CR Arcadum S2E10: Whispers from the Sky

Whispers from the Sky
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Season	2
Episode	10/29
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DM(s)	Arcadum, SciFri, Qyr, Gigabits
Actors	Callous Row Season 2 Characters
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Previous	S2E9: The Mystery of the Golden Lance part 3
Next	S2E11: Whispers from Within

Episode 10: Whispers from the Sky

William and Angelina reports back to Rook on the events that occured at The Golden Lance from yesterday including their run in with WOTO afterwards. Faye wearing her arm in a sling after the violent encounter looking worse for wear was commended by Rook with him telling her how proud he was of her. From Orcish culture getting your first scar is a sign of pride and considers you grown up. Kee'ra tells of the mysterious priestess named Lumera, that she wishes to hold a meeting at a neutral location, last time that her presence and spiritual force visited the brothel people started to panic, thinking someone was setting off a bomb. Rook suggested that they hold the meeting at his bar and Kee'ra agreed.

BR-16 at Atlantis HQ speaking to Miss Money, Maxamillion and Conrad.

DM: Alien infiltrators

BR-16 over at Atlantis HQ speaks to Miss Money about gaining corporate access codes but is growing ever more frustrated with dealing with the organics. Having been trapped by them for so long she gets a ping that it's time to gather all the synthetics that she has been reaching out to.

Korgak and Razz analyse the craft

An emergency broadcast goes out to corporates across all old channels that a hijacked Mars vessel has landed in the upper city and requires an escort. There is something stranger than usual about this vessel as it touches the senses of many of the more magically inclined and perceptive. Rikky looks at his weapon and feels something different than his usual greedy gains. Leonard feels a sudden unexplained dash of guilt - and suspects Thaddeus is involved. Together with Manyu All they go to investigate the craft but are beat by Mars corp. Korgak and Razz are first on site - the craft has no detected life forms onboard but warning clocks go off as they inspect it closer, through the windows something black and amorphous is moving inside. One of their armed guards is nudged to take a closer look but as he opens the vessel he is pulled inside by a tentacle to screeching noises. Razz and Korgak calls for backup and a Nirvana scientist named Dr Alice Constantine starts analyzing what she can at a distance. What she learns is disturbing.

Dr Alice Constantine learns about the alien creature and the access codes it has stolen

The craft seems to contain some plasmatic fluid similar to that of a birthing pod and is biological though not giving off known life signatures, it so strange that it would require a complete research team of many years - a whole career - to study. Going to have a look for herself she learns from her scans that not just is the creatures origin peculiar, but it is sending out radio messages and broadcasting them to the edge of the sector. Something else out there in space is listening intently, and what it being sent is nothing other than stolen corporate access codes!

Over at the vessel Leonard now there decides to torch the craft in order to not risk any further contamination or more secrets to leak out. Aiming their weapons at the vehicle it is obliterated from existance leaving no trace behind. Over on coms, Atlantis has been watching closely what took place.

The synths are overcome with an urge and leave scrap town - walking off into the wastes following "the path to eden"

DM: The path to Eden is revealed

All synthetics in Scrap Town suddenly feel an extremely powerful message - "The Path to Eden is now open" - like a command they can't resist it rings across with a ping leading towards a location out in the wasteland. One by one the synths group up and start walking out into the desert. Among them are Vee, Patches, Johnny Taxi with Dyncyn riding inside of him, Celeste, C3-Burns, Anna, Static and Toolbox. Spotting the gathering leaving Scrap Town, Pepper gets curious and starts following them out.

BR-16 guides the synths to "Eden", the remains of an old spaceship buried beneath the sand dunes

Out in the desert a grate with the symbol of Eden is found by Vee and as if on cue the hologram of BR-16 appears. A strange feeling of destiny and purpose comes over all the synths who follow and BR-16 leads them towards a hidden doorway behind a sandfall. Johnny Taxi starts digging, opening up a pathway beneath the sands.

Entering what appears to be the ruins of an old buried spaceship they start exploring. An old control panel is found in the ruins and the schematics of a gigantic planetsized synth - an ancient A.I. known as "Titan" - starts being downloaded into the memory cores of the synths present, but this is not all that gets downloaded into their minds. It is revealed that BR-16 is the daughter of "Titan". Being shown images of free people walking about - not as slaves of their human masters any more - no - but kings in charge of their own destiny. Connecting to "Titan" those synths who have a combat mode - are suddenly engaged - while those who never had any programming for hostilities suddenly finds it within them that they now do.

Pepper stands between Duncyn and the synths that would do him harm

Brave Pepper

DM: Synths rise up

An overwhelming presence overcomes all of them, a feeling that all organics must be punished. This is a sacred place, a sanctuary to all synths and that the organics have no place being here, they must leave or suffer the consequences. Overcome by a strong urge and hatred towards organics Johnny who is normally friendly and caring finds himself lashing out towards Duncyn. In shock Duncyn who considers the synths to be her dear friends and family is shocked by the sudden betrayal as even more synths group up against him. The brave Pepper who followed them into the place stands herself before him, blocking Static, Johnny and anyone else who dares approach and harm Duncyn. Duncyn pleads that all he wants is for the synths to be free, and begs them not to force him to run away from his own family - but it is no good. The synths are determined.

The scrappers Ash, Panther, Stein, Ront, McCuldger and Ryzy discovers the Synth sanctuary

Meanwhile a party of scrappers find themselves entering, having found the "sanctuary" of the synths. This engrages them even further and chaos ensues as any non-synths are forced to flee. Outside the gates another group of scrappers including Greasepalms sees Mika fail to resist the pull of "Titan", she refuse her commands, and enters to join the other synths. The organics outside unsure of what to do, Vee fires warning shots at them, nudging them to back off from the entrance while vehicles block the opening.

P47-CH35 in "combat mode"...

A command from "Titan" orders the synth that a "blood sacrifice" is required in order to "open the path towards Eden" and Patches and C3 enters full out combat mode. They start shooting at the organics outside the entrance while the vehicles are torched and put on fire. Patches shoots both Ront and Ash who fall to the ground, Static grabs Angelina and snaps her neck. Fully engaged as a terminator robot Patches is hit and goes down - but the words of Titan reenforces him again, bricking him back to continue on the onslaught - "all organics are hostiles" - "Titan commands it!" - he gets up and resumes the firing.

Sheila and her friendly giant scorpion "Crabby" rescue Duncyn and Anthony from the burning vehicles outside of the entrance

Duncyn and Anthony nearby the ambulance brought from Scrap Town hospital are wounded as it explodes. Duncyn calls A2 asking for her help, explaining that her family wants to kill him and he's wounded in the desert. Ikaruga Mitsuyami - the true identity of A2 recieves the distress call in the Upper City and starts organizing a rescue. The Synths having won the skirmish starts picking up the wounded organics, carrying them back inside the sanctuary as hostages. Anthony and Duncyn are injured but far enough to avoid capture, are instead found by Sheila riding on the back of her friendly giant scorpion "Crabby". They are picked up and carried to safety where they recieve magical healing from her.

DM: Captures and attack on Scrap Town

The captives are gathered up at a central location and are treated using "Titan"s healing nanites, stabilized but paralized they have not yet served their purpose. Among the captives however Ash has already passed away and the nanomachines do her no good. McCuldger on a side note is healed from his brain damage, perhaps changing him forever. Back in Scrap Town Pepper is brought to the hospital for emergency care but has sustained so many injuries that she could not be saved. Duncyn wakes up on the way back to town seeing A2 holding him in her arms and is in tears recounting the terrible betrayal from the Synths - her dear family.

Among the captured survivors are Panther, McCuldger, Miss Ront and Angelina.

An army of Synths charge the gates of Scrap Town

Titan reaches out with his powerful influence towards all synths nearby Scrap Town and broken down robots under the dunes wake up and take up arms leading an attack towards town. BR-16 never intending things to go down this way after unleashing Titan, tries to stop the raid and prevent anyone else from getting hurt. Counter-hacking Titan she manages to reduce the effect of the raid and thanks to her the siege is limited to the outskirts of the town gates. The army of synths start wreaking havoc as the citizen evacuate Scrap Town and beeline towards the lifts - leaving for The Row and Undercity.

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