>>17471475

We'll do what we always do.

Take stock of the situation. Who in particular is with us right now? What is their status?

well, we either won or lost. probably lost.

in any case, see what we *can* do.

>>17471475
"Come in A.N.O.N.! This is the Command Crew of the Oncoming Storm, do you read?"

Get the other members of the Command Crew up, and see if any of the other ground troops are injured.

Have someone determine what our inventory is like.
Others, take a look at those buildings; we're most likely in a magical world. Does the architecture look familiar to anyone?

>>17471475
...Damnit, she pulled a Heroic Sacrifice didn't she.
Well let's take stock of who's still alive.

>>17471475
Shake yourself out of this dream by force.

"I'm waiting for a train.

A train that will take me far away. I know where I hope this train will take me; but I don't know for sure.

But it doesn't matter."

Well, if we were dead, I'd expect everyone else to be here too.

Head to the castle. Or at least try to figure out where the hell we are.

Which one is the any key?
..
Oh dear.

>>17471475

[X] GO LUCID

I reject this dream. There's people waiting for me.

>>17471516

It looks like generic background to me. A TinEye search didn't yield any sites that point to any canon. It appears to be an original picture.

>>17471475
...If that image is where we are now, it looks like a tiny STOB detonated.
I mean I'm detecting at least three separate tech levels here alone.

>>17471475
...we are untanged?

great.

Can we shoot the idiots responsible for exacerbating that clusterfuck? And yes, that includes me. The entire command crew failed-some more than others, but still. Heads to fucking ROLL. And there are those among you who know damn well you bear part of that blame more than others.

>>17471516
>>17471539

Further searching yields a deviantart link. The picture's name is "Elevate07". It is an original work.

>>17471475
Waking up with you are the following.

Finalon the Elf, Lyla the White Mage, Elaine, Darius Fortes, Lt. Commander Data, BLU team, Spike Spiegal, Egon Spengler, Carl “Mouse” Sampson, Star-Lord, Douglas Cartland

You have the following troops, all with kinetic barriers, Shadowrun gear, and reality emitters.
>Enough Advanced Bio-Stabilizer Masks. (Immune mind affect/poison) for 12 squads.
1 squad (4/12) of UNIT troops with Power Armor, Fallout energy weapons, and A280 Blaster Rifles.
1 squad (3/12) of SCP troopers with Tiberium enhanced lasers, Phaser Rifles, and Advanced Power Armor mk 2
1 squad (11/11) of Sandmen with Mass Rifles.
1 squad (7/12) of Delta Greens with Chinese Stealth Armor, Mass Rifles, and A280 Blaster Rifles
3 Mobile Infantry in Marauders equipped with Panther Assault Cannons and Phaser Rifles.
1 Auror team with prototype NOD armor and AK-47 backup weapons
2 (8/20-3/4)(10/20-4/4) Reasonable Marines Tactical Squads with 4 Silencers each.
Zombie Hunter Squad: 15/15. Especially good vs. undead units. Starts with 20th century arms and body armor. Led by Dr. Han.
4 Prawn Combat Suits
TG Soldier Squad(7/12. Equipped with Pulse Rifles, Laser Rifles, and Fat Men.)
Drone Squad (2/16) (Includes 1 Protoss Observer and VP-99.)
Abjurer Team (L9 3/6)

The Silencer successfully recovered the Lance of Longinus before whatever happened happened.

The Black Arrow was consumed by the Ebon Night's energies.

>>17471475

>>17471525

Ok...so we are corporal (we think), and none of our psychics are here. Fuck. Cheryl threw us into a different reality to save as many of us as she could, didn't she?

Look for survivors. Get a tally of who is alive(?), and who didn't make it...Here. Where ever here is. Check to see if ANY of our tech made it with us.

>>17471556
Quote is from the Majora's Mask 'Happy Mask Saleman', but I don't know that one.

>>17471564
[X] STILL force myself to reject this dream and wake up.

Why do I get the sinking feeling we're about to get smacked with exposition?

Somebody get the fucking cliff notes, I can think of t leat 2 people I want to punch in the face right now.

>>17471564
Dr. Spengler are there any tests you could do to verify if this is real or not?

>>17471564

Check over our troops. See if all of them are OK. Direct Lyla and Elaine to tending to the ones that appear to be wounded or such.

If all of them are OK, direct Mr. Data to attempt to get a scan on our surroundings.

>>17471564
Have one of the command crew hold onto the lance.

>>17471600
That is fucking stupid, why the fuck would you have that done?

>>17471566
Damnit, damnit, damnit. That would be far too much.
They gotta be out there somewhere, fucking hell we were winning it couldn't have gone that bad.

>Scattered around are the other members of the command crew, along with most of your ground troops. The psychic team is noticeably absent, as are the mechs.
Bah. Downgrade, massive downgrade.

>>17471605
If we had one of the troops carry the lance it's gonna get lost again. I don't want to lose it a third time.

Is the Lance still corrupted?
Also do we still have those First Age swords?
Including that broken one?

>>17471564
>The Black Arrow was consumed by the Ebon Night's energies.
Dammit, I wanted to recover that.

At least we have the Observer and VP-99.
Have Engineer set up a Dispenser and his respawn equipment here; we'll need to set up a base camp, however temporary.

Have the Observer go up and start taking aerial video of the area.

Elaine, Lyla, and Medic see to everyone's injuries.

>>17471580
I'm going to throw in with this guy.

>>17471593
>>17471592

"My equipment is limited, but I can try," Egon says as he shrugs off his proton pack and begins to pull odd devices from his pockets.

"Oooooh, my head...they can't cut my pay... not after that nightmare..." Lyla murmurs. Elaine blinks, then shakes her friend awake. Lyla wakes with a start. "Elaine! I just... wait. Where's Mark? And... it wasn't a dream..."

"Cheryl!" Douglas screams as he wakes. He looks around desperately. "Where's Cheryl?"

Finalon and Darius silently go around rousing the men as Star Lord takes a minute to nurse his wounds. Spike groans in pain and opens his eyes but doesn't say anything.

Data appears to be looking around intently while Mouse talks quietly with his Sandmen fellows.

>>17471593
>>17471564

Also, get the BLU medic to work healing everyone who was injured with his medigun.

Talk to Egon and see if he has any thoughts on where we are. He has had the most experience with...odd travel locations.

Get the Protoss observer to start observing as much as it can. Have it scan all frequencies for signals, friendly or otherwise. Check to see if there are lifeforms besides ourselves here.

We can rage and assign blame AFTER we figure out where/when/what the fuck is going on.

>>17471626
Hell, Finalon promised to recover it, I'm not going to make a liar out of him!

>>17471634
[X] I still attempt to reject the dreamworld.

>>17471641
BLU got left behind.

>>17471634
Have Engineer set up a Dispenser and his respawn equipment here; we'll need to set up a base camp, however temporary.

Have the Observer go up and start taking aerial video of the area.

Elaine, Lyla, and Medic see to everyone's injuries.
And don't worry, Lyla, we won't cut your pay.

...Given what matter of being Ebon Night was, we're lucky casualties were only this low.

>>17471654

I don't think they did.

>>17471564

shows that BLU team is still accounted for. Unless it's an accounting error. In which case, craaaaaaaap.

Can we do a quick postmortem on what went wrong last time?

1. People trying to RP
we're a fucking team. you don't go off on your own and try and save the day unless you're a Protag or a SUE.
2.Pointless dicerolling
Yeah, we wasted how many good rolls on peoples' own flights of fancy? I'm looking at the guy who apparently took over a mech, overcame the fear effect singlehanded & fired a megabazooka at ebon night. Except no, that didn't happen and you wasted not one but two good rolls. I hope you're fucking happy with yourself right now, you're a damn hero.
3. Third verse, same as the first.
I swear to God, you guys. I swear the whole damn command crew should be wiped out. We let our troops down, and now a world is dead. Because of our selfishness. Our pettiness. I hope we're proud of ourselves.

Damnit, damnit, and more damnits.

>>17471628
>>17471580
I'll do you one better.

We ain't going down like this.

>>17471660

DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH?

BLU DIDN'T RESPAWN AND THEY GOT LEFT BEHIND.

>>17471564
>>17471654

>Finalon the Elf, Lyla the White Mage, Elaine, Darius Fortes, Lt. Commander Data, BLU team, Spike Spiegal, Egon Spengler, Carl “Mouse” Sampson, Star-Lord, Douglas Cartland

> BLU team

I think you may have misread the equipment list.

>>17471654
>BLU got left behind.
>>17471564
>Waking up with you are the following.
>Finalon the Elf, Lyla the White Mage, Elaine, Darius Fortes, Lt. Commander Data, BLU team, Spike Spiegal, Egon Spengler, Carl “Mouse” Sampson, Star-Lord, Douglas Cartland
>BLU team

>>17471634

>Data is looking around intently

I hope that this is not a portent of upcoming QQ in our close future.

>>17471665
LUCKY? LUCKY? A WORLD IS DEAD! AND YOU SAY WE HAD LOW CASUALTIES!?

>>17471682
Welp, I was expecting BLU team to be on the troop listing and not the hero lineup section.

>>17471654

They're here.
>>17471564
>Waking up with you are thefollowing: hero, hero, hero, ... BLU team, hero, ...

>>17471681
Not according to the inventory list.
So unless that's an accounting error, why don't you shut the fuck up?

>>17471634
[X] Continue to reject this dreamworld. REJECT IT WITH OUR MINDS.

>>17471706
All that proves is that you didn't read the list.
A dismal failure in reading comprehension. And you have the audacity to still be alive when other good men died.

>>17471675
While I wasn't involved in that, I gotta call bullshit on trying to blame it on them.
They didn't _do_ anything. Dice rolls are fucking random no matter how much we like to pretend our superstitions about them apply. No one 'stole' rolls.
Seriously, get over your fucking self.

The dice are what we need to be angry with.
If a fucking 19 when we are actively beating it translated into fucking end of the world and everything is fucked, we should all flip our shit.

For now, let's assume there is still something we can do about it and move forward.

>>17471564
Combine troops as follows:

UNITs, SCPs can combine to form a squad. At least for now.

KIs combine into one 18 - 7 group at least for now.

Drones, Abjurers, and Elaine should hang around together. Lots of casualties in those groups.

>>17471704

As opposed to all the meta if Ebon Night had won?

Yes.

It is low.

We just signed the death warrants of billions, in order to save trillions. Is it not horrific how much we must sacrifice sometimes?

Welcome to Transpace Guard.

>>17471704
Calm down. We don't know if the world is dead; panic and wail and scream and throw blame around like candy when we actually have confirmation of your belief about the world, m'kay?

The 'assign blame later' goes for everyone else who is blaming others for the mission's not-particularly-resounding success.

>>17471634
[X] "No. THIS WORLD ISN'T REAL."

>>17471740
I'd say 'trillions' might be a conservative estimate if anything.

>>17471660
"Ain't got much metal, but I'll do what I can," the Engineer says as he starts throwing down his various machines.

"Don't be such a baby!" Medic says as he douses a UNIT trooper with the Medigun. "I'm sure it'll grow back!"

The Observer takes to the skies as Egon frowns.

"Getting some very odd temporal readings from this place. No signs of contaminants... this place is unbelievably clean. Very low microbe count. Odd. Energy readings at each of the settlements, to be expected, but... low. Massive readings in the castle."

I swear to god, once we get back to friendly turf, I am deeply considering eating a gun for my part in that clusterfuck. At least, if I can in the knowledge that tohse who screwed up worse are coming to hell with me. I'm gonna play it by ear, I think.

If they don't execute us, that is.

The only possible good thing that came out of this is that Ebon Night was destroyed.

It wasn't worth it. Not a whole universe.

>>17471634
>>17471564
Aurors, start setting up some scrying mojo.
See if we can contact Cheryl and the Psychic Team.

Hm. Maybe have Douglas look around for a door to the Velvet Room?
I mean he is Persona User with the Wild Card ability, after all.

>>17471740
EBON NIGHT LOST! IT WAS FLEEING! IF WE'D FINISHED IT OFF EARLIER, INSTEAD OF DICKING AROUND, WE COULD HAVE FINISHED IT CLEANLY!

I bet you were that fucker that tried to climb in the mech, weren't you. Or the one that got skewered. One of the screwups.

>>17471752
Alright, Command Crew huddle!

My guess is that this is a Chrono Trigger world.
It's a rough guess, but it's all we have right now.
We can probably get more information once we have the Observer's data feed set up.

>>17471564
Right, let's see what I can sort out of this nightmare.

Science and Tech team:
Egon Spengler
Mouse
Data

Melee heroes:
Douglas Cartland ('s bear)
Darius Fortes (also commands KI)
Star-Lord (can command forces)

Ranged heroes:
Finalon
Spike

Holy hero:
Lyla
(Elaine hasn't been promoted yet)

Light troops:
15 Zombie hunters
7 TG Soldiers
BLU team (respawns)

Stealthy troops:
7 DGs
11 Sandmen
2 Drones (both stealthy and recon)

Medium troops:
4 UNITs
3 SCPs
18 KIs
4 Prawns

Magic troops:
1 White mage
3 Abjurers
12 Aurors

Heavy troops:
3 Mobile Infantry

rolled 94 = 94

>>17471760
The Aurors get to scrying.

>>17471778
At least we can mass-produce the Lance of Longinus if we make it back.

>>17471781
If we were in Chrono Trigger, we'd know.

This seems to be a whole new world, possibly created by Cheryl just to save us.

>>17471752

Alright. Thank you, Dr. Spengler.

Mr. Data, can you pick up anything on your end?

we got the abjurers and the aurors, that's likely as good as it's gonna get. start scrying and hope for an answer.

As for the rest of you: we have to operate on the assumption that Ebon Night is dead. is it the kind of victory we wanted? fuck no. Is it one we'll accept given the alternative? I think so.

The concept is no different than what happened after killing the drow sue. Get our bearings, get our troops figured out, and find a way to get to the next problem.

>>17471752

Obviously, we need to guess at which settlement is friendly then head to the castle.

In any case, try rejecting this place with my mind one more time.

Given that our ships are also gone, I suppose we lost that Angel Core as well?

>>17471781
>Command Crew

please, we can't command SHIT! Shall we let the idiots go off on their power fantasies again?

rolled 7 = 7

>>17471784
"Great news!" the clumsy auror says with a beaming smile. "We uh, we didn't find Cheryl... but we found Char! And most of our mechs! They're in this weird... well it looks like a dock in the sky, sirs. And it's got a hangar. We found a trace of Tosh, too, but we're not sure. We think he's in the castle."

>>17471781
>>17471752

My guess is that we might be on Solaris, or on Angel Island.

Look out for anthromorphic echidnas.

>>17471758
There is no clusterfuck, Jesus Christ have mercy on us all!
Get your paranoid delusions out of here, other than some of our people getting killed in stupid friendly fire, the command crew didn't do anything. Anything! People yapped a bit and a guy got pinned to a wall trying to heal people, but seriously, nothing of note came from our presence. Rolls are random.
Next you're going to be blaming other quests because they were rolling too.
Seriously, this is silly. Are you writing a report and blaming things on 'other people rolling'?

>>17471803
If the Overlord and the Leopard are still somewhere on that world, then the S2 core should still be intact and in containment.

>>17471820
Interesting.
Well lets get to the castles I suppose.
Before something horrible happens.

Missing:
Psychic team
All the mechs
All the ships
All the research
All the artefacts, other than the Lance, Anguriel and Ringil.
*sigh*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3mfqHCC8y0
Frayerf.

>>17471820

Finally, a bit of good news.

>>17471800
Fine.

But I still think we're going to hell for this fuckup.

>>17471802
i don't think it's gonna work but continue trying anyway

>>17471820

...And the clumsy auror just blew something up with her clumsiness. we really ought to let her go, and give her salary to Lyla.

everyone, brace for...something.

>>17471820
Alright, first, let's recover Char and the mechs.
Tosh is an experienced command and black ops operative, he has a better chance than a big bunch of mechs and their pilots.

Once the Observer is finished taking it's aerial photos, let's see if we can identify where the hangar is.

>>17471820
What was that 7 for?

Question. Do our communication devices still work?

If so, then we could possibly all meet up and coordinate from there. Or we could coordinate a wider search and rescue effort with our respective groups.

Or have the other teams that are separate from us try to gather info and such from their environment, as moving around in an unknown world might be potentially dangerous.

>>17471752

Pull Douglas aside.

"I know this is not the best time, but we need to know something. Unfortunately, you are the eyes and ears of a godlike entity who may or may not be inclined to help us. So I am going to just talk to you for a second"

"Philemon, now would be a great time for us to have a brief "chat". We need to know what happened back there, and you seem quite adept at reading reality. Contact us or not, but we NEED to know the job is done and what the price was"

>>17471842
The Observer reports back with an overhead map of the island. There also seems to be three smaller islands orbiting this one.

>>17471822
I blaming it on lack of leadership! We couldn't agree on a plan, people made decisions half-cocked (I'm thinking the guy who told the mechs to keep firing while our guys were in the crossfire, for one). We were at cross purposes. And everyone else paid the price.

>>17471722
>>clumsy Auror

She probably looks like this.

>>17471868
Chrono trigger it is.

>>17471868

The Kingdom of Zeal.

The good news: Chrono Trigger is fairly well-known amongst all of us.

The bad news: Any non-magically inclined person (i.e. NOT WHITE MAGES OR AURORS) is going to stick out like a sore thumb to the locals. We might get sent down to the surface of the planet, where all the non-magical plebes eke out an existence that is akin to living like cavemen.

>>17471868
>pic of Chrono Trigger Kingdom of Zeal
>>17471793
I fucking said that this was Chrono Trigger!

see if any of our communication devices can raise the radios on Char's gundam, or for any of the VF's.

>>17471868
Well, this is both good and bad. We're in Chrono Trigger so we can recruit the sages. Bad, because who knows where our ships are. Hopefully, they got pulled into orbit around this planet somehow.

Do we have any tech that tells us the date for this world?

>>17471859
Your communications devices seem to work fine, but attempts to raise your comrades end in silence.

>>17471861
"Uh... I agree?" Douglas ventures.

>>17471868
Kingdom of Zeal.

We're in another universe?

Cheryl and the psychics sacrificed themselves to keep the Ebon Night pinned while their world self-destructed due to Third Impact.

Pellaeon is going to facepalm so hard, he'll facewall at our incompetence.

It's as if we're better off having Char and Pellaeon be commanding officers.

>>17471895
yeah, because it'll be that easy. pretty sure that our plan for reruiting the sages involved time dickery, which we notably lack.

>>17471820
Well, I'm glad my suggestion yielded some results.
I guess we should recon.
Though I'm feeling kinda burned out by this point.
Think I'm going to turn in early, thanks for the Quest MetaOP.

>>17471868
Zeal, well shit..
Ok I'll try to stay on, you lot might need my knowledge of the Chrono series.
Crap, we're going to need a cover story before we run into an locals. Everybody lie low.
That Observer spot any people wandering around?

>>17471868
>>17471893

In addition, we may or may not be living on borrowed time. If this is before all the craziness with Lavos started up, we may be in for a bit of hide and seek while we attempt to recover our personnel.

If this is during the events of Chrono Trigger (when they traveled to this period), we have a limited timeframe in which we need to recover our guys before Lavos is summoned and he fucks the world over.

In addition, it would seem that either our comrades are trying to remain hidden, or their communicative devices have been confiscated. Or they're unconscious.

>>17471897
"Okay, Mr. Cartland. We don't know exactly how your method of contact with Igor and the Velvet Room is going to manifest, but I'm sure that you will know."

Now, let's get the Observer to make it's way towards the docks and try to find the mechs and their pilots.

Brief everyone on the nature of this Canon, and of the Kingdom of Zeal in particular.

Aurors, we're going to need you to interact with the locals if it comes to it, since you're wizards, and won't attract unnecessary suspicion.

>>17471915
Strangely, it did not.

>>17471906
um, yes?

>>17471898
Third Impact doesn't destroy the world. It causing Instrumentality. But she was tapping the full power to contain Ebon Night. So unknown wtf happened, particularly considering it was all fused with whatever canon you would call the World Pillar.

Lavos is coming.
We need to find a way out of here. Lavos is native and important to this canon - if we kill it, there goes this canon. It's most likely NOT worth our lives, so we can fight it if we have to, but I'd like to be out of here before then.

>>17471924
So, did we come here because we "won" or because we guessed your plans for if we lost.

>>17471906

Stow the bellyaching, soldier.

In the meantime, let's brief our current team on the nature of Zeal, and the possible timeframe we may be working in.

>>17471634

Mr. Data, is something wrong? Not counting the whole getting shunted into another world after trying to kill a prime evil thing.

Also, Mouse. Are you and the Sandmen alright?

>>17471937
No, let's go for the twofer! c'mon! It'll be a fucking adventure! Shit, we'll probably do it by accident.

>>17471917
>>17471937


so i'm guessing our general plan is to get the fuck out of dodge as fast as we can then?

>>17471973
Nope.
Lavos is not coming quite that fast.
But we can't wait here months either.

>>17471951
I don't change my plans if you guess them. I just laugh with amusement, and quietly applaud.

>>17471963
"Ah, I am fine, commander," Data replies. "Merely trying to get a better sense of where we are and what happened."

"The Ebon Night's nightmares... weren't kind to us," Mouse says. "We're dealing, though."

>>17471924
Interesting.

Any sign of wildlife, birds, or anything?

>>17471973
that does rather seem to be exactly what they're saying.

>>17471937
Fun fact. . . We CAN kill Lavos. We just cause one of Chrono Trigger's many endings. We get either the Magus's revenge or the Girl Chat ending.

>>17471990
Still saying to go with this:
>>17471920
We need to find the mechs and their pilots.

>>17471868
Group up.
Start exploring.
Aurors, if you could disguise our troops as being Magical in some way, it'd help. The people here hate muggles.
Head towards buildings.
>>17471951
We lost, I think. It's possible that something saved us.
>>17472003
Wait. But ... "Ending" ... Time nonlinear.
Fuck. How do you work out which "Ending" a particular Chrono canon has? And exactly what point is the "End" at?
Fuck it, let's get out of here with as much of our stuff as we can.

>>17471924
>>17471991
Also, which structure are we closest to? So I can get my bearings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf52-MZaXSw
Chrono trigger ocean palace music.

>>17472017
>>17472003
Hold on, something extra strange is a foot.
There's no people so far.
This was a bustling kingdom.

>>17472038
The correct one would be Corridors of Time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsj5xjoLXtE

For the benefit of the questers (and our assembled team):

We are currently in the Kingdom of Zeal. This kingdom runs on magic 24/7 (or sufficiently advanced magic that can work as technology), and everyone in this kingdom can use magic. Those who cannot use magic are exiled to the surface of this planet, which can be described as a snowy tundra. These exiles have formed self-sustaining communities, but have sadly not advanced past the point of making rough-hide clothes and subsistence farming/hunting (unlike the Avernites. But that's another canon). In order to access the other islands, we will have to use the teleporters, which are usually located inside buildings on the island.

About the canon: this is the Chrono Trigger canon. This canon heavily involves time travel. The protagonists of this canon travel through time, attempting to discover the origins of a world-shattering (and probably the being that seeded most non-prehistoric life on this world) being named Lavos. Lavos has already landed on this world as of now, and is dormant. He is waiting until civilization reaches a certain point before awakening and consuming most of all life on this planet.

However, depending on the point in history in which we've arrived, the current ruler of the Kingdom of Zeal (named Queen Zeal) may be attempting to awaken Lavos or siphon his power. Either attempt results in rousing Lavos from his sleep, which causes him to prematurely consume this world. While this fails and the world continues to evolve and flourish, it results in a very destructive rain of fire that wipes out most of the surface of the world.

(cont)

>>17472038
Since we're in the Kingdom itself, this one is more appropriate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqZb7hY1S0&feature=related

so if we are with the chrono trigger stuff, couldn't we find that village ayla came from and wiat there until chrono and co show up?

actually what time period are we in anyways?

>>17472071
wait nevermind:
>>17472065
sounds like 12 million B.C. on the surface freezing our asses off.

>>17472017
Wait, let's hole up and send out scouting teams and the Observer.
But first wait for OP to tell us roughly where we are on the kingdom.

>>17472071
Google it yourself.
http://chronocompendium.com/Term/Zeal.html

>>17472071
We're currently in the "fucked if I know" time period. Chrono Trigger, unfortunately, doesn't have star charts. If we're lucky, we'll find one in one of the buildings here.

If Zeal is empty, maybe we came AFTER everything?

>>17471991
Other than microbes and plants, the Observer does not see any lifeforms in its surveys.

Currently you are closest to the central lake.

If you wish to explore, who exactly are you sending out and where?

>>17472083
12 million BC, on the surface freezing our asses off, and no way to get our asses back into the meta.
>>17472091
We'd be in the ocean if that happened.

>>17472091
No, because Zeal fucking crashes when the Mammon Machine is activated and prematurely awakens Lavos.

>>17472102
could we make a ship to the kingdom of zeal and simply fuck around for chrono and his horde and hopefully hitch a ride out of here with them?

>>17472094
Send the Observer to the docks with the mechs. We'll see if our pilots are over there.

>>17472094
Send the Observer to the hangar. See if the Blackbird is there, as well as our mechs and pilots.

As for the Aurors, have them keep a communicator with them, and have them go towards the Palace. They're magic users, they should be allowed inside.

>>17472094
Let's put it to a vote if we should use the lakeshore as a rest camp while we gather more data.

We're in 12 000 BC, fyi.

>>17472094
That is very worrying.
Well, the closest point of interest of Kajar, the City of Magic, which is their research center, which is next to its docks, which we want to check as well.
Considering the (disturbing) lack of natives, I say we all stick to together at least as far as Kajar.

>>17472135
We need to use this place as a hidden base camp; we'd be exiled to the surface if we were found out.

>>17472065

PROTAGONISTS TO LOOK OUT FOR:

If we see any of these guys running around, this means that our time is limited and we should hurry the fuck up or we'll get consumed in fire. It'll take too long to describe them, and the information is readily available over the internet. Just look for a list of Chrono Trigger characters.


NOTABLE INHABITANTS:

The Nu. Odd creatures that are basically giant blue heads with arms and legs and a green mohawk. Usually tranquil and civil, but can be absolutely devastating in combat with their headbutts.

Queen Zeal: perhaps the current ruler of the Kingdom of Zeal. While she was initially wise and tranquil and patient, Lavos influences her to become increasingly reckless, imperious, and ambitious. This may or may not have spurred her to exile the non-magic users. May be immortal as far as aging death goes. Extremely powerful sorcerer, do not engage. Has blue hair.

Princess Schala: perhaps the Princess of Zeal at this time. Level-headed and kind-hearted, and well-versed in magic. She may not turn us in if she encounters us, and may possibly help us out of we explain ourselves. But still, it may not be good to alert anyone significant of our presence here, if we can help it. Has crystal-blue hair.

Prince Janus: Little kid. Kind of a downer. Has a purple cat that follows him around everywhere. Best to avoid contact with him at all costs, due to his role in future events.

Dalton: Queen Zeal's underling. Total asshole. Strong sorcerer, but not nearly as dangerous as the minions he summons.

Golems: Dalton's underlings. Very dangerous. Attacks are based on whatever it was hit with (retaliates with massive magic or physical attacks if hit with the corresponding attack). Kind of dumb. Also deathly afraid of heights.

>>17472094
Well. The Blackbird (and its dock) is a good place to start, to find our mechs.
Kajar is another good place to start.
There's a forest on the other side of the lake that may have a teleporter
and finally, there's Zeal palace.

I'd say:
The majority of us head to the Blackbird
The Observer checks out Zeal Palace to see what's going on in there.
the Aurors should check out Kajar.

>>17472124
Something is very wrong, there are no people, there is no one to let you in.

Aurors: Try to scry the ground below, assuming there is ground below. Need to make sure whether Zeal is where/when it is supposed to be.

>>17472091

Zeal was consumed in fire and the whole island went crashing down. Only the Black Omen/Undersea palace made it out unscathed.

We're probably not seeing any life because Zeal is essentially a gated living community. All the inhabitants live in the cities and teleport to and from each city. We are not likely to find any local fauna, save for the pets that the inhabitants have.

>>17472124
The Aurors head towards the palace as the Observer changes course for the hangars. The Blackbird is indeed docked, and a luminous humanoid is staring at it, wistfully. Moving inside the hangars, the Observer locates the VF Squadron's remnants haphazardly collapsed within. The pilots appear to be unconscious. The Hyaku Shiki is also within, lying on its back.

Occasionally the Observer registers swift flashes of light or movement as it investigates, but never enough to lock onto.

>>17472168
Understood. Most of us should head to the Blackbird.
Should we send anyone to Kajar, or wait until we've got the mechs back?

>>17472147
Perhaps, though it looks like it is uninhabited at the moment.. which it hasn't been at any point.
Unless this is the dimensionally displaced copy of it from PhoenixMUCK, that was almost never inhabited.

>>17472168

I have a feeling that we're indeed in the Kingdom of Zeal.

But with Chrono-cross levels of time-fuckery or reality-fuckery. Ugh.

i realized we may actually have an oppertunity folks.

what if we were able to help chrono and co kill lavos in this time period so we could have them help us since we solved their problem?

sounds feasible to me since chrono CAN actually kill lavos on his own in the game if he has the chance to.

>>17472147
UPLOADING DATA MODULE ON "CHRONO TRIGGER"

UPLOAD HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL

http://chrono.wikia.com/wiki/Chronopedia

>>17472168
Does the Observer detect any other lifesigns at the docks? If it's abandoned, it may be a safe place to hide, and it would provide Engineer with the metals he needs.

Also, have the Observer send us a photo of this luminous humanoid, maybe we can identify them. And have it keep trying to get a lock on those lights.

Maybe they're all on vacation?

I think this is a sidequest. Goddammit. We'll have to work this world out before finding out what happened to the others.

>>17472191

Crono & Co. are supposed to lose when they get to Zeal. It's a VERY important plot point.

As for alternate endings, we don't know how those affect the canon. Let's just figure out on how we should get our people and get out ASAP, and possibly find out what's going on.

rolled 86 = 86

>>17472201
The Observer does not detect other life. It complies and transmits a photo of the humanoid. It's difficult to make out...

>>17472208
alright.
i know we can time jump around if we figured out the warp gates but how do we get back to where we were is something entirely different TBh.

Can anyone guess who that glowing guy is?

>>17472212
...but it appears to be a ghostly version of this man.

>>17472168
>luminous humanoid
Hm. Let us make our way toward the City of Magic, let's be cautious, Delta Green fan out in front to watch for surprises. We'll let the Mages do the talking if we meet someone. I'd suggest having the Aurors meet us there as well, it is much closer than the Palace, and if it is inhabited we may find a Guru.

>>17472223

I can only guess that it's some sort of time-lost being. Chrono Cross had some echoes of people, but those were basically dark-blue colored translucent shades.

>>17472237
>>17472232
Hm, that's the guru I was speaking of.

>>17472241
>chrono-cross timefuckery
i hated that game so much -_-
fuck.

>>17472232

Ugh.

Chrono Cross epic-level time-fuckery and/or reality-fuckery may be imminent.

Ugh.

>>17472232
Definately recall the Aurors, let's all head for Belthasar, see what he can tell us about this place.

>>17472215
We still need a key that's tuned to the gates in order to open them, though.

>>17472232
Balthesar!
But...he's either supposed to in the future, or still a working Guru.
Something is very wrong.

Perhaps we should attempt contact, considering that we need info and this Canon may already be contaminated?

Pardon, but was it Chrono Cross or Chrono Trigger that had that in-game accessible "debug hallway/Corridor of time"?

>>17472276

Contacting Belthasar would appear to be our only direct way of getting information for now.

If he doesn't short out our Observer due to time-fuckery, prepare for epic levels of exposition to occur.

>>17472232
Balthasar was the last person alive at the End of Time. He sat there and offered advice to Chrono's team.

I liked that little place. A tiny little bus stop with one lamp. All that's left of the universe.

>>17472237
You do not encounter anyone or anything on your way to the city of magic, though you get the feeling you are being watched, and at times you think you can barely hear the strains of a peaceful melody echoing from far away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R-Isx2b-GE

You reach the city to find it like the rest of the island. Completely deserted.

Right.
Observer stays with the Blackbird and the Hangar while most of the team heads over there.

Spike + Sandmen over to Kajar. Have the Abjurers and WHMs give Spike their useless gaudy magical trinkets so he at least looks like a local.

Aurors continue to the Palace.

There should be a skyway teleport in the eastern forest, but I forgot where it leads. Have the probe droid head over that way to check it out.

Observer, keep an eye out for hostiles.

>>17472232
This isn't good. Hope we reach him quickly.

>>17472302

That was Gaspar, actually.

Belthasar was in the wrecked future.

>>17472276
What happened to Belthasar in the picture?

It's a memory construct implanted in a Nu.

http://chrono.wikia.com/wiki/Belthasar

>>17472276
>Something is very wrong.
I've been saying that for awhile now.
There aren't any people, or birds, or life anywhere.
Even to the microbial level:
>No signs of contaminants... this place is unbelievably clean. Very low microbe count.

>>17472305
>You reach the city to find it like the rest of the island. Completely deserted.
Kajar deserted and this place is still flying?
That's NOT good.
Spend 15 minutes searching this place for people, then move onto the Blackbird, Balthazar and the Hangar.

>>17472318

Wild speculation on where we're at here, but:

It might be possible that we're in some sort of time-lost preserved version of Zeal, or some sort of "artificial" Zeal that someone created and shunted into space somewhere.

That Belthasar might be the Chrono Cross Belthasar reminiscing on old times.

>>17472318
>no lifeforms in the microbial level
thats just pants on head retarded.
seriously how in the hell is that even possible?

>>17472318
>no bacteria
....and yet there is still plant life?
Reality fuckery it is then, because even a virus-bomb would take plants.

>>17472337

Magic, don't gotta explain, etc. etc.

>>17472305
Have Egon, Engineer, Medic, and the White Mages make their way to the docks to help our pilots and make contact with Belthasar.

I still say we should send the Aurors ahead to the Castle to try to track down Tosh.

>>17472337
>seriously how in the hell is that even possible?
>pants on head retarded.
Just like how every Mary Sue is, and works:
Pants-on-head-retarded Reality Warping.

>>17472346
In the meantime, have everyone else fan out and start looking for books and any indications of life. Maybe there's still a Nu around.

>>17472345
Well, it's possible this place was created from our memories so we'd be safe by Cheryl.

I know I love Chrono Trigger, and I bet a lot of the rest of you guys do too.

>>17472346
Have some of the command crew sit in the rear-seats of the remaining, functional VFs, and the most sane person to piggyback inside the Brasta.

>>17472349
ok i forgot mary sue shenanigans.
i agree in the we need to get the hell out of here notion because since there seems to be no life that means people are gone.
this means they are probably in the underwater base. which ultimately means we have way less then an hour before we are blown to hell.

>>17472305
Abjurers, cast some 'Detect Magic' and take a couple Delta Greens with you and search the place for anything of note and clues.
The rest of us are moving on to Belthasar.

Might this place be a meta-contaminated version of Chrono Trigger?
If something has merged with Lavos, we could expect all kinds of time fuckery plus whatever else...

The lack of people is extremely unusual for Zeal, since the floating islands are still intact.

>>17472370
I never played or liked Chrono Trigger. I never played any Halo or Half-Life games either.

>>17472349
>>17472337
Not no, low. Similar sounding words, but very different.

Well, if we're in Kajar:
Find the shop, open the books in the order Water -> Wind -> Fire, go in the back room and get the Black Gemstone.
Hey, you never know when you might need a Black Gemstone. And looting shops is always good.

>>17472377
Given that this is the fucking Kingdom of Zeal, shouldn't Detect Magic work on literally everything?

>>17472370
i know only two things about chrono trigger: jack and shit

>>17472309
The Aurors note that they are definitely hearing that song now, and it is definitely coming from the palace after they travel about a half hour towards the castle.

I said very low microbe count, not nonexistent.

>>17472346
Your team begins to approach the glowing ghost.

"Fine piece of machinery there, pardner," Engineer says, looking up at the Blackbird. "That your baby?"

"Huh? Ah, yes. You might say that," Balthasar says, turning with a gentle smile. "My name is... was Balthasar. Company is about the last thing I expected, but it's not unwelcome. Who are all of you?"

>>17472376
>>17472346

I don't think that the entire population of Zeal was moved to the Undersea Palace/Ocean Palace when Queen Zeal went to awaken Lavos. Only the royal family, the three sages, and perhaps a handful of retainers were present there.

But it's probably safer to assume the worst-case scenario.

>>17472398
If there is NOBODY around, let's go and loot everything.

>>17472402
>cast detect magic
>senses explode from verything being magicked to hell and back.

>>17472402

>>17472402
Quite possibly, I'm also checking that as well asking them to cast it.
If nothing else, something non-magical will stand out.

>>17472407
>>17472407

We're... not from around here. We are also very lost. Do you know when and where we are?

>>17472407
"There's nobody in this city. What's going on here?"

...also, check to see if there's any unused EX-Gears from the VF-25's that a couple of the command crew could use.

>>17472407
Hello Balthasar. My name is _____ May I ask you a question? Are we really at the Kingdom of Zeal? It looks a little empty.

>>17472407
>Who are all of you?
We're from another time. We ended up here when our ship malfunctioned.
What is this place? And, why is it so deserted, when there are buildings everywhere?

>>17472407
"Travelers from a distant land. Far more distant than most, I would say.
"We're...well, you of course understand some of the mechanics of time travel and dimensional rifts. I only wish that Gaspar were here with us.
"We haven't seen anyone here in the Kingdom of Zeal. When are we?"

>>17472407
"We are.. displaced, and things seem.. unusual.
If you wouldn't find it too forward a question, could you tell us your tale? It may help us get our bearings."

>>17472462
>>17472440
Right, using the time-traveler cover story. Should work pretty well, here.

>>17472440
>>17472462
Let's not got right into time and faraway lands yet.
How about: >>17472463
Nice and vague, but polite.

>>17472463
Should work for now

"Ah. That explains it then," Balthasar nods at your explanations. "This place is out of time. In more ways than one, even. Your ship malfunctioned?" he pauses, thinking. "Was it a time traveler? That could explain it. The only other explanation would be if you were in another place out of time before this." His eyes light up when you mention Gaspar.

"Ah, so you've heard of us! My tale? Er, not much to tell, really. I-Oh, the Kingdom? Well... this is the Kingdom and it isn't. Just like I am Balthasar, and I am not. This place is... an echo? Perhaps. Maybe a memory. Or even a cough in the throat of time. A terrible tragedy befell this place. Terrible enough to stain an image... a memory of it just before it died into the fabric of nature."

>>17472398
Your team moves to activate the books, but the tomes fall to dust when touched.

...You know, in hindsight, it might have been a better option to just chase Ebon Night to another Canon. I mean it would probably take him a long time to recover, and if he was forced to abandon the World Pillar he would be even weaker.

>>17472512
We cannot in good conscience let a creature like Ebon Night taint another innocent canon.

>>17472506
Intriguing.
And out of idle curiosity, how stable is this... echo of Zeal?

>>17472506
So this place may not be an actual Canon, but only a semi-stable temporal bubble created by a Canon.

Let's ask Belthasar if there are any other echoes like him around in this image of Zeal. Is there a Mammon Machine?

So this whole place is an illusion then? Is there anything to be done here, or is it just a place with no purpose?

Do you know of any way out?

>>17472506
> the tomes fall to dust when touched.
Possibilities:
1.) So old, entropy has done it's work.
2.) They don't really 'exist', interaction results in waveform collapse.
3.) We are out of temporal sync, and our interactions are disrupting their existence.

>>17472506
Balls. Oh well.
An echo, a memory, a cough in the throat of time? Damn. Who did this, what happened, and ... would anyone else have survived?

I think we may need to speed up exploration.

Ask Balthasar if he knows where we can find a map of the skyway and teleporters - some of our friends may have also arrived here, and we wish to meet up with them.

Given that life signs were detected in the castle, I'd say that's where we should check next. Considering that the only people alive should be our forces.

>>17472512

Yeah, but the only option we had at the end was "Give Cheryl Adam (Y/N)" and pray all the time and training we sunk into her would pay off. And, at the time, it really was "Give Cheryl Adam (Y/OHGODMAKEITSTOP)".

>>17472506
Have Egon analyse Balthasar's ghost. If we can make a Ghost Detector, it'll greatly speed up our exploration here.

Which, if any, of our troops can fly? We need to find a way to detect ghosts, friends, and Plot, then fly or teleport or walk or levitate over these islands. Probably as quickly as possible before they collapse and are lost forever.

What ever happened to that Paladin Ghost?
He was pretty cool.

>>17472506
We've heard of you, or at least tales of versions of you, an honor to meet you, whichever you are.
It seems our friends have been scattered around your echo.. and we seem to be short our ship as well.
Are there any threats in this place we should be aware of?

>>17472570
He's either here, or he's gone for good. Don't think we've found him yet.

>>17472506

Ask Balthasar who's in the castle.

Check for any vacant EX-Gear suits.

>>17472558
Grab the EX-Gears off the VF-25 cockpits if you want to fly.

I don't know if the other powered armors are flight capable.

>>17472525
"Not stable and very stable at once," Balthasar says. "Here, within the shadow, time may flow for an eternity... but outside, this entire place will be gone in mere seconds." He tilts his head.

"Survivors? No. Well, maybe. If they're like you. Others stranded here." he pauses. "I don't know if you'd consider me a survivor, but there are probably other echoes here. Especially strong personalities."

>>17472590
"You said a terrible tragedy befell this place. Was it Lavos, or something else from beyond reality?"

>>17472506
Blast.
Anyone got a map of the skyways and land bridges?
>>17472590
Ah. So we have more time.

Ask Balthasar if he'd like to come with us. We're trying to find a way out of this "cough in the throat of time". If he's unwilling to come with, leave him be.

>>17472590
>Especially strong personalities
Good and bad.
Melchior and Gaspar maybe around.
But so could the Queen, Magus, and even Lavos and the Mammon Machine.

Alright, while Egon, the Engineer, and us talk with Belthasar, let's have Medic start healing the mech pilots, and someone open up the Hyaku Shiki and make sure that Char is here.

>>17472506
This is sounding familiar. God it's been too many years.
But yes, certain events and timeline transitions imprint themselves in bubbles, echos in time's memory.
So we are somewhere relatively 'safe', at least as far as contamination goes.. unless. Hm.
Watch out for Dalton. He was kicked out of time at one point, later offering assistance to the Porre army from 'outside of time'. This could be such a place.

>>17472590
"Do you mean to say, we are trapped in a bubble of time? That this place is inside the Darkness Beyond Time?"

>>17472590

Strong personalities? Would that include the ruling family of this place? Also, if I remember correctly, there may have been other time travelers here. Would they have left behind echoes as well?

>>17472614
>But so could the Queen, Magus, and even Lavos and the Mammon Machine.
Fuck. Get the Aurors away from the palace.
Get them back away now.
Down the mountain
Fuck off
No approachy palace
Go away
Stay near rest of team.

Hey guys.
What makes you think that "echoes" can do anything to us, who are temporally solid and have Reality Emitters, one and all?

Actually, Command Crew, check to see if the Reality Emitters are still working.

>>17472664
Emitters are functioning.

In the hangars are the Mad Cats, the Brasta, the Hyaku Shiki, the Tomahawks, and your seven remaining VFs with their pilots within. No extra EX-gears.

The Medic starts healing the pilots, which seems to wake them. Needless to say, they are very confused. Scout pops open the hatch of the Shiki to find Char inside.

"Wakey, wakey space case!" he says, prodding him with the bat. Char grabs it from his hand and throws it away in one smooth motion.

"Go fetch," he mumbles as he puts on his pair of sunglasses.

"My bat!" Scout cries, running after his discarded weapon.

>>17472623
"Not exactly, though it might be soon."

>>17472608
"Come with you?" he ponders the question for a while. "I suppose I could, at that. I wonder what sort of life I'll be able to lead as a time ghost. It'll be interesting at least. You have a way out? You might want to be careful. I suspect there are ghosts that hunger for the chance you're giving me far more than I!"

Echo of Balthasar joins the group!
>>17472642
>>17472647

"Yes... I think they would."

The Aurors begin to retreat from the palace trail.

>>17472647

Agreed. Hold off on investigating the palace right now.

While Queen Zeal and co. were at the Ocean Palace while the whole Lavos thing was going on, there may still be imprints of them left inside the palace.

>>17472590
If we can find a way to stabilize their echoes that would be interesting, have Egon and Data think that over, but for now, let us check on our friends in the hanger bay.

IIRC, Melchior was suspended in ice for disobeying the queen. Chrono et al. freed him, shortly before the destruction, and he was living with the ground people below.
If we go to look for him, we may have to travel a bit.
Not actually suggesting that as a plan of action, just putting out info.

not the best time to bring this up but...
>Get starship with transphasic Cloak
>Never make use of its transphasic properties

>>17472682
If the ground exists. It might just be Zeal that exists as an Echo.

Op, is there an echo of the ground below too?

>>17472674

*Chrono Trigger fanfare*

So all the major players are still ghosting about. We might bump into echoes of the CT protagonists as well... if that's the case, they'd be of great help to us as we search this place. If they're stable once they hit the normal flow of time, we may even get to offer them relatively normal lives. For time ghosts. Well maybe not normal so much.


Ask Belthasar if he personally knows of any particular ghosts that might be wandering about this area that might be friendly.

At any rate, should we head to the castle as a group?

>>17472682
You are assuming that anything else BESIDES the Kingdom of Zeal was saved in the chronal hiccup.
There wasn't, if I understood Balthazar correctly. It's just this one area of space/time suspended in surreality.
>>17472674
"Balthasar, it is important we know what caused this event, or even if you do not know, at least some symptoms that preceded it. We have dealt with ruined realities before, yours may have expressed symptoms of a particular disease we have been tracking."

>>17472674
Ask Balthesar:

"Is this echo of the Kingdom, a bubble of time? That this place is inside the Darkness Beyond Time--- the resting place of possible times that have been discarded?"

>>17472674
Awesome.

Hm, the TIEs aren't here. Check around the hanger and aboard the Blackbird.

Balthasar, do you think this Blackbird could still work? Maybe you and Mr. Conagher (BLU engineer) can see what could be done for it while we check up on the health of our friends here.

>>17472674
Okay, let's use this place as a base of operations for now, since it has our mechs here, and we might be able to use the Blackbird, and it has the metal that Engineer needs.

Okay, so, first, we have Egon and Data get together with Belthasar's Time Ghost (I move to call him TG-Belthasar to distinguish him from the Canon Belthasar) on how to stabilize his temporal waveform.

Aurors, we have to be on the lookout for Queen Zeal and Dalton. You thought the Death Eaters were bad, at least they couldn't tap into a machine that creates dimensional rifts.

I move we send the Observer to the Mountain of Woe, and see if it can find Melchior's Time Ghost. He may be there. If not, then we'll have to go down to the surface.

>>17472707
>>>Get starship with transphasic Cloak
>Never make use of its transphasic properties

Please explain to me what you intended to happen.

>>17472674
>Echo of Balthasar joins the group!
Hooray!
Let's search the place, finding the palace LAST.
VFs and Observer can scan from the sky to find Skyways and teleporters. Stay as a group because this place is, apparently, relatively stable*.
*Data? Keep an eye on that.
>>17472733
I'm worried that it might disintegrate, but the Engy would just respawn.

Places to visit:
Sun Shrine
Enhasa, City of Dreams
that blue diamond in the upper right
The Mountain of Woe, if it exists.
Any forests and huts we find

Keep an eye out for lifeforms, and psionic energy, in case any of our team yet live.

Explore the palace LAST as that's where MAXIMUM BOSSFIGHT happens.

>>17472740

We should first scan to see if there's anything that stably exists outside of the Kingdom of Zeal before heading out of its boundaries. The observer may end up in the CT world at a random place in time, or otherwise thoroughly out of our reach.

>>17472722
"I believe my comrades still wander the island. Melchior at least, I know is somewhere in the city."

>>17472712
None that you can see.

>>17472606
"Ah... you know him. Yes, it was Lavos."

The ground suddenly begins shaking around the dock area, a low moan, as if of a giant in pain seems to emanate from the air.

>>17472757
>>17472707
The issue was that we hardly ever had a time to use it.
Magic has a tendency to detect lifeforms, in spite of transphasic cloaking.
Magic also has a tendency to screw around with incorporeal things.
The Indefatigable is a wonderful tool, but only in sci-fi canons.

>>17472722
Guru's would be friendly and a great help to us. (We were even trying to think of a way to recruit them in one of the planning threads but weren't sure if we could with the Chronoverse's nature. He never considered this scenerio.)

Janus and Magus.. possibly. He was one of those 'optional' characters and.. I'm too tired to go into detail. Look him up, he's complicated.

Dalton and the Queen would be problems for us. Not friendly.

Let's ask Char if he had a mental link to our various psychic forces when Cheryl did whatever it was she did.
Or if his Newtype abilities can find any psychics.

>>17472785
>The ground suddenly begins shaking around the dock area, a low moan, as if of a giant in pain seems to emanate from the air.
So by speaking the Name of Lavos, we just reminded this reality that it isn't supposed to still be around.
Or maybe it's just dramatic effect.
OR maybe the island is just partially reliving the instant before it exploded into flame and went crashing down, only for the memory to restabilize again.

In any case, this still shouldn't have happened. This memory shouldn't properly exist.

Issues are abound.

>>17472785
Just a guess, but we should probably get everyone away from the Dock area.

>>17472785

Let's do what's in
>>17472809

Let's have Char try to pick something up with his senses.

>>17472785

Giga Gaia. Or Golem.

Or the hangar is about to collapse.

Or we shouldn't mention the name "Lavos" out loud. We should use a nickname or euphemism. Like giant-space tick or L-dog.

>>17472785
>The ground suddenly begins shaking around the dock area, a low moan
Oh, that's not an indication of good.

TG-Belthasar, has that been happening recently?
Perhaps you and Mr. Conagher should see if you can get the Blackbird ready to fly.

Everyone, check your vehicles, see if they'll operate, and check if they're able to fly.

As for everyone else who was still in Kajar, look for Melchior's ghost. We might need to start looking in Enhasa as well.

>>17472825
Agreed. Let's use the term "Space Tick" or "Giant Flea"

>>17472785
Welp, time to get out.

Spread out to the non-palace areas of the island and find team members, ghosts (Egon? Can you find a way to search for things resembling Balthazar's ghostly frequency?), plots. And let's not mention the Giant Space Worm again.

Giant Space Worm's name is now L-dog.

>>17472785
Oh dear, what's is going on?
I'm to tired to think straight at this point, but that does not sound good.
Watch out for langoliers, but god I hope not.

Also hope that isn't an Echo of Lavos, but that is more likely.

VOTE ON NEW EUPHEMISM FOR THIS GAME'S END BOSS:
A: Space Flea
B: Space Tick
C: Giant Flea
D: L-dog
MULTIPLE PLANNING THREADS MAY BE REQUIRED. VOTE NOW.
(btw: A)

>>17472850
B

rolled 99 = 99

>>17472825
L-dog... Gangsta Lavos? There's a TG mission in of itself.

>>17472809
"I did," he responds. "Ms. Mason had us all connected... when it happened. I knew what all of them did."

The shaking and moaning only grow louder as a fissure in the air cracks open, letting a huge clawed arm burst free. It is horribly wounded, with musculature and bone wet with blood clearly visible, but a few scales so dark as to drink light still cling to it...

>>17472835
Thirded. And make a mention to Balthazar.
"Sir, if you wouldn't mind humoring us, please refer to the destroyer as the Space Tick, from now on? We've had experiences in the past with speaking the names of things causing bad things to happen."

>>17472862
Use that 99 to kill it. Char, where's everyone?

>>17472862
Well fuck, he's still alive.

Good thing we have the lance. Let's not throw it where we might lose it.

>>17472862
>but a few scales so dark as to drink light still cling to it...
Oh, I think I know who this is.
And I think I know just exactly what he needs.

Everyone, weapons, fire. Show Ebon Night how grateful we are for his hospitality.

>>17472862
EVERYONE, ATTACK!.... and start running backwards! Get the mechs out of the way!

>>17472862
Well shit.
Ebon Night.

>>17472862
Having never played chronocross, what the hell do you think this thing is, to be able to break into the Outer-Time?

>dvequa particles
I think is about to earn himself a Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of a new elemental particle.

>>17472862

Aw shit.

Heads up to TG-Belthasar: if you know how to permanently deal (i.e. KILL OR RENDER HARMLESS FOREVER) with supernatural godlike or such entities that are breaching the walls of this time-echo, now would be a good time to act.

>>17472862
CAST

HOLY

NOW

>>17472902

Judging from the black scales that drink up light, I'd say that's our old sparring partner, Ebon Night.

It may also be Malificent from the Disney movies/KH. Or Deathwing. All are not great choices.

>>17472862
Gah, alright, everyone back into the mechs.
Maybe see if the Blackbird will launch?
We might consider letting him tear that hole, we may need a way back, or at least trap him here or something.. though Lavos should never be allowed any contact with that thing.

Guys, could we be a little hasty in firing everything at Ebon Night?
I mean, we don't have confirmation that it's him, and the tear he's ripping in time is the only portal we've found leading back to Cheryl.

>>17472926
SO WE STICK THE LANCE IN IT TO PROP IT OPEN.

>>17472926
>>17472925
Aye.

But let's blast him with holy as a hello anyway, not that we could stop Elaine or Lyla from doing so at this point.

>>17472862
A beam of yellow light splits the air as Hyaku Shiki's Mega Launcher disintegrates the arm at the shoulder, the rift in the air sealing shut behind it as the limb drops to the ground and begins melting to goo.

Char emerges from the Shiki, seemingly untroubled.

"I was somewhat expecting that. He was attempting to escape through time and space when Cheryl tried to harness Adam to obliterate him. Just before the mental link dissolved, Cheryl was going to try and use the Night's own escape route to get everyone to safety that wasn't already outside the danger zone. It looks like it didn't go according to plan."

Char takes off his sunglasses and taps the edge of them against his lip. "A few shards of the Night's being may have followed us here. Time flows strangely here, after all."

>>17472931
Hey, that might actually work.
It is the Spear crossed with time-space manipulation, after all.

>>17472944
When did Char become some meta-guru? I haven't been around for about twenty threads.

>>17472944
Oh.

Well, then maybe it wasn't a disaster. Non-psychic personnel were probably just a distraction and she needed to focus.

We should set up fire bases around the island to intercept any possible EN shards that make it through.

>>17472944
Thankfully she was so intellegent. Are they still alive? I'd really like to give her a hug right now for saving our asses.

>>17472957
He was linked to the Farseers and could see everything Cheryl could see. He probably saw a lot of things.

>>17472957
The World Pillar does funny things that way.

>>17472944
>Time flows strangely here, after all."
So we may yet be able to finish defeating him and return to Cheryl and her world, without destroying it.
Chrono-canon is built on dicking with the timestream to stop a god-like force.

>>17472944
>>17472944
>>17472957

He may have picked it up from being on our team since the Darth-Vader-Sue-verse. And being mentally linked to Tosh during the ritual, who was here from very early on.

At any rate, good work Char. Did you know what happened to the Farseers? We also think Tosh may be here as well. Can you still communicate or pinpoint his location?

We should see if we can't get some access to the meta-archives when we get back to base. All this fuss with Ebon Night is making me wonder how the meta really functions.

>>17472980
>Chrono-canon is built on dicking with the timestream to stop a god-like force.
At this point, I fully expect the timestream of Chronocross to be shaped like a crude cock-and-balls.

>>17472944
Right Char. Where's the other Psions? We gotta find 'em before the Ebon night eats them.
Find Psi team
Find Overloard and/or Al'kesh (if they exist)
Find other ghosts
Fight bosses and tentacles

Might be worth having VFs, Mechs, and the Observer all spread out to look for things like that.
In the meantime: the Sun Shrine and the City of Dreams need exploring.
Aurors, would you be so kind as to perform the Scrying on the shrine and city?

>>17472944
"An astute observation, Mr. Aznable. Could Cheryl and the others have also used the escape mechanism to get to safety themselves?
"The Aurors were able to pick a slight trace of Tosh in the Palace, and considering that he was a part of their psionic matrix, I am hoping that the others survived."

Let's get VP-99 and the Observer looking for Melchior, and any other Time Ghosts that we might want to recruit.

>>17472980
We should make this our goal, with gathering our allies together along with friendly echos as a part of that to gather the resources to do so.

>>17472997
Good plan, let's do this.

>>17472995
Not crude, 5 dimensional. It just seems crude to from our humble viewpoint.

>>17472980

On the other hand, if we're EXTREMELY fortunate, the canon we were visiting was an Evangelion canon in which that impact was supposed to happen.

That would be really generous, but it would also avoid a lot of cleaning shit up and tying loose ends.

>>17472997
>>17473016
>>17473023
And of course, next time the Ebon Night tries to get in, we'll let him get part way through and then use him as a prop for the Lance of Longinus to sit against to hold the portal open.

>>17472980
>>17472997
>>17473016
>>17473023
Ok, we have a goal and a plan!
Awesome.
..
So tired.

>>17472980
>>17473016
This.

We'll use this place as our hyperbolic time chamber, then head back to start and fight EN again, but better prepared.

>>17472971
Char frowns.

"I do not know..." he is silent for a moment before quietly adding, "I hope so."

>>17472985
"Yes. I sense Tosh at least. He's close enough to a newtype. Any psychics not with him... are with Cheryl, whether that is good or bad."

>>17473012
"That's a possibility, and our best hope."

Look, a distraction!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r395r7V7hjo

>>17472944
>>17473053
We need to watch that part carefully so we can retrieve the lance. Or we rig the lance up to a cable just in case.

Let's ask the Engineer for an idea for a rig so the lance doesn't get lost if we do the "prop it open" plan.

>>17472997
Might as well go with this.
Do the rolls, Op.

Also OP must enter sleep soon.

>>17473069
Kind of hard, though. The lance is a semi-sentient weapon with self-propulsion once launched.

>>17472997
Both locations seem deserted of anything.

>>17473077
Not so hard, actually.
We just get Darius to do it. He is fast enough to get to the rift when it appears, and then strong and skilled enough to hold it to prop the thing open.
Also, ask Balthazar if it's an idea.

>>17473068
That was, indeed, a distraction.

>>17473083
Well, off to the palace with everyone, then. Looks like we've explored the entireity of this place other than it.
Balthazar's with us, but I wonder who else might be here? Hope Egon can hax together a Ghost Finder that points towards the nearest ghost.

>>17473083
Okay, have VP-99 search the City of Dreams for Melchior and Gaspar, while the Observer searches the rest of the island.
Belthasar believes they're around here somewhere, so we should find them and recruit them.

>>17473059

Also, Char, if you don't mind us asking...

Was there a confirmed kill on Ebon Night? You mentioned 'shards' of him... does that mean that those are just the few very weakened residual pieces of him (i.e. bloody bits of instagib), or something else?

>>17473098
"It might work. But of course, it's very risky. Eh, not just from the dragon, mind. Traveling like that without protection... well. I guess it depends on your luck."

>>17473118
Works for me. Everyone else, to the palace, to save the Tosh before he gets eaten by the Ebon Night.

>>17473120
>bloody bits of instagib
Ah, fair point.
I suppose the "chunky-salsa rule" doesn't apply to eldritch horrors.

>>17473117
Egon always carries a PKE meter, so we could see if a Time Ghost is any different from a regular ghost in that regard.

And we still need to check the towns in depth and the rest of the island for Melchior and Gaspar.

rolled 73 = 73

>>17473127
>luck
Nope

>>17473083
Ok, let's start with tracking down the sources of energy that Egon detected before, starting with the settlements.

>>17473059

Check the Mountain of Woe and the North Palace.

>>17473120
>>17473053

Char mentioned that these were shards of Ebon Night's being. Depending on his answer, this may either mean that Ebon Night is dead and these shards are just residual pieces of him attempting to cling to ANYTHING from random places in space in his death throes.

That rift may just lead to another random location. But scanning it and confirming is better than not knowing, though.

>>17473127
>Traveling
Hah! No, that's not it at all!
We're just opening the way so Cheryl can get in here with us, see?

>>17473140
Ah, right. The power sources might be of use to us. They might even be Melchior and Gaspar, and other time ghosts.

>>17473118
"Melchior is in Kajar."

>>17473120
"That's as good of an analogy as any, I suppose. The Ebon Night is dead. You should feel flattered. What's coming after you now are shards of its dead soul so furious that they will not rest until they are obliterated or you are."

>>17473146
or these pieces could be him trying to come through and getting pissed off because for some reason, we beat him here and fill him with lead every time he opens a rift.

>>17473136
A Time Ghost isn't like a spirit, they are literally an echo of a person displaced in/through time.

>>17473170

Ah. I guess that's good... and bad. We'd better make a HUGE READ THIS NOW-type note of this in the report that we give to Holtz.

Another question to Char: Do you know what happened to the world we were just shunted from?

>>17473170
>"Melchior is in Kajar."
Right then.
Observer to most of the island, VP-99 to the City of Dreams, Ground forces to Kajar, and Air-capable mechs to head up to the palace and scout around a bit. See if you can find Queen Bitch or Magos.

>>17473140
This sounds good too. If there is detectable power there might be something of use tied to it.

>>17473170
Alright, let's go to Kajar and talk to Melchior.
We should probably stick in a group; while we might attract attention from the Queen, since we don't know when another shard of Ebon Night will attack, we can't chance it coming after a small group of us and wiping them out.

"Belthasar, do you know where Gaspar might be? And have you seen who inhabits the Palace?"

>>17473170
What happened to the world we just came from? Did it get tanged? Was there a giant white Cheryl?

>>17473205
We don't know.
Considering we now exist in a tangentially related canon in a state of "fuck you time/space continuum" we figure this is a chance to do a bit f legit time travel, like we've hoped to do all along.

Please sleep, I beg of you.

The last of my brain cells like the idea of tracking down the energy that was detected before, seeing if the Blackbird can function, and finding Gurus.

I just realized: we all know Char's real name, and none of the other troops care about the politics of Zeon and the Federation.
Should we just call him by his real name?

>>17473233
We could ask him what he'd prefer. Give him the choice.

>>17473233

He's used to us calling him Char, and not all of us necessarily know Gundam all that well. For all I know, his real name could be Rusty Shackleford.

So he is a Char, and it might be best for us to call him Char.

>>17473233
u tea times madder

>>17473147
thoughts?
Insanity, or workable?

>>17473250
Wait. Dale Gribble's on our team too? :)

>>17473196
"I don't know... Sorry."

You travel to Kajar and begin searching the city. It doesn't take look for your forces to find a luminous Melchior walking the halls, deep in reflection.

"Melchoir!" Balthasar calls. "Melchoir! If you had anything besides that cane of yours, I'd tell you to pack it up! We're leaving!"

"Balthasar? Don't tell me you got that machine working... I didn't even know it was here," Melchoir states.

"No, it's not here. But these fine fellows have a plan!" Balthasar says, turning to you. "Right?"

>>17473265
Yep, we're going to gather everyone up, rip time a new asshole, and go home. Literally speaking.

>>17473257
>teacup
HAHAHA!
Ah, I remember that.

>>17473205
>giant white cheryl

dat bum.

>>17473265
Here's the plan:
We meet up with Tosh and anyone with him
We go through whatever rift sent him (and us!) here. No rift? We rip time a new asshole and jump through that.

Now, where's Gaspar?

>>17473265

Yes*.

>>17472997

Luckily for us, asterisks have no verbal pronunciation.

>>17473265
Indeed.
Thus far we hunt down the rest of our psionically gifted fellows, use them to make a connection with an accidental god who helped us mostly defeat the incarnation of pain and suffering, and if one of it's pieces try to get in we'll use that as a chance to 'prop open the door' and improvise a way out.

>>17473268
Let's keep it a bit friendlier than that.

>>17473265
"Plans? Why yes, we have several, in fact.
"Of course, choosing the right one is always the problem.
"Wait...do you mean to actually have the Wings of Time prototype here, Belthasar?"

If he has the Epoch's time drive, even a prototype version, then we need to fit it to the Blackbird. The Blackbird is big enough that we could fit the Hyaku Shiki and the VF's in there, as well as all of our remaining troops.

>>17473265
"Oh, and if either of you two want to mention the Destroyer, please refer to it by something else than it's name. I'm partial to the Giant Space Flea, myself."

Holy cow, are we autosaging another thread already?

>>17473304
Such is the magic of Metaquest, that it disrupts the flow of reality.

>condemn ozoothi

rolled 58 = 58

>>17473282
"Your plan is straight forward, brute, and simplistic," Melchoir states. He gestures with his cane. "I like it. Let's go. I was getting depressed here anyway."

The ground starts shaking as a low moan of pain reverberates from the air.

"Aw, not again," Balthasar moans.

>>17473299
>>17473265
"Oh, and have either of you seen Gaspar, by the way? His assistance would help with our plans."

>>17473312
Find the source of the quake, and send a mech to take down the shard!

Hopefully there's a nearby VF-25.

>>17473304
We're at 330, so yes, we have.

Preferably, we'll find something that lets us excape. If we don't. . . well, we could jump through a rip that Ebon Night makes.

>>17473312
>The ground starts shaking as a low moan of pain reverberates from the air.
That fucker just does not learn, does he?

Everyone, look out for that tear in space-time, then fire everything you have at it.

>>17473312
Char, there's a thing. Make the thing stop moving.

On that note, I really can't go on.
Thanks for the quest OP, nice tweest you have going here.
Hope we can make it all work out.

Merry sleep to all, and to OP a good night.

rolled 74 = 74

>>17473333
Thanks! Sleep well!

Someone archive this?

>>17473312
A crack in the air, and a massive, mauled tail lashes forth, bowling over your SCP troopers as your ground forces immediately begin to open fire. The VFs switch to battloid mode and open up on the disembodied limb, ripping ghastly holes in it, but not enough to put it down as it swings again...

>>17473319
We would risk being trapped in The Darkness Beyond Time, you know that?

>>17473344
Yes, and that's why it's an absolute last resort. If we have no other choice, we can either stay here and die, or jump through a hole.

>>17473340
I was gonna do it, but it's already done!
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17471475
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17468187

>>17473340
Archive has been done.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17471475/

Keep on pouring on the fire!
Medic, start medicing those SCP troopers!

>>17473356
That's why I was hoping we could just prop one of those tears open, as a doorway for Cheryl to contact us or pull us back or join us or something.

We won't survive the void, so we need godly assistance.

>>17473340
This time, it is a swing of Ringil that slices through the limb, cutting it off and causing it to collapse to the ground. The detached tail begins to melt into goo as the crack in the air seals shut behind it.

"Hopefully that made up for my previous performance," Darius nods.

With little else in the city being found, the time has finally come to investigate the palace... and perhaps rescue Tosh.

But that is a story for tomorrow because even I must sleep.

>>17473372
Sleep well.
And are you particularly bothered by the whole "Longinus = N'th-dimensional door-stopper" development?

>>17473372
I hope we didn't miss anything else, like Gaspar's time ghost.
We still have the Observer and VP-99 searching for him, right?

>>17473366
>We won't survive the void
Speak for yourself. It's only cycle 8 and I've already killed 4 of the brothers and fed all of the sisters. Mantid's still alive because I'm intending to use him for a full color boost later, and Montgolfier's immune to Ordalia. Everyone else dies as soon as they enter.

Looks like we won't need to recruit Giles at this rate.

Now, how to stabilize the time ghosts?

>>17473402
>That fucking game
I could never get into it.
>>17473404
As soon as we get Cheryl around she'll be able to corporalize them handily.

>>17473385
I was surprised to see the idea, but I am not bothered, no.

>I could never get into it.
True, it really is an Autistic game for Autists such as myself. I play it like an economy simulator, balancing each color and getting maximum use and maximum growth out of what I have.
Caterpillar is a bitch to fight.

>>17473514
Actually, I could never get into it not because of lack of autism, but rather I couldn't get over the nihilistic bent of it.

Holy fuck is it depressing, at least when you start doing logical extrapolations.

>17456343

Well, back to the requisition thread

>>17473404
Too bad, I was kinda forward to recruiting him.

>>17473889
Where is the new requisition thread?

>>17474417
In here >>17456343