The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 569

Session Start: Wed Aug 03 14:03:41 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session569
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<DeathStar> Alright I'll begin in just a moment
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<DeathStar> Pssst
<DeathStar> Lappy Sara
<DeathStar> You're the coolest
<SaraLappy> Meow
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<DeathStar> Date: 10.643.7.28
<DeathStar> Location: Dark Lands
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<DeathStar> *With the PAX on the ground and everyone in place, the group has begun to make preperations to find their remaining parents and deal with the C'en that have lodged themselves in the capital through Shinobu's eldest sister. Adeline has set up a temporary camp outside the PAX where Selena and the children are located while the PAX crew is getting the PAX ready*
<DeathStar> *Isis and Kito have made a little area to watch over any more babies the group recovers while Shion occasionally rocks her tail, talking to it.* <Adeline> I suppose we should discuss a few things before everyone sets out. *Selena eats some food while she speaks and Cloé polishes her personal mech*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Clean clean clean~
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi raises a brow at Shion but looks over the baby pen with interest
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> cant really imagine mom any smaller than she is
<SaraLappy> * Cherie eyes Cloé with a raised brow
<DeathStar> *Riki seems to be relaxing lazily - like babies do. Erevis though seems to be working on escape*
<DeathStar> *using Xanatos' head to try to climb over*
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi sighs and thwarts the jail break
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Well I've worked on a temporary cure - maybe. I used a plant solution but we have only so many plants. *She passes over the formula to Selena* I'd use it only on a few babies - sparingly. And it works semi-fast. It'll take a bit
<Seraphna> **Jaime sighs a bit and gives Erevis a plushie**
<SaraLappy> <Yurica> They're like a bunch of jail birds, huh?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Cloe is very proud of her robot armor."
<SaraLappy> <Cherie> But why?
<DeathStar> *Erevis takes the plushie and chews on it*
<SaraLappy> * Cherie just seems legitimately confused
<Chaintan> <Ruhi>...wait is she teething?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Cause its her thing!"
<Seraphna> Nell> So we should like, adult some of the stronger parents?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It seems the babies vary in age.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Oddly.
<SaraLappy> <Yurica> Doesn't everyone?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Mom has a unique issue of her body being Katrina's, grown young but bonded to her hyperspace self.
<Seraphna> Jaime> She's never actually been this little, physically speaking.
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> I dunno if we can age up this one, 6*pointing to Erevis1 she might just run away when big enough
<DeathStar> *Erevis looks innocent*
<DeathStar> *pure innocent*
<SaraLappy> <Luna> She's already trying to run away, though. *she points out*
<DeathStar> *Selena studies the babies while Neekito eyes them* If Ellie was among them I would age her up immediately.
<DeathStar> *Shion takes a sample of the cure and palms it subtlely*
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi blinks and then picks up Erevis and holds her
<Seraphna> Nell> Who do we have to pick from?
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> is that what you want? to be carried
<DeathStar> *Erevis seems pleased; Isis in the meantime is running around with baby food, looking razzled*
<DeathStar> <Isis> So many... babies... I am having flashbacks...
<DeathStar> *she looks PTSDed*
<Chaintan> 6*the shadows look like so many rabbits
<SaraLappy> <Yurica> Flashbacks?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well, between her wives the Nue Clan is... big.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I Think it is probably best not to ask. Anyway, we'll use what crew we have left to support you and deal with the C'en towers that have cropped up. But the PAX is rather large and if we tried to go after the Dark Lands capital, we would just end up hurting your parents
<DeathStar> <Selena> And that is where we come in. We'll try to go into the capital and retrieve them with Neekito's power.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Right. We should be able to raze the towers covering the Dark Lands out here at least.
<DeathStar> *Selena looks at the kids* This is a bit dangerous for you children. Who would like to stay with the PAX where it is safer?
<DeathStar> *Cloé pauses in cleaning* Want moms.
<DeathStar> *Seniga is eyeing Isis looking a bit neurotic and mumbling to herself*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> I seriously am doubting the PAX is safer with her on it..
<Seraphna> Nell> I've got my Mom, but Dad's still missing. Plus I'm like, the fighter here.
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> I wanna say we should go...but Miss Isis doesnt look too good
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Then what am I?"
<SaraLappy> <Luna> Adventure?
<SaraLappy> * Luna eyes her sister
<DeathStar> <Selena> It will be an adventure Luna. Just don't tell our parents when we find them.
<SaraLappy> <Luna> Got it.
<Seraphna> Nell> On the bright side, you're currently older than your Moms. So you can scold them for going on the adventure. **snickers**
<DeathStar> <CHIP> I have an idea, Miss Ruhi
<SaraLappy> * Luna blinks a few times, as if she doesn't really get it
<DeathStar> <CHIP> I can help take care of the babies for Isis
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> yes?
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyes the ship*
<DeathStar> *CHIP forms a ton of arms from the walls*
<SaraLappy> <Yurica> Is that such a good idea? I've heard stories...
<DeathStar> *like some horror scene*
<SaraLappy> * Cherie shrieks
<Seraphna> Jaime> I wonder why we've never done this before.
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> that would be a big help but...what can a sh---oh thats gonna give them nightmares~!
<DeathStar> *Riki cries8
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "...that might give ME nightmares."
<Chaintan> <Ruhi>stop before they all start crying!
<DeathStar> *CHIP retracts the arms*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> *has gone into her armor*
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi picks up Riki
<Jackieness> <Noire> *walks on to the scene* "Mmmmmm? What is all of this then?"
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I Try not to ask
<Jackieness> <Noire> *adjusts her glasses* "Well...shouldn't they be doing something besides shenanigans?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> You are right. Let us prepare to go to the capital. Please watch after the babies while dealing with the towers
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> thats a tall order askin kids to do stuff the grown ups who are now babies are suppose to be doing....
<Seraphna> Jaime> Perhaps we should age up a few of our people to help with the babies... most of the puppies shouldn't be effected either, we can have them help.
<DeathStar> <Selena> It is true Ruhi. If you want to stay here and help out, that is a fine idea. The children do take to you
<DeathStar> <Selena> Better than that weird voice from the ship
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> I guess
<Chaintan> <Ruhi>....yeah i better
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi bounces Riki and Erevis
<Seraphna> Nell> He's called CHIP, it's like Ship but with a C letter.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I ... okay.
<DeathStar> *She seems lost at the difference while the two cling to Ruhi*
<Seraphna> Nell> It's... technology. **she nods**
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> I know another C letter word to call it
<DeathStar> <CHIP> I am insulted.
<Seraphna> Nell> Computer?
<SaraLappy> <Cherie> Cupcake?
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Cranky?
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> no, its a rude word
<SaraLappy> * Cherie droops
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Cranky.
<DeathStar> *she nods*
<Seraphna> Nell> Codswallop?
<DeathStar> *Adeline stands up* Well, if you're staying here then, you can help me with giving some of the children the aging formula
<DeathStar> <Adeline> *to Selena* Remember, YOU only have a limited number so don't waste yours
<DeathStar> *Selena moves away from the ship; Seniga follows and Cloé stomps after to where Neekito is waiting*
<DeathStar> <Neekito> Alright, I'll transport us to the capital
<DeathStar> <Selena> Nico?
<Jackieness> <Bella> *walks along with the team*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Hmm?"
<Seraphna> Nell> Okay.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I think we managed to copy your designs. If something looks wrong let me know. *She passes out the C'en protection trinkets* We're all too young to be affected but here they are anyway
<DeathStar> <Selena> Never know when they could come in handy
<DeathStar> *Seniga fiddles with one and pockets it*
<Seraphna> Nell> Like putting them on someone who could be I guess.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "I hope I got this right... could even be worth some extra credit if it works."
<SaraLappy> <Yurica> No use for credits without adults though.
<DeathStar> *Neekito focuses and warps them out. Adeline quietly observes someone following them and warping afterward.* <Adeline> ... lets hope this isn't something we should be worried about. Alright, Jaime? Lets get the PAX going and targetting those towers. *Isis works with Ruhi to get the babies sorted out; the camera focuses on the group appearing in the capital where they find the atmosphere still appressive*
<DeathStar> <Selena> That is true. *she looks around, spying what daemons walking around with the trinkets on them with the "accepted one" wording*
<DeathStar> <Neekito> I sense the main tower is located here in the city.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Maybe its built into that?" *points in the direction of the palace tower*
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods and moves with Adeline back to the bridge by warping there**
<Seraphna> Nell> Makes sense.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I can believe that. It also might be where the rest of the adults are
<DeathStar> <Selena> The question is how do we get near it
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Sewer?"
<Seraphna> Nell> I know Ms. Jaime and Thena visit it a lot by warping.... if we had a spirit who could help they could do it.
<Seraphna> Terra> Momma never took me there.
<DeathStar> <Seniga> D-Do the Dark Lands have sewers?
<Seraphna> Nell> It's the Dark Lands, I wouldn't be surprised if there was an even bigger Daemon Realm undeground.
<DeathStar> *a person creeps up slowly behind them until they are leaning over their shoulders; Cloé squeals in her armor and rolls away*
<DeathStar> *rolling toward the market*
<Seraphna> **Terra squeaks and covers the intruder in... Cantaloupes.**
<SaraLappy> <Yurica> If the lands are so dark, why can I still see? Checkmate.
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae stands there, looking annoyed; she slowly glows with dark energy*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *ruls and kickballs Cloe back toward the group*
<DeathStar> *Cloé rolls back*
<Seraphna> Terra> Tenbrae!
<Jackieness> <Bella> *runs back to the group*
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae grumbles, giving off a Shade aura* I followed you all and this is what I get...
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Let's... not make a commotion here."
<Seraphna> Terra> Scared me, why not say hi?
<Seraphna> **Terra gives a quivering sad look, clearly well trained as the "baby" of the spirits**
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> *Glances around, noticing a few Daemons looking their way* ... we should walk
<Seraphna> **Nell nods and starts leading them all away**
<DeathStar> *Selena nods as Tenebrae tries to act all tough, patting Terra* Sorry. I've not been in a good mood since I was used as .. whatever they did.
<Seraphna> **Nell also provides a distraction as a stall some distance away suddenly loses all the nails holding it together**
<DeathStar> *Cloé stomps along - hurriedly*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Yeah. No surprise there."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Cloe we need to find time for you to train." *nod nods*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Can you fill us in on how you ended up in one of those towers? <Tenebrae> Shinobu's elder sister is very popular here still ... many nobles prefer her. But when she came back to life through a ritual, she's been .. .wrong. I did not think it was my place though to step in between the sisters and the next thing I knew, she said I was backing her and then these towers rose up over night
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I was asked to meet with her about them and then... nothing.
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Ughhh. Okay. *She clings to Cherie*
<Seraphna> Nell> I remember Mom thinking that she came back all weird and not herself. Maybe it's not really her sister?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Need to prove."
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I think it is her. ... probably. <Selena> I'm not exactly someone who knows how the mind works
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Returning the dead to life... does it ever work out as you'd want?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Especially shady rituals
<DeathStar> <Selena> I wonder if the Death Spirit could answer that
<DeathStar> <Selena> IF it could
<Seraphna> Terra> Death talks, just not very social.
<SaraLappy> * Cherie pats Cloé
<DeathStar> *Cloé lets out a breath and nods to proving herself, leaning against Cherie*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> If you want to get into the palace. I might know a way...
<DeathStar> *She says slowly*
<DeathStar> *Neekito looks around, eyeing how many Daemons there are with the charms on, but they look almost ... browbeaten*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Open to idea right now. I don't think we have much choice."
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I could try to take you there as the Dark Land Spirit. Or take you to Shinobu who might know a passage in - being she is the true Empress.
<Seraphna> Terra> Ten Ten know best. I will save using giant vines to climb around tower for another day.
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Wouldn't they just try to put you back in a crystal chamber and use you again?
<Seraphna> Nell> Shinobu can probably help us... heck she probably needs saving.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Yeah, we need to rescue Shinobu."
<DeathStar> <Selena> Alright. *looks to Luna* Just stay low if there is trouble okay?
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Everyone have their stuff? I got my map!
<DeathStar> *She seems overly proud of it*
<SaraLappy> <Luna> But trouble is my middle name. *she says deadpan*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Really?
<Seraphna> Terra> Terra doesn't have a middle name.
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Terra Terra?
<Seraphna> **Terra blinks** Terra Zhenmei!
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Terra Terra Zhenmei?
<Seraphna> **Terra muses** I think so?
<DeathStar> *Tenebrae focuses and pulls the group toward the place that Shinobu was staying - a low key location, but the front door has been broken in*
<Seraphna> Nell> Umm... is that on purpose?
<Ariel> * Nicolette pulls out her cane at the sight of the door.
<DeathStar> *Even though it would appear to be a run down neighborhood, inside has beautiful furniture and whatnot, maybe of it now broken. Infact, it looks a lot like Rain's place, indicating the two might have been staying together*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> I Think Rain was hiding here
<Jackieness> <Bella> *gets down low and looks around* "Shhhh..."
<DeathStar> *Selena moves forward and slowly pushes the broken door in*
<DeathStar> *holding her hand on her hilt as she creeps in, then pauses* ... <Selena> Cloé, keep your eyes closed
<DeathStar> *Cloé flails but complies*
<DeathStar> *inside the dining room area is one of Rain's maids, staked to the wall*
<DeathStar> *The dining area looks thoroughly trashed, with a backroom door smashed in - thankfully there appears to be no other rooms to search but that backroom*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *looks at the backroom door and then points*
<Ariel> * Nicolette grimaces, and takes the maid down, covering them in a tablecloth.
<DeathStar> *Seniga nods and steps into it; it seems to be a bedroom, with a dresser oddly knocked over a portion of the wall that's jutted out. The bed has been comletely smashed and the dresser has even been destroyed a bit, but it seems very solid and remains tipped over*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Hm.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I see no signs of Rain or Shinobu being staked
<Jackieness> <Bella> *hops over on to the dresser and checks the wall behind it*
<DeathStar> *it seems like it might be hallow; there definitely is something funny with it*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Find something?
<Seraphna> **Nell muses, then feels the metal structure of the house**
<DeathStar> *Nell would find a ladder going down beneath*
<Seraphna> Nell> THere's a ladder back there.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Panic room or bolthole."
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Right. Lets see if we can warp down. *she crackles with energy, using up some spirit energy to get htem down into what looks like an older portion of the slums*
<DeathStar> *Cloé flails, still closing her eyes*
<DeathStar> *it looks like there's a pathway down here, thankfully it seems straightforward*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *peers down the pathwya and then creeps forward*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Alright... here goes nothing...
<DeathStar> *she grabs Cloé and goes forward*
<DeathStar> *Selena eyes Luna* Adventure enough yet, little sis?
<Ariel> * Nicolette conjures a small orb of light to make it easier to see down there.
<Seraphna> **Terra glides along the ground as they move**
<Seraphna> **Nell keeps a shard blade and shield out**
<DeathStar> *Nico, doing that, allows them to see a tiny bit of water trinkling through the passage with odd looking demon fish maybe, swimming by*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Ugh
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *As the PAX floats by and targets a C'en Tower, CHIP seems to be conjuring clowns to entertain the babies*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Jaime - MYria, I'll count on you for the weapons and powering the ship until we have enough crew aged back up.
<DeathStar> *Athena and Ako have taken seats, having gotten aged up and Adeline is testing Luci to make sure it works on Geyze people*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I am the Battery Empress. **she smirks** Of course though, the rest are all too cute and tiny.
<DeathStar> *Erevis eyes the clown and cries - hating clowns*
<DeathStar> *wish a passion*
<DeathStar> *with
<Seraphna> **Luci's growth is an emotional rollercoaster as she goes from happy little baby to somber little kid to temporarily happy preteen**
<Seraphna> **Jaime seems to avoid looking at the clowns, but one gets mysteriously vaporized when it crosses her view**
<DeathStar> *The C'en Tower begins to attack them with strange powers, the PAX shaking and alarms going off; crystals growing all over the ship exterior*
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> the clowns have to go
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi tries to shield Erevis from seeing it
<Seraphna> **Jaime powers the weapons and shields, letting Myria do the targetting**
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Eeeee!" *runs over to a console and checks systems*
<DeathStar> *CHIP gets rid of them* Geeze, babies are fussy. Whycan't they be like Chad. He does nothing but stare
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> cant you do like baby animals?
<DeathStar> *CHIP works and soon has holographic baby animals running through the ship*
<Seraphna> **Jaime does a bit of double time, the ground under each nearby tower becoming a sinkhole**
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> look look, puppies
<Jackieness> <Myria> *targets guns on the tower* "Gotcha, pew pew!" *fires on the towers*
<DeathStar> *As they do damage to the tower, breaking parts, they suddenly begin to find their systems drained*
<DeathStar> *From the crystal*
<DeathStar> *the babies eye the baby animals. And touch them. Oddly there's evn baby lions and tigers and bears*
<Seraphna> **Jaime growls** They're draining hyperspace!?
<Seraphna> **Jaime gets a dark look** Break out Momma Megumi's weapons.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *moves over to another console and then tries to reprogram the shields to generate right on the PAX's surface and then expand outward*
<DeathStar> *As Jaime says that, Kumen forces arrive to help bring down the tower; led by Ymir it appears, though she seems to ahve some trouble with the Kumen ships*
<DeathStar> <Ymir on comms> We are here to provide assitance with the towers. How are the children?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Doing well, we have a cure we're checking now with Kumen and Geyze inhabitants.
<DeathStar> *As Myria helps stablize the situation, C'en tower soon becomes nothing but a crater*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That's one down. I'll mark the next one. *she pauses as Isis makes a noise on the comms as the baby tiger and lion begins to attack the baby bear*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huh." *then scans the remainign crystal to try to map its molecular structure with the ship sensors*
<DeathStar> <Isis> We have wild animals on the ship!
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> theyre holograms
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> but why would that be coded in as an option
<DeathStar> *Isis eyes them suspiciously* We will need to have words with CHIP later.
<DeathStar> *Myria gets some data from the C'en tech; it being stored into the system as Adeline moves onward*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I look forward to learning more about the C'en. Alright, lets speed up the operation since everyone seems to be handling the aging well
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I'm going to try something risky
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Beep boop." *starts to analyze the data as they move on to the next tower*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> *She begins to use the PAX's overall system to begin giving all the kids the aging formula at once*
<DeathStar> <Isis> ....
<DeathStar> *Isis looks like she's having another type of PTSD - the Nue Kids growing up now*
<Chaintan> 6*the one in Shion's tail is reluctant to come out
<DeathStar> *Shion pets her tail* It's okay. *pet pet* ... *She eyes the kids slowly growing up; Erevis issuing commands to the other kids*
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> ok i think youre big enough for me to put down now...
<Seraphna> Jaime> Well Mom is coming into her own fast.
<DeathStar> *Riki trying to avoid being noticed* ... if needbe, we'll just hightail it out of here. Who wants to see all these kids hit their terrible two's, three's four's....
<Jackieness> <Noire> *steps into the nursery, shakes her head, and then leaves for elsewhere*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Just think of the data we'll get from this. *she seems to laugh a bit*
<DeathStar> -SCENE SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Capital of the Dark Lands
<DeathStar> *Seniga follows Nico a long while Selena squints; there's sounds of fighting further ahead*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Shhhh...stealth mode."
<Ariel> * Nicolette snuffs the light.
<DeathStar> *Cloé stomps... then tries to lightly stomp*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> .... wait here
<DeathStar> *Cloé flails at being left alone while they all advance in the dark; up ahead shadowy figures seem to be fighting*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> ... *her pale blue eyes glow a bit, probably seeing fine in the dark due to her spirit nature*
<Seraphna> **Terra seems fine too, but of course they are literally underground in the Earth of Geyze**
<DeathStar> <Seniga> So... rush? *She squints, letting her eyes adjust*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I could do that. *whispers* You children could stay behind
<DeathStar> *Selena kneels, preparing to use her spirit form*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *stays with Cloe*
<DeathStar> *Cloé paces as quietly as possible*
<Ariel> * Nicolette gathers energy within her rod, waiting on Selena's lead.
<Seraphna> **Nell heads forward, shifting into Tiger form as she does for more speed and stealth combined, Terra glides herself and others forward since she can move them without them needing to see**]
<DeathStar> *Selena's eyes go glowing red and she partially glows with spirit energy, zooming ahead as she lights up the targer; there appears to be 3 C'en attacking Shinobu and Rain. Rain already being down with some varient of the necklace/charm on her neck. As Selena attacks and goes for the eyes, she takes down one when she's stabbed a bit with some weapon that seem to knock her out of her spirit form and an item is slapped onto her wrist*
<DeathStar> *grabbing her weapon. Selena slashes wildly for their eyes to keep them back*
<Seraphna> **Terra holds out a hand, part of the tunnel wall grabbing a C'en and starting to crush them**
<DeathStar> *The C'en growls, their crystal body keeping them alive*
<Ariel> * Nicolette throws a bolt of magic energy at one of the C'en
<DeathStar> *but it allows Selena to stab at their eyes*
<Seraphna> **Nell swipes claws along one's legs to try and knock them over**
<Seraphna> **Terra keeps crushing, making the earth more and more solid**
<DeathStar> *The third one is hit by magica nd seems to be affected, getting knocked back and then over by Nell, rising up wobbily*
<Seraphna> **Nell claws at it's eyes as it rises**
<DeathStar> *The C'en is soon blinded and trapped, but it's clear they're wiggling to try to break free. The third one is clawed by Nell and falls back*
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> *pulls Selena to her feet as well as Rain*
<Seraphna> **Terra whispers to Tenebrae** It's in pure darkness.
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> *nods and sinks in, soon dealing with the second one before returing*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> IT's clear, Bella - Cloé
<DeathStar> *Cloé clomps over*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I'm growing weak suddenly...
<DeathStar> *Rain seems out of it as well*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *walks on ahead*
<Seraphna> Nell> It's teh thing on your wrists.
<Seraphna> Nell> Try one of those armbands.
<DeathStar> *Selena eyes it* It has a different word than the ones we made.
<Seraphna> Nell> If I had to guess, supression.
<Seraphna> Nell> Like those power bracelets they use on the PAX for criminals with powers.
<DeathStar> *Selena tries putting the one band on her to see if it counters it, giving one to Rain as well*
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> We are in your debt.
<Seraphna> Terra> The C'en people are meanies.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> They seemed to have come out of nowhere. I am sitll unsure how my sister made allies with them
<Seraphna> Nell> I'm kinda thinking they are how she came back at all.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We need to get to the tower to win."
<Seraphna> Nell> Your Nobles must have confused a reality breach with a summoning.
<Ariel> * Nicolette investigates the patch they slapped on Selena, trying to find some sort of mechanical or magical latch to open it.
<Seraphna> Nell> Anyway, is that tech or magic? If it's tech I can fry it.
<DeathStar> *the patch put on her seems to read "Dissenter" essentitally, and it looks like it's designed to stop the one. It works just like the other, tapping into the tower, to work against them. And being a half spirit, it's especially affecting her. To the point it is trying to kill her. Rain seems to be recovering faster, due to being a normal vampire*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Yes...if we can beat them the PAX can return these C'en to their reality. <Shinobu> I'll lead you into the palace then.
<Seraphna> **Nell shifts back and stretches**
<Ariel> * Nicolette focuses magical energy, trying to break the magitech 'antenna' that connects it to the pillar.
<DeathStar> *with the other one she made, Nicolette manages to break the magi-tech, though it does cost her a fair bit of magic energy. Selena eyes herself, then slowly rises* I feel like a weight went off my chest*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> We won?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We have to take down the tower now."
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Right, this way then.
<DeathStar> *she leads them ahead*
<DeathStar> *Selena gives Nico a brief squeeze/hug* Thank you, Nico.
<Ariel> * Nicolette gives a tired smile. "Any time."
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *the PAX is overrun by toddlers to 8 year olds. Isis has been defeated*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Poor sis, she tried so hard.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We got one more major tower before we can join the others at the capital.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *has taken up residence at KAtrina's, making use of the kitchen*
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi uses megaphone to coral the kids
<DeathStar> *The Kumen forces are cleaning up where they can as the PAX approaches the last tower*
<DeathStar> *The kids look up*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> *seems to have set up a sort of kid government*
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> ok, everyone is gonna pitch in, older kids look after the little ones, its less work when we have all of us working together
<Jackieness> <Noire> *comm* "Ruhi, lunch is ready."
<DeathStar> *Erevis nods and begins to help out. Ordering Xanatos about*
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods, doing her best to keep things powered**
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> ok, lunch time, lets go
<DeathStar> *oddly, Logan seems to enjoy being a baby and the cure seems to barely affect him*
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi has Riki on her shoulders
<DeathStar> *leading Adeline to run more tests on him*
<DeathStar> *Riki points ahead, tail wagging*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright, getting the last tower in sight. *Kid Megumi works on inventions for the children - useless ones but to her they are awesome. Like a food launcher*
<DeathStar> *Megumi fires Noire's food at Iko's mouth*
<Jackieness> <Myria> *programs ship weapons for improved effect against the crystals*
<DeathStar> *The last C'en tower defenses itself by raising a shield around itself so when they fire, nothing happens*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Jaime - Myria.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *runs around, setting out plates for the incoming children*
<DeathStar> *they flood the bar.*
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Ah, they have a shield this time!"
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods and starts loading up a different kind of weapon, which she shoots at the ground around the tower**
<DeathStar> *crystal spirit energy gathers and begins to drain the PAX as Jaime does that*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We are being drained.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *moves over to shield controls and remodulates the shields to try to better resist the C'en drain effect*
<DeathStar> *it slows down*
<Seraphna> **Jaime glows green as she uses her Spirit to boost her energy**
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi eventually sags into chair as the kids chow down
<Seraphna> Jaime> I can't keep this going for long so if you've got somerhting, now is the time.
<DeathStar> *Erevis and Riki offer her some food*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright, let me try this.
<DeathStar> *She hits a button*
<DeathStar> *and launches a black hole attack*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Oh right, I did prime that one.
* Alicia has joined #TAW-Session569
* Sara has joined #TAW-Session569
<DeathStar> *a few moments pass and soon the entire tower is gone, as well as part of Geyze*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> The final outer tower is gone
<Seraphna> **Jaime uses the secondary weapon to negate it from really chewing up too much**
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Hop hop" *hops ove rto sensors and scans for activity/reaction of C'en and their allies*
<DeathStar> *the Kumen forces land for the time being; it looks like Ymir is having trouble keeping track of everyone*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Terra's gonna huff at us you know.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We still don't know how they made so many towers so fast. Better to wipe it out now then have 3 more towers before we know it
<Seraphna> Jaime> True... I personally think they phased them into this reality.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright. With all the kids aging back up, we should approach the capital slowly. Anyone we can send in?
<Seraphna> Jaime> A bit like how that second Earth was merging with ours.
<DeathStar> *Adeline eyes the kids still too young to go*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I suppose I could go... As well as Andrea.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hrm... as cute as sending Aunt Leyaeh into battle as an 8 looking year old, we may need other options.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I'm miffed but have to admit if they are geared against hyperspace and spirits, I'm close to useless.
<DeathStar> *Adeline gathers supplies* Alright, keep watch over the kids then
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We'll try to be back as soon as possible. Myria, make sure Jaime doesn't crash the ship
<Jackieness> <Myria> *walks over and pat pats Jaime* "We cna use you here to shoot things."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hey, I am the daughter of a great pilot.
<DeathStar> *Adeline loads a shuttle and Andrea peeks in at Noire*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Have fun with the kids
<DeathStar> *she goes to leave*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *eyes her pad* "Ruhi, they need some heavy hitters to go in now. Finish feeding the kids." *pulls off the apron and goes after her mother* "Mother!"
<DeathStar> *Andrea snerks* I thought you might want to come
<Seraphna> **Eyes the Ao family babies**
<Seraphna> **jaime does**
<Seraphna> Jaime> How are you all too old for this?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I never got younger!"
<Chaintan> <Ruhi> understood
<Chaintan> 6*Ruhi dons the apron and takes over
<Seraphna> Jaime> Because you're slightly younger than your wife.
<DeathStar> *Ren seems to have taken the aging formula to help keep her older with her fox marble/etc*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I almost lost it. Tch
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'll be resting here. As an old maid
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...indeed, mother."
<DeathStar> *Ren flops back*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Capital
<DeathStar> *Shinobu stops beneath a hatch*
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Are you all ready?
<DeathStar> *Selena still looks a bit warn out, having taken a few breaks to catch her breath*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> I think we might need to go ahead of Selena this time. *she says innocently*
<Sara> <Cherie> Okay then...
<Ariel> * Nicolette gathers her strength in preparation.
<DeathStar> *Cloé grabs the hatch and begins to turn it, the tiny armor straining to open it. Soon it pops open*
<DeathStar> *and she climbs, getting stuck*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> P-Push
<Jackieness> <Bella> *climbs up and pushes*
<Sara> * Cherie pushes
<Seraphna> **Nell sighs and uses the metal suit to move her up**
<DeathStar> *Cloé pops up and rolls, being on the bottom level of the palace, where oddly there aren't a lot of guards. The elevator standing mostly unguarded, outside a few older Daemon with their protection*
<Seraphna> **Terra hops into the rock and moves up on her own, peeking through the floor**
<DeathStar> *no sign of the C'en who have taken over the place, but one can spot some crystal on the walls*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *clibms up and then stays low*
<DeathStar> *Seniga gets up and Shinobu and Tenebrae gather up. Shinobu muses* <Shinobu> You should head to this floor to find my sister and deal with her. I'll deal with the guards
<DeathStar> *Shinobu practically floats over to them and begins to talk to them after handing one of the top floors. The guards gape at seeing Shinobu, unsure of what they should do*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> *Rolls over to the elevator pad*
<Seraphna> **Terra slides over and Nell moves with her, whispering up an idea**
<DeathStar> *Seniga moves over to it and Selena hurries over and sits down, catching her breath. Tenebrae kneels in the shadows*
<Ariel> * Nicolette hurries into the elevator
<DeathStar> *Seniga tinkers with the elevator, but it seems to refuse to respond to her*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *gets into the elevator and then points at the controls*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Ah. um....
<DeathStar> *She tries to input the floor*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Ummm...maybe someone with the armband cna make it go?"
<DeathStar> *Selena holds one up*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Here.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Seniga, use that."
<DeathStar> *Seniga takes it and puts it on, then works it; the elevators going up, up, up*
<DeathStar> *Then suddenly stopping on the throne room where more crystals line the walls, indicating the upper floors are full of it, slowly transforming the upper tower. There's even part of the floor becoming like the chamber where Tenebrae was caught and held, crystal lines waiting to grab someone*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> ... hrm
<DeathStar> *Seniga slowly creeps in, the lines ignoring her*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Looks liek a trap for you." *points at Tenebrae*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I recall. .... but there's also something I wish to know... *She eyes the lines
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Do you mind if I do something real fast?
<Seraphna> **Nell hmms, and Terra hops on her shoulders to avoid the lines**
<Jackieness> <Bella> *Ummmm?" *looks at Selena and Nico*
<DeathStar> <Selena> .. *Shrugs, not sure what she is talking about*
<Seraphna> Nell> It's probably gonna capture you, and I think probably like it did before. You said you blacked out after coming here to see her.
<Sara> <Luna> Crystals creepy.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "What are you thinking, Tenebrae?"
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> When I was hooked up, I was in a dream state. And I felt... something calling to me. But I can't remember what. But it was so familiar.
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I need to try it again. And this is the last tower now probably
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Just give me a tiny bit of time.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "What if it triggers an alarm?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Alright... go for it. But we might have to pull you out if things go wrong."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I guess if it does that we need to bring it down
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I'll be fast. If it looks bad you can whatever you need to do. *She steps in and lets the lines grab her. It indeed looks like it hooks her up to the room and the tower glows, dark spirit energy gathering but as well as something else. The city seems to be being affected too*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Is this ... how it used the faith?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "What do we do now?"
<Seraphna> Nell> Can break her out?
<DeathStar> *A figure steps out from around the throne* Why would you want to do that?
<Ariel> * Nicolette turns to face the figure defensively, rod in hand.
<Seraphna> Nell> Because this is perverse and wrong.
<DeathStar> *Neophyx Ilas brushes her hand along the arm of the throne; being a Daemon Asmos unlike Shinobu, who is a vampire, one can see why the nobles would prefer her due to the Asmos status and power. Her blue skin and dark black eyes watches them as she spreads her wings, having the traits of all the daemons*
<DeathStar> *but there seems to be a little something off about her eyes, keeping to the darkness of the room. And there's an odd smile to her face that is not quite right*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *nudges Nell, whispers* "We need bright light."
<Seraphna> **Nell muses, then Terra hands her a brightly glowing fruit from some alien world** Huh.
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> *she winces a little, keeping back* Hrm. *Her smile fades, then eyes Selena and Luna* Selena and Luna Hapian
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "This... is ruining this city and this world. For the benefit of invaders from another universe?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> *discreetly pulls soem barrier dust form her bag and spreads it in a wall in front of the group*
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> They are just helping me establish myself once again. And re-establishing the Dark Lands. Shinobu has allowed them to become weak.
<Seraphna> Nell> Not to mention you're literally kidnapping spirits and claiming they support you when they don't.
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> But perhaps I have over-extended myself. I will make a deal.
<Seraphna> Nell> Not a strong foundation to build a kingdom on.
<Sara> * Luna tilts her head
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Helping you? Have you seen your people? Have you seen the city?"
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "They're suffering, and it's not even your tune they're marching to."
<Seraphna> Nell> What you think is weak was one of the most well connection nations on Geyze, after this, the world might very well start a new Dark War with you. You've broken the Dark Lands.
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> Yes. I have. And they are my people. *she motions and some daemons step out with the rest of the babies, including Ellie, Celes, and liana* I will return your parents. *She turns to Nico* As for the C'en, they listen to me. *Selena snorts*
<DeathStar> *Neekito, who has been pretty MIA for now, shifts in the dark to get closer to Ellie*
<Seraphna> Nell> I know from experience, they don't listen to you, they are using you.
<Seraphna> Nell> You'll be next as soon as everyone else is out of the way. The C'en don't compromise.
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> *Rubs her face* And you children know everything, do you?
<Seraphna> Nell> We fought and ended them before.
<Seraphna> Nell> In another life.
<Sara> <Cherie> Huh?
<DeathStar> <Cloe> We cool! I think
<Seraphna> Terra> They are telling the truth. The C'en tried to steal all the Spirits and are taking over the other kingdoms as they can.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *whispers to Cherie* "Just roll with it."
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "More than you'd think. And unlike you, we've been out there. We've seen the damage they've done to Geyze. We've seen them OPRESSING the dark lands."
<DeathStar> *Seniga eyes a message from the PAX; they have their operatives approaching the tower now*
<Seraphna> Terra> They attacked Academy too, stole all the adults.
<Seraphna> Nell> They've started attacking Kumen too.
<Seraphna> Nell> If you're lucky enough to survive this, you may have ended all of Daemon kind.
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> ... *She listens to them all, but it's hard to say how much she is progress* Well, you all sound very convincing.
<DeathStar> *she turns to the babies* It sounds like I've doomed my Kingdom
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Harmed? Yes. And by no small measure. But doomed? We haven't gone that far. We can recover from this."
<Seraphna> **Nell peers down at Neophyx's feet, Terra quietly feeding energy into her** Not yet. You could turn this all around.
<DeathStar> *Neophyx takes Liana's neck* No no. I ended all of Daemon kind.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *whispers* "She's talkign crazy."
<DeathStar> <Selena> *Strains to her feet*
<Seraphna> Nell> Cut the garbage Neophyx.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "All of... what do you mean?"
<Seraphna> Nell> You wanna pose threateningly, do it with me. Not a baby that can't fight back.
<Sara> * Cherie looks at Cloé
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> The little is right. *she turns* I mean, the Hapians have done Daemon radication before. And now we've been working on a mass spell using them. Yes. I imagine there is no coming back from this
<DeathStar> *little one
<Seraphna> Nell> Oh it's easy to coime back from this, but only a real Empress could do that.
<DeathStar> *Cloe seems to be close to panicking, looking ready to go for Chelsea*
<Ariel> * Nicolette looks to Selene, "There are crimes to answer to, but... a cull? That would never happen..."
<Seraphna> **Terra looks behind Neophyx at Liana for a moment, then does something with her power**
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Mass spell using the babies? <Neophyx> Well. We gathered so many babies for a certain ritual spell. Which ones we did not use - leadership, we would return. Altered. More attuned to me. *She rubs her head* Either way, the C'en are in this tower and will be dealing with you any second.
<Sara> <Yurica> Y'got some real fucked-up standards, there, lady.
<Seraphna> Nell> **Shakes her head**
<DeathStar> *the tower shakes as it's attacked downstairs, makig Neophyx squish the object in her hands. Shaking her hand and swinging red pulp around. Selena freaks out*
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... *until she sees Terra swapped it out with a fruit*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "...tomato?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Do the thing, Nell!"
<Seraphna> **Terra winks and a disc flies out to grab the real Liana and pull her close**
<DeathStar> *Neekito lands and takes out the DAemons and grabs the babies being held and leaps over to the others with them, applying the aging serum*
<Jackieness> <Bella> *finishes setting out the barrier dust around the group*
<Seraphna> **Nell nods and pounds the floor, three Cloe' mech shaped golems forming**
<DeathStar> *Shinobu rides up, along with Adeline, Andrea and the others from the PAX*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...did we miss the cliche boss battle yet?"
<Seraphna> Nell> Sorry Neophyx, but you just crossed your last line.
<DeathStar> *Cloe rushes at Neophyx and punches her; but oddly, Cloe's mech fist bends in a bit*
<Seraphna> **The Golem Cloe's rush at Neophyx too**
<DeathStar> <Cloe> !!!! She's super hard.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Nah Noire, just the dialogue."
<Seraphna> Nell> Well they can make puppets out of anything these days. I just told Terra how the C'en silicate works.
<DeathStar> *Neophyx begins to move toward the Dark Spirit and touch her*
<Seraphna> **Terra wiggles, and holds up a hand, using the tower stone to manipoulate the crystal and spike it at Neophyx before she can**
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> .... *Touches the crystal and absorbs it into an armor*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *forms her Dark Edge and then dashes to interpose herself between Tenebrae and Neophyx*
<Seraphna> **Nell then tosses razors out at the connectors to what's holding Tenebrae**
<DeathStar> <Selena> I wish we could get a look into hre mind. *Shinobu is silent, watching her sister*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> ... If you can weaken her I can take her down mentally
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "That sounds like a plan."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then I shall oblige you, Adeline."
<Seraphna> **The previously ignored Golems attempt to dogpile Neophyx**
<Ariel> * Nicolette spreads her cards above her head and pulls the judgement card, attempting to bind Neophyx in magic chains.
<DeathStar> *Neophyx strains to rise, binded and dogpiled. Her body transforing to look more C'en*
<DeathStar> *Tenenbrae coughs and falls to her arse*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ah, she was an imposter all along!"
<Seraphna> Nell> C'en puppet. Or convert. Either way, you're done.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> No. That is her.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Oh what have you done, sister.
<DeathStar> *Andrea moves to find more of the C'en while the group strains with her*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well, regardless...when in Rome..." *holds up a hand and attempts to use dark Absorption on Neophyx*
<DeathStar> <Neophyx> I cannot stop here... Everything will fall apart....
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> We might have a problem
<Seraphna> **Nell pulls another bar out of subspace and forms a C'en stabber, moving in** Yeah, sucks to be you right about now.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Problem?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> Problem? *Adeline touches Charlotte to help use her power*
<DeathStar> *And bring down Neo*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> This entire tower is doing something. I think the C'en are doing it
<Alicia> * Charlotte does everything in her power to assist
<Seraphna> Terra> Ritual, we need to disrupt it Momma Addy.
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Ummm...what if we blew up the top of the tower?"
<DeathStar> *Neopyx falls over, KOed*
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> If that is what it takes
<Seraphna> Nell> Well as long as it's not filled with babies, then sure.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "If you plan to bombard the tower, then we should not be here then."
<Seraphna> **Terra feels up for life in the tower above**
<DeathStar> <Selena> Come on. Luna
<DeathStar> *There is indeed life up there*
<Seraphna> Terra> Something alive up there.
<Seraphna> **Terra tries to see if it's babies**
<DeathStar> *There is a lot of life - it could indeed be babies*
<Seraphna> Terra> Think they have the babies up there.
<Ariel> * Nicolette focuses on her cards, attempting to scry if there are any allies up there.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We can't take the tower down until it's cleared."
<Seraphna> Nell> Well that would have sucked if we blew it up.
<DeathStar> *Nicolette would find there's some baby allies up there*
<Seraphna> Nell> Spirits, need you to warp every baby you can out of there.
<DeathStar> *Selena heads upstairs to find a ritual room with babies in odd patterns*
<Jackieness> noi "Mmmmm...how much time do we have?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...how much time do we have?"
<DeathStar> *almost like a blood ritual pattern*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Not much
<Seraphna> Nell> I would say not long.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> *Seems to be trying to disrupt the pattern*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Come on then!" *heads up*
<Seraphna> **Terra starts forming vines and creating rock chains so she can link warp babies**
<DeathStar> <Selena> Hm. *To Luna* I don't suppose you can use your powers yet can you? No. I figure not
<Ariel> * Nicolette desperately searches the crystal structure, trying to find where it's "capacitors" are. It has to store energy somewhere while it's powering up.
<Seraphna> **Nell muses, and reaches up, staring to fuck with the crystal of the tower at a molecular level**
<DeathStar> <Cloe> Bad guys always close by
<Jackieness> <Noire> *releases her tndrils to try to scoop up large numbers of babies at once*
<Alicia> * Charlotte looks for the power storage too
<DeathStar> *nicolette would sense that it's going to send the energy to the basement of the tower, which will then connect somewhere else. Another reality perhaps*
<DeathStar> *Selena grabs babies and warps out with her spirit half; Tenebrae helpig*
<Seraphna> **Terra starts twining up every baby she can and gets ready for a warp**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "My... 'arms' are full."
<Seraphna> **Nell keeps up the fuckery, deciding the best she can do is literally form wrenches in the works**
<Seraphna> **Terra taps Noire and warps her away with her and her legion of vine babies**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Can we reverse the flow?"
<Ariel> * Nicolette casts an earth spell, trying to send a spike of regular rock through the strongest flow of energy.
<DeathStar> <Seniga> *hand the map to Nell since that's all she can do to help slow it down*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Nell, the crystal lines may be circuits. You could try to attack those."
<Seraphna> Nell> I'm trying to fuck with the crystals, I'll add those. **she starts focusing on the circuits, breaking each one she can**
<Seraphna> Nell> To think the bitch was about to sacrifice so many to let the C'en invade... at leas tthat's what I think this was gonna do.
<DeathStar> *Shinobu eyes the palace being fuckeryied with; as Nicolette does that, the entire tower shakes and things seem to slow down after all the attacks*
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> Has things stopped? Slowed down?
<Seraphna> Nell> Slowed.
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I do not think the palace can handle too much more
<Seraphna> Nell> You can rebuild it right? Have we gotten all the babies out?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I see no more babies
<Seraphna> **Nell eyes Shinobu** Is your kid in the Legion or here?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "We would need to go down to clean up the ritualists now."
<DeathStar> <Shinobu> I have no child
<Seraphna> **Nell blinks, confused, but shrugs** Thought you did. Okay down we go.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "The C'en are working out from the basement."
<Seraphna> Nell> Let's kick their butts and write our names on them.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Right. Okay, down we go.
<DeathStar> *Andrea dark ports them down*
<DeathStar> *the basement area surprisingly is not in great shape after all their attacks against the palace*
<DeathStar> *the crystals all over the place are cracked and smashed*
<DeathStar> *And the tower itself is in one piece due to how it was constructed, thankfully*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...so...where are they?"
<DeathStar> *Cloé marches through the chaos toward a chamber and reaches for the door, opening it*
<Ariel> * Nicolette traces the flow of energy, "I think the breach is this way...."
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Right!
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, if we can't reverse the flow, I guess we just stop it."
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Wait, Cloe!"
<DeathStar> *the tunnel leads them along and Nicolette's tracing leads them deeper along with more cracked crystals. At the far end, Cloé pauses at the last door, turning back*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Nyao?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...remember the Soul Well?"
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Don't get too far ahead..."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I recall
<DeathStar> *Cloé nods and waits*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That is what this reminds me of."
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Open now?
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Soul well?"
<DeathStar> <Andrea> A Dark One device to bring the souls of the dead back. It should no longer grace this world. It might also be how your queen upstairs came back
<DeathStar> <Andrea> It was quite the pain
<Seraphna> Nell> Wait, so she's a Dark One... C'en... thing?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...and then you thought you could pull a heroic sacrifice, mother."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Maybe we shouldn't reverse the flow."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> No, it could bring bck anyone the Dark Ones wanted to manipulate
<DeathStar> <Andrea> The fact she was left alone and insane might mean the Dark Ones never had the time
<DeathStar> *Cloé opens the door and suddenly a massive crystal attack engulfs her*
<Seraphna> Nell> So she did all this of her own bitchy insane self huh?
<DeathStar> *leaving Cloé to fall over, her armor breaking apart*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> We must see what Adeline finds---
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Ah, Cloe!"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well that's just rude."
<DeathStar> *Cloé lays there in broken pieces*
<Sara> <Cherie> No! Cloé!!
<Sara> <Cherie> Cloé...
<Jackieness> <Bella> *runs to try to pull Cloe to safety*
<Seraphna> **Nell hurls her C'en stabber into the crystal that remains and starts breaking it apart**
<DeathStar> *Cloé carefully pokes her head out, then yelps as she is pulled*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Scaaary
<Jackieness> <Bella> "I told you not to get ahead!"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...I find this a rather annoying beginning to this encounter."
<DeathStar> *the inside room has what looks to be a device of crystal with the C'en retreating, their crystal formation breaking apart to leave no tech behind*
<Seraphna> **Nell then pauses, and while making a second stabber she forms the metal around the crystal shard and forms a spear with it** Let's try fighting fire with fire.
<DeathStar> *The C'en seem to have given up and are fleeing*
<DeathStar> <Selena> They're leaving
<Seraphna> **Nell rushes in, leaping to try and get one as they go**
<DeathStar> *Nell is grabbed by one and lifted up, crystal forming around her*
<DeathStar> <Seniga> Nell!
<Seraphna> **Nell stretches her "spear" to form a wedge and tries to pull herself out**
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "Retreating, at least." She casts another rock spell, trying to sever the energy closer to the source.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *raises a hand and forms a dark matter singularity, hurling it into the closing rift*
<DeathStar> *the rock spell shakes the materials and breaks off the magi-tech in the area; as Nell breaks free, the C'en that was left behind eyes Noire's attack and the rift explodes, sending people back*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Gah!
<Alicia> * Charlotte attempts to assist with the energy severance, using tendrils instead
<Alicia> * Or not
<Seraphna> **Nell grunts as she lands and slides, then hurls two bars at the C'en to try and wrap him up in steel**
<DeathStar> *Charlotte maanges to rip up more of the material, shutting down more of the materials upstairs, leaving behind a bit of the rift gate behind without taking out the tower*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "...oof!" She didn't expect THAT sort of a reaction, and just does her best to roll with it.
<DeathStar> *Seniga lays on back* ... I quit
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, is it over?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I gave them something to remember me by."
<DeathStar> *The C'en gives up for now, but seems to be eyeing them all. The shaking of the tower has died down, the ritual not having any babies and the gate mostly destroyed*
<Seraphna> Nell> I guess we have at least one to question, and if our luck is holding, Neophyx will be awake to take revenge like any minute now.
<DeathStar> *Cloé clings to Cherie*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Super armor! Super armor! No more break
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "And what was all this for? Spite?"
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... *Sits up and looks Luna over*
<Sara> <Cherie> You could die you know... worrying me too much...
<Seraphna> Nell> Pffy, oldest reason in the book. Power.
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Aw. Okay.... stay safe from now on. ... behind Cherie
<Sara> * Luna blinks at her
<DeathStar> <Selena> Okay, you look unharme
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "... there have to be easier ways to get power than this."
<Seraphna> **Terra pops back on Nell's shoulders** Did I miss the good part?
<Sara> <Luna> What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, doesn't it?
<DeathStar> *Selena hah's*
<DeathStar> -TIME HOP-
<DeathStar> location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Adeline has Neophyx locked down, scanning her, while the kids are now in teen mode*
<DeathStar> <Isis> Teens...
<DeathStar> *Shudders*
<DeathStar> *Celes offers Liana flowers*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Nope." *walks out*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I think I have the problem
<Seraphna> Jaime> Which one?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Neophyx. Her brain is a jumble mess. She literally is a psychopath. She returned with certain pathways burned out.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We might can fix it but if we did that might could cause trouble down the road if the nobles hear she is normal
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Might be better to keep her as is and dump the entire thing on her
<DeathStar> *Erevis tries to start certain clubs for the children*
<Alicia> <Victoire> "But, how would they even know she's fully recovered?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm....how positively Malchiavelian of you, Adeline."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Considering what Terra told me I might not actually feel bad about that. But still... insanity is insanity.
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "While she should be judged, she's not a scapegoat."
<Seraphna> Jaime> And those nobles shouldn't be a problem, seeing as they ARE party to this.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I intend to see to it that they pay.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright. But if we fix her, can she handle her part in all this?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Would you trust someone who might still be psychotic to be in power?"
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Might be too much.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Hmm... I'm not sure."
<Sara> * Liana is being all huffy and tomboyish
<Seraphna> Jaime> Oh we'll have to be sure that her removal from the throne is part of the surrender terms.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Because I very much consider this entire thing an act of war on their part.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Just becareful. Shinobu might face some backlash
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Even if she was run off the throne.
<Seraphna> Jaime> And if she does, heads will literally roll.
<Seraphna> **Jaime has that look she gets**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Given the politics of that plaxce, Shinobu is going to face backlash just for breathing...assuming she needs to breathe."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Is something wrong, Jaime?"
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Alright. I'll get ot the mental repairs.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I think it's time the Daemons had a renaissance.
<DeathStar> *Celes looks stubborn like she won't give up. MEanwile, Bonnie in cat form lays on Cherie*
<DeathStar> *being lazy while Cherie is in her teens*
<DeathStar> *er Chelsea
<Seraphna> **Jaime muses** I'll need to think, there's a few ways to really do this. But I'm intending to see those snotty nobles learn the error of their ways.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *pokes at Cloe and whispers* "You need power armor. it was cool."
<Seraphna> Jaime> **muses and eyes her shadow** Feeling any better yet Nocty?
<DeathStar> *Cloé blushes* Will ask momma Chelsea to help make me some. *She eyes Chelsea as a teen* When she can make it
<DeathStar> *Nocturne seems to be talking with Tenebrae about smething, both rise up*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Emphasise how bad Neophyx was. It is true, and bringing this to light should humble the nobles who supported her."
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> Well, there might be ,... something
<Seraphna> Jaime> Oh my, both of you honoring my shadow. What's up?
<DeathStar> <Nocturne> Tenebrae felt something. We're not sure yet what.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *hands Cloe a piece of the destroyed armor*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> We're not sure who all we want to tell
<Seraphna> Jaime> I may have something to share with you two as well, but we should do it in private. So let's swap stories at my house.
<DeathStar> *She glances at Nico, probably trusting her since she okayed her to try the tower thing*
<DeathStar> *Cloé takes the armor, rubbing it*
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> *hands Nico a piece of paper*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "If there's anything I can help with, let me... hmm?" *She discretely looks at the paper*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Oh and... if you can bring Alita here, assuming we don't need to grow her up too, that would be great. She should have been at Void's temple.
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I plan to look into it more at the Dark Lands
<DeathStar> *she tells*
<Seraphna> **Jaime gives Nocturne a snack**
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> I hope maybe you can find something. I think the C'en tech might help find the answer. IT was giving a resonance
<DeathStar> *Nocturne eats*
<Ariel> <Nicolette> "There's a lot to look into right now... it'll be good when we have more hands on deck again."
<DeathStar> <Tenebrae> *nods* I'll see about recovering more C'en tech in the meantime
<DeathStar> *She sinks into the dark port*
<Seraphna> Jaime> **shrugs and carries Nocturne off to 1B**
<DeathStar> -END-
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