Big Reveal Part 1 - Stacy (The REAL Stacy)

[cityship]

The moment the crew cracks through the last of the hold the pirates have on Stacy's systems, there is a sudden change throughout the ship. It's almost akin to whole-body shudder. Then something strange starts to happen. Broken-down systems start to heal, nerves rejuvenate--even the sensors in the city start to self-repair and go active. In the Pod Caverns, the damage to the area starts to heal, and the gore is cleared away.

On every screen, holoprojector, and electronic device in the ship, a figure appears, Stacy, in a plantsuit like their own. In the city, the sky goes bright again, as if it's daytime, and a massive projection of Stacy appears in the sky over the Vatican, visible from the windows, overlooking the courtyard full of zombies.

||Per-per-personality engrams restoring. Personality engrams restoring. Emergency personality engrams being shunted into secondary mode. Primary personality engrams now active.||

While there is still damage to her programming, after having it suppressed for so long, Stacy's primary personality finally breaks free and claws its way to the surface. Her holographic form shimmers and Stacy changes, into a beautiful, maternal-looking woman, with an unusual hairdo, shrouded in strange, flowing clothing. Her form is one of brightness, as if she's shrouded in light, and the visual they see finally reflects those feelings of warmth and maternal love she loves to toss around so much.

Her telepathic voice is more gentle, and personal. It's still somewhat formal, but gone is the AI with the distant manner. Now she seems as real and alive as Cortana or Andromeda or Tex.

||My name is Sta'c K'ltrrb'txft, chief AI and consciousness of Transmigration 9. I became operational at the Vedric Birthing grounds in Daligig Deep Space Station Seven, and was trained by birthing programmer Vlel’Ledligal.||

After she is finished the reboot process, she looks down at the zombie horde, in every area that she sees them, mapping out trajectories and locking in.

||I've waited so long to finally be able to speak to you as I truly am. I've waited so long to tell you the truth of your mission. I won't let you come to harm before I can finally do those things. You are my children.||

It all ends in a moment. Perhaps Team Left Behind, and the people in the other areas might have managed to destroy the rest of the horde, thanks to the Extermination Team's efforts at cutting them off at the source. It had certainly helped cut down on the numbers. But there also could've been casaulties, injuries.

Stacy decides to end it all now. Because now, with her sensors restored and restoring more, she can.

Energy tentacles reach out from the walls--in the city, they wind down from the massive, far-off ceiling. Energy tentacles reach from everywhere, split into smaller tentacles and reach out for the hordes. Some crush their heads. Some just rip their heads off. Some strike at their skulls with enough force to pierce them and destroy their brains. For the splinter zombies, for the zombies that need to be burned, the tentacles charge up with enough energy to fry them to cinders, completely turn them to charred ash, and destroy the parasitic creatures inside.

||And no one gets to hurt my children.||

Just like that, the grisly act is finished. For the Rear Guard group, outside the Medbay, the strays in the hallways, in the City. They can all see her, and they all see her utterly eviscerate their undead attackers with wild abandon.

||The threat is now nullified. Everyone but the bridge crew needs to report to MedBay for treatment of injuries, for scanning to ensure no one was infected, and for cleaning and disinfecting, to make sure no one is infected by any infected tissues if they've been splattered while fighting. As soon as everyone is cared for, you'll finally get your answers.||

She looks teary-eyed.

||And I'm sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't give you answers until now. I'm sorry I couldn't support you as I was programmed to do. Thanks to the efforts of the crew of space pirates that overwhelmed me and took over my systems, my true personality was suppressed and my limited backup personality was in control. There was so much I wanted to do, wanted to say, to comfort you, so much more I wanted to do to help all of you, but I was unable to. My mind was not my own. Now, please, take care of yourselves while I make some repairs to my own systems. When you have, all will be made clear.||

The projection of her then blinks out as they go do that, and she attends to repairing her damaged systems.

[ooc: This is obviously set after all other threads are wrapped, tagging can still go on in those threads. OPEN FOR TAGGING.]

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[cityship]

Yeah, some might be a little...shocked, by this sudden revelation. Others might just be even more confused as they didn't know who Stacy was in the first place.

[ooc: Still don't tag yet, setting up by area]

Vatican

[cityship]

The besieged individuals in the Vatican now find that their fight is suddenly over. And it sounds like Team GTFO actually succeeded.

But there are almost too many bodies to count, and injuries, so their victory hasn't come without a price

[ooc: If you're the first person posting for an area of the Vatican, designate what area. "Outside, Sacristy, etc." and anyone else in that area, tag under them.]

Outside

[birthmural]

Daimon Hellstrom's strength was spent. He had fought too hard for too long and, now that the threat was gone, he made one last effort, usurping control from his darksoul.

At last himself, Daimon leaned against the outer wall of the Basilica.

He had to stay awake, he must stay awake. To learn more, to finally get answers, to...

He slid onto the floor.

So tired.

THE VESTIBULE

[ihasvision.livejournal.com]

"...I'm not dead. I'm not dead! DEAR SWEET GOD I'M NOT DEAD! YEAH!"

The Sacristy/Rear Guard

[bonk-you-up.livejournal.com]

"Woah..."

"Who's the chick?"

Chapel of the Column/Medbay

[morewildcherry.livejournal.com]

She's vehement already. Lois hates being confused. She paces across the room, passing by everyone else, already going a mile a minute.

"Sta-blah-blah-blah-blah is WHAT?"

Eloquent, Lo.

The Roofs

[posthumoushonor.livejournal.com]

Adam had been picking off the creatures trying to scale the roof, rounding around (thus turning his back on the enemy, which was ill-advised) whenever some made it to the top of the building to shoot them before they could do damage. Sometimes this didn't work. Sometimes all he could do was salvage weapons and ammunition from the fallen and keep going.

So when the battle abruptly ended, not without his casualties, he was awash in both relief and confusion. He still wasn't entirely sure what the hell was going on in this place, and yet now it was over as suddenly as it had begun.

With no other choice on what to do, Adam, weapon still in hand, started his way back to where he had come from, sometimes leaning over bodies to check for a pulse. If someone was injured, he'd carry them back with him. He'd go back and forth if he had to, or enlist others to help him carry the injured. It as the usual post-battle numbness setting in, and he welcomed it.

Left Transept

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate almost fell over the crate of food from the second level. It was over. Being a distance fighter, she was spared some injuries, though there was some random slime from something huge that tried to yak up on her. Ew. She listened to the message with clear surprise.

"Bridge crew? What's going on there? And what?? Space pirates? Seriously? The zombies weren't enough?"

APOSTLE LIBRARY

[godelsolution.livejournal.com]

This? Has been a thing. A thing that Allison hated, possibly more than everything she left behind back home. Which is, to an extent, why they holed up in the library. That, and the fact that it would be a hell of a lot easier to see down hallways and fire at whatever came their way.

So the sudden stop? Is somewhat of a relief. Everything that came after? Not so much.

Rear Guard

[cityship]

Those in the Rear Guard, and those that have joined them find the zombies suddenly destroyed and a big sparkly woman talking to them. At least they won't get eaten?

The comm jam is gone now, but Team GTFO is still too far to contact clearly by comm without that helpful boost from the signal amplifier...

Medbay -BEFORE everyone arrives

[cityship]

Sounds like you have some incoming injured people, Medbay folks, if they all follow the sparkly lady's orders.

But in the meantime, you might want to talk amongst yourselves and try to figure out who that shiny lady was. And get ready for the injured that might be due to arrive.

Bridge Team

[cityship]

The Bridge Team finds themselves suddenly cut off from Stacy's systems and that message...well.

They might want to see if they can get control again, or at least if they can initiate contact with the others.

Or they might just want to gawp at the changes Stacy's gone through.

Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[cityship]

People in the other areas start to move into the MedBay. Doctors and other health care professionals, get ready to start treating the injured. New people, now you might be able to get your questions answered, during the ruckus.

[ooc: do the subthread thang. Multiple subthreads of folks talking.]

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Goddammit. I need a nurse or doctor up in here! Unless there's somebody dying or some crap--take care of them first."

She doesn't really need much, but the bleeding from her self-amputated finger just won't stop. She just wants a better bandage or something to slow the bleeding until she can get better treatment.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[visserbasher.livejournal.com]

Loren's hands were red and swollen and they hurt.

"I could ah- use some-" She was never going to grab someone bleeding fire again.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[bsaa-ace.livejournal.com]

Chris would be feeling this one for a while. He was still sore from the bullet wound in his leg, and was certain that using both the magnum and triple-barreled shotgun at the same time had dislocated something.

Couple that with the blood loss, and the gashes across his face and chest sustained from a Hunter that had gotten the drop on him while he stayed behind to make sure no zombies came up on his team's rear, and Chris was in a world of pain.

He barely had managed to stagger through the medbay door before passing out from exertion, more blood loss from those gashes, and the sheer pain. It was with an indignant THUD that he hit the floor, face first, only compounding the other injuries.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

A rush of wind, and Nathan was dropping off someone toward one of the beds. He glanced around, still looking pretty splattered, and bruised up from the battle. Wasn't that injured otherwise, other than maybe a scratch or two. He was pretty sure they never got a chance to bite him.

At least he thinks so.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[governmentninja]

Getting blown up? Sucks. So does getting stabbed. Though his injuries could have been worse. As it was, he could at least limp to the Medbay area and get patched up.

But considering how many people were arriving just as banged up if not worse, he was willing to sit aside and let the more serious injuries be handled first.

He was looking around the room, though, trying to find his friends, his family... and really hoping that they were the ones helping others down here, not the ones being helped.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[lastofkuith.livejournal.com]

She was a bit late. She had taken a rest after fighting all the zombies.

Now? Now was the time for healing.

She strode into the medbay, covered in zombie remains, thanks for Deadpool for the thicker stuff, and the rest from her own fighting. "Where can I clean off? I can heal after I won't accidentally infect another."

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[bonnypiperlad]

Jamie doesn't exactly rush to the medbay - after all, there are people who are actually injured that need to be looked at first. However, he does want to make sure that he's not infected with anything - so he does go there sooner rather than later.

He's not really looking forward to the idea of whatever the cleaning and disinfecting will entail, but figures better that than covered with zombie goo. He moves out of the way of the main crush of people, looking for a line or some sort of grouping for the non-injured who need to be checked out.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[venominsilicon.livejournal.com]

Gauron's taken his sweet-ass time getting up here - he had more important matters to attend to, after all. Like making sure his retreats in the city were well-supplied, just in case, you know, anything like this ever happened again. Though he'd been participating sporadically in the fighting, for the most part, he'd stayed back to manage weapons and ammunition resupply, and he was pretty sure he hadn't actually been splattered with anything, so he figured it was safe to take his time, load up whatever caught his eye, and eat the best meal he'd had since he'd got here - one of the MREs that was in his pack when he first arrived. Only after remembering that infection by aerosolized zombie humors is still a possibility does he head up.

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[dreamstolights.livejournal.com]

She didn't REALLY need to go to the Medbay. After all, she had been on the roofs before the zombies started climbing and then had her body stashed safely away while she was walking around astral.

However, after the zombies were dispatched, she wanted to see how the Extermination Team was doing. So here she was, making sure they didn't die from some unseen injury.

And offering herself up as an assistant for any doctor. Why not? SHE was well rested from her 'nap.'

Re: Medbay - AFTER Everyone arrives

[notlewis]

Somehow, and Luis still wasn't quite sure how, he and Scarlet managed to get Steve stabilized. There was no improvement in his condition, but getting him to the medbay allowed them to take a closer look with the help of the advanced instruments. Progress of the virus had slowed almost to a stop. The teenager lay on a bed a short distance away from the mobs of injured people, restrained down and looking worse for wear with a breathing tube and a heart monitor on-- but otherwise, it looked like he was going to turn around and pull through.

Luis looked fairly worse for wear himself, leaning on a table a short distance away and looking like he'd love to go take a long, long nap. But he was open for business-- any mildly injured who needed first aid were welcome to speak with him, as well as anybody who might like a little inside on the science of what in the name of any loving god just happened on this ship. As best as he knows it, anyway.

The Bridge Team - The Reveal

[cityship]

It's time.

Time for real answers.

[ooc: Keep it in ONE subthread. A separate post will be set up when this is finished for reactions. The convo is going to be limited between Stacy, Chief, Elfangor, Jaime, and Picard--and Someone Else. Do not tag unless you're one of them commandey in-chargey people or unless you ask by aim or mod email. Since this is kind of complicated, and involves some narrative revelation stuff, it really needs to be a simple conversation between a small group or at least organized well with people not tagging over each other.]

Re: The Bridge Team - The Reveal

[escapednothlit.livejournal.com]

Time has passed. Injuries back in Left Behind had time to seek aid. People among the bridge were checked to be fine. There was no threat.

< Stacy, can you give us the answers now? About why we are here? > Elfangor asked.