Toast tosses her new skillpoint into SKI.

She also researches Proximity Burst, the Helix Totem, Highly Responsive Prayers, and unlocks Stat Boosters despite not being anywhere near the House.

~~

"That was clearly Kokichi's fault! He was the one doing the explode-y clone thing and being creepy!"
Toast hurumphs to herself.
"As long as you two aren't hurt, at least... In any case, sounds like the fight out the front has died down. Howzabout we head over and gatecrash this party?"

Toast leads everyone downstairs, and starts the battle in the Grand Hall Route.

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 06:01:00

Terry equips the Ablaze Accordion, then +1s his STR. It looks stupid, but- wait, no, it's a flamethrower. Flamethrowers are never stupid, no matter their looks. All is forgiven.
----
Terry switches out Aerobeam for Proximity Burst (since Toast's researching it).

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 08:51:00

Mr. Krabs takes off his hat, to rub his head a bit. A bit of rubble drops down from the ceiling just as he does this, smashing into Mr. Krab's head. Malfunctioning electronics screech in protest as Mr. Krab's head is revealed to be part of a massive electronic shell.

cU: Wait, Mr. Krabs is a robot?
gF: THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TO THE GENUINE MARVEL OF SPONGEBOB FANS THE WORLD OVER.
cU: I can certainly see the irony of this.
cU: With that said-this raises a load of questions. Like, how did I somehow not notice that Mr. Krabs was not a robotic duplicate of the real Mr. Krabs?
gF: OR HOW-SLASH-WHEN YOU CHANGED YOUR FONT TO OLIVE GARDEN.
cU: ... I wasn't a first guardian anymore so-forget it, MORE PRESSING MATTERS TO ATTEND TO HERE.
cU: Imposter! Reveal thyself!
gF: BUT THE KRAB IS STANDING RIGHT THERE IN PLAIN gorillaING SIGHT.
cU: The Omnipotent eye inside my left eye socket is telling me that it's occupied.
gF: DO YOU ALSO LISTEN TO THE VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD?
cU: He left Sussui yesterday!
gF: gorilla.

... A tuft of hair proceeds to noticeably peek up from the top of the mechanical shell.

cU: Hey! Don't think you're just gonna ignore us in there! Come out!

With an audiable sigh, the tuft of hair rises-revealing a very, very large woman, stepping out of the shell of Mr. Krabs with an air of modest dissapointment. Like, seriously, everything about her is big, including bodily characteristics that are wholly indicative of her womanhood, though she's wearing some very casual clothing-long jeans and a deep blue T-shirt. Ebony-black hair going down to her knees, even. She looks reasonably athletic. Black eyes like black holes pierce the room. But, seriously-you can't get over the fact she's approximately seven-foot-six. That's crazy tall.

cU: ... Uh, what.
gF: AND LO, THE WOMAN BEHIND THE KRAB IS A TOTAL MIL-
??: If you two dare to call me that I am literally going to steal everything you own, including yourself. End of discussion.

Her voice is suitably deep for her size.

cU: ...OK then, just, you have a few questions to answer. A, who are you; B, why are you here; C, why were you impersonating the owner of Bikini Bottom's finest restaurant instead of coming in personally; D, what drugs have you been taking to get that big, like, that's unnaturally tall for a human woman, seriously.
??: My name is Venia Praefortis, Nephilim, Time Traveler, and basically the master of stealing more money from people than what actually exists. I'm here because this whole crisis threatens existence, wow, what a shocker. Due to temporal and spatial paradoxes Mr. Krabs no longer exists, rip in nonexistence or something, so knowing you would attempt to contract him until you actually found him I paid some guy to build an advanced robotic shell to hide in so I could take a job. Nephilim grow bigger than humans. Anything else?
gF: ARE YOU RELATED TO THE NOT ELF.
??: ...I know a lot of things that aren't elves.
gF: ARE YOU RELATED TO A VAMPIRE DEMON PRINCESS SUE WHO CAUSES GEM ENTHUSIAST MAGES TO LOSE THEIR MINDS AND CAUSES LIBRARIANS TO START WHITE KNIGHTING FOR THEM.
??: That makes no sense whatsoever. I don't know anyone of that description whatsoever, if that's what you mean. Do you have any meaningful questions?
gF: WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE THE INITIAL THINGIES.
gF: Now I do.
??: WHY DID YOU NOT-WAIT gorilla.
??: YOU PIECE OF gorilla I WILL FIND YOU AND I WILL gorilla YOUR gorilla.
??: WAIT gorilla YOU DON'T HAVE A gorilla.
gF: Oh, and I do still expect payment in full.
cU: Deal, and please change your username so I don't confuse you for a foul-mouthed animatronic bear any further.
--goldenFreddy has changed their name to irregularChronology--
iC: That ought to do it.
cU: You do realize I'm incredibly suspicious of you right now. You didn't even bother to tell us that Mr. Krabs was dead! That's kind of a massive jerk move.
cU: I mean. I never met the guy in person. I was just recommended him by a friend. That said, I have to arrange a lot of stuff now, and tell a lot of people, and, uh, you know. Plan a fracking funeral. That's not very happy work at all.
iC: You people have it wrapped up here pretty tight in my opinion, so I don't feel like I'm needed, so if that means you're not paying me...
cU: ...I don't even need the money at this point. You'll get your pay if it means you'll actually do the jobs I've assigned. WE need those done.
iC: Honestly, say no more. Existence going the way of the dodo is something nobody in their right mind wants.
iC: I need the money for things after that.
cU: Fair enough, I suppose, but I'm keeping an eye on you...
??: AND I AM GOING TO BE PLOTTING MY REVENGE FOR THIS PETTY SLIGHT.

With that out of the way, she turns to a doubtlessly semi-confused party. [color=#0001CE]"Uh... Hi."

She seems to be rather off-put by things. "... Uh, how's it going...?"

she sighs. "... No, I guess nothing I'll do makes this any more awkward, but, just to expel the obvious worries-if I had any real ability to stab you in the back, I'd have likely just killed you all while you were sleeping. Or, tried. Chaos may or may not have been fooled by me, and Chaos may or may not have thought to take rounds upstairs while we were sleeping, I wouldn't know because I was unconscious too."

"...Feels nice to be out of the damn eggshell. I mean. I guess I might as well keep using it, keeps me reasonably free of gunfire. If it becomes too much of a nuinsense to upkeep I'll convert the thing into something else. And... Don't question how I do the things. There's an explamation. It's just long and nonsensical."


----+----

With all of this out of the way, more important things can happen, and I can make Ire take more time on the dop on my post than all the rest combined

First, Venia heads to the Coat check and inspects the orb with the numbers on it. She proceeds to take the Glacial Monolith Scroll and cast Static Overcharge, Glacial Monolith, and Fury on the orb with one hand-in that precise order, of course. She also steals the book from the back. Mr. Krabs continues to follow along, his hat now covering the hole on his head for the time being, and he keeps his eyes on the jester for signs of hostility. Or just stares at it if it's dead. Or kills it if Boshi attacked already but didn't kill it. Hard to say. Stupid temporal mutability. At least this part is simple

She then proceeds back to Zone 1, the bunker. "Been meaning to do this for a long time..." Venia slides back into Mr. Krabs, who has somehow fully repaired...

----+----

Mr. Krabs proceeds to yell for Old Yeller, who yells back about Old Boys, who themselves say Boi, who attracts Dat Boi. The amount of people who know Dat Boi is hideously huge is incredibly minuscule compared to the number of dolphins that know the spices known only to dolphins, so when Dat Boi appears as a hilariously titanic frog on a unicycle too big to properly fit into the Thyme Field, his only act is to wheel in place once, and then get sniped by WARE, obliterating his body. Thankfully, his massive unicycle is merely Thymecursed instead. Mr. Krabs duct-tapes a barcode reader, a double-size can of lemonade, a fart machine, and a nuclear wedgie undoer to the unicycle at strategic points to make the Nulcear Fart Unicycle, undoing the thymecruse on the unicycle on account of it no longer being Dat Boi's unicycle. Mr. Krabs proceeds to wheel it around one more time before chucking it into the moon, where it is caught by a chuck, who proceeds to eat it.

The chuck promptly gets indigestion on top of massive laser cannons. The former he fixes with antiacids. The latter he fixes with a giant wrench, but he doesn't do that yet as they're not broken, and if they're not broken, don't fix them. The chuck aims his laser cannons down upon sussui, but the shot is interrupted by a Void Napkin, notoriously unlucky as they are. The Void Napkin tumbles down onto the surface of Sussui, hitting the Thymefield and then the earth with the grace of a sumo wrestler uncontrollably rolling down a rocky hill, down to the supersonic screams of agony. These supersonic screams attract a rare and highly unusual species of Iti known as the Supersonics, who look like Sonic and Knuckles taped together, And Knuckles. Mr. Krabs realizes that this is his opportunity (or, uh, Venia realizes that this is her opportunity? You don't know anymore!!!), and quickly arranges for a warrant to sieze and arrest And Knuckles.

And Knuckles naturally resists arrest, the notorious jaywalker that he is, and proceeds to jaywalk down multiple highly dangerous but ill-known Sussui highways, which leads to his untimely demise when the ninja street safety vigiliante police arrest him and sentence him to death by hanging from a giant, oversized pair of handcuffs. The ninja street safety vigilante police, in turn, are slaughtered by a man stepping on the gas, gas, gas, and ramming into them all in a brutal car accident. This man, in turn, is slain when he fails to step off of the gas, gas, gas, and rams right into a lady trapped in a crystal prism and forced to dance in front of some gangsters. The lady doesn't die-she's rescued by her father, who always wears a gas mask and lives in a massive space ship shaped like a cross. Mr. Krabs seizes this massive space station, alongside the over-sized handcuffs, the car, and And Knuckle's dead corpse. He proceeds to use them all in a pseudo-satanic ritual to summon Roxxanne...

...'s sister, Rosalind. I'm not that predictable.

Rosalind has no clue why she's just been summoned, but she proceeds to have all of her lines expressing this stolen right out of her mouth before being de-summoned back to whatever thing she was doing which was likely to be highly irrelevant and unimportant and having nothing to do with a giant beehive. She's too busy dealing with giant mantis-men for that, and in any case, Mr. Krabs has also taken that giant beehive, anyways, and is currently in the process of Hiopafpy'oldson, turning that giant beehive into a Tehgn Ievibae. It's so bae it's right in the name. The newly-minted Tehgn Ievibae shows off their dancing skills, unintentionally bringing the apocalypse upon 87 worlds because Tehgn Ievibae are PURE EVIL, LITERALLY. Mr. Krabs is a responsible personkrab, though, and immediately invokes the right of two wrongs not making rights, and three rights making a left instead, to Left that Ehgn Ievibae out of existence and stopping 88 apocalypses. (The extra apocalypse was a coincidental summoning of a legendary hero to a random medieval fantasy world, known as Isekai Joe. Yes, that was part of the ritual, go sue me if you hate it.)

As thanks for stopping 87 apocalypses, Mr. Krabs is granted one wish by his wish-granting hat, which is still a thing. Mr. Krab's response is to open his mouth, revealing 21 million guns jammed in Gentlemen Meme style. He proceeds to do a 21 Million gun salute, and obliterate Hegin Shegin's Shack of Villainry, somehow leaving every villain intact. Every Villain Is Lemons, so they all suspect one another of destroying the shack. Unfortuantely, among the participants is one of Marvel's most famous villains of all, Darkseid (disclaimer: may actually be affiliated with DC), and to the surprise of exactly 198 people, Darksied proceeds to dominate the rest of the shack's inhabitants with but one muscle flex. He proceeds to contemplate the incident, whereupon he is assaulted by one of the most powerful entities in the DC comics verse, Captain America (disclaimer: may actually be affiliated with Marvel, and 'powerful' may refer strictly to popularity). Too stunned by the sheer force of PATRIOTISM, Darkseid fails to fight back and is promptly Olivoiupated.

Captain America then eats his own shield and flies away on a wave of pure democracy, except, because Mr. Krabs controls all democracy by being the richest krabperson in Bikini Bottom, this means that Captain America nosedives directly into the dirt of Sussui, alongside a lot of other random-ass objects that were left around earlier because of a certain someone. That certain someone was Litterer Litterer Literrer McLitterson, who is a piece of trash. Literally. He is literally a piece of trash, and he litters by existing. Captain America is OUTRAGED by this terrifying slight to his eco-friendly message, and calls upon the power of the Planeteers (disclaimer: the planeteers may in fact work for a completely different captain), attempting to summon Captain Planet (disclaimer: ignore the previous disclaimer), but instead getting some weird RPG dude who married a strawberry. It basically amounts to the same result. Litterer Litterer Litter McLitterson is slain, and the beautiful bounty of his death is a fresh pair of pants, which nobody wants because they're all wearing pants.

Mr. Krabs takes the pants even if he doesn't want them, and proceeds to put them on The Bunker. The Area, yes. The Bunker's confidence soars by the way of having a new pair of pants, so much so that it grows legs and begins to break out into a sprint! Unfortunately, the Supersonics from before are still about, resulting in their mass extinction and the Bunker tripping. He's fallen, and he can't get up. Mr. Krabs offers it life insurance if it would jump into the inventory, except it can't accept that because it's unable to jump because it's fallen and it can't get up! Mr. Krabs is appalled by the idea of this, and literally just shoves the Bunker into the inventory directly.

A C H I E V E M E N T U N L O C K E D ( ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? )

Venia proceeds to slip out of Mr. Krabs at this junction to continue on as if nothing happened.

----+----

Venia moves back, into the sewers. "...This place friggin stinks. How much civilization is out here, anyways? Omorika's the only chairian I've seen... Everything else should just be an invader. Are they really needing to hit the can that much?"

Thankfully for her, Venia doesn't need to be here long. She already has what she came here for-the decaying corpse of the Cultist that unfurled. Or, well, the decaying slurry of said corpse. Well, actually, it's been too soon-it's actually perfectly fresh, not even at the beginning of the state of decay, but still in a disgusting crimson slurry. Venia pulls out Mr. Krabs and takes off most of 'his' gear, then uses the meme to suck up the slurry like a vaccum cleaner. She departs from the sewer... But not before moving up one zone more, noticing the jester pinned to the wall, and proceeding to riddle the dude with arrows from the Killer Bow, testing her aim. Honestly not half bad. She takes *that* corpse as well via some quick noncombat telekinesis and leaves the sewers.

For the slurry of the onlooker, Venia proceeds to pour in multiple cocktails of various brands of high-quality wine into Mr. Krabs. Where did she get this wine from? She probably stole it from some rich person. IN any case, everyone knows that pouring wine into the inside of a robot will make them drunk, unless your of Bender's model and are powered by alcohol. Mr. Krabs is only 40% Bender's model so it only provides modest resistance, but it isn't enough, and soon Mr. Krabs is swinging around drunkenly despite having no pilot. Strange.

Venia proceeds to kick Mr. Krabs multiple times in the shin, having her heel get under the skin. This makes it a Shindig, and everyone's invited, but only one person comes-Barleen MacGram, best Shindigger in the world. He proceeds to dig into Mr. Krab's shin with a high-powered laser, extracting from within the shin the entropic wine slurry as well as a metric ton of meme. Barleen escapes before the meme can devour him, so lacking anything else to devour and refusing to devour its masters, the meme extracted from Mr. Krabs devours the Entorpic Wine Slurry.

Five minutes later, after the multidimensional screaming has died down, Venia takes the dead meme into the laboratory. "...Maybe this power is the key to... Ugh. Why do I have to have all of the dangerous powers that aren't safe to use... And why do I have to study this to make it quote-on-quote safe? Eugh."

She extracts as much flux from the slurry as possible and purchases the Flux Detector, going neutral on Flux values. "This ought to make back its cost sooner rather than later..."

----+----

As for the jester corpse she procured earlier, she approaches Boshi. "Uh, hey. Can you eat this? I want the egg. Wanna raise a Yoshi, 'n' such... Yoshi's do hatch from those eggs, right?"

----+----

Venia decides that operating Mr. Krabs for battle is now officially stupid, for the most part, and thus prepares for combat directly.

Just go to the 'Current Build' tab to retrieve the build with minimal hassle, Ire. Formatting not included, and Identity Crisis accomplishment assumed.

For a summation of changes:
+2 HP
+1 MP
-4 STR
+3 INT
+2 SKI
-2 DEF
+6 RES
-6 SPC
Switch Savior's Roboglass Ballgown for Cultist Robes (so -2 RES, +2 SPC, +4 STR, -2 INT and -2 HIT, no more Divine Shield or Farmer's Dress but now get 10 SP when allies get downed).
Change Special to Unexisting Theorem
Change Radiant Singularity spell to Eagle Eye

Also please remember that I do not have bonuses to CAV from equipment and my CNT from equipment should be variable due to weaponswapping, an error from the previous stat lineup.

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 10:07:00

Emerald offhandedly tosses his point to HP, then says to Marron ”...that would technically work, yes, although my point was to focus on precision rather than sheer force. Example, aim for the face. It’s significantly less armored, except for this hat I have”

He also briefly goes over to Omorika to introduce himself, accept her into the party, and that’s basically it.

”...Big lady very big lady kill her before she no bad idea don’t do that how is she fitting inside that crab what even.”

/probablygonnacraft?

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 11:13:00

Wyvern’s eyes start to slowly open, and he finds himself on the floor of the bedroom. He rises to his feet, rubbing his eyes as the world around him becomes less hazy. He looks around, trying to figure out where he's woken up. After a couple minutes of wandering around, it becomes clear to Wyvern where exactly he is.

"This is... the house, right? From that battle last night."

Wyvern flinches at the sharp sting of his scratches, seemingly brought on by the memory of the fight. Other than a few cuts, Wyvern seems relatively unscathed.

"Not too bad for my first fight, huh?"

Wyvern flutters down the stairs but falls to the floor upon landing. He laughs slightly, dusting himself off and using his small wings to lift himself off the ground. Wyvern searches around for a bit to find someone...

"Hello? Anyone here?"

...but finds nobody.

"Damn. I must've overslept again."

He does, however, find a thoughtful note attached to the door telling him where to go.

After some aimless walking around, Wyvern manages to find The Whispering Library and heads through.

Wyvern finds himself in the entrance to the Grand Hall Route and notices a few things. First, he notices a large pile of rubble leading to a ladder. Next, a strange cannon looking device. And finally, a metric heck ton of enemies. Eventually, Wyvern formulates a plan.  Hoping not to be spotted, he sneaks over to the confetti cannon, holding it under one arm. He then flutter jumps (yes, like a Yoshi, except with wings) and latches on to the ladder with his free arm, and climbs up and into a hideout of some kind; safety, Wyvern hopes.

Wyvern continues on through the tunnel-like entrance but leaps back when he spots three figures. After drawing his claws, Wyvern realizes these are the allies he fought with at the house.

"Um... h-hi."

Wyvern approaches his allies slowly, careful not to alarm them.

"I'm Wyvern. I was in that battle before, but I kinda overslept and was late. So I don't really blame you if you don't remember me. Thought it would be a good time to re-introduce myself."

Wyvern opens his arms for a hug but then stumbles back, embarrassed.

"Sorry. I don't know how you guys actually greet each other around here. Um... nice to meet you? Properly this time."

Wyvern laughs sheepishly. He's not quite sure what he was thinking (besides "I want to hug the big floofy puppet, please hug me back.") but he's excited to join everyone on the quest.

[I'll probably craft later]

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 12:45:00

AsukaNinomiya: Is it --- oh, yeah, it is! Nice!
miyuki_s: Firmware update complete.
v4_flower: Sweet.
shizuki2223: now what? we've been out for a while
lilyknight: Ooh hey, we can connect.
rinko_shirokane: niiice
rinko_shirokane: wait whos @lilyknight?
lilyknight: Oh, uh, my name is Yuriko Nanao. Pleased to meet you all!
rinko_shirokane: umm im rinko shirokane, nice to meet all of you

The anime girls just walk around near the entrance to the library, before deciding to move in.

miyuki_s: Oh, uh, I have to say that the two of you still don't have full playable character status. And yes, this is a game.
shizuki2223: press f to pay respects
lilyknight: Please don't worry about that. I am merely a spectator.
rinko_shirokane: right then guess ill just craft random stuff until i get this full player character status you're talking about

They decide to +1 SPC, +1 AGI, and +1 SKI.

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 14:21:00

I agree to stop vacuuming... then quickly craft some cobblestone into thin sheets, stick it around the thyme matter, and inventories the contained full of thyme matter I just made. harvesting without vacuumes!
In other news, the "Shadowflame Crystal (Cracked)" is technically not a shadowflame crystal, so you can probably plant it in the crystiliary! if nobody else wants to use it, I plant it in the middle of the left side.

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 17:30:00

The Man snoops around the library, looking for a book about building robots for... some reason.

Originally posted on 2018-05-10 21:31:00

Irongutta puts his new skillpoint into SKI. He then equips a Hunter's Mark in place of his Lifegem.

He then approaches Omo. "Ya showed that you can carry yer own weight an' ya got a good 'ead on yer shoulders, which is 'nuff for me right now. Welcome aboard, I say!" Irongutta gives Omo a probably-too-strong pat on the back.

Originally posted on 2018-05-12 01:02:00

<ROUND FIFTY-SEVEN>
Version 1.1.3 has been released! Read all about it in the Patch Notes section!

To begin, let's handle Skillpoint Distribution. Full respecs will be saved for... a bit later.
And now, let's go and handle those respecs.
Alright, that's all cleared up now...

Anyway, Auth insists that Kokichi didn't do anything. Marron can only shoot a confused glare towards Auth.

MARRON: Oh, sure. Sure he didn't do anything.
MARRON: He didn't create a creepy clone gorillahole to creep on me, nope! He sure as hell didn't just do that!

After applying a bit of ink to Ette's wounds to seal them up, he then goes to greet Pop. Pop is immediately dismissive of him.

POP: that's nice
POP: but i'm busy searching for my nail bat

Pop doesn't even look at Auth, still posing like a (surprisingly creepy) french girl on the couch.

POP: i think i'm more than capable of going to her once i find it

Then, back at the Entryway, Auth quickly checks up on Omo. She's completely unharmed, not a single tear in her robes, or a stray drop of sap on her body. He then gives her a proper greeting, and she responds in kind. Grabbing the frocks of her robes, she does a curtsy towards him.

OMORIKA: Greetings, mister Author.
OMORIKA: I am Stella Omorika, at your service.

He then officially welcomes her into the Treason Club. She smirks gently for a moment.

OMORIKA: Treason club? What a strange group name...
TAEDA: W-Wait, that's not an actual group nam-
OMORIKA: I'd be honored to join your "treason club."

>Stella Omorika has joined the party Treason Club!

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: The Librarian

Auth then explains the whole situation of the Sphere to her. She sits in relative silence, only nodding along to his words. Despite this bomb of information, she doesn't seem phased.

OMORIKA: Oddly enough, I'm... not really surprised that the Sphere is going to kill us all.
OMORIKA: It was going to wipe us out anyway- it's not unreasonable to think that it'd put us on a timer as well...
OMORIKA: Should I pass this knowledge over to high command? There's a chance they'd believe me, but I'm unsure as to whether this would conflict with your agenda.
OMORIKA: Also, this second Ire- you're not talking about that cardboard monster that hacked the database, are you? If it is, it's not surprising- figures that his alternate versions would also be unsavory figures. Can't fathom how he got into our databases...

She doesn't pose any additional questions. Auth then passes Marron the Abyssal Catalyst to upgrade, before producing the Mindscape Radio from the inventory. She then takes the Mindscape Radio from Auth, complying to his request. She soon finds herself face to face with Glitch Temmie.

OMORIKA: Pardon, mister...
GLITCH TEMMIE: Mister?
OMORIKA: Ah, apologies. Pardon, missus-
GLITCH TEMMIE: Actually, it'd be "pardon, tem."
OMORIKA: ...What?
GLITCH TEMMIE: I suppose you've never met a Temmie, then? Say, you look familiar...
OMORIKA: Well tem, my name is Stella Omorika. It is a pleasure to meet you.
OMORIKA: I was told that there was someone I was meant to speak to?
GLITCH TEMMIE: Ah, you're Miss Omorika? Author's probable crush?
OMORIKA: Yes, but what does-
GLITCH TEMMIE: Nothing.
GLITCH TEMMIE: Nothing at all.
GLITCH TEMMIE: Anyway, right this way.

Omo is then put face to face with herself. She doesn't even bother talking directly to her.

OMORIKA: Mister Temmie, I beli-
GLITCH TEMMIE: It's just tem.
OMORIKA: Right. Mister Tem-
GLITCH TEMMIE: ...Okay, just please call me Glitch Temmie. No mister, no missus- just Glitch Temmie.
GLITCH TEMMIE: Are we clear?
OMORIKA: Understood, mist- erm, Glitch Temmie.
OMORIKA: Anyway, I believe that this version of myself is currently sleeping...
OMORIKA: ...and in turn, she has been possessed by a creature known as Lucid.
OMORIKA: I'm not sure how it's even possible that Lucid exists both in... wherever you are, and on Sussui, but I would advise tracking it down and destroying it.
OMORIKA: Lucid has the ability to infiltrate the minds of those sleeping, and cause all sorts of havoc. Imagine the worst nightmare you've ever had, then multiply it by whatever large number you feel like multiplying it by.
OMORIKA: That's Lucid's power. Then, while your mind is being torn to shreds, it can puppet your body. It hasn't been shown to do this to more than one entity at a time, but it can manifest these nightmares in several sleeping targets at a time.
OMORIKA: I would advise the utmost of caution against it.
GLITCH TEMMIE: Understood.
GLITCH TEMMIE: I may need to contract both Chloe and the Operative to take care of this creature... if we can find it.
GLITCH TEMMIE: Thank you for your time.

Omo bows towards the radio as the screen flickers dark. She then hears somebody walk up next to her. She turns to face her assiliant- it's Chloe. She extends a hand out in greetings.

CHLOE: Heya! It's nice to meet you, Miss Omorika!
CHLOE: I'm Chloe. Chloe Elem. It's great you meet yo-
OMORIKA: Miss Elem, what are you doing with your hand?
CHLOE: ...Eh?

Omo stares at Chloe blankly. Taeda steps in.

TAEDA: A-Ah, um, Miss Elem!
TAEDA: Y-You might not know this, but the contact of h-hands is considered to be a sign o-of utmost t-trust in Chairian culture!
CHLOE: S-So... handholding is lewd?
[small][small]CHLOE: Christ, this is the worst joke in the history of man and chair kind.[/small][/small]
TAEDA: I... suppose? Us Chairians manipulate the elements with our hands, and t-they're regarded a-as the m-most important part of our bodies...
TAEDA: Allowing someone to grasp your hand w-would mean t-that you trust t-them t-to not do anything to that part of your body!
CHLOE: O-Oh.
CHLOE: S-Sorry miss Omorika! I-I had no idea, I swear!

Omo seems to be slightly amused at the sight of Chloe's fluster. She grins a little as she simply bows towards her.

OMORIKA: Well, Miss Elem, you're an interesting one as well.
OMORIKA: It's an honor to meet you.
CHLOE: U-Uh, s-same!

She bows back, before awkwardly laughing at herself for a moment. Teag then inspects the Airship, and expends 10 Uniform Logs and 5 Refined Wood on the Airship to start repairs. Hull repair percentage rises by 10%. This might take a lot of resources, or a lot of effort. Or maybe you could just get Chloe to do it. She did well enough last game, right? That'll totally somehow means that she'll be good at it this game. Zaliah then liberates the Jester from the sewers and carries them to the surface. She expends 1 Feather Rope Coil tying them up.

Toast then decides to do a bunch of research; she researches Proximity Burst, the Helix Totem, Highly Responsive Prayers, and the Stat Boosters. That's 100 Samples total! Boshi then notes that Omo isn't looking so good.

OMORIKA: I can assure you that though I may look tired, I'm... perfectly capable. I don't believe a checkup is necessary.
OMORIKA: I won't let a little...
OMORIKA: ...

It seems that she's beginning to nod off. She quickly whispers the words to a spell as her eyes flutter shut. A blue light radiates from her eyes for a moment, and it seems that she's fully awake again.

OMORIKA: Mmm. Apologies.
OMORIKA: I use this spell to keep myself awake. It works remarkably well.

...She still looks somewhat exhausted, though. Boshi then promptly brutally murders the other Jester. He screams moments before one of Boshi's collar spikes pierces his throat.

JESTER: OH GOD SOMEONE HELP ME I'M BEING MURDERED AAAAAAAAAAA

Boshi then eats the Jester, and prepares to raid the stand. Before he can take anything (save the Maraca Staff), he hears an ominous laughter. He doesn't quite see where the sound is coming from. He turns to look behind him. Nothing there. He then turns back to the Coat Check, and witnesses a humanoid figure scamper down the wall. It appears to be a mostly pale white figure, save for some hard black outlines- almost as if it was a drawing. A similar looking fedora and trenchcoat adorn his body. Parts of its body seem to flicker in and out of existence, like a set of additional legs and a gigantic eyeball in the place of his face. He turns himself so that it sorta looks like he's climbing a ladder.

He then leans back, his legs still clinging to the wall. His body extends in an unnatural fashion, and he stares down Boshi and Hat Kid.

???: The Husk laughs maniacally, his gaze fluttering about. "Who cried out for help?", he thinks.

He's actually saying these things out loud. They're not thoughts.

HUSK: He stares directly at the Yoshi and his child. "DID YOU DO IT DID YOU DO IT DID YOU DO IT?" he yells, his voice echoing off the walls.
HUSK: Despite his suspicions, his hold on the shelves remain eversolemn. He simply grins at the duo, not expecting a response. He then stops for a moment, and thinks. He's always wanted to run a shop.

...This aberrant, whatever it is, seems to want to sell items to you. It'd probably be best to not anger it. It also suspects Boshi for murder. You probably shouldn't give it proof that you did it. Mr. Krabs then wargablargul whoa that's a lotta text. To begin, he promptly "transforms" into some gigantic lady, assuming the title of "Tallest Woman In The Party". After her conversations with a wide array of people, Venia Praefortis gives a somewhat confused "hi" to the party. Chloe, still being social, waves back.

CHLOE: Oh, heya! Your name is... Venia, right?
CHLOE: I-It's nice to meet you! I'd extend my hand in friendship, but I think some people are sensitive to that, eheheheh...

She gets a nice, long look at Venia's physique. Chloe feels something like a dwarf in her presence, despite only being about two feet shorter.

CHLOE: H-How tall are you, exactly...?
CHLOE: Sorry if this is a weird first question- it's just... I don't think I've ever seen someone so tall!
CHLOE: Anyway, welcome to the group! I think we're called the "Treason Club" or something now. I actually have no idea.

Chloe gives her a warm smile, before walking off apparently not unnerved (nerved?) about the sudden appearance of a giantess. Perhaps she's just started to accept the endless stream of weird gorilla in her life. Venia then re-activates Mr. Krabs, and proceeds to shove the entire "The Bunker" area into the inventory. Venia feels a sense of pride and accomplishment... and yet, a crippling emptiness. How odd. It's probably because of that Secretary Slicer sitting on the ground over there.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Universe Eater

Venia then decides to extract some Flux from the body slurry of the transformed Cultist. She uses some super high quality wine and kills a meme to rip 5 Flux out of the poor thing's body. She feels that she won't be able to examine another corpse like this again, but any flux is good flux! She then gets the Flux Detector. Flux for flux is probably a good investment. Emerald then keeps trying to coach Marron. She goes "oooooh" at his explanation.

MARRON: ...Wait, why not combine sheer force and precision?
MARRON: Blast the head into mush with something like... that rifle I had earlier. In the Mindscape.
MARRON: Why'd we not fix that thing up, again...?

Wyvern then heads to the Whispering Library, and talks with a few allies. Marron raises an eyebrow towards Wyvern.

MARRON: Um... hi?
MARRON: I'll be honest, I have no idea who the gorilla you are.

He then awkwardly reaches out for a hug, and gets a puppety right hook to the face for his troubles. Luckily for him, her fist is literally made of fabric and stuffing, but it feels like he just tanked a pillow to the face. He staggers back.

MARRON: Whoa, whoa, WHOA! What are you doing!?
MARRON: We don't even know each other! Geez...

Ette mimics the motions of a sigh, and waves a couple of things towards Wyvern. Marron decides to translate for him.

ETTE: (Hi, hi, hello!)
ETTE: (I'm Ette, and this is my big sis, Marron!)
ETTE: (She's just naturally mistrusting, don't mind her~)
ETTE: (Once you get to know her, she's all shy and cute!)

Marron places a hand over Ette's stitched on mouth, and promptly realizes that won't do anything to muffle her sister. Ette places a hand over her mouth and bobs, mimicking a laugh. She gives her sister a few pats on the head, and gives a big ol' hug to Wyvern, picking him off the ground and completely consuming him in floofy hugs. Seconds later, Ette plops him back on the ground, before skipping back to Marron's side. JOE then decides to use 10 Cobblestone to harvest some buckets of Thyme Matter, gaining 6 total Thyme Matter.

PIP: So.
PIP: Enjoying your purple liquid?

He also tries to plant a Cracked Shadowflame Crystal, but finds that there are none left. Plus, it'd probably explode upon being placed in there. Not because its illegal (which it is), but because it'd probably explode from stress + crack-ed-ness. The Man then snoops around the library, and figures that the Non-fiction books that'd teach those sorts of things would be further back in the library. Shame. Irongutta then delivers a powerful pat to Omo's back, nearly causing her to topple over. She stumbles off of her podium and wobble-hops a few steps forward on one leg, before regaining her composure. She glares at Irongutta.

OMORIKA: That's quite some power you have there...
OMORIKA: Try to not use it on me, please.

Then, back in the Grand Hall Route, Toast, Marron, and a bunch of others prepare to charge into combat! As the group prepares to head in, Toast equips and cuddles the plushie of herself, and promptly questions Marron's creation. She did specifically ask for something cute, after all! Marron's begins to glow a gentle red.

MARRON: W-What!? No no, y-you're not cute! I-I mean, uh, y-you're really cute! Wait wait wait...

Marron takes a moment to calm down. She's still red as a beet, but somewhat more collected.

MARRON: ...
MARRON: ...You m-might be kinda cute. I-I'd say more "pretty" than cute, though...
MARRON: T-That's not... bad, right?
MARRON: I... uh.

Marron rolls to naturally change subjects. She rolls a 4.

MARRON: Let's go... m-murder some jesters?
MARRON: Yeah. Let's go do that.

Ette appears to be squeeing in the background. What's she thinking about? The jesters appear to have been attracted by these disturbances, and the flustered puppeteer. There's way more of them than in the sewers. Looks like you'll be entering the heart of Clown territory...

S T R I F E !

<GRAND HALL ROUTE, ROUND ONE>
The battle has begun! So, there's a fancy-looking checker-pattern of Geo Tiles, and some Geos to go along with them. The Green ones can provide extra sustain, while the purple ones provide extra stopping power. Dancing between them can greatly improve your effectiveness in that combat! Also be wary of the Blue Geo Tiles; these can clone enemies, but only at a decently slow rate. If you can pick off the Jester near the back, that'd probably be a good idea.







<SOMETHING ELSE>
Then, Daskter collects and reads a book. He flips open the front page and... well, all he can see is words upon words, each written by hand in a deep black ink. It's an entire ocean of words. These words become the most vibrant of images- just reading through this book makes it feel as if he was Omorika himself! This book seems so personal, so special... and yet, there's an inherent sadness in her strokes. And so, he begins to flip through the pages, one at a time...

...Wait, what's this?
Daskter feels himself getting sucked in.
Not literally, though. Like, the way a book can suck you in.
...

The Book

<THE INKY ABYSS, ROUND ZERO>
Welcome back to the intended method of getting Stella's backstory out there, Omoquest! After the Great Memo Game Crash of '17, Omoquest was put on an indefinite hiatus, never to see the light of day again. Or so we thought! After being purchased by a certain mobile gaming company, Omoquest was rebranded to be "Omoquest: Heroes", and pushed right back onto the fierce mobile market! Omoquest: Heroes follows the story of a younger, probably less dead inside Stella, as she witnesses the end of the End War. Given the game's patented book format, the game is incredibly linear, and there's no fluff between every fight! Completing the whole game shouldn't take longer than five battles.

To play Omoquest: Heroes, one (or more, i guess) players can control the actions of the characters within, going through battle after battle! Completing battles will provide rewards in reality (somehow), so playing through the story should be sufficiently rewarding. Completion of the story will unlock an achievement, as well as an even greater trove of rewards! Do note that to reap full rewards, only one of you actually needs to play the game. You can treat it like Flare_Flames and his run of Antichamber in DTG 2.

Omoquest will be updated alongside every update. Which shouldn't take long- it's designed not to. Have fun!

Originally posted on 2018-05-12 04:48:00

Toast accepts her new plushie and hugs it.
"aaa this is so awesome!"
She's clearly enjoying it, as she remains like that for some time- eyes closed, arms wrapped around her mini past self, as she gently sways in place.
"I feel like I've been saying this a lot lately, but it means a lot for you to make this for me.I don't have any souvenirs from our adventure back in the mindscape, so... thanks. It almost feels like... we weren't separated. And..." she stops, struggling for words a little. Clearly poetry is not her strong suit. Or possibily just English, ...thanks. Again."
She goes back to her swaying and hugging, just enjoying the plushie. This continues for some time.
Suddenly she stops.
"Hang on," she says, a hint of suspicion in her voice.
Her eyes narrow and turn towards Marron.
"I asked for something cute..."
She pauses, and emerald eyes dart towards Marron. With the plushie held against her lower face, her expression is difficult to read. She tries to choose her words carefully.
"...Does that mean... does this mean that... you think I'm... cute?"
[small][small]"maybe i'm just... nevermind."[/small][/small]
~~

A blush forms on Toast's face, as she is called not cute, really cute, maybe kinda cute, and pretty, all in the span of about twenty seconds. She looks away, and runs her hand through her hair, pushing it behind her ear.
"W-well... for what it's worth, I think you're-" she starts, before getting her hand caught in her hair (it wouldn't be the first time), yelping in surprise. This breaks the moment a little, or at the very least, the tension.
Softly rubbing her head, she continues, "I... think we should go do some clown murder, y-yeah..."

Toast spawns in at E8, activates Unsealed Spellbook and casts Deep Thinking! Mods make this 3 intensity base, and 5 intensity if she's not hit. She gets into a Furi-style 'charging' stance, and thinks deeply about... things.
+1 Planning. -100 SP.

Marron will move to D9 and use Shadow Strings on the BassClown, moving it to D8. If this fails to displace it, then she'll retreat to D8 herself.

Ette can do whatever she likes I guess.

Originally posted on 2018-05-12 05:09:00

Omoquest:

Right, here's the plan:

Omo: Move to G9, turn LiveWood on G8 into a Construct. Set Special to Focus Willpower.
Abies: Move to D8
Construct: Move to F7

Thymium:

Firstly, if I'm free to do so, Auth purchases the Nail Bat from the Husk, and presents it to Pip.

uA: This is the one, right? Here you go...

Auth seems not to be worried... after all, he's not even there. The joys of having Spectres.

Back with Omo, Auth nods his head in response to her first question.

uA: Well... we think the Iti are being controlled from there as well. The Sphere is a problem, as far as I can tell, any way you slice it. Would High Command believe you, were you to slip this information to them? Would you get reprimanded or anything? I can't imagine you're in the good books with Spark, given how you don't seem to agree with his reign very much.[/b]

He also nods his head to her question about Chaos.

[b]uA: Yes, Chaos, the being who hacked into your Database, is Ire. Perhaps that explains how he got in? I don't know what role Ire had before he became Chaos, but... who knows?[/b]

Auth sighs a sigh of relief as Omo explains what might have happened.

[b]uA: Maybe Chaos has already seen Lucid? He already knows about Iti... I had to fend off a tonne of them back while we were trapped in his mind.[/b]

Auth looks concerned as Omo casts a spell on her just to make sure that she doesn't fall asleep.

[b]uA: That's... really not healthy, Lady Omorika. You should sleep, you know. It's not good for you to force yourself to stay awake. If you need help sleeping, we can certainly help. Probably.

Auth joins the battle on F7 and casts Black Shield on Ette.

uA: Go get 'em. I'm still in charge of making sure everyone stays alive, so you don't need to worry too much.

Originally posted on 2018-05-12 06:31:00

Terry swaps out Ebb and Flow with Hailstorm.
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Terry spawns in at H7, moves to J10, then drops a Hailstorm on J14.

Originally posted on 2018-05-12 07:56:00

"Alright, let's do this!"
Simeon starts on G8, moves to G9, and uses Nothing Left For Me To Do But Dance!
STATUS
He applies buffs to Irongutta!
MOBILIZE
He skips over to G11.
ATTACK
He strikes Jester 2!
RETREAT
He moves back to F10.

Originally posted on 2018-05-12 21:04:00

Berg suddenly crashes into the Grand Hall Route. Something about fast-travelling? Never heard of it.

cA: Hff... Hff... This is what I get for being distracted. Just... let me catch my breath...

Originally posted on 2018-05-13 04:32:00

Teag makes some further repair work on the airship's hull, using some iron in places that look like weak spots and some titanium in places that hold critical components. He then puts a Beacon Glyph in a Tactical Position™ onboard the airship (assuming that that's possible) and also moves the basement's generator to the ship, making sure that the lab equipment is wired in to house power.

Teag then notices that Jesters 3 and 4 made the rookie mistake of being weak to Piercing, so he appears at L6 and makes sure they don't make that mistake again. By murdering them. (starting with Jester4)

Originally posted on 2018-05-13 05:07:00

Comet puts a point into AGI. She spawns at H7 and uses Discharge on the Dancer.

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Trait active.

Originally posted on 2018-05-13 07:05:00

I swap slipthrough with blood molding, I also swap 2HP skill point into 2 MP before entering the fight.

I ask the Teammie shop how much it would cost to duplicate the Circuit-Laced Stick(t3)

Warping on H7 then moving H8, onto the Blue Geo that's getting terraformed in soon. My clone I believe should appear right next to me (H9) at the end of this round.

I shoot the Drop Dancer.

Saving my MP and HP, for the clone to be made with all HP/MP

I note once again my trait is leveless....

Originally posted on 2018-05-13 10:50:00

NPC STUFF:

Wyvern rubs the side of his head, where he'd been hit by Marron. Not because it hurt really, but just because he's surprised.

"Y-Yeah, sorry about that. I didn't mean to do anything weird."

As Wyvern is hugged by Ette, he's consumed by a feeling of warmth, both figuratively and literally. He hugs her back.

(This is happening at the same time as Ire's posts, and these are just his reactions.)

"Well it was nice to meet the both of you. I'd love to talk with you later, but apparently, there's a fight going on."

Wyvern waves to the puppet sisters and walks off, still holding on to that warm feeling.

SKILL POINT STUFF:

Before the battle, Wyvern adds +1 to DEF, +2 to AGI and +2 to STR.

BATTLE STUFF:

Wyvern flaps into battle at J7, using the momentum of his landing to dash towards the Drop Dancer at K10 and "Shield" Slam into it.

Originally posted on 2018-05-13 13:35:00

Emerald nods to Marron ”That might work, yes. Also I honestly have no clue, I was not part of the decision to use the Bypass or whatever it was called. ...want me to attempt to make a probably worse rifle?”

Emerald spawns at D8 and HUZZAH!’s over to D12, Shield Slamming the Jester with hat +20% damage. Delicious. Oh and he uses Galahad’s Shield. (If this interacts like I think it does, this would deal 5/6’s the damage it normally would)

Originally posted on 2018-05-13 14:31:00