The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 676

Session Start: Mon Sep 11 15:40:43 2023
Session Ident: #TAW-Session676
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-654.8.29
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Lenneth holds a conference, over a week after the incident, with the PAX crew and some of the other allies such as the Earth team, Taiga's people, etc*
<DeathStar> *Erevis quietly sits in her chair as Lenneth goes over everything from everything from the Peacekeepers to their allies; Cheryl leans back in her seat*
<Seraphna> **Jaime sits back, a week of nightmares taking their toll on her, she looks tired**
<DeathStar> *Adeline sits by Kane and Jaime, glancing over some notes*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan sits casually drinking tea**
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Before we begin
<Jackieness> <Noire> *is also seated at the table* "Mmmmmm..."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I wanted to check on everyone, since I know many of you still are under the effects of that beings mark or eldritch touch
<DeathStar> *Andrea quietly attends, looking weaker as if she unleashed a powerful spell*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Are you okay, Andrea? I don't want to have to curse myself bringing you back again..."
<DeathStar> *Andrea waves her hand* I will be fine.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I’m gonna write a horror novel after this that’s gonna make even Chad show emotions.
<DeathStar> *Fate raises an eyebrow*
<Seraphna> Jaime> The dreams are never delightful. I’m worried more about the effect they have on the girls.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...its just the aftereffect of the ritual we used to save my sister..."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Yes. The nightmares of those who are marked
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I'd ask Lana and Ceilidh here but... We'll get into that later
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Mmm... I remember the Maka having nightmares before... you know."
<DeathStar> *Cheryl leans forward* You think there's a connection?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Maybe. Faaate, you'd tell us if there was a connection between Makai and that thing, wouldn't you~?"
<XanTop> <Xan> The nightmares are rough...not being able to sleep well really gets to you.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> One would imagine you are free too since you already will have paid for it.
<DeathStar> <Fate> There is not one, but I would not be shocked if it could use Makai if it wanted
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "So, just a coincidence. Okay."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> So - right now the majority of us are not doing well. I asked Athena if she would be willing to make a new Idol Ship to help, but she seemed unwilling
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...this thing clearly exploits every tiny weakness in your emotional and psychological armor to use you."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Guess it's not safe to try to bring Zayne to help fight it."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> So we'll have to turn to another Idol to try to replicate the Tower.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?" Why is she unwilling?"
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> She seems to be depressed beyond any state I've seen her.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "She's a Makai, for one, and while I'm sure she'd be willing, she'd probably be easy to manipulate there."
<DeathStar> <Fate> Zayne is unusual; it would be hard to say how it would play out
<XanTop> <Xan> The idol ship was her life's work, never seen her so proud of her accomplishment.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I’ll try talking to her.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm... my sister has been freed of this thing's influence, but she is still recovering."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Athena that is.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> So we got a lot of us in unrested states; the creator of the song magic is too depressed, likely due to the marks, to make a new one. What else?
<Seraphna> Jennifer> I can do what I can too… Sam and I have had trouble cheering her up.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Song magic is a lot harder without the machine."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Right. There's a power struggle happening among the council on who will be the new Emperor.
<Jackieness> noi *waves a hand* "You still drove that thing out of that Ilium reality without any machines."
<Jackieness> <Noire> *waves a hand* "You still drove that thing out of that Ilium reality without any machines."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> After Kyuun died.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And such a power vaccuum is usually trouble..."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "You will excuse me if I do not recommend Xvar." *pauses* "What happened to him, anyway?"
<DeathStar> *Lenneth brings up the Tsivrixsh Empire* The only good thing that is happening is they are honoring his deal with providing guards to the other races still
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> It seems they do not wish a war
<XanTop> <Kane> Do we have anyone keeping tabs on the situation? I can do so in my spare time.
<DeathStar> *Erevis seems to mentally check* ... Hm. He is not on the PAX right now
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Let me go to the bridge and I will locate him
<Seraphna> Thena> Xvar?
<DeathStar> *she rises and moves out of the room*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Blue man. He's kinda cool, but he reminds me of someone..."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "If ... xevil returned, my grandmother will go ballstic."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I do not wish that either..." *looks almost disgusted at the prospect*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Well. Speaking of Xvar/Xevil.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I suppose I should jump to the biggest reason for this conference
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Ho?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Oh no." <Charlotte> "Sure you don't have future sight?"
<XanTop> <Xan> ...xevil. 6* He mumbles to himself, shaking his head.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Nyarlathoteps - plural - were spotted on Geyze, bothering more than 100 people, giving them nightmares - in the waking world. Right before the Hapian Castle took off into space. The Aquarius is prepping to try to follow them. Then we were given the warning that a xvash was spotted on site. This happened 2 days ago. Simon and the Peacekeepers will remain behind due to rumblings of time powers being used again on site
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Well, guess I'm going back to Geyze."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Afterward, Nyarlathotep has been reported appearing in the waking world all over the galaxy
<Seraphna> Jaime> **grumbles worriedly**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...could we identify the xvash as being Xvar's?"
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> From what I understand, it was an eldritch xvash.
<DeathStar> *she brings up images of it*
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<Jackieness> <Noire> "Still... it is uncomfortable that the attack invovled such a particular weapon."
<DeathStar> *Erevis steps back onto the bridge*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Are they not a fairly common weapon?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I have located Xvar
<Alicia> * Jikuu breathes a sigh of relief
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And where might he be?"
<XanTop> <Marcus> Eldritch Xvash is the name of my metal band.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> He is on moon of the Earth
<Seraphna> Kaelan> My Moon? Whoever is he there?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...why?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I cannot say
<Jackieness> <Noire> *stands up* "Well, I think I should go and fetch him."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Uh, I guess?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> How should we approach all these Nyarl sightings?
<Seraphna> Jaime> How could there be so many…
<XanTop> <Kane> We could form teams to go investigate them
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "How could there be so many Thenas?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I suppose we should check on Xvar. He may just be after moon chickens.
<DeathStar> <Fate> I'm needed at the tree to heal it. If you run into trouble, just shout my name
<Seraphna> Thena> Well I replicate my energy into carbon clones.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I'll also direct the PAX toward the moon; before you go.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> There is one lingering problem we have
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... I'm guessing our eldritch experts on Geyze were on the palace when it was launched into space, right?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I don't need future sight to know that happened..."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Oh yes. It is why they are not here and Simon is left alone to defend Geyze
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> What should we do with Sunny?
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> She's about to be discharged from medical
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Is she still an eldritch bomb?"
<Seraphna> Michelle> We could accidentally leave her in an airlock.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Nah, she's fine. But putting her on trial is going to be a hassel
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Zayne has been stalking outside medical to the point Cuddles got pissed
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "We're not just going to kill her for no reason!"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And we lack the expertise right now to deal with Sunny. Marvelous. Isn't that marvelous, mother?"
<DeathStar> *Andrea snorts* True
<Seraphna> Michelle> Got a few hundred reasons. They all had names too.
<XanTop> ;<Xan> We could put a gun in her hand and let her go out with a fight.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Will that bring them back?"
<Dias`> *Chad steps in* Cheryl's right. The trial is going to cause more of a headache.*He eyes Michelle* She won't fight back at this point.
<Seraphna> Michelle> Might keep the numbers from going up.
<Dias`> <Chad> But if thats the route you wanna go with, you're more than welcome to deal with it that way.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I mean, Sunny practically announced to the other Maka that Zayne was here to try to drag both of them into hell
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "First, that's just going to increase the number by one. Second, wouldn't that make her a martyr?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I think, Xan, the gun idea would work only if she thought she could get Zayne killed, too.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... why not just put her on ice until we are in a situaiton to deal with this? Stasis works wonders for kickign the can down the road."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "...yeah, I guess..."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I will tell Cuddles to ice her then
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Sorry, time's getting to be a sore spot for me."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> The Eldritch in her could qualify as an incurable infestation. Isn’t protocol to ice that?
<XanTop> <Xan> You'll have to deal with her one day.
<DeathStar> *Taiga stands up* I'll head back to Kumen to work on the Aquarius
<Seraphna> Angela> I’d rather deal with her after this apocalypse.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Then build a post-Maka life to make her envious when we pull her out of the tube."
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Luna
<DeathStar> *The PAX arrives in the Sol system*
<DeathStar> *by now, Fate has left to go to Yggdrasil to work on healing the tree, while those planning to go to the moon are in the hanger*
<DeathStar> *Ren sits in the shuttle with Cheryl and Erevis*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmmmm...let's be away then."
<Dias`> *Chads sits there, eyeing his datapad as his Idlet floats about him*
<XanTop> 6* Xan goes through the flight check, waiting for everyone to board before he would head out.
<DeathStar> *Lenneth ponders on the bridge, monitoring the shuttle* <Lenneth> Luna isn't that far away from Geyze and Kumen. You think Xvar really did the attack on Hapian Castle a few days ago?
<DeathStar> *Syiean speaks into the bridge comms, her voice coming out of the shuttle speakers* You all are cleared to launch whenever you're ready
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Why?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...its possible... but let's not speculate until we have more data points."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I will examine the Xvar persona I put on Xevil when we arrive
<Seraphna> **Kaelan and Angela sit on board**
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Be safe; the PAX will be here if you need to flee back here. Consider it your home base. We've been working with Fate to prepare some surprises
<DeathStar> *Zayne climbs into the back, arms crossed*
<XanTop> 6* Xan takes them out once everyone is on, adjusting course after exit to head to the moon.
<Dias`> *Chad rubs his face a bit before glancing at Zayne* You have an escape strategy in case we run into Maka?
<XanTop> <Xan> I still don't understand why a version of Xevil is around.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Yeah, I have an idea.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Apparently Thena begged to keep him
<Dias`> <Chad> If you need help, let me know. *He looks at Xan then Ren*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "That being said.. do not become confrontational with him unless we know for certain that Xevil is back."
<DeathStar> *The shuttle arrives at the port, with neon lights going on outside of it*
<XanTop> <Xan> I'm not the confrontational type. All talk over here.
<XanTop> 6* Xan follows the lights as indicated, bringing them in for a landing.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Xevil, when he first appeared, claimed to have zero memories. I did not trust it so I had him taken in and built the Xvar persona and held on the PAX
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Some may say that was improper but it allowed me to keep an eye on him
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "You know what I'm like about second chances. I even gave one to Venerator."#
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Wait, you mind built a persona in him?
<Seraphna> Angela> Seems... weird to me.
<Dias`> <Chad> That's not entirely a second chance. *He glances at Charlotte before looking at Erevis*
<DeathStar> *As they land, Cheryl steps out and turns to Erevis*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Yeah, I didn't do what Erevis did..."
<XanTop> 6* Xan shuts off the shuttle and stands up.
<XanTop> <Xan> I can't really say much about second chances, original me got plenty in his life.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... Venerator still nearly screwed over the universe." *disembarks*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You also did not have the real Xevil do to you, what he did to me. I refuse to take the chance
<XanTop> <Xan> But Xevil did some horrific things.
<DeathStar> *She climbs out, with Zayne and Ren following* <Ren> ... hrrrr
<Seraphna> **Angela gives Erevis a gently shoulder pat** I get it. You needed to be sure your family was safe from him.
<Dias`> *Chad stands up and moves out*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> He is this way. *She leads them*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl shrugs* Lets hope her persona worked
<XanTop> 6* Xan checks his pistol as he walks, making sure it's ready.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan peers about, feeling out for her goddess as they walk**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves along*
<Seraphna> Angela> Even if it was just a base, probably better than having to teach him up from a baby mind.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I think I just realised something worrying."
<DeathStar> <Ren> What's that?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "It is a little complicated but... I do not think Junior was any relation to anyone in the Zhenmei line... in any timeline..."
<Seraphna> Angela> That's correct. Mostly.
<Dias`> *Chad eyes Jikuu*
<DeathStar> *they enter a less flashy part of town, that seems to have a massive telescope type building, aimed toward Yggdrasil for those curious. Erevis eyes the tourist like building*
<Seraphna> Angela> He is of Wind's timeline.
<DeathStar> <Ren> He is living in the bar now, though
<Seraphna> Kaelan> What's wrong with a bar?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I want to live in the bar...
<DeathStar> *Ren slumps*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Why?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...why?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Food...
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Why else, easy access to food.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan giggles and pats Ren**
<Jackieness> <Noire> Ren... you disappoint me."
<DeathStar> *Ren holds her stomach, looking much underweight these days*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hey, I'm sticking to the diet...
<Seraphna> Kaelan> She can't help her metabolism.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> You really should just eat as you need.
<Dias`> *Chad rubs his face* How far away from him are we?
<XanTop> 6* Xan looks over the telescope building and tries to get an idea of its use.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> He's in there
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Cpould someone explain Ren's metabolic rate then? Typically creatures with high rates are short-lived."
<Dias`> *Chad nods and moves to go inside*
<DeathStar> *He is
<XanTop> 6* Xan follows Chad
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... perhaps we should not approach him as a group right away."
<Dias`> <Idlet> Hmmm. Creature that is a unique way for one humanoid to label another.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I will stay behind for now."
<DeathStar> *Ren looks freaked out at the short lived comment*
<DeathStar> <Ren> S-Same
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Many Dragoons show high metabolism, it's because of their energy production.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "See, it's normal."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I'll go in I suppose. **She draws Truth**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl and Erevis step inside*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan and Angela do too**
<DeathStar> <Ren> But I did not have the high metablism at first
<DeathStar> *Ren flails*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Maybe you have a higher energy production now?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So how did it happen?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Did it happen around when you bonded?
<DeathStar> <Ren> When I got pregnant with Akatsuki. I could not stop eating - even after I had her. Cuddles offered to give me shots but they sound like they might weaken me
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Hey, don't blame me!"
<Seraphna> **A Shadowy Kaelan sticks with them**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...that seems abnormal."
<DeathStar> *inside, they find a ton of people looking at star charts and waiting to take their turns at the telescopes to look at the massive tree*
<DeathStar> *inside is Xevil, waiting near the giant telescope*
<Dias`> <Chad> How long has been here? *He looks at Erevis*
<DeathStar> *outside, Ren seems to resolve herself* I'll just talk to Cuddles
<XanTop> 6* Xan looks around just trying to get an idea of the vibe of these people
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Well, I cannot say positively. But I know he has been on Luna the entire time. <Cheryl> Lets just go with he's probably been here the entire time
<Alicia> * Charlotte uses empathic abilities to get the vibe directly
<Seraphna> **Kaelan shadow hops up by Xvash** Came for the view?
<DeathStar> *The people seem to be laid back, enjoying themselves, glancing at far away stars with the powerful telescopes*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... Erevis, do approach him alone... or not."
<Dias`> <Chad> Alone is the best method.
<Alicia> * Charlotte heads forwards, acting friendly, especially since Xvar/Xevil hasn't done anything wrong she knows of. "Hey, what's up?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> *gestures to Kaelan* "...KAelan already approached."
<Alicia> * CHarlotte hangs back a bit then
<XanTop> 6* Xan stays towards the back, leaning against a wall just to keep an eye out.
<DeathStar> *Xevil turns toward Kaelan and Charlotte*
<Dias`> *Chad glances around a bit, keeping at least one eye on Xvar*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan winks at him, since she's unaware of what name he's posting as** We lost track of you. This seems to be a neat place.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> ... Yes. It is relaxing. What brings... *he peers upward and around the room* you all here?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "For one thing, wanted to make sure you were alright."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> We took a headcount and found our mighty Tsivrixsh warrior had wandered off. Not safe to be alone these days you know. **She pulls a fully cooked chicken out of the shadows** Hungry?
<DeathStar> *Xevil raises an eyebrow at the food coming out of the shadows, taking it with a look* ... I'll be sure to eat it later. It is nice you all are so ... worried for my well being. Is somthing the matter?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Other than a cthonic apocolypse lately? **She glances at the telescope** People are watching the tree here huh?
<DeathStar> <Xevil> It is not every day a massive tree appears in space.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Look through it.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> True, though it's been here for a while now. **she muses and moves to look**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Is it really new?"
<DeathStar> *Kaelan would be able to see massive details of the tree*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Since many are not allowed on it, this is their way of observing it
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Wow... really good view. I think I remember bouncing off that branch once.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I suppose we should go. *He heads for the front door with his chicken*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Well you chose an excellent hangout, Xvar. **she nods, moving along with him**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Yeah, great taste."
<DeathStar> *Erevis watches as Xevil heads by them; Cheryl has her arms crossed*
<Seraphna> **Angela hovers behind Cheryl so it looks like she has bunny ears**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl blinks*
<XanTop> <Xan> We good to go?
<Dias`> <Chad> Well that's that. May as well head back.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Hm. *She muses, looking perturbed*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Yeah, dude just found a really cool hang spot. We could come back later and party.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What now?
<Seraphna> Angela> I guess we go help check on those nightmare people.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You mentally pick up something?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No, that is what is bothering me. I made his Xvar persona a dumb meat head. But he is seems normal. Yet still I pick up nothing wrong.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at Erevis* "Mmmmm?"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "So he's smarter now."
<Seraphna> Angela> Well, even dummies learn, and since you didn't give him a whole lot in his head he's probably filling it with knowledge.
<Alicia> *is smarter*
<Dias`> <Chad> It's possible his main persona broke through and took it as his own. Id didn't that numerous times with me.
<Dias`> *did that*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Very well. You all wanted to check on the nightmares? I believe there are some cases here on Luna
<Seraphna> Angela> Working trip it is.
<XanTop> <Xan> Yeah let's go check that out, I would love to fix that little problem.
<Seraphna> Angela> *whispers to Erevis**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And look for other eldritch xvash's. Perhaps Xvar might be able to lend us his expertise if we run across one."
<DeathStar> *Ren watches Xevil head for the space port for now, while the group heads to the main part of the city where Christina works and used to butt heads with Sunny*
<XanTop> <Xan> He's not working with us?
<DeathStar> <Ren> You want to call after him to join us?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Tsuki’s resting right now so the threat level doesn’t seem too bad here.
<DeathStar> *The team finds the streets eerily quiet*
<DeathStar> *even the police station*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> That might explain why your Tsuki is resting - everyone is resting
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "That feels bad."
<Dias`> <Chad> That seems a bit uncharacteristic of this place.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Isn't this what ws reported on Geyze?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I believe so
<XanTop> 6* Xan shrugs and Ren's question.
<Dias`> <Chad> Id, check Holonet useage in the area. *The Idlet begins flashing*
<DeathStar> *it looks like this area's holonet usage has become nearly 0*
<XanTop> <Xan> Check witht he cops or start going foor to foor?
<XanTop> (door to door)
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Police force is a good idea
<DeathStar> *She heads to the station*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...I would call in to make see that Xvar does indeed return to the PAX. The timing is... suspect."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I'll run after him
<DeathStar> *Ren goes to do her wolf speed dash, but as she runs off she seems to run out of energy due to not eating her normal amount*
<DeathStar> *and is forced to just do one of those walk quickly*
<Dias`> <Id> I am reporting near sleep-mode levels of Holonet useage.
<Dias`> <Chad> That's not good.
<XanTop> <Xan> Weird. 6* He follows Cheryl
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... I shall have to release Ren from her diet..."
<Dias`> <Chad> Id, keep a tab on our vitals. If anything drops, let me know. *the Idlet begins taking periodic scans of everyone*
<DeathStar> *As the group enters the stations, Christina is seen slumped over her desk as is other officers*
<Dias`> <Chad> That's not good.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Did the report from Geyze say how they resolved this?"
<DeathStar> *Chad is grabbed and launched into a desk*
<DeathStar> <Nyarlathotep> You should focus on yourselves.
<DeathStar> *more Nyarlathotep rise up*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan growls and sends a blast of Holy mixed Moonlight at them**
<XanTop> <Xan> OH shit, go time.
<Dias`> *Chad slams in to the desk, crashing through it and causing him to groan in pain*
<XanTop> 6* Xan pulls up his pistol firing at a Nyarlathotep
<Seraphna> **Angela forms her armor and sword and glows with Holy, blasting out at another**
<DeathStar> *they vanish from the moonlight and even a pistol disrupts them, but more begin to appear*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *forms her Dark Edge and goes for the nearest Nyarl, slashing*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl uses her whip to disrupt one*
<Alicia> * Charlotte launches tendrils, while Jikuu throws TK blasts at the Nyarls
<Dias`> *Chad coughs a bit as he pushes himself up.*
<DeathStar> *the group makes more of them vanish*
<DeathStar> *as more of htem rise up from the ground, grabbing Charlotte and Noire*
<Dias`> *The Idlet floats about scanning them as they appear and disrupted, collecting data*
<DeathStar> *they look to be just eldritch energy, mixed with something else*
<XanTop> <Xan> There a source for this energy anywhere Id?
<Jackieness> <Noire> *tries sending tendrils in eveyr direction to break free*
<XanTop> 6* Xan activates his beam saber to save the bullets, slashing at one.
<DeathStar> *Erevis TK slams and knocks a few back*
<Alicia> * Charlotte stabs at one with a beam saber, launching tendrils at others
<DeathStar> *Noire and Charlotte break free*
<Dias`> <Id> That's what I am currently trying to figure out.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan growls** If you've touched my Tsuki I will make hell seem like paradise.
<Dias`> *Chad pulls out his gun and starts firing shots at them*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan forms a ball of moonlight and flashes it across the area in a wave**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "None of these are the real thing. I feel as though someone is playign with us..."
<DeathStar> *Nyarlathoteps begin to laugh at Kaelan, even as they vanish*
<DeathStar> *and soon a giant one begins to form*
<Dias`> <Id> Interesting. I believe there maybe a connection to where these creatures are coming from and the odd energy source from them.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> This is deja vu
<Dias`> <Id> I strongly suggest finding a way to wake these people up.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan feels out the other thing in them**
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Where are they coming... oh, okay." *attempts to wake people up*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl tries to slap people*
<Alicia> * Jikuu uses telepathy to try to wake people
<DeathStar> *Zayne fires her magical attack gun at the giant Nyarl to keep it back*
<XanTop> 6* Xan moves to try and carry people closest to the big Nyarl away.
<DeathStar> *and fires it again*
<Seraphna> **Angela steps outside and clicks a button on a device, sending several Montanas down to join them**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves, trying to get in attacks of opportunity with her Dark Edge*
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Id who explains more* <Id> I am getting the same energy signature that the Reverie Race put out.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, are they coming from the nightmares themselves?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> How is that suppose to work?!
<Seraphna> Angela> How though?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Don't ask me how eldritch powers work!"
<DeathStar> *The team slowly begins to wake a few peope up as Xan gets a few away*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I was thinking the same, Charlotte."
<Seraphna> **Angela hops on a Montana and they open up hest ports for large speakers**
<Dias`> <Id> Different planes I assume. Which means it most likely did something to their plane of existence.
<DeathStar> *making NYarl shrink*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Keep it up, as you remove dreamers, it is diminishing!"
<Seraphna> **Angela then coughs gently and yells, amplified by the mechs** WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!!
<Dias`> <Chad> Problem is, there's a lot of people here. *Her covers his ears, feeling sorry for those pesky Famfrits and Foxes*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl grabs her ears and Zayne's shot goes wild*
<DeathStar> *Erevis winces*
<Seraphna> **Angela is holding her own, the most biggest of all the ears**
<Seraphna> Angela> Ow... that better work.
<DeathStar> *Nyarl shrinks down to an almost child like form*
<DeathStar> *As people begin to wake*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "... ... ..." *tries slapping Nyarl down with her tendrils*
<DeathStar> *it poofs*
<DeathStar> *the officers look confused and seem to think the group did something to them; if not for Christina, they'd likely arrest them*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *adjusts ehr glasses* "...I feel like someone is having a laugh at our expense."
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Morning."
<Seraphna> Angela> What?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ... Are they? If this is happening all over? If not for Lenneth and Fate, this could be happening to the marked on the PAX
<DeathStar> <<Erevis> They put an anti-elderitch field over the PAX.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "How does that work?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> This might explain why Song Thena has been so messed up since she was captured.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Fate put her blood in key parts on the ship walls
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh jeez. Imagine Jaime's complaints without that.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> We are unsure how much it can withhold against eldritch powers though - it is a temporary protective field
<Dias`> <Chad> This is going to be hard to deal with.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "This pattern of attack makes no sense. The dreamers stay trapped, then the eldritch entities spawn once we show up."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Makes perfect sense, if you think about it.
<Dias`> <Chad> It makes a lot of sense. It's hard to kill something when it can spread through dreams.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Yeah. Noire is right. It feels like the dreamers can be activated anytime
<Seraphna> Kaelan> THe sins were a distraction, now she's a multitude of them.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Something way bigger than this is coming.
<DeathStar> *Ren and Xevil arrive; Ren out of breath*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...unless the entity is indeed asleep and can only access our reality through some ethereal dream plane."
<Dias`> <Chad> Regardless, Id has data we can use and we now have a piece of the puzzle
<DeathStar> <Ren> What did we miss?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, monsters out of nightmares. Literally."
<DeathStar> *Xevil seems to no longer have his chicken*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Oh my, done with the chicken already?
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I gave it to the wolf girl. She seemed weak
<DeathStar> <Ren> I-I won't eat anything else
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... yes... until Cuddles is able to diagnose you, Ren, I release you from your diet obligation."
<DeathStar> <Ren> R-Really?
<Dias`> <Chad> Erevis, we should work on a way to wake those affected quicker. That should help stop this.
<DeathStar> *Erevis nods* I will speak to Adeline on the PAX. Let us retur
<Jackieness> <Noire> "But again, you will consult with Cuddles."
<DeathStar> *Ren nods* Oh kay
<DeathStar> <Xevil> If you all are planning to go back to the ship, I might continue my vacation
<Seraphna> **Kaelan hands Ren and Xevil both giant hams**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl raises her eyebrow*
<DeathStar> *Ren consumes it*
<Seraphna> Angela> This girl has more meat than I do.
<Seraphna> Angela> How is this possible?
<Dias`> <Chad> ...
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Is this really a contest?"
<DeathStar> *Erevis seems to be in a foul mood*
<Seraphna> Angela> Well I own a steakhouse and am a strict carnivore. **Says the bunny girl**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Let us return to the ship
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> <CHIP> Ah, I've found it!
<Seraphna> Thena> The secret of Thena's special cookie cakes!?
<DeathStar> *Erevis paces in place* <CHIP> Xvar stated he wished, after the battle with that thing, to take some time off - it was put in 3 days ago
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Right before the field was finished for the eldritch protection
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And a day before the incident with Geyze
<Seraphna> Thena> He got back on the ship okay thought right? So no eldritch on him?
<Dias`> *Chad drums his fingers a bit* Anyway to confirm his actions and whereabouts?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, he's not protected?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> He did not come on with us, but used his shuttle to continue his vacation
<Dias`> <Chad> I can have Id trace it's path and any satellites and camera feeds, if you want.
<Seraphna> Thena> Well that makes it harder to verify... didn't grandma say he was on Luna whole time though?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I debated trying to command him to come on with us, but that would force a confrontation
<DeathStar> *Erevis nods to Chad*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "How long was his vacation for?"
<DeathStar> <Chad> He requested 2 weeks
<DeathStar> *CHIP
<DeathStar> <CHIP> But we could probably, if there was an emergency, recall him sooner
<Seraphna> **Jaime grumbles more and sits back** Did he even know we were doing the protection? If he knew that would be proof enough?
<Dias`> <Chad> Id, do it. *The Idlet blinks in confirmation and starts working on it*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> I'd hope it was kept to the bridge crew only
<DeathStar> *Ren meanwhile is stuck in Cuddles' medical, flailing*
<Seraphna> Leyaeh> Crew doesn't go about advertising.
<Dias`> <Chad> Less chance of someone trying to sabotage it. I'll also look into seeing if any other individuals were seen where these events have been taking place. It could be someone else.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> I could go kill him to be safe
<Dias`> *Durt looks over at Ren flailing and reaches for a bottle of water*
<DeathStar> *Cuddles pokes her with various needles and draws blood*
<DeathStar> *The PAX's warning alarms go off*
<DeathStar> *Adeline rolls her chair over to see what it is*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Hm. This is not good.
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks up, clenching fists**
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We need to move the PAX toward Yggdrasil. Fate sent a S.O.S.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... CHIP, any idea where Xvar's shuttle went?"
<Dias`> *Chad rubs his face a bit*
<DeathStar> <CHIP> It looks like his ship is currently heading toward the Cartel Territory.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Forget him... the tree must be protected.
<DeathStar> <CHIP> Perhaps looking to enjoy a Jarivan like world
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well good for him."
<DeathStar> *the PAX blinks and then appears in front of Yggdrasil*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I just wanted to make sure he didn't detour to the Yggdrasil, considering his earlier itnerest in it."
<DeathStar> *the upper branches have begun to restore themselves*
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Since you're down Ren for this mission, be sure to find someone to replace her before heading out
<Seraphna> Jaime> This... looks good right?
<DeathStar> *Adeline stands up* We'll see
<DeathStar> *she heads for the shuttle*
<Seraphna> **Jaime follows her**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes along after Adeline*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan sighs and heads after them**
<DeathStar> *Zayne follows, while Erevis takes a seat; waiting at the shuttle, a certain red haired man leans on it*
<Dias`> <Chad> If it was good, we wouldn't have gotten an SOS. *He follows*
<DeathStar> <John> Hey gang.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And it's John
<Seraphna> Tabetha> And I'm here too!
<Seraphna> Angela> Hello Tabby.
<DeathStar> <John> While you were on the moon, Lenneth has been contacting various people to set up a team to deal with this eldritch threat to help out, since so many of our people are tired from the nightamres
<DeathStar> <John> So we signed on to help out
<Jackieness> <Noire> *buckles up* Then let's proceed with all speed."
<Dias`> <Chad> It's gonna take a lot of us to quell this.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Agreed. A large team that will allow us to swap out and form mini teams will be the best thing
<DeathStar> *John grabs the controls*
<Seraphna> **Jaime rests her head on Adeline's shoulder**
<DeathStar> *John takes them into Yggdrasil*
<DeathStar> *as they fly among the branches that are being regrown,, they spot something that looks like corruptive eldritch energies among the branches growing along it, and Fate pinned by some weapon*
<Dias`> <Chad> There.
<DeathStar> *struggling to get it off as eldritch corruption begins to seep into her*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> That is not good
<DeathStar> *John rushes to land on a safe part*
<Alicia> * Jikuu floats down
<DeathStar> *Zayne flies off and tries to get close to the eldritch stuff, dropping suddenly onto the branch; the weapon seems to be putting off high levels*
<DeathStar> <Zayne> Be...careful
<Dias`> <Chad> No. *He moves down the ramp once it lands and pulls out his Idlet, sending it off to scan*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Looks like the reports of the attack on Geyze."
<DeathStar> *Cheryl and Adeline approach from a distance, as Adeline begins to set up equipment. John pulls Zayne back some*
<Seraphna> **Jaime helps Adeline, seeming to just want to be close by her for this**
<DeathStar> <Adeline> The weapon make is Tsivrish. Like before
<Dias`> <Idlet> I believe many of you will jump to conclusions. But I am picking up an Xvash.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> And eldritch
<Dias`> <Idlet> This one though is made purely of Eldritch Energy.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan muses** I had a thought.. we pulled that Xvar from the tree, right?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You did
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Whose to say it was the only one.
<Dias`> *Chad walks with Cheryl, eyeing the scene*
<Dias`> <Chad> You're thinking more than one?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You know Occam's Razor or whatever
<Seraphna> Angela> When we fought Xevil in Centerpoint, at one point he threw like dozens of himself at us.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Why would there be only one of a common weapon type? It is not like it is the Emerald Sword."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Exactly.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Xvar can't be in more than one place at a time, but who is to say he's the only one.
<Dias`> <Chad> Considering everything, we also need to take in to consideration that this could be a distraction.
<DeathStar> <John> *Eyes the branch slowly being corrupted*
<DeathStar> <John> Hell of a distraction
<Dias`> <Chad> If it was me, and I was doing this, I'd point the finger at someone else while you all chased the wrong person.
<Seraphna> **Angela starts working on burnign away the corruption with Holy energuy**
<DeathStar> <John> The Fate girl is also being taken out
<Dias`> <Chad> I'm talking about the weapon, not the resulting damage, John.
<Seraphna> Angela> Yeah we should get her.
<Alicia> * Jikuu moves to rescue Fate
<Seraphna> **Kaelan and Truth add Holy Foxfire to the corruption burnination efforts**
<Dias`> <Chad> With Lana gone, I'll have to have Id bring me and a few others up to speed on how to deal with this stuff.
<DeathStar> *Holy energy burns at the corruption as Jikuu nears her; the xvash seems to be smashed into her and into the branch, pinning her*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We need to get the xvash off of her
<DeathStar> *she eyes the eldritch energy seeping into Fate*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> **nods and starts to try and pull the Xvash up and away from Fate**
<Seraphna> **With TK**
<Alicia> * Jikuu attempts to TK pull the xvash, not touching it herself
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Let me try something..." *yaises a a hand and tries to sweep the xvash off with dark matter mini-balls*
<DeathStar> *somehow, the two manage to roll a 1 out of 10 with their TK, yanking it up into the air Noire knocks Fate away from the corruption*
<Seraphna> **Angela blasts Fate with a gout of Holy Healing energy while Kaelan tosses several blessing charms on her and starts channeling moonlight to help**
<DeathStar> *Fate's marks seem to be a bit resistant to the healing charms, as she strains to rise*
<DeathStar> <Fate> T-Thank you
<DeathStar> *Zayne eyes the corruptive branch* Should I destroy the branch?
<DeathStar> <John> That's a bit excessive.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan seems to take on an even foxier form as she blasts moonlight over her too**
<Seraphna> Angela> Fate? Your call.
<Dias`> <Chad> Problem is, if we can't treat it, it'll spread.
<DeathStar> <Fate> I am unable to treat it right now.. unless you all can do it.. it will need to be destroyed
<DeathStar> *Fate grabs her chest and along with Angela, does something, then seems to fall unconscious*
<Seraphna> Angela> Wha....?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Do we have any singers?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Not professionally but I've sung at the bitch before.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> She seems to have put herself in a healing state using your moonlight powers.
<DeathStar> <John> Hotaru and Tabetha sing better than me
<Jackieness> <Noire> *shifts on her foot* "...I technically share the same vocal range of my sister... I just lack any desire to be artsy."
<Dias`> <Chad> Call her in. We'll need her to heal this.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Could a Maka help?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I can sing a little."
<Dias`> <Chad> But can you perform Song Magic?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> MOst of them were corrupted.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We only have a Makai sadly
<DeathStar> *Zayne eyes them*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I can try, at least. Reikana or Victoire could do better though."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> So they can probably hum a few bars but it might just make things worse.
<DeathStar> <Zayne> You are not going to suggest I sing are you?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I bet you have the voice of a Gothic Angel.
<DeathStar> *Adeline works on a program* I have a mini program here to help out if ou want to try to sing
<DeathStar> <Adeline> IF not we need to destroy the branch
<Seraphna> **Kaelan sighs, Truth appearing as they start to sing their song they sang when they were trying to save Shizuki**
<Dias`> <Chad> Don't look at me. Singing isn't my forte.
<DeathStar> *Adeline sets up her equipment to have a loud speaker and whatnot to send out their voices louder and further*
<DeathStar> *complete with music*
<Seraphna> **Tabetha listens, then starts following along**
<DeathStar> *Zayne crosses her arms, then seems to catch on with the tune and sings*
<Alicia> * Charlotte sings, actually pretty well
<DeathStar> *Adeline studies the readings to it, seeing if she can direct it like Athena's tower*
<Dias`> *Chad just reaches up and taps his neck, forming his mask around his ears and face*
<DeathStar> *Zayne's singing seems to have a dark edge to it, and the waves reflect it; while the branch corruption begins to heal itself, one part of it rises up like a dark flower blooms into a monster, reaching out to eat them*
<DeathStar> <John> Ey!
<DeathStar> *Cheryl shifts forward and uses her whip at the base*
<Seraphna> **Jaime rises, and blasts it with Hyperspace**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm.... a discordant note."
<Seraphna> **Jaime then glows green, flowers and plants growing at her feet as she closes her eyes and starts empowering the branch like Terra would** Just... needs love.
<DeathStar> *The monster flower makes a horrible noise, spitting out corruptive acid at Jaime and Adeline's equipment, but now most of the branch is purged*
<Seraphna> **Angela forms a shield to protect them and the gear**
<Seraphna> **Kaelan kicks up the joyful part of the song**
<DeathStar> *John leaps up and punches the monster plant*
<DeathStar> *The singers begin to affect the plant now*
<Dias`> *Chad waits a second then fires a shot at the part of the flower attached to the tree, aiming to sheer it off*
<Seraphna> **Angela joins in the song**
<DeathStar> *The plant flops and looks dead*
<DeathStar> *Adeline tunes the song down, with applause sounds on the machine*
<Seraphna> **Jaime kneels on the branch and just keeps encouraging it to return to normal, and grow stronger**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *swipes at the dead plant thing with a tendril, trying to knock it into space*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Lets ... carry Fate back to the ship I guess. She isn't going to do much healing until she's healed. *As the plant flies off*
<DeathStar> <John> It also means she can't answer questions on how she was attacked
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "She can talk while she heals up though?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Lets get hre to medical and find out
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Cuddles hooks Fate up to medical equipment, next to Ren*
<DeathStar> *Lenneth on the bridge* I've recalled Xvar back to the ship. We'll see how he reacts on the ship and if the barrier hurts him
<Dias`> *Durt looks over at Fate being hooked up and moves to start unhooking himself*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... we are being worn down."
<DeathStar> *Ren seems to have a strange medical necklace on her*
<DeathStar> *Fate opens her eyes* Ugh...
<Dias`> <Chad> That's been the narrative since this whole Eldritch thing started.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "What's that?"
<DeathStar> <Cuddles> This should help stablize her hunger without taking away her strength
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Good."
<DeathStar> *Erevis stands by Fate* What happened on the tree?
<DeathStar> *Fate tiredly grabs a pad and writes on it*
<DeathStar> *then hands it to Erevis, who looks at it, then shows it to the others*
<Seraphna> Jaime> **seems cheerful for some reason, heading to Athena**
<DeathStar> <Erevis> The Xvash came crashing down from space; despite her ability to know the future, it pierced her to the tree.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> The speed of which it had to be thrown..
<Seraphna> Kaelan> You'd need like a god or something to hurl it from somewhere else.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... do we have Xvar's flight path?"
<DeathStar> *Erevis looks at it* Yes. Do you think something will happen?
<Dias`> <Chad> I'll have Aya look in to trying to track it's trajectory. Barring it didn't curve but went in a "straight" line.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "You don't really think Xvar threw it from his shuttle, do you?"
<Dias`> <Chad> But to make it happen, calculating it and expecting it her to be in that exact spot. *He crosses his arms* That takes a certain level of genius.
<DeathStar> *Spade steps into medical*
<DeathStar> <Spade> I warned you
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Be sure to account for gravitational effects." *crosses her arms* "At this point, I cnanot take anything for granted*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I don't recall any warnings about melee weapons thrown from space shuttles."
<DeathStar> *Spade steps over to the bed of Fate, looking perturbed* I warned that this was leading to a threat beyond what you were facing. That Nyarlathotep might even allow itself to be defeated to see it be born.
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh, we guessed that already."
<Dias`> *Durt slides off his medical bed and moves to the others, nodding to Chad* Read the reports. Yeah yeah future sight.
<Seraphna> Angela> Maybe just being plain about everything would help.
<DeathStar> <Spade> Then you know we are facing the 8th Sin
<Dias`> <Chad> Question is, who is it and how did it come to be.
<DeathStar> <Spade> I am sure it likely might have the backing of Nyarlathotep, as well, with all of the sighting
<Dias`> *Chad crosses his arms* Well, I have a theory. But no evidence to back it up.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> We have another problem. *she motions them to the bridge*
<Dias`> <Durt> Technically, two I suppose.
<DeathStar> <John> Who are the two suspects?
<DeathStar> *Adeline walks from medical to the bridge*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Xevil is one
<Dias`> *Chad points at Cheryl* And the other theoretically could be whatever Durt lost. *He looks at him*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... what is the problem?"
<DeathStar> *As they arrive at the bridge, there is a flashing "shuttle destroyed" message on screen, complete with coordinates*
<Dias`> <Chad> It's partly why I was hesitant to pay the "toll"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...how dishearteningly convenient."
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> Xvar's shuttle was destroyed a moment ago
<DeathStar> *Erevis's eyes narrow*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Certainly we will never see him again."
<DeathStar> <John> How far away?
<XanTop> <Xan> We have any data? Destroyed by what?
<DeathStar> *Lenneth brings it up on screen - it looks like he was destroyed mid-hyperspace only less than 25 mins away*
<Dias`> <Chad> Too many coincidences.
<Dias`> <Chad> Mid-Hyperspace? That would....If there's any debris left of it would be a miracle.
<DeathStar> <Lenneth> If I had to guess, that scattered him somewhere in Earth territory
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Chad is right
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Most would be gone
<XanTop> <Xan> Convenient.
<DeathStar> <CHIP> Do you want to see the video from our shuttle then?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Still... we should investigate."
<DeathStar> <Adeline> I would at least
<XanTop> <Xan> Yeah show what we got
<DeathStar> *CHIP brings it up, showing Xvar flying the shuttle toward Cartel space when Lenneth orders him back. He sits there a moment, looking Tsivrixsh annoyed perhaps as he holds the controls of the ship tightly, then stops at a station, getting out and getting supplies; for a while nothing is seen as people come in, all looking legit as they refill, check the shuttle, prep, then Xvar comes back in and sits, then flies off, entering hyperspace. He seems to sit there, meditating and time passes - so much so CHIP speeds it up, then returns to normal time when the shuttle alarms go off and Xvar grabs the controls*
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Weird meditation."
<DeathStar> *he heads into the back to check an error on the engines, leaning forward when they superheat and explode - the video cutting off*
<Dias`> <Chad> Is it tho?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "The station he stopped at... perfect opportunity for sabotage."
<DeathStar> <John> But it also means he can't be out 8th right?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Until we check everything out, I will not rule him out
<Dias`> <Chad> What the time stamp for when he started meditating?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Compare with the Nyar attack."
<DeathStar> <CHIP> Lets see, It was about 5 mins and 10 seconds into the return trip
<Dias`> <Chad> Are there any events happening elsewhere that coincide with it?
<DeathStar> <CHIP> Well, this happened right after the stuff on Yggdrasil
<DeathStar> <CHIP> So no
<DeathStar> <CHIP> You were all seeing Fate
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Lets try to see if we can locate the ship's debris
<DeathStar> <Erevis> If at all possible
<DeathStar> <Erevis> And write Xvar off the suspect list and more on

<DeathStar> -TBC-
<DeathStar> -Minis are Open-
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<DeathStar> *Adeline does computations with Aya*
<DeathStar> *While Erevis looks annoyed in her office*
<Dias`> *Id floats with Adeline and Aya, helping them out*
<DeathStar> <Aya> I think the ship might could be found somewhere around here. *She circles the space map*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> But what will be left to tell us
<Seraphna> **Jaime poofs onto Erevis’ desk, cross legged**
<DeathStar> *Athena has begun to play emo music and wearing dark clothed, to show she is Sad Athena*
<DeathStar> *Ako eyes her*
<Seraphna> **Jennifer scoops her more ice cream**
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Hello, Jaime.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Momma is brooding. That’s my job currently.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> How are your dreams
<Seraphna> Jaime> Terrifying beyond belief.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> We should see if we can give you dreamless sleep
<Seraphna> Jaime> That would be nice.
<DeathStar> *Ako looks to wearing white clothes since her clothing style has been stolen by Athena*
<Dias`> <Id> It is hard to say, you two. But the longer we take to go check it out, the further things will drift.
<DeathStar> <Aya> That is true. <Adeline> I can't arge that. Ltes take a shuttle and grab what we can
<Dias`> <Id> We could send out shuttles ahead to start collecting stuff.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Are you gonna be okay though?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Me?
<DeathStar> <Aya> Lets do that
<Seraphna> Jaime> Yeah.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am fine. Let us focus on helping with the nightmares
<DeathStar> *Aya preps a shuttle to be sent out*
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