The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 618

Session Start: Mon Feb 13 02:59:37 2023
Session Ident: #TAW-Session618
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-647.6.30
<DeathStar> Location: Earth
<DeathStar> *Cheryl pours some beer into her cereal and sits there, watching Repliforce on the news saving the day once again*
<DeathStar> *John goes through some evidence at the table*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We never got the adulation they get
<Seraphna> **Angela has a bacon sandwich with steak buns**
<DeathStar> *she scoops up some of her cereal*
<Xanatos> <Kane> A side effect of being a secret group, no?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Bah. Ah bet Cran just eats up this good press.
<DeathStar> *John eyes his evidence, nodding*
<Xanatos> <Kane> He should, they're doing good work. 6* He notes, looking through his datapad.
<Seraphna> Angela> Haven't three of us managed to be full term presidents?
<DeathStar> *Cheryl finishes her breakfast, propping her head up* We need moah work. That's not burgahs. *She hands Angela some mail* Yah lawsuit.
<DeathStar> <John> Like that means anything
<DeathStar> *John nods at the second photo*
<Xanatos> <Kane> Cheryl are you unwell? Your diction is...off.
<DeathStar> *Lemon returns with a full course meal*
<DeathStar> <Lemon> She's drunk
<Xanatos> <Kane> ...ah. Of course.
<DeathStar> <Lemon> I never did understand when her accent comes out when she's drunk
<Seraphna> Angela> Mmm, or where she got it from.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "I never did understand why she has such a thick accent."
<Seraphna> Angela> She's so cute when drunk though.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl slaps her hand on the table* Ey! Ey! Ah can tell yeh.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> *She points at them* Back when all daddeh.. *ahem* Back when Cran was doing the Ridarium Wars, *she seems to be forcefully talking slower now to lose it* I went a-wol. Spent years on tha run. Found a nice place down South before returning. Guess ah picked up the slang
<Xanatos> <Kane> Hm.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "I never heard about that. Guess I was too busy being a good little soldier back then."
<Xanatos> <Kane> Why only when you're drunk, then?
<DeathStar> <John> Because she's always drunk
<DeathStar> *Lemon throws a pan at him*
* Dias` has joined #TAW-Session618
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Hm. *she studies something on her datapad at an incoming message*
<Seraphna> **Angela puts a cowboy hat on Cheryl**
* Dias` is now known as ChadWinters`
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Alright, I think we have something
<DeathStar> *Cheryl glances up* Eh?
<DeathStar> *The cowboy hat sliding*
* ChadWinters` walks in late and glances at Lemon.
<Seraphna> **Angela fuus a bit and peers**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl snickers at Chad*
<Xanatos> <Kane> What've we got?
<DeathStar> <Lemon> Someone wishes us to come up to the moon to take a look at a murder. They asked for us specifically. I guess they'd like us to come in addition to the cops. <John> Oh that one moon cop won't like that
<DeathStar> <John> What's her name ---
<ChadWinters`> I doubt she'll care.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl jots a note for Angela and Hotaru*
<ChadWinters`> Christina. *He notes to John
<Alicia> * Hotaru looks at it
<DeathStar> <John> Right right. Should we bring along Michiru instad of Cheryl? She looks loopy and passing notes in class
<DeathStar> <Lemon> That's up to Kane
<Seraphna> **Angela nods**
<Xanatos> <Kane> Yes, Cheryl this is a verbal warning, we cannot have you drunk during work hours.
* ChadWinters` glances at Cheryl then Kane. 1"Lemons right. Your choice."
<Seraphna> **Angel sighs, tehn touches Cheryl and uses her healing connection to sober her**
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "I won't object either way."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well, this will be a boring now
<DeathStar> <John> Michiru and Lunar always get the job done with my girls
<DeathStar> *he thumbs up* <Cheryl> This is not a competition. Come on
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> <CHIP> I am predicting The Rabbit will take plot the demise of the Holonet within a few years if we cannot locate it. I have isolated the Zhenmei systems from hacking
<DeathStar> <CHIP> It's versions of the holonet should be safe
<DeathStar> <Iko> Let me see if I understand this
<DeathStar> <Iko> Something one of us designed will destroy thing once again
<DeathStar> *things
<Xanatos> <Xan> Can we start over? I feel like I just came into the middle of this.
<Xanatos> <Xan> Whos is a rabbit?
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> *shuffles the paperwork*
<DeathStar> *Then hands Xanatos a paper*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I think this it
<DeathStar> *is it
<Xanatos> 6* Xan glances it over.
<DeathStar> *the summary basically shows it's a holonet program that thinks it's Gor, gained sentience, and thinks it's now Gor*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I been told it's eating up holonet systems
<Xanatos> <Xan> Who's even in charge of the holonet? Who regulates it?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> No one
<ChadWinters`> <Id> So essentially a rogue AI that keeps expanding.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Even if we were to try to shut down everything of ours that connected to it, the Holonet would exist
<Xanatos> <Xan> Let's plug a bunch of Id's up to different consoles and have them work together to take out this AI.
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuuuuh..." *sitting there, wearing bunny ears*
<Seraphna> Si> On the plus side, the AI seems to also have a soft side for me as Gor did. It's programming weirdly seems to want to work with me.
<Seraphna> Si> I see Myria is embracing bunny cuteness.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> *Studies the charts* I believe the Holonet likely began on Earth, or maybe one of the other worlds. It's hard to say. It's been around so long
<Jackieness> <Myria> "To understadnd the rabbit, one must become the rabbit."
<ChadWinters`> <Id> Hmmm. I would probably need CHIP's assistance in such a matter. But if it's "soft" on Si, then just have her tell her to go away.
<ChadWinters`> *It to go away*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Could Ids locate it and defeat it? Hm
<ChadWinters`> <Id> It would lay within the realm of possibility, yes.
<Seraphna> Si> I doubt I'll be able to tell it to go away, maybe stand down for a while. **she huffs a bit** It's not really Gor after all...
<DeathStar> *Charlotte meanwhile has been given a message in binary*
<DeathStar> *From an unknown sender*
<Alicia> * Charlotte decodes it
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Huuuuuuh...if its not Gor, why does it think its Gor?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Well, if Si can draw it out
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Then maybe Id and CHIP can isolate it and destroy it
<Seraphna> Si> Gor made it. Probably mapped the AI mind on his own.
<DeathStar> *Adeline tinkers on her datapad in thought, eyeing all the massive holonet files*
<Seraphna> Si> Which at the time, assuming he did it before he vanished, he was bonded and married to me. And that's some hardcore coding even for an AI.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It would appear that a massive amount of this place is cat videos
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I would need another person that can handle mapping this place that thinks logically - Aya maybe
Session Close: Mon Feb 13 20:01:21 2023

Session Start: Mon Feb 13 20:01:21 2023
Session Ident: #TAW-Session618
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<DeathStar> <Adeline> It would appear that a massive amount of this place is cat videos
<Seraphna> **Thena uploads another cat video**
<Jackieness> <Myria> "If it really does feel love, then eliminating it would be murder." *crosses arms and nod nods*
<ChadWinters`> <Id> Aya and Winters. Lana and potentially even Simon.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Well go snare the rabbit then
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Before it becomes the hunter
<ChadWinters`> <Id> I am surprised though. If you were bonded with him. Than how did you manage to lose him, Si?
<Seraphna> **Jaime pops in, and sits by Adeline**
<Seraphna> Si> One day there was a teleporter accident and he was just... gone.
<Seraphna> Si> I couldn't feel the bond anymore and all we found was his tail fur.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> That means little
<DeathStar> <Adeline> He could be alive
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Oh, maybe his mind was absorbed into the transporter computer and spread from there!"
<ChadWinters`> <Id> Hopefully he didn't end up in the holonet himself some how.
<Seraphna> Si> Well... I'd say bonding Taiga proves it was severed but I can handle at least two bonds.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *points at Id* "Like that! You are now my favorite Id."
<ChadWinters`> <Id> All of us Id's are the same. Except for those that go on missions for extended periods and aren't able to stay connected.
<Jackieness> <Myria> *crosses arms again* "Maybe he is doing all this to get Si's attention so she cna rescue him." *nod nods*
<Seraphna> **Thena puts a gold star sticker on Id** There, so Myria knows which demon ball is her favorite.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I cannot accept the wanton destruction of the holonet. However, Myria has a point about the murder thing."
<DeathStar> <Taiga> *muses* We'll..try to cross that bridge when we find it
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "The big question is... why?"
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Maybe we can learn more about it then
<ChadWinters`> <Id> I promise that CHIP and I won't destroy anything that's inferior to us.
<DeathStar> <CHIP> We must not let AI's grow too strong after all
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> ...
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: The Moon
<DeathStar> *the group arrives at an apartment where a neon sign flashes overhead. The cops are wrapping up their investigation*
<DeathStar> <Cop> *Eyes the group and stops them* Crime scene. You gotta go.
<ChadWinters`> We were called here to help. *He holds out their credentials*
<DeathStar> <Cop> You some kind of detectives?
<DeathStar> <Lemon> We're friends with Christina
<DeathStar> *The cop snorts*
<DeathStar> *hard to tell if that's due to him not believing, or the due to the name*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Is that funny?"
<Seraphna> Angela> **walks over, Montana trailing her**
* ChadWinters` glances at the apartment and the cops moving about as they finishup.
<DeathStar> <Cop> Nah. I'm sure you'll be real popular being friends with her
<DeathStar> *He walks on, bumping Lemon on the way down
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... *Watches him leave*
<Seraphna> Angela> Do I need to be popular when I have an army of robots?
<DeathStar> <John> Can't hurt
<ChadWinters`> May as well head in. Who send us for us again? *He moves to go inside*
<DeathStar> <Lemon> They said they were a relative - sister. *She steps into the room; a chalk outline of the body in the living room by the couch and the broken shards of a glass table on the floor, where a strange black liquid on the floor, stained into the carpet*
<DeathStar> *right by the outline*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Sheesh
<DeathStar> *She looks around the small Lunar apartment*
<ChadWinters`> We got an ID on the victim? *He moves to the black liquid, pulling out his datapad to scan it*
<DeathStar> *Lemon brings up a woman in her late 20's. Her Lunar ID showing her to be a waitress. Her name was Jodie. *peers down as the scan causes an alarm to flash on Chad's datapad due to the substance*
<DeathStar> <Lemon> What in the world?
* ChadWinters` let's out a short breath.
<DeathStar> <John> *kneels* Looks like she coughed it up or was taking it. *finds a vial nearby*
<DeathStar> <John> Wonder if we could trace this
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "What the hell is that stuff?"
<ChadWinters`> Damnt. *He stands up* She did take it. She mostly like died from it.
* ChadWinters` moves over, whispering to Cheryl
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I been hearing rumors of people taking some black drugs on the streets - through the arms or orally
<Seraphna> Angela> The stuff that’s supposedly Yggdrasil sap?
<ChadWinters`> It's a drug called Vision. 6He glances as the others.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> That's it. You can supposedly see another life. ... or die and see heaven it looks like
* ChadWinters` nods to Cheryl.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Well, she certainly died."
<Seraphna> Angela> **frowns deeply**
<DeathStar> <John> *taps the vial in his hand* The drug sellers have to be nearby
<Seraphna> Angela> I have a feeling the only people who survive it have enough significance to have alternates.
<ChadWinters`> I've been trying to keep tabs on it the best I can since it first creeped up. But it spread so quickly, I haven't been able to pin where it started.
<DeathStar> <John> It's possible. Wind has been spending a lot of time with Katrina who has not been herself
<Seraphna> Angela> Well if it really is, the supply should dry up soon.
<Seraphna> Angela> Lenneth’s been closing up Yggdrasil tight.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Understandable."
<ChadWinters`> I don't know if it's been coming from Yggdrasil.
<ChadWinters`> But I won't know unless I see a pure source.
<Seraphna> Angela> I guess it could be a coincidence, but I’ve seen this before.
<DeathStar> *John eyes the substance, thinking hard*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "I wonder... do they really see their alternate selves?"
* ChadWinters` shrugs.
<DeathStar> <John> Well I doubt we want to risk taking drugs
<DeathStar> <John> Lets go to the police station and see if we can find the gangs
<Seraphna> Angela> I did. Till Fate took it out of me.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Lets go
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Usually, I'd brush it off as just delusions, but... I heard of something similar."
<DeathStar> *John steps out, hands in pocket, likely thinking about Kat*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> John's worried, that makes me worried
<Seraphna> Angela> Mmm. Well she’s alive so…
* ChadWinters` looks at Cheryl. 1"Guilty concious perhaps?
<DeathStar> -Twirling TAW-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Lenneth flips through paperwork while Adeline, Aya, Taiga and more are using the computers to do their work in another part of the ship*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> There's just way too much information to shuffle though. And people upload more by the minute
<DeathStar> *she eyes more cat videos popping up*
<Seraphna> Si> Filter on something?
<DeathStar> *Aya hums, working quietly*
<ChadWinters`> <Id> Do we have any data on Gor's AI code? That may help us see if it's hiding in anything.
<DeathStar> *Lenneth eyes a message and studies it, hmming*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Si should have it
<Seraphna> **Si pulls it up**
<ChadWinters`> <Id> Excellent. I will start looking for parts of this code and also see if I can find a way to 'neuter' it.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Lets get to work. <Aya> Be sure to keep eating and keep your strength up
<Seraphna> **Jaime feeds Adeline grapes**
<ChadWinters`> <Id> Aya, that means yourself too. *Id's voice changes to Chads briefly*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Police Station
<DeathStar> *Cheryl scans the place* Due to their icy reception, we should find Chris' desk and use her terminal if we're going to find the local gangs.
<ChadWinters`> Think they'll even let us in their?
<DeathStar> <John> Just act like you own the place
<DeathStar> *John adjusts Hotaru's outfit to make her look more slutty*
<DeathStar> *Then has her talk in first to draw cop eyes*
<DeathStar> *Walk
<Seraphna> Angela> Tabetha taking the day off?
<DeathStar> *Cheryl moves over to the desk and sits down*
<DeathStar> <John> Hey, Hota needs her time to shine. By showing it all
* ChadWinters` hands Cheryl a datachip to insert
<Seraphna> Angela> Corrupting my sweet sister more I see.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl does so* This bypass her password?
<ChadWinters`> Should allow us to get in without raising any alarms.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl begins to check out the local gangs while Lemon studies the datapad* This is strange
<ChadWinters`> What is?
<DeathStar> <Lemon> The sister of the victim was a Sunny follower.
<DeathStar> <John> That matter?
<ChadWinters`> What was her name
<DeathStar> *Lemon looks* Mildred
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> *locates a few known drug dealing gangs nearby the crime scene*
<ChadWinters`> Start looking in to her. See what we can dig up on her. Maybe we need to talk to her. I've been having Id try and track our victim through the security cams here also. Maybe find a picture of who sold her Vision
<DeathStar> *the cops meanwhile continue to ask Hotaru questions*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> *gets what she needs and stands up* Alright.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Lets go before we're busted
* ChadWinters` nods to Cheryl and moves to leave
<Seraphna> **Angela moves to go, but towards Hotaru, grabbing her distractingly by the ass to waltz out of the station**
<DeathStar> *John pulls her out*
<DeathStar> *as they're about to leave, a flying car drives by with guns aimed at the group - in open defiance of the police station and begins to open fire, yelling out things to not stick their nose where it belongs*
<DeathStar> <John> Holy crikes!
<DeathStar> *He dives for cover*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "What the hell?"
<DeathStar> *Cheryl makes a face and hits the cement*
<Seraphna> **Angela throws up a shield**
<DeathStar> *The bullets hit the shield when something lands at Angela's feet*
<Alicia> * Hotaru does likewise, the cover thing, not the shield
* ChadWinters` quickly moves for some sort of cover, his eyes, locking on to the car as he reaches for his gun
<Seraphna> **Angela peers down ready to kick if it’s a grenade, armor forming**
<DeathStar> *it looks like a sticky dynimate. As Angela deals with that, the car suddenly explodes*
<DeathStar> *And Zayne floats down*
<Seraphna> **Angela kicks and uses her personal shield to cut it free, aiming at a gutter**
* ChadWinters` pulls his hand off his hoslter as he looks at Zayne
<DeathStar> *Cheryl peers up* Why are you here?
* ChadWinters` glances at Cheryl and then looks back at Zayne.
<ChadWinters`> Can't say I expected to see you here.
<DeathStar> *She stands up, dusting herself off*
<Sara> * Sunny Jr. can be seen floating the people from the car out of the wreckage
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Well, it's a long story. *She nods at Sunny* We'll explain
<ChadWinters`> Atleast they're alive so we can question them.
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Suddenly a rabbit icon appears on the bottom left corner*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> When did that appear?
<DeathStar> <Aya> Something must have made it do that.
<ChadWinters`> <Id I would review the most recent searches. It's possible something one of you looked at contained the code
<Seraphna> Si> **tilts her head and accesses it**
<Alicia> * Charlotte looks over, having been engrossed in her own business up until now
<DeathStar> *As Si opens it, there's a message: I will reveal the location of the Fox, but you must stop looking for me*
<DeathStar> <Aya> ... The Fox?
<DeathStar> *The galactic map seems ot have been zoomed in toward Geyze and Kumen*
<Seraphna> Si> Ren maybe?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> ...
<ChadWinters`> <Id> So it's trying to actively keep us from stopping it.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "We don't even know for sure that it's doing anything."
<Jackieness> <Myria> "Ooooo! Ask him if he wants to be rescued!"
<Seraphna> Si> Well at least it’s not hunting me like a bunboi zombie.
<Seraphna> **Si asks if Gor wants to be rescued to humor the blue lady**
<ChadWinters`> <Id> We do, Charlotte. It is slowly taking over the Holo-net.
<DeathStar> *it responds - if that means not being deleted - then yes.
<DeathStar> -To Be Continued-
Session Close: Mon Feb 13 21:03:35 2023