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TrinityNet servers active...

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[REDACTED]: ?

[REDACTED]: Whatya mean "?"

[REDACTED]: Why did you call this?

[REDACTED]:To see if you started...

[REDACTED]: Why would I tell you?

[REDACTED]: Please, as if that kinda info's gonna give any of us a leg up.

[REDACTED]: Of course I did. The fact that you wanted to find out means that you started too.

[REDACTED]: Which just leaves...

[REDACTED]: She's not here. Which means she's busy and doesn't want to talk. Which means...

[REDACTED]: Her too...

[REDACTED]: So the clock's ticking.

[REDACTED]: Guess so...

[REDACTED]: Well I'm going to get back to it, they're waking up, thanks for wasting my time.

[REDACTED]: Hey! That's not nice!

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[REDACTED]: Jerk...

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The wind blew softly over the island. Besides the soft swaying of the trees there was little to disturb the idyllic serenity here. The island stretched out for miles, but at the coasts there was nothing to see but water. The island, like the universe in which it existed, was nearly empty, the remnants of life clung, decaying, to its shores and its trees and its fields, but the yells of excitement, of fear, of courage that has once complimented the sound of the wind ha since faded to echoes. Today, however, that changed. Today life returned to the universe. The only question is; what kind of universe would it return to?

 

"C'mon, get up!"

"All of you, wake up."

"Rise and shine, it's a new day."

 

Far away voices entered the hazy minds of those sleeping on the island.

 

Lying on the shore of a short beach was Seraphim Valentine, Derik Absolon, and Samantha Allison, and Rodin Seefull. The wind blew over them as they lay sprawled over the sand in close proximity to each other. Just as they had been placed. Next to the beach was a mix of jungle and swamp that went deeper into the mainland. Besides that the beach was mostly barren. A wrecked fishing boat was rusted and decaying within walking distance, but nothing more. The waves lapped up on the shore softly...

 

Lying in the middle of an airstrip surrounded by jungle was a different group. Rusted machine parts lay strewn about, and any sign of activity at the airstrip had long since faded. On the ground in the middle of the airstrip lay Alex Dimanche, Ferro al'Vere, and Hazimie Azhar.  Two desolate bunkers flanked the airstrip they were on, with a control tower at the end of the strip. Forest flanked the airstrip on all sides, with a single winding road leading out. The wind cut through the trees and sliced past the bunkers onto the airstrip. Only the wind and the trees provided any sound to the desolate military installation...

 

Deep in the jungle was a pair of rusted jeeps parked next to a crumbling house. The jeeps were long past functioning, and their engines were removed recently as well. The house sat surrounded by the trees with a single road leading somewhere further into the jungle. Inside the house were the four people; Rija Mors, Terry Frost, Henko Tenioenai, Koizumi Onnea, and Rin Nozomi Part of the roof of the house had caved in, and most of the belongings and furniture were gone. Remaining in the house were a few pots and pans, and single picture in an immaculate frame on a table in the room where the four people were laying. Silence pervaded the house...

 

The far away voices slowly awakened all of these people. The clouds in the blue skies above moved slowly; the morning was upon them. It was time to wake up and find the future...

Edited September 5, 201312 yr by MDSVeritas

Ferro reached out with his D-ppendage, grasped Derik's hand with the claw, and shook. "Pleasure to have you with. And I'm not a doctor, so please, just Ferro." Ferro eyed Derik's breaker blade. He had seen him fighting earlier. He would be a valuable companion. As Alex arrived in the airlock, Ferro asked, "How's your arm doing?"

"Ah. I normally address scientists who are well-know as Doctor, forgive me on that one." He shook the man's hand with a strong grip.

Rin eyed Veridyan's ship. She's known him the longest, even if he did try to kill her before. He saved her though. 

"One of the only friends I had said I should fallow my heart...I'm choosing Veridyan then." she thought.

Rin headed to Veridyan's ship.

"I don't think I introduced myself completely...Veridyan....I'm Rin Nozomi. The reason why I chose you Veridyan is because I have know you longest and trust you the most so far. I have listened to you, Veridyan. So that is why I chose you." she spoke up. 

 

 

(Thhhheeerrreee =_= 

 

 

DEAR GOD, PLEASE MAKE THAT A GOOD CHOICE, AMEN!)

Edited October 3, 201312 yr by Neko-chan

Alex nodded once, "Better." He said, moving it around a little to prove its healing process. "I'm glad to see the three that have sided with Rytt so far are generally of a higher intellect." Alex said, looking at both Ferro and Derik, "This will certainly make things easier for all of us."

"Yo, what's up?" Henko asked. He was apparently inside Veridyan's ship. "Decided to lay low for a while. Funny, don't really remember much of what happened anyway." He chuckled and scratched behind his head. He looked to Rin. "Who are you, again?" He asked a bit sheepishly.

"Yo, what's up?" Henko asked. He was apparently inside Veridyan's ship. "Decided to lay low for a while. Funny, don't really remember much of what happened anyway." He chuckled and scratched behind his head. He looked to Rin. "Who are you, again?" He asked a bit sheepishly.

(So that's your excuse for NOT BEING HERE)

(YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DENIED ME ACCESS TO THE ELEVATOR THEN I GOT DISCOURAGED CUZ I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEN I FELL BEHIND AND GOT EVEN MORE DISCOURAGED AND THEN MY LITTLE KITTEN GOT ME UP TO SPEED KINDA AND NOW I'M BETTER SO LET'S STOP SHOUTING)

Edited October 3, 201312 yr by Sikota Urinakano

(YOU COULD HAVE USED MY PORTAL okay I'll stop shouting)

(CHILDREN CALM YOURSELVES)

 

"You know who I am, Henko." Rin snapped.

"Veridyan, this is Henko the one who thinks he's so smart and thought he could try to kill you." She sighed.

Edited October 3, 201312 yr by Neko-chan

A hand grabbed the edge of the door to Veridyan's ship and Terry pulled himself up into it. Some of his armor was cracked, like he had been hit by something.

"I'll stick with the devil I know." He muttered as he got up to a standing position.

He nodded to Henko and Rin.

"Doesn't seem like something I'd do." Henko replied. He snapped his fingers.

"You're Rin!" He declared. "And you're Terry!" He said to the man who just entered.

"Hey, you look pretty banged up. You need a hand?"

Rija looked around, before hopping into Veridyan's ship. She hadn't done much beside throw out a couple shots from her pistol that hadn't done much to the robots, and she got the sense not many people from the other groups liked her. The personality of the other two SA's didn't strike her as excellent, so she decided to go with the one she'd known for longest. Veridyan.

Terry shook his head.

"No, I should be fine." He said. "Just got hit with debris, that's all."

He straightened up and popped his neck.

"How you are y'all doing?"

"Just dandy!" Henko replied cheerfully.

"I'm finally starting to remember things." He said.

"Like this!" He extended Grace. "So cool..."

Rin imminently made her way beside Rija.

"Thank you for choosing Veridyan....I'm surrounded by all of these guys and it's making me paranoid...." She muttered.

 

(SHORT POST//SHOT)

Edited October 4, 201312 yr by Neko-chan

Seraphim frowned.

"Verydian. You really sound self centered." She kicked off, heading for Elly's ship.

"Rytt. Please. Give me all you know. Same to you, Elly. Prove that you two are not the ones who caused this....this horror."

 

As she approached the red vessel, Sera prepared for the worst.

(Holy crud, 27 replies!  And not that much time to do what I want.)

 

Rodin watched as Derik head to Rytts ship.  He thought:  So much for having the chat.  Maybe later I guess.  Rodin starts darting off to Elaryse's ship.  As he drifted towards it, he thought:  Don't make me regret going with you Elaryse.  But I can't let Seraphim go alone.  So that's it then.

The airlock opened in Rytt's cruiser known as the Bebop, and all those who went towards his ship were allowed entrance.

 

Alex, Ferro, and Derik were now on Rytt's side.

 

From the airlock they were ushered to a transport shuttle taking them to the ship's bridge. A holographic rendering device suddenly turned on, and the image of Rytt's chosen form- a young man in a formal vest and jeans- appeared.

 

"Hey everyone, I'm glad you all have chosen me. I see we've gained a new member." he began to speak to the three before him. "I appreciate you all untethering me. It's given me a far greater expanse of knowledge than even I had thought I could have. I'm narrowing down the results of where Genesys might be at this very moment. Within the minute I should have location. You are all ready to go when I find it right? We'll be on a race, and you'll be facing those people you just met.They will be working for the other SAs. You'll have to watch out, and, if need be, fight them. There may not be a way around that, so is that okay? I hate to be blunt, but that's the reality of it."

 

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The Odin- Elaryse's capital class ship, adjusted to make way for Rodin and Seraphim. The Airlock on the ship's side opened up for them.

 

Elaryse's voice came into Seraphim's helmet just then. "You want information, of course, and I... apologize for the inconvenience of keeping it from you before, we were in a hurry and explaination of this magnitude takes time. Even now the full story would simply take too long."

 

As Rodin and Seraphim continued to move towards the airlock, Elaryse continued. "There were 4 Y-class SAs built for creative and logical processing to create Genesys- the machine that could manipulate matter and forge all new life forms based on schematics or classifications that humans could input. We were created to allow the human race to play god in a way. The development of this accelerated the polarization of the human colonies and stations under the main government of the UHC- the United Human Collective. There was a civil war. It seemed to be playing out as most wars do- lots of death and despair and no real victory in sight. It was then that for some reason humans disappeared. On board I can give you more data to upload for your reading purposes."

 

The two were brought aboard and taken by shuttle to the bridge. Elaryse's holographic image appeared in the center of the room. "So there are less of you now... I see. Regardless, we must continue on. You, Seraphim, you wanted proof I did not cause this. You ask for proof that does not exist to us now. It will be at the location of Genesys, which I am confirming at this moment. The project was vast, but only 4 SAs had direct contact with it. Several top tier human scientists did as well. There should be some degree of logs. The other SAs we contest against may simply be stupid or they may be attempting to cover something up. You want the truth? I will show it to you. You both will be sent in. I may be forceful, but I am fair. I am not your puppetmaster, you are not my tools..."

 

She paused.

 

"But we must work together is something is to be done. The truth is a difficult thing for someone in your position to ascertain I know, but I will do my best to not obstruct you from doing so. That is the greatest consolation I can give you now. I almost have the location from the added information I have in my post-tether state, are you prepared to contest the others and find the truth for yourself?"

 

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Rin, Henko, Rija, Terry- these were the few to enter the Rex, Veridyan's green capital ship. Once inside the main airlock they were ushered up to a shuttle that took them to a bridge. Different consoles sat around the room, with a huge pane of glass showing the rubble that had just come from. In the center was a holographic processor projecting Veridyan's crafted self-image of the young boy in normal proportions in front of them.

 

"Awesome!!!!" Veridyan seemed happy. "Glad to see everyone again! It's good you didn't all die, that'd suck a lot!" He was manically happy for a moment, but he calmed himself down soon after.

 

"But, seriously guys, thanks for coming back, you didn't hafta, and I'm glad you did..."

 

In a moment he was back up to his normal cheeriness. "So! Now I'm untethered I'm tracing the various bits of info I've got and soon I should have them assembled into usable data to locate Genesys. Pretty soon we're gonna have to race those other two groups to wherever it is and maybe even fight em for posession. I know that's probably not what you wanna hear, but there's no other way around it if they've got the same prize in mind that we want. I just don't know Rytt and Elmo's intentions enough to side with em. So you guys gotta be able to help me out here and together we can fix this!"

 

He yawned, it has already been a hell of a day, but there was much more head than behind. "So take a second to get reacquainted while I get the final location."

 

"Oh-" he had a sudden remembrance. "And it's nice to meet you Rin."

The airlock opened in Rytt's cruiser known as the Bebop, and all those who went towards his ship were allowed entrance.

 

Alex, Ferro, and Derik were now on Rytt's side.

 

From the airlock they were ushered to a transport shuttle taking them to the ship's bridge. A holographic rendering device suddenly turned on, and the image of Rytt's chosen form- a young man in a formal vest and jeans- appeared.

 

"Hey everyone, I'm glad you all have chosen me. I see we've gained a new member." he began to speak to the three before him. "I appreciate you all untethering me. It's given me a far greater expanse of knowledge than even I had thought I could have. I'm narrowing down the results of where Genesys might be at this very moment. Within the minute I should have location. You are all ready to go when I find it right? We'll be on a race, and you'll be facing those people you just met.They will be working for the other SAs. You'll have to watch out, and, if need be, fight them. There may not be a way around that, so is that okay? I hate to be blunt, but that's the reality of it."

 

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The Odin- Elaryse's capital class ship, adjusted to make way for Rodin and Seraphim. The Airlock on the ship's side opened up for them.

 

Elaryse's voice came into Seraphim's helmet just then. "You want information, of course, and I... apologize for the inconvenience of keeping it from you before, we were in a hurry and explaination of this magnitude takes time. Even now the full story would simply take too long."

 

As Rodin and Seraphim continued to move towards the airlock, Elaryse continued. "There were 4 Y-class SAs built for creative and logical processing to create Genesys- the machine that could manipulate matter and forge all new life forms based on schematics or classifications that humans could input. We were created to allow the human race to play god in a way. The development of this accelerated the polarization of the human colonies and stations under the main government of the UHC- the United Human Collective. There was a civil war. It seemed to be playing out as most wars do- lots of death and despair and no real victory in sight. It was then that for some reason humans disappeared. On board I can give you more data to upload for your reading purposes."

 

The two were brought aboard and taken by shuttle to the bridge. Elaryse's holographic image appeared in the center of the room. "So there are less of you now... I see. Regardless, we must continue on. You, Seraphim, you wanted proof I did not cause this. You ask for proof that does not exist to us now. It will be at the location of Genesys, which I am confirming at this moment. The project was vast, but only 4 SAs had direct contact with it. Several top tier human scientists did as well. There should be some degree of logs. The other SAs we contest against may simply be stupid or they may be attempting to cover something up. You want the truth? I will show it to you. You both will be sent in. I may be forceful, but I am fair. I am not your puppetmaster, you are not my tools..."

 

She paused.

 

"But we must work together is something is to be done. The truth is a difficult thing for someone in your position to ascertain I know, but I will do my best to not obstruct you from doing so. That is the greatest consolation I can give you now. I almost have the location from the added information I have in my post-tether state, are you prepared to contest the others and find the truth for yourself?"

 

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Rin, Henko, Rija, Terry- these were the few to enter the Rex, Veridyan's green capital ship. Once inside the main airlock they were ushered up to a shuttle that took them to a bridge. Different consoles sat around the room, with a huge pane of glass showing the rubble that had just come from. In the center was a holographic processor projecting Veridyan's crafted self-image of the young boy in normal proportions in front of them.

 

"Awesome!!!!" Veridyan seemed happy. "Glad to see everyone again! It's good you didn't all die, that'd suck a lot!" He was manically happy for a moment, but he calmed himself down soon after.

 

"But, seriously guys, thanks for coming back, you didn't hafta, and I'm glad you did..."

 

In a moment he was back up to his normal cheeriness. "So! Now I'm untethered I'm tracing the various bits of info I've got and soon I should have them assembled into usable data to locate Genesys. Pretty soon we're gonna have to race those other two groups to wherever it is and maybe even fight em for posession. I know that's probably not what you wanna hear, but there's no other way around it if they've got the same prize in mind that we want. I just don't know Rytt and Elmo's intentions enough to side with em. So you guys gotta be able to help me out here and together we can fix this!"

 

He yawned, it has already been a hell of a day, but there was much more head than behind. "So take a second to get reacquainted while I get the final location."

 

"Oh-" he had a sudden remembrance. "And it's nice to meet you Rin."

"Strait to the point. Rytt, I'm enjoying your company more than the last person who had me trying to solve this mystery. Anyway, I won't fight unless they attack me or someone I align with, but I doubt that they will trifle with me. They may be idiots, but even idiots know when they face someone better." Derik said, proceeding to the questioning. "But even so, I need more answers before I align with you, and I need more answers to more than what I wonder. So, first of all, do you have any info-even some you may wish not to disclose-on the events? Being straightforward and truthful with all the info you have about it will help your case on this, as well as I will be more inclined to help you. Another question, do you have a place I can set up shop? I am a master blacksmith of my time, so I can repair equipments, but without a place to set myself upon with many tools and a workbench, this becomes only much harder." He was being gentler with Rytt, as he showed he had the skills to be a bit of a decent leader and pretty straightforward and smart about this, so he felt that he wouldn't need to be as harsh.

Ferro glanced at Derik as he spoke to Rytt. Sounded like the guy had a superiority complex. Oh well, Ferro would work with him fine. "Ready when you are, Rytt. I think we can handle ourselves."

Alex nodded in agreement with Ferro's words.

"Yes. Our team will be able to go through any obstacle with ease." He said, looking to both Derik and Ferro. Alex was beginning to trust Ferro; he believed he knew the other well enough to know betrayal wasn't Ferro's deal. Derik, however, was not so known. Alex would keep an eye on him, just like he would do for Rytt.

Seraphim sighed. "Well then." Stretching, the girl looked around. "Can I sit in the captain's chair on the bridge?" She asked excitedly.

It was clear that Rytt was still somewhat preoccupied with sifting through data, but he took some time to respond to Derik.

 

"Information? You'll see soon enough I think, but Genesys was a project I collaboared on along with the other SAs and the the primary science team I was assigned to. As you have heard, it was supposed to give the ability to creat new life by storing, rearranging, and releasing matter. It was almost complete when the disappearance happened. At the time things were tense- there was a civil war a-foot. It was brutal from the data I saw. A rebel faction wasn't happy with the way the current government- the United Human Collective- handled things, the creation of Genesys was the catalyst for that war. The last straw. People said that the UHC was playing god. It was a rough time all around."

 

He paused as he focused in on something, then came back to the conversation.

 

"The armory is through the red door behind you. It's a small room with light supplies of most metals and two workbenches. This wasn't originally a military ship so it ain't the biggest workstation."

 

He focused again.

 

"I've just about got it, I'm honing in on the signal that Genesys was meant to output. Any questions before we begin?"

 

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Elaryse sighed at Seraphim's request. "Yes, sure. It's not like I would be using the command seat anyway. In any case, I seem to have traced the various signals that seem identical to the output of the Genesys device. Before I prepare travel, do you have any more questions or requests?"

 

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"Got it!" Veridyan was ecstatic. "I finally found the tracing mechanism to Genesys. It's somewhere in... oh, very interesting. I'll set up the engines to travel through the local beacon so we can go faster than light."

 

He paused.

 

"While I'm doing that, I've got a question for you all, it may be something to think about given what we may find; how far would you go to make life happy for people? What would you be willing to sacrifice?"

Ferro raised his hand halfway. "Um, yes. Will be be doing a space jump? If we are, I'm worried about the other two's stomachs." Turning to Alex, he said, "I'm assuming you haven't travelled faster than light before."

"Sacrifice? I'd sacrifice myself. My life sucks anyway." Rin states rather bluntly, but she got to the point.

"Why do you ask Veridyan?" She then asked shortly after.

Hopefully he wasn't planning to have her killed after saying that.

Seraphim sighed. "Well then." Stretching, the girl looked around. "Can I sit in the captain's chair on the bridge?" She asked excitedly.

 

 

 

 

 

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Elaryse sighed at Seraphim's request. "Yes, sure. It's not like I would be using the command seat anyway. In any case, I seem to have traced the various signals that seem identical to the output of the Genesys device. Before I prepare travel, do you have any more questions or requests?"

 

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 Rodin snapped his fingers and said:  "Shoot!  I wanted to be in the seat too!  Oh well, you win and lose some."  He then said:  "I got two for you Elaryse.  First, can you repair my armor?  The torso got cut deep from Daerius' sword-bots' swipe and like it ready for anything.  Second, can you tell me more about this fourth SA you and the other two worked with?  I'm really curious about this one.