Estylwen

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

@Lexisheeps Glad you like it! I've put Nick in a coma until you get back. :)

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

@SporkoBug No rush, that sounds good!

ArrowFell: The Wizard Queen's Court

Good point, @Click This, would you like to go before me?

ArrowFell: The Wizard Queen's Court

It looks great. I think it's my turn, eh? I'll try to have something up tomorrow. :)

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

Thanks for your patience, folks! New post is up!

So I've left it open-ended. You can decide where you want to go, how you want to get there. Remember, the world has changed a loooot, which you'll soon discover if anyone steps outside.

Side effects on the group:

Due to being ripped out of DiveLink, everyone will suffer from mild internal bleeding, hallucinations, and muscle paralysis when experiencing too strong of emotions, using their powers, or attacking.

They will need to see a neurologist, if they can find one...

Also, @WhiteAngel25, can you please update your Dark Energy powers so I know what your Dark Energy can and can't do? For example, you can now manipulate servers with your Dark Energy. There would need to be a limit on distance, among other things.

Dark Beyond: Voices of the Past

@SporkoBug, @Days, @WhiteAngel25

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"How long without food?"

Maw

“My poor, dear Maw… If you had just obeyed, you would be here with me, instead of living on the brink of death like a dog.” Von Galloes said in a cruel tone.

A pause, before Von leaned in from his observation window. “Two years. You've been asleep for two years.”

"Just one from me. How much dark matter energy can your system handle?"

Annalise

Von Galloes stared with mild curiosity, before a notification flashed on his watch, alerting him to the dark matter energy fluctuating in the servers. A low chuckle.

“You clever, stupid girl.”

And the simulation disappeared.

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The Real World, Quiet HiveMind Facility

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Cosy woke in her own tube, staring out at the shapes through the liquid. There was a gentle hiss as the water levels lowered, resting her feet on the steel floor. Slowly, the hatch door slid opened, and Cosy exited, still dressed in her gala dress. A ginger extrication of the oxygen mask and IVs, dropping them to the side. Cosy gave Nova a grateful smile as she was helped out.

”Thanks, Nova… I think I got muscle atrophy.”

Cosy, pensive look on her face, moved to stand beside Annalise.

As Annalise moved through the database, she would find the room they were in one of hundreds. There were countless people sleeping away in this facility they found themselves in, each in their own tube, and a group of tubes in a room. However, as she searched, she would come across something very, very annoying.

They were currently residing in Chicago. Stella, Sabrina, Dex, Allen and Theo were held at another HiveMind Facility in New York. The terminal Annalise had access to would only allow her to view their location. If she wanted to wake them up, she would have to travel there in person.

Dragon and Aurélie were held at a CDE site, high security, and evidently very dangerous to traverse if they were unprepared. The CDE site was located in Paris, at the remains of the Louvre Museum.

The terminal held a lot more information of people in tubes. The people who were sleeping were in the thousands… in the millions.

Upon waking up, everyone would have the strong sensation of not being entirely… whole. Like a part of their minds were lost to the stratosphere. Concerning…

The room they were in wasn't remarkable besides the tubes and the terminal. But the group would encounter another problem as everyone was coming out of their tubes.

Nick… Nick wasn't waking up.

Iris Ascendis

No pressure, just take it easy. :<

Recollections: The Compendium

VENUS.SNAP
| A One-Way Ticket Out | "For emergency use only." ORIGINS & CREATIONS: | Created by Lancy Zhu | TYPE: | Pendant and chain with a twist-and-pull activated cap | LOCATION: | Possessed by Valencia Vorpal and Demos Castles | NOTABLE OWNERS: | Valencia Vorpal and Demos Castles | ABSTRACTION-GRANTING: | No | .............................................................................	The Venus Snap pendants were commissioned by Valencia Vorpal as a couple's gift to her and Demos Castles. Each Pendant is made of glass with a silver cap and chain. Inside the glass chamber is a mix of miangloong powder (found in Gloam) and red flint (also found in Gloam.) The cap can be twisted and pulled, releasing a hammer that smacks the red flint, causing the kinetic energy and materials to react, activating the Lux coding within. Upon being struck, the materials flash a brilliant white light. Every living person within a five foot radius then disappears with the flash of light. The chemical reaction activates Lancy's coding, where the pendant takes all beings within its range to a location held in the wielder's mind. This is not similar to standard teleporting, where a wormhole or portal is created between two locations. It's actually small-scale reality warping, bringing the destination to the passengers. This ensures there are no portals to track, and makes the disappearance nigh impossible to track or determine where the passengers ended up. Due to this mild reality warping, there are consequences to those who use the Venus Snap's powers. Mild internal bleeding is a common side effect, as well as dizziness and disorientation upon arrival.

Recollections: The Compendium

INDIGO.FEATHER
| The Living Challenger | "Yes, it talks. Yes, it cuts diamond." ORIGINS & CREATIONS: | Created by “Kai” Zhu | TYPE: | Sword | LOCATION: | In possession of Kai Zhu | NOTABLE OWNERS: | Kai Zhu | ABSTRACTION-GRANTING: | No | .............................................................................	The Indigo Feather is a living, talking sword. It has the ability to see and talk despite having no eyes or mouth. It is imbued with one of Kai's foot soldiers, and specializes in cutting only the toughest or magically resistant of objects. The sword itself is made of iodoite, an ore found in the Gloam dimension. Iodoite has the unique property in that it absorbs and computes Lux incredibly fast, allowing artifacts to be made much faster than normal. The sword is black with a purple aura. When running a finger along the edge of the blade, it feels soft like a feather, hence its name. The blade is too soft and feathery to even leave a paper cut on a finger. A Midnight Soldier, a foot soldier specifically, is imbued in the sword. It's this minion that brings the sword to life. The minion, nicknamed Feefee, is a female minion who is notoriously lazy. She believes herself to be above most challengers, and so doesn't bother to become sharp for boring challenges. The more resistant a material, the more Feefee is interested in proving she is the superior cutter and slicer. She has cut diamond before, a fact she loves to brag about. Indigo Feather is useless against most soft materials, like human skin and sinews, wood, and metal. The harder, more cut-resistant, physically-resistant and magically-resistant a material or person, the more easily the Indigo Feather can cut it.

Recollections: The Compendium

STAR.SIPHON
| The Eater of Lux | "Embrace your fate, and let the stars feed." ORIGINS & CREATIONS: | Created by “Zi” Zhu | TYPE: | Pendant and chain | LOCATION: | Possessed by “Zi” Zhu | NOTABLE OWNERS: | “Zi” Zhu | ABSTRACTION-GRANTING: | No | .............................................................................	The Star Siphon is a clear quartz cut in a diamond round shape, trapped in a silver cage with a chain. The stone is about 100 grams in weight. Wearing the stone or touching the cage while funneling a bit of Lux through it activates the stone's effects. When in use, the stone glows a yellowish white. When activated, the Star Siphon will release yellowish-white spores that float in the air around the user in a fifteen-foot radius. These spores will remain in the air until the Star Siphon is deactivated or destroyed, at which the spores will fade and disperse. The radius of effect of each spore is five feet. Within this radius, if there is any Lux that is sent as a projectile, is cast, or is in any way within this radius, the spore will devour it in a matter of seconds. The spore has no limit to how much Lux it can devour, as it is actually a small worm hole, with all the Lux funneling into another dimension. The wormhole spore has a one-way movement in it, disallowing Lux to be reclaimed through the spore. The downside of the spores is that they do not differentiate between friend and foe Lux, and will absorb and devour all forms of Lux within their radius. Even if the user tries to cast Lux that isn't directly involved with the Star Siphon, they will find their own Lux be siphoned away.