Calibri seems to be thinking for a moment. He eventually shrugs.

"Yeah, figures Chaos might be a bit hard to work with... but still, doesn't mean it's completely out of possibility. I'll probably arrange for something later, once it's more viable for me to do so. Heh."

Again, thoughtfulness. Calibri seems to remember something...

"Maybe she would, maybe she wouldn't. Come to think of it, they might have already met and spoken a bit. Got a vague feeling about that, and it's connected to events that happened during the Lucid fight on our end..."

He trails off, evidently unable to remember anything more specific and not being sure how to continue saying anything about the subject. After some silence spent searching for subjects, his attention snaps back to the present.

"Not really sure what more to say there. You got anything you wanna talk about, or...?"


Meanwhile, Verdana stuff will probably be covered in another post.

"..."


EN, who had been distracted with her newfound discovery of how to handle food without it turning into some kind of monstrosity, had been mostly focused on doing that for now. And she'd also been chuckling quietly to herself, given what reaction she got from Mari. As such, she flinches in shock when Maria does the hammer thing, dropping an apple piece onto the floor beside her, then turning her attention down to the little girl.

"...Really, kid? Ya ne'er 'eard o' a dress?"

EN is very blatantly not wearing a dress, and her shirt is definitely not long enough to even pass for one, but she's sure going to pretend she can get away with it if that's what she needs to do. After that, she makes a quiet huffing sound, leaning over to retrieve the bit of apple that dropped on the floor.

The apple fragment has apparently turned into a very small Observer, which promptly takes offense, morphs into a very small Gazyer, and proceeds to fail to do any damage to EN's hand whatsoever despite trying very hard. It then gets chucked hard at the nearest wall, either unceremoniously dying or scuttling away. That result seems to have put EN off of trying for more food, as she just stares at the rest of the stuff on the table, then shrugs.

"Guess ah've 'ad wha' ah'm gonna be able t' git fer now. Darn."


And then there's the Engie drone, who has buggered off to the River Crossing. He stares for a moment into the river proper, then at the tiny spark cloud itis, then shrugs.

"...What am I even supposed to say here? Assuming this isn't a jerbaiting moment, that's clearly Electrophorus. They're not even meant to be a boss this early. And I'm not even a combat character, so I can't really do much here."

Assuming nothing happens, he goes over to the Forest Checkpoint to take a look at the chairians around there, see what there is to make of them.

A small while after finishing breakfast and her small discussion with Chloe, Leaf spots a certain someone roaming around the house; namely Verdana. Seeming rather excited, Leaf races over to him, greeting him with a smile.

Leaf: Oh, Verdana! I had an idea of something to do with Gibbet.

Verdana, who had decided to leave other matters to other people, didn’t quite know what else to do up until Leaf noticed and approached him. Once she does that, he turns to acknowledge her, greeting her happily before tilting his head in curiosity.

Verdana: Oh hi there again Leaf!
Verdana: What’s the idea?
Leaf: Okay so.
Leaf: You know that gray card we got earlier?

Leaf, having apparently done an inventory check, pulls the card out and shows it to Verdana.

Leaf: The symbol looks kinda strange and the card smells like thyme.
Leaf: Like… thyme matter, not the spice. Way worse.
Leaf: I was thinking… since Gibbet is an Iti, maybe he'll have some reaction to it?
Verdana: Gray card...

Verdana looks thoughtful for a moment. He doesn’t recognize it right away, but after a bit of thought, he’s reasonably sure he can remember something that probably was spoken about off-screen. Just a passing conversation with his boss about something involving gray Iti…

Verdana: ...Sure! Might as well see what happens.
Verdana: If that gray card came from where I think it might have came from, it might be a good thing that happens.

Leaf tilts her head slightly, curious.

Leaf: And… where and why would that be?

Verdana holds up one hand, indicating he needs a moment to think, then snaps his fingers once he’s remembered properly.

Verdana: It might have to do with that thing my boss spoke to me about.
Verdana: Gray Iti. Or something like that.
Verdana: Apparently they’re not inherently hostile like normal Iti, and I think he might have got that card from one of them...

A pause.

Verdana: No idea what that might mean for the card, but I’m pretty confident in it being an okay thing.
Leaf: In that case… shall we~?
Verdana: Sure thing! Gibbet’s right this way...

Verdana beckons to Leaf, who follows him as he takes off down the stairs and into the basement. He then rounds the corner, briefly glancing at the perception filter before turning his attention to Gibbet, who is currently listed as being on the roof but is actually not on the roof (Ire you goof you forgot to change that). Leaf lowers herself to her knees and shuffles over to gently pet Gibbet.

Leaf: Hiya, Mister Gibbet~
Verdana: So yes, there he is!
Verdana: Or she.
Verdana: Or they.
Verdana: Or tem.
Verdana: You get the idea.
Verdana: Anyway, the gray card?
Leaf: Uh, yes! Right…

Leaf checks her robes for a moment before pulling out the card with a smile. She presents it to Gibbet, petting them softly all the while.

Leaf: Tadaa~
Leaf: What do you think?

Leaf eagerly awaits Gibbet's reaction. Verdana doesn’t have much more to say, he does take very close interest to see what happens between the gray card and Gibbet...

Laranei, having followed the majority along to the Old Pass, decides to explore the place a little. It doesn't take even a few minutes before she gets involved in trouble. After seeing The Man's attempt to get the jump on the armory by himself, Laranei scoffs, rushing in. She elbows him as she barges through, clearly frustrated. Alternatively, eager to battle and needing an excuse.

Laranei: You're an idiot, you know that?
Laranei: Rushing in all reckless… that's possibly the worst way to go about a raid.
Laranei: Unless you're some kind of masochist.
Laranei: Wouldn't surprise me, really.

Laranei takes her gun in both hands with a slight grin as she raises it at the rebels.

Laranei: Now, I'm going to be generous and give you lot three options.
Laranei: Hand over your stuff...
Laranei: Run away....
Laranei: Or stick around and join the great Bonfire I plan on making here!

Packo and Ette have carried this weird bot to the couch in the center of the house. What happened there has caused Packo to stop crying, at least. Now he is focusing on what remains of that... Weird machinery.

He decides to press the button on his weapon, lying on the floor. Beep and Boop come out.

"Hey. Any idea what or who this is?"

NOSORRY Both hovering cylinders say in unison.

"..."

Silence for a while.

"That thing showed like... Power... Maybe we can save it."

Packo looks at his weapon again. He shouldn't be doing this. He really shouldn't. But by instinct, and with a very trembling hand, Packo grabs the weapon in his hand for the first time since, well, he realized what he did. After the push of another button, there is a green light glowing bright from it. Life Essence Augment has been casted.

"I... Can try..." Is all that he can muster to say, before he touches the lying creature with his now green glowing weapon. While some of the healing energy is transported from the weapon, which could or could not work (after all, it doesn't work on dead people) it's not a powerful whack, like other times.

"..."

"But I can't swing this..." He says, probably with Ette as a witness.

Hex chucks a Cinderfruit at Summan, then dashes to O12 and introduces the Reverie to his skates. Violently.

Catherine looks puzzled. She swears there was enough money before...

tC: Are you sure... I swear there was 100 here before...

Auth pokes his head back up.

uA: Ah, I think some of them got destroyed as a side effect of my hat. Sorry.
tC: How does that even happen?

Auth shrugs, coming up from upstairs.

uA: Hi Marron, sorry to ask, but can you take the 90 and do... whatever she wanted? I'll owe you.
uA: ...To be more clear, I'll owe you a favour so if you need me to do something for you I will.

Auth is unsubtly begging Marron to just do the thing for the 90 we have.

----

Back downstairs, Auth groans in pain as he hears Irongutta laughing his head off.

uA: That's... about what I expected from anyone who saw.

Auth slowly stands up, touching the back of his head.

uA: I'm fine, I think. A little bruised but... I've been worse here. I'll be right.

Auth shudders as he looks up the stairs to answer the next question.

uA: Who spooked me? The simple answer to that would be my Mother. She wasn't meant to be here but she is and I don't know what's going on. Or what she wants. Or why she's here.

Auth's worries are now at least doubled. And that's saying a lot since they were already high.

----

In Battle, Auth casts Liberation towards Reverie 1.

He's still not moving, wow.

/RPnull

When Packo taps Pionobot with his life augment weapon the green glow abruptly surges out of the weapon, as if the life augment itself has been ripped out of it forcefully. Pionobot convulses twice and then sits up with a gasp, and then topple over sideways when the arm he uses to try and support himself winds up being the one that's missing.
"Ow..."
He rolls himself over and sits up properly again, looking at Ette and Packo. He blinks slowly, his glowing red and orange eyes flickering slightly in between them.
"Am I still on Sussui?" He looks between the two, and around the room. "This is... the house still, I think." He looks at Ette. "You're... I... Did I ever learn your name? No... I didn't learn anyone's name but Chloe's before..." Sparks flicker around his head and he clutches it with his one remaining arm. "Ow, yes. Before that."

He looks back at packo, whose weapon still has a bit of fading green energy on it from the life agument. "I... thank you."

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX>

Stats, first off. We always do this early, because of Co-GMing stuff. Yeah. Odds are, it won't be too long, but hey. I'll put it in a spoiler, since I'm used to it being that way.



Let's continue.

---

Echoss consoles a panicking servant. He dumps a whoooole lot of stuff onto the already nervous Chairian, overwhelming him and overall increasing his panic. He remarks on his comment about Omo being a traitor.

ALATUS: I'M PRETTY SURE ASSAULTING YOUR OWN PEOPLE IS PRETTY HIGH ON THE SCALE OF TRAITOR-ING
ALATUS: LIKE I DUNNO WEIRD NOT-HALLUCINATION BUTTERFLY WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TRAITOR-ING

He does however, calm down considerably when he learns of the deaths of many of the Eliti. And yet, he's skeptical.

ALATUS: ...Was that really you guys?
ALATUS: The Legion hasn't reported on the deaths of Maxim and the Yaga yet... are you sure you're not just saying that?

Echoss then remarks on the Eliti killcount of the Legion.

ALATUS: W-Well, we've been too busy trying to hold ground to really h-hunt them down!
ALATUS: You don't have an ENTIRE KINGDOM to defend, do you?

ALATUS: ...
ALATUS: T-This must be how we lost Miss Omorika- people like you trying to make us lose faith in our cause!
ALATUS: Well, i-it won't work on me!
ALATUS: N-No way!

...Despite Echoss's offer to help clean, he seems to want him out of the area. Elsewhere, Echoss allows the Mollusk within the House to escape the area. It flops out into the wilderness, and snails off. He then calls upon the powers of Isekai Transporter Truck-Kun to slam into the Trickster in Zone 0. This promptly obliterates the Trickster, and spirits its soul away to a fantasy world, where the Trickster is the chosen one! He can transform his entire body, and has a party of an Edges and a Harpy that seem deeply interested in literally anything he does. Maybe we'll hear from him later? Probably not.

Echoss also spends some time harvesting some Locustgrowth, simply tossing it into the jar that the Locustgrowth is already contained in instead of spending some Iron. Anyway, 5 Locustgrowth get!

---

Maria apologizes to Mari, among other things. While she's still clearly pissed, she tries to downplay it in front of the child.

MARI: It's... okay, I guess.
MARI: So... you're a princess? That'd explain the animals.
MARI: And Venia's your sister, huh? She's... alright, I guess.

Venia then chastises Mari for cursing. She shrugs.

MARI: ...You can say those words when you're older.
MARI: It's kinda fun, actually. Buuuut, I'll try not to say them around you.
MARI: My sister kinda dislikes swearing, so I can see where you come from.

Maria then attempts to ban EN from existence. She grabs a hammer from Workstation Prime, them promptly bans her with it. Mari giggles, and begins to rummage through the inventory.

MARI: Yep. You sure banned her.
MARI: Here, lemme give you a REAL banhammer. It'll be awesome.

Mari pulls out a random stick from the inventory, as well as what appears to be a block of foam. She passes an incredibly difficult skill check to apply the foam block to the end of the stick, then also attaches a motion-activated set of RGB lights to the top of the foam block. The result is a somewhat flimsy Hammer of Banning +1. She promptly baps it against EN's head.

MARI: Banned for increasing the age rating of this game.

She then hands off this weapon(?) of mass destruction to Maria.

MARI: Now you can ban her FOR REAL.

Elsewhere, Venia chats with an Explorer. Why are they here?

EXPLORER: ...
EXPLORER: ...
EXPLORER: I could ask you the same thing, you know.
EXPLORER: There's no way you infiltrated the Citadel just to climb down some random ladder in a box.
EXPLORER: You'd probably have more pressing matters...

EXPLORER: ...I wonder.

The Explorer promptly leaves up the ladder. Of note is that he completely fails to even enter Zone 3 as he leaves. Venia then begins to run around in some fixed patterns. And yet, despite following routes that seem to make sense, she can't actually seem to find her way anywhere. Using the Ladder doesn't seem to help, either- she just pops back up in Zone 3. Eventually, she resorts to using the Flux Detector! However, this doesn't seem to help at all- the whole cave is lighting up with massive Flux readings!

...Eventually, the Explorer comes back down the Ladder.

EXPLORER: ...
EXPLORER: ...
EXPLORER: Oh, you're still here.
EXPLORER: Apparently, you didn't breach the Citadel?
EXPLORER: Weird. Had people going nuts for a bit.

EXPLORER: So. Any ideas?
EXPLORER: Maybe we could ask a Rose Cultist.
EXPLORER: I seriously doubt they'd talk to us, though.

Then, Venia also opts to chat with the Rebel in Zone 4. She opts to go for the non-aggressive approach, actually chatting with them instead of spreading their limbs across the snowbank. How interesting! He seems... friendly enough.

REBEL: Oh, hello! Yeah, that's what we're planning on doing!
REBEL: ...I mean, I'm probably not supposed to tell you since you're our enemy, but I'm really, really excited to show some of these things off!
REBEL: Also, you seem nice enough, since you haven't gutted me! So... take a look!

He produces a few bombs from his backpack. They're... certainly rather interesting for bombs, being painted a wide variety of colors. His eyes almost seem to sparkle as he talks about them.

REBEL: These are my specialties!
REBEL: You see, some other pyrotechnics are like, "let's just blow them up!" But, I can see the beauty in a nice explosion.
REBEL: I am an artist! My artistic name is R-8733, because the numbers invoke a sense of mystery!
R-8733: It's also the number they put on my ID badge!

R-8733: Anyway, these don't just explode. First, they rocket up into the air, exploding in a barrage of colors, and glittering in the air!
R-8733: And when they're distracted by that pretty display, bam: second explosion. The second explosion is pink, because I had a lot of leftover pink pigment after my last job. The second boom is the one that really gets them.

R-8733: ...Everyone else thinks it's a waste of gunpowder. I think it's AWESOME.

She asks how he ended up with the Rebellion.

R-8733: Oh, me?
R-8733: Well, they were recruiting, and they seemed interested in my firework rockets.
R-8733: ...Turns out, they don't really like fireworks. They like normal explosions. But all explosions have value, I believe. Even if some of them are less valuable than others.

...After that conversation, Venia takes a moment to re-relocate the Couch and the LaserMG to the House. Also editing this in now: Venia says goodbye to Cypress and Wattle, before teleporting away.

CYPRESS: Goodbye, miss Venia.
CYPRESS: Until another meeting. Wishing you well.

---

Boshi casts vandalism! He expends a Mortar Shell and 2 Uniform Logs to detonate the Seeker Sphere, painting it and the door behind it across the area. He then loots the chest behind the door he just murdered for 3 Shocktip Coating!

So, while we Mustache Girl back in the mine, she goes to assault the Netwyrm Head, shoving a Mortar Shell and an Aurora Crystal into it. It promptly gibs, and goes limp. The blast however, shakes the cave! A small cave-in occurs around her, locking her near the Megabark vein. She does however, manage to pull 8 Samples out of the gullet of the Netwyrm.

---

Toast gets intimidated by Marron's cooking speeds. She attempts to crack an egg into a pan, but the egg is promptly slain by the sorceress. Marron looks over at her, raising an eyebrow.

MARRON: Uh.
MARRON: That's... not how do you eggs?
TOAST: H-Hey, my hand slipped!
MARRON: Here's something easier- I already have a crepe on the element, so why not give it a flip? Just a quick flick should do it.

She effortlessly flips the thing twice, just to show off what Toast is meant to do. Marron then hands off the pan to her. Toast promptly flings the crepe directly into the ceiling, splattering a bit of batter on the couple. The puppeteer seems somewhat angry, but cools down quickly.

MARRON: N-Not so hard!
TOAST: (i am so very sorry about that)
MARRON: ...It's fine.

MARRON: Y'know, maybe you just have bad hand-eye coordination.
MARRON: You're really good at magic, so... why not try cooking with that?
TOAST: Ooo! I know exactly what spell to use!

...

After several minutes of struggling with water magic and fire extinguishers, the kitchen is no longer ablaze. The somewhat sooty Marron collapses backwards into a sitting position, utterly exhausted. Toast opts to take a seat next to her, equally covered in soot. Marron seems to be more flabbergasted than actually angry.

MARRON: ...
TOAST: ...

Despite her breakfast (and the kitchen) being ruined, Marron can't help but giggle. She's quick to stand up, reaching out a hand to help up Toast. She then gestures to the table.

MARRON: Porridge?
TOAST: yes please

From there, the two of them have a mostly unremarkable breakfast, the seamstress helping herself to some chocolate porridge, while Toast downs some normal sugary porridge.

---

Letsid plays tag with Ette. This involves sealing her away in the washroom, with some Force Glyphs blocking her exit. Ette flails against the Force Glyphs, but is completely unable to break them!

ETTE: (N-No! T-This is bullying!)
ETTE: (This isn't fun, either! Y-You wouldn't like it if I locked you in here!)
ETTE: (B-Bully!)

Ette pouts (or at least tries to), and sits herself down on the closed toilet, pulling her knees up to her face. Sad puppet is sad.

---

Calibri wraps up his conversation with Mindscape!Chloe. He notes that he'll be arranging a visit.

MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: Well, good luck with that! I'll look forward to it, at least.

He also notes that maybe Chloe might like the Operative... and that she might've already met him. Confusion pours through the speaker.

MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: ...I don't get it.
MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: Did Lucid do something weird to you guys?
MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: We had like, coffee. Did you guys not drown yourselves in mochas during that fight, or something?
MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: If not... well, the whole thing must've been entirely different for you all! Weird.

MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: Anyway, I can't think of anything I'd really LIKE to talk about...
MINDSCAPE!CHLOE: ...mostly because I'm totally exhausted, and it's late and stuff.
MINDSCAPE: If there's nothing else, well... then, goodnight!

If there's really nothing else to talk about, she'll hang up, then probably take a nap. Then maybe the timeline will go back to normal, and we'll stop referring to things that happened yesterday.

In another area, the Engie Drone visits the River Crossing. He watches them, and nothing interesting at all happens since he's just watching them. He then goes to investigate the Chairian Scouts at the Forest Checkpoint. From what he can make of their conversation, it seems that they're investigating Electrophorus's current location, as apparently it's been acting rather odd as of late. How odd.

---

Leaf pets Gibbet. The bird chirps happily. She then presents it the Grey Card. The bird stares at the card curiously... before pecking at it, trying to get a handle on what the card is. This dents the card slightly, so Leaf stores it back in the inventory. It doesn't seem to have had any noticeable effect on Gibbet, but the bird seems confused. It tilts its head (or I guess its entire body) curiously at Leaf, before jumping on her head for a moment. It appears to like her, at the very least.

---

Packo attempts to healwhack Pionobot. However, he can't quite seem to find the strength to. He gently baps Pionobot. Ette seems the slightest bit confused.

ETTE: (Um, don't you normally swing that way harder?)
ETTE: (...)
ETTE: (Actually, I understand what's going on here.)
ETTE: (I'll help! Don't you worry!)

Ette promptly drops a few healing spells onto Pionobot's face. It's unknown as to whether this is all that helpful or not.

---

Auth pays Marron 90 credits for a hat. Of course, this is under the condition that he does a favor for her. She accepts.

MARRON: Huh, alright.
MARRON: Could you...

A list of potentially humiliating and degrading things crosses Marron's mind. She however, has a truly daunting task planned out.

MARRON: ...clean up the kitchen?
MARRON: Toast and I had an incident... yeah, involving... stuff.
MARRON: You may need a ladder to deal with the crepe goop on the ceiling.

Anyway, Marron quickly stitches together an Author Plushie, and lobs it at Catherine.

---

Pionobot stops being dead! He promptly asks those near him some questions- namely, Ette! He asks her name.

ETTE: (Hello! I'm Ette!)
ETTE: (I can't talk, but I have this handy tablet that lets me talk with people with text!)
ETTE: (...Are you okay? You're not looking great...)
ETTE: (Want me to take a look at you? I might be able to help!)

If given permission, she'll take a detailed look at Pionobot's body. I mean, she won't be able to do much, as he's a robot... but it's the thought that counts, right?

---

With nothing much better to do, The Man and Laranei step to the Armory, prepared to light it up. Laranei means this quite literally, basically packing a flamethrower. She gives the Rebels three options: hand over their stuff, run away, or fire upon Laranei's immediate position wait no-

They choose the latter.


- = S T R I F E ! = -

---

<THE NEXUS, ROUND THREE>
Again, more good progress! You're probably good to attack Yume herself now. Don't worry TOO much about her remaining allies: they shouldn't take much to finish off! Just make sure to actually HIT Yume; otherwise, things may get very, very awkward once Yume doesn't transform. Oh, if you're feeling confident about actually KILLING Yume this round, or have an easy way to do it... consider buffing up? Just an idea.

<THE TOWN ARMORY, ROUND ONE>
Oh boy. Sixteen rebels, in a moderately fortified position. Take out twelve of them, and that should be game! Just be sure to also take out their commander, otherwise you won't actually win, and that'll be weird. Of course, it looks like more reinforcements will be coming in, so... take them into account, too!

RP stuff:

Echoss responds to Alatus as he gets each response (instead of doing it all at once at the end.)
Traitoring:
"If your friends and family had been convinced that the only way to move forward in life were to... I don't know, throw themselves off a cliff?
If you saw everyone and everything you cared about preparing to fling themselves off into oblivion, would you not resort to violence if it were the only option left to save them?
I suppose it can still reasonably be construed as treason, but her intentions are honest. From where she stands you are all being fooled into commiting mass suicide, and that is not something she is willing to sit and let happen."

Eliti:
"Indeed it was us. If I were here in person I could show you some of the pieces from the Eliti. Technically I could show you Maxim itself as a near whole, one of the others managed to sever it from the hivemind somehow and we have its body caged in case we can use it somewise later."

Legion:
"Ah... I suppose that's fair, we do not. I did not mean to imply anything about the Legion, merely Spark. Admittedly my knowledge of him is still limited but he does not seem to hold his own warriors and people in the esteem a leader of his position should.
What little interaction I've had on Sussui paints a good picture of your soldiers however, you have a lot of good men and women on the frontline."

lose faith:
"I. What? No I..." Echoss sighs. It seems he's made a mess of things again. "I was just trying to assuage your fears a bit and smooth out some misunderstandings. I apologize for the offense. If you wish me to leave you to your devices, then I shall do so. Good luck Master Alatus, stay safe please." With that the hologram transforms back into a butterfly, and flutters back out the door. It is joined by the other two left in the house and the three flutter out the front door and out into the sky.

A small note is left on the shield generator in the art room:
"While you asked me to leave I believe you should at least be given the ability to do your job properly. The instructions to disable the shield generator placed over the paintings are as follows:"
A short set of instructions for removing the child-proofing shield generator are given so that Alatus isn't locked out of finishing his housework.

Echoss stares out at the sky in a daze. Even his nervous finger tapping has stopped.

Actions:
One of Echoss's butterflies collect the Zone 1 lumipods that were missed earlier.

Another of Echoss's butterflies flutters down into the Mollusk nest. It flaps down to the rubble and 'pockets' the durasteel, before turning and examining the cult of mollusks, with special attention paid to the Glitch Mollusk in particular.

Abruptly, in zone 2, a rogue Vacuupak 9001 bursts in through the hole Calypse made in the southern wing. It blazes in, hose asucking and it blazes on through, succing up all the thyme matter currently being held in the South Wing. Then it begins to bump against the wall repeatedly. It soon becomes frustrated about its inability to go through the zone walls to get at whatever it wants. It turns around and dives back out the hole in the wall.
*beat*
The Vacuupak 9001 promptly bursts out of the drain in the Hall of Sages, consuming all the residual thyme matter around it, sputtering around for a few minutes before diving right at the southern thymepool, which is succed with extreme prejudice, until all of its gone. Even the thyme crystal and bilespawn were not spared. There's nothing left. Nothing but a faint whiff of cooking spices.
Not even the vacuupak it accidentally suctioned itself and no longer exists.
(I wrote this at close to midnight can you tell?)

The Man spawns in at S12 and uses Heartpiercer on the Chainknight, spending an extra 4 MP to also apply Manaburn3 for two rounds.

Nidra:
Join Armory battle at S11.
Power Nap the Man.
Pass Pillow to the Man.
Move to Q8.
Use Special on Ashstorm, ChKnight, Rifler1, and Spotter1.
Retreat to R9.

The hailstorm moves to K11. Toast is probably woken up at some point, in which case she'll meditate.

Letsid would have some hard time thinking about her actions and apologize to Ette, if she were not

running away, cackling like a madwoman (she just cackles because of her trick succeeding, not because she finds enjoyment in... yeah she totally is a bully), which prevents her from hearing the puppet.

Soon she thinks she is far away enough and takes on a more suitable travel speed.
Of course she has different things to do now, changing places being one of them.
Off to the chairian outskirts she goes. Why? She does not know herself, she just picked randomly.

Boshi spawns at (R13). He moves to (N12), Hand Cannons to (L11), and Phase Shifts with the Comlinked (The Comlinked ends up at L11).

"(Sup nerds)"

He then Hand Cannons to (J7) (NOTE: Ire allowed me to chain them this round. After this, the Hand Cannon's active ability will be a Bonus Action), Blade Rushes South-West ("returning" to (J7) after casting), then casts Intimidation (i mean they've probably gorillaed themselves anyway but this is just sealing the deal). He taunts the Nanotech and Magirifler1 by flipping them off.

---

MU clearly didn't take into account the fact that she was in a cave when she exploded the thing. Ah well. She takes out the Razorwind Reaver again, and clears out the rubble at (Z102) and (Y102). She then presses onwards, mining away at (AC101) before heading right.

---

...Bow Kid, who was asleep in the Hat Tent, snaps awake to the tune of maniacal laughter. She's currently a bit groggy, having stayed up ridiculously late last night... until she gets her bearings, realizing where she was. Back at the house.

She's obviously extremely irritated at this, seeing as she was about to do some painting when she woke up. And she had a great idea, too...

Tired, sluggish, and generally annoyed, she walks downstairs to get some food. Of course, this changes when she sees a Force Glyph in front of the door. She becomes even more annoyed than she already was, and facepalms. "nngh... why."

She takes out an umbrella - it's similar to Sophia's umbrella, but pink (notably not thymecursed; must've made a new one) - and begins laying into the Force Glyph. Her movements are really stiff and sluggish, though... she starts rambling as she attacks the force glyph out of existence, barely audible to the puppet inside; "why is there a dumb force glyph here? uuuugh..."

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The Revolution Radio continues to emit static... it probably just needs to be taken out of the inventory for it to work.

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Sophia just sits on the couch. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Well, as ordinary as a child who's experiencing existential problems can be right now, but eh, what can ya do?

Brutishace joins the fight in the Town Armory, swiftly moving out of position with his Ruiner Pistol at the ready.

He spawns in at S11, jumps to Q9, tosses a Fragapple at N8 for some chip damage, and fires a shot at the first Assassin with his Ruiner Pistol.

Brutishace then strafes to Q10, bringing himself back into cover.

Packo slightly touches Pionobot with his weapon, while Ette does her best to help too. Regardless of who actually healed it, Packo's eyes seem to sparkle at the sight of the robot waking up! It asks if this is still Sussui, while it also thanks Packo (and Ette too) for the healing!

"I-I just-" NICENICENICEPACKODIDSOMETHINGCOOLGOODJOBDUMMY Beep and Boop interrupt Packo's happiness, cheerfully screeching and spinning around his head.

WAYTOGODUMMY

Packo, in traditional fashion, stuffs them into his weapon, only to shoot them away from the house. It almost looks like this is exactly what the bots wanted all along. The two hovering cylinders with speakers leave the place with the full power of their kinetic energy.

Meanwhile, the baker seems unaffected by this distraction. He introduces himself in typical fashion:

"Little is my name. Packo is my surname. So my full name is Little Packo. But you can call me just Packo." After looking to the house's door, he continues. "Those two are my friends,Beep and Boop. I made them... They can be a bit loud, but they are funny..." He says, seemingly okay with the whole "dummy" schtick.

Meanwhile, Ette introduces herself too! She proposes to check its body. Packo, on the other hand, doesn't want to do that. He stays where he is.

"People call this place Sussui, yes... I arrived here not too long ago. Who are you? What's your name?"

"You appeared out of nowhere in the dueling place... We heard an explosion and we saw you and some destroyed pink monsters... Do you know what happened there?" Packo asks. To him, anyone willing to destroy pink monsters was a friend.

RP: Maria

"Whoaaaaa, that's awesome!" Maria says, claiming her mighty weapon. "Now I have a banhammer AND a snowball wand! I'unno what a banhammer is but its awesome. I'm gettin' all the cool things. Thank you, miss Mari!" She says.

"Uh, I need a backpack for all this stuff," Maria says. As she does so, the Kitsune enters the kitchen, a backpack somehow dangling off a tail hair. Its a cute child's backpack, pink and with a depiction of multiple colorful animal mascots (most prominently some pink rabbit/fox hybrid of sorts) on the front. Maria turns around and wordlessly snatches it, as if she expected this. She stores her wand in a side-pocket of the backpack and goes on her way, leaving the Kitsune in the kitchen.

Maria doesn't go very far until she notices Cupcake betting to be petted. And pet the Cupcake she does. "Pet pet pet pet, kitty kitty kitty kitty."

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An infinite maze, plus a Box dude

Venia just waits in the box maze for now. Instead of telling the kinda-fishy Explorer anything right out of the gate, though, she instead materializes another Maid in the kitchen. The maid's face is perfectly serene, contrasting well with the quite-energetic voice it emits. "Hey, Nia! Uh, its me, Venia. Elsewhere right now-the Maid's just a fae, sorry, uh, a summon. Uh, I need to chat with Boxican for a sec, please?" Venia says. If Nia agrees, Venia grasps Boxican.

"Yo, Boxican. I found this, well, I found this cool box in the Endless Gardens that had a projector on it. When I opened the projector, the lid came off and it went into a ladder into a series of, of endless tunnels. It's a very cool box, I think, but I'unno what's up with it. Do you know anything about it? Like. I could show you if you want?"

Regardless of the answer, Venia turns the maid back to Nia. "Thanks for the time. Uh, hey-there's stuff going on in the Old Pass. Rebels trying to be jerks. They were gonna bomb their own dudes. I swear... Uh, wanna help me out later, when you're done with breakfast? I'd love to talk to you more!"

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"A fireworks artist, huh?" Venia says. "... You're really invested in 'em, eh? I can, uh, I can get behind that. Even in these trying times, its really, uh, really nice to see someone who actually has passion for anything other than wanton murder... I'll admit, I'm not a big pyrotechnics girl, uh, myself, but like, you seem like a cool guy who just does what he loves, and I think that's awesome. Uh, also- I know a lot of people who'd be interested in your stuff. Like, uh, there's a birthday coming up, even! That's a good occasion for colorful fireworks, right?"

Venia pauses, and sighs a little. "... Truth be told, I guess just from my appearance alone you may know who we are-we're outsiders. Specifically, the Spherebreakers, who're kinda responsible for tearing up a lot of Eliti and taking two Glyphs... We technically have the same goal, just different methodologies and members. Kinda wish we wouldn't have to fight each other or anything, I can brawl with the best of them but I'm not too hot on murder... I'unno, uh, hey, didn't you say the Rebels weren't too hot on your art? Like, I'unno-what's your take on the Rebels? Like. Do you, uh, like doing what you're doing? For them? Uh, as opposed to just making awesome explosions as a civilian."

Venia hears the start of combat on the other side of the wall. No worries-some temporal abilities will fix up everything so she'll arrive on time. She'd rather take things in a chill and neato manner with the newfound rebel friend. Hopefully.

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Battle: Town Armory

Venia waits for Laranei to act before she spawns in and stands on R14. She sets her weapon's magical damage type to Light before the fighting really starts because that's legal, and also by goodness gracious almost everything is weak to it. She cracks her knuckles as she stares down the Comlinked untimely dragged to the forefront thanks to Boshi. "You... That's just unfortunate. Don't worry, though, the wolf chick with the flameguns is just... You'll be OK, trust us. You won't be hurt. Err, you will be unconscious for a while though, sorry."

Venia's soul suddenly materializes behind the Comlinked! Venia activates Affidavit Adjudication! The soul seems to touch the Comlinked with a tendril-hair-spider-thing, aglow with both white and black. This action inexplicably and painlessly zips whatever HP the Comlinked has straight off the Comlinked's HP bar, and then applies Unify if the Comlinked is still conscious afterwards by some means. (If the Comlinked is dealt with already? Venia does not burn the special)

Venia herself doesn't seem to really be taxed by this and carries on her usual way, using CALL to send a hailstorm of bullets directly into Assassin2-it'll down every time if it hits cleanly. As she does this, she uses her standard action to summon an Incantation at Q14!

From another multicolored haze, an exceptionally bizarre entity made mostly of some kind of obsidian steps out. A black mask with two massive multicolored gemstones for eyes is the most immediately distinguishable feature, but strangely, most of the rest of the body is covered in Aquamarine stones, if not just sapphires. The left arm wields a paintbrush with a disproportionate amount of 'brush,' but the right arm is just disproportionate to the rest of the body-incredibly huge, an odd swirl of prismatic crystalline chaos, and definitely not the kind of thing you'd want clubbed upside your head. The entity tucks its obease right arm into the brush the left hand carries, bringing them close to the chest as it leers out on the battlefield.

"... Rather disturbing fellow, but OK," Venia says, looking at her creation-the Artist. Surprisingly agile for something that hits so hard.

Venia then remembers the Heart Bracelet.

"Nia! Uh, spawn wherever, start charging up the laser. That's important, by the way. Step 1; I need to just collect some data on how Elemental attacks are absorbed, namely by being hit with one I absorb. I have some stuff on me to collect the data 'n' such. I can safely stand in the laser, so, just let me know if you see an opening so I can try to get in," Venia says, very careful to not specify the Laser is water-elemental in case one of the Magiriflers isn't aware of this super-resistance and heals her.

Link to Artist's stats/statblock.

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Other

-note to self make something for Pit this round too-
-Not really a note but Venia's now wearing a different shirt, which you can't see because her jacket is zipped up for now.

Adrian moves to J13, and lands another Sapping Sigil (modded to Glitch damage) on Yume's face. He pays the 4 MP for Always Watching to apply Manaburn again.

The Breaker moves to J11.

RPnull


Ette and Packo:
Packo and Ette introduce themselves, and Pionobot nods. "Thank you Packo, Ette. It's nice to meet you, even though technically I think I met Ette briefly my first night here. Or... I guess I'm not sure, my memories of who I interacted with how much are kinda hazy. I remember faces, one or two names, but can't connect any to events. I think I signed someone's phonecase?" His eyes clench shut for a moment, and he opens them again. "Thank you though."
Pionobot nods slowly as Ette asks about him. "Yeah... I'm not doing the best. Something went off with my... coding, I guess. Though I'm not sure it counts as code technically. A bunch of features I didn't know I had access to started to go off and... You know that thing the thymefield does when you try and fire weapons from outside of it? My whole body's been doing that for a few days, so I don't know where I've been because I keep blacking out and waking up somewhere else.
I'm... I want to say Piono but I know that's not right. I feel like there's a better name too but I can't remember that either, just call me Pionobot.
I didn't just appear in the dueling area though, I got chased there by some seekers and one of my weapons triggered on its own. It must've been damaged or something though because instead of just not working my arm exploded." He looks at his missing arm. "I... don't think I'm getting it back until I leave Sussui though. The things I'd normally use to recover from injury like this seem to offend the thymefield... which I guess makes sense, it's all designed for combat use after all."
He looks at the two of them. "I... will probably need to stay away from combat though, I can't seem to do any fighting without passing out or exploding anymore."

RP with Auth

Irongutta scratched his head as Auth explained who Catherine was. "Yer... 'Mother'? So she's like yer boss, roight? ...I think I gets it now, yeah."

He took a mortar shell from the inventory and set it on what little clear space the workbench had. Irongutta rapped a knuckle against the side of the shell a few times while looking it over, having little regard for the fact that it was live.

"I've 'ad plenty o' experience wivv them bossy types. I used to work fer one, ya know! I may've been on my way to becomin' the biggest mek in the warband, but I still 'ad to answer to Gargteef."

The Ork stopped for a moment, exhaling loudly through his nostrils. He promptly returned to inspecting the shell. "Wonder where that big-toofed git is, anyway?" Irongutta muttered to himself.

He turned his attention away from the shell to look directly at Auth once more.

"Well, that don't matter right now... probably. Wot kinda boss is 'Mother' to ya anyway? I mean, wivv 'ow..." Irongutta made some sort of gesture where his hands hovered near each other, like he were holding a delicate vase. "...weedy ya are, I wouldn't be surprised if she kicked ya around, so to speak. And er, maybe literally in my experience."

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Battle: The Armory

Irongutta joins The Armory battle, spawning in at R12. Staying put, he casts Force Nail on the Ashstormer! To finish off his turn, he targets the Chain Knight with Zzap!

...Piggo came too, spawning in at T14. Piggo moves five tiles to T9 to get the full benefit of Charge Ram and attacks the Ashstormer!