The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 73

Session Start: Mon Aug 12 00:00:06 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.5.14
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen - Macross HQ
<DeathStar> *Ymir stands there, greeting those who are transferring over from the Aquarius via teleport and coming back home. She seems to be dressed up as she stands there, monitoring the teleport systems*
<DeathStar> *Zayne pats herself as she stands there*
<Seraphna> **Luci hangs out with her, wearing sunglasses to show she is guarding**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *is going over some notes*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Teleporting while looking at your notes? *she jokes* You're lucky they didn't fuse into your body
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<Seraphna> **Alt peeks out of her cleavage** Is okay, new Maka Alt protect the sacred pillows.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *Ben arrives behind Lana* <Ymir> Anyway, since Airym pressed that what you all found out there was concerning, a meeting is being brought together.
<DeathStar> <Ymir> You all can return to Geyze with me since I still need to get to it. *She checks everyone* Everyone here?
<Seraphna> Luci> I think most of the crew is staying on board. **Luci pouts**
<DeathStar> <Ben> We don't need the entire crew to deliver a report
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... I think they are planning to head back out as soon as we give them the mission."
<Seraphna> Luci> My daughter is likely laser focused on Seniga.
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I was mainly referring to our people that went out with the Aquarius. *Referring to Lana, Nico, Zayne, etc*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I'm closing off the teleporter now then
<MobileAri> * Nicolette nods
<Seraphna> Luci> Eeep! When did Nico get here?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> *tilts her head at Luci slowly*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "She's been there the entire time."
<DeathStar> *Ymir powers it off* Okay, lets depart for Geyze. *she begins to lead them downstairs to her personal shuttle*
<Seraphna> **Luci slowly takes out a bell**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I... did you forget I was on this mission?"
<Seraphna> Luci> Ymir is the brains. I eat the bad guys.
<DeathStar> *Zayne makes a strange expression - unreadable*
<Seraphna> **Luci ties the bell around Nico’s wrist**
<Seraphna> Alt> Alt good with faces but can’t get a read on Zayney.
<DeathStar> <Ben> It's a skill you can pick up
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, I don't get it either, Zayne."
* Alicia has joined #TAW-Geyze
<Seraphna> Alt> Reading face or having blank face?
<DeathStar> *Ymir pilots her shuttle to Geyze and lands it outside the Academy; it looks to be crowded already, with students in the middle of studying for finals and the meeting already being underway*
<Seraphna> **Alt tries, her face going Ditto smiley**
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Well. It looks like the Academy is busy as always
<DeathStar> *she steps out of the shuttle*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *steps out*
<Seraphna> **Alt bounces on Lana’s chest**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "St... stop..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The day the academy isn't lively, is a bad sign for Geyze."
<Seraphna> Alt> Momma Lana! We should go see Daddy. He will be stern if I am not framed in your huge pillows.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I guess Alt flunked out already
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....I...I need to present at the meeting."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Indeed. Come, Pillows
<DeathStar> *she pulls Lana along toward the meeting area*
<Seraphna> Alt> Alt trip counted for learning. Maka training hard.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *sighs and shuffles along*
<DeathStar> *Ben following Ymir, while Zayne decides to sit among the students, watching how the magic ones study for finals*I
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...going to the planet doesn't count as training, Alt."
<Seraphna> Alt> Got wand! **she holds up a toy from the gift shop**
<DeathStar> *Gwen leans over Alt* My little Maka.
<DeathStar> *He tosses her up and down*
<Seraphna> Alt> Eeee! Hi Daddy!
<DeathStar> *in the meeting room, Celes is present, Shinobu, Leafy, etc*
<Seraphna> **Alita teleports in, likely via Salamander. Looking tired but well kept as she moves to sit with Shinobu**
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *is already seated in the meetimg as well*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami is studying, practically radiating confidence
<MobileAri> * Nicolette bows to Celes, before finding a seat
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves up to be near the front*
<DeathStar> *while outside, Shion is aiding students with their finals*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Well, can Lana or someone who was on this space assignment explain what you all found that concerned you so much?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...yes." *moves up to the front and starts projecting her scan readings, then plays a video of the attack on Haven*
<DeathStar> *Shinobu squints, trying to make heads of it* It appears to be some sort of invisible enemy. A ... sprite?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "These readings and strongly suggestive...that not only is it a sprite, but a sprite servitor of the super spirits that we were warned about."
<DeathStar> <Celes> It is a rather large sprite at that
<DeathStar> <Celes> It could almost be considered a spirit
<Jackieness> <Lana> "By spirit energy displacement, yes. However, observe my readings. The metaphysical workings are distinctly sprite-like, not those of a full spirit."
<Seraphna> Alita> And it tried to kidnap our littlest Dark Spirit.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ah... it was collecting magical artifacts, of which our dark spirit was in possession of."
<DeathStar> *Lana would suddenly be alerted to sensors in her lab going off; it's clear that they're picking up something*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!" *looks* "I've ha d abreak in!"
<Seraphna> Talia> I innocent.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *dashes up the aisle mid-presentation and then out the door*
<DeathStar> <Leafy> Artifacts? What type of artifacts? <Ben> Ah, yes. *he goes to lay downpictures of them when he pauses*
<DeathStar> <Celes> Hm. Perhaps we should pause the meeting for a moment.
<DeathStar> <Celes> Lana - why don't you take some people and take a look?
<Seraphna> **Terra pops in Leafy’s lap to look at the pictures**
<Seraphna> Alita> She ran so fast.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *has dangerous stuff in there!*
<DeathStar> <Celes> She did. I barely got that out
<DeathStar> <Celes> Does anyone else want to help her?
<Seraphna> Talia> I will go guard the pillows.
<DeathStar> *Zayne watches Lana run by, lathargically; Gwen sets Alt down and goes to follow*
<Seraphna> **Talia heads after Pillows**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *is zipping right for her lab, unusual given how easily she runs out of breath*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I'm sure Pillows will be fine. *they look over the artifacts the group for from the vendor*
<Seraphna> Alita> Could these artifact makers be the Super Spirits that Terra reported on?
<DeathStar> * The objects on the table appear to be a wooden bird, a strange looking with a female's face on one side, looking all goddess like, an hour glass, and finally a stone of sorts, much smaller than the magic rune stones, but looking similiar in design. The tomes on top of them are written in another language, but one cover does have a bit of Basic on it along with the other words*
<DeathStar> *Lana would arrive at her lab, and it looks unbroken into*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette heads after Lana, figuring if there's trouble, she shouldn't be alone
<DeathStar> *Gwen standing behind her* <Gwen> What's up?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts going through the unlocking sequence to check inside*
<DeathStar> *as they get inside, the lab looks quiet and dark. There is something going on. Her magic rune detector is flashing, having been muted and not giving off an alert, but otherwise the lab looks fine.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves a quick scanner spell*
<DeathStar> *the lab looks empty of people right now*
<DeathStar> *Gwen walks around, tilting his head*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...guard the door." *check the locked cabinet for the runes*
<DeathStar> *the one rune that is kept there seems to be present.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *scans the rune just in case it got swapped for a fake*
<DeathStar> *it seems to be the real deal*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette stays back by the door, making sure no one gets passed. Though she's not sure what she's guarding from...
<Alicia> * Ceilidh stands by the door too, unsure of what's going on
<DeathStar> *meanwhile, all magic users would feel a massive wave of magic coming their way like a tidal wave; so powerful and strong, it's no doubt have been generated by a magic rune*
<DeathStar> *The entire school has their heads up*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Lana
<DeathStar> *he calls out*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...something was here and silenced my rune ward..or tried to. It still dialed me the moment it was tripped." *takes the rune and hides it on ehr own person*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> *he points at the flashing red light on the rune detector* What is that?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *checks the detector*
<Seraphna> Alt> Maaaana~
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Get around me. NOW!"
<DeathStar> *Gwen blinks and moves closer*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette moves to Lana without hesitation
<DeathStar> *outside, people would see what looks like the landscape changing before their eyes*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *grabs her own rune and starts weaving a defensive ward to try to protect as many as she can from the inbound mana wave*
<DeathStar> *as a tidal wave of mana energy sweeps along*
<DeathStar> *Zayne rises and studies what is coming*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami puts up a protective shield... well, bubble.
<DeathStar> *a few moments later, the school is sweeped over*
<DeathStar> *the lab they're in vanishing around their eyes and becoming what looks to be a stockroom*
<Seraphna> **Alt eyes the changes confused**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *plops on to the ground*
<Seraphna> Talia> Ummm… did your whole lab get stolen?
<DeathStar> *Gwen puts a hand on Lana* It looks to be over
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "That's unacceptable."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Someone... used the rune to cast a spell to modify reality...maybe..."
<DeathStar> *the stock boxes all have the Hapian Ascenancy logo on them*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...well, we know what all those mana crystals were for now."
<DeathStar> *Gwen opens the store room boxes and outside the Academy is no longer there - well, no exactly. A Hapian Academy is there in it's place.*
<Seraphna> Talia> Ummm… why do these boxes have the Hapian logo on them?
<DeathStar> *and it's a bleak, no nonsense looking version. Laying out in the field is Yoiyami, looking frazzled since her shield would not have fully protected her from the affects, she likely has holes in her memory/existence. Students are helping her up, and that is the only reason she's not being interrogated is due to her state*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I used 'our' rune to raise a ward capable of protecting us from their spell... but...feel tired now..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Rest for now
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and stays plopped down*
<Seraphna> **Talia peers around, whispering to Gwen** Someone changed time again. Cleaners gonna be cranky.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> All I see is Yoi
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Everyone else is gone
<Seraphna> Talia> Wait where Alt?
<DeathStar> *he watches Yoiyami being helped inside the school building*
<Seraphna> **Talia looks for her daughter**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We're going to need to triage the situation, but I don't know where to even start."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> In Pillows' breasts - she should be at least.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...it would help if we.... could find who cast that spell... where...and why."
<Seraphna> **Alt pops up out of them** Momma Pillows boobs have time compression.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Agreed. *at that moment, there is more movement - Sasha seems to also somehow escaped this, despite lacking that type of shield magic*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I have a headache."
<DeathStar> *the students who are moving Yoiyami pausing to kneel and bow to her*
<Seraphna> Alt> This strange.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *steps outside, looking out of sorts* "...what just happened?"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "School go byebye."
<Seraphna> Talia> Something that gonna peeve over cleaners.
<DeathStar> <Student> Are you also unwell, your Highness?
<DeathStar> *they look between Yoiyami and Sasha*
<Seraphna> Talia> **whisper** Why they calling Sasha that?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well she is technically part of the royal family
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *looks around* "Stands up...now...what happened to my academy?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...I would guess, because we're in a world where Celes wasn't Queen."
<Seraphna> Talia> Yeah but she gets cranky if they don’t say Headmistress.
<DeathStar> *The students look at each other oddly* Well, um, is something to your disliking?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I get cranky if people make the place I'm studying disappear while I'm inside!"
<DeathStar> *a female student pats Yoiyami* You know, you think she is a Daemon? A strange looking one?
<Seraphna> **Talia muses** If this not neutral Academy anymore than momma and the others won’t be here.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "... ... ..." *looks at them and then waves a hand* "You are all dismissed."
<DeathStar> *They bow and take Yoiyami with her*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Wait. Not her." *gestures at Yoiyami*
<Seraphna> Alt> Why they say Daemon like that?
<Alicia> * Yoiyami resists being taken away, even before that
<DeathStar> *the students look at Sasha*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Yoiyami, correct? Attend me."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette changes her outfit with a spell to something more civilian, figuring her royal robes would be trouble here.
<DeathStar> *though it's clear they're wondering why, especially with her appearing out of nowhere and looking daemonish, they let her go, bow, and move inside*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...what?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright, lets work our way over there
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I do remember you, and you seem out of place here as well. Come with me." *heads for where the admin pyramid should be*
<DeathStar> *he sneaks slowly from the storage area*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...I'll be here...trying to regain my energy."
<DeathStar> *Gwen leaves Alt to protect Lana*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Are your memories a bit fuzzy too?"
<Seraphna> **Talia accompanied Gwen**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Alright. Try to avoid being seen." She heads after Gwen.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "My memories? Only so much as my head being fuzzy as the world has turned upside down."
<DeathStar> the the pyramid is where it always is, though it has been made up to look more Hapian now. Gwen manages to catch up to Sasha before she enters, Hapian faculity all over the place here*
<DeathStar> *Gwen sticks to the shadows, waving his hand to get her attention*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *looks at Gwen and the others, then mvoes over* "I take it you are all still yourselves?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Yes. Lana protected us
<Alicia> * Ceilidh heads after.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'm personally shocked you two are okay
<Seraphna> Talia> Though her lab vanished. And I think Momma and the others are at their homes now.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Sasha makes sense. Yoiyami... Well, not sure there."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I was listening to Ben from the Aquarius make his presentation when the entire meeting room disappeared along with everyone in it."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I see. Well, you must have gotten very lucky then to survive without a shield
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Who said I didn't have one?"
<Seraphna> Talia> Unless it was set not to target certain people. Like… **looks around** Hapians.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If that is the case, where is Celes, Luna - Selena
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Celes is missing as well, so she was not spared some impact."
<Seraphna> Talia> We should find out but umm… **squirms** Maybe they aren’t in this timeline.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Do we know how far reaching this spell is?
<Seraphna> Talia> It was huge like landscape changing.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Clearly powerful. Can any of you cntact Kumen?"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "This feels like politics and I hate it. This is how Sparkling feels, I'm sure."
<Seraphna> **Talia checks her datapad**
<DeathStar> *there is indeed a Kumen still around*
<DeathStar> *But the channels are different*
<Seraphna> Talia> Signals from Kumen all different…
<Seraphna> Talia> If no Peacekeepers then they would be different.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Then we shoudl assume that the effect was very far ranging indeed."
<DeathStar> *There seems to be a bit of a commotion going on from near where the meeting room happens; the Hapian Units seem to be dealing with something*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Even Kumen? I know that was an ungodly amount of mana, but... how...?"
<Seraphna> Talia> That not good. We should check and bring Authority Sasha.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It has to be more to it; a magic spell can't just change reality. I've never heard of such
<Seraphna> **Talia starts to move that way**
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Yoiyami, stay with this group. If the behavior of the students is anything to go by, then I suspect that the guards are looking for me."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It could, in theory. But on this scale... well, it'd need an insane amount of infrastructure, to put it simply."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'm going to anyway."
<DeathStar> *a unit of people yank out what looks to be Zayne, but there seems to be something odd about her. She seems to be in a bit of a state like Yoiyami, appearing and it seems for her reality can't decide what state of being she should be*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Let. Go. *she strains, as if she has no power for the moment*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I'll deal with this. Stay together and stay safe." *heads toward the commotion*
<Seraphna> Talia> We should help her. If she settles in this reality she might not be safe. For anyone.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Lets trust in the power of Sasha giving orders
<DeathStar> *he states even as Zayne is being hogtied*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *approaches the guard group*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I don't like this place at all."
<Seraphna> Talia> Why people keep changing our time? Didn’t that nearly break universe? Why people dumb? **she asks her husband**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hey, Origin. Could you do something for me?"
<DeathStar> <Origin> *chirps an affirmative*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'm curious how this spell changed things. I see no Cleaners yet, so it might not be a time spell
<DeathStar> *the unit salutes Sasha as they haul up Zayne*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Try to find Mylph or Geb. I'm wondering what their world is like."
<DeathStar> *Origin nods and poofs*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *looks at Zayne* "There is no need for that. This woman was in my presence when an incident occurred. She shielded me from this magic, and should be treated with the gratitude of the Hapian dynasty."
<DeathStar> *The unit looks at each other, then back at Sasha* Magic, Princess? Was there some sort of attack we are unaware of that we need to look into?
<Seraphna> **Talia whispers more** Princess? Is that her title?
<DeathStar> *Zayne is let go and turned over to Sasha, rubbing her wrists*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Something occurred. I would like the spiritualists and magi both consulted to look for any unusual displays of power."
<DeathStar> <Unit> Of course. ... *they salute over their chest* Also, the Queen has been asking for you to return to the Castle. *apologetically* She has left the message at various places you show up at
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...of course."
<DeathStar> *They turn to see to Sasha's order*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "You are dismissed."
<DeathStar> *they hurry off*
<DeathStar> *Origin lands on Nico's head*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *waits for them to disappear and then tries to help Zayne over to where she legft the group*
<DeathStar> *Origin beeps panickly*
<Seraphna> Talia> Isn’t this what the old lady was trying to make happen?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Who? Is that something I forgot?"
<DeathStar> *Zayne looks at Yoiyami* You look like you're in bad shape. You need a spell to fix that
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...this is worrisome..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...yeah, I was afraid of that."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Great, I haven't learnt spells to fix memory issues."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette gives Origin a strawberry, "Good work, all the same."
<DeathStar> *Origin takes it*
<Seraphna> Talia> What Orgyin say?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> What else can go wrong
<Alicia> * Sparkling heads over, finally, seeming unchanged, but apparently having gotten lost trying to find the group
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "No Counter-Geyze."
<DeathStar> *Gwen holds up a stick at SParkling*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...I am being called back to Hapian Castle...by the Queen."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... Hail Hapian?
<DeathStar> *he asks her accusingly*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I was starting to wonder if that was because we're living their timeline."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Is everyone okay? Some kind of big reality altering spell... what?"
<Seraphna> Talia> I have a feeling we’ll get a lot of answers if we go with Sasha.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Also, the portal is gone. Which I didn't even consider."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Perhaps... though if the queen in this place is my mother..."
<Seraphna> Talia> Also if Counter Geyze is gone… what that mean? Did someone use it for big spell mana?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "No, it just doesn't exist in this reality."
<DeathStar> *Gwen thinks, tapping his face* Okay, before we go see your Queen
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'd like a few more answers. Like - I see no sign of the spirits here
<DeathStar> <Gwen> No Melodie, no Sylph, nothin'
<Seraphna> Talia> Yeah… I would ask Mom but not sure if I can get back from wherever she is.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "They are likely in their original shrines in their homelands."
<Seraphna> **Talia looks Sasha up and down**
<Seraphna> Talia> If you’re the Princess now… should your link to Aska be open?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I never lost my link to Aska."
<Seraphna> Talia> Gasp! Sasha full of secrets! Call her?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> But will she be an enemy?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Noy a good idea. If I summoned her, it would eb the Aska of this place."
<Seraphna> Talia> If is your Mom again than maybe…
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright I guess we have no choice but to go the palace and seek answers
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If we have to we can run
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Is this everyone who made it over?"
<Seraphna> Talia> Lana and Alt behind doing science.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It is good this many made it. *she seems a bit out of it, her vision seeing other stuff it feels like*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I will get them
<DeathStar> *She vanishes*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette closes her eyes and reaches out, trying to sense if she could call upon Shin in this place, though... not actually calling upon her. She isn't sure that'd get them a friendly death spirit.
<DeathStar> *Shin does seem to exist, but seems to be in full Death Spirit mode right now; calling her forth would be unleashing the spirit that hunts others*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I will use my 'influence' to arrange a carriage for you to take to Hapian city."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You sure you want to go off alone?"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Not really, but I don't know who I am expected to be here."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Do you trust your mother?
<Seraphna> Talia> Come with us then in case you get brainwashed.
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia protect your brain, fellow Princess.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...I do not get along with my mother."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It's definitely important to find out the state of things at the castle. And we don't want to piss off the queen right now."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well then, We'll have to find a way to stick close
<Seraphna> Talia> Clever guard uniforms?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We'll see
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> Location: Hapian Capital
<DeathStar> *by the time they arrive by carriage, evening is already falling. The city looks more like it did under Celes' reign when she first began, more steam punkish with spirit tech running everything. No upgrades and advancements done to the city, keeping it more like a time capsule. There is also way more Hapians in the city and some Spiritalist/Magi, but definitely no Legion/Amazon/Daemons*
<DeathStar> *Gwen leans out the window to study things quietly, then peers at the castle in the background*
<Seraphna> Talia> Not like vibe here.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Only now?"
<Seraphna> Talia> More here.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Are we sure this isn't Kumen?"
<MobileAri> * Nicolette quietly stares out the window, feeling utter dread.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...no, Kumen's on a whole 'nother level."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "This is where I was born."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "This is just... retro."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Also be aware that I don't know what I am supposed to be like in this version of Geyze."
<DeathStar> *Gwen hops off the carriage*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "That's fine, I'm probably not supposed to be here."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You go on inside the castle; the rest of us will seek a way to join you
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Do we have to?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...there are hidden rooms and passages in the castle."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That is true. *to Yoiyami* You can find an inn if you want
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *nods* "Do not take any unnecessary risks. The main goal is to uncover the cause of this... understood?"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I guess I can hide out in a hidden room."
<Seraphna> Talia> Should we use Secret Entrance A, B or C?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Which is which?"
<DeathStar> *Gwen heads into the town proper for now, splitting off from Sasha*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *heads for the castle*
<DeathStar> *Gwen leads them into a tavern and orders everyone food and drink after the carriage ride, motioning at an empty table*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *sits down*
<DeathStar> *Zayne quietly takes a chair
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt sit to devour fish**
<MobileAri> * Nicolette watches Sasha head to the castle, and then sighs, and follows after Gwen.
<Alicia> * Yoiyami sticks with Gwen for now, as do Sparkling and Ceilidh
<DeathStar> *Gwen seems to intently be talking to the person at the bar as he waits for the drinks and food; his face growing more ashen, then moves back to the table and sets everything down*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I wish we had more time to do recon. Damn
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<Seraphna> Talia> It’s bad isn’t it?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> The reason the Queen wants Sasha back is that 'Sasha' has been ducking her wedding - an arranged marriage to someone from Kumen. Tomorrow is suppose to be the big day. Again.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Now I really wish I went with her."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And she is walking right into it without any clue."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'm sure she knows by now."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> There's a lot of information you can gleam from talking to locals. But I'm not sure we have the time to ask around
<DeathStar> *he bites into some chicken*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I did casually drop what the date was though
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It's the same as ours
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<Seraphna> Talia> So this is current day and suspiciously along lines that old hag wanted things to happen.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I thought we dealt with her, though?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We dealt with Celes' mother. I don't think we ever killed Sasha's though - did we?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... the headmistress sent her mother packing when she showed up a few years back...that's all."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'll give you some insight into how Sasha's mother works then
<DeathStar> <Gwen> While Celes' mother was bold and terrifying, Sasha's was more of the type that schemed in the background and envied what Celes' had - and hated.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> She'd be the type that put soap in your path while going down stairs
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That's why --- I find her suddenly coming up with this scheme hard to believe
<Seraphna> Talia> Has she been spending years plotting to ruin entire world just so she can be Queen?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I think someone put it in her head
<Seraphna> Talia> So we gotta smack two baddies?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Probably - remember, she's never shown to be the bold and direct type
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...from what I remember... Sasha's mother was actually the elder princess...but was passed over in favor of Celes' mother."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You're right.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Okay, lets see. *he draws a map of the castle and taps it* We'll go in from here. The dungeons.
<Seraphna> Talia> Why can’t they just get along and have more awesome Triple Princesses like me?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Yoi, you want to remain here at the tavern?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...no, not really."
<Seraphna> Alt> Alt spank baddies and protect Yoi.
<DeathStar> *Gwen looks between the two*
<DeathStar> *Zayne grabs Yoi's head and tilts it back as she looks into her eyes*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...can you not?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> You prefer to keep holes? Very well
<DeathStar> *She lets go*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Holes?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh..I think Zayne was going to use her magic to heal the gaps in your memory."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I figured she was suffering the same ailment I was
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Was the head grabbing really part of that?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I was seeing how bad you were
<DeathStar> <Zayne> If you were too far gone, no sense in trying
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You... have magic now, Zayne?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I .. am unsure what I have. At times I have magic and I hear it's voice. Othertimes, it's gone and I feel like I can tap into a calmer power.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> The switching is giving me a headache
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "... great."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I imagine in this timeline Zayne would have never encountered any of you and continued her Makai path
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "A calmer power? THAT is curious."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Anyway, focus on something very important to you. It'll help make you whole
<DeathStar> *she tells Yoi*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I mean, about as far as you get from unwelcome, but that doesn't match either reality."
<Seraphna> Alt> Try focusing on fish.
<DeathStar> *Gwen gathers his map and pays for the bill*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> When I figure it out I will let you know, Nicolette
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Mmm... you should do the same, then."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Hm. I am trying. But the stuff that makes me stronger is also worrying me. *she murmurs, standing up to follow Gwen*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'll keep this in mind and let you know if I think of something."
<DeathStar> *Gwen leads the group back toward the castle, then tries to lift a sewer cover up*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Can one of you fine strong ladies help
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<Seraphna> **Talia does it with one hand**
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ...
<DeathStar> *the others can tell it was at that moment, Gwen's pride was shattered forever*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Uh yeah... thanks
<DeathStar> *Gwen hops down*
<Seraphna> Talia> Oh my motherly adrenaline must have kicked in.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *fidgets then goes down into the sewers*
<Seraphna> **Talia hops in**
<DeathStar> *Zayne heads down* <Gwen> Sparkling? Light.
<Seraphna> Alt> Daddy must have really loosened it up!
<DeathStar> *Each line has Gwen's ego broken even more*
<Seraphna> *Lies, we know he didn’t have any to begin with*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette heads inside, conjuring an orb of light to illuminate the path
<Alicia> * Sparkling lights up the area, Yoiyami's eyes narrowing at the light... especially since Nicolette does so a moment before
<DeathStar> *hundreds of rats flee from the light*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Mood, little guys."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Vermin
<DeathStar> *Gwen walks along the sewers; as they walk, they hear moaning and hear something shuffling around down here, as if patroling*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "They're just living their lives."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt ride his big manly shoulders**
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Something or someone is down here. Becareful
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I hear it."
<DeathStar> *the sewers are like something out of Xenogeras, a winding mess of left and right turns, and the occasional rat leaping up for a random encounter, until the team reaches a locked gate* <Gwen> That wasn't there before
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves her scan construct to give them a view ahead*
<DeathStar> *Lana's scan construct would show the hidden passage is further ahead beyond the locked gate*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I guess we need to backtrack for the key
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its ahead of us, if we can get past the gate."
<Seraphna> Talia> Why not just break door?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Ah, well..
<Seraphna> Alt> Daddy can do it.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I mean, I could, but then they'd know we're here..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That is true.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette takes a closer look at the lock
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Unless someone cna pick the lock."
<Seraphna> **Talia checks to see if is your standard barred gate**
<DeathStar> *it seems to be a normal door, rusting a bit, where you put a key into the lock; it's not even spirit-tech protected*
<DeathStar> *yes, your standard barred gate*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami tries, though she was never formally trained in this, using dark tendrils as lockpicks
<Seraphna> **Talia tries to slip between the bars**
<DeathStar> *Talia comically gets stuck for a moment before popping through
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Forget the pins for a moment. Try reaching past them. If there's no a 'wall' there, feel for a lever."
<Alicia> * Yoiyami does that then
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I see picking locks is something Kumenites learn as second nature
<DeathStar> *as Yoiyami and Nico get the door to unlock*
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia won at doors.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Eheh... well, you learn things when you live on the street."
<DeathStar> *Gwen heads forward and runs his hand along the walls, pressing forward like something out of Wolfenstein. At that moment, the sewer "water" gurgles and a creature rises up, trying to grab Talia and eat her*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "And that's why I didn't want to go on ahead alone."
<Seraphna> **Talia flips and slashes with an oversized mana blade.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *The creature makes a pained noise and sinks into the liquids. AT that moment more begin to rise up to have some Talia*
<DeathStar> *Gwen presses in the wall and it opens*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette hurries through the passage before she can encounter one of those creatures
<Jackieness> <Lana> *hurries through the secert passage*
<DeathStar> *Zayne grabs at Talia and hurries*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh hurries through, along with Yoiyami, Sparkling taking up the rear
<Seraphna> **Talia meowls **
<DeathStar> *The passage at least is safe and quiet and as they move through it into the dungeon area, able to peer into the dungeons through hidden view points, they would see some prisoners in their cells. One such prisoner being Liana*
<Seraphna> Talia> That even more sus. Why would need to lock up Liana if time changed?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...maybe she is a rebel in this reality?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So many questions
<DeathStar> *Gwen moves along the passage and exits at the end, stepping into the dungeon proper*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette visibly winces when she notices Liana.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "*weaves a map of the castle...at least the version from the nromal version of reality* "...hope they havne't remodeled too much..."
<DeathStar> *As Gwen heads for the stairs* Lets get some guard uniforms. I know where we can find some. I-- *Suddenly, from the shadows, someone hits Gwen hard in the head and sends him flying back*
<Seraphna> Talia> Last one had that secret sacrifice room.
<DeathStar> <Female Voice> Intruder. *the guard turns to ring a bell*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The castle is ancient, I doubt that mu-!" She ducks the incoming Gwen
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves to try to cage the female guard*
<Seraphna> Talia> **shifts to getting the way of the bell**
<DeathStar> *The guard looks around, then digs their fingrs into the cage and seems to bulk up and breaks it*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...she's trying to break through!"
<DeathStar> *turning to face Talia, the guard looks to be breathing heavier as if in some hyper state*
<DeathStar> *Zayne taps into her magic*
<Seraphna> **Talia readies her blade to them** Strong but blade proof? Who you?
<DeathStar> *the guard removes their helmet; it seems to be Kito, who looks grim faced, having activated her limiter. She dashes in at Talia*
<Seraphna> Talia> Kito! **she faints and shifts her blade to the flat and readies to bat her aside**
<DeathStar> *Kito seems intent to just charge right into Talia, even if it means to take damage, and ram them both itn othe bell*
<Seraphna> **Talia shifts to bat her away from the bell**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to put a solid mana cube around the bell*
<Seraphna> **Alt darts out and goes for Kito’s legs with mana claws**
<DeathStar> *Kito strains against Talia's weapon, pushing against it, until Lana does that, then turns to look down at Alt; she makes a face, grabbing at her to gently toss her away*
<Seraphna> Talia> Kito.. snap out of spell… **she strains to keep a lock with her**
<DeathStar> <Kito> Spell? Why would I wish to hear nonsense out of your lips, Amazon weapon
<DeathStar> <Kito> Or are you spending your days back in the Dark Lands again
<Seraphna> Talia> This not real. Please.
<DeathStar> *Kito lifts up what appears to be a bunch of weapons, but instead of using them, she hurls them at Talia*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hey, Kito! Chill. No need to go all meathead on us!"
<DeathStar> <Kito> I do not know you.
<DeathStar> *points* But intruding into the castle is an act of war
<Seraphna> **Talia whirls her blade like a fan to deflect and guards the bell still**
<Seraphna> Alt> Stop being mean.
<DeathStar> *Gwen slowly rises and leans on the wall*
<DeathStar> *Zayne aims her wand* Permission to turn to ash. After we fix this it should be fine
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Do you..." She pauses, and then laughs. "An act of war? Really?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...remember, altered reality!"
<DeathStar> <Kito> ... *seems to be calculating something, then speeds up the stairs
<Seraphna> Talia> Neekito.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh casts a sleep spell on Kito
<DeathStar> *Kito pauses at the name, peering at Talia with a look of hatred and pain, when the sleep spell hits her and she stumbles, her limiter struggling to keep her upright*
<Seraphna> Talia> She’s alive.
<DeathStar> *falling to to one knee* <Kito> ... You lie...
<MobileAri> * Nicolette thickens the air around Kito, but is gentle about it.
<Seraphna> Talia> In our reality. Your Queen took her and all we love. You can get her back.
<DeathStar> *she grasps the stair edge* You and the others saw to that. Along with slaughter of everyone else that day.
<DeathStar> *then falls over*
<Seraphna> Talia> You know that wrong.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...we should chain her up..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well that says somethign
<Seraphna> Alt> Queen made us baddies?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Maybe, but she said "that day"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Does she think we're all amazons? I don't even have the complexion, or the hair, or the figure..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It means history might have been somewhat the same until Neekito's death
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I just don't know what she meant when everyone was slaughtered
<Seraphna> Talia> Stopped someone’s death that day…
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...what if Celes and her other sister is dead in this timeline...?"
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "So, what exactly happened?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It was the Legio nand the Amazon going to war
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And the spirits were being dragged into it
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If I recall, Sylph intervined due to Vyvy and stopped Salamander and Undine
<DeathStar> <Gwen> While Commodus and the rest of us saved the Legion leader.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> The result though - Neekito died keeping the enemy off our back
<DeathStar> *Gwen looks at Talia* That about it?
<Seraphna> Talia> So either we failed save leader or she changed something about the fight.
<DeathStar> *Zayne ties up Kito* Do you want to question her more?
<Seraphna> Alt> Saw no Legion in the city or Amazons.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'm not even sure what we could ask her about."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...maybe they destroyed each other... leaving the Hapians with unrivaled control of the north."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It's possible. Lets get the uniforms and meet Sasha.
<Seraphna> Talia> She called me the Amazon Weapon.
<DeathStar> *Gwen stuffs Kito in the closet*
<DeathStar> *then heads upstairs and returns a bit later with uniforms and maid outfits*
<Seraphna> **Alt steals the bell tong for good measure**
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...I guess I can go with a maid outfit if I have to..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... *touches the maid outfit, then puts one on*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *takes a maid outfit, looks around, then goes to find a private spot to change in*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt get dressed up**
<DeathStar> *Gwen dresses up as a guard, the Hapian logo on the side*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette magically alters her outfit, being familiar enough with the servant uniforms that she has no worries about getting details wrong
<Alicia> * Sparkling magically alters her outfit to a maid outfit too
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright lets work our way to Sasha
<DeathStar> *he steps outside. The castle looks like it's being decorated for important guests and the wedding*
<DeathStar> *staff is running around, too busy to pay attention, guards look like they're trying to be busy by checking stuff out, decorations are going up, things are being ordered*
<DeathStar> *Yoiyami is handed something to be taken upstairs and even Nico and Lana are handed stuff to transport*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *blinks and then carries the stuff up*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami heads up, a little worried at being alone here
<DeathStar> *Zayne walks along with Yoiyami as they go up*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette does as directed, using the opportunity to get used to the state of the castle
<DeathStar> *upstairs the group would see massive tables being set up for the guests, a large cake being baked, tons of food being made; a pile of presents being delivered.
<DeathStar> *Malfoy is there, overseeing everything; he turns to eye them as they arrive*
<DeathStar> <Malfoy> ... *walking over to the group, he studies them* Do I know you?
<Seraphna> Talia> Must see me working around castle?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....additional staff brought in for the preparations... ahhh... my lord."
<DeathStar> *Gwen keeps his face hidden*
<DeathStar> <Malfoy> Hm. Very well. I would hate to have the Queen angry at me for delaying you
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Yes, my lord. Thank you, my lord."
<DeathStar> *he waves his hand to continue, directing them to place their items at the table* Report to the staff on this floor when you're done
<DeathStar> *He moves back to giving orders*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes to do as instructed*
<DeathStar> *Nico's knowledge of the land would tell her that 2 floors up would be where the Royal Family resides; if they can make it two more floors up*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette casually acquires a tray and a chilled pitcher, and moves for the stairs
<DeathStar> *Gwen taps Talia and Yoi, nodding at Nicolette*
<DeathStar> *Zayne pulls Sparkling to follow her*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami takes food, joining Nicolette, Sparkling following Zayne
<Seraphna> **The two follow example and bring things**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to sneak to join the others*
<DeathStar> *the next floor, items are being moved around for the wedding dress and everything Sasha will need the next day. The group will hear talk about the VIPs from Kumen being on the lower floors and some are already here it seems, with words like Ymir and Macross being thrown out, as well as othre Corporation President names being tossed around*
<DeathStar> *it seems there is a dinner happening right now down there for them*
<DeathStar> *the group manages to pass by, unless someone drops drink or food on the wedding attire being made, up to the rooms; there is is more quiet since all the focus is down below. It looks much the same outside color.*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> *looks around and after it's clear* Did I just hear that Macross is here? At the castle?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...yes...Geyze is not the onyl thing different in this reality..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That mean Maxwell?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And all the other 6?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I suspect so. Getting deja vu yet?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I suppose it means Asarar's group failed somehow
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I was unaware their fate was tied to yours
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I wonder what the solution to things like this is."
<Seraphna> Talia> Not liking this one bit.
<DeathStar> *Aska steps out of a room and peers at them*
<DeathStar> <Aska> ....
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh..." *bow bow bows*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette looks down, not meeting the gaze of the resident spirit
<DeathStar> <Aska> ... *she walks forward, seeming to be harder and colder than usual, glancing at them for a moment* ... *then peers at Yoiyami and Sparkling*
<Seraphna> **Alt and Talia bow**
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Is something wrong?"
<DeathStar> *Zayne has bowed and keeps looking unassuming while Gwen salutes*
<DeathStar> <Aska> I am not sure. *She focuses on her* Is there something wrong that you wish to tell me?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Not that I'm aware of..."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette scurries off to deliver the drinks
<DeathStar> <Aska> Hm. Your aura reminds me of.... *she trails off* No matter.
<DeathStar> *she goes to walk down the stairs*
<DeathStar> *Gwen follows, Zayne a moment later following, checking the room that Aska came out of; indeed it is Sasha. Item located! Sasha is now in princess attire*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...took you long enough."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Ran into some complications
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "My entire life is a giant complication right now."
<DeathStar> *Zayne finds a place to sit*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'm not sure if I just got insulted by Aska."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *puts down the tray* "So you're being married off. Is it Macross?"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...Ymir."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We could use some history books. I wonder if we ordered them up, would it seem suspicious
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... that offers an explanation for Kumen."
<Seraphna> Talia> So Luci gone too.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Or the dragon is elsewhere
<DeathStar> *Gwen catches Sasha up on what they know and the Kito encountre*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "As a child, I would retreat into the library of mother's manor to escape into my own world. Going to hide out in the library now would not be that unusual for me."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "The dragon?"
<Seraphna> Alt> Aska was cold and a bit sad. Maybe she remember Sorren?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So you plan to duck out of the wedding?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It sounds like you've done it a few times
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Oh, Luci? You made it sound weird."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> All I can bother retaining is she eats people
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "The wedding isn't until tomorrow, so we have time."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Very well. What should we do about Kito and Liana?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Kito will escape sooner or later
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "There doesn't seem to be much more worth retaining."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, she definitely isn't good on the 'people, not food' bit."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "She is only a threat if she catches you..." *frowns* "...I wonder if Malfoy still controls her in this place."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I've been thinking about that. We might need to take Kito with us. Or make peace with how much she knows about us."
<DeathStar> *Zayne muses, then holds out her hand; it glows with some sort of spirit energy*
<Seraphna> Talia> We still not know who did this or how or how fix.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Malfoy has three such "chains"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Yes, your main concern should be finding out how to undo all of this."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We should becareful of who the other two are.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You have a carriage we can reach?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Or are we going to walk to your manor
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I could also try to summon Undine
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...not here. Not in Aska's domain."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> True. We don't know the power play
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "The passages should still be intact." *moves and starts feeling along the wall* "...there was one here...likely how I escaped this wedding nonsense in the past."
<DeathStar> *for a second, the group would hear movement outside the door*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well lets hope someone wasn't spying
<Alicia> * Yoiyami searches too.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...check the hall."
<DeathStar> *The two press in what looks to be a statue of a woman, and it clicks and turns, revealing darkness*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Everyone this way. I'll seal it behind us."
<DeathStar> *Gwen steps into it*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes in after Gwen*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh hurries in, Sparkling after
<DeathStar> *Zayne hmmms, using magic to look into the hall, then follows*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Interesting
<Alicia> * Yoiyami uses darkvision
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *clsoes the passageway behind them once everyone else is in*
<DeathStar> *This passage leads them through the hallways, peering out into them through peek holes. One they can see Ymir, musing in the hallway, then peering at the wall they are in, before moving bck toward the stairs*
<Seraphna> **Talia peeks from Gwen’s shoulder**
<DeathStar> *the team soon exits the passage, located near the dungeons*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "We should probably hurry out."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Agreed."
<Seraphna> Talia>
<Seraphna> Talia> we got everyone?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Agreed
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright everyone, here's the plan. We're heading to Sasha's place and we're going to learn what we can
<Alicia> * Sparkling counts heads
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Then try to get back before the wedding. Got it?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Understood.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Ideally we would undo this mess before the wedding."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> If we want we can shoot everyone until we find the right person
<DeathStar> *she suggests*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Lets just try to be sure
<DeathStar> <Gwen> For all we know hurting someone might carry over
<DeathStar> -TBC-
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Session Start: Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> *Gwen has a ton of books from the personal library at Sasha's old home. It looks like it has not been in use for sometime, and is only in upkeep due to a handful of servants. Zayne seems to have no interest in research, peering out the window at the gardens below*
<DeathStar> *a spread of newspapers are also all over the place*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *walks across the room, looking a bit sour*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> You seem to be displeased
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...I've never liked this place..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Well - you do live in the castle now it seems. You moved up in the world
<DeathStar> *Gwen slams his hand down on a newspaper, nods, then begins to read it*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "This place is where I grew up. In our version of reality, it is actually my mother's house. Its only the crown princess' residence here because mother moved into the castle proper."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!" *startled from the Gewn Slam*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It appears that the mission did indeed end in disaster. *he skims over the paper* Rather spectacularly
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Moves over. How?"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *Moves over* "How?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well
<DeathStar> <Gwen> First off, it appears that something occurred where Sylph was injured - the newspaper doesn't go into that. Just that the Wind Spirit hurt while aiding Unit 6
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Undine and Salamander's fight was not broken up
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "And obviously Malfoy is still alive."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Which led to a massive spirit battle on both sides with their armies and the Legion leader was killed. It mainly goes into the destruction of the land and loss of life. It also goes into our failure on the Legion leader that was targetted - if I recall, the entire battle was put into motion by one of his commanders. But its been a while
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Yes, it has..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... but it's what happened afterward I think changed everything
<DeathStar> *He eyes the newspaper*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Keep going, then."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well, after the incident in our main time, we were coasting on ice a bit. We had rushed there and did our thing as you know, but at the time Miyuki hadn't revealed herself to be the Headmistress and other forces were in play at the school since she needed the funding and cooperation of the Kingdoms to even set it up. So we were unsure if we had done enough to keep our unit together or would we be disbanded. The Amazons and the Legion were still tense at that point and practically in open conflict still - another would break out soon again, minus the spirits thanks to Sylph.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> But during that, Celes snuck out to visit Liana at our camp. I caught sight of them.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> According to this, Celes was found dead in Liana's tent. That is what did us in during this timeline.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'll need to find more newspapers to follow up. Give me a few. *he begins to shuffle again*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *face darkens*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So did Liana do it, or was she framed?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I suspect framed."
<DeathStar> *Gwen hrms, shifting papers to the side, scanning things; headlines about the war between the Amazons and Legion seem to be a big topic on most of them and how it's raving the north*
<DeathStar> *ravaging
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Here. *He eyes some papers* The Hapian Dynasty leans it's weight on the school after Celes' death and the war going on and essentially took the land back. They also had been holding Unit 6 people for questioning in Celes' death, but the Amazons and the Legion both wanted their people back.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It eventually led to an attack from them to retrieve them. It led to Celes' mother somehow dying and Eve going missing. *he reads ahead, pulling another papre aside* Your mother was made Queen after that, with you taking the position Celes' had
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Seems a bit too convenient, doesn't it?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I do find it hard to believe she'd go down in an attack that easily; Aska is there to prevent that
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "And in out team camp? Under my nose?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It sounds like we might be in a state of war with the Dark Lands, the Amazons, and the Legion. I'd need to read more. And that your mother at some point turned the school into a Hapian Training Academy
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...maybe Aska was under someone else's influence?"
<DeathStar> *He reads ahead* <Gwen> We might be in more trouble than we thought
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...how so?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Keep in mind that this is "current year" for them too. So your mother has had time to cement her rule. She's spent the last few decades ... essentially in bed with the Corporations. That might be why Asarar's team lost. *he sets a newspaper down, showing "Terrorist Group's Leader Caught", with a picture that could be Cypher or Asarar in chains before the Macross building and Terran standing behind her with a ton of guards*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "How can my mother have helped them beat Asarar?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> This was awhile back. "The Macross leader said: Normally we would love to go through the legal route, but after how many people this person has killed and how much corporate property she has destroyed, we feel she is too dangerous to stay alive. We will use the information we can pull out of her to find any surviving members and crush the cell,"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> The Hapian Dynasty and the Corporations entered an alliance early on. And not just what your aunt had with mining, it looks like full alliance and tech exchange.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Tech exchange? The technology here looks more outdated than what we had back home."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Hm. I wonder wher the tech is then
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...alot of it is my work along with Simon...and imports from Earth,Cartel, and Suisen Empire."
<DeathStar> *Gwen folds his hands* So. What should we do now? There might still be resistance on Kumen, but we don't even know who is leading it now
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And Kumen and the Hapians are tight knit
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "We need to find out how this happened and undo it."
<DeathStar> *Zayne is flipping through stuff* It appears that "you" spent quite a bit of time on Kumen.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Interesting
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...that would explain the arranged marriage."
<DeathStar> *Zayne sets down some documents and a picture of Sasha on Kumen, walking with what looks to be Ymir* <Gwen> Ymir is also an unknown here since she's grown up with Terran's influence
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I do not know who I would be here... ever before this apparent disaster of a mission, I did not get along with my mother."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well. According to the gossip areas, many think this wedding will line you up to become the next Queen soon
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Or, if you two don't get along that well, I suppose your children - if that's allowed
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I could have become queen without any of this maneuvering. Something else is up."
<DeathStar> *Zayne hmmms at that* So why did you pick to become an Alliance leader and headmistress?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "... ... ...because my mother wanted me to become queen."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Of course. I imagine she did not like that.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well, we all think there has to be a second party to this
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I can't picture that woman coming up with all this and enacting it
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I was a doll and this..." *indicates the house aroudn them* "...was the dollhouse where I was kept."
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<DeathStar> <Gwen> If we're going with the doll analogy then
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...maybe this reality was not the intended goal. It just sort of... happened?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It could be she wants the grandchildren to mold
<DeathStar> *he glances at Lana* How so?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It is a rather bloody reality to bring about, is it not?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "You said there may be a third party at work... well... they tried to change some variables to bring out a result that they wanted...but failed to foresee how radically things would change overall."
<DeathStar> *Gwen thinks, frowning* That is true. The bad thing is ... *He taps the newspapers* This is all from the Hapian papers. I would love to get my hands on information from the other Kingdoms. After the fighting broke out, communications with the three ceased even after all these years. For all we know, they're not fighting each other anymore.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I wonder if I could get my hands on papers from the Naturalist or Kalam's people.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...communication broke down?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> After the attack on the castle, it pretty much ended and a state of a cold/hot war began with the Legion, Amazons and the Dark Lands. I think the latter mostly due to old prejudices. Even though it's been a long time, and you go to the borders *he taps newspaper pictures* where they have barriers and forts set up that we don't have, communications and information doesn't pass back and forth that much. I can probably seek out more newspapers to see how often they're fighting.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I believe we should also retrieve Liana. We will need to question her
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...we saw her locked up in the castle. Kito was guarding her."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Yes. I can go get her and deal with Kito if needed.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...it seems I was unable to free Kito from Malfoy's influence here..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Probably Neekito's death had a lot to do with it. You had her dying, then the mission wipe, and everything happening afterward
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I feel it probably made her a hard core Hapian loyalist
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...again, we need to undo this mess."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'd also love to get my hands on Sylph, Undine, or Salamander. Sylph at least.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Summoning spirits might be tricky here."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> The paper says something happened to Sylph so she might have insight why she was unable to break up the fight
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Also if we want to look into Kumen or get away quickly, a spirit might be necessary
<DeathStar> <Gwen> But Lana is right
<DeathStar> *Zayne waves Origin*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Is anyone in our group pacted o Sylph?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Be useful
<DeathStar> *Origin makes surprised noiseS*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Also learn to speak normal
<DeathStar> *Origin chirps a Zayne rapidly*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> .... what is it saying?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I usually need another spirit to translate."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Hm
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I don't think anyone is connected to Sylph
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Then we can't check the health of the pact to try to determine Sylph's status."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> True. I do know Undine is alive - and she doesn't feel like she ever became Brooke.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "She may be on a war footing right now, though..."
<DeathStar> *Origin floats, and lands, all sprite like* <Origin> <I still feel dizzy>
<DeathStar> <Origin> <I can transport if needed.>
<Jackieness> <Lana> "She is talkign?!"
<DeathStar> <Origin> <I can put thoughts in to all heads. Yes. I just do not do it often since it takes energy. Nicolette seems to understand normal speech just fine>
<Jackieness> <Lana> "so that's why you two hang out so much!"
<DeathStar> *Origin chirps what sounds like an affirmative
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Then we could travel that way to Sylph's shrine, if we need to."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We do have options at least
<DeathStar> *He looks out the window at the moon* We have a few hours until morning. And we've been up a while. We could travel there now, or we can pause and get some rest
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I'll show you to the bedrooms myself. This way." *heads deeper into the house*
<DeathStar> *Gwen nods and follows Sasha. Zayne seems to opt to remain in the library for now, relaxing with a book*
<DeathStar> *Origin floats after them, twirling*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *follows to the bedrooms too*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Be sure to get some rest, Lana. *he taps her arm and gives it a squeeze*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh..I will. I don't have my lab here..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well if you need, I'm right next door.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...thank you."
<DeathStar> *Origin sits on Lana's head, chirping*
<DeathStar> *Gwen is about to stpe into his room, then thinks*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You know
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It would be so much easier if we had Avenir here, but I guess she wouldn't exist in this time line
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Plus I don't think any of us have a pact
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... Chronos would still be the Time Spirit."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Right. And I don't recall how we ran into Chronos to begin with
<DeathStar> *he muses* I'll try to remember
<DeathStar> *Gwen steps into the room, while Origin goes in with Lana, staring at her mirror to stare at her*
<DeathStar> *Zayne, meanwhile has set up food and other stuff to eat in the library*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Origin> *chirps cutely*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to get ready for bed*
<DeathStar> *Origin leans over to watch her sleep, and even gives a pat on the head*
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Session Close: Wed Aug 14 00:00:06 2024

Session Start: Mon Aug 19 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.5.15 - late night/early morning
<DeathStar> Location: Sasha's Estate
<DeathStar> *the group is awakened in the hall to Zayne knocking on their doors*
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<DeathStar> *Gwen rubs his face and sits up, holding the back of his neck, then slowly puts his clothes on, looking like he feels his age for once*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *opens the door of her bedroom* "Have they come for me?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Some group has at least. The estate is surrounded. You might want to come look
<Seraphna> **Talia rolls off him and gets her clothes summoned**
<DeathStar> *Gwen grabs his weapons and lifts Alt onto his head*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *moves for a balcony to take a look outside*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *gets dressed and peeks out of her room*
<DeathStar> *then marches for the library; outside, though they are hiding well in the darkness before the sun rises, elite groups hiding in what shadows remain, looking like the equivalent of the Academy's units back in the day. Only these have the Hapian markings on their clothing*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *moves back in* "...they sent my own students after me."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I believe one of them might be Ellie Allaway
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If that is the case, I would not be shocked if she is leading them
<Seraphna> Talia> Can we snap her out of its?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...reality has been re-written...its not really something we can snap someone out of..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It's not like she's being influenced."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I mean, she is, but not in the way Talia thinks."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Not the brainwash way."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It's kind of weird to think of Ellie not with Sylph. *He peers out the window*
<DeathStar> *the sounds of the estate doors opening can be heard*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...and there it is."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Are we going to have to fight them, or are we going to try to run
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We're pretty out numbered."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *turns to look at the others* "You need to escape. If they are indeed here for me, then I shall buy you time."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We still need to learn if Liana truly murdered Celes.
<Seraphna> Talia> It makes no sense, even if you changed events. Never was a reason to.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I agree; it has to be a frame job. So we need to get her out,
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "You could try gambling on being arrested and imprisoned... that assumes they keep you locked up in Hapian Castle and you cna manage an escape. Better still to be free and sneak back in."
<DeathStar> *Gwen looks out the window* You think we can get past all the guards posted?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It might be better to try to hide
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "And there are many places in this house to hide. Trust me... I hid from mother all the time."
<Seraphna> Talia> Alt and I can hide easy.
<DeathStar> *Gwen nods and motions* Alright lets hide. Good luck, Sasha
<DeathStar> *He pulls Lana along*
<DeathStar> *Zayne scoops up all the books and newspapers they were looking at and heads after Gwen*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Make haste." *goes to sit at the large desk in the library as a flex*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes with Gwen*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette bows to Sasha, and heads after Gwen
<DeathStar> *Gwen seeks a place in the living area to hide at*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami and Sparkling head down with Gwen
<Jackieness> <Lana> *points out a servants door to the kitchens*
<DeathStar> *Gwen nods and moves in that direction*
<Alicia> * Sparkling hurries through
<DeathStar> *a few moments later, the library doors open and a bunch of younger people rush in and secure it, while Simon walks in, looking around, then offers a bow to Sasha*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves through and down the narrow servants passage*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...your stomping about the gardens woke me up. I would have expected better than that."
<DeathStar> <Simon> I apologize, Princess. But we were told to locate you quickly.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "It barely qualifies as morning."
<DeathStar> *Simon offers a thin smile* The ceremonies will begin early.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I've made my feelings on the matter quite clear."
<DeathStar> *Gwen pauses as they reach the end of the passage, hearing what sounds like people nearby*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt listen carefully with the power of cat ears**
<DeathStar> <Simon> Perhaps you should take it up with your partner or the queen mother. *he motions for her to follow*
<DeathStar> *it seems there is some people lurking nearby incase Sasha runs this way*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "At least allow me to dress and make myself presentable."
<DeathStar> <Simon> ... Certainly
<DeathStar> *Simon escorts her to the living quarters*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *moves that way*
<DeathStar> *Gwen motions, indictaing if they should open the wall and try to subdue them and escape or wait*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *mouths 'wait'*
<Seraphna> **Talia muses, then whispers to Alt, the two turn into kitties and slink around to ready to ambush the ambushers*(*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette nods, holding position in the passage
<DeathStar> *what seems like forever, sounds of whoever is on the other side begins to move again and steps away*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath*
<Seraphna> **Alt reappears on Gwen's head and whispers that they left**
<DeathStar> *Gwen pushes the wall and it leads to the outside*
<Alicia> * Sparkling heads out first
<Jackieness> <Lana> *pokes her head out and looks around*
<Seraphna> **Talia joins them from a nearby bush**
<DeathStar> *the two men who were at the wall have moved off to get some water it looks like. However, further ahead it appears that indeed Ellie is part of this group, sitting on a horse, facing their direction. It's hard to say if they are spotted due to the shadows, but the sun is rising fast*
<DeathStar> *Gwen jerks and reaches for his sword like that Robin Hood clip*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *whispers* "...we need a distraction."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And what do you suggest?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *points at Alt and Talia*
<Seraphna> **They blink**
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alt - Talita - use your cat forms and cause chaos.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> The rest of us, we're going to steal some horses
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nod nods*
<DeathStar> *Gwen creeps along toward where there's some horses tied up to the trees*
<Seraphna> **They sneak off in the grass and prepare a summon, then launch two floods of spirit kittens out at the guards waiting, inflicting many tiny, tiny scratches and adorable bites**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *sneaks after Gwen as best she can*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette sticks close behind Lana and Gwen, dreading the horse part of this plan
<DeathStar> *well, that indeed causes some chaos, but after such an attack, it also draws some attention as well*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami sneaks after, in fox form, Ceilidh doing her best to sneak and Sparkling looking really uncertain about everything, waiting for Ellie to just stop looking that way at all
<Seraphna> **The two sneak through the grass to get to the others, having left a small pile of spirit kittens where they started to cause further chaos**
<DeathStar> *Gwen begins to reach for the horse reigns and begins to hand one to Nicolette, then one to Sparkling, then one to Lana when suddenly the air begins to fill up with spirit energy*
<DeathStar> *Ellie herself seems to be sounding some horn for Simon inside*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *whispers* "We need to go. Now."
<DeathStar> *Gnome lands on the ground and and begins to form an earth wall around the area*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette awkwardly tries to climb up on the horse
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt leap for Gwen's Horse**
<DeathStar> *Gwen hops ont othe horse* Move it lose it. *he pauses, then grabs Nicolette and pulls her up on his*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh takes a horse, a little awkwardly but not that much
<Jackieness> <Lana> *scrambles on a horse and tries to get it moving*
<DeathStar> *Gwen then turns and begins to hurry* Keep up with me Lana. *He rides with her*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....trying!"
<Seraphna> **Some Spirit Kittens gather around Gnome and look cute**
<DeathStar> *Zayne, for her part, is just clinging to the horse - backwards*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette holds on for dear life
<DeathStar> *Gwen tries to hurry before they're sealed in, moving along as the wall is almost finished*
<Seraphna> **Talia sends a blast of Mana out ahead of them at the wall**
<DeathStar> *Gnome blinks, then narrows eyes*
<DeathStar> *by now Ellie and her men are hot on the trail*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *raises her hands and tries weaving a construct to maintain a gap in the wall for the group*
<DeathStar> *Gwen gets through first, pulling Lana along*
<Seraphna> **The kittens fade as the Blade of Meowicles ends, but Alt sends little fireball spells out behind them to slow the pursuit**
<DeathStar> *a few of the people are sent flying*
<DeathStar> *Zayne makes it through next*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt look baack at the others, since they're on Gwen**
<DeathStar> *Gnome tosses a massive boulder at Gwen's horse*
<Seraphna> **Talia sends a Mana Blade Blast at it** Sorry Gnomey!
<Alicia> * Sparkling flies over, not really set on stealing horses anyway
<DeathStar> *the boulder is smashed and it pieces of it rain down all over them*
<DeathStar> *Gwen makes a face* Alright, lets head for the castle before they regroup
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries weaving a barrier over them*
<DeathStar> *Zayne peers up as the barrier shields them for now*
<DeathStar> -Time Hop-
<DeathStar> Location: Hapian Capital
<DeathStar> *by the time the group arrives back at the capital, it's three times as crowded as it was the day before, with people drinking and making merry in the streets. It's clear the city is celebrating the marriage*
<DeathStar> *Gwen eyes the sun being in the mid-day position as he looks around, having put the horses up upon arriving*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to get into the castle again..."
<Seraphna> Talia> Well good news, place so crowded it will be lots easier for us to move about unnoticed.
<DeathStar> *vendors are out offering free food as well as selling items and weapons*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It is also so crowded people keep bumping into me and touching my ass
<Seraphna> Talia> I think the second part is just because men are naughty.
<Alicia> * Yoiyami is gratefully accepting free food
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *while they are talking, a massive man wearing a cloak to hide their face seems to be staring at them from across the street, despite the numerous people between them and him*
<DeathStar> *Also on the street, Ellie's group has arrived on the scene and is holding up crude drawings of the team - Alt and Talia look like mangy cats and Nicolette and Sparkling are shown as evil magi*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?" *looks at the massive man*
<Seraphna> **Talia whispers, in catgirl form** Could that be Liana's Dad?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... you seriously think just because he's big that is Liana's pops?
<DeathStar> *Two Hapian students walk up to Yoiyami while she is eating* Greetings. I remember you. The Princess' favorite student.
<Seraphna> Talia> I mean, do we know anyone else dat big?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well, I don't want to walk up to a big stranger and ask
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It is a rather huge man..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Do you?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Favourite? Really?"
<DeathStar> <Student B> Well, she doesn't walk off with just anyone. *they offer a hand* A pleasure to meet you. <Student A> Do you need a tour of the city?
<DeathStar> *Gwen takes a look at the castle* There's so many people right now using the secret entrance is going to be a pain
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...if it is him, maybe he wants to rescue Liana."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well. ..... Uh. Who should go find out then
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Not me
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'm fine, thanks."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh...ahhh...I will." *starts to shuffle toward the man*
<DeathStar> <Student B> Well, if you change your mind. *They hand their Student ID over* Come find us at school later. *they move off*
<DeathStar> *the hooded man watches Lana approach, then lifts the wanted picture up that he's holding* This you?
<Seraphna> **Alt sneaks over to Lana**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> What if he's a bounty hunter?
<DeathStar> *the large man peers at the crude drawing, then at Lana, as if trying to decide*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... we'll probably have to subdue him, then go into hiding."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I...I just wanted to ask you if you were the famed dragon tamer?"
<DeathStar> <Man> Who wishes to know?
<DeathStar> *He puts the picture up*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...friends of his granddaughter..."
<DeathStar> *the large man hmmms, then peers as the soldiers are getting closer, motioning her to follow him, heading toward the castle*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *waves at the others and follows after the man*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette follows after Lana, slipping through the crowd
<Alicia> * Sparkling follows too, as does Ceilidh and a moment after, Yoiyami
<DeathStar> *The large man stops outside the dungeon area, looking like he's fiddling with a piece of paper*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<Seraphna> **Alt and Talia look between the dungeon and the man, then back again**
<DeathStar> *suddenly the group is surrounded by water and pulled into the drainage system that leads into the dungeon, appearing inside it; the water hovering nearby*
<DeathStar> *upstairs, even in the dungeon, the wedding music and ceremonies can be heard*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *Gwen spits out water, eyeing himself*
<Seraphna> **Talia looks around** Lady Undine...?
<DeathStar> *The man pulls his cloak off, revealing he is indeed Liana's father*
<DeathStar> *the water shifts into Undine's form; she studies Talia curiously*
<DeathStar> <Undine> A familiar?
<Seraphna> Talia> **waves her paws** Hi!
<Seraphna> Talia> Mmhmm, I'm Mommas... err, Alita's Familiar.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *plops on the ground* "Ahhhhhh..."
<DeathStar> <Undine> And why are you here?
<Seraphna> Talia> To set things right.
<DeathStar> *Liana's father turns to eye them all* I have been told that you might be interested in helping me free my kin. *He doesn't seem as jovial in the proper time*
<DeathStar> *the cells don't seem to have Liana at a glance, but there are few in the back that seem to be entirely sealed up with magik*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We shoudl also keep an eye out for Kito..."
<Seraphna> Talia> Someone changed time! Made world bad.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Yeah, where is Kito? Upstairs enjoying the wedding?
<DeathStar> *Liana's grandfather eyes Talia, then brings his hand down on her head as if to pat her, but ends up drilling her into the ground a bit*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "What really happened, I wonder...?"
<DeathStar> <Liana's grandfather> There there, delusional kitty
<MobileAri> * Nicolette wanders forward to inspect the magic sealing the cells
<Seraphna> **Talia squeaks and her eyes spin**
<DeathStar> *the seales look like they have alarms set on them so if they are messed with, it'll alert someone*
<DeathStar> *but the seals also have to go down to unlock whoever is inside*
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> I can tell you a little of what Liana managed to tell me
<Jackieness> <Lana> *also takes a look*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Huh... tamper seals."
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia and Alt could eat the magic, but would trigger the seals.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We could try to pick apart the alarm spells first."
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> After the battle between the Legion and the Amazons - the team was hurting. Neekito was dead. The wind spirit was injured and ran. Their summoni teammate was MIA. And they were being risked to call back to the Academy and be disbanded after both sides of the battle were nearly decimated as Salamander and Undine's attacks blew up the area
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> Liana told me Celes secretly snuck out of the castle to visit her at their tents on the site and talk about the future.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Would take too long to cleaning unravel. Could we splice it, so we could open the door without setting it off?"
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> When she woke up after going to sleep with her. Celes was dead with one of her weapons in her heart.
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> The Hapian forces quickly descended on them after that
<DeathStar> *Gwen eyes Nico and Lana's conversation, unable to keep up*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Definitely a frame job."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I agree.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Might be possible by re-arranging the threads of the spell."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Who was the teammate?"
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> Oh, someone called Vyvy. They have not been seen since that battle either
<Seraphna> **Talia frowns** Feels like whoever changed time did it at several points to get their wanted outcome... Neekito dying and Legion ruler falling is one thing, but then this...
<DeathStar> <Liana's Grandfather> I looked into them to see if they were paid off to kill Celes and vanish, but the spirits say they have not seen her in decades
<Seraphna> Talia> Besides Aska... **She thinks about that** Lady Undine, you know Vyvy?
<DeathStar> <Undine> Yes. She wanted Sylph to break up the battle.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'll hold the trigger still while you rework the matrix?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "That sounds like a plan."
<DeathStar> <Undine> But neither her nor Sylph arrived.
<Seraphna> Talia> ...Which removed most of the new spirits in one go.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So you think Vyvy is dead?
<Seraphna> Talia> Maybe. Gnome was here too but not think she was married to Empress now.
<Seraphna> Talia> Queen or whoever changed things took Suisen out of equation.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette threads of magic to keep the 'trigger' of the weave still with a stable flow of magic, independent of the sensing aspect of the spell.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... *studies the two working*
<DeathStar> *as if memorizing it for herself*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami also studies
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts reworkign the spells on the doors*
<Seraphna> Talia> But this Liana seems to remember new timeline, so won't be our Liana.
<Seraphna> Talia> Still Liana though, so good ally.
<DeathStar> *the cell doors soon come down and inside is Liana, cuffed to the wall in some sort of magic cuffs. Liana's grandfather moves over to her - then suplexes the cuffs to break them*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Suplexing handcuffs? How does that even work?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I don't ask - I avoid him
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Lucky for us that these spells were ultimately rather crude. Wiout Team 6, the events leading up the the Magi regaining alot of their lost power may not have happened."
<DeathStar> *an arm begins to slowly slink around Lana's neck, moving into position*
<DeathStar> *Liana's grandfather brings Liana out of the cell and sets her down*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<DeathStar> *Kito begins to move to twist*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<Seraphna> **Alt forms her sword and slices at Kito** Bad Kito!
<DeathStar> *Kito is sliced back, seconds before finishing, leaving Lana with some pain*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> The fox is back.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *crumples, holdign her neck*
<Seraphna> **Talia shifts and paws at the air, swiping at her with big mana claws**
<DeathStar> *Brandr works on waking Liana up while Gwen sees to Lana*
<DeathStar> *Undine slips over to work on Lana and Liana*
<DeathStar> *Kito brings up two sharp blades to block, sliding back* You'd let the killer out.
<DeathStar> *Kito seems to be edging for the stairs and escape the dungeon, probably to get back up
<MobileAri> * Nicolette sighs, and calls upon the earth to create a barrier in front of the stairs
<DeathStar> *Kito glances backwards, tapping on the barrier to test it*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Good thing this castle has lots of stone to work with."
<DeathStar> *Undine finishes healing Lana's neck and then Liana's wounds*
<Seraphna> **Talia sighs**
<DeathStar> <Gwen> How heavy do we want to go in on her?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I'd feel bad hurting her when she's just misguided..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *stands up* "...hard to say how much is her and how much is Malfoy..."
<Seraphna> Talia> Seems still work for Malfoy even though…
<DeathStar> *Kito begins to tap into her limiter and practically speeds forward, aiming to drive a blade into Nico when suddenly Brandr leaps forward and suplexes her*
<DeathStar> *the dungeon floor cracking*
<Sara> * Liana groans and barely has time to start to sit up before seeing her father leaping into action
<MobileAri> * Nicolette suddenly realizes she forgot to breath
<DeathStar> *Standing with a foot on her, Kito still straining to move unlike most targets who face his wrath*
<DeathStar> <Brandr> How are you feeling, Liana?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We have to keep her contained... somehow."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Throw her in the magic cell
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...its the best we have because we need to move."
<DeathStar> *Brandr lifts the partially broken Kito and tosses her in Liana's cell*
<DeathStar> <Brandr> Liana, how are you feeling?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries resealing the cell*
<DeathStar> *Kito slams against the magic wall as it goes up against it, cursing them*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Okay, okay. *he seems to be trying to gather his thoughts*
<Seraphna> Talia> What we do now? Still not know how fix time?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...that bought us some time."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Talia is right. Brandr told us that Liana had a lousy frame up job
<DeathStar> <Gwen> After spending the night with Celes, she found her dead in the mornng with her own weapon
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Vyvy also went MIA when she was suppose to get Sylph to break up the fight
<Seraphna> Talia> We should contact Avenir or Cleaners.
<Sara> <Liana> Head hurts. Irritated. Kind of want to punch something.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...someone did soemthing...but who?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Do we break up the wedding and run for it until we have more answers? Or try to investigate more after the wedding
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Do we think the Queen was the cause, and someone else instigated it?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It has to be the queen, right?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It gave her everything she wanted
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "It could be someone using her as a cover..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But she didn't have the power to do this. Someone else must have cast the spell."
<Seraphna> Talia> Others on Geyze benefit too. Like old man corpo.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> True, the Corporations have all been restored
<Seraphna> Talia> He was Sin right?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> But all of them were ded
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'm still caught up on the 'how'. This really is beyond just a spell."
<DeathStar> <Brandr> Who, who, who. Follow me
<DeathStar> *He marches up the stairs, walking practically through Nico's barrier and knocking it over*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The rune stones were used to power it up. I had to use our rune stone to shield us."
<DeathStar> *having Liana ride on his shoulder*
<Seraphna> Talia> Wasn’t Cypher Team looking at artifacts or something?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They were searching for rune stones on Kumen."
<DeathStar> *Zayne slips out after Brandr while Gwen thinks*
<Alicia> * Sparkling follows
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh!" *starts following the group*
<Seraphna> Talia> We need outside intel.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette hurries after, one hand holding her hat steady
<DeathStar> *upstairs, all the Corporations leaders are in attendance for the wedding, as well as nobles from all over Hapian. The group stands out like a sore thumb and are getting looks from the servants even*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I don't think they'll let us near the wedding hall unless we plan to crash it.
<Seraphna> Talia> What we do?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> The way I see it.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We could march into the hall and confront the queen. Or we could try to seek other leads on Geyze. Or try leads on Kumen - there's a teleporter from the castle to up there if I recall
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Leads are what matter... if we can undo this mess, then that would be best."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright, so what leads should we try for - here or Kumen?
<Seraphna> Talia> Save Sasha, make Queen spill beans, take teleporter to Kumen?
<DeathStar> <Brandr> You all truly believe this world has changed
<DeathStar> *he makes it more of a statement*
<Seraphna> Talia> Know it. We saw happen.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahh...yes. Where we coem from, the war was stopped, Celes became queen, ummm... its not perfect, but sitll better than this."
<Seraphna> Alt> Some of us not exist here otherwise. **she seems to have figured that much out**
<DeathStar> *Brandr eyes Liana, then the others, probably trying to judge something*
<DeathStar> <Brandr> Follow me. *he moves from the wedding hall up toward the upper part of the castle*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves after*
<DeathStar> *Brandr takes them to the room of mirror teleporters that allows Hapian Castle to connect to another location via mirror. However, in the middle is Aska*
<DeathStar> <Undine> .... *she and Aska stare at each other a moment*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Brandr> My suggestion is to move away from here for the time being and seek answers elsewhere. However, it appears we will not be easily able to do so.
<Seraphna> Talia> Too much to hope Aska remembers…
<DeathStar> <Aska> And what should I be remembering?
<Seraphna> Talia> Soren.
<DeathStar> <Aska> That name means little to me. *She gestures* Set the prisoner down. *Referring to Liana*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Remembering other timelines is... not common."
<Seraphna> Talia> Yeah… and if she never loved Vyvy then no Soren.
<DeathStar> <Aska> The guard is already on their way. They will not be as gentle as I am. *Referring to Ellie and her unit*
<DeathStar> *Gwen studies each of the mirror locations* Lana?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh?" *moves over to Gwen*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We want to try to learn who the person is that used the magic runes or at least gave Sasha's mother the idea.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Where in Geyze would you start your investigation?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well...to find the place where the rune stones were used...that type of power likely left an imprint that would be very ahrd to hide after-the-fact."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Right I think I know where to go then
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nod nods*
<DeathStar> *Brandr hands Liana over to Nicolette and Sparkling*
<DeathStar> <Aska> I take it you all do not wish to go quietly. *Brandr and Undine then rush Aska, trying to delay her, while Gwen moves for the Magi Mirror*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes with Gwen*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette takes Liana's hand and hurries for the mirror, not about to waste the opening
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt move for it**
<Alicia> * Sparkling hurries to the mirror with Nicolette and Liana
<DeathStar> *the mirror takes them out on top of the Magi Tower; as they exit, they would see that while the Magi Village is still there as always, there is no Magi School around the Tower like in their timeline. Just the Tower; Zayne glances at the mirror and sees Brandr and Undine down already and Aska heading for the mirror*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Ah shit. I feel like this is going to bring bad luck
<Jackieness> <Lana> *turns and tries to disrupt the magic linking the mirrors together*
<DeathStar> *Aska begins to reach forward through it when the mirror returns to being a normal mirror*
<Sara> <Liana> Worse if it gets broken, too
<DeathStar> *the hand dispersing into spirit energy
<Seraphna> Talia> That was close.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath*
<Seraphna> Alt> Can we do it again?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So why...are we here again? <Gwen> I was hoping you all could use the Magi and it's tech here to try to trace the spell
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I think I can...using our rune stone."
<DeathStar> *The Tower seems oddly empty*
<DeathStar> *no one has even come up to check on the noise*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I wouldn't be surprised if this was the closest site to our destination at that. Y'know, with the blood mages and all."
<DeathStar> *and the tower is set to use the weapon also*
<Seraphna> L
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks around* "Ahhhhh...like I thought...with Team Six disbanded, the Spire was not restored."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We could use this to blow up the castle and win that way *She muses, giving off dark makai energy*
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia knows she was made but seems not more.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "How would that reset the world?"
<Seraphna> Alt> That not fix things.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...blowing up the castle might make it worse..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So what do we need to do?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Magic is not my forte
<Alicia> * Ceilidh and Sparkling think
<DeathStar> *As he says that, creaking sounds are heard from below as something is coming up*
<Seraphna> Talia> Delgiiiiii?
<DeathStar> <Voice> Yes? Who is it?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The Spire, even in this state, is a focus of arcane energy. I cna use our rune stone to create a resonance effect that can basically scan the entire planet at once."
<DeathStar> *Delgi comes into view, looking weaker than normal*
<Seraphna> Talia> Talia! Familiar Progenitor!
<DeathStar> <Delgi> I know who you are - it just has been a while
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Well, that'd help with knowing what to do."
<Seraphna> Talia> You look hungry.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We have a paradox now. This means we couldn't have gone back to help the magi with their familiar research... and so..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So .... what does that mean?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Talia and Delgi and the familiars will vanish?
<DeathStar> *Delgi looks confused as she sits down on a stool*
<Seraphna> Talia> Which means a lot of what exists now couldn’t. Something making this world what it is out of time and space rules.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "So, it's a Sin."
<Seraphna> Talia> At least some reality power unaware of true history.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "This reality is basiclaly glass. We just need to tap it and it will shatter."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright. You need help using the weapon here to become a scanner for the rune stone?
<Seraphna> Talia> Daemons exist… but can’t if this history true. Mom and Autumn never went back to make.
<DeathStar> *Delgi looks lost, but listens*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...that's the idea."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That would explain why things feel so... disconnected."
<DeathStar> *Zayne moves over to the weapon controls, where you can insert the rune stone inside to make it blow up stuff; it's clear it runes on magic source of any type that it burns into energy to fire it off*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> How will we turn it into a massive long range scanner?
<DeathStar> *runs
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I can modify the magical weave of the weapon, then we target an arcane leyline."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Lets get to work; everyone else, try to get some rest.
<DeathStar> *Delgi rises, moving to help Lana, stepping over to the weapon itself*
<DeathStar> -Time Hop-
<DeathStar> Location: Magi Tower
<DeathStar> *it is later afternoon now; outside the snow has been piling up against the tower and it gives it a feeling that this area of the world is cut off from the rest*
<DeathStar> *Gwen hands Liana some food to eat*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I can't believe they locked you up and threw away the key. I would think they would kill you - no offense.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Leaving you alive risked the truth coming out
<Seraphna> **Talia looks thoughtful** So… why?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I haven't figured that out yet
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Sparkling - you mind doing a scan on her while Lana finishes up?
<DeathStar> *Lana meanwhile has completed the transformation from weapon to scanner*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I'll get right on it." *does so*
<DeathStar> <Delgi> It should be ready to fire --- a long range scan
<DeathStar> *Sparkling would detect some sort of spell pillar in Liana*
<DeathStar> *if others have it, who knows - she'd have to scan them too for it*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Well, I found something..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Good or bad?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *has an arcane construct, that resembles an armillary, connected to the weapon's firing cotnrols. The construct seems to show a chart of all of Geyze's known leylines.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "A spell pillar. I should check if anyone else has one..."
<DeathStar> *outside, noises can be heard in the village proper*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So you plan to fire it at the leylines? Or a specific one?
<Seraphna> Talia> Something happening outside.
<DeathStar> *Zayne looks out and spots what looks ot be Ellie and her unit once more*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... what is with that one.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So fire a pulse into the leylines, and compare the response time with the chart?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The leylines all itnerconnect. Obviously, the closer to the actual target I pick, the fater this will work."
<Jackieness> faster
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So I guess the one near the Academy and the castle?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "When the change wvae hit... from what dirction relative to the Academy did it come from?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I think.... *He considers* The castle. But it could have come further away and been the Legion territory if we want to believe it's tied up there
<MobileAri> * Nicolette idly scans the immediate area, making sure there's no signs of incident around them. Would be the worst to find out they were standing right on top of the location.
<Seraphna> Talia> Could the attack on the Legion have had something to do with all this?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Then..." *targets a leyline intersection between Hapian Castle and the Legion* "...can't discount anything yet until we learn more...prepare to fire!"
<DeathStar> *the weapon fires a scan; enough to make the advancing troops stop; but at the same time , Nicolette's scan would pick up something else - first the major scan. It appears that that a massive event occurred long ago, or was it recently, in the Hapian/Legion area that drew on massive amounts of mana AND spirit energy to weave some sort of unknown type of spell. Second, Nicolette's spell seems to pick up something as well - a ton of Kumen energy in the atmosphere and while it's not near them, its being bounced back from the mirrors nearby, indicating it's likely being directed - at the castle*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So the spell was done in this area.
<DeathStar> *she eyes the results*
<Seraphna> Talia> Dispel! Counter! Disenchant! Cancelled!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "There are alot of things going on though..."
<DeathStar> <Delgi> I never seen that type of spell before. Mana and Spirit was used
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Using the mirrors to channel the energy. Sneaky."
<DeathStar> <Delgi> I am shocked it didn't blow the area up
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I've pulled off...ahhh...I wonder..."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Hmm?"
<DeathStar> *Gwen pauses, then glances at the mirrors* Net Energy going on in the mirrors? What is going on there?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That's a Kumen thing
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I was collabing with ymir in blendign mana and spirit energy to try to help the Maka, remember?"
<Seraphna> Talia> So they like… hacked the planet?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'm not entirely sure. I know a little about Net stuff, but I'm not expert.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That sounds... more incriminating than I wanted to hear."
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Were you? *she asks Lana, bored*
<DeathStar> *Zayne
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... yes. I have." *adjusts ehr glasses* "Its possible that Ymir's team had a spy on it."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... Ymir, in line to rule Kumen, is in the middle of marrying the next queen off Geyze."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So is Ymir the bad guy?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I don't want that to be the case, but... it doesn't look good."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I think the plan was to unravel the spell done near the Legion territory
<DeathStar> *thought
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Not that I mind stabbing Ymir
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh, yes. We need t get to the site and unravel the spell. Then we cna figure out the 'who' later."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Just one problem
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I wonder... is Ymir the same?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> How do we get on site?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We'd have to turn the mirrors back on to use them
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We'd need to actually go there."
<Seraphna> **Talia frowns** Ymir not it I think. If her Dad alive again it’s him. He uses her like puppet.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well if we go on foot it could take us a long time
<DeathStar> *Delgi is glancing downstairs as Ellie's people are trying to break into the tower*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It'd be hard for him to cause all this if he was dead before it happened."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We don't have much choice...they are going to break through." *takes the rune stone out of the Spire weapon*
<Seraphna> Talia> Can we use another mirror?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We can use the Legion mirror yeah
<DeathStar> <Gwen> But they're all connected
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If they have Net energy coursing it can be dangerous
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Your choices
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Sparkling and I will be fine either way
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The danger is that we get pulled into the net instead of Legion territory."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Alright lets get ready
<DeathStar> *Gwen steps toward the window* We're jumping and running
<DeathStar> *Zayne grabs Nico and lifts up into the air, then flies out when Gwen jumps out; right as Ellie and her people break in*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette misses being able to fly properly
<DeathStar> *Gwen sinks into the snow and vanishes*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh!" *jump*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt ride Gwen, then help him out**
<DeathStar> *Gwen is dragged along by Talia and Alt*
<Alicia> * Sparkling flies out
<Alicia> * Ceilidh and Yoiyami just jump
<DeathStar> *Ellie's troops fire spirit tech weapons after the team, especially those in the air and lobbing spirit tech grenades after Gwen, causing snowplosions*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Hapian Castle
<DeathStar> *Ymir stands with Sasha after the ceremony, looking quiet, but is close enough to talk* I know you are displeased by all this. I have no objections after you become Queen to annulling all this if you want. I am aware that our parents are doing this mostly for business reasons
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...for their own selfish reasons."
<DeathStar> *Ymir nods once, scanning the room*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Either way, after this is over, don't feel like you have to stick close or anything for apperances.
<DeathStar> *As they talk, the room begins to feel strange with a light blue aura to everything. So far no one seems to have noticed, but Ymir is leaning forward, head tilted*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "My entire life, I was groomed to be the perfect princess...to be shown off at occasions like this...now I just want to rage quit...what is that?"
<DeathStar> <Ymir> It appears to be the Net. *She turns her head* Did someone turn on the Net here?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "If they did, I was not let in on the plan."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Strange. I--- *At that moment, Asarar appears, causing commotion from the Corpo leaders, especially since Asarar was captured and killed supposedly. Even Terran looks unsettled as Asarar's people appear and Asarar begins to light the party up - with gunfire, not caring who gets hit*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> ... This way. *she notes, as Asarar seems to be aiming for them just as well as the others, a piece of the wall blowing up near Sasha's head*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "..and me without my matchign sword."
<DeathStar> *Ymir pulls Sasha toward the upstairs floor*
<Seraphna> **Luci hurls things around, though shields appear at times to protect innocent people, especially servants**
<DeathStar> <Ymir> They must have hacked your Net controls and came down to try to wipe out all of us at once. But I'm unsure how Asarar survived. ... Father had her killed .... rather gruesomely
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Asarar or Cypher?" *moves along*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> That I don't know.
<DeathStar> *Ymir leads Sasha to her room* <Ymir> What will you do now?
<DeathStar> *Ymir herself is already getting out of her dress*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *starts changing into soemthing more practical* "I have no desire to stay here under my mother's thumb."
<DeathStar> *the sounds of Asarar's rampage can be heard in the hallway, servants running and screaming*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...come with me." *tries the secert passage form her room again*
<DeathStar> *Ymir hesitates, glancing out the door and seeing Asarar getting closer, then nods and follows Sasha* We need to get out of range of the Net. Otherwise, we'll be tracked and followed
<DeathStar> <Ymir> The castle will be a slaughter ground
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "And I have no desire to die this day nor the next." *goes into the secret passages, sealign it behidn the two of them*
<DeathStar> *back at the reception, Asarar? stands there, breathing heavily*
<DeathStar> *eyeing all the bodies and seeing if they got the queen*
<DeathStar> *a hand on Chelsea's head*
<Seraphna> Luci> Didn’t need to shoot the help. But the brass is fat and tasty.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Says the dragon that wants to eat everyone
<Sara> <Chelsea> Please don't eat us. *flat affect*
<Seraphna> Luci> I did just say the rich are tasty.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I don't see the princess, Macross' daughter, or the fucking queen.
<Seraphna> Luci> Did we get the old man?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "What about MAcross? We tag him?"
<DeathStar> *Asarar points at his body*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah, we got him
<DeathStar> <Asarar> At least Cypher can rest easier
<Seraphna> Luci> Hah! **Luci moves to take a trophy off him**
<DeathStar> *Bonnie makes a face*
<Seraphna> Luci> Another addition to the gallery of dead fuckers.
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I think I have their scents - two sets. The Queen went that way. *She points toward the dungeons* And the princess went that way. *points toward the rooms*
<DeathStar> *Asarar leans back, thinking* Okay, crew, who do we want more
<Seraphna> Luci> We should go for the Queen. Princess is supposedly a rebel.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it.
<Seraphna> Luci> Well we KNOW the Queen is a bitch.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Running to the dungeon is strange... don't you think? Worried about what is down there."
<Seraphna> Luci> Maybe more we can free.
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah, I agree. Lets becareful. *she moves slowly, heading down there; as they approach, the Queen isn't there, but Aska and Kito are waiting, with someone in the magic cells now, pounding on it with physical strength and making it crack*
<DeathStar> <Aska> Please stand down
<DeathStar> <Kito> Please don't
<Seraphna> Luci> **pulls out a big mana crystal** We found the secondary target.
<Jackieness> <Kira> *whispers* "There's the spirit. Just as expected."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Okay kids. Lets take down their spirit
<DeathStar> *she aims at Aska and launches a Net grenade launcher to blow Aska backwards*
<Seraphna> **Luci smirks, and tosses the mana crystal at the Spirit** This is for all the people you let the bitch make you kill.
<DeathStar> *Aska, pissed, rises and eyes the two, even as Kito charges*
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.5.21
<DeathStar> Location: Legion - Fortress Nero
<DeathStar> *Gwen stands on the wall, peering out into the lands of the Legion where the capital is a few more days away*
<DeathStar> *the giant volcano seen even from here*
<Seraphna> Talia> Without Mom this place sucks.
<DeathStar> *the legion seem to be even more militaristic now*
<DeathStar> *the group not being let in fully until they have been fully vetted*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I like our world better..."
<DeathStar> *A male soldier approaches them*
<DeathStar> <Soldier> If you do not mind, would you accompany me?
<DeathStar> *he motions and walks slightly ahead of them*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... *she looks at the others for their take on this*
<Seraphna> **Talia walks, Alt riding in Lana’s cleavage, having claimed they had cooling down there**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Soldier> We ran what information we could on you. *he looks at Lana* You - do not exist. *he looks at Gwen* You work with the Amazons, one of the chieftans. *he looks at Ceilidh* Another person that does not exist. *peers at Nicolette* You are from Kumen. And *he looks at Sparkling and Zayne* Your IDs are unusual
<DeathStar> <Soldier> However, Spirit Salamander vouches for you and wishes to meet with you. *He provides the documents they need to travel beyond this point, including the Amazon lands and the Dark Lands*
<Seraphna> Talia> Huh…
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Ah..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Always happy to check in on one of the spirits, but I'm a bit surprised."
<DeathStar> *he stops outside Salamander's temple* Please go in
<Seraphna> Talia> **skips in** Sally~!
<DeathStar> *Salamander sits on a stone chair, lifting an eyebrow at Talia*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *steps inside, looking around*
<Seraphna> **Talia waves**
<DeathStar> <Salamander> You all are as Undine described
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ah, so it WAS that."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...is Undine around? We last saw her getting a beating from Aska..."
<Seraphna> Talia> She musta proxy jumped out.
<DeathStar> <Salamander> She is ... recovering.
<DeathStar> <Salamander> The incident at the castle took a turn for the worse
<DeathStar> *she looks at Liana as she says that*
<Seraphna> Talia> More happened?
<DeathStar> <Salamander> A group from Kumen came in and used the Net to slaughter everyone present at the wedding.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<DeathStar> <Salamander> It has thrown the Hapian regin into chaos. The Legion, Amazon, and Dark armies are preparing to march and see if they can take advantage of the situation
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...seriously. What the hell is happening with this world? Every time I think I have any clue of what's happening, it's an abrupt plot twist."
<Seraphna> Talia> Is probably falling apart due to how fragile it was built.
<DeathStar> *Gwen muses* I find it hard to believe it's that easy. Like Nicolette said, if the Queen was killed, I would have thought it would revert
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "It's probably not her."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> It is possible she survived.
<DeathStar> <Salamander> She left Aska behind to protect her
<Seraphna> Talia> It’s something else… why haven’t Chronos or the Cleaners shown up?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...or they used Liana as the focus point of their spell..."
<DeathStar> >Gwen> Wait, Liana?
<Seraphna> **Talia tilts her head** You mean… made one of those hurt the most the crux of the spell casting? But that’s…
<Jackieness> <Lana> "That would explain why they didn't execute her...if they did...the spell would collapse."
<Seraphna> Talia> Black or Blood Magic maybe?
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Ah, yes, I have been told you are seeking out this area wide spell. I will take you to the location of the battle.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Thank you."
<DeathStar> *a moment later, the group finds themselves in an area that once had greenry and life, likely more in the Amazon side than Legion, but instead it's just a crater filled wasteland. Thankfully, there's no bodies due to it being long ago now*
<DeathStar> *Salamander peers out where lava still flows in places*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves her spell detector and scans*
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Undine and I were fools. We laid waste to each other and the armies. The sight was terrible. Vyvy was trying to break us up with Sylph; to this day Sylph has never shown up again
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Like not once?
<Seraphna> Talia> Wait… did they use the battle?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "How? The battle was stopped originally."
<DeathStar> *the scans show what appears to be the remnants of a powerful spell that mixed mana and spirit energy into some unknown spell. There doesn't appear to be traces of reality in it, but there might be traces of chrono energy here and there.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks back at her spell construct* "I do see time energy."
<Seraphna> Talia> Time and Reality.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It's a shame none of us have a link to Avenir
<Seraphna> Alt> Can still call.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Call?
<DeathStar> *Origin meanwhile has floatd off, the little sprite digging into stuff*
<DeathStar> *literally*
<Seraphna> Alt> Terra could. Salamander should.
<DeathStar> *Salamander looks confused*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette stays close to Origin, letting her do her thing
<Seraphna> Alt> Try to reach Chronos.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I wonder if the time protal on that island is still intatc in this version of reality..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It would be nice
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Chronos who?
<Seraphna> Talia> She was the Time Spirit
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Simeon worked on it, but I assisted."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> If I'm right, the time spirit is a thing of legends
<Seraphna> Talia> The… Line should be open.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Simon had to pact her first , remember?"
<Seraphna> Talia> I could call Void.
<DeathStar> *Origin hands Nico something*
<DeathStar> *the object looks burned and damaged, making it hard to see well, but its definitely alien and looks a bit like the tech they saw when dealing with the werebeast case*
<DeathStar> *Origin doots along, seeing if she can find more of it, spinning along the ground*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...that looks familiar."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Try Void. *he kneels* What is Origin doing digging in the ground?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *hands it to Lana* "What do you make of it?"
<Seraphna> **Talia summons Void**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...this shouldn't be here... and yet not only is it here, but its has been buried here for a while...
<DeathStar> *Void appears and does not look super friendly, voiding over Talia* Who dares?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *stands and points out another spot* "There seems to be a cluster of more tec fragments there."
<DeathStar> *Origin doots over and picks more up*
<DeathStar> *putting them together looks like it was once a larger device*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I need time to puzzle this out..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So something is in the ground that should not exist but does
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Could this not possibly be the culprit?
<Seraphna> Talia> One who knows the emptiness, Lord Void.
<DeathStar> <Void> And what do you want? *He studies them all*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its a good candidate."
<Seraphna> Talia> To not waste your time, we require the summoning of the current Time Spirit.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "My guess is they powered this device with one of the missing rune stones."
<DeathStar> <Origin> And you know of the time spirit and you hav a bond with me that should not exist
<DeathStar> *Vooid
<DeathStar> <Void> Why do you seek out the Time Spirit?
<Seraphna> Talia> Yes. And if you feel my pact you will feel the boon you gave a Priestess. We seek their help fixing damage to time. It imperils many spirits.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... at least one."
<DeathStar> <Void> .... *Reaches and grabs Sparkling*
<Seraphna> Alt> Well all the new ones too. They already gone!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Void> Very well. Hold still, child
<DeathStar> <Void> Picture the time spirit you wish in your heads
<DeathStar> *Void vanishes with Sparkling*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt do so in the void state mind they practice with their Void**
<DeathStar> *Sparkling returns a moment later, with an Avenir like glow about her*
<Seraphna> Talia> Spirit… combo?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ...
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I hope something bad didn't happen just now
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *even Origin seems perturbed and returns to under Nico's hat*
<Seraphna> Talia> Avnir?
<DeathStar> *Sparkling's mouth moves* <Avenir> Yes. I am just figuring out what has happened to time. Again.
<Seraphna> Talia> Someone messed with it with big spell and we think made Liana the Constant.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...okay, that's creepy."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...we think that someone used a device powered by one or more of the rune stones to alter criticsl events in history to make a worse future!"
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Someone has used done something to akin to a massive overright spell, but I do not think the magic was strong enough to completely hold. The good news is I think the spell is likely to break down on it's own
<DeathStar> <Avenir> The bad new is if you all are caught in it when it does, you'll be erased
<DeathStar> *Avenir takes it* Yes. You are right. This is what was used
<DeathStar> <Avenir> I will try to restore it .Give me sometime.
<DeathStar> -TBC-

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<DeathStar> -Minis Are Open-
<DeathStar> *Sparkling Avenir works on seeing how much of the device she can restore via time mechanics*
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<DeathStar> <Sparkling Avenir> Getting this fixed will help answer questions.
<DeathStar> <Sparkling Avenir> Avenir has to admit she has never seen this
<DeathStar> *Gwen points at Talia* Talia
<Seraphna> Talia> Me.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We need to find where Sasha is. there's been no sign of her
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Session Close: Tue Aug 20 00:00:00 2024

Session Start: Wed Aug 21 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
<DeathStar> Location: Battlefield - Legion Territory
<DeathStar> *Gwen has found a spot to prop up against - a rock*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *flops on to th ground*
<DeathStar> *Gwen watches Sparkling Avenir working on the device, then looks at Lana* So what do you make of all this?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *sits up* "Ahhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That tired? Here, come sit by me
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves over by Gwen*
<DeathStar> *Gwen rests his arm around her* I wish I could see the bigger picture and figure out what we're missing
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The device is the key, I am sure of it."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> True. You think Avenir is right and we could wait it out? But then we might not get answers. And why was Liana different
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...we can't just wait it out. Remmeber... if the spell collapses while we are still in it, it could destroy us."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> That would be bad too'
<DeathStar> *Avenir makes grunting noises*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks over*
<DeathStar> *it seems she is getting annoyed at trying to rewind time and put it together, the multiple pieces slowly coming together*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Seh has to recreate the missing fragments using her time powers...its why I'm takign a breaknow...I can't help here."
<DeathStar> *Gwen massages her shoulders* If a spell hit in our version of the present day, how is the device here in the alternate timeline in the past?
<DeathStar> <Sparkling Avenir> The damage done to it makes it actually hard to tell the age.
<DeathStar> <Sparkling Avenir> But I sense chrono energy on it, as if it was dropped in the past
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Some sort of time bomb, maybe...the device was used in the present, but worked by changing the past using paradoxes."
<DeathStar> <Sparkling Avenir> It is possible. I am limited in my scope using Sparkling's body, but...
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> There might be another time spirit here. And I do not mean mother. Which also could mean whoever used this device would know the original timeline
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> A time spirit would protect them. And if that theory is correct, by bringing me into the picture, you all have shined a light on yourselves
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Another time spirit though? Where would it come from?"
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> I have no idea. *She considers* A time spirit, from what mother told me, is not just a guardian of a planet, but time itself. There should not usually be more than one.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...is there a chance that Counter Geyze might have spawned a mana-based time spiirt?"
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> I have no sensed one since we came here.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And they never mentioned one
<Jackieness> <Lana> *face scrunches up as she thinks of possiblities* "...what about a Super Spirit?"
<DeathStar> *S. Avenir is quiet a while, working on the pieces, looking nearly done* If one of those super spirits, or outer spirits, has time based powers, it could be possible. They're far enough away I cannot feel them out naturally.
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> And we do not know what all they can do yet.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Right... and we do know they had minions working on Geyze to udnermine us in at leats one future..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If one of those super spirits is around mucking with time, that's pretty much a worse case scenario
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> I would have hoped the Cleaners would step in if that is the case.
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> The only reason I can see they might not is this would revert back to normal. Or they've been removed
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They havne't even shown up with you here."
<DeathStar> <S. Avenir> Well, my grasp here is like a ghost. If Sparkling wants, she can force me out
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...of course...it all amounts to 'who' did this. We need to find them or they might try it again."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I guess we need to find the person who shouldn't be here
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Or if they're posing as someone, illusion magic
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They likely used a rune stone to power their device...so we need to try to find the rune stone."
<DeathStar> <Sparkling Avenir> I'll feel out for the chrono energy but hopefully this will lead you to them. *she sets down the device; it looks like a sphere, with writings on it like what was in the werebeast machines*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks over the device, trying to puzzle out its functional and technicla details*
<DeathStar> *it looks depowered right now; but there seems to be a slot to power it with some unknown energy, charging the sphere. It appears to charge spirit and mana powers in it but without seeing it powered up it would be hard to call it's purpose*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "This would be easier if I had my lab..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> A shame there's nothing like it here
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Or I'd say we should borrow a lab
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nod nods*
<DeathStar> *Avenir looks a bit out of it* There might be some labs in the hapian territory. *their map glows with dots*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Now to get back down there..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> A spirit maybe. Undine or Salamander.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...Salamander is closer."
<DeathStar> *Salamander is off to the side, staring at the ruins of the battle field*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...when she's....feeling like it..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You sure you want to wait?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...I guess...I can ask..."
<DeathStar> *Gwen rubs* I can do it if you want
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...please."
<DeathStar> *Gwen rises and moves over to Salamander*
<DeathStar> *the two seem to talk a bit, Salamander just glancing at him with a side eyed glance*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *watches them*
<DeathStar> *Gwen walks back over* <Gwen> She'll take us when we're ready
<Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath* "...ahhhh..good."
<DeathStar> *Salamander eyes Gwen's back, staring at his rear, then muses*
<DeathStar> *Gwen kneels, checking their supplies*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We should have enough to scout the areas on the map at least
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And hopefully we cna make some realy progress once I get a lab..."
<DeathStar> *Gwen puts some rope around him* Let me check out the areas and see if any of them are good enough for you
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Are you sure?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Yeah. I'll have Salamander there. I'm sure she'll have my back. *Salamander yawns in the background*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at Salamander skeptically*
<DeathStar> *Salamander and Gwen get together and Gwen thumbs up, then the two vanish. Zayne walks over and sits* <Zayne> You have a lot of faith.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....what else can we do but try to do something?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> True. I just never saw that one as very reliable.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Why?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> .. *names things like him falling face first into the snow*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...snow is his weakness. As long as its not snowing, its ok."
<DeathStar> *Zayne considers, then offers Lana food*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...thank you."
<DeathStar> *sometime later, as evening comes, Gwen and Salamander arrives. Gwen having a slight bandage on his shoulder*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?! What happened?"
<DeathStar> *Salamander moses on back to her spot and staring out at the fields*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well. The labs are underground. And the queen has put her best guards defending them. Infact, due to how close they are to the capital, I wouldn't be shocked if she bunkered down in one. These uh, labs definitely weren't there before. And one is located at the school. I couldn't get close enough to see what is down there.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to get into them...somehow..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Attack them.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We have to remove the guards and get in and take a lab. The school one might the most dangerous but if you could convince the students to join us using Sasha
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh..if the Queen is bunkered in a lab...where is Sasha?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Maybe Kumen?
<DeathStar> <Salamander> I could take Gwen to the castle to check it out.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Risky
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...is that safe?"
<DeathStar> <Salamander> It depends on how cautious we are. I am an enemy spirit after all
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Aska is the main threat."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> She is a problem
<Jackieness> <Lana> "She managed to beat both Undine and Mr Brandr when we escaped to the Spire."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> If need be I'll have her help. I know she's still recovering as is Brandr
<Jackieness> <Lana> *seems to think* "...we know that Aska can be controlled... or at least influenced with the Hapian scepter...right?"
<DeathStar> <Salamander> I believe that can be te case. It should only be of Hapian blood that can use it I thought
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh.....that means we need to find Sasha if we want a chance of gettign around Aska."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'll get a look at the state of the castle and see if it's possible to look for the scepter.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Assuming the queen didn't take it with her..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> If that is the case, then we're boned
<DeathStar> <Zayne> *looks a list of words from a book*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I am trying to learn how to speak like the kids these days
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Hapian Capital
<DeathStar> *Ymir and Sasha exit the castle; outside the people are eyeign the castle even as the Asarar crew's attack can be heard from here*
<DeathStar> *soldiers rushing in to heroically save the day*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...not the way I imagined my wedding day to go... had I imagined one at all."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Well, I believe with how it played out. *She shields her eyes from the sun* You can consider it having not been completed.
<DeathStar> <Ymir> My worry now is if Asarar's people will hunt us down
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...less than ideal for either of us."
<DeathStar> *As they're talking, something can be heard moving in the passage behind them* <Voice> Little sheepie sheep. Don't run away~. *A blonde hair girl can be seen approaching, wings on their back, blue eyes glowing in the dark*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...we need to go, now."
<DeathStar> *Ymir nods* Which way should we go?
<DeathStar> *A Lilin emerges from the passage, standing behind them; Ortora eyes them, and begins to prepare her pheremones to capture both of them*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...this way." *grabs Ymir's hand and then pulls the double jump spell to hop the nearest wall*
<DeathStar> *Ymir follows after Sasha as they go upward. Ortora eyeing them escape* You can run, future queen, but you aren't getting away~
<DeathStar> *she begins to climb the wall after them as the two land near the crowd*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *pulls Ymir along and into the crowd*
<DeathStar> *Ortora cheerfully with a smile chases them into the crowd, Ymir looking back and seems to be trying to figure out how to slow them down, then points at Ortora* <Ymir> That person attacked the Queen! *causing a disturbance behind them as the people, seeing the castle being attacked, begin to try to get in her way*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *tries to use the opportunity to get to some spirit carriages*
<DeathStar> *Ymir takes a breath as she sits down; peering out as Ortora uses her phermones to turn the crowd to her will and begins to march forward again*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *starts up the carriage and tries to ge tthem out of there*
<DeathStar> *Ymir leans back and relaxes as they seem to get away*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...need to figure out where we can go that they cannot easily follow."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I'm not sure where that might be; you're not popular in the kingdoms where the Hapian is at war with. You could try the Naturalist woods for the time being, perhaps, or the Ent's woods. I doubt Asarar's group or the Queen would seek you out there
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Then to the forests, it is." *frowns* "...what a world this has become."
<DeathStar> *Ymir studies her curiously*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *side-glances* "...what is it?"
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Just that with everything going on I been wondering. You are similiar, but at the same it feels like you are not the same Sasha I knew.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "The situation is complicated."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> ... alright. I'll trust you
<DeathStar> *she glances down as they arrive at the woods*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *tries to bring them down near where she remembers the Ent village being*
<DeathStar> *The carriage gets stuck up in the massive large trees, but down below them in the trees, one can hear the sounds of activity*
<DeathStar> *The Ents peering at them from the tree top villages*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *sighs and leans back in he driver's seat*
<DeathStar> -TBC-
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Session Start: Mon Aug 26 00:00:01 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Geyze
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.5.22
<DeathStar> Location: Legion Territory - early morning
<DeathStar> *right now it looks like Avenir has left Sparkling's body, as she has not spoken in some time; the repaired sphere resting on a table near Lana. It appears depowered right now, but there is a slot for something to be put in and and a note by Avenir indicates that this little sphere has the power to enhance spirit and mana greatly somehow. The missing slot could be a mana rune*
<DeathStar> *Gwen right now is MIA, as is Salamander. Zayne sitting at the table eyeing some fruit, then takes a bite*
<Seraphna> **Alt pouts and noms a fish**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *is focused on studying the sphere, making notes*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So what is the plan now that you have your alien sphere?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...need to figure out what it actually does, and how it fit into this whole mess."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "My head feels a mess..."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> That's because a spirit has been hijacking your body all night
<DeathStar> *she turns to Lana* <Zayne> And for that you need a lab
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Yes...otherwise its just speculation."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Okay, time to work on a prevention for that."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I don't think we'll be able to just stroll right into the Hapian Academy and take the one there. At least - not without a fight. *she sounds a little dark at that*
<Seraphna> Alt> How we get lab? Or mana rune?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "A heist, probably."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Is the academy our only option?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> *pulls out the group mana rune* "We have the rune stone covered."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> According to Gwen, there are other labs
<DeathStar> <Zayne> The castle has one, and is checking it out right now
<DeathStar> <Zayne> And there's two - one near the Ent territory and another in the snow fields near Kalam's
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "So, if we don't need to steal a rune stone, why would we be going into the academy?"
<DeathStar> *Zayne snatches Lana's rune and begins to try to slot it into the sphere*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh, stop it!"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Why?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Because we haven't figured out how to use it to do what we want, yet."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We don't know what this device will do if we randonly plug it in! It could cause everything to collapse, killing us, and making things worse!"
<DeathStar> *Zayne tosses it back at Lana, going back to her fruit*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *places the rune stone back where she kept it*
<Seraphna> Alt> I want things be normal. Miss friends…
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Has anyone decided to do experiments on her? *She jabs a finger at Liana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need the lab to research things udner controlled conditions..."
<DeathStar> *Zayne watches Brandr work in the background, one arm bandaged still*
<DeathStar> *the other arm lifting giant boulders*
<Seraphna> **Alt leaps to get into Lana’s cleavage**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Sadly, I don't think undoing the spell on Liana is going to do anything. The spell is still snagged somewhere."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to find the other focus... then we can use the device."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Other focus?
<DeathStar> *As she asks that, Salamander and Gwen come crashing back, nearly hitting the table*
<Seraphna> **Alt peeks out of the sacred pillows**
<DeathStar> *Gwen lifts himself up, unsteadily, his arm clearly out of socket and some blood pouring off his face*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Castle... very dangreous
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<Seraphna> **Talia pops out of his shirt and starts using cure magic on him**
<DeathStar> *Salamander looks a bit worse for wear herself*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "A-are you okay?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Lets just say, Asarar's team, or Cypher's, I'm not sure on this timeline's lore, is quite the bloodthirsty lot
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They took shots at you?!"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> They wanted us dead. Both of us
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...looks like more than 'at'."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> You would think us being enemy troops to the Hapians would stay their hands, but they did not seem to care much
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...this world sucks..."
<Seraphna> Alt> Can we go home yet?
<DeathStar> *Gwen works his arm and nods to Talia*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Were you even paying attention?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Have you all decided what our next destination is yet?
<Seraphna> Talia> Hmmm… someone is tracking me.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So we need to find Sasha, and we need to find this snag."
<Seraphna> Talia> Might be Bon Bon.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "*takes a breath* "...anyway...it looks like whoever did this used at lest two people as anchors for the spell effect. Liana is one, thus why they imprisoned her instead of executing her... we need to find the other."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Since when can they track you?
<Seraphna> Talia> Not sure but I can feel it, so it must be my mana signature.
<DeathStar> *Gwen brings out his make shift map* Alright, we're out of time then if we're being tracked
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Do we want to head north where there's a few schools, or head to the school and try to take that?
<Seraphna> Talia> I think we’d have best chance at Summoni Academy.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh...well...we need to find the other focus. Given the two inflection points that we identified, the other focus is either Vyvy or Sylph."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You have a way to locate either?
<Seraphna> Talia> Also think if Vyvy hiding it might be with Kalam.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette ponders, then traces the flow of mana tied around Liana to try to get a location, or at least direction, of the other focus
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Sylph has been suspicious for a while, but before any of this even happened, so..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I hate to say it... but.... Talia may be right. The Summoni might be our best chance at a lead to wither of them."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Vyvy being hidden for so long suggests its her."
<DeathStar> *As Nicolette begins to trace a mana line, extending from Liana outward, heading back south toward the Naturalist, the group would hear something creeping along the rocks of the Legion the battlefield*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hmm... back south again?"
<Jackieness> "Ahhhhhh?"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Well, lets move either way."
<Seraphna> Talia> We should go.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...did you hear soemthing?"
<Alicia> * Yoiyami nods
<DeathStar> *Gwen peers around* Someone's watching us
<Seraphna> Talia> Sneaky people.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Yet not attacking
<Seraphna> Talia> Hmmm.
<DeathStar> *the mana trail seems to end somewhere in the Naturalist territory*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hmm... I'd guess they're in the Naturalist lands, but I can't guess why there."
<DeathStar> *Zayne glances at Liana* One question
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Is that one going to agree to leave?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<DeathStar> *Brandr continues his boulder stuff in the background, but one can tell he'll step in if needbe*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We have to, if we ever want to get Celes and the others back."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It is true. *he speaks with Salamander, preparing their transport*
<DeathStar> *a hand reaches for the sphere on the table, and grabs it, slowly pulling it back under table*
<Alicia> * Yoiyami snatches the sphere back with tendrils
<DeathStar> *Yoiyami snatches Bonnie along with it*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> ... *eyes Yoiyami*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "And why are you here?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> This sounded important. I didn't expect to deal with monsters
<Sara> <Liana> What if I didn't leave, what would you do then. *she huffs*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes to grab the sphere back hile they have Bonnie caught*
<DeathStar> *Bonnie swings her legs out, still holding the sphere while dangling in the air, and attempts to wrap them around Lana*
<Seraphna> Alt> No steal.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I guess we'd just have to break the spell on you and hope it doesn't mess up anything doing them one at a time."
<Seraphna> **Talia leaps and wraps around Bonnie** Bad girl!
<DeathStar> *Gwen kneels* Well. We know you didn't kill Celes. In the proper timeline, you and her are still living together with children. Come with us and you maybe we can give you back your life, one where you didn't spend it all in a cell
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If we fail, I'll personally escort you back here to your grandfather
<DeathStar> *Bonnie strains, then legs Lana go and the sphere, to deal with Talia*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *flails*
<Sara> <Liana> It's not that I wasn't planning on going, but it's important to know what your stake actually is in it, you know
<Seraphna> Talia> **Gums her ear** Calm! Not remember I helped you escape?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "We're returning the world to the way it was before."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> My stake. I've done some research. My sister is under the thumb of other Amazons and is at risk of death if she steps out. The Amazons are not the people they can be. Men are crushed under feet still
<Jackieness> <Lana> *picks up the sphere and lets out a breath*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> While I have my family with me, my people are chained
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The world before this spell was... a lot better. It wasn't perfect, but Geyze was basically at peace, and even Kumen was drastically better."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "This Kumen just makes me want to smash things."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> True. If Ymir catches you all, you might get sold off to who knows what slave auctioneers.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Understood, extreme violence is justified."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> The Corporation Queen ... *is getting Talia tied up* Sdly escaped. With the Hapian queen's help
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Oh, and it isn't falling apart like this version of reality. Since we now have so many paradoxes..."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I was hoping you all would lead me to her
<Seraphna> **Talia suddenly poofs into a cat, slides out and turns back to try tying her up**
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "We're not exactly planning an assassination right now."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> A shame. *She pulls the same tactic and runs off*
<Seraphna> Talia> Bon Boooon!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Let her go. It's just another problem we'll have to deal with. Lets head south and find this other pillar
<Seraphna> Alt> Is Bonnie my sister or cousin?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Do we have everything?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...that weird cat lady aunt that no one acknowledges, yet everyone talks about."
<Seraphna> Talia> I have rope now!
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Well, climbing supplies might help."
<Seraphna> Alt> I have Yoiyami!
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I have Nicolette.
<DeathStar> *She leans closer to her* She's can do all sorts of things
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "What is that supposed to mean?"
<Seraphna> Alt> You are a powerful item.
<DeathStar> *Avenir speaks through Sparkling suddenly* <Avenir Sparkling> Did I miss something?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Too powerful for you."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Party dynamics have just taken a weird turn..."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "And stop that, it's creepy."
<Seraphna> Alt> *wilts*
<DeathStar> *Avenir points at herself questioningly*
<Seraphna> **Talia pets her baby girl**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *just stares now*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Yes."
<DeathStar> <Avenir Sparkling> Very well. If I am no longer needed.
<Seraphna> Talia> Stay.
<DeathStar> *the group no longer senses Avenir*
<Seraphna> Talia> You are still needed.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...it was a strain for her to manifets this way anyway."
<Seraphna> **Talia grumbles and starts resuming her** Can you not scare off time spirit in the middle of time crisis?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It'll be okay. We can manage. ... Hopefully
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...'scare off'? Really?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> You very terrifying, Yoiyami
<Seraphna> Talia> Do you like this timeline?
<DeathStar> *She says it casually, making it hard to tell if she's serious or not*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We should be going, all the same." *pushes up her glasses*
<DeathStar> *Salamander extends his arms for people*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt join**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes to join the travel circle*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette takes Salamander's arm, "To the Naturalist lands."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Maybe I am scary."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Alright. *she focuses on Nicolette to guide them where to go once there*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh and Sparkling join the circle
<DeathStar> *the group teleports and finds themselves outside a forest, much much smaller than the Ent one. Supposedly it's Sylph's, but the wind does not blow or chime anymore*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... Hm. This is where we found Sylph long ago
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...which way to Sylph's shrine?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> No shrine
<DeathStar> <Gwen> She usually hangs out in the trees
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I never found out why she was the only core spirit without a shrine. Maybe Ellie knew.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Then where do we look?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... *looks at Nicolette*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Unless she can narrow it down - you wander and follow the wind. But since there's no wind, it could take days
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... this way, I think."
<DeathStar> *Zayne lets Nicolette take the lead*
<Alicia> * Sparkling tries to sense spirit energy
<DeathStar> *There is indeed spirit energy deeper in the woods. It's weaker than the current day Sylph's, but it's there*
<Seraphna> **Alt blows air out of her mouth** Alt make wind!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...does anyone have fruit?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> There should be some growing in the trees
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If you want to clmb
<Alicia> * Yoiyami climbs up to get some
<DeathStar> *Yoiyami would find Sylph Fruit up there*
<Seraphna> **Talia pulls out one of the fruits Terra handed out before the change** How’s this?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Sure, why not. Jingle it I guess
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'd be more worried about what else we'd find... Liana was under guard and spells."
<Alicia> * Yoiyami gathers some, climbing down
<Seraphna> **Talia jingles it**
<DeathStar> *as they walk along, jingling it, nothing seems to happen*I
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Well, I guess I'll just eat it myself..." *takes a bite out of one*
<DeathStar> *but they do come across signs of soldiers having camped in the woods recently. It looks like Hapian soldiers, much like Ellie's group. Why they would be coming through the woods is odd, especially with the castle having fallen to Asarar's group*
<DeathStar> *Gwen kneels, kicking over the fire pit and looking through the tent left behind; some junk is scattered over the ground*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...they must have left in a hurry..."
<Seraphna> Talia> Maybe they kidnap Sylph using Ellie’s wind spirit catnip power.
<Sara> <Liana> ???
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Do not ask me, either. *she tells Liana*
<Seraphna> Talia> Even mirror wind spirit is hot for Ellie.
<DeathStar> *Gwen rises with a paper*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It looks like these might be some orders. They are heading for the Ent village to search for the Princess/Queen. Sasha, and to retrieve her back to the castle. And while at it, to get Sylph if they can, and Liana.
<DeathStar> *he hands the orders to the others, with drawings of all the women*
<DeathStar> *castle - school
<DeathStar> <Salamander> So the Hapian army is being dispatched to retrieve them. *she looks at Liana* You are very important to them it would appear
<Seraphna> Talia> Cuz as long as she’s free we can break spell.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But she was with us in the Legion terrirtory, not here until we came here."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I'm not the only one lost by the situation here, am I?"
<Seraphna> Talia> They probably not know where look.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> They must not have known we took her up north with a spirit
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Yet they know exactly where Sasha is
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And Sylph
<Jackieness> <Lana> "How long ago were they here?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... *eyes the ground* A few hours at most
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "We sure they're not tracking them?"
<Seraphna> Talia> This Sylph area. Though can see using Aska to track Sasha.
<DeathStar> *Zayne continues to walk forward through the woods*
<DeathStar> *Gwen makes a face*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Lets try to avoid a fight with Aska
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Wasn't planning to pick fights with anyone."
<Seraphna> Talia> Yeah we not have Vyvy to tame her.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...if we cna escape with Sylph, then we have a chance of turning this all around."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I wouldn't want to fight Aska unles we had Shade, personally
<DeathStar> *after walking a bit more, Nicolette's tracking leads them to a giant dead tree in the middle of the woods, nothing else standing near it.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks around*
<DeathStar> *it stands almost as tall as the Ent trees*
<Alicia> * Sparkling feels out again for spirit energy
<DeathStar> *there's a faint amount in there*
<DeathStar> *on the upper portions*
<Seraphna> Talia> Strange…
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Up near the top..."
<DeathStar> *Gwen knocks on the tree* It feels hallow
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe this is Sylph's house..."
<Seraphna> Talia> Hello? Anyone home?
<Alicia> * Yoiyami tries to look inside with foxholes
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Was, might be more accurate."
<Seraphna> Alt> Sylphyyyyy, we have fruit!
<DeathStar> *inside it looks hallowed out, and there is indeed furniture and stuff set up for a spirit to relax in. There seems to be something or someone on the upper level, curled up in the shadows on what looks to be a pile of leaves/hammock, facing a hole window*
<Seraphna> **Alt goes kitten and scales up there** Hellos?
<DeathStar> *Gwen peers follows Alt, slipping several times*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...should keep an eye out so that the soldiers don't find us."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I'll do that
<DeathStar> *She moves to the edge of the dead zone*
<DeathStar> *Alt would see on the upper levels a little entrance*
<Seraphna> **Alt slips in, being little** Hellos?
<DeathStar> *the figure on the leaf hammock does not stir*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Is... that you, Sylph?"
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...I don't know what to do in moments like this."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> I am growing worried. Shake them awake *She yells out*
<Seraphna> **Alt pokes the figure, pawing** Hello? You okay?
<Seraphna> **Alt starts shaking if there is no response, to save time**
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "... I don't feel heartless, do I?"
<DeathStar> *the leaves move a bit; showing Sylph's face, looking mostly without color. And very still. As she's shaken, her body is uncovered more and wound that has not healed is revealed and her wings look damaged*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> For now knowing what to do. I wouldn't say that. *he calls out to Alt* Bring her out
<Seraphna> **Alt gasps and thinks, then breaks open the spirit fruit and feeds it to her**
<Seraphna> **Alt starts to carry her out** Eat. Someone special made this with Earth Spirit energy.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette kneels by Sylph, trying to make out the nature of this curse
<DeathStar> *Zayne calls out* We have Hapian troops trying to sneak up. *She hurries back* They seem to have noticed we have located 2 of their targets
<Alicia> * Ceilidh tries to heal Sylph
<Seraphna> Talia> Not cursed I think… Sylph have you been like this since the battle…?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...we need a quick exit, now!"
<DeathStar> *The wounds look old, yet for some reason, but even as magic is done to try to heal it, they just wash over her. It's clear these wounds simply will not heal and she must have crawled into bed to try to conserve strength.*
<Seraphna> Talia> Sally, take us to Kalam.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "This is not good."
<DeathStar> <Salamander> You want me to take her to one of our enemies?
<Seraphna> Talia> Kalam is an enemy?
<DeathStar> <Salamander> She works for the Hapians
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....cna you get us to a Spirit world portal?"
<Seraphna> Talia> Take us to Shade or the Spirit World then.
<Sara> * Liana is keeping watch
<DeathStar> <Salamander> I will take us to Shade then. *She doesn't say why she doesn't go for the other option, gathering them all; to Nicolette's eyes, this curse seems to be sapping Sylph's energy, yet not killing her fully. Eating any heal attempt*
<Seraphna> Talia> Shade. They won’t have fixed the leaking ship in the Spirit World.
<DeathStar> *Liana would see Ellie in the distance, preparing to advance, when Salamander brings Sylph out and lays her down, then extends her arms to be touched*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *joins the circle once more*
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt touch**
<DeathStar> *two arrows are launched; one is a net arrow for Liana, the other arrow is aimed at Salamander*
<Seraphna> **Talia holds out a hand and blasts at Salamader’s arrow with mana**
<DeathStar> *the arrow poofs into a poison cloud*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette starts to stand, but pauses half way as she senses the arrow, and grabs onto Salamander
<Seraphna> **Alt casts a wind spell to blow it back**
<DeathStar> *Salamander blinks and nods her thanks, even as Liana is beginning to be reeled back, the poison causes Ellie and her people to begin to cough and kneel*
<DeathStar> <Salamander> We're going. *she begins to warp*
<Seraphna> **Talia tosses the ripe to Lasso Liana**
<Seraphna> **rope
<DeathStar> *the group arrives in the Nymph grotto*
<DeathStar> *all the nymphs staring at them, then hides*
<Seraphna> Talia> Hi!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...we should be safe here..." *plops on ground*
<DeathStar> *the nymphs eye Talia*
<Seraphna> Talia> Is Shadey in?
<DeathStar> *A few coming back out*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "...sorry for scaring you all."
<DeathStar> <Shade> And who are these intruders? *Shade's voice sounds much more no-nonsense and eyes them with a look she never has shown them before*
<DeathStar> *a look of being inclined to throw them out*
<Seraphna> Talia> Hi! I’m Talia. And due to a time space issue you should probably remember me. Just realllllly long ago!
<DeathStar> *Shade moves to Salamander, keeping an eye on Nicolette, then Yoiyami* <Shade> Hm. Should I?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?! Ahhhh... Salamander is her with us! We have Sylph! he needs help!"
<Jackieness> She
<Seraphna> Talia> My Momma helped make the Daemons.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'm Yoiyami Mizukaze, but we haven't met before."
<DeathStar> *Shade kneels and studies Sylph* ... What did you do to her?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "We just found her like this..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We only kidnapped her. Some one else put the spells on her."
<Seraphna> Talia> Rescued her from Hapians. Found her this way.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Really, this is why we brought her here..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Not really a kidnapping..."
<Sara> <Liana> ...You realize how bad that sounds right
<DeathStar> *Shade listens to the various ansers with a odd expression*
<Seraphna> Alt> Hi Lady Shade.
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Which part?"
<Seraphna> **Alt waves being extra kid like**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... it's true. We grabbed her from her house and brought her here without permission. Just... we couldn't do anything about the magic keeping her from being healed, while being attacked by the Hapians."
<DeathStar> <Shade> I have never seen something like this before. *she touches Sylph and her outfit vanishes, since it uses spirit energy to manifest and rolls her on her stomach; the wound on her back should has a nasty black spot, that is threatening to become worse, looking like it's eating up her spirit body*
<Seraphna> Talia> I think she been like this since the war.
<DeathStar> <Shade> Whatever caused this wound is attempting to consume her spirit energy.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "It seems like an infection."
<Seraphna> Talia> Afraid whoever did this might have gotten Vyvy.
<DeathStar> <Shade> Yet at the same time, there is somthing else in her that is working against it. As if purposely keeping her alive at it's weakest point. I attempted for years to locate her but was unable to
<DeathStar> <Shade> Vyvy? Vyvy is most likely dead.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...she was inside her treehouse."
<DeathStar> *Shade looks up* I looked there. She was not there some years ago
<Seraphna> Talia> Did you check upper room?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?" *looks at the others*
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Maybe she returned there."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The spell that's keeping this world messed up is tied up around her. We're looking at resolving that, but... this black spot. I don't know how to treat that. Could we cut it out?"
<DeathStar> *Shade looks at them with a look* Do you believe me so unobservant? Someone must have located her and took her there, or hid her there believing she would not be found
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The wound might be how the spell anchor is manifested for Sylph."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "We could try."
<DeathStar> <Shade> As for cutting it out. You could attempt to remove her core and let her grow even weaker.
<Seraphna> **Talia muses** It would benefit the caster to keep her weak and still. They put Liana in chains.
<Seraphna> Alt> Wish friends were here… they could fix I bet.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...the best place to heal her is the Spirit World shrine...but why is the Spirit World a non-starter?"
<DeathStar> <Shade> The Hapians have locked it down - through Aska
<Seraphna> Talia> Plus the Ancient Engine is still probably holding Death Spirit.
<Seraphna> Talia> We never got to clean it here.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh examines the wound, thinking on the core removal plan
<DeathStar> <Shade> But if you could get hre to the point of almost fading out completely, you might could extract it. But ... the problem is she might not re-materalize
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "This wound REALLY has me worried. My danger sense is going off the scale."
<Seraphna> Talia> Not even sure we can without the people we had. Come think of it. Aska likely still trying to keep most at bay solo.
<Seraphna> *mist
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "If she is an anchor, she'll definitely recover."
<DeathStar> <Shade> Anchor?
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Alternate timelines. They been babbling about it for days
<DeathStar> <Salamander> Even went on about time spirits
<DeathStar> *Shade hmmmss* What all do you need to achieve this?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Someone messed with the timeline, it'll return if we can break the spell."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We have most of what we need for it... we were hoping to access one of the hapian labs or equivalent so I ahve equipment to study the problem and solution."
<DeathStar> <Shade> Where is this lab?
<Seraphna> Talia> Guffin Orb, Mana Stone, knowledge of the deconstruction. And both anchors.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Guffin what?
<Seraphna> Talia> Does… Shinobu palace have a lab?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "McGuffin, probably. It's a term for... an item that drives a plot without having any real significance beyond that."
<Seraphna> Talia> She not my Momma yet but she on our side I think.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Lana, I'm going to leave the reality situation with you. I need to get this... thing, out of Sylph."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We know there are labs under the castle and the Academy. Ahhh...those are tough nuts to crack. Hoping for an easier one."
<Seraphna> Talia> Thet thing. Heard Ceil say it a few times for important things like relics.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...yes. It would be better if Sylph were healthier."
<DeathStar> <Shade> Very well. I'll take you to our equivalent of a lab
<Seraphna> Talia> Oh! Is Autumn’s lab still here?
<DeathStar> <Shade> You can also work on Sylph there, *she tells Nicolette* Salamander, go inform the Queen.
<DeathStar> *Salamander vanishes*
<DeathStar> <Shde> Who?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Thank you."
<DeathStar> *Shade is preparing a large scale teleport*
<Seraphna> Talia> Time must be really wonky now. Your Dark Hero.
<DeathStar> <Shade> Let us ... focus on the now instead of these alternate timeline heroes
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Talia... no Team 6 to find the heroes of legend, remember?"
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "What even happened with the Earth Hero?"
<Seraphna> Talia> Dat’s you silly.
<DeathStar> *the group is teleported and they appear in what looks to be a frankenstein like lab*
<DeathStar> *complete with a system to harness lightning*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "But in this timeline, I... I guess I do exist anyway."
<DeathStar> *The daemons all stare them; thankfully there is spirit energy and spirit machines about to do readings*
<Seraphna> Talia> Perfect! Look they got bubbling beakers and smoke and a hunchback!
<DeathStar> *Shade, for her part, ignores the heroes questions, focusing on the crisis at hand*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh...I'll make it work." *tries to find a workspace to set up*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh nods, then joins Lana
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... this is....
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... *she seems off guard, her face looking dumbfounded*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Hmm?"
<MobileAri> * Nicolette moves Sylph to a table, and starts setting up a lattice of spiritual energy in preperation for the operation
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I hope this works
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Ent Village
<DeathStar> *At first glance, it looks like the Ents have Ymir and Sasha in a giant pot of hot water and it would appear they are planning to cook them when Ellie and her troops arrive. Ellie, ever since the poison, having flashes to another timeline that does not line up with her own as she has come to get the princess. But no, the Queen and Ymir look to be having a hot pot bath*
<DeathStar> *The Ents tosseing in various stuff for the two to be clean and warm*
<DeathStar> *Ymir leans back, relaxing*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> So where to now? *she asks as the Ents finally have the carriage back on the ground from being stuck in the tree*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...I'm not sure. Anywhere else is either under mother's control or would be a danger to me."
<Sara> <Ellie> ... Seriously? *she stares as she sees the situation*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> The only reason the Ents haven't done anything is they likely haven't gotten the orders to... *She turns to see Ellie* Uh oh
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Captain Allaway. You've found us at a disadvantage.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *purses her lips*
<Sara> <Ellie> You lot, get them out of that... stew
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "We are taking a bath."
<DeathStar> *The Ents bows their heads and begin to get them out of the hot water, then offer them towels*
<DeathStar> *Ymir wraps up* It was refreshing too
<Sara> <Ellie> Well, if you thought you were in hot water before, you have another think coming
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...excuse me?"
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I think she means to drag us to her mother
<DeathStar> *your
<Sara> * Ellie rubs her head
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I decline."
<DeathStar> <Asarar's voice> That works for me. *She emerges from the woods with Chelsea, Kira, Luci, and Bonnie; Ellie's troops turning to aim at them* <Asarar> I'll leave you all buried right here
<Sara> <Ellie> I knew I had a headache for a reason...
<DeathStar> *Asarar seems to be holding what looks to be a flamethrower type weapon*
<Seraphna> Luci> They look weakened.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...Ymir, I think that ath time has ended. For real, this time."
<DeathStar> *Ymir eyes the carriage* I think we need to make a run for it. *she peers at Ellie* It would not be a bad idea for you to come along, Captain. Your skills could be useful
<DeathStar> *Asarar fires it and begins to set the forest on fire, as the Ents charge and leap, and Ellie's soldiers begin to fire at Asarar and Luci*
<Sara> <Ellie> We're just following our orders to get the headmist... sorry, I meant... ugh, look, you don't have to bring out your... whatever that thing-- oh great. It's on fire. *she moves out of the way*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *leaps from the bath, grabbing a towel as she dashes for the carriage*
<Seraphna> **Luci forms a shield and lets a shard blade fling out at her enemies**
<DeathStar> *Ymir leaps into the carriage seat*
<DeathStar> *The Ents and Ellie's people leap on Asarar and begin to overpower her into her own flames*
<Seraphna> Luci> C’mon flower people. Give up the scum and we’ll play nice!
<DeathStar> *Bonnie slips and sneaks into the abck of the carriage*
<DeathStar> *Ents A and B grab Luci in vines and begin to try to strangle hre*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *moves into action, trying to get the soldiers off of asarar*
<Seraphna> **Luci forms into a dragon and shakes them off to swipe a clearing for Asarar, roaring**
<DeathStar> *Asarar steps out, tossing her burning coat off*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *climbs into the carriage* "...come on, Ellie! Your princess demands your presence!"
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Thank you two
<Sara> * Ellie shields Sasha on her way out
<DeathStar> *Asarar eyes the carriage starting up as Ymir fiddles with it*
<Sara> <Ellie> Mercenaries... this is amateur hour. You'd think they're competing for a body count
<Seraphna> **Luci lets a breath weapon loose on the remaining soldiers**
<DeathStar> *kneeling and grabbing a tiny gun from Chelse and aiminng it at the engine*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Strangely, this feels all wrong. Like this should not be happening
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *tries to get them into the air as fast as possible*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Welcome to my life, Ymir..."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I suppose so. Just part of me wants to be friends with them
<Sara> <Ellie> Those jerks?
<Seraphna> Luci> flee plants before I switch to Salads!
<DeathStar> *as they get into the air, the rooftop being nothing but trees makes it hard to get out o the forest*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> Don't ask me
<DeathStar> *Asarar fires and the carriage rattles*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> There got it
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Lets clean up here and see where they go
<Seraphna> Luci> Ugh, this soldier was crunchy.
<DeathStar> *The Ents meanwhile are trying to swarm Luci*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *tries to keep the carriage in the air* "...we took a hit."
<DeathStar> *Ymir looks back, eyeing the back; a red dot is blinking*
<DeathStar> <Ymir> ...?
<Seraphna> **Luci roars, tossing some aside** Come on I said run!
<Sara> <Ellie> That seems... bad
<DeathStar> <Ymir> A bomb?
<DeathStar> *The ents finally, with fire and an angry dragon, retreat*
<DeathStar> *Asarar lights a cig with the fire* <Asarar> Lets book it to safer grounds
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...can someone detach that?!"
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I, uh, I'll try
<DeathStar> *Ymir slowly crawls along toward the back*
<Seraphna> Luci> Yeah let’s go. I didn’t like hurting the plants.
<Seraphna> Luci> …No meat. Yeah.
<DeathStar> *Ymir gets the worst luck ever and turbulance has her bounce off right as she's at the back*
<DeathStar> *Asarar pauses helping the fire spread*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Uh.... oops
<Sara> <Ellie> Welp.
<Seraphna> Luci> **frowns and uses shields to suffocate flames**
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *tries to dive the carriage to catch Ymir*
<Seraphna> Luci> We don’t want this place to wind up like home.
<DeathStar> *somehow the RNG gods allow Sasha to catch her and not crash*
<DeathStar> *Ymir takes deep breaths* I don't think it's a bomb. I rather not go for it again though
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Fair fair
<DeathStar> *Asarar tosses Chelsea some food from the Ent village* Come on everyone
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...probably a tracker."
<DeathStar> <Ymir> I agree
<DeathStar> <Ymir> We'll have to lay a trap at our destination
<Seraphna> **Luci lowers to let them up**
<DeathStar> *Asarar takes luci for a ride, holding up the tracker*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Dark Lands Labs
<DeathStar> *Shade stands by Nicolette*
<Seraphna> Talia> Who gets to pull that lightning switch there?
<DeathStar> * Neophyx Ilas arrives* So you brought them to our state of the art labs, Shade?
<DeathStar> *Neophyx walks around* Well, what is done is done. If you need anything, simply ask
<Seraphna> Talia> Hey it’s Neo!
<DeathStar> *Lana would see tools to study the sphere*
<Seraphna> Talia> How is you?
<DeathStar> *there is also scanners to study Liana and Sylph*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "..don't touch anything if you don't know what it is?" *grabs what tools she can find useful and rigging them up to do what she needs*
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> I am fine, little familiar
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I wish I had a chance to properly study this..."
<Seraphna> Talia> In my timeline you’re my aunt now I think. I should remember to bring presents.
<DeathStar> *eyebrow*
<Seraphna> Alt> Great Aunt!
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I wish I knew anything
<DeathStar> *he eyes a daemon running in place to generator power*
<DeathStar> *generate
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'm intending to do what I can..." *starts studying the sphere itself* "...nothing compared to my own labs, but we must make do."
<DeathStar> *the sphere data begins to come in; with it's ability to triple spirit and mana, by putting a magic rune stone inside, it looks like it could take it and use whatever power generated and attempt to manifest even more power out of it. Likely why it broke, too. The magic rune stones already produce so much power when used, trying to harness more likely shattered the sphere,*
<DeathStar> <Shade> Are you ready for me to remove the core from Sylph?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah. I've done my best to make sure she stays together through all this."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....hmmm..its like a resonance chamber...basically takes energy from the rune stone and then bounces it around, letting it build up like a pressure cooker."
<DeathStar> *shade reaches into her and extracts it. Almost instantly, Sylph begins to fade, her spirit energy already near rock bottom*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette channels spirit energy from the lab, into the lattice she constructed to help give Sylph some stability.
<Alicia> * Ceilidh goes to help Nicolette with Sylph
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So we know the tools used - some sort of spell was used via the magic rune stone, enhanced with this sphere, but what type of spell was it. <Zayne> Is it possible the sphere has any lingering traces of the spell?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe... let me see if I can pick up anything." *tries to pick apart the spell if she can*
<DeathStar> *Shade tries to aid them too. Oddly, the pillar status also seems to be aiding them in keeping her alive, as the curse mark is dissolving as she grows weaker*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...not enough left of the spell itself to figure it out...but...the caster was a spirit."
<DeathStar> *alarms off and Neophyx moves over to look at the images. It shows what looks to be a carriage flying nearby and a dragon chasing it*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> A magician spirit?
<MobileAri> * Nicolette calls upon wind magic, but instead of putting it into a spell, uses it to tighten the lattice and give Sylph's essence something to latch onto
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I don't know yet.. but we do know that there was a possible traitor spirit in the future where the Super Spirits conquered Geyze. Maybe it is them?"
<DeathStar> *the mark soon seems completely gone* <Shade> Putting the core back in. *She slides it back in and Sylph twitches* <Shade> It looks like she is likely to recover faster thanks to you two
<DeathStar> *she tells Nico and Ceilidh*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I do my best."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... now we can see what Liana and Sylph might have on them." *picks up another scanner*
<DeathStar> *The scanner shows what looks to be a connection to the spell, both of them; the pillars looking like they were put there to stablize the spell. Unfortunately, even if Lana uses them to break the spell now, Sylph is so weak she might die - for real during the transition*
<DeathStar> *Neophyx turns to the others* Who all can you spare at the moment?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I suppose myself. <Zayne> And me
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> The Hapians are also beginning to move closer to this location suddenly. It looks like everyone has decided to come to my doorstep
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...this is bad...if we break the spell, Sylph might die."
<DeathStar> <Shade> And by breaking this spell, we return to what you call the real timeline
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Won't she revive when we fix the timeline?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh... yes. The real, better timeline."
<DeathStar> <Shade> Give me and whoever else thinks they can help sometime to buff up Sylph
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'll work out how to undo the sppel, in the meantime."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette stays by Sylph's side, carefully regulating the spirit energy even after her core has been returned.
<Seraphna> **Talia and Alt give Sylph the great blessing of the Kitties. And a super sugary candy.
<DeathStar> *Gwen sets out with Zayne*
<Seraphna> **Talia follows**
<DeathStar> *A nymph hands Lana various things randomly like candles*
<DeathStar> *those down below would witness on the screen from the Hapian balloon fleet, signs of a powerful, almost unnaturally so, magican or spirit wielding their power to attack Asarar and Sasha*
<DeathStar> *Their attacks arcing across the sky. Shade and Salamander look up frowning*
<DeathStar> *Sylph's level rises to just barely okay to do the spell, hovering on the line*
<Seraphna> **Talia charges a mana beam and waits for several ballloons to line up**
<Seraphna> **Talia then lets it fire and arcs the beam like a laser cutter**
<DeathStar> *a loud noise is heard as Sasha lands in the labs nearby*
<Seraphna> **Talia puffs her cheeks and warps back to Gwen**
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> Lana.
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> You need to attempt your spell now.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...ok..." *takes a deep breath and inserts the rune stone into the sphere*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette starts to augment Sylph with her own magic, not sure if the lab magic will survive the spell
<DeathStar> *The sphere begins to glow as it begins to overcharge*
<DeathStar> *Salamander and Shade begin to act a little weird, as does Sylph, due to the amount of mana being increased; the only reason they seem okay is the spirit energy is also rising
<Alicia> * Ceilidh continues keeping Sylph stable
<DeathStar> *the Hapian flagship is now directly over them, like out of Independence Day.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts the ritual to reset reality*
<DeathStar> *their sensors, being two daemon birds, squack about the balloon gathering a lot of magical and spirit energy as Lana does that*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *fingers move in the air as the rising mana and spirit energy causes the threads of the spell to become visible, Lana physically manipulate the spell threads*
<Seraphna> Talia> I think the traitor might be up there…
<DeathStar> *Aska appears in the lab, looking for Sasha, right as the beam comes down - at that moment, everything seems to have an implosion compared to the explosion last time*
<DeathStar> *The group finds themselves in the ruins of a lab that has not been in use for ages*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhhh?!"
<Seraphna> Talia> D-Did we win?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "Well, the timeline changed again, so probably."
<DeathStar> *Shade and Salamander look half-buried, and Sylph is no longer hooked up to anything*
<DeathStar> *Neophyx looks around* <Neophyx> .... Huh
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Are you alright?"
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> This place was never put into operation
<Seraphna> **Talia starts poking the spirits**
<Seraphna> Alt> Hi again Great Aunty.
<DeathStar> *the two rise up; Sylph jerks and sits up; but the odd thing is she then coughs and spits up fluids that almost looks like blood*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ... .... *wavers and then falls right over*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<Seraphna> Alt> Can spirits even do that!?
<Seraphna> **Alt summons Aunty Undine in worry**
<DeathStar> *Brooke examines Sylph, then looks concerned* She seems to be weak. Her body was ravaged by something recently.
<Seraphna> Alt> Well we had to cure a curse on her in evil timeline.
<DeathStar> <Brooke> I can take her in and examine her - but she should recover on her own
<DeathStar> *Sylph, is indeed, already sitting up and looking less dizzy*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Good to hear."
<Seraphna> Alt> Shadey and Old Lady Aska buried though.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "How do you feel, Sylph?"
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ... Well. .. I... Odd. *She begins to describe someone who has undergone a sickness like the flu, a really bad case*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I think I'm dampering it down.
<DeathStar> *she eyes her one wing and attempts to move it*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You had a nasty... infection of sorts. We had to get kinda extreme to deal with it."
<DeathStar> *Neophyx gets off the communications* You might have an incident at the Academy. *she turns to Shade* Shade, can you gather everyone up?
<Seraphna> Alt> You had your core pulled out and cleaned!
<DeathStar> *Lana would find the sphere is broken just like before*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *gatehrs the shards of the sphere for later study*
<Seraphna> Alt> Home time!
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Academy
<DeathStar> *the group arrives at the Academy. Sylph sees Ellie and tries to fly over to her and lands right at her feet*
<DeathStar> *Origin peeks out and chirps*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "What is going on here?" *looks around the Academy*
<DeathStar> *For the most part the Academy looks exactly the same as Shion and Lumi join the group. Gwen flops down and leans back. Lana's lab is being repaired in the background by some students*
<Seraphna> Thena> There they are.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> Well. First, is Yoiyami here?
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "I'm here!"
<DeathStar> <Shion> We've been told you all vanished to another timeline. In our eyes, it was quite different
<DeathStar> <Shion> There was a boom and you all vanished
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "It was far from a fun trip."
<DeathStar> <Shion> So, since finals is nearly upon you, I'll give you extended time for your fials
<Seraphna> Talia> We saved the universe!
<DeathStar> <Lumi> But this is the weird thing
<Seraphna> Alt> Do me and Yoi get extra credit for that?
<DeathStar> <Lumi> When you came back, these unknown students showed up. With a logo we did not recognize.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> They said "Hapian Academy"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...what?"
<DeathStar> <Lumi> They wanted you and oddly, Yoiyami
<Seraphna> Talia> Must be from the other timeline. Your fan club.
<DeathStar> *Lumi points in the background at 3 students standing around, where the three students who talked to Yoiyami are looking around confused*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *approaches the trio*
<Seraphna> Talia> But how… shouldn’t they have reverted?
<DeathStar> *a girl with long dark hair in a ponytail pauses, then goes at attention, saluting over chest. A young man with reddish hair does the same, and finally a younger blonde girl jerks to attention, dropping an apple*
<Sara> * Ellie looks at Sylph
<Seraphna> Thena> I have the oddest sense about these three.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Shion, before I take off in a mad rush, things are back to normal right? Selena is queen, and Celes and Liana and the rest of her family is fine, right?"
<DeathStar> *Sylph sits up and rubs the back of her head* Ellie~. *She snuggles against hre*
<DeathStar> <Shion> Everything is... perfectly normal.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Well, this is a surprise."
<DeathStar> <Shion> That I know of at least
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... we should try to find out if anything else is out of place."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> But we definitely need a meeting. Too much is happening lately
<Seraphna> Talia> Mom must be dealing with the attack and marrying Shion then.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I'll schedule on later.
<DeathStar> *Shion nods to Nicolette to go*
<DeathStar> <Student A> What happened to our school?
<MobileAri> * Nicolette nods, "Origin, let's get to the castle."
<Alicia> <Yoiyami> "A timeline shift... it's a bit hard to explain."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The caster was a magic spirit of some sort... we should try to find out more."
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "...that is a long story. If you'll coem with me to administration building, we'll try to help you get situated."
<DeathStar> *Origin blinks Nicolette away*
<DeathStar> *The three students follow Sasha, nodding to Yoiyami as they go. Alouette joins Yoiyami after they go*
<DeathStar> <Alouette> New friends?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *leads them to the admin building*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I can tell we'll be having a lot to discuss during this meeting
<DeathStar> -END-
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<DeathStar> -Minis are Open-
<DeathStar> *Melodie and Aimee hang off Sparkling once again*
<DeathStar> *Even more clingy than before*
<DeathStar> *Sylph lays on Ellie's lap, asking questions to see if she is okay*
<DeathStar> *Shion has Yoi and Alt write a paper on their experience for extra credit*
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Session Close: Tue Aug 27 00:00:00 2024