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Ialo carefully studied the attack, watching the figure blow away. "That's it. I'm cranking up the paranoia factor." he said. Something in his eyes lit up however, when he felt a certain pressure that meant another being was nearby. He closed his eyes, analyzing the aura. It was was black and white to him. A silver wing, and he only knew one - Kai.

"You've gotten better," Ialo complimented Zephyr, ignoring Kai for the moment. "The walls are still standing."

Ialo was nervous, the way Zephyr had voiced the question forced him to remember things he'd rather not remember. An old ache began in his knee. "Nothing has clicked yet, why do you ask?" Ialo forced himself to keep his voice casual and calm. "Oh, and you're right, I really would make you clean it up." He leaned against the console opposite and right of his brother. He had already memorized several of the addresses of the new students, and was itching to forget this and move on already.

The ache in Ialo's knee intensified, and he slid down the console, and sat on the floor, his head buried in his hands. He truly looked as though he was mourning. "No. No. No," he said, refusing to believe this. "You're kidding. It was a different shade of purple. It's April Fool's Day." No such luck, as it was nearing the end of July. "Something. That is not funny, you shouldn't joke about things like that." Ialo pinched himself. No such luck there either. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried to deny it, every ounce of dragon-sense he had was telling him that Zephyr spoke the truth, that that really was Riser.

Ialo sat silent for a second, thinking. He snapped his finger with a sudden realization. "The sensors never went offline. You all said I was a crazy paranoid man to install all those sensors and computers, but there are always a minimum of two satellites focused on this office, combined with forty-two separate cameras in this room alone. We use the data from them to create a graph of that entity's aura, then compare to previous records of Riser." Trust Ialo to turn a simple statement into a long and complex procedure. "Or, we could ask Kai, who's in the hallway. But, we still have to go notify the new students...."

Ialo jumped up, wobbling slightly because of his knee. He raised his hands, and the consoles lifted and settled back into position. The on that Zephyr punched would have to be fixed later. He reached over for the keyboard, and began typing furious commands. The large holographic projector lit up, and a plan appeared. A massively spiked three dimensional graph ran across the plane. With a single Loop command, the graph would pause, and replay itself. All in all, the encounter lasted only two minutes.

Ialo stood still for a moment, the red blush of embarrassment creeping across his cheeks. "Ah, you found out about that?" he asked, referring to the laser cannons on 005. "If that's the case, then the world can kiss itself goodbye."

005, disgruntled, transformed back into a normal satellite.

Ialo (conveniently ignoring Kai's remark) stood up from the computer, his analysis of the aura done. He printed the report out, and handed a copy to Zephyr and a copy to Kai. "Comments? Opinions? Kai, this is the summary of our life over the past five minutes."

There was a tiny twitch in Ialo's face as the second dent was made. "I'm glad you're such an opinionated fella, but I'm not joking. But if you'd like me to lighten the mood-" Ialo pulled out the packet that listed the names of the new students, miraculously in pristine condition. "We have new students."

"Now tell me, how do we fit in seventy new students in a half-destroyed building with an evil flaming and I quote, 'two mile high tiki god' coming back to life?" Ialo crossed his arms, the packet still in his right hand.