The Miss Demeanor Ep. 12

### YouTube VOD

***Miss Demeanor* Episode 12** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on the 24th of October 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on 31st of October 2020.

## Summary

*Written by u/Sir\_P1zza, edited by u/Justa5crub*

Continuing their trials against the simulacrum, the crew stands off against the shifting images of the woman. Both Luna and Alice shoot off missiles to the Void-illusion who partially block the missiles  with a barrier. Captain Armstrong strikes out with his rapier, and the illusion finally shatters. A voice echoes through the room: “*Error, Dyvania Simulacrum offline. Releasing gas.*” A translucent, green gas spreads throughout the room, and the Div-illusion returns. Although her appearance is more damaged, her resistances have built up, and she becomes harder to kill. She creates a copy of Layton who rushes towards and punches Alice to unconsciousness. Ever since Captain Armstrong strikes out with his rapier, the Simulacrum becomes immune to the stabs, but Armstrong quickly takes out the jagged blade salvaged from Captain Snarlwood. With a thundering strike, he kills the Div-illusion. The gas disperses and Luna runs over to Alice and gets him up.

The voice echoes again: “*System back online, Awaiting command*”. The crew walks up to one of the panels, but it’s written in the unfamiliar hieroglyphics. After messing around with the different buttons the voice repeats a menu.

*Io Archive system is capable of multiple commands:*

* *One use of restoration*
* *Opening the archives*
* *Status of Div and Void seed*
* *Diagnosis of Div and Void seed*

*Please state your command*.

The crew begins by registering Scrum, Laurance, and themselves as administrators. They learn that they’re currently in the Archives of Io which is located in the Tower of Xenocrates. Although they have permission to enter the location, the security system is separated per level, and traveling to a different level requires clearing the level and getting administrator access to the level. Alice asks for the status of the seeds to which the Io Archive system responds: “*Div and Void seed absent. Please run diagnosis protocol*”. The party realizes the connection between the illusions they were fighting and the dead gods, Div and Void. . Alice requests a diagnosis.

*Void seed and Div seed were destroyed in the tower of Attilus, which has been renamed by the administrator Bathlazar to the tower of Atlas.*

*Processing...*

*Io specimen is without Div and Void seed, initiating new planting of Div and Void Seed*

The pirates panic, and Layton tries to abort. However, the planting process has already begun. They must go to the seed chambers to disengage the planting. The seed chambers are at the bottom of the Tower of Xenocrates, and a new Div and Void seed will be planted there. Further analysis on the seeds will need to be done at the Tower of Attilus, now known as the Tower of Atlas. Alice remembers from his studies that Atlas is where the Fallen Heroes fought against the gods and has since been destroyed. The system states that the estimated time for the seeds to grow is 1 year, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days. The crew inquires about any loot in the Archives, learning that there are unguarded armaments below. They also learn that the Archives consist of data and history studying the specimen that is Io. The crew takes the system’s restoration and travels to the second level.

The second level is split into two sides, both requiring an equal amount of humanoids. Laurence and Armstrong go right while Alice and Luna go left, leaving Laurence behind. They encounter a few small trials they pass without trouble, and each group eventually finds a metal crate in their respective room. Luna finds a Cloak of the Bat, and Layton finds an advanced pistol covered in hieroglyphics. The two groups make their way to two seperate rooms. The two rooms are similar in that the floor is split into four differently colored quadrants.  At the center of each room is a console which states “*Please commence with Gemini testing before entering into the travelway.*” Luna initiates the test, and the doors of each room are shut. A metal giant, called Gemini Gigas, appears in each room.

Luna and Alice shoot out multiple missiles of force and lightning, but the unstable magic of Alice strikes out again. Alice suddenly grows one inch, but he does not fully realize it. Meanwhile Armstrong and Layton are running around dodging the cannonfire from their robot. The center console allows them to manipulate the robots, either weakening them and strengthening them. Eventually the crew realize that they can switch out the different quadrants and whoever stands on it. They decide to switch the bots and to trade crewmembers. Now with Layton and Luna fighting in the right room and Armstrong and Alice battling in the left room, they fight to get past the different trials in hopes to revert the planting of Div and Void seeds.

## References

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