The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 93

* Day changed to Sunday, 16. Feb 2025
<DeathStar> Ops
* Seraphna sets mode: +o DeathStar
<@DeathStar> *powers up and rampages*
* Jackieness (~Psy@23-127-47-99.lightspeed.knvltn.sbcglobal.net) joins #TAW-Geyze
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<@DeathStar> Date: 10-666.7.25 - late night
<@DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<@DeathStar> *the ship has been overhauled by Taiga, Yuki, and Lana, various material running through the insides and outsides to prepare for the jump into the past, making the ship look even more like it has been through the ringer lately. Yuki sits in her captain's seat, going through everything with Mireille on the upgrades so she can be ready for what does what now*
<@Seraphna> **Nox sits with them paying attention, mostly.**
<@DeathStar> *Yoiyami's ship has been put off to the side near Kumen so it can be protected incase all this goes to hell*
<@DeathStar> <Soren> So let me get this right
* Alicia (~Home@pres-24-b2-v4wan-161431-cust1803.vm29.cable.virginm.net) joins #TAW-Geyze
<Jackieness> <Airym> *steps on to the bridge* "Status report."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Ice skating rink.
<@Seraphna> **Aurora slides by**
<@DeathStar> <Soren> You all were thrown out of time by this person. *she thumbs at Verdant* And you plan to go back in time and what, mess with time again? You all died. All of you. You're bending the timeline to the point of breaking
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well I for one prefer not dying. So we might have to chance it.
<@DeathStar> <Soren> The Elder Spirits, all of you, everyone got smashed last time. And your plan is what, to try to make them happy
<@DeathStar> *Yuki turns to Airym*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> The ship has been outfitted with material that ship help the Aquarius be pulled along the timeline more easily, according to my sister. As well as shield us. So we don't want to have the Aquarius take too much damage
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> If our time shields get too broken, it could be bad for us
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Set a course for outside of the system so that our jump will be clear."
<@DeathStar> *Ben charts a course for Cookie*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Mireille, we'll need you in the pod. *she turns to Melodie and Aimee* We'll need you two in the emergency pods to help power the ship.
<@DeathStar> *Aimee begins to head that way immediately while Melodie stands there a moment*
<@Seraphna> **Cookie takes them out on the course**
<Jackieness> <Airym> *takes a seat* "Ben, keep an eye on the our systems through this entire trip."
<@DeathStar> *Yuki turns to Verdant and Avenir, who are still ther* <Yuki> You two need to start getting ready for the time stuff
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> We have a problem.
<@DeathStar> *the time spirit seems to be fidgeting, rubbing her hands together, while looking around like an addict*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Based upon your current state, you rhunge ris beginnign to overwhelm you."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> No, no. Something worse than that
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> She is coming
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Do you refer to Host?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Yes. She must have noticed something; I thought she would be feasting on the Mother and not pay attention to us, but since I left.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I am feeling her pull
<@Seraphna> Nox> Any way to distract her?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Sound general quarters."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Something is emerging from the portal
<@DeathStar> *Melodie finally jerks, and begins to head for her pod - having still been up on the bridge*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Perhaps we should attack first."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> That might just make her angry.
<@DeathStar> *on the screen, Host can be seen, along with Null, Solar, and Pulse*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> She's going to try to stop us from going back in time. Anything to prevent her feasting
<Jackieness> <Airym> "How long until we can prepare the time jump?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well crap. We can’t have that.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I'll need several minutes. *She grabs Avenir and hurries out* <Shade> I can take the older spirits and try to delay her
<@DeathStar> <Shade> But Jikuu is right, you may have to enter combat
<Jackieness> <Airym> "You will not survive the encounter."
<@DeathStar> <Shade> I am aware
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> But…
<@DeathStar> <Ben> The targets are approaching rather quickly
<@DeathStar> <Ben> They are likely to drain our spirit reserves if they get too close
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Redirect non-essential power to the drive system. Evacuate sections of the ship and power down life support to thos esections if necessary."
<@Seraphna> **Nox slips into her pod**
<@DeathStar> *Shade vanishes*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> And weapons?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I have something of a plan, but the application is... well, I'd need to set it up, and it's kind of dangerous..."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What is your plan, Ceilidh?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Weapon power to drives, all speed. We will not survive if they get into gun range."
<@Seraphna> **Nox activates weapons and readies dark one featured weaponry**
<@DeathStar> *Ben begins to direct powe from weapons to engines* Okay - this is on you pilots
<@Seraphna> Nox> Awwww.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Keep us away from them
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Well... there's a treatment for various infections that... I was thinking of trying to duplicate... it pretty much involves controlled poisoning..."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Evasive maneuvers. Your goal is to buy us time."
<@Seraphna> **Cookie activated Ace of Spades and begins to follow paths**
<@DeathStar> *Shade, Aska, Salamander, Undine, and Gnome appear before them in space as a barrier to give the group more time as well, forcing Host and the others to stop*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Did we even find any infections in Verdant?
<@Seraphna> **Terra watches with worry**
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "That wasn't what I meant, but no."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I think we’re hoping that pull she feels isn’t it.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Do to the medical bay and use whatever you want, Ceilidh
<Jackieness> <Airym> "The pull is likely a command planted into them by EarthGov similar to the Dragoon Alpha protocol."
* MobileAri (~KAS@142.167.136.24) joins #TAW-Geyze
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "... I was actually hoping to try to cure... Prismarine, was it?"
<@DeathStar> *on the screen, Host seems to be pulling the others almost as she begins to amost consuming the other spirits, draining their spirit energy to her*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> No…
<@DeathStar> *however, their sensors go offline when Shade and Aska form an almost dark/light attack together and throw into the middle of them, the spirit orb shaking the Aquarius*
<Alicia> * Jikuu tries to get the sensors back online
<@DeathStar> <Verdant comm> Preparing to jump us back. Hold on
<Jackieness> <Airym> "On your mark."
<@DeathStar> *the sensors begin to come online as all the spirits seem to be floating in space, all but one. There is no sign of Host/Prismatic among them*
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius begins to get pulled back in time as the sensors cut out*
<@Seraphna> **Nox frowns, tracking spirits on the ship**
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius materalizes, and it seems Verdant has pulled it toward their destination, as it appears in a different area of space as the stars change as well*
<@DeathStar> *with most of the older spirits having left to delay Host and the others, she'd pick up mostly the younger generation, Neekito, etc*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, what is our status?"
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We managed to jump back with little to no damage thanks to the time shield; Taiga is checking everything out right now
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I expect we will have company."
<@Seraphna> Nox> I don’t detect any of the other super spirits on board, so maybe we’re clear?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Get a fix on our position."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Examining the date, it looks like we were pulled back .... *he studies* Sometime before the experiments. And it looks like we are outside the Sol System
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Company?
<@DeathStar> *Verdant and Avenir arrive on the bridge, both of them looking weak*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> If so maybe we can stop the virus before it ever starts.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *checks on the time spirits* "How are you two doing?"
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Plot our approach. Try to remian stealthy."
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> Weak, but you'll need us. Especially if you're planning to change time
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> You'll need her more than me.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Incidentally, make sure Melodie doesn't go anywhere the virus might be."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Why is that?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah... we are. So if you need anything, let us know."
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius sneaks forward into the Sol System; the entire system seems to have a ton of ships, indicating that this Earth is more militaryish than their's. Large warships can be seen all about and even though civilian Tsivrixsh and Erusian and Cartel ships are here and there (as well as civilian Earth ships), it's clear that this Earth throws it's weight into it's military*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Same reason we don't want Prism...arine? there. I've been paying extra attention to whether she might be infected already."
<@DeathStar> *Ben activates their cloak*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Lets hope this thing actually works
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "If it does not, this will probably be a very short mission."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> At least we won’t have to do anything crazy like kidnap a whale.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That would be... illogical to expect."
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius so far manages to get close to Earth without anything stopping them and Ben puts them in orbit* <Ben> It'll only hold as long as we have energy
<@DeathStar> *he taps the spirit guage*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Is there any activity in the vicinity of Jupiter?"
<@DeathStar> *Ben brings it up on the screen* There's a few bases there
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I want to deploy a ground team on Earth then take the Aquarius to a safer, elss draining location."
<@DeathStar> *Asarar stretches as she arrives on the bridge*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Well, then lets decide what we want to do then
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Who won’t stick out like a sore thumb on Earth here?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> She is right. We should decide the best course of action if we want to change history
<@DeathStar> *Melodie arrives on the bridge*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Um
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I should absolutely stay on the ship. I do not really pass as human, do I?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I would have liked to have had more of a plan before coming back, but as things are... Hrm. I guess the points of concern are the virus, the alteration of the spirits, and the death of Cran."
<@DeathStar> *she looks at Jikuu* <Verdant> You look like a long haired red head to me
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yeah you’re pretty human looking.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> This Earth have Kitsune?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I would advise the most human looking personnel. This Earth is likely less cosmopolitan than that of Prime."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I think we should go to the President. Cran always knew what to do. He can cancel the experiment on the spirit and look into the virus after that
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I... I guess if I keep quiet, I should be fine."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Approaching Cran would carry a risk."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> We can always try asking.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> .... *She eyes Kaelan's tails* No
<@DeathStar> *Verdant shifts at the carrying risk comment*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Something tells me Cran is familiar with time travel.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Yeah, I had the power. *she refuses to meet her gaze*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Verdant should lead on that.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "This whole thing is a massive risk. But... yeah. It'd be easier to work with Cran, than work around him."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Verdant, please tell us everythign you can recall about your Cran. Please try to remain unbiased."
<@DeathStar> *Zayne has a sour suspicious look on her face*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> He was a man that put Earth first - he was into expansionism. It was one reason the other races didn't like him. But I think toward the end when he got the President position he wanted to make admends - he was getting older. And felt that Earth shouldn't be afraid of the other races.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Sadly, all that went up inflames with the virus
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I think it was meant to lock humans to their planet but it somehow got morphed
<Jackieness> <Airym> "And what is our current time period relative to Cran's career?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> He is President right now - it is one reason others were overseeing us at that point
<@DeathStar> *Verdant rubs her hands together* He is also very kind in my opinion. *Yuki chokes on her tea*
<@DeathStar> *Taiga also seems to be trying to keep a donut down*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...that... sounds strange."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Let’s give talking to him a shot.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Strange?"
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I suggest we assemble multiple teams. One team will accompany verdant to attempt to engotiate with Alexander Cran. Another team will investigate this virus."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Maybe I ask something?
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Why has Verdant, with her time powers, never done anything
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I do not know Cran well, even my own timelines, but that is not how I have heard him described."
<Jackieness> <Airym> *looks at Verdant* "You previously stated you could not change the past before. Why is that?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **muses** This is a fixed point, I’m guessing?
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> It is a roadblock in time. I cannot approach it - it is part of myself. I lack the ability to break a fixed point in time if it related to myself.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> But Avenir can.
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> *begins to fiddle her hands*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah, I realise... I should avoid dealing with the virus directly myself."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "And how is this attempt different? Is it purely by Avenir's presence?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> That is my hope. Her time powers are different than mine, as well. Just as her mother's were different from her's
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Verdant's skills are travelling time. Avenir's is... breaking it, for lack of a better word."
<@DeathStar> *Avenir sweats a little*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan gives Avenir and squeeze** You got this.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yuki, assemble the ground teams."
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> It is why I've always sucked at stuff in the past and when looking into the future, I have to grab onto a future me.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I suggest Sparkling stay behind as well, being... not... discrete. I am uncertain if I am discrete enough for this, myself."
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> I don't do time travel well
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Alright, I'll lead the team to look into the virus
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Selena/Nicolette, take the others to have a chat with this Cran. That sound good?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'm hoping, between the three of you, we can coax things onto a new path."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Sounds good to me."
<@DeathStar> *Taiga begins to open her mouth when Mireille speaks over the comm* <Mireille comm> A piece of the time shield broke down in engineering. We could use down there, Taiga
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> ... what the hell. Sorry, I'll be busy working. Yuki?
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> I guess I'll be working comms with sis.
<@Seraphna> **Si fuus and moves to follow her**
<@DeathStar> *Taiga heads off with Yuki*
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Team A - Cran
<@DeathStar> *Selena eyes the Presidental Building in Tokyo; Zayne looks around. Thankfully, it seems to be pre-riots right now, and most of the civvie population is calm. Mostly human with some Cartel Ferengi and Tsivrixsh/Erusians here and there*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette has exchanged her regular magician's garb for a sharp suit, since they're going to meet the president and don't want to draw too much attention
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I mgiht can have us just walk in
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...are we sure about this?"
<@DeathStar> *Avenir wipes at her forehead*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Sounds good.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Honestly, I expect things are going to blow up on us. But we're short on time and options."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga on comm> We might have a situation. I'll be warning the other team too, but yours might have the higher risk
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> You just cursed us, Nicolette
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Unlikely."
<@DeathStar> *Taiga begins to send images to Nicolette via their magic orbs - it shows someone tore through, or ate, the time shielding material to prevent the group from being caught up in whatever time breaking they do*
<@DeathStar> *it looks like a complete mess*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga on comm> I'll have to check the outside of the ship to see how much damage was done, but the scary thing is Mireille sensed nothing
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Don't go alone, Taiga."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga on comm> I have Si with me. *to Nico* You all watch your backs
<@Seraphna> Nox> This makes me worry that my scans might not have picked up Host.
<@Seraphna> *on comm*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant looks pale*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, that's... if Host has the full range of Null's powers..."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Prismatic will know wherever I go - we are linked
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...do you feel anything in the link?"
<Alicia> * Akatsuki sticks with the group, looking like a normal human person.
<@Seraphna> Cookie> We assume Host is going to try to ensure the virus.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Ah. *she closes her eyes* I think she is far from here. I think near the Tsivrixsh embassy. If that is the case we have time. *she walks toward the guards, who seem to recognize her*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...why would she be there?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I have no idea
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Maybe to get one of the other powers to push the virus?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...should we comm the other team to warn them?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Yeah, go ahead and do that, Lana
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So, for the record, this wasn't how I expecting the situation to blow up in our faces."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods and tries to send a message to the other team aboutb Host and the Tsiv embassy*
<@DeathStar> *the guards seem to wave Verdant in, who turns and waves the group in*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Something tells me Verdant has come to see Cran often if the guards are letting her through with no fuss
<@DeathStar> <Asarar comm> Understood. That works, since there seems to be little info on a virus. It's a lead I guess. Thanks.
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Mmhmm. Friends!
<@Seraphna> Nox Comm> I have an idea. I’ll cook it up and send it when done.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *lets out a breath and then follows the others in*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant leads them up to the doors of the office, then turns to them*
<@DeathStar> *Selena meanwhile leans over to Nicolette* So what were you betting on that would blow up in our face?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We haven't figured out the contra elements yet. They're most likely going to take action when they sense the situation changing."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant seems shaking, unable to open the front door; the pre-teen looking at them* One of you mind going in first?
<Alicia> * Jikuu opens the door
<@Seraphna> **Cookie opens and goes in** Just stop thinking so loudly.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette straightens her suit and steps inside
<Alicia> * Akatsuki steps through
<Jackieness> <Lana> *goes inside, loking around*
<@DeathStar> *Cran is behind his desk, alone, dictating sounds like a plan to dissolve the Terran Empire in a way as not to piss off Earth but also to allow the Tsivrixsh, Erusians, and Cartel to gain independence once more; he pauses, looking up at all of them with suspicion until he sees Verdant and gives a fatherly smile* <Cran> I thought you were scheduled for some basic tests, Verdant
<@DeathStar> *he stands up, studying all of them as he motions Verdant over to him and pats her head like a child* <Verdant> Ah, my ...... fr.... iends wanted to meet you
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ah, Mr President, we have a situation of some urgency, and significant importance, we need to talk to you about."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Big fans.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ah. I'm Lana. I'm a scientist from...ahh...the Mars Colony."
<@DeathStar> *he studies them, glancing at Selena of all of them with some interest, blinking, but then turns to Nicolette* Very well. *he pulls a chair up to the guest chairs and sits down* A scientist? Does this have something to do with a science project?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> <Verdant, can we be blunt with him?>
<@DeathStar> *Zayne and Avenir take up positions and Cran seems to eye Avenir a bit as well, looking at her, then Verdant*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant blinks a moment, glancing around toward Cookie, then nods*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette helps Selena get seated before she sits herself. Even if this isn't a Hapian matter, she's still her queen.
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Okay, making this simpler. We’re from the future.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "In a manner of speaking..."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah?"
<@DeathStar> *Selena gets situated and nods to Nicolette, then whips her head around to see how Cran reacts. His face seems to be the perfect poker read*
<@DeathStar> <Cran> ... *he then looks down at Verdant who nods*
<Alicia> * Akatsuki just reads Crans emotions directly
<@DeathStar> *his emotions seem surprised, but he clearly believes whatever Verdant tells him*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Verdant brought us back because we can do something she can’t, change something horrible about to happen.
<@DeathStar> <Cran> I would think, Verdant, this would be a big no no, so I am assuming this horrible thing must be truly awful. *He looks back at their faces*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "The spirits are in terrible danger."
<@DeathStar> <Cran> Is this right? *Verdant nods* <Cran> How so?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Imagine the spirits becoming corrupted with an unending hunger for energy.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Let's say it starts with the end of the world, and gets worse. And one of the problems is because of the experiment to augment the spirits."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....it leads to an extinction-level event for humanity."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> And most of the universe.
<@DeathStar> *it's clear Cran is trying to keep up with all that, and is looking overwhelmed*
<@DeathStar> <Cran> Ah... wait..
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Take your time. I can also get you up to date if you’re okay with a telepathic upload.
<@DeathStar> <Cran> Augmenting? Who authorizaed that? They should be receiving tests akin to children with yearly physicals to make sure becomnig protectors of so many worlds is not having adverse problems. Does that cause the hunger?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I have only suspicions, sorry."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *takes a deep breath* "...they were spread too thin, so an augmentation project was started so they could keep up."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> It might but we suspect some kind of virus evolved and mostly took over Host. She even goes by that name now.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Miss Selena... should I show him the documents?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Certainly
<@DeathStar> *she nods*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The project involves flooding them with concentrated spirit energy and clocking their systems to run beyond their max levels, all the time."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> He’s a Cran, he’ll understand it.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *does a quick weave to display the documents retrieved from the destroyed Earth to Cran in holo-form*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We're aware that this project isn't your plan, but we're looking to you to stop it."
<@DeathStar> *Cran eyes it, then what Nicolette said, moving to his desk and picks up the phone and can be heard talking on it and sounding rather angry. It sounds from the gist of it, every person on the other side is confused since the spirits are still scheduled for basic tests right now*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "There's a good chance that people will move against Cran very soon. So we all need to be on guard."
<@DeathStar> *Cran sets it down* I have my people canceling any tests
<@DeathStar> <Cran> But they claim none of them had any intentions of these special tests and wouldn't know what to do anyway
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ummmm...ahhh...maybe its not in your staff but another faction inside your government?"
<@DeathStar> <Cran> I'll have to look into that. So you said something about a virus?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Right."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries to bring up anythign about the virus*
<@DeathStar> *Cran sits back down to look at it*
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "We don't have much in the way of details about that, though."
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Team B - Asarar
<@DeathStar> *Asarar walks along toward the Tsivrixsh embassy. Bonnie and Cloe wear hats to try to blend in*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen eats on a hotdog he bought*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Ah, this feels nostalgic."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "so what's the call, mom?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "so what's the call, mom?"
<@DeathStar> *Asarar studies the embassy and checks out the windows* Well, our Host is suppose to be in here somewhere; she had to have come here fora reason
<@DeathStar> *a person with a trench coat, hat, and glasses follows them, holding a news paper*
<@Seraphna> Alt> **steals the hot dog**
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...we have a tail."
<@DeathStar> *Gwen blinks as he goes to take a bite*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> A bad one at that
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Cloe go jump them?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I have nine of those.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh? "Huh? I didn't know any of you had... oh, Kaelan's here."
<@Seraphna> Alt> Alt has the prettiest tail.
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> I'll let you touch my tail later if you want. *she says in her best purr to Ceilidh*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Bella, go and invite them over, lower-level-style."
<Jackieness> <Bella> *nods and then moves off to the side*
<@DeathStar> *Asarar points at a fire escape on the side of the building and begins to walk over to it*
<@DeathStar> *The trench coat person keeps peeking over the newspaper at them*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Should I fox hole them?
<Jackieness> <Bella> *tries ninja-ing to pop up behind the person*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh looks at the newspaper headlines while this is going on
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Not unless you want to get some major attention in the diplomatic quarter."
<@DeathStar> *it reads stuff like: Tensions Rise as the Tsivrixsh Declare Honor Has Been Broken*
<@DeathStar> *and Cartel In Massive Debt - Cartel Coin down in Trades?*
<@DeathStar> *the person blinks and swings the newspaper at them* <Melodie> Ack!
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Get."
<@DeathStar> *she seems to be wearing a pink wig*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...Melodie...geeze. Come on, you just plain look sus."
<@DeathStar> *Asarar meanwhile has made her way up the stairs and waves at them, looking in a window*
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Well, that one said I couldn't come, so naturaly I had to come
<@DeathStar> *motions at Ceilidh*
<Alicia> * Ceilidh grabs Melodie and drags her back towards the ship
<@DeathStar> *Melodie acks*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Do you even understand what you're doing?"
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Just that you're denying my right to snoop!
<Jackieness> <Bella> *just gives a whistle and heads back to rejoin the team*
<@DeathStar> *through the window Asarar is at, they would see Tsivrixsh; Melodie shakes off Ceilidh and begins to head back on her own so Ceilidh can return* <Melodie> Fine fine,, I'm going back
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "I'll... try to record what I can for you, just stay out of anywhere infectious."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie nod nods*
<@DeathStar> *The Tsiv seem to be holding containers of something biological and marked extremely dangerous*
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...which pretty much means the planet right now."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Hold on a momet. Do any of you have listening devices so we can hear what is going on in there? That might be the virus
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...I'm guessing that is the virus."
<@DeathStar> *Melodie rejoins the Aquarius for now*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan uses shadows to listen in**
<@DeathStar> <Tsivrixsh A> You know Xevil is going ot be angry when we learns you made this. <Tsivrixsh B> He still believes the Earth people will one day give us our freedoms. But with this keyed to their DNA, none of them will ever be able to leave their planet again and we can be free of these humans
<@DeathStar> *in the background, Host can be seen dropping down from the ceiling like Venom almost and creeping toward them without them noticing*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...Outer Spirit on the field."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> You think we can stop her? We're a little low on firepower
<Alicia> * Ceilidh attempts to record the identities of the Tsiv, at the very least
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We need to destroy the virus."
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Any ideas how?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We can try and steal it while she goes gremlin on them.
<@DeathStar> *Bonnie and Cloe look at each other as Host grabs the virus jar from the two and seems to swallow them into the void for now*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Or that happened.
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "...awkward, but not disastrous yet."
<@DeathStar> *Host sets the jar on the cabinet and her hand begins to glow, the other beginning to open it*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I suppose she can’t infect herself more with an involved virus. Or…
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We are out of time. I suggest we blow the place up."
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Do we have the explosives?
<Alicia> <Ceilidh> "Will that really contain it?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **frowns and focuses, forming a foxhole when she sets it down to snatch it**
<@DeathStar> *Host's hand smacks the counter and her head turns toward the group at the window*
<@DeathStar> *Bonnie jerks back* Screw it tighter, screw it tighter
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Time to go and destroy this.
<@Seraphna> **Kaelsn screws it shut**
<Jackieness> <Bella> "KAelan, portal us out of here!"
<@DeathStar> *suddenly, the wall/window explodes as Host busts through it*
<@DeathStar> *sending them flying*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan opens a hole for them to fly into and away**
<Jackieness> <Kira> *tumbles to try to control her landing* "Get the jar off-planet, Kaelan. Now!"
<Alicia> * Ceilidh just lands on the other side of the hole
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan nods and shadow jumps with it**
<@DeathStar> *Host stands there; the team seems to be missing Gwen already from the first jump*
<@DeathStar> *Then vanishes - did she go after Kaelan or somewhere else*
<@Seraphna> **Alt is therefore missing**
<@DeathStar> *Asarar sits up*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *comm* "Aquarius, Host had the jar. We captured and sent Kaelan away with it. Is she on the ship?!"
<@DeathStar> <Taiga comm> I am not seeing any signs of Host. Kaelan might be onboard
<@DeathStar> *Referring to her shadow ability*
<@Seraphna> Nox> Tracking momma. She knows my ship shadow spaces.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga comm> If she is onboard, Nox, have her use the ship to dispose of it
<@Seraphna> Nox> Got it. Let’s hope Host isn’t here though.
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We're missing someone."
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan would do so**
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Lets try to find Gwen
<@DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<@DeathStar> Location: Team A
<@DeathStar> *outside the sky seems to have a crack in it and people have begun to murmur; Cran has been fielding calls for the past half hour*
<@DeathStar> *as the civil unrest begins to rise up, it almost feels like the prelude to the riots*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Oh there we go. Time break.
<@DeathStar> *Verdant peers out silently while Taiga updates the group on the situation with the virus disposal*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Seems Kaelan destroyed the virus.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhhhh..." *looks att he two time spirits* "...do you know what just happened?"
<@Seraphna> Cookie> And just killed the guy who made it.
<@Seraphna> **just = Host
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah." <Akatsuki> "...Mission accomplished?"
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> Time is nearly at the breaking point, but it's not quite there yet. It can revert still.
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> Something is still in play that can make it happen
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Maybe she warped the maker then.
<@Seraphna> Cookie> At least we know who it is now. A Tsiv scientist that went rogue on Xevil.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> It feels so sttange
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Usually you'd be trying to stop this kind of thing
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Other possibility is she uses the virus in herself.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...are we sure she was infected?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> What do you mean? *She looks at Lana*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I mean...what if she goes and grabs control of the Outer Spirits in this time period?"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That seems like two different questions."
<@DeathStar> *Cran grabs a phone, then practically screams into it* What do you mean someone called them into the chambers to do a test? and you're locked out?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> That is two different tree my questions.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "My brain is going in multiple places right now!"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "REALLY?!"
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Oh no. There it is. We should go save them.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *looks over and points at Cran* "Like that!"
<@DeathStar> *Cran eyes the chaos outside tying him to the phone*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Verdant, you know where the facility is right?
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Of course
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Okay, we need to move on that, but... we can't leave him alone."
<@DeathStar> <Cran> I'm coming
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Let’s go there. Bring the old man.
<@DeathStar> *he hangs up and grabs a coat*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Right, that makes it easier."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Can we get there in time to stop the test?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Spirit teleport?"
<@Seraphna> Cookie> We have a time spirit so… yes?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I... let me see pictures we of it
<@DeathStar> *took of it
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ah, Ori. You awake?"
<Jackieness> <Lana> *weaves to bring up a #D projection of the future facility*
<Jackieness> 3D
<@DeathStar> *Orgin/Lavenza comes out from under the hat, stretching, having been gathering their energy*
<@DeathStar> <Origin> <Help?>
<@DeathStar> *Selena studies the maps and trying to judge the distance from there to here*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Things are going to be hectic from here on out. I need you to stay with Avenir. We need your power to make sure things hold together."
<@DeathStar> *she nods and gets on Avenir's head*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Alright, here we go. *she warps them, landing them one foot from the wall*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> ... *takes a step back*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...after you, Mr. President."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette lets out a breath of the shock of being so close to a wall suddenly.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "So, teleport inside, break the door open, or...?"
<@DeathStar> *Cran uses his ID to get them in and begins to head through the facility* Just follow me. I know a quick route
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Up to you all. **she forms her guns**
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I guess subtlety time is over."
<Jackieness> <Lana> *follows*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant seems to swoon a bit, clearly having a kid's crush on him as she follows. Selena and Zayne follow along with Avenir and Lavenza taking up the rear. As they near the science chambers, the smell of blood hangs in the air*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Are we too late?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I specifically asked in order to avoid this."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Oh that’s never a good smell. Except for Steak Night.
<@DeathStar> * right around the corner, Asarar is kneeling and checking a body and speaking to Kira* <Asarar> Still warm
<@DeathStar> *there seems to be the men in charge that Cran was talking to not just a few moments ago*
<Jackieness> <Kira> *turns, hand on her blade...then stops when she sees its the other team*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette summons her magic cane
<@Seraphna> **Cookie frowns and blinks a bit** You guys got here fast.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Experiment room. Where? I no longer wish to take the slow path."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Tracking Gwen
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?! What is he doing here?!"
<@Seraphna> Cookie> He came HERE? On his own?
<@DeathStar> *Cran points at a massive doors that are shut and goes to use his ID to open them for Jikuu*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> I think he was dragged here
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Be ready for anything."
<Alicia> * Jikuu hurries through, Akatsuki following out of worry
<@DeathStar> *as Cran opens it and Jikuu begins to hurry through, all three of them are caught in a nasty explosive trap*
<@DeathStar> *that then begins to pull their bodies toward a black void*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Crap, get them!
<MobileAri> * Nicolette casts an airspell to try to fill he space between them and the void
<Alicia> * Jikuu tries to grab Cran and teleport, Akatsuki foxholing
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts to weave, trying to create a bubble to rescue the three*
<@DeathStar> *on the other side of the room they would see Host isthe one conducting the experiments; seeing them there, they form what looks to be a barrier*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> How did she plan this much so quickly!?
<@DeathStar> *Cran coughs up some blood, missing an arm*
<Alicia> * Jikuu attempts to destroy the machinery
<@Seraphna> **Cookie touches Cran and stabilizes him**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...help him!" *turns and then starts to weave, trying to use magic to hack into the machinery controls*
<Alicia> * Akatsuki mostly looks nervous
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> ... *She seems quiet, eyeing Host running the equipment like she always has known how*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> I can’t regrow the arm but I can tell your body to mend.
<@DeathStar> *the machine begin to smoke, then explodes in her face*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...so...any chance Host was the one who did this to the spirits to begin with?"
<@DeathStar> *Host turning to face Jikuu, the barrier still protecting her*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> I am rating it rather high
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Everyone, I think we’re in a time loop.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I can't believe that. Prismatic wanted to be free of this more than anyone else
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Mmm..."
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...are you sure that actually is Prismatic...or something else is in the driver seat?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "She's acting more like a spirit possessed."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...let me try to look..." *starts to weave, trying to catch a glim,pse of Prism's spirit essence*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> It’s not her. It’s the virus inside her.
<@DeathStar> <Host> I've finally found what I was looking for. To quell my aching hunger. And you want to break everything
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> If she was the cause of the spirits' transformation
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I doubt you would discuss things calmly."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...she ate...soemthing...its not agreeing with her...overwhelming her...overwhelming her sanity."
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> She was cannibalising the Spirit Mother --- for years now
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "So... make her vomit?"
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> Along with the others
<@DeathStar> *Verdant
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I know, I felt it through our connection. *she holds her head*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We really need to get you a better diet. How about you sit down, and we can discuss your options."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...I suspect that the Spirit Mother would not be enough. She would finish off the other Outer Spirits, then any other source of nourishment once the spirits are gone."
<@DeathStar> <Host> You all may have won - time will collapse. But...
<@DeathStar> <Host> You all will be taken out with me as time re-writes itself
<@DeathStar> *she lowers her barrier, as if she has given up* <Host> But I have a parting gift for you
<Jackieness> <Kira> "...what is she up to now?"
> CTCP PING From MobileAri
<@DeathStar> <Host> That wind spirit of yours. The one that Verdant saved. Her core was so melted, she had to have a core from our homeworld to survive. Which slowly made her one of us
<@DeathStar> <Host> She even partook of the Spirit Mother when I asked her to. Just a slight nudge. Right now, she's at your ship and seeing to it that your time shields will not survive
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Got all that? **taps her comm**
<Jackieness> <Bella> *comm* "Aquarius. Host wa snot alone. She brought Ciorrupted Sylph with her. She's going to hit the time shields."
<@DeathStar> *the comms are distorted right now from osmething*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Why would you do this, Prismatic? Didn't you want to go back to how things were before? Without the hunger? With your world still alive?"
<@Seraphna> **Cookie sighs and notifies someone on the ship another way**
<Jackieness> <Kira> "We need to get back up there now."
<@DeathStar> <Host> .... *looks into the chamber with the her younger self, then suddenly warps into there and oddly enough, seems to be trying to strangle herself*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Zayne looks at Nicolette, to see if they want to waste the energy in someone having a break down*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Should I stop her?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Yes."
<@Seraphna> **Cookie holds out a hand and tries to disrupt Host with a telepathic blast**
<MobileAri> * Nicolette just nods, trying desperately to think of something she could do here
<@Seraphna> **Alt if there tries to Return to Talia on the ship**
<@DeathStar> *Zayne uses her magic to bubble for now and turns her over to Jikuu*
<@DeathStar> *Host seems to just be in a stupor right now instead of breaking free*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "To the ship? I... do not have any plans beyond this..."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> I'd becareful. You're holding onto essentially a bomb.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Lets
<@DeathStar> *Cloe and Bonnie help stand up Cran*
<Alicia> * Jikuu takes her back then. "Really, I am more concerned with everyone else's safety."
<@DeathStar> *as they begin to head for the exit, they would hear something from the janitor's closet*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?" *goes over to check the closet*
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Wait--- *Lana opens it*
<@DeathStar> *a dangerous spiked weapon falls right at her, purposely aimed, with a string to pull something in the back*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<MobileAri> * Nicolette uses magic to rip up the floor below Lana to use as a shield
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "...why though?"
<@DeathStar> *Gwen struggles, standing on his tip toes with something around his neck; it looks like that was pulled was something to alert Host that they wer coming*
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Heeeey guys
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan reaches tendrils out and frees him**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I...ahhh...thought Gwen was hiding in the closet..."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Come we need to spank Sylph.
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> Yeah, I sometimes am known for hiding in the closet
<@DeathStar> *As they step outside, the sky looks to be shattering*
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "You should talk to Yoi about being more open."
<@DeathStar> *the cirtizens are in a mass panic and the base looks empty now*
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> We are in danger. Time is breaking
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> We will be swept up in it
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Mmm..."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "This is like a giant F-U from Host. We need to get back to the ship."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...mmhmm."
<@DeathStar> *up in the sky, the Aquarius can be seen; along with what looks to be hurricane level weather*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan opens a shadow portal**
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Let’s go.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "... will Prismatic be okay?"
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> ... We hsould leave her here
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Prismatic?"
<@DeathStar> *Host lifts her head slightly at her name*
<@DeathStar> *Selena begins to step through the portal to see what is happening; as does Asarar, bonnie, Cloe, etc*
<@DeathStar> *Avenir bows and hurries through, while Verdant and Zayne remain behind*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette hesitates, looking to Zayne, "What are you thinking?"
<Jackieness> * Kira and Bella head through.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Come on Gwen, we need to go."
<Alicia> * Jikuu pauses, uncertain whether to leave Host behind or not, but being willing to if people say it's best
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I think we need to leave her behind; even assuming time resets a better version of her comes about
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> If we bring this one on the ship they will be spared and remain a problem
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan pulls the lingers through**
<Alicia> * Jikuu pauses, setting her down gently, before hopping through with Akatsuki
<Jackieness> <Lana> *pulls Gwen through*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen whees*
<@DeathStar> *Cran eyes Verdant, breathing hard and touches her head* <Cran> I'll keep an eye on her... while you do your thing
<@DeathStar> *Verdant holds his hand for a moment then steps through*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The future is going to need you too, so be careful Mr President." She heads through.
<@DeathStar> *on the ship, alarms are going off like mad and Yuki is in her chair, trying to avoid the wind sheers with Ben*
<@DeathStar> <Mireille comm> We have lost over half our time shields. This might be a problem
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We need an anti-air spirit shield.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its Sylph...or what's left of her..."
<@DeathStar> *The Dark Looking Sylph zooms around them*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> And we don't have anyone that can try to reach her
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> I'm going to try to break time. The sooner we try, the better chance we have of all coming out of this better and not being swallowed up
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Do it."
<@Seraphna> **Nox uses her own power to brace the ship with a shield of dark tendrils**
<@DeathStar> *Avenir begins to kneel with Verdant and begins to focus her time powers; right as Sylph rams them with a giant wind slice, right at the bridge, aiming to cut into their shields*
<@DeathStar> *The tendrils and the wind sheer begin to conflict*
<Jackieness> <Airym> *comm* "All hands, brace for time jump!"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan uses foxholes to help Nox**
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We have hostiles in the air around us .. .wait, I take that back. They're targetting Sylph.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette focuses all her energy into trying to manipulate the air to redirect as much of the wind away from the ship as possible
<@DeathStar> *The younger version of the outer spirit seem to be going after Sylph, and attempting to drive her back*
<@Seraphna> Terra> If only we could freeze her or something and take her back…
<@DeathStar> *Sylph eyes the wind no longer doing as muc hdamage on the ship as well*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Any idea how?"
<@Seraphna> Aurora> Freeze?
<@DeathStar> *Sylph backs off and begins to do something*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...if her power were low enbough, I could spiirt trap her."
<@DeathStar> *her hand rising into the air and the ship's alarms go off, indicaing the air pressure around them is increasing drastically*
<@Seraphna> **Aurora snaps and tries to flash freeze the air around Sylph**
<@DeathStar> *Sylph jerks and looks like part of her has become heavier*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *starts weaving, trying to form the spirit trap*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette creates a barrier of fire around the ship, to feed on the air trying to crush them
<@DeathStar> *Ben glances at Nicolette, impressed, when Sylph lands on top of them, probably due to the weight*
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> Breaking!
<@Seraphna> **Aurora ads more, forming crystals with her Famfrit half**
<@DeathStar> *as she says this, everyone would feel like time has stopped a moment*
<@DeathStar> *outside the ship, everything is frozen*
<@DeathStar> *then suddenly it feels as if it all shatters away*
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius next finds itself over Geyze, spinning out of control toward it, power low; Mireille, Melodie, and Aimee reporting restarts needed in several sections*
<@Seraphna> **Cookie moves over to the controls to help**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Taiga, Ben. Get the ships systems back up to resotre minimum control."
<@Seraphna> **Nox starts restating the tendrils to make wings / fins to control their spin**
<@DeathStar> *Taiga heads for engineering while Ben begins to work on it with Cookie* <Ben> Cookie, try to get us in a glide incase we fail*
<Alicia> * Jikuu attempts to help out with restarts
<@Seraphna> **Cookie’s eyes unfocus as she starts automatically moving, letting her precognition go full power**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh..where did Sylph go?!"
<@DeathStar> *with everyone helping, the important systems come back online with enough time that Cookie is able to get thrusters on*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Give me a moment and I will bring scans up
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Wheeseee!
<MobileAri> * Nicolette lets the fires fade, and goes to check on Avenir and Lavenza
<@DeathStar> *the two time spirits seem to be hugging on each other, with Origin giving both spare spirit energy to keep them awake*
<@DeathStar> *As they descend, they begin to come down around around the Academy, with no damage - as if the attack by Verdant never happened*
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "One thing's still bothering me though... what was controlling Host?"
<@DeathStar> *Ben charts a landing zone*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> I need to call Mom and tell her we won the battle.
<MobileAri> * Nicolette kneels and offers her energy to the pair.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I always assumed it was her own insanity from her hunger, but now I don't know
<@DeathStar> *she sits up, nodding her thanks to Nico and Origin*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I am picking up Sylph in space. She seems to be hovering there. We should be prepared in case she comes down
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...like I said, her metabolism was on overdrive. She was literally insane from hunger. It was...somethign she ate."
<@Seraphna> Terra> **warps to grab Fae**
<@Seraphna> Terra> Maybe we can reach her?
<@DeathStar> *As the Aquarius lands; the group would notice a few oddities. Outside the fact the Academy has suffered no damage, Neekito is next to Kito, alive, and it looks like Rain is alive as well, having come to observe the ship*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "If she's hostile, I could try trapping her again. Mayube a core extraction and swap..."
<@DeathStar> *Selena looks confused * How is everything back to the way it was?
<@DeathStar> *Fae muses*
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Fae can try to get her
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "Made in Heaven..."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh? Ah...the changes mean the Outer Spirits were never hostile, so they never attacked."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> So that means Aska and the others should be okay, too then
<@DeathStar> *she looks relieved*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "The question is what happened to Sylph, if the Outer Spirits did nothing..."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> I'm afraid .... due to me being here
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> And us pulling Slylph along
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "We'll do what we can do help her."
<@DeathStar> *the Dark Looking Sylph lands outside the ship; Fae going out there to meet her. A moment or two later, Aska and Shade appear as well*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> It's starting
<Jackieness> <Lana> "My lab should be intact again, so I'll do what I can."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'd have liked to have... undone that, but we couldn't leave her there. It would have been too dangerous."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "But leaving Host behind was fine?"
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius' begins to pick up a massive spirit energy spike*
<@Seraphna> **Terra stays with Fae**
<@DeathStar> *on the same level of what they were detecting when their gate portal was connected to that strange world where Host was feasting on the Spirit Mother*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "What was THAT?"
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, sensors."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I don't know, it's blowing out our sensors
<@DeathStar> *he turns the screen, where the sensors have all blacked out*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Can you compensate for the poer level and get a fix on its origin?"
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I'm attempting to when Verdant grabs Nicolette's arm*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Something is happening
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> On a fundamental level
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "This is well outside my predictions. We must have overlooked something..."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Is the universe settling?
<@DeathStar> *outside, Shade, Aska, even Sylph vanish. There is no sign of them; then Neekito seems to vanish.*
<@Seraphna> **Terra brings Fae back confused** Sylph just poofed!
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh?! Is the old timeline trying to reassert itself?!"
<@DeathStar> *Verdant turns to them* I think I miscalculated what she'd do .... *she vanishes; a moment or two later, something washes over the spirit childen, but they remain. Only something seems to have occurred. They all appear to be giving no spirit readings anymore*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> What…
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ori! Isolate yourself!"
<@DeathStar> *Ori nods and tries to vanish from sight*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Someobe explain what the hell is happening…
<@DeathStar> *the non-spirit wave seems to grip the planet, then it fades and moves on, likely hitting Kumen and Counter Geyze next*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Sensors are returning
<@DeathStar> <Ben> The Aquarius is.... *Taiga steps in* <Taiga> It's been completely drained of all spirit resources
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "She took out the source, in the past."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> But…
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Whatever that was, I think it came from that one world
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> No this is wrong…
<@Seraphna> **Nox panicked checks on Mire**
<@DeathStar> *due to being a faux spiit, Mireille seems to no longer be around, much like Shade*
<@Seraphna> **Nox starts to break down and weep**
<MobileAri> * Nicolette sits down, her mind racing.
<@DeathStar> *Fae looks freaked out at no logner having wings*
<@DeathStar> <Fae> I- I--
<@DeathStar> *Soren seems silent*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We’re fixing this! How though!?
<Jackieness> <Lana> *adjusts her glasses* "Somethign caught Verdant's attention..."
<@DeathStar> *Ben turns to Airym* Whatever it was, what scans I cold do
<Jackieness> <Airym> "LEt us hear your report."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> It looked like it came from beyond this galaxy. Chasing it would take a lot of effort
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Fuck effort we’re doing it.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I have only one theory of who or what could have done it
<@DeathStar> <Ben> But I'd need to see what condition the Outer Spirits are in to be sure
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "... we should do that."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I have a couple, but..."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We just watched Verdant vanish.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Which is why I think they might also be gone
<Jackieness> <Airym> "What exactly is your theory?"
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> It’s not set yet. We remember.
<@Seraphna> Nox> Mire…
<@DeathStar> <Ben> The one who gave spirit power in the first place and allowed the Keepers to seed it and in turn was bit by them. If they also were able to remember what happened despite a time reset
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Then we are going straight to the Mother.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...then she may have taken back all of the spirit power."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "You think the mother... cut them off?"
<Alicia> <Akatsuki> "... It's possible..."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I mean, if she was eaten by Host
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Over years
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Fuck that. She’s not punishing those who saved her. I’m gonna smack that bitch silly.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Her children appeared to her and attempted matricide. Her actions are logical, if extreme."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "If she remembered then, yeah... that could be."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Well now she’s gonna meet her in laws.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "... umm... sorry everyone. I feel like this is my fault."
<@DeathStar> *Ben rubs his hands* I do not see how
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Less Blame and more getting our engines ready.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We have managed to restore to life several people, the Academy is not in ruins
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan rolls up her kimono sleeves and moves for engineering**
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> ... do we ... plan to fly blindly?
<@DeathStar> *she looks at the others*
<@Seraphna> Nox> Bring her back…
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "From the looks of things... we have one... half-spirit."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Actually... we might not be blind."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Dow e still have the data from our examination of the portal in the averted future?"
<@DeathStar> *Soren goes to drag Kaelan back*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Did Origin hide herself?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> If so then we have the best compass ever.
<@DeathStar> *Origin/Lavenza keeps hidden/erased, not revealing their hand either way*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette pulls out a sphereical recording device, "We should have information on the planet here."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I can’t let her heart break like this Soren…
<@DeathStar> <Soren> I'm not saying we will; we'll locate the world then go
<@DeathStar> *Ben leans in* Alright. We'll use the coordinates and head there
<@DeathStar> *he turns to Taiga*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "My orders are to ge the Aquarius eready for travel. Ben, work with Nicolette to plot a course to the Spirit Mother's world."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Before we go. If those coordinates are right
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I need to upgrade the engines
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> This distance is practically further than any shot I've gone in Prime.
<@Seraphna> Si> We can probably pull in help at least to expedite that.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> It might be why they wanted Yggdrasil
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Then see if Yggdrasil cna help us here as well."
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'll help too."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I will do what I can. I might have trouble powering the entire ship on my own though."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Is our gate open? We could try to get more progenitors.
<@Seraphna> Terra> Terra help. Full Progebitor right now.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I thought it was spirits that we needed?"
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Our gate is still in our ship
<@DeathStar> *Taiga glances at it*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I can try to rip it out and mimic what they did
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Enlarge it for a ship
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> I just want to point out one thing before you all get started
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> If it is this Spirit Mother you plan to pick a fight with, how do you see this going down. If she made spirits, what makes you think you can strong arm her
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I was not intending to fight..."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Ideally, we reason with her, but..."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette shakes her head, "I don't know. I just know that our friends are gone because of her decision."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> She’s going to make this right.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Maybe we can explain what happened..."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Lets hope this works. I have a bad feeling what void the world might take with spirits gone
<@DeathStar> *void might fill
<@DeathStar> -TBC-
* DeathStar changes topic to: Geyze: Record of Spirit War | Mondays | 7:15 -  7:30 PM to 10:15 pm  to 10:30 PM | Part IV - Act 3 |  Geyze Session 94: A Universe Without Spirits | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze/index.php - | | Outer Spirit End - Feb 24 | No More Arc - April 14 
* DeathStar changes topic to: Geyze: Record of Spirit War | Mondays | 7:15 -  7:30 PM to 10:15 pm  to 10:30 PM | Part IV - Act 3 |  Geyze Session 94: A Universe Without Spirits | http://thealienwars.com/TAW6/DaCapo/Geyze/index.php - | | | No More Arc - April 14 
<@DeathStar> -Minis Are Open-


<@DeathStar> *The Academy students question how Yoiyami magically got a ship and has been away on adventure*
* Jackieness (~Psy@23-127-47-99.lightspeed.knvltn.sbcglobal.net) has quit IRC
<@DeathStar> *Sabrina offers Sparkling a drink while Selena is in her castle, trying to deal with all the recent crisis - due to the fact Hapian is a spirit tech focused kingdom*
<@DeathStar> *which means the Kingdom has ground to a halt in many ways*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen stands around, making Alt pack her bags*
<@DeathStar> *Lumi, after having been informed, makes notes on all the spirits who are MIA*
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> Aska and the rest; Neekito. Shin is assumed missing. I have not gotten in touch with Zayne
* Day changed to Monday, 17. Feb 2025