covering the forearm as well. Manipulating the circuits he divided them across the entire placed metal piece, both the one on the forearm as well as the gauntlet, connecting it to the still malleable fibres. Now for the true innovation he had managed to create, the technique that allowed him to increase the strength of the metal using spiritual power. Using the helper arms he was able to melt the metal, sinking the circuitry into the metal allowing it to disappear before reconnecting himself to the suit, pouring energy into it while allowing the metal to harden, into the fibres he had developed that had sunk into the metal as well, acting as a catalyst that triggered the metal and allowed the spiritual energy to pour freely into the metal and when it hardened it was no longer something that could be called platinum, now being a creation of a far more spiritual nature. He was still however left dissatisfied with his creation, it was too basic. All it would do would power his punches and protect him from attack, it felt like a waste of his abilities to just leave it with that. He knew that it would be capable of drawing substantial amounts of energy from him, a question formed if he could possibly use this in combination with his powers, it would be far more efficient then utilizing raw spiritual energy. Starting from this trail of thought he began work on integrating his particular spiritual resonance into the machine, allowing it to work in unison and utilize his powers for improved purposes. To do this he connected himself into the device once more, this time not being drained of energy due to the whole system now being connected and once he had done this he tapped into it both with his energy as well as digitally using his computer equipment. While flooding the machine with his energy he used the computers to program device to respond to this only and then optimize the power drawn into it when used for attacks, allowing it to far more efficiently control his telekinesis then if he were to use it without. Looking at his creation, a proud smirk grew on Zamoreus' face, glad to see he was still able to improve himself in such ways. "I'd say that's a job well done, don't you agree NIAS?"