Setting
(Longer description work in progress by Ylanne as of Feb. 2016)
Well off the beaten path and outside the normal galactic trade-routes, Terra is a sociopolitical backwater resulting from a late emergence of space-faring technology.
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Well off the beaten path and outside the normal galactic trade-routes, Terra is a sociopolitical backwater resulting from a late emergence of space-faring technology.
Ports of Entry
For Parking Orbits
Terra
Terra is home to billions of diverse beings (indigenous, transient, and migrant) of infinitely varied species and backgrounds. An enigmatic world of adventurous (and often perilous) enterprise, Terra is as aberrant and peculiar as it is unique.
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Terra is a part of 
Sol.
12 Places in Terra:
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Adoss [106]
Javid Alfarsi [87] Oversees Hataf's Directorate of Science and Technology and sits on Hataf's Senior Council.
Sundavr [83] "Space is a curious thing. It's dark but we can see little points of light strewn about it, but why isn't that light just suffusing everything? I'll tell you why, it's because of shadows"
Alasia [80] smart, quick, kind, trustworthy
Delamia [80] smart, quick, kind, trustworthy
Viv Sorin [77] Cynical, and Sarcastic Wanderer
Helena Cain [73] Fleet Admiral in the Aschen Confederation
Mossovet Something [67] It's hard to say what...
Ryan Riley [64] Self-proclaimed weapons expert, gunrunner and dope dealer, at your service! The business card costs sixty, by the way ...
Agent Dylan Ryder [59] Codename: Breaker. The mind is a complex maze, full of open and locked doors. Who needs a key, when you can break them down?
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The Silver Dawn
EvaLazaro squeezed her hands into fists. "It wouldn't matter if the magic was inside me," she said quietly, eying Dr. Baltar, wrapping her arms protectively around her stomach.
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"From our knowledge of the slave bands, they will cause you pain when we try to remove them, you will be given a sedative as well as a painkiller, as well as a Tretonin and Nanite concoction to heal any wounds, and lastly, a Neural stabilizer will be placed so you maintain sanity and are kept under during the procedure, when you wake up the bands should be off." Marlene explained as she motioned to a bed besides the machine. "Please, lay down here and relax."
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EvaLazaro backed away, shaking her head. "She doesn't like that idea. You're telling her that her irremovable spells are faulty."
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"Anything is faulty, nothing is perfect, and who is she? You mentioned that before." She said as she motioned to the bed. "Don't worry, I assure you once this procedure is over you'll be truely free." She said as a technician approached, preparing several syringes, as well as a pair of devices, one to attatch to her forehead, and another to interface with the computron, while Baltar prepared the cutter.
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EvaLazaro paused as if listening to something before looking at Marlene, her eyes terrified. "If you do this, I won't survive...." She closed her eyes for a moment, obviously struggling with herself. She opened her eyes, gritting her teeth, hands clenched into fists at her sides. "Let's do it."
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"You will survive, remember this is technology that is vastly beyond your and Nupleth's understanding, we have ways of maintaining your life." She said as she helped Eva onto the bed, strapping her down with leather straps as the technician spoke. "Just relax, clear your mind." He said as the needle slid into her skin and he injected the painkillers, and the sedative as Baltar brought the torch over, the medicine would take effect likely immediately, and the Nanites and tretonin would be injected to keep her alive, followed by the device to show her brain status on a monitor so they could watch everything going on in her mind. "Dr. Baltar, let's begin."
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EvaLazaro felt her eyes slide closed, her fists relaxing, the world floating away. In her head, the shrill voice screamed, and screamed, and screamed, fighting toward the surface, unable to be silenced. Despite the injections, a single tear slipped from Eva's eye, falling down her cheek. Her mind was a bird, flying over fields of black, falling, falling, caught in a net.
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"She's stable." The Technician said as Marlene stood back and Baltar ignited the cutter. "Okay, everything is transpiring smoothly... let's begin." He said as he lowered the device over the band around her neck, the beam bouncing between two contacts in the bracket shaped cutter, the bright purple beam would make contact with the metal of the band, the high-intensity beam likely cutting through the metal as the Technician watched closely as the cutting torch cut through the metal.
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EvaLazaro fought against the net, pushing intangible hands against intangible resistance. There was a sudden bright light, so brilliant her eyes burned. She turned from it, cringing. There was a shape, a figure. 'Mother,' her voice fell flat, empty. She moved closer to the shape. No. Not Mother. Alrion. She smiled, reaching out for him. His hand reached out for her and she moved closer. His hand clenched around her neck, and she looked curiously at him, his face contorting into that of Thaddeus. "No escape for you," the voice echoed. She screamed, the voice inside screamed, the pain suddenly indescribably intense. She had no way to communicate the pain, but in her head, she reached up and grasped her neck, her screams pulling her jaw from her head.
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When she was out they continued to cut away at the bands as several technicians watched the monitor. "She's destabilizing.." He said as they worked at the computron, injecting neural code into her psyche to stabilize her mentally while they continued to cut the bands, the neck band was off, cut in half and placed on a tray, the arm and ankle bands were not far behind, placed on the tray and cut in half. The procedure was over and it seemed her vitals were stable, Baltar then pushed the tray away as a technician injected a stimulant and some tretonin the wake her up. Now that the bands were off, the pain should hopefully subside.
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EvaLazaro was lost in the black, cowering. She felt a strong tug, trying to pull her in one direction. She fought it, shrugging into herself so small the tug could not move her. She was surrounded by the screams, they were all around her, emanating from her, from the black. The tug pulled harder, and she turned away from them. A vision of her Alrion, a pained smile, she reached out to grab his hand. She would stay here, with him, surrounded by the black, by the screams, the pain. Here, safe.
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"Gods damnit let's give her another stimulant.. wake her frakking ass up" Marlene huffed as Baltar spoke. "No... now we interface with her mind." He said as he walked over to the computer hooked up to her mind. Typing in several neural codes, in her unconscious world she would see a light, with Marlene standing at the doorway to this light, inside the light was freedom, the code also worked to silence the screams and the chaos in her mind, all while stimulants were injected in an attempt to wake her.
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EvaLazaro glanced up at the light before turning her head away. The screams had mercifully stopped, but her heart raced. She curled up into a tighter ball, clutching the hand - Alrion's hand. She looked up at him, able to see him clearly in the light. He was as he was before his ascension. She smiled at him, lowering her head, her heart racing, shoulders trembling. There was a cackle in the air, the sound of spiteful laughter. She moved to cover her ears, but the sound was within her, coming from her mouth. She opened her mouth and a flood of bats flew out, their wings flapping against her face. She clutched the hand tighter, closing her mouth, squeezing her eyes shut, pulling her knees into her chest.
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It had been a harrowing evening as Baltar and his technicians worked tirelessly to stabilize her mentally. Marlene was somewhat asleep as she waited for results. The Technicians would also be working to give her drugs and also keep her on life support. Dr. Graystone was also there to provide support as he had the Reverse-Necrosis machine on standby.
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EvaLazaro remained curled up in the black, her hand clenched tightly in the hand of her version of Alrion. She looked up, squinting at the light. 'They want me to go back,' she thought to him. 'They are waiting for me.' The hand squeezed around hers as she felt the reply. Stay with me. She turned her face away from the light again, feeling the fangs on the edge of the black, the claws, the pits. The maniacal cackle rose from the black again. You silly girl, have you learned nothing? Glancing up, Eva saw her. She was suddenly standing, standing on nothing, her body weightless. 'Go away,' she thought loudly. 'You don't belong here.' She reached out for Alrion's hand, but it was not there. If you won't go back, I will. The voice was fierce, the woman's figure moving toward the light. Eva tried to move, to stop her. 'No!' She reached out, clenching a hand around the woman's shoulder. Together they tumbled into the light.
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"I think she's waking." Baltar said as Graystone looked to the readout. "I have another personality on here.. suppress it." Baltar then nodded and let his fingers clack away at the keyboard as the system chimed and worked with his movements. Trying to keep down the rogue personality in her consciousness. A Technician speaking up. "We're giving her stimulants hopefully we'll wake her." he said while in Eva's mind, an unseen force was starting to tug the other into the blackness, while allowing Eva to head to the light.
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EvaLazaro felt as if she were coming out of a tunnel of water. There was a terrible whooshing sound in her ears, her vision blurred. She blinked a few times, furrowing her brows in confusion. The black, the laugh, the scream were pulled away from her, but she felt wrong. She closed her eyes again, swallowing with a dry mouth. Her hand moved as if searching for something, her lips turning down into a frown.
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"She's awake." Baltar said as he turned to Graystone, the two white-coated doctors nodding before turning to a technician. "Is she stable?" The Tech then nodded and IVs were quickly pulled out of her arms, a breathing tube was also quickly removed as Baltar shone a light into each of her eyes to check for reflex, the beeping of computers, as well as the soft whir of machinery would be heard, as Eva found herself in the sterile environment of the LDA LAb.
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EvaLazaro cringed away from the sudden light in her eyes, squeezing them tightly closed. She was vaguely aware of the noise around her, but it seemed so far away, so unimportant. She was horribly confused. She tried to think. Black. Laughter. Screams. Pain. The bands. She took a deep breath, feeling the air in her lungs. Alrion. Where was Alrion. He was right here. She moved her hand a bit more, searching for his. Her eyes opened suddenly, and she stared up in confusion at her surroundings. "What...?" was all she could manage before closing her eyes and shaking her head slightly.
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When she reached for Alrion, she would find Baltar, the man standing over her as he performed basic medical examinations. "Another feat of Aschen engineering if i dare say." He said as he nodded. "Physically she's perfectly healthy, Mentally I'm not so sure.. I think we should keep her here for further observation." Marlene then woke up and yawned some. Graystone interjecting. "Send her to Sagittaron Mercy General Hospital for observation? We have the best facilities on Langara right here.. maybe we should transfer her to the infirmary."
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EvaLazaro squeezed her eyes shut, swallowing, trying to moisten her dry mouth. "Mentally I'm fine," she whispered. She opened her eyes and blinked a few times. "Woah, doc, what was in that cocktail?" She tries to lift her hands, each feeling as if it weighed ten times as much. She froze for a second, remembering something. She looked around at the doctors. "Did it work?" she asked anxiously.
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Baltar would offer Eva a slight nod. "As far as I can tell... are you in any pain?" He asked as he continued to examine her. "The medicines should wear off in a few moments, just try to move around and work them out of your body." He said as he then motioned to her wrists and ankles. "As for if it worked.. why don't you see for yourself." He said as he motioned to the tray where the slave bands were sitting, cut in half and no longer binding her. "The metal cut pretty easily, we had to dose you pretty good, your brain scans were picking up a remarkable amount of pain, if we didn't have you drugged as heavily the procedure would have likely failed."
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EvaLazaro squeezed her eyes shut, a memory flitting across her consciousness like a dandelion seed blown by the wind. Pain. She thought about the concept for a moment. "Right now, it is minor. I remember the pain," her brows furrowed as she opened her eyes and looked down at the metal bands. She reached a finger out to touch one, the metal cool against her finger, before pulling away as if burned. She stared at them, her expression almost sad, before shaking her head slightly to clear it. "I feel fuzzy," she said quietly, moving her head to look around. "In my thoughts. Fuzzy. I remember..." she shuddered slightly, suddenly nervous about something. "Something bad..." She shrugged slightly. "It must have been a dream."
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"The drugs are still working through your system, you'll feel fuzzy for awhile while the drugs wear off." Baltar said as a technician brought her some ice water. Setting it on the tray before her as Baltar nodded. "Take a drink, clear your mind, we had to do a lot of mental work too, to keep you stable, but the bands are off now, what would you have us do with them?"
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EvaLazaro lifted the water, sipping slowly. Things were starting to come clearer now, her vision, her hearing, her thoughts. She sipped the water gratefully, looking at the bands. "Throw them away, melt them, bury them, send them to the sun for all I care." She looked down at her hands, watching her fingers move for a moment before turning to Marlene. "The amulet... is it... did destroying the bands harm it?"