DELTA 2.

[OUTPUT: A B Y S S A L 8 O D D I T Y]
[OUTPUT: PLAY GAME / ACHIEVEMENTS / MODULES / MUSIC / CREDITS / QUIT]
>PLAY
[OUTPUT: World file detected. Loading...]
[OUTPUT: Loading...]
[OUTPUT: Loading...]
[OUTPUT: Game loaded successfully. Please enter command.]
>Examine Aeon Core.
[OUTPUT: The thing appears to be a mass of tenebrite plating, centered around several incomprehensible mechanisms in a pattern on the top.]
[OUTPUT: The metallic catwalk you are currently upon hosts a small levitation elevator down to it.]
And record pesterlogs, so I won't go offline.
>Escalate down. Descend, you might say.
[OUTPUT: Heads. The two of you descend, with little trouble.]
[OUTPUT: The platform ceases downward movement right before some odd sort of hatch on the front of the device, bearing a hand symbol inscribed with four navy hashes.]
>Place hand on symbol.
I αssume the Tαils result ωould βe the elevαtor eχploding, cαusing α TPK. Somehoω. 
[OUTPUT: You do so, and the door slides downward. Within lies some sort of staircase downwards, followed on the roof by visible tubes and pipes.]
>Descend, again.
[OUTPUT: Once more, you descend downwards.]
[OUTPUT: The room below is incredibly odd. In the center of the half-sphere you would call the chamber, a patch of messy grass swirls around a single leafless maple tree, with a hand carved into it. All around, however, is incredibly advanced technology. In a circle around the tree, eight... what your gem seems to tell you are SHARD CHASSIS. ]
>What are Shard Chassis?
[OUTPUT: Why, they are chassis to hold SHARDs of a... particular caliber.]
Aaaaah.
Void Shards.
[OUTPUT: Likely so.]
[OUTPUT: There is a door on the far end of the room, covered with a hand containing eight navy hashes.]
Whoa.Well, we can't get through that yet.
>Anything else of interest?
Alright, log of current session?
[OUTPUT: As was aforementioned, there is the tree with the hand carved into it. There is also another doorway on the left of the center, with four more hashes upon its hand.]
Ooh.
So, that would be four, or eight?
[OUTPUT: The former.]
Ok, is there anything distinguishing the hand on the tree?
Hashes?
[OUTPUT: None, despite the fact that it appears to be of the same type commonly found on doors.]
>Place hand on tree-hand-mark.
[OUTPUT: You place your hand on the cool bark. Cyan looks at you oddly, if only for a second.]
[OUTPUT: The tree grows warm.]
[OUTPUT: Within instants, bits of the bark are flaking off into the air.]
>Examine tree.
Again, that is.
[OUTPUT: You continue to examine the tree. A curious spark of fiery pain arcs from your palm down to your core, and the thing entirely disintegrates into the air, leaving some large object on the grass in its stead.]
>Examine object
>Examine object.
[OUTPUT: Autumnal Hand: A two and a half meter tall vesperium and ashwood burial blade. The thing boils blood upon contact with a vein or artery. Every successful strike feeds on the essence of the assaulted.]
Whoa. 2.5 _meters_.
[OUTPUT: The thing was clearly constructed for a much taller race of beings.]
that's about taller than most people!
I'd call that a grand daiklave if this setting were influenced by Exalted.
and probably ıncredıbly ımpractıcal!
Let's use ıt!
Say whatever happened to the fourth gem we found
>Take sword
The wolf person
[OUTPUT: Got poofed, and you accidentally trapped them in a bubble. They're in the ship right now, in stasis.]
[OUTPUT: You take the burial blade.]
[OUTPUT: Scythes are indeed not the most practical, but perhaps this has a use.]
and 8 foot long scythe?
Yeesh
>Open the door on the left
[OUTPUT: You unseal the door to the left. It appears to lead into a hallway, further into the depths.]
>Forward
[OUTPUT: You head into the darkness, all the while hearing the sound of some sort of... bombardment of the facility from many meters above.]
Oh boy
[OUTPUT: The walls of the tunnel are painted with various murals. You recognize a few of the beings in them.]
>Examine
[OUTPUT: The first one appears to depict a large number of monolithic metalloid shapes leering in on what you presume to be Wveru Geten. Further along, you note a number of monstrous mechanical entities dismembering human beings.]
[OUTPUT: Then, nine indistinguishable shapes all coming together into a green order.]
[OUTPUT: Finally, you sight an ashen shape emerging from said order, and sailing to the skies in obvious cowardice.]
[OUTPUT: The last section of the mural is incomplete.]
Hmm
>Forward
[OUTPUT: You continue forward.]
[OUTPUT: You meet what appears to be another four-hash door blocking the way, with a curious symbol carved into the stone beneath it.]
CURRENT absoluteCoolness [CAC] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.
>Examine symbol
[OUTPUT: ЦИРЕ-ГАРАТХ.]
Well, blah
>Open it anyways
[OUTPUT: You place your hand on the symbol. Nothing occurs, though you note the unusually frigid temperature of the stone door.]
[OUTPUT: That symbol being the hand, in that case, of course.]
Persistent awakening?
[OUTPUT: The body is an illusion wrought by crystalline minds. Break free from it, and transcend your limits.]
[OUTPUT: The door wrenches itself open.]
>Enter.
[OUTPUT: Stepping into the revealed chamber, exactly three things come to light. One, a large stone monolith behind a basin marked by a hand symbol, akin to the others you have seen. Two, a pentagonal prism of some sort, akin to the one the Venator kicked over to you. Three, another door, this time with a triad of pentagonal carvings in it, in place of a hand.]
[OUTPUT: The basin of the monolith appears to have some sort of inscription on it, in standard letters, surprisingly enough.]
>Read.
[OUTPUT: XISU DRAXIS-EVT.]
Dammit, I need me a Drenovian dictionary.
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
Time to just start compiling one.
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
Dr. Axis, a new supervillain.
>Take prism
>Check pockets for note.
[OUTPUT: II-III.]
[OUTPUT: The moment you pick the prism up, the door slides back, revealing the open air.]
[OUTPUT: You find a note, in fact.]
[OUTPUT: Shall you read it?]
Yes.
[OUTPUT: Handwritten Post-It Note: A pink post-it with a handwritten Drenovian scrawl upon it, in maroon ink. It reads "MULVRI." Your gem translates this as 'You're welcome.' A mysterious rune is emblazoned upon the note beneath the word, as well, one you know quite well, now.]
[OUTPUT: Primarily due to the fact that said rune was just etched into your memory a few short minutes ago.]
Knowledge for the dictionary.
Yay.
[OUTPUT: Now what?]
Now I need to trawl the pesterlogs for where you provided a translation of 'Eye God'.
ha
Then I'll know the Drenovian for 'god'.
>Put hand on basin
What is drenovian
[OUTPUT: You place your hand on the symbol upon the basin.]
[OUTPUT: III-IIIII.]
[OUTPUT: Drenovian is the language of the realm of the Nine.]
[OUTPUT: Aptly named after the former capital of said realm, in Facet 49.]
[OUTPUT: It is said the entirety of the DRAXIS-EVT once spoke this language.]
[OUTPUT: On the note of the DRAXIS-EVT, you spy an amalgamate symbol of four diamonds on the wall across from you. Hah. Green, gray, pink, and one obscured.]
>make note of obfuscatıon's nature
[OUTPUT: Mostly just a crack on the wall, paired with a gradual decay of the paint.]
ah
[OUTPUT: You can see the diamond, just not the color.]
[OUTPUT: It appears this crack was made intentionally.]
Hah.
... Did the basin do anything
IXIS.
[OUTPUT: It did not, this time. Perhaps it can sense your previous intent. You, personally, blue one.]
Found it.
[OUTPUT: IXIS does not mean god.]
[OUTPUT: If that is what you were seeking, of course.]
Something close?
[OUTPUT: Not in the slightest.]
You translated 'Eye God' as IXIS CTHK.
What was that?
At least, that was what I saw.
My intent?
Eh.
[OUTPUT: Ah, yes, back when you opted not to remove the Blessed Curse from its container, the last time.]
Right...
[OUTPUT: And, the correct translation of Eye God would be CTHKTLH.]
>Go through door
Huh.
[OUTPUT: You head onwards, into the fresh air once more.]
[OUTPUT: The second you step out, a blinding yellow light flashes into existence above you.]
Is it the sun 
[OUTPUT: There is no sun here.]
>Examine? Don't look up maybe
[OUTPUT: You cannot examine the light without looking up.]
>Wait for light to fade
>Put buying cool shades on to do list
[OUTPUT: It does not fade, no matter how long you just stand there.]
>Look up?
[OUTPUT: You look up to see the bottom of a starship a great many times larger than yours.]
Ah, crap.
The Imperium?
[OUTPUT: The symbol of the crystal eye over a shattered doorway indicates as much.]
[OUTPUT: What will you do?]
>Look for other doors/way out?
[OUTPUT: Nothing. Just the way you came, and a jump off the edge of the ruins into the infinite abyss.]
>ponder upon your many precarious situations
>Get back inside.
>Possibly?
>Consider jumping
[OUTPUT: The second the two of you creep around, the ship begins to accelerate further forward, the hissing of some sort of plasma weapon or engine growing prominent.]
[OUTPUT: Jumping would trap you in an infinite cycle of death and reformation.]
(I wonder if Gems in AO can summon weapons. Probably not.)
[OUTPUT: Only one way to find out.]
That would be fucking awesome
Well
Wouldn't Lapis have water wings
Yep, unassisted flight.
Which would be great utility.
Cyan would have
[OUTPUT: Anyhow, the starship turns to the side, and lands on the surface of this precarious edge.]
Plus SU! Lapis can fly through the void of space.
Whatever Peridot's gem weapon is...
Nah, Cyan's an apatite.
[OUTPUT: Steam floods from the diagonal access hatch, several shapes stepping forward.]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
>resist urge to make a cliche greeting
Hmm.
>Examine shapes?
[OUTPUT: You watch as they arrive.]
[OUTPUT: Two highly advanced robotic drones of some sort, with full gems embedded in their cores, holding what appear to be some sort of destabilizer chain holding a clearly mad human being in place.]
Oh shit, Delta.
[OUTPUT: Said human is screaming in rage, attempting to lunge forward at you specifically.]
What have we done to you...
[OUTPUT: Another being steps onto the edge of the ruins.]
CCU ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: They appear to be primarily amethyst in skin tone, some cut gem embedded directly upon their forehead. More gem than you'll ever be, certainly.]
So
Forehead gem
A smartish character
[OUTPUT: The four appear to be waiting for you to do something.]
Some unholy Pearl/Amethyst?
No
Um
Uh
>Greet them?
>"Hello?"
>look at body language
>are the hostile?
[OUTPUT: They appear to be entirely neutral, for the moment. The gem raises an eyebrow. "Ah, so they do possess signs of intelligence. Simply fascinating. Do you have any idea what you are doing here?"]
>"Uh, looking for void shards?"
[OUTPUT: The gem looks at you quizically. "No, not that. I don't care about that. More the fact that you appear to have unleashed a great darkness upon us all once more, from within that city. And also the account from our, uh. Informant." The gem gestures to the chained human.]
"your mother-*shot*
oh
[OUTPUT: "You're harboring several people illegally. Why? Please hand them over. We're all reasonable people here."]
[OUTPUT: "Well, save for the aforementioned informant."]
Why is harboring then illegal? I mean, have they done anything against Grayhold law
Them*
[OUTPUT: You didn't submit them the second you met them, as you should have for any unidentified sentient being in Grayholdian voidspace.]
[OUTPUT: Similarly, you gave Delta a full account explaining exactly what one of them was, which was deleted soon thereafter. Such beings must be submitted for testing, according to the direct word of Her Imminence.]
Hmm
[OUTPUT: Even transient luminality is not permitted in Grayholdian voidspace, after all.]
What
[OUTPUT: Unless, of course, you are the Imperium.]
[OUTPUT: But, I digress.]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
What's luminality
[OUTPUT: Luminal is an word referring to light.]
It presumably refers to existence as a Gem.
>Consider chances in a fight
[OUTPUT: The purple hand is correct.]
[OUTPUT: You MIGHT be able to take them all, as one seems incapacitated, and two others are preoccupied holding them in place.]
[OUTPUT: The gem, however, appears to present the largest challenge.]
>Wonder if anyone is aboard the ship
[OUTPUT: It seems probable, with that large of a starship.]
Well damn
[OUTPUT: What shall you say, or even do?]
>Consider running into the ship?
[OUTPUT: Are you sure that's a good idea?]
It's probably not.
>Ask person who they are
[OUTPUT: Which person?]
The gem.
[OUTPUT: "Charoite, Kristalli Imperium. Facet-5T8F, Cut-9VR."]
I doubt we'll be able to talk out of this...
I see either submitting to demands or strifing as our two possibilities.
Even if we could take the current enemies, what's to stop reinforcements or air support from destroying us?
And seeing as Charoite probably has a Gem Destabilizer (since this reads as a very close reading of The Return to me) we'll probably be captured, put into cells, someone frees us, we rampage in the ship..
What if we die terribly.
That only happens if they shatter our Gems.
Anything else we respawn from.
I have many many concerns with this, but I don't see what other choice there is.
... Should we tell Topaz to flee?
No idea.
It's probably better to fully cooperate.
Yeah.
Fight, we get captured and put in cells anyway.
Since gems respawn.
Only problem is we don't have a half-human gem to let us out.
So should we tell Topaz to flee?
[OUTPUT: You do realize that both yourself and Cyan are both half-human, right.]
Ah.
Well, that would work.
Only problem is if they get genre-savvy,
*.
What other choice do we have?
Since I'm reading this as a rehash of The Return/Jail Break.
Yeah.
>Tell Cyan the plan so she doesn't freak out
>Topaz too
[OUTPUT: You whisper it to her. She nods inperceptibly, still focused on the sight of the arrivals.]
[OUTPUT: You cannot exactly contact Topaz at this time without drawing attention to yourself.]
Fine.
>Agree to the gem's request
[OUTPUT: Are you sure you wish to proceed with this plan of action?]
Can't really fight, can we?
They'll probably overpower us.
[OUTPUT: Very well.]
oh yeah dıd we read that note
ın our pocket
ever
Yes.
oh oaky
"Handwritten Post-It Note: A pink post-it with a handwritten Drenovian scrawl upon it, in maroon ink. It reads "MULVRI." Your gem translates this as 'You're welcome.' A mysterious rune is emblazoned upon the note beneath the word, as well, one you know quite well, now."
mh
[OUTPUT: Charoite nods, a small grin arising on her face. "Alright. Just come over here, and--" She is cut off by the sound of what appears to be destabilizer bonds breaking, and a hideous shriek.]
Oh dear
[OUTPUT: "YOU."]
Delta's loose, methin -- yep.
>Ready for possible combat?
[OUTPUT: Delta lets in a ragged intake of breath, standing entirely still as the two drones' arms split in two, revealing small cylinders of some golden gem surrounded by small metallic pillars, sparking with electricity.]
what's the pen do, agaın
He might be violen -- ah.
Lets us write reality.
ah
[OUTPUT: If you know how, of course.]
For the sufficiently skilled.
and we have paper...
[OUTPUT: Anyhow, Delta suddenly doubles over, coughing.]
"charoıte and crew promptly fuck off because they're a crossover between steven unıverse and some forum game that ısn't even real."
[OUTPUT: He appears to hack up some bizarre mixture of burning orchid and lime. The stuff appears to be mildly acidic. This is beyond strange.]
Wow.
[OUTPUT: Then, of course, he lunges at you.]
>Fight?
[OUTPUT: Do you wish to engage in combat?]
>Y
>Fight.
[OUTPUT: ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE]
>Thrust!
>Observe
>parry, parry, thrust
>Observe
[OUTPUT: Charoite: 25/25 HP. NOTES: Facet-5T8F Cut-9VR. A medium-ranking Kristalli fleet admiral. Appears to be in command of the most recent Inspection operation in Facet Nine. A gray diamond is emblazoned on the front of her clothing.]
[OUTPUT: Delta: 10/10 HP. NOTES: The newly-appointed technical assistant of military outpost H9-4613 in Facet One. One of Delta's eyes appears to be orchid, the other lime. Vilebitten.]
[OUTPUT: Crystallomechanicum: 10/10 HP x2. NOTES: Standard Kristalli soldiers. Gems that have become too weak or corrupted to carry on in the Imperium are affixed to mechs, and given direct commands. Crystallomechanici wield gem destabilizers and energy bolt weapons.]
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 15/15 HP.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan Amaranthine: 10/10 HP.]
So the Kristalli are ruled by green, gray, and pink.
[OUTPUT: Perchance.]
Are they going to help?
[OUTPUT: They all appear to be entirely unresponsive of the situation. At least, they seem more focused on defending themselves than you.]
Shall we restrain Delta with water?
Sure
I suppose Coalesce is fusion?
[OUTPUT: Only one way to find out.]
[OUTPUT: What will Cyan do?]
We should avoid showing our hand maybe?
[OUTPUT: Please select a full course of action.]
>Cyan: Make a plasma shield in front of us
Delta will presumably focus on us
Let's just restrain Delta with water with Azure, and have Cyan-- eh, that works too.
[OUTPUT: Very well.]
The water should be regular water.
Why?
Don't want to poison the guy or immobilize him.
... Why ever not?
Heyo.
[OUTPUT: Heads. You manage to grab Delta's wrists with dual tendrils of water, affixing him to the ground.]
Oh, just have to do some stuff soon.
He's freaking Delta. Plus we don't want to actually hostilitize the others.
That wasn't directed at you.
[OUTPUT: Cyan pulls up an electrogemological shield, instead of using an artifact that kind of requires two functional hands to use.]
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
That works.
So is the bioschema useless
[OUTPUT: Yes.]
Who cares about Delta
[OUTPUT: Delta struggles once, then twice.]
Delta caught.
[OUTPUT: Then, he exhales a monolithic inferno of twisting orchid flame, pulsating with lime sparks. The thing instantly evaporates his restraints, and dissolves the shield. Through the flame, Delta blasts you with a bolt of pure energy.]
[OUTPUT: YOUR TURN.]
[OUTPUT: ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE]
>Observe
Let's murder this jerk
Let's use the Fluchwater.
[OUTPUT: Delta: 10/10 HP. NOTES: The newly-appointed technical assistant of military outpost H9-4613 in Facet One. One of Delta's eyes appears to be orchid, the other lime. Vilebitten.]
[OUTPUT: You know you are literally responsible for his current condition, right.]
[OUTPUT: Crystallomechanicum: 10/10 HP x2. NOTES: Standard Kristalli soldiers. Gems that have become too weak or corrupted to carry on in the Imperium are affixed to mechs, and given direct commands. Crystallomechanici wield gem destabilizers and energy bolt weapons.]
"Cyan is"
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 6/10 HP.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan Amaranthine: 10/10 HP.]
Holy fucking shit.
[OUTPUT: Charoite emits a holographic amethyst screen from her gem, and begins to tap various things, utilizing the newest in gem-sourced tech.]
>Azure: Fluchwater.
Cyan's inventory?
[OUTPUT: CYAN INV: δ-ψ-φ-Bioschema, Medkit, Laser Pointer, Plasma Rifle, Medkit x7, Gluon Destabilizer x4, Limb Destabilizer Cannon.]
Can people use medkits on others?
[OUTPUT: Yes.]
Ok.
>Azure: Fluchwater on Delta, once again aiming to incapacitate. >Cyan: Medkit Azure.
[OUTPUT: Very well.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan successfully uses a medkit on you.]
[OUTPUT: You assail Delta with the fluchwater at your disposal.]
[OUTPUT: Tails. He leaps backwards an alarming ten feet, avoiding the initial shot. Charoite takes a step back. She looks mildly nervous.]
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
Hmm, nervous?
[OUTPUT: Charoite slashes her left index finger through the air, pointing at Delta. The Crystallomechanici spring into motion, taking several steps to surround Delta.]
[OUTPUT: Delta avoids every single stab of the four destabilizer hands. Charoite's eyes grow wide. She taps and slashes at her gem-projected holoscreen slightly more frantically.]
[OUTPUT: YOUR TURN.]
[OUTPUT: ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE]
... Can she not fight or
Whatever
[OUTPUT: You'll see, soon enough.]
Oh my goodness, she can't!
Wait.
She was sent as a way to control the crystallomechanici and provide a "face", I'm guessing.
Have both Azure and Cyan try to stun Delta?
She's not stepping in because she's controlling the mechanici!
>Cyan: Set -phasers- limb destabilizer cannon to stun, fire!
[OUTPUT: And Azure?]
>Azure: Fluchwater again, go! If possible, use your previous bolt as a way to nail Delta unexpectedly.
[OUTPUT: Very well.]
(The dashes on either side of 'phasers' are suppsed to evoke a strikethrough)
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan fires a destabilizer blast at Delta, on stun. While it appeared to have been a direct hit, Delta merely twitches a hand, and the blast ignites into violet flame, blowing one of the Crystallomechanici several feet back.]
[OUTPUT: Delta takes this as an opportunity to grab the other drone, using it as a shield to block your fluchwater attack.]
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
Delta surprisingly stronk
[OUTPUT: The Crystallomechanicum Delta is holding hostage jabs a destabilizer arm into Delta's arm.]
[OUTPUT: You can practically see the electrical shock travel down his veins, straight to his heart!]
Ouch, fuck.
He'll probably shrug it off maybe
Wait, holy fuck, destabilizers are electrical.
Cyan might be able to replicate that shit.
[OUTPUT: He is... entirely unaffected by that, and laughs slightly, stabbing the thing through the robotic chest with a blade of psionically controlled lime fire. He tosses the thing at Charoite.]
Yeah, called it
[OUTPUT: She squeaks slightly, and narrowly dodges the thing.]
what was wıth delta agaın
Alright, enough with the stuns?
[OUTPUT: Then, she scowls, swiping across her holoscreen. Five of the starship's plasma cannons spring to life.]
Oh fuuuuu.
[OUTPUT: Delta gets shot through with what appears to be no less than seventeen plasma bolts, and is still standing, albeit barely.]
[OUTPUT: YOUR TURN.]
[OUTPUT: ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE]
>Observe.
[OUTPUT: Charoite: 25/25 HP. NOTES: Facet-5T8F Cut-9VR. A medium-ranking Kristalli fleet admiral. Appears to be in command of the most recent Inspection operation in Facet Nine. A gray diamond is emblazoned on the front of her clothing.]
[OUTPUT: Delta: 5/10 HP. NOTES: The newly-appointed technical assistant of military outpost H9-4613 in Facet One. One of Delta's eyes appears to be orchid, the other lime. Vilebitten.]
[OUTPUT: Crystallomechanicum: 6/10 HP. NOTES: Standard Kristalli soldiers. Gems that have become too weak or corrupted to carry on in the Imperium are affixed to mechs, and given direct commands. Crystallomechanici wield gem destabilizers and energy bolt weapons.]
... I have a suspicion.
Shoot.
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 15/15 HP.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan Amaranthine: 10/10 HP.]
Is this some sort of test?
[OUTPUT: Is it?]
If it is, the best we can do is to keep fighting.
I mean, if this was a test of our abilities we've probably failed horribly.
I'm gonna go for the night
Good luck on the game and stuff.
[OUTPUT: Perhaps you should try a different approach.]
Talk to him?
Or kill him?
[OUTPUT: You're the deciders here. Not me.]
I was asking... Eh
You decide, Fse.
I have to take a practice test.
>"Hey................ "
[OUTPUT: "HEY, WHAT. YOU DIDN'T SAY 'HEY' WHEN YOU FRIED MY BRAIN INTO A HYPERPSIONIC STATE."]
"I refuse to take the blame for that. I'm sorry ıt happened, though." 
[OUTPUT: ]
"Cyan did it"
[OUTPUT: I'm not accepting either of those responses.]
damn
It's not permanent, right?
[OUTPUT: You don't know.]
"I'm sorry Cyan dıd that. Cyan, please apologıse."
[OUTPUT: Please take the game seriously.]
ugh, fıne
Hmm....
>"It was an accident. Also, you were going to get me killed."
sorry, ı've forgotten the ıntermedıate parts between cyan shockıng hım and now
what hapen
[OUTPUT: You don't currently know.]
[OUTPUT: Charoite pipes up from on the access hatch. "From what I've heard about this, it probably would've been a lot less violent had you just cooperated with him, and let us take you in for examination."]
Of course that's what she'd say...
Is Delta going to respond
[OUTPUT: "Look, I know it seems pretty terrible. But there's nothing we can do about it."]
[OUTPUT: He's currently too engaged in combat with the remaining Crystallomechanicum to care.]
[OUTPUT: Please select course of action.]
>"Fine, maybe that was an overreaction. You're not going to get anything out of getting revenge though."
[OUTPUT: Was this addressing Delta, or Charoite.]
Why doesn't Delta blame Cyan?
I presume it's addressing Delta.
Delta, mostly. Maybe her too for the first part.
[OUTPUT: He didn't exactly see Cyan do the deed.]
[OUTPUT: "I don't know. I think it would b--e entirely satisfying to watch the life fade from your cold, dead eyes."]
[OUTPUT: Charoite grimaces at that.]
... Are the colours different personalities?
[OUTPUT: Possibly.]
Hmm.
Oh boy, he HAS split.
Well, not split.
Formed different personalities, one violent, one peaceful.
Which is kinda a Split.
I wouldn't say either is peaceful.
[OUTPUT: Oh, no. Both of them still want to kill you.]
Hah.
[OUTPUT: There is no 'peaceful' one.]
... Do you think we could let Delta kill us?
[OUTPUT: You certainly could. The real question is whether or not it would help.]
Hmm..
[OUTPUT: He also knows that you are a half-gem, as you told him earlier, if you recall.]
>Ask Charoite if Delta's condition is permanent
[OUTPUT: "How am I supposed to know! I was only given a technical readout of the requirements of the mission, and a statement of his case, not how it works."]
[OUTPUT: In the midst of this talking, Delta impales the second Crystallomechanicum, and stands, inert, between the two of you and Charoite.]
Uuuuuuugh, I guess the island was a trap.
Why hasn't Charoite ordered him to be shot down...
[OUTPUT: You don't exactly know.]
[OUTPUT: I mean, she DID just shoot him seventeen times.]
[OUTPUT: With ship-mounted plasma turrets.]
I think she doesn't want to kill him.
He's not a Gem, after all.
Can't quite be revived.
[OUTPUT: Probably not.]
Hmm, have we been thinking too badly of Grayhold?
[OUTPUT: Have you?]
... Can Malpeiyc be trusted?
Also it's not like he was targeting us.
[OUTPUT: That's a question to be wondered about.]
>"No one here wants to hurt you, you might recover."
[OUTPUT: I can, however, guarantee you that magetear cannot falsify images. It projects only the truth, visions of things that are occurring.]
Hmm...
Was the vision magetear?
[OUTPUT: Magetear eyes, yes.]
But, remember, that was the mindscape.
[OUTPUT: "That's EXACTLY what you were just trying to do earlier, ACTUALLY."]
>"We were only trying to stun you."
Malpeiyc could have falsified the vision, unless it was actual magetear and not some sort of mindscape equivalent.
[OUTPUT: "And that's why you sent DEADLY cursed water at me."]
Might the vision have happened in the past?
[OUTPUT: It was actual magetear in the mindscape.]
[OUTPUT: And, you haven't a clue.]
"Fluchwater? As far as I know, it only serves to immobilize."
What was it the vision said?
[OUTPUT: Charoite speaks up once more. "PHLECTHKE trivesperate, or fluchwater, as it is commonly known, shuts down the nervous system, often instantly killing victims. How many times have you even used it?"]
Also, Grayhold sent us on a mission to our deaths, so...
[OUTPUT: To be fair, you were gambling on starships that were explicitly banned.]
"Only once, on an undead being we found back down there. He had weird eyes."
"Also, whoa, I didn't know that. Sorry, Delta."
[OUTPUT: Charoite raises an eyebrow once more. "'Weird eyes'?"]
Why are they explicitly banned?
"Looked like stars."
[OUTPUT: "Look at this! She doesn't even know what she's doing!"]
[OUTPUT: "Mhm. IAMOND, likely. I don't know how it works. It's pretty hard to get a hold of some."]
[OUTPUT: Also, you have absolutely no idea why they were banned. Probably should have looked into that before they sent you here.]
[OUTPUT: "... Wait."]
[OUTPUT: "Undead being?"]
[OUTPUT: "In there?"]
"...Yeah?"
[OUTPUT: Charoite swipes a long finger down her screen, bringing up a picture of a mural that looks vaguely Wveru Getenian, showing a maroon figure in vague detail, coated in flames and with starry eyes, heading into the green order. "... Did it look like this being, in any manner whatsoever?"]
>Does it look like Malpeiyc?
[OUTPUT: It looks much more like Malpeiyc in the mindscape than the corpse.]
(so only the eyes are the resemblance?)
She said any matter whatsoever.
Ah.
[OUTPUT: Every detail lines up with Malpeiyc of the dream, and yes.]
[OUTPUT: She did.]
>"... Yes?"
So, do we say he did?
[OUTPUT: Do you?]
Ah, yeah.
[OUTPUT: Very well.]
I suppose so.
[OUTPUT: Her screen diffuses entirely. "Oh, god. Not this again. We aren't ready. We didn't recover quickly enough from the last time."]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
>Ask for clarification
^
Was Malpeiyc last session or this?
Last.
This is what happens when I miss a session, you make a deal with the devil >_>
[OUTPUT: Charoite blinks several times, looking back over to you. "Oh, yes. Right. You weren't around. Back when that... that monster was around last time, we had to fight a war to keep him from taking us all out."]
Yep, and we got a sweet pen out of it.
[OUTPUT: "GWE-DRAXIS. Ugh. No."]
[OUTPUT: "I can't do this... not again."]
Is it actually?
We haven't used it.
We don't know this devil figure can't lie.
(that wasn't to Charoite, that was to Fseftr)
[OUTPUT: I'm aware.]
Ah.
Just making sure you didn't accidentally respond to me.
[OUTPUT: Indeed.]
I feel like we've caused a lot of trouble now.
"If it's any help, he seemed kinda... mindless when we were fighting him."
[OUTPUT: She looks to you, nodding absentmindedly.]
[OUTPUT: "Of course, yes." She sighs in relief. "You couldn't have unlocked the seals without some sort of perfect aqueous Triangulum. We should be fine."]
Uh
Now, do we volunteer the information about talking to him or not.
What's the aqueous Triangulum
Let's gather more info first.
Arcane Lake in Irhvi-Vardiveig Complex.
[OUTPUT: Likely so, yes.]
[OUTPUT: Given your circumstances, almost certainly.]
So we didn't unlock the seals, right
"Why was he fighting you in that war you mentioned? And why exactly was he a monster?"
We probably did, actually.
Given we spoke to him.
If he really is the threat she's making him to be, we ought to talk.
[OUTPUT: Charoite runs a hand through her hair. "I... the Nine were preparing to take out what would later be Facet One. We had to neutralize the Drenovians so they wouldn't take us out with GWE-DRAXIS."]
That's why I was asking for more info.
[OUTPUT: "Evidence strongly suggests Malpeiyc of Geten did human experiments to attain his powers."]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
Well that settles it.
I say we spill.
>"What.. What powers does he have?"
After this.
And I also just finished a practice test, so I can focus more.
Augh, and now I see what was meant by splintering the paddles of the seekers.
?
[OUTPUT: "Well, let's see here. First things first, he was obviously part of the Nine, and was therefore part of GWE-DRAXIS. As such, we know that he had some sort of soulstone or gem implanted into his body. Then, of course, we've got video evidence on history for his final hours after we took out the aforementioned GWE-DRAXIS."]
A mind is what you use to seek knowledge, and splintering the paddles on a boat renders it unable to move.
Therefore, FLuchwater would shut down the mind.
[OUTPUT: "I don't take mass-suicide orders for fuel to ascension lightly, personally."]
Hah, how could I have been so blind.
[OUTPUT: Hah. Indeed.]
Is GWE DRAXIS a weapon?
Well, that tears it. We're telling them we woke the guy up. Unless Malpeiyc calls in his favor at this point, which I am increasingly thinking plausible.
>Do it
[OUTPUT: You have no idea what GWE-DRAXIS is.]
>Tell them about talking to Malpeiyc. Leave out the deal, though.
>Actually ask what it is first
^^^^^^
...bluh, no more time to update
sorry, byeeee
CAC ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: "GWE-DRAXIS. Uhm. Drenovian for Green Diamond. Take that how you will."]
[OUTPUT: "Alternatively, Invigorating Diamond, but that's an incorrect translation."]
>Tell her about the talk with Malpeiyc
Leave out the deal, at least for now.
I have the feeling that, if Charoite sticks around, this will become the beginning of a beautiful partnership.
A scholar of Drenovian.
Also, as Fse said.
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
[OUTPUT: Of course you would love her.]
Languages are increasingly my passion.
[OUTPUT: "... What. How did you enter his plane of existence?"]
>"His eyes?"
...>contemplate showıng irhvi-vardiveig complex
[OUTPUT: "That should be impossible! At the end of the war, we deactivated all of the Vardiveig Stones in the surrounding six facets. We checked nine times."]
"I, uh, think that might not have stuck. Somehow."
[OUTPUT: "Hmm. Do you have an aqueous Triangulum, then?"]
...>contemplate showıng irhvi-vardiveig complex
>Sure, do that
^
>Don't contemplate, just do it
[OUTPUT: "Oh my god. Oh god. Oh, god. We are all going to die, aren't we. You actually did it."]
>"What... What did I do?"
"Uh. In my defense, I had no idea what I was doing?"
Don't say that.
[OUTPUT: "You've unleashed one of the most horrific IOUCOS-infused entities I've ever had to fight in a war against, come once more to attain true omnipotence over existence."]
"At least he's not IOUSIN-ınfused."
[OUTPUT: "PLEASE tell me you didn't offer him anything, or something to that effect."]
[OUTPUT: ]
"....uh.
"
Oh boy
"A favor."
"Or IOUCOT-infused"
Yeah, say that.
[OUTPUT: "..."]
^
[OUTPUT: Delta takes that as the perfect opportunity to strike Charoite directly in the chest with a blast of pure energy.]
welp
Oh right, he's still here.
[OUTPUT: She slams straight into the bottom of the ship, and slides down, onto the edge itself.]
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
Also, this has only increased my desire to know what the actual concept of IOUCOS is.
[OUTPUT: With a horrific roar, born of severe impatience and long conversations, Delta spins in a circle, emitting ungodly amounts of twisting eldritch flame. You can see a spark of maroon in the depths of the fires.]
FUUUUUU
[OUTPUT: He slices both Cyan and yourself in one massive blade of flame.]
[OUTPUT: YOUR TURN.]
Is Delta getting possessed by Malpeiyc?
ıt's the adjacent of ıou over the hypothenuse of ıou
>Observe.
obvıously
hah
[OUTPUT: ASSAULT / UTILIZE / DEFEND / ABSCOND / COALESCE / OBSERVE]
CCP ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: You have to wait for the thing to pop up first, hah.]
>Observe
Hah.
I knew it was coming.
[OUTPUT: Charoite: 14/25 HP. NOTES: Facet-5T8F Cut-9VR. A medium-ranking Kristalli fleet admiral. Appears to be in command of the most recent Inspection operation in Facet Nine. A gray diamond is emblazoned on the front of her clothing.]
[OUTPUT: Delta: 5/10 HP? NOTES: The newly-appointed technical assistant of military outpost H9-4613 in Facet One. One of Delta's eyes appears to be orchid, the other lime. Vilebitten.]
[OUTPUT: Azure Lapis: 10/15 HP.]
[OUTPUT: Cyan Amaranthine: 5/10 HP.]
Is talking a free action?
[OUTPUT: Mostly.]
Is Charoite stunned enough to not be able to talk?
[OUTPUT: Currently, she is face-down on the ground.]
I want to ask if we can dilute Fluchwater enough to not shut down the nervous system instantly.
But, eh, point is moot.
Wave at the ship to fire?
Maybe?
CPC ceased responding to memo.
You know what?
[OUTPUT: It will only respond to direct commands from a technician, sorry.]
This is getting nowhere, currently.
I vote we fuse.
[OUTPUT: All in favor?]
Maybe then we can hold him down with water and zap him to keep him down.
Sure
[OUTPUT: Please use the proper command.]
>Coalesce.
[OUTPUT: AQUAMARINE / HELIOTROPE / BERYL / CHRYSOBERYL]
Ooooh.
This is interesting.
Sec.
We should offer Topaz combat training if we make it out of this.
Random thought.
[OUTPUT: That sounds intelligent.]
Ok, I'm guessing Heliotrope is Azure/Cyan/Topaz, Beryl is Azure/Topaz, and Chrysoberyl is Cyan/Topaz.
But, for now, >Aquamarine.
Since we only have Azure and Cyan.
[OUTPUT: Wrong on the first and last.]
Hrm.
Swap them, then.
[OUTPUT: Anyhow, you pull out the Amalgam interface, and get to work. Delta looks at you like you're a pair of idiots.]
Yeah, Chrysoberyl is all three and Heliotrope is Cyan/Topaz.
[OUTPUT: Aquamarine: 25/25 HP.]
Thank for answer.
Hah.
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
Whatever happened to the thing we were programming a few sessions back?
[OUTPUT: Delta looks over to you, and then turns to the ship.]
CPC ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: Casually, a massive explosion burns a hole into the side of the thing, arcane flames dancing about in the hole.]
[OUTPUT: YOUR TURN.]
[OUTPUT: DUALESION / AVAIL / BIPRAESUM / DIFFUSE / PERCEIVE ]
>Perceive, firstly.
[OUTPUT: Delta: 5/10 HP? NOTES: The newly-appointed technical assistant of military outpost H9-4613 in Facet One. One of Delta's eyes appears to be orchid, the other lime. Vilebitten.]
[OUTPUT: Charoite: 14/25 HP. NOTES: Facet-5T8F Cut-9VR. A medium-ranking Kristalli fleet admiral. Appears to be in command of the most recent Inspection operation in Facet Nine. A gray diamond is emblazoned on the front of her clothing.]
[OUTPUT: Aquamarine: 25/25 HP.]
Ok, options, options.
Primarily our options are 'what water to assault with'.
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
Definitely not Fluchwater.
Tenebrous Substance is also likely out.
Let's look at descriptions to decide.
Bristewater: Even in those seawalls considered indestructible, there is some flaw.
Brinewater: The waves of the ocean are an unbreakable phalanx of potency. Breaking the lines is nigh-impossible.
[OUTPUT: Bristewater: Even in those seawalls considered indestructible, there is some flaw. Breaking through a lakeside gateway into the vast ocean is an irreversible process. ]
Brinewater looks like defense to me, and Bristewater looks like a defense-breaking item.
I gotta say, maybe simplest is best in this case.
ceased responding to memo.
>DUALESION: Put Delta in a bubble of water with only his head free and his arms and legs restrained by the water, then zap him with more electricity, being VERY CAREFUL to avoid his head.
We don't want to double-brain-damage him.
[OUTPUT: Hah. Very well.]
It might snap him back to normal 
[OUTPUT: Heads. You trap Delta in a bubble successfully.]
[OUTPUT: You proceed to fire a good deal of electricity into said bubble, though not nearly enough to kill.]
I mean, impromptu electroshock therapy MIGHT work, but it's quite the risk.
Plus Delta would get insanely mad.
"Only if it doesn't work"
[OUTPUT: Delta responds with a good deal of writhing, and you recall that electricity in these events tends to travel throughout the entirety of a body, before exiting it.]
[OUTPUT: Nice work.]
And if it doesn't, we're then facing an insane powerhouse who now has no reason to hold back. Even assuming he has been holding back.
Ouch.
[OUTPUT: ENEMY TURN.]
Still, he survived seventeen plasma bolts
[OUTPUT: Delta breaks free of your bubble with a psionic blast, dropping to the ground.]
CCW ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: He breaks a destabilizer arm off of one of the fallen Crystallomechanici, eyes flashing slightly maroon, quick enough to make you question whether or not you saw it.]
[OUTPUT: With swift steps, he jams the thing straight into you, wiring the thing onto high-energy level.]
A least defusing leaves component gems still able to act.
[OUTPUT: Golden lines trace themselves along your body. With a poof of dust, Cyan and yourself are lying on the ground, groaning in mild pain.]
CCW ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: Charoite rises from the ground groggily.]
Can we talk to her now?
[OUTPUT: It is still the enemy turn, but yes.]
Ah.
Then I should wait for our turn.
[OUTPUT: Casually, she reaches up to her gem. The thing glows white, and she pulls what appears to be some sort of ornate bronze rod from it.]
[OUTPUT: "Pardon me, you two. This might SLIGHTLY sting you, from this range."]
Oh fucking shit, the Hazel Wand. Hope it won't destroy the universe when desummoned.
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
[OUTPUT: With a quick flick of the rod, a blast of condensed amethyst hard-light careens into Delta.]
[OUTPUT: Tendrils of the stuff crawl over his body, locking him into place.]
[OUTPUT: Then, without warning, Delta lets out a series of strangled cries, before going limp. You can feel the pulse of energy from your places on the ground.]
[OUTPUT: Charoite desummons her wand, and the universe does not explode horribly. Delta drops the ground.]
>See if Delta is alive
"Phew. Okay, glad that's over. What was that?" (To Charoite, after Fse's command)
ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: You have no idea, though he seems to exhibit some of the traits associated with living.]
I feel like your dialogue is too casual IMO.
Mh, suggestions?
>"... What was that?"
[OUTPUT: "Just... just a summoned weapon. No big deal." She lets out a watery chuckle that seems to merely have been stated in an attempt to alleviate tensions.]
[OUTPUT: *exuded, not stated. That's weird.]
oh good
>"Was... Was he being possessed?"
[OUTPUT: "Perhaps. I have absolutely no idea."]
>attempt to get ye flask I mean weapon
"You can... summon weapons? From your gem?"
(also, clever way to get us talking amicably, Erelye, a common enemy.)
[OUTPUT: She looks at you oddly. "Yes? Haven't you tried it? All you need to do is concentrate your refined will on the concept of the weapon."]
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
>Attempt to summon weapon. Ask Cyan to try as well.
you just pull out wıngs
because obvıous
™
...?
[OUTPUT: It does not work in any manner whatsoever. You think this process is more personalized than you initially thought.]
ha
Hah.
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
"So how do you know what your weapon ıs?"
[OUTPUT: "... They told me what it was after I formed for the first time, and got my vocational assignment?"]
(Guys, we should ask her what the other cursed waters do.)
>"Will your ship be, uh, okay?"
[OUTPUT: She looks at it briefly. "Take a guess."]
>"... What now?"
"So... what would a lapıs's weapon be?"
[OUTPUT: Which one will it be?]
Mine
[OUTPUT: I'm going to go with the more detailed of the questions.]
[OUTPUT: "A lapis lazuli... are you a lapis? You've been outdated for at least a century, then. I'd have to look it up."]
"Huh."
Rude 
>Ask about the other cursed waters
[OUTPUT: "Where did you even get these things?" She points to the Tenebrous Substance. "OHTHMCYS bicorotate. Usually fuses some sort of irreparable mark onto a being, vastly increasing their ability to sense pain."]
...
"Found them ın a dumpster."
... Just don't say anything.
"Do you belıeve that"
[OUTPUT: Next, the Brinewater. "VETIYOTHUL irhvide. Highly corrosive." Finally, the Bristewater. "YLAH-ORV tenebride. I don't even know what that does."]
>"So, uh... What now?"
[OUTPUT: "Good question. I don't exactly have much in terms of transportation now, so I'll either send a flare out, which will require you to come with me, or we go together, in your ship."]
[OUTPUT: "Where to? I have no idea."]
CCW ceased responding to memo.
Shouldn't we like tell someone about the return of the devil.
Whatever.
[OUTPUT: That would presumably come after the immediate problem of transport and communication.]
>Call Topaz to land
>Where we are that is
[OUTPUT: She literally just turns on the ship's engines, flies over Wveru Geten, and lands on the other side, where you are.]
[OUTPUT: While you're waiting, Charoite pulls the gems out of the two Crystallomechanici, and bubbles them in amethyst.]
So how many people just died on the ship.
>Ask her about bubbles
[OUTPUT: Nobody died. The ship was primarily robotic, with the four technically living beings on board.]
[OUTPUT: "Oh, those? I'm just keeping them in stasis, so they can't reform. They're corrupted, see."]
>Ask how to take gems out of stasis
Not hers
[OUTPUT: "Just pop the bubble. It isn't transplanar psiophysics."]
... Oh
TBH I completely forgot about the wolf gem until this session.
>board shıp
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
[OUTPUT: You all step onto the ship. Topaz anxiously shakes hands with Charoite, and everything. The two bubbles go next to your blue one.]
Whatever happened to that coding project?
[OUTPUT: The one where you began to construct a programming application, yes?]
This is why we need a to-do list.
Yea
[OUTPUT: It is still unfinished. You were the only person who cared about it.]
ha
... Why did I say to create it again?
uh
[OUTPUT: Can't recall.]
strangelove
ıs the reason I recall
Oh right, giving him empathy.
[OUTPUT: Ah, yes.]
That's dumb now, he's unneeded
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
>Consider damage on your bubbled gem
[OUTPUT: Don't get complacent with your new encyclopedia-friend yet.]
[OUTPUT: You could probably do it, yes.]
[OUTPUT: Without further harming the gem, that is.]
>Consider current damage
[OUTPUT: Just a few cracks. Likely the cause of the corruption in the first place.]
Eh, probably best to leave it for later.
[OUTPUT: Perhaps.]
>Ask Chaorite if she has a destination
[OUTPUT: Who's Chaorite?]
Charoite, Fse.
Charoite
Although that would a cool meat market name.
'Cow right'.
[OUTPUT: "I've not got much of a problem in where we go. I do, however, kind of need to report all of this information back. If you don't mind me using your communications systems."]
>Let her
[OUTPUT: ACHIEVEMENT COMPLETE: Punmaster 2016.]
>See location of next void shard, I guess?
[OUTPUT: Anyhow, you grant Charoite access to the communications.]
[OUTPUT: You have no more locations. The map only had the location of the first four.]
Hrm.
>Listen in on Charoite as much as possible without being suspicious
"So, dıd you ever fınısh lookıng up that weapon?"
[OUTPUT: She doesn't care. All she needs is to be sure that you can't be directly seen.]
"Or start, for that matter?"
[OUTPUT: One thing at a time, please.]
Don't say that, that's rude.
[OUTPUT: With a few clicks, another being pops up. It appears to be some sort of pale-blue-skinned being with a circular gemstone, or perhaps a pearl of some sort, embedded in their chest.]
ıt's a reasonable questıon...
[OUTPUT: "IMME-DRAXIS Command, how may we help you?"]
[OUTPUT: "Uh, yes. Charoite F-5T8F, C-9VR. You need to forward me to my Diamond immediately."]
[OUTPUT: The pearl appears appalled. "What for? That's ridiculous."]
[OUTPUT: "I appear to have located evidence of the release of Malpeiyc of Geten from his seals."]
[OUTPUT: The pearl's mouth just drops. "I'll forward you, right away. Apologies for the wait."]
[OUTPUT: At this point, Charoite nods, and gestures for all of you to hide. You have a few moments to react.]
>Hide.
>... Hide
>Do as she gestured.
[OUTPUT: You do so.]
[OUTPUT: The holoscreen of your communications viewer suddenly grows exponentially, forming what appears to be two diamonds stacked on top of each other. The thing vaguely emits gray light. Charoite immediately kneels down.]
[OUTPUT: A shrouded figure upon an onyx throne within what appears to be some sort of glass dome at the peak of Grayhold Citadel appears on the new screen.]
[OUTPUT: The being peers at the screen. You can practically feel her power, radiating across all those light years.]
[OUTPUT: "Why have you contacted me. This is for dire emergencies only."]
[OUTPUT: You can hear Charoite's sharp intake of breath, even from over in your place of hiding. "My... my d-Diamond, I think I've uncovered something of vital importance to you."]
[OUTPUT: GRAY DIAMOND looks on expectantly, emotionless. "Could you not have just referred to one of my direct inferiors?"]
[OUTPUT: Charoite suddenly realizes this. Blushing madly, she offers a shower of apologies. His Imminence interrupts her. "Yes, yes. What is it. You need not waste more of my time."]
[OUTPUT: "U-uh, my Diamond. I have appeared to have uncovered evidence that the energy wave from the Delta Sector of Facet Nine was the awakening of Malpeiyc of Geten."]
[OUTPUT: "And?"]
[OUTPUT: Charoite looks up from her position kneeling. "And, my Diamond? What do you mean?"]
[OUTPUT: "I mean to question if that is all you have to waste my time with. I am full well aware of this fact." Several triangular shapes floating around the throne flash with various images.]
[OUTPUT: Charoite's eyes widen. "Oh. I see. I apologize greatly, my Diamond. I just thought-" GRAY DIAMOND cuts her off. "Your thoughts are not vital to this conversation. Merely facts. You will remain in facet nine until further notice. Do not permit Malpeiyc to flee. I will not be sending you your replacement starship, and you will be demoted for your shameful display of command in the situation, Charoite, Facet-5T8F, Cut-9VR."]
[OUTPUT: The screen goes blank.]
[OUTPUT: You can see Charoite is shaking slightly.]
Ouch.
Poor Charoite.
[OUTPUT: Indeed.]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
>Talk to and possibly comfort Charoite?
[OUTPUT: You walk over to Charoite. She turns to look over at a wall blankly. "I... I really try, I think. Why do I keep on making mistakes, one after the other after the other?"]
[OUTPUT: Now what?]
>Hug? She might need it.
[OUTPUT: Hug time.]
"You accıdentally hug too hard. She dıes."
[OUTPUT: Charoite stiffens at first, but gradually just sort of eases into the hug. When it is over, you think you can see her wipe her eyes. "I... I guess I just have to stay here. In the Delta Sector. Ugh, I deserve this."]
New teammate, maybe?
Temporary, probably.
[OUTPUT: Perhaps. What shall you say to her?]
Oh, yeah, she has to stay in Delta.
[OUTPUT: Or does she.]
No, wait, she just has to stay in Facet Nine.
Just read back.
Hrm.
>"All Gray Diamond said was that you had to stay in Facet Nine. And, judging by what Malpeiyc said at the end of my talk with him, I don't think he's going anywhere. His body, at least."
"We could always check, I guess?
[OUTPUT: Charoite's eyes brighten ever so slightly at your comment. "I... I think that'd be best. Let's go check. And possibly also drag my informant up here, and chain them up."]
[OUTPUT: Shall you backtrack into the chamber holding the corpse of Malpeiyc?]
"Yeah, we don't want Delta doing anything like THAT again anytime soon. Speaking of which, what did that wand do to him?"
Also, >Yes.
[OUTPUT: "Oh, it was just a hypersoporific, with a hint of burning flesh."]
[OUTPUT: "Nothing life-threatening."]
"Ah, just sent him to sleep. Nice."
[OUTPUT: "T-thanks."]
[OUTPUT: Back to Malpeiyc, now?]
>Y.
[OUTPUT: Reaching the room once more, several things become immediately apparent.]
Note to self/others on memo: We should practise with that Pen at the first chance we get.
Ooh?
[OUTPUT: First off, the oaken chair has rotated to face the exit door, and the magetear eyes bore straight into the two of you.]
[OUTPUT: Next, two bottles of strange substances lie right below the platform, both of which appear to have just materialized since the last time you were within this room.]
[OUTPUT: Finally, you can clearly see that the corpse's one remaining hand is giving you a thumbs-up.]
[OUTPUT: Despite the fact that it is inert.]
...
WELP
Welp.
>Examine strange substances. Also, how is Charoite reacting?
[OUTPUT: "... Was he like this when you left?"]
"...No."
[OUTPUT: "... This is very fucking bad."]
[OUTPUT: You examine the two bottles.]
[OUTPUT: Potion of the Nine: A draught of some odd multicolored fluid, sealed away in a small quartz vial, stopped by a cork. You are the rock descending into the lake, and the being who tossed it.]
[OUTPUT: Elixir Ophidion: A bitter draught of some unknown substance, sealed away in a corked onyx vial. Why be the stone thrown into the lake when you can be the body of water it affects?]
>"Do you have any idea what these do?"
[OUTPUT: "I... have never seen anything like either of these things in my life."]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
"...Well, does it look like he's about to go anywhere to you? You know more about these things than me."
[OUTPUT: "... I don't know. I wasn't informed of any of this prior to this mission. All I knew was that there was some unconfirmed energy emission being fired out of this place, which appears to have been caused by your little dream-fest with the literal devil."]
CMA ceased responding to memo.
[OUTPUT: "I'd say we either lock him in, take him with us, or burn the thing."]
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
"I suspect locking him in wouldn't do much, considering what even a mindless version of him did when we fought it. Taking it with us means he could take it and kill us at any time. I say we just burn his corpse, really."
[OUTPUT: "Alright. Let's do it."]
[OUTPUT: With a pleasantly ferocious hum, Charoite pulls her wand out of her gem.]
[OUTPUT: With a flick, the corpse bursts into flames.]
[OUTPUT: The corpse seems to grin imperceptibly at this.]
...
...
. . .
[OUTPUT: Maroon smoke begins to pour off of the corpse.]
[OUTPUT: Incomprehensible power radiates from the now-formless smoke.]
"Now, uh, I highly suggest we run? And lock the doors behind us, if possible."
I suspect we may have inadvertently played right into the fucker's decayed hand.
[OUTPUT: Charoite desummons her weapon, and pulls you along by the hand without responding.]
[OUTPUT: Cackling echoes throughout the halls as the two of your rush back whence you came.]
welp
Welp.
we probably shouldn't have
:/
we either did the deal with the devil or we are now fucked.
we already the former
We already did the devil deal.
[OUTPUT: The second you burst out above Delta's body, the maroon smoke curls out of the entrances, forming into a massive cloud above Wveru Geten.]
Or if we're lucky that's just the usual 'hahaha can't get rid of me that easily hero'
now we just probably set ıt free
:/
Mph.
We got a sweet pen out of the deal, devil guy got a nonspecific favor, Bill Cipher-style.
[OUTPUT: You can see what appears to be a cut hunk of amber in the core of the cloud moments before it fades.]
Hopefully THAT was the favor.
Amber. Preservation.
nah
Nah.
[OUTPUT: The cloud disperses over the entirety of the skies, from what you can see.]
[OUTPUT: "..."]
...
"..."
[OUTPUT: What now?]
"Uh. I think we just fucked up."
[OUTPUT: "Majorly."]
And with that, I have to get me some sleep.
SAVE?
[OUTPUT: Would you like to save your game?]
>Save.
[OUTPUT: Saving...]
Y
[OUTPUT: Saving...]
[OUTPUT: Game saved successfully. Would you like to quit?]
>y
Y
[OUTPUT: Game quit. ENJOY THE REST OF ETERNITY, YOU BLUE CLOD.]