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[IC] The Ysrafel report.
[IC] The Ysrafel report.
#1
23 November 2007, Ziggursky Penitentiary
Well, here I am in prison. I really don't know why I let Evangelia convince me to go for this deep cover assignment, maybe it's that a 36-year-old Eva is much more commanding a presence than the Sixteen-year-old I last saw in Paragon.
Alternate universes really get to me you know? I should be used to it by now, but like Doug said in what I call "Paragon A," every universe is f***ed up in a different way. Is it my fault I thought the Skuld that came through that portal was an Homage and not the real deal? I mean her outfit was SO not what I expected. I mean I'm pretty solidly tied into the Abrahamic faiths' theosphere. How was I supposed to know she had an "in" with the Boss?
So I arrive here in a Paragon City where everyone I knew is twenty years older, but it's still the year I left "A." Everyone is convinced I'm my own daughter. Yeah, it stinks. Fifteen alternate universes and I'm still a 14-year-old bluenette albino. I should never have accepted those Servitor attunements in the last reality... but when both *letters blur so no one can read it* and Lucy show up and *blur* TELLS you to take them....
Lucy's "gifts" are actually helping me convince folks that I'm this bad little ball of malevolent potential. And the Boss gave me the tools to stay "me." He still hasn't told me why I'm on this Tiresian journey in the first place, but it must be important.... There go the air raid sirens. And the explosions. And Arachnos boots, several hundred in size 12 EE.
My next report is from the Etoilles.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
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24 November 2007, Dark Heart High, Undisclosed location, the Etoilles.
After a few minutes smacking down thugs and Snakes in Fort Darwin, I successfully made contact with my target organization: Dark Heart High. I was straining the Balseraph Attunement to its limits while speaking with Principal DeWinter, and Professor Demimondaine took an unhealthy interest in me....
*Attached are a map of the base and facsimiles of a syllabus and the student handbook*
The Student Council President is a sharp one, and several of the upperclassmen make me nervous. Those Twins, especially. I remember hungry glances like that from some of the guys in Tokyo-3, but these grins add a "playing with our food" element.
I was brought along on an "extraction" mission and encountered Russian Special Forces. My traumatic experiences in my second reality served me in good stead for once, and I think I've impressed my way into a general mid-level "popularity."
26 November 2007, Atlas Park
Oh my Boss. I just robbed a bank. I'm so glad Eva set up a channel so I could get the special effects cars and trucks into place as I travelled from the Etoilles.
I spent most of the "mayhem session" surreptitiously casting my AT fields and Songs of Protection on the civilians, police and Longbow personnel to prevent lasting injury from Braende's plasma. My own sonics triggered the SFX charges and a few "bloodpack squibs" on some stuntmen I recognized. Nothing like "blood from the ears" to show I'm a badass sonic Corruptor, "killin' their dudes."
Eva, our insurance IS covering the damages, right?
27 November 2007, Port Oakes
Okay, the Hellions you have in Atlas Galaxy, and Perez?
PIKERS.
We've got this schlub calling himself "Baron Modrogor" summoning some CoT badness called Bat'Zul. I've gotta put kibosh on this. Let the rest of the students think I'm trying to get the mojo for myself. This needs Done.
27 November 2007, DHH Campus
There are times I'm glad Arachnos has the "destined ones" as a pseudo-police force. It's letting me remind myself I'm a hero. And there are other opportunities to work something positive.
Like helping Lucien Ferrara hide from his fangirls.
Well, really, I'm arranging time for him and Maddy to be alone. It's sweet really. And yes, that's my Lilim Attunement telling me they NEED each other. Fortunately my better nature lets me hhelp without forcing a geas on them.
I have a feeling if they'd had the opportunity to grow up in Paragon instead, they'd be some of the greatest heroes this generation would ever know...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
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I have a feeling if they'd had the opportunity to grow up in Paragon instead, they'd be some of the greatest heroes this generation would ever know...
What an interesting assessment. Clearly, she hasn't met Polly yet. It's not that Polly's evil or anything like that, she's just amoral. You could easily convince her to fight crime, except for those pesky assault and manslaughter ordinances that Paragon would probably slap her with after she decimated the Skulls and the Hellions. Ebony the Black Dragon
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Bat'Zul
I laughed. really hard.
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28 November 2007, Port Oakes

Modrogor was taken down with little trouble, but I was disturbed to discover that the local flavor of demon don't feel like Fallen. That may just be that I wasn't Symphonically Aware the last time I was in a Paragon Universe.
I got into a philosophy discussion with Black Ice Alchemist... I must have said something to trigger a rather violent response. Apparently she's encountered some false Philosopher's Stones, or her personal experiences don't jibe with mine. I didn't realize until later that Pyetra heard the conversation...
Lately though, I feel that I've been having anime references thrown at me that don't jibe with my knowledge base. Like why so many ninja I've encountered have been loud and shiny. Ask Alistair (if you can seperate him from Gil); He's got some idea of the greater Philotic Universe...
Hmmm. Something's in the air. I'll have to try some divination to figure it out.
28 November 2007, Mercy Island
Holy Bodily Fluids! The battle that got me here from the Zig is still going on? And... that's an awful lot of melee specialists. Man, am I glad I know the resonance frequency of the most common sword materials...
More later. I've spotted Lucien and Maddy.
*attached is a picture of Hundreds of DB/WP, etc. villains streaming into Fort Darwin*
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
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*attached is a picture of Hundreds of DB/WP, etc. villains streaming into Fort Darwin*
Hehehe. [Image: smile.gif] Yeah, things are going to get interesting soon... I almost wish we had a wiki like the Virtue one, so I can post something public about DHH.--
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29 November 2007, Dorms, DHH
I suppose this seems callous, but I can't help laughing. Yesterday in one of our classes we had a guest lecturer. She was the local continuity's version of Aphrodite/Venus. She was giving a lecture on "vamping" opponents. Now, we had a mixed class of males and females. Lucien was of course hiding in the back of the class, away from the fangirls. I suppose I can see what the fuss is about, he IS what society considers attractive, I'm just not attracted to him. Thank Boss.
Anyway, Venus makes a comment that "to succeed you need to understand your target."
Lucien, bless him. Makes the mistake of muttering quietly (but not quietly enough that Venus doesn't hear him,) "I wish I could understand girls sometimes."
The poor boy now has this curse that randomly activates and turns him into a distaff version of himself. As a girl, he reminds me of Asahina-chan from four realities back. Positively gorgeous with a "baby face" and the air of distress to trigger the protective instincts of just about every male in sight.
And despite my own Tiresian problem, the times his curse chooses to activate is HILARIOUS. Of course, should he figure out how to change at will, I'm sure that events will conspire against him. If he changes to avoid the fangirls, he'll have to deal with fanboys.
Gotta go, I can hear Maddy coming up here with a full head of steam.. and is that Lucien's female form's voice?
29 November 2007, dorms, DHH, later
Bwahahahahahahaha! Just the thought of Maddy mistaking girl-type Lucien for one of his fangirls is... hahahaha!
29 November 2007, Aeon City neighborhood, Cap au Diable
I didn't think that I'd be progressing so rapidly, but the core educational process is pretty much unchanged fom a normal school. The practical courses are more distressing, however.
Another bank robbery, this time as part of a swarm of six. Apparently unknown to me at the time, we had a stealthed observer in Professor Demimondaine. This is causing me some consternation, as I seem to be becoming a teacher's pet in the Social Engineering course. The last time she was praising me in class, I turned the praise to one of the other students, and the Professor got this PROUD look on her face...
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
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14 December 2007, Aeon City, Cap au Diable
I'm going insane. Or... I've finally found someone I can lust after without feeling like a pedophile. Or... I just found out I like dangerous girls. Arrrgh! I'm just lucky she's *ahem* open to the idea.
And she's been invited to the "welcome to being a woman" slumber party for Lucien. Maddy invited me because I'd mentioned having been to a couple, and she needed someone who knew how it was supposed to go. Lucien, of course, is there because he needs support after discovering how complete his alternate form is...
Been there, done that, sorta. At least he has someone to commiserate, even if I can't tell him outright that I know what he's going through.
Eva, I'm sorry about all the personal stuff in these reports, but it's part of the whole experience. I do hav e some more dry and dusty things for you to get Lora to put into the LEgendary Databases...
*attached is a file detailing thirty-seven students and faculty, and known plans. Disturbingly, the information on Braende, Madeline Dist and Lucien Ferrara is rather scant*
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
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