002 Jenghe/Regina (1810) C799663–9 [056/1085]

[terrymixon]

Doug can't believe what he is seeing on the boards. Captain, we've got a problem here. I'm seeing green lights on the sensor controls when I should be seeing red at this point of the jump. Checking sensors which should be blank might be a good idea.

“On it.”

Flighty will hurry to the bridge and see what’s going on. He’ll make sure the systems are recording everything so he can check it later.

[joertexas]

Zaki sees the increase in respiration and heartbeat, the rise in blood pressure, and the shift in brainwave patterns from mostly theta to mostly alpha now. Karcsi is in a deep meditative state now. His mind is alert and active, but he is still by all appearances still unconscious.

"This is incredible," Zaki murmurs to Sigrun as she watches her displays. "I'm recording this for later study, after I clear it with him, of course."

[helvorn]

Donovan watches with wonder as the ceremony proceeds. He continues talking steadily although his voice has grown hoarse and low. Donovan gives a thumbs up to Sigrun when she hands Karsci his spear. Now Donovan speaks of a journey of 13 odd companions and wizard as they travel through the wilds in search of adventure, revenge and ultimately friendship.

[Tiglath]

Zaki sees the increase in respiration and heartbeat, the rise in blood pressure, and the shift in brainwave patterns from mostly theta to mostly alpha now. Karcsi is in a deep meditative state now. His mind is alert and active, but he is still by all appearances still unconscious.

"This is incredible," Zaki murmurs to Sigrun as she watches her displays. "I'm recording this for later study, after I clear it with him, of course."

Sigrún replies "He travels between the realms. It is known - except in the Imperium".

Donovan watches with wonder as the ceremony proceeds. He continues talking steadily although his voice has grown hoarse and low. Donovan gives a thumbs up to Sigrun when she hands Karsci his spear. Now Donovan speaks of a journey of 13 odd companions and wizard as they travel through the wilds in search of adventure, revenge and ultimately friendship.

Sigrún avidly follows the telling of a story she seems to know. She comments "I think the wizard was a Zhodani. They are... are..." she winces and rubs her temple "... always wise and helpful...". She trails off lost in brooding thought.

[joertexas]

Sigrún avidly follows the telling of a story she seems to know. She comments "I think the wizard was a Zhodani. They are... are..." she winces and rubs her temple "... always wise and helpful...". She trails off lost in brooding thought.

Zaki reaches out and takes Sigrún's hand.

[Eris]

Not part of Karcsi's Journey, directly.

Doug can't believe what he is seeing on the boards. Captain, we've got a problem here. I'm seeing green lights on the sensor controls when I should be seeing red at this point of the jump. Checking sensors which should be blank might be a good idea.

“On it.”

Flighty will hurry to the bridge and see what’s going on. He’ll make sure the systems are recording everything so he can check it later.

Flighty enters the bridge and sees the flashing green lights on the control board. That's not malfunction, it's the sensors picking something up! Intermittently, but picking something up.

Current Sensor/Comm status:

Radio is off, all Comms are off. (Normally off in Jump.)
Active sensors are off. (Normally off in Jump.)
Passive sensors are on...flashing intermittently green and amber. (Normally on in Jump and glowing steady RED.)
Viewscreens to the cameras around the outside of the ship are off. (Normally off in Jump.)
Windows are covered by blast shields. (Normal in Jump.)

The passive sensors are NOT suppose to be acting like this. Even when the ship is approaching the transition back to Normal Space, the sensors don't behave like this. They slowly begin to go amber from the red and then at transition flash to solid green.
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Doug has double checked and the sensor controls are not malfunctioning. The green and amber flashing and the sounds they are making lay down a nice background beat to "Is anybody out there?" as Doug continues to hum Comfortably Numb in his head. No, it's "Hello? Hello? Hello? Is anybody in there?" isn't it?

But then Doug thinks of the proximity sensors on the hull. They should answer those questions...assuming the anything is out there, but inside the jump bubble. He doesn't even want to think about if it's actually in here!

So, what do Flighty and Doug do about it all?

[trawets]

Doug checks t he proximity sensors from where he is and contacts flighty, The proximity sensors. Check those and maybe listen on the radio. You might want to check the view screens as well. I've got a bad feeling something may be in here already.

[Eris]

The whispers grow fainter in Karcsi's mind as one grows stronger. Not of fear, pain, loneliness, but joy, ultimate joy! It is like an angel joining a choir of angels. Karcsi, could not be a happier man!

He laughs with joy, for life, for here, for this, for...well for it all!

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Suddenly, Donovan, Sigrun and Zaki see Karcsi open his mouth and begin to laugh. By all signs he is still unconscious, his EEG readings still show mostly alpha waves, but with theta flashing like lightning from cerebellum to cortex to parietal lobe to occipital lobe...Zaki thinks Karcsi is seeing something in his mind and trying to figure out what it is...where it is!
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From somewhere deep in Karcsi's ancestral memories an image forms of large dogs running beside him. Karcsi, still holding the chain, is standing, yes, Standing! He's standing on a kelkka, a sled, sliding through clean packed snow with kaksi poroa pulling it and several hunting susia loping along beside him. Kotiin is just ahead, he can see the circle of tents in the far distance...the forests, the mountains, the clean clear air. Warmth, comfort from the long, long cold beckon him home. Home to family, to completion.

Home! The shard is taking him home to the Luomisen Henget, where all things began and everything was created!

Ahead Kotiin, not his he realizes, but the Shard's kotiin is alive with song. It is like a choir of angels rejoicing over the return of a lost angel. It is the return of a lost angel!

There was a sense of speed before, but now everything slows down to status, to zero, to nothing. The susia, the kelkka and the poroa pulling it fade to into nothingness and Karcsi is floating holding a limp chain with nothing surrounding him but the Shard as merges into its kotiin. Karcis knows that the chain, the thread, he is holding extends back to his place in things but he doesn't think it is yet time for him to pull himself back.

What are you?

Why are you here?

The questions appears in Karcsi's mind like ringing bells. The thing, the kotiin... Luomisen Henget? He doesn't know what vibrates in time to the thoughts in Karcsi's mind. "What am I? Why am I here? What do I want?", oh so reasonable questions...so easy to ask, so hard to answer...

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Zaki's eyes go wide....Frontal Lobe! Broca's Area! is now active. That is speech and translation of speech to thought and vice versa! Is Karsci talking with someone in his head?

Sounds come from Karsci's open mouth. Words? Language? None any of you know...the phrase "he speaks in tongues unknown to man" come into your minds... You know what the sounds mean, though...Zaki, Sigrun and Donavon all hear them in their native tongues, or do they hear them at all? Do they just simply know?

What are you?
Why are you here?
What do you want?
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OOC: Flighty and Doug have their own thing going on to investigate. Karcsi, Zaki, Sigrun and Donvan have this to deal with.

[terrymixon]

Doug checks t he proximity sensors from where he is and contacts flighty, The proximity sensors. Check those and maybe listen on the radio. You might want to check the view screens as well. I've got a bad feeling something may be in here already.

"Good idea."

Flighty will activate the proximity sensors and see what is going on.

If he activates the cameras, how dangerous is that for him?

[Eris]

Doug checks t he proximity sensors from where he is and contacts flighty, The proximity sensors. Check those and maybe listen on the radio. You might want to check the view screens as well. I've got a bad feeling something may be in here already.

"Good idea."

Flighty will activate the proximity sensors and see what is going on.

If he activates the cameras, how dangerous is that for him?

It's a rite of passage for a Spacer to take a look at Jump Space and it does you know harm. You are assured that if you look too long , though, you will go mad. Too long would be hours and hours.

[terrymixon]

Doug checks t he proximity sensors from where he is and contacts flighty, The proximity sensors. Check those and maybe listen on the radio. You might want to check the view screens as well. I've got a bad feeling something may be in here already.

"Good idea."

Flighty will activate the proximity sensors and see what is going on.

If he activates the cameras, how dangerous is that for him?

It's a rite of passage for a Spacer to take a look at Jump Space and it does you know harm. You are assured that if you look too long , though, you will go mad. Too long would be hours and hours.

Then he will activate the exterior cameras as well, recording everything.

[helvorn]

Sounds come from Karsci's open mouth. Words? Language? None any of you know...the phrase "he speaks in tongues unknown to man" come into your minds... You know what the sounds mean, though...Zaki, Sigrun and Donavon all hear them in their native tongues, or do they hear them at all? Do they just simply know?

What are you?
Why are you here?
What do you want?
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Donovan rocks back on his heels as Karsci speaks something. He looked at the others with eyes wide open. Donovan whispered; "I heard…"

He decides to answer. "We are travelers fleeing from our enemies. We seek knowledge in order to travel to safety."

[joertexas]

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Zaki's eyes go wide....Frontal Lobe! Broca's Area! is now active. That is speech and translation of speech to thought and vice versa! Is Karsci talking with someone in his head?

Sounds come from Karsci's open mouth. Words? Language? None any of you know...the phrase "he speaks in tongues unknown to man" come into your minds... You know what the sounds mean, though...Zaki, Sigrun and Donavon all hear them in their native tongues, or do they hear them at all? Do they just simply know?

What are you?
Why are you here?
What do you want?

Zkai keeps quiet and monitors Karcsi's vitals, but she's ready to counter the mismash of chemicals with a injection of filter nanos and antidotes.

[ateno]

Picturing his Shaman in his mind and hearing his words and seeing his stature in his mind, he speaks"

""I am Karcsi Filep, son of Ice and Fire, of the Tribe Drumbeat and Wind. I came because I must.
I walk the thread not to return home—but to carry home with me.
The shard remembered its song. Now I will learn mine as the Shamans before me did.
I want to be the sled, the chain, the rider, and the hum."

Karcsi

Go big or go home.