Greetings, Mortals! Your salvation has come!

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

I would rather deal with the MS first, then.

"I have one in working order at the moment. The Society is still working to replicate it." Cronus stands from the throne, pulling a tarp off of what is revealed to be an ancient-looking wooden double door, standing in a stone arch. On each door is the profile of a face.

[Their destination is a hangar with one of each generation of MS- a total of five. In the progression from 1-5, they get more human-like. While unit one (VOFS-HMP-1 "Toccata") looks somewhere between a tank and an armored spacesuit, unit five (VOFS-HMP-5 "Fugue"), much more advanced looking than the rest, looks like a giant knight. All five are in primary colors + white.]

"Data transfer will be easy. The problem, I think, will be the machines themselves. Can they be disassembled and reassembled easily? They're too big for me to simply move by myself, and transporting them as thoughtforms risks information loss."

It should take.. about a week or so, but yes, we can do that. Most of that time will be spent on units one and two, as they, well. Don't have legs like the others.

"Sounds like a glorious machine... but perhaps a tad excessive? Surely legged locomotion would put a lot of undue stress on such massive frames, though, would it not?"

You're working towards both when fighting against an enemy who also has them. I have no clue why Valhalla settled on them, but they are very efficient in combat when they're stabilized by magic, as you said. They're like jet fighters that can turn on a swivel and have opposable thumbs.

Cronus shrugs, "Well, I suppose I might as well loop in my archmage. She's not technically part of the Arete Society for... let's call it political reasons, but I don't see us making headway without her."

They are, indeed, very useful for peaceful purposes. If i remember correctly, there's also an intimidation factor that isn't quite the same in non-humanoid weapons?

Cronus ponders for a moment, the stars in his eyes subtly shifting and twinkling.

Ah, uh, yes...

Cronus nods and flickers for a moment.

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

I would rather deal with the MS first, then.

"I have one in working order at the moment. The Society is still working to replicate it." Cronus stands from the throne, pulling a tarp off of what is revealed to be an ancient-looking wooden double door, standing in a stone arch. On each door is the profile of a face.

[Their destination is a hangar with one of each generation of MS- a total of five. In the progression from 1-5, they get more human-like. While unit one (VOFS-HMP-1 "Toccata") looks somewhere between a tank and an armored spacesuit, unit five (VOFS-HMP-5 "Fugue"), much more advanced looking than the rest, looks like a giant knight. All five are in primary colors + white.]

"Data transfer will be easy. The problem, I think, will be the machines themselves. Can they be disassembled and reassembled easily? They're too big for me to simply move by myself, and transporting them as thoughtforms risks information loss."

It should take.. about a week or so, but yes, we can do that. Most of that time will be spent on units one and two, as they, well. Don't have legs like the others.

"Sounds like a glorious machine... but perhaps a tad excessive? Surely legged locomotion would put a lot of undue stress on such massive frames, though, would it not?"

You're working towards both when fighting against an enemy who also has them. I have no clue why Valhalla settled on them, but they are very efficient in combat when they're stabilized by magic, as you said. They're like jet fighters that can turn on a swivel and have opposable thumbs.

Cronus shrugs, "Well, I suppose I might as well loop in my archmage. She's not technically part of the Arete Society for... let's call it political reasons, but I don't see us making headway without her."

They are, indeed, very useful for peaceful purposes. If i remember correctly, there's also an intimidation factor that isn't quite the same in non-humanoid weapons?

Cronus ponders for a moment, the stars in his eyes subtly shifting and twinkling.

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

I would rather deal with the MS first, then.

"I have one in working order at the moment. The Society is still working to replicate it." Cronus stands from the throne, pulling a tarp off of what is revealed to be an ancient-looking wooden double door, standing in a stone arch. On each door is the profile of a face.

[Their destination is a hangar with one of each generation of MS- a total of five. In the progression from 1-5, they get more human-like. While unit one (VOFS-HMP-1 "Toccata") looks somewhere between a tank and an armored spacesuit, unit five (VOFS-HMP-5 "Fugue"), much more advanced looking than the rest, looks like a giant knight. All five are in primary colors + white.]

"Data transfer will be easy. The problem, I think, will be the machines themselves. Can they be disassembled and reassembled easily? They're too big for me to simply move by myself, and transporting them as thoughtforms risks information loss."

It should take.. about a week or so, but yes, we can do that. Most of that time will be spent on units one and two, as they, well. Don't have legs like the others.

"Sounds like a glorious machine... but perhaps a tad excessive? Surely legged locomotion would put a lot of undue stress on such massive frames, though, would it not?"

You're working towards both when fighting against an enemy who also has them. I have no clue why Valhalla settled on them, but they are very efficient in combat when they're stabilized by magic, as you said. They're like jet fighters that can turn on a swivel and have opposable thumbs.

Cronus shrugs, "Well, I suppose I might as well loop in my archmage. She's not technically part of the Arete Society for... let's call it political reasons, but I don't see us making headway without her."

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

I would rather deal with the MS first, then.

"I have one in working order at the moment. The Society is still working to replicate it." Cronus stands from the throne, pulling a tarp off of what is revealed to be an ancient-looking wooden double door, standing in a stone arch. On each door is the profile of a face.

[Their destination is a hangar with one of each generation of MS- a total of five. In the progression from 1-5, they get more human-like. While unit one (VOFS-HMP-1 "Toccata") looks somewhere between a tank and an armored spacesuit, unit five (VOFS-HMP-5 "Fugue"), much more advanced looking than the rest, looks like a giant knight. All five are in primary colors + white.]

"Data transfer will be easy. The problem, I think, will be the machines themselves. Can they be disassembled and reassembled easily? They're too big for me to simply move by myself, and transporting them as thoughtforms risks information loss."

It should take.. about a week or so, but yes, we can do that. Most of that time will be spent on units one and two, as they, well. Don't have legs like the others.

"Sounds like a glorious machine... but perhaps a tad excessive? Surely legged locomotion would put a lot of undue stress on such massive frames, though, would it not?"

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

I would rather deal with the MS first, then.

"I have one in working order at the moment. The Society is still working to replicate it." Cronus stands from the throne, pulling a tarp off of what is revealed to be an ancient-looking wooden double door, standing in a stone arch. On each door is the profile of a face.

[Their destination is a hangar with one of each generation of MS- a total of five. In the progression from 1-5, they get more human-like. While unit one (VOFS-HMP-1 "Toccata") looks somewhere between a tank and an armored spacesuit, unit five (VOFS-HMP-5 "Fugue"), much more advanced looking than the rest, looks like a giant knight. All five are in primary colors + white.]

"Data transfer will be easy. The problem, I think, will be the machines themselves. Can they be disassembled and reassembled easily? They're too big for me to simply move by myself, and transporting them as thoughtforms risks information loss."

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

I would rather deal with the MS first, then.

"I have one in working order at the moment. The Society is still working to replicate it." Cronus stands from the throne, pulling a tarp off of what is revealed to be an ancient-looking wooden double door, standing in a stone arch. On each door is the profile of a face.

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[She nods.]

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

I would like to discuss that in a less public spot. Perhaps we could go to your Arete society and bring a few of our mobile suits through for reverse engineering?

"Hm. Well... I don't think I can take you directly to their headquarters, but... I know a place."

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

"Indeed it has," He nods, "Though we have been struggling to properly interpret it. Our Arete Society has not made the same strides in connecting magic to machinery as yours has."

[Empress Jane thinks about food, and, while walking through two trees, ends up in the cafeteria.]

"Yeah, I suppose. I never really considered it a theme per se but I guess red figures into her look heavily. She also can't die, I think?"

Hm. Cat theming is a new one.

"Whatever you like, you can sit right at the counter if you want."

Oh, sounds perfect, thank you.

Oh, I took your place. In my original timeline, you're a dog. You ended up a cat in the timeline I rule, oddly.

"Huh. Weird, but I've dreamt I was a dog before. I guess in your timeline that just happened to be the dream that ended up in OSH-wait."

Yes, actually. I was scheduled to meet him in his own timeline, but I unfortunately took a wrong turn somewhere. It's been about 500 years since I last ran into him.

"Ah, well, this isn't 'his' OSHA technically. Like, he came from here, but there's an OSHA in his timeline, I think."

[The Empress chuckles a bit.]

"So did you want me to go get him? Or are you going to just wait for him to show up. Apparently he's got 'serendipity' as one of the things he's god of, so he has a knack for just turning up places."

"I believe that is my cue," Cronus remarks. "Hello, Empress, good to see you again."

heyy cronus can I join the pantheon

"Sure, why not. I-"

heyy cronus can I join the pantheon

"Sure, why not. I-"

Jinan sees Mike barrelling down the halls toward her and panics. Wait. No, this isn't Mike, Mike doesn't wear a toga, does he?

"A threat greater than either of us has arrived to your timeline, Alam. Your devious, unrelenting cunning and power over gravity and my implacability and dream powers, with no time as emperor or trapped in a void to temper either of our darker tendencies."

Jinan is almost shaking at this point, streaks of while appearing in her hair. She struggles to think of a response, eyes never leaving the Mike.

"You... what?"

Jinan very awkwardly laughs, clearly hoping this is the right response. "Um. If your version of me experienced what I did, he will be in the void? Mostly trying to survive and hide from the other beings there. Considering he likely did not find his way back to OSHA like I did, he uh, is probably completely feral at this point." She rocks from one foot to the other, nervously.

"Oh, no no no, he avoided the void. The void was devoid of Zababa, I went and checked. Only some chatty guy named Sargon was in the void in his timeline."

"Oh, yeah, you have no idea. I technically have 'coincidences and serendipity' as part of my divine purview back home, shit just happens to me."

"Please, please rephrase that. I do not want to picture that." Jinan looks vaguely sick. That last part certainly isn't the only reason for it, but it definitely didn't help. "As for the rest... um. I will let everyone know."

"I mistook you for Kishar for half a second and just telling you was faster and easier then trying to find Kish. You have similar auras and similar appearances."

"Um." Jinan blinks. "I... do not know how to interpret that. I was. Um. Under the impression that he despised me and wanted me dead? And uh, the only reason he had not tried to kill me was because Kish asked him not to?" She winces the moment she stops speaking. She... hadn't meant to say all that, it just came out. Damn her inclination to ramble when distressed.

Cronus shrugs again. "I suppose you underestimated him as much as he underestimated you."

Jinan sees Mike barrelling down the halls toward her and panics. Wait. No, this isn't Mike, Mike doesn't wear a toga, does he?

"A threat greater than either of us has arrived to your timeline, Alam. Your devious, unrelenting cunning and power over gravity and my implacability and dream powers, with no time as emperor or trapped in a void to temper either of our darker tendencies."

Jinan is almost shaking at this point, streaks of while appearing in her hair. She struggles to think of a response, eyes never leaving the Mike.

"You... what?"

Jinan very awkwardly laughs, clearly hoping this is the right response. "Um. If your version of me experienced what I did, he will be in the void? Mostly trying to survive and hide from the other beings there. Considering he likely did not find his way back to OSHA like I did, he uh, is probably completely feral at this point." She rocks from one foot to the other, nervously.

"Oh, no no no, he avoided the void. The void was devoid of Zababa, I went and checked. Only some chatty guy named Sargon was in the void in his timeline."

"Oh, yeah, you have no idea. I technically have 'coincidences and serendipity' as part of my divine purview back home, shit just happens to me."

"Please, please rephrase that. I do not want to picture that." Jinan looks vaguely sick. That last part certainly isn't the only reason for it, but it definitely didn't help. "As for the rest... um. I will let everyone know."

"I mistook you for Kishar for half a second and just telling you was faster and easier then trying to find Kish. You have similar auras and similar appearances."