The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 50

Session Start: Sun Oct 29 18:25:37 2023
Session Ident: #Geyze-Session50
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-654.9.20
<DeathStar> Location: Geyze
<DeathStar> *Simon, with his Unit 6, has been dealing with the Alliance breaking up due to the fear of Geyze blowing up due to their connection to the Suisen, as well as some members desiring to be allowed to have one on one deals with other worlds; having been out on the field when this occurred and unable to do much, Lumi has called the presistage unit back to the Academy*
<DeathStar> *Gwen meets Simon on road to the Academy*
* Jackieness has joined #Geyze-Session50
<XanTop> <Simon> Gwen. What has happened?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well, if everything bad could happen has happened. I've left Talia behind to watch over the Mirror Universe's mark
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So she can call me back if needed
<XanTop> <Simon> The little bit that I got from Lumi's message, if we do not obey these marks can be used to destroy the planet? That is...not ideal.
<DeathStar> *Gwen walks beside* Essentially, we have a team over in the Mirror Universe watching their mark, a team here watching this mark, and a team having gone to talk to the Time Cleaners - which happened something like 12 hours ago
<Seraphna> Amber> Until we deal with them both our outside friends can’t do anything to help either.
<XanTop> <Simon> ...I'm sorry, what about the Cleaners?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Right, those Time Monsters that kept chasing Chronos. They went to talk to them because it'll take using time manipulation to synch up destroying both marks at the same time
<DeathStar> <Gwen> But from what Lumi told me, they left 12 hours ago to talk to them. It's one reason I came back.
<DeathStar> *they arrive at the school, which is completely empty now*
<XanTop> <Simon> They want to erase Chronos and myself from existence for our actions in the past.
<XanTop> <Simon> I'm not certain what help they would provide.
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<DeathStar> *Selena is at the Academy, going through paperwork*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Simon. I'm guessing Gwen provided a terrible explanation of events
<XanTop> <Simon> I gather there are two marks and we need to dispose of them at the same time.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Somewhat on point. The Mirror Universe has transformed once again
<DeathStar> <Selena> They have gained their own spirits
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "At least you are clear there."
<XanTop> <Simon> Their own spirits? 6* He perks up slightly.
<XanTop> <Simon> Fascinating, how?
<DeathStar> <Selena> It appears that the Anti-Spirits are no more. I am not sure if outside influences had a part in it, or the mark did. But they seemed to be mana based now
<DeathStar> <Selena> Time is running extremely fast over there, so Chronos has made it so time is 1:1 with ours temporarily. And what I gather, that is planting a target on her back.
<XanTop> <Simon> So a bit of an opposite to our spirits still. I would love to meet them but I suspect there's no time for that just yet.
<XanTop> <Simon> ...yeah any sort of time manipulation now makes the Cleaners very angry, I spent a few weeks avoiding them after using some of my abilities recently.
<Dias`> *an Id pops up from behind Simon*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Though our eldritch enemies are exploiting the time issues to undermine us."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> They're making it so we have no Alliance allies
<XanTop> <Simon> What does that mean?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well, rumor has it that the Kumen fleet has been forced to hunt for the PAX
<DeathStar> <Selena> But I also heard rumors that Jaime and Adeline are here on Geyze
<DeathStar> <Selena> This very day
<DeathStar> *She folds her hands*
<XanTop> <Simon> I imagine this has limited our resourced a great deal.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "The few ships that Kumen possess are no match for the PAX. If the PAX is forced to defend itself, both our worlds could be left defenseless."
<XanTop> <Simon> Do we have a plan beyond the group meeting the Cleaners?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well. Here is the current plan
<DeathStar> <Selena> To properly catch you up
<DeathStar> *she brings up some sketches she has done*
<DeathStar> <Selena> We have a mark here that is poisoning out spirits, but we can't get rid of it due to the mark in the mirror universe's Geyze. But we can't get rid of the Mirror Geyze's mark due to alerting this Xevil
<DeathStar> <Selena> It would lead to instant retaliation
<DeathStar> <Selena> So we have to strike at both at the same time to protect both worlds. No, wait
<DeathStar> *She looks like she's been stupid*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Selena?"
<XanTop> <Simon> It's poisoning our spirits? 6* He frowns at that, looking troubled.
<DeathStar> <Selena> We have to get rid of the mark on Kumen
<Dias`> <Id> Unless you can either time it right or keep communication on both sides, that may prove impossible
<DeathStar> <Selena> Or he'll just blow Kumen up in retaliation
<DeathStar> *She grabs her hair, pulling it*
<XanTop> <Simon> So there are 3 marks we have to worry about.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That's a lot of teams to coordinate
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And time down to the second
<XanTop> <Simon> Do we even have the power to do 1?
<Dias`> <Id> Timing 3 marks at once wil be very hard. You're asking for several gears to time up correct.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "That is why we need Simon's assistance."
<DeathStar> <Selena> We'll have to hope the Mirror Spirits can do a little of the heavy lifting under Talia
<XanTop> <Simon> What details do we have on these marks? How are they tethered to our worlds?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "We should contact Kumen and arrange support there as well."
<Dias`> <Id> Will they listen?
<DeathStar> <Selena> As far as the marks, Lana is the expert; and she is with the Cleaners.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And I'm starting to get worried
<XanTop> <Simon> They may have detained them for being allies of mine.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well, all we can do is reach out to Ymir and see if she'll assist us.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> What about Jaime and Adeline sneaking around? What do we do about them?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If Xevil finds out we're harboring them
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Do they have a choice to not listen? We do not know if this Xevil will not detonate all the marks once the PAX is destroyed."
<Dias`> <Id> Let us hope that she wasn't given a warning. And with Jaime and Adeline, do they ever listen to the greater? They tend to do what they feel is best for them
<DeathStar> <Gwen> *to Simon* The Aquarius and the Mew Mew is parked nearby; lets go and get some bigger firepower
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Unknown
<DeathStar> *The Cleaners monitor the large screen, with Chronos and Simon's face on it. Sylph studies it curiously, while Salamander makes a face*
<DeathStar> *The timeline is on a screen to the side, looking like someone has been messing with it for some time*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *wispers* "...how many time resets did they do? I don't remember this many..."
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Time... is...silly puddy....
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That... is more than I expected, but it explains a lot."
<DeathStar> *The strange beings seem to pick up something in the Mirror Universe and begin to converse* Time manipulation.... *They turn to the group* You were right.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<DeathStar> *a few of the cleaners seem to leave*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Oh, well.... we didn't actually say there was manipulation currently happening. Just that time was wrong and we wanted to help make it right."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh... team huddle."
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> And how did you want to aid?
<DeathStar> *Aska flails, noticing Ceilidh seemingly missing in the team huddle*
<DeathStar> **er not aska crap*
<DeathStar> *Avenir
<Jackieness> <Lana> *whisper* "...what do we say? What if they are going for Chronos?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well, to be honest, I think we're used to doing all the work. But even if we tried to fix things ourselves, we'd have a chance of making things worse, and a bigger chance of provoking you for meddling with time. So it's hard to know what we can do safely."
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> Timelines are sacred. *it states* You should not change the timeline. But. *it studies their faces* You will not heed these words. And we will hunt you like the time spirit
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I think it's saying anything but changing time itself should be fine?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh...but what if the time line were already changed?"
<DeathStar> *Avenir has opted to play statue*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Fixing a change is also a change, after all."
<DeathStar> *The Cleaner stares at the two*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "This is much like the philosophical conflict between essentialism and existentialism."
<DeathStar> *it stares at Lana more*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Does existence precede essense? Did fire exist before it was first observed?"
<DeathStar> <Cleaners> If timeline becomes unstable, or should not exist, or becomes corrupted too much
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> It will be cleaned
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> Unless you wish to become one of us, you should return
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... right! Ahhh... how do you know you are cleaning the correct change?"
<DeathStar> *the Cleaner eyes Lana, as if asking if she really wants to become one of them to learn how they operate*
<DeathStar> *Sylph tugs on Lana*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Will the mirror universe be in parity with the other universes, now?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ohhhh....right. We're not here for that... ahhh... sorry..."
<DeathStar> <Clearner> ....Chronos is one of the most destructive forces to time itself. *it dismisses them, the group reappearing in the academy grounds*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...they are going after Chronos..."
<DeathStar> <Avenir> ... Surely they know that you know who is more destructive thoug
<DeathStar> <Avenir> And will hold off
<Jackieness> <Lana> "You heard what they said though..."
<DeathStar> *over to the side, The Aquarius can be seen, Yuki going over what all the ship can do to Simon*
<DeathStar> *Cypher tinkers with the Mew Mew, Aimee and Melodie with her, the two sticking their tongues out at Mireille and the Aquarius*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ah... but beyond stopping the meddling with time, you will fix the problem with time?"
<DeathStar> <Sylph> So this is a race to cleanse everything
<XanTop> <Simon> I wish I had more time to study the mark. But I am glad we have powerful ships to assist us.
<DeathStar> <Avenir> I don't know as much of the cleaners as mom, but I believe their job is to try to repair the timeline from converging into irrepeable states, and they take out people that keep damaging it
<DeathStar> *To Nicolette*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And they are targetting our friends and not the eldritch abomination..."
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<DeathStar> <Sylph> Can we trick that thing into time traveling?
<XanTop> 6* Simon pauses upon realizing and moves towards Lana and Nicolette's crew.
<XanTop> <Simon> You are all unharmed?
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Oh, you know, just threatened
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I don't know... the real eldritch entities are timeless... but there is a chance these are not the actual ones."
<XanTop> <Simon> Was your mission...successful?
<Seraphna> Amber> If we could time travel we could have our whole teams at each location at the same time.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...we're not sure...they might be going after Chronos instead of handlign the time dilation..."
<DeathStar> *Gwen joins everyone with Ceilidh, having found her after she was poofed back*
<XanTop> <Simon> They have been coming for Chronos for...a while now. She has been in constant flight.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Well the Aquarius can only handle one mark
<DeathStar> <Yuki> If we're suppose to deal with 3 marks
<Dias`> <Id> We would need two other teams
<XanTop> <Simon> Mana spirits would be our next check and also to hope that Kumen has something powerful up their sleeves.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Right, Talia and the Mirror Spirits might not be enough
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright here's an idea - let me know what you think
<DeathStar> <Selena> We'll have the Aquarius set to protect the mark on Kumen, the spirits here
<DeathStar> <Selena> And take the Mew Mew over to the Mirror Geyze and join up there
<XanTop> <Simon> That's certainly a good distribution. Do we...have time for me to study the mark or does this operation need to happen now?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "How are we going to clean the amrks? We lack song magic."
<Sara> * Erica rubs the back of her head.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I mean.... blast it?
<Dias`> <Id> Cut it off and send it into space.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Find this Adeline and talk to her?
<Seraphna> Amber> Terra can probably find her with ease.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I admit I haven't seen Terra since yesterday
<DeathStar> *referring to evening*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I'll go get her
<XanTop> <Simon> That's why I would like to study them, there has to be a tether connecting the marks to the planet, perhaps that could be severed more...surgically.
<DeathStar> *Sylph poofs*
<DeathStar> *returns, Terra having something attached to her*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "While I know quite a bit of eldritch lore, the only observed 'cure' has been Song magic supported by Maka magic."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> What is THAT?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Though there must be a connection to the soruce as well... disrupting that connection could either dispel or at least prevent this Xevil from detonating them."
<Seraphna> Terra> What is what?
<Seraphna> Terra> My magic song spirit machine?
<DeathStar> *Sylph holds up three spares*
<XanTop> <Simon> What is a song spirit machine?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Something tells me Terra just garbled out whatever Adeline told her
<XanTop> 6* Simon observes one of the spare machines, studying how it works.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<Seraphna> Terra> Lets me use song magic with my own power! Also it has fruit stickers. **points them out**
<DeathStar> <Selena> But if there is only three spares, which spirits should get them?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They also need to know how to use them."
<Dias`> <Id> They strongest ones.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well... they need to be the best singers to better channel the song magic. Spirit magic isn't necessarily an asset here."
<XanTop> <Simon> Fascinating, if I'm understanding this design properly. it will essentilly convert spirit energy into song energy.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> And here Sylph thought she could show off her singing to Ellie
<XanTop> <Simon> Terra when you use it, you're just using your normal abilities, correct?
<DeathStar> *Salamander muses* If it does that, then we definitely should give it to our strongest
<Sara> * Ellie eyes Sylph
<DeathStar> *Shin taps her scythe on the ground by Neekito and Nicolette*
<DeathStar> *Sylph beams*
<Seraphna> **Terra nods**
<XanTop> <Simon> So one spirit per mark and an extra to provide back up? DO we have any song practioners on amongst our allies here?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... perhaps we should have a test run first?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> I just sing for fun - when no one is around
<Jackieness> <Lana> ".....what about the elder spirts on Kumen? They were learnign how to sing and dance..."
<DeathStar> *Aska and Shade stiffen*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I never imagined that idol training would actually be useful..."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "... so, what even is time?"
<Dias`> <Id> Does Singing and Dancing equate to Song magic?
<DeathStar> <Shade> Certainly not
<DeathStar> <Aska> I would say not
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The singing part seems to..."
<DeathStar> <Soren> ... Hm
<DeathStar> *Sylph holds out a device to Aska and Shade*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Should Sylph bring a dance outfit from Asarar's?
<Sara> <Ellie> Uhh... If you want...
<Seraphna> Terra> Auntie Sylph look pretty in one.
<DeathStar> *Sylph muses, then poofs and brings back 3*
<DeathStar> <Aska> Haaaaa....
<XanTop> <Simon> So. The real question is how do we possibly time this?
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well, this was the timing plan originally before Kumen came into the picture
<DeathStar> <Selena> Avenir and Chronos were to coordinate the attack
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We will need a coordination with Kumen as well."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I'll work on that, time has recently become my focus of study..."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You think you can handle Kumen?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "... I meant the timing issue."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... we have a third spirit that could help with the timing, I think."
<DeathStar> <Soren> We do?
<DeathStar> *Soren peers at the spirits*
<Seraphna> Terra> Is it Avenir?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We have Origin."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Ah... Alright. *She turns to the others* For those of you going to Mirror Geyze, I'll have you board the Mew Mew. I'll take the Aquarius to Kumen to hande the mark there, so anyone wanting to aid me board. And finally our spirits will stay here to attack the mark. Remember, no attacking until we're all given the sign
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Alternatively.. we do have Simon..."
<DeathStar> *Origin chirps from under the hat*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette tilts the hat back and gives Origin a strawberry, "You think you can keep us synced up?"
<XanTop> <Simon> I am not nearly as powerful as a spirit, but I can do my best.
<DeathStar> *Origin gives a confirmation noise*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT Mew Mew-
<DeathStar> *Cypher tinkers at the controls*
<DeathStar> *Gwen boards, planning on returning to the Mirror Geyze to see Talia*
<Dias`> *an Idlet floats about*
<DeathStar> *Cypher talks to Asarar about something on the comms*
<XanTop> 6* Bix holds up the peace sign to Gwen.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You ready?
<DeathStar> *Celes joins the group, leaning back*
<DeathStar> *Cypher has Melodie and Aimee prep the engines, the Mew Mew lifting off*
<XanTop> <BIX> Ready!
<DeathStar> *The cat shaped ship heads for Yggdrasil, using it to travel into the Mirror Universe*
<DeathStar> *Gwen sets up communications with the others back in their reality as they travel to the Mirror Geyze, which has traveled the path of more of a steam punk world than spirit-tech*
<DeathStar> *Cypher lands them near Hapian City, where Samson greets them*
<DeathStar> <Samson> Welcome. No Erica this time? That is too bad. *he seems to be wearing an advisor outfit to the Queen, gesturing toward the castle* Please come in
<XanTop> 6* Bix marches along, looking around curiously.
<DeathStar> *as they walk inside, they'd find the familiar staff all hiding from Talia, looking terrified of how forward she is with her pawing - which in this world is like proposing*
<Sara> * Chelsea eyes the familiars
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Talia! *he grabs her in a hug; the spirits, all of them new ones outside a Mirror Sylph, who looks practically the same*
<XanTop> <Bix> Hello~
<DeathStar> <Celes> I feel like the staff has been traumatized since we left
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I wonder why
<DeathStar> *sarcarsm*
<Alicia> <Ecne> "That seems to be true."
<Seraphna> **Talia hugs** Gwenie~!
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Should I be embarrassed by pawing?
<Sara> * Cherie shrugs
<Alicia> <Ecne> "It appears to be a serious faux pas here."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I get the impression that it doens't mean the same thing on this world that it does backhome."
<DeathStar> *paws at Cherie and Bella*
<Seraphna> Talia> Trying to teach them not be ashamed of pawing.
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Uh ... huh
<Alicia> <Ecne> "You should probably stop."
<DeathStar> *Samson leads them toward the spirits sanctuary where the mark is located*
<Seraphna> Talia> Is much better than using the forbidden cat move!
<DeathStar> <Mirror Sylph> So you finally found a way to deal with this?
<DeathStar> *she sound sassier than their wind spirit*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Hm.
<Alicia> <Ecne> "I do not understand this, I need to study more."
<DeathStar> *inside the spirit sanctuary, where mana is even higher than the other areas of the world, the team would find Chronos hiding, keeping her spirit levels next to none, as she is kneeling by the giant foot of the mark*
<XanTop> <Bix> Hello. Chronos!
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Is she even awake?
<DeathStar> *Chronos opens her eyes* Hello...Bix
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Miss Time Spirit seems to be okay
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah, she came here to hide form the Time Cleaners."
<DeathStar> *Bonnie spreads out from the group, keeping an eye on things*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Well. *She turns to Chelsea*
<XanTop> 6* Bix tilts his head, looking from Chronos to the mark.
<DeathStar> <Celes> When the battle time comes. how powerful is the Mew.... Mew? We left the two ship spirits inside to help power it
<Sara> <Chelsea> Well... it's no warship... It's competent...
<DeathStar> *the Mirror Spirits follow them, to take part of the battle. They seem to be all mana based, and all primary spirits. No Light or Dark among them*
<DeathStar> <Chronos> Sorry if I seem a little slow. I'll pick up when it is time. There are things in the shadows watching me
<DeathStar> *Cloé peers and squints, seeing nothing*
<XanTop> 6* Bix looks around with Cloe, on guard now.
<Alicia> <Ecne> "I understand."
<DeathStar> <Celes> ... *looks disturbed, peering around* Okay... So, the plan I take it will be when the others strike, this one will also weaken and allow us to do more damage and we simply attack with all we have
<DeathStar> <Celes> Since this world lacks Spirit energy compared to Mana, those who use Mana will do higher damage.
<DeathStar> *Bonnie nods her head*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "From what I remember, we have to cleanse the marks at about the same time."
<DeathStar> <Chronos> I will monitor the others with Avenir's help
<Alicia> <Ecne> "I will help with the synchronisation."
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *The mighty ship floats over the fields outside Kumen City*
<DeathStar> *Ymir views the location Kumen City* You're out of range from anything I can do to help. *she notes on comms*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So we'll have to do all the damage with our ship
<Jackieness> <Airym> "What do we have that can be of assistance in this operation?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> Mireille. If song magic really matters... we could turn on speakers and juice with spirit energy
<XanTop> <Pepper> Full salvo of all barteries?
<Sara> <Erica> Hmm...
<DeathStar> <Ben> But... who would sing?
<Seraphna> Cookie> The device just transfers Spirit power into Song Magic right?
<XanTop> <Pepper> Wait. I sing! I haven't used the device in forever but....that was my whole steeze before.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Have Mire wear it so our spirit weapons have the Song power.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Can systems be configured so that Pepper and Mireille can cooperate?"
<XanTop> 6* Pepper shrugs, not exactly sure.
<Jackieness> <Airym> *looks from Ben to Cookie*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Give me a moment
<DeathStar> *he slides his chair, working on it*
<DeathStar> <Ben> If it does work, we'll still need to time it with the other gorup
<DeathStar> *after a few minutes, Ben thumbs up* Alright
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I am aware.. However, we need to be ready when we receive our mark."
<DeathStar> *Avenir seems quiet while they are working*
<XanTop> <Pepper> We got this, right Mire?
<Seraphna> Nox> Mire can do anything~
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Sure thing~. *She synchs up the ship with Pepper, ready to go when Avenir gives the go ahead*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, is it safe to conduct a test?"
<DeathStar> Location: Geyze
<DeathStar> *The spirits are all gathered near the mark; Sylph is in her dancer outfit, as if Terra, Aska, and Shade*
<DeathStar> <Shin> Are these four the right ones to have the spirit enhancers?
<Seraphna> **Terra wiggles**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... two of them seemed resistant to the idea though...""
<Seraphna> Amber> Terra at least was in mind when it was designed.
<DeathStar> *Soren has gathered all the young Spirits, and Salamander has gathered all the older ones. Neekito is mediating*
<XanTop> 6* Simon idely traces a few runes, attempting to get an idea of the magicks and energies of the mark, trying to understand it a little more.
<Dias`> *Id floats beside Simon, scanning*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *is setting up soem equipment to monitor things*
<Seraphna> **Aurora readies**
<DeathStar> *This mark is connected to the Geyze mark, and is releasing corruptive energy into the earth, thus poisoning the spirits with eldritch energies*
<DeathStar> *for how long this has been going on, who knows
<DeathStar> <Shin> We are being watched by someone
<DeathStar> *she scans the area - some withered trees are around the wooded area*
<DeathStar> <Neekito> I sense two people
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?" *looks* "Is it Jaime and Adeline?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Two? Hmm..."
<DeathStar> *Aska, Shade, and Sylph have Terra get into position, then slowly get other spirits into points of attack*
<DeathStar> <Shin> Why are they watching then?
<DeathStar> *She peers into the darkness of the wood*
<Dias`> <Id> If it's them, then they are waiting to see if we succeed.
<Seraphna> Amber> Could be anyone…
<DeathStar> <Neekito> And if it is not?
<Dias`> <Id> Someone waiting to make sure we fail.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves to scan the woods*
<DeathStar> *Origin chirps at Nicolette, informing her everyone is in position to attack. It goes to inform Avenir, then reappears, having begun the attack coordination*
<XanTop> 6* Simon would try to get an idea of if the mark has a concentrated location or if it was the entire thing they need to deal with.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh... human and Progenitor auras."
<DeathStar> *it would seem that the entire thing must be destroyed; but due to it being tied to the other mark, as both are attacked, both will weaken together*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lets just hope they stay out of it
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Rotten Woods
<DeathStar> *Adeline sweats, looking worried beside Jaime*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> They are all perfectly synched, but...
<Seraphna> Jaime> **hugs her** <Best we can do is wait. If we come too early he’ll act.>
<DeathStar> <Adeline> No. They are going to fail. What did they - we - overlook
<DeathStar> <Adeline> ... They are attacking both Geyzes at once...
<Seraphna> **Jaime frowns** Is Kumen not pulling through?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> No, they are timing all three worlds
<DeathStar> <Adeline> But my vision is showing Xevil is alerted
<Seraphna> Jaime> He can see through the marks right? Of course he should know but…
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We need to see what happens then
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: All 3 Teams
<DeathStar> *All the groups are warned to strike, Chronos rising up, Avenir on the Aquarius, and Origin chirping*
<DeathStar> <Chronos> We need to wipe out the mark within a minute
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Mom says we need to do this in a minute
<DeathStar> *Origin makes noises of warning to Nicolette*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Prepare to fire."
<XanTop> 6* Pepper starts to play some of her music and sing along, sounding like something out of the opening for FFX-2.
<DeathStar> *Cypher calls in the Mew Mew and begins to strike the mark at the Mirror Geyze*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Right. Let's get this done."
<XanTop> 6* Simon raises from his kneeling position and forms his spear.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh, where-ever she is, is performing analysis on the timestream, looking for chronological distortion
<Seraphna> **Terra begins to use her power through the device**
<DeathStar> **The spirits begin to attack the mark on the main Geyze, Selena switching to her spirit form to attack as well*
<XanTop> 6* BIX's outlines of his body armor being to glow read and a bit of steam rises off of him.
<Seraphna> **Talia joins the Mirror Spirits in attack, augmenting their mana and sending a horde of arcane kitties at the Mark, Alita empowering her as a source of mana**
<DeathStar> *The damage done to the two marks on both Mirror and Prime Geyze are seen immediately, and Origin and Avenir report it; however, the Aquarius - their mark ... shows no damage. The damage immediately reverses itself, as if something is healing it*
<DeathStar> *Celes joins in the mark attack in Mirror Geyze*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> The mark is unaffected; rervesing at best
<Seraphna> Amber> Something is bolstering the third mark.
<DeathStar> *Prime Geyze and Mirror Geyze destroy their marks in under a minute*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Did we manage it?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, call this in to the other teams."
<DeathStar> *Ben calls it in quickly, informing them that their mark is repairing itself rapidly*
<Seraphna> **Terra continues until she hears all three are good**
<DeathStar> <Ben> We are making no progress
<DeathStar> <Chronos> .... No! Retreat! Now!
<DeathStar> *a larger Xevil hand begins to emerge from the Kumen mark*
<Seraphna> Amber> Hrm… if we do that will end Kumen.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Tell them that Xevil is here."
<DeathStar> <Chronos> IF the mark is healing that fast, then it is lost.
<XanTop> 6* Pepper's eyes widen but she tries to keep singing to help Mire.
<DeathStar> *Ben sends in that Xevil is appearing*
<XanTop> <Simon> Can our spirits get there and help or do we not have enough time?
<DeathStar> *the singing seems to slow Xevil down a bit, as his body begins to emerge* <Xevil> Some little tyrants have been playing with my mark
<Seraphna> Amber> Time..
<DeathStar> <Chronos> We miscalculated. The Mirror Kumen had it's own mark
<DeathStar> <Chronos> It is the only way that mark could heal that fast
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmm...That would stand to reason I suppose.
<XanTop> <Simon> I can reverse myself and call it off
<Seraphna> Amber> Then we need to do this again, and now. If you know what I mean.
<DeathStar> <Celes> Are you serious?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... but that risks the Cleaners coming."
<XanTop> <Simon> It does, I may have to flee from them.
<Dias`> <Id> If thats the case, than are their other mirror marks for every other world out there? If so, this is a nigh impossible scenario to win
<DeathStar> *Xevil strains from the song to fully form*
<DeathStar> <Selena> .... Id is right. That's just ....
<Seraphna> Amber> Well pick, reverse this or take another risk. Now.
<DeathStar> <Chronos> .... We'll lose Kumen if we don't. Let us reverse
<Seraphna> Amber> They both change time.
<XanTop> 6* Simon starts to form the runes of the time magic to reverse himself with his rewind ability.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *takes this opportunity to observe Simon's time magic*
<DeathStar> *Xevil stands by the Aquarius, then plunges his fist into the planet*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> There is no escape. I warned you all
<DeathStar> *he seems to be rippin something out from the mark*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Take down all unnecessary systems/. Diert all pwoer to the Spirit systems."
<Jackieness> Divert
<Seraphna> **Nox frowns and watches to see what he pulls**
<Dias`> *Id scanns the Xevil and what it's attempting to pull*
<DeathStar> *he seems to be pulling out an eldritch core, almost beating heart. Then he begins to crush it and the planet begins to explode when time reverses itself*
<DeathStar> *the group would find themselves back before they even did the work on the two Geyzes*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Prime Geyze
<DeathStar> *Selena collapses on her rear*
<DeathStar> <Selena> ..... The mark is back
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<Dias`> *Id seems to flicker a bit as it processes*
<DeathStar> *Origin is shaking like a leaf*
<XanTop> 6* Simon leans on his spear for a second, warily looking around.
<Seraphna> Terra> We miss something.
<DeathStar> <Aska> I take it we need a fourth team
<DeathStar> <Shade> We can contact Asarar
<XanTop> <Simon> Mirror Kumen...is that what Asarar's team is most familiar with?
<DeathStar> <Selena> She would be the best to locate it
<Dias`> <Id> There's a possibility that he will retaliate on another planet that is marked.
<DeathStar> <Selena> You think he would?
<Seraphna> Nox> So… we learned something else.
<DeathStar> *Adeline and Jaime rush up, Adeline wearing a mask* <Adeline> Are you all alright?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahh...its possible."
<Dias`> <Id> Yes. And Nox is correct. *Id forms a hologram of what Xevil pulled out of the Mark*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> But how did Chronos not know about the Mirror Kumen mark?
<Seraphna> Terra> I fine.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Could it be like old Kumen and a spirit void?
<MobileAri> * Nicolette scoops up Origin, "You okay? ...is time okay?"
<Dias`> <Id> I imagine he will punish whoever is closest to these planets.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh is busy determining this.
<DeathStar> <Origin> <The Cleaners are active. They are seeking out Simon and Chronos now. They were waiting to see what you all did. They are now ..... going after you>?
<Seraphna> Nox> We put so much energy into destroying the marks… but if we could attack those cores…
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...the closet major star system is Sol..."
<XanTop> <Simon> We have no proof of what the Xevil will or will not do. We can only do what we feel is right in the moment. Time beings or eldritch being be damned if we want to protect our own we must continue.
<Seraphna> Nox> Whyvare you worrying about Xevil reacting to something that did not happen now?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Then let us hope Andrea has defenses up. I will go get Andrea and her team. You all should prepare to attack the mark again.
<DeathStar> *Adeline motions at Jaime to follow*
<Dias`> <Id> Destroying the core is what he did to cause the planet to destruct. If anything, removing the core from the mark maybe the best strategy
<DeathStar> *Asarar and her team
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods and follows**
<DeathStar> <Selena> You think we can find the core fast enough?
<XanTop> <Simon> It is good information to share with all of our allies.
<Seraphna> Nox> It powers the mark right? Find one find the other.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Now that we know what to look for... I can probably cook up something."
<DeathStar> *Origin chirps and does so*
<Dias`> <Id> I have some scans to know what to look for. I will start at the area he reached into. If I do not find anything matching, than I recommend acting as usual
<DeathStar> *Sylph muses*
<DeathStar> <Shin> We spirits might can help locate the core if it comes down to a crunch
<DeathStar> <Shin> I am able to attack with a death blow
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Id, I'll go with you. I cna weave almost any construct or effect that could assist."
<Dias`> <Id> My only concern is how to dispose of it properly without having it react the same way when Xevil crushed it
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Yuki looks a little shellshocked. Mireille is out of her pod*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Are...we dead?
<DeathStar> *She eyes the mark outside*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "No. Ben, check the chronometer."
<DeathStar> <Avenir> We are okay. We are still on for the attack - We just need to strike at the mirror Kumen
<DeathStar> *Ben eyes it* We lost a minute
<Seraphna> Nox> Nothing happened. Nope. Nada.
<XanTop> <Pepper> ....
<DeathStar> <Yuki> But will Xevil know this happened?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> And reappear?
<Seraphna> Nox> Unrelated but those marks are attached to a core.
<DeathStar> <Ben> We have to hope he's not all powerful
<Seraphna> Nox> Maybe. Does it really matter?
<Seraphna> Nox> We can’t stop him if he does.
<Sara> * Erica comforts Yuki
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans against Erica and lets out a breath*
<XanTop> <Pepper> That was pretty scary and we've all seen some shit doing this.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Right. We just have to be on standby until Asarar's team reaches Mirror Kumen. Gotcha
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> Location: Mirror Geyze
<DeathStar> *the team, having been waiting around for a bit, is soon met by Asarar's group as Samson brings them in to meet them*
<DeathStar> <Samson> They say they want to go up to Kumen to search for another mark. Geb, do you mind leading them?
<DeathStar> <Cloé> It's Aunt Asarar!
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Hey, mom."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Hello, dear. I'd ask if you wantd to come along but I know you enjoy playing with your friends.
<DeathStar> *Asarar puts a collar on Chelsea instead, almost seriously; the familiars gasp at such a display*
<XanTop> <Logan> Do we have enough firepower to split between these two marks?
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Are you... using Chelsea like some sort of hound?
<DeathStar> <Celes> To be honest I'm not sure. The Mew Mew might be enough for us, but your group will be the most understaffed
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We'll have to do I guess
<Seraphna> Jaime> Mm.
<DeathStar> *Geb leads Asarar's team back to their ship*
<Seraphna> Jaime> May as well make sure it works on Terra’s end by kicking another Mark’s ass.
<DeathStar> *Bonnie comes along with them as they head to the Mirror Kumen; unlike Geyze, Kumen here seems to be a deadworld*
<DeathStar> *As if no one ever came to colonize it*
<DeathStar> <Geb> This planet is empty. No one come here
<Sara> * Chelsea makes a face...
<XanTop> <Logan> Creepy.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That's strange. I'm picking up movement
<DeathStar> *she points at the sensors*
<DeathStar> *Asarar whispers to Chelsea and Bonnie strains to listen*
<Seraphna> Jaime> As long as it isn’t space turkeys.
<Sara> * Chelsea's ear perks up
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> .. What?
<DeathStar> *Adeline zooms in and in the shadows of the planet, something akin to Anti-Spirits lurk*
<DeathStar> *eyeing the vessel and hissing*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Weird. Why aren't they attacking Geb here
<XanTop> <Logan> Why are they here?
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Who knows.
<Jackieness> <Kira> *looks around* "Just keep an eye open."
<DeathStar> *they soon discover a giant mark on the ground below, forcing them to land; Adeline checks the air* <Adeline> Barely any oxygen. I'd take a suit if you need air
<DeathStar> *Adeline grabs one and suits up, stepping out*
<XanTop> 6* Logan does so as well.
<DeathStar> *Asarar walks out, looking around; the Anti-Spirits eyeing them from the dark*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> ... *Hisses at them*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I have a bad feeling about this
<DeathStar> <Asarar> We're in a kill box if things go poorly
<DeathStar> *Adeline psionically reaches out to Ecne*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Ecne?
<XanTop> <Logan> Could we...use them against this thing?
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses** I wonder why this side didn’t change like Geyze.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It would take a massive amount of psionic power to lead them to attack it; and some would be aggroed against us still
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Less than ideal. We could use fire support from the ship to control the battlefield and raise our chances, if it comes to it."
<DeathStar> *Adeline reaches out to whover wants to take control of the ship via remote control*
<Seraphna> Luci> I suppose I need to go fire breathing terror here.
<Alicia> * Ecne takes over the ship for now
<DeathStar> *Bonnie takes deep breaths, preparing for combat if things to hairy*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Ecne. Can you link us with the other teams
<Alicia> <Ecne> "On it!"
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright, something in my gut is telling me this is not going to be as easy as last time
<DeathStar> *she seems to be focusing on her future vision*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Well, then we just need to be better then
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Mirror Geyze
<DeathStar> <Chronos> It looks like the others above us are ready. How are we doing?
<XanTop> 6* Bix poses.
<DeathStar> <Celes> I am ready. *The Mirror Spirits nod. Cypher tinkers with the Mew, preparing the ship to attack*
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia is extremely confident like we did this already.
<DeathStar> <Chronos> ...*She eyes something in the woods* Alright, I will prepare the countdown
<Sara> * Chelsea eyes Talia skeptically
<DeathStar> <Cloé> We can do this. Even if Chronos is acting like we're surrounded!
<DeathStar> *she fidgets*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "What is it, Chronos?"
<DeathStar> <Chronos> ... Oh. Just that we're being watched. By a lot of people
<DeathStar> <Chronos> But they should not touch you
<DeathStar> <Celes> Worrying
<XanTop> <Bix> People?
<XanTop> 6* Bix spins around
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Do you mean those Cleaners?"
<DeathStar> *Chronos draws a line* Try not to cross this. *She draws it very close to the team*
<DeathStar> *Bix would see shadows closer to them than usual*
<DeathStar> <Chronos> Yes.
<DeathStar> *one shadow being right next to Chelsea*
<XanTop> <Bix> Bix = see.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... Well. This is not going well...
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Avenir informs them that the countdown has begun. Mireille getting bck in her pod*
<DeathStar> *Yuki looks around* I swear I Think the ship's lightning has gotten worse. *She eyes the shadows on the bridge being worse*
<XanTop> <Pepper> ALRIGHT motherfucking mark looking shit. Time to kill you. 6* She starts a heavy metal song instead.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Mire Song Cannon Go!
<Jackieness> <Airym> "PRepare to fire."
<DeathStar> *Mireille sends the song through the ship's weapons*
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'm getting alerts that beings are on the ship, watching us
<DeathStar> <Yuki> What?
<Sara> <Erica> Intruders. Great. Listen, I'm gonna go take a look then.
<Sara> * She stands
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I'll come with you
<DeathStar> *the mark begins to crumble under the song*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Be careful. We cannot allow interference this time."
<Sara> <Erica> You've got full command of course, Airym. *she heads off the bridge*
<DeathStar> *As the two walk along, they'd spot what looks to be strange aliens, sometimes monsters, staring at them from the shadows*
<DeathStar> *standing near what looks to be crititcal systems*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ...
<Sara> <Erica> 'ey. What's your deal?
<DeathStar> <Ben> The mark is taking a massive hit so far
<DeathStar> <Ben> Pepper is singing it to death
<DeathStar> <Alien> ... We are observing due to this being a false timeline. Yet again
<Seraphna> Cookie> So beautiful. Also creeping is very not-sacred.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Should we throw it off the ship?
<DeathStar> *she eyes how close they are to causing trouble*
<Seraphna> Cookie> We could point out that it’s close to disrupting THIS timeline.
<DeathStar> <Ben> We're almost through
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Prime Geyze
<DeathStar> *Aska seems to be singing her heart out toward the mark along with Shade and Sylph*
<DeathStar> *While Gnome and Salamander are slamming everything they have against it*
<DeathStar> <Shin> *Tries to do a one hit kill, but the mark seems to be standing up to it*
<Seraphna> **Terra is glowing with all her power as she makes it sing!**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *monitors the situation*
<XanTop> 6* Simon is sending ice attacks out for it.
<DeathStar> *Origin is counting down until the minute passes*
<DeathStar> *Selena slashes and uses her spirit energy*
<Dias`> *Id attempts to scan for the same signature he picked up of the mark's "core" or heart*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette focuses her maka energy on the mark, attempting to burn it away with pure magic
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... Simon, soemthing is approachign your point."
<DeathStar> *The mark looks almost gone now; the core seems to be moving around to protect itself*
<DeathStar> *a shadowy area has moved up behind Simon*
<DeathStar> *Neekito copies Shin's power and tries to stab the moving core*
<Seraphna> **Amber lends and hand, amplifying all the spirits for the last part**
<Dias`> <Id> I have been able to find the "core" of the mark but it is moving about to protect itself.
<XanTop> 6* Simon spins around, spear held up defensively.
<DeathStar> *A Cleaner rises from the shadows to grab at Simon and yank him into the shdows*
<XanTop> 6* Simon blinks a the cleaner would grab an ice clone, Simon backing up.
<DeathStar> *The Cleaner silently fades into the shadows*
<DeathStar> *time seems to begin to move faster*
<DeathStar> *For everyone*
<XanTop> <Simon> ...tch
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to weave an effect to mark where the Cleaner is so that it cna't sneak up on Simon again*
<DeathStar> <Selena> What?!
<XanTop> <Simon> Cowardly beings.
<XanTop> 6* Simon neglects to mention all the times he's had to run from them.
<DeathStar> <Neekito> They are trying to run out clock out and mess with our synch
<XanTop> <Simon> We must do everything we can to end this now.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... focus on the eldritch mark!"
<XanTop> 6* Simon forms sabateur runes to apply power buffs to himself turning to launch his biggest attacks on it even if it completely drains him.
<Dias`> *Id projects a target on the moving core now that it's locked on to it better* I believe I have been able to track it better now
<Seraphna> **Amber activates her Stay Awake like Alita’s, adding energy regeneration and refreshment onto her Spirit Bolstering Field**
<XanTop> 6* Simon would focus on the core with Id's help.
<DeathStar> *The eldritch mark slowly is destroyed and Shin stabs at the core after Simon does that, panting beside him*
<DeathStar> *the Cleaner rises up again, attempting to yank him down into the ground along with Shin*
<DeathStar> *Soren fires a holy blast*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weavs quickyl, trying to put a barrier on the ground under Simon and shin*
<DeathStar> *Lana's weave begins to slow down*
<XanTop> 6* Simon pants, shifting to try and get Shin clear.
<DeathStar> *Shin rolls and looks mad, stabbing at the ground*
<DeathStar> <Shin> We cannot allow this!
<DeathStar> *Lana's weave finally finishes*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...there..."
<DeathStar> *The barrier passes through as Simon sinks*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> <Selena> ...*slides over, looking exhausted* Dammit
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Mirror Geyze
<DeathStar> *the mark is nearly destroyed*
<DeathStar> *Celes looks warn out, the mark attempting to retaliate on them*
<DeathStar> <Mirror Sylph> This didn't happen last time..!
<XanTop> 6* BIX is blasting fireballs at it doing his best to keep going.
<DeathStar> *The mark slams the mirror fire spirit and send them flying as the Mew Mew blasts the mark*
<DeathStar> *Chronos attempts to speed up Bix, Ceilidh, and Chelse*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *runs to rescue the fire spirit*
<Seraphna> Talia> Someone cheating! Using ultimate attack! MANA PAW OF VOID! **she paw paws the mark roughly with a void infused mana paw**
<Seraphna> **Alita actually providing the Void**
<DeathStar> *Cloé crouches low, her familiar nature kicking in as she leaps as Bix's fireball rips through the mark, clawing at where the core is revealed, tearing into it where Talia and Alita help do more damage, clawing with mana infused slashes*
<DeathStar> *The core crunching inward more*
<DeathStar> *Bella helps the firespirit up*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Cloé beat it! *She paws in victory when something shanks her the gut*
<XanTop> 6* Bix whirrs in an alarmed noise.
<XanTop> <BIX> Danger!
<DeathStar> *a hand has risen from the mark*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Part of the mark must remain!
<DeathStar> *Cloé falls over*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Cloe!" *dashes toward Cloe*
<XanTop> 6* BIX tenses and using the speed time up charges his red lines turning blue as he blasts off for a charges off fire punch for the core.
<DeathStar> *the core shatters, the hand sinking back in as it vanishes*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *picks up Cloe and carries ehr back* "We need to get her to medical!"
<DeathStar> <Cloé> ... rgaah... *The mana of the world seeming to help her heal*
<DeathStar> *or at least keep her alive*
<Seraphna> Talia> Behold! The paw paw is sacred!
<DeathStar> *Celes looks around* I don't see Chronos.
<XanTop> 6* BIX pushes himself up from his attack looking woozy and slow.
<DeathStar> *The Mirror Sylph helps Bix steady while Sylph lands*
<DeathStar> *Samson leads Bella to the castle infirmary*
<XanTop> 6* Bix looks around for Chronos and frowns sadly.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *carries Cloe after Samson*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Mirror Kumen
<DeathStar> *most of the mark is gone, but the Anti-Spirits are attacking*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> ... *slams one*
<DeathStar> <Avenir> ... This is going to delay us and it'll end Kumen again
<Jackieness> <Kira> *dashes around, using her blades to try to repel the anti-spirits*
<DeathStar> *Asarar
<XanTop> 6* Logan chops at one with his axe.
<XanTop> <Logan> Big hitters keep focusing, we'll try to keep you covered.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Jaime, go stand on the mark and self-destruct
<Seraphna> **Jaime turns the ground against the attackers, throwing as many as she can away**
<Seraphna> Jaime> Wha?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Your progenitor energy will low it up
<Alicia> * Ecne continues to focus the Paw Paw's weapons on the mark, since the ship itself is likely a Big hitter
<DeathStar> *Adeline deadpans*
<XanTop> <Logan> Don't you progenitors have like massive beams, go do that and we'll keep them off you.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I’m crazy, not suicidal. Besides there’s much more efficient ways to do that.
<DeathStar> *The ship is slowly blowing chunks off*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "The faster you make this, the better! We cna't keep this pace up, damn it!"
<DeathStar> *Asarar tosses grenades at it*
<DeathStar> *Bonnie dashes toward the mark, flipping on it and kneels; she begins to glow*
<Seraphna> **Jaime focuses, beginning to use her ultimate Earth Spirit move, bringing a tide of dark mud infused with hyperspace down on the mark sticking, burning**
<XanTop> 6* Logan just does the edensive axe man stuff sticking near Jaime.
<DeathStar> *A good chunk is taken out*
<XanTop> (defensive)
<DeathStar> *The Anti-Spirits meanwhile are kept at bay*
<DeathStar> *Their Earth Spirit buildin g walls to aid them(
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Did you drop that on Bonnie?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Now an Asteroid… hmm?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...what?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> No I avoided her.
<DeathStar> *Asarar eyes the mark, not seeing where Bonnie was, just more damage where she stood*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Hrrrn
<XanTop> <Logan> Bonnie? 6 * He calls out
<Seraphna> Jaime> What’d she do?
<Alicia> * Ecne tries to locate Bonnie with scanners
<XanTop> <Logan> Focus on the core.
<DeathStar> *Bonnie's mana has been scattered over mark*
<DeathStar> *but all the damage does reveal the core*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Fire at the core
<Alicia> * Ecne fires at the core!
<XanTop> 6* Logan begins overloading his shotgun to throw at it.
<DeathStar> *The mark explodes, right as a hand begins to emerge*
<DeathStar> *as the mark vanishes, the Anti-Spirits retreat*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I think we just barely avoided something
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...I don't think Bonnie made it..."
<XanTop> <Logan> What the fuck was that hand?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> It was blue whatever it was
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Probably the bad guy."
<XanTop> <Logan> Bonnie's a familiar can we..do..some...I don't know ritual or something?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I wouldn't worry too much. Ecne
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Gather her mana signature onto the ship.
<DeathStar> *She motions Geb onto the shuttle*
<Alicia> <Ecne> "Yes." * Ecne does so, figuring it's like gathering reploid parts. It's not unheard of to revive them that way.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> The reason Bonnie has been part of our unit instead of on Geyze is that she's changed
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I'll explain on the way
<XanTop> 6* Logan nods and moves to leave.
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy-
<DeathStar> *all the teams, even the mirror universe, has joined, since with Chronos MIA, time has begun to move faster again, so to be part of the meeting, Samson has brought them over to hear everything*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Those Cleaner fucks intimdated us on our own ship
<DeathStar> <Yuki> But after the mark was taken out, they left
<DeathStar> *Yuki paces the area. Bonnie is off to the side, see-through due to her mana being super low*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... they got Simon..."
<XanTop> <Bix> Chronos gone. 6* He doots sadly.
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmm. I imagine they will punish them both
<XanTop> <Logan> We removed all the marks though, that's good right?
<XanTop> 6* Pepper drinks tea to help soothe her voice.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "And the time difference between Mirror Geyze and here... that's fixed too?"
<XanTop> <Logan> Doesn't seem so.
<DeathStar> <Samson> Sadly no
<DeathStar> <Selena> Can't we mount a rescue mission?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The time dilations must be natural... relatively speaking."
<DeathStar> <Selena> We have Avenir and Origin
<DeathStar> *Adeline muses*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> IT might be true that Xevil will punish someone, but right now he'll have to be careful since most people are aiding him
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Natural... I don't think so, but it might be indirect enough that they don't consider it a problem."
<XanTop> <Pepper> Do we know anything about this time beings, how many they are, can they be fought?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Though not by choice. He has extorted the galaxy for whatever reason."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> As far rescusing, we still have a broken Alliance. Most don't know the mark is gone and you have allies that might report us all being here together
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Did the Cleaners notice Xevil causing time distortions?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Revenge. That’s his only reason.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Did he?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "That is a motivation, but that does not explain this approach."
<Dias`> <Id> Hopefully he doesn't tell the others to target these planets in retaliation.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Yes."
<DeathStar> <Avenir> .... *speaks up* If... you all want to try to rescue them,. I can take a small team
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I hope we can convince them of Xevil's wrongdoings... it'd be horrible to have to make enemies of them..."
<Dias`> <Id> Technically we already have. Well anyone that's messed with time according to their rules has.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, who wants to come with Avenir to speak to these Cleaners?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> If you think about it, their name is like a bad guy's name
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh.. there is inconsistency in their logic. If we have altered tiem once, then any further changes would be to a branch and not the original timeline... in theory."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> You're right, Erevis stated herself time travel makes branches
<DeathStar> <Adeline Then again, you all do change time in the past at times without doing it
<DeathStar> *pointing to the Croza*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Which supports a stable time loop theory."
<XanTop> <Logan> I wonder how many times the two of them have used time abilities to manipulate things.
<Dias`> <Id> It depends on the scale. The Croze stuff didn't have a major impact on the branch of it all.
<DeathStar> *Avenir and Selena whisper among themselves and step away*
<XanTop> 6* Bix tilts his head at the whispering.
<Dias`> <Id> It's how I was able to get away with things that affected events in the present
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Sylph didn't notice anything
<Seraphna> **Amber follows them**
<DeathStar> <Samson> I'll get my Spirits settled in here until everything is situated
<XanTop> <Logan> The rest of us will just wait and see if we what happens next with the other marked places?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> That sounds fine with me
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Unknown
<DeathStar> *Avenir arrives with Selena, and perhaps Amber if she did follow*
<DeathStar> <Avenir> ... *Fidgets*
<Seraphna> Amber> Well you did say a small group.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Yes. Lets see if they're as much of jerks as Nico said
<DeathStar> *she steps forward, walking the empty hallways*
<DeathStar> <Avenir> They all seem to be gone.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I have to deliver my findings... you probably won't want to attract their attention directly, right?"
<DeathStar> *The three arrive in the room with all the monitors; one set of monitors show the timeline and on the other screen show events happening, including stuff with Nyarl and Xevil, as well on the other screen stuff 15,000 years ago*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Why is there two distractically different stuff going on?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Are you really asking me to describe temporal mechanics to you?"
<Seraphna> Amber> If I had to guess, one is what we undid. The other is now.
<DeathStar> *Selena eyes the Eldritch stuff going on, with the Xevil hunt and the Hell search, and on the other, Proto Crozas in the past*
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> .... *slides into the room* Not exactly.... *it draws out it's words*
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> Why are you here? <Selena> To get Simon and Chronos back
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "To report my discoveries, namely that the temporal distortions were caused by that guy." *points at Xevil*
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> Is. That. So? And if you are correct, what do you wish other than him being erased?
<DeathStar> *Selena fumes at being ignore at the Simon and Chronos thing*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Well... that would fix our current problems... although, if you could release Simon and Chronos too, that would be optimal."
<Seraphna> Amber> Can you erase him?
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> They are both beings who should be ... gone. And yet they mess with the timeline still. Chronos brought this Simon back despite his death and he touches the timeline despite this
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> Do you realize the affect this has had since then?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I am sorry, but I do not."
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> This Chronos is the same - she is a dead being, who evades her moment of death to effect the timeline
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> She is doing it even now. *the cleaner points at the 15,000 time date with Sylph and Chronos and others who look familiar* This is happening right now as you speak
<Seraphna> Amber> Feels like an implication that Xevil and Nyarl’s movements aren’t affecting the timeline. He’s literally destroying planets.
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> But... if you are right about Xevil, then we will release Simon to deal with another who affects time. And see if they can deal with each other. In return for you dealing with Chronos
<DeathStar> <Cleaner> That is our deal
<DeathStar> <Selena> .... *loos at the two*
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... we takin this?
<Alicia> * Ceilidh looks at the others, uncertain
<DeathStar> <Avenir> ... *sighs, despite knowing her mom does it for the group* Yes
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Give us Simon
<DeathStar> -TBC-
Session Close: Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 2023