Sam and Shula ShadowRunning

[10:05] Arkalest        Hydra’s voice fills your ears as she swims forwards, with the two of you riding one of her gigantic, pale dorsal fins. You’re latching to the grooved, bone-like corals growing over the white scales, and you can see the organic jacking ports, the titanium inserts and the supermaterial mesh criss crossing them.
[10:05] Arkalest        She is singing something that is half whalesong and half hum, the glowing scales on her fins being the only source of light in this dark, sunless sea. Behind you, her dorsal tentacles trail off into the darkness lazily, coiling and uncoiling with an almost languid frequency.
[10:06] Arkalest        The lights of Xibalba's base are a far off green blur in the black distance, and Hydra is slowly lowering herself as she proceeds.
[10:08] Arkalest        | Well, kids. This is your stop. |
[10:11] Shula   Shula shivers and looks around in the darkness| Thanks for this |
[10:11] Arkalest        A gigantic forearm covered in eye-searing grey runes waves lazily in the water. | Go on, do what you must.|
[10:11] Sam     gently pushes off from Hydra |Thank you, we will contact you when we get out of range of the pillars.|
[10:12] Arkalest        -------
[10:13] Arkalest        The pillars upon which the ocenaogrpahic platform rests are a dark grey, illuminated by dozens of searchlights affixed to the scaffolding supporting them. They are filled with activity: Robots and divers slowly floating around them, checking on the cabling, testing mooring points- All of their attention seem to be turned inwards, with very little personnel or robots even attempting to stray...
[10:13] Arkalest        ...away a few meters from the orange scaffolding.
[10:13] Arkalest        As you advance, you notice that the seafloor slopes up to meet the pillars’ base, in an incredibly regular war- There are no rocks, no crevices or any sort of natural features: Only a strata of grey powder, dotted with the occasional powered-down piece of machinery and ducts.
[10:18] Arkalest        Each of the smaller pillars seem to be connected to the main pillar at the base by maintenance conduitsthat run parallel to the ground, big enough for a man to comfortably float through.
[10:18] Arkalest        They are accessible through hexagon shaped entrances near the pillar's bases- The closest two to you are respectively guarded by two divers fixing a light, and by three drones lifting a small container.
[10:19] Arkalest        You could either try those two, or attempt to get to the main pillar..
[10:20] Sam     {Sam    !dr 52 Notice (Alternate Entrance?) Dicebottiel Sam: 2 Success by 5 degrees!}
[10:20] Sam     looks around, trying to find a less risky entrance option.
[10:21] Arkalest        Sam: There are small drone bays dotting the base of the pillar- Opening every now and then to let a drone pass, the doors closing slow enough for you to get in. A few of the scaffolds seem to have small maintenance airlocks at the base, with no peronnel monitoring them- But they seem to need a code for entry.
[10:22] Sam     |Shula, could go in via one of the drone entrances, or see if we can get N to hack a door, assuming there's a port for it.|
[10:23] Arkalest        Sam: [OKAY THOSE DRONES LOOK REALLY BAREBONES FOR A SUPPOSED BLACKSITE. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS PLACE]
[10:25] Sam     [Thoughts N? Drone bay or one of those maintenance airlocks?, and yeah this shit is weird. Budget problems? Maybe they didn't expect someone to do this? I mean it is kinda crazy.]
[10:29] Arkalest        Sam: [THEY ALMOST CERTAINLY KEEP A LOG OF THE TIMES THE MAINTENANCE AIRLOCKS OPEN AND CLOSE, AND THE DRONE BAYS CERTAINLY HAVE WEIGHT SENSORS. YOUR BEST BET IS..ACTUALLY GETTING BEHIND A DRONE CARRYING CARGO.]
[10:32] Sam     [Right, Shula thoughts?]
[10:36] Shula   |Hmhm It.. The idea to swim in there shadow works best I think
[10:37] Sam     nods. [Right then. Let's go.]
[10:37] Arkalest        {Roll sneak.]
[10:38] Sam     {Sam    !dr 75 Sneak Sam: 94 Failure by 1 degree! Sam   Mastery (37 3 DoS) }
[10:39] Shula   (how do I message dice again for a roll?)
[10:39] Sam     (Just click on Dicebottle and open up a PM window)
[10:41] Arkalest        (Dicebottle- When the going get tough, the players break up the vodka.)
[10:41] Shula   (19:41  Shula   !dr 77 sneak 19:41      Dicebottiel     Shula: 28 Success by 4 degrees! )
[10:42] Shula   (And how used seem the maintenance doors?9
[10:42] Arkalest        Shula: They do not have dust on them, but the divers are amply ignoring them.
[10:43] Shula   |I have a feeling towards the maintenance, doors, but I can't say why.
[10:45] Sam     |If they are being ignored, there is a reason for it. . . Perhaps I am paranoid but that speaks of a ill-omen. Are you sure?| [N, Shula thinks we may want to try the maintenance door.]
[10:46] Arkalest        [THERE'S THE CHANCE THAT THEY HAVE ONLY A PROGRAM LOGGING IN THE VARIOUS USAGES WHICH THEN ARE CHECKED AFTERWARDS FOR DISCREPANCIES, BUT...THAT'S A GAMBLE.]
[10:47] Sam     [So is sneaking in with the drone. This whole thing is a gamble, but where are the best odds?]
[10:48] Arkalest        [THEY PROBABLY HAVE CAMERAS ON THE DRONE BAYS AND IN THE TUNNELS, BUT THEY PROBABLY AREN'T CHECKED EXTENSIBELY.]
[10:48] Arkalest        [I'd say even odds.]
[10:49] Sam     (Ack, Ark one more thing. Fiber Optic camera as well. Knew I was forgetting something)
[10:49] Sam     |Well Shula, that's N's thoughts on the matter. What are you thinking?|
[10:51] Shula   |What do you think , wait, they remove the water with the drones, what will that do to our stealth field if we are in there?
[10:52] Sam     |Stealth field will remain up. These things are water proof so it should dry off quickly. We can sneak past them with the field up when they grab the cargo, or we can try the maintenance door.|
[11:01] Sam     ( Arkalest we're going to go via the drone cargo. Poping stealth once we are inside the airlock. We'll try to sneak past the personal when they open the door to get the cargo.)
[11:01] Arkalest        (Roll sneak)
[11:02] Sam     {[11:02]        Sam     !dr 90 sneak Dicebottiel        Sam: 35 Success by 5 degrees!}
[11:03] Shula   20:03   Shula   !dr 92 sneak 20:03      Dicebottiel     Shula: 8 Success by 8 degrees!
[11:04] Arkalest        You slide into the rectangular cargo bay following a submarine-like drone that is holding a piece of supermaterial in its manipulators.  The water drains as the door close behind you, and the drone bay opens.
[11:05] Arkalest        It's basically a miniature hangar, with several minisubs suspended on rails. A drone on thread slips forwards and starts towing the submarine out of the cargo bay and towards one of the rails.
[11:06] Arkalest        There are seemingly two ways out: A maintenance hatch on the floor, near the center of the room, and a door at the other end of the hangar.
[11:08] Arkalest        [HATCH'S PROLLY MONITORED, AND THE DOOR REQUIRES A COMBINATION. IT COULD BE HACKED...]
[11:09] Sam     (Can Sam fit the fiberoptic camera past the door?)
[11:10] Shula   (where are the drone bringing there stuff? ie do we want to risk using the rails in case it looks like one is not going for a incerator?
[11:10] Arkalest        (No, it's sealed tight.)
[11:10] Arkalest        The drones are dropping their equipment into slots at the base of the rails- Which then close.
[11:11] Sam     (Good way to get crushed I think.)
[11:11] Arkalest        Judging by the whirring you hear afterwards, it's some sort of miniature cargo elevator.
[11:14] Sam     (Can Sam's Soulsight look past the door?)
[11:14] Sam     (To see if there is anyone on the other side?)
[11:18] Arkalest        (Yeah.)
[11:18] Sam     (Sam is going to check it then.)
[11:18] Shula   ( I assume Shulas pact sharpend sense do not detect more?)
[11:18] Sam     approaches the door. [Shula, look for a access terminal for N, I'm gonna make sure the door is clear.]
[11:19] Shula   |Technicans that look at the drone? |She offers as a possiblity before she  starts to look.
[11:19] Arkalest        Shula: (Roll notice)
[11:19] Arkalest        Sam: There are four technicians past the door- Judging by their positions, they're all busy looking at screens.
[11:20] Sam     [We got people on the other side of the door. They'll prolly hear it open. Not sure this is a good plan.]
[11:22] Shula   20:21   Dicebottiel     Shula: 78 Failure by 0 degrees!  20:21  Shula   !dr 76 notice 20:21     Dicebottiel     Shula: 18 Success by 5 degrees!
[11:23] Arkalest        Shula: You see that every rail seem to be connected to one nearly miniscule control console embedded into the wall- That also seemingly controls the doors and the hatch.
[11:27] Shula   |There, the controlls for everything in here is there..|
[11:30] Arkalest        Sam: [OOOOH I COULD CAUSE A DELAYED MALFUNCTION IN THE DRONES, FORCING THEM TO CHECK UP ON THEM.]
[11:31] Sam     [Good plan. Let's go for it and then sneak past when they come inside.]
[11:32] Shula   nods and then walks towards the console
[11:33] Arkalest        Shula: Sam [SET THE THING TO GO OFF IN TEN SECONDS. UNPLUG ME-]
[11:33] Sam     [Get ready.]
[11:35] Arkalest        Sam: There's a burst of static on N's channel. [Aaaaaand BOOM.]
[11:35] Arkalest        One of the minisubs twitches and falls off the rail, hitting the ground.
[11:35] Arkalest        The door opens almost immediately, with two HAZMAT-suited technicians stepping through- Letting you inside the spherical room they were occupying.
[11:36] Arkalest        It's filled with various screens and desks, with control interfaces for the drones- Two of them are turned towards one of the screen, talking loudly to each other.
[11:36] Arkalest        (Roll sneak.)
[11:38] Arkalest        (Suits at four minutes left.)
[11:38] Shula   20:38   Shula   !dr 92 sneak 20:38      Dicebottiel     Shula: 60 Success by 3 degrees!
[11:38] Sam     {[11:38]        Sam     !dr 90 Sneak [11:38]    Dicebottiel     Sam: 10 Success by 8 degrees!}
[11:39] Arkalest        You slink into the room, unseen- Right as the door closes behind you. There are four doors in the room.
[11:40] Arkalest        One's labaled "Warehouse", another "Maintenance Tunnel", the third "Strut" and the fourth "Main Strut."
[11:41] Sam     (How loud was the door opening?)
[11:42] Arkalest        (A swishing sound.)
[11:42] Arkalest        [Mmmmh...Let's distract them? But how..]
[11:46] Arkalest        [MMMMH. YOU COULD SNEAK PAST THEM.]
[11:46] Sam     [And hope they don't notice the door?]
[11:50] Arkalest        [Indeed.]
[11:50] Sam     [Shula? They are pretty loud. Tunnels or main strut?]
[11:50] Arkalest        Shula: Sam (So?)
[11:51] Shula   |Tunnel might allows us to recharge the suits easier?|
[11:51] Sam     [Probably.]
[11:51] Shula   |And both have problems with doors , or ventcovers|
[11:51] Sam     (Yeah, to the maintenance tunnels I think.)
[11:52] Sam     (We also brought the portable batteries with us, so we can charge off of that too I think?)
[11:54] Arkalest        (Roll sneak at -25)
[11:56] Sam     {[11:55]        Sam     !dr 65 [11:55]  Dicebottiel     Sam: 21 Success by 4 degrees!}
[11:56] Shula   20:56   Shula   !dr 92 sneak 20:56      Dicebottiel     Shula: 91 Success by 0 degrees!  Failure, so mastery
[11:57] Arkalest        You wait for one of the technicians to yell loudly at his companion before slinking into the tunnels..
[11:59] Arkalest        (Roll notice.)
[12:00] Arkalest        The tunnel themselves are empty, with open bulkheads every ten meters.
[12:00] Sam     {[12:00]        Sam     !dr 52 Notice [12:00]   Dicebottiel     Sam: 32 Success by 2 degrees!}
[12:00] Sam     (Any power points to top off our suits?)
[12:00] Arkalest        White lights are attached to the ceiling- And there are holograms pointing to the end of the corridor.
[12:01] Shula   21:01   Shula   !dr 76 notice 21:01     Dicebottiel     Shula: 55 Success by 2 degrees!
[12:01] Arkalest        Sam: (You notice a small box with several electric connectors on one wall.)
[12:01] Arkalest        You also notices that the walls and ceiling mirror perfectly the floor, and that there are what appear to be retractable handles everywhere.
[12:01] Arkalest        [Ooooh this is WEIRD. ]
[12:01] Sam     pings the box on Shula's HUD. [Let's top off.] He jacks into the box to recharge his suit.
[12:02] Arkalest        The holograms tell you that this is Side Strut N°5  and that you are headed to the central strut.
[12:06] Arkalest        (Move on?)
[12:07] Arkalest        [SSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOO WHAT HAPPENS ONCE WE FIND THE BOW?]
[12:07] Sam     [Grab the BioWep samples, any and all data we can grab, plus anything else that seems useful, and then leave.]
[12:07] Sam     [If we are presented with targets of opertunity along the way we'll call it as we see it.]
[12:09] Shula   recharges likewise |We are trying to find it, so, if you where a old bio weapon , where would you be?
[12:09] Arkalest        [NO I MEAN WE REVERSE ENGINEER IT...AND THEN COMMAND REALIZES THEY ARE MISSING A SAMPLE.]
[12:10] Sam     [They don't know that we know that it's here. Hydra will have the samples, and we'll burn all the gear. If all goes to plan we'll come back from our honeymoon and Command won't know who took it.]
[12:11] Sam     [Other option would be a false-flag. Make it look like this is BL's handiwork, not quite sure /how/ though.]
[12:11] Arkalest        [LOGICAL EXCLUSION. THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THEM AND IT'S YOU.]
[12:11] Shula   |To be fair, we are the likely source for that, so we might want to steal something else also?|
[12:11] Arkalest        [Do you have PURPLE PAINT.]
[12:12] Sam     [No. . . What if we made it look like a smash and grab? We take the BioWep, plus anything else we can get. Hopefully throw of the suspicion?]
[12:12] Arkalest        [that's a possibility. LET'S GO FORWARD.]
[12:13] Sam     [Maybe if we get room we can do some sabotage. Cuase enough trouble and they may not be able to tell if it was destroyed or stolen.]
[12:13] Sam     *the chance
[12:14] Sam     nods. [Let's not linger then.]
[12:20] Arkalest        Sam: Nearly a hundred meters later, you come across another set of doors- And nearby, a maintenance panel covering some sort of duct.
[12:20] Arkalest        [OKAY THIS IS THE LAST SET OF DOORS LEADING TO THE LAB PROPERL....I THINK THERE IS...A SET OF ELEVATORS PAST THOSE.]
[12:20] Sam     (Not gap to fit the fiberoptic camera I take it?)
[12:21] Arkalest        (Not in the heavy doors. The maintenance tunnel is fair game.)
[12:22] Sam     feeds the camera into the duck.
[12:23] Arkalest        Sam: There seem to be a duct- And then a sort of platform with a ladder, leading down.
[12:24] Sam     feeds the data into Shula's hud. [Thoughts? We might be able to get down to the labs from there.]
[12:29] Shula   |We could do so I. like the idea.|
[12:31] Sam     searches the access panel for sensors.
[12:32] Sam     {[12:31]        Sam     !dr 52 Prepared Search [12:31]  Dicebottiel     Sam: 62 Failure by 1 degree! 26 2 DoS }
[12:33] Arkalest        Sam: It has a weight and location sensor.
[12:33] Arkalest        [CAN HACK THAT. PLUG ME IN- IT'LL BE RISKY, BUUUT IT'S  DOABLE]
[12:33] Sam     [Roger.] Sam plugs N in.
[12:37] Arkalest                Arkalest        !dr 65 Hack
[12:37] Arkalest                Dicebottiel     Arkalest: 35 Success by 3 degrees!
[12:37] Arkalest        [I AM LE IN. SENSOR'S SPOOFED. GOGOGOGOGOGOOOO]
[12:39] Sam     props it open and motions for Shula to go first.
[12:42] Arkalest        Sam: Shula (Sahll we continue?)
[12:42] Sam     (Yeah, we're going to take the maintiance shaft to the labs.)
[12:43] Arkalest        So you climd down the ladder.
[12:43] Arkalest        And you climb.
[12:43] Arkalest        And you climb.
[12:43] Arkalest        And you climb.
[12:43] Shula   |Long ladder is long.|
[12:43] Sam     admires the view
[12:43] Sam     |Oh I don't mind, I have such a nice vitw|
[12:43] Sam     *View
[12:44] Arkalest        And fifteen minutes later, with the wind howling at your back, and a nearly subzero temperature, you arrive at a dark, circular room.
[12:45] Arkalest        The only exit is a hexagonal tunnel entrance- Leading towards a long, dark hexagonal tunnel with blue lights interspecies every now ansd then.
[12:46] Sam     {[12:45]        Sam     !dr 52 Notice Anything Strange? [12:45] Dicebottiel     Sam: 25 Success by 2 degrees!}
[12:46] Shula   |IS there any sensor here?|
[12:46] Arkalest        Sam: The walls.
[12:46] Arkalest        It's not Geofrontium.
[12:46] Arkalest        It's..Something else. An opaque grey, utterly heatless at the touch.
[12:47] Shula   |Should.. I read them?|
[12:47] Sam     |I don't know. . .|
[12:47] Sam     {[12:47]        Sam     !dr 52 Notice Cameras/Sensors? [12:47]  Dicebottiel     Sam: 19 Success by 3 degrees!}
[12:47] Arkalest        There seem to be no cameras. No sensors.
[12:48] Arkalest        [....THIS SHOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. WE ARE NEARLY A HUNDRED METERS UNDER THE SUPPOSED SEAFLOOR AND YOUR SIGNAL'S LITERALLY STRONGER THAN WHEN YOU WERE ON THE SURFACE.]
[12:48] Sam     [Don't see any sensors or cameras. . . . N any idea what this wall is made of?]
[12:49] Arkalest        [NO HEAT, BUT..PLENTY OF ELECTRONIC SIGNALS. WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T TOUCH THEM.]
[12:50] Arkalest        [AND HURRY, FOR FUCKS' SAKE. IF THIS WHOLE PLACE'S A GIGANTIC SENSOR YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN IT WHEN YOUR STEALTH FIELD RUNS OUT.]
[12:50] Arkalest        (4 minutes and 40 seconds.)
[12:50] Sam     [No touching, got it.] Sam hustles it.
[12:52] Arkalest        Sam: You reach a hexagonal room....
[12:53] Arkalest        The walls are covered in blue and orange energy lines thrumming softly, and four hexadron-shaped blocks of grey materials float at the center of the room, semmingly suspended over  circular platforms of Geofrontium.
[12:53] Arkalest        Your feet are envloped in a chilly mist, and there are distant sounds coming from the three entrances- Like an etheral humming.
[12:54] Arkalest        Sam: You feel..:Weirdly drawn to the one on the left. It exhudes a sense of..Familiarity.
[12:54] Arkalest        [OKAY I AM SHITSTUNTED AS TO WHERE GO NOW. ]
[12:54] Sam     [This is not what I expected. N? What is this?] Sam narrows his eyes and slowly creeps over to the left, inspecting it closely
[12:55] Sam     [Well shit.]
[12:55] Shula   |The.. right one feels familar. but.. there is also something with the central one..|
[12:55] Sam     [12:55] Sam     !dr 52 Notice on Left Thingie? [12:55]  Dicebottiel     Sam: 26 Success by 2 degrees!
[12:56] Arkalest        Sam: You can make out a small light in the distance, like the light at the end of a tunnel.
[12:56] Shula   21:56   Shula   !dr 76 notice 21:56     Dicebottiel     Shula: 59 Success by 1 degree!
[12:57] Arkalest        Shula: There is a bit of humidity coming from the right...Just like a cavern of sorts.
[12:57] Sam     (wait are these entrances or what? The description wasn't clear)
[12:57] Arkalest        (Yeah. Hexagonal tunnels, like the one you came through)
[12:57] Sam     (Ah.)
[12:58] Sam     [Do we split up to cover more than one or stick together?]
[12:58] Shula   |It feels like a cave on the left..|
[13:00] Sam     [13:00] Sam     !dr 52 Notice on Central Tunnel [13:00] Dicebottiel     Sam: 6 Success by 4 degrees!
[13:01] Arkalest        Sam: There is a distinct sense of /power/ emanating from it- It has more lines lining its walls, and it's more well-illuminated.
[13:01] Arkalest        There's a short buzz on N's frequence. [OOOOOKAY, readings off the scale in the center. Some sort of power generator- OR SOMETHING STUDYING ENERGY.]
[13:01] Sam     [Ok, so I think the right tunnel is the cavern that the BioWep was at. Left might be a lab. Central is. . . there's something there.]
[13:02] Shula   |Something that, is not our target now I think..|
[13:03] Sam     [No, not yet. Shula I think we may need to split up. If the sample is at the end of one of these it's prolly the left or right. I'll go left, you go right. Contact me before you grab anything in case there's alarms. Sound good?]
[13:04] Arkalest        (so you split.)
[13:04] Shula   |I.. /Know/ that something painful. is.. here but..|
[13:04] Sam     (We're thinking on it)
[13:04] Shula   (retcon that)
[13:04] Shula   |We can, it.. who takes N? |
[13:05] Sam     [N, who you going to go with here?]
[13:06] Shula   (Arkalest       Sam and Shula are doublehatting a WAFFY thing so expect them to be slow Butter would not melt in your mouth Arkalest.. :;P)
[13:06] Sam     (Lies to children mate)
[13:08] Arkalest        [HACKING THE SAMPLE..It would tkae much more work, I think. WHOEVER GOES TO THE SAMPLE.]
[13:08] Sam     [Sample is probably in the lab, which I think is on the left? Or would they built it around the biowep storage?]
[13:12] Arkalest        [BIoweapon storage, probably.]
[13:13] Sam     (Which is the cavern, this to Shula?)
[13:13] Sam     *thus
[13:14] Arkalest        [Yeah.]
[13:14] Shula   (hm)
[13:14] Sam     passes the module to Shula. [I'll check out the lab. Contact me when you find it so we can do our grabbing at the same time.]
[13:15] Shula   |Take care.. and remember to run away..|
[13:15] Sam     [I will, don't intend to die here.] He turns and quickly heads down the tunnel.
[13:16] Arkalest        Sam: The light's nearly blinding- You stumble forward and...
[13:16] Arkalest        And th birds chirp.
[13:16] Arkalest        Light shines down.
[13:16] Arkalest        And the Moon hangs overhead.
[13:17] Shula   shivers and then goes for the other one.
[13:17] Arkalest        You are at the entrance of...Some sort of bridge, suspended over some...Sort of sea. Which perfectly reflects the sky.
[13:17] Sam     [Ohh what the fuck.]
[13:17] Arkalest        The clouded, starry grey sky, with a massive Moon covered in runes hanging nearby- And a gigantic golden hemispher at the horizon.
[13:18] Arkalest        The sky's filled with thousands of spike-like structures, floating orbs and pyramids- All connected by struts. At the "center" of this fantastic environ a single pyramid that might be...Hundreds of kilometers from side to side, with a single strut shooting up in the sky and disappearing.
[13:19] Arkalest        And past the bridge of grey material there is a hexagonal pillar. On top, a hill upon which golden light shines- A grassy hill with slopes covered in trees.
[13:19] Arkalest        At the top, a rather coozy-looking, squat home, with large windows. Music drifts from that direction, nearly dronwed out by the sound of the waterfalls pouring off from some of the structures.
[13:20] Arkalest        Sam: Stairs start the end of the bridge, into the side of the hill- leading up to the house.
[13:23] Sam     sneaks up to the house
[13:24] Sam     [13:23] Sam     !dr 90 Sneak [13:23]    Dicebottiel     Sam: 58 Success by 3 degrees!
[13:24] Arkalest        Shula: The walls disintegrate as you move forward. They segment into tiles, and then the tiles start to float. You find youself at the beginning of a brdige- Leading to the pyramid that is sitting at the center of a massive, spherical room illuminated by cyan globes of coral hanging in the air.
[13:24] Arkalest        (3 minutes on the PA's stealth.)
[13:24] Arkalest        Shula: The pyramid is covered in spikes emblazoned with Deep One runes- And the bridge leads to an iris-like entrance.
[13:24] Shula   (I assume that I reloaded it ark)
[13:24] Arkalest        (Oh.)
[13:25] Sam     (We both recharged in the Maintenance tunnel, and we both have batteiries for it as well.)
[13:25] Arkalest        Sam: It's...Quaint. You can spot drawers covered in flower pots, white-tinted walls, parquet floors...A semicircular living room overlooking the hill. It'd be trivial sneaking into it.
[13:26] Arkalest        There are not even cameras.
[13:26] Sam     (Still need the Stealth Field on?)
[13:26] Arkalest        TThe music's Beethoven's ode to joy- And someone- A woman- Is humming along to it.
[13:26] Arkalest        (Your choice.)
[13:26] Shula   shivers and walks foreward, looking around for any traps, or flashes of memory that she has.
[13:26] Sam     (Cutting it off, but ready to activate in a heartbeat.)
[13:27] Sam     [13:27] Sam     !dr 75 Sneak through the house, see what I can see. [13:27]     Dicebottiel     Sam: 35 Success by 4 degrees!
[13:27] Arkalest        Sam: A single bedroom. A kitchen, stoked with all sorts of baking goods..
[13:27] Arkalest        And salmon.
[13:28] Arkalest        And a living room cluttered with machinery, with a large semicircular table at the center. A woman's sitting in a chair, her hair grey and frazzled. She's bent forward, humming as she touches the screen of a PDA.
[13:28] Arkalest        There's a photo to her left. Better times.
[13:28] Arkalest        For Mari.
[13:28] Arkalest        For Jo.
[13:28] Arkalest        For Audrey.
[13:29] Arkalest        For their mother, who's holding them, smiling happily.
[13:29] Sam     makes sure to catch them in good detail with the built in camera.
[13:30] Arkalest                Arkalest        !dr 90 Notice
[13:30] Arkalest                Dicebottiel     Arkalest: 49 Success by 4 degrees!
[13:30] Arkalest        "....Mmmh." She stops humming.
[13:31] Sam     activates the stealth field
[13:31] Arkalest        "Too little, too late. Alex?"
[13:31] Sam     (Ehh retcon the last.)
[13:31] Arkalest        She raises her head. "Charity? Dedicatus?"
[13:32] Arkalest        Shula: There are no traps- But you can see that the bottom half of the chamber is filled with crystalline water....Supine forms lie at the bottom, all scales and coiled tentacles.
[13:34] Arkalest        Shula:[A HIBERNATION CHAMBER. NOW THA'T SNOVEL...]
[13:34] Sam     silently raises the smg. Still behind her.
[13:35] Arkalest        Sam: She slowly turns around, raising her hands. Johanna Makinami blinks. "Are you one hundred percent sure of what you are about to do?"
[13:35] Arkalest        "I mean, are you really sure you want to shoot me dead?"
[13:35] Sam     "Precautionary measure." He says, voice garbled through the modulator.
[13:37] Sam     "So long as I am not given a reason to kill you, I won't."
[13:39] Arkalest        !
[13:39] Arkalest                Arkalest        !dr 75 Samuel?
[13:39] Arkalest                Dicebottiel     Arkalest: 73 Success by 0 degrees!
[13:39] Sam     (Bernadette was the name Jo was given by Johanna right?)
[13:39] Arkalest        "....Oh my god. You did not just barge in to save your Deep One girlfriend, you stupid Texan chucklefuck."
[13:39] Arkalest        (yes.)
[13:41] Arkalest        There is a hin t of amusement in her voice.
[13:41] Sam     [13:40] Sam     !dr 52 Deceive  [13:41] Dicebottiel     Sam: 16 Success by 3 degrees!
[13:42] Arkalest                Arkalest        !dr 70 No relaly
[13:42] Arkalest                Dicebottiel     Arkalest: 71 Failure by 0 degrees!
[13:42] Sam     cocks his head curiously "My my how interesting. So the BOW does work."
[13:42] Shula   puts her fingers on the iris and reaches out to open it.
[13:43] Shula   |It.. they.. I can#t wake them Meagara.|
[13:44] Arkalest        Shula: It slides open.
[13:44] Arkalest        The Deep One behind it blinks.
[13:44] Arkalest        All four of her eyes.
[13:44] Shula   (oh fuck)
[13:44] Sam     (Whoops?)
[13:44] Arkalest        She's nearly as tall as the iriis- Wearing white power armor covered in cyan runes. Something that's between a crocodile and a shark.
[13:45] Arkalest        She then casually grabs your shoulder, and yanks you inside, the iris closing behind you.
[13:45] Arkalest        The room behind's spherical- Similar to the ones you saw in the Dharma video.
[13:45] Shula   |I am not a enemy !| she softly tries to emit
[13:46] Arkalest        The Deep One opens her mouth.
[13:46] Arkalest        "What the fuck are you doing here?" She hisses.
[13:46] Arkalest        "Fucking ssssshit we are not in Atlantisss anymore ssspeak /Englissssh/ "
[13:47] Shula   "I. ."
[13:47] Arkalest        Sam: She raises an eyebrow. "Of course. "
[13:47] Arkalest        Sam:    Arkalest        !dr 90 playing dirty.
[13:47] Arkalest                Dicebottiel     Arkalest: 9 Success by 8 degrees!
[13:48] Arkalest        "I can, in fact, show you." She taps her PDA.
[13:48] Arkalest        "Whoops."
[13:48] Arkalest        Sam: Your mother appears next to you, blinking and looking at her own hands. She's wearing a labcoat. "It.."
[13:48] Arkalest        "It worked?"
[13:49] Sam     steps back, switching the smg between the two woman.
[13:49] Arkalest        Sam: (Roll composure at -25 in order to not be utterly surprised.)
[13:50] Arkalest        The woman looks around. "Oh...Dammit, there's no recipiient for the AT rebound.."
[13:50] Sam     [13:50] Sam     !dr 27 Composure [13:50]        Dicebottiel     Sam: 41 Failure by 1 degree![13:50]     Sam     Mastery
[13:50] Arkalest        Shula: "You what?" Her nostrils flare, and she tilts her head sideways, blinking her azure eyes. "Why. Are. You. Here?"
[13:50] Sam     "I Suggest you begin explaining, and fast."
[13:51] Arkalest                Arkalest        !dr 85 read person
[13:51] Arkalest                Dicebottiel     Arkalest: 27 Success by 5 degrees!
[13:53] Arkalest        Sam: (Tell meeee)
[13:54] Sam     (Surprised, hopeful, angry, and hurt that this may be a lie.)
[13:54] Sam     (Hope. . . it hurts too much.)
[13:55] Arkalest        "....It's not a copy. It's not her. it's...A rtegistration."
[13:55] Arkalest        She waves a hand, and the woman disappears in a flash of blue light. "Of..An incident. But they're somewhere."
[13:55] Sam     "And you are telling me this /why/ ?"
[13:56] Arkalest        "You are samuel Tennit." Johanna lowers her head, scratching her hair. "And I am sorry."
[13:56] Arkalest        "Sorry for showing that to you. "
[13:56] Sam     "Get to the point."
[13:56] Arkalest        She coughs awkwardly. "I mean, I, uh, needed confirmation I could trust you. So, uhm. You realize where you are?"
[13:57] Sam     "This room and house? Or Xibalba? It's a base of Commands."
[13:57] Shula   "It, is complicated |She then uses the correct form of adress of her caste|"
[13:57] Arkalest        Shula: The Deep One stabs your chest with a wet finger. "No, no, sssstop that, it's awkward asss sssshit. I can ssssmell the change..."
[13:58] Arkalest        Sam: "Oh boy, you...Have no fucking idea what this place is." She sighs. "And I assume you aren't here to save me? Oh joy of joys."
[13:58] Sam     "No, that wasn't on the books."
[13:58] Shula   "Sorry, I was not I.. Sorry."
[13:58] Sam     (Arkalest: We could defy fate to say Dumount had them bring a spare suit to extract someone if they needed to)
[13:58] Arkalest        Shula: "....You do not want thissss? The change?" She blinks rapidly.
[13:58] Arkalest        Sam: (  Oh don't worry.)
[13:59] Arkalest        (  AhahahahaAHAHAA.)
[13:59] Sam     (OK never mind then. . . . )
[13:59] Arkalest        Sam: (but if you want to...)
[13:59] Sam     (I need to think about it.)
[13:59] Arkalest        (no actually do that. Please. it'll be awesome.)
[14:00] Sam     (Hmmm, that would obscure our activites as well. . . . Shula thoughts?)
[14:02] Shula   (I like the idea of stealing her away ...)
[14:02] Shula   "It is complicated. as I said. And what is it with you "
[14:03] Sam     (What's it going to cost us in terms of luck to say we were given a spare suit to sneak someone out with?)
[14:03] Arkalest        Shula: "Ssooooo." She extends one arm. "Can I bite you? Make ssssure this issssssssn't a loyalty tessst?"
[14:03] Arkalest        Sam: (Two luck each.)
[14:03] Sam     (I got luck to spare, Shula?)
[14:05] Shula   (sure)
[14:06] Sam     [N, Shula, Johanna Makinami wants extration. I have the spare suit.] "But I /can/ do that."
[14:06] Shula   23:06   Shula   !dr 61 read person 23:06        Dicebottiel     Shula: 28 Success by 3 degrees!
[14:07] Sam     "If you give me a reason to do so."
[14:07] Sam     "The more the better."
[14:07] Arkalest        Sam: "..................Do you want to know how to turn every single organic particle into something else? Because-" She jabs a finger at herself. "I can do that."
[14:08] Sam     "You are no friend of Command correct?"
[14:09] Arkalest        "Well, I have /some/ Stockholm Syndrome. And...They sorta kept me safe from Black Lilith and the Worm all those years."
[14:09] Arkalest        "Buuuuut on the other hand the things they forced to do to myself, and the fact that they're using my daughters as shocktroopers.."
[14:10] Shula   "I, yes but I need it later " She says and then bares some skin for her.
[14:10] Arkalest        Shula: You barely feel it. She draws some blood, licking her lips. "Ssssecond generation...."
[14:11] Arkalest        "Tiamat'sss brood."
[14:11] Shula   "What.. about you.."
[14:12] Arkalest        "Nergal, firssst generation. Wassss hatched in Atlantis. Command found my hibernator."
[14:12] Arkalest        She lowers her head. "You....Do not want to be one of ussss, do you?"
[14:13] Sam     ". . . " Sam sets down the case he has "Put any and all important samples or materials in here." he sets a high storage USD beside it "Copy over as much of your notes and documents as you can without arousing suspicion, and anything else you can get your hands on." he then sets down a small case and opesn it, revealing another stealth suit. "Then put this on."
[14:13] Arkalest        She throws the PDA into the case, and then reaches into her pocket and puts a lighter on the table. "Everything I need...Is inside here." She taps her head.
[14:13] Arkalest        "And I won't need that. Turn around, please."
[14:14] Sam     turns around.
[14:14] Arkalest        There is the sound of metal against metal, skin rupturing and thousands of legs skittering.
[14:14] Shula   "I, do not know I.. know someone else who does not wants to be, and , it is a complicated thing but I am not trying to harm anyone."
[14:14] Sam     [14:14] Sam     !dr 52 Notice ANything suspicious? [14:14]      Dicebottiel     Sam: 70 Failure by 1 degree! [14:14]    Sam     Mastery
[14:15] Sam     (Ark was that me or Shula?)
[14:15] Arkalest        "Turn around. Don't be startled." Her voice is heavily electronically distorted.
[14:15] Arkalest        Sam: You.
[14:15] Arkalest        Shula: ".......I...Sssse." She looks away."
[14:15] Arkalest        "......The outsssssside world. How it issssss? Are there...Any of ussss left?"
[14:15] Sam     [N, Shula. Extracting Johanna Makinami . How's the BOW coming?] Sam plugs his suit into a nearby outlet to recharge
[14:16] Sam     turns around, SMG still ready, this time loaded with AP-I rounds
[14:16] Shula   "Yes. there are there , "
[14:16] Shula   (hmhm do I tell her the Hydra secret or not ..)
[14:16] Arkalest        Sam: Johanna Makinami's gone.
[14:16] Sam     (Popes SOul sight)
[14:16] Sam     *pops
[14:16] Shula   "They life , some of them are hurt but we freed them.
[14:16] Shula   |Found deep one, from atlantis.|
[14:17] Arkalest        The...Humanoid thing that has replaced her is something that looks like a miniature Evangelion, a skeletal figure covered in the same grey material that made the walls.
[14:17] Arkalest        "....." She closes her eyes.
[14:17] Sam     (Sam again?)
[14:17] Arkalest        (Yeah.)
[14:17] Arkalest        (The eyes closed is the deep one nerd)
[14:17] Arkalest        Sam: Her Serpent's sleeping.
[14:17] Arkalest        And its scales are molten silver, its head covered in concentric circles.
[14:18] Arkalest        "So. You know how we all are L-matter, deep down?"
[14:18] Sam     [Linking to our TacNet.]
[14:18] Sam     *Linking you
[14:18] Arkalest        Johanna Makinami casually extends one hand, flexing her talons.
[14:18] Shula   stretches out her hand and touches her, and then shows her Hydra, in the sunlight and then as she dives throught the ocean. |She lives|
[14:18] Sam     nods
[14:19] Arkalest        "...I.." The Deep One looks away and rubs her eyes. "Thank you. Thank you sssso much. I...I have spent yearssss here, working, t-trying to find a way to..."
[14:19] Arkalest        "To bring us...To bring everyone back, but...If the Matriarches...They...Gragh. I..I am babbling."
[14:19] Arkalest        Sam: "So I asked myself: "What if I could get L-matter to be /something else?/"
[14:19] Arkalest        "And...So I did. "
[14:19] Sam     [Shula, N. We're heading back. Should I met you at the vents or head to you? or take the center path and send Makinami to wait in the shaft?]
[14:20] Arkalest        Sam: she apparently took over the stealth suit.
[14:20] Shula   "I. do not know if we are able to free you, or the hybernation chamber. I fear not but.."
[14:20] Arkalest        "N-no...I...Command promissssed me they would...Not hurt them, but...I..."
[14:20] Arkalest        She hesitates. It's clear that she doesn't know whether to ask to come with you or not.
[14:21] Shula   closes her eyes and then shows her the way that they took including the cameras that they had to pass by .
[14:22] Arkalest        She nods-nods, and then runs into a side-room- Returning minutes later with a cylinder. "H-here."
[14:22] Shula   "We need to find a alternative exit for you and. comand it..
[14:23] Shula   closes her eyes and then try to calm her a bit |I.. some of comands servant. did . horrible things to others. I. I can show it to you but. I need you to stay calm.|
[14:24] Sam     "Right, let's go. We'll need to pop the field to clear the sensor hallway. There's a matintance shaft just past it, we'll wait in there for the others."
[14:25] Arkalest        Shula: "No no, f-first w-we es-ssscaper. And then...SSssshit, did you deal with SYBIL?"
[14:25] Arkalest        Sam: "Yeah, but what about SYBIL?"
[14:25] Sam     "SYBIL?" Sam asks with mounting dread
[14:26] Sam     "That's some sort of onsite AI or something, ain't it?"
[14:26] Arkalest        That's when your N module fizzles into uselessness.
[14:26] Shula   |"Oh fuck|
[14:27] Sam     |Oh fuck|
[14:27] Sam     "OK, how do we deal with it!"
[14:27] -->|    SYBIL (Mibbit@SystemNet-10DB33F6.net24.it) has joined #AdEvaSR
[14:27] Sam     runs out of the house, motioning for Makinami to follow
[14:27] SYBIL   [Targets acquired.]
[14:27] Sam     |Get going Shula, I hope you have the BOW!|
[14:28] Arkalest        Sam: You're halfway through the bridge when two pieces of it casually turn into pyramids and levitate up, their tips burning with red light...
[14:29] Sam     (Can I try shooting the tips?)
[14:29] Arkalest        (wait one second.)
[14:29] Sam     (I did load Armor Piercing Incendiary rounds. Right.)
[14:29] Arkalest        And just as Shula and the Deep One run for the shaft, her tattoo starts glowing.
[14:30] Shula   "That is not good not good"
[14:30] SYBIL   [Targets. Acq-................Oh, come on /you cheating organic dipshits./
[14:31] Arkalest        That's when two SYBIL drones casually teleport into Shula's field of vision- Two angry, angular metallic wasps covered in red sensors, their limbs free-floating. That's when the Deep One shrieks, and when Johanna readies her fists..
[14:31] Arkalest        And that's when a piece of the wall and a piece of the bridge melt...
[14:32] Shula   "You carry it, I deal with them "
[14:32] -->|    Kaworu (Mibbit@26F79E2B.8E5ACC8A.EB586D0.IP) has joined #AdEvaSR
[14:32] Arkalest        Into the shape of
[14:32] Kaworu  Kaworu Motherfucking Nagisa.
[14:33] Shula   (......)
[14:33] Arkalest        The first Kaworu golem casually rams the bridge drones hard enough to send them flying- Laughing as he does so, his Vitruvian form crackling with orange enemy.
[14:33] Arkalest        The second one dropkicks one of the ant-drones into the other.
[14:33] Sam     ( Arkalest did Shula get the BOW or not?)
[14:33] Kaworu  "SHULA! THE CENTRAL ENTRANCE! THAT'S WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER EXIT.!"
[14:33] Arkalest        (Yeah.)
[14:34] Shula   "I AM Running! "
[14:34] Sam     is fucking booking it
[14:34] Shula   |CENTRAL CHAMBER ; OTHER EXIT THERE!| "AND YOU RUN FASTER!"
[14:35] Sam     |I AM RUNNING! I'M RUNNING LIKE A LITTLE BITCH!|
[14:35] Arkalest        Both sets of drones end up destroying, the Kaworus melding back into the walls as it happens. Johanna casually laughs like an idiot as she runs past Sam.
[14:35] SYBIL   summons another drone in the middle of the room with three exits-
[14:36] Kaworu  almost casually blends out of the pavement, and kicks it into the ceiling- Surrounded by a golden aura.
[14:36] Kaworu  "This is /my people/ you are fucking with!"
[14:36] Kaworu  "My Contractors!"
[14:36] Kaworu  slaps his grey chest.
[14:37] Shula   Shula calls out in deep one "Run like a trilobite that sees the shadow of a shark!"
[14:37] Kaworu  "My /daughter!/ "
[14:37] Sam     salutes Kaworu as he sprints on
[14:37] Arkalest        [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1fuwUJnKFM ]
[14:38] Sam     "I WANTED BLACK TRENCH-COAT! NOT PINK MOHAWK!"
[14:38] Arkalest        The Deep One and Johanna Makinami almost make it to the third entrance faster than you do.
[14:38] Arkalest        At the end of the tunnel there's an elevator of sorts- A hexagonal platform.
[14:39] SYBIL   summons a large knight-like drone from its ceiling- A ll slender armor pieces, spikes and energy flowing between its limbs.
[14:39] Kaworu  headbutts it so hard it explodes.
[14:39] SYBIL   [ /WHAT/ }
[14:40] Arkalest        The wall slides behind the five of you as the elevator casually slides down.
[14:40] Sam     readies his SMG, scanning the area around him
[14:40] Kaworu  reforms into his usual, well-dressed form.
[14:40] Kaworu  "Sup'2
[14:40] Kaworu  * "Sup?"
[14:41] Sam     "Fuck you, i drew a penis for you you fucker!"
[14:41] Arkalest        Johanna blinks. "Oh my god."
[14:41] Kaworu  grins.
[14:41] Kaworu  "CLose but no candle."
[14:41] Arkalest        The deep one hisses. "The White Devourer!"
[14:41] Shula   "Pretty good for a ghost. ANd no shush he is on our side."
[14:42] Kaworu  "Whoa there, nessy. And don't worry. I am still deader than disco. This is just what happens when you take a Contractor back to my own crib."
[14:42] SYBIL   [You guys are seriously fucking weird! How the fuck did the others even /side/ with you illogical bags of irrational GRAAAH]
[14:42] Arkalest        SYBIL's voice comes from the walls, and Kaworu scoffs.
[14:43] Kaworu  runs his hand through his hair.
[14:43] Sam     [SHUT YOUR FUCKING HOLE YOU NON-ORGANIC PIECE OF SHIT!]
[14:43] Kaworu  "Sorry Shula, but's temporary...However.."
[14:43] Kaworu  snaps his fingers.
[14:43] Arkalest        And Snakoru casually melds out of the rapidly shifting walls.
[14:43] Sam     "Boss I'm recording this, so any thing to say to Akram?"
[14:43] Arkalest        "Oh my fucking god you fucking suck at plan kids." Snakoru facepalms.
[14:44] Kaworu  "Shut up, grandpa. They're doing great! Better than your "Awaken a fragment strong enough to support me as I eject the Wormed parts!"
[14:44] Arkalest        "It would have worked if you, you know,  hadn't killed me!"
[14:44] Shula   hugs her kaworou for a moment
[14:44] Sam     sweeps around.
[14:44] Kaworu  "But you were being a /jerk/ "
[14:44] Arkalest        "SO WERE YOU"
[14:45] Kaworu  "But in a /lovable way!/ "
[14:45] Shula   )brb dying of laughter=
[14:46] Sam     (I can't even)
[14:48] Arkalest        The elevator eventually stops...In front of an unform grey wall.
[14:48] Kaworu  blinks.
[14:48] Kaworu  "...:Seriously?"
[14:48] Shula   | I shall steal your geofront to get you back|
[14:48] Kaworu  " /Seriously./ Xipalque, you....You fucking suck at this. A /wall/ "
[14:48] Shula   (cript)
[14:49] Sam     scans the area with his *eyes*
[14:49] Sam     (Ack no redact that last)
[14:49] Sam     "Then make a door."
[14:49] SYBIL   [SHUT UP YOU ARE NOT HIM YOU ARE JUST A MEMORY HE IS DEAD AND GONE AND HE LEFT ME HERE TO ROT]
[14:49] Arkalest        Snakoru whistles. "Abandonement syndrome much?"
[14:50] Kaworu  "Yah. 's a bitch. But now..."
[14:50] Kaworu  snaps his fingers.
[14:50] Arkalest        And a glowing orange circle appears on the wall.
[14:50] Kaworu  "Shula?"
[14:50] Kaworu  smiles warmly at her.
[14:50] Kaworu  "Touch it. It won't hurt....But...I have something to tell you."
[14:51] Arkalest        "Yeaaaaaaah, asshole. Go ahead. Say it you smarmy fuck."
[14:51] Sam     points the gun in Snakoru's direction. "Shut. Up. Cockmongering asswhipe."
[14:51] Shula   nods and then follows his request , trusting him.
[14:52] Arkalest        "Don't posture on me, boy. I died for your and this irreverent peacock's fashion sins."
[14:52] Sam     "Assless chaps are timeless." Sam says without a trace of irony or doubt.
[14:52] Arkalest        Shula: Your arm disappears into the metal, swallowed as if it was water.
[14:52] Arkalest        And your tattoo stops glowing. And it reappears on your other arm.
[14:53] Kaworu  shakes his head, eyes closed- And hugs Shula tight.
[14:53] Kaworu  "I...I am sorry."
[14:53] Kaworu  "I used you. All of you. Or rather..Adam did."
[14:53] SYBIL   [SHUT UP YOU ARE NOT HIM]
[14:53] Sam     [SHUT UP YOU INFERIOR ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE!]
[14:54] Shula   "I.. What do you mean?"
[14:54] Arkalest        Snakoru nods. "We...Death clears your ideas. A lot...And...Well, we basically are just fragments. Personalities rebuilt...And brought online by...That."
[14:54] Arkalest        He nods towards a corner of the elevator.
[14:55] Arkalest        SYBIL's hgh-pitched, whirring answer to Sam is interrupted mid- sentence.
[14:55] =-=     SYBIL is now known as Figure_Of_light
[14:55] Arkalest        As a tiny figure of light motes coalesces into the corner.
[14:56] Arkalest        "In the end...We found out the truth. Adam was not meant to take roots."
[14:56] Shula   turns towards her. opening her /senses/
[14:56] Arkalest        "It was all an experiment. Someone..Wanted Adam to wander. "
[14:56] Arkalest        "And so...That's how it's gonna be."
[14:56] Kaworu  hugs Shula tigther.
[14:56] Kaworu  "Pull back."
[14:57] Sam     steps back from the light
[14:57] Shula   shivers and does so .
[14:57] Arkalest        Shula: Your hand...Is just missing. The fabric of the suit hangs empty where your hand should be.
[14:58] Kaworu  "I am sorry. So, so sorry. This is..This goodbye for reals."
[14:58] Kaworu  smiles.
[14:58] Shula   "I.. no.. I... "
[14:58] Shula   "If you are here. I .. I will steal you away!"
[14:58] Kaworu  "If...You are going to see something from now on, it's just going to be a memory.."
[14:59] Arkalest        Snakoru smiles.
[14:59] Arkalest        His smile isn't human.
[14:59] Arkalest        "Oh, but dear...Who said anything about  going away?"
[14:59] Arkalest        "Au contraire, in fact. We are doing the opposite!" He throws his head back, widening his arms.
[14:59] Arkalest        And the wall slowly retracts. It keeps retracting...
[15:00] Arkalest        Revealing an immense, darkened spherical cavity- Impossibly big.
[15:00] Sam     (He's going full ADAM isn't he?)
[15:00] Figure_Of_light floats up to Sam and Shula, and gently hugs their waist. It can't be taller than a child.
[15:00] Figure_Of_light then floats towards the center of the chamber...
[15:01] Arkalest        Towards the gigantic grey coffin shaped like a seed at the center, barely visible.
[15:02] Arkalest        Snakoru leans against the wall. "And at the end of the day.."
[15:02] Kaworu  "We win."
[15:02] Kaworu  fistbumps Snakoru.
[15:02] Arkalest        "So, so."
[15:02] Sam     ". . . . . I'm not sure if I should let this happen, but I don't think I can stop it either."
[15:02] Kaworu  "Fucking much."
[15:03] Kaworu  opens his arms, and Snakoru imitates him.
[15:03] |<--    Kaworu has left irc.systemnet.info (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
[15:03] Arkalest        And they're gone.
[15:03] Shula   shivers and cries a tear
[15:03] Sam     (Hey Ark? You know how you said that a failure wouldn't prolly fuck over the whole group? YOu didn't lie. I just never asked about what'd happen if we won.)
[15:04] Arkalest        (This is not fucking over the group either. This isn't failure. This isn't death.)
[15:04] Arkalest        (Au contraire. )
[15:04] Arkalest        (This is birth.)
[15:04] Sam     ( of ADAM isn't it?)
[15:04] Figure_Of_light floats towards the coffin...And nothing happens.
[15:05] Figure_Of_light "Oh."
[15:05] Figure_Of_light 's voice is...There is only one adjective to describe it.
[15:05] Arkalest        Tiny.
[15:05] Figure_Of_light "Oh dickbutts, it's the other way. Seeesh."
[15:06] Figure_Of_light then plunges into the coffin from above.
[15:06] Arkalest        The light extinguishes....
[15:07] Arkalest        And in the silence- In the lack of breathing from Johanna and the Deep One, in the almost sacred vastness of the cathedral-like space....
[15:07] Figure_Of_light inhales.
[15:07] Arkalest        And
[15:07] =-=     Figure_Of_light is now known as ADAM
[15:07] ADAM    exhales.
[15:08] Sam     drops the smg, letting it dangle by the carry straps. He steps back
[15:08] Arkalest        His breath is like an atomic thunderclap- Filling your entire body as the coiffin simply...Stops existing, replaced by golden light.
[15:09] ADAM    turns to face Shula and Sam
[15:09] Sam     "He's overpowering the pillars." Sam whispers softly in awe.
[15:10] Arkalest        His body does not have the divine sheen of a frozen supernova, but he nevertheless hurts to look at....
[15:10] Shula   looks at him , and. kneels still looking at him.
[15:10] Arkalest        Adam's battered, wounded. One arm's missing, and his torso is pockmarked with devices and cables.
[15:11] Arkalest        One hand capable of shattering world raises- And in the light of a new sun you can see a tiny figure on top of it.
[15:11] ADAM    "Thank you."
[15:11] Sam     remains standing, defiantly gazing upon ADAM's form. No Gods. No Kings. Only Men.
[15:11] ADAM    "For everything."
[15:12] Arkalest        He sounds like the warmth on your skin during a pleasant summer, the wind creaking through fields of corn, like molten magma pouring out of a volcano.
[15:12] ADAM    lowers his head.
[15:12] ADAM    "No Gods. "
[15:13] Arkalest        A large portion of the room explodes into Geofrontium shrapnel- Which hovers to the giant's side, reassembling into an arm.
[15:13] ADAM    "No Kings."
[15:14] Arkalest        Two wings of light sprout from his back.
[15:14] ADAM    "Only humanity..."
[15:14] Arkalest        And, despite the lack of facial features, despite the fact that He is the closest thing to a living, breathing God that there is...
[15:15] Sam     nods. Quietly echoing His words.
[15:15] Arkalest        In the picosinstant before the Dirac sphere envelopes you...Before iyou are snatched away from the chamber...
[15:15] Arkalest        You are almost sure that in the brief moment, when the world went still....
[15:15] ADAM    smiled.
[15:15] Arkalest        And then the world goes black.
[15:15] |<--    ADAM has left irc.systemnet.info (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
[15:16] Arkalest        Shula: Sam You hit the water at one meter of height- Kilometers behind you, the oceanographic platform is shaking.
[15:17] Shula   Wah!"
[15:17] Arkalest        And the sea's turned orange- Because the whole seafloor for kilometers around Xibalba has lighted up, thousands of intricate runes and patterns appearing...
[15:17] Sam     checks to make sure the other two are with them. Under his breathe he is praying fervently.
[15:18] Arkalest        Johanna and the Deep One are already swimming away- Towards Hydra, who is already surfacing.
[15:18] Sam     float, observing the platform for a moment. "Shula, let's get going."
[15:19] Shula   is turning and then she closes her eyes and whispers a prayer for the dead.
[15:19] Arkalest        Sam: Shula You feel both as you are being actively pushed away by the current. You catch into Hydra's back scales as she turns around.
[15:19] Sam     "That which is dead may yet lie, for even in strange eons death may die."
[15:20] Arkalest        | ....................................  shit SHIT SHIT SHIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA|
[15:21] Arkalest        That's when Hydra turns /towards/ the platform, moving so fast she nearly throws you away.
[15:21] Arkalest        When you look back, you realize something.
[15:21] Arkalest        You are not in the ocean.
[15:22] Arkalest        You actually are on a horizontal waterfall that is sliding off  something.
[15:22] Sam     screams.
[15:22] Arkalest        -----------
[15:22] Arkalest        Shula: Sam You both come to on a desert, wrecked beach.
[15:22] Shula   "AHHHH"
[15:23] Arkalest        You can see Hydra in the distance, bathing.....It's early morning. Johanna's curled up nearby. The Deep One is busy trying to get her armor off.
[15:23] Arkalest        The Bioweapon canister is there, intact...
[15:24] Arkalest        Shula: Sam But you can feel someone watching you.
[15:24] Sam     stores it in the carrying case.
[15:24] Sam     and raises his SMG, looking around
[15:24] Shula   shivers and slowly stands up
[15:24] Arkalest        There is a large stealth distortion behind you, nearly if not more than two meter tall.
[15:25] Arkalest        It drops something.
[15:25] Arkalest        A letter.
[15:26] Shula   "Wha.."
[15:27] Arkalest        And then it disappears in a flash of purple AT Fields
[15:27] Sam     carefully approached the letter, gun stil pointed at the blur. He picks it up and shows it to Shula
[15:27] Arkalest        Sam:
[15:27] Arkalest        "To: Gregor Zollmayer."
[15:27] Arkalest        "From: Longinus Zollmayer."
[15:27] Arkalest        "Grandson. Your friends have done something bad."
[15:27] Arkalest        "We need to talk."
[15:27] Arkalest        That's what's written on the enevelope.
[15:28] Arkalest        Taped to it, a pair of keys.
[15:28] Sam     "Oh. . . . fuck." Sam stores the letter and keys in the carrying case as well. It's not his to read
[15:28] Arkalest        Sam: Shula Up in the underbush, not far from the beach there is a shoddy van, painted a bright purple.
[15:28] Sam     "Of course it's purple."
[15:28] Shula   "That is .. .uh..."
[15:28] Arkalest        Someone has spraypainted an orange dickbutt on it.l
[15:28] Sam     sighs
[15:29] Sam     "I don't suppose we can walk?"
[15:29] Arkalest        Johanna casually gets up. "Fuck no."