OCV Apollo - Mission and Captain's Log

[Colonel Sarah Pierce]

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Log: 0927834.1939 Type: Mission Asset: Apollo - Pierce Subject: Special Report - 27SEP834 Reporting, One topic of note this week. However, a quick report on activity with Inverness indicates that fighting within is slowing to a crawl. Unclear whether Liberty/Crayter force is winded or diverting to other theatres. Will provide further information regarding when available. Conflicted reporting, following confirmed contact with Nomad lifeforms in Inverness. Special Operative Funai departed Freeport 14 into typical encounter with local residents, one claiming to have found non-hostile specimen within West Avlemore Nebula. Special Operative Funai deployed to investigate, encountering vessels of previously unknown identifier TFP), self-indicating strong ties to former Hellfire Legion, alongside forces of the Technocracy, and a confirmed Nomad specimen. Operative Funai seemingly chose non-violence, standing by and observing until specimen approached. Nomad specimen indicated capability of Human-like speech, previously encountered in fringe instances, Entity maintained non-hostile stance, but was not specimen described by individual near Freeport 14. Such specimen soon revealed itself, taking position alongside smaller warform, quickly joining dialogue engagement. Vessel is noted as being of 'Bustard'-class design, likely of compromised origin, similar to other noted vessels in employ of Nomad entities. These specimen, however, indicated Human origin, including the smaller warform. Primary specimen indicated 'hybridization' of tissues between Human and Nomad physiology, while secondary indicated transferal of consciousness into Nomad shell, feasibility and viability of such heavily questioned. Primary specimen also noted differentiation between process undergone and 'infestation', details of such requiring verification. Primary also noted former association with group known as Oracles, of which we have little information. At this time, Legion forces returned from removal of Crayterian asset and forced Special Operative Funai's withdrawal, as well as primary and secondary specimen. Operative Funai proceeded to Coronado via system anomaly, where continuation of interrogation commenced. Special Operative Funai resumed communication with specimens, noting a separate mindshare from that of Nomads akin to those known as the Slomon K'Hara. This supposed separation resulted following actions within the Omicron Major Dyson Sphere, and the resulting hypergate activation, and drove division between their 'share' and that of the remaining Nomad populace in Sirius. Specimen indicated this separate mindshare's lack of interest in waging war against Humanity, a prospect to treat a heavy skepticism. Primary specimen then offered a video feed of the internals of the 'Bustard'-class vessel, recorded by Special Operative Funai, which will be attached to this report alongside Operative Funai's internal clearance chart. Primary specimen's statements then turned to past events, detailing their apparent 'hybridization', a process it did not elaborate on. Potential was gained in learning of the uses for so far unclear 'liquid cardamine', used by primary specimen for sustainment of Nomad tissue. Whether this is true for all Nomads or those of modified origin was not described. Likely that such material is critical to Nomad physiology in some respect. Primary then recounted the apparent schism between their 'share', which they call 'Song of the Abyss', and their estranged kin, which they call 'Song of the Light'. They detailed the latter's desire to absorb their 'share', and to wage a war against those not of their kind. They claim to fear much, including potential annihilation, and thus make efforts of 'diplomacy'. Primary specimen closed the encounter by offering itself for more in-depth interrogation. Logs of the encounter will be attached to this report. Strategic; Encounter displays potential in understanding Nomad behavior, as well as reasoning for potential Nomad collaboration with Humans across Sirius. Validity of claims made by specimens unknown, yet fit somewhat into already existing models. Further investigation into this matter will commence following command authorization. Personal; I'm at a loss. On one hand, Special Operative Funai violated protocol, and subjected themselves to extreme potential risk. The loss of operatives to this kind of investigation is a clear and obvious danger, and one she understood well, yet carried on anyway. On the other, her actions have provided tremendous insight into the inner functions of Nomad 'culture', as well as the extents to which our knowledge of the Nomads may be insufficient. There is still considerable investigation to be done in this regard, and current protocol will need to be relaxed somewhat to allow for it, but I am content with allowing Operative Funai to continue her investigation into this matter, especially if it helps to better understand Nomad behavior in the aim of removing them as a threat to Humanity. [ CLASSIFIED ] : : : : : : [27.09.2024 05:50:33] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Another comes." [27.09.2024 05:50:41] |O|-Sumi: They /do/ speak.. [27.09.2024 05:50:53] O>)Makiri[S]: That IFF subcode.. [27.09.2024 05:50:56] O>)Makiri[S]: Order Pilot. [27.09.2024 05:51:01] O>)Makiri[S]: Your affiliation. [27.09.2024 05:51:02] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "The Banisher cometh." [27.09.2024 05:51:33] /showinfo me [27.09.2024 05:51:34] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "What shalt thou do, child of Orillion?" [27.09.2024 05:51:49] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Thy great beast layeth before thee." [27.09.2024 05:51:56] |O|-Sumi: Watch and leard, as we always have. [27.09.2024 05:51:59] [OOC] |O|-Sumi: learn* [27.09.2024 05:52:06] [OOC] |O|-Sumi: in real time, apparently [27.09.2024 05:52:34] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Behold, then. Behold Our brilliance." [27.09.2024 05:52:47] Choomba: ---Managed---Transplant- [27.09.2024 05:52:51] O>)Makiri[S]: Choomba. Good to see you again, bud. [27.09.2024 05:52:58] Choomba: --Mental--Load--Better- [27.09.2024 05:53:06] O>)Makiri[S]: Bayonet-class.. very nice. [27.09.2024 05:53:10] Choomba: --Continual--Improving- [27.09.2024 05:53:13] Choomba: --hopefully- [27.09.2024 05:53:42] O>)Makiri[S]: Lariat-type cannons.. nice. [27.09.2024 05:53:51] Choomba: --Fine-- [27.09.2024 05:54:04] Choomba: ---Doing better-- [27.09.2024 05:54:13] Choomba: --Bit--more-Coherent--Hopefully- [27.09.2024 05:54:38] |O|-Sumi: Curious. I was lead to believe there would be a larger form accompanying a smaller one. [27.09.2024 05:54:54] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "There is much thou dost not know." [27.09.2024 05:55:00] |O|-Sumi: Indeed. [27.09.2024 05:55:25] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: [The Vagrant barely skims the shields of the Order fighter as it passes, then comes to a halt.] [27.09.2024 05:55:36] |O|-Sumi: A 'talking' Nomad, for starters.. [27.09.2024 05:55:57] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Hast thou not known Our Song?" [27.09.2024 05:56:56] TFP)-Kelly.With!: [The Falchion slowly approaches the Order ship's vicinity, keeping a safe distance.] [27.09.2024 05:57:24] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{There's a perceptible animosity almost radiating off of the Nomad. It doesn't seem to like the Order much.}** [27.09.2024 05:57:33] Temple.of.Silence: Curious... [27.09.2024 05:57:54] |O|-Sumi: We've never needed to, be it naivete or.. [27.09.2024 05:57:57] Tip: Are you new to our server? Introduce yourself on our forums in the Welcome Section at Discoverygc.com [27.09.2024 05:58:01] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Bloodlust." [27.09.2024 05:58:13] |O|-Sumi: Of a sort, yes. [27.09.2024 05:58:13] Temple.of.Silence: One need not put words in their mouth... [27.09.2024 05:58:27] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{The animosity recedes slightly at the chiding words.}** [27.09.2024 05:58:39] |O|-Sumi: So it /is/.. [27.09.2024 05:59:26] Temple.of.Silence: Is it...? [27.09.2024 05:59:36] Temple.of.Silence: You have me at a disadvantage... [27.09.2024 05:59:51] |O|-Sumi: And here I was thinking Mr. Frost was truly out of his shell.. [27.09.2024 05:59:54] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: [The smaller form follows alongside the Bustard closely, almost protectively.] [27.09.2024 06:00:01] TFP)-Kelly.With!: An' what the hell is /that/ thing doin' here? [27.09.2024 06:00:02] O>)Makiri[S]: Mr.. Frost. [27.09.2024 06:00:13] Temple.of.Silence: That he may be...but I do not expect it is for the reasons you assumed... [27.09.2024 06:00:22] TFP)-Kelly.With!: I do /not/ wanna see that shite. [27.09.2024 06:00:57] |O|-Sumi: [The Order pilot sets her ship to keep a distance from the Bustard.] [27.09.2024 06:01:00] Temple.of.Silence: You have stated a desire to listen...an unusual sentiment for one of your flag... [27.09.2024 06:01:21] |O|-Sumi: My mission here is to observe, be it visual or audio. [27.09.2024 06:01:38] Temple.of.Silence: Then you may observe us now... [27.09.2024 06:01:39] TFP)-Kelly.With!: [Kelly reaches down to adjust a device on her wrist. Perhaps calling for reinforcements.] [27.09.2024 06:02:04] |O|-Sumi: This.. 'vessel' is so far disproving many of our previously held notions. [27.09.2024 06:02:09] Temple.of.Silence: Is that so...? [27.09.2024 06:02:27] O>)Makiri[S]: I'll uh.. [27.09.2024 06:02:29] |O|-Sumi: At least, the ones I'm aware of. [27.09.2024 06:02:30] O>)Makiri[S]: I'll be back. [27.09.2024 06:02:35] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{A chill runs through the environs, causing the air itself to tense in anxiety.}** [27.09.2024 06:02:45] Temple.of.Silence: I am happy to answer your questions...should you have any... [27.09.2024 06:03:15] |O|-Sumi: Are you? [27.09.2024 06:03:25] |O|-Sumi: Happy, that is. [27.09.2024 06:03:27] TFP)-Kelly.With!: [Replacing her hand on the controls.] That offer go for all present? [27.09.2024 06:03:40] Temple.of.Silence: The offer goes for you as well...if you desire... [27.09.2024 06:03:42] |O|-Sumi: We've not observed individuals before. [27.09.2024 06:03:55] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Individuals." [27.09.2024 06:04:01] Temple.of.Silence: Individual...is a curious turn of phrase here... [27.09.2024 06:04:11] |O|-Sumi: Or is this meant for our understanding? [27.09.2024 06:04:22] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{The concept sloshes in the mind like a log filled with water.}** [27.09.2024 06:04:22] Temple.of.Silence: One that the Twin Lights have surely not forgotten so soon... [27.09.2024 06:04:26] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Right. What the bloody /fuck/ are you doin' bringin' an enormous thing like that into /restricted space/ with alien... [27.09.2024 06:04:33] TFP)-Kelly.With!: "Equipment"? "Growths"? On it. [27.09.2024 06:04:43] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "One We seldom ever forget." [27.09.2024 06:04:45] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Who the hell do ya think y'are? [27.09.2024 06:04:57] Temple.of.Silence: You would not be any more happy to see us if it were otherwise... [27.09.2024 06:05:07] Temple.of.Silence: And my condition is one that I cannot so easily disguise... [27.09.2024 06:05:39] Temple.of.Silence: To put it more simply...however... [27.09.2024 06:05:50] Temple.of.Silence: My student resides here...and I come to meet her... [27.09.2024 06:05:59] |O|-Sumi: I was lead to believe this was a 'hybrid being'. [27.09.2024 06:06:05] Temple.of.Silence: Yes...that is correct... [27.09.2024 06:06:11] TFP)-Kelly.With!: A... "hybrid" being? [27.09.2024 06:06:28] Temple.of.Silence: My name is Thysania...and I am a human hybridized with nomad tissue... [27.09.2024 06:06:42] |O|-Sumi: ... [27.09.2024 06:06:46] TFP)-Kelly.With!: You... what? [27.09.2024 06:06:58] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Is it so strange, child of flame?" [27.09.2024 06:07:04] |O|-Sumi: .. is that even possible? [27.09.2024 06:07:19] Temple.of.Silence: It is...and I am not the only example... [27.09.2024 06:07:32] |O|-Sumi: Is that so? [27.09.2024 06:07:52] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 06:08:01] TFP)-Kelly.With!: What does that even /mean/?! [27.09.2024 06:08:06] Temple.of.Silence: Perhaps the name Harbinger is familiar to you... [27.09.2024 06:08:20] TFP)-Kelly.With!: "Hybridized with nomad tissue", what the shite does that DO to ya? [27.09.2024 06:08:37] Temple.of.Silence: It was an arduous process...and one which I almost did not survive... [27.09.2024 06:08:44] O>)Makiri![S]: Exactly. [27.09.2024 06:08:47] Death: Hunk-a-metal was put out of action by a hostile vessel. [27.09.2024 06:08:51] O>)Makiri![S]: Contacts on datalink. Weapons hold. [27.09.2024 06:08:59] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Others gather." [27.09.2024 06:09:01] O>)Akiha/[S]: Weapons on hold. Ready to engage. [27.09.2024 06:09:05] |O|-Sumi: So they do.. [27.09.2024 06:09:05] Temple.of.Silence: They return...with support... [27.09.2024 06:09:19] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "This sea grows tumultuous." [27.09.2024 06:09:21] Temple.of.Silence: Do you seek violence...? [27.09.2024 06:09:32] O>)Makiri![S]: Not if you seek it. [27.09.2024 06:09:41] TFP)-Kelly.With!: If yer insistent on remaining /here/, /specifically/, then aye. [27.09.2024 06:09:51] |O|-Sumi: You're telling me this is not a parasitic relationship, then? [27.09.2024 06:10:06] |O|-Sumi: That it is, in fact, 'consentual'. [27.09.2024 06:10:08] Temple.of.Silence: It was a voluntary process... [27.09.2024 06:10:09] O>)Makiri![S]: [He looks to With's ship.] [27.09.2024 06:10:14] O>)Akiha/[S]: [Akiha heaves a deep sigh, remaining silent otherwise] [27.09.2024 06:10:18] Temple.of.Silence: One that I partook of my own will... [27.09.2024 06:10:25] TFP)-Kelly.With!: To what end? [27.09.2024 06:10:29] |O|-Sumi: You'll forgive me if I'm not fully reassured. [27.09.2024 06:10:48] Temple.of.Silence: *A weak, almost scraping laugh escapes from her, followed by a hoarse wheeze.* [27.09.2024 06:10:58] |O|-Sumi: Consider it.. 'instinct'. [27.09.2024 06:11:02] Temple.of.Silence: Why would I not...? [27.09.2024 06:11:11] |O|-Sumi: Good. [27.09.2024 06:11:21] Temple.of.Silence: I have been granted a body that has saved me from a premature death... [27.09.2024 06:11:29] TFP)-Kelly.With!: At what cost? [27.09.2024 06:11:42] Temple.of.Silence: Nothing that I was not willing to part with... [27.09.2024 06:12:04] |O|-Sumi: Free will? [27.09.2024 06:12:14] Temple.of.Silence: My will remains my own...as Psyche may attest... [27.09.2024 06:12:22] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{Strands of opposite nature, intertwining in the dark. A light descends.}** [27.09.2024 06:12:46] Temple.of.Silence: Your misconceptions of the nomad state of being are understandable... [27.09.2024 06:12:54] |O|-Sumi: I hope so. [27.09.2024 06:13:11] |O|-Sumi: I don't intend to claim I'm all knowing. [27.09.2024 06:13:19] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed...and that is a healthy outlook... [27.09.2024 06:13:20] |O|-Sumi: I've just met a talking Nomad, for starters. [27.09.2024 06:13:40] O>)Makiri![S]: Wow. A talking Nomad. [27.09.2024 06:13:42] Temple.of.Silence: Consider this thought... [27.09.2024 06:13:50] O>)Makiri![S]: Welcome to the Choir, Sumi. [27.09.2024 06:13:58] O>)Makiri![S]: You want any of the other verses? [27.09.2024 06:14:08] Temple.of.Silence: If all nomads were incapable of dissenting...then how would the nomad share adapt to new situations...? [27.09.2024 06:14:14] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{The voice of a young woman whispers in the ear. Wisps of warm air practically lick the flesh teasingly.}** [27.09.2024 06:14:26] O>)Makiri![S]: Please don't do that. [27.09.2024 06:14:26] O>)Akiha/[S]: Technocracy vessel, can you stop fussing around? I'm calibrating sensors! [27.09.2024 06:14:28] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Consensus requires conflict." [27.09.2024 06:14:34] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 06:14:46] Temple.of.Silence: And so it gives rise to the song of Light... [27.09.2024 06:14:47] O>)Makiri![S]: Choomba, I know you're happy about the new kit, but can you take five? [27.09.2024 06:15:00] |O|-Sumi: Right.. [27.09.2024 06:15:01] O>)Akiha/[S]: Thank you, taichou. Almost done... [27.09.2024 06:15:19] |O|-Sumi: We'd believed there was some way of communicating. [27.09.2024 06:15:26] |O|-Sumi: Your evolution wouldn't make sense, otherwise. [27.09.2024 06:15:29] =CR=FV-Tyran|248: Oh.. [27.09.2024 06:15:31] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 06:15:32] O>)Akiha/[S]: New contact on long range lidar. Seems Crayter. [27.09.2024 06:15:41] |O|-Sumi: I meant 'talking' like.. 'Human words'. [27.09.2024 06:15:42] Temple.of.Silence: Lovely... [27.09.2024 06:15:48] =CR=FV-Tyran|248: That is something I don't want part of [27.09.2024 06:15:50] |O|-Sumi: Hrm.. [27.09.2024 06:15:55] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Interlopers, anew." [27.09.2024 06:15:57] |O|-Sumi: Then don't, Captain. [27.09.2024 06:16:01] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Every fuckin' time. [27.09.2024 06:16:04] |O|-Sumi: Move along. [27.09.2024 06:16:07] TFP)-Kelly.With!: You Crayterian bastards. [27.09.2024 06:16:09] O>)Makiri![S]: Weapons hold, Akiha. We'll prosecute if... [27.09.2024 06:16:18] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Allied forces, find it. [27.09.2024 06:16:20] TFP)-Kelly.With!: We'll torch it. [27.09.2024 06:16:24] O>)Akiha/[S]: Weapons on hold. I don't like crowds anyway... [27.09.2024 06:16:25] O>)Makiri![S]: You know what, no, fuck that - Akiha, weapons hot. [27.09.2024 06:16:27] Temple.of.Silence: Human words are an adaptation...as any other may be... [27.09.2024 06:16:29] O>)Makiri![S]: Find it, whack it. [27.09.2024 06:16:37] O>)Akiha/[S]: Order confirmed, taichou. Powering weapons. [27.09.2024 06:16:45] O>)Makiri![S]: Establish a dragnet - it doesn't escape this system. [27.09.2024 06:16:49] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "We have become skilled in this limited adaptation." [27.09.2024 06:16:50] Temple.of.Silence: Speech is not such a difficult concept to grasp...particularly not when there are those willing to teach it... [27.09.2024 06:17:03] Temple.of.Silence: Of course...Psyche has an unfair advantage... [27.09.2024 06:17:13] Temple.of.Silence: She too was once human... [27.09.2024 06:17:17] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: (Mischief.) [27.09.2024 06:17:30] |O|-Sumi: That's.. not possible.. [27.09.2024 06:17:36] Temple.of.Silence: Is it not...? [27.09.2024 06:17:44] Temple.of.Silence: What is a human mind...but a pattern of information...? [27.09.2024 06:17:59] |O|-Sumi: Complex information. [27.09.2024 06:18:13] Temple.of.Silence: Complex information...surely no more complex than a nomad mind... [27.09.2024 06:18:35] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{Suddenly, the voice of the Nomad turns completely. It's a young woman, without any measure of Nomad speech.}** [27.09.2024 06:18:40] |O|-Sumi: The two can't be compatible. [27.09.2024 06:18:53] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Well, it's a bit rude to just assume that about a girl... My name is Kimiko. Kimiko Hawkins." [27.09.2024 06:19:59] |O|-Sumi: [The pilot shudders, the sound of a woman's voice from such a vessel unnerving.] [27.09.2024 06:20:05] |O|-Sumi: That's.. [27.09.2024 06:20:11] |O|-Sumi: .. how.. [27.09.2024 06:20:22] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you." [27.09.2024 06:20:22] |O|-Sumi: .. why? [27.09.2024 06:20:24] Temple.of.Silence: Through patience...and effort... [27.09.2024 06:20:54] |O|-Sumi: Effort.. to escape the same fate..? [27.09.2024 06:21:07] |O|-Sumi: .. or for other means? [27.09.2024 06:21:08] Temple.of.Silence: Is it inconceivable that a human would wish to find another existence...? [27.09.2024 06:21:12] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "No. I was healthy in body. Well, fairly." [27.09.2024 06:21:45] |O|-Sumi: I've known people who wish to occupy a robotic shell. [27.09.2024 06:21:51] |O|-Sumi: Nothing like this, though.. [27.09.2024 06:22:12] |O|-Sumi: Even as you are, still 'organic'.. [27.09.2024 06:22:24] Temple.of.Silence: My body may have been failing...but I would not have pursued hybridization had I held no fascination with the state of being - [27.09.2024 06:22:28] Temple.of.Silence: - with which it came... [27.09.2024 06:22:35] |O|-Sumi: Naturally.. [27.09.2024 06:22:46] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "I was born what some people would call an esper." [27.09.2024 06:22:56] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Psychic." [27.09.2024 06:23:10] Temple.of.Silence: As was I also... [27.09.2024 06:23:25] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "And I sought others like me. An existence that felt more real, more compatible with my nature. It led me to the Light." [27.09.2024 06:23:31] |O|-Sumi: Is it a requirement for transitions like these? [27.09.2024 06:23:38] Temple.of.Silence: Not necessarily... [27.09.2024 06:23:42] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Certainly helps." [27.09.2024 06:23:52] O>)Akiha/[S] was shot out of the skies by =CR=FV-Tyran|248 (100%) [27.09.2024 06:23:58] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Why, you interested?" (Mischief.) [27.09.2024 06:24:02] Temple.of.Silence: It has been done without...but such things would ease the process... [27.09.2024 06:24:10] |O|-Sumi: I.. no. Christ, no. [27.09.2024 06:24:32] Temple.of.Silence: Then such a path need not be yours... [27.09.2024 06:25:04] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Not exactly one that goes well when forced." [27.09.2024 06:25:09] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 06:25:20] Temple.of.Silence: I do not know of a hybrid that was forced to undergo the process... [27.09.2024 06:25:33] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "No true hybrid, at least." [27.09.2024 06:25:35] Temple.of.Silence: It is far more sensitive than infestation...far more medical... [27.09.2024 06:25:46] |O|-Sumi: So this process is different than that which creates the.. wild? [27.09.2024 06:25:52] Temple.of.Silence: And the psychic component cannot be denied... [27.09.2024 06:25:57] Temple.of.Silence: Yes... [27.09.2024 06:26:10] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "I was blessed with a seed, but it wasn't a requirement." [27.09.2024 06:26:16] Temple.of.Silence: The Wild are unwilling recipients of what you call nomad incubi... [27.09.2024 06:26:47] Temple.of.Silence: Many of them are violent...for the simple reason that they were intended for violence...and are born from it... [27.09.2024 06:27:39] Temple.of.Silence: Such a process is regrettable...and not that which I condone... [27.09.2024 06:27:54] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "A waste of potential." [27.09.2024 06:28:34] Temple.of.Silence: More than simple potential...it is a last desperate resort...a violation of autonomy... [27.09.2024 06:28:41] |O|-Sumi: You sound far different than others of your kind we've encountered, be it your 'Human' origins or something else.. [27.09.2024 06:29:06] Temple.of.Silence: I have cultivated a state of mind that exists in counterbalance to many nomads... [27.09.2024 06:29:20] |O|-Sumi: Is that so? [27.09.2024 06:29:38] Temple.of.Silence: Yes... [27.09.2024 06:29:39] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "A necessary adaptation." [27.09.2024 06:29:46] |O|-Sumi: As all adaptations are. [27.09.2024 06:29:58] |O|-Sumi: For better or worse.. [27.09.2024 06:30:03] Temple.of.Silence: I offer a voice of dissent...living in isolation... [27.09.2024 06:30:26] Temple.of.Silence: Perhaps you remember the Oracles... [27.09.2024 06:30:37] Temple.of.Silence: Or were they before your time...? [27.09.2024 06:30:50] |O|-Sumi: Somewhat. We've only encountered them little, and quite some time ago. [27.09.2024 06:31:02] |O|-Sumi: They were... enigmatic at best.. [27.09.2024 06:31:10] Temple.of.Silence: I was of their number...among those that wished to bridge the gap between humanity and the alien... [27.09.2024 06:31:19] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "They come." [27.09.2024 06:31:24] Temple.of.Silence: For a time...it was good... [27.09.2024 06:31:45] O>)Makiri![S]: Yeah, but they lack against bigger fish. Gunboats, yeah. [27.09.2024 06:31:48] Temple.of.Silence: But such things did not last...as the Outcast nation set a torch to that which they had so long embraced... [27.09.2024 06:31:53] O>)Makiri![S]: Nails on the target. [27.09.2024 06:31:59] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Right. [27.09.2024 06:32:03] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Let's make this quick. [27.09.2024 06:32:08] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{Instantly, tension flares in the Nomad.}** [27.09.2024 06:32:12] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Gonna be straight with ya. [27.09.2024 06:32:21] TFP)-Kelly.With!: We don't give a shite about what's goin' on inside that ship. [27.09.2024 06:32:31] TFP)-Kelly.With!: We don't give a shite if ye wanna talk with this Order agent. [27.09.2024 06:32:43] TFP)-Kelly.With!: But the Order ain't welcome here, and neither are wannabe warships. Not in the Avlemores. [27.09.2024 06:32:48] TFP)-Kelly.With!: So this is your eviction notice. [27.09.2024 06:32:56] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: I have questions about what an Order agent is doing in close proximity with a Nomad but... that can be for another time. [27.09.2024 06:33:09] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: [Energy masses within the Nomad warform, but it does not act. Yet.] [27.09.2024 06:33:19] |O|-Sumi: I'm investigating, pilot. [27.09.2024 06:33:25] TFP)-Locksmith: Familiar feeling. [27.09.2024 06:33:27] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Investigate somewhere the fuck else. [27.09.2024 06:33:30] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: I'm sure, agent. [27.09.2024 06:33:42] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: The last one that told me about my experiences, advised me not to stay close to 'em. [27.09.2024 06:33:53] Temple.of.Silence: Very well...I surrender... [27.09.2024 06:33:56] Temple.of.Silence: Take me into custody... [27.09.2024 06:33:57] |O|-Sumi: Distance is not a bad thing to practice, pilot. [27.09.2024 06:34:04] TFP)-Kelly.With!: There'll be no takin' into custody. [27.09.2024 06:34:12] |O|-Sumi: Especially with regards to my profession. [27.09.2024 06:34:17] Temple.of.Silence: No...? [27.09.2024 06:34:19] TFP)-Kelly.With!: You'll be leavin' the system for Coronado and not returnin'. [27.09.2024 06:34:41] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: I'd say to follow the advise of your fellow agents and stay away from 'em too. [27.09.2024 06:34:45] [OOC] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: advice* [27.09.2024 06:34:52] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{There's a distinct, growing disquiet from the Nomad's presence.}** [27.09.2024 06:34:57] Temple.of.Silence: Very well... [27.09.2024 06:35:40] |O|-Sumi: [The pilot clicks her safety on, eyeing the Legionnaires cautiously.] [27.09.2024 06:35:52] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Well? [27.09.2024 06:35:55] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Get to moving. [27.09.2024 06:36:00] Temple.of.Silence: Sumi...is that your name...? [27.09.2024 06:36:04] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{It holds back something large. Something boiling.}** [27.09.2024 06:36:07] /showinfo me [27.09.2024 06:36:09] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Y'can talk and walk, can't ya? [27.09.2024 06:36:16] TFP)-Locksmith: Psyche. Last time we met, our... Interaction... Left me somewhat changed. But, this is neither place nor time. [27.09.2024 06:36:18] Temple.of.Silence: Allow me to clarify intentions... [27.09.2024 06:36:28] |O|-Sumi: It is merely a callsign. [27.09.2024 06:36:31] Temple.of.Silence: I do not wish to depart without knowing whether or not they will follow... [27.09.2024 06:36:44] |O|-Sumi: I can elaborate, once we're out of these Legionnaire's shadows.. [27.09.2024 06:36:48] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Give the courtesy, child of flame." [27.09.2024 06:36:52] Temple.of.Silence: If you wish to continue our discussion...'Sumi'...then we shall depart... [27.09.2024 06:37:15] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: We have intel on that carrier? Or... [27.09.2024 06:37:28] |O|-Sumi: Give my regards to the leadership on your base, Legionnaires. [27.09.2024 06:37:30] O>)Makiri![S]: We don't. [27.09.2024 06:37:33] |O|-Sumi: And my condolences. [27.09.2024 06:37:41] |O|-Sumi: I know what it's like to watch a home burn. [27.09.2024 06:37:46] TFP)-Kelly.With!: Will do. [27.09.2024 06:37:51] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: [The Nomad trails behind the carrier.] [27.09.2024 06:38:11] |O|-Sumi: Be seeing you. [27.09.2024 06:38:20] TFP)-Mason:Tennyson: Perhaps... [27.09.2024 06:42:04] /showinfo me [27.09.2024 06:44:06] Temple.of.Silence: How unfortunate... [27.09.2024 06:44:13] Temple.of.Silence: And how lacking in nuance... [27.09.2024 06:44:37] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "They cling to what little authority they yet have." [27.09.2024 06:44:42] Temple.of.Silence: Where now have you gone...Sumi...? [27.09.2024 06:46:14] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "There you are." [27.09.2024 06:46:28] |O|-Sumi: Apologies, I wanted to make sure the jump hole was at a far enough distance. [27.09.2024 06:46:39] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Such courtesy from a Banisher." [27.09.2024 06:46:59] |O|-Sumi: Simply 'talking' with your kind.. would be more taboo than marrying gaijin. [27.09.2024 06:47:08] Temple.of.Silence: Naturally... [27.09.2024 06:47:34] Temple.of.Silence: We do not have such disdain...but there are ways in which you have more to lose... [27.09.2024 06:48:10] |O|-Sumi: The Legacy is known for its distance from the Overwatch's direction.. [27.09.2024 06:48:22] Temple.of.Silence: A healthy choice... [27.09.2024 06:48:27] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Sane, even." [27.09.2024 06:48:28] Temple.of.Silence: One which many others have also made in the past... [27.09.2024 06:48:31] |O|-Sumi: But engaging in contact with Nomads.. it would be a diplomatic coup. [27.09.2024 06:48:50] Temple.of.Silence: Is it so unthinkable to engage in diplomacy...? [27.09.2024 06:49:02] |O|-Sumi: With beings as notorious as your kind? [27.09.2024 06:49:05] |O|-Sumi: Very. [27.09.2024 06:49:11] Temple.of.Silence: Consider this thought... [27.09.2024 06:49:23] Temple.of.Silence: Many of us hesitate to consider diplomacy for the same reason... [27.09.2024 06:49:36] Temple.of.Silence: We do not approach humanity...because humanity has closed itself to us... [27.09.2024 06:49:57] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "We see humans as xenophobic, fearful, so willing and eager to kill us that they would kill their own for talking." [27.09.2024 06:50:03] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 06:50:12] |O|-Sumi: In a way, that's part of the taboo. [27.09.2024 06:50:22] |O|-Sumi: We're expected to keep to that. [27.09.2024 06:50:23] Temple.of.Silence: What gain is there in holding this taboo...? [27.09.2024 06:50:36] |O|-Sumi: Why do you think I'm talking? [27.09.2024 06:50:50] Temple.of.Silence: Because you are intrigued...because you wish to learn... [27.09.2024 06:51:11] |O|-Sumi: My superiors would find my information intriguing, as they probably throw me into the airlock. [27.09.2024 06:51:39] Temple.of.Silence: And that is why we fear the Order... [27.09.2024 06:51:56] Temple.of.Silence: Because there is no recourse...because we could not hope to find a listening ear... [27.09.2024 06:52:05] Temple.of.Silence: Because they have already turned an entire sector against our word... [27.09.2024 06:52:26] |O|-Sumi: Your word has rightfully terrified many. [27.09.2024 06:52:30] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "The Banishers have already declared their intent. Humanity first. All else must perish." [27.09.2024 06:52:40] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed...but it is not solely Our word... [27.09.2024 06:52:45] |O|-Sumi: For the same reasons my people feared.. fear, the outside world. [27.09.2024 06:52:59] Temple.of.Silence: There are dissenting voices...even among our brethren... [27.09.2024 06:53:06] |O|-Sumi: Are there? [27.09.2024 06:53:12] |O|-Sumi: I suppose there have to be.. [27.09.2024 06:53:27] Temple.of.Silence: We are of the Vagrant share...a separate song from those that you have known for decades... [27.09.2024 06:53:37] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "The Light of the Abyss." [27.09.2024 06:54:06] |O|-Sumi: The K'Hara.. [27.09.2024 06:54:10] Temple.of.Silence: Our kin did not reside in Sirius...but were cast out with hypergate yours activated... [27.09.2024 06:55:03] Temple.of.Silence: That hypergate sent many into the deep void...the shock of which killed many... [27.09.2024 06:55:15] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: (Sorrow. Pain.) [27.09.2024 06:55:16] |O|-Sumi: I imagine it would have.. [27.09.2024 06:55:32] Temple.of.Silence: Those that survived and returned...were a shadow of the original number... [27.09.2024 06:55:55] Temple.of.Silence: Our song is weaker...fewer in number...unable to survive in a war against yours... [27.09.2024 06:55:59] |O|-Sumi: And this is why you take the route you do? [27.09.2024 06:56:06] Temple.of.Silence: Among others...yes... [27.09.2024 06:56:19] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "One verse of the Song." [27.09.2024 06:56:43] Temple.of.Silence: We are separated from our brethren...and so a nomad mind has for the first time been forced to confront irreconcilable - [27.09.2024 06:56:52] Temple.of.Silence: - difference with their fellow brethren... [27.09.2024 06:57:18] Temple.of.Silence: We do not seek vengeance...as we are exhausted... [27.09.2024 06:57:30] |O|-Sumi: Understandable.. [27.09.2024 06:57:42] |O|-Sumi: I suppose I would be too after such a journey.. [27.09.2024 06:57:46] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 06:57:54] Temple.of.Silence: I did not experience this journey...not in my own memory... [27.09.2024 06:57:58] |O|-Sumi: [She lets out a light chuckle, embedded with nervousness.] [27.09.2024 06:58:14] |O|-Sumi: I doubt many of your kind did. [27.09.2024 06:58:26] Temple.of.Silence: But I have experienced the fire and hatred of the mirror share... [27.09.2024 06:58:46] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "The memory is shared. The sensation, multiplied." [27.09.2024 06:59:19] Temple.of.Silence: My experience also differs...as I have abandoned those that seek only bloodlust... [27.09.2024 06:59:40] |O|-Sumi: Abandoned? [27.09.2024 06:59:47] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed...as I was abandoned in turn... [27.09.2024 06:59:50] Temple.of.Silence: Recall the Oracles... [27.09.2024 06:59:54] |O|-Sumi: Right.. [27.09.2024 07:00:09] Temple.of.Silence: We were hosted by the Maltese nation...formed from their mystics... [27.09.2024 07:00:23] Temple.of.Silence: But our number were rooted out from their society...murdered and cast out... [27.09.2024 07:00:55] |O|-Sumi: For what reason? General distrust, or something actionable..? [27.09.2024 07:01:14] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "You can guess the story, by this point." [27.09.2024 07:01:16] Temple.of.Silence: A rapid cultural shift...one that I attribute to the Order... [27.09.2024 07:01:30] |O|-Sumi: Hm. [27.09.2024 07:01:43] Temple.of.Silence: I do not know all the factors...nor did I know then... [27.09.2024 07:02:05] Temple.of.Silence: But with my usefulness shattered...the share determined that I was no longer a useful resource... [27.09.2024 07:02:24] Temple.of.Silence: I am unable to hide within human society...shackled to my form... [27.09.2024 07:02:42] |O|-Sumi: You're trapped aboard that ship? [27.09.2024 07:03:00] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Trapped is not fully accurate." [27.09.2024 07:03:06] |O|-Sumi: Hai.. [27.09.2024 07:03:10] Temple.of.Silence: Not exclusively...but I am weak of body... [27.09.2024 07:03:28] |O|-Sumi: Is it just you, or are there others? [27.09.2024 07:03:39] Temple.of.Silence: I am the only one that lives aboard this vessel... [27.09.2024 07:04:05] Temple.of.Silence: My roots grow deep within it...tissue that has formed gradually... [27.09.2024 07:04:24] Temple.of.Silence: A fightercraft was once sufficient...then a gunboat... [27.09.2024 07:04:31] Temple.of.Silence: Now it is this ship... [27.09.2024 07:04:55] Temple.of.Silence: I suspect...in some way...that it may resemble a nomad's growth into larger forms... [27.09.2024 07:05:06] Temple.of.Silence: But this is purely speculation... [27.09.2024 07:05:29] Temple.of.Silence: I can depart from it...but to do so is a considerable exertion... [27.09.2024 07:05:33] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "You grow, as I did." [27.09.2024 07:05:37] |O|-Sumi: I think I understand what Mr. Frost meant, then.. [27.09.2024 07:05:51] Temple.of.Silence: He did not grasp the full extent of my being... [27.09.2024 07:06:03] |O|-Sumi: Hai, as I doubt some could. [27.09.2024 07:06:14] Temple.of.Silence: He merely speculated...hearing that I was a hybrid...and hearing that it was a project first endeavored by the Hellfire - [27.09.2024 07:06:16] Temple.of.Silence: - Legion... [27.09.2024 07:06:42] Temple.of.Silence: But if you wish...then I may show you some of what I am... [27.09.2024 07:06:55] Temple.of.Silence: You need not leave your vessel to do so... [27.09.2024 07:07:05] |O|-Sumi: .. err.. [27.09.2024 07:07:14] Temple.of.Silence: A simple video feed would suffice... [27.09.2024 07:07:37] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{Flower petals float about the space.}** [27.09.2024 07:08:09] |O|-Sumi: May I vidcap? [27.09.2024 07:08:20] Temple.of.Silence: You may...should you wish to share... [27.09.2024 07:08:27] Temple.of.Silence: I do not consider this conversation confidential... [27.09.2024 07:09:13] Temple.of.Silence: I do not know whether you will use this as intelligence for the Order...but if you should do so...then I shall not begrudge - [27.09.2024 07:09:19] |O|-Sumi: [The pilot flicks some switches on her left panel, and then a final button press next to her video screen.] [27.09.2024 07:09:20] Temple.of.Silence: - you of making use of every available advantage... [27.09.2024 07:10:07] |O|-Sumi: Let's just say this is going to be.. quite the report.. [27.09.2024 07:10:17] Temple.of.Silence: *The video feed flickers, then comes on. It reveals a woman with pale skin and dark hair, naked aboard what may be the bridge - [27.09.2024 07:10:36] |O|-Sumi: Assuming they don't just dismiss it outright as something- .. hm.. [27.09.2024 07:10:52] Temple.of.Silence: - of the Bustard...but her back has tendrils of what is obviously nomad tissue snaking out from it. The tissue has clearly - [27.09.2024 07:11:26] Temple.of.Silence: - burrowed into her skin, and her pale skin is splotched with dark, purple veins. Her eyes glow with pale blue light.* [27.09.2024 07:11:33] Temple.of.Silence: *Perhaps the most telling feature, however...* [27.09.2024 07:12:02] Temple.of.Silence: *The entirety of the ship's 'bridge' appears to have been warped. The nomad growth has crept out into the metal surrounding - [27.09.2024 07:12:31] Temple.of.Silence: - her, glowing crystalline structures that have rearranged the metal around her, pulsing as though alive. Motes of blue light - [27.09.2024 07:12:54] Temple.of.Silence: - float in the air, like blood cells in a vein, moving this way and that.* [27.09.2024 07:13:01] |O|-Sumi: .. dear.. Jesus... [27.09.2024 07:13:18] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Beauty." [27.09.2024 07:13:22] Temple.of.Silence: This is how I live...for much of my days... [27.09.2024 07:13:36] Temple.of.Silence: But I am capable of departure... [27.09.2024 07:13:56] |O|-Sumi: I doubt it's pleasant. [27.09.2024 07:14:30] Temple.of.Silence: *She appears to wince, slightly, as she pulls forward, standing from her chair. She reaches behind her, carefully - [27.09.2024 07:14:58] Temple.of.Silence: - disentangling a long tendril from the crystal, before leaving it to hang limp...standing on wobbly knees.* [27.09.2024 07:15:15] Temple.of.Silence: It is a preferable existence...one that holds little pain...for the most part... [27.09.2024 07:15:31] |O|-Sumi: 'For the most part'..? [27.09.2024 07:15:34] Temple.of.Silence: My senses spread through my ship...an extension of my body... [27.09.2024 07:15:55] Temple.of.Silence: I feel the sun on my skin...I feel my drives flare to life... [27.09.2024 07:16:07] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "The kiss of the solar wind..." [27.09.2024 07:16:11] Temple.of.Silence: Yes... [27.09.2024 07:16:27] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{Wistful reminiscence, like memories of summers past.}** [27.09.2024 07:16:41] Temple.of.Silence: *She soon collapses into her chair again, and her limp tendrils slither back into the crystal.* [27.09.2024 07:17:18] Temple.of.Silence: The most pain is when I must leave...and on occasion it is necessary... [27.09.2024 07:17:57] |O|-Sumi: I suppose it is. [27.09.2024 07:18:05] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "When we must reduce ourselves." [27.09.2024 07:18:27] Temple.of.Silence: I do not consider it reduction...but the simple necessity of my existence... [27.09.2024 07:19:07] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Perhaps the memory of being trapped in human form stirs unwanted sentiment in me." [27.09.2024 07:19:09] Temple.of.Silence: I must engage face to face...and I must untether myself from the all-encompassing noise of existence on occasion... [27.09.2024 07:19:35] Temple.of.Silence: And sometimes...a matter requires a delicate...human hand... [27.09.2024 07:19:51] A bounty of $1.500 credits has been deposited into your account. [27.09.2024 07:20:34] Temple.of.Silence: *The video feed goes blank.* [27.09.2024 07:20:41] |O|-Sumi: Do you have aides to help in that instance? [27.09.2024 07:20:55] Temple.of.Silence: Yes...though I can often manage myself... [27.09.2024 07:21:22] Temple.of.Silence: None of them reside on this ship...but I do not tend to leave without aid... [27.09.2024 07:21:42] Temple.of.Silence: A cane is often sufficient...as long as the pain is not intense... [27.09.2024 07:22:06] Temple.of.Silence: But this is a choice I have made willingly...and I do not regret it... [27.09.2024 07:22:36] Temple.of.Silence: I already required a cane...I already suffered in my lungs and my heart... [27.09.2024 07:22:46] |O|-Sumi: May I ask from what? [27.09.2024 07:22:54] Temple.of.Silence: Cardiac arrythmia...severe asthma... [27.09.2024 07:23:19] Temple.of.Silence: I had several heart attacks in my life...before I reached the age of thirty... [27.09.2024 07:23:28] |O|-Sumi: Mm.. [27.09.2024 07:23:50] Temple.of.Silence: It was not expected that I would live a full and healthy life... [27.09.2024 07:24:24] Temple.of.Silence: But...I did not intend to allow this to dictate the course of my life... [27.09.2024 07:24:34] |O|-Sumi: Admirable.. truly. [27.09.2024 07:25:11] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{A small blue butterfly flutters into view, sitting atop Sumi's canopy. It seems to listen passively.}** [27.09.2024 07:25:29] Temple.of.Silence: It has been nearly ten years since I embraced hybridization...and my condition has not deteriorated since then... [27.09.2024 07:25:47] Temple.of.Silence: However...it also has not improved... [27.09.2024 07:26:06] |O|-Sumi: I see. [27.09.2024 07:26:09] Temple.of.Silence: There were severe doubts that I would survive the procedure...but I wished to take the chance... [27.09.2024 07:27:47] |O|-Sumi: And you say you've no regrets? [27.09.2024 07:28:03] Temple.of.Silence: There are difficulties...yes... [27.09.2024 07:28:19] Temple.of.Silence: But if I am to gauge my overall existence...then I am certain that this was correct... [27.09.2024 07:28:38] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "This is a realm of being beyond what we had known before." [27.09.2024 07:28:47] Temple.of.Silence: I do not worry for my ability to breathe easily...I do not question whether a skipped heartbeat may mean my death... [27.09.2024 07:29:27] Temple.of.Silence: In exchange...I am reliant on liquid cardamine...and I have increasingly grown to rely upon my vessel... [27.09.2024 07:29:35] Temple.of.Silence: But it is a preferable existence... [27.09.2024 07:29:56] |O|-Sumi: .. liquid? [27.09.2024 07:30:00] Temple.of.Silence: Yes... [27.09.2024 07:30:09] |O|-Sumi: Curious.. [27.09.2024 07:30:35] Temple.of.Silence: Liquid cardamine is far more concentrated than normal cardamine...and normally...a human would not survive a dose... [27.09.2024 07:30:44] Temple.of.Silence: But it is necessary to sustain the nomad tissue... [27.09.2024 07:31:35] |O|-Sumi: Is this only true for your case, or do others require it as well? [27.09.2024 07:31:46] Temple.of.Silence: I cannot say certainly... [27.09.2024 07:31:53] |O|-Sumi: Hm.. [27.09.2024 07:32:07] Temple.of.Silence: It may be that the process has been since refined... [27.09.2024 07:32:21] Temple.of.Silence: My case was relatively early...in many respects... [27.09.2024 07:32:36] Temple.of.Silence: Psyche's transition...was far more graceful than my own... [27.09.2024 07:32:45] Temple.of.Silence: But I am glad to maintain a part of my humanity...unlike her... [27.09.2024 07:33:01] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "My case is complex." [27.09.2024 07:33:17] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed...and I guided her when she was still human... [27.09.2024 07:33:53] |O|-Sumi: Were you both Oracles, or..? [27.09.2024 07:34:12] Temple.of.Silence: No...the Oracles had already perished when Psyche found the Vagrants... [27.09.2024 07:34:22] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "I was a young girl from Curacao with a dream and a cardamine dependency. And the wrong body." [27.09.2024 07:34:38] |O|-Sumi: I see. [27.09.2024 07:34:49] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "And I went out to the Edge to follow the song I'd heard my whole life. And willingly took the Light into my body." [27.09.2024 07:35:22] Temple.of.Silence: It is those that fall between the cracks that are often driven to seek out nomads... [27.09.2024 07:36:29] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "All those with psychic predilection feel kinship, even if they deny it." [27.09.2024 07:36:42] Temple.of.Silence: On this point...we shall disagree... [27.09.2024 07:36:55] Temple.of.Silence: But that is a more philosophical argument... [27.09.2024 07:37:25] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{There's something wistful, dreamy, even fae to Psyche's thoughts and concepts.}** [27.09.2024 07:37:43] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{A girl spins in a meadow, giggling to herself.}** [27.09.2024 07:39:29] |O|-Sumi: Certainly far more lively than many of my friends back home would think.. [27.09.2024 07:39:51] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "I struggle to imagine them believing you." [27.09.2024 07:40:04] Temple.of.Silence: Were you aware of the schism between our minds...? [27.09.2024 07:40:22] Temple.of.Silence: The Song of the Abyss...and the Song of Light... [27.09.2024 07:40:41] |O|-Sumi: If they were, they certainly didn't care for it. [27.09.2024 07:40:54] |O|-Sumi: The leadership, I mean. [27.09.2024 07:41:45] Temple.of.Silence: Our song...the Song of the Abyss...does not seek subjugation and violence... [27.09.2024 07:42:01] Temple.of.Silence: We wish for survival...and we wish to be permitted our birthright... [27.09.2024 07:43:31] Temple.of.Silence: Whether or not your superiors will trust this...we cannot say... [27.09.2024 07:43:41] |O|-Sumi: Hai.. neither can I. [27.09.2024 07:43:51] Temple.of.Silence: But we are open to diplomacy... [27.09.2024 07:44:43] |O|-Sumi: Have any of my people.. 'Banishers', you called us?.. come to you to try and understand? [27.09.2024 07:44:52] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "No." [27.09.2024 07:45:03] Temple.of.Silence: On occasion...scattered individuals... [27.09.2024 07:45:15] Temple.of.Silence: But they typically do not remain part of the Order for long... [27.09.2024 07:45:28] Temple.of.Silence: They often form conscientious objections... [27.09.2024 07:47:21] Temple.of.Silence: I will not deny that there is reason for the caution...nor will I pretend that the Song of the Light does not wish for human - [27.09.2024 07:47:26] Temple.of.Silence: - extermination... [27.09.2024 07:48:08] |O|-Sumi: Right.. [27.09.2024 07:49:07] Temple.of.Silence: There are matters in which we also fear the Song of the Light... [27.09.2024 07:49:50] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: [The Nomad vessel turns about.] [27.09.2024 07:50:28] Death: Kagiri.Asakura suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression. [27.09.2024 07:51:35] |O|-Sumi: What would the others dislike about your kind? [27.09.2024 07:51:42] Temple.of.Silence: That we exist apart from them... [27.09.2024 07:51:53] Temple.of.Silence: That we do not desire to re-integrate into their whole... [27.09.2024 07:52:25] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "They see an aberration." [27.09.2024 07:52:30] Temple.of.Silence: It is a threat to them...the thought that they are not as monolithic as they believe... [27.09.2024 07:53:43] Temple.of.Silence: War has been averted...for the most part... [27.09.2024 07:54:04] Temple.of.Silence: But they still do not believe that we should be separate... [27.09.2024 07:54:32] |O|-Sumi: They sound fairly stuck in their ways. [27.09.2024 07:54:50] Temple.of.Silence: Their dominant mind has offered to bring us into the fold...which they would use to enforce their perspectives upon us... [27.09.2024 07:55:01] Temple.of.Silence: Much as yours fear infestation... [27.09.2024 07:55:14] |O|-Sumi: Yours fears annihilation.. [27.09.2024 07:55:19] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 07:55:23] |O|-Sumi: Damn.. [27.09.2024 07:55:32] Temple.of.Silence: It would be ego death...equivalent to loss of identity... [27.09.2024 07:55:33] |O|-Sumi: [She chuckles.] [27.09.2024 07:55:39] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "We would see Our Song survive and continue to resonate." [27.09.2024 07:55:46] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 07:56:09] Temple.of.Silence: But their mind has become increasingly more warlike...more unwilling to consider human perspectives... [27.09.2024 07:56:28] Temple.of.Silence: They no longer entertain the notion of human cultists...no l onger offer solace to those that seek them out... [27.09.2024 07:56:51] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "They seek the end times." [27.09.2024 07:57:01] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 07:57:20] Temple.of.Silence: A true existential threat...to both humanity and nomads... [27.09.2024 07:57:53] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Toledo, Leeds... nothing compared to what she would wish." [27.09.2024 07:58:11] |O|-Sumi: Jesus.. [27.09.2024 08:00:05] Temple.of.Silence: They have come about the belief that they are recipients of a true thing beyond perception...a song in the aether... [27.09.2024 08:00:39] Temple.of.Silence: They call themselves the Ghostmind...and believe that the subjugation of all life is the only true existence... [27.09.2024 08:00:55] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Believing that the fantasies born of consumption of bygone flesh has endowed them with forbidden knowing." [27.09.2024 08:00:59] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 08:01:04] |O|-Sumi: Like you said.. existential threat.. [27.09.2024 08:01:14] Temple.of.Silence: That they would be recipient to a title of 'heir' by a long-dead species... [27.09.2024 08:01:31] Temple.of.Silence: And that this is the natural order of the universe... [27.09.2024 08:01:38] Temple.of.Silence: ...Obvious insanity... [27.09.2024 08:01:50] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "They grew impatient, waiting for the answer. And made an incomplete one." [27.09.2024 08:01:55] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 08:02:14] Temple.of.Silence: Our own interactions with them become strained...even as they offer to embrace us... [27.09.2024 08:02:25] |O|-Sumi: I can imagine.. [27.09.2024 08:02:51] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "There is no joy in seeing family fall to their pain." [27.09.2024 08:02:53] Temple.of.Silence: We do not believe in such...Machiavellian fantasies... [27.09.2024 08:04:09] |O|-Sumi: Hm.. [27.09.2024 08:05:08] |O|-Sumi: [The pilot sighs, chuckling a little under her breath.] [27.09.2024 08:05:21] |O|-Sumi: I'm definitely getting the airlock treatment.. [27.09.2024 08:05:26] Temple.of.Silence: I imagine that this is all quite a lot to take in... [27.09.2024 08:05:41] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Your death would be a waste." [27.09.2024 08:05:46] Temple.of.Silence: Indeed... [27.09.2024 08:06:14] Temple.of.Silence: We would prefer to avoid conflict...but we are trapped in this cycle... [27.09.2024 08:06:25] Temple.of.Silence: If it is to be broken...it must be from within... [27.09.2024 08:07:33] |O|-Sumi: Assuming I'm not staring down a barrel, and assuming the Colonel doesn't dismiss the report outright.. [27.09.2024 08:07:59] Temple.of.Silence: Do you intend to file a report...? [27.09.2024 08:08:05] |O|-Sumi: Absolutely. [27.09.2024 08:08:13] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Brave." [27.09.2024 08:08:19] Temple.of.Silence: Even despite the risk...? [27.09.2024 08:08:48] |O|-Sumi: Believe me, I still have my doubts.. deep seated, personal doubts.. [27.09.2024 08:08:56] Temple.of.Silence: Understandable... [27.09.2024 08:09:08] |O|-Sumi: But I've seen enough to let the evidence here whittle at it.. [27.09.2024 08:09:14] Temple.of.Silence: They may tell us that we are lying...and such things have been a tactic used by the Slomon K'Hara in the past... [27.09.2024 08:10:00] Temple.of.Silence: I cannot prove that we are speaking the truth...but I am willing to make myself vulnerable in the pursuit of progress... [27.09.2024 08:10:19] Temple.of.Silence: I am willing to answer any questions your superiors may have...I am willing to subject myself to interrogation... [27.09.2024 08:10:35] Temple.of.Silence: Regardless of how it may damage me... [27.09.2024 08:10:37] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: **{The Nomad bristles at the notion of her mentor being subjected to such.}** [27.09.2024 08:11:05] |O|-Sumi: The Colonel will hold quite a bit more skepticism than I have. [27.09.2024 08:11:12] Temple.of.Silence: Very understandably so... [27.09.2024 08:11:38] Temple.of.Silence: But it is said that trust cannot exist without the risk of harm... [27.09.2024 08:11:49] |O|-Sumi: Hai.. [27.09.2024 08:11:58] Temple.of.Silence: I would not ask this of you...but I will offer this of myself... [27.09.2024 08:14:03] |O|-Sumi: I'll mention it in my report, then. [27.09.2024 08:14:18] Temple.of.Silence: Of course... [27.09.2024 08:14:24] Temple.of.Silence: Do you have more questions...? [27.09.2024 08:14:27] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Trust beyond measure..." [27.09.2024 08:15:12] |O|-Sumi: Not at the moment, no. [27.09.2024 08:15:27] Temple.of.Silence: Then we shall leave you to your report...should you desire... [27.09.2024 08:15:36] Temple.of.Silence: I hope this has given you what you sought... [27.09.2024 08:15:42] |O|-Sumi: That, and more.. [27.09.2024 08:15:52] Temple.of.Silence: Good... [27.09.2024 08:16:00] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Something poignant about these exchanges." [27.09.2024 08:16:07] Temple.of.Silence: Our goals need not be mutually incompatible...but we shall tread with caution...as I suggest you also do... [27.09.2024 08:16:38] |O|-Sumi: Before I cast off, you asked my name beyond this callsign. [27.09.2024 08:17:18] |O|-Sumi: It is Rie. [27.09.2024 08:17:48] Temple.of.Silence: Rie... [27.09.2024 08:17:56] Temple.of.Silence: There is power in a name...thank you for this gesture of trust... [27.09.2024 08:18:26] |O|-Sumi: Mochiron. [27.09.2024 08:18:34] |O|-Sumi: I bid you well. [27.09.2024 08:18:51] Temple.of.Silence: Farewell...I shall hope for your safety... [27.09.2024 08:18:53] Vagrant.Eye.of.Psyche: "Stars keep thee, then." [27.09.2024 08:19:06] |O|-Sumi: Arigato. Report filed.

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