Crya assigns her singular point into HP.

+1 SPC. Packo feels like a different person altogether.

---

The battle is over and Ette gives Packo a cookie and a pat in the head.

"Thanks. We need to talk." As soon as the battle ends, Packo gathers Beep and Boop and stuffs them into the roller. Then, he moves towards the Dueling Hut, hoping no one but Ette follows him to be able to have a conversation.

As he arrives there, he starts speaking, bluntly, at that.

"I'm never going to go back home." Packo doesn't cry, but his voice breaks easily. "All of Licheria wants me dead." He says, trying to look as cool as he can. But then he breaks into tears just a second later.

"I k-killed my b-best friend... And I didn't even realize until now..." Sitting on the floor, next to a wall, the baker seems to be silent now, probably thinking about his friend.

"Smart... I am sorry... I am sorry..." He mumbles every now and then. Seems that Packo is really really depressed at the moment.

A quick glance towards Ette shows his crying face. "Y-You should get away from me... I can't even trust myself anymore..."

---

From Packo's newfound revelation of the death of his friend Smart, his Trait changes.

Trait: Cynicism [Level: 2 / 3] (#cd7f32)

If you were not targeted by any ally in a round, you gain a stack of Distrust. At 4 stacks, automatically enter Arrogance during one turn, spending all stacks you have in return.


Distrust: Every stack of Distrust gives you Empowered1 and +1 HP Regen.

Arrogance: Gain Empowered4 and Focused4, but transfer all AC and SHP directly to MHP in a 2:1 rate, rounded down.

Modifiers:
+1 HP Regen per 5 SPC (Cap of +3HP per stack.)
+1 Empowered and Focused Intensity in Arrogance per 8 STR, 8 SKI, and 8 SPC (Cap of Empowered6 and Focused6.)
Worldly Isolation at 10 SPC. (When untargeted by ANYTHING in a given round, automatically gain 3 stacks of Distrust.)[/i]

Additional notes: Entering Arrogance is fully automatic as soon as 4 stacks are reached and cannot be avoided. You lose all stacks even if you have more than 4.

---

Packo's special requirements are also changed.

Thanatophobia Field

Fills by: Dealing Damage, Taking Damage (x2), Getting Downed (x100)

Grant Divine Shield to you and your allies within Range 1.
Inflict Fear5 on all foes within Range 1-2 for two rounds.

Modifiers: -3 required SP per SPC. (Minimum of 120.)

+1 Weaken Intensity per 4 SPC. (Max of Weaken5. Lasts for the same duration as the Fear.)

+1 Fear Duration at 11 SPC.

+1 Divine Shield Range at 15 SPC.

SP required: 220

Adrian approaches the cyan-haired woman emerging from the portal. "Welcome back, I guess. Everyone seems to have missed you."

He walks up the stairs, and opens the door to the green room. "Hey, the monsters are gone."

---

Adrian +1s his SPC.

Boshi +1's his MP.

Because Venia is researching it, he also replaces Tumbling Walls with Blade Rush.

---PRE-TELEPORTER---

Boshi was sorta tired from the battle, but at the same time, his adrenaline is keeping him going. After all was said and done, he sticks around near the portal for a bit, guarding it, and shaking in anticipation as Venia, Crya, and Nezira enter.

---POST-TELEPORTER---

Nia, Venia, Crya, and Nezira exit the portal. Boshi was relieved and overjoyed that Nia came out of this relatively alright. "(Oh thank god I thought today wasn't gonna get either bit better...)"

---

After a conversation involving Brutishace, Echoss, Nia, and Chloe, Boshi beckons the former two to follow him to the basement.

RP: Maria

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

RP: House

"So, uh, Nia, we kinda need to, uh, uh, arrange accomodations for you to sleep." Venia says. "... I mean, you're already on the couch and all the rooms are already occupied... Uh, I'll just, I'll just sleep on the mat. I'd usually sleep in Mr. Krabs but he's still being bugfixed."

Venia will probably go along with whatever Nia's suggestion is, however lewd. Moments later, her eyes light up.

"Oh, oh right! Uh. I almost forgot, how silly of me, uh, gimmie a sec," Venia says, reaching into a shimmering distortion. She pulls out a familiar gray cap connected to a pad. "The reality-warping hair color changing machine, from before! The original exploded with your old body so I figured you'd want a spare, since you can actually, uh, use it now. Uh, for the record, I do think you look pretty just the way you are, but, like, if you want to change it, I'm down with that as well! I was thinking Id' be changing the way I'd look... A lot more drastically. Not like my current body is remotely natural, anyways..."

"Uh, in any case. You're in pretty good pajamas, you'd just need a blanket, so I'll just get your gear ready for you in the morning, OK?" Venia says, placing a copy of Nia's Sweater, a Throwlem Hand, and of course, Boxican, close to the foot of the Couch.

---

Crafting

---

Shopping/Research

Hat, as he's already in the basement, decides to perform the vaunted act of SCIENCE! He researches the following:

-Crystal Energizer x2 (30+40)
-Blade Rush (50)
-Warp Ring (60)
-Zip (80)

This is a grand total cost of 260 Samples. Hat then swings by Chaos's stall and shills 450 Credits plus 16 Samples for an Aspect of Void and a duplicate Portable Tellyporta. The Aspect is awarded to Bass, while the Portable Tellyporta is set with Nia's gear.

"... You should probably ask Venia about the Golden Dream Ring. You know, for your missing memories." Hat says to Bass.

---

Gear/Stat Shuffle

Venia changes a lot of stuff.

-Venia trades the Blizzard Hairdye for the Oceanic Scarf. +1 STR, +1 AGI, +1 DEF and +1 SPC for -4 MMP and -2 RES overall. (or, well, maybe lower, as the Hairdye was due for a small nerf.)
-Venia switches the Ice resist on her Coat to a Water resist. She also mildly tweaks the "A Champion" passive; it now grants Intellect8, but only does so on the first summon spell per battle. The cap on summons remains.
-Venia exchanges the Maccao Tailspike for the Revolving Chamber. +1 SPC, -1 SKI and MHP. She sets the resistance to Water.
-Venia exchanges the Storm Bracer for the Radiant Glove. -1 INT and SPC but +2 CRT. Venia sets the resistance to Light and the weakness to Slashing.

Venia's final resistances are:
110% Water
50% Ice
40% Light
20% Fire
20% Glitch
-10% Slashing
-30% Air
-30% Poison

Venia then trades out a point from STR, AGI and SPC each to add one into INT and 2 into SKI. Her newest skillpoint goes into DEF to bring her to 2 total, for a brand-spanking new 1 AC. Oh, how have I missed having AC.

Final stats Changes:
+2 DEF
+1 SKI
+2 CRT
-1 MHP
-4 MMP
-2 RES

To cap things off, she replaces Super Soak for Nanostorm. "Healing magiteck nanites? Don't mind if I do."

---

Other
-Hex qualified for the 6 MOV achievement and we should have received the usual reward of 200 Credits accordingly.

The Man puts 1 skillpoint into AGI, and then immediately falls asleep from exhaustion in a particularly comical matter.

After the idea has been brought up for there to be other types of chibis, Calibri cracks a faint grin from his seat beside the couch. He, in turn, hops up but doesn't get on the couch, instead just standing beside it.

"Chibis. Is that what we're doing now instead of plushies? Heh... Actually, that's a pretty okay idea."

He then leans over and whispers something to Verdana. It's not quite possible to catch what was whispered, but once he's stopped making indistinct noises, the albino stares slightly upwards with a thoughtful expression on his face... then, Verdana snaps his fingers, having gotten an idea.

"Inspiration gotten! I'll be right back, just have to put some things together... I'm sure you'll like it, miss Nia! And maybe you too depending on opinions, miss Venia, hehe."

Verdana absconds, by which I mean he sort of flops over the back of Couchtron, then walks out the front door of the house in a calm and orderly manner. He wants to spend his time privately, so that it isn't entirely clear what he's up to... He quickly slips into the dueling hut and initiates a craftpost, tucked safely behind a spoiler.



Now that he's put that together, Verdana proceeds to take the bracelet off, walking back out of the dueling hut and back into the house, possibly being trailed by a Chibi Venia in an Inventor outfit. He then returns to the place he was sitting at on the couch, handing the newly-crafted bracelet over to Nia.

"Here you go!"



Meanwhile, EN gets a call. She blinks, then pulls out a silver phone and answers it.

"Yo."

There's a pause. She puts the phone away, turning to the rest of the people in Acacia's house.

"We can go home now, y'all."

She moves around to repeat the message to everyone so that everyone is properly informed, then just straight-up picks up anyone who hasn't woken up so she can just carry them all home. Once back at the proper home, she dumps the carried people into nice places for them to be, takes a look around, notices things are alright, and heads off into the forest for a while. The sound of trees being utterly ruined can be heard from the forest... EN soon returns, carrying a large pile of splinters.

"Now fer bags..."

She goes and investigates splinterbags, refilling the bags which are intact but part-depleted, and using a bit of random fabrics from the inventory to stitch up whichever bags have been damaged. Nice simple repair job. And if there's leftover materials and splinters, she also goes and lays down a few more splinterbags with the spare stuff, since she might as well do so.



Meanwhile, outside Marron's bedroom, footsteps can be heard. The weird thing is that they're coming from outside the damaged wall, where there isn't actually somewhere to stand. A big metal guy proceeds to push the curtain back, peering through the hole in the wall.

"Looks like someone left a hole here... Not to worry, I have a solution. I'll paint over the hole with wood."

He proceeds to pull out what looks like a large paint roller, slaps some bits of Megabark onto the roller, then hums while casually rolling the paint roller across the giant hole in the wall. Despite the very obvious problems with how this should work, it somehow seems to be fixing the wall as Megabark is pushed into place. It might be best not to question how he can do this with a paint roller... Soon enough, the wall is nice and properly repaired, if a little rough due to the blatant violation of pretty much everything. All it needs is a bit of sanding down so it isn't blatantly at odds with the rest of the wall, maybe a bit of a patch-up with actual paint instead of Megabark stuck onto a paint roller, and it'll be nice and dandy.

Needless to say, that entire procedure was probably a little weird to watch.

It also looks like he dropped the paint roller after he left, and the roller somehow defied gravity to slap more Megabark onto the one corner of the house down below that got broken in the battle. You know the one. U41.


And now we cut to Calibri, who has gone down into the basement and tucked himself away in one corner to be alone for a while. He has something to do. Someone to talk to. Some matters of interest to cover. He pulls the Mindscape Radio out from the inventory, staring at it for a few seconds as he debates internally whether he should go for it or not, then sighs.

"Hopefully..."

He then flicks the device on. There's a pause as he considers what to say...

"...So, uh... Hi. Name's Calibri. Sometimes known as Cal for short. I got curious about this thing, heard it links up to some place I'm kinda interested in. So, heh... um. Right, who to talk to, if there's options..."

Another pause.

"Just checking, is... Memory Chloe there? I... feel like it would be nice to have a chat, you know. If that's possible. I'm curious."


...Skillpoint stuff: +1 HP to both characters. No gear changes just yet.

Brilliant. The battle has completed. Brutishace sinks his one skillpoint into HP.

He's hanging around in the cellar, leaning on the wall nearby the staircase if anyone wants to talk to him.

Once his conversation with Echoss has ended and the portal’s events have played out, Ansem quickly pieces together what the portal was opened for, and terms used to describe the destination. He is now curious as to who this newly delivered ‘Nia’ is and what importance they hold to stage this operation, but that is of little concern to him at the moment.

“How curious. A temporary fusion? Rare where I’m from. Unless I’m mistaken, it’s also with a Heartless and a Nobody, which… I shall like to speak with them soon. VERY soon.” he murmurs to himself when he sees Verdana and Cal unfuse.

However, he knew better than to interrogate someone with the Darkness of Sorrow around their Heart. At least with it that fresh. He turned his senses outwards, trying to find something that was still alive, yet aligned with Darkness. Those types, at least, weren’t likely to destroy him on sight, from past experience.

That’s when he noticed something odd. A completely empty spot in his ability to sense Darkness. And considering Darkness was half of EVERYTHING...

Ansem decided instead to travel straight there, using a Corridor of Darkness. When he arrived in front of his target, he did so wreathed in shadow. His Guardian had already been dismissed, but despite the goofy getup, Ansem’s piercing yellow eyes and casual floating from sheer power made up the difference when it came to intimidation.

The target being a tall, lean man, pale as driven snow, wrapped in a black coat. He’s currently tending to the injuries of anyone nearby, carefully applying what appears to be ink over the affected areas. The man doesn’t seem to notice Ansem, focusing on the wounded he’s healing.

AUTH: Alright, give it a few seconds, you’ll be alright…

Light seems to be repelled from the ink, and after Auth cautiously removes it, the injury is as though it was never there.

Ansem raised an eyebrow at the technique, uncaring of the injured. When the injured left in a panicked hurry, leaving the two of them alone, he finally spoke up.

“Considering Light’s predilections towards healing and togetherness, I would never have expected this to be a possible result of removing it.” Ansem muses loudly enough for Auth to hear. “Then again…. Darkness is good at forcing the issue at hand. Quite intriguing.”

AUTH: Well… if Darkness is the absence of light, then couldn’t you argue that light is the absence of darkness? I’ve found that inducing that state can cure light wounds easily.

“Well said. You definitely are someone who finds themselves comfortable with Darkness.” He steps around to see the man’s face more clearly, reaching out his hand. “My name is Ansem, Seeker of Darkness. Who might you be?”

Auth’s gaze follows up to Ansem’s. His pale blue eyes appear to be analyzing the Seeker of Darkness intently, but once he decides that there’s no threat he relaxes.
AUTH: My name is Auth. We appreciate all the help we can get here.

Ansem’s smile is wry and full of mischief. “Given my state of being and the state of your intruders, that is plainly seen. If you don’t mind me asking, I seemed to have arrived in the thick of things with no real understanding of why. Could you help me with these questions, Auth?”

AUTH: Of course. It wouldn’t do us any good to have an ally with no understanding of our purpose here. Ask away.


“Thank you.” He floats down to the floor, letting his feet rest comfortably against the ground. “First of all… Where are we right now?I believe I heard someone mentioned something about it being called Sussui? Does that refer to the nation or the World?”

AUTH: Ah, right. The planet is referred to as Sussui, yes. Um, we’re in the land of the Chairian people… you may have seen people made of wood running around the place? Taller than the average person? They’re the natives.

“I see. Now, I believe the things we just fought were called the Iti? Somehow they’re made of mixing magical essence with spices, so I’m told. Do you understand how that works?”

AUTH: We just fought off a horde of Iti, yes. Um.. I’m not precisely sure how they work myself, but I know that they’re created by an entity called WARE.

Ansem raised an eyebrow. “Would it be safe to assume that this WARE is a powerful being of Darkness? Or perhaps of Light? There have been no Heartless on this world as far as I can sense, and those would be the only two explanations I could think of for the lack.”

AUTH: I’m not sure what it would be aligned to. WARE is… interesting. Do you see that big sphere off in the distance?

Ansem, for the first time, looks outside of the house he’s in to see the surroundings. Of course he sees the Sphere in question, but he also sees the ruins of a small town nearby, and a large forest surrounding the house and town from there. Ansem’s smile uncharacteristically softens at the sight, murmuring to himself about how the sight of a new world never gets old, even when it’s not drowned in Darkness. Then, remembering himself, he turns back to Auth and says aloud that he does see it.

AUTH: That’s where we’re heading. In a few days. We’re currently collecting some items that will give us access to it, and then we need to storm the Citadel, where the Sphere is floating over. WARE lives there, and it’s going to destroy the universe in… three days from now, I think?

Ansem’s eyes widen, as he stretches out his senses towards the Sphere. Sure enough, with a bit of focus, the immense, Worlds engulfing “Darkness” could be felt down into Ansem’s bones. Well, whatever passed for bones, anyway. Another question to be answered later.

“I see. While I prefer Darkness myself, that might be a touch too potent, leaving a Darkness too pristine for my tastes.”

AUTH: Yeah… that’s going to spawn a different entity named the “Chaos Butterfly”. That’s what we want to avoid because the universe being intact is a nice thing.

Ansem shrugged, deciding not to comment on his own opinions on the matter. Less inclined to mention his own attempts at returning everything to Darkness. Instead, he decided to say what Auth wanted to hear: his decision on being a part of the group.

“Then I am decided. While I’m not usually an opponent of Darkness, I have been on the opposite side of it before. It seems this shall be the same, but with more...” He searches for the word a moment. “Palatable measures. I shall look forward to assisting you, if you’ll assist me in turn.”

AUTH: Assisting people is my job here, I can do that. I take the role of a healer, as you’ve seen.

Auth closes his eyes slightly and stretches.

AUTH: I understand that normally you’d prefer to engulf worlds in darkness for… a purpose I don’t quite remember. But this is different, likely more damaging than you’d expect it to be. We appreciate the help.

Auth gives a knowing smile, revealing he knows a little more than he lets on.

Ansem’s eyes widen slightly, but then gives a respectful nod. “Well, it seems that my reputation precedes me somehow. But given how busy everything is… I suppose we’d best be getting to our preparations, rather than exchanging words.”

AUTH: Right now? It’s about two in the morning. Most of us will be going to sleep now, we have preparation time in the morning before we head out.

“I will step lightly then. Goodnight.”

AUTH: Indeed. I’ve got some other things to tend to for now. Good night.

Ansem Floated away, mentally processing all of the information he had learned. It seemed that there was so much more to learn, so much more to see. He smiled genuinely.

It seems he hadn’t led the Boy astray after all. And Ansem himself had somehow been blessed with a second chance to learn and grow too.

Eventually, after a bit of wandering, he made it into the basement. There was plenty of room, but one thing immediately caught his eyes. An old research lab. He floated in, noting the computer, the coffee machine, and the… yes, there was something in here that defied scientific understanding as he knew it.

A broad, powerful smile grew. Yes. YES.

It was as if he had found the only home away from the Realm of Darkness that ever mattered. Or even Scala ad Caulum.

He brewed himself a pot of the Darkest Coffee imaginable, pulled off the Voidic Catalyst, and got to work.




Once Ansem had completed his work, he let the Catalyst set for a while in order to make sure the ritual properly acclimated to the natural magics. While it was a rousing success, it'd still require a bit of sacrifice to trigger it. Perhaps he could iterate on it further if the ritual didn't take up too much of the magical potential.

At any rate, there was one more thing he wanted to do before the group would continue on their journey to stop ultimate destruction, and that was work on this... homely little base of operations. He had a hunch, judging from where he came in, that the roof would need repairs. While he saw signs of repairwork already, he still decided to give it a combover.

Ah. Just as he suspected. The roof was not finished in its repairs. Well, his experience helping out after disasterous lab accidents would come in handy here. What would come even more in handy...

"Guardian! Come. We have work to do."

As they retrieved some of the Refined Wood that the computer said they had stocked, Ansem watched Guardian carefully. The bond between them was far different. It pretended to act the same - a slave to his mastery over Darkness and a malleable pawn, but he knew better. If it was truly the Guardian he knew, the immense pride would cause it to immediately thrash against Ansem's control. It was also very active and powerful, making sure to get the job done fast and hard, even if it took some 'convincing' to do so.

This thing was calm. It was patient, and lacking in overt strength. It worked passively, more concerned about thoroughness than completion despite it drawing from his skill to the point that such a thing should be trivial. And its Darkness... The type was evasive, but it most certainly wasn't the Darkness of Pride.

In any event, in silence, the two worked until the others were ready. Then, as if they hadn't been working all night, they came to them witht heir work completed. And augmented by an extra boost of Dark Magic, of course.

Stat Change: +1 Point to SPC.

Summa walks around the house, with a smirk on her face having helped Marron. She felt pretty good about it, and is in quite the talking mood.

Daskter simply walks around the house then goes to the SB1 Armadillo.

Downloading the recording on the tank, Daskter collects battle data.

He will examine the recording later, for now he simply sits on the hi-tech couch.

+1HP

Hex, having rested a bit after the battle, gazes around the House. Geez, those guys did a number on this place. I mean, look at this! Holes in the walls, plumbing destroyed, guts everywhere..
Actually, that last one was probably the defender's fault.
Hex sighs and gets to helping the clean up efforts. He pulls out 3 Skyroot Logs and a knife, and moves at superspeed, whittling the wood into a broom in a matter of seconds. He then superspeeds around the house, sweeping up Iti guts and rubble into a giant pile in the front of the house. He proceeds to.. shove the pile into the inventory. Well then. Whether this grants one item or many is yet to be seen.
Then, he walks over to the Laser Minigun, which has taken quite a beating during the fight, and needs some repairs. Now, Hex isn't exactly the best at mechanical things. Magic, he's decent. But tech..
But since when did that stop anyone! :D.

Irongutta took a look around the house, assessing some of the damage. "Zog, the house really got fragged. I better get on patchin' those 'oles in the floor."

And so he did! Going to the basement, he used tools from the workbench to turn 6 Refined Wood into a good number of boards that could be used to repair the floors. For nails, he simply used an Iron Ingot.

With his materials ready, he went back upstairs hauling a stack of boards under one arm. Irongutta started by repairing the hole at the end of the kitchen hallway, boarding it over and ensuring it was nailed down properly. Standing up, he tenderly placed a foot on the boards and slowly shifted his weight to that leg. Nothing seemed to have broken loose even under his bulk, so Irongutta considered that a stress test passed.

This process was repeated for the hole in the living room, which was promptly boarded over as well. Since there was more traffic here, Irongutta did a more thorough stress test that involved him standing on the boards completely. Again, it seems that the boards did their job well.

Passing the door to the bathroom a second time, he noticed that some water began to pool just outside the door frame. Groaning in frustration he made a quick trip downstairs and grabbed an old greasy towel from his belongings. Returning to the offending door, he knelt down and stuffed the rag under the door. "There, that should be good enuff fer now."

With his rounds and contributions to the house repairs complete, he returned to the end of the couch opposite Nia and made himself comfortable for the time being.

Gear & Stats

Irongutta unequips the Prototype Eggfinder and equips the Momemtum Lock in its place.

To counteract the negative INT, Irongutta puts his shiny new skillpoint into INT.

Toast tosses her skillpoint into HP.

Catherine receives a phone call from a phone she didn't have. She decides that it would be very smart to pick up Leaf, who is asleep at the table, and hoists her over her shoulder.

tC: Alright, everyone! We're heading back now! Dunno who's here or if you want me to bring you back, but I'm calling out to you to come along!

Catherine smirks and walks along to the House which is just a short teleport away. She drops Leaf off in the extra room in the basement, and then sneaks up to the top of the first floor. She sneaks over to whisper to EN, just about invisible.

tC: (Hey, hey, Darling~ Where's this Nana person?)

After a quick chat with EN, Catherine sneaks outside and drops into the bench next to her. Without warning. It's not that subtle, actually...

tC: Well, hello! Would you happen to be Nana Markhamia?

She smiles widely hoping to see some sort of reaction.

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Auth immediately dashes over to where Taeda is.

uA: Hey, Teada. Do you mind if I help you with healing these two? I want to help, as thanks for helping us with protecting our base from the Iti.

Ideally, she'd say yes, and Auth helps heal Willow and Salix. Especially Willow, since she got beat up pretty badly. Auth living up to his role as a cleric, of course. If any of them want to talk, he'd be more than happy to chat too.

----

Auth walks over to Chaos, and brings a large pile of wood with him. The nice wood, too. A couple of Greatwood Logs and some Refined Wood.

uA: Hello, Chaos. Please permit me to help you reconstruct your stand. I brought some of the nice wood if you'd like to use that.

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Later on, Auth decides to do some real crafting (which is important). But not before assigning his three skill points - Two into DEF and one into SPC.



Auth breathes out quietly, having completed one item.

uA: One down, one to go...

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE>
We all know what time it is.

Stat & equipment crafting time! In addition, we'll likely be running a balance patch after these crafts apply, so this may take a considerable amount of time. especially since everyone wants to roleplay with me



In addition, Patch v1.3.1 has been released! This mostly features a change to the CRT system, and also the official notice of Co-GMing! Take a look on the Patch Notes tab!

---

Echoss does a fair deal of roleplay. Of note is that though he's already done a considerable amount in his post, there's a whole roleplay that I was told to post here!



Anyway, with that out of the way, Echoss tends to SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. If we count the roleplay up above, this may be among one of the longest posts in Thymium history. First, Echoss chats with Salix and Willow, accepting the gift basket. 3 Charian Pastries, 4 Manabloom Tea, and 3 Chairian Brews obtained! He also thanks Salix for helping deal with the Iti.

SALIX: You're quite welcome.
SALIX: You all did help save Willow, so it's the very least we can do.
WILLOW: Yeah! I'd probably be dead if you guys didn't show up!

He allows them to stay for the night, gifting them a Rebellion Banner for use as bedding.

WILLOW: Gonna be real- it'll feel really weird to spend the night under one of these...
WILLOW: ...buuuuut, it's oddly comf. Not sure why'd they make a banner out of this.

They seem quite happy with the accommodations. He then also goes to chat with Bass, asking about the last Chosen.

BASS: Oh, the last guy?
BASS: He's down there.
BASS: Don't worry- he's not alive.

BASS: so uh
BASS: anyway i'm doing okay
BASS: wasn't really hurt much back there
BASS: thanks for asking though

Bass then rather suddenly makes a clone of Echoss, who helps Bass with shoveling dirt into the hole. Efficiency! Anyway, Echoss then moves onto his considerably large resource actions portion. He sends a wave of butterflies to go and expends 2- no, let's make that 20 Cobblestone on repairing all of the windows in a fairly mundane fashion. He then spends nothing 1 Mantle Cluster to re-energize some of the damaged trees, making them fairly less dead. He also tosses 3 Manabloom Seeds into the plant pot outside of the house.

He also opts to craft the Furniture Flinger with the Minifridge Mortar, 6 Temple Bricks, 8 Durasteel Ingots, 6 Titanium Ingots, 6 Megabark, and 4 Throwlem Crystals. Anyway, that was a long post. Maybe make that stat block for the Furniture Flinger if you feel like it, but it's not really needed.

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Packo vents to Ette for a moment. Ette tries her best to comfort Packo, but her worry only grows as he goes on about how he killed his best friend.

ETTE: (H-Huh? Y-You killed y-your...?)
ETTE: (I-I... don't know w-what to say...)
ETTE: (I mean, y-you didn't really seem to realize it, y-you said...)
ETTE: (So... m-maybe s-something else is going on? Y-You can't j-just be the only one at fault here...)

ETTE: (...Y-You seem really nice, i-if it means a-anything...)

...Ette seems to be on the verge of tears. Of course, a puppet can't cry, but nothing's stopping her from feeling awful. She remains with Packo, trying to find an answer from him.

---

Venia discusses sleeping arrangements with Nia. Nia ponders this for a moment, raising her now-mobile right arm to her lips, assuming the thinking face.

NIA: Hm... I kinda like this couch.
NIA: When'd we get a new one, anyway...?

NIA: As for you...
NIA: ...Hm.
NIA: You should join me~

Cue Venia likely getting red-faced and flustered. Nia laughs at herself (and perhaps at Venia), before dismissing the idea.

NIA: It's a joke, don't worry~
NIA: I mean, there's probably a spare bed somewhere, right? Sleeping on the mat can't be comfy...
NIA: Maybe you should go and find that precious lil' angel named Maria, and make sure she's alright?
NIA: I don't see her anywhere, so...
NIA: Yeah. Go watch over her- I bet she's worried sick!

After that exchange, Venia gifts Nia with the hair-dying cap. She immediately pops it on, motioning for Venia to activate it.

NIA: Oh gorilla yes! I'm already sick of having brown hair.
NIA: Reminds me of... well, you probably know already.
NIA: I'd like my hair to go back to... "normal", please. Cyan is totally a normal hair color!

NIA: Also, you should try... red hair. Not like, redhead red, but like, an actual red. I think you'd look pretty nice like that!
NIA: ...Or maybe purple? Point is, I think you'd look awesome with basically any hue.

She then sets up Nia's gear at the foot of the couch for tomorrow morning. Nia gives Venia a gentle smile.

NIA: Anyway, I guess it's getting late, isn't it?
NIA: Goodnight, Venz!

While Nia and Venia are probably busy napping, Venia's Hat does some research! It inserts 260 Samples into the lab, producing 2 Crystal Energizers, the Blade Rush spell Tome, the Warp Ring, and its "Zip" upgrade module! He also gifts 250 Credits and 16 Samples to Chaos to purchase an Aspect of Void for Bass!

also, since we forgot:

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: I Don't Know Who This Is
+200 Credits!

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The Engie Drone repairs a wall. It's fortunately somehow rather silent, not bothering the sleeping Marron and Toast as the wall is painted into being with 4 Megabark. It, as the post notes, looks out of place. Still though, it'll prevent any Iti from flying into the room as people sleep.

Then, at some unknown hour, Calibri opts to call the Mindscape and speak to Memory Chloe. He dials her with the Mindscape Radio, and patiently waits...

...

...

MEMORY!CHLOE: Muhhhhh...
MEMORY!CHLOE: It's... r-really late, b-but... g-gotta...
MEMORY!CHLOE: hold on, j-just...
MEMORY!CHLOE: ...

She takes a deep breath.

MEMORY!CHLOE: Calibri, right? Heya!
MEMORY!CHLOE: It's been a long day, but... what is it?

She awaits a response from the comfort of probably her home. In the background of Chloe's area, you can see that she's mounted the Yaga's tongue-lamp-eyeball on the wall, as well as Maxim's gigantic stinger tail thing. She's clearly been busy!

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Ansem, Prince of Carpentry, fixes the roof. He makes use of 13 Refined Wood to repair the various damaged tiles. It's probably not a great idea when compared to say, brick shingles, but it'll do.

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Hex takes a level in Janitor, using a Skyroot Log to make a broom! This is then used (and broken) sweeping up a lot of the Iti guts around the heouse.

He then decides to upgrade Chloe's Laser Machine Gun! He nearly completely flubs the repair as it's really not a minigun. In fact, it's several degrees less complicated than his craftpost makes it out to be, and y'know maybe I should fail it on account of it being generally incredibly inaccurate.

...The craft fails. Perhaps partially for the above mentioned reasons, but mostly because it's really not balanced around being deployed in normal battles. It was meant to be a nice, strong defensive hardpoint for this one special fight. Plus, giving it shells to fire AFTER the high-damage laser barrage would make it a little more busted than it is now, don't you think? You also used a LOT of materials, too. Look, there's generally a lot of things wrong here.

...It's also not a minigun.

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Irongutta partakes in some carpentry. He uses 6 Refined Wood and an Iron Ingot to make some boards and nails, which are then used to repair many of the holes around the house. He also places a random towel in front of the flooded room, as he's not a plumber.

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Catherine drops in to visit Nana. Nana appears to register Catherine as just another random person in the party, who's equally as crazy as everyone else appears to be. That is to say, her sort of fluster and reaction is pretty boring.

NANA: H-Hi! Yeah, that's me!
NANA: ...Are you new around here? T-There's been a lot of new faces around the place today...
NANA: But yeah! I'm Nana! Anything you need?

She patiently awaits an answer from the vampire. Elsewhere, Auth dashes to another member of his harem Taeda, and asks Taeda if she can help tend to Willow and Salix's wounds.

TAEDA: Of course!
TAEDA: Here, could you tend to Salix? I've been busy with Willow here...
TAEDA: Thanks for the help!

The two of them work quietly as they tend to their friend's wounds. At least, until Taeda speaks up.

TAEDA: H-Hey, do you think the house will be okay?
TAEDA: Like, will we need more defenses? I-I feel like there's gonna be more Iti in the future...
TAEDA: I just want everyone to be safe, is all.

Auth also offers to help fix Chaos's stop stand, but he is promptly refused.

CHAOS: no
CHAOS: a man mus[t] repair his shop alone
CHAOS: [t]his is serious business

Chaos promptly randomly vomits up a hammer that smashes into the ruins of the stand, repairing 0.01% of it. He'll probably have it fixed come daybreak.

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Finally, something resembling quiet falls over the house.

And, with no more interruptions, a new day dawns. And with that new dawn, the day turns. Life bustles and blooms around the planet, causing some moderately small shifts to all previous zones! In addition, your quest has revealed the route to Zone 4: The Old Pass! You have a moment of calm to explore the town, or perhaps do other fights that you need to catch up on. The caravan will pass through once you all commit to waiting for it to arrive, so be wary of that! Enjoy your stay in the beautiful red valleys of The Old Pass. Just be warned- something may be watching you!

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To-dos: (this is a nullpost, just using it to keep track of stuff that needs doing)

Zone 0
Repair wall at front of house
Fix toilet
Replace destroyed splinterbags.
Salvage portal remnants
Paint over Megabark Wall
Claim Hotpockets
Gather Breakfast Fruits
Let the Mollusk out of the basement
Mine out Iron seam in the basement
Locustgrowth near fountain
That fountain is super suspicious somebody should scan it from a distance and then stab it to death if its a trickster.
Red Sap and Fragapples near fountain
Edges poking at Airship

Zone 1
Lumipod Tree
Attackpost stomp the netwyrm heads in the crystillery
Cinderfruit tree
River Crossing Iti
Log Dam Investigation
Green Sap Tree
Celefruit tree
Grey Iti at Reisz's stage

Zone 2
Mollusk cult and glitch mollusk
durasteel in mollusk nest
Kill Bilespawn and clean up thymepool in Hall of Sages
Pet Spiralfloof on bridge
Clean thymepool in South Wing

Zone 3
Gigistem tree (be sneaky)
Say hi to Cypress if you've got a deathwish
Blue sap tree
Yume
Timelocked Projection is active

Miscellaneous long-term options
The Everground
Upgrade Airship
Upgrade house

RP to do now (more personal note):
Say hi to trio, talk to Servant at Acacia's house, bring in a friend, properly explain to Marron, Ette, and Omorika

Adrian and his friends go out into the Old Pass, the Celeste soundtrack blaring on each of their music player devices. Like, a different soundtrack for each of them. Without any headphones connected. Playing at the same time. It probably sounds horrible. They're also awkwardly doing Fortnite dances. Wait, did we lose any Fizzy Beverages lately? Oh wait, Adrian's not there anymore.

He's at Yume's, somehow.

As the sun slowly makes its way above the horizon, a man enters the ruins of the village. His green cloak is covered with dirt, dark brown hair tangled and full of twigs. His face is sunken, as if he has been travelling nonstop, and he walks with a slight limp as he makes his way up to the only intact house.

William Woodthorne, known to most as Woodthorne, knocks on the door, another adventurer hoping to put a stop to the cataclysm that threatens to destroy everything.

Character Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZhN...dit?usp=sharing