Andromedan Orbiting Operations Center (and offworld adventures)

[Universe]

Cosmos:”I don’t think he remembered me”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Baree: ".....what... WAS his name...?"

Kazan: "Menoptra, I think."

Baree: "In addition to the menagerie here, Tindalos owns a few insect colonies-"

"Scout colonies. Ancient insects that can approach a scene undetected, record the whole thing, and play it back for me. Every Architect has ways of monitoring vast swathes of existence, that is my method. Menoptra's the coordinator and also in charge of storing those memories in other ways. When I'm unbound, I may stay a while with him in order to recover full memories of what I missed."

Kazan: "It does take a long time to absorb the memories of a quadrillion realities..."

"I am aware. If anyone has hurt Azathoth and not been punished for it, though... I must know, at that time."

Baree: "For all their vendettas, they actually take pretty good care of Azathoth. And Azathoth actually kind of likes them. Senile schemer that he is."

"You're better off not knowing how those two aspects manage to work together."

Baree: "Honestly, though.... Menoptra, in trying to monitor all of that, tends to not make himself available to anyone but Tindalos."

"And with my current binding situation, I may not be able to recognize any of the memories given."

Kazan: "If you've got any more questions, I'd like to hear them. Otherwise, it's time for you two to go kick some butt."

 

[Universe]

Cosmos:” do you remember the time I was slapped by a female dragon?”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:” do you remember the time I was slapped by a female dragon?”

"Which time? There's been a few."

"You've seen more than one, Chaugnar Faugn?"

"Oh yes. You are going to want to be specific, Cosmos, or I'll bring up the very very first one when you were less than a millennium old."

 

[Universe]

"Which time? There's been a few."

"You've seen more than one, Chaugnar Faugn?"

"Oh yes. You are going to want to be specific, Cosmos, or I'll bring up the very very first one when you were less than a millennium old."

*He blushes embarrassed*

 

[Universe]

Cosmos:”I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

 

[Universe]

*I came in at that moment* “oooh story time I love story time!”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

*He blushes embarrassed*

Cosmos:”I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

"While she was learning emotions, Celestia did it once."

"Wait... Cosmos' wife?"

"Yes. I don't know what led up to it, but I think that's the loudest I've ever heard you scream, Cosmos. The Architects were shocked she did it - and so was she."

 

[Universe]

"While she was learning emotions, Celestia did it once."

"Wait... Cosmos' wife?"

"Yes. I don't know what led up to it, but I think that's the loudest I've ever heard you scream, Cosmos. The Architects were shocked she did it - and so was she."

Cosmos:”Oh you had to bring that up for the record that was an accident!”

 

[Universe]

“Did it leave a mark?”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”Oh you had to bring that up for the record that was an accident!”

"That it was. Neither of you recognized it immediately, but it was."

"What do you mean by 'while she was learning emotions'?"

"Emotions as we know them weren't around that many realities ago. I think Cosmos and Celestia, just by being raised by the Architects, wound up teaching THEM what emotions were - because the five didn't quite have them when raising me and I had to learn later...."

 

[Universe]

"That it was. Neither of you recognized it immediately, but it was."

"What do you mean by 'while she was learning emotions'?"

"Emotions as we know them weren't around that many realities ago. I think Cosmos and Celestia, just by being raised by the Architects, wound up teaching THEM what emotions were - because the five didn't quite have them when raising me and I had to learn later...."

Cosmos:”Then she stepped on my tail”

 

[Universe]

Cosmos:”That hurt a lot”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”Then she stepped on my tail”

Cosmos:”That hurt a lot”

"I can imagine. It sounds like a rough childhood."

"I'm pretty sure that before emotions came to be, all childhoods were rough."

"How so?"

"Harder to be a parent when you can't recognize your child's needs, and emotions are by far the easiest way to find out."

 

[Universe]

"I can imagine. It sounds like a rough childhood."

"I'm pretty sure that before emotions came to be, all childhoods were rough."

"How so?"

"Harder to be a parent when you can't recognize your child's needs, and emotions are by far the easiest way to find out."

Cosmos:” oh that’s nothing compared to metamorphosis”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:” oh that’s nothing compared to metamorphosis”

"I didn't get a process like that either. The closest I got to keeping my power in check was my dormancy cycle."

"You were built to withstand the power. Closest I got was shedding, and that has a huge list of possible complications. I was blind for two realities once because one shed didn't finish properly and left caps on the eyes."

"When I get too powerful, the power buds off my body into another Chthonian. I don't know how that happened, I just know it started when I started emulating that aspect of Tindalos."

 

[Universe]

"I didn't get a process like that either. The closest I got to keeping my power in check was my dormancy cycle."

"You were built to withstand the power. Closest I got was shedding, and that has a huge list of possible complications. I was blind for two realities once because one shed didn't finish properly and left caps on the eyes."

"When I get too powerful, the power buds off my body into another Chthonian. I don't know how that happened, I just know it started when I started emulating that aspect of Tindalos."

Cosmos:”It’s like a caterpillar into a butterfly”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”It’s like a caterpillar into a butterfly”

"So it is quite literally rebuilding your body from the inside. Yeah, I can see how that gets painful."

"Any.... other peculiar side effects?"

 

[Universe]

"So it is quite literally rebuilding your body from the inside. Yeah, I can see how that gets painful."

"Any.... other peculiar side effects?"

Cosmos:”Shock exhaustion slight memory loss”

 

[Universe]

Cosmos:”It’s not fun but it’s necessary”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”Shock exhaustion slight memory loss”

Cosmos:”It’s not fun but it’s necessary”

"Sadly, I've seen what happens when a reality dragon fails to pupate like that. It's.... not a pretty sight."

"What happens?"

"It either wrecks their body or destroys their mind. Wrecked body would be the case of Zoth-Ommog, destroyed mind would be Y'golonac - we don't talk about him - and combined case would be Ubbo-Sathla. Remember any of those three, Cosmos?"

 

[Universe]

"Sadly, I've seen what happens when a reality dragon fails to pupate like that. It's.... not a pretty sight."

"What happens?"

"It either wrecks their body or destroys their mind. Wrecked body would be the case of Zoth-Ommog, destroyed mind would be Y'golonac - we don't talk about him - and combined case would be Ubbo-Sathla. Remember any of those three, Cosmos?"

Cosmos:”Oh dear I tried to forget about that”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”Oh dear I tried to forget about that”

"I'm just winding up the most embarrassing old man today, aren't I?"

"Why don't-"

"Shudde M'ell? I know you want to be inquisitive... not this time. Please don't prompt Chaugnar Faugn about these things. Y'golonac was THAT bad."

 

[Universe]

"I'm just winding up the most embarrassing old man today, aren't I?"

"Why don't-"

"Shudde M'ell? I know you want to be inquisitive... not this time. Please don't prompt Chaugnar Faugn about these things. Y'golonac was THAT bad."

Cosmos:”Agreed”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Baree: ".....what... WAS his name...?"

Kazan: "Menoptra, I think."

Baree: "In addition to the menagerie here, Tindalos owns a few insect colonies-"

"Scout colonies. Ancient insects that can approach a scene undetected, record the whole thing, and play it back for me. Every Architect has ways of monitoring vast swathes of existence, that is my method. Menoptra's the coordinator and also in charge of storing those memories in other ways. When I'm unbound, I may stay a while with him in order to recover full memories of what I missed."

Kazan: "It does take a long time to absorb the memories of a quadrillion realities..."

"I am aware. If anyone has hurt Azathoth and not been punished for it, though... I must know, at that time."

Baree: "For all their vendettas, they actually take pretty good care of Azathoth. And Azathoth actually kind of likes them. Senile schemer that he is."

"You're better off not knowing how those two aspects manage to work together."

Baree: "Honestly, though.... Menoptra, in trying to monitor all of that, tends to not make himself available to anyone but Tindalos."

"And with my current binding situation, I may not be able to recognize any of the memories given."

Kazan: "If you've got any more questions, I'd like to hear them. Otherwise, it's time for you two to go kick some butt."

"I think I'll save any questions for after I'm unbound."

Baree: "So, it's just humans and a few other supernaturals you're up against?"

"Humans with powers, a few supernaturals.... one of our allies may worship some form of the dragons that bound us in the first place...."

Kazan: "Dragons that bound you, huh? If you run into those beings again, I heard rumor that there's a supposed King of Dragons who has a magical backdoor to control any dragon species - apparently he doesn't use it both because of some ethics thing and supposedly because it's an adaptation of a spell you had that has a similar fatigue problem."

"Fatigue problem?"

Kazan: "Any of the five Architects can completely puppet an entire group of beings, but it drains so hard that afterwards they have to sleep an hour for every second of control. This supposed King of Dragons got it down to four hours for every full minute, but only in respect to groups of dragons. If you find this king and get in good with him, maybe you can put the fear in these binding dragons and put them back in their rightful place."