Choose your Path

Ætherglow #402

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2254-12-10 14:01:55 Aydan > they have ÆON.

2254-12-10 14:02:01 Zeta > *what?!*

2254-12-10 14:02:03 明子 > who’s they??

2254-12-10 14:02:07 Aydan > I don’t knowww it happened while I was ætherside and I surfaced and the device is...

Ætherglow #403

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2254-12-10 14:04:30 Ætherglow > the last thing ÆON said to me was about 5, maybe 7 knows something

2254-12-10 14:04:34 Ætherglow > stand by, I’ll try and gather more information before we engage

You switch to 7’s chat.

2254-12-10 14:04:39 Aydan > 7

2254-...

Ætherglow #405

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Her pink eyes watch you as the door slides closed. You want to rush in, confront her, get answers. But you suppress the impulse.

2254-12-10 14:10:07 7 > Don’t.

She messages you as the heavy door slams shut with a clash of metal.

“Aydan!” Zeta calls...

Ætherglow #406

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“Every lock can be picked,” you say. Staring up at the echo of 7’s avatar through space and æther, everything else dissolves away. Your mind follows the radiant pathways tracing a river of light through valleys of resonance, connecting you to your...

Ætherglow #407

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You don’t think you know chaos theory half as well as 7. But maybe a construct you created does--you launch your familiar program. The little creature manifests, invisible to your eyes but circling around you in the local network, fluttering on its...

Ætherglow #408

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Your empathic sense feels overwhelming--you understand her--you know you can still get through to her.

“7! I know how it is, beholden to the will of a mother who only sees you as a tool! A weapon! A thing to possess and use!”

You stumble forward...

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You think your best chance is to incapacitate her before she can launch a cyberattack.

Your hands are pinned down, and you couldn’t hope to overcome her strength--but this close to the center of the colony she weighs almost nothing. You wait for the...