Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
John was getting slightly annoyed that Aion didn't give him a direct answer, but he understood the basic idea of the story.
"So The shards of starlight are pieces of a tool so powerful that it can create or destroy entire galaxies, the swords are the keys to seal and unseal them, and Heaven's Forge was used to create the keys.", John said to Aion.
The Shards of Starlight reminded John of the Halo Arrays. They were powerful tools of destruction that could wipe out all life within a galaxy. John didn't believe in fate, but he couldn't help but feel that he might have been brought to this time period for a reason. After a moment of thinking, John spoke again.
"They all fit together, but what does it all have to do with the Halls of Time?", John asked Aion.
[IC] Eternal Galaxy: Shards of Starlight - Part I
11/04/2013, 08:35 AM #612
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
"Mhm! C'mon! There's nothing to worry about here!" Terrisa was smiling cheerfully as she tried to get Nova to follow.
***
"That's exactly what the legends say about the Shards of Starlight...but concerning the legends of the Halls of Time... I would have to tell you the basic story."
"So what does that have to do with the Shards?" Aion then adopted a more sarcastic tone. "Absolutely nothing." He then picked up the sword and pointed to the crest of the Guardians of Time that sealed the blade. "...Or so it was thought."
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
"Mhm! C'mon! There's nothing to worry about here!" Terrisa was smiling cheerfully as she tried to get Nova to follow.
***
"That's exactly what the legends say about the Shards of Starlight...but concerning the legends of the Halls of Time... I would have to tell you the basic story."
"So what does that have to do with the Shards?" Aion then adopted a more sarcastic tone. "Absolutely nothing." He then picked up the sword and pointed to the crest of the Guardians of Time that sealed the blade. "...Or so it was thought."
11/04/2013, 11:04 AM #613
Helios System
X's ship | Drifting in space between New Genesis and Duon/Dua
X was drifting in his ship alone... he had been in his ship for what seemed to be an eternity. He's almost out of food rations...
His ship continues to drift through space aimlessly.
"Systems on..." He said in a cold monotone voice as the lights in the cockpit turned on. He then proceeded to sit down in the pilot's seat. "Run status scan of the ship..." Said X as his ship's systems runs a quick scan for any status problems.
After a few minutes passed some text appeared on his ship's main screen.
SHIP'S SYSTEMS ARE ONLINE, AND OPERABLE. FOOD RATIONS ARE RUNNING LOW. SEARCH FOR ANY NEARBY PLACES TO RESTOCK? The text said as X shakes his head. "Deny request. Search for nearby ships."
X's ship | Drifting in space between New Genesis and Duon/Dua
X was drifting in his ship alone... he had been in his ship for what seemed to be an eternity. He's almost out of food rations...
His ship continues to drift through space aimlessly.
"Systems on..." He said in a cold monotone voice as the lights in the cockpit turned on. He then proceeded to sit down in the pilot's seat. "Run status scan of the ship..." Said X as his ship's systems runs a quick scan for any status problems.
After a few minutes passed some text appeared on his ship's main screen.
SHIP'S SYSTEMS ARE ONLINE, AND OPERABLE. FOOD RATIONS ARE RUNNING LOW. SEARCH FOR ANY NEARBY PLACES TO RESTOCK? The text said as X shakes his head. "Deny request. Search for nearby ships."
11/04/2013, 02:13 PM #614
Sol Inceneron
Inopia-Temple of the Lost
Nhiome looked around again. "Even with your light, it is still quite dark...I have a way to light this place up, just give me some time to locate them....I don't use them often...considering i spend most of my time in space. Once you can see, maybe you could spot something..."
Nhiome reentered KuroiKaze and started digging around the cargo area. I really haven't had any use for them in a while... now where are they...there! thank god for my paranoia... Nhiome picked up the flares and went to the projectile gun, he loaded them into the magazine and went to power up the gun. He pushed a button and pressed his thumb against a fingerprint scanner, waiting for the scan to complete. But nothing happened. Nhiome tried again with the same results. He frowned and went to check on the connections to the remaining working engine, then he noticed it.
Ah...so that's the problem. Flying the much heavier load along with powering the shields during the drop must have done it...I think I have a spare, including the one in the other engine I should be fi- He noticed that the other one was also depleted. Guess it was not just a connection problem, although that is definitely part of it. I wasn't actually checking the entire engine before...only the connections, guess I didn't take a look at the crystal at all. Nhiome replaced the crystal in the functioning engine with his only spare, then went back to the cockpit and powered up the projectile gun. He aimed it at the darkest corners and fired. The bullets lodged into the walls they were aimed at and after a ten second delay, flared up, filling the temple with light.
Nhiome stepped out of KuroiKaze and approached Dalia again. "These flares will last an hour or so, and do you happen to have an aura crystal? I'm afraid the earlier flight to the cavern and the fall after that drained the aura crystals in the engines. I have another one, but as had been shown, one is not enough, if I want to leave this planet, I'm going to need another one...anyway, so with the new light, do you spot anything?"
Inopia-Temple of the Lost
Nhiome looked around again. "Even with your light, it is still quite dark...I have a way to light this place up, just give me some time to locate them....I don't use them often...considering i spend most of my time in space. Once you can see, maybe you could spot something..."
Nhiome reentered KuroiKaze and started digging around the cargo area. I really haven't had any use for them in a while... now where are they...there! thank god for my paranoia... Nhiome picked up the flares and went to the projectile gun, he loaded them into the magazine and went to power up the gun. He pushed a button and pressed his thumb against a fingerprint scanner, waiting for the scan to complete. But nothing happened. Nhiome tried again with the same results. He frowned and went to check on the connections to the remaining working engine, then he noticed it.
Ah...so that's the problem. Flying the much heavier load along with powering the shields during the drop must have done it...I think I have a spare, including the one in the other engine I should be fi- He noticed that the other one was also depleted. Guess it was not just a connection problem, although that is definitely part of it. I wasn't actually checking the entire engine before...only the connections, guess I didn't take a look at the crystal at all. Nhiome replaced the crystal in the functioning engine with his only spare, then went back to the cockpit and powered up the projectile gun. He aimed it at the darkest corners and fired. The bullets lodged into the walls they were aimed at and after a ten second delay, flared up, filling the temple with light.
Nhiome stepped out of KuroiKaze and approached Dalia again. "These flares will last an hour or so, and do you happen to have an aura crystal? I'm afraid the earlier flight to the cavern and the fall after that drained the aura crystals in the engines. I have another one, but as had been shown, one is not enough, if I want to leave this planet, I'm going to need another one...anyway, so with the new light, do you spot anything?"
How many times can you die a day~?
How many times have you died a day~?
How many times have you died a day~?
11/04/2013, 05:25 PM #615
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
"The hydras were creatures from back on Earth. Really, really hard to kill creatures with many heads. You cut off one, two would grow in it's place. Still makes for a great stew." Mima said, closing the chest and putting it on the ground next to her, while looking back to the fridge. "Oooo, Swiss cheese." Mima took a slice and folded it in half, then ate it.
"Still delicious." Mima said.
"Except those after my head." Nova mumbled, reluctantly going along.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
"The hydras were creatures from back on Earth. Really, really hard to kill creatures with many heads. You cut off one, two would grow in it's place. Still makes for a great stew." Mima said, closing the chest and putting it on the ground next to her, while looking back to the fridge. "Oooo, Swiss cheese." Mima took a slice and folded it in half, then ate it.
"Still delicious." Mima said.
"Except those after my head." Nova mumbled, reluctantly going along.
Sometimes when you're driving down a road, a bug hits your windshield. It's ugly and unpleasant, but you just activate the wipers / cleaning fluid and it's gone in a few seconds. It's just part of driving down the road. You don't dwell on it, because that'd be silly. Bugs aren't worth the time.
You just discard their guts and keep on driving.
11/04/2013, 05:40 PM #616
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
"Or so it was thought?", John asked, hoping that Aion would have more to say.
Cortana had been listening this entire time and was curious about the Blood Tome, but she was going to ask about it after Aion finished his explanation. Cortana stood by and patiently waited.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
"Or so it was thought?", John asked, hoping that Aion would have more to say.
Cortana had been listening this entire time and was curious about the Blood Tome, but she was going to ask about it after Aion finished his explanation. Cortana stood by and patiently waited.
Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.
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11/04/2013, 06:14 PM #617
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Aion was smiling as though he was about to prove the galaxy wrong. "This emblem...this is the same as the Blood Tome which is a part of the Tales of the Manor of Eternity, also known as the Halls of Time." He then placed the blade back on the table. "So what is the crest of the Halls of Time doing on something that is of the Legend of the Shards of Starlight? Aye...that is the question."
"So everything..." Joe looked long and hard at the crest, toying with a train of thought. "So it is all interconnected...but aside from being sacred artifacts, what do they do that would help with the war, aside from possibly being the ultimate end-all items?"
"There's a portion of a legend that speaks of this..."
Upon the revolving cogs of fate does our lives hang. The threads golden with the hue of eternity. The clock turns and the hour hand points to a new time, a new era. Yet we live on, ignorant of the tick of the clock of fate. Nay, our lives are not defined by the clock, rather the events that doth unfold forth from it. As the new age dawns, threads will be cut. Lives will plummet into the abyss of history, forgotten. As they fall, war rises and ravages the hanging threads like a tempest most ferocious. Many lives, many of the golden threads are battered by the onslaught, helpless to change it. War defined their fate. War was the plague that the clock hands brought to help define the new era. But as war storms and thunders and starts the inferno that consumes all that it touches and reduces all to mere ashes...those with a will to change cruel fate stand up from the smoldering embers. With hope and strength of the heart, they force the clock of fate to change again, to move on to a new time, to bring new fortune. And so it does. The war ends and the hands bring peace.
"This is tied to the Tales of the Manor of Eternity, and gives an explanation of things that...fits our current situation."
"So your saying that the War of Eternity is tied to the Legends? That's...." Kiara stopped mid phrase and changed what she was about to say. "...something I would have said was absurd, but..." She smiled, "I guess at this point everything can be considered absurd."
"Hey!" Terrisa ran up to the group. "I made a new friend!"
"Oh?" Joe looked over in the direction Terrisa had just came and saw Nova approaching. "Her?"
"Mhm!"
Joe smiled and turned to Nova. "Hey, welcome to the party!"
***
Nero saw the cheese and seemed to be hypnotized by it for a moment before snapping himself out of the trance right when he noticed himself starting to drool. "Ah...ha ha... well that's some...fine cheese....AHEM- anyway, food aside, so what you want to do now? Keep going through your stash of stuff or go and figure out how you got here?"
***
"Sir, there's a lone ship on long range scanners that seems to be drifting..."
Commander Sullivan shook his head. "Another ship? Seems there's been quite a number today...Send a patrol over and see what's going on."
"Yes sir. Dispatching Drone Squadron 894-X."
Sol Inceneron
Inopia-Temple of the Lost
"Unfortunately, I don't have an Aura Crystal big enough to power a ship. Perhaps we can find one here?" Dalia said while turning to face a corridor that still seemed to be cast in shadow. "That way...over there....it seems like it's been traveled recently. C'mon, let's check it out."
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Aion was smiling as though he was about to prove the galaxy wrong. "This emblem...this is the same as the Blood Tome which is a part of the Tales of the Manor of Eternity, also known as the Halls of Time." He then placed the blade back on the table. "So what is the crest of the Halls of Time doing on something that is of the Legend of the Shards of Starlight? Aye...that is the question."
"So everything..." Joe looked long and hard at the crest, toying with a train of thought. "So it is all interconnected...but aside from being sacred artifacts, what do they do that would help with the war, aside from possibly being the ultimate end-all items?"
"There's a portion of a legend that speaks of this..."
Upon the revolving cogs of fate does our lives hang. The threads golden with the hue of eternity. The clock turns and the hour hand points to a new time, a new era. Yet we live on, ignorant of the tick of the clock of fate. Nay, our lives are not defined by the clock, rather the events that doth unfold forth from it. As the new age dawns, threads will be cut. Lives will plummet into the abyss of history, forgotten. As they fall, war rises and ravages the hanging threads like a tempest most ferocious. Many lives, many of the golden threads are battered by the onslaught, helpless to change it. War defined their fate. War was the plague that the clock hands brought to help define the new era. But as war storms and thunders and starts the inferno that consumes all that it touches and reduces all to mere ashes...those with a will to change cruel fate stand up from the smoldering embers. With hope and strength of the heart, they force the clock of fate to change again, to move on to a new time, to bring new fortune. And so it does. The war ends and the hands bring peace.
"This is tied to the Tales of the Manor of Eternity, and gives an explanation of things that...fits our current situation."
"So your saying that the War of Eternity is tied to the Legends? That's...." Kiara stopped mid phrase and changed what she was about to say. "...something I would have said was absurd, but..." She smiled, "I guess at this point everything can be considered absurd."
"Hey!" Terrisa ran up to the group. "I made a new friend!"
"Oh?" Joe looked over in the direction Terrisa had just came and saw Nova approaching. "Her?"
"Mhm!"
Joe smiled and turned to Nova. "Hey, welcome to the party!"
***
Nero saw the cheese and seemed to be hypnotized by it for a moment before snapping himself out of the trance right when he noticed himself starting to drool. "Ah...ha ha... well that's some...fine cheese....AHEM- anyway, food aside, so what you want to do now? Keep going through your stash of stuff or go and figure out how you got here?"
***
"Sir, there's a lone ship on long range scanners that seems to be drifting..."
Commander Sullivan shook his head. "Another ship? Seems there's been quite a number today...Send a patrol over and see what's going on."
"Yes sir. Dispatching Drone Squadron 894-X."
Sol Inceneron
Inopia-Temple of the Lost
"Unfortunately, I don't have an Aura Crystal big enough to power a ship. Perhaps we can find one here?" Dalia said while turning to face a corridor that still seemed to be cast in shadow. "That way...over there....it seems like it's been traveled recently. C'mon, let's check it out."
11/04/2013, 06:33 PM #618
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana now saw her chance to ask what the Blood tome was. Seizing her opportunity, Cortana asked Aion about it.
"What is the Blood Tome?", Cortana asked Aion.
John was deep in thought about the entire legend. John was a soldier, but he was also intelligent. He could tell that something was missing from the story, but the question was what. The current age was an age of war, but John knew that wars don't just simply happen. There had to be a catalyst, something that sparked the age. Joe said that the catalyst was forgotten long ago, but without that, it was going to be difficult to figure out the answer. John soon tucked those thoughts away when he heard Joe greet a new person.
John turned his head over to the stranger and simply looked at her.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Cortana now saw her chance to ask what the Blood tome was. Seizing her opportunity, Cortana asked Aion about it.
"What is the Blood Tome?", Cortana asked Aion.
John was deep in thought about the entire legend. John was a soldier, but he was also intelligent. He could tell that something was missing from the story, but the question was what. The current age was an age of war, but John knew that wars don't just simply happen. There had to be a catalyst, something that sparked the age. Joe said that the catalyst was forgotten long ago, but without that, it was going to be difficult to figure out the answer. John soon tucked those thoughts away when he heard Joe greet a new person.
John turned his head over to the stranger and simply looked at her.
Originally posted by S121
Every time I see a new post on the Forum, I feel like a little kid during Christmas, all giddy.
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11/04/2013, 09:04 PM #619
Helios System
X's ship | Drifting in space between New Genesis and Duon/Dua
After X's ship ran a quick search for any nearby ships text appeared on the ship's main screen
NEARBY SHIP HAS BEEN DETECTED. SHIP APPEARS TO BE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR US. The text explained as X stood up. "System's shut down. Go into standby mode." Said X as his ship's light, and almost everything was shut off. The only thing keep X alive right now was his suit. Thanks to the oxygen generator and the heat it can produce, he was able to survive in this empty space ship without any oxygen.
X's ship | Drifting in space between New Genesis and Duon/Dua
After X's ship ran a quick search for any nearby ships text appeared on the ship's main screen
NEARBY SHIP HAS BEEN DETECTED. SHIP APPEARS TO BE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR US. The text explained as X stood up. "System's shut down. Go into standby mode." Said X as his ship's light, and almost everything was shut off. The only thing keep X alive right now was his suit. Thanks to the oxygen generator and the heat it can produce, he was able to survive in this empty space ship without any oxygen.
11/04/2013, 11:50 PM #620
Helios System
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Mima noticed his reaction with the cheese, along with the drooling. Her lips curled into an almost sadistic smile.
"We can worry about that later." Mima grabbed another piece of cheese and dangled it in front of Nero's face, before bringing it back to her own. "I stil have this delicious..succulent..fresh piece of swiss cheese right here. Maybe it's the last frsh bit of authentic stuff too, not that replicated stuff. Don't you want a little taste of it...?" Mima again dangled the cheese in front of his nose.
"I'm not a fan of parties, really. Never had one that didn't end in bloodshed...and a cake thrown in the person who started it's face, then death." Nova said casually.
Delta Division Flagship | Excalibur
Mima noticed his reaction with the cheese, along with the drooling. Her lips curled into an almost sadistic smile.
"We can worry about that later." Mima grabbed another piece of cheese and dangled it in front of Nero's face, before bringing it back to her own. "I stil have this delicious..succulent..fresh piece of swiss cheese right here. Maybe it's the last frsh bit of authentic stuff too, not that replicated stuff. Don't you want a little taste of it...?" Mima again dangled the cheese in front of his nose.
"I'm not a fan of parties, really. Never had one that didn't end in bloodshed...and a cake thrown in the person who started it's face, then death." Nova said casually.
Sometimes when you're driving down a road, a bug hits your windshield. It's ugly and unpleasant, but you just activate the wipers / cleaning fluid and it's gone in a few seconds. It's just part of driving down the road. You don't dwell on it, because that'd be silly. Bugs aren't worth the time.
You just discard their guts and keep on driving.