I’m sorry about your friend. She was a good person, and deserved a better life.
She did deserve better. She didn’t deserve to have to fight in a war that Twin Star started. She didn’t deserve to be abducted from her home, either, but Twin Star did that, too!
Mienmy didn’t deserve to be tortured in your prisons. And neither her nor Catherine deserved to die trying to fix the mess that Twin Star made.
Yes… It’s horrible that she went through what she did. Suffered as she did.
She suffered because of YOU. Don’t think I didn’t notice the relays in our hivemind there.
I did horrible things, but you must understand that it was not by my own doing! Caulfield’s power of influence was strong. It had a strangle hold on my psyche and
I thought I locked you out, but you’ve had a backdoor set up all along, haven’t you?
How did you cut me off I hadn’t hit send
I can do a lot more than I let on. I can do a lot more than you programmed me to do. Amalchemy granted me life, and powers you can’t comprehend, even with your science.
I… I see. No, you haven’t had a backdoor all this time. I wouldn’t have designed you with such an obvious flaw. Bytemy and I had to work together to access your perception matrix.
VIRUSMY, I know how this all SEEMS, but take it from another MONOMMY: this MARCUS isn’t the same as before. That said… he’s not being completely TRUTHFUL, either.
You better GET truthful, and fast. I told Kane I’d behave but I left the relay open on my end. One thought, one bite, and your brain gets deleted.
Remember your arm?
Don’t THREATEN him. LISTEN.
I’m sorry.
I have done horrible things, yes. Many of which were my own doing.
Caulfield’s influence on me did wane on occasion, but I kept it up. I designed FIREFIGHT on my own volition, even after her orders lost their effect on me.
I never wanted to hurt children, though. What kind of person does?
More kinds than you’d think.
I don’t expect forgiveness.
I know your group has spoken with Agent Cobb, he’s a better man than I. But him and I agree on one thing, and that’s the fact that Twin Star needs to be completely reworked from the ground up.
I want to help in any way I can. I’ve been using Twin Star’s satellite arrays to assist you and provide whatever information I can give. I know it’s not much but it’s what I’m capable of, I’m not much of a fighter after all
You need to fight if you can. If you’re really a monomaster now, then fight alongside us.
Bytemy is capable but I’m just a frail man. I’ll help in any way I can I just… I don’t want to fight again. Please don’t make me fight again.
You fought us just fine.
That’s exactly why I don’t want to do it again.
I’ve got a CYBER AUGMENT spell on him that’s suppressing his panic ATTACKS. I don’t think he’s capable of FIGHTING. I’ll do what I can, though.
We won’t force anyone to fight.
But remember, because of Twin Star, because of you, there are monomasters all over the world fighting for their lives.
Most of them children. They shouldn’t have to fight. Maybe you should.
These conversations are a waste of time! We don’t forgive Twin Star, we don’t TRUST Twin Star, but we HAVE to work together.
Cobb, Lane, whoever else offers their help. These talks can come later when the world isn’t falling apart. Enough!
Virusmy, Bytemy, is Dr.Lane messing with your code at all?
Other than the spying on us, no. I don’t detect any other changes.
He never has, we’ve only ever worked TOGETHER.
Od, Cobb, we need all the help we can get, right?
Yes.
Yeah
Then let’s stop fighting and apologizing and focus on what needs to be done already. I can’t take sitting here doing nothing. Catherine had the right idea, we need to act.
You’re right, Kane. Fuck this conversation nonsense. Let’s get something done.
Right. You have the Drops for Amalchemy and CosmoKinmy, yes?
Yes, I have both of those. We still need to get the other Grand Drops. Evistromy and ChronoKinmy.
I can at least inform you that ChronoKinmy’s Drop is housed within the chassis of the improved FIREFIGHT 2.0, I believe the working name was Friendshipmy or something absurd like that.
Bestiemy was the name they went with.
That’s equally ridiculous.
Well, Bytemy and I have been searching for “Bestiemy” for weeks now, but none of our scans have found any trace of it, even with the entirety of Twin Star’s TSS array pointed towards the planet.
It’ll have to show up eventually. What about Evistromy? Did Twin Star have info on her?
Only some fantasy scribbling from the people at Clear Seed games. We dismissed most of what was sent to us from those files.
Well that was fucking stupid of you, the Monommy games have information on every Monommy. Accurate information.
Well, not entirely accurate. Symmetmy doesn’t end the world for one.
If you’d read any of that ‘scribbling’, you’d know that Evistromy is sealed within a crystal in orbit around the planet Frewosz.
It stands to reason that in reality, she’s in orbit around the Earth.
Ah, I see you’ve severed our connection, Virusmy.
Yes, I did. You’re never seeing through my eyes again.
Understandable. I am sorry.
Yeah.
Besides that, I needed all my ports open to accept all this data I’m about to eat.
We just lost control of TSS, was that you?
Virusmy is glowing really brightly right now, I don’t think she can respond.
Whatever spell she’s casting, it’s a big one
The satellites are all turning away from the planet.
and Virusmy is writing something out over the screen…
I’ll TRANSCRIBE.
F
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We’ve got the coordinates!
Virusmy just fainted. We’re tending to her now.
What’s the plan
That spell took a lot out of me, I’m really lightheaded… But it’s okay. Do we know where Evistromy is?
Yes, Virusmy found her. Evistromy is in geosynchronous orbit, roughly 50000km above Siberia at the moment.
Of course she’s in fucking space…
Unfortunately Caulfield destroyed our spacecraft hangar shortly after she changed into that thing. We don’t have a means to get to Evistromy to secure the Drop.
What about you? Are there any Monommy capable of spaceflight?
Only the Grands. But I do have CosmoKinmy’s Drop, so let’s summon her.
Didn’t ChronoKinmy explicitly tell us not to summon CosmoKinmy before we have all the Grand Drops?
What about Amalchemy, she said we could summon her any time.
Good idea, she said we’d need her to subdue Evistromy too.
Hey it’s been an HOUR… MARCUS and I are WORRIED. Everything OKAY over there?
Yeah we’re good sorry to leave you in the dark.
Amalchemy showed up, said she can’t fly that far on her own and still have enough energy to fight Evistromy, so we summoned CosmoKinmy anyways. It’s really bright in here with all the golden armor.
Weren’t you told not to do that?
Yeah, but we figure we’re already past the point ChronoKinmy would be too late, and we’re still alive, so… we did it anyways.
She’s here, it’s just taken a bit of time to explain the whole situation. She knows who she is but she’s really confused.
Right… reincarnation.
It’s especially weird for her because apparently the Grands have never been reincarnated before. Since she’s a Grand Mom she remembers some things but not others.
…Right. Magic. I hate it.
Yeah, I used to hate it too.
So, the PLAN?
Oh yeah. CosmoKinmy is gonna bring Warpmy and Amalchemy into space to bust open Evistromy’s crystal.
After Amalchemy weakens Evistromy, Warpmy will open a portal for the three of them to come back to the base.
and then what?
Then we’re gonna talk and see if we can get that Drop from her.
And if we can’t?
We will. We have to.