Timeline: Date: 10-637.10.1 / 2.1.5993
Session 301: Time Stands For No Man I
Location: The Academy
The Academy has quickly become the defacto Capital for the new Alliance; the introduction of PAX Transporters linking the Kingdoms to the Academy and the Academy to the rest of the Suisen Empire. With Ellie and Sylph expecting their first child soon, Sasha believes its high time to throw them a party though is discouraged that Rain is off attending matters in the Daemon kingdom. Arriving at the Academy are Eve and Aya, looking to help by offering advice as to future moves that may be aimed at taking advantage of their world. Maeryn, Chelsea and Simon seem more inclined to listen and work with them than others.
Date: 10-638.1.1 / 8.1.5993
Location: Kumen
Cypher is unhappy, the Club has been shut down for several months now and her "sister" Asarar, Kira and their daughter are completely out of touch. Sending the update to Chelsea she continues on alone despite Kumen seeming to bloom with new settlements and bustling with business using the PAX Teleporter technology to head back to the Academy.
Location: Geyze
The Academy has continued to grow beyond its original structure, becoming a sprawling city in every regard. The schools being expanded upon to include courses from Kumen itself; though with Eve and Aya it has been steered in a direction that benefits many. As Sasha considers the growth of the Academy and the Alliance itself a message beeps on her new datapad and she misses the fact that Rain has returned somberly and gone directly to the residence of Alita, Ceilia, Mykel and Shinobu. Checking her message Shion immediately calls for a meeting, the call coming too late as Rain has requested to speak with Shinobu; her somber attitude a result of the news she has to deliver, Shinobu's older sister Neophyx has died.
As Alita and Ceilia head to the meeting with Sasha to begin investigating the death of the Empress, Mykel heads after Shinobu to calm her down and help her upon her return to the Daemon kingdom.
Date: 10-638.4.1 / 5.1.5994
Location: Earth
The Holonet is abuzz with news about the mid-term elections and in the underground base the prospect of things isn't looking very well...especially with Cheryl having gone missing, Chii gone with her claiming to be out looking for Ben. With news that Cherry has also gone off on her own, the question arises as to who will take over leading them; many thinking that Darien or Marcus will take command. As they consider, the News shows Dias getting saved by what appears to be a Magical Girl and goes on to show images of other instances of these girls showing up in other locations.
Date: 10-638.5.1 / 8.1.5994
Location: Geyze - Hapian Capital
As Xanatos puts the finishing touches on the new home for Erevis, Sammael, Drasek, Jaime, Lenneth and the rest of their family Neek arrives bearing an invitation from the Hapian Queen. When they arrive they're greeted not only by Celes but other leaders of the Geyze Kingdoms as well; Qui, Shinobu, Jules amongst others. Despite the rumors that Erevis is a fake, the Hapian Leaders have been considering their own histories as they've come to know a bit about what they see as a New Reality. The histories of the First Ones, shown on ancient stone tablets depict humanoid people with energy surrounding them; after seeing one of these tablets Xanatos reveals to them the name that they are known by here...Progenitors.
With this new knowledge the Geyze Leaders offer Erevis and others a deal; help them learn more about the First Ones / Progenitors and if they are truthful, they may aid Erevis and her family.
Timeline: 10-638.6.1 / 11.1.5994
Session 302: Time Stands For No Man II
Location: The Earth
Reikana and Ren's band has begun to become insanely popular with Ren's mysterious benefactor taking over, giving their contractor back to Ren and them so they can chart their own destiny and decide what venues they wish to do. As for the others, with so many months of peace in a row, Yuki decides to take out Erica and the others out to get icecream and enjoy in a nice park area on a hot summer day. As they move around, the band girls getting mobbed by fans for autographs, the others enjoy a pleasant day to make bonds and talk. However, during it, they come across a giant holovid showing footage of Lev in the courtroom from many months ago, with a Senator going over the revelations he dropped that day. Stating his goal this mid-term is to bring about votes to end secret oranizations and bring about more transparency to the organization, especially in light that the group's action led to Geyze and Kumen, as well as Yggdrasil, without real input from the military or the people of Earth. Some of the group are already suspicious of the Senator, who's name is Graham Denham.
Location: Geyze
Taking place during the same period, the Academy group has been looking into the death of Daemon Queen, Neophyx Ilas, who apparently died by poison. The Academy City has also grown up nicely during the past 3 months and is projected to become one of the largest cities on Geyze, especially since the teleporters are all set to be 0000, allowing everyone to arrive at it quickly. The Alliance Building has been finished and while many of the team is busy with either lessons or other tasks, Sasha has been asked to head to the newly finished Alliance building to see what course the Alliance will take now. One by one the leaders of the Alliance - each of the Geyze Kingdom's leaders and Kumen's President, Riki, arrives to take their seats, as does Sasha, with many of the public trying to watch the meeting. And to many's surprise, Shion arrives, revealing herself to be the new Alliance leader, having been chosen due to the fact she was once the Headmistress, and she knows how the Prime Universe works.
Shion quickly reveals the Alliance has decided that the Academy will be seperated from the Alliance, with a Peacekeepers force being made to handle the protection duties of Geyze and Kumen. The Academy will now offer four to five year courses, along with 2-3 post-graduate courses for those who want more advance lessons. And she announces that the Magi plan to return to their homeland to begin restoring the Magi Tower and village, but will keep close ties to the Academy, as well as offering help with the courses. With the final note that the ships will be working on installing hyperspace, trying to get it to work with the spirit engines. Despite Sasha losing some of her powers, she is also given a vote on the Alliance counsel due to the nature of the Academy, and the school is given a small force to protect it under her command.
Date: 10-638.7.1 / 2.1.5995
Location: Underground Base
Senators have been spending their time grilling Vice President Stacey over the secret military organizations situation that has started, while President Dias has begun to become more professional these days, campaigning for senators, even those who are hawkish about the military thing. Even Hale and Peter are getting blowback due to the secret organization thing, with their poll numbers taking hits if they do not side against them. Lemon, acting as Cheryl these days, remains in a foul mood, mumbling that it is a good thing she can ignore the summons to appear since she is not Cheryl. During all this, Ren keeps heading off to meet her new benefactor, with many of them noticing, such as Erica, making them wonder if she is getting into trouble, and Taiga even admitting that she can't hack into her datapad to learn.
Taiga announces that once she is done overhauling the Aquarius, she plans to bring the Strikers back together to hunt for the Shapeshifters that have been taking over all the other races, including Yashna's. Bringing Yashna along, she'll attempt to liberate the Cartrel, Erusians, and Tsivirxsh and get to the bottom of the entire mess. And Lorelei and her kids might be joining them as well once they are done. Yuki and Erica agree to come along, since it's their ship and it becomes clear it's meant to be a family trip and bonding session, as well, too. During all this, Darien is training Kaori, picking up where he used to, when he gets flattened by Hess rather easily, due to Darien needing a cane these days. After letting Hess and Kaori go to join Taiga to hear her plans, Darien chimes in with Lemon, listening to her ideas about what to deal with the coming blowback of the politics that are brewing.
Date: 10-638.11.1 / 2.1.5996
Location: Underground Base
It seems that more and more Senators are supporting the bill that will reveal the secret organizations out there, and President Dias might even be supporting them somewhat. Darien is questioned by a panel while the team prepares back at the base for their own agendas - Lemon for the fate of the team after the panel likely outs them, and Taiga with her project, having added hyperspace engines to the Aquarius to help it go faster. Reikana tracks Ren down, who at first is evasive to her questions. Lemon has Kane take the importants things out of the mansion so when it is raided by the military for documents, momentos and family stuff isn't damaged - and to take important tech. While Ren reveals who her boss is to Reikana off screen, Lorelei asks Erica and Taiga to let her join them, so they can find the Tarehian Gods with them, much like Taiga predicted. The Aquarius makes a jump for Yggdrasil to wait for the rest of the kids to finish their training.
Date: 6.30.5996 and whatever date that would be for Prime Time
Geyze
Erevis' secondary home is finished next to the Hapian Castle and they are walking through the Castle's halls to meet with the others of the Royals. Going over the paperwork, Erevis makes note of the sketches that shows images that looks like Ama, or someone like her, and Aska in the Ancient's drawings. Erevis suggestions they look for more papers that might tie the Prime's Gods and the Mirror Univere's Spirits. Meanwhile, at the Academy, Shion and the rest of them receive a package that has BIX in it, a single thread linking them to the future kids as they have found BIX finally. Introducing him, it seems they have finally found BIX of this era, and he has been sent to join the Peacekeepers. In orbit around Geyze/Yggdrasil, Lorelei has finished gathering the last of the kids, and the Aquarius makes the final jump, finishing getting their supplies and everything else, ready for it's journey finally.
Timeline: 10-639.3.1 / 5.1.5997
Location: The Aquarius
As the Aquarius finishes getting its stocks of supplies loaded for their investigations, the usual hijinks are everywhere; Taiga hitting on Kitty, Yuki on Erica and Hess, Gor with Si and staring hard at others. Lorelei and her grown up 'youngsters' are adjusting to life off of the Tree, and the apparent hormones of their elders. Once they get things sorted and are about to decide on their course they are startled to find that the Aquarius has somehow been hijacked by magic...
When they slip out of what Cookie deems "Ludicrous Speed" they find themselves at an entirely new planet. Just as they begin scanning the planet a girl appears on the bridge wearing what can only be described as a Magical Girl outfit reminiscent of old animes. Bearing them no ill will, the girl welcomes them all to the planet Maka; Rada having been saved by one of them previously seems to know a bit about them already. With little waiting, the girl transports them to the surface in order to meet with their leader; there they find that the world seems to be very similar to Earth's Japan in architecture as well as language.
The Makan Emperor Utagawa is an elderly man and begins to educate them on the Makan people, their ways and beliefs...and how the Magical Girls gain their powers. As he continues they are informed of a "Kaiju attack", the emperor being more inclined to let the girls deal with it despite the seeming exuberance of Si at the prospect of fighting alongside fellow super-heroes. As Taiga waits with the Emperor to learn more, the others continue off to fight a giant living traffic light monster
Location: Geyze
with the Peacekeeper Force beginning to take shape and equipment coming in, Sasha and Shion contemplate what to do with Airell. Deciding that it is Sasha's responsibility, Shion heads off to begin making preparations after hearing from Yuki about the Makan World. After talking for a bit Sasha decides to request his release; Airell offering to assist Drasek and Sammael where he can with restoring Erevis's Progenitor powers.
Location: Earth
With the Senate Race looming, Hale and Peter are under tight scrutiny and their competition is frothing at the bit over un-checked military programs and black ops teams. As Lemon answers questions, taking the guise of Cheryl to keep her status of being gone under wraps, she silently curses at the message from Yuki about a new World.
Timeline: 10-639.3.3 / 5.7.5997
Session 304: Royals and Alliance
Location: Hapian Castle
Celes leads Xanatos and Erevis down to a newly reconstructed area of the castle to show them it. It has been reconstructed to have a teleporter system, a massive library, a meeting room, and private quarters, as well as a few other side rooms for the Royals. They find Shinbou going through a book as well as a 15 year old Selena present as Celes announces that a few others have joined the group, such as Ceilia, Alita, Mykel, and Ellie, as well as Imogen and SPoC giving an application to be reviewed later. Celes shows off Imogen's application to everyone to see what they think, mentioning that she has a mask that seemingly was made by the spirits and wishes to learn more about them. She sends Gwen, who is wearing a butler suit for some reason, to go bring her in, while the others learn that Selena is now hanging around and back apparently back from Yggdrasil, having been training with Liana's grandfather the past 9 years on the tree. And it seems she has an issue with Ellie, who is working as a maid with Neekito, for some reason - likely because Ellie beat Selena in making a bond with Neekito.
When Imogen is brought inside to meet the group, they question her on various topics to learn more about her and her curiousity on the Royals' mission agenda. After demonstrating the mask's power to copy faces, much to the other's reactions, many creeped out, they agree to let her join so she can learn about the mask. During all this, Selena nabs Neekito and makes a pact with her when Ellie isn't looking. After Simon appears and offers to work with them on a case by case basis, the team begins to work on the spirits once more with Imogen and SpoC now on the team.
Location: The Alliance
Airell is getting stares due to wearing a Peacekeeper, his legacy as Destiny still lingering these days. However, Shion has already moved on and is informing Sasha and others that a group of Maka are arriving to discuss the possibility of a treaty soon, due to the results of the Aquarius' encounter with them. The team is soon greeted by an animeish shuttle that makes many of them twitch at the sight of it and soon an old man with several magical girls exits from it, ranging from six to 17ish. They exchange greetings, the youngest being called Flower Ray and the older man Sugihara. Shion greets their guests to food so both sides can talk and help explain what a treaty means for both sides, while the oldest magical girl keeps to herself, not giving her name. After a bit, he agrees to the treaty and has the older magical girl stay, who boinks Maeryn on the head when she subtlely wonders if they are actually magical girls. As the group is finishing up their meeting and the magical girl is given a room, Aimee chases Bix and the other kids with her mallet, smashing the ground whenever she misses with enough force to leave holes and throw up dust, though Chelsea only thinks she is playing. .... She is, right?
Timeline: 10-639.3.5 / 5.10.5997
Location: Underground Base
As Lemon succesfully poses as Cheryl and oversees the inspection of the base by Senators, the Earth Team grumbles about the zealousness that is directed at them. Despite some questioning and reassurances the inspectors leave and Senator Denham makes the mistake of touching 'Cheryl', the team is left alone. After sweeping the base with an anti-surveillance device the topic of conversation turns to how to proceed, several suggesting moving off to other off-book sites to continue working there. The consensus seems to be that they will bide their time for the immediate future to see how things play out.
Location: Space
At Taiga's direction the Aquarius makes dock to the astonishment of several who were under the impression that Asteroid C had been destroyed. Crossing into the space station Airym, Gor and Jelly immediately set to checking systems and getting things set up while everyone else heads off to check on quarters, the mess hall and recreation areas. After a bit it's found that Cheryl visited the base briefly months ago but the reason for the pit stop eludes all of them except for the fact that Cheryl had been accessing star maps and travel logs.
Date: 10-639.3.10 / 5.25.5997
Location: Mega City Military Base
The team has arrived and checked in as Visitors to a meeting with Senator Denham, a General, and Cran; a last interview of questions. Angela, taking the mindset of a prior President, seems more than capable at playing the political game and answers for the group. Finally it's revealed that the team will be folded into the EarthGov Military and perform duties in that capacity. Requiring stringent vetting and approval from the General, the team settles in to get all of their backgrounds and security paperwork together. Cran shows them to their work area where X, Wyrd, Vesta, Katrina and a few others are waiting. As the vetting begins, several members of the team are singled out as needing to find their background checks and supporting documentation.
Location: Asteroid C
As the station is brought back up to par, hijinks have ensued between some of the team to include a wobbling mass that Si sets on fire...unfortunately Airym puts an end to it with the sprinklers. Others have fun in more flirtatious ways. Jelly's fun is brought to a screeching halt when Airym challenges him to only tinker with things that will make them work better.