Episode 7, Part 1. 23/4/1137AMST

We return again to a familiar place, many are convening and coming together at the Trussle estate. Aidan was summoned by his dad to have a quick family meeting where in Julina apologized for this extended punished and lightly illuded to the fact that the parents had far differing opinions. After this family meeting in which Aidan was told about the Sliver press event as well as their vacation the next day He was visited by a good school friend of his, A female red dragon born from Dravanur, named Faekira Fordolas she is also at the school he is at but studies a sorcerous power instead of blood hunter abilities. We also get to see Vibrio once again who is here to check up on Vangelo, Vibrio does what he has before by pleading but in the end can do little to persuade. Aidan and Faekira meet up a little bit to chat about what has been happening and to catch up, Fae is certainly interested in his sword that was begotten by Angelo. Ren and Aster also return from their mission to Lisar-Tin to get the orange Rengal flower in an attempt to help Vangelo, while Aster prepared a perfect balm of it Vangelo again refuses this and says that he wants to be fully present. Vangelo instead continues to suffer the pain and simply wears another shirt to try and cover up the bandages, Vangelo will act as a body guard from Julina on stage at the sliver press event and Aster and Vibrio will also be able to have the floor and ask question to the sliver human pair. With many preparations for the event being made such as Julina wearing a dress that mimics the style of a sliver body and Julina helping Aster be slightly less chaotic and plant like in her look. Chet pulls Vangelo aside for a quick second and gives him a single annihilation  round for his pistol, this is a bullet that is made out of compressed active Lasotep that will violently explode upon contact with the target, he gives this to him in hopes that it isn’t needed, but if it is to use it well. Julina pulls Ren aside and asks a difficult request that she build a device which will on the surface look like a place to mount jet engines but in reality will act as a set of holding devices to drop 2 thermos nuclear bombs. She is paid quite well both over and under the table for this but is sworn to secrecy, Ren agrees but is a little worried about the intent but decides to not ask very many questions. At the press event we briefly see the governor of Eselset who gives a small speech about the intent of cooperation between species and how they will extend the olive branch that was gracious extended to them. We meet our two speakers here, a human man in his late 30’s ish with light brown hair dressed in loose fitting monastic style robes named Brother Solomon and the sliver named Jil, she wears no clothes as it the natural order with slivers but her head crown does bear the symbol of her people’s religion being a white hexagonal outline. At this event Julina receives a neckless as a gift of friendship between species, a golden flex-chord of gold and a charm of carved diamond in the shape of the religious symbol. Julina asks a few questions such as mineral possibilities, Aster asks about the botanical possibilities, Solomon answers with the very real possibility of trading foods between worlds as well as potential for a Lisar-Dat ( a second Lisar-tin style city ). Julina also inquires a bit about religious beliefs here and what the 6 fold path entails. Solomon acts as a speaker for Jil here directly and talks about how she grew up being a member of this religion and because this religion is true, that the fundamental shape of the universe and building block of life was hexagonal that this religion has become much more of a life style and it does not in itself, have much faith. Aidan and Faekira sneak off to go chat a little bit as well as get some different vantage points. Also at this time Ren goes to her old mentor in Lizett a greyed man named Brom Malakai who is well known for his unique but perfect solutions to complex mechanical problems. He advises her to still build the device but to build in a kill switch of failsafe to make the device intentional fail if needed. He recommend the classic 3 pin build for this piece and she ends up finishing this as well as sneaking a small tracker into the design of the ship. Back at the press conference Vibrio and Kalma are invited on stage to give a bio-chemical scientific approach to the slivers. Vibrio is fascinated with the mechanics of how the slivers and humans communicate and Solomon explains briefly the connection that had to be made to make it possible. After the main event wraps up our crew join Solomon and Jil backstage for some further minor questions purely out of interest. Vibrio asks more about the process of integrating the sliver part into a human spinal column as well as Kalma connects with the sliver and experiences a small sample of what a sliver’s communication is like.  Solomon also tries a Kumquat and neither likes nor dislikes it. While members of the press are cleaning up Aidan tries his luck at charming a young pretty girl named Owen, he opens with a rather silly line about birds and tries to flirt but fails hard, than Faekira gives it a try and for some reason her line sticks far harder and Faekira receives Ms. Owen’s business card and an invitation for an interview some time. After this event we go back to the Trussle estate and a larger than normal family dinner is had, with many of the guests of the day being invited over for dinner. They have an Estian stylized version of Adrean cuisine, a soybean hash meal on top of leaves. That evening Kalma explains what connecting to a sliver was like to Vibrio. The night comes to a normal end with many more people than normal staying at the Trussle estate but Chet and Julina are nothing if not good hosts.

Episode 7, part 2, 25/4/1137AMST

We awaken the next morning with larger than life plans for the day, a so called family vaction to Mos Vegas with some friends invited along. Ren lark stays planet side and enjoys a bit of the break in the work having completed the mission set forth before. For the vacation this will be the first time off planet for Julina or Chet and so Julina is quite nervous. While Vangelo greatly wants to take the wheel and drive the ship Vibrio manages to get it out of his control and He drives the ship, Vangelo is quite angry and is the only one standing while they are entering the space and going to the near planet portal, on the way a small amount of turbulence throws Vangelo off balance and he sadly cracks his shoulder bone. Julina also being quite sick most of the ship ride pukes 3 times. Arriving to the portal around Pararahjos they see the brilliant cream colored red that is the mighty gas giant’s surface. The converted asteroid that is Mos Vegas present a different feeling than other planet side places, its not a lawless place but one were their own laws are made, and a think drenching of sex, drugs and gambling covers the entire place. It’s a timeless place that is meant to separate people from their money with pretty but fake displays, with expensive drinks and with glamorous but classless entertainment. Entering the main Casino floor Chet goes his own way to the high rollers area, Vangelo accountancies Julina to the bar to drink. Aidan and Faekira go and do a little gambling them self. Aster and Vibrio go to the one place that is spared for the debauchery of this place and go towards a traveling museum exabit. Vangelo and Julina enjoy a few drinks together and Julina gets some subpar bar food to poke at and eat a little, Vangelo indulges in a drink or two but combined with his other stuff doesn’t push it to far and is able to hold his liquor alright, Julina pretends to spill the drink on her self to try and save face about not wanting to finish it, Vangelo is concerned but Julina is only buzzed and not yet drunk. The two of them go off towards the Bunnies Delight, an ice cream parlor in which the employees wear bunny styled costumes. The ice cream is fine, Chocolate for Julina and Vanilla for Vangelo. At this point Vangelo is not doing very well, the pain and alcohol are getting to him and he starts to see strange minor visons, a third eye on a man, fanged teeth, a 6th finger and many other mutations. Concerned Vangelo askes Julina for confirmation and Julina is quite concerned that Vangelo is seeing things. Julina highly advises Vangelo to get a hotel room but his protection instincts save this from happening right away. Aidan and Faekira make good success gambling through a series on intense poker games both end up coming out on top and winning money to celebrate they drink at one of the many bars, Aidan has a few drinks before Faekira uses subtle and minor magic to make the drinks look and taste slightly different so as to make them seem weaker. This causes Aidan to have 7 drinks of strong alcohol and when the alcohol hits he is very drunk, because of this Faekira goes to the ship and gets Kalma to help out with Aidan, Aidan in the few minutes he is left alone tries to hit on the bartender with a soft and sweet line about the stars, she disinterested turns him down with a cryptic line about the stars and recommends one of the performing associates if he so desires romantic connection. Aidan just tries again and gets a guard on his to not so subtly suggest he move away, at this point Fae and Kalma come back and get Aidan off the hook where they then promptly take him to the bathroom to puke his guts out and try to feel better, after a solid 1/2th hour he got all the alcohol out of his system but is still feeling the effects of being very drunk. At this point Julina and Vangelo meet up with these three to try and get people safe, Vangelo is ordered to accompany Aidan to a hotel room and Vangelo is assured that Julina well be alright as she calls Chet back from his winning spree of gambling. Faekira and Kalma also go to the hotel room to try and help Aidan but also potential Vangelo. In the hotel room Aidan is drunk but a casting of lessor restoration reverses some of the effect. In the bathroom Vangelo examens his own chest to see that the symbol of Anjar is still bleeding as always but now appears to be slightly glowing, he is also able to see the symbol of Yarak on the head of Kalma. Vangelo is also able to see some strange writing on the inner cavity of Kalma, using his bloodhunter magical skills Aidan is able to get that it reads Yarakusili but not the meaning. Deeply concerned at this point Vangelo wishes to stay with Aidan for the night but Aidan is not having it and he wishes to be left alone. A verbal fight breaks out along the barriers of respect and being a father, Aidan perhaps swayed towards his true feeling or having them corrupted by the alcohol says that he doesn’t respect Vangelo, at which point Vangelo slams the door and locks his out of the room. Aidan gets his own room for the night and falls asleep in a drunken and angry state. Vangelo continues into madness with a strange dream, a great human like structure made out of flesh being transformed into a formless man of writhing worm like tendrils, a red mist filled sky and  a certain horror at what is seen. Aster and Vibrio experience a far more pleasant night, or at least one with less conflict. They go visit the museum of remembrance, it is split into 3 main segments, “war” “was” and “rebirth”. War covers the time from 441AM to 575AM in which Velng was split up and colonized, its culture sundered and changed. The great war breaking out and its 4 distinct phases, the Estian unification and the final conclusion to the war with the atomic bombing of 5 great cities, the invasion of Sirinal and the martyr the warmaster general Lekaten. The section Was covers the best guesses about what the bleeding was and what was lost because of it, the loss of the great nations of Sirinal and Adrea, the many far flung asteroids or planet bases where people could not survive the disconnect. The vivid depictions of great loss in this time are said well, this also talks about the ending of the bleeding with the help of the Hari Seladin. The last section that is Rebirth, this tells of ways that hope is still alive, that people have come together after the bleeding and made the world better, the Eselset imitative to restore that extra solar national parks, the new musical movements, and how people have reconnected after such a long time. these two enjoy their museum journey and sleep a peaceful night in their rooms. After Julina and Chet where by them selves they went and did the actual purpose of the visit here, they trailed down a set of hallways into unmarked rooms, meet a man without a name and quickly and effectively exchanged 50 kilograms of Rhodium worth around 10 million credits for 2 150 megaton thermonuclear bombs, these being stored in highly expensive bags of holding. After this important business expense is conducted they can let their hair down and actually enjoy the rest of this short outing, although with Aidan their son and Vangelo a longtime family friend both having issues and disputes this may prove difficult.

Music

General Sci-fi background https://www.youtube.com/live/MVPTGNGiI-4?feature=share

Mos Vegas theme https://youtu.be/UbQgXeY_zi4

Chet being rich https://youtu.be/jM9nZKfcQf8

Mos Vegas background #1 https://youtu.be/nJL-4Ft-_j8

Mos Vegas background #2 https://youtu.be/hIbasU4uixY

Museum theme https://youtu.be/VMsjlEft0K0

Flesh dream theme https://youtu.be/D47tTtZhRp0

Bunny’s Delight theme https://youtu.be/P3QS83ubhHE

Mos Vegas theme #2 https://youtu.be/AWblwl-rcH8

Mos Vegas theme #3 https://youtu.be/6pP93HHiV0Y

Episode 8, 26/4/1137AMST

The conclusion to our narrative here in this time, in this space. We arrive at where we left off, the hotel rooms of Mos Vegas many members waking up after the unique events of the previous night. Vangelo does the bare minimum of morning routine and sets his bandages, exiting his room he sees a small note left for him, it contains instructions to meet at the Utrek peak, in the west veil mountains of the shattered Peaks. It also contained a threat that if not “she” would be taken again, Vangelo knowing full well that Angelo was guiding him he made note of this paper. He also saw Julina take a small pill and by the time the group leaves the for the space port Julina has fallen asleep and is being carried by Chet. Within the bounds of the ship Vibrio takes the wheel at Chet’s demand and Vangelo sits in a strange silence, he makes one stop to check on Vibrio and to inquire about the nature of the pill that Julina took, he learns that this pill was most likely daybreak, a drug used to reset circadian rhythm and in doing so puts one into a deep sleep. Arriving back at the Trussle estate in the morning Julina wakes up slowly but peacefully, Vangelo and Vibrio take a short range space taxi to the west veil mountains due to the main space ship being used by Ren for a special mission form the Trussle family. Arriving at the place an air of apprehension, this place being a very small mountain valley town long aged from the lack of activity of the bleeding, an abundant lack of animals in the space causing mild concern. Climbing the long set of trail stairs to the chapel  atop the mountain taking them a brisk hour, however as they approach unease sets in more fully. Vibrio smells it first a smell of flesh and apron visual inspection this building is a chapel of flesh and skin, its exterior a light tan color of the people of Kotak. Vibrio feels a powerful fear and disgust at the sinful corruption of flesh yet continues forward with Vangelo out of desire of necessity. Inside the chapel in a prophetic visage stands the man Angelo Corris, he makes his speeches of a great meeting yet flows around the true meaning, asking but a simple question of if our hero Vangelo will give in or if he needs to be taken and forced. Compelled by a godly power and force Vangelo joins Angelo in a ballroom dance or sorts, a perversion of traditional celebration in a church and a twisted reflection of it. Vibrio and Kalma both in stunned horror and shock so unable to move to help their trapped friend. And yet the enduring willpower of Vangelo remains and after but a brief set of dances he breaks free for Angelo’s spell, a flourish of Angelo sword raised as if to start a dramatic duel, and yet vastly interrupted by the fast hand of Vangelo. In this house of god, or Anjar even the mighty corruption of flesh is of little defense of the raw might of an exploding Lasotep core shot from a gun, an Annihilation round is shot forth and in one bullet, the only bullet that matters Angelo falls over dead his head being completely exploded. The small cloud of refined hyper gunpower passes and the corpse lies bare, a man so strange defeated. His outer chameleon like shell gone and instead replaced by a quartz white skin form, his blood a chromatic trickle like that of a  metallic tinted rainbow. Vangelo goes over in cold reflection and inspects the body, kicking away the sword and inspecting the pockets, the unholy symbol of Anjar cast in shadow steel in one pocket and a simple credit stick in the other. After finishing the job a strange feeling washes over the sense of “its done” that in one aspect the obligation is done but in another life mattered so much on the obligation that one must change after it. Vibrio unfrozen from this great fear investigates the chapel, going to the great hear and the lungs, touching and feeling this strange being a conflicted desire to tear down and destroy this unholy monstrosity and a perfect preservation and desire for life to continue and that even this so twisted of being could and should be saved. Yet for now many different feeling across the still present disgust at this place and a almost muffled call of plea from the god, as if he was trying to be talked to yet unable to hear it well. Taking this muffled call as a sign he leaves, outside Vangelo lies on the ground with a cigarette and a small pile of ash, the weight of this deeply shaking him to the core. upon leaving the chapel with Angelo’s sword Vibrio hears one of the clearest calls and commands to Yarak to “leave this place at once”, taking head he gets in Kalma and swiftly departs down the mountain. Vangelo with a slow reflective and shambling pace makes his way down as well, trying to not think of the events trying so desperately to stay sane and yet some small part escapes and the deep well of bottled emotions yield a wellspring of emotion, one that comes in small bursts but is still greatly felt. Kalma arrives back at the taxi to find the driver watching the same mundane movie, a simple romcom. Vangelo too arrives in time, deleting the planned out message of “I love you” on this day he prepared to die and yet scraped away with his life. the simple movie provides a little noise, a basic thing to occupy the tumultuous thought for a glimpse. The taxi driver being tipped with the credit stick of the dead man Angelo Corris. Vangelo heads for the Trussle estate and Vibrio heads home. Vibrio arrives at the quiet home and quickly finds his corpse flower to be dead, its leaves turned to an ash, the corpse flower became a corpse. The sword of Angelo Corris is hung on the wall, a curious reminder of the unique events of the past few days. Vangelo stumbles into the Trussle estate, quickly finding Julina and not taking time to clean up yet appears as a blood covered mess, yet it is not his own blood. Talking briefly to Julina she is once again greatly worried for Vangelo and yet can only comfort so much, Vangelo goes to bed, a changed man and yet in many ways this scare is simply one more that he must bear for his life. Julina seeing that Aidan having inadvertently gained skills from these misadventures decided that Aidan no longer needs the same body guard role, and seeing the strained relationship as well, his long term future is uncertain but for now Vangelo remain with the Trussle family. At the chapel an event unseen by our characters transpires, in a privet and untraceable craft a singular man approaches this place, Issac Noset, he who seeks to rebuild Sirinal and is succeeding, while Angelo was a minor servant here he retrieves a cognitive drive disk from the back of his spine, one that contains memories and experiences of the corpse.

A few days after Vibrio receives a rare physical letter in the mail informing him that the Hari Seladin wishes to speak with him directly and to journey to Adenskil to do so. Taking but a small amount of time to pack Vibrio heads out on the next large passenger flight to Paradilus, using this letter quickly gets him and audience with the Hari Seladin. Seladin takes Vibrio down into the central palace into a strange black sphere, this being one that Kalma is unable to enter but having to vague about the reasoning on why. Inside the sphere Seladin comes out and spills deep truths of the universe onto Vibrio, that the gods are 4th dimension beings made alive via the beliefs on humans and that this is one of the few things protecting human civilization for total destruction by the watchers in the stars, that the universe has a large amount of black domains used to seal off an area from outside influence but in the process preventing growth within. Vibrio also feels the lack of the ever present spiritual wind while within this space known as “gods blind spot” in addition to illustrate his point of black domains Vibrio is shows the heart of the universe and the large central and obvious black domain that is known as the “Boötes void”. Having been told the secrets of the universe and just how In danger it is Seladin asks, not as a servant of his god but as a human for the help of Vibrio, that he join the group called “Then Faith Makers” who will work to increases the presence of the gods as well as protect humanity, and he accepts Seladin lets down his hair for just the smallest of moments and his human side of being relived at the weight being shouldered but one more person, it’s a hard responsibility but one that must be done. For our other character that flitted in an out of this small story, for Aster she went on to succeed in her journey to craft plants for the great deserts of the many worlds, making a new habitat and biome that integrates into the old and barren environment. Aidan continued to go to school, a semi capable warrior but one who’s destiny was unmade. Ren lark was offered a compensation of 1 million credits for completing this final mission and she picked her self up a fine new starship of her own. Our ship was returned to the Trussle estate and on rare occasion used for the expanded off world enterprises but mostly unused.

Music

Approaching the chapel https://youtu.be/D47tTtZhRp0

Angelo theme https://youtu.be/8aJw4chksqM

Angelo theme #2 https://youtu.be/Q3Kvu6Kgp88

The end of the flight https://youtu.be/6vQUthSxKxI

Vangelo ending theme  https://youtu.be/DL_KyJpRuKU

Vangelo ending theme #2 https://youtu.be/DybCZvW1mBo

Seladin theme https://youtu.be/PuQDWf8JA04

Issac Noset theme https://youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc

Gods blind spot theme https://youtu.be/ou6JNQwPWE0