Given I'm controlling Pope!Bill while Pope's away (by his request), Pope!Bill puts a point in SKI.

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED AND FOUR>
Terry decides to equip the Wings of the Video Valkyrie, and the Chainlink Scarf. He also gives himself +2 SPC and -1 RES.

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Destiny opts to slap together her Enchanted Hookshot Daggers with a Spiritblossom, 3 Galeforce Crystals, 5 Skyroot Logs, and a Turbulence charge! This produces the Dual Windforce Daggers! It gets a damage buff, strangely enough; +1 Basic Attack damage!

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Koharu decides to do a spot of crafting too, combining 10 Iron Ingots, 1 Accursed Storybook, 1 Glass Sheet (15 Credits), 1 Copper Gear, 1 Circuit Board, 1 Clay, 1 Red Sap Blob, 1 Throwlem Crystal, 1 Skyroot Log, and 3 Silkweed Bundles together to craft a lil' golem partner for Chloe!

CHLOE: Oh! This'll come in handy!
CHLOE: I've always had a hard time bringing things back from the field- this lil' guy will help a bunch!
CHLOE: Thank you~

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Packo opts to equip some items. He dons the Chainlink Scarf and the Ranger's Coverings. He also distributes some skill points, obtaining +1 AGI, +1 SKI, +1 DEF, +2 SPC, and -4 MMP.

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Emerald decides to join the trend that someone set, and equips a Chainlink Scarf. He also +1's his AGI. Emerald then tosses 150 Credits and 16 Samples towards Chaos to buy a Heart Key, which he promptly shoves into his chest. This upgrades his trait!

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The Man goes to explore Itisa Pond. He decides to mash Z against everything and anything in the area. He begins by mashing against the Medamaude. To his surprise, it doesn't actually kill him. Instead, he obtains Effect: Medamaude! He then mashes against the Altar, and accidentally conjures a witch costume out of one of the eggs. He then promptly mashes it back into an egg form. He then mashes against the slot with an eyeball hand in it, slamming Effect: Medamaude down into it! The power of the effect promptly transforms into an egg. 1 / 4 slots filled!

He then opts to mash against the Rainbow Mountain, moving into it. There, he finds a cute bedroom. A girl sits in the middle, her form forever changing. She appears to be asleep. The Man He then opts to +2 his SKI and -1 his INT. He also gives 60 credits to Marron and Ette, and they start piecing together the Electro-Tie!

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Venia talks with some people! First, she responds to Nia's request to hang out, refusing her. She seems a bit miffed.

NIA: : Y
NIA: ...Eh, it's fine. I'm not surprised that you're already stupid busy.
NIA: Also... you made a spell? Lemme see!

Nia checks out Salvation.

NIA: Eh, I dunno...
NIA: ...Buuut, since you went through the trouble, I'll try it out!

Venia then asks about Xavier. Nia takes a moment to think.

NIA: He's... currently at this floating lab place!
NIA: He's been there for awhile, just very, very slowly grinding through its defenses.
NIA: While the Chairians are tough, they're no match for his systematic attack! Apparently, he should be at his objective fairly soon...
NIA: ...Then again, he's needed to back off for a moment to replenish his supplies and energy and stuff.
NIA: He'll probably get his Glyph or whatever soon enough.

Elsewhere, Venia trots off to go and talk with Maria. Chloe comes along with her, and soon receives a request to do an escort mission with Maria. Chloe freezes up a little, timidly staring at the comparatively tiny Maria.

CHLOE: W-What...?
CHLOE: A-Are you sure i-it's safe to take a child out into the open like that? W-What if I c-can't protect her, a-and she gets... I-I don't know, e-eaten or some gorilla!?
CHLOE: I-I... I don't think i-it'd be safe for me to do alone.

Chaos, who never actually left the house, suddenly appears behind Chloe. Chloe freaks out and bops Chaos in the face. Or at least, she tries to- her fist passes clean through Chaos's head as it creates a tidy little hole for her fist to pass in and out of.

CHLOE: D-DON'T SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT!
CHAOS: don'[t] sneak a[t][t]a[c]k me like [t]ha[t] [t]hen
CHLOE: ...

CHAOS: okay so anyway
CHAOS: sin[c]e i've been demo[t]ed [t]o gilded global eli[t]e supreme babysi[t][t]er pris[t]iege level five, i'm pre[t][t]y qualified [t]o help and s[t]uff
CHAOS: how abou[t] i[t]?
CHLOE: um-
CHAOS: don'[t] bo[t]her answering be[c]ause we're going on a lovely darn field [t]rip and you're gonna like i[t] missy
CHLOE: B-But then, who's gonna guard the house...?
CHAOS: uh
CHAOS: that mollusk [t]ha[t] bass keeps downs[t]airs
CHAOS i[t] ea[t]s i[t]i flesh like nobody's business so i[t]'s probably an end-game [t]ier foe
CHLOE: I'm... not convinced.

The two of them continue bickering with one another about how to best protect the house. It'd probably be worth having Venia interject, if only so that Maria can go on her trip faster. Mr. Krabs then asks for the miscellaneous data on Experiment 15. There's silence from the other end of the receiver for a moment.

GLITCH TEMMIE: ...Are you sure?
GLITCH TEMMIE: In terms of important information, it's all basically fluff on how her systems work. There's hardly anything actually interesting in there... and our scientists haven't compiled a clean report on all of that.
GLITCH TEMMIE: If you do want it, it'll take time.

He also asks for the information on Xavier's robots.

GLITCH TEMMIE: That however, we have prepared.
GLITCH TEMMIE: Faxing over now...



Venia then does a lot of crafting, creating the following items:
Storm Ward: Success! 3 Megabark, 1 Storm Cellystal, 4 Titanium, and 10 Wire Scraps used. Equipped!
How to Barrel Roll: Success! 1 Book of Joshi, 1 Throwlem Crystal, 3 Galeforce Crystals, and 1 Silverwood Log used. Equipped!
Player-Crafted Inventory: Success! 5 Paper, 1 Crystal Pen, and then a charge from the Spell Scroll, Wyvern Plush, Toast Plush, Venia Plush, Emerald Plush, and Sticky Note used.

Venia then DOES MORE STUFF because she's never ever done, ever for some reason. Her post has taken like an hour to process so far because I needed to do another special write again. Anyway, she spends 500 Credits for the Drone Convoy, 50 for the Corpsetaker's Graspers, and then 50 to get a Crystal Energizer and some Blessed Waters.

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Boshi does a lot of stuff as well! First, he slots in the Venia Plushie, and rotates his entire spell lineup. Nia then chats with the unhappy yoshi. He notes how he can't really vent to Hat Kid...

NIA: You sure about that? Hat Kid, if her source game is accurate to her actual existence, has dealt with some pretty serious stuff! You sure she's not mature enough to at least talk with you?
NIA: Or, at the very least she'll cheer you up! It'd be a crime if a cutie like that couldn't cheer ya up!


Boshi goes on about his problems. Nia's joy receives a swift kick to the face.

NIA: ...Oh.
NIA: W-Well, helping people isn't always about taking a knife to their problems and stabbing the problem until it dies!
NIA: Help can be as simple and humble as sticking by someone's side when they're going through hardship. It can help, knowing someone's by your side!
NIA: ...I kinda wish I had someone back when I was... y-y'know, turned into a robot. Xavier's not great at social stuff, and didn't really know how to talk with me. Not that he'd really help, given that I want to gouge his eyes out I mean he did this to me, but...
NIA: ...
NIA: W-Well, I'm not here to talk a-about my problems! I'm here to help you, darn it!

Nia takes a deep breath.

NIA: ...Some things can't be fixed so easily.
NIA: It's never easy. Nothing is easy.
NIA: Just... stay by me, alright? Stay by us. We could all use a little help now and then.
NIA: You don't need to do anything drastic. Just be a friendly face~

Nia gives a somewhat awkward, yet soft smile to Boshi. She tries her hardest.

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Astrec does some chatting. But first, stat points and crafting! Hex +2's his AGI, and +1's his DEF. He also cobbles together a set of Assassin's Boots with 2 Greatwood Logs, 4 Skyroot Logs, 6 Silkweed Bundles, 1 Megabark, 1 Durasteel, and 1 Gallowsdown Fluffball. Anyway, NOW he talks with Nia!

NIA: Crazy girl with butterflies in her head is me, yep!
NIA: I don't think you said anything wrong, so you didn't need to apologize...
NIA: ...which also implies that you're not the best at conversation.

NIA: ...
NIA: Oops.
NIA: Um, anyway, nice to meet you! Don't worry if you're not great at talking: I'm not the greatest either, eheheheh...
NIA: Like, I might look pretty alright, but I got a usually pretty sweet blonde girl to knock me the hell out, so.. yeah!

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Toast tries to convince the Yggcrawler to let Marron ride it. It stares at Toast, and bobs its head up and down.

MARRON: Oh, sweet!
MARRON: Anyway, how are we gonna do this-

The Yggcrawler quickly flexes a leg below Marron, between her legs. It then launches its leg upward, sending Marron a distance into the air. Marron does a full flip in midair before the Yggcrawler maneuvers itself to catch Marron on its back. She lands with an audible thud, and flops forward, arms in a deathlock on the Yggcrawler's back. There's visible spirals in the puppeteer's eyes. A few seconds of dazed babbling and panic later, Marron rapidly shakes her head about, restoring her cohesion.

MARRON: ...
MARRON: W-WHAT THE HELL!? D-DON'T J-JUST, LIKE, F-FLIP ME UP HERE!
MARRON: A-At least tell me before y-you...
MARRON: ...Right. Yggcrawler. Can't talk.

MARRON: The view up here is pretty nice, though...
MARRON: Thanks, Toaster!

While Marron's busy commanding the Yggcrawler to march around (and also clearly on a power high), Toast tosses together 2 Throwlem Crystals, 1 Electromagnetic Cluster, 2 Seer Crystals, 2 Accursed Storybooks, and her Cardcana to create the Deck of a Number of Things! Marron watches the process, and at the end of the process, she has but one question...

MARRON: Important question!
MARRON: ...Do you know any card tricks? Like, fake-real ones?
MARRON: Chaos kept saying he knew how to do card magic, but all of his tricks ended with him throwing the deck at me.
MARRON: It was always a spring-loaded deck or something too, so the cards would go flying for miles in every direction...
MARRON: ...Anyway, got any cool tricks?

Ette seems to be excited to see a trick as well. Peer pressure begins to set in for poor Toaster. What will she do?

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Irongutta consumes a +1 SKI token. Delicious! That's like, the shortest post today! I think.

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Pope Bill opts to +1 his SKI, by order of Crystal. Also really short, wow!

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Since I'm covering Piono's post, I may as well cover Simeon's as well. Anyway, he respecs. It's a pretty large respec, too! He also posts a craft, but it looks like he's still working on it.

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Piono (or I guess Echoss) rejoins the game! He opts to join as the earlier-mentioned Echoss. His actions and such will be processed next round though. Anyway, welcome back!

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The NPC's opt to invest their skillpoints.
Chloe: +1 SKI, rotated Cleave for Fluxblade
Marron: +1 MHP
Ette: +1 DEF
Omorika: +1 MHP
Nia: +1 INT, rotated Phase Shift for Salvation

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<THE PRESERVE, ROUND ONE>
Venia and company charge into the Preserve. The fog is thick and all-consuming, but nothing a few Lumipods can't handle. Venia cries out into the forest for Willow... and only gets the howling of hounds as a response, somewhere deep in these untamed woods. However, one noise cuts through all of this- crying. A child, lost in the woods. Even with the thick fog, it's not too hard to make out their location.

NANA: O-Oh Helix, t-there's a CHILD in here!?
NANA: T-That's... a-awful! We need to save them!
NANA: N-Nia, right?
NIA: Nia, yep! That's me!
NANA: I-I need you to get in there, a-and make sure t-they're safe, alright!? As fast as you can!
NIA: ...Uh, Venia said that it's proooobably a deathtrap.
NANA: ...W-What if it's not? Can we really risk that?
NANA: I-If it's a real child, t-then... I-I don't...
NIA: I-I don't know! W-Whatever, I-I'll just check them out quickly!
NIA: I-I'll be careful, I swear!
NANA: T-Thank you, N-Nia...

Nana makes a few clicking sounds into the woods. Long, complicated strings of clicks. Ranger calls, she called them.

NANA: M-May the creatures of the forest protect us all...

- = S T R I F E ! = -

Anyway, this map has brought back fog! Get close to fog tiles to reveal their contents, and push your way through! Your objective is to protect the child, probably. I mean who knows, maybe your paranoia is paying off? There's probably a safe way to test that doesn't involve anyone getting close, though. To start though, there's only a few low-level Iti; take this time to buff up? Things are probably going to get far, far worse in a few moments.

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<OLD GAIADIAMOND MINE, ROUND ONE>
Irongutta declares war on the Yggcrawlers! The trio of Yggcrawlers immediately mobilize to deal with him- it looks like something's made them rather angry! And it's not just the ork suddenly charging at them, either.

- = S T R I F E ! = -

So, it's a 5v3! The Yggcrawlers have some seriously deadly burst damage, so it'd be worth pooling your efforts to either buff yourselves or neutralize one of them right away. Otherwise, this is a fairly simple battle! Just be wary of the small map- with their skills, the Yggcrawlers can easily close the distance and then get you with their cone attack!

Continued from the last post

With everything in place, Simeon places the sword onto the altar, and kickstarts the infusion by giving it a bit of his own mana. The stone structure shudders, as it begins to take in magical energies from it's surroundings. The process completes, leaving behind a two meter long sword, covered in flux goo.

Simeon tries to wipe away the purple slime around the weapon, only to find it producing more by the second. "Um, is this normal?"
"...No. We need to purify this thing, before it taints everything."

Wrapping the sword up in his jacket, Simeon and Zahlia run back to the Endless Gardens, up to the dying silverwood. They stab the sword into the trees Pure Node, and leave it there. The Flux goo slowly starts to dissipate, as it is cleaned by refined primal magic.

"Well," said Simeon, looking at his ruined jacket, "This isn't coming out anytime soon. Now what?"
Zahlia tosses him an Orbgun, Yggcrawler Exoskull, and CQC Knife. "I think you'll like these in the meantime."
"Sweet."

In the meantime, he changes to yet another new build, as well as a new Special.
(First One Here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1plK...#gid=400392022)

Noctomancy
SP Cost: 350.
Fills By: Dealing Damage, Dealing Counter Damage(x2)
Gain Evasive4, Teneveil2, EnchantDark, Swift1 and Skirmisher for three rounds. While in this state, any foe you move next to takes (2-2)x3 Dark Damage, and has (Blind2,2) applied to them.

Damage scales with SPC! (fourth-rate)
+1 Evasive Intensity per 5 SPC.
+1 Teneveil Intensity per 7 SPC.
Surging Darkness at 15 SPC. In this state, gain Spectral and Flying as well.



Joining the battle, Simeon moves to G15, and points the Orbgun directly at the Carrion 5.
"Duck," he says to the child.

LETS GO BOI
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lwk...dit?usp=sharing

A figure appears on Sussui, at the house in fact, barely pulling his leg out of the portal before purple wisps constrict around it and snap it shut. He wanders into the kitchen, notices the massive breakfast that everyone's neglected to eat, and separates it into individual servings which he then puts in the team inventory for later consumption.

He then comes out to the room with the bickering Chaos and Chloe.
"If I might interject, I believe that by looking at the group map I have I may be able to keep tabs on the house, and should be able to inform your, well, our, fellows as to the house's position as being under attack in a timely enough manner to allow some individuals to come back and defend it before it is overrun. Will that suffice?"

He looks at a small display on his watch, and nods, setting about doing various tasks before joining in on the team:

(the following do not yet have flavor text)

First he goes into the Hall of Sages in Zone 2 and sees the Bilebaroness, immediately doing a 180 on his heels and turning back around the other direction, exiting back out into the Northern Flank. The Bilebaroness hears an odd sound, and turns to take a look out the front door. It lumbers over to see what, exactly, is going on, only for a life sized iron statue of Benedict Cumberbatch to slam into it at high speed. This sends the Bilebaroness reeling, and threatens to rupture the sack of thyme fluid on its back. Echoss opens up another split second portal that launches a miniature cadillac at high velocity. The two seekers in the room move over to see what's up with the flying oddities, only for one of them to be bowled over by an enormous beach ball, and the other to be completely splattered when a steam roller covered in Dio posters pitches across the ground.
"Wait no I wanted to keep that one." A portal opens up underneath the steamroller which falls into the portal with a clatter and a crash before the portal closes, cutting off the sound. "I really hope I didn't just drop that on something valuable."
The Bilebaroness has started climbing back up only for Echoss to open up another portal, and a large dodgeball flings out at high velocity as the portal closes right behind it. This goes awry immediately however, as the ball bounces off the bilebaroness while dealing almost no damage and slams right into Echoss's face, knocking him over entirely and dealing 2 damage to his shield HP and 999 slipthrough, armorpiercing damage to his ego. He climbs back to his feet rather embaressed, to see the bilebaroness lumbering away, and he opens up one last portal, out of which descends a... I dunno something wacky and zany I guess.
In fact, it's THE wacky and zany. Yes, a giant :wackyzany: emote descends out of the portal and smashes the bilebaroness flat.
Echoss walks over to the seeker that he flipped over onto its back, and snaps its neck. He opens up another portal, and tosses the seeker corpse into it, then sets about his business in the room.

He picks up the bike and sticks it in the inventory, then he walks over to the exposed Thyme Crystal, and just sorta... puts it in the inventory without bothering to justify it IC.

Then he wanders his way to the Upstairs Detour and sees the Rose Cultist trying to dig out the jukebox from the wall. He quickly takes some iron ingots and a pair of uniform logs, crafting them together into an iron pickaxe which he hands to the cultist before moving along on his way.

As he moves along on his direction, he comes to the Quiet Balcony, and encounters the Chairian. "Well, based on the information I have right now, I believe that a cult known as the Dark Carnival invaded the library, allowing a number of Iti to infiltrate its halls as well. Stella Omorika was trapped in reception, but with the help of the other Outsiders who arrived previously, managed to clear the various cultists and Iti out of the library. Don't take my word for it however, I just got here."

As he moves out of the room, Echoss takes out a large buzzsaw, and moves through the Collection and the Severed Overlook, cutting down the exposed thymecrystals and putting them into the inventory. He then goes out to the Bridge of the Fallen, but looks out at the large thyme crystals growing up from the ground below, and shrugs, deciding that he can come back later. He then sprints to Zone 3.

FINALLY, he meanders over to the Preserve, poking his head up out of the tunnel, he looks around and blinks a few times, he seems rather surprised by the presence of some of the individuals.

First he offers a respectful nod to Omo, then he saunters over to Nia, and gives her a curious look up and down.
"Interesting. Your name is Nia, correct? I... hm, actually I suppose before making any requests I should probably wait until you, and everyone else I suppose, know who I am." Presuming that Nia is left rather puzzled, he digs around in the oddly overdecorated labcoat he is wearing, and pulls out a business card, handing it to her before idly wandering away a little bit, looking around curiously at the exotic foliage in the area.
Then the whole bit with the child crying opens up. He peeks into the battle area and his brow furrows.
"This is a trap. Unless my info is wrong... Iti don't toy with their prey, do they? They rip and tear, they go for the kill. I mean, I suppose Seekers are erratic enough that they might do something strange like that, but checking the bestiary you all have assembled... There is no way a Carrion would do such a thing."

Echoss moves into the Preserve battle, taking 3 Lumipods as his free action items.
He spawns at A9, then moves over behind Boshi at D7, then casts Hidden Rock, flipping a piece of the dirt up into the air, then batting it past Boshi right into Seeker 5's face, and while it's still reeling from the strike does a range-2 stab into it's face using multiform technique for the killing blow.

Nidra puts a point in SKI.

Nidra joins the Yggcrawler battle, temporarily switching out nightmare singularity for illusory trap. She then moves to M15, uses the pocket watch, and casts illusory trap at J15.

Packo is ready for battle!

He enters the Preserve.



Packo spawns at C12 and moves to G12, then attacks Carrion2, hoping that it gets distracted with him.

Terry spawns at C13, moves to E15, fires his basic attack south-east, then retreats to G17.

The Man spawns in at C9, barrel rolls to K5, and tosses a Lumipod at S5.

>ACTION<

move after Piono.

Boshi spawns at the Reserve, moves to (E5), and turns Seeker6 into a fine, purple mist.

>RP<



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"Ugh, FINALLY. Well, enjoy!"
Mustache Girl, still in the place she was before, scurrys off into some nearby trees to watch from a distance.

RP:
Echoss looks up at Packo when he speaks to him.
"Ah, me? My name is Echoss, I am a collector of all things of value, and seem to be the newest companion on this journey."

Emerald spawns in and sprints over to H11, and... does nothing else. Welp.

Toast switches Force Glyph for Static Overharge, then sets the latter as her counterattack. She also upgroots her trait, adding the following:
You may cast spells known by allies within Range 1 of you. They cost X% more MP.
Also, Rapid Inspiration's discount increased to 33%?


~~

Toast spawns in and moves to F12 and uses Ebb and Flow on Carrion2, having it bounce between it and the other Carrion. She then retreats to E11.

Destiny spawns at C13 and sprints to J14 of I14 if she can't sprint to there. Destiny finishes off by chucking a Lumipod as far east as possible.

I temporally equip the Air Controller for this coming Battle, and change out my Incantation for Sticky Place.

The Battle at the Mine

I terraform after moving to M12.

Fortified= Wherever Teag is before he fires his round. Aka M13

After Teag shoots, I transform the rest of the tiles.
If I cannot build Barriers, I will create Covers. If I can set the Cover to 0DGE, I set the Cover to 0DGE.

Barriers at G10, G9, G8, H7, I6, J6.
If the above conditions cannot be fullfilled, place Cover at G10,G9,H8,I8,J7,J6.

The Drone moves on somebody.

-RP: Nia-

"Huh, still hasn't gotten it yet... Hrm. Well, I hope we can reason with him about all of this. You and Chloe do make him out to be reasonable and nice... I just... Really hope it doesn't have to come down to putting him at gunpoint or something."

"... Hrm, next question... Uh, and maybe just so this doesn't sound like I'm grilling you or anything, you can ask a question or two of your own for every one or two of mine? Uh, anyways, uh... Hrm...."

Venia pauses, putting a hand to her temple. "...OK, so, hrm... Uhhh... OK, yeah. Let's say that you didn't have to deal with the thing in your head, and Xavier couldn't threaten to basically kill you by shutting your robot body down. Would you still prefer it over your flesh-and-blood body? Weird question, I know..."

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-RP: Maria/Chloe/Chaos-

"Oh, uh. The, the Kitsune. It can do the bodyguarding thing, stay here 'n' guard the house. " Venia says. "...Yeah!"

"Goin' to the gardens, goin' to the gardens!" Maria shouts, already hopping off of the kitsune to grab Chloe's hand. "Goin' to the gardens!"

Venia just looks at Maria, wistful, as Maria attempts to lead Chloe (and Chaos) to the Endless Gardens. The Kitsune just stares, vigilant, at the front door.

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-RP: Glitch Temmie-

"If it's really too much of a bother to print the whole thing out... Well, tem, we're in no rush. However, if you could fax over a diagram of Experiment 15's arm systems, that would be exellent!" Mr. Krabs says. "We'll need it to compare it to the real deal. Accuracy check."

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-RP: Nana-

Venia observes Nana's 'Ranger's Calls.' "Hey, Nana... Like, can you show me how you make those calls? I'd like to be able to do that for myself. Seems useful," Venia says. "Like, if you think you're bad at it, that's alright, but I think you seem to be very good at it... Sounds just like a Yggcrawler or a Splinter Spider to me."

If Nana accepts, Venia watches Nana's mouth movements very closely as she does so, attempting to both see anything that definitely isn't part of Chairian anatomy (which she should be somewhat familiar with at this point) and to mimic the noises. She'll still try to watch as she does so.

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-Shopping-

Venia enters the realm of NPC working and approaches Nia with The Man's Portable Armory, and politely requests to upgrade it to T4-specifically including a capability to counterattack at range 1-5, handing over the requisit 160 Credits.

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-Battle: The Preserve-

"Nobody approach the child!" Venia shouts at Nana and Nia, spawning in at C11. "... I'll just carry him over to us, instead." Venia adds.

Venia takes out the Entropic Key, moves G11 and attacks Carrion 2. Her Hat pings Carrion 2 if it is somehow not dead, and Carrion 1 if it is. She remains in place, determined.

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-Other-

Edited per Ire's request: Reminder that the Rose Eater Coat should have 20% Glitch Resistance, not 10%, and thus Venia's total Glitch Resistance should be 10%.

Keiko +1's her RES, then joins the Preserve battle, starting at C11 and dashing to E11, before putting down a Patchwork Totem at F11 since everybody being clustered there is bound to need protection. She sets a Mana Well below herself.

Nezira joins the Preserve battle, spawns at C13, wends her way to G13, and summons a Rusher at H13.



The Rusher uses Duplicate as a Bonus Action, summoning a copy of itself at H12, then both copies attack Carrion 2 (assuming it's still alive).

Nezira herself then scans the Child as a Bonus Action, not applying Observer Eye.

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Meanwhile, also in the Preserve, Pope Bill spawns at C12, moves to E12, and uses Eye of Providence to mark G11.

Piggo/Maria-related RP
At the mine, right before the battle truly begins, Irongutta notices a soft snorting noise right at his side. Looking down, he saw Piggo pressing himself gently into his leg. Letting out an exasperated sigh, he kneels down and gently pats Piggo on the back. "I gots to figure out wot to do wivv ya for the time bein', Piggo. Hmm..." Taking a moment to think (a rare activity for most Orks), Irongutta realized he knew just the grubby little person who could watch over the sapsqueal for him.

Producing a scrap of paper from his pocket, he writes a brief note that is then tied to Piggo's right tusk. "Alrighty then Piggo, go an' 'ead off to those big gardens I found ya in. I imagine she'll be there wivv the others." That said, he sent the sapsqueal off on it's incredible journey across the land! Actually it probably wasn't all that long of a walk to The Endless Gardens anyway.

Eventually, Piggo would arrive at the Endless Gardens and find his way to the main group. The note, written with some sloppy penmanship, reads as follows:

Oi! This 'ere letter is fer that pale grot Maria, so make sure she reads it!

I want ya to look over my sapsqueal fer now, I'm sure that yer the one to get it done, Maria. Make sure ya feed 'im and take 'im out fer walks.

-Irongutta

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Battle: Old Gaiadiamond Mine
Irongutta spawns at L13, moves to N12, and casts a self-casting Fury on Daskter.

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SOME OTHER UPDATE NOTES FOR IRE
((A while ago I had asked for my weapon's skill to be fixed, but I forgot to include it in one of my posts! So here's the change since you told me it's current state is an error:
-SHOCKwave's AoE should be Range 1-2 centered around the primary target, not Range 1-3 centered around myself (the caster).
-Also, make sure to double check the scaling on Skeletal Toss and Overpowering Smash, since I think those are also incorrect for me at the moment.

Teag spawns and goes to M13 in the Old Gaiadiamond Mine with a Piercing round loaded and casts Fury on himself.

Fighty fight stuff

EN assigns 3 skillpoints to her SPC stat, then spawns into the preserve battle at C9, then sprints to the tile of angery known as H8.


...Also, since it is sort of a thing that was agreed upon, it's time to buy a heart key for the EN and Calibri duo. Uh... Ya remember what the T2 trait idea that won the "other people help engie figure out how to not be bullshit OP" decisiony thing, right?


...Also, for no real explanable reason, the Engie drone mentioned way back earlier is now sitting on the couch in all of his big metal hawaiian-shirt-wearing glory. The small group of Engietech troops with him seem to have also filed into the house, but they're kinda making themselves scarce for the meantime, which pretty much is just an excuse to save time having to explain what the hell they're doing. Perhaps an elementalist might be trying to meditate or something IDK.