Wormtalk and Command - Irune's Plotbombs

<Irune> Should we rewind to a point on the flight, or just do the briefing later and continue on with your own Arkalplans for now?
<~Arkalest> the latter
<~Arkalest> sjustthell them ooc
<Jane> Irune would have covered her conclusions about what we're facing?
<Akram> just tell us, assume there was time on the flight or something
<Irune> Arright.
<Irune> The Worm: Not intentionally created. It's a human being.
<Cornuthaum> 3) (Irune) I guess nobody recovered to be able to hear Irune's briefing on the way then?
<Cornuthaum> well
<Cornuthaum> you can try to talk to gregor
<Cornuthaum> :V
<Jane> :p
<Jo> Gregor in a can does not make a good conversasionalist.
<Irune> You know how uploads into Evangelions can sometimes create some transmission errors and kill the Serpent? They can also mutate the Serpent. And so can an upload into, say, a Dirac pocket.
<Irune> The Worm was most likely created when a member of the First was uploaded into that dirac pocket.
<Irune> And their Serpent just kinda... broke.
<Jo> Oooh. Void adaptation!
<Jane> Irune doesn't think it was intentional.?
<Irune> It's error. It's plausible that it's intentional but 'transmission error' suggests that it was a result nobody actually expected. The Worm hates the result too, it seems.
<Irune> Because...
<Irune> Remember the terraforming the False Angel performed?
<Irune> It was reverting to an older, far older, ancient Earth. Older even than the Conquerors. Old enough to be the First.
<Shula> its a traaaap
<Sam> Clearly
<Irune> The False Angels are some mix between repurposed Ancestral terraformers and human-built - we're essentially fighting the equivalent of a Roomba with a knife duct-taped to it.
<Jane> Ah, good old NERV Boston
<Irune> And the humans that built them are the First.
<Irune> Now remember, Diluvio's words? He always talked about us as 'crashing into our design'.
<Irune> Our design - he speaks not as a deployable weapon or a subordinate agent but as one of the plotters.
<Irune> The False Angels aren't commanded by the Wormed Progenitors.
<Irune> They command the Wormed Progenitors.
<Irune> Because they are terminals. They're remote-controlled drones.
<Irune> Access points allowing the Worm to control a body down here on Earth.
<Jo> !dr 70 sweep for buuuugs.
<Dicebottiel> Jo: 52 Success by 1 degree!
<Irune> Or more accurately, the Worms.
<Irune> Because it's not just one person up in that Dirac pocket.
<Irune> It's a whole bushel of them, and they don't even goddamn get along - Seraph and Diluvio prioritize fighting each other more than they do fighting us.
<Irune> The Worm's fully developed, visible form? A hydra.
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<Irune> The Worm's trend towards failure is because it's not advancing one plan, it's advancing a half-dozen that aren't even compatible.
<Jo> Yaay
<Jo> 1 degree ofnsuccess for buuuug sweeping.
<Jo> Arkalest. Are there bugggs?
<~Arkalest> Yes.
<Jo> So are these ince again embedded in the structure.
<~Arkalest> They're built directly into the supermateiral that makes up the skeleton of the building
<~Arkalest> and they are half a centimeter across
<~Arkalest> there's a lot of them
<~Arkalest> 20 for square meter
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<Irune> ... No responses after I drop like three plotbombs simultaneously?
<Irune> ;_;
<Jane> I was waiting for you to finish. Interesting...
<Irune> The Worm was, I think, created as an ark.
<Irune> After the First broke everything, the world was fucked too.
<Irune> Extinction was inevitable so they send people to safety - a dirac pocket - and left terraforming units on the ground controlled by them.
<Irune> Then the refugees sent into that Dirac pocket... broke.
<Jane> Also my connection is spotty as Hell. I'm literally crossing the Mobile delta right now
* Irune patpats.
<Irune> I'll pack it up as log for you.
<Jane> What did Hikmat and Tarane get up to?
* Sam has no idea what he's doing or if it's a good idea
<Irune> Oh god what are you sticking your soul into now?
<Akram> it's not a good idea
<Akram> stop
<Akram> stop
<Akram> quit it you fucker
<Jane> Lol
<Sam> It's too late for that!
<Jane> Sam gotta Sam
<Irune> Command's origin point is harder to lock down, but they are comparable to the Worm.
<Sam> "I AIN'T GOT TIME TO THINK! I GOTTA GO AND DO SHIT!"
<Irune> Unknown whether it's a singular or plural group of Dirac uploads but it's far more dangerous than the Worm because it seems able to agree on a single plan, and it doesn't seem like their Serpent broke.
<Irune> The Omega drones aren't a superweapon.
<Irune> They're Command's equivalent of the False Angels - terminals allowing them to access the world and stride across it as immortal posthuman gods.
<Irune> After they have rewritten that world via Instrumentality, defined it to their tastes.
<Irune> (At least part of this Instrumentality is likely 'peel the Worm out of everyone', but considering the rest is 'become god-king of a world written to our tastes', let's call this not Plan A for de-worming)
<Sam> Gregor: Hang 10 or so here, gotta take care of something
<Gregor> it'S ok i need to write a bit more anyways
<Jane> Irune: something like SEELE in canon





















































[15:14] <Josephine> The box is just big enough to fit both Jane and Jo."
[15:17] <~Arkalest> THe first thing you hear is muttering in Russian as someone adjusts the lens of the camera- Which then focuses up, showing some sort of metallic catwalk. It seemingly spans the length of a rocky cavern filled with stalagmnites and stalactites, and the catwalk is covered in lights- And enginners wearing primitve HAZMAT suits
[15:18] <Jane_Tsai> "You know any Russian, Jo?"
[15:18] <Josephine> "No."
[15:19] <Josephine> "I don't htink any of us knows Russian."
[15:21] <Jane_Tsai> "Damn. I'll try to get an estimate of age off their gear, but Russians are always using old shit anyhow..."
[15:21] <~Arkalest> The men on the catwalk are all pointing down to the bottom-right of the screen- And muttering between themsselves-
[15:21] <Josephine> "Bet they are soviets."
[15:21] <~Arkalest> Whoever is holding the camera is running commentary on it, pointing at the various lights and engineers
[15:24] <Jane_Tsai> "Could be. Their gear is old enough. Hard to tell. Russians never throw anything away."
[15:26] <Jane_Tsai> "Objekt 901? Hmm... and Helios..."
[15:26] <~Arkalest> Eventually, the man steps into the lights- You see the white rock glitter weirdly..ANd you also see how sleek the curves are.. How.. Organic. He turns..
[15:26] <~Arkalest> And points downwards.
[15:26] <~Arkalest> At the TRIDENT.
[15:26] <~Arkalest> That is growing out of the floor.
[15:26] <~Arkalest> Or rather
[15:26] <~Arkalest> At the vaguely TRIDENT-like /thing/ that is growing out of the white floor-
[15:27] <Jane_Tsai> "That's...been there a while."
[15:27] <~Arkalest> The head vaguely looks like a TRIDENT's- The main body config, with six limbs- Vaugely looks like a TRIDENT.
[15:27] <Josephine> "I'd better get it digitised."
[15:28] <Josephine> "Tape isn't exactly the longest lasting storage medium."
[15:28] <~Arkalest> It looks like some sort of candle-wax statue raising up from the ground-
[15:28] <Jane_Tsai> "Indeed."
[15:30] <~Arkalest> Josephine: You notice that the lower parts of the TRIDENT look.. Thinner, as if they were still in the process of solidfying..
[15:31] <~Arkalest> The face of the "machine" has six empty eye-sockets of a sort, with a seventh on its forehead
[15:31] <Josephine> "Huh. I think that the room grew the Trident."
[15:31] <Jane_Tsai> "Seven eyes...."
06[15:31] * Josephine hisses at the sight of the face."
[15:31] <Jane_Tsai> "Fuck."
[15:31] <Josephine> "The Serpent."
06[15:31] * Jane_Tsai nods
[15:31] <Josephine> "And now we know why the tape is called basilisk."
[15:32] <Jane_Tsai> "A serpent type...aye."
[15:32] <~Arkalest> The man's hand traces the contours of the machine as he gestures to each part and speaks out in a descriptive tone, his finger tracing invisible diagrams in the air- He starts from the "upper" back, and then points at the center- then at the head.
[15:33] <Josephine> "I don't think it's a statue."
[15:33] <Jane_Tsai> "I don't either. It looks like it was buried... or grown there."
[15:33] <Josephine> "Grown. Look at the legs."
[15:33] <Josephine> "It's like reverse candle wax."
[15:34] <~Arkalest> There's a brief burst of static as the man gestures at the stalactites and then at the machine- As to emphasize something-
[15:34] <Josephine> "As in I think it's a actual trident."
06[15:34] * Jane_Tsai nods
[15:34] <Jane_Tsai> "An original model."
[15:37] <~Arkalest> He walks forward- Towards a bulkhead that looks like as if it was drilled into the side of the cavern- And opens it with one hand- Showing a small tunnel of the same white rock the cavern was made of. As he walks into the metallic catwalks place inside it, you notice something strange.
[15:39] <~Arkalest> The camerman's movements are.. Somewhat incautious. He advances- And you notice several smaller holes in the walls- Perfectly circular-
[15:39] <~Arkalest> On the floor, there are massive, vein-like silver strands interwoved with the white rock-
[15:41] <~Arkalest> His movements are precise as he points his index finger at them- And then taps his leg, running the finger on the side to indicate something- And then he walks into another bulkhead-
[15:42] <Jane_Tsai> "Why would this tape be included in things your mother had? Odd."
[15:42] <~Arkalest> That leads to a massive horizontal cylinder-shaped room..Filled with beehive-like structures all around- More passageways are clamped to them, and the room is big enough that one honeycomb is big enough to swallow a whole excavator and have room for more.
[15:43] <~Arkalest> There is.. Something lying on the floor.
[15:43] <~Arkalest> It looks like an Angel and an Evangelion put together-
[15:44] <~Arkalest> It has two massive pylon-like things growing diagonally from its shoulders- A thin neck ending in an Angel mask- A bulging chestplate with a spherical bump that looks Core-sized- No torso to speak of, only a spinal column connecting to its insetoid legs
[15:44] <Jane_Tsai> "Relative of our Evas? Does Azazel recognize it?"
[15:45] <Josephine> "Well she had a piece of soviet era geofrontium with her."
06[15:45] * Josephine taps the knife.
[15:45] <~Arkalest> Josephine: |No.|
[15:45] <Josephine> "Nope."
[15:45] <Josephine> "She does no."
[15:45] <Josephine> |do you recognise it?|
[15:45] <~Arkalest> Jane_Tsai: |It's.. I have the feeling I should recognize this, but it feels... Alien to me. It's not Adam-made..|
[15:45] <~Arkalest> Zeruel sounds somewhat piqued at her lack of knowledge.
[15:47] <~Arkalest> Your friendly Russian recorder points at the Core and makes a clokwise motion, before drawing a line between the mask and the honeycombs..
[15:47] <Jane_Tsai> |Hmm... Oh?! Zeruel?! You're alright?! I was so worried, dear one! I missed you!"
[15:47] <~Arkalest> He zooms onto the honeycombs..
[15:48] <Jane_Tsai> "Do... they come from the honeycombs?"
[15:48] <~Arkalest> And you notice a red light pulsating through their walls, wasp-like forms curled inside..
[15:48] <~Arkalest> Jane_Tsai: |I am mildly inconvenienced.|
[15:48] <Jane_Tsai> "Oh shit.... they're... /active/? Alive after how long? And... this looks like something my mother showed me a flash of..."
06[15:48] * Josephine focuses on the forms inside the honey combs."
[15:49] <~Arkalest> Josephine: They're not wasps- Judging by the distance, they should be at least human-sized...
[15:49] <Jane_Tsai> |As long as you are still alive, that is enough. Where are you? Is there anything I can do to aid you in healing?|
[15:49] <~Arkalest> A burst of static, and then the man is standing on a platform overlooking...
[15:49] <~Arkalest> Something that looks like Zeruel's Angel-form..
[15:50] <Josephine> "Well. Zeruel seems to be... Russian."
[15:50] <~Arkalest> Seemingly melting out of a wall- They're both inside a circular cavern.
[15:50] <Jane_Tsai> "It... kind of looks like her. But it's not..." |Is it?|
[15:50] <~Arkalest> Jane_Tsai: |Just.. Stand there..And.. I do not know. My mind is not in the best of shapes. But.. Do not worry.
[15:50] <~Arkalest> |........................................Sister.|
[15:52] <Jane_Tsai> |One of yours? And I empathize. My mother did... many and unknown things to shape my mind. Parts of it are yet hidden from me.|
[15:52] <~Arkalest> The man turns around, still speaking as he gesticulates and walks out-
[15:52] <Jane_Tsai> "We need to find a Russian speaker we can trust to translate this."
[15:52] <Jane_Tsai> "Or give me a few weeks to learn it."
[15:52] <Josephine> "I can get Mari to do it."
[15:52] <~Arkalest> Walks out of the catwalk, and into an enclosed metallic room- No, an elevator.. Which starts to raise-
[15:52] <Josephine> "She needs to know as well."
[15:53] <~Arkalest> The elevator raises up- And from one window you catch a glimpse of something massive.
[15:53] <~Arkalest> Something white- Like bone.
[15:53] <~Arkalest> The room the man steps into next is some sort of planning center-
[15:53] <Jane_Tsai> "This is probably somewhere deep in Russia. I don't recognize the geology, but I'll bet it's that site in Siberia where all the strange stuff is going on..."
[15:54] <~Arkalest> however, he is far too fast in moving the camera- He points it at a gigantic map-
[15:54] <~Arkalest> Representing the world-
[15:54] <~Arkalest> There are three places circled in red.. Siberia..
[15:54] <~Arkalest> East of South america..
[15:54] <~Arkalest> And Dharma..
06[15:54] * Jane_Tsai memorizes the map.
[15:54] <Jane_Tsai> "Xibalba?"
[15:54] <~Arkalest> There is something.. Something drawn underneath...
[15:55] <~Arkalest> A flash of spread wings- Of vertebrae-
[15:55] <~Arkalest> And then
[15:55] <~Arkalest> And then he turns-
[15:55] <~Arkalest> Josephine: Jane_Tsai It's beautiful.
[15:56] <~Arkalest> Its wings clip- No- Its wings had the rock grown around it-
06[15:56] * Jane_Tsai blinks. "What?"
[15:56] <~Arkalest> The lights of the reflectors barely shine on something that would be at least a kilometer long-
[15:56] <~Arkalest> Its Angel-mask-like face- Seven-eyed- Pointed at the ceiling-
[15:56] <~Arkalest> The sky-whale of Jo's dream.
[15:56] <~Arkalest> And the man..
[15:57] <~Arkalest> He says only one thing.
[15:57] <~Arkalest> "Objekt 901."
[15:57] <Josephine> "Object 901. That Whale."
[15:57] <Josephine> "I dreamt of it before."
[15:57] <Jane_Tsai> "Well, there's a new search term for us to dig on... wait, you have? /Dreamnt/ of it?"
[15:57] <Josephine> "Yea."
[15:57] <~Arkalest> The tape ends.
[15:58] <Josephine> "Same dream with all the Geofrontium formulae I got that day y'all brough the odd balls to the cages."
[15:59] <Jane_Tsai> "Huh.... maybe we should to brain scans on you, too."
[15:59] <Josephine> |what is it? Have you seen something like this before?|
[15:59] <~Arkalest> |I.... it doesn't look like it belongs in my Brood...|
[15:59] <Josephine> |So, it's a angel?|
[15:59] <Josephine> |Just not one of your kin?|
[16:00] <~Arkalest> |A construct, more like.| Interjects Zeruel.
[16:00] <Josephine> "Huh."
[16:00] <Josephine> "I'll bring the tape to Mari."
[16:00] <~Arkalest> |Its size would fit our brood, but it looks like.. Some sort of carrier.| She adds.
[16:01] <Jane_Tsai> "Someone trying to /build/ their own Angels?"
[16:01] <Josephine> |Carrier?|
[16:01] <Josephine> |As in transport smaller less independant organisms?|
[16:01] <~Arkalest> |Yes.|
[16:01] <~Arkalest> |A drone unit, if you wish.|
[16:02] <Josephine> "Huh."
[16:02] <Josephine> "Well."
06[16:02] * Josephine starts to dissemble fort kickass.
[16:02] <Josephine> "I have to bring the tape to Mari."
[16:03] <Josephine> "And then figure out which /idiot/ replaced my plug suit with one that is bright pink."
06[16:03] * Jane_Tsai nods. "I hope she knows Russian. Or we can get BABEL back soon. I'm sure they could real-time translate it, and I trust them."
[16:04] <Josephine> "Well. If you want to look at the box further, here's the keys."
06[16:04] * Josephine passes the keys to Jane."
[16:04] <Josephine> "I have to go see Mari."
06[16:04] * Josephine leaves the room.
02[16:05] * Josephine (mail@4CC8A2AB.18B4F95A.8CBA7782.IP) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
06[16:07] * Jane_Tsai ponders the tape as she disposes of any signs they were there. |I am overjoyed to hear your voice again, dear one. I... almost lost myself when I though you killed, even within my alt-mode. How soon will you be restored to health?|
[16:08] <~Arkalest> |Do not be so melodramatic. It's ill-befitting. And.. It will take years to restore myself to full power. In the meantime, however, I can serve as an Unit.|
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[16:11] <Jane_Tsai> |Yes dear. But you underestimate your importance to me. It was illuminating nontheless. It did teach me that even my alt-mode does not truly erase my emotions, merely occlude them, and that it has limits. I look forward to riding into battle with you again.|
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[16:12] <Jane_Tsai> |In the meantime, we have learned things about our Adversary...| Jane fills Zeruel in on all they know about the Serpent, Gregor's family, etc.