Act 2/2.4

**May 25th, 2019**

*This is an immutable fact, as far as one can say the truth goes. But whether that shift in the paradigm, that first and second step, will lead to something good or bad. Oh, that remains to be seen.*

*Though seen and experienced is one thing. Destiny’s already in motion and spinning away.*

The second wave of humans to get transported into Aether are Cirius, Ren, Odd, Jacks, Ptol, Lou, Amit, Paprika, Jonah, Ricky, Bram, Damien, Rua, Alma, Osorno, Popoca, Lulu and Tomoko. When they enter through wherever they had met the hooded figure, they find themselves in a cave of some sort with the surface of the water above them, with a headache. After wandering about, they finally come upon a gazebo where Suibne resides- the entity who all called them upon here. Suibne tells them that they are in Avalon and that they had saved them, and to repay their kindness, the humans should do them a favour- antagonize the other humans that have come before them.

Confused as the humans were, another non-human being, Meridian, descends upon them, supportive of the antagonizing and offers some help, although Suibne does not know her. Her appearance seem to worsen their headache though. Apparently, she is the cause for the other humans not completely turning into monsters yet.

> "*Yeah, it’s like getting vaccinated.*"
> ― Meridian
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For Meridian's powers to work on the new humans, they needed to answer her question, *"I need to ask you if you want, in any capacity, to change this world of ours. Even if it’s for nobody else but yourself, even if all you want to change is not dying right now."* When each of them do, the pounding in their heads worsen until something clicks. Like a string pulled taut, or a bone clicking into place. Somehow, it feels like a card, and yet it is intangible.

Afterwards, Suibne leads everyone out of Avalon, out of the water, uphill, to a beach. They see the city of Astrum in front of them, on a crescent-shaped hill top. They discover that an entire chunk of the city, in a large rift, had been erased. Suibne, the mayor of said city, panics and runs off, whilst Meridian leads the group towards the University.

When they arrive, that is where the humans of Avalon, meet the humans of Eden.

### Closed RP

After a stranger with no username sends a message in the human's group chatroom, the next day, city guards barge in wherever they are and kidnap them.

* **Deathrattle**
	+ Daniel, Hector, Percy, Petey, Annalise, Bernice.
	+ The humans are tossed in a pale room with a thin veil of clouds in the corners. In the middle of the room was a large, black box. Claudia appears to thank them for participating in the experiment, and out of the black box, a frog aberrant hops out, and a bat aberrant flies out.
	+ The humans try to fight the aberrants, but as the aberrants die, they use their final move and fuse with a target. The bat aberrant fuses with Petey, whilst the frog aberrant with Ann.
	+ Petey and Ann become consumed by the aberrants and start attacking the other humans in the room.
	+ Percy incapacitates Petey, and Daniel loses his arm (which he tries to attack Ann with)'.
	+ Before things could get any worse, Lemon finally finds them, and frees them from the examination room by tearing the ceiling open with a shadow arm.
* **Embargo**
	+ Ulex, Rey, Ark, Wasabi, Dollie, Theo, Val, Juno, JC and Jules.
	+ The humans are tossed in a pale room with a thin veil of clouds in the corners. In the middle of the room is Claudia. She reveals that there is something very different about them from other humans:

> "*Anyhow, there is something very curious about you, as specimen. Typical humans that take in the atmosphere of Aether, they eventually process their unique energy into something beastly, transforming into what we call aberrants. You are no such humans.*"
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* + The experiment continues, wherein they will be given a stimulus. They all are faced against one another, and the scene before them changes to what they fear the most. The human in front of them takes the form of someone they fear the most.
	+ Val and Juno, two victims both see their assailant, the ones who have attempted to kill them before. They end up attacking one another. Theo is overcome with his guilt and end up almost murdering Dollie, but she survives through the power of friendship (JC lasers her wound shut). Ark, Wasabi, Ulex and Rey end up miscommunicating and hurting each other.
	+ Meanwhile, Claudia attempts to convince JC and Jules to work with her and she would provide them with knowledge, but was unsuccessful.
* **Control**
	+ The humans are tossed in a pale room with a thin veil of clouds in the corners. In the middle of the room, a podium with three white crystalline pendants in a glass case.
	+ Antony and Indigo reach for these pendants, and they explode creating a star shaped burn in Antony's chest, whilst Indigo finds two star burns across her heart.
	+ Toy rips the ceiling open with Brie, who both help them out of there. When they climb out, they see a huge rift open up like scissors cutting through paper, by the city of Astrum. Neither of the Aetherians know whats going on.
	+ Structures crumble and fall, a slab of concrete falls on Jace and Quinn, Antony tries to help them but a rift opens up around Jace, Ansel and Indigo. Antony manages to pull Jace and Quinn out with Toy's help, and with the power of friendship Indigo manages to save Ansel from falling through the rift.

### Epilogue

All the humans, both from Avalon and Eden are banished from Astrum, by Suibne, along with the Aetherians: Lemon, Toy and Brie, who have been helping them. The new humans also receive a rose gold phone from Meridian, who tells them that they are going to go to their next home, which is one week away by foot.