The Alien Wars 6: The Progenitor Wars

Hello, Charlotte

Session Start: Mon Oct 14 17:54:37 2024
Session Ident: #PW-Session8
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<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-762.1.29
<DeathStar> Location: Dias' Dojo
<DeathStar> *Vodka sits, studying Dias' wrapped arm; the protections on the arm have slowly been burning off due to the corruptive aura surrounding it* <Vodka> This is being bad. *She swallows a drink* Your arm is being evil, da
<DeathStar> *X leans back in her chair, holding what looks to be a hacksaw*
<Dias`> <Dias> Maybe it's just misunderstood. *he looks at her*
<DeathStar> <X> And of course the others are off planet
<DeathStar> <Vodka> Misunderstood. Hm. *She thinks* It is possibility. Have you been giving it proper alone time?
<Dias`> <Dias> But yeah. I can feel a gnawing in the distance. Which means I have to spend time focusing my strength on keeping it in check.
<Seraphna> Reese> Can we toss it in a cryo tube or somethin'?
<DeathStar> <Vodka> I am thinking we should take you to Repliforce. *she motions at the protection wards* These will not be lasting much longer. Need to be studying arm, da? Be easier to remove it but also painful. Should avoid until last second
<DeathStar> <Vodka> Maybe scans will be showing something
<Dias`> <Dias> If we do that, we should make sure there's no reploids nearby incase they can get affected by it
<DeathStar> <Vodka> Hm. It is being true, we are not sure how this spreads. It would be nice if we could find the source of this and use it to make an antidote
<Seraphna> Reese> Can they get infected by it?
<DeathStar> <X> Or eliminate the source and see if that cures him
<Dias`> <Dias> I haven't lost a battle of will power in a long time....this is somethign on a different level.
<Dias`> <Dias> Make the call Vodka. If they can't something then we head for the source and I beat the cure out of it.
<Dias`> <Dias> And if I have to, I'll cut the arm off myself.
<DeathStar> <Vodka> I am being honest, using you to make a cure will be risky - you could die and we might still not succeed. But--
<DeathStar> *she lifts a gloved hand* <Vodka> You trying to track down the source is also being risky. You might not have realized but many worlds are infected or have these strange queens appearing. To truly track the source down you'd have to let yourself be fully infected and become part of the hive
<DeathStar> <Vodka> We could attempt to pull you back out but is dangerous, da?
<Dias`> <Dias> Seeing as I lost the last time it took over, it's very dangerous.
<Seraphna> Reese> Course you could also turn into a bloody monster that way.
<DeathStar> <X> Is there a way we could hypnotise him and put a code word or something into him that might help him snap out of it?
<DeathStar> <Vodka> ... *looks blank, then at Reese* Am not knownig how to do that
<Dias`> <Dias> Well, the big difference this time, is I know it's coming and I have numerous reasons not to lose to it this time. *He looks at X*
<Seraphna> Reese> I could control his luck in getting back or keeping us from getting slaughtered, but I think we'd need some kinda chip in his head or something to control him.
<Dias`> <Dias> But, that means if I do this, you're going to all to prepare for me while it's taking over.
<DeathStar> *X rubs face* Alright, we can try it. <Vodka> If we are going to do this, let us move closer to the center of all the action. You rampaging here would be bad
<DeathStar> *Vodka gathers her tools* <X> I'll see about getting a shuttle.
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *the PAX has been repaired, shields have been restored and the crew has been raised up from skeleton to something more reasonable. Adeline approaches Jikuu*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I have something important to tell you. *she eyes Jikuu still suffering from sweats*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Go ahead."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> *she hands Jikuu the personal Interdictor* This will help you next time we face Azora to bring her out of her hyperspace form; which she appears to be in all the time now. So this should trap her
<DeathStar> <Adeline> And Myria and I installed a massive one on the PAX to deal with any Progenitor ship that tries to escape into hyperspace
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "At least we have that.."
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> What will be our destination? *she shows all the worlds right now having Queens birthing - the Cartel world, the Ridiarum's assisting Jaime, the Erusians doing their thing, and the one near Earth with Aya's people*
<DeathStar> *Syiean sits in the pilot's seat, turning to Jikuu in her Empress chair*
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> Also..
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> I have detected something odd in hyperspace
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Nearby?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> We can get there fairly quickly.
<DeathStar> *it seems to be away from all the action though*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We should probably investigate, if only to ensure it doesn't investigate us first."
<DeathStar> *Syiean yo hos and pilots them through hyperspace. Adeline taps her comm*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> How are we holding up, Myria?
<Jackieness> <Myria> *checks systems* "Huh....systems are go."
<DeathStar> *Adeline checks in with Sammael* Have you figured out that Empress system that Azora was using, Sam?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Or should we leave it alone for now?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We should absolutely do everything we can to ensure no-one takes control of the PAX."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Bad thing is only Progenitors can enter that area.
<Seraphna> Sam> I have most of the protocols under our control now. I am promoting Jaime and Jikuu's access to Azora's and removing hers.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Very well. For now we'll use the normal systems.
<Seraphna> Sam> This is not something we shouold use often. I am able to see everything but I can feel it draining. It is likely only because I am a Dream Progenitor that I can stretch this much.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> So you
<DeathStar> <Adeline> So you're saying the Empress system gives you access to the full ship, but it eats away at the Progenitor using it?
<Seraphna> Sam> Yes... in fact this may explain why Azora became so unstable over time.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We don't want to guess at her mental state, but it is interesting the royals made a system only for them that ate that much power from them
<Jackieness> <Myria> *comm* "Maybe the system is damaged or glitchy."
<Seraphna> Sam> I believe it is simply beyond even their limits to power properly. A "necessary evil" if you will.
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> The PAX is a massive ship that requires 4 batteries and 2 massive cores to run
<Seraphna> Sam> One final thing, the most potent powers and abilities of this ship only work while one is inside here. Without a Progenitor in the system it shuts down those functions.
<DeathStar> <Syiean> So they lock down so what - if the ship was taken it couldn't be accessed? The PAX already packs a punch
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuuh...I wonder if this all relates to the state we found the other PAX in... I mean...the dead Erevis at the helm and everything. Remember?"
<Seraphna> Sam> My conclusion is the system uses the Progenitor as a live battery. Much like Drasek once powered the Core.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It is a possibility
<DeathStar> *up ahead, hyperspace begins to act a little unstable and they see a figure in the middle of it - looking like they re draining it*
<DeathStar> <Syiean> I'm slowing us down, there is a possibility of hyperspace storms
<Seraphna> Sam> Up ahead. A Progenitor is draining hyperspace into itself. If this Azora is much the same as the last one, I believe she may not be producing her energy naturally like the rest of us. It may be her.
<DeathStar> *Syiean scans up ahead and they see what looks to be a Azora, in her Erevisish form*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It looks like she's taking in hyperspace; she must have been here ever since the fight a few hours ago
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "At least we have found her. To be honest, I am uncertain how to progress at this point."
<DeathStar> *Adeline thinks* Well, we could try to capture with the Interdictor or try to follow her; it looks like she's about to go
<Jackieness> <Myria> "It is destabilizing local hyperspace."
<DeathStar> <Syiean> Actually, I don't know if she is causing it
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I feel like capture is the more reasonable solution here."
<DeathStar> *she brings up the hyperspace tunnel; the storms seem to be jerking Azora around and forcing her to relocate to another area*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "I wouldn't use the itnerdictor right now... with locla hyperspace destabilized...boom."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> At least the ship one, Myria is right
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "So, we have to follow?"
<Seraphna> Sammael> It may be dangerous in her current state. She will also undoubtably attract the other progenitors like this. Faster with us here.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> You could try to go out there one on one; but a fight in hyperspce isn't ideal. You'll be injured by it but if you're 100% want her down, you could risk it
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Can we use the smaller interdictor?"
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That's what you'll have to use - get in fast before the hyperspace does too much damage to you, hit her with it, and get back onboard
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Sammael can provide back up.
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huh...maybe... as long as you don't get caught in a hyperspace eddy while using it."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Understood."
<DeathStar> <Syiean> If it gets too bad I can go out there too
<DeathStar> *Adeline comms someone* Sammael, can you lead Jikuu down to the hanger? Remember Jikuu, you're not a 100% Progenitor, so the hyperspace is going to do some damage to you - it won't instant fry you at least
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I figured as much."
<Seraphna> **Lights on the pathways lead Jikuu to the hangar**
<Alicia> * Jikuu heads out
<DeathStar> *the storm increases the pain level of her normal use of the hyperspace form as she zooms in around, and the storms out there seem to be like trying to zoom through the sea almost. It seems to becoming in from some outside influence almost. Azora seems to have finished draining a little area and back to 100% and is preparing to slip slide out of the tunnel, her back to Jikuu*
<Seraphna> Sammael> Remember to be wary as well. Without knowing how to prevent burning, you will be very vulnerable if she drains you.
<Alicia> * Jikuu moves forward, attempting to trap Azora before she can react
<DeathStar> *Azora turns at the last minute and her eyes widen, zooming forward to try to grapple with Jikuu; it doesn't seem anythign happened, but then she shifts into her hyperspace form and almost drifts out of Jikuu's sight due to the storm*
<DeathStar> *the currents pulling her away*
<Alicia> * Jikuu attempts to pursue for a while, but gives up if she's gotten too far away
<DeathStar> *Jikuu goes deeper in and manages to locate her. At that moment, a large vessel drifts into hyperspace, knocking her back. It looks to be Progenitor in origin but seems to have strange dark runes glowing on it as it keeps going forward down the tunnel, causing more storms and shaking. But at that moment two Progenitors grab onto Jikuu and begin to try to pull her back toward the PAX - it seems to look like Isis and Athena*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> They're pretty far out from our sensors
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We might lose them. Can we do anything?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "It really is her. She is the source..."
<DeathStar> <Syiean> I'm afraid for any of them to do a hyperspace burst toward the ship, but it might be their only hope
<DeathStar> *Isis cocks her head* The source?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Azora has been spreading the corruption somehow."
<DeathStar> *Athena focuses and burst jumps them into the hanger, causing a minor explosion behind them that rocks the ship and alarms go off*
<DeathStar> *Athena depowers back to normal form, smoking as does Isis, flexing her hands in pain. Azora remains in her hyperspace form, trapped*
<Seraphna> Sam> Emergency shield up in the Hangar. Crew not secured teleported into emergency containment.
<DeathStar> *Adeline motions as a message appears* Jikuu, a message has appeared from Jaime. You want me to play it for you down there?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Yes."
<DeathStar> *Adeline transfers the message to the hanger speakers*
<DeathStar> *the hanger crew gets on Sam's orders*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I found Azora in the Hyperspace Tunnels. Please do not engage with her. I've begun to reason with her to stop a useless civil war while the Queens are up. She does not seem to have full control of the Old Progenitors. She's afraid of us losing, less crazy in need to be in charge.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I see."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I had to leave before we could do more. Her people seem to be tracking her as much as me. I don't know why.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I have an idea why..."
<DeathStar> *Azora presses against the field* You need to calm down child
<Alicia> (Also "less crazy in need"?)
<DeathStar> <Azora> You are being taken over
<Seraphna> ((Like "less in need to rule or be in charge, more acting out of fear"))
<Alicia> (Ah.)
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Perhaps I should not have returned..."
<DeathStar> <Azora> Tell me. Your sister thinks we should all work together and be one happy family
<DeathStar> <Azora> What do YOU think
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That would be nice..."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Do you think we could?"
<DeathStar> <Azora> I think right now my people are using the Destiny to destroy the Queens. I cannot say which world they will pick, but most likely the most dangerous one
<DeathStar> <Azora> After that they will move onto the next and then the next
<Seraphna> Sammael> Can you not instruct them to stop, Azora?
<DeathStar> <Azora> Well, they believe I am down. Plus, I am still not positive it is not the right action.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Really, we will need to find a cure, regardless. I believe that should be our focus. If I can help with this in any way, I will."
<DeathStar> <Azora> A cure? I admit I am shocked you managed to save even a fraction of the resort Dark Ones
<DeathStar> <Azora> But...
<Seraphna> Sammael> We have resources you did not once had, including natural born progenitor hybrids. Azora, I was made to protect them and I can tell you, they have a chance.
<DeathStar> <Azora> Usually we never know who is infected. You are - even if you are not part of them yet. That is unusual. You could be a key to helping find out
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Then that is how I will help."
<DeathStar> <Azora> Hm. Even if it means my people might use the Destiny?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I would prefer not, but I do not know how to stop that... unless you think fighting it is a good idea..."
<Seraphna> Sammael> Convince them to use basic weaponry for now. These queens are younger, forced births. They will be easier to destroy.
<DeathStar> <Azora> Hm. Free my I will prepare a message you can try to send to the worlds. I do not swear it will change anything
<DeathStar> *me
<DeathStar> <Isis> Hm
<DeathStar> *Isis thinks, ears twitching*
<DeathStar> <Athena> Isis has big thought face
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I am loathe to trust someone who attempted to take my home away, impersonated my mother and... I believe you are also infected, or at least a vector for the infection."
<DeathStar> <Azora> If you believe that, then you should leave me as is
<Seraphna> Sammael> I believe Jaime would say something about never giving up on family.
<DeathStar> <Azora> That doesn't matter if I am a vector in her eyes
<DeathStar> <Azora> It is a simple fact - I am a danger in her eyes and releasing me would cause more harm
<DeathStar> <Isis> Plus sending a message might do nothing
<Seraphna> SammaeL> I can happily place you in containment after you send your message if you wish to be precautious.
<Seraphna> Sammael> Odds of the Progenitors not stopping remain higher if no message is sent than if we do have one sent.
<DeathStar> <Isis> A video of the events in the chamber was sent out to everyone; if she then sent a message out calling for peace and everyone to work together, they will think she was forced to do it by you
<DeathStar> <Isis> They might get rougher
<Seraphna> Sammael> Azora, did you send that video out?
<DeathStar> <Azora> No
<Seraphna> Sammael> Someone else is guiding events. I will see if I can track who accessed the systerms besides Azora.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I am likely a danger myself by this point... as much as my trust in family has been destroyed by previous events... sometimes there is no option that is not risky."
<Seraphna> Sammael> You should still try instead of giving up.
<DeathStar> *Athena slumps, looking depressed at that*
<DeathStar> <Athena> Nyaooooo
<Seraphna> Sammael> Listen to my wife. Distrust makes her sad. Family works. You only lose once you surrender.
<DeathStar> *Adeline comms them* Well, right now we should do something. Send Jikuu up here to Cuddles. We need to get into the battle - worlds are being eaten by queen
<DeathStar> <Adeline> You all can put Azora away or not, it matters little
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Jikuu can issue orders while Cuddles examines her
<Seraphna> Sammael> The Erus wish to fight their own battle. Shall I take us to Jaime's battle?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That works. Syiean, Sammael, move the ship toward there.
<Seraphna> Sammael> Initializing Hyperspace Relocation function.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Let us work on the cure. Jaime will be a better leader, especially with me in this state."
<DeathStar> <Azora> Hm. Odd
<DeathStar> <Azora> I pictured you as more of a warrior than her
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Unknown
<DeathStar> *the Iron Paw floats outside ancient Progenitor structures, long since abandoned, with Ao and Drasek going through the building and eyeing the documents*
<Seraphna> Ulieah> I name this planet... Ulieah 5!
<DeathStar> *Drasek blows dust and reads over the cover - it looks to have been a school at one point of sorts. On the cover it reads Erevis Zhenmei's name*
<DeathStar> <Ao> You been naming that for the last few planets we visited
<Seraphna> Ulieah> Isn't my name awesome for naming things though?
<DeathStar> *Ao heads for the back where it looks like experiments were conducted; Imugem shines a light as they look for a container and Drasek reaches into a locker belonging to Erevis and pulls out a vial full of hyperspace, preserved inside*
<DeathStar> <Drasek> Alright, another item off the check list. *He heads to the ship. Imugem and Ao follow; on the table is a vial of hyperspace belonging to Erevis, a broken experiment belonging to the hybrid project that gave Erevis and Ao their dark elements and led to the hybrid being made*
<DeathStar> *and finally another tube of strange darkness*
<Seraphna> Ulieah> That one looks strange and dark. A bit like my daughter.
<DeathStar> <Ao> It should be what was put into us. And eventually the hybrid
<DeathStar> *Wind appears behind Ulieah, poking her back to scare her*
<DeathStar> <Wind> I see you all finished here.
<DeathStar> <Wind> You all need to head back - Leader Lady has been captured, the Progenitors are on a warpath against the big bad and are blowing up worlds
<Seraphna> **Ulieah meworwls**
<DeathStar> <Imugem> I'll get the Paw moving
<Seraphna> Ulieah> The kids are way too effective sometimes.
<Seraphna> Ulieah> To the Ulieah Galaxy!
<DeathStar> *Drasek opens a beer* I'll take time to get back
<DeathStar> <Wind> ... the what galaxy?
<Seraphna> Ulieah> Well it's better than "Milky Way".
<DeathStar> <Wind> ... Sure
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Cartel World
<DeathStar> *Zeraphna's ship has crashed after the attack on it. Noire is acting weird, giving off high levels of dark energy, almost like a dark queen herself
<DeathStar> *Andrea looks out of it, holding her head*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, how are we supposed to get to medical facilities now?"
<DeathStar> *Serafina, William's sister, curses as she eyes the queen beginning to absorb the area around it and tries to get in touch with William but things are being jammed. Ren crawls out, her leg looking broken*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Any healers on the team?
<Alicia> * Charlotte does her best to help Ren, including first aid on the leg.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "First aid only here."
<Dias`> *Cartel security forces begin to assemble, doing what they can slow down the queen, having been protocol in place for this event now*
<DeathStar> <Serafina> *marches to join them*
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> You got any medical shit in you, Id?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...uggghh...this...is unacceptable."
<Dias`> <Id> I have one small portion of healing nanites.
<DeathStar> *Noire would be assaulted by voices of those falling to the hive - from all over the galaxy. Many welcoming Noire and recognizing her as focal point in the hive*
<DeathStar> *Ren leans againt Charlotte and tries to stand up on her good leg*
<Dias`> <Id> Who would you like me to apply it to?
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I doubt healing nanites would do much for Noire or Andrea. *she eyes the two* Charlotte, you make the call
<Jackieness> <Noire> *stands up and dusts herself off* "...mmmmmmmm...I do not listen to the weak and feeble."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Somehow, I doubt you can help Noire or Andrea... help Ren."
<DeathStar> *so far Noire's rolls are allowing her not to fall victim, having gotten a 1, but it is a matter of time*
<Dias`> <Id> At the most for her it will stabilize the wound and reduce the pain.
<DeathStar> *Andrea rises oddly and puts her hands on either side of Id*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then stop vocalizing and apply first aid to Ren."
<Dias`> *Id goes to fire it in to Ren but stops when Andrea puts her hands around it* Andrea, may I ask what you are doing?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> ....*her eyes look to be unfocused*
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> *aims her gun*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mother, snap out of it!"
<Dias`> *Id starts creating a light shield around itself*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...are you kidding me? I thought you were better than this..."
<DeathStar> *a portion of the queen explodes, sending guts flying everywhere and some of it landing on the shuttle*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Quiet.... I'm removing the head of this beast...
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...opinions may vary as to whethe he coutns as a beast, but that is merely Id, mother."
<DeathStar> *Andrea seems to be trying to break Id but can't, or maybe won't*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> This thing is clearly a monster that can freeze you by looking at you
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mother is ebing dumb. Though clearly proves that I am now superior!" *ojou laughs*
<Dias`> <Id> I'm unable to help Ren currently. My Hard Light shield is keeping this one from crushing my shell.
<DeathStar> *Ren, with Charlotte as a crutch, grabs Id and pulls with her might, retrieving him*
<DeathStar> *Andrea then proceeds to puke up dark liquid behind herself*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Can you heal her now? Ah, don't touch the liquid, everyone."
<Dias`> *Id drops the Hard Light shield and shoots Ren in the neck*
<DeathStar> *Ren winces*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr moves to engage the eye and Zeraphna does the same*
<Dias`> <Id> I apologize for the spot. I believed time was important.
<DeathStar> *Kiseki props Kaelan up, who looks unconscious*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth leaps on top of the shuttle* Everyone. Listen to me. *she holds her injured shoulder*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan must have not gotten away when she poofed earlier**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "It was, and is."
<DeathStar> *she doesn't look injured, just unconscious*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "MMmmm...did that snap you back to yourself, mother?"
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> We have a problem. *She points at something in the sky - it looks like a tiny ship with two progenitors next to it*
<Dias`> *Id points its sensors towards the ship, zooming in to confirm it's identity*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> .... *she doesn't move, seeming to be focused on herself*
<Alicia> * Charlotte looks towards the ship too
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...no...the Progenitors have come to kill us all."
<DeathStar> *it is the Destiny; meanwhile, the injured queen is attempting to convert people with darkness in their hearts among the Cartel soldiers. Serafina falls to her knees, grabbing her head*
<DeathStar> *At that moment, Noire's body begins to twitch and act on it's own, dark energy emitting as she reaches for Charlotte and attempts to lock onto her arm*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Nnnnn....distracted me just enough to slip through!"
<Dias`> *Shuttles begin flying in, firing down at the injured Queen as they rest of the unaffected soldiers begin to stun shot those that are struggling*
<DeathStar> *even Kaelan begins to rise creepily to her feet*
<Alicia> * Charlotte tries to keep away from the energy being emitting
<Alicia> *emitted
<Dias`> <Id> It is their ship, the Destiny.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> We need to decide what we want to do
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Take out the queen and see if they go away, or focus on the Progenitors
<DeathStar> <Hope> Or flee!
<Seraphna> **Truth glows in Kaelan's Kimono and takes humanoid form, then starts spreading her field of Life and Energy Out**
<Dias`> <Id> The Queen would be the more prudent option I believe. If the ship is here then that means they haven't decided to change the sun.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> Dra-goon---bustah! *shoots right into the queen and flies back and rolls*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *closes her fist and then tries to fight it off; even starts using a dark sorcery healign spell learned from that spellbook she got from the alternate timeline*
<Seraphna> Truth> The Queen... saves more lives. **She focuses a sword in her hand and fires the holy energy out at the Queen**
<DeathStar> *as Id says that, the sky seems to darken a bit*
<DeathStar> *as the sun seems to have a strange black hole appearing in the middle*
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> Well you better hurry
<Seraphna> Truth> We have... very little time.
<Dias`> <Id> ....It would appear I was wrong. And they do not care anymore.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...at this point, fleeing seems the best option."
<Dias`> <Id> You would abandon all these lives here?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, sure, just let me remove the black hole..."
<DeathStar> *Noire's body rebels against the healing and as her consciousness begins to fade, Andrea slaps her hard, giving her a bit more time*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> ..h.aaa...
<Seraphna> **Kaelan grumbles, then glows with Moon Energy to try and stave off the affects on the other dark ones**
<DeathStar> *Zephyr tries to charge another shot; the queen is gushing fron the center everywhere*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmm....thank you, mother."
<DeathStar> *Serafina gets in touch with William, a dark aura about hre*
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmmm. *Id takes off upwards towards the Progenitors and the ship*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan whispers the spell, a similar warding shield to surround them that Tsukiyomi used to push out the Eldritch Infection**
<DeathStar> *the infected group doesn't exactly feel better, but the hive mind feels like it's .. on the other side of a window*
<DeathStar> *Id would see the two Progenitors with the ship; one protecting, the other manning*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...now I can focus." *doubles the self-healing efforts*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'm going to run in and try to destroy the queen
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What about the black hole?"
<DeathStar> *Ren squints* I don't know. Maybe it's a sun spot
<DeathStar> *she notes lamely*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... I'll have to rely on that faint hope..."
<Dias`> *Everyone's comms would beep*
<DeathStar> *Ren taps her comm*
<Dias`> <Id> You all have 3 minutes to destroy the Queen. That is the best I could negotiate for.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I am shocked they even agreed
<DeathStar> *Lenneth lets out a breath* Good job, Id
<DeathStar> *Lenneth covers herself up in full crystal armor and forms swords*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...three minutes is nothing to them at this point...they can fford that miserly bit of generosity."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...alright, lets go! Everyone focus on taking down the queen! We have three minutes, I guess..."
<DeathStar> *Zephyr keeps charging*
<Dias`> <IdComm> 2 minutes and 30 seconds now.
<DeathStar> *the queen's head looks around for challengers*
<Alicia> * Charlotte goes to fight the queen, using her giant fist attack
<DeathStar> *the queen's head snaps back, blood gushing out the gut*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan nods and focuses, forming into a giant Kitsune Fox, glowing with Moon Sigils, before Truth joins her and she gains Holy Symbols too**
<DeathStar> *it opens it's giant mouth and begins to try to pull them all in to be eaten*
<DeathStar> *it looks like the more it consumes the larger it grows*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan howls, sending a foxfire orb laced with Moonlight and Holy Magic out at the mouth like a Spicy, Sanctified Meatball**
<DeathStar> *the tendril like creature almost - almost looks like a corrupted plant of sorts, Little House of Horrors style. As it turns, the tendrils moving around instead of leaves, it jerks, it's head burning light as Zephyr fires anothe dragoon bustah that causes her hands to bleed*
<DeathStar> *the queen thrashes and wraps around Kiseki, Hope, and Noire*
<DeathStar> *pulling them in*
<Alicia> * Charlotte launches an array of attacks. Fists, Drone strikes and Psychic blasts, focusing on taking the queen down more than resisting the pull.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...not now!" *raises her hands and then conjures multiple Dakr Arms to try to pummel the queen*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan growls and fires a beam of holy moonlight out of her maw at the Queen**
<DeathStar> *the queen's head is smashed in by Charlotte and Noire then cuts and smashes the tendrils. The queen begins to dissolve into terrible smelling liquid, the ground dying, as Kaelan blows the corpose far away, leaving no traces of it ot corrupt the ground*
<Alicia> * Charlotte pants, catching her breath after that
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Maybe those Progenitors should learn not to wimp out and use toys. **she growls out, before she and Truth split back into normal forms**
<DeathStar> *Ren shakes her hand, full of the junk*
<DeathStar> *sweating and looking a bit ill*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "You say that, but it's very human of them."
<Jackieness> <Noire> *lets out a breath then stands to maintain her dignity* "Mmmmmmm...like Greek gods, Charlotte."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Exactly. How are you holding up?"
<DeathStar> *the Progenitor with the Divine weapon leaves with it into hyperspace, leaving just the one behind as it eyes how many infected are still on the world. It lowers itself down toward the ground, peering at Serafina, Noire, Andrea, Ren, and Cartel Soldiers*
<DeathStar> *Ren kneels and coughs up something before standing*
<Dias`> *Id floats down with it*
<DeathStar> <Progenitor> There is still a high level of infection remaining on the world though.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan starts using purification charms on them**
<DeathStar> <Progenitor> So much so that you all cannot even hide it
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm....I've caught a second wind. I will not be dragged down to the level by an inferior entity."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> So start putting those good looks and big powers to some good, we gotta start curing people and treating the infection.
<DeathStar> <Progenitor> .... Cure?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> We figured out on the Dark World that Noire here can force the infection out of people. Kills some, but better than losing the lot.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> We can also kill the source and that should stop this cold.
<DeathStar> *as Kaelan says that, a Progenitor like ship appears in the sky; though upon closer inspection, it seems to have some Dark One traits on it as well*
<DeathStar> *the Progenitor turns to glance at it*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...what is that?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Now that's curious.
<Dias`> *Id turns to scan it*
<DeathStar> *it appears to be a modiftied ancient Progenitor ship that has taken on Dark One systems*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at it "...a ship made of fire and ice...so to speak."
<DeathStar> *grown into the ship*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I'd say either the Entity got themselves a ride or it has something to do with this Hybrid.
<DeathStar> <Ren> .. charming
<Seraphna> Kaelan> ...I did something like that once, but with a Templar ship.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Poor Shippy. You flew an incredible journey.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I would think the two systems would be incompatible though
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Thus why I described it as fire and ice."
<Dias`> <Id> It would appear the opposite. I am curious as to what it's intentions are though.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Why? Same source engineering.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I've heard a lot about Dark Ones and Progenitors being from the same source."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...its complicated."
<Dias`> <Id> That is a very rudimentary way of looking at this situation
<DeathStar> *the strange ship lands near where Zeraphna's crashed*
<DeathStar> *hovering over the ground*
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> I already don't like this
<DeathStar> *Serafina sends warnings to William's people and Shiva's*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Well it isn’t opening fire. That&: a plus.
<Dias`> <Id> Or a very bad sign.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What the hell...?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I dunno, Char, the creepy voice feel close now?
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> We'll have to see what is about to --- *The doors open and infected Dark Ones as well as Tsivrixsh plus other races with darkness in their hearts, like humans begin to pour out. A tall looking Progenitor emerges, with what appears to be Dark One like features in it's body. The Progenitor immeditaly goes to fire a blast at it, but the being sweeps a hand and a dark wave hits the Progenitor, engulfing it into nothing but a black goop*
<DeathStar> *also those with infection would feel it immediatel spike*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Yeah... no idea why it's coming for me specifically..."
<Dias`> <Id> And that's the bad sign.
<DeathStar> *Serafina seems to vanish with the Cartel forces*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Did she just...cut and run?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Yeah, and I understand..."
<DeathStar> *the being approaches, Andrea goes down, touching Noire to give her the last of her energy as she rolls a 3 out of 20, lasting a bit longer again*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...that may be...the hybrid...if not the corruption entity itself."
<Dias`> <Id> I believe it's safe to say it's the Hybrid and it's been fully taken over by the source of the corruption.
<DeathStar> *the being stops in front of Charlotte* <Being> You are the one who called out to me that day. Join me
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Hell no."
<DeathStar> *it studies Charlotte* You refuse?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Why would I want to?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> *whisper* "...Id...send a messgae out to anyone listening...tell them a hybrid has appeared... it is corrupted and the center of the infection."
<Dias`> *Id does so*
<Dias`> *attempts to I should say*
<DeathStar> <Being> ... Though your mind is open and yelling out in the void, you are inaccessible to us. But... the rest of them are not. *as it says this, Ren has already stepped over to stand beside it. Then Andrea seems to do so* <Being> Add more of your family to mine until you have to join. *it turns to Noire, studying her resistance*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Fuck shit…
<DeathStar> *it turns to Kaelan, clearly planning to add her*
<DeathStar> *At that moment, there is a loud Hulk like smash into the ground that makes even the Being turn. Dias is there, looking fully part of the hive mind. And X, Reeves, and Vodka are struggling to catch up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I am Noire...greatest of the Dark Ones. I need no voice but my own."
<DeathStar> <Vodka> This is being the source>
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Umm… are we fucked?
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I think we need to tactically retreat
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> And meet up with the others
<DeathStar> <Zeraphna> Got no ship
<DeathStar> *Lenneth checks something on her wrist* The PAX is operational. We just need to reach a teleporter on this world
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Listen closely. I do not want to have anything to do with... whatever the hell it is you're trying to do. I don't even know why you're doing all this. I can only assume it's some stupid feud from ages ago."
<DeathStar> *the Being listens to Charlotte*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth moves to Noire and motions at a location* Shadow port
<DeathStar> *she shows the map*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan and Truth move over, Kaelan starting the port for Noire**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *spins open a ashdowport to the location*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "This isn't going to change."
<DeathStar> <Being> We connected. You awoke me with your mind. We cannot stop thinking of you. We will continue to hunt you. You may represent just the dark, but that is fine. We will give you all the dark you may want. You will become the strongest dark queen. *Ren and Andrea advance on her*
<DeathStar> *Dias also seems to advance, and isn't playing around. Though X and Vodka seem to be nothing to stop him*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...go..." *holds the shadowport open*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr, Zeraphna, Kiseki and Hope move through and arrive at the crowded teleporter station*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth moves to program in the PAX and opens them a teleport off the world*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "That will never happen." *leaves through the shadowport with Noire once the others are through*
<Dias`> *Id remains to witness and send data out*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *makes her escape through her own shadowport*
<DeathStar> *the being looks angry peering at them leaving.*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan and Truth follow the others during this**
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Alright the teleporter is ready - just step right on
<DeathStar> *Zephyr eyes how crowded the area looks - some taking shuttles, some teleporting off to Cartel worlds*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *dismisses the shadowport once their group ahs escaped*
<DeathStar> *Zera steps on and vanishes, then Kiseki*
<DeathStar> *at that moment, the Being appears in a hyperspace dash*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... who'd have thought the Fumoffu club would end up deciding the fate of world..."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...let's go."
<DeathStar> *and roars in anger and begins to unleahs hyperspace bolt, blowing things up. Lenneth steps up to block with manifested wlals*
<DeathStar> *Zephyr hurries through wirh Hope*
<DeathStar> *Ren and Andrea begins to smash at the walls to bring them down*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *raises both hands as she backs toward the teleporter, then launches dark matter blades at the Being*
<Seraphna> **Reese gives Lenneth luck**
<DeathStar> *it is hit looks like it was injured, but then it's other half begins to heal*
<DeathStar> *Vodka and X double check that their tracker is on Dias*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Get us out of here!"
<DeathStar> *Lenneth begins to throw manifested swords into the Being*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Just step on the teleporter then!
<Alicia> * Charlotte does so
<Jackieness> <Noire> *backs on to the teleporter*
<DeathStar> *the two vanish and Vodka and X hurry on. Lenneth grabs Reese and begins to run*
<DeathStar> *the two stepping onto it at the exact moment the Being attacks thm and it*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan sends a blast of Holy Moonlight to cover them before getting on**
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Earth's Problem
<DeathStar> *Cheryl seems unable to be stirred still, as Lemon works to fly them around*
<DeathStar> *Aya's forces seem to be engaging the Queen - thankfully the gorund isn't overrun by infected here*
<Dias`> *Chad and Evette's weapons are engaging it to assist*\
<Seraphna> **Angela works on keeping Cheryl’s purity as she divides half her mind into sending Betas in to support Earth Troops**
<Dias`> *Chad eyes Cheryl as he clicks his tongue* We should keep our distance. I'm not use in close range, not without consequences.
<DeathStar> *as they land, Chii and Freyja step off the shuttle
<DeathStar> *The large Queen is slithering it's way, consuming life force from the ground*
<Dias`> *Chad unholsters Ebony and starts firing shots at the Queen* We need to keep it airborne.
<Seraphna> **Angel grumbles and sends a large Hyperspace Blast out at it**
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Some of us can get back in the shuttle. *she eyes Aya's fleet, which seems to have most of it's attention*
<DeathStar> <Lemon> I want to try to draw it's attention
<Dias`> <Chad> Find a way to knock it up and keep it up. *He starts adjusting his aim, going for the eyes*
<Dias`> <Chad> I'll stay on here with you.
<DeathStar> *the creature roars toward Chad, the aerial bombardment annoying it*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl opens her eyes, looking illish*
<DeathStar> *then as it's flesh burns, it seems to leap in the air toward Angel*
<DeathStar> *of course it's size will crush them all*
<Dias`> <Chad> Move us now Lemon.
<Dias`> *He holds on to a railing for the open shuttle door*
<DeathStar> *Lemon jerks the shuttle controls and revs them backwards like a car*
<DeathStar> *Freyja mumbles prayers in the back*
<DeathStar> *the plant creature lands and sinks it's stuff into the ground*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... Let me ... hop off and I'll,..deal wit hit
<Dias`> <Chad> Not yet, Cheryl.
<DeathStar> *tentacles bust out of the ground and tangle the shuttle*
<Dias`> <Chad> The best I can do is irritate it I think. Angela could start kamikazing her Beta's in to it...*He seems to be thinking*
<Seraphna> **Angel appears over it and fires down**
<Seraphna> **Angela muses** I have a trick up my sleeve but I need a clear shot.
<DeathStar> *the hyperspace does more damage and the queen opens it's mouth and shoots a massive attack upward at the same time as it begins to pull Angel in to eat him*
<DeathStar> *the massive attack keeps going up and up and up, hitting a moon ala DBZ*
<Seraphna> **Angel offended at being misgendered teleports far to one side and hurls another blast**
<DeathStar> <Chii> I sure hope we don't have a meteor shower now
<Dias`> <Chad> We'll deal with the consequences from that later. We need to stop that thing now before they show up.
<Seraphna> **Angela grumbles** That’s why I need it off the ground. The Epsilon Bustah is serious voodoo.
<DeathStar> *it roars in pain; and it seems to sink into the ground*
<Dias`> <Chad> Send all of them in to grab it try and lift it up.
<Dias`> <Chad> All of them. Overwhelm it.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> It's ... eating it's way into the gorund
<DeathStar> *at that moment, Progenitors appear on the radar*
<Dias`> <Chad> Right, so we need to...*he clicks his tongue* Prevent it now.,
<DeathStar> *one heading toward the sword, which Aya's fleet tries to intercept*
<DeathStar> *toward the sun
<Dias`> *Chad taps his comm letting Aya know where running out of time*
<DeathStar> <Aya on comm> We'll try to slow them down
<Seraphna> **Angela gets up in space between them glowing and sends darts of hyperspace trying to aggravate the beast at them**
<Seraphna> **Angel
<DeathStar> *the beast remains underground*
<Seraphna> **Angela starts charging the Epsilon’s main cannon, a Dragoon Bustah**
<Dias`> <Chad> ...Tsuki, Chii, Cheryl. We need to get that thing out of the ground.
<Seraphna> Angel> How do we get in space!?
<Dias`> <Chad> It's why I suggested using the betas to overwhelm it and drag it up in to space.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl on comm> Why don't you have a friendly chat with the Progenitors and we'll try to deal with the enemy
<Seraphna> **Angela rubs her head, then a swarm of Montana Units come in, starting to try lifting it out**
<Seraphna> **Angel looks at the Progenitors** We need time. This one’s an easy kill.
<DeathStar> <Progenitor> This sounds familiar
<DeathStar> <Progenitor> 2 minutes then.
<Seraphna> Angel> It’s young. There are no infected.
<DeathStar> <Progenitor 2> There is one below
<Seraphna> Angel> She’ll be fine. We figured out a cure for the strong.
<Seraphna> **Angela has more and more units force it up**
<Dias`> *Chad takes in a slow breathe and starts raining down shots at the Queen, aiming for it's eyes again, this time increasing the accuracy to a precise level*
<DeathStar> *the queen is tendrils all over down below and is trying to get close to the core*
<DeathStar> *The tendrils attempt to swat at the Montana and even eat them*
<Seraphna> **Montanas rip at the tendrils and use them like tow cables**
<Dias`> <Chad> Freyja, can you create a massive teleport circle under it?
<DeathStar> <Freyja> I can try. Chii?
<DeathStar> *The two warp below*
<Dias`> <Chad> If this doesn't work...I have one last option and you're not going to like it Lemon.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Oh boy.
<DeathStar> *The creature squeals a bit as it's pulled up bit by bit*
<Seraphna> Angela> Epsilon is charged. Sending Chii the strike zone.
<DeathStar> *and Freyja and Chii work on drawing circle, making it so that it'll be zoomed comically into space*
<Seraphna> **The Montanas ready to drop it through**
<Dias`> *Chad watches and waits, his eyes narrowed a bit* Angela, don't stop bringing that thing up.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl leans on the shuttle, wiping her mouth as the plant as the creature is yanked up, up, up, then is suddenly zoomed upward*
<DeathStar> *the queen trying to stop itself*
<Seraphna> Angela> Here we go… EPSILON BUSTAHHH!!!
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Hotaru?
<Seraphna> **The Epsilon fires blast that answers what if Zephyr could make her gun the size of a capital ship cannon**
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "I'm here."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> If there is something wrong with me, be sure to keep an eye on me; don't want me to attack you all
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Got it."
<Dias`> <Chad> Aya, work on checking the hole. Let's make sure nothing was left behind once that thing is cleared. *he glances at Cheryl*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You are busy blowing up plant monsters *to Chad*
<DeathStar> *a light flashes in space where the plant monster as at*
<DeathStar> *Aya canbe heard, as her and Evette do the scans* It looks clear
<Seraphna> **Angel backs up the Epsilon with her own blast as an added blow**
<Dias`> <Chad> I'm making sure our home isn't ruined.
<DeathStar> *Angel gets splatted by an tendril piece
<DeathStar> *Chii and Freyja return, covered in dirt*
<Seraphna> **Angel burns it off** There, yah see? No doomsday weapon needed.
<DeathStar> *the two Progenitors have already left*
<DeathStar> *their shuttle's comm beeps*
<Seraphna> **Angela sends her Betas back to her doomsday weapon and she checks Cheryl**
<Dias`> <Chad> See what they want Lemon.
<Dias`> *Chad eyes the hole it was heading down*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl hacks something up, covering with her fist; Lemon answers* It's the PAX. They'd like us to all met up and confer - they think they know the source of this and are working on a cure
<Dias`> <Chad> ....convenient.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> They also have the Progenitor leader captured
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well. Why not. *the hole looks dead all the way down*
<DeathStar> *as if the queen was consuming life on the way down*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl tags Evette into remaining here to do research while taking her seat* <Cheryl> Take us to the PAX
<Seraphna> **Angela gives her a holy purge**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl jerks and leans over the side to puke up dark vomit*
<DeathStar> *and keeps dry heaving*
<Dias`> *Chad raises his hand, talking to Evette and Aya while they get ready to head to the PAX*
<Seraphna> Angela> Did it work?
<DeathStar> *afterwards, she still looks in bad shape, almost like someone who;s been taking drugs for years*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Ugh.... please don't do that again....
<DeathStar> <Lemon> You know, you got to clear your system. Even if it feels like hell
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "With any luck, we won't need to."
<DeathStar> <Lemon> And Hotaru and Angela have been proven to be the best offense and defense against whatever this is
<Seraphna> Angela> Take your vitamin H twice a day to prevent dark monster possession.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl shakily thumbs up and lays down*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Jaime Stuff
<DeathStar> *piles of rocks lay all over the place - remains of Ridariums*
<DeathStar> *the queen hsas been eating ton them to regain power, half of it melted*
<DeathStar> *the Progenitors monitor the situation from up high, as the Squall fleet has been raining down hyperspace blasts on it*
<Seraphna> **Jaime sends more if it right at the Queen, laced with explosive hyperspace** Gorge bitch.
<DeathStar> *The creature finally is defeated and the remaining Ridiariums do a rock festival*
<DeathStar> *the Progenitors proceeding to leave*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Troops, quarantine the tainted, then let’s pack it in.
<DeathStar> *Jaime receives a message from Adeline on the PAX*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Jaime?
<DeathStar> <Adeline on comms> Are you there?
<DeathStar> <Adeline on comm> Well, I'll just leave this message for you. You should return to the PAX immediately after you're done. There's been an.... incident. You should hurry.
<DeathStar> *she clicks off while Jaime's troops follow the orders*
<Seraphna> Jaime> **she warps straight there**
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX --- taking a bit before Adeline's message
<DeathStar> *Cuddles examines Jikuu's bloods and other vitals she's taken*
<DeathStar> *Then compares it to Bobbi's blood*
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Well, this might sound strange, Jikuu
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I'll accept anything you tell me at this point... well, almost."
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> The Progenitors were not exactly wrong. Nothing is showing up to scream infection, but -- but. You are showing higher than normal signs of stress, elevated power levels compared to your base line, and your brain chemistry is showing that your brain is aligning itself much like a psionic who is linking for a brain link for multiple people
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Bobbi had the same parameters minus the mind stuff, perhaps due to being broken out
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> So anyone the Progenitors tried to examine no longer exhibited that
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I have been under a lot of stress... if it is increasing... ugh."
<Seraphna> Jennifer> **observes with a Cryo chamber prepping, her solution to so many things**
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> I think it might can be negated somewhat if we help your stress levels decrease
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> And give you something to block any mental signals coming your way.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Understood... well, this is my time to step down as empress, then."
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Hm. You sure you want to do that befor this is over? We can try the mental signalsfirst
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> As well as some medicine
<Seraphna> Jennifer> There’s also Yoga.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We can... but I will be under stress for as long as I remain empress... and I no longer feel qualified."
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Jikuu. If you feel that way, stepping away unresolved might cause more. But, in the end, it is your health you should focus on.
<DeathStar> *as she goes to prepare something to block the mental signals, Erevis AI sounds the alarm
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> We have a situation!!
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "What is it?"
<DeathStar> <Isis> Tell me Azora isn't breaking out of the brig
<DeathStar> <Erevis AI> We have a teleporter signal coming from one of the worlds that was hit by the queen egg. High infection level coming to the PAX. Biosignatures also indicate wounded might be materializing. What would you like to do?
<Seraphna> Jennifer> Send then into the quarantine zone. It was reconfigured for this.
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Well this will give me a chance to study them I suppose
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Yes. We cannot reasonably turn them away, but... be prepared to space them if it is just an invasion."
<Seraphna> Jennifer> We can isolate the wounded and work on them.
<DeathStar> *Adeline arrives on medical as the the teleporters take everyone to quarentine*
<DeathStar> *it appears to be Noire's group*
<DeathStar> *Zeraphna grumbles, Zephyr peers out at them through the fields keeping them in* <Zephyr> We got ... a problem here
<DeathStar> *Reeves and Kaelan both look minor injured from explosion damage from the teleporter, but seem will be okay with some healing*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...well...this shouldn't be surprising."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Quarantine seems right, considering."
<Seraphna> Jennifer> Shift those with wounds into the side chambers everyone. **she says over a comms**
<DeathStar> *Noire's energy seems to be ready to take her over any moment. Hre hand keeps reaching toward Charlotte' neck*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth lays flat on her stomach*
<Seraphna> **Truth pulls Lenneth over to a room**
<DeathStar> *As Truth goes to move her, bloodgushes everywhre*
<Seraphna> **Truth begins to heal her with magic**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...still trying to hold this thing off...mmmm....listen up! And make ure that faake erevis is listening too! We saw the Being! Its was a Progenitor-Dark One hybrid!"
<DeathStar> *it seems to work at first, but then it begins to gush again; Adeline moves to contact Jaime*
<Seraphna> Truth> Kaelan and Reese shuffle over with their wounds to help carefully move her as Truth keeps healing her**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "For some reason, it's fascinated by me... maybe because it can't have me."
<DeathStar> *Truth would see something lodged right in her heart area, having been able to break right through the crystal armor*
<DeathStar> *each time she heals, the blood them resumes gushing a bit later*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...I wonder why that is, Charlotte... if we could determine what makes you special, then that might be the key to it all."
<DeathStar> *Lenneth grabs truth's hand*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I wonder why too."
<Seraphna> **Truth frowns and forms glove** Lenneth. Hold on we need to get that out of you.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Come ...closer. Tell Jaime and Jikuu somethng...
<Seraphna> Truth> What is it? **she peeks a fox ear to hear better, but seems cautious enough after a hundred years not to lean in too close**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *turns to the field* "...I have been holding it off with sheer willpower...* *makes a fist* "...but it got Ren...and mother..."
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyes Jaime appearing by now*
<Seraphna> Truth> Miss Len…
<DeathStar> *Lenneth closes her eyes and seems to rest*
<Seraphna> **Jaime warps in** What happened?
<Seraphna> Truth> Wait hold on! **she tries to heal her again**
<DeathStar> *Cuddles by now has joined Truth, studying what's ni her chest* What is that?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It's Lenneth
<DeathStar> *she motions at her lifesigns hitting 0*
<Seraphna> Truth> It’s making her bleed get it out!
<Jackieness> <Noire> *then points* "Jaime! We saw the Dark Progenitor hybrid!"
<Seraphna> **Jaime freezes, staring** No…
<DeathStar> *Cuddles works quickly to remove what looks to be a compeltely dark piece of corruptive material from the chest; as it's removed, her heart area looks like its been taking in corruptive energy*
<DeathStar> *Cuddles puts it down on a tray*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "...is that how it works?"
<Seraphna> **Truth starts spreading her life field and trying to heal her again**
<Seraphna> **Jaime warps to them, breathing heavily**
<DeathStar> *Isis and Athena quietly observe as Truth seems to heal everything but that one damaged area*
<Seraphna> Jaime> S-Sis!?
<DeathStar> *Cuddles motions at Jennifer*
<Seraphna> **Truth growls a little trying to heal, Jennifer blinks and moves over**
<Alicia> * Jikuu heads over with whatever mental protections she got before Cuddles left, borrowing an anti-psi device as a precaution
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...you need to excise the remaining corruption. Kaelan, can you use your moon aura again?"
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> You're the expert. She's dead. If we wait too long to put hre in cryo, her mind will degrade. But even if we replace the heart doesn't mean it'll work
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> It worth doing it?
<Seraphna> **Kaelan nods and creates her moon aura**
<Seraphna> Jennifer> At the moment… yes.
<Seraphna> Jennifer> **gives her a look that says if for no other reason than their leaders needing hope**
<DeathStar> *Kaelan manages to make the dark lines and corruption recede*
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Okay, go prep the machine
<Seraphna> **Truth heals as she does, the two working in tandem**
<Seraphna> **Jennifer nods and goes to prep the other one**
<Seraphna> Jaime> Len come on… open your eyes…
<DeathStar> *by the time the cryo machine is done, the heart looks cleansed. Cuddles kneels and touches her shoulder* We're going to put her to sleep for a bit to see if we can help her. *she motions to Jennifer to do it, then turns to the others*
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> Noire - you're the next most critical case. I'd like to have you wear the same thing Jikuu is wearing
<Seraphna> **Jennifer initiates the freeze, helping it with her power to work perfectly**
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> And we need you to get your stress levels down too
<Seraphna> **Jaime stares at Lennetb as she freezes over** Sis…
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then do it. I intend to fight this thing by every means available to me."
<DeathStar> *by now Cheryl's team arrives on the scene; Isis and Athena help Jaime up*
<DeathStar> *Cuddles nods and works on giving Noire the medicine and the headset*
<Dias`> *Chad glances around as they enter*
<DeathStar> *right as Cuddles is putting the headset on Noire, Noire's body whips to face Charlotte and Jikuu*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "All that about stepping away unresolved, and I will have to wait for any kind of resolution... hmm?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "....nnnn...its...fighting me...again..."
<DeathStar> <Noire?> You may have walked away now. But I may have found someone better than you who I cannot touch. *they turn to Jikuu* You are like me. Light and Dark. How did I overlook you, even as you walk toward me.
<DeathStar> *Cuddles clamps down the device and Noire seems to be back under control for now*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan slaps a glowing moon charm on Noire’s face** Shut it Creeper.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "... so it does have a mind."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well. *she looks ill* We walked into something
<Seraphna> Jaime> Going to destroy that vermin…
<DeathStar> <Chii> Was that a confession of possessive love?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *tries fighting it off with her willpower again*
<DeathStar> *Noire would hear no more voices*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "So... is that the hybrid? The one that Azora refused to speak about?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Well, it is a Progenitor Vice we’ve encountered a lot. In the Royal Line too.
<Dias`> <Chad> They all do. You should join them.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That appears to be them
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...Cuddles...let's proceed with this treatment. This entity is annoying me."
<DeathStar> <X> Thankfully we have Dias with them
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...am I possessive?"
<Dias`> *CHad slowly looks at X* You did what now?
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> There is no great treatment. Just keep the helmet on, take the medicine to help keep you in a calmer sttae
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Dunno, your girl ever been threatened and you wanted to burn the universe for her?
<DeathStar> <Cuddle> I'll monitor your state with Jikuu and from there we'll make something
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...what a disappointment." *looks at the medicine and then takes the first dose*
<DeathStar> <X> Trust me; Dias is not fully in his league. He ddin't even notice Dias was arriving
<Dias`> *Chad sighs, rubbing his face a bit* And you trust this move?
<DeathStar> *Adeline hands Jikuu and Jaime something* For now we should take a moment to regroup then talk in the confrence room. And maybe bring Azora up from the brig
<Seraphna> Truth> Empresses, Lenneth gave me a message to give you two.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...well, indirectly threatened, and... well, that did not designate Azora as an enemy on its own..."
<DeathStar> <X> If we don't follow this, this stalker will keep hitting locations all ove the galaxy
<Dias`> *Chad nods to her* I'll trust your judgement on this, X.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...now then." *uses tendrils to pull her violin from her shadowspace* "...to get my mind on more creative endeavours. Any requests? I prefer Paganini myself."
<Seraphna> Truth> She said she is proud of you both. And to Jikuu, she is sorry for what she did to hurt you so long ago.
<Seraphna> **Jaime chokes up and closes her eyes**
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...mmm. I... will try to learn to trust again..."
<DeathStar> <Syiean> I think when we personally need to lay the screws to her - sorry Jaime. If you want, Jikuu should take charge of Azora's interrogation
<DeathStar> <Syiean> Or even Chad or Cheryl
<Seraphna> **Reese sits getting treatment and stares at his legs quietly**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm..." *closes her eyes and starts to play*
<DeathStar> *Vodka pulls out a giant needle and pokes reese in te butt*
<Seraphna> **Reese hops up** Yost!
<DeathStar> <Vodka> That will help your legs - and be giving you a stiffie
<Dias`> *Chad looks at Syiean* Are you asking me for the same assistance as the Empress did, decades ago?
<Seraphna> Reese> Mom umm… thanks?
<DeathStar> <Vodka> I am being sure the girls can help you
<DeathStar> <Syiean> We'll see
<Seraphna> Reese> Still after another grandkid?
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Jikuu then back at Syiean* If you need me to do what she's incapable of, let me know
<DeathStar> <Syiean> *nods, since she seems to think Jaime and Jikuu likely won't be able to go hard on Azora*
<DeathStar> -TBC-

<DeathStar> -minis are open on the PAX-
<DeathStar> *Cheryl has found herself at the bar*
<DeathStar> *Syiean is on the bridge, while Cuddles is trying to make a cure in the lab*
<Dias`> *Chad sits down across from her, holding out a cup of tea for her*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl takes it* Thanks
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> If they can make a cure, that'll be helpful.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Though I am curious why this hybrid wants two girls
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<Dias`> <Chad> If what it said was true, maybe because Charlotte can't be affected it wants to know why so it can.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Scary thuought
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<Dias`> <Chad> Well, if it was me, and I found something that I couldn't infect or control, then I'd want to know why so I can overcome it.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Ugh. Well, we'll have to see what she does
<Dias`> <Chad> I'm still trying to understand why the Progenitors even gave us a chance. Albeit as limited as it was.
<Seraphna> **Foxes serve food and drinks, the toughest of Kaelan's kids, with like, weapons and eyepatches and stuff so you know they're tough**
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I am curious about that
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Maybe they were waiting on something to direct the Destiny
<Dias`> <Chad> But they had their standing orders. They could've attacked every affected system without question. *He crosses his arms*
<Dias`> <Chad> ...Unless there's a drawback to using it. A recharge period or a cost that must be weighed. *He thinks a bit*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> A weapon like that?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I would not be surprised if it had a long cool down
<DeathStar> *Adeline checks in on *Jaime and Jikuu*
<Dias`> <Chad> There's no perfect weapon. Even Weapons abilities have drawbacks depending on how strong it is. So then them firing ever one would only risk them not being able to deal with a more perilous system.
<Dias`> *Chad sends a message to Syiean to give him all the known information on Azoras so he can prepare if need be*
<DeathStar> *Syiean complies - it appears that she came as Erevis, but the information she gave clearly was stuff Erevis could not know but played it off as investigating the system. She gave information on just about everything down to experimenting on Erevis as part of the hybrid prototype phase*
Session Start: Tue Oct 15 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #PW-Session8
<Dias`> <Chad> I still worry that a race as technologoically as advanced as the Progenitors were, couldn't come up with a cure for this....
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Hm. I wonder if we should have an unoffical chat with Azora
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Guage her
<DeathStar> *Cheryl plays with the mind device on her*
<Dias`> *Chad taps his finger on the table as he takes a sip of his tea* It's possible, yes.
<Seraphna> **Jaime is sitting in 2B, in the Grove she keeps for Gnome**
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> UGh
<DeathStar> *She scratches her head*
<DeathStar> *Adeline sits by JAime; Gnome is in the mud*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'll sneak down to the brig later
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I doubt the others will mind
<Seraphna> **Jaime tugs her close and squeezes gently**
<Dias`> <Chad> We'll head together.
<DeathStar> *Adeline rubs* There there. *she hugs as Gnome joins* We're here for you
<DeathStar> *Cheryl nods* Sounds good
<DeathStar> *Taiga leans back and eyes the board in her club room*
<Dias`> <Chad> May as well do it together and potentially piss some people off.
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<Seraphna> Jaime> That monster took sis...
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I know
<Seraphna> **Jaime breathes, just processing at the moment** We had to keep apart and in secret for all these years... all gone now.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Maybe Cuddles and Jennifer can do something.
Session Close: Tue Oct 15 22:37:51 2024