: Posted by Captain Sares Q'tal (Commanding Officer) in Bridge
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Greetings Kia. I am Sares Q'Tal, Captain of this vessel, and the representative of the Federation of Planets. To answer your inquiry, Yes. We are here visit the Lady Telaris, ruler of Aeon. Will you advise her of our arrival?"
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Kia seemed to look directly at Q'Tal - her gaze was complete and all-knowing. <Like any other mage in touch with the World Soul at her level, Captain Q'Tal, she is already well aware. You may find a parking orbit and prepare to teleport your men to my Abraxas.>
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "We shall leave as soon as we can." He added with a slight bow of his head.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : <Leave? You are coming to my world, not leaving it...I hope.>
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "I apologize, I meant leave from this ship to Abraxas."
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: : : : : : : : : : : Kia seemed to nod, on some odd psychic level. Her glowing ball manifestation remained still, but for a slight change from blue to light purple. <I understand. Language barriers are difficult the first time, and even Ravenhurst's time with me added very little to the Abraxan kiasphere's knowledge of humanity.>
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : As an afterthought, she added in a giggling tone, almost - <It is THE Aeon, Captain. The epoch of time upon which the world floats, toward either the next Aeon or oblivion itself.>
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Very well...please pardon me." He said in reply
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : <It is no problem. The Abraxan language uses many terms and concepts that are entirely unknown to outsiders...even those with mystical predilections.>
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Sares looked at the Commander....
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Would you care to accompany the away team?" He asked her.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "I would," Rhynia nodded with a grin.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : "You're with me." He replied with a return grin. =/\=Commander Rose, and Lieutenant Commander Alexander please report to transporter room 1 for away mission duties. Lt. Commander Vahkana report to the Bridge please=/\=
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : "As soon as NE Sealover arrives to releive me I will be down there, sir," Alexander said tapping on the console entering the procedures for ship to surface tactical packages.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Are you ready?" He asked Rhynia
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: : : : : : : : : : : : "I am," Rhynia rose from her seat with a grin.
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: : : : : : : : : : : The glowing ball faded, and the world of Abraxas lay on the viewscreen before them, a green, red and blue jewel, concentrically banded with each color. It seemed to welcome each member of the away team, to beckon to their very souls...
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: : : : : : : : : : The members of the away team made it to the transporter room. Sares gave a quick look back to each member of the team as if he were asking them if they were ready to go. Commander Asani, Lt. Commander Alexander, and Lt. Commander Rose.
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: : : : : : : : : Alexander gave a quick adjust to his phaser and a small blade he put in the small of his back. "Ready," he said.
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: : : : : : : : : : "Energize." Sares stated.
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: : : : : : : : Rose shifted her weight as she glanced over to the Captain, nodding her hand as she kept a phaser at her side as she stood on a padd near Alexander. She kept a serious expression on her face before giving Alexander a worried look.
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: : : : : : : Rhynia took her place on the transporter pad, she had a phaser holstered at her hip, she was a former intelligence officer, so it was only expected that she would be diligent about taking means to defend herself and others if push came to shove.
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: : : : : : : She kept her eyes focused forward, she was looking forward to meeting these people, purely to satisfy the part of her that was an explorer.
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: : : : : : The team disappeared, vanishing into the All, then modulating through Kia and appearing in a throne room...or at least that's what it appeared to be. There was a woman there, red-haired, impossibly beautiful, wearing a robin's egg blue robe...she was tall, and in her right hand was a staff with a pearl-like luminescent orb atop it. She stood next to an altar, with the five-pointed pentacle of her art resting on it, candles burning, and a map of interconnected spheres - laid out in roughly diamond shape - inscribed with runes hanging behind the altar. Raising the staff to point at Captain Q'Tal and Commander Asani, she smiled.
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: : : : : Alexander was immediatly looking around. He placed his hand on the phaser in a non-threatening manner, but just to keep it at some point of readiness. He held fast seeing Kia and the woman with the staff he kept his mind open and ready.
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: : OOC: I should clarify - when I said you modulated through Kia I was referring to your transporter waveform literally being filtered through Kia. It's a "world soul" - it has no physical presence unless it chooses to, yet it is there on every inch of Abraxas.
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: : : : : : "I bid you welcome. I am Archmage Telaris, ruler of this nexus of Malkuth...this world Abraxas. You are the Federation envoys...tell me your names."
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: : : : : : Her voice was like angelic spheres vibrating, a light that nothing could stand against. Sweet like a bell, yet possessed of a certain commanding, forceful edge...for a female, she had enough of the male principle to rule a world, but she saw herself as their mother, not their Lord.
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: : : : "Greeting Telaris...I am Sares...this is Michael, Rhynia, and Rose." He said motioning to each of the members.
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: : : Rhynia nodded when the Captain said her name, she kept her mind open, curious to see if she would sense anything with her telepathy. She did not attempt to reach out telepathically though, instead she would wait to see if anything came to her.
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: : Telaris spoke. "Hello Sares, Michael, Rhynia and Rose." Rhynia could hear...whispers. Ghosts of thoughts at the edge of her mind - STRONG thoughts, full of desire and Will. Many strong vibrations had been created in this chamber...there was even a sense that spirits from beyond the normal thought of sentience had spent time here.
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: : The Archmage continued. "I am glad you have all come - explain to me, if you will, the Federation's rationale in accepting my invitation to speak about our world's future...I was not expecting an envoy in response to mine, to be frank."
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: "It is the custom of our people and our Federation to send a survey team to the planet who has applied for admission into the Federation. Why would you not expect an envoy to make contact with you in this matter?" He asked curiously.
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"Our internal strife is a complicated matter. Also we are beyond the ken of your science...our ways are not at all yours. My advisers especially feared that I was chasing a dead end...however, that is past now. I must begin to brief you on the issues at hand - I am sure Frater Ravenhurst taught you all that you need to understand our geopolitical situation. There is war, Lord Q'Tal...scattered, silent civil war, but war nonetheless. Our Enemy strikes at us from the dread shadows of the Far North, using summoned monsters like a wise Magus but a cowardly warrior. Not a day goes by that our capital is not visited with his horrors...I need you to assign your men to our mutual defense while talks proceed. Then there is the matter of our plague..."

Telaris paused. "It is not quite the picture one imagines when one hears of the Kingdom of the Mages, is it?"

~Archmage Telaris