The Alien Wars 6: The Progenitor Wars

Vantage Point Part Two

Session Start: Mon Oct 07 18:18:35 2024
Session Ident: #PWSession7
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<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-762.1.29
<DeathStar> Location: Galactic Senate
<DeathStar> *William leans back in his seat, hands spread as on the map, locations blink with Dark Eggs being located; one being on the Dark Resort world, as well as one being in the Cartel space and another being closer to Erusian space. Suddenly one pops up in Earth space*
<DeathStar> *Aya just drops her datapad and rubs her face* How long before these things become trouble again?
<DeathStar> *Olivia seems to be trying to find the notes on that, looking overwhelmed.*
<Jackieness> <Arhn> "The Tsivirxsh egg took centuries if not millenia to wake up. However, the entity may not be so patient this time."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Soon enough that immediate actions should be taken. The Dark Ones are working on their own so the other three will be up to you all.
<DeathStar> <Aya> You're assuming that thing was in there that long. And if it was placed there by the Dark Ones when they carved out the planet when my father and his friends went to it?
<DeathStar> *referring to TAW4*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Perhaps even longer before then. But I would not presume there is time regardless. The entity might be able to speed them up.
<Jackieness> <Arhn> *looks at Jaime* "There is another cause for fear. Your Progenitor cousins may attempt to pre-emptively deal with the situation as they dealt with the Tsivrixsh homeworld. Even if they stay their hand, the possibility could spread fear among the worlds."
<Jackieness> <Arhn> "That fear makes the actual gestation time irrelevant."
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods** For now I think they have stayed their hands but I do not presume they will sit aside if those eggs hatch. The question is what we plan to do to remove them ourselves.
<DeathStar> *William leans in to whisper to his sister* So, how do we deal with these eggs without blowing up planets?
<Jackieness> <Arhn> "Drill down into the infected worlds and destroy the eggs. This is surgery versus detonating a stellar bomb."
<DeathStar> *Lenneth walks into the room to stand beside William* Do any of the worlds have ships capable of drilling?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Or if extremely needed, you can focus on evacuating and destroying a single world instead of a whole system. Like was done during the Dark War. As for drilling, Earth has a species that lives on their core that might be able to help. Perhaps the Ridariums can help as well?
<DeathStar> *The Ridiariums pause, eating a rock*
<Jackieness> <Arhn> "I am certain that the Ridarium delegation would prefer a more formal request for assistance."
<Seraphna> Jaime> You must be amazing diggers. **she smiles at them fondly, of course she likes the rock people**
<Seraphna> Jaime> I may be able to help dig one planet on my own.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> The Cartel has certain mining ships. But I am certain you can rely on the Ridiariums instead if you wish
<Seraphna> Jaime> We have three worlds to save. Concerted effort is the best practice.
<DeathStar> *the Ridiariums point at themselves* Can dig.
<Jackieness> <Arhn> "The Ascendancy shall move on the one near our borders. We shall provide assistance, if it is still required, once that threat is dealt with."
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods to them in respect** So let us coordinate and use what we have at all three worlds. I will aid the Ridariums in digging one of the other two worlds.
<DeathStar> <William> Excellent. Will you require help to keep them focused? *referring to the Ridiariums*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth gathers some papers, peering at Jaime*
<Seraphna> Jaime> If the Ridariums are receptive, I see no reason why not to get they help.
<DeathStar> *William glances at those at the Cartel panel, then shrugs*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth moves over and hands Jaime something as Aya stands up* Lets pause the meeting for now while we handle this threat
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks at it**
<DeathStar> *it appears to be a chip*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Risokyo
<DeathStar> *Adeline stands before the PAX, holding the Erevis AI program. The ship, standing up right, is currently in lock down near the palace*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright. Here we go. *Adeline opens a side door to the ship*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Okay.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Keep in mind, Heaven and Thena reported back to us Azora was not on the shuttle that she left on
<Seraphna> Sephie> So she could be inside.
<DeathStar> <Ako> I just don't see how
<DeathStar> <Ako> She was in the city
<DeathStar> <Ako> You all saw her moving around
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We "saw" her leave the PAX with everyone else. We "saw" her leave on a ship. And that ship was empty
<Seraphna> Sephie> I have one idea of how…
<Seraphna> Sephie> Maybe she knows Thena’s trick.
<DeathStar> *Adeline steps into the PAX, where it's currently running on minimal power due to only Myria and a skeleton crew being onboard*
<Alicia> * Jikuu joins Adeline shortly after
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I'll head for the bridge to upload this. *she waves the program*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Aunt Sam said she’d be keeping an eye out in Engineering.
<DeathStar> *Ako looks around* This place is always creepy when it's just a few of us
<DeathStar> *Adeline walks quietly toward the bridge, running scans for a Progenitor with her datapad*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Reminds me of the stories from when Grandma was removing monsters from it. **she keeps with Adeline, so there’s at least one close by**
<Alicia> * Jikuu keeps all her senses alert, but Aozora would likely be hiding from everything a progenitor, psychic or dark spirit could do.
<DeathStar> *Ako hurries after them; as they step onto the bridge it powers up*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Well, it should have already been powered if she was here.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Unless she is hiding."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Here we go. *she inserts the program and begins to install the Erevis AI*
<DeathStar> <Ako> Come on, come on...
<Seraphna> Sephie> Hmm. **she peers around, mind in the future a bit**
<DeathStar> *the program stops at about 30% and Sephie begins to see shaking - the PAX shaking*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> ... Something is halting the program from progressing
<Seraphna> Sephie> The PAX is about to shake, move.
<DeathStar> *Adeline tries to figure out what is stopping it when the PAX begins to go through a launch set up*
<DeathStar> <Ako> ..uh
<Alicia> * Jikuu attempts to shut off the launch
<DeathStar> *the ship begins to shake as the engines powers up; Jikuu would find her commands, despite being the highest, are being ignored*
<Seraphna> **Sephie taps their local comms** Sammael, please commandeer the Engineering control.
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Eeeeeeee!" *flails in engineering*
<Seraphna> **Sammael if she can starts to work on an override**
<DeathStar> *Sammael would find herself also locked out*
<Seraphna> Sephie> We’re all locked out, Momma?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> There's something or someone
<Seraphna> Sephie> What about the secondary bridge?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Disable the engines manually."
<DeathStar> *she muses* It can only be Azora.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We can repair them later."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> But I doubt she would be out in the open
<Seraphna> **Sammael starts to work on manual shutdowns**
<Jackieness> <Myria> *scurries about, trying to physically shut down the power conduits to the drive system*
<DeathStar> *the PAX begins to rise up into the air*
<DeathStar> *As Myria begins to do, a hyperspace blast emits and shocks her away*
<Seraphna> **Sephie closes her eyes and focuses, feeling out for the usurper**
<Seraphna> **Sammael looks up and tracks the blast**
<Seraphna> Sam> *comms* She is down here.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *goes flop*
<Seraphna> **Sammael heads that way, glowing**
<DeathStar> *Sammael's tracking would lead to a wall; it looks like a weapon was hidden in it*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright. Give me a moment
<Seraphna> **Sammael frowns and traces the system** She’s using another control room I think.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *shakes her head and tries to come to her senses* "...there may be more..."
<DeathStar> *Adeline brings up a map of the PAX*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We have 5 square miles she could be hiding in
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Let me eliminate anything not to do with critical systems
<Seraphna> Sammael> …Did Erevis have a back up console in 2B?
<Alicia> * Jikuu looks for a place to disable the power to the drive system... even if it means depowering the entire PAX.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *tries the manual override again, this time with a TK boost*
<DeathStar> *Jikuu could try to take out the core, but it might blow the PAX itself*
<Alicia> * Jikuu signs, then goes to it.
<DeathStar> *Myria would spy all sorts of objects appearing from the walls*
<DeathStar> *and they begin to hyperspace shock her*
<Alicia> *sighs*
<Seraphna> **Sammael starts breaking them as they appear**
<DeathStar> *Adeline heads down to 1B, then disables the entire mansion*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It's just a blank room
<Seraphna> **Sephie breathes, then path dives trying to see if there’s a place she emerges from**
<DeathStar> *the dual cores are massive areas, taking up a huge chunk of the ship. Right now they're not being protected it seems*
<DeathStar> *Sammael leaves a path of destruction in the room*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Ohhhhh...there are hidden rooms reachable by the vents, but not connected to the main corridors. A Progenitor in energy form could pass through the walls to reach them though."
<Alicia> * Jikuu attempts to disable them without destroying the PAX itself. It's okay if the PAX is left without power though.
<Seraphna> **Sephie nods, heading to them** Give me the location.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *sends her map to Sephie via pad*
<DeathStar> *as Jikuu fights to power down the core, the PAX suddenly enters the strange hyperspace sink*
<Seraphna> **Sephie heads for the hidden chamber**
<DeathStar> *Sephie would not locate anything via vent; however the ship does seem to go into red mode as the core begins to warn them about being taken off line*
<Seraphna> Sephie> **frowns, pinging for a mind** Great Grandmother…
<DeathStar> *Ako comms them as they begin to lose power*
<DeathStar> <Ako> Everyone, you might want to come ot the bridge. The core being off means we're going to lose systems
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Uhhhhh...?!"
<Seraphna> Sammael> **starts to warps herself and Myria there**
<Seraphna> **Sephie joins**
<DeathStar> *Adeline joins them; the temp is already starting to go up a notch*
<DeathStar> *outside the ship is floating in hyperspace*
<Seraphna> Sammael> I don’t get it. We did check the second bridge right?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I checked it via camera. It hasn't been used
<Seraphna> Sephie> Is it possible… she’s in the PAX systems themselves?
<Alicia> * Jikuu heads to the bridge, looking frustrated, especially after seeing their location
<Jackieness> <Myria> "With main power disabled, the PAX can't navigate while in hyperspace. We could end up anywhere."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> If I had to guess, seeing as Azora hasn't come out to restart the core - or either has decided not to yet, she is holed up somewhere that is not easy to emerge from.
<Seraphna> Sephie> Oh… **she frowns and pulls out a scanner and works on amplifying it, looking for human remains, aka Kat’s body**
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We got a blast of her hyperspace activating the systems. *she draws a map with her datapad* Here
<Seraphna> Sephie> **eyes it**
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I am guessing there is no way to flush Azoras commands from the system without reactivating the core..."
<Jackieness> <Myria> *looks at the map* "Huuuuuuuuh." *makes a show of putting her hands on her head and trying to telepathically sniff around that spot*
<DeathStar> *she shows engineering* It activated down here, but I think we had a spark of it somewhere in the center. But the center is also where a lot of the civilian stuff is.
<Seraphna> Sephie> There is one way.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I was hoping to disable it before we left."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Granted, we added the civilian stuff later
<Seraphna> Sephie> If I can get close enough.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "What is it?"
<Seraphna> Sephie> I can try to take her over.
<DeathStar> *suddenly the PAX shakes and throws them around - the PAX drifting into the hyperspace wall*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "We have no helm!" *flails arms*
<Seraphna> **Sammael reflexively forms her leg armor to grasp the floor, Sephie flails**
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...sorry... I was desperate, and also did not think that we would end up in hyperspace."
<DeathStar> <Ako> She probably did it on purpose
<DeathStar> <Ako> As a counter
<Seraphna> Sephie> I have a lock on her.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I'll stay here to protect the bridge
<DeathStar> <Ako> All right, lets go Sephie
<Jackieness> <Myria> *crawls under the command console and starts opening it up* "I can try doing a manual splice to bypass the security lockout."
<Seraphna> Sephie> **shows the scan of Katrina’s biosignature**
<Seraphna> **Sephie warps them to the area as close as she can get**
<DeathStar> *the group finds on the ground - Katrina's remains, almost skeletal, laid out near her bar. The entire sector, though, is flickering, about to return to a normal plain area with minimal power running through*
<DeathStar> <Ako> I found Katrina
<Seraphna> Sephie> Yeah… so where’s Azora?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I feel insulted just seeing this... and furious, to be honest."
<Seraphna> Sammael> You may have been correct about her going pure hyperspace.
<Alicia> * Jikuu just *looks* frustrated, but she's not one to show strong emotions well
<DeathStar> <Ako> Lets see what we can do about this. Maybe it'll work to our advantage
<Seraphna> Sephie> Or the control chamber requires entering as hyperspace.
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Resort World
<DeathStar> *Ren slams against the sub as they keep submerging*
<DeathStar> <Ren> We need to warp out of here
<DeathStar> *she eyes Noire, who seems to be giving off an eerie dark glow*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...then keep to the task at hand..."
<DeathStar> *Andrea takes deep breaths, trying to judge the distance they've fallen*
<DeathStar> *suddenly the sub lands against something - a massive Dark Egg, embedded into the planet*
<DeathStar> *it seems to be growing off of it and pulsating*I
<Dias`> <Id> That is concerning.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I would say to rise, but at this point, lets do what we came here to do."
<DeathStar> *Ren mumbles and turns to aim the sub at it, arming the missiles*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Charlotte...you will need to do what you can to consume its energy...just like on the Dark Seeded world... but this time you will need to carry the burden on your own."
<DeathStar> *Ren unleashes a barrage into it; at first after all the bubbles clears, the egg looks damaged, but then it cracks open a bit and tendrils wrap around the sub and begin to crush it*
<DeathStar> *cracks appearing in the glass*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...mmm." *goes to do so, trying to appear confident while not being. Determined, though*
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmm. It appears to be trying to crush you.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> .... *slams her staff down and begins to chant, forming a shield around them*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "You woke it pre-maturely..it is still weak if you act fast."
<DeathStar> *an eye appears in the egg, right at Charlotte, Andrea, and Ren, ignoring Noire for some reason*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...it thinks I'm already a part of its hive."
<DeathStar> *the shield begins to buckle as it pulls them toward it, as if to absorb them all*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I don't like tentacles; TV shows have told me it's not a good thing to be near those
<DeathStar> *she fires more missiles to give Charlotte time*
<Alicia> * Charlotte tries her hardest to consume the dark egg's energy
<Dias`> <Id> That or it's worried it will lose to you again.
<DeathStar> *Prepare yourself Charlotte*
<Alicia> * Charlotte even moves to the front so that she can do so more easily
<DeathStar> Up, Left,, Down, left, Right, Down, Right, Down, Left, Right, Down, Up, Right, Left, Down, Down, Down, down
<DeathStar> 5
<DeathStar> 4
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 2
<Alicia> DRURLULURLUDLRUUUU
<DeathStar> 1
<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> *the egg creature howls and Charlotte would feel immense pain and be blinded by darkness as it feels she's being crushed, but the thing in front of her vanishes*
<DeathStar> *Andrea moves to her*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...make sure she is alright."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> You kids and eating Darknenss
<Alicia> * Charlotte pants, eyes closed tightly from the pain... but she wasn't able to see anyway.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Is it gone?"
<DeathStar> *Andrea tilts Charlotte and gives her a chaste kiss on the lips to help take some of the burden of the pain away and let her see a bit*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "It worked, did it not, mother?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> You got it, Char.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Wait, hey!
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Vision's still blurry but... I did it!"
<DeathStar> *Ren floats them to the surface, while the sub screams at them, water filling it*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...now, we need to get back. I'm not at my best, and Noire..."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and well done, Charlotte....you saved our people's future on this world..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I think the controls are getting sluggish
<Alicia> * Charlotte beams, looking exhausted but happy
<DeathStar> *Andrea forms a dark portal*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Everyone in
<DeathStar> *she steps inside as the lights out on the sub*
<Dias`> *Id floats through, taking data on Charlotte*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Everyone through..." *waits for Ren and Charlotte to go too*
<DeathStar> *Ren helps Charlotte through*
<Alicia> * Charlotte heads through
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves through last*
<DeathStar> *Andrea closes it; the group appears to be next to the teleportation system. She goes to plug in Risokyo's medical area when the teleportation system doesn't connect*
<DeathStar> *it keeps erroring that the teleport system is "out of range"*
<DeathStar> <Ren> How can the entire teleport system be out of range?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Did the PAX move?"
<Dias`> <Id> If it's moving in hyperspace that can cause issues, no?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What? Contact them. We need to get the data from whatever that thing is trying to do to me."
<DeathStar> <Ren> It should still work even if it's in hyperspace. Unless...it's got no power and in hyperspace
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmm. That would cause issues, yes.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Of all the times..."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Um... Uh.... We could try the Cartel
<DeathStar> *Andrea is observing Noire's condition*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Id, scan me. Full sensors."
<DeathStar> *Ren kneels and begins to hotwire the teleporters to connect to the Cartel*
<Dias`> *Id proceeds to scan Noire now*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I intend to fight in every way possible."
<DeathStar> *the scan seems to show Noire could have the switch go at any moment - what's worse, she's spreading the stuff in her just standing there. All over everyone - by breathing, by touching, by just standing there and her powerful aura*
<DeathStar> *the teleporter connects and it turns on
<DeathStar> <Ren> Got it
<Dias`> <Id> This is concerning. *Id relays the information to Noire and the others*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> ....
<DeathStar> *Ren glances up and in the sky it looks like a glowing hyperspace light can be seen - headed for them*
<DeathStar> <Ren> We're out of time. We have to go.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...then go."
<DeathStar> <Ren> What you plan to stay here and face them?
<Dias`> <Id> Are they coming to deal with Noire or the planet?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Someone needs to go first so that anyone on the other side will not panic upon seeing me."
<DeathStar> *judging by the vector, it looks like - the group*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> *steps through*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Mrrrr. *she heads through*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *finally moves through*
<DeathStar> *Andrea looks up at the sky*
<DeathStar> *then taps the teleporter to scramble files inside it*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Just passing through, but be sure to disinfect..."
<DeathStar> *Then steps in*
<Alicia> * Charlotte goes to set the new co-ordinates
<DeathStar> *the group finds themselves --- in the hanger of one of the very busy world. Stepping up, Lenneth eyes them*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> What are you doing here?
<DeathStar> *up in the sky are mining ships*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "PAX's teleport system is down, we have to get to the medical area in Risokyo as soon as possible."
<Dias`> <Id> Noire is a walking infection point.
<Dias`> <Id> Which means that Charlotte is probably not far behind from causing the same affect.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Guess I have to, too, then."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...the question is how it got me this time..."
<DeathStar> *William steps around the corner, eyeing the team* Is that right? Fina, see to the group is isolated. *he turns back to them as his sister steps up* You all continue to be a source of a pain in my neck
<DeathStar> *"Fina" gives an Adeline like smirk, motions for them to follow her - at a distance*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Sorry. I was busy saving a planet."
<DeathStar> *Lenneth walks with them, to make sure nothing happens*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Charlotte was able to purge the dark egg on our own world."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I'll see if I can't get in touch with Jaime
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> And see what I can do.
<Dias`> <Id> I will relay what's happened to the important parties.
<Seraphna> **Jaime can be reached, using the Suisen Fleet since the PAX is currently busy**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Make sure they get my bioscans. We need to stop this infection cold, even if I don't make it."
<DeathStar> *Fina opens the medical doors and leads them to isolation as Lenneth heads off to do what she said. Suddenly, she leaps back right as someone looking like Angela lands and attmepts to knock her out*
<DeathStar> *"Angela" grabs the group and pulls them away from the medical center, heading away even as Fina growls* Stop them!
<Alicia> * Charlotte tries to ID the "Angela" and her motives
<DeathStar> *it seems it's not exactly like Angela - perhaps a twin*
<DeathStar> <"Angela"> This way. *she pulls them out behind some buildings as alarms go off* <Ren> Great we pissed them off even more now
<Dias`> <Id> Why did you do that?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'm taking no responsibility for that."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I suspect we were just rescued from a devious trap."
<DeathStar> *Zephyr is sitting on a rock nearby with Hiseki and Hope* Zeraphna thinks you'll be killed - there are Progenitor sightings nearby
<Dias`> <Id> You believe that the Cartel would risk something like that considering thijngs?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...they may not be aware that the Progenitors have infiltrated them."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Alright, now I can relax... a bit... and yes."
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> There's an egg here and they're mining for it. But the Progenitors are waiting to see what it happens. If they see you all infected like this - they'll move in to deal with you and then the egg
<Dias`> <Id> So coming here has put this planet at risk.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Bingo.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We need to get to a neutral space then."
<DeathStar> <Kiseki> Apparantly Zeraphna was trying to locate the hybrid - it seems in Unknown Space there's more what would you call it, drones? Appearing and ready to come here
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Mmm..."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...we need to get away then. Ship or teleporter. Something."
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> And for some reason, either the hybrid or something else, really wants Charlotte and Noire and Andrea and people like her
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> I got a ship
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "If it's all three of us, Andrea is the key."
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmm.
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> You think you're healthy enough to follow me or are you getting "I'm being controlled" sensations?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Me?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "You are the link, after all."
<DeathStar> *Andrea muses on that*
<DeathStar> *Zeraphna looks out and sees Fina looking for them, medical troops scanning the area*
<DeathStar> *at least their weapons are tranq guns; it also seems Fina is honing in on their thoughts like Adeline*
<Dias`> <Id> Then you should make haste as they say
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Get us to your ship. We are out of time."
<DeathStar> *Zeraphna begins to cut through the area*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr hops to her feet and motions to her kids to cover them while Ren and Andrea keep to Noire*
<Alicia> * Charlotte hurries to the ship
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves along*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Earth
<DeathStar> *Lemon and Cheryl stand near park where X is watching Dias; Kaleb is already defeated. At first glance nothing might be unusual, but Dias is standing there, not attacking, but his arm is glowing strangely, giving off powerful dark waves and is twitching and moving, and even looking like it might attack Dias*
<DeathStar> *the arm just radiates dark corrupted energy*
<Seraphna> Angela> So... that's pretty fucked huh?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Hotaru - Angela. Becareful. We need to do this long range. Close range we'll lose
<Dias`> *Chad looks at it from there spot.* Yeah. There's absolutely nothing good about that.
<DeathStar> *she crouches*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Long range isn't exactly my speciality, but I'll do what I can."
<Seraphna> Angela> Yeah, not sure being a literal Dark Free Soul and Holy will help here. Don't wanna risk it.
<DeathStar> <X> I think he's trying to take control - but that arm is attacking
<DeathStar> <X> I'm worried it's a battle he's losing
<Seraphna> **Angela pulls out an auto rifle from subspace and hands it to Hotaru** I bless you with the Gun of Shooting.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "...well, thanks I guess."
<DeathStar> *Evette prepares something in the background*
<Seraphna> Angela> It'll channel your Energy, just use it like summoning your weapon.
<Seraphna> **Angela forms her sword and shield** I'll stick to Holy Blasts.
<Dias`> <Chad> To think he'd lose to somethng like that....
<DeathStar> *Mem dashes forward at Dias and leaps; Dias' arm snaps forward and punches at her head, hard enough to break a neck*
<Dias`> *He pulls out his gun, flicking it*
<DeathStar> *Mem spits some blood and rises up slowly*
<Alicia> * Hotaru pauses, but once Dias punches Mem away, starts firing.
<Seraphna> **Angela sends blasts of Holy his way at the arm**
<Dias`> *Chad starts firing charged stun shots at Dias' knees*
<DeathStar> *the arm recoils and looks pissed. The arm then begins to rush at them, literally pulling Dias who seems to be dead weight still and it pulls Dias up into the air and punches downward at Hotaru*
<Dias`> <Chad> We'll need to focus on limiting his mobility until we can detain him
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I... I'm not sur what the hell I'm seeing
<DeathStar> <X> It's like he's sleep walking
<Seraphna> Angela> How about we cut him free?
<Dias`> *Chad clicks his tongue* X, you need to find a way to wake him up then.
<Seraphna> **Angela leaps back and sends out waves of Holy**
<Alicia> * Hotaru swings her scythe at the arm, doing her best to not get hit, but being happy enough to draw aggro
<DeathStar> *the scythe slams into the arm and gets stuck.*
<DeathStar> *Dias then twists his body and grapples Hotaru like a monkey*
<DeathStar> *the holy energy does seem to do something*
<Dias`> <Chad> We can consider ourselves lucky if it's just the arm only and it's not taking him over. It means what it can do is limited. *He starts backpedaling*
<Seraphna> **Angela growls and hits the ground, sending a blast along the ground and under to surround Hotaru and blast up in a column to try and get her free**
<DeathStar> *Dias flies upward and then angles right at --- Cheryl and Chad*
<DeathStar> *the hand opening to grab Cheryl's face and begins to pump dark energy into her mouth*
<Seraphna> Angela> X, think a Ripple could take the arm off him? We could use Dias. Even without it.
<DeathStar> <X> ... *begins to prepare a ripple at the scythe cut and slices at it but it disperses, only cutting a bit into it*
<Dias`> *Chad quickly snaps his gun up, aiming several sots curved in to try and knock it's aim off from her facE*
<Seraphna> **Angela roars and rushes him, bashing with her Holy Shield to get Cheryl free** Off my girls bitch!
<DeathStar> *Dias skitters away with his hand*
<Alicia> * Hotaru struggles to get free
<Seraphna> **Angela holds out her hand and sends purification power into Cheryl** I hope this helps...
<DeathStar> *Evette lobs a bomb at Dias, wrapping it around his arm and Lemon pulls her down as she detonates, knocking Dias free. Lemon then moves to get Hotaru free and over to her and Evette*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl pukes up dark liquids*
<DeathStar> *Dias seems to be eyenig Chad now as his target, eyes closed*
<Seraphna> Angela> Huh, didn't expect it to work that good.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I feel ill..
<Dias`> *Chad eyes the body and the arm, keeping it's gun locked onto it*
<Seraphna> Angela> I imagine. Just warn us if you feel a disconnect.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "The arm's trying to infect others."
<DeathStar> *the arm begins to extend pioccolo style for Chad*
<DeathStar> *trying to wrap around him*
<Seraphna> **Angela sends a slash of Holy Energy for the shoulder joint X attacked**
<DeathStar> *X begins to form tons of ripples to slice it in half, but they keep dispersing*
<Dias`> *Chad's eye's shift a crimson red and as the arm reaches a range, shots begin raining in on it*
<Seraphna> Angela> I know my Holy is doing something. X, try Holy Arrows.
<DeathStar> *the arm snaps back, the holy damage makes Dias sit down for a moment*
<DeathStar> <Lemon> ... interesting
<Seraphna> **Angela gets and idea and targets Dias, and not the arm and blasts at him, with the same purification power she used on Cheryl** Fight it you idiot!
<DeathStar> *Dias picks his ear*
<Dias`> *Chad begins panting as he starts back pedaling more to create more distance, his eyes shifting back to their normal color*
<DeathStar> *X creeps forward slowly*
<DeathStar> *Dias punches the air and vanishes*
<Seraphna> **Angela raises her guard**
<DeathStar> *re-appearing behind Hotaru and reaches for her, hand glowing with a strange energy*
<Dias`> <Chad> Tisk. It was able to do that.
<Seraphna> **ANgela slams the ground and sends another Holy Pillar up under it** Hota! Jump!
<Alicia> * Hotaru spins, scything at the hand as she jumps away
<DeathStar> *the hand grabs the pillar*
<DeathStar> *then begins to break it off, holding it*
<Seraphna> Angela> ...It's grabbing energy?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ....
<DeathStar> *Dias sways, eating the energy*
<Seraphna> Angela> FIne... **she focuses and flares the energy as he does, triyng to burn him with Holy**
<DeathStar> *Dias jerks and moves around*
<Seraphna> Angela> Let's make it spicy.
<DeathStar> *then punches his hand into the ground and stops moving again*
<Alicia> * Hotaru channels holy energy through her scythe, throwing it at Dias' arm
<DeathStar> *fnially, blood splurts all over*
<Seraphna> Angela> Keep away from the blood.
<Seraphna> **Angela tosses up a shield for people**
<Dias`> <Chad> Cheryl, can you tie him down with your whip?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Got it. Lemon?
<DeathStar> *the two move toward Dias, as the ground begins to tilt at an odd angle; it looks like Dias is lifting the entire park up*
<DeathStar> <X> ... *ripples behind Dias and grabs him in a hug and begins to whisper something in his ear*
<Dias`> *Chad shifts his feet apart*
<DeathStar> <Evette> ... *leans against a tree*
<Seraphna> **Angela stabs her sword in the ground to be steady and shifts her shield into a rifle**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl and Lemon begin to get closer, but Dias is distracted, Lemon grabbing him and Cheryl going for the binding, but then Dias swings his head to headbutt her*
<Seraphna> **Angela tries to reinforce Cheryl by sharing energy**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl leans on Dias; bleeding from her nose* I completely could not see that...
<Dias`> <Chad> Sorry for not warning you it was coming.
<DeathStar> *she begins to bind him with Lemon's help*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "It is Dias, after all."
<Seraphna> Angela> The abnormality of the arm and his body is throwing off your targetting, don't rely on it for now.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... *uses Angela's sight for a bit, confirming she has Dias. Dias sits there*
<DeathStar> <X> Alright, wake up you fool
<Dias`> <Chad> We need to find a way to suppress that arm.
<DeathStar> <Evette> Talismans? Something to wrap it up?
<Seraphna> Angela> Still say we cut it off. He's better off without it. We can even give it a name or something.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Holy attacks are its weakness, but..."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I don't suppose Hotaru and Angela want to wear shrine maid outfits
<Dias`> <Chad> You can try pumping all your holy energy in to it but....
<Seraphna> Angela> Chii got charms handy?
<DeathStar> *Cheryl scans for Chii* Let me locate her *she seems to be talking*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Chii says that Freyja is the one to do that
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We'll have to hold out until the two arrive from the base
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "If you can stop him attacking long enough, I can try healing Dias to wake him up..."
<Dias`> <Chad> Than send out a call to her.
<Seraphna> Angela> Tell the old girl to lightskip her butt over here then.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Try it Hotaru
<Seraphna> **ANgela empowers Hotaru with Holy Energy**
<Alicia> * Hotaru moves close to heal Dias, using her own Holy Energy too.
<DeathStar> *Dias indeed wakes up, but that seems to just empower his arm even more. The arm begins to --- strangle Dias*
<DeathStar> *straining against the ropes*
<DeathStar> *the dark energy aura expanding and Cheryl falls to her knees, looking ill from it*
<Seraphna> **Angela grumbles and forms two baldes of Holy by Dias and slams them into the arm to try and pin it in place**
<Dias`> <Chad> This is bad.
<Seraphna> Angela> Cheryl get back.
<Dias`> <Chad> Stop healing him.
<Alicia> * Hotaru does so, since, for one, he's awake now
<DeathStar> *Cheryl turns the ropes over to Lemon*
<Dias`> *Dias hurks as he strains against his own hand choking him*
<DeathStar> *X fights the hand to leave Dias alone*
<Dias`> <Dias> Hurk...bad...arm!
<DeathStar> **it flips Dias off*
<Seraphna> Angela> Dias, kick your ass!
<DeathStar> *then Angela*
<Seraphna> Angela> ...Right it doesn't have an ass. Kick your arm!
<DeathStar> *Chii and Freyja arrive right as the arm grabs Hotaru's ass*
<Alicia> * Hotaru attempts to slice it off for that
<Seraphna> Angela> This is getting confusing! **she purifies Cheryl again**
<DeathStar> *blood splurts*
<Dias`> *Dias swings his free leg on to the hand and pinning it to the ground*
<Dias`> <Dias> OOOUCH!
<DeathStar> *Freyja stands there in her shrine maiden outfit, eyeing the chaos*
<Seraphna> Angela> Oh wow he really kicked his arm.
<DeathStar> <Chii> ... do you still need us?
<Seraphna> Angela> Yeah seal that thing.
<DeathStar> *The arm strains and wiggles under Dias*
<Dias`> <Dias> Behave you rebellious thing!
<Seraphna> Angela> Chii, no shrine maiden outfit for you?
<DeathStar> *Chii jerks* No thank you.
<DeathStar> *Freyja takes his arm and begins to wrap it up in talismans and charms, chanting at it and spraying it with holy water. She soon has the entire arm wrapped up and soaked in holy water, as well as other strange ointments, surpressing the dark aura coming from it*
<Dias`> <Chad> See if you can get this thing undercontrol Freyja.
<DeathStar> *Freyja places bow of sorts on it as well* <Freyja> Dias should be able to use his arm now. *she says, when it's so tightly wrapped it's hard to do so* But if you remove the talismans, the arm will ... become attack you and others again and attempt to infect them. You have something akin to a demon in it
<Seraphna> Angela> That sentience that Jaime keeps going on about.
<Dias`> *Dias starts breathing heavy, sweating from all it* ...But how? It's never been like this.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "That's really the best we can hope for right now."
<DeathStar> <Chii> Basically, until we can properly exercise it, don't use the arm. If you pull that off in a fight, be prepared for it to fight you
<Seraphna> Angela> You got the clap from the Dark One Feral Monster thing.
<Dias`> <Dias> Oh. That'll be easy. *He eyes the wrapped arm, studying it*
<DeathStar> <X> Something tells me he'll pull it off early
<Dias`> <Dias> Only if you're life is in danger.
<DeathStar> <Freyja> We need a few shrine maidens to pull it off, or I'd do it now
<Seraphna> Angela> Yeah, the betting pool will be on a when, not if.
<DeathStar> <Freyja> That arm wants to consume you and others. I am shocked it didn't while you were asleep
<Dias`> <Chad> ....*He rubs his face a bit* Things are getting worse.
<Dias`> <Dias> I think you forget how indominatable my will power is.
<DeathStar> <Chii> I'm guessing this thing wanted to add Dias to the collective
<Seraphna> Angela> **taps her comms** From what I'm getting a whole lot is happening right now. We've got an Egg in EarthGov Space.
<DeathStar> <Evette> Mother will handle it.
<DeathStar> <Evette> Unless you all want to go kick more hornet nests
<Seraphna> Angela> And Cartel. And Erus.
<DeathStar> *Angela would find a message from Zephyr*
<Dias`> *Chad looks over at Evette as Id contacts them*
<Seraphna> Angela> And the PAX is AWOL. ANd... oh, a message from Zephyr which means Zera moved. *she checks it**
<DeathStar> *detailing what she is up to with Zeraphna and Noire*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Great, Noire might be about to have her arm attack people?
<Seraphna> Angela> So Noire is infected and on the run with the Dark Ones, who got their egg.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> What does the group want to do?
<Dias`> <Chad> That or spread it.
<Seraphna> Angela> And the Progenitors are waiting to see what happens.
<Dias`> <Chad> And they're a dangerous threat on the back burner.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We could go aid Aya and make sure everything is smooth, or go find Zephyr
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What does the majority want?
<Seraphna> Angela> We are in the part where the shit hit the fan but we don't know the full extent of who got splattered yet.
<Dias`> <Chad> Well, I don't think Dias should be near one of those eggs.
<Seraphna> Angela> Well, I do wanna make sure Zera and Zephyr are okay. But Epsilon is a resource to any of the remaining eggs... of course one is Erus so I can either help Aya or the Cartel.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Agreed."
<DeathStar> <X> I'll take Dias home
<DeathStar> <X> And make sure he's "comfortable"
<Dias`> <Chad> If something changes, let us know.
<DeathStar> *X lifts him up*
<Dias`> *Dias peeks up as he's lifted* My hero.
<DeathStar> <X> Come along. I'll nurse you and Kaleb
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Alright, lets head out. *She woozily leans on Chii and Freyja bows*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *the PAX scrapes along the edge as Myria would find something is still keeping her out even as she to manually hack the bridge, it seems that taking the bridge would mean little*I
<Seraphna> **Sephie muses, feeling for a hyperspace chamber or something similar**
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I know you can control the ship from chambers - Myria did it once
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuuuh?" *pokes her head up*
<Seraphna> Sephie> If the pulse came from here and her body is here, she must have entered something that takes hyperspace.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That time you were able to fly the ship inside a chambre. It was meant for hyperspace users I think
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Do you want me to try?"
<DeathStar> *she points at the location, near engineering*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Whichever of us does will have to fight her for control.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I have to assume there's a similiar chamber
<Seraphna> Sephie> And I have an idea... **She hands Jikuu a battery** You do it, use this.
<Seraphna> SEphie> That's Grandma's remaining energy.
<Alicia> * Jikuu takes the battery. "Thank you. Shall I go now?"
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuh..I know we did find a really weird hidden room before. We never figured out what it was..."
<Seraphna> **Sephie nods**
<Seraphna> Sephie> For once, I hope Darkness kicks Light's ass.
<Alicia> * Jikuu heads over
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I got an idea
<DeathStar> <Adeline> But it may be stupid
<Seraphna> Sammael> I am a fan of stupid ideas.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright, keep scanning for hyperspace.
<DeathStar> *she heads off*
<Seraphna> Sammael> I have famously succeeded in several.
<Seraphna> **Sephie keeps up the scan**
<DeathStar> <Ako> ....
<Seraphna> Sammael> ...Well I did.
<DeathStar> *wipes her swear off and flings it to the floor; about 10 minutes later, the ship warns them about an core melt down - it seems Adeline has shut down EVERYthing*
<Seraphna> Sephjie> Oh boy.
<DeathStar> *Adeline comms them* There should be no interference left.
<Seraphna> **Sammael warps to Adeline** Jikuu will take it shortly. But when this comes online you won't want to be here.
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyes the core* I suppose not
<DeathStar> *the ship shakes, as it's not ramming everything outside*
<Seraphna> **Sephie frowns worriedly and keeps it up**
<Jackieness> <Myria> *goes back to re-routing the system while everything is down that cna stop her*
<Seraphna> **Sammael warps her back to Sephie, but just her, she seems to remain at the core herself**
<DeathStar> *Sephie would detect a small bit of hyperspace -in the direct middle of the ship*
<DeathStar> *where nothing should be*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Got a ping, dead center of the ship. There should be nothing there at all.
<Seraphna> Sephie> We probably should have looked where no one would think...
<DeathStar> *core countdown begins*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright, I'll head there. *she heads down to above the plaza area*
<Seraphna> **Sephie takes her there, Sammael meanwhile preps the core for the reboot**
<DeathStar> <Adeline> ... *she eyes the massive empty space that was the plaza*
<Alicia> * Jikuu works on taking control of the PAX away from Azora, actually using her own anger at the situation to power herself up. It might be more exhausting, but she doesn't have much time anyway
<Seraphna> Sephie> ...Wasn't the bar around the center?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It is hard to say. I doubt the seredepity for Katrina's bar to be the exact center but you can check
<Seraphna> Sephie> JUst feels like the theme of our family. **She muses and looks for where they might enter**
<DeathStar> *Jikuu would power herself up with the energy, but the ship being offline right now means no one is grabbing control*
<Seraphna> Sephie> You'll need to enter and take control Auntie. **She comms** We have the other covered.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> The problem is this area is so large
<DeathStar> <Adeline> How would we know the entrance is
<Seraphna> Sammael> Alright, ready to reboot the core.
<Alicia> * Jikuu then... waits... and does so the moment the core reboots.
<Seraphna> Sephie> G. Grandma's energy should be in it.
<Seraphna> Sammael> Go. **she starts the reboot sequence, using her hyperspace as the "engine" flame**
<DeathStar> *the ship begins to power back up*
<Alicia> * Jikuu moves to take control the moment the power returns
<Seraphna> **Sephie scans for Azora's energy, anticipating that Azora will try to keep control**
<DeathStar> *the ship seems to allow Jikuu control - but it still allows her control at her normal control level. Not whatever mystery control above her that Azora programmed in*
<DeathStar> *the plaza returns around Adeline and Sephie*
<Seraphna> **Sephie keeps scanning, looking also for anything out of the ordinary in the Plaza's design at the center location, like a space that nothing is actually in or an inaccessible space**
<Alicia> * Jikuu struggles against Azora's commands... unless she can just command the PAX to return.
<DeathStar> *it seems the PAX is responding right now*
<Jackieness> <Myria> *tries to get back helm control to the bridge*
<DeathStar> *the only oddity is a strange error*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Here, an error.
<Seraphna> **Sephie points it out and looks over it**
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Uhhhh....AI time?"
<DeathStar> *It seems to be Error It lists a huge string of numbers*
<DeathStar> *Adeline returns for the bridge*
<Seraphna> **Samael warps back to the bridge, smoking**
<Jackieness> <Myria> *tries to get the PAX away from the hyperspace wall*
<DeathStar> *Adeline begins to start up the AI again; the hull of the PAX right now look to have taken a lot of damage*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Strange... but I think this error is actually disguising something.
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuh?" *moves over to the error and tries to clean it up*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I've never see nthe error. Let me see if I can locate what it is
<DeathStar> *the moment Myria messes with the error, a second pops up*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Whaaaaa?!"
<Seraphna> Sammael> The forced shutdown and reboot might have scrambled her forced control and messed with the system AI.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> The AI wasn't even implemented yet
<Seraphna> Sammael> Or she gave us a bug.
<Seraphna> Sammael> I am referring to the PAX's central AI.
<DeathStar> *the AI finishes downloading*
<Seraphna> Sammael> The one she is using.
<Seraphna> Sammael> Or...
<DeathStar> <Adeline> .... We'll have to reboot the system for it to begin... I'm dubious about doing it without locating her
<Seraphna> Sammael> No... she wouldn't...
<DeathStar> <Ako> What?
<Seraphna> Sammael> Is it possible she uploaded her conciousness into the PAX?
<DeathStar> <Ako> ....
<DeathStar> <Ako> Uhhh
<Seraphna> Sammael> She didn't emerge when the power went out.
<Seraphna> Sammael> ANd now these errors.
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Ahhhh...we could do a system purge..."
<Seraphna> Sephie> Erevis AI, see anything>?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I haven't rebooted her in yet
<Seraphna> Sephie> Oh, well... huh. Now I'm almost scared for us to do that.
<DeathStar> *her finger is over the button* Same
<DeathStar> <Adeline< Jikuu
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It is your call
<DeathStar> <Adeline> This should - should - give us complete control, but rebooting might be what she wants
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Purge the system."
<Seraphna> Sammael> We can always reupload the AI after a purge.
<Seraphna> Sammael> It's a software copy after all. Not a blood transfusion.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We can wait a little longer just to ensure it's clean."
<DeathStar> *Adeline taps chin* Very well
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Keep the AI copy ready then...but the PAX will be adrift for... a while. So... uhhhhhh...I hope we don't drift into the hyperspace wall..."
<DeathStar> *Adeline begins to system purge*
<DeathStar> *as they begin to drift, the PAX begins to act weird*
<Seraphna> Sammael> We can keep it steady in the current state. If she uploaded she'd be in the system buffer...
<DeathStar> *first - they detect the hyperspace signature - all of them
<Seraphna> Sephie> I think she caught on that we caught on.
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Manually cycling the system power after the purge should clear the buffers."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Guess we need to hurry."
<DeathStar> *right in the plaza, which vanishes, 1B vanishes, all holographic rooms vanishes. As the systems return - but the sytems that begin to return seem to be ancient programs that were offline and begin to rebooot into the system*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Why is the purge acting like a reboot?
<Jackieness> <Myria> "The purge of the system core sets things back to factory settings."
<Seraphna> Sephie> A very old factory.
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyees stuff that she's never seen before*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> The entire map is appearing
<Seraphna> Sephie> Thankfully, this is what I obsess over. **she moves to the controls, trying to work to set up royal protocols**
<DeathStar> *it looks like Azora was one step ahead - but Sephie an Jikuu now can see where it's being done*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "We can restore the Suisen system parameters from backup later. We just need to make there is a later..."
<DeathStar> *it looks like there's a Royal Control Center - with two entrances*
<Seraphna> **Sephie starts to work at sealing off access to the places Azora is starting from to Isolate her**
<Seraphna> Sephie> There, we have the entrances.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Only hyperspace can enter like Myria guessed
<Seraphna> Sephie> My guess is that all three of us Progentiros can get in. We all have Royal energy.
<DeathStar> *she brings up an entrance from 1A, leading all the way to the center*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuh...you're going to need to go in there and keep her busy, else she'll have a chance of retaking the sholwe system as soon as it comes up if she's faster than we are."
<Jackieness> whole
<Seraphna> **Sephie rises** MOmma, watch our ship.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Good luck
<Seraphna> **Sammael sighs and joins her** Jennifer will never be quiet about this if she finds out.
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyes the weapon systems, and the data on them coming to light, as well as the engines and what they can produce now*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Still even with this I doubt they can really do all this
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuh?"
<DeathStar> <Adeline> *she shows the weapon output - it's suppose to be stronger and faster, as well as have more cargo space for carrying ships, a lot of what was transferred over to holographic space for the people*
<Seraphna> **Sephie moves to an entrance with Sammael, getting ready to enter, Sammael shifting into Energy Form as Sephie goes into a ghost energy state of hyperspace**
<DeathStar> *the hyperspace tunnel meanwhile leads into a massive chamber connected right into the heart of the PAX. Azora, in her hyperspace form, looks to be hooked into the ship*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "We also installed alot of additional system though. We doubled the defense grid around the command tower with defense guns from the other PAX we salvaged."
<DeathStar> *and has been watching all of them*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That is true.
<Seraphna> Sephie> You have been rather rude, Great Grandmother.
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyes* I'm going to install Erevis AI now
<DeathStar> *Azora steps out of the chamber, leaving a piece of her behind and like Wind transforms into "Erevis"* <Azora> I simply was borrowing my old ship
<Seraphna> **Sammael moves towards Azora** No one who lies about their very identity tends to "borrow" anything for good reason.
<Seraphna> **Sephie meanwhile starts seeing what she can do about controls, waiting for Jikuu to arrive**
<Alicia> * Jikuu arrives once she no longer needs to hold control
<DeathStar> <Azora> You have a galaxy full of potential eggs out there, as well as Dark Ones waiting to transform. A few already have. Worlds will transform, despite your best attempts.
<DeathStar> <Azora> And you will not want to do what is necessary - I will.
<Seraphna> Sammael> And we will take care of it as we can, solve the problems as we can. This is our era, our time. And you keep interfering.
<DeathStar> <Azora> If you want the ship back, then stop me.
<Seraphna> Sammael> You are too weak to walk the long and hard path and seek what you think is easy. I will.
<DeathStar> *Adeline looks up, eyeing the camera feed recording what is happening in the room*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> When did that start...
<Seraphna> Sammael> By the way, my Father says Hi.
<Seraphna> **Sammael moves to start to resist her, tapping into the ability she was given to disrupt Azora by Wind long ago**
<DeathStar> *Azora appears in front of Sammael and touches her on the shoulder*
<Seraphna> **Sephie joins her and adds a pulse of dominating force into her power, pushing to get at the controls**
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuh?"
<DeathStar> *then suddenly begins to scramble/absorb Sammael*
<Seraphna> **Sammael feels herself pushed aside by Sephie at the last moment, Sephie reaching out to drain at Azora**
<Seraphna> **Sammael slides to one side, then strikes at Azora**
<Seraphna> SEphie> Jikuu, NOW.
<DeathStar> *Azora turns toward Sephie, then allows Sephie to drain her. At first, she would feel strong from it, but then something begins to feel wrong*
<DeathStar> *Azora's head snaps*
<DeathStar> *Adeline gets Erevis AI online*
<Seraphna> **Sephie frowns, then starts to steel her control over herself as her mother taught her**
<Alicia> * Jikuu waits until she can get a good shot, then blasts Azora with a Dark Spirit blast. "Normal progenitors are weak to this, I have heard."
<DeathStar> *Azora falls against the chamber* Foolish girl. Foolish, foolish girl
<Seraphna> Sammael> Gods does your dialogue ever change?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Oh, are you going to tell me that you are part of the Dark Virus now?"
<Seraphna> **Sammael forms a scythe of hyperspace and tries to hook her**
<DeathStar> *Azora gets hooked, then touches it and begins to disrupt Sammael again*
<Seraphna> Sephie> No... she just... has a habit of trying to possess her decendents.
<DeathStar> <Azora> No. But you do such a move while such a virus is all around you, in your friends and family. Opening yourself up to it even faster
<Seraphna> **Sammael focuses, reaching though that attempt to disrupt and send it back at her**
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Once we are rid of you, then we can deal with that."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "But you have already proven yourself to be an enemy, and you are here..."
<Seraphna> Sephie> You're the one... forcing this fight... because your ego can't handle letting us solve our own problems...
<Seraphna> Sephie> You're the fool...
<DeathStar> <Azora> You seem quite eager to jump to a fight to me.
<Seraphna> Sephie> You didn't really leave a choice.
<Seraphna> Sephie> **she frowns, then starts feeling out her great grandmother's psyche and starts to try and attack strings of her own**
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Do not try to commandeer someone's home and then claim them the offending party."
<DeathStar> *Azora shifts upward and stares at them, then suddenly snaps her finger, the remnant inside the device exploding and the PAX's lights go out*
<DeathStar> *the PAX coming to a stop
<Alicia> * Jikuu continues to blast Azora.
<Seraphna> **Sephie eyes her** And what's the point of that?
<Jackieness> <Myria> "We lost power..."
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> We have stopped near a gate.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Once we rid ourselves of her, we can restore it. Do not allow her to escape alive."
<DeathStar> *Azora leans the damaged device as Jikuu pumps her with dark energy*
<Seraphna> **Sammael moves over to the device, starting to work on it, while Sephie keeps an eye on Azora**
<Seraphna> Sephie> Azora, please let us fix this. Let us solve this.
<Seraphna> Sephie> It's never too late.
<DeathStar> *Azora is being blasted - and cannot respond*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Can we really trust her?"
<Seraphna> Sephie> Jikuu, cover the door.
<DeathStar> *Azora, surprisingly seems to recover instantly, then hyperspace through - the secodnary exit on the floor*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...fine." *covers the door to prevent escape... or entry*
<DeathStar> *which leads into the plaza*
<Seraphna> **Sephie chases her, Sammael working to restore the control center**
<Seraphna> Sammael> Go after them. You're the Empress here.
<DeathStar> *Adeline comms* Mria and I hae control of the ship
<Alicia> * Jikuu heads after
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Whatever you did seems to have worked
<DeathStar> *Azora stands at the glass windows, in non-hyperspace form*
<Seraphna> Sammael> She's making a run for it. I'm working to restore the central control and rewrite it for us now.
<Seraphna> **Sephie halts by her and assumes her normal form**
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI to Sammael> You will need to... *lists a ton of repair work*
<Seraphna> **Sammael just starts working like the Progenitor Golem she is**
<Seraphna> Sephie> Great Grandmother. Work with us. Try to see it our way.
<Seraphna> Sephie> We're your legacy. You have to trust we're worthy if you said we were.
<DeathStar> <Azora> I've seen enough. The house Erevis built will fall. Just like what I built did. *she touches the window and blasts through it, going into hyperspace*
<DeathStar> *alarms going off as it tries to seal it*
<Seraphna> *Sephie goes hyperspace again and watches, unphased in that form** Only because you tear at the foundation!
<Seraphna> Sephie> You can be better! **She calls after her**
<DeathStar> *Myria and Adeline manage to get everything back online*
<DeathStar> *complete with everything unlocked now*
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> There is one problem.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *flops in the middle of the bridge once the PAX is back under control*
<Seraphna> **Sammael keeps working** We'll at least secure this room against further intrusion, what is it, cute AI?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ...
<DeathStar> <Erevis> A video of your fight was made and uploaded to some unknown server
<Seraphna> Sammael> Odd. Though I am afraid in my determination to throw her off I may have told her my creator.
<DeathStar> *Adeline transfers power to Jikuu*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We have a situation, Jikuu
<Seraphna> Sephie> Let's get the ship back to Risokyo?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...she escaped."
<Seraphna> Sephie> She'll be back, Auntie.
<DeathStar> *she brings up the Noire situation*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It looks like our teleporters are down right now
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That is a situation, yes. How soon can we get the teleporters back up?"
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Exit hyperspace and I'll get them going again
<Alicia> * Jikuu does this, trying to return to the previous spot.
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Cartel World
<DeathStar> *Zeraphna sneaks up to where her ship is parked - outside the hangers with limbs on top of it*
<DeathStar> *in the background, mining ships are looking for the egg*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr takes a deep breath* Looks like we're home free.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I can't wait to find out what the hell happened with the PAX."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...focus on escape for now..."
<Dias`> <Id> Indeed, seeing as we also have to worry about the Progenitors.
<DeathStar> *Ren hops into the ship when suddenly on the billboards the battle on the PAX with Azora begins to play*
<DeathStar> <Hope> What the hell?
<Seraphna> **Kaelan peeks out of Zephyr’s shadow** You guys alright so far? Oh wow look at that.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...I hope this wasn't a Monkey's Paw wish."
<DeathStar> *Azora can be seen kneeling from the blasts*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...Kaelan...you fool! I'm Typhoid MAry right now!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> You think this is going to piss off the Progenitors?
<Dias`> <Id> Yes.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Get the hell away from here! Also, yes."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Not sure what seeing the Empress’ bunch beating up that usurper is supposed to accomplish. And yeah stay away from me. Why do you think I picked Zephyr’s shadow.
<Dias`> <Id> If not also shift the political dynamic again.
<DeathStar> *Adeline's clone gets close to them, TK playing with a ball when Zeraphna shoots into the sky*
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> Hang on tight....
<Seraphna> **Kaelan pops out**
<DeathStar> *suddenly.....*
<DeathStar> -Scene Shift-
<DeathStar> Location: A Dead World - Jarivan
<DeathStar> *erupting from the ground, a fully formed Dark Queen screams into space. A figure standing beside it, looking like it can't decide it it wants to cry or laugh, reaching out toward a certain star, psionically calling out toward one person*
<DeathStar> -Shift-
<DeathStar> Location: Cheryl's Shuttle
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We're almost to Aya... *suddenly she barfs as if hearing a scream and down below, what was an egg, suddenly births completely into a mini queen, attacking Aya's forces*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl slumps against the shuttle controls*
<Dias`> <Chad> Son of a...*He eyes Cheryl as he takes over controls* Id, keep me up to day with what's going on.
<Seraphna> Angela> **grumbles and places something around Cheryl, securing her**
<DeathStar> *the mini queen seems t obe trying to take over anyone with darkness in their heart below*
<Dias`> <Id> Warning. I'm detecting those egg signatures moving now.
<Seraphna> Angela> Welp… I think it’s safe to say something is in fact forcing these things to hatch.
<DeathStar> <Chii> How the hell do you do that?!
<Seraphna> Angela> Powerful psionics I think.
<Dias`> <Id> Sorry, I translated wrong. They seem to be accellerating and hatching.
<DeathStar> <Freyja> Oh my oh my oh my
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *as they float there, Jikuu's vision would blur and she would start to feel hot and sickly and even think she might hear a scream*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> There's reports of eggs hatching all over the the place and turning into Queens
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I'm having trouble reaching anyone
<DeathStar> <Ako> You don't think this was Azora?
<Seraphna> **Sephie frowns and tries to pull up a barrier around Jikuu** Kind of.
<Seraphna> Sephie> I think our fight signaled someone to push the agenda forward.
<DeathStar> <Ako> Dammit. At this location we can jump anywhere but we have a skeleton crew
<DeathStar> <Ako> Not exactly fighting ready
<Jackieness> <Myria> "I'l work on the teleporters!" *runs off*
<Seraphna> Sephie> Go to where Mom is helping the Ridariums. We can join the fleet there.
<DeathStar> *Adeline nods* Right heading there now
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Ridiarium Fight
<DeathStar> *Ridiarums are comically eaten by the Queen*
<DeathStar> -Shift-
<DeathStar> Location: Cartel World
<DeathStar> *down below, the Egg has fully hatched and seems to have locked fully onto Zera's ship - Noire practically KOed by the scream and Charlotte hearing that voice again in her head, calling out to her with a hello*
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> Uh guys. I think it's coming for us
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... urgh..."
<DeathStar> -TBC-
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Session Close: Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 2024