The nova called Refuge jetted toward Smite at near mach speeds, as close as he could come anyhow and still be aware of his surroundings, and does indeed get a little confused in Smites blurred after-images. The pair are engaged in a hyperspeed cat and mouse game in which the mouse seems very close to being caught at any moment. {{Both are acting in hypermovements so this is all done prior to anything else}}.



The flying juggernaut would have been upon the ex-assassin save for the confusion in grabbing through the after images. Smites speed is nowhere near a match for Refuge but Smite is just fast enough to U-turn and head into his strategically laid claymores and landmines, some no doubt set on remote trigger switches which Smite detonates at precisely the right times for the bombs that don’t have motion sensors. During the chase, Smite lets loose a heavy barrage of blue-white arcing energy bolts that Refuge makes small efforts to dodge; he is more intent on grabbing Smite. At first Smites barrage simply makes a spectacular light show, but then the assassin spots the simple pattern and begins landing 100% of shots fired.

Smites bolts impact with Refuge but barely even make him alter his course, even though the erergy lances rip into his eufibre and etch bloody strips into Refuges skin. The level of damage is not deterring him from his quarry. Then he finds himself simply lost in all the smoke and debris cloud as the explosives go off around him.



As the explosions rock the arena and Smite regains a few breaths regenerating, he and Refuge spot each other again. They are standing some 100 feet from each other. Refuge’s eufibre is worn but is now for the most part, without a scratch. Spots of blood soaked eufibre are present in several places and some are apparently still oozing but Refuge is living up to his name and remains steadfast and alert. When he finally catches sight of Smite, its only a split second and he jets at Smite again Smite again finds himself in the pattern he was ina few short seconds ago of shooting into the assailing nova. This time however, Refuges eyes are closed and he is simply taking it in. Small chunks of flesh and muscle are ripped from Refuges body in multiple locations and for a moment it seems Smite is going to overwhelm the man by sheer excess.



The Refuge is upon Smite and in a span of about two heartbeats, Smite is wrapped up in himself. His arms are pressed painfully behind him and his gun is smacked somewhere. Suddenyl Smite simply goes limp and is lifted off the ground and Refuge has placed him under is left arm like an adult would place a toddler, but with both arms pinned. Smites body has gotten the mans blood all over him in the hyperspeed wrestling match, and had even succeeded in making some of the wounds worse via gouging and tearing just before his collapse. Still Refuge stands tall. He seems as if now he is finally noticing he has been damaged after Smite has unleashed energy enough to level a small army. Refuge begins walking, with great effort, toward the other side of the arena where he left Lucinda. The increased Gravity only preventing his flight but Smite being limp in his arms is still carried effortlessly.



Allisons barriers prevent the debris from hitting some innocents in the area and help prevent most of the venting atmosphere. Rama’s lessed gravity allows some larger chunks land harmlessly like balloons in other areas.

Whisper lets loose her mirage power fully leashed upon Lucinda as Rama is flying to the arena. (Mental powers are fast acting!!) Lucinda squints her eyes and looks around a moment then seems to gain full clarity and again regains her posture in scoping out certain members of the arena and lets yet another burst of shots drop a single target before Rama’s Gravity gives her an obvious surprise.



Lucinda looks around with some effort. Glimmer behind her collapse into a heap and is struggling to breathe as the gravity overwhelms her and Lucinda steps, with some effort to straddle her as she locks gazes with the incoming Rama. She barely has time for one shot before Rama lands.



Lucindas shot beams right at Rama head, the third eye in fact. A slight look of shock might bee seen on some eyes in the crowd still watching as the bolt simply fades into nothing before it impacts the giant multi-armed defender. Rama is then upon Lucinda and in all his fury. Still she turns, dodges, and evades nearly everything he sends at her. She herself, with a knife from nowhere, has managed to leaves small lingering bloody trails here and there on Rama. The giant although graceful and elegant in appearance, seems clumsy next to Lucinda, who now seems unaffected by the gravity but for some reason has not shot Rama.



A lightly armored man from the audience has launched some shots with a rifle at Lucinda. He has ducked down behind a small wall and is talking on a headset. Apparently some forward guard or some sort of the Station.

Another man, from the other side of the arena, has leapt into the arena. His dark grey cloak spreads out and he glides lithely to the floor near Refuge. As Refuge took a few more steps with Smite the cloaked man appears to threaten Refuge with a rifle to stop and put the Baron down. Refuge of course resists and with his free arms, shoots a red bolt of heat energy at the cloaked man, who nimbly, but barely dodges and takes cover.



Random people through out the crowd, but now numbering in the hundreds, collapse for no reason. This is causing a general panic and the hysteria of the crowd is reaching a high. Screams and shouts are everywhere and the crowd is in some places, turning upon itself.



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<!--coloro:#ff0000--><span style="color:#ff0000"><!--/coloro-->Rama and Lucinda are in hand to hand with Lucinda ‘apparently’ on the inning side. However, the scrapes and cuts on Rama are no more, all added together, than 1 dot of bashing damage.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

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<!--coloro:#ff0000--><span style="color:#ff0000"><!--/coloro-->Smite is unconscious, but not from Lucinda. Her honr in this forum is lost. Refuge is holding him and heading toward where he last saw Lucinda, but is still some 200 feet away.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

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<!--coloro:#f4a460--><span style="color:#f4a460"><!--/coloro--><!--coloro:#ff0000--><span style="color:#ff0000"><!--/coloro-->Whisper, Allison, and Joe (Chronos) are sitting in the same section. Glean has resumed breathing at Allisons bidding but shows no sign of coherence.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Joe frowns at these developments and decides to take a more active hand. He might as well keep Hypertime up on Smite, he'll be needing it in a few moments. The bulk of Lucinda's power doesn't appear to be perm, which implied durations, which implied something that could be "fixed". Refuge was looking just too tough to deal with now, obviously he was something that would have to be dealt with "later". Just in case someone tracked something back to himself he'd better bring up his defenses first. Given who he was dealing with, these would all have to be best efforts, but luckily his best was pretty good.


OOC: Pay 3 to keep Q-Scan up for the scene, Activate Enhanced Movement for the scene, bring up defenses as well (Temporal Wall, Shield). Duration Reduction on Lucinda (targeting Quick or however she's getting these extra actions and mobility), then Time Stop on Refuge (but not Smite). If the Time Stop works, do a Healing on Smite (yes, from a range). If anyone throws anything at Joe he will attempt to dodge.

OOC: In general Joe will attempt to stay out of personal combat and keep himself available as a force multiplier (or divisor).

Whisper grits her teeth, her brow furrowing with effort...and suddenly smirks. "Gotcha...wha...DAMNIT!" She shakes her head. "That bitch behind her is a telepath! She's protecting her mind. I could try to take her on, but I wouldn't be doing anything else anytime soon. She's strong!"

"Genine," Allison says quietly, recognizing her. "I'll see if I can do anything. Stay on guard to see if you can stop anyone coming after us directly."

Then she closes her eyes.

Whisper rolls hers. "Great. Take a nap."

"Hit Lucinda again the second you see Genine's concentration fail," Allison admonishes, and the violet-haired woman grudgingly nods and watches the spectacle.

But far from asleep, Allison is more awake than ever...exploring the full range of senses available to her. Senses that measure not light, but vitality and the strange quasi-energy of lifeforce itself. All life is connected in a webwork of mutual give and take, of dependencies and shared essence. Now Allison turns her full attention to that webwork; to one tiny splash of life among millions of quadrillions...

A speck named Refuge.

Why not save Smite and release Genine's protection with one try? It was worth a try.

She'd never tried to do this before, but saw no reason why it wouldn't work. It wasn't telepathy. It was a brute thing of chemistry and biology...no subtle mental influences. The body's functions were life processes, governed not by the mind but by unthinking, unconscious reactions in the nervous system and associated organs. The lightest touch...here...and nerves fired. There, and a patch of skin felt cold even in the heat. Dimly, Allison is aware that there are other things...terrible things. Hearts can be stopped, kidneys and livers reprogrammed to inject toxins INTO the blood. An endless number of ways to die, ways to kill...each more horrifying than the last.

Now she acts in earnest, attempting to pluck the strings of Refuge's body as if it was some kind of bizarre marionette...to drop Smite and charge Genine, trying to keep her from focusing...knocking her out if possible...and if she has enough control over Refuge to make it work.

Rama whirls around the arena, a god given form as his feet lead in a dance of destruction. Lucinda however seems undeterred, her nimble form easily dodging each of Rama's mountain shattering blows. Though a few of her own strike true it is not enough to slow the juggernaut in his movements. At least her attention is taken with him, allowing the innocent more time to flee to safety.

While the fury of battle rages around him, inside Rama is calm, at the center of the Singularity. He is pondering what his next move will be when a voice, foreign, breaks through his thoughts.

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--coloro:#0000FF--><span style="color:#0000FF"><!--/coloro-->*Forgive me for this. You must stop acting as the assailant and defend. Respond only to Lucindas attacks. She will break soon. She has to for all our sakes. When she does, your powers will come down in full upon her.*

*She can only be harmed by your defensive moves.*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--coloro:#4169E1--><span style="color:#4169E1"><!--/coloro-->*Whisper? Allison?*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

The "voice" had no distinguishing factors, he knew only that it did not emanate from his own consciousness.

He sends out a message to the team.

<!--coloro:#4169E1--><span style="color:#4169E1"><!--/coloro-->*Whatever you have planned, now would be a good time...*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

In deference to the mental warnings, Rama changes up his tactics. Spinning his Trident into a defensive blur he moves to counter Lucinda's barrage as she seeks in vain to find an opening in his impervious gravitational force field.

{{Rama goes full defensive for the next turn, using all his limbs for blocking.}}

The crowds outside the arena in the Halls of Starhaven are literally enraged with panic. They are forming mini factions of frustration and ganging up on each other in wanton and mostly uncontrolled violence. Many are falling outside in comparison to the raw power and violence being displayed in the arena. Still there remain over 50% full crowd in the arena; its taking a time to evacuate. The panic and violence among the crowds is only now beginning to spill into the arena area.

Wading through the crowds to seek the first squad of guards taken by the emotional overloading, Kara finds herself nearly overwhelmed by the sheer number of wounded. A glance at someone was enough in most cases for her to remove the emotional overloading and help reinforce the victims will, but she could not afford to give all the attention she wanted to the fallen. Not yet. Once the first guards were healed and stabilized, they too could help maintain control and calm to the crowds as the second, more prepared line of security came to the aid.

The guards and security of StarHaven are prepared for anything but their readiness make this job none the easier. They were trying to get into the arena and into the surrounding halls to find the source of the emotional intensification. The sensors of the station were notifying the guards of the varying levels of power being used and classifying them into priorities. Top priority was stopping the emotional manipulation followed by stopping the attacker who somehow broke the matrix of the arena. Artificial intelligence and a form of nanites were already busy repairing the damage to the hull and the players would notice a decrease in the atmospheric venting. For now the station was safe from destruction as the guard made its way to the arena.

Asche was just recovering from the initial assault from primal energy feedback. The return of energy into his pattern was akin to having a supercharged amount of adrenaline injected into his body. Initially it was too much and he simply collapsed. Now, a couple minutes later he was finding his focus and was intensely disturbed at what his senses were telling him. Most of all he was bitter at the betrayal he was witnessing in the arena. His mind recalled many talks with a dear friend about Lucinda and his heart was now filled with regret. IN spite of the haunting 'I-told-you-so's' in his mind, Asche drifted focus for only a brief moment and then he focused on immediate concern; one of the fifteen Incarnates was being used in a very creative way. StarHaven was under attack.

Asche flashes out of sight and stands before some long deactivated computer panel. He depressed a switch and it lit up. Then a rapid sequence of key presses and dials turned bring up a holographic view of StarHaven. It was much worse than he had imagined but exactly as he would have done. There was damage done to multiple levels of StarHavens reality; Hull, displacement matrix, sensor matrix, and life support. The station itself was regenerating most of it but the cause was not being addressed yet. A simple recalibration was all that was needed to get the station in line for a proper defense but it was a calibration that StarHaven and its creators had not anticipated. The energy which Nova's harnessed was not a part of the original speculation in the creation and architecture of this station and was only recently discussed.


In the immediate arena a small war was being waged. Lucinda and her gang had successfully set up a sort of coup against the reality of StarHaven. Team 405 (Allison and friends) were however doing a fair shake at setting this plan back, but not without losses.

Joe (Crumble) was set out bound and determined to use temporal energy to aid his allies. Lucinda was busy weaving, dodging and slashing in the melee with Rama but Chronos now sought to disrupt her advantage and to disable her 'tank' in the Nova called Refuge.

Refuge suddenly froze in his spot and Smite wriggled out from his frozen and nearly unbreakable grip. The recently fallen assassin had seen better days but was now aware and semi coherent of his surroundings but it would be a few moments before he was fully mobile again. Smite stared taken aback at the now invulnerable and frozen in time giant that had delivered so much trouble only moment ago. Refuge was still looking like he had just passed through a garbage disposal but somehow still possessed the apparent indestructible façade.

Lucinda somehow is able to separate herself for a brief instant, seemingly improbable, and launch a single shot at Joe. The Timelord evades the slowed 'energized-projectile' and dives to the floor out of line of sight as the fatal bolt passes less than an inch from his temple. The nimble minx then gives her attention to Rama. At the last moment however, Joe notices Allisons pattern weave into and around that of Refuge and removes the temporal anomaly from him.

As Smite lies regenerating and gaining his wits, the giant standing near him suddenly lunges up and away toward Genine. In a flash there is an impact that sends out concussive waves that shatter concrete and sends spectators flying. The giant at full tilt flies at Genine with all his might, determined to crush. He collides feet away from her into a wall of force erected force of will. An area 10 feet in diameter is the only area of undisturbed seats. The rest are stripped free with the concussive force wave as Refuge ricochets into the roof and then falls limp into the upper levels of the stands.

Rama, with a new plan with Lucinda, begins to slowly alter his stance and momentum and gives the advantage to Lucinda. At first, this allows her to land more serious cuts to non-vitals, but only one or two in number. Rama's trident fending off the vital slashes intended on killing him. She too shifts her posture and steps off the offense. She weaves and ducks in feints but eventually steps back just out of reach of Rama. She sheathes her knifes in a motion so fast its impossible to know where they went on her person.


<!--coloro:#0000ff--><span style="color:#0000ff"><!--/coloro-->"You need to step back. This is above and beyond you."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Lucinda speaks calmly and very confidently to Rama but it's apparent she is aware of more than just her immediate surroundings. No threats or condemnations, just simple overconfidence.





<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->{{I know this is a lot to absorb…<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->As of this moment, combat is at a lull. Genine is intent and focused on Lucindas actions. Lucinda is temporarily not shooting anyone and 'engaged' in melee with Rama.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Smite is going to be ready, at the end of this 'turn' to declare an action. As I am writing a few combat turns at a time, Smite, please declare your intent this turn.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Chronos, your blatantly external temporal powers are being limited to internal only. Temporal powers are top priority to the station on its Dampen list and in short, you are limited to "self" only or touch range. Mastery levels allow you the latter range. You are uncertain at this point if your 'duration' modifier has worked on Lucinda.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Glimmer is lying collapsed on the arena floor. Impulse is out in the corwds somewhere, and the fifth member of Lucinda's team is missing.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Allison, you were partially successful in control of Refuge. In such that you ignited him and he basically went mad for an instant. Refuge is now out of it for a few turns.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Rama, you are at an impasse. Lucinda seems aware of her vulnerability and is not eager to exploit it. She might have to be goaded. You do however have quite an audience, Shiva returned is a menacing image for many to witness in the audience.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->DECLARE YOUR INTENTS AGAIN, COVERING TWO TO THREE TURNS OR MORE. As you see I am making the combat posts cover 30 seconds or more, please give me fuel for thought. You are all doing awesome so far. Be as descriptive as desired.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->You might discuss this OOC to coordinate your posts and actions so as to not contradict each other.}}<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<strike>Doc</strike> Joe feels Refuge halt and just for a moment things were going really well. Then Cin figured out where he was and counter attacked (as expected), and while it was harder than expected to step asside he still managed. Then the station dampeners come on line against him.

Joe says out loud, mostly to Allison and Whisper but also to himself,

<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->"Darn it. Station dampers are trying to shut me down. They just freed Refuge. I'm not sure whether Cin was able to put her powers back up or not."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> Lacking ranged options Joe stays under cover and away from Cin's view, and briefly checks Allison and Whisper to see whether or not they're still blessed with Hypertime.

Joe says, <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->"Let's just see if I can't slip free from them."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

OOC: Joe attempts to summon Temporal Fog, which might or might not confuse the sensors as too his location. Regardless of whether or not that works he then attempts to summon (i.e. create) Doctor Chronos (i.e. a temporal clone). Then he'll look over Glean and see if he can't help him while "Doc" moves off (perhaps drawing Cin's fire) to see what happened to Refuge (if he reaches him and he's going to recover, he'll do something about it).

Refuge is a good distance on the near opposite side of the arena and up a few levels in the stadium. He is out of sight. It Refuges attempt at smashing Genine that hurt him so much; he collided with a field of sorts around Genine and rebounded off into the stadium.

Narrative Update..........<u></u>

Also, forgot to mention...

Tonya is now returned to the edge of the arena on the lower level opposite Lucinda and Rama. Standing near her is Reaa and the three men who were guarding her apartments. All have light-laen weapons drawn. They are beginning to take a defensive position about the half perimeter of the arena.

Kara is just outside the arena, but busy with healing and conditioning the security of which some are begining to enter into the main arena. The security is armed with ranged weapons; rifles, pistols, energy lances, and are about 6 in number. The security looks to be taking an offensive posture to Snipe the assailants down, namely to kill Lucinda.

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--coloro:#0000FF--><span style="color:#0000FF"><!--/coloro-->"You need to step back. This is above and beyond you."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Lucinda speaks calmly and very confidently to Rama but it's apparent she is aware of more than just her immediate surroundings. No threats or condemnations, just simple overconfidence.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Rama continues his dance around her, his feet touching nothing but air and moving faster than a baseline could follow. He knew Lucinda culd see him quite well however and so he returned her smirk with a knowing one of his own.

<!--coloro:#4169E1--><span style="color:#4169E1"><!--/coloro-->"I don't have to defeat you,"<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> he replies. <!--coloro:#4169E1--><span style="color:#4169E1"><!--/coloro--> "I only have to keep you here a few moments longer..."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Rama continues to power his gravity wells, though he drops the ones that were affecting Refuge and Smite to pour more on Cin. He attempts to keep her distracted, either goading her with conversation or moving to block her path without actually touching her. If she moves to attack him or shoot anyone else he intervenes with blocks or parries.

{{BTW Narrator...how is that Q-leech working out? Has it drained any power from the mysterious quantum artifact that seems to be boosting her abilities???}}

Joe says to anyone who can hear him,

<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->"This right now is the crisis point. Everything is in flux."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

"Damnit!" Allison swears as Refuge bounces. "I should have known that would be too easy."

Whisper shakes her head. "It's no good, she's still shielding the crazy gun lady."

Then Allison realizes. It was Lucinda that had the Incarnate. She was the important one. Not Genine. Whatever they were trying to do, it revolved around Lucinda.

"Whisper, attack her mind again. Lucinda's."

"I already tried that! With everything I had!"

The redhead shakes her head. "I know! Do it again!"

No time to explain...you'll just be distracting Genine, so she can't try to stop me...

Maybe the telepath saw the look in Allison's eye...or maybe she picked up a whiff of that thought, but for whatever reason, Whisper hesitated, then nodded.

"Now!"

Whisper lashed out again at Lucinda's mind, this time expecting the interfering presence of Genine. Instead of trying to take control of Cin immediately, this time she focused on the other interloper...battling for access to the super-nova's mind!

At the same time, Allison reached out again through the lifeweb, plucking not at Lucinda's mind...not even at her nerves where an alert telepath might see her interference. No, she sent messages to Lucinda's quantum-enhanced immune system and regenerative capacities. Trying to fight it would probably not get her far, but fighting Lucinda's body wasn't what Allison had in mind.

She wanted to help it.

Lucinda's body had been invaded. There was a foreign element inside it. Her brain knew what it was, what it was doing, and wanted it there...but her BODY was reacting with the unthinking fury of millions of years of evolution. Antibodies, killer cells, tissue regeneration...an arsenal of quantum-enhanced powers aching to destroy the intruder, evict it, expel it, and seal the wound after it. Allison wasn't sure what was holding that back...but she was sure she could make it harder.

A lot harder.

Under her influence, Lucinda's body reacts ever more violently to the presence of the Incarnate implanted inside her...attempting to do what nature demands, in defiance of Lucinda's will.

(Biocoercion again, hoping to get Cin's body to reject the Incarnate and strip her of its protections and boosts...)

Kara was just outside of the Arena when the mass hysteria broke loose. She was rushing to the Coliseum once she heard that Smite was involved in a match. She was feeling a bit guilty for being late to see Smite’s match. She was hoping that she could slip in and at least see the end. As she approached she could see massive wave of people rushing out of the Arena. The masses were in fox frenzy trampling anyone who stood in their path. The guards tried to control the exodus and restore them to order but that just made them an obstacle that needed to be removed. But something was different about the Exodus. The masses were in chaos fighting each other. The guards were the first target. Then many of the less fortunate creatures that were begging outside of the arena were the next. For a brief nana second, Kara paused to see the spectacle. It had been a long time since Kara saw this much chaos. Star Haven’s security measures were supposed to stop even mental attacks like this on the masses. Something was terribly wrong. She immediately boosts her mental defenses and looks to help the innocent. She focused on first establishing order by helping the guard recover first. She then hurried to everyone in her path. She was happy to see some of her brethren helping the masses regain their composure and healing them to levels that were not life threatening.

As she was healing the masses, Kara tried to contact Doc and Rama mentally, “Are you guys ok?”

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->“Are you guys ok?�<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--coloro:#4169E1--><span style="color:#4169E1"><!--/coloro-->*I am at a sort of stalemate here actually. Someone, likely Genine, instructed me that only my defensive moves could harm Cin, and that I must stop attacking. Judging from Cin's reaction, the information would appear to be correct. So...does that mean Genine is working for us or against us?*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Joe answers back (both verbally and mentally),

<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->"Kara, Cin has an incarnate and is trying to destroy Starhaven. The Station has shut down most of my abilities and I'm still working on fixing that. Other than that we're just peachy."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

One of Kara's compartmentalized minds gasps at the revelation that Cin has been imbued with an incarnate. The rest of her is continuing to heal the masses.
Mentally she tells Rama and Doc, "The information is correct. By the description of her tactics, she probably has townsaver. She will absorb all attacks until the battle is over. Then she will regenerate or die from the results of all the attacks. It looks like she and her team may be on a one way mission. My suggestion to you all is to take out the source that is causing the mass panic."

"Another thing, Cin is pretty resilient to mental attacks. I would highly suggest that you stay out of her head. Her file lists her mental defenses as extremely painful to deadly."

<!--coloro:#4169E1--><span style="color:#4169E1"><!--/coloro-->*Understood. You should pass that along to Whisper and Allison. I believe they may be going for her mind. In the meantime, how do I disable her empathic manipulations? Is there a way to seperate her from the Incarnate?*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Joe repeats everything Kara said out loud to Whisper and Allison. Then he adds the comment (again, mentally and physically)

<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue"><!--/coloro-->"Odd using Townsaver to endanger innocents. We might be able to use that against her."<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

To Rama: <!--coloro:#0000FF--><span style="color:#0000FF"><!--/coloro-->[/color]*You would need to know the incarnates True Name to seperate it from Cin. The other way is to kill Cin.*

*Whisper And Allison, this is Kara. Be careful in doing mental attacks on Cin. The Company records have her mental defenses listed as extremely painful to deadly when she is attacked mentally."[color:"#0000FF"]<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Some pieces to the larger puzzle fall into place for Doc. They've always lurked in the shadows to avoid direct conflict with the ban and big-bad. That had worked and worked well. Yet Allison claimed they'd be taking out the incarnates soon, and taking out the incarnates was also the same thing as going public. Of course, if they were already public, if for example Doc were already publically known as a time lord, then there'd be no reason not to bring them out.

To Kara: <!--coloro:red--><span style="color:red"><!--/coloro-->*Kara, can you ask who ever is in charge of the station to turn off the temporal dampeners? I haven't sensed any other temporal manipulators here so they're only shutting down their allies.*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

Asche had been resetting basic sensors and recalibrating StarHavens desynched danger detection grid. Many years ago he (in another form) and the Lords of StarHaven had set things up to ward against energy patterens akin to Ba'laan and the Pultytes. Simultaneously he had set up the grid to all but neutralize the patterns of the future Nova's of Sol. It was working almost as he had planned but back then he did not ahve any Nova's to calibrate to. Now was the perfect opportunity.

He had been 'listening in' on the team and was nearly ready to set things up and give a boon to his team.
<!--coloro:#0000ff--><span style="color:#0000ff"><!--/coloro-->*Doc, Allison, Rama, Smite, Whisper, Kara..*
<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->Asches mental tell comes through crystal clear.
<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#0000ff--><span style="color:#0000ff"><!--/coloro-->*Currently I am in position to work with your patterns, but it will take a little more time to deactivate ONLY one part of the dampeners. I can set it to non-dampening all Nova's at this time but it would mean amplified effects for all nova's in the station. Thats too big a gamble.*
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Narrative update.
The telepathy comes really fast and can be resolved in such short periods of time so this banter is going on and can be replied to prior to my next narrative update or resolution phase.
Dont change your intents as this convo is happening realtime.

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Kara is outside the arena a good distance and cannot be in the arena via anything save for an outright sprint and even then is 2-3 turns away.
Rama is just now feigning and dancing with Lucinda trying to get her to slip.
Smite is able to react at the end of this turn, after he gets up. He will be healed over 75%.
Joe, Allison, and Whisper are within 10 feet of each other. Allison is currently in a few second long concentration.
Refuge is out of LOS from anyone after his meteor-like crash into a forcefield and the bounce off nearby stands,
Lucinda is simply standing above Glimmer, straddling over her fallen friend.
Genine is now standing at her seat.
Tonya and Reaa are with their other three light wielder soldiers and are beginning a flanking maneuvar in conjunction with the arriving guards of Starhaven. The guards seem more intent on bringing Lucinda down and have fired into the now calmed melee of Rama and Lucinda. The firing guard is nearly instantaneously shot down with a cranial evisceration from an effortless combo dodge-shoot from Lucinda. The action happens so fast Rama is nearly incapable of seeing it.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

*Doc, I guess he heard you. Until Asche gives us the ok to use our full powers, how about you making your way to my location and help me with the wounded? The guards are really not going to have a chance defeating Cin in a fight as long as the incarnate is activated*

Doc (actually Joe) sends back) <!--coloro:red--><span style="color:red"><!--/coloro-->*I agree.*<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Narrative update.
[b]Dont change your intents as this convo is happening realtime.

<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Refuge is out of LOS from anyone after his meteor-like crash into a forcefield and the bounce off nearby stands<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->(OOC: And a clone of Doc's has gone looking for him).

Now that Glimmer and Refuge were down for the moment, Rama removs the focus he had been using on holding them down. He focuses all his power onto Lucinda, warping gravity in a hundred different directions, creating whorls and eddys in flow of spacetime. Perhaps that would make it difficult for her to murder more people.

{{Power Max Gravity control. If successful he will pour as many quantum points as he can into the effect, also making more room for his leech to keep draining quantum from the incarnate.}}

Smite will be rising from the ground and dusting himself off as he tracks the fight and how it is progressing. He is slowly healing the damage, while he was not entirely repair he had become functional. He could feel the slight boost from the temporal effects, though it was more subdued that usual. He knew that things were going ill and he needed to do something.

He watched as she took the guard apart. He had heard they were being supressed, so he took aim and waited. As soon he was sure of his shot, he would take it and hope the force would be enough to disable or simply disarm her.

{Power Max Quantum Bolt, Accuracy, Targetting the gun}

StarHaven
16:45hours
Tuesday, December (Suruan) 14, 498 CY
<!--coloro:#ff8c00--><span style="color:#ff8c00"><!--/coloro-->Participants: Allison, Smite, Crumble, Whisper, Rama, Glean, Kara.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

<!--fonto:Times New Roman--><span style="font-family:Times New Roman"><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Rama's gravity scattering field intensifies around the immediate area around he and Lucinda and debris from the ground begins to randomly shoot