Session 8
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- Irovox
- Hey Kalervo Turred u have so much money do u wanna buy us a hotel room xoxo
- Interrupt convo between him and Voz Ricander, but he def will do it for us <3
- Voz kindly explaining, “theyre gay, just in a disaster relationship”
- turred is confused abt homosexuality between 2 men
- Hes talking abt not seeming to be gay himself to us
- Gets us a stay at the Caudian Hotel, luxury hotel
- The Dorian is the fanciest, but is fully booked out by the ppl near the head of r&d
- Almado wants to hire a ghost writer for miku
- Ppl are willing to write basic beats for 10 credits, full song is 100 creds
- Buys 5 songs, FLAWLESS songs
- First song is 7 mins long, nice, has full arc to it
- 26 researching the competition
- Basic is levitating resonance bell under brain while under a mason anchor, increase sensitivity as time keeps going
- At one point a torture device, been repurposed for such competitions
- If u think, the bell begins to ring
- Nivaya buying formulas
- The Bydar - chemist shop
- Mungi, veskan man “how can i help you?”
- N: we’re looking for some formulas for serene and theatrical mutagen
- “Can i see some ID? We need both IDs”
- He holds out a scanner, scans, hears a beeping from the computer
- “Could you stay right there, i’ll get it.”
- Hes about to hit a panic button
- 26: wait a second. We mean you no harm
- 26: we simply wish to purchase these formulae and will be on our way
- “We cant sell these to you.”
- 26: perhaps we take our companion out of the picture
- “Please dont murder him in our shop”
- 26: perhaps they leave and you are merely selling to us
- “Transaction will be flagged, we won’t be selling to anyone who was in the store when it was scanned.”
- 26: we can leave then, theres no need for a scene. If we make no purchases and cause no harm, there’s no need for the authorities to be called
- Lets them leave
- Almado able to find street vendors, do charge 50% more
- Goes instead to chemist
- “Um. do you need it from daruvan tradition or thaad tradition?”
- “What form of alchemy do you practice?”
- “We can only sell to registered alchemical chemists.”
- Al: mmm. Its too close to the concert.
- Leaves
- Buys from the street vendors, so only commons
- Goes instead to chemist
- Xep looking in depth for being bugged + decrypting
- Next 20 hours
- Asper looking into info that might help for the train heist
- Going w siryu and ripley
- Buying tickets for the back of the train
- She’ll pay for it herself, give tourist tickets for the back of the train, many ppl like to ride the loop of the train
- This isnt a viable way to get onto the train, as security expect smth stupid on this angle
- Feel for acceleration, see a battery get loaded, once they pass thru electrical belt, middle area is effectively Van Allen belt like earth
- Part includes a tour of facilities where batteries are processed
- She grabs hands, she disappears from the tour, stealth after her
- Batteries are the size of a room, not able to steal
- “We can look at how the batteries are supposed to look, see if theres a way to sneak out. The way i see it, you get on with a battery, then you return to your battery and sneak off. Security will be higher if any violence occurs on the train.”
- “Idk if theres a way to avoid violence on the train.”
- There were abt 20 armed guards where we were
- “This is a bit cruel, but i imagine that the outsides have cages meant for the guards so that when they pass by the electric belt they don’t get shocked. You could sabotage them. You only need to leave a small hole and they’d die immediately.”
- “The best situation is that we wouldnt need to sneak onto a high security train or create a battery. It seems based on their suggestion- or their…. It seems that based on the scan, we’ll need to lead line the battery, while also faking the device that scans.”
- “We’ve seen who youre submitting to the competition, so we’re looking for alternatives”
- Looking for any exit
- She finds one, panel on the side
- Unbolts 2 of the bolts, one is injured “the other side has no cameras, just unscrew or burst through and escape. Not large enough for a batter to go through, so im sure they wont mind unless theyre on alert.”
- “I think we should stay on the planet for a minute in case youre caught, a week, so that other people take the blame for you. Theyll be the prime suspects.”
- “The other thing is we’ll need a battery, small one, theoretically we could fake it, but make sure you keep a battery full so that it keeps the indicator on the outside full to indicate youre to be offloaded.”
- “If youre to make movement, do it after liftoff. Also your gunshots will be muffled by the vacuum of space.”
- Xep decrypting
- Some sneakcrets in xeps secrets channel
- Able to decrypt
- Research on Zebufera's Last Doctrine
- Able to find equivalent of linkedin page
- Accomplishments start at paragraph 3 and end paragraph 90
- There’s 97 paragraphs of condensed accomplishments, way to follow them throughout, graphic design is a bit overdone
- Asks to not merely copy, but instead find your own way to incorporate it into ur own life, various links to youtube videos
- 1st link is 3mil views
- About basics of meditation, achieve zen state, fly like a contemplative regardless of ancestry
- The last update to their linkedin was 10 mins before asper looked
- Charitable donations provided for various people including the way to set up astral tethers to people who happen to be near the take off area of the planets
- Update appears of them at a school for the disabled, specifically those who cant speak outloud, using powers to let orphans talk to each other for the first time
- Asper looking into info that might help for the train heist
- Miku and almado get text messages from manager?
- He arrives early
- Its Mr Maikeru Sukkoto, the actual manager of the Vocaloid Project
- Lashunta man
- “Hows it going? Have you broken any arms or legs?”
- M: not yet!
- Al: SHES JOKING
- M: everyone says to break a leg when they go on stage was that not literal
- Al: we also got a roadie and few interns
- “Who’s the roadie? Whos the intern?”
- Al: BUBBLES
- M: we found bubbles on a loading dock!
- Al: its more like he found us, just like you and… your dogs
- (ping from his phone goes off every few seconds)
- Al: here are our interns, interns say hello
- 26: (to almado) refer to us as an intern and we’ll place ur soul into eternal torment
- X: i love my internship
- “Are you not an intern, brain man?”
- 26: we suppose we are
- “Who wants to be my favorite intern?”
- R: what would this entail?
- Al: they all have their own strengths and weaknesses sir i can help you pick one
- “Why is your lashunta not communicating with me?”
- Al: nivaya dont be rude
- N: um i didnt really get practice in that
- Al: its like when you take in a puppy with 3 legs
- “Im so sorry, are you disabled?”
- N: yes. Um. i didnt really want to discuss it in front of everyone
- “No we’re a family, please.”
- N: ive never really had the ability to do that
- “I understand. Not being able to speak is a terrible thing, i once sponsored a fellow help the tongueless orphans speak recently.”
- 26: zebuferas last doctrine?
- Looks at phone “yes?”
- Al: excellence choice
- “Of course, im sponsoring them for the tournament.”
- Al: im actually sponsoring- one of the interns is taking part
- “Oh! Does he fall under me?”
- Al: yes their victory would be yours too
- “You get this for me, and youre getting a promotion almado.”
- Al: i accept sir!
- “Executive bodyguard. Without a pay increase.”
- Al: oh. Of course sir i wouldnt dream of it
- “Where’s the spider? He’s my favorite.”
- Al: very busy, honestly i-
- “Have you tried helping out orphans almado?”
- Al: nivaya is practically an orphan
- “Many go hugless.”
- Almado hugs turred and nivaya
- Al: we’re big fans of expressing our appreciation of each other
- M: where have u been! U travel to such cool places!
- “I was in Chovanaski!” (middle of solarian fleet, heavily religious area)
- (hate Aetherion Corporation, someone def tried to get him killed but he did come back)
- M: are you u coming to the concert? Im opening for the kagamines
- “Of course!”
- Turred whisper “are you going to adopt me?”
- Al: if ur lucky
- Turred “yes?”
- “Family doesnt ask family for extra pay! =)”
- Al: why would they? Theyre family!
- “Almado have you made introductions to the r&d head? He’s going to be at the concert”
- Al: thats excellent news, we were hoping to introduce ourselves as the winner of competition, but i guess thats not a bad thing either
- Its Mr Maikeru Sukkoto, the actual manager of the Vocaloid Project
- Stage
- The Spider does forceful patdown w all 6 hands
- Seem to talk, contemplativ The Ohm Between Moments floats to almado
- “We have decided not to help you in the competition.”
- Al: thats a shame, i thought we were like family
- “We are, and family seeks to make family better. To cheat at a competition would deprive you of the chance to improve.”
- Al: whatever u could to assist- you sneaky son of a bitch u know i already told him we’re opening
- (maikeru has ability to hear thoughts, but he turns it off around the spider)
- “You dont need to respect good business, you need to respect good thinking.”
- Almado convincing us to have us help miku
- Miku making friends w Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len
- Rin “of course!” presents a small script “we wrote you a duet for the ending!”
- Miku accidentally putting the blame on almado about there being a list of songs to open
- Spider stomping toward almado
- (“i wasnt expecting the spider to be an enemy yet, give me a second” -zack)
- Almado and the spider fighting, its so stupid
- Al: ur doing good u must like doing this
- “Why”
- Al: its their first concert and let an upstart get the best, theres no way theyd let you stay in the unit
- “Would they reassign me if i kill you?”
- Al: no they- might reassign ur handler, not u
- Begins texting the omm between moments abt reassignment
- Xep takes aspers silencer pistol, shoots at the omm between moments
- Omm “mmm. We are seeing what youre trying to do. Well played.”
- (26 is doing coke in the bathroom)
- Miku is playing
- The Universe is Mine
- Good Apple
- Starlight Idol
- Hello World
- Music gets shut off, lights turn off as well
- Gets off the stage
- Rin and len sing, call miku back for the closer song
- Miku shines
- Show closes, gains followers
- Competition
- Wonderful sound of various minds talking for 26, nauseating for everyone else
- Omm between moments is disqualified for having a head piece
- 26 is nervous, tries to think, synapses don’t fire correctly
- A contemplative goes to a think mic zubeferas last doctrine “our fellow contemplatives. It’s a beautiful day where we get to strive for higher powers and ascension. As many know, i am a cultivator. And do believe in ascending the gate. In only 2 years of study, ive reached the gate of mortal, and yet, looking down at the numerous of u, i am nervous. Truly, each and everyone of us stands a chance at winning the competition.”
- Speaks of their accomplishments, is gonna send half the money to the orphans
- Ominous feeling, oddly, zld is picked first for the competition
- The 2nd raffle goes thru, the balls jump unnaturally, rattling, before 26’s ball falls down
- “The 26 laws of power. Its our pleasure to meet with you again.”
- ("I watched four hours of Obama speeches" -zack)
- 26: its a pleasure to meet you again zebufera’s last doctrine.
- “We are pleased! How goes your path of cultivation? Have the 26 laws of power brought any insight?”
- 26: we are improving quite well, perhaps not at the same pace as yourself
- “We think we understand.” (new fold on brain, makes them quite handsome)
- 26: we would wish u good luck, but we doubt u will need it
- 26: mmm. Shall we begin?
- “We shall begin when the referee begins, theres no reason we cannot talk”
- 26: it appears we are somewhat impatient
- “That is something you must work on the 26 laws of power”
- 26: indeed, this is a flaw in our personality we wish to address
- “You’ve gotten stronger since we last met the 26 laws of power, we understand ur diligent, but there is much work to be done”
- 26: theres always work to be done we believe our path is neverending
- “Would u like us to send it to ur companions, theyre in the bleachers. This conversation, its no strain to reach our thoughts so far” (200ft)
- 26: quite a distance, we see no need to concern others with this conversation
- “Is it not thru the strength of ur companions that u have achieved growth, perhaps u achieve good with others of not contemplative, u always struggled with academic integrity” (meant to be kind)
- 26: perhaps there is merit to this suggestion, however, we also believe that the trust and faith of our companions has been placed in us, so we will hold to that. We believe they are trusting us to depend on our own abilities, we will attempt to see this thru
- “Mmm. what was the name of the founder of ur cultivation path?”
- (gnomish man has drunkenly wandered in thinking it was a sport event)
- 26: we were instructed by the remaining will of Elder Quintilarus
- “Did they havea large following”
- 26: the remnants of the sect seemed substantial, but it had already fallen
- “Despite being gone, it mustve been a substantial cultivator of will that u followed”
- 26: we would agree. Truly his insight into matters of cultivation as well as the ability of his divine will to linger so long left a great impression on us
- Gym whistle
- A man, the first elf that we’ve seen here emerges, alongside armed security that puts almado to shame
- Corvin Rusic
- Equivalent of the secretary of defense
- “It’s my pleasure to present to all of you.” telepathically to entire stadium “The competition that may be able to accept it. We’ve provided cultivation to those who cannot afford time to spend on meditation. I myself have attempted cultivation and failed, but i find the prospect beautiful.” he shows a small demonstration
- “This will be jarring, but please understand.” gas mask and canister “inside is pure cyanide gas, and bc of it i will be rendered immune.”
- (this is theoretically smth that could be done, certain cultivators dont need to breathe but vocationally)
- He puts it on, activates it “wow, cool, good.” from the contemplatives. Roaring applause from contemplatives
- Gnomish man drunk off of 40 ounce beer starts booing, but oddly immediately falls asleep
- “We do need the best of the best, adn thats why we’ve gathered u all today. In this first round, we have 2 promising candidates. Zebuferas last doctrine and the 26 laws of power. May ur will show in this small competition.”
- This thing is Clearly a torture device
- One last thought from last doctrine “mmm. we wish you good luck on your meditation.”
- 26: we wish u good luck as well.
- First round begins, humming noise, only noise available within
- Guards remain, occasionally one will move, bullets in gun rattle, only noise
- Some oddities, small faces appear, make will save at TRIPLE DISADVANTAGE?
- New noise as the elven man holds out a drawing tablet, makes a note to himself
- Hear the roaring applause of contemplatives
- Fail, new noise will enter, see deeper into the old man’s eyes, his will is trying to break free but then 26 slams against the wall
- Machine folds itself apart, seeing inside, the walls are now red
- Contemplatives “Mmm. failed. Stood no chance. No odds. Expected outcome.”
- Medical units attend to them (first checking machine for damage)
- 26: upsetting, but not unexpected unfortunately.
- Zlb “we expected you to do better than this, you trained very hard these past few days”
- 26: we expected to do better as well
- “Rematch if it was a glitch in the system”
- 26: we would be open to a rematch
- “We would as well. We wish to best you at your full power.”
- Corvin gives a thumbs up to approve a rematch, writes again on his tablet
- 26: should we fail again, we will accept it with grace
- “We understand, we are willing to wait as long as you want.”
- 26: perhaps there is a slight deviation in our qi
- “We shall permit this, assuming we go through proper channels. We wish to talk to mr rusic.”
- “He will allow it.”
- 26: that is quite kind. We are very thankful for going thru proper channels, we do not wish to cheat, as it were
- “There is no cheating in competition, only cheating urself. Great time for true meditation and thoughtlessness. We wish u best of luck.”
- 26: we wish u luck as well
- (26 introspection. What manner of force interfered w meditation?
- Al: 26 u ok? Confident?
- 26: we encountered a disruption, the divine will of our master warned us of
- Almado offers coke, 26 denies it
- As: wdym
- 26: the divine will of our master trained us after the sect fell
- 26: we saw a vision when attempting to meditate, when we looked further inwards he informed us that our sects killer hunts us
- (one of the guards up near the r&d head takes note of us, recording device recording us from their armor)
- Al: this is good, theyre interested
- 26: we may have to return to our home planet to look for info regarding our sect and its fall
- Doing it again
- 1st round goes well, see master again, but puts the thoughts later, but 2nd round it happens again
- Body feels bulky, and then brain slams against the dodecahedron again
- “You did well but we feel it was not a… fair competition”
- 26: another time, another place
- “It would be our honor to meditate in the future, whenever we find free time, the 26 laws of power”
- “U do me a great honor as a worthy great opponent. We will find the other contemplatives of no challenge compared to u”
- 26: we appreciate ur kind words
- Go back to party
- 26: strange feeling we encountered
- M: that was so cool sitting there doing nothing
- 26: we encountered the same feeling within the 2nd round, we felt a burning sensation and then a feeling as if our body was proportional by typical humanoid standards to our brain. Most unpleasant
- Guard is still focused, but attention has waned away from us.
- ZLD wins competition
- We are sent 100 credits each by ZLD “your share of the winnings”
- ZLD has an independent phone number, mostly for important people
- (aetherion corp created vocaloids, but other corps have their own form, itd be unbecoming to not attempt. Have different contracts, but maybe not better)