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...
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-...
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...
“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...
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...
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...