Nexus

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Purgatory was a bit damp,’ said Bengt, ‘but heaven was more or less as I’d imagined it.

Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki 

{the following transcript depicts what transpired during the finale (season 3, episode 14) of *The Nexus Show*}

PROLOGUE: THE TEST

Most colonies were uninhabitable as is lacking the necessary amount of hydrogen and carbon compounds to sustain any organic matter. 

Matter fact to even ensure compatibility Velix Vladymine .. (one of the exiles) had to perform the test 

THE TEST

* the test was simply an application of a catalyst to the scepter

VELIX: (as the scepter alights, pleading) Please not scarlet, please not vermilion .. 

- And ahhh gasp from her and the others .. of relief when they spotted the flame .. as the scepter now alit produced a cerulean-hue 

VELIX: (proclaiming) Alright guys it seems that we should be alright here for now .. .. .. 

          NEXUS (Official Transcript)

THE COMPLEX

• 'the underwater complex' was found to be nothing more than a black site run by esperian forces and the legion .. a relatively massive scraper supposedly prone to frequent brownouts though some speculated that these outages were intentional guise/cloaking mechanisms rather than the result of any infrastructural malpractice on account of the overseers. 

• and they say some speculated that the complex was an experimental armament of sorts 

• the exiles don't have any compasses or gyroscopic rotators down here (so they were essentially on their own) .. and the overseers still don't know the neighboring shivas intentions (namely if benign or malevolent) 

• the shivas were simply labeled as a 'counterforce' by the legion .. a distinct set of entities dwelling off in the 'alterrealm' 

• and the alterrealm was possibly nothing more than an divergent objective reality .. a different cognizance/perspective .. alternate consciousness on behalf of the shivas 

• the specters had scepters (as previously noted) however the shivas had staves .. which were essentially like elongated scepters in a sense 

• and they'd speculated that the specters were able to garner such intel because they'd managed to 'abduct' a shiva (*Esai Morales reportedly)

(purportedly housed at the underwater complex where they are keeping him for interrogative purposes presumably) 

JAQUARY: If they were really able to obtain a shiva then that's a major coup. 

WOX: What do you mean.

JAQUARY: Protected by 'the force' - a barrier .. a lining their supposed to be almost imperceptible ..  let alone impervious to our attacks or attempts at restraint. 

{*and let it be of note that 'the prodigy' Jaquary Esternmole .. 'the gambiteer' Wox Inlerts and 'the stringer' Maxil Zortsmeger are just accompanying the exiles on this here mission during the lull/to gain some 'real-world experience' .. the cadets will eventually be picked up by units and delve back into [the core] undoubtedly when action resumes*} 

MAXIL'S MOSAIC (,OR HAUNTING)

• A state of ponderance and realization thrust upon the fellow affirming that the esperian alliance had snuck in three delinquents within the exile ranks with the sole purpose/intent of assassinating the shiva. 

JAQUARY: We can't let that happen.

WOX: (affirming) We know. 

MAXIL: It would break the truce .. possibly triggering an intergalactic conflict. 

WOX: What should we do? 

MAXIL: We keep him safe and sound. 

JAQUARY: Until we can propel him back across the counterfield to his region. 

MAXIL: We can try.

JAQUARY & WOX: Huh? 

MAXIL: It's alittle ambitious that's all .. I'm sure to bypass the lining requires significant thrust in the orb-guise. 

HYPERSPACE

{*current estimates prompt the propellant at near 3777mph so approaching hypersonic-designation*} 

THE ASSASSINS 

'and they'd found the select cell to presumably consist of Zalin Ertsberger - Ixel Clandestine and Ameroth Verez .. the three cadets likewise would probably splinter off from the exiles going back to their units in [the core] after their mission was complete (irregardless of success or failure)

the legion (a rare consortium which saw both alias and esper forces come together for doctrine) issued a telegram to the exiles however telling them to be hyper vigilant moving forward because they were now beginning to venture to extrajudicial colonies out of their realm and the legions scope of jurisdiction. 

The fact that Esai Morales was a 'stanchion-reconnaissance/relay' posit who had simply ventured too far offline made him an easy capture/target .. the specters have 'stanchions' as well (though to a lesser degree) .. these are prospects who usually foothold at some nexus point (lighthouses, beacons etc.) for instance and relay/transmit important bytes of data/messages long-distances via advanced scept/staff-encoding implements. 

THE LOCALIZATION TREATY STILL STANDS

{*and now it was assumed that the shivas would have to scramble more stanchions along the border this time relaying their intent to the specters .. this because it was pretty much surmised that they wouldn't be attempting to physically send a task force through the hypersonic lining for a mate who while viable they obviously don't deem high-level enough to risk suspending the parameters of exploration set forth by the inter(colonies/galactic) localization treaties of the third-age*} 

JAQUARYS-MOSAIC

Alright guys and so this is how it works .. 

THE ENCODED MESSAGE

when in incantations hue sacramento-green the numbers appeared to the mate as coordinates prompting the lads wherein to transport the mate close enough to the border for extraction 

This occurrence under the twilights sparkling-gleam when the clan (Jaquary, Wox and Maxil) retrieved the previously-resting shiva from his pod encasement and began the trek eastwards towards the lining .. looking back Wox had caught the whiff of a 'counterforce' - in which he'd caught visuals of the trium proposed leader Zalin radioing in to his command upon finding the enclosure empty.

ZALIN: Damn it, think we missed him, obviously just shipped out (the pod still bubbling gave it away). 

EXTRADITION

And the Jaquary-clan continued their mission, a 21.24-km odyssey which saw them progress through the barren recesses of nexus en route to the borealis-shore lining in which they came across a floating iris-glyph which upon approaching prompted Jaquary to issue a halt. 

JAQUARY: Alright guys we stop here. 

Wox and Maxil nod in agreement as they release the peer forth.

Esai remains speechless but through stern shimmering silver pupils gives the clan a nod of affirmation as he steps forth into the glyphenated-marker which is found to be nothing more than a device of spatial-transport portalization which bullets the fellow across the borealis back into his home(land)/(colony) traversing the axles at maximum net rates reaching record 3813-mph so clearly enough to clear the fencing .. and a harsh blowback which pushes the lads (Jaqaury and them) inwards (some 4.6-km) back into their homeland/the nexus region/netherland and almost seemingly knocking the mates unconscious .. .. .. 

EPILOGUE: BACK TO [THE CORE]

• Apparently issuance had come from the 'highest of the highest' (pretty much) in the chain of command (sir esteemed fellow E. Sirvington on behalf of the alias consortium and sir esteemed fellow V. Venetian on behalf of the esper coalition) alerting the cadets that they would be splintering off from the exiles and returning back to [the core].

ODE TO THE EXILES 

(*from Jaquary and Wox, Maxil had no intentions of being apart of the parting festivities*)

🎶

1. Hey exiles how do you do?

2. Farewell and best wishes to the whole crew

3. We love you guys

4. We empathize 

5. But now we must bid you adieu 🎶

• The exiles of course were not happy to see the cadets go and they exchanged pleasantries, good wishes and accords .. with the cadets semi-aware that the exiles journey still marred by lack of an objective destination was a possibly rather harrowing contingency of uncertainty and doubt in and of itself .. .. .. 

ABOUT

Jawann Lyndell Fleet is a writer and digital author. Note that Nexus is not apart of The Blue Flame Tetralogy (it's a spinoff work/project) .. the next segment of The Blue Flame Tetralogy is upcoming/scheduled to be released in 2025.