Dragonball M, Chapter 2: Lighthouse! Across the Shores of Shattered Time!

[The Dog]

OC: Before I try to jump in, is Midori and Shiro with Jinzi's group?

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

OC: Before I try to jump in, is Midori and Shiro with Jinzi's group?

Yes they are.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Landing with a hard roll and tumble, Meagan stood up and looked around. As she did, her cloak returned to her shoulders, it's hood over her head. She did not panic, but was feeling a sense of fear and confusion and anger. Without hesitating, she walked towards the ruins of Capsule Corps in hopes of finding a clue as to what happened.

A motion sensor, hidden in the rubble, detects her movement.

A green arrow flashes briefly in deontbif meagan, indicating her to go towards a grate nearby.

[Tami]

A motion sensor, hidden in the rubble, detects her movement.

A green arrow flashes briefly in deontbif meagan, indicating her to go towards a grate nearby.

Following the arrow, she reaches the grate and kneels down to examine it. Then she tries to lift the grate.....

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Following the arrow, she reaches the grate and kneels down to examine it. Then she tries to lift the grate.....

It lifts easily enough, and she can get into the tunnel and follow it.

If she does she'll come to, eventually, see a large vault door before her.

[The Dog]

Midori followed the group almost catatonically as she stared at Jinzi in shock, trying to make sense of everything. They'd somehow managed to go 20 years in the future. Apparently a post-apocalyptic future with tyrannical robot death troopers patrolling the surface while the rebellion hid underground.

"Wah-buh-bluh-" Midori muttered, still staring at Jinzi as she tried to articulate her words.

"I believe Midori is trying to ask "HOW?!" Shiro said, Midori nodding and pointing at Shiro.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

“A nanomat cocktail I created a few years back. Counters the ki supressing nano-machines in the air.”

He hands them all one.

“The effects take some time to kick in, and even when it does, it’s a constant struggle. You’ll need more than one injection as time goes on.”

After watching the others inject themselves with the strange silvery liquid, Ishtar sighs, and injects herself with the 'Nanomat Cocktail'.

A moment passes, and then the golden-eyed Oni feels it as her divergent energies begin to slowly well inside of her; and for a moment there is a familiar discordance. Such does not last long however, another testament- if small- that the Oni had returned to form after her departure. So with a slow exhale, Ishtar takes another moment to look over her prosthetic limb before being feeling somewhat satisfied.

And at the very least, if her energy was to find itself again suppressed by these Nanomachines; there was at least the knowledge that her magic- and that of Nevanlinne, and presumably Etrina's- would continue to work as intended.

Nevanlinna allowed herself a small smile. "And, naturally, I was right about the cause of our ki abilities failing." But of course, what else could one expect but perfection from one such as her?

She removed her gauntlets and injected the nanomat cocktail, then put them back on. Almost immediately, she could feel the concoction working. "So tell me... these nanomachines, they get into enough of your cells and interfere with the production of ki inside them, am I correct? If that's the case, then long-term exposure to these nanomachines would certainly have detrimental, possibly fatal effects, though thankfully not as... immediate as expending one's life energy."

There was a moment where Ishtar considered that this, Nevanlinne, might know more about their would-be-murderers than was being let on. Yet at the least she had proven herself useful, and was not otherwise untoward- despite the borderline haughtiness- and so such notions were shelved for the time being.

Instead the Oni simply blinked before saying:

"You are rather well-versed in the use of magic, it would seem. It was rather nice to see."

Jinzi sighs and sits down.

“We will leave again in a minute. This isn’t safe. I’ll take you to the actual HQ. I can tell the tale better there.”

Ishtar nods at Jinzi's words, before taking a quick look at the stock of what supplies could be found here, if they were to move shortly, it would at the least be wise to take would prove most useful.

[Tami]

It lifts easily enough, and she can get into the tunnel and follow it.

If she does she'll come to, eventually, see a large vault door before her.

Walking up to the vault, she had a sense of Deja Vu. Examining the vault, she makes an effort to open it......

[Cyke]

Walking up to the vault, she had a sense of Deja Vu. Examining the vault, she makes an effort to open it......

The creaking of the door startles Zaofan, who gets Bojack at the ready. "I swear, if it's another one of those walking food proecessors again..."

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Meagan opens it to reveal the group.

Jinzi turns and his eyes widen in shock.

“Meagan?”

[Tami]

Meagan opens it to reveal the group.

Jinzi turns and his eyes widen in shock.

“Meagan?”

Pulling down her hood, she looks at him, "Jinzi? Is that you?" Shocked and confused, her hearts started racing, as she then looked around, "What's going on? What happened?"

[rhyvurg]

When the world went white and everything changed, Adam was inside Capsule Corp. It's reduction to rubble was...unexpected. No visible survivors, no intact technology. No reason to stay. Reaching out, it senses the part of itself still inside Midori, and knows she is functional. But it also gives Adam a direction. Lifting off, it flies towards Capitol City. It can of course detect the nanites in the air, it's made of nanites, and disabling the intruders is a simple matter, a few million impacting it's surface is nothing compared to the trillion trillions it is made from.

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Arriving in the city, Adam quickly discovers the remains of the machines. It probes their structure, seeking memory cores to examine. Signs of battle, the machines had surrounded someone, but were fired at from another position. An intervention? Analysis of the ambient nanites revealed their purpose, suppressing bioenergy. Midori and Shiro would be vulnerable. It had to pause and remember that organics would also be in danger. It adopts the form of the robots, a disguise in case it should encounter one.

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Adam's body flows through the grate, the tracks had been clear enough. Multiple individuals, moving quickly. Underground, it could hear voices. Sarada, Ishtar, Jack, some unknowns, but non hostile. Ahead, it sees an open vault door. Someone says a name, Meagan. She speaks in turn, Jinzi. So, whatever happened, he had survived. Adam walks to the vault door, still in it's disguise as one of the robots.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Pulling down her hood, she looks at him, "Jinzi? Is that you?" Her hearts started racing, as she then looked around, "What's going on? What happened?"

He smiles a bit sadly. He starts to reach out, then pulls his hand back.

“Twenty years. You were transported twenty years into the future.”

He hand aher a syringe.

“This will help restore your ki. We need to move and get back to HQ. I can explain there.”

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

When the world went white and everything changed, Adam was inside Capsule Corp. It's reduction to rubble was...unexpected. No visible survivors, no intact technology. No reason to stay. Reaching out, it senses the part of itself still inside Midori, and knows she is functional. But it also gives Adam a direction. Lifting off, it flies towards Capitol City. It can of course detect the nanites in the air, it's made of nanites, and disabling the intruders is a simple matter, a few million impacting it's surface is nothing compared to the trillion trillions it is made from.

================================================== ===============================

Arriving in the city, Adam quickly discovers the remains of the machines. It probes their structure, seeking memory cores to examine. Signs of battle, the machines had surrounded someone, but were fired at from another position. An intervention? Analysis of the ambient nanites revealed their purpose, suppressing bioenergy. Midori and Shiro would be vulnerable. It had to pause and remember that organics would also be in danger. It adopts the form of the robots, a disguise in case it should encounter one.

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Adam's body flows through the grate, the tracks had been clear enough. Multiple individuals, moving quickly. Underground, it could hear voices. Sarada, Ishtar, Jack, some unknowns, but non hostile. Ahead, it sees an open vault door. Someone says a name, Meagan. She speaks in turn, Jinzi. So, whatever happened, he had survived. Adam walks to the vault door, still in it's disguise as one of the robots.

Jinzi starts, pulling a large gun out.

“Get down!”

To Adam, he looks far older then he did before.

[Tami]

He smiles a bit sadly. He starts to reach out, then pulls his hand back.

“Twenty years. You were transported twenty years into the future.”

He hand aher a syringe.

“This will help restore your ki. We need to move and get back to HQ. I can explain there.”

Before she could take it, someone or something came up behind her....

Jinzi starts, pulling a large gun out.

“Get down!”

To Adam, he looks far older then he did before.

In her hand she now held her sword, the one made from her cloak, and she pointed it at Adam. As she did, she sensed something familiar, so she did not act, nor did she move.