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  1. [2018-02-10 17:05:04] * @Alexian you look stunning. Come, i'm looking forward to the peace amid the chaos of the outside world." Striding forward, a calloused palm pressed the side of her cheek, pulling her mouth to hers for a twining of wet heat from the slender appendage of his tongue. The kiss was the kind to heat and spark the nerve radii, but it was brief as the curling of toes, flutter of lashes, and drying of lips. He'd walk her to her
  2. [2018-02-10 17:05:09] * @Alexian seat and pour her into it, sliding the smoothly varnished cedar chair pressed closed behind her.
  3. [2018-02-10 17:07:18] * Kaylanna walked over to him and smiled as their lips touched and dueled for just a moment. She breathes deeply before sitting into her chair
  4. [2018-02-10 17:08:30] * Lorelei_Slade heads for the banquet hall. She is dressed in a garnet coloured gown trimmed with wilver that displays every curve just so without being scandelous. Her feet in shoes just daring enough to show she can handle charm as well as ass kickery make soft noises ad she enters. Her long ebony locks are down, likel for the first time since her arrival, revealing them to reach the curve of her bottom in soft curls. Her wings are out and blend prefectly with her attire, making her look like something out of a magasine...one where not all the images are safe for the work environment
  5. [2018-02-10 17:11:41] <@Alexian> "Lori, thanks for coming." A thin smile as she arrived after Lexi and Kay's somewhat discreet interactions were indicated at the prior greeting. He would move the silver tray to reveal the steak, asparagus, and chutney-sauced pears. In the center were all sorts of cheeses, decanters of pomegranate wine, assorted brandy and wine selection, hard and soft types of cheeses from real and fantasy dairy creatures. "You clean up
  6. [2018-02-10 17:11:41] <@Alexian> well." He'd offer a compliment that was less likely to get him slapped but showed an awareness of the effort she put into dressing herself for the evening.
  7. [2018-02-10 17:13:03] * @Alexian pomegranate juice* petty distinction but got words crossed)
  8. [2018-02-10 17:17:32] * Nova casually ambled in dressed in Nova's version of fancy. The short cut second skin highly gloss plastic of the black dress cut scandalously high on the leg, but afforded enough for the calf height of boots that wafted with their arcane aura to punctuate the their heel and arc. Instead of full enclosure, the panels of the inexpensive material swept up into a halter neckline that
  9. [2018-02-10 17:17:33] * Nova left a good two thirds of her spilling on all sides but under, and with just the right levels of semi-opacity on the oblique to taunt at the animated flicker of movement coming from the nanite tattoo cradled up the contour of hip. Despite it being a social event, there were a pair of guns strapped to either thigh like a garter, and one in the deep plunge of the back, just against the
  10. [2018-02-10 17:17:33] * Nova spine and hilted off to the side.
  11. [2018-02-10 17:18:10] * Kaylanna nods to her in greeting as she looked at the plate of food and groaned in delight. She hadnthad something like this In a while
  12. [2018-02-10 17:19:11] * Nova gave Kaylanna a nod while looking at the ornate decoration of things on the plate, earning a lofted brow as she slid her eyes up towards Alexian. "Hey Doc."
  13. [2018-02-10 17:19:42] <Lorelei_Slade> Thanks *muttered Celestial word* Good to see you doc. *When Nova appears she rolls her eyes and looks to the other two and she takes a seat at the table.* How have you both been?
  14. [2018-02-10 17:20:56] <Kaylanna> Hey. Good seeing you again. Been setting up a memorial shrine for those lost during the last battle
  15. [2018-02-10 17:23:18] * @Alexian would rise and lift the silver tray of Nova's dish as well. The same was gathered, and it was a symbolic act of humility and friendship to serve the meal himself rather than have servants handle the task. He would take his seat again, pouring the chartreuse liquor over the sugar cube dissolving it into the crystal cup below the slotted spoon. "Nova. You look, yourself. Nice tattoo." He'd smirk, and sip at the[2018-02-10 17:23:18] * @Alexian fruits of his alcoholic labor. "I've been busy handling damage control, which has created some problems and opportunities as always. There are matters i'd like to discuss. But more importantly, what lies ahead is of the highest stakes any of us will have ever engaged. If it becomes our death and the dissolution of our legacy for the kind of world we wish to play in and leave behind, I would like us to be able to
  16. [2018-02-10 17:23:18] * @Alexian say we have truly enjoyed the ride."
  17. [2018-02-10 17:26:32] * Nova let her eyes flick towards one of the labels, giving a half smirk. "Seriously? Drake cheese? If this isn't spicey as fuck I'm going to be sorely disappointed." She'd plucked a cube up to give it a bite as Kaylanna spoke, glancing at Lore and catching the gesture but keeping her attentions diverted, one shoulder rolled slightly as she chewed. Her eyes dropped when Alexian unvieled
  18. [2018-02-10 17:26:32] * Nova the dome, half chuckling at the butter scuplture. "Fantastic tattoo. I'd say expertly done, though speaking of the outside.. took a little ride on the bike to check out how the cleanup is going." Her features twisted into a scowl, finally moving to take a seat in front of the uncovered dome, giving a little groan of the plastic as she crossed her legs. "Man infrastructure is going to
  19. [2018-02-10 17:26:32] * Nova be brutal. Many of the roads are potholetopias. Even with all the tech cleanup and repair its going to be a real shit show. At least we do have the birds to fly around to do what needs to be done."
  20. [2018-02-10 17:27:00] <Nova> spicy*
  21. [2018-02-10 17:29:53] <Kaylanna> You're saying this is getting harder?" She said after a moment and rubs her cheeks and takes a deep breath" okay I know I can do it but sounds like hell
  22. [2018-02-10 17:33:54] <Lorelei_Slade> Nothing awesome is ever easy.
  23. [2018-02-10 17:37:42] <@Alexian> "Of course. The scale grows. The struggle to carve out an identity and ethos is complete. Now it becomes a matter of keeping it and choosing who shares your destiny as friends, who as foe." He would cut into his steak, unhurriedly devouring a piece of it. "You are the lynchpin of a better future. Break, and the tide of inertia and mediocrity will devour all. Hold, and you will be the wedge that parts the decline, and
  24. [2018-02-10 17:37:42] <@Alexian> re-energizes the world, and possibly others." He smiled as Lori mirrored his sentiment, washing down the steak with a little of the pomegranate juice. "Your technological and martial prowess is stunning. As a whole, your greatest vulnerability is in combating the weavers of the weird. Magic, as used by ancient powers and depraved brilliant minds like myself, will be what brings you down, if you do not prepare yourself for
  25. [2018-02-10 17:37:43] <@Alexian> its effects. I have been working obsessively at creating a set of security measures for your tower that will leave you safe even from the greatest of archmagi. But now, I am ready to bestow upon you, magical defenses that may mean the difference in the most desperate of moments."[2018-02-10 17:40:43] * Nova had just sliced into the steak to take her first bite as Alexian mentioned bestowing magical defenses, stopping the fork from bringing the piece of the meat to her lips, feeling her features blanch slightly. "I suppose considering the measures that were required for you to perform the magic that initially put guards and magical seals on the tower, the recent activities in the
  26. [2018-02-10 17:40:44] * Nova city provided you with the ...special variety of energies that you need to do what it is you're going to do next? Or do you have another anthill that I'll be crawling into?"
  27. [2018-02-10 17:41:39] <@Alexian> "I have...Acquired a substantial windfall of abyssal energies." Thin smirk spread.
  28. [2018-02-10 17:41:43] <Kaylanna> That's good to know." She said after a moment and digs into her food quickly
  29. [2018-02-10 17:43:29] * Lorelei_Slade nibbles her food and nods as she listens. Something seems to be slowing her though, and after one bite she may be playing more than eating
  30. [2018-02-10 17:43:55] * Nova slid the meat into her mouth, some visible tension ebbing away from her shoulders. "So what is this new magic? Is it for your airships or...?"
  31. [2018-02-10 17:47:52] * Nova knocked back a half of a glass of the wine before glancing to Kay. "And what is the memorial going to be?"
  32. [2018-02-10 17:49:10] <@Alexian> "No...It is for you. Any of you who wish it. I have another proposition, which will necessitate my bestowing upon you all that you will need to be able to survive my day to day absence." He would look to Lori, noticing something amiss, filing it in his mind, and looking between them. "We cannot invade Ekron...It would spell our doom." He reached beneath the table and drew an ancient tome made of bestial leathery flesh.
  33. [2018-02-10 17:49:10] <@Alexian> In abyssal script, it said the 'city of salt in wounds.' He would offer it to Kaylanna first, then Lori, then Nova. The long and short of it, if anyone could read abyssal, was a diagram and journal about a city carved out of a great and unstoppable beast that constantly regenerates and requires endless carving up to build out and feast and ship to elsewhere. "If we disrupt the functions of that city, the beast will
  34. [2018-02-10 17:49:11] <@Alexian> awaken...And it might be sufficient to put our cities to an end."
  35. [2018-02-10 17:51:25] * Lorelei_Slade CAN read it...oddly
  36. [2018-02-10 17:51:36] * Kaylanna looked to nova " as for what it is... a rememberance of all people lost in the last week and prayers to any gods they may have for intercession of their souls. As for this? It's like gibberish
  37. [2018-02-10 17:51:44] <@Alexian> Lori you can give me a knowledge arcana in ooc if you like.)
  38. [2018-02-10 17:51:48] <@Alexian> It's a hard one)
  39. [2018-02-10 17:52:13] <Lorelei_Slade> (sh'es not trained in arcana...lol)
  40. [2018-02-10 17:52:17] <@Alexian> nvm)
  41. [2018-02-10 17:52:44] <Lorelei_Slade> (she can read it but it may aswell be advanced algorythms)
  42. [2018-02-10 17:53:11] <@Alexian> You get basically what sounds like biblical esque mad prophecy)
  43. [2018-02-10 17:53:28] <@Alexian> Staving off end times, blah blah)
  44. [2018-02-10 17:54:41] * Lorelei_Slade blinks and closes it "Insane end of days stuff...fun times>"
  45. [2018-02-10 17:56:41] * Nova let a casual smile spread across her lips as she looked at Alexian. "Well, I personally can't read that. I know that the demons are an issue, but not the biggest problem we have on our plate right now. I'm more than amicable to listen to what you have to say, but if you're expecting me to blindly agree to cast my vote not to invade Ekron, with the promise of some magical defenses,
  46. [2018-02-10 17:56:41] * Nova I just can't do that Lex. Not even while enjoying this spread." Her head tilted to the side, glancing at the tome, looking at the diagram. "Shit changes so fast around here a commitment to never do something is out of the question. I can agree that I won't vote to handle that before dealing with what's on our overflowing plate of shit we have to eat now, and I'd be inclined to take any
  47. [2018-02-10 17:56:42] * Nova of your enchantments. You're adept, and I acknowledge that. As for this, I'll take your word on the translation but..." Her voice tapered off, glancing back towards Kay, "Sounds like a lot of work to depict. I assume we have some good staff and sculpters to help? I bet Chronnis might be able to help if we need to find good stone to work with."
  48. [2018-02-10 17:57:36] * Lorelei_Slade sighs an fiddles with her food again
  49. [2018-02-10 17:57:56] <Kaylanna> I'm sure he would probably for a price" she chuckles before taking A bite of asparagus.
  50. [2018-02-10 18:01:15] * Nova snickered. "I kind of wonder if Chronnis has wrapped his head around the concept of currency nowdays. He's been asleep for a real long time, and he's been spending all of his hours outside of the city walls. I'm glad someone took him shopping for clothes but, sooner or later someone needs to translate his soon to be massive bank account into the luxury he had once known as a
  51. [2018-02-10 18:01:15] * Nova Titan."
  52. [2018-02-10 18:02:15] * @Alexian would shift focus briefly to take in Kay's memorial ideas. "Some monuments to honor them would add character and cohesion to the city. Maybe some media specials on the lives of some of them." He briefly remarked, pallid hues slithering over the lovely brunette with a smile. "I am not asking you to let Ekron scott free. The truth is, you cannot leave the current rulers in power. And you cannot invade them,
  53. [2018-02-10 18:02:16] * @Alexian without wasting significant resources you cannot afford to lose, or awakening a beast that could put this whole project of liberty and exile to rest." He would get to the point. "I want you to back my coup d'etat of Ekron. I will rule them with an iron fist to keep them from remaining a threat, and becoming an added trading powerhouse for your efforts. I am a skilled warrior, but you have no lack of those." He'd
  54. [2018-02-10 18:02:16] * @Alexian cast Lorelei a smile. "Nor do you lack capable magi." He'd incline and smile to Kaylanna. "I have finished turning your tower into something even I could not infiltrate once I remove my own permissions. If you trust me, I would imbue each of you with magical power with which to fight black magic wielders and gifted monsters. I would still be willing to cooperate with you, and I hope to maintain cordial
  55. [2018-02-10 18:02:21] * @Alexian relationships. But I believe at this moment, our paths need to diverge."
  56. [2018-02-10 18:02:56] * @Alexian and will make them become^
  57. [2018-02-10 18:03:47] * Lorelei_Slade looks to the man "You're...leaving?"
  58. [2018-02-10 18:04:40] <@Alexian> "I will be a brief jaunt away. But yes, the day to day operations of this company hold little need of me. My greatest value could be served in turning the demons who populate most of this continent to your noble cause."
  59. [2018-02-10 18:06:22] * Kaylanna Kay's face dropped as he said he was leaving. She wasn't expecting this at all and she used her napkin to wipe her lips and to hide the sadness in her eyes
  60. [2018-02-10 18:06:52] * Nova let her eyes fall upon Alexian as her fingers steepled in front of herself looking past the plate of food and towards the man. He could easily see the calculations being executed behind those sharp silver eyes, her mouth tightening briefly before a deep drawn suspiration hoisted her chest and gave complaint to the overstrained plastic ensamble. "I'd be willing to offer my services
  61. [2018-02-10 18:06:52] * Nova of course towards such an endeavor on your part with a few conditions to be noted."
  62. [2018-02-10 18:06:54] * Lorelei_Slade nos and looks down. "What kind of gift would this magic be?"
  63. [2018-02-10 18:09:54] * @Alexian pale jade hues slithered over the three of them. "I have a menu of enchantments. They are deep in power, but they require considerable trust. I would have to possess you, and slowly surge forth magical strength as if conjuring it into myself, weaving it into your very soul, and then departing to return you to the silver cord of your own figure."
  64. [2018-02-10 18:13:17] * Nova poured herself a little more wine as she raked a few fingers through her hair. "You have intricate knowledge of the corporation. I don't see in what way gaining an ally with healthy quantities of power and resources would be a bad thing, but..." She'd pause, heaping more of the random cheeses onto her plate to taste the exotic variety, overwhelming the pear slices. "Before we
  65. [2018-02-10 18:13:18] * Nova pursue this effort, we need to clean up this mess with Black Sky that is currently overwhelming the entire city and threatening a war on the horizon. I'd like to know that you would of course agree to a nondisclosure, to any and all things including security measures both magical and physical of which you're aware and all personel intel on our assorted strengths and weaknesses. I'd also
  66. [2018-02-10 18:13:18] * Nova like to nail down an agreement beforehand that our city and your kingdom would have a solid trade agreement and boundaries since we can't stat causing turf wars between ourselves. And last but not least, in the event of a catastrophic event on the horizon that impacts this settlement, if you're not facing the same issue in your homelands and are required to remain to protect your..
  67. [2018-02-10 18:13:18] * Nova we'll call them people... that you will make reasonable efforts to support the endeavor."
  68. [2018-02-10 18:13:49] <Nova> start*
  69. [2018-02-10 18:15:02] * Nova popped a bit of cheese into her mouth, letting her smile stretch wide as she looked directly across the table at Alexian. "I know. I know. I'm never easy, but that is why I'm awesome."
  70. [2018-02-10 18:15:58] <Lorelei_Slade> Posses us?
  71. [2018-02-10 18:16:24] * Lorelei_Slade pokes at her food
  72. [2018-02-10 18:18:49] * @Alexian took in the concerns. "If you fall, I stand to lose everything. A close relationship with your city is part of the gun I have aimed at the demon lords I will aim to subjugate. We will need each other more than ever. And if I fall, the demons will organize and strike when you are already weakened by external threats." He would nod at the idea of trade and mutual defense. "I have a plan to aggressively carve up
  73. [2018-02-10 18:18:49] * @Alexian the beast and use its corpse to burn and spread fertilizer in all of the baldnads areas next to where Chronnis is tapping artisian water sources to help reinvigorate the lands. The beast is not unholy, only the demons who carve it in perpetuity." He looked to Lorelei, and offered a nod. "I would be responsible, and dose myself with Raktavarna poison to be void of your memories. But I cannot perform such powers
  74. [2018-02-10 18:18:49] * @Alexian from outside in."
  75. [2018-02-10 18:19:49] <Kaylanna> Sounds almost fun really ." She said after a moment as she added some cheeses to her plate and more meat.
  76. [2018-02-10 18:19:59] <Lorelei_Slade> I see...And if that makes me...very uncomfortable? What do Kir and Cas and DImitri say? Have you even spoken to them?
  77. [2018-02-10 18:21:27] <@Alexian> "Honestly, Lori. I'm not holding a sword to your neck. If you don't want the vast power, it saves me time and vast quantities of distilled spiritual power. But I am certain your brother and new boyfriend would not appreciate you getting turned into paste by some clever wizard, or having your mind raped by some psychic only slightly less responsible than our current resident::.
  78. [2018-02-10 18:22:41] <@Alexian> "The process is not without risk to myself..."
  79. [2018-02-10 18:23:35] <Lorelei_Slade> I'm not saying no. I'm trying to...I barely know you. Trust takes time.
  80. [2018-02-10 18:23:53] * Nova watched Alexian with a shrewd look, half of her mouth hooking into an amused smirk at Kay's reaction. "What is this beast exactly? I'm curious. If it isn't a demon and it is so useful and powerful... I have to ask just in case its one of Chronnis's ..kindred you can see where that might cause issues. As for psychics... " She'd interject just after the exchange between Lore and
  81. [2018-02-10 18:23:54] * Nova Alexian, "Dosing yourself with the memory erasing is.. a bit of a trust fall in itself. Just so we don't have any doubt, would you be fine with a psychadellic psyschic validation after the fact? I don't want any in company arguing over what you may or may not know when you depart to take this leadership role elsewhere."
  82. [2018-02-10 18:30:02] <@Alexian> "I get that, Lori. I will not even look you in the eyes and tell you I am not a horrible man. I sold my soul to the god of shadows hundreds of years ago. My death means eternal servitude at the feet of the Dark Six. But until that time, I will use the vast powers I have stolen and bargained for to see this world left into a thing of wonder and beauty in my departure." He would idly continue with his meal, speaking
  83. [2018-02-10 18:30:02] <@Alexian> between bites. "I have walked the many dimensions of this universe the way one tunes in on a radio dial. Most of it, is not so lovely...It does not hold the warmth, the hope, the passion that you all wield so beautifully here tonight. Not that you've any cause to believe me, but what I do is for the preservation of that slice of the cosmos that can boast of such splendor. Granted, I wish to taste of it as long as I can
  84. [2018-02-10 18:30:03] <@Alexian> before I go down into the void." It was his piece on why he should or should not be trusted. "Nova, the raktavarna will only have short term effect. I will forget only what came from possessing your bodies. And fine, you may interrogate, but use caution for your own minds."
  85. [2018-02-10 18:34:00] * Nova let out a little laugh. "Well fuck. You'll want the shot after you're done with me. Noted, and I'm not digging around in your mind. The gods have mercy on anyone who decides to."
  86. [2018-02-10 18:35:16] <@Alexian> (So ooc room i'll detail the menu of enchantments)
  87. [2018-02-10 18:57:40] * Nova leaned onto her elbow and looked over at Alexian. "Did you milk the drakes yourself? I just have to know."
  88. [2018-02-10 18:58:33] <@Alexian> "When I have friends like Slippy?"
  89. [2018-02-10 19:05:01] <Nova> "He's died more than once hasn't he?"
  90. [2018-02-10 19:05:02] * Lorelei_Slade picks at her food again "I'm willing to give you a chance...but if I ever find out you mind fucked me...There will not be a safe lace on any plane."
  91. [2018-02-10 19:05:55] * @Alexian offered a smile. "If I was going to fuck you, Lori...Your mind would not be involved."
  92. [2018-02-10 19:06:44] * Nova soured slightly as she prodded at her cheese. "No one likes people poking around in their minds. Always good to have a little security.." She'd lift a thumb to toy with the ring on her left hand. "That being said I assume this isn't going to be an issue for you during the process?"
  93. [2018-02-10 19:06:58] <@Alexian> "I call it...Creative excursion, Nova. Not dying." A wicked smirk spread wider.
  94. [2018-02-10 19:07:33] <@Alexian> "No. I will be taking over your body. Your mental perception will bhe in a cute little crystal ball I will have prepared."
  95. [2018-02-10 19:07:40] <Nova> 'Ever take me on a Creative excursion, and I swear my undead etheral spirit will come back to haunt you in creative ways you can't even fathom."
  96. [2018-02-10 19:07:56] <@Alexian> "Don't threaten me with a good time."
  97. [2018-02-10 19:08:22] * Lorelei_Slade goes red and grubles, picking at her food again
  98. [2018-02-10 19:08:32] <Nova> "Like cutting off your own dick, attaching it to your forehead, and making you a eunichcorn?"
  99. [2018-02-10 19:08:52] <@Alexian> Clever. Not the kind of facefucking I had in mind, but we could make it work."
  100. [2018-02-10 19:09:13] <Nova> "Sorry. I'm afraid Slippy is the one who's going to have to milk that udder."
  101. [2018-02-10 19:10:13] * Kaylanna (Kaylanna@173.218.xl.px) has quit IRC (Quit: never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you)
  102. [2018-02-10 19:10:53] * Kaylanna (Kaylanna@173.218.xl.px) joins #Modern-Eberron
  103. [2018-02-10 19:26:19] * Kaylanna (Kaylanna@173.218.xl.px) has quit IRC (Quit: never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you)
  104. [2018-02-10 19:29:15] * Kaylanna (Kaylanna@173.218.xl.px) joins #Modern-Eberron
  105. [2018-02-10 19:40:06] * Aenethian (wknig@03-235-83-17.dhcp.slid.la.charter.com) joins #Modern-Eberron
  106. [2018-02-10 19:42:39] * Alexian (wknig@03-235-83-17.dhcp.slid.la.charter.com) has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 250 seconds)
  107. [2018-02-10 19:46:30] * Aenethian is now known as Alexian
  108. [2018-02-10 19:46:36] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Alexian
  109. [2018-02-10 19:57:46] * Lorelei_Slade finally pushes away her barely touched food
  110. [2018-02-10 20:22:59] * @Alexian the scene starts on the decks of the barracuda. It picks up following a scout team wrecking the House Deneith base that would have the location of the secret project location. There was always more to do: More reconstruction, more meetings, more intel, more crafting, more purchasing, but they needed to have definitive proof of their claims to cause the city and peace summit meeting to bend to their direction and
  111. [2018-02-10 20:22:59] * @Alexian prevent a all-way battle royale as already tense nations were edging on the pulling of nuclear triggers and full force war, the entire media and feel of the civilized world brimming on the tightrope toward extinction. The nuclear magitech submarine was slower than a gunship or a fighter jet, but no amount of technology could scan every inch of the sea beneath the waves. They had a much further range without
  112. [2018-02-10 20:23:00] * @Alexian refueling, and there was a much better cargo capacity. Drone labor replaces need for a crew, making the living arrangements substantially better than ages past. There was a small gym, everyone had a private cabin, showers, lockers, and even a sea hatch at the base to go and dive to make sudden repairs drones couldn't handle or go on brief excursions. The submarine more resembles a billionaire’s super-yacht wit
  113. [2018-02-10 20:23:05] * @Alexian h the finest fabrics and furnishings, entertainment, bedding, bar, small gym(limited to fixed cables at this time), kitchen, even a sauna and standing showers. The sensor arrays are digitized into smartglass and holo-projections, allowing a minimum of visible circuitry. A byproduct of the nuclear and arcane reactors is desalinization, allowing a great freedom of fresh water to utilize, which has been redirected
  114. [2018-02-10 20:23:10] * @Alexian into the luxuries of the craft. Generally, the edges and the bottom deck are where the drones and mechanisms and the like do their thing, so most of the day to day combat operations can be handled from the bridge, which have helmets and holo screens that make it seem more like a VR video game than vague blips on sonar.
  115. [2018-02-10 20:23:14] <@Alexian> They were headed to the polar reaches of Eberron, to a place known as Frostfell. Nova, Lorelei, and Dimitri were all capable pilots, so for the past 2 weeks on a 4 week journey skirting reefs and trenches and staying well out of sight of sonar and perimeter scans, moving in a roundabout but secure path toward the polar reaches.
  116. [2018-02-10 20:23:39] * Alexian is now known as Dimitri
  117. [2018-02-10 20:26:41] * @Dimitri was looking across the table from Eva who was working on her robot and a set of antenna she could use to project her robotic emanation into the combat depths the group may delve. They were set to self-destruct after they depart, so it wouldn't be a way to link back to them. Dimitri was in a towel, brushing his teeth, and moving toward the showers, with a nod to anyone he might encounter on the way. He provided an
  118. [2018-02-10 20:26:41] * @Dimitri up close brief view as to the stunning details of his features: First of notice is pale blond hair to his chin, with an angular but strong jaw, and statuesque musculature upon a 6’6 frame in an alabaster white tone. His eyes, a cracked glass, ice blue tone that seemed to produce their own inner light source. It could be seen as striking in a positive way, but it could also be deemed unnatural, unnerving. Upo
  119. [2018-02-10 20:26:41] * @Dimitri n his sides, 6 bone fingers of a skeletal hand on either side made an optical illusion of piercing his flesh with red ink hinting at blood droplets between his ribcage. His shoulders held aloft a demon skull with twisted horns. Down his spine, a wavy greatsword outline pierces 3 blue suns and an inverse constellation of demonic eyes slither down either side of the sword outline over his spine. Pink scars writhe
  120. [2018-02-10 20:26:46] * @Dimitri across his exposed flesh, and at the convergence of chest and deltoids, upturned pentagrams frame concentric circles of delicate abyssal scripture. His powerful grip impossible to adequately convey: Imagine it was warm to the touch like any other feverish man, and then a chill that emerged from within the nadis and chakras of one's spiritual being with no corporeal origin causes the shudder of goosebumps onto the
  121. [2018-02-10 20:26:51] * @Dimitri surface of connected flesh.
  122. [2018-02-10 20:27:13] * @Dimitri a vacant humanoid shell of a combat drone was looking across the table from Eva^
  123. [2018-02-10 20:29:22] * Lorelei_Slade has come down to prep. Swapping dress clothes for armour and weapons. Down hair for a tightly braided bun. She inhales as she works, her wings fluttering a bit as she changes
  124. [2018-02-10 20:30:58] * Nova felt a little twinge of nostalgia as she looked around the submarine. She'd settled in front of the sonar, watching the various flickers of illuminated scanned undewater terrain as she'd settled in. It was a longer trip, which meant her usual means of crafting attire was not viable, forcing the rarely seen cloth alternatives-- and of course, the infiltration garments she'd kept
  125. [2018-02-10 20:30:58] * Nova in reserve. The custom blend of mottled blacks and greys made their own shadowy break of a natural silhouette, aiding in the uncanny means of hiding even in the most common of places in the city. Her eyes snapped up towards Dimitri, giving a grunt of agitation. "Put a shirt on for fuck's sake. Its been four weeks without Kir around and I swear if Eva's bot had the equipment required
  126. [2018-02-10 20:30:59] * Nova I'd be offering to give him a lube job by now. " She'd add that little tinge of levity to break her own personal pent tensions, glancing towards Eva with a crack of a smile, knowing tensions were mounting as they approached their end goal. "Last time I took a sub ride things went south. I'm sure we'll do better, though In truth I wish we had more training exercises as a team. Lets review
  127. [2018-02-10 20:30:59] * Nova our objectives and make sure everyone is on the same page?"
  128. [2018-02-10 20:36:38] * Dimitri (wknig@03-235-83-17.dhcp.slid.la.charter.com) has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving)
  129. [2018-02-10 20:45:01] * Nova had been sitting at the pilots seat for the submarine midafternoon, watching the various screens and sensors sweep across the underwater terrain. It had been a fairly uneventful trip thusfar, and the majority of the crew was up and about milling around, trying to keep a normal schedule despite a lack of natural light to dictate standard sleeping hours. Without any indication or
  130. [2018-02-10 20:45:01] * Nova warning a sudden impact shook the vessel, sending everyone flinging to the side as all the electronics began to flicker internally. The loud resonating thrum of impact shook the hull, lights exchanging to a bright red flicker as the warning alarm blared loudly through the internal speakers. The onboard AI began to litter off damage reports as a massive shape suddenly appeared upon the
  131. [2018-02-10 20:45:02] * Nova sonar screen.
  132. [2018-02-10 20:45:55] * Lorelei_Slade hears the bang and is to the guns in moments, flicking on comms "What the hell hit us?"
  133. [2018-02-10 20:52:21] <Kaylanna> Fuking hell whatwas that?!?!" She said as she rubbed her head in anger as she used that to start fueling her anger
  134. [2018-02-10 20:54:25] <Nova> **As everyone was knocked onto their ass, the external view finally gave a hint to what had just happened. One massive jaundice yellow eye that could fill an entire porthole window flicked past; The beacon alone was a hint to what had occured. On the screen, quick scans had began to map out what was swarming outside: Just beyond the now audibly warped edge of their rammed submarine
  135. [2018-02-10 20:54:26] <Nova> was a massive sea creature. A long slithering serpentine shape with a massive maw and sleek exceptionally agile body with its ribbonlike grace a good sixty feet in length had come crashing into the hull.
  136. [2018-02-10 21:02:37] <Nova> **No sooner than Nova and Lore had rushed to their various offense positions, than the Leviathan came with a targeted strike to capsize the submarine, inverting it. The powerful blow had sent the ship spiraling upside down like a limp wrist football throw. Anything that wasn't nailed down instantly went crashing towards the roof
  137. [2018-02-10 21:03:38] * Lorelei_Slade manages to hang on by the edge of her fingers "OH HELL NO!"
  138. [2018-02-10 21:09:24] * Nova was sure as shit glad she had her favorite pair of boots flattened to the floor by the time the ship had inverted, or she'd be with Kaylanna who was currently under heaps of equpiment on the roof of the sub.
  139. [2018-02-10 21:10:46] * Lorelei_Slade flips on the comms "ANyone survive that bullshit?"
  140. [2018-02-10 21:11:25] <Nova> "I'm going to ram this thing up that fucker's ass. Let's blow this whore to pieces."
  141. [2018-02-10 21:12:31] <Lorelei_Slade> "I'm on guns...so yes...kill it with fire works"
  142. [2018-02-10 21:13:45] <Kaylanna> Fire? I'd shoot those fuksrs myself if my damn arms weren't pinned!!
  143. [2018-02-10 21:30:26] * Gavin (reapereape@ao-28-45-261-808.dyn.embarqhsd.net) joins #Modern-Eberron
  144. [2018-02-10 21:32:20] * Kaylanna groans as her arms came unpinned and she pulled her shoulder back into place before running to the guns and shooting... and missing. She's a pilot and fighter not a gunman!
  145. [2018-02-10 21:32:49] <Nova> **The initial torpedo blow had shuddered the mighty sea serpent, sending its blood flooding into the gelid abyss of darkness. Nova had slowly recalibrated the position of the vessel, turning it upright again as the mess of items smattered onto the floor covering it with papers and broken glass, and Kaylanna. No sooner than the boat had been inverted and the massive metal arms went
  146. [2018-02-10 21:32:49] <Nova> sweeping towards the dense scaled flank of the sea creature, then it clamped its maw down onto the hull of the ship. Lights flickered and the alarm on the intercom began to howl. "Hull breach! Hull breach! Section 5 is taking on water!"
  147. [2018-02-10 21:33:12] <Lorelei_Slade> Shitshitshit!
  148. [2018-02-10 21:34:40] * Cassius (Cassius@o016-435-920.nap.wideopenwest.com) joins #Modern-Eberron
  149. [2018-02-10 21:43:19] <Nova> Cassius had a rude awakening. Sleeping in the back of the ship he was tossed to the roof of his cabin only to be protected by his mattress as the rest of the debris around him fell. It slowly returned to normal gravity positions, only to find himself with the last thing you want to see happening on a submarine. One of the hard metal bolts in the wall of his room popped off like a
  150. [2018-02-10 21:43:19] <Nova> shotgun shell, and water began to spray in with an unyielding force. He could hear the hull shuddering as some unseen force was battering around, the woosh of water as torpedos were launched and underwater siege weapons were deployed. At long last the entire crew could breathe, the gargantuan sea beast in its nearly 60 ft long frame had just started to constrict and crush at the hull
  151. [2018-02-10 21:43:20] <Nova> only to have the last of its strength ruined in a spray of underwater assault and tearing mechanical limbs. The carcass slid down the frame, ending the assault.
  152. [2018-02-10 21:44:51] <Lorelei_Slade> One ded squid...time to repair!
  153. [2018-02-10 21:46:04] * Nova flicked up the scans. "Sea serpent. No tentacles, thankfully, but not really the point! Lets all get to sector 5, fuck this place is a mess! Shit. I need to stay here and keep the boat upright, let me know how it goes!"
  154. [2018-02-10 21:46:40] <Lorelei_Slade> On it!
  155. [2018-02-10 21:49:53] * Gavin (reapereape@ao-28-45-261-808.dyn.embarqhsd.net) has quit IRC
  156. [2018-02-10 22:04:37] * Alexian (wknig@03-235-83-17.dhcp.slid.la.charter.com) joins #Modern-Eberron
  157. [2018-02-10 22:05:00] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Alexian
  158. [2018-02-10 22:05:04] * Alexian is now known as Dimitri
  159. [2018-02-10 22:12:13] <Nova> **A gargantuan sea creature had just introduced itself to the submarine's hull in the worst of ways. Those who weren't in the control room during the onslaught were rudely awoken by the initial jarring impact of the beast as it bull rushed into the hull. No sooner than the initial strike had come, but a second assault had sent the submarine upside down, taking all of the items that
  160. [2018-02-10 22:12:13] <Nova> weren't secured to the floor to greet the top of the ceiling along with various denizens. The interior was a mess of strewn objects, broken glass, and shattered tech as alarms and AI warnings flooded the interior of the ship. After a quick coordinated assault with a torpedo and seige weapons, the mechanical arms and some craft piloting, the massive beast had slid free of its constricting
  161. [2018-02-10 22:12:14] <Nova> bind onto the hull, leaving only the reprocussions of its bite and concussive batterings in its wake. Sector five was taking on water-- bolts had sprung free from their banding on the side where a massive tooth had indented and punctured the integrity, though a small set of holes the pressurized water shot through with incredible force. Nova remained at the pilot seat as the others ran
  162. [2018-02-10 22:12:14] <Nova> to aid, sealing a metal patch over the gushing holes as water sank up from their ankles towards their shins, leaving an incredible frigid chill of the salty brine to shock at their systems.
  163. [2018-02-10 22:15:48] * @Dimitri was in a towel and showershoes when the submarine capsized. "VHat ze...?!?!" A moment later. "Ow! Vack!!" He would eventually spiderclimb his way walking on the side of the jostling submarine, only to hear and see the fine spray of water and rattling tincan noises of the beast from outside constricting against the hull of the ship. "Vack vack vack!" he would hop from place to place as the submarine spun over,
  164. [2018-02-10 22:15:48] * @Dimitri swinging into his chambers to grab his tools, and then he would be butt ass naked swinging and jumping to get to the leak, skidding to a halt and drawing nanite gel, plasma torch, and magnetic vise clamps while it all dried. "I take von break to mazturbate, and ziz iz vhat I get back to! I am going to murder ziz zhing iv you have nyet already gotten it."
  165. [2018-02-10 22:20:23] <Lorelei_Slade> It's dead, Dimitri.
  166. [2018-02-10 22:20:33] * Lorelei_Slade offers the man a shy smile and a bluch
  167. [2018-02-10 22:20:54] * Nova felt settled once the AI had begun to resonate back into the control room. "Interior is stabalizing pressure. Hull breach is contained."
  168. [2018-02-10 22:22:09] * Kaylanna had held the glass for a moment and got overwhelmed by the water and she forces her anger into her strength, managing to hold the damn thing in place
  169. [2018-02-10 22:22:23] <@Dimitri> "Ekzellent." He smiles, shivering a bit from the gushing cold salt water. "I zhink barring furry porn, cold vater vrom 300 meterz deep is vorzt zhing to have az cockblock." He'd give those ice blues a once over of Lori. "Alzo, fate givez as much az takes."
  170. [2018-02-10 22:22:27] <Cassius> To compensate for living in metal tube for a month, Cassius had dipped into his ‘meditative’ supplies. It kept him numb enough to deal with the claustrophobia, but also meant he slept right through the monster attack. The racket, and buckling of the ship did manage to rouse him from
  171. [2018-02-10 22:22:33] <Cassius> sleep After taking a moment to take an upper, he rushed out to see what was going on. There was a massive leak in the metal tube. He rushed up to help...managing to summon enough strength on the second attempt as he started to level out. “This is why you don’t cram people
  172. [2018-02-10 22:22:39] <Cassius> into a metal tube and put it underwater!” He’d shout as soon as the life-or-death moment was over.
  173. [2018-02-10 22:24:37] <Lorelei_Slade> Easy, Cass. *gives Dimitri another blush and smile* You're okay? both of you?
  174. [2018-02-10 22:24:46] * Lorelei_Slade looks injured but isn't fussing
  175. [2018-02-10 22:25:15] <Kaylanna> Here let me see what I can do to patch you guys up... this won't heal with divine magic
  176. [2018-02-10 22:25:44] <Lorelei_Slade> I know. We'll need medbay when all is said and done
  177. [2018-02-10 22:26:02] <@Dimitri> "Da, never better." He would laugh a bit, and then move to go and slide into some clothes. "Given a moment to krawl into vetzuit, make ekzkurzion around ze hull, I kan repair vrom ekzterior az vell."
  178. [2018-02-10 22:26:16] * Nova pressed a button to talk through the comms. "Looks like we're stable. Good job guys. This place is a fucking wreck... man... its going to be a pain in the ass to clean this up."
  179. [2018-02-10 22:26:26] <Lorelei_Slade> Thanks Dimitri.
  180. [2018-02-10 22:26:35] <Kaylanna> Yes but I think I may be able to get you two healed up enough for the invasion
  181. [2018-02-10 22:26:36] * Lorelei_Slade hits a button to reply
  182. [2018-02-10 22:26:44] <@Dimitri> "Nova, pop ze hatch vor me. GOing to make repairz on ze outzide."
  183. [2018-02-10 22:26:53] <Lorelei_Slade> "Any time...Dimitri wants to go out and look outside."
  184. [2018-02-10 22:26:57] <@Dimitri> "Kay, never, ever, ever, even look at me vith your divine magic, dah?"
  185. [2018-02-10 22:27:10] <Kaylanna> Wasn't going towirh yku.
  186. [2018-02-10 22:27:19] <Kaylanna> I can tell you're different
  187. [2018-02-10 22:27:22] <@Dimitri> Whew
  188. [2018-02-10 22:28:16] <Kaylanna> The color is different .. anything different from normal colors I don't touch unless they say I can
  189. [2018-02-10 22:28:25] * Lorelei_Slade looks to Kay
  190. [2018-02-10 22:28:47] <Kaylanna> Have to touch to heal, Lorelei.
  191. [2018-02-10 22:28:56] <Lorelei_Slade> And go ahead.
  192. [2018-02-10 22:29:04] <Lorelei_Slade> I'm not like him...I'm like Kir.
  193. [2018-02-10 22:29:31] <@Dimitri> "Ziz iz nozhing to repairing vezzel avter meteor kollizion." He would quickly strap into a dry suit as he spoke, warming up for the task by twisting and stretching and rolling his shoulders. He would move to grab some tools. "Zomevon help me ztrap in? No gigity involved."
  194. [2018-02-10 22:30:41] * Kaylanna concerned herself with helping lore best she could, popping a couple bones backninto place.
  195. [2018-02-10 22:31:02] * Lorelei_Slade once she's healed she helps Dimitri
  196. [2018-02-10 22:31:05] * Cassius shook his head, "I'm not dead, but still in a fucking death trap that almost got sprung. Remind me why we went this way instead of flying in and blasting our way in with Rex?"
  197. [2018-02-10 22:31:24] <@Dimitri> "Anti airkravt gunz and zurvace to air mizsiles, Kazsios."
  198. [2018-02-10 22:35:42] <Cassius> "So these people never heard of mines and depth charges? I'd prefer crashing over getting crushed when a metal tube crumples. Plenty of tools to help survive a crash."
  199. [2018-02-10 22:38:22] <@Dimitri> "We kan zwim out and dizarm zhoz in advanz." He'd wink to Cas, and then flex into the belts Lori suited up for him. "Spaseeba, krasivitza ptitsa." He'd speak in Karrnathi (thanks, pretty bird), preparing his way down for the hatch and sealing on his helmet and adjusting his bloodstream for cold water as a precaution before snapping on collapsible fins and a few weapons, dropping into the dark and frigid water, not needing
  200. [2018-02-10 22:38:23] <@Dimitri> to turn on a light and draw attention to himself, swimming and crawling along the hull looking for damage to repair. He took a moment to draw a net and capture up samples of the rare bioluminescent invertebrate that crossed his path, put it into a beltpouch, and went back to work, fumbling for a plasma torch, feet clinging to the rumbling hull as he walked across it and then knelt over the rent alloy hull.
  201. [2018-02-10 22:39:20] * @Dimitri would get to work, nothing more complicated than welding in a solar flare and asteroid fragment shower. At least this time he wasn't concerned for his suit shredding every 2 seconds he was patching things up.
  202. [2018-02-10 22:43:51] * Lorelei_Slade blushes and moves to retake gunner seat...juuust in case
  203. [2018-02-10 22:47:29] <@Dimitri> So, as promised, there are in fact sea defenses. This base is loaded not with sea mines as those are actually kind of easy to fish out, but they have embedded torpedoes in submerged launchers and laser/sonar detection systems. Somebody is going to have to disarm them. Dimitri easily spots them as they approach playing engineer. "I make zhingz, kannot dizable zhem neatly. Zomevon elze haz to get vet."
  204. [2018-02-10 22:48:09] * @Dimitri as the sub draws closer, icebergs, leopard seals, narwhals, schools of fish, orca, all kinds of cool creatures up in the frigid coastline.
  205. [2018-02-10 22:50:38] <Lorelei_Slade> Can anyone disarm those?
  206. [2018-02-10 22:52:20] * Nova would speak up. "Eva and I should be pretty good at disabling things..."
  207. [2018-02-10 22:52:53] <@Dimitri> "Eva's repairing her bot for the ground assault. It'll have to be you, Nova."
  208. [2018-02-10 22:55:58] * Nova would nod, priming herself with the appropriate bag of tools, relinquishing the pilot's chair to go out and disable the laser and sonar detection systems.
  209. [2018-02-10 22:56:33] * Cassius hums, "I don't know the first thing about disarming things. We could try to herd the fish to confuse the sensors."
  210. [2018-02-10 22:57:32] <@Dimitri> "I'm not saying no...Do you know how to?" He'd look as Nova just walked past them and started suiting up.
  211. [2018-02-10 23:03:42] * Nova was particularly good at vanishing as soon as she inclined herself to be unseen. The cold water didn't seem to deter her at all, nor did the salty aroma that flooded into her nostrils as she was sent into the vast darkness. No one would have the slightest clue where she was in the abyss of liquid, only catching the relay from the tech that she was in fact still alive and no
  212. [2018-02-10 23:03:42] * Nova longer in the vessel.
  213. [2018-02-10 23:06:38] * Kaylanna (Kaylanna@173.218.xl.px) has quit IRC (Quit: never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you)
  214. [2018-02-10 23:07:04] * Nova poured out a long breath as the task had finally been complete. Her voice slid finally into the comms. "The path is primed. I'll meet you on the shoreline."
  215. [2018-02-10 23:07:41] * Cassius scrunched his nose, "On second thought, better I don't. Works better in tandem with other divers...and some Kronosauruses... I'll keep my hands on the wheel instead."
  216. [2018-02-10 23:08:40] <Lorelei_Slade> I'll pilot..Cass can you shoot?
  217. [2018-02-10 23:09:24] <@Dimitri> "Lookz like moot point, now. Grab your gear, we're hitting the beach."
  218. [2018-02-10 23:10:22] * Lorelei_Slade grabs her gear and heads for the beach ((how.??))
  219. [2018-02-10 23:11:02] * Nova hair was surprisingly dry when she'd made it to the beach. She'd taken flippers, but had otherwise taken no other additional supportive underwater gear. The usual arseonal of guns, tools, and wands were the only things she had strapped to her back, and was now carefully pulling them out to put them into the arranged positions on her mottled black and grey linens that had been
  220. [2018-02-10 23:11:02] * Nova retrieved from the waterproof pack as well.
  221. [2018-02-10 23:13:21] <@Dimitri> Explaining in ooc)
  222. [2018-02-10 23:28:44] * Lorelei_Slade manages to make her way past lead-lined walls and heavy automated turrets, pressure plates, gas chamber traps. She frowns and keeps moving, managing to dodge blast doors/elevators/descending bunkers using parked jets and attack helicopters. He breathing is held in near silence as she passes Sentries, Mechs(Robots), Aerial Drones, squads of Soldiers w/ snowmobiles and the observer bot flying swarms, etc before she puases to breath a bit more. Her silver eyes filled with aprehension
  223. [2018-02-10 23:29:17] * Nova certainly had found herself in similar settings and scenarios before. It felt a little uncanny, a little too familiar with Eva coming along. She'd feel the wind on her face, gliding as much as the batwings were capable of doing in the invisible state. Her eyes had slid upward to the sky, just checking to make sure there were no signs of rain, confident in her own capacity to
  224. [2018-02-10 23:29:17] * Nova navigate the area, but the others, well there was heavy nagging doubt in her mind having been on so few excersions with the others to know how well they'd do in infiltration. A big part was just keeping your mouth shut and your eyes open, avoiding the pillars of auto turrets, the aerial drones that required occasional circumnavigation to give wide berth, gargantuan mecha defense, and
  225. [2018-02-10 23:29:17] * Nova enough to let her know Alexian would have had difficulties with the teleportation zones. At least seeing the lines of parked jets, she'd felt a means for escape was viable if shit hit the fan.
  226. [2018-02-10 23:30:55] * @Dimitri infiltration these days has gotten crazy fucking hard with the ever-improving power of technology. What happened to the days of creeping through an alley and stabbing a bitch in the kidney? Well, to be fair, they were infiltrating the hideout on a distant arctic island of the world's most terrifying known terrorist group, whose attack left a third of Prosperity's avatars wiped out and repeated the scale with an
  227. [2018-02-10 23:30:55] * @Dimitri attack on 11 other cities across Khorvaire and Actaeon(Demon Wastes). But here they were, flying over the madness, taking routes he plotted to avoid the worst of the defense mechanisms, and passing up all sorts of things, wings of fighter jets, attack helicopters, drone swarms, rotating phalanx gun turrets, electrified fences, rolling tanks, walking drone robots the size of mobile infantry mecha. The number and
  228. [2018-02-10 23:30:56] * @Dimitri scope of the military capabilities here was just staggering. It was tempting to destroy these capabilities asap, but they had a more important job to do, which was get in, get out, and take the server data. On Dimitri's back was the robot Eva was jacked into, in his arms was Cassius. When they finally set down at a building's alley, he would finally let himself breathea puff of frigid fog from thin lips.
  229. [2018-02-10 23:37:58] * Cassius couldn’t believe that flying was a skill that they all had. So he had to get carried along like Luggage. He almost ruined their perfect approach with a few shots of his rifle to avoid the humiliation. But then he realized that it was just the upper talking, making him ancy. Thank god
  230. [2018-02-10 23:38:05] <Cassius> none of his clan were there to see this. If they were here, he could have just snagged a pterodactyl. Once they set down, he tapped a button at the base of his helmet to reactivate coms. “I should have brought some acid. Woulda made the scenery even trippier. I can see why
  231. [2018-02-10 23:38:12] <Cassius> ya’ll didn’t want to brute force things...even if I’m sure we coulda done it easy.”
  232. [2018-02-10 23:39:58] * Lorelei_Slade has WINGS even
  233. [2018-02-10 23:40:38] * Nova whispers into the Comms. "Keep voices down and communications to a minimum. I'll take point slipping in first in case of traps. Ready?"
  234. [2018-02-10 23:41:17] <@Dimitri> "I can get you the best drugs when we're done here. Technically I could whip something out now, but that'd be bad for getting out alive. Alright." His blue eyes became swirling coalescing flames like the base of a gas stove, and he'd focus on the walls. "Lined with lead. We can't see what's down there. Which means ghosting or teleporting is not a smart play. Should we do this tunnel to tunnel? Old school SWAT?"
  235. [2018-02-10 23:42:32] <Nova> "I can send something down there first if you'd like."
  236. [2018-02-10 23:42:47] <@Dimitri> "Sure. If it's caught, we;re caught. You confident on it?"
  237. [2018-02-10 23:43:49] * Lorelei_Slade whispers "We could tunnel to tunnel."
  238. [2018-02-10 23:44:54] * Nova cursed under her breath. "I swear I better get a bonus to cover the costs of all this shit but.. gas form?"
  239. [2018-02-10 23:45:24] <@Dimitri> "I kan do zat on my own. But dah. Vorks for me."
  240. [2018-02-10 23:46:36] <Nova> "As a reminder. Any attacks will ruin your invisibility, and obviously you can't do it in gaseous form."
  241. [2018-02-10 23:47:10] <Cassius> "You can fly and turn into gas? The hell did I sign into?"
  242. [2018-02-10 23:47:46] <Nova> "A fist full of awesome."
  243. [2018-02-10 23:48:06] <@Dimitri> "This is not going to last long. We will need the speed of external air sources pushing us in the right direction. AC vents. They can't live down here without heating and AC pumped down.
  244. [2018-02-10 23:49:12] <Lorelei_Slade> Just a sec...let me figure the out in my head.
  245. [2018-02-10 23:49:15] * Lorelei_Slade smiles
  246. [2018-02-10 23:51:15] * Lorelei_Slade suddenly she's off, leaving a trail to follow...and an easy one too. Somehow,, Gods know how...she bypasses 99% of the interior threats...it's like following a ghost only...in this case that ghost is an angel
  247. [2018-02-10 23:52:39] * Nova not that anyone could see what Nova was doing, but she'd pulled the wands out, mirroring Dimitri's statement. "It really won't be long that we can stay in this state. If it gets close to experation we will need to pool outward and solidify and continue." It was an odd sensation to feel her frame start to disappate from its solid state, turning into the loosely strung together
  248. [2018-02-10 23:52:39] * Nova sequence of air, doing her own method before imbuing both Lore and Cassius with the enchantment. Surprised at the perception capacity, she'd wait to see how Dimitri morphed.
  249. [2018-02-10 23:56:25] * Cassius was starting to think he was still in the sub hallucinating things while high off his ass. It was the only plausible explanation here...except the women weren’t naked, so this was definitely happening. He tensed when Nova booped him with the wand, almost panicking as his body
  250. [2018-02-10 23:56:31] <Cassius> started to dissolve and turn into a wisp of vapor. It took him a moment to come to terms with the fact he was a sentient cloud. He really should have taken some acid….next time. With some efforts, he followed after them into the ducting of the building.
  251. [2018-02-10 23:58:45] * @Dimitri through the pipes and vents that make the subterranean, polar base habitable, the group flies through a 40 story deep underground labyrinthian complex. There were all sorts of experiments in glowing tubes, stockpiles of small arms, cargo elevators leading to stored warheads, hallways filled with rows upon rows of infantry drones, even factories building them. As they descend even lower, they will come to the server
  252. [2018-02-10 23:58:45] * @Dimitri room’s exterior hallway. There is a soft glow of coolant below a walkway iron grate bridge, leading to a giant metal, spherical chamber some 100 feet in diameter suspended in a magnetic field with various cables and tubes plugged in from the ceiling. The heat and the coolant interact to create a hazy, creepy fog. The bridge makes a very disturbing rattle as they stride it, but by now, there were no apparen
  253. [2018-02-10 23:58:46] * @Dimitri t hazards or guards leading to the server core. Dimitri took a knee, and unpacked the folded up robot Eva was inhabiting, who would slowly unfold into a rather vague metal shell, giving a thumbs up before walking to the server room across the bridge. She would hold out a metal hand that would become a mass of living wires that jack into the door panel, breaking a DC 50 firewall encrypted in revolving computing
  254. [2018-02-10 23:58:51] * @Dimitri languages like it was child’s play. As it hissed free, the group would find a 100 foot radius sphere within that had zero gravity. Servers were actually giant spheres of diamond floating in magnetic fields with small RFID style chips to allow for interfacing.
  255. [2018-02-11 00:00:00] * Day changed to Sunday, 11. Feb 2018
  256. [2018-02-11 00:01:39] * Lorelei_Slade grins a bit, looking to the others. "THat was fun." she whispers softly
  257. [2018-02-11 00:02:20] * @Dimitri offered a nod, drawing his sword and shield as he kicked into the server room, floating. "Ahh, zhiz iz vamiliar, hn hnn." Considering he just spent 4 years in space, he knew this feeling well.
  258. [2018-02-11 00:03:52] * Nova was in sheer awe at the view that painted out before her. Almost breathlessly, which made sense considering, she'd whisper. "I hope someone is getting scans of this. Fuck I can't even fathom the degree of physics and engineering involved in it though.. I sort of have instincts on how I could ...break it." No sooner than Dimitri made his way in, then she'd slip onto the side of
  259. [2018-02-11 00:03:52] * Nova the wall, awestruck at the oscillating rotations and glinting surface of carefully faceted diamonds hovering around them. Zero G was a new experience, floating with little more than propulsion from kickoff had made navigating slightly more difficult.
  260. [2018-02-11 00:07:54] * Lorelei_Slade inhales and steps out with them, looking around in awe
  261. [2018-02-11 00:09:31] <Cassius> Cassius was just in a constant state of awe. Each new development one-upping the previous. At this point, he simply accepted what he was seeing instead of questioning any of it. Lost for words for how to even explain what he was seeing, a different thought came to mind “Are we blowing this up?”
  262. [2018-02-11 00:10:59] <@Dimitri> "Nyet. Stealing info."
  263. [2018-02-11 00:13:07] * @Dimitri in the server, Eva knew just what to do. She was packed full of storage, and she was going to strip the most interesting data out of each of the crystals. Her robotic incarnation worked with beautiful efficiency, pulsing out little jets to float to the first diamond and start hacking it. At this rate, a couple minutes and they would be in and out, her robot’s entire chest cavity a gigantic encrypted storag
  264. [2018-02-11 00:13:07] * @Dimitri e device. Dimitri looked admittedly impressed, pale blue eyes drinking in the interior of this chamber. But no sooner than that occurred, little globs of mercury would float through the air. He would touch one through his glove, the shimmering globules hovering through the air fascinating to him. “Vhat function doez mercury zerve?” It didn’t seem to be some kind of trap, persay. More and more glo
  265. [2018-02-11 00:13:08] * @Dimitri bules float in through and through, slowly forming into a larger glob in the core as they worked. “It coalesces. It doesn’t gravitate to us. No apparent alarms. But mercury holds no function in this server.” Nova took in Dimitri’s information, and it hit her. The same way they needed to condense in order to enter this space, so too would their guardian of this critical asset. This was no décor
  266. [2018-02-11 00:13:13] * @Dimitri , it was a fucking liquid metal GOLEM!! It would slowly take the shape of a man, vague in features, a digital droning in its briefly formed voicebox that soon solidified and closed back into a metallic mass. “No…Stygian…Cells…Detected. Unauthorized…Access. Activate…Destroyer…Protocol…” And blades would form out of both arms t-1000 style.
  267. [2018-02-11 00:17:05] <@Dimitri> Init Lori)
  268. [2018-02-11 00:23:38] * Lorelei_Slade takes aim at the liquid golem and misses...all 3 times. She curses creatively in abyssal
  269. [2018-02-11 00:47:20] * Lorelei_Slade shoots 3 times and takes more damage for her efforts, biting back a scream
  270. [2018-02-11 00:49:18] * Nova shook her head in disbelief. She'd seen golems before, but nothing like this. The sheer expertise and capacity... it was incredible. Stygian wasn't a word she'd forget anytime soon, shoving that back into the core of her mind as she assessed the situation. Lore was unfortunately a little quicker to the draw than she was, sending three shots off that in their current environment
  271. [2018-02-11 00:49:19] * Nova cracked into various diamond servers and sent the array splattering around in beautiful fractured chunks of gemstone. "Shit." Her hand slid from her gun to pull the wand free from her thigh, carefully constructing a solid cloud around the remaining servers, leaving the mercurial golemn vulnerable to ranged weaponry before securely planting her feet to the wall, thankful to have the
  272. [2018-02-11 00:49:19] * Nova spiderclimb boots secure her in place. It was a short lived settlement, no sooner than she'd solidified her position than the golem erupted in spikes, stabbing through her shoulder as her jaw clenched at the anguish, well enough trained to bite back the scream lest the stealth she'd grown accustomed to achieving be broken. All the nanites in her bloodstream seemed to be effected by the
  273. [2018-02-11 00:49:19] * Nova mercury, feeling the first hints of fatigue already working through her arms as the pain began to intensify, rushing into her legs like a thousand blades trying to carve into the muscles from the inside out.
  274. [2018-02-11 00:50:21] * Lorelei_Slade lets Dimitri bite her and thanks him as the pain ebbs away
  275. [2018-02-11 00:53:13] * Nova felt sweat starting to form on the surface of her skin as the micro spikes began to purge through her skin. Thin rivulets of blood seeped from the pallid surface of her flesh, adding to the clammy horrific sight of the metallic golem's power. "Fuck...fuck...fuck....." The words were gasped inward, half muted by the inhalation as she shuddered to reach a hand out, curling a white
  276. [2018-02-11 00:53:14] * Nova knuckled fist grip on Dimitri's forearm.. "Do it.. fucking do it, I don't care if you need to pull it out with a god damn electromagnet...just get it out!"
  277. [2018-02-11 00:58:08] * Lorelei_Slade sees the thing reform and shots it 3 more times
  278. [2018-02-11 01:17:07] * Lorelei_Slade finally the thing is defeated...and she slumps to the ground, barely able to stand. Her wounds have taken a lot out of her and she whimpers softly. "Can we go?" when it is clear then can she barely makes her way out. Every step is a limp and a wince. She is hurt far far worse than she ever let on DURING the fight. She'll eed the med bay post haste, that much is clear
  279. [2018-02-11 01:24:57] * @Dimitri the wonder of the server and the beauty of their clean infiltration was intoxicating, enough so that the realization at the full on fuck you level horror of a golem made of liquefied metal in zero gravity came to face them. Shards of metal spikes flung at them, missed gunfire erupted diamond chunks into crystalline fragments. Each bullet and slice of blade and bash of shield warped the liquid metal into spatters
  280. [2018-02-11 01:24:58] * @Dimitri and abstract patterns before it would slowly reform. The quick thinking of Nova protected the servers with a curtain of solid fog nanite clouds to dampen and redistribute force of ballistic impacts. The speed of the fight was staggering, knocking diamond servers into solid fog, running on spherical walls, shooting, slicing, dodging spikes, getting clipped by them, Dimitri taking a massive sword arm through his gut
  281. [2018-02-11 01:24:58] * @Dimitri and out his back. And finally the damn thing would be blown to droplet bits. Or so, he thought. The brief respite of purging out toxins, spitting out mercury he drew from Nova and Lorelei was enough to distract them to the sinister guardian’s purpose. It slowly pooled back to life, and launched a massive spike at Nova and Dimitri, their quick reflexes making them twist just out of the way, Nova’s reflect
  282. [2018-02-11 01:25:05] * @Dimitri ion visible in the flat of the morphic living metal blade. Another round of vicious stabs, Dimitri shieldblocks something going right for Nova’s head with a spark of metal on metal, sending him skidding along the spherical floor. A barrage of blasts finally make the creature condense and then explode in a shotgun blast of sharp mercury spikes, wounding and poisoning them grievously while it tried to quietl
  283. [2018-02-11 01:25:10] * @Dimitri y reform. Eva finally would stand, the embodied robot giving a thumbs up. They would limp out, chuck a few grenades, and hobble across the metal ledge bridge as the explosion rocked the interior and sent the server capsule falling into a vat of frozen coolant, destroying the golem and the servers’ remnants beyond what samples they took in their wake. "Dah...Let'z ezcape now. Vhile ve can."
  284. [2018-02-11 01:25:14] * Nova was just glad that no one had died during this raid. It was statistically better than usual whenever they got into the sub and went to work, though she felt like she was the closest to dying on this trip considering how poorly her body reacted to the damn golemn. She was still tremoring when the inquisition had come up, shaking her head. "Always know when to go, its time to go."
  285. [2018-02-11 01:25:15] * Nova Even though Dimitri had purged her blood-- twice, she'd feel like her nerves were frayed and every inch of flesh would ache from the inside out, down to the marrow of bones as if the mercury spikes had gone both directions. Her face, throat, hands, even fingertips were coated in the small sequences of pinholes with each bedaubed in a fleck of dried sanguine like the worlds most freckled
  286. [2018-02-11 01:25:15] * Nova ginger. It was significantly disturbing, even as she collected a few shards of diamond as a parting gift from the stealth job. Four more weeks on the sub was going to be brutal, but it far outweighed the thought of staying here, or going back to Kir looking the way she did now.
  287. [2018-02-11 01:28:34] <Cassius> Had this been a normal day, the appearance of a liquid metal golem might have been crazy, but when compared to the rest of his day, it was one of the most normal things. Falling on training, he called out the target and shouldered his rifle, sending three shots down range with perfect
  288. [2018-02-11 01:28:39] <Cassius> accuracy, ripping holes in the machination. He wasn’t expecting body spikes, and was grazed by one of them. He groaned as some of the metal oozed into his body, but squared his shoulders and fought through the discomfort. It didn’t survive a second salvo, and Dimitri engaged in some
  289. [2018-02-11 01:28:47] <Cassius> neck love to ‘cure’ the women. Just as he was about to let his guard down again, the creature snapped back into form and attacked again. This time narrowly missing the two-for-one special on Nova and Fangy. Just as quickly, they drew a bead on it and brought the killbot down in a
  290. [2018-02-11 01:28:54] <Cassius> violent shower of spikes. Thankfully his suit was self-sealing...kept the oozing wounds out of sight of allies. The only sign of trauma was the slight limp in his walk. “Lets get the hell out of here. We can bomb it another time. Not in any condition to deal with a full counter attack.” he’d
  291. [2018-02-11 01:29:00] <Cassius> grunt as they discussed the plan moving forwards. Even the tube of death was more appealing than this place. Thats where he kept his drugs.
  292. [2018-02-11 02:01:28] * Nova felt overwhelmed at the revelations even as they were sitting on the sub. Her eyes briefly slid towards Dimitri, mouth pinching slightly. "So... for what it's worth, right here is some fucked up confirmation that you were right about that shit hitting the planet and trying to exterminate us all before moving on and middle fingering something else. Does anyone else have a vein
  293. [2018-02-11 02:01:28] * Nova throbbing in their forhead over this? And as much as I'd love to get on the comms and start demanding answers from Walter about Jennifer and fucking Aidan's god damn wife being tied up in all this shit, I don't trust the area not to get hacked over the signals. Has to be done in person in a quiet room with fucking wards from scrying."
  294. [2018-02-11 02:04:00] * Nova paused. "Wait a fucking minute. Aidan and Pandora's daughter is Jenna? SO all this bullshit about her parents and the simple life was just another fucking lie? Oh..who wants dibs in kneecapping that bitch when we get back to the base."
  295. [2018-02-11 02:04:56] <Lorelei_Slade> Or she was trying to fucking protect them, Nova.
  296. [2018-02-11 02:05:01] <Lorelei_Slade> Ever think of that?
  297. [2018-02-11 02:05:18] <Lorelei_Slade> No. You'd rather trash her even when she's not around.
  298. [2018-02-11 02:07:24] <Nova> "You don't know what we went through and who died to get her. I'll tell her to her face, when we show up, that I feel its fucking bullshit if it makes you feel better Lore."
  299. [2018-02-11 02:08:20] <Lorelei_Slade> People die Nova.
  300. [2018-02-11 02:08:30] <Lorelei_Slade> You can't hold her responsible for that.
  301. [2018-02-11 02:08:36] <Lorelei_Slade> That's severely unfair.
  302. [2018-02-11 02:09:38] <Nova> "We're talking about the end of the world. What does fair have to do with shit?"
  303. [2018-02-11 02:09:59] <@Dimitri> "Mirakuluzly, not today. Ekzellent vork to both ov you." He would hop into the submarine pilot's chair, getting the tin can moving away from the madness of a hornet's nest of hell as the group reviewed the server data on an isolated terminal as they made their way back to Prosperity.
  304. [2018-02-11 02:10:12] <Lorelei_Slade> Nothing. but you can't fucking blame someone for something they didn't directly do.
  305. [2018-02-11 02:10:16] <Lorelei_Slade> That's petty
  306. [2018-02-11 02:11:26] <Nova> "Guess I'm petty. Oh well. Still fucking pissed that she had all this advanced knowledge on shit and let so many people die for whatever weird justification her brain came up with that I don't care to hear an explination for."
  307. [2018-02-11 02:11:46] <@Dimitri> "How do you know zhat zhe iz avare?"
  308. [2018-02-11 02:11:47] <Lorelei_Slade> I doubt she LET anyone die.
  309. [2018-02-11 02:11:55] <Lorelei_Slade> And yeah
  310. [2018-02-11 02:11:58] * @Dimitri asked in curiosity, just trying to piece together the logic.
  311. [2018-02-11 02:12:03] <Lorelei_Slade> You're making logic leaps
  312. [2018-02-11 02:12:42] * Cassius takes a massive rip on his bong.
  313. [2018-02-11 02:12:54] <@Dimitri> "We all are doing that. We have to with this massive data dump. But it makes me at least figure out how the aliens figured out about our world. They're being beaconed in by Karrnath's broadcasts without them even knowing what they were being tricked into doing."
  314. [2018-02-11 02:13:02] * Nova let her glance move towards Dimitri. "She's talked about her homelife, her mother, her father, her fucking precious parents. Aidan's sculpture is in the god damn center of our god damn tower that we pass 100 times a day. You think you walk past that and don't think 'hey that is my dad that might be relevant?"
  315. [2018-02-11 02:13:21] <@Dimitri> "Has Aidan ever mentioned having a kid?"
  316. [2018-02-11 02:13:49] <@Dimitri> "The Black Sky might be mistaken. The woman might have been mindwiped. Aidan may have hid her even from her own knowledge."
  317. [2018-02-11 02:13:56] <Nova> "Aidan's a bag of dicks that forced me into coming here and working for him without option to do otherwise. He's dead, and we weren't friends. I don't know."
  318. [2018-02-11 02:14:22] <Lorelei_Slade> So you hate on Jenna...knowing...not even half of her story?
  319. [2018-02-11 02:14:41] <@Dimitri> "Wait...You hauled me in at gunpoint, and are talking shit about forced recruitment?"
  320. [2018-02-11 02:15:03] <@Dimitri> "I'm cool with it. It worked out. But, jussayin."
  321. [2018-02-11 02:15:15] <Lorelei_Slade> Hippocritical.
  322. [2018-02-11 02:15:20] <Lorelei_Slade> I'll say it
  323. [2018-02-11 02:16:04] <@Dimitri> "I'm not trying to turn this into a jump Nova session. Let's just focus on the point here. We need to figure out our next moves."
  324. [2018-02-11 02:16:07] <Nova> "Gunpoint was only required due to issues that were unforseen and unfortunate. I understand your perspective Dimitri, and I empathize with it. Doesn't make what Aidan did right, doesn't make how we handled you right. What I am saying is you're the scientist here. Seeing Jenna's dna and the alien shit, plus this, do you think its wrong?"
  325. [2018-02-11 02:16:14] <@Dimitri> "Also, what do they lose if Jenna dies?"
  326. [2018-02-11 02:16:43] <@Dimitri> "Just...objectively speaking."
  327. [2018-02-11 02:16:45] <Nova> "I'm guessing a lab rat to replicate reproducing additional lab rats."
  328. [2018-02-11 02:16:59] <Lorelei_Slade> And if they have her DNA...
  329. [2018-02-11 02:17:01] <Nova> "It says here they can control the Stygians. Right?"
  330. [2018-02-11 02:17:04] <Lorelei_Slade> They don't need her
  331. [2018-02-11 02:17:36] <Lorelei_Slade> If we can make logic leaps here...they may not need he back...her death may actually BENEFIT them
  332. [2018-02-11 02:18:32] <Nova> "Now's not the time to talk about the benefits of anyone in particular dying really. I'm curious how they blackmailed Kasius."
  333. [2018-02-11 02:19:18] <Lorelei_Slade> Money, power, freedom, his family's safety.
  334. [2018-02-11 02:19:33] <Lorelei_Slade> People are vulnerable from hundreds of angels.
  335. [2018-02-11 02:19:37] <Lorelei_Slade> (angles)
  336. [2018-02-11 02:20:02] <@Dimitri> "Kaius would have one hell of a problem...He is a very powerful vampire, an elder. Those in the inner circle know. But ostensibly undead have no rights in Karrnath. His whole legitimacy as a king would be toppled."
  337. [2018-02-11 02:20:46] <Lorelei_Slade> So power...they went the power angle.
  338. [2018-02-11 02:21:08] <@Dimitri> I know too. It's one of the reasons they're hunting me down so hard, and i'm now Boris in public.
  339. [2018-02-11 02:21:41] <@Dimitri> I also kept relaying my suspicions to mission control. I think Black Sky knows that I know, and are manipulating events to have me taken out."
  340. [2018-02-11 02:21:42] * Nova shook her head "I see, wait.. just a thought. Here... Its an overwhelming quantity of data. It says the ultimate goal is to awaken some elder ... daelkyr. Daelkyr is supposed to be what Jenna is, not just a black sky op per the data here. What if Jenna is the key, to this other fucking Daelkyr since she's not Stygian spliced?"
  341. [2018-02-11 02:21:47] <Lorelei_Slade> I still hate that name.
  342. [2018-02-11 02:22:21] <@Dimitri> "No, she has daelkyr cells. The big daddy is on ice, apparently."
  343. [2018-02-11 02:22:41] <@Dimitri> Apparently, they all have some cells spliced in
  344. [2018-02-11 02:23:15] * Nova hissed "Fuck."
  345. [2018-02-11 02:23:44] <Nova> "I need a drink and a week to sort all this data out. Thankfully we have four. Its just so much information so quickly like rapidfire knowledge bukakke and someone might lose an eye."
  346. [2018-02-11 02:23:49] <Cassius> "Should get the brainiacs working on a virus that targets those cells."
  347. [2018-02-11 02:24:11] <Lorelei_Slade> The docs.
  348. [2018-02-11 02:24:20] <@Dimitri> "Good...call."
  349. [2018-02-11 02:24:58] <Nova> "We should find big daddy on ice, destroy it so they can't make more stygian splices, while trying to eradicate the meteors that are coming our way, while making sure we blow up the giant sleeping fucking daelkyr, while trying to get Alexian to take over the god damn demon kingdom. Man, I need a raise."
  350. [2018-02-11 02:25:37] <@Dimitri> "Wait, only Aidan knows how to make any more. Does that mean only he knows where the daelkyr is?"
  351. [2018-02-11 02:26:44] <Nova> "Aidan's deader than you sweetcheeks. We have to go through either his lying daughter, his personal shit and hope, or and I'm crossing my fingers on this, pray to all the gods that Walter has some hidden files we can access to find out what the hell Aidan was hiding from us."
  352. [2018-02-11 02:27:40] <Lorelei_Slade> There's another way.
  353. [2018-02-11 02:27:45] * Lorelei_Slade sighs
  354. [2018-02-11 02:27:58] <Lorelei_Slade> Aidan...when he died...was he good or bad?
  355. [2018-02-11 02:28:04] <Cassius> "Guys...what if Walter is a Dalek biocomputer?"
  356. [2018-02-11 02:28:10] <Nova> "Your brother seems to think he was good."
  357. [2018-02-11 02:28:14] <@Dimitri> "I'm only halfway there, which seems to be increasing in percentage the longer I am around the likes of you. When we get back I am doing that full autopsy while you folks figure out the peace summit shit." He would look over to Lori and Cass, perking a brow.
  358. [2018-02-11 02:28:42] * Lorelei_Slade thinks
  359. [2018-02-11 02:29:22] <Lorelei_Slade> Let me...Give me time...I have an idea but it's super risky to whoever does it...and it would have to be me or Kir who went.
  360. [2018-02-11 02:29:24] * Nova laughed at Cassius. "Ah. Walter is a fusion reactor powered massive AI that controls 1/8th of the city. I don't know if he could handle having to deal with any biological functions of any kind though I'd love to see him lower himself to damn dirty ape status like us and have to eat and piss."
  361. [2018-02-11 02:29:53] <Nova> "Then you. How is that a question? Why would you even consider putting your brother in a bad situation?"
  362. [2018-02-11 02:30:23] <Lorelei_Slade> I'm not.
  363. [2018-02-11 02:30:44] <Lorelei_Slade> I'm saying it would have to be one of the two of us...because the plae is...home to celestials
  364. [2018-02-11 02:31:30] <Nova> "Thrane is a pretty fucked up place. All I know is Kiral isn't going on a rescue mission. I will shoot him if he thinks about it."
  365. [2018-02-11 02:32:14] <Lorelei_Slade> Kiral is an adult, Nova. On this...I'll let him know and he can decide if he's in or out
  366. [2018-02-11 02:32:45] <Lorelei_Slade> Other option is get the body
  367. [2018-02-11 02:32:58] <Lorelei_Slade> and find someone higher skilled than us to speak to him that way
  368. [2018-02-11 02:33:11] <Lorelei_Slade> The dead can be chatty to the right people.
  369. [2018-02-11 02:33:39] <Lorelei_Slade> Keeper of the Silver flame comes to mind.
  370. [2018-02-11 02:33:59] <Nova> "You put your two cents, and I'll put in mine. He knows. He knows.." She'd nod and look towards Dimitri. "Fuck. Ok... ok... I was a little distracted earlier but I forgot to say it at the time with all the... pain and bloodloss. Thanks for sucking golem out of my blood, twice." Her head twisted as she turned towards Lore, lofting a brow. "Aidan's body was never recovered. Much like
  371. [2018-02-11 02:33:59] <Nova> Helix and Ganymede, we assume he's little more than chunks."
  372. [2018-02-11 02:34:20] * Lorelei_Slade shrugs
  373. [2018-02-11 02:34:30] <Lorelei_Slade> What harm is there is looking and asking?
  374. [2018-02-11 02:34:41] <Lorelei_Slade> Sure as fuck less than a journey to another plane
  375. [2018-02-11 02:35:07] <Nova> "Sure. By all means. Its been months since he's been dead, see if you can locate a floating bit of Aidan. And after you're done, if you find one, I'll shoot it when you're done."
  376. [2018-02-11 02:35:37] <@Dimitri> Any ideas are good ideas possibly for now. But we need to figure out the first loose thread to pull."
  377. [2018-02-11 02:36:15] <Nova> "Lowest hanging fruit obviously. Walter first, becuase I'd rather start on that tree, Jenna second."
  378. [2018-02-11 02:36:49] * Lorelei_Slade makes a heh sound
  379. [2018-02-11 02:37:20] * Lorelei_Slade mutters something in draconic
  380. [2018-02-11 02:38:01] * Nova clearly speaks in draconic :Want to say that again and louder?:
  381. [2018-02-11 02:38:37] <@Dimitri> "Bigger question. How many of these details get shared with the leaders at the peace summit? You have to drop real shit to get them to coordinate, but not too much to lose our edge and have them muck things up doing their own plans."
  382. [2018-02-11 02:39:20] <Lorelei_Slade> Then we drop the bimbshell of the aliens first.
  383. [2018-02-11 02:40:19] * Nova turned her attentions to Dimitri a moment later, pouring a long breath past her lips. "I think making sure that we implicate House Deneith and Black Sky has to be the forefront of the conversation. we give them too much data, it will overwhelm them as it did us. Lets deal with the attack that might be causing war first."
  384. [2018-02-11 02:44:30] <@Dimitri> "I would ask that we not share our plans for a space program. IF we keep it us vs Karrnath vs meteors, we have a chance."
  385. [2018-02-11 02:45:24] <Nova> "I don't see a need to tip anyone off that we might be gathering resources for space travel so they can cockblock us before we get what we need so I'll go with that."
  386. [2018-02-11 02:46:07] <Lorelei_Slade> Can we reveal the aliens without revealing we plan to go to space?
  387. [2018-02-11 02:46:30] <Nova> "Do we really need to tell anyone else about the aliens is my question."
  388. [2018-02-11 02:46:55] <Lorelei_Slade> We can't fight them alone, Nova.
  389. [2018-02-11 02:47:01] <Lorelei_Slade> I said that befroe.
  390. [2018-02-11 02:47:14] <Nova> "My concern is revealing their existance is one thing, the fact that they're coming here to try to exterminate the planet is another. "
  391. [2018-02-11 02:48:05] <Nova> "If you think we have widespread panic now.... throwing Alien invasion on it doesn't sound....fantastic. Now, I'm not opposed to controlled augmented help with the alien issue, just not the scattershot gun method to the face exposure."
  392. [2018-02-11 02:48:31] <@Dimitri> "What if...What if we can turn King Kaius to our purpose? Enemy of my enemy and such? He already has a space program, and he doesn't know what he is being blackmailed for."
  393. [2018-02-11 02:49:07] <Nova> "Would save us a shit ton of money, time and resources to get his space shit..."
  394. [2018-02-11 02:50:09] <@Dimitri> "I am saying we make our own but turn both of our programs on the Black Sky? Maybe he wouldn't overtly turn on them, but slip intel to empower us to remove the thorn from his paw?"
  395. [2018-02-11 02:51:11] * Nova poured out a long breath, looking Dimitri over.
  396. [2018-02-11 02:51:31] <Nova> "It was wishful thinking to reuse his shit wasn't it? Just illogical with the location. We can't exactly have you show up on his front door now can we?"
  397. [2018-02-11 02:51:33] <@Dimitri> "Or...Slip intel that puts us right into their hands."
  398. [2018-02-11 02:51:43] <@Dimitri> "Hard to say which way he'd go."
  399. [2018-02-11 02:53:00] <Nova> "Well I'm down with that, and I say we take some of Alexian's memory lapse poison along in case things go... less than optimally. I'm fine with bribes, blackmail, and strongarming of that variety. I'm not going to handle a man who's been his own son 12 times and counting, and is far superior to grudge holding and plotting, revenge, and tactics by exposure and experience alone."
  400. [2018-02-11 02:54:50] <@Dimitri> "Wait...Alexian...He has a painting of King Kaius in the gallery. I saw it. Kaius would not let just anyone into his quarters to paint his portrait. They must be close."
  401. [2018-02-11 02:55:00] * Cassius (Cassius@o016-435-920.nap.wideopenwest.com) has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection)
  402. [2018-02-11 02:55:26] <Nova> "Probably old chums from Primary school when they were wee lads."
  403. [2018-02-11 02:55:43] <@Dimitri> Kaius is old even for Alexian's time.
  404. [2018-02-11 02:55:50] <@Dimitri> I would assume."
  405. [2018-02-11 02:55:51] <Lorelei_Slade> Or...something else...
  406. [2018-02-11 02:55:52] <Nova> "Doesn't make it less funny to say."
  407. [2018-02-11 02:55:56] <@Dimitri> ?
  408. [2018-02-11 02:56:01] <Lorelei_Slade> Could that be why hes severing ties?
  409. [2018-02-11 02:56:15] <@Dimitri> "Hmm. He's severing ties?"
  410. [2018-02-11 02:56:33] <Nova> "My assumption is he's tired of waiting to be king and this will make him feel more comfortable and less controlled. Dimitri missed dinner..."
  411. [2018-02-11 02:57:55] * Nova tilted her head to look to Dimitri. "There is an opportunity for Alexian to take power over Ekron. He assured me of several stipulations which I think as a group we'll be able to discuss with him, about taking his own path while still being engaged with our business and endeavors. Basically he's looking for our aid to help him ascend to King status over Ekron and move his majority
  412. [2018-02-11 02:57:56] * Nova of functions and focus there while keeping our allied partnership."
  413. [2018-02-11 02:58:55] * Nova crinkled he nose. "To be honest. Alexian was somewhat forced into this job as well. I don't see why we should begrudge him a way almost all the way out, but not quite. Its a freedom I think he's earned."
  414. [2018-02-11 02:59:48] <@Dimitri> "Makes sense. It's a hefty advancement if it works. Good luck keeping a city of demons obedient though." He shook his head. "Alright, so think this through. What narrative will you pull to the leaders of the world gathered that will get them on board with not going nuclear and turning efforts to stop Black Sky without it becoming a genocidal purge campaign again?"
  415. [2018-02-11 03:01:34] <Lorelei_Slade> That...is a damn good question.
  416. [2018-02-11 03:01:44] <Nova> "I think the main thing to portray is that its House Deneith's responsibilty for forming Black Sky and that it was their operatives, with Pandora, that went full assault mode. I think its very important to distinguish they're Stygian operatives to have a word that will keep them seperate and segregated from avatar especially for the masses. I think the existance of the Stygian alien
  417. [2018-02-11 03:01:44] <Nova> lifeform can be broadcast... But lets keep the invasion out of the news."
  418. [2018-02-11 03:02:55] * Nova lofted a shoulder. "In fact I don't have an issue releasing the Stygian dna to the major places. If they want to pull bloodslides from their people and exterminate Black sky.. by all means, let them help. Every one less than 50 helps us."
  419. [2018-02-11 03:03:17] <@Dimitri> "Cassius mentioned some kind of virus to target them. That may be outside of my abilities. But, what if Dr. Rayell and I worked on a virus or chemical that could detect those with 'Stygian' cells? It would make covert operations much harder on them, flush them out?"
  420. [2018-02-11 03:03:45] <Lorelei_Slade> That might work
  421. [2018-02-11 03:03:49] <Nova> "100% down for that. I mean, I suggested that when we were playing douche canoes in the med room with your lab specimine."
  422. [2018-02-11 03:04:11] <Nova> "Great minds think alike."
  423. [2018-02-11 03:05:53] * Lorelei_Slade rolls her eyes and mutters in celestial
  424. [2018-02-11 03:06:39] * Nova looks at Lore. "Really... ? Ok. You win, say whatever you want in whatever language you want. Its just passive aggressive and takes things off point. Probably why the original suggestion was missed. Can we ...get back on topic?"
  425. [2018-02-11 03:06:58] <@Dimitri> "We have some locations. I think we should learn from our enemy and hit them all simultaneously. If possible, we get Jenna to mindrip our target and find out what else they know. We will eventually work our way up to Pandora."
  426. [2018-02-11 03:07:00] <Lorelei_Slade> Cram it, Nova.
  427. [2018-02-11 03:07:07] <Nova> Bend over and I will.
  428. [2018-02-11 03:07:10] <Lorelei_Slade> No one needs to here how great YOU are.
  429. [2018-02-11 03:07:18] <Lorelei_Slade> No one fucking cares to stroke your ego.
  430. [2018-02-11 03:07:29] <Lorelei_Slade> Right now we need a solid plan of action...
  431. [2018-02-11 03:07:33] * Nova looked to DImitri. "So back on topic.."
  432. [2018-02-11 03:07:35] <Lorelei_Slade> not you infalting yourself
  433. [2018-02-11 03:08:11] <Nova> "There really aren't many details as to who or what this Pandora person is other than the cult leader ...but.. lets not forget some other important details..."
  434. [2018-02-11 03:08:54] <Nova> "The missions listed on gathering money, materials, and technology. Do you think they're executed or in the works? Because I wouldn't mind yanking the rug out from under them."
  435. [2018-02-11 03:09:20] <Nova> "Nothing is harder than having your revenue stream set to bleed..."
  436. [2018-02-11 03:11:37] * Nova raked her hand through her hair. "Really what we want to send over for the group to broadcast is probably the most important. I feel that is safe to transmit back to our home base. Its been 4 weeks already, who knows how tense the situation has already gotten."
  437. [2018-02-11 03:14:37] * Lorelei_Slade thinks.
  438. [2018-02-11 03:15:16] <Lorelei_Slade> Clearly my opionon and words mean shit...so why should I fucking speak? It's the Nova show starrting Nova...and anyone with a dick can co star but fuck you if you have boobs or stand up to her in any way."
  439. [2018-02-11 03:15:57] <Nova> "No one is stopping you from voicing your opinion. Even now. So keep it to the business part if you could?"
  440. [2018-02-11 03:16:43] <Lorelei_Slade> Actually you've ignored it...more than once.
  441. [2018-02-11 03:16:59] <Nova> "I've listened, and stated my opinions."
  442. [2018-02-11 03:17:05] <Nova> "No one's word here is god."
  443. [2018-02-11 03:17:21] <@Dimitri> "Unlez it'z about ze zcience. And zhen, you obey, mortalz."
  444. [2018-02-11 03:17:25] <Lorelei_Slade> And then made sure you sound superior...or like you had the only agreement with people.
  445. [2018-02-11 03:17:41] <Lorelei_Slade> I was in the lab too, bitch. I sat there and agreed with Dimitri's idea.
  446. [2018-02-11 03:17:55] <Nova> "Which Idea?"
  447. [2018-02-11 03:17:58] <Lorelei_Slade> But YOU want all the fucking credit.
  448. [2018-02-11 03:18:03] <Lorelei_Slade> ALL the fucking time.
  449. [2018-02-11 03:18:08] <Nova> "Lore.. I'm over the bickering..."
  450. [2018-02-11 03:18:17] <Lorelei_Slade> Yoiu accuse people of shit they've never even DONE
  451. [2018-02-11 03:18:46] <Lorelei_Slade> My brother...my calm reasonable brother...had to demonstrate a fucking temper tantrum to you.
  452. [2018-02-11 03:18:49] <@Dimitri> "Zis boat is too damn small for a month of this. You'll get along when it's done or someone will be dead."
  453. [2018-02-11 03:19:02] <Lorelei_Slade> Because you seemed to think me putting in my ideas was me throwing one
  454. [2018-02-11 03:19:13] * Nova just sort of fades into the background
  455. [2018-02-11 03:19:46] * Nova is suddenly not there, visibly, in the middle of Lore's conversation
  456. [2018-02-11 03:19:48] <@Dimitri> Roll perception if you want to spot her)
  457. [2018-02-11 03:20:00] <Lorelei_Slade> And that's your solution...run away beacuse you MIGHT be proven wrong...just like every other fucking bully EVER
  458. [2018-02-11 03:20:21] * Lorelei_Slade speaks that loud enough to be heard ship wide
  459. [2018-02-11 03:21:24] * Nova voice would echo off of the hull of the interior. "When you're tantrum's done, I'll come back to the table for adult discussions. Until then..."
  460. [2018-02-11 03:22:12] <Lorelei_Slade> Am I smashing shit? No. I'm stating facts again. You just can't handle them. That's not a tantrum that's you being a bully and deciding you can't handle someone strong enough to say fuck you.
  461. [2018-02-11 03:23:09] <Nova> *A thick cloud of solid fog starts to form near the ceiling.
  462. [2018-02-11 03:23:45] <Lorelei_Slade> You made Jenna snap...Like as not you made the chick who didn't stick around snap...I'm on yer block? Once that's done...who's up? Dimitri? Cass? Lexi? Kay?
  463. [2018-02-11 03:24:25] * @Dimitri wasn't quite sure what was going on. He quietly drew his monofilament whip just in case shit was about to get ugly.
  464. [2018-02-11 03:24:28] <Lorelei_Slade> When you have no firends left because you push everyone away will that be enough for you to look in a goddamned mirror and see that you were the issue all along?
  465. [2018-02-11 03:25:23] * Nova voice echoed "Don't worry Dimitri. I'm just tantrum proofing the hull. "
  466. [2018-02-11 03:25:27] <Lorelei_Slade> Kir fucking flipped out because you were spouting bullshit. He won't last long either. I'm not frogetting my brother.
  467. [2018-02-11 03:26:06] * Lorelei_Slade is calm, her speech almost sickeningly sweet
  468. [2018-02-11 03:28:33] * Lyro (RSilvers@a-59-033-546-994.hsd4.fl.comcast.net) joins #Modern-Eberron
  469. [2018-02-11 03:33:24] * Lyro (RSilvers@a-59-033-546-994.hsd4.fl.comcast.net) parts #Modern-Eberron
  470. [2018-02-11 03:34:08] <@Dimitri> Back to [2018-02-11 04:32:44] * @Dimitri looked at the carnage. "Want me to say anything to your brother?" When Cass approached, he shook his head. "Just a malfunction, deadly tin cans and all that. Lori's going to handle it now."
  471. [2018-02-11 04:32:59] * Nova could hear Cassius screaming from the other side of the medbay. Her hand flicked onto Kaylanna's shoulder. "Put up.. the solid fog. No more bullets to breach the hull..wand is in my bandoleer..."
  472. [2018-02-11 04:33:26] * Kaylanna (Kaylanna@173.218.xl.px) joins #Modern-Eberron
  473. [2018-02-11 04:33:30] <Lorelei_Slade> That I love him...and...If he loves me he'll come find out the whys and wherefores
  474. [2018-02-11 04:33:31] * Nova could hear Cassius screaming from the other side of the medbay. Her hand flicked onto Kaylanna's shoulder. "Put up.. the solid fog. No more bullets to breach the hull..wand is in my bandoleer..."
  475. [2018-02-11 04:34:08] <@Dimitri> "Good luck out there."
  476. [2018-02-11 04:34:20] <Cassius> "Malfunction my ass. People don't try to kill people when the ship is sinking."
  477. [2018-02-11 04:34:34] <@Dimitri> That was before, to be fair."
  478. [2018-02-11 04:34:38] <Kaylanna> You'll be fine.. you aren't dying on me today ." She moved to cast it in the room incase Lori came in to try to kill them both
  479. [2018-02-11 04:34:41] <Lorelei_Slade> She tried it too.
  480. [2018-02-11 04:34:59] <Lorelei_Slade> Tried to turn me into vapor while the fans were on
  481. [2018-02-11 04:35:38] <@Dimitri> "Lori, if you don't get off your high horse and run while you can...I won't be able to help you. Cass hasn't shot you cuz he's loaded on benzos."
  482. [2018-02-11 04:35:54] <Lorelei_Slade> I'm gone.
  483. [2018-02-11 04:36:07] * Lorelei_Slade kisses Dimitri once...very deeply...and flies off
  484. [2018-02-11 04:36:08] <@Dimitri> "I'll find you when this blows over."ooc to resolve dice then? Lorelei is taking her turn)
  485. [2018-02-11 03:34:23] <Nova> oh sure)
  486. [2018-02-11 04:01:36] * Cassius (Cassius@o016-435-920.nap.wideopenwest.com) joins #Modern-Eberron
  487. [2018-02-11 04:09:32] * Nova (Shandriel@204.62.iwm.yms) parts #Modern-Eberron
  488. [2018-02-11 04:09:37] * Nova (Shandriel@204.62.iwm.yms) joins #Modern-Eberron
  489. [2018-02-11 04:30:51] * Jenna (Champions@c-47-131-26-019.hsd7.fl.comcast.net) joins #Modern-Eberron
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