by Comartemis » Wed May 06, 2009 10:06 pm
Oh, the Mariage case is a reference to the SSX Sound Stage, a drama CD focusing entirely on the new characters from StrikerS, mainly the Forwards.
The story goes that four years after StrikerS, a string of serial killings has led to Mid Childa and rookie Enforcer Teana Lanstar is on the case, with assistance from new girl Runessa. Subaru and the rest of the Forwards get caught up in the case as well, and the killings are revealed to have been perpetrated by a weapon system known as the Mariage in their search for "The Dark King, Ixpellia", who is noted in Belkan history as a brutal tyrant who loved war and bloodshed. This being Nanoha, of course, there's a little more to it than that.
The Mariage themselves are essentially undead cyborgs (Not zombies, they have a degree of intelligence) who infest corpses with nanomachines (I think) and resurrect them, changing the corpse into a new Mariage. If Ixpellia isn't found and the Mariage stopped, the TSAB could have something akin to a zombie apocalypse on their hands.
Aside from the Forwards, we also get status updates on the Numbers and most of the rest of the new StrikerS characters. Most of the Numbers have moved on with their lives, with Cinque and several of her sisters being adopted by Genya Nakajima while Otto and Sein have apparently joined the Saint Church. I can't remember what Lutecia and Agito are up to, but Vivio has been helping Yuuno in the Infinity Library and learning a few things about magic while she's at it (Probably gearing up for ViviD at this point).
The Forwards have made progress too; Subaru has learned a few new spells, Caro and Erio spend their time hunting poachers on a nature preserve, and Teana has added Starlight Breaker to her spell list. Oh yes.
Currently Watching: Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu
Currently Playing: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
Currently Reading: Sora no Otoshimono
KILL the darkfic. BURN the angst. PURGE the Bad End.