The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 1

Session Start: Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-643.12.18
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<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *Since the declaration by the eldest of Shade's daughters, the spirits have been looking into - is there any validity in the Spirits being truly alive, studying the dead cores of the spirits, conferring with the Elder Spirits, trying to find any traces. And so far coming up with little in the way to try to determine how to track down what Tenebrae felt that day. It is determine eventually to take the Mew Mew up into orbit around Geyze with it's spirit tech and see if Tora can use it to try to pick up anything while Lumi holds a special conference at the Academy with those interested in finding them
<Seraphna> **Jaime is of course there while Threna adjusts her glasses**
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae sits there, looking all convinced of her believes*
<DeathStar> *beliefs*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I wish we had something written down of this happening before.
<Seraphna> **Terra hands out fruit**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *is going through some lab notes*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well, I doubt the spirits were ever saved before through the direct intervention of a time spirit swapping them?
<DeathStar> *Selena walks in and dumps Celes' notes all over the table*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Or has it…?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Sorry, I gathered what I could of mom's time in the past.
<DeathStar> <Selena> She kept a lot of journals
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "It's a lot of reading, but we really need leads."
<DeathStar> *Cypher on comms* We've got the Mew Mew in orbit and Tora has begun spirit energy scans. We will let you know if we pick up any spirit signatures.
<Seraphna> **Alita arrives, looking fairly normal, with or without Void, you never know with him**
<DeathStar> <Selena> So. *points at an early passage* I have a theory. But we might need to get Vyvy from Shade's grotto.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Luckily we have Void alive.
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods and vanishes to retrieve Vyvy.**
<DeathStar> <Selena> She.. didn't even wait to hear the theory.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I could be wrong
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<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks up* "I want to hear it."
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<DeathStar> <Selena> Well. *she turns to Nicolette*
<DeathStar> *Then back to Lana*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Here's the theory and lets see what everyone thinks
<DeathStar> <Selena> Aska, Shade, and Void were the first. It's why their powers essentially work off each other and cancel each other.
<Seraphna> **Terra shrugs** Momma more about Do than Think.
<DeathStar> <Selena> They're true siblings in a way.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Does you agree?
<Seraphna> Threna> In a way yes.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "That is the assuption we've always run on."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Chronos was the fourth Spirit and why she has no elemental counter part. And after that all the elemental spirits were born.
<Ariel> * Nicolette gives a nod. Doesn't contradict anything she knows.
<Seraphna> Threna> Whet would be a counterpoint to Time… I’d have thought Void being the lack of anything.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I think if we go unseal Aska - hoping she's healed enough and have Void, maybe we could use them to try to locate Shade. Assuming her core does exist. We should have two of the three right?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Or is my theory flawed. What do you think? We'd need Vyvy to help us get into Aska's resting place.
<Seraphna> Alita> This may work.
<Seraphna> Alita> Though I am surprised you could not get there yourself.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ummmm...what would actually happen if we unsealed Aska prematurely?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> She may break apart.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> It has been some time since the spirit's "Death".
<DeathStar> <Selena> She may be better now
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<Ariel> <Nicolette> "We'll have to be EXTREMELY delicate with this..."
<Seraphna> Alita> Unless we have a way of knowing either way, we cannot presume to wait, for the longer the spirits are missing the more trouble we seem to deal with.
<DeathStar> *Lumi rubs her face* Alright, I can authorize this
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Right now the Mew's scans are turning up little
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright. If this fails, do you have any ideas Lana?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well..." *pushes up her glasses* "...why not ask Void what he knows?"
<DeathStar> <Lumi> We keep bringing up time. *She eyes Celes' notes* Are we going to have to use the younger time spirit to fix this?
<Seraphna> **Terra tilts her head** Momma usually back by now.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I suppose when we bring Void in to help, it would not hurt to ask
<Seraphna> Alita> Avenir may be young but that is only relative to us.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Also there are elder spirit counterparts on Kumen."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I have asked for their help, but they're surprisingly clueless when it comes to this kind of stuff so far. Frost was the leader and seems to be a bit more knowledgable
<DeathStar> <Lumi> But they promised to lend their power to try to help.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> You can't just kidnap a teacher! This is outrageous! Hrmph!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well, that implies this is new to them as well."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Don’t sass me Missy.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Just because you have the ability to appear wherever and whenever you want doesn't mean it isn't a violation of rights! What if I was in the bath! Give me a break!
<Seraphna> Jaime> Then you would be naked.
<DeathStar> *Selena pauses in mid-whatever it is she's doing, turning to eye Vyvy and the spirit-children hanging onto her*
<Wisp> <Vyvy> ... all-powerful beings were a mistake. I ought to have Levi drown you
<Seraphna> Jaime> Such disrespect to your great aunt..
<DeathStar> <Selena> Jaime
<DeathStar> *her tone is sharp*
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Then again, if it weren't for all-powerful beings I never would have ended up on Kumen, or Geyze for that matter.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Vyvy. *Equally sharp*
<Wisp> 6She adjusts her eyepatch and straightens her vest. "What?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well I got her here.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Did anyone bother to explain anything to the other?
<Seraphna> Jaime> We’re getting our wives back, Vyvy. Need your help.
<DeathStar> <Soren> Of course not. *Read a book*
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Well, if it didn't involve spirits you wouldn't have sent someone to fetch me like a stick...
<Seraphna> Terra> Momma silly!
<Wisp> <Vyvy> If it were so simple I'd have done it already. So what does that mean, exactly?
<DeathStar> <Selena> We need to open Aska's chamber. We need two spirit cores. Void if he agrees to come might could do one. But he's so persernicky...
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I can do one
<DeathStar> <Selena> Who of the other children can offer the other?
<Seraphna> Terra> Me!
<DeathStar> <Selena> No
<Seraphna> Jaime> Ut!
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Woah, woah, woah. You can't just whip cores around. They're not AA batteries, they're the living natural soul of a being
<Seraphna> **Terra pouts**
<DeathStar> <Selena> I'm aware and I know for half-spirits it's even more dangerous
<Seraphna> Alita> Void won’t let the children risk it regardless.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Never mind the fact that Aska could just snuff out like a candle. What's going on? Why now?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Tenebrae found a trace.
<Wisp> 6Vyvy glances at Jaime, then slowly peers at Tenebrae.
<Seraphna> Jaime> We think Chronos’ last act was to transplant them.
<DeathStar> <Selena> If you can convince Void to be the other, then Tenebrae should last them. I just want you, Vyvy, to talk to Aska when she wakes.
<DeathStar> <Selena> We don't know what state she'll be in after being half-dead last time
<Wisp> <Vyvy> *If* she wakes...
<DeathStar> <Selena> If she wakes.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Yes, this might damage her."
<DeathStar> *Soren has her book closed now*
<Seraphna> Alita> We can minimize the risk to her if we have several summoni feed her energy as she wakes.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> But Aska of all people, you, Selena-- and Soren..
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We really should ut in a monitoring device for this sort of thing."
<DeathStar> <Selena> We don't have a lot of Summoni anymore
<DeathStar> <Selena> They were wiped out
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "As a doctor and a spirit researcher, I have to say, we should absolutely take the maximum care right now."
<Seraphna> Alita> We have several with great talent.
<Seraphna> Alita> Myself, Ellie, Simon, and the rest of those regularly involved.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Did you consider the other method of incubation?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "We might be able to use a ritual to draw energy from people with ample spiritual energy."
<DeathStar> <Selena> *Rises* Lets try that Nicolette.
<Seraphna> Alita> I think it’s time someone got Kalam out of her funk too.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> Are you sure? I'd have thought you'd look to the Kumen method
<DeathStar> <Selena> Right now I feel it's more important to get her out of the Geyze chamber
<Seraphna> Jaime> The Elders have pledged to help too.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Hm. IF we're going to gather as many people as we want for rituals and spirit energy.
<DeathStar> *Selena grabs Lumi's watch hand* Lets meet up in the Spirit Realm in an hour
<Wisp> <Vyvy> I haven't seen here in a long time, but the spirits that were tied to Erica's ship. Why not have her possess someone while she personally recovers.
<DeathStar> <Soren> I do not think that is possible, mother
<Wisp> <Vyvy> It should be for you or Selena.
<DeathStar> <Soren> Ah? I cannot possess people
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I'll send word around the academy for volunteers. It'll take a bit to get the word out, so I'll head off now."
<Wisp> <Vyvy> No, but you have the same substrate as your mother, but have a body as a vessel. Selena is attuned to her. I'd volunteer, but I've been so close to Shade and our children so long I'm fairly certain I'm not balanced enough anymore and would probably poison her.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hm, I’ll see if we can borrow Kaelan too. She’s a promising summoni.
<DeathStar> *Selena nods to Nicolette; outside, despite it being snowy winter, the grass and snow looks like it's blooming and growing, more so than it has the past six months*
<DeathStar> <Nocturne> ... *plucks a flower and offers it to people*
<Wisp> <Vyvy> It'd be a lot safer than siphoning essence off numerous unattuned people and hoping for the best. I'm sure Aska would be pissed, but then there's no strain on her base form, either.
<Seraphna> **Jaime takes one** Can you check on Kaelan, Nocty? You two are close.
<Wisp> <Vyvy> I know she's not like Yulindhe, but we can always find some way to undo it later when it *won't* kill some people and her perhaps." 6She grumbles
<DeathStar> <Soren> We'll see. As the Light Spirit, I want to monitor mother's condition when we get closer. Hopefully her no longer baring the burden of being the light spirit has reduced strain
<DeathStar> *Soren pats Vyvy and moves with the Edna and Cloud to help find others.*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Bet it has, Aska always took on too much.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I guess it's my job to find Kalam
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Unless someone else has an idea.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I can go to her of your like. I believe she’s trying to restore the temple.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Right. Teleporting.
<DeathStar> *She mumbles about being useless*
<Seraphna> Jaime> We really need to get Kalam a datapad.
<Seraphna> Terra> Terra have idea!
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Don't feel bad. Most of us can't teleport."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Truly?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Truly."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> That makes me feel a little better.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Well, not without using the PAX's teleporters."
<Seraphna> Terra> Terra not lost summoni in big fight. Most Ent Summoni fine. I bring some help?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Go ahead.
<DeathStar> *sighs off on it, all she can do to make herself feel important*
<DeathStar> *signs
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...create teleport tech-spell." *makes not to herself*
<Seraphna> **Terra puffs up feeling important too and vanishes you get some Ents**
<Seraphna> Threna> I can always take you places, Lum~
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Sometimes it's important to be non-important
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Snowy Wastelands
<DeathStar> *Kalam stares at the remains of the temple, having found some more broken relics and books*
<DeathStar> *trying to gather spirit stuff; these days ironically looking more like Zephyr as her long hair is whipping about in the snow storm* So much lost
<DeathStar> *she picks up what looks to be a frozen book with pages on spirit cores*
<DeathStar> <Kalam> *squints at it, but the book looks frayed and ready to break apart if she messes with it, so she adds it to the pile*
<Seraphna> **Jaime pops in by her** Should worry more on how to build anew. Hi by the way.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I have a little church set up these days. New Summoni just rather call on spirits and have them do stuff than meet in one location and preserve spirit history.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> Death truly set things back
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I suppose you all have set the new standard
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses** I really need to get you with some of the older Ents. They keep interesting records.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> Yes, the Ents hae been most helpful. Sadly the landscape is harsh on the books.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Anyway, we may have found the lost spirits. We need every able summoni we can get.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> *bundles the books and relics up* Very well; lead the way.
<Seraphna> **Jaime puts an arm around her and teleports back**
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT 2-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen
<DeathStar> *Asarar smokes at her bar, eyeing the Elder Spirits being on various uniforms*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Some kind of party happening?
<DeathStar> <Frost> We been called to awaken Aska.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "For how long will you be away?"
<DeathStar> *Frost makes sure her clothing is holy resistant and puts on strange hat*
<DeathStar> <Frost> I imagine it may be a few days.
<Seraphna> Luci> We’ll have to bring out the normal girls.
<DeathStar> <Gale> If we get any record labels calling us that our songs have become accepted, please tell them we'll be back.
<Jackieness> <Kira> *akes a deep breath* "I'll rearrange the entertainment schedule..."
<DeathStar> *Gaia nods*
<Seraphna> Luci> Kira you could suit up too for a return show.
<DeathStar> *Asasar puts out the cig as the spirits touch each other and they all warp out*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> You know what this mean right? We're free of craziness for a few days. We can do normal heists.
<Seraphna> Luci> Now you went and said that. You doomed us.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Hmph
<DeathStar> *She pulls out some jobs and looks them over*
<Seraphna> Luci> I’ll get the helmets.
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Spirit Realm
<DeathStar> *The group has arrived in the pure, non-foggy realm, that has a ton of spirit energy these days since clearing it out. It's prestine like it was just born. The spirits inside it looks recharged just being in here*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Hopefully the months in here have fully healed Aska.
<DeathStar> *she eyes all the spirits and summoni gathered around the sealed chamber needing the cores. Void is off to the side, arms crossed*
<Seraphna> Terra> Terra bets she can make infinite fruit here.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Well, this takes me back.."
<DeathStar> *Nocturne leaps as high as she can*
<DeathStar> *Edna tries making giant fire balls*
<DeathStar> *while Cloud makes giant water balls*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright lets open this chamber. But before that. What did you want to ask Void?
<DeathStar> *Kalam works with the summoni that Nicolette brought, showing how to link with light spirit - Soren/Aska and give power if they need it*
<Seraphna> **Terra cheers her Ent Summoni**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Cores, cores. All about cores? Why are there even cores?"
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "If you need anyone else... I'm pretty sure I'm full of spiritual power."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I though that part was evident, Lana.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "You're asking why spirits function the way they do."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *points at Ceil* "Yes, why? Their structure is more akin to an artificial life form."
<DeathStar> <Void> Hm. *crosses arm*
<Seraphna> Jaime> We know the spirits originated as constructions of a powerful race that was made of energy.
<DeathStar> <Void> We three hazard guesses over the years as we came to consciousness.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Listening."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Very much listening."
<DeathStar> <Void> Aska believed the cores were our life force come together to beat as one with Geyze.
<DeathStar> <Void> Tyying us to the very planet we protected.
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses**
<DeathStar> <Void> Shade believed the cores were our elemental life force that over the years grew and grew until a spirit formed around it. The right conditions, the right measurements, and we three came to life.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And I assume you have your own theory?"
<DeathStar> <Void> I am sure the answer lies in between
<DeathStar> <Selena> How very...Void
<DeathStar> <Selena> What do you think Nico?
<Seraphna> Jaime> They can all be correct.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "There aren't any contradictions between them."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Requires further study..." *writes it down*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I never really thought about it before... but I do wonder if a spirits' self exists in their core or body."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I’m fact they all describe aspects of what the Ancients could have done.
<Seraphna> Terra> My self is… me!
<DeathStar> <Selena> Core or body...
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Are you familiar with how crystals form?"
<DeathStar> *Void reaches into his body and pulls out a core that looks half light, ahlf dark and puts it into one slot*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The Croza didn't create the Spirits." *pushes up her glasses* "They were just as obssessed with studying them."
<DeathStar> *And immediatlely kneels. Vyvy during all this seems to be standing about, waiting, talking to Soren about something while she is getting ready for summoni love*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I hate watching that
<Seraphna> Jaime> Yeah…
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "It is strangely gruesome..."
<Ariel> * Nicolette nods with a small grimace.
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae does the same thing and pulls out a smaller core due to being half a spirit, and slides it in, but seems to bare it easier, and doesn't even appear to be sick, her humanish side taking over as she sits*
<Seraphna> Alita> **starts a support field for Void and Tenebrae**
<DeathStar> *The chamber with the cores opening up and the prestine water being revealed where Aska is submerged inside*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Interesting… it seems the kids aren’t dependent on their cores.
<DeathStar> <Selena> It doesn't mean she'd wouldn't lose her spirit powers though
<DeathStar> *As KAlam directs the summoni powers and the Elder Spirits channel spirit energy into Soren, she steps in with Vyvy, who seems to be talking gently into the room. Soren feels it out* <Soren> We can wake her. Get ready.
<DeathStar> *Soren reaches into the prestine waters and pulls out a soaked, nakedish spirit into Vyvy's arms*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Hey, Nico
<DeathStar> <Selena> *points* Look at how many cores there are in here.
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... Like a lot right?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Are they new spirits or just empty cores?
<Ariel> * Nicolette is focusing on gathering up her energy for Aska, and didn't realize she had her eyes closed. She opens one eye, and pauses. "...huh."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I read about this.. supposedly the pool can revive any spirit or bring new ones? But the last two to be brought back nearly drained the pool.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Should I Grab some cores? I'd hate to hurt new spirits
<Seraphna> Jaime> Do we need them?
<DeathStar> * Vyvy and Soren have taken Aska outside the chamber and lay her out, where Vyvy talking softly begins to stir the Light Spirit - or ex-spirit*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Do you want to keep ripping cores out of Void to study them?
<Ariel> * Nicolette moves over to the water to inspect the cores, curious if they're alive or just constructs
<Seraphna> Jaime> Good point. Speaking of which let’s get him fixed up. **she floats a few cores over for study**
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...I'd rather not keep hurting Void, even for the purposes of research."
<Seraphna> Alita> Agreed, My Lord should not have to suffer if we can help it.
<DeathStar> *the cores seem to be smaller than the ones in Void, about the size of Tenebrae's, but they seem more crystal clear, as if they lack any element.*
<Seraphna> Jaime> These seem unattuned.
<DeathStar> <Aska> ... *opens her eyes*
<DeathStar> <Aska> ... I am awake.
<DeathStar> *She sits up, shaking her head*
<Seraphna> Terra> Hi Auntie! Fruit?
<DeathStar> <Aska> How long has it been? <Selena> Nearly a year.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh examines the small cores. "You realise, if these are unattuned, we'd have a chance to witness just how a spirit is formed... well, if one does form."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I knew there was a possibility for new elements or spirit types but this does open up just how many.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Oh, that is exciting."
<DeathStar> *Void finally begins to retake his core* It is time....
<DeathStar> <Selena> The door is about to reshut
<Seraphna> Jaime> Let’s go then. Tenebrae remember your core.
<Ariel> * Nicolette hesitates a moment, and carefully takes one core, before hurrying out.
<DeathStar> *Void grabs his core and shoves it back inside, looking weak. Kalam sees to him with Alita while Tenebrae does the same while the door slams shut*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh carries out a small core.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to get this to the lab, Ceilidh."
<DeathStar> *Soren and Vyvy help Aska stand* <Selena> We needed to wake you because all the spirits were killed
<DeathStar> <Aska> What?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Oh yes."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well, we thought anyway. Death came back and Chronos seems to have misplaced them
<DeathStar> <Aska> What?
<DeathStar> <Aska> How does one misplace my fellow spirits?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We have death locked up in one of the labs."
<Seraphna> Jaime> We’re not sure but the cores we found seem to be from the distant future.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I ahd a theory
<DeathStar> *She tells her theory about Void and Aska being able to locate them* <Aska> ... let me see these cores you speak of and then maybe we can try
<DeathStar> *Frost calls out* That's weird
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods and floats them over**
<DeathStar> *Frost is standing by a spot in the spirit realm with a beautiful tree - but behind it's a dead spot; Vyvy studies it, making a face as if she senses something off*
<DeathStar> <Noctune and Tenebrae> *Glance at each other and Nocturne sinks into the ground*
<Seraphna> **Jaime frowns and looks over**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Oh, that does look strange."
<DeathStar> <Gale> You think the realm is okay?
<DeathStar> <Gaia> I hope nothing bad is spreading
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "What is that tree?"
<Ariel> * Nicolette goes to check out what Frost was talking about, since Aska seems to be doing okay
<DeathStar> <Edna> IT's one of many trees. You can find forests in this place. Lakes.
<DeathStar> <Cloud> Plains
<Seraphna> Jaime> Nico, where is Death at the moment?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Death was still in the secure lab before we left."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Should we head back now?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Unless she broke out and didn't set off any wards..." She kneels by the spot, and tries to scry the threat level of this.
<DeathStar> *turns to the extra crew they got* You all did great; return to the academy. I am sure you will get bonuses for this. *Nicolette, having spent a lot of time around Death, would get the death vibe from the mark. It's a dead patch of grass after all. But thankfully, it's not spreading. It seems it just watched them*
<DeathStar> *if it was Death*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I have a feeling she’s biding her time. I really want her sealed.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Do we have any way to do that?"
<DeathStar> <Kalam> If only I had more of my books and relics, I might could be of use...
<DeathStar> *She sighs*
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I feel like we Summoni might have had passages...
<DeathStar> *She eyes her books slowly thawing*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Biding her time isn't quite right... but this. This is concerning..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Kalam, turn over your books to Ceilidh for now
<DeathStar> <Selena> Maybe she can work on restoring them faster
<DeathStar> *Kalam does so, handing what books she has left and a few relics with spirit figures*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Kalam, we’re gonna have a talk about those recovery efforts. I’ll get some people to help you dig up the rest. Not all is lost.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, Jaime get us to the academy.
<DeathStar> <Selena> So we can see the cores.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "..I can help too."
<DeathStar> <Selena> We might need you with the core help right now and if Death is acting up, Lana
<Seraphna> **Jaime takes them back**
<Ariel> * Nicolette starts setting up a ward around the dead patch, as a warning if it changes while they're on Geyze
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods*
<DeathStar> *they arrive back at the Academy; the volunteers begin to wander to their room, but are still nearby. IT's snowing a bit right now, not too hard. Near the labs, flowers and grass is growing nicely despite the snow and it being winter. Aska wakes up a bit from her leaning on Vyvy and Soren.* The cores are kept in Lumi's office near the labs. Do we want to split up?
<DeathStar> *Edna and the other spirit kids seem to want to stick to Aska for the time being and Vyvy*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *heads to the lab*
<Seraphna> **Jaime picks up Terra and Fae**
<Ariel> * Nicolette follows after Lana
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, I'll head for the cores. Becareful
<Alicia> * Ceilidh follows Lana for now, and will work on the books once they've checked up on Death.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *heads into the secure lab*
<DeathStar> *Selena creeps to where Lumi keeps them; Tenebrae follows after Nicolette. As they approach the lab, everything seems normal. Lana's feeds SHOW Death being restrained by Nicolette's wards and all that, floating there quietly*
<Seraphna> **Jaime follows Selena**
<DeathStar> *Lumi snoozes in her office with the cores when they arrive and falls over at her desk. Aska moves over, touching each core quietly* ....dead...dead...dead..but old.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Hmmm...security feed shows normal. Let's open the inner door. Ready?"
<Seraphna> **Threna picks up Lumi**
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Thanks
<Ariel> * Nicolette nods, holding her deck in one hand.
<Seraphna> Jaime> We dated them with PAX tech, Gnome’s core is thousands of years older than it should be.
<DeathStar> *as they step inside, Death doesn't seem to acknowledge them just floating*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Everything seems normal here. Nico, check your wards."
<DeathStar> *Aska touches the cores, she muses* But they are the real deal. I will attempt to see if I Can gleam anything from it with Void using Selena's idea. We just need to find Shade and from there we might can locate the others?
<Ariel> * Nicolette doublechecks the wards
<Seraphna> Jaime> We believe yes.
<DeathStar> *The wards are definitely intact; the moment she touches them, Death seems to jerk, af if waking up, opening it's eyes and turning to look at them and turning to look* <Death> .... *The area feels heavier with death once again*
<DeathStar> *Aska and Void touch hands and focus on Shade's core*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lets hope I am right
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae watches Nico and Lana from a distance*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Just checking in." She watches Death, trying to read her reaction.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *waves sheepishly* "We'll be going now."
<Seraphna> **Jaime watches, frowning as she thinks**
<DeathStar> *Death seems curious about Nicolette, probably respecting her above the others, shifting a little* Checking...in.
<DeathStar> *it repeats*
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks over the lab security feeds and recordings while the others are busy**
<DeathStar> *Selena paces right now and Lumi seems to be observing herself.*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "We saw something unexpected. So let me ask you... is this the only you right now? Are there no more of your smaller death spirits out there?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> She’s a spirit. Whatever she was before reforming. Which means… Hrm…
<Seraphna> **Jaime reviews what happened as they entered and tested the wards**
<DeathStar> *Death leans in close to Nicolette* Are sure want to know? *the spirit's voice rasps, a mix of female and male, it's form shifting about, Nicolette hearing it in her head, but unlike Lana, Death seems to be being more cautious*
<DeathStar> *Jaime would see Death in the footage just being ... still. Doing nothing until the wards are tested and Death moving as if waking up*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> There is one thing unusual.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> But it's not in Death's cell.
<Seraphna> Jaime> …This is why Summoni need to be involved.
<Seraphna> Jaime> It’s projecting.
<DeathStar> *Lumi shows the footage outside*
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks**
<DeathStar> <Cypher on Mew Mew> We have something!
<Seraphna> Jaime> How long was it elsewhere!? **she blinks**
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Well the past few weeks or so it's been growing flowers or other stuff here
<DeathStar> *Selena looks over and takes the comms*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "No... you've already told me."
<Seraphna> Jaime> It’s not actually restricted, it’s using the projection trick.
<DeathStar> *Death nods and floats back*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Are you sure?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> The wards should stop that
<Seraphna> Jaime> You see the grass like I do right?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I suppose that is true.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "So... the real question is, what is your goal now?"
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "It fits with Death's actions too."
<Seraphna> Jaime> How did Nico actuslly restrain it? Is she pacted?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Could it have pacted others?
<Seraphna> Alita> Some of the encounters before the battle it did not kill.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I wonder why he likes you more than he likes me."
<DeathStar> <Death> Learning. *pauses if listening* Could have attacked all in realm but held back.
<Seraphna> Jaime> It could have marked people if they didn’t form a pact.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Could it have been going around setting up influence?
<DeathStar> *Aska and Void step out with Selena to do something*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I'll head over to deal with this then. *She heads for the lab*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Learning... is that all to it? Learning for the sake or learning, or for a purpose?"
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Learning can be a purpose itself."
<Seraphna> **Threna follows her whole Jaime warps away and comes back sans two spirit kids**
<DeathStar> <Death> Nicolette about to learn fate of missing spirits. Incomplete without all spirits back. The hunt is about to begin. *it's appearance slowly begins to change from the typical monsterous Death form it likes to keep to a more female shinigami look with pale hair and reddish golden eyes* This particular body will remain here to learn and observe. But copy is out there. Like other spirits.
<DeathStar> *Lumi steps in* Should we kill it now while it's bound?
<Seraphna> Threna> I think it might not actually be bound. Therefore it seems to be purposely not attacking us.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ummm...that's the problem...Its alreayd cloned itself, so it might not do anything to harm this one."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> So? IT's still listening to us it looks like
<Seraphna> Threna> The grass outside just started to die... this might not be a copy.
<Seraphna> Threna> It is obviously capable of lying.
<DeathStar> *Lumi turns to Nicolette for her response, since she arriveD**
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "You can destroy this avatar, but... it's just one avatar of Death. So what's the point? We'd just loose our method to communicate."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nod nods*
<Seraphna> Threna> Unless it is the true one at this moment. In which case destroying it's core would end it.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Well, I'll leave it to the experts
<DeathStar> *Death looks at each of them*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I'm surprised though. Why the obsession with killing those spirits? You already did so."
<DeathStar> *Death considers*
<DeathStar> <Death> Compelled.
<Seraphna> Threna> Can we remove the compulsion?
<DeathStar> <Death> All must be taken. Even Death in the end. *it closes it's eyes, perhaps preparing to go to it's other location*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "You know... if you manage to find and kill them, again. It'll just undo the first time."
<DeathStar> *it lifts one eye sleepily*
<DeathStar> <Death> Explain
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ummm...did you always have this compulsion, or was it forced upon you?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "You killed them in the future. If you kill them in the present, then they won't be alive for you to have killed. You'd undo a death."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I wonder if I should meet with that other Croza spirit we helped
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "To follow though is to undo the very action you've been tasked to do."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> The one Bix likes. That neekito took the explosive powe from.
<DeathStar> *Death muses, then goes to sleep, face looking troubled*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> See if she was compulsed in any way. Let me find her, Lana
<DeathStar> *Lumi steps out*
<Seraphna> **Threna continues to escort her Lumi**
<DeathStar> *the plants begin to regrow outside*
<DeathStar> *The Mew Mew lands at the ship port at the ACademy*
<DeathStar> *Where Selena meets with Cypher and Chelsea, talking with them with the Spirits*
<DeathStar> *Avenir stands there, rocking in place*
<DeathStar> *After a bit, Lumi calls everyone over to the ship*
<DeathStar> *joining there herself. Void stands there, looking rather neutral as if resigned to the entire thing. He's decided to make Alita talk for him*
<Seraphna> **Alita smiles for him**
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Alright. It looks like that our other Croza spirit friend was compelled.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Taken from one of the many controlled worlds at that time and made to do what they wanted she said. Celes can back this up
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I knew it!" *makes notes*
<Seraphna> Jaime> So she must have overcome it?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Seeing as our worlds aren’t covered in fallout.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Well, our's has a variety of powers she gained - the fighting powers, and other abilities and the nuclear one. She says she got them from beating and killing spirits. An absorber type spirit. If she killed Death she might could even gain it
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Is absorbing Death a good idea?"
<DeathStar> <Lumi> But Death might be a natural spirit from a world that was dying
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Probably not
<DeathStar> <Selena> Ready for my news though?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Aska and Void and using the Mew Mew felt a trace of Shade on the planet. The problem is that no matter where the Mew Mew scanned where they felt her, Shade is not showing up
<DeathStar> <Selena> Like, the two know they're feeling her but the Mew Mew is not detecting a Shade.
<Seraphna> Jaime> She’s hiding?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Feels like something is out of phase."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Or maybe dispersed."
<DeathStar> <Aska> Ceilidh is quite wise
<DeathStar> <Aska> I think Shade has been knocked out of spirital phase.
<DeathStar> ,Aska> And is slowly dying
<Seraphna> Jaime> Are they all that way? How do we fix her? How long do we have?
<DeathStar> <Aska> I do not know. *Void has Alita shake her head*
<Seraphna> **Alita shakes her head**
<DeathStar> <Aska> But I imagine they are all dire
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe we could phase shift a signal until we get a hit."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I have a feeling we’ll need those pacted to each and possibly elements.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I think doing that is the hard part. Still, that's a good plan."
<DeathStar> <Aska> You are not quite thinking entirely enough. We need to shift ourselves I believe. And search. If we want to find them, we must go deeper. I'd suggest the spirit realm
<DeathStar> <Selena> How would we even scatter do that?
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses** I think I know a way.
<DeathStar> <Selena> How?
<DeathStar> *Avenir offers Nico a time flower*
<Seraphna> Jaime> The Spirit Realm is a reality, or a plane. Perhaps we can use Taiga’s ship or the Aquarius to get there.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Orrrr...we do know one type of vessel that used to make regular trips to and from the Spirit Realm."
<DeathStar> *Selena looks at Lana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *turns and points at one of the Academy pyramids*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Can we fly them?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> I don’t see why not.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I guess we can ask Aunt Sasha. Who all will go with us?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We know the Shifters got at leats one pyramid up in the air."
<DeathStar> <Selena> We'll have to --- *Suddenly an ice wall rises up*
<DeathStar> *in the background*
<DeathStar> <Selena> ...
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... Ceilidh. Take the books Kalam gave you and run for my Aunt
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Huh?" *turns and looks*
<Seraphna> Jaime> What now?
<DeathStar> *The wall shatters and Frost bounces by*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh takes the books and runs
<Seraphna> Jaime> Frost?
<DeathStar> *a cute looking Shinigami girl approaches, looking much shorter than before, but wielding a massive Death scythe. IT seems she took to heart killing the one set of spirits, and moved onto the Elders*
<DeathStar> *her pale hair blowing in the snow*
<DeathStar> *each step killing the snow and ground*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...Nico...I think you gave Death a bad idea."
<Seraphna> Jaime> So I do get a round two.
<DeathStar> <Frost> That cocky..bitch...
<DeathStar> <Aska> So that is Death
<DeathStar> <Selena> If you fight her here, you can't help me find Gnome
<Seraphna> **Jaime stares down at her** I… right…
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Death doesn't usually look like this, actually."
<DeathStar> *Death slashes at Frost who rolls to the side. Void begins to pull Death toward the void*
<DeathStar> *Ceilidh would find Sasha in one of said temples*
<DeathStar> *talking to Rain*
<DeathStar> *Selena hurries off*
<Seraphna> **Alita starts channeling a spell with Magi arts instead of Spirit, it crackles dangerously**
<DeathStar> *pausing to pull the spirit children with her*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *make a hand gesture and forms several spinning magic circles in the air that shift, forming cannon-like constructs*
<Ariel> * Nicolette attempts to block the pull on the children with a wall of Earth
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Sasha, we have a situation, and you need these books?"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *turns toward Ceilidh* "What is the situation?"
<DeathStar> *Death slashes the void in half and frees herself, panting, then leaps at Aska and Void, deciding to take the two big bads down*
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae nods to Nicolette* <Selena> Come on. To the temple. We're leaving
<Jackieness> <Lana> *fires mana-fueld plasma shots at Death*
<Seraphna> **Alita aims and unleashes the spirit disruption spell at Death**
<DeathStar> *She guides everyone along. *Even Kalam who is wandering along*
<DeathStar> <Death> *makes noises as Alita and Lana hit her and rolls back*
<DeathStar> *sinking into the ground*
<DeathStar> <Aska> That was not so bad
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ah...! Alita, handle the rest and be careful! They need me!" *dispels her magic artillery and heads for the temple*
<Ariel> * Nicolette looks at the fight, and figures there's enough to hold off l'tl death, and she heads after Selena
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "The Death Spirit is up to no good, and we need to use the temple to enter the Spirit Realm."
<DeathStar> *Death rises up creepily behind Void with her scythe, eyes glowing red*
<Seraphna> Alita> It’s not over. The Magi only made they spell for minor spirits.
<DeathStar> *When Frost freezes it for a moment*
<Seraphna> **Alita taps her book and a meteor falls at Death**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'm the only one whose ever piloted a pyramid ship before!" *runs as fast as she can go*
<DeathStar> *Selena walks up to Sasha's spot* We are borrowing your office
<DeathStar> *sending the spirit kids and Kalam to various places*
<DeathStar> <Rain> ... *blink*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "For what reason?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> I already put Fae and Terra in safety.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lets hope we do not need them. *As she explains to Sasha about needing the temple*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "For what reason?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> I mean, I can get them at any time.
<DeathStar> *the Death Spirit slowly seems to be getting stronger, oddly, from the abuse*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *stumbles into the office, breathign heavily* "Ahhhhh..."
<Seraphna> **Alita muses, then forms a void ball, sending a drain spell at Death**
<DeathStar> *approaching Aska with a glowing red scythe now as it slashes the void ball in half and leaps at Gaia*
<DeathStar> <Gaia> *walls up a defense that breaks instantly*
<DeathStar> <Frost> ... lets hope they do not take too long
<Seraphna> **Alita blinks, then send healing magic at Death**
<DeathStar> *Death staggers a little*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I...see. This was the last known operational pyramid, true. Do be careful with it. All my worldly possessions are here."
<Seraphna> Alita> Of course. The opposite of Death.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "C...control consoles? W...where?"
<DeathStar> *Avenir leans out the bacony*
<Seraphna> Alita> I'm going to fight you the way I have since before I knew the spirits... prepare for a Healer.
<DeathStar> *Rain guides Lana to the hidden wall*
<DeathStar> *Death just throws a scythe into Alita's head and drops her dead, but time reverses a bit since Avenir's in range*
<DeathStar> <Death> ...
<DeathStar> *it tries again*
<Seraphna> *Alita stumbles back and throws up a spirit shield**
<DeathStar> *Death bounces off it*
<Seraphna> *Alita then casts a regeneration on Death**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes into the control space and goes through the startup sequence form the time in the past when she flew one*
<DeathStar> *Death backs off*
<DeathStar> *The pyramid lifts off into the air*
<DeathStar> *And begins to float off*
<DeathStar> <Selena> You know... I wonder something
<Seraphna> Alita> Spirits, restorative powers.
<DeathStar> *She peers down at the fight*
<DeathStar> *As Death seems to semi-retreat, giving those below a slight moment to breathe*
<DeathStar> <Selena> How did Death even think about doing the copy and all that. It clearly did it recently.
<DeathStar> <Selena> So it had to be a new idea to her.
<Seraphna> Alita> Did someone mention projections around her?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We're up...let me see." *works the controls to seal the pyramid up for space flight*
<DeathStar> *As the pyramid seals up and heads for the spirit realm planet, Lana would not know that her little secret has been MIA from her location that she keeps it from some time and hasn't talked to her or Ceilidh in a bit*
<DeathStar> *a tall, dark one like figure can be seen below as they fly off, watching the chaos*
<DeathStar> *though staring at it makes one head's hurt*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "You brought some books, I see." *stands and indicates her desk* "You may use my desk to study."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I'm still wondering if someone helped it... it couldn't have actually recruited a summoni could it?
<DeathStar> <Kalam> Right. They're hard to open without breaking or damaging them. But they might hold secrets. If one could help me ...
<DeathStar> *She taps the frozen damaged books*
<DeathStar> <Kalam> It would really help
<Seraphna> **Jaime blinks and hands Kalam a datapad**
<Seraphna> Jaime> Threna, show her how to scan books with this.
<Seraphna> **Threna blinks but moves to show her**
<DeathStar> *Kalan blinks, trying to do so, but the books have extensive damage and pages break*
<Seraphna> Threna> If you keep it over careful, we can preserve most of the text before it breaks.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> R-Right
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "We'll just have to extrapolate anything lost."
<Seraphna> Threna> At home we have some devices that can do this with the book closed.
<DeathStar> *as the pyramid floats over or the spirit realm, Selena takes a seat, hoping this works and they can get on the same plane as Shade*
<DeathStar> -TBC-
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Session Start: Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 2022
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<DeathStar> *Selena puts the new cores somewhere safe when they are not experimenting with them*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I wonder how we'll study these
<Seraphna> Jaime> We have scanners for those too.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Will they work?
<DeathStar> *She counts how many they managed to get*
<DeathStar> <Selena> We seem to have 5. Lets make sure we use them wisely in the experiments
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well scanning is non-invasive and some of the newer ones include spirit readings.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright. *she glows a little in a low spirit form, peering at them*
Session Close: Thu Aug 18 21:52:20 2022