Party at Mambi's realm, all are invited!

[Universe]

*I sighed exhausted*

 

[Baron Tredegar]

Before long, Aeternus and Eclipse returned.

"Looks like we have some calm. I decided a whole hour wasn't needed."

He glimpsed at Ahrakas.

"I thought about the Formosa thing and what Loki prophesied would come to pass. What was it you said, Eclipse?"

"There may be two holes in reality around Leo."

"Yeah, that. Formosa would be a plausible one, but I'm pretty sure at this point the hole hidden in a conduit - the one I had asked you about - is on one of the two domains run by the Convergence members you will capture."

"But how will he know which one is the one you told him, Daddy?"

"There's a lot of realms within Leo. But he's a smart man. He's undoubtedly having someone scout it out for him."

Aeternus sighed.

"Come. We shouldn't trouble ourselves with these matters right now. There was dancing going on elsewhere? I think we might want to see it."

Ahrakas got a notification on his holoprojector. He clicked it and an image of Harpocrates appeared. I scanned those images more closely and yes, that is not a moon in the Formosa system. Nataraja has been running the place since Flauros died. Would you like me to notify him of your coming arrival?

Ahrakas turned to Aeturnus. What do you think? Should we check out the Convergence worlds or Formosa first?

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Ahrakas got a notification on his holoprojector. He clicked it and an image of Harpocrates appeared. I scanned those images more closely and yes, that is not a moon in the Formosa system. Nataraja has been running the place since Flauros died. Would you like me to notify him of your coming arrival?

Ahrakas turned to Firuthi. What do you think? Should we check out the Convergence worlds or Formosa first?

((Firuthi's actively not on the scene as I'm waiting for his brain scan. I will proceed as if you meant Aeternus - that was him and his kid Eclipse talking. I will pare down the number of characters I'm managing at the party when I can write them out reasonably - not enough color separation left and font families don't show up well on mobile forum browsing.))

"I would check Formosa first. There is something... nagging me about the other worlds. A dreadful feeling that isn't just the reality hole."

Ahrakas got another notification on his communicator.

Spoiler: From user Affirming Wind

High Imperator Ahrakas, it's Garuda again. I'm almost done wrapping up my investigation... there's a couple people I think we can capture, but the method I'm thinking is a bit of an odd one. Someone told me you still have the pre-rebellion body. Is it true, and if so, can you hold it for a full minute?

 

[Baron Tredegar]

((Firuthi's actively not on the scene as I'm waiting for his brain scan. I will proceed as if you meant Aeternus - that was him and his kid Eclipse talking. I will pare down the number of characters I'm managing at the party when I can write them out reasonably - not enough color separation left and font families don't show up well on mobile forum browsing.))

"I would check Formosa first. There is something... nagging me about the other worlds. A dreadful feeling that isn't just the reality hole."

Ahrakas got another notification on his communicator.

Spoiler: From user Affirming Wind

High Imperator Ahrakas, it's Garuda again. I'm almost done wrapping up my investigation... there's a couple people I think we can capture, but the method I'm thinking is a bit of an odd one. Someone told me you still have the pre-rebellion body. Is it true, and if so, can you hold it for a full minute?

Ahrakas typed into his tablet. I still have my old body, I can hold it for a pretty long time as well. Im all ears, whats your plan?

He then turned back to Aeternus. So you think we should check out Formosa first? Think we should let Nataraja know we are coming? Or is surprise more preferable?

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Ahrakas typed into his tablet. I still have my old body, I can hold it for a pretty long time as well. Im all ears, whats your plan?

He then turned back to Aeternus. So you think we should check out Formosa first? Think we should let Nataraja know we are coming? Or is surprise more preferable?

Ahrakas got a response message.

Spoiler: From user Affirming Wind, whom Ahrakas would know is Garuda

The guys I'm thinking of capturing hold meetings where they use a projector. The projector makes them look like they have their old bodies, even though they can't do it naturally anymore. I was thinking of surprising them with the real deal. It's going to be a bit before their next meeting, but I'll let you know when it happens.

Aeternus thought for a second. "Given the circumstances, I think we should.... hmmm... I'd say let Nataraja know. I'm ready in case there's any trouble."

 

[Baron Tredegar]

Ahrakas got a response message.

Spoiler: From user Affirming Wind, whom Ahrakas would know is Garuda

The guys I'm thinking of capturing hold meetings where they use a projector. The projector makes them look like they have their old bodies, even though they can't do it naturally anymore. I was thinking of surprising them with the real deal. It's going to be a bit before their next meeting, but I'll let you know when it happens.

Aeternus thought for a second. "Given the circumstances, I think we should.... hmmm... I'd say let Nataraja know. I'm ready in case there's any trouble."

Ahrakas typed back to Garuda, notify me when you are ready.

He then pulled his holoprojector out and opened a channel to Harpocrates. Notify him we are arriving soon.

Aeternus can you open a portal to my private cruiser?

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Ahrakas typed back to Garuda, notify me when you are ready.

He then pulled his holoprojector out and opened a channel to Harpocrates. Notify him we are arriving soon.

Aeternus can you open a portal to my private cruiser?

"Will do."

Aeternus opened a portal, as requested.

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"Will do."

Aeternus opened a portal, as requested.

Ahrakas stepped through the portal. Welcome to my private ship! Its old but it has served me well. The interior of the ship was designed like one would imagene the ancient Egyptians would have built a spaceship if they had the technology. Hieroglyphics adorned the walls and statuary of Ahrakas and his father stood in the center of the main hall. The ships pilot walked appeared, bowed to Ahrakas and greeted Aeternus. Where to my lord? he asked.
Formosa, lets get there as fast as possible. The pilot took his position at the cockpit and launched the ship into transwarp speed towards Formosa.
Its slower than opening a portal but better for more formal occasions, we should be there in around ten minutes.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Ahrakas stepped through the portal. Welcome to my private ship! Its old but it has served me well. The interior of the ship was designed like one would imagene the ancient Egyptians would have built a spaceship if they had the technology. Hieroglyphics adorned the walls and statuary of Ahrakas and his father stood in the center of the main hall. The ships pilot walked appeared, bowed to Ahrakas and greeted Aeternus. Where to my lord? he asked.
Formosa, lets get there as fast as possible. The pilot took his position at the cockpit and launched the ship into transwarp speed towards Formosa.
Its slower than opening a portal but better for more formal occasions, we should be there in around ten minutes.

"And a lot less fear-inducing to those on the other side."

Aeternus looked around the ship.

"Dural and I talked about these once, in the hours before he became a Lord. He said he really wanted to see his people be able to travel the stars one day... I believe there are spaceship plans on his planet somewhere, but I wasn't ready to tell him about them."

Aeternus sighed.

"They're probably in places his predecessor favored. I wonder if the guy booby-trapped them before he left."

 

[Universe]

*I looked incredibly annoyed*

 

[Universe]

*Kronos didn’t look too good*

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

*I looked incredibly annoyed*

*Kronos didn’t look too good*

Oliver finally left the sauna, having changed back into his robes. He was still very red-scaled from having gone into his fire mode in the sauna.

He wandered a while... eventually encountering the dragons. He was taken aback by Universe's new look, but settled down once he realized Kronos was there.

"So, uh, I didn't have much luck... did something happen? You look like someone dumped coals on you and he, well he doesn't exactly look all that well...."

 

[Universe]

Oliver finally left the sauna, having changed back into his robes. He was still very red-scaled from having gone into his fire mode in the sauna.

He wandered a while... eventually encountering the dragons. He was taken aback by Universe's new look, but settled down once he realized Kronos was there.

"So, uh, I didn't have much luck... did something happen? You look like someone dumped coals on you and he, well he doesn't exactly look all that well...."

“I almost got corrupted”

 

[Universe]

Kronos:”I can’t explain it but it feels like I’m getting all the energy drained out of my body”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

“I almost got corrupted”

"Almost? So... wait, there's a form of those dragons that were attacking us that isn't? This is news to me."

Kronos:”I can’t explain it but it feels like I’m getting all the energy drained out of my body”

"Getting drained? Could it be due to those mean guys you said you defected from?"

 

[Universe]

Kronos:”I don’t know”

 

[Universe]

*I telepathically told Alpha to summon the Universe 7*

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Kronos:”I don’t know”

Oliver closed his eyes and focused for a moment, letting him shift to the mind element. His scales became gold - brighter than Universe's current pattern, but definitely inferior to the old gleaming form.

He looked at Kronos, then at Universe.

"....sorry, I already sense that if I tried to go in there and look at what's troubling him my mind might snap. I'm not going to be much-"

*I telepathically told Alpha to summon the Universe 7*

".....okay, that look in your eyes tells me you've done this before. I'll step back."

 

[Universe]

*It appears through a wormhole and it looks futuristic green and gold* “ahh there you are Universe 7”

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"And a lot less fear-inducing to those on the other side."

Aeternus looked around the ship.

"Dural and I talked about these once, in the hours before he became a Lord. He said he really wanted to see his people be able to travel the stars one day... I believe there are spaceship plans on his planet somewhere, but I wasn't ready to tell him about them."

Aeternus sighed.

"They're probably in places his predecessor favored. I wonder if the guy booby-trapped them before he left."

Judging by Mitzelcuahuatls extreme paranoia I would say it is highly likely they are booby trapped, a shame really. I believe that Thulcan 7 is ready to enter interstellar affairs.

 

[Universe]

“let’s go oh this is Unverse 7 built it with my own two claws”

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

Judging by Mitzelcuahuatls extreme paranoia I would say it is highly likely they are booby trapped, a shame really. I believe that Thulcan 7 is ready to enter interstellar affairs.

"It is quite a.... shame...."

Aeternus' eyes seem to light up.

"Hold on... how much of Mitzelcuahuatl's legacy is left over? Power armor, bioweapons... did he leave something that would know how to bypass the booby traps, I wonder?"

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

“let’s go oh this is Unverse 7 built it with my own two claws”

"Hang on, who's going where? Is it you, me, and this new creation? Is it you and Kronos? Or all four of us?"

 

[Universe]

"Hang on, who's going where? Is it you, me, and this new creation? Is it you and Kronos? Or all four of us?"

“It’s a spaceship”

 

[Baron Tredegar]

"It is quite a.... shame...."

Aeternus' eyes seem to light up.

"Hold on... how much of Mitzelcuahuatl's legacy is left over? Power armor, bioweapons... did he leave something that would know how to bypass the booby traps, I wonder?"

He created Jormungandr and Firuthi to be his "son" perhaps he might be able to access them.