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Champions of Battle: AD7 – Awakening #29

Tosca walked to her workstation pushing the sphere droid on the hand truck.  She smiled at the thought of a possible breakthrough.  The idea of an immobile but important droid was intriguing.  She only needed to find its function.

The possibilities were far from limited.  There were only a few things that immobile devices could do.  Many plans of various stimuli passed through her head.  The most difficult thing to do was pick which one to try first.

On her way to her workstation, she passed by many other interns working on projects.  They had little time to do more than glance at her as she passed.  They were far too entranced with their respective projects.

Gold and silver were promised to teams that found something marketable in their devices.  The more marketable the device, the more gold they would earn.  If they found a way to produce a weapon, they’d have a wondrous wealthy career ahead of them.

Tosca was still working with the same droid.  She had gotten no progress or money from it.  As they glanced at her, some of them had eyes wondering why she was still working with that same droid.  She had a brilliant mind but was making no money at all.

She sat the heavy droid at her station.  It was slightly easier to move than she remembered.  ‘I do feel a little stronger.’  No time for those thoughts.  She had theories to test.  Theories were fun to make but to test them; she had to put in some work.

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Above the Lost Jungle over city of Sanity:

After only a few hours of travel, ‘Stealth Phrygian’ had reached the canopy above Sanity.  The great city was in a secluded part of the world.  The founders of this city wanted to stay as far as they could from the faction wars and politics that plagued the rest of the world.  Only a relative few people knew how to get to the city.  Those people got really strong by training in Sanity.

The pilots signaled the final approach to the Tirzah.  In her office, she was still speaking with AD7 and Keyanna.  Eighty-Seven was still a prisoner in Rubin’s Trail.  They needed to free her.  Also, it may help AD7 get her life back.

“You know your helper more than anyone,” Tirzah reasoned, “What do you think she’ll do now that she’s awake?”

AD7 pondered a bit before speaking.   Her memory was still returning but she knew her helper for certain, “I think… I think she may try to follow my old orders again.”

During the conversation, Keyanna was brought up on AD7’s history.  AD7 left simple instructions for her helper.  She was to defend the wall from attackers and make defensive adjustments if necessary.  Those simple instructions started the crazy war.  Those instructions are what she would try to do again.  “But to do that, she’d have to escape,” Keyanna reasoned.

“The war started after you were…,” Tirzah paused looking for the most delicate wording.

“Blown up,” AD7 finished the thought with a shiver.  Understandably, she never wanted to go through that again.

“Yeah,” Tirzah said reluctantly before starting agian, “and since then, she led a gruesome war against a powerful army.  They were losing until they asked for Champions to help.”

There was another loud beep on Tirzah’s handheld signaling their landing.  “The planning will have to wait,” she said standing up, “We have to get you ready to help bust your friend out.”

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Champions of Battle: AD7 – Awakening #26

Stealth Phrygian was an amazing ship.  AD7 noticed that from the moment it decloaked above them in the woods.  She didn’t hear anything while floated just above them.  It just appeared out of nowhere.  The ship had to be almost a meter long and about three decimeters wide.  She had no idea how tall it was until they were inside.

She followed Keyanna on a path through the ship.  They had to walk a ways to reach the captain’s cabin.  The flight was so smooth AD7 forgot that she was in an airship for a while.  She mistook it for a building when eating in the conference room.  Eleven people were able to sit there with room to spare.  Still, the conference room was on a lower level.  They had climbed a few ladders on their way to see Tirzah.

It was vitally important that AD7 speak with her.  It seemed they all were convinced that AD7 was some kind of Mech wizard.  While the Mech Talent Schools were a result of her actions, the Mech Army was not her doing.  If they expect her to help them, they would have to rescue Eighty-Seven.  They would all be very disappointed if they relied on AD7 as she was.

Keyanna lead her directly to Tirzah’s office.  As they walked in, they saw Tirzah looking at a detailed layout for a large castle city.  The slightly opaque image covered her desk.  It disappeared at the desk’s edges.  By the motions of her hands, the image moved to a different area and zoomed in and out.  She studied every bit of the city, even the sewers underneath.  Keyanna and AD7 walked in unannounced yet Tirzah wasn’t at all surprised to see them.

“Done eating,” she asked after giving them the slightest of glances.  She returned her gaze to the image on her desk.  They approached and noticed that her lamp and desk decorations were now on the floor behind her.

“Yes,” AD7 answered.  After a pause she continued, “I’m sorry to interrupt but I’m probably not the person that you need for your trails.  I don’t know anything about any war.”

Keyanna didn’t like hearing that.  She looked at AD7 with piercing eyes.  AD7 nodded to her acknowledging her disapproval.

Tirzah didn’t seem to like it either.  She stopped looking at the city’s image and focused on AD7 as she spoke again, “You are exactly the person that I need.”  She saw AD7’s confused look.  Then she asked, “Do you remember much about the machines you left at your wall?”  AD7 gave a negative response.  “We’ll try to help you,” she said with true sympathy, “Well; Rubin’s Trail has had your mechanized counterpart for the better part of twenty years.  They have yet to get anything from her directly.”  She paused letting the information sink in.  “I’m sure that you and her need to work together again for either of you to be close to what you were before.”

AD7 smile and said, “I was thinking the same thing.”

Tirzah smiled as well, “We had better start planning then.”  She brought the image of Rubin’s Trail back onto her desk.  Glancing at AD7 again she said, “The sandwiches were amazing by the way.”

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Champions of Battle: AD7 – Awakening #25

The conference table quickly became a dinner table.  The long rounded table was black and bolted to the floor.  There were black chairs with soft brown cushions all along its length.  Everyone grabbed a sandwich, sat, and ate.  All except the pilot of course, Jai left for the front of the ship with an extra sandwich for April.  After Tirzah grabbed her sandwich, she left for her personal chambers as well.

AD7 opened the rapping and found the fragrant smell that she remembered so well.  Ge’s Noodles and Subs never disappointed.  The sandwiches were cold and a little soggy.  It looked a little suspect.  However, after tasting the sandwich, her mind was put at ease.  The recipe had not changed even after all these decades.  She should have expected no less from the Ge family.  The sandwich was outstanding, even when cold.

GarDNAnge1 agreed.  They were eating in near silence though many napkins were needed.  Once the talking started, AD7 found herself at the center of discussion.  Everyone wanted to meet the lady they had traveled all this way to find.  They were interested in Cyd too, just nowhere near as much.

They wanted to know everything about her.  Where she was originally from; how she landed in Bosstown; the origin of her name; what inspired her to become a builder; the planning of the Mech Wall; how she built and programmed the machines so quickly; how she stayed one step ahead of Rubin’s Trail; what times were really like fifty years ago; the questions kept coming.  AD7 had a little trouble answering them all.  Her memory was returning, but there were still very large bits of her history that remained blank.

Keyanna was really interested in her.  Scientists, blacksmiths, and mechanics were able to copy some of Mech Fortress’ technology and open Mech Talent Schools.  Keyanna used these talents with the Berserker and Archery Talents to create a devastating style.  To actually meet the inspiration behind her most powerful talent set was an absolute dream.

This was a little overwhelming for AD7.  The sudden fame was a bit confusing.  She still considered herself a simple builder.  She didn’t do anything special.  She only built a defensive wall as best she could.  Maybe she did a little too well.

After initial introductions and questions, AD7 sat back and watched them talk while she ate.  Even the three she knew took on different roles with the others around.  They laughed and joked and commented on the food.  Oyintsa and Royal were making fun of each other on how they fought the ratcoon.  It was an incredible story the way they told it.

They all seemed like good people.  AD7 wanted to know all of them.  She wanted to know them as well as they knew each other, but there were so many.  They were all from different places and had unique abilities.  They were a strong team.  Even with their strength, they needed her help.

AD7 kept thinking about what Tirzah had told her.  She was supposed to build great working buildings for them.  They expected her to do something similar to what she made before she died.  But even then, she desperately needed her helper.  They needed to free Eighty-Seven.

After they had finished eating, AD7 turned to Keyanna and said, “I really need to talk to Tirzah.”

“Sure, no problem,” was her honest response, “I’ll take you to her.”

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