Wow, that finisher was intense! Brutishace slinks away from Toast's utter carnage- or his perception of it. He gets the feeling that he's having memory problems. "Did it really happen?", he ponders, unsure of what events really took place recently. He moves away from the group to devise his own plots, sinking his two skill points into SPC.

Brutishace then sets to work on creating some new gear...

Craftposts Below

Shroud of Twilight

First, however, he should work on his Shroud above much else. He first takes his Shroud of Darkness and combines it with a one of the Sleepcatchers from the inventory, carefully weaving its into the Shroud. While Brutishace does this weaving, he quietly utters an incantation to preserve both artifacts' magic- so as to combine them later. The necromancer grabs some sheets of Rose Weave, unravels them, and uses the string within to line the shroud, adding some extra durability to it. He doesn't want it to wear out while he's in the field, does he?

Brutishace, satisfied with the base form of the Shroud, decides to adorn his creation now- he gathers six Yaga Scales and adorns the head covering with them, placing them in a careful pattern around its front- near where the Sleepcatcher's design rests. Finally, he needs something to amplify the ominous energies imbued within the cloak- the necromancer seizes a Corpsetaker leg, and, disgusted by its aura, cleans it thoroughly, disposing of the flesh and leaving only the chitinous exoskeleton behind. Brutishace then weaves the rough chitin strands into the shroud, weaving a circle around its exterior- overlapping with the Sleepcatcher.

A final spell should do the trick. Brutishace performs a ritual to fuse all of the magic within the artifacts- the Shroud of Darkness, the Corpsetaker Leg, the Roseweave, and the Sleepcatcher- to one purpose. The necromancer feels the rebellious, defiant energy of the combined magics- and he is eager to harness it. He finalizes his purpose with a short spell to settle it- and voila! Brutishace has created a new headpiece for himself!

Brutishace has crafted the Shroud of Twilight! He eagerly equips his new gear.

(T4) Shroud of Twilight
You don't like this thing sparkling when it gets shone on. It just looks ugly then.
+2 DEF
+4 RES
+1 AGI
(Mute Madness)
Slashing (20%)
Piercing (10%)
Light (-20%)
Mute Madness: Gain Empowered2 when you gain Silenced, with the same duration as Silenced.

Materials Used:
Shroud of Darkness
Sleepcatcher Crafting Charge
Spiritblossoms (x4)
Yaga Scales (x6)
Rose Weave (x5)
Corpsetaker Leg

Ruiner Pistol

Next, Brutishace gives a well-deserved upgrade to his pistol. He uses the old Avenger Pistol as a guide for the new, examining its properties and how it was built. He decides to base his new pistol around a Goddess's Servant, taking one of them and removing all technological aspects from it or any conflicting magic. He disassembles the frame and constructs a new one of Silverwood in its place- careful to base it off of his old work. The necromancer constructs some Megabark rings to reinforce the device, wrapping each ring around the pistol's frame. He adds a touch of other magic than what he'll impart to the pistol- thinning out a Starcrystal Scarf, he wraps the fabric around the grip of the artifact, making it more comfortable to hold.

Most importantly, Brutishace must put a new crystal into the pistol to act as a focus for which to conduct its magic. However, this may not be enough- he adds a pair of Searing Clusters as well to enhance the artifact's destructive capability. The necromancer utters an incantation to let the magics that allow the pistol to function take hold in a new form, then steps back from his new creation. The Entrophy glows a brilliant red, letting out a few short bursts of lightning while it glows in its place. The lightning fades, lightning periodically arcing through the pistol, thankfully reinforced enough to handle the stresses. Brutishace seems hesitant to pick it up- but when he does so, the occasional lightning bolt doesn't harm him, and only the Entrophy seems to generate it. Success!

Brutishace has crafted the Ruiner Pistol! He eagerly equips his new gear.

(T4) Ruiner Pistol
A horribly destructive magic pistol that periodically cackles with malevolent energy.
WEAPON SKILL: Stagger Spell. Deal (6-7) Fire damage. Inflict Slow2 and Ensnared2 on hit for 2 rounds.
This skill scales with INT at a 1/3 rate, and the weapon’s damage passively scales with INT at a 2/3rds rate.
(10-11) Fire
Range: 2-4
Retreat: 1
Counter: 3
Hit: 7
+1 INT
+1 SKI

Materials Used:
Goddess's Dominion Crafting Charge
Starcrystal Scarf Crafting Charge
Silverwood Logs (x3)
Entrophy
Megabark (x5)
Searing Clusters (x2)

However, it seems there's trouble afoot! Brutishace takes to his newfound gear and complements Twin Serpents with Twin Jolts- poisons won't do much on a mechanical foe. Thankfully, he can take a second element due to his newest SPC investment.

Brutishace prepared for the incoming assault, Brutishace heads over to the Far-Off Field, spawns in at E12, moves to E13 and blasts the second Assassin with his Ruiner Pistol. He should save his MP for the armored colossus bearing down on the group!

<PRE-RESET RP>
Terry gets up from the failed backflip, somehow unscathed, and lies down on the floor. Time slows down.

(This is it, Terry. Soon you'll be back on that chair planet, and it'll be business as usual.)

He forms and tosses a ball of energy across the room. It pauses, stutters, and teleports throughout its journey.

"Cool. So that's what lag looks like."

He closes his eyes, as time completely comes to a stop.

---

<POST-RESET RP>
Then he opens his eyes, and he gets up from the ground. A quartet of paper airplanes launch from the ground, and orbit him.

Unfortunately, he woke up in front of the R4-Sat0skr.
"OH COME ON."
Pieces of paper, carried by the ashen winds, land in four of the rebels' faces.

He stands ready, hands lit aflame with static.

---

<BATTLESTUFF>
Terry spawns at F8, moves to H6, uses the Helix Totem, then basic attacks Assassin1. Unless they dodge, this will game end them, as this will deal at least 21 damage to them, accounting for SHP and negative AC.

---

<MAGIC CLUB!>
Terry astral projectally fortnite dances away from the battle, then goes to magic club.
"Present! :D"

+1 DEF, +1 AGI.
Astrec and Hex take some time to get used to being back in the world of the living, then get back to work, Hex engaging R4, and Astrec heading to the lake, but not before handing a copy of the Elemental Runes to Nia to upgrade to T4.
Items Expended:
x5 Iron Ingots
x2 Coilgun Parts
x2 Sturdy Vine
Astrec takes out the Crystaldig Drill, and opens it up, inserting the Coilgun Parts into it, and turning it into the Coilbust Laser Drill. Now with combat capabilities! Then, he ties the sturdy vies together and ties the Iron Ingots to them to create a weight belt. Then, he slings the laser drill over his shoulder, and puts on the Yggcrawler Exoskull for targeting. Then, he equips the weight belt, and ducks down onto the bridge, head down so the rebels can't see him. Then, he jumps off, the weight belt dragging him down towards the treasure. He whips out a pocket scanner to scan the swimming iti, then levels the Coilbust Drill at them, ready to fire if they attack. If they do, he blasts them. Once he reaches the treasure, he blasts the lock open, grabs the treasure, and floats back up to the surface. Hopefully.
Meanwhile, Hex somehow both enters the R4 fight and joins magic club.
HEX: Oh, magic! I don't think I'm on the list, but would you mind if I joined? I'm kinda of interested in this..
-=BATTLEFIELD RP=-
Hex stares down R4, and breaths in. The huge machine reminds him of.. something, at the edge of his mind, but he pushes that back and readies himself. Time to commit heresy to TOG II and murderize a tank,
-=BATTLEFIELD ACTION=-
Hex dances in at F12, then moves to I12 and casts Fury on himself and takes a few steps to I13.
-=RP=-
Another copy of Astrec speaks with Omorika, somehow. Probably Descended Bullshit.
"So, what was that... fire during the battle against the Operator? It looks like that summon of yours took the hit, but how?"
...and while he speaks with her, a third copy trots over the Husk.
"Hi. I.. well, I've heard a bit about you. Are you the Sleuth? And if not, who are you?"
"Either way, pleased to meet you."
He holds out his hand for the Husk to shake.
-=WOW SO MANY DIVIDERS (NOT AS MANY AS TAZZ THOUGH )=-
A conditional is added to the Pyro Power Armor's Ember Drive: If you do not/forget to target the fire damage, it is instead added as a separate hit to your attack that round. If no attack is made, the damage is wasted.
Hex, before joining R4, swaps Decaying Light for Whirling Blades.

Slight respec. Call it reload flux or something. Might be changing her trait later.
+5 RES
+1 SPC
-2 SKI
-2 MHP

Swap Cardboard Amulet for Toast Plushie.
Change Ice Resist on Sorceress Cloak for Earth.

Swap Cherry Energy for Proximity Burst (Weapon Counter).
Swap Ebb and Flow for Illusory Trap.
Swap Static Overcharge for Hailstorm.

Swap Unsealed Spellbook for...

I'll also have these changes on my sheet when I get to that.

~~

Toast reloads at Yggdrasil, with a minor headache and conflicting memories. She finds her fingers on her lips. Fo a moment, she's not quite sure why. They linger there for a moment, before falling to her side. She observes her metal hand. The knuckles are scratched, but nothing more than natural wear and tear. If what she thought happened just happened, they aren't damaged nearly to the degree that they should be. When she sees the scarlet of Marron's face, however, her recent venture is all but proven true. Especially when she actually talks to her about the kissn't- That kind of just confirms things. The very same girl also mentions the moment being dead now.
"Y-yeah, you're right..." Toast responds, though she sounds... unconvinced. Well, if the moment wasn't dead already, it certainly is now.
Her head is still a stormy sea of emotions, memories, and experiences, but she's able to focus on one, and hang onto it for dear life- magic club.

With a sudden change of tune, she perks up a bit, "So, I imagine that we should get everyone here. I could spend an hour time travelling to find everyone... bu~t that'd mean I would collapse halfway through the club. So..."
Toast unfolds a piece of paper from her pocket. It appears to have the names of all the people who signed up. Then she takes out the (a?) Mic Staff. After a brief sound test, she enchants it to not only be shockingly loud, but audible only to those on the list, exempting Marron, Ette, and herself.
Then, with a deep breath...
"ATTENTION ALL MAGES, PROSPECTIVE MAGES, AND OTHERWISE INTERESTED MAGIC CLUB MEMBERS TO-BE! IF YOU'RE HEARING THIS, GET OVER TO YGGDRASIL SO WE CAN HAVE A CLUB MEETING! TOAST OUT."

~~

Meanwhile, Future!Toast goes and deals with R4 things.
Distinctive arms disguised by her cloak and with her hood up, she swaggers up to F10, facing the barrel head-on.
"So. You're the rebels, huh?" she shouts out, despite knowing perfectly well who they are, "Actually, have I met any of you before?"
She snaps her fingers (or, well, tries to), casting Illusory Trap. Two copies of herself shimmer into existence, flanking her.
"Well, I don't need to rely on lies this time. I can take anything that you throw at me."
In one clean motion, her arms lose their disguise, and she throws off her hood. Green hair. Crystal arm. Metal arm.
Then, she shoves her hands into her cloak's pockets, puffing her chest out with shoulders back in quite possibly the most ambitious display of confidence that you've seen her perform since her speech in the mindscape way back when.
"Gimme your best shot."

For a moment, it would be silent, except for the humming of machinery. Then, the sorceress, cloak burning, can be seen on one knee, struggling to stand. Despite the smoke around her, she manages to speak, coughing.
"That... really hurt," she manages. Then, the semblance of a smile appears on her face. "...my feelings."
With a wave of her hand, she dispells the illusion of destruction, immediately repairing her cloak and disappating the smoke. She stands and retakes her position of confidence.
Music: Stand Activated - Diamond Is Unbreakable Vol. 2
"Seems like that little match of yours is faulty. No trouble though, I'm sure we can do some tinkering of our own."
With a grin, she sets her Deck of a Number of Things in motion. It's game time.

Boshi didn't get much of a chance to respond to Ette before the game crashed. Though thankfully it seems like she was spared a buncha bull.

...

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>sophia.plr loaded successfully.

...

Boshi thankfully appears right outside of the battle with the tank, back in the Preserve. While he's a little hazy, he quickly comes to. "(U-ugh... god damn... Hat Kid, I had the weirdest dream, it was--)"
And then Boshi realized that Hat Kid was completely absent from the area. No recent footprints, no recent temporal marks, nothing on this planet. It takes him a while to realize something, and immediately panics once he notices. "(NO, IT WASN'T A DREAM!)" His eyes swiftly dart to Nia. "(NIA, IF YOU SEE SO-- HAT KID, LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY! THANKS BYEEEE)" And with little extra fanfare, Boshi runs off faster than anything biological should be able to run, in search of his absent partner.

---

Space. It's cold, harsh, dark, and generally inhospitable. And yet for whatever reason, Sophia wasn't anywhere near dead in the vast reaches of Sussui's upper atmosphere. Though she wasn't moving around the planet at a very high speed, so she starts falling to the planet's surface.

Interestingly enough, entry into the atmosphere also doesn't seem to affect her in the slightest; she wasn't burning up or suffering other disfigurements. She doesn't even seem to be affected by the speed or acceleration of herself falling to the planet's surface. In fact, she actually begins to wake up from her pre-crash coma, as if this was only a mild inconvenience for her. Once wide awake, she looks down, and swiftly rights herself and prepares her umbrella for landing.

Those looking to where she was will see a faint purple streak headed straight for the house...

---

Boshi manages to climb to the highest point on the house in a matter of seconds in order to try and get a glimpse of purple which did not belong to an Iti. His partner was not ground-bound, that's for sure. Though one look above the house reveals all he needed to know; she was plummeting straight for the house! Boshi prepares a jump... "(SOPHIA! I'M COMIN', DARLING!)"

Boshi leaps high in the air, aiming to catch Sophia as she was plummeting to the roof of the house. It seems he has the perfect trajectory; he should reach Sophia's position at about the peak of his jump, thus saving her from having to land with nothing but a parasol. There's hope in Boshi's eyes as the purple streak in the sky comes ever closer to him...

...only for his hopes to be shattered into a billion pieces as Sophia not only seemed to glitch out as soon as Boshi tried to touch her or her umbrella, but also continued falling... while thankfully she and Boshi both land safely (Sophia thanks to the umbrella), something was clearly wrong from the get-go.

Sophia looks around, seemingly aimlessly. Boshi takes the opportunity to try and talk to her. "(...Sophia...? Are you...?)"

She doesn't register Boshi's presence at all. In fact, she's managed to get her bearings after a moment, but still has not registered Boshi's presence, despite Boshi walking right in front of her to try and grab her attention. Though she does speak, so that's good: "Ah, the house! I... I hope Chloe and Maria are okay..."

She climbs down the trellis, still unable to register the fact that Boshi was on the roof with her. While Boshi is slightly relieved that Sophia was alright when it comes to bodily function; no scratches, bruises or burns; something weird was definitely transpiring... possibly something actively malicious... Boshi follows her. Partly to keep tabs on her, and partly to see if he was the only one she couldn't see...

---

Sophia walks through the front door of the house, with Boshi peeking out from just behind the edge of the doorway.

Sophia looks at where Chaos is currently. Or, more accurately, through him. She doesn't register his presence either. But so what, Boshi thinks, Chaos is weird, maybe he's another anomaly like himself.

But everything falls apart when Sophia rounds the couch, still visible from where Boshi was standing. Again, she doesn't look at Maria and Chloe, but rather past them. This probably looks very strange to all three of the others at the house...

However, they'll probably know approximately what's going on when Sophia thinks aloud; "Maybe they're out for another walk? Hm..."

Sophia walks downstairs, perhaps to try and find someone else...?

Boshi, though, seems stressed to the max. A blank stare crosses his face... "(...Of course. That's what she did... now she can't see, hear, or feel a single one of us... and we can't interact with her...)"

It seems like Boshi's about to blow up again...

---

Some time in the future, Boshi realizes something. "(...Oh... right... there's a battle... but I can't take my eyes off Sophia for too long... maybe... maybe I can try doing what she used to do...)"

Boshi does what Sophia used to do with moderate difficulty, mostly from watching her do it often enough. A portal tears itself open in front of him. He sighs. "(Well... here I go...)"

He steps through the portal... and decides to keep two instances of himself active at once; one to do field work, and one to watch over Sophia.

---

Mustache Girl (Unfortunately remaining nameless for the time being) re-appears hanging from a... ladder? Wait wasn't it a vine before--

Eh, whatever. MU is surprisingly conscious the second she re-appears. Probably woke up before the crash happened. She then notes the presence of an encroaching dark power. She decides to stay on the ladder in case something comes for them...

---

Boshi enters the Far Off Field fight. Alone. He spawns at (F8), runs to (J5), and uses Alchemical Barrier. He "retreats" to (K5), and looks straight at the nearby Spotter. His face was dead, mirroring how he felt on the inside. Then, a roar. "(Get out of my way!!!)"
The sound he made... This isn't just hatred for the Rebels anymore. This was about pushing through, for those that suffer. For those whose lives have been lost or otherwise been impacted by acts of war and malice. But most importantly to him, to find a way to bring Sophia back to everyone.

The Man spawns in at F12, moves to F13, and fires at Medic 1.

==LOGISTICS==
Nezira assigns two points into SKI, and starts considering her spells.

She decides to swap Ebb & Flow for Siege Spire and Incantation for Elblight, Electric-element (so Toniblight)

Given she's also probably gonna not be summoning more stuff anytime soon, she swaps "Summon Damage" for "Dealing Damage" in her special fill conditions.

Finally, for the Lab, Nezira goes and researches Dome's Gospel and two instances of Capacitor (20, 30).

==RP==
Nezira goes over to talk to Chloe -- once Chloe's done with hugging Maria and crying for joy, of course, and once Maria leaves for Magic Club.

"See, everything's okay now. And hey, it's pretty nice to see the world again after being on a space station for a while."

Nezira hesitates for a second, looking unsure, then overcomes it and hugs Chloe tightly for a few seconds.

"I could tell you were pretty scared back there when everything was slowing down before the crash. Good job keeping yourself calm there... and honestly, it was pretty unnerving to have reality itself slow and then freeze like that, even for me."

She releases the hug and steps back to normal conversation distance.

"So, uh... want to go walk over to Magic Club together? It'll be a nice place to get you started on learning more magic, and a calming walk together with someone would probably be nice for both of us after everything that's happened over the past... time-not-time. Time is weird when you include temporal resets."

Nezira extends a hand.

"How about it?"

==BATTLE==

Nezira joins the R4-Sat0skr battle, spawning in at F12 and immediately bringing her staff up to point at Spotter 1. Wood, drawn from the earth below it, compacts into a thick spire before, with a gesture, she casts the projectile right at the Spotter.

"I hope this doesn't hurt too much!"

(Translation: Siege Spire on Spotter 1.)

She then scans R4 with her Recharging Scanner. (2 MP restore, Codex entry unlock...)

Rebooted!

Venia looks at Creation as it generates the Tick. "I suppose that means 'yes,' but it'll be helllllllellllllllllllllllelllllllllllllllllelllllllllllllelllllllllllllllllllllellllllllllllllllelllelelllllllllleleleleleleeeeelllllllllllllll-

The next second she perceived, she was back-back downstairs, somehow still clutching the Golden Dream Ring, but otherwise fine.

-ll to make it hap... oh," Venia says. And then, Venia falls to a knee, weakness only vaguely familiar with her catching up as the one bastion against it was now gone. She clutches her chest, but thankfully, no blurring occurs. Yet. She barely registers the fact that, somehow, the Golden Dream Ring was still broadcasting Nia's Mindscape, nor does she care. She immediately knows what she has to do-find Maria!

"...Hat! Please make sure I don't die of horrific metaphysical cancer," Venia says. The hat on her head nods as Venia rushes upstairs.

"...Maria! Mariaaaa!" Venia says, seeing Chloe clutch Maria in her arms.

"Venny, Chloe is bein' weird to me!" Maria says, completely and utterly oblivious.

"Maria!" Venia exclaims, joining Chloe in hugging the hell out of Maria and crying.

"Aaah, I'm bein' hugged!" Maria says. Then, her eyes light up, and she takes a deep breath.

"Everything today is gonna be OK! Tomorrow's gonna take all your problems away! Everything today is gonna be OK! Tomorrow's gonna take all your problems awaaaay!"

Maria sings roughly like a decapitated piano put through a helium balloon synthesizer, at max volume. It makes Venia giggle.

"...Look, Maria, we're just really happy to have you here, OK?" Venia says.

"I love you too!" Maria says, giving Venia a kiss on the forehead with a big 'muah!' Venia just giggles more.

---

Magic Club!

"Aaaah, Magic club, Magic club!" Maria shouts. "Gotta go to Magic Club!"

"That time, huh...? But how will-"

"I am completely capable of bodyguarding and transporting her highness Maria, my grace," The Kitsune says.

"...OK then," Venia says, as Maria mounts the Kitsune, and the duo leave the house.

A few minutes later, the black kitsune and Maria pop into existence on the picnic blanket, dead center. Maria's hopping up and down on the poor Kitsune's back. "Magic club! Magic club! Magic club! Magic club!"

---

Niascape

Venia exploits the nature of fiction and reality to ensure that somehow this goes uninterrupted, among other things.

Venia listens, pauses when Queen Nia is done, walks up to her and stoically hugs her. Venia's projection in the Mindscape isn't very physical, but it is warm.

"... Thank you for speaking on that. May I see where the Chaos Butterfly 'stuck' something into you, or no?" Venia asks. If Queen Nia agrees, Venia inspects the wound. If not, Venia does nothing.

"... With all of that out of the way, thank you for your time. I just need to observe a few other parts of the Mindscape to ensure the damages are limited to what you've said... And, Nia? You're... I.... Um. I'm here for you-however bad it gets, OK?" Venia says.

Venia blinks out of the throne room, barring Queen Nia having anything more to say to her or anything else to do. She re-appears right at the abyssal hole.

"I know that she doesn't want me going in there, it's clear as daylight."

"She won't even look at you straight if you go down there."

"I already know what's down there, and... It isn't just about killing the Butterfly, either. I don't think it ever was. They've said it themselves-Entropic Key while she's undergoing a possession. Easy. If I can find a method that can just cut the middleman, great! But this won't go away just because an annoying bug."

Venia closes her eyes and, quite simply, falls into the hole... Though, after several meters, she immediately slows her descent to manageable levels with telepathy, and will continue to descend until an obvious stopping point is made.

Or after four minutes, in which case, Disco Inferno starts playing from Venia's body again. Venia pauses, and facepalms.

---

Meanwhile, in Reality, Venia continues to jot down notes. "Quickly put, I think it is suppressed negative emotion. A lot of it, and possibly encompassing far more than just your breakup. Possibly even why she sought you out in the first place and why she reacted so badly. I suspected that such a thing was at play the moment I heard the full of your story, and what happened on the bridge all but confirmed it. Still better than the alternative. I basically already knew well before now that there was more to Nia than she let us see... But."

"... I don't know how to deal with this. Or, well, I do-professional therapy. But she needs it now, like, now now, not 'in a week after we deal with everything here,' or anything. We're not therapists, we can't do that for her as hard as we can. At best we can listen to her vent, if she's even willing. This isn't gonna stay silent for a week as bad as this, either... We need to speak about it, but we can't press the issue right now. Just, uh. Give her some icecream, hope she'll open up and vent... I don't even know... God, I don't know..."

Venia appears to be in a bit of a panic for not knowing what to do, but then, her eyes light up a bit.

"... Chloe... What do you know about Nia's mom? I think The Blood was speaking on it a bit, but its... Incoherent."

---

Battle: ITS A TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK

"... That thing is so old school and I love it," Venia says.

Venia switches the Entropic Key to Range 4-6 to start the fight, moves to F6, and initiates Ordo from there. Her hat scan-pings the Medic, and in her hand she clutches the Shard of Madness, Initiating Thymebent mode.

"... Can I just say to y'all that this is completely pointless? Like, who's even calling the shots? We've murdered the Gallows, Lucid and the Yaga! And more! I didn't see your tank dealing with any of that, and knowing them, this thing could've crushed all of 'em!" Venia says.

The World has returned to normal. Packo's internal dread seems to have been dispelled as well...

"Uh..." He feels slightly dizzy due to the sudden respawn / reload. "Oh my goodness! That is huge!"

The tank looms menacingly over the ashen rain, as a faction of rebels lays near. A battle seems to have started... So there is no time to lose, then.

Packo moves closer to one of the groups of enemy rebels. As always, he tries starting some conversation before attacking.

"This tank... Is it yours? It looks great... But I would really appreciate it if you could... Uh... Turn it off!"

The Rebel group is having none of that, and, accordingly, they react by aiming all weapons onto the poor baker.

"W-What?! Come on! It cannot be that hard to turn off a tank...!"

While he talks, though, Packo sneakily aims the back of his weapon's handle towards two of the rebels, and presses the secondary button on his weapon.

"Go!"

Two quick sounds pop the air, followed by the sudden glitchy screaming in joy of the Noise Drones! As they approach the rebel enemies, they seem to start singing something:

TRIPLE DENT GUM WILL MAKE YOU SMILE~

This proceeds to irrationally anger the Rebels, who at least have their attention fixed on Packo now.

"S-Sorry for the headache!" He says as he whacks one of them, just for good measure.

_______________________________________

Packo spawns in D12 to move to F15, where he sends his Noise Drones to Rifler2 and Assassin2, and also whacking Assassin2.

EMERALD (re)JOINS THE BATTLE!
Namely, some swapping of stuff
-3 AGI, +8 INT(5 skillpoints, 3 from AGI).
Swap Dagger for Lyonne
Swap Simulacrum for Mentveil and Ignaveil

Emerald spawns in at F8 and charges to F5, then guards. Flawless strategical play.

Nidra puts two points into SKI.

Nidra waits until the end of the turn. She joins the battle at F11, uses her pocket watch, moves to I11, Last Dreams Harpoon2, and retreats to H11.

The Fall of the Rebel Siege Tank!

I move to E7 and summon a Vessel: Pioneer behind the cover at F7

Settings:
Attack=Electric
Weakness=Crushing and Slashing
Resist=Earth, and Fire

Also realizing I have an extra point in INT and SPC doing nothing due to the new softcap.
I move it both points to MMP. (The only change is me getting +4MMP)

Destiny puts a point in SKI and a point in AGI. She also switches Overpowering Stab to Overpowering Slash.

Destiny runs in at F12 in the Far Off Field, runs to G16 to stab Medic 2 before she retreats to H17.

...There's something of an odd delay after the world resets to normal. Verdana appears to be present, as is EN, but Calibri takes noticeably longer to return, and doesn't appear in the correct place. His form flickers, briefly revealing a cloud of blue eyes and mist around him, then he sets back to normal human form and blinks a few times. He appears to have been brought back to the house, specifically being dropped onto the back of the couch for some reason...

"...Heh. I suppose it's time to get something ready..."

He hops up off the back of the couch without another word, promptly heading out the front door and seeking out somewhere that's a bit more isolated. Since the dueling hut is nice and quiet right now, he decides that it'll be fine to wait there for a bit, and he immediately barricades the one house-facing wall so that people don't get to blatantly see inside, also hanging the Staff Only sign up at the front door of the hut. Now that he has a bit of privacy, it's time to see what he can make.



Eventually, it should be done. A small plushie version of Calibri sitting there on the ground, staring blankly up at the original. Assuming that's completed as desired, Calibri chuckles and moves to pick the little fellow up.

"There we go, huh. Sure hope she likes ya..."

There's a pause. He considers how to go about getting to who he wants to get to and how to present the thing he just made to her. He closes his eyes, humming quietly to himself. He opens his eyes again, and has decided on how he's going to go about doing things, immediately turning and walking in completely the wrong direction entirely. Somehow, that loops back around to him appearing in the right place, which is coincidentally right next to Chloe, even if she's actually moved from where she currently is. Calibri just stands there for a moment, holding the small plushie version of himself and looking a little nervous, but mostly facing Chloe. He does manage to speak some words, although he's obviously quite unsure what to say.

"So, um... Hi. I... did a thing. Heh... Here's... thing."

There's a pause, then he hands the small plushie version of himself over to Chloe. At first, not much is particularly special about it, but if Chloe does take the plushie, she might note it slowly and faintly move to hug whatever part of her it can reach, most likely her hand or hands. It also stares up at her with plushie eyes... Seems the plushie is animate to a very limited degree. As for the real Calibri, he's suddenly developed a rather strong bright-blue blush, especially if there's any more than a few other people around. He tries speaking again, still having a bit of trouble with it and having gone quieter than usual again, and in all honesty he looks about ready to faint from embarrassment right there and then.

"It's, um... first time with... stuff... so, uh... ha... happy valentine's day... Chloe. Heh..."


Meanwhile, elsewhere, Verdana just checks on Gibbet the gallow since the baby birb is probably asleep once again, then he proceeds to bugger off out of the room for a while, looking for something to go do. There might be nice things and such.

"Right, here we are back on the planet which we normally ordinarily do things on, and I have absolutely no idea what to do or where to start doing things in the slightest. Yay?"


EN, upon rearrival on Sussui, promptly dives into the kitchen area. Everyone on the planet with any remote sense of cooking talent suddenly feels a dreadful chill run down their spines all at the same time... Inside the kitchen, EN grins while cracking her knuckles, then pulls out a cake tray and a cake holder thing. There's a long pause as she realizes she doesn't actually know what she's going to use in the cake, and given the variety of different inventory items, there's a lot of options for her to put things in. Some of them are great ideas, such as certain sweet consumables. Some of them are questionable ideas, such as the Fragapples, which naturally means they will be getting put into a cake. And some of them are absolutely godawful ideas, such as Durasteel Ingots. She decides she'll need something mighty powerful to get everything mashed properly...

"A'ighty, where am ah gonna find me an assistant who ain't gon' complain an' can actually 'elp me wit' me thin's... Lemme check th' map."

The rest of this is in a spoiler.



"Yeehaw. Tha's a cake."

EN proceeds to call Auth on a horrendously outdated phone.

"Yo. Authy. People are doin' valentine's stuff fer some reason, a' least some people be, an' ah feel like tha's about th' same time as yer birthday traditional speakin' an' all, so ah decided it were right t' do somethin' fer ya. Ah enlisted R4-Sat0skr's 'elp t' make a cake fer ya."


...Also, +2 skillpoints to Calibri's HP. I feel like he'll need it.

Battlestuff: Calibri pops into the battle at F12, heads to E15, and uses Switch On. While doing so, he also comments out loud.

"Well, I sure hope someone decides to cast Swordbeam on me. That'd be really convenient for hitting things, actually... cause damn, I can't hit much from here. Yet."

uA: Ah... we're back on solid ground now... not a bottle in sight...

Auth takes a deep sigh of relief... before looking around for Nana. He was talking to her before... so he's going to check up on her.

uA: Hey, Nana... you alright? You doing okay now that we're back?

He seems a little worried, since Nana is seemingly quite shaken after they've returned... he walks next to her, making sure that she's doing alright.

uA: Um... yeah. I've not gone anywhere, eheh.

Auth then notices people rushing over to go and attack the giant tank... and Auth sighs...

uA: Oh, that's right... we were going to deal with that Siege Weapon. Nana, d'ya wanna go save the Yggdrasil Base? That's what we're here to do.

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Before entering Battle, Auth adds 1 Skill Point to INT and 1 to SKI.

In Battle, Auth spawns on F12, moves to F14 and immediately casts Igniveil-Persistence on himself. He figures, at least for now, that protecting himself comes first.

So I can remember to do something, Keiko spawns at E10, moves to G10, and spawns a Patchwork Totem at H9, with Fire resistance. Keiko backflips to G9.

-=+=-

Ziah does a bit of skillpoint stuff

+4 STR
+1 AGI

and equips a reskinned Cowboy Hat.

Tabletech Headphones Sponsored by DJ Headz. Occasionally plays wild west music, for some reason.
Stats: (+2 STR) (+5 SKI) (+4 CRT) (Already Dead.)
Resists: Piercing (30%) Fire (20%) Ice (-20%) Air (-10%)

-=+=-

Ziah spawns in at F8, his eyes darting to the side. As he notices two Rebels behind cover, there's a slight smirk on his face.

"I can see you."

He uses Focus Energy as a bonus action and fires an arrow at Medic1.

RP
Irongutta awoke on the floor of the house's main room, for whatever reason. His eyes were screwed shut as he felt a splitting headache. He also felt something wet pressed against his cheek that made snorting sounds. Opening his eyes, he found Piggo's snout right in his face.
Sitting up, he gently pat Piggo on the head as he continued to get up off the floor. "Well, wotever just 'appened, guess I'm back 'ere now. Better go find the others." Irongutta stopped himself in the doorway, however, as a thought came across his mind. He turned back around to find Piggo was trailing him. "I know wot ya need: a pen!"

Taking 7 pieces of Refined Wood, he got to building Piggo a fenced-in enclosure at tiles V39 and W39, with a gate placed on the southern border of W39. The wood was cut into fence posts that were staked into the ground and connected by wooden panels. With the enclosure formed, he used a smelly Compost Blob to make part of the pen environment suitably messy for Piggo to roll around in, and then placed two Gaiaroot Potatoes down in the other end as feed. Pen (hopefully) complete! Irongutta pat Piggo on the head again and let him explore his new enclosure before leaving for Scale Yggdrasil.

Magic Club
Irongutta arrives at Scale Yggdrasil, just in time for Magic Club! He spoke as he sat down at the lower-left edge of the picnic blanket. "Oi! Glad to see I'm not late. I didn't 'ave a proppa club on hand but I found a big stick on the way 'ere that'll work just as well."

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Battle: It Is The BAAANEBLAAADE R4-Sat0skr!

Irongutta sized up the massive tank before him. He didn't seem too intimidated. In fact there was a certain desire in his eyes. "So fer the record, we're gonna take this thing from 'em, roight? 'Coz I want 'er to be mine." Irongutta asked Nia, thinking she'd be sympathetic to his pilfering tendencies in this instance. The Rebels probably wouldn't like the idea.

Wasting no time, he spawns in at D8 and moves to D4, gaining Unstoppable Force. He then attacks Rifler1!

Wyvern seems completely unfazed by any bottle related world resetting; he slept through the whole thing. It isn't long before he wakes up from his napping spot on the couch as a result of Toast's announcement. He stumbles sleepily out of the house and heads for the gardens.

Despite admittedly taking quite a while, and almost getting lost along the way, Wyvern spots the rest of the club at the Yggdrasil, giving them a wave. He skips over and sits quietly next to Ette, if possible, watching the members show off their magic, amazed despite being rather envious.

Stats and Stuff

Gonna save Ire a bit of effort here since there's a lot of stuff I did on my character sheet, so...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17BH...dit?usp=sharing

Battle and Stuff

Wyvern soon wanders into the R4-Sat0skr fight at E8, dashing with newfound speed to G4 where he slashes at Medic1.

Pope Bill moves to H8, then he casts Last Dream on Harpoon1!