There wasn't a center for his tradition, but he had the location of where the representative of Senex was staying.

Not wishing to waste any time, Kairos makes his way directly to the Senex representative.

There two guards with the Senex's symbol on it. The stop you until you show them your papers and then let you in. You find Margaret Kensington, an older English woman, along drinking tea and looking over a rather large pile of data pads.

(Michael, Cicatrix, and Huoshui where ready first and started 12 days from the auction. They are all at the end of that day or near it. Is it ok if this is 11 days from the auction for you to make things easier?)

 (That's fine, no problems here)

As he enters, Kairos' eyes quickly survey the room for anthing that could comprimise the privacy needed with the senex representative. Once happy he approaches her.

"Greetings Mrs. Kensington. I've been sent  here by Zelig Tiencken to hand deliver this messege to you regarding some... items your group's scanners have picked up."

He chooses his words carefully, still not fully sure of who else could be listening.

He takes out the piece of paper and places it on her desk.

"All the details are contained within this document"

She raises a brow. "Hand deliver?" She reads over it and slumps back into her chair taking her glasses off. "Tell me Sir Kairos... what do you know of the Fifth Fall?"

"I know what little I was taught in the academy and stories I heard growing up. Why do you ask?"

She sighs moving out to look out the window as it opens showing a view of the station, the moon, and Earth bellow. The never ended storm over the middle east still twisted in it's darkness and the illuminate band of the nebula belt still visible. It's quite a view this station has.

"The dark star Nemesis that nearly distressed all life in this system was a source of corrupted entropy like nothing we have ever seen before. We thought that horror over when Saturn and Nemesis collided. However at the cost of many lives the Ceres Prime Research Base as taken a sample of Nemesis dead core." She turns back around "I am sure you understand how serious this is?"

"This is the very same sample which is to be auctioned on the station?"

Kairos suddenly becomes more animated.

"Such a thing should be either contained or destroyed, why is the auction of such a dangerous item even being allowed to take place!?"

"I have talked to the colonial goverment but to many Goveners ether support or are a part of the auction. Mercury's governess Monet Granville, whants to study it. Lunar governors are split... Milla Ormanda is trying to use it for political boost and is buying it for a museum, Alexavier Jeneva thinks the money will help the economy, Naledi Owusu though.. she agrees with us. Mars governor is in charge of stellar trade and is in a hard position to say anything ether way. Amalthea and Himalia have always been at each others throats and there governers likely want to make weapons with it to keep the other at bay with threat of it at there side, you know how cold wars are... Maarten Nostrant from the Mimas ship yard wants it for a weapon or a ship drive or something to do with a new ship he's working on. Europa's governess Yori Kohana would likely wish to study it but they are teetering on civil unrest or even civil war. Sunny Moon, Ganymede's governor would likely side with us if pushed.... but that realy don't leave us with much suport. The only other name we have that agrees with us is Taisho Sōshin but he's more of a spiritual leader than a political one."

She sighs moving back to take a seat again and a long drink. "As you can see we are quite outnumbered. The ideas of scientific discovery, weapons of mass power, or trillions of credits have blinded them all to the truth of the mater. To make matters worse Shinkoto Industries is throwing there weight around here.... to many people use or even require there rejuvenation therapies, and they have as much if not more influence than any governor."
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"That certainly puts  great burden on you to win this auction, with so many other powerful figures here."

"I don't see how we could possibly out bid Shinkoto Industries we must try and win over the goveners... even if that means bribing them... and even entertain the idea of having to steal the artifact. It must be quarantined."

"I agree. We must do whatever is nessesary"

"I've already spoken to Urr Re'ok, the head of the station...she would like to help us but her hands are tied.... but perhaps the head of security will be more helpful at the very least maybe she will turn a blind eye to us"

Kairos starts formulating a plan, he takes out a data pad and draws up a list of the those he knows are going to be at the auction. A swell of powerful emotions and the thrill of the 'game' begining change him completely, dropping all formalities.

""Mrs. Kensington, I need information on everyone connected to this and anyone who's sympathetic to our cause or could be...convinced. "

Turning to ignore the Englishwoman he quickly opens a comm link to his ally Fáith, not even waitinig for a responce from her he just barks orders.

"Fáith! Drop whatever else you're doing, I've got a job for you and it's a big one. This one's a little different from the norm so you should find it interesting.  I'm going to be sending you a list of names and you're going to give me dirt, sleeze, bribery and corruption on every last one. Everyone has their weakness, and you're going to give me theirs. Understood? "

Returning his gaze to the Senex PA

"I'm a soldier first and foremost Mrs. Kensington, not a diplomat. If we're entering negotiations without them resolving by the tip of my blade, I'm going to want every advantage I can get. Now where shall we begin?"

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"Well Demetria will likely sympathize, the Fae hate corruption as much as us. At the least if she will turn a blind eye to anything illegal we may do that is a start."

List of the big players at the auction:

Monet Granville is sending (a nameless) assistant to bid on various items for study.

Milla Ormanda is sending (a namless) lawer to obtain samples for museums, likely to gain political ground.

Naledi Owusu is sending her daughter Amaphutha Owusu to bid on the core sample only and has said nothing on it... but many claim she wants it destroyed and should be outbid at all cost (mainly claims from those that want it the most).

Even with the traditions and technocracy having formed a union there is still a bit of a cold war brewing from the vets of the Hyperion war that won't let it go even with Jupiter gone. If anything shows this it's that Carrieann Storm and Dr. Howeeel Maddock are both showing up in person to bid on the core sample, likely for some weapon to keep aimed at the other.

Maarten Nostrant has shown similar interest as well and will be bidding by remote link through a construct.

Taisho Sōshin, a renown spiritual leader through out the (mostly outer) planets, is sending a student named Sophia E. Boreh to bid on the core saying that it contains an essence of darkness that should be contained and studied by the brotherhood so that they may find ways to counter such darkness should it descend on us again.

Zelig Tiencken is sending his assistant Margaret Kensington to demand the acquisition of the core to be moved to SSS Level Quarantine stating that under laws set up by the Senex with the traditions and unions such high levels of Entropic energies are to be contained, quarantined, and studied on Charon, Cerberus, or Pluto.  That failing they are likely to bid vast amounts of credits on them, fear that they will outbid people on most every item up there has been a good deal of protest on Senex's participation stating that such discoveries should be shared and that all other bidders would eventually release information to the public while Senex keeps all things to themselves and other Euthanatos only.

Shinkoto Industries is sending a representative named Luxuria Wakahisa to make bids on various items, and is expected to get a lot with there large pool of money they have.

a little more detail on just who these people are >.> lol

Monet Granville is the Den of the Fors Collegis Meruris on Mus, a small chuck of rock orbiting Mercury. The collage was made by and for the Order of Hermes but is open to all who can afford it.


Milla Ormanda Is one of the three governors of the moon, representing the tecnomancer population. She is a German Void Engender.


Naledi Owusu Is one of the three governors of the moon and represents the non-mage population. She is an African Bastet with the appearance of a puma in her transformed state though such has not been seen much at all and people wonder if it's just a nasty rumor that she is. She pushes heavly on laws to protect the moon.

Amaphutha Owusu  Naledi's daughter she is most defiantly a Bastet, in addition to her puma like appearance she has a unicorn like horn and brown and white wings like that of some bird.  Naledi seams to have disowned her (rumors say it's because the mutations she shows are signs of a dishonor) and she dose not use the Owusu name, but she still stays with her mother as a servant.


Carrieann Storm  A survivor of the Hyperion wars and human governor of Amalthea (also known to many traditionalists as Metropolis 2) She is in charge of what is basically one massive, multiple layered, city covering the entire moon.

Dr. Howeeel Maddock  The governor or general of the large fortress moon Himalia, he is a Scottish Son of Ether who fought in the Hyperion wars.


Maarten Nostrant A dutch Virtual Adept he is in charge of the largest ship yards in the system and likely the most advanced weapons R&D labs based on Mimas.


Taisho Sōshin As said he is a renown spiritual leader teaching unity to the traditions and is a leading voice in the outer planets, though less hurd of in the inner planets he is still heavily respected universally. He is an elderly Asian member of the Akashic Brotherhood.

Sophia E. Boreh Unhurd of until sent to bid on the core. (like most the other unnamed listed lol)


Zelig Tiencken Curent Head of Senex and based on Cerberus. (Germian male)

Margaret Kensington Personal assistant to Zelig. (European female)

Senex A large organization split off from the Euthanatos, and there largest chantry. They are in charge of studding dangerous levels of Entropy and keeping the shard realm of Entropy under a close eye while making sure no one approaches it. They collect massive amounts of data from SR Entropy and Pluto's system but do not share it. However they do sell the advance scenery equipment they produce for these tasks, and it is considered the best available.


Shinkoto Industries The corporation behind the production of Rejuvenate, wich seams to be a diluted one of a kind substance that as yet no one has been able to synthesize or find the source of, ensuring Shinkoto an unbreakable monopoly on the product. This alone took them from nothing to the biggest corporation in the system.

Luxuria Wakahisa works for Shinkoto and not much is known about her save she is exstreamly attractive and word is she's sleeping her way to the top. She is almost always with a very large and unusual looking lone bodyguard.
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"I will pay a vist to Demetria while I await for what information my assosiate Fáith can dredge up on any of the others. Is there anything else regarding my mission here that you wish to discuss?"

She sighs shaking her head "Nothing at the moment, no" She turns and smiles weakly. "Thank you, it's nice to have some one of your reputation on board with us.... even though your not a part of our coven you are willing to help us, everyone else just thinks we want the stone for ourselves so we can study it. It is true we will study it, but we are the ones who know what it is and will treat it as it should be. Keep it save, and quarantined from any contact with anyone. The research we do not share we do so for a reason... they simply do not understand us."

"Such is the duty of the Euthanatos, often we must work hidden in the shadows and do that which others can not or will not do... I'll do whatever it takes to ensure the safety of the people"

Kairos tried to sympathise with the older woman but he didn't really care for the politics of this world, even more so than the power struggles and battles of ideologies he left behind in England on Earth. Out here it was more alien to him than ever.


There were people here who could be saved from possible danger, and as a bonus Senex was willing to pay him to do it. That's all he really cared about.

"Farewell Mrs. Kensington. I'll leave you to the care of your guards, you have my contact details."

Kairos leaves and makes his way towards finding Demetria.

The security center of the station is the most hectic looking place on the station, and you don't see anyone that could be described as 'Fae'.

Defeated , Kairos looks around for someone who might know their location.

One of the security guards eyes Kairos and walks over, rather not liking the look of a guy in armor and a sword walking up to security. "Is there a problem?"

Kairos tries his best at being polite with the clearly disgruntled man.

"I was just looking for someone, goes by the name "Demetria", a fae. Perhaps you could assist me in this task?"

"She is responding to shots fired in a Clinic, is there something we can help you with sir?"

"I need to speak with her. Tell me what is the fastest route to this clinic?"

"You can wait here, I won't have you getting in her way."

Kaios never liked people telling him what he could or couldn't do but as he needed to stay on the right side of the local law enforcement he complies and waits.

You feel a light rumble and the lights flicker. Then you hear the people in the security station going crazy and them talking about an explosion on this floor some where. And by the detection a small squad of security runs off in you can guess it's where they are going.
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If they're sending backup then there was a serious threat in the clinic. That was all the excuse he needed.

Kairos attempts to make a quick exit, slipping into the crowd to follow after the security team.

The clinic wasn't to far away. There was smoke filling the front office, and oddly it was swirling around and appeared to be gathering up, but some of it was escaping into the promenade. The group of guards gathered and then split up some staying at the front, while the rest ran down the promenade till they reached a corridor, apparently heading to get behind the building.

 Kairos stays at the front looking for the fae.

Walking into the clinic reaches a hand into the rune pouch on his belt and draws runes for true vision, energy and flow. Then closes his eyes and concentrates on them before opening his eyes again.

Prime 1  - detect quintessence
(See through the smoke to see a magical creature like a fae, magic users and magical effects)

Having seen the way Fae magic moves paterns before you recognize the wind gathering the smoke to clear things out as a Fae. You also see three mages and two fully mechanical paterns, one is small and the other is humanoid.

Two are in the back near a resent use of magic, likely the cause of the eplossion from the way things look. They have the smaller mechanical unit near them... the other mage is with the larger one and between the Fae and the others. You can also see the free quintessence dispersing from a body of a dead mage near the two in the back. It's hard to tell exactly whats going on but there is obviously a conflict of some sort going on.

Attempting to assist the security forces he positions himself, trying to address the fae and ready to draw his sword should any threat approach.

"Demetria I presume?, I'm Sir Kairos, at your service. What's the situation here?"

One of the security agents looks to him "please stand back and -" He is interrupted as the smoke explodes into a burst of black snow and frigid air that blows out of the shop and covers the windows as well as most of the inside. The moment the air clears a blast of energy bursts through the room, vaporizes the glass, and shots across the promenade before impacting into a stall selling vegetables from Mars. The explosion might as well have been from an howitzer, bits of flaming wood and fruit rain down all over the place and there is a good bit of damage to the shop behind it. "- HOLY HELL."

You can't see much from this far away and with the raining glass, glare of the beam, and all the snow. But it seams there is a blue skinned mermaid swimming through the air to dodge the blast in there.... that or your hallucinating.

Over the security mans intercom you hear woman's voice bark orders. "We have an awakened cyborg and a H.I.T. Mark VI, stay back... I repeat stay back. There are two suspects fleeing though a hole blasted to the next hall over, capture for questioning."


(VERY good forces roll... very very good.... 21 dice of damage added onto the guns normal blast o.o  one over heated or broken gun but holly hell)


A warning coming up over the intercom. "There is a minor security breach on the promenade, for your own safety please stay inside and avoid the promenade till further notice"
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A hooded figure walks up and stands along side the heavily armored person.

He holds one hand up in front of him, index and middle fingers raised pointing up.
He looks around.
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(you can sense the presence of three humanoid pasterns inside as you run up, one is not human at all, another barely any flesh and bone at all he/she must be one must be mostly cyborg there is no other way they can have that little flesh on them and be alive... the the other pastern isn't alive at all, is moving, and has no free quintessences in it at all it acutely seams to be keeping free quintessence out of it)

Lowering his hand.

"This is supposed to be a place of healing. Has everyone been evacuated?"

Caleb is a few paces behind Huoshui, and just to the left.  He glances from the armored figure, to what's left of the fruit cart, and then at Houshui.  He says nothing, but seems rather interested in what might happen next.

Waiting for  the falling debris to clear the air, Kairos acknowledges the arrival of the two mages. The insight granted by his runecasting allowing him to see the additional quintessence contained within their patterns. Unless they happen to be hiding it

But he pays them no further attention and ventures forward to see what is left of the clinic and those caught up in the confrontation. Furthermore he has to know if the mermaid he saw was real or he finally started to lose his grasp on reality.

Kairos see's the same thing, that the one creature is preventing free quintessence from clinging to it's pattern.

As the snow burst clears a blue flying body with a fish leg is defiantly in there. It darts in the detection of the other two making a motion with the Trident, a wave of harsh wind blowing into the hallway covering everything in ice.

The mage figure brakes free of the ice slowly, staggering back. While the ice of the other figure shatters at the chest as a long blade of metal spears out of the ice at the Fae. She gracefully dodges, swimming a circle around the blade and cutting through it with the trident.

The blade explodes into a shower of metal particles that flow like water back into the ice as it brakes apart revealing a humanoid that appears to be made of liquid metal. Behold the Nanotech Assembalge, NT-1.
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(please post on the main thread from now on unless people get split up again)

Waking up to a brand new day you find a message for you to meet up with everyone at 4pm at a hotel. Things are just as hectic as they were before the explosion, part of the promenade is closed off as they scan for the N-1, but other than that and the crowd the auction has drawn nothing seams all that out of ordinary.

You do have a rather interesting message though.





Dear Valued Customer,

   We received word from one of our many freelancers that you are from Europe, this is quite interesting to us and could make both of us money. If you would be willing to submit memory scans of any unusual creatures, lifeforms, monsters, items, artifacts, locations, or the like you have encountered we would be willing to give you a fair compensation for anything that we use. As well as being paid any time we use one of your scans for making avatars, items, or to formatting a sector. We are looking for anything are designers haven't seen before and are willing to pay for information on the behavior and visuals of anything out of the ordinary. If your submission is used as inspiration you will receive modest credit and credits. Should your submission be used as a base then you will be credited in the products description and you will receive a much higher commission. If you are interested or would like more information please contact me.


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                                                                         Astounding Avatars & Ect.

After meditating for some time tring to contact the two ravens, after almost an hour of lowering the horizens level another hour passes with nothing. Then your meditation is interupted by the distant echo's of laughter bleeding through from the spirit realms.
Steven Roast says
Kairos focuses on the direction the sound came from, hoping to find the source.
Azraile Kiras says
It seams to be shifting some and fades, then several black feathers fly from behind you... one ebeding it'self in your rear (no damage but owch) and the others flying over the candles putting them out. There a few more chuckles after that.
Steven Roast says
Angered at being made a fool of, he raises his voice
"Do I provide you with amusement, bird!?"
Azraile Kiras says
There is some laughter and the air ripples distorting and with a pop from behind you, the form of a black bird with the shape of a man behind you just barly made out in the darkness. "Why yes sure you do, I once watched a wolf howl to the heavens to think to call on a totem for a personal one on one chat.... but calling on the right and servents of gods that fade into the past... oh no no no...
thats a new one!"
Steven Roast says
"I am but a lowly, humble servant of the gods myself. "

Kairos bows deeply and down to one knee.

"I seek assistance in my current trials for it is a task beyond anything I could face alone."
Azraile Kiras says
He luaghs "so is some one bowing to me... damn no kidding bud" shaking his head and moving around the room checking things out. "You would not beleave some of the things people whisper about here and there,,,, nightarish banes, bane hatcheries on ships, rumors of an earthbound, so many things that can go wrong, and then there is a curruted fera of a race with so few numbers! Not that we are much
any better mind you, I mean those buzzards are a nightmare I till you. But here you are in all the choas tring to call to being across the raging gauntlent of the earth? hehe so many little intresting things going on here."
(yes, these guys talk a lot)
Steven Roast says
"Evidently you see so far and much of this world, I can understand why woden employed you to circle midgard and gather information."

Kairos hopes to play on the bird's nature and keep it talking.

"There is indeed many forces at work, the fragment of The Red Star has drawn a great number who seek it's power, I have seen that much myself."
Azraile Kiras says
Glances over stoping a moment "ME?" he has a good hard laugh at that. "oh dear gods no, no no no, not me...  you have a poor chance of getting a hold of them... least not with out something VERY shiny or the eye of some old old old critter thats seen an awfull lot of interesting things.. mm that would be nice wouldn't it" Speaking of something shiny you notice the gold coins you had laied out are
gone now....  "Red sun! ha! You keep up on your history don't you. Yes that thing is quite the problem isn't it... atracts all sorts of nasty things, but what of the wyrms grater spawn don't? I remember stories out people tring to free the wyrm what when the weaver was killed... oie what a mess that was.... poor dumb blockes, help the mind before the body!"
(what do you exspect they are gold =p)
Steven Roast says
Spying an opportunity

"Perhaps I can offer you a fair trade, in exchange for your help in ending these current troubles."
Azraile Kiras says
"HELP?!?" he luaghs "Oh no good sir we are not made to help... just watch... and chatter about what we see.... some times they had us take things that people arn't spoce to have, but that was a long long time ago war tends to change the way things work... but no we watch and watch and watch. We don't stick our noses- er beaks out for just anyone you know. You want help you are better off calling
on those old birds, they like to peck and claw at things now and agian."
Steven Roast says
"I have no need for assistance in combat at present but I thank you for your suggestion. Presently I seek knowledge, knowledge that you above all others can collect. A close ally of mine has taught me that in the right hands knowledge can be the most powerful force of all. Watching is a very important task."

Kairos prays that the flattery isn't too over the top for the bird man.
"I'd offer much to gain information on my enemies."
Azraile Kiras says
"Well thats a start... nice shiny trinkets or an eye or two will catch a birds attention thats for sure. But I plan on keeping my distance from this mess. There roumors whispered about between the spirits that a grate and mighty best as returned.... returned or awoken... or hell if i know... add to that talk of all the other things. I want to watch from a distance. Now if you want help
finding something not so flesh and oh so imptantly of bood pokeing around for you I can help. Some servent of raven or one of those two old birds you were praying too.... that can be done. But you have to have an nice little offering for them." He's fiddling with his hands some, moving the coins about, seams he don't like holding them to long and playing hot pottato with them... the seam to have
burnt a little at some of his feathers.
Steven Roast says
Kairos extends a hand to take the coins back. Without saying a word.
Azraile Kiras says
(you tring to grab them or just holding your hands out like a disapointed parent? lol)
Steven Roast says
(Like a disapointed parent seeing a child with singed fingertips after being caught playing with matches.)
Azraile Kiras says
After chattering more about nothing all that imprtant he looks "what?"... he looks at your gester and where you looking "what?!?!?".... "OH FINE... shit stings like the dickings anyway" he throws you the coins "It's just there... not normal.. something speshal about them you know." He huffs some "If you want help you better find something nice... for them and me"
Steven Roast says
"You mentioned eyes and trinkets, I'll see what I can find"
Azraile Kiras says
He nods "yes... eyes remember what they see you know"
Steven Roast says
Kairos recalls his part in the ritual performed on the body of the akashic temple elder to see what he saw before he died. Kairos knew all too well how true the bird's words are.
He nods in confirmation
Azraile Kiras says
He sighs some looking at the coins and then shifts into the shape of a raven and flys into your bathroom mirror, the surface of the mirror rippling some when he flies through it.
Steven Roast says
What an odd creature.

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Being that Kairos has gotten rather behind other people postings. I'll make this post... it's about an hour to get over his hangover and get to the prominade to be caught up with the time of the other players are on)

The already splitting head of the slumbering knight is taxed more as he wakes to the loud sound echoing through the halls, and from the computer terminal in his room. <This is an evacuation announcement, the final set of ships to take civilian personal off the ship will be leaving in two hours. I repeat, you have two hours to be at the main docks for boarding of the civilian evacuation ships.>

The room was a little bit of a mess. His repaired and upgraded armor was there though, as was most of what he requested. With an addition, a cup of bitter nasty smelling tea with a note that it's for the headache and from Huoshui.

Painfully feeling the agony of his hangover, his bruising to both body and ego. The shock of the message from the alarms is sobering enough to get him to his feet.

Well rehearsed muscle memory kicks in as he scrambles and fumbles his way into his refurbished suit of armour, it felt different to what he was used to but not enough to slow him down.

Next came his equipment, collecting together everything he wanted.

Then he makes a silent prayer to the all-father before picking up the tea made by Huoshui. He  considers if the small monk was angry at him while he was brewing the contents but the headache pounds in his head, pushes aside any more time waiting and he gulps down the foul tea in one go.

Instantly feeling the effects, his worries are for naught, already feeling rejuvenated.

Kairos arms himself and simultaneously opens his comms and datapad to get himself up to speed on what he missed while unconscious.

Kairos is informed that the 'team' is up on the promenade helping to maintain order. There have been a few fights, and there having some problems getting some people to evacuate. Also there is the matter of a ship that seams to be docked but don't seam to actually be there, there preparing a partial bombardment to see if there is a cloaked ship.

Kairos dashes to the promenade, relishing the new range of movement the suit now allows him.

ok on the main thread then