The Alien Wars 6: Fumoffu

Reality Issues

Session Start: Sun Nov 03 17:53:28 2024
Session Ident: #fumoffu
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01<@DS> Date: 10--762.2.5
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *after succeeding in their first jump and draining a good amount of power from Sam, the ship is deep in Templar Space. Infact, Templar ships are alread surrounding them*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That was fast.
01<@DS> *Ren at that moment is in the hange with Noire's ship working on it, goggles on and everything, while Isis studies the ships arriving as if the PAX were some threat*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Have they hailed us?
01<@DS> <Ao> They're doing passive scans right now to verify the ship I think
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...we're the visitors. Announce ourselves."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Let’s send them our codes. They may be worried we were taken over.
01<@DS> *Isis looks for their updated codes and sends it* <Isis> Where is Adeline - does he not handle this?
01<@DS> <Ao> The templars are hailing us
<@Seraphna> **Jaime feels out for her wife, answering the hail**
01<@DS> *Adeline seems to be in secret chamber working on something; a familiar Templar leader appears* <Thomas> Welcome, Empress Jaime
01<@DS> <Thomas> Is there anything we can provide you?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hello Thomas, you look well.
01<@DS> <Thomas> Heh. *He sounds amused* Thank you
01<@DS> *Isis finishes talking with Sam, then indicates they can jump again whenever*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...explain our purpose for the visit."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We are in a mid point for jumping, investigating rogue agents.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We hope you are all safe.
01<@DS> <Thomas> I thought you picked the station as your jump point; judging by this jump, you are extremely far off and deeper into Templar Space now. I assume you are testing how strong to make your engines?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That is correct. We apologize for the disturbance.
01<@DS> <Thomas> As far as safety - surprisingly, we have been watching Xevil and it would appear there is little to be afraid. He has left behind some of his people and taken a large force and left
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Interesting. We are not sure what he has gone to fight but we will share what we can learn.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "MMmmm...taken a large force and gone where?"
01<@DS> <Thomas> It was in the direction you all were attempting to go last time.
01<@DS> *Isis' tails swish in thought and Adeline steps onto the bridge with what looks to be a bracelet on her body*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We were detecting large scale energy disturbances in that direction.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *glances over at Jaime*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Have your sensors picked anything up?
01<@DS> <Thomas> Ours? That is too far away for us
01<@DS> <Adeline> We will have to see what is going on either way. It is best to leave immediately
01<@DS> *she seems to lack the pleasantries*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We apologize, but we must go. Stay safe Thomas.
<@Seraphna> **Sam gets them ready again**
01<@DS> <Thomas> And you as well. Good luck
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Jaime, I doubt Xevil will be happy to see us."
01<@DS> *Adeline gets the jump coordinats in and jumps them*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Depends on if he needs help or not. **she says after they jump, then leans against Adeline**
01<@DS> *as they leap through strange space, what appears to be something in the distance begins to walk toward them, growing ever closer, like right out of the corner of their eyes. Closer and closre while the distance numbers counts down*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "....he was enraged when you loosened the elash on the Progenitors enough to destory his homeworld."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Even he had to know the homeworld was doomed
01<@DS> <Adeline> I think it was more Azora did it while he was in range
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Still... by all acounts, he basically told the rest of the civilized gaalxy to go to hell."
01<@DS> *the object is now practically on the bridge and Isis is looking around*
01<@DS> *when they fall out of strange space and Sam is spent*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> You forget Azora also saved him.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We can’t discount that she may have sent him here.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I am sure she will not try again after hre took the two progneitor captive
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Indeed.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmm-hmmm...so I'd council caution."
01<@DS> *Ao checks* We are between galaxies right now. One more jump and we'll be there
01<@DS> <Adeline> Someone needs to go in there and get Sam out and replace her. <Syiean> I'll do it
01<@DS> *Syiean turns the bridge over to Jaime and goes bring Sam to the bridge, then hooks herself up the machine*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...how long will she need to recover?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A bit… wasn’t Jikuu on second shift?
01<@DS> *Isis looks over Sam* Essentially she was using her life force, so we need to get her to the medical so Cuddles can restore her energy
03* Joins: Alicia (~Home@pres-24-b2-v4wan-161431-cust1803.vm29.cable.virginm.net)
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "I'd prefer us to have plenty of backup power in case we need to escape."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes. We’ll need multiple volunteers to finish this safely.
01<@DS> <Isis> In human terms, it would be like she was putting in like 90 years
01<@DS> *Isis carries Sam down to see Cuddles; as she walks, Isis notices the PAX almost feels like a skeleton crew*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sam thankfully has some special qualities. And had a donation of hyperspace.
01<@DS> *Syiean powers up the PAX and they jump again. The strange thing is still on the bridge that they can see out of the corner of their eyes and slowly walks toward Adeline and Noire*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> What is that?
01<@DS> <Adeline> I imagine it is something sinister that has manifested itself instead of just weird things we usually see. I would avoid letting it touch you
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...the thing in the jump tunnely..."
01<@DS> *it lifts a tonberry like knife*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Why can’t it ever be a multidimensional pizza delivery service?
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'm actually kind of glad Jikuu isn't here right now... the state she's been in, she'd just blast it, probably."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...and its clealry here to murder us all."
01<@DS> <Ao> Where is Jikuu then?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Priorities. What about our unwanted visitor?"
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Somewhere on the ship."
01<@DS> *the creature stabs at Adeline but misses and the jump timer hits 0; the PAX arrives in the ancient Galaxy*
01<@DS> <Adeline> We'll deal with it later when we jump again
<@Seraphna> **Jaime pulls Adeline close, growling a bit**
01<@DS> *Adeline pats Jaime's head; Ren arrives from the hanger, wiping her hands and wearing a mechanic outtfit, hair in twintails*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm, yes...I can't wait to see the murder anomaly once more."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We will have knives of our own ready.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> I will bring up the areas of the galaxy that you all explored and that Azora povided
01<@DS> *she brings it up; on the left side is the Progenitor part of the galaxy, complete with the systems they visited and as they near the center, the AI marks more and more crystals and stars that have been destroyed or have Progenitors inside them, indicated which ones are super bright or destroyed*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm...is there any pattern to this waton destruction?"
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> The right half is the Dark Ones half, complete with more worlds aligned in darkness, stars that are darkened, blackholes, and lots of gem filled planets. And there are signs of storms even in space. As you near the center, suns are being engulfed by these blackholes and destroying them and crystals are popping up all over - some even taking out the stars
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> I cannot say but the three systems that recently got destroyed were here
01<@DS> *she highlights the 3 sysems on the Dark One worlds, near the heart of it*
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> The pattern almost indicates someone being chased
<Alicia> <Charlotte> "Alright, that seems relevant."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Then we need to find out who and by whom."
01<@DS> *Isis steps in and takes a seat while Adeline studies everything*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> The question is who is chasing who and who the second party is.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm...I just said that."
01<@DS> <Ako, not Ao> Well, Azora is suppose to be there, Along with Drasek and Ao
01<@DS> <Ako
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Given what we know, they could be chased by either factions at this point."
01<@DS> <Ako> But they went to get supplises at the Progenitor bases I thought, not the Dark Ones
01<@DS> <Adeline> We need to narrow our search down
01<@DS> <Adeline> We could serch the region of space that was attacked and spread out from there
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "The other Progenitors were not particularly friendly to Azora and her loyalists at this point."
01<@DS> <Isis> That is true. And we have Xevil running around - we can't dismiss him as a potential candidate as the attacker
01<@DS> *Adeline looks at Jaime*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...yes...we don't know his agenda yet."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Well I assume he came here before they left like, just a little while ago. But so say we check the smoke for fire and assume Azora knows her home better than Xevil does.
01<@DS> *Ren sits on Charlotte*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Then give your orders."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We follow the chase.
01<@DS> <Ren> Alright. If we're headed toward the Dark One territory
01<@DS> <Ren> I have an idea
01<@DS> *Ren preps a probe and begins to enter commands into it, then launches itt toward the Progenitor space, then prepares a few more*
01<@DS> *Isis leans back in her chair and Syiean prepares to fly the PAX, jumping them normally*
01<@DS> *the PAX arrives and jerks, mild alarms going off; the ship begins to feel like it is being pulled toward the sun, which is completely black and seems to have fallen in on itself, becoming a blackhole. The planet itself looks to be partially intact somehow*
01<@DS> <Adeline> We need shields increased and... *she works to try to negate the blackhole effects* Any Progenitors we have doing nothing, we could use them to hel with the shields. Or we'll be in trouble
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...you jumped in to close to the gravity well."
<@Seraphna> **Sephie and Libbie get on the shields**
01<@DS> <Adeline> I think the entire system has become such a problem
01<@DS> *the PAX soon checks out and they are able to move freely without any side effects*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We should see about integrating Momma Meg’s work into the new systems.
01<@DS> <Adeline> I can do that if you want
01<@DS> <Adeline> I'll need Noire and Charlotte to help
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It could be very useful with these black holes.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm? Going to clue us in then?"
01<@DS> *she begins to scan the area, and on the monitor*
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> Traces of Progenitor energy was detected here. The planet has what appears to be a version of the PAX's teleport network system
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Momma Megumi had systems to control, negate and create black holes.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> The current gravity well is likely disrupting it however
01<@DS> *Adeline sits off to the side working on bringing up Megumi's stuff*
01<@DS> <Isis> Hm
01<@DS> <Isis> Noire
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "I'm listening."
01<@DS> <Isis> Have you ever come across teleporting technology among your people before?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...if I have, then it was not intact enough to be recognizable. Our civilization had collapsed, if you recall."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Plus they had rituals for that.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Alright. *She walks over and gives Noire bracelet and snaps it on, then one to Charlotte and one to Kaelan*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan slips out of her shadows** They could move a whole fleet in the shadow warps.
01<@DS> <Adeline> That is true. Alright here's my plan. We could try to go from world to world - and I still want to chart where these teleporters are all set up. *she waves a chip*
01<@DS> <Adeline> But if we can use them we can just jump to where we might want to go. And he others can follow
01<@DS> *Adeline turns to Jaime* You should stay on the PAX with Isis
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I like it. And that ring suit.
01<@DS> *Ren adjusts her bracelet while Adeline heads for the hanger bay*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm… I don’t like it but I will hold Kaelan responsible for your safety.
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan sticks out her tongue**
01<@DS> <Adeline> I will be sure to make her take good care of me
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *heads for the hangar as well*
01<@DS> -TIME HOP-
01<@DS> Location: Ancient Dark Base
01<@DS> *the group finds themselves --- in a cave like structure, with passages sprawling all which way like an any colony or something*
01<@DS> *laying in the corner, some ancient Dark One bodies still remain*
01<@DS> <Ren> .... *grabs a arm and it breaks off*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...and here is the glorious future that the Entity promised if only we would give in...an oversized termite mound."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> The fortresses were better. There was a jacuzzi.
01<@DS> <Ren> Well our entity is like a depressed little tool that wants a girlfriend
01<@DS> <Ren> We are keeping Jikuu from it right
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Yes.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "MMmmm...come then." *raises a hand and tries to sense the place out*
01<@DS> *they follow along, the tunnels mostly empty, except a few strange odditities, like a large pond full of dark energy; bodies float in it still*
01<@DS> *and there appears to be areas where they used to fight each other for supremacy or just in rage*
01<@DS> *however toward the back, they come across a rock that seems to be hiding something*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Here. Right here."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Interesting
01<@DS> *Ren strains to move the rock*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Dark One patriarchies suck.
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan helps Ren**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *conjures a shadowport under thr ock to try to drop it back in the fighting pit*
01<@DS> *with the rock moved; and for a moment there sounds like dark moans in the place as if something woke, they see what looks to be a complex room full of machines and teleporter machines, much like the Progenitors have. Who knows when or why they were sealed. They even have a monitor up and tomes in the process of being written - the monitor has ancient Dark One language on it as well*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *steps inside to examine all of this*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Bet you the girls hid this from the men. **snickers**
01<@DS> <Ren> I'm better at machines than this. I'll go to seeing what I can do with the teleporter
01<@DS> *Ren walks over*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *goes to read the text on the monitor*
01<@DS> *Adeline begins to translate as best she can beside Noire*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan helps Ren out, being somewhat of a techie herself as a shipwright**
01<@DS> <Adeline> Interesting
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...note the coordinates." *moves over to the tomes to study what they were recording* "...and get any data files you can extract."
01<@DS> *Ren motions at Kaelan as they get the teleporter up and running - they even locate where Azora might be located, which is closer to the center of the galaxy*
01<@DS> *Adeline writes each of them down then hands it to Kaelan*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan begins running them through**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...and if you wish to know, my ancestors were trying to fight the rage affliction too. This was one of their research centers."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> This is why I keep it to a list affliction.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *then turns her attention back to the tomes and begins recording what she can read* "...I will need to study this..."
01<@DS> <Ren> Comparing the coordinates you gave me, they seem to be further into their empire, probably more research bases - which means it'll be away from Azora and the center of the galaxy
01<@DS> *Adeline radios Jaime to see what she wants*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...of course, it is."
01<@DS> *as they talk, a low growl moan is heard outside the tunnel with the rock*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Let’s follow Noire’s instincts on this one.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *stacks the books together and then sends them to her personal shadow space* "...for a rainy day..."
01<@DS> *Ren pauses and goes to look*
01<@DS> <Ren> Kaelan, activate the teleporter to one of the sites Noire gave us
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "No matter what we choose to do, we should close this room back up behind us."
01<@DS> *suddenly, an ancient Dark One sticks it's face right at the rock and grabs at Ren*
01<@DS> *trying to eat her*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan does so**
01<@DS> *a portal opens*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *tries tendriling Ren back to safeyty*
01<@DS> *the hungry Dark One clings so hard it's pulled along too*
01<@DS> *Ren begins to punch repeatedly*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *summons her Dark Edge and goes to try to cut Ren free*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan slices at it with Truth**
01<@DS> *Adeline TK shoves the Dark One aftre the two cut it's limbs off and move the rock. Headbutting can be heard against the rock*
01<@DS> *Ren dusts off*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...clearly some of the enraged Dakr Ones still survive in this place."
01<@DS> <Ren> Well lets get moving then
01<@DS> *she hops in*
01<@DS> *Adeline takes a breath and stps through*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...right...to the next stop." *moves to step through too*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelsn follows**
01<@DS> *They appear in what looks to be a broken ritual type location; the Dark One priests are in such bad shape there is nothing left to be made out*
01<@DS> *the group appears to be in the back of this place, appearing underneath two of the statues in a hidden room*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...a shrine of some sort."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Not sure the aesthetic is fluffy enough.
01<@DS> *a faint sound of some of water source can be heard nearby; but the exit door looks to be broken and a large stone is on it's side*
01<@DS> <Ren> The teleporter is already working and whatever is here should be nearby or was destroyed
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *moves around to inspect the room before they move on*
01<@DS> *the room seems to go up pretty high, judging by how tall the statues likely were before they got wrecked. Looking up, a small room entrance can be seen near where the left statue's head once was*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "There. Up there."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Ah. How do we get up there. *she grabs Ren and flings her in her wolf form, which gains a wolf scream*
01<@DS> *Ren barely lands and hangs on, then climbs up*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *just sighs and then uses her tendrisl to make her way up there*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **wraps up Adeline and tendril climbs after Noire**
01<@DS> *The room is full of diaries, formulas and tomes*
01<@DS> <Ren> I think you hit the jackpot
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...study time." *starts to sort through the tomes*
01<@DS> *Adeline hands some to Kaelan and flips through them and slowly works her way through the ancient language*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan organizes them**
01<@DS> <Adeline> It looks like they were closer to stopping the rage virus and made a spell to try to do so
01<@DS> <Adeline> But many felt it just cut their emotions off
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Eww. I like emotions.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *records makes note son her findings* "...mmm...they were prepared to wipe out the infected toward the end if their cure could not come in time."
01<@DS> <Adeline> It was hoped that it would be a temporary solution. Maybe this is how the Dark Ones became tame suddenly.
01<@DS> <Adeline> According to this diary... *she speaks on her comms for Jaime*
01<@DS> <Adeline> It was a belief that the Dark Ones and Progenitors had been doing this battle for eons
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "That might have been what the ritual here was meant to accomplish."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Across multiple realities
01<@DS> <Adeline> Yet something recently has changed and if you ask the archievist how long we have been in conflict, it has begun just recently with our people becoming infected and attacking all they see.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...this does sound suspect."
01<@DS> *Adeline turns and shows a map* The diary indicates this was stolen during a battle with a Progenitor. *the drawing looks a lot like Centerpoint, only much smaller and cracked*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Stolen? Did my ancestors create Centerpoitn instead?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> They indicate they do not know what it is - but that it's located in a contesed area of space for both sides and wonder if it is a secret weapon of the Progenitors, or if it might have something to do with the mystery memories for both sides
01<@DS> *Adeline shows the center of the galaxy with coordinates*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...more questions."
01<@DS> *Ren rests her arms on Kaelan*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Kinda makes sense.
01<@DS> <Ren> Shall we grab everything here?
01<@DS> <Adeline> How so?
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> The Dark Ones of our time seemed determined to get to Earth every Dark War.
01<@DS> *Adeline thinks on that*
01<@DS> <Adeline> I think we should return to the PAX
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm....very well." *starts stacking books to send to her shadow space ehre too*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Jaime, prepare to beam us up
01<@DS> *at that moment, down below, a lich like Dark One blows up one of the statues*
01<@DS> *then glow and blows up a wall and explodes them*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Beaming.
<@Seraphna> **Jaime has them each beamed up**
01<@DS> *it begins to lift it's arm to chant while targetting the team*
01<@DS> *Syiean locks onto the group*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan launches a holy moon blast at it to slow it**
01<@DS> *The Dark One curses them in ancient dark one as they vanish*
01<@DS> *The group is dropped off on the PAX*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...that one...a corrupted dark One sorcerer."
01<@DS> <Adeline> We should upload your informtation to the ship so Erevis can decode it
01<@DS> <Ren> Lets not meet them again
01<@DS> *she heads for the bridge where Adeline begins to open terminals for Noire*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Right..." *enters her notes in the terminal*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Is everyone ready? We have no idea what we're about to step into
<@Seraphna> Jaime> For an exterminated race of Dark Ones you sure bumped into a few of them.
01<@DS> <Ren> Hopefully it's nothing big and when we vanish here we can join the others in toward the higher planes
01<@DS> <Isis> Isn't that a good thing, Jaime?
01<@DS> *Syiean jumps them into hyperspace. On the monitor Erevis AI begins to translate and come up with information for Noire; including working on the formula for the utimate spell*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *studies the results*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I suppose it is.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> Studying what you sent me, there is a possibility that the rage element was introduced here from another reality, using the time difference
01<@DS> <Ren> Uh, what reality?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...from another reality?"
01<@DS> <Ren> This would have to be before Taiga's monitoring right?
01<@DS> <Adeline> By many, many years
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmm...but what reality?"
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> I could only guess
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...and why...? Was this on purpose? Were we attacked by an outsider?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> Possibily. The only reason I could see to introduce would be to try to wipe out both races and barring that, lower their number so severely...
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Clarification. Another reality or another plane?
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> That is possibility #1.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> Reason - testing and weakening our Dark Ones and Progenitors
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> That is possibiliyu #2 is Wind's reality
<@Seraphna> Jaime> But why?
01<@DS> *by now the Ultimate spell is nearly complate when they drop out of hyperspace*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *studies it, trying to figure out what it might do*
01<@DS> *before them is what appears to be Centerpoint, but it looks much smaller, or just a piece of it - it is cracked definitely does not seem to be complete*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...more questions."
01<@DS> *on the radar appears to be 25 Progenitors with Azora and 30 Dark Ones blocking her from the structure, and the latter appear to be preparing their Black Holes, ready to blow the system*
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> We have come across a war.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...or at least a standoff."
01<@DS> *The Dark Ones use the darkness of the galaxy to appear at the star where Progenitors attempt to get into the star first*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> And over something no one should have.
01<@DS> <Adeline> What is the plan?
01<@DS> <Erevis aI> The spell is done
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We sure it’ll do what we want?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm..." *goes to study the spell*
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> The ultimate spell unleashes a massive dark energy storm in whatever location it is used - the storm uses the dark energ of the user to power the storm and will feed on the dark energy and power of those nearby to keep growing doing more damage as it moves through the area. It is a spell to not be taken lightly due the effect of who casts it
01<@DS> *at the star, a boom is heard as a black hole is unleashed at the same time a progenitor enters and sacrifices themselves to become part of the star, halting it for the time being*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...I wonder who this spell was intended to be used upon..."
01<@DS> <Ren> Whaever the case is, we're runnng out of time
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *glances over* "I do have the skill to cast this spell, but its more of a desperation move."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I guess the only play is to use it. Give Azora the warning she never gave others.
01<@DS> <Isis> I am shocked Xevil is not here
01<@DS> *Adeline does so then turnsto Jaime*
01<@DS> <Adeline> She states if she backs up, they will march on
01<@DS> (one second)
01<@DS> I somehow made it full screen)
01<@DS> (gt it)
01<@DS> (continue)
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Well we either need control of that shard or to destroy it. It’s game over if the old Dark Ones get reality powers.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Assuming it is what it appears to be."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Not a lot of time to speculate right?
01<@DS> *The Dark Ones begin to unleash a black hole on the PAX*
01<@DS> *while some begin to head for the Centerpoint*
01<@DS> *still more are working on keeping the Progenitors busy, Drasek and Ao are double teaming those who get too close*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...is the word given then, Jaime?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yeah.
01<@DS> <Erevis Ai> Two Dark Ones are seeking a way to board us
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Is that possible?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *nods then kneels down in the middle of the bridge and starts trying to cast the spell*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Shields should keep them out but.... *Noire's body jerks it has dark energy ripped out from her and outside a dark storm begins to form, then it latches onto the one who cast the blackhole and begins to grow larger, then leaps and latches onto another one, almost like some living monster,growing andgrowing like some angry storm cloud of darkness*
01<@DS> *it grows larger and doesn't care who is near them, especally now Progenitors as it nears Drasek and Ao and consumes them along with the ark Ones attacking them*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses and touches a panel, reinforcing the shields**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Grrrrrrk!"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan frowns, trying to fix hole those two away before it gets them**
01<@DS> *rising from Kaelan and Noire's shadow, two Dark Ones slowly rise, looking like rather mundane girl.
<@Seraphna> **Fox hole
01<@DS> *then their eyes glow green and then grab Kaelan and stab at her back while she does that*
<@Seraphna> **The fox holes are for Ao and Drasek**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *tries to recover from the spell casting*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan shifts to parry the grab with Truth as Wyrd Chains around to parry the back stab**
01<@DS> *Adeline and Ren shift around to help as best they can while the two decide to -- sink in the floor*
01<@DS> *outside the storm has gotten even stronger, so much so it's as big as the PAX*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan frowns and taps the floor, covering the bridge floor in holy light**
01<@DS> *Azora and some of her people are debtaing running for Centerpoint*
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> We have an incident on medical.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **taps comms** Cut the greed and get back here Azora. Now.
01<@DS> <Erevis AI> We have an incident on the brig
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...the Entity."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Lock them down.
01<@DS> *Azora returns for the PAX*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan moves to medical**
01<@DS> *medical lights flash on and on, like some creepy horror game*
01<@DS> *Ren follows along, looking around*
<@Seraphna> **Jennifer pulls out Susan the Shotgun**
01<@DS> <Ren> This is not what I meant when I said lets do another hororr mission
01<@DS> *Cuddles mumbles, trying not to look stressed, when the dark Onep pops up in her face and boos. A loud sceech is heard*
<@Seraphna> **Jennifer shifts to defend her and forms and ice shield**
01<@DS> *by now the dark storm has eaten the Centerpoint but has stopped growing*
01<@DS> *The Dark One eyes Jennifer while Cuddles hides under a desk*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...I think I have recoved from the casting now..."
<@Seraphna> **Jennifer frowns** I’m gonna call you… Sally.
01<@DS> *she beginsto slowly reach for Cuddles*
01<@DS> *Ren arrives in medical*
<@Seraphna> **Jennifer forms another barrier** Ut.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Try to becareful
01<@DS> <Adeline> We don't want you to become decoration like my Jaime
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Huh?
01<@DS> *The Dark One eyes Jennifer with that look and grabs at her*
01<@DS> *Ren motions at Kaelan and sneak up toward Sally*
<@Seraphna> **Jennifer unleashes a cryo freeze at it**
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan moves behind it**
01<@DS> *it twitches, then twitches again, thn breaks free, and rises up angrily and pulls Jennifer toward it*
01<@DS> *Ren round house kicks it toward Kaelan*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan stabs at it with a Holy Katana Truth**
01<@DS> *The Dark One pauses and then slumps*
01<@DS> *The othr one meanwhile is trying to get the Hybrid to break free(
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Bad girl.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *heads down to the brig*
01<@DS> <Hybrid> .... *sighs and slumps, sending depressed vibes out across the ship*
01<@DS> *by the time Noire arrives, she'd find the other Dark One hanging*
01<@DS> *and the hybrid still there giving overwhelming sad vibes*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...well this seems all in order then."
01<@DS> -TIME HOP-
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *comm* "Mmmm...the Dark One trying to free the Hybrid committed suicide."
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *Azora sits among them; she seems to look a little different than before, having an older look now but retaining the Erevis look*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We need to cheer that brat up.
01<@DS> *Ren snorts*
01<@DS> <Ren> Good luck on that
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We have one weapon there.
01<@DS> *Ren spins her coffee around, still not eating like normal*
01<@DS> <Azora> So you all believe this other reality cause the war long ago?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...I personally found it hilarious. Any of its would-be rescuers offs themselves, so its attitude is self-defeating."
01<@DS> <Ren> Sally is alive, but I am not sure for how much longer. Cuddles refuses to treat them
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes. It looks like our people may have been sabotaged.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *looks over at Azora* "...my ancestors...at least those who still could think for themselves, certainly found evidence to suggest that this Rage affliction is extra-dimensional in origin."
01<@DS> <Azora> I wanted to look into the dimensional crystal after being told I had met you all before
01<@DS> <Azora> The problm is that is not what it looked like before.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Do enlighten us."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We were concerned that it looked like a part of Centerpoint.
01<@DS> *Azora draws the original Centerpoint* The problem is when the war broke out, neither side had time to think about it. Maybe after we split apart even
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Our problem is that Centerpoint is accoutned for...so what was that out there?"
01<@DS> <Azora> I am not sure
01<@DS> *she sets down some of the items she procured from the Progenitor side. Ao leans back* <Ao> Well right now whatever it is its covered in a deadly cloud
01<@DS> *Azora checks something that is blinking*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Impressive casting, wasn't it?"
01<@DS> <Ao> I tip my hat towards you
01<@DS> <Azora> We have situation
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm?"
01<@DS> <Azora> I'm not sure if it's the Dark Ones or someone else, but Progentor locations are being raided; I wasn't able to get everything so they'll be able to find some important stuff related to the hybrid.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Xevil's forces were spotted by the Templars coming here...it might be them."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Could be Xevil.
01<@DS> *Drasek meanwhile is keeping an eye on the 13 extra Progenitors they now have*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "..the question is what are Xevil's intentions."
01<@DS> <Adeline> It would be risky to go in person to ask
01<@DS> <Adeline> We can just use what material we have to see if there's enough on the hybrid or not
01<@DS> <Adeline> I think we might can use them in the upcoming battle.
01<@DS> *Adeline touches Jaime's hand*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We have to do what we can. This madness needs to end.
01<@DS> <Adeline Alright then here is my plan, let me know what you all think
01<@DS> *Isis leans back*
01<@DS> <Adeline> The PAX's computer believes there is a chance the culprit is from another reality, that being the higher planes - Chad.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Taiga and Chad are already preparing to strike soon there anyway
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Which we need to join them when we are done here."
01<@DS> <Adeline> I say we provide Taiga what we have learned so far and then we can split into two teams that are both going up there. Either using the PAX or Noire's ship. One team will seek out more information on the whatever the rage was used to be made here
01<@DS> <Adeline> And then use it to make a cure with the information Noire and you all got here planet side
01<@DS> <Adeline> The other team will focus on The Higher Plain Chad while we do this
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I like it. Can there be a part where someone punches Higher Chad?
01<@DS> *Adeline stands* Lets start heading back *Ren prepares a probe and sends it off for the Centerpoint fog*
01<@DS> <Ren> I'm sure we can work something in
01<@DS> <Adeline> I'll ask one of the girls to step into the machine
01<@DS> -TIME JUMP-
01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.6
01<@DS> Location: PAX
01<@DS> *the ship arrives at the station in the center of the Unknown Galaxy*
01<@DS> *the station seems busy as ever; Adeline hails the station and Thomas answers, apparantly having been waiting to see how they did*
01<@DS> <Thomas> I see you are all in one piece
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Go on, Jaime, talk to the man."
01<@DS> <Adeline> I believe we are in better shape now then we were yesterday. I would like to send word for Lorelei Mizukaze to meet up with us at the Striker HQ later today or tomorrow at the latest.
01<@DS> *Thomas writes down the message and motions to his people to get in touch with the station staff to hunt down Lorelei and Durt*
01<@DS> <Thomas> Have you all heard the word yet?
01<@DS> *Adeline glances at Noire and Azora looks indiffernt, studying information
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...do enlighten us."
01<@DS> <Thomas> Earth was attacked; we are still getting reports in but from what we are hearing it was pretty bad. You should becareful on your way back home.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...attacked?"
01<@DS> <Thomas> I believe it was an Dark Queen that survived the Jarivan battle.
01<@DS> <Thomas> It must have some intelligence to wait until all the big hitters were gone
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...how? he JArivan Queen was killed."
01<@DS> <Thomas> I will send you the data
01<@DS> *a moment or two later, the PAX dings with the information transfre*
01<@DS> *Isis looks over it, having come in, beside Noire; the data* <Isis> Let us becareful on the way back if they are willing to hide in astroid fields. I cannot help but think they might have someone giving orders
01<@DS> -SHIFT-
01<@DS> Location: Ancient Galaxy
01<@DS> *Xevil stands on his bridg, watching his people dump progenitor tech after tech on his ship; unlike others, he has an entire deck devoted for the scientists*
01<@DS> <Xevil> Excellent. I want you to focus on this first. Make it your #1 priority. *He points at the "DNA" hyperspace markers of someone* If you succeeed and quickly, you will get everything you want
01<@DS> -TBC-
Session Time: Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 2024