The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 699

Session Start: Mon Apr 08 11:46:29 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Session699
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-660.7.24
<DeathStar> Location: The Higher Planes of Existence - At a Fabulous Hotel
<DeathStar> *Cheryl returns to the room, having returned from scouting the area* It's crazy - the people out there don't even seem to find me suspicious
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And there's no police force that I can see
<DeathStar> *Ren, sprawled out on the bed beside Selena, scowls while Selena looks thoughtful.*
<Seraphna> **Angela stretches** You create a perfect peace there is no reason to have worry or police. Of course that probably leaves them close to defenseless if they ever encountered conflict once more.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...they just mindsing any threat into submission like they tried doing to our reality."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I should signal to Mem, Hotaru, and Zephyr to come in to cause a little havoc if we need it
<DeathStar> *Fate sits quietly on a chair, brushing her longer hair back; Ren occasisonally studying her new look*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I wonder if they have as much ability to affect people here as they do below. Magnitude of power seems to rise with either direction.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> It could explain why everyone here is so damn happy
<DeathStar> <Selena> You are a very untrusting person
<Seraphna> Jaime> She has a long history of reasons to be cautious.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... are they trully happy, or are they just being mind-controlled to believe they are?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> That. Exactly that. *she points at Noire*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I bet you they're all depressed sacks underneath those smiles
<Xantop> <Simon> The serenity is actually quite nice, if a little unsettling. But knowing that peace comes through nefarious means is...frustrating.
<Xantop> <Xan> Any psions in our little forward crew?
<DeathStar> *Selena gives a troubled look at Cheryl* You don't think this is all fake too, do you, Simon?
<Xantop> <Simon> Not personally, no. I believe they are happy and comfortable with the peace afforded to them.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I am not psionic at the moment.
<DeathStar> *Ren waves a hand at Jikuu*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I read people in other ways.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Regardless if philosophical arguments, we do know for a fact that they are a threat to OUR reality."
<Xantop> <Simon> If I was a resident here with no clue of how that peace was achieved...I would feel very comfortable happy.
<Xantop> <Simon> Of course, I have no intention of walking away from this, simply I can understand and empathize with the residents.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Well. *She speaks up slowly* If we feel safe enough, we can approach their building. Unless you all feel the need to gather more information first
<DeathStar> *she peers at Cheryl*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Even if we did walk around and go to places with books, they'd be doctored, I'd bet
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm...as irritated as I am by their actions toward my plane of existence, even I am wary of charging in... lest I become a Stepford Wife."
<Seraphna> Jaime> It might be wise to gather more intelligence. Though it feels strange to have come here to confront only for us to be… welcomed. I think this is a welcome.
<DeathStar> <Ren> It is strange to walk right up to their front door and ... have nothing be done
<DeathStar> *Ren's ears flatten* Like, there was extra candy under the pillow
<DeathStar> *she munches on it*
<DeathStar> <Selena> So. *She turns to Fate* Do you have suggestions where we could go if not directly to them?
<DeathStar> *Fate stands up* Do you have ideas what you might be looking for?
<DeathStar> *She peers at Jaime specifically*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "....did you eat the candy, Ren?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I am more of the pop up and discuss things type. But I suppose we could stand to scout a bit more.
<DeathStar> <Ren> I uh, saved a little. *She offers one to Noire and one to Victoire*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *takes a piece* "...for later."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Mostly if the control is employed here or not.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Control. *She repeats* Okay.
<Seraphna> Jaime> It would be easier to know the type of people we are about to encounter based on if this peace is real or artificial.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Why did you ask about psions, anyway?"
<DeathStar> *she heads down toward the inn keeper, who seems to recognize Fate; but before he can speak, Fate speaks over him* Thank you for taking us in, good sir. If you need anything done in return, send it to this address. *She gives the man an address, then leads them out onto the streets*
<DeathStar> *Selena, Ren, and Cheryl follow* <Cheryl> .. probably to see if they're mind warped. Like that inn keeper.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "I'll try to tell if it feels fake, too, but... you know."
<Seraphna> **Jaime watches Fate curiously as they move along** Is there something you haven’t told us, Fate?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm..." *follows along*
<DeathStar> <Fate> I suppose I might as well - you know this is where I am from. I have connections up here.
<Seraphna> Jaime> You are giving off similar vibes I did back when I tried to hide my Suisen relations.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Well, I do not like walking around in public due too much. I stand out.
<DeathStar> *due to it
<Seraphna> Jaime> So whose Utopian version of us are you related to?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Look at her face and take a wild guess. She looks like a cross between me and Zeph.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Hiding ones identity is... tough."
<Xantop> <Xan> She's like the spitting image of me.
<Xantop> 6* Xan winks
<Seraphna> Jaime> That narrows it down some.
<DeathStar> *Fate hah's at Xanatos, bowing at him*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Oh, such cruel fate."
<DeathStar> <Fate> I believe I told you about when the heroes came back, due to the legends and time passing
<Alicia> <Victoire> *to Fate* "... wait, does this mean we're family?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> You did.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Legends of one hero doing one thing blurred lines between this and that. A hero doing one thing, another doing another thing. Lines blur between who accomplished what. It's why the statues out there are not quite perfect - because the heroes out there sometimes are credited and blurred between them. Not always, some are remembered more strongly
<Seraphna> **Jaime tilts her head** You are one of those amalgamations?
<DeathStar> <Fate> Yes.
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<DeathStar> *Fate seems to be leading them toward what looks to be the residental area*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Cheryl and Zephyr at least. Interesting.
<Xantop> <Simon> It's fascinating that it has even happened. Names and legends giving to power feels...absurd in a world where we deal with a whole universe of possibility...yet here we are.
<DeathStar> Song: English Cover My Hero Acamdeia OP 4
<Seraphna> Kaelan> A name and idea of a person can shape a world. I know from experience.
<DeathStar> *the area looks to be orderly and has plenty of room for the citizens*
<DeathStar> <Fate> With who I am, you can interview them if you want and see if they are being controlled.
<DeathStar> <Fate> The people here are quite friendly
<Seraphna> Jaime> Thank you.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl seems to be keeping her distance, in thought*
<DeathStar> <Ren> So how many people do we plan to talk to? <Selena> I suppose as many as it takes until we feel comfortable?
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<DeathStar> <Ren> I guess we'll go start knocking on doors then
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Erevis stands on the bridge, having Yuki from the Aquarius and Cersei connected as well*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So far our sensors are picking up absolutely no sign of any threatening movements
<DeathStar> <Yuki> They haven't tried any songs on Mireille even
<Dias`> <Id> Most likely becaus they do not feel threatened by us.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I would not expect it unless we present a threat. I recommend that we find a way to disrupt their mental siren's song."
<DeathStar> <Megumi> You really think that's it? An advanced race like that just .. doesn't feel threatened by us?
<DeathStar> *She turns in her chair* That's pretty dumb.
<Seraphna> Thena> Could be lulling us into false sense of security.
<Dias`> <Id> Do you feel threatened by the insects beneath your feet?
<DeathStar> <Cersei> How would we go about disrupting their siren song. So far your Ben and your CHIP have not been able to figure it out
<Xantop> <Marcus> My two cents, they're just observing, waiting for us to threaten them and then they'll pounce. That or they're drawing us into a trap. Either way we need to be ready.
<DeathStar> *Andrea leans against another chair, wearing an evil looking outfit that shows off her figure* I was hoping Noire and the ground team would give us some data, but so far there's not been a lot from them. Either good or bad. I have a dark tracker on Noire and she's currently playing with the locals
<Alicia> <Celeste> "That seems likely."
<Seraphna> Thena> They are the heroes here… could it be that they can’t be the ones to strike first?
<DeathStar> <Rio> So are we...the baddies?!
<DeathStar> <Rio> I can go tell Heaven to attack in her ship
<Jackieness> <Airym> "That is a thought. Perhaps they have unseen rules that they must abide by."
<Seraphna> Thena> Only to them, probably.
<Dias`> <Id> Depends on perspective.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "As for how to disrupt it, we still need to come to a solution. If we had a solution already, then we would be able to act at any moment."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> For now, the PAX's shields should protect us
<DeathStar> <Erevis> But that does stifle combat capabilities as well
<Xantop> <Kane> Have we scanned all spectrums? I'm curious about stealth tech.
<DeathStar> *Erevis motions at Syiean* See what you can find
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I wonder if it could be a derivative of things that we are familiar with, such as the Song Mage technology."
<Dias`> <Id> We would need to compare any scans of it.
<DeathStar> *Athena's face pops on the meeting call* <Athena> An Anti-Song Magic?!
<DeathStar> <Athena> Heathens.
<Seraphna> Thena> What about an anti-Bad Magic song?
<Dias`> <Id> I wonder if they came up with that on the spot or have already had it.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Or a future version of it, assumign this place is further along on the timeline. Alternatively, they developed it earlier in their history."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> That is one thing I am wondering about
<Dias`> <Id> It's not uncommon for counters to new tech to appear.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Now that you brought it up Airym
<DeathStar> <Erevis> How far along in the timeline they are in. They fought some enemy that they all died in, came back as legends, and now rule this plane of existence according to what Id found. Yet we are the prime reality. How did this reality move so, so, so quickly
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No, scratch that, this plane of realities
<Seraphna> Thena> We’ve seen lots of realities go faster, even our own mirror.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "There have been other realities that have also progressed far out of sync with Prime."
<Dias`> <Id> It is a fair question to ask. The Lower Planes tended to move quicker also.
<Seraphna> Thena> Come to think of it the one thing we rarely see is a reality that goes slower than ours.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I have a fear. That maybe, since this reality has it's own Yggdrasil, that it might be considered a "prime" itself. If you recall, all the other worlds in our plane could not manifest a Yggdrasil because we had it
<Xantop> <Kane> Perhaps there can only be one Yggdrasil and if we thrive they struggle and if they thrive we struggle.
<Dias`> <Id> If that's the case, then each plane would most likely have one also, no?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "However, there has been a great deal of tampering with the Yggdrasil."
<Seraphna> Thena> So… going up or down each center has a Yggdrasil, but going outward everything is tied to the Yggdrasil of that level?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It is something we should look into.
<Seraphna> Thena> Like Yggdrasil is a trunk for all and side realities are branches.
<Dias`> <Id> It is a theory.
<Xantop> <Kane> Perhaps the Aquarius could slip away to go do that studying?
<Dias`> <Id> The Stardate for this plane is 12-840.3.12
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You sure you want us to get closer to the Yggdrasil here? We could aggro them
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Sometimes we have to be bold to get answers
<Seraphna> Thena> Could ask ground team to ask them.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> The ground team is still playing with the locals
<Seraphna> Thena> I don’t think we’re on a timer yet?
<DeathStar> <Megumi> Are we sure we're not slowly losing our mind as someone rolls a dice behind their screen? *she motions at X at a D&D table, tossing a dice up and down* <X> What is this game?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "It may eb worth getting within distant visual of Yggdrasil to observe its state."
<Dias`> *Dias is munching on food next to X, eyeing the table*
<Seraphna> Thena> Send smaller ship. Scout.
<Xantop> <Pepper> Why do we get the dangerous job?
<DeathStar> <Heaven on comm> I'll go.
<Seraphna> **Thenapuffs her cheeks and AJ
<Seraphna> **shrinks a bit, a Thena joining her**
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... *to Airym* Keep an eye on that ship. I have a bad idea sending a pot head out there. No offense, Pepper - Cookie
<DeathStar> *Heaven's ship takes off*
<DeathStar> <Mireille on comm> Monitoring ship for all. *brings it up on screen*
<Seraphna> Cookie> But we didn’t go.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, keep sensors on Heaven's scout ship."
<DeathStar> <Ben> Will do
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Planet Side
<DeathStar> *So far, it appears eveyone they've talked to has nothing but good things to say about the heroes, and none appear to be willed in any sort of way*
<DeathStar> *they're good leaders, who remain hands off unless there's an emergency*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... ask about past emergencies."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Explains the lack of action, we haven’t constituted an emergency so far.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Who even are these heroes?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Argh. What do you people consider an emergency!?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Bet one is a Dias with the Charisma of Amazo.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Probably actual danger."
<DeathStar> *the person thinks* Um lets see. Fire once broke out. An earthquake struck the area and they showed up and saved the day
<DeathStar> Song: The Best it's Gonna Get
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Sounds like they do the superhero thing here.
<Xantop> <Simon> Oh? How did they save the day during the earthquake?
<DeathStar> <Ren> You gotta be kidding mr
<Dias`> *Chad crosses his arms as he glances around*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...how...disappointingly mundane..."
<DeathStar> <Man> Well, they rescued people and then they restored the city and the damage
<Dias`> <Chad> How did they restore the city?
<DeathStar> *The man shrugs*
<Dias`> <Chad> Like, snapped their finger and it was instantly restored?
<DeathStar> *Fate is kneeling, talking to a kid*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...tell me... when the heroes died... what was the big threat then?"
<DeathStar> <Man> Uh, I um, kind maybe?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hmm. Maybe we do just have to go and talk to them.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "They didn't even have to put on a show. Sheesh."
<DeathStar> <Woman> The big threat the heroes saved everyone? That was so long ago that the history books have many versions on how it happened
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... of course, they do..."
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Cheryl* Sound familiar?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Quite
<DeathStar> <Selena> Humor us and tell us what version you were taught
<DeathStar> <Woman> Well. The heroes supposedly defeated enemy after enemy
<Dias`> <Chad> Id, look into the various versions. See when major changes to it occur and how many years between them.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Yes, I have a strange feeling."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...sounds like a video game gauntlet level.
<DeathStar> <Woman> And they were beloved, but then a mysterious evil grew, and sought out the strongest of them. This is where it varies. The heroes and the one taken over fought and when defeated, it took over another, and another
<DeathStar> <Woman> It thirsted on battle, until the heroes managed to defeat it
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...oh?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Legion? Maybe?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I... see."
<DeathStar> <Woman> Some say it wasn't beaten until it and the last hero fell, others say it was bottled up, others say it was destroyed
<Dias`> <Chad> But then at some point, the Hero's came back
<Xantop> <Simon> Fascinating.
<Xantop> <Xan> Well thank you for talking to us, sorry for the 20 questions.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm...is that all to your tale?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I was willing to bet they were just manifestations of faith. Like our Dieties.
<DeathStar> <Woman> I mean, you're with one of the heroes, I don't mind
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Fate*
<DeathStar> <Woman> As for the tale, you can buy the history book for a more detailed version
<Dias`> <Chad> I'll be sure to do that.
<Seraphna> **Jaime taps her chin in thought** We should pick one up as we go.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I might do that."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm.. thank you. Come on, tour group. Let's go."
<Seraphna> Jaime> **taps things out into her datapad as she starts moving again**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *walks for a bit* "...Mmmmm....Fate... care to add some color to that tale?"
<DeathStar> <Fate> As they said, the story changes depends on the legend. For example, it depends on which legend I come from
<DeathStar> <Fate> Would it not?
<DeathStar> <Fate> It does not necessarily I'd have "seen" the correct events
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I do dislike all this dancing around things."
<Dias`> *Id floats along side Cheryl and Chad* <Chad> She's correct. The tale is a victim of time passage.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Very well. I'm the one who delivered the final blow.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Matches up with those you seem to be made from. The Dragoons often perform the final take down.
<DeathStar> *she states flatly* <Fate> As I laid dying in the sand and absorbing the malice into me and dying with it. But wait, I recall... Zephyr. Bottling it up
<Xantop> <Xan> Do you have memories of the events or just what you were told?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...I thought as much... and tlel me this... are the other heroes... really who they once were?"
<Seraphna> Angela> Makes the name Fate fit too.
<Dias`> <Chad> But it changes, Jaime. Some times it's Cheryl, sometimes it's Angela...
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah, that is an important detail."
<DeathStar> <Fate> Tell me. Which story is true?
<DeathStar> *she leans in*
<Xantop> <Simon> I do not believe any of them are.
<Xantop> <Simon> I believe that you in fact lost that battle and the entity is controlling this entire universe, to what end I am not sure. But hopefully we will discover in time.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... to perpetuate its own existence, perhaps."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I had a theory similar to that."
<Dias`> <Chad> It's a theory.
<DeathStar> <Ren> If that is the case it's a very friendly one
<Seraphna> Jaime> Legends are not made up, they are forged with the actions of the brave and the time for their tales to spread. But due to their nature the actual facts of the events can easily be shrouded.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Or it's just acting in enlightened self interest."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I confess I am a bit lost
<DeathStar> <Selena> So where to now?
<Xantop> <Xan> Yeah I don't know about all of that, I'm sure Fate did experience a huge battle.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Do you wish to do more fact gathering still before going to the building?
<DeathStar> <Fate> If so, what do you want to do now?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Napoleon Bonaparte once described history as just the pile of lies that the most people can agree upon."
<Seraphna> Jaime> What do you believe awaits us at the building?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "This would be a really good time for a divination..." She sighs.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "But you can't?"
<DeathStar> <Fate> Personally? I believe you'd meet with them.
<DeathStar> <Fate> How it will turn out, I cannot say
<DeathStar> <Fate> After all, I never thought they'd steal will either
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I'm not a maka any more. All I have are my spells."
<DeathStar> <Fate> They were my allies and sent me to aid you
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...they sent you?"
<Xantop> <Xan> Did we know they sent you?
<DeathStar> <Fate> ... You never realized I was sent to watch over you? I had a strict non-interference policy.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...then why have they acted to obstruct you now?"
<Dias`> <Chad> You mentioned it.
<Xantop> <Xan> I guess I always thought you did it on your own.
<DeathStar> <Fate> But I was to guide you
<Dias`> <Chad> That you came here to watch and guide things.
<Xantop> <Xan> OH wait, I remember that now, they got mad when you did more than guide.
<Seraphna> Jaime> And you were punished for that interference.
<DeathStar> <Fate> It's because they had a fear if I interfered too much
<DeathStar> <Fate> I could do more damage than good
<Seraphna> Jaime> But they themselves interfere in others now.
<DeathStar> <Fate> That is why I've been confused lately
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And threaten us far more than we were before."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Maybe they too, are being controlled."
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks aside* "...ar we certain this really is the highest plane?"
<Dias`> <Chad> Because we pushed past Nyarl. It explained what it's purpose was to us.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Something changed after you left. We should be ready for that.
<Xantop> <Xan> Yeah let's go talk to them.
<DeathStar> *Ren grabs a her hair* Argh, this drives me crazy
<Seraphna> Kaelan> **hands her a sandwich**
<Dias`> <Chad> If we're not going to gather anymore information. We should go meet them so we can figure out what to do next.
<DeathStar> *Ren munches hangerly*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... very well."
<DeathStar> Song 2-07: Lost n Time
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I find it best just to go along and be ready to slap whatever bad guy is waiting behind the curtain.
<DeathStar> *Fate leads them from the residental area*
<DeathStar> <Selena> So if I am understanding this - you were sent here on a non-interference policy to guide everyone to stop the Serpent, then suddenly the higher beings have taken it to take all our wills
<Seraphna> Jaime> Sounds like a change in management occurred around when we succeeded against the Serpent.
<DeathStar> <Ren> But the serpent was an us problem
<DeathStar> <Ren> Why would they even care?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... were we supposed to beat the Serpent, I wonder?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Maybe every plane has one.
<DeathStar> <Ren> A Serpent? That's scary
<DeathStar> <Fate> It is true, most likely - we had one
<Dias`> <Chad> Because it would destroy the tree.
<Seraphna> Jaime> This place has a Yggdrasil. With the tree comes the Serpent.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Too much of this reality's true history remains obscured."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Yes."
<DeathStar> <Fate> Well, after the problem with the serpent, a lot of our world was wrecked
<DeathStar> <Fate> So a lot of the records were lost. And then ... it showed up
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "The serpent was scary, but... it was more of a force of nature, than a baddie. Nyarl was using it as a pawn."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "If only we had a historian nerd around."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Ours was less wrecked perhaps?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And what exactly was 'It'?"
<Xantop> <Simon> A-ha, the great enemy you faced was your version of the Serpent?
<DeathStar> <Fate> ... it didn't have a name. It just appeared after the serpent
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "What was it, though? I am not asking for a name."
<DeathStar> <Fate> At first we didn't know what happened. This strong creatures began to appear, and once they fell, it sought the one who felled them
<DeathStar> <Fate> And it kept moving and moving from body to body, seeking a stronger body
<DeathStar> <Fate> No, seeking a stronger opponent
<Seraphna> Jaime> That does sound familiar.
<DeathStar> <Fate> It was ... hungry.
<Xantop> <Xan> Sounds like Dias.
<DeathStar> <Fate> I am well aware of the ... similaries.
<DeathStar> *She whispers*
<Dias`> <Chad> Hmmmm.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... Dias wants to push himself to be the strongest, not steal it though."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Is THAT why you trained him?
<Xantop> <Xan> That's fair. I sure don't want to fight some version of him here though.
<DeathStar> *Fate peers at* I wanted him to be the best. The best at ... everything.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...really?"
<Dias`> <Chad> Unless he got bored and decided to create an ideal world of controlled events.
<DeathStar> *arriving at the doors, Fate pushes them; before them are a bunch of desks with staff*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Clearly negeected to teahc him higher thought."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Well at times you have to fight fire with fire. Our Dias is one that didn’t submit to his darkness.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "...um... you just said you're..."
<Alicia> <Victoire> "That feels... bad, somehow."
<DeathStar> *The staff looks up and gives smiles* <Staff> Hello!
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hello there.
<Dias`> *Chad leans over to Cheryl, whispering to her*
<DeathStar> <Staff> What is your emergency and how can we help you?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Nicolette, what was it you were thinking about?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> We are here to see the heroes.
<DeathStar> *Cheyl grunts*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette shakes her head, "I... don't have enough to go on."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... indeed..."
<DeathStar> *Fate nods to the staff and the woman pauses and then rings up someone*
<DeathStar> *the man rises and sudden an elevator appears* Please, step aboard!
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "...I'm not sure if I should be insulted that Fate was actively passing me up."
<DeathStar> *Ren's eras go flat*
<Dias`> *Chad tenses slightly as it happens*
<DeathStar> <Fate> I trained here and there with others as well but what I did to Dias could be considered bordering cruel at times
<DeathStar> <Fate> But he did give it back to me with his fists
<Seraphna> **Jaime and Kaelan move to the elevator**
<DeathStar> Song 2-08; Breakout
<Xantop> 6* Xan and Simon both step on as well.
<DeathStar> *Selena slowly steps on, close to Nicolette*
<Dias`> *Chad steps on, the Id floating beside him
<DeathStar> *Ren steps on, as does Cheryl*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So Fate, why were you the one sent back to guide?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... come on..." *steps on the lift*
<Alicia> * Jikuu and Victoire get onboard, Sparkling after
<DeathStar> *The elevator zooms up rapidly, pressing the group downward*
<DeathStar> *the team feeling like they're traveling through hyperspace they're going so fast*
<Seraphna> Jaime> This feels fine.
<DeathStar> *Ren poofs into a fox and hangs on*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "WHEEEE!"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Fuuuuck youuuu
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...this is annoying." *said as flatly as possible*
<DeathStar> Location: PAX/Aquarius/Templar
<DeathStar> *Pepper keeps getting strangre pop ups from something happening in the weapons section*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I've lost contact with Noire. She has vanished from the planet
<DeathStar> *she sits up*
<Seraphna> Cookie> We should probably look at that. My special incense is down there.
<DeathStar> *Andrea hops up and looks ready to head down to the planet*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Investigate. Take someone from security, just in case."
<DeathStar> <Chii> I can't feel Cheryl. *She drops down and moves with. <John> Ah shit
<Seraphna> **Thena rubs her head** They were going to meet the heroes. Maybe they are offworld?
<Dias`> <Id> ....I can confirm Andrea's statement. Winters, Cheryl and his Idlet are no longer contatctable.
<DeathStar> <John> Losing bond connection too, though?
<Dias`> <Id> Yes, That would be a hard thing to achieve.
<Seraphna> Thena> There’s a range to that. Isn’t there?
<DeathStar> <Chii> Yes, there is a range.
<DeathStar> <Chii> But it has to be very...very far
<Xantop> <Pepper> Okay. I'm going.
<Xantop> 6* Pepper stands and calls for support, moving to check it out.
<Seraphna> Thena> So definitely off world. Or in a location that blocks powers.
<Seraphna> **Nox joins Pepper**
<DeathStar> *Taiga can be found down there with goggles on, working on upgrading the Aquarius*
<DeathStar> *toggling stuff*
<Xantop> <Pepper> ...what're you up too?
<DeathStar> <Taiga> AAAH!
<DeathStar> *She tosses a blow torch up*
<Xantop> <Pepper> AHH!
<Dias`> <Id> I will attempt to track them through this plane's holonet.
<Seraphna> Nox> You’re making the weapons systems go nuts.
<Xantop> <Pepper> WHY Did you just yell in my face!? 6* She grabs her chest, breathing hard
<Seraphna> **Si catches the torch the wrong way unbothered**
<DeathStar> *Taiga pants comically in time with Pepper* You startled me
<Jackieness> <Bella> *joins Pepper from security*
<Jackieness> <Bella> "...so... we all cool? This just hijinks?"
<Seraphna> Si> You dropped this hon. **holds out the handle by the torch end**
<Xantop> <Pepper> Taiga's up to some engineering hijinks.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Anyway, I'm trying to tap boost security around your spirit. Oh, and since you always have three spirits running around, I'm making it so you can use three spirits in battle at once now by jury rigging some old pods of Mireille's....
<DeathStar> <Mireille on comm> I'm afraid Aimee and Melodie left the ship
<DeathStar> *Taiga sighs and throws her tools down*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> At least I did the shielding
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Wait, what? When?"
<Seraphna> Nox> Pity I’m not a ship spirit.
<Seraphna> Nox> But that just means I can share Mire’s pod~
<DeathStar> *Taiga eyes Nox, then grabs her and drags her to one of the empty new pods*
<DeathStar> *Taiga slaps a chip on her before putting her in*
<Xantop> <Pepper> *c* Mire what're you talking about, where did they go?
<DeathStar> <Mire on comm> I think they left when Sparkling left!
<DeathStar> <Mire on comm> They like to grind up against her on both sides and press their breasts against her
<Dias`> <Id> How dow we want to proceed?
<Seraphna> Nox> Eeep! Oh my. Mire we’re *mingling*.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Can someone confirm if Nox's spirit energy is being added to the ship?
<Seraphna> Si> Taiga, I think we might be too innocent for this ship.
<Seraphna> **Cookie checks readings**
<DeathStar> *Mireille overheats the ship a bit*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> M-Mingling?
<DeathStar> *it looks like with the chip on, it's accepting her power as best a non spirit can*
<DeathStar> *a non ship even
<Seraphna> Cookie> I think it’s working, though Mire is reading as 157% more shy.
<DeathStar> <Mirror Sylph> I suppose you want me to be the third spirit
<Seraphna> Nox> Careful of the mana.
<Xantop> <Pepper> Will that mana be a problem, Taiga?
<DeathStar> *Taiga considers*
<DeathStar> <Taiga> The Aquarius is designed to process various powers. It should be able to handle it. Just don't mix both at once
<DeathStar> *M. Sylph floats off*
<Xantop> <Pepper> Thanks Sylph!
<DeathStar> *Heaven comms everyone* I'm nearing the tree
<DeathStar> *Erevis leans forward and brings Heaven up*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Keep Heaven on the comm."
<DeathStar> Song: Chrono Cross
<Seraphna> **A Thena is with her, peering out**
<DeathStar> <Heaven comm> The tree looks very healthy. Hm. I'm picking up interesting readings around it. Let me see. *She beams it back to the others*
<DeathStar> *The readings look like a powerful field might be around the tree, and is slowly charging upward
<DeathStar> <Megumi> I don't like the looks of that
<Xantop> <Kane> Hm
<Dias`> <Id> Agree.
<Xantop> 6* Kane leans forward, interested.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "This could be where the reality energy they stole from our Yggdrasil went."
<Xantop> <Kane> Going...upward?
<Seraphna> Thena> Is this not the top…?
<Xantop> <Kane> Does that mean there is a reality higher than ours?
<DeathStar> *something begins to appear around the tree, like a field*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "If so, then we are all being played with."
<Dias`> <Id> Hard to say. I have no data to compare.
<DeathStar> *The readings coming from it*
<Seraphna> Thena> There’s a field forming. Is it like our field?
<DeathStar> <Heaven> I don't know but I'm pulling away
<Seraphna> Thena> **puts a hand on Heaven as she does in case they need to warp out**
<Dias`> <Id> Hmmmm;.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yes, try to get back. Ben, keep eyes on their feed."
<DeathStar> *suddenly, a beam shoots out at Heaven's ship - prepare yourself to see hwo is faster - the speed of light or Thena.*
<DeathStar> Up, Down, Right, Left, Right, Down, Up, Down, Right, Left, Right, Down, Up, Down
<DeathStar> 5
<DeathStar> 4
<DeathStar> 3
<DeathStar> 2
<Xantop> dulrludulrludu
<DeathStar> 1
<Seraphna> dulrlud
<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> *the ship poofs as it blows up*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "What hit them?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'm trying to determine that
<DeathStar> <Ben> It might be reality based
<Seraphna> **Thena on the PAX glows as she tries to guide Thena and Heaven back to them**
<DeathStar> *the field vanishes back down*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Get the PAX bridge on the comms."
<DeathStar> *Yuki comms Erevis*
<DeathStar> *Thena would find unable to re-establish contact with her otherself, as if it's far away*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Erevis, are you aware of what just happened at this reality's Yggdrasil?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I watched it happen.
<Seraphna> **Thena blinks, hands out** I’m confused…
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben believes it was reality energy."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Hm. And what would that mean? Destruction, transportation?
<Seraphna> Thena> If my other self dies I’d know. The energy is there somewhere, but like, very far away.
<Dias`> <Id> ...I'm trying to process the data on what happened.
<DeathStar> *Andrea gathers John, Hotaru, Mem, Chii, Tabetha*
<DeathStar> *with Zephyr gathering her weapons*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "If someone possessed such power, why make a show of using a beam to detroy their shuttle? I believe this was for show."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> So do we go in or not?
<Seraphna> Thena> H-Heaven has to get alive… s-so it has to be transport.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> For show, hm?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I wonder. I am almost tempted to send another probe but I dare not risk them
<DeathStar> *she peers at Thena*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Is that a bond thing?"
<Seraphna> Thena> If it is transporting, more of me would go to the other end. If it’s not then less of me will exist.
<Dias`> <Id> I can confirm there was a build-up of reality power.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Reality power could be more effectively wielded without such a display."
<DeathStar> <Ben> The bad news is I don't think we got any data from the tree itself
<Xantop> <Kane> Reality power? Hm.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Outside it being healthy
<DeathStar> <Ben> That field was blocking most data
<Seraphna> Thena> It’s a defense mechanism. It reacted to our scan.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Or our approach
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Why all the secrecy?"
<DeathStar> <John> Maybe Chad runs the place
<Dias`> <Id> More likely the approach.
<Xantop> <Kane> Reality power and going upward, I'm starting to fear this is indeed not the highest point.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "They could have an intact Centerpoint intelligence protecting the place."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Okay, that definitely worries me for Noire now
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Lets spread out scans away from Yggdrasil then
<Jackieness> <Airym> "As to why, we ascended with our Yggdrasil. Therefore, the only way up further must be through this Yggdrasil as well."
<Xantop> <Marcus> Losing contact with no explanation...
<DeathStar> <Erevis> And see what we can find. Airym, can you leave the PAX and see what you can find. Cersei/Celeste, can you and the Templars do the same?
<Seraphna> **Thena is staring at the monitors, trying not to fracture**
<Dias`> <Dias> I could try punching upwards but I mean, I can only assume that if there's nothing, bad thing happens.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> We need to spread out and start painting a picture
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yuki, prepare the Aquarius to set out on a mission."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Andrea, you can head planet side and see if you can figure out what happened to the others. *Andrea heads with the dragoons*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Come on Marcus
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Yeah, lets not just break in."
<Xantop> 6* Marcus nods and moves after her.
<DeathStar> <John> Hey, Marcus, this will be like old times; going to new Earths
<Dias`> <Dias> And where should I go? *He looks at Erevis*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Everything already seems to be going sideways.
<DeathStar> *X shadows ports after Marcus*
<Xantop> <Marcus> As long as it's not another one controlled by a Reich
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You feel well enough to move?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> If so, you can join Marcus
<Dias`> <Dias> Don't know. One way to find out.
<Xantop> <Pepper> Running system diagnostics just in case. Feeling paranoid.
<DeathStar> *Yuki points out* Second star to the right and on until morning, Cookie
<Seraphna> **Thena sits and begins to focus and spread her power, trying to find her lost node and wife**
<Dias`> *Dias moves after them*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Okay Wendy.
<DeathStar> *Erevis keeps Kyouki close to her after everyone is leaving, wanting someone close from the inner circle nearby*
<Xantop> 6* Kane peers over what little information they got
<DeathStar> *Erevis slides the data over; it looks like the wall of reality formed, or made itself known, as the ship got close*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Unknown
<DeathStar> *The elevator dings*
<DeathStar> *then opens to what looks to be the edge of the universe*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Classy.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "... ... ...at least its not a river."
<DeathStar> *Ren peers at the view*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *releases her death grip on her hat* "Where... are we?"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That felt like more than just a movement in space."
<Seraphna> Jaime> I’d say the edge of the universe, but that far from narrows it down.
<DeathStar> Song: Most Epic Music
<DeathStar> <Selena> I have no idea
<DeathStar> *Selena lets out a breath*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... well...leap of faith." *moves forward and then sets a foot out of the elevator*
<Dias`> *Chad looks around as Id begins scanning*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Clearly - we just went up some floors and this is someone's holonet stuff
<Xantop> <Xan> Ugh I feel sick.
<Xantop> 6* Simon looks around curiously
<DeathStar> *Id's scan seems to indicate they are on a planet system, unknown to them currently. Some light sources light up further away, revealing what looks to be a table and chairs*
<Seraphna> **Jaime steps out and peers around.** We are deeply out of contact with the others.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... come on." *heads for the table*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I can't feel Chii, nope
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "There had better be more here than just a single table and chairs."
<DeathStar> <Fate> There are drinks too
<DeathStar> *she heads for the table*
<Dias`> <Id> I am struggling to make sense of where we are. *Chad eyes the others walking and begins to follow*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "I hope Melodie and Aimee are doing okay..."
<Seraphna> Jaime> We probably should have asked where we were going I suppose.
<DeathStar> <Selena> Aren't they with you? They're always with you
<DeathStar> <Selena> I'd say check your shadow
<Alicia> * Sparkling does, or whatever the spirit equivalent is
<Xantop> 6* Xan steps forward, moving to sit at the table.
<DeathStar> *Melodie seems to be hiding in there with Aimee, using Nox's shadow powers*
<DeathStar> *looking ill from the elevator ride*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "This has some serious wizard of Oz vibe."
<Xantop> 6* Simon just quietly does his tracing magic trying to get an idea of the energy around them.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan moves to take a seat, tails waving**
<Jackieness> <Noire> *takes a seat* "Mmmmm...such theatrics."
<DeathStar> *Cheryl and Ren take a seat, then Selena takes one; as each of them sit, the table expands to become bigger, with more seats added*
<Dias`> *Chad glances around*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "What was that elevator?"
<DeathStar> *Fate sits in a particular seat that seems to have her name - Fate*
<DeathStar> *after a second, a Xanatos is in a chair. Then what appears to be a mix of Angela and Chii in another*
<Alicia> * Sparkling looks for her seat
<Dias`> *Chad finally takes a seat, looking at those appearing*
<Seraphna> Jaime> **leans on a seat**
<Seraphna> Angela> I weirdly seem to mix with Chii a lot in realities.
<DeathStar> *a Darien/Warren alagamation appears in a seat. Then Chad himself appears in one, hands folded and eyeing them*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...that feels so strange."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> I wonder if the Council of Chads knows about High Chad.
<Xantop> <Xan> Huh. A little unexpected. 6* He says, eyeing the other him.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> *to Warien* "How should we address you?"
<DeathStar> *the other Xanatos eyes his hand, then blinks, peering at Xanatos, nodding to him; it looks like quite a few chairs are still empty*
<Dias`> *Chad gives a rare glimpse of annoyance before he collects himself and studies them all*
<Seraphna> Jaime> Of course Dad is a solo hero.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... and who are we still waiitng on then?"
<DeathStar> *he shrugs* Just call me anything
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Darren then."
<DeathStar> <Chad> It would see the others are busy. What is it you wish to discuss? Fate's reports indicated you defeated the Serpent
<Seraphna> Angela> Mister Anything. Catchy.
<DeathStar> *Higher Chad
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "That's right."
<Dias`> <Chad> Yes....Do you not know why we came here?
<DeathStar> <Xanatos> He's right, you should have returned sometime ago after your last report.
<Seraphna> Jaime> **frowns slowly** Which is why they didn’t… oh.
<DeathStar> *Higher Xan
<Xantop> <Simon> Fate should have returned?
<DeathStar> *Higher Chad peers at them* She belongs here; interfering below is not allowed.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "So, it's not you interfering?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Are you people sure you are the highest plane?
<DeathStar> *they all glance at each other, then at Jaime oddly*
<DeathStar> *Fate meanwhile has been a little quiet*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we are here investigating a threat to our reality from a higher plane."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "... is it?"
<Dias`> <Chad> We were lead to believe it was from the highest plane.
<DeathStar> <Higher Chad> I assure you, there is no higher plane of existence
<MobileAri> * Nicolette watches Fate thoughtfully
<Seraphna> Jaime> You don’t know why we are here, if you were behind it you’d know.
<Dias`> <Chad> Did you attempt to take our plane's will away and seal us away?
<DeathStar> *The alagamation Angela and Chii leans forward* Took your will away?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Damnit.
<Dias`> <Chad> Yes.
<DeathStar> *she turns to Fate* What have you been doing down there, Fate?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah, you know the phenomenon? It was not Fate who did it."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Something attacked our reality. USed a song that drained our people of their free will... turned them into its puppets."
<DeathStar> <Higher Chad> Yes, we know what you speak of.
<Xantop> <Xan> You were really unaware of what we had been dealing with ever since the defeat of the Serpent? 6* He looks over them curiously, trying to detect lies.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Curious. The lower planes have a ruler. A person in charge. Who is yours?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We were unaware of your entire reality until recently. Well, except for Fate herself."
<DeathStar> *he looks annoyed, but unlike their Chad he rises* Since it seems there is has been a lack of communication to us, who has been getting Fate's reports since the serpent's defeat?
<DeathStar> *he looks over everyone. *the ones at the table look and then seem to peer at nothing a moment*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That is the question, is it not?"
<Dias`> <Chad> ...*He looks over at Fate*
<DeathStar> <Fate> I can't say who receives once I send them
<Seraphna> Jaime> Someone’s playing a game.
<Dias`> <Chad> Are any of your other heroes not here or missing?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...how annoying."
<Xantop> <Simon> There are many empty seats.
<Xantop> <Xan> Fate, who is it that you send this information too?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "We really need to investigate."
<DeathStar> <Higher Warrion> It makes no sense, we can go see her reports now. One second
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So... and this is just a hypothetical question. What would happen if we were to wipe out everyone in this room?"
<DeathStar> *they pause, as if looking it up for themselves* <
<DeathStar> <Higher Chad> You all got into a conflict with nyarlathotep's backing, then made an alliance with that creature
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... are you suggesting someone was trying to manipulate us into doing their dirty work?"
<DeathStar> *he rubs the bridge of his nose* And you okayed it, Fate.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Because someone above was starting to interfere with us.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Being duped like that..."
<DeathStar> *He turns to Nicolette* If you raised a hand against us, more would show up to back us up
<DeathStar> <Higher Chad> It would not be pretty.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I think she means to your balance of power.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Honestly, we have two possibilities here. Either this place is one big fat lie, or someone played us."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I do hate being played..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I agree with that
<Dias`> <Chad> I believe it's time we get caught up with each other.
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Either way, it's a horrid deception."
<DeathStar> *The beings at the table seem to be communicating among themselves, but Jikuu would pick up no psionics*
<Seraphna> Jaime> So either there’s a higher plane or someone on this one is being crafty.
<DeathStar> <Higher Chad> The others will take you to see if they can find out who was taking Fate's information
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Oh... and were you all aware of Fate training people?"
<Dias`> <Chad> Unless someone below is making a power move.
<Xantop> <Xan> The alliance with Nyarl was purely to combat one of her pawns becoming more powerful. But all of this was dealing with a loss of wills.
<DeathStar> *the Chad pauses at that, glancing at her* Training them .... how?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Sorry if we got fooled into thinking you're the enemy... no harm done, though, right?"
<Seraphna> Angela> Mostly to fight Nyarl.
<DeathStar> *Fate seems to be playing a poker face*
<Xantop> <Xan> Yeah training them to reach the below to deal with Nyarl and her type.
<Xantop> <Simon> And I suppose on how we are able to reach you now.
<Seraphna> **Jaime frowns** Question. Why was Destiny on our plane?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm..." *nods*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Training him... 'to be perfect'. Those were the words, yes?"
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Why does he have to be better than everyone else in everything?"
<DeathStar> *the other Chad seems dubious, then hears the perfect phrase, then eyes her harder* Is that so. Fate, I think you and I need to speak. Privately. I wish to know what you were up to
<Seraphna> Jaime> She was always working her own goals. Never really working with me… **she murmurs, quoting someone**
<Dias`> <Id> Someone sounds jealous.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Can someone explain why Destiny was on our plain? The one called Airell.
<DeathStar> *the other Xanatos speaks up* It's because he was from your plane of realities
<Dias`> <Chad> Let's find out where these reports went
<Xantop> <Xan> Chad's right, we have a lot to uncover, let's focus on that first and then do a recap to figure out what is actually going on.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...was he?"
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> He was jumping and hoping to create Yggdrasil for some reason. He was a cataylst that began one of many things.
<Xantop> <Simon> A catalyst...but how did he have the knowledge of the tree?
<Seraphna> Jaime> How did Fate happen to be with him?
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> We sent her to get close and to intergrate herself with him
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "What."
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> He was causing a reality loop to create Yggdrasil
<Seraphna> **Jaime rubs her face a little trying to connect some lingering dots**
<Dias`> <Chad> Which is what Fate told us after we beat him.
<Seraphna> **Angela leans against Cheryl looking thoughtful**
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> You wanted to come with me to the files though?
<Xantop> <Xan> Yes.
<DeathStar> *an elevator appears*
<Xantop> 6* Xan moves for the elevator.
<DeathStar> *The other Chad takes Fate with her to have their discussion*
<Xantop> <Simon> Do you all use reality power? 6* He asks suddenly, glancing around.
<DeathStar> *the group peers at Simon*
<Dias`> *Chad joins Xan on it. The Idlet floating past* I don't like that we have more questions than answers at this point.
<Seraphna> **Jaime rises and tilts her head a bit**
<DeathStar> <Angii> A kind of version of it I suppose you would call it
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I do hate being played."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well then we'll play them back
<Seraphna> Jaime> We have one question answered. We’re not fighting a reality or a plane. Just someone in it I think.
<DeathStar> *As they step into the elevator, Cheryl has her arms crossed*
<Xantop> <Simon> Interesting. And there is no issue with drain and loss? Your tree is strong enough to support all of this wanton use?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "You probably shouldn't just turn to reality power to solve all your problems."
<DeathStar> <Angii> Tree? Drain? Loss? Ah. Hm. I really shouldn't say too much. You all being here is violating our policy. The only reason we stepped in back in the day was you were tearing the pillars apart creating your Yggdrasil
<DeathStar> <Angii> Then right after that you unleashed your serpent
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Angii*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we didn't ask for the Serpent."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Someone has been stepping in a lot more.
<DeathStar> *the elevator opens a moment later and they're in a large room with people moving around*
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> .... We'll figure this out.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Believe me, if we could have avoided dealing with the serpent, we would have."
<Xantop> <Xan> Honestly I think we all can agree we would've loved to have been left alone. 6* He steps off the elevator and peers around for familiar faces.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Our reality was all but snared in a will trap.
<DeathStar> *the people seem to be pausing in front of what look to be normal book cases and filing cabinets*
<Dias`> <Chad> What else is stored here? *He nods towards the cabinets*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "While I wasn't around back then, I'm not even sure many people were expecting Yggdrasil to happen either."
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> Hm. A lot of stuff. Anything in particular you're looking for?
<Dias`> <Chad> Ah so this is more than just Fate's logs on us.
<DeathStar> <Selena> ...I so want to open one of these...
<DeathStar> *she whispers to Nicolette
<Xantop> <Simon> While looking for the log information, would you mind enlightening us how you all went from death to this new existance? We've been told it was through legend you were created as higher beings, but surely there must be some catalyst to cause such a thing?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Now... I am curious... this big enemy that threatened your reality... was it indeed some form of Dias?"
<DeathStar> *Warien picks a cabinet area with not anyone standing and seems focused a moment, then reaches in and pulls out a huge stack of Fate's stuff*
<DeathStar> <Warien> Why do you keep bringing up Dias?
<Xantop> <Xan> Just a theory we're investigating.
<Dias`> *Chad eyes the stack of reports, moving to grab some to look over*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Is there something special about him over here?"
<Alicia> * Victoire looks over some others
<DeathStar> <Warien> .... Dias has mostly been listless since there's no one left to battle here. Whenever there is a crisis, he's the first to jump in to save people
<DeathStar> <Warien> The problem is, he's the people's hero
<DeathStar> <Warien> He's the one who defeated the monster taking over everyone's bodies
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "...mmm."
<MobileAri> * Nicolette wanders over to try to peek in a cabinet, "Really? Fate told us that she struck the final blow."
<Dias`> <Chad> And that's a fact for sure?
<DeathStar> <Warien> You noticed she's an alagmation, right?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Dias too?"
<DeathStar> *motions at herself*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmm-hmmm...though she did admit that the final hero changes with each re-telling."
<DeathStar> <Warien> Alamgations are usually from stories that weaker
<DeathStar> <Warien> Meaning, the story is told less, and has more mess ups
<DeathStar> <Warien> Dias is not an alamgation. His story is one told more consistently
<Dias`> <Chad> Interesting. That explains what Id has learned.,
<Xantop> <Xan> Why is Fate named Fate when all of you seem to answer to the same names that we have?
<Xantop> <Xan> Or is that just for our sake?
<Seraphna> Jaime> An interesting argument for preserving history.
<DeathStar> <Warien> Some of us go by nicknames I choose to go by whatever people call me.
<Seraphna> Angela> He is Mr. Anything.
<Dias`> <Chad> A listless, Dias.
<DeathStar> <Warien> Xanatos, Chad, Dias go by their names, a few others who survived in their bodies do the same; us algamations usually will not go by the same name
<DeathStar> *Darren sits the paperwork down*
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well, shit
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "What can you tell us about... the thing you fought?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm? Something troubling?"
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Problem with Fate or Chad?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> Huh? Well... it was like a force of nature. It didn't want to stop. You could tear half the person's body off, and it kept going. You could trap it, freeze it, and it just left and moved onto another strong body
<DeathStar> <Darren> It just did not stop. Also, Dias took over receiving the reports
<DeathStar> <Darren> You guys got like some Dias radar?
<Dias`> *Chad looks at Darren* A unwavering will. *He clicks his tongue as he looks at Cheryl*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well. *she leans back, thinking* I'll be
<Dias`> <Chad> That's two things that can't be a coincidence.
<DeathStar> <Ren> So what does it mean?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Dias is the villain. I am certain."
<DeathStar> <Selena> That was fast!
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... are you sure this thing is actually dead, and not merely camped out, sated because it is in the strongest body it could find in your universe?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> I'll be honest, nothing is for sure, but the fact it was willing to camp out in him for so long suprises me. Unless he's been willing it down so long
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Mmm... I wonder if we'll have to fight him."
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I was worried about Fate's decisions when she said she absorbed it, but if it was Dias' memory, and he's been the one giving her orders..."
<Dias`> <Chad> Do you have any data on your Dias? Genetics, things like that?
<DeathStar> <Darren> We've done tests on each other; Chad's orders. Come on
<DeathStar> *H. Xanatos whistles, and looks at himself* Well. This could be bad
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Of course Chad would do that."
<Dias`> <Chad> Good. I'd like to review it. Confirm something.
<Xantop> <Xan> I really don't want to fight a Dias, he's so annoying.
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> I could take us to the ice cream world
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmm...you do realize... that we brought our Dias with us."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Ugh... annoying
<Xantop> <Xan> Yes, because when the shit hits the fan you know who goes first? The normal guy. 6* He points at himself
<DeathStar> *<Angii opens up an elevator to where the genetics place is at* Come on
<Jackieness> <Noire> "If this path of thinking is right... what do ou think might happen if one Dias met the other?"
<Alicia> <Victoire> "They'd fight."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well, the good thing is, our Dias is nice and snug on the PAX
<Xantop> <Simon> It is selfish of me to ask, but do any of you know of the time keepers? Are they agents of yours or an independent entity?
<DeathStar> <Ren> And nothing should happen
<Seraphna> Jaime> Ice cream world still on the table?
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> Time keepers. We know about them. They're unique to your realm
<Xantop> <Xan> FUCK, wait. Fate was training our Dias. If her orders were from this Dias...then she was training someone powerful for him to fight.
<Xantop> <Simon> Tch, that is a pity, I was hoping I could barter the releae of my lady.
<Dias`> <Id> If I were to extrapolate, it's possible this planes' Dias is...Yes. Xan, that would be a guess
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> Ah. *He eyes the reports as they go through, catching himself up* Chronos....
<Seraphna> Jaime> If you’re telling me this ENTIRE MESS was just so our Dias’ could fight…
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Planetside
<DeathStar> *Andrea looks around at the civilians*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> No one has a clue where our people went
<DeathStar> <John> ... Everyone seems really nice
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Hah… this place had good vibes.
<DeathStar> *Mem looks pissed* Can I stab some?
<Dias`> *Dias let's out a deep breathe* It's so....positivie here.
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Not till we know if they killed Heaven or not.
<Xantop> <Marcus> This place is creepy.
<DeathStar> Song: English Cover Hero Acedemia OP 3
<Xantop> <Marcus> Maybe that's just like my...mistrust of everything.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> This place .... There is something wrong here. A cancer.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> It is watching us
<Dias`> <Dias> It's just so...weird feeling here. Not in that oppressive evil kind of way. More that...creepy blank stare feeling.
<DeathStar> <John> Hotaru? Tabetha?
<Seraphna> **Tabetha muses and probes**
<Xantop> <Marcus> Do we know where our people were last or it's too hard to pinpoint?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Yeah. I'll lead us toward the building
<DeathStar> *she begins to walk toward it*
<DeathStar> *Tabetha picks up something on a nearby building as they walk toward it*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> I feel something there. **she nods to it**
<DeathStar> *up there is .... a Dias*
<Dias`> *Dias walks along, stretching his shoulder a bit* What's it feel like?
<DeathStar> *looking at them, very faint malace from him*
<DeathStar> <Mem> ...
<DeathStar> <Mem> Trouble. It feels like trouble. Like always with you
<Xantop> <Marcus> Seriously? Already?
<Seraphna> Tabetha> A mildly angry Dias.
<DeathStar> <John> Do Diases like flock together?
<Seraphna> Tabetha> This one has malicious intent.
<Dias`> <Dias> A me? *He peers around, before locking on the malace* Hooo hoo hoo. That's quite the feel.
<Xantop> <Marcus> What's the play here? If it's a Dias and he wants to fight...ours is a bit weakened.
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "... and of course, now they're going to fight..."
<DeathStar> *X rises up from her ripple*
<Xantop> <Marcus> Should we...retreat for now and regroup?
<DeathStar> *The other Dias jumps down and lands, cracking the ground*
<Dias`> <Dias> There he is.
<DeathStar> Song: Fierce Battle Against a Doe
<Dias`> *Dias takes a step forward, cracking his knuckles*
<DeathStar> *Dias rushes at Dias, appearing in front of him, then punches from a distance, his fist connecting at Dias face to throw him away*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> I brought popcorn.
<DeathStar> <John> Are they really going to do this?
<Seraphna> **Tabetha shares**
<DeathStar> <X> We could try to shiv the one
<DeathStar> <X> Want me to ripple in close
<Dias`> *Dias is sent flying back, barely getting a fist up in time to help reduce the impact*
<DeathStar> *the other Dias begins to rush forward like a monkey, on all fours*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> That seems unsportsmanlike.
<DeathStar> *Fate appears out of nowhere, hanging off Marcus* Oh no no no
<Xantop> <Marcus> What the fuck they didn't even say a word to each other.
<Xantop> <Marcus> Goddamn Dias'
<Dias`> *Dias hits the ground and flips, landing and sliding along the ground. His right hand grabs a piece of street and flings it at the incoming Dias*
<DeathStar> *the other Dias, seemingly rusty after years, is hit and is sent flying back, but rises slowly*
<DeathStar> <Fate> You guys, we need to stop them
<DeathStar> <Fate> Or at least grab ours
<Dias`> *Dias disappears, reappearing infront of the other Dias, throwing a hay maker for his face. He ground where he was cracking*
<Xantop> <Marcus> Tch...
<DeathStar> *The Dias slams into the ground; he rises up, a slight blood on his face, then he zooms forward and grabs Dias and goes to body slam them both into the pavement. By now a crowd is watching them*
<DeathStar> <Fate> Listen to me
<Seraphna> **Tabetha muses, then sends a n illusion Dias at the High Dias**
<DeathStar> *she turns Marcus to face her*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Get him now.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Even if he wins there is a possibility
<DeathStar> <Fate> That he'll lose his body. I haven't finished preparing him
<Xantop> <Marcus> ....goddamnit. 6* His body begins to shift and crack as he shifts into wolfman mode.
<Dias`> *Dias slams in to the ground. His hands digging in to it while his legs wrap around H. Dias and swings him in to the ground also*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Also, Fate, where are the others? We lost touch. And we think Heaven was taken.
<DeathStar> <Fate> I had to run from Chad
<DeathStar> *X appears to aid Dias*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> What?
<DeathStar> *The other Dias reaches up to begin to try to choke Dias with what looks to be his pinky curling*
<Xantop> 6* Marcus springs forward and leaps forward, aiming to try and tackle/pin the h. Dias
<DeathStar> *just aiming it at his throat*
<DeathStar> *the other Dias urks*
<DeathStar> *X then ripples him into the ground*
<Dias`> *Dias hurks then lets out a gasp of air. He releases his grip on the ground and flips out of it, looking around.* Where'd he go?
<DeathStar> *John fires blasts into the ground*
<DeathStar> <John> We're going
<DeathStar> <AndreA> This way
<Dias`> <Dias> Why? This is clearly the big baddie
<DeathStar> *runs for the building the others took*
<Xantop> 6* Marcus attempts to grasp and spin, throwing this Dias as far as he can so he can also retreat.
<DeathStar> *Dias does that yoink sound*
<Seraphna> **Tabetha moves, grumbling a bit about confusing events**
<DeathStar> <Fate> He wanted me to stop what I was doing
<DeathStar> <Fate> So he was putting me into confinement
<Dias`> *Dias is caught off guard by Marcus and is sent flying*
<Xantop> (I meant H Dias lol)
<DeathStar> *X opens a ripple up so they can get further away*
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Chad is a stinkyface in all realities.
<DeathStar> <X> Come on you
<DeathStar> *she pushes him toward the ripple*
<DeathStar> <Fate> I'll explain more as we get away
<Dias`> *Dias lands finally, quickly looking around* Then slides into the portal with X's help*
<DeathStar> *she hears the other Dias already recovering from his yeet*
<Xantop> 6* Marcus uses scent to track down the others.
<DeathStar> *John picks up Hotaru and Tabetha and makes way toward the main building*
<DeathStar> *X goes to step into the portal when a dark wave boinks her into the back and she falls into it after Dias; after a bit, the enter group meets up*
<Dias`> <Dias> Why am I getting shoved around today? *he grabs X as she falls through and in to him*
<Alicia> <Hotaru> "Because this whole thing is crazy."
<DeathStar> <X> Ugh... *she shakes her head* ....
<DeathStar> <Fate> I'll explain it all on the way toward the others
<Dias`> <Dias> You alright?
<DeathStar> <Mem> .... *she eyes Dias and X, as X nods*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Unknown 1
<DeathStar> *Heaven moans, holding her head, appearing to be in some strange not warehouse exactly, but it's definitely a place with a lot of materils being kept and no exit*
<DeathStar> *Heaven holds her broken arm*
<DeathStar> <Heaven> I think we're trapped
<Seraphna> **Thena rubs her head and nods** Can’t feel Source Thena..
<Seraphna> **Thena starts using manifestation to fix Heaven’s arm**
<DeathStar> <Heaven> Well. Looks like we'll need to find a way out on our own then
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Unknown 2
<DeathStar> *H. Chad goes through the intruder files, eyeing the PAX and other ships spreading out, then eyes the fight with the two Diases, then eyes another set of intruders in the reality*
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Well. Alert all other heroes. It would appear these people might not be who they claim to be
<DeathStar> -TBC-

<DeathStar> Minis are open for various teams
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<Dias`> *Chad walks along with Angii as he flips through some of the more recent reports Fate sent.
<DeathStar> *it looks like everything after the serpent's defeat was intercepted by Dias oddly, being stamped by him*
<Dias`> <Chad> Is this unusual for him?
<DeathStar> <Angii> He's not usually into reports, but will sometimes sign off if another can't do it
<Dias`> <Chadd> Have you noticed any change in how he's been in the last so many decades?
<DeathStar> <Angii> *looks around to make sure her Chad isn't* You thinking the you know what monsterous thing we all died to?
<Dias`> <Chad> Possibly. But there's another possibility. I need to see if your Dias' is a Weapon like ours is and if so, if there' abilities are the same.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Not exactly. I can tell you that. I mean, coming back as a legend, he has more God status than weapon status now. More so than the rest of us. But at the same time, Chad has studied him to see if he ever had the thing in him since the legends say sometimes that he died having the thing in him to stop it
<DeathStar> <Angii> And that can sometimes create stuff. But it never manifested
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<DeathStar> *Angii taps files* Oh, it looks like the files on what Fate and Chad talked about is uplaoded - and it seems he locked her down. Guess he wasn't happy
<Dias`> <Chad> Well, if he did possess the same Weapon ability as ours. Than that opens a world of possibilities.
<Dias`> <Chad> *He glances at her*
<DeathStar> <Angii> Ah, oh. Essentially, her fear was that you all were going through way more than we ever did
<DeathStar> <Angii> You were defeating enemies never heard of, and that she was positive you would manifest your own version of the monster
<DeathStar> <Angii> She wanted to train Dias to be able to bring down anything - us, it, any relative threat that could invade. Our Chad was not happy with all the interference
<Dias`> <Chad> Hmmmm. It makes sense on both sides. *He scratches his face a bit* Still leaves unanswered questions
<DeathStar> <Angii> I say, if you manifested your own version, a stronger hero would be like candy. I wonder what she was thinking
<Dias`> <Chad> Indeed.
<Dias`> <Chad> Is it possible from your plane to affect our plane? By sapping the will of people?
<DeathStar> <Angii> There is a way to do that, but it's
<DeathStar> a big no no
<DeathStar> <Angii> Xan is looking into it now
<Dias`> <Chad> Is there a way to know if it happened?
<DeathStar> <Angii> There should be yes. You'd have to do it in person though I think to affect the world. It's why it's so surprising - who who would do such a thing and be horrendous. It was meant long ago to pacify a crowd as not to hurt themselves
<Dias`> <Chad> Hmmm. That would go against your planes code it seems. *He crosses his arms, looking in thought*
<DeathStar> *Angii nods* We'll figure it out for you
Session Start: Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Session699
<Dias`> *Chad looks over the Dias files*
<Dias`> <Chad> Do you have a plan if one of your people goes...rogue.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Well.... yes. If we can't stop them. We hve the confinement
<DeathStar> <Angii> Not like what Fate is in either
<Dias`> <Chad> As long as you were strong enough to capture this person.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Right
<DeathStar> <Angii> We'll bring in more of our people

Session Start: Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Minis
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<DeathStar> *the group, who's location cannot really be determined right now due to having traveled here and there by elevators, are among all these strange shelves that if you pull them out seem to have ordinary looking "papers", but when a staff looks at it it begins to show events or people or all sorts of stuff, almost as if they're conjuring stuff*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl for her part seems to be pacing, still out of reach with Chii, and even Ren is looking antsy, rubbing her hands constantly*
<DeathStar> *Darren offers a drink to Jikuu and Victoire*
<Alicia> * Victoire drinks first, while Jikuu seems a little more unsure of things at first, but they do both drink
<Seraphna> **Kaelan checks on her tail riders**
<DeathStar> *he also offers one to Sparkling, but suddenly Melodie and Aimee appear and snatch her's, "taste" testing it to make sure it's safe, but end up leaving none for her*
<Alicia> * Sparkling seems to shrug a little at that, not really that bothered by it all being gone
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks annoyed due to various links currently broken to her**
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well. *He turns to the girls* With your Chad and the others going through our data, you could best stuck here for a while. Is there anthing I can do to make it better or more comfortable for you?
<DeathStar> *could at best
<Seraphna> **Angela nabs Cheryl as she paces by and pulls her down to her lap**
<DeathStar> *Cheryl acks*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... Pardon me? *she looks around at everyone being present, then at Angela*
<DeathStar> *Ren just poofs into fox form*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Other than making sure those close to us know we are safe, I cannot think of anything presently."
<Seraphna> **Angela pats her** Our Fox will be along soon no doubt to rescue you.
<DeathStar> <Darren> True, you all are out of contact. Come. Let me see if I can do something about that
<DeathStar> *He motions for them to follow, heading toward an area in the back*
<Seraphna> Jaime> That would be good.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Do you mind if I ask some questions along the way? *He seems to be glancing at Jikuu and Victoire specifically*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Feel free." <Victoire> "Are you... after an autograph?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> If you want to offer. *He offers no hint if it is a joke or serious; with a mix of Darien and Warren's stoic faces, he seems to be a great poker player*
<DeathStar> <Darren> We are no strangers to branching timelines, but we attempted not to change the future outselves. Maybe that was one reason we struggled so with the serpent
<Alicia> <Victoire> "So... I guess I'm just Akatsuki here? If... I'm even still around."
<Seraphna> Jaime> An early warning did give us much time to prepare and grow strong.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Not exactly. I'm guessing Fate went to your future and gathered both you girls?
<DeathStar> *he asks the Empress Jikuu and Victoire*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "She asked me and Victoire asked to come along... to say she is devoted is an understatement."
<Alicia> * Jikuu hugs onto Victoire there
<DeathStar> <Darren> Fate is an unusual hero - both in mind set and abilities. I hope she didn't steal too much from you when she yanked you from your timeline
<DeathStar> <Darren> It's what she uses to power her abilities to a degree
<Alicia> <Victoire> "I was sneaky. I only gave up... what I pretty much had to to come."
<DeathStar> <Darren> But I would avoid our Chad. He almost pulled Fate off the case then, if not for the fact she justified it in stopping the serpent and the war that had broken out. We have no Jikuu and Akatsuki anymore. *he lets that linger* As you know, Fate is an algmation of two people, and I would say Zephyr was probably the closer to ... which of the two of you was she closer to during the war
<Alicia> <Victoire> "It was still a big sacrifice, but I was giving up my entire lifestyle just heading back with her."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Memories blur, maybe one was close to one of you and the other close to the other
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah, is there... an amalgamation, or...?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> No. It's probably why she sought you two out specifically, at least that is why I think so.
<DeathStar> *he opens the door to a chamber with blank screens*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Is each of those a lost hero?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> If you consider your own reality where Fate has stepped in to circumvent - pardon the "pun" - fate
<DeathStar> <Darren> It is a similiar path of our own in some ways, just you were older and it was more war torn
<Alicia> <Victoire> "I guess the idea that there's less conflict in higher planes isn't completely accurate..."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Not until we were reborn, no
<DeathStar> *he turns to Jaime*
<DeathStar> <Darren> Who did you want to check on first?
<DeathStar> *Ren balances on Jaime's shoulder*
<Alicia> <Victoire> "I want to know who each of the heroes are, though this is just me being curious..."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "You want to know if your mother is one."
<DeathStar> *Darren folds his hands* Of course. I'll get them uploaded for you. May I ask a question while we do so?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Of course!"
<Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm, yes Erevis first so she can coordinate.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Do you think Fate is in the wrong here. I know Chad has her being held in dentention to be questioned right now, but I am curious what you think her goals are in all this.
<DeathStar> *Darren points at a screen, where the PAX appears; it looks like it's shielding is attempting to block them, but it's slowly breaking through*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "While I do not know all the details, I cannot see what she could have done wrong here."
<DeathStar> *the percentage number rising higher*
<Seraphna> Jaime> She saved my sanity.
<DeathStar> *heroes begin to appear on the monitors - Erevis appears, then an algamation of Ren and what looks to be Yuki*
<DeathStar> *Jaime*
<Alicia> <Victoire> "That's... sortof mom."
<Alicia> (Ren and Jaime?)
<DeathStar> *Ren and Yuki, her sister*
<Alicia> (Ah, I wasn't sure where Jaime came into this)
<DeathStar> *Noire appears*
<DeathStar> *X but she looks algamationedized with someone*
<DeathStar> *a famfrit appears that could be Athena/Isis/Megumi/Lenneth/More, making a super Famfrit*
<DeathStar> *Taiga*
<DeathStar> *Charlotte appears finally*
<Alicia> <Victoire> "I'm glad both my mothers got a place."
<DeathStar> <Darren> We have a lot of heroes, but the problem is the further we go the more algamations we find.
<DeathStar> *he shows a list of dozens of them*
<DeathStar> *John mixed with Marcus, Tabetha mixed Hotaru, etc*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I do not know how to feel about that one." *referring to John/Marcus*
<DeathStar> *Ren seems to be sulking that she wasn't remembered enough in retellings that she got mixed with her sister*
<DeathStar> *Erevis finally appears on screen, looking displeased at being hacked*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah, is everything alright?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ... Jikuu? Jaime? Are you alright? *looks surprised at them hacking in*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I am fine. I just do not know where we are physically located at this moment."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> The PAX cannot even track where this signal is coming from you are so far away
<Alicia> <Victoire> "We asked if we could contact you to say we're doing fine."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You are not under duress then. *studies* No, you look fine. *She studies Durren* ... My eyes seem to be playing tricks on me
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<DeathStar> *Darren
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Ah, no, that is really an amalgamation of this worlds Darien and Warren."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Is that so? This world would seem more cursed than the perfect world
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "There is also a Chad."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> That is so. It would appear, also, you are not in epic combat
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So I take it the situation is not as dire as we believed?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "... oh right. You should keep Dias away, at least for now."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> That may be a problem - he left with Andrea and some of the others after they lost contact with you
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You are so far away those with bond links began to panic
<Alicia> <Jikuu> *sighs a little* "Of course he did."
<DeathStar> *Ren howls a little, being one of those bond partners*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Ren... do stop..."
<DeathStar> *Erevis checks something* Hm, we do seem to have a problem
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am detecting a battle occurred not too long ago
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Most likely with Dias
<Alicia> <Victoire> "It should be safe to send Charlotte, but... oh no."
<DeathStar> *Darren pauses, then moves off to do something* Pardon me, ma'ams
<DeathStar> *Ren looks depressed and just tucks her face into her tail*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Wait... wait... you mean that fool was allowed to make planetfall?"
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "He was."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Of course during the time we have to avoid violence, Dias would come down and start fighting."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I will see what data we can find out, but it would actually seem that from our limited resources here - he was the one attacked
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "... well, at least there is that."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Unfortunately the team seems to have gone underground or vanished. I would upload the data to you, but you are too far away. I will instead describe it to you
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...why even allow him? Of course, he was. This whole... thing! This whole thing was a gambit to bring Dias to this reality so that the true villain could make moves."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It would seem another Dias ambushed them, Fate showed up, panicked, got them to stop, ran away with them, then the other Dias repaired the entire area in a snap of his fingers
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "... I hope I'm never used like that..."
<Seraphna> Jaime> It is always that one.
<DeathStar> *Melodie and aimee hang off Sparkling* <Aimee> Can I be the big bad master mind?
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "... well, I guess that's not too bad..."
<DeathStar> <Selena> I thought Fate was locked up
<DeathStar> *Selena points out* By their Chad
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... to stand any chance, we have to keep Dias away from his possessed counterpart."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "...could Chad actually be the mastermind?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Chads do have high mastermind potential
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Jikuu - Jaime
<DeathStar> *She speaks up, but keeps her voice low*
<Alicia> * Jikuu keeps quiet, but nods
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Do either of you have the Emerald Sword or the Rune Sword? If not, I will go gather the blades.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Hmm. They do, and a history of dysfunctional choices driven by the Ego.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I think you mean the Id."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Rune Sword is in my subspace.
<Alicia> * It's hard to tell how much of that is a joke
<DeathStar> <Selena> The little robot?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... accusing Chad is mere speculation. What is established fact is that when he is near our Dias, their Dias becomes a danger."
<DeathStar> *Selena peers at Jikuu to see if she has the Emerald Sword hidden on her*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Oh, no. Not the robot. The thing it was named after."
<Alicia> * Jikuu would have brought the sword if it was available
<DeathStar> *Erevis nods approvingly* Use both weapons if things get dangerous
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Understood."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Jaime - for the rune sword, Taiga tinkered with something to give it an edge
<DeathStar> *Darren returns*
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well, things seem to have, gotten a little out of hand, but we have some heroes looking for your people and for my Dias
<DeathStar> <Darren> As well as Fate
<DeathStar> <Darren> Did you have anymore questions about this world?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I would have a load of them, but I do not know if I have time for all of them. I do need to know as much as you have found out about the entity that you defeated. The one that might be in your Dias."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Right. I suppose it would make more sense to do a field trip then.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Let us depart for a bit while until they're done
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... how much is truth and how much has been obcured in the retellings?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well. I suppose for that last one you would have to go through the history books
<DeathStar> <Darren> And go through the older volumes and see how much has changed
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... of course." *pushes her glasses up on her nose* "...still..I'd like to see this physical location first."
<DeathStar> *Darren summons an elevator*
<DeathStar> *Ren looks annoyed, but climbs Jaime*
<DeathStar> *Selena steps in; Cheryl remains on the floor*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *steps in to see things firsthand*
<Seraphna> Jaime> **Transmits her notes to Erevis**
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Be safe
<Seraphna> Jaime> How is Adeline doing?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Hm, I have not seen her around lately.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Do you wish me to seek her out?
<DeathStar> *Selena looksat Jaime* Are you coming Jaime or do you want to stay here?
<Seraphna> Jaime> At least to let her know I’m safe.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I will do so
<Seraphna> Jaime> I’ll check in again soon.
<DeathStar> *The elevator, once everyone is in, warps them to a new location, at super speeds*
<DeathStar> *the door slowly opening to a beautiful, outside in a large yard that spans on and on and in front of a large beautiful three story home that is well maintained, and a massive garage door that is opened. Inside it looks to be completely barren. Darren heads for the garage*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Whose home is this?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...such an excessive residence." *walks along*
<DeathStar> *As they enter the garage, it suddenly uses like the tech on the PAX and they're in a massive training dojo with huge training men to battle against*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Oh my.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Let me power this down. *he works on thin air*
<DeathStar> *As the men headfor the team*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... really, boys... I'm in no mood to play."
<DeathStar> *Noire is lifted up and the training person tries to pile drive her*
<DeathStar> *the others move for Jikuu and Jaime*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *whips around her tendrils to try to counter-grapple the training target*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Do we really need to do this now?" *attempts to fight using a mixture of psionic barriers and a bit of a cruder version of John's martial arts style, being unwilling to go all out*
<Alicia> *except defensively*
<DeathStar> *The training target strains; then it suddenly goes* Adjusting level. *stars increase over head, and it breaks the tendrils*
<DeathStar> *and begins to charge Noire like a progenitor*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Why must I fight you? What am I fighting for?!!!"
<DeathStar> *Darren manages to power the simulation down, leaving them back in the barren garage*
<DeathStar> *Ren peers at Jikuu, tilting her head*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...I was just about to reciprocate. Ah well..."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "... maybe you can train later?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "No, we do need to get back on track."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That is what I meant. Later."
<DeathStar> *he leads them into the building proper where they emerge from trophies for world tournaments and other stuff, and come out into a wide space with art and a piano and other stuff like there's two different people living here - one a fight, and one who likes beautiful things*
<DeathStar> *There's even stuff hand made*
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Does Dias have a hidden artistic side, or is he married?"
<DeathStar> *also it seems to be Dias' place**
<DeathStar> <Darren> No it's all him
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...you jest."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "What? He can't be 100% fighting."
<Alicia> <Victoire> "A martial... artist."
<DeathStar> *H. Taiga and some tech seem to be sweeping the buildin for clues, though this Taiga does seem to have some of her clone like features in her*
<DeathStar> <Selena> I got that joke
<DeathStar> *she giggles*
<DeathStar> *Darren leads them upstairs*
<DeathStar> <Darren> You might be wondering why I brought you here, Jikuu, after your question on the creature
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... when choosing a winner for the Global Endowment for the Arts, Dias chose a giant fist sculpture."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I have my suspicions."
<DeathStar> *As they come to a room in the back, Darren turns the light on in the room* Dias, even after all was over, kept looking into it. Infact, outside the older volumes, people would come to him due to how much research he did. *The room has books stacked up, paper clippings, strange objects, rocks, drapes over stuff, a broken piece of a station it looks like, and more in the room* He did all sorts of writings on the thing
<DeathStar> <Darren> Yes, Dias.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Many thousands of years changes people.
<DeathStar> <Darren> I think he has a notebook somewhere in this mess of material
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...when did he learn how to read?" *spoken flatly*
<DeathStar> *Darren waves his hand over the volumes, apparently "reading" it instantly*
<DeathStar> *Ren poofs into human form* Who knows.
<DeathStar> *Darren picks up what looks to be a wonky looking book and waves a hand over it*
<DeathStar> <Darren> Okay. *he turns to Jikuu* Let me go over what I know and what is written here
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Doesn't it feel like this Dias is a completely different person?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> The bad guys had seemingly been defeated after the serpent. Unlike your situation with Nyarl, our worlds were in ruin - we had won, but it was essentially a ... tasteless victory
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Tasteless? How?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> Worlds were in ruin, stars were dying
<DeathStar> <Darren> Yggdrasil would live, but so many lives were lost
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "So, pyrrhic?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> Yes. So many heroes died stopping that snake. *he glances at Jikuu, then back down* Anyway, no one had the desire to fight, bad or good
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... did you reality have an eldritech rule rof the netherworld?"
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Not even Dias?!"
<DeathStar> <Darren> At the time, it was not like we really monitored Nyarl at all. She wasn't really on our radar. It was something that came later.
<DeathStar> <Darren> It, really. This new form is something new
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... but still... do continue the history lesson."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Anyway, after a bit, though, something happened. It was like it appeared over night. A strange manifestation. It was neither evil or good, angry or sad, it had no emotions other than ... hunger. Hunger for battle. It is hard to describe. When it took over someone, it just went for the strongest. It didn't mind battling others weaker, if they put up a good fight; sometimes it even took over someone weaker if they proved surprising
<DeathStar> <Darren> It just wanted to fight, and fight, and fight. To bring chaos about and seek out something. We never figured out what. And it loved to kill anyone that got in it's way. ... it only a few times spared someone
<DeathStar> *Darren turns to glance at Dias' book*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Who did it spare and under what circumstances?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> It spared - once - a person it fought when it thought the person had potential to come back stronger. It spared a woman who was pregnant, and it spared a civilian who got caught up in the mess, though it threw them aside so hard it broke both their legs due to it being in the body of a Ridiarium at the time
<DeathStar> *thought
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Sounds like an Evil Dias."
<DeathStar> *it sparef someone it fought
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...naturally, Dias seems to be where it landed."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well. Let me go into Dias' book some
<DeathStar> <Darren> It says here, that he had been researching where he thought this creature came from; was it an alien or some sort of creature that appeared from the serpent, or a collective need for fighting. Due to it's focus on fighting and only that, he never could decide, but toward the end, he felt it was evolving, becoming something else
* Dias` has joined #TAW-Minis
<DeathStar> <Darren> Each stronger body was making it become something more and each fight was teaching it something and his worry was if this every manifested in a non-wrecked reality like ours, what would it become.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Thus its machinations to access our reality."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well. After we came back to life, and began to monitor our reality and the rest of the tree, as well as our lowest level guest, it seems Dias kept an eye out for a potential return for the creature in another reality
<DeathStar> <Darren> According to this book
<DeathStar> <Darren> And he fears it would manifest in yours
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And yet his actions drew us here... and he was the one who attacked our Dias."
<DeathStar> *he sets the book down* It could be all a misunderstanding
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I can only assume it is not Dias there."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I'm not satisfied."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well as soon as we catch up with our Dias we can ask him why he's been doing what he's been doing
<DeathStar> <Darren> After all, he has to be the one who's been taking the will of your people.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Right now, he is the lead suspect."
<DeathStar> *Darren takes Dias' book for evidence* This does have will and stuff in it, maybe it'll lead to putting him in time out with Fate
<Dias`> *Chad eyes the data he got on H.Dias as he joins the others*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "There is a lot I do not understand about Dias' motives right now."
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "Nice to know I'm not the only one."
<DeathStar> <Darren> I'll be honest. *He glances around Dias house* I'm not sure either.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... I wonder if there are more clues here beyond what he allows us to see."
<DeathStar> <Selena> You want to go... searching the house?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "There are many things that feel like him trying to get a good fight, but if that was his goal, why make people not want to fight? Unless it is to weed out all the ones whose will to fight is insufficient for him?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> We know he attacked our Dias and now he's MIA
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I am considering it..."
<DeathStar> <Darren> If you're serious about it, our search team is downstairs
<DeathStar> *Darren hands Jikuu a copy of Dias' book* Here
<DeathStar> *Jikuu arrives it, Phoenix Wright style*
<DeathStar> *receives
<DeathStar> *Noire is taken to H. Taiga to play in the search*
<Alicia> * Jikuu goes through the book
<DeathStar> *it goes over 2,000 years worth of thoughts and stuff, mostly related to the creature and stuff he's found - like related to finding relics, battle materials, weaknesses he recalls like finding that using a piece of the PAX's hull helped once, Dark Ones, killing all emotions, etc*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...killing all emotions? That sounds terrible."
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Who'd even do that?!"
* Jackieness has quit IRC
<DeathStar> <Darren> I think temporarily trying to go emotionless denied the creature it's battle high
<DeathStar> <Darren> Or any emotion
<Alicia> <Victoire> "It's horrifying."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Yes, not many can do it
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "I wonder... does it avoid those who do not like to fight?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well, thinking back, it probably didn't go after pacifist yeah
<DeathStar> <Darren> But a lot of innocents still got caught up
<DeathStar> <Darren> I remember one time when we tried the tactic of not fighting it
<Alicia> <Victoire> "You'd have to not want to, not just be using that as a tactic."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well basically
<DeathStar> <Darren> By attempting to not engage it and give it the battle it wanted
<DeathStar> <Darren> ... it went after civilians to find the strongest among them. It did avoid children and the elderly, at least
<DeathStar> *Darren walks calmly toward the elevators* So, what do you think you'll do next?
<DeathStar> *he studies something* Oh my~
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "What's up?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> We might have located Fate.
<Alicia> <Jikuu and Victoire> "WHERE?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> *forms the elevator*
<DeathStar> <<Darren> This way
<DeathStar> *Selena steps in; Ren poofs into fox form and rides Victoire*
<DeathStar> *Darren transports them to yet another location; this one appears to be a beach town*
<Alicia> <Victoire> "This looks like a nice place... what horrible thing happened here?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> I just know Fate was spotted here. Let us see. *he walks toward a house, where Fate's name is on the doorplate*
<DeathStar> *it looks like a beach house*
<DeathStar> <Selena> Is this her ...home?
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Oh. Sorry, I was getting too used to bad things happening everywhere."
<DeathStar> *Darren force unlocks the door*
<DeathStar> <Darren> Let us go inside
<DeathStar> *the inside looks like no one has been inside for a very long time - except for the fact there are a ton of footprints and signs that Fate brought people inside and stuffed them through one door way, the basement door way, judging by the handprints. Fate, however, is on her couch*
<DeathStar> *she brightens at seeing Victoire and Jikuu, standing up* You two are safe
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Did something happen?"
<DeathStar> <Fate> Well, I stuffed Dias and the others in my basement to hide them, and I'm hiding here myself.
<Alicia> <Victoire> "So he's safe...ish."
<DeathStar> *Fate pulls the two girls in a hug, and then moves to the kitchen, looking to offer them something to drink, giving them what looks to be oldish tea*
<DeathStar> <Fate> Sorry. I haven't been out to shop
<DeathStar> <Fate> ... since I left to your world
<Alicia> <Victoire> "No need to apologise."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We understand 100%."
<DeathStar> *Fate prepares seats for them*
<Alicia> * Jikuu and Victoire happily sit down, drinking old tea as if it was the most delicious thing in the world
<DeathStar> <Fate> I'm guessing you two have a lot of questions. *She glances at Darren, wondering how long before he calls in the higher ups; she offers a smile to them for drinking the tea*
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "Whose idea was it to bring Dias down here, for one."
<DeathStar> <Fate> That I cannot tell you, but I think it was to provide more help. Charlotte's down there though.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Now that you're here, my forsight ability is much more limited.
<DeathStar> <Fate> I can't exactly be warping around
<DeathStar> <Fate> Also, the other heroes will frown if I make any deals as well.
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "We do not need deals right now, though."
Session Start: Wed Apr 10 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Minis
<DeathStar> <Fate> Okay. I will trust you both. You've gotten so much stronger now, I'm sure you don't need me anyway. At this point, all you need to do is trust each other completely
<DeathStar> <Fate> If you do that, no matter what happens you'll be fine
<Alicia> <Victoire> "Deals isn't all you can do. You've been helping in other ways."
<DeathStar> *Fate pauses, then smiles* Thank you. I'm glad to hear that I have been able to help. You all have become like family these past years. I hope it doesn't come to blows with the heroes here, but as a tip - the each have their own quirk like my deal power. All of us are strong, just like before, but coming back in the legendary category we came back with a quirk.
<DeathStar> <Darren> And you should not have been using yours
<Alicia> <Sparkling> "What if Dias' quirk is actually being smart?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> It is possible. *concedes* Usually the quirk is something we have to do where we give up one thing for one thing for a time to power it up. Fate's is unique in that she has to ask other's to power up her's. If Dias' quirk is high intelligence, he could be giving up something briefly to have the high burst of intelligence
<DeathStar> *Darren rises and taps the two girls* I'll go check on those in the basement, then we'll get all of you transferred to where the others are.
<DeathStar> <Darren> It's time you go in, Fate. *Ren meanwhile has been downstairs with Charlotte*
* Dias` has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection)
<DeathStar> *Darren heads outside to prepare to return everyone back to the office. Fate sighs, sliding something into the girl's pockets*
<DeathStar> <Melodie and Aimee> Are we quirky enough to be quirks?
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "That is not what it means."
<Alicia> <Jikuu> "...I feel like Jaime might have a quirk of her own, though, somehow."
<Alicia> <Victoire> "The Legion DNA thing? Maybe."
<DeathStar> <Fate> Jaime indeed could have such a quirk; her powers are always uncharted and sometimes bite her back
Session Close: Thu Apr 11 00:00:00 2024

<Dias`> *Chad glances around, seeing most people having left since he branched off* ...Interesting.
<DeathStar> <Angii> I got a note that when we were done they'd come back or sooner
<DeathStar> *Cheryl is still sitting around, Angela on her*
<Dias`> <Chad> I see. Well luckily, Cheryl didn't abandon me.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl waves*
<DeathStar> *Angii scrolls through the logs* They'd studying Dias place. It would appear that our Dias has been signing off through your encounters with the eldritch beings until their defeat. And then the will issue began after that
<Dias`> <Chad> Hmmm. Your Dias always this...ambitious and pro-active?
<Seraphna> **Angela shares a snack with Cheryl**
<DeathStar> <Angii> A lot of time has passed.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Plus you know, he changed a lot with his hero status. Maybe he was always that way
<Dias`> <Chad> You do seem to be affected by the views of this planes inhabitants.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Anyway, it looks like ... *She studies something* ... Well, not a lot of a mystery. He's the one who signed off on the pacifier equipment. But this should need more than just Dias, even if he's the #1 hero. This stuff is dangerous and should only be used in like a serious crowd moment when people are in danger
<DeathStar> *Cheryl chews*
<Dias`> *Chad shifts his hand under his chin and he taps it as he thinks* Id's already combing through the various tales, trying to find common themes and patterns. *He glances at Angii* Who's the other name that signed off on it?
<DeathStar> <Angii> I'm only seeing his. If there is another name, they're not here
<Dias`> <Chad> Is that even possible?
<DeathStar> <Angii> Either somehow it was looked the other way for ... how long did it go on? *She glances* Or whoever did the second name had the skills to remove it
<DeathStar> <Angii> I'd need to bring in a hero who can look for the fingerprint
<Dias`> *Chad tells her how long they believe it was going on for*
<DeathStar> <Angii> So faint attacks for years to try to remain under the radar.
<DeathStar> <Angii> But it's odd, why not go directly for you heroes
<Dias`> <Chad> Put someone on it, see if you can figure out who else assisted him.
<Dias`> <Chad> I would need to know how it works to theorize on that.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Essentially, what it does...
<DeathStar> <Angii> Is it's suppose to calm the will down so people stop fighting each other long enough for us to come in and help them. Essentially it's a calming program. Hence why it should have been used on your people to calm them down
<Dias`> <Chad> Well that is what occured. But it affected some, while not affecting others.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Of course, if the person has like a natural inclination not to calm down, you're not going to
<DeathStar> <Angii> You're going to keep fighting like hell
<Dias`> <Chad> That would explain the disparity.
<DeathStar> <Angii> But it should never be used to steal a person's will's completely. And if he did that, then ... *sighs* He'll have to face punishment. *she sounds sad*
<Dias`> <Chad> I guess it would depend on his motive and reasons.
<DeathStar> *Angii begins to work, having another hero since Taiga is wrapped up, to find out who helped*
<Dias`> <Chad> Officially, how many of you are there?
<DeathStar> <Angii> A surprising number, but many are amalgamations. It happens with time passing
<Dias`> <Chad> It only seems to take one persons name being switched out
<DeathStar> <Angii> Indeed - all it takes is a few people forgetting who blew up what major bad guy with another hero
<Dias`> <Chad> That seems to be a problem in itself. *He crosses his arms now as he thinks* But I doubt that has to do with our current problem
<DeathStar> <Angii> Well, for your world, make sure if you have a reality wide event, keep records buried so it never happens to you
<Dias`> <Chad> We've had several.
<DeathStar> <Angii> That's good. As long as the planets aren't destroyed
<Dias`> *Chad looks over at Cheryl* So what do you make of all this so far?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I think seeing what this Dias has to say will tell us a lot; unless becoming a legend/God/whatever has changed his base character so much, it feels a little odd for him to go stealing wills
<Dias`> <Chad> So far, we're under the impression that all this is his machinimations. We go from nothing from those here to suddenly preventing us from doing something. Which in turn causes us to come this way.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> It is odd. I mean, it has led to us comnig up here
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> He's pretty bad at this since he has to know we'd find out
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Unless there's more after finding out
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Hm, I just had a bad thought
<Dias`> <Chad> So that would lead to two options. Us being here leaves our plane undefended by our heavy hitters. Or Two, we had to be here for their goal to succeed
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> By bad thought is jerking us up here is the reason. I mean we brought almost EVERYone up here
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Lets hope they do locate this Dias
<Dias`> <Chad> I know we have some hanging behind that can fight but for long is questionable.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Maybe I'm just paranoid.
<Dias`> <Chad> Paranoia is what kept me alive for the first 5 years of my "death".
<DeathStar> *Angii fusses with a technician over the files*
<Dias`> *Chad glance sat Angii* Has any of your heroes ever tried to manipulate events to make them more prolific amongst this planes people?
<DeathStar> <Angii> We attempt to not mettle in any events outside our own world. The only reason we even sent Fate to yours was due to the uncanny nature of the events happening. You had Airell looping and the more loops that happened, the more shudderin throughout the various planes and the damage it was causing. So it was either have her isolate you from everyone and allow it to you know...
<DeathStar> <Angii> Then the Serpent was going to be an issue and it could cause damage to the other planes due to the nature of it damaging your tree, so we had her aid you
<Dias`> <Chad> I get that, but here we are, with your Dias acting behind the scenes and a potential mystery person assisting them.
<DeathStar> <Angii> Well, I have been getting reports from the Dias' house. *She brings up the screen of Jikuu's team to let Chad read everything that the team has been reading*
<Dias`> *Chad looks it over*
<DeathStar> *Cheryl lifts Angela up in her arms to rise up and reads over the data* Dias is a writer now?
<Dias`> <Chad> Well, we can only compare him against ours.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Shakespearian Diases scare me
<Dias`> <Chad> This one definetly seems more composed.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well, he seems to be hunting this thing, or afraid we'll manifest it
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> So what, he's yanking all our warriors up here?
<Dias`> <Chad> Bait to draw it out? *He glances at Cheryl*
Session Start: Wed Apr 10 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Session699
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Possibily. It could be that, or denying it any strong warriors to manifest below?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We'll have to see which possibility it is
<Dias`> <Chad> It at least seems like we're starting to paint a clearer picture
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I can see the denying one as a higher chance if it was taking will away, too - no one with will could be strong
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> But I want to question Dias before making assumptions
<Dias`> <Chad> I'm just hoping that this Dias doesn't have the exact Weapon ability that ours does. But if he does, it could explain how their enemy survived.
<DeathStar> <Angii> I can't answer that one; hell, I don't even know what his Quirk is
<DeathStar> <Angii> Our Chad might know
<Dias`> <Chad> Quirk?
<DeathStar> <Angii> You know Fate's Quirk?
<Dias`> <Chad> This is the first I've heard of that term used in that way
<DeathStar> <Angii> Basically, Fate's is a little odd compared to the rest of us, but her's needs others to work. She can make things happen if some sacrifices something. Usually an emotion or a feeling or a memory, can charge her power and she can do practically anything. But she can take other things, we haven't mapped what she's able to do yet. It's one reason our Chad kind of forbid her quirk. Everyone else's quirk is kind of stuff like, mine for example, break a bone - like a finger, I'll get a power up to my powers for a time. The bigger the bone, the bigger the power up
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Session Start: Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 2024
Session Ident: #TAW-Session699
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<DeathStar> -0-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-660.7.24
<DeathStar> Location: Higher Planes - Unknown
<DeathStar> *Angii, who has been going over files with Chad, Cheryl, Angela, Xanatos, and Simon, ended up losing Jikuu, Victoire, Jaime, Ren, Noire, Sparkling, and Selena after they split off from the group*
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<DeathStar> <Cheryl> So
<DeathStar> *she leans against the wall* We finding what we need here?
<Dias`> <Chad> It's helping paint a clearer picture at least.
<Dias`> <Chad> But that said, we still don't have a fully clear path forward.
<Seraphna> Angela> So… at least one of these guys is acting sus. And it seems to be their Dias who was keeping them out of the loop?
<DeathStar> *Angii steps to the side, apparently listening to something*
<DeathStar> <Angii> It would see we've located our Dias and a meeting is being held.
<DeathStar> <Angii> I take it you would like to come?
<Dias`> *Chad looks over at Angii* May as well.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl taps her hands on her arm* ... Right. And where's the others run off to?
<Seraphna> Angela> Sure. **she pulls popcorn from subspace**
<Seraphna> Angela> I believe Jaime went with their Darien-Warren to get comms communication with the PAX.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And we're sure she's not dead right about now?
<DeathStar> *an elevator has appeared near Angii, who seems to be waiting*
<Dias`> *Chad moves to join, his hand double checking both holsters on his body*
<Seraphna> **Angela focuses elsewhere to check the Beta she set to tail the Empress**
<MobileAri> * Nicolette's hand twitches, as she follows to the elevator, really missing her deck about now
<Xantop> 6* Xan and Simon both move for the elevator.
<Xantop> <Xan> I am worried they wondered off. But...just got to trust them.
<DeathStar> <Angii> If she is with my fellow hero, I'm sure she's fine
<Seraphna> Angela> She’s fine. Not far away. Having Mk. 3 update her.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl steps inside*
<Seraphna> **Angela joins her**
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I got so much more to say about this, but I'll hold my tongue for now
<Seraphna> Angela> But I like listening to you talk~
<DeathStar> *Cheryl pulls her cheeks hard*
<Seraphna> Angela> Fuuuuu
<DeathStar> *the elevator warps the group, once again pressing the group down hard with it's hyperspace like speed*
<DeathStar> *even as it plays cheery music that seems to be from older times*
<Seraphna> Angela> Why is everything so far apaaaarrrrrt
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'd love to know. *She holds onto the sides* Poor Xanatos
<Dias`> *Chad seems to have focused elsewhere as they're traveling*
<DeathStar> *the elevator dings a moment later; after opening the doors, they seem to be in a large not quite city is the word, but there are many large buildings set up and structures, with elevators coming and going here. Off to the side, Darren is arriving with Fate and the rest of the group like Selena, Noire, Ren, etc*
<Xantop> <Xan> I think of all of us I'm the most used to these sorts of forces...so why does it make my old body hurt.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I wonder if that was a sexual joke. *She murmurs as she steps out*
<Dias`> <Chad> I try to block those thoughts out. *He steps out after, glancing around*
<Xantop> <Simon> This architecture is not quite the same as the Earth. Who created these buildings?
<DeathStar> *Fate has Jikuu and Victoire with her; also surprisingly, it appears with them is John's team*
<Seraphna> Angela> Aren’t you like… physically younger due to that time jump?
<DeathStar> <Angii> Ah, one of the heroes helped design and build it. I don't remember which
<Dias`> <Chad> Interesting.
<DeathStar> *Ren and John move over to Cheryl, while X and Mem stick to the back*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Is this place some sort of nexus?"
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...did you discover anything interesting in your own search?"
<DeathStar> <Angii> Bingo, Miss Nicolette. It's a central area
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Did we win yet?
<Xantop> <Xan> Younger is relative.
<Dias`> *Dias rests his hands behind his head as he stands next to X* This place is hella trippy.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... ah yes...this world's Dias is apparently a fan of early Dadaism."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Diddyism?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...it was an artistic movement in Earth history... my point is, their Dias has a brain."
<Xantop> <Marcus> So where are we?
<DeathStar> *Andrea shrugs* A structured hell
<Seraphna> Angela> Dear Gods. An intelligent Dias?
<Dias`> <Dias> ...Wait, are you saying I don't have a brain?!
<DeathStar> <X> Well..
<Dias`> *Dias jaw drops at X*
<Seraphna> Angela> Color in your book Dias.
<DeathStar> <X> You have your strengths, dear
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks at Dias flatly, but doesn't answer*
<DeathStar> <X> That is fighting
<DeathStar> *Andrea leans around Marcus, eyeing X*
<Dias`> <Dias> And fighting takes brains. *He hmpfs as he crosses his arms*
<DeathStar> <John> I want someone to call me dear
<Seraphna> Tabetha> Okay dear!
<DeathStar> <John> Aw
<DeathStar> *Selena clears her throat*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<Dias`> *Chad rubs his face at all this* Selena correct, we should focus and move on.
<Seraphna> **Angela snickers a bit**
<DeathStar> *Selena nods*
<DeathStar> <Darren> Right this way then. *He leads them toward one of the buildings* Do any of you have questions along the way?
<Dias`> <Chad> Well, we've answered some questions but only partially. We know how your plane was affecting ours. We know that it requires two people to activate it. We just don't know who the second one is.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Only if we have any idea what happened at the tree.
<DeathStar> <Darren> At the tree?
<Seraphna> Jaime> We had a scout take a look to see if everything was fine. However the ship was destroyed and the passengers are missing.
<Xantop> 6* Marcus murmurs to himself about how the oafs all have secured strong and intelligent women to support them and how it's weird, but never fully speaks up about it.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Marcus. You're no oaf. You just hang out with oafs.
<Xantop> <Xan> Wait, we lost a ship? Who?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... large guns seems out of characetr given what we have seen of this existence."
<Dias`> <Chad> And you can confirm the ship was destroyed?
<Seraphna> Jaime> Heaven and a Thena. We believe they are alive as Thena did not reconnect with her mote.
<DeathStar> <Darren> The tree has a protection barrier to keep anyone from hurting it. However, we don't condone straight up killing a possible ship straying near it either. Your passangers should be transported somewhere they are being checked out for injuries
<Xantop> <Xan> They're here?
<DeathStar> <Darren> More likely on a station near Earth
<Seraphna> Jaime> If we could find out where they are that would be reassuring.
<DeathStar> <Darren> I'll see about locating them
<DeathStar> *as they step into the building, various heroes stare at them, having come to witness these strange people who look like them*
<Xantop> 6* Marcus smirks in amusement at Andrea, before look up at all the 'heroes'
<Dias`> *Chad glances around* Seems to be a fair amount of you all.
<Dias`> *Dias glances around excitedly, clearly sizing them up*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Curiouser and curiouser..."
<DeathStar> <Darren> Well, many are just background characters.
<DeathStar> *he says*
<Seraphna> Jaime> It’s like looking at a strange mirror, moreso than another reality.
<Xantop> <Xan> To be honest this feels like our big gatherings so many faces I know but like...have I sat down and spoke to them...nah
<DeathStar> <John> And many of them seem a little off
<DeathStar> *He waves his hand at how many are combined*
<DeathStar> *the group soon arrives at a large meeting area where the other Dias is standing, along with the High Xanatos and Chad*
<DeathStar> *The High Dias turns to study their Dias, then sits down*
<Dias`> *Dias locks eyes on the H. Dias, a grin slightly appearing*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I feel like I missed something..."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Dad, this version of you looks like that painting Mom did.
<DeathStar> <High Chad> Please, have a seat. *he plays a poker face, like most Chads; in the background, someone who looks like Aya is setting up equipment*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I feel like that a lot
<DeathStar> *Cheryl sits down*
<Seraphna> **Angela and Kaelan sit**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..." *sits*
<Xantop> <Xan> Does he? 6* He squints as he sits down.
<Dias`> *Chad takes a seat, glancing around quickly as he rests his left hand on his thigh*
<DeathStar> *John, Ren, Fate, Jikuu, Victoire sit down*
<Dias`> *Dias plops down in a seat*
<DeathStar> <High Chad> Well. *He glances at Nicolette* Perhaps we can clear stuff up on both sides
<Xantop> 6* Simon sits, while Marcus contemplates standing, looking around at everyone before finally fighing and taking a seat.
<DeathStar> *Andrea sits on Marcus' lap*
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Space
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans back in her seat, listening to what Erevis relays from Jaime*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So you buy what they're selling? I mean, we just watched a ship blow up in front of us
<Xantop> <Pepper> Not at all. But I'm not making the decisions.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "If they are still alive, then we must investigate."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Well, I believe Thena. She insists Heaven has to be alive.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Where should we begin?
<Seraphna> Cookie> I don’t have clones but I know a broken bond is far different from one just… distanced.
<DeathStar> *Cersei muses from the Templar ship* We could attempt to scan the planet
<Jackieness> <Airym> "The report said it was likely a station near Earth. However, would Thena not be able to feel her copy this close?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> That is what I would believe
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So it has to be much further
<Seraphna> Thena> Normally, unless they are taken to something shielded.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Why would they be taken to something shielded if this person isn't lying?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "What sort of shielding could disrupt your connection, Thena?"
<Seraphna> Thena> Even then I usually can defy rules enough… err, push my Powers!
<Dias`> <Id> Well, would you not "jail" someone who went against a rule? Perhaps that's why.
<Seraphna> Thena> It would have to block both hyperspace and psionics.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, can the sensors be adjusted to find any hyperspace dead spots in a scan zone?"
<Dias`> <Id> Or nullify they're powers.
<Seraphna> Thena> And probably Dark One transport.
<DeathStar> *Taiga tinkers with the spirit pods and weapons on the Aquarius*
<Dias`> <Id> Which considering the time distance, it's very possible.
<Seraphna> Nox> I’m connect to Mirelle~
<Xantop> 6* Kane studies the star charts of their reality and looks at scans of the space around them, trying to determine any odd differences.
<DeathStar> <Taiga> That's good. It should help the Aquarius double it's power. Just Airym and Erica need to make sure to only use this in short bursts
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I haven't had enough time to run enough tests
<Seraphna> Thena> Normally my clones feel like kinda… looking through a hallway to the other place I exist. And if they did their essence pulls back into me. That hallway is still there. I just can’t see the other side.
<Seraphna> *did = die
<DeathStar> *as Kane compares the star charts of the nearby area, he'd be shocked to see that this reality, the people are scattered all over the place - having installations all over multiple galaxies far far far away from each other*
<DeathStar> <Cersei on comm> My ship is picking up something unusual. Do you want me to investigate it? <Erevis> Please.
<Seraphna> Sephie> These charts… it’s like a needle in a haystack.
<DeathStar> *The Templar Ship heads away from the Aquarius and the PAX, near where the Yggdrasil is but being careful to avoid it*
<Xantop> <Kane> Hm. There is a much larger seperation of the people though. I wonder why that is.
<Seraphna> Sephie> Why is everything so spread out?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You think that is by design?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We cannot take anything for granted here."
<Xantop> <Kane> I am not sure, it could simply be explained by a near utopia level galaxy...if we believe that is indeed what this is.
<Xantop> <Kane> Though if populations match ours but are still this spread out...perhaps that is a way to control. Larger groups lead to more opportunity for fomenting insurrection.
<Dias`> <Id> It's hard to know for sure. They may have run across a problem that caused them to come up with that solution
<DeathStar> <Erevis> A dark thought.
<DeathStar> *Cersei comms them both* We may have trouble
<Seraphna> Cookie> Uh oh.
<DeathStar> <Cersei> There appears to be some of signs of incursion here, much like we did.
<DeathStar> *she shows them screens of a tear in reality*
<DeathStar> <Cersei> The good news - we may have a way back home
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Are we certain that it leads back to our reality?"
<DeathStar> *the tear right now looks too small for the PAX though*
<DeathStar> <Cersei> You are welcome to scan it but it appears to have signatures of our reality
<Sara> <Erica> Incursion though, huh.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Wait, so who else came here? Wasn’t Xevil with us already?
<Dias`> <Id> It is an odd occurence.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No, I got rid of that one
<Xantop> <Kane> From our reality?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We should investigate this before it causes problems for us."
<DeathStar> *Yuki muses* Then who caused a small hole?
<Xantop> <Pepper> Anyone else get a chill how she phrased that? Got rid of
<Seraphna> Sephie> Maybe he did after.
<Xantop> <Kane> Is it possible to warn the others?
<Dias`> <Id> Hopefully it's not them from the lowest plane.
<Seraphna> Sephie> I thought we liked Logan?
<DeathStar> *Erevis rubs her face and paces*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Are there any traces that a ship may have emerged from the fissure?"
<DeathStar> <Cersei> I'm not seeing it. I'll keep scanning
<Seraphna> Sephie> He doesn’t need one.
<Dias`> <Id> I would suggest scanning for traces of them, they should've left something behind if it was them.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I can have Adeline join in the scan.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Guess we let Jaime know..
<DeathStar> <Erevis> And how do we get in touch with her now that she is away from that console?
<Xantop> <Pepper> If not even the bonds are connected...
<Seraphna> Cookie> Hmmm. We have anyone still on the planet that can talk to that hero building?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Could we try to fly there?
<Seraphna> Cookie> The must have a hero comms or something.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We got a general idea
<DeathStar> <Erevis> As much as it annoys me we will have to try to call them
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It will also allow Kane time to try to locate Heaven
<DeathStar> Song: Tyer English Black Bullet
<Xantop> <Kane> I would really like to understand all these settlements more.
<Xantop> <Kane> But I will focus on finding our people.
<DeathStar> *Adeline arrives, wiping her hands* I'll take over that then and let you do your research
<DeathStar> *she smiles at Kane*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Airym - Erica
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We are at your disposal."
<Xantop> <Kane> This is why I raised you, to do the dirty work while I run down my own rabbit holes. 6* He jokes
<DeathStar> <Erevis> As much as I would like to take the PAX, can you head to the location where Jaime and Jikuu was at and see if you can learn anything.
<Dias`> <Id> I can assist where requested
<DeathStar> *Adeline sits down* Is that why. *she laughs and begins to do scans*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yuki, plot a course."
<DeathStar> *Yuki takes the data and plugs it in* Alright then. Keep in mind, crew, they might get a little trigger happy if we invade their sanctuary. So keep our fists up
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Keep weapons powered down and take no aggressive stances."
<Xantop> <Pepper> Fists upright in attack position?
<Xantop> <Pepper> Aw.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I suppose we'll also get to see if Nox is working
<Jackieness> <Airym> "If an altercation occurs, we retreat, not engage."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Pepper, initiate looking pretty while I do flight stuff!
<DeathStar> <Ben> As is Sylph
<DeathStar> *Taiga taps the comm button* Airym - Erica. I'll stay on board for the spirit engine enhancement project I've been working on
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Understood, Taiga."
<Seraphna> Si> **feeds Taiga a snack**
<DeathStar> <Taiga> I'll explain how it works now
<DeathStar> <Taiga> Mireille's standard spirit engine will use it's spirit energy - engines, weapons, shields - if you tap into nox or mirror sylph's power, it will double the power and eat it up that much faster, but it will double it. Granted, the mirror sylph isn't a true represent, but if you tap into her pod, you'll get three times the power and three times the burn through
<DeathStar> <Taiga> This also means you can go three times as fast too if you need to get to a destination
<Xantop> 6* Pepper poses for Cookie
<DeathStar> <Taiga> So keep those pros and cons in mind
<DeathStar> *Yuki finishes programming the destination*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Cookie - take us out
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Emergency use only for now."
<Seraphna> **Cookue sets them on course**
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Higher Planes - Meeting Hall
<DeathStar> *Higher Xanatos leans back in his seat, chewing on some nuts*
<DeathStar> *while Higher Dias and Higher Chad seem quiet. Higher Taiga comes in with a long list of papers takes a seat*
<DeathStar> *Darren and Angii are sitting as well*
<Seraphna> Angela> So…
<DeathStar> <Selena> ... Hm. *she folds her hands while the H. Chad looks over the paper* So. As I said, we should clear some stuff up for both sides
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Now that we're all here.
<Dias`> <Chad> Agreed.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Then let us speak freely. You all came here because your people were losing will
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Am I on track?
<Xantop> <Xan> Yes.
<Xantop> <Xan> All signs pointed to that coming from this plane.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> And you would be correct.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... lovely."
<Dias`> <Chad> Yes. You apparently have a device that does that. From what I was told and learned, it requires two people to activate it.
<DeathStar> Song: Y2Mate - Ellie Goulding
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Not exactly. The will device can be used by just one person. It's ... *He looks for the words* It's suppose to be a crowd supressant to help people not get hurt by slowly taking the will out of them, usually in a situation where the crowd is wound up and hurting each other, or after a target. It's rarely used, and takes two people to sign off on bringing it out due to the vicious nature of the device. The last time it was used was well over a few hundred years ago
<Xantop> <Simon> What is the time dilation between our two planes, if any?
<DeathStar> *the other Chad looks at Taiga, who looks at the calculations*
<Dias`> <Chad> Id, show Winters here the data that we've taken. *Id floats over and begins to display the data they've gathered* Does this look like your device then?
<DeathStar> <H. Taiga> A few months for you is a few hundred years for us. Sucks for you, huh? *referring to the time situation*
<Xantop> <Simon> So when it was activated hundreds of years ago that would line up with us dealing with our situation.
<Seraphna> Jaime> A bonus. It means we’ve only been gone a few moments.
<Seraphna> Jaime> A year here could be hours or days there.
<DeathStar> <H. Taiga> We'll see. *She murmurs strangely*
<DeathStar> *H. Chad eyes the display* It does
<Dias`> <Chad> I believe in the data I looked over, your Dias signed off on it plus another mystery person we haven't identified yet.
<Xantop> <Marcus> Seems like your Dias has his own agendas.
<Dias`> *Dias has his head nodded forward and his eyes closed*
<DeathStar> *The other Dias is staring at their's*
<DeathStar> <X> ...
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> It would see so. So. *He turns to their Dias* Do you have anything to say?
<DeathStar> *H. Dias pushes off the table slowly*
<Xantop> 6* Marcus tenses, ready to fight.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and here comes the posturing..."
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> I was attempting to help their world not suffer what we faced. Their world continues to face treat after treat, world ending challenge, and they amazingly come out on top. Even more so than we did; they even drew the attention of Nyarlathotep.
<Seraphna> Angela> She was a bit of a bitch yes.
<Xantop> <Xan> You made it harder on us, how does that help?
<Dias`> <Chad> Because conflict can lead to advancement.
<Dias`> <Chad> I assume was your thought process. *He looks over at him.
<Seraphna> Jaime> So did the losses we suffered and the damage done to us bring us up to approval?
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> Your reality is broken; you can't see the cracks that time has wrought upon it. And every threat you face, it will awaken the monster we faced. If by stealing the will from you all and bring peace to your reality, it might not awaken. That was what I was doing. *he eyes their Chad* That was the plan; at least to allow their reality to repair and reset.
<Dias`> *Chad clicks his tongue* It's....a solid plan.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And detrimental to our nature."
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> I have no regrets in removing the will from you for a bit to try to bring about peace.
<Xantop> <Xan> IF our fate was to die, let us die.
<Dias`> *Chad glances at Xan at that*
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> If I wanted you to die, then why would I attempt the stunt I did and risk my reputation
<Xantop> <Xan> I didn't speak on what YOU wanted, I'm saying that our fate should be left to us.
<Seraphna> Jaime> The thing you faced, what was it?
<Dias`> <Chad> Xanatos here would've preferred to let us run our own course and deal with our own problems.
<Xantop> <Xan> Just like your fate here was up to you
<DeathStar> <H. Taiga> Maybe here would have preferred locking your reality away and having that happen. Sending Fate was a fool's errand
<Xantop> <Simon> Truthfully we stick our proverbial noses where they don't belong, it feels natural that ones similar to us would do the same.
<Dias`> <Chad> And you're saying you came up with this plan all your own? *He looks at H.Dias*
<Seraphna> Angela> **studies Taiga curiously**
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> It is a being with no body of it's own. You can destroy the host body completely, and it will still keep moving and take another. You can try the host body, and it will only be slowed down for a time before it finds a way to escape
<DeathStar> *Try to trap
<Xantop> <Marcus> Reality powers can't just...erase it?
<Seraphna> Jaime> You’re afraid that our reality will spawn the same monster that killed your origins.
<DeathStar> *the Dias looks at Chad* When it comes to that thing, it is a nemesis. I wanted to test your Dias. *He doesn't elaborate more* But it was cut short
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... but what is it?"
<Seraphna> Jaime> It sounded like Legion at first. But he was defeated long before I was born.
<Dias`> <Chad> And how was it cut short? Because of our actions or something up here?
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> That's the problem. There's no real definition to it. Reality powers can't erase it, because there's nothing really there. We've never really seen it, because it's almost like it's not there until it's in the body. We've only caught "sight" of it once or twice. You'd almost think it was like the air itself, but when we tried to suck it up or get rid of any trace of air, next time it was almost like a bug maybe
<DeathStar> <X. Xanatos> Swatting didn't work
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...how annoying."
<DeathStar> <Fate> They claimed my actions ruined his fight.
<DeathStar> *She speaks up*
<DeathStar> *Selena seems to be jotting notes about all this next to Nicolette*
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Now
<Dias`> <Chad> Can I see any data you've gather on it?
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> I'd like to ask a question, since we've been curteous
<Seraphna> Jaime> Of course.
<DeathStar> *He leans forward, cupping his hands and a glint in his eyes appears* You all came alone?
<Seraphna> Jaime> To our knowledge, as long as you mean our ships, yes.
<DeathStar> *H. Taiga slides something across the table*
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks**
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Alone?"
<Dias`> <Chad> Everyone that came with us, came at the same time. We didn't bring any reinforcements behind us or after us.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... I'm hardly here alone. Our Dias is right there... here is my friend Ren. That was just Chad and Nico."
<DeathStar> *a tear in space can be seen near where the PAX; zooming in, it shows Xevil holding Spade*
<Seraphna> **Jaime glares** Those two…
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> *looks* "...umm, we know them, but they're not WITH us..."
<DeathStar> <H. Taiga> They vanished from sight a moment later
<Dias`> *Chad looks at it, tensing* He must've followed behind us or found his own way to punch through. Wasn't he working with Wind last? *He looks at the others*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...are you kidding me?!"
<DeathStar> <H. Taiga> So he's an ally of Wind's?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Assuming he didn't bury Wind in a ditch somewhere."
<Dias`> <Chad> They were working on our tree problem together.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "'Ally' is really pushing it."
<Seraphna> Jaime> We never did find Wind again. Thena was only able to locate Xevil.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> ... *eyes Jaime*
<Dias`> <Chad> I always assumed his intent was to find a way up here eventually.
<Xantop> <Xan> He's been a thorn in our side forever.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...if Xevil turns out to be the big bad at the end of this... grandmother will never let anyone forget."
<Seraphna> Jaime> Spade should have been watched at least. Xevil must have taken him.
<Dias`> <Chad> Spade hasn't been easy to keep track of, considering his ability to see ahead.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "He's definitely evil, but has been willing to be helpful against utter cataclysms that would hurt him too."
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> Needless to say, we're not fond of Xevils here
<Xantop> <Xan> Finally, some common ground.
<Xantop> 6* Xan seems to be joking, though he looks concerned.
<Seraphna> Jaime> While we were being attacked by agents from here we found temporary common ground. But it seems the ground has shifted yet again.
<Seraphna> Jaime> The inevitable outcome of people keeping plans to themselves.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... everytime we think we get rid of him, he comes back even stronger than before."
<Xantop> <Simon> While we cannot say for certain his plans, he did seem intent on getting here in this plane.
<Dias`> <Chad> I believe our focus now should be on him and recovering Spade.
<Xantop> <Marcus> Dumb dickhead probably wants to take over and steal power.
<Dias`> <Chad> I don't think he likes having people lord over him
<Seraphna> **Jaime looks to Fate** Is it possible they followed in our wake to get here?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "If he came here, he definitely intends to cause trouble."
<DeathStar> <Fate> Xevil likely had his own way up; Erevis' hatred of him probably made it harder for you all to rise up
<DeathStar> <Fate> The metal was his tool to get up. Was it not, Dias?
<DeathStar> *H. Dias shakes his head* I would not let that monster have such a thing, yes
<Dias`> *Dias taps his chin* You mean that stuff you guys found on that planet? *Chad looks over* Right. That maybe why he went there then.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Very well. I'll show the data to your Chad.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> What do the rest of you want to do now?
<Dias`> <Chad> I believe our best option now is to prepare.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... we should try and find Xevil, shouldn't we?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> I mean, I guess we kind of have to?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ... *she looks a little odd, peering around at all the higher planes people*
<DeathStar> <John> I'll help Noire
<Seraphna> Jaime> We failed to stop whatever he was putting together. It makes sense we should help.
<Seraphna> Angela> <What’s up Cher?>
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> <Just not sure I trust these people>
<Xantop> <Xan> Real question, could you snap your fingers and make Xevil disappear, even if he has power from the lower planes?
<Seraphna> Angela> <A lot of that going around I think.>
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... I just don't want him to becoem all powerful, which would make my grandmother flip."
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> It'd be nice, but no. He's ...on par with nyarlathotep. I'd actually advise you all not to take him on. We're going to gather a few heroes to try to fight him
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> It's probably not going to be pretty
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "So, um... I might have missed this, since Mister Dias seemed to have good intentions, but who was the other person who signed off on using the 1984 device?"
<DeathStar> <Darren> We'd love to know, but they won't step forward
<Dias`> <Dias> And I've fought Nyarl numerous times. *He notes*
<DeathStar> *he eyes H. Dias, who just stands* I'm going out there to fight
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Well... don't you know, Dias? You seem above board, but if they're hiding, I'm worried about what their motives are."
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm.... because of that, I now dub it 'the Orwell Effect'."
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> It's not heroic to give away the person who helped you
<Seraphna> Angela> Seems weird, obviously you can’t undo it but an understanding has been reached.
<Seraphna> Angela> So there should be no pressure.
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> It'd take their hero rep too
<DeathStar> *tank
<Xantop> <Marcus> ...mhmm.
<Xantop> <Marcus> Alright we going to go fight these fuckers and then what...go back to our world and you all will stay to your own plane and leave us alone?
<Dias`> <Dias> But I'm still not even 70% from punching our way this far.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Yeah, but if they're hidden, they can't be forgiven. They'll always live in the shadow of doubt."
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> ... After this Xevil creature is dealt with, I'll see to it that Dias talks
<Xantop> <Simon> I fear he expects you to fight him and has a plan, our involvement may help counter some sinister plot.
<Dias`> <Chad> Simons correct. This is something nobody here should jump in alone on. If he has Spade, he may have found a way to see the future.
<DeathStar> *H. Dias considers* I'll think on it,
<DeathStar> *H. Taiga leaves the conference room, Darren follows*
<Seraphna> Jaime> I need to make sure Adeline is warned.
<DeathStar> <Darren> Follow me then. *He cals Jaime*
<Seraphna> **Jaime moves to follow him**
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm..is Spade with Xevil of his own will, I wonder?"
<Dias`> <Chad> I'll look over that data with you. *he looks at H. Chad* And I'll answer any questions I can for you.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> For those who don't want to fight, you can come with me
<DeathStar> *He heads for the data room*
<Dias`> *Chad stands up, moving to follow*
<MobileAri> * Nicolette glances to Selena, then heads after the Chads
<DeathStar> *H. Dias bounces, leading the rest to a elevator to chase after Xevil*
<Xantop> 6* Xan considers and then moves after the Chads, Simon and Marcus get ready to go to fight time.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *goes with the Xevil-Hunter group*
<DeathStar> *Selena, John, Ren, Cheryl and X head after dias, while Fate, Jikuu, and Victoire go with Chads*
<Dias`> *Dias follows after X*
<DeathStar> Song: mewThere is a reason
<Seraphna> **Angela and Kaelan go with Dias**
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> First plan is to find our target
<DeathStar> *Andrea sinks into Marcus' shadow*
<Dias`> <Dias> Second plan is fight him.
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> So lets see if we can locate where he'll be. *he opens up a panel and begins to scan all the worlds*
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> Once we get a hit, we'll go in
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Yuki does push ups on the bridge, burning off energy*
<DeathStar> *awhile back, contact with the PAX/Templars have been broken*
<Xantop> <Pepper> Something doesn't feel right.
<DeathStar> *Cloé pokes a sleeping Taiga*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Like?
<Jackieness> <Bella> "Let her sleep."
<DeathStar> *Yuki pushes off the bridge and eyes how far they've gone*
<DeathStar> *Cloé puts the marker down*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Status report?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> We're still hardly near our destination----
<Seraphna> Cookie> Should be there any moment?
<DeathStar> *Suddenly alarms go off and the Aquarius jerks and it feels like it's moving against it's will*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Song machine!?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Helm, report."
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I feel okay
<Seraphna> **Cookie frowns and tries manual**
<DeathStar> *it would appear something, like a tractor beam, has them even in hyperspace*
<DeathStar> *and is yanking them somewhere*
<Seraphna> Cookie> We’ve been tractored… in a jump?
<DeathStar> <Ben> That seems an impossibility
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Trace that field to its source."
<DeathStar> <Ben> Can a trace even be done in hyperspace?
<DeathStar> *Ben grabs his head, looking baffled*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Can a tractor beam emit its field into hyperspace?"
<Seraphna> **Cookie feels out for minds outside**
<DeathStar> <Ben> Fair enough
<Xantop> <Pepper> None of this makes sense.
<DeathStar> *Ben works* It appears to be taking us to a base far far away. That means the tractor beam is in another galaxy
<Seraphna> Nox> This sucks, they’re breaking all the rules!
<DeathStar> <Ben> We can either let them drag us, or attempt to break out of it. Maybe with a tiger jump or exiting hyperspace
<Jackieness> <Airym> "What is our ETA to the base?"
<Xantop> <Pepper> Another GALAXY? How...
<Seraphna> Cookie> Rapidly going up.
<DeathStar> *Ben flips through them having experienced anything like this before* the Cartel sitution was the closest I suppose...But this is on another level. *he looks up* ETA? *he looks* Few mins
<Seraphna> Cookie> Maybe we should just prepare to fight.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Let us ride this out and see where it leads."
<Xantop> <Pepper> You say shoot and I'll get them guns going as fast as I can.
<DeathStar> *The group arrives after a bit at a port where a bunch of heroes, one or two even look like a cross between Pepper and Cookie maybe, are there*
<DeathStar> *one of the heroes speaks out* <Hero> We need to search your ship for Xevils
<DeathStar> <Yuki> .... is that like illegal cargo?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Have security accompany them. Ben, internal scans just in case."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> .. Right.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Mire you’d have sensed if he was here right?
<Xantop> <Pepper> We might have a Xevil on board?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I sense no Xevils on board!
<Seraphna> Nox> Ewww, no Xevils in my Mire.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> We are Xevil infestation free
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I doubt they will take our word for it. Still, I would rather have eyes on them while they are on board."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Hey Pepper, there’s a girl here that’s almost as cool as us.
<DeathStar> *Yuki moves and begins to observe them*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Maybe they will help us get close to our team
<DeathStar> <Ben> We are in the area at least
<DeathStar> *Ben shows Airym and Erica the map*
<Seraphna> Cookie> They should get messages to them at least. That was the goal.
<Xantop> <Pepper> Probably weird unlike us who are totally normal.
<Jackieness> <Bella> *goes to accompany the hero group since she's in security*
<DeathStar> *the two heroic Pepookie, who goes around doing their job, seems to be a nerd*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Time for an herbal exchange.
<DeathStar> *Cloé follows after Bella*
<DeathStar> <Cloé> Why do I have a feeling they're going to corrupt this poor hero
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Prime Universe
<DeathStar> *Blue stands there with Cole, who is in contact with Luna and Risokyo*
<DeathStar> *Cran eyes the readings, who seem to be all over the place*
<Seraphna> Angel> So, are we doomed yet?
<DeathStar> <Tsukiyomi> I, too, am I picking up readings from here in this city
<DeathStar> *The readings seem to be to do with chrono readings - time*
<Xantop> <Cole> Any idea what's going on?
<Seraphna> Leyaeh> It’s never simple.
<DeathStar> <Cran> I'm not sure yet. I'm not even sure what is going on. I'll need a more powerful computer than what Stacey has here on Earth, but at a guess, there might be a location somewhere between Earth and Luna that is giving off readings
<DeathStar> <Cran> A hole you could say, but it's fairly small at this point
<Seraphna> Angel> Ummm… isn’t that Lagrange point where Centerpoint was?
<Dias`> <Id> I could possibly try to assist in that. *An Id decloacks*
<Xantop> <Cole> Sounds like we need to get eyes and scanners on it.
<Xantop> <Cole> Does Risokyo have a better computer?
<DeathStar> <Cran> I hope it isn't Centerpoint related.
<DeathStar> <Tsukiyomi> Probably. Most likely it's the PAX but it's gone right now
<Seraphna> Angel> Yeah I thought that was the tree now.
<DeathStar> <Cran> I'll have Id do what he can do and lets hope this hole doesn't get bigger
<DeathStar> <Cran> That could be disasterous
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: PAX
<DeathStar> *Adeline looks up* I think I might have something
<Xantop> 6* Kane pauses and glances over.
<DeathStar> *she notes; while this has been going on, Kane would note that it would seem whoever designed this, and it looks to be Taiga of this reality for sure, having spaced our facilities and made sure the populated worlds are kept mostly in the same general areas, but made it so a lot of travel is needed so populations don't close in on each other for war*
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Doing scans and stuff, I think Heaven might have been transported to here - *She taps an area of the map deep into hero territory instead of Earth. Ironically, the territory is buildings that are monitored by H. Taiga*
<Xantop> <Kane> Should we seek them out?
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We can head that way yeah.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> We have a version of the jump engine
<Seraphna> Sephie> **leans over to look**
<DeathStar> *Cersei signals she's returning to the hanger*
<Xantop> <Kane> For my part, I believe the people were segregated indeed to control, though I'm not certain it is a bad intention, more a fear that keeping them separate will minimized war. Still, that level of control...troubling.
<DeathStar> *it looks to be in the middle of a bunch of hero buildings, belonging to Taiga*
<Dias`> <Id> It almost reminds me of a zoo but on a galactic scale.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Well, unless we want to get into it with the people here
<DeathStar> <Adeline> It's not our place. We've identified the culprit
<Xantop> <Kane> You're right. We should seek out our allies.
<DeathStar> *Erevis seems a transmission from Jaime and brings her on screen*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Speaking of
<Seraphna> Jaime> Apparently we had stowaways in our wake getting here.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So it was Xevil
<Seraphna> Jaime> Xevil came over, and he has Soade
<Seraphna> *Spade
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It would appear they did not get the message
<DeathStar> *she murmurs*
<Seraphna> Jaime> We don’t know if willing or not. We have also identified one of the two who attacked us. Hero Dias with the usual savior complex.
<Seraphna> Jaime> He claims it was to stop us speaking the thing that killed their origins.
<Seraphna> *spawning
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I see. We will be joining you all in a moment. We are going there. We will speak about this in person
<Seraphna> Jaime> Whoever helped him is keeping quiet.
<DeathStar> *Erevis motions to Syiean* Wait there
<Seraphna> **Jaime nods** I suspect there’s more to this.
<DeathStar> <Adeline> Becareful of this other person until we get there
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: Higher Planes - Complex
<DeathStar> *H. Dias' elevator arrives in what looks to be an area with a ton of buildings and machinary. The people of this area, the workers, all lay on the ground*
<DeathStar> Song: HQ Chrono Cross
<Dias`> *Dias glances around at everyone laying on the ground* That doesn't seem normal.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Either it’s union nap time or we’ve got trouble.
<DeathStar> *John kneels and checks on them* They're alive
<Dias`> *Dias steps forward* Something tells me this shouldn't have happened in a place like that.
<Dias`> *this*
<Xantop> <Simon> Hm. Is this a will taking situation? 6* He tilts his head, observing someone.
<Seraphna> **Angela scans them for will taking**
<DeathStar> *Ren peers about; the equipment being made seems to be circuits and other strange material, likely for all the weird stuff found about this reality. Cheryl holds some of it, eyeing it*
<DeathStar> *their will seems to be fine, but something defintiely knocked them out cold*
<DeathStar> *H. Dias moves deeper inside*
<Seraphna> Angela> Just knocked out.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I suppose we follow him?
<Dias`> *Dias moves alongside him now* To take everyone out this quick. Must've been fast.
<Xantop> <Marcus> ...yup.
<Xantop> 6* Marcus follows snooty Dias.
<DeathStar> *Andrea peeks out* Follow the guy who's been stealing will. Wonderful
<Seraphna> Angela> Or powerful. Like a psionic with a wide range.
<DeathStar> <X> Keep feeding us with bad scenarios
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... like Spade."
<Xantop> <Marcus> Did you like the bullshit excuse. 6* He whispers to Andrea
<Xantop> <Marcus> Make us stronger my asshole.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Well, gotta let the trap spring to bite the hand that pulls the rope.
<DeathStar> *Andrea chuckles, floating along; as they get deeper into the complex, the group comes across what appears to be Xevil and Spade, who is hanging back a bit; Xevil seems to be gathering all sorts of equipment and other stuff and combining them together and forming a massive monitor that can see all across the realm*
<Xantop> <Simon> ... 6* He tilts his head, observing the collection of equipment.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *just looks at the pair flatly*
<Dias`> *Dias opens and closes his fists* Looks like we found them.
<Xantop> <Simon> Monitoring equipment?
<DeathStar> <Spade> You caught up pretty fast. *He turns his head*
<Seraphna> Angela> They detected you pretty instantly.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I didn't exactly hide it
<Dias`> <Dias> Looks like he's doing this by choice. *He stretches his left arm* You care to tell us why you followed?
<DeathStar> *H. Dias gets ready for combat*
<Xantop> <Simon> Please, explain what you are making, it's fascinating.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Ah, this? *He turns to Simon* This is allowing me to observe all of this scattered realm at once. Much like your Fate could observe a lot of our world at once, I am doing it to their world now.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Who watches the watchers.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And yet the watchers know you are trying to watch them now."
<Dias`> *Dias squints at that watching watcher talk, clearly trying to math it out*
<Seraphna> Angela> Well, they have some kind of monster here that killed all the heroes.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> It's a reality of pacifist and weaklings it turns out. They're sending you to fight their battles.
<Seraphna> Angela> Actually I’m pretty certain they’re letting you distract us from something.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We came because we do consider you our responibility."
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Is that so? Even worse
<DeathStar> *he turns to Noire* So.
<Dias`> <Dias> Well, I'm not sensing any intent from him. *He shifts his hands behind his head*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Oh, I have plenty of intent. Just as you all do
<Dias`> <Dias> So you plan on fighting us then?
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I'm just curious - how do you want this story to end?
<Xantop> <Marcus> You want their power, right? That's a pretty simple motive.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "So then... what is your raison d'etre?"
<Seraphna> Angela> I’d like to go home and deal with nice and easy apocalypses.
<Xantop> <Simon> I believe all of us want one thing, and it was the plan with this entire trip...we want our world to be safe. This plane is a fascinating example...it IS a safe universe, but is also quite...santized and boring.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> My reason to exist? To find some place to rule over. If this place is not seeking to destroy us, I thought maybe I would insert myself here. But I think it would sicken me
<DeathStar> <Xevil> So I will continue to seek out where I wish to plant my flag. So. Will you stand against me?
<Xantop> <Marcus> You could've easily ruled over the lower planes.
<Xantop> <Marcus> Did you fear Nyarl that much?
<Seraphna> Angela> Let’s find you a nice reality full of irate ferrets to rule over.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Better to rule over hell than over nothing? Hah. No.
<Dias`> <Dias> I suppose that depends on what kind of ruling you plan on doing.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> I still have some pride.
<Seraphna> Angela> Maybe some reality where the Tsivrixsh are the protagonists?
<Xantop> <Marcus> Sounds like you just want to rule over our world but know you'd fail.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Start a family and rule as the Dad-God.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Are you like, trying to goad him into fighting us one last time?
<Xantop> <Marcus> Just gets on my nerves, I'll shut up.
<Seraphna> Angela> I was serious about the ferrets, they’re fun.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... this conversation is getting annoying. He's clealry not interested in stay."
<Dias`> <Dias> I mean....it was kind of fun when I found him on the lowest plane.
<DeathStar> *Xevil appears behind the group*
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Look in the device
<DeathStar> *He dangles Spade like a toy*
<Xantop> 6* Simon pauses and glances at the device.
<Seraphna> **Kaelan looks over** Hey popping about out of shadows is my thing.
<Dias`> *Dias glances behind him, locking on Xevil*
<DeathStar> *it shows Heaven and Thena in warehouse, trying to get out*
<Xantop> <Simon> Heaven and Thena. You know where they are?
<Seraphna> Angela> Hey look he found our missing girls.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...and where are they?"
<DeathStar> <Xevil> Being held by your second gun man
<Dias`> *Dias then glances at H.Dias*
<Seraphna> Angela> So it’s a dude? Narrows it down a lot.
<Jackieness> <Noire> *looks over at H Dias* "Well?"
<DeathStar> *H. Dias blinks*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We would like our friends freed."
<Seraphna> Angela> High Dias, I think your buddy played you.
<DeathStar> <Xevil> That is your phrase isn't it? I figured I would reveal it if you all pushed me, but you all lack the will to fight, so I'll just tell you now and leave to establish my empire - and now that when I do, you all could have thrown a punch of done something instead of just standing there quipping. Instead, I'll assume we left as friends. And I'll tell you who it was - as a friend
<Xantop> 6* Simon looks at the device and attempts to understand it enough to figure out who this second gun man person might be.
<DeathStar> *He vanishes and Simon would see Taiga's face*
<Seraphna> **Angela groans**
<Seraphna> Angela> Hopefully, Jaime caught on too.
<DeathStar> <Selena> I thought you said it was a he
<Xantop> <Simon> This is troubling.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "....mm...is there any chance the monster is inside Taiga instead?"
<Xantop> <Marcus> I think you might be onto something, Noire.
<Seraphna> Angela> I think gunman was some kind of colloquial
<DeathStar> *H. Dias shakes head* It should not exist in our reality anymore. But ... if it does, I will go prepare something to trap it
<Xantop> <Marcus> Hey dickhead, you like to fight and stuff, you're still strong willed...why do you all make your people weak?
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> I will never let it escape again if it has risen once more
<Seraphna> Angela> We should tell the others.
<Dias`> <Dias> But why would it do this instead of fighting. Isn't that what it liked to do?
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> It's one reason I'm dubious.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> What do you do when you lose a fight but survive? You adapt.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Tru... it was speculation on my part. We do need to investigate this further."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> We should make sure to... *she pauses as their comms crackle from the Aquarius*
<Dias`> *Dias glances at Cheryl*
<DeathStar> <Yuki comm> Hello? Anyone there?
<Seraphna> Kaelan> That or their Taiga is bitchy.
<Seraphna> Angela> Go for it good and cute Taiga.
<DeathStar> <Yuki comm> We're in the area if you need a pick up or help
<Seraphna> Angela> Or Yuki. Whoever is there.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... we found Xevil, but he thinks this reality is boring and is ready to leave on his own."
<Seraphna> Angela> We’re fine but we’ve identified the other invader. And found Heaven.
<DeathStar> <Yuki comm> That's a new one
<Xantop> 6* Simon attempts to figure out a way to Heaven and Thena while they're talking.
<Xantop> <Marcus> *c* To be fair I kind of agree with Xevil on this one.
<DeathStar> *Simon would need to use the elevator system to get there - meaning Dias
<Xantop> <Simon> Dias of this plane. May we use the elevator to retrieve our allies?
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> Right, lets go then
<DeathStar> -SHIFT-
<DeathStar> Location: High Planes - Chad's Office
<DeathStar> *H. Chad is going through the files with everyone and sharing data, when surprisingly, a bunch of comm chatter begins to occur - first, the Aquarius, then the PAX*
<DeathStar> *indiciating both are in the system*
<Dias`> *Chad glances at H. Chad as the chatter occurs* Can you isolate them so we can listen?
<Xantop> <Xan> Those are good voices to hear. Looks like they tracked us down somehow.
<DeathStar> *H, Chad nods and begins to do so*
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "That's impressive with how we've been hoping about."
<DeathStar> *first the Aquarius - it sounds like the Aquarius has arrived in the system - coming to pick everyone up. Second, it sounds like the team with the other Dias has arrived to track down Taiga, and third the PAX has arrived to find Heaven/Thena*
<DeathStar> *it sounds like no one is looking for Xevil anymore*
<DeathStar> <Fate> I believe Xevil has talked his way out of his things once more
<Dias`> <Chad> ...Things are moving to quick. *He rubs his face* Our missing people were here? *He looks at H. Chad*
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Judging by the chatter, they might be here. Come on
<DeathStar> *he leads them outside*
<Dias`> *Chad moves to follow*
<DeathStar> *after a bit of travel, the group would see the Aquarius overhead, joined by the PAX; on the ground is the Dias team*
<Xantop> <Xan> I wonder if people are just afraid of Xevil, he plays a good bluff.
<Dias`> <Chad> One immediate problem at at ime.
<Seraphna> Jaime> I think people are just weary of him to be honest.
<DeathStar> *Cheryl looks annoyed* Better becareful speaking that name; he's out looking for free empires
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And considers us all buddies
<DeathStar> *Selena makes a face*
<Seraphna> Angela> He’s become quite the Yandere.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Please, no.
<Xantop> <Xan> ....I don't know what that is.
<Dias`> *Dias hops a bit in place* He's definetly not the same Xevil we once knew.
<DeathStar> <Ren> It means he loves you
<Jackieness> <Noire> "....he has certainly annoyed me. Still, we do need to collect Heaven and Thena number 35."
<Xantop> <Xan> Pfft.
<DeathStar> *H. Dias stops in front of Taiga's office, holding a canister*
<DeathStar> <H. Dias> Everyone ready?
<Dias`> <Chad> Noire is correct. *He eyes him holding a canister*
<DeathStar> Song: The Final Countdown (medieval countdown)
<Xantop> <Marcus> Yup
<DeathStar> *H, Dias breaks the door open and the desk is cleared, leaving just a note on it*
<DeathStar> *X leans around, peering about*
<Dias`> *Dias sticks his head around X, to peer about
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...she gave us the slip."
<DeathStar> <X> Ah shit
<DeathStar> <Selena> So what does this mean?
<Xantop> 6* Simon steps forward to read the note.
<Dias`> <Chad> She did make the comment about locking us away. *He glances at the H. Chad* Was that ever a plan you came up with?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Well? What does it say?"
<DeathStar> Note: Sorry, I can't afford to be caught here. I'm not your monster. But, I'm afraid it's manifest already among the heroes of that reality; or if it hasn't, it will soon, any day now, especially with time being broken there. As the days continue to pass, time will continue to break and it will make for the perfect battle field for it. Since we've failed, I don't want to stick around and be arrested - Taiga
<Xantop> 6* Simon repeats it out loud.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What does it mean our reality's time is broken?
<Seraphna> Jaime> …What does she mean by that?
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> We're not suppose to interfere
<DeathStar> *He states*
<Dias`> *Chad clicks his tongue* Our reality has had several time related events.
<Xantop> <Xan> She would be arrested for interfering, will Dias as well?
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "Too much time travel and changes."
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> Yes, he will be arrested for what he did to your people
<Dias`> <Chad> Our concern I think now is to find a way back.
<Seraphna> Angela> Would your origins have preferred to not be helped?
<Dias`> <Dias> Why? I got stronger because of him.
<Seraphna> Angela> The ones that died?
<DeathStar> *H. Dias peers at Dias* I hope you can get stronger than even me, because you'll need it if it does manifest
<Xantop> <Simon> Hm, there is a reason the cleaners are so focused on us, we have certainly damaged time. But wouldn't there need to be some big catlyst to make it worse...?
<DeathStar> <h. Dias> I wanted to test you more
<Xantop> 6* Simon thinks
<Xantop> <Simon> Wait, did us coming us here cause this?
<Dias`> <Dias> If I don't, than my fist will pave a way for those behind me.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "What does she mean about broken time being the perfect battlefield for it?"
<DeathStar> <H. Xanatos> Can't we throw them a bone? I mean we helped them out by sending Fate and we can't send Fate back
<Seraphna> Jaime> …That’s why you spread out your society. The wider the area the harder to break space time, isn’t it?
<Dias`> <Chad> We have only ourselves to blame for that, Jaime.
<DeathStar> <Fate> Listen, *she speaks over Xanatos* <Fate> Due to time travel, time rewrites, you all have essentially a hole forming in time. It won't be bad at first, but as time goes on, it'll grow. And time will try to fall in on itself. But I know you'll figure it out.
<Seraphna> Jaime> We do still have Avenir. And… oh…
<DeathStar> <Fate> You might can convince the Cleaners to release Chronos too
<Seraphna> Jaime> We need to go back.
<Xantop> <Simon> ...I am doubtful I can convince them but I will continue to try.
<Xantop> <Xan> This was a frustrating trip.
<DeathStar> <Fate> *to Simon* It's Prime that's being affected - right now.
<Seraphna> Jaime> **frowns deeply**
<Xantop> <Simon> Right now, I see.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... did you have time anolaies also leading to the emergence of this thing?"
<Dias`> <Dias> So am I just going to punch us all back down then?
<Seraphna> Jaime> We learned a lot, and know ahead of time something that we must face again.
<Seraphna> Jaime> Xevil tore a hole in reality to get here.
<DeathStar> <X> Yeah, lets see if Xevil's hole will work
<Seraphna> Jaime> We can use it to go back and mend it while we do.
<MobileAri> <Nicolette> "I... hope our way of getting here didn't cause more damage."
<DeathStar> *H. Chad rubs his nose*
<Dias`> <Dias> You know how hard it is to pull a hole shut?
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We had Dias punch his way up here."
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> You might as well stay here for a bit and supply up
<Seraphna> Jaime> Any ideas Chad? This affects both of our realities.
<DeathStar> <H. Chad> If your plan is to punch/use a hole back down. It will likely do some damage either way back down
<Xantop> <Marcus> Mending reality holes...mending time holes...
<Seraphna> Jaime> Anything we can do to repair it on our side?
<DeathStar> <Selena> And I doubt Xevil is around to "Help" get back down. *she notes, getting glares from the heroes*
<Xantop> <Marcus> Outside of my area of expertise.
<Dias`> <Chad> I have thoughts but I'll need to talk to others.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> It would be nice if we could have a launch pad to get back down
<Dias`> <Chad> That's something we should've built before we left
<DeathStar> -TBC-
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<DeathStar> *Ren quietly upgrades her datapad*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *sits off to the side, swiping around on her own datapad*
<DeathStar> *Ren turns the datapad on, unleashing a powerful beam at the wall* <Ren> This has been a waste of time
<DeathStar> <Ren> How the hell are we even going to get back
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Did we even achieve anything over all? *She props her head up* I mean, their Dias will be arrested and their Taiga is on the run, but what have we accomplished
<DeathStar> *she adjusts her datapad*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... ideally the atatcks on our reality will now stop."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hm. *crosses her arms* Ideally
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm-hmmm..." *flips through her pad some more*
<DeathStar> *Ren takes out her device and pops out something, quietly adding a few things*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... what are you doing now?"
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<DeathStar> <Ren> Just adding features to my datapad. Something I learned from mom long ago
<DeathStar> <Ren> Jail breaking them is one of the easiest things to do
<DeathStar> <Ren> Adding upgraded weapons, tech, etc. Nothing else to do until we decide how to get home
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm.. we wait for our taiga to finish resting and then see if she can do something with that rift that Xevil and Spade used to get here."
<DeathStar> *Ren rises* No luck there. She's up and about - the Aquarius should be docking with us or has and she was with them
<Jackieness> <Noire> "HAs she even looked at the rift?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Knowing mom, she's been studying it using the Aquarius' ship
<DeathStar> <Ren> She'll be meeting up with Adeline and the others to geek think
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm... then we need but wait."
<DeathStar> *Ren streches, then begins to do exericeses*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Waiting...so much fun
<Dias`> *Chad looks over his datapad, reading up on something, while he eats some rations*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "You need to find a hobby, Ren."
<DeathStar> <Ren> My have plenty. Like eating
<DeathStar> *she shows her band* But right now I'm keeping it under control
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Besides eatting, Ren."
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well not stuff I can really do on missions. *she goes back to exercising, then after finishing a few rounds, she goes back to her datapad*
<Jackieness> <Noire>
<Jackieness> <Noire> "We're not on a mission right now." *looks back at her own pad*
<DeathStar> <Ren> I don't consider the mission over until we're back in our reality
<DeathStar> <Ren> Just because we're on the PAX doesn't mean we're safe
<DeathStar> <Ren> We're essentially on a heavily reduced ship in enemy territory in my eyes
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And yet you are the one going stircrazy without distraction, Ren."
<DeathStar> <Ren> I won't deny I'm a little tense right now.
<DeathStar> *Ren's datapad beep boops as she programs something into it*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "You don't say..."
<DeathStar> *Ren scans Noire*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...what?"
<DeathStar> *Ren studies what it says* Interesting
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What is interesting?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Just looking at your stats
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...my..stats?"
<DeathStar> *Ren brings up a 3D image of Noire, drawing on Noire's stats much like her bio*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... so what is so interesting then?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> When you eat planets, do you gain weight? *she wonders suddenly*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I retained the same weight last time I did it."
<DeathStar> *Ren hmmms* I wonder if I should have an eating contest with you one day. *She goes back to her datapad and scan saves something*
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Attempting to consume dark energy would likely kill you." *looks back at her own pad*
<DeathStar> <Ren> *jolts some lightning into the datapad in thought* It is a deadly substance, but at the same time...
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Even most Dark Ones cannot do what I can."
<DeathStar> <Ren> That is true. What little Dark One power I have, it's second hand
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And if you recall.. while Charlotte did try to help with th Dark Seeds... she couldn't keep up with me."
<DeathStar> *Ren studies the scan* Indeed.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm... yes."
<DeathStar> *Ren programs something into the scan, frowning* Tch
<Jackieness> <Noire> "What now?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Just adding some features to the scans I'm doing on myself - predictions, stuff like that
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Anything itneresting?"
<DeathStar> <Ren> Well, even though one has their stats listed, there's stuff like predictions and underlaying stuff like willpower that can go beyond that - look at Dias and you eating planets. I was seeing if I could get the datapad to show my predictions if I could go beyond, but it's not showing anything. Tch, stupid broken thing
<Seraphna> **Kaelan looks over Ren’s shoulder**
<DeathStar> <Ren> Hello, Kaelan
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Hello Ren, tech time?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Simple tech to pass the time until mother and the others are done
<DeathStar> *Taiga meanwhile is arguing with Adeline like 12 Angry Men*
<DeathStar> *talking about strapping Dias to stuff*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Noire thinks I need hobbies
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Just like Taiga needed more sleep."
<DeathStar> <Ren> What is your hobbies anywaY?
<DeathStar> *She asks the two of them*
<DeathStar> *As she programs in some more stuff*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Fashion design, horseback riding, swordplay, sex.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm... how can sex be a hobby?"
<Seraphna> Kaelan> It’s fun, social and you can become skilled in it. Entire philosophies and religions are based on it. How can’t it be a hobby?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I mean I can't argue with it, but I'm not sure it'd be a hobby for me, unless me and my wife consider it a hobby with each other
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...its a means of species perpetuation who cultural relevance is due to it being hardwired into the brains of organisms for species survival." *looks back at her pad*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Eating is also necessary to love yet we have chefs and foodies.
<Seraphna> *live
<DeathStar> <Ren> Yum
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...cooking is my hobby. I do not, however, need to cook as there are other ways to acquire sustenance. I choose to cook."
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Biologists would say not all life need reproduce for a species to grow, yet I choose to enjoy it. **she smiles** One can suffer a vice or own it. I choose the latter.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...so you say..." *flicks through the datapad*
<DeathStar> <Ren> You never said your hobby, Noire
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I just said that one of my hobbies was cooking. You already knew this."
<DeathStar> <Ren> True, and since mine is eating, it goes hand in hand
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Synergy is great for relationships.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "And as for right now... I'm looking at an offline catalog of ships available for the civilian market."
<DeathStar> <Ren> You know
<DeathStar> <Ren> For all your years of being a "consultant" with the Suisen
<DeathStar> <Ren> And EarthGov
<DeathStar> <Ren> They'd buy any ship'd pick out
<DeathStar> <Ren> Or build you one
<DeathStar> *Ren leans back* Kind of like Iceheart's was custom built.
<Jackieness> <Noire> "I'll consider it."
<DeathStar> <Ren> You should make it look like a Dark One Ship, but with fox like colors
<Jackieness> <Noire> "...I'll think about it." *stands* "...now then, I shall go and rest now."
<DeathStar> <Ren> We'll let you know when it's time. *she scans Kaelan*
<Jackieness> <Noire> *moves off*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Do I read as perfection?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Something at least
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<Seraphna> Kaelan> Ohhh? **leans over to look**
<DeathStar> *it shows her stats, as well as various other stuff*
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Interesting. It detects my Meister bond and Moonlight?
<DeathStar> <Ren> I am a genius; praise me! Praise me!
<Seraphna> Kaelan> **holds up bacon**
<DeathStar> *Ren chews happily*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan pats her** What is a Level though?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Oh yeah, it's how my system ranks your strength
<DeathStar> <Ren> Overall
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Why is cup size listed?
<DeathStar> <Ren> It's important
<DeathStar> <Ren> ..I must know who all I'm competing against!
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Depends on the beholder. Big breasts are lovely but small and perky is nice too.
<DeathStar> *Ren considers*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Still, good to know everything!
<Seraphna> **Kaelan nods** Very thorough.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Praise me! Praise me
<DeathStar> *she wags her tails*
<Seraphna> **Kaelan
<Seraphna> **Kaelan giggles and pats her** You are a very clever one. It is a pity you are not in my clan.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Never know, maybe one of my grandkids and your grandkids will get together one day.
<Seraphna> Kaelan> Mmm, might not be too far away. Sephie and Tsukiko are trying.
<DeathStar> <Ren> Soon
<DeathStar> <Ren> Soon I think Jikuus and Akas/Vit
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