The asteroid slowly spins as the ship comes right next to it. Lemmy beams down with Eleasar on tow, going up to the obelisk to try and recalibrate it. The object however, responds to no outside force, and simply continues to spin and float.
"I sure hope it is automatic, then."
Eleasar, while outside, looks for a weapon. He find some rocks and tries to sharpen them to make a stone handaxe, but everything he finds turn out to be incredibly crumbly, as if half-formed sandstone.
While Lemmy was doing what he was doing and Eleasar was picking at some rocks or whatever, Su Lin was watching, with the beetle god at hand.
"
Ornos, was it? Well,
Ornos, did you know that you were the one to create this artifact?"
No response comes. The beetle god just clumsily ambles around Su Lin's hand, not comprehending anything.
"Nothing? Do you even understand what I am saying,
Ornos?"
Ornos doesn't responds to that either.
"Okay, okay, how about this? I sing, and you continue the melody."
Su Lin sings to get a reaction out of Ornos: 10Su Lin whistles a small, rising tune, and to his surprise,
Ornos seems to be listening. He had stopped ambling to listen to the melody. The small god perks up too, seemingly cognizant for the first time since he was resurrected.
The beetle god flaps his wings. Su Lin hears the exact same melody he whistled, being played back to him. No other response comes, and
Ornos seems to lose his brief bout of consciousness, falling back to simply moving his limbs randomly.
"Ah, alright. I will just, put you, back onto my head."
Su Lin's attention falls back to Lemmy and Eleazar, just as the former was returning to the ship in defeat.
"I suppose I could try that again."
He reaches for the obelisk and focuses.
Su Lin uses Intent: 3Only to find that it did not worked at all this time. Though the obelisk did gave him its equalivent of an error message instead, via thamaturgic emission.
"
Invalid Magic Signature: Specific Magic Signature Already Used"
"Another person with magic affinity must Intend. You already did it once with this long distance conduit. Velklin, why don't you just- What the hell does Burt thinks he is doing?!" Narrator cuts himself calling everyones attention to the deer headed hoolingan hitting with and breaking a chair on the obelisk. Obelisk is unharmed in any way. Burt seems to be very angry at the chair breaking, but that seems to subside when he takes hold of a chair leg with the nail still attached. He claims it as a weapon, finally satisfied, and goes back to the ship. Eleasar looks at the broken chair and he also finds a chair leg, just without a nail, taking it with him back to the ship as well.
Velklin looks at Burt using brute force on the obelisk for some reason, and he is inspired. He focuses very intently, summoning his mana at the frontline in a weird configuration not unlike a Small Wish, then starts transfering it into the obelisk. Lemmy doesn't misses this, and adding magic into something you don't know what it does isn't the greatest idea in the world, he thinks.
Velklin charges the obelisk with 25 Mana: 7
Lemmy tries preventing it: 7"Hah, what are the odds!" Narrator amusedly exclaims for all to hear.
Lemmy tackles the demigod into the ground, but the spell was already halfway done. The soell loses alot of its potency this way, most of the mana used dissipates into the air. A small amount does reach the obelisk though. Obelisk recognises this small magic burst as Intending. It gives out the exact same message as the previous one, implying that it has been activated.
"
01... A-I... C-I... D-I..."
"
Activate the Corner Devices. Form a triangle. Find the Fortress."
"There is only one of these left guys. It is on the first moon of the ice giant." Says the Narrator, and the ship speeds off further away from the dull red light. It was dim at the gas giants moon, but is almost dark here. The ice giant is barely perceptible, while the small captured comet right infront of the ship vaguely, and ominously glows in the reddish gloom. Even though it definitely shouldn't.
Isabam takes it as her que to explore the ship itself. It is very barren, but also seems incredibly high tech. She sees many mechanisms that she had no idea on what functions they carry. Many rooms, filled with crates and boxes and drawers and barrels, all empty. Not one thing makes sense for her. So she asks the Narrator. The Narrator seems as unsure as she.
"Uhhhhhh... That spinny thing, uhhhhhhh... It's a- wait- yes- uhhhhhh... It's a crystallised neutrino recalibrator. Yes. It recalibrates crystallised neutrinoes."
Isabam returns to find the rest of her team in utter chaos. Everyone is huddled behind the chairs as a pinkish ball of light writhes and churns and blasts magic projectiles into the air like fireworks.
Cue Flashback Wave Effect
"Can I see what you have, I wanna take a look too."
Su Lin is approached by Velklin, who seemed to be interested in Ornos. Su Lin obliges, and hands the beetle to Velklin.
Velklin too, has the idea to sing to the beetle god. He hums a the melody of a prayer to his father.Velklin sings to get a reaction out of Ornos: 18Maybe it was because Velklin himself was divine, or maybe it was the content of the melody having divine connotation, Ornos rises upon his legs to quietly listen. When the melody ends, he seems to start moving again, looking around the room, then at himself and his insect form. Then he turns to the demigod child and stares at him with so much confusion that it is apparent through his empty compound eyes. He opens his mandibles and utters exactly one word to him.
"Whom?"
"It worked!"
"Yes, it did! I wasn't sure it would even do anything. But here we are!"
"Ornos?"
"Yes, Ornos. You are Ornos. I brought you back. Remember?"
Ornos seemed to freeze again at the words "brought back", and huddles into a ball of chitin.
"...Brought? Back?"
"He is still not very much 'here'. I suppose what counts as exactly one devout believer only goes as far as this."
"What do we do then? Does he stays like this?"
"Maybe not. I am part true god too, remember? I can lend him a bit of my own permanent divinity."Velklin feeds Ornos with 5 Mana: 3Ornos looks questioningly as Velklin as the demigod child pours the Mana onto him. Suddenly, Ornos starts shaking violently, then begins to rapidly expand until he is the size of a basketball. He slowly stops expanding, and then starts contracting very slowly. He becomes brighter and hotter and shakier as he shrinks, prompting a pained yelp from Su Lin, who drops the beetle gone nuclear onto the floor.
Now, back to the present...
Which brings us to the present. With the fireworks.
You don't see the obelisk this time. What do you do now?
Current Characters
Name: Fln
Description: A small humanoid a rule's length in height. Maybe a bit smaller than that. They have four wings upon their back with which they flutter and fly around. Fln have adapted to this langlage, though finds as and the like odd. This one has green hair and eyes, and wears green backless clothing, wraps for the bottom and a strapped dress for the top.
Stats:
- Strength= 0 (5 pure base DPH)
- Accuracy= 2
- Speed= 4 (9 Tile Range)
- Defense= 1
- Endurance= 3 (Base 30+15 HP)
- Mana= 1 (5 Mana | NoRegen)
Items:
- Magitech Gun: An small, handheld blaster that draws from the users magic reserves to create small magic projectiles. Will not work if the owner possesses no mana or is drained of it.
Spells:
- Telekinesis: Fln can use telekinesis to lift small to medium objects. As an utility spell, it cannot be used in combat.
Name: Lemmy
Description: Lemmy is a human teenager, brown haired and eyed with a malicious grin. He doesn't look like much, but he has the great skill often missing from more noted and powerful beings.. creativity, laziness, and lateral thinking. If there's some simple way to get the job done, he'll be the one to find it, despite lack of abilities.
Stats:
- Strength: 0 (5 pure base DPH)
- Accuracy: 0
- Speed: 0 (5 Tile Range)
- Defense: 0
- Endurance: 0 (30 pure base HP)
- Mana: 0
Items:
- Space Suit: Grants the ability to withstand the adverse effects of vacuum of space.
Spells:
None
Name: Su Lin
Description: A young adult human man wearing plain light-grey clothing with a copper trim. He has more hair than the average person, and is somewhat reminiscent of a bear. Su Lin is a Cultivator who cultivates a force known as 'true essence' or 'Qi' within his body in order to become stronger with the ultimate goal of transcending his mortality.
Stats:
- Strength=4 (Base 5+10 DPH)
- Accuracy=2
- Speed=2 (7 Tile Range)
- Defense=2
- Endurance=2 (Base 30+10 HP)
- Mana=2 (10 Mana+5 | Regen)
Items:
- Ornos: The downgrade avatar of a god of music and song, shaped like a small beetle and made of ornate coral. (+1 Mana, Spell: Soothing Song)
Spells:
- Concentrate: Su Lin concentrates to refill his Qi reserves. Qi cannot attack for that fight turn and may need to be protected by others.
- Qi Infusion: Su Lin uses all his Qi reserves to bolster his strength stat by the number on his Mana stat for two turns.
- Soothing Song: Su Lin unleashes Ornos for it to sing its song and play its music. All enemies have their Accuracy and Strength reduced by 1 for a turn. Can only be used once in three combat turns. Consumes no Mana.
Name: Isabsam Butsha
Description: A 7 foot tall, cybernetic amazon, her body made of half rusted and oil machine, her hair a mess of cableings an wires. With pair of glowing jade machine eyes.
Stats:
- Strength: 2 (Base 5+10 DPH)
- Accuracy: 2
- Speed: 3 (8 Tile Range)
- Defense: 2
- Endurance: 3 (Base 30+15 HP)
- Mana: 0
Items:
- Space Suit: Grants the ability to withstand the adverse effects of vacuum of space.
Spells:
None
Name: Burt
Description: A humanoid with the head of a deer.
Stats:
- Strength:3 (Base 5+15 DPH)
- Accuracy:4
- Speed:1 (6 Tile Range)
- Defense:2
- Endurance:2 (Base 30+10 HP)
- Mana:0
Items:
- Nail-Attached Chair Leg: A broken off leg of a wooden chair that still has a nail attached to the end. It can be used to stab.
- Space Suit: Grants the ability to withstand the adverse effects of vacuum of space.
Spells:
None
Name:
VelklinDescription: A four foot tall faun-like humanoid being, with the appearance of being barely a teenager. He has unguligrade, deer-like legs and a long tail with a tuft of fur on it's end. The hair on his head is of a very pale - almost pure white - blue color, the same hair is also present on his legs and tail. Sired by a god and born to a mortal mother, Velklin inherited a great deal of raw magical power from his divine father, making him a demigod.
Stats:
- Strength: 0 (5 pure base DPH)
- Accuracy: 1
- Speed: 1 (6 Tile Range)
- Defense: 0
- Endurance: 0 (30 pure base HP)
- Mana: 10 (50 Mana | Regen)
Items:
- Space Suit: Grants the ability to withstand the adverse effects of vacuum of space.
Spells:
- Safety Jump: A passive magical ability that teleports Velklin to safe nearby location when he is gravely injured.
- Blazing Sun: Velklin shines a focused ray of light from his right hand, spending 10 Mana and dealing 25 damage to a single target.
- Fullest Moon: Velklin manifests a crescent shaped light source that rapidly radiates outward, spending 15 Mana dealing 10 damage to all enemies.
- Dazzling Nebulae: Velklin creates a cloud of colorful, ethereal gasses, which reduces all enemy accuracy by 3 for three combat turns and consumes 10 Mana. This effect does not stack.
- Scorching Fire: Velklin launches a fireball with either of his hands, dealing 10 damage on contact and then 4 combat turns of 5 afterburn damage on a select enemy, using up 10 Mana.
- Scrantonic Scramble: Velklin uses 20 Mana and destabilises the local reality, buffing all of his allies rolls by 1 and debuffs all enemy rolls by 1 for the rest of the battle. This can be done only once per battle and ends with the current battle.
- Mass Heal: Velklin spends 20 Mana and heals all his teammates, including himself, by 10 HP. This spell can stack, given there is enough Mana.
- Divine Word: Velklin commands so that a single enemy will simply cease living, using 25 Mana. The affected enemy will save roll a 10d using their endurance stat as the arbitrer. If it is higher than 7 it will be stunned for a turn. If it is between 7 and 3, they will be stunned for a turn and have all their stats lowered by 2 the next turn. If they roll 3 or lower, they die instantly.
- Conjure Crystalline: Velklin summons a small, crystalline golem with base stats for 10 Mana. This spell can stack, allowing multiple summons with enough Mana for all.
- Small Wish: Using 50 Mana, Velklin can make a small wish come true. This can't create powerful or large items nor alter reality in elaborate and overarching ways, but will alter reality to make current objective easier by the means of increased luck and such.
Name:Eleazar
Description: Looks humanoid, except his “feet” are only heels. Additionally, his skin is cerulean. His hair is more like long, very thin, white tentacles. He has three long tendrils a color substantially darker than his body emerging from the back of his head. These function like a Twi’lek’s (they’re from Star Wars), except he has three of them, and the center one is slightly but noticeably thicker than the outside two. His sclera are the same color as his pupils, and his irises are an iridescent blue. He is a master of Psychoaugmentation, the art of using psionics to enhance the user’s physical and mental capabilities.
Stats:
- Strength= 1 (Base 5+5 DPH)
- Accuracy= 2
- Speed= 4 (9 Tiles Range)
- Defense= 1+2
- Endurance= 1 (Base 30+5 HP)
- Mana= 3 (15 Mana | Regen)
Items:
- Hyperflexible Metal Armor: An metallic, one piece clothing that behaves like cloth, yet is as durable as metal. +2 Defense
- Space Suit: Grants the ability to withstand the adverse effects of vacuum of space.
- Pointy Chair Leg: A broken off leg of a wooden chair, with a splintered end. Can be used to stab.
Spells:
- Respite: Eleazar refills his mana, and won't attack for a combat turn.
- Empower: Eleazar uses all of his mana to increase his strength stat by the number on his Mana stat.
- Envision: Eleazar uses all of his mana to increase his accuracy stat by the number on his Mana stat, also gaining a considerable buff to his action or combat rolls that involve cognitive provess.
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Topic: The Singing Constellation: A Sci-Fi, High Fantasy Space Odyssey (6/∞) (Read 11699 times)