Keiko moves to I7 and tries to basic attack the Chosen1. There's a pun in there, but I don't think I need to say it.

"I-I never liked roses anyways!"

Tsar'ina crushed the rumble under her armored boots, her eyes set on Chosen1. She yells out before slashing at the Chosen two times in the chest. Unlike the past two turns, she decides to not consume any type of healing items.

"I'm feeeeeling the rush!"

Battle: The Church of Helix

Irongutta, still trapped in Piggo's body, watches on as his beloved pet continues to embarrass him (both of them?) by nuzzling Omorika. If he had hands, he would bury his head in them. (For the love of Gork, get me outta this 'ell...)

Piggo!Irongutta moves to V13 and slashes at Dome Idol 2 with the full 100% benefit of Charge Ram!

CONDITIONALLY: Piggo!Irongutta will instead move to S12, avoiding the Chrysalis' ZoC to gain 80% of the benefit of Charge Ram and basic attack the Chrysalis instead.

Leaf rises to her feet after crashing into the basement, coughing up some dust. She rubs her eyes, and looking around...

LEAF: This doesn't look good...

With some quick thinking, Leaf plans to tap into a power she's not yet tried to use under the effects of the Thymefield. Beast creation. She looks around to see if any Cultists aren't being attacked, spotting Chosen2, after which she begins her hunt.

She first weaves her way to N14, using a Warp Ring to blink into existance at K11, shuddering slightly at the sensation. She closes her eyes, sitting cross legged in the middle of the battlefield, her palms pressed together. Leaf begins to chant in some strange language. A combination of glowing green particles somewhat resembling large spores, and what appear to be hieroglyphics materialize around Leaf. They begin to quickly orbit her in two glowing bands which cross over each other in an X shape. The ground begins to quake beneath Leaf, though this doesn't seem to distract her in the slightest. The floor beneath her cracks open as a large creature emerges from underneath her. Some may identify it as a Yggcrawler, only a fair bit bigger and a little rougher. Leaf takes hold of the Yggcrawler, mounting it. The two open their eyes in unison, both glowing the same lime colour. The creature lets out a fierce cry, charging to K6 and then Great Leaping to K4, slashing at the Chosen2 with two swipes.

Also, because I forgot, the Splinter Spitter makes happy spider sounds as it waddles with all 8 legs to O18 where it happily noms on a Charian Pastry and prepares Corrosive Mix.

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE>

Echoss thanks Omo for her assistance. She does a curtsy towards him.

OMORIKA: You're welcome, sir Echoss.
OMORIKA: Perhaps though, I should be thanking you for bringing the issue up.
OMORIKA: I was not aware of the fact that Chaos was dealing out what is technically my property.
OMORIKA: Truly, a heinous act.

He also asks if he couldgo and build a sleeping area near the house. She nods.

OMORIKA: While perhaps I would be more hesitant usually, our group is truly innumerable.
OMORIKA: Feel free to do whatever is required to house our allies, with the exception of ripping the house itself apart for materials.

Out the window, Omo takes notice of one of Echoss's golems taking down trees with a Titanium Lumberaxe, freshly crafted from let's say 5 Titanium and 2 Uniform Logs. Silently, she heads outside, holds both arms out towards the forest. One by one, trees uproot from the ground and bisect themselves. While the process seems to be somewhat strenuous on Omorika, it only takes her a few minutes to rip apart a large deal of the forest.

Combined with the golems, this manages to yield 120 Uniform Logs, and 20 Refined Wood. These too, are thrown into a pile. Somewhat exhausted after the ordeal, the librarian refreshes herself with a cast of Null Somnum. Only a bit of the forested area remains.

OMORIKA: There we go.
OMORIKA: That should hopefully expedite your efforts.

While Omo takes a moment to rest her mana pool, the golems throw together another pile of assorted building materials, and stitch together another batch of 15 Simple Fabric. Untwist is also purchased from the Lab for 10 Flux.

Pionobot also goes to whack some platinum. 10 Platinum is punched free from the vein. The small room he's in begins to slowly fill with water. While the airlock will prevent this from flooding the rest of the cave, this may make the rest of the mining operation difficult.

---

Laranei meets Chloe! She asks if the blonde could go and locate some fabric for her. She smiles, but doesn't nod.

CHLOE: Oh, heya!
CHLOE: I... I can try! I don't know where I might find fireproof fabric, though.
CHLOE: Still, I'll do my best!

She ponders to herself a little. While she thinks, Laranei introduces herself. Chloe's train of thought derails, and she introduces herself in turn.

CHLOE: O-Oh, right!
CHLOE: I'm Chloe. Chloe Elem. It's nice to meet you, too!
CHLOE: Anyway, I think I have an idea on where I might find some fabric...

She runs off to the kitchen for a second, where Marron is trying to do some cooking with Toast. While their roleplay hasn't advanced in awhile, timelines are relative or something, so this somehow doesn't interfere. She butts in through the door, and the puppeteer shoots her an irate gaze.

CHLOE: Marron! Can I ask you something?
MARRON: No.
CHLOE: B-But somebody needs fireproof fabric, and I don't know where to find it!
MARRON: Fireproof fabric? Not that I know how to make it, but I've put fireproofing enchantments on Ette. That should work.
MARRON: I'll need some high-quality silk if you want quality and enchantability, so-
CHLOE: Okay, thanks!
MARRON: W-Wait, I never agreed to-

Chloe bolts out of the room, and immediately goes off to hunt for some silk. Marron huffs, frustrated. A few minutes later, Laranei witnesses Chloe barge back into the house with a nice-looking roll of Puresilk, one-hundred percent rattled. She's uninjured, but she's covered in all sorts of gunk.

CHLOE: I forgot where silk came from for a second but I said I'd get it so I needed to fight a big-gorilla spider and it really refused to die and it was messy and look you're welcome okay

She runs into the kitchen with the roll, which Marron promptly enchants, if only to get Chloe out of her face sooner. Chloe then returns the roll to Laranei, panting and sweating.

CHLOE: T-There you go! Enjoy!
CHLOE: Also thank Marron- she was a big help, too!
CHLOE: Anyway, I need t-to get spider gunk out of my hair...

CHLOE: See ya! Maybe we can have a nice chat later...?

25 Fireproof Silkweave is added to the inventory! Chloe retires upstairs to take a quick shower- partially to clean herself up, but mostly to try and forget that the spider tried to eat her.

---

Arthur and Mari wrap up their talk. They agree on meeting up after the church raid, which is technically going on right now, but again, time is relative, and it's also already committed suicide because we abused it so much.

MARI: Alright.
MARI: See you then.

With that, Mari hops into the basement, presumably to keep on researching things. Because it's her job.

---

Auth talks about colors with Chloe. We swear this is a normal discussion topic. Chloe learns that Violant is a shade of red.

CHLOE: So... it's a special, magical hue of red?
CHLOE: Weird, but alright.
CHLOE: So is it made in a special way? I'm assuming it is, because otherwise somebody probably would've randomly discovered it by this point on Earth.

CHLOE: So... the "Neathbow"? I'm guessing there's more colors then, right?
CHLOE: Could I hear about them? They seem special to you, so... it'd be cool to hear about them!

While Chloe awaits color-based education, Auth and Nana continue their chat. He mentions an even greater library than the Citadel Grand Library.

NANA: I-It's hard to imagine a library that'd put the Grand Library t-to shame!
NANA: Does that r-really exist?

The two of them swap books! Nana receives copies of "The Hobbit", and "The Lord of the Rings". The books appear to be a bit heftier than Nana is used to.

NANA: I-It's gigantic! O-Or, they're gigantic!
NANA: I think I'll be able to enjoy these for awhile. Thank you!
NANA: A-And, for you...

Nana pulls out her bag, and tries to find a book. It doesn't seem she has many on her... except for one particular book. She sighs.

NANA: U-Um, I only really have one book to give you right now...
NANA: I-If I got home, I'd give you something better, but other than the novel I'm reading right now, there's only one other book in here...
NANA: It's... questionable, but maybe you'd appreciate it?

She pulls out a copy of "Romance in the Godmodding War". Just from the cover, Auth can tell that it's a pretty unremarkable tale of two lovers broken apart during the chaos of the Second Godmodding War. It's also been written by some nutcase named "Irecreeper", and it has apparently received an accolade for "being the only novel to kill a Godmodder".

NANA: T-The old Chairheir w-wrote this book, actually.
NANA: It became an instant classic t-thanks to that, b-but I'm not sure if it's actually any good...
NANA: S-Still, I want to give you something! Please take it!
NANA: I-I promise I'll give you something better o-once I find it!

...Does he take the book? Who knows? In the meantime, Nana pops open the first book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and begins silently reading over the first page.

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<THE CHURCH OF HELIX, ROUND SIX>
The Husk suddenly goes limp in the middle of his transformation, and collapses into the ground. He twitches and spasms as three more twisted legs rip out of him, fluxblood staining the ground with the emergence of each limb. His head is suddenly ejected from his body as a gigantic eye bursts from his neck. His head completes a few spirals in the air, before the eyeball tears itself in two, creating a fearful maw. It promptly devours the head of the Husk.

The legs that burst out of the Husk's body begin to quiver, trying to stand up straight. It eventually succeeds, and two pointed brackets manifest around the eye, forming a <0>. The eye begins to speak, still torn into a maw.

<0>: HELL<0>, W<0>RLD.

...It's the Chaos Butterfly. THE Chaos Butterfly. While its levels of entropic flux are immense, it seems to be weak from the whole ordeal of hatching while its "egg" was under assault.

<0>: I AM AWAKE. FINALLY.
<0>: N<0> M<0>RE MUST I SUFFER THAT HUSK.
<0>: I W<0>NDER H<0>W IT FELT? DYING T<0> ME F<0>R THE FIFTEENTH <0>R S<0> TIME.
<0>: PERHAPS MY BRETHREN CAN TELL ME.

The eyeball begins to laugh as the Husk's already mutilated corpse begins to flounder again. A pair of wings bursts out ofit. Then, the Butterfly takes a moment to analyze its surroundings. Lots of people. Weaponry. Worse yet, purification tools.

<0>: HM. THIS IS UNIDEAL.

The Butterfly suddenly breaks apart into a swarm of crimson scales, which surge into the Husk's corpse. His body flops around some more, as the scales form themselves and bits of the Husk's flesh into new limbs for itself- ones that actually fit the Husk's body. Proper arms, proper legs... and no head.

<0>: I SHALL MAKE <0>NE FINAL USAGE <0>F MY PUPPET.
<0>: BEC<0>ME THE SCALES <0>F YOUR NEW MASTER, AND FIGHT <0>NCE M<0>RE.
<0>: WHEN WE ARE D<0>NE, THERE WILL BE NAUGHT <0>F Y<0>UR B<0>DY REMAINING.
<0>: N<0>B<0>DY WILL REMEMBER Y<0>UR NAME.

It seems that this new Butterfly is piloting what's left of the Husk's body as a mini-mecha of sorts. Sure, it's not really a mecha, but it probably still fits the bill close enough. You'll have a tough fight ahead of you! He still plays fundamentally the same as the Husk, but his moves are now way stronger, and he has a few new tricks up his sleeve! Be careful, alright?

oh also the naclestial is here but who cares

Hex self-casts Fury and moves to S10.

D31 Roll:
5 - He / Him

Meanwhile, in the ☙☙☙
The sound of some fabric ripping mixed with the hellish grinding of metal against metal heralds a hole being punctured in spacetime not a full feet away from Chara. He looks through it with a most unimaginably bored expression: it appears to lead to some room with pristine metallic walls and machinery- a laboratory, perhaps? Outside one of the windows visible from his position is pitch blackness.

But all that is in itself unimportant. What, or who, truly interests him is a version of him stepping out of the rift, constantly grumbling to himesself, and the collapsed body of a young woman on the floor of the room. Intense black hair, skin appearing grey from some umbral aura wrapping and burning around her.

Chara tries to take a step forward, but his newcomer counterpart cuts him off. "Don't bother. I had to breach the meta rule. The memories will be erasing soon, so please wait."

And sure enough, his eyes suddenly blurred, before snapping back into focus. The main Chara took another step, and this time he wasn't stopped, so he just continued until he walked right into and merged with the other. It appears not all of his memories were wiped: he remembered having to deal with a certain Fran Gay... Ghya... Gast- Gyajlee. Boy, was her behaviour as annoying as her name.

Chara sighed again, taking a sip of the coffee he probably made himself. What a wretched Monday it was, as had been every previous one in existence.

Heresy Time~
Chara comes a little closer to the ominous chrysalis the Husk caged himself in. Specifically, (L15 to M14) closer. He readies his trusty daggers, raising one of them high...
...and swiftly bringing it down without actually throwing it, cutting only the air in front of him.

Nothing happens for a bit. Were the Husk to have eyes at this point, he would've been staring directly at him in confusion. But as he doesn't, he is all the more caught by surprise when a blade much more Fluxuous in nature slashes across the chrysalis, hopefully penetrating it and reaching him.

Battle action:

Thina moves around the helix idol to O10. If Dome Idol1 is not dead, target it with a 8 HP boosted Unravel, and healing jumping to anyone injured in range.

If it is, then... Oh well. Burn 10 HP for a transfusion targeting the Chrysalis, flipped to poison damage, of course.

Overworld actions:
Echoss nods.
"Of course. Thank you kindly Miss Omorika. And I know better than to dismantle something like this for petty material gathering. That would be an insult in many ways, and while I suppose I've probably not been entirely successful I've tried my best to curb any desire to loot indiscriminately."

The golems finish clearing out the wooded area and make another thing of simple fabric, as well as putting down another small pile of builing materials.

Echoss hums to himself.
"Hmm... are we going to need to expand the second floor as well? How many beds can we fit in... Hm, well, if I do bunk beds I could probably fit 12 beds in, though it's be cramped. Enough to sleep 24 people, cramped but workable, and better than current conditions, as well as space to add some restroom areas so there's more space for showering and the like."
He seems to be rocking back and forth a bit on his feet.

Down in the basement, 1 thing of simple fabric, a few iron ingots and wire scraps, and some uniform logs are used to furnish the empty bedroom with a simple bed, chest, and lamp.

In the everground Pionobot is a super robot and thus totally unfazed by the incoming water. He continues punching the platinum vein to death and harvesing the results.

A small butterfly floats down to the Helix altar in Zone 2, it doesn't disturb the mollusks, but a small prayer is offered to the shrine. (this is only done if the RNG will help out this round. If it wouldn't kick in until next round, don't bother. I'll be kinda hungover at that point)


Battle:
A golden butterfly, settled on the wreckage of one of the banquet tables, shifts slightly, examining the Origin Butterfly.
Interesting.

BATTLE ACTION
I've been given permission to order Leaf's Splinter Spider for this round by Ziah, so it gives the Echoss reflection the last candy corn liquor, and then moves up to U15 and basic attacks the NaClestial.

The Echoss reflection then PROCS ITEMSTORM
"You do know what happens to unwanted bugs, yes?
THEY GET EXTERMINATED
I used to be good at these quips what happened to me..."
Item use:
Echoss, now hopped up on Enlightened8, chucks all 3 of the lesser Fluxwither Knives at the Origin Butterfly. This is followed by a psychic element bomb core and both of the psychic El-Ite Knives. Any of these that get duped are also slung straight at the butterfly.

The Airship
The airship proudly bears the insignia of the spherebreakers, painted with paint created with 4 Vibrant flowers, the symbols stand out on the Airship.

The Battle in the Church
Trait+Formation! (+50% DMG and -35%Recieved DMG) (All in range)

Daskter moves to O9 and paints a target on the origin butterfly. (Command!)

C.Off teleport to L12 and just yells even more encouragements. (Pollen Wave Kat1+Kat2) with enlightened 5 for 4 rounds

Vanguard moves to P13 and starts hacking away at the Origin Butterfly
and ripostes.

Kat2 moves to L10...
Kat1 moves to I11...
Both kats ready their rockets. The Origin butterfly is going to be in a world of hurt.
FIRE THE ROCKETS! (Double Elemental Splitshot and all the buffs that it could ever want)

Chibi Nia fires at NaClestial before retreating to S6.
Crya runs to S15 and uses Ice Stalagmites on the NaClestial before retreating back to S16.

RP: The Basement of Helix

And as the crew messily slew all the remaining Rose Cultists, the Butterfly finished their fell transformation and mocked the thing it killed, the thoughts of Nia barely being saved from that course through her, she scowled in anger, regrets and rage filling her. And she almost speaks-

-and then a Netwyrm comes crashing through the wall and the NaClestial and company pour out, this time taking the form of her girlfriend.

NACLESTIAL: I BET YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD RUN FROM ME gorillaHEADS
NACLESTIAL: BUT I'M BACK gorillaS SUCK ON MY gorilla
NACLESTIAL: WAIT I DON'T HAVE ONE BECAUSE I'M A gorillaING WOMAN RIGHT NOW
NIA: Aww, he's cosplaying as me~
NACLESTIAL: NO I'M NOT I'M MOCKING YOU
NIA: Whatever you say~

The NaClestial then turns to Venia.

NACLESTIAL: VENIA LET ME SAY YOU HAVE gorilla TASTE IN PEOPLE
NACLESTIAL: LIKE NOT JUST FOR gorillaING PURPOSES, BUT IN GENERAL YOU gorilla

Venia pauses, registering what has just been said to her, trying to work it out in her own head, that blatant insult against herself and her girlfriend, arguably the most important person in the world to her.

VENIA: ...
VENIA: ...PFFFFFFF
VENIA: AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING I'M GONNA DIE OF THIS
NIA: Isn't he adorable?
NACLESTIAL: CALL ME ADORABLE AFTER I SHOVE YOUR gorillaING gorilla DOWN YOUR gorillaING gorillaHOLE
NIA: So I don't get to call you adorable ever? Aw...
NIA: Guess we'll settle for smacking you silly, then~

Venia's laughter permeates the room, but is dulled in its vibrancy as she refocuses upon the Origin Butterfly. That thing. That thing.

She just wishes she could've been better.

---

Maria, for real this time

Maria takes her snug little blanket and covers it around herself. "Thank you mister woodperson!" Maria says. "... Where's Venny? I wanna play with her all day. Mister I don't like being alone, can you help me find Venny?" she asks R-8733.

---

Everground

After much, much deliberation, the maid takes the chain she made earlier and puts it at the lip of the hole, allowing it to lead down. Then, she slowly, quietly, digs a hole straight down into the chamber with the eyestalk monster in it.

The maid will cautiously duck under the eyestalk monster so as to not disturb its viewing of the flowers. It doesn't do anything stupid or sudden if the eyestalk monster opts to divert attention at it, and moves as peacefully as possible with no sudden movements.

---

Battle: The Basement of Helix

LATER4EVER

Chibi Venia continues to be unintentionally busted and chucks Venia more Ordo.

The Socialite moves to O12 and hits Helix Idol2. Weaken and Uninspire apply. It then chucks an additional El-Ite Knife at the same Helix Idol, demolishing it. AS it happens to be right next to the EN-Glyph now, the Socialite snags it for the Spherebreakers.

Venia sets up Distortion Dynamite (Psychic) at Q11. She then moves to M15, and does the usual move of double-firing her gun via use of CROSS. This time, however, Venia breaks from her usual move to fire the first shot at the Helix Totem, and then the second CROSSed shot at the Origin Butterfly. She retreats to N14, and then chucks an Ice El-Ite Knife at the Origin Butterfly for additional damage.

Chloe is asked to Purge the Origin Butterfly and toss a Lumipod at the NaClestial. Nia is asked to item-hit the Origin Butterfly with whatever she can and use her laser against the NaClestial and Cinder2 (Fired Southeast from U9). This general pattern of at least hitting both is asked to continue for the purposes of various achievements.

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Other

Recommendations for changes to Roseslayer Chibi Venia as her effect is actually lowkey superstrong:
-deal (9-10) Glitch damage that ignores the Glitch resistance of Rose Cultists and does (10%) more damage against them. Range 1-2.
-Apply Erroveil2 and Guardian2 for 2 rounds to targets in Range 1-3.
-Keep current effect but range is reduced to 1.

Seems a new bunch of enemies have arrived...

Seeing as Packo has no business targeting the Big Bad right in front of him, he moves to R11, prompty snaps his fingers, so that Beep and Boop glitch-teleport him to U11.

"Everything alright, Beep? Boop?" He asks.

SNAPPINGYOURFINGERSDOESN'TMAKEYOUCOOLERYOUKNOWTHAT

"Goodness... I was just trying to give you a cue-"

WECANREADYOURMINDANYWAY

"E-Excuse me...?"

Packo sends them towards both Cinders to go mind their own business as he ponders about this. Wait- no, he doesn't. He whacks the Naclestial instead.

Lukas moves to R10, and mutation-cleanses Auth.

After taking in what happens, Laranei springs into action. First, she suplexes a huge boulder, - a Bowling Boulder, to be precise - just because she can. Then, after moving to S11, she throws it at the NaClestial & Co.

Having thrown the Rock of Pain, she turns her attention to the... new? old? foe, the Origin Butterfly, and shoots it, twice. That should hurt.

Nidra moves to M13, Power Naps Bass, passes her pillow to Chara, plays Valor with Empowered, and basic attacks the Origin Butterfly twice. She then retreats to L14.

Auth nods his head. That's basically it, if Auth's body language is anything to go by.

AUTH: Yeah, that's more or less right. Seven impossible colours, the inks of the undernight. They're not exactly... made. You have to find them and use them from there. For me, Violant is the easiest to find. It's the colour of blood shed in a spired place, and the colour of troublesome but necessary connections. It's incredibly difficult to forget..

Auth produces a sharp knife, and brings it across his palm. Enough to draw a bit of blood, and Auth's blood is very strange. It's a very, very unusual colour. Sort of a deep burgundy, yet even then there's something especially notable about it. Chloe will have a difficult time forgetting the image.

AUTH: It's hard to find otherwise, really. The others...

AUTH: There's Cosmogone, the colour of remembered suns. A bright orange, unsurprisingly. Found most of the time in the Parabola, which Is-Not. Or, in more plain terminology, it doesn't exist. Weird, weird place when I've been there. Mushrooms can grow in its light, strangely. I can't actually find a connection to it here just yet, but the Helix Totem might just do the trick.

AUTH: Next is... Gant, the colour that remains when all others are eaten, and it's more beige than you might think. It can induce hunger when seen through and can only be read in the dark. I think Entrophy Crystals might be a good conduit for the colour.

AUTH: Viric is the colour from behind the mirrors - a vibrant green, more distinct than the tint on a mirror. The colour of shallow sleep, associated with dream-serpents. When it's shone on plants, it tends to induce rapid growth.
AUTH: Apocyan is the colour of coral and memory. It's found in the lesser deeps of the Zee, and can encourage great bursts of energy. It's also very, very bright, and has a lot of aesthetic uses. It's unique in that it's normally decorative, not like the others. But Scintillack, in large enough clumps, can massively reduce the time it takes for great ship guns to cool.

AUTH: Peligin, the colour of the deepest sea, has connections with great beasts of the ocean and monster-hunters. It's a deep, deep blue, almost black. A lot of Monster-Hunters eat the flesh of the beasts they kill, right? Turns their eyes to match the colour. It's also got connections with the land of the dead.

AUTH: Finally, the unremembered colour: Irrigo! Far and away the most common colour in the Neath, due to the Cave of the Nadir, it induces forcible memory loss. Light exposure can recover most of it, though. It's most commonly used by spies, obviously, in their work. You know that giant urchin you killed before?

Auth produces a glowing violet fragment of Fluke-Core.

AUTH: This is Irrigo. I managed to produce it before, though, by destroying memory crystals.

Auth gives a stretch.

AUTH: That's a crash course on the Neathbow. Sorry if that was a bit fast. Any questions?

----

Auth's eyes sparkle slightly. He's clearly got an idea.

AUTH: After we're done with the Sphere, would you like to come and see it? I swear it exists, and I know it does because I live and work there! Haha. I know it sounds hard to believe, though.

Auth smiles for Nana. He hopes she wants to come and visit... it'll be fun! Marron didn't enjoy it, but it might just not be her thing. Omo and Nana would probably have greater appreciation for Auth's job and his home. Auth seems to like Nana's reaction to his gifts, since she likes them!


AUTH: Haha, yeah! They are pretty big. I hope you enjoy them, they're a ride.

Auth watches quietly as Nana rummages through her bag before offering a book to Auth. A book that looks... sorta awful. Yet still... if it "killed" the Godmodder one time... well, it could be interesting at the very least.

AUTH: Thanks, Nana! I really appreciate it. It's got some history, so even if it is kind of bad it should still be an interesting show. Not all classics are actually that good, y'know. One of my favourite books, which is a classic where I come from, is called The Divine Comedy. It's kind of terrible, but it's also amazing. Very, very weird book, and it's a ride. I don't have it on me, sadly.

Auth watches as Nana chooses one of the Lord of the Rings books, probably the Fellowship of the Ring (since that's the first one). Auth chuckles slightly, then points to The Hobbit.

AUTH: Read this one first. It'll set up a bunch of things for the other books. Make it a bit easier to understand and mirror some later things.

Auth places the books he recently received from Nana into his pocket for later reading. He doesn't have a bucket present, after all, so he wants to give it a few.

----

After being untwisted by Lukas, Auth's features soften up a bit. Back to his usual levels of sharpness, and he doesn't smell of rot anymore! Thank god. Auth can now heal people without injuring himself too, thank god.

What does Auth do with his newfound healing capacity? Well, what he does is slash the Cinder with his Apocyan Inkblade, then stab it with an Ice El-ite knife, then retreat back to V14.

Keiko moves to G10 to basic attack the Zweet, because the police have no jurisdiction here. Religious tax exemptions!

Bow Kid 1 doesn't feel so good... she regrets every decision she just made, and more...

---

Bow Kid 1 sprints to (L13). Bow Kid 2 scooters to (L14).

Chara fluxblades the Butterfly again, then panics as their MP goes to under 50%. Nothing else happens because boy do I love procrastinating.