Orb

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*"The Orb is pure power."*
―Emily Watson[src]
A mysterious cosmic phenomenon known to most as "the **Orb**" manifested as a green sphere of plasma particles that allowed children and teenagers to temporarily possess a specific superpower (as the Narnia Rule disables an adult's ability to directly see the Orb, let alone use it) and contained the potential genetic information of women to be used in conjunction with the Euphemism Chamber innovated by the Syndicate of Light led by Emily Watson, who eventually fused all of the particles with her very identity for her own purposes. It held the genetic attributes of all artificially incubated infants before their inception, and when Emily was destroyed by her enemies within the Armies of Organa, the Orb found its way into the custody of the Stellar Corps, who believed it was emitting a beacon to an unknown being.

## History

### Discovery

*"Both of us already knew about the Orb. We also knew about the niches of so-called gender equality, and I intended to use the mystical resource’s sacred power to diversify pop culture. The Orb could pave a better path for the entire Sol System."
"Sounds like you just wanted to selfishly make society more aligned with your own personal tastes."*
―Natalia Thornton and Summer Petersen[src]
Nobody knew where the extremely cosmic phenomenon of green plasma particles truly came from. Rumors ran that it had once belonged to an ancient female mutate of considerably sacred origins, and while this is technically unconfirmed, it became the target of Emily Watson. Natalia Thornton envisioned the diversity of pop culture and Emily more darkly envisioned every modern citizen sharing an identical genetic makeup and hence sought to merge with. Steven Thompson was eventually visited by the Guild of Gourds, who suspected a looming threat to the plasma sphere and entrusted it to the Armies of Organa within some supernatural guard shafts made of magically enhanced eglorium kept in the center of the Red Battlements, where it remained for several months.

While it was safely preserved, some scientists within the Bureau of Intelligence and Research secretly working for Adrienne Clancy developed the technology to read and later implement the genetic sequences of the plasma particles to fetus models so as to establish artificial population control. All unborn human gene seeds that would occupy prospective all-female human generations were housed in the Lair of Adages. Aquabots were utilized to control and preserve the Euphemism Chamber so that no woman would ever enter or interfere with the birthing procedure without what Carmen would presume to be some kind of a permit saying they were the parents of a designated seed. Thousands of copies were created and stored in the Central Hub concealed under the watery moat of the Lair of Adages. Thousands of copies were created and stored aboard scouting ships that were sent across the globe to colonial outposts, paving the way for a so-called utopia where only women were alive.

### Emily Watson's wrath

*"That is the power to make real change in the star system... which you dread!"
"Well, I have to admit, I wouldn't describe it as comforting."
"Emily, you know we can't let you do this."
"'Let me', Thompson? Do I look like some bad guy from a comic book that's dumb enough to explain their masterstroke to you if there were even the slightest possibility your nonsense could possibly affect the outcome? The coup d'état already began forty minutes ago."*
―Emily Watson, Charles Hugh, and Steven Thompson[src]
When Steven Thompson arrived with Helen McKeen and Charles Hugh at the Red Battlements, intending to save eight of their friends captured there and ensure the Orb was safe, Emily Watson drew them to her, suggesting that they reconsider keeping the guard shafts sealed if they wanted to save Cade Hogan, the baby brother of the captive Josh Hogan. When Steven subsequently opened the guard shafts, Emily briefly tapped into its power, absorbing a large enough slew to acquire cosmic ergokinesis. However, the captives were freed, forcing Emily to retreat against twelve armed adversaries, and Steven tapped into its power to conceal it in a location even he was only vaguely aware of until the time was right to recall it, preventing Emily from completing her plan until later. However, unbeknownst to either of them, the Orb was still powering up the Euphemism Chambers.

Emily was able to find it before even Steven did, realizing it was embedded in the roof of Tower Placement School. After defeating Steven in a brief skirmish, she unveiled the Orb and merged her essence with all of the plasma particles, and so harnessed godlike power over the Eight Worlds and beyond. After a lengthy battle with Steven, where she used a few of her new superpowers with pinpoint precision, she ultimately knocked him unconscious before murdering Vincent Organa in cold blood and binding Summer Petersen with cords. Meanwhile, Carmen absconded her custody and flew to the Chamber with Josh Hogan, then he swam to the bottom to retrieve the Orb to stop Watson from using it by surrendering it to the Stellar Corps hoping with a heavy heart that they would be able to destroy it and decide what to be done about the babies. However, he never found the Orb as it was still violently fused to Watson's identity.

By reconstituting the High Rider, an initially disabled superweapon of the dreaded Godslayer, Emily called on all the powers of the Orb to create an omni-directional laser wall and murder dozens, if not hundreds of innocent male civilians owing to her delusional misandry. Vincent Organa narrowly stopped her, but she murdered him in cold blood and prepared to resume the massacre as soon as she dealt with Summer. However, she underestimated her, and Summer restrained her before she fell off the roof and the Orb released a tremendous surge of green energy that shattered windows in Tower Placement as it was undergoing fission from the freshly deceased conqueror's identity. The volatile plasma particles coalesced into its original form as a green ball of plasma particles that seemingly trapped Emily's soul in disgust of her abuse of its power.

### Analyzed by the Stellar Corps

*"We saw the Euphemism Chamber with our own eyes. The plan of the Syndicate of Light was for all prematurely living women to be conceived by married Lesbian couples in chambers such as this. Every child would designed to fulfill a predetermined role in our society; as an architect, a leader of a squadron, a politician, and the like. We all know damn well that the male gender wasn't the only priceless thing the Syndicate of Light wanted to take away from society."*
―Josh Hogan to Steven Thompson, Summer Petersen, Helen McKeen, and the Organa twins[src]
Subsequently, the Orb was given by the Stellar Corps' vault and remained untouched there, although Stellar Prime believed that the plasma particles were trying to manifest to an unknown recipient, which was what led them to suspect that Emily Watson's soul may or may not be trapped in there. Hence, Josh Hogan would go on to tell of the Euphemism Chamber's existence to several of his friends, hoping the Organa twins would be able to help him.

## Capabilities

The primary purpose of the Orb is that it allows children and teenagers to temporarily possess a specific superpower, generally for around six months provided the user is not closer to being of age. The superpower must be returned, one way or another; the price for selfishly withholding it can range from something as insignificant as the energy required to activate the superpower depleting in bits and pieces over time, or even something devastating, like the child's life, or worse.

The Orb also amplifies inner qualities, heavily influenced by Emily Watson experiencing several facial and body deformations and becoming much more openly villainous after acquiring a slew of it and eventually the entire plasma sphere. Steven Thompson points this out to her, as the Orb amplifies the souls of the children who partake of its cosmic power; kind children would look uncommonly beautiful and aesthetically winsome, while cruel children would look unnaturally hideous. Normally, these differences in physical appearance would be subtle, yet Emily greedily fused with the entire mass of plasma particles, so her soul showed extremely prominently on her skin, warping her visage on a biological level. When she perished, the Orb, not being accustomed to such a violent and unorthodox fusion, underwent a disjuncture so violent that it shattered Tower Placement's windows and obliterated Emily's physical body, leaving next to nothing left of her.

The Narnia Rule interferes with an adult's perception of magic incurred by the Orb. It defines an adult as someone who reaches the age of eighteen. Memory of the Orb is also disabled by the Narnia Rule. The purpose of the rule is to prevent adults from discovering, using, or abusing the powers of the Orb.

## Trivia

* By utilizing the Orb's dark power, Emily Watson was able to corrupt and force women to fight the Armies of Organa during the School War, implying she had some kind of access to it even before the Coup of Utah.
* While Emily is speculated by the Stellar Corps to have her soul trapped due to the Orb deeming her unworthy of its benevolent power, this is not actually confirmed.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Boys vs. Girls: The Rise of the Serpent*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Boys vs. Girls: The Fate of the Towers*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Boys vs. Girls 2 Prelude*

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