The Duality Wars: The Alien Wars 6

Session 49

<DeathStar> 6.15.5990 CE
<DeathStar> 6* The past 3 days the crew has been held hostage by kitties and running scans on the Homeworld, looking for various places along what was once Mega City according to Yuki
<DeathStar> 6* So far the air is indeed breatheable and other than buildings being merged inside each other and soft spots, things seem okay so far.
<DeathStar> 6* Gor in the hologram thing would find removing any blackbox results in the ship exploding instantly - almost as if the designers purpose have that happen, so no one will do it
<Kaelan> Cookie> "...No dogs. I just realized, it's chaos, but cats and dogs aren't living together, it's cats and foxes."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki puts her robot down, stepping out onto the bridge to look outside
<Kaelan> * Cookie walks with her.
<Sara> * Erica sits in her chair, looking over at Yuki with a smile
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Hmm... 6*He moves to go find the Cam'Dee spirit
<AquaKoala> *Little has been checking through various systems to make a more educated explanation of what the spirit energy is doing to the ship
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So are we ready to go out there?
<DeathStar> 6* There is no energy right now
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<AquaKoala> *Little has just been doing repairs then
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "So what exactly are we going to go out there to do?"
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Experimentations?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> They came here to learn about the world, it's up to them. I plan to check a few things out
<Sara> <Erica> Well, I know I'm ready, anyway.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki waits on Erica's order, tinkering with her armor
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Well I'm with you always, Yuki-chan."
<AquaKoala> *Little soon arrives on the bridge with various tools
<Sara> <Erica> *over comms to her command crew only* Anyone who wants to join the away team to have a more proper look at things outside, report to the elevator so we can head down. That's all.
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor blinks, and heads that way, deciding to talk to Cam later
<Sara> * Erica nods to Yuki with a smile. "Shall we head down then, Yu, Cookie?"
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki moves for the hanger. "Lets."
<Sara> * Erica nods to Little, acknowledging her
<Sara> * Then follows after Yuki
<AquaKoala> *Little follows
<Kaelan> * Cookie follows Yuki and smiles.
<Sara> * Erica looks around to see who's joining the away team, wondering if Cassandra also came
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki moves through a cat filled hanger then leaps out the hanger falling several dozen meters to the ground, not taking the personal elevator in the hanger
<Sara> * Erica blinks at that and stares a bit.
<Sara> <Erica> My little fox sure is talented.
<Kaelan> * Cookie leaps out after her as well, landing smoothly.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki looks around the city wasteland of what was the Homeworld Mega City, decayed buildings all around. The Presidental Building off to the side in the distance, all Black with another White one partially inside it
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *heads with the others*
<Sara> * Erica stows blade-form Saoirse, keeping her close, as she heads down via elevator with whoever doesn't want to leap out
<Catfox> <Saoirse> <Try not to be nervous. EvenIfItIsYourFirstInterstellarMissionToAWorldWeThoughtWasDead.>
<AquaKoala> *Little heads for the elevator as well, deadpanning a little at the recklessness
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Think they'll ever get tired of our jumping trick?"
<Sara> <Erica> <Y-yeah. Thanks, my Saoirse.>
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor looks out, blinking "Hmm..."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Maybe
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So where to first, Cap'n
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki looks around, peering at the buildings. "Surely some records survived."
<Sara> <Erica> That building seems like a good place to start... *she gestures to the presidential building*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki nods, trekking that way
<Sara> * Erica moves along, walking beside her
<Kaelan> * Cookie trots along as well, humming.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Its always the first building would go to when we end up in these ruined versions of Mega City."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki rubs sword Sao's hilt with her tail as they walk
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor follows, walking along Cookie, letting Kitty know where they're going
<AquaKoala> *Little follows along, keeping an eye out
<DeathStar> 6* After a good solid 20 minute trek through fox territory, they arrive at the dipulated building, with a slight slant. The building definitely seems to have another one inside it.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "As the honored scientist Myria would say, 'Follow the Plot Point.'"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Who?
<Sara> <Erica> Follow the what?
<Kaelan> Cookie> "She was in Auntie Cheryl's older team."
<Stretch> 6Kaylin sets herself up on top of the ship, laying down behind a large calibre sniper rifle and high-powered scope to provide long range support if needed.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki peers at the locked doors, seeming locked with scanners that aren't working
<kalonZombie> <Gor> You're rememebring quite a bit. I can't even remember my wives' names.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I think she is making stuff up
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I can't remember grandma's eating habits less her team
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Dunno... maybe! I seem okay with thinking about stuff that came up in my education unless it becomes personal."
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Then names escape me."
<Kaelan> ((Also scratch the Cheryl name, that's my bad.))
<Sara> <Erica> In any case, anyone want to give a shot at opening these doors?
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki grabs Sao and tries to wedge her into the doors
<AquaKoala> *Little moves forward and rummages through her tool belt
<Kaelan> Cookie> "And looks..." *she frowns* "Can't remember my mothers faces..."
<DeathStar> 6* She tries to apply pressure to force them open
<AquaKoala> *Little pulls out a sledgehammer and starts going to town on the door
<AquaKoala> *Or not
<DeathStar> 6* The door seems set up to sustain pressure, but with Little and Yuki doing this, it busts open
<DeathStar> 6* The poor panel sparks, never tried to be hacked
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki hands the sword back to Erica
<kalonZombie> <Gor> I... could have hacked it open.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "The door still had power going to it..."
<kalonZombie> <Gor> But okay.
<Sara> <Erica> Guess we're lucky Saoirse turns into a sword instead of bladed cesti when you touch her, eh?
<Kaelan> Cookie> "I guess that means we should be mindful of possible security measures."
<AquaKoala> *Little puts her hammer away
<DeathStar> <Yuki> What can I say
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I have the touch
<Sara> <Erica> Power? After all this time?
<Kaelan> * Cookie points. "It'
<Kaelan> * Cookie points. "It's sparking."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki looks. "It looks like the dying ember."
<Sara> <Erica> Right, then. Everyone be careful and look out for traps.
<DeathStar> 6* The sparks are dead after a few seconds
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Still... power. Who knows what else still has a little bit of a charge."
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Best place to reach would be the presidential offices."
<Catfox> <Saoirse> <DId she just use me for a crowbar!? THAT LITTLE-->
<kalonZombie> <Gor> A potato can generate 1.2 watts of electricity. That can power some things for as long as the potato is alive.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki walks into the dark lobby, seeing what looks like a dark imperial lobby, and on the right a nice white, yet older, more friendly lobby
<AquaKoala> *Little nods, pulling out a small analyzer that reads for electrical charges
<DeathStar> 6* On the left, on the black walls is the Terran Empire, on the left the tattered, falling apart banner says Ea something
<Sara> <Erica> <It was helpful! You know, you can always go human if you want. I brought clothes.>
<DeathStar> 6* There are stairs on the left, while the right side has an elevator
<Sara> <Erica> Do you make anything of this, Yu? I doubt they built it this way.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> It literally looks like ... two separate buildings in one
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki walks, the floor uneven due to it
<Kaelan> Cookie> "It's like the dark forces of the Evil Empire and the light side forces of the Goodie Goodies had a war between their interior decorators."
<AquaKoala> *Little waves her scanner around
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki rubs her head, a splitting headache suddenly as she falls down
<Kaelan> Cookie> "And possibly their intern architechs."
<Sara> <Erica> Nngh. *she walks along with Yuki* It's a lot like one of these buildings tried to take... ov... *she moves to catch Yuki*
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Maybe the other one was too expensive to renovate and too important to destroy?
<Kaelan> * Cookie squeaks and rushes over to check on her. "Y-Yuki?"
<Sara> * Erica looks to Cookie with concern for Yuki on her face
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Anyone bring a medkit?"
<Catfox> * Saoirse pops into human former and kneels by her. "Yu..?"
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki winces, shaking it off. "This is familiar. Can't put my finger on it." 6* The entire area is dead, likely due to the convergence
<Sara> * Erica frowns, handing Saoirse clothes.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Wh-What part?"
<Kaelan> * Cookie pulls out the medkit and uses a scanner on Yuki.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki pats the two building being together, then moves along to the lobby desks, two merged as one
<DeathStar> 6* Her head seems to be fine, just pressure
<Sara> <Erica> I don't think this looks like renovation. It looks unnatural.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Mmm, pressure... if you feel it again lemme know and I'll try to keep your head clear."
<Sara> <Erica> In a non-human way, I mean.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Someone scan Yuki for anything weird... like maybe another Yuki about to phse into her?"
<Sara> <Erica> Yu, don't push yourself too hard, okay?
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Hm...
<Sara> * Erica nods and looks at Cookie. "As Cass said... to be safe."
<Kaelan> * Cookie tries the scan around Yuki to see if there's any phase activity.
<DeathStar> 6* There's not
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki sits in a chair, checking for paperwork, ignoring them
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor moves to the desk, looking for a laptop
<Sara> <Erica> Gor, Little, are there any more electrical signatures?
<kalonZombie> 6*Or a datapad or something
<AquaKoala> *Little checks
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki grabs some papers from the one side; Gor would see no electronics. And as stated before, there is nothing powered up
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Still.. this place is weird enough." *looks around*
<Sara> * Erica moves to check for papers from the other side, noticing what Yuki's doing
<Kaelan> Cookie> "She's clean so far."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki tries to read the paperwork, finding them crumbling as she touches it. She does get to eye the date, at least and a few words before ruining them
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Hm..
<Catfox> <Saoirse> Don't touch them, just open it and snap a photo
<DeathStar> 6* She sets it down. Erica would find a check in on the other side
<Sara> * Erica takes a picture of the check
<DeathStar> 6* It seems to be in better shape than Yuki's
<Sara> * And looks it over
<Catfox> * Saoirse eyes herself and jerks, popping into blade form again, clinking on the ground.
<Sara> * Erica had handed her clothes, which presumably also fall to the ground
<DeathStar> 6* The date is 10-649.8.4, on the old world dating system
<Sara> <Erica> Hey, Yu? How long ago is... "10-649.8.4"?
<DeathStar> 6* The check ins are a few names Erica don't recognize
<Sara> * She gestrures to Yu and Cookie
<Kaelan> Cookie> "That's our dating system... ummm..." *she frowns and thinks*
<Sara> * gestures too
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Yeah... I don't remember our date though...
<DeathStar> <Yuki> From what I read in your history
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That's a discarded dating system
<DeathStar> <Yuki> But I would wager 170 years ago when your Earth fell
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Something feels wrong about that date."
<Sara> <Erica> Do you know any of these names?
<Kaelan> * Cookie looks over to see them.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *looks over*
<DeathStar> 6* The names on them are foreign, all, outside one that simply has President C
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I found a few dates on my side too
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "...Cran..."
<Sara> <Erica> Were they different?
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "I bet its him again."
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Why is it that THAT name, we can remember?"
<Sara> <Erica> Maybe it has to do with why you guys are here.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Probably because its important. Also I do get the feelign that I didn't vote for him."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> It's the same dating system, but way off. 10-802.1.2 was the last entry
<Sara> <Erica> ...So after the Earth fell?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The check ins for it are names I have no cluse who they are
<Kaelan> Cookie> "That date feels wrong too..."
<Kaelan> Cookie> "But less so."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki moves for the stairs, since the elevator likely won't work
<Sara> <Erica> It's like an alternate universe just plopped right down and made itself comfy...
<Sara> * Erica follows, testing them first to see if they're safe
<Kaelan> * Cookie follows them, looking around.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *peers at Erica slowly, thinking*
<DeathStar> 6* Then after the stairs seem okay, just a few hundred years old, she begins to move up them
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *starts up after*
<Sara> * Erica thinks and eeps, grabbing Saoirse and Saoirse's clothes before she follows
<Kaelan> Cookie> "The earlier date seems jarringly wrong, the later date seems... not what I want to remember. Course that could mean nothing with how our memory is." *she sighs and follows carefully*
<Sara> * Moving up a bit behind Yu as a result
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor waits to move up the stairs
<DeathStar> <Yuki> This is their homeworld, Cupcake. Try not to think too hard about it
<Sara> <Erica> Hahah, it always stings just a touch when you get all "us and them", even if I know why... *she says softly to Yuki*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki tries a door every 5 floors, but is met by solid wall. "Sorry." 6* She smiles at Erica
<Sara> * Erica smiles back.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Where I come from there are a ton of homeworlds under an empire. I don't really think much of it
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Yeah... it doesn't seem to be ours at all." *she frowns*
<AquaKoala> *Little follows along "I could try breaking these down too."
<Sara> <Erica> So do you think the foundation shifted, or is this because of the two buildings? *she nods to Little* It's worth a try...
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I think it's the other building. Who knows how far the wall goes
<DeathStar> 6* She pats the solid white
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor moves up the stairs after them, seeing if there's any doors open as well
<Sara> * Erica makes a mental note to herself never to ask Little to breach a door on the ship
<Sara> * Erica taps the wall to see if there are any hollow spots
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki keeps walking upward. "The presidental suite likely is up top."
<DeathStar> 6* The other building seems rather sturdy, likely due to enemy attacks all the time
<Sara> * Erica follows, just a bit behind as she tests the walls curiously as they go along anyway, just to be safe
<AquaKoala> *Little follows along, getting her hammer out if anyone changes their minds
<DeathStar> 6* As they reach the 25th floor, things get a bit weird in the stairwell as it looks all melted and gooy, like it was warping or the foundation was failing
<Kaelan> Cookie> "President's Suite should have juicy info."
<Sara> <Erica> ... Well, that's encouraging.
<DeathStar> 6* It looks that way for two floors, the 27th floor snapping back to normal
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki peers up
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Something particularly strong happen there? Might be worth a look
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "What the hell as that?"
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki shifts to get a look then spots a body stuck in the goo, running
<Sara> <Erica> Maybe it's related to the "collision"... Ack!
<DeathStar> 6* The body perfectly perserved for nearly 200 years
<Sara> * Erica moves to Yuki's side
<Sara> * Looking at the body
<DeathStar> 6* The person, a blonde human terran, is wearing a black uniform with Terran Empire, looks like a mosquito stuck in some sort of sap, yet it doesn't cover her completely. Part of her flesh has decayed into bone where the warp affect doesn't touch
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Oh gross
<AquaKoala> Little> Well that's not horrifying at all
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki turns away
<Sara> <Erica> How grotesque... I'm vaguely reminded of our crew that died in the walls... not pleasant.
<Sara> * She sighs
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor runs to the side of the stairs and vomits over them. Watch it fall 25 stories. There it goes.
<Sara> <Erica> Samson, you damn well better still be alive... *she mumbles*
<Kaelan> * Cookie stares, shivering.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Thanks a ton, Gor."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Samson..Samson... *She mumbles*
<Sara> * Erica looks at her
<Kaelan> Cookie> "That... looks terrible..."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki looks back up, shaking her head, then bravely just dashes up the warped floor to test if it is still in effect
<kalonZombie> <Gor> You might be used to that sort of stuff... I'm not...
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki pants, reaching the 27th floor, hands on knees and head forward, thumbing up
<Sara> * Erica moves after her, not letting her go alone
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Safe.
<Sara> <Erica> At least we know it's solid. Guys, come on up!
<DeathStar> 6* Bone face watches them go up
<AquaKoala> *Little heads up
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *heads upward!*
<Kaelan> * Cookie follows after her. A bit shaken still.
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor heads upward, trying not to look at the body again
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki tries the 30th floor door, seeing they can actually enter and moves in slowly
<Sara> * Erica follows her, cautiously
<DeathStar> 6* The presidential floor full of file cabinents and banners of Terran Empire all over, with the presidential suite in the back with a fortified window that looks out. To one side is the white offices, merged on the floor
<Kaelan> * Cookie follows too, peering about carefully.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "There we go..."
<Sara> * Erica glances in the file cabinets
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor moves to the filing cabinets and carefully opens them
<Kaelan> Cookie> "That's a lot of files."
<DeathStar> 6* The files within look like they are still fine. Yuki moves over to the other side, seeing terminals all over without power and another ratty banner. There is also pictures on the wall, dirt and grime covering the faces of that presidental suite
<Sara> * Erica takes pictures before anything is touched
<DeathStar> <Yuki> These offices obviously used computers
<AquaKoala> *Little looks at the pictures, wiping them off gently
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Maybe we could rig power to these?"
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Maybe we could take them back.
<kalonZombie> <Gor> I could probably rig something at the ship if we can't rig it here.
<Sara> <Erica> If anyone wants to volunteer to carry them.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki looks over at the white side's pictures as Little wipes the dust. The first picture one she wipes off is some face she doesn't recognize
<AquaKoala> Little> Just grab the drives out of them *Little continues along
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "LEt's look around some more before we decide to haul off the hardware and discover that its a bunch of dumb terminals."
<kalonZombie> <Gor> The drives might not be compatible with our systems.
<DeathStar> 6* There is name tag under the face, with some unknown name. The second face Little wipes off shows a bearing man of regality. Under his name is Alexander Cran
<AquaKoala> Little> Found that Cran you guys were talking about
<Sara> <Erica> If compatibility is your concern I get the feeling you'll figure something out. I have faith in you. *she smiles at Gor*
<kalonZombie> <Gor> I just spent three days trying to work out, futily, how to remove the black boxes out of the ship without exploding it. I don't want to do that again with the information.
<DeathStar> 6* The dark side has only three pictures oddly in their presidential suite, unlike the white side
<Kaelan> * Cookie looks at the Alexander Cran picture curiously.
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor blinks, and smiles "Thanks, Erica."
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *cheks out the imperial side portraits*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki studies him. She wipes off the next picture, which is another unknown face, then there is another Cran, an Alex Cran.
<Sara> <Erica> Such a creative family.
<Sara> * She says dryly
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Hmm, but why the skips?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *She reads the name of the unknown faces* Apparantly other presidents
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Democracy at work."
<Sara> <Erica> It's safe to say the black side is the one that belongs here... but where is this white side from?
<DeathStar> 6* Cassandra would uncover on that side Alexander Cran, then a female with a blonde known as C Cran. The final president's face is damaged. She is listed as the head of the Corporations
<Sara> * Erica squints at the last one on the dark side
<kalonZombie> <Gor> But that would make her hundreds of years old.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "And why are some names incomplete...?"
<DeathStar> 6* A female is listed after Alex Cran but the name tag is damaged, then after her another female is listed with her name tag damaged
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki grabs the damaged name tags
<Kaelan> * Cookie frowns and starts taking pictures of each one on each side and lining up a timeline for them.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I wonder if we could buffer these
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Corporations?"
<Kaelan> Cookie> "A scanning program might be able to actualize the names from what's left after they've been cleaned."
<Sara> <Erica> Kumen is made up of several big Corporations that are basically in charge. CoreSec in particular...
<AquaKoala> Little> I could try
<DeathStar> 6* Then a fabulous black man is listed as President during 10-615
<Kaelan> Cookie> "CorSec?" *she blinks, tilting her head*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Doesn't ring any bells."
<Kaelan> Cookie> "It feels familiar.... that's all. LIke I read it in a book somewhere a long time ago and can't remember why it's important... oh god it's worse than those dreams where you're late to a test and naked..."
<Sara> <Erica> CoreSector. They founded the colony on Kumen, I think.
<DeathStar> 6* And after him the similiar woman as the one on the Imperial side is listed after him. The line of Presidents keep going on, all the way to 10-800s
<DeathStar> 6* Their names start showing up again after several presidents, the damage finally stopping
<kalonZombie> <Gor> That black man... he's familiar.
<kalonZombie> <Gor> ...He has Kitty's nose.
<Sara> <Erica> Saywha. *she moves to look*
<Kaelan> Cookie> "What year was it for us when we left our... reality... home... time?"
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor takes a picture of it and sends it to Kitty
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "I don't remember."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki leans in, eyeing the dark man, then points at the blonde woman
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I know her. I know her.
<DeathStar> 6* She then bounces back before the dark man
<Kaelan> * Cookie moves over. "Which one?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> And I know these presidents. What are their names.
<kalonZombie> <Gor> I know her, too.
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor moves to read the name plates
<Kaelan> * Cookie looks carefully and frowns. "...Yeah... but who are they?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Damn this damage
<Sara> <Eric> Maybe there'd be a file somewhere. ... Is this white half from you guys' "world" then?
<DeathStar> 6* She looks frustrated, tossing the name plates down
<Kaelan> * Cookie blinks and shifts to catch them as she does.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Don't damage them, I might be able to do something about them."
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki nods at the one President before the dark man
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That looks like Aunt Sera. And the one after the dark man looks like grandma Cheryl
<DeathStar> <Yuki> But if that is right, this is the president building from our world. But the date is from the 800s
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I'd be an old woan
<Sara> <Erica> If realities can collide, who's to say times can't?
<Sara> <Erica> Time and space can be like two sides of the same coin, I think. They're both dimensions.
<Kaelan> Cookie> *frowns, rubbing her head at the names*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> There is something more oging here. We have to get to Cass to find out what
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki rises and grabs a few terminals
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You should grab your file cabinets. See what happened to your world in the last days
<AquaKoala> *Little grabs some
<Sara> <Erica> Is there any way we can help, however? Little, for example, perhaps?
<Sara> * Erica move for the cabinets
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor moves to get the hard drives out of the computers
<Sara> <Erica> Our goals might be different but we're still in all of this together, and I find this just as troubling as anything that happened here at the homeworld. Granted, -this- happened here at the homeworld, so it kind of does involve us too...
<Sara> * Erica glances through the file cabinets to see if any of the drawers seem especially important or unimportant
<Sara> * Touching as little as possible however
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Two versions of Earth overlapping each other somehow."
<DeathStar> 6* What remains has folders like: CoreSector Corporation plans, Terran Empire battle plans, Homeworld Evacuation plans, Jump Gate plans, World Intregrity Plans, Classified: For President Eyes Only folder
<Kaelan> Cookie> "That last one looks juicy. And the rest filled with plot."
<Sara> <Erica> Filled with what? You realize we're not in some serial program, right?
<Sara> <Erica> Little, can you help me carry these? We'll want to take the drawers themselves to minimize damage.
<AquaKoala> *Little nods, grabbing those as well, loaded down pretty heavy now
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Why can't real life have plot?"
<Sara> * Erica grabs a fair share, not letting Little do ALL of the work
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *moves to take some of the stuff so Little isn't as heavily burdened*
<Sara> <Erica> When we're back on the ship we should be able to better preserve the documents so that we can read them, I think.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Yep!"
<DeathStar> 6* As they load up, the building wobbles
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ....
<Sara> <Erica> ... Let's move. Now.
<Sara> * She moves for the door
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Let's get out of here." *moves for the door too*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki turns, eyeing more of the white building shifting into the dark building
<DeathStar> 6* It's subtle, but a foot takes over
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<DeathStar> <Yuki> I don't think this is over
<Kaelan> Cookie> "TIme to go!" *she begins moving*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki moves for the stairs
<AquaKoala> *Little starts to hustle down stairs
<Sara> <Erica> Shit. That's even worse. *she follows after Little*
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor runs with the hard drives
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki hurries, panting with the two large terminals she has
<DeathStar> 6* Floors 25-26 are all wavering again
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki follows, lagging
<Kaelan> * Cookie takes one off her hands.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *moves to grab one of Yuki's terminals and head down*
<DeathStar> 6* The body of the woman is sinking through the floor and then finally falls through
<Kaelan> * Cookie lets the cyborg do it.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Poor lady..."
<Sara> <Erica> Ugh... somehow even more grotesque.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> How are we going to get through
<DeathStar> 67* Yuki eyes it
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor is glad he wasn't looking
<Kaelan> Cookie> "D-Do we try and wait it out?"
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki pauses, eyeing a second set of stairs slowly sliding through, inch by inch every minute
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I wonder if our ship coming through has rebegun whatever started years ago
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "We don't know how long this will last."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Or does this happen all the time
<AquaKoala> *Little eyes at the wall and gravs her sledge
<Sara> <Erica> Is your building taking this one over?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Good question.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "We'll speculate later. We need to get back to the ship to examine the evidence."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We should search the planet and see what is doing what
<DeathStar> 6* The wavering begins to slow
<Sara> * Erica nods in agreement
<Kaelan> Cookie> "I dunno... seems to be slowing down."
<Sara> <Erica> It looks like this might be our chance to move...
<AquaKoala> *Little puts it back away
<DeathStar> 6* As it slows, the entire stairway bends at an awkward angle
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki jerks and begins to tip toward the gooy part
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Now its just trolling us."
<DeathStar> 6* The stairway going at a 45 degree angle
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor grabs for her
<Sara> <Erica> Tch! Yu!
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki sighs in relief, the wavering goo stopping as the stairway stops at a rolling angle all the way down
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I feel like we are gerbils in a wheel
<AquaKoala> *Little grabs tightly, claws shooting out for purchase
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *clamps a hand on the railing*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki uses Gor to slowly loop her way downward, since the stairs are like circles now, using a hand on the rails
<DeathStar> <Yuki> T-This isn't...too bad...right?
<Kaelan> * Cookie gulps and peers around, holding onto the railing too. She follows Yuki.
<DeathStar> 6* She laughs nervously
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor follows Yuki's lead
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Don'tlookdownDon'tlookdownDon'tlookdownDon'tlookdownDon'tlookdownDon'tlookdown
<Sara> * Erica moves very slow and careful, being extra-careful with the files
<AquaKoala> *Little moves down as well, grimacing
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *eases her down*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki instead of going upside at the peak of the circles, just shortcuts it with the middle space stairs typically have, using the rails to get back to areas one can walk in the circle
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Getting dizzy
<Kaelan> * Cookie steadies her.
<Sara> <Erica> Even Corp buildings aren't this awful. *she mutters*
<DeathStar> 6* Soon the group reaches the door, which is now blocked by stairs
<Kaelan> * Cookie then forms her link with Yuki to try and help brace her better.
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor tries to follow Yuki's example, making sure not to destroy the hard drives
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Now you're fucking with us
<Kaelan> Cookie> "I... could try blasting us out of here."
<DeathStar> 6* Thankfully it's just part of the stairs
<AquaKoala> *Little eyes this and charges it with her sledge, hitting it at full strength (Burn 7 strength)
<DeathStar> 6* IT explodes
<Kaelan> * Cookie squeaks.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki eyes the stairs just poof and casually opens the door, eyeing Little in fear a bit
<AquaKoala> Little> Fuck. This. Place. *Little huffs and heads for the exit
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Remind me not to piss you off, boss.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> H-Hi
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki follows Little out the door into fresh air
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "It actually disintegrated. Impressive." *walks out the door*
<Kaelan> Cookie> "She's pretty AND strong."
<Sara> * Erica follows as well, closing her eyes for a long moment as she tries to calm herself
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor follows them, breathing a sigh of relief
<DeathStar> 6* Cats and Foxes scatter before Little. As they walk along, they see various Imperial buildings about, though there are spaces that there should be a building, now missing, and places where there are building that do not fit the look of this place. One looks like a fine Japanese like home - Asian to those from Kumen
<DeathStar> 6* As they reach the ship, Yuki steps onto the elevator
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor steps on as well
<Sara> <Erica> Bloody 'ell... *she says as she looks around at things before getting onto the elevator*
<kalonZombie> <Gor> ...Maybe us breaking the barrier had something to do with this.
<Kaelan> * Cookie hops on. "...Are some buildings completely vanishing?"
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *gives the ASian home a second glance before boarding the ship*
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Maybe that stabilized whatever was going on here.
<Sara> <Erica> Stabilized my arse, it looks like it's getting worse.
<AquaKoala> *Little climbs on, "Seems the dominant reality is taking it's place."
<Sara> <Erica> Does any of this look like it's from you guys' world?
<Kaelan> Cookie> "WEll... if things are just disappearing and appearing now, that would be more stable than merging together."
<AquaKoala> Little> Or something, that's not my field.
<kalonZombie> <Gor> We did sort of break it, Erica.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Some of it. I cataloged when we arrived what did
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "One of the buildings... reminds me of my house."
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Maybe doing that restarted everything.
<Sara> <Erica>Is there more now or less? *she looks at Yuki*
<DeathStar> <<Yuki> So far everything is the same
<Sara> * Erica nods slowly
<Sara> <Erica> One thing is for sure, we can probably say there's something to that "colliding dimensions" theory now... *she doesn't look happy about that*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The soft spots if we want to go with your theory likely are where buildings vanished
<Kaelan> Cookie> "The plot thickens."
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Let's examine the data we recovered."
<Sara> <Erica> I just wonder what got here first, ours or yours... I guess we wouldn't even know if we were the 'invaders', would we.
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki walks through the hanger of cats
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Right now everything is theory
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I will work on the robot more and get Cass opened up
<Sara> <Erica> Aye, aye... *she shakes her head, her speech more rough than usual probably because of the situation they went through*
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki pats Erica
<Sara> * Erica tries to smile at Yuki
<AquaKoala> Little> Maybe everyone turned into cats
<DeathStar> 6* The cats turn to look at Little in the hanger
<Kaelan> Cookie> "...Kitty people!?"
<DeathStar> 6* Then hmph
<Sara> <Erica> That sounds like a best-case scenario. *it's unclear if she's joking as she doesn't have her normal dry sarcasm tone*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Why is everyone always trying to get inside me?"
<Sara> <Erica> What.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Very funny
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki walks to her room
<Sara> <Erica> Yuki, love, how could you! *she teases as Yuki starts to go*
<Kaelan> Cookie> "The ginormous boobies?"
<DeathStar> 6* So far the computer doesn't greet them back
<DeathStar> 6* Just their cat overlords
<Sara> <Erica> Things are unnervingly quiet, aren't they...
<AquaKoala> Little>.... Oh god damnit, are we in the wrong dimension
<kalonZombie> <Gor> ...Cam?
<Sara> * Erica moves to head toward the bridge
<DeathStar> <Computer Cam> Yes?
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Hi Cam!"
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Whew... okay, we were worried for a second.
<DeathStar> <Computer Cam> Hello, fleshbag
<Sara> * Or rather toward her room to drop off the files first
<AquaKoala> *Little sighs in relief and sets down the filing cabinet drawers
<kalonZombie> <Gor> ...Fleshbag?
<DeathStar> 6* Crew members come to go through the files gently
<DeathStar> <Computer Cam> It is a joke
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Okay okay.
<Sara> * Erica brought the most confidential drawer such as the presidential one to her room and tries to carefully go through it and/or preserve it
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki sits in her room where Erica drops the files off, working on Mr. Roboto
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor moves to get the hard drives set up to comb through their data
<AquaKoala> *Little deadpans and heads down with the computers to work on them
<Kaelan> Cookie> *joins Yuki, bringing a cat*
<DeathStar> 6* Erica would find all the files encocded
<Sara> <Erica> Great. It's in code.
<AquaKoala> *Little also brings the nameplates to have a grunt polish them
<kalonZombie> <Gor> Hand it here.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I wonder if we brought the cypher with us
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> *shrugs, puts the stuff she is carrying with the rest, and then heads after Yuki*
<Sara> * Erica would hand it over but she's in her room. She does however comm Gor and tell him about the situation
<Kaelan> Cookie> "We should get deep inside Cassandra then."
<AquaKoala> *Little sits down all the computers, grabbing a spare terminal and disconnects it from the ships intranet
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Really go in deep and plumb tbe depths..."
<AquaKoala> *Little then starts to get to work connecting the computers to the terminal to pull data off then
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Seriously?""
<Kaelan> Cookie> "Huh?" *she looks innocent*
<Sara> <Erica> *comm to her officers* I want regular reports on how things are going. Gor, when you get a chance I do need you to come up here and break this code, we might find something important -- when you get a chance of course.
<kalonZombie> <Gor> I'll be there when I can get the computer set up for the hard drives. After that the techs can probably handle combing for important data.
<Sara> * Erica sits on her bed and lets out a huge sigh
<DeathStar> 6* The information that appears is corrupted, but what does appear is mundane stuff it looks like, reports on atmospheres and life, which is all failing drastically
<DeathStar> 6* It looks like the citizens of Earth are leaving enmass and have for the last 100 years
<AquaKoala> *Little works on trying to salvage what data she can, leaving it to run as she moves off to get coffee
<Catfox> * Erica receives a comm call direct from Saoirse.
<Sara> * Erica blinks and listens
<DeathStar> (<Saorise> You have 7 days to live)
<Catfox> <Saoirse> <Oii. Y'mind bringin' down some clothes to medical?>
<Catfox> (lol. not funny... ;_;)
<AquaKoala> Little> Data that was uncorrupt was all atmospheric stuff and population numbers, people leaving and such *Over comms to Erica
<Kaelan> * COokie pulls Cassandra in.
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<Sara> <Erica> Atmospheric stuff, huh... is this from the white or black side? *she responds as she ponders that, putting a kittyproof lid on the documents and taking them with her to keep them safe, along with some of Saoirse's clothes, heading to medical*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Only the white side had terminals
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Your side was mostly paperwork for some reason
<Sara> <Erica> So the white side also had a max exodus, huh...
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki flips through the coded papers, finally finding a cypher hidden
<Sara> <Erica> ......
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Now if only we could figure out how to use it
<DeathStar> 6* She hands it to Erica, then goes back to the robot, eyeing Cookie harrassing Cass
<Sara> * Erica nods and thanks her as she leaves for medical, pondering the new information
<Catfox> * Saoirse sits in medical with the body of the woman that was half-submerged in an oxygen-proof container next to her, in the nude since she snuck off Erica again.
<Kaelan> * Cookie wiggles her fingers. "We must unlock your secrets!"
<Sara> * Erica comes over to Saoirse, eyes glancing over her with a slight blush
<Sara> <Erica> Looking good, *she remarks as she hands over the clothes*
<Catfox> <Saoirse> Oh shaddap. Damn inconvenient transitioning.
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "...excuse me?"
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<Kaelan> Cookie> "The info in you we haven't opened up yet about our mission."
<Catfox> <Saoirse> ... So I have a few morbid thoughts regarding this
<Catfox> * She pats the container
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "OK, fine..."
<Sara> <Erica> ...Aye?
<Catfox> <Saoirse> Perfectly preserved, save for the arm that was exposed and rotted.
<kalonZombie> 6*When Gor succeeds let his player know
<DeathStar> 6* Gor likely does
<Kaelan> * Cookie brings Cass over to Yuki. "....So how do we do this again?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Until I get the robot done
<DeathStar> <Yuki> There's no reason TO bother her
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I can't eliminate the virus in her until I figure out how to
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor has the NPCs search for information and goes to help Erica decode things
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I'm close
<Kaelan> Cookie> "She's fun to have around though." *Cookie sits Cass down and hops in her lap*
<Jackieness> <Cassandra> "Uh?"
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<Sara> * Erica nods and gestures for Saoirse to head up to their room with her, starting to leave medical. "We'll worry about that a bit later... I've got other troubling thoughts."
<Kaelan> * Cookie leans back into her pillows and relaxes.
<Sara> <Erica> It looks like the white side had a mass exodus too... nothing about "our" side's exodus yet in fact, at least from the files...
<Catfox> * Saoirse blinks and nudges the equipment to perform cryo on what she has in the container. Then follows.
<Catfox> <Saoirse> What do you mean?" She slips into shorts and a coat, not having bothered with much else.
<Sara> <Erica> Well, everyone left Earth and came to Kumen 'n whatnot, right? But it looks like the side that might be Yu's is the one that had an exodus. Everything has been exceedingly normal on the "imperial" side so far... unless there's something in these encoded files.
<Sara> <Erica> It's rather confusing so far. And a bit concerning.
<Sara> <Erica> I'm not even sure exactly what "reality" we're really from at this point!
<SuperKoala> *Little sips her coffee and eats a granola bar
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki rubs her head, having a slight headache while trying to force herself to remember, running virus scenarios
<Sara> <Erica> At best, both realities had an exodus, but then what does that mean for that matter?
<Sara> * Erica re-enters her room, with Saoirse
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<Catfox> <Saoirse> What does it matter, Eri?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> There is no more realities but ours. Mother and company saw to that...yet here we are. What looks to be two realities. And maybe a merging
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yet that can't be,. Yet we came to investigate something
<DeathStar> 6* She mumbles
<Kaelan> * Cookie closes her eyes and keeps her connection with Yuki. Trying to help.
<Sara> * Erica looks at Yuki with concern
<DeathStar> <Yuki> What are you missing, Yuki
<DeathStar> 6* Yuki leans back
<kalonZombie> 6*Gor works on decoding the things Erica needed him to.
<Catfox> <Saoirse> N'matter where we're from we're still us. Doesn't matter where we're from. We're just here to find information to satisfy the stomach of curiousity.
<Catfox> <Saoirse> Try not to burn yourselves out. If we find something we gotta take care of, we take care of it. Otherwise, this is just one really over-funded vacation. With... some casualties, unfortunately.
<Kaelan> Cookie> "I could always try dreamwalking and see if your subconcious will show it..." *she says lucidly as she lends Yuki strength*
<Catfox> * She looks a little guilty describing it like that when some have died.
<Sara> * Erica smiles at Gor and keeps an eye on things, wondering what the documents will contain, a bit worried
<Sara> * Erica smiles at Saoirse also, reassuringly
<Sara> <Erica> Yeah. I just... we need to figure out what happened to "our" homeworld, for sure, but I'm starting to wonder. It's all confusing, even if there are two realities.
<DeathStar> <Narrator> Unfortunately, they were going to find all the answers they could stomach in the next few days. But those answers were going to come with pain, for all the groups involved. And their time was going to be limited. Clocks had ben set and the timers were running down. For the Aquarius team, the moment they crossed the barrier to the Homeworld of the Kumen people, they had set into motion things beyond their control. And in a few scant days, that clock was about to hit 0.
<Sara> <Erica> Or three, or four, or seven. *she adds*
<DeathStar> -END -