text | un: goodvibes

[aurable]

Hey, Drift here.

Brevity is the soul of wit and getting us the hell out of here, so I'll try to keep this to the point.

I've managed to speak to Remi, and now that I'm awake, I've been putting together what we already know. This deal with the orb, this 'phyllie' went awry, and now Remi has been feeding it immense arcane energy to keep up his end of the bargain. We all got a pretty good idea by now of how that's going.

I offered a possible solution, and it involves getting past that Sphynx and finding his body. The idea of offering something on our end to counteract the curse has been thrown around, and while Remi wasn't convinced it would work, he has expressed a willingness to try.

If you've seen me around, you've likely seen the greatsword strapped to my back. It's an artifact from Cybertron that siphons energy from my spark- the very essence of my life. Arguably you could call it my soul, but I doubt we want to waste time on a philosophical debate. My point is that energy can be channeled and redirected.

We juice Phyillie with pure, living energy and cross our fingers.

If that doesn't work, now would be an excellent time to develop plans B and C.

And

Remi gave me a parting gift that will help.

( ooc: please feel free to thread hop! )

Comments

text; un: megatron

[flickerandfade]

You are absolutely not siphoning energy from your spark into this thing.

[aurable]

I don't recall asking your permission

Text: Another_one_bites_the_dust

[spacedisaster]

With all due respect, Drift...that's a shitty plan.

First Alina and now you, gods... While it's very noble that you all want to help, putting your life on the line like that and also risking powering up the orb even more is not a good option.

[aurable]

Peter, that's sweet, and no offense, but I'm millions of years old and know a little more about what I'm able to withstand.

audio, un: belova

[laviny]

We have already gotten past the Sphinx but this seems like a bad idea.

[aurable]

I'm happy to see we're all experts on Spark energy.

text; un: NEWT

[groupiedrifter]

Hey so, you totally shouldn't be the only source of power to this, just FYI. You do what you feel's right, but we've all gotta pitch in and carry the load! Otherwise, you're gonna end up hurt. Trust me, I know from personal experience.

We'll all work together on this one, dude. It'll make for a better way to tempt the orb away from the wizard and towards the Ximilia, anyway.

[Even if he kinda looks like warmed-up shit at the moment.

Stupid dreamscape exhaustion.]

Re: text; un: NEWT

[aurable]

Believe you me I'm not going for some last, grand swan song. Even I'm not that showy. But if anything should tempt the orb why not a millions-years old power source?

text - un; jaegermeister

[unbreachable]

Yeah, I'm with you on this. Share the load.

Thanks again for waking me up, btw.

text; un: nightmoves

[venatoris]

that sounds like a really bad idea man

[aurable]

hey, I'm not turning away any help if someone wants to throw a magic missile or two or whatever into the mix

( text | un: butcher )

[cheapbastard]

the hell would you do that for?
pretty self sacrificial
and shit.

shitty shit.
i don't know you that well, mate
but still
that's shit

[aurable]

you know
was not expecting this turnout

it is shitty
but I don't necessarily have to do this alone
I just don't want to see too many people get hurt

text; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

And you're not concerned that it might decide to skip the energy and go directly for your soul?

The orbs aren't benevolent, after all. And this one is clearly voracious.

[aurable]

I'm concerned if we don't take decisive action something worse could happen.

Newt suggested using the sword as more of a lightning rod so to speak

text; un: hgottlieb

[bijective]

If I might have a moment of candid honesty:

I do not know you too well for me to insert my ethical rationale, however, if there is even a slight chance this may work, then you have my support. But we should explore alternative options. There are far too many unknown factors to take into consideration.

[aurable]

Thank you, and your buddy Newt had some interesting ideas about how to best use the sword to greater effect.

text; un: eleven

[savingthrows]

I made contact with it before. it wanted to eat my powers.

I think I can help.

[aurable]

I saw your earlier post after waking up. I can't say I like the idea of putting you at further risk but Newt might be onto something.

What are you suggesting?

text; un: alenko

[majorbiotic]

There are other people in line wanting to give the orb their energy.

I can't pretend I understand how your spark works, but I'm just curious about why you think doing this will counteract the curse.

[aurable]

I'm not 100% on it myself and only want to try because Remi seemed to believe it was worth an attempt. After we spoke, he gave me something to navigate the castle so it's also a matter of expediency. Also, I can take damage most here can't.

That said.

Newt has an idea about using my sword as a sort of conduit. He rambled and I'm sure he's in over his head here but- why not? Teamwork makes the dream work and all that.

text;

[droide]

I may be last in the line of people to tell you this is a bad idea

But this is a bad idea.

I only know of sparks what I've learned from Megatron, but I don't know if I'm comfortable with the idea of you sacrificing yours just to get the orb.

Re: text;

[aurable]

I'm shocked. [ 'That the Megatron fangirl would agree with him,' is the part Drift bites his tongue on. ]

Then you should know using the sword doesn't mean I'd be sacrificing my spark. Not if I'm careful.

text; un: kovacs

[kovach]

Yeah, I'm not gonna be one of those people telling you this is a bad idea.

[ because a) he doesn't know shit about this soul energy sword thing to know if it's good or bad one way or another, and b) he'd so the same thing if he actually had something worth contributing here.

considering he'd purposely almost gotten himself killed for the last orb, he gets it, so — no point in trying to stop him. ]

If you think there's a good shot of it working, I say go for it. Only thing I'd be cautious of is that you're sure enough about it so you don't just end up pissing it off more and getting everybody killed in the process.

[aurable]

Thank you for offering the one criticism that isn't condescending and makes me second guess my original idea.

Truth be told, and I normally try not to be so fatalistic, I think there's precious little we can do without pissing it off.

text ↪ un: 朱 (private)

[blackfire]

I can set containment wards. I cannot guarantee they will function as intended against the orb, but it is at least a step taken towards the safety of the others.

（ self-sacrificial nonsense? sounds positively ninja, go for it. ）

[aurable]

Define "containment wards"

un: aragaki

[petsthedog]

i know nobody's gonna talk you out of doin what you think you gotta but just so you know
the girl who had the orb in our first mission did something like this
dunno the details, she didn't tell us her exact deal, but as soon as she gave it up to us she died

[aurable]

That's
Unfortunate.

text; un: p.derolo

[whitestonelives]

I won't try to talk you out of it, it seems as if you're bent on this. But I will say: I have a cloak that can store and release arcane energy. If you're willing, I can have it serve as a secondary source of energy for the orb to siphon from.

[aurable]

I'm sorry your
clothes
can do that?

un: blue

[firstroar]

Would not simply...removing the orb from his person be enough?
To take it entirely...from this place.

[aurable]

From what I gathered from Remi there's nothing "simple" about taking it

text; un: lanxichen

[calmness]

Is it able to be fed with other types of energy? If so, I am willing to provide spiritual power.

[aurable]

How exactly does that manifest if you don't mind my asking?

Text, un: Kirigan

[cruelyethuman]

Would this transfer of power from you to the orb, mean that we get to take it with us? Would it relinquish this world and return to the others.

[aurable]

That does appear to be what Remi intended as an alternate to "negotiating" with it. Something to effectively coax it away from the castle and his niece. Give it something else to chew on.

[neveroutwrenched]

Alright well, I’m still in 101 classes on the Cybertronian Soul stuff, but what’s the risk factor here? Because ‘Juice up the orb with my living soul’ sounds like it’s got to have some serious risks…right?

[aurable]

There's always an inherent risk with the sword. Not the first time I've resorted to using it and, hopefully, not the last.