Author Topic: Interrogation Smerrogation (Read 9579 times)

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **on:** March 05, 2012, 03:47:35 PM »

Soon after the group of Heliphlean left the RAPTURE facility another was brought by the local defence forces. He was found in the wreckage of their spacecraft, put into stasis and rushed to the city under the mountain upon mysterious orders.
Once the Zarethian Planetary Defence Forces had dropped the man off he was transported into the mountain's medical facility and brought out of stasis to endure advanced surgical magics to heal his many wounds.
That was two hours ago.

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Mr. Outside smoothed out his black suit and tapped the side of his thigh where his hands remained. He was riding down an elevator to the very depths of the RAPTURE facility, to the medical bay. He had already talked to several of the Heliphlean and had gotten good results. He could tell that they were afraid, confused and some where a bit embittered by the treatment. Somewhere deep inside him a small pang of regret registered. He sometimes wished he could tell everyone the whole story so he didn't have to hide behind these veils of vague suggestions and subtle hints. He was brought out of this brooding stupor when the elevator dinged and opened its gray doors to reveal the blindingly clean white of the hospital sector. He stepped out and spread his arms out beside him as the decontamination spray blew over him.
Once the spray had gone on its methodical spurting run twice, he stepped forward and saw a doctor exit the room at the far end of the hall.

"Doctor Wu, how is our patient?" He asked smoothly, striding up to the short, yellow skinned man with black hair and purple eyes.
"Ah, hello Director." Wu said, looking up from his dataslate. "The patient is making a fine recovery. You can go see him if you wish." He said, turning and pointing at a door marked Room 52 in bold black letters.
Mr. Outside nodded faintly. "Alright, I'll do that. Thank you doctor."
"MMm." Wu said, turning back to his dataslate and heading into the workroom.
Mr. Outside stepped past him and opened the door which contained the last of the Heliphlean Crew. Calto, as he was called.

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2012, 05:39:14 PM »

Calto had awoken twelve minutes prior. He was lying in a cheap white bed, restrained and hooked up to an IV cable. Looking at his reflection in the mirror he was guessing was a one way mirror thoughts of fear began to hit him. He had just been through another torment spike, hadn't he? Oh no, oh no, oh no. His one chance to prove that he could do something truly great without a fit, and he had failed.

With a nervous uncomfortably, he looked at his retrains. It was then that he realized something was wrong. The bondage looked unfamiliar. Something was wrong. This was no CODE facility.

Calto lay back a second, and he breathed heavily, and deeply. He tried to focus is thoughts. Eyes closed, he pictured the room he was in, and he pictured the room outside of his. There was some kind of doctor, obviously not Heliphlein, with black hair. Several others were milling about. Wait, did that girl have purple hair? Feeling a bit unassured that his skills in uncallous focus magic were as good as he had wished, he decided to simply forget it. Besides, who was this man coming down the hall? The old man wearing... something black. Or maybe navy blue. Or probably none of the above. I mean, Calto did think he had just seen a girl with purple hair, and that couldn't be real, could it?

Oh no, the man was coming in.

Upon the opening of the door, Calto sat up on his cot.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:35:11 PM »

Mr. Outside stepped into the completely white room, his eyes on the ragged, skinny man in front of him. He straightened his suit again and stepped further into the room. His salt and pepper hair was cropped short and almost had a gelled look to it. His black eyes looked Calto up and down. So this was the one that caused them all to crash... with one of their torment spikes? Legitimate, considering the circumstances, he thought to himself. He's quite powerful... I hope I can establish good relations from the onset.

"Calto?" He asked simply. "How are you feeling?"

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:39:32 PM »

"Where am I?" Calto said, not having the Zarethian's idea's in mind.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2012, 08:53:22 PM »

Mr. Outside sighed mentally. "You're in a secure Zarethian Facility. You came under the influence of a torment spike which destroyed most of the attacking beasts but simultaneously heavily damaged the ship you were on. Luckily for you, the ship managed to warp out of the system into the space above the planet you're on. The mass of dead Lorcar, that is the species you killed, caused quite a... well, a panic." Mr. Outside paused and then continued. "Most, if not all, of your accompanying crew survived unscathed and are quite keen on continuing your mission. Rest assured, you're safe here. Those restraints are simply for for your - and my staff's - safety."
Mr. Outside pulled up a plain white wooden chair and sat down on it.

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:41:48 PM »

Calto thought for a moment. That's right, the New Gia mission had just begun. And Olix had thrown him into a torment spike. Ohohoh, the nerve he had...

Calto suddnly noticed that he was feeling a tiny trickle of flame on his fingertips. Quickly extinguishing it, he looked back at the old man.

"What are the Zarethians?" he asked.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:45:15 PM »

"The Zarethians are a Zarethoid species. This group encompasses all those who look similar to them, such as humans, most sages, Narrikians and, you." Mr. Outside said. "But I don't think you want the biologicl nature of the Zarethians, no. I think you mean as an empire and a people?" He asked.

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:47:19 PM »

"I don't know," Calto answered. "I've never heard of you before."

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:53:14 PM »

"Well, we are perhaps the largest empire in the known dimension. We encompass six or so planets, more then most other empires can say, and are allied with the Mechera, a race of mechanical beings, and the Ferrarian Empire, the K Empire, the Empire of Lus and the Neo Narrikians, a rather... odd mixture of beings. Of course, you don't know who any of these people are but I'll get to that in a moment. We are extremely peaceful and only wish to be left to our own affairs and to help those who we can. We have taken care of you and your fellow crew not simply because we care for the well fair of other beings but because we wish to establish diplomatic negotiations with any empire that we can. In these dark times, full of strife and war in the galaxy, newcomers to the galactic politcal game should be well warned... Though I'm sure this sounds a little too nice to be true." He assured him. "But it is."

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2012, 09:57:28 PM »

Calto paused for a second, then said, "I don't think I'm exactly qualified to lead diplomatic negotiations and such for my people. I barely even made it into the mission."

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:00:42 PM »

The mysterious man laughed. "No, no. I was not referring to you being the lead negotiator for an intergalactic treaty. I'm sure that you're extremely intelligent, otherwise you wouldn't have been sent out but what we plan to do with you is to return you and your crew home and set up negotiations there with trained diplomats who represent the interests of the people." Mr. Outside assured him. "Like I said, we wish to make peace and what better way to do that is to help out those in need?"

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2012, 10:29:13 PM »

Couldn't argue with that, but one thing still was pushing on Calto's mind.

"What do you need me for?" Calto said, knowing he had been set apart from his crew for a specific reason.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2012, 04:48:23 PM »

"Need you for? Well, we would like you to recover properly. As I'm told, those torment spikes can be very nasty." Mr. Outside met Calto's eyes, his mouth forming the shadow of a reassuring smile. "Other then that, you'd be free to go with your crew who are being transported to the transport designated to you."

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2012, 09:57:52 PM »

"Alright," Calto said. "Am I free to walk around?"

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2012, 03:24:54 PM »

"So long as you keep the IV cart with you and don't leave the base, yes." Mr. Outside snapped his fingers and the manacles holding Calto down fell off his wrists. "I would, however, like to inquire about your people. Your culture, values, species... diplomatic perogatives if we are to start off on good terms."

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #15 on:** March 07, 2012, 05:25:00 PM »

"What do you want to know?" he asked.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #16 on:** March 07, 2012, 06:45:38 PM »

"I'd like to know a brief summary of your history, if you would. And what the political situation was when you left.."

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2012, 10:12:29 PM »

Calto thought for a second, and then explained, "Well, we haven't proven how far back we really come from, but legends say we were once a proud race, roaming free throughout the universe. Sadly, an evil being cursed us, making our magic completely tied to our emotion. The evil one's enemy saved us and hid us behind a great shadow. We named it the Aserical Shadow, after him. We didn't bode well with the Enrakni, the other race inhabiting the world we were put on, but Aser came back and saved us from each other."

Calto cleared his throat, and then continued. "A long time later, when this was starting to be seen as simply a myth, tribes across the world of Heliphlein began to unite. It took a long time, but it happened successfully. The United Republic of the Heliphlien was successful for a long time, until they began to fear people, like me. They were afraid of people with torment, so did all possible to stop its prerequisite, Eros, from ever forming. they made marriage legally required to be arranged. The nonmagics were outraged by this because the laws applied to them too. A bloody civil war nearly broke out, but in the end the republic was split into a confederacy. A weaker government was extended over all, but other governments would keep their own rights. It started with just Ephlan and Velif, but since then Enris, Crfl, Ipa, Kaltjnheim, and several others have been added."

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #18 on:** March 13, 2012, 12:45:28 PM »

The man nodded. "Ah, yes. Has everything proceeded smoothly, or have you all just recently been outside of this veil?"

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #19 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:27:36 PM »

"We were the first mission to see if there even was an outside," Calto answered.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #20 on:** March 13, 2012, 05:46:44 PM »

Mr. Outside was silent for a brief moment, nodding to himself. It made sense. They were frightened. He felt a brief pang of guilt and regret before he shelved the emotions. They were worrisome and he had more pressing matters to concern himself with. "You said..." He started slowly. "That the Aserical Shroud protected you from powers beyond your system... Now, tell me... does that have any link to an Aser?"

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #21 on:** March 13, 2012, 06:04:49 PM »

Calto's eyes widened for a second in surprise, and he then answered, "Yes, he was the one who gave it to us."

OOC: Okay, well that theory's out the window. I was thinking Outside would be Aser.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #22 on:** March 13, 2012, 06:11:28 PM »

OOC: No, he isn't.

Mr. Outside nodded, so they remembered. He was surprised. Angelic beings are common in mythology, but... "And what sort of role does play in your religious lives, if any?"

Ragnar the Red · « **Reply #23 on:** March 13, 2012, 06:17:10 PM »

"Throughout our history he was worshiped as a creator, even though the old legends and such said he was our creator, and that the...other one was our creator. Anyway, many people believe different things about him, but most people I've known haven't been super religious. Some people though, they're obsessive!" he answered.

Beware Ye Who Enter Here · « **Reply #24 on:** March 15, 2012, 05:10:16 PM »

The man chuckled quietly. Of course they had. People always looked towards religious beliefs to justify the world around them. Sometimes they weren't wrong, other times they were... Off. "My people are the same way." He stood up. "Well, thank you for your time, Mr. Calto."