Kanna OOCly says, "Okay, I be ready as far as thing go. *fwl*" Beowulf OOCly nods. John asks, "OOC Okay, were you going to go see Thropan next or was there someone else you needed to see first?" Beowulf says, "OOC We forgot to check in on Shinobu and Keitaro. ;_;" Kanna OOCly says, "Checking with Ruka, and Shinobu/Keitaro for Bey's end." Kanna OOCly says, "HWere -is- Shinobu/Keitaro?" John says, "OOC Actually, you aren't sure. They were brought to the Keep, but you haven't seen them in a while." Beowulf OOCly nods. I thought they'd been taken to Amber's infirmary, but that was before the pghost info. Kanna OOCly says, "Bey can try and contact them, I'll contact Ruka and see how he's doing, etc." Beowulf OOCly nods. Trumping Shinobu, then. Kanna OOCly in turn, trumps Ruka. ========================================= ========================================= Shinobu takes the call. She's lying near a pool on a deck chair in a bikini. You can see Seta, Sara, and Keitaro in the pool past her; Seta is trying to keep Sara from shoving Keitaro's head underwater. Beowulf can't help chuckling a little at the sight. "I'm glad to see you're both doing better..." He looks at Keitaro and Sara. "Relatively speaking, anyway." ===== ===== You page, "(Well, I'd say -they're- doing fine...)" to The_Prof. ==================== ==================== Akemi pages, "Ruka takes the call. "Hello, Kanna," he says." to you. You page, "[Kanna smiles slightly. "How did talking with Aunt Kozue go? How's the fleet?"]" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "He says, "Well, things are calm right now. She's going to need me back soon, but she said she can spare me another day or two."" to you. You page, "[Kanna nods. "Perfectly understandable. I don't think I'd be pulling you around past tonight, honestly, unless you attend the funerals." She sighs. "All things considered, they're not likely to be simultaneous, not many knew on this end of Lian's death, and Wasyuu-sama's gone missing on a mission of vengeance."]" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "He nods." to you. Akemi pages, ""Well, two dead in one day would be fairly horrible."" to you. You page, "[Kanna nods, and sighs. "Yes. Fortuneately it's not more, and I hope it stays that way." She offers her hand. "Ready to come through? We're going to see Thropan next, and when we're there I'll be ready to give that explination I owe you." She smiles slightly.]" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "He nods and takes your hand." to you. You page, "[Kanna pulls Ruka through.]" to Akemi. ==================== ==================== Shinobu says, "We're feeling pretty tired, but we're basically okay. How are you, uncle?" Beowulf sighs. "I've been better, unfortunately. I don't know if you've heard this news yet... but Lian went down into the Abyss yesterday. Something down there either ate her soul, or just took over her body; it sent her body to try and kill us today." Beowulf looks from Shinobu to Seta. "You should probably let Seta know when we're done talking; I don't think he's very high on the list of targets, but everyone associated with the family should be careful." He winces. Shinobu winces. "Poor Lian. What a horrible way to go." Beowulf nods, shuddering. "It was ugly, being attacked by her like that." He sighs. "Other than the obvious healing... how have you been doing?" Shinobu says, "I'm doing okay. Enjoying relaxing a little." Beowulf nods. "I'm glad. I was feeling incredibly guilty about bringing the two of you into that mess; I'm very glad you got out alive, and can rest for a bit." Beowulf smiles weakly. Kanna pulls Ruka through, and gives him a quick kiss on the cheek once she does, before glancing over and noticing that Bey's still in trump-convo. Shinobu says softly, "I'm never going sword hunting again." She sighs. "What a complete disaster." Beowulf nods slowly, and replies just as softly. "I know." She says, "Keitaro and I are going to be looking into whatever blew up part of Begma recently for a while. But trump us if there's an emergency." Beowulf continues softly, "I'm glad you're taking the chance to relax. Give my regards to everyone; I'll probably see you tomorrow at the funeral." Beowulf says, "Of course. And you let us know if there's anything we can do to help you." ====== ====== You page, "(looking into what Blew Up Begma... go see Jacqui, I'm sure she has some ideas....)" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "John just told Rod that Seta hadn't told them, because he was trying to be nice to Jacqui. o.o" to you. You page, "ehhhehheh. *wl*" to The_Prof. You page, "Begma blowing up, Horny Patternghosts.... you know, if this ever gets found out, some noogies will be distributed..." to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Noogies?" to you. You page, "Grinding one's knuckles into the top of Jacqui's head." to The_Prof. ====== ====== Beowulf says, "Kanna and I are heading down to notify Thropan, Lian's... lover." He looks a bit uncomfortable at that, like he should be calling him something more dignified. "If we're not back by tomorrow... well, something went wrong; we'll be in Jade, Thropan's home, most likely." She winces. "Right. I'll let everyone know." Shaking her head she says, "Good luck, it likely won't be pretty." Beowulf nods. "Thank you. Good luck to you as well... I wish we didn't have to do all this running around just now, but I suppose needs must." She nods. "I know how that goes." Beowulf says, "Take care, and we'll see you later. And be sure to let us know if you need help." He closes the connection. Kanna smiles slightly. "How're they doing?" Beowulf says, "Seemed to be in good shape; they're resting over with Seta. Apparently something blew up in Begma, and they're about to go investigate." Beowulf grins. "If they can keep Sara from drowning Keitaro, anyway." Ruka blinks. "Drowning him?" Kanna blinks. "Begma blew up?" She rolls her eyes at Sara's antics. Beowulf says, "Yes. They were at a swimming pool, and Sara was trying to drag his head underwater." He chuckles a bit. "They seemed to be in much better shape than I was afraid of." Kanna grins a bit, and pats Beowulf on the shoulder. "That's good, then." She takes a deep breath, squares her shoulders, and then shuffles trumps around, pulling out the one for her home on Jade. ============================== ============================== Akemi has disconnected. Kuonji Ukyou says, "John sez to relay he just Blue Screened." Kanna OOCly Ooops. Beowulf hmmms... what exactly did Shinobu say? "She said something about 'whatever blew up part of Begma recently for a while,' which doesn't make much sense. But we can probably talk to them about it tomorrow." Kanna OOCly pauses Travis. Beowulf OOCly d'ohs. Kanna OOCly says, "We'll pick up from Ruka's line when John reconnects." Beowulf OOCly nods. Kanna OOCly idly ponders which of his pieces in his long artwork Queue he should color next. Jacqueline OOCly petitions 'The Akashan Victory' pic :) Beowulf OOCly will be polite and not push. :) Kanna OOCly says, "I mean ones that are actually -drawn-, Rod.... *wl*" Jacqueline exclaims, "doh!" Jacqueline says, "OOCly that is" Motoko exclaims, "OOC: I demand you colour the SPACE ELVIS picture!" Kanna OOCly doesn't have one of those, either. Akemi has connected. John says, "OOC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa" Kanna OOCly welcome back. Picking up from Ruka's last line... ======== ======== The_Prof pages, "Heh... Mike also mentioned the origin of the Seta/Kuonji feud... they were on an expedition together, and Sara smashed several dozen pre-Logrus artifacts. :) Then Kuonji dropped her in the Abyss. :)" to you. You page, "Well... that'd make anybody a little pissy..." to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Yah. o.o" to you. ================================= ================================= Kanna blinks. "Begma blew up?" She rolls her eyes at Sara's antics. Beowulf hmmms... what exactly did Shinobu say? "She said something about 'whatever blew up part of Begma recently for a while,' which doesn't make much sense. But we can probably talk to them about it tomorrow." Kanna looks wry, and pats Beowulf on the shoulder. "Right. Well, gather round, people...." She takes a deep breath, squares her shoulders, and then shuffles trumps around, pulling out the one for her home on Jade. You pull it with no trouble. Beowulf grasps Kanna's shoulder... presumably Ruka's already got her hand. :) Kanna trumps the three of them to her place Jade, then. Kerblinkie, you arrive. Beowulf looks around, wincing in anticipation of a certain empty feeling, and keeping an eye out in case something's beaten them there. Kanna lets out a tense breath, checking the outside of the house breifly to see if it's been disturbed while she was gone, then mentally adjusting the shadow to shift it to Fast-Time, and then to shut out Abyss Power within the Shadows, using Gaby to boost and speed the process. Nothing has come here ahead of you. No sign of invaders, etc. ====== ====== You page, "I can sense that my edits to the Shadow have gone through, yes?" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "Yes." to you. You page, "And do I have a trump of Thropan, myself?" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "By this point, yeah, I think so." to you. ====== ====== Beowulf nods slowly, letting out a breath. "Nothing here. Thank goodness." He looks at Kanna. "Where could we find Thropan at this time of the day?" Kanna lets out another breath, this one nominally more relaxed. "Shifted Jade and co to Fast Time... and I just shut off Abyssal Power in the realms." She considers. "If he's working, he might be reachable in Seer's Hamlet..." she considers the time of day by the position of the sun. It's afternoon, so he's probably there. Beowulf nods. "Let's head over there, then." Kanna says, "I also do have a trump of him." She smiles slightly, sadly. "But probably better to go to the Hamlet and check if he's too busy...." She purses her lips. "Though, if he felt the same thing -I- did..." she shakes her head, and sighs. Kanna then realises. "Oh! Ruka? Welcome to my home away from home on Jade." She smiles, blushing a bit, and points to the house nearby. "Built it myself." Beowulf nods. "Yes. I'd rather give him the news face-to-face, without having to trump him first." Beowulf smiles a bit as well. "Did a decent job of it, too. The reinforced floorboards hardly show." Kanna rolls her eyes good-naturedly, and lightly baps Bey on the shoulder. "Silly." She shifts trumps around, now pulling out her one for Seer's Hamlet, within the city. "Sheriff O'Green should know where the Edge Guard is." Beowulf thinks back to when he met them. "In trouble?" You trump without any trouble. Assuming you're going to trump now :) Kanna eyerolls again. "Well, their job -is- to help enforce the peace between realms..." And so they trump. ===== ===== The_Prof pages, "[Beowulf] ...glad I could cheer you up a little, sis. :)" to you. You page, "O'Green is the ranger guy who was seen in later issues of the Gold Brick II... he took over Sherrifing Seer's Hamlet after Array was flushed out of all her identities. think irish with pipe, etc. He'd know Kanna from when she had Rangered on Jade, etc." to Akemi. In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods ===== ===== You land in Seer's Hamlet, a pretty little town hidden away inside its own little bubble. A bar nearby seems to be in the process of ripping itself apart. Kanna takes a deep, centering breath as they come out on the arboreal platforms of Seer's Hamlet. "And this, Dear Captain... is Seer's Hamlet." she smiles a bit, and then her face falls. "Never did get to show Moriya..." She shakes her head. --- Oh Shit. Kanna gets that sinking feeling, and finely-honed reflexes send her -- towards the Bar! Beowulf groans and runs after Kanna. Ruka sprints after both of you. You soon find there appears to be some sort of massive dwarf/human brawl in progress. The humans, mostly magical types, are getting pasted. There's also a really horrendous amount of cheese flying everywhere. Kanna lets a little bit of her panic slip away. Okay, we don't seem have Thropan going on a destructive bender, so she can cope with a little Bar Brawl Pacification. Beowulf sighs, cocks an eyebrow at Kanna -- all right to wade in? ====== ====== Kanna OOCly says, "I assume Kanna has enough Mad Skills and general police experience to make that sort of call when it comes to bar brawls?" Kanna OOCly says, "as in to size up what the brawl's -about-, and who's doing what to whom, and how to pacify 'em?" John says, "OOC The Dwarves seem to be trying to use large amounts of cheese to beat the humans into a bloody pulp while the humans do a lot of screaming and unsuccessfully try to cast spells." John says, "OOC there's about a dozen humans and 3 dozen dwarves" Beowulf OOCly sighs. Time to keep the peace, I suppose. ======= ======= Beowulf gets ready to follow Kanna's lead, as she knows the place and its customs a heckuva lot better than he does. ======= ======= Kanna OOCly says, "Dwarves With Cheese. Sheesh. Drive a wedge between mages and dwarves, get them to drop the dairy products and spells, get Ruka to evac the mages through the door if possible? Oh, do I judge that Bey/I/Ruka -can- break up this fight pretty well?" John says, "OOC You think the three of you can beat everyone down pretty easily." The_Prof pages, "Better be a little patient, looks like Jacqui's in pretty bad trouble and probably needs more of GM timeshare." to you. You page, "No probs." to The_Prof. ====== ====== Kanna pitches into the middle of this, with Ruka beginning to evac the mages. While the dwarves are pretty good fighters, Kanna is able to go toe to toe with weres and win, so they don't have much of a chance. You soon herd the dwarves into one corner while getting the mages out into the street. Kanna glares down at the Dwarves. "NOW then, Gentlemen... care to explain to me what this was all about?" Beowulf shoots Kanna a rueful look. Doesn't he get to play? Kanna glances at Beowulf, looking momentarily wry. "Bey, check on the mages, get their side of the story." Beowulf nods, and snaps off a salute, smiling. "Yes, m'am!" He goes outside to talk to the mages. Kanna smirks, and then glares down at the Dwarves once more. Kanna says, "well? I'm -waiting-...." One of the dwarves says, "The wizards turned our mine into a cheese mine!" Kanna says, "A... Cheese mine." ====== ====== Beowulf OOCly facepalms. Kanna OOCly says, "Given what I know of Jade and 20 years there... could Jade Mages even -do- that?" John says, "OOC It would take a LOT of mages working together to turn an entire mine into a cheese mine." ======= ======= In a page-pose to you, Berk does an image manipulation trump for SOM.. "Want to see what our Keep of Elements looks like?" Berk pages, "first tests with PS 6.0 I think it came out well..." to you. You page, "Oh, sure. Oh, and http://www.eyrie.org/~aerianne/amber/keep.images/ for our own..." to Berk. Berk pages, "http://plaza.ufl.edu/jrandom/foo/Dijon1.jpg" to you. Berk pages, "Yes.. our GM is psychotic.." to you. You page, "Very different... *wl*" to Berk. Berk pages, "It's the bloody Dark Tower frmo the Stephen King Gunslinger books we're doomed...." to you. Berk pages, "It *also* doesn't help that the (very likely hostile) Keepmaster is the one and only Seishirou Sakurazakamori... c.c;" to you. ======= ======= Beowulf lets the eyebrow go up a little further. "That's all? They didn't say anything?" Beowulf OOCly d'ohs. :p Should have been paged. Kanna OOCly patpats. ======== ======== Kanna arches an eyebrow. "And what makes you so certain that -those- mages out there were responsible? Sounds like a lot of magic slung around to just get ground-extractable dairy products..." One of the dwarves says, "All our beautiful silver, turned into cheese. It's not even FINE cheese!" ======= ======= Kanna OOCly says, "Hm. What do I know of the Powers that could do this? I mean, I and Lian are currently in-tune with Jade and co, and could do edits of its contents, but neither of us have cheesy fixations...." John says, "OOC Well, it would be pretty easy with Pattern." John says, "OOC Or Logrus." John says, "OOC Likewise, you could use your control to fix it." Kanna OOCly nods. Kanna OOCly biopauses. ====== ====== Kanna sighs. "How long ago was the silver turned into Cheese, and how much of it? The entire vein of one mine, or several?" "All of Ianan Deepdelving, some 20 square miles. All CHEESE." ====== ====== Yumi says, "Well, we had no way of knowing it would be this hideous." John says, "OOC DOh." Kaede OOCly beats John with a stick. Beowulf OOCly patpats. ====== ====== Akemi pages, "Oh, what time frame relative to Amber is Jade running on?" to you. You page, "I'd say Kanna subconciously changed it to about a week in an Amber afternoon/evening. 7 days Jade to 12 hours Amber, so that she'd have enough time to contact the Diggers' and the Edge Guard and make arrangements and give her some time to re-center before Moriya's funeral and Lian's." to Akemi. Akemi pages, "What time flow was it on before you arrived, though?" to you. You page, "Before, it was one-to-one." to Akemi. You page, "Kanna or Lian generally left it that way when they weren't about, so things wouldn't get out of synch. If Lian did anything wacky with the gradient while she was there by herself, that's her call, but I trusted her to reset to 1-1 whenever she left." to Akemi. You page, "I've been just questioning dwarves, feel free to come in anytime. *wl*" to The_Prof. ======= ======= Kanna OOCly says, "And where is Deepdelving, relative to Seer's Hamlet? Doubt I've ever been there in person, myself, but some idea is always good..." John says, "OOC Deepdelving is about 8 hours away" Kanna OOCly nods. ======= ======= The_Prof pages, "Ready for us to come back in?" to you. The_Prof pages, "Or still OOCly pondering?" to you. The_Prof pages, "Righto. :)" to you. ======= ======= Beowulf leads the wizards back in with Ruka, then looks inquiringly at Kanna, then at a spot where they could have a quiet chat. Ruka stays and plays peacemaker while you two consult. Kanna says, "Well, I don't know wether or not these particular mages were responsible for this... but it is a rather long way for you guys to come here for a greivence. Why not bring it up with the Sherrif's Office, the Edge Guard, or the Mage Council? It's their job to look into this sort of thing, you know, especially when it affects beings cross-kingdom..." She nods to Beowulf, and then moves over to consult with beowulf. The dwarves look rather embarrassed. "Well, we stopped for a drink, and saw the wizards and..." They all look very embarrassed. "Okay, we sort of jumped to conclusions." Kanna murmurs, her voice quiet so the two groups can't overhear, "So, what's the mage's story?" ======= ======= Akemi pages, "Oh, where's that Map of Jade you showed me one time?" to you. You page, "http://www.eyrie.org/~aerianne/dld/amber/jade.map1.jpg , , and there should be a copy within your version of the original GD Perfect Memory." to Akemi. Akemi pages, "Ahh, right." to you. ======= ======= Beowulf murmurs to Kanna. "This group claims that the dwarves started attacking them without provocation, shouting that they had 'zapped their mine', whatever that means." Beowulf murmurs, "They claimed they knew nothing of Earth magics, even. As far as I could read, they were telling the truth." Beowulf looks up to smile gently at the dwarves. "Everyone makes mistakes." He frowns slightly at them. "Just be more careful next time, all right?" Beowulf asks Kanna quietly, "What did the dwarves *think* they do?" Kanna mmms at that, quietly. "It would take a LOT of mages from Jade to do something like the dwarves say happened -- 20 square miles of silver in Ianan Deepdelving, turned into cheese. It's 8 hours south of here." Kanna frowns. "But it'd be -trivial- for somebody with Pattern or Logrus to do such a thing." Beowulf blinks. "I see." He frowns. "How much joint control did you and... Lian..." He winces. "...have over this shadow?" Kanna continues, more quiet, just for herself. "Or hell, -I- could do it. Lian and I have that much control over the realm, but neither of us have mineable cheese desires." Ruka continues talking to the two sides, largely talking smack because his knowledge of this shadow can be summed up by saying he doesn't know squat. But he seems silvertongued enough to keep them calm. Kanna says, "We were 'bout... half and half when we left... But I'd spent 10 extra years here before she got here. I imagine over time I'll come to control it in ful." She sighs. Beowulf asks, "Neither of you. Except it's not her, any more." He closes his eyes in pain. "Would... her body still have that control?" ======== ======== You page, "Would she? *wl* Admittedly, she gained control with broken Pattern, and now has a full imprint, but I don't know how well -those- things transfer over. Also note that Juri and Yui have control over their shadow, etc, so I have some idea of how these control-things work, I would think." to Akemi. Akemi pages, "Yep. You could gradually gain full control." to you. You page, "*nod* and what about Lian-Abyss still being able to control stuff?" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "Which will cost you 4 points. You don't know if Abyss Lian can touch the shadow or not." to you. You page, "Whenever my next point advance comes, yes, I'll be doing that. *wl* but not right this full instant." to Akemi. ========== ========== Kanna rubs her brow, and says in a small, tired voice, "I don't know, Beowulf." She opens her eyes. "As it is, we need to ask the Dwarves more questions, ask if they -saw- anybody doing this, the time of the transformation, and what other evidence they have. It may very well be legitimate greivance, save that I doubt any mages on Jade could pull it off. We'll probably need to have sis scan the shadow for any powers-use in the last 48/72 hours, and for other beings of reality besides outselves." She takes a deep breath. "there's also the fact that they smashed up this bar -- THAT I can hand straight over to Sheriff O'Green." She smiles wanly at that. Beowulf gives Kanna a one-armed hug. "Yes. Still, that's pretty common stuff for bars around the universe..." He looks around at the damage. "The mine, though... that's a lot more worrying. If it would reasonably take something like Pattern, Logrus, or..." He swallows. "Control over the shadow, there's a reasonable chance that it's another trap." Kanna nods, pursing her lips. "Dammit, I don't want to deal with more of this stuff just yet, Beowulf..." She stands up straighter. "Lemme ask the Dwarves a few more questions, and names I can contact in the dwarven community about this... they'll still have to spend a day or so in the stockade for the damage, but once things get explained... well, we'll see. And I'll see if O'Green knows where the Edge Guard is, perhaps we can get them to help." Beowulf nods. "It's your home-from-home... lead on, Kanna McHarad." Kanna hehs, softly, nods, returns the arm-hug, and goes to rejoin the group. "All right... there seems to be something of a misunderstanding between the two of your groups... however, I do believe it warrants further investigation by the Edge Guard." She looks at whichever of the dwarves looks to be the leader. "How long ago did this... silver-to-cheese thing occur? And how many in the mine were around when it happened? For that matter, did any of the miners -see- somebody doing it, or was it just silver one moment, and cheese the next?" A red-bearded dwarf says, "A little over a day ago." He continues, "Around lunchtime, we were all taking our break to eat, and then suddenly, everything was cheese." "Except for the small amount of cheese we had, which all turned into silver." ====== ====== Beowulf OOCly hmms. "When would that be, in relation to when we know Lian went into the Abyss?" John says, "OOC Around roughly the same time." Kanna OOCly says, "Hm... perhaps backlash from her death and the fact that she had a spikard? As if she still had control afterwards, then the change would come later?" John says, "OOC It's quite possible. " Kanna OOCly nods. John says, "OOC As her death throes may have done all sorts of strange things." Beowulf OOCly nods. Not sure which would be better. x.x ====== ====== Beowulf hmms. "About the time she went into the Abyss... the timing would be awfully tight." He sighs. Kanna arches an eyebrow, and nods. "Definitely sounds like something that should have been taken to the Mage Council or the Edge Guard." She nods breifly to Beowulf, her expression muted. "Tell you what... We'll try to look into this; who's mining head down in Deepdelving?" The red-bearded dwarf says, "Lodin Earthcaller." Beowulf murmurs quietly to Kanna, "What's the time gradient?" Kanna nods, and writes that down. "Thank you." She then murmurs to Beowulf, "Right -now-, seven Jade/Earth-Realm days to 12 Amber hours. When Lian or I aren't here, we reset it to one-one synch." Beowulf hrms, frowning a little. "Hopefully that'll be enough time. We don't want to be late back to Amber." Kanna says, "Well." She snaps her sketchpad/notebook closed. "You can rest assured that we'll get to the bottom of this, one way or another. You can also rest assured that you're likely to spend a night in the stockade due to your little mix-up around here," she gestures to the wrecked bar, "... Buuut I'll leave that for Sherrif O'Green to decide." She looks wry. That should be the man's cue, if he'd heard about the brawl earlier... Beowulf looks around with Kanna, grins ruefully, and starts straightening things up. Beowulf conjures items to replace broken items as he goes. "These won't be permanent, but they should do until you can replace 'em." The bartender says, "Thank you, sir." He comes out and starts straightening things up as well. ======= ======= Kanna OOCly says, "if the Sheriff and his officers -aren't- around, I suppose I can collar somebody outside, and have them run off to get the Sherrif, etc, though I think they have scrying things to help observe problems in the hamlet." ======= ======= Kanna straightens as well, while getting names, ages, and residences from all involved in the earlier mixup. You end up having to send for the Sheriff, who soon shows up. "Not a good day," he says, shaking his head. Beowulf closes his eyes in pain. "...you don't know the half of it," he murmurs under his breath. Kanna raises her eyebrows. "Oh dear? What else's been up, Sheriff? I just got here with my friends, myself." She looks worried. He says, "I just got word that a giant dragon is eating the Western Continent." He says, "The Mage's Council is off having an emergency session." Kanna blinks. Kanna says, "Ex -cuse- me?" "It seems to be finishing off the Worthless Mountains right now and heading north-east." Beowulf looks fairly boggled. "Is this normal around here, sis?" Kanna stares a bit at that. "Um... no, Beowulf, most dragons avoid that sort of thing as a general rule, as they're normally more sane." She shakes her head. "Is the Edge Guard around? Or are they already moving to try and deal with this?" He says, "They've already headed out with lots of other heroes to try to stop the thing." "It's the biggest dragon ever seen." He sighs. "They're saying its big enough to eat an entire city in one bite." Beowulf looks at Kanna. "You're more familiar with the place. Think we should go after the dragon, or go to the mage council first and try and get a better idea what's going on?" Kanna sighs, and nods. "Right. I'll try to find somebody with which I can contact them." She then quickly explains to O'Green the mage/dwarf/cheese/silver thing, leaving out the parts about Primal Powers and the fact that she and Lian were the Secret Masters of Jade, effectively. O'Green boggles. "How incredibly strange. It never rains but it pours, I suppose." ====== ====== Beowulf OOCly groans and pokes Phil. 'Secret Masters', bah. ^_^;; Kanna OOCly says, "If this is supposedly a Jade-based/created Dragon, I should have power over it, as it's only of Shadow and I'm real and this is My Shadow, yah? However, if it was a dragon backed up with Primal Powers or from somebody Out Shadow, we could have a bigger problem, yes?" John says, "OOC YEp." ======= ======= You sense Gina is trumping you. ====== ====== Kanna OOCly says, "Given that in mind... hm, should we check the dragon first, or go and check the mage counci --- oh boy." ====== ====== Kanna holds up a hand. "Hold on, folks, I'm getting a 'magical message'...." Kanna accepts the Trump from gina. Beowulf opens his mouth, then stops and nods. Kanna also has gaby back her up, etc. Gina says, "You wouldn't happen to know anything about turning stars back on would you?" ====== ====== Beowulf OOCly facepalms. ====== ====== Kanna sighs. "Let me guess, Gina... this happened about a day ago, around Lunchtime?" Kanna asks, "And you're on earth right now, yes?" She says, "There was this really loud scream, and then nine minutes later, the sun went out. It seems to have been replaced by a large hunk of coal which is now very cold and dead." Kanna -hrks-. Kanna pales. Yes, even Beowulf and Ruka see that. Beowulf sees Kanna react and blinks in concern. ====== ====== The_Prof pages, "Damn, that's *ugly*." to you. ====== ====== Ruka says softly, "What's wrong, Kanna?" Gina says, "And half the stars have winked out." Kanna murmurs, her expression aggreived. "Sis?.... how up are you for another solar restart?" Her voice is quivering slightly. "or is this something I should try and do? Or the two of us?" "We're trying to build an artificial sun, but everything's freezing over." Beowulf murmurs, "I think she's still in the trump contact, Ruka." Gabrielle says, "I can bring in a new sun, once I have the coordinates down." Kanna looks like the way she did when she heard of Lian's death. "Right... consult with Gina, scan the place where Earth-realm's Sun should be with pattern... and the Dragon near the Worthless Mountains -- you can get the place from my mind, I've been there myself... and try to determine what caused these changes and when... and then yes, fix them." Kanna says, "I suspect I'll have the dragon to deal with, myself, but the sun is more your ambit." Kanna says, "Stars... stars I'll have to work on..." Beowulf waits worriedly while Kanna talks, getting really concerned as he watches her expression change. Gabrielle nods. "Right. I'll start scanning, then." Kanna nods. "Gina? Did anything else odd happen on Earth when the sun went out?" "Half the earth is covered by a giant cloud, and there's giant monsters rampaging everywhere." "They all converged on Tokyo and sacked it." Kanna groans. ====== ====== You page, "I take it Gina got reports of this when she got trumped back to Earth-Realm, as she was there when Kanna felt Lian's death in Ember..." to Akemi. Akemi pages, "Yep" to you. ====== ====== The_Prof pages, "...at least this looks less like a trap now. Dear Ghu this is ugly. " to you. You page, "At least we came to help clean up. *wl*" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Yup. Gina knew?" to you. You page, "Gina was there when Kanna felt her soul being ripped out at the moment of Lian's death, though she didn't get told it was because of Lian dying (as we didn't know -that- quite then.)" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Ah. ;_; Well, you said you wanted Bey to meet Gina... unfortunately, this is about the worst circumstances possible." to you. You page, "Yah. Well, I'm still glad we came when we did. Would've sucked to have come much later and found everything totaled. :/" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Yup." to you. ====== ====== Kanna says, "I... have a feeling I know what happened, Gina. I... think some of the damage may be fixable, but not all of it... especially those that led to loss of life." She shudders, and looks ill. "Jade and Earth-Realm greives for Lian, Gina." Beowulf reaches out to grip her shoulder, then remembers the trump contact in time and holds back. Gina says softly, "It has an awfully destructive way of grieving." Kanna asks, "If what I suspect happened, it was a destructive death." She sighs. "Any other upsets -past- the time you returned to Earth-realm, or did the sun going out and the monsters happen all at once, and nothing really since then, save what was already started?" Gina says, "It's hard to be sure, but it seems to all be things set in motion about the time she died." Kanna nods, curtly. "That settles it, then. I... and Gabrielle, and Beowulf, will need to fix what can be mended. I will need to focus and have my own thoughts for a while..." ====== ====== You page, "Given that this all appears to have just been triggered by LianDeath and her link to the realms, basically all Kanna needs to do is think good Thoughts and use loads of pattern to get things shifted and tweaked back to normal?" to Akemi. You page, "Or will I have to physially travel to Earth-Realm, the attacking dragon, etc, to see the changes as I make 'em?" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "It'll work a lot better if you can see what you're doing." to you. Akemi pages, "As you can fix things from here, but it'll take longer." to you. You page, "Hm, I'm thinking Jade and the dragon first, get the Edge Guard Breifed, then do that." to Akemi. ===== ===== Gina nods. "Alright. Call me if you need me, then." Kanna nods. "Gina, prepare some sort of high-speed flying transport. I'll pay for hiring Ace, if need be. I'll call you once I deal with things on Jade... sis should hopefully start working on the sun." Kanna reaches through, and looks apologetic, and aggreived. "... 'm sorry, gina... 'm sorry..." She lets go, and sighs. Gina nods. "Alright, I'll get to work on that." She sighs. "I wish I better understood what's going on." Kanna says, "I will explain, soon enough." She sighs. "though I doubt you'll like the explination." She looks... possibly older than Gina's ever seen her. ====== ====== You page, "I suspect Kanna/Lian, in slices of Jade, explained something of Shadow and stuff to Gina and co, and how their presence would help make Jade more 'real'... but not the 'Oh, we also can control time in your place' aspect. :) As that tends to freak some people out. *wl*" to Akemi. In a page-pose to you, Akemi nods. ======= ======= In a page-pose to you, The_Prof slowly strangles Merc. You page, "Hmmm?" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Akio says, "The -best- case scenario is that her soul is in a supercollider being smashed apart an inch at a time."" to you. The_Prof pages, "Bey will be a little disappointed she didn't ask him to help, though. " to you. You page, "See, this is why I don't do the peanut gallery. I don't like it when these things are joked about. (and she doesn't know Bey TO ask him for help. *wl* )" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Disappointed *Kanna* didn't ask for help, nit! :) As she should be well familiar with Beowulf's Very Special Vehicle Customization services. ^_^" to you. You page, "Well, she's stressed! give her a break! And she needs somebody with Pattern to help check things over here, too. *wl*" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Heh. :) Not sure just what Bey'll be able to do, since he doesn't currently have any connection to the shadow." to you. You page, "Well, he can do standard pattern edits... but yah, when they join up with Gina, they can work on that, too." to The_Prof. You page, "She doesn't want to break up the group, see." to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "*Very* good idea. I'd have thought Gina would be part of the group, though." to you. You page, "Well, Gina's on -earth- right now. *wl* Jade's a separat shadow." to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Oh. I thought Earth-realm and Jade were part of the same shadow complex." to you. You page, "They're linked and synched, and travel is capable between them by mages and technology, but it's not common." to The_Prof. You page, "It's a group of shadows, joint-owned by Kanna/Lian (and which Kanna will need to recoup Lian's point ccosts for. *wl* )" to The_Prof. The_Prof pages, "Ah. o.o" to you. ======= ======= Gina says, "Well, I'll get cracking on the vehicle. Penny and Brianna and I ought to be able to make something pretty impressive. Space capable, right?" Kanna says, "That will help. If she's still got the Visigoth around, upgrade that. I should only need to be transorbital to see things clearly, but.... well, we'll see." Kanna says, quietly, "Take care, Gina. I'll be calling you soon." ======== ======== Kanna then cuts the connection. Kanna OOCly says, "what last saw?" Kanna OOCly says, "or last sent?" John says, "OOC I'm not sure, as my pure rage drove everything out of my brain." John says, "OOC I think you'd just told Gina something or another" Kanna OOCly nods. ======= ======= Kanna says, "That will help. If she's still got the Visigoth around, upgrade that. I should only need to be transorbital to see things cclearly, but.... well, we'll see." Kanna says, quietly, "Take care, Gina. I'll be calling you soon." Gina says, "See you, Kanna. Take care." Kanna nods, and quietly lets the connection drop. Beowulf reaches out to squeeze Kanna quickly on the shoulder when the connection drops, then passes her into Ruka's arms. "What happened? You looked like death warmed over." Kanna looks around the bar. "O'Green? My compatriots and I will be looking into the dragon affair... these fine gentlemen..." she indicates the dwarves and mages. "... can be assured that the cheese problem will be resolved." She barely notices being passed into Ruka's arms. "We need to go... outside, breifly, though." O'Green nods to you. "Alright. Good luck, Kanna." ====== ====== Kanna OOCly says, "(ie, no talking about wacky Primal Powers and Shadow in front of the natives. *wl* )" John says, "OOC Heh" Beowulf says, "OOC Don't they deserve to know? ^_-" Kanna OOCly says, "Later. Not now. Later. Like in a few centuries. Maybe. Dunno. Ask me when I'm not so shocky. :)" Beowulf OOCly patpats. Kanna OOCly says, "(oh, I look forward to explaining THIS little bit to the Mage Council... not...)" ======= ======= Kanna nods. "Thank you, Sheriff. We'll need it." Beowulf nods. "We'll try and help her, as best we can." Kanna lets herself be escorted out by Ruka and Beowulf to a secluded nook among the treetop paths. Beowulf helps Ruka settle her into a comfortable seat against a treetrunk. "All right. Give. You looked like the world was falling apart around you." Ruka says, "What's happening, Kanna?" Kanna slowly sinks to a sitting position, and looks down at the palms of her hands. "... the sun has gone out on Earth-Realm," she murmurs, as if she can't believe she's saying these things. Kanna says, "... half the stars have dissapeared." Beowulf stares in shock. "Dear Ghu, I was only kidding..." Kanna says, "A giant cloud covers half the earth, giant monsters rampage... and it was heralded by a terrible scream..." Kanna says, "... at the time of Lian's death." Ruka's eyes widen. "Damnation." Beowulf gives Ruka first priority, then supports her as best he can. Kanna trembles again, wrapping her arms around herself. "I asked sis to look into rebuilding or replacing the sun... but the rest... the rest I'll have to fix myself. I would have.. have to say that Lian's death left more aftershocks than just in my soul alone..." She lets out an almost hysterical little laugh. Beowulf bows his head, then looks up. "This is just... fuck, I can't think of any words for it." Beowulf says, "What can we do to help? Name it." Ruka embraces Kanna silently, trying to offer comfort. Kanna says, "Help me. Support me. I want to get this dragon out of the way here on Jade... Gina's working on a ship on earth, we'll see her next. I... and Lian... had control over these shadow's contents, over its time-flow, but we did not usually flex the former ability. We always regarded it as cheating. But with her death, and the destruction of Hoard... there's no telling what aftershocks spread through the realms without further investigation." Ruka nods. "I'm not sure what I can do to help you, but I'll try." Gabrielle announces, "Okay, new sun towed into position." Beowulf nods. "I can understand; I never mess with Fibber's Closet like that, any more than I have to. But this... it's not cheating to repair unnatural damage with unnatural methods." Kanna looks over at Ruka, and smiles. "Just.. stand by me. I'm going to probably be worn out by the end of this, and not at my best." She smiles. "-thank- you, sis..." She hugs Ruka, gives him a quick kiss, and slowly makes her way to a standing position once more. Beowulf asks, "Do you have enough control over the shadow to stabilize things for starters?" Gabrielle says, "Fixing the messed up weather patterns is going to take a little bit, but not too hard." Beowulf smiles sadly. "Thanks, Gabrielle." He looks over at Kanna. "We'll stand by you, and defend you. Would either of us be able to feed you mental strength to help out?" Kanna says, "I'll need to see the major damage points to fix them... I could try fixing Earth-realm from here, but it would be more difficult than I could afford right now." Beowulf nods. "Better to do it on-site, I suppose." Beowulf chuckles, like he can't help himself. "Though we should probably save the cheese mine for last." Kanna says, "when we get to the locations... yes." She takes a deep breath. "O'green said the Edge Guard had headed to deal with the dragon... we'll go there, first." Kanna quirks a smile at that. "cheeeese." Gabrielle says, "You need a hop?" Kanna says, "Put me in connection with Onoli, so he can pull us through... I don't want to freak him out too much." Gabrielle patches you through to Onoli, who says, "Hello, Kanna." Kanna says, "By us appearing out of nowhere when they're gathering a group of heroes to deal with the dragon." Kanna looks at Onoli. "Hi, Onoli... I hear you've got a massive dragon problem?" He says, "Yes, it's dozens of miles across and it's eating the Western Continent." He continues, "We think it'll take about a week for it to eat the whole thing." Kanna sighs, and holds out one hand to Beowulf and Ruka, and another to Onoli. "I think I may have a way to deal with it, but only if I can get a good look at it from afar... pull us through." Beowulf takes Kanna's hand and lets himself be pulled through. He nods and pulls your group through. You're now up on a flying barge, observing the giant dragon from miles away, as it munches down on the last bits of a mountain range. ====== ====== Akemi pages, "It looks just like the dragon off Lian's spikard." to you. ====== ====== Beowulf's eyes widen. "My. That's a *big* one." Lots of other flying barges can be seen observing its progress. Kanna pales, and patternsights the Dragon. Shadow, Pattern, Chaos? Beowulf murmurs to Kanna, "The thing's *FUCKING* strong, but probably can't dodge our weapons worth squat." There's a few traces of Pattern, but it's basically a big hunk of shadow you can easily erase. Kanna murmurs, under her breath, "... it's like the one on Lian's ring, Beowulf... Hoard of the Dragon. But it's mostly of Shadow, with a little bit of Pattern lingering within it." Beowulf nods sadly, a little twinge in his expression at the mention of Hoard. "It's starting to look... like there's not much doubt left." Kanna takes Beowulf's hand, and then Ruka's. She calls upon the power of the Pattern, of her sister's ties as well, and Bewoulf's training and good-nature, and Ruka's support... shaping the shadow around her, to edit this realm and this dragon within it.... ====== ====== Beowulf looks around to see if Thropan's there. Beowulf OOC Cancel that last. Oops. x.x ====== ====== Thropan is here, along with the rest of the Edge Guard. They're all pretty much staring down at the Dragon, mostly oblivious to anything else. Kanna edits the Shadow so that this big-ass dragon would likely have eaten its fill once it chowed down on the mountain. And since it's full, it wants to fly off and take a nice long sleep for a few centuries, off to the south. WAY to the south. Very far south, across the oceans where few explorers go. Beowulf lends support to Kanna as best he can. ===== ===== The_Prof pages, "Awww. A softy at heart. :)" to you. The_Prof pages, "And that's the second or third time I've tried to page Kanna instead of Aerianne. o.o" to you. ===== ===== The dragon, having eaten its fill, now turns and leaves. Everyone stares in shock. Kanna watches the dragon fly off towards the south, out of sight, her expression sad. Perhaps, one day, this dragon (after having shrunk by a factor of 200 or so) may give artifacing advice to people who quest for it... but not now. Not today. Onoli glances over at Kanna thoughtfully. Thropan now notices you've all arrived and comes over. He stops near Kanna and says softly, "She's dead, isn't she." Kanna nods, once, her eyes closing and tears leaking from her eyes. "Yes," she croaks out, for Thropan's ears only (and perhaps Jagwere hearing). "Both Jade and Earth-Realm felt it." Beowulf puts a hand on Kanna's shoulder for support, with Ruka hopefully holding her around the waist. Thropan sighs and sags his head. "How?" Ruka glances over at the rest of the crew on the raft, who draw back, not wanting to pry, though they look somewhat curious. Beowulf waits for Kanna to tell her part of the story, ready to clarify if need be. Kanna reaches over one arm to hold Thropan. "She went into the Abyss... that place at the end of all things... to try and retrive my Aunt, the White Knight. I do not know the full circumstances, but apparently... Hoard of the Dragon was Destroyed. The rest... I should not explain here. Not when Earth-Realm needs healing as well. But you are very much owed it, and I greive with you, Thropan." Beowulf nods soberly. "I don't know... what you'll want to do. But if there's anything I can offer to help you, it's yours for the asking." Thropan asks, "You know about Orien, right?" Kanna blinks. Kanna asks, "Who's Orien?" Beowulf asks, "...Orien?" Kanna shakes her head. "I know no Orien, senor Thropan..." Thropan frowns. "I see." He sighs. "Our son." Kanna's jaw drops. "He's just a baby now, Lian left him with me after he was born." He says, "I thought she would have told you about him." Beowulf takes a DEEP breath, then lets it out slowly. "I see. No, she didn't tell us." Kanna says, "We didn't have much time, to be honest." Kanna says, "What with Cathuria, and then the Abyss, and the crisis about the lands..." ===== ===== You page, "'lo. We just found out about the bouncing baby furball." to Chris. Chris pages, "Aw. :)" to you. You page, "Well... not quite 'aw'. As Jade/Earth-realm had a sympathetic reaction to Lian's death via Hoard." to Chris. Chris pages, "More like 'ow' then." to you. You page-pose, "Aerianne nods." to Chris. You page, "And oh yes. -two- new SoS... the first movement, and Interlude in Zero-G." to Chris. Chris pages, "Got the first movement when it came out ... getting Interlude now. :)" to you. ===== ===== Kanna takes a deep breath. "How long do you and the rest of the guard think it will take to get all these guys..." she gestures to the floatilla of flying ships. "... back to port and settled?" Thropan says, "Probably a few hours to get everyone heading home, once we're sure the crisis here is over." Kanna nods. "If my shapings of Shadow had any effect, the dragon shouldn't return in anyone's lifetimes. And I need to see what damage occured to Earth-Realm as well. Once we're done with that... I'll trump you, so we can be pulled back here. I...." she continues, in a smaller, quieter voice, "... would like to see yours and Lian's son, if that is acceptable to you." Beowulf asks, "...unless you'd like to come along with us?" Thropan says, "I'd like to take you to see Orien as well, Kanna." He turns to Beowulf. "I'd best stay here for now and help with cleaning up this mess." Beowulf nods. "Right, then." Kanna nods. "Very well." She lets go of Ruka, and then hugs Thropan, before letting him go. "Take care, you guys... we'll see you soon, I hope." Beowulf says, "Good luck." Kanna nods, and shuffles through trumps once again, this time selecting Gina's. "That was... a very noble thing you did with the dragon, by the way," Beowulf murmurs. Thropan says, "See you soon, Kanna." Gina takes the call. She's half stuck into some sort of machine panel. "Hi," she says. "You guys ready to come through?" Kanna mumbles back, "it was the only thing that I could do, Beowulf. the only -right- thing I could do." She manages a smile to Thropan, and then links hands with Beowulf and Ruka, "Yep, we are. And I have a feeling my cousin-slash-brother will be able to help you three get things running even quicker." She smiles a bit more fully. ===== ===== You page, "(you don't wanna know how Wasyuu's reacted to Lian's death... -.-; )" to Chris. Chris pages, "(Let me guess ... not well?)" to you. ===== ===== Beowulf presumably hears this, since he's linked hands. "Eh? Well, we'll just have to see what we can do,I suppose." Kanna offers her hand to Gina once she's out of the machine panel. Gina now pulls you all through to the ship she's on. "This is the Excalibur. We're just about ready for takeoff." She continues, "Did you get everything handled in Jade?" Beowulf looks around the ship with interest. Just what do we have here? Kanna nods. "The Dragon that was eating the Worthless Mountains has taken flight for the south, and shouldn't trouble anybody for a long time. If there's been any minor upsets, we'll look into them later, like the cheese mine." She quirks a slight smile at that, and leans against ruka, looking worn. "And good. The sooner we're airborn, the better..." she pauses. "Does this ship have any form of stealth capability? As if we fly over the problem spots, and get sighted too much, the governments of the world may start asking annoying questions..." This is a high-tech, small scale space cruiser, equipped for up to a dozen travellers, capable of circling the world in a minute or less if it needs to. Gina says, "If we turn on my patented Diggers Stealth Shields, then we should be completely undetectable." Penny, who is busy tinkering with ship controls, says, "We can always make it look like a UFO, so they blame aliens if we get spotted." Beowulf nods, and bows to Gina. "A lady of talent, I see." ===== ===== Beowulf says, "OOC Any quick-and-obvious improvements I can see to make? :)" John says, "OOC There's a lot of equipment which has been hastily installed and could use some double checking and further tightening, as it looks rather like this was hastily thrown together." ===== ===== Kanna nods, and quirks a smile. "Beowulf, meet Dr. Gina Diggers and Dr. Penny Pinser. Gina, Penny -- my cousin, Dr. Beowulf Kohl, Panopticon University." Kanna looks wry at Penny. "And then get the EDF annoyed at us -too-? Joy." She looks amused at that, though. Beowulf bows. "A pleasure. I've heard a fair amount from Kanna about you both... I only wish we'd met under better circumstances." He looks around at some of the equipment, fingers twitching. "Mind if I go over things here quickly, give them a double-check?" Kanna says, "Ruka, these are my good friends, Gina and Penny. Lian and I adventured with them from time to time. Gina, Penny, this is -my- good friend and love, Captain Ruka Tsuchiya of Amber." She smiles softly. ===== ===== You page, "Well, going off to make a matter/antimatter bomb the size of a galaxy to exact bloody vengeance I would have to say is 'not well'." to Chris. Chris pages, "Ow. o.o;" to you. You page, "We can't raise her by trump, either... we just get a message off it." to Chris. Chris pages, "Extremely Ow. Look for really big explosions in the vicinity of the Abyss, and when you see one, make sure you're far, far away. o.o;" to you. You page, "Well, she'd prefer it that Wasyuu didn't off herself -doing- it, mind you...." to Chris. Chris pages, "Why not? That way, if Gideon ever shows up again, he'll go REALLY insane." to you. You page, "Nooooo! :P" to Chris. You page, "(Kanna plans to play the 'don't kill yourself, you have a grandson to spoil!' card.)" to Chris. Chris pages, "That might work." to you. You page, "Which just means contacting her. Whee. Well, we'll figure something. Quickly, I hope." to Chris. ===== ===== Penny says, "Nice to meet you all. Anyone got a spare microwrench?" Ruka bows to both of them. "A pleasure to meet you." Gina says, "Go right ahead, Beowulf. Better make sure Penny didn't leave anything undone." Beowulf raises an eyebrow at that, then reaches into his bag and gives Penny a microwrench. "Here you go." He then turns to the panels and starts checking things over. Kanna lets the tech-heads work on things for a while, finding a seat and drawing support from Ruka. The tech-heads go to work. It takes a few more hours, but soon everything's ready to rumble. Brianna finally emerges from the engine room. "Thunderbird Engine 2.0 is go," she says. "You guys got everything hooked up so we can actually drive this thing?" Kanna waves to Brianna, looking like she's caught a little shuteye while Bey and Co were doing the Techie Stuff. Beowulf looks to the mistress of the ship. "Everything look good to you, Lady Gina?" Gina says, "I think we're ready to go." ====== ====== The_Prof pages, "...well, I was wondering how long it'd take for Bey's natural buoyancy to bounce him back..." to you. ====== ====== Penny says, "Lemme go drag Ace away from the video games, then." Kanna nods, and takes a deep breath. "Right." She positions herself so that she's situated near a decent scanning suite and vviewing window. She heads out and soon returns with a tall handsome black fellow, the crack pilot and her boyfriend, Ace. Ace asks, "Do we have an actual flight plan? Or am I going to be making it up as I go along?" Kanna quirks a smile at that. "Lemme guess, racking up the next high score on ThunderForce Twelve? He already -owns- the top ten spots..." Beowulf asks, "What kind of support are you going to want, Kanna?" Kanna thinks. Hm, getting out of the atmosphere so that we can see the stars and clouds first, and shape those parts, then getting back low to deal with the remaining monsters, which will have been mapped on the orbital passes, sound good? Righto. Okay, basic plan to fly all over the planet to the locations Gabby scanned for you, then fix everything? ===== ===== Kanna OOCly nods. The orbital passes first, and herself and Beowulf work on the stars and clouds/weather... Penny/Gina/Brianna can confirm where the critter locations and any other anomolies might be. ===== ===== Kanna takes a deep breath. "Ace? Start going for an full-coverage orbital track around the earth, Gina, Penny, map out where the creature attack as and other anomlies are. Beowulf and I will start working on the weather and the stars." She looks at Beowulf. "For reference, the stars should be late-20th century/early-21st century Earth constellations." Okay, you spend hours and hours flying around the planet, gradually molding everything into shape, taking advantage of Gina's supercomputer to get the data you need in order to fix things the way they were before. ===== ===== You page, "Kanna should still be functional after this, if albeit worn down? *wl* :)" to Akemi. You page, "(I do have a thought for a new constellation, though.. *wg* )" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "You'll be tired, but still functional." to you. You page, "(oh, there seems to be one 'new' constellation... or an enhancement of an old one -- it seems that one set of stars now forms Lian's personal emblem (the star/pentagon of Mechanus. *wg* Gina would notice this.)" to Akemi. Akemi pages, "Heh! :)" to you. You page, "(oh, there seems to be one 'new' constellation... or an enhancement of an old one -- it seems that one set of stars now forms Lian's personal emblem (the star/pentagon of Mechanus. *wg* Bey would notice this, I think.)" to The_Prof. ====== ====== Kanna looks like she's had the longest day of her entire life... she's still upright, but she's visibly drawing on Ruka for support, fatigue on her features, as if she spent the last 48 hours awake. "Pyricorn and Serpent, I don't want have to go through that again anytime soon..." She smiles tiredly at Gina. "Thanks for the data... we really needed that for the constellations and stuff." Gina smiles. "No problem." ===== ===== Kanna OOCly figures all the monsters were sent to sleep within the deep, to rise again on the planet's day of need, etc...they were just grumpy 'cause they woke up early, etc. ====== ====== Beowulf shakes her gently. "And now, *you*, Kanna, get some *sleep*. We're fasttimed enough for it, I presume." He turns and looks out the portal, seeming to draw some peace from the starscape. Then he blinks. "Um... Kanna, is that what I think it is?" He points out the window at a constellation. Kanna blinks. "Huh?" She looks out at the star field, and blinks -again- at the constellation bey points out. "... oh man." The constellation in question, if looked at in a certain way... looks like the eight-pointed star and circuited octagon that made up Lian's personal sigil. Kanna says, "Erm." She scratches the back of her head, embarrased. "... man.. Must've been more fatigued than I thought." She smiles slightly, and a tad sad. Gina looks at it and smiles. "We can always use a few new stars." Beowulf grins ruefully, shaking his head. "She's always going to live in our hearts, Kanna. You didn't need to get *quite* that flashy." But he's smiling proudly as he says it. Ruka says, "A fitting memorial for someone who ruled a star, I think." Kanna blushes more. "Well, yeah... but still." She smiles a bit more fully. "Let the scientists downstairs wonder... I don't intend to tell." She winks, and leans against Ruka, giving him a one-armed hug. "Yeah." Kanna then looks at Ace. "Let's get this puppy back to base... and then Bey and Ruka and I'll get out of your hair for a day or so... I've got stuff to talk about, but I need to talk with Thropan first." Kanna says, "And to sleep. And things of that nature." "Alright," he says. The smile seems to drop away from Bey's face. "Yah. Poor guy... I wish there were *something* we could do for him. Kanna reaches over, and squeezes Bey's hand. "We'll think of something, bey." ==================================== ==================================== John says, "OOC And we need to cut here, as this is likely going to take a while, and I don't want to stay up way late." Beowulf OOCly nods.... 12:40, yipes. x.x Kanna OOCly nods. "Pick up thursday?" *wl* Kanna OOCly says, "As tomorrow must do various things at Kinko's and eelsewhere." Beowulf OOCly nods. "And tomorrow is also last KUGAR session, if an informal one." Kanna OOCly nods. Anyway, night, I s'pose. *wl* Beowulf says, "OOC Sleep well, Phil. :)"