Tuhota: "That sounds good! I don't have a sword or anything, though."

Miimas: "Here, you can borrow mine. Just don't hit rocks or somethin'."

Tuhota: "Yay, thanks!"

The westerner hands her saber to Tuhota before walking some distance away to practice marksmanship.

Tuhota: "Alright, so how are we sparring?"

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Your body has quite a few burn scars, bumpy sections of skin devoid of fur.

The product near you appears to be unarmed, her sword lying on the ground nearby.

John: "Oi, girly. The medallion on your belt, it what makes your armor?"

Product 6: "Yes."


A few seconds later, something crashes down on the facility grounds. Another follows in a different area, and then another, until a good thirty or so long, metal boxes are planted in and around the facility.

A side panel on each box bursts open, revealing a mage or armored soldier stepping out, quickly assessing the situation. Each bearing the emblem of a sun with seven flames.

Andrew: Caelum!

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Blue Mage: "No. I think one of us had antimagic or something."


John: "Oi, girly. The medallion on your belt, it what makes your armor?"

Product 6: "Yes."


A few seconds later, something crashes down on the facility grounds. Another follows in a different area, and then another, until a good thirty or so long, metal boxes are planted in and around the facility.

A side panel on each box bursts open, revealing a mage or armored soldier stepping out, quickly assessing the situation. Each bearing the emblem of a sun with seven flames.

Andrew: Caelum!
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With Stahlnacht's help, you begin materializing witch-metal components that make up the engine.

It takes a while to materialize the material, because apparently Stalhnacht herself is expending a fair amount of energy trying to set up agriculture, but all the parts are eventually formed.

You and Tabi work together to put it all together, and soon enough you have a steam engine slightly shorter than you.

Tabi: "Alright, now we need a tank where the water is stored and heated, and some piping that connects to the exhaust and runs through a separate thing surrounded by cool water. That way the steam will cool, lower the pressure, and the high-pressure steam can do its pushing thing."

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"Oi, girly. The medallion on your belt, it what makes your armor?"

Product 6: "Yes."


A few seconds later, something crashes down on the facility grounds. Another follows in a different area, and then another, until a good thirty or so long, metal boxes are planted in and around the facility.

A side panel on each box bursts open, revealing a mage or armored soldier stepping out, quickly assessing the situation. Each bearing the emblem of a sun with seven flames.

Andrew: Caelum!

>Remove cloak. Would be dumb to wreck it while training. (shut up i know i have the totem)
"Well, t' start with you could try comin' at me, won't try an' hit back, give you a chance t' work on swordsmanship an me t' get better at the whole, not gettin' hit thing."
"Sound good?"

You head into the building through the hole in the wall, hunkering down in a cell. It sounds like there are Caelum forces all around, better to just lay low.

Footsteps sound in the building, men entering and checking it out. A Caelum mage in a grey cloak stands in the doorway of the cell you're sitting in.

Grey Mage: "Hey, you okay? Vandolf, right? Bit of a complicated situation, try to keep the telepathy off for now. We can explain everything vocally once your party's in one place."

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The Caelum forces storm into the buildings, assuring the test subjects that everything will be okay or shouting at facility staff to put their hands up and stand against a wall. Product 6 seems to be getting the Enemy treatment, with a handful of mages taking her gear and moving her to another part of the facility grounds.

One soldier, a bit shorter than the others and wearing decorated armor seems to be directing everything. Female, from the sound of her voice. And... pretty darn familiar.

All of the Caelum units seem to ignore you save for the woman, who strides towards you while letting her helm deconstruct itself.

Linna: "Good to see you're safe, you guys look like you were in a bit of a fight. Try to hold off on the telepathy until we've secured communications in the area."

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Uh, I wasn't paying attention. I think John fought some Products and stuff happened.

Isn't Caelum like, bad or something.

Maybe we should run.

The Caelum forces storm into the buildings, assuring the test subjects that everything will be okay or shouting at facility staff to put their hands up and stand against a wall. Product 6 seems to be getting the Enemy treatment, with a handful of mages taking her gear and moving her to another part of the facility grounds.

One soldier, a bit shorter than the others and wearing decorated armor seems to be directing everything. Female, from the sound of her voice. And somewhat familiar.

All of the Caelum units seem to ignore your team save for the woman, who strides towards John while letting her helm deconstruct itself.

Linna: "Good to see you're safe, you guys look like you were in a bit of a fight. Try to hold off on the telepathy until we've secured communications in the area."

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Tuhota: "Yup! Ready when you are."

Linna: "Let's get everyone in one place first. Where's Vandolf?"

Andrew and Aucupe are close to you now, and it looks like Null is back on her feet.

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Grey Mage: "We'll have to get you to a proper healer to fix those. Let's get you over with the others for now, give you all a rundown of the situation."