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It had taken many months to get to this stage, gathering the materials, constructing and aligning each individual part, the long process of linking crystals. Now the project that had taken much of her time and effort since she had first began its construction not long after the battle of Zokez II, near six months past. The paired gateway system, a device that would(if all went to plan) connect two points in space to allow near instantaneous travel between the two locations, something that would greatly aid in evacuations.

With Stacy now soundly situated in real-space, Celena decided that the current moment was the most opportune moment to commence the first tests of the system in the conditions that it was most likely to be utilized, as well as being free from possible interference travel through bleed would have on such gates as the device formed. Thus the two halves of the device and Celena stood in the centre of the park in the City aboard Stacy.

Celena herself stood in her Elven form by the primary and larger half of the device, consisting of a large base plate, numerous crystals embedded in the surface. Extending to one side and raised was the red lit, holographic control panel whose display’s Celena herself was looking over critically. Atop the center of the device seven identical crystals with a red hue lay suspended in a close knit circle above an indentation in the device. Attached to the side of the main base plate was the large power supply and converter that Tenaya had constructed for her, the power from which would be used to power and sustain the gateway portal between the two halves.

The other half and far more portable of the two, sat one hundred feet away. Consisting of an identical ring of crystals to the first half, a holder and foldable base, the device was small enough that Celena could carry it easily in a single paw, or easily carried by a human sized individual.

Having alerted those of whom the testing would be most relevant she waited. While she didn’t want to take up too much of their time, especially with Shore leave going on, she couldn’t pass up the rare opportunity she would have to test the device.

[[OOC: This post is for those she's alerted to the testing here and any they decide to bring along, if you've any questions feel free to IM me. Will set up a sub-threads for the appropriate sections of testing as things go along.]

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Looking over the control displays Celena would be busy making sure everything was ready as she waited for those who were interested to arrive. When someone does arrive it may take her a moment to notice, currently distracted as she is, though she'd notice them eventually.

This whole flying thing took on an entirely different tone on a planet!

The dragon dropped out of the sky, then spoke the necessary words to shift to elven form some dozen feet above Celena. Of course his daily casting of Overland Flight meant he landed behind her lightly, rather than splattering.

If she hadn't noticed him then, she probably did when he slid an arm around her waist as he peered over her shoulder.

She had noted the movement behind her, though not registered it fully until the arm belonging to a rather familiar elf slid around her waist. Leaning back a little into his touch as she tapped a few controls and observed the displays that showed the flow of power through the device.

"Hello you, just going through a few last minute checks while we wait," she greeted and commented with a warm smile over her shoulder to him.

"If I'm distracting you, let me know," he said, looking down at her work curiously. The fields of science remained largely a mystery to him, being as he had countless centuries of advancement in the field to absorb no matter how inflated his intellect, and its use in combination with the mystic intrigued him.

"Not in the least, and even if you were, it'd be a welcome one," She replies with a soft grin, leaning back to place a light peck to his cheek. Tapping a few of the controls before situating her hand over something of a holographic dial that showed the size of the ring of crystals, a slow twist of her hand causing the ring in both halves of the device to expand in unison and decrease in unison when she dialed it back down. Checking the readings from that, before giving a satisfied nod.

"Complete synchronization between the gate rings, all the systems are showing nominal thus far, all ready to go once the others arrive,"

"I love it when you talk dirty to me too," he said teasingly. "Anything you need me to do?"

She smirked at that a moment before shaking her head and looking back to the device, thinking a moment, "Doo you have any spells that can suppress or disconnect a portal between two points? In the worse case scenario that something goes wrong, it would be good to have a secondary way of shutting down the system, I doubt it will be needed though,"

"Otherwise, for the range testing I will need someone to take the portable gate to another spot in the city to test range during the test, if you would be up for the task?"

"Most of mine focus on purely magical portals, funnily enough," he said. "I have a few options, but I'd usually just toss a dispel for something like that and call it a day. Containment would be easy enough though."

He made a show of pouting. "Oh, sending me away, hmm?" The effect was ruined by the gleam in his eyes, and he knew it. "Easily done."

Celena gave a nod at that, thinking a moment, "I do not think a dispel would quite work in this situation, containment however would be a viable option," she replied easily.

The pouting merely drew a chuckle, "Hardly, after all if the gateway works properly you'd be as nearby as any of the others," She replies with a smirk.

"This is why I don't go anywhere without a wall spell or two memorized." He pressed a kiss into her hair. "Just let me know what you want and I'll do it."

"Oh? That sounds quite useful then," She smiles warmly at that before looking back over her shoulder to him to give a peck to his cheek, "I know I can count on you," she replies with a warm smile.

"I wonder if I could teach you how to craft a wall of force magically," he mused. "I know you can come very close to that already, but the completed form is one of the most impervious spells imaginable. Chalk that up to a future plan!"

"Hmm, it could be possible, it would be worth giving it a try," She replied thoughtfully with a smile back to him, "Such a thing could be quite useful indeed past what I can already accomplish, future plan it is,"

Tenaya made her way over, feeling pretty excited about the test. She'd put a lot of time into the power source, and seeing the whole thing come together and work was definitely something to look forward to.

"Let's get this thing started," she said with a grin.

Celena looked over her shoulder as Tenaya approached a grin on her face as she tapped a control before stepping back from the primary section to face her. "Tenaya, I'm glad you could make it," she greeted with a returned grin, she herself was quite excited about finally getting a chance to test the project.

"It's all ready to run, just running a few last minute checks while waiting for people to arrive," She gave a gesture to the holographic control panel, "Want to have a look over it?"

"Not taking any chances," Tenaya agreed.

She walked over to the control panel and checked the readouts. "Energy levels in the green, everything's running smoothly. As for the rest? Looks like an impressive setup."

"Indeed not, at least when there is time to make sure of it," She replied with a smile across to her.

Taking a step aside so that Tenaya could get the best look over the control panel she gave a dip of her head at the compliment, "Thank you, it's been some time in the making, the others should be arriving soon,"

"After all that, I can't wait to see it in action," Tenaya answered, honestly and without attitude for once.

"Neither can I, we shall both get the chance in a few moments," She replied as honestly with a grin, indicating across to a station she'd set up nearby, "I'll have the readings from the Gateway on the instruments to monitor the status of the gates once testing commences,"

(OOC: I've put up the Testing sub-thread down below )

Billy finally skidded to a halt upon reaching the testing facility---having started rather far from the transport back to the ship, he was late and he knew it. It was so fast that he hadn't even had a chance to set down the bag of gifts in his arms.

When he arrived, he saw a familiar face or two, but where was Celena? He saw a dragon, but the markings indicated that wasn't her. Who was the woman?

"Hello? Celena?" Maybe she'd already ported herself elsewhere.

Celena at that point was running a few minor adjustments and checks on the portable section of the gateway, a good number had arrived already, though she had held off on the beginning of the testing while waiting for others, using the time to check every nuance of the device to be tested.

Looking up at her name being called she stood from her inspections and turned to give him a wave, "Billy! Glad you could make it, sorry if I caught you in the middle of something," She greeted and commented as she noticed the bag in his arms. Walking easily across the intervening distance, noting the confusion he'd shown initially, after all she hadn't been in her elven form around her. "It's me don't worry, something Aibghalien made for me, allows me to shift between this form and my true form," raising a hand to show the ornate ring.

Oh, so there she was. Billy set his bag aside and smiled at her, strolling up to the work zone. "That's incredible. I guess you've both been exploring new forms," he looked up at the dragon in wonder. "It must be wonderful."

When that was said, he peeked at the gateway. "I'm sorry I haven't been more involved. I have related experience, but that teleportation system had the misfortune of both being more complex and existing on a stable Earth, making my knowledge not quite as transferable."

She smiled widely as she gave a nod in reply to Billy's comment, "Aibghalien is quite skilled when it comes to magic, and indeed, this form is certainly different, but I like it, gives a different perspective on things," she chuckled and cast a glance over to where Aibghalien was, and whatever he might be doing, "Aibghalien has taken a rather liking to his dragon form as well,"

Celena gave a shake of her head with a smile as she motioned him toward the gateway, "It's fine, the design itself is primarily based off the technology of my own people, though I would be very interested in hearing of your own experiences with such things," Leading him over she stood by the control panel, "Feel free to take a closer look if you'd like,"

Billy looked fascinated by it. "It must be a powerful spell. There's so much potential in the application."

No, he didn't mean that, actually---to blend in among humanoids or to fly when the situation warranted it was a tremendous advantage! He always had his car to fly in and his morphing disguise, but to change species was a remarkable feat. The brain and senses shifted fundamentally. How exciting that was.

He knelt to examine the power crystals, nodding in approval. "It's definitely going to need power. My world had a similar power source, but it extended across the globe. I accidentally tapped into its power when trying to build a communications network, thus creating our teleportation system, but I've learned far more about its function since."

The controls almost felt familiar to him, he noted with a nostalgic smile. "Our source was so powerful that we could teleport from one point to any other point, but for our purposes and limitations the gateway is more appropriate."

How he wished he could teleport across the City, though. That would be useful!

Celena gave a nod at that, "It does have quite a lot of potential indeed, though this ring only allows us to shift between elven and dragon forms, the original variations of the spell that I have witnessed can transform one into any number of creatures, for around twenty minutes for one and for a week for the more powerful version,"

Indeed, Celena herself had realized the sheer potential even just the polymorph provided by the ring presented. Combined with her own abilities with disguise and illusion, she could easily present herself as near any humanoid form without having to worry about anyone running into her larger draconic form.

She stood by as Billy examined the device and controls, nodding as he spoke, "Indeed, and thanks to Tenaya we should have more than enough power to sustain the gateway's created by the device," To what extent and for how long those portals would hold was yet to be determined, after all that's what this testing would be for. A curious look as given as Billy explained how he had creating the teleportation system, "That must be a vast power source to be able to do so,"

Teleporting across the city would be quite useful, though she would have to experiment with the effects of the bleed on the gates, after all it wouldn't do to have it malfunction while in use.

"It was. A biofield of energy spanning an entire planet, feeding our powers. Some residual energy is left for my morpher, but it's nowhere near enough for that purpose."

He looked back up at her once his inspection was complete, very satisfied. This would be a start! "Still, thanks to you we have a starting point. Let's see what we can do with it!"

"Indeed? That sounds like quite the energy source, something natural to your world or something cultivated or created?" She asked with a good deal of interest.

Celena gave a grin as he finished his inspection, indeed it was a start. As long as these tests proved successful it could prove to be of great use. "We should be able to get a good idea today just what should be capable with the gates while in real-space,"

((OOC: The Testing sub-thread is set up below!))

Kang had no idea who the elf woman was at first, not having seen Celena polymorphed before. The dragon that showed up, turned into Aibghalien, and put an arm around her waist clued him in immediately, though. He knew about the wizard's interest, but he hadn't thought that she would return it.

Ah, well. Wouldn't be the first time an elf and a dragon got together.

Amused, he walked over to the two, "I see you found a way to handle the anatomy differences. Polymorph?"

"Of course," Aibghalien said. "I even made some rings that will do the job for us and save us that little grief of the duration either being twenty minutes or a whole week."

...hey, what did he mean by 'didn't think she would return it' anyway?!

Celena gave a nod at that, chuckling softly as she turned to face him fully, "Does make things a good deal simpler, both the polymorph and the rings," She replied with the hint of a grin. After all the polymorph had proved quite useful in many ways for the both of them.

"Good to see you, Kang," She greeted with a light grin, no need to worry there Aibghalien, she wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Once everyone had arrived Celena indicated for those involved to take position by a station she had set up a small distance back from the main Gate with instruments that would show power readings from the device as well as energy readings from the portals that were to be formed. Celena herself stood by the main Gate control panel, testing one last time the synchronization of the gate crystals as she expanded and shrunk the gate diameter before finally settling it on a substantially small size, just two foot across.

"Everything's ready, time to get things started," She commented before turning to the others, "The first few tests will involve the stability and power drain of the formed gateway, at first small sizes then moving up to greater diameters," She explained as she dialed up the gate size as she spoke in way to emphasize what she was to do. "Should these tests prove successful, tests will be run on the transmission of objects through the Gates at the different sizes, from there if no substantial problems have been encountered we will conduct a minor test on the operational range of the Gateway device, Aibghalien will take the portable Gate, deactivated of course, to another location within the city,"

Dialing the size back down to the two foot gate size, "Any questions before we begin?"

"I'm ready when you are," the elf said confidently.

"Let's do this," Tenaya added, crossing her arms with an anticipating grin.

"Affirmative!" Billy gave the thumbs up, monitoring the action with all the readings he could fix his eyes on.

At the signs of readiness and anticipation from the others she gives a grin and a nod as she turns to focus on the control panel, "Here we go then, feeding power to the gates," She gave a nod as she tapped a few controls to feed power to the gate ring, the crystals on the base of the device taking on a steady glow from one to the next, before feeding up to the ring of crystals that made up the gate, one after another taking on a strong red glow, the opposite half of the device showing likewise. Taking one last look over the readings to satisfy herself that everything was nominal at that point.

"Activating the gateway, here goes," with that she tapped the control that would finalize the activation of the gateway system. The reaction within the system was obvious, spreading from the lowermost crystal of the Gate itself a beam of red light connected to the next crystals along, spreading the course of less than a second until it formed a solid ring of red energy. As soon as that connection formed a field of energy rushed inwards to the center of the device until it formed a cloudy reddish field for a fraction of a second before it seemed to clear away from the center out, in actual fact it was now showing exactly what could be seen if one were standing on by the other Gateway. The opposite side of the formed portal was still that same cloudy red field as could be seen when looking toward the portable half of the device. The entire process of forming the Gateway portal had taken just over a second.

Celena couldn't help but grin at that, "Gateway formed," She confirmed as she checked over the readings, it seemed stable. "Testing the transmission of an object, check the readings as I do," She commented with a glance over to them as she picked a suitably sized rock from where she'd placed it, walking to stand by the open portal she cast it carefully it through. From her point of view the rock sailing through even as a hundred feet away it sailed out the other end to roll to a stop.

He watched the process curiously, doing his best to unobtrusively peer into the portal. When the rock disappeared, then reappeared properly, he grinned.

"Looks like you have a success on your hands," he said, though one of her hands also briefly had one of his own giving it a proud squeeze.

"Definitely looks good," Tenaya agreed, "but you're sure it's going to work on anything organic, right? Most of the people we evacuate usually aren't made of rock."

She hated being a killjoy, but it was a fair question. Better to get any remaining flaws taken care of as soon as possible than wait for them to become problems down the line.

Celena gave a nod at that, she understood Tenaya's concern. "These tests will give a good indication whether or not it shall be safe, the gateways that this is one is based from can transport organics safely," she replied easily as she gave Aibhalien's hand a gentle squeeze in return.

Gesturing to a small plant nearby, she gently uprooted it with a bit of telekinesis before having it float slowly toward the portal, watching carefully as she floated it through and then back again. Examining the plant, "There does not appear to be any immediate damage," Setting the plant down carefully where the others could examine it before disengaging the portal.

Increasing the diameter of the gate to a more usable size, one that a human could walk through with ease. "Testing increased gate size, engaging gateway," and with that she did so, the ring gates once more connecting in unison as the portal interfaces formed and resolved. The readings would be much the same bar an increased amount of power as well as a minor fluctuation in readings initially before stabilizing once more.

"If it helps I could cast a summoning spell," Aibghalien said. "There's no interference to prevent that, and even if the creatures are injured by the transition that will be undone as soon as the duration of the spell elapses."

This was as close as he could get to 'send me through!'. Truthfully, it felt rather weird; to have lived for a thing as abstract as a kingdom meant nothing, in comparison, to when one had a person to live for.

Seems his days of wild risk-taking were, if not over, somewhat diminished. He had no regrets!

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