Darkshines 02: "Butterflies and Hurricanes"

General Summary

After the DVS Darkshines makes an emergency burn, the party is infected by Siliconian parasites. Struggling with their newfound situation, they find that Clarisse Lorieux has already left the ship for the Fist of the Dominion, taking with her Matoi Tatsuda and Duke Jean Violette Cloutier. After stalling for time to repair their mechs from Clarisse's sabotage and threatening marines intent on screening the party, the party departs the Darkshines, headed to the Fist in their mechs.
Headed through the dust and debris around the Fist, the party finds two ships docked there. Entered inside the station, the party picks up Matoi, who has also been infected. Determined on stopping Clarisse's plot to overthrow GUSF high command by firing the weapon, the rushes into a confrontation with her and pilots under her control. Aurora disables Clarrise's mech in combat, leaving to an anxious victory, as the Siliconian hivemind begins to take control of the infected previously controlled by Clarisse.
With the weapon's firing initiated, the party scrambles to stop it. Phoebe finally confronts Clarisse inside her cockpit, killing her; Désirée and Léna deal damage to the weapon's systems and save Dr. Kazuki Toyama, and Aurora and Davion go to secure the Duke from an escort of infected GUSF marines. Aurora and Jean avert the weapon's firing at the last moment, saving the GUSF fleet; with the party's future uncertain due to their infection, Dr. Toyama puts them all into cryostasis.

Report Date

19 May 2024

Primary Location

Fringe

Related Characters

• Aurora Nahla
• Clarisse Lorieux
• Davion Batiste
• Désirée Lambert
• Jean Violette Cloutier
• Kazuki Toyama
• Léna Blanchet
• Matoi Tatsuda
• Phoebe Lorieux