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Post by Atika Constantine on May 23, 2019 11:39:19 GMT
As Atika followed Caraid through the vent system, Caraid continued past the duct leading back toward the nursery. So Atika said, "Hey wrong way! Our turn was back there!"
However Caraid hissed and kept going. So Atika muttered, "Fine that way it is. Although I have no idea why I am taking orders from Commander Duct-Lizard! Either way I really wish I was wearing more than just my bikini at the moment! Man it is so dusty in here that I am sooo going to need a shower or long soak in the holo-ocean after this! I have dirt........or atleast I hope it is only dirty, in places that I would much rather NOT have it!"
Not much longer Caraid stopped at an open vent and crawled out of it as Atika heard two familiar voices next to it. So as she followed Caraid out she looked and saw Lebeau and the Count. Upon seeing Caraid exit the vent next to the still drugged Count, followed by Atika, Security Chief Lebeau said, "Well looks like we be gettin a visit from a duct liazard an' frien. 'Ow 'bout a helpin hand young Cheri?"
With that he offered a hand to Atika who happily took it and let him help her out of the vent and to her feet. Once she was standing, Atika said, "If you two fine gentlemen are looking for Brooke I am afraid you missed her as the sneaky kitty has already wandered away. However if you were looking for me and Caraid then apparently you came to the right place. Thank you for the helping hand. However if you will excuse me, I need to get back to the nursery and give Lady and Kaj a full report."
With that Atika patted Caraid on the head, then the dust-covered girl and lizard duo headed to the nursery. This time using the actual hallways. Once reaching the Nursery, Atika began to fill in the others while watching Micfi happily playing with Bonzo.
As the Lizard/girl combo left them in the hall, Chief Lebeau offered a hand to the Count and said, "SHall we join the lovely lass, Mon Ami?"
Meanwhile somewhere in a plane above Paradise, Atticus Batman was channeling his energies to keep a protective bubble of grid energy around himself, Marcel, and a small singularity device to try to keep any possible explosion as contained in his energies as possible should something go wrong. As he continued to keep focusing his energy, he said, "Marcel I don't want to rush you, however I am starting to feel my energies wane. So perhaps you may not to get that thing deactivated soon as my bubble is all that is keeping Lena and all of Paradise safe should that thing explode."
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Post by Marcel Lestrange on May 23, 2019 13:14:30 GMT
"Implode, Monsieur Batman," corrected Marcel Lestrange. "It would be a shame to destroy the Paradise by letting the bomb implode. And us with it. That is why I will prevent this from happening by taking this little thing apart bit by bit. I have my tools and my skills and I am able to perform under the pressure." Marcel told the truth. He was in the middle of an important deconstruction process. Actually thanks to his technical talent Marcel already managed to liquidate the danger by disconnecting detonation mechanism - a miniature technological wonder - from the rest of the bomb, but the bomb fascinated him so much that he kept taking it apart. To be honest, then fascination wasn't the only reason to continue his work. One of the other reasons was safety but the rest... You see - although defusing the bomb was a charitable act, Marcel Lestrange knew that well organized charity begins with those who organize the whole thing and thus gain the most from it while the rest (after administrating expenses are paid) goes to the rest. He also agreed with those who said that god helps those who help themselves. And that is why he let his sentient EGO psyche Moira to document the whole procedure while he gathered little samples of materials the bomb was built of. "Here you are, Monsieur Batman," said Marcel when he was done and poured bomb remains into Atticus's large palm. "The danger is gone along with the bomb." After all - Marcel Lestrange was a man who always made sure that his cooperation with Paradise Protectors will not bring only a piece of bread to his family (his beloved Lena Marr) but some butter and caviare on it. And something decent to flush the food down. That is why he kept collecting little mementos from their adventures, like information, blueprints, formulas - everything they could later turn into a profit.
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Post by Lady Christianna on May 29, 2019 22:36:08 GMT
Lady Christianna asked with an enigmatic smile of Ruby, the shortest and wisest of the Synth Sisters in the basement of the Batman Bunker, "Whassup?"
Ruby sighed, which was interesting since Synthetic beings technically didn't need to breath, knowing what Lady wanted to hear, the story of how this current situation began, which she began to tell, "As you know, Synth City in Alaska was not originally ruled by the All-Father. Way before my fellow Synth-Sisters' birth, a crazed Castithan scientist, Dr. Liza Faru, created the synths and ruled Synth City before she was killed by Belle Starr's hand. Once the Protectors left, there was a power struggle as to who would rule Synth City in her stead. A Synth general won the struggle, but unbeknownst to any of them, the general's mind had become possessed by a rogue AI which had been constructed to effectively and efficiently run a Canadian City but had become paranoid and power hungry there, finally being talked into abdicating his power mad ways to a younger more rational AI. However once the the rogue AI had one the political struggle in Synth City, it gave up the general's body infusing itself into the very infrastructure of Synth City as it had once been in the Canadian city, whereupon the rogue AI became know as the All-Father. Then followed was a period of peaceful expansion, with Synth producing ever advanced models, the last generation being that to which my sisters and I belonged; then building concentration began on upgrading the older models instead of dissolution upon reaching obsolescence. In fact, the Synth race had reached immortality, but that meant we needed even more space if new Synth generations were to be born. Hence the Synth Empire was born."
Ruby turned her silver eyes and looked deeply into Lady's pink ones continuing earnestly, "History then began to repeat itself - what had happened in the Canadian City was happening again in Synth City. The All-Father was imagining all kinds of conspiracies, both internal and external, being mounted against him. He declared Marshall law and issued all sorts of Draconian edicts. He was becoming the tin despot he had become in the Canadian city all over again and on a much bigger scale. One thing was different this time was that he realized this madness was happening, and not really wanting to become that dictator all over again, went to the person who had stopped not only him before but Dr. Fazu as well. However, he feared for his existence too, knowing the Protectors' in general, and your husband's specifically record in dealing with perceived enemies. He also wanted a more permanent solution to his dementia than just an occasional adviser. He wanted Belle Starr- not only as his temporary adviser but as his permanent mate - and the only way to do that was to permanently merge her psyche with his AI. Hence, why he kidnapped her, and why he tried to destroy the Protectors, as he knew you all would try to stop him."
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Post by Atticus Batman on May 30, 2019 11:03:30 GMT
Ruby turned her silver eyes and looked deeply into Lady's pink ones continuing earnestly, "History then began to repeat itself - what had happened in the Canadian City was happening again in Synth City. The All-Father was imagining all kinds of conspiracies, both internal and external, being mounted against him. He declared Marshall law and issued all sorts of Draconian edicts. He was becoming the tin despot he had become in the Canadian city all over again and on a much bigger scale. One thing was different this time was that he realized this madness was happening, and not really wanting to become that dictator all over again, went to the person who had stopped not only him before but Dr. Fazu as well. However, he feared for his existence too, knowing the Protectors' in general, and your husband's specifically record in dealing with perceived enemies. He also wanted a more permanent solution to his dementia than just an occasional adviser. He wanted Belle Starr- not only as his temporary adviser but as his permanent mate - and the only way to do that was to permanently merge her psyche with his AI. Hence, why he kidnapped her, and why he tried to destroy the Protectors, as he knew you all would try to stop him."
Security Chief Remy Lebeau responded with, "Aye dat does sound bad. Well asin I know de Prime Commandant won' be likin any a dat news, I sure be glad dat you bein in 'ere Mon Cheri Lady as chain of Command puts you in charge 'ere. So dat be meanin you get ta tell 'im when he get back an' my face not be getting punched by his mighty hand or sometin, since we all know he will not lay a hand on you, but my wonerful Cajun looks be fair game to his wrath."
You see - although defusing the bomb was a charitable act, Marcel Lestrange knew that well organized charity begins with those who organize the whole thing and thus gain the most from it while the rest (after administrating expenses are paid) goes to the rest. He also agreed with those who said that god helps those who help themselves. And that is why he let his sentient EGO psyche Moira to document the whole procedure while he gathered little samples of materials the bomb was built of.
"Here you are, Monsieur Batman," said Marcel when he was done and poured bomb remains into Atticus's large palm. "The danger is gone along with the bomb."
After all - Marcel Lestrange was a man who always made sure that his cooperation with Paradise Protectors will not bring only a piece of bread to his family (his beloved Lena Marr) but some butter and caviare on it. And something decent to flush the food down. That is why he kept collecting little mementos from their adventures, like information, blueprints, formulas - everything they could later turn into a profit.
As I looked at the remains in my hand, I lowered my grid shield. Then as I sublty pocketed some samples of my own I remarked, "Thank you Monsieur Letrange. Yes all seems to be here, other than the samples our agreement says we are both entitled to as spoils of war and with that knowledge not leaving this little circle of course.Alright Lena. Set course back to the landing strip. Then we can get back in the Raptor and go back to the Fortress. I have a Synth sister to talk to and a wife to assure that the 3 of us have returned safely......and without a scratch for once."
Meanwhile in the upper-floors of the Batman bunker, Atika had borrowed one of the bathrooms long enough to use a shower to quickly rinse of herself, her bikini, and Caraid. Then she and Caraid joined Micfi and Bonzo in their playtime, while Attila and Kaj had a conversation with each other.
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Post by Lady Christianna on Jun 1, 2019 14:38:56 GMT
Lady Christianna Batman nodded in agreement, a pretty pout crossing her snow white face. She never like bringing her husband bad news, but always recognized when it was necessary to do so. Lady contacted Atticus Batman through her EGO saying simply in her minimalist manner, "Stuff happening." before replaying her taped conversation with Ruby to him.
*****
"Okay Boss,"Lena Marr replied to Atticus as turned the plane back to the Fortress Kshaa's landing strip then thought to Marcel through their EGOs, "And I have a bonus for you Pooh Bear for a job well done when we get back to our quarters!
*****
In her bedroom in the Batman Bunker, Micfi Newlo held Bonzo in front of her making funny faces at him that he worked hard to copy, frustrating the hell out of those watching through the nanobot camera in her eye.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jun 2, 2019 6:03:03 GMT
After another uplifting moment moment with his aunt, Volodja felt like a gang of drunken Volge had trampled over him. Good old Wolfram acted valiantly, placing himself successfully between Aunt Agatha and Volodja as a wave breaker and lessening Aunt's influence on Volodja, but earlier blows had already worn Volodja out so he needed time and a place (preferably hidden from Aunt Agatha) to lick his wounds until he was ready to face her again. And Wolfram needed time and place to continue with his plan to keep Aunt Agatha in a decent distance from Volodja.
His a bit absent minded wandering ended in the Mess Hall, right in front of the counter where Ralph the Cook measured him from head to toe, making a longer observation pause on his face. Without further comments he nodded understandingly, his hand reached to the corner where Volodja's personal supplies were stored and then the hand returned with a brandy bottle.
"To your health," Ralph said, after bottle's contents were divided between two snifters.
"Much appreciated, Ralph," replied Volodja, shifted the snifter and returned the toast.
"Here is to Wolfram and to the show business as well!" he added after the first sip which filled him with warmth and forced the memory of Aunt Agatha retreat a bit. "I hope no less of success from Wolfram's project than the "Springtime for Hitler!" had. To the producers!"
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jun 3, 2019 11:50:17 GMT
Lady Christianna Batman nodded in agreement, a pretty pout crossing her snow white face. She never like bringing her husband bad news, but always recognized when it was necessary to do so. Lady contacted me, Atticus Batman, through her EGO saying simply in her minimalist manner, "Stuff happening." before replaying her taped conversation with Ruby to me.
Hearing Lady's message and the recording, I mentally replied to her with, "Thank you my Snow Angel. It sounds like a lot of stuff happened and our wedding invites got lost. So I guess when my little bomb squad returns, we will need to come up with the best plan to crash our dear Belle's wedding before hhher Groom-to-be realizes that we got our invites afterall."
Then I mentally sent the info of Belle's inpending nuptuals to Volo and said, "Volodja I am sure you are busy back at the fortress while Marcel, Lena, and I have been playing with singularity bombs. However it sounds like some interesting things happened in my bunker as you just heard from the recording I sent you. So perhaps you or Wolfram, or better yet both of you, could go keep Lady and Ruby company until I get back, provided that you aren't both still busy putting out proverbial fires elswhere of course."
Then I contaccted Fortress K'shaa to notify Sandy that our little mission was successful and that we were on the way back and were therefor requesting clearance to land soon.
Next I said outloud to Marcel and Lena, "Dak. It seems while we have been busy with our flight Ruby dropped a mind bomb back at base. Lena you may find this interesting. It seems the All-father is somehow connected to the rogue AI that Belle and Taffer stopped with the team's help back in Canada, and that the Ai decided that the best way to rule this time is to take Belle as his bride. So tell me, how would the two of you like to join our team in crashing Belle's unique wedding?"
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Post by Lena Marr on Jun 4, 2019 15:44:01 GMT
Atticus Batman said outloud to Marcel and Lena, "Dak. It seems while we have been busy with our flight Ruby dropped a mind bomb back at base. Lena you may find this interesting. It seems the All-father is somehow connected to the rogue AI that Belle and Taffer stopped with the team's help back in Canada, and that the Ai decided that the best way to rule this time is to take Belle as his bride. So tell me, how would the two of you like to join our team in crashing Belle's unique wedding?"
"I don't know, marriage might be good for the old broad," Lena Marr quips not sorry to see her perceived arch-enemy out of the picture, than looking at Marcel Lestrange, saying seriously, "Depends on what deal Marcel can cut with you!"
Just than, Captain Sandy Bell's voice is heard giving them clearance to land.
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Post by Marcel Lestrange on Jun 6, 2019 8:53:45 GMT
"Much obliged, Honey Pot," said Marcel Lestrange with a grin. "English is not my native language as you know but the word "obliged" also means that I am bound to do something, is it not? At moment I do feel that I am bound to discuss terms because...Monsieur Batman is a family man who is obliged to take care of his family, including an obligation of providing them with resources, oui? So do I, because I also have a family to take care of."
And Marcel kissed the white ear of his family. __________
Tempting. Atticus's proposal was really tempting from Volodja's perspective because being inside the bunker meant that his Aunt Agatha has to remain outside. But Volodja felt that if he hides behind the thick concrete wall because of that, he would be a coward who is looking an easy way out. And that is why he said via the EGO link:
"Wolfram, mein alter Freund und Kamerade ("Wolfram, my old friend and comrade). Would you join me on a mission? We must keep company to Lady Christianna and our synthetic, yet humane friend, Ruby, who's position is quite complicated at moment. I'll explain that later. And (after a slight pause which contained whole course through the torture chamber with Volodja as the tortured one) you can bring Lady Tupper-Ware along if she likes."
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jun 8, 2019 8:21:07 GMT
"I don't know, marriage might be good for the old broad," Lena Marr quips not sorry to see her perceived arch-enemy out of the picture, than looking at Marcel Lestrange, saying seriously, "Depends on what deal Marcel can cut with you!"
Just than, Captain Sandy Bell's voice is heard giving them clearance to land.
"Much obliged, Honey Pot," said Marcel Lestrange with a grin. "English is not my native language as you know but the word "obliged" also means that I am bound to do something, is it not? At moment I do feel that I am bound to discuss terms because...Monsieur Batman is a family man who is obliged to take care of his family, including an obligation of providing them with resources, oui? So do I, because I also have a family to take care of."
I responded with, "Well Marcel, you have me there. So the usual contracted pay times 2 plus 3 added incentives. However you are right we both have families to deal with. So think about this while you are deciding the incentives.
The All-Father already has a progressively growing synthetic army. So if he marries Belle and can find the best way to manipulate and enhance her powers then he will also have a Volge army at his command which means one hell of a war will break out and the All-father is paranoid and power-hungry enough that it will not stop with Canada and Paradise.
Yes your side-businesses may flourish temporarily as people buy guns to defend themselves or drugs to block out the world. However as you are from France you know it will eventually get to the point you have no clients rich enough or free enough to afford you, provided any are still alive at that point.
Then there is the fact that the All-father will not stop until only yhe Synth and Volge are left. Then the Synth will destroy the Volge and any other being that may somehow still be alive. So even if you and I may not see everything in the same way, our two sets of families are all the two of us have to rely on. So why stop now? Instead let's just cut to the end. We know the highest I will go is 3 times the usual pay and allow you to add extra incentives and bonuses. Then I will end up agreeing to the most reasonable ones, after I threaten to just throw you out of the plane for trying to extort me. So just tell me what added bonuses you want to go with your 3 times payn That way I can ignore several of them and tell you the handful that I will agree to.
Then Lena can land and as usual you to will help yourself to a couple new weapons and armor from the base's armory. Then we can all dress to impress as we prepare to crash this wedding that the All-father doesn't thinj any of us are worthy enough to be invited to."
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Post by Marcel Lestrange on Jun 8, 2019 13:24:55 GMT
"Monsieur Batman," said Marcel Lestrange and allowed himself another devilish grin. "You have shown great deal of strategical thinking. You draw a nice clear picture what might happen if the All Father wins. I share your opinion that in longer perspective All Father is bad for business. Between us - just the mere fact that they tried to suck off from the face of the Earth with the help of that ingenious bomb of theirs made things quite personal for me so I was willing to give a decent discount. But since you also showed great generosity - a beautiful feature by the way - we gave you a chance to be generous as well. Waiting paid off."
Marcel grinned once more and after kissing Lena's ear again he lit a cigarette. Then he moved his fingers like king Midas after a warm up round and added:
"About those aforementioned bonuses...Patience is also a virtue, Monsieur Batman. We will think of something when the right time comes and then you can be sure that we let you know what we want."
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Post by Sandy Bell on Jun 12, 2019 19:31:23 GMT
Sandy Bell-Uljanov paced back and forth in the meeting room as she explained her distress to the others, "I just hope you have a plan more than lets go crash a wedding Atticus. The Synth Empire is about the bigest foe we've tackled, and even indvidual new generation syths are powerful foes. Combine that with Ruby's latest bomblast that Erika's son, Chancelor Cael, blames us for her death and has struck a military alliance with tha All-Father and has a military force coming north towrds Paradise means we're in deep shit trouble. We may need two teams to take care of all this: One to go north to save Belle, another to go south to cool the heels of the Votanis Collective.
Ruby, the most reasonable of the Synth Sisters, new generation synths all, merely nodded in affirmation, her silvery eyes downcast. Lady Christianna Batman was nursing the twins as she sat at the conference table, her enigmatic smile in place, as her niece Micfi Newlo with her pet monkey Bonzo sat quietly playing; Lady bringing her with her to keep an eye on her. Lena Marr sat cleaning her fingernails with a switch blade looking totally inattentive, though anybody who knew her could tell from the tenseness in the set of her shoulders that she was taking in every word of the dire news.
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From the north from Synthameto headed south towards Paradise, a large mechanized force led by the amazon synth sister, Yvette on her customized rocket fireing motorcycle, met her sister Brooke standing with arm's folded by her one-man stealth flyer. With a crooked finger come hither gesture from the buxom blonde bombshell to her sister, the agile feline synth-sister, Brooke then jumped behind Yvette on teh motorcysle while it was still moving.
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From the south Votanis Collective's Capital City, a larger militay column that included tanks and artillary led by the Irathiant Chancelor Cael who stood up in his heavily armored command car smilling and waving to his troops as they traveled north towards the Bay Area as they has for weeks. The Votanis collective had already set up a secret forward air base near Los Angeles for their air support shortly after Erika Widowmaker's death. Also in Cael's command car was his human Administrative Assistant and personal consort, Teagan Allyn, who looked much more sad than gleeful like her lover, her blue eyes red from crying as she feared the worst.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jun 13, 2019 5:11:53 GMT
Volodja Uljanov listened, thought and stated: "I was afraid of that. We are officially in war. That attempt to destroy us with the bomb wasn't just an act of terrorism, because it was conducted by a state and makes it an act of war. Without official declaration, by the way. History knows several similar cases but from the respect to my aunt I'll make it short and mention the Falklands War which begun with Argentina's successful invasion and ended ten weeks later when Argentinians surrendered to British. The invasion begun, when a group of civilian scrap metal workers who actually were infiltrated by Argentine marines, posing as civilian scientists, illegally arrived at Leith Harbour in the island of South Georgia and raised the Argentine flag. But I have to admit that Synth Empire is not exactly pre war Argentina - Synth Father started with a singularity bomb and tried to wipe us off at once which brings us back to the aforementioned problem with the status of Ruby. Is she our guest or a prisoner of war? I'd prefer the first option and would like to discard the other one. Speaking about options....(Volodja sighed) we are exactly in the same situation as Germany during both world wars - we have to fight at two fronts simultaneously. And that situation placed Germany to the second place as a result. Twice. Unless we stop at least one offensive force on time. That would reduce our chances of become second to fifty fifty. Just like Sandy said." "HRAAAH!" said Count Casannuendo who was under the influence of the knock out poison and thus deeply asleep because the poison finally fulfilled it's purpose to knock him out. Volodja listened the sound of snoring and smiled, because he was convinced that the diplomatic solution to stop the Votanis Collective was still possible and he knew few people already who could handle the issue of avoiding another Pale War, because the army of Votanis Collective will have to break the neutrality of several territories, separating them from Protectors, and that action would cause reactions and before we know, we have the world at war again...
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Post by Atticus Batman on Jun 13, 2019 12:10:15 GMT
Sandy Bell-Uljanov paced back and forth in the meeting room as she explained her distress to the others, "I just hope you have a plan more than lets go crash a wedding Atticus. The Synth Empire is about the bigest foe we've tackled, and even indvidual new generation syths are powerful foes. Combine that with Ruby's latest bomblast that Erika's son, Chancelor Cael, blames us for her death and has struck a military alliance with tha All-Father and has a military force coming north towrds Paradise means we're in deep shit trouble. We may need two teams to take care of all this: One to go north to save Belle, another to go south to cool the heels of the Votanis Collective." I snapped, "I don't care what my stupid nephew thinks! We are NOT responsible for my Sister's death! Scar was an enemy of her's Caele's and the V.C's So that makes it partially Caele's fault, but of course he would never blame himself! He must get that from his father. After all I know damn well it couldn't have come from his mother! Erika always took on eveeryone else's blame as if it were her own and I know damn well I am to blame for lots of things. However I did eveerything that I could to prevent Erika's death! So even if I am at fault for not being there to die in her place, her actual death is NOT my fault! Besides the Synth were created by Scar and family while they were tryiung their hostile takeover of the V.C. So I say we send all that information to Caele and let him see that it was his enemy Scar, teamed up with his new Synth Empire allies, that brought about his mother's demise!" Then I started to bring a fist down to hit the table, but stopped myself before making contact as I heard Caprice suckling on her mother's tit, and therefore remembered that the twins and Micfi were also present. So I took a deep breath and regained some composure as I said more calmly, "No Sandy, I do not have a plan. As you recall all my ghoto plans of the past always involved either being a loner and stealthily sneaking into a location to assassinate people, or a full frontal assault to cause shock and awe while somebody else worked in the background. However I doubt eeither are going to be that effective here. So I am open to suggestions. However I still think you should gather up copies of everything that we, and especially Erika, had on Skar and his synth alliance. Then send them to Caele. Especially since if he is anything like Erika or myself, he already has an assault team on the way, most likely staying on the water or land as much as possible, to avoid any long range radars or satilites from noticing unusual areal movements. However the bigger issue is the Synth Empire ran by this dillussional AI who thinks all living beings are a plague and will not stop until we are all eliminated. Caele on the other hand is just letting his grief rule his mind at the moment, and as he does have that copy of Kabule still wedged in his skull somewhere, he is most likely putting all the blame on me specifically and not on the Protectors. So we just need to find a way to get through to him and remind him that we are still grieving at her loss as well and that we are not the cause or creators of her death. So hopefully sending that information to him is a start, not to mention that we may need to have his sister contact him and remind him that if he attacks us then since she and her children willingly live here, that he will be willingly putting their lives at risk and that that type of action would tarnish, not only his, but also his mother's good name!..... However I am very open to suggestion to how to handle it all...and Ruby seeing as your sister tried killing you on the All-father's orders, I am guessing that, even though you surrendered to us as our prisoner, thatt would also make you our guest, and we will indeed officially grant you asylum if you so request. I wish I could do the same for your sisters. However Brooke obviously still blindly believes the All-father, and we still do not know where your other sisters stand. So them joining you here willingly, doesn't seem very likely. Volodja, while Sandy is head of tactical affairs so her input is also very important, You are the history buff and my advisor. So I think it is time for you to advise now that you have had a chance to observe and listen to what I had to say...once I was done venting and calmed down some. Then perhaps cooler heads will prevail for once, and we can actually come up with a decent plan of action this time."
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Jun 14, 2019 6:03:12 GMT
"It might be unnecessary to remind you about the need of relaxing," begun Volodja Uljanov carefully. "You have done it already and actually you pointed out the first step needed - step aside for a moment and observe the problem from that point of view. If your suspicions turn out to be true then we don't have much time before Votanis Collective vanguard reaches us and conflict with Votanis Collective becomes unavoidable."
"NNNNRH!" said Count Casannuendo from his corner.
"Suppose we take the vanguard out," continued Volodja. "Then the conflict escalates and our peace proposition won't be greeted with any enthusiasm. This means that we have to send out a diplomatic mission right away. If we succeed, then there won't be any attack orders from Cael and the vanguard will be called off. If not, then we have slowed them down at least for awhile."
"HRNRARH! BZZZZZ!" confirmed Count.
"We will send our envoy on his way after I manage to wake him up and instructing him a bit," announced Volodja Uljanov and begun to examine his sleeping friend. "He might be Liberata, which might reduce his credentials for some representatives of Votanis Collective, but he is also a Count, he has lot of experience about courts, customs and diplomacy and if they refuse to let him in, then he is more than able to find a way to squeeze himself into the very heart of the Votanis Collective without disturbing the precious peace of mind of the stiffened part of Votanis establishment."
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