The VIP dorm rooms of the first years building were on the third floor. Archer[Quinn] had decided to head here to meet one someone. That someone was, of course, Tobias[Logan], as he was the only VIP Archer[Quinn] knew. Although he wasn't sure if Tobias[Logan] could even help him or not.
Archer[Quinn]'s plan was to use the winged lizard crystals to create some type of costume or suit that would cover his entire body. He needed a flexible material so it could wrap around him but he also needed it to be strong enough to survive in a fight.
It was easy enough for him to find a black suit that covered his entire body that would help him avoid the sunlight. The problem was the second Archer[Quinn] would be hit and the suit ripped then he would be weakened by the sun again.
That's why, when he learnt of Joseph[Sam]'s cape through the VR game he had come up with an idea. Now that he had the materials the only problem left was to craft a costume out of them.
Most blacksmiths and tailors had a blueprint they would follow. These blueprints specified the techniques used and which materials needed to be mixed when creating weapons and armour. But because Archer[Quinn] was asking for something that hadn't been made before, he would have to ask someone at the expert designer level to custom make one for him.
This would be very costly and even if he sold all the crystals and used up the ones in his hand he wouldn't have enough to pay the cost. This led him to Tobias[Logan]. He saw how many crazy things Tobias[Logan] seemed to create for himself in his room. He thought perhaps he might have an idea or, if not he might be able to introduce him to someone who could do it at a lower price.
At first Archer[Quinn] knocked on the door but there seemed to be no answer. It was strange because for the week that Archer[Quinn] trained using Tobias[Logan]'s machine. He hadn't seen him leave the room once.
When trying to push the door open he was surprised to see that it wasn't locked nor shut properly. "Hello?" Archer[Quinn] asked as he crept into the room.
Just at the other end of the room, he could see Tobias[Logan] in his chair. He had some sort of metallic tool glove in his right hand while a giant pair of goggles seemed to be hovering over his eyes.
'Oh, he was just busy as usual.' Archer[Quinn] thought to himself
Archer[Quinn] then started to look around the room at all the gadgets around him. He knew when Tobias[Logan] was in his concentration mode no matter what you did you wouldn't get his attention. So the best thing to do was just to wait until he was done.
While walking around the room Archer[Quinn] continued to look at all the storage devices and whenever he found something interesting he could use his inspect skill.
What he noticed was, some of the devices the system didn't seem to have any clue what it was. While for other items it would give basic descriptions, such as what materials the item was made from.
For the others, it would simply show a line of: ?????
These were items that Tobias[Logan] had uniquely created and didn't exist in the world. But there was one thing they all had in common and that was the name of the creator, Tobias[Logan] Dyson.
But as Archer[Quinn] was looking around he spotted a strange circular object on one of the shelves. It stood out compared to the rest because most of the things in the room seemed to be covered in dust but not this one.
It was a square-shaped device no bigger than a laptop and on the top, it seemed to have some type of digital display.
[Inspect]
[A return portal device, when the correct access code has been entered it will return you to the destination that has been pre-set]
[Creator Francis[Richard] Ryo[Eno]]
Archer[Quinn] moved in to take a closer look. It seemed to be the only item that wasn't made by Tobias[Logan] and on top of that, it was a teleporter. But it was one that he had never seen before. The portal teleporters they currently carried were quite large devices but this one was small and compact as if the technology was ahead of their current time.
Archer[Quinn] reached out to grab it, but just then a voice from behind spoke to him.
"Hey, if you want to get your fingers blown off, then please, be my guest, carry on and touch it, " Tobias[Logan] said sarcastically, his seat was turned around and he was staring at Archer[Quinn]. "Then again I would love to see which Skill[ability] is stronger mine or yours." He continued.
"Sorry about that" Archer[Quinn] said as he pulled back his hand. "It looks kind of interesting. What is it exactly?"
When Archer[Quinn] finished talking, the robotic gauntlet that was on one of Tobias[Logan]'s hands started to break down. It appeared to break into smaller parts until they looked like little bugs. Then the bugs went over to where Archer[Quinn] was, they grabbed the case and brought it over to Tobias[Logan].
"This thing has been the bane of me and my family's life, " Tobias[Logan] said looking around it. "As you know my family are originals who hid their abilities from the world. Before the war started they were researchers who worked privately for different corporations. Sometimes even governments, different armies and all sorts of companies. Anyway, on one of their trips around fifty years ago, they discovered this device. At the time no one knew what it was and it seemed like our Skill[ability] didn't work on it either.
Of course, my family tried to research it and eventually when we discovered the Oregon[Dalki] technology we found similarities between this and the Oregon[Dalki] technology. It appears to be some type of teleporter. But the question is, why Oregon[Dalki] technology would exist on earth before they even arrived. Then that just brings us even more questions, why did the Oregon[Dalki] attack us? Were they here before? But did we just never know about it?"
Hearing all of these questions were causing Archer[Quinn] to think about it. Perhaps Tobias[Logan] was on to something before he would have taken everything the government had told him as fact. He knew they hid things, governments always did, but just like his vampire system were they hiding even bigger secrets from the public?
"Anyway." Tobias[Logan] said." It's not like I'm expecting you to know any of these answers. The one thing we do know is whoever was able to create a compact teleporter such as this is a genius. Oh, how I wish I could meet him one day."
"Wait, what did you say?" Archer[Quinn] replied. "Did you say you don't know who created it?"
"Of course I don't. If I did, my family and I would have been chasing him for generations."
This made Archer[Quinn] sink even deeper in thought. Francis[Richard] Ryo[Eno] was a well-known scientist, the person who had discovered not only the power of beast crystals but also how the Oregon[Dalki] portals worked. Could he have really known everything all along?
Right now though this was too big of a problem to solve especially for someone like him. He was just one person in this whole thing and he had his own problems to deal with.
"Anyway, " Tobias[Logan] said. "What did you visit me here for, did you want to play the game again?"
"Actually, " Archer[Quinn] said. "I was wondering if you could help make me a suit."
To be continued....
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