The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 80

<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.7.13
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *dark clouds have been gathered over the school for days now; Kito who has been studying the books they managed to get on the black magic, jotting notes and theories seems to be in a mood, while Zayne flips through her own book under a tree. The spirit that Lana has brought back seems to be giving little in the way of data, and lots of Lana's machines seem to almost break down whenever directed it's way*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *writing notes furiously* "Almost like its shielded somehow... causality effect?" *writes 'Chaos Spirit?' and circles it before pushign away from her work desk*
<DeathStar> *Gwen looks up in the sky, frowning, glancing around and noticing all the Visage that are typically on campus seem to be gone, as well as Tenebrae who hangs out with them*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *opens her comm* "Ahhhh...Selena?"
<MobileAri> * Nicolette flops back in her seat. "Urg... this is frustrating. Kidnappings. Dark Magic. Super sprites. This is way too much to focus on at once."
<DeathStar> *there is a decent pause before Selena answers; one can almost picture her sitting in one of her side rooms without any guests* <Selena> What is it, Lana?
<DeathStar> <Kito> The problem is not all of it is connected. Hopefully. If we were to make a board and write down all of what is going on and see if we could try to make connections between them, it could help - or it might muddle things up more
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I am not getting anything from this captured Super Spirit...though I do hypothesize that it could possibly be some sort of Chaos Spirit...or maybe a Curse Spirit given creepiness. Either way, its presence is causing causality effects. That is stormy weather and bad luck."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I been trying to ask Ylva to let me use Kumen's technology to look into the weather, but she has been surprisingly against it. Stating that with Ymir missing that she doesn't have time to step away from her Presidental duties.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I could definitely see this all being related. But... the methods are so different, we can't defend against them the same way. So we still need to deal with all of them. Arg."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *comm* "Ahhh...that seems strange. She has engineers and technicians aplenty."
<DeathStar> *Sasha would have some knocking on the door; Rain answers for her and after a moment, whispers in her ear*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Hmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Rain> It is Lady Sophia. She says she has something important to discuss with you as well as the Peacemakers.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Let her in."
<DeathStar> *Sophia steps in, wearing a riding outfit, indicating she rode all the way there. While Rain goes to prepare some teas, Sophia bows her head* <Sophia> I apologize for interrupting, headmistress. I believe I have some information on possible families acting against Queen Selena, like before.
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Please be seated."
<DeathStar> *Sophia sits down while Kito moves to sit beside Nicolette*
<DeathStar> <Kito> Maybe we should try to start from the beginning and work our way from there
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Please do begin."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Right. Where do we see things starting?"
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *reaches over and buzzes for the Peacekeepers*
<DeathStar> *Kito and Zayne glance at the buzz* <Kito> I guess we'll have to wait on that
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah. Never the time."
<DeathStar> *Zayne moves into rescort mode while Kito closes her books*
<DeathStar> <Sophia> You might remember how my family was involved with the coup with some man named Mal or something; after that I became head of the household
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks up then at Gwen* "Could you go and check on that and get me the cliffnotes? I need to stay here."
<DeathStar> *Selena seems to be discussing with Lana that the teleporter might be more tough to reach if Ylva is this difficult*
<DeathStar> *Gwen nods and joins Nicolette, hands in pocket*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I recall that entire affair, yes."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks back at her comm* "This spirit represents a threat to both worlds if we don't understand what we are dealing with."
<DeathStar> *Rain greets the others as the arrive, opening the door to Sasha's office and goes to prepare tea and snacks*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I will see what I can learn. If push comes to shove, I will pay Ylva a visit since she is now the acting leader of Kumen
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I can try to build additional equipment...though my existing equipment keeps breaking down."
<DeathStar> *Sophia glances at more people joining, then resumes* Well, at first since I took that role, I have been busy, not having a lot of time for classes. But everything seemed normal at first; but recently slight comments have been made by high noble families, some of which were definitely loyal to the queen, indicating - and I admit this might be paranoia..
<DeathStar> <Sophia> But comments like indicating I should join houses with them because change was coming. That were making hints that since my house had fallen lately wouldn't I like to rise up again by any method possible. Asking what sort of relationship did I have with the royal family and did I take advantage of it
<DeathStar> <Sophia> It wasn't ... direct threats, but it felt like it
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Anything else?"
<DeathStar> <Sophia> I am sure I am being watched. Hence why I decided to go by horse.
<DeathStar> *Gwen takes his tea from Rain, who also gives some to Nicolette, Zayne, and Kito*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "At this point, I am hesitant to just let you go with a potential threat to your life."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> You believe this is a threat? *she asks dubiously*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I believe it is a potential threat, so until we have some clarity on these claims, I will treat them seriously."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette quietly bows her head in thanks as she takes the tea
<DeathStar> *Sophia nods and Rain leads her out of the room*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So, how is this connected to all our other problems?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Either this is part of the conspiracy supported by black magic users, or someone is trying to distract us to keep our eyes away from something else."
<DeathStar> <Kito> Well, as I was discussing with Nicolette
<DeathStar> <Kito> Depending on how far back we want to start trying to piece all this together for some sort of answer
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Have you come up with any ideas yet?"
<DeathStar> <Kito> I think many of our problems probably can be traced back to this new semester
<DeathStar> *Zayne's eyes narrow a little, but sips her tea*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "... ... ...Zayne, you seem to have a thought."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Well, this last semester before school is the one where I was hunting those magic runes and attempted to end it all. It's still a fresh wound
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "There were the runes, the captive beast men, and then the timeshift..."
<DeathStar> <Kito> She is right, we hold what, 3 of the largest magic sources of power with 4 more out there?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That was the first time I encountered dark magic too."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And probably the powerful spirits had a hand in things too, most likely. At least Avenir has been in fearful since then
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Zayne, do you recall during that time, encountering any other factions after power relics?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Though... there's the mana crystals before that. I'm sure that was the same group."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I admit as time continues, my mind is not quite what it was. But I know a lot of factions wanted it - still want the runes. It would essentially make their magic unstoppable. The Maka want it to police it, the blood magi want it for rituals, but the black magic could use it to destroy
<DeathStar> *magic - magi
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "My feeling is that all of these conspiracies rearing their heads right now are meant as a distraction. The question is which threat is a real one."
<DeathStar> <Kito> Well, lets keep going
<DeathStar> <Kito> After that, the Visage arrive needing sanctuary
<DeathStar> <Kito> Right now Kumen is handling their ship while a certain number have been allowing to come to both worlds
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Though they have made themselves scarce recently."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> True. I need to see if they're at one of the other camps
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Their disappearance seems to correspond roughly with the recent weather."
<DeathStar> <Kito> This is when the other confusing puzzle comes in. A massive goblin army rose up and attacked a village and took all the women and children and slaughtered everyone else; then vanished into the caves. Normally, I've been told that this is not Goblin behavor.
<DeathStar> <Kito> Even with a Goblin King
<DeathStar> <Kito> Then another monster attack occurred at Qui's birthday with another monster type
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "That conclusion aligns with the conventional wisdom."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> The attack also indicated black magic due to what happened to Sylph
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Yes, I do recall."
<DeathStar> <Kito> So that has led us to researching what little we can get our hands on with the subject, until Avenir returned wounded
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Do you think these kidnappings could be related to the earlier abductions? Where they hooked everyone into a machine?"
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I would not dismiss it. The first kidnappings were a Hapian village, then we got reports of a Dark Land's nymphs being taken
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I have no doubt they would have taken Qui and the Amazons if they could
<DeathStar> <Kito> I believe Avenir was worried about what our case was and it might have tied ot her wound, which could indicate the spirits might be involved.
<DeathStar> <Kito> And now, of course, we have a super spirit under lock and key. I believe that catches us up, yes?
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "A possibility that we have not dismissed."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Outside the girl's new story
<DeathStar> *Lana's device beeps, though the connection seems weak*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Troubling matter either way. If true, then something is getting their fingers into even the loyalist houses. If false, then someone is stepping up their games."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!" *checks her device*
<DeathStar> *it looks like Selena calling from Kumen*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *presses the comm butto* "I'm here."
<DeathStar> <Kito> Is there a way to turn a loyalist against Selena so easily? <Zayne> One of the runes perhaps
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "It may also be weaker members of those houses...susceptible to influence."
<DeathStar> *Selena's voice comes very staticy* I believe Ylva is withholding information. I decided to sneak into her office after she continued to block me and there is a transmission from the Aquarius with more information on the "super" spirits origins. I'm going to try to transfer it through this device. Hold on.
<DeathStar> *Lana's datapad begins to slooooowly receive the information line by line*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "*comm* "Ahhhh! Be careful!"
<DeathStar> <Selena> I am completely fine. *As she scans another page, Selena then lets out a startled noise and both the comm and datapad stop sending information*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh!" *hits the comm button to the Peacekeepers* "Selena may be in trouble!"
<DeathStar> *Gwen looks up* We have to save the Queen. I feel she gets into trouble a lot
<Jackieness> <Lana> "She went to talk to Ylva and get help, but then Ylva wouldn't see her, and so she decided to break itno Ylva's office an the I think she was capturd!"
<DeathStar> <Kito> That's escalating things. That would make Kumen our enemy if that's the case.
<DeathStar> *Zayne heads for the bar*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *takes a deep breath* "...that girl..."
<DeathStar> *Gwen follows and Kito folds her hands; meanwhile Lana would see what looks to be information from the locals in the Border Worlds*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> *presses a comm and calls up the Asarar group*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie comm> This is Asarar's can do anything business? What can we do for you?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...hmmmm..." *brings up data she has about Origin and then compares with what little she ahd managed to get from the Super Spirit*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "I have just been informed that my niece, Selena, went to Ylva's office without an appointment and may have gotten herself into some trouble."
<DeathStar> *oddly, they don't seem to be that much the same; for one Origin looks like a large sprite, while none of these spirits do.*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie comm> We'll see what we can do for you
<DeathStar> *however, Origin does sometimes looks more spirit like*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...same...yet different...why? Need more data points..."
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans forward in the seat while Ben reads the data they sent off to Ylva*
<DeathStar> *Chloe snacks on the bridge while Mireille takes a break out of the pod*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Man, things got better after they took that creepy spirit away."
<DeathStar> <Ben> Maybe
<DeathStar> *He leans back and muses in his seat*
<Jackieness> <Airym> *steps on to the bridge* "Anything back from Kumen yet?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> Not a single response
<DeathStar> <Chloe> Well, the teleporter is just got few lightyears left until it's out of range
<Jackieness> <Airym> *moves to her command chair and sits down* "What do you make of the data that we did collect?"
<DeathStar> *Ben eyes it* According to this, the spirits were located on a planet much like Origin was - mind you, I'm not completely familiar with how the group located the first spirit. But if the locals are telling the truth, the "super" spirits and Origin might be siblings, just transplanted on different worlds, intended maybe for different things
<DeathStar> <Yuki> By those Proto Croza or whatever
<Jackieness> <Airym> "They are a likely suspect. The question is what the intent of such a distribution was."
<DeathStar> <Ben> However, Earth having it's hand in the sector, located the spirits before they could grow naturally and took them
<DeathStar> <Ben> They didn't return later to be protectors of all the worlds and by then, they were "stronger" than anyone could imagine, protecting whole systems instead of a single world
<DeathStar> *they didn't return until later
<DeathStar> *Mireille jumps up almost tripping over herself to enter the pod*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Mireille?"
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Something has been following us for days now and I just saw it. *she has begun to raise shields and weapons when the Aquarius suddenly is spinning through space from a hit and alarms are going off*
<DeathStar> *Chloe chokes on her food*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Red alert. All hands to battlestations. Helm get us back under control."
<DeathStar> <Ben> Bella, take weapons
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Crap crap crap." *pulls ehrself to tactical*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *runs a sensor sweep to try to get a bead on where they were hit and by what*
<DeathStar> *as she does, however, there's screeching sounds as whatever it is has already breached the hull*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *checks where the breach is*
<DeathStar> *Yuki brings up cameras of a rainbow collored girl, standing at almost 7 feet walking through the halls toward the bridge*
<DeathStar> *rainbow hair
<DeathStar> *Mireille locks onto the next system; the system looks a lot like Sol, but the planets look dead, dead, dead, exept Earth maybe*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Do I jump or keep us in this system?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "A super spirit. Prepare to repel boarder."
<DeathStar> *their fighters on the ship attempt to fire on the spirit, including anti-spirit weapons, but it keeps marching, swinging it's arms and atomize them, then smash through another wall, working their way to the bridge*
<DeathStar> *Yuki begins to work on the controls, seeing if she can shoot them back out into space*
<DeathStar> *Ben rises and exits the bridge*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *watches Ben go* "Where is he going?"
<DeathStar> <Chloe> No idea!
<DeathStar> *The spirit tangles with another group of their fighters, this time setting them on fire*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Tell our marines to pull back and evac that section. Prepare to open the nearest bulkhead and then prepare a hard turn to port as soon as she passes near."
<DeathStar> **They begin to comply as the spirit begins to approach, pausing and studing the situation*
<DeathStar> *Then begins to approach again*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Helm, do we have hyperdrive?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We do
<DeathStar> *Yuki studies , getting ready to turn hard to port*
<Jackieness> <Airym> If we can pull off this slingshot maneuver, get us into hyperspace. We'll either leave her behind or fling her into the wall of the hyperspace tunnel."
<DeathStar> *as the spirit begins to pass, Yuki jerks them and the spirit begins to get flung out. Mireille begins to wind them up for hyperspace, but suddenly the spirit zooms right back in just enough to cling to the edge of the ship, partially inside, even as Yuki begins to close the bulkhead, there is smashing sounds. The ship starts jumping*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "She's hanging on!"
<DeathStar> *Ben starts driving along, having com in from the excerise level, and aims the go-kart like machine at the spirit, even as it's wrecking the Aquarius*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Uhhhh? Hey, Ben is in the corrdiro driving a service vehicle at the spirit!"
<Jackieness> corridor
<DeathStar> <Chloe> Is that...suppose to beat her?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> .... you know, something reminds me of like father like son.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "That is dangerously foolhardy."
<DeathStar> *Ben collides into her and attempts to drive her off the ship into the hyperspace tunnel; the spirit clinging to the car and firing blasts at him, it, and the ship*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> The shields are failing and hyperspace will begin to rip us apart. We need to exit
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Prepare to bring us back out."
<DeathStar> *They return to normal space, with what looks to be a small "world" that looks to be very icy. The readings are claiming it to be Pluto as they are coming right down at it*
<DeathStar> *off in the distance, the spirit is being driven into the planet*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Find Ben and make sure he is on the ship and not out there."
<DeathStar> *Chloe salutes and hurries off*
<DeathStar> *Yuki attempts to pull them up*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Everyone hold on
<Jackieness> <Bella> *uses the ship's sensors on surroundign space*
<DeathStar> *the Aquarius comes down along the surface as Mireille and Yuki work for a controlled landing and it comes down on it's side somewhat; power switching to conservative mode as Bella scans the area, picking up on the powerful spirit not too far from them*
<DeathStar> *Mireille exits and leans on the pod* <Chloe on comm> No sign of mister Ben; the ship has foamed the holes where the bad spirit did damage.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Once we are situated, bring us to minimum power so we can minimize detection as we make repairs."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...damn it..." *tries to see if she can spot any sign son Ben on ship sensors*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> That spirit was following us ever since we encountered the first one. I think it sent out a call for help
<DeathStar> *Bella does locate the vehicle, not too far from the spirit, placing it in the middle of the them*
<DeathStar> *as for Ben, it doesn't seem to pick him up yet*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...I got his ride...its out there between the spirit and us."
<DeathStar> *Yuki moves to start getting them ready to repair the place as Chloe returns, wearing a coat8
<DeathStar> <Chloe> Lets hope they don't eat him.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Let's hope he had the sense to put on a spacesuit first. Security team, prep a shuttle to get a clsoer look."
<DeathStar> <Chloe> Yes ma'am
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Asarar's Bar
<DeathStar> *Asarar sets her drink down, sitting beside Bonnie and Cypher*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> So, let me get this straight. You're accusing the President of stealing the Hapian Queen
<DeathStar> *Zayne looks annoyed*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Sounded more like they were accusing the Hapian Queen of being dumb."
<DeathStar> <Cypher> That works
<DeathStar> *Asarar grabs her coat* Lets go see what snafu you all have gotten yourselves into
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Sure. After all, they are paying."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Of course
<DeathStar> *Cypher leads them to the van and gets inside, with Asarar taking the back seat, Bonnie just finds a spot to rest*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *climbs in too*
<DeathStar> *Cypher drives along and takes the roads up to the upper levels, paying a toll as they crossover. As they drive the streets, she stops for a rich looking lady who has what appears to be a familiar servant with jeweled collar, carrying her bags. The two hurry across the street and Cypher begins to hit the gas again to turn onto the next one for Ylva's building*
<DeathStar> *Cypher stops at the parking after showing her ID*
<DeathStar> <Cypher> Ready? *she steps out and already some of Ylva's people are scoping them out in the parking*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Do you need to ask?"
<DeathStar> *Asarar steps out and stretches, with Bonnie following. Zayne and Gwen follow, looking around*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "All eyes on us."
<DeathStar> *Asarar walks up to the main entrance where it looks busy, people running around, however there is one person at the front desk answering phones. Asarar leans on the desk and seems to be waiting*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... can't we just .... poke her? *he eyes her just answering the phones without stopping or making eye contact*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Asarar, I think it would be awfully convenient if the antiquated phone circuit suddenly hiccuped, don't you?"
<DeathStar> *Asarar lifts a finger and touches the desk, focusing; a moment or two passes and the woman is eyeing her the phone and then looks confused, before setting it down* <Receptionist> How may I help you?
<DeathStar> <Cypher> We've come to pick up someone - a Queen Selena?
<DeathStar> *the Receptionist eyes them and gives them badges and points at an elevator on the far right* Floor 12.
<DeathStar> *Asarar and Cypher grab their's and begins to head that way. Zayne takes one and eyes it before following it, while Gwen puts his on backwards*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *takes her badge and heads that way as well*
<DeathStar> *Asarar opens the elevator and steps in with everyone; Bonnie stands on her tip toes and hits 12, making the elevator slowly go up*
<DeathStar> *As they rise up, an usual melody plays that almost feels droning. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to affect anyone, but the music definitely is strange and weird. While they continue up, a red beam scans them and a check sound can be heard along with a code number. During this Zayne begins to look she is having a headache*
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<DeathStar> *As they rise up, an usual melody plays that almost feels droning. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to affect anyone, but the music definitely is strange and weird. While they continue up, a red beam scans them and a check sound can be heard along with a code number. During this Zayne begins to look she is having a headache*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...I have a weird vibe."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Yeah something is up
<DeathStar> *she eyes the elevaror and just as she begins to reach up, they arrive on the floor*
<DeathStar> *Zayne rushes out, looking wobbily; Bonnie even seems a bit weak in the knees and follows, while Gwen and Cypher shrug and follow*
<DeathStar> *up ahead is a series of offices and Selena can be heard talking in one*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...we take the stairs on the way down. Something was up."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I won't... argue that
<DeathStar> *she eyes her hands, then closes them, following Asarar up to the office door*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Who wants to knock?
<Jackieness> <Kira> *raises a hand and knocks*
<DeathStar> <Ylva> Come in, please
<Jackieness> <Kira> *opens the door and steps inside*
<DeathStar> *Asarar steps inside and in there is Ylva and Selena at a table having been discussing something. Selena turns to the group and immediately stands up* <Selena> Oh no, did I make you all send in the calvary? <Ylva> Looks like it is time for you to go. *the younger of the twins begins to gather some papers as she says that. Zayne eyes between them*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "As you might have guessed, we've been hired to escort the Queen back to her kingdom."
<DeathStar> <Ylva> Well, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Just try to keep her from sneaking into places and playing around next time
<DeathStar> *Selena bows her head and moves to join Kira as Zayne follows in behind everyone.*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Well, lets hit the road. *she eyes the Presidental office and shakes her head as she goes for stars. Selena nods at them*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *starts down the stairs without a word*
<DeathStar> *Zayne and Bonnie walk along it, with Zayne looking wary for something to strike her, but nothing ever does. As they walk down the same flight of stairs again and again, Bonnie speaks up*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Well, this was easy money
<DeathStar> *Zayne sends a message to Nicolette about retrieving the princess and will have her home in less than half an hour*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Grab and go with an escort mission."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I do apologize for the trouble
<DeathStar> <Selena> Did Lana get the message at least?
<DeathStar> *the group, arriving at the first floor, has the receptionist hold out her hand for the badges. Asarar and Cypher hand them over while Zayne suspiciously eyes her before tossing it and Gwen begins to walk off with his until the guards remind him of his folly*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *hands over her badge*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *looks at Selena* "...on the ride back." *looks around the lobby at all the people*
<DeathStar> *Asarar unlocks the van and hops into it, then checks for bugs or traps, while Cypher looks over everything. Bonnie sits in the gunner seat while Selena eyes them with raised eyebrows*
<DeathStar> <Selena> ...
<DeathStar> <Selena> You have actual guns on this now?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...we're professionals."
<DeathStar> *Selena finds a seat in the back while Asarar takes off and leaves the area*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *Lana's lab begins to give off a spirit signal that is trying to shoot it into the sky, louder and louder*
<DeathStar> *Kito looks up from the black magi spells, trying to decide if any of them could be behind what is going on*
<DeathStar> *she begins to write down a spell, along with a phrase and a question mark*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to siphon off the spirit's excess power before it builds up too much*
<DeathStar> *the signal dies down*
<DeathStar> *a hand grabs Lana from behind*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *Avenir stands there with a crazed look and covers her mouth by standing on her toes*
<DeathStar> <Avenir> SHHHH, SHHHHHHH
<DeathStar> *she presses her against the wall*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Mrrrph?!"
<DeathStar> *slowly Avenir removes her hand* <Avenir> Do you have a way to destroy this thing or at least hide it's presence?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...y...yes..."
<DeathStar> *Avenir looks all around, breathing hard* Hurry
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...o..ok..." *moves over to a console and starts a sequence to separate the super spirit from its spirit energy and shunt said energy into the spirit realm*
<DeathStar> *as the machine is running, suddenly outside where Kitos is located a massive thunder surge occurs and strikes the location, practically booming the entire school and shutting everything down - normal power, spirit energy sources, and even mana power sources*
<DeathStar> *The school goes dead and a crater is left where Kito was located*
<DeathStar> *Avenir jerks and moves to hide behind Lana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "No no no!" *tries to get her equipment running again*
<DeathStar> *footsteps can be heard approaching and Avenir can be heard mumbling some sort of chant of not being seen or heard. Lana's door is smashed open*
<Jackieness> <Sasha> "Rain, find out what just happened."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *turns around*
<DeathStar> *Rain bows and practically shadow dashes along the rain that has begun to fall*
<DeathStar> *a yellow hair spirit with gloves on that spark begins to approach; behind her is the the green haired one, just sort of watching with a malice filled grin. As she reaches for Lana while the green haired one takes the device with the one spirit, suddenly Shin parries the yellow one going for Lana with her scythe* <Shin> I suggest you run
<DeathStar> <Shin> Or use one of your dirty tricks
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and looks liek she is ready to run before she suddenly casts a weave into the spirit separation system, trying to suddenly power it up to full effect*
<DeathStar> *the green hair spirit looks surprised for a moment, then suddenly it looks as if nothing happened; she is suddenly in Shin's face, then a moment later as if breaking time, Shin is on the ground with the time spirit's foot on her throat* <Time Spirit> She's the one we were asked to grab alright
<Jackieness> <Lana> *continues her weave and then casts a circuit link from the device at the Super Time Spirit's back to try to use her power to jumpstart everything*
<DeathStar> <Time Spirit> You certainly don't stop. * the weave stops before it can connect to her* I'll enjoy playing with you for eternity if you think your weave can do anything to me. *the time spirit stops, then grabs the yellow hair one, both vanishing*
<DeathStar> *Avenir, for her part, didn't seem to lift a finger to help*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath* "...at least they are gone."
<DeathStar> *Shin rises, holding her throat* We need to go. Did you not hear that one? They want you and that spirit can grab you at any point in time.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...why me?"
<DeathStar> <Shin> Ask someone else. *she pulls Lana along toward the exit, passing over what looks to be dirt on the ground when she tries the door and it refuses to open*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<DeathStar> *lana's stuff turns back on - yay. However, it sounds like the yellow hair spirit is aiming to overcharge the place*
<DeathStar> *or itself*
<DeathStar> <Shion> You got a way to get out? I'm not a teleporter
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I have a backdoor...sort of...but...you might not like it."
<DeathStar> <Shion> ....What is it?
<DeathStar> Shin
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts moving down some stairs* "I had an eldritch entity imprisoned down here a while back. When it escaped...it left a hole."
<DeathStar> *Avenir makes a moan like she's going to take off into time*
<DeathStar> <Shin> ... lead the way
<DeathStar> *grabbing Avenir*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *heads down and opens the vault where she kept the Shining Trapezohedron, heading inside*
<DeathStar> *Shin looks inside, then follows, letting Avenir go and run if she wants*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen Lower Levels
<DeathStar> *The van pulls up at the bar and Asarar gets out*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Well, we brought the queen back and all is well
<DeathStar> *Selena bows again as Cypher grabs her stuff and Gwen and Zayne begin to step out*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "So yeah...Lana got part of your message, panicked and called your aunt, who hired us."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Only part - that is a shame.
<DeathStar> *Asarar steps inside glancing at the dancers and customers*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "If you want to know what she got, ask her yourself. Also get everyone checked out. That elevator had brainwashing vibes all over it."
<DeathStar> *Riki slides a drink over to them as Asarar grabs it and begins to drink it*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> It felt like it was checking something in me. It was --- *suddenly the building shakes hard and on the side of the wall, massive pile driver type weapons smash through the walls, shaking the entire massive structure that is the bar. It is clear more of them are being shot into the bar, causing the ceiling to begin to drop in at places and screaming and shouting can be heard*
<DeathStar> <Cypher> What the fuck?
<DeathStar> *Asarar eyes the side of one of the weapons being driven - a Mouse can be seen on them*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Get everyone out! This Mouse just declared war."
<Jackieness> <Kira> *then dashes out to try to get a look at what is attackign them*
<DeathStar> *Zayne grabs Selena, but eyes the teleporter getting crushed and begins to head for the exit along with everyone*
<DeathStar> *Kira would see what looks to be a massive and no doubt expensive looking war machine firing them. A moment later, after the building is pinned full of them, they detonate and begin to bring down the entire structure, everything falling everywhere and threatening to crush the civilians below. Riki attempt s to pull their idols to safety*
<DeathStar> *Bonnie stuggles to get near the machine* <bonnie> What do I even hit with?
<Jackieness> <Kira> *dashes in and leaps, trying to scale the war machine*
<DeathStar> *Thankfully, there is one thing - due to the building falling down, the machine is pinned right now and can't move - infact some of it has even damaged it a little as Kira scales it. There appears to be a the weapons chambers on both sides, like something out of a Eggman machine, and at the top is a glass type cockpit where a man is watching them. It attempts to swing the arms at Kira*
<DeathStar> *Thankfully, there is one thing - due to the building falling down, the machine is pinned right now and can't move - infact some of it has even damaged it a little as Kira scales it. There appears to be a the weapons chambers on both sides, like something out of a Eggman machine, and at the top is a glass type cockpit where a man is watching them. It attempts to swing the arms at Kira*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *moves to try to evade the swiging arm as she makes her way to the cockpit*
<DeathStar> *Zayne attempts to tap into her spirit abilities and a moment later strikes the machine's weapons with what looks to be spirit energy, blowing them up and taking out one of the arms*
<DeathStar> *Zayne pants then leans on her weapon*
<DeathStar> *the machine sparks and tries to shake Kira off*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *hangs on, tyring to close the distance*
<DeathStar> *Kira would now be hanging right under the glass cockpit; she can hear movement of the driver trying to spot her*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *draws her shortblade and then tries to strike the cockpit to break through*
<DeathStar> *as Kira begins to break into the cockpit, suddenly something goes off inside the cockpit - a bomb of sorts strapped to the pilot and it blows up whoever was driving it. As she gets inside, a charred body lays there, but she at least gains a damaged weapon of destruction*
<DeathStar> *Gwen finishes getting the crowd out and looks around, seeing no sign of Asarar or Cypher while Selena sits on a rock, holding her head that is bleeding*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *comm* "I got control. The pilot was wearing a suicide vest though."
<DeathStar> <Gwen comm> I wonder if that was willingly or not. This street is a complete mess - your building took out a lot of things.
<DeathStar> <Gwen comm> We'll see if we can't put it together
<Jackieness> <Kira> *comm* "Where is Asarar? I need her to rip this thing's memory."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I can't find either of them in this debris. They either got away, or they are... *he eyes just how much came down*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I'll keep digging
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *Shin looks unnerved as she and Lana get out, Avenir no where to be seen, likely having time jumped*
<DeathStar> *a time crater can be seen where Kito was working, along with her damaged work desk. Some of her work can be seen still, the paperwork charred*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...they got Kito..."
<DeathStar> <Shin> Maybe. I am not exactly sure I feel her soul yet. Granted, she is a blood mage.
<DeathStar> *Shion picks up the paper* It looks like she was focused on a particular black mage spell. All that is left is na.
<DeathStar> <Shion> With question marks
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...then she may have found somethign important." *moves to look over*
<DeathStar> *what remains is Black mage Spell: Rune - Pow Na ????*
<DeathStar> *the sky begins to clear and no more powerful spirit energy is detected around the area*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Rune.. Pow... Power... Na... True Name?"
<DeathStar> <Shion> If she believes true names are involved then I am not sure what direction you all will take next.
<DeathStar> <Shion> Hopefully the black spell book did not get destroyed
<DeathStar> -Epilogue-
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Yuki looks up as they get minimal power going to combat the cold and Mireillie tiredly looks up* I advise not to give us too much unless we want to risk leaving here
<DeathStar> *Chloe finishes checking the shuttles and gets one ready*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *suits up and boards the shuttle*
<DeathStar> *the damage on the ship right now shows the damage done along the middle of the ship, but it has been foamed and sealed as best as it can be*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Also the same goes for the shuttle - try not to use too much power. The spirit will detect it on this dead planetoid
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Otherwise, good luck
<DeathStar> *Chloe gets on the shuttle and checks her suit and helmet* <Chloe> You realize - we're finally in the right system, Bella?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We'll use maneuvering thrusters in quick bursts. Let inertia carry us."
<DeathStar> *Yuki rubs her face* I can't believe we're back here again.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I know, and its a crappy welcome." *checks shuttle systems*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Back where it all began
<DeathStar> *it seems it's got green across the board*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Our mission is clear. We need answers and Earth seems to be in the middle of it all."
<DeathStar> <Yuki comm> You two, stay safe. We'll be monitoring you. We'll head for Earth as soon as you learn what you can about Ben
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Alright." *comm* "Bridge, ready to depart. Open the hangar bay and cut the gravity."
<DeathStar> *Yuki proceeds to do so* <Yuki Comm> Stay safe out there.
<DeathStar> -TBC-