Interlude 2.y
Chaos Breaker Dragon looked up from his current project as an internal alarm went off in his head, moving away from it and out into what would count as a hall in the Star-vaders' base. He honestly didn't understand the need for these meetings, seeing as they could easily share all of this information through the internal neural network, but apparently the various mass production units just didn't get that. Worthless trash.
He stalked through the halls, moving quickly in order to get this meeting over with so he can get back to his work. When he arrived, he found that all the others were in attendance, with the exception of Nebula Lord Dragon and Infinite Zero Dragon, who he knew to be doing important tasks. Like he was just moments ago. Preferably this wouldn't take long.
Dark Matter was rather… Volatile at the best of times even with Void Magic limiting the potential output until he was ready.
As he took his place in the meeting, a pair of screens flicked on, the visages of both Nebula Lord and Infinite Zero filling them.
A single screen remained blank, as Schwarzschild Dragon still hadn't been extracted from the United Sanctuary. Given everything, it was likely that the screen would be taken down soon. The planet had proven to be anomalous, but losses had to be contrasted with the gains and it would severely hamper time and material should he not be able to extricate himself.
The meeting began with little in the way of inane preamble as the Francium assigned to the meeting stood, "Current efforts are mostly nominal, with our holdings in Star Gate consolidating their grip and entrenching themselves while our forces in Dark Zone are probing for potential strongholds. The main issues are the United Sanctuary's forces, particularly the Blazing Lion, Platina Ezel, Blaster Blade Liberator, and Blaster Dark Revenger."
All of it, old news and things they already knew. Thankfully, it seemed that Schwarzchild had traded his future for the permanent dissolution of Majesty Lord Blaster. That anomaly would have destroyed the plan before it could have truly gotten underway. A bishop for a queen was a fair trade.
Chaos Breaker was suggest that they adjourn the meeting based on that when one of the Limited Production Run units, a Darmstadtium rumbled, "But, new issues and oddities have arisen as of late. Chaos Breaker Dragon, your expertise in the Яeversal process is necessary for the understanding of one of them."
The dragon's neural circuits rerouted instantly, but he held the pause for a moment. He had an image to maintain after all. "Oh, well, now I'm intrigued," he purred, because if this wasn't worth his time he'd be taking the losses out of something else. "Has something occurred with one of them? Have they mutated in some notable manner? I know that Amon's flesh sloughed off after he underwent the process and that the others had more minor cosmetic changes," He said, because if that was all, and they thought he didn't know that… There would be problems. …For them.
The Darmstadtium replied, "The Eradicator, Vowing Saber Яeverse seems to have retaken his faculties properly, and has since taken up the name Яogue Eradicator, Vowing Double Blade Dragon. More alarmingly, he has exhibited the ability to utilize Lock against our own forces despite seemingly escaping the control we had over him."
Ooh! Now they were talking, especially if it involved the Яeversed in some manner. He clapped a little bit as his smile widened, giving the image of a child with a new toy. This had some promise. And besides, better to keep the others from thinking that he was serious about this. The mutation could be very beneficial or it might mean a hidden defect in the process that normally didn't have the circumstances to present itself. The latter was incredibly dangerous if left unchecked.
"Fascinating, fascinating!" He giggled. "Do we have any idea as to what facilitated the change?" Developments like this, that tested what the scientist had achieved, this is one of the things that Chaos Breaker Dragon truly relished.
One of the Mass Production units, a Freezeray Dragon attending the meeting spoke, "Records indicate that some of the electronics that you installed in his brain created a connection with another, shortly before this changed form of the Eradicator appeared. However, we have not been able to identify the one on the other end of the connection, as theirs is an anomalous code, we have however extrapolated their location at the time of contact."
Now that was intriguing. He hadn't intended for a full connection unless the subject had actually proved it's worth, but someone had managed to trigger just that. Hmm, that might require more testing. Though now there was the somewhat odd situation of a Void user standing against the Clan. …How novel!
A holographic map of Cray appeared above the table, a small yellow dot indicating the former location of their object of interest being in the Dark Zone, with a few markers appearing around it to contextualize where it was in the nation. It provided some interesting data at least, and hopefully this could all be used to further the goals of the Star-vaders. Officially, the only True Ego with a Void connection that should be there would either be Nebula Lord or by an utter anomaly Schwarzchild… And neither of them would tamper with a Яeverse. It was against Nebula Lord's nature because it hampered their efforts, and the efficiency obsessed bastard would have known it going in. Schwarzchild… The little one really was a child, and there was no reason he would not have returned, trying to mitigate his less than one hundred percent operation if he was in the relative safety of Dark Zone enough to alter a Яeverse. Even further proving that the planet was anomalous would not make his loss of face/worth/status less.
Which meant… Someone had touched his toys, how cute. However, the chances were that they were also listening in on the meeting if they were able to tap into inactive electronics in an agents brain from almost halfway across a continent. No reason for him to them know that he knew. "This might mean that they are capable of either moving past or taking control of the Яeversed nature," he began with a slight chuckle. "If that is the case, then it would be best if we were to Яeverse other members of the Craian forces." So I can catch them next time. "While the initial plan called for the creation of more Яeverses than strictly necessary, it would be unwise to think that those we currently have will remain in their current states with what we've seen," Chaos Breaker opined, his talons clattering against the haft of his scythe even as he took control of the hologram to bring up various possible targets. The Blasters, while symbols, would make terrible targets. Too much time would be needed for a proper Яeversal, but there were those they were close to. And losing a friend would cripple them mentally.
'Take my toys and subjects for now, but I have more irons in the fire than you'd expect, and soon, my greatest work to date will be complete and it will be me that the Void is pleased with!'
It was then that Garnet Star Dragon declared, "There was an additional development in the Dark Zone. A small force was investigating an odd energy spike in their area of operation when this was recorded."
The hologram changed, shifting to become a video recording depicting a pair of figures running from a third, with that third suddenly appearing and then reappearing in other places, lashing out the pair with a large blade. One of the figures seemingly notices the one recording them and waves, even as the seemingly teleporting one continues their assault. As they approach, the figures become clear, the running pair seeming to be regular civilians, while the other looks to be some sort of gearpunk angel with all the gears and glowing bits on her and her weapon.
Interesting. Obviously some form of Spatial/Temporal magic, though he hadn't been aware that there was a tribe of these dolls that used it. And so daintily too! They were trying to prevent anomalous congruencies in the timeline? Simply adorable. He'd have to pick one up for himself.
The three continue in their approach, just as the third continues in her assault, until she seems to recognize the shape of the Star-vader forces approaching them. It is then that she pauses, before using that purple flare of her magic to seemingly step away from the area.
Garnet Star made a small motion and the recording cutoff, the cyber dragon grumbling, "What follows after was a short skirmish that ends with the force being scrapped by the two running from the mysterious energy wielder, the male destroyed a Selenium unit and a Palladium unit while the female destroyed a Neon unit and a Fermium unit. The Selenium attempted to interrogate the male, but he proved to either be lying and uncooperative or simply lacking knowledge as to the identity of their pursuer."
That was actually somewhat impressive. That implied that the pair were more than standard chaff, they at least had some training with magic or martial skill. It was a bit of a shame that Garnet Star had chosen not to show the logs. Though perhaps he could get them privately and make his own deductions. Yes, that might just work. Considering those possibilities, one has to consider how strong the space/time manipulator must have been… No… He mustn't get ahead of himself.
Oh, Chaos Breaker was practically vibrating in his seat, so much quality data had actually come out at one of these meetings, for once!
Interlude 2.y Chaos Breaker Dragon End
AN: Well, a small interlude to let everyone know what the Star-vaders are up to, and to GET EVERYONE HYPE FOR RONDEAU OF CHAOS AND SALVATION! GET HYPE FOR CHAOS BREAKER DELUGE EVERYONE! As always, thanks to AbZHz101 and Peanut.007 for their help with this chapter. Also, FUCK the formatting on this site, I had to spend ten minutes fixing this chapter.
