The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 70

Session Start: Mon Jul 22 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.4.20
<DeathStar> Location: Academy
<DeathStar> *With classes in full swing, Alouette sits at a bench, staring at the sky in thought*
<Seraphna> Anyata> Zenny for your thoughts?
<DeathStar> <Alouette> ?
<DeathStar> *Cypher tinkers with the Mew Mew's engines*
<Seraphna> Anyata> You looked thoughtful.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *stps out of her lab, finally hungry enough to step away from her work*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> Oh. Just wondering what to do. *She peers back at the sky* School is boring
<DeathStar> <Alouette> Is there any crazy people that we can defeaT?
<Seraphna> Anyata> I am sure there are
<DeathStar> *The wind picks up and everyone's hair blows wildly*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh?!"
<DeathStar> *A few students who are hurrying from one class to another lose some papers and have to chase after them*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to make her way to the dining hall*
<DeathStar> *The wind dies down, but as Lana makes it to the doors, another unnatural gust is unleashed, enough to blow her back all the way back to the starting point*
<DeathStar> *As well as a few other students*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tumbles across the college green*
<DeathStar> *Alouette watches Lana; Cypher glances out from the garage, having to chase after some tools*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> It sure is windy today
<Alicia> * Yoiyami heads over, between classes but with some time before the next. "Is this normal?"
<DeathStar> <Alouette> I don't think so
<Jackieness> <Lana> *sits up and shakes her head... then her tummy rumbles*
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<DeathStar> *As the wind dies down again, Selena arrives at the Coalition of Kingdoms meeting, formly the Alliance, heading for a meeting it looks like. Delgi arrives a moment or two later as well along with Kalam, though oddly a few others do not seem to arriving*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to make it to the dining hall*
<DeathStar> *Alouette watches her make it all the way to the door again when another strong gust comes forth*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'm going to get food. Coming?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhhh~"
<DeathStar> <Alouette> I'm fine.
<DeathStar> *Cypher seems to have secured her tools from the wind, and returns to the Mew*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami heads for the dining hall, tendrilling if the wind picks up too much, so that she actually gets there
<DeathStar> *Lumi, while on her way to the meeting with the Coalition leaders, squints at the wind; as Yoiyami tendrils past Lana inside, she heads into the building*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries pulling herself inside*
<DeathStar> *The dining hall, as it often will be, is crowded with students from all Kingdoms and some from off world, most grouped up based on their courses. As Lana joins Yoiyami, the students are going over what they're learning*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *finally gets into line to get food*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *is already seated in the meeting room*
<DeathStar> *Lumi gathers her papers* <Selena> So why are we here meeting without even a full group. *Ymir steps in a moment later, her hair a mess from the wind*
<Seraphna> Threna> Trouble waits not for full attendance.
<DeathStar> <Leafy> *nervously bounces in her chair as Lumi sits* Well partially it is about some of them. I thought I would give a heads up incase we have future problems.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *waves a hand* "Sit. I'm sure it will be explained."
<DeathStar> *Lumi said that
<DeathStar> <Lumi> It appears the Amazons want Qui to marry and have an heir. They fear another potential Amazon queen might step in sometime down the road and challenge her, especially with no line of succession in place, and Qui has been on the throne for some time now. As for Shinobu, Mykel no longer in the picture and having no children of herself, there is also the same pressue being applied to her to establish an heir less another noble family step up - with all the trouble the others in her family has caused.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette slips in quietly, trying to avoid notice
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I don't know the time tables we're looking at, but a shift in power in either of these regions could be bad
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...these sound like internal matters though."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I agree. I'm just updating the Coalition the future prospects
<DeathStar> <Lumi> That sometime next year you might have a new Amazon leader
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Then do continue."
<Seraphna> Talia> I will save Qui. **nods**
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "No, we cannot itnervene in internal matters unless we have evidence of outside forces attempting to subvert the crisis."
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia is already internal.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> If either of the two are replaced, I have written up worst case scenarios - they might be unfriendly to the Coalition. And wish to withdraw. Also, keep in mind Qui is the one who forced the change in the Amazon way of thinking and we could see them reverting. For the Dark Lands, a change of leadership could mean the relations with the Hapians could backslide
<Seraphna> Talia> Someone need to seduce Shinobu.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> With potential problems coming down the line, being these super spirits and what happened with the Werebeast, a united front is better
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... I hope you do not mean yourself
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Agreed... on the ened for a united front. Not Talia's plan."
<Seraphna> Talia> No, Will let Momma know though.
<DeathStar> <Delgi> Well, while everyone is here, I do have something to bring up. *She glances at Kalam* Both of us
<DeathStar> *the white haired familiar reaches into a bag and pulls out a drawing, one done recently and one that looks much older, and puts them on the table*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...what do we have here?"
<DeathStar> *the older drawing seems to be of a large magical object - gem of sorts, much like the runes found in the Rune Blade, being held by some Magi next to the magical device in the firing mechanism in the Magi Tower* <Delgi> As you know, the Tower draws forth a lot of magial power to fire, needing lens of sorts to do it. In the past, you all would put various inferior magical crystals in it to help do it, and they would burn up
<DeathStar> *she shows the newer picture, the inside of what is inside there now, a mana crystal of some size*
<DeathStar> <Delgi> That is what we've been using for some time now. But this older picture we found in the archieve, I have never seem that magical rune before. It seems to be something beyond a mana crystal.
<Seraphna> Thena> Big one!
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "And you have no idea what it is?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Huh... interesting."
<DeathStar> <Kalam> Delgi asked me to go through the Summoni vaults and we did come across something related to it. We believe we might have, somewhere in the building. My people are gathering more information on it. From what little time I had to gather, I believe there are more than one of them and they were extremely rare, containing a massive amount of mana potential. The Magi one went missing, likely during the fall of the Tower.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I'm hoping ours is still somewhere under lock and key. As for how many there are, I'll have to get back to you and what the 'are'.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Out of curiosity, why bring it up this early? Is something happening?"
<DeathStar> *Delgi rubs her hands together* This thing likely powered up the Tower and showed no sign of breaking like a mana crystal. And there might be more than one out there. And during a period where we're having mana issues, I think it might be relevant, don't you?
<DeathStar> <Delgi> I know Lana is currently fixing it, but it's not going to be done over night
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Its possible that the Summoni version channels spirit energy, not mana."
<DeathStar> <Delgi> Possible.
<DeathStar> *Selena drums her fingers on the counter*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Which does make me wonder what became of the magi counterpart."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well, either a Magi made off with it or the Legion got their hands on it
<DeathStar> <Leafy> U-Um, question. Are we really going to stay hands off on the Amazon and Dark Lands issues?
<DeathStar> <Ymir> You want to get involved? I don't
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...if a magi escape dwith it, its either buried udne rht Spire still or they carried it to their sanctuary away from Geyze."
<Seraphna> **Talia has poofed**
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "If we directly intervene in the internal matters of our member states, it could trigger the very scenario that we hope to avoid."
<Seraphna> Terra> Why we not encourage marry and make babies?
<DeathStar> <Leafy> Uh, I think I'll go then
<DeathStar> <Leafy> I see no reason to, uh, involve the Ents further
<DeathStar> *she bows and heads for the exit*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> You can keep my apraised on the magic stuff. I should go too. I need to get the Aquarius ready for launch and out exploring.
<DeathStar> *Ymir follows*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "The only way we can justify intervention is if an outside party were trying to take advanatage of the situation of attempting to ccorrupt the process to place their own candidate on th respective throne."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well. I think we should call the meeting here. I suppose it should be up to Lumi if she wants to help Delgi with the magic stuff
<Seraphna> **A Terra accompanies Leafy out since they are married**
<DeathStar> *She rises, curtseys, then also departs*
<DeathStar> *Lumi gathers her paperwork and stands up with Delgi and Kalam; outside the wind howls again*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette breaths a sigh, "Politics. The true final boss."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *sits back* "Lumi, what do you think of all this?"
<Seraphna> **Threna joins Lumi**
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Me? I don't think it's a pressing matter - these mana things could have been destroyed after so long. Unless we see sign of a mage or someone using them, I wouldn't worry. Delgi and Kalam can handle the grunt work on looking for them
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Unless for some weird reason people want to help
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Right now I could name so many other problems going on
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Then lets attend to the more immediate concerns."
<DeathStar> *Delgi and Kalam seem to accept that and head outside, where the wind is blowing people around again*
<DeathStar> *Alouette sways to the wind*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *is inside, eattting her food finally!*
<Seraphna> **Terra giggles** Fae Fae playing?
<DeathStar> <Leafy> That doesn't feel like Fae.
<DeathStar> <Leaf> I'll be going home now
<DeathStar> *Lumi meanwhile, being a lightweight, has been given a wind ride across the campus*
<Seraphna> Terra> I’ll take you~ **wraps around her and vanishes with her**
<Alicia> * Yoiyami is just eating, and quite a lot
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen
<DeathStar> *the Aquarius, being in spacedock, receiving an overhaul to bring it up as much as it can to the newer models, has been overseen by Taiga in her freetime as well as Ymir's best engineers. Yuki sits there, listening to music when Ymir pops her head in*
<Seraphna> **Nox plays games with Mire**
<DeathStar> *Mireille is playing a game with a kitusne being chased by people who want to 'play' with her*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> This game seems odd
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Yuki. How is Erica?
<Seraphna> Nox> You get bonus points when you lure them into traps.
<DeathStar> *Yuki turns her music off* Bouncy as ever
<Seraphna> **Cookie slips by them with a sack**
<DeathStar> *Ymir sits down on Pepper's chair, holding out the adjusted roster* You might have some changes to your crew before you launch. All of you are heroes now and some of you are being offered your own ships. You also might be getting crew from Prime. I still want you to find the unknown out there, since this is a galaxy we no longer understand. But most of all, I'd like you to do your scans on our world, and Geyze if you have the chance, to look into this. *She shows a copy of the mana rune crystal*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Cookie has a body
<Jackieness> <Airym> *steps on to the bridge from the ready room*
<Seraphna> **Cookie hums and slips towards the living areas**
<DeathStar> *Yuki studies the roster, then eyes Airym, then then picture* I guess we can scan for this while in spacedock
<Jackieness> <Airym> "You already have a mission for us?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> She wants us to see if we can locate a massive mana crystal
<DeathStar> <Yuki> It'll be something to do I guess before we launch into the unknown
<Seraphna> Nox> Eww, Mana.
<DeathStar> *Mireille moves for the pod and slips into the ship, the Aquarius powering up*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "This reminds me of one of the runes used to power the Rune Sword in the prime reality."
<DeathStar> *Yuki updates Erica on the sit rep as the Aquarius new scanning capabilities begin to come up on screen*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Okay, I suppose we just ignore everything but mana signatures.
<DeathStar> *Yuki props her head and sits like Leon in RE4, waiting*
<DeathStar> *After a moment or two, Kumen begins to glow with mana signatures; like something out of FF7, Kumen City lights up the most, almost blindingly so, making it hard to tell anything individually. Outside it, though, nothing big stands out*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Well. That was disappointing
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We can make a scan of Geyze onc we leave spacedock."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> If only we could fine tune it enough for Kumen City, but with all the mana crystal being sold here, and other illegal objects, along with Kumen City being a cramped area, I do not see how we could tell the needle from the haystack
<DeathStar> *Ymir pats Yuki* Well, we'll see what the other scan turns up when you all set out for your mission. *She leaves the bridge*
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<Jackieness> <Airym> "Perhaps identify a signature specifically common among mana crystals and filter those out to look for other mana sources."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You think it'd work?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "It would not hurt to make the attempt. We have no pressing business right now, afterall."
<DeathStar> *Yuki thinks, looking up what the mana crystals are made of, then inputs the information and redoes the scan, once again sitting like she was*
<DeathStar> *The lights decrease this time, enough that one massive one can be seen, in the noble area*
<DeathStar> *the readings coming up as "unknown material"*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I am not surprised. It is likely a collector."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Has Ymir left the ship yet?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Hm, Hard to narrow down where though. I'll flag her down and we'll see if how well we can do
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *Shion sits in her office as the wind blows and going through the student complaints*
<DeathStar> *Cypher drinks some tea in the garage, a picture of Chelsea wearing a sexy cat outfit hanging up*
<DeathStar> *Yoiyami meanwhile has been escorted out of the dining hall*
<DeathStar> *Due to her eating so much the other students are in risk of not getting food*
<DeathStar> <Chef> Unlimited food doesn't mean unlimited food
<Jackieness> <Lana> *watches Yoiyami being escorted out*
<DeathStar> *Lumi pokes her head out, seeing Yoiyami, and waves her over; then does the same to Alouette and her shadow*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Come to my office
<Seraphna> **Anyata moves over, Alt pops up on Allouette’s head**
<DeathStar> *Alouette stands up and moves over to the office; the office having very little in it outside a picture of Threna and a cute kid*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> Are we in trouble?
<Alicia> * Yoiyami heads over. "What's up?"
<DeathStar> *Lumi is eyeing what looks to be a report from Kumen, as well as some Keeper report* Do you kids want some extra credit?
<Seraphna> Alt> We didn’t do it.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> If not I can ask Sparkling to handle this
<Seraphna> Alt> Fish money?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I probably should ask her anyway to oversee you if you agree
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Depends what you're asking."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> There's two things you can choose from. Kumen is asking for a group to come up there and join them in looking into a possible super mana crystal they might have found. Kalam is already headed there to check it out. Or you can investigate who is causing the wind. We have sightings in a forest nearby of it being the source
<Seraphna> Alt> Saw Mistress Lumi fly earlier!
<DeathStar> *Lumi eyes her slowly*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami thinks
<DeathStar> <Alouette> The wind is probably some magi standing around nude and letting it fly.
<DeathStar> *she nods*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> So Kumen
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'll go with that too."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Alright. I'll have Sparkling be your escort then to Kumen. And send Threna to the forest with Lana
<Seraphna> Alt> Dad gonna protect Pillow Momma?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Right now he's with the Amazons
<DeathStar> <Lumi> He should be back later after seeing the situation
<DeathStar> *Melodie and Aimee hang about outside, waiting on the group to finish up*
<DeathStar> *Lumi hands the students exception passes to skip class and go on adventure*
<DeathStar> *Alouette takes her's and runs out to the spirits*
<Seraphna> **Alt Carries hers on Allouette’s head comically bigger than her**
<DeathStar> *Lumi wonders about the future of everything*
<DeathStar> -Hop-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen
<DeathStar> *standing on the upper levels where the nobles are at, Asarar is on the streets; Bonnie and Yuki with her, the latter holding equipment hooked up to the Aquarius to see if they can't narrow it down to which noble district and which noble house the mana object is in. Alouette looks around, Melodie and Aimee stretching beside Sparkling*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> You know, getting asked to locate the collector among all these rich assholes is a bit of a reach. Any of them could be holding it
<Jackieness> <Bella> "With our luck, its probably someone we know..and I don't mean socially."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Like Reinhart?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... *she walks along the sidewalks, trying to follow the signatures; as they walk past a gate, guard dogs leap against it and startle Yuki as they try to eat hre*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> ... *Hisses and recoils back*
<Seraphna> Luci> Maybe we put some relics on a string and go fishing?
<DeathStar> <Cloé> They seem mean
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Wouldn't surprise me."
<Seraphna> **Luci looks at the dogs and then makes a growling sound evident of her true form**
<DeathStar> *The dogs retreat*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Wouldn't it radiate mana?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yes. The problem is a few other nobles have some unusual mana objects as well
<Alicia> * Sparkling senses for Mana, though it's likely not going to be anything close to exact.
<DeathStar> *Sparkling would pick up mana in a few houses along this area, as well as something very strong at the massively rich looking one down the road*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I picked up a big one, and a lot of smaller ones."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> So, how has the interrogation of the dragon been going? From what I understand, she tried to eat Jisaco
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That's probably our target. Lead the way
<DeathStar> <Asarar> So far she's doesn't seem to talk well when she does talk and seems to just want to eat whoever is in the room.
<Seraphna> Luci> Yeah, kid makes me proud. **she sniffs** I recommended she at least use ketchup.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "... I guess dragons are like that?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Ketchup is kinda basic."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Dragons have a few screws loose, yes
<DeathStar> <Cloé> You shouldn't eat people
<DeathStar> <Cloé> That's not sanitary.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "... umm. Okay."
<DeathStar> <Cloé> People are full of germs!
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Yes, I figured."
<DeathStar> *as they stop in front of the house, Asarar reads the name plate*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Astor. Does that sound familiar?
<Seraphna> Luci> But they have so many nutrients. Still not as tasty as horses.
<DeathStar> *Cloe makes a strange face*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Should it?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> ...
<DeathStar> *Bonnie studies the manor quietly* I think I will wait out here.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I didn't pay attention to the names."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> It's probably just me. So many enemies
<DeathStar> *she pushes the buzzer and after a bit, an old voice speaks* YeeeeS?
<DeathStar> <Old Voice> Who is it?
<DeathStar> <Melodie> ... It is the great Sparkling! <Aimee> She is here to see you!
<DeathStar> *The two push Sparkling forward to the camera*
<DeathStar> <Old Voice> ... we do not have time for street magicians. Go away.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "This isn't going to work."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "...I'm here for an investigation... do we actually have any kind of warrant or anything?"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Warrant? *she turns to Bella* You think we can get one? *She whispers*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We never really got one before...we usually just break in and steal stuff."
<DeathStar> <Old Man> And what are you investigating, street mage?
<DeathStar> *old Voice
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "We're looking for something."
<DeathStar> <Old Voice> Clearly
<DeathStar> <Old Voice> One moment. *it seems they are talking to someone else*
<DeathStar> <Old Voice> Please. Come in. *The gates open, revealing a yard that has not been tended in some time*
<DeathStar> <Melodie> ... can't this dude afford a mower?
<DeathStar> <Aimee> *follows the path to the house*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I heard that natural yards are healthier."
<Seraphna> Luci> Hmmm.
<DeathStar> *Cloé walks along the path to the house, then falls over as if the grass attacked them, flailing; crawling on her is a spider*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> The grass has me~
<DeathStar> *comedic flailing, comedic flailing*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah..." *picks up the spider off of Cloe and sets it in the grass*
<DeathStar> *Cloé pauses, then stands up again and dusts herself off*
<DeathStar> *as they reach the door, Asarar knocks on it*
<DeathStar> *the door slowly creaks open and an old butler peers at them, glancing at each of them as if sizing them up, then stands aside to let them inside. The inside of the entry way reveals a mix of Geyze and Kumen paintings and objects all over the place*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *looks around as they go inside*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami heads in, curious about everything
<DeathStar> <Old Butler> Head this way. *he creeps up the stairs*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Chelsea and Mouse would have a field day in here
<DeathStar> *The stuff looks rare and expensive*
<DeathStar> *one of the paintings is a nude man that looks familair, wrestling a dragon in the sky*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "... lets stay on task."
<DeathStar> *it looks quite old*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami looks at the painting, determining if it's That Guy
<DeathStar> <Cloé> ... I feel like a part of me is awakening. *She studies the painting beside Yoiyami. It indeed looks to be Liana's grandfather*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "That guy..."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "....yeah..."
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Is cool
<DeathStar> <Cloé> I want to try to do that to Luci!
<Seraphna> Luci> He’s actually pretty nice to me.
<DeathStar> *Asarar deadpans at the others getting hung up on the picture* I swear... *She mumbles about Kira and Chelsea*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "He's a nice guy? Well, that's neat."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Focus, team."
<DeathStar> *as they reach the third floor, the second floor having more rare looking paintings and what not; the odd thing is a few of these were reported missing a few years back, according to Asarar's files, yet here they hang*
<DeathStar> *on the third floor, statues of Geyze and a few more stolen objects can be found here and there as they approach the master bed room, the butler stopping outside out the room*
<Alicia> * Sparkling looks for the crystal
<DeathStar> <Old Butler> Please do not upset the master too much; he is quite frail. *He shuffles and opens the door, leading them into the bedroom where a young man in his 40's sits in a chair, looking at them with a tired, old man's "what do you want?" look. As far as the crystal, while she would sense it in the house, it does not seem to be out in the open*
<DeathStar> <Mastar Astor> I am told you come here seeking information to do with a case?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "That is correct."
<DeathStar> <Astor> And what might that be?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "We're looking for a specific item. It looks like a large crystal."
<DeathStar> <Astor> Ah, you are into jewelry? Worried it might have to do with stolen goods? *he turns to the butler* Bring our biggest jewels.
<DeathStar> *the butler shuffles off; after a bit, he returns with normal crystal and jewels, and holds them out for the group to inspect. However, being that they are jewels, they are clearly not the mana rune object*
<DeathStar> <Astor> Impressive aren't they? Would you like one?
<DeathStar> *Cloe slowly reaches for a large ring*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Ah, those aren't it. They are nice, though, don't get me wrong."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Less a jewel and more a stone, I think."
<DeathStar> <Astor> Ah, my apologies. What sort of large crystal are you looking for? *Asarar whispers* He has to be playing dumb now.
<DeathStar> *Cloe wears the ring while they talk*
<Alicia> * Sparkling gives a description, but leaves out the mana crystal nature for now, at least.
<DeathStar> *Astor shifts in his seat* Ah. May I ask, where did you come across such knowledge of it?
<Jackieness> <Bella> *nods and whispers* "...no kidding. Everything in this house is hot."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "It vanished from its original location, and I'm searching for it."
<DeathStar> *Astor rises* I will retrieve it for you. Come. *he walks out of the room with the butler*
<Alicia> * Sparkling follows, while Yoiyami just blinks. "That was enough?"
<DeathStar> <Astor> If you don't mind waiting. There's some sensitive stuff in my vault
<DeathStar> *he tells Sparkling, indicating the other room*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *whisper* "I got a bad vibe here."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Agreed.
<DeathStar> *Asarar uses her eyes to Sparkling to indicate she should keep following*
<DeathStar> *Melodie and Aimee are right there with Sparkling*
<Alicia> * Sparkling does follow, though not too closely
<DeathStar> *Astor moves indeed to what looks to be a vault, the butler already inside. Astor steps inside a moment later*
<DeathStar> *Asarar steps up behind Sparkling*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> Do we rush in?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "..I'm expecting security shutters to start dropping to trap us in here."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Unless you think they're going to use an alternative escape route, I don't think we need to."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I'm thinking 'panic room'."
<DeathStar> *As Bella says this, the vault door begins to close and the area enters the Net, dragging them all in*
<DeathStar> *But it feels a little different, flowing with mana*
<DeathStar> *Asarar grabs her comm and reaches out to Kira and Chelsea for backup*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...ok. More elaborate than I was expecting. Props."
<DeathStar> *Melodie taps on the vault door*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "So...how do you actually do that?"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> You want to learn how to use the Net? I'll show you after this
<DeathStar> <Asarar> But it's a two bladed sword. It'll allow us to do thigns we can't in the real world too
<Seraphna> Luci> **looks about** I’m freaking out.
<DeathStar> <Melodie> I feel weaker. *she falls to her knees, as does Aimee; likely due to the mana flow being stronger now*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I mean, yes?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Fortunately for you, you've got two expeirenced netrunners with you."
<DeathStar> *Asarar brings out a short blade and stabs the vault door, trying to break through it*
<Alicia> * Sparkling transfers spirit energy to Melodie and Aimee, converting her own mana to it to do so
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Hopefully Kira and Chelsea arrive to help break this open.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I don't have the tools
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Mom, remember who you're with." *moves over and sees if she can work it open*
<DeathStar> *it looks like the controls are routed on the other side*
<DeathStar> *But she can attempt to shut the entire system down to the house*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami watches intently
<DeathStar> <Asarar> You think you're up it?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Might be standard electronic controls. Wired into a panel on the interior, I bet." *tries to cut the house controls off from the vault*
<DeathStar> *Asarar brings up the map of the house* I don't see an escape path once in the vault
<DeathStar> *Bella shuts off the power, making the house glow the strange Net color; after a moment and thigns reset, the vault doors open*
<Seraphna> Luci> I hate the Net.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Nice work... and now we don't need to hold back."
<DeathStar> *and a bullet full of magic power fires off, hitting Asarar in the chest and sending her flying; a moment later, it explodes with fire magic and she begins to burn*
<DeathStar> <Cloe> What the hell is that? *She drops her cutesy talk*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Panic room is meant to just wait out the threat. Close it up and either the guests elave or you ahve traps to deal with them." *steps back as it opens*
<DeathStar> *more bullets fly out from the panic room at the group*
<Seraphna> **Luci covers her in a shield to put out the fire and then presses her stabilizer into Asarar**
<Alicia> * Sparkling barriers against them
<Jackieness> <Bella> "These assholes are packing!" *moves and tries to drag Asarar to cover*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Are we really doing this?"
<DeathStar> *the bullets hit the shields uselessly; a moment later, and someone can be heard reloading*
<DeathStar> *and then the bullets begin to hit the shields, and the shields begin to be disabled*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "They started shooting at us! Disarm them while they are reloading! Sheesh!"
<Seraphna> Luci> Dude drop that gun and surrender or I PROMISE I will eat you.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "What the hell?!"
<Seraphna> **Luci forms a full shield to protect them**
<DeathStar> *the old butler shimmies forward, holding his weapon*
<DeathStar> *two guns in each hand*
<DeathStar> <Old Butler> Don't move
<Jackieness> <Bella> *draws a throwing blade and tries to get the butler in one hand*
<Alicia> * Sparkling fires a blast at the butler, trying to calculate the power enough to disable him without injuring him permanently
<Seraphna> Luci> How many shot to get through my reinforced shield? Few enough that the rest don’t kill you?
<DeathStar> *he curses, then unloads again in the shield, slowly cracking it, and due to the speed of the shots, it breaks after 3, then aims at Bella and unleashes a lightning bullet at her*
<Sara> * Chelsea arrives, probably with Kira
<Jackieness> <Bella> *attempts to evade and flash step to clsoe in to melee with the butler*
<Sara> * Chelsea cuts the bullet in half
<Alicia> * Yoiyami looks around for the crystal while this is happening, trusting the others to handle the fighting
<DeathStar> *Yoiyami, stepping into the vault, would see the the master in there, chanting a spell*
<Seraphna> **Luci hurls the broken shield energy at him**
<Jackieness> <Kira> *draws her shortblade as she dashes into the fight*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami attempts to shadowport over while people are distracted
<DeathStar> *The butler falls back, grunting and then aims his gun at the entire group; and begins to unleash a spell unlike Meteor*
<DeathStar> *the Net strainng to contain it as things come flying down*
<DeathStar> <Cloe> What the?! *she winces and tries to hit the ground and Melodie and Aimee shield Sparkling*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *flashsteps in to close, trying to bring the butler down with a melee assault*
<Sara> <Chelsea> He's trying to bring it all crashing down!
<Seraphna> **Luci holds up her hands and uses her ultimate shield** AEGIS!!!
<DeathStar> *Yuki, coming in with Chelsea, eyes the situation*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That bad?
<Alicia> * Yoiyami attempts to deal with the master while the others deal with the butler and others
<DeathStar> *The Master turns to Yoiyami and laying a hand on the crystal, unleashes a gravity spell to make it harder for hre to move*
<DeathStar> *the Aegis spell barely keeps the Net in one piece*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami flops on top on the Master, using tendrils to try to grab the crystal
<DeathStar> *Yuki looking around and Cloe standing up. The Butler, laying on the ground, weakly tries to reload*
<DeathStar> *Yoiyami would feel access to a ton of mana*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *leaps and then tries slashing the butler's spell guns*
<DeathStar> *The guns spark and blow up*
<DeathStar> *The Master calls forth a void spell to try to eat Yoiyami*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Kiss kiss. Bang bang."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yoiyami needs our help!"
<Alicia> * Yoiyami summons a Black Hole in return to eat the master
<DeathStar> *Asarar sits up, holding her burnt chest and armor*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I think it's fucking dangerous to go in there
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Can't someone just hit him from here
<Alicia> * Sparkling pauses for a moment, before firing a shot to try to nail the guy
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Then someone be useful and heal up Asarar!"
<Seraphna> Luci> My stabilizer has her but I ain’t a healer.
<DeathStar> *The two spells are surprisingly doing a great job at canceling each other out, but the room looks like it's eating all the relics and magic items in there except the crytal, up until Sparkling shoots him and the void spell begins to stop ,leaving just the blackhole to rampae*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> ine...
<DeathStar> *She pulls herself up slowly, looking anything but*
<Sara> * Chelsea goes to Asarar's side
<DeathStar> <Asarar> ... *pats Chelsea's head and nods* Anks... Luce
<DeathStar> *she pulls off her ruined trench coat*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *goes over to Asarar's side*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami grabs the crystal, and tries to run off with it... if the gravity is ended, at least
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... I think Yoiyami just yoinked the object
<DeathStar> <Melodie> Good for her
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Bella. Bring us out of the Net...
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Can't you just shut off the out of conrol magic?!"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Roger." *tries to take them back to realspace*
<DeathStar> *with the spellcaster gone, it looks like they exit the magic filled Net, and return*I
<Alicia> * Yoiyami cancels the blackhole as she leaves
<DeathStar> *Asarar wincing more now, having been using the Net to cut off pain*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...so what the hell happened here?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "The guy was being really, really dumb."
<Alicia> * Sparkling tries to heal Asarar once the fight's over
<Sara> * Chelsea braces Asarar
<DeathStar> <Cloe> I am wondering
<DeathStar> <Cloe> Why did the guy have so much stolen goods?
<Seraphna> Luci> Can I eat one of them?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Thank you. *She nods to Sparkling and Chelsea* Lets ... crack open his finances. And see if we can't find out more
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Agreed."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Hopefully the ledger wans't in that vault."

Session Start: Mon Jul 22 20:41:49 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-GeyzeSide
* Now talking in #TAW-GeyzeSide
* calamity.esper.net sets mode: +nt
* Seraphna has joined #TAW-GeyzeSide
<DeathStar> Location: Amazon Lands
<DeathStar> *Qui is standing out in the plains near the city*
<Seraphna> **Talia lands nearby her as Alita drops her off**
<DeathStar> *Qui glances at them* Hello. Welcome.
<Seraphna> Talia> Hello Sister!
<DeathStar> <Qui> Hello, Talia. Alita. *She does a sign of peace*
<Seraphna> Alita> Qui, pleasure.
<DeathStar> <Qui> What brings you here?
<Seraphna> Alita> Word reaches me you are pressured to have an heir. I take interest in the peace of the Amazon after all.
<DeathStar> <Qui> I see that word has spread fast
<Seraphna> Alita> Well my Familiar is married to your brother and works in the one place this information always reaches.
<DeathStar> <Qui> Well, do not worry, you two. I am sure everything will work out. Though I am getting older, no one has dared to challenge me yet. As you say, I have family in high places
<Seraphna> Alita> Mmm, I do have one thing I believe could help us both.
<DeathStar> <Qui> And what is that?
<Seraphna> Alita> My Daughter, Amber, I’d like her to shadow under you. Learn something of rulership.
<DeathStar> *Qui blinks* I do not mind that. We welcome all women here, naturally
<Seraphna> Alita> I need to keep her away from the Daemon Realm for a while. She is… a child of very special circumstance.
<DeathStar> <Qui> Of course. Shinobu right now is a precarious position too, I hear.
<Seraphna> Alita> Yes, which could be upset further with Amber present. **she muses** She… well it is complicated but the noble houses dedicated to the old ways would love to get ahold of her.
<DeathStar> <Qui> I see. Well, I will keep her safe here with me
<Seraphna> Alita> One thing. She’s been having visions. Can you try to keep them quiet best as you can?
<DeathStar> *Qui tilts her head* I can do that.
<DeathStar> *someone seems to be watching them, but keeps a respectful distance as not to listen in*
<Seraphna> Alita> In all fairness, I’ll tell you. **she weaves wind and air about them to buffet sound from prying ears** She’s been seeing visions of her other mother. Autumn.
<DeathStar> <Qui> I see. I can imagine that is a heavy burden to be having
<Seraphna> Alita> Yes… the Spirits may be challenged soon. I have much to do. But Amber could use some time with someone used to dealing with the shadow of powerful mothers and hard legacies.
<Seraphna> Alita> And some time with Undine wouldn’t hurt either.
<DeathStar> <Qui> Then we shall set this up. *she smiles*
<Seraphna> Alita> Meanwhile I will be visiting my once sister-wife to see about bolstering her.
<DeathStar> <Qui> Good luck
<DeathStar> --
<DeathStar> Location: Dark Lands
<DeathStar> *Shinobu stares out at the dark city, shadowed like the city itself*
<Seraphna> **Alita pops in off one of her Spirit’s proxies, near her**
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Alita
<DeathStar> *She turns, eyes golden a moment before going back to red*
<Seraphna> Alita> Shinobu dear.
<Seraphna> **Alita walks up to her**
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> What brings you here tonight? *She goes and pours blood red wine for them both, offering her a glass*
<Seraphna> **Alita takes it and sips** Mmm, I’ve heard my Shinobu is having problems.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I often do. But I slowly wrangle them back into place. Such as getting my sister as an advisor along with Rain
<Seraphna> Alita> Pressure for an heir?
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Yes, the last attempt by the nobles to assert some control. They are "worried" for me due to all the mistakes the others in the family have done and if such a great leader such as myself has no direct line, it could fall to them again. They want a proper heir to ensure that doesn't happen or then to set up another family to be sure
<Seraphna> Alita> What of the baby you and my silly husband had?
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I never had a child with your husband. *She looks odd*
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> It was something I was holding off on and then everything went down at the end.
<Seraphna> Alita> I don’t know why that is stuck in my head. Perhaps all the time nonsense I have been through.
<Seraphna> **Alita muses and leans in a bit** I am more than just a Lilin, you know~
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I hope you are not proposing you take up the marriage alliance. That is not necessary.
<Seraphna> Alita> Marriage isn’t necessary. **she winks playfully**
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Having a baby out of wedlock, especially with another kingdom's leader, would be enough to be scandalous
<DeathStar> *Shinobu finishes her drink* Besides, why should I follow their rules anyway. I could just kill my enemies as they come for me
<Seraphna> Alita> Mmm. **she muses a little** So you’d like to be married~?
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Pardon?
<Seraphna> Alita> Well you said I don’t need to uphold it but you also don’t want a child out of wedlock. **she taps her hips with her tail, likely teasing**
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> You do know how to twist words. I can see how you continue to run the Legion. Yes, having a child in a marriage ceremony with you probably would be the safest bet. But also, I am loathe to do it, so I would rathre take them head on
<Seraphna> **Alita whispers in her ear** Keepnit in your back pocket then. I guarantee no one opposing you will be able to challenge my Daemon Blood.
<DeathStar> *Shinobu folds her hands* Tell me
<Seraphna> Alita> **she muses and creates the sound barrier again**
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Wouldn't it benefit you more if I fell? Then your Autumn child could reveal herself and have the throne easily
<Seraphna> Alita> She doesn’t want it… and despite the power I wield I’ve never had the ambition. It’s my friends and family I work for.
<Seraphna> Alita> There is more though. When Autumn created our kind… it was through my blood.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I am aware. If that information got out, you both would be examined. To the death
<Seraphna> Alita> Mmm… not with ease, but you’re right. Still, you’re family.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> So. What do you want to do?
<Seraphna> Alita> I mean, apart from offer Amber up… there’s us and then there’s plan B. Which I am not eager to do with the Spirits facing a threat
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> ... *plays with the wine glass* I suppose I could accept a marriage alliance again, and we can think on the kid part. I made Mykel wait a long time after all.
<Seraphna> Alita> Mmm, I’m far more beautiful than him though. **she grins**
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I am aware
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Is this agreeable?
<Seraphna> Alita> Of course.
<DeathStar> *she rises and takes Alita's hand* Then come. Let us make it public
<Seraphna> Alita> I will leave my hopes that Amber charms Qui. **she takes her hand**
<DeathStar> -END-
Session Close: Mon Jul 22 23:22:08 2024

<DeathStar> -Hop Hop-
<DeathStar> Location: Bar
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "... I'm going to hold onto this a little longer. It's..." *she pauses, looking for the right word* "warm."
<DeathStar> *Asarar is laid up in her bed, looking better, as Ymir is is there with the files and other stuff they managed to get. Cloe is bringing stuff for Asarar to eat, giving it to Chelsea and Kira to feed her*
<DeathStar> *Yuki sits in a chair in the bedroom, while Ymir hums quietly* <Ymir> I got some news, some of it you won't like
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Jisaco has been interrogating the two and while it was going on, the Astro began to age slowly during it. He began to become incoherantly, demanding the crystal back to cure himself. And while that was going on, he sort of fell over into a coma. He's still aging
<DeathStar> *Asarar opens her mouth up, playing up her injuries at this point*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So...was he sustaining his life with magic?"
<DeathStar> <Ymir> It's possible. Next.
<DeathStar> <Ymir> His finances were not good. It looks like he might have been buying a lot of his "wealthy" status objects from the black market. Going over it, he looks like he lost the majority a long time ago but to keep playing the image, he used them. They might be the same group of thieves and others you know, since the group is the group that Mouse is known to run around. How he got his hands on the crystal I do not kow
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I don't know if they got their hands on it, or he had it beforehnd
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Kalam has confirmed that the crystal matches the description of the one at the Magi Tower, and having located this one should help them find the others, if there is more.
<DeathStar> *Ymir folds her hands* Any other questions?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "His butler was clearly not just a domestic servant."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> The butler has been tight lipped
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Jisaco is working at making him talk, but ...
<DeathStar> <Ymir> If you all want to try later, you can
<DeathStar> *Kalam busts into Asarar's room, making the latter bite her tongue* Ow!
<DeathStar> <Kalam> We have a situation. I need to gather the students and go
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...uh...ok."
<DeathStar> *Ymir looks at her datapad* It appears the Summoni have been attacked
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Seriously?!"
<Seraphna> Luci> Damn.
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I believe it is the location where I had my students looking for info on the mana crystal. Come on. *To Asarar's group* I'll keep you in the loop
<DeathStar> *Asarar rubs her jar* Dank yoo
<Jackieness> <Kira> "I don't like coincidences."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *to Chelsea and Kira* Ow
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Do you think it is one?"
<DeathStar> <Cloe> I think someone is about to make life harder
<Jackieness> <Kira> "If I did, would I have bothered saying it?"
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Summoni Compound
<DeathStar> *Kalam arrives with the Geyze people at the snowy compound, where it looks like someone with magic attacked. Someone with magic concentrated shots. Someone with a directed magic wand even, tearing through the walls to make their way through the compound; thankfully, no one was killed*
<DeathStar> *Melodie and Aimee look through the archieves, the room once sealed completely not pierces and open to everyone*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> This is bad. They broke right through
<DeathStar> *Sylph floats about, coming in behind them*
<DeathStar> <Kalam> The person came and took all our research on the mana crystal, including the stuff Delgi gave us
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "... same people?"
<Seraphna> Alt> Meanies!
<DeathStar> <Kalam> The students here said it was blonde teenage
<Seraphna> **Terra is helping out walks back up**
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I believe it might have been only one person
<DeathStar> *Kalam searches the wreckage* Hopefully, all she got was the paperwork. <Alouette> She?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Any more information?"
<DeathStar> <Kalam> Zayne. This is damage done by a Maka or a Makai
<Alicia> * Sparkling sighs. "I guess... I won't get to see her much longer."
<DeathStar> *burnt into one of the walls of the vault, is the words - 7 pieces*
<Alicia> <SParkling> "Are there 7 crystals?"
<DeathStar> <Kalam> If Zayne found information that indicates it, it could be. Yoiyami has one
<DeathStar> <Kalam> We have the Magi Tower one missing in action, and ours as 3. I would hate to imagine the power someone could get from 7
<DeathStar> <Kalam> I need to send you kids back to the school and repair the damage done here.
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.4.22 - 2 days later
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *Lumi eyes the large crystal like rune, then at Lana, then Yoiyami* So
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Where do we put this to keep it safe? Kalam has already been hit
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I don't know, but it's not like you can hide it."
<DeathStar> *Sylph is practicing her wind powers, standing on top of the tree house and shaking the school again*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... maybe the Spirit World."
<DeathStar> *Gwen, returning back to the Academy, gets tossed*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I am having a talk with Ellie about that spirit after this
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Alright, lets try putting it in the spirit realm. I'll talk to Selena and Soren. We'll need extra guards too
<DeathStar> *a courir from the Keepers arrives and hands Lumi something; as she reads it, she looks a little pale and stands up* Threna?
<Seraphna> Threna> Mmm?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> .., something happened. We'll need to gather our best Keepers. *she eyes Yoiyami* And you will stay here
<DeathStar> <Lumi> And aid the Legion in investigating what happened.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahh...what happened?"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...is it okay for a mana crystal to be stored in the spirit world?"
<DeathStar> <Lumi> The palace was attacked and the Royal Family was wiped out. *she pauses as more information comes in* ... Well. It looks like Alita was in the Dark Lands. So maybe not all of them.
<Seraphna> H
<DeathStar> <Lumi> But we need to find out who did the attack and why the Legion
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I hope it wasn't Sparkling.
<DeathStar> *Zayne even
<Seraphna> Threna> Not good… though Amber and Talia are away too.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Good, we need to find out who all survived
<DeathStar> *Lumi turns to Yoiyami* IF you can find out a better solution before we deliver it to the Hapian Palace, I will consider it
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Snowy Plains
<DeathStar> *Zayne lands and walks along, holding out her wand as she feels for something*
<DeathStar> *Then after a moment, blows up all the snow in the area before retrieving an objct that looks just like the one Yoiyami held*
<DeathStar> *studying it and realzing how bulky it would be to hold it in one hand the entire time, she has her wand absorb it then floats up and leaves*
<DeathStar> -END-
* DeathStar changes topic to 'Geyze: Record of Spirit War | Mondays | 7:15 -  7:30 PM to 10:15 pm  to 10:30 PM | Part III - Act 2 |  Geyze Session 71: Maka or Aquarius | | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze/index.php - '
<DeathStar> -Minis Open-
<DeathStar> *Sylph controls the wind to blow up skirts, especially Ellie*
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Session Close: Tue Jul 23 00:00:00 2024