Flash_Guardian laughs at the conjured mental images during the joke ... his eyes go wide at the punchline, and he stifles his laughter with a hand, hiding his red face.

LoX just chuckles at Flash's reaction. "Yep. That's the Boy Scout I remember. So, guy....are ya ready?"

[Flash_Guardian] The boy just cocks his head to the side, sending Devaine another telepathic response. "Survival. That's what Gregoran always told me."

Bida beams at seeing Flash laughing again. She snuggles a little closer, their hands still entwined, then she steps back to where she was, still holding his hand, so that he will hopefully be comforted if he gets upset.

Flash_Guardian looks sideways to Bida, smiling, then back to LoX. "Yeah, I'm ready now."

Devaine_Hawk nods , “I remember in my visions he told Lydia that all of your very existence depended on you being finished , but without offensive capabilities how did they expect you to survive ? Was it Jester that attacked you or someone or something else ?“ he asks .

LoX stretches a hand out to Flash, palm upwards and fingers open. "Then take m'hand, mate. Let's see if we can't clear a few cobwebs, eh?"

Bida looks at LoX, her eyes revealing her worry, but her face remaining calm, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

LoX winks at Bida, then offers a bright grin. "Just hold onto 'im for dear life, lass. If not for him, maybe for you? He'll be safe in my hands." His tone is gentle and reassuring, a certain mellowness that radiates compassion. "I'll get 'im back in one piece, 'kay?"

Flash_Guardian takes a deep, steadying breath, then places his hand in LoX's and closes his eyes, his thoughts turning inward. The boy seems content to simply stand there and observe.

Bida smiles wanly and nods.

LoX 's eyes flare into a brilliantly vibrant azure/amber mixture, casting most of the shadows on the bridge into bright lights, the very air about his form curdling from the sudden exertion of his hidden power. At once, Flash would feel an almost overpowering persona dwelling within the vacant spaces of his own mental process, though a certain comfort is sent to him, empathically. First, a frayed memory slips past his inner 'view', first, gobbled up, then placed beside a second one. Gah...all I see are bits and pieces...let's just say that this 'Jester' didn't do a clean job of it. Just kinda wiped out your main function.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] The boy replies, "They build me to do anything. They just never finished me."

Bida looks at Triad, thinking again, 'did you dream of him again?' to herself

Flash_Guardian stumbles backward slightly, but keeps one hand on LoX's and the other's on Bida's, his expression strange, though not one of discomfort.

Devaine_Hawk nods , “so what can we do to help finish you other than what Glyniss did for your engines ,‘ he smiles for the briefest of seconds and his eyes flash brighter , “and what are the chances when we do I can go with you on a little joy ride ?“

[Flash_Guardian] The boy smiles, continuing his telepathic conversation with Devaine.

Glyniss_McMasters limps over to one of the seats they had find ...metal clicking with every step before she settles into one of them...her own resting on the arms of the chair as she begins to relax a little

LoX inhales sharply, the sound radiated a thousandfold by the constant flow of pure psychokinesis flowing throughout his form. A vacant spot is selected, then LoX begins to simply create a memory, one involving a boisterous night in the Mainhall, a group of friends laughing at each other's antics, root beer stolen by the case, as a young Ash Elf looks on with vague disapproval. LoX singing parodies and playing an old guitar at the same time, accompanied by a lovely young blonde elven girl. The memory shifts again, a night in another bar, Jesse's, a wild woman and a fight, Flash cooking in the kitchen while Jesse argues with a woman with a baby. The memory shifts once again, Dev's face and name committed to memory, along with Bida's and his own. A bead of sweat pops out along his temple, then trails down his cheek, much like a single tear. Then he pops his eyes open, the unearthly lights fading from them, his hand dropping from Flash's. "You know who we are, mate?"

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] "There are plenty of unfinished projects for you to continue ... I was built by many different kinds of people. Wizards, priests, craftsmen and women, scientists, psionicists and cyborgs. My navigation systems are still intact, except for the spatial and temporal drivers, but we'll need to wait until we can unbury me before I'm going anywhere."

Devaine_Hawk chuckles out loud , a rare sound from him , and blows smoke up at the ceiling , “well we have to get on those projects and get you dug up then , I’m so looking forward to buzzing the White House in you “ he tells the boy. “where can I start ?”

Flash_Guardian opens his eyes, a new sense of clarity in them. "You're ... Sensei?" he blinks, then looks around at everyone else in the room. "Dev ... Bida ..." He smiles in fond remembrance. "I do know you!" He looks at Devaine and LoX. "I remember us going to pubs and hanging out, drinking root beer ..."

LoX grins, his white teeth in sharp contrast with his golden-toned skin. "Good t'have y'back, mate. Not everything's gonna come back quickly...but we'll be here to help you along, a'ight?"

Bida smiles widely at Flash, squeezing his hand almost painfully tight, before releasing it and hugging him (permission granting)

[Flash_Guardian] The boy shrugs at Devaine, grinning and speaking aloud now that Devaine has also. "I dunno. Rej always told me I was full of potential. Where would you like to start?"

Devaine_Hawk snaps his head over to the sound of Flash’s voice , “it worked !!” he rushes across to pound him on the back “good to see ya boy scout !!”

Flash_Guardian gets his hand squeezed, and returns the hug eagerly, cradling his head on Bida's shoulder. He gets his back slapped, lifting his head just enough to shoot a grinning glare back at Devaine. "You know I hate it when you call me that."

Devaine_Hawk grins as the guilt lifts off his shoulders like a ten ton weight, and his eyes flash even brighter , “of course I know , why do you think I do it all the time ?”

Bida sighs in relief as she mildly senses Devaine's relief.

Glyniss_McMasters smiles a hand rising as a finger flicks back the stetson....nodding slightly glad to see things working out at last

LoX just sort of fades to the background, a small smile on his face. There's life in this old hyrbid yet...and many more chances left to prove himself once again. A small bolt of energy sparks in one eye, turning it brilliant amber for a moment before it too, fades to nothingness.

Devaine_Hawk grins over at Lox , “thanks , I mean it , looks like team desperado is back together , “ he laughs he doesn’t worry to much about the mention of the team , it being an inside joke that the women won’t have any idea about .

Aiza walks warily into the room with everyone in it and nods a greeting to Bida.

[Flash_Guardian] The boy suddenly cocks his head to one side. "Wait ... here's something, Devaine ... accessing ..." The boy seems to think for a moment, then concentrates. The main screen at the far side of the bridge quickly winks on and lights up, displaying various schematics and information. "Project Guardian ... temporal manipulation ..."

Devaine_Hawk pats the rifle slung across his back , and looks to Flash “so , ready to kick Jesters ass ?” before turning to Triad ,then to the screen , “that gives me an idea ….”

LoX offers a quick smile at Devaine. "Team Desperado? Nothing but a memory, Dev. Here's to the New Guardians." A wink, followed by a chuckle.

Flash_Guardian turns, beaming at the others who have come into the room, seeming to be a couple steps closer to normal. More details light up on the main screen ... "Energy distortion at sub-plane 626 ... Rakhias monsters of the Telmore icewinds ... Stasis chamber malfunction ... psi training ... midnight in the garden of roses ..." The boy seems confused. "What is this?"

Flash_Guardian grins at that. "The new Guardians ... I like it." He then turns and looks at the words and information being displayed on the main screen of the bridge, head tilting to the side as he tries to make sense of it all.

Aiza raises an eyebrow at Devaine, 'is he thinking what I think he's thinking?'

Devaine_Hawk watches the screen as his eyes flash brighter and brighter , his photographic memory recording all the information as he speaks “temporal manipulation…time stream tinkering …time travel…it might just work .” he whispers ,

Bida hears Devaine, and walks to his side, her eyes glued to the screen, "not a bad idea, but will it work?"

Devaine_Hawk continues to watch the screen , before turning to Triad , “you don’t know I sure as hell don’t know “

LoX seems to literally float into the air, great wings of brilliant energy holding him in place, slowly beating in the latent atmosphere inside the bridge. "I can't gainsay or naysay it, but as for these 'monsters' and a stasis malfunction, I sincerely hope that he doesn't mean that they were penned up here. Otherwise, get ready."

[Flash_Guardian] The boy blinks, shaking his head and speaking his thoughts aloud. "No, this isn't a project ... it's a conglomerate of assorted files that have been recently loaded into my databanks." The boy seems very confused. "This is very odd ..."

Aiza looks at LoX, then to Bida, "You don't think. . . Jester?"

Devaine_Hawk swings Lucy off his shoulder and flips a switch on her power pack ,and a low hum starts to emanate from the weapon , “I’m ready”

Bida takes her hand from Flash's and draws her sword, preparing, for what, she wasn't sure.

[Flash_Guardian] More words continue to scroll: "Protecting the prince of New Hambark ... Swimming at the stream bank ... Martial arts training ... Combating the Aluram'biass of the South Kalandrin moors ... forging magical bracers ..."

LoX simply hovers in place, crackling kinetics dribbling into his hands to form two massive blades...which Dev might remember and Flash very well might, too. Golden interspersed with Azure lightning bolts crackle and sheathe his form, his eyes already taking on that eerie glow. This Swarmlord wasn't about to be taken unprepared. "Perhaps this is merely some sort of history on an uncompleted information bank?"

Devaine_Hawk looks around his eyes flashing “old man if you can hear me , what is going on around the ship are we under attack ,did something get loose , is Jester here ?“he asks

Aiza looks at the screen, and also draws her sword.

[Flash_Guardian] The boy shakes his head at LoX. "It could be ... but somehow I don't think so. None of the information here seems to match with what information already exists in my databanks. I have no record of any places by the names of 'New Hambark' or 'South Kalandrin moors.' And I already have a documentary on forging magical bracers that has been downloaded earlier, and it doesn't match up with the one indicated on the screen. My version is a more general how-to, the one on the screen is a more specific version ... a process involving the crafting and magical imbuing of magical bracers that project a yellow field of energy to protect the wearer."

Glyniss_McMasters brow rises slightly as she watches the screen head back resting on the chair back..

Flash_Guardian wrinkles up his face at the screen. "Do any of you recognize any of that?" he asks, not really expecting them to.

Devaine_Hawk narrows his eyes and glances over at Flash to see if he’s on the right track , “does Flash wear bracers like those on the screen ?” he asks

LoX allows both wings and weapons to fade out of existence, then lands lightly beside the boy. "So, what you're saying is that all this information was uploaded recently? If so, it has to have a source and a data trail that we can follow back to its originator." A glance is spared for Flash. "No...but see, I do know about the crafting of magical items...just not how to do it myself."

Devaine_Hawk moves his gaze from the screen to Flash, looking for bracers , then back again , “could it be …his memories in a file ….?”he ponders out loud

Flash_Guardian looks at his elaborate golden bracers that run the whole length of his forearms questioningly. The boy concentrates, looking up at the screen. "Accessing ..." The image of the boy flickers translucently for a few seconds, then reforms. "There was an error when attempting to determine the user responsible for uploading this information. But I did find a visual within the subfile ..." More words continue to scroll, but a new window appears on-screen, showing a pair of elaborate golden bracers. They are carved with ancient runes - some artful, some magical, some that are just plain old.

LoX glances back over at Devaine and smirks. "Anything's possible, mate. Y'just have t'think about the plausibility, first."

Bida asks Devaine, "could the Jester have put all of Flash's memories into Triad's databanks?"

[Flash_Guardian] The image on-screen begins to rotate, giving you all a good view ... they are identical to the ones that Flash is wearing.

Flash_Guardian looks back and forth between the bracers on-screen and the ones he is wearing. "Those are mine!" he calls out in surprise, looking a tad bit shocked.

Devaine_Hawk walks over to Flash “I think you should pay real close attention to everything on that screen , do those names or places mean any thing to you , ever fight those creatures ?” he asks trying to guide Flash to the captains chair where he could sit and watch.

LoX whistles in a low tone. "Looks like the plausibility factors just increased, mate. I'd say that unless this is some kinda joke, it appears to me, that this 'Jester' either copied it to the Database or somehow left digital imprints. A straight upload, from Flash's conscious to a file. Ouch."

Aiza looks at Flash, then to the screen. She walks back towards a wall like before. Bumping into the wall, she sank to her knees, and wrapped her arms around herself.

Devaine_Hawk looks to LoX , “well the ship down loaded it’s hard drive and part of it’s memory into my mind when I used the interface in the computer room…and I tried to replicate it in my lab with Blank and Flash. Right before he started to move on his own again ..so maybe this will finish the ..reprogramming ?”

[Flash_Guardian] Suddenly, the boy gasps. All at once the lighting in the room dims slightly as lights in the walls begin to blink a bright and frantic red. Sirens begin to sound all around them. The boy looks horrified. "Gyntih ... no ..." He puts his hands to his mouth, seeming horrified and sad. Flash just looks around, panicking suddenly. "What's going on?"

[Glyniss_McMasters] "Were' athin' he' coul' mak' a doubl' gange' of hi' on' he coul' contro'?" just enough for the others to hear though not overly ....head turning puzzled as she sees Aiza bumping into things like previously

Bida looks at Triad, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Aiza begins to rock forewards and back, seemingly oblivious to everything around her, her eyes seem focused, and normal.

LoX just waves an idle hand and walks away from the computer's viewscreen himself. "Gah. I'm wasted on computers...I'd just get frustrated and poke at it like a monkey or something." His trucker's cap is produced from his back pocket, then slapped on his head. "I'll be over here, if ya need me." With that, he pops into a chair swaps the guitar around to his front, so he doesn't squash it. Of course, he can't resist playing a little melody while he awaits the others, his fingertips deftly picking out chords to a rather soothing, yet haunting tune.

[Flash_Guardian] The boy looks straight at Bida. "Gyntih's been destroyed ... and there's someone else inside." The boy then shudders, his eyes distant and further horrified. "Jenkins! Not you, too!"

Devaine_Hawk springs into action at the sound of alarms , old habits don’t die hard , they just don’t die at all “that’s a battle station alarm if I’ve ever heard one” he shouts as he moves to cover the entrance to the bridge from the hall way , “we got company “

Bida sheaths her sword and drops to her knees, taking the boy's shoulders, "Who? Who is there?" Her eyes are wide with fear and concern.

[Flash_Guardian] The red alert continues to sound all around the room, the red warning lights blinking in unison with the sirens.

Aiza stops rocking, and stands, her arms still wrapped around herself. She looks around at everyone, not really seeing them ,just looking at them.

[Flash_Guardian] The boy blinks, thinking quicikly. "The one who came here before ... the one who put the virus into my databanks."

LoX sighs rather gustily, the guitar set beside the chair as he pulls himself out of the chair and back onto his feet. "This had better be good."

Bida 's mouth opens, but nothing comes out. She manages to mouth, 'jester?'

Aiza blinks and looks at Triad. She is afraid, but it does not show.

Devaine_Hawk notices Aiza , focusing on her aura as he watches her “what the hell is wrong with your psycho sister ?” he asks Bida ,training his rifle on her . The hair on the back of his neck stands up as he feels a familiar presence in the ethereal atmosphere “here he comes , it’s Jester I know the creeps signature “

Aiza smiles a half smile. She appears cocky, and itching to fight.

LoX merely opens one hand, an energy blade forming in either hand, his body already becoming sheathed with flashing tendrils of lightning, the beams playful and capricious as they bounce around his body. "Y'know...now's not th' time t'freak." A glance is thrown back to the sisters, but his mind stays dead...he doesn't pry into others' affairs unless asked. "Dev. That's not polite, mate."

Glyniss_McMasters shakes her head though doesnt move from her chair....just waiting for whatever it is to arrive...she hadnt brought any weapons and she doesnt think theres a spare going this time anyway..

Bida tells Devaine, "I wish I knew, but she's herself, and will help us in any way she can. Trust me."

Flash_Guardian 's breathing quickens. "Jester ..." he cries out, seeming rather terrified suddenly. He still only has one clear memory of the Jester, and it isn't a comforting one. The boy closes his eyes, his face twitching. "He's moving down the hallway ... he's checking the rooms. I think he's looking for something ..." He tenses visibly. "Two of the drones have found him ..." A pang of sadness sweeps over his face. "He's destroyed those, too."

Devaine_Hawk swings the rifle back around to cove the entrance , “come on then , you son of a bitch… me and Lucy here are ready to dance “

Bida moves to block Flash from the door, drawing her sword again. In her black dress, her body tensed up as she prepared to protect Flash.

Aiza 's brown eyes glint in reminesince of years past where she'd kick some serious butt.

[Flash_Guardian] The boy opens his eyes, his gaze still distant. "He just started to move down through the floor ... how, I don't know ... wait, where did he go?" The boy's eyes go wide, and he looks panicked. All of a sudden, the whole ship shakes somewhat, and the lights in the room die out almost entirely, as well as the main screen and all other displays. Even the sirens seem to die out ... though the pulsing red lights provide some brief and foreboding illumination.

LoX just sorta scratches the back of his neck idly, his eyes lacking the glow of earlier. But he's as alert as he can be, even his expression remains one of boredom. Twin blades waver for a moment, much like cobras' heads rising, dancing before they struck, his body coiled like a whip. Demigods...peh. He'd faced down Ares, the Avatar of War. Fear just simply doesn't apply to him.

Devaine_Hawk manipulates controls on a small black box on the left side of the rifle , adjusting the energy field and band analyzer to pickup any energies coming toward them , hoping it can analyze and prepare the best disruptive energy wave length to disrupt Jester’s defenses , it was what he’d designed Lucy for and she was about to get her baptism by fire it looked like .

[Flash_Guardian] The image of the boy begins to scramble and become translucent. "No-o ... n-n-not ... a - ga-in-n ..." he screams, flickering out of view.

LoX grins widely. "Get ready, guys and gals. It begins." His tone was eager, almost anticipating the coming confrontation...it'd been centuries since he'd had a good brawl.

Bida yells, "Triad!"and takes a step backwards, closer to Flash.

Glyniss_McMasters swallows softly as her tongue tip licks her lips slowly...she had been looking towards the entrance until Bida had shouted her attention zipping back to where she was

Devaine_Hawk looks to Flash and Glyniss , “LoX , maybe you should get them out of here before it hit’s the fan “

Flash_Guardian springs into full fledged panic amidst the red glow of the lights. "This isn't good ... this isn't GOOD!" He stands there, shivering. "I don't know how to fight!"

Aiza says "I'm not leaving."

Bida says, "Nor am I. If Flash must, then so be it, but I'm not hiding from Jester anymore."

LoX glances over at Dev. "What? They've got legs, mate. I'll be wasted in the rear."

Devaine_Hawk glares at Aiza “I could care less if he wipes his ass with you , I meant Flash and Glyniss

Aiza sneers, "oh thanks, I feel soooo loved." She glares at him for a moment, "ya know, I have been trying to stay out of your way, and help where I can, but you will not let me. Give me one chance, just one *ucking chance."

LoX glances at the two of them. "Dev. Politeness? Miss? Not the time...not the time for this at all. Save the emotions for the afterparty."

Aiza snarls for a moment, then says, "My name is Aiza." She returns her attention to the entrance.

Flash_Guardian swallows, trying to keep his cool. "Should we ... should someone go try and ... and look for him? Jester, I mean?" Flash doesn't seem to enjoy such an idea.

Devaine_Hawk looks around , sweeping the room with Lucy , “fine I got a feeling your chance will be here any second “ before turning to LoX “I’ll tell you why I don’t trust her if we make it out of this in one peace “

Glyniss_McMasters glares at Dev..." Hells bells jus' yer look' ou' fer ter dam' Jester....I ain' goin' nowher' withou' yer...no' friggin' do wha' yer goo' at"

Bida sighs and shakes her head. She hated it when Aiza did that, picked fights, even when they were both demons.

[Flash_Guardian] Just then, one of the metal side doors on the upper deck of the bridge swings open, revealing the hallway outside ...

LoX purses his lips for a moment..."Y'might wanna give me some room, too, mate." With that, his eyes close, his concentration and focus increasing slightly, his eyes popping open right as he shouts : "Mirror Image! At once, his form splits into six exact copies, each one carrying double blades and masking his own movements. "Save it for now, Dev. Use that rage on the enemy."

[Flash_Guardian] One of the drones hovers into the room ... its's eyes are not lit as is typical for them as it bobs slowly into the room, making no other motions.

Bida jumps slightly at the sudden appearance of so many LoX's. Taking a deep breath, she steadied herself, and spread her wings.

Aiza watches the bobbing drone out of the corner of her eye.

Devaine_Hawk nods to Flash “I’ll go , “ he states already moving toward the entrance , he starts to taunt the air it seems , “oh jester , Jester , come on out clown , or are you afraid to face us ?” the flashes in his eyes speed up as Project Gemini starts to surface in his mind .

Aiza calls to Devaine, "Be careful." then tightly closes her lips.

Flash_Guardian watches the drone closely, shielding himself with an arm ... from what, he isn't really sure. Those next to him can see the lights of the alarms reflected in his eyes and hear his fast breathing.

Devaine_Hawk pulls up short , bringing the rifle to bear on the drone as they all most collide in the door way , he watches it , trying to sense the entity incased in it , or feel the familiar presence of jester .

Bida looks back behind her at Flash, then to the drone he is watching and back to him. "Flash? are you ok?"

Glyniss_McMasters pushes herself up from the chair she had been resting...eyes scanning the room..she had seen Dev fight and knew he could kinda handle himself...but she didnt want them to be caught by a deversity (sp) tactic from Jester

LoX merely awaits with both blade, a rather eerie grin firmly on his lips, great wings of bright energies rippling into vision, spreading from his back, each clone mirroring the action, his mind moving out to attempt to encase the drone, then attempt to simply lift it telekinetically into the air...hopefully rendering it harmless. "Smash it now, or leave it be? Make a decision."

[Flash_Guardian] Those whose senses are attuned to that sort of thing cannot sense a life force behind this drone ... rather a subtle magical manipulation. This knowledge comes to you just before the drone begins to spark and twitch ... and then, with little warning save what was just described, it explodes, sending bits of shrapnel and bursts of heat flying all throughout the room.

Aiza does not flinch, or even blink, at the explosion of the drone. The smile dropped off her face, though.

[LoX] "Aw, shit." The link from his mind is severed, the bits of debris smashing into his electic shielding and hitting two of his clones, causing them both to wink out of existence. Down to four copies. A sigh escapes his lips right before he's knocked off-balance by the concussive force, his wings righting him soon enough.

Devaine_Hawk dodges to one side but not fast enough, his senses not picking up any personality inn the drone had tipped him off . Metal tears into his long jacket, and the flesh under it as it hits his shoulder , he drops and rolls away from the door , blood already flowing down the side of his torn jacket .

Bida moves between Flash and the drone as it explodes, protecting him from the shards.

Glyniss_McMasters limps back making sure the chair she had been sitting in shelters her somewhat from the flying shrapnel...rising from behind it once she thinks its safe...muttering low

Flash_Guardian cries out, holding his arm in front of his face and dropping to the ground from the force of the blast ... thanks to Bida, he is unharmed.

Aiza frowns as she is hit by little pieces of flying metal, but does not move otherwise as she begins to bleed.

[Flash_Guardian] From outside, in the hallway, you can all hear the sound of rasping laughter which echoes into the room, a low giggle at first, then louder and more malicious, then suddenly it breaks into the full blown cackle of a madman.

Bida stifles a cry as she is hit by many hot pieces of the drone. She bites her bottom lip and re-grips her sword

Devaine_Hawk comes out of the roll and to his knees , grimacing through the pain “ shutting off pain receptors in the left side of front lobe , increasing adrenaline output by 100 percent to prevent loss of consciousness or shock‘ his mind tells him as he brings the gun back up to an on guard position , at the door .

LoX snickers to himself and simply stretches a hand towards the hallway, a wall of solidified air rushing from his outstretched fingertips to rush down the corridor. It was simply a tactic to get the thing to possibly reveal itself. "Come to Daddy, little psycho. It's naptime."

[Aiza] Harlequinn: *a small feminine giggle is heard from behind Glyniss, but should anyone look, no one would be there. Another giggle, from across the room, and the outline of a woman appeared against the wall, ever so faintly.*

[Flash_Guardian] The rush of air bursts forth and surges down the hallway, meeting no resistance.

Devaine_Hawk fires three shots off through the door in the direction of the laughter ,. Three small globes of energy, bright white and the size of paint pellets shoot from the diamond attached to the muzzle by a small claw shaped apparatus with a loud “thir p, thirp , thirp, “

LoX notices the outline out of the corner of his eye, already sending a mental command to one of his clones to approach and engage, which it does, rushing fearlessly towards the outline, both blades performing a kind of whirling dance of energy and light about it as it comes onward.

Flash_Guardian quickly springs up off the floor to Bida's side. "Bida!" He takes hold of his love's shoulder, full of some semblance of bravery now ... one of the many admirable qualities of love.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: *the ouline seems to sink into the floor, out of sight, the giggleing fading*

Glyniss_McMasters spins around at the sound of giggling brows knitting tightly in a frown as she sees empty space " Wha' in ternashio'..." eyes sweeping over the area quickly attention going to where another giggle emitted from....though bearly able to see anything...peering harder as she just sees a faint outline of.....blinks...a female

Bida winces at the grab, but says, "I'm alright. Were you hurt?"

[Flash_Guardian] Devaine's shots streak down the full length of the hall, lighting it up briefly as they pass. The hallway is empty, but three of the doors at the far end of the hallway, some seventy paces down are standing open.

LoX raises two fingers, his voice but a whisper, at first. In artis et spiritu nocte, Ignis et diem! Banish Shadow, Awake the day, In twilight's passing, the lovers play! As soon as these words are spoken, the room itself is cast into brilliant artificial lights, a large globe appearing above his head. Briefly, he wonders why no one else thought of that.

Flash_Guardian nods quickly. "I'm fine, but you're hurt!" He looks down at Bida's wounds, horrified. He looks back up to her face, then all around him as giggling is heard, shots are fired, and charges are attempted.

Bida shakes her head, "No, I'm ok, really." She looks at the areas where the giggling came from, then blinked at the bright lights.

Devaine_Hawk shuts his eyes , relying on other senses where his eyes and ears fail or trick him . Focusing with his third psychic eye, “alright we do it like this he tells him self , look for auras . There’s LoX , he’s the brightest , like a lightning storm…That gentle white would be Glyniss… the two that flash from gold to red would be the sisters… always in turmoil…. And the dammed bright purple is to happy to be any one but Flash.“

[Flash_Guardian] The bridge is illuminated ... not really revealing anything new. Some of the light shines down the lengthy hallway, revealing perhaps the first two doors, maybe the next two.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: *a giggle comes from the floor, then stops suddenly, and no further sound is heard. The others may feel eyes watching them, whichever way they turn.*

Glyniss_McMasters wrinkles her nose unsure about how wise it is to illuminate them to the enemy....if he can get a clear shot they could be sitting ducks..

[Flash_Guardian] Mad cackling continues to echo down the hallway ... a bit more subdued now. It sounds almost as if the Jester is at the complete opposite end of the hallway ... back in the garage.

Devaine_Hawk starts down the hall way in a low crouch , eyes still shut , and moving slow , from his shoulder wound . He reaches the first door in the hall way and swings through it in a tight arc, leading with the rifle and staying low and close to the door

LoX focuses on the globe for a moment, sending it mentally towards the door, to perhaps illuminate the corridor itself a little more. "I shoulda contacted Scorpio...he coulda tracked these things down in the shadows in a heartbeat. I knew I shoulda paid more attention to the Leila Family training. Ye gods, I'm an idiot."

Glyniss_McMasters blinks seeing Dev start moving off down the damn corridor....muttering something about heroes pay she steps out from behind the chair and limps towards the door to the hallway....clicking of metal rubbing metal following her..

LoX touches a fingertip to his temple, Clone #2 following Dev down the hallway, both blades held high before they wink out of existence, the energy to them, cut off by LoX. No need to give away their position, after all.

Devaine_Hawk scans the room with the rifle , even with his eyelids shut the blue white flashes of bioelectricity leak from the corner sof his eye sockets now, they are so fierce and strong .

[Flash_Guardian] Lets say there are six doors on the hallway ... two to the right, three to the left, and one at the far end. The end doorway leads back into the garage, as stated above. As Devaine opens the first door, it opens into the astral space ... empty, except for the swirling colors far away in the distance. It almost seems like Devaine would fall into the room, except for the sudden lack of gravity. The ball of light illuminates the area around Devaine, revealing another door further down the hallway that happens to be open. One door leads into the astral space, one opposite that is closed, the other open one seems to lead into ... it's hard to tell which room due to the shadows..

[Flash_Guardian] The laughter continues to echo, most definitely coming from the far end of the hallway and the garage. "Wah ha ha ... hoo hoo hoo heee heee HEEE!!!"

Aiza steps forewards towards the door, almost into the hallway, her sword drawn. She doesn't appear to notice all the cuts from the exploded droid, nor does she flinch at the laughter.

LoX uses his Clone #2 as an extension of his own mind, like a puppet, yet he sees everything that the clone sees, his eyes narrowed slightly at the effort. "Inspect and observe." A simple command, really.

Flash_Guardian stays near Bida, following her wherever she goes. He must feel safest next to her.

Glyniss_McMasters side glances to Aiza seeing her advance to the door seemingly to back the guy up....licking her lips she stops behind the other female....eyes sweeping from side to side of the long passage ..well what she can see from her position.

[Flash_Guardian] The Clone also sees the astral space beyond the first doorway that Devaine is peering through ... a sort of nearly infinite pocket dimension of empty space with whirling colors at the fringes of the empty expanse.

Devaine_Hawk backs away from the astral room and works his way down the hall to the next open door , swinging into the doorway and sweeping that room with Lucy like the last , his eyes still closed . They might notice a slight stumble along the way , but he covers it up quickly as he reaches the door . He would be getting weak from loss of blood , from the shoulder wound inflicted by the shrapnel , even with all his biochemical and genetically enhanced mind had done to help him adapt .

Bida takes a step towards the center of the room, as far away from all the walls as she can get. She feels Flash near her, and takes a half a step closer to him.

LoX sends the Clone2 out ahead of Devaine, quick-stepping him towards the Garage, as LoX himself, followed by his three remaining puppets, continue into the hallway, the first door ignored completely. His mind reaches out in an attempt to link with Dev's. "Let the Clone go first, mate. No loss if he's dispelled, alright?"

Aiza looks back at Glyniss, then takes a few cautious steps into the hallway, slowly making her way towards the far door, and Devaine, her sword held ready strike.

[Flash_Guardian] Devaine emerges into the familiar round room with the large golden scales in the middle and the pile of wooden tokens at its base ... also dark and unoccupied. When clone2 arrives in the garage, it finds the floor is covered with a light layer of mist ... not sure where that came from. There is definitely a presence there, as well as one of the other rooms that Clone2 passed rather quickly.

Devaine_Hawk feels a a tickle in the back of his mind , but Dev’s not telepathic on his own , just when the ships crew contact him , he turns to look right at Lox even though his eyes are still closed , “did you just say something with to me ?” he asks

Bida asks Flash, "can you remember anything about Jester?"

Flash_Guardian whispers aloud to Bida in the darkness. "Bida ... I'm scared ..." She feels his hand brush against hers, quickly grabbing it and holding tightly. Their pendants begin to glow, not providing much in the way of illumination, but none-the-less they glow.

LoX purses his lips for a moment, then causes Clone2 to cast one of two learned spells that he shares with each one, a smaller version of his light globe. A sigh is shot Dev's way...he doesn't need to be telepathic to receive mental messages, just to send them. Quiet, you'll give us away, mate. Presence noted in Garage and one of the rooms ahead...not sure which one, though."

Bida squeezes Flash's hand, her other hand tight on her sword, "Don't worry. We're all here to protect you, even Aiza and the Nameless"

[Flash_Guardian] Some sort of poltergheist effect causes one of the tall, metal shelves in the garage to topple over sideways, threatening to pin Clone2 beneath its contents ... many heavy crates full of metallic spare parts.

Devaine_Hawk turns back to the door as he senses a presence , still listening to LoX , and focuses on what he’d senses in the room , training the rifle, “I’m fine let’s nail this bastard and get out of here before the bars close “ he tries to laugh, but it turns into a cough as he slumps against the door for a second .

LoX curses mentally, his mental command short and sweet. Evade! In reaction, the Puppet attempts to jump towards the falling shelf, perhaps timing it in order to clear the top as it falls. Timing is everything, but his spell would begin to fizzle as the concentration is lost on that aspect.

Aiza stops for a moment, then walks to Devaine. Kneeling, she asked, "Will you let me heal you?"

[Flash_Guardian] More maniacal laughter sounds ... it is definitely coming from the garage.

Bida turns to face Flash, for the first time showing a cut on her forehead and the many little lacerations in her dress and skin, "I need you to tell me everything you remember about the Jester, even if it's not much."

Devaine_Hawk looks up at her , “you should save it for when someone realy needs it , might save their life ,”shaking his head , but he’s getting weaker by the minute and probably not able to stop her if she tries.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: *the femenine giggle sounds from behind Devaine, then behind Bida, then above Glyniss before silencing again.*

Glyniss_McMasters frowns from her position at the entrance of the hallway....seeing Aiza dealing with Dev she shifts her attention to look further down and about them

[Flash_Guardian] Out of the mists of the garage, a pair of glaring red eyes emerge, belonging to a dark figure which slowly walks toward the LoX Clone there, clad in a skin-tight outfit of orange and blue, the outfit of a classic medieval jester. A devilish grin is swept over his face, scraggly white hair hanging down as he continues to cackle, a bit more silently this time. ((For a better description, type /whois Maniacal_Jester))

Devaine_Hawk moves the rifle with the sound of the laughter , eyes still closed as he trains his mind on auras , holding off on firing this time until he locks on an unfamiliar one .

LoX 's beside Devaine within a moment, one hand already glowing a soft azure colour. This'll help a bit, mate. The hand clamps on Dev's shoulder, a quick aura transfer, a bit of Cure seeping into the wound. Tell me if that helped...but whisper.

Aiza narrows her eyes at him, "You really need it, and you just said for someone who really needs it." She put her sword on the ground in front of her, and put one hand on Devaine's shoulder wound, the other just below it. Closing her eyes, she ignores the giggleing and concentrates on healing him. Any little shards will rise up to the surface, and will fall when she removes her hands.

Flash_Guardian just shakes his head at Bida. "I ... I can't remember him at all! Except for the one time when I almost touched the chair, back in the room with the six chairs, harnesses, and computer screens." He grimaces and shrugs, wincing at the sounds that come from down the hallway.

Devaine_Hawk swings the rifle toward the garage door even as he feels LoX’s hand on his shoulder . He locks his mental sights on Jesters aura and opens fire for real this time , spraying the hallway and room beyond with the small energy walls from Lucy’s diamond muzzle .

LoX grins to himself, his focus returned to his Clone2, causing it to cast its second spell, then triggering it. A rather nasty customized one that he'd designed himself...called Sunburst Self-destruct. "Guys? Duck and cover. Trust me." With that, the Clone first implodes, then explodes outwards, forming a fiery ring of a flaming nova, the flames bursting into a halo around the spot where the clone was.

Devaine_Hawk ducks at LoX’s words reaching up as he does with a free hand to pull Aiza down with him , or try any way, and rolls his own body to cover hers if she lets him, griping Lucy with the other .

Aiza lays on top of her sword, as Devaine tries to protect her body with his own.

Bida spins and screams, "Aiza!" She takes a step towards the door, then stops, not wanting to put Flash in any more danger than he already was.

Glyniss_McMasters ducks to the side not actually knowing how far that spell effects will work waiting form the light it produced to die down before stepping back ..eyes scanning quickly to see whats happened

[Flash_Guardian] A fiery explosion rips through a hefty portion of the garage, the force knocking over other shelves, sending their now ignited contents to the floor. The form of the Jester is suddenly bathed in the flames. A horrible, unearthly shrieking is heard as he puts his flaming arms above his head, starting to run around frantically ... in the course of his running, he starts running down the hallway, his form wreathed in fires that burn like hell-fire itself, shrieking and running straight towards the cluster of people in the hall like a screaming demon.

LoX stands tall throughout the blast, the backwash and heat pouring over his curdled shielding, a smug smirk on his face. The remaining trio of clones remain behind him, shielded from the backwash. A silent mental command is sent to one, however. Knock that bugger down. With that, Clone3 takes off at a dead run, straight towards the Jester, dashing closely enough, then slides to the floor in an attempt to tangle the thing's legs up in a classic scissors takedown move.

[Flash_Guardian] Devaine's shots ... don't seem to find their mark, as the Jester was originally around the corner when the shots were fired. Devaine could sense him through the wall, but Dev's shots don't seem to penetrate the wall's surface. The Triad's interior must be well constructed.

Devaine_Hawk shove him self off of Aiza and fires on Jester, five quick shots as the clown comes through the door , eyes still closed and training on his aura ,

[LoX] "Dev! Take that bugger down!" LoX has effects of his own, but there is no way that he's going to risk hitting Devaine at the same time.

Aiza climbs to her feet, and picks up her sword. Facing the garage, she takes one step forewards, staying as much out of the way of Devaine's shots as LoX's

[Flash_Guardian] The Jester, still screaming at the top of his lungs and wreathed in the fires from LoX's spell, sees the other Clone coming and begins to run sideways up the wall, letting the clone slide underneath him. As Devaine starts shooting, he kicks off the wall and tucks himself into a ball, quickly rocketing up and into the ceiling and bouncing, heading towards the rest of them like a giant flaming bouncy ball as Devaine's shots nearly miss each time. About twenty more feet, and the Jester will be upon them.

Devaine_Hawk runs up the hall way , keeping Lucy trained on Jesters aura and tracking his every movement firing all the way with every shot , . His eyes still shut but the lashes so strong now they explode from the corners of his eyes to be seen by all any way , “die you mother fucker die “ he shouts .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: a woman in black and red appears silently in the captain's chair on the deck. Her legs are stretched and crossed at the ankles. around her waist is a belt with two holsters, both with pistols.

[Flash_Guardian] Eventually the Jester gets so close to Devaine that there's almost no way Dev could miss ... Dev feels the heat of the fires surrounding Jester just as one of Devaine's shots finds home, striking Jester squarely in the chest. "YuRcK!" he cries, the blast from Devaine's shot knocking him back and away, the flames at last consuming all of Jester's clothing, leaving him charred and burnt on the floor of the hallway and not looking to happy. No clothes, no hat, no shoes with bells ... nothing. Just blackened from head to toe. He'd be naked except for some sort of illusionary black box with the word 'censored' covering his more indecent parts. He coughs up a cloud of smoke, not moving.

Bida stares down the hallway, her eyes wide open and her mouth in an "O" of shock and surprise.

Glyniss_McMasters blinks...if she's right about this Jester is charging towards the cockpit....and Dev has just turned around and fired at him...which means emmm any missed shots will be coming towards them ...." Hells Bells" as she sidesteps behind cover from any misfired bullets..

Flash_Guardian cries out, seeing the appearance of Harlequinn suddenly. "Bida, look out!" He moves away from Harley, trying to push Bida along with him to a safer distance.

LoX 's blades shoot from both his and his clones' hands, first action, he focuses for a moment, small beads of sweat forming along his brow from the exertion, then releases a small ball of electricity directly in front of the Jester, attempting to lead him into it. After this, he dashes forward, his wings beating into the air, both blades whirling about his body in a deadly dance, also known as the Iron Blossom, to those trained in the way of the Leila's worthiest ShadowScouts. At any rate, this dance causes him to slash twice at the corpse, then follow it up with a cross-slash with both blades. He wasn't gonna take any chances. ((Cancel the small ball of lightning.))

Flash_Guardian had assumed that he was at the far end from all of them the whole time ... no need to worry, Glyniss.

Bida stumbles and turns to see the harlequinn girl in the seat, "Who the hell are you?" she demands, her wings wide and quivering.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: stands, and takes one step towards the angel. Looking left and right, she asked "are you talking to me?" She gave her most innocent look.

Devaine_Hawk stand over the prone form , smoldering him self and pumps shot after shot into it still , until the weapon starts to smoke and refuses to fire again , the boxes on each side snookering and sparking , the analyzer and power pack shot . He pens his eyes to look down at the ruined weapon, and raises it over his head like a club by the barrel. . He begins to swing away at Jester’s head , not stopping .

Aiza steps back, suddenly afraid, as she remembers her previous meeting with the Jester.

Bida waves her hand at Glyniss, trying to get her attention, "G. . . Glyniss!"

Glyniss_McMasters attention had been fully on what was going on down the corridor....puzzled as she turns her head as she glances over her shoulder hearing Bida's call..." Wha' i' it girli?"

[Flash_Guardian] The charred form of the Jester was far from dead and his eyes were still open ... he goes "EEP!" when he sees the images of some four (?) LoXes coming at him like a whirlwind of yellow spinning death. He quickly swings his legs back up and over his head in a backward roll, springing off the floor with his hands into the air ... when he lands, the floor beneath him seems to give underneath him, rippling as if it were liquid. The Jester quickly dives beneath the surface of the floor and is gone ... only to spring up from the floor moments later by Aiza, fully clothed in his outfit once more but bearing the same burns all over his face, a very frightening sight to behold. "Nighty night!" he shrieks, turning around and swinging out with the blunt end of palm at Aiza's forehead ... whether the blow lands or not is not important, as a burst of magic is directed at Aiza, willing her to drop deeply unconscious.

Bida looks straight at the Harlequinn girl as both hands tighten on the sword. She says "Yes, you. Who the hell are you?" to the Harlequinn

Flash_Guardian looks fearfully at Harlequinn, not sure what to do as he hears the sounds of combat beyond in the hallway.

Aiza tries to step back, then blinks three times as she is hit, then falls straight to the ground.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: takes another step forewards, "I. . ." she makes a big movement with her arms as she bows, "am Harlequinn." straightening up, she said, "Who are you?"

[Glyniss_McMasters] she eyes widen as she sees Harlequinn.. eyes sweeping over the females appearance...noting the weapons..both parties held...or had....taking a deep breathe

Devaine_Hawk drops the useless weapon as Jester phases away , and spins at the sound of laughter . He takes back of down the hall, attempting to tackle a demigod, the guy has lost it ,if he succeeds , he would reach in to a pocket as he takes Jester down and pull out a small length of piano wire , stretching it between his gloved hands , pulling it tight , and attempt to slip it over Jesters Head and around his throat . To his way of thinking , even demigods have to breath, and if he can cut off his air , he might not be able to concentrate to phase away.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: turns away from the angel and the man hiding behind the angel, now slightly board with them. She faces the other woman, "Who are you?" She asks.

LoX winks out of existence where he was, leaving his puppets to stand at attention, then re-appears behind the Jester himself, using a technique called psychoportation, One hand already outstretched as he whispers. "Mornin' Sugar. Recall Agony." With that, his mind reaches out to attempt to send the man into reminisces about being burnt alive all over again....only the feelings would be quite real, if they work, only without the actual flames.

[Flash_Guardian] Jester looks up just in time to see Devaine come crashing into him. "Oof!" he cries, getting knocked to the ground and becoming pinned underneath the man, finding a metallic cord around his neck and gagging in a highly melodramatic fashion, limbs twitching for a few moments as he spasms there on the floor ... then as LoX's psionic ability strikes him, he lurches backward and screams once more ... funny thing is, even though LoX didn't intend on the flames reigniting around Jester, they do anyway! Something about Jester and his imagination ... if he imagines it as real, it becomes real in the world around him. LoX's flames surge around Jester once more, threatening to once again burn him to a crisp, and Devaine along with it if he sticks around ...

Glyniss_McMasters licks her lips as she lets out the breathe slowly....and then mouth still open she begins to hum..yet even as low as it is it rebounds off the little off the walls..she wasnt even sure if this would effect anyone present but she quickly begin building up the strength of every uttered symblence of sound..letting it fill the room.gathering its steel like strength each decebil stronger then the last

Devaine_Hawk tightens his grip on the cord , it should start to bite into Jesters flesh and the wind pipe under it , “see you in hell, sweet lips “ he sneers , he holds on for all he’s worth, until the flames eat through the jacket , and his self preservation instinct takes over , he rolls off and shrugs the smoldering jacket off .

Flash_Guardian disregards the other jester woman, looking urgently out into the hallway where things are really starting to heat up. "Bida!" he says, pointing ... though he lacks the courage to go into the hallway himself.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: puts her hands to her ears as her face contorted into one of agony. She dropped to her knees, and then fell over, writhing, her whole reaction is rather exaggerated. Stopping all motions, she seems to fall limp and unconcious.

LoX lifts an azure brow at the sudden burst of flames, the sudden backwash bursting over his electrokinetic shielding, causing it ripple, curdle, then pause to strengthen once again. Dev is neatly avoided, one hand stretching out to cause a sudden burst of air to explode from him and hopefully knock the flaming Jester back away from the both of them.

Bida turns to the hallway, and sees Aiza for the first time on the ground. Rushing to her sisters side, she dropped to her knees. Her head snapped up and she snarled at the Jester, "ass-hole."

[Flash_Guardian] Jester sees that it is difficult for him to be blown away as Jester is on top of him. As Devaine tightens his grip, Jester's flaming eyes seem to bulge out of their sockets almost, his neck squeezing and narrowing ... and then his head pops off entirely, rolling a few feet away and stopping sideways. Jester's screaming abruptly stops, and he just stares back at Devaine with an unsettled expression. "Well my isn't this disturbing ..." he says as the flames consume his body and hat in one last burst of flames ... then the jester's severed head seems to turn liquid and melt into a puddle on the floor of swirling orange and blue liquid ... the puddle is still moving ...

LoX studies the puddle with a quirked brow, a sudden laugh slipping from his lips. "Damn...some things just don't know when to just give up and die already. Stupid f***'s still tryin' t'iceskate uphill."

Flash_Guardian runs back to Bida's side, now in full view of the conflict ... eyes wide and watching.

Bida stands, blocking Flash from any move that Jester might make, but still allowing Flash to see what is going on.

Devaine_Hawk studies the puddle for a brief second , and a slow smile crosses his lips , “burn bitch “ he whispers reaching in a jean pocket and pulling out his Zippo. He flicks the flint , and it light , he tosses at the center of the puddle Jester , the flame flickering but staying lit .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: blinks and openes her eyes. Standing, she walked to the door, and peeked into the hallway

[Flash_Guardian] The surface of the puddle begins to bubble and boil, slowly rising up from the floor to form some kind of steadily growing orange and blue blob which quickly swallows Devaine's lighter. A low, steady moan begins to rumble all down the hallway, matching Glyniss's own and clashing with it powerfully, attempting to disrupt whatever she is doing. Higher and higher the blob grows, until it is almost brushing the ceiling and walls.

LoX can't help a chortle at the sight of Dev, then grins at the Blob. "Your name wouldn't happen to be Amorphous, would it, sugar-dumpling?" One hand points a finger like a gun at the thing, a brow quirked upwards. They say it rains on the just and unjust...this one's for you, One For The Roaaaaad!!! "Pow." Uttered in a normal voice, the effects of Dark Holy rumble through the corridor, in an attempt to form a cage of vibrant lightning bars on each side of the blob, pillars of electricity rising from the floors to surround it on all sides.

Devaine_Hawk watches the blob grow, focusing his mind on something , Triad , old man are either of you there ? “ he asks .

Glyniss_McMasters opens her mouth wider as the humming rising greatly...turning from the humming sound instead shifting into a screeching wailing....the sound rebounding swelling filling the interior of the room shooting and filling the corridor as if trying to fight to get out the confines of the building ....any monitors ...glass long since sent into bursting into shrads...sparks flying from any comps....the sound ever building

Bida grabs Aiza's shoulders, and tries to drag her to the room, out of the way.

Devaine_Hawk stands and waits for an answer , the thing contained at least temporarily . The flashes in his eyes calmer now , it seems that Dev the thinking man is back instead of Project Gemini the war machine , for now .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: turns to face Glyniss, puts her fingers to her lips, and goes "SSSHHHH!" then she turns back, a grin that was anything but friendly seemingly pasted on her face.

[Flash_Guardian] The blob seems to roar, changing its tactics ... it now begins to shoot small blobs of its own orange and blue matter through the electrical bars that surround it, gushy, pulpy and stick clumps of itself flying through the air in a rapid barrage until all of the blob behind the bars has been thrown at the two men. If any of the blobs strike Devaine or LoX, it will cling to them like superglue ... but that's about it.

Bida gets Aiza to just inside the door and around the corner, hoping Flash is still behind her, as she couldn't look as she dragged her sister.

Devaine_Hawk turns to side step the gunk , “can you do that again but in a globe or cube form , LoX ?” he asks

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] Both the old man and the Triad are abnormally silent ... wait! Something from the old man! His voice is sketchy and distant, hard to make out for some reason: "The computers ... it's in ... the computers ..."

Flash_Guardian is still just outside the hallway, trying to stay just out of sight yet peeking around the corner. "Is she alright?" he asks Bida.

[Devaine_Hawk] " old man , you all can send dtuff through time , right ? if we power the ship back up ?"

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] The old man's voice doesn't respond after that ...

[Aiza] Harlequinn: looks at the unconcious angel, then to the other angel, then to the man right there. She returned her gaze to the huge blob, expelling bits of itself.

LoX 's spattered several time over with small blobbies, each one electrocuted against his living shield of concentrated lightning. Then pauses to gasp for breath. "Dev...I don't have an unlimited amount of energy here...but I'll try." With that, both hands outstretch leaving the man looking like he's been crucified amongst a thunderstorm. "One's company, two's a crowd, three's getting loud, but time to sleep, m'darling...here's a shroud." With that, the energy is released into : Static Dome! A large globe made of electro-static energies that attempt to encase the Blob once again...or the bits of it still remaining.

Devaine_Hawk looks back to Lox , “I have another hair brain idea ,read my mind “

Bida says, "I don't know. Gods, I hope so." She glared at Harlequinn, the looked back at Aiza, "My majick won't help her." She stood, and drew her sword, and prepared to walk into the hallway.

Glyniss_McMasters tongue tip flicks out as it glides ovr her bottom lip hurridly.....the high scrreched wailing suddenly stopping abruptly...as her mouth clamps shut....her body twisting as she looks along the corridor and to the other small group.....the fighting somehow finished

LoX turns away from the sudden flare-up in the hallway, sending two of his puppets forward to begin to slash at each little blobbie running loose still, before he looks at Devaine and focuses.

Devaine_Hawk calls out to the others verbally “Glyniss , I want you to get the ship powered up again , like you did before , Flash, Bida , help her “

LoX blinks at Devaine, then a slow smile envelops his lips before a single nod occurs, his attention and energy now concentrated on maintaining that Dome. "o/' Will you be my, passerby? I'm hangin' on you, can ya be m'baby, as long as you go....o/' Nope...not another power...now he's just singing for the hell of it.

[Flash_Guardian] The blobs that hit LoX quickly fizzle as they strike the field around him, disappearing ... the remaining blobs begin to move towards a central point ... just as LoX's spell goes off, encasing most of them all in a nice, neat little electrical package. There is another low roar of contempt from the jester-blob as is strains against its bounds, only to be repelled, constrained, and eventually nullified, dissipating. The remaining blobs, when approached by the puppets, detonate in a radical flash and surge of chaotic storm ... warping and distorting the very bounds of reality that keep them in existence, likely severing whatever connection holds them there. Out of the corner of your eye, you can almost make out on of the tiny blobs ... it's heading for Lucy ...

Bida nods, and stands, her eyes glues on Harlequinn. She walks to the spot she stood at before and takes a deep breath.

[Devaine_Hawk whispers to Flash_Guardian] "old man we're gonna jump start the shipagian , be ready to bring all power to the temporal manipulation devices I havve a plan '

Devaine_Hawk nods to LoX , "if you can shove himtoward the big hanger door in the garage , "

[Aiza] Harlequinn: watches the angel stand and walk. She walked over to Glyniss, and leaned on her, like a post and said, "Hello!"

Flash_Guardian nods obediently, quickly moving his way back into the engine room from the bridge and looking around ... but it's rather dark there, and he can't see.

LoX sighs as he feels the links that connect to his puppets sever, the beings fading from existence on this plane, back to whatever material he had pulled them from. He glances at the blob, then uses a single power to animate Lucy, turning it into a walking and rather small metal golem that promptly attempts to head away from Blobbie. "Dev! Stop that blob!" With that, his control over Lucy fades and he turns his mental prowess into prodding Blob Major towards the Garage. "C'mon li'l buddy."

Devaine_Hawk races down the hall to grab Lucy before the blobs get to her , he races back and tosses her into the astral room , slamming the door behind her .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: hiccups, and a couple of dim lights come on

Glyniss_McMasters risesa brow at Dev.....and this is the guy who didnt want her along...shrugging her shoulder from under Harlequinn as she turns and limps away a soft mutter under her breathe as she makes for the engine room and the centre..looking about she licks her lips....she rememebers what had happened here yesterday quite clearly....and frowns wondering what had happened to Lydia.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: pouts, "don't you wanna be friends? we can play, and have fun, forever!" She claps her hands like a delighted child.

[Devaine_Hawk whispers to Flash_Guardian] "when the power is back on I want you to take the ship foward in time , we'll be pushing Jesyer toward the air lock in the hanger , we don't need to move physicaly just through time , can we do that ?" he asks

[Flash_Guardian] The blob howls like a caged animal, but is powerless to resist and gets dragged along ... until suddenly there is a popping noise, followed by a subtle hiss as the blob begins to deflate like a squished beach ball. Eventually it is no more. As this happens, the last little blob pops up off the floor, morphing and conforming to a new and tiny shape much like the Jester before, but with pixie wings. Giggling a high pitched sort of giggle, it zips over to Devaine quickly, trying to snatch Lucy out of his grasp, grabbing hold of the trigger as he does so. While they struggle for control, the gun fires in random directions around at everyone.

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] Nothing but silence in Devaine's mind.

Devaine_Hawk lets go of the gun altogether and tries to grip the imp , slamming it against the wall repeatedly with his hand .

LoX sighs. "Ah hell." With that, he cuts the power to the Dome, and attempts to merely seize control of the tiny Imp telekinetically, then shake it all around much like a cat would do with a captured mouse, or a dog with an old rag. "o/' Siiiiingin' in the raaaaain, jus' siiiiiingin' in the rain, oh, what a glorious feeeeeeling, I'm haaaaappy again. o/'

[Aiza] Harlequinn: turns away from Glyniss, and skips into the hall, where she takes a close look at both LoX and Devaine.

[Flash_Guardian] Arriving back in the engine room, Flash and Glyniss look around ... near the center of the now unpowered arrays resting back on the floor, GLyniss thinks she sees something round and metal lying on the floor, unmoving.

Glyniss_McMasters hand reaches up as she lifts and slaps the stetson on her mop of head again....eyes catching the soft glint of metal...limping over to it looking down...before nudging it gently with the booted toe of her good leg...

[Flash_Guardian] The pixie jester gets slammed around like limp rag doll, screaming all the while in its high-pitched voice. "WaaaAAAaaaAAaaAAAAhh!!" Then, out of nowhere, still held in Devaine's grasp, the pixie seems to slip free of Devaine's hold, tiny as it is, and grab hold of his thumb without too much difficulty. I mean, it's right there and darn huge compared to the tiny jester. Grabbing hold, it summons an amount of strength that is simply ludicrous for a being of such small stature, attempting to throw Devaine to the ground by his thumb.

[Flash_Guardian] Apparently there is some residual light in the engine room, dim but sufficient. Glyniss kicks the still form of one of the drones ... its eyes unlit as it rolls about on the ground a little bit, dormant. Flash points to the central, smallest array. "Glyniss! The crystal device is gone!" Just then, a low, feminine moan emanates from a speaker on the drone. It's Lydia!

Devaine_Hawk gets thrown to the ground but grits his teeth, and closes his hand around the imp and squeezes with all his strength, or at least tries to, it is holding his thumb , so all he has to do is close his hand and tuck his thumb inside it , right ?

LoX sighs for a moment, then suddenly, a memory from Everin Fury's studies on summoning creatures comes to mind. Now...he must shape it in his mind, find some loose debris, then create an animated army of small debris spiders, then send them towards both Dev and Impie. Back up plans never hurt! ^_^

Bida gasps, her hands flying to her mouth, "oh-no!" She collapses on the ground, only her arms supporting her. Shaking her head she kept muttering, "no, no, no."

Glyniss_McMasters head shoots up from what she was doing to over to Flash before....surprised looking recognises the voice of the droid....crouching down awakwardly metal creaking around her loudly.....as she reaches out for the droid..." Es'girli'.....wha' happen' ter yer?"

[Aiza] Harlequinn: draws one of the guns and points it at the little debris spiders. Pulling the trigger, a stream of. . . lemon juice? streams out and hits the spiders.

Devaine_Hawk has another bright idea , “Jester I bet you’re a pretty smart fella being a demigod and all, right ?” he asks the imp .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: stops, and turns to face Devaine, and the jester imp.

[Flash_Guardian] The pixie-jester disappears suddenly in a puff of feathers, accompanied by the sound of a chicken clucking as Devaine's fist closes the rest of the way around a handful of feathers. The pixie appears near LoX this time, brandishing a tiny, shiny wand at him, sending sparkles of orange and blue light about as it shakes its wand chastisingly at LoX. "Pick on someone your own size!" it chides in a motherly fashion. With another flick of its wand, LoX feels some sort of magical energy overcome him, attempting to shrink him down to the pixie's size ... and if that happens, the pixie-jester returns to his normal size.

[Flash_Guardian] The pixie's only response to Devaine is to put its wand up to its lips, holding it like a flute pointed at Devaine. There is a tiny puff ... and suddenly Devaine is struck by a miniscule spitball, completely harmless.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: returns the gun to its holster, and begins to giggle. The noise grew into a laugh as she stood there. She stopped suddenly, all of her attention focused on the Jester Pixie.

Devaine_Hawk swats at the hand with the wand in it with chicken feathers , “hey jack ass I’m talking to you!” he shouts , hoping to break up what ever the focus of the wand is .

LoX chuckles as a few of the spiders seem to rear up and hiss back at the Harlequinn, but only in LoX's voice, as a large tongue seems to come out of its mouth and blow a raspberry at the woman. He turns just in time to catch a stray stream of magical energy right in the body, but....suddenly, his locket seems to rise of its own free will from underneath his shirts, turning back the spell, serving as a reflect ward of sorts. LoX has no idea what the spell was, but he thanks his gods for Lani's quick thinking when she gave this to him.

[Flash_Guardian] Lydia's voice seems to crackle and sputter, her eyes lighting up dimly. "Jester ... took the ... crystal ... he's in ... the computer ... room ..."

[Devaine_Hawk] “I challenge you to a battle of the wits , or are you scared ?”

Bida looks at Flash, then to Glyniss, "What are we going to do?"

Flash_Guardian looks over at Glyniss and Bida. "We've got to tell the others!"

Glyniss_McMasters brows knits as she nods....hand stroking the droid almost with affection...." Stead' girl' we' age' som'ne ter fi' yer up agai' don' yer worr'...." pushing herself up wincing from the pain the action produced...glancing at Bida " Wh' girl' we go ge' it bac'..." body spinning around

Bida forces herself to her feet, and looked down the hall, "Where do we begin?" Her brow is furrowed in thought.

[Flash_Guardian] The magic seems to bounce off of LoX due to the protective ward, now reversed and targetting Harlequinn! If effective, Harlequinn should now grow to nearly triple her size, and the Jester-pixie should shrink down to almost nothing.

[Devaine_Hawk] “if you let me have five questions , that you must answer truthfully, fully and with no deceit to the best of your knowledge, I can give you a task not even you can accomplish”

[Devaine_Hawk] “come on surely not the mighty Jester is afraid of a mere mortal wit like mine, “ he taunts the demigod trying to play on his ego ,

[Aiza] Harlequinn: seems to melt down, the magic shooting over her head, missing her by half an inch. "Hey!" she shouts.

Glyniss_McMasters nods to Flash..." Might' goo' ide'....bu' i' ain' gonn' be dow' her' sh' sai' ter cockpi'" limping off once more towards the cock pit....creacking of metal rubbing metal echoing behind her

[Flash_Guardian] The jester-pixie remains its existing size, then turns to glare back at Devaine. "You are not as smart as I think you are! Fine!" It folds its arms, smirking at Devaine. "Try me!"

Devaine_Hawk crosses his arms and smiles as blue white flashes spring up in his eyes “first question , is they any shape you can not morph into , ?”

LoX sends the little debris spiders back towards Harlequinn, all of them rearing upwards to go: Thbbbbttt!, large tongues emitted from their mouths, as giant cartoony grins are now covering their tiny little faces.

Flash_Guardian isn't sure what to do himself, but knows that the engine room isn't the place to stay right now. He quickly grabs Lydia, picking her up and carrying her out of the engine room and into the bridge. He sets her on one of the chairs on the lower deck. "Thanks, Lydia ..." Lydia just beeps at Flash appreciatively as he looks back, waiting for the others to follow.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: draws her lemon juice gun again, and squirts each spider, one at a time, switching her position each time to something dramatic, or humerous.

[Flash_Guardian] The Jester grins broadly at Devaine and answers with an emphatic, "Maybe! Next question!" The pixie continues to float there, arms folded smugly.

[Devaine_Hawk] “that’s not a full truthful answer , what did I get you on the first one , twit ?”

Glyniss_McMasters pokes Flaash oocly she was already heading that way mutter mutter......reaching the room she heads straight for the corridor she can hear the other males down...rising her voice..." Who' Boy'.....ter main cryatl' missin' Lydia say' ou' litt' mate' agao' i'....no harmin' ter foo' ye' "

[Aiza] Harlequinn: shoots at the Jester Pixie once, then returns to squirting the spiders.

LoX watches each spider rear up, then stick their tongues back out at her, each one chittering as he keep coming towards her, talking in tiny little voices. "Whaaaat? We just want to hug you!

[Flash_Guardian] The jester-pixie just looks back at Devaine with a smart sort of smirk. "That is a truthful answer! I think it's reasonable to assume that there is a form somewhere in imagination or existence that I can't turn into, but I don't know what it is! Next question!"

Devaine_Hawk grins , “ok, is there any limit to your powers ? that’s two “

[Aiza] Harlequinn: says to the spiders, "I'm not a huggy person. I think the guy controlling you is though. Do you think I should shoot him with this gun?" she waves the water-pistol for a moment before resuming the spider squirting.

LoX makes each spider pile on top each other with a smirk, until they form a debris version of Harley's Granny. "Hello, dahling...come give Gramma a kissy-wissy." Boredom...it's a horrible thing.

[Flash_Guardian] Jester-pixie pulls an umbrella from behind his back, using it as a shield to block the squirt. "Yes. No. Yes. No. ... no. I think." He puts his hand to his chin. "What was the question? ... ... ... Yes."

Glyniss_McMasters frowns as she's getting ignored...." Dam' i' Dev yer grea' lum' ...yer go' yer ea' plugg' I sai' h' know' wher' ter dam' mai' crysta' is.."

[Aiza] Harlequinn: looks terrified for a moment, and runs, her arms straight up in the air, and the gun dangleing grom one finger. She hides behind LoX.

Devaine_Hawk nods , “can you be killed ,die or cease to exist ? That’s three "

LoX begins to laugh as the Great lumbering Granny comes back towards the both of them. "Let granny take a look at you! Lemme pinch dose cheekie-weekies!"

Flash_Guardian runs back up behind Glyniss. "Guys! Check the computer room! Jester's in there!" Pixie Jester hears Flash's voice, then looks back to Devaine with the smallest look of supreme evil that Devaine has ever seen, pointing to Flash. "Only he can answer that." Ignoring the remainder of Devaine's questions, the pixie blinks and disappears a few feet away in a seemingly random direction, then again, and again, slowly winding his way past the grandmother of rubble to hover in front of Flash, fists raised and ready to box Flash to the ground. "C'mon, put 'em up, put 'em up!!" Pixie jester throws a couple punches at Flash, nowhere near hitting him.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: goes "eep!!" and shrinks to the size of a lima bean. She leaps up LoX's leg, and makes her way to his shoulder, then to the top of his head.

Bida grabs Flash's arm, and pulls him back towards her(permission granting), "Flash!" She pulls him behind her, and puts herself between the Jester and Flash.

Devaine_Hawk glares at Flash , before speaking ,”one more , just one more question , and I’ll out wit your dumb ass “

Glyniss_McMasters humphs spinning around and limps off to one of the chairs in the control room...flopping into the chair..leg locking with a resounding snap...

LoX would race for the computer room, leaving Old Mother Rubble back in a pile, but...he has no clue where that is.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: knocks on the top of LoX's head, and giggles.

Glyniss_McMasters frowns pushing herself up and limping off to another certain room where she saw chairs and heaedware.....a room at least 3 should know about

[Flash_Guardian] The pixie-jester no longer seems interested now that it has spotted Flash. It blinks and teleports again, just behind Flash and near his face, striking him with a blow that exceeds his tiny strength, sending Flash's head to the side. Another blink, and the jester kicks his kneecap, Flash's leg buckling. Another blink, and Flash is struck from behind by a pixie head-butt, falling to the floor with a painful grunt.

LoX notes that he's kinda surrounded by a nasty lightning field at the moment...any touching him causes a nasty case of the jitters. Literally. ^_^;

[Aiza] Harlequinn: in that case, scratch the tope of the head thing.

[Devaine_Hawk] “here are my quests that you can not do ,Jester , you gave your word , “

Bida grabs at the Jester-pixie, and if she catches him, she will hold him tight, al most to the point of strangulation.

LoX glances back to Dev. "Dude. He's not listening t'you anymore...how 'bout we do something before he completes his beat down of Flash, eh?" With that, Old Mother Rubble heads towards Flash, Bida and Jester, one giant hand reaching forward and opening, just in case Bida is succesful.

Glyniss_McMasters passes the others without a word if she needs to pass them that is...stepping around them as she head off the clicking of metal rubbing metal as she gets closer to her goal

[Aiza] Harlequinn: hides in a corner, lima bean sized, until everyone begins to move away. Returning to her normal size, she tip-toes after them.

[Flash_Guardian] Glyniss walks past the others, entering the computer room, second door on the left ... the door was in fact open. Surprisingly, the lights here are on. The same six chairs surround a tall pillar of electronic hardware, with six monitors anchored over each of the chairs. The walls of the round room are completely comprised of similar monitors. And at the center of it all is ... the Jester? No, it's another copy of the Jester, sitting cross-legged on the floor with a joystick in his lap, its cord connected to the hardware. His tongue is sticking out as he tweaks the joystick this way and that ... above him, on one of the central monitors is a computerized image of Flash and Jester, duking it out in some kind of virtual fighting game. Flash doesn't appear to be doing to well, his health bar nearly all the way down, while Jester's is completely full.

Devaine_Hawk follows behind LoX , “it was worth a try ..”he turns and looks to Harley , “I got another idea , “

[Aiza] Harlequinn: stops cold when the man looks at her. She stands up tall, and looks around, whistleing, pretending to be innocent.

Flash_Guardian busts into the room right behind Glyniss, staring down at the Jester, then up at the image on the monitor, his eyes going wide. Jester, finally noticing that he's been discovered, looks over at Glyniss innocently. The crystal device lays right beside him.

Bida tries again to grab the Jester-pixie, this time first swatting at it with her wing.

Devaine_Hawk shrugs and follows Glyniss , his psychic senses nudging him toward the computer room ,as he passes Harley he whips a mean rabbit punch at the back of her head , trying to knock her out .

[Flash_Guardian] Pixie jester dodges the first grab, then Bida's wing swats him into the wall with a resounding crack! He bounces off a little, and is easily seized by Bida.

LoX follows Glyniss, considering that she might actually knw where she's headed. With that, he skids to a stop behind both Flash and Glyniss, an azure brow quirking upwards while he shakes his head. "Hah-hah. Busted."

Glyniss_McMasters rises a brow as she steps/limps into the room....letting the door close behind her....only then aware that Flash had followed her...well at least one of the men listened....

[Flash_Guardian whispers to Devaine_Hawk] ((If it were an avatar to any other deity, it might have worked. Unfortunately, he worships chaos and deceit. He lives to break the rules.))

Bida takes the Jester-pixie and walks into the computer room, and sees the other Jester playing on one of the monitors.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: is hit, and bounces forwards and back, like a punching bag with sand on the bottom. Once she stops, she shakes her head and regains her balence. Grating her teeth, she followed everyone into the room.

LoX motions for Bida to hand him the Jester-Pixie. "Here...I'll take 'im. Make a baby-globe for th' little bugger."

[Flash_Guardian] Jester suddenly makes an odd face at the others. "Uh-oh," he musics quietly. Suddenly, he snaps his fingers ... the joystick becomes a wireless joystick, and he quickly leaps up, resuming his battle with the Flash in the computer, quickly trying to finish him off. The pixie jester in Bida's hands looks over at the main Jester, shrugging and looking guilty. "Sorry, boss," it chimes, disappearing for good this time in a puff of miracle whip.

Glyniss_McMasters takes a deep breathe....limping forwards....nodding ter the crystal....." Our' I thin'.....aware now that everyone nearly was here kinda stepping closer to the Jester

Bida drops the cream shaking her hands in disgust. Her wings rustle as she walks until she is close by Flash.

LoX grins evilly and steps towards Jester, eyebrows waggling. o/' Goodnight, sweetheart, well it's time to goooo...o/'

Devaine_Hawk walks into the computer room and takes stock of the situation , moving toward one of the chairs , and setting down in it , “is this a one player game or can any one play , ?” he asks Jester as he reaches for harness and tries to jack into the virtual game Flash is in on the screen .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: sneaks up behind Devaine and flicks him in the back of his left ear, then runs out of the room, and hides around the corner.

[Flash_Guardian] The jester whines like a teenager. "AwwwwWW! Just one more match before bed, I promise!!" He eyes Devaine, grinning at him slyly, tugging the joystick this way and that. The Jester in the computer is using some very cheap moves, almost inhuman ... Flash takes another beating, nearly flying out of the virtual combat arena. He looks very bloodied and bruised, panting for breath, and is struggling to stay on his feet. "Go right ahead," he offers Devaine, playing the devil's advocate.

Glyniss_McMasters glares at Dev knowing what had happened to the last person who had sat in one of those chairs..." Wha' friggin' hel' yer doin' " thumbing to Flash..." Yer wann' en' up lik' he wa'...." limping over as quickly as she can...casting a look to Jester..." We' ain' her' ter pla' yer game'..."

Flash_Guardian glares angrily at the Jester, torn between running away and breaking through them all to hit Jester in the face as hard as he can ... no matter that he doesn't remember how to do it properly. Instead, he just stares and scowls angrily.

[Aiza] Harlequinn: suddenly looks at the engine room entrance, and skip in that direction, mischeif glinting in her eyes, "What can I do to the angel?" she says over and over in a singsong voice.

[Flash_Guardian] Jester looks at Glyniss disappointedly, stepping to the side and kicking the crystal device back up into his mouth. "Awww," he says, mouth full. "Ahs hoo baahh." With that, he suddenly leaps forward, into and through one of the computer monitors, the joystick dropping to the floor harmlessly.

Bida hears Herlequinn, and spins to see her skipping by the computer room. She raced out of the room, and towards Aiza, who was laying on the floor in the engine room. Bida was just a few steps behind Harlequinn.

[Flash_Guardian] And yes, he takes the crystal device with him.

Devaine_Hawk pops upon the screen between Flash and virtual Jester , if he read that right , and surprise , surprise , he has a virtual Lucy with him , it’s VR so he should be able to visualize her and bring her in right ? “hello sunshine “ a electronic voice rings out from the speaker over Dev , just as he opens fir at Jester on the screen .

[Aiza] Harlequinn: rounds the corner, and stops at the angel on the ground. She then melted into the ground, leaving a red and black stain on the floor.

[Flash_Guardian] The VR gun unloads shot after shot into the jester on the screen, white blinking text displaying an ever growing hit combo counter ""... x2, x3, x4 ... x7 ... x15 ... x20!!! Ultimate combo!!" The jester's health bar is reduced to nothing. The game suddenly goes into slo-motion, the jester letting out one final screech in a slow motion fall back to the ground, unmoving. "Friendship Victory" displays on the screen.

Bida kneels beside her sister, checking to see if Harlequinn did anything to her, "Aiza, wake up Aiza," she shook her sister by her shoulders, hoping to get some response from her.

Aiza 's head lolls about, she is still out like a light.

LoX just kinda scratches the back of his neck idly. "Well...I'll be damned. The sodding thing actually worked...I think."

Bida slaps Aiza across the face (permission granting), and calls her name again.

Aiza 's head snaps to the side and her eyes slowly open. Raising one hand to her cheek she sat up, "what the fuck happened? Why am I in here?"

Glyniss_McMasters looks over at Lox not having even seen him before today " Aw righ' an' wha' yer see' of Jeste' mak' yer thin' it woul' be as eas' as tha'......thin' ma' is he like' ter han' it ove as a Friendshi' Victor'"

Devaine_Hawk looks over to virtual Flash “the jewel , we nee it so I can jack back out with it and power the ship back up “ soon he snaps forward in the chair , the jewel in his hand “lets go “ he tell the ones still in the room “

Aiza stands, and looks at the stain on the floor, "what the hell?"

Bida says simply, "don't ask. Come on, they're in the computer room."

LoX yawns for a moment. "You forgot the Fatality, Dev."

[Flash_Guardian] Virtual Flash, after helping to wrestle the crystal key away fromvirtual Jester and give it back to Devaine, continues to pulverize the Jester inside the computer, as shown on the monitors. Lightning fast punches assail the Jester accompanied by releases of spell energy blasts and jets of Flame ... the Jester just can't seem to keep up while inside the computer, a world built on rules.

Aiza looks into the computer room, seeing for the first time the screen with the Jester, "Is he gone?" she asks, looking into the room further.

Devaine_Hawk nods to the screen “Flash has it covered , and after what Jester did to him , he should be the one to get it ,” he laughs as he moves back toward the other room .

[LoX] "Well...y'know. This might not have been as harrowing as taking on Ares and his pet Minotaur at the same time, but it's been some fun, mates."

Aiza says sarcastically, "right, easy as pie." she rolls her eyes

Devaine_Hawk hands the jewel over to Glyniss , I still have an idea for what to do with Jester , if I can find his body “

[Flash_Guardian] Jester seems to finally grasp how things work inside the computer, and is now beginning to retaliate with attacks of his own. The voice of the Jester crackles over the speakers ... "I have news for you, FLASH!" he jeers, throwing another dancing kick or two at Flash. "Before I came here today, I took the liberty of sealing off the portal back to our realm for a short time!" Flash looks shocked, and in his distraction he takes another kick to the face, hard, spinning to the virtual floor. Jester cackles madly. "Ha ha! That's right! If one of us dies now, there's no returning to our deities for help! You just ... POOF!" Jester makes a violent exploding motion with his hands, then moves to kick Flash while he's down. Flash just rolls out of the way, coming back up into a ready stance and glaring at Jester in determination.

Bida 's hands cover her mouth as she gasps. Shaking her head, she asks Devaine to Patch her into the computer like he just was, "I have to help Flash!"

Devaine_Hawk searches room to room for Jesters physical body, while Glyniss and the others work on the ship , something tells him they need to beat him in both this world and VR if they want to be done with him for good .

Glyniss_McMasters rolss her eyes as she takes the crystal from him turning sharply without a word as she limps off pushing past any in her way as she makes her way back to the core....the tap tap clicking of meatl following her....slapping the crystal softly against her thigh the only sign of her irratation

[LoX] "No. If Flash has to worry about you too, then his attention will be diverted from the battle...and if you die in there, there's no comin' back. The Body cannot exist without the Mind."

Bida turns on LoX, "I won't die! Flash needs my help! I have to get in there!"

[Flash_Guardian] Just then, all of the harnesses on the chairs emit powerful bursts of sparks as they short circuit. "No help from the audience, thank you," says Jester to the outside world. Flash takes the opportunity to leap up and come down on Jester's head with two solid kicks and an elbow strike, landing deftly on his feet as he sends Jester to the floor. Jester spits out some blood, then glares daggers back at Flash, eyes glowing a demonic red. "You know what I've always liked about you? You're an enigma to yourself! You serve the god of order, but in your own way! You do your job with honor, but only when it suits you! I'd almost think you would have been one of us if not one of them!"

Aiza says, "Help him out here."

LoX regards Bida with an amused expression. "Imagine if you'd have been in that chair."

[Aiza] Harlequinn: comes back out of the floor at the black and red stain. She walked back into the hallway, and into the computer room, "awww. . . poor widdle angel wiffout her twoo wove! Boo Hoo."

Devaine_Hawk calls out to the others “help me find the body , we have to beat him in both worlds at the same time so he won’t have anywhere to run to!!”

Bida takes a step towards the chair, then stops, seeing Harlequinn. "Get the hell away from here." her voice has a commanding quality to it. "Get the fuck away from all of us."

Devaine_Hawk comes out of the library with Jesters limp form slung over a shoulder , “LOX help me get him in the hanger and keep him there , “

Aiza goes to the garage and begins to look for the Jester's body, "Come on Bida! Help us look!"

Bida calls, "Devaine found him!"

Aiza looks out of the garage, "oh. . ."

Glyniss_McMasters isnt even in there with the others any longer having since disappeared along the corridor and to the cockpit....glancing around quickly before heading to the core.disappearing onto its walkway before treversing downwards to where the crystal was once placed

Devaine_Hawk reaches out to Triad and the old man with his mind , “ when Glyniss powers you up be ready to take us just short of the end of time , and to pop the air hatch in the hanger “

LoX stifles a yawn and heads towards Devaine. "Looks like you've got it covered, mate. What d'you need me to do?" Apathy was starting to catch up to him, along with the exhausting after-effects of the amount of power he'd exerted in such a short amount of time.

Devaine_Hawk grunts , “he’s heavier than he looks , get the door “

LoX boots the door open with a savage straight kick and motions Devaine onwards, while staying behind to make sure that no one follows them.

[Flash_Guardian] The battle inside the computer rages on ... the real Flash has actually been watching the whole time, temporarily forgotten by the others. He slowly walks over to the virtual reality chairs, not fully knowing what he's doing as he seats himself in one of the chairs, placing the mental harness over his head.

Devaine_Hawk places the prone Jester right next to the air lock , and steps back , “calling out “Glynis it’s up to you now, we need the power back on “

Glyniss_McMasters stands at the smallest triangle of crystal rods...holding the object in her hands.....and licking her lips she close her eyes....and suddenly emits a burst of sound....her song before had been aimed at a certain person...this time he didnt need that burst sooo now instead head up the humming gains in volumn...sending its strength upwards swirling...dancing blasting

Devaine_Hawk looks to LoX , “we don’t want to be here when the hanger door opens , the vacuum of the void at the end of time will pull him right out and in , “

[Flash_Guardian] The arrays seem to react a bit faster this time, for some reason known only to the best of artificers ... the crystal devices catches the sonic waves from Glyniss's voice, snapping up into position, and then one by one the triangular arrays light up once more, lifting off the ground and realigning themselves in perfect, straight lines suspended in midair. The first three have powered up, and now the fourth ... almost halfway there ...

LoX nods. "Lets go, then."

Bida has been following Devaine, and finally speaks up, "didn't you hear what he said though? If he dies, Flash is stuck here."

[Flash_Guardian] The ring on Flash's hand suddenly begins to glow a subtle blue, and Flash jerks in his chair ... somehow Flash's mind is connected into the machine in spite of the short circuit ... and now there are two Flashes fighting against the jester!

Devaine_Hawk follows LoX out and rushes to the bridge , calling out to Triad again in his mind “come on kid , where’s all that potential we talked about , work with me here

[Aiza] Harlequinn: stands in the computer room, leaning against a wall, her arms crossed over her chest. She calls out to whomever can hear her, "Boy Scout is in the Computer!" She then just stands there, and waits.

Glyniss_McMasters mouth opens the tune shifting changing ..its tempo taking on form..music....resounding around her as it fills the air...hitting bouncing..wanting to break out...as words form within the sound" How can I thinkkk I'm standing strong....Yet feeeel the air beneath my feet?....How can happiness feeeel soo wrong? ....How can misery feeeel soo sweet?.....How can yoou let me watcch you sleeep, Then break my dreams the wayyy you do?....How can I get in sooo deep?....Why did I fall in love with you?"