The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Geyze: Record of Spirit War Session 99

* Day changed to Monday, 7. Apr 2025
* DeathStar sets mode: +o Ari`
<@DeathStar> *Gnome digs along the planet, setting aside stuff she finds in a bucket by Adeline*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **examines another bit, sometimes using her manifestation to fast-crystallize elements**
<@DeathStar> *Adeline studies stuff next to Jaime* I can't decide what might be used to make a core. But if this is made up of the same materials as our spirit realm, there are items here not found anywhere on Geyze or anywhere. The metals and soil are infused with spirit energy in such a way I would conclude it to be a sort of spirit mineral.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Some of these elements are found in Croza technology and borderline Progenitor materials.
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> Some maybe, but what I am saying is there is some materials that were not in the Croza ships. I had a chance to see them
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> I do not know about the Keepers, but the Croza were a type of spirits themselves, so it makes sense for them to have a bit of the materials amongst their ships
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> I still am unsure how to use what is here to make a 'heart' - the spirit core. *she studies the stuff Gnome has gathered together*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses** Are all the cores identical? Does it actually take certain materials?
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> It's a good question, we haven't had much chance to study many cores. Nicolete, Ceilidh and Lana were granted 3 cores to study - we know they begin on the small size and grow larger with the spirit as the spirit "grows". It was what was causing the spirits issues a few years back due to the spirits having to have smaller cores put into them
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses and tickles Gnome** What do you think, my chief materials expert?
<@DeathStar> *Gnome studies the materials* These spirit rocks sing to me. *touches her chest* But even Gnome is not sure how they could be made into a heart. Gnome certainly does not have the ability to take them and mold them into a core.
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> She might could replicate the structures but that is it
<@Seraphna> **Jaime hands her the one she made in front of Mother before** How’s this attempt?
<@DeathStar> *Gnome shakes it and tilts head, holding it* There seems to be some elements still missing from a core. And it is not alive and singing. <Adeline> Do you think Mother expects us to figure it out or is she too afraid to tell us?
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses** I remember Cookie’s report of the chamber where she found Chronos. The cores there all felt alive to her. And when Cookie says alive she means there was a sentience to them.
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> Creepy.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> There is an element we haven’t considered. Also why our born spirits don’t need a core.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Souls.
* Jackieness (~Psy@23-127-47-99.lightspeed.knvltn.sbcglobal.net) joins #TAW-Geyze
<@DeathStar> *Chronos appears behind Jaime*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hello Chronos.
<@DeathStar> *Adeline turns her head slowly at the appearance of the time spirit* ...you are kidding on that theory, right?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> No. We know souls are a real thing. The Dark Ones used them. Souls can be remade and reborn.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> I would becareful with who you speak with on this matter. Some will find it unsettling
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Everyone likely does. I’m just a bit used to discussing unsettling concepts.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> If you tell Mother what you know, she will likely show you the final steps to making a core.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> Or as she calls it - a heart
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> But before you go
<Jackieness> <Lana> *stumbles in with a crash* "Ahhhhhh?! Really?!"
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> ... *she pauses, and looks like she plans to withdraw*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Go on Chronos.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> You will likely have to make a special heart before this is over if you want to win. I won't say anymore.
<@DeathStar> *Chronos fades from sight*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh...did I come at a bad time?"
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> Talking about unsettling matters regarding making cores
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It is an odd place to stumble on us. I’m assuming a special core means one that can fix Sylph somehow. Or hold Host.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh, I was hoping she shared a secret." *stands and tries to regain her composure* "I actually did have aproject on making a synthetic spirit core."
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> It might be one and the same - Sylph was given a corrupted core that now has the host thing
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I believe I identified the missing element.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> The question is where we get a soul.
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> *she eyes the object in her hand in thought*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh....you should ask where the ship spirits got their essence. That was the premise I was working from."
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> Taiga would be the one to ask
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> It is based off Tora's design
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Meanwhile, I did construct a prototype based from the physical cores retrieved from the Spirit Realm."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sounds like we have more than enough to approach mother with. But let us approach Taiga first.
<@DeathStar> *Gwen lounges about the place near Mother's*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "
<@DeathStar> *Azif sitting by him, offreing deals*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Iwould liek to participate...instead of falling into the conversation."
<@Seraphna> Talia> Talia offer Azif a fish for her to stop.
<@DeathStar> <Azif> Hm?
<@Seraphna> **Talia sets down fish**
<@DeathStar> <Azif> I do not want a fish
<@Seraphna> Talia> Bad negotiator.
<@DeathStar> *Adeline walks toward Mother's chamber, finding a lot of the spirits about outside it.*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "You know...we never did ask why the Outer Spirits had so many corrupted cores on hand."
<@DeathStar> <Void> ... *leans on the wall while Neekito seems to be trying to learn more about Solar and Verdant. Prismatic paces about*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses and warps, returning with Taiga**
<@DeathStar> *Taiga looks up, goggles on from doing repair work on the Aquarius* Yes?
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> We could ask Verdant. She is the only one to remember the previous timeline.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...good idea."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Any idea what was used to catalyze the ship spirits?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We need to ask Taiga that too."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Hm? *she pulls the goggles up, looking exhausted and rubs her eyes, then flails as she gets crap in them* fuck fuck fuck
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh! We need water, stat!"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We suspect a soul is needed for the cores, but the ship spirits may provide an alternative. **she touches Taiga’s eyes and extracts the stuff**
<@DeathStar> *Taiga flails her hands a moment, then stops, keeping her eyes closed tight* Wait. Soul used for the cores?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...spirit essence."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Hm. No, from Tora's notes, the ship spirits used a different type of core
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> It's needed to help them connect to the ship
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Still...do you have any detaisl that you could share?"
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Essentially, from what I can tell, Tora must have gotten her hand on a core at some point and made a replica of it that was designed to run to tap them into the spirit realm through the Net. Their core has a circuit in it
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> It's man-made
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Not to say that Mireille and the others couldn't accept a real one. But this allows them to access technology easier than a real spirit. Hell, they can any technology better than a spirit could
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hmmm. Though Nox seems to somehow adapted to that too. Suggesting it can go both ways.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> It's a pseudo adaption so far due to Mireille
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Taiga did say easier. She didn't say it was impossible for a natural spirit to use the technology."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> That is true too
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> But there is a down side to the faux-core
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?"
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> I don't think it was implented in Mireille's, but due to how unstable the prototypes were, their cores for example have a shut off device that can stop the spirit in their tracks.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> It wasa reason the two were never meant to be activated
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...besides their personalities?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> They are rambunctious scamps.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> They can be a bit dangerous from what I read note wise
<Jackieness> <Lana> "And destructive, yes."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Either way, there was no uh, soul usage in making them. If you were to put a real core in them, they'd like lose a lot of their tech abilities
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Anyone can be destructive.
<@DeathStar> *Taiga finally opens her eyes*
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Vice versa, I imagine
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> You could put a core in a half-spirit or a tech core in them and possibly get mixed results, and the same might could be done with a normal spirit
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I wonder if one could produce a dual-mode core that could do both..." *starts making notes*
<@DeathStar> *Azif meanwhile in the background is trying to catch Talia*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen lazily just reaching out now and again*
<@DeathStar> *Adeline turns to Jaime* Should we talk to Mother finally? *She eyes all the spirits hanging about the entrance to her room*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We may as well. We want to save Sylph.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'll take notes."
<@DeathStar> *passing the spirits, Selena joins them* <Selena> Did you learn anything important?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We may know the missing ingredient to cores.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We still need to confirm..."
<@DeathStar> *stepping into the chamber, Verdant is in there talking to her already as is Zayne oddly enough. The other spirits remaining outside in the hallway; on Zayne's head is a familar Origin*
<@DeathStar> *Mother is sitting in her chair, looking troubled, none of own spirits present, though the team has learned the entire city is full of them*
<@DeathStar> *possibly the entire planet*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Spirit Mother.
<@DeathStar> *Gnome peeks around Jaime*
<@DeathStar> <Mother> You been digging around the fields. What have you learned?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...Jaime?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That there’s an element missing from cores still.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I believe it to be a soul. Or life force.
<@DeathStar> <Mother> .... That's the major one
<Jackieness> <Lana> *makes notes* "...and what else?"
<@DeathStar> *Mother produces what looks to be a nearly finished core, then begins to pour her spirit magic into it, finishing the melding process with the spirit metals* This helps the core resonate with spirit energy and spirit magics to pass it on to whatever spirit takes it and awaken whatever abilities they will have.
<@DeathStar> <Mother> I imagine any spirit can do this
<@DeathStar> <Mother> The soul inside also influences what will come about
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I wonder what differentiates this spirit energy from normal spirit energy..."
<@DeathStar> <Mother> All spirits have their reserve of spirit energy. Planets rich in spirit energy have it to some degree to. And some spirits can wield their energy into types of a form of energy that replicates magic attack. It is one reason we clash with real magic often
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Now we just need a soul and a plan for a core that can fix Sylph.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...it seems we can have a spirit craft a new 'soul' for Sylph's replacement core."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Well, speaking of your Sylph
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> The other me has been sent back successfully to your spirit realm. The problem now is moving all of us over there
<@DeathStar> <Mother> I would remind you of one thing before you go
<@DeathStar> <Mother> This Sylph might be the most problematic of the spirits, but they were not the only spirit that consumed that day. *she peers out into the flesh where Prismatic is lurking* Their friends, as you might have noticed, are not with these three.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Well, we have to save her.
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> Well, lets get everyone to the Aquarius then and see about trying to get home
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh...I can work on more spirit traps in casse we encoutner the others."
<@DeathStar> *Selena bows to Mother and walks out into the hallway* So this soul business. How do we plan to make that work?
<@DeathStar> <Azif> If you want to make a deal, I could get you some souls
<@DeathStar> *she is being held by the neck by Gwen*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...ahhh..no. Ahem. You saw what the Spirit Mother did and heard what she said. Origin may be able to craft a new Wind soul."
<@DeathStar> <Origin> *Tilts her head from Zayne's head*
<@DeathStar> <Origin> Creaing soul from nothing might be beyond my power.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We actually have a simple solution there.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Shin. When we arrive can you seek out a good person near death or already dying?
<@DeathStar> *Void walks along them, while Chronos and Avenir have joined them at the far back. Avenir acting odd*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I’m sure we can find a volunteer to help save the Wind Spirit without needing to be evil about it.
<@DeathStar> *Shin was not one of the ones summoned*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Right let’s grab Shin back before we go if possible.
<@DeathStar> <Void> If your plan needs the Death Spirit, I can guess where your mind is going
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A volunteer, yes.
<@DeathStar> <Neekito> ... *wiggles her hands together* If our hands are forced, I can try to mimic Shin's power
<@Seraphna> Jaime> If we find someone dying then we can ask them to help save Sylph.
<@DeathStar> *As they arrive on the Aquarius, Yuki is leaned back on captain's chair in the Aux Bridge, looking more grim than usual*
<@DeathStar> *Melodie and Aimee have taken up spots to help Mireille out boost wise*
<@Seraphna> Nox> **is with Mire lending support and things**
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> A ship fueled by love.
<@DeathStar> <Vyvy> *keeps an eye on Mireille's pod*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I'll be in the lab section."
<@DeathStar> *Ben has Verdant move to a spot and scans her*
<@DeathStar> *Taiga seems to be scanning all over the planet*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Is this really...going to work?
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza/Origin hums quietly, almost sadly and Zayne glances up*
<@Ari`> <Nicolette> "It won't be the craziest thing we've tried."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Definitely. Otherwise this would be a wild ending wouldn't it?
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We're getting something. A signal, that is both far away and very close.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "On screen."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I think it is akin to us using the Net to jump from Kumen to Geyze
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Alright, prepare to break the laws of space and time, my lovelies.
<@DeathStar> *Ben brings up the two signals; the signals seem to be indicating that indeed, one is super far away, while the other is just a jump away*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> We'll have to activate the spirit engines
<Jackieness> <Airym> "This almost resembles the principle of quantum entanglement."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> If we make the jump, we'll be aiming ourselves at the planet
<@Ari`> * Nicolette has a smug smile, as Ben confirms what she theorized
<@DeathStar> <Ben> Do we want to proceed?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Okay, plotting a not-a-crash-course.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "do what you cna to minimize danger."
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Right, minimize the danger - I think someone used to do this type of crap for a living
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Mireille - Nox - jump us as safely as you can at the planet using the spirit engines.
<@Seraphna> Nox> Sounds good! Ready darling~?
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> Always <3
<@DeathStar> <Vyvy> Remember to carry the decimal between making out
<@Seraphna> **Nox initiates them with a kiss and remembers the decimal carrying**
<@Seraphna> **Cookie sends her thoughts out to the future as she shifts the ship to jump**
<@DeathStar> *prepare yourself for a nonskippable OG*
<@DeathStar> *Left, right, Up, Down, Left, Righ, Right, Left, Down, Up, Up, Down, Right, Left, Down*
<@DeathStar> 5
<@DeathStar> 4
<@DeathStar> 3
<@DeathStar> 2
<@DeathStar> 1
<@Seraphna> rldurllruddulru
<@DeathStar> -0-
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius manages to not blow up as it continues to move forward, passing what looks like a whirlwind of colors outside the viewscreen*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, analysis."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We've gone full rainbow.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We seem to be---
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> Warning, exiting spirit jump
<@DeathStar> *the Aquarius jumps out and the group would reccognize a familiar area - the ship is not too far from where the cores are kept in the Spirit Realm. As they exit out, the alarms go off and the ship is suddenly being shaken from multiple attacks and damage reports are popping up all over the place*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Red alert. Raise shields."
<@DeathStar> <Ben> ATtempting to.
<@DeathStar> *the shields seem to be barely raising as Yuki orders Cookie to lift them up*
<@DeathStar> *Sylphs begin to appear all in the sky*
<@DeathStar> *aiming what looks to be wind attacks, slicing into the Aquarius*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Tap into the ambient spirit energy to quickly restore power if you must."
<@DeathStar> *Ben taps into their spirit energy reserves to get their shields up*
<@DeathStar> <Ben> I suggest attacking them with everything we have
<@DeathStar> <Ben> The Aquarius is ready to fall apart
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Weapons. Fire at will."
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan muses and fires the weapons**
<@Ari`> * Nicolette prays these are all proxies and that they don't kill the real Sylph
<@DeathStar> *Ben begins to tap into the magic systems they still have loaded to help pack more of a punch; Kaelan blowing up whole swaths of Sylphs in one go*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Don't worry, if the real Sylph were here with what she took she'd survive any blows and we'd probably already be dead.
<@DeathStar> *at that moment, the Aquarius begins to be thrown around in cirles despite the shield*
<@Seraphna> Nox> Momma is such an optimist.
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We are caught in some sort of storm
<@Seraphna> **Cookie starts compensating for the whirlwind moving them**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Get us out of this cyclone. Ben, try to locate the real sylph."
<@Seraphna> **Cookie aligns their path so that the centrifical force will push them outwards rather than inwards so they can break free** Hold onto your butts.
<@DeathStar> *alarms go off as they compensate and their shields begin to be erased; on the viewscreen, what looks to be one of the Outer Spirits touching the shields and is erasing it. and then touches the hull to get inside. It looks to be Purge*
<@Seraphna> **Nox grab's Mire's**
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We have an intruder.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Alert security. Have spirit coutnermeasures ready."
<@Seraphna> **Jaime nods and warps, then sends a blast of pure hyperspace at Purge** Let's see if you cancel this.
<@DeathStar> *The Sylph poxies seem to have vanished as facing them is two other spirits - the electric spirit and on the ground is the bald spiit Null. Purge is sent flying back by Jaime*
<@DeathStar> *Purge begins to touch the Aquarius itself and begins to purge it's systems*
<@DeathStar> *data begins to erase itself*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime rushes in and slams him with another blast** Hands off.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *runs out of her lab with a spirit trap*
<@DeathStar> *Purge urks and stumbles away, trying to grab Jaime to erase her*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan forms foxholes in the way of Purge, aiming the other at Purge's own back so it touches itself**
<@DeathStar> *Purge vanishes*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> ...I didn't actually think that was going to work.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<@DeathStar> *Null meanwhile has leapt up onto the ship with the electric spirit and both have begun to enter through the hole made*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Keep a trap ready in case it just warped.
<@DeathStar> *Selena slashing at Null and bouncing off of it*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime meets the new guests by sending a hunk of spare metal at Null**
<@DeathStar> *Null is actually knocked back a little, being forced to grab the metal and throw it through the ship*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...two more of them are coming!"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan catches the metal in a foxhole and sends it right back at Null**
<@DeathStar> *The electric spirit runs away toward engineering; Prismatic and Solar trying to cut them off*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime meanwhole warps past Null and after the Electric spirit, trying to conjour stone around it to ground it**
<@DeathStar> *Cloe peeks out at them wrcking the ship trying to stop them. Null is hit again*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Trap Null first Lana.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *suits up in insulatied padding* "...I'm ready." *heads after the electric spirit*
<@DeathStar> *Null grabs the metal and begins to hold onto it and begins to run with it through the ship, smashing through walls*
<@DeathStar> *heading for the bridge*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan shifts to meet him head on, diving at the moving wall and stabbing Truth through it and at Null**
<Jackieness> <Lana> *sets the trap as she hears Null move down the corridor* "...ahh...ready...just need to get closer."
<@DeathStar> *The electric spirit ponders, floating there*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **frowns and covers the electric spirit with more earth**
<Jackieness> <Bella> *climbs up to a vantage point over the electric spiirt*
<@DeathStar> *the stabbed Null steps back, eyeing Truth inside his chest*
<@Seraphna> **Truth seems to vanish, forming from the point out his back and stabs at his shoulders**
<@DeathStar> *Null turns to eye her* ...
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan then whips Wyrd through the Truth blade shape hole at Null**
<@DeathStar> <Null> .... *oddly the death aura seems to do little, though he is bleeding from the stab wounds*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan then starts pouring foxfire into the wounds**
<@Seraphna> **Cookie works on them getting down to the ground**
<@DeathStar> *The electric spirit has begun to slow down as it floats toward something*
<@DeathStar> *reaching a free hand slowly*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime frowns and holds out a hand, pulling parts of the ship corridor out to try and "rope" the spirit**
<Jackieness> <Bella> *leaps down to tackle the electric spirit*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe leaps with Bella and pounds on it with a pot*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *runs over and then tries to deploy the spirit trap at Null*
<@DeathStar> *the spirit finaly stopping*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan is glad Lana caught onto her trying to keep Null's abilities occupied cancelling hers**
<@DeathStar> *Null turns to Lana, his muscular body barely inching toward it, then he lifts her up over her shoulder , then grbas Kaelan and begins to march onward toward the aux bridge, reaching out to kick the door in*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhhh?!"
<@Seraphna> **Truth stabs at the back of his legs since he didn't do anything to stop her**
<@DeathStar> *Null stumbles a bit that time, sliding back*
<@DeathStar> *Selena swings her sword at Null's face, but eeps as he tries to throw Kaelan at the bridge controlls*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan catches herself with tendrils and then turns to guard the controls**
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> What the hell is going on back there?
<@DeathStar> *She turns her head*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tries cycling the spirit trap again*
<@Seraphna> **Nox meanwhile pipes up* Unauthorized access.
<@DeathStar> *Null eyes himself sliding back, then tosses Lana at the trap*
<@Seraphna> **Cookie frowns and closes her eyes, and launches a full out Telepathic assault on Null's mind**
<@Ari`> * Nicolette weaves earth to rip up a utility panel, and shapes it into a giant metal fist to swing at Null's face
<@DeathStar> *Null is hit and falls right int othe trap as Gwen pulls lana to the side*
<@DeathStar> *The trap bounces a few times*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *moves over to inspect the trap* "...we..got him."
<@DeathStar> *as Lana says that, it almost looks like a hand is about to erupt*
<@DeathStar> *Adeline looks over the earthed electric spirit*
<@Seraphna> **Cookie launches another telepathic slap as if trying to make Null behave**
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> This one secure?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> What was he reaching for anyway?
<@DeathStar> *Taiga studies the engieering* It looked like he was about to try to mess with the core
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Let's get him in a trap before he tries anything else.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> But the only reason to be here was to try to hijack the ship for some reason
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Could he have tried to infect the core electrically and spread Host to our ship spirits?
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> Probably
<@DeathStar> *As Taiga says that, the Aquarius suddenly jerks upward, as if in the palm of an invisible hand of wind. Alarms begin to go off*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "They did want the Aquarius for soem purpose to begin with...ahhhh?!"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I'd say we lured her out.
<@Seraphna> **Cookie rolls back to the controls and tries to stabilize them**
<@DeathStar> *wind begins to gush through all the various holes and damage done ot the ship*
<@DeathStar> *and their computers begin to boot up*
<@DeathStar> *proxies of Sylph appearing in various parts of the ship*
<@Seraphna> **Nox works to deny them access**
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> Working to block her
<@DeathStar> <Azif> ... *watches all the chaos next to Avenir*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **nods and glows with energy as she begins to speed through the ship blasting and cutting at proxies**
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> They are trying to take the ship back the way we came
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan mumbles as she starts doing similar, sinking into the ship and coming out at all sorts of shadows to stab and slice proxies**
<@Ari`> * Nicolette gets an idea and goes to activate the fire surpressant systems around the ship. Those are made to deny oxygen, so they'll probably make Sylphs unhappy
<@DeathStar> *so many Sylphs poof or fall over*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Looks like we need to push forward now.
<@DeathStar> *Sylphs turn to eye the scene as Nicolette does that, and indeed they seem to retreat backwards*
<@Seraphna> **Cookie begins to blast their engines to push forward** We're comin to spank you, bad Sylph!
<@Seraphna> Nox> Phrasing.
<@DeathStar> <Dark Sylph>s> There are other ships. I can't have you staying around. *As the Aquarius blasts forward, they blast right into hurricane weather*
<Jackieness> <Lana> *tunes the Null trap to keep him from breaking out*
<@DeathStar> *Sylph twisting the serene weather of the spirit realm into a storm from hell*
<@Seraphna> **Nox starts to cover the ship in a dark shield to push through**
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Alright, we gotta gun to the other side.
<@DeathStar> *Yuki holds on; as Nox navigates it, Ben looks ahead* I do not think she wants us to
<@Seraphna> **Cookie looks to the twins** Wanna make some damage?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Blast us a path through the wind.
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> Damage?
<@Seraphna> Cookie> You're gonna punch a storm with power.
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Sparking style.
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> I have a bad feeling about this..
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Just now?
<@DeathStar> *the two boost the spirit enegines to allow the Aquarius to rocket through the hurricane at high speeds; up ahead clear skies can be seen*
<@Seraphna> **Cookie engages the ship cannons, ripping a path through the wind with blasts ahead of them**
<@DeathStar> *as they emerge from the other side; proxies left behind seem to be waiting on them, almost like Sylph predicted, and they unleash vector like attacks from her winds, cutting thorugh the Aquarius and it's shields like butter. Coming in from all angles. Only their speed keeps the ship from being completely sliced into pure ribbons*
<@Seraphna> **Nox enforces her dark shield around the ship too to reduce the damage further**
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> .. .... *it seems she has gone silent, as if she is trying to register how the ship is doing*
<@DeathStar> *up ahead is the castle*
<@DeathStar> *as well as the cores and other buildings*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I need options. Can anything be done to push the atmosphere awy from the Aquarius?"
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses, and forms some orbs of hyperspace and forms crystals around them, then lets them fall out of the Aquarius towards the proxies that will likely follow them**
<@DeathStar> <Ben> We're losing power form that last attack. Nox is the only thing holding lots of the Aquarius together right now
<@DeathStar> <Ben> She just sliced the Aquarius up
<@Seraphna> Nox> I need... a large source of carbon. Umm... the galley stores, open them.
<@DeathStar> *Yuki messages Cloe and Bella*
<@DeathStar> <Yuki> Open the galley stores
<Jackieness> <Bella> *comm* "On it." *grabs Cloe and heads for the galley*
<@DeathStar> *The proxies begin to set up finishing blow, preparing to do another vector attack*
<@Seraphna> **Nox darkens as she lets her Dark One Nature out, Kaelan blinks, then grins and helps by starting to chant a Dark Spell**
<@Seraphna> **Jaime lets the mines drop on the Proxies**
<@DeathStar> *they scatter for now*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe begins to work on opening everything up*
<@Seraphna> Nox> We're gonna become a bit more... organic a ship for now.
<@DeathStar> <Mireille> ... uh? *she seems sluggish*
<@DeathStar> *parts of the ship begins to lose power*
<@Seraphna> **Dark tendrils leak into the galley and start absorbing the food, then going to different spots where the ship is cut and start to bind them together, forming something like a Dark One ship**
<Jackieness> <Bella> *comm* "Open, the stores are open."
<@DeathStar> <Taiga on comm> We need to do something now. I suggest getting out o -- what is going on?
<@Seraphna> Nox> Hold on love. Just feel me binding with you more.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I think Nox is adding Dark One parts to the ship.
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> .... *seems pertubed> That might could heal up things, but that will take awhile. I suggest we still abandon ship while it heals
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Indeed. Get to the bridge and I'll warp us in.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Cookie. Bring us down, rapid descent.""
<@Seraphna> **Si picks up Taiga and starts booking it**
<@DeathStar> <Taiga> We're at a disadvantage fighting Sylph in the ship unless we want to risk blowing up the real one. Then in that case, I suggest we shoot the entire area up
<@Seraphna> **Cookie nods and goes in for a Xanatos Durran Manuver.**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "All hands, brace for impact."
<@Seraphna> Cookie> Everyone get ready.
<@DeathStar> *the spirits all gather and Origin leaps for Nicolette's head*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime finds Cookie syncing with her, to warp them all just before the ship lands**
<@DeathStar> <Solar> Is this normal? <Void> .... *a single sweat drop*
<@Seraphna> Cookie> IN my universe, we call this a Tuesday.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, lock ship systems before we teleprot."
<@Seraphna> *Jaime begins warping them to the castle since she's been there before, Nox ties off her spell with Kaelan so the Dark One mass can repair the ship**
<@DeathStar> *Ben nods* I will stay behind and keep an eye on the ship.
<@DeathStar> *As the group arrives at the castle, Kito swings a broom and boinks Gwen on the head*
<@Seraphna> Talia> Hey I need him for things.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?! Miss Kito, you hit Gwen!"
<@DeathStar> <Kito> Oh, everyone. Queen Celes was so worried. We have had the castle locked down since it began
<@DeathStar> *Gwen lays crumbled up on the ground*
<@DeathStar> *Void manages to void away, while Zayne peers out the window - the city looking barren*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...yes...we convinced the Spiirt Mother to help, but she warned us that thecorrupted spirits would also come back, including Sylph."
<@DeathStar> <Kito> Yes... well. Maybe Queen Celes can explain it better. *She hugs onto Neekito*
<@DeathStar> <Kito> It is not safe to go outside anyway.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We are here to fix Sylph and beat up Host.
<@DeathStar> *Adeline takes Gnome's hand and heads up the stairs, where Selena is looking around; it appears many of the city's population has been brought into the castle for protection. They eye Solar and Prismatic with wary looks as the group is led to the throne room*
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> Gnome has noticed many people has given her looks as well as Avenir and Chronos. *the two time spirits remain at the back of the group with Azif*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I imagine Sylph has done some damage to the spirits reputation in all this. We'll have to make it plain it was not her will.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The Spirits were all thought dead, or at least gone. Everyone was having s crisis of faith."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Then again perhaps some are now thinking their crisis of faith invited the spirit's wrath.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That... can be used.
<@DeathStar> *at the throne room, Celes sits there, along with Aska, Shade, Slamander, Shiva, and Brooke*
<@DeathStar> <Celes> Your mind goes to odd places, Empress Jaime
<@Seraphna> Jaime> My life is one long PR campaign.
<@DeathStar> <Shade> I am glad to see you all are back and well.
<@DeathStar> *Aska and Chronos seem to be sizing each other up*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *nudges Cloe* "Think they are going to fight?"
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> *nod nod*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am fairly certain I once caused a type of food to fall out of style because I didn't care for it. **She frowns** Anyway. We have learned a lot in our mission and perhaps we should get each other up to speed.
<@DeathStar> <Celes> Very well. We were discussing how to stop Sylph for good
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Ah, well we were already covering similar bases.
<@DeathStar> <Celes> She has been running amok these past few days. Her proxies have been holding kingdoms hostage and even on Kumen as well. Ymir's grasp on her government is nearly broken after all that has happened there
<@DeathStar> <Celes> Also, there appears to be no more fruit left
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We've learned how to create and shape a Spirit Heart... Core as we call them. We believe if we can replace her heart it will save her and give us a prison for Host.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "No more fruit?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> What? Is Terra alright?
<@DeathStar> <Celes> Her proxies decimated it all. Rumor has it she has moved onto other foods now
<@DeathStar> <Celes> People are fearing a famine
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Well, we can fix the food supply after.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Even if we need to bring supplies from the Empire.
<@DeathStar> <Aska> A Spirit Heart - Core
<@DeathStar> <Aska> You want to what, just make a new core for her? We have plenty of cores if we can just retake the Spirit Realm
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes, we have learned the structure, the way to inject spirit energy into it from Mother... and the final ingredient of hearts.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> She will need a special core to get through this.
<@DeathStar> *Aska eyes Chronos* A special core. And where will we find this special core
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The key is we need to prepare the new core and then capture the real Sylph so we can remove the corrupted core."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> At least, I think it's she who needs it. **eyes Chronos**
<@DeathStar> *Chronos seems tightlipped*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Anyway, the ingredient is troubling.
<@DeathStar> <Aska> Of course.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We have learned that Spirit Hearts use a soul as a Catalyst.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Or a life force, if the term is unfamiliar.
<@DeathStar> <Aska> ... Even better. You want us to locate living being's soul and use it, to make this special core.
<@DeathStar> <Shade> I beleive every core has a soul. It is why they sing to us
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I was thinking perhaps someone already dying or near death. Give them a chance at rebirth and the ability to help save Geyze.
<@DeathStar> <Brooke> I believe there is a fallacy in your logic, Jaime
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Go ahead, Brooke.
<@DeathStar> <Brooke> I am sure many of them felt the same way making the original cores and probably that is how they were made
<@DeathStar> <Brooke> In which case, why are they not "special" enough in this case?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So that would not be... yeah...
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It has to be different this time.
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> We'll figure it out when the time comes
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> At the very least, the attacks seem to have stopped
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Maybe something got Sylph's attention."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I imagine with the amount of proxies we destroyed and taking three of her allies, we've weakened both the amount of stolen power Sylph has and Host's reach.
<@DeathStar> <Celes> It would not hurt to send a party out to gather more information
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Null and Lightning are captured. Apparently Purge umm... Purged itself.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Seriously I didn't think that would work!
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> I want to bring this up
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Before we go out
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Its like how King Midas was ']defeated' by his own golden touch."
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> Sylph is super dangerous. If you all don't figure out this special crap, do you have it in you to defeat Sylph?
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...we could...just extract her core straight up..."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> It would probably be the fastest way
<@DeathStar> <Selena> No, it might be the only way
<@DeathStar> *Lavenza makes a strange noise*
<@DeathStar> <Zayne> ... I'm going to head outside
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I don't give up on people unless it's absolutely the only way. Right now we have a possibility of saving her.
<@DeathStar> *she walks out of the throne room* <Celes> I suggest you head to the academy first. And from there see what you can see. Keep your spirits here for the time being and if you need them, call them. People are a little on ... edge about them
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ill go to my lab and get some tools to do the extraction...we'll need them either way."
<@Ari`> * Nicolette looks a little troubled, but doesn't speak up
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Any word from the Forest? We might need Fae and I worry for Terra if fruit is vanished entirely.
<@DeathStar> <Celes> From what I understand, Fae and Terra should have arrived days ago
<@Seraphna> **Jaime frowns darkly** Sylph might have them then.
<@DeathStar> *Gnome looks up at Jaime, and seems to squirm in place*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime pulls Gnome up to hold her** We'll go check and rejoin you all.
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> I can go look. *She drops her cutesy talk*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I can handle the warping for now.
<@DeathStar> <Azif> ... do you need any help?
<@DeathStar> *she speaks up from beside Avenir*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We'll see. **she warps with Gnome and Adeline if she wants**
<@DeathStar> *Selena watches the three go* I will head to the academy
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> Avenir and I will remain here for the time being unless otherwise needed by someone
<@DeathStar> *Avenir goes to open her mouth, then nods. Azif seems to look perplexed, but shrugs* <Azif> I will remain here with mistress then. *she bows and moves to join them*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I can dark jump a group of us to the Academy. I have a nice little space where we can arrive silently.
<Jackieness> <Lana> *nods* "As I said, I can go to my lab there for soem equipment for the operation."
<@DeathStar> *Selena considers* I planned to observe the landscape, but it might be safer to warp. Very well. *she steps by Kaelan*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen joins Lana*
<@Ari`> * Nicolette joins them
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan wraps them all in huge dark tails once everyone is on board by her, and warps them to a space under one of the Croza structures that no one really goes to anymore, but where she set up a little clubhouse.**
<@DeathStar> *Selena looks around* Is this where one of the Peacekeeper Units used to stay?
<@DeathStar> *Selena moves to head up above ground; everything thankfully looks normal, outside the fact all fruit trees are barren*
<@DeathStar> *Lumi and Shion are busy sitting at table, both getting drunk it appears and the students are nowhere to be seen*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yeah I was thinking of a new chapter of my club here.
<@Seraphna> **Thena pours more sake**
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhh...what happened here?"
<@DeathStar> *Lumi downs it as Selena and Gwen moves over* <Shion> Ah, you all made it back. Guess you were succcessful. Seeing as the spirits are back
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> A little too successful
<@DeathStar> <Shion> Well, everyone got their powers back. Spirit energy returned to Geyze.
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> Everything became normal, then an army of Sylphs showed up.
<@DeathStar> <Shion> They been acting weird ever since
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yeah we’re here to fix her.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Sylph was infected by the Outer Spirits, and was sitll infected when the Spiirt Mother brought the spirits back."
<@DeathStar> *Lumi points at the sky* Feel free to then. *up in the sky are 3 Sylphs, monitoring the Academy*
<@DeathStar> <Shion> She just monitors things and gets involved whenever "something" happens, otherwise she eats all the food
<@DeathStar> <Shion> Reports say there are Sylphs in all the Kingdoms, monitoring
<Jackieness> <Lana> "...that sounds like sylph..."
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> Well, she has brought some crime and monster levels down
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> But she also gets involved in innocent crap too and has hurt innocent people
<Jackieness> <Lana> "We still need to fix her...but we need to fidn the real Sylph first."
<@DeathStar> *Lumi motions at some destroyed academy structures. Someone is using magic to build it and the person is using quite high level magic to do it*
<@DeathStar> *Gwen leans forward* That looks a lot like Simon
<Jackieness> <Lana> "I...should investigate this."
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> Oh. That
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> *throws the drink back* He showed up a few days ago. Not a word of how he showed up again
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> Just offered to help us clean up and look into Sylph
<@Ari`> <Nicolette> "I expect our little time spirit had a hand in that."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Avenir's handiwork I'm guessing.
<@DeathStar> <Gwen> I hope it's worth babysitting that book then
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Doubt it even if he singlehandedly fixes this.
<@DeathStar> *Simon turns and seems to notice them. He seems to lack his glasses, but he moves over to join them, pausing to politely wipe his hands with a handkerchef*
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhhh?! Simon?"
<@Seraphna> Talia> Smart Face!
<@DeathStar> <Simon> Everyone told me you were busy restoring the spirits. It would appear you succeeded. *he nods to Lana* It has been a while, Lana. Everyone.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yeah, unfortuntely restoring them meant also releasing Host into the universe again.
<@DeathStar> <Simon> Host. *He goes to wipe his glasses but pauses as he has none* That would indicate a parasite.
<@DeathStar> <Simon> A spirit parasite. Interesting
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Iy infected Sylph."
<Jackieness> It
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yes, it seems to be living within spirit cores. We have Null and the Lightning one.
<@DeathStar> <Simon> And you have found a way to cure her?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> A unique spirit core which will require a unique soul to forge.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> True, Lana at least can experiment on those two
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Purge may or may not be gone.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Though really swapping a proper spirit core would work. The problem is that if the core isn't prepared a ceertain way, that it won't really be the Sylph we know."
<@DeathStar> *Simon listens to that explanation* A unique soul or a normal core
<@DeathStar> <Simon> Wouldn't the latter be easier then?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Then there's the worry that Sylph may have infected some of the kids. Fae and Terra are missing.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Though one is her daughter and the other one a living Fruit Vending Machine.
<@DeathStar> <Simon> I wouldn't worry too much about them. If you are too worried, simply try to summon them.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "The Spirit Mother was a bit ambiguous on some of the details."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Jaime, Gnome and Adeline went after them. We'll see what they find.
<@DeathStar> <Simon> As for the core, if you think a normal one would work, Sylph has had her core changed before
<@DeathStar> *Selena leans back* I would like it if we could just swap it out and be done with it
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We have spares on hand
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Will that take care of host though?
<@DeathStar> *she looks at Kaelan* Well, if we lure her into a trap and swap out the infected one with a new one and nothing happens
<@DeathStar> <Selena> It would mean that Jaime is right - we have to find a special soul to infuse into a new core
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Lets wait until we have more information on hand though before we even move on it
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I think she got that info from Chronos. The way she was eyeing her.
<Jackieness> <Lana> "It will give me extra time to prepare."
<@DeathStar> *Lumi poiints upward* Just for your information though
<@DeathStar> <Lumi> Whatever you do, the proxies are watching
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> We can black out that problem when we need to act.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I've killed a few dozen already today.
<@DeathStar> *Simon blinks*
<@DeathStar> <Simon> Well, I'll assist you in your research then, Lana
<Jackieness> <Lana> "Ahhhh... mana bubbles might disrupt their spirit senses enough for us to plan."
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<@DeathStar> *Selena stands up, glancing around, not seeing any signs of Shin* Hrm
<@DeathStar> *meanwhile Gnome and the others are not too far from the Academy. It would appear there was a bit of a battle here, with lots of trees leveled*
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<@Seraphna> **Jaime frowns** Should we try summoning them? Or try to go to the grotto to guarantee a Terra pull?
<@DeathStar> <Adeline> A Summon might be easier than walking into a wind trap. If Sylph uses her high speed winds we could be torn to shreds
<@Seraphna> **Jaime nods and muses, then tries to call on Terra**
<@DeathStar> *Terra is brought forth, Gnome bounces and hugs. A moment or two later Fae flies after her in a panic*
<@Seraphna> Terra> Eeep!
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Whoa, you two okay???
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Been fighting angry monsters and Mommas
<@DeathStar> *Fae lands on Terra's head in sprite form*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That'd explain why you didn't make it to the castle.
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Monsters angry, momma angry, lots of attacks. Not sure where all the spirits are. So Shin briefly but she seemed pre-occupied.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Most are with Celes. I'm afraid your mother is possessed by Host.
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Host? *looks lost*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It's a kind of parasite.
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Mother is full of parasites?!
<@DeathStar> *she takes off*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime catches her**
<@DeathStar> *Fae flails*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We're gonna fix her sweetie.
<@DeathStar> *Fae hangs there*
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Oookay
<@Seraphna> Jaime> But we can't go rushing in, it's dangerous, she's not of her right mind.
<@Seraphna> Terra> Momma Sylph ate all the fruit too. Is dark times.
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Shin said we should get out of here because the place was smelling of death. *up ahead, monsters can be seen approaching. A few Sylphs can be seen among them, stabbing the monsters, while others seem to be approaching Jaime and the others*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I take it your Monster Queen powers aren't running well dear?
<@Seraphna> Terra> They being rambunctious.
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> Gnome suggesting we leave now
<@DeathStar> *Sylphs stabs more of them as the Sylphs converge and begin to get closer*
<@DeathStar> *Selena rolls a core in thought*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime nods and warps them away**
<@DeathStar> *Selena looks up as Jaime arrives*
* Day changed to Tuesday, 8. Apr 2025
<@DeathStar> <Selena> How did it go?
<@DeathStar> *Fae lands on table and faces off with ORigin*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hordes of monsters and angry sister in laws.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Lovely. So the monsters are riled up
<@Seraphna> Terra> Not listening to Queens. Even the plant mosnters!
<@DeathStar> <Selena> The Peacemakers will handle it - hopefully
<@Seraphna> Talia> We demand extra fish for hazard pay.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I-
<@Seraphna> Talia> **nods**
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We'll see about it
<@DeathStar> *Lumi stands up* Let me set you all up in an academy room
<@DeathStar> *Adeline gathers her stuff and leads Terra to follow her as Lumi and Shion moves into the Academy; oddly already in the room is Chronos, Avenir and Azif, who is fidgeting*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime carries Fae over her shoulder and Kaelan moves along with the rest**
<@Seraphna> **Terra holds Gnome's hand**
<@DeathStar> *Fae peers around as Gnome follows Jaime*
<@DeathStar> <Gnome> It will be okay, Terra. *squeezes*
<@DeathStar> *Verdant peers around Chronos, waving*
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> We may have an issue
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Another?
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> You all have many issues piling up right now. *She says sorry*
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> The Sylphs are trying to get into the Aquarius and that is why they are not an issue right now. There might be a way to make them leave the ship alone while it is transmorphing itself.
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I could coach the dark one parts to perform.. special... protections.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> You could - but they will continue to focus all their proxies on it.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> It will simply be a matter of time
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> I could use my time powers to slow them down if that is the path you want to do though
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> The other option is to delete all the information related to Mother on the Aquarius. It is what is making them focus on it
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> They want to use the ship to quickly get there
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Weird... why did Purge try to empty the databanks then??
<@DeathStar> *Chronos peers at Verdant* <Verdant> Well, Purge can purge information, yes. And then store it inside himself to bring it out later.
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Meaning if he purged a person, he's contain that person in his spirit energy until a later date
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Now I feel a little worse about possibly tricking him into purging himself.
<@DeathStar> *Verdant thinks* Well, there is a chance that since he contains the information in his own spirit energy...
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So get in there, pull the databank and get back out?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Or even weirder he comes back as someone else but still Purge inside.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> All we have to do is contact the Aquarius to delete the information, yes. Well, we'd have to enter the spirit realm to send the message
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> After that, Sylph will likely seek to head there the long way.
<@DeathStar> <Chronos> Having lost the short cut
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So we've got a clock on stopping her.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We might want to hold off sending the message then
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Assuming we think the Aquarius can withstand Sylph a bit longer
<@DeathStar> <Selena> If Chronos can add time to the clock, it would probably be even better to send her in as well
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I can also more seriously slow them down, I helped power Nox's ritual to I can instruct the Dark One parts to kill anything that gets near them.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Alright then.
<@DeathStar> *Chronos pulls Kaelan against herself*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> The rest of us - we need to figure out how we want to handle this and get more help
<@DeathStar> *Azif mumbles something*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Mmm, you smell nice, like Avvy.
<@DeathStar> *Chronos peers at her* You have a silver tongue, certainly. *to the others* We will return. *She vanishes with Kaelan*
<@DeathStar> *Avenir meanwhile has turned bright red and begins to shake Azif as if she were a book*
<@DeathStar> <Azif> I am not pleased---by--this---action
<@Seraphna> Jaime> THat one, when she picks her elements she sure sticks to them. **she says while tugging Gnome into her lap**
<@DeathStar> *Selena muses in thought* I am thinking we should check on Kumen first - with all the spirits at the castle, it means that the Kingdoms are not in complete disarray yet I hope.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Even if the people are feeling distrustful of the spirits, they would still be out there aiding them if it were too bad
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Also, Kumen might be Sylph's next target
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Is she after the Net or the Elder Spirits?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> It could be; worse case, a ship
* Jackieness (~Psy@23-127-47-99.lightspeed.knvltn.sbcglobal.net) joins #TAW-Geyze
<@DeathStar> *Selena prepares for an expedition to Kumen to check the situation out; Cloe flails her arms, wanting to be part of it*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Should I call in more Suisen help?
<@DeathStar> <Selena> For now lets keep it to us. It might lead, for all we know, Sylph going to your universe
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Come on, let's ask. Kumen is our home too."
<@DeathStar> *Selena glances at Bella and Cloe as Cloe bounces forward* I have no problem with you coming along
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We just need to find a way of getting up there. *Azif goes to open her mouth* A spirit might could do it but the destination might tax them
<Jackieness> <Bella> "What about a standard shuttle?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We could, assuming it doesn't draw the eyes of Sylph. *Fae makes a face*
<@DeathStar> *Selena steps out of sight for a moment*
<@DeathStar> *Then returns* <Selena> We have a ride
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Let's go."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe hurries, leading them to what looks to be the abandoned home of Chelsea and Cypher*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "No one's been home in a while."
<@DeathStar> *The garage door opened up by Selena to reveal an older prototype of the Mew Mew*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Hmm
<Jackieness> <Bella> *heads over to inspect the ship* "Will it fly?"
<@DeathStar> *Cloe heads up to the pilot seat, powering it up* <Verdant> One moment. *The time spirit vanishes*
<@DeathStar> *Fae takes a seat as does Selena; Gnome and Adeline find spots as well, the latter crossing her arms*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Let's run a pre-flight first. This thing has been groudned for a while."
<@DeathStar> *Avenir and Azif comedically struggle to find a good seat between them while Cloe looks over everything*
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> Most of the good parts were taken out for later models... It hasn't been tuned up in ages....
<Jackieness> <Bella> *runs through the systems check*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah, this is going to be a rough ride if we can make it at all."
<@DeathStar> *Verdant returns and sets down Melodie and Aimee, who eye the ship, and the pods in the back* This should help, right? They're not needed on the Aquarius anymore
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We cna give it a try."
<@DeathStar> <Verdant> Chronos and the other is busy keeping it safe while it transmorphs
<@DeathStar> <Melodie> This thing can't bring out our true power. <Aimee> But we'll see what we can do
<@DeathStar> *the two get into their pods and the ship's systems seem to stablize a bit more*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We just need you to keep it moving without us dying."
<Jackieness> <Bella> *moves back to the co-pilot seat* "Its as good as we can get it on short notice."
<@DeathStar> <Cloe> .... I would love to know where Mother and sister are at. *She mumbles* I just don't want to believe they all died. *she nods and begins to lift them off* Alright, lets see if we can find everyone
<@DeathStar> *flying them through space, Cloe monitors the ship's read-outs as they approach Kumen City* <Melodie comm> We may have a situation
<Jackieness> <Bella> "What have ya got?"
<@DeathStar> *on the monitors, they begin to see tons of Sylph proxies are all over the city* <Aimee comm> There appears to be no sign of the other Elder Spirits. The proxies are infesting the city - interesting. They appear to be patroling and protecting the city - rather brutally. *she begins to bring up images of the already damaged city, showing images of the proxies in the process of wiping out what looks to be gangs, destroying buildings that belong to gangs, but the bad thing is they seem to be also injring citizens for minor crimes as well such as a man who jay walked or a man who hit his wife is being yanked out of the apartment by wind and is being thrown from the building to his wife's horror*
<@DeathStar> <Selena> .... *rubs her face* Damn
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I have to assume this is the case on Geyze too.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm, if the Elders are missing, Ymir likely put them in a safe lockdown much like Celes has.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "so why is Sylph going all vigilante?"
<@DeathStar> <Azif> Is she not smiting your enemies? Should you not work with her?
<@DeathStar> <Melodie comm> I am not picking up anything from the Macross HQ. There are also Proxies all around it and inside it
<Jackieness> <Bella> "She also smited the Aquarius when we came back."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sylph's big thing is being the Heroic Spirit. Obviously with Host maddening her this has amplified to a very nasty level.
<@DeathStar> <Azif> You humans and spirits are confusing. If she is stronger than you, perhaps pleading your case for mercy will appease her
<@Seraphna> Terra> Monsters might be out of control cuz Momma Sylph was slaughtering them lots. Get desperate.
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Monsters are in a frenzy right now due to Momma killing them
<@DeathStar> *Selena thinks* Do you think everyone ran away from Kumen City or are they hiding in there?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Heroes don't kill unless necessary and they respect the law. She's thrown these out because of how Host twists things. If we plead mercy the other Spirits would simply renew the cycle for Host too.
<@DeathStar> <Selena> I'd rather not search a bee's nest if it isn't necessary
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It's possible they are in the countryside or have gone underground.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sylph is many things, but once you get under the Earth she's far less of a threat.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Hey, I know of soemwhere to try."
<@DeathStar> <Fae> Mmm?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Ymir had that Keeper facility on Kumen, right?"
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Yes, there was one here and a sister one on Geyze
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Maybe they are holed up there."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe searches the files and begins to fly them away into the country side*
<@DeathStar> *as they fly along, the country side also surprisingly has some Sylphs patrolling the area, especially around villages and small cities*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Geeze...how is she makign so many proxies without fading out?"
<@DeathStar> <Azif> She is likely hidden her real self near a place where she can continuous spirit energy
<@DeathStar> <Azif> She might even...
<Jackieness> <Bella> "And there is the dramatic pause."
<@DeathStar> *Azif brushes back her dark hair, her golden like eyes blinking, as she eyes Avenir* I am told I should not aid people without something in return.
<@DeathStar> <Avenir> I certainly told you no such thing
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah, probably means her real boss."
<@DeathStar> *Azif actually looks sheepish and embarrassed, but only for a moment*
<@DeathStar> *they soon approach a decently sized city - nothing on the level of Kumen mind you. It looks like it was built up around the Keeper dig site. Oddly there are no Sylphs about and the spirits on the ship look a little wobbly as they near the city*
<@DeathStar> <Melodie comm> We have a transmission from the city
<@DeathStar> *Fae covers her mouth and seems to be using the wall to stay up right. Verdant has to take a seat and Avenir is kept sitting up by Azif*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "*reaches over to open comms*
<@DeathStar> *Ymir's face appears on the screen* <Ymir> Ah, girls. It is you. Your folks will be happy to see you. *she studies the spirits on the ship* You all should hurry and land. We'll explain everything here. *she gives landing coordinates*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Bring us in, Cloe."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe does so and lands on a shuttle port, where the group would see the port is filled with other ships and crews working. Beyond the port, it looks like a growing city full of buildings and people all going about their day. Ymir arrives in a car to pick them up.*
<@DeathStar> <Fae> I think I'm starting to feel a little better. *she notes as they land in the port* I wonder what that was. <Avenir> It made my stomach churn
<@DeathStar> *Cloe powers their shuttle down and releases Melodie and Aimee*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "They must have some type of anti-spirit defense field to keep sylph away."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> Must be something in the Keeper tech
<@DeathStar> *Selena steps out of the shuttle where Ymir is motioning at them. She appears to be putting on a smiling front, but her body language shows someone who is exhausted and she seems to have signs of no sleep all over her face*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So yeah.... Sylph got infected and gone nuts."
<@DeathStar> <Selena> We managed to piece that together. *she grabs some sunglasses and puts them on, motioning at her car* Get on in
<@DeathStar> *Ymir
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> Sylph has been terrorizing Kumen the past few days. *She slids into the back, having Luci drive them*
<@DeathStar> *DS' characters try to fit into the car; Melodie and Aimee opt to sit up front*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *climbs in* "Yeah,. she's rampaging on Geyze too. She attacked the Aquarius and brought us down as soon as we got back."
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> I'd love to tell you I know what she is up to. <Selena> We believe she is seeking a way back to Mother. She'll use the Aquarius first, but once we delete the information from the ship, she'll likely seek a ship or a way here on Kumen. <Ymir> Well, that is not good. I'll be honest. My power is waning right now. I probably have just enough pull left to do one more big operation if we all can figure out what we want to do
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> Basically, after the Black Mage incident damaging Kumen and now this, the people of Kumen are fed up - and they're calling for my head
<Jackieness> <Bella> "And how were you supposed to stop this? Heck,m the black Mages hit you first before making their other moves."
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> People are idiots and they want to poke fingers. But - the people are right. I gamed the system a lot. I used my lovely sister Ylva to not only have all the Corporations under my control, but put her in the role of President and then essentially had her answer to me and when she was injured I took over the seat. People are right that I gathered a ton of power and have been rather unchecked with it. Even if I just wanted to help people and right the wrongs my father did
<Jackieness> <Bella> "so what will you do now?"
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> I'll keep serving until I get removed by the people. *the group arrives out what looks like a large building, much like their old building, but instead of the bottom floor being a dance/club, this appears to be a casino type floor.* Your parents are hold up here
<@Seraphna> Luci> I wouldn't mind retirement with kids after.
<@DeathStar> *She gets out and Cloe steps out and blinks, leaning back at the building*
<@DeathStar> *Bonnie steps out, adjusting her suit* Cloe. Bella
<@DeathStar> <Bonnie> Right this way. *She motions at the doors*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...yeah...this is our moms' place alright."
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> I didn't ask how they got their hands on it
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> But I'm pretty sure when we first got here they didn't own it. *she muses*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "So why was there a casino here to begin with? This place used to be the middle of no where."
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> Well, long story short, over the years I been having a lot of teams and people study the dig site outside. You know how long ago it was when we first discovered it ? Anyway, the area around here began to build up
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> This particular building was built I believe to entertain the dig site workers
<@DeathStar> *As they step inside, the casino appears to have many people - due to the size of the city. It also has entertainment now - with shows being put on, and that is where the Elder Spirits are at, over by the stages*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah. I was still a kid."
<@DeathStar> *Cloe looks around in awe; Bonnie leads them toward the private elevators*
<@DeathStar> <Azif> ... Why are some people dressed in bunny outfits?
<@DeathStar> *she walks around, head tilted back while Avenir drags her. Fae stares at the shiny slots*
<@DeathStar> *a familiar face is working the bar, serving drinks happily*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Its the theme thing. Old place had stripper poles on the upper level club."
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> I imagine a place this big - you could add strippers to one of the floors. *she notes dryly*
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> It has so many private rooms and what not and it has a hotel
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I'm just saying." *crosses her hands behind her head*
<@DeathStar> *Bonnie takes them up to the offices where Asarar and Kira's office is now overseeing the city*
<@DeathStar> *Asarar is behind a desk, holding a drink*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe runs around the office, then looks out the window*
<@DeathStar> <Ymir> I admit, after I finish dealing with the situation in Kumen City, this might not be a bad retirement spot.
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> Bella. I'm glad you're safe.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...hey, moms..."
<@DeathStar> *She stands up and walks over, giving her a hug*
<@DeathStar> *Cloe leans against Bonnie*
<Jackieness> <Kira> "Are you finished running off to space right after you get home?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Well...the Aquarius gut hit pretty hard by sylph on the trip back."
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> .. *shakes head* Lets put any space adventures on hold for a while. Stay here and get some rest kiddo
<@DeathStar> <Asarar> We'll show you around and then we'll figure out what to do about this Sylph situation that's threatening everyone
<@DeathStar> *Selena leans on the wall* And how long will the Keeper tech protect this city? <Asarar> Long enough for a day's rest I hope
<@DeathStar> *downstairs, Melodie and Aimee are already racking up debt*