The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 92

* Day changed to Monday, 3. Feb 2025
<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-661.7.25
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Yuki and Ben, along with Taiga seem to be routing equipment and data from Yoiyami's ship to the Aquarius*
<DeathStar> *Cloe and Bonnie standing there watching*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *stands guard as well*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Okay, I think we've goten everything important from Yoiyami's ship. We can have the two ships split off now and have her ship stand by
<DeathStar> <Taiga> We'll leave her ship off to the side and monitor the situation; it'd be a bad idea to have them both together from this point on
<DeathStar> <Taiga> It's not equipped for battle on the scale of the Aquraius. <Yuki> And we lost against them last time we went against them
<Jackieness> <Bella> "They outright stole the Aquarius."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll work with Mireille to pull out some of the ... safeties on the ship to allow it to go past it limits
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Problem is that the safeties are there for a reason
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Like explodey reasons?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Exactly and the ship was already broken and put together by them. So lets hope we don't need to push it past what it was designed for
<DeathStar> *back
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Come on, Cloe. This is above our paygrade."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> If you are planning to go out
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Selena is preparing something. You should go see her
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Aye-aye." *heads out*
<DeathStar> *Cloe trots after Bella, humming, with Bonnie following them, sporting what looks to be a Aquarius uniform*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So did you officially sign on, Miss Bonnie?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Oh, the uniform. My clothes were in ruins by the end of this, so I borrowed a uniform. *Referring to her usual suit attire* I don't know when I will have time to get new ones
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah...not in the mood to go shopping right now."
<DeathStar> *they arrive in the meeting room; Asarar is leaning on the wall and even her clothes have seen better days. One would barely know that what she is wearing was once her beloved trench coat and suit clothing judging by the ruined outfit she sports right now. Selena herself seems to be doing just fine, looking over the map of Geyze and Kumen, with Zayne by her side*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *is leanign against the wall next to Asarar*
<DeathStar> *Cloe and Bonnie take seats*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *sits near her parents*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright everyone. We were debating what we try to do while everyone is gathering data
<DeathStar> <Selena> Geyze seems to have changed a lot, while Kumen looks fairly the same - at least looking at it from the outside. But there is also sites we could investigate on Geyze that might give us more information before we check out the Visage Tower like the Academy or our other allies - Kalam, the Magi Tower, and so on.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Do we have any ideas where we'd like to investigate first?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh..the obvious choice would be the Academy site."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Always that spot
<DeathStar> *Selena nods* Who all wishes to join us in looking over the area?
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I'll go. You'll need someone with eyes to examine everything
<Jackieness> <Kira> "I'll go too."
<DeathStar> *Bonnie motions and Cloe twirls.*
<DeathStar> *Cloe prances toward the shuttle bay and hops into a shuttle that looks like it still works*
<DeathStar> <Cloe> I'll fly!
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Wait for me." *heads after Cloe*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...looks like this just became a family outing."
<DeathStar> *Selena and Zayne follow along behind them* <Asarar> It'll be nice, after all this time.
<DeathStar> *Cloe powers it up, having Bella take co-pilot seat*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *gets into the seat and starts the pre-flight checks*
<DeathStar> *outside some minor damage to the shuttle's structure that is within parameters everything checks out as the others take their seats. Zayne leans to peer at them* <Zayne> Are they sisters? *Bonnie relaxes, preparing for a cat nap*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Ready for launch."
<DeathStar> *Cloe takes off and heads for Geyze, having fun as she spins them and loops down there*
<DeathStar> *Selena looks a little dizzy while Zayne shakes her head* <Zayne> If they are they do not act it
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Cloe, easy on the control. We're trying to avoid attention."
<DeathStar> *Cloe steadies them and flies under the radar and lands outside the academy; all around the ground looks torn up by attacks*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Place looks like it was hit ahrd."
<DeathStar> *As they land; he ground looks like it as hit by huge beams of all sorts of elements, areas looking like they wee simply chopped away, areas look like they were carved out with massive areas of wind attacks as far as the eye can see*
<DeathStar> *Asarar muses and walks along*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...man..."
<DeathStar> *Asarar muses, studying it all* A lot of wind damage. I didn't think they had a wind spirit among them. Host?
<DeathStar> <Zayne> We don't know most of their powers annoyingly
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Doesn't mean we spotted all of them while we were there."
<DeathStar> *Selena walks toward the academy proper; as they near it, it looks to have been rebuilt, judging by near structures are in place and the pyramid ones are no longer present. Students are seen moving about, but the number of them are much less than what was present day Geyze*
<DeathStar> <Cloe> You think Avenir can get us back to our time?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I hope so...we can't let them win this one."
<DeathStar> *Asarar holds up her binoculars; the teachers and faculity do not look like anyone they recognize and the Peacekeepers do not seem to be located at the school any longer*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Is it worth questioning anyone here?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Too risky. We don't know where anyone's loyalties lie."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Want me to sneak around and see what is up?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Scout it out."
<DeathStar> *Bonnie poofs*
<DeathStar> <Selena> You guys have an ideas on what we should do next. *she kneels, observing the students* Everyone looks okay, if low energy
<DeathStar> *referring to the students being not energegic and normal like in the past*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "The Academy was evidently leveled and rebuilt. We cna't use our summer pyramid to camp out."
<DeathStar> *Asarar thinks* What sorrt of battle happened here. <Zayne> If I had to guess by the damage left behind, it was a massive one. It would be nice if we could find one of our allies
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Why hit the Academy though?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> ..... While Bonnie scouts, follow me
<DeathStar> *she heads back to the shuttle*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *does so as does Bella*
<DeathStar> *Cloe hurries along while Zayne trots after. Selena whispers into Cloe's ear and hops into the pilot seat, powering up*
<DeathStar> *the shuttle heads toward the mountain region, but oddly there is no snow*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Wasn't this place supposed to be cold all the time?"
<DeathStar> *they soon approach where the monestary, but all that is left is a crater in the middle of a mountain in mildly cool weather* <Selena> .... this isn't what I was hoping for
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Yes. It snows all year long here
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...nothign left."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Lets try the Magi Tower, Cloe.
<DeathStar> *Cloe begins to turn them around and heads that way; they soon approach the Tower and what looks to be a flourishing community as Cloe lands them outside it* <Cloe> Magic seems to be doing well right now
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So spirits down, magic up?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> It seems that way. *She steps out of the shuttle and looks around. Cloe frowns and Zayne shrugs* <Zayne> So why are we here. <Selena> We leaders all agreed to chronicle our history and events in a recorder in the event of something ever happened for future generations. We've seen how things play out; I'm hoping someone did it. But if we can't reach the Kingdom's recoder it's pointless
<DeathStar> <Selena> My recoder is unreachable right now
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Was this recorder in your castle?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Under it; if one of the ancient teleporters like the one in the Magi Tower worked, we might could try to reach it still, but that would be walking into the lion's den just to grab it when one of the other kingdom's might be available
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Assuming the destruction didn't go that deep."
<DeathStar> <Selena> True.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "They could have leveled the other capitals too."
<DeathStar> *Cloe walks along and eyes all the Magi; they seem to be discussing things and paying them little mind. However, there seems to be no sign of Delgi as they walk around*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...familiars are sticking to the magi. Not wandering around all independently."
<DeathStar> *Asarar eyes that; Cloe frowns and peers around. So far she isn't getting looks, probably due to the fact she is with the group*
<DeathStar> *Selena's clothing glows and suddenly she has a cloth over her face*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "What?" *looksn at Selena*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I imagine there is a high chance I might still be recognized. It has only been a few years after all.
<DeathStar> *she steps up to the Magi Academy and studies it, but mainly seems to be studying the Tower portion*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Smart."
<DeathStar> *Selena leads them inside; students walk around them, some giving them glances. The headmistress office is now replaced with Headmaster's Office*
<DeathStar> *the name is a strange name, and it looks almost Visage like*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...so what now?"
<DeathStar> <Selenaa> Give me a moment. *she seems to spirit port into the office*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Let us hope that her actions do not bring the spirit cops down on us
<DeathStar> *Bonnie appears behind Cloe, having used her daugher as an anchor to return* I'm back, *she seems to be catching her breath*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...find out anything?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> A battle raged in various spots across Geyze here about 3 years ago. The people here called it a Spirit War - though in hushed terms.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...so what are they afraid of?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Our spirits and some more powerful spirits who were supposedly allies or neutral spirits. Something led them to alright blows, our side lost. The school now doesn't even teach summoning anymore
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> And the Visage are now in charge or something
<Jackieness> <Kira> "If the other spirits were the Outer Spirits then they were neither friendly nor neutral."
<DeathStar> *Selena returns* The data is in the tunnels below
<Jackieness> <Kira> "How did you find that out?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Maps. But it looks like the tunnels below where they kept the rare tomes and other material has been added to and guards have been increased so we should becareful
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So what's ther safest way down?"
<DeathStar> <Cloe> Going down the Tower to the bottom, but if it's guarded...
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Are there any other entrances?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> ... yes
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Follow me
<DeathStar> *she heads fo the exit of the Academy*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *heads after*
<DeathStar> *this time they get some eyes on them at the team having two familiars*
<DeathStar> *Asarar eyes them back while Selena keeps her face covered; Zayne simply follows Bonnie while Cloe hides behind Bella*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...we're drawing attention now."
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Should I smoke bomb and run?
<DeathStar> *she says almost innocently*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I could set something on fire
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Let's just clear out like we're leaving then circle back in the shuttle to get to the back door."
<DeathStar> *Selena leads them back to the shuttle; as they go, a magic bird seems to be following them*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Kira, we should have you. *she indicates pilot*
<DeathStar> *Bella even
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I got it."
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...we're being tailed."
<DeathStar> <Cloe> Cloe will deal with it!
<DeathStar> *Cloe prepares to leap at it-- like a cat*
<DeathStar> *Zayne and Selena gets inside with Bonnie taking the co-pilot seat to direct Bella*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *gets the shuttle systems cycled up*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *grabs at Cloe to pull her inside* "Not losing you yet."
<DeathStar> *Cloe merowls and sits down inside. The bird sits on a tree, observing them*
<DeathStar> *the entrance seems to be in a mine shaft on the other side of the village - well hidden*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *buckles up* "Get this thing in the air and then lose the tail. Double back once we're safe."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I can help with that.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Right. LEt's go." *brings them into the air*
<DeathStar> *she cycles through the Aquarius' shuttles' stuff and picks a magic attack, choosing a disrupter. As Bella gets them in the air and some distance, she activates it, amiing to disrupt the bird*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Hopefully that will blind the master for a bit
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Whoever that may be."
<DeathStar> *Bonnie looks around where the entrance should be*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> It should be right there. *she points at the mountain side, where a perfect spot for a cave entrance could be but there is nothing*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I don't see anything down there. Check ther shuttle sensors."
<DeathStar> *Bonnie looks over* Ther is a blip of magic there where the entrance should be
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Think its an illusion?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I do
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> One second
<DeathStar> *She opens the door to the shuttle and leans out, then throws something as hard as she can right at the spot; the sensors pick up the object going through*
<DeathStar> <Selena> We should hurry then. Can you find a spot to land us?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Taking us down." *brings the shuttle toward a spot where it hopefully won't stick out so much*
<DeathStar> *Bonnie pats Bella's shoulder* Good job
<DeathStar> *she and Cloe bounce out and head for the fake entrance while Asarar, Zayne, and Selena slowly work their way up. Cloe is waving her hand in the wall by the time the other three catch up*
<DeathStar> -TBC-

* Day changed to Saturday, 8. Feb 2025
* Jackieness (~Psy@23-127-47-99.lightspeed.knvltn.sbcglobal.net) joins #TAW-Geyze
<DeathStar> *Asarar studies the fake rock that Cloe is standing in*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Totally an illusion...wonder why though."
<DeathStar> *Zayne and Selena step through; able to see into the cave system. Further up ahead a magi guard is sitting in a chair, asleep, facing right at them*
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> ... *Tenses and grabs Cloe, who has yet to notice*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *nods and gestures to Bella to join her as they both ninja toward the guard*
<DeathStar> *Selena holds still with Zayne, while Bonnie creeps behind them; the magi rubs his cheek, shifting in the chair, sleepily reaching for a drink without yet opening their eyes*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *moves to try to grapple the guy with an arm around their neck to choke them out*
<DeathStar> *The Magii flails before falling unconscious*
<DeathStar> *Cloe leans over and studies a naughty magazine at their feet, holding it up*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *nods and then moves to use take the guy from her daughter and use their own clothing to bind them up just in case they wake too early*
<DeathStar> <Cloe> .... Nya? *she tilts her head at some of the pictures*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Good job you two
<DeathStar> *she looks around the cave tunnels, turning back to Bonnie and Selena* This is your show now
<DeathStar> *Bonnie begins to lead them through what looks like a maze at first and after a bit on the cave walls various artifacts begin to appear on the cave walls, or in chambers in the cave system*
<DeathStar> *Selena muses, seeming to look for something in specific; as they travel, the sounds of other magi can be heard in the tunnels occassionally*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *raises a hand and then stealths ahead to scout*
<DeathStar> *A few magi are examining a few magi relics, appearing to be oblivious the group is in the tunnels*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *counts and the retreats back toward the others and holds out fingers to indicate how man*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Hm. Lets try to keep out of their way, even if it's only a couple of them. *she points, heading down another path* This way. *Cloe seems to have discarded the magazine or stuffed it somewhere else, as she follows after Bella*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *heads down the new tunnel as does Bella*
<DeathStar> *Zayne quietly snatches something off the shelf, a statue of a man that appears to be thinking, until Selena leads them into a chamber room with what looks to be round orbs sitting all over the place. Selena moves over and muses* <Selena> Here we are. Magi Records.
<DeathStar> *Selena lifts one up, checking the date under it*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *moves to guaard the door, just in case*
<DeathStar> *she soon begins to grab a handful of them* <Selena> I can't access these since I like mana magic, but... *She motions at Bonnie and Cloe* They can. *she stuffs them into a sack*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Plus others on the ship can do it too
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Alright we just need to retrace our path back out then
<Jackieness> <Kira> *nods her ehad at Bella and the two stealth forward to make sure their path is still clear*
<DeathStar> *Kira and Bella would find what looks to be a Magi in strange clothes looking around the place, standing in the path to the exit. They seem to be looking around, holding a small wand in their hand. Bonnie peers past them, crouched*
<DeathStar> *Cloe stealths up to catch up*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *holds up a hand to alert the team to stop*
<DeathStar> *Selena and Zayne frown; the Magi seems to slowly be moving toward them, the wand glowing*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *waves the team to retreat back to the record room*
<DeathStar> *Zayne looks annoyed as they return* We should crush them
<DeathStar> <Selena> Something is different about that one
<Jackieness> <Kira> "That one was ready for action. I think they were trying to find us."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> They might have something to track our magic mabe
<DeathStar> *Asarar seems to pace, thinking*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> Any ideas on how to get past? We can't stifle our familiars mana output
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Do you remember if there are any other tunnels around?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Well; a lot of it has been expanded on since my time
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> There is a possibility ....
<Jackieness> <Kira> "What do you have?"
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> Follow me, but becareful. *She begins to lead them back out and at first seems to be heading back through the same tunnels, then moves toward toward a pathway full of relics toward a wall*
<Jackieness> 6* Kira and Bella move after Bonnie
<DeathStar> *she then kneels and begins to look around, spots what looks like a weak part of the wall and moves the dirt aside to reveal a hole and crawls. Cloe following. Asarar watches the two familiars crawl through the wall*
<DeathStar> <Selena> .... You all going to be able to make it?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We're going to have to."
<DeathStar> *Zayne follows after*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> I'll be fine. *she gets in*
<DeathStar> *the tunnel seems to be a short cut, popping them out near where the tied up guard is. Cloe sits there, covered in dirt*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *tries to get through as does Bella*
<DeathStar> *Bonnie eyes herself and sighs while Zayne shakes her head.*
<DeathStar> *Asarar helps pull Bella and Kira through*
<DeathStar> <Cloe> We did it!
<DeathStar> *she shakes dirt off on Bella while bouncing*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> We should hurry before that magi u-turns it back toward us. *She steps outside and looks for the shuttle.* Come on, Bella
<Jackieness> <Bella> *heads for the shuttle to get it ready for flight*
<DeathStar> *as Cloe approaches, she suddenly floats up in the air and wiggles, then begins to float back toward the cave. Bonnie a moment later grabs onto the shuttle as she begins to float up.*
<DeathStar> *Asarar leans out of the shuttle to eye the Magi at the cave entrance, holding his wand at them*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Crap, crap crap." *cycles up the drive shuttle systems*
<DeathStar> *Selena takes the co-pilot seat to try to help the start up sequence; the shuttle coming to life*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Why is he grabbing those two.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Hang on!" *tries to whip the shuttle over between the magi and their familiar, pointing the open hatch toward Cloe and Bonnie*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Familiars."
<DeathStar> *Cloe spins in the air, swimming to try to slow herself down, while Bonnie grabs her, then spins and claws out to grab the hatch as Bella comes by*
<DeathStar> <Asarar> *helps pull the two inside* Got them*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *pounches it and tries to get the shuttle up into the air as fast as possible*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Hang on!"
<DeathStar> *the Magi looks at the shuttle, and they would get a look at a woman with a blue and gray eye, her hair appearing to be blonde*
<DeathStar> *she aims her wand at them now*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *seals the hatch and then grabs on to a hand hold*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> She is preparing magic
<DeathStar> *the shuttle begins to strain, but they manage to get away just in time*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We're clear."
<DeathStar> *Selena lets out a breath* Lets um, return to the Aquarius then
<DeathStar> <Cloe> Thanks, Bella! You're cool!
<DeathStar> <Cloe> Cloe thinks Bella should definitely be on this magazine
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Wait, what?!"
<DeathStar> <Cloe> It says "See the Hottest Women of Geyze". Bella is definitely the hottest. She is always diving into the action and coming out on top!
<DeathStar> *she shows the porn magazine*
<DeathStar> *Zayne deadpans*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *shakes her head and sets a course for the Aquarius*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "I don't know how to take this one."
<DeathStar> <Bonnie> I don't ask anymore
<DeathStar> *as they dock with the Aquarius, Ben eyes them* <Ben> .... *lifts Bonnie and Cloe up*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Try not to track dirt all over the ship
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Right. Everyone, to the showers."
<DeathStar> *Selena hands over the magi records to Ben and follows Kira.*
<DeathStar> -TBC-

* Day changed to Sunday, 9. Feb 2025
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<DeathStar> I'd give a danish but I have none
* Seraphna sets mode: +o DeathStar
* Seraphna sets mode: +o MobileAri
<@MobileAri> Still haven't made my way through supper =x
<@DeathStar> I'm eating right now
<@DeathStar> Too
<@Seraphna> I am doing my best to keep supper down
<@DeathStar> You should keep it easy tonight
<@DeathStar> If you find it too miserible, we'll see about skipping tmr
<@DeathStar> *Sets down applesauce*
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<@DeathStar> *has set out applesauce*
* Jackieness poads over and lix at the sauce
<@DeathStar> Okay
<@DeathStar> Lets begin
<@DeathStar> 5
<@DeathStar> 3
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<@DeathStar> -0-
<@DeathStar> Date: 10-666.7.25
<@DeathStar> Location: The Aquarius
<@DeathStar> *Ben has set everyone up in the conference room of the ship, with Cloe running around delivering nice cups of coco and snacks*
<@DeathStar> *wearing her waitress outfit from the cafeteria*
<@Seraphna> **Alt sips cocoa**
<@DeathStar> *Yuki leans back in her chair, flipping through documents Bonnie retrieved from the Academy, face scrunched up, then begins to pass them around the table*
<@DeathStar> *Selena quietly takes a paper while fumbling with a mug of coco*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...should we really have spillable drinks around these documents?"
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> It's fine. They're just school documents
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan looks over Selena’s shoulder**
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> You'll notice something missing from the school lesson plan
<@Seraphna> Alt> Test answers for next five years?
<@DeathStar> *Bonnie pauses, then eyes Alt*
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette sips her drink, just taking a moment for herself before they get into the stress again
<@Seraphna> Alt> Well they is missing.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Nothing to do with spirits.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Please resume the brief."
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> Right. There is nothing to do with spirits anymore in the academy's lesson plan
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> If anything, they're pushing magik harder now
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Censorship or timeline fuckery?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *pushes ehr glasses up* "Our spirits cnanot feel their connection to Geyze anymore. That implies that magic is the only thing that Geyze has now."
<@DeathStar> *Aska grunts and Shade seems to be looking elsewhere*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Well. *she eyes Shade warily a bit* That brings us to point two in our investigations.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But...ahhh...isn't that odd? We know the Outer Spirits consume both spirit energy and mana. We've observed it."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It's very possible that they've basically acquired all the spiritual energy for themselves, and there's none for the other spirits."
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Asarar's team went investigating Geyze and it's shown signs of spirit decay - Kalam's territory is lacking snow, but the planet is not rotting. There may be a reason for it
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its possible that the Visage tower is responsible for keepign Geyze healthy, despite the....ahhhh...paradigm shift."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Mana supplanting spirit?
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Lana is correct
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> There is hints that it is holding spirit energy inside it
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Problem is we can't detect how much
<Jackieness> <Lana> "When gwen andI originally encoutnered the future Visage, we had assumed they were minions of the Outer Spirits. When we met them on their arrival, they claimed to have been refugees of an Outer Spirit attack, not their servants."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> But how much do we believe that
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...Hard to say...but let's assume that they were speaking the truth. What if they knew enough from their own experience to have a defense ready just in case the Outer Spirits showed up again?"
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> We might as well jump to what we got from the magi. Selena had us grab a magical recorder device to see if we could learn what happened here on Geyze, but we need someone with mana to unlock it. But...
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "But?"
<@Seraphna> Talia> But?
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Lets just say the Magi have become scary
<@Seraphna> Talia> We has mana.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I could examine the materials."
<@DeathStar> *Selena brings out several strange looking magical looking orbs* <Selena> They are keeping their familiars close only to the Magi Masters and they now have Magi Hunters. They tried to grab us
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I would advise against going to them for help
<@Seraphna> Alt> They want to steal Alt?
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> They tried to steal Cloe!
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well, that's disheartening."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "They almost got Bonnie and Cloe."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> All the more reason to return to the past. *she glances at Avenir, who jerks and falls off her chair*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...that's not promising."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Which part?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *points at Avenir*
<@DeathStar> *Avenir peeks over the table*
<@DeathStar> *during all this, Taiga has been quiet*
<@DeathStar> *judging by her datapad, it looks like she has been going through Yggdrasil's information*
<@Seraphna> Si> **fuus and munches snacks**
<@Seraphna> Nox> We should go back but what do we do to stop… this?
<@DeathStar> *Selena hands one of the magical orbs to Nicolette, then keeps passing more to those who use magic*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We have no idea what exactly happened. We need more intel."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I think at this point
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> We might want to hold off going messing with time
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Let's see..." She focuses on unlocking the orb.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *picks up one of the orbs as well, eyeing it*
<@DeathStar> *the orb glows and begins to show images - it seems to date back to years before 661, showing events at the Magi Tower and they can hear Delgi's voice as she is sitting at a desk, narrating what is happening. It looks to be around when the worlds were drawn back into the Mirror Universe*
<@DeathStar> *bringing up whoever watches up to speed on how the events have affected everyone*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Ironic. *she muses*
<@Alicia> <Sparkling? "What is?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "You know, we still haver no idea how we ended up in this 'when', right? I mean, we should not have gotten here after this much time had passed."
<@DeathStar> *Taiga jerks, grabbing at her glasses*
<@Seraphna> **Si pokes her**
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Ah... I was ... debating when to tell you about what I learned about the Mirror Universe, but I think it should wait. You all have enough on your plate right now
<@DeathStar> *she turns to Sparkling and Si*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "No, you should tell us. We're just going to be wondering now."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> ... This is your Mirror Universe.
<@Seraphna> **Si glomps her**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks over at Taiga* "Ahhhh...Taiga. Its probably relevant."
<@DeathStar> *grabs at the table so as not to fall out of her chair*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> This is your Mirror Universe, BUT .... after your last visit here with Simon and before you all were pulled back here, something caused a massive change throughout universe on such a scale I have not seen it since ... well, since Wind
<@DeathStar> *Samson
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Someone hijacked a reality?
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well, that was definitely a possibility. But, hmm..."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Essentially. It changed the course of the Earth here so that Dragoons weren't the experiment but Spirits, the people of Earth did not flee to Kumen, and the more
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> So do we need to smack someone around and put things back in their place?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "But how are we even here if we our ancestors didn't flee to Kumen?"
<@Seraphna> Si> Ot is our go to move.
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I don't think we can 'put things back' at this point."
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Lets just fix things."
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Motivation is the answer to things. The question is why someone would make this change."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Well
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> The reason Kumen and our Geyze is "fine" is because we were in Prime when this change happened
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> We came back in afterward
<Jackieness> <Bella> "But what about Counter-Geyze? There are people there too."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Yes, there are. They could be from another planet, or maybe some people from Earth did make it but to counter Earth instead.
<@DeathStar> *Counter Geyze
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Though the latter does contradict the information from Earth. Ahhhh...there is something missing."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I believe they are just native to Geyze
<@DeathStar> <Selena> That one at least
<Jackieness> <Bella> "How though? How would they just develop exactly like Earth humans?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Something to investigate when things are back to normal
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Counter Geyze has always been an oddity to me, at least
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> It's why I was hesitant to bring it up. Whatever did this, I doubt they're connected to the Outer Spirits
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> The Outer Spirits might have even been warped by them for all we know
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "...does this mean we have to go into the lower layers again...?"
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Counter Geyze was barren of Human life at one point, remember. And then weird stuff started happening."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...that would make sense though. In the original version of reality, the Outer Spirits were not experiemnted on by Earth."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> If you are speaking about it who should not be named, let us not.
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "So, you don't think it's her. Okay."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Unless it hates someone here that much to alter reality
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Samson is missing...what if Samson was responsible for soem reason, but something went wrong."
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette ponders that possibility
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> We can't rule it out, but unless we can gain insight into what it was like before the change...
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Plus, we might make things worse changing it back. What were the Outer Spirits like before?
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Do you have any better ideas?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "How can they be worse than they are now?"
<@DeathStar> *Selena rolls one of magi recorders in her hands*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Well.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> If one of us has an idea to roll reality back, I'm all ears.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> But all I can do is face the enemy in front of me right now
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I feel like we need to find out what happened to Samson..."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Maybe there are clues still on Counter Earth
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We might be able to find why things diverged there. Maybe."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Right. Counter-Geyze was Samson's world."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Usually we just shake that fox girl till things get fixed.
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Which one? Yoiyami? Taiga? You?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Kaori.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "How does that help?"
<@DeathStar> *Selena motions at Talia to try her recording in her hand*
<@Seraphna> **Talia tries it out**
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Kaori was the last person with full reality power
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "I mean, we could try that...?"
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> But, I hate to break it to you, there is no gate
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> I scanned
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Any trace a gate was ever there?"
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Yes, there was. It was destroyed
<@DeathStar> *as they talk, they see Delgi takling about the Aquarius returning from deep space and having met the Outer Spirits establishing "relations" with them. An Alliance meeting is being set up to discuss what the Kingdoms want to do with such information*
<@DeathStar> *As well as information on a Spirit Mother and the fact these Spirits seem to be seeking her out*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "But we haven't arrived then. We're here instead."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Everything is messed up.
<@DeathStar> *Ben leans forward* It seems to be dated 10-661.7.30. It would be 5 days in the future, if we hadn't been yanked 5 years ahead.
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Is this a time paradox? Are we the paradox?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Hm. Lana, would you activate yours while you all discuss your Samson plans?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "don't think too hard about it, Cloe."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and weaves to activate the orb*
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Even if we are, it's not our fault, so don't feel bad about it."
<@DeathStar> *Delgi appears, looking like she is standing in front of an army of Magi* <Delgi> Those Spirits turned on us; they wanted access to Yggdrasil to find the Spirit Mother, from what I being told. We're hurrying to the battleground at the Academy. I don't know how they're moving so fast. There's rumors someone is helping them. If they get to the Spirit Mother, it might be the end of all the spirits. I wish I knew what set them off against us. I should have paid more attention. *she is seen dropping the recorder in another Magi's hands; another image can be seen at the Academy, which is in ruins, the spirits destroying things with wind and tornados and gales doing the most of it in the background.*
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette shudders, the sight of the academy is rather horrifying
<@Seraphna> Nox> Welp… first step when we get back is to figure out who helped them. And stop that of course.
<@DeathStar> *of all the fighting, only one figure seems to be not participating, standing off to the side in the smoke, observing silently, then peering at the recorder and then walking over to pick it up - Verdant, peering into it as if peering at them before crushing it*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at Nox and then looks away, fidgeting*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> That would mean going to the Visage and who knows how that would turn out
<@Seraphna> Nox> Verdant knew we’d see all this…
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We don't have any details on what the Visage were doing when all of this went down."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I hate not being able to read that one
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So much for the pro-'negotiate with them' faction."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> You’re not thinking she sent us ahead as a warning…?
<@DeathStar> <Ben> What makes you think that?
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "It's possible."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "But...ahhh...why would she help us?"
<@Seraphna> Nox> Well at this point if we find a way back we’re armed with some amazing intel.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> She has been shown to be a psychopath so far; the cleaners would attest to that
<@Seraphna> Nox> What if it’s an act?
<@DeathStar> *Avenir looks nauseous at the sight of Verdant*
<@DeathStar> <Aska> I will say this
<@Seraphna> Nox> We know she follows the orders of another after all. Someone she actively worked to spoil talks with.
<@DeathStar> <Aska> If you wish to follow that line of thinking
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hmm..."
<@DeathStar> <Aska> It appears as if some awful Spirit War occurred and we were pushed out of the way of it. Even if our past selves our "dead" according o this time line
<@DeathStar> <Shade> Aska, looking at the bright side
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We are currently watching record of how we screwed up.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Why would she send us here?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "The reality gate may have been scuttled by our side to stop the Outer Spirits from invading the Prime reality."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> I think so, too
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> You ask me, they're the real spirit eaters
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> Um. This may be stupid
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> But?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?"
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> We know that some great Spirir War occurs in like a year or two after our return from meeting the Outer Spirits. So, um, I see a few paths here. We can go back in time and try to change things, but it'll likely still happen the same way and then no more do overs. We can try to beat them here in this time period. Maybe then we can see about returning to our old time period. Or we need a third option
<Jackieness> <Bella> "And what would a third option look like?"
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "What if we go back and change things so that all this doesn't even start?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Do we have enough information to do that?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We would need more data points before we could even attempt that."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> The Outer Spirits seemingly attack us because they want this Spirit Motherr
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Then use Yggdrasil to locate her
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Our best shot is likely to prevent the death of Cran, and the augmentation of the Outer spirits."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "The record said that they don't know what set them off. were they always going to screw us over, or did somethign make them screw us over?"
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Wow, you're talking about going back that far?
<@Seraphna> Nox> We’re thinking find the thing that set them off?
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Well, yeah? We can't stop the spirits going berserk if we don't go back to before they go berserk."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Verdant did say she tried that before, didn’t she?
<@DeathStar> <Aska> She did
<Jackieness> <Bella> "That assumes they weren't planning to screw us over the moment we left planet Hope."
<@DeathStar> *Avenir licks her lips*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Either the event is a constant or she herself couldn’t change anything.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "So why didn't her attempt work? Maybe something was actively trying to keep reality written this way for some purpose..."
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> There are problems
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> With changing key points in time. If we try to do that
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yes, that could create a paradox event.
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> We might cause somethign bad - after all, the Outer Spirits might cease to exist, which means you all would not have run into them
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> OR it might cause a divergent reality
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "If we're already a paradox, that's not a problem though, because there's already one."
<@DeathStar> *Avenir swallows* If that's what you want, I-I can try to take us back
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Besides learning how we fail here, is there something else that helps us here? We had to be sent here specifically for some reason.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Don't take us back right yet. We still don't know enough."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Right. I'm going to the surface to learn a bit more
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> The kids are on a lifeboat of some sort right? Do we need them?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If Avenir didn'tr send us forward, Verdant would be the only other being who could unless Chronos reappeared."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Assuming it was intentional, yeah."
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> There's been no sign of the kids
<@DeathStar> *referring to scans of Geyze*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Have there been any signs of the outer spirits, here?"
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> I ... believe it was likely Verdant
<@DeathStar> *Yuki turns the screen on with the warp gate the Aquarius had to Kumen, floating near Yggdrasil and drawing power from it*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So again, why? What does she gain from doing this? Is she trying to screw over their hive leader?"
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> If I had to guess, judging by the power it is drawing from it and the coordinates being so far far far away, they are likely in there. But it's only big enough for people to pass through
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...the Outer Spirits are probably there too."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> The probe I sent did show a planet
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette drums her fingers, a frown touching her lips.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> It looked like a spirit like planet, but it's decaying
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...it may be the Spirit Mother's planet. If so...how long before the unvierse starts to decay?"
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Impossible to tell
<@DeathStar> <Shade> Right now our powers are still working
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "At a guess, things went badly for the spirits, and we're supposed to put things right."
<@DeathStar> *Selena finishes suiting up*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> The only place we have left to get answers is the Visage Tower
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Unless we want to throw ourselves across the universe
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well let’s scout it out then.
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette pockets her orb, "Well... one of us needs to talk to the spirits."
<Jackieness> <Kira> "This sounds like an infiltration mission." *looks at Asarar*
<@DeathStar> *Asarar stands up and Cloe poses*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...that might not be a good idea until we know more... we know they are definitely hostile now."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I'll warm up the shuttle."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, I know. If I don't make it back, try to change things so I don't get killed, okay?"
<@DeathStar> *Avenir flails*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen leads Lana* We can follow Samson stuff
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nod nods*
<@DeathStar> *Taiga leans back in her seat, as everyone goes* I'll do comms I guess
<@Seraphna> **Talia and Alt ride Lana**
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Geyze
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza hurries ahead with Selena looking at the giant tower inside the Hapian City*
<@DeathStar> *The once thriving capital seems more empty like these days*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> ... <Aska> The lack of spirit energy is terrible. *she and Selena both look worn down just being on the planet*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "If the castle was flattened, I imagine that most of the population was killed in the attack."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I imagine so. Nocty stay inside me.
<@DeathStar> <Nocturne> *makes a sexual purr*
<@DeathStar> <Shade> Hmph.
<@DeathStar> *as they approach the gates, standing before the tower, is a statue that looks a lot like a Dark Spirit - it could be Shade, or maybe Tenebrae or Nocturne, or maybe even Nox herself when she gets a little older. Below the statue it reads: The Unsung Hero of the war who turned the tide in our favor."*
<@DeathStar> *Selena eyes the statue, then turns toward Shade*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "so whose favor?"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan raises a brow**
<@DeathStar> <Shade> I would assume in our favor?
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> It is a statue in front of the enemy stronghold
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> If the other way around it could be a ruse too. I know my Nocty and Nox would never cross the line.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We don't know whose side the Visage are actually on yet."
<@DeathStar> *as they talk, Visage guards can be seen patrolling the city*
<@DeathStar> <Lavenza> Knock? *she motions at the front door*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan knocks**
<@DeathStar> *Asarar jerks*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah...this isn't the type of door that you just knock on."
<@DeathStar> *the large doors automatically begin to open for them*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh?
<@DeathStar> *and inside seems to be a massive lobby like area for the citizens*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Well...I guess you cna just knock on these doors."
<@DeathStar> *complete with seating; there is an area to get a number to wait for it to be called. Sitting behind glass the Visage can be seen in armor now, making them look more imposing, as they seem to be doing paperwork and look bored. Thankfully, n o one else seems to be around*
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza begins to grab a ton of numbers*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I do not know how to feel.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *whispers* "...when did they armor up? I remember them looking like they were some nonviolence cult."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Probably during that war.
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Armor can only take you so far. *She whispers back*
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza turns back, her entire body covered in sticky numbers; her wings fluttering*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Still, we shouldn't start anything unless we have no choice."
<@DeathStar> <Visage Clerk> Number 4.
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan plucks the 4 off Lavenza** Here we go.
<@DeathStar> *Selena follows Kaelan up to the front as the Clerk studies them* <Clerk> What is your business here? *they seem to be studying Lavenza, Aska, and Shade hard, as well as Selena*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Information gathering.
<@DeathStar> <Clerk> Very well; what department, kingdom, and topic?
<@DeathStar> *Aska whispers, pointing down* *w* I sense faint spirit energy below us
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh everything on the events over the last five years around this area.
<@DeathStar> <Clerk> I see. *they hand them a blue pass* Head to the stairs on the right.
<@DeathStar> *a doorway opens up, revealing stairs*
<@DeathStar> *Asarar hmmms, studying it, then begins to head that way; Cloe trots along after her, still in the waitress outfit*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Anyone feel that interaction seemed a bit weird?"
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Well, yes! Probably trap?
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I try to maintain a sense of calmness for Nicolette and Sparkling these days
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Everything is odd here.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Stay on your guard."
<@DeathStar> *the stairs lead downward, and as they walk those with spirit tendacies would feel as if their energy is restoring, entering what looks to be an underground cave. Hanging along the walls are spirit cores*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Hrm
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> This is… somewhere between creepy and curious.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "so... think the Visage screwed them over or rescued them after they got their asses kicked by the Outers?"
<@DeathStar> *they begin to reach a flat space where resting among the cores are the half-spirits, looking to be in a state of sleep.*
<@Alicia> * Ceilidh sticks around with the group, staying quiet for now.
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Hard to say.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Seems they’re watching over the kids.
<@DeathStar> *she counts them all* One is missing
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Heads up. Here are your kids."
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza runs around and runs smack dab into Tenebrae*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Which?
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza rubs her head as lands on her butt*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh… Tenebrae is awake?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Well, Kaelan. Go mother her."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> That’s my sister in law.
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I am. You know - while I suspected some might have survived, I know for a fact some of you were dead. *she peers at Shade* Especially you, mother. And mother Vyvy
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Then go sister her."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Would you be the inspiration for the darling statue outside dear?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I am. I worked with the Visage
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yes, you were meeting with them when we last saw you. Want to fill us in on what happened?
<@DeathStar> *Tenebrae seems to be trying to decide something, lifting Lavenza up, then reaching out to touch Shade* <Tenebrae> Well. For one, you all should be dead.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Humor us, please."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We do like to surprise people over that.
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Fine. The little war if you want to call it that, was quick and vicious. You old people went down pretty quick and we were out numbered. Even if all of them weren't fighting, it's not like it matters when you have traitors helping. So I had the Visage capture Soren and the others and we sealed their spirit signatures so they wouldn't be consumed
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> And to get the fighting to stop, the Visage offered to take over and help them achieve what they wanted - which was to set up Yggdrasil
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Resourceful. You don’t happen to know who the traitors were do you?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> You don't know?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Let’s say we haven’t had the opportunity yet.
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Wait there
<@DeathStar> *she steps out, hand trailing along the frozen spirits*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...I don't like this."
<@DeathStar> *Asarar looks around, pacing*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Tenebrae’s always had a strong sense of duty.
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza sticks her tongue on some ice and gets stuck*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Her reaction was off."
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I was hoping for some books, or research notes, or something..."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> How so?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Something tells me Tenebrae isn't a note taker
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Mmm.
<@DeathStar> *Tenebrae returns with something wrapped in cloth and dark crystal*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "She runs off after telling us to wait here? She doesn't have at leats one name committed to memory?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> What’s this dear?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> It's better to see it with your own eyes
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan frowns and checks it**
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Especially since I haven't seen them again since that day
<@DeathStar> *the cloth contains a broken core*
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I'm sorry, I can't identify them from the core."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So...whose core is it?"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan feels over it** It had to be an older spirit to have a core…
<@DeathStar> *the broken core appears to be on the small side, having not grown that large yet*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> One of the replacement cores too. By the size.
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan puts some energy into it to feel it out**
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Well, supposedly it belongs to her. *she activates the dark crystal, showing a scene from the battle. At first, all you see is wind attacks, mixed with a strange darkness in it, as well as hurricane glale forces, taking out buildings. Until finally, what appears to be Sylph appears - though her appearnce looks nothing like her normally. Her form has changed greatly, with dark lines all along her body, she sems to be giving off the same energy as the Outers - almost, but seems to be something more*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Whoa, hold on. Isn't she did?"
<Jackieness> dead
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> This… this can’t be the real Sylph…?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Well, after all this time thinking, I determined that the core found that day was just too damn small to be Sylph's
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> It was a starter core
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I guess Sparkling was right..."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So what...someone hijacked Sylph's body?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Lana hasn’t even gotten to repairing her core yet.
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...another point for the parasite theory."
<@DeathStar> *Tenebrae shrugs* I don't know. I just know the core in Lana's lab couldn't be her's. It was too small
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Either way, after the attack, "Sylph" vanished
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> These lines… **she frowns, trying to make sense of them**
<@DeathStar> <Aska> ... I never seen anything like them
<@DeathStar> <Shade> I'm not quite sure either I have to admit
<Jackieness> <Kira> "What about the black magi Mouse was working with? Could it be more of those guys?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> The only black lines I know about are when She corrupted people.
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I don't know about that, but I do know she was helping the Outer Spirits.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Which she?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> That Sylph
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I figure maybe she went off to help them seek the Spirit Mother or something
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Which is out of character for the real Sylph."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Any chance she is a fake?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Big. Seeing as Tenebrae just mentioned her true core being in the lab.
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> eh?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I just said the core in the lab was way too small to have been the real deal
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **she frowns a little** Someone swapped the core when she died?
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Then Sylph's true core must have been substituted."
<@DeathStar> *Tenebrae leads them over to where some spirit cores are benig kept in water*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "When would the swap have happened though? You'd think someone on our side would have noticed."
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> If you look at their sizes, this broken one you all found when Sylph supposedly died and these unused new ones are both the same size
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I was busy stabbing the mad doctor.
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...for the purposes of the discussion, I'm going to say it's a fake Sylph. Oh, that's easy, Sparkling was saying she acted strange back when we first came over."
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Cores grow as the spirit grows
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "So, she's been compromised since... when was it? I forget when we first visited the mirror universe... or when she first did."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> It was a crazy night
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> When we got back, there was no Sylph, just her core
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...that can't be right..."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> We assumd she had burnt herself out
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> The machine was sapping all her spirit energy to activate
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Or the black magi grabbed her while we were distracted."
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Machine? There was a machine that far back?"
<@DeathStar> *Asarar taps her chin* Lets put Sylph on the back burner. Something happened the night of the Black Magi attack
<Jackieness> <Kira> "She means when we hit the black magi base on Kumen."
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> So, what else did you want to know?
<@DeathStar> *she sits down* We've mainly been keeping our heads down
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> We've kept as much spirit energy in here to keep everyone alive
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> How long are they going to be kept asleep?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> .... I'll be honest, I don't know. I believe the Spirit Mother or whatever they're after is still alive
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan checks over the kids**
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So what are the Outer Spirits up to if they haven't foudn her yet?"
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Oh they found her. They left once they did
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> They've been ether fighting her this entire time or consuming her this entire time
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> The fight broke out because we didn't want to give the technology to help them locate her
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Their leader for some reason had become unstable
<Jackieness> <Bella> "The rainbow colored one?"
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> mmmhm
<@DeathStar> *Selena paces*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Maybe its the virus thing."
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> They tried to offer a trade - information for Sylph, but that was like offering you know, a friend and then getting us all killed
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I guess curing the virus is the only way to fix this..."
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza rocks on her heels*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Hey, did you see their time spirit? Green hair. Answers to verdant?"
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Oh....
<@DeathStar> <Lavenza> Now that you mention it, I almost forgot something
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan covers this Nox in a blanket and puts a Mire Stuffie with her**
<@DeathStar> *Tenebrae
<@DeathStar> *Tenebrae stands up and looks around* <Tenebrae> From what I can tell, she was aloof the entire time. Vanished during most of it
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Did she say anything?"
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Then when I was doing my thing she showed up and gave me something, said to give it to the wannebe heroes when they came back. Which I thought she was mocking me
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> That confirms she put us here on purpose.
<@DeathStar> *she opens a drawer and hands what looks to be a strange lock box, with thumb print on it*
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I couldn't get it to open
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Right. When she disappeared, she must have been acting to move the Aquarius out of time."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Which leaves us the question of what to do
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan tries the thumb print**
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Thumb reader. Who would she trust to open it?"
<@DeathStar> *no response*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Not me.
<@DeathStar> *a light blinks on a comm and Tenebrae answers it* <Visage> The Magi are here - they are searching for spirits
<@Alicia> * Ceilidh tries hers, though it's unlikely.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Maybe Nico. She is the one who talked to them."
<@DeathStar> *the lock box seems to reject them too*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...what exactly is the magi deal? They seem different than before."
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Well, after the damage done to the planet by us spirits...
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Can we get them to the Aquarius safely?
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> the Magi have taken it upon themselves to become the new Peacekeepers, "under" the Visage, to capture any spirits.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Then we need to get out of here. Both for our sake and yours."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yeah we can’t have them harming the kids.
<@DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I'll see if I can have your ship teleport us up. *she eyes the cores* We'll have to leave behind everything though
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We can't let these militant magi get this stuff though."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> You suggest we grab cores nd stuff them in our pockets?
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza seems to be already doing that*
<@DeathStar> *the door upstairs is heard being broken down and Magi marching down the stairs*
<@DeathStar> <Shade> I'll go slow them down
<Jackieness> <Kira> "That is not advisable."
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan tendrils things up into her tails** Momma, that might kill you.
<@DeathStar> <Shade> You have a better idea?
<@DeathStar> *they seem half-way down the stairs as Tenebrae links all the capsules to the Aquarius*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **muses and pulls some stuff out of her tails and tosses it up the stairs** This might work.
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Unknown World
<@DeathStar> *The world is ill; but one can tell it was once a beautiful, probably paradise full of life and spirit energy. The sky looks like it's ready to break, looking dark now, the beautiful shades of rainbow now dull. The trees and ground looking mushy. Lavenza statics, with Nicolette here too*
<@DeathStar> <Lavenza> S-SScary. *her voice notes on delay*
<@DeathStar> *Taiga's voice completely is on static, the distance too far to reach*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I would have liked to have visited here before... this."
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette treads lightly, carefully testing the earth as she walks.
<@DeathStar> *judging by the stars in the sky, the distance the gate+Yggdrasil has sent them somewhere even further than the Unknown Regions*
<@Alicia> * Ceilidh notes the location
<@DeathStar> <Sabrina> This place is quite crazy. *She floats along after Nicolette*
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza follows Nicolette on delay*
<@DeathStar> *she seems to be keeping Nicolette in loop of what the others have found on Geyze*
<@Seraphna> DeathStar:
<@MobileAri> * Nicolette tries to path to the most spiritually active area, hoping to either find the "Spirit Mother" or outer spirits. Or even both. "Hello? Anyone out here?"
<@DeathStar> *As they begin to reach th top of the hill, far up ahead there seems to be a massive area that looks like a garden that is still healthy and growing outward; right as she reaches this and calls out, Lavenza informs her of the lockbox*
<@DeathStar> *a figure appears above them* <Verdant> So you came
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Oh, hey. One of the people I was hoping to talk to."
<@DeathStar> *the green haired spirit scowls like a child that she appears to be* <Verdant> You know coming here practically alone is screaming to die. The others will notice you soon enough
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Then we should hurry."
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza seems to be completely still right now, her attention elsewhere*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, I'm aware of the risks. And no, I don't like the idea of dying. But at this rate, the galaxy will be dying, and we don't have time to figure out everything from the last five years."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant pushes Lavenza a bit like she were a doll* So what do you want to know that wasn't in the lockbox. *She asks, amused since she knows that Nicolette rushed ahead before attainingi t*
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Well, for one thing, why we came here so suddenly."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Eheh... yeah, I admit, I didn't account for that one. But as for what isn't in it... hm. When you tried to fix Earth, I know it didn't work. But how did it fail?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> .. *circles Ceilidh, her hand out so her fingers run along her* Well, you are wrong about one thing. As much as I'd like to see Earth restored, the others mostly use it as a testing ground. They use the various vines to seek out restoration techniques on the planet before applying it back to the homeworld, hoping it will restore us. Well, that was the plan before they moved onto the Spirit Mother plan. But I was always fond of Earth. It was his world, you know
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Cran?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Yes. The others, they would consume it completely if it meant the hunger going away.
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "That... seems short-sighted."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah. I've actually met him, or at least, one version of him. Complicated guy."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Many would say he was evil. I know. *she peers out at the garden*
<@DeathStar> -SWITCH-
<@DeathStar> Location: Underground Tower
<@DeathStar> *the capsules begin to vanish one by one*
<@DeathStar> *the Magi begin to sic familiars on the group*
<@DeathStar> *one leaping at them and lands on Asarar*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki comms> We've almost got all of you
<Jackieness> <Bella> *moves to grapple the one off of Asarar and toss it back at the magi who commanded it*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> ... *chants to herself and then her hair goes white, then slings a fireball at the stairs*
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza gathers her energy floats up, unleashing - fairy dust into the air to choke the magi*
<@DeathStar> *Yuki ports the last of them up*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan triggers the explosives she threw up the stairs**
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza seems to be trying to find her copy that she sent with Nicolette*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Now, get us out of here!"
<@DeathStar> *Yuki begins to fly the Aquarius away from Geyze and closer to Yggdrasil*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I've lost contact with Nicolette
<@Seraphna> **Nox eyes herself in a pod** I’m cute when I sleep.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Don't tell me she went into the portal anyway?!"
<@DeathStar> <Lavenza> *flails* Cannot find Nico! *She begins to throw a tantrum like a child*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Bella
<Jackieness> <Kira> "I'm going to guess that her thrumbprint is the one we need for the lockbox."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Mom?"
<@DeathStar> <Asara> Take the lockbox to a scanner or a machine and see if we can see inside it
<Jackieness> <Bella> *grabs the box and goes to the security room to get a scanner*
<@DeathStar> *Avenir watches the chaos, looking nervous*
<@DeathStar> *the scanner shows inside what appears to be something akin to an 8 ball*
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "... this better not be what I think it is."
<@DeathStar> *Mireille muses in her pod, wondering if she can have two Noxes*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> ... just break the damn box open
<Jackieness> <Bella> *comm* "...hey...I think we're being pranked or something. This is a magic 8 ball."
<@DeathStar> *Selena ooos*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What makes the 8 ball magical?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Dark Magicks
<@DeathStar> *Ben brings a high tech laser*
<@DeathStar> *Melodie and Aimee watch*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Sure this is a good idea? What if verdant trapped it?"
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Unless you got a magician that can scramble the lock with magic
<@DeathStar> *Yuki parks outside the portal*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Right..."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Or a hacker?
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> I can try to hack it
<@DeathStar> *she grabs the box and studies it*
<@DeathStar> *Melodie jerks and sputters, falling over as her body twitches; the box opening and revealing the 8 ball*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> .... Hm. *he motions Bella to take it*
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Unknown Planet
<@DeathStar> *Verdant looks Nicolette in the eye* So - why did you come. *she shifts to sit on Lavenza*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Why? Because you don't want this future either."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> .... *She doesn't bother denying it* No. I suppose not. Even if this brings them peace
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We're trying to find a better future, you know. Not just one that suits us better, but one that IS better. But honestly, we're scrambling to catch up. Something changed this world so much that we're still pretty much in the dark."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Back, before, no one knew about you and your family. Cran had a different project to protect the Earth. And then, something changed."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> .... Strange you talk about a better world and sound like you mean it. You all are suppose to be the boogey men. The reality breakers, the time changers. The ones I see at every end I look to.
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I DO mean it. I can't stand to see the lengths you're driven to by this insatiable need for spirit energy. It's horrible. Not just for the worlds that are drained, but for the people doing the draining too."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I want to see you and yours live happily, because I know you're not horrible people. You don't deserve this either."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I am not sure you can bring that end about; you could march to the garden while they are feasting and end it. *she looks out there* I've seen that as one of our ends. It'd be your best bet, most likely.
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<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Why do you call us reality breakers?"
<@DeathStar> *Verdant is quiet for a moment, then picks one of the flowers left in the garden, a strange orange one* <Verdant> Unlike my siblings - maybe the one you call Origin might remember - but I feel traces sometimes of the previous incarnations of what remains when a shift occurs. I know before Cran did not look after us and we had a different path. I call you breakers of Reality because your group has the unique ability to twist the world around you. Gather the right people and poke the right weaknesses in the world and you can break it and mold it to your liking
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Time spirits help with that of course. *referring to Avenir and Chronos*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> *nods slowly* "Yeah... can't refute that. Not the Cran bit though. We don't know who did that. It's not something we like to do, but the amount of times we have to because someone else breaks reality first... well, that's stacking up."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant looks at Nicolette* I suppose it is hard to want to stab someone like you. *Sabrina jerks* <Verdant> I'll give my opinion
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I don't know what you should do either. You could return to the present - for you - and try to take us on. But Host will want the Spirit Mother eventually
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> You could end it now and remain in this time period. I will aid you in cleaning up my siblings and myself
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Or you could risk a time break and erase us before we become a problem.
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hey, hey. I would never condone eliminating you all to prevent a problem. That's... just no. Never. If I'm risking a time break, it's to prevent you from becoming a problem."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant studies her* Well if you went that route, I'd have to work with your -- Avenir was it. She seems rather flighty when it comes to me
<@DeathStar> *Avenir sneezes somewhere and hides behind Sparkling*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Will you come back to the ship with me? I know some of the others won't like it, but if we want to pull this off, for the good of all parties involved, we'd be better with your input."
<@DeathStar> *Avenir pulls on her green hair - hard* ---- sure.
<@DeathStar> *Verdant
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I'll try to make friends with her
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That might take longer of the two, but... thanks."
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> -Epilogue-
<@DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<@DeathStar> *Zayne deadpans at seeing Verdant standing there, looking around*
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza hangs off Nicolette, mimicing Melodie and Aimee hanging off Sparkling*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I am guessing she is not here to be a prisoner
<@DeathStar> *Avenir has moved to hide under a table*
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "If she's here to help us, it's fine."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Nope. She's not here as a prisoner, or an enemy."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant moves over to Sparkling, studying her, then shakes the 8 ball - it reads allies will appear in the strangest of places*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I suppose I should confess to one thing though
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Here we go
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "What is it?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> .... *shakes the ball rapidly and hands it to Nicolette and Sparkling, before heading off into the ship*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> ... did she run off?
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> *looks down at the ball*
<@DeathStar> *the 8 ball states: I was the one who saved Sylph when she was dying and left behind the fake core to trick you all*
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Fake core?"
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I guess we need to pin her down later and question her
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan comforts Avenir under the table**
<@DeathStar> *Avenir peeks out* Is it safe?
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "It's okay Avenir, she's here to assist us."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> She seems to be behaving.
<@DeathStar> *Avenir steps out and looks around* I'm guessing she wants to work together. I can do this. Deep breath. Hoo hoo
<@Seraphna> Nox> **muses and leans on Mire’s pod**
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> *nods* "Small steps. If you find you need more space, that's okay. But what solution we do find, might need both of you to enact it."
<@DeathStar> *Mireille hops out and hugs*
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> I'll try talking
<@DeathStar> *Verdant seems to be checking out the labs*
<@Seraphna> **Nox pulls her close**
<@DeathStar> *poking around stuff and checking out Aimee's poster of Sparkling in a bikini*
* Day changed to Monday, 10. Feb 2025
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> I'm guessing we have a plan now
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Something telld me we'll be flying around the sun
<@Seraphna> Nox> Seems so. Wanna check out how cute I am?
<@DeathStar> *Mireille nods and follows Nox*
<@Seraphna> **Nox moves over to the other her’s pod** Lookit that foxy girl.
<@DeathStar> *Selena nods to Nicolette* You continue to amaze me, ou know that?
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> Another Nox. Wow
<@DeathStar> *Verdant seems to be poking around gathering info*
<@Seraphna> Nox> I know right? Twice the sexy fox~
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That I convinced Verdant?" She shakes her head, "She's not a bad person, and she's aware how bad things have gotten. I mean, we wouldn't be here right now, if it wasn't for her, right?"
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Is that really a complement?"
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "She was ready to let us defeat her family, and then clean up the mess. I just want to save them too."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> That's true, I guess. I wonder if her taking out the cleaners had a part in this too.
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I don't know... you could ask? I'd expect the cleaners would have opposed her use of time travel. But... could they have had a part in the reality shift?"
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "The cleaners weren't very good at their job."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> If you trust her, I will too
<@DeathStar> *Verdant shows up, dragging Avenir* Amazing
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Amazing?"
<@Alicia> * Sparkling looks confused, again
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> You have a cafeteria on this ship, an entertainment deck with a pool, a lounge with a television, a deck to work out in a gym. I thought this ship was to do battle, not have fun
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "It's more for exploration than fighting... and I wouldn't want to go exploring without some way to relax."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We're not a war like people. We just tend to... throw ourselves in the way when people try to hurt others."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant considers that* I can see that. *she drags Avenir, who flails* Lets go to the pool.
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> I feel like I have competition...
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "I mean, time spirits are better at time..."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie sniffs*
<@DeathStar> *Selena pours everyone some tea*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Competition over what?"
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Causing a ruckus on the ship *She declares proudly*
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "I'm not sure you should be competing there..."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie sits at the table - normally*
<@DeathStar> *taking some tea and sips it*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> *takes a sip of tea* "I'm just glad things are going smooth, so far. We have a lot of work ahead of us."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> So I am guessing your plan, Nicolette, knowing your heart - we're going back in time to prevent this whole affair from happening
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "I think that's the best plan."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Just know that it might still lead us into conflict with them on some level. We'll have to break into the government buildings to shut down this upgrade project
<@Alicia> * Sparkling> nods
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ah... well... I don't really have a plan. I had the idea to do that. But..."
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> We could try to get to this Cran guy. Didn't she mention he was tied up with something and some blockhead did it while he was?
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Better than trying to break into the facility and maybe fighting
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "That'd be hard without knowing where and when..."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Getting Cran's help would definitely be a solid approach. But... I've also learned that Verdant was really the only one that cared about Cran and Earth. And it seems that Host is influenced by something, that has likely gotten stronger since we last spoke."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I wonder why she has the most affection
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I know she looks youngish, but that doesn't reflect a spirit's age. If they are anything like Lavenza I wouldn't be shocked if... *she muses*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I wouldn't be surprised if he was a father figure for her. He seems like that sort of person."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie nods, trying to act all wise like in agreeing with Nicolette*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Well if she look up to him in that way
<@DeathStar> <Selena> The Verdant that is with us currently might remember information like where he was at
<@DeathStar> *Melodie offers a snack to Sparkling*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "What's troubling me now, is Host. They were quite civil last time we spoke, but they've changed since then."
<@DeathStar> *Selena thinks on that* I find it so hard to believe that their hunger could make it so bad for them.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> But then I don't often have that problem
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hunger can drive people to desperation, but... I don't think that's the case here."
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "There are parasites and viruses that can affect behaviours in some pretty dramatic ways."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> So we think the virus that was affecting the people of Earth might have something to do with it. The one, uh, to prevent them from leaving
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> If the Outer Spirits are infected by something, it does mean Verdant is infected right?
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Maybe. I guess we have to examine her."
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> If necessary I can copy her and see what I experience
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...we could've used some quarantine procedures."
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah. Hopefully she's not, but if she is, it might help us come with a solution."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Should I ask her to come to the medical lab?
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Yes."
<@DeathStar> *Selena leans over to ask Verdant and Avenir to come to medical; it appears the two are in the pool*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'll come with you. But honestly, given how many times we've been in contact with the Outer spirits, and that we've been to both Earth and their homeworld, I can't see us being exposed to something new now."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie comes along as well; the two arrive, wearing the ship's bathing suits still*
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> We doing check ups before time stuff.
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Verdant, we want to run some tests, if you don't mind. It seems likely that at least one of your number is influenced by something, and we want to make sure you're healthy."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie taps into the systems to begin to run the computers and scan Verdant, who shrugs and indicates to go ahead. The scans begin to slowly appear on screen - her spirit energy level is unnaturally high compard to the Geyze spirits, which also means she needs to do a lot to maintain it. It also appears to just plain gives off a lot of energy over all, aka, burns more of her spirit energy compared to the other spirits. Her spirit system, which is suppose to be immune to all illnesses and diseases, seems to come up clean outside the fact it seems to be completely heightened and stressed, much like Mireille might be when the ship has been put through the ringer in a battle*
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Hm... any sign of what might be taxing her system so much?"
<@DeathStar> *Melodie runs her hand through the system* Well.... she should be virus free - should be. If I had to guess, being a spirit myself.
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Something is making her abilities run in overload mode all the time
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> It means she's really strong, but a normal spirit would wear out fast
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Imagine Mireille runing the Aquarius at full arsenal 24/7
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Reminds me of something some of the dragoons had."
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "In other news, keep her away from Cookie's brownies, just in case."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Something the dragoons had, you say
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So no sign of virus, just that her system is suffering from being overclocked."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> You think it might be something done on Earth then?
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Maybe, but it was Ren who had that issue most recently, IIRC."
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> It would be better to have a Summoni like Kalam to look at her. I don't think SHE has a virus at least. It'd be better if we could see another one
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> To compare
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "If we can get one, yes."
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Now if we go off names having meanings
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> And Host being the leader of the group
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> They might have at one point been connected to all the others. If there was a virus, I'd look there
<@MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Oh, I am 99% certain they're infected by something series, be it the virus, something like a matsukai, or both."
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Was she always named Host?"
<@DeathStar> *Melodie looks to Verdant*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Depends on how far back you want to go
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "As far back as you know."
<@DeathStar> *she rubs her eyes, but seems to be looking at something else* Her name was Prismatic. I-- don't remember when she was called Host. After the shift maybe.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> It was due to the fact she could use all our powers but mine. And could link with everyone but me.
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...a little worrying, really."
<@Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I'll want to look you over, too, Melodie."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie points at herself*
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Me?
<@DeathStar> *she looks toward Sparkling*
<@Alicia> <Sparkling> "Please."
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Alright then
<@DeathStar> *she sits next to Ceilidh*
<@DeathStar> -TBC-
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<@DeathStar> *Lana's clock on the wall keeps claiming the last 5 minutes are repeating - forever*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *twitch twitch*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant leans in, watching*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Verdant has the time crawl forward*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *sits up*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant tries to hide*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *looks around* "Ahhh? What?"
<@DeathStar> *Verdant stands there, still in the swim suit from before, half-way into the closet*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...I...see you...what?"
<@Seraphna> Lana’s Boobs> “Nyaaaa?”
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *flails!*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant takes the moment to leave and time returns to normal*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...what just happened?"
<@DeathStar> *Taiga steps in, humming, eyeing Lana's breasts bouncing*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> .... all you big breasted girls just love rubbing it in....
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Th...this is...why is everyone in here?!" *flails*
<@Seraphna> **Lana’s boobs jiggle more**
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I came to deliver ... *she eyes the breasts* ...are you doing that on purpose?
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhh! Get out of my cleavage!"
<@Seraphna> **Alt pops her head out with big sad kitten eyes** Momma… Lana… want Alt leave…?
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Oh now that's just mean. *she tells Lana*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...j....j... waaaaaaaah!" *flails*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen reaches into Lana's breasts to take out Alt*
<@Seraphna> **Alt pouts**
<@DeathStar> *he puts her on his head*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...wh...why am I the bad guy now?"
<@Seraphna> Alt> Momma pillows best for Alt. **she sniffs**
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I was joking.
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> You're not the bad guy. *he ruffles Lana's hair*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *just flops down and pulls ehr pillow over her ghead*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Here by the way
<@DeathStar> *she hands her the documents*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *reaches out blindly due to pillow on head, grasping at air until she grabs the documents*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> The results Ceilidh and the others did on the Outer Spirit
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Have fun
<@DeathStar> *she steps out*
<@Seraphna> **A blue paw reaches up and organizes the papers while Lana can’t see**
<@DeathStar> *Gwen jerks*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *sits up and starts to go through the documents*
<@DeathStar> *the information goes over how there is no virus or anything, but it looks like Verdant constantly runs in an "overclocked" state with her spirit energy - akin to Mireille running the Aquarius with all it's spirit engines at max 24/7 - which means her body is burning a lot of spirit energy all the time, even if it means she's much stronger than the normal spirit. Which could explain where the hunger comes from, due to the sheer amount of spirit energy her tiny frame consumes every second*
<@DeathStar> *There is also data on Melodie, since they examined her too for some reason, at the back of the documents*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *loks at the Melodie document*
<@DeathStar> *being a prototype to Mireille, there's pluses and cons to what she can do - she can merge with any type of ship and essentially force herself onto it by overwritiing. Most like Aimee has the some capabilities. She can copy and mimic spirits and people and has a high restoration capability to restore any damage to herself to a limit, possibily a ship like ability to restore damage done to herself.*
<@DeathStar> *she also seems highly unlikely to catch any viruses of the like*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...maybe studying Melodie to see if they could cure themselves of this accelerated...ahhh... spirit metabolism?"
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Oh she'd love that one
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "No signs of this mysterious virus...but...we havne't been able to examine Host, who is the one who seems to be the instigater of this rampage."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> It would be useful to get a scan of her.
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> But if she was that close, it would mean she was coming after us
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...yes...its too dangerous..."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant has begun to wander the ship, now in the cafeteria where Cloe is serving cupcakes*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> You need me to grab anything?
<@Jackieness> <Bella> *is sitting in the cafeteria*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe hands Bella a menu and gives a big smile*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh...I'm ok. We just...we just need a way to go back and find Samson."
<@Jackieness> <Bella> *checks the menu*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant mimics Bella and sits down, her clothing changing to mimic Cloe*
<@DeathStar> *it is full of various cakes, sweets, cupcakes, etc*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Well, right now, it looks like the ship is preparing to go back in time --- to the time period of the Outer Spirits being experimented on. Yuki is trying to make sure the ship can handle the time jump
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "...so...what do you recommend? Anything special?"
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> I just hope this is the right play
<@Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh!" They need my help!" *stands up*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> I have just the right thing *she hurries in the back*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant observes, looking dissatisfied - lips curled up like a kid who wants to throw a tantrum*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen helps Lana to her feet*
<@Jackieness> <Bella> *looks over at Verdant* "...soooooo...wassup?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> It is still unthinkable to me how you all play and eat fluffy food
<@DeathStar> *Cloe comes out with what looks to be a strawberry cake slice*
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "...right. Okay."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe sets down some cake for Verdant, who eyes it*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Bella, Bella!
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "Thanks, Cloe."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Bella should let me draw her!
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "I guess that would be alright." *rubs the back of her head and then eats her cake*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe beams, then brings out a sketch book, drawing Bella as she eats*
<@Jackieness> <Bella> *finishes the cake and then pushes the plate away*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe finishes up and hands Bella the sketch of Bella eating*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> ... *quietly eats*
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "...well...its me...eatting."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> It wasn't a good sketch, I guess. Maybe I can try more
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "Its fine, Cloe. I'm jut not much of an art critic."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Back in Earth's time, they made statues and stuff on computers and singing cats
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah....we still got the singing cats."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> .... *points at herself*
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah, like Cloe here."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Ah, um, no, I meant singing computer cats. Like pop tart cats
<@DeathStar> *Cloe looks confused*
<@Jackieness> <Bella> "OK..."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant stabs her cake and takes a bite*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe hurries to change into her casual clothes*
<@DeathStar> *Yuki works with Lana to get the ship ready, eyeing all the damaged areas*
<@Jackieness> <Lana> *uses her knowledge of Simon's work to assist*
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<@DeathStar> *Lana and Yuki soon begin to get things ready on the ship when Mireille's face appears on a monitor*
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> We have a situation on a lower deck that might undo some of your work
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *she brings on the monitor Shin confronting Verdant; Shin seems to be acting hostile toward the time spirit and looks to have cornered her in the lower engineering decks where no one will notice them, her scythe out.*
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> From what I am picking up, Shin seems to be harboring some resent me for her and Avenir's time being held captive
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?!" *looks at Yuki*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Hm
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> I'll head down there, but not sure what all I can do if a Death Spirit gets angry
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe take some security with you? Ask some of the other Geyze spirits to come? Something?"
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Mm. Mireille, come join me.
<@DeathStar> *she steps out*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath and flops into a seat*
<@DeathStar> *the Captain's seat turns to face Lana; Aimee folds her hands together*
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> You seem to be slacking off, officer.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Aimee's right eye seems to be turn golden for a moment, as if she were scanning Lana, before returning to normal*
<@DeathStar> *left
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...r...right..." *stands and goes back to work*
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> I was kidding. *she notes in a monotoned voice* You really have no spine
<@DeathStar> *she turns the chair back to view Geyze*
<@Seraphna> **Nox peeks out of Mire’s shadow**
<@DeathStar> *Yuki and Mireille are approaching the cargo area where Shin seems to be pressing the scythe against the time spirit and unleashing verbal assaults against her for kidnapping them to the planet and demanding answers; however the green haired spirit offers nothing but silence*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...that's blunt..."
<@Seraphna> Nox> Shiiiiin. We need her.
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> Well, it is true. If we were to rank positions, clearly you would be higher than me and Melodie. Yet you were the one to move when I made that comment
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...you were right...I need to keep working."
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> Funny, I thought you all were allowed breaks.
<@DeathStar> *Shin turns her head, jerking at Yuki being there two others* <Shin> I don't see how you can trust her. She's the one who started all this in the beginning by taking Avenir and myself
<@DeathStar> *She motions with her scythe, pressing it against the young spirit's body* Yet here we are trusting her why
<@DeathStar> <Shin> Nicolette trusts her - why
<Jackieness> <Lana> *justs sighs and slumps*
<@Seraphna> Nox> Because we realize that just because she did things doesn’t mean she was the one deciding to do them. She acted on her own to get us out of the mess we were in.
<@DeathStar> *Verdant rubs the spot softly, her green eyes glancing at Nox. Yuki seems to have a hand on something and Mireille wiggles with Nox* <Mireille> Trust Nox!
<@DeathStar> <Shin> .... *tchs and deforms the the scythe* <Shin> I'll be keeping an eye on her to act the moment she double crosses
<@DeathStar> *Aimee reaches into clothes and tosses Lana a twinkee that looks old*
<@Seraphna> Nox> Well, don’t be an issue if it’s never gonna happen right? **she smiles** Still, you know what it means to get a second chance once free.
<@DeathStar> *Shin makes a face, then sinks into the floor*
<@DeathStar> *Yuki takes her comm* The ship should be fine now, Lana
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Uh, thanks or something
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at it* "Ahhhh...this is past its 'best by' date..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks at the comm* "Everything is still looking good up here."
<@DeathStar> *Aimee eyes the rejected twinkee, then at Lana, then back* Hmph
<@DeathStar> <Yuki comm> Then I'll head back.
<@Seraphna> Nox> No prob. We Dark Ones know what it means to be seen as evil. And we know it’s all a matter of perspective.
<@DeathStar> *Yuki looks at Mireille and Nox* You two make sure the rest of the ship isn't fighting before rejoining the bridge
<@DeathStar> *she walks back*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I mean, thank you. Its just..." *just sighs*
<@DeathStar> *Aimee takes the snack and looks like she'll eat it*
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> Just?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I never know what to say... I always say or do the wrong thing."
<@Seraphna> Nox> **grins** Does she know we can just sense it all?
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> Still a patrol can be romantic~
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> Have you ever considered taking lessons from cool people to become cool
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> Melodie and I can take you under our wing and teach you how to be cool
<@Seraphna> **Nox takes her hand**
<@DeathStar> *Mireille takes it and leans against*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I suppose I could give it a try..."
<@DeathStar> *Aimee nods and takes Lana by the arm, leading her toward where Melodie is located* <Aimee> The Doc needs a make over and lessons.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "....ahhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Melodie leads them get new clothes for Lana in the ship's clothing area, picking out clothes to make Lana look more hip and younger*
<@DeathStar> <Aimee> After this, we will work on teaching you how to talk with others properly by practicing with us
<@Seraphna> Nox> Plus we know all the unoccupied rooms from here to the bridge.
<@DeathStar> *Mireille pokes Nox playfully as they walk along*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...ok?"
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