Lab/Biolab

Kord almost instantaneously stands up and runs toward the unconscious Torvahk, and notices him gasping for air. She desperately tries to remember her training for this situation.

She instinctively begins to channel white fire between her hands

I have just the thing.

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An Unusual Dream

Containment Room

"I see...this place looks abandoned, though...well, aside from my crewma-...oh, crap, I got separated from the others..." Amos answers, apparently just realizing. "E-Er, anyway...who are you? Do you have a name?"

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The Troperia

VR Room

"...Is that so?" Rakiri asks, and looks back to the chamber, having never used it himself. "...I have an idea." he says and heads inside and over to the computer. He begins to type in some parameters.

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Hestia

Rowan

"Ooh, a vacation, eh? Sweet!" Duncan chuckles. "Hey, don't let me forget to pack my swimsuit this time. And of course, my gun's never far from me. No worries there."

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Old habits die hard, especially when no one else lets them die either.

An Unusual Dream

Containment Room

The kid pauses as he is asked about his name directly, gesturing to the mask.    "I'm Thirteen..."    he briefly and emotionlessly responds though with some clear hesitation before givng the answer to Amos.

edited 2nd Jul '16 10:47:01 AM by darkdestinysoul

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Lounge/Kitchen

Troperia sniffs a bit, Sorry, captain… how did you escape that? Also, one of them are unconscious, a stowaway, apparently. How would you like that sort of thing to be handled? I know the captain before you made me throw them out the airlock…I always hated doing that…

Rowan

Byron makes a quick nod, “Understood, thank you, sir.”

Turning to leave the room, he wraps his arm around Duncan’s waist, a bit of the formality fading away, “Already know one of those variables, Dun.” He says to his doppelgänger with the slightest smirk. “Bring the tight one, it looks good on you. And remember that it’s an ice planet, pack warmly.”

Dream – Hospital

Merrick crouches down to Kyerine’s level, hugging him briefly, his arms feeling weak and frail, “Who was it…if you want to tell me…it might help…”

To Toraq, “What have you found?”

"I'm as free as the dust in the solar wind."

An Unusual Dream

Containment Room

Amos sighs slightly. "I had a feeling that was going to be the answer...though, I guess that's not really your fault." he replies, idly still scrolling through his screen. "Argh, I don't have any connection...not even to the local mainframes...oh well..." he sighs again before thinking again. "...Thirteen? Do you want to help me look around? I'm going to try and find out where we are."

Old habits die hard, especially when no one else lets them die either.

Troperia, Halls

Sha'Koro slowly walked forward, looking around the creature and the corner. And looking at the creature again. He tilted his head at the creature.

Troperia, Lab/Biolab, MRI-Room

Seeing the flames suddenly Mireille yelped "IIEEEK!!!" Mireille jumped backwards, nearly hitting a nearby wall. Though since there was nothing else really in the room under or behind which to hide save for the MRI she covered in a corner, her arms defensively before her body. She would look decidedly smaller than normal... even considering her crouched state.

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

An Unusual Dream

Containment Room

Thirteen pauses a little more at Amos' initial response before nodding.    "I don't have anything else to do and I was ordered to help."    He response as positively as his monotone voice can.

Hospital Ward

Kyerine shakes his head super quickly. "No!" He turns away from Merrick cold, a similar reaction to all the questionings about home. Which might give more information than he was going for in his response.

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The Troperia

Hallway

The creature is still completely frozen like a statue, not even blinking or twitching a tiny bit, despite being in a rather awkward and unbalanced pose right now.

edited 2nd Jul '16 11:43:47 AM by darkdestinysoul

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

VR Room

"Oh, what did you have in mind?" Mitch asks, looking at what Rakiri's typing in, just as Val catches up to them. "Do you want to watch anything in particular?"

Medbay

"Well, you can rest now, don't worry." Izzie says to Blake before walking out of the room.

Hestia - Rowan

Mike watches the twins leave the room. Once they're out, Mike turns to the window and gazes outside - a giant series of platforms with levitation engines that make up the city of Rowan. A warm wind blows gently throughout the normally cool city, mirroring his longing to meet his loved ones again.

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Zevai looked at the creature, somewhat amused and surprised. "It has surprisingly good balance for a giant... insect... thing."

All are significantly abnormal in a normal world... All are significantly normal in an abnormal world.

The flames on Kord's hands grow bigger and bigger. With her hands completely blazing, she begins to draw firey runes on Torvahk's chest

Relax, it's just a cure Arcana. It's not dangerous.

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Dream Sequence: Faded Graveyard

Torvahk continued to suffer from the orb that was asphyxiating him, but before he was able to pass out and possibly die, he felt a sudden surge of strength as he was able to breathe again, albeit with some difficulty. It'd be a few moments before Torvahk could catch his breath as he rapidly inhaled and exhaled both in his mind and reality. Before that could happen, the void orb that engulfed Torvahk's head vanished as it exploded into oblivion, stumbling the alien off his feet.

"It...takes a lot more...than that...to kill me..." Torvahk gasped between breaths in his mind, only recovering far enough to stand on one knee while panting for air. "I must admit, most people assume they're already dead by the time that attack wears off, but you're almost no worse for wear..." The Entity said in confusion before taking a moment to realize what must have been happening. "Of course, the kindness of strangers interferes with my work yet again! No matter, I didn't actually plan on killing you anyway, but rather what you said earlier about making you wish you would die."

"I am not...going to disgrace....my clan with such...a dishonorable death..." Torvahk replied in defiance, even though in his mind he could barely stand. "I'll say, most people don't find that easy to say with the amount of pain you're in. Nothing more injuries won't fix..." The Entity said in response before throwing something above Torvahk, appearing to miss but in actuality summoning a micro-singularity that suddenly pulled Torvahk toward it and caused him to rapidly orbit the center of a vortex that kept alternating between black, purple, and red. Unable to move on his own, Torvahk helplessly spun around the center of the micro-singularity at a high velocity for several moments before it burst into a massive shockwave bubble that sent Torvahk flying even further than all the previous attacks combined. He actually flew over the burning mausoleums, back into one of the unnamed Crimson Imperium city streets that was full of burned cars and corpses both Protector and Kahmandra, rolling several times as he hit the ground repeatedly before stopping face-down.

"Come on, you don't have any more fight in you?" The Entity asked mockingly, seeming to have instantly teleported out of nowhere. "What is...this magic?" Torvahk managed to answer, still on the ground, not even trying to recover at this point. "It's not magic you primitive ingrate. Don't you recognize the beautiful complexity that is psionics?" The Entity replied, with Torvahk simply replying, "It...can't be...can it?" "Believe what you will, it won't change how much it hurts." The Entity scoffed before forcing Torvahk to stand upright again. Torvahk didn't even try running away this time, not even seeing a point as he swayed around disoriented and dizzy.

   "You don't get to be tired until I say you are!"    The Entity growled before unleashing energy tendrils from the ground out of nowhere that ensnared Torvahk's legs before sinking him into the ground partially. In a swift matter of seconds, an energy pylon struck him right in the groin, causing him to sharply exhale in pain and bend forward right into a launched energy pylon that struck his face, sending him falling backward before the snares on his legs disappeared and were replaced by a snare that wrapped around Torvahk's neck and pinned him to the ground.

"This has been fun, but I must admit your damnable will has exhausted me. You have managed to do what few ever could and actually bored me with your resolve. Sure I could finish you off, after all you have shown that your morale is only strong and not indestructible, but I have better things to do than waste any more time than I already have on such an unworthy creature." The Entity began, with Torvahk panicking at the sight of the star that the planet orbited growing brighter by the second. "When you wake up, be sure to smell the ashes as your hope continues to burn into oblivion!" The Entity then said as the entire planet was engulfed by the bright, destructive power of a supernova that would devastate every planet in the system. Torvahk's vision would fade to white while ringing overtook his hearing for several moments before he woke up and catapulted off of his bed. Whether he was still in the MRI or not would determine what would happen next. If he was, he'd thwack his head and knock himself out, and if he wasn't he'd land on the floor and probably surprise whoever was next to him.

Living The Fever Dream

Troperia, Lab/Biolab

Torvahk wasn't in the MRI

Were it anything other Mireille probably had listened... but her fear of fire was just too deeply ingrained... as with any Cenn. As plant people there was nothing more frightening for them than fire. Indeed if one were to look through the lab they would not find a single bunsen burner... not even a small lighter. So Mireille just was covering in the corner like a small child would maybe during a thunderstorm as this happened.

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Torvahk falls to the floor, right in front of Kord.

Oh, good, you're awake.

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Troperia Biolab:

Torvahk wasn't sure what to think, as surprise, anxiety, disappointment, and relief that nothing had actually happened for the most part were all mixed in his mental and emotional state. He quickly looked around for his helmet before rushing to it and putting it on. "Sleep horrible, I had. Different it was, to me real it felt. Dying was I?" He said, still trying to recover from what happened.

Living The Fever Dream

Biolab

You were in grave danger. You have been saved by my Arcane Fire.

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An Unusual Dream

Containment Area

Amos stands, shaking his head slightly. "I'm not asking because you're being made to help. I'm asking if that's what you want to do. You don't have to just blindly do what someone tells you...You've got your own mind, too."

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Hospital Wing

"...It looks as though Gemini was up to far more sinister activities than anyone realized. Look at this..." Tor says, pointing out the report about the ship and related super weapons projects. "The amount of tech and weaponry they were putting into this thing is staggering..."

At Kyerine's outburst, Tor immediately gets up and crouches down as well, trying his best to comfort the boy. "If it is bothering you, you do not have to say it..."

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The Troperia

VR Room -> ???

"You'll see." he answers them both makes a couple more keystrokes before he confirms the inputs. "...Let's see which how accurate this thing is..."

Settings confirmed. Initializing simulation...

As the VR chamber turns on, the scene shifts and a moment later Mitch, Val, and Rakiri will all find themselves surrounded by thriving trees and plant life. The area they were in seemed to be deep in the heart of some manner of forest. The air was mild, not too warm and not to cool either, likely due to the abundance of shade from the trees above. A number of exotic looking plants seemed to be growing in the areas as well. As he takes in the surroundings, Rakiri idly steps forward, he steps forward, reaching out and lightly touching the leaves of some red vine looking plant wrapping itself around the trunk of a tree.

"...This...is this really it...?" he says, not seeming to believe he's seeing what he's seeing.

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Lounge

"...Uh." Greg pauses at the mention of Airlocks. "Yeah, we're not doing that." he says. "Anyway...eh, I found things to help keep myself occupied for the most part. You know, kid stuff. Climbing up buildings, hacking dangerous mining equipment, stealing cars. That sorta thing."

Old habits die hard, especially when no one else lets them die either.

An Unusual Dream

Containment Area

Thirteen shakily pushes himself back up to his feet, his muscles aching a lot already but he didn't make any verbalisations of complaint.

Looking at Amos as he makes the statement, likely some kind of expression forming under the mask, not that it could be seen before they just shrug a little bit. The lights on the mask flickering a little bit.    "Okay..."    His voice fully emotionless this time but incredibly brief.

Hospital Wing

Kyerine just falls forward into Toraq's grip, still soaking wet and just starts crying a little bit a rain of upset and fearful tears. Trustful of his big kitties efforts.

Meanwhile a light knocking is oddly heard at the door of the room connecting to the same hallway the group just came from. The door if anyone looks would be easily unlockable from the inside it would look like.

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The Troperia

Hallway

The creature as the group ahead fully enters the VR room falls to the side almost comically like a statue pushed over before relaxing and starting to move again. Shaking is upper torso/head and clawing itself upright and standing again.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Troperia, Hall

Sha'Koro looked at Aicha and Zevai "Seems they want to follow the group into this room, I am not really on this ship for long so I don't know what that is." He looked around the corner again, absentmindedly using his arm to support him by leaning on what he presumed was the wall but in reality was the creature after it came to rest again, the force exerted was by no way much and as soon as the creature would moce again he would likely notice.

Troperia, Lab/Biolab, MRI-Room

Mireille covered for a bit longer before she realized that the fire was out. Slowly she stood up still slightly shivering "I-I'm sorry..." She walked to Torvahk on wobbly legs, trying to sound normal "Its good to see you are good... I hope the MRI didn't cause this... maybe the magnetic field had some effect on you." She blushed, her cheeks getting bright red from embarassment as she thought of the possibility to be indirectly responsible for this.

edited 3rd Jul '16 4:08:02 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Troperia Biolab:

"Fault yours, this is not....Words, I do not have. Unnatural was this....thing, in mind mine. Natural super?" Torvahk tried to explain, frustrated that he couldn't quite form the words clearly due to the fact that he didn't actually speak English. "Alone, I must be...please" He then said before walking away, but not before turning around and also saying to Mireille and Kord, "Thanks many, both of you."

Guided by his portable map, Torvahk would make for the communal showers that were divided into three rooms: One for males, one for females, and a room with a row of private showers. While he might not have been able to read the signs, Torvahk inferred correctly which room to be the males' shower room and spent the next several minutes behind an opaque shower curtain trying to recollect himself while also washing and cleaning his feathers. Never before did a dream feel so lucid, nor like a personal attack that had actually started harming him in the real world. Torvahk would rest his head on an arm resting on the wall, practically staring at the drain while his morale tried to recover as he felt that his strength, abilities, and worth were thrown into question.

Living The Fever Dream

VR Room

Mitch and Val both look at their surroundings. "This isn's just some normal forest, is it?"

"No... it's Echirina." Val says while smiling, touching the trunk of another large tree and looking up, through the leaves and towards the sky. "It's beautiful."

Captain's Quarters

After snuggling with Chris and ending up taking an impromptu nap, Peter gets up from the bed and lays a few seemingly random things on the floor in front of him: a jar of water, his sword, samples of different metals and what appears to be an intricate cube puzzle with many pieces made out of wood. He sits down and starts meditating for a minute or two, until someone knocks on the door. He gets up again and opens it.

"May I come in?" Dominic asks, holding one of the boxes he got from Nos Lycarin.

"Er, sure. What's that?" Peter replies and points to the box while Dominic enters the room.

"One moment." Dominic notices the items on the floor. "Trying to meditate?"

"Yeah, actually... I'm kind of trying to see if I can activate-"

"Savato again? I guess this is the perfect time then." The two sit down facing each other, with the items between them. Dominic opens the box, revealing dozens of small vials with some kind of serum. "This serum is designed to heighten your focus and calm your mind. I got it after your... awakening during the rescue mission. It has the convenient side effect of making oncosymbiotes easier to activate and control."

"Oh, thanks." Peter inserts a vial to the injector that comes with the box, and injects himself in the arm. "...You didn't come here just to give me this, did you?" He says, looking at Dom.

"Well, I wanted to talk for a bit."

All this noise might wake Chris up.

Lounge

Do any stowing away of your own, Captain? Sounds as if you’ve had quite the life. By the way, there’s a bun or twelve behind the stove, want me to move it?”

Dream - Hospital

Merrick sighs sadly and rises, moving over to the door, “Oh, dear.. that is quite troubling… and, I’m sorry for upsetting you.. again.. I’m sorry..”

Once at the door, he rests one hand on the lock, the other on the handle, ”Do you think I should see who this is..?”

Captain’s Quarters

Chris starts to stir, having gotten used to the feel of Peter’s arms around him. He isn’t quite awake yet, but it doesn’t look like it will take him long.

"I'm as free as the dust in the solar wind."

Bridge

West has entered the bridge

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Troperia, Lab/Biolab, MRI-Room

Mireille still blushed, she looked at Kord "Your MRI... we can do it now..." She said with a shaky voice, the voice being weakened in equal parts due to embarassment and fear.

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Biolab

Are you all right, Doctor?

Kord begins the standard procedure by getting on the designated area

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Kijo's Dream

"You really shouldn't be so eager to throw your life away," says the voice, and they walk into view should the two still be looking at Kijo. The image is of an Echirean with blue skin, but they have no real features. Everything is blurry and distorted, almost like looking through murky water. Kijo doesn't seem to notice as he reached out and takes their hand.

"It's not about the fight this time. The Claws...adf....r..g.dg..." This part is distorted as well - missing memories - and everything kind of shifts for a second before the two are standing in front of the window, Kijo's arm draped over the other's shoulder.

"It's our world as much as it is theirs. Did you get the kid to the ship?"

"Our kid. Your kid. And yes, he's safe. You should really come with us...a lot of the others are."

"I've got a war to win."