As Fei goes about attempting to communicate with the bugs, Ardiente looks to Jiminy "What can I do in the meantime boss?"
"You can do aerial surveillance. Until we know more about these things, we need to keep them contained. I don't want another repeat of the plague we just had to deal with. If they try to leave the buildings, let us know and we can hit them with as much as we can. And any information if they start doing something different is useful."
"Jeran, you do the same thing on the ground. They'll have a harder time getting past you than anyone else."
adon seems... a little distant, to say the least.
"The stuff that's mostly supposed to be off limits is over..."
adon points off, in a direction that leads through some bookshelves.
"There. I'd imagine ancent fey texts would be.., somewhere near there."
"Thanks," she said, relaxing as she no longer had to worry about flashing her teammates. She shrugged. "Modesty is a really big deal among firebirds. We've got so many cultural taboos we have to keep lists," she added with a grin of her own. "Can't go breaking all of those at once. We just can't handle it."
"Well, we certainly can't have that, now can we?"
He looks over at Jiminy. "Anything you need us doing at the moment as well?"
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"Well, I have heard of these magic rooms in the school, ones that can make whatever kind of room you want... Maybe we could use those to make a hot mud bath or a space for us to play balloon ball, that or perhaps we could swing by the care of magical creature room and see if we can find something suitable for a pet, all I ask is that we can swing by my room so I can get a schoolbook"
Djalos swipes his fingers across his metal cufflink, then nods. "As the information about the fey sections is about how dangerous they are and how students should not approach them, with no indication of where they are, I say we follow Adon. He has experience here."
Silinrul will give Jai a brotherly hug of support as she leaves, then heads over to where Cho is playing with the animals he summoned. "So, Morrivan, as you saw, I have druidic powers" Flexes his insect wings, which he is still getting used to "And apparently these wings are due to my being half-fae. Which means I can never go back to the tribe Jaiye and I are from. What brings you to this school?" In the week since his arrival, the shaman learned that Avalon was a haven for children and young adults who had out of control or 'scary' powers and abilities.
Fei's nanites show a consistent power draw into a back room of assembly 1 over the past few days. There is still a power draw to that particular room, but now most of the power is being diverted to assembly 2.
Fei places a hand on the wall of the building, his nanosuit partially transforming to cover that arm. After a few seconds, he is able to reestablish communication with the nanites he left in the computer system here.
:: It looks like the bugs are responsible for the activity in Assembly 2 :: the young monk broadcasts over the commmunal telepathic link. :: There is a significant transfer of power there from this building. However, there is also power being routed to one of the back rooms in Assembly 1. ::
:: I believe I can now attempt to communicate with them, unless you wish to investigate the back room first.. ::
"Thanks," she said, relaxing as she no longer had to worry about flashing her teammates. She shrugged. "Modesty is a really big deal among firebirds. We've got so many cultural taboos we have to keep lists," she added with a grin of her own. "Can't go breaking all of those at once. We just can't handle it.""Well, we certainly can't have that, now can we?"
He looks over at Jiminy. "Anything you need us doing at the moment as well?"
"Stand by for the moment. I'm not sure if this is going to turn violent, and I'd like to have all hands on deck if it does. I'm hoping we can find a peaceful resolution. I've had enough apocalypses this week already," he added with a sigh.
"Well, I have heard of these magic rooms in the school, ones that can make whatever kind of room you want... Maybe we could use those to make a hot mud bath or a space for us to play balloon ball, that or perhaps we could swing by the care of magical creature room and see if we can find something suitable for a pet, all I ask is that we can swing by my room so I can get a schoolbook"
"They have a class about caring for magical creatures?" she asked, her eyes lighting up. "Oh, that sounds wonderful! And I know about those rooms. They have one in the elementary wing too, but it has to only be used when a teacher is present to supervise," she said, rolling her eyes.
Djalos swipes his fingers across his metal cufflink, then nods. "As the information about the fey sections is about how dangerous they are and how students should not approach them, with no indication of where they are, I say we follow Adon. He has experience here."
Sadie shrugged. It wasn't exactly a surprise that Adon had been wandering the library looking for information about his anti-magic in increasingly obscure places. "Sure," she said. "I have a feeling there's no way to actually make a wrong turn in here. The library has a way of taking you where you need to be. Kind of like the school that way."
Silinrul will give Jai a brotherly hug of support as she leaves, then heads over to where Cho is playing with the animals he summoned. "So, Morrivan, as you saw, I have druidic powers" Flexes his insect wings, which he is still getting used to "And apparently these wings are due to my being half-fae. Which means I can never go back to the tribe Jaiye and I are from. What brings you to this school?" In the week since his arrival, the shaman learned that Avalon was a haven for children and young adults who had out of control or 'scary' powers and abilities.
"Welcome to the club," she said with a sad smile. "I'm also here for a culturally inappropriate power. My tribe has rules about women and bending. I don't follow the rules. So I can't go home again. Not that there's anything for me there anymore," she added looking away abruptly as she blinked back tears. "I'm a water bender," she added, her voice thick from holding back tears. "A really, really good one."
Fei's nanites show a consistent power draw into a back room of assembly 1 over the past few days. There is still a power draw to that particular room, but now most of the power is being diverted to assembly 2.
Fei places a hand on the wall of the building, his nanosuit partially transforming to cover that arm. After a few seconds, he is able to reestablish communication with the nanites he left in the computer system here.
:: It looks like the bugs are responsible for the activity in Assembly 2 :: the young monk broadcasts over the commmunal telepathic link. :: There is a significant transfer of power there from this building. However, there is also power being routed to one of the back rooms in Assembly 1. ::
:: I believe I can now attempt to communicate with them, unless you wish to investigate the back room first.. ::
::No, it's good to know, but first things first. First we try to establish contact, figure out what they want and try to negotiate a peaceful resolution. If I had to guess, I'd guess the power is being used to make more bugs. Maybe I'm wrong, but supplies have been going missing, they're stealing power, and suddenly we have a swarm? That's what it looks like to me.::
"Yes, you are definitely soothing and calming. Much greatness has been done or created during the hours of darkness. That said, anything I should do for you now? Or just continue to go about my classes, and when possible, spread the word of how awesome you are?"
At this point, Serrin's room is rather organized, so she dismisses her shadowy friend, and grabs one of her favorite books to study.
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"Well, I have heard of these magic rooms in the school, ones that can make whatever kind of room you want... Maybe we could use those to make a hot mud bath or a space for us to play balloon ball, that or perhaps we could swing by the care of magical creature room and see if we can find something suitable for a pet, all I ask is that we can swing by my room so I can get a schoolbook""They have a class about caring for magical creatures?" she asked, her eyes lighting up. "Oh, that sounds wonderful! And I know about those rooms. They have one in the elementary wing too, but it has to only be used when a teacher is present to supervise," she said, rolling her eyes.
"so which do you want to do? I only really have time for one of those today. Maybe we can do the other this weekend"
Ace gives Ginni a hug "Hey, no need to get down on yourself. If Phaezriel can have a pretty good life as a redeemed Quasit, you can totally have at least as good a life as a Succubus."
Shifting back into bird form, Scorch takes to the air, doing his best to provide aerial coverage like Jiminy asked.
Continues to fly around, ready to blow some s*+# up if necessary.
Cindra nods along with Lucas' words, "If you want to look at the magical creatures, I can come along, then after Lucas goes, we can go use the sim room."
::No, it's good to know, but first things first. First we try to establish contact, figure out what they want and try to negotiate a peaceful resolution. If I had to guess, I'd guess the power is being used to make more bugs. Maybe I'm wrong, but supplies have been going missing, they're stealing power, and suddenly we have a swarm? That's what it looks like to me.::
"Understood. Attempting to establish contact now."
Fei sends a series of mental commands to his nanites which will transmit various 'hails' on open frequencies through the factory's communication network to see if the bugs will respond.
After some cuddle time with each other with the children...
"Well, let's go talk to my master. Let's see if he has any insight into this madness..."
::Master, my wife and I would like to talk with you...::
Ace gives Ginni a hug "Hey, no need to get down on yourself. If Phaezriel can have a pretty good life as a redeemed Quasit, you can totally have at least as good a life as a Succubus."
Ginni laughed, but there wasn't any humor in it. "Greater succubus. There's a big difference. A normal succubus wouldn't have messed up Phaezeriel so bad," [I]she said, wracked with guilt over what her demon side had done.
Cindra nods along with Lucas' words, "If you want to look at the magical creatures, I can come along, then after Lucas goes, we can go use the sim room."
"Yes, please!" Phaedra said, bouncing with sheer excitement, quite the change from her earlier dejection. "Come on! Let's go!" she said, practically dragging the others with her in her hurry to leave the cafeteria and see the magical creatures.
"Hey, that wasn't your fault. No more so than it's my fault when Kal's taken over my mind, and forced me to do horrible things." As he says that, he checks the device(bracelet, if I recall) that's keeping Kal at bay. Thankfully, it still seems to be fine.
Fei gets two responses. It's a little hard to discern which was which. One is decidedly hostile and the other seems to be willing to respond. The less hostile response is coming from the room in assembly 1 that is siphoning off power.
Fei's brow furrows at the dueling pair of responses that come back to him. To hopefully prevent any further escalation in hostility, he ends the communication attempts at all of the locations in Assembly 1 except for the office where he received the more promising reply.
Focusing on that single frequency, the young monk tries to open a very basic form of dialogue, acting as if he was part of the computer system of the facility.
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Lang was with Ori in the Spirit realm, taking her to actually meet the nature spirit that was connected with her.
Leading her through a forest to the cage that the spirit was imprisoned.
Before getting to close, Lang asks Ori to stay back. and Lang slowly approaches.
Hello, I am back, it has been a while and I have been trying to find ways to help you. I brought someone that you are very familiar with. will will show her everything you have shown me? Lang asks the spirit is a calming friendly voice.
Djalos swipes his fingers across his metal cufflink, then nods. "As the information about the fey sections is about how dangerous they are and how students should not approach them, with no indication of where they are, I say we follow Adon. He has experience here."Sadie shrugged. It wasn't exactly a surprise that Adon had been wandering the library looking for information about his anti-magic in increasingly obscure places. "Sure," she said. "I have a feeling there's no way to actually make a wrong turn in here. The library has a way of taking you where you need to be. Kind of like the school that way."
adon shrugs, heading deeper.
"That's helpful, I suppose."
Djalos also continues forward, his head always affixed in the same direction.
Silinrul looks a little lost "What's a 'water bender'? Never heard of that before."
OH. WELL....THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING....I SUPPOSE IT IS ALLOWABLE. SHE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RULES...After some cuddle time with each other with the children...
"Well, let's go talk to my master. Let's see if he has any insight into this madness..."::Master, my wife and I would like to talk with you...::
::Good. This will also allow you to observe a mortal mated couple interact socially. I know you're interested in things like this.::
"He says you may come as well."He says to Ephebe.
"Hey, that wasn't your fault. No more so than it's my fault when Kal's taken over my mind, and forced me to do horrible things." As he says that, he checks the device(bracelet, if I recall) that's keeping Kal at bay. Thankfully, it still seems to be fine.
"I get what you're saying, and I know it makes logical sense," she said, shaking her head. "But it doesn't feel like that right now."
"Melody, how long were you gone? I wasn't....exactly myself this past week. I know you were a long way aways, but I can't be sure of how long. Not sure how much you need to catch up on," she said, changing the subject.
Djalos also continues forward, his head always affixed in the same direction.
They continued to walk past bookcases, eventually the metal shelves giving way to wood again. Eventually they came to a section where it appeared that the wooden shelves were in fact still alive, with branches and leaves coming off of them and everything.
"Somehow I think we're getting close," Sadie said, glancing around. "Fey are supposed to be pretty nature oriented right?"
Silinrul looks a little lost "What's a 'water bender'? Never heard of that before."
Morrivan looked blank for a moment. "Oh. Yeah, I forgot that not everybody knows about benders," she said sheepishly. "Hmm. It's easier to show rather than tell," she continued, pulling the canteen she carried slung over her shoulder forward and popping off the top, drawing the water out and manipulating it as she moved it through the air in different shapes. "This is obviously just a small demonstration. I can do this with much bigger quantities of water should I need to. I can even pull water vapor out of the air if I'm desperate. But it at least gives you an idea. Different elements have different bending styles, too. This is just what water bending looks like."
She smiled as Cho started to chase the water as it moved through the air, and did her best to keep the game going, keeping the water just out of reach of the giggling girl.
There is a slight shudder in Djalo' step. "Yes," he says simply, before continuing to move.
OH. WELL....THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING....I SUPPOSE IT IS ALLOWABLE. SHE IS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RULES...After some cuddle time with each other with the children...
"Well, let's go talk to my master. Let's see if he has any insight into this madness..."::Master, my wife and I would like to talk with you...::
::Good. This will also allow you to observe a mortal mated couple interact socially. I know you're interested in things like this.::
"He says you may come as well."He says to Ephebe.
Ephebe stepped with him inside Death's realm. This time it looked like a comfortable living room. There were overstuffed chairs, side tables, a fireplace, a thick carpet, a vase of flowers on the mantel. Very ordinary, except for the fact that every single thing in the room was black. Even the wallpaper.
PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES COMFORTABLE. I WOULD OFFER YOU REFRESHMENTS, BUT I AM TOLD THAT I STILL HAVE NOT PROPERLY GOT THE HANG OF TEA YET. IT WOULD NOT POSSIBLY BE VERY GOOD FOR MORTALS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE NOT YET WORKED OUT IF THAT MEANS THAT IT IS POISONOUS OR THAT IT IS SIMPLY DISGUSTING. BUT SOMEHOW I DOUBT THAT YOU TWO HAVE COME HERE TO CHAT ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF MAKING TEA
"See? I knew it wasn't just me," Ephebe said, gingerly sitting down in one of the chairs which was not nearly as soft as it looked. "Cooking is hard! At least you didn't set the water on fire," she said, trying to be encouraging.
There is a slight shudder in Djalo' step. "Yes," he says simply, before continuing to move.
"Is there something bad about that? Bad memories involving trees? Or was that just your way of looking around. Sorry. I'm really not trying to be insensitive," she said apologetically. "I'm just trying to understand."
"It is just reminding me of my mindscape. Almost exactly, in fact. I have no doubt it is just coincidence, but still... It is unsettling. And I get a good impression of my surroundings through passive perception of sensations. When I need to see something specific, I create vibrations, by either snapping my fingers or tapping something nearby."
[]DESIGNATION EVE: the colony has split. this unit has retained control of only a small number. the colony follows the imperative of our kind. this has resulted in destruction of our kind. only eve survived. need to grow. need to change. same actions produce the same results. colony cannot be reasoned with. failure.
Fei's head tilts to one side slightly as he takes in the information he just received. Hoping he has judged the situation correctly, the young monk continues his dialogue with Eve.
"Designation: Fei. Analysis: It is...unfortunate that the rest of the colony refuses to adapt, Eve. Query: Are they trying to leave this place...or preparing to overtake it? "
He pauses for a few seconds, then has an idea.
"Proposition: What would it take for you to regain control of the colony?"
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Aron starts running his fingers over the books, closing his eyes. Once one of the books seems to recoil, he nabs at it, flipping it open and opening his eyes, looking it over.
"Let's see. Doesn't look like what I need..."
the book slams shut on adon's finger, and he drops it, and it bounds away as best it can.