PT 013: Xho's First Meeting with Aevarnis

USS Adventure06/05/2020

((Yay!))

[7:53 PM]

Aevarnis: "...I want you to know that what I am going to discuss has already been kept in the strictest of confidences. I have told no one."

Xho06/05/2020

*nods.*

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "...Guest has already been coming to me. He was confused, a bit scared and concerned. Both for himself and for specific members of the crew."

[7:54 PM]

Aevarnis: "...including you."

Xho06/05/2020

He is a very kind individual. ... me? Why?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "Guest eats psionic energy and reads subconscious thought. He can do so without fully reading them or paying attention to them, but he'll pick up things just...as a by product of that process."

Xho06/05/2020

*frowns.*

[7:58 PM]

... I have not been in any unusual amount of distress lately.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "So, when he's around someone he'll hear their thoughts as faint whispers and it will...for lack of a better word, sound like their voice."

[7:58 PM]

Aevarnis: "...it's not about the thoughts themselves...Commander."

Xho06/05/2020

What is it?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "He says...some of your thoughts don't sound like you, Commander."

Xho06/05/2020

Most likely they are not me. I am assuming you have read my file.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "I have...are you under the influence of other beings? Or...do you sense other beings, sometimes?"

Xho06/05/2020

Not that I am aware of, and no, I do not.

[8:01 PM]

I do sometimes have memories that are not mine.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "...that...would make sense. Or...I think so."

Xho06/05/2020

Sitting outdoors on a swing on a sunny day and picking flowers, for example.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

As you talk, the room begins to shake as the jump happens.

Xho06/05/2020

... very obviously not a memory of mine.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: ".......Commander?"

Xho06/05/2020

Yes?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

"...you're glowing."

Xho06/05/2020

*looks down.*

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Looking down at yourself, you see yourself now crackling in the same energy you showed Viktor. But now it's all over you and not as controlled.

Xho06/05/2020

... maintain a safe distance. Until we can determine what this is it's possible it may be dangerous.(edited)

USS Adventure06/05/2020

There's a blue light filling the room for a second...and then it all stops.

[8:06 PM]

The shaking, your glowing. It's all gone.

Xho06/05/2020

*looks down and looks at her hands, just to make sure.*

USS Adventure06/05/2020

You seem to have returned to normal.

[8:07 PM]

Then you hear a voice.

[8:07 PM]

Carfine: "...hello?"

Xho06/05/2020

*eyes Aevarnis.*

[8:07 PM]

... did you hear that?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis nods.

[8:07 PM]

Standing in the room with you is a spectral version of Carfine, the same colors as the energy you emit.

Xho06/05/2020

... I am not sure whether that is comforting, disturbing or both. Kevkas? Are you aware that you are dead?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Carfine: "Yeah...can you see me?"

Xho06/05/2020

Yes.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Carfine: "...ok...can you see the others?"

Xho06/05/2020

No. ... there are others?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Carfine: "...I think we have a lot of catching up to do."

[8:10 PM]

Carfine: "I've been...kind of around you for...a while now."

Xho06/05/2020

*would blush if her skin weren't so dark.*

[8:10 PM]

Ah?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Carfine: "...as have the others. Angna, Breea, Ristel...it's...I'm not sure I can explain it."

[8:13 PM]

Carfine: "...it's been uncomfortable."

Xho06/05/2020

*eyes Aevarnis again. "Is it possible to literally die of embarrassment?"*

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "...not in my experience. ...should I leave?"

Xho06/05/2020

No.(edited)

[8:14 PM]

They are probably *all* going to need therapy.

[8:14 PM]

Particularly the man whose alternate self I have just slept with, in front of him and my entire class, as well as a substantial portion of my former coworkers.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Carfine: "Yeah, I really don't feel like...Breea? BREEA, WAI--!"

Xho06/05/2020

... ritual suicide is against regulations.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Carfine disappears and now there's a ghostly spectre of a young Drowish woman in a Planefleet uniform. She has a pixie hair and a spider brooch.

[8:16 PM]

She tries to throttle Xho but just passes through her.

[8:16 PM]

Breea: "YOU FUCKING BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!"

Xho06/05/2020

... even if I agreed to those terms, it seems you may not be able to. Perhaps we should focus on a solution first.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Breea: "...fine. ...but just so you know...fuck you and your tacky ass haircut."

Xho06/05/2020

I shall take that as read.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "...ok...I think we can all agree this situation is...less than ideal."

[8:20 PM]

Aevarnis: "And there are some strong emotions."

[8:20 PM]

Breea: "Uh, yeah. Bitch had us all killed to get herself moved up and then we somehow all ended up trapped in her brain."

Xho06/05/2020

... I do not think I did that.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Breea disappears and now a Drow boy appears. He seems very tall and thing with waist length hair just...flowing behind him. You recognize him as Ristel.

[8:23 PM]

Ristel: "Hi. Sorry. Breea can be a bit heated."

[8:23 PM]

Ristel waves. "Hi Xu-xu! Good to see you again. Well...good you see me again. I saw all of you! ...that I...I didn't mean...sorry."

Xho06/05/2020

*shrugs.*

[8:24 PM]

That's of very little concern. I am sure you saw quite a bit of me immediately following the accident as well.

[8:24 PM]

Why does she think that?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Ristel: "Well...it was just so convenient for you, you know? You were clearly not doing as well as everyone else. Your family really wanted you to place. And then boom, suddenly...there are no other candidates."

[8:25 PM]

Ristel: "Like...obviously a goodie-two-shoes like you would never. But it was...convenient."

Xho06/05/2020

Oh. ... I am fairly certain I didn't. I remember everything leading up to the accident as far as I am aware.

[8:29 PM]

I had long since accepted that I would not be the test case, but had pinned my hopes on being able to pass the general entrance test once it was opened to all of us.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

((Ok, Caleb should see this now.))

Sage06/05/2020

((I can))

USS Adventure06/05/2020

So, Sage and Duma run in about now. Sage, you see Xho and Aevarnis and the spectral figure of a drow officer you do not recognize.

Xho06/05/2020

... what happened?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Ristel: "Oh the metal one...and the orc. Mmmm, personally, I think he's the one you should've--"

Xho06/05/2020

He's a *fellow officer.*

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Ristel vanishes and a woman with braids, heavy make-up and a "fuck off" look appears. "Ok, Ristel's had the mic long enough. Hi."

Sage06/05/2020

One and Dalarei seperated

Xho06/05/2020

*What*?

[8:33 PM]

Are they all right? Is One still here?

Sage06/05/2020

The captain took them to the medbay

[8:34 PM]

One is in the homunculus

Xho06/05/2020

Ah.

Sage06/05/2020

Theo is trying to figure out what went wrong in the jump

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Angna: "...so, do I get an introduction orrrrrrrr...."

Xho06/05/2020

... apparently, I have been carrying the spirits of my entire class with me since their passing.

[8:36 PM]

This is Angna, a very capable cadet who was very high on the roster when she was killed. Also, she is an exceptionally skilled makeup and camoflage artist.

[8:36 PM]

... is the away team there as well?

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Angna: "Yeah, they popped in after...well, after. This is gonna be grim to say, but it was actually kind of nice. I had no one to talk to except these loser for like...years."

Xho06/05/2020

My apologies would be meaningless at this point. Had I known, I would have made an effort to maintain contact with your families. ... those willing to maintain contact, at least.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Angna: "Yeah, sadly we couldn't seem to actually...like...talk to you. Or anyone."

[8:40 PM]

Angna: "Although, Carfine thinks you picked up on some...stuff."

[8:40 PM]

Angna: "...you didn't have to talk about the swing."

Xho06/05/2020

It was a good memory. I thought I was the only one left who had it, and felt it should be preserved on that basis.

[8:42 PM]

What happened was not *fair.* To any of you.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Angna: "...yeah...no...it wasn't."

Xho06/05/2020

*is definitely not crying right now, dammit. At all.*

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USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "...so...this process combined not just their consciousnesses with your body...but maybe merged your subconsciouses together."

Xho06/05/2020

Possible.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Aevarnis: "...from my discussions with Duo...this process actually does sound a bit like Joining."

[8:45 PM]

Aevarnis: "Except instead of creating one gestalt consiousness...you remained...separated...somehow."

Xho06/05/2020

We need to help them.

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Duma: "Well...we all seem to agree there."

Xho06/05/2020

... we should find Williamson. And Von Kemp.

Sage06/05/2020

Williamson is in engineering

[8:47 PM]

We could have von kemp meet us there

Xho06/05/2020

And a funeral pyre, so that I can be tidy when I die of embarrassment after we are finished helping my colleagues and classmates.

[8:49 PM]

*hails Von Kemp and asks him to meet us in engineering.*

Xho06/05/2020

*looks to Angna. "Will you be able to appear in engineering? Do you simply follow me?"*

USS Adventure06/05/2020

Angna: "Usually we just float around you or pop in when we feel like it."

Xho06/05/2020

*nods.*

[8:55 PM]

*heads for engineering, trying hard not to look upset.*

Sage06/05/2020

*will follow*