Neat! A "set of splinter sandbags".
Letsid dodge rolls over there (H4) and begins playfully taunting.
"Haha you are too slow!"
"What? Are you obtuse?"
"Catch me ~"

Trellis Guardian:
Come out of stealth mode.
Creeping Vine Amphi1.
Basic attack SSphere2.

Nidra:
Power Nap Irongutta.
Pass pillow to Irongutta.
Move to M17.
Basic Attack Jotun twice.

Oh, this is fine.
I move to S10 and cast a singularity at W11, hitting Gayzer. (Command activated)

Ette can you push the Marksmen to S11 using guiding hands?, please, thanks.

The Marskmen teleports using the Portal right at W9
Ambusher ghost to W10
(Trait Activated)

I also hit the Call Desk Button, allowing a Secretary with Piercing Attack to appear at V11
It attacks the Gayzer.

The Marksmen fires a shot straight through the Gayzer, and also somehow hitting the Harpy 5 behind the Gayzer.
(Basic Attack Gayzer, T.Bounce to Harpy5.)
The shooter quickly draws its sidearm to plink away at Harpy5. (Trait fire)

The Ambusher follows up by striking Gayzer.

The Tank
SB1 Armadillo backs up 2 tiles then proceed to Ramming Speed the gorilla out of the Chosen

<ROLEPLAYDOP>
aka, "the GM wants to roleplay, too"

Even though there's a battle going on, the NPC's take some time out of their currently loaded schedules to chat with their allies. After all, who doesn't love a little bit of battlefield banter? Surely, this won't result in infighting, or anything unpleasant like that! Nope!

---

Marron watches Summa devestate an Arkwind. She scratched her head as she watched her work- what the hell was she, exactly? Curious, she heads over to the newcomer, and... pokes her cheek. It probably wobbles in response.

MARRON: Yep. That's... not flesh.
MARRON: So... what the gorilla are you, exactly?
MARRON: I've seen some weird-gorilla creatures in the Mindscape, but I don't think I've ever seen a freakin' jello lady.

The puppeteer seems amused at the very concept of Summa's existence. Perhaps she's concocting a new recipe with gelatin as a key ingredient. Marron then remembers her manners- not that she really has too much in that department, but it'd pay to try to be nice, right?

MARRON: Anyway, I'm Marron.
MARRON: Who are you, exactly? Or actually- what are you?

Despite Summa's imposing appearance, Marron doesn't seem the slightest bit intimidated. Rather, it seems that she's smugly underestimating the moly, even if she just crushed the Arkwind with a single swing.

---

Meanwhile, one floor down, Chloe takes a moment to apply Echo to herself, soothing the few bumps she's recieved during the battle. A gentle light overtakes her. With most of the nearby threats eliminated, she peeks into the house- everything alright there?

Then, she sees Ansem. Chloe has a brief freakout- while Monika was part of the party earlier, she was definently "affiably evil", and not "outright evil", like this Ansem person here. She does however, manage to calm herself down quickly. He did just splat an Iti- perhaps they could get along? She steps into the building, and waves a hello! She's barely succeeding in hiding her general mistrust.

CHLOE: Heya! You're new here, right? You must be kinda lost and confused...
CHLOE: I'm Chloe Elem. And... I think I recognize you? You're...

She cuts herself off, keeping it in her mind to not mention that she's totally splatted his gorilla in at least like three different games. That'd make things awkward quick, and she's not sure if she could believe in herself hard enough to defeat him. Especially if he turns into a boat. Also, what if he's bitter about getting foiled several games in a row? Too many variables.

CHLOE: ...Ansem, right?
CHLOE: I've heard of you, from... s-somewhere! I-I kinda forget, sorry!
CHLOE: All I know is that you're like, the lord of all darkness.
CHLOE: W-Which is fine! Darkness is a t-totally cool element!

CHLOE: So... what brings somebody like you to this place?
CHLOE: It's kinda crazy, seeing all of the different people here, united under one banner...

Chloe nervously fiddles with her hair as she awaits a response.

---

Near the frontlines, Taeda takes sight of the Author! She remembers his deeds fondly- while most would likely forsake those they've bested in battle, he's always tended to the wounded of both sides. She can't even begin to count the number of Chairian lives he's saved. She takes a short trek across the field to greet Auth.

TAEDA: H-Hi! You're the Author, r-right?
TAEDA: I, um...

Taeda rather suddenly bows, her body going from standing up straight to a bowed position at some incredible speed that's probably getting close to violating the sound barrier.

TAEDA: I-I just wanted to say t-thank you!
TAEDA: F-For... all the people you've saved.
TAEDA: All the Chairians that you've fought, and helped afterwards...
TAEDA: I-It... really means the world to me that someone's looking after my people!

After remaining in a bowed position for quite some time, she bends herself back into a standing position, a little green-faced.

TAEDA: U-Um... I-I've actually been wondering about something!
TAEDA: Why do you do it? L-Like, helping those that you fight?
TAEDA: I-I mean, I really do appreciate it, and I'm sure t-they do, too...
TAEDA: But isn't it kinda tiresome, and potentially dangerous? I-I mean, I don't think you've really turned any Chairian heads with what you've done. I-In fact, I think most of them would just go back to fighting us...
TAEDA: A-And, I-I don't want you to stop o-or anything, no no!

TAEDA: I'm just... curious, is all.
TAEDA: I do plenty of volunteer work at the Church of Helix, but hardly anything like what you've done...
TAEDA: Why do you help so many people? I-I wanna learn why!
TAEDA: Hopefully, I could learn from you, and t-then help more people, in my own way...

She looks up at him expectantly, a mix of hope and admiration in her eyes.

---

Your regularly scheduled update will return tomorrow.

(This action will happen after Verdana's attack)

Summa moves over to G11 to taunt the Amphi (mentioning it's very bad shade of purple) before moving back to H9, ready to use Nothing Ventured for some serious damage. There's an air of confidence around Summa.

==BATTLE==
Pre-Piono's action:
Nezira floats in place, surrounded by a nimbus of knowledge-magic, activating Iterative Analysis!

All at once, it's as though she can see the battlefield from every angle at once; every ally helpfully outlined in blue, every enemy picked out in a color corresponding to its faction. She reaches out a tendril of will and selects the Bastion, surrounding it in an aura of knowledge-magic similar to the one that she herself rests within. The aura around the Bastion resolves itself into a massive array of magical runes and scanning implements, and bombards it, slowly and in sequence, with an array of scanning beams of light, searing its flesh with their sheer strength.

Iterative Analysis:
Pay 3 charges of SP, add 1 free scan, for a total of 4 iterations
Variable Analysis to replace 2 scans with attacks, for 6 attacks and 2 scans
Scans: apply Weakpoint Analysis and Attack Analysis
Get the benefits of 4 scans for item passives (Consume Knowledge & Resource Scan)

"..."

"..."


Battlestuff:

That's one down. There are still more to go, though. Verdana takes a look at his next target - there's an Amphi that really needs to go down. He wants some slightly better positioning first, so he glides across the roof, ending up at H12. An aura of flames is starting to burn around him...

"Who's next, huh? How about you? You, you, YOU!"

On the final "you", he suddenly gets a lot louder and more forceful, gesturing towards Amphi1. A Force Nail proceeds to appear from thin air and ram itself through the Amphi's middle segment at G16, the point of impact seeming to glow like molten metal for a moment. He grins, eyes flashing and briefly developing blue sclera...

"Bring your elites! Bring your champions! Come at us with everything you have! It won't be enough. I'll kill EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU if I have to! It's what all of you DESERVE!"

...There might be a bit of emotional regulation issues going on right now, all things considered. Quite a bit of exhilaration mixing with a lingering anger...

In the meantime, the Spiralfloof should move over to H11 and loose off a shot at the Amphi - either G16 if that body part still lives, or H17 if it doesn't.

Chibi Nia wizard has chosen a good heal target. Give the chibi a pet from me. And also she should keep up the healing of her current target.

A bunch of RP to do today! Hooray! :3

----

Battle action first, though! Auth waves his sword around briefly to get the Apocyan ink flowing, and then cleaves through the Seeker Sphere. Or, at least, he does a little bit. Kind of hard to do that with a Water-resistant enemy.

Auth uses his basic attack on Seeker Sphere 3.
----

Starting with CatherEN just outside the Shack...

tC: I'm glad that you all appear to be going relatively well. Shame about losing your ally, though...

Cathy looks out to the sky.

tC: I can't wait to introduce myself to everyone. I'm quite excited to see how they react, y'know.
tC: Upupupupu, I'm even more excited to see how flustered our dear Authy gets. Anything I should keep in mind for when I meet everyone else?
tC: Besides trying to scout out that nice Chairian who might end up being Auth's girlfriend.

Elsewhere, Auth has an ominous shudder shoot through his body. Chills in his spine. Nothing good, of course.

---

Auth quickly has something else to focus on, though. That being Taeda, the Priestess(?) that the party saved at the start of their journey.

uA: Ah, hey, Taeda. Yep, I'm Auth. What can I do for you?

Auth seems a little surprised as Taeda bows to him, thanking him for what he's done for the Charian people that they've confronted over the course of their journey.

uA: O-oh, of course. You're welcome, Taeda. I make an effort to prevent people dying, so I'm glad that it seems like my actions have been effective in that.

Auth watches, a little embarrassed himself in the immense gratitude being delivered to him by Taeda. He's not unhappy about it, of course, but the great thanks being given to him is quite humbling to the dhampyr.

uA: Why do I do it?
uA: Well, the short answer is that my drive for doing something like this comes from my belief that life is sacred. I do my best to protect it.
uA: The long answer? I know that if I was to leave them there after we defeat them, then Iti would come along and have a meal. I don't think I would be able to bear the idea that I could have saved somebody but didn't, and they might've died, because it's my "job", basically, to heal people.
uA: I don't get tired of it because I take satisfaction in knowing that I've saved people from the anguish and pain that comes with death. That's not the person themselves, entirely. I'm thinking of the family and friends of all of these people, who would be devastated if they found out that one day a friend or loved one wouldn't be coming home anymore.
uA: ...I don't want anyone else to know what that feels like. I would rather fight everyone I've healed a hundred times than leave them, because fighting them again means that they've survived, and that's the primary outcome here.

Auth thinks for a second, making sure that what he says lines up in his head, and forming the next part of his sentence. He nods quietly as Taeda returns to her previous position, looking at him hopefully.

uA: I'm sure the work you do with your church has helped ease the pain of just as many people as I have, Taeda, don't worry.
uA: I don't do what I do to turn heads. I don't care whether people are going to side with us or not because I saved them. I save them because their lives matter, intrinsically.
uA: I wouldn't stop doing what I do, even if it killed me, because I think that what I do is a crucial part to my role here. A medic heals the wounded, and especially after a skirmish, whether they're friend or foe doesn't matter in the slightest.
uA: Er... does that explain much? Or, um... I can still answer questions, I don't mind if you have something more specific to ask.

----

At some point that doesn't interrupt his chat with Taeda, Auth pokes his head around to see Chloe.

uA: Um, Chloe? Hi. Sorry for the interruption... but do you mind if I ask a favor?

Auth hands her some sort of item request form.

uA: Would it be possible, do you think, to find one of those Regalia in the Darkness element? I need something like that to improve my ink regeneration, and I think getting that done sooner would be useful...

Brutishace warns the Dark Lord to get away as he detonates the Apocalypse Rune, destroying the corpses of the Raider and the Edges in the process.

Brutishace then charges out behind cover to O18 and strikes the forest at K19 with Drain Life (yet again), hitting both the first Jotun and the twenty-third Seeker (or its corpse), before he reaps the Corpsetaker's soul and moves back to P18.

All healing from Soul Siphon goes to Irongutta.

While Ansem was distracted by Chloe, Boshi slips away to (V15). He looks at the Seeker Sphere next to him.

"(FORE!!)"

He gives the Seeker Sphere a Hard Slam with his golf club, sending it to (Y15). He seems tired after that, though. "(Yeesh, I need to not skip arm day more often...)"

He then uses 10 MP to cast Intimidate - Offend Edition. He flips the bird at the Gotou3 (if it's alive) and the Seeker Sphere3.

---

Bow Kid continues practicing; though as she practices her painting, she starts to wonder if her idea would be too empty of a piece. She probably needs someone to model for her. She wonders who could possibly be a good fit for a painting like what she has in mind...

amemiya retreats as it sees more avian creatures, trying not to be grasped or otherwise incapacitated by them. The anime girl stands back, fires a shot from her indeterminate pixel projectile launcher, and then turns around to face Ette.

> Move to O11
> Shoot Reverie1

Hex uses the yggdrasil vessel on Clausa twice, bringing them above 50% health and deactivating panic shell.
He takes a step to C10, and with that done...
He casts whirling blades, moving to the tiles:
D20-E21-F20-G19-H19-I18-J17.
He then retreats to H14, and activates the portal to telepop to K16.
This nets him the 15 tiles moved achievement.

The House was under attack, but Packo didn't care. Wandering aimlessly, only a few words flew around his mind again and again.

("What happened before the time you were ‘promoted’? Or, rather, what did you do to get ‘promoted’?")

And what he did...

...







And it was after looking back at what happened, that he understood everything.

He understood that he was a murderer, in search and capture for the murder of Smart Pickle.

He realized that he would never be able to return home.

As he entered the room, hand still on the door, Ette asked him if he was okay.

And Packo knew he would never be okay ever again. Slamming the door shut, he started moving towards V10.

Packo didn't deserve to be in this team. He deserved to die for what he did.

But he was too afraid.

And so, he started screaming. Screaming from the bottom of his lungs, knowing that pain was the least of his worries right now.

Suddenly, a light engulfs Packo, as he keeps screaming.

Pain gives people fear. But fear and pain keep people alive. And Packo really didn't want to die back there, mauled by horrendous fuchsia creatures.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Smashing his flail against the ground, a white field made of light is created. Packo uses his special for the first time!

An aura of pure light surrounds Packo and whoever is around him. It feels... Comforting, in a way.

And right after feeling comfort after such a long time, Packo becomes Collapsed for the rest of the turn.

-Battle: The House-

Irongutta was about to stand in triumph over the collaborated effort to bring down the titanic Jotun when the hulking beast began to stir once more. It had been risen from the grave!

"Oh ya gotta be kiddin' me 'ere! Yer supposed to stay dead when I kill ya!" Irongutta looked up at the Jotun with scorn.

The Iti were starting to really close in on him now. His adrenaline rose to its maximum as he heard the battle cries of his companions.

That's right, Irongutta uses his special, WAAAGH! Of course, he lets out the signature Orkish war cry:

"WAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Irongutta moves to the treeline at K19 for a bit of cover. He then basic attacks Jotun1 at L20! The Jotun is promptly struck with the force of a hundred Orks in the most violent and brutal fashion possible, obliterating makeshift armor, flesh, and bone alike.

Move to D19, cast Nothing Ventured. Target Seeker Sphere 1 with the Taunt.

Keiko sprints to W11, to protect that specific hole now that the east is neutralized.

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE>



Echoss does a strangely complicated sequence of things. First, he requests for Chloe to go and find some incendiary scraps and searing powder. She nods, and sets off on her quest! A short time later, Chloe returns with a couple of barrels of Searing Powder- how much did she find!? She also has with her a small packet of Incendiary Scraps.

CHLOE: Ta-daa! I found a ton of it!'
CHLOE: I took a look near the mine- or the farm, I guess it is, and found an unattended stash of items!
CHLOE: I'm gonna start unloading now!

Chloe unloads her wheelbarrow of all of the barrels, placing them in an orderly stack outside of the house. She then hoists one, and carries it into the house, along with the sack of Incendiary Scraps. As she's away, a random Blossom runs up to the stack of barrels she's accumulated, and detonates upon them! Fortunately, the explosion isn't all that large- but it's certainly fiery! Chloe returns to find a very, very dead blossom, and lots of small grass fires.

CHLOE: ...
CHLOE: W-Well, at least I saved the one...

12 Incendiary Scraps get! 24 Searing Powder get! She also brings over 6 Aurora Crystals, which she found with the barrels of the powder. Anyway, Echoss sends some butterflies to go and harvest the Rock Spire in the Forest Outskirts- while it's a bit big to entirely loot, they're easily able to frisk the 4 Titanium out of it.

He then harvests 12 Coffee Beans from the farm, and lobs 15 Compost Blobs at the farm to upgrade 3 tiles of farmland. He then plants a wide variety of things- most of them being trees, and otherwise things with long growing periods. Huh. He's clearly trying to jumpstart having infinite freaking items again. He then considers planting things in the Crystillery, but it seems like whatever Toast planted there is really taking up a lot of power! In fact, it appears to be drawing a RIDICULOUS amount of attention to it: +30% Noise! Remember that mechanic? I SURE DO!

Anyway, he also sends out a wave of Butterflies to collect some resources. 2 Celefruit, 1 Cinderfruit, 2 Lumipods, 1 Holy Dew, and 16 Green Sap Blobs. Some of the fruit you may have wanted to harvest were already thrown into the farm.

---

Leaf joins the fight! I mean, she doesn't seem to have a character sheet prepared yet, but maybe I'll get more details on that later? Seems like a good time though, that roleplay.

---

Maria takes a nap, and is cute. That's all I wanted to say here.

---

Ansem and Chloe continue their chat. He mentions the "creatures of darkness"- the Iti. Chloe takes a moment to correct him.

CHLOE: Oh, I don' think the Iti- those creatures you saw- are really creatures of darkness.
CHLOE: I mean, they're definitely kinda Heartless-like, but I think they're made of essence. And thyme. Like, the cooking spice.
CHLOE: ...It's hard to explain.

CHLOE: If you have any questions about this place, I'd be happy to answer them!
CHLOE: It'd pay if we all got along and stuff, and since it looks like you're helping us, it'd be dumb to not share vital information with you.

Chloe stretches, and unsheathes her sword as she exits through the destroyed window.

CHLOE: Anyway, I've got some Iti to whack!
CHLOE: See you in a bit!

---

Auth accepts Taeda's praise. He then promptly explains why he does what he does to Taeda, who eagerly eats up every word.

TAEDA: W-Wow! You're incredibly just!
TAEDA: You're like, a real saint, y'know! If there wasn't someone like you in the party, I-I'd fear for the fate of all of the Chairians we've fought...

Auth then takes a moment to give Taeda a bit of praise, which she seems to eat up.

TAEDA: Aw geez, you're just being humble~
TAEDA: I've mostly just worked with children and stuff- made them food, looked after them, played with them...
TAEDA: Meanwhile, you're out here, saving lives! There's definitely value in my work, but you're just amazing, y'know?
TAEDA: Don't ever stop what you're doing, alright?
TAEDA: A-Also... you should call on me when you're helping out a bunch of Chairians! I-I might not have as powerful healing magic as you, b-but I'd like to help you!

Taeda beams towards Auth, bows towards him, then returns to her position on the battlefield. A bit later, Auth goes to request something of Clhoe; find a Darkness Regalia!

CHLOE: I... have no idea where I'd find any of those.
CHLOE: But I'll give it a try!

Chloe sets off on yet another adventure! When she does return, she seems a little more exhausted than usual...

CHLOE: So, given all of the crystals around the Whispering Library, I decided to take a look around the outside!
CHLOE: And, to my surprise, I found one! And then another! Like, there was seriously a lot of them!
CHLOE: ...As it turns out, all but one of them were Tricksters.
CHLOE: I... ran. Really fast. And stabbed a few of them.
CHLOE: A-At least I found the crystal, though! H-Here you go!

She passes a Blackhole Regalia to the Author, along with 5 Darkmatter Clusters and 14 Shadow Crystals. As a small bonus, she also tosses 16 Samples into the inventory.

CHLOE: By the way, I'm pretty sure you'll die if you drop it.
CHLOE: Maybe all of us too, if black holes work the way they should.
CHLOE: I mean, it's probably a "nerfed black hole", but... still! Be careful with that!

No pressure, right?

---

Packo has a minor case of serious murder induced freakout. While I'd touch more on this, it seems like this might be a better thing to respond to in the middle of a battle. Still though, ouch. Poor baker boy.

---

<THE HOUSE, ROUND SIX>
You're basically done. If you slay enough this round, Regarding the Ground Floor: I might just end the battle a round early. If you want to do that though, you'll probably at least need to kill the Jotun, and like... dunno, the other Iti near the front door? Meanwhile, on the roof, things are a bit more dire- lots of Iti in close proximity! Take them down before they can harass Marron to death, or something.

Combat:
Echoss pulls off his spectacles and holds them up towards the moon in the sky, squinting at them. He taps the side of the rim and they spark slightly and he puts them back on. He sighs as he sees the smouldering remnants of his Chibi and glares at the Amphi. Thumps and shouting from the upper floor grab his attention though, and the others likely have the intruding wyvern handled anyways. Someone else is in need of his help presently.
Echoss moves over into the kitchen, but halfway to the kitchen he stops and rests a hand on Venia's shoulder. "Miss Praefortis, I do not know why you are currently so upset on account of having missed a few hours worth of events, but you need to calm yourself a bit. These creatures cannot understand you, and you need to be able to focus as best you can at the moment, for the sake of Miss Khiones." and almost as quickly he's gone, up to the roof with the power of the portal, warping himself up to I8 on the second floor, sporulating fan already in motion.
"Hello there Miss Needleworker and Miss Tsar'ina, I believe you folks up here were in need of a little assistance?"
The spores sweep over the heads of his allies, making both petals die instantly, and leaving both the harpy and Trickster poisoned and down bit a of health. He then passes Marron a carton of eggnog. "Here, you look a little beat up."

Additionally, a few of the golden butterflies that have been resting in the bushes outside the house flutter out towards the trio. One flies out to between Clausa and Salix, one flies over to Willow.
Clausa and Salix: The butterfly flutters up into the air between the two and promptly shifts form into a small golden hologram of Echoss. Notably, it seems to be perfectly content with standing on thin air. "Hello Master Clausa and Master Salix, I merely wished to inform the two of you that given we have not yet fully routed the Iti it might be best for the two of you to fall back slightly. Particularly you, Master Clausa, you're still rather poisoned and it would likely be best to keep you away from where the Iti may take advantage of that." The Echoss hologram turns to face Salix. "As for you Master Salix, I am not fully acquainted with your combat style, but you seem to still be in mostly good condition. I place the same recommendation towards you, but not as strongly as towards Master Clausa."
Willow: The butterfly flutters over and lands in the branches of the singing tree closest to Willow, before transforming. Echoss clears his throat. "Miss Willow? I recommend to you that you fall back a bit, at the very least to behind our front line and defenses. You are currently in even worse shape than Master Clausa and he came within inches of succumbing to poison mere moments ago, not to mention him having somewhat better durability than you do. Your help is greatly appreciated, and I would rather it not be repaid in your death at the hands of these creatures."

Combat unflavored:
Echoss moves up to J11 and then triggers the portal, appearing at I8 (assuming that using teleport to move up or down one floor takes 1 movement same as attack range change handles it) and sweeps East, pinging both petals, the trickster, and the harpy.
He then hands a carton of eggnog to Marron, healing her back up from the brink.

Clausa and Willow are ordered to fall back a bit, so that they aren't way out in front of our main line. Salix is suggested to do the same but not ordered.

Out of Combat:
I craft a Searing Bomb through the autocraft method, expending 1 searing powder, 1 iron ingot, and 1 incendiary scrap.

Echoss grabs some gigistems out of the inventory, then also some of the salt water buckets, a pinch of locustgrowth, and then some ingots (iron or titanium, whichever would be more appropriate).
First he creates the distributor shell for the bomb, molding the iron ingots into pieces so that they can be fit together like a puzzle, snugly meshing together but if thrown at sufficient velocity (ie: at an enemy) will shatter apart showering them in the concoction held within. The bomb spheres thus created, Echoss moves on to the stuff that will be in them.
He pulls a mortar and pestle out from wherever his 'personal inventory' is and begins mashing up the gigistems into the vile deadly concentration that is made when you take a poisonous plant and mash it together to make all the poison happen at the same time. He spills in a bit of water to mesh it together better so that it will coat properly upon 'detonation' of the bombs, and then settles the water so that the salt crystals will form up upon startling, causing any wounds on an enemy hit by the 'bombs' to become crystallized with salt, refusing all forms of healing. Finally, as he finishes this vile concoction he sprinkles in just a pinch of locustgrowth. The salt means that it won't grow out and consume the concoction, but it also means that under normal circumstances a body's natural defenses will remove it after a certain amount of time.
Of course, should more be done to weaken them... that might be a different story.

Created: Wither Spheres. These spheres, upon being thrown, apply 2 or 3 rounds of BadlyPoisoned (probably not very strong, intensity 1 or 2), and Healblock for several rounds beyond that.

For my final noncombat action, I take a bunch of lumipods, a few pieces of luminous crystal, some thyme matter crystals, some iron ingots, a bit of wire scrap and circuit boards, and a single piece of cobblestone.
The first thing he does is smash the cobblestone with a hammer very violently, pounding the entire thing into dust, or rather, through some unknown mechanic of crafting nonsense, sand. He then stuffs this pile of sand into the titanium furnace. Minecraft says that makes glass, so it makes glass.
Then he assebles a small stand-mount with three legs from the iron ingots, using the bits of wire scrap and circuit boards he puts it together so that it will jostle and detect when it has been thrown and landed on a surface, and deploy the legs to hold it in place.
Pulling out the glass, he presses it (that's how glass works right) into the shape of several compact intricate lenses and arranges them in an apparatus within the stands using the rest of the iron ingots expended.
Then he sets up the luminous and thyme matter crystals into two different resonance arrays.
Then he sets down the lumipod in a central point, so that when the stand hits and deploys, it sets off the lumipod. The Lumipod lets loose a burst of light that triggers the luminous crystal shards which refract the light around, hitting the thyme crystals and creating an apparition of a fighter in the air above the pod. The thyme crystals resonate with the light, and cause it to let off some kind of faux essence waves, which will attract the less intelligent among the Iti directly to it, and the less intelligent among anything else will be drawn to it thinking it's a threat.

Created: Lumilures. When thrown create a Lumilure on the targeted spot. Lumilures have X HP (toast suggested 40), 100% light resist, 10% resistance to all physical types, and 20% weakness to dark and water. Lumilures cannot act, but any Mindless AI enemies will automatically target it if they are within 1-3 tiles of it, even if something else is closer to them or there is some kind of danger in the way (including Abysses or similar).
Lumilures must be placed on solid tiles that don't inflict damage, or adjacent to a wall. If the terrain the lumilure is standing on changes to a damage inflicting one, or if it was kept safe by being adjacent to a wall and something happens to the wall, the lumilure is instantly destroyed.

Toast downs a Mana Vial and casts Ignite Blood. Again! Shocking stuff.
This time, the target is herself. To do this, she literally just conjures an Ignite Blood dart in her hand. Despite greatly resembling a blaze rod in both heat and appearance, the dart is harmless to her touch. Probably due to 100% resistance. She might still get SP, though, particularly from 'Brace!'.
With a short retreat movement to one side and yet another portal usage, she Teleports to S19.
She raises the dart- probably about half the length of her forearm- high above her head.
"I've made it an easy target- if someone could detonate this thing that'd be sweet."
Ideally, someone could use a charge of the Elemental Blaster to shoot her with Fire, which she is immune to. Naturally she makes no attempt to dodge or counter.
"And chaos if you want that thing removed get over here."

Adrian heads to L17, and brings his Key down onto Carrion3.