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[Jon Stone]

OCC: Buddha, see PM

[Dr. Steed]

You can almost hear the eyebrow raise over the voice-channel. "I have yet to observe a member of the chocolate-chip brigade who *wasn't* a source of undue and unnatural stress. Though, of course, I must allow for the possibility that something other than members of Mustelidae have joined up while I haven't been looking; in which case, no offense.

"Yuri: cult is about right, last good data I have. At some point subsequent to my arrival but prior to yours, otters invaded the Nexus. Yes, I know; just roll with it. Otters, weasels, miscellaneous what have you, Lightfoot for the most part. They have two obsessions - cookies and this Chaos Wolf entity - and two fervent beliefs - that the cookie is all-powerful and that the Chaos Wolf is to be feared and battled against. That is, to my knowledge, the extent of both doctrine and dogma; I less blame the organization and more the membership for their superhuman ability to frustrate and annoy. I take them marginally seriously, as they have a handful of members with some serious tactical capabilities, but for the most part for that reason alone. Also, I've gone toe-to-toe with Chaos myself; I'd have been a cloud of vapor within two moves had Sallara not been present to hold it at a stalemate." There's a short pause and he clears his throat. "After that, I made it a point to not disregard anything about Chaos; whether or not the one I know all too well has anything to do with this Wolf of which they so often speak - which I've never seen - is unknown.

"Again, to be fair, this data is quite a span out of date."

[Jon Stone]

Jon sill straighten from hunching over the table and smooth his coat.  "Would you all excuse me for a moment.  I have an old file on them that might help, but its not on this network.  I'll get it."

He then leaves the room.

[Sibyll V. Alexandra]

"This is an intriguing point of view John.  Several of the individuals listed as being inducted members are considered, at one time or another, known associates of yours. 

Recorded membership data includes Lovious (Prime), Zero, Seneca Shakran, AElfgifu, Valeria Kane, and Hyran Starseeker.  And cult is not necessarily an appropriate term, as the ties are looser than the traditional definition.  The celestial otter Crafty, father of Cutthroat, confers the title as an honorific upon individuals, that he feels have acted against agents of the Fenrir, or Chaos Wolf. 

Cutthroat is not a member of this group, but he has shown deference to them in the past, out of respect for his father."

[Dr. Steed]

"Recorded membership data includes Lovious (Prime), Zero, Seneca Shakran, AElfgifu, Valeria Kane, and Hyran Starseeker.  And cult is not necessarily an appropriate term, as the ties are looser than the traditional definition.  The celestial otter Crafty, father of Cutthroat, confers the title as an honorific upon individuals, that he feels have acted against agents of the Fenrir, or Chaos Wolf. "

"Ah - definition clash. I was referring to the anthropomorphic bunch that started the whole cookie thing. I knew about this other group but never knew it had a formal name. Just goes to show - even us geezers slip when we jump to conclusions."

[Sibyll V. Alexandra]

Sibyll's image winks, as she smiles coquettishly.  "John, your self-effacement, while endearing, isn't entirely accurate.  You have quite a few cycles left in you, before age will truly adle your mental faculties.  Still, my inquiry stands.  Have any of those individuals been considered for contact?"

[Dr. Steed]

Sibyll's image winks, as she smiles coquettishly.  "John, your self-effacement, while endearing, isn't entirely accurate.  You have quite a few cycles left in you, before age will truly adle your mental faculties.  Still, my inquiry stands.  Have any of those individuals been considered for contact?"

He chuckles. "Age, like everything else, is relative... though I admit to feeling less geezerish since my temporally-necessitated vacation."  He pauses, then laughs. "Val and Aelf. That was one very strange St. Patty's Day. Anyway, to the best of my knowledge no, none have been contacted, but before such is done I would provide some advice.

"Lovious Prime is one of the most powerful entities that has ever existed short of Manifestationhood; tempting to recruit - and I don't specifically advise against it, I've done so before - but one must know what they're dealing with in his case. Some are afraid of dealing with him, most don't know enough of him to be properly... cautious. He's highly reasonable and adheres to his word. He will only involve himself if something of the subject is interesting or made to be interesting to him. Things he finds uninteresting end up as components in his experiments. At best. Including the proverbial messenger. By all means enlist him if necessary, just make sure he doesn't think you're wasting his time, lest things happen to you about which I don't even care to speculate. And he always requires a price; be prepared to pay it, or to apologize for using his time and quickly depart if you aren't.

"Seneca houses the consciousness of Chaos. I don't presently know what triggers the change between the two. Find that out first, then by all means bring him in. In fact, given his attunements, he may have unique insight into the spiritual aspects of our problem.

"I have no strong opinions regarding Zero, which I suppose is fair given that Zero doesn't seem to have a strong opinion about much of anything. I've worked with it before on several occasions, all successful; given its genesis, it might know things about Avatar patterns that we yet don't.

"Val and Hyran... I honestly don't know what to make of either of them these days. Moving on. And Aelf? I didn't know she was even still in the Nexus; I haven't seen her in a very long time, even ignoring my convoluted worldline."

[Jon Stone]

Jon comes walking back in with a large manila folder, leafing through some papers he sighs,"It would appear my records involving Cutthroat and Crafty are more focused on the Chaos wolf than on any Avatars.  These won't be much good to us."

Jon sits and surveys the remaining Avatars.  "I was listening in while i was gone, and I don't know why everyone seems so afraid of Lovious Prime, I've had a few dealing with him and always found him to be...a lot of fun.  I'm actually doing some of my own research into his work at the moment.  I would love a chance to talk with him again, the problem is I don't have any records of him being seen in around 3 cycles."

[Dr. Steed]

Jon sits and surveys the remaining Avatars.  "I was listening in while i was gone, and I don't know why everyone seems so afraid of Lovious Prime, I've had a few dealing with him and always found him to be...a lot of fun.  I'm actually doing some of my own research into his work at the moment.  I would love a chance to talk with him again, the problem is I don't have any records of him being seen in around 3 cycles."

"Not so much fear as well-informed respect and - knowing his capabilities - a desire to stay on his good side. If you're going to get in touch with him anyway, I'd say you'd be more than welcome to mention our problem to him and see if he's interested in coming on with the project."

[Jon Stone]

"As I said, the problem is I don't know where to find him."

[Dr. Steed]

"As I said, the problem is I don't know where to find him."

"Ah-ha. That requires that you don't know where his Domain is, and implies that you've never been there. Here we may discover the disparity in our respective impressions of Prime. When he's out and about he's, on some level and for his own reasons, sort of tacitly consenting to dealing with Avatars in all their irritating glory. It's a different matter entirely when interrupting him at home; then the extra care I describe must be taken. Having interacted with him in both modes, I can say that there is - to put it mildly - substantial difference.

"At any rate, I could direct you to the last known location of his Domain; though as the owner of a mobile Domain I would hasten to point out that there is no guarantee that it's still where it was last time, and it has been quite some time since I've been there myself."

[Jon Stone]

Jons sighs, "I see Steed, I'm picking up what you're putting down."  Jon scans over his notes, "I mean I'll take the location from you and see if I can find him.  I'll make sure if I find him I'm appropriately cautious.  Before I go see him though I was hoping I could swing by you're office and Ashleigh's office and get a primer from the two of you on the nexul Harmonics theory.  I'm lacking any form of information on the field."

[Dr. Steed]

"Data incoming," he says. Stone's computer receives a data transmission over the same carrier as the voice comm. Enclosed are the requested coordinates and the specs on the Harmonics-derived deflector modifications that allow the Alexandria to neutralize the nastier effects of ghostrock. "I don't have much on Harmonics tech, aside from what Ash has specifically handed to me - I haven't had a chance to study it in depth, and Ash sort of has the market cornered anyway. With a basic understanding, though, you should be able to duplicate the ghostrock suppression field as easily as I did."

(OOC: It's naturally up to Mike if Primes' Domain is still where Steed is pointing. If a mechanic is needed, you can tell Mike that the data Steed sent to Stone is backed up by a Delphi Research. )

[Jon Stone]

Jon suddenly looks mildly annoyed, "Excuse me everyone, I'm gonna help get Cutthroat out of there real fast.  Sibyll would you make me and appointment to see Ashleigh at his next convenience please?"  He'll flash a smile and wink at her, "Thanks hon."

With that he disappears.

[Sibyll V. Alexandra]

As Stone winks out, Sibyll's eyes narrow in disgust, as she lets out a genuinely exasperated huff.  "I'm sorry.  Do I look like an automaton secretary anymore?  Did he not hear that I'm not managing Ash's office, and am working at bigger things?  Pen pidyn." 

And with that, her image snaps off.