The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 100

<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.8.12
<DeathStar> Location: Kumen - Casino Outside of Kumen City
<DeathStar> *having gathered everyone due to the sheer number of Sylph Proxies around Geyze and Kumen City, Selena gathers everyone at Asarar's casino to go over how the group wants to proceed. So far the Aquarius has been standing it's ground due to Chronos keeping the proxies away from it. Lana and Simon have arrived, having designed a standard core*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...and may Isa how good it is to have you back around, and I'd like to show you some more of my research notes since you last left."
<DeathStar> *Simon adjusts his glasses* I'd be glad to take a look at anything, assuming we have the time
<DeathStar> *Gwen pauses, then leans in and eyes the two*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...obviously not now. We have a crisis to deal with."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We need to stop getting them in bulk."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We have constructed the new core."
<DeathStar> *Asarar has them all set up on the top floor of the casino, lounging back in her conference seat. The other Elder Spirits seem to be studying Solar and Prismatic as Aska speaks up* <Aska> You have a plan on how to even put this core inside Sylph?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "She is a tricky one to pin down..."
<DeathStar> <Shade> All I can think of is a trap
<DeathStar> <Aska> But if we don't know where the real one is..
<Jackieness> <Lana> "There must be a connection from the proxies to the real one..."
<DeathStar> <Simon> We have to assume if Sylph is being able to manipulate so many proxies, she has to have placed herself in a location where she can wield a great amount of spirit energy
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Is it possible to capture a proxy and experiment on it?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "In theory...though we would need to move very, very fast... before Sylph cna dismiss the proxy."
<DeathStar> <Gale> That sounds like more trouble than it is worth.
<DeathStar> <Gale> I can try to locate the real one.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "n the emantime, we will need to figure out how to get ehr to hodls till long enough to do a core swap."
<DeathStar> *Selena looks at Lana*
<DeathStar> <Selena> And do you have the means to hold her?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe. Hopefully."
<DeathStar> *Gale steps from the conference room, the Elder Wind Spirit taking a deep breath, then seems to be doing something*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "When we were still worried about the Outer Spirits coming to eat our spirits, I created a spirit holding system with an emergency energy split system."
<DeathStar> *Avenir makes a face silently, watching all this, while Azif seems quiet, like he wants to say something*
<DeathStar> <Prismatic> ... *eyes Lana*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Anyway…
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<DeathStar> <Prismatic> Nothing, I suppose if you were under that type of threat, you had to do what you had to do.
<DeathStar> *Verdant has her head propped up, looking like she is not paying attention*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...well...I was hoping not to actually need it...but given that I've had jailbreaks before..."
<DeathStar> *Zayne twitches*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, it was hard enough holding Shin at the time."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Speaking of Shin, she has been hard to track down
<DeathStar> <Shade> None of us have really seen her
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That is worrying.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I doubt she is avoiding Sylph; even with this Host thing, her power is stronger than wind elemental
<Jackieness> <Lana> "There are alot ofm proxies...she could be going bloodrage on them one by one..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Oh..." Nicolette ponders, and pulls out her comm, and messages the death spirit, trying to figure out if she's okay.
<DeathStar> *a worrying amount of time passes, but Nicolette does receive a message back - though it is clear that Shin is not good at using the device. First, it has a picture aimed at the ground, then it's full of errors of typing due to hitting the buttons close to together, but it seems to come down to that she is hunting for an item to help*
<DeathStar> *and it seems to be time sensitive*
<DeathStar> <Gale> I believe I have located two potential locations for Sylph
<DeathStar> *she turns back to the others* <Gale> I sent out my proxies
<MobileAri> * Nicolette messages Shin a "Glad you're okay" and "Good luck!"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...what locations?"
<DeathStar> *Gale walks over and grabs a Geyze map; she points at a map, her finger aimed at the forest in the Naturalist Kingdom* The other is in the Spirit Realm. *Shade leans forward in thought* <Shade> ...
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A thought occurs.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mana Sylph has not been checked on.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The Spirit realm would have the extra power she would need...unless she is doing something very bad in the NAturalist kingdom."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> We could send a few spirits to check on them
<DeathStar> <Cloe> You think the Mana Spirits are in trouble?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I mena... isn't mana goignt o give Sylph indigestion if she tried to eeat one of them?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I was merely trying to figure out why there would be two results.
<DeathStar> <Gale> Well
<DeathStar> <Gale> It could be the real one is there, or she could have a proxy there and using it an unusual way
<DeathStar> <Gale> The same could be true for the one at the Naturalist location too
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe a proxy anchor to redirect Spirit realm energy to the real Sylph in the Naturalist Kingdom."
<DeathStar> <Selena> That seems more likely
<DeathStar> <Shade> I want to point out something before we leave
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So if we took out the channel proxy it would weaken the real one?
<DeathStar> <Shade> We're talking about switching the cores, but you do know it means we have to rip out this corrupted core first
<DeathStar> *Aska nods* It should at the very least mean she would have to set up a new anchor
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I wa shoping to do it surgically rather than ripping, but yes."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'd love to talk our way through this, but... good chance we'll have to weaken her."
<DeathStar> *Adeline pulls Gnome to herself* We also have another problem
<@Seraphna> Talia> The crab people have risen up?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We'll have to rely on Ice magic and Ice Spirits if we get into a drawn out fight
<DeathStar> <Adeline> How many of us can use such magic?
<DeathStar> *Simon indicates so*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Jennifer is here with Celcius and of course we have Shiva and Aurora at the castle.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Teeeeechnically..."
<DeathStar> *Cloe and Bonnie sway*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, do we go for the anchor first - which might anger Sylph, or go to Sylph first and hope to catch her unaware?
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Could try to split up
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Maybe we should split into two teams and hit each one, with the Spirit relam one slightly ahead of the NAturalist one."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We do sound abundant in Ice Spirit.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I could use a good fight
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright - Jaime, could you lead a group into the Spirit Realm and find this anchor?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I could.
<DeathStar> <Selena> The rest of us will seek out Sylph herself
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> Location: Naturalist Forest
<DeathStar> *the forest, when the group arrives, is almost serene and quiet; a gentle wind blows through the trees*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You know. *he looks around, hands on his back as he stretches* It feels like just yesterday we found Sylph in these woods
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...that is probably why she came back."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "What was that like?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well this is technically her territory.
<@Seraphna> Talia> Sylph marked Momma’s butt here.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Oh geeze. We went looking for her, if I recall, to do her trial
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And we found her eating fruit.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> She was so interested in us, that she just decided to join us and gave us temporary marks to call us whenever we needed help and directed us to Shade to make friends with one of the Elder Spirits
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...so she's always been like that."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well she had good taste.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...that doesn't explain whyb she was bullying me though..."
<@Seraphna> **Aurora skates circles around Lana**
<DeathStar> <Zayne> They say you bully the one you like
<DeathStar> *Azif eyes Avenir, then Kaelan*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well teasing is a kind of flirting.
<@Seraphna> Talia> Sylph after my pillows?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Eh. .... *she eyes all of them when Gale points up at the trees; a sleeping Sylph can be seen nestled up there*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> …Napping?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...this is seriously the same Sylph that's been terrorizing the galaxy?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> .... this should make it easy on us
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We could end it here but you all want to take her alive
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *jaw drops, not having words*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "..maybe she is having a bad dream and the proxies are the result?"
<DeathStar> <Aska> ... I could not imagine what type of dream she is having. <Shade> Well, she is having her proxies "fight bad people". It's just that includes anything however slight. Making everything a police state
<DeathStar> <Gale> She is riling the monster population into becoming vicious as well
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Should we wake her up?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Is that a good idea? Lana might not be able to catch her afterward
<DeathStar> *Gale floats up in the air and sees something that makes Gale make a face, relanding*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'd need to get up there...and there is the risk that she might wake up anyway once the other proxy has been beaten."
<DeathStar> *Origin helps float Nicolette and Lana up to the tree branch that Sylph is on*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> What is it?
<DeathStar> *once up there, the two can see it looks like Sylph is having some sort of dream that is making her tear up*
<DeathStar> *Zayne climbs up to join them; Selena using her wings to do so as well*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette reaches out and gently shakes Sylph's shoulder
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods, as it does look like a bad dream. She starts to prepare the trap*
<DeathStar> *Sylph slowly opens her eyes and rub at her eyes, looking around*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hey, Sylph. Were you having a bad dream?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> *seems nervous now that Sylph woke up*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> No, I was dreaming Ellie was beside me. And... *she pauses, wincing in pain as dark lines begin to run through her body and curls up, like one might from severe hunger pain* <Sylph> Ugh. Get...away...from me...
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> She’s in there alright.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette holds Sylph's hand, "We want to help you, Sylph."
<DeathStar> *Sylph oddly begins to start making proxies around them, the dark lines thninning out a little*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh…
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> You’re thinning out Host….
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> She’s been making the proxies to keep Host from being able to focus on her.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Is that better or worse when you got a legion of them?

* Now talking in: #TAW-Geyze-Session100Realm
<@DeathStar> *Adeline gathers some supplies as Cloe and the Celsius looks around*
<@DeathStar> *further down the valley, a Sylph is floating in the air, doing nothing*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *holds up a hand and then presses a finger to her lips before gesturing toward the Sylph*
<Seraphna> **Jaime frowns, it was apparently an easy track**
<Seraphna> **Jennifer stands by Celcius**
<@DeathStar> *Adeline scans and shows what looks to be a huge spirit field around the spirit*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *looks to see the most discreet way down to the Sylph*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe flails; since she is floating up in the middle of the air, only a direct attack will work since it's out in the open. Sylph doesn't seem to be paying them any mind oddly*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *whisper* "Only way to reach her is a direct assault."
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> *whisper* The field around her make it hard. IF we enter it, she'll likely go hostile
<Jackieness> <Bella> *w* "...we either need to move really fast or hit her from range.. again, very fast."
<Seraphna> Jaime> She seems confident that as can’t reach her.
<@DeathStar> <Celsius> Can try to freeze her from here
<Seraphna> **Jennifer merges with her to give her more power**
<@DeathStar> *Celsius aims her hand and begins to attack; the Sylph Proxy jerks as she begins to be frozen and immediately launches wind attacks at the group*
<Seraphna> **Jaime hurls up earth to block and firms barriers of energy and crystal**
<@DeathStar> *The Proxy leaps for Jaime when Cloe slams an ice attack into it*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *then leaps, trying to get a kick on its head*
<@DeathStar> *The Sylph proxy finally poofs*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "..wait...that was it? Its weak against head kicks?"
<@DeathStar> <Celsius> Proxies cannot take a lot of damage
<Seraphna> Jaime> All proxies are weaker than the real thing.
<@DeathStar> <Celsius> And if Sylph has been making hundreds
<Seraphna> Jaime> If that’s the only one we have a moment to secure the Sporot Realm.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Still...was kind of a letdown."

<DeathStar> *Sylph jerks suddenly*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Wel...if Host completely took over... then she culd still multiply, but Host would not be thinned out..."
<DeathStar> *the proxies around them vanish*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> And I think the other team just got the proxy.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...cover me!" *tries to capture Sylph while she's off balance* "I'm sorry!"
<MobileAri> * Nicolette holds Sylph's hand, trying to be reassuring despite what's happening
<DeathStar> *Sylph peers at Nicolette, the gaze looking much more like something else entirely when Lana captures it*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Got it! We need to move fast!"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Did we do it? <Aska> .... we will check to see if the proxies are gone. *Shade nods and the spirits vanish*
<DeathStar> *Avenir looks up* Mother is saying that the Aquarius is no longer under siege and she is letting up her protection of it
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Take this moment to get the data off it in case this blows back on us.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We still need to extract the corrupted core and swap in the new core before Sylph manages to break free."
<DeathStar> <Simon> Let us hurry to your lab then
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Spirit Realm
<DeathStar> *outside the Aquarius, things have gotten quiet. Chronos drops into a seat, sweating profusely*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> It appears they are gone
<@Seraphna> **Nox nods and starts making the core backups**
<DeathStar> *Mireille begins to delete information on Mother's world and how to get there*
<DeathStar> *Ben checks over Chronos* We may have a situation
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Report."
<DeathStar> <Ben> I think whatever deal Avenir did with Chronos, you know who likely gave her a set amount of power and she's dangerously close to using it all up. She should not be in this state. She's acting like her spirit energy is almost completely used up
<DeathStar> <Ben> And we are in a realm full of it
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Nox? Mire? Can you feel the realm power?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Scan the ambient area, Ben."
<@Seraphna> **Nox focuses her chi**
<DeathStar> *the realm is full of spirit energy like normal*
<DeathStar> *and Nox and Mireille can tap into it like normal*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Yes, Captain
<@Seraphna> Nox> Seems fine.
<DeathStar> <Chronos> I will be okay. I just need to rest a bit
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Guess she really is on a hard limit.
<DeathStar> <Chronos> And becareful what I do now
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Get her to medical for observation. Also provide tea."
<@Seraphna> **Nox frowns in thought**
<DeathStar> <Mireille> The Aquarius has finished it's transformation thanks to Chronos
<DeathStar> *Ben guides her to medical*
<@Seraphna> Nox> I don’t think she’s sick actually.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... *eyes the Aquarius and it's biological transformation*
<@Seraphna> Nox> And yes Mire has lovely Dark qualities now~
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Do we want to return back to the real world, Airym?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Get us into the air and do a sweep of the known Spirit Realm before we return."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Understood. Let us sweep the area
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *Simon studies the trap at Lana's lab. Shion and Lumi sit outside, while Selena paces about*
<DeathStar> <Verdant> ... *looks at Avenir and Azif, who remains oddly quiet and seems to be eyeing the ground a lot for an evil book*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan muses and leans by Avenir**
<DeathStar> <Gwen> So how we doing this?
<DeathStar> <Aska> That is a tricky question. <Shade> The proxies are gone as long as Sylph is locked up
<DeathStar> <Verdant> Do we want to do a practice on one of the Outer Spirits? I know your Wind Spirit means a lot to you
<Jackieness> <Lana> *takes a deep breath* "Ok...I am going to release her into the containment unit. In theory, If I carefully siphon off enough of ehr spirit energy, she'll be too weak to put up a fight and escape."
<DeathStar> *Solar eyes Verdant, but says nothing*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> That is a big gamble, little scientist
<DeathStar> *Azif squirms about and practically flees out of the arae*
<DeathStar> <Avenir> ..... I am too tired to see what drama she is trying to make
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ori, help me with a barrier to reinforce Lana's machine?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...do you have a better idea?"
<DeathStar> *Origin nods and their hands glow; and a spirit barrier begins to form itself in tandem with the machine*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> ... I do not.
<DeathStar> <Prismatic> I know this is a side track, but I would love to know my little sister's powers. *she eyes Origin* It is almost akin to creation magic, but something else
<MobileAri> * Nicolette does her best to mimic Origin's energies, drawing upon multiple elements and weaving them into a single energy.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Time to let her out, La~
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Lavenza does seem to have a unique power.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and releases Sylph into the containment unit*
<DeathStar> *Origin/Lavenza puffs her chest out. Sylph comes barrelling out and indeed, if Nicolette hadn't requested the extra barrier magics put up, she would have torn out as she begins to become the drill of wind to pierce the heavens, almost pushing Origin and Nicolette back, nearly breaking through*
<DeathStar> *before being repelled*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora forms ice around Sylph too**
<DeathStar> *Lavenza pants*
<DeathStar> *Sylph floats there, giving off a dark aura of hatred*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Host has her at the moment.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I'm going to thin the air out in there to give her less to work with." *tries to pump some of the air out*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Come on. I am the same ol' Sylph. Let me out, please? *she presses against the barrier* Don't do this to me. You're hurting me
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Sweetie you’re radiating your aura all over the damn place.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette is glad she braced herself. She was expecting this, but it's still testing her limits
<DeathStar> <Aska> ...*makes a face while Gale winces*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I have no idea what you mean. I just am the same ol', same ol. Honest. You know me.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Can we mute her?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...let me try..." *tries to cut off the audio out of the unit*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Prism you say this thing deceived all of you?
<DeathStar> *Sylph keeps trying to talk, but no sound comes out. She pauses, then flails her arm, then begins to look angry and pounds at the barrier*
<DeathStar> <Prismatic> The memory is more fuzzy than anything. Verdant might remember better
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If we cna manage the core swap, we'll ened to study the corrupted core...try to find clues."
<DeathStar> *Verdant seems to be quiet*
<DeathStar> <Selena> So how are we going to swap the cores?
<DeathStar> *Verdant quietly steps away without speaking on the Host matter; Prismatic and Solar eyeing her*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "There was my suggestion...but Zayne indicated reservations."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> A spirit can last a few minutes without a core. Pull it out, put a fresh one in.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Verde?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Extracting the core is the problem. She's put up a fight."
<Jackieness> + going to put up
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Freeze?
<DeathStar> <Verdant> Ah? Sorry. *she seems to be thinking hard* I just ... the question threw me for some reason. I'm trying to remember how we encountered this thing in the first place. I mean, really encountered it. I mean, them going nuts was an after effect really
<DeathStar> <Verdant> But what started the entire thing
<DeathStar> <Verdant> Them going after Mother was an end goal
<DeathStar> <Verdant> And only a few of us resisted the link all of us shared as a group to consume
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well we know it was made to sabatoge you all.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We had assumed that it was related to the EarthGov experiements to augment you."
<DeathStar> <Simon> We can try to make the room colder to slow Sylph down
<DeathStar> <Verdant> Was the experiment enough to make such a thing?
<DeathStar> <Verdant> I don't know.
<DeathStar> <Verdant> The timeline where it came from is inaccessible now
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Can freeze her chamber.
<DeathStar> *Sylph continues to make gestures, some very rude*
<DeathStar> *Fae and Terra arrive on the scene; Fae seems to be holding some stuff*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Hello!
<DeathStar> *Fae holds up pictures of herself and Ellie up to the barrier and Sylph actually stops moving*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "So cold is the best idea that we have right now."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *watches Sylph* "I feel like we're missing something important..."
<DeathStar> <Gnome> If Sylph is actually in there, I can say this
<DeathStar> <Gnome> Sylphie has a kind heart. No matter how much something bad tries to hide it
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "She's definitely in there... I'm sure of it."
<@Seraphna> **Terra smiles** We’re gonna save you Auntie.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "she has to be....when she was using the proxies to thin out Host, she was dominant."
<DeathStar> *Adeline looks up from her readings* We know poison and knock out gas is ineffectie to a lot of spirits
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I suggest ice and make her sluggish
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Then we'll freeze her."
<DeathStar> *Fae keeps disrracting her with pictures for now*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora nods and starts cryo freezing the inside**
<DeathStar> <Simon> Do you need me to do it?
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Simon can help me.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and prepares for the extraction*
<DeathStar> *Simon begins to prepare his runes to help strengthen Aurora's natural abilities to they can freeze Sylph in one go*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan sits by Avenir and muses** You’re getting tired.
<DeathStar> *Simon activates them and powers Aurora up*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora uses her Cryo Freeze move, the Legacy of Jennifer’s favorite solution to problems that need more time**
<DeathStar> <Avenir> I'm okay. I'm just -- I know Azif knows something and I want to get her to tell me without having to play stupid games of making deals. But she has it in her head that is how one is suppose to do transactions.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...its the Black Pharoah's modus operandi."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Offer her a small gift then ask for repayment.
<DeathStar> *Sylph becomes a frozen statue*
<DeathStar> <Avenir> A gift?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **hands her a snack cake**
<DeathStar> *Avenir takes it* I'll see if it works. I'll be right back. *She follows after where Azif went*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan shadow fox follows her**
<DeathStar> *Kaelan watches as Avenir tries to sell the idea of the gift as a transaction*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So. She is frozen now
<DeathStar> *Fae looks sad*
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Time for surgery!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Everyone...get ready...I'm going to unseal the contianment unit now."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette focuses everything she has on the barrier
<Jackieness> <Lana> *unseals the containment unit*
<DeathStar> *the frozen Sylph seems to be slowly defrosting unnaturally fast*
<@Seraphna> **Talia forms a mana barrier to keep the rest of the spirits seperate**
<DeathStar> *Azif whispers into Avenir's ear about something*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora focuses and keeps reinforcing the ice with her other species trait, manifestation**
<Jackieness> <Lana> A"hhh...Simon, we need to act now. She's fighting the cold!" *moves to begin the extraction*
<DeathStar> *Simon has joined Lana, working on opening up a part of the ice where the core is located*
<DeathStar> <Simon> Extracting the core
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves an isolation unit over to place the corrupted core in*
<DeathStar> *the two pull out what looks to be a sludge like item, more than the bright round object that is usually the core. The black corrupted core sludges and beats*
<DeathStar> <Verdant> ....
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Like a cancer…
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves the corrupted core into the isolation unit and seals it up* "OK, implant the new core."
<DeathStar> *Simon implants the Lana made core into Sylph*
<DeathStar> *The lines and whatnot fading from Sylph's face and body. At that moment Avenir and Azif come running in*
<DeathStar> <Azif> Oh. We appear too late
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Maybe you are wrong
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<DeathStar> *Azif quietly snacks on the treat given to her*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Just tell em.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette shifts her focus from maintaining the barrier, to creating a rune circle to draw in any of corruption remaining in Sylph
<DeathStar> <Azif> Giving her a core will do nothing. Especially a man made core like that of the fox.
<DeathStar> <Azif> I suggest you do not drop your barrier
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> So we got a normal core?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....so what are we supposed to do?"
<DeathStar> *the ice around Sylph finally melts off, and Sylph opens her eyes. So far she just looks confused, giving off no evil aura. Simon still pulls her out of the chamber and begins to seal it up*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "How do we know its safe or not?"
<@Seraphna> Talia> Keeping my barrier up.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I guess... do we ask questions? Take scans?
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Contain bad core at least.
<DeathStar> *Sylph mouths something, since she's still muted, pressing her hand against the barrier where Fae is at*
<DeathStar> <Fae> She looks normal to me. Can't we let her out?
<@Seraphna> **Kaelsn unmutes it**
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Not yet hon. We might need to put her in containment till we figure out what to put in her.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We should keep her for observation just in case."
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Fae. I'm glad you are okay. It'll be okay. I'll be out soon and I'll join you then. Just hang a bit longer. *She winces like she' s in pain*
<DeathStar> *Simon eyes the scans*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves the isolation unit away and then scans the corrupted heart*
<DeathStar> *the corrupted core seems to be full of some sort of contagion almost*
<DeathStar> <Simon> It appears the new core is being infected as we speak.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We need some kinda filtered core or purifying one.
<DeathStar> *Nicolette's datapad begins to beep*
<DeathStar> *and beep beep and beep*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette puts the circle on 'hold', and answers the comm
<DeathStar> *Origin peers down*
<DeathStar> <Shin> I am coming. I have found it
<DeathStar> *Shin rises up behind Lana like some sort of spectre*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I was afraid of this... all we did was buy sylph soem tiem before it takes over again."
<DeathStar> *holding her datapad, she somehow takes a picture of Lana at such an angle that it looks like she purposely is trying to get a panty shot*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'm not having much luck trying to separate it out. Hoping your plan is more fruitful, Shin."
<DeathStar> <Shin> I have located the soul of Ellie Allaway. It has not yet passed on.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> A special soul key to the spirit…
<Jackieness> <Lana> *turns* "Ahhhhhh?!"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Of course.
<DeathStar> <Shin> I was thinking more along the lines of using her to appease Sylph by way of ressurection
<DeathStar> <Shion> What are you speaking of?
<DeathStar> *Shin
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> The only way to cure her is with a special core.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> The final ingredient of a core is a soul. But only special soul will make the right core to cure her.
<DeathStar> *Fae seems to be grabbing her head in overload at this*
<DeathStar> <Selena> You want to put Ellie's soul into a core. Don't you think that's a bit...
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> In a way, Ellie would be both saving Sylph and becoming one with her permanently.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Dark. It might make Sylph go over the bin
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That sounds morbid as hell."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Remember. **she joins with Noct** A true bond is two beings in one.
<DeathStar> *Selena rubs her face*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lana?
<@Seraphna> Talia> Is thaaaaat what a soul mate means?
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I am not sure that is what it means
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We used a vaccine of sorts for Prism. Can we incorporate that into the core?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "This thing is like an infection. We could try determining if there is a way to beat it." *adjusts her glasses* "...I know I've done some... questionable things when I get carried away... but turning Ellie into a spirit battery is just...ahhh...too much for me."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Can we make a faux soul then?
<DeathStar> *Simon thinks* The poison that Ceilidh made?
<DeathStar> *Simon eyes the notes everyone has made*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> You all have a dark way of thinking compared to me it seems. And I’m the Dark One.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well, I mean...
<DeathStar> <Azif> I am not against Kaelan's plan
<DeathStar> <Azif> But if you do not want to do it, I will say this
<DeathStar> <Azif> Host will seek a new place to move after Sylph. As if it will not be destroyed
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I can’t see darkness in Ellie and Sylph being joined as one for eternity. It was their pledge to each other.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We need like... a spirit ghost vacuum."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to find out more about it."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I mean we can try to use it to our advantage then
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Force it to a spot where we can trap it
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> And start the process over again.
<DeathStar> <Aska> What will the plan be until we come up with an alternative? Shall we bind Sylph while we is partially sane and look for a way to use Ceilidh's tactic to try to force it out of her?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> And who knows which spirit will be next and who will need to die to save them.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to figure out how to stop it."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The how is tricky. None of my attempts to draw it out have been successful so far."
<DeathStar> <Origin> *makes a low whistle*
<DeathStar> <Prismatic> Well, there could be one way
<DeathStar> <Prismatic> A spirit could lure it to itself and then destroy themselves
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> So there’s your choices. Use the provided answer multiple sources have told us will work or choose who else dies.
<DeathStar> *the scans so far keep popping up on the screen*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We're making an assumption that is what the Spirit Mother meant."
<DeathStar> *it appears to be showing signs of massive multiplying abilities - it looks to completely devour whatever it infeects*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... what if we could create an empty spirit to embody it?"
<DeathStar> *it then shows signs of devouring whatever it comes across even in itself, thus the need for hunger - it also seems to devour on spirit energy*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> And Nyancat, Azif, Chronos have all said is the way.
<DeathStar> <Azif> It will purge this one yes.
<DeathStar> <Azif> But it does not mean you cannot find another way.
<DeathStar> <Azif> But it might lead to this thing existing still
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...but what is this thing?"
<DeathStar> <Azif> Are you sure you want to know?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *pushes her glasses up* "Is there a reason why I don't want to know?"
<DeathStar> <Azif> It is a Devourer. I cannot tell you what created it, but it will continue to have the need to consume. It's hunger is endless.
<DeathStar> <Azif> The fact it is not out of control right now is amazing
<DeathStar> <Azif> It will continue to grow and grow until your Sylph is consuming whole worlds
<Jackieness> <Lana> "What if we manage to extract it to a perfect void?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Then our next host would be dispassionate and emo and strangely attractive to a royal succubus.
<DeathStar> <Azif> Even I cannot predict if that will be the end - or a temporary peace for your lifetime
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Well those options sound good to me
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Can we actually resurrect Ellie or are we just letting that go?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The problem is finding a perfect void..."
<DeathStar> <Shin> I know her spirit's location
<DeathStar> <Shin> But we have to hurry
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....if you recall Kito and Neekito?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **grabs a core**
<DeathStar> *Selena raises a brow*
<DeathStar> <Kito> I will go along and see about Ellie
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Let’s get moving while they wallow over imaginary options not in front of them.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Shin, please see that Ellie's soul isn't lost. Lana, what would happen if you integrated your spirit trap with a core?"
<DeathStar> *Shion grabs Kito and Kaelan and vanishes with them*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods* "Kito resurrected her dead sister as a spirit, so she is the best qualified to handle Ellie... ahh...right?"
<DeathStar> <Simon> You are thinking about trying to put this thing into a core?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at Nico* "A spirit trap core? Well...that is hard to say..."
<DeathStar> *Sylph suddenly begins to look a bit more tattooy with the lines*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "If it needs a spirit, then we should give it one of our choice."
<DeathStar> <Syplh> ..haaaa....
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I should ...*she lifts her hand up to her face*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...though it should be possible to cosntruct a core with a single-use trap, yes."
<@Seraphna> Terra> Hold on Auntie!
<DeathStar> <Aska> Don't you dare Sylph. *Sylph looks like she planned to blast herself, but with the lack of air in the chamber, she isn't able to*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Kaelan gonna get a fix for you. No being heroic.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Sylph, you need to fight this! It'll break Ellie if she comes back, and you're gone."
<DeathStar> <Azif> The problem also lies in the fact the Devourer increases the power of the subject.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Right. Simon, let's get to work."
<DeathStar> *Simon nods and begins to get back to work*
<DeathStar> *Sylph mumbles stuff to herself while Simon and Lana begin to craft the core trap*
<DeathStar> *Shin, Kito, Kaelan, and Ellie arrive; the latter looking a little off*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well now you two can discuss the choice. Sylph.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> C-Choice?
<DeathStar> *she presses against the barrier to see Ellie who has come over, the barrier seperating the two*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Lacking anything if this world her resurrection is more… ghost than anything.
<DeathStar> <Shin> I'm keeping her going with my spirit energy right now. <Kito> And tying her with my magics.
<DeathStar> <Kito> We can do something more permenant later.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> But her soul has a voice to add to this conversation now and people can stop deciding what is and isn’t okay.
<DeathStar> <Ellie> Of course I would do anything to help Sylph, but would that make anyone happy. *She looks at Fae and Sylph* <Sylph> Sylph would rather find another way. *She nods*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...to be honest, I don't even know how that idea would stop a devourer."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> There we go…
<DeathStar> *Simon finshes the trap with Lana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its done."

<@DeathStar> *Cloe rests about after the fight, keeping an eye on things. Overhead, the Aquarius can be seen scanning the area for problems; it looking more like a Dark One ship now*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Is that the Aquarius?"
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> It looks like it. It looks scary now
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Crap...I hope they didn't mess up my room. Let's comm them for a pickup. Beats walking."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Just looks like a Dark Hybrid ship.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *comm* "Aquarius, we're right below you and awaiting extraction."
<@DeathStar> <Yuki comm> We see you. One moment
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius lowers itself and the hanger extends almost like a mouth*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Everyone on board."
<Seraphna> Nox> Don’t mind the Tenties.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *moves to board*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Adleine would have liked this if she stuck around
<@DeathStar> *Celsius pokes at the ship*
<Seraphna> Jennifer> It is interesting when it’s not the product of the bad ones.
<@DeathStar> *Taiga meanwhile is in engnineering, trying to figure out things*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yuki, once we have the entire ground team,let's finish up here and ehad back."
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Understood. *Cloe hurries to the cafe to see how it looks*
<Seraphna> **A Tenty with a chef’s hat is serving snacks at the cafe**
<Jackieness> <Bella> *lets out a breath and follows Cloe just in case she has to be rescued from whatever they did to the food store*
<@DeathStar> *The cafeteria looks normal except the lighting is a bit New Trek now*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Man, its so dim and moody in here now."
<Seraphna> **Tenty gives them an evil looking menu with evil snacks**
<@DeathStar> *Cloe takes it slowly*
<Seraphna> **There’s things like Devil’s Food Cake and Dark Chocolste Cookies**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I sense a theme."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Chocolate?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well... dark colors."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Ohhh
<Seraphna> **And the most evil food of all, Pasta**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...what?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...what?"
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> I like pasta
<Jackieness> <Bella> "But what is so evil about pasta?"
<Seraphna> Nox> Delicious, tempting and makes you fat.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Never thought of it like that..."
<Seraphna> Nox> Plus the spaghetti is like little tendrils.
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> I-I don't want to get fat
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Get more exercise like I do, Cloe."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> But... *she rolls on her side like a cat*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I run. I do gymnastics. I lift weights."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Nya. Cloe feels like she is being told she is lazy
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I can help you to train."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe lifts up and then leaps up and begins to do gymnastic like moves on the table, balancing on her hand*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "There's that cat-like agility."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> *Waves hand*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Alright, we've had enough snacks."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe tags Bella* You're it
<@DeathStar> *She begins to run off*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *dashes after Cloe*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe dashes along the hallways, sliding under crew members and running along the sides of the hallways like a cat to leap around people*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *dashes down the hallway, parkouring around obstacles*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> eeeeee. *she leaps for the ceiling and tries to get into the vent, tail sticking down as she does*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *makes the jumpa nd goes to pull Cloe out*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe merowls and lands*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Gotcha."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe leaps up and wiggles to dust off* Bella quick
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Its my thing."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Cloe will have to get quicker then. *She gives a kick peck on the cheek and then stretches, and begins to jog around the ship, exploring the changes*
<@DeathStar> *Yuki meanwhile studies the ship change, looking in thought*

<DeathStar> *As the group is talking, the Aquarius arrives at the Academy and Sylph's head lifts up and suddenly, she begins to act like a possessed animal and begins to smash at the barrier as if to get out*
<DeathStar> *Lavenza literally falls off Nico's head*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette catches Lavenza with one arm, holding out the other hand to hold onto the barrier
<DeathStar> *Sylph begins to dig her fingernails into the barrier* <Ellie> Sylph!
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Hey, Host. We erased the data to get to Mother.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> You can stop being a bitch and let go of Sylph now.
<DeathStar> *Sylph pauses to look at Kaelan* <Sylph> ... .... Then I will have to rip it out of your #$#$# minds. *Fae gasps, never hearing Sylph curse before*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora Cryos her again**
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Such language parasites use these days.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...I don't think anyone rememebrs how to get there either."
<DeathStar> *Sylph begins to glow with a dark energy and begins to crumble the ice and digs her fingers into the barrier, slowly pulling it apart enough to pull herself through. Ellie and Fae begin to push her back in*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Oh, someone does. *she seems to be reaching for Origin and Verdant*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to re-enable the full contianment unit*
<DeathStar> *inky black stuff coming from her hands, dripping on Ellie and Fae as she tries to reach past them*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelsn slams a dark tendril into her and shoved her back**
<DeathStar> *Sylph is forced back for now*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora makes an apologetic sound as she freezes the gunk**
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ..... *paces about in the containment unit* <Sylph> You can't hold me forever. Let me go. And I will be nice
<DeathStar> *Ellie looks sad*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Shut up.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need a cure..."
<DeathStar> *Sylph leans in toward Lana* I want you to know
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I'm going to eat you first. I always liked the way you smelled like food
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> You are cornered and you will be cleansed. If you want to survive consider changing your arrogant tune, parasite.
<DeathStar> *Simon hits the mute button*
<DeathStar> <Simon> Well then. We should .... *he looks a little dizzy* I think we should... Pardon me. I think I need a little break after all that excitement
<@Seraphna> **Aurora makes sure Fae and Ellie are clean**
<DeathStar> *Fae thanks her* Am I going to go nuts now?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...do I smell like food?"
<@Seraphna> Aurora> I think I fish froze it before it could enter you.
<@Seraphna> **flash
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You smell like sweets, my dear
<DeathStar> *Simon steps away toward the landed Aquarius, cleaning his glasses*
<@Seraphna> Aurora> You two don’t have a core to infect either so it might be harder for her to take us new gens.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...really?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Sure
<DeathStar> *Lavenza looks a bit upset as she resettles*
<DeathStar> *Ellie turns to everyone and bows to them* I apologize for all this. If you need anything, I will help in any way
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan peers after Simon, then slips over to Avenir**
<DeathStar> <Avenir> .... Yes?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Did you bring them back or Azif?
<DeathStar> <Avenir> I wished to have them back and Miss Nyarl did it in return for watching over Azif.
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Well, in my words, I wished to have them back to help with the situation
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Chronos has finite power till she goes and he’s ummm… yeah. I guess she limited how long they’ll be here.
<DeathStar> <Avenir> But--but... I've made a private vow
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh? **toys with her hair**
<DeathStar> <Avenir> I'm going to get stronger. And I'm going to try to teach Azif to not be their book so whatever plan they have it isn't going to be the plan they think it will be
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> That’s my girl.
<DeathStar> *Aska and Shade seem to be examining the barrier and talking*
<DeathStar> <Shade> I wonder if it is time for Void to step up
<DeathStar> <Aska> Could we transfer this thing to Void? Or at the very least get the gunk to Void?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...I mean void as in the concept of a void with nothignness, like a dead universe... I don't know what would happen if you gat it near Void the spiirt."
<DeathStar> <Aska> The problem is we don't know of a dead universe
<DeathStar> *the two look at Azif*
<DeathStar> <Verdant> There is a possibility
<DeathStar> <Verdant> We know of one
<DeathStar> <Verdant> The problem is, even if I took you there, we don't know how to get it out of your Wind Spirit
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We do need to solve that part first."
<DeathStar> <Verdant> Very well. If you can solve that, I can take you to a dead unvirese
<DeathStar> *Ellie motions at Kaelan to follow her to the other room*
<DeathStar> *Azif listens to the talk, playing with their hands*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan follows**
<DeathStar> <Fae> I'm ... going to go find some stuff to help Kito bring mother back fully.
<DeathStar> *Fae seems more like she is retreating form the situation than anything and she zooms into the air*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Can we take Sylph to this dead universe and uh..
<DeathStar> <Gwen> I don't know, punch the thing out?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I wish
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If it were that easy, Sparkling would have fixed Sylph already."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Maybe hook her up to a giant milking out evil machine
<DeathStar> <Neekito> I-I have an idea. *she mumbles softly*
<DeathStar> <Neekito> But it's highly likely to kill her. So um, you might want to ask others
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We cna lay it on the table still...just in case..."
<DeathStar> <Neekito> You pulled the core out of her briefly and most of the Devourer left her until a new one was put in and whatever was hiding in her began to act up again
<DeathStar> <Neekito> You should um, go to the Void and take out her core and then wait until she is nearly faded away
<DeathStar> <Neekito> And keep monitoring to see if all of it has left her body
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...its...worth keeping in the back pocket..."
<DeathStar> *Ellie motions at Kaelan off tothe side all sims style*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You know
<DeathStar> <Gwen> If this thing is like the Devourer that eats everything
<DeathStar> <Gwen> It's a shame there isn't an opposite thing we could inject into it. Like a Fullness of everything
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...work looking into coutneracting its hunger..."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Right!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We have this big sample from the corrupted core to study, so I'll start that."
<DeathStar> <Gwen> And I'll help. By keeping you fed
<DeathStar> -TBC-

* Day changed to Monday, 14. Apr 2025
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.8.13
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *later into the night, early morning, the Devourer seemly has quit trying to escape, and a creey silence has befallen the empty academy when a meeting is called and everyone gathers into one of the empty classrooms. Simon stands by Lana for a presentation on their findings so far*
<DeathStar> *Selena slides into a seat, rubbing her face and looking exhausted and Neekito and Kito escort Ellie into the room, the latter still helping maintain her. All the spirits seem to also be present, though right now they quietly seem to be deferring to Aska and Shade*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....thank you for coming."
<DeathStar> <Simon> We've prepared everything people suggested, such as the core trap. *he adjusts his glasses.*
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans back in her chair beside Taiga while Asarar opens a bottle of booze*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But on to what we do know..." *displays a board* "...this 'Devourer' is neither vegetable, animal, nor mineral."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I was unaware that was a possibility
<DeathStar> *Origin leans in, looking fascinated, chirping*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> If it is a fruit, it's an angry one
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...good. Because is not. Ahem...basically, this entity has more in common with entities like the Crawling Chaos than with the Spirits that it has chosen to parasite."
<DeathStar> *Avenir turns her head and looks at Azif, who is stuffing her face with pie. She pauses, then looks around*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I figured that's why Gnarly is so interested in how this plays out. It's another entity like it."
<DeathStar> <Azif> If you ask me, a lot of you have the potential to become something akin to the Devourer.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...bear in midn that eldritch entities don't always like eahc other... anyway. It eats its unwilling hosts from the inside, driving them into a hunger frenzy in a form of self-preservation."
<DeathStar> <Simon> It literally infests their entire being and mind with this frenzied starvation
<DeathStar> <Simon> When we took the corrupted core out, it attempted to consume and take over whatever it could in the lab. To 'devour' as it were anything and everything it could touch, including the lab equipment studying it
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its probably why it picked spirits. Spirits cna absorb spirit energy directly to restore themselves. An infected human could go brain-eatting zombie-mode, but still rot away as normal. Not very useful to the Devourer."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I'm guessing that spirits can link up is plus too. <Taiga> We should make sure to keep Dragoons away from it
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Anywya, if it were unable to infect a host at all...it would likely turn on itself."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That's a big gamble you're making there
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You positive it'll eat itself?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Science is all about the theories
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I said 'likely' not 'definitely'. But...we won't know unless we try it."
<DeathStar> <Selena> So how do we manage to do this?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Simon, show them what we have."
<DeathStar> *Simon sets down - the spirit trap core.*
<DeathStar> *a red light begins to blink, indicating a disturbance at Lana's lab*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...it must be acting up again."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Great
<DeathStar> *She stands up*
<DeathStar> <Solar> If it breaks out, then we'll never catch it again
<Jackieness> <Lana> *heads back to her lab*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime frowns and teleports a bunch of them to the lab**
<DeathStar> *the lab alarms are going off; the barrier seems up still, but inside it there's a ton of damage done to the inside, with wreckage and stuff thrown everywhere, as if Sylph was trying to break out downward. Pieces of stuff is thrown everywhere, making the inside of the containment field looking like a mess, but there is no hole to the naked eye. Infact, a damaged looking Sylph lays on the ground, not moving*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette grabs the core so it doesn't get left behind, and heads for the lab
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh.... all sides are equally shielded. Digging won't work..."
<DeathStar> *Neekito and Kito move and kneel, trying to decide what happened while Ellie looks worried. Selena squints* <Selena> What happened here? <Zayne> It looks like she damaged herself trying to escape?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You better check the readings just to make sure that's true."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and runs some scans*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **frowns and peers about slowly**
<DeathStar> *the scans seem to indicate that the spirit energy coming from Sylph are terminally low compared to a normal spirit's levels should be as well as not giving off normal life signs right now, being as they are practically nill*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan pops in and frowns** Oh. Is it trying hostage negotiation now?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...she's dying. Its killing ehr form the inside."
<DeathStar> <Avenir> Nya?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Maybe."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette frowns as she ponders the scenario
<DeathStar> *Selena muses, eyeing the scene herself* This is off but I can't put my finger on it
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Scan for Host itself.
<DeathStar> <Selena> It throws a temper to try to get out, wrecks the room, it fails and it begins to kill Sylph?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I wouldn't bet on it having failed."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yeah this feels wrong. It screams trap.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Either it's out, or this is an ambush. But either way, we have to help Sylph."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'm not sure how to handle this. If we try to help her, it escapes. If we do nothing, it will consume what is left of Sylph to buy tiself as much time as it can."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It has to have made allowances for us not opening it.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *scans Sylph directly*
<DeathStar> *The scans begin to come up - in addition to the above information, oddly enough, the traces inside her of the Devourer are there, but are much more diluted compared to the earlier scans when she was completely infested.*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Did it spread out inside the device? You’re sure there is no breech?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its thinned out...either is beginning to starve, or it is up to soemthing." *does a scan for breaches*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette starts to prepare the circle she used to deal with the infection inside Prism
<DeathStar> *as Lana begins to scan the room, there appears to be no breaches, on either side, or even on the floor, despite the fact the floor has been torn up. But visually, way the floor has been ripped up in places, and the debris has been scattered all over the place, there are blind spots to hide from scans of the room - if you were very tiny*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I think its in there...setting up an ambush."
<DeathStar> <Verdant> Do we want to try the void idea still? Or the core trap idea still?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hmmm… **she starts forming a crystal shell around the barrier**
<DeathStar> *Selena kneels by Nicolette as she works*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Attempting to show power dominance, my love?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> *to Lana* Do we go in and grab Sylph or leave them in there to rot?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Figure if there are cracks she can deal with a new wall.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "What I had wanted to, was to create a 'soulless' spirit for it to inhabit, so we could just deal with this head on, instead of this scrambling battle for position."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Sadly, we don't have time to put that into play..."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We have a solution that ends this. Just saying.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If we could clear the debris, then it would have no where to hide itself. Then we might have a chance to get sylph out with the main mass still cotnained."
<DeathStar> *Selena thinks* A soulless spirit. Hm
<DeathStar> *Zayne makes a tch sound* Alright I'm going in. Keep an eye on me
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We all know this is a trap, so it should be easy to spring it and do our trap
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...ok."
<@Seraphna> **Aurora readies a cryo attack**
<DeathStar> *Zayne steps by the door motioning Lana to let her her in when she's ready*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *raises her hands to weave* "Ready."
<DeathStar> *Zayne steps inside and walks along the debris to Sylph and kneels, then makes an face as she touches her*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> This is useless.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It is a proxy
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Whaaaaaaat?!"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...then...Sylph may have shrunk herself..."
<DeathStar> *Zayne looks around the room*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime frowns and seals the way out**
<@Seraphna> **Aurora chills the room**
<DeathStar> *the proxy crumles instantly in Zayne's hands*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts to weave, trying to create a detection spell to fidn the real Sylph."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Come out Host. You’re not leaving.
<DeathStar> *Lana gets a hit this time - it appears to be on Zayne's person*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora blinks and Cryos Zayne and the area around her**
<DeathStar> *Zayne grunts*
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Sorry Zayne.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Something tells me she will not forget that
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Find the Sylphicle.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Zayne, its on you."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Is it safe to bring Zayne outside to Nicolette?
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Can slide her over.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If you keep her frozen long enough to find sylph."
<@Seraphna> **Aurora maintains her ice**
<DeathStar> *Simon seems to be studying something, running a scan*
<DeathStar> <Simon> It seems we have no choice. The ice is making it hard to locate this Devourer
<DeathStar> <Simon> We'll have to search the old fashion way. With our eyes
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Well...ahhh...everyone...pick a side of Zayne and start looking."
<@Seraphna> **Aurora glaciers the Zaynecube over, only not at a glacier pace**
<DeathStar> *Kito and Neekito begin to look over Zayne, while Ellie searches as well* <Asarar> Are we really doing this?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...do you want to prevent the end of KGeyze and Kumen?"
<DeathStar> *Asarar shakes her head and begins to examine*
<DeathStar> *Gwen refuses to look*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *pulls out a comb and starts brushign through Zayne's hair like she's looking for lice*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette keeps focused on the barrier, just in case
<DeathStar> *Zayne, once she has melted enough to speak* ... ..... I won't forget this
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan has tendrils search**
<@Seraphna> Aurora> How cool it was?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...blame the Devourer."
<DeathStar> Zayne> .... was that a pun?
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Maybe.,
<DeathStar> *the group would eventually find what looks like a Sylph shaped object hiding - under Zayne's school like uniform from the back, the fairy like spirit having been slipping in there*
<DeathStar> *and it looks like Sylph is slowly glowing and melting free*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...there...she's trying to free herself."
<DeathStar> *black gunk, frozen, was already attempting to be spread to Zayne when she was flash frozen*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes to get some tweezers*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora refreezes the gunk**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It appears she planned to spread the hunger to Zayne and have them both walk out like nothing happened.
<DeathStar> *Sylph begins to strain, then busts free as Lana returns*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to tweezer Sylph*
<DeathStar> *the tiny little spirit beginning to pull herself free from the ice when Lana tweezers her*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Aurora, freeze the tip before its too late."
<@Seraphna> **Aurora freezes it**
<DeathStar> <Sylph> .... *a wind vortex begins to form and the ice flows back toward Aurora*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I promised to eat you, didn't I
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!" *waves ther tweezers a bit to try to break Sylph's concentration*
<DeathStar> *Sylph makes noises as she's waved around*
<DeathStar> *she begins to grow into her true size to break free*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "She's breakign free!"
<DeathStar> *Gwen rushes up and swings ---- a lab microscope into her head*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ... *turns to stare*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora freezes her again**
<DeathStar> *Sylph makes a noise of anger and turns to Aurora when Simon thrusts his ice relic spear into Sylph's side and she falls to her knees, the ice tip caught in her side*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora expands the freeze through the relic**
<DeathStar> <Devourer> ...this... stupid body.... *Sylph begins to freeze and begins to crawl, then stops moving*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...finally...she's stopped..."
<DeathStar> *Aska and Shade kneel, having been observing* <Shade> .... but has she stopped for good
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Put her back in the device.
<DeathStar> <Selena> We brougth her out for a reason
<DeathStar> <Selena> We can't keep locking Sylph up forever.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I think I know the answer to an empty spirit if we want to try it.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We manufacture one.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Pardon? *She picks her glasses up from the ground*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A specifically parameters ship spirit.
<@Seraphna> *parametered
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It will have a body but no offensive capability.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And sue the trap core to move Devourer into the body?"
<DeathStar> *Simon falls into his seat, listening to them. Chronos sitting on his lap*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime nods**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Use the core for the body, and don't give it any other options to jump to."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You want to put the Devourer into a ship
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A Ship Spirit for a gutted ship.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We already know you can ground a ship spirit.
<DeathStar> *Taiga cleans her glasses to give them time* We don't have time to construct one. There is only one ship that can be used
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Does an artificial spirit need to be a ship spirit?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "It shouldn't."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> And does it need to have a ship?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> To my understanding Cam’dee was shipless for a decade before Thena took her in.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> You are the one thinking up on the fly.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes, I am.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Cam'dee was nearly insane due to not having a ship/direction from what I read, after being knocked out of the Aquarius
<DeathStar> <Taiga> But--
<MobileAri> <Nicoeltte> "Sanity isn't a big concern here."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Artifical spirits and I've made many
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...this thing is already insane."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Do not have to be tied to ships.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Can you make one it can’t use to kill people?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> They simply have to be tied to sources of spirit energy. However, they become weaker if there is other true spirits around and more artifical spirts in the space
<DeathStar> <Taiga> And it makes their existence .... unbalanced
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am hearing pros, not cons.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> My fear though is we're putting this hungry being in an area where it might become the apex predator
<@Seraphna> Jaime> You just described the opposite of that… what am I missing?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> This Devourer is a consuming being. What if, despite what you try to make it become, decides to try to consume the spirit energy it's attached to
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Tie it to something akin to life support? Limit what it can take?
<DeathStar> *Taiga rubs face and thinks* You all ask a lot. It'd be easier to try to attach it to a machine with no purpose or a ship
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Make a coffee maker spirit or something then?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> An apex predator coffee machine?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Do we have.... a spirit tech coffee machine?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You think we go without coffee because we use spirit tech?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...this conversation has gotten weird."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I. half of Geyze was hyped up on various plants to be honest
<DeathStar> *fifgured
<@Seraphna> Talia> I have a spirit tech toy boat in my office.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> ... *eyes Talia oddly*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Give me the coffee machine and the boat.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll bring out the tech I used to make artifiall spirits
<@Seraphna> **Talia heads out to get it** Was party of my great Crab War preps.
<DeathStar> *Taiga goes to get the stuff ready from the Aquarius*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Do you think this really work though? How do we get it to jump completely from Sylph to a coffee machine
<DeathStar> <Selena> Didn't part of it still linger inside her after the core was removed
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I don't know..."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Mmm. You all wanted to try alternate solutions.
<DeathStar> <Simon> There might be a solution.
<DeathStar> <Simon> But it will not be a pretty one
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "What'cha thinking, Simon?"
<DeathStar> <Simon> Let me first walk through this plan of ours to make sure I understand it
<DeathStar> <Simon> We are going to use the trap core to try to lure it inside of it, in which Taiga will use this core to make an arficial spirit coffee maker or boat.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "It really just needs to be an inanimate spirit vessel."
<DeathStar> <Simon> Very well. We need to also be sure to get ris of the corrupted core back in the lab and inside Sylph right now after we do this, or else this will be for naught.
<DeathStar> <Simon> As the Devourer will be able to use them to try to spread itself. Keep that in mind
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Yes...I suggested using a perfect void as a garbage dump for this thing..."
<DeathStar> <Verdant> I can handle that
<DeathStar> <Simon> But, as for whatever will remain inside of Sylph after we remove the currrent core, we need to allow Sylph to be pushed to the brink of fading away. If we put a new core in her before all of the corruption inside of her vanishes, this process will just begin again and again.
<DeathStar> <Simon> I know this will sound cruel, but..
<DeathStar> *Taiga returns and begins to set up her equipment*
<DeathStar> *a bonafide coffeemaker*
<DeathStar> *Melodie, Aimee, and Mireille are present as well*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Lana - Nicolette. Who has the trap core?
<MobileAri> * Nicolette hands over the core
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...its not too disimilar to the plan about using my spirit energy extractor to split Sylph from her spirit energy to try to starve the thing..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I managed to get the residual out of prism before. I'll try to do it again with Sylph, after it's moved out."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Without a core like one made with Ellie, we have to treat the near drain to zero plan as our only option.
<DeathStar> *Taiga studies it and synchs it with her equipment and then fiddles with the coffee maker* Okay. Here's what we need to do. *Prismatic and Solar move to guard Nicolette before Taiga even speaks* <Taiga> We have to unfreeze Sylph
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Any other core is simply too weak to resist Host.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> And then someone has to yank out the corrupted core and put the trap core inside
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Nico, the sore trap please."
<Jackieness> core
<DeathStar> <Asarar> You know the second we unfreeze her she's going to go wild
<MobileAri> * Nicolette gives the trap to Lana, and focuses on strengthening her purging circle
<DeathStar> *Solar and Origin work on lending Nicolette their strength*
<DeathStar> *Zayne meanwhile has finally gotten free and shakes water off*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves over to Sylph* "Ok..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Aurora - unfreze
<DeathStar> *Yuki joins Taiga in getting ready*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora snaps and the ice turns into a weak snow Sylph**
<DeathStar> *Sylph sits up, and around her an aura of evil begins to form*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Simon, now."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Solar, I'm going to want you to disinfect this thing with the power of an angry sun. Blowing myself up seems irresponsible right now."
<DeathStar> *Simon twists the ice relic to make Sylph hunch over in pain, blood actually oozing from the wound as he begins to use a ice hand to weaken her as he begins to transfer the corrupted core out into safety magical jar to seal. Solar meanwhile begins to hold her hand out to do so, firing it down at the area where the core has been removed*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ....*holds out her hand and oddly seems ot be preparing to launch the corruption inside her out and about the area*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *coutns quietly to herself and then moves to implant the trap core*
<DeathStar> *Sylph stiffens and jerks; Chronos then kneels with Avenir and they begin to use their time powers - not to slow down anything but speed things up inside Sylph's body*
<DeathStar> *Simon moves to carry the corrupted jar to the lab*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette activates the circle to summon the corruption left behind in Sylph's body
<DeathStar> <Sylph> I will.... Not be..... *Taiga begins to activate the stuff on her end*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *prepares to trigger the core trap* "Ready."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A bitch? That would be nice.
<DeathStar> *Sylph sweats, looking ill like someone who has been in bed for weeks, looking faded* <Sylph> I ...
<DeathStar> *the black lines appear all over her body and they seem to be running along them, as if they are being sweated out*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> For a survivor you chose poorly.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Sylph is....
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Tired
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I know dear…
<DeathStar> *Ellie kneels and takes Sylph's hand and squeezes it while Taiga thumbs up at Lana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *hits the trigger for the trap*
<DeathStar> *up in the sky, a storm semes to be picking up all around them, and the wind is picking up drastically. Fae looks around*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...clear!"
<DeathStar> *Taiga begins to work on the transfer* It's transferring. It's working. ... *She eyes the storm* I'm not sure why the weather is getting bad when she should be clear
<DeathStar> *even as Taiga says that, a piece of the school is ripped right off and is flung their way, almost hitting the equipment*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime shields them**
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I would say she kept a proxy.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Aghhhh..eldritch forces always twist nature around when pushed into a corner."
<DeathStar> *Sylph makes a raspy sound; it looks like Sylph is clear of the infection, but she'd still fading*
<DeathStar> *around hurricane levels of wind are blowing and even Sasha's pyramid is moving*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> She needs a new core now.
<DeathStar> <Aska> ... *forms a light shield to help out*
<DeathStar> <Aska> Instead of growing weaker, she is growing stronger
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We call that desperation.
<DeathStar> *Fae tries to counteract*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette tosses Jaime one of the cores she was gifted, and keeps on hand for emergancy
<DeathStar> *Aska makes a nice when one of the winds breaks her shield and Jaime's begins to crack*
<DeathStar> *right above them a tornado is forming and Salamander grunts and Gnome forms an earth dome*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lana.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh?!"
<@Seraphna> **Jaime moves over to give Sylph the core**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to perform the core swap*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I-- *she pauses as Sylph begins to look more solid with the core and finally outside the howling storm stops, right as the tornado lifts the dome up off their head*
<DeathStar> *the trap core glows maliciously*
<DeathStar> *and beside them the coffee maker is constantly making hot coffee in anger almost*
<DeathStar> *scalding hot coffee*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...done."
<@Seraphna> Talia> Evil coffee.
<@Seraphna> Talia> Is too bad we didn’t use the boat. She could be the little captain.
<DeathStar> *all around them the academy looks to be a mess*
<DeathStar> *Sylph pants and looks like a sweaty mess. Prismatic kneels and checks her over* <Prismatic> She seems okay
<DeathStar> <Ellie> Thank goodness
<DeathStar> *Simon hurries up with the two corrupted cores in sealed containers* <Simon> Here. *he hands them to Lana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...now with its consciousness separated from this mass, we can dispose of it."
<DeathStar> <Verdant> I'll deal with these in that void location you wanted, Miss Azarra
<DeathStar> <Verdant> As I said before, I know of a location
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ok. Be careful though."
<DeathStar> *Verdant takes them* <Verdant> I'll take them to the void of the previous timeline that was destroyed - after all, I technically belong there myself. The other me should be the only one in this timeline
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Ah paradoxes.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "H-hey! We went through a lot of work to avoid any self sacrifice!"
<DeathStar> *Verdant rubs her cheek* I wouldn't want to have those Cleaners giving you a hard time by having me around though. I technically did slay them all.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But if you're there, there is a chance that it could escape and infect you again..."
<DeathStar> <Verdant> I suppose that is true.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Drop that thing off at the end of the universe, and come back, okay?"
<DeathStar> *Verdant studies Nicolette, then bows her head* Alright. I will come back. *The green haired teen gives a smile and vanishes with it*
<DeathStar> <Chronos> I think Simon and I will be saying our goodbyes as well. We'll be taking Avenir with us on a little trip, but -- we will not be coming back
<DeathStar> <Chronos> Well, Avenir will
<DeathStar> *she places a hand on her head*
<DeathStar> *Azif hurries up to Avenir's side, holding what looks to be snacks*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You were only gifted a short reprise, I take it?"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan walks over to them** Avenir will be well taken care of.
<DeathStar> <Chronos> Yes. Avenir's wish was to aid in the crisis at hand. So we were granted a limited among of power and it's nearly spent. So with what little energy is left, I felt I'd spend in seeing the world and helping Avenir stand on her own two feet
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But...you only just got back..."
<DeathStar> *Chronos studies Kaelan a moment, then looks at Lana* Would you like Simon to remain by your side until the time limit is up? *smirks knowingly* You two seem to have a connection
<DeathStar> *Gwen grunts*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette nods... and then hugs Chronos, "Thanks for everything."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I mean... he's like my mentor...it makes it sound kind of sus when you put it like that..." *twiddles her fingers*
<DeathStar> *Chronos hugs Nicolette back* It is always good to see you again, Nicolette. And for helping out with Avenir. *peers at Kaelan* And I suppose you as well
<DeathStar> *Simon nods to Lana* I do not mind staying around and seeing how things have progressed since last time.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ok...I just don't want to keep you if you really want to do something else..."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> It won’t stop~
<DeathStar> *Simon waves a hand* Besides, it would appear we have a lot of work to do here. *He notes at the state of the academy*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...yes...this happens."
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.9.17 - more than a month later
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *The Mew Mew and the Aquarius have both returned to Kumen and the Academy is still under repair, so classes have only been opened in a limited capacity. However, Shion notes with some interest Spirit related classes are way, way down to previous years and there has been more anti-spirit talk compared to any other year in known history*
<DeathStar> *Sylph has been keeping to herself in her house and Ellie has not been seen much lately, with Kito and Neekito being mum on the subject, both returning back to the castle. Simon is still working with Lana on subjects and seems to be looking into the island thing that Chronos brought up*
<DeathStar> *Lumi sits with her Thena, looking over the Peacemaker information* I need to talk to Sasha about something
<DeathStar> *Alouette eyes a note regarding her classes, sitting out in the open*
<DeathStar> <Shion> Lana.
<DeathStar> *Simon
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<@Seraphna> Thena> Oh?
<DeathStar> <Simon> I believe I have found something that might interest you. *he spreads out information* The Geyze world map doesn't contain many of the islands to the north and west; as you know, we used one of the islands in the past to house the time machine due to its unique properties.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I remember, yes."
<DeathStar> <Simon> I been comparing the islands to the north - at least the ones we managed to map so far. There are many still undiscoverd. *he brings up the Counter Geyze Map and overlays them, which shows where there are only islands for our Geyze, there's a massive land mass on their world.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "So perhaps something like Atlantis..."
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I think it's time we move the Peacemaker HQ - that way the Academy has a better chance at being a true school. I already submitted the idea to Rain to give to Sasha.
<DeathStar> <Lumi> I'll be scouting a location for us to move to soon
<DeathStar> <Simon> I know you are looking for answers regarding Samson. It might be either on our world's islands, or this landmass. Did you want to try to put together a team to look into it?
<@Seraphna> Thena> Someplace with a nice garden.
<@Seraphna> Thena> Puppy friendly. **she smiles**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "As explained, soemthign altered the origin of this reality, changing the nature of the spirits and the fate of Earth. Samson is the key to the answers...I'm positive."
<DeathStar> <Simon> Then we should take a look
<@Seraphna> **Terra has been working on a counter campaign to the because sentiments, having been moving around Geyze a lot to restore fruit to the land.**
<DeathStar> *Lumi nods and smiles, a slight ear twitch under her long hair*
<DeathStar> <Lumi> We'll find the perfect spot for the new HQ
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'll oput in to get an expedition assembled."
<DeathStar> *at Luci's bar, a presence enters as the bar bells jingle jangle; the bar is now connected to the casino up on Kumen*
<@Seraphna> Luci> Yo.
<DeathStar> *an older more busty looking Ren like figure enters, though the aura she's giving off is anything but Ren. Her yellow eyes almost glow as she moves for the counter and sits, slowly reaching for the menu*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Greetings. *they eye the menu* The special
<@Seraphna> **Luci cleans a glass with a dirty rag in the finest traditions of bartenders** Familiar or Fox special?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I am not pa-tic-u-lar. *they drag the word out, then peer at the evil coffee maker, who is making angry coffee on it's own*
<@Seraphna> Luci> Fox then. The Familiar gas contraband.
<@Seraphna> **Luci whistles to the back where some tiger is cooking**
<DeathStar> <Ren> You should destroy that.
<@Seraphna> Luci> We don’t want it getting free to make angrier Espresso.
<DeathStar> <Ren> If you want, I will hand-le it.
<@Seraphna> Luci> I feel like this is a weird crossover.
<DeathStar> *Ren stares blankly*
<@Seraphna> **Luci serves her the Kitsune Udon with sacred salt seasoning**
<DeathStar> *Ren eats it and seems fine* Hm. May I ask you a question. A month ago; was a servant of Nyarlathotep here?
<@Seraphna> Luci> The book? Yeah.
<@Seraphna> Luci> Bold of you to use the whole name like that.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I see. It was here. *Ren somehow manages to finish their food in almost record time, then sets down what looks to be ancient and expensive coin* I thank you for your honesty.
<@Seraphna> Luci> No problem Not-Ren.
<DeathStar> *Ren turns to go* You may call me Nodens. I will likely be back. *Ren slips out of the cafe and into the academy proper and out of sight*
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.10.3
<DeathStar> Location: The Academy
<DeathStar> *The Peacemakers have indeed begun to pack up and move out of the academy; large amounts of flying carriages have lined up to move their material out of the school, but at the same time Simon and Lana's our expedition has begun to prepare to set off*
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You really want to go explore some uknown island?
<DeathStar> *Zayne leans back in the carriage, watching the Peacemakers pack up silently*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Do you want to explore a known island?"
<DeathStar> <Gwen> True, that does sound boring
<DeathStar> <Gwen> Should we bring along any of the spirits?
<@Seraphna> Talia> Hmmm, a water spirit would help.
<DeathStar> *Selena glances up at Sylph remaining in her house*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Though Alt has gotten possessive of her auntie Brooke.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I guess it can't hurt.
<@Seraphna> Talia> Sylph too.
<DeathStar> <Gwen> You want to go up there and knock on the door?
<@Seraphna> Talia> We’ll tie Ellie to the mast so she follows.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I'll contact Brooke while you do it
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...a water spoirit would be a great idea."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...and yeah...Sylph needs to get some...ahhh...air."
<DeathStar> *Selena some water to reach out to Brooke; after some talking, Brooke agrees to come and arrives on the scene.* <Brooke> Ah, hi! Sorry, I been busy. Shinobu and Alita have been getting everything ready for their marriage and asked me to help out.
<DeathStar> <Brooke> I was thinking of having Shade and the twins bridesmaid outfits
<@Seraphna> Talia> Alt let you go huh? **she giggles**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We are organizing an expedition to explore the unknown islands of the northern sea."
<@Seraphna> **Talia hops up to the door and knocks** Sylllph!
<DeathStar> <Brooke> The northern sea has a lot of secrets. *she looks serious* Aska once said before her time there was maps that showed Geyze having ancient kingdoms and land that we no longer see on our maps
<DeathStar> *Sylph opens the door; if she were a male spirit, she'd look like she would have a beard* <Sylph> ...?
<DeathStar> *her hair is a complete mess and it looks like she's been laying around in bed all day*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Adventure time.
<DeathStar> <Sylph> Haaaa? *she attempts to get her leaf clothes in place before stepping outside into the sunlight, her greenish blonde hair sticking all over the place as she is dragged to the carriage*
<@Seraphna> **Talia pats her and fixes her hair like a cat mom**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "There are signs on Counter Geyze of sucha northern landmass, so there must be a lost continent on our geyze."
<DeathStar> *Simon has the carriage fly northward, over the lands; as they fly northward, they soon begin to reach the northern area of the Legion/Amazon lands and then begin to head over the ocean*
<DeathStar> *Gwen peers down as they fly* I wonder if there is any good fishing to be had
<@Seraphna> Talia> There better bes.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> .... *looks tempted to use Gwen as a fish*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Gwen will catch me the biggest fish.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... counter geyze has traditionally... differed from our Geyze."
<DeathStar> *Gwen nods and begins to throw his line over the edge of the carriage*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And I am hoping it provides a clue to Samson's fate, as well as how reality was changed to re-write the fate of Earth."
<DeathStar> <Simon> Going over the history of Counter Geyze
<DeathStar> <Simon> And Geyze and Kumen in general
<DeathStar> *Simon brings up Geyze and Kumen on a view screen, getting excited*
<DeathStar> <Simon> If you look at the map, the land masses of Kumen and Geyze are opposites of each other. As if they were once one world, which is an impossibility of course. And we've seen signs that the spirit world does connect the two. *mumbles* And now we've learned that it connects to this Mother world as well. But I regress. This Counter Geyze seems to now incorporate land masses of both Geyze and Kumen, but it also contain landmasses unknown to either one
<@Seraphna> **Aurora appears on Simon's lap**
<DeathStar> *he blinks, glancing down*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "So the hypothesis is that the missing landmasses are under the sea, like the Keeper facility in the south sea."
<DeathStar> *the group soon begins to fly over mini islands*
<DeathStar> *Brooke hangs over the side as they fly over the islands and then speaks up* There's something big underneath us
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Hi.
<DeathStar> <Simon> Hello there
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The continent?!"
<DeathStar> <Brooke> One moment
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Auntie says you're a good ice hero.
<DeathStar> *She leaps over the edge and into the water*
<DeathStar> <Simon> I'm no hero
<DeathStar> *Brooke lifts her head up* Um.
<DeathStar> <Brooke> We might want to leave this alone
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh? What is it?"
<DeathStar> <Brooke> Um, I don't know what is Croza or what is Keeper, but ... *She sticks her head under the water then back up* Massive under water complex that runs the length of the entire ocean floor. *She points north, then all the way to the islands* Past them.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?! This is big!"
<@Seraphna> Talia> Secret underwater dungeon!
<DeathStar> <Zayne> This sounds like a headache
<DeathStar> <Simon> Do we want to see if we can enter them?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Was it built under water, or submerged afterwards?"
<DeathStar> *Brooke studies* I think afterward. It looks way too big to have been built under the water. Unless the Keeper were fishpeople
<DeathStar> <Sylph> ... *muses, looking more serious*
<DeathStar> <Sylph> If Brooke wants to bubble you, I could use my powers to push you along
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The last facility we found was also underwater."
<DeathStar> <Selena> So we thinking fish people?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The keepers were definitely not fish people."
<DeathStar> *Brooke climbs up into the carriage, then begins to bubble everyone* Well lets have you all take a look
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They simply had an advanced construction technology."
<DeathStar> <Zayne> It didn't help them from having it sink
<DeathStar> <Simon> I think they might have sunk it on purpose
<DeathStar> *He slides into the water*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well, let's take a look." She hops out into the ocean as if it's the most casual thing to do.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "It depends on when it was built versus when this landmass disappeared. We could be finding an entire lost history of geyze and Kumen!"
<DeathStar> *down below, indeed the entire ocean floor is a massive structure. One can see where the Croza get it from; it looks pyramid like, but it's flatter and stretches for miles and miles, with some sort of pedastal on the top for something to be placed, but now it is empty. It looks like whatever was meant to be placed there was huge once. The structure looks to be aimed almost back in the direction of the Legion/Amazon southward, but the entrance is aimed westward, back further into the ocean. The entrance, located near the top, is opened, allowing easy acess. Below the massive structure is what looks to have once been a village of sorts, with smaller buildings located at the base and are scattered all about, but many are weathered down and are almost all gone.*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> What is this. *She speaks in the bubble*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "This is could be more significant than the Kepper facilities we saw on the Outer Spirit world."
<DeathStar> *Sylph pulls them along with the wind*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, this was definitely a megaproject."
<DeathStar> <Simon> If this is where they were located while seeding the place, it could explain it.
<DeathStar> <Brooke> Should we head inside or check out the buildings?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We should survey the buildings first before heading inside."
<DeathStar> *Sylph takes them down; inside the buildings most of them empty, but inside the group finds some stuff having survived; what looks to be ancient belongings pre-dating 12,000 years. Surprisingly, they look neither Keeper, Croza, or like the people of the time period. And they don't even look that all badly made. The material is well made - a sword that somehow has withstood the ocean and is still sharp*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *takes some notes as they explore*
<DeathStar> *what looks to be a strange contraption that looks almost like a device shaped a like a shell with strange gems inside*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Huh... are these native Geyze structures?"
<DeathStar> *those magic sensitive would get magic aura from a lot of the items*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I wonder. *she studies some of them* It is a shame they seem incapable of working and revealing what they do
<DeathStar> *Simon looks fascinated, gathering the objects in a bag*
<DeathStar> <Simon> A lot of houses seem to have the shells in them
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'm feeling an effect on local mana fields."
<DeathStar> <Brooke> Almost everything that has survived has a magic field. The swords, objects with mirorrs
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, definitely a magic centric civilization. Might even have been fish people after all."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I-I was kidding
<@Seraphna> Talia> I knew this day would come.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> So what, our Keepers built their place next to ancient magic Geyze people
<DeathStar> <Selena> Well if we recall, Geyze does have ancient magic relics that seemed to regulate the planet
<Jackieness> <Lana> "This is probably evidence of the original Geyze civilizartion... as in a pre-spirit civilization."
<DeathStar> <Sylph> How old do you think they are? Did we push them out?
<DeathStar> *she sounds depressed*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Something tells me this isn't something we can explore in just a day.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Right. We need to learn more... but this is alreayd very exciting."
<DeathStar> <Brooke> You want me to bring you back to the boat?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh..yes. We need to plan before we cna even think about going inside."
<DeathStar> *Brooke takes everyone back up to the carriage and frees them from the bubble; Simon places inside*
<DeathStar> *the objects
<DeathStar> <Selena> I guess you will be doing that date thing to see how old these are
<DeathStar> *Zayne picks up to two of the shells with the magic gems inside; they both look almost exactly the same*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...yes. My suspicion is that its a communication device."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I wonder if we can get it to work
<DeathStar> *Sylph thinks a moment then uses her wind power to mark the location so they can come back*
<DeathStar> *planting two trees in an x spot*
<DeathStar> -TBC-
* Seraphna sets mode: +o DeathStar
* DeathStar changes topic to: Geyze: Record of Spirit War | Mondays | 7:15 -  7:30 PM to 10:15 pm  to 10:30 PM | Records Complete |  TBA | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze/index.php - | | Geyze 2 TBA

<@DeathStar> -Minis Are Open-
<@DeathStar> *Simon looks over the objects they retrieved*
<@DeathStar> <Simon> It appears that the two shells are indeed communicators
<@DeathStar> <Simon> This would indicate that the people of this time period were more advanced and must have lost that at some point
<@DeathStar> <Simon> There is no hint of Keeper tech, so the Keepers must have built their stucture next to the people of Geyze. The two structures are different