The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 19

Session Start: Wed Mar 29 00:00:00 2023
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-647.9.22
<DeathStar> Location: Geyze
<DeathStar> *A few days after the Croza device identified that Kumen and Geyze have been pulling toward each other, with the spirit realm caught in the middle of it, the two worlds have been trying to determine what set the chain of events in motion, but so far that has been out of their reach; planning a strike force on both planets, both groups meet up at Hapian Castle to plan out their strikes at the same time at the two locations*
<DeathStar> *Selena eyes the two locations on both of the planets quietly on the papers*
<DeathStar> <Selena> So we're using an under water machine with Brooke's help for Geyze?
<Sara> <Ellie> The spirits will probably always be one of our best resources in a crisis
<Seraphna> Jaime> Not sure we have a choice there.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Ymir has prepared for us mountain equipment to reach ours.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> She's been busy going through the Ymir detection equipment for days now
<Seraphna> Nell> Plus they have me.
<Seraphna> **Luci tilts her head** And me.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And with the Croza console on Kumen, we can continue to monitor the situation... though I do wonder if there is soemthing related in the Spirit World."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *eyes Nell* Aren't you a bit young to be doing something like this?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Try again in a few years maybe
<Seraphna> **Nell pouts, no doubt guaranteeing she goes to Tareh**
<DeathStar> *Kito and Neekito stand in the background, wearing Selena's maid outfits. Why? Who knows. Selena leans forward, tossing the papers down, making Celes peer up herself as she sits at the table*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, so we have to do this at the same time - fix the issues we find, or one planet might still crash into the other.
<DeathStar> <Selena> So we have to make sure we stay in touch? So who is going to be on what team. <Asarar> Well, naturally I'll lead my team on Kumen
<DeathStar> <Neekito> *to Lana8 Do you believe I should go to the Spirit Realm and check it out?
<Alicia> <Asha> "I'm here to protect my world."
<Sara> <Ellie> Obviously my loyalty is to Geyze and to the Spirits. I'll do what I can to save them.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Correct... if the planets are not sync'd in a timely manner relative to one another, then the whole system could spiral out of control... and by spiral out, I mean one of the planets could get flung out into the depths of space where its inhabitants will meet a frozen end... if they survive the extreme gravitational force."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "For obvious reasons, this is not ideal."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Yes, we call this a bad end.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright. I'll take a group - who wants to go with me? <Asarar> And any volunteers that want to go with me are free to do so.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... and yes, Neekito. Someone should check the Spirit Realm."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Here I figured we mostly had those picked. I'm of course helping on Geyze.
<Seraphna> Luci> And Asarar will have her dragon support.
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia will protect Lana pillows.
<DeathStar> *Neekito pops out*
<DeathStar> *Asarar stands up, hands in her pocket* Alright, we'll go get started and stay in touch.
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen
<DeathStar> *Asarar, accompanied by Celes, are dropped off in Kumen's untamed mountain areas; compared to Geyze's snowy mountains, these mountains seem to be more low to the ground and wild.*
<DeathStar> *Gaia hangs to the back to help them*
<Seraphna> Luci> Smaller but more... untamed?
<DeathStar> *As Luci says that, she's pelted by something*
<Seraphna> **Luci eyes what she was hit with**
<DeathStar> *Asarar meanwhile is eyeing the sky, swearing it feels like Geyze is closer and that lately the ground feels more unstable.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Can you hear me? This is...ahh...mission control. Over."
<DeathStar> *A monkey, hanging off the nearby landscape and vegetations overhead rocks*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I can hear you, Lana.
<DeathStar> *Celes walks ahead, exploring the area*
<Seraphna> Luci> How did we get monkeys anyway?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> They were brought from the Mirror Earth.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Granted. most of them are just fakes.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "I will be monitoring your progress remotely, as well as the progress of the Geyze team. Then once you locate the machine, I will try to sync your efforts."
<DeathStar> *Asarar makes a non-commital grunt, moving ahead along the area, using the tracker that Ymir gave them*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> This way
<DeathStar> *Celes scans the area; the rocks seem to have beautiful minerals that shine various colors in the sunlight; though when she nears them the monkeys grow aggitated*
<Sara> <Chelsea> The monkeys seem on edge.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah, it's a bit odd. Most of them are probably biotect monkeys.
<DeathStar> *She stops before what looks like a cave of sorts, the minerals even heavier there*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Alright, this seems to be the spot.
<DeathStar> <Celes> *nods and begins to walk into the cave; Asarar follows quietly after*
<Seraphna> **Luci peers around as she keeps close to the others**
<DeathStar> *as they step away from the entrance, it grows super dark, super fast*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "You appear to be right on top of the dot. Do you see anything unusual?"
<DeathStar> *Lana's comm is now half static*
<Seraphna> Luci> Nothing, that's the unusual part. It's super dark.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Well this is great
<Seraphna> **Luci turns on a flashlight**
<DeathStar> *it lights up and reveals a horde of monkeys fora moment before they scatter*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Looks like we have some interference on the line. You might need to set up a relay."
<DeathStar> <Celes> ...
<DeathStar> <Celes> I will try to set up one of those ree-lays. *She moves to do so while Asarar continues on ahead.*
<DeathStar> *The group reaches what looks like a long drop down* <Asarar> Well, this is it. It's probably down there
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Ready?
<Seraphna> **Luci glows with her latent shield and leaps down**
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Geyze
<DeathStar> *Selena stands in the Ymir Boat, with Brooke assisting them in moving it*
<DeathStar> *Gwen paces in the back*
<DeathStar> <Selena> We're almost over the coordinates.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Geyze team, do you read me? This is mission control."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I feel like we should have used the space station as a mission control midway point... oh well.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Yes, I can hear you. I still don't get why you opted not to go on the mission itself
<Seraphna> Talia> **comm** To protect Talia's pillows!
<Alicia> <Asha> "... there's probably a good reason."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Someone has to coordinate our efforts."
<DeathStar> <Selena> If this is a Croza device acting up, you better hope someone can read it other than you then. Mom went with that other group for that reason
<DeathStar> *They reach the destination*
<DeathStar> <Brooke> Um, do you want me to start sinking us now?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If I'm needed on site, I cna be there pretty quick."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Spirits help us, we're going to sink into the ocean
<DeathStar> *Sabrina hums, eating candy*
<DeathStar> *Selena nods and the boat begins to go down*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Aren't we supposed to?"
<DeathStar> *Sylph, for once opting not to go along unless summoned due to the lack of wind down there, but does request pictures as they go down; Sylph pushes Lana aside* <Sylph> Mission control here
<Seraphna> Jaime> I should be okay with the language to some extent myself now.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I request you plant a flag with a wind symbol down there
<Sara> <Ellie> I think Sylph has taken command...
<Alicia> * Ceilidh sighs
<DeathStar> *The comms can be heard crackling; out the window large monster fishes swim up to the boat and try to to eat it suddenly*
<Alicia> <Asha> "Why is she up there... fish!"
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Mission control, try to avoid the aggroed enemy. Brooke, bubble!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh!"
<DeathStar> *Brooke sighs and tries to expand their bubble shield*
<Alicia> <Asha> "Talia, are you going to stand for this?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "...that's... a big fish."
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> I'd go out and battle it but I might not be able to get back in
<DeathStar> *The bubble shield seems to be being depleted, but it also keeps the fish at bay, as it swims away, then returns and tries again biting their ship*
<DeathStar> *damaging their shield this time*
<DeathStar> <Brooke> Oops
<Sara> <Ellie> The fish came back!
<Seraphna> Talia> Taking notes on Fish Defenses.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Why is it trying to eat us. Is the anger of all fish being directed at us due to Talia?!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...Sylph, get off the comm!"
<Seraphna> **Talia forms a Familiar Fish Spear and chucks it**
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Mission control, I am trying to save their lives by alerting them to fish battle tactics. What are you doing right now?
<Sara> <Ellie> You tell her!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "When did you know anything about fish battles?!"
<Sara> <Ellie> You don't know the adventures we've been on!
<DeathStar> *it takes the fish out, but also damages the bubble more. Water slowly leaking in. Good thing they're in a ship. But some pressure build up noise can be heard. During all this, Sylph can be heard showing Lana book pages*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "When did you battle fish?"
<Sara> <Ellie> I think we have a slight leak...
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Oh, but I don't know anything about this. They're all yours again. *She hops off*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> OH nno oh no
<DeathStar> *down below, a structure can be seen*
<Ariel> * Nicolette calls upon wind magic to keep the air inside the ship
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "This is mission contro, what is your status?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Doomed!
<DeathStar> 8The static also grows worse*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "...we've got some itnerfeence here too... should have set up a relay buoy..."
<Alicia> <Asha> "I should have realised I'd not be much use here."
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> Hey, Nico has the air situation done
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> We just need to reach our destination
<DeathStar> *Selena seems to be circling the area, eyeing the dark ocean waters*
<Sara> <Ellie> Somehow I kinda have a bad feeling about this...
<Seraphna> Talia> Maybe even bigger fish down here!
<Sara> <Ellie> That is currently not to our benefit!
<DeathStar> <Gwen> *looks ill at the idea*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Ah. I think I found it
<Seraphna> **Talia somehow has the dead fish and seems to be trying to set up a cooking spit**
<DeathStar> *the moment she "sets up a fire" on the ship, alarms go off nd Talia is sprayed with foam*
<Seraphna> Talia> Demon foam things!
<DeathStar> *The fish is also destroyed*
<Seraphna> **Talia swears revenge on the ship**
<Sara> <Ellie> Our boat has been lightly cooked...
<DeathStar> *She begins to descend toward the structure and gets the boat inside; surprisingly, as the float up inside the structure, there's a pocket of air*
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> I'm in disbelief
<Seraphna> Jaime> Dunno... one would think if someone put a machine down here they'd leave a way to access it.
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> Huh?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well whatever is causing this had to get down here somehow right?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "...site was prob...bzzzzz....on land at one...bzzzzz..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lets get that relay up
<DeathStar> *Selena kneels and works on it, getting Lana's signal boosted*
<Seraphna> **Jaime casually sets an earth flag down in the ground**
<Ariel> * Nicolette attempts to divine if the air down here is just a pocket of stale air, or if it's circulating some how
<Seraphna> **Earth as in Gnome**
<Sara> <Ellie> Hmmm...
<DeathStar> *it looks like it's indeed stale air, but there's machinary that could produce air somewhere inside. Up ahead is a large set of doors*
<DeathStar> *Brooke follows along incase they need healing - or die*
<DeathStar> *Gwen peeks out* I feel dizzy in here.
<Sara> <Ellie> 'cause there isn't really fresh air in here.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "The air isn't that... fresh."
<Sara> <Ellie> We're basically breathing old mummy farts.
<Seraphna> Talia> And no fish to strengthen you. **sadly**
<Alicia> <Asha> "Not like we can open a window though."
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> That's a picture.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Breaker one, breaker one. Do you read?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> We do
<Sara> <Ellie> Talia, trying to cook in here would consume our air a lot faster.
<Seraphna> Talia> But we'd have fish!
<Alicia> <Asha> "But we'd also be dead."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Good. OK, Kumen team has also entered their location too. You just need to locate the primary machine."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Old... that... no. But the structure seems to have some sort of system for air circulation here."
<Alicia> * Ceilidh looks over any systems she can find
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well, looks like we need to get inside then. *she goes to push on the doors, but they refus e to budge*
<DeathStar> *The doors having strange symbols on them; they look like symbols that match Geyze and Kumen on them*
<DeathStar> *with space inbetween, but it's blank*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Does the stracture appear to be a Croza pyramid? That might explain the environmental machinery."
<DeathStar> <Selena> It does not have Croza writing or symbls
<DeathStar> <Selena> Should we just break the door down?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Can you describe what you do see?"
<DeathStar> *Selena describes the symbols of the two planets with a blank space inbetween* I think they could be pressed in perhaps
<Alicia> * Asha describes, while Ceilidh points out something in the upper right corner
<DeathStar> *Gwen turns to glance at it* Looks like a small child sized opening
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Very small child sized
<Seraphna> Talia> Seems huge to me!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well, bey9ond the opening... what is missing form that representation is sthe Spirit realm."
<DeathStar> <Selena> True. Is the blank spot meant to indicate something, or is it that they did not know about it at the time?
<DeathStar> *Gwen lifts Talia up*
<DeathStar> *And aims her at the high up spot* Ready?
<Seraphna> Talia> Okay!
<DeathStar> *Gwen throws her - rolling for accuracy*
<DeathStar> *Talia gets lucky - Gwen throws her right through without hitting the wall*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Nice throw."
<Seraphna> **Talia gets through thanks to her natural grace and coolness**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "I don't know. We haven't dated the structure. I suppose it could even be pre-Croza..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well lets hope Talia opens it on the other side.
<Sara> <Ellie> We're all doomed.
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> *turns to Nicolette* I suppose should prepare to open it more forcefully or by solving any puzzles
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Mm... pondering it." She attempts to channel some spirit energy at the blank spot.
<DeathStar> *a spirit planet appears briefly, linking to the other two worlds*
<Seraphna> **Talia peers aorund**
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Looks like they knew."
<DeathStar> <Selena> So do I push the button?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Sure, give it a shot."
<DeathStar> *Selena nods* Alright, lets do this
<DeathStar> *She pushes it and the door shakes and begins to open, right as Talia hops out of the vent in her cat form, all dirty*
<DeathStar> *before them is a massive complex of machinary and rooms that definitely do not look like Croza, being even older than that , but there's some relationship to the Croza technology in some ways. There's a switch to the left on the wall that is blinking, almost invitingly*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... I definitely should have been Mission Control
<Sara> <Ellie> This feels like we've stumbled on some sort of... precursors to what we already thought were precursors.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...what...?"
<Seraphna> **Talia rubs against Gwen to get clean**
<DeathStar> <Selena> I know Kalam was wondering about our world, feeling that they were unique in how they came about without influence like the Croza did to many of their spirits. Maybe there's some answers here.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh looks over the technology
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Gwen, get some pictures for me. Now I wish I did come! This is huge!"
<DeathStar> *Gwen peers and just shrugs. Sabrina reaches for the blinking switch and throws it, and air begins to flow, stale but it flows. Strange lights come on, that is almost painful to look at, giving off a strange spirit glow like*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Right. Pictures. *he peers into the chambers, that extends onward.*
<Sara> <Ellie> Ugh, this is like those lights they have on Earth in terms of how hard they are on the eyes.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I don't think this was on land before if it has an air machine.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well... this... wow, I wonder how much extra credit overthrowing the official history is worth."
<DeathStar> <Brooke> They don't seem to bother me that much
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses and glows with spirit to see if that makes things better**
<DeathStar> *Sylph appears beside Ellie and twirls, touching Ellie to help her 'see' better*
<Alicia> <Asha> "Probably a lot."
<Sara> <Ellie> I thought you were mission control, Sylphie.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Ah that does feel better.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Lana kept throwing books at me
<Sara> <Ellie> Probably not, but do you recognize any of this stuff?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Well, to be fair, there were some indiications about a precursor to the Croza at the Croza academy, but nothing really concrete."
<DeathStar> <Sylph> *muses* Hmm - let me look around. *She floats deeper into the complex; Sabrina jerks and hurries to follow*
<DeathStar> -SWITCH-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumn
<DeathStar> *Asarar finishes setting up charges in front of a similiar door that the other group managed to solve when Celes' relay kicks in*
<DeathStar> *allowing Lana to get in touch with them*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *squees on the comm*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Alright back up, I'm going to blow this up. *she backs up with Chelsea and Luci*
<Seraphna> **Luci helps by also putting an Aegis Shield between them and the blast**
<Sara> <Chelsea> Hoo boy. I sure hope this is the right idea.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... blow what up?! Don't blow anything up! The other team found pre-Croza machinery!"
<DeathStar> <ASarar> Oh, look who decided to join us. Well, we can't get past this blasted door
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Does the door have images representing Kumen and Geyze on the panels?"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah. *she looks around the corner*
<Sara> <Chelsea> Umm... I think it's about to go off.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "You need to charge the door up with spirit energy."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *Watches it count down* Do any of you have spirit energy?
<DeathStar> *Celes joins them, out of breath*
<Sara> <Chelsea> Just normal magic really...
<Sara> <Chelsea> I mean, I guess Her Highness... *she looks over at Celes*
<Seraphna> **Luci muses, then grabs Gaia**
<Seraphna> Luci> You, Spirit Energy.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And if you damage any of the equipment... who knows what could happen. Like, world ending possibilities."
<DeathStar> *Gaia blinks, and attempts to do so. There's a delay, as if the door is doing something, but the timer is getting down to the 10's, 9's. Celes hurries and tries it, too, and a the blank spot lights up*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Got it. *turns the timer off*
<Seraphna> **Luci nods and puts Gaia on her shoulders, equipping her**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Now that the door is charged, just press the button and it should open."
<DeathStar> *Gaia blinks; as they step inside, they see the same thing, though their vent looks like it was damaged and blocked off. The switch is off to the side and Asarar tentatively pulls it. The spirit lights come on as does the air, making Asarar curse*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> You could have warned us about the lights
<Sara> * Chelsea has her hands over her eyes, peeking through the gaps between her fingers
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "...they are lights, not death rays."
<DeathStar> *Celes seems only a little phased, glowing a bit*
<Sara> <Chelsea> If you saw them you'd understand!
<DeathStar> <Asarar> They are still not pleasant
<Seraphna> **Luci uses Gaia as a light hat**
<Sara> <Chelsea> It's like really bad flourescent flood lighting!
<DeathStar> *Gaia looks baffled*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "The creators might have vision in a different spectrum than human baseline."
<Sara> <Chelsea> Lucky them...
<DeathStar> *Asarar hands Chelsea something*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Here. Since Aurits have more sensitive eyes
<Sara> * Chelsea closes one eye to take it
<DeathStar> *it's sunglasses*
<Sara> * Chelsea puts them on
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Alright, lets explore this place.
<Seraphna> Luci> My Gaia mask seems to be working.
<DeathStar> <Gaia> Why am I being abused...
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Besides, I didn't see the lighing in the geyze complex in person either."
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Locaion: Geyze
<DeathStar> *The group slowly works their way around; the technology is definitely much older, but in certain ways it's surprising. All of it looks to have been made, perhaps, to be run on spirit type technology, but at the same time it's not really spirit-technology; a type of spirit-tech precusor. At other times it's just pure normal alien technology that has nothing to do with Croza. IT's like a hodge podge of stuff.*
<DeathStar> *as they walk around, they find two massive doorways, one in unknown alien language going to the left, and another going to the right*
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> Hm, what should we do?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Learn to speak this new ancienter ancient.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "That will take a while."
<Ariel> * Nicolette records as she walks with a pad in her hand, taking careful note of any writings she sees
<DeathStar> *Selena opens the left door and inside is a massive "computer" like system,*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Well, i feel less guilty by not going now. My knowledged of croza language would not have helped."
<DeathStar> *what it really is, is like an almost, not organic, but a system that is part of the room that is like spirit tech but more on the spirit side.*
<DeathStar> <Selena> What type of technology is this. How do you even access it?
<Alicia> * Ceilidh hurries over to examine it
<DeathStar> *As Ceilidh nears it, it shifts and moves, as if acknowledging her being there*
<DeathStar> *forming into a face that looks like her's - a human - probably mimicing her's, and speaks in some unknown language*
<Ariel> * Nicolette hurries over to record the audio
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Trippy. <Sabrina> Huh
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "This is really impressive..."
<DeathStar> <Computer> *it asks a question of Ceilidh*
<Sara> * Ellie tilts head
<Seraphna> **Jaime walks over trying to record the voice better**
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I'm sorry, I don't understand your language."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Ceilidh, you might need to try to train its translator...assuming it has one. Try using Croza with basic translations."
<DeathStar> *the computer extends a device with a handprint before Ceilidh*
<DeathStar> *Glowing as if by touching this, Ceilidh would likely interact with it directly*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh places her hand on it
<DeathStar> *Ceilidh jerks a bit, feeling as if her mind was being scanned as she touches it, then it retracts* <Computer> Consent registered. Language downloaded.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Very impressive."
<DeathStar> <Computer> Welcome to the records. What can I help you with, Ceilidh?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "It has a psionic interface?!"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "...wow..."
<Alicia> * Ceilidh takes a deep breath, overwhelmed with choice
<Seraphna> Jaime> This is... amazing.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I-I could do that
<DeathStar> <Sylph> *takes Ellie's hand* I-I know everything Ellie likes sexually and food wise
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Mzzz
<Sara> * Ellie shifty-eyes
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "We should probably ask about the current issue first."
<DeathStar> <Selena> That would be useful
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "I'll need to tell Celes about this when the other team checks in."
<DeathStar> <Computer> What would you like to know, Ceilidh?
<Seraphna> Jaime> So why did it recognize Ceil?
<DeathStar> <Computer> Because she ran up to me
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I was the one who interacted with it, so of course it'd recognise me."
<DeathStar> <Computer> Correct
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Wait.. 'me'? Tell me that's a linguistical oddity, not that this machine is sapient..."
<DeathStar> *The face turns to Nicolette* Does this one wish to know about this system?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "If you do, you're not the only one."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Very much. Also, the purpose of this structure."
<DeathStar> <Computer> I am a basic grade spirit computer type spirit sprite system - a type of A.I that most computers would have in Ceilidh's world. My job's function in this system is to be a record keeper of Geyze and monitor the changes and check to see if true spirits are born and report it to the keepers.
<DeathStar> <Computer> It has been a long time and this one shut down some time ago it seems
<DeathStar> *Sylph and Brooke glance at each other*
<Sara> <Ellie> I was going to ask if it was known as Geyze to the precursors too but I guess that's just a language thing...
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Go ahead and explain the situation to the interface, please."
<DeathStar> <Computer> The original name of the planet was just a series of numbers at the time
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "How do you define 'true spirit', and what do you do if they are born?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> And what do you mean by True Spirit?
<DeathStar> <Computer> A spirit born from the planet itself - creating the right influences like giving it enough spirit energy and leaving it alone, will the planet be conscious enough to give birth to a spirit. Not what some races do and make them
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Oh, natural vs artificial..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Like the ones with the Croza cores."
<DeathStar> <Computer> It can take a long time for a true spirit to occur.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Don’t we know it…
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright, so we have the records here about the spirits, but I think there's a little more pressing matter
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Kumen dropping on our head
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We can come back and talk to this thing later.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Oh, right. Do you know what is going on, and how to fix this issue?"
<Sara> <Ellie> Maybe it knows why the planets are converging.
<DeathStar> <Computer> One moment, checking records. Oh. That is why.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "What?"
<DeathStar> <Computer> The stablization systems have broken down. When attempting to make a true spirit, Kumen and Geyze were chosen as planet candidates for the experiment and brought together,
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Ahhh?"
<Sara> <Ellie> Stabilization systems? How do we fix those?
<DeathStar> <Computer> Over the eons, each of the planet stablizers somehow have become unstablize and are bringing them together. In the next room you can attempt to fix it. *it vanishes*
<Sara> <Ellie> It's gone...
<DeathStar> *Selena is quiet a moment* So our planets weren't naturally together?
<Sara> <Ellie> Still, that was a really concrete direction.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Ahhh... I need to relay this information to the Kumen team."
<Ariel> * Nicolette hurries to the next room
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> I wonder if someone sabotaged it on purpose
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> Two of them failing at once?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "If I could just have a blueprint for the stabilisers... they would be a lot easier to fix..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Go and examine the stabilizers while I get the Kumen team up to speed."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Has anyone else been by here to do so?
<DeathStar> *As they enter the room on the right, a massive system can be seen. It's scope in size is mind boggling but as they walk in, Nicolette in the lead, she sloshes into water even as the face is waiting on them to direct them on what to do to fix it*
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> How in...? How is there...?
<DeathStar> *she glances around*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh goes to help fix the system
<DeathStar> <Computer> There is a damaged part here. *it highlights an area of the room* All you need to do is throw it out and replace it from this area. *she points it out* And remove the excess water before rebooting it.
<DeathStar> <Selena> That's it?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *cmm* "This actually explains how Geyze and Kumen maintain stable orbits around Yggdrasil too."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well... water isn't so hard." She wades closer to the machine to get a good look at it, trying to figure out exactly what it might do.
<Sara> <Ellie> I guess they set things up precisely for situations like these...
<DeathStar> *the machine seems to have a complicated spirit powered link with Kumen's device, keeping them linked*
<DeathStar> *keeping them linked no matter what - until it breaks down, even*
<DeathStar> *Sylph flies to find the part for Ceilidh*
<DeathStar> *Returing and dropping it in her hand*
<Sara> <Ellie> Hmm... well, all this goes right over my head.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Sylph will just play delivery girl!
<DeathStar> <Sylph> And let Ceilidh work
<DeathStar> <Brooke> I'll get started on the water I guess
<Alicia> * Ceilidh eagerly works on the repairs
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Something is just nagging at me..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Such as?
<DeathStar> <Selena> I'm just letting you all take the lead, since I have no idea what this thing does.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Spirit.. why was this facility shut down, if you were observing the planet still?"
<Sara> <Ellie> It kind of sounds like they may have been watching a whole lot of them.
<DeathStar> <Computer> Checking records. Subject Ellie is correct; we had many test worlds in the hope of a true spirit. The Croza you spoke were of concern to us. But our last record...
<DeathStar> <Computer> The battles here damaged this facility, sank it, and took out sister Kumen site
<DeathStar> <Computer> We did send our report out to the Keepers that many True Spirits were born but no acknowledgement came back
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "The Croza were the dominant species in the known galaxy when we encountered them... no sign of these Keepers."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Who were the Keepers?"
<DeathStar> <Computer> Accessing. Information is locked. Can only be accessed by the first spirit born
<Sara> <Ellie> Well, that's out of the question.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> *hangs head* I wish I was the special one
<Sara> <Ellie> You are, just not the first one born
<Sara> <Ellie> Unless they're being really generous in their definitions of it...
<DeathStar> *Sylph nods and sniffs*
<DeathStar> <Brooke> We'll just have to figure out who it was - Aska or Shade
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Loction: Kumen
<DeathStar> *Asarar works on her repairs with Chelsea, the computer guiding them; it looks like for them, a giant rock had land on part of them and monkeys had made a home in part of the area, putting bananas all over*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> What is with these monkeys. *She pulls out bananas as well as shinies*
<DeathStar> <Celes> How did they even get in
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Alright, I think that's it. Chelsea
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "They have almost restored the stabilization system on Geyze."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Chelsea - Luci, one of you go stand by the starting system
<Sara> * Chelsea moves over
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *finishes up and closes up; as she goes to join Chelsea, she turns and sees the horde of monkeys outside the room with the linking device* <Asarar> ... they're back. Crap, if they get in, they'll destroy the place.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *she eyes Luci or Celes, looking for who can distract them long enough*
<DeathStar> *Asarar grabs Luci and hauls her up*
<Seraphna> **Luci moves to the monkeys and starts chaos among them**
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Good girl
<DeathStar> *The monkeys can be heard doing battle with Luci outside*
<DeathStar> *due to a medium roll, Luci gives as good as she gets as Asarar joins Chelsea* Alright, lets wait for the signal and push the button
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Geyze
<DeathStar> *Neekito arrives* I finished checking the Spirit Realm; other than being caught in the middle of the two planets, it is doing okay. But if the two planets crash, it will be destroyed.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Ah, good. The Kumen team is standing by to reset the stabilization system. I was about to check in with the Geyze team."
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> Should we have Neekito bring Asarar and Shade here to learn the Keepers identity or should we finish this? *She asks Nicolette, since she has reservations*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Neekito can do that while we work here, I think."
<DeathStar> *Neekito nods and warps out, handnig Ellie something*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, Ceilidh
<DeathStar> <Selena> Are you ready?
<Alicia> Ceilidh> "Ready!"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lana will count down for you; hit the button when she finishes. She's basically counting down for both teams
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Got it."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Kumen team, Geyze tem is ready. Starting from twn counting down. When I reach zero, reset the systems on your respective ends.."
<Jackieness> ten
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1, Zero! Punch it!"
<Alicia> * Ceilidh resets the system!
<DeathStar> *the system can be heard making a noise as it boots up and it looks like it's doing what it's meant to do*
<DeathStar> *A moment or two later, Aska and Shade appear with Neekito*
<DeathStar> <Aska> How can I help you? <Shade> This is quite the place? You all find the most unusual places.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "So, which of you is the first born spirit?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "...I...think we're stable..."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Ah, yeah. This place is pretty unique, that's for sure. The system here will only be open with the 'first born spirit' of this world."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "We believe that's one of you two."
<DeathStar> <Aska> Shade and I were born at almost the same time, but if we had to say it, I was probably born slightly sooner
<DeathStar> <Shade> Most likely
<Alicia> * Asha looks a little disappointed, but not much
<DeathStar> <Sabrina> Well. *takes them down to the records room*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Ah... well. You're both here already, let's just introduce both of you." She leads the pair to the face!
<DeathStar> <Selena> Gwen, monitor the machine for a bit longer for us
<DeathStar> *the two jerk upon arriving at the computer spirit face* <Shade> I was not expecting this
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "This is so exciting! New eras of history open up!"
<DeathStar> <Computer Face> *Forms a handprint* Please touch this to verify if you are the first spirit of this world. <Aska> ... *does so* <Computer> Hm, you are not the first spirit of this world. <Aska> ... *Raises an eyebrow* But please, remain here anyway, it is nice to meet you, Aska, Spirit of Light and Holy
<DeathStar> *Shade sniffs, then reaches and does the handprint* <Computer> You are not the first spirit of this world. But it is also nice to meet Shade, Spirit of Darkness.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> *takes notes, but oddly, doesn't seem surprised*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "So... who is?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Probably someone less... aspected."
<DeathStar> *The two spirits seem surprize. <Computer> From my records, it was a spirit born about a year or so before these two. *brings up image of a small spirit*
<DeathStar> <Aska> Well, no such spirit exists anymore
<Ariel> * Nicolette looks at the image, trying to discern it's nature
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...agh... so the data's lost forever...?"
<Seraphna> **Jaime squints at it**
<Seraphna> Jaime> When was Void born?
<DeathStar> *looking at it, they seemed to melt almost from the ground, looking like starlight almost*
<DeathStar> <RecordS> I will attempt to recover the elements. If Aska is now the first, I will unlock the Keeper data for her.
<DeathStar> <Shade> After us by a few mins
<DeathStar> *The group begins to have their datapads flooded with information on the Keepers*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I wonder what happened to it then…
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Another mystery..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> That's a good question - being missing for over 12,000 years
<DeathStar> *Sylph holds up Ellie's datapad*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ....
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Can you get me a copy of the information on this spirit? Even if they're gone now, they deserve to be known."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Wait...you got a data dump?!"
<DeathStar> <Computer Records> The information will be sent. *more information is downloaded to their datpads while Sylph shows Ellie the info on the Keepers*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> *excitedly* "We did!"
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Look at this
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... you need to bring me the data. This is exciting!"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We'll bring it to you.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Will do!"
<DeathStar> <Aska> Do you all want us to take you back to the surface <Shade> Or do you want to ue your boat to go back?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I... rather not almost be fish food again."
<Seraphna> Jaime> We should probably not leave it down here…
<Seraphna> Talia> The Kitty Empire commandeers it as our fish hunting vessel.
<DeathStar> <Shade> Okay, it'll be 5 dollars per person. *she smiles, having gotten into the mercenary attitude since joining Kumen* <Brooke> I'll make sur to take it back
<Seraphna> Jaime> I could warp them if you like Shade.
<DeathStar> *The group is telepoted back to the bar before Jaime can gyp Shade of money*
<DeathStar> *where Asarar is walking in with Chelsea*
<DeathStar> *And Luci*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Ah, you all made it
<DeathStar> <Sylph> No one going to take a look at the Keeper into we were just sent? *She waves it about* <Asarar> Don't care
<DeathStar> *info
<DeathStar> *Asarar flops in her seat, ordering a drink from Riki*
<Sara> <Chelsea> It could have gone worse.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> That is true
<Ariel> * Nicolette sends Lana a copy of the data, now what they're back some place with a good connection.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh goes over it with Lana
<DeathStar> *Sylph shows Ellie and the others the Keeper data that she has open*
<Alicia> <Asha> "So, sounds like I have yet more history to study."
<DeathStar> *what it shows is strange - they look like not Spirits, but very advanced Sprites, but in the background is a certain time spirit*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Sprites are simple little things.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Sylph is confused
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Apparently these ones are not."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *to Asha* If you want to study things, you're free to hang out with our group
<DeathStar> *Asarar pulls Asha to the bar*
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> -Epilogue-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen
<DeathStar> *Ymir finishes dissecting the Croza device that gave them the warning on the two devices that they found* Interesting a Croza device was attuned to two older devices that supposedly had nothing to do with them
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Did the Croza technology steal or build off their technology, hence being able to pick up on it? *takes notes*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> The Croza also were supposedly spirits, and these Keepers are tied to them in some way.
<DeathStar> *Ymir holds her datapad as she talks outloud, peering at galactic map that is lit up with worlds blinking* And apparently, this device has led me to worlds where spirits once existed, meaning I can mine them for spirit fossils
<DeathStar> <Ymir> With the serpent rapidly arriving, we'll need the industry we once had in them to strength Kumen and even Geyze with those fossils. I'll begin to send out expeditions to retrieve them right away.
<DeathStar> -TBC-