[IC] Eternal Galaxy: Phoenix

[IC] Eternal Galaxy: Phoenix

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

"Hehehe... Oh this Galaxy will survive alright. With us in it? Mmmm... Debatable." She giggled a little before continuing, "The problem is... This galaxy alone might be the only place left in all existence. No more other universes... Maybe a few other timelines but I don't think they would last either. The Void might find a way to reach wherever we might run..." The Umbra seemed to float into her shadow. "Mmm as for my ability... Blame the two types of energy my kind are made of. Don't know specifics, but It can manipulate my physical form as I will it to certain degrees. The 'demon' form is more taxing...more powerful... But I need to sustain it with the energy of life. It's essentially the form I use to fight the bugs in, since the more I kill, the longer I can fight. All I need is for them to bleed a bit as I kill them..."

She then turned her attention to Phenom. "Oh no no no... It's not that I don't trust you, I just don't trust what might be inside you. The bugs already know what I'm telling you soooo it doesn't matter." Upon hearing his next question she giggled even more. "This galaxy? My kind call it the Venturian Galaxy. I think I heard of the Milky Way... Wasn't that where humans came from a hundred millennia ago...? I think they were refugees cause their home planet went ka-boomy or something."

The Umbra jumped slightly at the sound of the gates sliding open after the final block went into place. She turned and muttered under her breath about bugs not supposed to be able to figure these things out.


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Alcyon - CY-044: Port 13

Reiya just moved her eyes towards Add. "Your fault for not being strapped in." She said right back to him. Reimi then opened the door and sent the stairs down and Reiya walked down towards the guards. "Treasure hunter and explorer Ray. Owner of the ZXRST 000: Slipstream. Here to refuel and resupply." Reiya said as she displays a holographic ID.

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

"As you can see" Bryn spoke gesturing to the opening doors "We aren't those bugs of yours, but then again I wonder what would be the situation if one of us was actually bonded with one of them" With that came the smile of curiosity if the green eyed woman "Would you simply attack without remorae, thus proving you are now just a hollow creature or would you try communicate and show that you have soul?"

Runa was surprised with how calm was the bioroid's mood despite the fact that she dared the shadow girl "Well, she does have a point, with evolution, we all adapt to what is best for survival, maybe those creatures can communicate with us too"

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

"Ha!" The Umbra simply burst into a fit of laughter. "Are you suggesting reasoning with our own executioners? Reason with the beings that have desecrated our homes, our lives? Oh nonono... If one of you were infected by them... I would free you from them. Being infected by one of them... It is a fate worse than death. We are but food to them... used only to incubate their larvae before they consume us from the inside. They use us as protection... as psychological armor..." She grinned wryly. "Ah... but that justifies it.... Yes, that is why if you were infected, I have no choice but to kill you; to free you, and to protect others from suffering the same fate should there be more larvae in you. At least death by my hand would be quick and painless rather than the helpless feeling of watching the bugs rip out of you, using you as an exoskeleton, and keeping you alive as they slaughter anything near you." She giggled as she drifted back into her shadow and darted forward towards the stairs to the next floor down.


The 3rd floor appeared to be a large arena that was dominated by a labyrinth. A path leading to the opposite side of the arena that was enclosed in Corlaviri glass allowed anyone to see the entire room. The labyrinth itself was composed of walls made of the same black matter that the gates and blocks were made of, also contained by Corlaviri glass.

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2
BGM: Code Geass R2 OST: Boy from Britannia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtxNw8Rs8Ds

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While the girls were talking, Phenom had already begun to make his way down the stairs to the next floor. He caught enough of the conversation to satisfy his curiosity.

When he reached the bottom he was greeted by a grand labyrinth, filled with walls the same material as the cubes from the last room. Beyond that, there was little remarkable about the chamber before him.

"Lachesis, there's a Labyrinth of some sort in the next chamber. I'm going to Pulse it. It's filled with some strange material that I'd rather not chance contact with. Is there anything you can tell me about it?"

As Phenom's terminal pulsed the room, Lachesis went straight to work analyzing the data.

"This is awkward... I... I can't get any clear reading. Something is interfering with the scan. It might have something to do with the material you're talking about."

Phenom groaned silently as he looked over to his side. Nyctores was still a little ways behind him, so he called out to her.

"Nycto! What can you tell me about this black material? I've never seen anything like it before."

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

The girl appeared in front of Phenom facing the entrance of the labyrinth, she responded simply by saying: "Black Matter." She stood there for a moment as if the flowing substance fascinated her. "We don't know what it really is... All we do know is that it is not affected by anything as one would predict. Corlaviri crystal seems to be able to interact with it without adverse effects; for anything else, strange things happen." With that said, she phased back into a shadow and zipped into the labyrinth, humming for a moment before calling back. "This is simple, just make your way through this without dy- EEEP!" A loud crash followed by a screech of some creature could be heard echoing throughout the massive chamber.

The shadow of the Umbra darted past the entrance going the other way, the sound of her muttering "Not that way...." repeatedly was barely audible.

Serenity Forest | Planet Duon

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It was a good thing that the Demonarc alerted Noire, as she was merely inches away from coming to contact with one of the crystals on the walls. The crystals did give off a mystic aura of different colors, enough to entrance the poor human girl who came from a dystopian, apocalyptic world.

"Oh I'm n... not supposed to...?" Noire whimpered, her hand retracting from the beautiful crystal. "Oh... ok."

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

"Well, I'm not surprised for suvh reaction" Bryn commented as they looked at the new room "A laberynth and observation room.. looks like we can have a sentinel watching over the hamsters"

"Probably there will be both traps and guards around each corner, we need the spear user on front, reflex would be the key for his or her survival, the sentinel would guide us if we can put someone up there, but in the case of that, there can also be a trick up there" Runa briefed the possible strategy to the group.

Then came the screech of whatever lied in the laberynth "Welp, now we know there is something there at least" Runa spoke with a nervos laugh

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

While the others had been busy solving the puzzle Bardock had been thinking, trying to figure out how to solve it. Aside from that but he was also trying to sort other things out in his mind, as the strange man's questions had Bardock thinking about the state of his race, and his planet. The thoughts were proven to be causing quite a bit of anger to well up inside of him as he continued thinking. However his trance was broken as the others had quickly solved the puzzle and continued onward without him, seeing this Bardock quickly sprinted towards the exit to catch up with the rest of his group, only stopping upon seeing the entrance to a labyrinth with the sound of something crashing followed by a loud shriek from some strange creature.

He did not say anything though as he, despite not hearing what the others were talking about, especially regarding the labyrinth, had began to take a few steps towards the entrance of the maze. Though he did stop and turned to look over his shoulder at the scared(?) Umbra.

"Mind telling us what made that noise?" He spoke, seemingly ignoring the others completely.



Alcyon - CY-044: Port 13

The guard's listened to Reiya's need to refuel and gather some new supplies, and upon showing them her holographic ID, the two guard's began whispering some things to each other before turning back to Reiya.

"Very well. Give us about an hour to refuel and restock your ship with some supplies. If things go smoothly it will only take about forty-five minutes. So just go explore the place you two, but be careful got it?" Replied the guard on the left as the guard on the right gave a quick salute to Reiya before both guard's began walking away. Though as both guard's were walking away they both began whispering something to each other, with what they were saying being just barely audible...


"Hey is it just me or is that boy with the white hair looking a little... familiar to you?" Said the guard on the left as the guard on the right replied.

"Not really... but something just feels off about him..."

Serenity Forest | Planet Duon

The Demonarc turned at the sound of disappointment in Noire's Voice, smiling slightly as he continued down the winding path. "We sometimes fashion the crystals into various trinkets. They are quite common, hence why they were used as source of power long ago. The energy they hold can be utilized given the proper medium." He led Noire to a dead end where he then began to tap on the walls in a particular fashion. "The Village is just beyond here. We keep it sealed as a safeguard against the parasites..."

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Alcyon | Shrine of Winter B2

"A Guardian..." The Umbra girl responded. "There were once many mechanized sentries keeping watch over this place, but then the bugs tried to get in. They damaged one badly and it went berserk, attacking the others and combining their parts to it, forming one entity. The original design was a torso of a statuesque woman with a lower half resembling a snake like creature, two sets of arms with one larger pair with big razor-like claws. Now it has a lower half that's a conglomeration of the other Guardians that stretches out for a large portion of the maze, with heads and claws all along it. There's no blind spot on it and it can sense movement. It has a special forcefield to protect it which even I can't break. So the best bet is to run away from it. Luckily with all those parts it is pretty slow... But... It can also randomize the maze, which I think might have been what that crashing sound was all about as walls shifted into place suddenly."