Fanon:Time Paradox: Difference between revisions

 

Having said that, Isis was never content with being a simple underground merchant: Isis wanted nothing less than her own "evil" state no less in grandeur than that of Kallisto (though not so much in scale: Isis believed that an unmanageable empire is no better than none). In fact, Isis built up some wealth, and ended up "marrying" Akio Isador, which was surprising since Isis didn't appreciate most of Akio's antics (he was childish), who was offered a partnership by Isis in the first place because of his computer skills, which Isis thought would be invaluable in cracking the coded transmissions exchanged between the Ecclesiarchal nodes. Akio, however, was also a psyker himself, although due to his relatively low rating (a Theta psyker, in contrast to Kallisto's Beta rating) Kallisto never gave any concerns: after all, Antigone with her Eta/Zeta rating was quite inconspicuous to Kallisto's psyker scans (although detectable, this not being helped by Kallisto being near Kallistrata, who also is a Beta and the other Big 6, who had been given psyker abilities). As a psyker, Akio could pick up the the Church transmissions that are sent psychically with a bit of equipment, which weren't as nearly as heavily coded as their electronic counterparts. Long story short, Isis used her tinkering ability to help tune into the psychic messages, and Isis thus was able to intercept Kallisto's [[Fanon:Chrononomion|Chrononomion]] project, which would essentially allow Kallisto to access the third timeline at will, essentially connecting the two timelines without causing the paradox element. To Isis, this would deny her the chance to eliminate Kallisto: if the Chrononomion is complete, then Kallisto would be rendered invulnerable to the paradox element that would wipe her out should the first timeline self be eliminated, and hence Isis had to figure out a way to develop a time traveling method that would be reliable as possible, without the stabilization aspect associated with the Chrononomion.

Eventually, Kallisto ended up noticing the extreme absenteeism of the African Klerouchoi, the Aithiopioi, the Karchedoi, and the Kyrenaioi. Kallisto believed that they were pushing their luck, until Kallisto found out that the road was broken (that is, the road connecting to the bridge between the India Islet and the Lower Nome) thus preventing their travel to the workplaces. Having corrected that, Kallisto also fixed the time slowdown issue of the capital world, and having rejoiced in that monumental accomplishment, Kallisto pushed on with the capital accumulation. With the internal matter resolved, Kallisto wished to push towards the external issues: a campaign against Bridgeport.

 

For example, the Twinbrook delegate, [[Scout Sargeant]], pretty much derided Cook with this statement: "Look, Cook, just because a few meteors fell on your party and soured it doesn't mean we have to use soldiers to fight a nation who isn't proven to have committed the act." Holly Greenwood, the Political delegate of the same town added, "Scout is right: we cannot afford to put more money on the military-industrial complex while needlessly shedding blood." Antigone was not a politician, and nor was Demetria, so they were not eligible to be present to present the evidence. However, Chuck Hobble of Appaloosa Plains popped out, and stated that there were complaints by a man named Louis Swanson claiming that his sister Rachel has been missing ever since two females with strange hair passed by. Immediately Cook exclaimed that those two must be Kallisto and Kallistrata. Scout had heard some news about Kallisto et al, and knew about the anti-romance stance (which was pretty much public knowledge anyways) and the strange colored hair. However, Scout still had reservations regarding this: "Yes, it may have been Kallisto who had taken Rachel, but how does this relate to the mass attack? What proof is there of the shower being artificial?" Cook took out the samples that Antigone gathered, as well as presenting the pink diamond and the palladium sample garnered. Holly responded, "No... This cannot be..." Scout was in agreement, "Alas, our dossiers do report that Parthenope has not made any simbots, and even if she had, Parthenope has not been sighted in your town anymore." However, this was interrupted by Kallisto's transmission: "Greetings, foolish resistance and unwary would-be-conspirators." Chuck could construct from Louis' report that Kallisto has been one of those interlopers and stated, "What do you want with people? Why do you kidnap people?" Kallisto responds, "I am merely claiming the lost, foreigner. But now I have a declaration to make. I presume you aren't planning on war, am I right?" Scout responds, "Your actions are in direct violation of the peace codes of SimNation! This kind of act is not tolerated!" Kallisto: "Hah, such clinging to the old laws... I pity thee, O Scout. You'd make a fine addition to the Ecclesiarchy if you would simply drop the old meaningless ways..." Cook responds, "We want a covenant of nonaggression and reparation! This is a just demand!" Kallisto: "I'm afraid I will have to reject that demand, Cook. You see, you fools were so high on your horses and rejected our presense: Oh wait, you don't remember, this was in another timeline. Have you fools opened up to one non-celebrity foreigner?" Cook's reponse: "Is it your concern?" Kallisto: "Obviously. Foolish celebrities only can think of themselves and their meaningless stardom as well as their worthless lounges to the point where they cannot comprehend anything outside of that. And by the way, politician, tell Demetria that her old friend wants to have a meeting soon." Scout adds, "So, Kallisto, have you triggered this event in Bridgeport?" Kallisto responds, "Maybe, the warheads could have flown somewhere else. I dunno, maybe it fell on Wall Street or right on your house, o Law Enforcer." Kallisto's nonchalant response was more than enough to lead to a declaration of war, and the news spread all over SimNation. However, Stratonike was known as a legend in the military ranks, saving SimNation's fledging Space Exploration numerous times, and was pretty much an idol in the military ranks. As soon as the military received orders to plan offensives against the Papal State, about half the military defected, not wanting to fight the very legend who was pretty much the bulwark. In the process, the rogue military seized control of Twinbrook, and a local warlord, David Pollair, established an Papal garrisoned allied state there, receiving aids and directives from the Papal government. Meanwhile, this also led to infighting in Starlight Shores: despite the fact that Stratonike's exploits were known the least there, some soldiers grew tired of the obsession with stardom here, although due to the fact that Starlight Shore wasn't as nearly centralized in culture countermovements were much more viable. On top, the pro-Papal forces largely decided to reside in Sunset Valley, effectively turning Sunset Valley into a military colony of sorts made convenient after the depopulation that Esomena had caused.

 

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;font-size:13px;">However, Pollair's allied city-state of Twinbrook suffered from serious issues: notably, Twinbrook was quite an backwater, and it was ill-situated to run anything independently. Given that an trade deficit was inevitable given the lack of economic infrastructure and much less an manufacturing branch, Pollair ends up sending an request to Kallisto to get the Papal State to annex Twinbrook. To further his appeal to Kallisto, David decides to create a Twinbrook chapter, consisting of himself alongside Liganus Diomedes, Apollodoros Delphos, Graham Madison, Galatea Schmidt, Caleb Laughlin, Kenneth Mundo, and Lindsey McLenden. (With Lindsey and Caleb as chapter serfs)</p>