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...W#it#ng N#ur#l En#ry: fi##lj#ur#ey##.7 - "E#sing T###i#ns Pt. ####"
>... Spiralling into disasters. >... Easy to lose track of the sight. >... Of the things that matter. >... Such as the weight of your actions. >... Watch it unfold. >... The messes you leave behind. >... And ahead. >... They're after him. >... have to - have to get - have to get to - have to get --- him
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...system initiating.
...notice: detected change to core files. new hardware detected. pending one update in queue.
...user.biodata registry recognised. administrative user [Lethe] logged in.
...input.received. acknowledging firmware adjustment. unpacking update HyperspatialTravelAmenability...
...setting up protocol "spatialtunneling". initializing configuration... installation finalised.
...boot up complete.
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...running sanity check proceedure.
...checking integrity of core files.
...complete. no errors detected.
...checking biomonitor integrity.
...complete. vital signs nominal. internal trauma detected. unregistered biotic substance detected, count 5. read biodatadump.lg for more details.
...checking neural uplink matrix.
...complete. no faults detected.
...checking integrity of memory files.
...data corruption detected. analysing link.
...critical error: traumatic damage detected. storage partitioned, damages detected in sectors a7-12 clusters...
...attempting to restore files.
...data recovery initiated...
...estimation of completion:[ERR: RETURNED NULL]
...restarting system...
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...Attempting to recover files: finaljourney7+
> ... - headed to Kepler. Hachette comin-
> ... Order's made their move, but we- ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ... Found no trace.
> ... Triage has oddly been inactive.
> ... Need to find him before- ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ... Situation becoming dire. Have not fou-
> ... Wait. How is he her- ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ... - Yet he insists it did not happen.
> ... How. I witnessed it all. He must have had an amnesiac applica-
> ...
> ... We are going to meet up within Kepler.
> ... He mentioned Storgen offered him a flower at the meeting. With supposed ability to detect Psionic - ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ... Arrived at Kepler. Laz was here too.
> ... Vincent appears to have obtained a new vessel. The Odin.
> ... Appears to be an old design. From the greymarket.
> ... He wishes to go up north into Kusari. To obtain some new hardware to tinker his Odin with.
> ... Refusing to let him out of my sight. I went with him.
> ... Though. We made a stop by Planet Junyo.
> ... Waiting in anticipation. He is spending a lot of time down there.
> ... Finally. Ten minutes went by. Awaiting in Kusari space is uncomfortable. Wondered what he was doing down there.
> ... Oh. He brought me a gift. A fire pearl. Happily, accepted his gift.
> ... Perhaps it will help with associative memory. It does appear to have an unusual composition. Light refracts.
> ... Cute gesture. At least he still trusts me.
> ... We are moving to the Sigmas. Nothing much notable. Small talk.
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> ...
> ... DATA CORRUPTED
> ...
> ... Arriving at our destination. He arranged to pick up some gear from the Star City in Sigma-59.
> ... Wondering. He mentioned about arranging with a dealer to help out with his propulsion issue.
> ... He seemed interesti-
> ...
> ...
> ... DATA CORRUPTED
> ...
> ...
...embedding recovered image...
> ... Returning now that his ship is fixed up.
> ... A mild detour was taken.
> ... He desired to down some thralls by the Arch. Very concerning. He desired a test subject.
> ...
...embedding recovered image...
> ... Naturally. He has foregone my warnings. Begrudgingly. I assisted him in his cause.
> ... This was not a good idea. For various reasons.
> ... I feel very uncomfortable with this.
> ... Regardless. He got the specimen he wanted.
> ... He is going to get a big surprise with it when he gets home.
> ... Let us hope he has properly sealed sections on his station.
> ...
> ... Wouldn't want to play cat and mouse on that old place.
> ...
> ... DATA CORRUPTED
> ...
> ...
> ... He wanted another detour.
> ... The City in Newcastle.
> ... They had a moment of fear of being swarmed. That Bretonia may be in trouble. Reassuring them with a distant truth. I told them they had nothing to fear.
> ...
> ...
> ... He is adamant in desiring to know more. I could not speak.
> ... After they tapped the shield in fruitless effort, we moved on.
> ... He began to get tired. So we began to return.
> ... Asked him upon the certainty of him not being interdicted by the Order.
> ... He insisted he was well.
> ... I dismissed my observations as facades. But something was not right.
> ... Any of this.
> ... Is it real?
> ...
> ... He went to rest. Moving on over to New York to snoop on Nenet and Tulip.
> ... The pair peacefully lingered by the star. Bennet lurked nearby. Never discovered them though.
> ...
> ... Glanced by the grid. Unnoticed.
> ... Headed towards the scrap field to head back up north.
> ... Yet.
> ... A familiar presence.
> ... I felt the whispers. A looming shadow at the back of my mind. ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ...
...embedding recovered image...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... The Lone Dreamer.
> ... The Navy are going to kill him. I cannot allow that.
> ... I have to do something. Now.
> ... I have to reach out.
> ... Let him escape. Play the distraction.
> ... The torpedoes are going out.
> ... No time. I have to dive in- criticalerror:majordamagedetected.userdeathimminent. #rr#r: syn@pse c]#ection l[st. suspenddddddddddddddddddddd procee@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeecccccccc ...file damaged. end of sector. quarantining files. moving to next sector. recovering sector 9a...
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...resuming file recovery from sectors 9a
...Attempting to read files: finaljourney9-12
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> ...
> ... Awakening -
> ...
> ... The Shrine.
> ...
> ... Yelling. Yet no one can hear.
> ... Biology comprom-
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> ... Something always behind. Never there. Always there.
> ... Yet they are all here. Even H-
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> ... Tulip the Artist. Seems to know the Heral-
> ...
> ... The Arch. They pondered about the thoughts of the Artist. To crea-
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> ... -- utilizing modulator band as a means to bypass speech prohibition.
> ...
> ...
> ... Observed Sentinel incursions. Activity spiked in Corona-
> ... 42656e6e657420747269656420746f2074616b65206f6e2053656e74696e656c7320616c6f6e652e20426c696e64696e672068696d73656c6620776974682070726964652e2053696d706c65206d696e646564207072696d6174652e204865206b6e6f777320746865207761726e696e677320627574207265667573657320746f207574696c697a652068697320627261696e2e20 ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
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> ... Toying with him is humorous.
> ...
> ... He appears to be insecure regarding Nenet. Desiring to hate her.
> ... Obsessional individual. But ultimately ir-
> ...
> ... ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
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> ... Thirty times.
> ... Pondering. Unusual signal.
> ...
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> ... The Mainshare one told him something. He is filled with fear. Doubt. Fuelling his paranoi-
> ...
> ... He refuses to share.
> ...
> ... ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ... Analyzing Triag-
> ... Section Eight --
> ...
> ... Utilizing Vincent. Expected.
> ... A kept reminder for him to not trus-
> ...
> ... For now. We have agreed to not initiate hostilities.
> ... I suspect they will not honor it. Though I hold faith. That they are different from Overwatch. Perhaps they will finally heed my words.
> ... Unlike others.
> ... 5468657920616e7469636970617465206d6520746f2065786368616e676520696e666f726d6174696f6e20616e642072657365617263682e204e61747572616c6c792e205468652074727574682063616e6e6f74206265206b6e6f776e2e20416e642074686579206d757374206365727461696e6c79206e6f74206b6e6f772048617262696e67657220697320696e766f6c7665642e20 ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ...
> ... Biology has tweaked. Implications remain unclear regarding the healing proce-
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> ... Have to return to fulfill check ups. Begrudgingly. ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
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...resuming file recovery from sectors 9b
...Attempting to read files: finaljourney9-12
> ... Snakes.
> ... Their true skin revealed.
> ... Why I had entered any form of agreement with them is beyond me.
> ... Hope blinded reason.
> ... Paying for the consequences of action.
> ...
> ...
> ... Not like this.
...fatal error: user critical damage detected. link disrupted.
...system suspended.
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...detected rejuvenator connection. systems restoring.
...rebooting...
...reading next entry.
> ... Shrine.
> ... Not sure how.
> ... Got here? ...file corrupted. data loss detected in sector. moving to next branch.
> ... It appears that Hans Von Goebon once worked for Harbinger.
> ... Edinburgh, studies related to Gaia.
> ... I attempted to gauge a sanity check regarding my decision to enter an agreement.
> ... To see if he truly does follow through.
> ... It appears that he does. Given what Hans said.
> ... Even Katherine worked for him.
> ... They have both concurred that he can be troublesome but adheres to the deals he makes.
> ... It is fascinating how both of the Tribes appear to hold distrust within him. Yet they do not know exactly why. ...file corrupted. moving to next entry.
> ...
> ... Katherine had this artifact gifted years ago from Harbinger.
> ... Yet. She insisted it was dead. Offering it to me for studies.
> ... It had reactivated -- seemingly drawing the attention of the Sentinels.
> ... Composition of this largely remains an enigma. Though. She mentioned it was nothing more than a safekeep that had served its purpose long ago.
> ... What caused it to activate? What did it truly do?
> ... Much uncertainty is had.
> ... Yet. What is certain.
> ... Is these breaches left behind from Sentinel Incursions.
> ... We have been keeping an eye on these sites.
> ... For now. Nothing has turned up.
> ... The traces remain. We will have to keep an eye upon it.
> ... Although their interests within Sigma 59 has to be pondered upon. It is uncertain as to what they wanted.
> ... The Azurite deposits for more constructs, perhaps?
> ... We returned to the Omicrons for a brief study.
> ... An individual had possession of Nomad bio components.
> ... In exchange of his life and credits, I retrieved the object of interest.
> ... Most intriguing as to how someone obtained a sample like so.
> ... Regardless. We did not find anything within Delta's incursions points either.
> ... All is intact.
> ... The sites rest quietly for now.
> ... An awe instigating site indeed. ...file corrupted. ending session.
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...systems updating.
...restoring system image.
...reading host.preference file.
...loaded file. initialising settings...
...logging into user.[Revenant]
...authorised.
...warning: traumatic damage detected. previous entries recovered. some data may have been corrupted.
...input accepted.
...writing entry: FinalJourney15
> ... Established a makeshift temporary place of residence on Hascosay.
> ... The Elders have permitted it. For now. I will remain off site from the encampment.
> ... Minor samples retrieved of the outer layers. Cannot penetrate the inner material of the Bells.
> ... Initial observations have proceeded. Nephele has spoken. Revealing a harrowing nature of the Bell. Inert without the Key. Without a catalyst. Yet a presence surrounding them remains.
> ... Yet bares similarities to constructs of their own kind. I recognised it too. The Gatekeepers we witnessed years ago.
> ... I will remain around to share data and to lay low for now. Thraike desires some Sentinel remains for analysis. Prepared some small samples for send off.
> ... Obtained some primitive adaptations of Nomad technology off of some Mollys.
> ... Humorous little bunch.
> ... The samples could be recycled for use.
> ... Harbinger had shown up a few nights prior in the sector. Appears to be shown around on a tour by the Vagrants.
> ... I seized the opportunity to inquire. To find truths. If this was a mad quest.
> ... Or if there was greater purpose. Such thoughts has granted much irritation with great obstruction to will.
[06.02.2022 19:48:13] "Ridge": ->: Raven? Are you there?
[06.02.2022 19:48:16] Quimper-[Fae: C: Good evening Revenant.
[06.02.2022 19:48:33] A/)-Revenant: ["Yes. What is it?"
[06.02.2022 19:48:43] "Ridge": Well, uh. Are you well?
[06.02.2022 19:50:44] A/)-Revenant: ["Yes. What is it?"]
[06.02.2022 19:50:56] A/)-Revenant: O-oh.
[06.02.2022 19:51:07] A/)-Revenant: ["Oh - Harbinger is here. "]
[06.02.2022 19:51:14] "Ridge": ...have fun, then.
[06.02.2022 19:51:26] "Ridge": I'll be out bombing The Insurgency with the Xenos.
[06.02.2022 19:51:29] Entity: ***"Travels 'abroad' are commonplace in ~my~ endeavours."
[06.02.2022 19:52:15] A/)-Revenant: Heheh. Go get them.
[06.02.2022 19:52:36] Entity: ***"There is 'precious-little' left around to draw the interest... The focus lies elsewhere."
[06.02.2022 19:53:24] A/)-Revenant: It boggles the mind as to why you wanted to take a look into these 'graves' in the first place. What kind of test is this,
[06.02.2022 19:53:25] A/)-Revenant: really?
[06.02.2022 19:53:57] Quimper-[Fae: Thraike: "There is a lot of precious in these voids.. some thing might have to be found but afterall this shall be our home."
[06.02.2022 19:54:10] Entity: ***"~you~ are making... a progress still, are you not?"
[06.02.2022 19:54:27] Death: 46th|J:Creed suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression.
[06.02.2022 19:54:54] Entity: ***"So this to be a 'home' for the lost ones... Amidst -nothing- and -nowhere-..."
[06.02.2022 19:55:22] Quimper-[Fae: "Ours shall make it to one."
[06.02.2022 19:55:31] A/)-Revenant: I don't think it would be wise to get too attached to this place.
[06.02.2022 19:56:38] Quimper-[Fae: "This might be true."
[06.02.2022 19:56:59] Entity: ***"Unwanted visitors pour in... Irresistable."
[06.02.2022 19:57:32] Quimper-[Fae: C: We are already working on it. Our children are.
[06.02.2022 19:59:08] "Ridge": ...oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, fuck.
[06.02.2022 19:59:12] A/)-Revenant: What?
[06.02.2022 19:59:28] A/)-Revenant: Apologies, wrong line.
[06.02.2022 19:59:32] A/)-Revenant: What?
[06.02.2022 20:00:46] Entity: ***"A tour... (amused)"
[06.02.2022 20:02:06] A/)-Revenant: What's wrong? Do you need help?
[06.02.2022 20:02:57] Quimper-[Fae: T: "Our sister nymph tasked ours to make this place a bigger home for our children."
[06.02.2022 20:04:02] Quimper-[Fae: T: "Ours will soon start construction of a darkling habitat on the sphere."
[06.02.2022 20:04:19] Entity: ***"Have -wrathful- bretheren paid a visit yet?"
[06.02.2022 20:04:46] Quimper-[Fae: T: "Not to the knowledge of ours. Maybe the Raven can enlighten more?"
[06.02.2022 20:04:48] Entity: ***"Scenery might 'remind' them of the beginnings... Perhaps."
[06.02.2022 20:04:50] A/)-Revenant: One.
[06.02.2022 20:04:53] A/)-Revenant: Ki'Shar.
[06.02.2022 20:05:09] A/)-Revenant: There may have been another. I would not know for certain.
[06.02.2022 20:07:17] Quimper-[Fae: T: "Ours wonder. Does yours posses knowledge of the infestation of husks."
[06.02.2022 20:08:38] Entity: ***"Is your protege in 'danger'? (concerning)"
[06.02.2022 20:08:46] A/)-Revenant: He went to attack the Insurgency.
[06.02.2022 20:09:00] A/)-Revenant: He has yet to answer me - I only heard brief panic upon the comms.
[06.02.2022 20:09:32] Entity: ***"Unexpected aggression... a shift in character perhaps (contemplating)"
[06.02.2022 20:09:52] A/)-Revenant: It was expected.
[06.02.2022 20:10:05] A/)-Revenant: He wishes to prove himself to be strong, to not be pushed around.
[06.02.2022 20:10:21] A/)-Revenant: I cannot always help him, so I gave him space to figure this one out on his own.
[06.02.2022 20:11:12] A/)-Revenant: Vincent?
[06.02.2022 20:11:45] "Ridge": Yea-- urgh...fucking Insurgency.
[06.02.2022 20:11:52] Entity: ***"He may wish to seek help from 'lost ones' here. Their ~hyperspace~ attunement may aid in our mutual endavours."
[06.02.2022 20:12:39] A/)-Revenant: I had thought of that long before you suggested so.
[06.02.2022 20:13:00] A/)-Revenant: He has discomfort with 'associating' with any of your kind, an understandable concern.
[06.02.2022 20:13:25] Entity: ***"His -choice- however how to approach."
[06.02.2022 20:13:41] A/)-Revenant: Indeed, his choice, no matter how illogical it may be.
[06.02.2022 20:13:50] A/)-Revenant: Yet I'm still aggravated.
[06.02.2022 20:14:04] A/)-Revenant: Why are we doing this? What is this all for, Harbinger? What is it you're hoping to find in these Vaults?
[06.02.2022 20:14:17] Entity: ***"~my~ preference is not to interfere unless absolutely necessary. The steps he takes are his, and yours by extension."
[06.02.2022 20:14:42] "Ridge": ...are...you alright? You went abruptly silent.
[06.02.2022 20:14:53] A/)-Revenant: [a light exhale was had] A little annoyed.
[06.02.2022 20:15:06] "Ridge": Who's prodding your nerves now?
[06.02.2022 20:15:09] A/)-Revenant: Barry.
[06.02.2022 20:15:13] Entity: ***"Alternative solution to dilemma."
[06.02.2022 20:15:28] A/)-Revenant: What dilemma?
[06.02.2022 20:15:41] "Ridge": Really.
[06.02.2022 20:15:52] Entity: ***"Or perhaps discover it was all a fool's errand in the first place (oddly)"
[06.02.2022 20:16:25] A/)-Revenant: I do not appreciate vague answers, what is it that /you/ are seeking out from these Vaults?
[06.02.2022 20:17:08] Entity: ***"Are you worried what you may find will harm you and your -friends-, your kind?"
[06.02.2022 20:17:17] "Ridge": What's he done now?
[06.02.2022 20:17:44] A/)-Revenant: Doing this - is already a risk for harm, no matter what is found. No, it is not a large fear.
[06.02.2022 20:18:06] A/)-Revenant: I do not like taking steps in the darkness, not without ... a form of will - of purpose. What is the point to this? Do /you/
[06.02.2022 20:18:10] A/)-Revenant: even know what you are looking for?
[06.02.2022 20:19:21] A/)-Revenant: I do not like working in the dark - what is the point of this journey.
[06.02.2022 20:19:39] A/)-Revenant: It has irritated me for months, of course, you may perceive it as paranoia.
[06.02.2022 20:19:50] Entity: ***"(almost a laughter) Vaguely. It is not something you can ~know~ but feel..."
[06.02.2022 20:19:55] "Ridge": Perfectly understandable at this point.
[06.02.2022 20:20:24] A/)-Revenant: A feeling, to find what? Do you not think the risks will not affect you either?
[06.02.2022 20:21:02] "Ridge": So...what then?
[06.02.2022 20:21:13] A/)-Revenant: Hm?
[06.02.2022 20:21:20] "Ridge": Has he shed some.../any/ light on the situation?
[06.02.2022 20:21:49] A/)-Revenant: I am not sure what he looks for - but that is not what concerns me.
[06.02.2022 20:21:56] A/)-Revenant: It is whether he knows himself.
[06.02.2022 20:22:11] Entity: ***"Perhaps the risks are greater for ~myself~ than anything else. Acceptance had given me assurances and will to pursue..."
[06.02.2022 20:22:23] "Ridge": Barry having an existential crisis...?
[06.02.2022 20:22:28] A/)-Revenant: No.
[06.02.2022 20:22:50] A/)-Revenant: You cannot fulfill a deal if you are dead or worse. Such actions of taking a blind step into the darkness has a repurcussion
[06.02.2022 20:22:57] A/)-Revenant: for everything. Not just the one taking a peek in.
[06.02.2022 20:23:23] Entity: ***"...at long last. Consider it a doorway to alternative outcome, one that was once considered by the makers..."
[06.02.2022 20:23:33] "Ridge": I know. It is obvious by now that if we do get to open that vault /something/ will happen.
[06.02.2022 20:23:33] Entity: ***"...but ultimately discarded."
[06.02.2022 20:24:03] "Ridge": We won't just walk out of there in one piece.
[06.02.2022 20:24:09] "Ridge": Or...I-I don't know.
[06.02.2022 20:24:20] A/)-Revenant: The feeling you feel, are you certain it is familiar? Or is it too vague to tell what it is? Do you know what it is?
[06.02.2022 20:25:16] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps so, perhaps not. Although I have some confidence with cautious study, that we can alleviate any
[06.02.2022 20:25:17] A/)-Revenant: loss.
[06.02.2022 20:25:37] A/)-Revenant: If Melia can figure out how the Shrine blocks their signals, we could reduce our 'footprints' at least.
[06.02.2022 20:25:55] A/)-Revenant: Unfortunately, it appears they have not had any luck in studying it.
[06.02.2022 20:26:32] Entity: ***"Our kind is torn apart, in so the outcome intended has slowly been closing its door, the opportunities lost."
[06.02.2022 20:26:56] "Ridge": Unfortunate.
[06.02.2022 20:27:47] "Ridge": ...well, I'm back home. E-Ehm. Well, this is dumb.
[06.02.2022 20:27:48] A/)-Revenant: You hope to find a tool to prevent such atrophic decay?
[06.02.2022 20:27:51] A/)-Revenant: Hm?
[06.02.2022 20:28:11] "Ridge": I need to board my transport and visit Kreuzberg soon. As soon as possible, actually.
[06.02.2022 20:28:37] A/)-Revenant: Why's that?
[06.02.2022 20:28:54] "Ridge": I'm missing a wing and two of my Thor's engines are blown.
[06.02.2022 20:29:32] A/)-Revenant: ...oh. There was something we needed to speak about - but - one thing.
[06.02.2022 20:29:42] "Ridge": I got blasted by a Battlecruiser. ...at least I got out alive-- uh?
[06.02.2022 20:29:49] A/)-Revenant: Your home and the area around it is clear?
[06.02.2022 20:29:55] Entity: ***"Preventing might be impossible already."
[06.02.2022 20:30:20] "Ridge": Right now, yeah. I'm looking out the window and everything seems calm.
[06.02.2022 20:31:06] A/)-Revenant: A possibility, but, you have cause for this intrusion into the 'graves' - which eases my mind.
[06.02.2022 20:31:08] Death: XA-Ridgenose, was put out of action by IN|H-Slicer (Gun).
[06.02.2022 20:31:24] A/)-Revenant: That is good.
[06.02.2022 20:31:48] "Ridge": Why do you ask?
[06.02.2022 20:32:01] A/)-Revenant: Checking in, we found another Bell.
[06.02.2022 20:32:10] "Ridge": Where?
[06.02.2022 20:32:19] A/)-Revenant: The last incursion point, Sigma 59.
[06.02.2022 20:32:47] "Ridge": Third bell!
[06.02.2022 20:33:10] A/)-Revenant: Technically, fourth.
[06.02.2022 20:33:14] "Ridge": W-We should go there sometime! I-I mean. As soon as possible w-
[06.02.2022 20:33:17] "Ridge": Fourth?
[06.02.2022 20:33:23] A/)-Revenant: Oh look at that - A Valor.
[06.02.2022 20:33:28] A/)-Revenant: Intriguing.
[06.02.2022 20:34:08] A/)-Revenant: The first was within Kepler. As was second, and third.
[06.02.2022 20:34:23] "Ridge": Third? In Kepler?
[06.02.2022 20:34:26] "Ridge": I saw only two.
[06.02.2022 20:34:41] A/)-Revenant: I ponder if this vessel is going to open fire on me.
[06.02.2022 20:35:08] "Ridge": The Valor?
[06.02.2022 20:35:15] Entity: ***"Unwise to remain... 'unwanted guest'."
[06.02.2022 20:38:10] "Ridge": What's next?
[06.02.2022 20:38:39] A/)-Revenant: Look into the artifacts we found. Get that shield prototype on the run.
[06.02.2022 20:39:05] A/)-Revenant: If the Vagrants cannot properly analyse the Shrine, we may need to investigate it the more "materialist" approach.
[06.02.2022 20:39:09] Entity: ***"Remaining still... unwanted." (two orbs around form into large nomad vessels)
[06.02.2022 20:39:13] A/)-Revenant: I'd rather not touch it.
[06.02.2022 20:39:31] A/)-Revenant: A new friend.
[06.02.2022 20:39:41] "Ridge": We can go fairly soon-ish, I suppose.
[06.02.2022 20:40:40] A/)-Revenant: There is a purpose behind the incursion into the Vaults, mind you.
[06.02.2022 20:40:50] Entity: ***(irritation grows)
[06.02.2022 20:42:02] "Ridge": There is always a reason for...everything, I guess.
[06.02.2022 20:42:10] A/)-Revenant: Nerves are eased. I'd had feared it was another game. Another trick.
[06.02.2022 20:43:26] A/)-Revenant: Nephele. [nods]
[06.02.2022 20:43:31] Vagrant.Nephele: "*Yours* managed to surwive? Such persistence. Yet, it brings relief"
[06.02.2022 20:43:35] Entity: ***"Unwanted guests are abound... be wary of trespassers."
[06.02.2022 20:44:06] A/)-Revenant: Ah - Ki'Shar had picked me up. The exit converged on the latest incursion.
[06.02.2022 20:44:20] A/)-Revenant: I'm afraid not much was discovered - beyond some geological samples.
[06.02.2022 20:44:36] A/)-Revenant: ... And some history. Odd that they never fully destroyed the husks.
[06.02.2022 20:44:44] A/)-Revenant: A warning, perhaps.
[06.02.2022 20:44:51] "Ridge": And it wasn't.
[06.02.2022 20:45:10] Vagrant.Nephele: "A pity it could not be of further assistance, but the very chance to behold the anomaly"
[06.02.2022 20:45:13] A/)-Revenant: Indeed. Perhaps m
[06.02.2022 20:45:28] A/)-Revenant: my mind is playing tricks on me. Being too near the Order - can set it off.
[06.02.2022 20:45:34] Vagrant.Nephele: "To feel its mesmerising pull"
[06.02.2022 20:45:43] Vagrant.Nephele: "It is grateful for that"
[06.02.2022 20:45:46] "Ridge": The Order is around again?
[06.02.2022 20:45:58] A/)-Revenant: The night before? They have been around in general.
[06.02.2022 20:46:12] Entity: ***"Powers that dwell beyond are not keen to share space... they can 'steal' your shape even."
[06.02.2022 20:46:43] "Ridge": One strange place you're in to peak their interest like that.
[06.02.2022 20:46:44] Entity: ***"And the memories. Precious memories."
[06.02.2022 20:46:51] "Ridge": Usually you see The Order that often in the Omicrons.
[06.02.2022 20:46:55] A/)-Revenant: They can not only read it, but replicate too?
[06.02.2022 20:47:22] A/)-Revenant: I'm one of the most wanted upon their lists.
[06.02.2022 20:47:37] Vagrant.Nephele: "The only thing *ours* truly care for, meticulously collected thoughts orbiting around the core of Light"
[06.02.2022 20:47:43] A/)-Revenant: Or did you forget they tried to kill my family and played on my ability to forgive?
[06.02.2022 20:48:05] Entity: ***(curious) "They are not what they ~seem~... wearing familiar 'skins'. Perhaps they are 'shy' to show themselves yet."
[06.02.2022 20:48:36] "Ridge": I didn't.
[06.02.2022 20:48:48] Vagrant.Nephele: "The very thought of being truly endangered feels...refreshing"
[06.02.2022 20:48:56] "Ridge": ...and I'm somehow starting to believe I will reach that "Most Wanted" list. One way or another.
[06.02.2022 20:49:16] A/)-Revenant: If one of them believes that you are romancing me, you are in no doubt in their scopes.
[06.02.2022 20:49:19] Vagrant.Nephele: "Harbinger, *yours* did mention tresspassers"
[06.02.2022 20:49:24] A/)-Revenant: A Valor.
[06.02.2022 20:49:26] "Ridge": I doubt.
[06.02.2022 20:49:28] A/)-Revenant: It appears to have ran away.
[06.02.2022 20:49:36] "Ridge": I doubt anyone would believe that.
[06.02.2022 20:49:37] A/)-Revenant: You are with me, they saw you with me at the anomaly.
[06.02.2022 20:49:38] Entity: ***"But wary the moment when they no longer abide to maker's restrictions..."
[06.02.2022 20:50:01] A/)-Revenant: You could have at least warned us they were a conscious entity and not autonomous defenders.
[06.02.2022 20:50:37] Vagrant.Nephele: "It clashed againts *theirs* but felt nothing inside these husks"
[06.02.2022 20:50:38] "Ridge": So?
[06.02.2022 20:50:52] Entity: ***"Concious... unlike ~us~ and our bretheren you will find no means nor chance to 'speak'."
[06.02.2022 20:50:54] A/)-Revenant: You have been seen with me multiple times.
[06.02.2022 20:51:50] Entity: ***"Perhaps the only 'word' they will listen that of the Makers."
[06.02.2022 20:52:15] A/)-Revenant: They can learn, adapt, grow, problem solve, evolve. A fatal perception of mine to perceive them as a lesser guardian.
[06.02.2022 20:52:15] "Ridge": ...so? I'd be with you anywhere, honestly. Doesn't matter who sees us, right?
[06.02.2022 20:52:19] Vagrant.Nephele: "But the ever hungry jaws of time devoured *theirs*"
[06.02.2022 20:52:26] A/)-Revenant: It means you're associated, and that they will target you.
[06.02.2022 20:52:40] Vagrant.Nephele: "Or maybe did they not?"
[06.02.2022 20:52:51] "Ridge": I can't be innocent forever, right?
[06.02.2022 20:53:17] A/)-Revenant: You're already not, if that counts.
[06.02.2022 20:53:26] Vagrant.Nephele: "Makers devised all the Tribes, how would *theirs* perish while tools of *theirs* remain?"
[06.02.2022 20:53:30] Vagrant.Nephele: "Illogical"
[06.02.2022 20:53:40] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps something happened.
[06.02.2022 20:53:40] "Ridge": ...I meant. Not being hunted by anyone.
[06.02.2022 20:53:46] A/)-Revenant: You don't know that.
[06.02.2022 20:53:50] A/)-Revenant: They /are/ keeping watch on you.
[06.02.2022 20:53:58] A/)-Revenant: You would be a fool to think otherwise.
[06.02.2022 20:54:07] A/)-Revenant: Especially after what you told the Section Eight pilot.
[06.02.2022 20:54:25] Entity: ***"To presume intent of maker's will is a folly, 'lost one'."
[06.02.2022 20:54:32] "Ridge": That he should open his eyes for once and not have me report every basic detail?
[06.02.2022 20:55:25] A/)-Revenant: Whatever the case, they are not present - and it is impossible to even begin to dare replicate them or comprehend
[06.02.2022 20:55:30] A/)-Revenant: what they might have been.
[06.02.2022 20:55:47] Vagrant.Nephele: "Remark of *yours* started this chain of speculation"
[06.02.2022 20:55:51] Vagrant.Nephele: "Maker's Word"
[06.02.2022 20:56:25] Vagrant.Nephele: "Perhaps a command remains, even if the commander perished"
[06.02.2022 20:56:25] 2022-02-06 20:57:21 SMT Traffic control alert: Vagrant.Nephele has requested to dock
[06.02.2022 20:56:38] "Ridge": ...and that I'm not going to report anything to Section 8 anymore.
[06.02.2022 20:56:52] "Ridge": If that wasn't clear from the last time we talked business.
[06.02.2022 20:57:03] A/)-Revenant: Oh, absolutely.
[06.02.2022 20:57:37] Entity: ***"The sentinels follow the all-encompassing and overriding 'word'. (thinking) Perhaps we ~were~ ensnared by one once as well.
[06.02.2022 20:57:55] "Ridge": Hmm...now-- ah! Hold on...- yeah this should do.
[06.02.2022 20:58:13] Vagrant.Nephele: "Perhaps the command could be affected, or even negated"
[06.02.2022 20:58:17] A/)-Revenant: I have pondered if there was some form of override, but... it is hard to determine anything.
[06.02.2022 20:58:34] A/)-Revenant: If it has been so long, directives can become corrupted, twisted. Lost through time.
[06.02.2022 20:58:58] "Ridge": Partly irradiated, but better than no wing at all. I'll get the droids to attach it. Thank god I don't have to pay for my own-
[06.02.2022 20:59:00] "Ridge": -repairs.
[06.02.2022 20:59:34] A/)-Revenant: I was going to show you around but - oh well.
[06.02.2022 20:59:55] A/)-Revenant: The Valkyrie, it will need repairing - the one I am willing to part with. It has been a bit... ehrm... Modified.
[06.02.2022 20:59:57] A/)-Revenant: To say the least.
[06.02.2022 21:00:48] Vagrant.Nephele: "What became of the Banishers, which has tracked you thought the gate?"
[06.02.2022 21:00:54] "Ridge": Valk-- right. The one you're willing to "part with"?
[06.02.2022 21:01:00] A/)-Revenant: They flew off. I was truly expecting them to kill me.
[06.02.2022 21:01:02] A/)-Revenant: Yes.
[06.02.2022 21:01:05] "Ridge": You had more of them? I thought you said you had only one.
[06.02.2022 21:01:18] A/)-Revenant: I told you that I had one to give you.
[06.02.2022 21:01:39] Vagrant.Nephele: "They crave for knowledge, would not block the spring from which it flows"
[06.02.2022 21:01:40] A/)-Revenant: Which was mine, known as the "Core|Wraith" from long time ago. I've had it since I was a Guildmaster.
[06.02.2022 21:01:44] Entity: ***"Irritating pests..."
[06.02.2022 21:02:00] A/)-Revenant: They will persist, it is Human nature to do so.
[06.02.2022 21:02:11] A/)-Revenant: Truthfully, I had thoughts. To not repair that jump drive.
[06.02.2022 21:02:12] A/)-Revenant: Pure spite.
[06.02.2022 21:02:39] "Ridge": A Core Valkyrie?
[06.02.2022 21:02:51] "Ridge": Y-- I always forget you were part of The Core.
[06.02.2022 21:02:53] Vagrant.Nephele: "Banishers, trapped eternally in foreign void, amusing thought"
[06.02.2022 21:03:12] A/)-Revenant: I've had it modified over the years, but I put it into storage at least five years ago before I went into stasis.
[06.02.2022 21:03:27] Vagrant.Nephele: "Banisher, Bird. What would be the next step on the path?"
[06.02.2022 21:03:40] Vagrant.Nephele: "Now that it tasted the mystery, it will not stay aside"
[06.02.2022 21:03:45] Entity: ***"Shall we 'bet' if they return favor (entertainingly)"
[06.02.2022 21:03:53] A/)-Revenant: Oh, they would.
[06.02.2022 21:04:09] "Ridge": ...has it turned brown from the rust?
[06.02.2022 21:04:41] A/)-Revenant: It needs parts replacing, and the 'assimilated' parts gutted.
[06.02.2022 21:04:47] Entity: ***"As a once ~dreamer~kind the notion of 'betting' upon odds and chances delivered much amusement."
[06.02.2022 21:04:52] "Ridge": For example?
[06.02.2022 21:05:03] A/)-Revenant: I don't think you want to be stabbed by a machine into your brain.
[06.02.2022 21:05:40] A/)-Revenant: How can you bet - what would even be put upon the 'table' so to speak?
[06.02.2022 21:05:54] Entity: ***"Instead of inferring the outcome letting one remain blissful for the purpose of blind 'gain'..."
[06.02.2022 21:05:58] "Ridge": What?!
[06.02.2022 21:06:31] A/)-Revenant: Pffhehheh.
[06.02.2022 21:07:19] A/)-Revenant: Is there a problem, Vincent?
[06.02.2022 21:07:56] "Ridge": You're telling me there was a giant nail stabbing your brain each time you boarded the ship?
[06.02.2022 21:07:58] A/)-Revenant: Hmmm.
[06.02.2022 21:08:04] A/)-Revenant: Who said it was a nail?
[06.02.2022 21:08:36] "Ridge": Then what?
[06.02.2022 21:08:40] "Ridge": A giant syringe?
[06.02.2022 21:09:12] A/)-Revenant: Oh, I'll let you daydream all about it. It's going to be removed in the end.
[06.02.2022 21:10:12] A/)-Revenant: I wonder.
[06.02.2022 21:10:24] "Ridge": ...it won't uh...kill the one that removes them. Right?
[06.02.2022 21:10:45] A/)-Revenant: I would never hurt you.
[06.02.2022 21:10:57] A/)-Revenant: For all intents and purposes, it will just be a regular ship.
[06.02.2022 21:11:01] A/)-Revenant: I am merely teasing you.
[06.02.2022 21:11:38] "Ridge": A normal ship. The ship of the former Guildmistress.
[06.02.2022 21:11:44] "Ridge": "Normal" ship.
[06.02.2022 21:11:57] A/)-Revenant: Yes. Normal.
[06.02.2022 21:12:00] A/)-Revenant: No one will know.
[06.02.2022 21:12:07] "Ridge": I will know.
[06.02.2022 21:12:23] A/)-Revenant: Then you will fly it with pride then, no?
[06.02.2022 21:12:25] "Ridge": ...and there is a slight possibility Hachette will know, too.
[06.02.2022 21:12:35] A/)-Revenant: She won't. I never told her.
[06.02.2022 21:12:40] A/)-Revenant: She only has one close secret of mine.
[06.02.2022 21:12:41] A/)-Revenant: Well, two.
[06.02.2022 21:12:52] A/)-Revenant: The second was rather unwilling.
[06.02.2022 21:13:00] Vagrant.Nephele: "Truth remains hidden, the only result seem to be further antagonisms"
[06.02.2022 21:13:17] Vagrant.Nephele: "Flow of cycles shall uncover"
[06.02.2022 21:13:31] "Ridge": Alright...?
[06.02.2022 21:14:03] Entity: ***"A little 'guardian' is quite jealous of others..."
[06.02.2022 21:15:02] "Ridge": W-Well. I-I mean I might fly it with uh. "Pride". Silent pride. Appreciation.
[06.02.2022 21:15:37] Entity: ***"The moment of depature arrived."
[06.02.2022 21:15:51] A/)-Revenant: [There was a forced tone, dry sarcasm] Oh, and if you get it blown up, I will forcefully remove your brain and shove it into
[06.02.2022 21:15:52] A/)-Revenant: a jar.
[06.02.2022 21:16:10] "Ridge": Something to remember once we uh. Push through?-- uh.
[06.02.2022 21:16:15] "Ridge": Please don't do that.
[06.02.2022 21:16:30] Vagrant.Nephele: "It vaguely felt the presence of *yours*"
[06.02.2022 21:16:33] A/)-Revenant: Hm.
[06.02.2022 21:16:41] Vagrant.Nephele: "Kin singing through husk, encased in another"
[06.02.2022 21:16:50] Ki'Shar: "As I felt its presence nearby."
[06.02.2022 21:18:20] Ki'Shar: "There was no point to remain hidden in shadows."
[06.02.2022 21:18:31] Vagrant.Nephele: "It wonders...Light of *yours* remain a voice in the choir of the Mainshare"
[06.02.2022 21:18:36] Ki'Shar: "Yet we hope we didn't interrupt anything in particular."
[06.02.2022 21:18:49] Vagrant.Nephele: "or it is mistaken?"
[06.02.2022 21:19:00] Ki'Shar: "It is -not- mistaken."
[06.02.2022 21:19:06] "Ridge": Do I-- right. What other parts need to be replaced?
[06.02.2022 21:19:26] A/)-Revenant: I will send you a list over the comms.
[06.02.2022 21:20:10] "Ridge": I-- I might be able to e-ehm. Y-Yeah I will ehm. Get through the list and try my best.
> ... A lengthy day indeed. Full of pondering thoughts.
> ... Vincent has changed. He attempts to be brave. Deep down. Fears reside. But he has my admiration to standing up to those who push him around.
> ... The Insurgency attacked him. And he seeks revenge. He knows how I feel about such endeavours.
> ... Vengeance will bring clarity. Not revenge.
> ... Most fascinating is how the Vatan still fears Harbinger. More so. The conseqences of allowing Harbinger to act freely.
> ... In efforts of easing the shared concerns of the Vatan. I arranged to meet. To give reassurance it is not quite entirely a quest of madness.
> ... Yet. He holds most caution. It is with great understanding. Yet one can ponder. What may truly come of it.
> ... If this risk is at all necessary.
> ... I have established a middle ground. For the Lone Dreamer to meet Harbinger.
> ... The Vatan agrees to speak. Nothing more.
> ... The next ponder is relaying the message to Harbinger. I do not know how.
> ... Perhaps his little observer can echo. If it is at all listening.
> ...
[09.02.2022 16:50:25] Vatan: *A soft voice echoes, vaguely masculine, though of many voices.* "Yours brings the Lost with it."
[09.02.2022 16:51:37] A/)-Revenant: [Muttering quietly, hoping that they would pick up] Unintended.
[09.02.2022 16:51:59] A/)-Revenant: Will it not suffice to commune in private?
[09.02.2022 16:52:30] Vatan: "We shall allow. But These Ones shall remain shouded, nearby."
[09.02.2022 16:52:42] A/)-Revenant: I understand.
[09.02.2022 16:53:13] A/)-Revenant: You recall our conversation, regarding the intent of Harbinger - how you believed he was working towards a negative outcome
[09.02.2022 16:53:15] A/)-Revenant: to your kind?
[09.02.2022 16:53:26] Vatan: "Towards All."
[09.02.2022 16:54:15] A/)-Revenant: Regardless... I do not believe the intention is that. Briefly, I spoke, to understand if this was a mad man's quest.
[09.02.2022 16:55:14] Vatan: "The Bird must understand differences of intentions and results."
[09.02.2022 16:55:27] Vatan: "This Knowledge should be Known."
[09.02.2022 16:56:28] A/)-Revenant: With the Order getting involved, more and more, the outcome will only steer towards all being inflicted with their carelessness
[09.02.2022 16:56:41] A/)-Revenant: Results - cannot be determined. I do not think even he can determine it
[09.02.2022 16:57:07] Vatan: "The Light seeks our Knowledge left for us. We all have such drives."
[09.02.2022 16:57:16] Vatan: "We must seek for such."
[09.02.2022 16:57:27] A/)-Revenant: What I believe he insinuated through -- Yes. Something to 'provide opportunities' to your kind.
[09.02.2022 16:57:56] Vatan: "Yet this knowledge is safeguarded by the Unknowns."
[09.02.2022 16:58:46] A/)-Revenant: I do not believe his intent is of malicion, at least, not at all for your kind.
[09.02.2022 16:59:05] Vatan: "This Unknownshare heeds not our song. It is without equal. We fear not the intention. We fear the result."
[09.02.2022 16:59:31] A/)-Revenant: And who would you rather control the result?
[09.02.2022 16:59:39] A/)-Revenant: The Order? Liberty?
[09.02.2022 16:59:45] Vatan: "None."
[09.02.2022 17:00:03] A/)-Revenant: It appears that he aware of some inner workings of the "graves" - as Shozak called them.
[09.02.2022 17:00:29] Vatan: "These Ones wish it not to occur at all. Not until such time as the Light is prepared for what is to be unleashed."
[09.02.2022 17:01:23] A/)-Revenant: The consequences are unknown - yet the effects can be controlled. Your kind, will not be harmed by the guardians.
[09.02.2022 17:01:41] A/)-Revenant: To search within - does not mean to release. Merely a means to investigate, I foresee.
[09.02.2022 17:01:42] Vatan: "Yet theirs has."
[09.02.2022 17:02:17] A/)-Revenant: Both of the Tribes know of the guardians, they know how to cleanse themselves of the mark.
[09.02.2022 17:02:45] Vatan: "Such guardians have spat towards those of the Lost. Such occurances of these guardians, these sentinels, came after your-
[09.02.2022 17:02:49] Vatan: deliving and searching."
[09.02.2022 17:03:07] A/)-Revenant: I pondered if the quest was insanity, a delve into darkness. There is some foresight, and understanding. And there is
[09.02.2022 17:03:09] A/)-Revenant: certainly purpose.
[09.02.2022 17:03:19] A/)-Revenant: These guardians - are merely after those who disturb.
[09.02.2022 17:03:31] Vatan: "Yours has disturbed."
[09.02.2022 17:03:33] Vatan: "The Key."
[09.02.2022 17:03:35] Vatan: "The Bird."
[09.02.2022 17:03:38] Vatan: "The Banishers."
[09.02.2022 17:03:44] Vatan: "The Schemer."
[09.02.2022 17:03:45] A/)-Revenant: The K'Hara are fine.
[09.02.2022 17:04:00] A/)-Revenant: Shozak, knows better than to play. He watches, with great amusement, keeping distance.
[09.02.2022 17:04:44] Vatan: "These Ones see not reason to give bond to this song."
[09.02.2022 17:04:46] A/)-Revenant: [Silently, they pondered, tapping the controls. ]
[09.02.2022 17:05:48] Vatan: "Such clashing with the Unknownshare only occured once Yours and the Schemer delived into their Voids."
[09.02.2022 17:05:58] Vatan: "These events are not seperated."
[09.02.2022 17:06:37] A/)-Revenant: The Lost Tribe involved themselves with ... I do not know their reasoning, but it appears they found themselves with fascinatio
[09.02.2022 17:07:00] A/)-Revenant: Shozak, found great amusement. But nevertheless, I do not believe I have seen the Sentinels return to harass others.
[09.02.2022 17:07:19] A/)-Revenant: Only to circle back to investigate their incursion point.
[09.02.2022 17:07:56] Vatan: "The Lost, we know not what their designs are. What their designs in the Void on the edge of the Horizon is."
[09.02.2022 17:08:05] Vatan: "We know not the designs of the Mirrorshare."
[09.02.2022 17:08:09] Vatan: "We know not."
[09.02.2022 17:08:42] A/)-Revenant: I have remained vigilant, to remain observant for any notes or indication of Harbinger potentially holding malice.
[09.02.2022 17:08:53] A/)-Revenant: There has been no cause for such yet.
[09.02.2022 17:09:31] Vatan: "We believe The Bird not a sound mind to sing of such."
[09.02.2022 17:09:41] Vatan: "As such, the bond it has with the Elder."
[09.02.2022 17:09:52] A/)-Revenant: Yet, he does not hold any bonds to the machine.
[09.02.2022 17:09:59] A/)-Revenant: He cannot interface with what I can.
[09.02.2022 17:10:50] A/)-Revenant: Whether you are, or not, remains irrelevant -
[09.02.2022 17:11:01] A/)-Revenant: ... For there will always be another, outside of influence.
[09.02.2022 17:11:14] Vatan: "Define."
[09.02.2022 17:13:15] A/)-Revenant: Automative life forms. My assistant.
[09.02.2022 17:16:09] A/)-Revenant: Regardless, the intent was expressed.
[09.02.2022 17:16:42] A/)-Revenant: I would have gladly terminated myself if it meant preventing something terrible.
[09.02.2022 17:17:00] A/)-Revenant: Yet, there is no hint, clue, or key, that suggests such recklessness.
[09.02.2022 17:17:24] Vatan: "Such paths may be chosen for it."
[09.02.2022 17:24:31] Vatan: "We ponder if The Bird desires to sing of other designs."
[09.02.2022 17:25:15] A/)-Revenant: We have discovered those constructs that the Sentinels have left behind.
[09.02.2022 17:25:43] Vatan: "Define these objects and husks."
[09.02.2022 17:25:46] A/)-Revenant: It is uncertain as for what their purpose is, studies have yet to be concluded.
[09.02.2022 17:25:56] A/)-Revenant: Hmm ... A four pointed star structure.
[09.02.2022 17:26:05] A/)-Revenant: Thin - Bioorganic ... Stone - almost.
[09.02.2022 17:26:18] Vatan: "We are familiar with such designs."
[09.02.2022 17:26:18] A/)-Revenant: Mineral dense composit.
[09.02.2022 17:27:00] Vatan: "Such is cast and given to dreams to create. Such are universal in design."
[09.02.2022 17:27:21] A/)-Revenant: Hm. Well. Regardless, these are not the only things appearing.
[09.02.2022 17:27:38] A/)-Revenant: The Vagrants, have found a new home near Gallia. And the Order have begun to surface more and more.
[09.02.2022 17:28:00] A/)-Revenant: Section Eight has resurfaced in Hudson, Kepler, and the Taus.
[09.02.2022 17:28:07] A/)-Revenant: Overwatch - is deploying heavier assets.
[09.02.2022 17:28:32] Vatan: "We've observed the Banishers within the Kepler Voids."
[09.02.2022 17:29:25] Vatan: "This 'home' is unknown to Ours."
[09.02.2022 17:29:26] A/)-Revenant: Worrying, as are their blind ignorance.
[09.02.2022 17:29:46] A/)-Revenant: Overwatch Agents followed the Key through to the pathways.
[09.02.2022 17:30:06] A/)-Revenant: Yet - they were clueless on the other end.
[09.02.2022 17:30:21] A/)-Revenant: Lost. Without thought. Sheer idiocy. They almost destroyed the exit from that place.
[09.02.2022 17:30:45] Vatan: "We put little considerations into the Knowledge of the Banishers."
[09.02.2022 17:31:11] A/)-Revenant: Yet - they are another driving force - whether they know what they are doing or not - far worse unintended consequences may
[09.02.2022 17:31:12] A/)-Revenant: surface.
[09.02.2022 17:31:37] Vatan: "Such is within possibilities, as we have considered."
[09.02.2022 17:32:38] Vatan: "These Ones have not the ability to influence the outcome further than it already has."
[09.02.2022 17:32:58] A/)-Revenant: Unless they get within the anomaly.
[09.02.2022 17:33:16] Vatan: "We are without merit in those voids. We can not act."
[09.02.2022 17:34:17] Vatan: "These Ones, This Light, has no further paths to take involving these events."
[09.02.2022 17:34:38] Vatan: "The Bird, the Key, the Banisher, the Schemer. The Shares. All heed not Our Song."
[09.02.2022 17:35:26] Vatan: "We are without paths. We have put forth attempts, all in vain."
[09.02.2022 17:36:22] Vatan: "These Ones request knowledge on the Lost Home. So we may know of such voids to avoid."
[09.02.2022 17:36:51] A/)-Revenant: Melia is nearby, inquire for a safer path. My knowledge will only endanger you, too close to hostiles.
[09.02.2022 17:37:16] A/)-Revenant: The Sentinels - although without communication - certainly possess problem solving.
[09.02.2022 17:37:36] A/)-Revenant: You believe that this Journey should not be taken?
[09.02.2022 17:37:52] A/)-Revenant: Shall I perhaps attempt to find Harbinger - so that you may attempt to communicate with him?
[09.02.2022 17:38:16] Vatan: "We have discussed. We have shared our ponderings of the Journey."
[09.02.2022 17:38:46] Vatan: "These Ones understand little reason for the Elder to commune with Ours."
[09.02.2022 17:39:16] Vatan: "It will use Ours, or cast Ours away."
[09.02.2022 17:39:36] A/)-Revenant: I have doubts that they would. Perhaps you could ask the Vagrants to accompany you for protection?
[09.02.2022 17:40:05] Vatan: "The Bird has not heeded our Song."
[09.02.2022 17:40:26] A/)-Revenant: And you did not heed mine. Seek perspectives, do not ensnare yourself into a singular dimension.
[09.02.2022 17:40:42] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps this Journey is madness. Perhaps it is not. Speak to him, evaluate your own understanding.
[09.02.2022 17:41:30] A/)-Revenant: As you said, I am ""merely but a puppet of him"" - *teasingly* Perhaps it is futile to speak to me then.
[09.02.2022 17:42:13] Vatan: "The Bird requested. We came to heed such call out of respect."
[09.02.2022 17:42:26] A/)-Revenant: I understand. And I apologise, if you believe this has wasted your time.
[09.02.2022 17:42:50] Vatan: "The cycles remain as they are."
[09.02.2022 17:43:25] Vatan: "We shall agree to commune with the Elder if it desires only such exchange of songs."
[09.02.2022 17:43:41] Vatan: "It it requires more, it shall not occur."
[09.02.2022 17:45:19] A/)-Revenant: I will do what I can to try and reach out.
[09.02.2022 17:45:49] Vatan: "We shall observe until such time The Bird "Reaches Out"."
[09.02.2022 17:46:29] A/)-Revenant: I wonder if I could prod the little sleeping -- ...
> ...
> ... Vincent had posed an intriguing query.
> ... What is it that I will do after the Journey?
> ... I am unsure. Perhaps to reunite with my kin. Return to observing. Fulfill the duty of custodianship.
> ... My purpose falls short. Decommissioned was planned months ago. Family. True blood. Does not remain.
> ... Yet here we are. Persisting in the unknown times. An unplanned period of time.
> ... Perhaps another one will be found.
> ...
> ... For now. This artifact retrieved from the depths beyond must be understood.
> ... Cortana should shortly return with results from the Shrine.
> ... Nephele and I will need to return to the Bell to investigate them. The Fourth within the Sigma sector will be paid a visit once more.
> ...
> ...
> ... I wonder what are the possibilities of calming Vincent down. To allow him to collaborate with the Vagrants.
> ... He still holds caution around then. A wise decision. Yet. It irked me that he was willing to run off with the others just as easily.
> ... Need to tread with caution around him. Lest I desire to lose him.
> ... At least the updated neural interface does not attempt to overload the users brain upon entry into the Triage anymore.
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> ... He is not responding.
> ... Vincent.
> ... The Order must have visited once again.
> ... Dropping the facade. Foregoing the pretense of friendliness.
> ... Or the Sentinels.
> ... Yet - not a murmur.
> ... The facility remains. Valentine was within the area.
> ... They had not heard of any incursion.
> ... I have sent off my counterpart. They will investigate the situation. Hachette should have been around surely.
> ... Tick may hold the answers, as well as the flight logs from the Station.
> ...
> ...
> ... The very night before that I planned to move him.
> ... And he is gone.
> ... I refuse anything. Until there is confirmation.
> ... Dead body or otherwise.
> ... Time will tell.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... Until there is confirmation. Not much can be achieved.
> ... For now. The Projects will continue.
> ... Then I shall return to observe.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... The Sentinels continue to emerge out of wounds.
> ... Spilling into Orkney.
> ... The presence of many scented individuals drew them in.
> ... More pets of the Order have come to show.
> ...
> ... We shall see if the effort has been in vain with these shields.
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> ... Truths revealed. They have uncovered what has become of him.
> ... Yet all that remains is perseverence. Ambition. Will.
> ... Even if all is lost, there must be determination.
> ... For now. Time awaits.
> ... Lazurith and I ventured to Kusari from the Gallic Borders.
> ... Initially. We had sought out a quick investigation of the Triage to ensure it did not destabilize.
> ... Then. We were followed.
> ... Sentinel scouts
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... It had appeared that the natives of Kusari were also trying to hunt down the Sentinels.
> ... Unsurprisingly, they mistook them for Solomon K'Hara.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... We had stumbled across their incursion within the southern region of the system.
> ... Suspicions were had of a breach point. Yet we did not find any.
> ... Larger forms were present. We moved to resist the smaller ones, while the Dragons attempted to handle the larger ones.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... We sustained heavy damage in the end, barely able to destroy them all.
> ... Applying quick patches.
> ... We withdrew to the Shrine to eliminate the scent for the time being.
> ... Some samples retrieved of their husks.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... He was present. Yet. Conversation ensued with Lazurith.
> ... We began to ponder.
> ... Laz formulated an intriguing thought line.
> ... What we are facing, may not truly be the real Sentinels.
> ...
> ...
> ... What is even more fascinating is that they are mimicking Harbingers forms.
> ...
> ...
> ... I had returned the unusual artifact Katherine had shared, back to Harbinger.
> ... Yet it does not appear that he recalls. Perhaps loss from the damaged artifact?
> ... Warnings were held, the storm of Kepler will be unbound, contained.
> ...
[23.02.2022 23:18:56] 2022-02-23 23:19:05 SMT Traffic control alert: A/)-Lazurith has requested to dock
[23.02.2022 23:19:50] A/)-Lazurith: So, sitrep: we know that we don't know anything about where they're from or why they're striking.
[23.02.2022 23:19:58] A/)-Lazurith: Okay, we do know where.
[23.02.2022 23:20:13] A/)-Revenant: Why they're striking; we can only speculate off of what we know.
[23.02.2022 23:20:15] A/)-Revenant: Traces.
[23.02.2022 23:20:24] A/)-Revenant: It is likely the Blood Dragons have also meddled with the Triage.
[23.02.2022 23:21:30] A/)-Revenant: Why they are striking? Perhaps they are expanding the zone that they consider necessary to protect.
[23.02.2022 23:21:41] A/)-Revenant: [...]
[23.02.2022 23:22:23] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: good day,
[23.02.2022 23:22:30] A/)-Revenant: Say.
[23.02.2022 23:22:33] A/)-Revenant: Cruise Vessel.
[23.02.2022 23:22:47] A/)-Revenant: You don't happen to be selling any of those refreshments, do you?
[23.02.2022 23:23:10] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: hmm well i am a cook so i cook with them but i can give you some.
[23.02.2022 23:23:19] A/)-Lazurith: Your thirst for wine is just unquenchable.
[23.02.2022 23:23:24] A/)-Revenant: You know me too well.
[23.02.2022 23:23:41] A/)-Revenant: I can offer you ten million credits for five bottles.
[23.02.2022 23:23:44] A/)-Revenant: well, crates.
[23.02.2022 23:23:52] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: that is way to much
[23.02.2022 23:23:55] A/)-Revenant: Why?
[23.02.2022 23:23:58] A/)-Lazurith: Hahaha. This is so you.
[23.02.2022 23:24:22] A/)-Revenant: Come now, I am offering.
[23.02.2022 23:24:36] A/)-Revenant: Take the money.
[23.02.2022 23:24:38] A/)-Revenant: Do it.
[23.02.2022 23:24:42] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: they are good but that would be as if i steal from you. 300k at max thats would be fair.
[23.02.2022 23:25:13] A/)-Lazurith: Hey, while you're at it.
[23.02.2022 23:25:16] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: *sighs* Fine but i will Donate a lot of them to Charity.
[23.02.2022 23:25:22] A/)-Revenant: Kind hearted.
[23.02.2022 23:25:32] A/)-Revenant: Don't donate it to a Crayter Charity.
[23.02.2022 23:25:44] A/)-Lazurith: Are you by any chance offering some of that vodka in your hold?
[23.02.2022 23:25:51] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: I donate it to Orbital Program.
[23.02.2022 23:26:07] A/)-Revenant: Ah-ha! Orbital bombardment programs are an existing charity?!
[23.02.2022 23:26:20] A/)-Lazurith: O-of course I'm paying. Please. I don't want to keep her waiting.
[23.02.2022 23:26:35] A/)-Revenant: I heard that.
[23.02.2022 23:26:37] A/)-Lazurith: Five crates would be enough.
[23.02.2022 23:26:55] A/)-Lazurith: Lucky numbers.
[23.02.2022 23:27:01] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: the Orbital Spa and Cruise Wildlife Program.
[23.02.2022 23:27:25] A/)-Lazurith: I have my carnal vices too. Forever bound to them. Oh, the misery!
[23.02.2022 23:27:26] A/)-Revenant: Are you done indulging on your alcoholic addictions?
[23.02.2022 23:27:30] A/)-Lazurith: What, me?!
[23.02.2022 23:27:31] A/)-Revenant: Come now.
[23.02.2022 23:27:36] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: you are realy Generouse and your Money will safe many cute Animals,
[23.02.2022 23:27:41] OS&C|ONE-Beefmaster: Hilda: both of you.
[23.02.2022 23:28:07] A/)-Revenant: Let us hope we weren't trailed in the meanwhile.
[23.02.2022 23:28:17] A/)-Revenant: I had hoped for it to be a quick transaction.
[23.02.2022 23:28:37] A/)-Revenant: There was a greater purpose to this rather than bland ... indulgences.
[23.02.2022 23:29:37] A/)-Revenant: You'll see soon enough.
[23.02.2022 23:29:40] A/)-Revenant: ... Why Vodka, though?
[23.02.2022 23:29:50] A/)-Lazurith: It's straight to the point. Almost barbaric.
[23.02.2022 23:30:03] A/)-Revenant: Do you intend to create flammable projectiles?
[23.02.2022 23:30:12] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps a concotion of a deadly chemical formula.
[23.02.2022 23:30:50] A/)-Lazurith: ...No. I mix it with different flavors. It's... not exactly the classiest choice for a drink.
[23.02.2022 23:31:11] A/)-Revenant: Oh, you really do intend to disable your neurons, hm?
[23.02.2022 23:31:24] A/)-Lazurith: Only when I deserve it.
[23.02.2022 23:31:42] A/)-Revenant: I won't report it to your superiors, but I will be slightly disappointed.
[23.02.2022 23:32:00] A/)-Lazurith: You wouldn't...! That's so cruel.
[23.02.2022 23:32:09] A/)-Revenant: Oh, but I will.
[23.02.2022 23:32:11] A/)-Lazurith: And here I was, about to offer you some rice.
[23.02.2022 23:32:22] A/)-Revenant: ... Why do you have a bag of rice?
[23.02.2022 23:32:27] A/)-Lazurith: Two, to be exact.
[23.02.2022 23:32:31] A/)-Revenant: Why?!
[23.02.2022 23:32:46] A/)-Lazurith: I figured you were famished after such a long run.
[23.02.2022 23:33:21] A/)-Revenant: So you went out and obtained... Rice.
[23.02.2022 23:34:09] A/)-Revenant: While your gesture is, uhm, much noted. It is not necessary at this moment of time.
[23.02.2022 23:34:15] A/)-Lazurith: It's... diplomatic though, isn't it? There has never been a palate that disagreed with it... and...
[23.02.2022 23:34:16] A/)-Revenant: For now, I reject your offer of ... two bags of rice...
[23.02.2022 23:34:41] A/)-Lazurith: I was told it would be a small plate. A small PORTION, for heaven's sakes.
[23.02.2022 23:34:49] A/)-Lazurith: Whatever will I do with two entire bags of rice.
[23.02.2022 23:34:56] A/)-Revenant: Although, if you find that you have electronics that are incapacitated from moisture - you can simply
[23.02.2022 23:35:01] A/)-Revenant: demoist them in the rice.
[23.02.2022 23:35:04] A/)-Revenant: So there is that at least.
[23.02.2022 23:35:20] A/)-Lazurith: Why would I ever--
[23.02.2022 23:35:28] A/)-Revenant: You may never know when you have a coolant leak.
[23.02.2022 23:35:37] A/)-Lazurith: I... that was embarassing. I really thought I was going to do you a favour. But I got screwed over.
[23.02.2022 23:35:59] A/)-Revenant: My gift to you. Enjoy the two bags of rice.
[23.02.2022 23:36:11] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps it will teach you in a lesson in conservation of resources.
[23.02.2022 23:36:26] A/)-Revenant: They will be useful in the future, I do not doubt.
[23.02.2022 23:36:48] A/)-Lazurith: Or better yet, in being clear and not hasty at the marketplace.
[23.02.2022 23:36:55] A/)-Lazurith: I really wanted to do something nice for once.
[23.02.2022 23:37:01] A/)-Lazurith: Eghhh...
[23.02.2022 23:37:11] A/)-Revenant: I do appreciate your gesture, but, did you not think saving me was not a nice notion?
[23.02.2022 23:37:20] A/)-Revenant: Or is my life worth less than ... two bags of rice?
[23.02.2022 23:37:21] A/)-Revenant: Pahahah!
[23.02.2022 23:38:33] A/)-Revenant: Come now. Do not fret, you did not lose my favour.
[23.02.2022 23:38:40] A/)-Lazurith: Of course, I'll always be here. You have completely won me over by, well, solving a lifetime worth of questions.
[23.02.2022 23:39:08] A/)-Lazurith: Erm. Yeah. It really was a big deal for me.
[23.02.2022 23:39:39] A/)-Revenant: I have heard the most displeasing rumors, although I was never present on the Spires to confirm it.
[23.02.2022 23:39:48] A/)-Revenant: You were lashing out at others, so they say.
[23.02.2022 23:40:02] A/)-Revenant: Was there something wrong?
[23.02.2022 23:40:27] A/)-Lazurith: ...I did. I couldn't understand where I was going wrong, and why I couldn't fit in.
[23.02.2022 23:40:42] A/)-Lazurith: And why I broke over when others didn't.
[23.02.2022 23:40:59] A/)-Revenant: Ah. Most individuals click after a lengthy while. I suppose your transition into the third generation did not go well.
[23.02.2022 23:41:20] A/)-Revenant: ... You know. I never fully transitioned, myself.
[23.02.2022 23:41:31] A/)-Revenant: I still have some second generation implants.
[23.02.2022 23:41:54] A/)-Revenant: Heavily modified, optimised for life support, rather than assistance with processing.
[23.02.2022 23:42:01] A/)-Lazurith: I can't say I'm privy to that knowledge. What's the difference between-
[23.02.2022 23:42:03] A/)-Lazurith: Oh.
[23.02.2022 23:42:23] A/)-Revenant: You all chose your perks, to enhance your intellectual capabilities, or fighting capabilities.
[23.02.2022 23:42:53] A/)-Lazurith: Was there... ever a first generation?
[23.02.2022 23:42:56] A/)-Revenant: Hm. Yes.
[23.02.2022 23:43:50] A/)-Revenant: First generation - well. My memory is rather hazed. I do not entirely recall it.
[23.02.2022 23:44:56] A/)-Revenant: I believe there were some issues regarding the recognition system, the IFF integration for security was not quite
[23.02.2022 23:44:57] A/)-Revenant: attuned.
[23.02.2022 23:45:19] A/)-Lazurith: Erm.
[23.02.2022 23:45:20] A/)-Revenant: Nevertheless, it was a hit and miss generation. It was not mandatory.
[23.02.2022 23:45:33] A/)-Revenant: -- Why --
[23.02.2022 23:46:05] A/)-Lazurith: ...What...?
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[23.02.2022 23:46:08] A/)-Revenant: Oh, they're not -- [There was moment, a sigh of relief]
[23.02.2022 23:46:13] A/)-Revenant: I thought it was the Omicron Tribe.
[23.02.2022 23:46:29] Entity: [He seem pays no attention to guests, completely focused on the strange 'object' outside the shrine]
[23.02.2022 23:46:53] A/)-Revenant: Three Guardians.
[23.02.2022 23:47:11] A/)-Revenant: Something must have happened, hmm?
[23.02.2022 23:47:15] A/)-Lazurith: I've never seen any of them around here, so close to the Shrine. I think my stomach is in one of my boots right now.
[23.02.2022 23:47:37] A/)-Revenant: Power off your weapons, do not present yourself as a threat.
[23.02.2022 23:47:48] A/)-Lazurith: O-of course. Never.
[23.02.2022 23:48:21] A/)-Revenant: [gazed at Harbinger for a moment]
[23.02.2022 23:48:22] Entity: [three 'objects' outside powered up, at the same time three warforms glow increased till they became pure white energy...]
[23.02.2022 23:48:41] Entity: [changing shape into orbs and disappearing within the 'objects' outside]
[23.02.2022 23:48:56] A/)-Revenant: ...hm.
[23.02.2022 23:49:08] A/)-Revenant: [Gazed over to Lazurith for a moment]
[23.02.2022 23:49:31] A/)-Lazurith: They... they looked different. I don't...
[23.02.2022 23:49:39] Entity: ***"Have you come to -think- and -ponder- here?"
[23.02.2022 23:49:43] A/)-Revenant: I do not fully understand either.
[23.02.2022 23:49:46] A/)-Revenant: Oh - he's awake.
[23.02.2022 23:50:05] A/)-Revenant: [nervously chuckles] To... some degree.
[23.02.2022 23:50:36] Entity: ***"~they~ won't bother you. It is a measure against -other- interlopers."
[23.02.2022 23:51:02] A/)-Revenant: How do you know that for certain? They still came after us in Shikoku.
[23.02.2022 23:52:10] A/)-Lazurith: S-so... if they're here defending us, does that mean there's more... danger?
[23.02.2022 23:52:14] Entity: ***"Unlikely to be -the same-.
[23.02.2022 23:52:30] A/)-Revenant: Oh - Oh!
[23.02.2022 23:53:04] A/)-Revenant: I surely must have subconsciously drank some of that intoxicant. How could I misunderstand that?
[23.02.2022 23:53:24] Entity: ***"The place remembers the visitors and among those who visited... were the kind ~I~ would prefer not to rummage around."
[23.02.2022 23:54:08] A/)-Revenant: The Order came back again?
[23.02.2022 23:54:11] A/)-Lazurith: I'm not sure I understand myself.
[23.02.2022 23:54:24] A/)-Revenant: Those Guardians we just saw, are there to keep undesirables away from the Shrine.
[23.02.2022 23:54:38] A/)-Revenant: They were not Sentinels.
[23.02.2022 23:54:42] Entity: ***"Well observed."
[23.02.2022 23:54:59] A/)-Lazurith: Were... were they always there?
[23.02.2022 23:55:05] A/)-Revenant: Are they "always here" now?
[23.02.2022 23:55:45] A/)-Lazurith: I can't sense them... it's as though they're all around me.
[23.02.2022 23:55:46] Entity: ***"They will remain 'here', bound to the place until relinquished from this ~purpose~."
[23.02.2022 23:56:48] A/)-Revenant: You can relax, Lazurith, the Sentinels won't chase us here.
[23.02.2022 23:56:53] A/)-Revenant: ... I hope.
[23.02.2022 23:57:11] A/)-Lazurith: Yes... I hope so, too.
[23.02.2022 23:57:23] A/)-Revenant: That gnawing feeling you may be experiencing? That pluck in the back of your head?
[23.02.2022 23:57:43] A/)-Revenant: I'm not entirely sure what it is. Not everyone feels it, but it can be felt here.
[23.02.2022 23:59:05] A/)-Lazurith: I... have to say, I was not able to sense this feeling months ago.
[23.02.2022 23:59:39] A/)-Revenant: Oh, good - you feel it too, I thought I was experiencing brain death.
[24.02.2022 00:00:09] A/)-Revenant: There it is again. That pluck.
[24.02.2022 00:00:18] A/)-Revenant: Akin to a harp string being tugged.
[24.02.2022 00:00:50] A/)-Revenant: ... When did those Sentinels appear? Shortly after I malfunctioned?
[24.02.2022 00:00:53] A/)-Lazurith: I'd compare it to a feather between the shoulder blades - soft, but almost unnerving without the intention of being unnerving.
[24.02.2022 00:01:13] A/)-Lazurith: Oh, yes.
[24.02.2022 00:01:34] A/)-Lazurith: They were simply twisting and turning around me, I had... no idea what to make of it.
[24.02.2022 00:01:46] A/)-Revenant: You haven't seen the Order lately, have you?
[24.02.2022 00:02:25] Entity: ***"(thinking) Confused one for another..."
[24.02.2022 00:02:26] A/)-Lazurith: No... the last Order operative I remember was that wayward cruiser in Kepler.
[24.02.2022 00:02:42] A/)-Revenant: The Section Eight. Hmmhrmm..
[24.02.2022 00:02:42] A/)-Lazurith: That was a long time ago, though. They've gone off the grid now.
[24.02.2022 00:02:53] A/)-Revenant: I last detected Hawkins in Kepler a week ago.
[24.02.2022 00:04:05] A/)-Lazurith: I don't agree with the notion of playing "wait-and-see" with them.
[24.02.2022 00:04:21] A/)-Revenant: I'm afraid we simply do not have the strength or the vitality to play on our terms.
[24.02.2022 00:05:16] Entity: ***"Then -use- knowledge against the clueless -foes-."
[24.02.2022 00:05:18] A/)-Revenant: The only hope we hold is understanding them. Clashing heads, will prove nothing.
[24.02.2022 00:05:59] A/)-Lazurith: But we have an edge over them. Over everyone, in fact.
[24.02.2022 00:06:09] A/)-Revenant: Elaborate.
[24.02.2022 00:06:36] A/)-Lazurith: I mean-- we know about the Tombs. The vault - whatever it is.
[24.02.2022 00:06:57] Entity: ***"Do they not -wish- to play the ~saviour~, eager to throw oneselves into the fray?"
[24.02.2022 00:07:42] A/)-Revenant: Humanity will inevitably respond to the incursions as a threat, it is inevitable the others will attack.
[24.02.2022 00:07:51] A/)-Revenant: At best, they are slowing them down.
[24.02.2022 00:08:40] A/)-Revenant: Although... Lazurith, did you happen to witness one of the "anti nomad" rhetoric presentations many years ago
[24.02.2022 00:08:42] A/)-Revenant: within the Spire?
[24.02.2022 00:09:23] A/)-Revenant: This is a sore topic to tread upon, but you recall Leviathan's disdain against the Nomads?
[24.02.2022 00:09:24] Entity: ***"-humanity- will quietly sleep, blissfully unaware, until the floor cracks give in and..."
[24.02.2022 00:09:44] A/)-Revenant: They are slowly waking up - Gallia has been made aware.
[24.02.2022 00:09:56] A/)-Revenant: -- I managed to eavesdrop upon an Order's meeting with them, but I digress.
[24.02.2022 00:10:16] A/)-Revenant: Do you recall Leviathan's quest for Nomad extermination, Lazurith?
[24.02.2022 00:10:35] A/)-Lazurith: I could really use a refresher.
[24.02.2022 00:10:59] A/)-Revenant: I purposefully chose to forget some parts, but, there is a few details I recall. The projects.
[24.02.2022 00:11:41] A/)-Revenant: One, in particular, was aimed at disabling Nomad vessels, primarily to disrupt their energy synchronisation.
[24.02.2022 00:12:06] A/)-Revenant: An atrophic field to dampen energy. One of the clues into the research was found in the Leeds system, before it was
[24.02.2022 00:12:07] A/)-Revenant: invaded.
[24.02.2022 00:12:27] A/)-Lazurith: In Leeds?
[24.02.2022 00:12:48] A/)-Lazurith: That's an unusually well hidden oversight if it's in Leeds.
[24.02.2022 00:13:18] A/)-Revenant: Yes. There was a study regarding the interaction of the pollution fields with Nomad interdictors.
[24.02.2022 00:13:48] A/)-Revenant: Although, such is not the case these days, it was noted that they avoided the heavy smog fields, unless it was absolutely
[24.02.2022 00:13:50] A/)-Revenant: necessary.
[24.02.2022 00:13:58] A/)-Lazurith: Oh!
[24.02.2022 00:14:06] A/)-Lazurith: It... makes a lot more sense now.
[24.02.2022 00:15:13] A/)-Lazurith: But the Sentinels work differently, don't they?
[24.02.2022 00:15:21] A/)-Revenant: There was a compound - I forgot the name of it. A chemical smear that would disrupt the efficiency of the photosynthetic proces
[24.02.2022 00:15:26] A/)-Revenant: Likely, we do not know entirely.
[24.02.2022 00:15:47] A/)-Revenant: I informed the Vagrants to find the signal they operate on for hunting those afflicted with a scent.
[24.02.2022 00:16:10] A/)-Lazurith: ...Worst case scenario, it won't work at all.
[24.02.2022 00:16:25] A/)-Lazurith: Assuming they have a different physiology, that is.
[24.02.2022 00:16:42] A/)-Revenant: The Elders were struggling with understanding how the Shrine was blocking them out, unfortunately.
[24.02.2022 00:17:00] A/)-Revenant: Ah, well, shooting them will only work for so long.
[24.02.2022 00:17:20] Entity: ***"Memories are curious thing. Keeping them. Discarding them. Placing into a ~box~."
[24.02.2022 00:17:30] A/)-Lazurith: I don't know if you've felt it too, but I feel some kind of... hollow light from them, if that makes any sense?
[24.02.2022 00:17:55] A/)-Revenant: I'm fascinated at how they can track memories so ... well.
[24.02.2022 00:18:04] A/)-Lazurith: Memories?
[24.02.2022 00:18:10] A/)-Revenant: Did you not read the Dossier?
[24.02.2022 00:18:42] A/)-Revenant: We cannot control our own memories, only destroy parts.
[24.02.2022 00:18:56] A/)-Revenant: Memories, is how they track unwanted entities.
[24.02.2022 00:19:37] A/)-Lazurith: Oh! Right.
[24.02.2022 00:19:42] Entity: ***"A dangerous approach. One memory latches onto another, forming links... break them and ~something else~ breaks too."
[24.02.2022 00:20:03] A/)-Revenant: I'm afraid there is not much option regarding memories, even if it means to kill who you are.
[24.02.2022 00:20:56] A/)-Revenant: Unless the Vagrants are able to understand how we can ... 'dampen' the scent, developing protection is nigh-high -
[24.02.2022 00:20:57] A/)-Revenant: ... Hm.
[24.02.2022 00:21:40] Entity: ***"Though -some- comfort cold be found in you lacking shared memories. Just ~few~ of you rather than... everyone."
[24.02.2022 00:22:45] A/)-Lazurith: Being hollow among hollow beings.
[24.02.2022 00:22:48] A/)-Revenant: I have heard of the other tribes cleansing their own to purge the memories.
[24.02.2022 00:24:03] A/)-Revenant: Although I cannot say that we are capable of "cleaning" ourselves with such precision.
[24.02.2022 00:24:43] A/)-Revenant: Oh, right, Lazurith, there is a C-24 formula for these instances. A hit and miss amnesiac.
[24.02.2022 00:25:24] Entity: ***"The -little one-, a wanderer of the wrathful tribe. Ceased to exist to protect -others-."
[24.02.2022 00:25:33] A/)-Lazurith: How much of myself am I going to forget before embarking for this?
[24.02.2022 00:25:59] A/)-Revenant: Yet the Vagrants are likely contaminated. I did not expect them to assist me.
[24.02.2022 00:26:19] A/)-Revenant: The Sentinels were present within Orkney, I do not hold any doubts they will embark into their new foundland.
[24.02.2022 00:27:53] A/)-Lazurith: Will Kess be alright?
[24.02.2022 00:28:02] A/)-Revenant: They are immortal until they are not.
[24.02.2022 00:28:04] A/)-Revenant: They will be fine.
[24.02.2022 00:29:12] A/)-Lazurith: Hrm.
[24.02.2022 00:29:34] A/)-Revenant: Do you perhaps have a perspective regarding how we can lessen the pain from the Sentinels?
[24.02.2022 00:30:35] A/)-Lazurith: Okay, well they clearly strike where it hurts. We traipsed in their home, and paid with our sanity.
[24.02.2022 00:30:56] A/)-Lazurith: Yes, I'm thinking about it.
[24.02.2022 00:31:11] A/)-Revenant: I have opted for a more defensive route, shielding systems.
[24.02.2022 00:31:18] A/)-Revenant: Mille is handling the generation part of it.
[24.02.2022 00:31:23] Entity: ***(curious) So bright you shine, brimming with energy... They -consume- you."
[24.02.2022 00:31:49] A/)-Lazurith: Let's get one thing clear, they definitely have a pattern of attack and different roles.
[24.02.2022 00:32:08] A/)-Revenant: [jokingly, she dryly prods Lazurith with a quip] I think Harbinger is getting hungry, he might snack on you.
[24.02.2022 00:32:14] A/)-Lazurith: And clearly, there are some forms tha-
[24.02.2022 00:32:34] A/)-Lazurith: Erm. I-- I would like to live some more, please.
[24.02.2022 00:32:41] Entity: ***"Observations? Wondeful step. Share your -findings-..."
[24.02.2022 00:32:50] A/)-Revenant: [laughs] He doesn't even have a mouth, but continue.
[24.02.2022 00:33:53] A/)-Lazurith: Regardless, I have definitely noticed they have... something different about them, every time.
[24.02.2022 00:34:06] A/)-Revenant: Do you believe that they have different roles, akin to a bee hive?
[24.02.2022 00:34:14] A/)-Lazurith: Yes. Yes, precisely.
[24.02.2022 00:34:54] A/)-Lazurith: When we walked into their home, they retaliated with brute force - they had no need to be cautious about it.
[24.02.2022 00:35:11] A/)-Lazurith: But out in Kepler? In Shikoku? There is caution to be exercised.
[24.02.2022 00:35:39] A/)-Lazurith: The small ones are most definitely worth noting. Agile. Uncatchable.
[24.02.2022 00:36:00] A/)-Revenant: So ferocious with their seemingly missile-like projectile.
[24.02.2022 00:36:22] A/)-Revenant: Why do you believe they were in Shikoku?
[24.02.2022 00:37:21] A/)-Lazurith: This might sound like absolute nonsense, but what if the Kepler anomaly is not the only one?
[24.02.2022 00:37:27] A/)-Lazurith: What if there are other entry points, as well?
[24.02.2022 00:37:31] A/)-Revenant: It is indeed not the only incursion point.
[24.02.2022 00:37:38] A/)-Revenant: Sigma 59, has another "Bell" -- another structure.
[24.02.2022 00:38:01] A/)-Revenant: Coronado, Delta, er - Colorado, Hudson, Inverness, were other points.
[24.02.2022 00:38:03] A/)-Revenant: Omicron Mu.
[24.02.2022 00:38:11] A/)-Lazurith: Then... maybe they are attempting to map Sirius like we mapped our star charts over the last 800 years.
[24.02.2022 00:38:32] A/)-Lazurith: But this doesn't explain why they know exactly where we are...!
[24.02.2022 00:38:46] A/)-Revenant: The scents - our minds - it is a mnestic trace.
[24.02.2022 00:39:14] A/)-Revenant: Forget about the material world, there is a whole another dimension we have yet to grasp as a conception, the theory of
[24.02.2022 00:39:16] A/)-Revenant: psychics.
[24.02.2022 00:39:38] A/)-Lazurith: Yes, we have to grasp how it works and if we can even understand it to begin with.
[24.02.2022 00:39:46] A/)-Lazurith: But my question is... have they really understood ours?
[24.02.2022 00:40:04] A/)-Lazurith: We can't know everything about them, like they can't know everything about us.
[24.02.2022 00:40:06] A/)-Revenant: Do you believe them capabe of such things?
[24.02.2022 00:40:16] A/)-Revenant: We have seen them awaiting - predator and prey games - within Hudson.
[24.02.2022 00:40:26] A/)-Revenant: Instinctual? It is not known for certain.
[24.02.2022 00:41:09] A/)-Lazurith: It is worth noting that they tend to attack and never yield.
[24.02.2022 00:41:40] A/)-Lazurith: However... sometimes they do, in fact, disappear as quickly as they arrive.
[24.02.2022 00:41:46] A/)-Revenant: Indeed. There were a few exceptions to their relentlessness.
[24.02.2022 00:41:54] A/)-Revenant: The injured retreated into nearby anomalies.
[24.02.2022 00:41:58] A/)-Lazurith: I saw the small forms do that many times, actually...!
[24.02.2022 00:42:50] A/)-Lazurith: Maybe they're trying to deploy a trail? Some kind of beacon for a general attack location?
[24.02.2022 00:43:18] A/)-Revenant: Ponder this; the purpose of their attacks, of the Vault they guard.
[24.02.2022 00:43:22] A/)-Revenant: What are the Sentinels for?
[24.02.2022 00:44:04] A/)-Lazurith: Well, clearly to defend it. But...
[24.02.2022 00:44:18] A/)-Revenant: And how far can one push the definition of defending?
[24.02.2022 00:44:54] A/)-Lazurith: That was bothering me quite a lot. They are REALLY pushing their definition of defending. They are out for blood.
[24.02.2022 00:45:07] A/)-Lazurith: Maybe... we never met the real Sentinels.
[24.02.2022 00:45:19] A/)-Lazurith: Maybe the real Sentinels are at the Vault's site.
[24.02.2022 00:45:34] A/)-Revenant: Hmm...
[24.02.2022 00:46:19] Entity: ***"Keep that thought... Keep it well."
[24.02.2022 00:47:05] A/)-Revenant: That could make sense. Akin to a broodmother - their very brain.
[24.02.2022 00:47:45] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps there is more, but we have not seen a hive of theirs.
[24.02.2022 00:48:09] A/)-Lazurith: We wouldn't want to reveal Valravn to them, would we?
[24.02.2022 00:48:27] A/)-Revenant: Er, I'm afraid they traced some assets to the clouds in Inverness.
[24.02.2022 00:48:37] Entity: ***"As the means to 'unmask' ~them~ will be found be careful. Their -familiarity- is an illusion."
[24.02.2022 00:49:00] A/)-Revenant: They are shape shifters, aren't they.
[24.02.2022 00:49:44] A/)-Lazurith: Or maybe these are simply weaker forms?
[24.02.2022 00:50:12] Entity: ***"These... are ~my~ 'stolen' forms."
[24.02.2022 00:50:40] A/)-Revenant: I noticed the similarities when you ... summoned those things.
[24.02.2022 00:51:32] A/)-Revenant: How could that be? Do you have an opponent of sorts?
[24.02.2022 00:52:45] Entity: ***"Perhaps... (thinking) A concerning thought."
[24.02.2022 00:53:15] A/)-Revenant: ... You wouldn't happen to be in danger if your, er ...
[24.02.2022 00:53:23] A/)-Revenant: "agreement" - was exposed to them, would you?
[24.02.2022 00:53:51] A/)-Revenant: [Glanced over to Lazurith with uncertainty, analysing him for a brief moment. ]
[24.02.2022 00:54:13] A/)-Lazurith: Erm...
[24.02.2022 00:54:15] Entity: ***"-many- variants to assume, no certainty found yet."
[24.02.2022 00:54:30] A/)-Revenant: If it is a network, then it most certainly can be traced back to you.
[24.02.2022 00:54:50] A/)-Revenant: I am not sure how your ... kind "works" - but that is a potential risk that has to be bared in mind.
[24.02.2022 00:55:19] Entity: ***"(almost a laugh) Risk applies to -all- here."
[24.02.2022 00:55:46] A/)-Revenant: I'm almost thankful that we have evolved to be singular minds.
[24.02.2022 00:55:52] A/)-Revenant: I would have died long ago if I was chained to Vincent.
[24.02.2022 00:55:53] A/)-Revenant: Bahh.
[24.02.2022 00:56:12] A/)-Lazurith: Good thing you recognized that.
[24.02.2022 00:56:24] A/)-Revenant: You are just as bad as him, you do not get off clean either.
[24.02.2022 00:56:56] A/)-Lazurith: Okay, that's not true at all. I am a lot more amicable.
[24.02.2022 00:57:02] A/)-Lazurith: In my humble opinion.
[24.02.2022 00:57:19] A/)-Revenant: ...You know, hyperspatial interferences also disturbs the Sentinels too.
[24.02.2022 00:57:22] A/)-Revenant: Akin to the Vagrants.
[24.02.2022 00:57:58] A/)-Revenant: Oh, I did not tell you, but, the Order wanted to work with me.
[24.02.2022 00:58:00] A/)-Revenant: Again...
[24.02.2022 00:58:08] A/)-Revenant: Overwatch, this time. Commander Storgen.
[24.02.2022 00:58:10] A/)-Lazurith: Can those people ever make up their minds?
[24.02.2022 00:58:34] A/)-Revenant: I do not doubt it being a trap, but perhaps I could twist it to be their trap.
[24.02.2022 00:58:44] A/)-Lazurith: [The gearhead sighs.] What did they want, this time?
[24.02.2022 00:58:52] A/)-Revenant: To work together to "fight against the Sentinels. "
[24.02.2022 00:58:53] Entity: ***"Do you -seek- revenge for the loss of your -protege-?
[24.02.2022 00:59:23] A/)-Revenant: As much as it pains me greatly, I cannot exhaust the last of my vitality running around for revenge.
[24.02.2022 00:59:28] A/)-Revenant: No, Vengeance, is far sweeter.
[24.02.2022 00:59:41] A/)-Revenant: It is not the first time they have hurt me.
[24.02.2022 00:59:49] A/)-Revenant: Nor will it be the last.
[24.02.2022 01:00:21] Entity: ***"So you have a -plan- growing..."
[24.02.2022 01:00:35] A/)-Revenant: He seems to be humored by the idea that Vincent is -- ah, whatever.
[24.02.2022 01:00:55] A/)-Revenant: Not quite, but they can certainly be utilized to speed up some areas.
[24.02.2022 01:01:08] A/)-Revenant: I do not believe they are aware regarding the dangers of hyperspatial technology.
[24.02.2022 01:01:44] A/)-Revenant: And if they wish to capture me again, I may have a nasty surprise for them.
[24.02.2022 01:02:24] A/)-Revenant: Storgen desired to share knowledge, information, regarding the Sentinels. However, he does not like the
[24.02.2022 01:02:31] A/)-Revenant: Section Eight operatives at all, interestingly.
[24.02.2022 01:03:54] Entity: ***"Curious... though inconsequential for now."
[24.02.2022 01:04:12] A/)-Lazurith: Tell me. Were they ever involved with anomalies at all?
[24.02.2022 01:04:17] A/)-Revenant: Indeed.
[24.02.2022 01:04:32] A/)-Revenant: A few of their operatives went through, they are certainly contaminated.
[24.02.2022 01:04:41] A/)-Revenant: If the greater battleship attacking Mu was not evident enough.
[24.02.2022 01:05:21] Entity: ***"Small comforts knowing they are 'bound' to as well."
[24.02.2022 01:06:14] A/)-Revenant: Perhaps.
[24.02.2022 01:06:24] Entity: ***"For ~you~, however, cautious is essential."
[24.02.2022 01:06:47] A/)-Revenant: I have considered cautiously offering my 'help' with Storgen.
[24.02.2022 01:07:47] Entity: ***"The storm grows and won't be contained anymore. Watch for the signs."
[24.02.2022 01:08:03] A/)-Revenant: My ability to fight is becoming more and more windred. To be almost disabled by two craft is a disgrace. Caution is an imperati
[24.02.2022 01:08:06] A/)-Revenant: imperative at this point.
[24.02.2022 01:08:36] A/)-Revenant: A shame that hypercharged dark matter cannot be tamed, unlike natural background dark matter.
[24.02.2022 01:08:38] Entity: ***"Perhaps having -others- marked will offer some... distraction."
[24.02.2022 01:09:01] A/)-Revenant: People's curiosity will provide such, the Insurgency had lingered as you noticed.
[24.02.2022 01:09:32] A/)-Revenant: The Starfliers - an allied hyperspace research company - had unfortunately stumbled across it in their survey.
[24.02.2022 01:09:55] A/)-Revenant: ... Although, they had the foresight to plan to leave their base of operations from Kepler, how lucky of them.
[24.02.2022 01:10:17] A/)-Revenant: What I am curious about, is the "Bell" within Sigma-59, at that incursion point.
[24.02.2022 01:10:24] A/)-Revenant: What could they possibly want there? Another site, perhaps?
[24.02.2022 01:10:37] Entity: ***"Unfortunate for them, but it benefits to be _not_ the only ~targeted~."
[24.02.2022 01:11:03] A/)-Revenant: ... targetting, hmm...
[24.02.2022 01:11:12] A/)-Revenant: Harbinger, what was that artifact you gave Herald?
[24.02.2022 01:11:52] A/)-Lazurith: Ah, the artifact! I almost forgot!
[24.02.2022 01:11:55] A/)-Revenant: Katherine.
[24.02.2022 01:12:01] A/)-Revenant: Of the Pennybrooke.
[24.02.2022 01:12:09] A/)-Lazurith: Why is it that it beckoned them wherever she carried it around?
[24.02.2022 01:12:12] A/)-Revenant: She calls herself the "Herald" amongst the other Tribes.
[24.02.2022 01:12:20] A/)-Revenant: ... I have it in my care, Laz.
[24.02.2022 01:12:30] Entity: ***"(another pause) these names are... -unfamiliar-?"
[24.02.2022 01:12:41] A/)-Revenant: [There was a brief pause]
[24.02.2022 01:13:00] A/)-Revenant: You do not remember Katherine, nicknamed Herald, of the Research Vessel Pennybrooke?
[24.02.2022 01:13:40] A/)-Revenant: You gave her an artifact, which had seemingly came active the years later, now intermingling with the Sentinels.
[24.02.2022 01:14:12] Entity: ***"Strange how memories are... Somehow you -speak- with clear certainty."
[24.02.2022 01:14:35] A/)-Revenant: I am unsure if data files are any worth to you, considering your, er... more ethereal state.
[24.02.2022 01:15:24] A/)-Revenant: If I show you the artifact, do you believe you may recognise it?
[24.02.2022 01:15:30] Entity: ***"The artifact... what became of it and the -herald-named?"
[24.02.2022 01:15:53] A/)-Revenant: It seemingly shattered within her care, and mist appears to emerge from the cracks upon its "activation. "
[24.02.2022 01:16:29] A/)-Revenant: It seemingly drains all energy within a certain radius, and ... somehow, alerts the Sentinels.
[24.02.2022 01:16:51] A/)-Revenant: Two instances, the first, it seemingly scared them off. The second time of its activation, it simply disabled all of my
[24.02.2022 01:16:56] Entity: ***"Show it then... We are ~safe~ here."
[24.02.2022 01:17:00] A/)-Revenant: electronics, draining the batteries.
[24.02.2022 01:17:08] A/)-Revenant: Are you sure it won't ...
[24.02.2022 01:17:20] A/)-Revenant: I'm not so sure, but if you insist. Allow me to release it from stasis.
[24.02.2022 01:17:33] A/)-Lazurith: Finally. I can see what it's all about.
[24.02.2022 01:17:57] A/)-Lazurith: ...On second thought, I could've just asked
[24.02.2022 01:18:03] A/)-Revenant: [The comms disabled for a brief moment as they released themselves from the cockpit. ]
[24.02.2022 01:18:31] A/)-Revenant: [Shortly after, they returned with a casing, a small box containing the cracked enigmatic artifact, the comms flickered back.]
[24.02.2022 01:18:32] A/)-Revenant: on]
[24.02.2022 01:20:10] Entity: ***"Memory shard. This -herald- had to have been worth to keep one..."
[24.02.2022 01:21:12] A/)-Revenant: Memory shard? It stores memories?
[24.02.2022 01:23:43] Entity: ***"You know the answer already... those were some of my fragments."
[24.02.2022 01:24:02] A/)-Revenant: I suppose it may explain why it lured the Sentinels.
[24.02.2022 01:24:37] A/)-Revenant: Respectfully, perhaps you should have the shard.
[24.02.2022 01:26:56] Entity: ***"It is empty now. Place it in the hall at the Shrine."
[24.02.2022 01:27:31] A/)-Revenant: I shall. One moment.
[24.02.2022 01:27:34] A/)-Lazurith: You are letting me see it, right?
[24.02.2022 01:27:52] A/)-Revenant: You best run over fast then.
[24.02.2022 01:27:57] 2022-02-24 01:28:06 SMT Traffic control alert: A/)-Revenant has requested to dock
[24.02.2022 01:28:03] A/)-Lazurith: Y-yes!
[24.02.2022 01:28:18] 2022-02-24 01:28:27 SMT Traffic control alert: A/)-Lazurith has requested to dock
[24.02.2022 01:29:50] Cloaking device off
[24.02.2022 01:30:18] A/)-Revenant: Have you spoken to Mille, lately, Laz?
[24.02.2022 01:31:23] A/)-Lazurith: Err... no.
[24.02.2022 01:31:29] A/)-Lazurith: I'm afraid not.
[24.02.2022 01:31:43] A/)-Lazurith: I would love to, though.
[24.02.2022 01:31:45] A/)-Revenant: I suggest you relink up with him.
[24.02.2022 01:32:56] A/)-Revenant: Oh, and I would not tell Hachette about our little, er, business enterprise with the Spa vessel.
[24.02.2022 01:33:17] A/)-Lazurith: As long as you won't, either.
[24.02.2022 01:33:39] A/)-Revenant: Then we are in agreement.
[24.02.2022 01:33:44] A/)-Lazurith: It'll be our secret.
[24.02.2022 01:34:01] A/)-Revenant: If you can;
[24.02.2022 01:34:14] A/)-Revenant: We may need to delegate some tasks.
[24.02.2022 01:35:18] A/)-Lazurith: Sure. What sort of tasks?
[24.02.2022 01:35:41] A/)-Revenant: Delegate small tasks, miniscule, unconnected ones. Finding allies may be prudent.
[24.02.2022 01:35:56] A/)-Revenant: But, for now, let us not worry too much about it and unwind.
[24.02.2022 01:35:59] A/)-Revenant: I am eyeing this bottle...
[24.02.2022 01:36:36] A/)-Lazurith: And I am eyeing mine.
[24.02.2022 01:36:45] A/)-Revenant: Mmm.
[24.02.2022 01:37:19] A/)-Lazurith: Guess it's time for a toast at the edge of space on a millennia-old alien structure.
[24.02.2022 01:37:56] A/)-Revenant: That sounds reasonable, but, try not to make a mess.
[24.02.2022 01:38:00] A/)-Revenant: I would rather not clean up after you.
[24.02.2022 01:38:23] A/)-Lazurith: Hey, I can clean up after myself!
[24.02.2022 01:38:40] A/)-Revenant: Or, perhaps, do not make said mess in the first place.
[24.02.2022 01:39:25] A/)-Lazurith: Well, I won't!
[24.02.2022 01:39:46] A/)-Revenant: Good, good.
[24.02.2022 01:39:50] A/)-Lazurith: Contrary to popular belief, I am not a complete airhead.
[24.02.2022 01:39:50] A/)-Revenant: Best behaviour.
[24.02.2022 01:40:47] A/)-Revenant: Mmm, now, to see about that drink...
[24.02.2022 01:40:59] 2022-02-24 01:41:08 SMT Traffic control alert: A/)-Revenant has requested to dock
[24.02.2022 01:41:03] 2022-02-24 01:41:12 SMT Traffic control alert: A/)-Lazurith has requested to dock
[24.02.2022 01:41:14] A/)-Lazurith: Heh.
> ... Storgen, from the Order had reached out to me for collaborative efforts against the Sentinels
> ... Perhaps it may be useful to utilize him.
> ...
> ... We will see.
> ... The warnings and signs must be kept.
> ...
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> ... He was recovered. But at what cost?
> ... Perhaps not all of him was recovered. His memories faltered, shattering day by day.
> ... Now he believes himself to be his alter ego.
> ...
> ...
> ... His memories temporarily regather at the Shrine.
> ... Yet he cannot stay too long. He will suffer.
> ...
> ...
> ... For now. Observing Liberty whilst the calculations run at home.
> ...
> ...
> ... The Vagrants were keen on creating new hybrid technologies.
> ... Particularly with shielding techniques.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... I cannot promise too much in too little time.
> ...
> ... But I will investigate regardless.
> ...
...FATAL ERROR: no neural data received... suspending process ...user notice: neural activity detected, resuming process. time response: 86,395,172ms
> ... Luck... may be a distant variable. Unfortunate circumstances.
> ... The Rogues torpedo clipped a stray floating asteroid.
> ... Third iteration was destroyed in Kansas.
> ... Hemlocke and Montes watched.
> ...
> ... I can't remember...
> ...
> ... There was a blast. The capacitators must have overloaded.
> ... All faded to white...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... I witnessed the Akhetatens task force move in to Kansas. The memory is a blur.
> ... The file was corrupted. A shame. But there was nothing of note there.
> ... At least I do not think so.
> ...
> ...
> ... Need time to rejuvenate.
> ... Perhaps it may be prudent to adjust my optimisations.
> ... What is for certain is that the Fourth iteration will need to be upgraded.
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> ... Hemlocke told me of Shozak's intrusion.
> ... His forceful presence left a scar within his mind. One that causes erratic behaviour within him.
> ... Almost similar to the affliction. Causing him to bleed. To suffer.
> ... I spent some time upon the Rogue station, Alcatraz, discussing his ailments suffered from the psychic influence.
> ... The Rogues are an odd pack of rabid animals.
> ... Living off of pure instinct. It is sheer luck that their equipment has not crumbled.
> ... I could hear the machinery writhing in suffering from the lack of care. The impoverished energy circuits.
> ... Intriguing. But no matter.
> ... We did mention Cobra's oddities. His apathy regarding Vincent's death. Who attacked a Free Republic 'Citizen'?
> ... Lies built on lies.
> ... A monster to replace another. "Free Republic" - The mockery. No matter.
> ...
> ...
> ... The answers were gained. We asked /him/. He remembers.
> ... He saw Cobra. Section Eight.
> ... Snakes will be snakes.
> ... Mild surprise, how bold of him. I wonder if Locke knows.
> ... Regardless.
> ... I will see what the nature of his mind is like. How further /he/ will degrade.
> ... I hold my doubts. He dwindles upon death.
> ...
> ...
> ... Damned Ego.
> ... Noted his mind has degraded further. Mental atrophy spreading rapidly.
> ... He still declines help. Declines offers.
> ... I give him help.
> ... He does not want it.
> ... I give him space.
> ... He gets into more trouble.
> ... How do I even control such a childish spirit?
> ...
> ...
> ... Curiosity captivates me.
> ... Regarding Wolf's anguish from Sh'ozak
> ... We have studied him upon the Shrine. Yet. No determined way of healing.
> ... Traditional methods failed to contain his ailment.
> ... Meditation. Inhalants. Nomads. Positive emotion...
> ... None.
> ...
> ... Perhaps...
> ...
> ... Instead I shall find the limitations of his ailment.
> ... That unending anger.
> ... Push it to the limit of his psyche.
> ... Undo him and assess.
> ...
> ... I am awaiting for him within the Hangers.
> ... Although I am afflicted with fatigue.
> ... I have confidence that I will succeed. At least in assessing him.
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> ... Let's proceed.
> ... Beginning to taunt. Break down his mentality. See what hides beneath that shroud of hatred.
> ... Words such as "Puppy" - "Dog" - "Pet" - "Trophy" - "Mutt" - "Animal" - "Toy"
> ... Causes an immense reaction. His mental state crumbled rapidly.
> ... Sanity quickly vanished from the grasp of his mind. Pupil dilation. Unstable breathing. Extremely elevated heart rate.
> ... As the rage envolped from the torment, it appears another entity controls him. His bodily language, his assessment. All changed.
> ... Possessions. His source of anger. The very intent to indiscriminately murder. Interesting. Posssible trauma? Yet such a rapid change in neurochemistry.
> ... Could it be his AI Implant?
> ... No emotion. No reaction. Pure hatred. Movement completely erratic yet fuelled. He approac-
> ...
> ... His movements hasten. Coordination increases. Need to be more careful.
> ... -- Dodging his movements, increases the ferocity of the wrath.
> ...
> ...
> ... Oh no. He has enough coordination to utilise his personal daggers.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... Playing safe. Assessing his mental state. He retains basic forms under the mindless rage.
> ...
> ...
> ... ...and it appears he is trying to corner me.
> ... His dance is basic. Heavy, ravenous, weighted. Desperation in the crudest form of blistering craze.
> ... Despite such. A rudimentary possession of problem solving is retained. However shortsighted it may be. Moving for opportunities it senses.
> ... Continuing to push his rage to the end. Nothing has yet to snap under his mental state.
> ...
> ...
> ... He has cornered me. We shall see if he has the dexterity to keep up with his demanding hunger.
> ... It has been many solar cycles since I have performed unarmed takedowns. Particularly against a larger foe.
> ...
> ... One blade disarmed. One more to -
> ... ...WARNING: Moderate Laceration detected. Defer to Bio-Reports for more details. ...user notice: adrenaline levels increasing.
> ... Ą̴̳͔̘̺̭̬̹͉̫̮͖̣̲͈̥̣͙̼̯̺̲̄͋́̀̍̂̎̈́͘͝ͅR̴̊̆͌͂̈̈́̇̾͋͜G̸̨̧̧̦͈̣̫̼̖̟͙̯̣̦̾̍̌́̈́̐̍̐̿̅̍̕͝͝ͅͅḦ̷̨̛͎̫̳̫̻̺̖̳͛̃͂͗̌̅̔͐̅̉̅̓͗̐̃̚͘͝ͅ ̶̡̞̤̩̳̗͔̫̣̥̻͙͚̯̦͓͊͑͛͐́͋̅͒́́͋̓̓͐ͅR̸̡̧̡͚̮͉͙͍̲̬̠̜͐̀͛̈́̎̇̓͑̓̔͒̅͒͒̇̏̀̒̎̽̓̔̏̕̚̕I̸̡͔̪͚̞̮̻̝̙̤͙̺͚̩̯̩͌̍́̍͒̓̀̋̃̌̐̐̏͒̈̊͊̌͜͠͠͝ͅG̶̼͓͕̭͎͓̘̪̥̗̟͕̯̦̼̑̂͑̾̋̄̋̌̈͌̔̈̀́̔̄͆̎̚H̷̨̢̨̗͈̝̻̺͇̗͍͇̟͎͈̳̞͖̲͋̒̈́͒̓̒͜͝ͅT̸̲̙͆̽̆̽̃̊̍̋͘ ̵̯͙̻̹̊̂̅̊̀͋̋̽̀̑̂̏͊͗̃͘̚͝I̶̡̝̬͇̮̩̬͕̮̟͈̲͈̥̅̏N̸͇͔̝͋̉͛͑͂͒̕ ̸̦̘͖̩̳̪̳̐̆̎̆͊̄͂͂̿̈͠͝ͅT̶̡̡̨̧̛̠͔̲̟̞̦͇̱̤̦͎̣͈̲̰͕͈͓̳̬̈́͂̈́̌̈̐̔̇̽͒̀̊͐̅͗͒̾͑͊̆̾̄̒̑̚͝ͅH̸̢̨̧̛̛̛̫̗̖̭͉͎̗̭̯͚͎̥̙̰̭͙̥̘̐̆̎͑̽̈̉̀̈́͒̽͌̓̑̀̽̉͌̔̕̚̚͜͠E̷̡̨̫̘̮̙̘̻̲̟͎̘̞͍͎̘̼̳̓͋̈̀͐͋̓̇͝ͅ ̴̡̨̛̝̩̭̤͍͕̲̰̗̩͓̥̫̗̀́̄͗͆̋̽̉́̃̽͐̍̈́͛̓̊T̶̡̨̢̛̻̯̺̰̳̗̝̣̻̠̗͕͉̱̩̣͉̟̗̹̰H̶̛̻͂̀̿̎̔̎̍́́̂͗̉̌̕͝Į̸̨̧̜͉̺̞̪͔̦̳̝͚̞̤̙̺̺̜̲̤̼̹͇̣͐̃̏͋͜͝Ǧ̷̨̨̳̱̞̯̳͓͖͉̯̝͎͂̋̂̿H̷̡̢̛̲̹̼̭̞͔͇̝̥͈̘̱̐̊͋͛̽̋̿͒̆̆͒̌́̇̈͛́́͑̆̚͜
> ... ...CRITICAL ERROR: Major Traumatic Damage detected. Neural relay damaged detected in encephalon.
> ...N̸̛͔̰͖̾͛̓́̾̊̃̿͑̍̂͋͂͛̉̊̽͋̑̚̕͝O̶̡̹̠͔͍͇̰̜̤͙̩̰̦͇̲̮͔̩͍̱̅̔̅̐̍̿̿́̊̓̀̂́̓͑͒ͅ,̴̨̧̢̢͔̤̬̭̮̲̩͕̜͇͓͍̠̟͈̣̻͇̙͎̗̻̺͓̻̰͖̥̝͍͙̱͒͒̊̀̓̀̒͂̿̎̚̚͜͜͝ͅͅ ̴̢̧̡̨̫̟̺͉̝͎͈̥͓͉͎̭̯̙̮̱͕̹̝̈́̏̽̂̐͐̌̀͋̃̾͌͌̕͠͝͠ͅͅS̶̫̰̘̫͕͉̠̻̟̭̭̲̩̈́̋̀̂̆̽̾̽́̅͝T̵̡̡̡̛̜̗̣̦̮̞͓̰̞͈͓̜̹̝̞̻̳̣͔̯͚̩̠̳͖̦̖͈̯̗͕̺̣̠̱̼͎̲̟͍͔̥̈́̀̃͛̓̈͌͌̈̐̓̌͌̉͒̍͋̄͂̐̿̌̓̔̿̉͛́̇́̇̉̑͊͘͜͜͝͠ͅͅÔ̵̢̨̧̨̟̪͈̠͈͓̫̗̣̪͍̠͎̣͙͓̳̣̪̬̊̑̓̆̔̉̊̓̔̉͂̒̅̂͐͂̂̊͘͜͝P̵̛͊̄͐͂͒͗̊͑́́̓̔̀́̑̈́̈́̔́̉̄̋̾̕̕͝ͅ!̸̢̡̨͔̪͈̙͙̼̯̺̖͙̦̝̗͓̻̞̯̣̯͈̬̝̬̝̝̣̪̠̫͍͙͓̙͔̝͈͈̫̖͙̥̑͋̈̓͛̈́̈͐͆̈́̅͑͂̇̓̎̊̒̌̕͠͠!̷̨̢̧̧̢̡̨̢͍͓͔̮̥͉͇̗̮̫̺̤͈͓͇̺̟̬̻̹̹̝͎̱̝̟̰̮̳͎̘̝̟̖̙̠͇̖̒̽͐̒̒͜ͅ
> ... WOLF - FACE - BREAKING - MUST - STOP ... F̸̰̀̑A̵̡̭͑͘Ţ̶̲̓́À̶̢̛̛̫̟L̵̘̝͐̏̚ͅ ̷̼̿E̵̫̪̎̅́R̸̟͎͗͐̆R̵̦̓̈Õ̷͇̹̰R̷͚̲̘͋͝:̸̝̬̞̍ ̶͓̠̯̏M̷̱̙͗a̴̛̮̼̬͐j̴̢̝̿̅̌͜o̸͍͊͗̂ͅr̴̭̭̾̉͝ ̵͉̺̭͊̎͠f̶̼̏̓ͅr̶͍̺̒̌â̵̧̧̪c̷͚͍͒̓͊t̶͕̐̅͌u̶̧͗̐͝r̸̰̖̬͠e̷̠̗͐̓̉ ̶̪̭͔̂̓d̸̳͛e̴̢̧̟̋͊̕t̶̲̻͒̎ẽ̵̩̣̥̈ċ̴͍t̵̛͉̪̟͆e̸͍̠̔̊̏͜d̸̪̟̈́.̴̥͎̎ ̴̘̭̻̐̆̚B̷̠͇̽̓l̷̬̋̊͝ǫ̸̕ͅö̴̢̧͚́̐d̵̛̦̀ ̶̙͘l̶̺̉͂̕͜o̷̠͔͉̓͘s̷̩̼̄͂̕ş̷̫̫̈͌͝ ̷͔͇͌͜d̶̜̮̚e̵̞̤̳̎t̶̢̅̚͝e̵͖̦̒c̴̜̝̑t̷̮͛̊̈ȩ̸͎͌̚d̸̖̏.̵̢̱̮̂ ̸̹̹͇͊͝C̴̼̓̅r̵̨̼̘̾ì̴̗̞ẗ̴̲́i̶̟̎͐͘ç̸͈̐à̶̰̬̠l̷̬͒̏͝ ̵̝͓͂͒̔T̶̻̔͆r̷͖̀͜͜ȧ̷̲̜̿u̵̦͕̻̾m̵̢̛á̷̠̮̈́̚ṯ̴̨̨̃̈́͋i̸̪̺̻̊͋c̴̻͔͙̽ ̴̛͉͔͉̆͌D̵̤͐̎a̷̧̭̜̋m̶̻͑̂a̷̞͕̝͊̉̈́g̵̜̺͗̉e̴̩̿̏ ̷͚͛͛͠ͅr̶̨͒̓́e̴͔̜̤͒͊̍g̷̰̰̫̊͆̕i̴̦̹̱̿̑͝s̴̠̗̠̋̒̐t̴̹̯̏̓̓͜ę̶̇̂̀r̸̲̮̣̿̈́̿ę̴̟́ͅd̴̢͕̼͌́̿.̷̦̠̓
> ...
> ... ...S̴h̸u̵t̵t̸i̷n̷g̷ ̸d̵o̵w̴n̸.̵.̵.̷
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...external notice: Rejuvenator estimation of completion: Two weeks.
> ... Repaired. Now functional.
> ... Slowly recovering...
> ... I was brought to a medical bay of sorts. My own? Are we in Inverness?
> ... Wolf shows regret. I have some.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... Neurological damage has been noted.
> ... High stress triggers palsy within the palms.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... He had cracked my skull. Smashed it against the floor of the Shrine.
> ... I lost the upper hand, his strength was ...
> ... Surprisingly enhanced.
> ... It is clear his genetic modifications were more advanced than initially anticipated.
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ... He has invited me to talk upon his Destroyer. To speak more. About Liberty. And our collaboration.
> ... Surprisingly, the Nomads took great interest within him. Calling him the Grey Mind.
> ... Melia. Nympth. Shozak...
> ...
> ...
> ... Need to rest and continue studies.
> ...
> ... Realisation must be realised. Can I truly help others?
> ... Ego is losing his mind. More and more ...
> ... Becoming further and further..
> ...
> ... I don't know what to do.
> ... He still refuses help.