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Post by Raven8 on Feb 5, 2020 20:12:36 GMT -8
Eon glances over to Joker, an obviously annoyed look on his face as he does so. Off to one side of the crimson titan, another split opens up into another place in space and time to show him the program's exact location in the Galaxy Network, as well as a starting point launched from a very specific starting point in Gigamerica. The endgame's head then turns away from Joker with a scowl.
Aeon: Now kindly leave me to my own devices.
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Post by Gaia on Feb 6, 2020 13:15:24 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
He looked at the fracture in reality and the point in Gigamerica, but already had that access point memorized. He frowned; apparently he wasn't as clear with his request.
"I appreciate the brevity of response, but I need pester you a moment longer - I meant the other piece of you. I plan on acquiring it, first."
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Post by Raven8 on Feb 6, 2020 13:58:22 GMT -8
An audible sigh and a shift of Eon's eyes are the first response, followed by a moment of silence. A few moments later, another void opens up and shows an image of Embera speaking with two other Navis in some sort of fortress, all talking over what seem to be a pool table.
Aeon: Sharo, the piece that you seek is worn around her neck. But do not attempt to approach her when with any of her compatriots. You barely survived me, so even with the meager increase in power that it gave to you, you couldn't hope to survive them.
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Post by Gaia on Feb 6, 2020 15:21:49 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
He looked at the fiery woman as Eon opened the portal, taking a step further to quickly study her. He noticed the strange trinket around her neck, moving around and seemingly glowing with the same otherworldly presence that his trinket on his chest possessed. Already figuring out his plan of action, Joker paused his train of thought as Eon continued his stream of words, and he tuned back in to . . . advice?
Taken aback by the sudden change of attitude, Joker rocked back on his heels in order to balance himself away from the tear in reality. He looked over at Aeon, curious, but decided not to push the matter on that front, and decided instead to see what other insights the being could offer.
"You give much praise to three individuals I know nothing about to presume they rival your abilities - especially as a group, they are more vulnerable to my processing advances. What do you think would make them so daunting for someone such as I?"
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Post by Raven8 on Feb 6, 2020 19:35:25 GMT -8
Eon was obviously growing impatient now. He closes his eyes and sighs loudly before looking to Joker again.
Aeon: Because you're substantially too weak. The beings near the girl have power that nears what I was when complete. Your lone advances would be as an ant seeking to climb against a waterfall.
He did nothing to hide his frustration with Joker's continued presence, and rudely turned his attention back to his own work.
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Post by Gaia on Feb 8, 2020 18:05:51 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
He listened intently to Aeon's words, looking at the two navis that Joker knew nothing about. So, those two were also beings of the full Eon's power? He could hardly swallow the idea that beings that seemed so insignificant held any amount of power above him, much less that such a noticeable power gap existed between them. He tried to hide the distaste that the thought brought his way, but, took a similar method of just breathing to calm himself. When he opened his eyes again, his vision was resolute and strong.
"Very well. Then I will wait for the drone to leave the hive," he responded simply, turning to step away from the plateau they stood on. As he walked away, he provided a strange offer to the being: "If you need anything that you would allow my help with, simply inform me. You will get much more out of this arrangement by at least respecting my freedom than you will trying to force anything from me. This only need be infuriating and biting if you continue to let it."
He continued to walk away, stepping through a strand of reality like broken glass to find himself back in his satellite, pointedly looking back around for Unity.
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Post by Raven8 on Feb 12, 2020 10:07:36 GMT -8
Eon scowls at Joker's words, obviously still very much resentful against the crimson titan. At this point he was as a caged tiger, pacing silently as the seconds tick away. Regardless, he gives no response as the reality of this sub-space shatters away.
With that over, Joker finds himself where he'd stood when this all began, with Unity standing before him as before. The small OS core blinks a few times and glances around, trying to make sense of what happened before shaking his head and looing up to Joker.
Unity: Did you get what you need?
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Post by Gaia on Feb 16, 2020 8:54:00 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
He saw Unity, feeling a fool for looking above the masses rather than beneath him to find the much smaller Navi. He responded to Unity with a nod, holding up his hand with a faint, onyx glow around his finger. Slicing it through the air, he peeled away the air like a sheet of paper, and showed the scene of the girl in flames playing pool with her friends. "I did, yes. This girl holds the next piece of the puzzle that I am after, but is currently too well guarded to risk advancing towards."
Joker sighed, turning away from the rend in reality - which slowly closed up as he left it be - to give Unity his attention. "Which means, for the time being, without any orders from those who seek to control me, and no realistic means of assailing her, I am without anything to do. Even the Animus Syndicate, normally content on chasing me down, have not seen fit to send anything my way to entertain my bloodlust.
"It appears, then, that I now defer to what is on your agenda, Unity."
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Post by Raven8 on Feb 23, 2020 9:35:38 GMT -8
So Joker would have to bide his time for now. Unity still didn't fully understand the scope of his goals, but at least the next step wasn't hidden away like it always seemed to be in stories of accounts like this. Still, seeing Joker relent for the sake of finding a more opportune moment said a lot about the giant Navi.
Unity: Do you have any way to know when she's not guarded?
...the words "this girl" bothered Unity some. He knew a bit about Joker's power and violent tendencies, so if an innocent girl held what he wanted, then the situation could get a bit messy. Hopefully things wouldn't go down that path.
Unity: And as for me.... I don't really have an agenda yet. I want to be able to help people and Navis, and unify them like my name says. I figured that the ONB was the best place to start, but that looks like its not going to pan out. I guess that my agenda is... to... find an agenda?
It was confusing, but the best that he had to go on for now. Hopefully he could work things out a bit more moving forward?
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Post by Gaia on Feb 27, 2020 7:41:47 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
Joker paused, suddenly, looking up and across the expanse of his satellite. He felt something, something immensely powerful. He heard Unity's voice, but couldn't help but notice the similarities to what he now held surging in his body.
". . . My plan was simply to watch and wait," he answered, muttering under his breath, his eyes piercing through his Network to look beyond. A racing sensation came from the crimson around them as its power surged, and yet another tear in reality broke before him. On the other side, was the Netopian network, a figure cloaked in black with an iridescent sword looking overhead as a horde of what looked like mutant navis assaulted the surrounding ground.
Just out of sight, though, was a woman in a tight black suit. Joker couldn't help but focus on the sword, though, feeling the power surging from the item. "The ONB didn't pan out, did it?" Joker thought to himself, thinking about the figures he now knew over him. He looked over the expanse and accessed a data file to figure out if his hunch was correct, and, sure enough, the dots were connected. "How would you like to take a detour to protect the NIA, instead, Unity?"
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Post by Gaia on Mar 2, 2020 15:18:12 GMT -8
Out of Character
Current Topic: Closed (But still open for future use)
Joker: +70 Exp, +700z. Unity: +45 Exp, +450z.
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Post by Gaia on Jun 27, 2020 8:00:19 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
Joker reentered his satellite, once again gazing towards the core of the Network, where the massive sphere of crimson circulated and pulsed, considering once again the dangers that this place now stored within it. It was a crafty trick, no doubt, but he was having difficulties sorting out what was new and what was old within his satellite. Aeon's new energy within it caused it to almost constantly shift, but its power was another issue entirely in comparison to whatever his new bosses had in store.
He knew that even now the Animus Syndicate, too, was using this glowing ball of crimson energy in the sky to track and keep tabs of him. Intimately connected to the satellite, so long as he had Alexander from the Animus Syndicate on his side, he was allowed to keep tabs on the Animus Syndicate's advances - but he was also still on their radar, especially if Alexander ever crossed him. At least in that scenario, he knew all of his cards clearly - in this one, someone else had power over his satellite to leverage against him, and he had no way of knowing what hand he needed to play.
The Crimson Titan sighed, turning away from the expanse and looking squarely at Unity. "I must converse with him, again. You must stay out here. I am sorry."
He didn't leave much time for Unity to respond, his curtness making it clear that this was not a matter for debate. In some small space of his mind, he wondered for a moment at the curiosity behind how composed he was, knowing it was because of his status as a database. He knew nothing but the data before him, and cared little for the emotions and only for the reasons and results. That somehow made all of this - even standing against a Titan - possible.
Doing a turn about, he once again accessed that power, summoning the subspace within which Aeon dwelled before him, in an instant leaving the Crimson Satellite behind to delve deeper into where he stored the reality monger's programming.
"Aeon. I request just a little more time to converse with you, and I may have something that interests you for the topic of discussion." He raises his hand as the card along his sleeve animates and elongates, the power of Polaris surging as he summons the blade. "Is this of any interest to you?"
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Post by Raven8 on Jul 1, 2020 17:57:38 GMT -8
Eon, still gazing across the expanse of time and into future time-lines that lay out before him, turns a flashing eye back to Joker, very obviously annoyed at the continued interruption. However, his expression shifts to one of surprise for a moment before he turns back to his own meaningless work.
Aeon: Polaris; the blade wielded by Uriel after the passing of his partner-project. While an interesting relic that would be of sentimental value to my lesser half, it harbors no meaning to me.
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Post by Gaia on Jul 2, 2020 6:53:09 GMT -8
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Dread Joker
He narrowed his gaze at Aeon's words, racing with possibilities and wondering what his next words should be. He knew that his talking infuriated Aeon, but he had no desire to rile up the titan into another brawl over control. He seemed to at least surprise Aeon, if nothing else.
"By 'lesser half,' you mean the one within the necklace? The girl seems otherwise preoccupied, and is still in the protection of those beings from before. I took the liberty of going through more of the memories of the previous Generational, and I know that, at one point, he could reach through space to grab at the trinket. Is there a way for me to summon that portion of Eon here, without the trinket or the girl, for me to complete that step?"
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Post by Raven8 on Jul 2, 2020 13:31:50 GMT -8
As was now obviously normal, Eon didn't bother to look back to Joker, instead retorting in a cold, matter-of fact tone to the inquiry.
Aeon: I've already warned you of the dangers behind this course of action, and I will not offer any of my power should you make an attempt on the third 1/3 of my being. Its very nature makes it virtually impossible to manipulate on a temporal-spacial level, meaning your only viable course would be to confront the girl and take it from her.
However, this does not mean that the final goal is lost to us. The mind of the endgame is little more than a specialized Navi, holding little true power and few unique aspects. As the primary program of Eon, I have the exact specifications that are needed to fill this gap, and it is possible for me to adapt any Navi to this final goal. However, this course of action does bring with it a few unique requirements:
1: it must be a customized Navi, as a simple normal Navi or the like would lack the base programming to be adapted. 2: The Navi in question must be at minimum Version 10. Anything above this is suitable, anything below is not. 3: The Navi in question must be of lesser will, and preferably lesser intellect. The mind is a required fail-safe that is supposed to be a check to my final program, so the weaker the will of the being chosen, the more influence I will have over the final product. Alternatively, a strong-willed Navi with goals that line up with my own will also suffice.
Beyond these things, I've realized that simply reviving my full program is itself folly at this point in time. Eon is only effective due to his overwhelming influence and power, but currently we have many problematic variables that make completion little more than a liability. In order to circumvent this, we're going to need to find a way to enrich my second 1/2 to a point where even our potential enemies can't stand against us. Roughly doubling the potential output should suffice in this regard. In order to realize this, we're going to need to reach two additional goals:
1: we must obtain files directly from the OEL on the Eon project. This should enable us to better make use of the final power granted. 2: we must enter the Energy Stream in Gigamerica in order to access the archaic OEL database and the multi-reality gate that it's connected to.
Should these tasks be completed, it should grant the power to easily defeat even Forte should he attempt to stand again.
After the abnormally long exposition, Eon once again falls silent and continues to work, very obviously ignoring Joker's continued presence
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