Summary of FTaWSotR/VRP

Main Article: Destruction of the VRP

The VRP have been a thorn in the Refuge's side since the beginning of The Flames of War. Now, finally, begins the journey of removing that threat.

In w-dueck's Absence

Toward the Smoke (w-dueck)

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w-dueck reels from the giant hole blown in the Admin Tower. He puts the whole Refuge on lockdown and searches out Nioca to ask what happened. But Nioca isn't about to take responsibility for the mess he made and lies well enough to lead w-dueck to believe that it was The Stranger's fault and an attack from the VRP. Being fed up, w-dueck decides to take the fight to the VRP and teleports away to places unknown.

The Oncoming Storm (Nioca)

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With Jewels MIA, w-dueck puts Nioca in charge while he's gone, making him a global mod. Syla tries to go back to Ermaria but they discover that Gvelston Sanctuary must have been destroyed, presumably also by agents of the VRP. Nioca goes to inspect the damage done and sneaks into Jewels' room to see what he can find.

Just a Little Distraction (Jewels)

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Jewels comes back from the fire plane very excited to find Nioca in room. She expels him, not happy that he has been given the authority to roam the Admin Tower as he pleases. She goes to the chat lounge and says hi to all the new faces. When she meets Ackrovan, she sees an opportunity to keep Nioca busy with things outside the Admin Tower. She takes the restraining bracelet off his wrist and promotes him to a mod before telling him the last place she saw Nioca at. Then Iffy pulls Jewels aside for a private chat, telling her he's seen her baby alive. Without waiting, Jewels heads straight for the Roost thinking that Nalyd must have been able to revive her son. He meets her near the entrance surprised to see her and not especially forthcoming in information.

The Definitions of Melee (Nioca)

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Ackrovan catches up with Nioca just as he's trying to catch the noob that had attacked Syla. He gets in quite a few punches before the noob shows up and sinks it's teeth into his arm. His grudge forgotten, Ackrovan asks to be healed and Nioca accents giving him a room for the night, too. Noting the lack of good accommodations, Nioca proceeds to turn the chat lounge into an inn. He returns to his citadel and proceeds to conduct some experiments on the newly caught noob and gets some interesting information about the corrupted antidote he had salvaged.

Stillborn (Nalyd)

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Nalyd runs from Jewels, growing up defenses in his wake. In an insane rush, he hurries to complete his goal. To shape the ultimate human. Without instruments or equipment he pours all of his essence into the child as well as takes more from the rot that has grown around him. When he finishes, he promptly falls unconscious. Jewels bangs on the door and Stillborn stands to tear it off it's hinges.

First Impressions (Azuma)

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Azuma is fascinated by the fire elemental Kalyas but doesn't know how to approach him. He goes to the Spam forum to let off some steam transforming into a noob for some good ole' fashioned spamming. His actions cause the building to shake a bit and Nioca comes to investigate bringing several Simplebots with him. He sees a sword on the floor and picks it up. He engages in battle with the noob-Azuma stabbing him through the chest with Sentience, but it did no real harm. Azuma reverted to his normal form to talk to Nioca. In an off moment, he asked if Nioca needed any help and he said yes.

Only a Mother Could Love (Jewels)

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Jewels comes face to face with her newly shaped son with mixed feelings. Her motherly instincts tell her to accept him unconditionally, but his touch is painful and his voice is harsh. Whatever Nalyd did to him has left him quite alien. She decides to take him and Nalyd back to the refuge but unleashes her fury on the place that Nalyd had run to. She destroys the rot along with the rest of the Roost but the scythe was left unharmed so she takes it with handing it back to Nalyd while his unconscious form reaches for it.

To get back into the Refuge after the lockdown, she temporarily makes Nalyd an admin then teleports to the fire plane and back to her suite with her son. They go downstairs together to meet with Kaylas who has dumped the sleeping Nalyd on a couch in the lobby. Kaylas tries to get Jewels to explain who Stillborn is but she isn't willing to say. Jewels notices that the Chat Lounge has changed and calls Nioca out on safety protocols. Stillborn stays with Nioca insisting on a tour. Not knowing when Will would return, Jewels musters up the courage to venture into the maintenance room to make a backup.

Time Out for an Assassin (Iffy)

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A man sneaks into the chat lounge and tries to poison Iffy. But Iffy notices it and traps the man in a forcecage instead insisting on information. He is handed a letter but still leaves the prisoner behind electrical bars while he works on a script.

The Changing of the Guard (Nioca)

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Nioca gives Stillborn a small tour gleaning from him the fact that Jewels is his mother. Figuring out what must have happened, Nioca retrieves Nalyd and places him in the Geneforge forum between the essence and healing pools. He then notices that work on his citadel is complete and goes to turn on the power crystal to relieve the Refuge's backup generators causing a short blackout. Nioca enters the Chat Lounge and argues with Jewels about just who is abusing their powers before Nioca blurts out to everyone that Stillborn is her son.

Returning to his citadel, Nioca enhances his now idle shades making them extra frosty and sets them to guard the perimeter of the Refuge. Too little, too late, though, as another assassin with shaping powers has broken through and hits Nioca from behind with a bolt of acid.

Banned Lizard (Vergil)

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Vergil responds to the intruder taking her out in a rather vicious manner while in the form of a blue fiery lizard. w-dueck comes back briefly and ends up banning Vergil only to disappear again. Before Vergil leaves the refuge though, he asks Master Ackrovan to come with him on an important mission.

Reunion (w-dueck)

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w-dueck returns to his home plane sneaking into the city. He heads to a bar in the slums of the slums and meets up with his old friend Jumara.

Fight for Freedom (Jewels)

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Jewels goes deeper into the maintenance of the Refuge at the database core level and stumbles upon a record of the private messages. In her curiosity, she takes a look at the ones Vergil has sent. She finds within, some important information with the names of the first through the eleventh regiments of the BlueBloods on it. Kaylas and Vergil are both on it, Vergil at a higher rank than him. And the name of their leader, Shrikas. The man who gave the order to kill her father, and the man who could just as easily order her own death.

Jewels begins gathering necessary elements for the spell that is supposed to bring her freedom from herself. In the process, she promises Azuma that he can talk to either her or Kaylas about their species and their culture. Once she has gathered everything (some part of DNA from each of the active members of the Refuge) she goes to the roof of the Admin Tower to perform her spell. Kaylas insists that he join her and they bring Stillborn along. Although Jewels tells them not to interfere, when her spell seems to go awry, Stillborn steps in involuntarily lending Jewels his energy to complete the spell. When the smoke clears, Stillborn emerges carrying a smiling Jewels.

Falling for the Trap (Iffy)

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Iffy releases the assassin to take him off the isle. As soon as Iffy activates a script that makes the Simplebots and shades disappear, the assassin uses his secret weapon to drain Iffy's energy. He drags Iffy to a waiting Google transport and away from the isle before anyone can help.

Sleepless (Nioca)

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Being healed from the acid bolt by Syla, the pair left the gruesome scene for the citadel where Nioca used his new magic device on himself with unseen effects. Nioca soon revealed to Syla that he was the last remaining heir of the Galton family, Enivir Nioca Galton, fourth son of the third generation. He is soon called away by another alert and finds out that Iffy was kidnapped. Another assassin is found and captured by Nioca and Aryll, left to sit in the dump in spoiled pants.

Let Man Not Separate (Jewels)

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Jewels had finished her spell and now owned thirteen 'unbreakable' soul orbs. They bound her soul to the other members of the Refuge making her unable to intentionally harm any of them. She made stands for them and displayed them on her bedroom mantle. She soon fell into a deep sleep where she could see what the other members were seeing for a few brief moments. When she holds the orbs, she gets a sense of what the other person is feeling and notices that Iffy is in distress. Jewels goes to investigate leaving Kaylas to talk with Azuma and Stillborn happily listening to Ligrev chat away.

Jewels asks Nioca for an audience to discuss business over lunch at her suite. She tries to explain the soul orbs to him but mistaking them for theme orbs, Nioca throws his own orb at the floor shattering it. It triggers a more intimate soul binding spell where Nioca and Jewels are merged into one entity for a few moments. When the spell is done, they are separate, drained, and collapse unconscious together onto the bed.

Three Long Years (Iffy)

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Iffy's captors prepare to drain his energy from him but are interrupted by a little girl called Saph. She looks to be about eight but says she's really old. Iffy is glad to see her but has no strength to fight. They barely manage to escape, getting into a Google transport and having it return them to Calamity Refuge.

Paranoia (Nalyd)

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Nalyd wakes up in the Geneforge forum without his creation in sight and instead a shade hovering nearby. Thinking it must be hostile, Nalyd attacks the shade and it fights back. Nalyd defeats it and goes off to look for his creation so he can break it's will to be his servant.

Upon w-dueck's Return

Assembly (Part I) (w-dueck)

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w-dueck brings Jumara back to the Internet Plane letting him explore the refuge while w-dueck goes to look for Jewels. He finds her with Nioca on her bed in an awkward embrace. Getting the wrong impression, w-dueck goes to get himself drunk and lament over her seeming unfaithfulness. When she tries to talk to him he's not ready to listen. He takes his room key off of her ring and blasts a hole in the Chat Lounge wall as he leaves.

Epic Coffee is Epic (Azuma)

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Azuma fumbles with how to interact with Kaylas in order to get what he wants from him, the opportunity to examine his physiology. He remembers that he left his iSpam box in the Spam forum so they leave to get it. Azuma has trouble transporting it back to his home so he leaves it in the Moderation Center of the Admin Tower before returning to the Chat Lounge looking for Jewels. The lid of the box pops open just enough for something to peek out.

Connection (Nioca)

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Nioca and Jewels discover that they have become mind liked. Able to share thoughts and feelings with one another, sometimes whether they want to or not.

Truth and Consequences (Jewels)

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Nioca and Jewels share the same dream after they fall unconscious from the spell. Jewels really struggles with the weight of Nioca's hatred aimed at her through the mind link. She also struggles with the pain she has caused w-dueck. Exactly what she had been trying to avoid. She goes to see him, but when he won't talk to her, she has a couple shots of hard liquor. About then, Azuma comes in asking if he can go to the fire plane so Jewels takes him for a visit. She is surprised and joyful as the weight of Nioca's undercurrent lifts with the plane shift.

Yamato Origins (Vergil)

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Vergil and Ackrovan meet up with Laesp'awn and break into the palace on the fire plane. They find some information stating that Yamato was found in a Geneforge colony.

Rotten Mind (Nalyd)

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Nalyd sneaks around the refuge in a madman's daze. He thinks through things before the Rot that Jewels had destroyed in body began to command him, it's mind taking over control of the scythe and thus Nalyd in return. Nalyd does it's bidding, going to the tavern and asking for Stillborn but he was injured by the Rot and soon falls unconscious.

Starred (Azuma)

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With a drunk Jewels showing off for him, Azuma marvels at her elemental form. Soon, though Jewels crumples to a pile of emotional mush and Azuma is surprised to find himself glad to comfort her when she asks. They return to the Refuge but Jewels starts to push him away almost immediately, mumbling something about having no privacy.

Assembly (Part II) (w-dueck)

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Jumara recruits Nioca and Jewels to help w-dueck in the fight against the VRP. w-dueck reluctantly accepts.

Preparations (Nioca)

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Nioca is notified that Iffy and Saph are trying to get into the refuge. He leads them, with Saph practically carrying Iffy, to the Chat Lounge where Nioca wakes Iffy up then leaves for other business. He sends Aryll to Tesara Post for some things then experiments on his captured noob making it dissolve in a puddle of acid. Nioca then gathers some spores from the corrupted antidote and stows them away for later.

Kicking Against the Goads (Jewels)

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Everyone seems to keep fighting against the inevitable. Jewels tells Jumara that she'll help w-dueck with his fight hoping that her presence can somehow protect him. Nioca continues to rip into her mentally but Jewels realizes that as much as she feels his constant hatred for her, he must also feel her constant caring. She resolves to 'Smother him with love' as she has done to others before. She takes a moment to check her orbs and notices that Nalyd is awake and agitated. She decides to go bury the hatchet with him over Stillborn and finds him at the Chat Lounge with the scythe through his shoulder.

With Azuma's help, she gets it out of him but fails to heal his wound. Stillborn rushes in sensing his masters need and heals Nalyd with a different kind of magic. Nalyd tried to take Stillborn away to his lab but Jewels stops him giving him a piece of her mind about the ethics of what he has already done and expects to be allowed to do. Nalyd viciously attacks Jewels and is joined in battle with Kaylas and Azuma.

By the end of the battle, Kaylas has been wounded by Nalyd's scythe and the pathogens working in his veins are incurable except to a trained Shaper effectively giving him a death sentence, Nalyd is stopped from attacking further by Acky's old restraining bracelet which Jewels slaps on him, Azuma is left to attend to Kaylas until help arrives, and Jewels realizes that the only way to pacify Nalyd is to let him take Stillborn. She is too weak and ill from just touching the scythe to really fight him anymore and tells Stillborn to go with him. She soon stumbles to a tree in the courtyard and is quickly absorbed into it.

Predators (Nioca)

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Nioca begrudgingly responds to the alert that Jewels left in place and even more reluctantly heals Kaylas as much as he can. But when they're alone, Nioca begins to taunt Kaylas telling him he plans to kill off all the fire elementals. w-dueck walks in and Kaylas tries to tell him what Nioca had said, but Nioca tells w-dueck that Kaylas is also delusional as part of the list of symptoms from his wound. Needless to say, w-dueck doesn't believe Kaylas who is taken to the Moderation Center for observation.

Power (Iffy)

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Iffy reaches inside himself and pulls out the source of his power. Letting just a tiny fraction of it out, he replenishes himself, but not without causing a shockwave that's sure to alert others.

Nice Day for a Walk (Robsta)

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Robsta has been making a breastplate and is on his way to have it enchanted when he is attacked by a group of soldiers. Robsta is captured but manages to escape with his life, breastplate, and sword. After the enchantment on his breastplate is done, he returns to the refuge to work on the rest of his armor.

Parrots! (Azuma)

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While Kaylas broods in the Moderation Center, he is attacked by raptors that escaped from Azuma's iSpam box. Azuma comes to help Kaylas but they lock the raptors in the Moderation Center.

Green is the Colour (Jewels)

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While Jewels is in the courtyard tree, it's not the same as before. Instead of being at rest and at peace, her conscious is subdued. She experiences what Nioca is saying and doing and thinking as if she were him. When she emerges from the tree, she quickly teleports 'home' to avoid letting Nioca know that she knows and to warn her people on the fire plane. But instead of teleporting to her fire plane home, she teleports to her dryad home and comes face to face with her tree. She enters only briefly to reunite with her past and all the memories that come with it before being pushed back out to finish her business. Her tree, Nana, calls for a meeting of the Elders. Jewels makes curing potions for Kaylas and sends him to the fire plane with sealed letters for himself, Vergil, and Prince Darius. Reeling from emotion and the information she can't let Nioca know, Jewels quickly goes back to her tree where she receives a real rest. Kaylas reads his letter stating that Jewels knows what Nioca plans and that he should evacuate the people to prevent it.

By Design (Nioca)

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Nioca goes to Ermaria and creates a new sanctuary to replace Gvelston. He almost kills himself in doing so, living only on the borrowed time of hundreds of healing potions. He also breaks the enchantment on Crusader's Protectorate giving it a new one and makes a portal to Ermaria hoping that w-dueck finds it.

The Stranger comes to see him, though, telling him that they shouldn't be fighting the VRP and giving Nioca a ruby tipped dagger to kill w-dueck with if he still insists on going through with it.

The Letter (Vergil)

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Vergil gets his letter from Jewels, a plea to help take out the VRP. He goes to the BlueBloods with the request and they say he can take the 101st regiment with him.

Unattached Arms (w-dueck)

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Will asks Iffy if he'll help in the fight against the VRP and Iffy says yes.

Citrus (Ackrovan)

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Ackrovan comes back from his exploits with Vergil and heads for the inn, intent on drinking his troubles away.

The Third Such Incident (Nioca)

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Nioca's health was worse after a night of trying to rest. Syla comes into The Temple of the Designers in full armor and Nioca ushers her off to discuss private business. Afterwords, Nioca realizes that Jewels is in Ermaria with him though nothing is coming through their mind link. He teleports to her supposed location, coming to the middle of a forest. He keeps himself hidden and notices that he has arrived at the same time as the Stranger, who asks to see Jewels. When Jasmine refuses to allow it, the Stranger decides to kill her and burn down the forest to get to Jewels. Realizing that the Stranger hasn't detected his presence, Nioca takes the opportunity to attack him with the spiritkiller dagger that the Stranger had given him the previous day. As the Stranger's life flows out of him, Nioca channels some of it into himself and some into Jasmine before disappearing.

In the Uon plains, Nioca witnesses an odd incident of guards being murdered by something they can barely see.

The Turning of the Leaf (Jewels)

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Kaylas confides in Vergil about his new misgivings for Jewels being able to lead their people. He thinks she's too attached to the humans, especially w-dueck, to make rational decisions. Vergil only agrees.

In Ermaria, Jewels witnesses the Stranger killing Jasmine and threatening to burn the entire forest, as well as an angel (Nioca) saving them all by killing the Stranger instead.

The Spirit of a Creation (Nalyd)

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Nalyd argues with Stillborn about his humanity vs. being a creation. He does some tests on Stillborn and is frightened by just how much power he had poured into him. Stillborn asks Nalyd why he was hurting his 'mother'.

Breaking Stillborn (Nalyd)

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Nalyd is enraged by his creation's presumption that Jewels is his mother. He lashes out striking Stillborn relentlessly until the Rot stops him. Stillborn is left with permanent scars. Mental as well as physical.

An Offer Refused (Iffy)

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Iffy tells w-dueck that he can take care of the VRP by himself, but w-dueck insists on fighting in this battle.

The Birth of Plague (BloodMoon)

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Pestilence turns his room in the citadel into a portal to his home plane and goes there. He experiments with the corrupted antidote he got from Nioca.

Raptors........ahoy? (Ackrovan)

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A drunk Master Ackrovan decides to take care of the pest alert in the Moderation Center. He is joined by Azuma, Iffy, and Saph, but when they open the door, the Raptors are gone and they've taken Azuma's iSpam box with them.

Refuge in Ermaria

Assembly (Part III) (w-dueck)

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w-dueck finally gathers his whole Corellian army and prepares to teleport them all to Ermaria by way of the SSMT, but something goes wrong and the whole Refuge, buildings and all, goes with.

Perspective (Jewels)

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Nana, glad to have her Dryad back, has gained new perspective from Jewels' experiences. Knowing that Nioca mustn't find out about the evacuation, she suppresses Jewels memories of those events. Jewels has her meeting with the Elders but they're not about to get themselves involved in a war. Especially not one that is endangering the Designers. Jewels blurts out that she IS a Designer though she really isn't sure how she knows. Jewels sits down in frustration as her thoughts turn to Will and the Refuge just before the forest is rocked with what feels like an earthquake and Jewels doubles over in mental anguish. Jasmine gets Jewels back to Nana giving her the ruby dagger she filched when the Elders weren't looking.

Sentience (w-dueck)

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w-dueck realizes that he's transported the whole Refuge and finds out that there's already an army headed his way. He orders that the people in the refuge be evacuated to the Tower of the Designers with Nioca but insists he stay behind. When the army arrives, w-dueck kills as many as he can with the Refuge's defenses but he is eventually overpowered. Just as they reach him, he sets the Refuge to explode with all it's remaining power. A dryad later watches as what's left of the army carts him away to their castle.

Overly Protective (Jewels)

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Jewels forces herself to leave Nana as soon as she can stand it, though she's still reeling from whatever happened to all the Refuge members. She tries to teleport there but is unable. In panic she asks Nioca what happened. While explaining, he teleports her and Nana to his position, much to Nana's displeasure. Jewels talks official business with Kaylas and Vergil before they tell her about Stillborn. Jewels is so overcome with the need to protect her son from Nalyd, that she opens up herself to BladesCraft for the first time intent on making him a safe haven. With too little experience and too little life force, she almost kills herself and fails to complete her goal, but Stillborn lends her his energy once more and she makes a place where no harm can be done.

It also effectively severed the link between her and Nioca, though it remains to be seen if it's because his undercurrent of hatred counts as a mental attack or not. Nioca and Kaylas are unable to enter the room but get someone who can to wake her up. Jewels soon finds out about w-dueck staying behind at the Refuge to fight an entire army and makes up her mind to go get him. But she is too late. When the Refuge explodes, Jewels is effectively crippled with his supposed loss. Nioca gets her back into Nana to keep her from screaming in his own mind.

When Jewels is able to, she returns to the ruins of the Refuge to retrieve her soul orbs only to find w-dueck's missing.

Eight to Twelve (Iffy)

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Iffy and Saph get left behind at the Refuge and are separated from the group to flounder in the forest. Iffy realizes that he's missing his power just as they are attacked by some stray guards.

Sunset (Part I) (Nioca)

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After transporting Jewels and her tree back to the forest, Nioca decides to attack the VRP directly. He teleports in and kills them all with spiritkiller bolts from their own quivers. But the battle isn't won. He finds an agent from another plane with a message for the leaders of the VRP, kills it and takes the message. Worried about what it revealed, he made rebuilding the Refuge a first priority returning to the Internet plane to do so. When he returns, the battle with the Empire army is in full swing.

Getting Steamed (w-dueck)

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A dryad returns Will's missing orb to Jewels and she learns that he's still alive and being tortured. From the Elders she gleans where the army took him. Since Nioca had left, Jewels decided to go in and get him out herself. When she gets to him, she heals as much as she can but he has gone insane and won't respond to her spells. A touch from his orb connects them momentarily and brings him back to clarity as well as reveals enough of the truth to him about what transpired between her and Nioca for him to know they weren't involved romantically. Jewels gets him out of his bonds and they share a few passionate moments before they are interrupted by a couple of guards.

Fallen (w-dueck)

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Jewels and w-dueck are attacked by guards and separated when trying to escape. One lands a blow on w-dueck, running him straight through the chest. Jewels manages to teleport them back to the Temple of the Designers but neither she, Nioca, or any of the other Gvelston priests are able to heal him. They freeze him in a block of ice to attempt again when the battle is not going on in full force.

Worth the Sacrifice (Jewels)

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Kaylas runs out of curing potions from Jewels and starts to falter on the battle field, so he goes to find her. He reaches her just in time to stop one last VRP assassin from shooting Nioca with a spiritkiller bolt by stepping into the path of the missile instead. Kaylas falls, slipping away to the abyss while Jewels savagely kills the assassin with BladesCraft. The strain on her lifeforce leaves her unconscious at Nioca's feet.

Moment of Pain (Iffy)

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Iffy and Saph defeat the soldiers chasing them only to run into the man that tried to steal Iffy's power before. Taking advantage of their exhaustion, the man defeats them and tortures their spirits until they have no strength left to even so much as get up.

Casualties (Vergil)

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Vergil finds that Kaylas has been killed by a spiritkiller and goes berserk, ripping into the Ermarian army.

Nightmares (Jewels)

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After dreaming about not being able to find w-dueck, Jewels wakes up and notices that w-dueck's soul orb is black. Nalyd comes to retrieve Stillborn but seems confused and released by the hold of the Rot while within Jewels' sanctuary. Nalyd is taken back to confinement and Jewels goes to pay her respect to w-dueck, trying to revive him with blades craft. The attempt fails but Jumara tells her that w-dueck's soul has probably returned to the Corellian plane where he was born as all Corellian spirits do at death. Jewels tells Jumara to take her there before feeling the mind attack on Iffy.

Drunken Rescue (Master Ackrovan)

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Having been teleported with the rest of the refuge, Ackrovan (along with his new creation, Citrus) is abruptly dumped in a small grove somewhere to the south of the sanctuary. After finding his bearings and trying to grab a hold of the situation, Ackrovan is attacked by a patrolling group of soldiers. Despite his buzz, Ackrovan manages to kill them without too much hassle. During the fight, a pleading soldier, desperate to save his life, informs him that Iffy and his lady friend (Saph) were taken to a nearby fort to the southeast, where they were being tortured to gain information about the designers. Having seen no other alternative, Ackrovan decides to rescue Iffy from his captors.

After scouting the place out first, Ackrovan determines that the only way to rescue Iffy is a lightning-fast attack. Using his drained essence reserves, he shaped a group of Pyroroamers and unstable Thahds and orders the majority of them (including Citrus) to cause a distraction at the main gate. During the chaos, Ackrovan sneaks into the dungeon and rescues Iffy and Saph (using a pair of thahds to carry them). He then met back up with Citrus at the grove he landed in, and made camp.

Teleportation Ahoy! (Iffy)

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After waking up, Iffy and Saph briefly inform Ackrovan of what happened. And with Acky's help, Iffy teleported them all to where the rest of the Refuge members were, with Saph and himself falling back into a state of unconsciousness.

Regret (Nalyd)

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Nalyd thinks deeply about his addiction to the power of his scythe (through which the Rot corrupted), and his regret and love of it. He then gives in to it, as the Rot's probes sunk into him with no resistance.

Cylan Heritage (w-dueck)

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Will returns to his original plane as a spirit and meets a woman called Elder Llyth. While they're talking about physics of different planes (including about how Llyth was marooned on Corellia), someone informs them of a group of Lancers coming down the road.

Wake Up (Azuma)

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Azuma woke up in a lounge and asks Ligrev for some coffee. After some blushing from Ligrev, and Azuma woken with a fresh bit of coffee, Azuma leaves for the spam forum and then remembers that they aren't in the refuge.

Sunset (Part II) (Nioca)

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With fatal knowledge Nioca starts rushing everyone through the portal back to the new Refuge on the internet plane. He puts Vergil in charge of sending everyone through before heading to the heart of the dryad forest. There he used a soul crystal to absorb the souls of Nana, Jasmine, Nola and as many other dryads as he could. He then sends Aryll off to the internet plane with the crystal while he stays behind to battle The Stranger who still isn't as dead as Nioca would have liked. He manages to turn the archway into a bomb before expending all of his life force and just before the Ermarian universe was completely destroyed.

Control (Nalyd)

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The Rot reenters Nalyd and directs him to command Stillborn to follow him out Jewels' sanctuary. They head for the ruined Refuge only to find that the entire shaping lab useless, but they have bigger problems because the Sun is drawing towards Ermaria and the planet is about to be destroyed. The Rot manages to transfer Nalyd and Stillborn away just in time and finds the new refuge to send them to.

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