* Waitstate is sitting in the conference lounge with Bit, Lil, Opal, and Overwrite, scanning throught the retrieved data
* Waitstate sits back in his chair
<Waitstate> I hate tedium
<Admiral-Lilwall> Ugh, look at all this junk. Think we'll find anything else valuable?
* Waitstate pushes the chair back and gets up, starts pacing
* Ayreon's body gets up from the chair it was sitting in and fetches its head
<Waitstate> I have no idea
<Waitstate> a few leads at the beginning, but now it looks like a bunch of faily useless personal logs
* Ayreon's body assembles the armor that makes up its head, and it transform to its headmode
<Admiral-Lilwall> So how long till space fold calcs are set?
<Bit> Estimate 14 minutes, 39 seconds
<Admiral-Lilwall> good. the sooner we get this debacle over with the sooner I can get out of this chair
* Ayreon re-assembles his full form and leaves his quarters, heading for the medbay
<Waitstate> heh
<Admiral-Lilwall> lost control of my legs.... can't move them
<Admiral-Lilwall> hopefully it will pass like last time in a few minutes
<Waitstate> ug, no wonder you haven't gotten up
* Ayreon enters the med bay unseen and approaches the stasis pod containing Ayreon
<Dead_Lift> Hello
<Overwrite> I have completed filing these records into their various catagories
* an anguished mental scream rips through the ship, nearly knocking everyone off their feet
* Waitstate loses his balance, steadying himself on a nearby wall
* Admiral-Lilwall and all go 'ah!" etc etc
<Waitstate> Not again!
* Mindshadow falls to the floor...
* Ayreon falls back, but catches his balance and stands firm
* Stardrive grabs his head.
* Restore looks over and sees the robot near the pod and approaches
<Ayreon> That was different
<Waitstate> Waitstate to Restore: What happened to him NOW?
* Artifice sits up from his table
* Mindshadow looses his cloak.
<Restore> like I knew last time. 
<Restore> What is going on here?
<Artifice> Me not recharging for one thing
<Ayreon> *to himself* Where the hell am I?
<Artifice> What's with the racket?
<Ayreon> Damn, that poor boy looks like recycled slag
* Dark_Star stumbles into med bay
<Restore> *to Ayreon* hey, I asked what was going on, how did you get back to your body....
<Ayreon> This must be the "Freedom"
* Mindshadow struggles to regain his feet.
<Ayreon> Hm? *to Restore* Um, who are you?
<Waitstate> Should we continue this, or shall I go see what mind-boy is up to NOW?
<Restore> oh great. more importantly, who the slag are you and what's going on?
<Admiral-Lilwall> eh, do what ya like boss bot, I can't go anywhere
<Ayreon> Heh. Do you know where a robot named Ytsejam is? I need to speak to him
<Waitstate> I think I'd better go see then
<Mindshadow> [to himself]  The human's mental abilities are powerful, though untrained...  intersting.
* Waitstate departs
<Waitstate> *walk, walk, lift, walk, door, walk*
* Mindshadow follows
<Waitstate> Restore, what's going on?
<Restore> Hmph. Should have known you'd be like the others, all ignorant. [comm] Ytsejam, get to medbay immediately
* Therion watches Mindshadow with interest
<Dark_Star> Amnesia
* Stardrive follows
<Restore> like I know. It's not Ayreon. but he's just like the rest of Ayreon's friends. 
<Waitstate> Ayreon! Why are you out of sta- Wait a second... you aren't him, are you?
* Diablo wondering what happened leaves his quarters
<Ayreon> No, he's Ayreon. *points to Ayr in the stasis chamber* Is Ytsejam coming?
<Overwrite> As I was saying, I have completed sorting these files. They are sorted by personal, medical, and technical logs
<Restore> why don't you answer our questions for a change? who are you?
<Artifice> And how did you get here?
<Ayreon> I'll let Ytse try to explain me when he gets here
* Dark_Star looks on
* Mindshadow re-cloaks.
<Admiral-Lilwall> That's lovely Overwrite. *regains leg movement again and gets up* I'm sure you can handle it from here
* Admiral-Lilwall leaves the conference room and returns to bridge
<Overwrite> Um... I suppose so
<Restore> ytsejam ytsejam ytsejam. aren't any of you lot capable of speaking for yourselves?  
<Waitstate> Wait a minute... *concentrates*
<Waitstate> You're generating a Cybertronian datastream
<Restore> I don't have time for silly stuff, I've got something more important to do. You can look after it Wait, I've got new info to examine
<Dark_Star> It seems the visitor would rather not tell us anything
<Waitstate> Doesn't matter. I know who he is.
* Restore returns to her desk and continues with the info* 
<Ayreon> Oh? And just who am I?
<Waitstate> Well, I wasn't certain initially, but a quick scan of your ambient datastream confirmed it. It's nice to meet you, Angra.
<Waitstate> Nice, but very confusing
<Ayreon> Nice to meet you
<Dark_Star> What is Angra?
* Diablo enters medbay
<Waitstate> Angra was that body's previous occupant. And is again, it seems
<Ayreon> quite
<Waitstate> so... are you going to just stand there, or do you plan to explain this at all?
<Dark_Star> Interesting concept.  Cybertronian body separate from the organic body
<Artifice> I thought he was waiting for Ytsejam
* Waitstate turns to DS
<Waitstate> You didn't know he was like that already?
<Dark_Star> I was aware, but the concept of the body having its own personality
<Dark_Star> It is interesting
* Ytsejam enters the med bay "Now just what in the name of Primus is so slagging important tha--- Ayreon! What in the hell are you doing out of the stasis chamber?!"
<Waitstate> Umm... Ytsejam
<Ayreon> Hi Ytse! Miss me?
<Waitstate> Take a closer look
<Artifice> How touching
* Stardrive rolls his optics.
<Ytsejam> in the name of primus.............. Angra?
* Diablo watches what is going on
* Ayreon smiles
<Artifice> Alright, someone better spit it out before heads roll
<Artifice> I thought Angra was dead
<Waitstate> Obviously he isn't. Anymore.
* Ytsejam nearly falls down "How i-, I mean----"
<Artifice> But how is that even possible?
<Artifice> You mean you don't know either Ytsejam?
<Waitstate> maybe we should unfreeze mind-boy and find out
<Ayreon> Well, I am. And I'm not. Care to explain Ytse? 
<Ytsejam> NO! Leave Ayreon alone for now!
<Waitstate> I assume you all felt his little "outburst"?
<Stardrive> *mumbles*  Things would be so much easier if we never brought him on board...
<Ytsejam> Yes, but that was Ayr, wasn't it? 
* Waitstate glances at SD, actually agreeing with him somewhat this time
<Ayreon> Um, no. That was me.
<Ayreon> Ayreon is dying. He freed me.
<Waitstate> I always assumed your mind was totally gone
<Ytsejam> Whoa! Hold on there just slagging minute! What is going on here Angra?! You're dead! Your spark is in the Matrix!
* Ayreon laughs
<Ayreon> One thing at a time here.
<Artifice> So
<Artifice> Angra is alive
<Artifice> Ayreon is dying
* Waitstate leans against some medical apparatus, no longer surprised by anything involving Ayreon
<Artifice> How do we fix this?
<Ayreon> Cure the virus within Ayreon
<Stardrive> Kill them both?
<Dark_Star> Within us all
<Waitstate> oh yeah. that simple.
<Stardrive> Didn't happen to bring the cure with you?
<Dark_Star> Did not that exosuit Ayreon wears protect him from this virus?
<Ytsejam> Wait, Angra, you died. Your spark passed on. You can't be here
<Waitstate> DS: why would it?
<Stardrive> [to DS]  Bzzzz... we're sorry.
<Ayreon> Ytse, did my spark pass on? My _full_ spark? My _entire_ spark?
* Stardrive holds his head for a moment.
* Ytsejam thinks about what Angra is saying
<Ytsejam> The binary bonding process!
<Restore> Alright, now everyone listen, there is a crowd in my medbay that doesn't really need to be here. go to the conference lounge or the observation deck or something. now GO.
<Ytsejam> Part of your spark joined Ayreon!
* Waitstate decides to hold a conversation with Dark Star, rather than listen to any more of this
<Dark_Star> Is there any substance that this virus cannot travel through?
<Artifice> very well, I believe I am done recharging
<Waitstate> Well, he actually didn't wear it at all times
* Artifice leaves the medbay as best he can and heads for the bridge
* Diablo leaves medbay, and heads for his quarters
<Ayreon> Right on the first try
<Ayreon> Um, I think we're being herded out of here
<Restore> I said move it bots!
<Ytsejam> Lets go to the bar
<Ayreon> Bar?
<Ytsejam> Yeah, come on
<Waitstate> Hmm... yes. I think I need a drink myself.
* Dark_Star follows
* Ytsejam and Angra head for the Neutral Ground
* Stardrive tags along.
<Artifice> Exciting.  What are we doing up here Admiral?
<Waitstate> So, anyway, the slightest contact seems to cause contamination
<Admiral-Lilwall> Not much. we ain't going no where till the grey one says so and it seems he's busy
* Ytsejam and Angra enter the bar
* Waitstate walks and talks
<Artifice> Great. You want to go the holodeck or something?
<Dark_Star> When Ayreon is in stasis, how does this virus affect his biological functions?
<Waitstate> at the moment? it doesn't
* Ytsejam sits down at a table (flops actually)
<Admiral-Lilwall> nope, not in the mood, or state. need to recharge. Lightning, look after things here
* Waitstate walks inside the bar with Dark Star
* Admiral-Lilwall exits the bridge for his quarters
<Ytsejam> Now then. explain!
* Chameleon goes to the observation deck
* Ayreon sits down
<Ayreon> If you insist...
* Waitstate steps behind the bar and mixes himself a nice stiff drink
* Waitstate downs it rather quickly
<Waitstate> ahhh...
<Stardrive> Heh.
<Waitstate> now then... anyone else?
<Ayreon> *to Waitstate* I'll have the strongest thing you have!
<Ytsejam> Me too!
<Stardrive> Overcharged energon please... the good stuff.
<Waitstate> ahh... two Instant Comas coming up
<Dark_Star> What is currently being done to find a cure for the virus?
* Waitstate talks and mixes
<Ytsejam> Angra, tell me what's going on. Please.
<Waitstate> Restore has her full attention on it
<Waitstate> she's very competent, even if she doesn't seem it *serves the drinks*
<Dark_Star> And what of the rest of us?  Should we not be trying to find out what we are capable of doing?
<Waitstate> I've been studying the station logs with a group of others all afternoon
<Waitstate> you want anything?
* Chameleon arrives at the observation deck, and looks out towards the stars
<Ayreon> *inhales* When Ayreon and I were bonded, the core of my spark joined with him. 
<Stardrive> *mumbles* Instant Coma... hah... I've got converters out the manifold...
* Dark_Star looks around
<Dark_Star> I suppose given the situation
<Ytsejam> And a spark can exist without its core for short periods of time, I know. But that doesn't explain why you're here
<Waitstate> any preferences?
<Dark_Star> Plain energon
<Waitstate> ooh, daring ;P
* Waitstate pulls the tap
<Dark_Star> I have no desire for tainted fuel
<Waitstate> one plain energon
* Dark_Star takes the energon
<Waitstate> and... a little umbrella! *places in the glass*
<Ayreon> Ayreon and I were/are one. When my body was slagged, that part of my spark that wasn't within Ayr passed on. My core was still within him
* Dark_Star looks at the umbrella
* Dark_Star picks it out and discards it
<Waitstate> sorry... I'm just in a really odd mood
<Ayreon> Care to finish? : )
* Dark_Star turns his head so no one can see his face and drinks the energon
<Waitstate> I think Ytsejam there has been working on his own cure. He doesn't seem to associate much with the rest of us
<Waitstate> Kinda like you, really. Have you been doing any work on it?
<Ytsejam> The core of your spark remained within Ayreon, until now. Ayreon's current condition must be so extreme that it forced you out. Am I right?
<Dark_Star> Perhaps. . .
<Waitstate> oh, dont play Mr. Dark and Mysterious
* Dark_Star squints at Waitstate
<Waitstate> Out with it. It's important to all of us, even you
<Stardrive> I feel like I'm in a poorly scripted Sci-Fi show...
<Ayreon> Some what. He freed me. He seperated us, and pushed me back to here. My spark is restored, and he's dying. The scream you felt was the pain I felt when he did this
* Waitstate turns to SD
<Waitstate> You would know!
<Stardrive> You're right, I should.
<Ayreon> I'm not letting him die Ytse! We have to find a cure, soon!
<Stardrive> I didn't mean to say that the... ack!
* Dark_Star starts to get up
* Stardrive holds his head again.
<Waitstate> Where are YOU going? :)
<Dark_Star> To initiate more productive activities
<Stardrive> I think that virus is affecting me...
<Ytsejam> I'm beginning to get concerned about these mental powers he's displaying during times of stress. 
<Dark_Star> It would be approriate for the rest of you to do the same
<Ayreon> You don't know? 
<Waitstate> productivity... a most intriguing concept ;P
<Waitstate> mind if I join you?
<Ytsejam> Know what? 
<Dark_Star> do you not have matters to attend to here?
<Ayreon> Um, never mind. Being joined with Ayr gave me a unique outlook on who and _what_ he is
<Ayreon> Hey! Where are our drinks 'bot?
<Waitstate> hmmm.. *turns* Mixer is closed! Self serve only
<Stardrive> I'm either randomly quoting shows I've seen or I'm slipping into Junkion...
<Stardrive> Well, not much difference there...
<Waitstate> *to DS* not anymore :)
<Waitstate> *to Ayr* Right in front of you silly :P
* Ayreon looks down
<Ayreon> Oh! cool!
<Dark_Star> I am headed back to my quarters
* Ayreon drinks down his drink in one gulp
<Ytsejam> No! Wait!
* Waitstate jumps over the bar
<Ayreon> damn, that was tame
<Waitstate> I'll go with
* Ayreon looks at Waitstate
<Dark_Star> Very well
* Waitstate turns
<Waitstate> TAME?!
<Ayreon> That the strongest you got?
<Ytsejam> Thats right, Angra can hold his drinks VERY well
<Dark_Star> It seems Angra has a high tolerance for the tainted fuel
<Waitstate> eh, go stick a socket in the M/AM intermix then :P
<Waitstate> c'mon Dark Star, we have productivity to do
* Waitstate grabs some cancellers on his way out
<Ayreon> Where's the nearest outlet? : )
<Waitstate> *groan*
* Dark_Star reluctantly leads Wait to his quarters
<Ytsejam> Shut up! : ) 
* Waitstate follows DS, glad to be away from the insanity
<Stardrive> Leave my antimatter alone.
<Ytsejam> Primus I missed you Angra
<Stardrive> Tri and I steal enough... hehe.
* Chameleon leaves the observation deck, and heads back for his quarters
<Ayreon> I know Ytse. I'm back, at least for now
* Dark_Star and Waitstate arrive at Dark Star's quarters
<Ytsejam> What do you mean? 
* Dark_Star waves his hand over the keypad and the door opens
<Ayreon> If we can cure Ayreon, the binary bonding will be back in full force, and I'll just be an aspect of his personality
<Ytsejam> Like hell you will! I'm not letting you go again! neither of you!
<Ayreon> Well, geez, make a guy feel welcome! :)
<Ytsejam> Smartass!
<Ytsejam> I'll just have to create a new body for Ayreon if you're staying
<Stardrive> That might not be a problem.
<Ytsejam> Now then, any idea on how we fix this damn virus?
<Ayreon> You're the scientist here. You tell me.
<Ytsejam> Lets head for my office. I'll show you my research.
<Ayreon> On the first date? : )
<Ytsejam> Remind me to smack you later
* Waitstate stands outside DS's quarters
<Waitstate> you gonna invite me in or what?
Session Close: Sat Mar 27 15:36:41 1999