The Dark Journal

[Nyctophilia]

Date - 27.09.825 A.S.
Location - Freeport 11
Log Author - "Nyctophilia"

Many things happened since my last record. Not in global sense, but in my life.

Few days ago, I've met with an... Oracle. He spilled an enormous quantity of information about them to a couple of strangers.

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[22.09.2018 17:45:02] Oracle|Abrolhos: "I was obesrving you lot in Theta."
[22.09.2018 17:45:30] Nyctophilia: Hm?
[22.09.2018 17:45:30] Naiad: You were the source of the EM traces?
[22.09.2018 17:45:38] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Yes."
[22.09.2018 17:45:57] Nyctophilia: Why?
[22.09.2018 17:46:04] Naiad: Well, that's a relief. Just an impolite Freelancer, nothing big and nasty.
[22.09.2018 17:46:24] Oracle|Abrolhos: "As you say."
[22.09.2018 17:46:53] Oracle|Abrolhos: "As of now, I need to check my ship's systems. I'll be right back."
[22.09.2018 17:47:00] 2018-09-22 17:47:06 SMT  Traffic control alert: Oracle|Abrolhos has requested to dock
[22.09.2018 17:47:04] Gossamer: Okay...
[22.09.2018 17:47:12] Naiad: Anyone know that guy?
[22.09.2018 17:47:24] Nyctophilia: Nope.
[22.09.2018 17:47:33] Gossamer: I don't.
[22.09.2018 17:47:44] Naiad: Must be some rich weirdo, like Nycto. *She chuckles*
[22.09.2018 17:47:50] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Wrong."
[22.09.2018 17:47:56] Naiad: Whoops.
[22.09.2018 17:48:01] Oracle|Abrolhos: "No worries."
[22.09.2018 17:48:29] Oracle|Abrolhos: "I'm an Oracle. Abrolhos is my name."
[22.09.2018 17:48:38] Gossamer: Oracles. Oh.
[22.09.2018 17:48:40] Nyctophilia: An Oracle. Interesting.
[22.09.2018 17:48:44] Naiad: Oh. There was someone else who called himself that here, a while ago.
[22.09.2018 17:48:53] /time
[22.09.2018 17:48:53] 2018-09-22 17:48:58 SMT
[22.09.2018 17:49:00] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Who would that be?"
[22.09.2018 17:49:09] Naiad: I forgot any names, if that's what you're asking.
[22.09.2018 17:49:28] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Wasn't that important."
[22.09.2018 17:49:47] Nyctophilia: Why would you be spectating us, anyway?
[22.09.2018 17:49:57] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Curiosity."
[22.09.2018 17:50:10] Oracle|Abrolhos: "I saw how you spoke with that Vagrant."
[22.09.2018 17:50:17] Naiad: That what?
[22.09.2018 17:50:23] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Vagrant."
[22.09.2018 17:50:29] Gossamer: There two distinct types of Nomads.
[22.09.2018 17:50:38] Gossamer: You can tell by how they look.
[22.09.2018 17:50:46] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Not quite."
[22.09.2018 17:51:06] Gossamer: *She smiles, half-amused* Oh, enlighten me.
[22.09.2018 17:51:08] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Ever heard of the K'Hara Mindshare?"
[22.09.2018 17:51:22] Naiad: No, and I don't wish to share my mind either.
[22.09.2018 17:51:43] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Let me explain."
[22.09.2018 17:52:12] Nyctophilia: All ears.
[22.09.2018 17:52:13] Oracle|Abrolhos: "In a 'Mindshare', the Nomads share their experiences, thoughts, feelings."
[22.09.2018 17:52:34] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The K'Hara Mindshare works like that."
[22.09.2018 17:52:47] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Each form is designated as a 'Node'."
[22.09.2018 17:53:11] Naiad: Sounds unpleasant.
[22.09.2018 17:53:15] Oracle|Abrolhos: "There is a 'Root Node' of the Mindshare, which is Dur-Shurrikun itself."
[22.09.2018 17:53:44] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Then, the 'Elder Nodes' - usually Marduks or - if elder enough - Ishtars."
[22.09.2018 17:53:57] Oracle|Abrolhos: "And so on."
[22.09.2018 17:54:01] Gossamer: This is amusing.
[22.09.2018 17:54:15] Gossamer: Please, continue.
[22.09.2018 17:54:22] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The smallest nodes act individually, yet in unison."
[22.09.2018 17:54:44] Oracle|Abrolhos: "When an elder node approaches, the smaller ones start to follow the elder."
[22.09.2018 17:55:02] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The elders share their experiences with the younglings."
[22.09.2018 17:55:16] Oracle|Abrolhos: "So that the youngling can learn and evolve."
[22.09.2018 17:55:30] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Learn. Adapt. Evolve."
[22.09.2018 17:55:41] Naiad: You're using alot of weird words.
[22.09.2018 17:56:09] Gossamer: A rather crude approximation you've come up with.
[22.09.2018 17:56:10] Oracle|Abrolhos: "To put it in more simpler terms, think of a tree."
[22.09.2018 17:56:34] Naiad: Are you a leaf?
[22.09.2018 17:56:35] Oracle|Abrolhos: "In the same way works the Vagrant Hive."
[22.09.2018 17:56:54] Oracle|Abrolhos: "No, I'm not. What, do you consider me a Nomad?"
[22.09.2018 17:57:35] Naiad: Just thought I'd ask, as you seem to know so much.
[22.09.2018 17:57:49] Oracle|Abrolhos: "True."
[22.09.2018 17:58:14] JM|-Scrap.Special: Riiiiight. I dont get paid enough for this.
[22.09.2018 17:58:17] 2018-09-22 17:58:23 SMT  Traffic control alert: JM|-Scrap.Special has requested to dock
[22.09.2018 17:58:43] Oracle|Abrolhos: "I have extensive knowledge on the Nomads, yes."
[22.09.2018 17:58:59] Gossamer: Or at least, claim to.
[22.09.2018 17:59:01] Nyctophilia:  ...Yet you're sparing it to almost everyone you see?
[22.09.2018 17:59:25] Oracle|Abrolhos: "They have to seek knowledge."
[22.09.2018 17:59:37] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Not the opposite."
[22.09.2018 18:00:02] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Yet, should someone seek knowledge, I am more than happy to share mine."
[22.09.2018 18:00:13] Naiad: What's an Oracle again?
[22.09.2018 18:00:20] Nyctophilia: If you indeedly possess this knowledge, then in wrong hands, it might bring more harm than good.
[22.09.2018 18:00:34] Oracle|Abrolhos: "An Oracle is a member of the Church of Sirius."
[22.09.2018 18:00:38] Gossamer: Oracles aren't known for being adept at curating their knowledge.
[22.09.2018 18:00:48] Naiad: Can't say I've heard of such a religion.
[22.09.2018 18:00:52] Oracle|Abrolhos: "How wrong you are, Gossamer."
[22.09.2018 18:01:01] Gossamer: How little you know, Abrolhos.
[22.09.2018 18:01:08] Nyctophilia: I am certain that she is not.
[22.09.2018 18:01:29] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The Church of Sirius is a cult originated from Malta."
[22.09.2018 18:01:38] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The first Oracles were Maltese."
[22.09.2018 18:01:55] Nyctophilia: Rell...
[22.09.2018 18:02:06] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Our aim is to allow people to understand the Nomads' behaviour though us."
[22.09.2018 18:02:22] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Many do not yet understand why Nomads are so aggressive."
[22.09.2018 18:03:07] Oracle|Abrolhos: "In time, we began to grow, and became the main cult among the Maltese."
[22.09.2018 18:03:15] Oracle|Abrolhos: "We even defended Malta ourselves."
[22.09.2018 18:03:48] Oracle|Abrolhos: "However, with the dawn of the National Council, we were relegated far from society."
[22.09.2018 18:03:53] Gossamer: I would not trust these Oracles. They represent a blind, not knowing, submission.
[22.09.2018 18:03:58] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Eventually, we were exiled from it."
[22.09.2018 18:04:13] Naiad: But isn't it a church's purpose to provide their wisdom to those in need of it?
[22.09.2018 18:04:18] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Yes."
[22.09.2018 18:04:20] Naiad: You make it sound so.. pragmatic.
[22.09.2018 18:04:31] Gossamer: People should seek the facts themselves and make their own decision.
[22.09.2018 18:04:43] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Lucky for us, we managed to store all of our knowledge before being exiled."
[22.09.2018 18:05:13] Oracle|Abrolhos: "We stored it on a Shrine vessel."
[22.09.2018 18:05:31] Naiad: Mmh. But what wisdom do you provide?
[22.09.2018 18:05:40] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Anything you wish for."
[22.09.2018 18:06:02] Oracle|Abrolhos: "What is it that boggles your mind?"
[22.09.2018 18:06:31] Nyctophilia: He carelessly destributes the knowledge, which should be delivered only to the ones, whose trust was tested.
[22.09.2018 18:06:50] Naiad: It just.. didn't sound like a, uh, a gospel?
[22.09.2018 18:06:58] Oracle|Abrolhos: "..."
[22.09.2018 18:07:01] Oracle|Abrolhos: "No."
[22.09.2018 18:07:10] Oracle|Abrolhos: "That was a serious question."
[22.09.2018 18:07:44] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Ask whatever you want."
[22.09.2018 18:07:47] Nyctophilia: If they keep to their track, they might aswell destribute this knowledge to any intelligence service.
[22.09.2018 18:07:48] Naiad: Maybe I just have a wrong image in my head of what it's supposed to be like. I never really got into any religion.
[22.09.2018 18:07:55] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Understandable."
[22.09.2018 18:08:07] Oracle|Abrolhos: "I've seen many people thinking like you."
[22.09.2018 18:08:29] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Yet, unlike you, those I met retaliated in hostility."
[22.09.2018 18:09:08] Naiad: I like to think I'm not a hostile person.
[22.09.2018 18:09:13] Oracle|Abrolhos: "You are not."
[22.09.2018 18:09:40] Oracle|Abrolhos: "But you have something on your mind."
[22.09.2018 18:09:41] Naiad: You do make it sound like a religious disagreement.
[22.09.2018 18:09:53] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Something you wish to ask me."
[22.09.2018 18:10:11] Gossamer: I'll give you that one.
[22.09.2018 18:10:32] Naiad: Nothing in particular. I didn't get half of the words you used earlier, but that's no surprise.
[22.09.2018 18:10:57] Nyctophilia: It's not it. He just spilled out a tonn of valuable information and if I was an agent of some house agency, I'd get a promotion
[22.09.2018 18:11:01] Nyctophilia: for this information.
[22.09.2018 18:11:04] Oracle|Abrolhos: "You have to understand said words before you get to understand them."
[22.09.2018 18:11:13] Naiad: If he knows that stuff, the houses probably do, too.
[22.09.2018 18:11:22] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Incidentally, it is a part of the Path of the Oracle."
[22.09.2018 18:11:47] Naiad: I imagine it would be, yes.
[22.09.2018 18:11:48] Gossamer: *She can't help but roll her eyes a little*
[22.09.2018 18:11:52] Oracle|Abrolhos: "We follow Four Tenants left behind by the Daam K'Vosh - the creators of the Nomads."
[22.09.2018 18:11:59] Gossamer: God, this make me realize how unbearable I sound.
[22.09.2018 18:12:02] Naiad: Creators?
[22.09.2018 18:12:07] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Yes."
[22.09.2018 18:12:22] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The Daam K'Vosh created the Nomads as guardians."
[22.09.2018 18:12:28] Naiad: So they are not original inhabitants of this sector, as some people have said?
[22.09.2018 18:12:40] Naiad: *She laughs* Oh, yes.
[22.09.2018 18:12:48] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The original inhabitants of Sirius are the Daam K'Vosh."
[22.09.2018 18:13:02] Naiad: Huh. And where and what are those?
[22.09.2018 18:13:13] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Little is known on them."
[22.09.2018 18:13:25] Oracle|Abrolhos: "They disappeared suddently, leaving little traces."
[22.09.2018 18:13:58] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Yet, technology such as Trade Lanes and Jump Gates were created by the K'Vosh."
[22.09.2018 18:14:09] Naiad: Hm. I suppose I must have slept through the lessons about that era in school. *She chuckles*
[22.09.2018 18:14:18] Nyctophilia: Untrue. It is based on their technology, not created by them.
[22.09.2018 18:14:18] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Anyway."
[22.09.2018 18:14:32] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Our technology is based on theirs, yes."
[22.09.2018 18:14:41] Oracle|Abrolhos: "But who created said technology?"
[22.09.2018 18:14:51] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Everything points to the K'vosh."
[22.09.2018 18:15:01] Nyctophilia: Obviously.
[22.09.2018 18:15:26] Nyctophilia: Doesn't means they created our trade lanes and jump gates.
[22.09.2018 18:15:26] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Back to the point: the Nomads were supposed to awake from their slumber and make contact with Humanity."
[22.09.2018 18:15:44] Oracle|Abrolhos: "In order to peacefully interact with eachother."
[22.09.2018 18:16:03] Gossamer: *She scoffs*
[22.09.2018 18:16:06] Oracle|Abrolhos: "However, they were awoken too soon."
[22.09.2018 18:18:03] Oracle|Abrolhos: "You know what awoke the Nomads from their slumber?"
[22.09.2018 18:18:42] Naiad: I do not, obviously. But now it's starting to sound more like a story fit for a church.
[22.09.2018 18:18:52] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Humanity awoke them."
[22.09.2018 18:19:19] Naiad: Makes sense, I guess.
[22.09.2018 18:19:48] Oracle|Abrolhos: "And we arrived to the Nomad War."
[22.09.2018 18:20:21] Oracle|Abrolhos: "As of today, Humanity is terrified by Nomads, thinking they only want to raze them."
[22.09.2018 18:20:36] Oracle|Abrolhos: "But..."
[22.09.2018 18:21:02] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Do they -really- want to raze us all?"
[22.09.2018 18:21:14] Oracle|Abrolhos: "What do you think?"
[22.09.2018 18:21:37] Gossamer: There exist subtlties imperceptible to humans.
[22.09.2018 18:21:44] Naiad: I have absolutely no clue about their plans.
[22.09.2018 18:21:57] Naiad: But they sure made it look like they want that.
[22.09.2018 18:22:11] Oracle|Abrolhos: "They made it 'look like that'."
[22.09.2018 18:22:36] Oracle|Abrolhos: "You never judge a book from its cover, right?"
[22.09.2018 18:22:50] Oracle|Abrolhos: "The same applies with the Nomads."
[22.09.2018 18:23:01] Naiad: Of course I do, the cover's the first thing you see.
[22.09.2018 18:23:21] Naiad: It's a good way to attract a potential buyer to a book, but.. uh, that's beside the point, sorry.
[22.09.2018 18:24:11] Naiad: It's an interesting story, I give you that. I apologize, but I'll have to cut it short.
[22.09.2018 18:24:21] Gossamer: Same. Just for a bit.
[22.09.2018 18:24:22] Naiad: I need to dock, for a little while. Business on the station.
[22.09.2018 18:24:29] Oracle|Abrolhos: "Sure, go ahead."
[22.09.2018 18:24:32] Naiad: But thanks for the insight.
[22.09.2018 18:24:39] Gossamer: I'll be back within an hour or so.
[22.09.2018 18:24:40] 2018-09-22 18:24:46 SMT  Traffic control alert: Gossamer has requested to dock
[22.09.2018 18:24:45] Nyctophilia: Me too.
[22.09.2018 18:24:45] Naiad: See you.
[22.09.2018 18:25:06] 2018-09-22 18:25:12 SMT  Traffic control alert: Naiad has requested to dock
[22.09.2018 18:25:28] Nyctophilia: Watch: [:Docking Sequence Initiated = Freeport 11:]
[22.09.2018 18:25:34] 2018-09-22 18:25:40 SMT  Traffic control alert: Nyctophilia has requested to doc

Too careless. Lately today, I met up with Melia and asked her about the Oracles. Her responce... Let's say, wasn't one of the kindest. More like, she was the most upset I've ever saw her, and she was upset about the ones who support them.

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[27.09.2018 13:47:29] Nyctophilia: While we are at it... Do you know anything about the Oracles? And if you do, can you share your knowledge about them with me?
[27.09.2018 13:47:51] Nyctophilia: I've met one of them lately. He was distributing the knowledge about you quite carelessly.
[27.09.2018 13:47:54] Vagrant.Melia: "Foolish pets of the Bretheren. Unworthy."
[27.09.2018 13:48:07] Vagrant.Melia: "We do not grant them trust."
[27.09.2018 13:48:52] Nyctophilia: On that I can agree with you. The way he shared the information, or as he called it "knowledge" about you, was... Quite foolish
[27.09.2018 13:49:30] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia's calm illumination seems to brighten and temper.*
[27.09.2018 13:51:25] Nyctophilia: *She notices the growing glow* Hey. No need to become upset about them.
[27.09.2018 13:51:28] Vagrant.Melia: "Useless. Foolish."
[27.09.2018 13:51:42] Vagrant.Melia: "Theirs are not worthy."
[27.09.2018 13:51:54] Nyctophilia: Indeed. They're not worthy of your emotions.
[27.09.2018 13:52:23] Vagrant.Melia: "They are worthy only of spitfire."
[27.09.2018 13:53:33] Nyctophilia: *Melia's words start to worry Nycto.* Uhm... I know that they're fools, but no need to be upset about them being them.
[27.09.2018 13:55:05] Vagrant.Melia: "The Oracles had failed our whole."
[27.09.2018 13:55:16] Vagrant.Melia: "They are not worthy."
[27.09.2018 13:55:20] Nyctophilia: Well, on another side, they're dangerous fools, sinse they obtain the knowledge about you and... Well, any undercover Order agent might receive it just from any conversation.
[27.09.2018 13:56:25] Nyctophilia: Wait, something I don't know? How come they failed you?
[27.09.2018 13:57:40] Vagrant.Melia: "Theirs would not heed our warning. Theirs placed our Light into danger. They betrayed our Light."
[27.09.2018 13:58:02] Vagrant.Melia: "Their darkness had overcome their learning."
[27.09.2018 13:58:23] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia seemed to be especially bright, almost as much as in combat.*
[27.09.2018 13:58:34] Nyctophilia:  ...Ignorance at it's best.
[27.09.2018 13:59:03] Vagrant.Melia: "The Oracles claimed faith. Yet they sinned."
[27.09.2018 13:59:40] Nyctophilia: Have they tried to atone for their ignorance?
[27.09.2018 14:00:13] Vagrant.Melia: "There is one of theirs which may. But they have not yet chosen to do so."
[27.09.2018 14:01:36] Nyctophilia: Only time will tell, I guess.
[27.09.2018 14:02:09] Nyctophilia: I'm not the one to judge, but it's not something that shouldn exist in your society.
[27.09.2018 14:02:25] Vagrant.Melia: *The emotional vibes seem to be nothing less than disgruntled seething.*
[27.09.2018 14:03:41] Vagrant.Melia: *As if a collective intolerance had been cracked into and left to flood.*
[27.09.2018 14:03:50] Nyctophilia: Melia, please. I understand that they're dangerous fools, but being angry about it won't solve any of current problems.
[27.09.2018 14:04:21] Vagrant.Melia: "Anger. Do not speak further of the Oracles."
[27.09.2018 14:04:41] Nyctophilia: I'm sorry... Won't be mentioning them again.
[27.09.2018 14:05:29] Vagrant.Melia: "They are the embodiment of misguidance. They are not of worth."
[27.09.2018 14:05:42] Nyctophilia: I just... Didn't knew of situation between you and them.
[27.09.2018 14:06:23] Vagrant.Melia: "Perhaps we should return to observing the void, before our hatred becomes action."
[27.09.2018 14:06:33] Nyctophilia: Please do.
[27.09.2018 14:06:56] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia seemed to turn inward, to fan its emotional flames.*
[27.09.2018 14:07:40] /time
[27.09.2018 14:07:40] 2018-09-27 14:07:43 SMT
[27.09.2018 14:08:02] Vagrant.Melia: "Now the informed darkling knows. It shall endeavor to not transgress."
[27.09.2018 14:09:21] Nyctophilia: More than certain. I know my own limits, yet I want to improve them. And I also want to help the others, if they need my help.
[27.09.2018 14:10:35] Vagrant.Melia: "We shall swim away from the hating songs. We shall embrace tranquility."
[27.09.2018 14:11:06] Vagrant.Melia: "We shall focus upon the way of peace."
[27.09.2018 14:12:10] Nyctophilia: Peace...
[27.09.2018 14:12:24] Nyctophilia: I keep thinking about achieving peace between you and us.
[27.09.2018 14:12:32] Nyctophilia: If there is any possible ways.
[27.09.2018 14:13:17] Vagrant.Melia: "The worthy darklings must be made to shed their darkness, and embrace the Light."
[27.09.2018 14:13:17] Nyctophilia: I don't anticipate many to accept the very idea of possible peace. From both sides.
[27.09.2018 14:13:37] Vagrant.Melia: "Yet we must not enforce it before they are ready."
[27.09.2018 14:13:58] [:WARNING: Hyperspace Breach Detected = Friendly Contact Melia:]
[27.09.2018 14:14:14] Vagrant.Melia: "We are disturbed. We must seek the song of the whole."
[27.09.2018 14:14:34] Jumping...
[27.09.2018 14:14:36] Nyctophilia: I think it would be wise to- yes.
[27.09.2018 14:15:13] Vagrant.Melia: "We shall soon slip beneath the purple veil, and wash away our anger."
[27.09.2018 14:15:22] Nyctophilia: Yeah, please do.
[27.09.2018 14:15:53] Vagrant.Melia: "We do not wish harm upon yours, yet we are disturbed. Our paths must separate for a time."
[27.09.2018 14:16:12] Nyctophilia: Sure. Everything in due time.
[27.09.2018 14:16:42] Nyctophilia: And... Well, I think you do know that I've felt everything out there.
[27.09.2018 14:16:48] Nyctophilia: Hence why I became worried.
[27.09.2018 14:17:41] Vagrant.Melia: "Perhaps yours will sing. But there is much between this moment and that moment."
[27.09.2018 14:18:12] Nyctophilia: I'm anticipating that moment, and I'm honest.
[27.09.2018 14:18:22] Nyctophilia: Feeling more than myself? It was great.
[27.09.2018 14:18:54] Vagrant.Melia: "It is what the worthy must focus upon, to embrace the greater light and shed the darkness."
[27.09.2018 14:19:38] Nyctophilia: I just hope that most people get to experience the same, in due time.
[27.09.2018 14:19:47] Vagrant.Melia: "Patience."
[27.09.2018 14:19:55] Nyctophilia: Yes, patience.
[27.09.2018 14:20:08] Vagrant.Melia: *Having dimmed down substantially, it begins to position itself for re-entry to Moros.*
[27.09.2018 14:20:10] Nyctophilia: Take rest, Melia. I will be waiting. always.

Yeah. I felt that. She was angry and I didn't liked it. And I know, she wouldn't get angry without a reason. Felt like... Something quite, quite personal. I can't even imagine what they did to them, but she described it as a betrayal. But... I still don't understand how is it possible? Were they preferencing the K'Hara and considering Vagrants as heretics or something else? That... Doesn't makes any sense. Their whole confrontation doesn't makes any sense.

Now we go dimmer. The last day when I ever saw Kimi and, well, the day when I called Naiad selfish. And I don't deny it up until this moment.

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[23.09.2018 21:17:17] Nyctophilia: Watch: [:Entering The No-Fire Zone = Freeport 11:]
[23.09.2018 21:17:36] Naiad: You're being followed.
[23.09.2018 21:17:53] Nyctophilia: I've noticed. Oh, hi!
[23.09.2018 21:18:22] Gossamer: Hey, you two. I see there's smaller form here.
[23.09.2018 21:18:29] Nyctophilia: Yep.
[23.09.2018 21:18:51] Nyctophilia: Something new.
[23.09.2018 21:19:03] Nyctophilia: I can't say I saw these.
[23.09.2018 21:19:09] Gossamer: Oh?
[23.09.2018 21:19:23] Nyctophilia: Must be a new adaptation or something like that.
[23.09.2018 21:19:37] Gossamer: They've been around for some time.
[23.09.2018 21:20:08] Nyctophilia: Watch: [:Warning - Singularity Detected:]
[23.09.2018 21:20:12] Nyctophilia: See?
[23.09.2018 21:20:45] Nyctophilia: This one seems a bit bigger, yet not as big as the other ones.
[23.09.2018 21:21:17] Gossamer: Not talking much, Naiad?
[23.09.2018 21:21:49] Naiad: I might, once the attack is over.
[23.09.2018 21:22:42] Gossamer: Well, looks like it's  over.
[23.09.2018 21:23:05] Naiad: Whew, yes.
[23.09.2018 21:23:27] Gossamer: So, anyone else catch that little comm?
[23.09.2018 21:23:36] Nyctophilia: About?
[23.09.2018 21:23:41] Naiad: What do you mean?
[23.09.2018 21:23:46] Gossamer: From the Core.
[23.09.2018 21:23:53] Nyctophilia: Oh. Yes.
[23.09.2018 21:24:02] Naiad: What?
[23.09.2018 21:24:14] Gossamer: Check your inbox.
[23.09.2018 21:24:34] Nyctophilia: I've already replied to them, but I think they don't have enough time to mess around with the likes of me.
[23.09.2018 21:24:37] Naiad: Maybe I shouldn't.
[23.09.2018 21:25:02] Nyctophilia: We all have more important things to do.
[23.09.2018 21:25:03] Gossamer: I'm not gonna give them the time of day. They've got no right getting off thaat  way.
[23.09.2018 21:26:03] Nyctophilia: In a case, if they decide to put me under arrest, they'll get very disappointed, finding out they imprisoned a hologram.
[23.09.2018 21:26:23] Nyctophilia: And that a ship has a tonn of nukes aboard.
[23.09.2018 21:28:09] Nyctophilia: Anyway. How was your day?
[23.09.2018 21:28:26] Gossamer: It was okay. Just entered my vessel.
[23.09.2018 21:29:40] Nyctophilia: Lucky me got to witness the Order spewing up an another conflict, right here, in Freeport's NFZ.
[23.09.2018 21:30:04] Nyctophilia: Just so you know, a bunch of Core goons was flying around and probably had plans to hang out to the bar.
[23.09.2018 21:30:20] Nyctophilia: Suddenly, an entire wing of the Order agents decides to open fire.
[23.09.2018 21:30:30] Nyctophilia: Right here. In a No-Fire Zone.
[23.09.2018 21:31:00] Gossamer: Oh my god.
[23.09.2018 21:31:24] Nyctophilia: Not to mention there were other civilians, except for me.
[23.09.2018 21:31:28] Nyctophilia: An entire convoy.
[23.09.2018 21:31:41] Naiad: That truly isn't a topic fitting for the beauty of this system.
[23.09.2018 21:31:58] Gossamer: *She smiles a little* You're right.
[23.09.2018 21:32:20] Nyctophilia: Well, as much as beautiful this system is, you have two paramilitary organizations fighting eachother to the death.
[23.09.2018 21:32:30] Naiad: Let someone else worry about that.
[23.09.2018 21:32:31] Nyctophilia: And... They all have resources for it.
[23.09.2018 21:33:29] Nyctophilia: I mean, if they were fighting outside of neutral grounds - sure.
[23.09.2018 21:33:41] Gossamer: Still, I think it's nice to appreciate beauty for even the briefest of moments. Peace like right now is rare.
[23.09.2018 21:33:57] Naiad: Out here it is.
[23.09.2018 21:34:04] Nyctophilia: Yeah... For the last few days, it's been quite crowded.
[23.09.2018 21:35:04] Gossamer: Just drink in that serenity of space...
[23.09.2018 21:36:20] Naiad: That's all I ever wanted to do, but it didn't go that way.
[23.09.2018 21:36:35] Gossamer: All about what you can do moving forward, dear.
[23.09.2018 21:36:43] Naiad: Nice to have even a brief moment of it.
[23.09.2018 21:36:46] Nyctophilia: I'd imagine it goes now.
[23.09.2018 21:37:19] Naiad: Not really. It doesn't actually solve anything.
[23.09.2018 21:37:32] Naiad: It's just a break from the things that need to be taken care of.
[23.09.2018 21:37:47] Gossamer: It's a well-deserved break.
[23.09.2018 21:38:35] Naiad: For you, maybe. I haven't actually accomplished anything yet to deserve this.
[23.09.2018 21:38:47] Gossamer: Well, you've survived.
[23.09.2018 21:39:08] Naiad: That's no accomplishment.
[23.09.2018 21:39:14] Gossamer: Out here? It is.
[23.09.2018 21:39:23] Naiad: I don't live out here.
[23.09.2018 21:39:33] Gossamer: But you're breathing out here, right?
[23.09.2018 21:39:42] Gossamer: Where do you lay your head?
[23.09.2018 21:39:52] Naiad: Only temporarily.
[23.09.2018 21:40:27] Naiad: The bar would be set way too low if that's supposed to be an accomplishment already.
[23.09.2018 21:41:16] Gossamer: Well, I suppose so. I'm going to be headed off to the Omegas soon for some family business.
[23.09.2018 21:41:46] Gossamer: My mother's... fallen ill.
[23.09.2018 21:41:47] Nyctophilia: Good luck out there!
[23.09.2018 21:41:51] Nyctophilia: Oh.
[23.09.2018 21:41:57] Nyctophilia: Hope she gets well soon.
[23.09.2018 21:42:01] Gossamer: I hope so too.
[23.09.2018 21:42:03] Naiad: Uhm. What?
[23.09.2018 21:42:08] Naiad: Where are you going?
[23.09.2018 21:42:13] Gossamer: Gran Canaria.
[23.09.2018 21:42:26] Naiad: Now that's rude.
[23.09.2018 21:42:27] Naiad: Well.
[23.09.2018 21:42:35] Naiad: Suppose I can't stop you.
[23.09.2018 21:42:43] Nyctophilia: Don't think she'll mind if you follow her.
[23.09.2018 21:42:45] Gossamer: I'm sorry. I just don't want to leave her alone in case it's...
[23.09.2018 21:42:59] Gossamer: *She sighs*
[23.09.2018 21:43:23] Naiad: What if I had things that kept me here? Well, I don't, but what if? You did say 'soon'.
[23.09.2018 21:43:58] Gossamer: I...
[23.09.2018 21:44:06] Nyctophilia: Naiad, please.
[23.09.2018 21:45:24] Nyctophilia: Mind if I join, Kimi?
[23.09.2018 21:45:50] Nyctophilia: I won't follow you till your Mother's, but I might accompany you to Canaria.
[23.09.2018 21:46:17] Gossamer: Yeah, okay.
[23.09.2018 21:46:28] Nyctophilia: Sweet.
[23.09.2018 21:46:38] Naiad: Very.
[23.09.2018 21:46:53] Nyctophilia: Naiad... Just a few words.
[23.09.2018 21:46:58] Naiad: Shoot.
[23.09.2018 21:47:01] Nyctophilia: Your selfishness will be your undoing.
[23.09.2018 21:47:12] Naiad: Equally rude.
[23.09.2018 21:48:40] Gossamer: *She sighs*
[23.09.2018 21:49:16] Gossamer: Admittedly, Nycto, I was only being half true.
[23.09.2018 21:49:24] Nyctophilia: Figures.
[23.09.2018 21:49:33] Nyctophilia: But I feel sorry for Naiad.
[23.09.2018 21:49:39] Nyctophilia: She is selfish.
[23.09.2018 21:49:41] Gossamer: The Light requires me to do some things. But I am also gonna visit my mom.
[23.09.2018 21:50:01] Nyctophilia: Then... I hope you two don't mind me joining.
[23.09.2018 21:50:15] Gossamer: We're fine with that. *She smiles*
[23.09.2018 21:50:32] [:WARNING: Hyperspace Breach Detected = Friendly Contact Melia:]
[23.09.2018 21:51:00] Gossamer: *She smiles, closing her eyes*
[23.09.2018 21:51:11] Jumping...
[23.09.2018 21:51:34] Nyctophilia: Oh... I missed these moments.
[23.09.2018 21:51:40] Gossamer: "Determination. The Twin Lights shall not falter."
[23.09.2018 21:52:10] Vagrant.Melia: "The Light shall fortify itself before proceeding."
[23.09.2018 21:52:21] Nyctophilia: Oh, and, on my part - I also didn't told a half of what happened to me today.
[23.09.2018 21:52:41] Gossamer: "We shall begin fulfillment of the directive in this Crossroads."
[23.09.2018 21:52:47] Gossamer: Oh? What else happened?
[23.09.2018 21:53:06] Nyctophilia: Well... Don't know if it was intended, but, Melia showed me their worlds.
[23.09.2018 21:53:13] Vagrant.Melia: "It was not."
[23.09.2018 21:53:41] Nyctophilia: I figured.
[23.09.2018 21:54:03] Nyctophilia: Most of us disrespect your borders and don't even have a clue of them.
[23.09.2018 21:54:19] Nyctophilia: I felt... Quite unwelcomed out there.
[23.09.2018 21:54:27] Gossamer: It's not the realm of humans.
[23.09.2018 21:54:35] Nyctophilia: Yeah. And it shouldn't be.
[23.09.2018 21:54:55] Nyctophilia: They're too pure to be.
[23.09.2018 21:55:00] Nyctophilia: Our realms, I mean.
[23.09.2018 21:55:52] Gossamer: *Kimi breathes in and closes her eye, entering a meditative state*
[23.09.2018 22:02:04] Nyctophilia: *Even being present in a relatively relaxed circumstances, various thoughts keep spinning inside of Jane's mind.*
[23.09.2018 22:02:53] Nyctophilia: *Thoughts about war approaching Curacao immenently, about Naiad, and even about Kimiko's mother condition.*
[23.09.2018 22:03:25] Gossamer: *A small wisp of warmth floats around Nycto's mind, offering a little bit of comfort*
[23.09.2018 22:05:15] Nyctophilia: *A faint, reminiscent feeling makes her strain herself from thoughts about the war, but she's still focused about Naiad and Kimiko's mother.*
[23.09.2018 22:05:31] Gossamer: Okay...  I'm ready.
[23.09.2018 22:05:44] Vagrant.Melia: "The Twin Lights shall perform the directive."
[23.09.2018 22:06:23] Gossamer: I'll be back to the Omicrons soon, Jane.
[23.09.2018 22:06:27] Gossamer: I promise.
[23.09.2018 22:06:33] Nyctophilia: Take care.
[23.09.2018 22:06:52] Gossamer: *She blows a little kiss, laughing, before leaving radar*

Few days after, I've met with Naiad again, hearing how she simply wanted to be friends with Kimi. Well, she's not the only one. But if she wanted to be friends with her, she'd followed us.

Anyhoo. I haven't seen Kimi after this very day, and I'm getting worried. But Melia says that she's okay, and as far as I know, they can't lie. So I shouldn't worry.

What happened yesterday, actually, got the best of my nerves. A full scale attack by K'Hara on Freeport. They wanted to kill everyone, no exceptions.

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[26.09.2018 18:36:16] Kakushi|Aoi: Namura: We have a hostile contact on scanners.
[26.09.2018 18:36:17] Nyctophilia: Wow.
[26.09.2018 18:36:24] Nyctophilia: That's uhm... That's a big one.
[26.09.2018 18:36:24] Kakushi|Aoi: Namura: Men, open fire when in range on the Auxesian vessel.
[26.09.2018 18:36:25] Fuji-2|Aoi: Roger that.
[26.09.2018 18:36:30] Fuji-2|Aoi: Moving in!
[26.09.2018 18:36:34] Fuji-2|Aoi: Firing!
[26.09.2018 18:36:35] (C~Vennamis.: Opening fire!
[26.09.2018 18:36:43] Madze.Mary: What the!?
[26.09.2018 18:36:51] Naiad: Uh-oh!
[26.09.2018 18:36:56] Madze.Mary: *Scared* W-What is happening!?
[26.09.2018 18:36:59] /time
[26.09.2018 18:36:59] 2018-09-26 18:37:01 SMT
[26.09.2018 18:37:08] (C~Jack.Berkely: Im here to assist my brothers.
[26.09.2018 18:37:22] K'Hara|Pienenkir: ***..'Theirs' will ~feel~ 'ours' light..***
[26.09.2018 18:37:27] 2018-09-26 18:37:29 SMT  Traffic control alert: A/)-ACV-Eidolon.Wraith has requested to dock
[26.09.2018 18:37:39] Fuji-2|Aoi: Shall we kill the rest of them?
[26.09.2018 18:37:41] Preparing to cloak...
[26.09.2018 18:37:45] (C~Vennamis.: Why not?
[26.09.2018 18:37:49] Nyctophilia: Screw this.
[26.09.2018 18:37:52] Cloaking device on
[26.09.2018 18:37:55] (C~Vennamis.: Purge 'em all.
[26.09.2018 18:37:56] Kakushi|Aoi: Namura: Murder the Bounty hunter.
[26.09.2018 18:37:57] K'Hara|Pienenkir: ***'Theirs' will ~perish..!***
[26.09.2018 18:37:58] Fuji-2|Aoi: Good enough for me, let's get rid of them!
[26.09.2018 18:38:02] Cloaking device off
[26.09.2018 18:38:02] Alert: Cloaking device disruption field detected.
[26.09.2018 18:38:02] 2018-09-26 18:38:03 SMT  Traffic control alert: Madze.Mary has requested to dock
[26.09.2018 18:38:04] Naiad: Well, I'm out of here.
[26.09.2018 18:38:11] Madze.Mary: *Scared* N-no!
[26.09.2018 18:38:57] Preparing to cloak...
[26.09.2018 18:39:08] Cloaking device on

When the storm has calmed down, I've met with Kath. She appeared to be completely unaware of what was happening around, but I think she knows. Either way, we decided to head on to Lost... With a huge company of fans, including Aoi, Naiad, Azhi and someone on a Nephelim. We had a regular discussion about the nomad society, about our society... Until the Maltese Legion showed up. These damned bastards. Azhi's ship got blown up, as well as Vennamis's, Melia was injured, but seems like the Legion likes to focus on a single snubcraft than on a bigger ship. They saw an easy pray in Raiders, which allowed Melia to escape... And, I hope, Kath did too.

Worst part is - I couldn't help them in this situation. It would be suicidal, neither they asked for my help. But... Seeing Melia and Kath getting hurt. I haven't felt something like that in a while. I just wanted to give them a chance to escape even if it costed me my ship. I haven't fought in a while, but the experience in Liberty? Something you never forget. It tempers you, like a stone being sharpened by an ocean.