"This round was better than my last."

Brutishace dashes over to K12 and attempts to peek his head around the corner and shoot the third Eviscerator with Twin Jolts. Should this fail, he fires at the second Eviscerator instead... he knows the foe is behind cover, but if at least one bolt hits, it's going to do some significant damage.

Crya runs to D8 and uses Ice Stalagmites directly on the Migi.

Hex valiantly yeets to O7, then uses Whirling Blades, tapdancing aggressively to the tiles O6-N6-M6-L7-K8-J9-I10.

Keiko steps back to E8 to very specifically avoid the aggro ranges of the rest of the spiders and basic attacks the SGuard1.

Alright... It has... been a while. But I'm willing to give it another try.

Also, I don't really know exactly where we are or what we're doing, but I'll... uh... work it out. Anyway...

In a small burst of emerald fire, a little fox leapt out of the ground. It is the one you (maybe) know, the one you (maybe) love, it's Wilson, decidedly hatless. He glances around this odd planet, mostly looking for me, the person who brought him here.

"So... Needed me here out of 'retirement', hm? ... Been in these kinds of places a lot. Maybe this time I'll get to stay. Maybe not. What do you want me to do here, anyway?"

He looks through the list of current battles, eyes flicking through them.

"Full... full...", he mutters, dismissing the top two. But then his eyes fall on the last one.

"Is it this? You want me to join this bat-"

And then his eyes widen as he reads the name of it.

"... No. ... No, no, no. I am NOT joining a battle like that. I'm not!", he says, fear rising in his voice.

"I've fought enough spiders for a life! I don't want anything to do with them, and they don't want anything to do with me. And look at that thing in the back! Look at its ability!"

He starts waving his paw around to nobody in particular.

"'Spinneret Prison'? You have any idea how horrifying that sounds? I may have had a whole sidequest dedicated to overcoming my emotional insecurities, but that did not extend to my arachnophobia that indirectly caused those emotional insecurities! Count me out! Get one of your other characters to do it. You know you have plenty to go around!

And with that, he storms off in a random direction, possibly to be seen again if I completely respec. However, conveniently, he stomps past a different character, here from a different timeline, a sadly abandoned timeline.

It's a dog-like creature, definitely bigger than Wilson, covered in brown fur and wearing a set of red, mesh like armor that pulsed with faint runes and bolts of electricity. Her front legs had soft feathers all along the back of them, like a bird or wyvern, but too thin to glide or fly with (because turns out flight is really good in this game). She looks over at Wilson, eyes partially obscured by a visor.

"... Can't say I'm any happier about this."

THINA'S ACTION - Spider's Roost

Thina spawns in on C8 and walks to F7 after Crya leaves it because blood mage gotta tank. Then, if the Migi is not dead/downed, she basic attacks it. If it is, and the SGuard1 in front of her isn't, she basic attacks that instead. If they're both dead/downed, then... uh... defend?


EDIT:

DEERRRRRPPPP
I probably need to include a link to my actual character sheet, huh? It's the first one on the first page, "Thina".
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P-V...dit?usp=sharing

Battle: The Town Armory

"Zog, those giant rat things don't let up! We gots to crush 'em before we're overrun!"

Irongutta initiates THE PLAN by moving to R7. Then:

-Irongutta first consumes a Mana Vial to bring him to 22 MP.
-He Skeletal Tosses Fell Beast 1 to O4 and then Q2.
-He is granted another action by Omo's Null Somnum.
-He Skeletal Tosses Fell Beast 3 to S2.

"..."
"..."
"..."

Battle action:

"...Hmm. Those are certainly beasts."

Calibri shrugs, then slips his way into N10, turning his attention away from the beasts since everyone else is managing those. He proceeds to cast Force Nail on Spotter2, because why not pin the annoying guy to a wall. If Spotter2 is dead, cycle to another living target in range. If no targets are alive, don't Force Nail.

Leaf panics slightly, but takes advantage of the Fell Beast being moved, quickly casting Toxic Plume at R3, before rushing to P11 and dismounting at O12. She sighs a small sigh of relief.

Leaf then heads over to N12 to mount the Splinter Spitter, making its way to where it shoots Eviscerator3. Extending the combo, Leaf tosses a Paratoxin Shuriken at the it, before retreating to J13.

-=+=-

Ziah: At the moment, just trying to introduce myself to everyone.
Ziah: Our bonds give us strength, right?

Ziah smiles faintly, deciding to take a seat and eat some chocolate porridge as he replies to Ette.

Ziah: Everyone here seems nice.
Ziah: Your sister is nice, you're nice, Bass is nice...
Ziah: I think.
Ziah: But yeah, I'm really enjoying talking with people so far. Nice change of pace from being forced to wait in a dungeon as a chest.

He pauses for a moment, letting Ette respond if she'd like. Ziah then continues.

Ziah: Oh, um. I'm going to offer this to everyone I talk to, and I'm not sure how many people will take me up on this.
Ziah: But if you ever need some help or something, don't be afraid to come and ask me. I'd be glad to help out, whether it's something important or just a small favour.

-=+=-

Shenanigans inbound. Prepare the purple goblin protection.

I hope I can still get my action in!

So basically, Laranei does a bunch of stuff!
- She moves to P12 to mount the Sapsqueal at P11
- She then spends it's MP to heal it! Healthy creatures are happy creatures.
- And finally, she focuses, so she can better shoot things next turn.

-----

Laranei raises her gun at the Eviscerator4, beginning to change it to its focused form, before noticing the Sapsqueal. She grins, dashing over to P12 to mount the Sapsqueal some green-haired girl left behind at P11. She heals it up nice and good, because healthy creatures are happy creatures, using Sapskin Rejuvination for all its current MP. Laranei then takes aim again, preparing to fire.

<ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE>

Echoss does a couple lotta things. First, he rotates a spell: Cure -> Zillycharm. He then authorizes Mari to take a look at his body. how lewd

MARI: Sick. I'll just cut you open, and-
MARI: I MEAN, I'll just scan you, because you're still alive.
MARI: Yeah.

As Piono's post outlines, Mari doesn't really understand any of it. It makes her want to completely and totally rip him to shreds, and analyze every last fiber of his being. Except, that's what people call "murder" around these parts. Not "science".

MARI: ...Yeeaaaaah, I don't gorillaing understand how you exist.
MARI: If you want an arm, you're probably gonna need to settle for something kinda wonky in comparison.
MARI: Still, an arm's an arm. Better to have two arms than one.
MARI: Speaking of arms, I should get a third arm installed. That'd be dope as gorilla.

While Mari's thinking about how awesome having a third arm would be, Echoss's butterflies swarm Mari's Escape Pod, slaying it. This tears it into 10 Durasteel, 20 Wire Bits, 6 Circuit Boards, 1 AI Core, 6 Hardened Glass, and 1 Escape Pod Seat. He also finds 6 Rations within the hull. He also then absolutely demolishes a vein of iron down in the House's basement, looting 18 Iron from it. It's still alive, though!

He then opts to round out his action by creating a Quick Crafting recipe for Mana Vials, using 3 Blue Sap, and 15 Fresh Manablooms! This creates three of them, and a recipe!

---

Toast and Auth chat over breakfast. Marron watches the two of them chat, apparently happy to just sit back and listen. She does however, take note of Auth and Nana...

MARRON: A... "chat" over coffee? And it sounds like you kinda like her, too!
MARRON: That sounds like a date to me.

She begins to giggle.

MARRON: And you gave her an arm-sleeve, too!
MARRON What if like, in Chairian, giving her something like that indicates that you want to marry her, or something?
MARRON: Heheheheh...

The puppeteer continues to giggle for a bit, before shutting herself up.

MARRON: Seriously, though.
MARRON: Congrats on landing a date!
MARRON: Looks like you're not gonna get friendzoned by every woman you meet after all.

He also mentions teatime, and how important it is. She takes a bit of interest in the subject.

MARRON: If "teatime" is a thing, then odds are, you have a good taste in tea, right?
MARRON: Got any recommendations? Really, most of the tea I've had is pretty substandard.
MARRON: Cardboard flakes in water. Literal cardboard flakes.
MARRON: Temmies have the weirdest freakin' tastes...
MARRON: You should totally brew me a cup! And one for Toast, too.

MARRON: Maybe we should like, bring it to Magic Club...

Her eyes light up. She turns to Toast.

MARRON: Ah, right! Magic club!
MARRON: We gotta host that again! But when?
MARRON: Maybe we could host it in the Old Pass somewhere? Or like... maybe outside that church Taeda mentioned?
MARRON: It might be fun!

Marron mulls over what she might do at Magic Club in her head. She's probably trying to think of a way to wow the crowd.

---

The game opts to process the rest of Auth's post while we're here. He mostly spends this period talking with Omo. He summarizes what he's just learned, then notes that he's probably going on a date. Omo's interest seems to get piqued somewhat.

OMORIKA: Ah.
OMORIKA: So it is a date.
OMORIKA: I've been on exactly one date in my life, and it was... alright.
OMORIKA: I don't believe there's any recorded instances of humans and us Chairians getting together, so if you two "hit it off" as they say, it might be a universal first.

She begins to wrack her brain for advice.

OMORIKA: Hm...
OMORIKA: If all goes well, you two may be on the level to hold hands. Singular hands, I mean. Both at once would signify further developments.
OMORIKA: Of course, I wouldn't force it, but it's a distinct possibility. Prepare yourself for that.

OMORIKA: ...But advice. Right.
OMORIKA: If you're not sure if it's romantic, I'd stress caution in picking your words.
OMORIKA: If it isn't actually romantic, you may create an awkward situation.
OMORIKA: And if it is, it'd be awful if you managed to completely dismiss her.
OMORIKA: Be absolutely sure of her feelings.
OMORIKA: ...Or ask her. That might be awkward, though.

OMORIKA: I... regret that I may not be romantically experienced enough to help you.
OMORIKA: ...And trust me. Unless you modified your body somehow, it'd quite literally be impossible for you to do what I was thinking of.

At another place, in the same timeline, the Author also asks Ette if he could take her scarf. She nods, and quickly tosses it at him in a gentle arc. Given that it's a chainmail scarf, it's pretty darn heavy!

ETTE: (Okay!)
ETTE: (Could you give me something... softer?)
ETTE: (It's sturdy, but I don't really like how it rubs against people.)

---

Letsid yells into the Old Gaiadiamond Mine. Some unethically high amount of Seekers and Carrion flow out of the mine: there's probably about three dozen Iti in there! There's so many, that it's nearly impossible for her to dodge all of them as they swarm her! She takes (10) damage, which will linger until she finishes a battle, or gets healed.

Anyway, now there's a stupidly high amount of Iti in the Old Gaiadiamond Mine. This wasn't a great idea. Running away and leaving them alone might be smart.

---

Maria comissions something from Nia! Could she upgrade the Snowball Wand and Hammer of Banning +1? Nia happily agrees.

NIA: I will create the sparkly-est thingies you've ever seen!
NIA: ...You should try them out on Venia when you're done. It'll be funny.

Venia then tosses 5 Flux at the Lab to obtain Connection Break! She also investigates the Storage Area that she was able to access from the tunnels within the Projection Chamber. Most of it is pretty ordinary; metal and wood. She doesn't take any just yet, just in case she wants to be "stealthy" or whatever. However, one box catches her eye- a dustier box in the corner made of a seemingly old wood.

She takes a peek inside, finding a large cache of ammo boxes. The bullets inside each of them have flowers engraved onto their casings, the notches and the bullets themselves glowing with a faint light. It seems that once upon a time, these bullets held far more power. Interestingly enough, the entire stash of ammo seems unused.

Now, should she take anything? Maybe she'll decide soon enough.

---

Mustache Girl peacefully mines a vein of Sapphire. 6 Sapphires obtained! That was fairly simple-

---

Talist does something that's not "fairly simple". That is, joining the game! More specifically, Thina joins the game! Your trait and special have recieved modifications; the trait mostly in the scaling department, and your Special... has obtained a nice bonus effect!

---

Ziah has a quaint, calm chat with Ette. He seems to appreciate just how nice everyone is. Ette seems to agree.

ETTE: (I know!)
ETTE: (For a group of random strangers, everyone seems all chummy.)

ETTE: (...Oh, you said you're a treasure chest?)
ETTE: (I don't know how that works. Do you like... have a job as a treasure chest, or are you actually a treasure chest?)
ETTE: (Both are weird, but both are interesting!)

After she (probably) gets a response to the question, she nods in response to his offer to help her.

ETTE: (I'll try and remember that!)
ETTE: (Thank you!)

The two of them continue sitting at the dinner table in peace.

---

Wyvern +3's his SKI, and -2's his STR.

---

The GM sighs in content, having finished the roleplay side of things. Then he gets absolutely decked by the longest post this update. Chara sits down and helps herself to a hot bowl of chocolate porridge, and promptly gets spooked by who I'm assuming is Nana.

NANA: A-Angel of death!?
NANA: I-Is that how people see me now!? I know I h-have the blades i-in my arm, b-but...

She begins to blush violently, and plants her face into the table. After that small hiccup, Chara's first act as a resident of the house is to dump her entire backstory on the party. And it's pretty long. Like, long enough for a few people to eat breakfast and get along with their day.

There's really no good way to respond to this, at least from any one NPC. Marron, who's been happily listening to Auth and Toast chat, takes a moment to snark in Chara's general direction as she finishes.

MARRON: ...So, you just got here, right?
MARRON: You must've been sitting on that backstory for gorillaing years, if it's like, the first thing you talk about upon arriving.
MARRON: Well, at least it's better than mine.
MARRON: Don't ask.

Ette meanwhile, takes an interest in the visitor.

ETTE: (Hi! My name's Ette! I'm a puppet!)
ETTE: (Question, question! Who was the visitor? They seem creepy.)
ETTE: (...Also, what's a Sburb? And why are there two of you? Why are you a bunch of souls in the shape of a person?)
ETTE: (...I have a lotta questions, because I don't really know what you're talkin' about.)
MARRON: Also, since she's asking questions: you're not related to -that- Chara, are you?
MARRON: "Let us erase this pointless world, and move onto the next." THAT Chara. The genocidal one.
MARRON: From what Chaos told me while venting about that thing, your name is pretty freakin' bad news.

Also, Chara asks if there's more porridge.

ETTE: (I think we're mostly out of porridge now.)
ETTE: (But if you want chocolate, I can provide some!)

Ette reveals some of the chocolate in the inventory to Chara: some chocolate eggs, cookies with chocolate in them- there's a few chocolate-based options for her to choose from! Anyway, it seems like Chara has some answers to give! Or not. Who knows?

---

In the midst of a battle, Venia and Nia continue their chat.

NIA: Sushi? I've had it like, once. Chloe treated me to a snack after school, because we walked by this place, and I thought it'd be cool to eat there.
NIA: ...Okay, maybe we went because I was starving because I wasn't able to buy lunch because of somebody, but... yeah. Chloe's awesome.
NIA: It was pretty nice. Haven't had it since, though.

She grimaces a little when Venia mentions she likes eating bugs.

NIA: You... uh, what?
NIA: No offense, but that's... kinda disgusting. Unless there's like, a specific kind that's kinda tasty? Or maybe you should treat me to a romantic dinner of bugs n' gorilla, and change my mind.

Venia then asks her what games she plays. She shakes her head.

NIA: I'm not actually much of a "gamer". Chloe and Xavier are pretty into it, but not me.
NIA: Maybe I'd like it more if, y'know, I had access to more than a gorillay computer at home, and if my mom owned more than like, an NES with two games.
NIA: I'm pretty good at sports, though! Always been kinda nimble n' stuff.
NIA: We should play something together! I don't really care what- show me somethin' neat!

Nia then poses her own question.

NIA: Hm... what do you usually do in your free time? I mean, I know you like gaming, but... what else do you do?
NIA: I spend- or well, used to spend- a lot of time at Chloe's place, and we chatted a lot.
NIA: When I'm alone though, I actually like exploring.
NIA: Checking out cool places in town, finding a calm place in a park- it's pretty chill.

...It's strange how casual their chat is, given that they're in the middle of a pretty huge battle.

---

<THE NEXUS, ROUND FIVE>
Yume's at about half HP now. Don't let up! As a note, the most threatening entities on the map are likely the Iti that can apply Sleep. If you're starting to run out of items or MP for AoE, just try and focus on the ones that apply Sleep! Then your life will be a hell of a lot easier. Anyway, keep DPSing Yume, and victory may come soon.

<THE TOWN ARMORY, ROUND FOUR>
11 / 24 Rebels remain! Drop 5 of them, and the battle will automatically end come the Rebel's Phase. Shouldn't be too hard! You've also dealt with the Fell Beasts spectacularly, so... good job there! They won't be a bother to you, unless one of you does something weird and/or stupid. You're also still on track for Omorika's achievement, so make sure you don't kill any Chairians by accident! It'd be awkward.

<SPIDER'S ROOST, ROUND THREE>
It seems we have have a slight infestation. The cave may slowly begin to wake up- while most spiders won't bother you, the Migi certainly will! I'd advise taking out the Migi before they can infest anything. You also don't need to worry about the Migi infesting the Gossamother; it's too big to infest, or something. Yeah. Just maybe worry about it hijacking the Spitter or another Rotting Widow.

-2 STR
+3 SKI

Wyvern enters the Spider Roost at C9, and, once Echoss has applied the buffs, flies at breakneck speeds to I15.
(Sprint D9 > E9 > F9 > G9 > H9 > I9 > J10 > J11 (skirmisher) > I12 > I13 > I14 > I15)

Chloe material service: I ask for cobblestone and uniform logs. Thinking about doing some proper expansion to the house aboveground to supplement the belowground stuff, I'll need building materials.


Pionobot nods.
"Figured as much. A regular cyber arm, or like, the puppet arm Ette said?" He looks at Ette. "That should work anyways. Probably. If not then I guess we'll figure something else out."
He looks back at Mari. "...also, if your initial comments are anything to go by you'd probably like a better look at this. I'll make you a deal, if we make it out of this entire mess in one piece, I'll let you in on that. Outside the Thymefield I can literally just regrow limbs. You just need to help me figure it out too, not knowing how I work is kinda disconcerting."


Battle:
Echoss huffs at the surprise Iti infestation and relocates back to D9. He then costs shopping spree and buys ALL THE KNIVES
And by that I mean he gets 4 fire element El-ite Knives.
Since he can't throw those at people this round though he whips out a fire setting elemental blaster and fries Migi 1 (hooray increased item range!)
He also tries to motion to the other spiders to move away from the Iti, frantically wishing that a beastspeak spell would actually work here.

unflavored: Move to D9, cast shopping spree (4 fire El-ite knives), cast fire elemental blaster on Migi1 (accomplished through item iris item range boost)


Actions:
The shadowy man who is not Echoss (remember him? He got Nia to end the world with bottled bottled water) is about to lock Letsid in a mine full of angry purple monsters.

It was originally going to be mining iron but then HV was a dumb[donkey] as per usual and I have to go clean up their mess instead.
Should I try and be patient? Maybe. But HV also has a long and storied track record of going out of their way to make life frustrating for everyone else in the playerbase, I feel no shreds of guilt whatsoever towards someone who has openly stated disdain for letting other people have fun too.

Action 1: A massive dark whirlwind kicks up near the old gaiadiamond mind, right at the exit, suddenly whipping inwards and picking up Letsid, and then a bunch of the seekers and carrions, whisking them all around inside of the shadowy vortex before abruptly launching them out, all of them straight into the entrance to the gaiadiamond mine. They tumble down the shaft wildly. Crash, bonk, bang.
Notably, this puts Letsid too far from the surface to Blink her way out.

Action 2: The shadowy man who is not Echoss (and insists on being called that, he hasn't given his actual name yet) charges into the clearing, riding a giant mechanized bust of Ben Stiller with laser guns and rocket launchers attached to it.
>Shadowy man who is not Echoss: Ride Ben Stiller like a mechanical bull.
YEEHAAAAAAAAWWWWWW
He mechanical bull rides the bust of Ben Stiller all around the clearing, stomping and smashing all of the carrion and seekers until there is nothing left in the clearing but the shadowy man and assorted Iti guts.

Action 3:
As a final action to ensure that the Iti won't flood out a second time, the mechanized bust of Ben Stiller hisses like a creeper and charges headlong into the the cave entrance, where it detonates violently and caves the entire entrance in, leaving everything inside the mine totally unable to get back out.

Mariaaaaaa

Maria smiles at Nia's immediate acceptance. "Thank you, miss Nia!"

She then immediately notices Wilson-the talking fennec fox that everyone loves. She seems surprisingly unsurprised at the telepathic fox, almost as if Wilson was somehow perfectly mundane... And then Maria spies the ever-present, little mentioned Neru Plushie a room away, just wandering around aimlessly, as it does. And then, Maria thinks a bit-didn't Wilson just mention something about being afraid of spiders? She didn't understand any of it other than the Arachnephobia (and she probably doesn't realize that's even a word). But she did hear it.

A handful of seconds later, Wilson hears the sound of a giggling seven-year old child and a pack of cats, a plushie and a chibi-size humanoid approaching, and would likely turn to see the Neru Plushie (IE a spider plushie) shoved nearly into his face.

"SPIDERRRR! RAAAAH!" Maria shouts! she eagerly follows Wilson, chasing after him if she must, clutching the spider plushie and laughing madly all the way. It's all so very mean, but all so very cute.

---

Best Girl

Venia almost responds, until she hears a beeping noise from her Line. "Hang on a second."



"... Sorry about that. Just someone giving me a status update. Another Godmodding War's just kicked up, but its far away from here. Won't concern us, hopefully..." Venia says.

"Err, there are some bugs that are considered delicacies... Actually, nevermind. Free time? Err, hrm. Kinda hard to say what I do in my 'free time' as I feel like I'm just always going, you know? Felt like I have to or I just, like, stop. But... Uh, if all the day-to-day stuff is done for, uh, and I wasn't caught up in a depressive spiral, uh, I read. A lot. Mostly scientific stuff, though, so I can, uh, put it to practice in my other projects. Occasionally I do read, like, actual novels and such, but I just feel like... I'unno, I'd rather be useful. I guess its a perk of a mind-based powerset that I'm not bored to..."

Venia trails off, and thinks about a few things that have been said recently and a few things she's thought of recently. has the Thyme Field been screwing with her powers on that level? Has it been gumming up her own thoughts the whole time? That was... Kind of spooky, and all the more reason to resolve the situation quickly.

"... Sorry. Uh, just, thought of something. Err, anyways-aside from reading stuff, well, I do kind of just game, as mentioned. Uusally singleplayer. Used to run an MMO, but things kinda fell apart when they realized who I was shortly after... Uh, yeah, that... I guess I would say taking care of Maria, if basically being her mom wasn't such a hassle and I actually did that anymore... Oh! Yeah! I guess I can say that now I want to spend all my free time with you, hehe," Venia says, with a little blush.

"... Hrm... What did you think you were going to do for a job, like, when you were growing up? I thought I was going to be, like, a medic-a doctor. Something humanitarian. I didn't think I'd be following in my dad's footsteps in any capacity... Much less be doing, like, any superheroics, and definitely didn't see the duchy coming."

---

The Storage

First, Venia has her Maid equip a Spellbook of Salvation, just in case. Then, she relentlessly loots all the shining rose ammo in the crate. If nothing occurs, she also loots the rest of the wood and materials from the other crates, as well as the crates themselves and the butterfly statue. If nothing happens, at all, after all of that, she marks the center of the room with a giant black X via a Crystal Pen, and leaves.

"... Nothing over there other than a storage room. Looted it all already. I'm gonna bounce. I recommend you leave, too. Rose may come in and check on things... I'unno."

---

Battle: Town Armory

The Artist somehow pulls out the scanner and scans Lurejet, unmoving.

Venia moves to M13 and uses SEND for a greater attack later. Its just a matter of a single turn, now...

YAAH-- Ouch.

Letsid seems to get out of her ... thing whatever she did.
She uses her special "Tag" on the most menacing looking Iti in there and flees the scene.

"That Iti over there is IT. BAHAHAHAHA!!"

The Iti will probably try to follow her... or not.
If it dies... the next Iti would get the Tag one and... so on.
Deluding herself she hopes for the mines to self clean.
And she also wants to play Tag.
So she warps away first with Blink, then rolls in direction "Way Forward" which will lead her to the Absence Caverns...
"oh boy... if that isn't the epic chase scene that I dreamed of" Letsid thinks grinning.

... In some ways, I really dread getting back into RP and such. While it has certainly given me some of the best writing experience I've ever had, I also have read back on some of the stuff I wrote before. And... Er...

So yeah, I hope that sums up my apprehensions. ... But if I'm going to do this, I might as well do it properly.

Anyway... Looks like I have two things to do here. I need to give Thina a proper intro. And I need to respond to Tazz. I'll respond to Tazz first so it's done by the time the update proper rolls around.

Wilson: RE: Tazz

Wilson angrily stomps off down away from the spider roost. At least, he would be angrily stomping away if he was heavy enough to actually stomp with any impact. After a moment, he sighs. He wasn't fighting something, picking out equipment, or anything like that, which must mean he wasn't Talist's main character. At least for now.

"... Never asked Talist to actually send me back. Hm. Guess I'm... here now," he mutters, starting to shiver from the cold. He keeps walking, mostly aimlessly, until his ears perk up and he looks around suspiciously. Maybe he was too hasty in that "not main character" conclusion and now he was going to get attacked by something that would require him to answer the call to adventure. Again.

More cautiously now, he keeps walking, paws softly crunching the snow below him. Then he hears it, that sound, the sound that usually meant very bad and terrible things were about to happen to him. Namely, the sound of a little girl laughing. [Insert Vietnam-esq flash back scene here]. Already on edge, he whirls around to face his assailant, and promptly gets a spider to the face.

There's a tiny moment of silence before Wilson lets out a high pitched squealing sound, like somebody stomping on a squeaky toy, and certainly something I cannot convey through onomatopoeia.


He whirls around and spins in place before there's a bright flash of light, obscuring him. By the time anyone can look back, Wilson is gone. Though, it's not very difficult to find him again, as he's a couple of meters away, holding perfectly still and staying completely silent. Unfortunately, the invisibility thing he's trying doesn't work here, mostly because if he was my main character, that trick wouldn't be his custom spell.

Presumably, Maria (Almost typed Mario... been playing too much SMM2) would approach him, and when she does, Wilson's eyes narrow.

"... ... Were you following me? Just for that?"

The Breaker moves to E8, and rides a Lunging Swing to C8, aiming their hit at Yume.

Adrian moves to G11, downs a Mana Vial, and drops a Sapping Sigil on Yume's face, inflicting Uninspired, and paying 4 MP to inflict Manaburn as well.

The Man barrel rolls to K8, dealing the damage from that to Eviscerator 1.

Boshi has finally fallen. It's about time.

The Hat Kid Plushie begins to animate itself, before moving in a way that resembles a living creature.

It appears to look at the two Eviscerators, before looking away. It thrusts its arms at the two, and gives a thumbs-down to both of them.

It moves into the wall at (I5), then proceeds to whap Eviscerators 3 and 1, before sinking into the wall, retreating to (J4).

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MU decides to hop over to the Megabark Vein and mine it out. She continues to wonder where everyone is; it gets lonely when you're in a cave by yourself...

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Bow Kid continues to sleep. It's not a very heavy sleep; someone could wake her up if they wanted to. And she'll likely be at least 42% less cranky than before, so that's neat.

Sophia continues sitting on the couch; Bow Kid is more or less visible to her as of right now.

Nidra:
Power Nap Tumblefluffs.
Move to L13.

Tumblefluffs:
Move to M12.

Nidra:
Basic Attack Mechonis1 twice.

Gonna drop a quick battle action here and get the rest of my RP later.

After somebody wakes Auth up (please), Auth proceeds to manage to somehow stomach the Tornadopetal Remedy. Auth aims to be thrown North-East into the wall nearby. He needs it, as much as he doesn't want to risk it. With his new surplus of MP, Auth moves to C14, and casts Liberation on Reverie1, and directs the healing into Summa.

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Auth looks quietly to the side at Marron's assertions.

uA: Well...
uA: I won't confirm or deny anything, frankly. It's not my place.

Auth's face suddenly gains the most colour that it possibly ever has. His face suddenly turns a deep, deep red. A fairly strange colour, actually, a deeper red than a normal person could be.

uA: Oh my god! I didn't think of that! You're absolutely right, Marron!

Auth groans, curling up to hide his now extremely flushed face. It appears he took that thought extremely seriously.

uA: I... should maybe ask Omo about it.

Auth sighs, and laughs quietly as Marron congratulates him.

uA: Thank you, Marron. Whilst I can't say I've not been... as you put it, "Friendzoned", yet... I 'unno. I like my chances.

Auth nods to Marron at the suggestion that he should make some tea.

uA: Alright, I can do that. I'll see what I can make, since I've not worked with these plants so I dunno if anything tastes good. Y'know what I mean?

Auth nods to the suggestion that Magic Club should come again, in the Old Pass. He doesn't have much to say about it though.

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uA: I mean, I call it a date because I lack a better term for it. I trust you not to go telling the whole universe about it.

Auth cannot resist the urge to crack a joke as Omo mentions he and Nana may be the first human (sort of) and Chairian to get together.

uA: More than happy to help in creating history, Omo. Hah hah.

Auth smiles, quietly, and listens quietly to the advice Omo gives him - where he, at absolute best, would wind up with Nana after it ends, and that he should be careful with his words, especially since he's not completely sure of Nana's feelings. Auth nods, thinking of some other things to check in with.

uA: You've been on more dates than me, then, Omo. I can say with absolute certainty I have been on none. Your advice is still helpful, I promise.

There's a comment of extensive modification needed for Auth to do what Omo was thinking. Auth's reaction is... irregular. Instead of immediately laughing it off, Auth sits quietly, as though waiting.

uA: ...Oh, is that it? Please. I know at least two people who could do it real easy if I asked them nicely. I was expecting something more difficult.

Auth laughs and smiles, thinking of something else he needs to resolve before going about his business for the rest of the day.

uA: There is a couple of things I think I should check with you about, though, before I head off.I did some things and Nana said something on Creation and...
uA: It's been on my mind.

Auth clears his thoughts, setting out what he wants to ask Omo about.

uA: So, you know how Nana had her arm changed after Maxim possessed her? I made her a cut-proof full-arm sleeve to cover her arm and stop her hurting people by accident.
uA: Did I accidentally... say something to her in doing so? Is that significant in some way, or am I overthinking it?
uA: And... in Creation, when I was taking care of Nana, she said that she felt like... I think she said her "core was blooming", or something like that? I... think I sort of have an idea of what that might mean, but I'd appreciate confirmation.
uA: Or negation, as the case might be. I could be dead wrong, after all!

Auth will probably say farewell to Omo after he responds to her next round of chat.

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Auth seems a little shocked that someone who arrived would be so hurtful to someone they'd just met and intended to help. Auth moves over next to Nana.

uA: Excuse me, Chara? Was that it? I believe it would be appreciated if you were more considerate in the way you referred to people.

Auth glances to Nana's "hair", with the yellow flowers in it.

uA: Not every yellow flower is a buttercup, miss. I can say that these aren't with some degree of certainty - they look nothing alike.

Once that's all over, Auth waits for Nana to face back up again.

uA: Hey, Nana, you alright? You're okay, you haven't done anything wrong. Don't let it bother you.

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Whew that's a lot. How 'bout a little more!?



Now that Auth has a new scarf, Ette's work is done.

uA: Ette, I finished it. I put some of that Spiralfloof stuff inside to make it softer and more comfortable to wear, so it should be relatively effective as armour now.

Auth hands Ette the scarf. But, somehow, there's an Auth Plushie sitting in the fluffy bit. It waves hello with the hand that doesn't have the big pen.

uA: How did that get there...? Anyway, scarf's done. Do you like it?