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I... I see. That sounds incredibly unrealistic so far as goals go if I'm being honest.

*Stares at Aeron from out the corner of my eye*

What is this 'hope' of his anyway? Is it some kind of religious mumbo jumbo or something?

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Shinji: oddly enough, while It almost feels like worship mumbo jumbo, it actually seems closer to some sort of mix of religion and science. He seems to knwo just how to package his 'gift' for others to be interested without even knowing what they're getting. But what ever it is... it's strong. Guy helped kill Fourth.... crazy times.

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Uh huh.

*Shifts my attention back to you*

And what exactly is this gift? Cause I've been around long enough to know that if something's being offered for free it's either a scam or garbage.

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None of us really know, just the fact that this stuff seems like an endless current, and that it allows the user to exist but also not existe whenever they feel like. You could basically no-clip through existence.

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So a Schrödinger's paradox...

*I remove my hand from my pocket to scratch my chin*

I assume there's some kind of catch to it though, beyond being in a state of constant quantum superposition that is.

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Whatever it is, admittedly we haven't found it yet. These guys are good at holding their cards close to their chest...

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I assume the regular methods of interrogation won't work? If so, have you tried any other methods? Assuming you've been able to catch one of them that is.

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Catching them is like finding a needle in all of space. These guys only show up when they want to.

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So you've no means of tracking or detecting them then? Surely they must leave something traceable behind.

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Temporal traces that lead nowhere. However they do it, they do it well. It's just best to try and catch them while they are around.

*Flicks a crystal into the air, and catches it*

Or bust one of them wide open to take a piece, yourself. No idea on how long the crystals stay active once separated from the body.

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*Blinks*

Crystals? What do they use those for?

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It's legitately a piece of them. Think of it as raw amaranthine. Their entire bodies are comprised of the stuff. When they take a physical form, it solidifies like this. We're trying to nab samples to study.

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So theoretically all you need is a piece of them to figure out how they work, or better yet, take their gift and use it against them?

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Aeron: *appears next to the both of you*

I would highly suggest not doing that. Thanks for telling me your plan out loud, Shinji.

Shinji: ... yeah, not my brightest momen-

Aeron: *engulfs his body in corrosive amaranthine near instantaneously*

Enough talking from the weakling, here.

Shinji: *my body causes the energy to slowly decay on contact, still dealing with the black sigil magic from earlier*

Ugh, this is so dumb.

Aeron: you fell right into that trap, dude. I know every spell you do.

Shinji: right, right. So how about this?

*clicks a button on my watch, and a portal opens to a massive gunships main ion cannon, blasting Aeron in the face with enough power to crack a planet*

Aeron: *steps through toward shinji, cracking my knuckles*

That was a stupid idea.

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*Teleports away, looking for an opportune moment not to strike Shinji down, but take the crystal he holds instead*

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Adrian: Did you find.. what you were looking for?

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*Shoves the crystal into my breast pocket*

Well that all depends. Do I have what I'm looking for? Or do you?

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*glares at you*

you hold something... that wasnt given to you. Property... of the Amaranthine.

*the color of space fades, and the area aroudn the battlefield turns a deep purple, with swirling tones*

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*Makes a finger gun*

That much is obvious. Before you try to kill me, however, do remember that there's several ways this could go. For one, I could continue to ransom it, keeping it from your grasp until you give me knowledge of this Amaranthine, a rather dismal prospect for what I assume to be a comrade. On the other hand I could honor my current agreement with your leader over there-

*Jerks thumb at Aeron*

And help you kill that scythe wielding guy. Or I could just keep it and hide away somewhere until I've uncovered all of its secrets myself. Not all that difficult of a prospect given my intellect. Of course, whichever path I choose ultimately depends on what you decide to do here and now.

*Grins*

So choose wisely friend.

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Adrian: You will remain in here with us... until the battle here is done.