The Alien Wars 6: The Progenitor Wars

Chiaroscuro Part II

Session Start: Mon Nov 11 17:59:38 2024
Session Ident: #PW-Session12
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01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.7
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *After the Striker left, the PAX is still finishing up a few things as to space out the two ships' arrival into the high planes*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Jaime, it might be a last minute change, but we could use Noire's ship in the hanger. Granted, it would not have the fire power the PAX does but we would not risk losing the PAX
01<@DS> *she seems to be loading in Taiga's flight path she gave them*
03* Joins: Jackieness (~Psy@23-127-47-99.lightspeed.knvltn.sbcglobal.net)
01<@DS> *Cheryl sits at console with Chii serving as her eyes and Freyja sitting off to the side. X leans on the wall, quiet for the most part*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That is true.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We will use it and keep the PAX in reserve.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> You think that wise?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Earmark a Squall cost in case something happens to reimburse her.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> This ship is our only way back if the smaller ships are lost.
<@Dias`> *Chad sits there listening as Dias sits beside X on the floor, stretching
01<@DS> <Adeline> And who do you plan to have pilot the PAX after the fact
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sephie I suppose? Thena is on deck too.
01<@DS> *Adeline shrugs, keeping to herself a major flaw of a second team coming after them* Transferring data to Noire's ship. Note that we won't have the same capabilities that she has - mainly that it is her ship
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I trust you would not have mentioned a bad option my love.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I only mention not using the PAX due to everyone's love for it
01<@DS> <Adeline> Due to the time difference, a second team would arrive months if not years too late to help
<@Dias`> <Chad> Adeline is correct.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Perhaps we take the PAX then but use it as a base of operations?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Naturally anything in the hangar is going with us.
01<@DS> *Isis leans back* You have to risk to win
<@Dias`> <Chad> Correct.
01<@DS> *Lorelei stumbles onto the bridge with a ton of luggage; X turning her head and Freyja getting buried by them*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> The PAX is more a home than the ship itself. If something happens we will make Higher Chad pay. **visible pause** With a new PAX.
01<@DS> <Azora> ...?
<@Dias`> <Chad> Good luck with that. *He glances over at Lorelei and Durt walking in behind her*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Before we set out - we are being hailed by the Cartel. William is asking to join the PAX.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Ignore or let him on?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> <I won’t let him if you want me to say no.> **she pretends to mull over it**
01<@DS> <Adeline> <I don't care either way>
<@Dias`> *Chad glances at the silence between the two before look back at Durt and Lore* Glad you two could join us.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Make sure he knows he will be away an extended time then.
01<@DS> *Cheryl turns to Chii* Go check to see if everyone on my team is present
01<@DS> <Lorelei> I'll see what I can contribute. Rachael joined us and is piddling around in the market
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Kaelan went ahead with the other team.
01<@DS> *Adeline begins the count down once everyone is on board and checks the Empress system* Begin to supply power to the engines
<@Seraphna> **Jaime authorizes the extra reserve they built up too as she begins**
01<@DS> <X> So, what are the chances Evil Chad is going to ambush us
<@Dias`> <Chad> He'd have to know where we'd arrive. I'd say lower 30% chance.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Depends, he doesn’t see as much of a threat if he provoked us. But we could be wrong on his involvement too.
01<@DS> *Adeline pulls the lever and the PAX begins to jump rapidly through the layers. William arrives on the bridge with escorts*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *teps on to the bridge** "This where the party is starting?"
01<@DS> <X> We just need cake now
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Snacks are in the bar.
01<@DS> *Erevis AI speaks up* <Erevis AI> We have looters in the bar. *she shows Rachael and another grabbing drinks and teasing the foxes*
01<@DS> *the PAX seems to be rapidly going through the layers; William meanwhile seems to be looking at the corner, as if he's confused at something*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Something bothering you William?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "More precisely, see something in the near future?"
01<@DS> <William> I am not sure. *in a tone of one not willing to speak up less they sound mad*
<@Dias`> *Dias peers around*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Piss on them. I'd rather know if something's bothering you as we ascend.
01<@DS> *Dias would semi pick up dark energy in the corner*
<@Dias`> *Dias stands up, shifting his attention to the corner.* X...
<@Seraphna> Jaime> William, Thena is a pillar of our intelligence network. You can say whatever you’re feeling in your portents.
01<@DS> <William> I am seeing visions of a dead person in the corner. You all never did find Andrea's body, correct?
<@Dias`> <Dias> That corner over there? *He motions*
<@Seraphna> Thena> Hey! We represent that.
01<@DS> <William> Quite right
01<@DS> *they are now about to enter the highest realm*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Andrea, did you come join us to chase after Noire?
<@Dias`> <Dias> My Dias-radar is going off in that corner also. Something Dark.
01<@DS> <X> ... hm. Well, all the ghost busters are on the Striker
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *holds up a hand* "...please do not joke about Andrea."
<@Dias`> <Dias> Well I can't recall if I've ever punched a ghost back to it's ghost place.
01<@DS> <X> I think that's the plot of ghost movie
<@Dias`> <Dias> Well, I can tell you it doesn't feel threatening.
01<@DS> <X> We'll look into it later
<@Seraphna> Thena> Spirit Medium Thena will hold a seance.
01<@DS> *the PAX suddenly arrives in the highest plane and the PAX begins to get flooded with information, encoded, from Taiga*
<@Seraphna> **Thena takes out a bunch of business cards and pulls out the proper one**
<@Dias`> <Chad> Adeline.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Lets decode it
01<@DS> *she begins to run it through the PAX and information on the planets begin to appear*
01<@DS> *it looks like the giant galactic world system this place had last time has fallen apart and some sort of war broke out, led by heroes such as Dias and Taiga's counter part, who might have returned. The team took down Dias who was infected by the rage virus and even being cut in half he kept coming after them*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Dias is a biter apparently.
01<@DS> *next message indicating they went to Earth which seems to be the main location of Chad's empire, due to the fact it's protected and everything is orderly and full of laws, police, shields, etc. It notes they are searching for the hybrid there*
<@Dias`> <Chad> ...Interesting. Did this happen before or after. *He crosses his arms*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> So instead of spreading out, they decided to shrink and make it harder to attack?
01<@DS> *Rachael arrives finally with Moira, holding food*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Easier to control one sector and expland outwards.
01<@DS> <Lorelei> So who released the uh, anger stuff?
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Hey. Most of the shops downstairs are closed up." *has a couple dessert boxes* "Cafe and dessert shop were still open."
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'd need to see if it's similar to our Hybrids ability but hte going thought is Higher Chad.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Alright, Jaime
01<@DS> *she turns to her*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes Cheryl?
01<@DS> <Cheryl> How you want to play this? The deeper we go into his territory, the more dangerous it'll be
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Well, we have the advantage of knowing where Chad will be. The issue being that leaves the rest of the universe to look.
01<@DS> <X> We going to Earth then?
01<@DS> <William> That might be a trap.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hmm. We have a team there already to find out.
01<@DS> <Chii> You got an idea of another planet to check out, old man? *she asks Chad*
01<@DS> *Rachael eats her food* Like a hidden world just for you?
<@Seraphna> Angela> Maybe some ocean world with an island and a shack?
01<@DS> <Cheryl> ... ugh
01<@DS> *she grabs her head*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Let's get serious here. We are in enemy territory right now."
<@Seraphna> Angela> **rubs her head**
<@Dias`> *Chad closes his eyes as he thinks* Hard to say. He could be sitting at these coordinates if it's still exists this far in to the future. *He inputs a set of coordinates that puts it right next to a sun*
<@Dias`> <Chad> If he's not, it may contain records of all his work he's done over the millenia.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I’m either going to be impressed or horrified aren’t I?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "An archive to his ego, Chad?"
<@Seraphna> **Jaime sets their route to Chadtopia**
01<@DS> *Adeline studies them for a moment, then begins to jump them; however they seem to jump not to the place Chad indicated but a little further away into the system. The star indicated seems to be much largre now*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Chadtopia appears to have moved.
<@Dias`> <Chad> Just my last base I use for privacy. *He looks at the screen* Scan for this energy signature. *He types it in*
01<@DS> <Azora> The star might have consumed it
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Or its entering its red giant phase."
<@Seraphna> **Jaime has the scans run**
<@Dias`> <Chad> He would've adjusted its orbit but it's possible he abandoned it. The only other unlikely spot is the planet Angela and I crashed on but that's highly doubtful.
01<@DS> *after a moment, they get a hit back; it is still orbiting the star* <Chii> What about approaching it though?
01<@DS> <Chii> That's going to be a lotta heat
<@Dias`> <Chad> It won't have any defenses on the outside since it wasn't meant to be found.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "What about modding some shuttles with heat shields?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> The ship should be more than capable of handling the heat I’d think? But we could get close and warp in.
01<@DS> <Adeline> The PAX can handle it yes
01<@DS> <Adeline> Its a matter of the size of it. We'll need to use the tractor beam and try to grab the entire thing
01<@DS> <Chii> Or the shuttles
<@Dias`> <Chad> If it's still active it'll be safe inside.
<@Seraphna> Angela> Kinetic heat shielding or something keeping it cool inside?
01<@DS> *Isis taps her hands together, but leaves the decisions to Jaime, just there to give advise*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Always open to advice sis.
<@Dias`> <Chad> Hard to say at this point. I'm just assuming that if I could make it work where it was, he should be able to make it functional with current tech.
01<@DS> <Isis> The shuttles have their own risk - flying that close to a star that large. But the tractor beams could damage the base if we're not careful. Each has it's pros and cons
01<@DS> <X> Just flip a coin
01<@DS> *X shakes Dias loose*
<@Seraphna> Thena> Harpoon tows!
<@Dias`> *Dias wee's as he's shaken around*
01<@DS> <Rachae> What are you, a fisher man?
<@Seraphna> Thena> Intergalactic Space Pirate!
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Just make a decision already, sheesh."
<@Dias`> <Chad> Damaging it might set off a fail safe that'll blow it up.
01<@DS> <Wiilliam> To the shuttles then.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A shuttle or teleports seem best if it is delicate. We don’t often move planets.
01<@DS> *he goes to the hanger*
01<@DS> *Rachael and Lorelei follow, as does Cheryl and Chii*
<@Dias`> *Chad walks after as Durt walks with Lore*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *moves along with Rachael and Lore*
01<@DS> *Down in the hanger, Noire's ship somehow has been moved to the front of the line*
<@Seraphna> **Angela and Tabetha join them**
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> I sense the not-a-ghost Andrea wishes us to use the Noire Ship.
01<@DS> <Chii> I feel like it's pressuring us to take this
01<@DS> <Rachael> The not a ghost what?
<@Dias`> <Chad> Then we take it. *He moves towards it*
<@Dias`> <Durt> Great, a haunted ship.
01<@DS> *inside the controls are already turned on*
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> Can Not A Ghost Andrea fly?
01<@DS> *one of Noire's many add ons talls on Tabetha's shoulder - it looks like the grappling tendrils*
01<@DS> <William> Who is going to try to fly this?
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> One not a poltergeist move for yes, two for no.
<@Dias`> <Dias> I can. *He moves to the controls*
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> Also, whose DNA are you from Will?
<Jackieness> <Moira> *walks from one end of the ship, stopping part way* "...trippy...this ship is bigger on the inside."
<@Dias`> *Dias sits down, running through the controls being familiar with it from his time spent fighting Noire and staying on the ship*
01<@DS> *As they begin to take off, the controls kind of stick to Dias, allowing him to move and fly in wild directions and spin around faster. Rachael begins to look dizzy; Andrea can be seen sitting next to Dias*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Hey, take it easy up there!"
01<@DS> <William> Hm. *he seems to be studying the technology*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **comms** Everything alright there?
01<@DS> <X> We're fine. Fly us toward the star, Dias
<@Dias`> *Dias whistles a bit as he flies them towards the floating base. It seems to be a simplistic base with a viewing deck on one side that faces the sun*
01<@DS> <Andrea> This is just the kind of place I can picture Chad retiring too
<@Dias`> *Chad double takes at the now appeared and now talking Andrea*
01<@DS> <Andrea> *waves* Hi
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> See? Not a ghost.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I need pain pills
<@Dias`> <Chad> Not even going to ask. *he looks past her at the base coming into view*
01<@DS> <Andrea> Technically I am, but you all kept yammering so it helped your brains "see" me
<@Dias`> <Dias> Neat trick.
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> But that would make you dead and me sad. So you are not a ghost.
01<@DS> *the base seems normal enough, but Chad would note some differences and what looks like add-ons, however minute around the entrance*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Hmmm. We should be careful. Somethings different about the docking entrance.
01<@DS> <Andrea> No, I'm not dead. I'm bleeding out slowly on Earth. Marcus should have found me and is keeping tabs on me. When I got crushed by the Queen, I absorbed as much of her power as I could
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> Well stay alive then.
01<@DS> <X> You think you can dock us, Dias?
01<@DS> <Andrea> Docking is where you don't ram the thing
<@Dias`> <Dias> I can if you all think it's safe. Old man says it looks different...Let me remember. *He scans the docking bay*
01<@DS> *the scans bring up what the way inside now needs some sort of pass code but it all looks completely safe. A little too safe. Noire's ship a moment later picks up a massive amount of explosives connected to the code, indicating a wrong one will blow everything*
<@Dias`> <Chad> That would track. *He frowns slightly*
<@Dias`> <Chad> At the most we'll get two chances.
<@Seraphna> Angela> I dunno, for a Chad I think he went light on the explosives.
01<@DS> <William> ... *leans behind them* I'm getting a lot of bad ends; you think you can do this?
01<@DS> <Racbael> Maybe Moira can ninja her way inside... if we weren't you know, next to a star
<@Dias`> <Chad> They're most likely based on the devices that eradicated genetic material we came across a century ago. *He looks at William* I don't know if I can connect to a man a 1000 years ahead of me.
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> If you’re delving, try to look for positive ones and a pattern of causes.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Sometimes
01<@DS> <Cheryl> We choose passwords based on stuff from long ago in our past
<Jackieness> <Moira> "You know I sunburn easy, Rachael."
<@Dias`> <Durt> Even I haven't been to this place. *He notes to Lorelei*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Aya or Eve would be the highest probabilities.
01<@DS> <Lorelei> If this is a deadend, this is going to be a bad trip
01<@DS> *William thinks* Shame you don't have a Rosebud type password
01<@DS> <William> Anyone who knows you would try family
01<@DS> *on the PAX, another encoded message arrives*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Well, I used this place as a back-up for Id's data and private research. At the most we should gather...*He hrmms* It could be a date then. The day "I" was born.
<@Seraphna> Angela> His would be like, me maybe. Because I annoy him.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Jaime, we just got a new message."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Lets give it a try.
<@Seraphna> **Jaime checks it**
<@Dias`> *Chad gives them the date that his persona was created*
01<@DS> *it seems to be from Ren, updating what happened with the hybrid and Taiga*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Seems the other group found the hybrid and it’s far more advanced.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Well, they claim it's destroyed
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Is that all?"
01<@DS> *Andrea helps input it and silence passes*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We hope.
01<@DS> *before the door unlocks*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Hmmm. Maybe it proved far to dangerous so he got what he wanted from it and destroyed it for material.
01<@DS> *Cheryl steps inside* Lets see what we find out inside
<@Dias`> *Chad and Durt moves after Cheryl.*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *chekcs her sword* "Time to go."
<@Dias`> *The hanger bay is very plain looking. Monotone colors, organized well.
01<@DS> *Rachael slowly steps out, tense waiting for heat to get them; Cheryl and William follow suit and Andrea even walks along, hands behind back*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...seems breathable..."
<@Dias`> <Chad> The main area should be this way. *He motions as he walks towards a hallway*
01<@DS> <Chii> I'm expecting an embush
<@Dias`> <Chad> Then I'm hoping you'll save me.
01<@DS> *Lorelei looks around as they walk*
01<@DS> <Chii> I guess I have to take care of the elderly
<@Dias`> *As they walk, Lorelei would find a room off to the side that has lines on the floor and walls, random lines*
01<@DS> *Adeline comms the away team* It appears that the hybrid has been destroyed, if Ren is correct
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Score one for the team."
<@Dias`> <ChadComm> Hmmm. Was there mention of any harvesting?
01<@DS> <Adeline comm> Taiga however has suffered a major wound to her chest and heart. *pause* Ren did not say anything about harvesting
<@Dias`> *chad glances at Cheryl*
01<@DS> <Lorelei> So what type of harvesting are we talking about here?
01<@DS> *Cheryl clicks her tongue, looking emotionless*
<@Seraphna> Angela> They’d say if she was dead love.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> *pulls her ears*
<@Seraphna> Angela> Like Si would let that happen. Fuuuuuu.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "*looks over Lore's shoulder* "Hey, Chad. What do you think of this weird room? Some kind of code?"
01<@DS> <Cheryl> She's a fighter. She'll be okay.
<@Dias`> <Chad> That's the room I'd go to when my OCD would flare up.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...ok, crazy..."
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> What do the lines do?
01<@DS> *Cheryl eyes Moira*
<@Dias`> *Chad brings them to the main deck that views out towards the sun* Nothing. I would just trace them until I felt at ease.
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> Oh. I used to color for that.
<@Dias`> *Chad glances around to see if there's still terminals all over*
<@Dias`> *Chad then glances at the lone chair that sits in the center towards the viewing glass*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Now coloring I can see."
01<@DS> *Cheryl begins to dig her nails into her palm, looking agitated; the room looks to have terminals still*
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> I can’t quite remember why I don’t have problems anymore.
<@Dias`> *Chad moves to a terminal, glancing it over briefly to make sure there isn't anything booby trapped(
01<@DS> *it appears one of them is blinking in the left hand corner, but otherwise they seem fine*
<@Dias`> *Chad get's an annoyed look and moves to it, moving to access the blinking one*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *looks around, but has the sense not to touch anything*
01<@DS> *it appears it's transmitting code to Earth; having been activated a few mins. ago. It looks like someone or thing is receiving information from the base there*
01<@DS> *Rachael reaches toward another terminal slowly*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Careful Rachael. *He begins to bring up the data being accessed*
<@Dias`> *Durt moves over to the chair, eyeing it, then the view* Kind of peaceful, no?
<Jackieness> <Moira> *goes over to babysit Rachael* "...don't listen to the intrusive thoughts."
01<@DS> *it looks like the data is someone gathering information on who entered the base, as well as beginning the deletion process for the latest information left*
01<@DS> *Andrea looks to see what all can be found physically*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Well, he knows where here. And he's starting to wipe everything. Do you want me to try and stop it?
<@Dias`> *Chad begins typing, working on activating the data dump protocol*
01<@DS> <William> It can't hurt
<Jackieness> <Moira> "We can't let them win."
01<@DS> *The PAX scans beeps*
<@Dias`> *Chad takes a breathe as his eyes go grey and he begins typing to try and disconnect them and seperate the base from outside access*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *goes to check the PAX sensors*
01<@DS> *Cheryl watches Chad disconnect the data* You got what you need?
01<@DS> *Isis leans over as the PAX detects what looks to be a small human size figure approaching them*
01<@DS> *rapidly*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *comm* "Away team, we have an inbound bogey coming in fast."
01<@DS> <Azora> We need to leave. Raise shields and go
<@Dias`> *Chad quickly begins working on dumping all the raw data he can*
<@Dias`> <Durt> He's not focused on you, Cheryl. *He moves over, tapping Chad several times in a pattern*
01<@DS> *Adeline brings the PAX's shields up what looks to be a glowing figure zooms past; a moment later the base begins to rock and a hole has been punched through it*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Time to go folks. Get back here.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *tries zooming the sensor view on the figure*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "We're being called to evac. Let's go!"
<@Dias`> *Chad eyes go normal as he reaches and grabs a data cube* Let's go.
01<@DS> *grips the side of a terminal* Time's up, if he has it or not, we got to go
01<@DS> <Rachael> A hole has been made next to a star, that's not good
<Jackieness> <Moira> *then heads back the way they came, grabbign Rachael*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It flew right by us.
<@Dias`> *Chad nods to the others and starts heading to the ship with Durt behind them*
01<@DS> *the base shakes again and a progenitor floats after them*
<@Dias`> <Chad> The safety shields will activate for awhile.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Its one of those Progenitor guys!"
01<@DS> *Andrea eyes it and tries to slow it down with a black wall of energy*
01<@DS> <X> Why is that even in this realm?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Is it a high one? Like maybe me or Wind?
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Maybe they are siding with Other Chad!"
01<@DS> *The Progenitor seems to attack the wall in a rage*
01<@DS> *Rachael arrives at the ship with Moira and William tries to wake the ship up*
<@Seraphna> Angela> It seems to really not like walks. **gets in with Tabetha**
<@Seraphna> **walls
<@Dias`> *Dias looks at the others and begins powering the ship up again as they board*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "We need to get out of here before that thing breaks through." *sits down*
01<@DS> *Cheryl and Chii climb in as the black wall shatters and sends Andrea stumbling back*
01<@DS> *and it begins to fly for the ship*
<@Dias`> <Dias> Uh, time to go? *He moves to life the ship up and turns to leave the station*
<@Seraphna> **Angela throws up a Holy Barrier**
<@Dias`> <Chad> Fire on the explosives outside the hanger entrance
01<@DS> *the Progenitor smashes against the holy barrier, allowing the ship to begin to retreat*
01<@DS> *the holy barrier beginning to be ripped apart*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "We just need to get back to the PAX, and we should be alright."
01<@DS> *the Progenitor zooms after the ship once more, hand reaching out for them*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> We aren't going to make it.
<@Seraphna> **Tabetha sends a mind scramble at it**
<@Dias`> *Dias goes to fire on it then adjusts to fire on the Progenitor*
01<@DS> *Cheryl looks for a secondary fire and joins in, firing at the explosives*
01<@DS> *the progenitor is hit and is knocked back, then is blown up with the base*
01<@DS> <Lorelei> I sure hope Andrea was serious about being on Earth
<@Seraphna> Angela> Poor Progenitor Fred.
01<@DS> *Noire's ship is let back onto the PAX and Adeline leaps away*
01<@DS> <Isis> Lets call for a meeting and see what Chad got
01<@DS> -Time Hop-
01<@DS> Location: Meeting Room
01<@DS> *Rachael sips a new drink to settle her nerves; Lorelei has set off to check on Taiga and report in how the Strikers are doing, while Adeline has allowed Chad to use the PAX computers for what he downloaded*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "We've been out of misisons tuff for too long, Rachael. I don't remember it being that nerve wracking when we were still God Hunters.... and I took a swim in soem acid."
01<@DS> <Rachael> True.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Okay, you ready, Chad?
<@Dias`> *Chad looks up at Adleine from his data.* I can cover the recent stuff.
01<@DS> *Cheryl quietly sits in the back with Chii and Freyja, still slowly being rough with her palm*
<@Dias`> *Chad brings up information on the holo-display*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Alright. *the information seems to cover that Chad has been monitoring some new threat while dealing with the heroes trying to bring him down due to believing him a tyrant. The threat being some sort of outside force that he is not sure if it's eldritch in nature or what, and he has not been able to observe it in other realities such as the Prime Reality, but this unknown enemy is literally unknown - they seem to strike in illogical ways, take away people in not discernable pattern, and there has been no key to defeating them. (cont)
01<@DS> *the notes and patterns show that he began to run experiments to deal with uprising and the unknown at the same time after that, going over the hybrid experiments*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Does this mean the outside factor behind the rage infection is not thi version of Chad, but yet another enemy?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> No
01<@DS> <Adeline> He made the rage virus according to the notes for two reasons - to try to stop the rebel faction and make it so the populace could be used as a war machine against this unknown threat. And two, see if the hybrids could get into the unknown's heads. Such as the depression, rage, other emotions. It looks like *she brings up Chad's files* He was gathering Progenitors and Dark Ones from realities to experiment on
01<@DS> <Adeline> There's so little dta on the unknowns it's so unlike Chad
<@Dias`> *Chad crosses his arms* Agreed. It almost feels like he was chasing ghosts.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I fear he may have snapped.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> And if he didn't?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Then does this mean he was using our reality as a petri dish?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> Oh he was
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That may be even more scary.
01<@DS> <Adeline> He did a lot of experiments there, as it was the "Prime" Reality
01<@DS> <Adeline> He took things from there too - such as Fate
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "After everything that he has inflicted...what is even left for him to protect? Is this all for himself?"
<@Dias`> <Chad> Most likely the greater good that he believes in.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Judging by what Taiga said, the Sol system might be left untouched, or if they are infected, the hybrids "activate" them for when something happens
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "How many hybrids are we talking about then?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> We have to guess he's harvested pieces of everything we've fought against so far. Progenitors, Dark Ones, the Queens
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's almost a certainty.
01<@DS> <Isis> There's the one Taiga beat, the one in our cell. After that....
01<@DS> *Azora looks angry*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We’re saying the hybrid the team killed wasn’t his only one?
01<@DS> <Adeline> It's possible
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's most likely he's created several, yes.
01<@DS> *Andrea leans back in a seat, appearing again* So, odds are stacked agains you
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Chad Winters...what would scare you this much?"
01<@DS> <Andrea> Who we gonna call?
<@Dias`> <Chad> The unknown. Something I can't prepare for.
<@Dias`> <Chad> And failing to keep Earthgov safe.
01<@DS> <Freyja> So is this figurative or literal
<@Seraphna> Jaime> How many did he kill and how many EarthGovs did he destroy because of his fear?
<@Dias`> <Chad> But he's protected his Sol, his Earthgov so far.
<@Seraphna> **Jaime rubs her head, taking a breath**
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Did you extract any of his data that convicned him of this unknown threat?"
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'm going over it with Id's help, yes.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I mean, so far at what I've seen, and maybe we'll find more
01<@DS> <Adeline> Nothing appears there, and he even admits the unknowns don't get captured easily - scans, psions, even going to the basics
01<@DS> <Adeline> Such as photos
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Let's assume, for the moment, that he is not chasing ghosts. We still need him to keep his hands to himself."
01<@DS> *Id locates one photo in the Unknown files - it shows in the air, red paint against a dark sky*
01<@DS> *call Mulder*
<@Dias`> *Id displays it for everyone*
01<@DS> <Rachael> You serious?
01<@DS> <Chii> I'll be sure to toss paint everywhere
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So he’s chasing Bigfoot and killed billions to find it.
<@Dias`> <Chad> I don't like the unknown without explanation.
01<@DS> <Andrea> You know
01<@DS> <Andrea> I don't want to sound like I'm siding with the other Chad, but... *she sounds ... oddly serious*
<@Dias`> <Chad> It feels like an itch that can't be scratched honestly. *He crosses his arms as he leans back*
01<@DS> <Andrea> Keep in mind whatever he's dealng with, it's something much further down the road than us.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "What are you thinking, Andrea?"
01<@DS> <Andrea> Meaning it might not be a problem for us for another few hundred years
<@Dias`> <Chad> Which explains why he took Fate.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Did it actually help though? He is still running seemingly random experiments."
<@Dias`> *Chad glances at jaime* It doesn't seem like he killed billions to try and find it either. *he notes to her as he looks back at Cass*
01<@DS> *Adeline tunrns her head as the Strikers try to reach them*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Isn't that what any researcher does is run random experiments to try and find eliminate things?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "The scientific method requires both skepticism and method."
<@Seraphna> **Jaime taps the comms**
01<@DS> *Lorelei's face appears, with alarms going off and the screen static* <Lorelei> We have a situation here. We need ---- *it cuts off*
01<@DS> <William> It would appear your friends are in danger
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Where did that transmission come from?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Let’s go to them then.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Trace the message source and let’s go.
01<@DS> *Adeline brings it up - it looks like they're a few sectors from Sol*
01<@DS> <Isis> Alright everyone
01<@DS> <Isis> Strap in. We're heading out. *She moves to the bridge*
01<@DS> <Rachael> This is going to be a trap
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Regardless, we don’t abandon our own.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "We need to be ready for action as soon as we get there."
01<@DS> *Adeline jumps them while Cheryl, Chii, and Freyja take up position on the bridge. Rachael and William find a spot off to the side while X uses Dias as a resting board*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *moves over next to Rachael and William* "...sucks about Jarivan. That was my favorite planet when it was still around."
01<@DS> *Andrea opts to sit on Sam*
01<@DS> *William glances at her, then reaches into his coat and hands her tickets to Jarivan 2*
<@Seraphna> Sammael> Eep.
<@Dias`> *Dias let's himself be used as a resting board for he is awesome*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Indeed. I had a house on Jarivan.
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...thanks, that's cool of you."
01<@DS> *William eyes Jaime, then hands her free snacks on Jarivan 2*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Thank you Will.
01<@DS> *Adeline snorts*
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> **whispers to Adeline** Is he copied from my blood too?
01<@DS> *Adeline looks at Tabetha* I...no
<@Seraphna> Tabetha> Ah. Well you’re still one of mine. **nods**
01<@DS> *the PAX arrives at the location where waiting for them is a group of Progenitors, Dark Ones, and the top half of Dias*
01<@DS> *the Striker is nowhere to be seen*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Trap of course. Can we get them and go looking?
01<@DS> *the progenitors and Dark Ones begin to unleash combined attcks at the PAX*
01<@DS> *Adeline hurries to get shields up, the PAX shaking*
<@Seraphna> **Thena mans the weapons and returns fire**
<@Seraphna> **Thena helps, as does Thena.**
01<@DS> *the weapons scatter the enemy but Dias is somehow already warped onto the ship*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Dias, your time to shine!"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Dias go kick your ass.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Or back, I think the ass is missing.
<@Dias`> *Dias perks up and nods, turnings and dashing through the PAX to find the half Dias*
01<@DS> *the Progenitors warp their Dark One counter parts past the fire so they can make blackholes to eat the shots*
01<@DS> *Dias would find the H. Dias chasing crew members*
01<@DS> *Floating around*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime starts using the black hole countermeasures**
01<@DS> <Isis> Still using the old hand books
<@Dias`> *Dias slides to it's side, swinging at it's head to drive it away from a crew member*
01<@DS> *the Progenitors attach to the shields to try to absorb them*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *takes firign control and tries to snipe the Dark Ones with the hyperspace guns*
01<@DS> *The Dias spins away, then raged driven begins to gather power into his arm and punches himself right toward Dias*
<Jackieness> <Myria> *sscurries around engineering, trying to keep the shields from beign drained*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm. That’s funny. **touches the controls and starts to turn that around on the progenitors** They volunteer as fuel.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Ready the Empress System.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I'll be curious if you can manage that
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "The what now?"
01<@DS> <Isis> The main power system of the PAX. If it can manage to drain an armry of Progenitors though.
<@Dias`> *Dias throws his hands up to intercept as the punch comes in*
01<@DS> *It would knock Dias back and send the other Dias spinning back*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Should be a matter of having the shield system feed on them like they are feeding on it. **she warps into the Empress System to engage**
01<@DS> *the Dark Ones meanwhile are dropping from Cass*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "My granddaughter would make a smug remark about removing her inferior cousins from the genepool."
<@Dias`> <Dias> There's some weight behind that punch. *He grins a bit* Consider my attention perked. *He dashes in back at H. Dias and begins to throws punches left and right*
01<@DS> *the PAX begins to power up to full strength and as Myria can now use the Empress system to reverse the polarity how she likes, the progs. begin to get sucked away and vansishing*
<Jackieness> <Myria> *now scurries about engineering, trying to make sure the extra juice doesn't blow out the power distribution system."
<Jackieness> *
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Direct their energy into batteries for filtering. We don’t know what’s mixed in.
01<@DS> *H. Dias snarls and blocks as fast as he can, trying to get the occassional bite in; Rachael watches the two, throwing a bottle of juice at H. Dias*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "That was a waste of juice, Rachael."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Scanning the area for the Striker.... I got a trail. They took it back to Earth
01<@DS> *H. Juice sputters*
<@Dias`> *Dias begins picking up the speed of his attacks, blurring them*
01<@DS> <Rachael> Yeah but that makes it more flameable
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Let’s get ready to assume we’re retrieving captives then.
01<@DS> *H. Dias is finally punches over the bar and rises again, liftting the bar up to swing at Dias*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...what type of juice did you buy?"
01<@DS> *Adeline jumps them to the Sol system where no ships are waiting*
01<@DS> <Rachael> Oh, you now, grape juice that might have some wine in it
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Interesting… are we still tracking them?
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Not like you're a kid anymore."
<@Dias`> *Dias is hit and sent flying out of the bar and along ground*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime sends a message to Sam, who warps to oversee the batteries**
01<@DS> *Adeline brings up the location of the Striker - floating next to a large building in the middle of the city*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Now I’m getting weirded out.
01<@DS> *H. Dias approaches Dias while Rachael looks for her matches* Shit
<Jackieness> <Moira> "Let me." *draws her sword and then dashes toward H Dias*
01<@DS> *lifting the bar up high to smash when Moira comes in*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *tries a vertical slash against H Dias*
01<@DS> *An arm drops off and the bar lands on head*
<@Dias`> *Dias gets up as he rubs his neck, only to see the bar land on H dias*
01<@DS> *H. Dias rages and powers up again, and punches air, a shock wave sending Moira back and blowing out windows*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *backflips away to get out of its reach* "Rachael, you do remember how to use magic, right?"
01<@DS> *Rachael begins to chant, thumbing up*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *slams into a wall* "Uggggh..."
01<@DS> *H. Dias leams back to punch again when it's caught on fire*
01<@DS> *it roars in double rage and wants to stomp the ground but can't*
<@Dias`> *Dias swings his fist forward as the shockwave comes through, cutting it away from him. He then squats and blurs in low then swings up, driving an uppercut into it*
<@Seraphna> **A Kitsune hangs a sign that says “No lower half no service”.**
<Jackieness> <Moira> *gets back on to her feet, shaking her head*
01<@DS> *Dias smashes his fist into it, and gets stuck in the flaming body as he smashes through it*
01<@DS> *H. Dias twitches and spews foul liquid then slumps over*
<@Dias`> *Dias grabs on to it's back and swings it down into the ground*
01<@DS> *it dislodges*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Alright lets get everyone to the hanger
<@Dias`> *Dias then swings his arm, sending the fluid off him and on to the ground*
01<@DS> *she brings the PAX down to the atmosphere*
01<@DS> *the PAX is lined up next to the Striker and the large building*
01<@DS> **Cheryl, Chii, Rachael, X, William, etc make their way to the hanger; thanks to the super charged shields, it looks like no one has bothered to fire on the PAX*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *heads for the hangar sicne Dias now seems to have the rest in hand*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Okay, do we want to investigate the Striker or go straight for the building?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "We have plenty of people. Could split up and do both."
01<@DS> *she puts on her tactical suit, leaving Isis behind on the console*
<@Dias`> *Dias nods and follows after Moira*
<@Dias`> *Chad follows Cheryl*
01<@DS> <Andrea> If we do split, I'll handle the Striker
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Glad to see you again, Andrea."
01<@DS> *Andrea judges the distance to the Striker and thumbs up to Cass*
01<@DS> *then seems to shadowport over*
01<@DS> *Adeline aims and fires a zipline over to the building*
<@Seraphna> **Angela and Tabetha join up with the others**
01<@DS> <Adeline> Lets go
<@Dias`> *Chad looks around a bit*
01<@DS> *Adeline zips over*
01<@DS> <Chii> Need me to carry you, old man?
<@Seraphna> **Sephie and Thena follow Adeline**
<@Dias`> <Chad> Yes. *He sighs*
01<@DS> *Chii lifts Chad up*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I never thought I'd see this
01<@DS> <Freyja> T-Try not to drop him
<@Dias`> <Chad> She'd have to deal with Aya's wraith if she did
<@Dias`> *Dias takes a few steps and leaps over*
01<@DS> *Chii zips across with Chad and helps him get inside*
<@Dias`> *Chad gets inside, nodding* Thanks.
01<@DS> *Freyja and Cheryl work their way across*
01<@DS> <Chii> But of course
01<@DS> -SHIFT-
01<@DS> location: Striker
01<@DS> *The lights are flickering as Andrea's group arrives and there's signs of Progenitor blasts all over*
01<@DS> *Rachael looks around*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *draws her sword without another word*
<@Seraphna> Sephie> They got massacred… **she feels out for minds**
<@Dias`> *Dias looks about*
01<@DS> *closer to the bridge*
01<@DS> <Rachael> Which way?
01<@DS> *Dias would also pick up scents from the bridge and medical*
<@Seraphna> **Sephie leads them to the bridge**
01<@DS> *as they near the bridge, they would hear what sounds like hyperspace blasts, and the ship blasting something back; around the corner, Lorelei, Ren, Durt, Noire, and others are using Taiga's defense system to keep the Progenitor stun locked*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *nods toward the Progenitor boarder*
<@Seraphna> **Sephie frowns and looks to the others, Thena nods and poofs to find an ambush spot**
01<@DS> *Rachael chants spell*
01<@DS> *Andrea gathers the queen's spell*
<@Seraphna> **Sephie rounds the corner with her hands ready**
01<@DS> *power even*
<Jackieness> <Moira> *moves along with Sephie since she's a melee fighter*
01<@DS> *The Progenitor finally unleashes an attack at the computer and is free*
01<@DS> <Lorelei> Damn you.
<@Dias`> *Chad studies the situation*
<@Seraphna> **Sephie strikes at the Progenitor as Thena does at the same time, giving them someone their own size to pick on**
<Jackieness> <Moira> *then dashes in, coming in low to support Sephie with a horizontal slash*
01<@DS> *The Progenitor gathers power to attack those at the computer when Sephie hits, then Andrea strikes it with the Queen's power and makes it begin to fade away and Moira's attack send it flying right into the fire wall Rachael made. It then vanishes with no power left*
<@Dias`> *dias let's out a whistle*
01<@DS> <Ren> .... Well. Not bad. *Lorelei checks the damage done to the computer*
01<@DS> <Lorelei> We might need to park the Striker in the PAX
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Our heroes.
01<@DS> *suddenly there's a banging noise from medical and someone running towards them*
01<@DS> <Rachael> The hell is that?
<@Seraphna> Truth> I should check on Taiga… hmm?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...mother. I was wondering when you's stop being so lazy."
01<@DS> *Taiga skids around the corner on all fours, wearing her medical gown and revealing her damaged chest and still having all her medical wires strapped to her*
<Jackieness> <Moira> "This way." *heads toward the sounds*
01<@DS> *Andrea lifts her hand* Step back
<Jackieness> <Moira> "...hey. Taiga has gone feral."
<@Seraphna> Si> Fuuuu, Taigyyyyy.
01<@DS> *Taiga seems to have glowing red eyes like the others with the rage virus*
<@Seraphna> **Sephie holds her in the air with TK**
<@Seraphna> Sephie> Can you fix this?
01<@DS> *Taiga lifts up, then strains and breaks free right toward Sephie*
01<@DS> *aiming to get a bite*
01<@DS> <Lorelei> We need to get her in a cage before her wounds are aggrevated
<@Seraphna> **Sephie pushes her back with more TK**
<@Seraphna> **Tabetha joins in the TK hold**
01<@DS> *Taiga is repelled and tries to snap at Ren who leaps back and flls over*
<@Seraphna> **Thena then helps, giving Taiga a three way**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *catches Ren* "...how annoying."
01<@DS> *Taiga snarls and struggles against all the TKing*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan tries to use foxfire for it’s base purpose of knocking someone out**
01<@DS> <Andrea> So. Do we have an idea how to burn it out of her?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...could the other Hybrid override the rage effect?"
01<@DS> *As Taiga falls over*
01<@DS> <Andrea> We can try. Better to be depressed
<@Seraphna> Thena> Maybe?
01<@DS> <Andrea> Otherwise. Shes going to rage and attack us when she wakes
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Just keep her away from any sharp objects or filled bathtubs. This way." *heads for where they had the Depression Hybrid stashed*
01<@DS> *Andrea watches them go, then seems to vanish like a ghost*
01<@DS> -SHIFT-
01<@DS> Location: Building
01<@DS> *the other team finds themselves in what appears to be a normal office. Cheryl has Chii hold up the name of a person on a desk and it seems to belong to some big-wig helping run this place*
01<@DS> <Chii> It looks like our Presidental building
01<@DS> *she tosses the plate*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Bigger than our version."
<@Dias`> *Chad looks arouns as they explore*
01<@DS> <William> I was expecting Chad to be the ruler here
<@Dias`> <Chad> Easier to rule behind the scenes.
<@Seraphna> Angela> Chad is all about the cloak and dagger.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Still...where to?"
01<@DS> *as they reach the top floor, they find it empty, no doubt everyone ran ahead of time; Chii flips through a book to see who all is connected to the place then turns* Ah
01<@DS> <Chii> It looks like Chad is some sort of advisor to them
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Just like our Chad suggested."
01<@DS> *the sound of a helicopter can be heard approaching the roof*
<@Dias`> <Chad> The roof.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "A helicopter? A bit old school, isn't it?"
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Lets see what is happening *she heads up the few remaining floors*
<@Dias`> *Chad follows along*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *head sup too*
01<@DS> *Adeline loads her small gun as William looks out the window as the Striker crew returning to the PAX; for a brief moment it appears that a few hybrids are following them*
01<@DS> *but none are there a moment later*
01<@DS> <William> ... Hm. Bad end? *he murmurs*
01<@DS> *up on the roof, the team witnesses a helicopter armed the teeth to be on the fire power level of a shuttle landing before them*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Trouble.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Heavily armed, but landing, not shooting."
01<@DS> *High Chad steps off of it, saying something to the pilot; Freyja keeps close to Cheryl while Chii remains freeroaming*
01<@DS> *a moment later, Fate exits it; she seems different and upon glance experiments have been done to her, too. Her aura gives off that of one who has been given stuff and she seems to be walking very stiffly*
<@Dias`> *Chad studies the two* Seem's you've been busy.
01<@DS> *H. Chad steps a few paces closer, but makes sure to keep just enough distance* <H. Chad> You saw my files. You know I have. *as he speaks, Fate circles the area*
01<@DS> *X kneels, ready to open a ripple at any moment*
<@Dias`> <Chad> Indeed. I've known what you've been up to for awhile. And I'm impressed.
01<@DS> *Cheryl pulls Angela closer* Keep your eyes open
<@Dias`> *Dias stands beside X, his eyes locked on Fate*
<@Seraphna> **Angela nods**
01<@DS> <H. Chad> I assumed you would be out of all your reality. *He folds his hands* So. You all have come here. Tell me, what is it you all want? *For the most part, he seems tired*
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'd prefer it if you stayed in your own plane and left the other ones alone.
01<@DS> *Adeline glances down at her datapad, the PAX alerting her that Azora has been slowly getting into position to try to shoot PAX with a hyperspaceb blast; she sends the data to Jaime*
01<@DS> <H. Chad> If I ceased my experimnents, the unknown will affect you as well as them and myself. *He glances outward* But you have been an independent minded reality all this time
<@Dias`> <Chad> I've been reading about this...unknown you've been gathering data on.
<@Seraphna> **Jaime scans her, readying to stop her**
01<@DS> *it appears Azora is upward in the sky, charging as high as she can manage hoping the other Chad cannot detect her, and fire downward at him, taking out part of the roof along with the helicopter and Fate*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "What the hell?!"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **looks to a Thena who poofs on Azora’s shoulder**
<@Seraphna> Thena> Wait. Only if needed. Plus we like the brainwashed one.
01<@DS> <Azora> .... *she holds her power for now*
01<@DS> <H. Chad> Yes, them
01<@DS> <H. Chad> Everything I do will benefit everyone
<@Dias`> <Chad> I must admit, I'm curious about whether it's a ghost you're haunting or reality.
01<@DS> <William> Quite the ego
01<@DS> <Cheryl> We already told you to bug off; accept it
<@Dias`> *hunting*
<@Dias`> <Chad> But I don't know if I can have you constantly interfering in our plane.
<@Seraphna> Angela> Right now you’re the only real threat.
01<@DS> *H. Chad stands there for a long moment, then waves Fate to follow him* I have everything I need. IF you wish me to abstain from your world, do be it.
01<@DS> *he turns to the helicopter*
<@Seraphna> Angela> And if you need us to kill your unkillable threat again, just let us know, Mister Infallible.
01<@DS> <Adeline> We really going to let him walk away?
<@Dias`> <Chad> Do you really think it's wise to attack him?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It would be nice if he relinquished his prisoner.
01<@DS> *H. Chad turns to face Angela* Just know, when the time comes for you to face the unknown, don't expect help
<@Seraphna> Angela> Mmhmm. Like you helped us twice already?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Based on what you've said, if the Unknown is sitll around to antagonize us, then you probably aren't around to help anyway."
01<@DS> *he motions Fate onto the elevator*
01<@DS> *helicopter even
<@Seraphna> Angela> Mind releasing that woman you violated and brainwashed?
<@Dias`> *Chad watches*
01<@DS> <H. Chad> Are you really positive you want to go down this road?
01<@DS> *He leans on the elevator with a sigh*
01<@DS> *Helicopter
<@Seraphna> Angela> The road where we regret taking Xevil back as this reality was better off in his hands than yours? Have you really saved anything? Anyone?
<@Seraphna> Angela> Was Fate there saved by you?
01<@DS> *Cheryl quietly observes all this*
01<@DS> <H. Chad> .... *whispers to Fate, motioning at the team*
01<@DS> *He then climbs into the helicopter and leaves Fate behind with Fate eyeing the group silently as it begins to fly off*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Interesting.
<@Seraphna> Angela> Fate? You in there?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Does she even remember who we are?"
01<@DS> <Fate> ... <William> .... We should leave her and go
01<@DS> <Fate> I remember who you are
01<@DS> *her voice sounds flat*
<@Dias`> *Dias looks over at her, studying her a bit*
<@Dias`> *Chad relaxes a bit then looks at the others* Are you all satisfied?
<@Seraphna> Angela> It sounds like you remember like I remembered a bad dream. We’re not forcing you. If you a want to go back yo him that’s your choice but… what did he do to you?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "I don't know. Chad, how do you feel about all this?"
01<@DS> <Fate> Helped prepare me for the unknown.
01<@DS> *it almost feels like a predator eyeing all of them for weaknesses*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "He's rewired her mind."
<@Dias`> <Chad> I don't like it but it's a win, isn't it?
01<@DS> <Adeline> .... I'm going to head back to the PAX
<@Seraphna> Angela> Sounds like prepared you like some old men in my past prepared us.
01<@DS> <Azora> So no shooting him down ?
01<@DS> *she eyes the helicopter fly off*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It’s not worth it. Not unless we can find proof there’s someone left to save from him.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Plus he might have contingency in place.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> What do you want to do Angela? She's likely going to say since you said she doesn't have to leave
01<@DS> *stay
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Scratch that it’s Winters, he’ll have like 12 in place.
<@Dias`> <Chad> You guys can do what you want with him.
<@Seraphna> Angela> Let’s… go I guess.
01<@DS> *Cberyl nods and heads back down to the PAX*
<@Seraphna> Angela> At least this way we know she’s here willingly.
<@Seraphna> Angela> I hope it works out Fate. You deserved a rest.
<@Dias`> *Dias studies Fate a bit more* You sure it's safe?
01<@DS> <William> Only safety I'm seeing is to walk away
<@Seraphna> **Angela turns to go**
<@Dias`> *Dias hmms and begins walking away with the others, then eyeing the helicopter flying away*
01<@DS> <X> *pats Dias*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Chad, we have enough data on this Unknown threat to work with?"
01<@DS> *Fate watches them leave, crouching*
01<@DS> *once on the PAX, it appears another type of chaos has broken out*
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'll know when I have more time to study it.
<@Dias`> <Dias> She made the hair on my neck stand up.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "What is going on now?"
01<@DS> *Taiga has returned to normal, but right after that 3 hybrids attempt to break out their emo one and escape with him*
01<@DS> *the 4 hybrids passing the group as they enter the hanger* <Ren> S=Stop those hybrids
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Dias, time to go into action."
01<@DS> <X> She will be a dangerous one if we evre hav to face her again
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **comms** Unauthorized hybrids. Leave or be destroyed. **she activates new internal defenses**
01<@DS> *The hybrids obey - but seem to take the one*
01<@DS> *beginning to leave through a shadow port*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Leave it. **disrupts the port**
<@Dias`> *Dias cracks his neck and dashes in at their hybrid, moving to tackle him away*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *runs into the hangar then uses her own abilities to try to hijack their shadowports*
01<@DS> *they eye the one taken back, then slip away into the city*
01<@DS> *the emo one leans into Dias, giving sad feelings as a way of saying thanks*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Shields up and get us out of here!"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Right, get Taiga mellow. We’re going home.
01<@DS> <Azora> I cannot help but feel incredibly frustrated
<@Dias`> *Dias slumps a bit, feeling sad now*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Welcome to my life Grandmother.
01<@DS> <Ren> We'll set up a way to lock Chad out.
01<@DS> <Ren> Unless.... we want to try to blow up this reality
01<@DS> <Taiga> .... *eyes Ren*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We’re not him.
<@Dias`> <Chad> It's not worth upsetting a balance.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...how would we even do that anyway?"
01<@DS> <Ren> They're right, blowing it up is overkill and the civies did nothing wrong
01<@DS> <Ren> But theorically
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Setting course for our reality. We have a lot of clean up to do and I suspect other issues to clear up. Like Xevil.
01<@DS> <Ben> It is doable - with the PAX
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "...why does the PAX have a reality bomb mode?"
01<@DS> <Ren> Nah nah
01<@DS> <Ren> We'd need mom's equipment for the gates and overload the PAX.
<@Dias`> <Chad> You're making me dislike the PAX more and more.
01<@DS> <Ren> It'd take out two important pieces of equipment so I wouldn't recommend
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Please stop discussing how to use my home as a weapon.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Let's not pursue that option, nor even speak of that option again."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...come on Ren. Let's see if the dessert shop survived."
01<@DS> -TIME JUMP-
01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.10
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *William is present with his sister as they go over the remaining information on the discs*
01<@DS> <Adeline> This is what Id has managed to find; I am afraid it will not be to your liking thogh
01<@DS> *Adeline brings up on the screen test footage with the other Chad and Fate*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Indeed…
01<@DS> <H. Chad> This is the latest experiment to see if we can consistently bring out the unknown instead of their random movements, attacks, kidnapping and so on. *He seems to be wearing some sort of suit as he is walking aamong a field of what looks to be the dead in a racent battle*
01<@DS> *a few minutes of Fate recording him just moving and checking who is alive, suddenly for a second, Chad seems to be knocked over by nothing, then lifted up into the air, his body vanishing over childish giggling. Fate immeditely drops the recording and attacking is heard - the footage stopping*
01<@DS> <Adeline> That is all
<@Seraphna> Jaime> So… who did we just talk to.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I have to assume Fate saved him, or if they both lost, I cannot tell you
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...the sound was like a child."
01<@DS> <William> Creepy kids? Lovely
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That giggling gives me the Woolies.
<@Dias`> *Chad crosses his arms* I've been reviewing it with Id. Trying to pick up missed things. But....
01<@DS> <Andrea> *faded in her seat* Well, they are called the unknown for a reason; we have plenty of time to figure it out.
01<@DS> *Isis peeks into the meeting room* Jaime
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'll start looking to see if they're affecting our plane.
01<@DS> *Taiga and Ren whisper to each other then look at the others*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...perhaps its more related to our own experiences in the paranormal than what any Chad normally deals in."
01<@DS> <Taiga> If these unknown are from another reality I can make sure to shut that down
01<@DS> <Ren> Close the gates if needbe
01<@DS> *Isis motions toward the bridge* Your grandmother
<@Dias`> <Chad> Wouldn't that keep us from Geyze?
<@Seraphna> **Jaime warps over**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We don't have any confirmation of it though."
01<@DS> <Taiga> The mirror gate has it's own system compared to the reality gates. But if we feel the mirror gates is the threat we can discuss closing them too
<@Seraphna> Jaime> No closing the gates. **before she does**
01<@DS> *Azora seems to be packing up and gives Jaime a hug*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> You’re leaving?
01<@DS> <Azora> I wanted to tell you that I was wrong. And you and your sister have grown up into your own type of fighters quite nicely
<@Dias`> <Chad> I'll look into Winter's experiments, see if they have access to other realities of Higher Planes.
01<@DS> <Azora> But yes, I think it is time I returned to what is left of my people
<@Dias`> <Chad> See if he did the same thing.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Thank you, grandma.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mind sending my aunt and uncle back when you are done with them?
01<@DS> <Azora> They should be around now.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Be careful out there. I suspect Xevil has not forgiven you.
01<@DS> *Azora shakes her head* Whatever happens, happens. If he does come after me, we will see
01<@DS> *Azora warps out of the PAX*
01<@DS> -SHIFT-
01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.13
01<@DS> Location: Cran Manor
01<@DS> *Freyja observes Hotaru, having given her the same charms she gave Hotaru - to make her forget John so Nyarl's voice will fade away*
01<@DS> *Cheryl crosses her arms* I hate to see the two having a hole in their memory, but this is for the best
<@Dias`> *Chad stands next to Cheryl* It's for the best.
01<@DS> <Freyja> Hopefully it will allow them good dreams
01<@DS> *Cheryl nods to the two* I think after all this, we need a good vacation. *she eyes the Jarivan 2 tickets* Maybe Aya and Evette will lik this
<@Dias`> <Chad> They could both use the vacation.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I'll see to it that Lemon can get something started
01<@DS> -Finale-
01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.15
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *the PAX arrives at Xevil's Empire edge after news of his return back to the domain*
01<@DS> <Adeline> You ready, Jaime?
01<@DS> *Adeline contacts them and the communications enters both parties into a circular communication type room, indicating Xevil has some progenitor tech or something close to it. Standing across from them in the holo comm room is Xevil along with a woman/girl in shadows, standing behind him*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yep. And this feels familiar.
01<@DS> *Isis taps her shoulder in thought while in thought while Adeline activates sound* Lord Xevil. We wished to learn where the Suisen and your Empire stood
01<@DS> <Xevil> Does the Suisen Empire have reason to believe we should be at odds?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> None. But we also need er wish to assume on our contacts or ignore anything they may wish to speak of.
<@Seraphna> *never wish
01<@DS> <Xevil> I see. While I will deal with my enemies in time, you can rest assure that the Suisen has nothing to worry about - for now
01<@DS> *Adeline observes the small figure by his side*
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<@Seraphna> **Jaime bows politely** We are neighbors, as such I hope we retain good relations and trade.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We also wish to share with you the intel we collected about the threat you so honorably helped us face. It has passed. We dealt with the interloper for now.
01<@DS> <Xevil> You are wondering who this is? *pats them* They are my possible adopted daughter. *he nods at Jaime* I will gladly accept such information. I am sure that these transactions will continue to bring us closer
<@Seraphna> **Jaime nods and sends it over** It was meddling from above again. We will take steps to seal them off for good. And I am glad to see you expanding your family. May we know what your possible Princess should be known by?
01<@DS> <Xevil> I am still thinking on a good Tsivrixsh name. Perhaps Liv'ru. I will be glad to show her to you when she is ... older. For now I need to get her settled in
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<@Seraphna> **Jaime nods** Unferstandable. We will of course send gifts in congratulation. Please let us know if you wish to discuss the data once you have reviewed it.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We await your… child of surprise… to be unveiled in the future.
01<@DS> <Xevil> *bows his head as the transmission ends*
01<@DS> <Adeline> You just going to go right out and say the kid's name?
01<@DS> *Adeline begins to check something*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> He loves his word play. I suspect we once again have a Tsivrixsh sibling.
01<@DS> <Isis> Pardon me?
01<@DS> <Adeline> He definitely got his hands on Progenitor technology I'll say that. The PAX connected to it to make that holocomm room
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Xevil is a creature of habit. His son was our brother. It would make sense for him to make a new heir of similar lineage.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I wonder what else he did out there
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Xevil is a creature of habit. His son was our brother. It would make sense for him to make a new heir of similar lineage.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> He was obsessed with Momma.
01<@DS> *Isis grunts*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Plus… that was the first time he ever didn’t call me the Daughter of Erevis.
01<@DS> <Adeline> We'll have to keep an eye on him then
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We’ll see what happens. His last heir didn’t see his ways after all.
01<@DS> <Adeline> This could be trouble down the road
01<@DS> -Ending Scene-
01<@DS> *Xevil turns toward what looks to be a girl with red hair, then takes her hand* Come, we cannot be late with your shots less your body reject itself. *He leads her along, the girl indeed lookng very familiar; the two getting odd looks due to how non-tsivrixsh she looks*
01<@DS> -END-
02* Quits: @Dias` (~Dias@c-98-61-26-116.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) (Remote host closed the connection)
Session Close: Tue Nov 12 00:15:40 2024