>>24683835
"What's on the menu today, Sarvesh?"

>>24683835
<What are you doing, Summer? There's all those shapes phasing around you again.>

>>24683835

need to introduce Lin and Serpensal to the rest but i can't think of a way to do it without making one of the two sound less important.

Summer is really driven but she'll likely collapse if she keeps at it at this rate.

>>24683858
Crabcakes

"What's on the menu today, Sarvesh?" You ask.
"Hamburgers! I haven't had any since I got the new tongue Theta gave me, so I want to see how they taste." He said. "What do you want on your buns?"
You tell him, and he got to work.

<What are you doing, Summer? There's all those shapes phasing around you again.>
<I'm seeing how much I can bring in at once.> She responded. <I'm seeing if I can... change... things.>
Her head wavered slightly, and a small droplet of something fell from her tigernose. She sniffed, and the cracks and shapes vanished.
<Nope.> She said, after a moment. <That wasn't good.>

>>24683909
>small droplet of something red

Send a message to the Nagala Councilor, informing her that we retreated from the Station due to a seeming kidnapping attempt by ArmaTek, and due to Serpensal being awesome and with us, he's currently with us at the station.
<You're doing my job, silly. No droopling your brains from your nose.>

>>24683909
<Slow down! Don't hurt yourself!>

>>24683909

TK her a napkin.

<you're leaking, time for a break.>

>>24683909
<... Is that brain leak I see? Maybe you should rest, Summer. Want me to walk you to Kaitlyn (that's her name right?)>

>>24683909
<Hey, Anna. Where can I get a chain fed grenade launcher and ammo? I need more than just a laser on my exosuit.>

Also, I figure we should beef up the thrusters we've got on it, not so that it can fly, but just enough that it can perform long jumps or strides when on open ground.

>>24683909
Sit down by Summer and put her head in our lap for scritches.

<You're officially, under my authority of being your friend, banned from working any harder today. You're going to eat some food, relax, and stop overworking yourself.

Do not argue, I will pout at you until you comply.>

>>24683924
>You already did.

<Slow down! Don't hurt yourself!> You call.
<I won't, I know what I'm doing.> Summer said.
<Maybe you should rest, Summer. Want me to walk you to Kailynn?>
<No, I'm just going to get some sleep after dinner.> She said.

You sit down next to her, and start scritching her head- but she just ate, mostly ignoring you, and her tail started wagging.
"I'm pretty close, you know." She said.
"You're officially, under my authority of being your friend, banned from working any harder today. You're going to eat some food, relax, and stop overworking yourself."
"Only if you come watch movies with me." She responded.
With a blue flash, two hamburgers appeared, and you bit into one.
<Anna, where can I get a chainfed grenade launcher and ammo? I need more than just a laser on my exosuit.>
<... I'm not sure I like the idea of giving you my weapon contacts.> Anna responded.

>>24684016
<I'll just have to make one, in that case!>

>>24684016
<Fair enough. New engineering project!>

>>24684016
"What movies do you wanna watch, Summer? Maybe we could watch another really old one again."

>>24684016
<It's not like I'm going to empty their stocks.>
Bleed out <Yet.>

>>24684016
"Sooo, what were you trying to 'change'?"

>>24684016

<I wouldn't trust myself with them either... I'll just have to make my own then!>
<The guy flirting with Ellie is Lin, he saved me from getting a face full of tazer dart. He's psionic and on the run from Armatek.>
<and the very latest in alien headwear i'm currently wearing is Serpensal, uplifted alien super circuit.>

>>24684016
<Well, if you'd rather see what I can come up with on my own...>

<It's not like I'm going to empty their stocks.> You say. <Yet.>
<That's not what I'm worried about.> She said. <It's just that buying guns is kind of... I don't know how to explain it. They're still weapons made for killing people, and that doesn't seem like... you.>

"Sooo, what were you trying to change?"
"The speed of light." Summer said. "Just a little bit. I can do it in my own dimension fine, it's just that I can't change that sort of thing in reality."
"What movies do you wanna watch, Summer? Maybe we could watch another really old one again."
"You like the old ones?" She asked, and you nodded.
"How about Lord of the Rings?" She asked. "That one's good. It's like six movies, and I've only ever seen the first one. It was remade in trid by an AI, I think, so we can watch a remastered version."

Next time we go cruising with Syra (sp), we should play this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU

>>24684174
"The Remastered Trideo OptiDisc Special Director's Cut Collector's Edition?"

>>24684181
Nah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwpn14IE7E
>>24684174
"Six? Great! That's the whole night set up then!"

>>24684174
<It's not like I'm going to go on a killing spree or anything, but there's a lot of people out there who want us dead. I want to know I've done all I can to keep my friends safe.>

>>24684174
<I don't plan on killing people, but three days in a row, we've been attacked. Void Queen & ArmaTek at the start of the week, Demiurg the next day, and ArmaTek again, today.>

>>24684174
<They're also made to kill things that kill people and I'll do anything to protect those I care about>

>>24684220
In before "that's how it always starts..."

>>24684234
You forgot Devourer-kun.

Though really, given that he survived six dozen nukes at point blank range, I don't think having any extra weapons would have helped.

>>24684220
That's how it always starts, Anon.

>>24684244
>>24684252
If Anna falls back on such a cliche response I will be quite disappointed.

>>24684174

to Anna.
<You have a good point. I just, want to do everything i can to keep the people i care about safe.>

<You have a good point. I just... I want to know I've done all I can to keep my friends safe.>
There was a pause.
<... I'll get you the launcher and the ammo.> Anna said, quietly. <I don't have one, but I can get it to you and teach you how to use it. I don't want you to get put into that kinda world, though.>

"Six? Great! that's the whole night set up then!" You say.
"Yes! Though I feel like I'm going to fall asleep instantly." Summer said. "Hey, tomorrow, I could try to teach you manifestation! All I've seen you do is a few wavery illusion thingies."

>>24684294
"Yeah! I have some stuff I want to try with TK as well. I'm gonna try using TK to make sounds by vibrating the air, and then try using it to turn invisible!"

>>24684294
<Considering what's happened, it feels like I'm already in that world>

>>24684294
"I can't wait, I've been meaning to learn some new things. I still have to beat Damien to mastering invisibility too!"

>>24684294
<Thank you. Don't worry about size, I was planning to build it into the exosuit.>

>>24684294

<I can limit it's use to big threats or to conserve stamina for when we... we finally come against the void queen.>

>>24684327
We should probably test that out. Haven't done any training today.

<Thank you. Don't worry about size, I was planning to build it into the exosuit.> You say.
<Alright.> She responded. <So you'll need one that works in zero-G. Ion propelled, maybe...>

"I can't wait. I've been meaning to learn some new things. I still have to beat Damien to mastering Invisibility, too!"
"Let's go do that after dinner, then." summer said, and took another bite.

Sarvesh came out of the kitchen, next to you, his own burgers on his abdomen. He tore off a bit with his mandibles, and started to eat. "These are rather delicious." He said. "Mind if I sit?"

>>24684427
>. I still have to beat Damien to mastering Invisibility, too!"
We did that already

>>24684427
"Go ahead! What have you been up to, Sarvesh?"

>>24684427
"Of course not, Sarvesh, take a seat."

>>24684433
Not properly, we just cheated.

I'd still like for Heather to actually learn invisibility.

>>24684446
Of course we're going to learn it, but we already won the competition.

>>24684427

"as a matter of fact, we don't."

<leaning towards ion propelled as well. I'll work on the details later, enjoy your food.>

"Of course not, Sarvesh. Take a seat."
"If I did, I would break one." Sarvesh chuckled, and scooted a dais next to the table and sat on it, starting to eat.
"What have you been up to, Sarvesh?"
"Mostly being rather boring." He said. "Playing futurecraft with pheles, doing homework, a bit of telekinesis training. There was a glitch with some of Nerull's drones, so I had to fix those up remotely."
"Remotely?"
"Yes, through the extranet." Sarvesh said. "Not using psionic powers at all. And then Robin's been trying to teach me to teleport further... but she's not the best teacher."
"Yes I am!" Robin called across the room.

>>24684568
"So you're getting on okay with her now?"

"I should probably do some training as well. It's been such a busy week."

>>24684568

"you two seem to get along rather well now, I'm glad. I never did get to meddle though, but this is fine too."

"So you're getting on okay with her now?"
"Seems so." Sarvesh said. "I think it helped when we fought devourer. She... saved my life, by disintegrating its claw. I still don't get how she does that disintegration, but she does."
"I never did get to meddle, though." You say.
"Poor you." Sarvesh said. "You can probably meddle with Ellie and that new fellow. Lin, I think he's called?"
"I should probably do some training as well. It's been such a busy week."
"Well, maybe we could all go up to one of the training rooms and see what we can do." Sarvesh said. "I'm tempted to try branching out somehow. Technopathy, or maybe manifestation. It would be interesting to manifest machines."

>>24684676
"Yeah! That would be awesome if we could get that to work. I'd never have to worry about ordering small parts again."

>>24684676

"Manifestation would suit you, you already know how most machines work on an intimate level, if you ask Summer nicely, she could teach you the basics and maybe she can gain a few new insights on machines. That way both of you might learn from each other and the scientists can get some data to pick through!"

>i hope this won't interfere with any plans we made, just thought i'd throw it out there.

>>24684676
"I could try sending you my technopathy skill if Manus lets us use that worm, Sarvesh."

"Yeah! That would be awesome if we could get that to work." You say. "I'd never have to worry about ordering small parts again!"
"Yeah, we're running out of decabulators." Sarvesh said. "I mean, nuts and bolts aren't an issue because of those component printers the drones have, but the lack of decabs make things rather bothersome."
"Manifestation would suit you, you already know how most machines work on an intimate level, if you ask Summer nicely, she could teach you the basics and maybe she can gain a few new insights on machines. That way both of you might learn from each other and the scientists can get some data to pick through!"
"Sorry I can't make those sorts of things." Summer said. "I probably could if I focused more on manifestation, but I'm branching out into... well.. Creation. No, no, that's the wrong word."

The manifestation on her back closed the book and vanished.
"Genesis. That's what I'm doing."

"... Are you okay, Summer?" Sarvesh asked.
"Mostly." Summer responded. You scritched her ears more, and she started to purr.

<Genesis. Creation. Manifestation. Interesting.> Serpensal said. <She reminds me of a Flare. Burning bright and burning out.>

>>24684776
<You've really got us figured out, Serpensal.>

"Don't burn yourself out, Summer."

>>24684776
"Shall we head to the training rooms now?"

>>24684776
<It's the 'burning out' part that worries me. She's pushing herself harder and harder because she thinks she's useless.>

>>24684776

>is she reading the bible?

<that's... worrying.>

"Just don't go and, umm, burn yourself out, okay?"
"I'm worried about you."

>some things aren't meant to be done, even if one could bend the laws of physics over a table and have their way with it.

<You've really got us figured out, Serpensal.> You say.
<Smarter than before.> Serpensal said. <The Enlightened say I should be smarter than I am. Perhaps I am, but do not recognize it.>
<It's the 'burning out' part that worries me. She's pushing herself harder and harder because she thinks she's useless.>
<No.> Serpensal said. <She's pushing herself harder and harder because of momentum. Because the faster you go, the faster you can. Every crest of every hill is something new for her. A new sunrise, a new flare.>
It paused.
<Give me to her. She is warm. And I must give her answers.> It said, after a moment. <No, questions. Give her questions.>
"Just don't go and... um, burn yourself out, okay?" You ask Summer.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Summer said.
"... I'm worried about you." You say.
"Don't be." She said. "I'll be fine. Promise. It's just... At first I did this because I thought I was useless. And then I actually started to help, and... now I... Now I want what I can do. What I can really really change if I really tried. I want to help everyone, not just my friends."

>>24684902
"Serpensal wants to sit on your head, Summer."

Float him off with TK and put him there.

>>24684902

"Serpensal would like to speak to you, if you don't mind of course?"

if she agrees, plomp him on her head, gently.

>>24684902
Put Serpensal on Summer's head.
Dude seems to know his shit.

>>24684902
"Promise? I don't want to see your catbrain leak out."

"Serpensal wants to sit on your head, Summer." You say.
"Okay!" She said, and you plomped him on her head.
"Shall we go to the training rooms now?"
"Yes, let's." Sarvesh said. He finished his last hamburger, and closed his eyes. He stuck his mandibles into his mouth, and gently touched you and Summer with his lower arms. there was a flash of light, and your ears popped- and then you were standing in the manifestation chamber. Kailyn squeaked and jumped back comically, and Summer started to giggle- and then stopped, as Serpy pulsed something at her.
"Oh! Um. Hey there! Wasn't expecting you three to just show up like this. What's up?"
"I'm just hanging out and watching these two." Summer said absentmindedly.
"Oh, you two want to try manifesting something?"
"If it's possible, yes." Sarvesh said.

>>24684996
"I wanna manifest some Decabulators!"

Rolled 31

>>24684996

not sure if we roll now, we need more decabulators

so here's a roll.

Rolled 71

>>24684996
"How should I start, Doc? I want to manifest some basic electronic thingies. Stuff that we're running low on in the workshop, mainly."

To be honest I don't really want to do manifestation, because if Alex ever touches or powers up, all our tech shit we build will be broken.

Rolled 85

>>24684996
Let's try something basic, something we understand, how about a screw

"How should I start, Doc? I want to manifest some basic electronic thingies. Stuff that we're running low on in the workshop, mainly."
"Well, from what we know of manifestation, concepts and ideas are the most important." She said. "It might be best to start with something simple that you're familiar with."
"How about a screw?"
"Yes, that would work. Climb within that sensory deprivation chamber, and put on the goggles. They'll allow you to see the inside of the container proper on a molecular scale, with a lot of computer graphics added."

You climb into the chamber, and pull on the goggles- you could see the container easily, and you could see that it was a perfect vacuum, without more than a few quivering molecules. You focus on a screw... and work to bring it into reality.
>Roll for manifestation!

Rolled 19

>>24685095

Rolled 43

>>24685095

i rolled prematurely, trying again.

>>24685095
<Roll for manifestation!
I think we already did...

Rolled 58

>>24685095

Rolled 67

>>24685095

Rolled 100

>>24685095
rollan!

>>24685126
Yay!

Rolled 55

>>24685095
nope, no manifestations here

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Rolled 88

>>24685126

>>24685126
Nice.

No more rolling from anyone, please.

>>24685126
Beautiful.

>>24685126
EVERYBODY STOP ROLLING

well, we can manifest now.

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>>24685126

Focusing your will, you try and imagine a screw, feeling it roll along your fingers, the threading designed for clasping close...

And the mass spectrometer wavered, sensing something there for a few moments, and you got a little dizzy. It was there for a moment, and started to fade...
Come on, you *know* this! You've spent your entire life with tools, components, small parts, large parts, ion drives... you live and breathe this stuff!
And then the container shook, and burst open, as screws, bolts, nuts, and decabulators spilled out, a nail and a screwdriver somewhere in the pile. You were still a little dizzy, but they were... There. Very there. Summer picked one up with her own manifestation.
"Oooh, these things aren't illusions!"

>>24685126
What kinda screw is a 100 going to make? A 4D hyperscrew?

>>24685183
"Hell yes!"

>>24685183
"Yay!"

Admire our newly created decabulators.

>>24685183
I think a dizzy 'woo~' is in order.

Rolled 63

>>24685183
"Neat now I can airdrop packages of screws and bolts onto diamurg faces"

>>24685183

with slurred words "I made science!"

then sit down and ask for energy food/drink

>>24685183
"Woo!"
Pick up all the decabulators and line them in ascending order of size.

I wonder if we've made the rare .1 inch decabulator?

>>24685227
>.1 inch decabulator
Pleb pls go.

"Hell yes!" You say, and pick through the pile, finding various components and a small, miniscule piston. They were all basic... but a moment later, you had a small, four legged drone made entirely out of manifested parts. It was entirely useless, wandering in circles, mindless without true circuits or programming.
"Woo!" You say, and cheer dizzily.
"So cool." Summer said. "You just gotta imagine them real."

And then, digging through the pile, you see something that you hadn't noticed before.

A recabulator.
But you had a three inch recabulator just... sitting there, perfectly spherical.
"... I made *science*." You say, looking down at the recabulator.
"... What." Sarvesh said. The drone continued to walk in circles.

>>24685227
1 inch and pre-cabulators are respectively myth and legend. Put your faith in SCIENCE, not fantasy

>>24685269
"I've done it. My life is complete. I've made...a recabulator."

>>24685269
"It's a... a recabulator. Finally, all my dreams have come true!"

Tear up a little, this is an emotional moment.

>>24685269

show off the recabulator "I have made the impossible."

>>24685269
Just sperge to everyone how you broke the laws of Science and created a recabulator and how awesome and scientifically important that it

Upload an image (from our eyes) on the ScienceChan

>>24685269
"Shiiiiit. I gotta use this, now!"

"I've done it. My life is complete. I've made... a recabulator." You say.
"Oh, spirits." Sarvesh said. "How did you..."
"What's up with recabulators?" Kailynn asked.
"They can't be produced at all, because the circuit needs to be broken, and then power flushed, and then repaired utterly flawlessly. It just doesn't work if it isn't made all at once. It's a logistics problem that nobody's been able to figure out. Until now." Sarvesh said.

And then you notice something. Something horrible.
"... It's three inch." Sarvesh said. "So it's..."
"Useless." You say. "Might as well be dead weight."

>>24685314
>"Fake."
>"That's just a new make of decabulator, newfag."
>"Tits or gtfo."

>>24685320
"But still. This means... I could maybe make a four inch recabulator. Or maybe even a two inch!"

>>24685320
"It's still a breakthrough. I can give it to a technology museum or something."

>>24685320
"Pfft, it's only my first attempt, soon I will master recabulators of all sizes."

>>24685320
"Let's go throw it at Alex. I want to see if it'll explode, like that pizza."

>>24685320

keep it as a memento or a family heirloom.

>we can also post it on an anonymous Extranet image board and watch the reactions.

>>24685361
It will just vanish. It's a normal manifestation, not pulled from a pocket universe. Way to pointlessly destroy the universe's first and only recabulator, moron.

>>24685361

I'd much rather not risk our little prize getting blown up. he can try on the other stuff.

>also, not on the adorably retarded droid.

>>24685406
We need to talk to our retard-droid.

>>24685320
It will at least be of use to the scientists and researchers.

We can sell it to a university somewhere.

>>24685393
>>24685328
>>24685314
>The only way that Future/sci/ pays attention to recabulators/decabulators is when it's pic related for a picture of a decabulator stuck in some chick's cleavage. Even then, they just use it as an excuse to shitpost. Future/sci/ has taken a large downturn.
"But still. This means... I could maybe make a four inch recabulator! Or maybe even a two inch! And I can give it to a technology museum or something."
"Maybe." Sarvesh said.
"Anyway, it should be your turn now." Summer said. "Go go!"
"Alright, alright." Sarvesh said, and made his way into the chamber. Kailynn hit a few keys, and Sarvesh slipped on the goggles, and focused...

And a small, incredibly simple circuit appeared, and wavered slightly. It looked right...
Sarvesh connected it to some of the parts you'd created, and then frowned.
"It's a dud." He said. "It looks right, but it's not conductive at all."

>>24685452
"Aww. But you got the shape right, so the conductivity won't take too much!"

>>24685452
So you've the electronics but not the chemistry?
Try again, you're almost there. Do something more mechanical.

>>24685452
Hug crabcake

>>24685452
Aww. Next time, try rolling a 100.

>>24685452
"It's a good start though, you'll get it."

We need to talk to our little manifested droid too.

<Hey there little guy.>

Rolled 19

lets try altering something that already exists! Make Sarvesh's circuit work!

>>24685522
No. We can't alter.

>>24685452

>aww, and we have such a great bust to do it...
>eh. I'll get over it.

"you got the shape right and at least its tangible."

>we talk to the siple droid.
>all it says is "Herpadurr"
it doesn't have circuitry but we could potentially manipulate it, like that piston may back in the beginning.

"Aww. but you got the shape right, so the chemistry won't take too much!"
"Good point." Sarvesh said. He focused on it, and pushed it away- it vanished. "...Huh. You got to like.. unimagine it."
"It's a good start, though, you'll get it." You say.
"Alright!" He said, and climbed in again.

You look over to the droid.
<Hey there, little guy.> You tell it.
<Yip! Yip!> It barked, and panted. It acted strangely like a dog- not smart enough to do anything except understanding simple commands.

Another circuit appeared, and Sarvesh connected it again- and a lightbulb lit up on it.
"Success!" He said.

>>24685551
"Hooray!" Hug the crabcake
"The drone's a doggy!"

>>24685551
Excellent!

Try Demanifestating something we've created. A screw, or the robot.

>>24685551
Sweet, we got a droid-puppy!

"Nice one, Sarvesh!"

Hug time.

>>24685551
Station-wide announcement.

<RoboDog up for adoption. See Heather for details.>

"Sit!"

I made a dogbot!

>>24685551

applaud

"you picked that up quite fast."

>>24685577
>trying to demanifest the robot.
Nigga I hope you aren't serious.

>>24685594
100% super serious.
It isn't cute enough, we need to try again.

>>24685613
>Murdering Heather's child because it isn't good enough.
You sicken me.

>>24685613

>It isn't cute enough

you're words are strange and alien when put together in that sentence...

>>24685633
It's obviously the same guy who wanted to kill Bob.

Guys

GUYS

WHAT IF WE TOOK EINSTEIN

GUYS

WHAT IF WE TOOK EINSTEIN AND GAVE HIM MECHADENDRITES?

>>24685669
Didn't we do that already?

>>24685704
We gave him dastardly manipulators.

<"Sit!"> You call, and the drone sat on it's butt- technically something it wasn't designed to do, but it worked nonetheless, if you ignore one of the screws unscrewing themselves. It wasn't very cute... but you could fix that with more parts.
"You picked that up quite fast." You say.
"So did you." Sarvesh said.
"Both you guys are doing awesome!" Summer said.
"Yep!" Kailynn added.
"Now for my turn." Summer said. "Thanks, Serps, I'll try that."
"No problem. Anticipation. Curiosity. Science." He said. Kailynn's eyebrows rose when she saw it, and Summer walked to the far end of the room, where there was no chamber.

Then she closed her eyes, and glowing yellow cracks appeared on the ground.

A droplet fell from her nose, and the cracks started to open up, revealing brick-
"Stop, stop, summer!" Kailynn said.
"Hm?" Summer asked, looking up.
"You've been overworking yourself. Sit down."
"But-"
"Sit. Down." Kailynn said, an authoritive tone entering her voice. You'd never heard the normally bubbly green-haired doctor quite like this, save the time you had radiated yourself rather badly.
"Yes ma'am." Summer said, and sat. Kailynn started putting sensors on the tiger, and handed her a large pill to take.

>>24685728
<Please, Summer, just slow down a bit.>

>>24685728
"Yo Doc, is it okay if I try practicing my invisibility thing here?"

>>24685728
<Summer, I know you want to get better, but I don't want you to hurt yourself, please just slow down a little.>

>>24685728
Ah ha! Gotcha!
Now it's official and on record: Summer is overworked.
No more nosebleeds!

>>24685728
Sit next to her, regain our strength and hug.

>>24685728

it was inevitable.

>and now we'll get chewed out for letting her go on like this for so long.
>we deserve some of it.

we should be a little more strict about these things.

>>24685728
"Again, Summer? I'm the one who's supposed to doople their brains from their nose. Not you."

<Summer, I know you want to get better, but I don't want you to hurt yourself. Please, just slow down a little.>
"I was so close!" She grumbled, but Kailynn shushed her. You sit down next to her, and hug her.
"Again, Summer? I'm the one who's supposed to doople their brains from their nose. Not you."
"Yeah, I thought it would be fine." She said. "If I was careful."
"Again? This has happened before?"
"Just a little earlier today." Summer said.
Kailynn just sighed. "You know, your own safety is more important than our research."
"I'm not doing this for your research, you know." Summer said.
Kailynn just sighed again, and looked at the displays.
"Do you two know of anyone else that has had this happen?"

>>24685859
"Robin did, when she used the TK I gave her. And uh, I did, when we needed to repair the ship after we took a nasty laser blast."

>>24685859
"Just Robin, when she learned TK. She got over that pretty quickly though."

>>24685859
Damian as well when his sister was in trouble. But I sent him to the medbay when we figured out a way to save her so you probably know aobut it.

>>24685859
I sent Damien here after the Lambda incident, and again when he was having trouble saving his sister.
Sarvesh's eyes dribbled when he stopped Suya from crashing, but Theta fixed it up.
You know about Robin.

I think that's everything I know about.

>>24685859
"sarvesh did, he teleported the whole of Surya, but we had Theta on hand to fix it, Robin does from time to time when she uses TK, and damien did when we saved his sister"

>>24685859

Robin when we learned her to use TK, Damien when uh, the thing happened but we sent him to the med bay.

<quick check up! has anyone on station had any Psionic or 'trick' related nosebleeds or other side effects? if so, report to Kailynn as soon as you can!>

"Robin, when she learned TK. She got over that pretty quickly, though."
"Yes, she came to me about it, and I told her to cool down on things a bit." She said. "It's interesting, though- it suggests that they can only do their own specialization perfectly."
"And Damien as well, when his sister was in trouble. But I sent him to the medbay when we figured out a way to save her, so you probably know about it."
"... No, I didn't." She said. "He never came by."
"And Sarvesh's eyes dribbled when he stopped Surya from crashing, but Theta fixed it up."
"And you didn't think to come see me either?" Kailynn asked Sarvesh.
"I'd assumed Theta knew what he was doing." Sarvesh said.
"I'll need to check you too, and I'll need to hunt down Damien."
"Here's the trick to catching him." Summer said. "Focus on looking in one area, and he'll sense that's where you're going- then change your mind and go to the opposite place."

>>24685966
Yeah, but he's getting better. I think he'll have heard us planning.

We could split up, and make sure there's nowhere for him to run?

>>24685966
"I also experienced partial brain leakage when combining TK with Technopathy."

>>24685966

"he's probably looking at our conversation right now."

focus on nothing in particular and pout

"You promised to get yourself checked... Damien." POUT LIKE THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

>>24685966
"You could just get Sarvesh to tele-grab him, you know."

>>24685966
Or we could just find Robin...

>Two and a half threads without dropping the trip
Keep it up OP

I just had a very nasty thought for the devourer... give him Phasing, now the VQ can't tie him down and if its complete enough, nuke him either.

>>24685966
<Robin, get Damien to us, please.>

>>24686076
Got the right quest this time, eh.

>>24686076
>Yep! Look at my awesome trip!

"Yeah, but he's getting better. I think he'll have heard us planning." You say.
"Yep." Damien said, and walked in through the doorway, hands in his pockets.
"YOU." Kailynn said, and snagged his shirt, storming out of the room and dragging him to medbay.
"Well. That was a thing." Summer said.

>>24686100
>if this is exa
"wow, he gave in way to easy this time..."

>>24686065
don't jinx thingsdammit

>>24686100
>Hehehe, whoops, DROPPED MY TRIP
>Also, meant to link to >>24686065.

>>24686100
"Take me to the TK room, Sarvesh! I want to go invisible!"

>>24686100

>Exa?
>looking kinda bold there.

"well, you better get to Med bay as well Sarvesh or you'll risk getting dragged by an angry doctor."

>>24686146
Not cool.
>>24686100
Movies?

Ya lets try invisibility next!

"Wow, he gave in way too easily this time."
"Maybe he figured it would be easier if he didn't even try to run." Summer said.
"And you better get to medbay as well, Sarvesh, or you'll risk getting dragged by an angry doctor."
"I'd like to see that." Sarvesh said, and chuckled.
"I think she has a forklift somewhere."
"... Good point." Sarvesh said, and vanished into blue light.
"So, Movies?"
"Well, how are you feeling?" Summer said. "You could try that invisible thing you were talking about."
"Alright." You say.
"Just stand over there. They made an empty space so I can manifest environments. It has all the sensors and stuff." Summer said. You walk to the empty space, close your eyes, and focus...

>Roll for photokinesis!

Rolled 76

>>24686255
PLANTS AHOY!

Rolled 61

>>24686255

Rolled 8

>>24686255
Check it.

Rolled 60

>>24686255

Rolled 33

>>24686255
Now you see me.

Rolled 86

>>24686255
Look mum, I'm photosynthesising!

Rolled 63

.

Rolled 92

>>24686255

>>24686255
check my 1s

>>24686255
rollan

Rolled 36

>>24686255
nope it seem like we cant

Rolled 11

>>24686255
Let the photons flow around us.

Nudge them out of the way.

Rolled 1

>>24686255

Rolled 28

>>24686255

Rolled 72

>>24686317
ahem

Rolled 57

>>24686323
Ah, shit.

Rolled 76

>>24686323
is that really a d100

Rolled 8

>>24686323
Ya blew it.

>>24686323
Sigh.

Rolled 62

>>24686323
Yes! I'm not constantly rolling 100's now!

Rolled 25

>>24686323
Fuck.

>>24686323
FUCK, MAN

Rolled 51

>>24686255
check my nat 1

Rolled 24

>>24686323
Why, anon.

Rolled 42

>>24686323
seems to legit dammit

>>24686255
>>24686323
"Guess I'll be going to the medbay too."

I seriously doubt there's this many active players.
Samefagging isn't cool, bros.

Dammit guys, when you roll 10 dice that 1/100 chance goes to 1/10.

retards.

Rolled 26

>>24686323
Remember what happened with biokinesis?

I don't think we'll be turning invisible. Ever.

nat 100 powers go

Rolled 64

>>24686364
hue hue

>>24686371
Not much we can do considering people are multiple rolling.

>>24686379
We just blinded ourself

"You cant see me if I cant see you!"

Rolled 3

trying again

Rolled 49

>>24686379
well we did get better at one power so it was bound to happen

>>24686323
Stuff like this is kind of why I'm hesitant about rolling at all. Best of three, or even five, excluding crits is much more consistent.

Rolled 43

>>24686370
Firstly: That isn't samefagging. Samefagging is when you pretend to be someone else. People are just rolling dice.
Secondly: 20 is a perfectly reasonable number of active players.

Rolled 78

>>24686438
but where is the fun in that

Light warped around you, and you felt it creating a strange bubble... and Summer's eyes widened.
"That looks so weird!" she said. "You're all... wobbly. And transparent."

You take a deep breath, and focus more, edging into it... And then your skin burns, badly, and you hiss loudly. Your body was on fire, burning, and you quickly tear your way away from the ability- and you were on fire. You screamed.

Summer pounced on you, and you fell into the water, somewhere, your skin burned badly. Steam shot up around you, and you found yourself blacking out.

You wake up bandaged, and Summer was leaning over you. You were in a dark, creaking, wooden room, and her head was bobbing.

A drop of blood fell from her nose.
And then she collapsed.

Promptly, one of the walls of the strange wooden room you were in vanished, becoming grey fog.
The room was vanishing, slowly. There was only one door out, and blood was pooling from Summer's nose.

And then she promptly vanished into fog as well.

Rolled 90

well fuck me side ways

>>24686453
Cool.

>>24686445
Not when the archive votes are usually at 10 - 11.

Rolled 35

>>24686453
Fuck. Manifest something akin to a floor.

>>24686453
I don't really know what to do here. Not sure I really care, either.

Rolled 59

>>24686453
Use TK to try to lift her out the door.

Rolled 46

gghghfvf shieeeeet

>>24686492
She's not there.
I think this is some sort of mind journey thing

>>24686453
Get out that fucking door. NOW.

>>24686479
Who gives a shit about archive votes?

>>24686453

>ffffffffffffffffff

<S-summer?!>

is the door disappearing as well?

>>24686453
Okay OP, if you're going to take every 1 or 100 that comes up even if it's past the roll cutoff, then the chance of critical success or failure becomes a variable dependent on player count, and number of active rolls, which encourages errant and repeated rolling. I know it's your quest and you can do what you want, but you should strongly consider sticking to your cutoff (wherever that is) in the future.

Just my two cents.

>>24686517
Because they give a reasonable representation of the playerbase?

>>24686525
No they don't. They give a representation of people who read it in the archives afterwards.

>>24686453
And suddenly we're stuck in Psilent Hill.

Rolled 61

>>24686453
i dunno lol

>>24686525
Except that they don't. Not everyone can be arsed to go vote on every thread ever, I sure as hell can't.

>>24686557
So where were all these players at the beginning of the thread? Even accounting for the 2-4 players who only contribute when rolling, there's about a dozen or so more replies (Mostly rolls) to that one post than anywhere earlier in the thread. It's not plausible that a dozen or more players all happened to join at that exact moment.

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>>24686569
>Psilent Hill

Rolled 36

>>24686453
Oh hell no we will anchor that pussy to reality, right the Fuck now.

>>24686524
>That's a good point. As it is, the cutoff for non-crit rolling is the first three.

You sit up, tearing off your bandages- they were perfectly healed, though your clothing was rather badly singed- and you looked out around the room. It looked like some sort of cabin of a ship, though the walls and floor were slowly melting into fog.
The ship creaked, and tilted, and you bolted out the door, slamming it shut behind you.
The moment you got through, you were in some sort of glade, flowers across the field, and in the distance was an oak tree, a tower, and a strange, open door.
The tower shuddered, and burst into fog- as the sky slowly, carefully started to go grey as well. Behind you, the ship- which was landed in the glade- melted away into a dark red fog. Everything sped up- then slowed down- and sped up again, as the wind stopped blowing entirely. Gravity grew light, and you didn't know what to do.
So you bolted toward the open door.

You slammed to the ground somewhere, and your head hurt, badly. Opening your eyes, you see Kailynn working hard, flicking an IV, and grabbing and mixing an assortment of drugs.

You were entirely unharmed, you realize, as you sit up.

Summer was lying on the bed, unconscious, strapped up to all of the machinery in the medbay.
"Heather!" Damien said. "You're back! It's been an hour. We ... couldn't find you." He and Sarvesh were sitting at the side, and Sarvesh pulled you away from the working doctor.

>>24686593
People lurk. More than two people. It's not plausible that all those rolls coming in within a couple of minutes had a very large component of samefagging when there's a 30 second cooldown before you can post again.

>>24686593
What?
Many many players are not interested in half of what happens in the quest, either the action, or the romance, or the discussions, or whatever. But when a roll comes up, anyone can participate.
Even lazy fucks who just read, they roll too, sometimes.

>>24686628
Seems like every time someone almost dies as a result of Psionics, it's either Heather, or it's someone trying to fix Heather's fuckups.

Girl is a liability.

>>24686628
Damien! How is Summer?
She threw me into her manifested place. Then she vanished and everything went wibbly.

>>24686593
I don't know about you, but I don't post every time - probably only ~1/3rd to 1/4th of the time at most, sometimes only once or twice throughout the thread if there are enough replies to keep things going, and popular choices match mine. On the other hand I roll almost every time one is required. Not hard to imagine a lot of people are the same.

>>24686628
<THETA, TIGER DOWN, REPEAT TIGER DOWN IN THE MEDBAY OH SHIT, OH SHIT>

>>24686628

>there's the paranoia I've come to know and hate again.

"testing out photokinesis, burned really badly, Summer banda- Summer!"

>>24686628
Summer you TigerButt! Kaylinn is there to fix us up, so you didn't need to burn yourself out fixing me all on your own!

>>24686628
Summer put me into her world and healed me... then when she lost consciousness she left I stayed behind. After the reality started disapearing. I'm glad exitting through the door got me out.

>>24686677
You know what's a much more appropriate action that isn't stupid? "Kaylinn, do you need me to fetch Theta?"

>>24686665
Them's the breaks when you're bent on doing SCIENCE to anything and everything.

>>24686628
We're PROBABLY feeling pretty guilty about yammering on and on about Summer not pushing herself, and then immediately turning around and putting her in a situation where she has to do so to keep us from spontaneously combusting from going invisible too hard(!?).

>>24686628
"Summer put me in her pocket dimension thing and then she passed out and it started dissolving around me and I had to try and get out by myself and it was really scary."

>>24686691
On that: "How long has Summer been here? She has been messing about with time flow, she said."

>>24686706
>Them's the breaks when you're the only psion who can nat1.

Fixed that for you.

"Damien!" You say. "How is Summer?"
Damien didn't say anything.
"I can't see." He said. "I can't see what's happening. It's a blind spot, or a crossroads, or... Something."

"Kailynn, do you need me to fetch Theta?"
"Yes." She responded, holding Summer still.
<Theta! Tiger down in the medbay! Oh shit, oh shit>

Not long later, Theta went sprinting down into the room, hair tied up.
"Where do you need me?"
"I need you to make some Ghizopsylobin for me, and do what you can for her brain tissue."
"Right." Theta said, and hovered a hand over a beaker- something appeared in it, then he moved to Summer's head.

Damien took a deep breath. <She'll be fine.> He said. <I can see it now. She might- *might* be able to watch movies with you tonight, even. Just don't tell either of them. If they think her life isn't at risk, they won't try as hard.>

>>24686809
"Summer...."
Hold her tail.

>>24686809
"Why do things always go wrong around me?"

Rolled 43

>>24686809
rolin to go back in time to stop oursleves doing the invisble thing

>>24686809
<Thank you, Damien.>

Keep looking concerned, as he said, we don't want to tip them off.

>>24686809
<Thank you Damien... I wish I knew why I keep on doing this. I'm also keep on putting Summer in danger.>

>>24686809
Whimper

>>24686809
"I am the worst friend."
Hold her tail, whimper

>>24686809

<I won't... not until she's gotten better. I will *not* risk meddling with this.>
<thank you.>

"we were testing Photokenesis, i got burned badly and the next thing i know Summer treated me and collapsed, I spent the last hour inside her pocket dimension."

>>24686809
Well I guess you win that bet, Damien. I forfeit.

>>24686899
Not the time.

>>24686899
No.

>>24686809
Welp! Time to have a mental breakdown from self-conflict between our desire to improve ourselves, and our regret that this is the second time we've endangered someone because we fucked up learning a new power.

<Thank you, Damien.> You say, and gently touch her tail.
It coiled around your hand, and you whimper.

"Now slow her heart rate, and disconnect her brainstem."
"Done."

"We were testing photokinesis, I got burned badly, and next thing I know, Summer treated me, and collapsed. I spent the last hour inside her pocket dimension." You say, and Damien took your hand and squeezed it.

"... Alright." Kailynn said, and took a step away. "That... should be it."

"I'm the worst friend."
"She's had this coming for days, according to the scans." Kailynn said. Her eyes were dark, and she pulled you into a tight hug. "I didn't pay enough attention. Not enough sleep, too much damage... Next time she did anything, this would've happened. It is NOT your fault. It's mostly mine, for not noticing this earlier."

>>24686927
why not?

>>24686943
>Someone
Surely you mean
>Summer
>Again
Well, it was technically her panicking the first time, Bob wasn't being aggressive until she jumped in.

>>24686965
You should talk to Max, and set up mandatory weekly medical checks.

>>24686965
I noticed she was tired all the time. Maybe if I had mentioned this sooner... but its been so busy lately.

But thats only an excuse.

>>24686965
Wait, wheres the little crystal dude?

>>24687021
Good question, where *is* Serpy?

>>24686965

"don't say that, I should have convinced her to get a check up after noticing her fatigue" hug her back, let's both be guilty for a moment.

where did Serpensal go off to?

"I noticed she was tired all the time." You say. "Maybe if I had mentioned this sooner..."
"It's not your fault." Kailynn said. "It's hers."
"She'll be fine." Theta said. "It's all reconstructed now, and she could wake up any time. I'm going to force her to fall asleep if she doesn't start sleeping at night. Just come get me, alright?"
"I will." Kailynn said.
"Where did Serpensal go to?"
"I am down here." Serpensal said, and you saw him climb out from under the bed.
<... She hasn't burned brightly yet. Too early to burn out.>
"She'll be okay." Damien said. "I can see her waking up, but can't tell when."

>>24687115

pick up Serpy and put him on our chest again.

"I'd like to be there for her when she wakes up."

we could introduce Serpy and Omni while we wait.

>which will likely cause more trouble...
>ffffffffshit.

then again, he might be able to help Omni deal with being a hyper computer.

>>24687115
Einstein, Keep an eye on Summer, and call me as soon as she wakes up.

Kailynn, can you check me over? I think I'm alright, but who knows what Summer did.

Did you get checked, Damien?

>>24687207
Just saying, the comment about Summer comes off a tad... mean?

>>24687115
Stay with Summer until she wakes up, Heather's still got to be feeling like this is her fault after all, whatever Kailynn might say.

"Einstein, keep an eye on Summer, and call me as soon as she wakes up." You say. "Kailynn, can you check me over? I think I'm alright, but who knows what Summer did."
"I'll take a look." She said. "Sit down there."
You hug Serpy close to you, and sit down, while Kailynn fits sensors on your head and brow.
"... Woah." Theta said. "... That's pretty impressive."
"What?" Kailynn asked.
"Heather had second degree burns over parts of her body, and Summer patched her up entirely. Like.. as well as I would have."

>Lying there, unconscious, you lay, while Summer looked you over.
>"... That isn't good. Isn't good." She said, and focused.
>A Manifested Theta appeared, and put his hand over your skin...

You open your eyes, trying to shake off your Perfect Recall.
"You look okay." Kailynn said.

>>24687261
Eh? I'm just trying to stay by her side but still not have to be there?
Please tell me how, so I can avoid it in future.

>>24687283
That because it was you.. she somehow manifested a you to heal me.

>>24687283
Oh. OH.

She didn't know what to do. Manifested a Theta.
But when she manifests a psion, they use her psionics, and she doesn't know how to use Biokinesis.

Is that what she's been practicing? Disciplines she doesn't know how to use?
That's dangerous!

>>24687283
Let's not them how.

>>24687283

"she... manifested a perfect copy of Theta to heal me."

>>24687283
"She manifested a you."

>>24687283
"...She manifested you, Theta. She made a fake you to heal me. How is that even possible?"

>>24687283
mumble "It's just like the wand... She Manifested a medium that focused her powers."

>>24687301
I'm willing to bet that as long as she doesn't know that, or while she actively ignores it, she can use the psionics.

Conceptual issues and all that. Makes me wonder, what if the reason the artificials can use their power perfectly is because they believe they can?

>>24687463
Quick Heather, believe really hard that you're god!

>>24687301
It's like the Wand. It forces her to use the power to make the 'creation' function for real.

"... She manifested you, Theta. She made a fake you to heal me. How is that even possible?"
"... It's her world." Sarvesh said, after a moment. "It would obey the rules that makes sense to her."
Kailynn paused, and grabbed a notebook, scribbling.
"Did you get checked too, Damien?"
"Yeah." He said. "I didn't see what was going on until you'd already vanished... Sorry." He said.

Theta sat down, and relaxed next to you. "I can feel her brain starting up. I'm keeping her unconscious for now, but she *will* be fine."

>>24687501
That's what Summer is doing!

Rolled 9

>>24687522
Try to turn invisible again.
We shouldn't waste Summer's sacrifice.

>>24687571
How about NO, and we wait to try again until everyone is rested and okay?

>>24687571
No, get fucked.

>>24687522

"thank goodness."

>sleep time!

let's lay off the invisibility for now, might want to see if we can incorporate it in to our exosuit instead.

>>24687522
"Thank you, Theta. It seems like every time I try to improve my psionics, someone suffers for it."

>>24687571
I hope you get Demanifested.

"Thank you, Theta." You say. "It seems like every time I try to improve my psionics, someone suffers for it."
"Well.. just come grab me whenever you're trying something new." He said, and shrugged. "I can heal you if something goes wrong, and if you make sure there's nobody else there, they won't be all self-sacrificing." He said.

You sit back in your chair, and after Sarvesh and Damien say their goodbyes, you continue to sit there, Summer's tail coiled around your wrist. Kailynn was currently looking at data silently, and theta was tapping his- or her- feet, waiting.

"... You want me to do the cat ears and tail thing?" He asked. "The one you asked me about before. Or, uh, more UV eyes? Or something? I just wanna cheer you up a bit."

>>24687730
"I dunno... but UV eyes ARE pretty cool."

>>24687730
sure might as well give summer a little happy surprise when she wakes up, she looks like she could use another cat to play with

>>24687730
"Catgirl would be a nice surprise for Summer when she wakes up."

>>24687730
why not both? I need to do SOMETHING to so I won't worry about her...

>where is serpensal

I don't suppose you could give more a more resilient brain?

But I like the UV eyes. Seeing more is always great.

>>24687789
(me a more.)

Dunno how my fingers typed more twice.

>>24687730
It's okay, I'm fine.

I'm just trying to figure out what went wrong.

Hey, can you make me some extra tentacles and things? Psuedopods!

>>24687730
"Well, I guess the cat ears and tail thing might cheer me up. Maybe."

>>24687730
Tiger ears and tail! Maybe eyes too.

>>24687782
Second

>>24687782
"We're going to watch movies right Meow!"

"I don't suppose you could give me a more resilient brain?"
"Sorry, but no." He said.
"Catgirl would be a nice surprise for Summer when she wakes up." You say.
"Alright." He said, and weaved his fingers, cracking them. Then he closed his eyes, and focused.

The first thing you noticed was that you couldn't hear anything anymore.
The second was that you could suddenly see movement much, much easier. Moving objects stuck out, while the stationary ones faded into the background. Colors tweaked slightly, and everything seemed brighter.
Then your spine enlongated, and you felt nearly half of it sticking out around your butt. You felt it start to wiggle itself.
And finally, you could hear again. It was as if you could focus your hearing different directions at will, hearing them with much more fidelity than normal.

<Very interesting.> Serpensal, and snuggled closer into your chest.
You felt something rub your lower, wiggling spine, and it felt like someone itching your hair. Shivers went up your back, and look back to see Theta tickling a brown, wriggling tail.
"Sup." He said. "How's this?"
He scratched your head- and your ear flicked involuntarily. "Looks like your nervous system's working right. How's your sight?"

>>24687937
"Meow."

>>24687937
"It's nyat what I'm used to, cat's for sure."

>>24687937
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