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Jul 14, 2023 21:02:22 GMT -8
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Post by Gaia on Jul 14, 2023 21:02:22 GMT -8
Silent Ten
Time always seemed to be against her nowadays. She fought against it time and again, looking over her shoulder and desperately watching waiting, fearing at any moment that King would be there, or even worst, one of her siblings sent to destroy her. In all the cruelties she could imagine, she hoped it would just be King. That would be easier than staring down Joker, or even Jack, and especially Tia.
She did her best to actually stay a step or two behind them. They had no interest in backpedaling, always seeking forward, and with any luck, where they went, they wouldn't go again without need. Joker had just recently been in Netopia, which meant that the others wouldn't need to be nearby. Following his trail and trying to figure out why he was here was a good idea, as well as Ace, as both the brothers in one spot was auspicious enough. She was more interested in Ace, as he was still directly with Dealer, and Joker was moreso on his own. What had happened, that had caused Jokers signature to blip out for so long, and what has been done to him?
She could only use her skills to deftly move throughout the Network and manage to blend in where she could, seeking her answers by attuning to her brothers' noise signatures. Whatever would come of her searches would have to wait, as she was also being careful with NIA patrols.
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At Hand
Jul 16, 2023 13:21:14 GMT -8
Post by Zane on Jul 16, 2023 13:21:14 GMT -8
Given the uniqueness that the signatures they possessed were, a patrol finding her when she was blending in with the network that was otherwise on high alert after so many series of events in such a short timespan wouldn't be surprising. No, the more alarming fact should have been that the patrols were not out and about. Were they otherwise occupied with something else of importance? All she could do was guess at what that possibly could be, as otherwise she was able to search about the area to find where Joker and Ace had left at least, the battle that happened with Falzar and the resulting effect after the fact.
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Jul 16, 2023 19:10:01 GMT -8
Post by Gaia on Jul 16, 2023 19:10:01 GMT -8
Silent Ten
As she carefully searched and darted from one pile of debris to the next, Ten did notice that none of the usual patrols were prowling throughout the Network. What was going on here, and why was the place evidently devoid of the usual high-scrutiny patrols of the NIA? Even with her far more adaptable signature, making it easier for her to hide her wave nature, she should be being met by some sort of resistance. What was the NIA contending with, that they could not amass their forces to simply protect their borders, aside from the fact that the entire Network was still in shambles?
She continued on until she found the fight between Falzar and the brothers, and then of course the fall out that followed. The Network was still strained from the efforts of the two legends that she once contended with, and yet, there was an even deeper fracturing within the Net's structure, as if something far greater had contended with them not long after they were done. Falzar's data was still easy for her to see in the air, too, as she reached out a hand and messed a bit with some of the floating-around bits of information. She interspersed a little bit of Noise and wave matter to make the the data more mutable, and compressed her metal into a shape that resembled Falzar in her hand.
Marveling the beast, she let the image disperse, but kept her hand raised. In much the same way her brothers could, she called to the Noise in the space, which was a natural byproduct of their presence and combat, and called as much of it as she could into her hand, whatever was left floating around. It was still carefully dispersed and fragile, with whatever those new forces were doing to it, but she interacted with Noise differently than Joker and Ace did. They cared about its highly mutable nature for its ability to attack, and Joker cared further for its volatile nature as an aggressive defense. She cared for its adaptability and mutability to morph her form and provide her with new forms and capabilities, as well as the information it could store.
She wanted to know more about what was harassing Netopia, and was curious if the Noise could be broken down to show her bits and pieces of information that it had stored inside of it. Noise was just hyper-compressed wave data of a different form than typical waves, which meant it still had information to study and analyze. By studying its signatures and where it had been, what kind of data it had absorbed, she hoped to learn.
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Jul 23, 2023 13:54:45 GMT -8
Post by Zane on Jul 23, 2023 13:54:45 GMT -8
The information that was able to be received from Netopia was scrambled somewhat but displayed simple enough information to be parsed through. There was what looked to be the onset of the problems that were announced globally in the border crisis that was led by Genesis, leading in the destruction of the border by another unaffiliated party. There was the introduction of the Mortality Anomaly, which made things more complicated for all related parties. There were constant battles waged not by any particular new faces, but familiar faces again like Genesis that ultimately led in the destruction of Rammount as a result.
This continued on when some like Joker arrived and flaunted his strength as well along with Xion. Ultimately the things harassing Netopia that could be pinned together were all problems caused by other Navis or Ten's former associates and Netopia dealing with the effects caused by these figures taking matters into their own hands time and again. That was to say that on one hand, as far as she knew, Netopia was in relatively safe hands as the only matters the NIA had to contend with were matters that were sent their way by the WWW or other high-end beings who saw fit to tirade about as they saw fit. Smaller issues like viruses were handled or more recently taken care of by the global assault that hit the entire world.
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At Hand
Jul 24, 2023 7:33:05 GMT -8
Post by Gaia on Jul 24, 2023 7:33:05 GMT -8
Silent Ten
She clicked her tongue as the events unfolded from the information held within the Noise. Even it wasn't able to hold onto the true events, then? How bothersome. She knew the existence of something greater than what was shown to her, just from what she'd collected from Joker and Heartless' conversations, but she had no clue what was actually at stake. That bothered her, as she liked knowing. Knowing is what helped her keep ahead of King, and also what made what she did worthwhile.
Still, it was helpful to see other individuals that contended with Joker and Ace's power level. Even exceeded it, by some margins, based on what she could see. That Genesis fellow, and even Xion; although, the Xion that appeared in Netopia alongside Joker was a strange sight to see. Noise radiated off of him a bit more strongly than the other Navi there, the girl. Did that mean Xion was a wave being of some caliber, too? . . . It didn't matter, she supposed.
Everytime the dust settled, Joker or someone affiliated with him showed up, be it an enemy or an ally. Whatever was going on, even if the true offenders were difficult to discern, Netopia was attracting a lot of attention. That in and of itself was suspicious. Joker, while definitely lacking in many good qualities, was not completely without merit; he wouldn't attack Netopia simply out of spite or malice. It would have to have something to intrigue him, something worth studying and analyzing on the field of battle. Something to test his strength against, as it were. She shook her head, uncertain of what to do with everything she had learned.
"Ho ho ho! What a wonderful display! From Dread Joker and Black Ace, I mean, of course. Silent Ten, your inability to Finalize with the Noise level is such a hindrance. Why is it you seem so intent on disappointing your father? It works, and it makes me quite sad."
The voice in her memories caused her to clench her fists. She looked up with vigor in her eyes and held out her hand again, pulling Noise into her palm just like she knew Joker and Ace could. If Netopia was under high alert from constant battle, there had to be something more here, out of the ordinary, and even if it was difficult, she could analyze raw Noise even better than Ace. She wanted the geometric memory of the wave data, what it remembered consuming, how it interacted with it, and if there was anyone producing waves here that she hadn't yet noticed. Just wanted something, a lead, something to follow back on, to give her a place to look so that she could help out her family in some way shape or form, while growing to a point that she need never be scared of her father, again. Whatever her brothers were fighting against, if she could somehow find something that they may have missed, she could help.
She could prove him wrong.
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At Hand
Jul 30, 2023 18:05:37 GMT -8
Post by Zane on Jul 30, 2023 18:05:37 GMT -8
Aiming to scan the information further, it would again be a case-by-case series of events. Obviously, Joker and the Xion in the information interacted with the wave data as should be expected of her further assessment of the matters. There would be a change in some of the information moving forward, around the time some of the individuals would leave Netopia. While the cat-like Navi in the scenes, Nightshade, was already an anomaly during the events of Rammount as he would go about to be what many would call the instigator of current events due to ignoring the enforcement of the quarantine the very instant he could do so, thus spreading an epidemic like many would expect, it was Genesis that would stand out among the ones to depart.
The wave data that went to him would only go to something else that was with him at the time, PlagueMan. When PlagueMan had reduced himself to just Resonance instead of the global state he had been in, which would have its own ramifications due to some missing thought about what could occur if the hive mind was utilized simply because it had attached itself to everything like a parasite, the consensus was that Genesis' movements was eliminating the wave matter. Whether or not that was still the case would be difficult to discern as it would no longer be traced by the wave data in question.
There was another producing waves at least, a trail over at Rammount that would lead to the perpetrator in question.
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Aug 7, 2023 16:43:04 GMT -8
Post by Gaia on Aug 7, 2023 16:43:04 GMT -8
Silent Ten
As she observed, she saw a strange Wave signature begin to inhabit Genesis, sourced from the one known as PlagueMan. The parasitic navi - if it could even be called that - had infected much of the Net in order to survive just by leeching onto small parts of everything at a time, and when it had been compromised, it suddenly receded entirely. Based on what she was analyzing, when PlagueMan receded into Resonance, and then joined Genesis, it brought with it an unseen ramification, as the highly adaptable bug data was being used to consume and eliminate wave matter. While all of the digital data surrounding Rammount had been modified, at that infection had been spread by Nightshade, the analog data was being funneled towards the highly adaptable and naturally consumptive PlagueMan, which was being spread by Genesis.
When PlagueMan collapsed into its hyper-dense form to shield the world from its influence, it had collected enough pieces together for them to evolve the parasite into something that completely degraded away wave matter, then? What a dangerous thing to have on the loose . . . she couldn't tell if it was still with Genesis at all, as tracking it after that became difficult for obvious reasons. Still, there was something here that was letting off wave data.
She approached from afar, once again flitting from one pile of debris to another, towards the desolate remains of Rammount castle. After she was done investigating what thing or wave form this could be, she would need to trek out in order to do her best to hunt down what remained of PlagueMan and, if needed, its host, Genesis, and while she didn't look forward to that, PlagueMan was a danger to not just her family, but her world.
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