It’s been a few days in the jungle now and hopefully you haven’t managed to die just yet – after all, the fun’s just begun.
On the seventh day of trekking the wilderness, each character who has Air in their heart will suddenly find themselves pausing in the middle of the day. Suddenly they’re able to feel the patterns of the wind in the air. A chill passes through them as a breeze will kick up.
Then without warning, they’re lifted right off the ground and cast up into the sky. At least they don’t have time to be scared as they suddenly lose consciousness after floating for a few seconds.
Don’t worry. It’ll get better. When they wake up, they hear the following message in a wispy way, carried along by the breeze itself –
 It is not the correct time to be sleeping. You must awaken.
There is something that needs to be done.
You need to be the one to do it.
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PHASE I [ day one ] Anyone here with a fear of heights? Yes? Well, that’s too bad. When air characters awaken, they’ll find themselves cast right into the mountains of Tellus. It’s rocky, the path is minimal at best and non-existent at worse, and there are screeches of something dangerous and angry calling in the distance.
Caeli demonstrates his poor sense of direction once again as characters wake up and find themselves on a mountainous ledge. There is no apparent path -– except for across a dangerous ravine that dips down to the base of the mountain. There is no end in sight when one looks down, instead only pure black depths.
The cloud waits on the other side, floating patiently. Caeli gives one instruction: “Jump.”
But try not to fall in, that would be a sad start to the trip. Thankfully, the distance across isn't really too far, and Caeli might give those who can't quite make the jump a little boost -- but you still have to be brave enough to make the jump or be left behind.
PHASE II [ day one ] Well, one way or another, you seemed to have made it. From there, it’s just one long hike where you’re stuck following a cloud that simply doesn’t feel like responding to your calls for attention. The hours drag on and the sun sets across the horizon as you are left climbing this mountain, no end in sight.
But as you climb higher and higher, the temperature drops. The hour grows later and slowly but surely, white flecks begin to fall from the sky. Cold? Hopefully you were dressed appropriately seeing as now the thick layers of snow are building and building and building – making it harder to climb as the movement now requires trudging through three to four feet of snow.
Did you want to take a break? Have fun catching hypothermia if you do!
There's definitely not much in the way of shelter, but you can try to make something out of the scant trees remaining, or create a fire. Either way, you definitely don't want to be left behind, so don't lose sight of everyone else.
PHASE III [ day two ] Whether you felt like standing guard or were fast asleep, a piercing screech will act in the place of an alarm clock.
All too soon, a flight of winged creatures will descend upon the mountain travelers, looking none too friendly. Caeli descends to offer helpfully, “Griffins. They were once mine.” To which, the beasts merely emit another piercing screech before baring their claws and moving to attack the party. They are fearsome creatures and will not fall until they are killed, consistently trying to get back on their feet even when injured.
If no one manages to lose an eye and the griffins are subdued, characters will find upon their fallen bodies that they have areas where tufts of fur are missing, leaving a clean injection spot. There are small machine implants at the back of their necks, beeping ominously. Each is branded with a different number identification. Caeli is nowhere to be found.
PHASE IV [ day three ] The summit of the mountain is typically considered the most beautiful place. For those who are seeking solace, the peak of this adventure is safely above the clouds and the sun is slowly rising in the distance. Acting as a moment of peace, it is truly beautiful.
For those who do not rest so easy, there is more to be found near the top of the mountain. One run-down shack can be found, plated with steel and amenities found inside such as blankets and coats to fight off the snow.
More worryingly, there is an operating table in the middle of the room. A white cloth drapes over it, stained with red and operating instruments resting on the edges, the gleaming metal darkened with old blood. The same tufts of feathers and fur that could be found on the griffons are scattered on the floor, claw marks digging deep into the metal of the walls.
Be careful not to touch anything. If a character comes into contact with some of the blood that stains the table or the instruments, they will immediately begin to feel hints of aggression. There will be an intense need to pick fights with those around them and the feeling will not disappear until they are knocked out (or killed, but who would want that?).
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[But he won't say much more than that. Their...hosts have made it quite obvious that they want them (their group, their populace) to be away from the watchful eye(s) of CERES, away from the colony, yet...he wouldn't put anything past CERES to try to take them back either. These surroundings are not exactly conducive to the survival of those who are more technologically-inclined, either.]
But yes, I did. Injection marks and machine implants, yes? ...Caeli remarked that they were once his.
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Instead of commenting on that though he moves right into his point.] Yup, those things. With the IDs. Whoever was hurting the griffins had to be tracking them for a reason but the question is why. And what were they injecting them with? [There's a flare of his nostrils as he huffs a bit.] If they used to belong to Caeli do you think they were stolen like the Bridge was stolen from them? How can you just lose control over a whole species like that?
[And he's crouching to be eye-level with the table, still eyeballing the operation tools.] ...I think what I want to know most is why we were brought this far up to see all of this.
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[Which is to say even Saiduq can't make sense of his words. But thinking back to what the griffins were injected with...]
Perhaps these subjects were also injected with Serum 55.
[It's not a far-fetched idea, if the log was documenting how the native species on this planet were reacting to that particular serum.]
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[...But ah, Hiro doesn't know the context of it at all, does he? Saiduq didn't really share this information with a lot of people due to his own secretive nature and not quite trusting the general populace with it. He still needs some time and more pieces of the puzzle before he can make any conclusions, after all.
With a small shrug, Saiduq takes out his phone (it's a wonder it still has battery and is working at all, but one does not question the power source of literally alien devices), presses a few buttons, and then hands it to him, the screen displaying a certain log of information. He knows that Hiro was also on the raid (Stalker? Him? Maybe.), so he has faith in the young boy to be able to process and understand the significance of the information, now matter how little it may be.
Saiduq's laptop isn't the only device such data is stored on...it's good to keep backup copies of things in different places.
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Mind sending this to me? CereVice is dead, but I can access it whenever we get back and delete it after I encrypt it somewhere else. [That gives him the power to encrypt it himself however he wishes, and also the power to tell Hiro no. Please don't tell him no, this is important.
And how dare you think that Hiro would snoop. He'd at least wait until Saiduq's definitely not looking and not standing right there.] What do you think Serum 55 actually is? That's gotta be what the injection sites on the griffins were for.no subject
He also won't tell him no...for the time being. This may or may not be a bad idea(tm). Pressing his fingers to his mouth, he answers with a theory of his own.]
Hm...perhaps a tranquilizer of some sort? Or a substance capable of bringing creatures under one's command. ...Caeli mentioned they were once his, after all.
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Yeah, he did. And think about what some of the notes said. "Did not react to Serum 55. Presumably because it is a tree"? "Could not find a place to use needle"? Whatever it is is something that has an effect on the biological make-up of actual monsters. I don't think it's a tranquilizer...if we're going off the idea that maybe the griffins were injected with it I don't think they'd be going crazy trying to kill us. Unless the serum wore off and they're naturally bloodthirsty. I don't know, I don't know enough about monsters to really know.
At least it sounds like the ones behind all of this don't really know too much about what they're dealing with either. But check this out. [He's pointing at the screen again.] You can categorize pretty much all of them into one of the four main elements. Except for the kangaroo which I'd really like to know what they're talking about.
Where'd you get all of this anyway?
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[He speaks of Chibi's death casually and calmly. It's a fact. They all pretty much went in expecting things to go wrong, with death as a possible consequence. Saiduq doesn't mind how his own death went...only disappointment that he himself couldn't do anything more substantial.]
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[And he's pretty sure they have more and more logs detailing what this serum is.]
A pity my own efforts have not borne such fruit for the time being.
[Dying in a magic room, whee.]
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I would not be averse to it. If therein lies the possibility of retrieving more information about this world or the very ones we hail from, then I do not mind staking my life.
[He doesn't care too much about dying, after all, though the other Hiro might be a bit angry if he ever heard that...]
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And if you die multiple times in the name of science and research? What then?
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Then I will die every time hoping my efforts have brought me closer to the truth of our existences here. ...If my friends are truly buried within the Nexus Code, then I cannot afford to falter simply because of the risk of death. And if they are not...well, I've no intention of allowing the truth to elude me.
[Every step forward is a step closer to understanding what happened to those buried in the
Akashic RecordNexus Code, and thus a step closer to his friends. Hiro (Kageyama) might be here with him, but there are many others who still aren't. Miyako (what really happened to her, after she disappeared? it's imperative that he find out), Yamato, Daichi...and many others.]For me, such sacrifices will not have been made in vain if they pave the way for others like you.
[Shining, full of potential and hope. Humans are still young, immature, and brash, but he truly believes in the power of humans to do anything they set their mind to, to change. All they need are the tools, and Saiduq's always been the one to hand them out, from the dawn of mankind.]
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Spoken like a true hero. [On the other hand, would he bother making a sacrifice like that? It depends. It depends on what value would come from it and who he'd be helping. Hiro's idealistic and full of hope and optimism...but he's also selfish, in a way. So hearing that is something to consider.] Let's just hope it doesn't come to that. We can find answers without killing people. There has to be another way around it.