>>24187584
Blink.
"Is... she okay?"

What does pink mean again?

Red for anger, pink for lewdness?

>>24187584
"Weird."

>>24187584

should probably make sure Jilly is okay, we can share our memory while we're at it and after that we can train some more.

>>24187584
She is gonna lay her eggs i think if so do she need any help?

>>24187652
That's probably a pretty personal thing, might be a tad rude.

>>24187584
<Are you okay?>

>>24187651
I think we should share our memory with her somewhere private, perhaps offer to share it with her after class.

You blink a few times.
"Is... she okay?" You ask, looking this way and that.
Then you realize.
"She's going to lay her eggs, I think." You say.
"I think so too." Damien said. You nod, and bolt out of the room yourself, following her. When you finally get to her room, you saw her lying entirely on the floor, the tip of her tail laying golfball-sized eggs, each one translucent, into a large mechanical bowl that looked designed for it. Jilly was entirely incapacitated, her body seizing up, teeth gnashing, arms and elbows folded up over herself.
Her eyes were closed, but you could sense her mind.
<Are you okay?>
<It's fine, don't worry. It's... only a little painful.> She said, squirming on the ground. She was strangely calm about the whole ordeal. <But it would help if you held my hand.>

You knelt down and held her twitching, grasping hand for a short while, while she laid more than half a hundred of the small eggs, after which she laid there, eyes closed.
<Well.> She said. <That was... something.>

Rolled 89

>>24187733
yes...yes it was...are you alright?

>>24187733
<It sure was. Do you need anything?>

>>24187733

"is there something else i can do for you? a wet towel perhaps?"

>>24187733
"Do you want me to grab you anything from the canteen?"

"If you'd like, I can show you that memory now. The one you asked for at the beach."

>>24187785
Probably not the best moment, although we can tell her that when she wants to see it, we can show it to her.

<It sure was.> You say. <Is there something else I can do for you? Do you need anything?>
<I, uhm,> She said. Her mind was discombobulated, maybe in something more like shock. <Could you hit the button on the eggpit?>

You reach up to the steaming pile of eggs, and hit the button on the strange bowl. A glass covering slid out, covering the eggs, and with a hiss, it started pressurizing, fogging up the glass.
"Do you want me to grab you anything from the canteen?" You ask.
<What?>
<Do you want me to grab you anything from the canteen?> You ask again, this time telepathically.
<I'll be fine. I um. Need someone to call my mom.> She said.

>>24187824

do we have her address?

if we do, ask Einstein to send a message,
if we don't ask Jilly for the address and THEN send a message.

>>24187824
<Alright, see you later.>

>>24187824
<Of course.>
Technopath her personacom and ask it for the number if we don't have it. Then call her.

>>24187856

i missed a comma in there.

>>24187866
<Of course.> You say, and use your technopathy to reach into Jilly's contact list, finding her mother on it. You pull your sunglasses out of your hair, slipping them on, and calling Luna.

"Hello?" She asked, answering on some sort of space-born CHN, looking into a screen mounted on the wall, a window into space behind her. "Oh, hello, heather!"

>>24187920
"Hi! Um, Jilly's laid her eggs, and she said to call you about it."

>>24187920

"Hello Luna! Jilly needs to talk to you, urgently."

>>24187920
"Hello Luna. Um, Jilly just laid some eggs."

>>24187952
Jilly is apparently too out of it to speak English at the moment. Do Nagala have special phones they can zap each other through?

>>24187984
I don't see why they wouldn't. It'd just be a pair of small electrical terminals connected to a standard com.

"Hi!" You say. "Um. Jilly just laid her eggs, and she said to call you about it."
"Oh. Oh!" She said, getting a huge grin. "Tell her I love her a lot, and I'll be there soon to pick them up."
You relay the message while Luna yells at her pilot to change destinations, and goes back to the CHN.
"You should probably know a few things. Jilly will be pretty... well, wiped out for a day or so, maybe a few days, and she won't even be able to talk, really. When it happens, it sort of... seizes control away from you. The most she can do is control her color, so it would really help if you put her somewhere comfortable. Maybe her bed? The eggs themselves aren't very important- she intends on putting them in stasis anyway. And um, she might be feeling a bit dry, so if you can find a spraybottle or something near the eggpit, would you mind spraying down her teeth for her? I'll be able to do all that once I get there, and I'm really sorry to ask you to help, but..."

Rolled 5

>>24188025
don't worry I've got it covered.

>>24188025
"I don't mind helping!"
Let's move Jilly to her bed and find that spraybottle.

>>24188025
"Sure, I don't mind at all."

>>24188025
"Sure. It's the least I can do for a friend."

>>24188025

"think nothing of it. I'll inform Max that you are coming to visit." say goodbye and hang up.

>I like helping.

mentally explain to Jilly that we'll lift her in to bed and that we'll help moisturize her.

>>24188025
"Don't worry about it."
Let us do that stuff. TK her on to her bed because that way we can support her all along her length and it would be more comfortable than normal lifting. Also Nagala are probably heavy. Then try and find the spray bottle.

"Sure." You say. "It's the least I can do for a friend."
<I'll lift you into bed, and help moisturize you.> You say.
<Thank you.> She said. <That would make things much more comfortable.>
You pull Jilly up onto her bed with TK, coiling up her tail, and you look near the eggpit- and find a spraybottle. You also see a few towels, and a small pamphlet about nagala egg-laying, put there no doubt for this very situation. You moisturize Jilly's tail, the spraybottle hissing as the pressurized, nutrient-filled water misted out. The tip of her tail was swollen, the skin slightly torn. Then you dampen the towels, and lay her tail on them. Jilly's eyes remained closed, and she was able to create a connection to say something- just before falling asleep.

"I'll inform Max that you're coming to visit." You say.
"Please do." Luna said. She didn't look as mischievous as she was before, of course. "If that's all done, she should be fine. Hopefully, if she can get some sleep, she'll recover more quickly."

>>24188182
"She just fell asleep."
Then let's call Max.

>>24188182
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her."

Then we should send Max a message, and sit by Jilly for a while to keep an eye on her and keep her moisturised. We can read the egg-laying pamphlet while we wait.

>>24188182

should we ask her personacom nicely, to notify Einstein if anything happens while we're away?

we can't really do anything else except letting her rest and we really need to get some training done.

>>24188182
>The tip of her tail was swollen, the skin slightly torn
I thought the eggs came from her tongues. It's pretty shitty they have to squeeze out of a tiny hole when she has a massive mouth right there.

"She just fell asleep."
"You can tell?" She asked.
"Yeah. don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her."
"Thank you SO much for this. I'm hurrying as fast as I can."

You send a message to Max, and then sit down next to the bed, pulling open the pamphlet and reading it, detailing various physiological stages a nagala goes through both before and after laying- apparently the squirming back in class was her feeling the first obvious stages...

Eventually, Max came into the room, and sat down next to you. Behind him and next to him, lil'max copied his every move.
"Don't worry about this, Heather." Max said, a peculiar tone in his voice. "I can keep an eye on her until her mother comes by. You should get some lunch."

>>24188325
"Thanks, Max. Still got your little puppy with you?"

>>24188325

"alright Max and mini Max." "I'll get some training done soon as well."

>>24188325
Grab something light, then go straight to training.

>>24188325
"Thanks Max. You truly are a protector of your pack."

"Thanks, Max." You say. "Still got your little puppy with you?"
"He's *adorable*." Max says, and licked at the puppy's ears. You gave the puppy a few pets, and then make your way to the cafeteria.

"How was everything?" Summer asked, worried- she kept massaging the table with her paws, claws digging into it anxiously.
"She was fine." Damien said. "She'll be able to move in the morning."
Summer shot him a glare.
"You could have told me that earlier!" She snapped.
"Um. there's another stash-"
"I don't care." She said, and hmphed, looking away from him.

>>24188446
"You've been using that one too much, Damien, it's worn off as a bribe."

"Jilly just needs some rest, Max is looking after her."

>>24188446
"Looks like you've blown it this time, Damien."

>>24188446
"It was quite mean to keep her worrying all this time."

>>24188446
"Damien! You're so mean! I like that "

>>24188446

"it's not nice to make your friends worried, i should know, I tend to do it all the time."

"I put her in bed and made sure she is comfortable, Max is guarding her as we speak."
"her mother is on her way here."

"You've been using that one too much, Damien. It's worn off as a bribe."
"No, it's just that he wouldn't tell me if Jilly was okay or not! A bribe won't make me not-angry when it's about my friends." She said.
"Looks like you've blown it this time, Damien."
"I- I told her she'd be fine." Damien said, and Summer pouted.
"Jilly just needs some rest." You say. "Max is looking after her, and her mother is on her way here."
"Does that mean we won't have classes after lunch?" Alex asked.
Sarvesh gave him a Look.
"... It's an honest question. If Max doesn't teach, then there's no classes." Alex said.
"Yes, probably." Sarvesh said.

In the corner, Omnissiah suddenly went "Ah-Ha!"
Then he twisted in the final gear, and the clock started ticking.

>>24188537
"Good job Nissy!"

>>24188537
"Oh my. That's quite impressive, Omni. Do you want to test yourself again later and help me build something?"

>>24188537
"Good job Siah! Do you have any planned inventions for the future?"

We still have to get Nissy a tongue.

>>24188537

"maybe i can find that Chem sniffer for Omni if we don't have class."

head over to Omni and examine his work.

>>24188537
"Wasn't it 'Heureka', Nissy?"

"And maybe I can find that chem sniffer for Omni if we don't have class," You say, and kneel down to examine the clock.
It didn't just have hours and minutes. It had days, hours, minutes, seconds... even a secondary clock that said exactly where the sun was in the station's rotation. Right now it was at 258° degrees. "Oh my. That's quite impressive, Omni." You say. "Do you want to test yourself again and help me build something?"
"What I just tested was how well I can do on minimum information. When I help you, I will test how well I can do with full access to the Extranet." Omnissiah responded. "What is it you intend on building?"

>>24188659
"A gun, a rapid fire plasma gun to be exact."

>>24188659
"A ship. I even have the blueprint."
>Has the hull arrived yet?
"But I think that will have to wait a while because I don't have all the materials."

>>24188724
Isn't that our project with Anna? She'd probably be a bit hurt if we went and built it with Niss while she's away.

>>24188743
Damn it, we have too many projects going on.

>>24188743
Yes.

>>24188659

>could we remember the designs from tech which we see when we float around in the isolation chamber?

"a ship but most of the components are still on their way here."

>we can ask for his opinion on matters in our gun project to try and get Anna and Omni to work together but it might have the opposite effect.

>>24188743
Doesn't mean we have to finish it, just get started on it.

>>24188724
this do this.

>>24188743
na I am sure she wouldn't care she said she was only good at maintenance not dezine creation any way.

>>24188659
"I've got this weird crystal which acts like a heat capacitor. I thought you might want to take a look at it and see if we can build a plasma gun or something?"

"A ship. I even have the blueprint."
"I've already given you my opinion on the ship." Omnissiah said. "I don't believe I could improve it any more than I already have, I'm afraid."
You nod, and then start to eat for some time, trying to hurry so you could make it to class on time- before everyone's personacoms chirped, as Max sent you all a message that post-lunch classes have been canceled. You nod, and relax, continuing to eat.
"I've got this weird crystal which acts like a heat capacitor. I thought you might want to take a look at it, and see if we can build a plasma gun or something?"
"Interesting. Tell me about it."
Some time later, Nissy was thinking, while Summer lounged on Sarvesh's abdomen, while Damien just stretched and left the cafeteria. Alex, meanwhile, was studying his answers again, papers in hand while he ate.
"By the way." He said. "I talked to them. My parents, I mean."
He circled something.
"Turns out that I'm not genetically related to them." He said. "And they obviously told me that to keep me from asking questions."
He met your eyes and shrugged- he almost looked like he was going to cry.
"So you're right." He said, finally.

>>24188856
Give him a hug.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

>>24188856
"Oh... Alex I'm so sorry."

Poor guy needs a hug.

>>24188856
Hug. The poor guy.
Hug dammit.

>>24188856
Give him one of those extra long cradling hugs.

>>24188856

"I'm so sorry."

>being Psionic is suffering.

>>24188856
"hug him" well you still got me, your like a little brother, (put him in a head lock and give him a nuggy) at a least as annoying as one :P"

>>24188856
Aaaand this is where I stop posting for a while but I'd say we should hug him and say we are sorry for him.

>>24188941
If it makes you feel any better, despite your problems with writing social posts, I doubt you could do worse than >>24188935

>>24188856

Hug our friend.

"I... I didn't know, I'm sorry... That can't be the best way to find out about something like this. Do you want to talk about it?"

>>24188959
Yeah, who the hell says "colon p" anyway?

>>24188959
I don't see the problem with that post. I think there's problem with telling him he's annoying? This is why I stop suggesting anything.

"Oh Alex... I'm so sorry." You say, and pull him into a tight hug. For a moment, he clung to you, closing his eyes. "That can't be the best way to find out about something like this. Do you want to talk about it?"
"Things have been pretty shit so far, lately." He said, and then just... started chuckling. Started laughing. "First it starts with some alien mind-controlling my girlfriend and everyone else on the face of the planet to try and kill me, then she *forgets* me, and then a few other things, and now this."

"... So, the alien wanted to kill me because of the way my mind works, right?" He asked. "And you think it's connected to the way my p- the way *those people* acted after that accident neither of us remember... Right?"

>>24189003
"I can't say with 100% certainty, but it is a strange coincidence, so we probably wouldn't be too wrong to assume so."

>>24189003
"They're still your parents, Alex, even if you aren't related to them. But yeah, I think there's a connection."

>>24189003
"I think that's it, yes. We'll figure out what's going on here, Alex, I promise."

>>24189039

I second this anon.

>>24189003

Exabyte, does the station have a mental health specialist? As in psychology, not brain majiks.

>>24189003
"Well its all pretty simple, you are The Chosen One, and will save the uiniverse, or you know we will figure something out."

>>24189003

"I'm not 100% sure but what i am certain of, is that your mind is special, even compared to psionics."

>>24189001
It is condescending given that there is no sort of familial bond present in Heather and Alex's friendship. He also has a clear romantic interest in us but things are shaky between the two of them about it and acting like that would only serve to hurt Alex's feelings.

Not saying we gotta walk on eggshells with the dude, but treat him with kid gloves. As much as I hate the term, he's definitely a beta-personality type and takes things a lot harder, it seems.

Also, I think it's a respectable thing that you are wiling to stop suggesting when it comes to something people bitched at you for stop suggesting about. Good on ya.

>>24189003
"It certainly seems like there's a connection."

"They're still your parents, Alex." You say, hugging him. "Even if you aren't related to them."
"I know, just let me stay pissed off at them for a bit." He said. "It makes me feel better."
"I think that's it, yes." You say. "We'll figure out what's going on here, Alex, I promise."
"And one of the easiest way to figure it out is to figure out what's going on is to figure out how my brain works." He said. "And why it does."
He cleared his throat. "What was it like? When my, uh, shield thing cracked? What did it feel like?"

>>24189128

Uh.... shit. Guys, should we tell him about our dream?

>>24189141
Yes. We should.

>>24189128
"Alex... I don't think it's a shield."
"I think it's a prison."

>>24189128
"It was like your emotions were trying to push their way out."

>>24189128
"Just, well, like I could maybe telepath to you."

>>24189128

i forgot what it was like but it felt strange?

>need to look it up.

>>24189151

Related question: Should we tell the researchers about the dreams we've been having, especially the ones where we think we're the Devourer? I can't recall if we have.

>>24189128
"Um, well... It was cracking, and I felt your...pain. But you have to be careful, Alex. I had a...dream, one of the precognitive types. In it you weren't yourself. You did... horrible things. I think that might come to pass if your shield is broken by your own negative emotions."

>>24189176

>telepathing
>to the psionic null

Yeah. You can try, but...

>>24189190

I think this is the best way to go about it.

>>24189178
I don't think we have either.

>>24189176
You could if he took his shield down at which point he wouldn't need to know how to take his shield down any more.

>>24189209

Once Alex is a little more comforted and probably wants to be by his lonesome for a while, I want to track down somebody and tell them that.

>>24189128

"A simple crack went down his shield, something you could barely feel something... painful, through. Something reaching to get out."

"You curl up on the maintenance drone boxes, hug yourself, and close your eyes. What you saw, hiding behind that shape...
It reminds you of the dream you had last night, somehow. The dream where he had bright purple eyes..."

we should probably tell him about the dream soonish.

>>24189217

I don't think he knows how to just yet.

"Um, well... it was cracking, and I felt your... pain." You say. "But you have to be careful, Alex. I had a... dream, one of the precognitive types. In it, you weren't yourself. You did... horrible things. I think that might come to pass if your shield is broken by your own negative emotions."
He thought about it for a few moments.
"Well," He said, and chuckled. "Guess I shouldn't try self-flagellation to take the shield down." He said. "But if it is emotions, then it's not... like, the way my mind is structured, but more... um, mental? I guess. Controllable, even. Which means that I can figure out how, eventually. Guess I won't be going home soonish, then."

>>24189282
"That's the best news I've heard in awhile."

>>24189282
"Great! Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you and make sure you don't go all evil, glowy and purple!"

>>24189282

"I honestly think there's people here who can help you and keep you safe." Squeeze him even tighter. "I don't want to see you hurt."

>>24189282
"It's a bit selfish, but I'm actually glad about that."

>>24189282
"Hey, come watch me do some TK and training and stuff!"

"It's a bit selfish, but I'm actually glad about that." You say, and squeeze him a bit tighter. "I don't want to see you hurt."
"And I don't want to be hurt." He said, and chuckled.
"Hey, come watch me do some TK and training and stuff!"
"Sure." He said, and folded up his papers into his back pocket, and gave you a grin and a poke in the ribs. "If I get bored, though, I'm just going to study and stop paying attention to you. So try not to bore me, okay?"
The two of you make your way out of the cafeteria, and then you think... what exactly did you plan on training?

>>24189455
Everything we can at the same time!
Multitasking go!

>>24189455
lets focus all of our TK on a single point

>>24189455
TK Strength! We need to crush things!

>>24189455
Well some more manifestation might be fun, seeing as we just managed to start that this morning.
Jilly won't be using the telepathy chamber, and we wanted to train that because it's related to technopathy.
We just told Alex we'd do some TK.
Let's have a marathon session and do as many things as possible to make up for the lack of training recently and get back into the swing of things after the brain damage. We're going to need candy bars. Lot's of candy bars.

>>24189455

well, might be good if we made 1 or 2 more of those sweet, heat absorbing orbs with our blackholey thing.

or try our hand at manifestation so we can have easy access to resources for (temporary) repairs.

Technopathy is also on my list

>>24189455
TK Training, then black-hole training.

>>24189455
TK

MORE POWER

Maybe gravity spheres if we aren't too tired after that.

Rolled 40

>>24189455
train in TK

"I NEED MOAR POWAH!!!"

>>24189498
this. I'd like to see what would happen if we focused our polycarbon array busting strength on an area of just a single molecule

You quickly make your way to the telekinesis array, where the technicians were ready for you.
"You're spectating?" One of the technicians ask, and Alex nodded. "You can sit right over there."
"Are you training for power or finesse?"
"Power!" You say.
"Alright! We're ready for you!"

You focused, gritting your teeth...

>Roll TK Strength!

Rolled 36

>>24189573
POWER

Rolled 50

>>24189573
POWER

Rolled 5

>>24189573

i forgot but its d100?

Rolled 12

>>24189573
WHAAAAGGGGH

>>24189604
yes

Rolled 55

>>24189573
Heather Smash!!

Rolled 15

>>24189573
Fuck up that array.

We need to learn diceomancy.

Rolled 58

>>24189573
come on power

>>24189589
>>24189591
>>24189604
>>24189609
>>24189613

looks like we won't be smashing anything.
we saved another machine today!

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Rolled 61

>bitches can't roll

Rolled 87

>>24189589
>>24189613
>>24189609
>>24189604
>>24189591
"damit...alex, take four great big steps backwards; I think you're interfering..."

So much for putting up a good show.

Rolled 71

>>24189573
I've seen the dice be weird today.

>>24189646

seems a bit rude to put it like that.

Focusing, the entire array strained as you pushed your mind up against it, making slight creaking noises. For the longest time, you just willed harder.
"Just a little more, heather." One of the technicians said, and you redoubled your will... and then sighed, letting go of it. You just couldn't pour enough power into it.
"You're a bit stronger than you were last time." The technician said, looking at her terminal. "Nothing abnormal. We got some new biscuits in- apparently they're sweeter, if you want to try them while we run all these numbers."

You sit down on the bed next to Alex, and grab a biscuit, munching on it. It wasn't nearly as flavorless as the last ones- in fact, they were almost... good.
"It is kind of cool that you can do that sort of thing." Alex said. "Move things with your brain, I mean. It's probably one of the cooler powers you guys have. Other than Sarvesh. His is the coolest."

Rolled 90

Hey every one I know what we can do with the Crystal we made. we make

you will love this we make

a Light saber

Rolled 70

>>24189684
"Oh reaaaally? You haven't seen my other power."

"Hey, technician dudes! Got anything I can blackhole?"

Rolled 55

>>24189684
"Yes, Sarvesh's is awesome. But I think I prefer Anna's or Black Hole..."

>>24189689
the dice gods approve, and so do I to the Work shop!

>>24189684
"It's possible that you could do it too, if you can get your shield down. I mean, you're only shielded, not like an anti-psion or something.

>>24189684
"Rho's teleporting is cooler than Sarvesh's teleporting because it come with those swirly special effects and not just a flash."

>>24189730
Naw, she can't teleport others

>>24189684

"man, the pranks you could pull off."
"don't tell Sarvesh i said that, it might give him ideas."

>>24189713

we don't want to take down the shield because something inside wants to get out.

>>24189743
She can if she's touching them. But that's usefulness and is completely irrelevant to COOLNESS.

"Oh, reeaaaaally?" You ask. "You haven't seen my other power."
"Other power?"
"Hey, technician dudes! Got anything I can black hole?!"
"Give us just a little bit!" The technician woman said, adjusting her glasses, and the technicians rolled out a large, concrete block, like before.
"Black hole?" Alex asked. "This oughtta be cool."

You get to your feet, close your eyes for a moment, take a deep breath...

>Roll for applied telekinetic singularity!

Rolled 63

>>24189774
Bitches and whores may break my bones
Anna will save my life

>>24189752
We don't want the shield to be broken accidentally. Lowered on purpose wouldn't be bad though.

Rolled 90

>>24189774
dice for the dicegods

Rolled 20

>>24189774

Rolled 31

>>24189774

>>24189789

we better have this under control.

Rolled 41

>>24189774
whoo

>>24189789
Praise the singularity!

You reach out with your hand... and focus.

And then, light around the concrete block started twisting, focusing in on itself, refracting things as if it were a transparent, reflective sphere... and then went pure black. With a loud thrum, the concrete block cracked apart, whirling and twisting as it entered the singularity. For a moment, small objects on desks, and the crumbs from your biscuit slid across the floor, pulled by a strange gravitational force.

And then there was a flash of light, and the pure black sphere fell to the ground with a loud thunk.
It didn't look at all like the crystal from before.
It wasn't even hot.

Rolled 7

>>24189774
Yes! Destroying thigs! That's what I'm made for!

Rolled 72

>>24189774
You fucksticks keep rolling bad.

Come on dicegods don't screw this one up

Rolled 70

>>24189873
Blink.
"That didn't seem right..."
Let's try that again...

>>24189873
"Fuck yes I can't wait to see what this one does!"

>>24189873
"Shit, that's not right."

>>24189873
Prod it with TK.

>>24189873
"Well... that was different."
Lets inspect the sphere.

Rolled 59

>>24189873
I wonder what this one does

>>24189873
"Uh. Guys? This doesn't seem right. Do the scanners show anything abnormal?"

>>24189873
"Wait, that didn't happen last time.

Why is it black?

Uh, science people! Something happened!"

>>24189873

wait wait, hold on.

we don't know what this thing is, let the scientists do their thing with it first

>>24189873
"thats new".(eat more )

Our concept changed, before it was just black spheres of death, this time we were specifically thinking of a black hole.

>>24189873
Use TK to poke it with a pen.

>>24189873
Is there such thing as a superinsulator? Because there might be now!

>>24189873
"Huh. That's odd. Maybe because I black hole'd different material?"

"Wait, that didn't happen last time." You say. "Why is it black? Uh, science people! Something happened?"
"We figured." One of the technicians said, and a blast shield slammed down between you and the sphere. A man in a radiation suit came in with tongs and sensors, and very carefully started examining the sphere. "We'll start doing tests, okay? We'll tell you what it does, and if it seems safe, we can let you do your own test."
"Maybe because I black hole'd different material?"
"It's more likely because you 'black hole'd' a different amount of material." The woman said. "This new object has more mass, it looks like. I'm not a molecular physicist, so I can't tell, but we have a few on the bankroll that should be able to tell."

last time we drilled a hole through the block, now we sucked the entire thing into the singularity.

Rolled 44

Is there a doc collection of this quest? If not, I'll make one.

>>24189929
I think this guy has it. Before we were thinking destruction. Now we were thinking black hole

>>24189929
This anon is onto something.

>>24189966
"Man I hope it's something awesome. That other crystal decided to be a heat capacitor. This one would be awesome if it worked the same way with light or something."

>>24189966
to the work shop do

this >>24189689

>>24189966
Are we tired? If not, let's do a bit more TK strength training. Need to make up for all that brain damage time lost.

>>24189994
Lightsabers are silly and we have zero skills/experience in close combat. Also enemies use bullets and not conveniently delectable blasters in this setting.

we could try the telepathy training next. Or head to the Iso chambers and try to contact Omega while hes gestating!

Or try something new. Maybe magnetical manipulation.

>>24190041
>delectable
Deflectable. Although maybe blasters are tasty, I don't know.

>>24189966
Uh guys I think we forgot our pill. We should have a hi-protein snack with pill now.

>>24190063
good point

>>24190063
>Don't worry about it- I'll assume you're taking the pill after every meal.

>>24189974
>I don't think there is.

You take another break.
"... That. Was. Awesome!" Alex said, grinning, as you nommed another biscuit. "What was that left over?"
"Man, I hope it's something awesome." You say. "That other crystal decided to be a heat capacitor. This one would be awesome if it worked the same way with light or something."
"Huh." He said.

>>24190121
"Yeah. I think I might practice some more TK as well. It feels like I haven't done anything for weeks now."

>>24190121
"Hmm... lightsaber?"

>>24190121
"It's not really a black hole, it's just crushing things very hard with telekinesis. But it's still awesome. I don't get many chances to use it."

>>24190183
Actually, I think that time really was a black hole.
>And then, light around the concrete block started twisting, focusing in on itself, refracting things as if it were a transparent, reflective sphere... and then went pure black.

oh I know lets try to make ourselves invisible!

>>24190173
Like the old Terran movies!

>>24190183
That's... a black hole, really.
Thing crushing itself hard.
It's just an artificial one.

>>24190211
It's not a black hole.
It's a solid black sphere thing.

"It's not really a black hole, it's just crushing things very hard with telekinesis. But it's still awesome. I don't get many chances to use it."
"It is pretty awesome." He said. "..I wonder if that black ball would turn back into concrete if I touched it..."
"I think I might practice some more TK as well." You say. Your limbs felt sluggish, but you could still do more, you knew. "It feels like I haven't done anything for weeks, now."
"Ooh, I have an idea!" Alex said, and slipped around you. "Okay. Try and lift me. I want to see how much of a headache I'll get."

>>24190121
I'm going to keep singularitying things till I get tired out. Is there anything you want to see destroyed, Alex? I could crush your homework for you, if you like.

I think we should try on a different materiel, a block of metal.

>>24190121
I think we should test if there's a difference between void/blackhole.

"Hey, can I have another concrete block to test something on?"

>>24190213
>Get a one
>Accidentally a black hole
>>24190237
We're talking about the product of the black hole then? My mistake.

>>24190121
I say we ask the technicians to get us Blocks of different pure Chemical Elements to experiment on.
Black hole a Block of Diamond
Black hole a Block of Gold
Black hole a Block of FutureElement156

>>24190211
If it was an actual black hole that crystal would still be a black hole after we stopped pushing. And then either swallow the whole space station or evaporate.
But as a psionic power, it's close enough.

Rolled 82

>>24190247
"Haha, if you're sure!'

Rolled 32

>>24190247
if you insist

Rolled 41

>>24190247
Lift!

Rolled 85

>>24190271
>>24190247
trying to lift Alex!

>>24190247
Not until you finish your homework!! I'm onto you, Mr sick leave.

Then the late suggestions from before.

Rolled 54

>>24190247
"Hey try to lower your shield!"

Rolled 27

>>24190247
might as well help him

Rolled 2

>>24190247
>inb4 his head pops like a balloon.

Rolled 4

>>24190258
>Black hole a Block of Diamond
ask for graphene instead

>>24190265
Black holes only have as much gravitational pull as their mass allows, one made of a concrete would not be able to consume the space station.

>>24190121
"Well, I feel like I should keep going, make up for being unable to train recently."

More TK training? I want us to break another TK array. Isaac can move moons, we can't let ourselves be shown up like that.

Either that, or going to the iso chamber and technopathing something at the edge of the universe.

we were generating the black hole, there was no actual mass to have to continue being one once we stopped.

"Haha, if you're sure!" You say, and reach out.

You close your eyes, feeling out for the featureless void... and push.
And push.

Your limbs start trembling from the strain, your breathing heavy, and he was... he was immovable!

His clothes, however, started lifting into the air, and he grabbed at his shirt to hold it still. He started trembling as well... and bolds near the panels near his feet unscrewed themselves, dust and more biscuit residue swirling around him...
And finally, you give up, and he fell to a knee, wheezing.
"... That... that was exhausting." He said, his eyes half-lidded. "It was like... well, like my head was caught in a vise. Something was pushing me up and down at the same time."

>>24190349
Just don't get a nosebleed and pass out until you buy the rights.

>>24190349
I hope they got that on their sensors, because I don't want to do it again.

>>24190333
I like the idea of seeking out new technology. Maybe do more then just look it. Try to understand how its built so we can recreate it.

>>24190349
I think your actively countering psionics. Its not a shield, its reactionary instead. Neat! It also means you can be overpowered. I wonder if Isaac could help you, he is more powerful then me.

Hand Alex a shake

>>24190349
"The downward push must have been from yourself. Next time, focus really hard on *not* keeping yourself down or something."

> To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction
Alex is the counter force

>>24190317
>one made of a concrete
It doesn't matter what the mass was, only how much of it there is.
If there were lots of little loose objects around it could eat them to get more mass and gradually grow I guess. I'm not really an expert on this shit. But evaporating seems more likely at that scale, I agree.

>>24190334
>there was no actual mass
Then what the fuck is that crystal?

>>24190383
I don't think we should be advising him to attempt to break past his limits, it seems to be hurting him to just put pressure on it. What if it will kill him to break it?

Rolled 32

>>24190349
"That was pretty tiring for me as well. I might go one last round on the strength training though."

>>24190405
I meant to type one made of a piece of concrete, as in the one we used, would not have enough mass to consume the station. If fact it would probably just do nothing and blink out of existence after a nano second.

>>24190405
a byproduct of being under intense pressure

>>24190416
lets try and apply all of our strength on a single point

>>24190349
*huff* "huh." *huff* "It's..." *huff* "automatically works against whatever psionics thrown at you then?"

meh I wanna do long distance technopathy next. Its our biggest strength verse both the Void Queen AND Sigma

You hand him a shake. "I think you're actively countering psionics. It's not a shield, it's reactionary instead. The downward push must have been from yourself. Next time, focus really hard on *not* keeping yourself down or something."
"Yeah, I will." he said, and slurped on his shake.
"Huh." You say, and take a deep breath, slurping on your own. "That was pretty tiring for me as well. I might go one last round on the strength training, though."
"Well, you don't want to exhaust yourself." Alex said. "You already look pretty tired as-is."

>>24190459
We can get sarvesh to grab that spine from a couple galaxies over.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

>>24190474
Yes. Let's.

>>24190469
"You're right, I think I'll just relax in the iso chambers."

>>24190436
Exactly. But not intense enough to compact it into a black hole, as shown by the fact that it's not a black hole. And a black hole is intense enough to compact stuff into a black hole. So our power is not as intense as an actual black hole.

>>24190459
to the isochambers

>>24190349
"I... think you actually might be psionic, in a way. I don't think you have any control over it, but I could definitely feel something resisting me, there. Perhaps you just passively resist psionics, without knowing it? Would explain the headaches.

Or maybe... There's something else? Something is doing it for you? ...Something underneath that shield?

>>24190489
It's more powerful than the surrounding light apparently.

>>24190469
"Yeah, you're probably right, I really shouldn't push it after what happened before."

>>24190469
It'll help me sleep better anyway, I've been all out of it, recently.

If I pass out, Put me in bed with Jilly.

>>24190489
>And a black hole is intense enough to compact stuff into a black hole. So our power is not as intense as an actual black hole.
it's close enough

>>24190469
"Buuuuuut I gotta get stronger!"

>>24190504
Creating a singularity probably takes more gravitational force than does capturing light.

>>24190474
Why does this sound like one of the infamous Dave Davis Davidson's Idea™?

>>24190469
"Sure, I might head down to the isochambers then. I've been relying on that crystalline computer too long, need something new to gloat about now that Summer can create a universe, Sarvesh has become immune to doors, Anna can heat things to 4000 degrees... I could go on.

>>24190511
>>24190519
Please don't, I don't want Heather to get even more brain damage.

>>24190469
Hey Alex, I have a CRAZY idea about your powers. You're a super powerful psion! But somewhere along the way you're mind has been tricked into countering everything that happens near it, including whatever it itself does.

>>24190489
It's a psionically sustained blackhole. When the psionic power is cut, it evaporates and all the mass it pulled in that hasn't already been converted to energy is left.

>>24190529
Dave Davis Davidson had a robotic spine.

>>24190534
seconding this

>>24190474
Nothing could. Which is why we should do it.

>>24190534
I'd like to go to isochamber too but I'd contact Devy-chan to take a look how is he doing and who is he eating.

"Buuuut I gotta get stronger!" You say.
"You sound like Summer." He said and chuckled, as you caught your breath.
"I might head down to the isochambers then." You say. "I've been relying on that crystalline computer too long. Need something new to gloat about now that Summer can create universe, Sarvesh has become immune to doors, Anna can heat things to 4000 degrees... I could go on."
"Right!" He said. "I might try one of those too. Not because I think it'll do anything, but to see what I hallucinate."

The two of you got up and made your way out of the TK array, just for Isaac to wave and walk by, Rho grumbling at him, her arms crossed.
"Heey, it's you!" She said, and started walking along with the two of you. "What was up with Jilly? Was she okay? She acted kind of weirdk, Like when Theta does his pranks."

>>24190589
It'd probably be easier to contact him from the isochamber.

>>24190605
"Hey Rho, she just gave birth. She'll be resting for today."

>>24190605
"Yeah, she's just a bit incapacitated with some stuff right now."

>>24190605
Isolate for two hours! I wanna see what we can do with a good, long trip.

>>24190605
She laid eggs! Nagala are a little weird like that, but she'll be back to normal in a bit.

Hey, did either of you go in the chambers? Anything interesting happen?

>>24190542
>all the mass it pulled in that hasn't already been converted to energy is left
Black holes don't convert mass to energy (at least directly).
The mass that's within the event horizon but not yet part of the singularity would have been torn apart and definitely not made into a single neatly-structured crystal.

"Hey, Rho." You say. "She laid eggs! Nagala are a little weird like that, but she'll be back to normal in a bit."
"Ooooh, okay." She said. "That explains it."
"Hey, did either of you go in the chambers? Anything interesting happen?"
"Me and Isaac both tried it. It was boring for both of us, but it got a lot easier for me to focus on the wheres. Isaac said nothing really happened."
"I think I'm going to isolate for two hours," You say. "I wanna see what I can do with a good long trip."
"Well, if you get bored, just telepathy me and I can pull you out." Rho said.

>>24190751
"Will do! It will be tricky to fit two people in an isochamber, though."

Oh wait, we'll be naked. Time for blushing.

>>24190751
"S'okay, I can just tell the doors to open for me."

>>24190792
Wah
What are we going to do in the isolation chamber?

>>24190751
yu probably need to be a tad clairvoyent to really get anything out of the iso chambers

>>24190751
"Have you tried them, yet? They really helped me overcome my distance problem, maybe they can help you and Isaac with your overspecialisation issues."

>>24190792
There are multiple isochambers.

>>24190810
But there can be no pomf, because nothing to pomf against.

>>24190819
>There are multiple isochambers.
She's offering to teleport into ours and poof us out early.

>>24190837
Oh, right.

"It's okay, I can just tell the doors to open for me."
"Ohh, okay." She said. "I keep forgetting that you don't need to touch things to use machine affinity with it." She said. "Okay! I'll just chill nearby. Maybe read." She said, with a grin.
"Right!" Alex said, and ruffled her hair. There was a strange look in his eyes when he did so... "Well, let's see how insane I actually go inside one of these things." He said, and climbed into one.

>How long do you intend to enter?
>And what do you intend to focus on?

>>24190906
Two hours.
Long-distance technopathy. We need to be able to do it without almost dying.

>>24190906
One hour.

Those crystals and other cool tech shit.

>>24190906
Two hours, telepathy with Alex.

>>24190906
"There's a book about centaur stories in my room. You can read that, if you like."

2 hours, focusing on self.

I want to know what we'll find.

>>24190906
Let's go with a couple hours.

Attempt to gain as big a scope as possible in regards to technology in the universe. Sort of an "I CAN SEE EVERYTHING" deal.

Then maybe troll the others with technology.

Rolled 1

>>24190940
2nd

>>24190906
2 Hours
The Devourer

>How long do you intend to enter?
two hours
>And what do you intend to focus on?
let look for something beyond the UPA's current limits of technology.

>>24190906
Contact the spine, speak to eet

Rolled 32

>>24190962
dat nat 1

>>24190906
Until the next mayor meal
Long range Technopathy, lets manipulate crystals and mess with aliens' Computers

>>24190962
why did you do that

I hope that doesn't count as he hasn't asked for a roll yet

>>24190962
Sure is lucky he hasn't asked for the roll yet.

Rolled 23

>>24190978
I'm sorry

>>24190990
>Say you're sorry
>Still haven't turned your dice off

You set the timer to two hours.
"There's a book about centaur stories in my room. You can read that, if you like," You say.
"Okay!" She said, and gave you a hug. "Thankyou!"
Then she burst into black smoke, vanishing.
And then you undress and climb into the chamber, as the gravity generators in the ceiling started up, until you had no gravity in the chamber at all. The magnetic levitation careful to keep you from bumping into the walls.
And then you curl up, and sit, and wait...
And think.
And then finally, with technopathy, with 'machine affinity', you reach out...

>Roll!

>>24190990
STOP ROLLING

Rolled 73

>>24190990
>turning dice off

Rolled 16

>>24191019
can we count this as a roll?
Also, rolling!

Rolled 63

>>24191016

Rolled 96

>>24191016
rolling!

Rolled 30

>>24191016
Assuming direct control.

Rolled 91

>>24191016
Whelp

Rolled 24

>>24191016

Rolled 66

>>24191034
>>24191052
stop rolling everyone

Rolled 85

>>24191016
I'm already seeing that 1

>>24191064
He says whilst rolling.

>>24191064
>He says while rolling.

Rolled 33

>>24191064
>>24191016
what if we want a 100!

>>24191074
>>24191075
>>24191076
oops

>>24191076
No.

hah devourer sure put the fear of 1s in us

>>24191116
Devourer is awesome. It's all Sunmer's fault for the rampage. He just wanted to talk to Momma Heather.

Your mind expands, and you gently reach outward... and you find something churning madly, wildly, on the edges of UPA space... and you slowly descend inward, into it, sensing it. It was... strange. Alien. Organic, almost. Gently, carefully, you touch it-

<-irst Epsilon vanishes, now Rho does.> Sigma thought, pacing along the station. She had no machines on her, but she... felt like one, acted like one.
<Now I just need to find one or the other. Maybe when lambda wakes up today he'll be able to tell me.>

>>24191116
Mm, it's a longterm issue that solves a slightly shorter term issue.

He's probably going to wreck VQ's shit, but then he's gonna come after all the other psions, and given what we have learned so far he's about as close as invincible as a biological lifeform can be.

As long as we are ready to contain it when the need arises, it's win win.

>>24191140
<Found you.>

>>24191140
<Hello Sigma.>

>>24191140
<Hi, there! Don't worry about Rho and Epsilon, they're safe.>

>>24191140
interesting, I wonder if we can effect her like we do machines... though that would be wrong. Can we sense the implants in her as well?

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Rolled 96

>>24191140
grin
<no, no he wont. hello sigma, your brother and sister have told me soo much about you...>

and leave the contact after the fashion of the cheshire cat, till just the grin is left...

>>24191140
<You're not a machine. Why can I see you?>

>>24191212
no

>>24191212
1. No. 2. TURN YOUR DAMN DICE OFF.

>>24191219
This

>>24191140
try to disable the implant.

>>24191242
I believe it's immune, but we should have a look at it, and see why.