The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 78

Session Start: Wed Nov 06 17:52:00 2024
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01<@DS> Date: 10-661.7.2
01<@DS> Location: The Academy
01<@DS> *Avenir has been propped up to rest in one of the Academy's rooms, looking much better than she was a few hours ago*
01<@DS> *Sylph seems to be quietly be looking out the hallways, chewing on her nails*
<@Seraphna> **Terra gives her special healing friuts**
01<@DS> <Zayne> I have a question - do you track people with your fruit
<@Seraphna> Terra> I suppose I could feel them out if they ingested my fruit recently! But I mostly track people by special seeds I put in them. They work like Fae Fae and Sylph Marks.
01<@DS> *Zayne gives an unreadable expression*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Want one? It makes you stronger too!
01<@DS> <Zayne> Give one to her. *motions at Lana*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<@Seraphna> **Terra nods and pops a seed in her mouth** Swallow.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *just shakes her head and tries not to swallow!*
01<@DS> *Avenir groans and begins to open her eyes*
<@Seraphna> Terra> But it'll let me protect you. **she pouts and gives a cute look**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "What? Why?? Grrrrrk!" *swallowed it when she tried to talk*
<@Seraphna> Terra> You is important to saving the Spirits.
01<@DS> <Zayne> Now I will know if it allows her to stalk you.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<@Seraphna> Terra> Well, not need it for that.
<@Seraphna> **Terra points to a plant in the window** Just need my friends.
01<@DS> *Sylph moves over to Avenir as Avenir holds her stomach, wincing* <Avenir> What happened?
01<@DS> *Sylph softly goes over Avenir arriving and asking for help while almost being near death, forcing everyone to lend spirit energy*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *shake sher head then walks over and scans Avenir*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Who we need to spank?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...was it the super time spirit?"
<@Ariel> * Nicolette pours a cup of chilled tea for Avenir, made with spirit infused plants.
01<@DS> *her spirit energy is back to normal; though she seems to have a series of scars on her stomach area from some wound long ago* <Avenir> Yes, I been doing what mother did and trying to avoid the moment of my demise by her hands, but even trying to go past that point is not easy. I think they have set up some sort of time block to prevent me from passing too far into the future
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Your spirit energy is normal. And...ahhhh...this is another time spirit who cna counter everything you do."
01<@DS> *Avenir takes the cup* Thank you
01<@DS> <Avenir> I have been picking up some information
01<@DS> *Avenir reaches into her pocket and pulls out note that has two things working against it - horrific scribbles meant to be notes, and second some of it has blood on it now. The spirit eyes it and tries to lay the note out and make out her own writing*
<@Seraphna> **Thena muses, having appeared to check over Avenir** It sounds like they are doing something with time itself. From what they have done with the Cleaners and now blocking you.
<@Seraphna> **Thena uses a datapad to detect the ink and the blood and seperate them, showing Avenir the screen**
01<@DS> <Zayne> If they can do stuff to time itself, would we have not already lost>
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...maybe they aren't finished yet."
01<@DS> *Avenir squints at the datapad, holding the cup in one hand and begins to read it carefully*
01<@DS> <Avenir> I been observing what has brought these spirits on collision path with our own
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<@Seraphna> Thena> Time manipulation is tricky, one must do it without creating paradoxes or one is simply destroying themselves along with everyone. As we have seen too many times. They may simply be using the future to see what we will do before we can, while denying us the same.
01<@DS> <Avenir> At first I thought it was the Aquarius - they soon - which relative to me - in their exploration come across information on them and where they come from, and it will appear to bring them our way, but the truth is I think they been already heading this way for some time. Before many of you even joined this Academy
<@Seraphna> Terra> So was it... that time everyone lost some time and they think we stopped some kind of invasion? I wasn't born yet but I was told about it.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...is their point of origin the Sol system of this reality?"
01<@DS> *Avenir looks at her notes, then shrugs* Maybe>
01<@DS> <Avenir> I think you all will want to be there when it happens. Infact, you might be forced to
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "One hypothesis was that Sol was at the center of the unexplored portion of space."
01<@DS> *Avenir meanwhile is looking at Terra almost blankly, but its clear she is thinking* I am not the smartest spirit, I can tell you a lot about time though
<@Seraphna> Terra> I not like it. Spirits should be nice and get along, but these are just mean. **she pouts** And they hurt my cute Avvy.
01<@DS> <Avenir> Obseving what I can with all these blocks in place, the state of the worlds slowly getting worse and worse the further out you go from Geyze, and base that on how long it has been taking place, tells me they have been doing this a long time
01<@DS> <Avenir> All heading in our direction
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "From what the Visage said, they were originally venerated for protecting them...but they they consumed everything."
01<@DS> <Zayne> Hm.
<@Seraphna> Terra> So something made them bad? Like when the Ancients corrupted ours?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "So something changed the relationship somehow. Either an event or some sor tof influence."
01<@DS> <Avenir> *mumbles to herself, taking some of the drink to draw on a paper*
01<@DS> <Avenir> What case have you all been working on?
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Feels like something different every week."
<@Seraphna> Terra> Monsters and stuff working with Dark Magic and Blood Magic to steal people!
<@Seraphna> Terra> And think working with Hapian and Daemon old world nobility.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...or at least wants us to think that."
01<@DS> <Zayne> Kito and Neekito are arranging to look into the two most likely families
<@Seraphna> Terra> See, Ents better. Everyone gets along now and makes lots and lots of flowers.
01<@DS> *Avenir wiggles her fingers, as if something is on the top of her tongue, seeming more odd than usual, talking to herself under her breath*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...are you sure you're feeling better?"
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "In any case, it seems like those factions are working at the behest of someone else."
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "And then there was that incident where time was changed, and then undone..."
01<@DS> <Avenir> Many things are in play. Problem is spirits can jump greater distances than us. Not like us where planet will wipe us; counter part is currently hunting me. Being out in open, can be today or tomorrow. Time closing in. They can be helping alter things here, or they could be back home and unaware of things
01<@DS> <Avenir> Could simply be a noble, maybe noble working with them. Paranoid? Should check
<@Seraphna> Thena> Perhaps not paranoia when time is in play. We should get you assistants.
01<@DS> *Avenir begins to scribble again*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...must be soemthing that can be done..."
01<@DS> <Avenir> There is danger. *she sounds more lucid finally* There will be tragedy today. Kumen. Might be connected to case, might not be
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
01<@DS> *Gwen finally arrives* <Gwen> She well enough to take to a safe room or do you all want to hang onto her longer
01<@DS> *Sylph pulls Terra over and whispers something to her*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well, if there's going to be tragedy today, we should get on top of that."
<@Seraphna> **Terra nods**
01<@DS> <Zayne> How do we want to approach it then? I don't want to be mean, but your Avenir there - I think she's been spending too much time in ... time. She seems to be unraveling
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "But what if the tragedy happens because we go to Kumen?!"
<@Seraphna> Thena> First rule of dealing with a time crisis... don't make any decisions based on the time crisis.
01<@DS> *Gwen helps Avenir into a chair to pull her along*
<@Seraphna> Thena> You're asking for trouble. Just do as you would without that.
<@Seraphna> **Terra helps Avenir sit and hugs her**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...then would that mena just staying here since we would not need to go to Kumen if there weren't a time crisis?"
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "We can't second guess every decision. I rather accidently cause a problem, than turn a blind eye to a problem."
01<@DS> <Zayne> We have been researching black magic and the family crests; I suppose those are leads
<@Seraphna> Thena> Basically that, don't second guess any action you would otherwise logically take. That's usually where the paradoxes start.
01<@DS> <Zayne> I'll see what connects those families have to Kumen
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Anyways. I trust Avenir."
<@Seraphna> **Thena nods** We will also do what we can to increase our intelligence network here. I will start putting into practice what my grandfather taught me.
01<@DS> <Sylph> He taught you how to be nice and plant trees?
<@Seraphna> Thena> Mmm? That's Terra. My grandfather was Warren Carmichael.
<@Seraphna> Thena> He taught me how to identify who to shoot, then shoot them.
01<@DS> <Sylph> So you don't plant trees?
01<@DS> <Sylph> Monster
<@Seraphna> Thena> Generally that's who you shoot. Monsters.
<@Seraphna> Terra> Cousin Thena helps keep trees safe. Not so good at planting them though.
01<@DS> *Sylph mouths monster as she flutters out the door*
01<@DS> *Kito and Lumi have the crest books out for Zayne and the others*
<@Seraphna> **Thena just shakes her head and poofs out**
<@Seraphna> **Terra keeps Avenir busy**
01<@DS> <Lumi> What supplies do you think you'll need? *she asks those planning to go to Kumen*
01<@DS> <Lumi> And will you need any spirit back up
<@Seraphna> Talia> Fish.
01<@DS> *Gwen feeds Terra fruit and begins to get Avenir to the safe house*
01<@DS> *Lumi sets a pack of fish down*
01<@DS> <Kito> Alright, here we go.
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Honestly, we don't have much clue of what might happen."
<@Seraphna> Alt> More Fish.
01<@DS> <Kito> The Daemon Carson family, the ones who used to be the royal family and are currently giving Shinobu a hard time now, have a massive deling with Kumen. *she shows a largest manifest down for them*
01<@DS> <Kito> It looks the shipments are handled by servants of the family and overseers. I am not seeing much on the Hapian side right now
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "That is suspicious...right?"
01<@DS> *Lumi sets down more fish*
<@Ariel> * Nicolette takes a look at the manifest, "How accurate do you expect this is?"
01<@DS> <Lumi> Should be pretty accurate. Note unless something happens up there today, all we have is that this family does business on Kumen which meany do
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Oh, that's fair." *looks through the manifest for anything magic or artifact related*
01<@DS> *the manifest looks like it covers a massive amount of Daemon materials from paintings, to craftman made items like furniture, to foods and goods, jewelry, armor and weapons, paintings, pottery, low grade magical items that can pass customs without being held up for weeks, women and men's goods. Going through it, it looks the ship is probably so full ot items stuff could get lost in it*
01<@DS> *it even makes note of carrying family as passengers and that some servants are transferred to Kumen*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...do they have property there too?"
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Anyone else getting deja vu?"
01<@DS> <Kito> I need to connect to Ymir for that
01<@DS> <Lumi> I am recalling the smaller noble case yet
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "....similar MO..."
01<@DS> <Kito> Didn't the Hapian nobles in that case try to over reach their status and try to go for Selena thogh
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Just like these are going after Shinobu?"
01<@DS> *Kito taps her pen* Do you think there is a possibiliy the cases are connected? It seems hard to believe being two different Kimgdoms
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "If there is a single puppeteer though..."
01<@DS> <Lumi> We also have The legion wanting Alita out and Qui is having some pushback from her own people, though no sign of trading issues. JJust good ol fashion tribal stuff there.
<@Seraphna> Talia> Momma needs to spank them.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Well, if its a coordinated conspiracy, they really only need one to conspirator to handle the money."
01<@DS> <Zayne> So you think a cabal among the Kingdoms.
01<@DS> <Zayne> If they see Nicolette and the others they might get cold feed. Then again they did try to kill you at the wedding
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Its possible..."
<@Seraphna> Talia> Momma's working to deal with her dessenters. Been getting her stuff.
<@Seraphna> Talia> Everything strangely coordinated though.
01<@DS> *Zayne heads to teleport up to the bar*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "We don't have enough evidence to interfere. Especially when we're not Kumen authorities. But... nothing says we can't watch from a distance."
01<@DS> <Zayne> Heh
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh..Zayne just left."
<@Seraphna> Talia> She going to bar, where our Kumen authority is.
<@Ariel> * Nicolette heads off with Zayne, since she's planning to be on Kumen in case trouble happens.
01<@DS> *as they arrive at Asarar's bar on Kumen from the connecting one on Geyze, getting a surprised look from a Visage employee who holds a broom like a defensive weapon, they find it mostly empty. Riki mans the bar while Bonnie is leaning on said bar, drinking a drink, encourging Zayne to join her*
<@Seraphna> Luci> Stand down sweetie, they're supposed to appear like that.
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> *waves* "Ah, sorry to startle you."
01<@DS> *The Visage slowly lowers it like a wary cat, then begins to sweep*
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Company! Lana. Nico!
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Have something to drink
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...somethign non-alcoholic please." *sits down*
01<@DS> *Bonnie rises up and opens her suit up a little and begins to prepare the drinks personally, setting each one down for each of them*
01<@DS> *then makes another one for herself and downs it*
01<@DS> <Zayne> This place seems more annoying than usual
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "So what's the word around here?" She sits down, and takes a sip of her drink.
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Ah, the others are out trying to make some bread
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Baguettes?"
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Credits
01<@DS> <Bonnie> There's been talks about a huge influx of slaves slowly being poured in over the last few months
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...slaves?"
01<@DS> *Bonnie rubs her hands* Yeah, the black market has tripled the payout lately for some reason. And it's hard to locate
<@Seraphna> Luci> Gotta wonder where they're all coming from. Totally can't be related to all the kidnapping on Geyze.
01<@DS> <Bonnie> A lot of things are messy, with Ymir trying to crack dwn - there's even a bounty on her head
<@Seraphna> Luci> I'm a step from hunting down the person who put up the bounty.
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Well, the market usually only accepts exotic women, keep in mind.
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "That... would match up with the kidnappings."
01<@DS> <Bonnie> And with Ymir having made it really hard to get fauna and the like these days
<@Seraphna> Luci> Should be impossible. Not just hard.
<@Seraphna> **LUci is growling, just a bit**
01<@DS> <Bonnie> I assure you, if I walked down a drk street
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Someone would make a grab
<@Seraphna> Luci> Yeah, no doing that dear.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...I bet there are coming in on that Carson trade ship..."
01<@DS> <Zayne> It would be the obvious choice
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Well, Asarar and company are down at the space docks now, seeing what they can see. If you want me to lead you there
<@Seraphna> Luci> I'll be escorting. Hoping someone tries something so I can unwind a bit.
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Mind you that we still have the Mouse out there. The same one making life harder on us
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Don't go aggroing when we don't need to
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "We have reason to expect there's going to be trouble somewhere... that ship is our only lead though."
<@Seraphna> Luci> When I figure out who the brains are in this whole conspiracy I plan to eat them with a fine BBQ sauce.
01<@DS> *Bonnie nods and steps out into lower level streets, complete with that familiar smell*
<@Seraphna> Luci> Mm, dirt, unmentionables, sewage and lithium for some reason. As always.
01<@DS> *Zayne follows, looking thoughtful about something as she looks around*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at Zayne* "...what is it?"
<@Ariel> * Nicolette downs what's left of her drink, and follows, manifesting a cloak around her. Even if these levels aren't covered any more, the damp is still unpleasant
01<@DS> <Zayne> Well, if you consider our party make up - a familiar, an ex-maka, a dragon, a large breasted scientist, and whatever I am. Practically screams do not pass this up
<@Seraphna> **Talia trails them, wearing fake classes with a funny nose** And one mysterious traveller.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...I also qualify as a witch."
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Eheh... It also screams death wish, if they have any sense."
<@Seraphna> Luci> Pretty sure half the city still knows I eat people.
01<@DS> *as they walk along, the ground mushes under their feet from a recent rain as Bonnie walks and studies new signs put up; somehow though they are already in bad shape, as if this place just erodes things, despite the work Ymir does here. People sit stare at them, sizing them up, but none ever stand*
01<@DS> <Bonnie> This one. *she grabs a service elevator and pulls on it to open up and steps inside. It doesn't look very sturdy, but Zayne follows suit*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *steps in as well*
01<@DS> *footsteps are heard approaching*
01<@DS> *and low voices talking about the direction they took*
<@Ariel> * Nicolette steps on board, having definitely used worse elevators before
01<@DS> *Bonnie hovers a hand ovr the button*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...what is that?"
01<@DS> <Zayne> Welcoming squad
01<@DS> *approaching is around 6 guys with bats, boards with nails in them and one guy with what looks to be knuckles, edging forward while they ar trappd in the elevator. Zayne grabs Luci to pull inside the crowded elevator*
<@Seraphna> **Talia slips in with the rest**
<@Seraphna> **Luci shifts her hand and there's the gentle ripple of the shield barring access to it after they're all on**
01<@DS> *Bonnie slams the elevator shut and hits the botton, slowly going up as theytry to reach in but are repelled*
01<@DS> *the elevator soon arrives at the top level where it smells more like machineary and smoke; opening it up they seem to be near a lot of pipes and sounds of working gears*
01<@DS> *from here, it looks like a pathway straight forward*
01<@DS> <Zayne> I vote the dragon goes ahead
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "She knows the city better than we do anyway."
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Mm... I guess I'm out of date, yeah."
<@Seraphna> **Luci steps out ahead of them, in her coat and with her bracers on and nods**
01<@DS> *as they continue forward, a different type of smoke starts become overwelming - like something is burning*
01<@DS> *up ahead the exit door can be seen*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "..what is that?"
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Fire
<@Seraphna> **Luci frowns, throwing her arms wide to create a TK slice through the smoke** SOmething's definitely on fire.
<@Ariel> * Nicolette starts running towards the source, creating a bubble of air around her to save her lungs
<@Seraphna> **Luci creates a shield around the group and leads them to it**
01<@DS> *the slice cuts the door open and a draft of fire comes back over the bubble, protecting Nicolette; the entire spaceport looks to be on fire*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...maybe this is the tragedy!"
<@Seraphna> **Luci frowns and taps her comms** Asarar, what's going on?
01<@DS> *the team emerging from what looks to be some sort of emergency elevator*
01<@DS> <Asarar
01<@DS> <Asarar's comm> *garbled, but sounds nearby*
<@Seraphna> **LUci uses her device to ping them and leads them that way**
01<@DS> *The ships near them seem to be a small cargo ship and a civilian ship, and then all to itself is the massive Daemon Ship*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves, conjuring her mini-mech style armor*
01<@DS> *Asarar is working on rescuing the crew and family the Corsons brought on their large ship*
01<@DS> *Spaceport police seem to be working to try to put out the fire*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *uses the armor to try to clear an escape path*
<@Seraphna> **Luci frowns, starting to use shields to snuff out fires and protect people**
01<@DS> <Asarar> Not bad. *she motions at the crew to take the path being made*
<@Seraphna> **Talia and a hidden alt start using Spirit Calls and spells to put out fires too**
<@Ariel> * Nicolette starts casting a spell for rain
01<@DS> *the spells slowly begin to put out the fire rathr quickly, Bonnie and Asarar take out one group and begin to return for more people to ecort out; Zayne has vanished*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> *looks to Asarar* "What happened?"
01<@DS> <Asarar> I was examining the ships with Kira to see if we could find any extra cargo when suddenly *she points* the engine of that freighter next to the big Daemon one suddenly sparked and the engine blew. It started to shoot flames a little too fast for my tastes and landed all over the place
01<@DS> *Asarar comms Kira to do a check on the civvies*
<@Jackieness> <Kira> *comm* "We're clear on our end. Little singed, but not fried."
01<@DS> *the spaceport for the most part is normal, with water still being srayed by the sysem*
<@Seraphna> Luci> Seems like a convenient fire, yeah. Engines don't do that without significant help.
01<@DS> *Bonnie stands there, displeased*
<@Seraphna> **Luci holds a shield over her head like an umbrella**
01<@DS> *Zayne returns, slipping out of the Daemon ship and joins Nicolette*
<@Ariel> * Nicolette starts wandering towards the mystery freighter
01<@DS> <Zayne> I glanced inside; there looked like there might have been a hidden compartment but I could not find a way to open it and even though I tapped on it no one responded
01<@DS> <Asarar> We'll check the passanger manifest. See who all was aboard, especially owner wise
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...starship engines shouldn't generate this sort of fire..."
01<@DS> *the freigher looks to be Kumen made, but is a cheap model many years past it's prime and could be bought super cheap. *
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yeah, they're up to something. I'm more curious about this ship, at the moment. Was it a distraction, or a trap?"
01<@DS> <Asarar> That model isn't even worth being called a classic; it's a poor man's freighter that people in the slums sometimes would use to get themselves started
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "That just means it was expendable."
<@Seraphna> Luci> Even poor man freighters tend to be regularly maintained. In the slums you keep what you have working because it gets you paid. This looks like they either didn't care or wanted it to burn.
01<@DS> *Asarar is looking into the owner then seems to just stare*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
01<@DS> <Asarar> It's someone from Luna. Starting up a new company and their pilot is from here. It looks like this company is having the Cartel back them for a cut of the profits
01<@DS> <Asarar> I'll track the pilot don
01<@DS> *Bonnie squints, her head hurting and shakes her wet fur*
<@Seraphna> **Luci puts Bonnie in her coat to dry**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I cna't imagine the Cartel signing off on it... even a cheap freighter is still a hit to profits."
01<@DS> <Asarar> I'll print up the name of the company and the owner for you. As well as the pilot, Henshaw. I got a hit on his location. I'll head there now. Who wants to remain here or come with me. *she motions at Kira to give the freighter a looking over*
<@Jackieness> <Kira> *nods and ninja vanishes*
01<@DS> *Bonnie begins to relax*
<@Seraphna> Luci> I'm on escort duty for the guests. So it's up to them.
01<@DS> <Zayne> I'll go where Nicolette wants to investigate
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Couldn't hurt to talk to him. Best to send an official team to check out the daemon ship. And it's hidden compartment."
01<@DS> <Asarar> True, I keep trying to reach out to Ymir but nothing
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Isn't that a bit weird?"
01<@DS> <Asarar> The longer this drags the Daemons will have their dots in a row and will be back. *she motions at where the civilians are being questioned*
01<@DS> <Asarar> I am assuming some meeting is happening at Macross. *she looks at the large building in the center of the city*
01<@DS> *handing the documents on the owner of the business - the owner being called Oswald and the business called New Frontiers, she brings the van around for them. Zayne and Bonnie climbing in*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *climbs in too*
<@Seraphna> **Luci frowns and checks the bond.**
<@Ariel> * Nicolette takes a seat in the van and pulls her hood down
<@Seraphna> Luci> I should have felt it if something happened to her.
01<@DS> <Zayne> So it means she's alive
<@Seraphna> **Luci blinks** She's... asleep?
<@Seraphna> Luci> That can't be right at this time of day. I think she might be knocked out. **she frowns and looks towards her direction** I'm gonna go check it out.
01<@DS> *The direction seems to be muddled by the sleep or maybe something els*
01<@DS> <Asarar> If you think you need back up, let me know. I can give them the directions to the pilot
<@Seraphna> Luci> Yeah, I think something's wrong. **she taps her comms to send an alert to her security team and those she has watching, before moving to go**
<@Seraphna> Luci> I can't ping her location. Feels like she's been nabbed to be honest.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...that's a bit of a bold move, right?"
01<@DS> *Asarar gives Bonnie the directions, then grabs Luci* <Asarar> Lets go
<@Seraphna> **Luci nods and moves out with her**
01<@DS> *Bonnie flails as she has to grab the wheel as the van begins to veer to the right and tries to hit the pedal*
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Son of a---
01<@DS> *after regaining the van, some hard driving, heading down to the second level, Bonnie takes them to a bar with loud music and hover bikes parked outside*
01<@DS> *Bonnie prints up Henshaw's picture for them and gives a copy to everyone*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "..is this a biker bar?"
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Maybe, I never been on patrol to this one
01<@DS> *Zayne stands up and slowly approaches the door, then opens it for the others*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...who goes first?"
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Bikers scare me - they like to pick me up like nothing and bounce me around like a game of keep away
01<@DS> <Zayne> ... *steps inside*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *steps in after*
01<@DS> *the bikers here are sitting next to each other, drinking beers together, some even closely leaning in to talk until the group steps in and gets the power of biker glare at being interrupted. Zayne sits down and orders a beer*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *fidgets then goes to sit down next to Zayne*
<@Ariel> * Nicolette takes a moment to gain her composure, then heads out with the others
01<@DS> *Zayne puts an arm around Nicolette's shoulder like one of the bikers, then the other around Lana, which makes them relax and resume conversation with each once again*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
01<@DS> <Bonnie> What's wrong? *she sips a drink*
01<@DS> *Bonnie grabs Hensaw's picture and moves to a hiker at a booth* Wish me luck
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Heh... sorry. Been off my game today." She glances around, seeing if she can spot Henshaw.
01<@DS> *at a glance, he doesn't appear to be there, despite reports having him here this very night*
<@Seraphna> **Talia peeks out of Lana's boobs**
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> *sighs and leans back* "Arg... this feels like another set up."
01<@DS> *Bonnie returns and sits down* <Bonnie> He says he has no idea where Henshaw went, but that he is a party lover
01<@DS> *Zayne muses* I could stand up and shout at the entire crowd for the location
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "They might not know...and maybe henshaw was grabbed."
<@Seraphna> Talia> Our only psion is looking for her girlfriend president lady. We could capture one and interrogate.
01<@DS> *Zayne stands up and lifts Lana up as well*
01<@DS> <Zayne> This woman wishes to knowwhere this man is at. *She show Henshaw's picture*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
01<@DS> *one bikre makes a dismissive gesture* <Biker> Bitch, please
<@Seraphna> Talia> What you call my pillows?
01<@DS> <Biker> Mmm hm. You heard me. *he tells Lana's breasts*
<@Seraphna> **A kitten leaps out of the breasts and changes into a girl with two swords, landing and sticking one against the Biker's throat** Say again?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "H...hey!"
01<@DS> <Biker> Oh, that's how you want to play it. All alike
<@Seraphna> **Talia angles the other blade below the table**
<@Seraphna> Talia> Rude. Let's try again.
01<@DS> <Biker> Guess I better call Tony and warn him some crazy women are looking to bother his and Henshaw's alone time
<@Seraphna> Talia> And where Tony?
01<@DS> *He motions at the man he's been leaning against to call the police and leave*
01<@DS> <Bike> Bitch, like I'm telling you anything now with you threatening me
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ohhhh....this is... Don't threaten them...we might get canceled."
<@Seraphna> **Talia eyes the man, then Lana in disbelief**
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *lowers her voice* "...this is a bar for men who like other men."
01<@DS> *The two men leave in a huff; right now the whole bar has become more hostile*
01<@DS> *Bonnie is leaning her head against her head, trying to find information on a Tony* How can I even do that..
<@Seraphna> Talia> Yes, begging to question why one left with a woman for "alone time".
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...I'm pretty sure Tony is Henshaw's boyfriend in this context."
01<@DS> *hand
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "We need to talk to Henshaw about his ship. It... exploded."
01<@DS> *A few of the men there pause, as if sizing Nicolette up on the truth*
<@Seraphna> Talia> ...We kind of assumed Henshaw was in trouble.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *just exhales*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "If you don't believe me, check the newfeed. There was quite the fire at the space port."
<@Seraphna> Talia> **looks about** Wait... is this boy love bar?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I just said that!"
01<@DS> *the bartender turns up the volume and listen to it; after a moment or two, on of them uses a napkin to write a hotel address nearby*
<@Seraphna> **Lana's breasts wiggle as Alt tries to get a look**
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Thank you." *takes the napkin*
01<@DS> <Biker> Tell Hensaw he better look out for his ass. Bitch is always getting into one scheme or another, trying to make those credits
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh....we're sorry about the misunderstanding and the ensuing trouble." *looks at the others* "...we really should go just incase they called the cops."
01<@DS> *Zayne seems to be in a state of just staring and not moving while Bonnie has fled to the van to get it started*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to grab Talia to drag her back to the van*
<@Seraphna> Alt> Boys can be bitches too?
<@Seraphna> Talia> **goes in protest only after snagging a fruity drink**
<@Ariel> * Nicolette rests a hand on Zayne's shoulder, "Come on, let's leave them in peace."
01<@DS> *Zayne follows and takes a seat where Bonnie speeds off, taking the address*
01<@DS> <Zayne> I am developing a twitch
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...do that again, and you lose all boob privileges."
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yep. That'll happen."
01<@DS> *the group arrives a hotel that you can rent out for an hour or two as Bonnie pulls into the parking lot the sign flashes*
01<@DS> *two cars can be seen parked still*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...this is a love hotel."
01<@DS> *Zayne leans in fascinated* What is different than a normal one?
01<@DS> <Zayne> Do you receive love?
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Well... you rent a room for having intimate relations. So..."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...a normal hotel lets you stay the entire night for actual sleeping. Love hotels are rented by the hour for...ahhh...purposes of....sexuall relations."
01<@DS> *Bonnie begins to howl and hit her wheel*
01<@DS> <Bonnie> I love it
01<@DS> <Zayne> Ah, those types
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Bonnie?"
01<@DS> <Bonnie> I needed a laugh sorry
01<@DS> *she gets out too*
01<@DS> *She climbs out of the van and looks up at the light rain falling from the sky; the rain somehow making everything feel slimey*
01<@DS> <Zayne and Bonnie> ... meh
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves a canopy over the group*
01<@DS> *there appears to be a light on at the manager's office*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Alt, if someone ever brings you here, they are to be destroyed.
<@Seraphna> Alt> Yes Momma.
01<@DS> *Zayne steps into the office and immediately the smell of something wrong hits them from behind the check in, the office door open and something dripping back there can be heard*
01<@DS> *Bonnie casually just grabs the check in book and looks up Henshaw's name*
<@Ariel> * Nicolette pulls out her cane, and prods the door open, her expression suddenly serious.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...not good."
01<@DS> *a large man has someone "tripped" gotten tangled up in cords, strangling himself in cords while upside down, and somehow didn't get himself free*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Looks like a hit kill.
01<@DS> *also a cut seems to be visible along one wrist from some tool, blood dripping down. Surely another accident*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "...well, we're definitely on the right track." She scowls.
01<@DS> *Zayne grabs the spare room keys as Bonnie gets the room key*
01<@DS> **rom number
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Okay. *she leads them over to room 105 and slides the key in, then unlocks and opens it. A man is laying on the bed, sheet over them, and the sound of the bath running can be heard*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *whispers* "...maybe they are just...you know...done."
01<@DS> <Zayne> .. *opts to remain outside* You find out. I don't see what the pilot could know that could lead to them wanting to kill him
<@Ariel> * Nicolette goes to check the bathroom, letting the others check the man on the bed.
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ok..." *steps in* *quiertly* "...hello? I'm sorry for the disturbance...but the manager is dead..."
01<@DS> *the bath tub is filled with water so much so it's running over; the water red due to Hensaw having been shot in the head and for good measure having their neck cut. Bonnie pulls the sheet back and sees his partner, Tony, at least? only received the shot to the head* <Bonnie> You think we'll find anything if we cast magic and look for finger prints?
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "...looks like it's clear."
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...maybe. I can try some things."
01<@DS> *Bonnie steps out as Asarar contacts her*
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Anything you need help with?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves and tries to find disturbances in the local ether to pick up impressions of what happened and who might have been there*
01<@DS> *Lana would find impressions of what looks like two men - they appear to be human in shape and as they aim a weapon that looks to be -- but then something, magic based perhaps, hides the rest, including the killing; infact, since neither of the two men seemedto be magically inclined..*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...there were two of them...probably human. There was some sort of arcane intereference."
01<@DS> *Bonnie takes note of the men* So a Kumen thug? If only we could see the weapon. *she studies the weapon damage to the head* Oddly something seems to be obscuring what was done to them. Hopefully we can get more once we take a look
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Probably had outside help." *tries to determine if the magic was Geyze type at least*
01<@DS> *Lana would need to peel back the veil a bit more for that*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...give me a moment..." *works on untangling the obfuscation*
01<@DS> *Zayne lurks behind Nicolette while she does*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "So a mage... or a spirit?"
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...won't surprise me...if I unwrap this...and its more blakc magic..."
01<@DS> *Lana would peel back what looks to be a third person - and a black mage, their magic being sort of spell to complete muck up the crime scene just enough to make sort aspects of it a lie to the eyes - who knows where else this might be employed and when*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...got it...definitely black magic."
01<@DS> <Zayne> You know
01<@DS> <Zayne> Thinking back to what Avenir was rambling about earlier
01<@DS> <Zayne> If the super spirits have been in and out recently and the black mages can hide stuff
<@Seraphna> Talia> Feel like we're totally blind.
01<@DS> <Zayne> Just need to be sure to investigate everything twice over
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "I can pick apart their magic. After this time, it should be easier."
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Oh.
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yeah, that is a troublesome idea..."
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Asarar wanted to know if you wanted to speak to the Corvon family - they're about to be allowed to go about their business. With Ymir MIA they cannot be held any longer
01<@DS> ,<Bonnie> Their goods will be held by the dock for the time being though
<@Seraphna> Talia> They sure they didn't take Ymir?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...it could also be a frame job...too much weirdness going on here."
01<@DS> <Bonnie> Well lets get you back to the bar then and home.
01<@DS> -TIME HOP-
01<@DS> Location: Asarar's Bar
01<@DS> *Asarar and Luci meet the group as Bonnie is preparing to teleport them back. Asarar sitting down with Kira*
<@Seraphna> **Luci paces, growling**
01<@DS> <Asarar> Before you all depart, is there any ordres you'd like to see implement? The second eldest son is in charge right now
01<@DS> <Asarar> Right prissy bastard, claims he knows nothing about what is going on or Ymir and just wants his stuff
01<@DS> *Asarar counts on hands how many kids there are*
<@Ariel> <Nicolette> *slumps some* "Well... keep an eye on the Carsons. But honestly, I'm starting to suspect they're a scapegoat here."
<@Seraphna> Luci> Whoever took her is going to learn death by digestion.
01<@DS> <Asarar> I can do that. But keep this in mind too
01<@DS> *she leans in* This looks to be a huge family
01<@DS> <Asarar> All it'll take is one of those kids wanting to get the head spot when mommy and daddy go
<@Seraphna> Luci> So one of them might be framing the others. Fucking nobility. It's just corpos with wigs.
01<@DS> -TBC-
03* Retrieving #TAW-Geyze modes...
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 Session Close: Thu Nov 07 18:55:07 2024