Frynn

Frynn is the de-facto person in charge of safe-guarding all of Augustia's important files, as well as general defense of the building and its contracts. While she could certainly serve on missions and make most combat based adventures fairly trivial, having an almost unbeatable home-defense makes Shia and I feel much better about going away on travel or missions of our own. The biggest concern we used to have upon creating Augustia was deciding how exactly we would keep it and everyone inside it safe. After all, getting some sort of protection from other companies or cities was often nigh impossible or incredibly expensive. The obvious answer was to try and find someone who was capable of defending us on their own, and Frynn just happened to be our girl for the job. For us to meet her, let alone get along with her was a miracle and a half. But we can thank our lucky stars that she accepted her job at Augustia and takes it with grace that me and Shia didn't expect. While we both figured she had some sort of natural leadership capabilities within her, the amount she flourished had completely blindsided the both of us. Nowadays she acts as both guard and mentor to many of our contracts, and its a sight that warms our hearts to see. Frynn had always had issues with being compassionate in the past, and to see her act so warmly with the others is truly rewarding. We're lucky to have her.

--- Kai, head of Augustia.

Frynn is an excellent acquisition to Augustia's ranks, as everything about her is extraordinary. It may be a bit hard for me to truly appreciate the social connections she created and upholds in Augustia, but I can more than appreciate the protection she offers to me and the others. I have no clue what I'd do if my research all went up in flames one day, so truly, thank you Frynn.

Anyways. This is all due to her strange affliction with the disease. Instead of getting an ability which she can channel like the usual infected person, Frynn instead got incredible physical growth. She's able to move at a maximum speed of about fifty-five miles per hour, and she can swing her sword at roughly three hundred miles per hour. The amount of strength and speed she can put behind something is enough to often make our training weapons break even upon being swung, and a typically durable weapon will often crumble after a few hits into an opponents shield with her swings. But her strength wasn't the only thing enhanced; the body itself became highly durable. The skin is about three times as resistant to cuts and bruising, and her bones seem to be roughly five times as durable. Because of this, wearing conventional armor is more detrimental than beneficial, as the mobility hampering and smaller protective range it can offer compared to her normal body make it a toss-up on whether or not it'd even be helpful. Finally, Frynn is actually fairly unskilled with her weapon. She doesn't feel the need to practice it though. I mean, when you can move like she can, why even bother learning it?

Frynn has never lost a battle in her time at Augustia. By her report, there are only three people who could ever theoretically outcompete her.

• Shia has the most destructive power of anyone within Augustia, and if she were to go all out, Frynn would lose.

• Mercury has the strongest defense within Augustia, and her incredible skill can help even the playing field between Frynn and Mercury. If Frynn were to experience any strong hinderances to her mobility, Mercury would likely win.

• [Redacted]'s fire is the strongest all-rounded power within Augustia, and it severely hinders Frynn's defense and offensive options. Combined with [Redacted]'s incredible skill and knowledge, Frynn would lose if challenged in a small enclosed space, or if Frynn's mobility were to be largely reduced.

All that said, Frynn does believe that she could overcome two out of three obstacles above even in a hindered state if she truly gave it her all. The only person she believes would always trump her is Shia. If Frynn were a much more dramatic and disobedient figure, I'd say that perhaps that would be the only reason Frynn follows Shia. But I know that Frynn is truly a great person, and she's not as violent as one would think given their strength. While they do spar with others occasionally, it is purely out of agreement of both parties and for the satisfaction of both Frynn and her opponent. If one thinks Frynn is just a person of combat, then they are truly missing out.

--- Freya, head researcher of Augustia

Frynn didn't technically go to the college we did, but she was an important part of our lives there anyways. While she asked me not to include specifics, I should be able to somewhat tell the story well. Frynn originally was a part of a gang of sorts. I don't know much about them personally, but they used to hang around the college as their home turf. Frynn was one of those members, but was often on her lonesome during the day since the gang was mostly active at night. One day, by mere coincidence, I befriended Frynn. Again, I can't talk about some of it so I'll have to skip around, but eventually she became a pretty important friend of mine after a few years passed. She'd often hop the fence and hang out with me, Ryan, and Kai, before often being run off campus by a security guard (she was quite identifiable with her black leather jacket and red arm band).

Then, about halfway through our college years, we came to find out that Frynn actually had a sister on campus. She said she used to wait for her sister to walk home with her (which is why she hung around the fences so much), but her sister started showing up less and less as she grew more accustomed to the dorm life. As such, Frynn sat alone against the gate before we came along. After we found that out, our friendship between us and Frynn got pretty divided since she didn't want us to know about that side of her. She started showing up less and less, before eventually disappearing until our final year of college. When she came back into our lives again, she emerged as a freshman coming in through those gates. I still remember the day too; she scared almost everyone with her still proud gang colors and big build and older age. There were a lot of rumors that came our way from it, most of which usually had to do with some sort of violent mafia systematically making its way through our school in order to weed out certain people.

Of course, that was false. Frynn was actually a pretty kind person who was in a gang purely for her love and respect of the people who took her in when she was younger. She didn't actually partake in much of the gang's affairs, and instead acted as more of a caretaker than anything. And, according to them, she was damn good at it. They wouldn't stop praising her when Frynn eventually took us to meet them, and despite their hardcore looks, they were truly kind people who had nothing but good things to say about Frynn. It's a bit of shame that I didn't get to talk with them more, as I wanted to know what kid Frynn was like, but Frynn eventually dragged us all away with an intense blush as her friends began to rattle on about her childhood.

Anyways, I got off topic. Frynn's freshman year didn't actually last long before she was kicked out for violence between her and another gang student. According to Frynn, she tried convincing the other person that she wasn't part of the gang's activities, but it didn't mean much in the end. After all, if you're going to wear your affiliation proudly, you have to be ready to deal with the repercussions of it as well. Problem was, Frynn was so unbelievably strong that she threw the kid through a wall after he climbed on top of her and threatened her with a knife. Completely paralyzed him from the neck down. School looked into it, but in the end she was kicked out for excessive violence, gang activities, and by accusations of other students feeling unsafe around her.

She was feeling down for quite some time, obviously, but we actually caught up with her soon after the incident and offered her a place to stay. Both me and Kai had been living in an apartment now, so we were happy to let her stay over until she got back on her feet. But as time went on, those few weeks turned into a few months, and those few months lasted all the way until graduation. At that point, both me and Kai had plans to make Augustia, and she was fully supportive of the idea. Thus, when it was actually fully built and established, Frynn became our first ever contract.

The only trade off was the fact that we had to stay next to Galiger for the first few months so she would have ample time to say goodbye to her friends (which she was on somewhat rough relations with after they learned the money they spent getting her into college went to waste due to her being banned from campus). It set back our initial plans a bit, but honestly, me and Kai were happy to wait it out. We still had plenty of things we needed to work out on our own anyways, and watching Frynn sort of graduate from her gang was a great thing.

--- Shia, head of Augustia