---2 months later roughly 3 weeks till summer sun celebration---
I looked at the final version that I could make without making a loss the mark 10. I spoke at Silver and Bronze. "This is the final version."
I had accidentally created Lancer Cu's clothes from fate stay night with a little extra. I hear Silver let out a low whistle at his movements. "This is amazing, Onyx. Which version is this?"
"This is the Mark 10 Silver," I informed with something close to exhaustion. "It is the final version I will be making because I do not have the money to make another."
"My patent money is coming in a few weeks for the prosthetic, but it will not go into full production until I finish my rune language." I smiled happily because I was finally making some real progress. 'Now if only I could get the book I was writing finished… Volume three is fighting me even harder than Volume 2 was.'
I watch as they quickly go through the motions, and I can see no significant problem before I spot Pinkie bending over in the yard. I slowly watch her do her yoga before turning back to the two of them fighting it out and moving around the attacks that they need to. 'It is done, I did the best I can… and I completed it.'
---Flashback---
Mark 2:
I spoke into the apparatus as I sighed. "Beginning test of the mark 2 magical armor taking to calling it the rune suit, but I already know that this one is worse than the mark 1, I messed up stitching in the legs."
As they moved around, I was surprised to see the pants explode off of their body. Bronze joked at me, "Was that supposed to happen, Onyx?"
Mark 4:
"I have fixed the exploding pants. It turned out one of the runes was not liking the others and causing it to build way too much power way too fast." I informed the recording device.
As they moved around dodging a couple of attacks, I saw the power sputter out of the runes, causing them to crash into the ground.
"One of the runes was not connected properly," I informed them in annoyance. They both had their mouths open, most likely ready to tease me.
Mark 7:
As they attacked each other, I watched them stop and then fall to the ground as if they weighed over 300 pounds. I quickly ran up to them and disabled the runes.
"Weight distribution runes got inverted." As I inspected the runes in annoyance. Taking a picture of the runes problem.
Mark 9:
As we were nearing the end of the test, I was genuinely happy it looked like there were no problems with this version whatsoever. Before Silver dodged an attack, and he went flying.
"Agility amped itself up at the last second for some reason." I quickly took his armor and found the reason one of the runes that controlled the speed boost was damaged by an attack. "Need to put runes in a safer place."
---flashback end---
My relationship with Pinkie is going great. It is looking like we are entering into a new stage in our relationship, that as far as I can tell was an excellent sign. I sighed aloud. 'with the armor done, I can finally drop off the new toys at Colt's and get my money into a bank. Maybe my armor will impress enough for another grant.'
"So what do you guys think?" I asked them.
"It is damn near perfect, Onyx" I was confused about what Silver meant when he said Near perfect.
"What do you mean Near perfect Silver?" I asked him in genuine curiosity.
"I do not know how to explain it, Onyx. It is almost like the armor takes a second to get up and go." I listened for a second before thinking about what he could mean before it clicked.
I asked a question that could help "do you mean when the fight starts? Does it go away when the fight continues?"
Silver thought about my question before nodding his head before I sighed before explaining. "The magic in the rune suits takes a minuscule amount of time to connect to each piece because I could not make the under armor a one-piece."
I slowly wrote down the final version and the notes I had discovered about the armor before looking over at Bronze. "Anything you discovered, Bronze."
"Yeah, it is too light" I was extremely confused by this before motioning for him to go on while looking at him with interest.
"The armor is to light a soldier only trust an armor that has weight to it," Bronze explained, moving his arms in a punch.
"But I thought that lighter armor was better than heavy armor," I asked in confusion.
"If an armor is too light, it will make a soldier think it is too flimsy," he explained in honesty. "The only thing that feels like real armor is the arms and legs guards."
I nodded and sighed but was genuinely happy because if those are the only two complaints that they had, it meant I had made great armor. I slowly nodded in thought. "There is nothing I can do about the armor weight or the time connection. Do you have any other complaint?"
They looked at each other before shaking their head no "Alright… alright, we're done finally."
I laid on the ground in thought, 'Well, now I have to ship it to the armor Competition. I will probably not hear anything until after the summer sun competition.'
---time skip 6 hours---
I slowly packed the two sets of armor into the case, along with my notes and the blueprint. I slowly looked at it and sighed. I do not like sending incomplete armor, but I cannot make it better.
"Are you okay, Onyx?" I heard Pinkie ask in curiosity.
I smiled at her, "Just a little melancholy because I could not make the armor any better."
"Why can't you?" Pinkie asked in confusion.
"Because my runes aren't able to connect in such a large area, I can cover both legs but not the chest area I can cover the chest area but not the arms." I explained as I slowly packed, "At least not yet… by the time I get to Volume five, I could do this entire project and be able to make the undersuit a one-piece."
She looked at the armor in curiosity. "How strong is it compared to the current one?"
"If I was to give it a level… my multiple-piece suit is a level 5 with all the moving parts, but the regular armor is a level four." I explained in simple terms for Pinkie. "If I could have made the undersuit a one-piece, I could have made a level 6 magical armor."
I smiled before bursting into laughter. "I am going to win the next one Pinkie, I am going to blow those other guys out of the water next time."
She smiled at me before hugging me, becoming infected with my happiness. "I know you will."
I grabbed her head and kissed her on the lips. "I love you, Pinkie."
I watched her smile lit up the room and kissed me back. "I love you too, Onyx."
I picked up a second box after I had finished packing up. "I am going to pack up the toys so I can drop them off at colts."
---POV Pinkie Pie---
I watched Onyx leave the room before I burst into a dance and a little bit of happiness. "He said he loves me."
I knew our relationship was going well. I did not realize it was going so well. I looked at my clothes because I was planning to achieve victory at the summer sun celebration. 'I need Rarity to make me some extraordinary clothing.'
---POV Onyx---
"Pinkie, are you coming with me?" I asked her after I had packed up the three boxes, 1 box containing the armor and the rest full of toys I had generated. 'I wonder if she is going to come with me to deliver the toys?'
"Yeah, I want to come with you to drop them off" she smiled at me before opening the door for me.
"shall we, my dear" I smiled at Pinkie.
"We shall," she laughed at my joke before asking a question, "how many toys did you make this time?"
"215 toys in total and 180 are Grandmaster class 35 Heirloom class" she looked shocked about the amount I was planning to drop on Colt.
"How many Bits are you getting?" she asked in curiosity.
"Well, if he sold everything… 1720 bits," I informed her quickly as we had arrived at colts.
---time skip after dropping off the armor for shipping---
"So with heirloom shipping, I have 1320 bits. How about I buy us lunch Pinkie Pie?" I smiled at her while holding her hand.
"yeah… when are you going to start your next project?" she asked.
"After I complete Volume three," I informed her.
---time skip 3 days Rune Master meeting---
"So welcome to the next generational Magical Armor conference." One of the runemasters spoke up, beginning the gathering. In the room were six Unicorns with clothes made with different runes on their clothes. Their clothes marked them as the Six Runic language masters of this age. Princess Celestia was sitting at the head of the table and one of the army leaders.
"We are lucky this year, lads. We have seven qualifiers this year" the runemasters looked surprised because the way it usually works is the best of every language gets added to the contest. "Princess Celestia will explain why there is a seventh when we get to the armor."
"Now, let us begin the videos" the Rune Master nodded before they started playing the videos of the various armors.
---time skip 6 hours---
They all sighed because what they were seeing was just an improvement on the previous generation. Still, there were no real new ideas before one of the runemasters spoke up in boredom. "Well, I can say without a doubt that was a terrible showing from this generation."
"Indeed, there was no innovation," one of the other Rune Master speaks up in disgust before letting out an annoyed sigh, "Nothing is going on with this generation."
Princess Celestia speaks up, "Well, that is not entirely true. I would like if you would start up the next one."
They slowly watched a soldier dodge a swift hard-hitting attack and taking the exceedingly weak attacks. What they saw at the start made them slightly nervous because the armor needed a split second to get moving. What they saw was a completely different runic language that they had not seen before. Princess Celestia watched them take notes on how the armor moved and what attacks they were dodging, and which attacks they happily took without any real problems. "Why are we just now learning about this Princess Celestia? because from what it looks like, we are looking at a new Rune language that is extremely high rank."
Princess Celestia nodded her head at their questions before picking up a bell. She watched as two books were brought in along with the notes about them. "The language is not yet done, but the man who created it is sending in his work so we can help the language developed. Of course, I would like for no one to make any changes to it until he finishes or dies."
They nod as that is obvious before motioning to the first book, "May we Princess Celestia?"
"You may the alphabet is done, but he says it will take a total of six Volumes to be done with the first level." They nodded in understanding before picking up the books, moving to the side of the room, and writing them out, and studying the notes.
The General asked Princess Celestia, "Let me guess I am not getting that armor."
"Indeed, that armor is no good. The first reason is the language is not completed, and the second reasons are because the soldiers considered it to light," Princess Celestia explained in careful explanation.
The General nodded as well. "Any idea when the language is going to be done because the armor looks good."
"Indeed, it does, and I can recreate it, but without the language being done, any changes I make could affect the runes before the first level is locked in." Princess Celestia explained her reasoning before looking over at the Rune Masters. "I also want their thoughts on the language itself."
The General nodded "if the seventh armor is not available for choosing, I am most likely going for the fifth armor that was shown. It looks the strongest while not being the cheapest, but it is the second cheapest available."
Princess Celestia nods her head in understanding, "They are going to be about 2 hours."
The General nods before bowing and leaving the room quickly with his order and blueprints, Princess Celestia took a sip of tea before sitting down to wait for their thoughts.
---time skip 2 ½ hours---
Princess was reading a book before she heard them stop writing and start making their way back to the table before setting the alphabet and books back in the box. Princess Celestia asked them in curiosity, "What do you think?"
"It is a beautiful language Princess Celestia, but we cannot be 100 percent sure because we can tell it is not done." One of the Runemasters spoke up.
"Do you have any other works that we could look at?" One of the other runemasters asked.
"Indeed, I do." Princess Celestia pulled out a blueprint with an arm and leg on it along with a video crystal, "Please start the video."
They turned on the video and were surprised when they saw a pony with a metallic leg running back and forth, "He created a language powerful enough to power a prosthetic."
They watched the video and looked at the blueprint in interest, "It is too unstable."
"Indeed it is, but that is because the language is not a level 1 yet. It is not completely locked in." Princess Celestia points at the two volumes in thought before informing them. "Another four more books are being created by the pony that made them so he can lock in the language at level 1 properly."
They nod at this information and do the math "each volume adds 16 percent to the language, and the alphabet itself Created the first four percent."
"What level will the language be when he completes the volumes?" Princess Celestia asked them in curiosity.
"If we had to make a guess, we are going to call it a theoretical level 10." The Rune Master answered in honesty.
Princess Celestia nods, pleased. "Would it be rude for me to call him a Rune Lord?"
"It is too soon, the language is not completely born," the Rune Master's informed her promptly. "Only when the language is completely born will we accept his name being Rune Lord."