Warped World(IC)

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X looked at the cover of the book Hamzah threw down. "Far fetched?" He says in a questioning tone. He was curious what make him say that. Between all these A.I.'s and the things that existed back home X had seen quite a bit. "Back home I have seen Replies that can perfectly copy each other and computer viruses that can exist outside computer systems. You'll have to be more specific on that one." He adds as he opens and looks on the pages. The situation they were in could be described the same way as well.
 
Wolf didn't react to thugs aggressive response as he tried to process an answer of who they could be talking about. "I have not met any figures of the monarchy title. Nor was I aware they still existed in these times. Although I can piece together why you hold such tensions against each other. I suspect if they have a queen and you have a king. One must have wronged the other and created a civil war. At least the is the most plausible answer I can process. However my theory could be completely wrong. May I ask how all this tension started?" He said trying to calm them down and keep them from using their weapons.
 
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Rose followed Attila to the back of the camp, where the TARDIS was. "Blimey..." She whispered at the sight of it. It actually was the TARDIS, just like she remembered it. She couldn't belive it. "Right, I'll explain what I know." She told Attila and the guard, Tomy. "TARDIS stands for 'Time and Relative Dimension in Space'. It's the Doctor's ship, it's how he travels. It has a chameleon circuit, but it's broken, so that's why it looks like this." She gestures to the blue box before she continues. "It's also much larger on the inside. We just need the key if you want in. Maybe you've found one." She walked up and pulled on the door handle, and just as Attila had said, the door remained shut. "Do you know how it got here?" She asked no one in particular.
 
"I see. Excuse me your highness but before I answer that, what was the last thing you remmeber seeing before arriving here?" Dante asked kindly giving Celestia a simple yet inviting bow to show respect. He stood high above the little creature as he began to search through her mind for information. Nothing over the course of the past few hours was clear but what she was and where she came from was as clear as day. Dante refrained from getting anymore info that was necessarily needed. After fixing his posture witing on the pony's, Princess Celestia's, reply he continued to ponder on what sort of magic or even technology could snatch powerful beings into one area. Hopefully Princess Celestia's words would clear things up.
 
"Sorry. Still getting used to the new tech." Hamzah pointed to his armor." Used to fight with swords, but now I have a high-tech suit of armor. Anyways, technology that can manipulate and even create reality? That's far fetched. What's even more far fetched is that they go into detail about it and even explain how it can happen. I can't make most of it though the reality being an illusion might be correct. Another is 'How to Create Separate Worlds with its Own Reality' and a very dark one is how to operate a reality destroying bomb." Hamzah's face was grim.
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Jose sighed as he raked his brain for what caused all this. Only a few things came to mind."Well Blade, to be honest this feud has been going on for so long I think we all forgot. However, we need that Glade. Everyday someone in the Wasteland dies while they are sitting high and mighty in their little forest. They even send looters into our own lands! So, we're gonna take it from them by force for we have tried to negotiate in the past, but no more!"

The other raiders cheered lowering their guard.

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"Nope. Well, besides blasting the damn door off." Tom growled.

"That could cause damage to the TARDIS." Attila muttered.
 
Ah, that made some more sense. The idea of warping and changing reality was a very odd concept that could spell grim news. X had experienced something like that once in his life. An Area where cyberspace was melded with reality to create an unsettling place, filled with enemies he had never seen before. Of course, Sigma was behind the whole affair since it was a side effect of one of his schemes. "I have seen the fabric of reality get altered with only once in my life, and what happened within that area was nightmarish." the blue Reploid says with a dismal tone and a frown. He didn't need to ponder the implications too much to realize that things could go southwards very fast. "I get the feeling that whatever lies within the book you mention may have something to do with how and why we ended up here." he comments to Hamzah. "If the Collective have this knowledge as well, then we're in for far more trouble than I first thought."
 
"No, that wouldn't be a good idea." Rose said in response to Tom's idea. She sighed and put her hands in her pockets. There went that. Or so she thought. When she put her hands in her pocket, she felt something that she didn't remember was there before. She took it out. It was a key, but she didn't remember having it before. She had no idea what to make of it. "Here, try this." She said, holding it out to Tom.
 
Wolf thought for a moment trying to figure out a way to calm them down as it seems he was failing miserably. "Jose, before you begin opening fire on the Glade I ask you meet with someone that seems to be in power, an elder I believe he was called. I can escort you and some of your men to him as they have seem to gain some amount of trust of me. I can do my best to ensure you meet him face to face without the need for violence. If you are willing to give me the chance I can bring him out to meet you." He said figuring this would be the last opportunity he would have.
 
Jose stopped and considered what Blade had said. It was interesting that Blade and his group had not only beaten a Centurion, but actually befriended a Galder and earned some of the Thugs' respect. This could prove useful and so Jose pieced together a plan.

"Alright, fine." Jose said much to the surprise of the others."We can meet this Elder of yours."

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Hamzah stopped dead cold as he recounted a battle with the Banshee lord known as Thesis. That creature had manage to somehow warp reality as well and had made mention of other species with the same abilities. He looked over at Arkith remembering how she had fought bravely through the countless clones of her father. Hamzah's fist then tightened into a ball and slammed it down on the table causing it to creak in protest.

"Whoever the fuck did this we'll find them and we will get the answers we are asking."
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"A key?" Tom looked at Rose as if she was stupid, but took it anyways."Hmm. I don't know how a key is going to-" Tom stopped as he inserted the key into the door and a click responded."Well butter me up and serve me to a lobster it worked. I think Rose should have the honor of being our lab rat since she knows more about this TARDIS than us."

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As Fredrick ran amok across the Collective network causing all shorts of horrors he had gathered tasty information. He was interested in a very strange Collective known as the Raconteur. Supposedly there was only one and was locked up somewhere. If they could free it then there was the chance of it converting to their side and perhaps they could get some answers.

Just as Fredrick thought about it he crossed the Raconteur's prison. He had not known it was a A.I. itself, but if he could free it...

"There!" Fredrick yelped.

The Raconteur didn't waste anytime disappearing and Fredrick had to track its tracks to a... Centurion. In the Glade. And this one used flamethrowers. Great.
 
Hamzah seemed to be an endless ball of tightly wound emotions to X. He understood the relative helplessness and confusion he likely felt about this whole situation. It was obvious they needed to more clues as to how they got here. It was also rather odd that they all ended up here. Given the situation and the odd coincidence of finding more of Dr.Light's work out here, X felt like it may be someone had a reason to bring them specifically to this place. "Did those books mention anywhere where that kind of abilities were being looked into? Like some sort of lab or military base?" X asks, mostly spit balling for any kind of ideas at this point. Obviously someone likely had an interest in this if it could still possibly happen.
 
"Lab rat?" Rose repeated indignantly. "I'll go first, but there's no need to call me a lab rat." Honestly, she wasn't sure what to expect once she went through those doors. It could be empty, or destroyed, or perfectly fine. Whatever it was, she wouldn't be able to do much with it. She didn't know how to operate it. She walked up to the TARDIS, and hesitantly opened the door, which squeaked familiarly.

It was just as she remembered it. The same console and walkway, and the round things on the walls. She half-ran up to the console, as she had many other times before then, before Doomsday. There was a great sense of nostalgia in the air. As she approached the console, she noticed a light coming from a panel. "That's..." She never finished her statement, but instead continued to the console.
 
Wolf seemed to ease out of his defensive stance as Jose agreed to his terms. "Very well, I ask that if you want to advance into the Glade that you do not go very far and only bring some of your men as security as I am sure the Elder will do that same. I will take the message to him." With that he took off towards the camp.

Once he arrived to the main hall he didn't see anyone, but two guards and his sword where he left it. He asked to guards about the Elders location and one of them pulled out a small walkie talkie to message another guard near him. "Elder Attlia, that robotic dog thing is requesting your pressence immediately at the main hall. He says its about stopping the Thugs incoming attack."
 
"No. The books didn't mention anything of the sort. However, if I remember correctly Crimson and Titan INC, a huge company where I come from, was looking into that kind of stuff and was researching it in a outer space station so if such research did take place then it would be somewhere away from the civ centers to prevent unnecessary damage." Hamzah's tone was still steeled with anger, though less noticeably this time.

Fredrick then appeared out of thin air startling Arkith who was nearby.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I might have accidentally unleashed a Collective A.I. that was imprisoned and now has hijacked a Centurion. I thought it might have been of some help to us." Fredrick spoke so fast Hamzah barely kept up, but it was enough. And strangely enough the Warmaster began laughing drawing a puzzled glance from Arkith.

"This is what we need! An imprisoned A.I. that you let out that has taken control of a Centurion!"
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Attila heard the guard and quickly rushed to the meeting hall. Tom ignored it and instead waited for Rose to come out.

When Attila arrived at the meeting hall two guards fell behind him and surrounded Blade.

"So you've been conversing with some Thugs have you?" Attila's tone was mostly neutral, but sparkled with hints of suspicion.
 
Wolf looked at Attlia knowing he might think of him as hostile because of his words. "I should probably explain my story. That chip I used gave me a signal that I left to track down. It led to the the Collective Wasteland Overseer who calls herself Chesna. It was there I tracked down the source of the signal being this style chassis, but it was damaged beyond repair. I was able to recover it nanochip which turned me into what I am now as well as recover some memories from my home world. Chesna was not hostile, but informed me that the cannon the Thugs have was stolen from a Collective armory. She mentioned that I could possibly take control of the cannon and then told me to attempt to stop them. I have not been fully successful unfortunately, but I have managed to stall them and possibly bring about an end without bloodshed. The leader Jose has agreed to meet with you within the Glade to discuss a possible treaty. I have taken personal responsibility over this situation and I wish to see it to its end. Will you agree to meet Jose at a halfway point?"
 
Just great. They couldn't afford to continuously have the Collective bearing down on them while they were trying to figure all this out. X sighs with some irritation. He wasn't sure they had the advantage of surprise thus time against a Centurion. "How close is it to here?" He asks, hoping to have a little preparation time.
 
Once Rose erected the panel, she set her hands against it and leaned on it. She had no idea what to do now. She looked around, taking in the sticky notes written in Circular Gallifreyan and the lights flashing before her eyes eventually settled on the light coming from the console. If she remembered correctly, that was the heart of the TARDIS. Why could she even see that light? When she had tried to pry it open, it was almost impossible.

Key word: Almost.

However, once she had gotten it open, the situation was out of her hands. The Doctor saved her, although he had to regenerate because of it. There was no good reason for it to be open now, even if it was just a little bit. She stepped away and walked to the glow. The panel opened, and for a moment, everything was covered in a bright light, and then just like that, it was back to normal. Something was difference, but she wasn't going to stay long enough to find out what. She ran out of the TARDIS, almost slamming the doors behind her.
 
The guards tensed at Chesna, but relaxed when Attila cracked a smile.

"So you met the Collective Chesna? Certainly she didn't ask you questions about your world, but if she did I also hope you didn't answer. As for the meeting I'm afraid we must speak with the Queen about that as much as I loathe her. I also suppose you met the leader of the Thugs correct?"
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"Wait X. Fredrick said that the A.I. was imprisoned. Correct?" Fredrick nodded." Then why don't we find it and talk to it?" Hamzah hoped that X would figure out what he was hinting at. If not he'll have to go into a explanation.
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"The hell?!" Tom exclaimed when Rose ran out and slammed the door. He swore he though light was coming out of it and was about to see what it was when she came out."Geez. You ran like hell when that light started. Mind me asking why?"
 
Rose looked at Tom for a moment, thinking about what to say. "There's nothing in there." She told him, shaking her head. "I don't think it's very safe, either." As far as she was concerned, it wasn't safe. She hadn't seen if that panel had shut itself or not, and she wasn't about to go check. She sighed and stepped away from the TARDIS.
 
"I'm sure there is plenty of things we can find out from getting into contact with the A.I." X says in response to Hamzah's idea. "However, I can't help but be concerned about going to it." This A.I. could be untrustworthy, or even corrupt or renegade. Also, what if the Collective were already aware of this and planning on taking action? This has the making for a possible trap. "If we are planning on making contact with it we should at least have a contingency plan or two ready as backup." he adds, voicing his concern.
 
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