Andromedan Orbiting Operations Center (and offworld adventures)

[Universe]

Terra continued to cry.

"Our family... it is all coming back together... how did you wind up finding her? Was anyone trying to do anything to her again?"

Cosmos:”They were trying to bind her but I saved her she’s still resting right now”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”They were trying to bind her but I saved her she’s still resting right now”

"I am glad you were able to stop them from binding her-"

Cosmos got a psychic intrusion at this moment. It was from Yig.

"Hey, um. I was looking into the sigil the Shantaks spoke of, the Sigil of Lysandus... I can confirm, that exact sigil was the same one used to bind Ithaqua many realities ago. I'll need to tell the High Imperator, given that Ithaqua is one of the five he reveres so much... oh.... ummm.... did I catch you at a bad moment to explain that, Cosmos?"

 

[Universe]

"I am glad you were able to stop them from binding her-"

Cosmos got a psychic intrusion at this moment. It was from Yig.

"Hey, um. I was looking into the sigil the Shantaks spoke of, the Sigil of Lysandus... I can confirm, that exact sigil was the same one used to bind Ithaqua many realities ago. I'll need to tell the High Imperator, given that Ithaqua is one of the five he reveres so much... oh.... ummm.... did I catch you at a bad moment to explain that, Cosmos?"

Cosmos:”no not at all I found my long lost daughter Terra”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”no not at all I found my long lost daughter Terra”

"Ah, Terra, perhaps one of the most important of the celestial gods. Without the work she's put in, plants wouldn't be able to grow properly and no being would have even half a decent surface to sleep on. I believe she's influenced my own domain before, possibly even assisted the domains of the Architects considering none of them reside on a gas giant. It's been so long since those times."

 

[Universe]

"Ah, Terra, perhaps one of the most important of the celestial gods. Without the work she's put in, plants wouldn't be able to grow properly and no being would have even half a decent surface to sleep on. I believe she's influenced my own domain before, possibly even assisted the domains of the Architects considering none of them reside on a gas giant. It's been so long since those times."

Cosmos:”I’ve missed her so much”

 

[Universe]

*Cosmos hugs Terra*

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”I’ve missed her so much”

"As did we all."

Yig hesitated.

"My rainbow serpents have been treating the wounded on Mandalore as best as they can... I believe Chaugnar Faugn wants to join the front line, but I cautioned him not to do it until the time comes to strike Shogana. He and Shudde M'ell will assist then. I have to maintain our back line."

*Cosmos hugs Terra*

Terra seemed to purr as Cosmos hugged her. The tears finally stopped flowing. She hugged back.

 

[Universe]

"As did we all."

Yig hesitated.

"My rainbow serpents have been treating the wounded on Mandalore as best as they can... I believe Chaugnar Faugn wants to join the front line, but I cautioned him not to do it until the time comes to strike Shogana. He and Shudde M'ell will assist then. I have to maintain our back line."


Terra seemed to purr as Cosmos hugged her. The tears finally stopped flowing. She hugged back.

Cosmos:”I missed you so much”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Cosmos:”I missed you so much”

"We've all missed you too."

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Meanwhile on Ahrakas' ship....

"That's all my trips taken care of. Once you've shown Trix's crew the ship outlines, I believe we'll be ready for Coruscant."

 

[Baron Tredegar]

Terra was lying down, Frost at her side. The canisters that had Terra's energy were empty, but despite being intact Terra still looked a bit weak.

"Father... I fear I cannot do much against the Shogun in my current state. I know that Morgoth's cult has directly met with Shogun leadership, and I saw the Shogun's current leader execute a couple of rivals. I... have been unable to discern much else in my decade of captivity."

Terra tried to lean up. She couldn't.

"The Architects... have they come back? I'm trying to understand what could have changed, that caused the Temporal Imperium to back off..."

I would like to introduce myself. I am the new High Imperator Ahrakas of Earthrealm, son of Mercurius. My predecessor Lucifer has been killed, unbeknownst to us he was still secretly carrying out orders Aten gave him in the last reality.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

I would like to introduce myself. I am the new High Imperator Ahrakas of Earthrealm, son of Mercurius. My predecessor Lucifer has been killed, unbeknownst to us he was still secretly carrying out orders Aten gave him in the last reality.

"Lucifer. A name I hoped never to hear again. How is Aten-"

"His name's Pavlin now."

"...excuse me, how is PAVLIN this time around? A lot more upstanding, I hope? I never thought I'd say this, but after Aten's behavior I kind of want Cthugha back."

Terra hesitated.

"....if you don't know who that is, that guy was a bit of a firebrand who took well to leadership and direction, but was merciless to those who crossed him. Nowhere near the dipshit behavior Aten was pulling, but long ago Father spoke of a couple times he'd had to talk Cthugha down. Sadly Cthugha's been out for a good quadrillion realities, due to a process that I'm pretty sure is more potent than what I suffered."

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"Lucifer. A name I hoped never to hear again. How is Aten-"

"His name's Pavlin now."

"...excuse me, how is PAVLIN this time around? A lot more upstanding, I hope? I never thought I'd say this, but after Aten's behavior I kind of want Cthugha back."

Terra hesitated.

"....if you don't know who that is, that guy was a bit of a firebrand who took well to leadership and direction, but was merciless to those who crossed him. Nowhere near the dipshit behavior Aten was pulling, but long ago Father spoke of a couple times he'd had to talk Cthugha down. Sadly Cthugha's been out for a good quadrillion realities, due to a process that I'm pretty sure is more potent than what I suffered."

He is doing well, still coming to terms with how he was in the last reality. Personally I think Kurt, Loki last reality, has had it worse, he got to see that his movement had practically turned into a death cult.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

He is doing well, still coming to terms with how he was in the last reality. Personally I think Kurt, Loki last reality, has had it worse, he got to see that his movement had practically turned into a death cult.

"Coming to terms, huh? I know when we dragons come to terms with past behavior, sometimes some... strange stuff happens. Sometimes it can cause bloodlust that requires others to calm us down."

Terra hesitated again.

"As for Loki... his actions seemed like a cry for help. I am being fed impressions that a lot of dragons emerged recently, and for that to happen in a reality I feel like Loki's movement played a part in it."

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"Coming to terms, huh? I know when we dragons come to terms with past behavior, sometimes some... strange stuff happens. Sometimes it can cause bloodlust that requires others to calm us down."

Terra hesitated again.

"As for Loki... his actions seemed like a cry for help. I am being fed impressions that a lot of dragons emerged recently, and for that to happen in a reality I feel like Loki's movement played a part in it."

What do you know of how the last reality ended?

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

What do you know of how the last reality ended?

"Aten's behavior, I do not fully know. I know he had descended into tyranny at that point, and any mention of the celestial dragons drove him practically rabid. Loki... Loki had become a different kind of neurotic. He had actually encountered a few of us in secret, and we tried to comfort him, but he just wouldn't stop screaming. It was like our presence hurt him. He sought an alternative. He made a breakthrough with Apophis... I did not partake in the rebellion. Any of the existing dragon gods did not participate in the rebellion. Neither did the 'substitute gods' - beings like Kringat, who filled in for five missing gods we had once. Some celestials partook in the rebellion of their own accord, and unfortunately a couple of them used the opportunity to commit atrocities."

Terra hesitated.

"There was one in particular, whose energy I was extremely suspicious of. It didn't seem dragonlike for some reason, but he carried himself as a celestial. Odd metal-gemstone combination colors. He called himself Bauglir. He'd studied under Kringat... when the rebellion started, Kringat ordered Bauglir to stay out of it. Bauglir defied that order, took a few young rebellious celestials with him, and used the opportunity to burn what he could. Several of us dragon gods immediately sent a mental call to the celestials to get out of that reality and try for the next one... I in particular told them that I suspected Aten planted a dummy amongst the rebellion-"

"EXCUSE ME lady, I did NOT plant dummies amongst the rebellion! That thing caught me completely off guard!"

"-I only suspected it THEN. It would have tragically been in line with Aten's behavior, to make the rebellion look more barbaric than it was to 'justify' a holy war. I... I know one of the palaces that was destroyed was the Dagda's. I did not get to see the rebellion's aftermath as we'd already evacuated, but I did learn that one was ruined. I do not know for sure if Bauglir destroyed that one, but he is the only celestial that I know would have done such a thing. I.... you want honesty, Ahrakas? I have reason to believe he was never a celestial dragon in the first place."

Terra began crying jasper tears again.

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"Aten's behavior, I do not fully know. I know he had descended into tyranny at that point, and any mention of the celestial dragons drove him practically rabid. Loki... Loki had become a different kind of neurotic. He had actually encountered a few of us in secret, and we tried to comfort him, but he just wouldn't stop screaming. It was like our presence hurt him. He sought an alternative. He made a breakthrough with Apophis... I did not partake in the rebellion. Any of the existing dragon gods did not participate in the rebellion. Neither did the 'substitute gods' - beings like Kringat, who filled in for five missing gods we had once. Some celestials partook in the rebellion of their own accord, and unfortunately a couple of them used the opportunity to commit atrocities."

Terra hesitated.

"There was one in particular, whose energy I was extremely suspicious of. It didn't seem dragonlike for some reason, but he carried himself as a celestial. Odd metal-gemstone combination colors. He called himself Bauglir. He'd studied under Kringat... when the rebellion started, Kringat ordered Bauglir to stay out of it. Bauglir defied that order, took a few young rebellious celestials with him, and used the opportunity to burn what he could. Several of us dragon gods immediately sent a mental call to the celestials to get out of that reality and try for the next one... I in particular told them that I suspected Aten planted a dummy amongst the rebellion-"

"EXCUSE ME lady, I did NOT plant dummies amongst the rebellion! That thing caught me completely off guard!"

"-I only suspected it THEN. It would have tragically been in line with Aten's behavior, to make the rebellion look more barbaric than it was to 'justify' a holy war. I... I know one of the palaces that was destroyed was the Dagda's. I did not get to see the rebellion's aftermath as we'd already evacuated, but I did learn that one was ruined. I do not know for sure if Bauglir destroyed that one, but he is the only celestial that I know would have done such a thing. I.... you want honesty, Ahrakas? I have reason to believe he was never a celestial dragon in the first place."

Terra began crying jasper tears again.

I was the only survivor at the Dagdas palace.
I am not sure whether he was sent by Aten or not, that reality had descended into madness.
One thing I am certain of is I want to know where he is at now.
If he lives he will die by my hand.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

I was the only survivor at the Dagdas palace.
I am not sure whether he was sent by Aten or not, that reality had descended into madness.
One thing I am certain of is I want to know where he is at now.
If he lives he will die by my hand.

"If I only knew."

"Bauglir? That's not even a real dragon, Terra! That's a pseudonym for-!"

Pavlin seemed to mentally shriek in anguish. There was a brief bit of corruption coming off of him.

"D̷̊ͅo̷̗̕e̸͉̚s̵̙̑ ̸͇́ÿ̵̹́ö̷̧́u̴̧̿ṙ̶̜ ̵̮̾I̶͇̐m̷̖̍p̷̫͐è̶̦r̶̼͝ĩ̷̭ū̴̹m̵̟͗ ̸͖̃h̶̳͗ǎ̷͖v̷̧̒ë̷͜ ̴̭̿m̸̖̂a̶̔ͅg̷̘̿m̴̝̏a̴͋͜-̸̬̆ǐ̸̞m̸̞̕m̶̐͜ù̴̟n̴̜̍e̶͈̎ ̸͎̍g̸̰̀e̷̖̽à̴̲r̴̫͘?̴̯͠ ̶̩̈́ ̵͚́I̴̖̋r̵̥͋à̴͉ḿ̷̢ ̵̜̈́õ̴͚f̵̡͠ ̵̲͑t̷̥̋h̷̰̋e̶̋͜ ̶̱́P̴̞̑ì̵̲l̸̗̅ĺ̶̘ȃ̵͎r̵̪͘s̷͍͐,̴̠͝ ̷̛͓i̵̦̐t̵̬̆s̵͇̏ ̵̻̈o̶̠͌r̶͠ͅi̸̡͌g̴̜̈́ȋ̵̻n̶͍̒a̵̎ͅl̷̈́ͅ ̴͇̏o̴̘̿n̴̺̊ ̸̡̿P̴̦͝n̶̲̏ḯ̵̜d̷̡͠l̴̝̈́ḛ̶͝ȩ̷̾t̵͖͗h̶̛̬ô̵̜n̵̩̈́ ̴̩̔a̵̮̍n̷̻̿ḋ̴̝ ̶͔̍n̷̟͝o̶͕͂t̸̲̍ ̸̦͗t̸̗͋ĥ̸̦e̵̱͗ ̵̲̈́s̴̝̍t̶̻̆y̸̯̿l̶̬̅ï̷̦z̷̼̈́ȇ̸͚d̴̢͂ ̷̺͠ọ̶͝n̸̻͒e̴̗̔ ̴̫̋i̶̙̐ǹ̵̨ ̵̮̽l̴͎̈́ă̵͇t̵͍̂e̷̻̓r̸͓̚ ̷̤̐r̸͑ͅe̶̮͝a̵̦̔l̵̨͆i̴͔̊t̷͍̊i̷̥͒e̷͖͌s̸̜̓ ̵̤͗ẅ̷̺h̸̩̓ẹ̶̈́ȓ̴̬e̸̪̅ ̶͇̋h̸͈̄ë̴͕ ̸̩͆u̶̪̚s̵͔̋e̸͓̿d̶͓͝ ̵̺̀t̸̨̍ő̵̦ ̴̰͝m̶̟̆e̶͈̒e̵͔̾t̸̫̆,̵̳̕ ̵̺͝i̵͕̋ṣ̷̋ ̴͚́a̷̱̚n̶͎̿ ̵̺͝a̴̼̾c̵͚͗ṯ̴͐ỉ̸͇v̵̜̑ę̸͝ ̸̛̘v̵̠͆o̵̯̓ḷ̷́c̷̮͋ḁ̶̚n̴̘͋o̸̓ͅ.̴̠̓"

Just as soon as it happened, the corruption subsided.

"....I know who he is. The being who Terra just referred to as Bauglir... he's the one Annatar said was waiting for me. The being that was called Bauglir... is none other than Morgoth himself."

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"If I only knew."

"Bauglir? That's not even a real dragon, Terra! That's a pseudonym for-!"

Pavlin seemed to mentally shriek in anguish. There was a brief bit of corruption coming off of him.

"D̷̊ͅo̷̗̕e̸͉̚s̵̙̑ ̸͇́ÿ̵̹́ö̷̧́u̴̧̿ṙ̶̜ ̵̮̾I̶͇̐m̷̖̍p̷̫͐è̶̦r̶̼͝ĩ̷̭ū̴̹m̵̟͗ ̸͖̃h̶̳͗ǎ̷͖v̷̧̒ë̷͜ ̴̭̿m̸̖̂a̶̔ͅg̷̘̿m̴̝̏a̴͋͜-̸̬̆ǐ̸̞m̸̞̕m̶̐͜ù̴̟n̴̜̍e̶͈̎ ̸͎̍g̸̰̀e̷̖̽à̴̲r̴̫͘?̴̯͠ ̶̩̈́ ̵͚́I̴̖̋r̵̥͋à̴͉ḿ̷̢ ̵̜̈́õ̴͚f̵̡͠ ̵̲͑t̷̥̋h̷̰̋e̶̋͜ ̶̱́P̴̞̑ì̵̲l̸̗̅ĺ̶̘ȃ̵͎r̵̪͘s̷͍͐,̴̠͝ ̷̛͓i̵̦̐t̵̬̆s̵͇̏ ̵̻̈o̶̠͌r̶͠ͅi̸̡͌g̴̜̈́ȋ̵̻n̶͍̒a̵̎ͅl̷̈́ͅ ̴͇̏o̴̘̿n̴̺̊ ̸̡̿P̴̦͝n̶̲̏ḯ̵̜d̷̡͠l̴̝̈́ḛ̶͝ȩ̷̾t̵͖͗h̶̛̬ô̵̜n̵̩̈́ ̴̩̔a̵̮̍n̷̻̿ḋ̴̝ ̶͔̍n̷̟͝o̶͕͂t̸̲̍ ̸̦͗t̸̗͋ĥ̸̦e̵̱͗ ̵̲̈́s̴̝̍t̶̻̆y̸̯̿l̶̬̅ï̷̦z̷̼̈́ȇ̸͚d̴̢͂ ̷̺͠ọ̶͝n̸̻͒e̴̗̔ ̴̫̋i̶̙̐ǹ̵̨ ̵̮̽l̴͎̈́ă̵͇t̵͍̂e̷̻̓r̸͓̚ ̷̤̐r̸͑ͅe̶̮͝a̵̦̔l̵̨͆i̴͔̊t̷͍̊i̷̥͒e̷͖͌s̸̜̓ ̵̤͗ẅ̷̺h̸̩̓ẹ̶̈́ȓ̴̬e̸̪̅ ̶͇̋h̸͈̄ë̴͕ ̸̩͆u̶̪̚s̵͔̋e̸͓̿d̶͓͝ ̵̺̀t̸̨̍ő̵̦ ̴̰͝m̶̟̆e̶͈̒e̵͔̾t̸̫̆,̵̳̕ ̵̺͝i̵͕̋ṣ̷̋ ̴͚́a̷̱̚n̶͎̿ ̵̺͝a̴̼̾c̵͚͗ṯ̴͐ỉ̸͇v̵̜̑ę̸͝ ̸̛̘v̵̠͆o̵̯̓ḷ̷́c̷̮͋ḁ̶̚n̴̘͋o̸̓ͅ.̴̠̓"

Just as soon as it happened, the corruption subsided.

"....I know who he is. The being who Terra just referred to as Bauglir... he's the one Annatar said was waiting for me. The being that was called Bauglir... is none other than Morgoth himself."

Then once we are done with Hastur we will go to Iram. I hope you choose to leave him to me.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Then once we are done with Hastur we will go to Iram. I hope you choose to leave him to me.

"The actual fight will be up to you, yes. There's a thing about Pnidleethon-"

"If I may?"

"Yes, Oriana?"

"If it's anything like R'lyeh, Yuggoth, Xiclotl, or my realm of Kythanil... can you not force Morgoth out of Pnidleethon?"

"We can't kick beings off our own realms quite that easy, Oriana. Morgoth's immune to a lot of what that planet can throw at him. As for the servants on my planet... we can direct our personal servants, but we can't puppet them completely, and unfortunately as part of his manipulation Morgoth has gotten in really good graces with the beings on Pnidleethon. I can shield Ahrakas and tell them not to interfere with him, but it seems they won't listen on the matter of Morgoth."

".....you are the most desperately in need of lessons from the dragons on the matter of running a domain."

"I am quite painfully aware, Oriana."

 

[Universe]

"We've all missed you too."

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Meanwhile on Ahrakas' ship....

"That's all my trips taken care of. Once you've shown Trix's crew the ship outlines, I believe we'll be ready for Coruscant."

Cosmos:”I’m sorry I meant to only sleep for 10 realities”

 

[Universe]

*Terra could feel my righteous anger*

 

[Universe]

“When will this stop I HATE SEEING DRAGONS GET HURT”

 

[TrixieFox]

"I don't think that will be an issue. Ahrakas, got a few ship designs at the Imperial Palace like that?"

"then I guess we got a deal"

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

"then I guess we got a deal"

"Alright, then."

Cooper looked at Ahrakas.

"Ahrakas, we will get to that target in time. Our next stop should be Coruscant. Dad says he'll catch up once he takes care of... something. He says I'm too young to see what's going to happen, and I think he's doing that as a joke but I'll respect him."

Cooper scratched an ear.

"So... all I know of Coruscant is that the whole planet is a city. There's multiple spaceports and an untold number of wretched hives, I'm sure."

 

[TrixieFox]

"Alright, then."

Cooper looked at Ahrakas.

"Ahrakas, we will get to that target in time. Our next stop should be Coruscant. Dad says he'll catch up once he takes care of... something. He says I'm too young to see what's going to happen, and I think he's doing that as a joke but I'll respect him."

Cooper scratched an ear.

"So... all I know of Coruscant is that the whole planet is a city. There's multiple spaceports and an untold number of wretched hives, I'm sure."

"Trix stays here though" Sandstone said leaning in close and whispering