Jeremy's worst day ever

[Jeremy Hunter]

Jeremy looked at the G36 wannabe rifle he had taken from the SoCred, the .60 pistol, and then the figure. Jeremy looked at his arbitrary up.

"God, I take it back. Please, send me to Robinson."

Jeremy looked at the figure, loosely holding his rifle.

"Well...from the design, the fact this is moving, and the absence of windows, I will say I am on the Mandate of Heaven, that pain in the ass who damaged the Oathkeeper."

Jeremy never took his eyes from the figure.

"So...Aoi Iseijin and Coalition together? So, tell me-which Aoi and which Coalitioner did the deed together, and did they use this ship's captain's cabin, or the Karl Marx? Do tell me they slept together on the Marx, I'm partial to Osirises."

Jeremy shook his head, his hair flipping around, then settling back to the spikyness it usually exhibited.

"Oh, and the last cruise had no hot stewardesses. Can you fix that mon ami?"

Jeremy grinned.

"I usually crack jokes and be a smartass when faced with immeniet peril, I usually am this defiant, and so you know, the only thing that scares me is Commodore Robinsin in arm's reach with a knife."

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.

[Shagohad]

The figure tilted its head quizzically, "You say we are Aoi Iseijin; why? We have yet to use that name nor is it even written anywhere. It's quite disrespectful if you think about it as well. But you wouldn't know, you don't speak Kusaran." It turned away from Hunter, bidding him to follow. "As for movement? Inertial dampeners. If you can detect a ship moving, then the ship must be poorly designed."

Beyond the door was a long corridor, the being continuing its speech, "Those weapons will be quite useless here. Using them would mark your death. And we don't intend to kill you. That would make a lot of hard work ultimately pointless," They continued to walk, passing splits in the smooth corridor, "We seek to educate. Not kill. Unlike the Order, we are not genocidal savages."

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"

[Jeremy Hunter]

"Many bear names others have given. Such is life."

Jeremy cracked a grin.

"I've spent forever on ships. I can tell. Inertia dampeners work, but I can still feel the movement. Or, I just decided to take a shot in the dark and see if I was right."

Jeremy followed, slinging his gun.

"Oh, don't intend,to kill me?
"

Jeremy frowned.

"Do tell me if you're going to infect me. And educate? I've learned way to much already..."

Jeremy tapped where Rika's picture was. He took a breath.

He would survive. For Rika, he would.

Jeremy found hinself dselling on the night Ellie had come into his room to apologise. He had layed awake, listening,to his siblings' breathing. He paced himself, remembering the sounds. He felt strength,return to his weary body, and he felt the dimming fires roar back to their old intensity.

Whoever said love is a useless emotiin should stick it.

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.

[Shagohad]

"Infecting you would be useless. You'd learn nothing." The being turned to face Jeremy, the mask splitting and sliding towards the rear of the helmet, showing a young Kusaran man who could be no older than twenty. "Brainwashing you isn't our goal. The infection process can not be resisted, and it only lessens the views of the outside communities. The willing are the strongest amongst us." He then turned away from Jeremy, walking quietly down the hall towards a much larger door.

"This is not the Mandate. Not as it used to be. The hull has been since renamed Ahkraziel when the Mandate's spirit vanished. Many went with it. They will never be redeemed, but they will also never be forgotten."
The doors parted silently, showing a temple-like structure within, a large artifact dominating a circular stadium-esque room. The man stepped up to the large artifact; a multifaceted stone structure with blotches of crystal that looked like a disease spreading across its shape. His hand came up above the skin of the object, the diseased crystals 'flowing' along the surface to pool at his finger tips.

"This is a facet of the Mindshare. We know it fondly as the Arch Storm. Millions of minds coalesce through this node towards our main mental entity; something that doesn't exist in this dimension. The Ahkraziel allows us to function and work at maximum capacity. The closer we are, the more efficient we are at virtually everything," He turns to Hunter, a smile spreading on his face, "Something like this must be foreign to you. It must be horrible to think of millions of minds forming one entity, hai?"

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"

[Death.RunningVerminator]

A guard ran through the halls of The Verminator, waving his hands in the air towards a man in a wheelchair.

"Sir! Sir!"

The man turned his head and saw the guard.

"Yes, what is it?"

"Sir i think you should come see this.."

The guard motioned for Death Runner to follow. And so he did. The captain was lead back to the room where the viewings of the happenings of Jeremy were taking place. The guard stopped at the entrance, knowing not to enter. He saluted and gave a bow, then left. Death Runner opened the door to find the notetaker still there taking notes but he was obviously rushing to keep up. The captain looked at the screen to find one of the entities that had bid for Jeremy.

"He's a Nomad, Sir."

"And?"

The captain quickly closed the door, knowing full well there may be spies on board. Whether they be friendly or unfriendly.

"Hm let's see.. No harm has come to either of them.. No signs of struggle or anger.. Ah yes they are currently at a place called 'Tekagi's Remnant', and this nomad has been mentioning something about and Arch Storm, Mandate of Heaven, and Ahkraziel. I do not know what these are, sir."

"The Arch Storm? Ah yes yes.. I remember that place. We passed by it several months ago, while 'visiting' the Blood Dragons... Well, i suppose i should stay here as well..And.. good work soldier."

[Jeremy Hunter]

Aqua pushed the Bastet to it's limits, her focus on the distroted blip that represented Jeremy's Wayfinder. her Nephthys Guar struggled to keep up with the fast bastet and it's insane pilot. Aqua had been adopted into the Hunter Family. Despite Jeremy saying the contrary, she felt she had to [prove herself to the other Hunter's.

She had to find Jeremy. She had too many riding on her. Ellie, who would be devastated by the loss of her twin. Seth, who would become an even bigger jackarse. Izzy, who would be crushed. And Rika, Little Rika, who would...it was too horrible to explain what would happen to the little girl.

With all this in her mind, Aqua rocketed away, pushing the Bastet harder.

"Major Aqua to Missing Ache Command, we are catching up, but it's had a big head start."

Aqua wasn't about to give up. Like hell.

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Jeremy surveyed what the man had called the Arch Storm.

"No, I do not find that...horrible. By your standards. By mine...I just would perfer my thoughts, my own."

Jeremy crossed his arms.

"Ahkraziel...Personally, sounds more...Nomad-ish, and pardon my four-year-old thinking, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact a simple side trip to get a cure leads me to what was once Mandate of Heaven. And the fact it looks like I probably will come out without being mindraped, to put it in gamer terms."

Jeremy looked at the man.

"And you have me at a disadvantage. You know my name, I do not know your's. So...what's your name?"

Jeremy took a moment to think more. He know knew alot about the Aoi...but if they were not going to brainwash nor Infect him...what would happen?

Jeremy took a breath and said very quietly, "Well...I'll let destiny wrap me in it's embrace."

He checked his weapons. This is the part where he wished he had a sword. Perferably a medium-sized one, maybe just over three point five feet long. He stepped closer.

"So, at this moment, there are millions of Nomad minds, flowing through this thing?" he asked.

Jeremy kept part of his mind on the present, but the rest kept of his mind focused on one thing.

Rika.

// Attempt number 5 on my phone failed, I decided to boot the laptop. Sorry this is late. damn smart phone >_>

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.

[Shagohad]

The man turned to Jeremy, a smile on his face, "My name is Iruel. Iruel Kitano. Former Blood Dragon and current coordinator of the Remnant. It is through me that we function." He turned back to the artifact. "Yes. Many minds flow through it. But it is nothing more than a powerful antennae. And don't think of destroying it. It would only reconstitute elsewhere. Objects can be remade." There was a large amount of smugness behind his words.

"Tell me, Hunter, what do you think of the Nomads? How is it that you view them and those who work with them? Our records indicate that you were practically raised by the Order. You and your siblings. A family of genocidal humans," The smugness remains, almost in a teasing manner, "So what is it that you fight for?"

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"

[Jeremy Hunter]

Aqua tensed. Seth had used the RTI on the Ghost Eye, and she knew wherdver Jeremy was...it was not going to be easy.

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Jeremy nodded.

"Iruel..."

He sighed.

"During the Nomad War, Nomads killed my father. Cliche sounding, oh well. Then Keepers, Wilde..."

Jeremy crossed his arms.

"And you don't shout different after that attack on Minor with the Commies."

Jeremy scuffed a shoe on the floor to adjust it.

"Personally...the,Nomads are responsible for which direction my hatred goes. Only two morphs have ever gotten on my indifferent side. The rest of you just kil. Not be harmless. Kill."

Jeremy looked at Iruel.

"So. What's your plan to try and get me to believe that, 'you come in peace'?

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.

[Shagohad]

"We do not come in peace," He responded almost immediately, "We are a dangerous entity that will continue on fighting for what is rightfully ours. The fact that you resist against a truth that is so obviously there never ceases to amaze us." Iruel turned on his heel, circling around the mind node towards a very prominent door opposite the one they just entered.

"Oh, and you can deactivate what ever it is that you are broadcasting. We are in a system that has yet to even be named, so why is it that you can continue to broadcast your coordinates? Even then, this cloud warps transmission signals. You aren't where you say you are. Even we're nice and lost." The door parted into four segments retreating into the frame as Iruel walked through.

The next room was not as big as the node room, but it was less cluttered and there was more empty space, giving the room the illusion of being larger. A small sphere made of a glossy material emerged from the floor, standing a meter tall. "This is yet another artifact that our benefactors left us to muse over. Its power is unfathomable and its purpose is not yet really defined. We've found that the closer you are to it, the stronger the connection to the Arch Storm is. The humans who willingly aid us claim that they can hear the voices of our Kin when they stand near it."

He turns to face Jeremy, "And when they touch it, they can actually perceive the connection that binds all of us. In essence, you join the Mindshare."

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"

[Jeremy Hunter]

Jeremy silently tapped his Wayfinder. He sighed.

"Worth a try."

Jeremt followed. Upon seeing the sphere, he tensed at the description.

"Then I'll stay back here. I'll avoid linking to millions of minds who hate me more than I hate them."

Jeremy again tapped the picture.

"And do me a favor: Stop thinking every damn Order agent is genocidal. It's as bad as us being called terrorists. Oh, tell me. Did you infect one James Powell?"

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.