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[becomeanwarrior]

I'm back in town. Not for... very long, I've got a lot of work to do, but I can stop by and make the rounds before I do anything too nuts.

Van Der Aart, we should talk. I've got some info that collaborates with our... excursion.

Niyo - we may need to get back in touch with Mobius, ASAP.

[Event]

[So you may be at the SpecInv Offices. Where some shit is going down.

And by 'some shit', Onni has a massive spear laid out on a worktable, humminh and hawing over it, taking notes, and overall just being very concerned.]

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[isdragonlady]

Let me find a stable Gate to use.

[becomeanwarrior]

If it takes a couple days, that's fine. Just let me know when you've got it set up.

We've made a lot more progress on this, but given he was the one to put us on this track in the first place - it might be wise to see what advice he has, if any.

[isdragonlady]

That's probably something we should look into, a more stable gating system.

And I will.

[becomeanwarrior]

I had a prototype of some gate stabilization tech in the lab somewhere, but it's been ages since I've touched it, I'd have to start on something like that from scratch.

Rather annoying.

[isdragonlady]

Yeah, the fact we're relying on rifts and wild gates at all is kind of an embarrassment at this point.

[becomeanwarrior]

It is, truthfully, but there's not a whole lot we can do about it outside of catching one and making it stable.

Truthfully, we may need to do that anyway.

[isdragonlady]

Well, I know that the major kingdoms that have realms to multiple worlds have stable gateways, so. Yeah.

That's probably something we or at least Domino should fix.

[becomeanwarrior]

Give me a month without a major crisis and I'll try and draft up a prototype. I can't guarantee it'll be pretty, but you know how my tech tends to work.

We may need to expand to a new building, though, at this rate... Power consumption on that thing's not gonna be pretty, and we're practically maxing out grid footprint and space in the office as-is between the Twelve Peers, the D.D. Cell, and all the other projects we've got going.

[isdragonlady]

Not like the government's going to give us that office space, though.

You'd have to probably make us a private venture at that point.

[mynameis_legion2]

Such as?

[becomeanwarrior]

I figured out what the Ame-no-Nuhoko was for. It's a tiny lead, but it is one-

Apparently, it was something the Bujin were developing for the Barians, a way to move their world out of chaotic space, and to slow the world's deterioration.

That said, obviously, it isn't finished - apparently the Astrals got to the Bujin before they could put the final touches on it.

[mynameis_legion]

... I have a very small guess what the scroll was then.

[becomeanwarrior]

Say it, but I have a feeling I know what you're gonna say.

[mynameis_legion]

It was a "Well wishes" letter saying "We hope this helps".

[becomeanwarrior]

Very likely.

...Of course, that puts us in a pickle. The spear would be a great boon to us if it was completed. But the only person who may actually know how to finish the spear at this point is Bujinki Amaterasu, who is, if she's even still alive, deep in the depths of Ettosyleit.

[mynameis_legion]

Who, if I recall, was/is now Dark Mist.

And this assumes she is in Ettosyleit still.

[becomeanwarrior]

Yes, which. Has some issues.

If she's surfaced anywhere else, I haven't heard. And Dark Mist may or may not be similar to the demons from Ettosyleit, regardless.

...So, unfortunately, there's only one way to find our.

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[tachyonparticle]

*Onni there's a lady here to see you.

She has red hair and isn't wearing armor if only so people don't stare.*

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[becomeanwarrior]

[He's moving up from his desk, pushing some papers aside.]

I must admit, it's a bit different seeing you in something that isn't battle armor.

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[tachyonparticle]

I find that for purposes such as this, it's best to not attract too much attention.

... I've heard that the rest of him is here. *cutting to the chase, huh.*

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[becomeanwarrior]

Not a bad plan.

[...Huh, alright. He nods.] I... prepared the rest of him as best I knew. Hopefully it's... respectful. Better than an evidence bag, at any rate.

[He moves back over to his desk - lifting up a spear that's taking up most of the space on the table, and neatly leaning it against the side, before pulling out what appears to be a... quite nice box. Not extravagantly decorated, but... nice.]

...This should be the rest of Scythe, barring the piece Failnaught recovered from Grant.

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[tachyonparticle]

*... she takes note of the spear, but she steps forward, placing a hand on the box*

... Thank you. It wasn't necessary for you to do this, but-- I do appreciate it. I'm sure Failnaught will appreciate it too, that you went through the effort to try to give respect to Scythe.

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[becomeanwarrior]

[He looks at you, Labrys, with a hint of sadness, he blinks once, and his eyes flash a brilliant, glowing green - before he blinks, and they're back to their more blueish-green hue.]

...I'm one with the Gigantech Fighter, for better or worse. When I went to recover the Ame-no-Nukoko... just trying to maintain Gigantech's Armor was a challenge, I could feel the weight of the bloodshed and the dead pressing down on me.

...I suppose what I'm saying is, this my way of apology. I... was so pre-occupied with my side of things that I had given little sympathy to how you and the other Barians are trying to deal with it.

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[tachyonparticle]

*she shakes her head*

No, it's fine. None of us... None of us expect sympathy for anything, and we're not exactly searching for it, either. All we want is a way to help our world. A way to survive, at this point.

... The Ame-no-Nukoko, though... Is that what the Bujin were developing?

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[becomeanwarrior]

Well... that's why I'm here. I might be the guy who brings the force compared to the Spirit-Arcadia Institute... but I'm not less sympathetic to matters like this... so I plan to help, however I can.

[He turns to the spear.]

As far as I can tell, yes. The Heavenly Jeweled Spear - in Japan's own mythology, it stirred the seas and raised the land from them - and I suspect it was meant to do something similar for you.

But, as I'm sure you might be able to tell, it's unfinished - whatever jewels they were planning to use to give it its mythical power - the Bujin fell before they were given then chance to finish it.