Session 11
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- New words
- Also we’re getting different amts of credits
- Ship The Blue Angel
- Recall knowledges on the box
- 26 - occultism
- Discovers that it has a soul, a big one, tho its the size of 3 normal humanoid souls
- ASPER - religion
- These sorts of fragments were in various knowledge vaults, some in shifting caverns of the vaults, Data-Temples
- Almado - corporate lore
- This thing seems to generate profit innately. If you hold your phone closer, if u move it away it slowly dips down. If it didnt disappear before u bought something u could buy thing fraudulently
- Ripley - esoteric lore
- Hes seen one before, but very alien and no hard connection there. Undeniable feeling that he and others have seen it before, but in a different version
- Slowly drift into Aetherion Corporation space
- Nivaya takes over?
- Break room w ripley
- N: talk for a moment?
- R: yeah
- R: wtf man
- N: i… there’s a lot you deserve to know that i havent been telling you. And im sorry. Ive actually been lying for a long time, u dont deserve that. If u let me explain ill tell u the truth
- R: i’m listening.
- N: i’m not the real nivaya camacho. I havent been- well ive never been. After he died years ago, i shapeshifted into him and took over his identity. I didnt tell u be i was scared ud rat me out, but as ive grown to know and love u, u wouldnt have done anything. I was a coward, too scared. But im done running. Ask me anything, ill tell you everything right here and now
- R: when did he die?
- N: years ago.
- R: like…
- N: end of sophomore year, into junior year
- R: why did you take his identity?
- N: i. Convinced myself that it was a sense of respect. He was very important to me. I told myself it was bc his life was too short, but i was jealous. He had everything, but he never learned how to eat form the silver spoon. He had no goal that werent forced onto him. I loved him. Love him. But i wanted what he had. He was all i had back then
- R: who are you?
- N: my name is Zmenamir. Im an astrazoan. I spent most of my life on Ksate. Ima scientist. I have goals, things i want to achieve. And im selfish. Im a coward. I understand if you cant accept me, i know its a lot, but u deserve to know the truth. The real truth.
- R: the entire time we’ve been- whatever this is, has this been you?
- N: yes. Nivaya, he… he was my boyfriend. U remember the ex?
- R: i do
- N: that was him. Or that was me? I wasnt dealing w the breakup, i was dealing w his death
- R: ok…
- N: im really sorry. I cant apologize enough for not being truthful
- R: do you know my name?
- N: of course
- R: whats my name?
- N: your full name?
- R: yes
- N: um.. Archibald beaufort ripley. Ive lied abt myself but i didnt lie abt u. Im sorry it wasnt an act. (quiet) What are you thinking?
- R: i dont know.
- N: if… if youd prefer if we didnt speak-
- R: no i dont think i could handle that
- N: anything else u want to know?
- R: how did he die?
- N: idk. I found him, it looked like an accident, but i- i buried him, i couldnt just leave him like that
- R: where was that? How did you know him?
- N: on campus. You know the Conaldo River? He used to go there to clear his mind, we’d have dates over there. I think he slipped, i hadnt talked to him before that
- R: do his parents know?
- N: no.
- R: good.
- N: its why i cant go back, theyd kill me
- R: they dont deserve to know
- N: its why i cut them off. Idk if he couldve done it. They always fought. I shoudlve told u sooner, i never felt there was a good time
- R: im not leaving, ive invested too much of my life into you
- N: good thing?
- R: yes? Idk?
- N: im not… nivaya was a good person. He was a great person. He was kind, charismatic, beautiful. Im not those things. Im selfish, a coward, im not as beautiful as he was. I hope that you could accept that. Ive tried to be more like him, i wish iw as more like him, but im still just me
- R: these last few years ive had with you, with nivaya… i… wondered why he seemed so much more free and willing to do things he mightve not done before. And it- i fell in love with you idiot. And youre not even him… but you are-
- N: i love you too. If this means anything
- R: it does. It does.
- N: if theres anything i can do to make it easier…
- R: just promise to be more honest in the future?
- N: no lies
- R: no lies.
- N: i trust you
- R: i trust you too. Id trust you with my life. Ik in my heart you are… you say you are selfish and not a good person, i dont believe that ik theres smth in you that is good. And… i dont understand why u took over, but i do understand why u did it
- n: ill try to live up to that. Sometimes i regret it. But i… there are only but so many options. As awful as that sounds. If they found him- when they found him. If i buried him, it’d only- his parents didnt like me. I wasnt gonna leave him in the river.
- R: oh my god.
- N: if they found out theyd think that i killed him.
- R: i wouldve also thought that. So that was- yours were your memories i had?
- N: which?
- R: when we were in that place with the spiders. I- did you touch the webs?
- N: no?
- R: um. I got flashes of… memories that i never had. Flashes that i had of dates w nivaya that ig you had? The first was… him. In the river.
- N: im sorry.
- R: it- i dont hate you. I wanna be clear. I understand why u did it even if i dont, but i dont hate u.
- N: thank you
- R: i want you to be able tot rust me and the others on the ship. Even tho xep shot me in the knee, i… maybe im an idiot, but i trust them as well. Maybe im too trusting, maybe i need to get hit in the head so i dont put my trust everywhere, but ik that isnt you.
- R: we need to figure out a way- im not gonna maek you tell them abt everything, but i… we’re stuck with them for a while. And being open with them is the best way to get through this
- N: youre right. I trust you, and if you trust them, then i can try. My trust hasnt worked out for me in the past, so tis been difficult. You saw that lab. You saw what happens to us.
- R: i thought u had some fuck shit in your pockets
- N: no.. just me. To some im just me, and to others im a test subject. Smth to be feared, killed, or worse. So its difficult to put myself in a new position of trust. But i trust you.
- R: trust me when i say these ppl arent out for your worst interests. Except watch out for almado
- N: i didnt appreciate the way he handled the body. I couldnt say anything-
- R: glad i didnt say anything after the test subject thing
- N: i have one last thing to apologize for and 1 more act of trust for you. First, when we were in that cave, um… with the creatures taking over bodies, im sorry i didnt say anything when they called u a necrophiliac
- R: oh my god. Thats why???
- N: yeah. I didnt mean for them to bring up your dad, i just- couldnt say anything. That mustve been a sensitive subject.
- R: its fine. Its fine.
- N: if…. Im not sure to show the rest of the crew yet, but if ud like to see my true form then i can share that w you.
- R: i need time. But eventually yes
- Gives nivaya a datachip w an album on it
- N: talk for a moment?
- Leave the break room
- 26 tells asper that they think nivaya is an astrazoan based on what happened on the train
- 26: nivayaaaa. Greetings
- N: is smth wrong?
- 26: we were discussing and pondering, we came to a conclusion wrt to the battle with the credicite
- N: i see. I have a feeling i know wahts going on
- 26: are you perhaps an astrazoan?
- N: yeah… ripley trusts u, so i trust you
- N: its not an easy thing to tell people about
- (oftentimes shapechangers have extreme distrust of society)
- 26: we can see how that would happen. We understand, we have been told that contemplatives are disliked, idk why
- N: i would appreciate if the 2 didnt mention outside of our crew? It could put me in a bad spot if this was known
- A: i trust that ur not endangering us by not informing others
- Nivaya stays silent
- 26: nivayaaaa. Greetings
- Begin to Utsaka, thru aetherion space over the next couple days
- There is a connector here to Zeldau System
- Asper wants to know if there have been any cases of androids who got a similar affliction like miku, feels a response from past lives “ask turred”
- Asper goes to find turred, almado follows
- “You wish to actually speak to me?”
- As: is that a surprise?
- “You normally ignore me on the trip!”
- As: i realized u may know smth abt the affliction hatsune miku has
- “Ik what uve told me.”
- As: Please recount it to me
- “I know it means the death of an android, a recycling of their life”
- As: I hadn’t explained that I think
- He hits his head, down 1 hp
- Transfers over 1 hp
- “Yeah that! I can see all of the yous, but they’re all wearing different clothes.”
- His eyes have odd refractions that dont befit his eyeballs thru the light, he has eyes like a bug. But it reflects like thru different lenses, but one has soulsight. Biological apparatus that is made to mimic truesight
- As: thats so interesting i didn’t know you could do that
- “They’re right here
- As: I can’t see them
- “They’re you. A continuation of you.
- As: its the same body but not the same person
- “Are we not defined by the bodies we inhabit?”
- A: do you see situations with others in the crew?
- “No. There’s the souls that haunt Voz but other than that you’re the one with the most souls
- A: the souls that haunt voz?
- “He has only one, you have many
- A: I do not know what that means much but you do not see anything strange with our crew?
- “Ask Voz, he knows
- Holding something back
- As: I will take your word for it
- “You wish to actually speak to me?”
- Turns to talk to Voz
- “You need something Asper?
- A: are you being haunted?
- “Naturally, I killed many
- As: I mean in the literal sense
- “Naturally, one is bound to stick
- A: Are you aware of this soul and who it may belong to?
- Elves have a soul that travels faster than the speed of light when it dies. Possible for a copilot to get stuck to him during a crash
- Elves are solitary cause if you die near someone you could get stuck
- “It’s a good friend who doesn’t want to be mentioned. It won’t affect operational efficiency
- A: i trust you know your skills and limits. If you want to talk i’ll be onboard
- “Thank you but it won’t be necessary
- A: i know he’s your friend but if you ever wish to be rid of him I can assist
- “I think the necessary parts have moved on. All i have left is reminiscent. It’s so easy to forget isn’t it asper?
- As: yes. I am one who has very few memories of their past
- “You should be able to last 1-1000 years. Theoretically, 300 years is the max time you’ve been around
- As: i am unsure how much this body has left
- “15 minimum, assuming you can endure the strain. After 10 will get hard
- As: it is my body and i am happy with it for now. I will hold onto it as long as I can
- “It’s a good body. Well made. But don’t hold onto it for too long.”
- “You need something Asper?
- At some point, voz corners nivaya
- “Who did you confess to so i can admit it to them?”
- N: ripley. Asper. 26
- “Good. try to hide your dna better next time.”
- N: i understand.
- “Who did you confess to so i can admit it to them?”
- See the dock boys ready to penny and dime us, almado remembers doing this when he was abt 10
- Almado wracks his gun, u gotta unload for free or else i’ll report you to aether corp
- Al: we wont be tipping
- “Understood…”
- Goes quickly from the cargo area, they ask us to move the vehicle to vip section in the MUSE Plaza
- Almado begs asper to not let him die
- 26: consider this. A tribulation from the heavens. Should you endure this, you’ll grow stronger, then your path was destined to end here
- R: have u ever- is this legal? What they do to you? Have u looked at your contract?
- Al: its against it to look at it. Its all perfectly legal. They had devils look over it.
- Approach, various ppl approach
- 3 guards, more armed than almado. They allow almado to pass through
- Turn to asper “youre out of compliance training” asper didnt complete training
- Xep tries to forgery, they have to do it as well
- “Please do it as well.”
- Xep and asper have to do it for 20 hours :(
- Others allowed to wait outside, there are glass areas with fish
- Eventually someone sits alongside
- “Are you the people who have been travelling alongside cv01?”
- Yes!
- 26: greetings. We are the 26 laws of power
- “Sasaki Wataru.”
- “I just want to know if miku has been doing well, i consider most of them my children.”
- R: why?
- “I helped create them”
- R: deadass???
- “Deadass, yes.”
- 26: they have been doing quite well until recently
- Ripley infodumps excitement, can i get an autograph
- He gives an autograph, tho looks at the tome while asper and xep are being lectured abt sexual harassment across the galaxies
- Almado wracks his gun, u gotta unload for free or else i’ll report you to aether corp
- Other room
- Miku in frozen coffin w Ayla
- They quickly grab her out, then seal up ayla
- “Will you like a complementary disposal of the other body?”
- Al: no there’s still so much we could learn from it. You could have them put back on the ship that i arrived in, thatd be appreciated.
- “Any of the loading bay boys harass you?”
- Al: no more than expected
- “We’ll have them whipped immediately.”
- Al: good. But wait till after they load the ship
- “Understood. Tho the whipping might make them do it faster.”
- “We’ll get the torture expert on this.”
- Approached by one of the heads, the head of MUSE, Hiroyuki Itoh. He knows to bow to him
- “How long has this one lasted?”
- Al: (timing ins standard aetherion way)
- “Good. that makes the upper quadrant. There’s gonna be some new mods to cv01, i hope you understand.”
- Al: of course
- “We’re going to be implanting into their heart high grade explosives, should it stop it’ll stop the competition from getting high tech”
- “It came from the board, and im sure u understand if the board gets it itll be done.”
- Al: any other mods i could be briefed on?
- “Would you say you bonded with cv01?”
- “Lets do it.”
- Attaches cord back of the neck to brain and to a secondary android that will be swiftly fitted to appear as cv01. Separates 2 chairs into 2 separate rooms. Takes abt an hour
- “The transfer will begin now. The copy is complete. Could you say hi to the mikus?”
- Al: hello hatsune miku the starlight idol
- 2nd miku: hello!
- Perfectly fine now
- Shutters go down on the first miku. Hears everything the 2nd miku is saying also from the first one as they move her away. Its still alive, they simply transferred the ‘soul or something’ over
- Miku is removed from aspers network
- “Please keep talking, it improves the connection.”
- Al: have i told you my theories abt nivaya?
- Al: who do u think is best for MUSE?
- M: ripley has the most musical experience, no?
- Al: hes so exploitable! Like a natural resource!
- M: thats a good thing!
- Al: yes they are!
- (feels like she entered sleep or exited a long sleep)
- Al: and what of asper? Do you.. Feel a connection with asper or xep?
- M: theyre wonderful friends!
- Al: of course. The 26 laws of power?
- M: theyre a wonderful person! Miku loves all her friends!
- “This is perfect, sign for this almado?”
- Al: what about the Otad Gang?
- M: (recounts them)
- Almado signs as he listens
- (he’s signing for cv01-3. Upon the removal of cv01-2.)
- Al: i was told id also have my helmet repaired to remain in compliance?
- “Naturally, if u could see this doctor?”
- Meets the doctor, skittermander. Looks at him w glee
- “We have a new policy for the helmets. Some said the helmets are to be stitched into the neck, i hope you understand.”
- Al: numbing agents additional charges?
- “Naturally.”
- Al: ill go without.
- (unfiltered face, dirty top, fairly clean bottom, see odd disgraced muddy person. Before skittermander stitches the helmet on. Its worthless element of gold, particularly conductive metal. Do feel almado surely getting shocked for the miku thing, hp goes down.)
- Miku is now shining! Brightlight from 20ft and dim like for another 40ft on top of that
- Man smiles sadly at miku
- “Youll do me proud right?”
- M: of course sir!
- Pats miku on the shoulder, walks back into the offices
- Al: were u just chatting w the professor????
- R: i got his autograph!
- Al: i’ve- paid for advanced tickets to meet him 4 times. Cancelled each time.
- 26: he was quite nice
- Asper and xep get out of training
- Miku doesnt know abt the connection getting broken
- Zeldau System
- habitable system, 5 planets fully habitable, 12 + 3 extra dwarf planets that are semi-habitable
- Concord of Aedryn space
- Emmar is the planet we need to go to for xep, but voz says “she is on Trummar. The doctor we need should we need to revive you should u deal w those things again.”
- “I have a way to contact her but it seems to be encrypted. Xep?”
- Its an SOS. “i am doing a surgery on an odd test subject. Creatures surrounding. Doors are locked. Air tight seal. Oxygen is limited.”
- Odd facility, homestead farm with 2nd story of mansion. Hospital of some kind?
- Approach, voz lowers us down
- “If you wish, i could attempt a bombing run. Itll give away that youre here, but if you dont care abt stealth it could clear out people.”
- He does a bombing run
- Credential area, have to scan chip to enter
- Hear bobbing up and down, add grunting
- Orbian speak????
- “If that broad dont get out, im gonna fuckin shoot her myself.”
- M: theyll shoot them???
- Al: howd u do that w your mouth????
- Sentient green orb
- “Ahhh the fuck you want???”
- M: they say what the bleep do you want?
- Al: GET ON THE GROUND
- M: kindly get on the ground?
- “How abt he gets on the ground, we pick off half of yous and we win”
- Combat
- Gonz the Orb
- Initial targets miku
- 2nd targets asper
- @ miku “second to the moonlight idol”
- “My employers havent been seen on this world, but they want me to deal with this traitor. If you have power to do this, you could interrupt their lesser operations. Its all in the name almado.”
- X: how do u know almados name?
- “I know all your names. Im not a floozies one like the purple ones.”
- One of the only facts known about green orbs is they hate purple orbs
- 26: who would the employers be? Because their identities may determine the extent of our mercy
- Al: what the superior orb said
- “The Vesentis Family.”
- (crime family within the concord of aedryn. Below the Galente Clan. The vesentis family took in the orb to do a task, if you let them go, they’ll put in a good word.)
- “Family put a hit on her, i do the hit. Do you ask questions?”
- X: just a hitman doing a job
- M: miku wants to know why you dont like purple orbs
- “You know bubbles?”
- M: of course i do
- “Bubbles from 1000 years ago or bubbles from now?”
- M: now
- “Bubbles from 1000 years ago was an asshole, i shanked him in the street. The one now might be fine, who care.”
- What a conversation
- Open the door
- Woman on the other side breathes a large gasp
- “Let me finish, i have at least a day on the research?”
- Al: we have another patient
- “How long infected?”
- Al: 40 mins and then cryo
- “Doable. You have a cryopod?”
- As: ur results?
- “I have to see your patient.”
- 26: why does the vesentis crime family want you dead?
- “I killed their son. They wanted a cure for his Nosianc Syndrome, and i provided it.”
- (odd thing that can happen w people. Effectively, there is a mismatch of soul and body, soul tries to leave, another soul cant take place. Comatose states, the only cure is death. She tried to do another thing, it resulted in the death of the heir of a crime family, and thus they wished her dead.)
- “Ship then? Presuming youre from a ship.”
- Al: anything you need?
- Her thing cannot fit on the ship
- Go to Rusty Curiosity
- She looks at us
- “Unfreeze her, bring her into the bathroom to clean up, otherwise the surgery will fail.”
- (idea is lead her to washroom, fact that most ppl are uncomfy naked. Watching them take a shower lets u understand wounds they wont admit to. She’ll allow asper into the shower room, but no one else.)
- Ayla is confused and wounded
- Asper tries to reassure her
- “I trust you.”
- Doctor Halrex Korr “thank you for this. And i deeply apologize.”
- She turns to ayla, pulls out a gun, and shoots her