The Man digs around in his pocket and pulls out... his character sheet.

He then slightly edits it, changing his name from "The Man of Hitting Things" to just "The Man" and writes up a whole new, non-joke bio. Well, mostly not a joke.



With that out of the way, he decides to craft... something, and then suddenly realizes he's completely out of ideas for stuff to craft. And then it comes to him. The idea that saved America. Are you ready for this? Are you sitting down? Okay, so here it is: Minifridge. Mortars. Okay you can stand up now.




He also redistributes 4 skillpoints from his INT stat, putting 2 into HP and 2 into SPC.

As Boshi walks into the house, Omo explodes- "(WOAH--)" -and the sound sends Boshi into a nearby wall.

"(Sheesh, you frightened the gorilla outta me!)" He quickly shakes his head to get back to grips with reality, pushing himself off the wall and dusting himself off. "(...Juuuuudging by that reaction, I guess this is Abies' house. Well, uh... awkward. Then again, I guess the sword and shield shoulda gave i-)"

He's cut short as a 7-year old... princess? Anyway, she actually startles him a bit with her shouting, and reaches out to pet him. He shrugs and wordlessly allows her to pet him- nothing wrong with that. Though he's also thinking, "who is this girl...? haven't seen her before..." as well as other things.

---

It's at about this time that Hat Kid and MU enter together; Hat Kid was able to walk on her own now; she seems to have healed quickly, and her bandages have come off. Convenient.

Of course, the second she sees a new face in Maria, she immediately runs over to say hi, excitement radiating from her, with no regard for her surroundings at all. And then she starts bombarding Maria with questions;

"Hi, hi!~ I'm Hat Kid! Who're you? Are you new here? You must be new! Where'd you come from? Where'd you get that dress? That crown? That stick? Those cats? What're they called?" While she would ask more, she decided to physically restrain herself from asking any more as of now. Plus, she kinda needs to catch her breath, as she sorta rapid-fired them out of excitement. She does take out her blue umbrella and unfolds it, though. She puts it above her head like a normal umbrella. It looks like the yellow stars on her umbrella are right above her.

MU, on the other hand, was more hesitant, and decides to approach Maria slowly, and remains quiet, allowing Hat Kid to do her thing first.

---

Boshi, presumably having a bit of time to himself, begins talking to Omo (and probably Venia, should she listen in) again. "(So... I... guess there's another one? Well, at least Hat Kid can make a few more friends now. I guess Hat Kid and MU were raised pretty well... when compared to her-- Maria, was it? Well, that's what I think, anyway. Not about to tell anyone how to live their lives.)"

Then, Venia mentions the giant hole in the wall on the second floor. "(Yeaah... long story short, some idiot poked an Observer too hard and it barged into the second floor. We somehow managed to get it out, but the damage is... extensive. Me and Taeda managed to get the smaller holes fixed, but there's still that gigantic hole we've gotta fix... think you'd be able to help out, or are ya too tired right now? I won't judge either way.)"

"(Might even work on it a bit myself before heading off to bed... before that, though...)" Boshi sniffs the air as if he was a doggo. "(Be right back.)"

---

He heads into the basement, and immediately wants to [s}die{/s] bash his head against the nearby wall. "(OH COME THE gorilla ON!! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!? STELLA'S GONNA BE PISSED!)"

He takes a moment to breathe. "(Okay... okay... hopefully she won't flip out. Hopefully she won't flip out... probably attack chaos, that's it... no harm done... i hope.)"

Boshi strides over to Bass, but looks dead straight into Chaos' eye-analogues (or directly at his face) first. "(Listen. If Stella gets pissed, it's on you.)" He's also got this look of "I know your weakness" plastered all over his face. Is he...?

Nevertheless, he relaxes and talks to Bass, continuing their conversation.

---

MU was quickly jostled by the sounds of Boshi cackling and the thud of his body hitting the floor, and darts downstairs to see what's going on while Hat Kid has her conversation with Maria. She only finds an unconscious Boshi. And a hotel...? "WHAT THE- WHAT IN THE NAME OF- THE HECK HAPPENED HERE!?" She looks around the basement, which would probably garner little response. "And don't tell me I have to haul him up these steps too... I've already had to deal with Hat Kid and- ugh, forget it, I'm leaving him there!" She idly wanders up to the hotel, pouring herself a glass of apple juice along the way. Then turns around. "Nice hotel. Hope you don't get mollusks in the rooms! Hehe." Then she walks back upstairs to give the bad news. "...Yep, he's asleep. I'm not bringing him up. If you want to bring him up, that's your call, I'm not helping."

"Thooooough, I could help with that construction job he was gonna try to do. Lazy!~"

---

MU heads upstairs and begins doing stuff. 2 Iron Ingots turned into nails, 20 Uniform Logs for the planks, 4 Refined Logs for 2x4 support beams.

Unfortunately, MU doesn't have a single clue on how to actually construct things, let alone repair a wall. Strange, seeing as she upgraded Boshi's guitar earlier. Though it all makes sense when she takes out a ball of Time Pieces and slams them all onto the floor in front of her. "Alright, time to have some fun. heha~" She dives straight into the ball of Time Pieces, and multiple flashes of light emit from the sphere. Time-space was starting to become so distorted around the Refined Logs that they literally begin to shape into 2 2x4s a log. She hammers the 2x4s in place to give the wall some structure. She embeds nails into these planks to give them the sturdiness needed.

Back to the Time Piece ball. She does more of the flashy-lights thing, and the Uniform Logs quickly form into solid, meter-thick panels to go with the rest of the 2 meter thick walls. She then nails those to the 2x4s that she secured in place earlier. After securing the entire thing, she feels like she's about to collapse from exhaustion. "Haah... didn't recall this taking so much effort when I made that judgement castle that one time..." She takes the ball of Time Pieces back and plops herself down onto the floor next to the Hat Tent, nodding off to sleep.

---

And thus the night goes on without much more of a fuss from Boshi or MU. Hat Kid's awaiting a response, though.

Nidra asks Chloe to find some Durasteel.

CRAFTPOST, INITIATE!

Destiny quickly buys 2 Silver Ingots from the Tem shop to recreate the shell of the Vitality Crystal. She then takes 3 Greatwood Logs, 1 Red Sap Blob, 2 Luminous Crystals, and 10 Soulblossoms and enchants the Greatwood Logs with the other materials. This creates the Healing Wood, which Destiny then adds on to the Silver Ingots to create a Regenerative Silver Twine. Next, Destiny takes out the Wire Scraps and wraps them around the exposed Vitality Crystal and suddenly it hums with energy. Finally, the Regenerative Silver Twine is used to create the new shell for the Vitality Crystal, which soon turns purple with red sparks of energy around it.

NEW ITEM CREATED!

(T3) Backup
(Crisis Regen)
+2 HP Regen
CRISIS REGEN: When under 66% HP, regenerate 2x HP.

Materials used:
5 Wire Scraps
2 Luminous Crystals
3 Greatwood Logs
1 Red Sap Blob
2 Silver Ingots (Bought)
10 Soulblossoms

Destiny immediately equips these items.

Destiny then walks up to Omorika.

Uh, hello there Omo, was it. I'm Destiny, local people shanker and also Space Goddess. I want to get familiar with the people around here.
Anyways, I'm interested in your magic. Most magic that I've seen is destructive, and summoning magic is almost nonexistent save for Automatons. There also seems to be a large lack of modern technology here in Sussui, such as plasma weapons. Essentially, are there any things of interest you have done with magic and how does magic affect Chairian society? I want to see if there's any difference between how magic is used in Automata and Sussui.

Brutishace, awed, accepts the Heart Key from his allies, quickly cooling off his temper.

"I'm not sure how you guys decided to put this into my hands, but I won't take this for granted. Thank you."

He then heads down into a corner of the basement and sets to work on his new trait.

Brutishace takes his skull (no, not the one attached to his body!) and figures out what to do with the Heart Key. However, it seems like the key already knows what to do, as it levitates to right atop the skull and plunges itself into the cranium with a sickening crunch. The skull is left with a crack in its forehead, but a faint violet light comes from within. Brutishace takes the skull and puts it back into his inner robe pocket, proud of his new power boost.

Brutishace's trait has upgraded to Level 2/3!
Soul Siphon (Level: 2 / 3)
Upon killing / downing an enemy, restore (4-6) HP to a target. Range 1-x, where x is the maximum range of the killing attack. May self-heal. Destroying corpses is a Bonus Action if it's within basic attack range.

If you think this is OP at any time, feel free to let me know! I have some compromises up my sleeve.

Brutishace also decides to give the skull itself an upgrade and sets to work. He takes a pair of Zweet Crystals and places them into the temples of the skull, making sure to be delicate- he doesn't want the thing cracking any further. After that, he takes three of the Corpsetaker Legs, weaves them into thin fibers, then uses them to weave an intricate pattern of swirls around the skull. The light shining from the skull slightly raises in intensity before returning to normal. Seems like a suitable improvement.

Brutishace has crafted the Unsettling Skull! He doesn't equip it yet, however, as the Sticky Note's bonus is too good to pass up- instead keeping it in safekeeping in his robe pocket.

(T3) Unsettling Skull
Yep, this skull is definitely harboring something creepy.
+1 INT
+1 MP Regen
Sinister Sight: Drain Life and Vitality Leech have Armorpierce1 and deal 10% more damage.
Drain Life also heals +10% more HP, and Vitality Leech adds an additional point of healing.
Dark (20%) (Up 10% from 10%)

Materials Used: Uncanny Skull, Zweet Fragment x2, Corpsetaker Legs x3

With that done, Brutishace sits in his corner of the basement and waits, brewing two more cups of Soulblossom Tea while in ther. This takes up 10 Soulblossoms and 2 Uniform Logs.

A completely red figure appears in the House, and looks around, taking in his surroundings.
Hex: Uh, hi, I'm Hex. So this is Sussii? The land of tables and chairs? And from what I've heard, the location of a interesting ongoing conflict? and thyme
((Also, Ire, can I edit my character sheet to Move 1 point from STR and one from MMP to SKI, move one point from MMP to INT, swap Midnight Cloak for Pyro's Pulsepack, and replace lifegem with a Pro MLG charm? Sorry for the inconvenience ))

Emerald gives himself that sweet T2 Lightning Rod for 50% Lightning Resist, switches Transfusion for Simaculcrum, and switches that one point in INT for AGI

Nezira wanders back into the house. "Whew. Got caught up exploring the library and missed everything. Ugh. At least I learned a bunch of things about Chairian knowledge and put a few things back in some form of order."

(Back in the game!)

Irongutta certainly wasn't expecting to return to such a busy scene since the house was comparatively empty last time. And most of that busy feeling came from one source, some little girl zipping around, well, everyone. "I don't remember there bein' another little grot runnin' around 'ere." Normally he wouldn't pay much mind to things smaller than him, but everything about his situation was different. Ever since he wound up on Sussui at least.

He barely had time to react to Maria commenting on the fact that Irongutta has green skin before she bolted off to gush over someone else's features. Irongutta was, simply put, befuddled by all of this.

Before long it seemed Maria had both run down and up the stairs again before settling into an embrace with Ette. Irongutta was quick to notice that Venia made some mostly fruitless attempts at keeping up with the energetic girl and generally seemed to stay by her side. Getting up from his spot on the couch, he approached Venia.

"Oi, Venia! Wots the deal wivv this little pinky grot 'ere? They weren't 'ere last time to my knowlege, an' it's plain to me that you both got some kinda history."

Finally able to get a closer look at Maria, he notes the little crown affixed to her head; probably big enough to be a ring on one of Irongutta's fingers. "Hm, lotta flash for a grot too." He scratched his chin with a finger while regarding the crown and its wearer. "Actually, don't you 'umie types got a different name for yer grots? Killdren or somethin' like that? .....Either way, ya gotta tell me how she can just wear so much flash like that an' not 'ave it nabbed by some git."

<ROLEPLAYING UPDATE>
Venia does a variety of things in-post. Well, not exactly just her- there's a multitude of characters under her 'umbrella' of sorts. Lady Maria runs about the house, greeting just about every person there. First, she bumps into Marron, who's... puzzled.



So. That was a post. Anyway, Toast talks with a bunch of people, too! Because talking is hip. She notes for Marron to meet her up in the bedroom. She nods, waiting patiently at the till for dinner. Now she has something to look forward to! Toast then pokes into the barbeque area, asking the two girls there, Chloe and Taeda, if they have sleeping arrangements planned.

CHLOE: I... don't have anything planned.
CHLOE: The couch is fine though, so don't worry about me!

TAEDA: We have rooms downstairs? I'd like one, please!

Toast also notes how that if needed, Chloe could borrow her clothes.

CHLOE: S-Sure! Y-You're fine with that, though...?
CHLOE: Hm. Maybe we should go and wash our clothes. It'd save us from doing this later, eheheheh...
CHLOE: I'll set up a clothesline, and... well, maybe I'll find a way to wash our clothes properly, too...
CHLOE: Thank you!
CHLOE: A-Also... are we really the same size...?
CHLOE: I mean, maybe in terms of height, but... y-y'know...
TAEDA: She's talking about your chest.
CHLOE: okay your clothing could be tight
CHLOE: B-But... thanks!

Toast then heads over to introduce Omo to the place. She says that she can crash upstairs, and that there's some rooms downstairs.

OMORIKA: Hm, sleeping upstairs is a nice proposition. It'd also be nice to keep Kokichi-types out, so I'm interested.
OMORIKA: Wait, did you say something about downstairs rooms? This house doesn't have downstairs rooms.

She quickly scrambles downstairs, and comes up somewhat confused.

OMORIKA: I... didn't see any sign of rooms. It seems like you've redecorated, though. Love the curtain.
OMORIKA: It also seems you've found the lab. A perfect place for a person like myself to work.
OMORIKA: Anyway, I suppose upstairs will have to do.
OMORIKA: Thank you, miss Toast.

Terry then heads off to create his own spacial bedroom. He consumes a Crystal Pen, an Accursed Storybook, 4 Refined Wood, 10 Silkweed bundles, 2 Nice Coats, and a Sheet of Paper. This creates a little pocket dimension bedroom for Terry. Bergilmir, still by Chloe's side, converses with her a little, noting how it feels like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders.

CHLOE: Hey, I'm glad it does!
CHLOE: And if you wanna help me cook dinner... well, I think a stew would be nice!
CHLOE: Just bring it to dinner when it's done, alright? I think it'd be delicious!

He notes how it's been the first time he's been able to relax for awhile, and inquires how Chloe feels about everything that's happened.

CHLOE: How I feel...?
CHLOE: ...
CHLOE: I don't r-really know what to feel.
CHLOE: I've seen so many amazing things, but I've already witnessed so much pain and hardships...
CHLOE: Like, I couldn't tell just how tortured she was just by looking at her. O-Omo, I mean.
CHLOE: And Marron, too! She has... some issues, b-but I can't help but feel bad for her!

CHLOE: ...
CHLOE: A-And then I learned that Nia's alive, she's here, she's still her same old self...
CHLOE: ...and she's possessed by a malignant... thing!

CHLOE: I'd... I'd be lying if I said I wasn't anxious, or worried...
CHLOE: B-But, I'm glad I've gotten to meet some amazing people, too!
CHLOE: Toast, Calibri, Venia, Taeda, Marron, you...
CHLOE: I'm glad to have met everyone. I-I'd hate myself if anything bad happened to anyone...
CHLOE: ...o-or myself.

CHLOE: Thanks for asking, Berg. I'm just... nervous, and sometimes it helps to talk about these things...

Chloe silently goes back to cooking. Or not, as it looks like she's just about done cooking- the pork's the perfect color.

CHLOE: Oh gorilla! Plate, plate, plate! Gotta take it off the grill, pronto!

Taeda runs off, and returns with a rather large plate. Chloe plops the porkchops onto the plate, before running off to get some more pork. One plate of pork isn't enough to feed an entire group of players, after all! She slams it onto the grill, and returns to her meditative task of cooking.

Boshi then heads over to Omo. He explains some of the going-ons around the house, like the gigantic hole in the second floor, created by a Gazyer way back when. She sighs.

OMORIKA: I'm going to pray for our sake that activating the Observer was an accident, or that the perpetrator was unaware of its power.
OMORIKA: Anyway, I should be able to fix the hole. It'll take some material, but I'll be able to do it.

She heads upstairs, assesses the damage, then takes a moment to admire that cute tent in the hallway before using 10 Refined Wood and 10 Uniform Logs to fix the gigantic hole in the side of the house. Mustache Girl helps out too, saving her quite a bit of energy. She doesn't replace the window, noting how glass is outside her realm of expertise.

OMORIKA: Thank you for your help... person.
OMORIKA: I don't believe we've met before. Judging from your stature, I'm assuming you're related to Hat Kid back there?

Boshi then quickly heads downstairs, death-staring Chaos and delivering a warning before heading over to Bass's room to chat. Chaos shrugs.

CHAOS: sheesh wha[t]'s his problem
CHAOS: i jus[t] mined and craf[t]ed like [t]he [t]i[t]le of [t]he game sugges[t]ed

Reality gains Confused0.2 at Chaos's statement. Anyway, Boshi. Bass. CONVERSATION! Well, there's not really much of a conversation- Boshi begins to get intense before he can get a word in. Before Boshi realises it, Bass has placed him outside of the room. He's quite confused, and only manages to say a few words before closing the door on Boshi's unconscious form.

BASS: man i think you've had one too many entropy cookies
BASS: that is to say, you've probably had one
BASS: come back when you're not blackout entropy or something okay
BASS: okay?
BASS: okay.
BASS: good... good talk, i guess

Nidra, recent arrival, finds her way to Omo. She introduces herself, and her service.

OMORIKA: Ah. Greetings, miss Nidra. I'm Stella Omorika. It's a pleasure to meet you.
OMORIKA: And... what is this... creature? Or stuffed toy of a creature, I might say...

OMORIKA: ...Thank you for the offering, miss Nidra. I believe that this should be enough.
OMORIKA: ...
OMORIKA: Fluffy.

Destiny then talks with Omo for a second. She immediately drops a rather large question.

OMORIKA: Greetings, Destiny. It seems you've already been acquainted with me, so...
OMORIKA: Anyway, you wish for a history lesson of sorts? It's late, so I won't go in-depth...

OMORIKA: Simply put, magic has been a staple part of our society ever since the creation of our species. As you might know, Chairians were originally part of a ruling class; the fancy, slender nobles to the brutish, powerful Tabletopians. While we had incredible magical power, the Tabletopians did not.
OMORIKA: While the Tabletopians went to science for power, we kept to our Helix-given roots of powerful manipulation magic. Magic is used for innumerable things in our society. Cooking, construction, warfare- magic is used in about every facet of life. Even if some don't use it to an extreme degree, it's there in their lives as an omnipresent force.
OMORIKA: Those with strong magical abilities do tend to reach higher status in our society. While there are exceptions like Abies and our own lovely magically-gimped scientist, Cypress, it has been statistically proven that the more magical potential you have, the higher up you'll be in life.
OMORIKA: While I'm not sure how magic is used in your society, I believe the way in which magic surrounds our lives is unique to us, from our own innate magic to the magic we cultivate from crystals, or the stranger elemental magic that some of our Magi have tapped into.

OMORIKA: ...Hm, if only for historic purposes, I'd enjoy hearing about your own world, Destiny. Especially since you're a Space Goddess. If maybe self-proclaimed- I haven't truly seen proof of your title, sorry.

---

With all that out of the way, time has time to... progress! Eventually, dinner rolls around. Chloe, after delivering a mountain of porkchops to the kitchen, begins to run about the house, calling everyone for dinner. While she's doing that, Taeda sneaks out back, gathers some herbs, and comes back with a makeshift salad made of wild herbs and vegetables. She places it down on the table- while it is somewhat dwarfed by Chloe's mountain of meat, it's a nice splash of color to the meal.

CHLOE: Eat up, everyone!
CHLOE: I think we've all earned this meal! Killing dream demons, making new friends... it's been a long day, hasn't it?
CHLOE: Enjoy!

...Of course, we can't really be sure how many people actually attended the dinner, but Taeda, Marron, and Omo show up, at the very least. They all seat themselves, say graces, then begin to dig in like they haven't seen food in days, which is a very real possibility. Marron however, hasn't even touched the pork.

CHLOE: Marron, you alright?
CHLOE: If you don't like pork, I could try and secure you something else!
MARRON: No.
MARRON: I just... don't like meat.
CHLOE: Huh? How come?
MARRON: Well, I had an incident with some undead...
MARRON: And... m-meat really doesn't taste bad, i-it's just that I imagine it rotting and decaying and my body just c-can't stomach it at that point... a-and then I throw up, usually.
CHLOE: Huh. W-Well... t-that's... unfortunate.
CHLOE: I can go and... m-maybe prepare you a sandwich of sorts?
MARRON: That's fine.
MARRON: ...I can tell just by looking at it that your cooking skills are pretty gorilla.
MARRON: For one, you haven't really skinned the meat properly. The way you've drizzled the sap on top is telling me that it was an afterthought, and that you didn't properly work it into the dish.
MARRON: I don't think I'm missing out on much. So thanks.
CHLOE: ...

Marron "hmphs" off upstairs, ready to receive Toast. While up there, she helps herself to some of the fruit Ette collected, as well as a spare cookie or two that she kept in her pocket. Meanwhile, Chloe's left somewhat defeated, now reduced to slowly eating her own handiwork. At the very least, it seems the others are enjoying their meal. Perhaps she could use a cheer or two; cruel words always seem to hit harder than kind ones.

---

...Anyway, with this bit of roleplaying out of the way, we should be on-track for a finished update tomorrow! There's an incredible amount of roleplay here, and I'm happy to see that! Even if it takes a long time to process. Anyway, tomorrow's update will bring the dawn of Zone 3, and hopefully more suffering good fun!

See you soon!

Venia turns around at the announcement of Nezira's return. "Oh, hey! We missed you while we were doing stuff. Quick catch-up: we, uh, we got the glyph, killed Lucid, and we'll be heading off to the other relic location we pinged... Apparently its in a 1/5th scale replica of Yggdrasil in the center of some botanical gardens of some description. If memory serves, it's a hotspot for Rebel and Legion fighting..."



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Venia's called to attention by dinner, grabbing Maria by her waist. "OK, time for dinner, little muffin! Chloe made all these wonderful porkchops for everyone so be sure to say thank you." Venia says, hoisting Maria up into a carried position.

"Thank you!" Maria says.

"To Chloe, not to me, you silly muffin!" Venia says as she sits Maria down.

"Uhhh... Who's Chloe?" Maria asks.

"The blonde girl," Venia says, gesturing to Chloe.

"What's a blonde?" Maria asks.

"That means they have yellow hair." Venia says.

"Then why can't you say they have yellow hair?" Maria asks.

"It's easier to say 'blonde' than 'yellow hair,' isn't it?" Venia says.

"Oh. Uh, thank you blonde girl!" Maria says at Chloe.

Venia takes a brief look at the soulless kitsune, still playing gargoyle at the door, before returning to the plate.

"Well..." Venia says. "Stella, you clearly have been here before. Do you know what that device is down in the lab? It appears to just catch everyone's attention if you're close to it. I think Toast threw a coat over it earlier..."

"The lab?!" Maria exlaims, hastily working through a mouth full of food.

"Maria! Don't talk with your mouth full." Venia says.

"There's a lab down there?! A lab and a hotel? This place is awesome. It's almost as big as my room!" Maria shouts.

"Yeah... You saw it, right? The curtains? Chaos-the weird red glitchy guy-probably didn't know anything about who owned this house, or that it was important to anyone who would imminently be arriving, so he, uh, dug a hole. Right into the wall. Made beds and basically a hotel, I think..." Venia says, between bites of pork.

"And he did somethin' so fast to the wall that I don't know how he did it and I want to do it." Maria says. "I am gonna ask him until he teaches me. That was awesome."

"Yeah, he threw up the curtain when people questioned him. Specifically, about the fact you were going to throw a fit." Venia said. "Then again, its not like you could really inconvenience him. You know how bad the former Chairheir, Ire, could be. Chaos is literally his past self. I think I already told you this..." Venia says. "... I forget. Then again, I don't really understand what the deal is with Ire to begin with, I just don't know anything about him... Or, well, I do know about the whole army thing, but I don't have a feel for the motive. I know that you guys know he was 'created' by someone, but perhaps the reason for his actions was because he was created, and possibly controlled, by some teenager who was clearly unaware of the consequences? Or did he think that the war where IKEA was demoted to 'threatening miniboss' rather than 'all-destroying tyrant emperor' was just so much more important? Perhaps he would have let you have your army back if you asked? I don't even get it, other than there's that little wretched thing in his head. And that little wretched thing is manipulative."

"I don't understand none of this." Maria says. "What's a Chairheir? And what's a consequences?"

"A consequence is the thing that happens because of something else you did. Like how eating pork fills your belly as a consequence." Venia says.

"Oh, I get it!" Maria says.

"...Hrm, what even is the Chairheir, though?" Venia asks, mostly to the air. "Ire clearly didn't lead the council."

"Wait, wait, what's an entropy?" Maria asks.

"It's... A complicated science thing." Venia responds. "The natural tendency for everything to lose heat over time and decay."

"Ooooooh! ... I don't even know what that means." Maria says.

"... Anyways. Nidra, Hex, it's nice to meet you two." Venia says. "The more allies against omnicide, the better."

"Wait, is that like the fuzzies?" Maria asks.

The 'fuzzies,' Maria's tactful way to put Venia's condition.

"...I wouldn't say its quite like the fuzzies. The fuzzies are... Much, faster than normal." Venia says.

...Are you gonna be OK, Venny?" Maria asks.

"Of course sweetie." Venia responds.

"The fuzzies are gone?"

Venia pauses. "... I think I found something for that, but no, they're not gone. I may have found something soon, though."

"...I don't know what to feel about it!" Maria yells. "I don't wanna forget you and everythin' ever! I don't want you to go away forever! That's not right!"

"Oh, little muffin... It won't be like that. I promise you." Venia says, noting in the back of her mind that Maria probably won't even remember that promise if she failed. It seemed to work for now, though-Maria turned back to her porkchops.

"... Moving on," Venia says. "For you two newcomers, uh... You're Hex, and you're Nidra, right?" Venia says, pointing a fork at the new duo respectively."[/color] "Not sure if you already got the memo, but I'll give you the full breakdown... And prepare for me to talk your ears off. I'm known for that," Venia says. "Consider this the mission briefing."



"With the briefing done... Well, tonight, we rest as best as we can, with the limited amount of beds. I hope you can accommodate yourselves well enough, because when morning comes, we will have to head out to find the next Glyph. Most of our days will be spent searching for the Glyphs, and likely will involve a lot of combat, so I hope you two are familiar, and comfortable, with that. You should ask around and check on what everyone else can do, if you don't already know. Might help."

"Our next target is the relic in the area known as the 'Endless Gardens.'-

"A garden?!" Maria shouts. "I wanna go to this garden, I wanna see all the pretty flowers and plants."

"... Little muffin, we'll go there when its safe and free of monsters. And mean bad guys." Venia says. "That won't be tomorrow, but there's a library you can explore! They have lots of books."

"But I don't wanna go to a library, I wanna go adventurin'! That's why I came here, too! I wanted to see you, and go adventurin' with you!" Maria says. "And daddy says I can, too! I just gotta stay safe with you people and I'm OK!"

"Maria, I understand. We'll go to the Gardens together the day after tomorrow, OK? You won't appreciate the flowers as much if you have to keep running from bad guys and monsters trying to eat you!" Venia says.

"... OK!" Maria says.

"...Moving on, where was I? Oh, right, gardens. Uh. Chairians and Rebels are reported to be in full conflict over there, by our scans. The Endless Gardens have reports of heavy elemental energy of both Frost and Earth polarity, which does make sense for the area, kind of, so if you can, prepare your gear to resist those magical elements. By Stella's word, the Glyph in the area is in the 1/5th Scale Replica of Yggdrasil, which is apparently located dead-center in the gardens. There are no sightings of Rose Cultists in the area, probably due to the heavy fighting, though we may find a few venerating Nia, if she's still there. There are Iti, of course, including an Eliti known as the 'Yaga,' which I think I overheard something about 'burying' people. Stella, if you have any information on the Yaga, it may be pertinent to share it before we walk into something worse than Lucid," Venia says, giving pause for Omorika to explain, if at all.

Once Stella finishes, Venia continues. "... So, in conclusion, Sussui has the single worst bug infestation that can ever exist; eldritch deity bug infestation, and we are here to clean it up. I'd ask for questions, but the answers are most likely found in a 'hit the ground running' sense, and for that I am dearly sorry; it's just a lot of variables to deal with, and for that matter, I am usually very busy, all the time. I would ask Chloe, or Omorika, or Taeda; they seem to understand the lay of the land the most. Oh; and the Triangle thing in the back as well as the red dude around the house are both shopkeepers."

"We can do this. There has been so much worse that people like us are called upon to kill, and we have killed them. This will fall all the same. We have only lost our powers; we have not lost our strength."

At this point, the dinner is over with. Venia hasn't really touched the porkchops at all due to focusing on talk so much, some people have already left, and Maria is sitting on the couch, petting her cats. Looking mildly awkward, Venia focuses on the meal and digs in, despite the fact it's gone cold.

"... These are some good porkchops..." Venia says, mostly to herself at this point.

Wyvern stirs, and slowly opens his eyes. He rises from the floor and, to his surprise, finds himself in the middle of the corridor in the second floor of the house.

"How did I..."

Wyvern shrugs, brushes his hair away his eyes and heads over to the inventory to pick up some new gear... or more accurately, better versions of his existing gear.

He equips the enhanced versions of what he's already wearing, and then gently places a skill point into AGI, two into INT and his final two into DEF,

/editing in rp stuff

((and then maybe some Toast RP here I'll figure it out with them))

Auth, upon noticing that everybody else is leaving, stays behind briefly. He walks around the room, scanning any books in Omorika's office that he thinks might be beneficial. He then walks around the rest of the library, looking for any book that might be interesting before he decides to return to the house.

Upon doing so, he immediately tries to make himself smaller, difficult for someone as tall as he is, and tries to go down to the basement while being ignored. He enters the Lab, and sits there quietly while reading the books he collected.

He seems to be thinking about something while reading, but being curled up and siting in the corner makes him much harder to see. Almost like he doesn't want to be seen. But after that nonsense with Lucid, that would be stupid. He didn't have a problem being seen then.

There's nobody he believes would want to talk to him anyway. He's basically prepared for the night.

Auth then realizes that there's an item available for him. He places the book he was reading down, quite carefully all things considered, and stands up to find it. He methodically searches the Inventory for the Heart Key, and then proceeds to use it on himself, turning it right before collapsing. His body didn't seem to like that much, but when he wakes back up again, Lamentation Lock has evolved, seeing as the protective barriers in the shape of locks that surround him in battle now have blue veins running across their entire surface, that leaps over and restores Auth's MP as he casts spells.

Roleplayish.

"Hello Omorika, my name is Daskter one of the treason's club summoner, I have been meaning to ask, does your people use potions, and what are they? I note my group has a severe lack of potions"

Zed flies back to the House and looks around at what changed since the last time he was here. He yoinks a cloud out of the sky, shapes it into a gateway, and steps through it into the portal chamber of his tower in his home realm. Zed fetches a book, returns to the House, and attempts to read it. The book immediately disintegrates.
You add the spell Airstrike to your library!
Zed: "Oh right, Sif Muna added that spell library thing. Neat."
Zed memorizes a custom skill (replacing Hidden Force), and slapps all 4 of his cool and new skill points into AGI.



Whether or not the custom skill goes through, Zed proceeds into the "STAFF ONLY" room. After all, he is wielding a staff.

((and maybe some rp stuff at some point))

Roleplaystuff

Hex joins the dinner with a smile
Hex: So hi? I’m Hex (Chumhandle RedRevengeance). Split, traveler, collector, and fighter... well, who’re you guys?
He listens to Venia intently, seeming interested.
Hex: So basically, we need to get glyphs, and Slapp bad god ma- I mean butterfly. And said Bad God Butterfly has a cult. And from what I've heard, there's thyme and the Dark Carnival. Which well is bad.
He stops for a second, thinking, then speaks again.
Hex: Sounds fun! When do we head out for the next Glyph?
Hex: And on a unrelated note, should I change my text color? There seems to be a lot of Red-texters here.
Hex: does this sound and look good?

Dinner time...

Calibri and EN have both shown up. Verdana's off somewhere else. Come to think of it, has anyone seem him eat anything at all during his time here? Still, at least two out of three decided to show up. Calibri can't help but chuckle a little, floating some distance away from the table, while EN's awkwardly crouched over the broken remains of that one particular chair.

"So... heh. Normally, I don't eat food. Don't really need it. But I... might have inherited a few taste preferences from my predecessor, and given there's meat present this time around, guess I'll partake in a bit."

A surprisingly large portion of pork disappears in short order. If one bothers to check, they'd find that, predictably, Calibri has made off with the large portion, tearing in without really bothering to use any form of cutlery. Not that he seems to need it, if the whole teleporting and hovering thing is anything to go by. While in the middle of tearing in, somehow without really needing to open his mouth, he decides to compliment the chef. Namely, Chloe.

"Hmm... Ain't really a professional at food reviews, but... Eh, dunno what Marron was on about, these taste fine to me. Maybe a tad different from the pork I'm used to, but that's probably just cause of differences between what I'm used to and what the wildlife here is like - ain't had sapsqueal before. Heh."

Now to check in with EN. She's still awkwardly crouched over the broken chair, humming quietly and actually using cutlery. Sure, the cutlery happens to have somehow been built into her wrists, but still. Better table manners than one of her main peers, at least. And she's actually taken a relatively balanced amount of everything - meat, sure, but also some of the vegetables. Hasn't gone for the milk, though.

"Hmm... Yeah, them's fine t' me. Like, 'round 'bout th' usual traditional-style quality in me opinion. Maybe a tad 'bove th' average. Ah say traditional-style mos'ly cause it wouldn't be fair, tryin' t' compare any cookin' done th' usual way t' anythin' popped outta th' matter replicator we got back on th' fleet ships... Heh. Once th' whole thang wit' th' sphere's done, maybe ah coul' take y'all t' one o' th' luxury-types? Ah'm sure y'all'd appreciate it there, heh."

Beat. EN flinches, as though remembering something. She then proceeds to make a megaphone emerge from her shoulder, turning to shout out the window, thankfully directing her voice away from the rest of present company.

"YO, VERDANA, CAN YA BE A DEAR AN' TAKE SOMETHIN' DOWN FER AUTHY AN' BASS?"

Beat. There's a thump against the window as Verdana smacks face-first into it and fails to get through, then the window proceeds to just sort of drift away out into the open air for a bit. He then steps over through the lower windowsill, the window proper drifting back to set itself in place neatly. Funny how gravity powers can be used for absurdly mundane bullshit.

"Very well!"

He proceeds to make off with a few pieces of pork and some of the vegetables, then wanders out the kitchen and down into the basement, followed closely by a pair of flying plates and two sets of knives and forks. Once down in the basement, he takes a brief detour to go check on Auth in the lab, setting down one plate and some of the pork.

"EN wanted me to take some of dinner down for you! I have absolutely no clue what you would eat, but here you go anyway."

There's a pause, then Verdana wanders out of the basement again, going over to the place on the above-ground that would be directly above the room beside Bass's room. The sound of serious gravity manipulation can be heard as the ground is briefly made to not be in his way, then Verdana plops down onto the bed in the room beside Bass's. He then wanders over to the room that Bass is in, procuring the rest of the foodstuff he made off with earlier, setting the plate down in the... air, somehow. Must be gravitystuff at play here.

"EN wanted me to take down some dinner for you too! So, there you go! You should probably take hold of that plate soon. Once I leave line of sight, it's not going to be held up by antigravity anymore."

He waits until Bass has decided what to do with the plate, then just smiles and leaves the room, prompting the antigravity to turn off. He then fails to realize he could literally just go out past Chaos, instead returning to that other room beside Bass's and once again using gravity manipulation to get the ground out of the way, popping back up on the surface once again, then wandering inside and deciding to idly drift around the main room of the house.

Terry generically warps to the dining room, generically eats the porkchops and salad, and generically listens in on everything.

"So, guys..."