Difference between revisions of "Summary:The Lost Metal"

Marasi shoots the first few enemies who rush in through the main tunnel, and then goes up to the gap in the rock above the cavern to cover Wayne from above. Marasi uses two [[Malwish]] Allomantic grenades, trapping eighteen enemies in speedslowness bubbles. Wayne enters the main cavern to fight, and Marasi follows shortly after. The Cycle attempts to flee the cavern, and Marasi decides to go after him and let Wayne finish up in the cavern.

Wax returns to his chambers in the Senate building, frustrated with himself. Steris tries to comfort him, telling him they did all that they could. Wax finds an envelope, with an earring inside. It's accompanied by a note from [[Harmony]], which tells him that he'll need to make a second earring once "the proper metal arrives". Wax is annoyed, wanting Harmony to leave him alone. Max comes up to Wax, speaking in an accent that Wayne taught him. [[Maxillium Ladrian|Max]] asks Wax if they can go flying, and Wax agrees. He straps Max into a custom harness on his back, and takes off into the sky.

Marasi finds a book of numbers and shipping dates on the Cycle's person, and removes the other spikes. One of them is a [[trellium]] spike, which pulls away from the other spikes when near. She returns to the main cavern, where Wayne is playing cards with several tied-up criminals. Wayne had to tie up the criminals with shoelaces, which won't hold long. Marasi stays behind with the captives, subtly trapping them in a speedslowness bubble while Wayne runs off to get backup. She sees a blurred figure wearing a cloth mask approach the perimeter then run off. Shortly after, Wayne arrives with a multitude of constables, and they decide to go talk to Wax about what happened.

[[Allik]] is staying in Ladrian Manor, while Wax is in a penthouse suite. He does have a lab set up in the manor though, and everyone meets there. Allik makes tea and cookies for everyone. Marasi debriefs everyone, and suggests that the Trellium spike is the reason the Cycle could have four spikes and not be controlled. Wax theorizes that the trellium is the second metal Harmony wanted him to make an earring out of. MeLaan reveals she can't go on the mission as she is on a mission for Harmony off world (The first [[kandra]] to do so). This does mean she will be dropping Wayne as her romantic partner after six years (Wayne had for warningforewarning of this and isn't taking it well). Wayne ducks out to go to another "appointment" while Marasi, Steris, and Wax commence their metallurgy experiments.

Wayne is fighting [[GertrudaGetruda]], who is practicing Wayne's accent. He calls this an unfair theft, considering his internal ethic of what isn't okay to steal. She monologues about her preparations to destroy him until she notices Wax has arrived. Wayne is able to neutralize her with a wrestling hold, which her training had overlooked. Dumad (who besides being a coinshot, dresses like Wax) redirects her and the gang starts to retreat. Dumad leads Wax out of the building, and Marasi is able to seal the deal with a cadmium-charged grenade.

Wax chases Dumad across the Bilming skyscape. Dumad crushes a bystander car, and Wax realizes his quarry has duralumin. Wax stashes his steel weapons and brings his hazekiller revolver [[Vindication]], now crafted of aluminum, which has become more available. Dumad's metals vial, which he must drink from between duralumin bursts, is aluminum. Dumad collapses a building over Wax, and then continues shooting at him through the wall. WasWax realizes Dumad uses bronze, and must have more than the three Hemalurgic spikes his previous adversaries bore. More alarming, Dumad can sense Feruchemy. Wax engages in hand to hand combat, and briefly gains the advantage until Dumad blasts them into the sky, leeches Wax's reserve and scatters Wax's metal vials. Wax only evades bullets because his metalminds can change his rate of falling. He's able to eke out enough steel from recaptured vials to land, but Dumad disappears. Hoid pulls up in a car, but not before the press capture a picture of Wax for the broadsheets.

Marasi, Wax and Vendell are in custody back at the Bilming station. Marasi mourns 2 constables killed in the failed sting. Wax explains that Harmony is blinded, and puts the casualties in perspective of the Set's power and threats. The number of Hemalurgic spikes in use is particularly concerning. VenDell explains Harmony might be masking his decline, and is manifesting a dark shadow figure. Blantach and Mayor Entrone enter.

Wax takes in Marsh's appearance, who looks relatively haggard. The Bilming personnel are dumbstruck. Wax goes to Marsh and escorts him into the headquarters. One officer pulls a gun and Marsh crumples the barrel. The mayor sputters half an objection and Marsh strongly suggests Entrone cooperate. Behind closed doors, Wayne compliments Marsh's accent. Marasi asks if he's well, and Marsh says that without atium he will wither and die. Marsh says he's concerned about Trell but Marsh is growing weak. He says he's in Bilming tracing efforts to split harmonium into atium and lerasium (which he says is more dangerous) and gives them the name [[Tobal Copper]]. He is not sure why the Trellists can have more than three spikes, but mentions they can't compound due to identity contamination. Marasi assures him they will fight on, and asks him about the three diamond sign. Marsh confirms it is [[Kelsier]]'s symbol, and Wax observes it resembles a [[marewill]] flowers|marewill flower]]. Vendell stays with Marsh and the injured, while Wax, Wayne and Marasi gear up and depart discussing ghosts as opposed to Cognitive Shadows.

The crew find the broadsheet office padlocked, and Marasi dissuades Wax and Wayne from breaking in. Moonlight and Wayne share ana guilty pleasure in Allomancer Jack serials, which sometimes namedrop Wax. Wax tries the roof while the others try the back entrance. Wax meets the [[Maraga Dulcet|proprietor]], who recognizes him as "Dawnshot" and asks if he can get in touch with Allomancer Jack. They meet up with the others. Wayne is eating a wrap he calls [[chouta]]. Wayne gets Wax to play along with the Maraga's obsession. With regard to Tobal Copper, Maraga asks if this is about the fairies, and Marasi explains about the bomb, passing Maraga's misdirection test. She ushers them into her basement, where she has plates of metal inscribed with information from Tobal Copper.

Telsin states disbelief that the number leading the heroes to the broadsheet office was an address, as her team had been trying transit locker combinations. She says they only have twitwo days in which to try to stop her. Wax, Wayne and Marasi have a speed bubble conference, and agree that if she says they have two days, the definitely have less than that, and she is here to stall them. Marasi proposes they split the team, with Wax and Wayne starting with Telsin, and Marasi and Moonlight checking out the Bilming underground caverns. Wayne warns Marasi that Moonlight is not what she appears, and Marasi says they've had other conversations and Marasi trusts MoolightMoonlight. Wax tells Marasi he trusts her to do whatever is needed to stop the invasion or bomb. They drop the speed bubble and Wax goes to talk to Telsin. Marasi asks Wayne if he's alright and he remarks on how this will be the first time in six years going into action without each other.

Marasi takes in how the upscale neighborhood reflects Autonomy's individualism forged in competition, so that things are similar while striving to be more than. At the Ghostblood safehouse they meet Codenames, who is translating a letter written in Thaylen, and TwinSoul, a symbiote humanoid with something like a type 1 invested entityan aetherbound that forms items ranging from furniture to three dimensional maps. They identify a few sites for infiltration, the least prominent of which is Tobal Copper's former workplace. The ratio of shipments taken in to goods produced indicates that goods the Set has been stealing could be funneled in there. Moonlight shares that Elendel's destruction is imminent, and they decide to let Marasi collaborate with them even though she isn't a Ghostblood yet. They prepare to communicate with Kelsier, who is off site.

Marasi catches two of the scientists (and TwinSoul, inadvertently) in a speedslowness bubble, and she and Moonlight struggle with two guards and a third scientist. They had hoped not to use firearms, but Moonlight is being overwhelmed so Marasi shoots a guard. The scientists starts burning their notes, but Moonlight saves it, planning to use the repair soulstamp on it. They tie up the last two scientists and release the non-metalborn captives. Marasi recognizes a few of them, including a broadsheet editor who provides notes on where they should look for Entrone. Moonlight explains that Autonomy's invasion force will probably come through Shadesmar. While the usual access from Shadesmar would be to the south, Autonomy has some ability to open other perpendicularities. They are interrupted by more guards.

Marasi and Moonlight are pursued by Hemalurgic abominations. Moonlight makes doors to evade them. They come up on a room where they can see the community, a synthesized town with people living in it, through one way glass. Moonlight warns Marasi about the limitationslikely consequences of using her essence mark to transform herself so she can vanish.

Marasi walks into The Community trying to look non -suspicious, but people notice her. Two women in particular have the look of tattlers, so she follows them and finds herself at the home of Armal Harms, a distant cousin of hers abducted by the vanishers. They’ve been told by Entrone that the ashfalls have restarted.

Wax ascends the tower, which has a steel spiral staircase up the center. He uses grenades and his oversized guns as well as increasing amounts of shrapnel to deal with the Set's soldiers, though he does take some damage to one arm. While he at times embraces being Harmony's sword, as he nears the top he asks that this never be required of him again, angered that Harmony could ask him to deal death and destruction when He has no understanding what it means to do it. Though not connected directly to Harmony, he sees a memory of the [[Battle of Luthadel]]; of Harmony having fought at a city wall surrounded by death. Wayne catches up to him, and they see another cluster of guards, but Wayne points out they are not "into it". They are not free of incidental metals, and are not hungry for a challenge.

Marasi and the other Allomancers from the Community start quickly drawing in the power in the pool, and Marasi charges her Allomantic grenades. She tells the others to use up the power using their Allomancy. The enemy troops on the other side start to come through the portal, but Marasi drops both of her grenades through the portal, mentally commanding the portal to allow them to pass through. With the enemy troops temporarily frozen in speedslowness bubbles, Marasi and the other Allomancers successfully use up the last of the power in the well.

Steris and Varlance are directing the evacuation and preparations at the city docks when eight GhostbloodsGhostblood Coinshots arrive to offer their assistance. Steris starts giving detailed orders to everyone present. Varlance is amazed at the depth of her contingency planning, and tells her that her talents have been previously wasted. Steris orders the cargo ships in the harbor to be sunk to slow the tsunami's flow, but is told that it will take too long, as some ships do not have radios and must be sailed to to convince their captains in person, and then longer to effect the sinking. The members of the Ghostbloods offer their services, and Steelpush into the air to go to sink the ships.

At Harmony's command, Wayne creates a perfect speed bubble. He encloses all three barrel devices, but excludes the device that coordinates the bombs' explosions. He burns duralumin and bendalloy at the same time, compressing time immensely within the bubble. One by one, he fills all three barrels with water and Pushes them outside the bubble, detonating the ettmetal inside. The bubble drops, and Wayne is consumed by the explosion.

:''10Ten hours after the detonation''

Marasi arrivedarrives in Elendel on a train and metmeets with Allik, who toldtells her that Wayne hadhas died. Marasi and Allik wentgo to Marasi's small flat, where Allik bakedbakes her different kinds of pastries while Marasi struggledstruggles to deal with the idea that Wayne wasis dead. A messenger girl delivereddelivers Marasi a small envelope, which containedcontains the symbol of the Ghostbloods and an address. Marasi leftleaves Allik a quick note, promising to return soon and wentgoes to meet with the Ghostbloods. She wasis surprised when she wentgets to the Ghostblood hideout and sawsees that Kelsier himself wasis there. TwinSoul offeredoffers Marasi membership in the Ghostbloods and to join TwinSoul in his next mission, which wasis tracking down Moonlight. Marasi rejectedrejects the invitation, because she waswould not be allowed to share what she would discoverdiscovered. Kelsier acceptedaccepts her rejection, and Marasi leftleaves. When Marasi leftleaves [[Dlavil]] saidsays that she neededneeds to be dealt with, because she knewknows their secrets. TwinSoul arguedargues with him that they gave that knowledge freely. Kelsier agreedagrees with TwinSoul and forbidforbids moving against her or anyone else in the city without his permission. Kelsier decideddecides that he hadhas to talk to Harmony.

:''5Five days after the detonation''

:''3Three weeks after the detonation''

:''6Six months after the detonation''

:''2Two years after the detonation''

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