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[photonslight]

ASTRALS:
■ Repetition of "The dream must not end", or things to that degree.
■ It is confirmed again by the data provided, that the Astrals are terrified of some sort of incident occuring should the Barians get their hands on all of the 7 Legendary Numbers. For simplicity, I'm considering calling this hypothetical incident "D-1000". I believe the the Barians mentioned something about an Durendal, so Durendal-1000. D-1000.

JUDGEMAN:
■ Evidence seems to point to him being in league with the Astrals, but nothing concrete. He might be an Astral himself? Unsure to say.
■ To note though, of what I understand of Judgeman, he was some sort of legendary soldier credited for being a key figure in many of the ancient wars in the 12 Dimensions, and a hero, before he moved into the Judiciary.
■ I hate to admit it, but it does look like things point to the High Court's highest authority being crooked, rather than merely zealous. But there's still nothing clear other than his name being mentioned in fragments several times.

PRIME:
■ Apparently some of Inmate 62's memories were codefied but there's too much data that was too fragmented to mean anything of worth.

RHONGOMYIAD:
■ It appears Rhongomyiad was second in command of the Heroic Legion, led by Excalibur. Any information about him was seemingly expunged.
■ Appearently he had some sort of heated conflict and argument with Excalibur
■ Claiming Rhongomyiad of betrayal.
■ The Heroic Legion was apparently manipulated by the Astrals to view the Barians as evil, a group of Astral traitors.
■ Rhongomyiad argued, based on what fuzzy context we have, that the Barians were being presented in a false light.
■ Excalibuir and Rhongomyiad both fought one each other, and stopped short of killing each other
■ As a result of all this, Rhongomyiad's memories, if this data is not falsified, was imprisoned on trumped up charges.
■ I wonder if "Lancelot, Dark Knight of the Underworld", which Ms. Wakahisa provided, has any connection to these two.

HOPE:
■ It appears Hope at one point clashed with Durendal
■ Feelings of complete dread
■ It seems Hope seems to have had a great legacy and level of idolization, but too much of the memories are fuzzy and incomplete.

I think if we want a more complete file, we'll need ALL of the remaining Numbers gathered.

Comments

[the_ebbandflow]

Hnrm... Durendal...

I think Labrys said that... It's meant to be the ultimate merger of "Moralltach" and "Beagalltach"?

Apparently doing it releases a lot of energy that Durendal can then control.

[photonslight]

Which would likely be the D-1000 disaster, a mass of energy that destroys things, perhaps?

[the_ebbandflow]

Maybe, but... it doesn't feel right to me.

Maybe the Astrals are scared that if the Barians get what they want... They'll decide to retaliate against them for everything they've done?

[photonslight]

Would that even be a worthwhile use of resources at this point?

I thought it was implied the Barians basically have nothing.

[the_ebbandflow]

It's why it feels like something's not fitting, here.

Maybe back when this all started-- who knows how many years ago that might've been-- maybe that threat was possible? But if the Barians are in such a dire situation right now, there's almost no chance they'll go out of their way for revenge.

[photonslight]

Yet the Astrals, if they're higher/more complicated life forms, evolutionary speaking in terms of progression of biology, should have higher intelligence.

That should make it obvious that the Barians are harmless enough, if the Barians are essentially depleted on resources.

But this D-1000 incident they seem so terrified of, it seems they think the Barians could somehow replenish their resources and blow the Astrals to kingdom come.

[the_ebbandflow]

This is even if they can replenish those resources, at this point...

[photonslight]

The Astrals seem to be convinced they can.

[kattobingore]

'The dream must not end'.

I've heard that before! Months ago I had a weird dream of some shiny guy with different coloured eyes that yelled stuff at me! A lot of it seemed to be about the demons, which I later took on with Onni and Labrys, but the last two things they said was 'The dream must not end' and 'Fufill your duty before we all vanish and the dreamers awaken.'

I figured it wasn't an actual dream, but I guess now I know it was an Astral that was talking to me.

[photonslight]

... What do they mean by "The dream must not end"

[kattobingore]

I really don't know. I asked them in the dream I had but they didn't answer!

I mean, if they mean 'dream' as in 'desire' or something then their desire is to rank-up more and more right? Maybe that's what they mean by 'the dream must not end'?

[photonslight]

... That seems a possibility, but I feel we might be missing context, but the seems like the two could be related, even if they're not one and the same.

[kattobingore]

Guess we won't really know until we get more of the Numbers to look at.

[photonslight]

Pretty much. We're missing a pretty definite gap of Numbers at the moment.

[grimgrimwar]

Thanks for all the gibberish and fragments. Glad I wasted my time on this.

[photonslight]

If you only have 60~70% of a system, most of information is going to be glitchy at best, but it gave something, Criminal.

Attempting to do what we had is worthwhile, and I plan to have Rhongomyiad's case retrialed at the very least. If the evidence is considered admissible.

[grimgrimwar]

So that tool gets a retrial. Super.

[photonslight]

It means that Numbter 62 might of been framed as well.

Just because an ideal result wasn't achieved, doesn't mean this was useless.

Proof of concept is an important thing.

[grimgrimwar]

Whatever.

How many Numbers are still missing?

[photonslight]

20% of the documented numbers are still currently missing or at large or unaccounted for by my information.

However, we didn't reach the remaining 80%. Others were missing, so drop it down to 60% maybe being what we had, if I'm spitballing.

[becomeanwarrior]

...Rhongomyiad would like to... at least, once again express his gratitude. He's rather... stewing on these thoughts now, but he wanted me to bring it up.

[photonslight]

Fair enough. As I mentioned, I plan to press for retrial.

[becomeanwarrior]

I'd like to be there for that, but, well, at the same time, I'm still actively trying to hunt down evidence of Judgeman's wrongdoing. That and some other paperwork I'm finalizing before I start on some more investigation and research.

Still, he's immensely grateful.

[photonslight]

Paperwork?

And Judgeman's possible wrongdoing seems very slippery.

[guardsthestorm]

This Judgeman... He's the one who passed down all of the rulings concerning the Numbers, correct?

[photonslight]

Correct. And they're all essentially kept redacted for security reasons.

[guardsthestorm]

So this means a lot of his judgments would be called into question, if this information leads somewhere.

Not that it helps Frozen Lady Justice's situation...

[photonslight]

It doesn't?

And yes, this might force across the board retrials by a fair judge.

[guardsthestorm]

Her problem is that she got framed for the crimes a superior officer committed.

[photonslight]

And of course part of her files are redacted...

[guardsthestorm]

Of course.

Though that sounds like it's a common occurrence for you, by now, with files being redacted.

[photonslight]

Incredibly.

[photonslight]

It wasn't so much of a problem when I was just hunting down the Numbers.

[guardsthestorm]

Of course, you didn't need to know the specifics about your targets. Just that the targets existed.

But now you're getting into things that require more details.

[photonslight]

Yes, and my superiors refuse to give those details to me.