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[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.

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[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.

[majorbiotic]

Yeah, I don't doubt that.

If your sword can take on any kind of energy, I'll lend mine. My biotics are pretty powerful. I can't speak for everyone but I know I'd feel a little better about this plan if I knew it wasn't solely on one person's shoulders. I deal with that enough back home.

[aurable]

Being made of living metal helps, yeah.

That is the biggest 'if' here and we're working on Newt's theory we need to test beforehand. What are biotics?

[majorbiotic]

Then let's test it. Everyone who's willing to lend their power can gather together and see what happens. If it doesn't work, we'll go from there.

It's what they call people like me in my world. I've been equating it to psychics, but you can also think of me like a living engine, because the element in my body is the same shit we use in our spaceships.

I can move things with that energy, push them, create barriers and shields, that kind of thing. And my abilities spike high so I can crank out a lot of "juice", for lack of a better word.

[aurable]

Ah, Newt's "the power of friendship just weaponized" mindset is gaining traction.

Barriers might be more effective. A large part of why I'm hesitant to make this a collaborative effort is because of just who here is volunteering. I don't know much about humans but I know some of the ones jumping the gun are clearly adolescent.

[majorbiotic]

I wouldn't discount it. Back home we've accumulated a lot of support for the war thanks to weaponized friendship.

The barrier is only on me. I can do a shield for other people, though. Having kids volunteer worries me, too, but I'd rather them feel like they're capable and contributing than us dismissing them because of their youth.