90. A story of a beginning
Marius bent down and cupped some of the spring’s water in his hand. Sipping it, he tasted fresh water. Whatever this was, the stream was real…as real as the datasphere made things anyway. Following the underground path, Nox’s tiny sun lit the way.
Nox pulled out the compass. It still read ‘up’.
A movement on a far wall caught Fureva-Yung’s attention. Glittering and shimmering with every movement, large bugs collected and moved together. Fureva-Yung’s taste for unusual things peaked, she tried picking the bugs off the wall, her mouth open in anticipation. The illusion of bugs disappeared, and she found instead an ancient cypher, hidden under the bug illusion. Disappointed, he handed the cypher to Nox, draped across her shoulders. The young woman glanced at the device and discovered it was a reinvigorating cypher.
“Can I use it?” She asked around the group. She knew she wasn’t the only one finding this expedition through the datasphere to find Celeron, exhausting.
“Sure,” Fureva-Yung shrugged, almost dislodging Nox, “I prefer these instead, they don’t disappear.” She carefully bent down and and pickup a few mineral-rich rocks, the veins of quartz, mica and other minerals sparkling in Nox’s sunball.
The group continued through the cavern, following the small stream until it reached a lake. Around the lake from them, the group could see a large figure, the image of the Lattimor Engineer working at something at ground level. Marius’ curiosity propelled him ahead of the group, digging at the area where the Lattimor had just been working.
Quietly, as if on cue, both Nox and Fureva-Yung said, “He’s very good at digging,” and giggled, their laughter filling the cave.
“If you’re finished enjoying yourselves, I could do with a little help here, “ Marius complained, “I’ve found something, but it won’t come up.”
Flitting off Fureva-Yung’s shoulder, Nox flew across and scanned a metre-wide hexagonal piece of metal Marius had unearthed.
“What did she say?” Marius asked Nox, a little self-consciously.
“Oh, we were just admiring your excellent work.” She mumbled back a reply, studying the device, “This device is a trap of sorts, but it's bolted into the bedrock. You’ll never dig it out.”
Not to be thwarted, Marius stood up, brushed off his dusty hands and stepped into the centre of the plate. Suddenly, two things happened. A hexagonal-sided force field shot up and encircled Marius. From outside, however, it looked as if Marius had disappeared to be replaced by the female Bursk illusion they had seen further up the cavern. It seemed, as far as the story seemed to go, the Lattimor had placed this device to trap the feral Bursk. From inside the force field, Marius waved as Fureva-Yung stepped up to examine the plate. Outside, the Bursk seemed to stand up and wave at Fureva-Yung.
“That is disturbing, Marius. Please stop.” Fureva-Yung made a disgusted face.
“Have a look at this thing, will ya, I’m stuck in here, “ he replied, pointing to the plate at his feet.
Marius had cleared out around the plate, but there wasn’t enough room to get Fureva-Yung’s fingers under. Nox made divots in the bedrock with her Reshape ability, big enough for Fureva-Yung to slip her hands under. Now, with a good hold on the metal and solid rock under her feet, Fureva-Yung started to lift the metal.
Initially, the metal plate yielded, bending in on itself, closing the space within the force field around Marius. But then bolt firmly driven into the bedroom held and it was hard to tell if the popping and whining noise were coming from Fureva-Yung or the metal. Veins bulged in Fureva-Yung’s neck arms and legs as she continued to pour physical pressure into the bolts until the inanimate object gave way under Fureva-Yung’s will.
SNAP! CRACK!
The bolts gave way or sagged like the metal plate under Fureva-Yung’s force. The force fields started tilting horizontally to the ground until Marius-Bursk was lying down and exiting the top where the field became weak. As the Bursk escaped the trap, the one became two, with Marius returning to examine it with Nox and Fureva-Yung, and an image of the Bursk ran off further into the cavern.
“It looks like this trap could have been turned on and off by remote, “ Nox said, pointing out the antenna.
“The technology is not unfamiliar to me. Not Ferrian, but of my era perhaps,” Furva-Yung added.
“Well, let's see what shinies this remote trap of unknown origins has inside,” Marius said and got to work.
As Fureva-Yung watched Marius work, she was once again reminded of a story that she’d seen many years ago in her previous life. It had been a moving picture story, something the Ferrian’s were well known for, made for children and parents to watch together. The story had followed the travels of a wild Bursk to find a new home to live in peace all while a Lattimor scientist was trying to capture her in an attempt to stop the wild Bursk from causing trouble. At the same time, she remembered it was also the story of a young prince who ruled under the strict influence of an advisor. The Prince was young mischievous and smart, but he knew he couldn’t face down the advisor without help.
Parts of the story were now lost to Fureva-Yung, but she did remember that the Bursk helped the young prince stand up against the advisor, and in return, the young prince ensured that his large friend found a home where she could live in peace. Though the setting was completely different, she was now sure it was the same characters she was seeing lifted out of that story.
Fureva-Yung now turned her attention back to the lake and stuck her head in the water to focus her echolocation on its depths. It was not a large lake, under the light of Nox’s mini sun, its far bank was easily made out, but Fureva-Yung could make out that the lake’s still surface held hidden depths. Down deep, she could sense the sharp outlines of a made-made shape, a shuttlecraft of Ferrian design.
Nox moved her mini sun above the spot Fureva-Yung indicated, but the water was murky, and very little of the shuttle could be made out.
“What is a space shuttle doing in a lake underground?” Fureva-Yung asked.
“In the Datasphere? I guess anything could be anywhere in the Datasphere.”
Curiosity getting the better of her, Fureva-Yung strode out into the lake and was soon lost to its depths. Fully submerged, she was more aware of the life around her. Below, diamond shapes flew up from the lake bed and away at her sudden appearance. She sensed them with interest until Marius interrupted her thoughts.
They don’t have tentacles, so you can’t make them pets. Are you going to eat them?
Don’t be so hasty, She replied back as she felt the shiver in the water that meant Marius had joined her in the lake, They may have tentacles.
Walking down and along the lake bed, Fureva-Yung and Marius in tow soon found the shuttle. It was small, just a one-person runabout with a large hole blasted in its side. The whole vessel was covered in a slick layer of algae making it hard to find purchase. Fureva-Yung put her ear to the hole and listened from the echoes that defined the shuttles interior. A startled eel made a made dash to escape, pushing Fureva-Yung back, but not before she’d found out what she’d wanted to know. The whole shuttle was full of water, nothing lived inside besides the few water creatures that made it home.
Finding the door, Fureva-Yung used her trunk to pump the manual door release to crank open the door for Marius to go through and scavenged. Her skin and fur, still glowing green from Marius' trick at the space station now came in handy. In the complete darkness inside the shuttle, Fureva-Yung gave off a faint glow. Behind a dark and broken control panel sat what was left of the broken body of a humanoid. At medium height, it was not another Lattimor, but neither was it human. Crabs were finishing off what nutrients could be gathered from the remains. Fureva-Yung snatched up one and popped it in her mouth. It had a satisfying crunch.
Now are you happy? Marius said through the link, You’ve given yourself crabs.
I love their crustiness, She said, selecting another and munched it contentedly.
Marius spent the better half of an hour ripping the guts out of what was left of the shuttle and came away with a bag full of cyphers, one that he quickly incorporated into himself without a word. Once he was satisfied he’d scrounged all he could, they both returned to the surface, where Nox and Jaden sat waiting impatiently.
“Well, did you find anything interesting?” Jaden asked as Marius handed over the cyphers he’d found, except the one now in his arm. She seemed disappointed there were not more parts, but said nothing but stowed the treasures away in Bellyache.
They continued their travels around the cavern ending with a large cavern of worked stone. Rows of stone columns held up a double-heighted vaulted ceiling leading to a raise dais where two stone chairs sat. In the nearest chair, the image of the young boy, the individual identified by Fureva-Yung as
The Prince. In the other, the image of a stern-faced man. Feeling left out of the fun, Nox flittered across the space to land with a plonk in the boy's chair. As she sat, Nox felt the presence of someone else beside her before they fell away. As the others watched, Nox disappeared into the boy as another figure flopped out onto the ground before the throne. It was within human variants for height, female and their hair was as white as Jaden’s, though their face was far kinder looking.
Jaden rushed over to help the stranger who she instantly recognised from the historical documents and statues in Celeron. This was the woman herself, the creator of the Crawl Passage automatons that made travel through the mountain possible. The finder and founder of the township that would eventually bear her name, Celeron the Wright.
“Celeron! I can’t believe we finally found you,” Jaden said, helping the woman about the same age as herself and also a century and a half older. Jaden was startled to realise that Celeron, hero life-long hero and a woman who she had compared herself to, was now a contemporary.
“Yes, I’m Celeron, and I’m say I’d dash glad to be found!”
In the stone chair, the boy prince looked down beside him and pulled out of thin air a large compass. The needle no longer pointed up but directly at its owners, Celeron blinkingly looking around at her saviours. Nox slapped her forehead, making the boy Prince do the same action as she realised that on a two-dimensional compass like this one, up and down looked identical. It was shere chance they’d found the underground mining facility that led to Celeron.
“We’d set out to find you following that compass of yours, but I had to admit that I didn’t think we’d actually achieve it, “ Jaden said, shaking her heroes hand before introducing the group.
“You going missing was one of the greatest mysteries in Celeron,” Jaden said, gesturing for Nox to get out of her chair as she turned to leave the chamber.
Nox tried to obilgue, but she was held fast to the chair, stuck like the young boy was stuck on his hollow throne.
“Nox, we have to finish the story,” Fureva-Yung said, leaping behind one of the columns and trying to hide.
“Oh, so we have to show the boy he wasn’t alone and could stand up to his mean advisor?” Nox replied, her voice coming from the boy's excited image.
From the entrance to the chamber, the Bursk now made her appearance. She pantomimed sneaking behind columns far too thin to hide her bulk. As she snuck past Fureva-Yung, and the Admiral fell into step.The two now one, they snuck across the room to behind the advisor's chair.
Nox, now pleased at the turn of events, turned to the advisory and started slinging childish insults. The image of the advisor turned their haunty face to her, his dark eyes staring down at her in a way that would have sent the old Nox scruffying for a hiding space.
“See, my Prince this is why you need my guiding hand, you are far too immature to rule alone.”
“What would you know you old shrivelled prune, “ Nox laughed as the let the insults cascade from her mouth, “Why I bet you’re so stupid, you wouldn’t even know if a cream pie hit you in the face!”
This last was from what Fureva-Yung had remembered from the movie. The Bursk had humiliated the advisor, making him lose face and his position as advisor. Sure enough, as Fureva-Yung took the chance to move with the advisor was distracted, she found a cream pie waiting for her behind the stone throne. It was a simple move to pick up the pie and plant it square in the advisor's face. The Prince stood up on his throne laughing at the foolish advisor as Nox was freed. She flittered away to join the others as the whole story dissolved away.
The group were tired, beat up and mostly done with the Datasphere, at least for now. They carefully backtracked through the mining facility, across the plain to the room and that led back to the relay satellite and home. Exploration of the rest of the Datasphere was conducted, some by the party present, but those adventurers are for another story.
As for this one, their carefully laid plans to move to crystal overland to Tiltspire succeeded without a hitch. When they returned themselves, Celeron in tow, they blasted the last shard of the the Malignant A.I. out into the Star prison built for it.
What had started as a bunch of misfits just trying to save what they could of their home, had become the heroes of Celeron, the Founders of Tiltspire and the ambassadors to half a dozen peoples east of the Endoval Forest. But it wasn’t the end of their adventures.
Initially, things continued much as they had for a little while. There was a transportation system to clear of crystal and get running between Celeron and Tiltspire, possibly even out to the Manufactory complex they’d found to the south. They kept up secret communication with the Patchwork Dream and Akavel and literally established an underground railway for those who wanted to leave and bring their skills and knowledge to Tiltspire. Celeron and Tiltspire became a centre for trade, information exchange and teaching with the Spire almost infinite library.
Individually, our heroes went their own ways as friends do. As soon as Jaden saw that Celeron and Tiltspire could run without her she had Nox teleport her out to Stellaclave, and she stole Fureva-Yung’s flagship, The Illustria.
Ah Jaden, Said Fureva-Yung over the telepathic link, I’m Admiral and that’s my ship.
Yes, but you can’t be an Admiral unless you have a Captain to captain my ship, right?
Y..e..ss, but…
Yes, yes. I’ll pick you up as long as you promise that I’m now the Captain.
And you’ll do as I say?
Within reason…and as long as you stay out of my Engine Room.
Deal!
Fureva-Yung was not done with this life, even if her reason for being in this time was now over. Through Nox’s mother she gained invaluable links with the Order Sync and Trace and continued the search for shards until she once more returned to the Datasphere and her final rest. To her friends she sent one final message:
"Marius, you may not technically be a "she", but to me, you are worthy of the title."
"Jayden, you are my grumpy aunt chief engineering officer, you're welcome on my crew anytime."
"Nox, you are cunning and sneaky and vicious like a Tyberian cave wasp. You are my heart and core, my tiny spawn sister."
Done with space travel, Marius settled down to a terrestrial travelling life with his brilliant apothecary wife and daughter. Though they travelled throughout all the Eastern townships they’d made contact with during his time adventuring, they never travelled very far from Tiltspire and were often found there every few months or so. Their daughter, their only child, grew up as clever and kind as her mother and as fast and wily as her father. She grew up free, not knowing prejudice or classist traditions that would have labelled her “Buckles born” or “High Redoubter”.
Nox returned to Akavel with Raffi, having stolen him from his cell one night. With the help of the Patchwork Dream and the Flay key she’d acquired, the seed was finally removed from Raffi giving him freedom to finally go out and explore the universe with Nox. Though he lamented his lost of armour and super strength, he was still stronger than an average person and learnt, like Marius had, to build on the skills of speed and dexterity he did have. Nox changed her hated name to Dragonfly and was soon famous, or infamous, everywhere Raffi and she travelled. From a broken kid, hiding from the world, she became a diplomat, adventurer, thrill seeker and vigilante to the universe.
This is the end of this story, but not the end of their stories, as stories continue for as long as there are people to tell them and others to listen.
Nox's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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2.The Grey Towers of Endoval
30 Nov 2021 03:07:13
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3. Under the Two Towers
30 Nov 2021 03:07:31
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1. Just another day in Cerelon
22/06/152 CF
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4. Into the Pit
01 Dec 2021 03:03:37
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5. Of Crystals and Titans
16 Jan 2022 11:01:50
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6. The Dodecahedron
21 Jan 2022 12:00:39
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7. Down in the Underground
03 Feb 2022 01:11:44
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8. The Crystal Eaters
02 Mar 2022 01:37:52
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9. The dangers of the Crystal Caverns
02 Mar 2022 03:42:15
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10. A glimpse of the surface
17 Mar 2022 03:50:27
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11. In the shadows of the forest
21 Apr 2022 12:32:26
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12. A fight for survival
03 May 2022 05:04:55
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13. The Pyramid
12 May 2022 12:05:11
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14. To the top
12 May 2022 12:18:40
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15. Gravity Crystals and Iron Horn
25 May 2022 11:18:14
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16. Flying
23 Jun 2022 12:41:19
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17. The Others
07 Jul 2022 06:02:41
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18. Dark Truths
20 Jul 2022 12:26:30
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19. Past and future visions
08 Aug 2022 09:05:21
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20. The Spire
24 Aug 2022 11:06:57
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21.Changing priorities
08 Sep 2022 02:24:42
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22. Building Up
23 Sep 2022 07:22:11
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23. Tearing Down
12 Oct 2022 01:24:50
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24. Finding new paths
20 Oct 2022 03:26:40
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25. Walking the path
08 Nov 2022 11:47:59
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26. Down into the past
30 Nov 2022 10:28:30
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27. Journeys stalled.
28 Dec 2022 03:56:40
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28. Ambassadors
28 Dec 2022 10:37:14
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29. The next floor down
27 Jan 2023 03:58:56
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30. Offensive defence
10 Feb 2023 12:56:22
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31. To see each other plain
16 Feb 2023 01:03:52
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32. The Basement
06 Mar 2023 06:35:02
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33. The Malignant Shard
17 Mar 2023 02:41:37
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34. In search for a crystal
22 Mar 2023 11:49:34
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35. Allies
06 Apr 2023 12:19:26
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36. Nowhere left to go
28 Apr 2023 03:41:32
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37. Sweeping through the Datasphere
01 Jun 2023 04:22:15
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38. The Collection rooms
07 Jun 2023 01:52:29
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39. The Shelter an the Prison
19 Jun 2023 09:29:58
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40. A time to heal and grow
03 Jul 2023 05:11:23
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41. Before the return of Fureve-Yung
19 Jul 2023 08:09:24
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42. She's back
28 Jul 2023 01:55:30
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43. Akavel
14 Aug 2023 01:40:16
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44. Making friends in an unfriendly town
28 Aug 2023 10:16:28
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45. Planning a jail break
11 Sep 2023 01:05:24
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46. The Great Mistake
22 Oct 2023 02:06:36
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47. You are what you eat.
07 Nov 2023 11:59:07
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48. The comings and goings
23 Nov 2023 01:28:46
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49. The leaving of Akavel
12 Dec 2023 02:51:48
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50. The road to Rockspire
27 Dec 2023 03:24:17
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51. The Rockspine Overlook Infiltration
30 Jan 2024 06:30:53
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The Journal Entry’s title
16 Feb 2024 10:01:46
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The Journal Entry’s title
16 Feb 2024 10:01:49
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52. The Ghosts of Rockspire
16 Feb 2024 10:01:53
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53. What lies beneath Rockspine
05 Mar 2024 01:34:15
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54. Rockspine inhabitants
16 Mar 2024 11:04:50
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55. 'Ding-Dong!' Invader's calling
26 Mar 2024 03:35:25
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56. Trask Alive!
06 May 2024 01:29:45
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The Journal Entry’s title
13 May 2024 01:30:49
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57. Home to Tiltspire
13 May 2024 01:30:50
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58. In defence of Tiltspire
24 May 2024 12:10:29
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59. New friends, old suspicions
09 Jun 2024 02:22:57
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60. Seeds of truth
24 Jun 2024 01:04:30
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61. The rewards of success
05 Jul 2024 07:25:48
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62. The Eastern Junction
02 Aug 2024 12:03:10
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64. Exploring deeper
16 Aug 2024 01:49:55
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64. One Room Later
01 Sep 2024 09:51:01
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65. The Datasphere Foundry
16 Sep 2024 12:45:26
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66. Clash of the titans
02 Oct 2024 04:57:33
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67. The Three Sions
16 Oct 2024 01:05:42
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68. The Star Gate
01 Nov 2024 08:59:03
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69. The Derelict
12 Nov 2024 03:15:59
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70. Plantception
22 Nov 2024 06:34:16
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The Journal Entry’s title
10 Dec 2024 04:15:00
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71. The Gas Giant
10 Dec 2024 04:18:32
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72. And the next step...
26 Dec 2024 08:01:58
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73. Into the Whirlwind
18 Jan 2025 01:53:49
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74. A sickening fall from grace
10 Feb 2025 07:41:29
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75. Sound and Silence
14 Feb 2025 05:53:19
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76. The last of his kind
12 Mar 2025 01:28:45
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77. Back to Tiltspire
27 Mar 2025 04:42:37
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78. On the Eve
11 Apr 2025 05:12:54
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79. Infiltrating the Temple of Erinai
30 Apr 2025 05:53:21
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80. Friends in unexpected places
11 May 2025 11:50:04
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81. The Earthern Passages
27 May 2025 05:30:27
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82. Escaping the Earth
06 Jun 2025 08:29:43
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83. The Crystal Room
25 Jun 2025 06:20:31
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84. The Datasphere Showdown
08 Jul 2025 04:19:02
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85 and 86 The Search for Celeron
18 Aug 2025 07:03:55
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87. The Maw
05 Sep 2025 05:14:16
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88. The Plain
16 Sep 2025 04:56:12
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89. The mining facility
22 Sep 2025 10:26:59
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90. A story of a beginning
22 Oct 2025 11:43:36
30 Nov 2021 03:07:13
30 Nov 2021 03:07:31
22/06/152 CF
01 Dec 2021 03:03:37
16 Jan 2022 11:01:50
21 Jan 2022 12:00:39
03 Feb 2022 01:11:44
02 Mar 2022 01:37:52
02 Mar 2022 03:42:15
17 Mar 2022 03:50:27
21 Apr 2022 12:32:26
03 May 2022 05:04:55
12 May 2022 12:05:11
12 May 2022 12:18:40
25 May 2022 11:18:14
23 Jun 2022 12:41:19
07 Jul 2022 06:02:41
20 Jul 2022 12:26:30
08 Aug 2022 09:05:21
24 Aug 2022 11:06:57
08 Sep 2022 02:24:42
23 Sep 2022 07:22:11
12 Oct 2022 01:24:50
20 Oct 2022 03:26:40
08 Nov 2022 11:47:59
30 Nov 2022 10:28:30
28 Dec 2022 03:56:40
28 Dec 2022 10:37:14
27 Jan 2023 03:58:56
10 Feb 2023 12:56:22
16 Feb 2023 01:03:52
06 Mar 2023 06:35:02
17 Mar 2023 02:41:37
22 Mar 2023 11:49:34
06 Apr 2023 12:19:26
28 Apr 2023 03:41:32
01 Jun 2023 04:22:15
07 Jun 2023 01:52:29
19 Jun 2023 09:29:58
03 Jul 2023 05:11:23
19 Jul 2023 08:09:24
28 Jul 2023 01:55:30
14 Aug 2023 01:40:16
28 Aug 2023 10:16:28
11 Sep 2023 01:05:24
22 Oct 2023 02:06:36
07 Nov 2023 11:59:07
23 Nov 2023 01:28:46
12 Dec 2023 02:51:48
27 Dec 2023 03:24:17
30 Jan 2024 06:30:53
16 Feb 2024 10:01:46
16 Feb 2024 10:01:49
16 Feb 2024 10:01:53
05 Mar 2024 01:34:15
16 Mar 2024 11:04:50
26 Mar 2024 03:35:25
06 May 2024 01:29:45
13 May 2024 01:30:49
13 May 2024 01:30:50
24 May 2024 12:10:29
09 Jun 2024 02:22:57
24 Jun 2024 01:04:30
05 Jul 2024 07:25:48
02 Aug 2024 12:03:10
16 Aug 2024 01:49:55
01 Sep 2024 09:51:01
16 Sep 2024 12:45:26
02 Oct 2024 04:57:33
16 Oct 2024 01:05:42
01 Nov 2024 08:59:03
12 Nov 2024 03:15:59
22 Nov 2024 06:34:16
10 Dec 2024 04:15:00
10 Dec 2024 04:18:32
26 Dec 2024 08:01:58
18 Jan 2025 01:53:49
10 Feb 2025 07:41:29
14 Feb 2025 05:53:19
12 Mar 2025 01:28:45
27 Mar 2025 04:42:37
11 Apr 2025 05:12:54
30 Apr 2025 05:53:21
11 May 2025 11:50:04
27 May 2025 05:30:27
06 Jun 2025 08:29:43
25 Jun 2025 06:20:31
08 Jul 2025 04:19:02
18 Aug 2025 07:03:55
05 Sep 2025 05:14:16
16 Sep 2025 04:56:12
22 Sep 2025 10:26:59
22 Oct 2025 11:43:36
The major events and journals in Nox's history, from the beginning to today.
90. A story of a beginning
Marius bent down and cupped some of the spring’s water in his hand. Sipping it, he tasted fresh water. Whatever this was, the stream was real…as real as the datasphere made things anyway. Following the underground path, Nox’s tiny sun lit the way. ...
04:15 am - 13.11.202590. A story of a beginning
Marius bent down and cupped some of the spring’s water in his hand. Sipping it, he tasted fresh water. Whatever this was, the stream was real…as real as the datasphere made things anyway. Following the underground path, Nox’s tiny sun lit the way. ...
11:45 pm - 22.10.202589. The mining facility
With the latest disaster averted, Fureva-Yung decided that the rest of the facility deserved a search and went to find the collapsed passage. She marched through the facility, with Marius jogging behind, to the two black pillars at the top of a set of st...
10:27 am - 22.09.202588. The Plain
“I guess the green light is the way,” Marius said, before activating his nodocycle and speeding away. Not to be outdone, Nox and Jaden quickly did the same and were soon on his heels. Fureva-Yung tried once more to force the nodocycle to her will, s...
04:59 am - 16.09.202587. The Maw
Marius, Fureva-Yung and Nox all appeared in a wedge-shaped room dominated by two half pillars and a door across the room. They arrived almost frozen to the spot, unable to move. The longer they stayed, the more they were able to move. It was like bein...
05:14 am - 05.09.202585 and 86 The Search for Celeron
It had been a busy few days. Rescue the township of Celeron from the Shard, rally the damaged and broken citizenry to clean up and rebuild from the mess of the old. Nox was worn ragged, bamfing between Celeron and Tiltspire with help, and messages to l...
07:09 am - 18.08.202584. The Datasphere Showdown
“So, are we going?” Nox asked for the fifth or sixth time, the others had lost count. An hours rest had come and gone and they’d all regained their second wind. Cyphers old and new were sorted through, and used. Marius found another force cube cy...
12:48 am - 09.07.202584. The Datasphere Showdown
“So, are we going?” Nox asked for the fifth or sixth time, the others had lost count. An hours rest had come and gone and they’d all regained their second wind. Cyphers old and new were sorted through, and a number used. Marius found another forc...
04:41 am - 08.07.202584. The Datasphere Showdown
“So, are we going?” Nox asked for the fifth or sixth time, the others had lost count. An hours rest had come and gone and they’d all regained their second wind. Cyphers old and new were sorted through, and a number used. Marius found another forc...
04:19 am - 08.07.202583. The Crystal Room
In their cramped storeroom, the group took a moment to realise how far they’d come and what was still to do. Fureva-Yung was tired, having thrown herself about through the earthen tunnels. Nox was tired, the strain of mind controlling servitors and sp...
06:28 am - 25.06.202583. The Crystal Room
In their cramped storeroom, the group took a moment to realise how far they’d come and what was still to do. Fureva-Yung was tired, having thrown herself about through the earthen tunnels. Nox was tired, the strain of mind controlling servitors and sp...
06:21 am - 25.06.202582. Escaping the Earth
The group looked at each other with amazement and the shared joy of being survivors. The cavern they now found themselves in was bound on one side by the solid metal wall of the temple and the hovering boulder on the other. On one side, the ground ros...
08:31 am - 06.06.202581. The Earthern Passages
The caverns beyond the walls of the Temple were close and damp. As Nox closed up the gap in the wall, the group couldn’t help notice they were breathing each other's air, and were very aware of each other's scent. Fureva-Yung had a pleasant scen...
05:31 am - 27.05.202580. Friends in unexpected places
Exhausted, Nox and Jaden found a place to sit and contemplate what they were doing. They’d successfully made it into the enemy base only to tip them off as to their presence. They still had a long way to go, and the worst thing was, like the s...
12:52 am - 12.05.202579. Infiltrating the Temple of Erinai
The storeroom was cramped, but empty. Marius activated all his embedded cyphers as Jaden turned on a range weapon cypher she’d been holding onto for a while. This was it. After they opened the storeroom door, the surprise would be sprung and there wa...
05:53 am - 30.04.202578. On the Eve
As air rushed away from the spot she now appeared, Nox entered the storeroom from Aunt Ivasha’s memory with a small pop. This was the first step in their movement to reclaim Celeron from the Malignant Shard piece that called itself Erinai. At first, No...
07:01 am - 16.04.202578. On the Eve
As air rushed away from the spot she now appeared, Nox entered the storeroom from Aunt Ivasha’s memory with a small pop. This was the first step in their movement to reclaim Celeron from the Malignant Shard piece that called itself Erinai. At first, No...
05:13 am - 11.04.202577. Back to Tiltspire
With little discussion, the group went to climb back into the truck only to find tiny sticky threads covering them. They all spied the two sets of eight eyes watching from under a bush. Marius fired up his cyphers, and Nox flew up to get clear of potenti...
04:43 am - 27.03.202576. The last of his kind
Jaden stopped twitching and just sat a moment, exhausted from the effort of dancing. “Now, do you think we can go?” Marius said, turning to Nox, who could bamf them back in the truck. And it was true. They couldn’t go back up the waterfall,...
01:29 am - 12.03.202575. Sound and Silence
The blinding sun of the desert soon sunk into the west as the truck continued to travel southerly towards Tiltspire. The scenery was ever-changing, and driving through the landscape as opposed to walking was a delight. Still, all the group felt the desir...
05:54 am - 14.02.202574. A sickening fall from grace
Piling into the vehicle, Fureva-Yung revved the engine and dropped the handbrake. The truck shot out of the ship like a bullet from a gun, landed on its all-terrain wheels and headed south and Tiltspire, leaving a cloud of dust in its wake. Just as sudde...
07:46 am - 10.02.202573. Into the Whirlwind
Jaden checked on her jarred bug. It clattered against the glass, safe and sound. She swept up the remains to feed them to the ever-eager Quattro. Nox followed her down to engineering and watched Quattro scoff down the remains, all the while keeping an e...
10:30 pm - 02.02.202573. Into the Whirlwind
Jaden checked on her jarred bug. It clattered against the glass, safe and sound. She swept up the remains to feed them to the ever-eager Quattro. Nox followed her down to engineering and watched Quattro scoff down the remains, all the while keeping an e...
01:55 pm - 18.01.202572. And the next step...
After a week of work and the successful transfer of two malignant shards, the group gathered to discuss their next step. The big goal was freeing Celeron with a whole string of minor miracles to achieve along the way. The first on all their lists was th...
08:02 am - 26.12.202471. The Gas Giant
A week doesn’t sound like a long time to travel through space until you realise you have nowhere to go except the ship and nothing to do that doesn’t involve the ship. Every day, the gas giant, one of the planets in the system slowly grew in the ...
04:29 am - 10.12.202470. Plantception
“With this lot, we should be able to rebuild the shields and patch up the energy supply,” Jaden said in the dock as the group looked over the scrap they’d collected from the derelict, “Though, but a lot of fuel has been lost, we’ll eventually h...
09:52 pm - 24.11.202470. Pantception
“With this lot, we should be able to rebuild the shields and patch up the energy supply,” Jaden said in the dock as the group looked over the scrap they’d collected from the derelict, “Though, but a lot of fuel has been lost, we’ll eventually h...
06:36 am - 22.11.202469. The Derelict
+ On the bridge of the Illustria, Nox was asleep in the Captain’s chair. . The ship was on auto-pilot, on a rendezvous course with the derelict ship caught in the asteroid belt. In the past, the ship had been a sanctuary for a malignant shard, but no...
03:54 am - 12.11.202469. The Derelict
+ On the bridge of the Illustria, Nox was asleep in the Captain’s chair. . The ship was on auto-pilot, on a rendezvous course with the derelict ship caught in the asteroid belt. In the past, the ship had been a sanctuary for a malignant shard, but no...
03:54 am - 12.11.202469. The Derelict
+ On the bridge of the Illustria, Nox was asleep in the Captain’s chair. . The ship was on auto-pilot, on a rendezvous course with the derelict ship caught in the asteroid belt. In the past, the ship had been a sanctuary for a malignant shard, but no...
03:23 am - 12.11.202469. The Derelict
+ On the bridge of the Illustria, Nox was asleep in the Captain’s chair. . The ship was on auto-pilot, on a rendezvous course with the derelict ship caught in the asteroid belt. In the past, the ship had been a sanctuary for a malignant shard, but no...
03:20 am - 12.11.202468. The Star Gate
Carceri-Sigma. A super red giant star circled by a space station. This was the Star Gate, literally the gravity of a dying star holding the Malignant A.I. and its collected shards imprisoned. Fureva-Yung had projected an image of the system onto the cei...
09:33 pm - 01.11.202468. The Star Gate
Carceri-Sigma. A super red giant star circled by a space station. This was the Star Gate, literally the gravity of a dying star holding the Malignant A.I. and its collected shards imprisoned. Fureva-Yung had projected an image of the system on the cei...
08:59 pm - 01.11.202467. The Three Sions
The group followed Critinous back through the broken facility to the elevator. Above, a collection of energy fluid hung, suspended in its force field. The elevator shaft ran through the fluid to the upstairs and freedom. To one side, three skitters w...
11:37 pm - 23.10.202467. The Three Sions
The group followed Critinous back through the broken facility to the elevator. Above, a collection of energy fluid hung, suspended in its force field. The elevator shaft ran through the fluid to the upstairs and freedom. To one side, three skitters...
01:06 am - 16.10.202466. Clash of the titans
They emerge back in a new part of the facility, a large open room surrounding a teleportation pad. The sheets of sacristan shielding lay to one side. Several servitors lay crushed and broken against the walls, but where the servitor Marius had reprogram...
07:37 am - 03.10.202466. Clash of the titans
They emerge back in a new part of the facility, a large open room surrounding a teleportation pad. The sheets of sacristan shielding lay to one side. Several servitors lay crushed and broken against the walls, but where the servitor Marius had reprogram...
12:04 am - 03.10.202466. Clash of the titans
They emerge back in a new part of the facility. The sheets of sacristan shielding lay to one side. Several servitors lay crushed and broken against the walls, but where the servitor Marius had reprogramed, there was no sign. Opposite, huge double doors...
04:58 am - 02.10.202465. The Datasphere Foundry
Collecting themselves, Jaden, Marius, Fureva-Yung and Nox stood before the door to the south-west, the way the robot insect had come from and the ozone smell originated. “Do you think we could have a break for a moment?” Nox asked, staring at the d...
12:46 am - 16.09.202465. The Datasphere Foundry
Collecting themselves, Jaden, Marius, Fureva-Yung and Nox stood before the door to the south-west, the way the robot insect had come from and the ozone smell originated. “Do you think we could have a break for a moment?” Nox asked, staring at the d...
12:46 am - 16.09.202465. The Datasphere Foundry
Collecting themselves, Jaden, Marius, Fureva-Yung and Nox stood before the door to the south-west, the way the robot insect had come from and the ozone smell originated. “Do you think we could have a break for a moment?” Nox asked, staring at the d...
12:46 am - 16.09.202464. One Room Later
Jaden and Nox logged onto the console and quickly discovered it was a Datasphere terminal, like the ones in the Spire. Unfortunately, it was inactive and couldn’t restart without power. Fureva-Yung lifted her arm to the door in the south, and like ...
04:20 am - 04.09.202464. One Room Later
Jaden and Nox logged onto the console and quickly discovered it was a Datasphere terminal, like the ones in the Spire. Unfortunately, it was inactive and couldn’t restart without power. Fureva-Yung lifted her arm to the door in the south, and like ...
09:53 am - 01.09.202465. One Room Later
Jaden and Nox logged onto the console and quickly discovered it was a Datasphere terminal, like the ones in the Spire. Unfortunately, it was inactive and couldn’t restart without power. Fureva-Yung lifted her arm to the door in the south, and like ...
09:52 am - 01.09.202464. Exploring deeper
With still much of the ground floor yet to be discovered, the party found themselves one level below ground, attacked by giant egg-shaped creatures. Now, with goop all over them, the party examined the cyphers the egg creatures had collected from previ...
04:18 am - 16.08.202464. Exploring deeper
With still much of the ground floor yet to be discovered, the party found themselves one level below ground, attacked by giant egg-shaped creatures. Now, with goop all over them, the party examined the cyphers the egg creatures had collected from pre...
01:51 am - 16.08.202462. The Eastern Junction
After three days of travel, in the distance, Nox was aware of a fuzzy dark smudge on the horizon. The next day, she was flying over the ruins very similar in shape as the Temple of Erini in Cerelon or the pub in Akavel. She swept across the area several ...
04:36 am - 13.08.202462. The Eastern Junction
After three days of travel and in the distance, Nox was aware of a fuzzy dark smudge on the horizon. The next day, she was flying over the ruins very similar in shape as the Temple of Erini in Cerelon or the pub in Akavel. She swept across the area sever...
12:05 pm - 02.08.2024Session 62 - 2024-07-31
02:30 pm - 31.07.2024Session 62 - 2024-07-31
11:36 am - 31.07.2024Session 61 - 2024-07-03
11:00 am - 31.07.202461. The rewards of success
For the third time that day, Nox teleported the group into Akavel. This time, Rafi was thousands of kilometres to the south and locked away in the Aegis’compound, the opposite of what he’d ever wanted. She could feel his mind even now. He wasn’t ...
02:06 am - 08.07.202461. The rewards of success
For the third time that day, Nox teleported the group into Akavel. This time, Rafi was thousands of kilometres to the south and locked away in the Aegis’compound, the opposite of what he’d ever wanted. She could feel his mind even now. He wasn’t ...
01:41 am - 08.07.202461. The rewards of success
For the third time that day, Nox teleported the group into Akavel. This time, Rafi was thousands of kilometres to the south and locked away in the Aegis’compound, the opposite of what he’d ever wanted. She could feel his mind even now. He wasn’t ...
07:26 am - 05.07.2024Session 61 - 2024-07-03
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10:52 am - 03.07.202460. Seeds of truth
“Hi, what can I do for you?” Cousin Carver pushed himself off the wall as Fureva stepped up. “Cousin Rafi sent me.” She said in a low voice, “He’s in…trouble.” “Ha!” Cousin Carver laughed, “When is he not?” “We need informatio...
01:34 pm - 24.06.202460. Seeds of truth
“Hi, what can I do for you?” Cousin Carver pushed himself off the wall as Fureva stepped up. “Cousin Rafi sent me.” She said in a low voice, “He’s in…trouble.” “Ha!” Cousin Carver laughed, “When is he not?” “We need informatio...
01:34 pm - 24.06.2024Session 59 - 2024-06-05
12:42 pm - 19.06.202459. New friends, old suspicions
Frost crunched underfoot, and breath steamed as Nox made her way across to the communal eating area for breakfast. Thankful for the extra layer of warmth her black rubber armour provided, she grabbed a couple of crusts of bread, a fungal bar made of compr...
05:39 am - 11.06.202459. New friends, old suspicions
Frost crunched underfoot, and breath steamed as Nox made her way across to the communal eating area for breakfast. Thankful for the extra layer of warmth her black rubber armour provided, she grabbed a couple of crusts of bread, a fungal bar made of compr...
02:35 pm - 09.06.2024Session 59 - 2024-06-05
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09:48 am - 05.06.202458. In defence of Tiltspire
And so, a week past at Tiltspire. Fureva-Yung spent some time acquiring skins of small animals and asked Walara to make... a thing. “It should have seven tentacles, three eyes, bat wings, but a huge suction mouth, a small rabbit tail and if you co...
01:43 am - 05.06.202458. In defence of Tiltspire
And so, a week past at Tiltspire. Fureva-Yung spent some time acquiring skins of small animals and asked Walara to make a thing. “It should have seven tentacles, three eyes, bat wings, but a huge suction mouth, a small rabbit tail and if you could...
12:24 pm - 24.05.2024Session 58 - 2024-05-22
09:24 am - 22.05.2024Session 57 - 2024-05-08
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09:50 am - 08.05.202456. Trask Alive!
In the cavern, the ghost stalked the ant man, lashing out with its blade. The ant man scrambled backwards into the pool. Alone, hovering near the ceiling, Nox pursed her lips and blew a few notes of Fuzzy Wuzzy’s tune. They echoed and bounced throu...
01:30 am - 06.05.202456. Trask Alive!
In the cavern, the ghost stalked the ant man, lashing out with its blade. The ant man scrambled backwards into the pool. Alone, hovering near the ceiling, Nox pursed her lips and blew a few notes of Fuzzy Wuzzy’s tune. They echoed and bounced throu...
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