[IC] Eternal Galaxy: Phoenix

[Kristia]

Shrine of Seasons B1


"What Red here means is that I can make portals from almost anywhere, they don`t interfere with physics like vibrations, so the ice wouldnīt break because of it" Bryn explained and looked at the room "I can place the gates on a wall and on the end of this room so we can cross this puzzle without breaking its rules"

As the green eyed woman explained her idea, Runa noticed the slight tremor on the place, since it didnīt cause damage to the bridge itself, the redhead had a guess about whatever occurred "Guys, something happened on the outside of this place, it hit pretty hard to cause a slight tremble here"

[WriggleRid3r]

Serenity Jungle | Planet Duon

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Noire woke up.

Sudden sunlight blinded her temporarily as she rose to a sitting position. She heard birds chirping and water running, but other than that she was surrounded by a serene silence. The jungle's overall color tone looked much lighter than above from where she fell... speaking of which, didn't she fall from a really high cliff?

None of Noire's bones were broken. Not even a bruise on her pale body, soaked but not necessarily in the water. She was stripped of her clothes except for her undergarments: a black lacy corset and a matching garter belt, and they were neatly placed on a small rock a few steps away from her, dry and folded flawlessly.

"Huh?" Noire asked in confusion, but within a few seconds she came to a realization: someone took the unconscious Noire away from the streaming river, laid her on a warm grass bed, took the soaking clothes off, dried them, and folded them neatly. She instinctively covered herself in embarrassment, but the thankfulness was there. After looking around her to make sure nobody was watching, Noire took the clothes and began putting them back on.

"I... I wonder if there's a... a way to go back to... to Ylisse." Noire said to herself as she uneasily took the steps away from the cliff, towards the south.

[Cucoo5]

Serenity Jungle | Planet Duon

_{"It's dangerous to go alone."}

A faint voice of a man seemed to float to Noire on the slight breeze. Behind her in a patch of sunlight was an irregular shadow. A shadow that seemed to be as dark as a black hole. From it, one could feel like they were being watched.

[WriggleRid3r]

Serenity Jungle | Planet Duon

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"It's dangerous to go alone."

Upon hearing an unknown voice whisper to her like the wind, Noire flinched and looked back to find a shadow on the ground as dark as the nights she and her comrades had to endure during the future.

"EEEP! A GHOST!" Noire cried, bolting away from the shadow. "A- A GHOST! OR A CURSE FROM MY MOTHER! HELP ME FATHER!"

[S121]

Dark Rift Dua - Ruined Castle

John simply remained silent as he mounted the Roc. At first, John was hesitant to subject the shadowy birdlike beast to the crushing force of his weight, but as he cautiously mounted the creature, he felt that the Roc was "sturdier" than he had previously thought. In fact, as he slowly began to apply his weight to the creature, it felt as if the Roc was not even moderately inconvenienced by his weight, leaving John to wonder what exactly this creature was truly capable of surviving against.

As John settled on to the Roc, he heard Morpheus say one name that triggered a spark of recognition to ignite within his mind, "Aion". Just then, John's focus quickly changed from the Roc he was sitting on to Morpheus as he tried to recall why he knew Aion.

"Aion?...", John said to Morpheus as he looked over to him, "I.. think I remember him."

John may have been uncertain as to how he knew Aion, but the fact that he remembered was reason enough to speak up, although despite the fact that John remembered him, his recollection of Aion was extremely vague, as if Aion was from some long-forgotten dream.





(@Mima. Assume the TRX-77 is as powerful as you said it was in your previous post. It's powerful, but not enough to completely obliterate everything in the room with a single shot.)
Crash Site - Nevarras

Ethan laughed at a noticeable decible as the chaos brought upon by Ethan's weapon unfolded, although one could barely hear it amidst the destruction. Despite the fact that creatures poured in from the entrance and from the newly created hole in the floor, each one capable of ripping through Ethan's armor and mercilessly ripping him apart, he simply grinned and welcomed the challenge like it was all a game, as if his life was not in danger. In fact, it seemed as if he was enjoying every second of the battle, the adrenine of going against such odds, the kick of his tank busting weapon, and the feeling of anticipation for the inevitable self-destruction of the reactor behind him.

As Ethan admired the chaos and destruction he had caused, he heard SiMo call out to him from afar, warning him that it was almost time to escape.

"No need to rush. Things were just starting to get entertaining.", Ethan called back out to SiMo as he opened fire once more with his TRX-77, this time firing straight into the floor in front of the enemies that were rapidly advancing on his position, hoping to kill and topple the enemies from the mere shockwave generated from the weapon.

[Cucoo5]

Dark Rift Dua - Ruined Castle

Once everyone that couldn't fly was on a Roc, Morpheus leaned forward and silently acknowledged to the Roc he was on that it was time to take to the skies. One by one the Rocs spread their great wings and effortlessly lifted off the ground despite carrying passengers. Morpheus then responded to John's remark as they rapidly gained altitude. "You remember..." he started to speak as he glanced from everyone in the group, "Ah... that's right... you all were here back then. Your memories however..." Morpheus turned to look forward as he tried to recall details. "Something happened while you all slept in the Manor that affected your memories... I wish I remembered what, but I was under the influence of my 'other half,' the chaotic side of the consciousness that I am a part of. The mind of Chaos has clouded my own for that period of time." He then switched his train of thought back to details about Aion. "...But yes, you all might have met Aion in the past, considering you were here to begin with. Hopefully as we travel, you all might be able to recover some memories, and may they be memories worth remembering."

As Morpheus stopped talking, the Rocs stopped their ascent and began to glide smoothly towards a jagged tower on the horizon. "That tower is this timeline's equivalent of the Tower of Aquarion. We will quickly attempt to find the Gate chamber that will allow us to return to our timeline. On the other side we will be able to reach the spaceport on Duon and gather supplies."


Duon - Serenity Forest

"Miss..." The voice seemed to be keeping up with Noire. "Be at ease, I mean you no harm." The shadow raced past Noire and from it a man in a hooded cloak appeared, a shadowy aura surrounding him. His hood concealed the details of his face but the red glowing eyes could be seen from its shade. Despite his appearance, he exuded a feeling of calm. His cloak hid any other details about him. "I was the one that helped you out of the water after you fell from the cliff."

[Koishi]

Alternate Dua

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"I'd blame Cicero. If he's still around, that is." Mima said as she flew alongside. "I do remember a fellow named Aion though. On some big ship, helped me with some of my memory all the way back then with access to all those files and such."

"I dunno about a spaceport, though. I don't really know how to fly a ship." Mima replied.

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Crash Site

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"Once this is done, you will likely think otherwise, unless you'd prefer being completely erased from this mortal coil." SiMo merely replied as it kept typing. The creatures continued their march, not only corss the floor, but across the walls and ceiling as well, smaller, faster ones skittering quickly across the ceiling. Several leapt at Ethan from above, launching like little missles towards their target, a large sharp spike on the front looking to impale anything in it's way.

[Kilelicus]

Alcyon | Shrine of Seasons
BGM: .Hack/Infection OST: Castle Dungeon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3LvM-Z1FSk

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As Phenom stepped into the temple-like structure, he began to feel as though he were being watched. Maybe by whatever was in the temple, maybe by the temple itself. He removed one of his guns from its holsters and flicked on its underbarrel flashlight. Shining the light around the grand chamber, he could not see anything that appeared to be watching him, but he remained uneasy. "Lachesis, do you still hear me?"

"Loud and clear. What's up?"

"Exactly what kind of strange readings were we getting from this place? I feel like I'm being watched, but nothing is here..."

"That's a good question. Whatever it was, it stumped our Multiwave Transceivers. All we got was a sort of heat map. Whatever it is, I'd be careful. All we know is there were also very minor seismic tremors within the northern section of the structure. We're talking footstep levels of seismic activity, so there's like people or... something to the north. If they're aliens, we don't know how they'll react when you encounter them, so be careful."

"Roger..."

Phenom made his way towards the northern section of the temple. As he approached the wing entrance, he could feel a chilly breeze flowing from it. He hiked his Keffiyeh scarf up until it was just over his nose and pushed open the door into the North wing. Before him was a staircase. He could not see how far down it went, and his flashlight, though powerful, could not cut that far through the darkness. He shrugged and began to make his way down the steps. The farther down he went, the colder the air around him became. Frost appeared on the walls of the staircase, and small patches of ice could be seen glistening in what light was cast their way.

"Lachesis, let me know if anything else comes to this structure. I want no surprises from the outside."

"You got it, Phen." Lachesis said lazily.

"Wh...what are you doing?"

"Sudoku."

"Please pay atte... why am I asking you to pay attention, I've seen you resolve multiple quantum physics problems at the same time.."

As phenom went farther and farther down, it was apparent that snow had begun to build up to respectable amounts around the staircase, and footprints on the stairs became painfully obvious. In addition, he could hear voices coming from below. Voices speaking in English. Odd.

"Lachesis, what's my ambient temperature right now?"

"Approximately negative Twenty-three degrees celsius. Can you hook me up with a visual feed?"

"Not right now, Lachesis, I hear voices below. I need to be prepared for anything."

Reaching the bottom, Phenom was greeted by a large chamber filled with ice. Examining the room, he saw a number of people attempting to cross an odd bridge of ice. One was floating, and he wondered why he did not simply float over to the other side. He decided to simply wait and watch to see what happens.

[Kristia]

Alcyon | Shrine of Seasons


As the bioroid explained her idea to the floating man, Runa hear some footsteps, she kept her calm to not show whoever or whatever was behind them know she had heard it. When the footsteps ceased to be heard, the engineer looked casually to the source of it and saw a male at the entrance of the room "Looks like we got another guest on this place people" she said to both Bryn and Bardock.

Turning back to the new person, Runa spoke "So what brings you here stranger? did you heard the SOS signal? and by the way, please be careful with anything that can cause big vibrations, the ice is rather fragile"

[SUSTIC]

Alcyon | Shrine of Seasons

As Bardock listened to Bryn's explanation, he wasn't exactly interested, but was at least thinking about how that would actually be a useful idea. Granted he himself could just hover over the bridge... if it wasn't for the many thin ice needles scattered across the room. He is just hovering a spot where it would be safer to do so over the bridge. For he remembers that if he breaks a single bit of ice an entire chain reaction would take place, which would end in them getting blocked off from the rest of the ruins.


However before he could say anything he stopped and turned around upon hearing more footsteps. Seeing yet another person Bardock just sighed and facepalmed. Obviously unamused with how much people there are in these ruins, or to be more specifically in this room filled with extremely fragile ice.

[Kilelicus]

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

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Phenom raised an eyebrow and looked to the questioning girl. "Who I am and why I am here are not important. You should focus on your current predicament."

He tapped his forearm and a Hard-Light display appeared, hovering over his cloak. "Lachesis, SITREP. There's other humans here. It seems we might not have been the only ones to escape the Earth's destruction. They appear to be stuck on some sort of bridge of ice.... one of them is floating. I'm Pulsing and sending you the information."

Wasting no time, Phenom struck a number of the keys on his terminal and several waves pulsed outwards from beneath Phenom. "I need to know what's at the bottom of this Chasm and if there is any way around this bridge. I see no alternate routes."

"Well let's see what you've got, Phen..." Lachesis said as her display was filled with a wireframe display of the chamber. "From what I can see, the bottom of the chasm holds... yep. Death. And it would appear there's no way around the bridge. Somehow all of these Icicles I'm seeing are linked... to a door... and each other... and the bridge... Oh... Hello...."

"What is it?" Phenom asked.

"That floating fella? His M-Pulse readings are the same as the ones we got when we pulsed the planet. And whatever he's emanating, it's huge. I CAN tell you that this bridge is rather fragile, but it should be easy for you to cross, giving your abilities and precision... but I mean... people in the way. They need to cross first."

"I see..."

[Kristia]

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter


"Great, another subject for this crude test" Bryn commented with sarcasm "Iīm sick of this so I will do things fast" she got back on her vigor as she looked at the place and fired a well aimed portat gat to the wall at her right, it was a pair of meters below her feet height. Then the black haired bioroid aimed the second gate to the end of the room, to the wall outside of said place making the link between gates

Bryn then looked at the redhead "Now we can jump since nothing have happened" she said it as if there was nothing to kill them if they fell. "By the way" she looked at the new person, "donīt act as this shady and professional guy, it looks dumb and shows unnecessary ego if you have company, like right now"

[SUSTIC]

Alcyon | Shrine of Winter

Bardock didn't say anything at all to Bryn, Runa, or this new guy, instead he just stared at the new person with an oddly cautious expression on his face.

"So many people are entering these ruins... gotta be cautious... For all I know any of these people could mean danger if I'm not cautious..." Bardock thought as he began hovering towards the entrance portal that Bryn had placed. With a quick motion he stepped back onto the ground before hopping through the portal, appearing out the other side of the portal safe and sound.


Without a second thought and now across the bridge he just began walking down further into the ruins.

"Thanks for the portal." Spoke Bardock to Bryn as he continued walking, refusing to say anything else.

[WriggleRid3r]

Serenity Forest | Planet Duon

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"Eeeep..." Noire's voice quivered as the shadow swept past her and took the form of a hooded figure. She could only stand still, frozen in fear of the unknown as she processed what the shadow had to say for himself.

Apparently he was the one who saved her from the fall, laid her on a comfortable grass bed, and dried her clothes out. This fact that her lifesaver was standing in front of her relieved her a little bit, although it didn't really relate to her completely putting her trust on him.

"T- thank you..." Noire stuttered, still uneasy. "But... w-who are you?"

[Cucoo5]

Duon | Serenity Forest

The being hesitated for a moment before answering, "I am...was an Arcain. Now I am a Demonarc Umbra. In my search for power to protect my home I turned myself into this... A being with no identity. I no longer have a name, nor a form to call my own." after a moment's pause, the Umbra walked over to a tree and started picking pear shaped fruits that had various color patterns to them; gathering them in a fold in his cloak. "You are a being that requires food, yes?"