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[h1][color=ed145b]Sarah[/color][/h1][/center]

Sarah was still sobbing softly when Steven came up to help her. Initially, she's still upset, unresponsive, but the offer to take a bath and something to eat was greatly appreciated, given she was tired, exhausted, and stressed out. As she follows him limping into town, she notices the villagers bringing out their dead from under the rubble. She shivers, feeling sorrow and helplessness at helping them get free from the spiderlings only to die by crushing under heavy rocks.

[color=ed145b]"Some Oracle I turned out to be,"[/color] she mutters sadly. [color=ed145b]"I couldn't protect them - or Master Thunderfist. I'm... I'm sorry about your friends."[/color]

When in Kensu's house, she looks around, her curiosity helping her come out of her sadness and shock. It's an interesting place, with some rather odd knick-knacks here and there, making her wonder what kind of man he was, and wished she had known him longer. However, all she could do now is try and honor his death and move on, try to understand her destiny.

Steven draws her attention to something small and boxy, a strange thing he's seen Kensu use before but it left Steven utterly mystified. Sarah barely takes a glance at it before she [i]somehow[/i] realizes it's a computer, a data processing machine from ancient times.

It still feels strange when she recognizes something she just saw.

Nonetheless, she begins to get to work on it. She's barely aware of herself typing away, it just comes to her naturally. And in the computer's storage, she finds Master Thunderfist's files. About the Ancients, the tale of Harbinger, and how and why the Oracles were created. The power of biogenic energy, the basis of the Oracle Project, and the use of genetic engineering to create Oracles from scratch because regular humans were inefficient in processing the awesome power of biogenic energy. There are some missing spots, of course; the thousands of years and the intervening calamity meant a lot of information was lost. There is a mention of a Julie Anderson, whose teachings formed the basis of current lore about the Ancients.

However, it still incites a certain amount of sorrow in her. Such a mighty civilization, one brought low and to a ruinous end. So much wasted, such loss of life. What she's certain of, however, is that there are signs that Harbinger is starting up again. And this time, the people are much less prepared to face the coming apocalypse.

The picture Master Thunderfist's files and records drew were incomplete, but a general picture emerged nonetheless. As Oracle, her duty is to find the Swords and their matching artefacts, and find a way to stop Harbinger once and for all. She could get a boat to the mainland; plenty of those in what is essentially a fishing village. The real question, of course, is where should she start? What should she look for?

She decides to dig deeper into Kensu's files, petting Pip with one hand when he manages to get up onto the table, tail wagging.

Then she finds a message... from a Dr. Logan? She opens it, curiosity overtaking her.

[hider=Message from Dr. Logan]
[b]Date:[/b] [i]>!data missing!<[/i]

[color=00aeef]"Project Prometheus is going smoothly. The genetic recoding process proposed by Dr. Sun is giving its results, and in record time too, I might add. Things are proceeding pretty well, and we'll have our first biogenic resonance test within two to three weeks. Things are promising, and we'll have the first embryo - the Galatea prototype - ready for a series of full tests within a month or two.

"...Mind if I just digress here for a moment? I... I still feel a bit giddy, I can't deny. We're creating a brand new breed of humanity, something almost from scratch. Sure, we've had genetic engineering for the past century or two, but nothing really on the scale of what we're trying to achieve here. A brand new breed of humanity, free of the flaws and shortcomings of old. A new kind that could change the very fabric of reality itself at will, through the splendorous power of biogenic energy. Using it the way it's [i]meant[/i] to be used; pure, efficient, powerful...

"...but perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself here. Sometimes I frighten my colleagues with these ideas of [i]ubermenschen[/i] created in test tubes, making them sound... inhuman. But that's not the point. If anything they should be even [i]more[/i] human, more [i]humane[/i]. The epitome of what makes humanity [i]great[/i]. Empathy. Wisdom. Compassion. Wonder.

"If anything, these children - and that's what they'll be, rising from the womb of scientific progress - are going to help shape the future of humanity. Above all else, they should treasure Love of their fellow humans and work with them as equals. Build a new path together.

"For now, I should really check on the prototype Galatea. She's showing immense potential, and if the rest follow her footsteps, then they'll be a wonder to behold. For me, though I expect great things from Galatea - or as I like to call her, Sarah. I can't wait to meet her, the person she's destined to be, someday.

"Dr. Logan, signing out."[/color][/hider]
The mention of her name jolts her. Was this her, or was it another Oracle by the name of Sarah? Could there be more out there? Dr. Logan seemed to have been the mastermind of the biogenic energy research, but a lot of the files and references were missing - either corrupted or lost.

She absently strokes Pip's head as she thinks this over - until her rumbling stomach makes her realize she's overdue for a bath and a meal. She ate some food earlier, but she used up so much energy she's basically running on empty. Maybe some more reading after she's properly freshened up.