Episode 9

A week after the Halloween episode, this episode starts there. The ground floor has been repaired, and Eden Logistics looks at least presentable, They're told that they're about to have a board meeting. Mem atomizes Kalkydra's chips from his hands. Mem talks about his arm before a moment, then stops. Rock asks him to continue. Mem is taken aback, and tells him they'll talk later. The board meeting commences, Mem begins briefing them on two options. They can either repair the first floor, which gives them access to the satellite and five more living places. What the basement gives is unknown, but costs 10k LMD. There is also a roof garden they can get. The satellite costs 10k LMD, the first floor costs 3k LMD, and the roof garden costs 7k LMD. It all totals out to 30k LMD.

Katze suggests they do the lottery to gain money, and Semblance says they should do some actual logistics work. Lamed brings over some contracts to the table, and Mem points out one that is much more important, that gives 20k LMD. Mem says the contract is to deliver crates of goods to people. One is to a place called Dodona with the recipient named Pythia. Rock says they're explosives in them, but Mem says they don't know whats inside, with specifics in the contract to not open them. Mem talks about the other contracts. One pays 100 LMD to find a cat, another pays 4k LMD for actual messenger work. THe last contract is a protection contract from Flamestreak, their scrapper contract. There is no confirmed payment, but it's around 1k to 3k LMD. They agree to the crate contract, and Mem says they can talk to the mobile city board closest to Dodona.

Rock starts leaving, and Semblance asks about how sealed the boxes are. Mem replies that the box has been industrially sealed and the items fastened down in the box. The meeting ends. The CEO's go to the box, and it's about the size of a (DarkSoulsChest). Katze tries to listen into the box. There's nothing living inside, but there is light sloshing from inside. Rock taps the box a few times, and says the box has said nothing. Halberd tries to lift the box, but pulls his back. Rock pushes Halberd's back into place. Halberd tries to lift the box again, and succeeds. Semblance calls (Person), and (Person) tells them that there are guides at the port. Semblance thanks them, and hangs up. Semblance also tells Mem to tell her when the kid, Macaria, wakes up.

After all that, they leave to head to the port by foot. They head to the eastern gates, where the guard are sorting out the people by class. They get to the guards, who after a bit ask about what's in the box. Rock replies "We don't know" and the guard asks for the official contract paper. and they stall for time as Rock and Katze to go Mem. Mem hands them the contract paper, and the two leave. They all head out of Corrinia after showing the guard the papers, and find themselves in a forested area. The group spots two agencies. (Agency1), Marble Pillars, and a less visible one, Wasteland Wonders. Halberd, spots a male AEgir with blond hair in a ponytail, three marks on each cheek like gills, and sharp, pointed teeth.

Semblance asks if he can take them to Dodona, and he introduces himself as Zain Volt. Semblance shakes his hand, and feels a bit of electricity run from his hand (unintentionally). Zain says it's something from his family. He says he can guide the to Dodona for 200 LMD each, totaling to 1000 but the CEO's negotiate it down to 150 LMD, or a total of 750 LMD. They pay Zain, and are being guided along before hearing Doctor Augustus Quacks from behind. They talk with him for a bit, before he says he's going to Dodona as well. Augusts pays to join them, and he talks about the Orcale, someone with the ability to predict the future. The group splits the luggage around evenly to help Augustus carry his gear, and he looks away and says "The god hand has made it's move."

The group heads to Zain's truck, with Katze taking the front seat with Zain while the others get in the back. They drive for a few hours before setting up camp. As they set up camp, a red-haired Sankta (Exusiai) that looks like Kalkydra shows up, drops a box at Kalkydra's feet and leaves. From the bushes, Exusiai says to Texas that it was weird and it's time for them to go, and the race off in their van. Kalkydra opens up the box to find his two Desert Eagles he left back at Laterano.

Rock starts talking with Dr. Augustus as Zain sets up camp. Katze climbs a tree, the group roasts some marshmellows, Semblances feeds one to Rock using a stick, and Zain starts some friendly chatter with the group. Halberd talks about his past, and Rock talks about how some places are good and bad, and how some cities aren't bad, but the people in it.

Rock asks Katze what she thinks about being out in the woods, and shetalks about Aleph, her mentor, master, and the person she considered a father figure. They move on to talking about Mem, who Katze and Rock don't trust. Rock brings up Mem's arm, and how Mem said he can't use the ability freely before shutting up. Katze mentions that she doesn't really remember Mem being there before with Aleph, and Rock says that Mem might have gona against Aleph.

Katze says that in her letter, Aleph told Katze to treat Mem and Lamed like siblings, but not equals. Rock asks why Semblance trusts Mem the most, and she says it's not about trust. She says she's looking for her sister, and that her sister was attached to a bad place. She didn't leave with her sister because of that. Rock asks how Katze met Aleph, and she says she doesn't remember her real parents before Aleph took her in. She says that Aleph was a good person, and heads to bed. Zain awkwardly leaves, and Halberd passes out on top of the box.

Semblance takes first shift, Kalkydra takes second shift, and then Rock takes third shift and wakes up Dr. Augustus to have a conversation. Rock talks about the Hand's temporal disruption. They continue to talk about the Head, and Rock asks what the Head was experimenting with. Dr. Augustus says he doesn't know what they were working with. Dr. Augustus says even the Head makes mistakes. He also says that they would've never known about the temporal disturbance without the computer.

Semblance has woken up in the middle of the night, and noticed that Zain is not asleep, but pretending. Semblance asks if he's having trouble sleeping, and he says yes. He says family was never a big part of his life, and didn't think it was that important. Semblance asks if he doesn't know his parents, and he says that he doesn't care about it as much since he already found the people he wanted to be with. He says abandoning family is something he can't stand for, before asking Semblance if she was scared when abandoning her sister. Semblance says she was very afraid, but that she isn't scared of finding her. Zain says he can't wrap his head around the thought of redemption. Semblance says that the other CEO's are like family to her, and they chat for a bit longer before falling asleep.

The next day, they all wake up, grab their gear and pack up the jeep. They drive to the settlement, with the majority of the buildings are on the run-down side. At the center of the settlement, with a huge Greek temple in the middle. Dr. Augustus leaves to head to the temple and try to gain entrance, and Zain directs them to an Inn called Foresight. They see pictures of a middle-aged woman with long, curly purple hair that's on the thing side with four translucent wings.

Semblance asks the the Innkeeper who Pythia is, and he ignores the question before asking them if they need food or lodging. The Innkeeper says that The Oracle does not see outsiders. Semblance says that their package is for the Oracle, and Halberd shows the crate. A male Santka walks in, wearing a full exo-suit, with a half cracked halo. His helmet pulls back to reveal white hair and a scar running across his face, and Semblance recognizes the man as Hydra-2, or 'Discord'. He brandishes two Uzi's, and tells Semblance it's time for payback.