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In the main control centre at the heart of the Akademy Stratorium. the huge colossus of a system whirred away processing all the data tags it had on the new teams, strengths, weaknesses and more. Every Ket now linked up to it, had their own unique data tags and they gave information on it’s biology, chemistry, physiology, psychological and what was called, aximuth, sense of being. Pulse and heart rates, moisture, sweating, palpitations and chemical releases such as endorphins, adrenaline and so much more.
Illia had used a drug called Anq4 to mask his drug habits, he was not alone. two other Kets had traces of it in their system. If they thought IT had not gone unnoticed, they were wrong. However Aneskalin was NOT an illegal drug nor rated as an illegal drug. Below in the tunnels underneath, the maintenance areas, The being, sat at a remote control point. Inserting a small disc, which now illuminated, flared bright and pulsed across the main data streams, of multi colored bio optics, the new data mixing with it, absorbed into it. It’ s own strategic games and rules taking priority! As for the Jogarth? Who they were, identified in a flash.
Their data tags marked with a distinct marker. They were to be hunted, hounded. ALL PLAYERS were to target the Jogarth. Now normally, if a player died, the sensors disconnected the player from the system, that was it. For them? They could not be killed. The Gaisek had plans and that did NOT see them exiting the game until it had completed its objective to see them sealed in that dimensional lock up!
Doona and Lilia had paired up to compete. Something that came as rather a shock to some of the other Kets! Most of the other Kets were NOT surprised by the news. They knew they, had a fondness for each other. Doona was protective of her, but he was also no fool and had a plan which he figured Lilia would be perfect to help him with and would guarantee them, the game set and match.
As the game started Colfra smiled. The introduction screens showed the solar system as we would know it, of planets and the sight of one they were now drawing close to as though aboard some space craft, looking out on it? “Pysar’ the Mecroea planet! Now that’s a surprise!” Becci could hear it in his voice, as she whispered. ‘Why?’ “Father took me there once, it was a place I never forgot, a strange world of things that arn’t right, simply because they’re not! Nothing is in balance, not nature, not the people; and it has this peculiar VERY odd reflective surface which in its space, makes it even more eerie!“
“What gives it its shiny appearance?” “Forty nine percent of its surface is Mecuriasiroxi. Torvan interrupted “Looks shiny in appearance, similar to old world, Mercury.“ “That’s toxic! “ “Not to its inhabitants.“ “So that must be why they act strange?” “You can say that I can tell you its just plain weird! It’s what the Humana call ‘The Mad Hatter’s planet!’“ We went there, to pick up some of the Mecxine for our bio plasma shielding!
I was glad to leave and the Kets there, I’m glad we don’t have any here, they phase.“ “Uh?” “They shift, from one spot to another, its like blinking with your eyelids, if you have them of course!” Colfra could hear Doona giggling followed by Lilia “One minute they’re with you, then across the room or somewhere else.” “They’re a decent race of beings, just odd that’s all, not hostile, born traders!” Colfra was not the only one, to instantly recognize the planet.
Becci and Torvan with Eula had recognized it. “This is an intro for us and they choose that place.” Whined Torvan “The whole planet is a mass that shouldn’t exist.“ Eula, Torvan could sense, had squeezed his hand. “Its stasis happens, because there is a common core a bond.“ “Of course the Mec! I often wondered if it was a bio organism?” I know my father, once told me he thought it could sense things. We use it in our shielding, not that I’m supposed to tell anyone that but.” She sensed that he now squeezed her hand back.
“You’re not just anyone!“ He could sense her smile, her warmth. “What Torv is trying to tell us, everyone should take note, is the instability of the whole concept.“ “Its totally unpredictable, why they chose it is because they could throw anything at us.” Becci went to stamp her feet but realized where she was! It somehow wasn’t going to work. Instead she raised then slapped her arms down by her side. It registered her emotive on the unit as it blinked then steadily flashed as now she heard Narya’s voice.
“Becci! No good getting uptight! That’s what this is all about; reflexes and responses. Light reflexes, will be sensed on the same levels.“ At least she had control of her implant bio weapons they weren’t about to trigger at the first signs of hostility. “Yeah and if you frown or you scowl it detects that as well.” Doona was talking, well if you can call it that, to Lilia. “Brilliant if you want to use that to convey disapproval and intent, on what you are about to do next, but do the opposite?
Completely fools the system.“ “We should also remember, team. Mec has a unique feature. With any luck we know what they DON’T. Its volatile when mixed with Orlescq the mineral substance found on the surface of the planet, so loads of it around on the surface, most creatures we’re likely to come across don’t like the stuff, IF they use Realform creatures take some of it and throw it at em! Watch em run.” “All I want to know, is does it work on Skeets.“ They could hear Lilia’s whimper. “OOOh I hope there arn’t any of them. They give me the e b jeebies!“
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