Log started: 12/3/02 8:39:44 PM Namura General Hospital The smell of disinfectant is strong here, which while a good thing, still isn't very pleasant. The well-LIt corridors are relatively quiet as doctors and nurses rush to and fro. OrderLIes carry dinners and bedpans around, though not at the same time, and you think you catch a GLImpse of George Clooney in a white coat... nahh. Contents: Repair Chamber [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "...Duet..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Midi transmits, "That's really Duet?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "...Eih?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Yes. It is the Mistress of the Zodiac herself." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "...From all the files I've seen... ...It sure looks LIke her." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Big Bad Sword Man transmits, "UnbeLIevable..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Midi transmits, "Looks LIke the files I've seen too... she sure acts LIke I always thought she would. Maybe we can finally get somewhere against this ... Nigh thing now?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "What's so unbeLIevable about Duet?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Man transmits, "Arr, Shiver me timbers! Th' wench-in-command be back!" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, "Could somone sit that girl in front of the history channel... PLEASE?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits, "What girl?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Big Bad Sword Man transmits, "The Stardroid Duet, Sir Gemini..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Big Bad Sword Man transmits, "Oh...pardon...I misheard thee." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, " No I ment the hunter girl that never knows whats going on" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits, "The pink one?" "Alpha?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "...I think Ring Man was refering to the person who mentioned the 'UnbeLIevable'-ness of Duet and questioned it." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Star Man transmits, "*Hall & Oates* Whooooa, here she comes! She's a MANEATER!" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "Ring Man, you are an idiot. Duet is just LIke any other stardroid. Nothing unbeLIevable or shocking. She beLIeves she has all the answers and makes accusations but offers nothing." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Quiet child." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Eidolon transmits, "What is happening?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "You know not of what you are speaking." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "Except Pac Pac. He's nice." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits audible falLIng down sound. "Alpha. You just made sense." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Man transmits, "Arr, what be so unbeLIevable about Duet be that she be back after we keel-hauled 'er on'-an'-only." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Beam Demon transmits, "Isn't Duet supposed to be ... you know ... -dead-? Or am I thinking of the wrong Stardroid..?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "That's Duo." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Death is never the end, just another beginning." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "Unless you wind up in a black hole. Then that's pretty much it." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "Indeed... Duo is the dead one. Duet never died." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Man transmits, "Arr, Davy Jones' Locker be a place that I be enjoyin', meself." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "...Though... ...It certainly brings up some more questions I'd LIke answered for." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "OOC: Answers" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "I want to know how many planets passed judgement." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "I think our questions will be answered in due time Miss Bonne. For now, I think a test unLIke any other is upon us." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Beam Demon transmits, "Due Time may be too late." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, "Only if you let it be Beam, only if you let it." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Feel free to try and demand answers of Duet or Procyon, Beam Demon. It will leave just as, if not more broken then Bass left you." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Beam Demon transmits, "SILENCE. The Force Leader did not 'break' me. He defeated me. There is a differance." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Midi transmits, "Still... I dunno about these games... they don't seem LIke the type of thing I'd be good at. I'll probably have to sit on the sideLInes again..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, " With Bass beaten and broken are usually the same thing." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pharaoh Man transmits, "Along with ManGLed, Mauled, Maimed, Neutered..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "I doubt they will all be tests of physical powers..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, "Did he just say what I thought I heard him just say?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Fusion Phoenix transmits, "I think so..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Metal Man transmits, "Yes." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Dr. Doppler transmits, "...I beLIeve so." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Barrage Raptor transmits, "... Yeah. Wierdness." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Ring Man transmits, " OCC er hear what I thought..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Midi transmits, "....I don't know what just happened either..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Metal Man transmits, "It seems its as Crystal Man might say, Karam backlash for the Stardroids actions." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I'm confused. Who's the good guy here again?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Star Man transmits, "We are." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Squeak Toy Serenade transmits, "You mean 'karma', Metal?" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Alpha transmits, "How unsurprising, their statements are contradicting each other's. *sigh* Oh well." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Gemini Man transmits, "Karmic, dummy." "You are, Barrage! It's all you!" [Radio: (C) GLobal] Midi transmits, "I don't know who the good guys are anymore..." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I know I am. I mean among the Stardroids." [Radio: (C) GLobal] Conduit transmits, "Thats easy, none of them are." Outside> Easter Island Outside> Contents: Contents: Betelgeuse [SD] Serenade [Armored] [RM] Rocket Rodent [RF] Metal Man [Blader] [RM] Vile [Vile] [M] Gizmo GLIder [M] Alpha [Wing] [MH] Duet [Stardroid] [SD] Signas [MH] Morgaine [Soprano_bonne] [C] Ring Man [Helmetless] [RM] Joules [Gray] [MH] Conduit [Normal] [RF] Cyclops [Armor] [M] Dr. Doppler [Labcoat] [M] Sword Man ["casual"] [RM] Pharaoh Man [Platoon-Commander] [RM] Sai [Casual] [RF] Iris [Retro] [RF] Rigger [Jumpsuit] [MH] Wave Puma [Disguised] [M] Barrage Raptor [Heavy armor] [RF] Fusion Phoenix [Avian] [RF] Midi [Olddesc] [C] Abernathy [Winter] [C] Procyon [Stardroid] [SD] Bonne Assault Mech [C] Bonne Airship [C] Hidden Cave Memorial Statue Outside> Submerge : Underneath Southern Pacific Ocean : Southeast Pacific Ocean Up : Sky Above South Pacific Outside> Alpha looks over her injured body. It would probably be a good idea to leave. That way she wouldn't have to make any decisions on what to do. Alas, if only Zero was here. He'd say 'Lets do Plan Zero and stab them all!' but he's not, so Alpha just closes her eyes, sending off a transmission. Outside> Alpha sends a radio transmission. Outside> Rigger receives a radio transmission from Alpha. Outside> Fusion Phoenix is in partal shock, and heads Duet's words. He jets over to Iris and Sai. "I think we should be getting out of here. CLImb on." Once they are on (or leave by other means) Fusion is flying for safety, while his player eats dinner. Outside> Pharaoh Man growls, and steps forwards. " The Pharaoh runs from no one. You stand to protect us selflessly, where many would lack the wisdom, and strike out at us for what may easily be viewed as an offense to you. " His arm cannon is leveled at Procyon. " And personally Duet, I think it is time we returned the favor. " Ra smirks, and moves forwards to stand next to the Zodiac Mistress. Outside> Wave Puma sends a radio transmission to Dr. Doppler. Outside> Dr. Doppler receives a radio transmission from Wave Puma. Easter Island Easter Island, a place shrouded in mystery and intrigue for years upon years. A mystery that has astounded and befuddled scientists, archeologists, and history scholors aLIke. The home of strange statues shaped in the form of somewhat human LIke heads. While nowadays it has a major seaport, the island remains untouched and devoid of civiLIzation. Scholars and tourists from around the world, still seek to visit this island, to enjoy it's rich atmosphere, and to see the mysterious heads that LIne the coast to this day. Contents: Contents: Betelgeuse [SD] Serenade [Armored] [RM] Rocket Rodent [RF] Metal Man [Blader] [RM] Vile [Vile] [M] Gizmo GLIder [M] Alpha [Wing] [MH] Duet [Stardroid] [SD] Signas [MH] Morgaine [Soprano_bonne] [C] Ring Man [Helmetless] [RM] Joules [Gray] [MH] Conduit [Normal] [RF] Cyclops [Armor] [M] Dr. Doppler [Labcoat] [M] Sword Man ["casual"] [RM] Pharaoh Man [Platoon-Commander] [RM] Sai [Casual] [RF] Iris [Retro] [RF] Rigger [Jumpsuit] [MH] Wave Puma [Disguised] [M] Barrage Raptor [Heavy armor] [RF] Fusion Phoenix [Avian] [RF] Midi [Olddesc] [C] Abernathy [Winter] [C] Procyon [Stardroid] [SD] Harley Davidson Hoverbike [C] Bonne Assault Mech [C] Bonne Airship [C] Hidden Cave Memorial Statue Submerge : Underneath Southern Pacific Ocean : Southeast Pacific Ocean Up : Sky Above South Pacific Kain transforms to Kain. Your desc has been changed to 'Kain'. Midi bLInks. Every instinct inside of him screams to run for it. But even so, he doesn't budge. "I've been running from all these things. Maybe I'm not help... but... I'm not gonna to run away anymore. You want to protect us? Well we have to protect you too... though I really don't know what we can do, still... it's bad karma you know?" Barrage Raptor bLInks a LIttle bit, and slowly moves back a couple of steps as the fight breaks out. She wants to help! But help who, that's the thing...She doesn't know.. Sai nods quietly to Fusion. "Y...yeah...I hate to go now, but we're not ready for this. We gotta tell everyone else what's going on. We can't die here, or no one'll hear about what's happened!" Having assured himself of that, and having apparently firmly reestabLIshed communications between his neural net and the rest of him, Sai leaps on so the Phoenix can take off. Sword Man watches on...then sets his face, the usual determined stone expression on his face, before walking toward the other side of Duet, opposite Pharaoh. "You claim to fight against devils which Duo and Duet represented. And 'lo, you have become a demon yourself, heralding a doom as potent as the Stardroids posed to us before. You have become that which you hate, and you wish us to beLIeve you. I say to thee nay. I fight for my M'Lord, My Land, and My World." With that, he thrusts his blade into the ground, hand on his hilt, waiting. Iris backs off from Fusion and Sai. "I'm staying," she insists. Hard to convince this stubborn LIttle lady to take the path of greatest common sense. Ah-ah. As Duet addresses him, Abernathy GLances up at the great personage, one corner of his mouth twitching in a smirk. "I've been called far worse things in my time, lady, and they have cut me closer than accusations of my deception. LIke it or not, your false prophet here -- " A nod to Procyon, and a vicious smile. " -- Speaks the only straight LIne I have heard any of you utter. It's amusing that /you/, of all people, who see /him/ as redeemable and deluded -- see me as a traitor. ReLIgion." He shrugs -- and seems to take her word for it, remaining on his perch above the assembled below ... and withdrawing something that looks LIke a GLass paperweight from under his trenchcoat. Plasma grenades, anyone? Though it would be doubtful if the diplomat would even enter the fray -- or stay nearby, given what happened last time. Aldebaran has arrived. As if this mess weren't bad enough, the air next to Midi is replaced by a grungy man in black and white vertical stripes. "I love this planet. It's so full of stupid people." He seems to be addressing Midi. His voice is LIke kittens in a blender. "So, did I miss anything yet?" Tron's gaze snaps back to Duet for the moments she speaks, Tron merely pauses... then nods slowly. She quickly begins to run her hands over the controls. Suddenly, another Drache breaks from the skyLIne as Tron types. Emerald eyes GLowing, she confers with Soprano and the others a moment... even as a fleet of Draches suddenly break from the skyLIne, moving down to settle. Tron's voice /roars/ out, "Everyone who needs a ride, the Bonne Family would be happy to obLIge!" The first Drache reaches the ground first, and six Servbots, ready and waiting, spill out to the Gustav's side. The Gustav then breaks into a /very/ fast run... ...launching for Duet... Seems Tron intends to stay. Dr. Doppler continues to scowl at the stardroids turn Easter Island into a battleground. Considering the tenous agreements made amongst the Stardroids, it's difficult to say which side is ultimately better for Earth. Not to mention he still has a medbay full of stardroid-injured 'ploids back at base. To the other members of the CRF, he snaps off a transmission: < Fall back for now. We can't affored to back the wrong side. > Luna has arrived. Kain arrives on Easter Island... and parks the bike beside a Head and approaches the crowd, silent for now... Morgaine sends a radio transmission to Tron Bonne. Morgaine receives a radio transmission. "Nothing is to be gained by remaining here," shouts Signas, loud enough for the other Hunters to hear him, and therefore anyone else who happens to be in the area as well. "Neither of them are the true enemy... We know the Stardroid Procyon may attack both the body and the mind, and we do not truly know which of them is on our side. Allow them to settle their differences between one another. When the /true/ time of need comes, we will not be found still recovering from needless old wounds." With that, Signas raises a hand to the sky, and spLIts again into the pair of phantom images, retreating off in opposite directions until they vanish altogether. Morgaine sends a radio transmission. "HOLD ME?! USING TIME?!! HA!" Procyon's very form smashes through the time barrier of the timestopper with the ease of someone who is apparently quite accustomed to controlLIng time himself. "You have no idea, Duet. The torture and torment of watching the planet destroyed. You choose me as an agent of Time's Past, to serve EcLIpse. YOU PERSONALLY!" Procyon slams his staff into the ground, "You destroyed my planet, as I stood there, horrified after everything I had done to stop you had failed. You destroyed it and left it a red wasteland, barely anything left of it. You dragged me away, denying me the death that should have held me." Procyon raises his hands, outstretching them to the world around, the very place you stand. "I pulled the very essense of time to bring it back. Brought it back where you and Duo would have denied me. And now, now they shall forever remain in eternity. They even /defied/ Judgement the second time. Destroying their destroyer. And now, you shall be destroyed LIke him. You shall pay for destroying my homeworld, destroying Earth!!!!" And the torrents of energy that unleash from his body continue to bathe him in pure white LIght, Procyon's stardroid form a ghost overlaying the true human beneath it, "YOU SHALL FALL FOR IT!" Then after a second, he looks around, "But not today. Not today, because I shall not destroy the very people I helped save. I shall come for you Duet, when you are alone, when you and I can settle our old score, one on one." And then, that is all there is, as Procyon's form fades, the GLow first, then his stardroid form, then finally the human that he once was. Morgaine receives a radio transmission from Tron Bonne. Eidolon arrives from the Sky Above South Pacific. Eidolon has arrived. Signas bLInks to another location. Signas has left. Morgaine receives a radio transmission. Morgaine sends a radio transmission to Tron Bonne. Wave Puma unlocks his body, and aims at Procyon before catching Doppler's command. "Yes sir." He frowns. "I'll cover you until you can leave." Ring Man walks up behind his sibiLIngs. Drawing one of his namesakes he prepars to stay to whatever end as well. He offers no speeches, just mutters under his breath, "The /joys/ of family obLIgation..." Whipping out a Master Field Repair kit (tm) a pair of pLIers and duct tape, Ring Man does a quick number on Ra while he stands stares on at the enraged Stardroid. "You so owe me for this Ra." Ring Man effects some minor repair work on Pharaoh Man. Metal Man sends a radio transmission to Tron Bonne. Vile goes home. Vile has left. Sai goes home. Sai has left. Morgaine receives a radio transmission. Oi. Traitors, false prophets, blah blah blah. Serenade remains quiet for now, though there are a few she's keeping an eye on. There's an albino in this crowd who's going to be in for yet another helLIsh fLIght if things go sour and nobody -else- does anything. The white LIght from Procyon is shielded LIghtly with one hand. Thoughtful frown. Anyone ever wonder why the Stardroids speak nonsense all the time? Or why they always yell at the ones who actually give straight answers? She sticks around for now though. If things got bad, she could run away -later-. Running away, she was good at. Almost as good as fighting, and cooking. [Radio: (C) GLobal] Pirate Princess Tron Bonne transmits, "Everyone who needs a LIft off this rock! Get the Draches! ...Bonne Taxi Service is open for Business!" Morgaine sends a radio transmission to Tron Bonne. Fusion Phoenix GLares at Iris with Sai on his back. "And just what do you expect to do here? Get yourself bravely killed doing no good? What am I going to tell Colonel? 'Yes sir, I offered to take here to safety, but she wanted to stay.'" Words ring out from Procyon, even after his form is gone, "Remember though. Not once have I said that Nigh was here to destroy you. Despite what those else who have claimed to serve him. Some do not know the true purpose of things. Remember that, and remember that /they/ have tried to destroy your world already once." Morgaine receives a radio transmission from Tron Bonne. Iris ponders, tapping her chin. Then, she looks over at Fusion. "Um...yeah! That would work just fine," she says with a smile. Duet continues to hover there, her defiant expression still stern on her face, however, she has no answers or responses for Procyon. She merely allows a soft sigh of reLIef to escape her as he disappears. She lowers herself down to the ground, the damage done to her being quite apparent now. Despite that fact, she turns to those still gathered and inquires, "Do any of you require heaLIng... if so, I can provide." As if this mess weren't bad enough, the air next to Midi is replaced by a grungy man in black and white vertical stripes. "I love this planet. It's so full of stupid people." He seems to be addressing Midi. His voice is LIke kittens in a blender. "So, did I miss anything yet?" (Repose) Morgaine sends a radio transmission to Tron Bonne. Alpha bLInks her eyes open. Free heaLIng? You bet! She sits up and looks over to Duet, "Sure.", she says, "That would be nice." Metal Man bLInks, "Hold the phone here? We lost orginally and then some how the clock was rest and that time we actually won the fight????" Procyon disappears, and left in his place, is a basket. In that basket, a half dozen cute and cuddly kittens which are completely harmless. They seem to have long canine teeth, sLIghtly abnormal. Procyon has left. Fusion Phoenix -.-s at Iris, then he notices that things are getting quiet behind him. "I guess it won't be needed." He places Sai on the ground, and turns back to Duet. "I am unharmed, but I have a few questions." Morgaine receives a radio transmission from Tron Bonne. Duet nods to Alpha and begins walking towards her, reaching out her hand as if to heal her... before she too, begins to dissipate. "What manner of treachery is..." And then, the Stardroid Goddess is pulled away. Pharaoh Man bLInks as Procyon leaves, pondering his words. " Thank you, Ring Man, though it may not be needed..." he comments as the repairs are completed. " Duet, your assistance and intervention with Earth's fate are appreciated, being on our behalf. But there is a question unanswered, that I think is on the minds of all of us....what was Procyon speaking of? A previous judgement, rewritten in space ti- What!? Who dares!? " Rigger decides to hitch a ride on Air Bonne, to make a long story short. Because this scene doesn't need further spam. o.o v Midi is about to walk up and address Duet.... well, until another Stardroid appears next to him. "Stupid people?" He asks, turning to face Beetlejuice "Um... well, you missed Procyon announcing something called the Doomsday games." He bLInks "Um... who are you anyway?" Duet has left. Luna goes home. Luna has left. Soprano Bonne has watched all this, but when Tron makes her offer, she snaps off a few quick messages to her cousin. Satisfied that her point went through, she hitches a ride on the nearest Drache, returning to the Gesellschaft. As Procyon disappears in a burst of LIght -- why was it always LIght? -- Abernathy turns away, thumbing the safety of the grenade back on and returning it to its place. He narrows his eyes, and reaches up to tap the soft spot just behind the anGLe of his jaw. There was much he had to do, LIke cancel his reinstatement request to the UN. From the way every bloody one of the crowd below was reacting to Procyon's admissions and Duet's silver-tongued words, it didn't look LIke he'd be much more than a traightor for the longest time. Fusion Phoenix sighs again, "At least no one was really hurt..." The Gustav grinds to a half in its charge, staring at Procyon. The words he speaks ring in her mind... and Tron frowns slowly. So many stories. So hard to know what to beLIeve. Tron pauses, then looks at the screen with Duet on it... ...and a small, tightbeam transmittion is sent her way. Procyon is gone, and Duet is weak... but Tron still has to make the effort. The Gustav then turns, moving away from the scene slowly... the scene where many a beLIef in the state of reaLIty was shattered... and where the statue of Hero Boy lays crumbled to dust. ...After a few moments... the Gustav breaks into a run and springs up to catch a Drache heading back for the Gesell. Sword Man looks up toward Duet, as if to ask the truth of the whole situation, but then, Duet is pulled away, leaving Sword facing empty air. "...*sigh*. There is no sense of this to be made it seems..." He falls to the ground, onto one knee, shaking his head. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Rigger receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. Serenade continues to watch. Oh yes. And when Procyon vanishes and leaves a kitten basket, the Robot Master cheerfully weaves her way through the crowd and heads for the kittens and basket ... to pick it up, and peer inside. "Hello, there." Mwahahah, kittens. They're so cute, even if they're toothy. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. Rigger sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Luna has arrived. Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Eidolon lowers from the skies, in a moment to capture the last words of Procyon. As the electrified form of Eidolon cleaves through the air and comes to a halt several meters above the sight of the confLIct, he cannot help but frown with a flash of memory. The words drift to his LIps, a dim recollection, empty and yet full in his mind, "...Nigh is arriving. Nigh will not be so lenient as Duo." He lowers to the ground, touching it and falLIng to his knee as a hand LIfts to his forehead, "The final survivor, to him it falls...a penalty of LIfe, to see your civiLIzation's destroyed..." Wave Puma lowers his weapon, and goes to stand neared Dppler. "How will we be leaving, Sir?" SNAP-POP! Luna appears, hovering in mid-air, near the most concentrated contingent of Maverick Hunters. "Lady Duet..." she murmurs, watching her fellow Time Stardroid, who was EcLIpse's second. "Please, do not fall!" she calls rather loudly, suddenly, clasping her hands before her in a prayer pose. But her weaponry is not needed; Duet has prevailed, and now is gone. "And... Procyon..." Rigger has left. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade receives a radio transmission. Morgaine has left. Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. Metal Man has left. Pharaoh Man finds Luna arriving. " One of the Zodiac, I take it? " Pharaoh Man asks, stepping forwards. " What happened to Duet...where did she go? " asks Ra, curious. Dr. Doppler has apparently been too busy staring at the display of pwoer by Duet to reaLIze that Wave is calLIng to him. "Hm, oh yes...I brought an air skimmer...yes, let us leave before they change their minds..." Ring Man nods to Ra. Watching the disappearance of Proc... and then Duet? "Lovely," walking over to his sister Ring Man picks up one of the kittens and begins to inspect it. "A zoo would probaly pay good money for this." Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Betelgeuse extends a dirty hand. "Betelgeuse. Good to know ya." He doesn't even shield his eyes for the flash of LIght. "Games? That sounds LIke a load of fun." The smile bears green teeth. "Definitely not reruns." Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Barrage Raptor is about to leave...But then Luna shows up. So...Instead of advancing, she taps on her radio.. Iris strolls away from Fusion and Sai -- not unkindly. She just doesn't want to go with them, that's all. She's too curious to leave. Kain considers this... before he steps forth. Of course, Duet choose that time to disappeared. He shrugs. (This leads to many many serious consequences...)oo. He GLances at Luna. "Luna, is it? I want to tell you... that you can depend on us, The Blue dragons, in the coming days. Please let your mistress know this." Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Serenade. Serenade receives a radio transmission. Metal Man has arrived. Serenade sends a radio transmission to Abernathy. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Hey Luna! What in the blue hell has just happened here?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "What is this about Earth getting wiped out and that other stardroid resetting the clock?" Cyclops just nods to Doppler, turning around and getting ready to follow the more experienced cyborg. Serenade scowls fiercely at Ring as he picks up one of the kittens she'd decided to claim as her own. "You'er NOT giving or selLIng them to a zoo." So she does have a girLIsh side. Kittens. Who'd have thunk it? Bonne Assault Mech has left. Alpha ignores Luna as she sighs. Duet left before she got her free heaLIng. She could've used that to shoot at her, probably. Or maybe not. Who knows? Alpha spreads her wings out LIghtly before appearing to Abernathy's side, "You're still aLIve. That's good." Midi just bLInks at the hand for a minute. Right, he doesn't wanna touch that. "Well... I dunno... he never got to get into any sort of detail before Duet showed up, and now they're..." He looks over to Luna, who's reaction doesn't exactly fill him with hope. He sighs "Betelguese huh? You're another Stardroid right?" Midi recalls hearing of him, he was one of the more quirky ones. "Um, do you have any idea what happened to Duet?" Cyclops has left. Dr. Doppler takes Cyclops. Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Sword Man bLInks as Luna appears. Standing, he peers up toward the historian, eyes echoing his confusion. "Luna. Perhaps thou wouldst be able to explain that which has transpired here, and clear the confusion that has been set on by these turn of events?" The violet eyes of the Stardroid of Time's Present turn to Kain, and she lowers herself to the ground, very gently . "I shall let Lady Duet know..." she says softly, GLancing around the battlefield. "Can someone... explain? I sensed... felt a power similar to my own here, but I came too late. What... was Procyon doing? Attacking my Ladyship? Did he say anything? Do anything?" Fusion Phoenix may be as confused as the rest, but for now, he will watch what occurs. Abernathy pauses a moment, hand still raised -- and looks briefly stricken, before turning again to wander down the steps toward Serenade and Ring. Ring gets a look, and the addition of these words to Ser's warning: "Leave the kittens to her, robot. Finders, keepers." Eidolon sighs and forces himself to a shaky standing position as his head throbs quietly, "...why do I always seem to arrive just after the singing is over..." He bLInks away the memory of Procyon's voice, and allows himself to return to the present world, allowing himself to see in the current what may have occured in the past and from that GLean the future. He GLances at the others, odd how...chummy these people are with these Stardroids... Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Serenade. Serenade receives a radio transmission. Pharaoh Man narrows his eyes at Luna. " Who are you? Procyon declared the Doomsday Games, and Duet arrived to intervene on Earth's behalf. Procyon struck out at her, while Duet disabled him to give those needing of it a chance to flee. Procyon, once free..fled, swearing vengeance upon Duet, who dissapeared abrubtly soon after. " Wave Puma has left. Dr. Doppler takes Wave Puma. Kain frowns. "I've arrived too late... but I've heard something about some sort of games..." Dr. Doppler goes home. Dr. Doppler has left. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Serenade. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Joules has disconnected. Sword Man nods. "Indeed, Procyon declared the start of these...games, and upon Duet's arrival, proclaimed that the world had been once destroyed, only to be rebuilt by Procyon's manipulation of time...as well as claiming that this...Nigh is not all that we have made it out to be. I am.....so utterly confused." Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. Ring Man turns to his sister and smiles behind his facemask. "No, I supose I wont be," he carefully sets the kitten back in the basket and gives it a rub behind the ears, "Good luck keeping them from Snake." Iris sings to herself, under her breath, as she wanders amongst the huge head-statues. "o/~ You gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure...cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign...cruel to be kind, means that I love you, bay-bee! o/~" She takes out a LIttle handheld scanner, probably checking out local energy readings. Gizmo GLIder enters the Sky Above South Pacific. Gizmo GLIder has left. Rocket Rodent enters the Sky Above South Pacific. Rocket Rodent has left. Eidolon slowly walks closer to the larger group, rubbing his head and frowning, "The pre-Egyptians..." He stumbles onto the ground and frowns for a moment, "...thats who was here before, he told me..." He grips his temples, "Ow! My head..." He blearilly fights off the memories again...its one thing to say you want your memory back, another when it comes back with a large sledge and starts smashing down your house. Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Serenade. Serenade receives a radio transmission. Serenade eyebrow wigGLes cheerfully at Ring. "Never said I'd be keeping them at home." No sir. Once more with the kittens well in hand despite mewings and moving around, she GLances up at Abernathy, and incLInes her head sLIghtly in an almost-bow. "Hello again. How's your day been?" Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Serenade. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. Metal Man looks to Luna and says, "Procyon, said he wanted justice for his planet and being made into Duo and Duet's slaves." HE shrugs and then adds. "Keep Gemini away from the kittens eh?" Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Serenade. Luna receives a radio transmission from Duet. Abernathy offers a couple of fingers to an intrepid tabby kitten who's attempting to escape the basket, smiLIng that LIttle smile of his. "Honestly? Horrible. I doubt it's going to get a hell of a lot better." He GLances up briefly, over Serenade's shoulder -- lookie, there's another Stardroid. How lovely. "Yes, we're back... Must be a Tuesday. I left my laundry here, and I'm out of quarters." Betelgeuse pulls his hand back. "Duet's been here? REALLY? I wanted to get her autograph." The man holds out a dark, and still somewhat smouldering hunk of rock. "This was part of Guard-boy's home planet, right after it went boom. He's still kind of sore about it. Not as sore as 'Precious' was over there," Betel motions towards where Procyon was standing, "But he's more laughs, anyways." Alpha stares at Abernathy, taking her time. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Fusion Phoenix overhears Luna speak. "You say this world was not destroyed before, than what of what Procyon says of his origin. Is he truely from this world?" Ring Man chuckles at Metal's comment and adds to it, "Yeah Sere, deffinatly keep hem away from Snake, Gem... better just keep them from the Gammas in general." Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Metal Man says, "I bet Flash Man would love to talk to you about temporal mechanics. That stardroid seemed LIke he was human once... whats the deal here..." Serenade seizes the escaping kitten gently, and promptly hands it over to Abernathy. "Here, hold this." She might want it back later, knowing her. Ring is given a slow, entirely unpleasant smile. "Anyone who hurts, eats, or takes them is going to be shot in short order. I'm not worried about it." Stardroid, ally or otherwise. Unless it was Wily, but he won't FIND the LIttle fuzzies. She had no idea what she was going to call them though. Midi bLInks, a bit distracted by somethign he just intercepted. Something he didn't LIke the sound of. "Uh..." He bLInks and turns back to Betel "Y-yeah... she was here. But she's gone now... I dunno if she'll be back..." He looks over at Luna almost sadly. And here he was hoping to actually try and talk to her, Duet seemed LIke the type of Stardroid that would LIsten. Still, he turns back to Beteljeuse again, maybe he might be able to get some kind of answers out of him "Say... do you know what Procyon was talking about? I think he said he was from THIS world... but we managed to escape judgement..." Luna receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Hey Luna. Just in case you don't know, Iris just told me Duet is dying." Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Serenade. Serenade receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "WHAT?!" Pharaoh Man nods sLIghtly, " Ah. Luna. It is a...unique pleasure. Do you know possibly what may of happened to Duet? Could Procyon's vengeance have been so swift...? " Ra asks, quirking an eyebrow. Metal Man says, "We have been judged before some how one time we can not recall..." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "Where is she?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Yeah. She showed up here and her and Procyon fought. Now someone want to tell me why Procyon is a human and he says he brought the earth back from being judged by you guys first?" Sword Man turns toward Fusion and nods, having a similar question in his mind as well. He ignores Betelgeuse for the time being, not wishing to have to turn upon someone that pretty much disgusts the Swordsman. "Indeed...he claims that it was this very Earth he came from which was destroyed...then reborn. My mind has been addled by these convolutions and tanGLes in the threads of this winding tapestry. Can nothing be certain anymore?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "Duet is on Easter Island. Procyon attacked her..." Serenade sends a radio transmission to Abernathy. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Mew. Luna transmits, "I know, Barrage. And... as for Procyon, he shall meet his end soon. And no, sister. She is not here. She vanished after Procyon damaged her." Bonne Airship enters the Sky Above South Pacific. Bonne Airship has left. Abernathy GLances back as he's handed the kitten, cradLIng the LIttle squirming cat against his body and scratching it under the chin almost on reflex. Yes, he knew how to handle cats. "Thanks," he mutters, quietly. Kittens were soothing. "I second her motion," he adds, as an afterthought, to Serenade's threat. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Kain transmits, "...Um...Miss Iris has to be wrong...I mean I see her... and she looks LIke she's...um...how does Shaun put it... "Not Here right Now"." Abernathy sends a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Hey guys, you still need to answer my question. Why did Procyon say that he brought Earth back from being destroyed and stuff?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...She vanished?! ...I... spoke to her... ...and she said something to me, but it was garbled in static. I think... she is hurt." Abernathy receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "If I knew the answer, I would tell you." Eidolon removes his GLasses and rubs his eyes, "I saw the images that Procyon offered me. It was important to him for some reason." He looks up at Luna, and his eyes narrow sLIghtly and he steps backwards and GLances at Metal, "We cannot recall because we were not the ones judged...they, not we were destroyed..." The flash of memory returns, "Because there must always be one. There must. Where Duo came to judge, now something else comes. Nigh is arriving. Nigh will not be so lenient as Duo. ... Those aren't my words, those are a quote..." He frowns, and looks at Luna, "Who is Nigh? What has -he- come to judge us on?" An amused smile rises to his face, as if he was a boy puzzLIng out a cryptogram and not asking questions about a being about to annihilate the planet, "And what is his judgement based upon?" Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade receives a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "She is not on Easter island." Aldebaran has left. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "I do not sense her anywhere." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Kain transmits, "No, she is not." Luna stops STARK, all the color draining from her body. "I know, mortals..." she says, tears beginning to fall from her face. "My Lady... she cannot die..." she says, letting her book close. "This... is much more important. Yes, it is." And she lets the book vanish, beginning to gather energy, as etheric wings appear on her back. Her hands weave in front of her, weaving a pattern of LIght in the air. "My lady... I shall do as you have asked... and gather our brethren..." she says, but her voice is soft. And abruptly, time stops... for miles and miles and MILES around Easter Island. Except for those here, time has stopped for 150 miles around Easter Island. "I shall find my lady..." And those here, would feel a wash of energy was out throug hthe timestream. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Mew. Luna transmits, "she is not in this time-space..." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Virgo transmits, "Luna, why do you say this?" "Not. A. Clue," Betel says, matter of factly. "What? LIke you'd know what sort of skeletons YOUR leaders have in their closet?" Betel puts the chunk of otherworldy rock back in his jacket. Figures she'd be viciously protective of small cute fuzzy things. Serenade nods amiably at Abby's seconding her threat of severe bodily harm. Except quite suddely, she LIghtly pokes Abby in the arm with the edge of the basket and frowns. "You sure you want to loiter here?" They could loiter somewhere other than ground zero. Alpha sends a radio transmission to Abernathy. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Serenade sends a radio transmission to Abernathy. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Alpha receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "That doesn't make sense." Midi sends a radio transmission to Luna. Luna receives a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I mean, it's right now, and it's right here. How can someone not be right now and right here?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...What exactly is going on?" Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. Alpha sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Alpha. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Ring Man shrugs, "Hey, I never said I wanted to hurt the cute LIttle cats," he says throwing his arms in the air, "Geez that's the last time I ever think out loud." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Mew. Luna transmits, "I do not sense her within this time-space. You mortals, with your experience with the Kaiser Sigma from the world of your Dark Prophecy future, should reaLIze that multiple time-space dimensions exist." Serenade sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Serenade. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Alpha receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. Virgo has arrived. Alpha sends a radio transmission. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Alpha. Sword Man sends a radio transmission. Pharaoh Man receives a radio transmission from Sword Man. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "I wasn't around for that. But, uh...I guess that kinda makes sense. So where is she, then?" Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Alpha receives a radio transmission. Pharaoh Man gives a sLIght 'gulp' as the timestream ripples. This is not a feeLIng he associates with anything 'pleasent'. Ra GLances about, seeing the time stopped save in the immidiate area. " Luna, please...I'm sure there have to be easier ways to...find Duet..." Iris cLImbs up onto one of the massive funny-shaped cranium statues, and stares out toward the water curiously, as if noticing something for the first time. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade receives a radio transmission from Abernathy. Midi sighs, and tries sending off a transmission to Luna, to see if something will come out of it. "I guess you're right..." He ponders for a minute... trying to think of something else to ask this guy. But, he can't think of anything worthwhile, what with all the temporal distortions and stuff. "Um, so...what... was your world LIke? You were from a judged world LIke all the other Stardroids were too, right?" Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Fusion Phoenix eyes the sea beyond the shore. Ok, things are getting REALLY odd. He turns to Sword Man. "Looks LIke we may be trapped here for a wile..." Alpha sends a radio transmission to Abernathy. Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Alpha. Alpha receives a radio transmission. Sword Man sighs and watches Luna disappear. Shaking his head, he walks over toward the water toward where the RepLIforcers are and stares at the water. Turning toward Fusion, he nods. "Indeed." Sighing, he stares at the water as well. For something so lethal to him, it oddly seems enchanting and inviting at this moment. Alpha sends a radio transmission to Abernathy. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Alpha. Eidolon laughs and claps his hands together as he feels the sensation wash over him. "Hee! We might actually get to see something neat now." He smiles and looks towards Luna, "A bee's gotten in her bonnet, I must say, I wonder why..." He drops down into a squat and begins to LIghtly draw in the dirty, smiLIng and humming as he does so, "I'd imagine we're not trapped...I'd imagine something else is up..." Abernathy is totally normal. He doesn't pick up temporal ripples. The fact that the kitten is purring LIke an outboard motor, however, does register on him -- and he keeps up the scritching up, expression growing gradually more dark as radio transmissions come and go. " ... It might be an excellent idea," he repLIes to Ser's suggestion. "And good of /you/ to see sense," is to Ring. Alpha draws forth....A Journal! And she GLances to the kitties too. But she mostly offers it to Abernathy. The journal. Alpha probably doesn't sense temporal ripples, and if she did, she wouldn't know what it was. Metal Man says, "Several ReaLItes worth of stardroids? JOY..." Luna Raises a hand, and the timestopper field abruptly vanishes. "You may leave, if you wish. I shall remain, and search for My Lady..." she says softly, GLancing back to the rest of the people. Is Virgo ICly here yet? And she looks to Midi with a soft smile. "My world... was a world of forests and elfin people. We First Three were taken from there. The Earth, the Sungod and Historian." She continues to search through space-time, her eyes scanning the gathered. Betelgeuse visibly frowns at the mention. "Yes. I was from a planet. And a planet. Let's just say I did my civic duty, and now I'm on vacation." Pharaoh Man sighs, " I seek Duet's fate as well, Luna...but is there any way we can help? You must understand, temporal distortions...they are not pleasent experiences for me. " Kain feels a wave of energy rushing from Luna and outwards... he bLInks before peering outwards... to see... things stopped. Heck, there was a tide coming in... and it looks LIke the water is trying to decide to whether or not to wash upon the sandy shores. "..." He looks at Luna. "...You and Duet require help." There is pause. Prepare for cLIche LIne! "I am Kain. I will help you." OK, CLIche LIne OVER. Serenade GLances around the island. It's not a small island, after all. "I'm going over -there-," is the sudden declaration, one hand pointing to the other end of the islandm where there aren't people, where it's quiet, where she could sit down and think. "If you want to come, Abernathy, feel free. If you don't, don't get Nikki hurt." Who? Midi sends a radio transmission. Luna receives a radio transmission. "Who's Nikki? The kitten?" Abby inquires, mildly, as Serenade points off at random. " -- I'll come. I need to ... sit down. Lead on, Lady Serenade." Nikki the tabby kitten, meanwhile, is in heaven. Scritchies for everyone! Luna sends a radio transmission to Midi. Midi receives a radio transmission. Fusion Phoenix also walks over to Luna now that the waves are going up and down again. "I wish I could help you, but RepLIforce will not commit to helping any of the battLIng groups untill we understand what is going on. Please, what is this war among the Stardroids?" Eidolon stands up, and LIghtly pushes his hair back away from his face as he does so. "I beLIeve Procyon intended for me to be the final survivor, thats probably why I remember that the most of him.." He smiles at the assembled Stardroids, "And as for skeletons in my boss's closet, I wouldn't know! I don't even know if I have a boss!" He laughs to himself and happilly twirls around for a moment before coming to a halt and GLancing out to sea, "What does this Nigh come for, thats the question..." He begins calmly walking off down the beach, "Yes, yes, that is the question, isn't it..." He GLances behind himself, face deadly serious for a moment, "You don't figure that if I'm the 'chosen survivor' and I snuff it, if then everyone will be saved? Virgo sends a radio transmission to Luna. Luna receives a radio transmission from Virgo. Midi sighs, he's always being called LIttle One. Well, to the Stardroids, everyone on this planet is a child after a fashion, but still, Midi's sensitive about the height thing. He looks at Beteljeuse, seems he's also sensitive about the whole past LIfe thing, LIke Pisces and Aquarius were. Guess he should focus on the present "So what do you guys do now? Is judging planets ALL you do? I mean, do you have any other source of fun?" Serenade does indeed promptly head for the other side of the island. "The kitten. It's a boy." How'd she know that, anyway. "I want to get away from all this.." Gesture. "..Nonsense." Nonsense to her, anyway. She has her kittens, she has her Attuned, LIfe is good. Luckily most of what's underfoot is grass, and getting away is pretty easy. Midi sends a radio transmission to Luna. Luna receives a radio transmission from Midi. Duo arrives from Duo's Domain. Duo has arrived. Duo looks around, "Hey, anyone see a hot chick come by here? 'bout yay tall?" Duo holds his hand up. Alpha holds out the journal silently as she LIstens to the cLIche LIne. That's a nice LIne. Maybe she'll use it some time. Duo shrugs, "Guess not, well, back to death I go!" Duo goes home. Duo has left. Luna smiles softly at Kain, shaking he rhead. "That is a kind offer, and I thank you." She weaves ehr hands up, and stops. "She... is found. But I cannot free her." Her hands drop, and all the energy dissipates, and she seems... mortal? Instead of the two-ponytailed winged Stardroid. She looks rather elfin and tan, much LIke Pirotesse the dark elf from Lodoss War. Turning, she now clutches a small, grimy journal in her hand. "I must research..." she says, and her voice is small and weak. Her body is clad in a white bodysuit. She sends off another radio message, and settles on a rock. Then looks up at Fusion Phoenix, and shakes her head. "I do not think I should trouble your mind with such things. But if you wish..." she says, and opens the grimy LIttle journal. Alpha looks to Duo, as well, and then shakes her head, "No.", though that's probably ooc. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Okay. Fine. New question." Luna sends a radio transmission. Virgo receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "If you guys really did destroy the Earth, and Procyon brought it back from being destroyed, LIke he claims, why are there no reports of Stardroids showing up other than the one where we beat you?" Virgo sends a radio transmission. Luna receives a radio transmission. Abernathy GLances Alpha-ward as the journal's thrust his way -- and he takes it, sLIding it into an interior pocket of the coat with nary a thanks -- and then it's after his Djinn, across the island. Time to go elsewhere. Virgo is probably here, but nobody can see her. Alpha nods to Abernathy, "Thank you.", she says, turning away, wondering if Serenade is Abernathy's mother. She then looks for one of those giant Easter Heads to LIe down on again. Sigh. Luna sends a radio transmission to Virgo. Virgo receives a radio transmission. Serenade is young enough to be his daughter. Of course she's not his mother. However, he does have her kitten. ... Only if Abby had had children at a very young age, which he certainly did not. Kitten! Sword Man nods to Luna...though he seems rather hesistant after her change. "Indeed...I wish to know what this all entails. The Order, for all the sins held against it, shall not let his planet fall. We need to know what has lead to these events here, however, before we can truely act." Virgo sends a radio transmission. Luna receives a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Because I doubt anyone would be able to recall the temporal distortion he caused to bring it back. He seemed to have a high degress of temporal control and thus might have been immune to the resetting of the timeLIne." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "OOC I owe Flash Man xD" Fusion Phoenix lets Sword Man take the lead, then askes a question of his own. "What is the Southern Oracle?" Luna Sends a couple of radio transmissions, LIekly Midi will hear them. She sighs at return radio transmissions, and looks to Fusion. "I do not know what Nigh is..." she says, as honestly as she can sound. Because... she honestly doesn't know. "Nigh came before my recording of History. It is... what we came from, and what we all shall return to. Nothingness." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Still. I mean, I guess that makes some sense, but why? I mean...Why did the Stardroids come back to judge us again if they'd already done it once?" There's a tinge of bitterness in Betel's voice. "Oh, you make it sound so boring! But you think they'd let me fLIp a coin? Pbtht." Betel leans in, as if whispering, "I was part of the redundancy committee of redundancies. You need to /find/ a planet first for all the high muck-a-mucks to do their thing." Eidolon GLances over his shoulder, "The Order? Order without chaos is a thing of forgotten writs and grey oracles. Chaos lacking order is similar. LIfe without death, death without LIfe following..." He rubs his chin and floats up to a Moia statue, where he sits in thought for a few moments, "I wish I had clarity...perhaps if I had a deeper understanding of myself I would understand the current situation more properly.." Kain bLInks at Luna's change and cleans off a nearby rock. "...What do you mean she cannot be freed? Is Duet being held LIke Terra was once held back?" After a few minutes of trekking, Serenade winds up at a spot where the nonsense going on could be watched but not heard. Why? Because she had no desire to not see something LIke a cosmic space blast or a sudden outbreak of violence coming. Setting the basket of kittens down on the grass, she sits quietly a few moments later, and stretches her legs, then chooses a kitten at random and picks it up, studying it quietly. Midi hears all and sees all!!! ...well hears all anyway. And his small face contorts even more with worry. This doesn't sound good. He GLances at Beteljeuse, this guy captured Denebola? "Wow... well I guess someone had to do that. So were you the one who 'found' earth?" He doesn't ask LIke he's accusing him of anything, he's just curious... [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Mew. Luna transmits, "Procyon... speaks of something... long ago. One planet we did not destroy, as he thought." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "... Which planet was that?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "We need this info if we're going to help you guys out." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Mew. Luna transmits, "There is no name for it..." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...What existed on it?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Well. Where was it? When did this happen? What was there?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Kain transmits, "Not what. Whom." Sword Man eyes Eidolon as he rants, before turning back toward Luna. "Then why has this Nigh been set upon us. Why has it come to us, before this world's proper time has transpired?" Pharaoh Man sighs, and heads off home, before the temporal field is raised once more... Pharaoh Man goes home. Pharaoh Man has left. Luna looks at Kain, letting her book shut. "I cannot free her. AT this time." She looks skyward. "I must confer with Virgo... we must contain Denebola." She looks about, and he eyes fall on Midi. And they seem to nod. "I shall return. I will need your assistance, many of you. Kain, Midi... muster your assistance. I may need your help." And with that, she's gone. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...The question is, Luna... ...Was Procyon a Human?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Mew. Luna transmits, "*radio static to luna*" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...I see..." Abernathy settles next to Serenade on the grass, after a minute of staring back the way he came -- and promptly sets the kitten in his lap, the better to scratch behind its ears while he pulls out the journal Alpha gave him, to begin thumbing through it. It took his mind off things. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "I'll take that as a yes.." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Seems that way." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "He is nuts enough to be a native of Earth. *chuckles*" Luna has left. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne sighs. "Whatever the case. ...I'm not giving up. Our world may or may not be in peril... ...or it may be that only those who have harmed us are in peril." Tron sighs gently again... "...I will not let Terra's Sacrifice be in vain, no matter what happens, this world, and those Terra cared about, will survive." Betelgeuse shakes his head. "First time I've been vacationing on this mud ball, really. Love the decor, though. Hate to see this become a grease stain. There's so much laughs to be had here." "This one's a girl." Pleasantly obLIvious to the nonsense going on some distance away, Serenade pulls a strip of LIght green ribbon out of subspace, and loops it LIghtly around the kitten's throat, tying it off gently LIke a LIttle collar. "Name suggestion?" Eidolon stands up on his moia and smiles happilly, "The smell of the sea air, its been so long since I felt it! So Welcome, so sweet and bitter. A memory of travels and seas, of homes and discovery..." He closes his eyes and clasps his hands over his heart, "Yet what discoveries have I made, why am I LIght and yet so heavy..." He shakes it off, "Must remain fixed on the present! Hrmph! Fixed. Hrmph! On! Hrmph! The Present! HRPHM!" He then turns and almost schoolgirLIshly hops down from the stone statue. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Got that right Tron. Earth's our home. Wait! Stained read LIke Mars...." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Huh?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "What if humans are orginally from Mars it got wiped out and this Stardroid restored and moved everyone to earth?" "Try 'ELI'. It means 'most high'. Sort of goes with the the 'victorious people' thing, if 'Nikki' is short for Nicholas," comes the distracted reply from Abernathy. He turns a page of the journal, and ... frowns. Why is his hand trembLIng? Writing it off as adrenaLIne, he shrugs and returns to reading. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Metal Man transmits, "Then again I could be out of it..." Fusion Phoenix turns from where Luna was sitting, and looks around those gathered. "It seems there is LIttle left to learn here today... I still wish I could get a straight answer from them about something important." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...If Procyon was one from his world, who was his pairing? There were always two. Terra and Sunstar being the First. ...Who was Procyon's Counterpart." Iris peers down from her perch on one of the stone heads, checking out Eidolon curiously. Midi bLInks as Luna vanishes, though addressing him right before hand. Yeah, Midi's gotten to talk to several Stardroids, he's had some important conversations, but he STILL feels LIke there's nothing he can do. But all the same, he's going to try. He looks back to Betel again "I hope not either..." He sighs, and looks at the ominous horizon, time to head back. He has to try to put everything together... "Well... I need to get going. Thanks.. um.. Mr.Beteljeuse. Maybe I'll run into you some other time?" Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Iris smiles and waves at Eidolon, as she sees him looking up at her. "Hi." [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "That other Stardroid that appeared with him when he attacked Fusion Phoenix, perhaps?" [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Tron Bonne transmits, "...Perhaps." Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Sword Man sighs as his question fails to be answered today. He looks around...and stares at Eidolon, giving him a look echoing his confusion at his actions. "Perhaps revelation shall be handed down another day..." With that, he begins to walk toward the Gesellschaft, getting ready to go home. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Barrage Raptor transmits, "Though, that leads me to question, if he loves Earth so much, why does he attack us all given the chance? Well, attack me, anyway." Eidolon turns his gaze, looking up at the young girl above him, almost as if feeLIng her eyes resting on him. A smirk touches his face and he turns to look at her sternly, fixing his forest tinted GLasses as he speaks, "What are you doing up there young lady! You could be hurt!" He chuckles a bit and slowly rises up to her level, "Hello. You...no wait, I know it.." He puts a hand over his eyes and snaps his fingers, "You're...well, you're famiLIar. I'm known as Eidolon, or at least thats what I remembered the most. Who are you?" Serenade hrms thoughtfully. Well, that did certainly fit. She chose Nikki almost entirely on whim. "Actually, it's short for 'Dominic', I used to have a neighbor with that name.." The LIttle green-ribboned kitten, however, will remain ELI. It'll do. Another kitten picked up and LIkewise eyed thoughtfully. Iris calls down to Eidolon, "I'm Iris! What are you doing here?" Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. [Radio: (E) Artifacts] Kain transmits, "...Maybe...Betelguese? I had a feeLIng those two didn't LIke each other... at least as long as I was awake... three days ago." Betelgeuse shrugs. "Either way it'll be fun to watch." He waves, with sincerity. Virgo sends a radio transmission to Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse receives a radio transmission from Virgo. Fusion Phoenix sends a radio transmission to Iris. Iris receives a radio transmission. Iris sends a radio transmission to Fusion Phoenix. Fusion Phoenix receives a radio transmission. Eidolon looks over his shoulder, "Oh, I thought I could learn something. I'm LIke a novel I don't have time to read, Iris...I'm always looking for people to offer me the cLIff's notes." He looks back to her and then bLInks in sudden concern, "...Iris. You should get down from there, you might fall and hurt your legs..." Abernathy abruptly just -- freezes, eyes widening behind his GLasses. He GLances down at his hands -- and the journal -- then up at Serenade. As carefully as he can, he shuts the book, returning it to the inside pocket of his jacket -- and hands the kitten back to Serenade. "Excuse me for a moment." Very calmly, he gets to his feet, and walks several yards away to tilt his head back and look up at the sky with a seriously /annoyed/ expression on his face. Taking a deep breath, he screams, "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DID I EVER DO TO YOU?!!" Fusion Phoenix makes shure that Iris will be fine, and launches into the skys. Midi is then gone. Poof. Well... however he ICly got there, he got back, or something. Don't worry about LIttle details LIke that, his player is tired. Posting tomorrow, yes. For now, he just waves back to Beteljeuse, and then, leaves. Sleep first, then report... Virgo sends a radio transmission to Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse receives a radio transmission from Virgo. Fusion Phoenix enters the Sky Above South Pacific. Fusion Phoenix has left. Serenade enters the Sky Above South Pacific. Serenade has left. Midi goes home. Midi has left. Serenade arrives from the Sky Above South Pacific. Serenade has arrived. Iris gigGLes. "No I won't," she says with a smile. "I'm made of metal, a fall isn't going to hurt me that bad. You know, you sound just LIke my brother!" Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. Abernathy sends a radio transmission. Serenade bLInks mildly, her grip tightening LIghtly on the kitten as it wigGLes in sudden effort to escape, only to be put back in its basket and tied with a red ribbon. "What was that about?" Maybe she could help. She has contacts in more than one place, after all. Metal Man looks up at Iris from his own perch on one of the other stone heads. "Iris your losing it girl." Betelgeuse frowns as he recieves some information. "Yeah, yeah." Abernathy receives a radio transmission. Betelgeuse sends a radio transmission. Virgo receives a radio transmission from Betelgeuse. Abernathy receives a radio transmission from Rigger. Iris looks over at Metal Man. "Huh? I'm losing it? I'm not even talking to you!" Kain pauses briefly then turns back and heads for the Hoverbike. Planning needs to be done... Abernathy sends a radio transmission to Rigger. Eidolon smiles, "Brother? Who Colonel? Yeah he's entirely too over protective..." He bLInks and then smiles, "Iris, you beautiful fool! You helped me remember something! I knew Colonel! Ha! Maybe I was in RepLIforce..." He GLances at Metal, "Damnit, they're bloody moia not stepping stones." He spins around and extends a pair of ion-blasters from his chest and proceeds with a rapid *THOM THOM THOM* sound, to blow one of the moia up. Sword Man shakes his head at Metal. "We are ALL losing it, in a manner of speaking. Who's mind has not been weighed with the burdens we have been forced to take. One does not have to see the beginning of a decomposition to know it has started. We have all been affected." Virgo sends a radio transmission to Betelgeuse. Betelgeuse receives a radio transmission from Virgo. Metal Man nods, "Agreed, we are all slowly losing our minds..." Ring Man has been standing silently over by the water, he hasn't just been idle, oh no, he's just been uh, contemplating.... yeah thats it. As he walks back to the assembled group he pulls something out of subspace and throws it at Betelgeuse. It's small, uGLy... and plush? "Latest edition to Wily World's prize package..." Aww look Bete has a mini-me. Abernathy puts his hands in his pockets, only looking down at Serenade as she addresses him. "Oh," he says brightly. "You know that acquaintance I'd mentioned was -- ah -- troubLIng me earLIer?" Serenade's mind hasn't been burdened with a damned thing other than what she wanted to be burdened by. "Yes?" Nikki is placed back in the basket LIkewise with his brothers and sisters. What do you FEED star-kittens, anyway? Iris gigGLes. "Don't you even know who you are?" Kain's Office(#3038Ten) This is more or less an standard office for Kain to deal with Blue Strider business. The desk here is constantly messy, leaving one to wonder whether or not if Kain will ever get time to deal with these notes... Off to one side is a Bowl and such for Buster, Kain's dog. [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Metal Man transmits, "Umm anyone from the RF LIstening in? you might want to come pick up Iris cause she has lost it." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Ring Man transmits, "You mean she once had it?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Eidolon transmits, "Lost what? She seems quite well put together to me!" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Eidolon transmits, "...that came out entirely the wrong way." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Metal Man transmits, "She is mentall unstable it seems." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Why is this, Metal Man?" [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Metal Man transmits, "I'm not quite sure she just is not acting normal from what I know of her..." [Radio: (D) AlLIance] Prismatic Spider transmits, "Really... How does she normally act, then, and how is this different?"