Quick recap, healing magic was used on Calibri's soul in an effort to try to fix it up.

Did it work, one might ask? By all appearances... sort of. At the very least, it isn't so much the soul equivalent of an open wound as much as the soul equivalent of calloused scar tissue. The humanoid shape part of Calibri still looks quite cracked, albeit not as severely now. All in all, an improvement.

"...Well... that definitely feels better."

Calibri pauses for a moment, patting his own core, albeit wincing still. He soon shrugs, turning to Ette.

"...Thanks. Probably isn't a permanent solution, but it'll help me hold together until then."


Also here's some simple build altery stuff

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jEH...dit?usp=sharing

Dialogue format dump zone

CRACK

The air shatters into a glimmering rain of shard-like particles. The Fallen Child burns with a shadowy aura most umbral, torrents of nonexistence swirling around and through it, making it rapidly faze in and out of reality. Alien shapes copy themselves in the space around it, shards of impossible ice etched there solidly, molded into a single Discordance sigil repeated ad infinitum.

"HATE"

Of course, Chloe cannot witness the full glory of Chara's flipout, probably suffocating thanks to the lack of any air at all. Snapping back to attention, the apprentice witch snaps its fingers, fresh air returning to the room. They look... actually terrified by what they've done.

CHARA: ...
CHARA: I'm... I'm sorry...
CHARA: I'll... I'll just leave you a book on what happened between those two, and um...
CHARA: Please t-talk to me later.
CHARA: I'm sorry.

They hurriedly dash at the exit, their voice cracking.

CHARA: I'm sorry...

The only thing left on the ground from that whole spectacle is a book in the colours of a sunset, bit on the thicker side. The title (Is that real gold used for the letters?) reads The Sun and the Messenger: A Tragedy in Seven Parts.

Irongutta noticed the defense system within the armory and quickly ducked back behind the slightly opened door. "Zog, that thing'll fry us if we just run in there, Piggo. I gots an idea though."

Using the inventory, Irongutta pulled out a single sanctified round. Figuring that the door would buy him a few seconds against the statue's laser - hopefully enough time for him to get into point blank range - Irongutta brutally tore it off of its hinges and held it in front of him like a shield with both hands. "Roight then Piggo, stay 'ere in case this plan goes belly-up."

Rushing into the abandoned armory with the door in front of him, Irongutta made a beeline for the statue. Getting as close as possible before its laser fully cut through the door, he held up the door with one hand and used his free hand to slap the statue with the sanctified round.

After whatever happens then, Irongutta motions for Piggo to follow him as he heads further south down the hallway to the next door on the right side. Peeking through the door again as he gently opened it, he saw an armed chairian huddled in the corner next to the remains of a tank. Irongutta fully opened the door now, giving up all attempts at stealth or caution. Piggo happily trotted into the room after him, approaching the Explorer with curiosity.

Irongutta looked the chairian over as he approached the ruined war machine. "Hrm, ya don't look like one of the cultists down 'ere." The tank being picked apart didn't dissuade Irongutta one bit. "Bah, wotever gits got 'ere first don't know the next thing 'bout lootin' a wreck proppa." He rooted through the tank while making small talk with the chairian.

"Nice lil' killa ya got there. Didn't take yer kind the type to carry some real dakka."

Finished looting the tank, he gives the explorer his full attention once more right as he was leaving. "Should be safe in the main 'allways outside 'ere now. Unless yer plannin' on givin' a 'and in stompin' these cultists, ya should probably get goin'. I'm gonna bury this place once we've picked it clean." Piggo followed Irongutta out the door.

---

Battle: Scalefused Chamber

Irongutta entered the northern armory. The weapons were to be expected, but what he wasn't quite expecting was an erupting battle with Magnolia. In reality, it was just the cherry on top for an ork.

"Oi, Chloe! Good job findin' me stuff to loot an' some grots to fight! This'll be easy as- zog me that's a 'uge choppa." Irongutta eyed Magnolia's axe with hints of respect and envy.

Spawning in at C18, he takes up a position at E17 and casts Shared Rage Fury on Chloe! They both get the wonderful benefits of Empowered.

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE>

I don't think we NEED a stat thing today. Of course, I'm probably going to consume those words soon. With a fork.

---

Echoss does a variety of things. First, he delivers two Masterwork Spellbooks to Omo, thus fulfilling her requirements for the creation of a geo-based defensive system.

OMORIKA: Ah, perfect.
OMORIKA: These will do just fine. Thank you again, sir Echoss.

OMORIKA: Anyway, may I inquire as to what sort of defensive structure you'd prefer?
OMORIKA: Panels to debuff enemies on the outside of the base, or panels to buff our own allies within the base?
OMORIKA: Or do you have something else in mind, entirely?
OMORIKA: I'd like to get an opinion before we begin, as otherwise we'll need more materials to make changes.

As Omo makes the final preparations to create some defenses, Echoss orders his golems to begin creating a framework for the house. The map is also expanded to the side, but this reveals an annoying Blossom. Maybe kill it when you can. He then sends Droplet a hologram to speak to her, offering reasons to not kill Venia.

DROPLET: ...
DROPLET: I'm sorry, but who the hell are you!?
DROPLET: I really need to get a Harpy or something that's not useless to WATCH THE SKIES, DAMN IT.
DROPLET: Unbelievable.

She then actually opts to pay attention to Echoss's words. One, murdering Venia wouldn't stick, and two, Droplet would totally get destroyed if she cut off Venia's head. She sighs.

DROPLET: ...Of course it wouldn't stick.
DROPLET: You guys have resurrection magic, or something. Of course you do.
DROPLET: Does this mean I can lob her head off, anyway? It shouldn't matter, because she'll just get back up or something, right?
NIA: No!
NIA: I won't let you lay a finger on her!
DROPLET: Wow. Someone's devoted.
DROPLET: Alright, alright. I won't cut off the head of your "girlfriend", or whatever.
NIA: Good.

Despite this reassurance, Nia continues to glare at the Eliti. While she does that, Echoss continues his chat with the trio, clearing things up for them. Yes: the Spherebreakers did screw up the caravan, and they did get the shiny™.

WILLOW: Yep.
WILLOW: Who else could've done it? Wrecking a whole caravan and taking the Glyph?
CLAUSA: probably the gigantic butterfly we saw flying away from here

He also asks if the people who were part of the Caravan made it back safely.

SALIX: Those within the Caravan are okay.
SALIX: Their injuries are fairly grave, but they're not dead at the very least
SALIX: Not much fire damage, so it should heal with time.
SALIX: ...I hope.

Echoss then receives Halloween candy from Willow! 5 pieces obtained! Echoss receives two different types: Chocobars (x3), and Caramelts (x2). Maybe there's more types? If he comes around in person, he could probably get more. He then asks about Fell Beast sightings.

CLAUSA: O-Oh, the sightings?
CLAUSA: T-There's apparently a lot of them around the area.
CLAUSA: There's even a report that there's a really, really big one somewhere around here...

CLAUSA: Y-You... did kill the massive one, right?
CLAUSA: Then again, it might not be real...

Then, since a post is never really finished, Echoss does a few more things, like quickcraft some Searing Powder (-5 Credits for Gunpowder), and a Searing Bomb. He then does more collection in lieu of Chloe, sending out one of his golems. A while later it returns with a wheelbarrow full of electronic parts.

ECHOSS: The woods here on Sussui are quite dense, and there are a lot of things scattered about.
ECHOSS: For example, a fair distance that way
Echoss points in a direction generally opposite from the Citadel and Sphere
ECHOSS: Is the wreckage of a small Tabletopian Airship, presumably one of the small handful of casualties the Tabletopians suffered during the End War.
ECHOSS: The whole thing is locked down so I wasn't able to retrieve much...
ECHOSS: But the big hole in its hull exposed a large chunk of wiring, so I was able to retrieve these at least.

This yields 2 AI Cores, 5 Small AI Cores, 16 Joltwire, and 5 CPU's. The GM then finally sneaks away, and gets to another post..

---

Venia attempts to converse with Droplet. How can she help Droplet? Well, she has knowledge of how to do chronological magic manipulation! The idol raises an eyebrow.

DROPLET: Oh? Sure you do.
DROPLET: If you could actually HELP with this stupid stuff, maybe I could give you something half-decent as pay...
DROPLET: Like... this thing.

Droplet pulls a small vial out of her pocket. She then promptly blinks backward a foot, leaving the vial behind. It drops to the ground, fortunately only bouncing off without shattering. She grumbles as she bends down to pick up the vial.

DROPLET: I found this stuff pretty deep within the church.
DROPLET: Apparently, it's like, an incredibly valuable curative?
DROPLET: "Godblossom Extract". Or at least, that's what the padlocked box said. It was the only vial left.
DROPLET: I've been keeping it around, in case this chronological bullgorilla ends up almost killing me.
DROPLET: I'll consider giving it to you if you stop me from blinking around every few minutes.

Venia then apologizes for her previous behavior in that battle roughly two zones ago.

DROPLET: "Wow, everything is forgiven, and we can be friends now."
DROPLET: No. gorilla that.
DROPLET: It sure as hell is NOT okay, and really, I should give you jackgorilla for helping me, as at this point, IT SHOULD JUST BE A COMMON COURTESY.
DROPLET: Friendly reminder that you MURDERED MY BOYFRIEND.

...Despite this, Venia asks what's happened to Droplet in the past few days.

DROPLET: Okay, so basically: not much.
DROPLET: When I... "died" or something last we met, Daikon overloaded me with his time energy or whatever, and launched me backwards in time. Or like, positioning wise, anyway.
DROPLET: I "revived" somewhere near the Endless Gardens. Daikon and I had a date around there, so that's probably why.
DROPLET: Then, I learned that I'm gorillaING CURSED. All thanks to you, by the way. So anyway, I just sorta roamed for a bit. Had to flee a bunch of Chairians that were mobilizing because they were scared of you idiots, or something.
DROPLET: So, I traveled for a bit, nearly dying several times due to chronological gimmicks, murdered a few Chairians, ate their essence, y'know- stuff.
DROPLET: I eventually fell asleep not far from this place, and when I woke up... I was grey.

DROPLET: My head was also sorta... empty? Like, the that nagging voice in my head that's always telling me "Droplet, eat this person", or "Droplet, murder this person" was gone. Thank. GOD.
DROPLET: Anyway, I eventually found this abandoned cathedral place, and discovered that a few other grey Iti hiding up upon a tower. They flocked to me as a leader for some stupid reason.
DROPLET: Most Iti act as animals, annoyingly enough. The more humanoid ones seem to be smarter, but things like this Seeker over here are... dim.
DROPLET: Basically, for the past day or two, I've been trying to find more grey Iti, and figure out what the hell happened to me, exactly.
DROPLET: I also need to actually find freakin' food now, because the thought of eating corpses suddenly seems kinda daunting. And disgusting.

DROPLET: So yeah. That's what I've been doing.
DROPLET: Kinda boring.

She huffs as she finishes her exposition.

DROPLET: ...Also, this is basically the only thing I need help with.
DROPLET: I mean sure, more Iti who are competent would be nice, but I seriously doubt you can help with that.

...The Eliti pauses for a moment. Venia and Nia are holding hands. She fails to suppress her snark.

DROPLET: Don't you two know that holding hands is considered indecent on this planet?
DROPLET: Why, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you two have the hots for each other.
NIA: I mean...
NIA: We are dating. I met her yesterday, and we've-
DROPLET: ...you what?

Droplet goes silent, staring at Venia. It takes a few seconds, but she begins to laugh, her levels of smugness increasing so high as to almost level Hat Kid while she's smugdancing. She's totally incapable of holding back her laughter. Inbetween giggles, she attempts to mock Venia.

DROPLET: And to think you made fun of us and our love!
DROPLET: "HURR DURR, DROPLET IS A LOVELESS FREAK OF NATURE, EVERYONE!"
DROPLET: And what, you two met like... "yesterday"?
DROPLET: You made fun of us for just that, and look at you now!
DROPLET: Pathetic!

After nearly a solid minute of hysteria, she finally manages to calm down.

DROPLET: God, Venia. You really are a subculture gorilla, you know that?
NIA: God, Droplet. Can't you just SHUT UP?
DROPLET: Ooh, someone's defensive!
DROPLET: Well, I'm sorry that your wife is a hypocritical piece of garbage!

It takes every last bit of restraint that Nia has to not fling Droplet off the building. Nia turns to Venia.

NIA: Can I punch her?
NIA: I won't just let her insult you like that!
NIA: She totally deserves it too, c'mon!
DROPLET: Oh, can't act on your own?
DROPLET: Are you like... dunno, Venia's personalized little hand puppet or something?
DROPLET: How cute~

Nia's furious, but still holding herself back. You should let Nia have a fistfight with Droplet. The loser's waifu is gorilla. It'd be fun. Anyway, as for working with Droplet... helping her with her chronological problems would yield you a very, very shiny item.

To hopefully wrap up this surprisingly long post, Maria wanders off. Mari opts to move her operations to follow Maria, because this room is seriously drafty and also she'd be lynched if Maria got eaten. Venia also takes a moment to autocraft some Searing Bombs, too. Three of them.

---

Amemiya reappears! This prompts the game to pull her out of cold storage, which is probably located somewhere in Creation, way above Sussui. She's also probably fired back down onto the planet, but who really knows?

Anyway, she visits Droplet, introducing herself. She groans as she witnesses another person enter the tower.

DROPLET: Note to self: install a door on the stairway.
DROPLET: Or better yet, get the Observer to do something for once.

DROPLET: So...
DROPLET: Hi?
DROPLET: I don't remember talking with you. Are you part of Venia's harem or something?
DROPLET: Seriously. There were like, ten of you.
DROPLET: I have no idea who you people even are.

---

Nezira attempts to piece together a Searing Bomb... and-

CHAOS: /caps
CHAOS: you have no(t) enough minerals

Chaos sinks back into the ground. It seems like the inventory is out of Searing Powder. How bothersome.

---

Laranei wanders through a pit of hellfire. This deals a whopping (0) points of damage to her as she grabs the treasure chest on the other side of the room, and plunders it! Inside is a few materials... and a snazzy looking bow!

Looted:

• x18 Gaiameld Ingots
• x15 Searing Clusters
• Hera's Heartseeker (Weapon)

---

Leaf names her spider. Nia giggles.

NIA: Aw, that's cute!
NIA: Hiya, Aria!

She waves hello to Leaf's new steed. Leaf then asks if Nia knows where the Gallow's nest is.

NIA: I... can't say I've been there in person.
NIA: I have however, walked by it as a robot!

NIA: ...Wait, why do you want to know?
NIA: Are we racing there? That area's hella creepy, and I think we should race literally anywhere else.

Elsewhere, Kokichi adopts a quiche from below a bench.

???: thank you father
???: it was dark down there
???: anyway, please eat me
???: it is
???: my purpose

...The quiche. It has an eyeball on it. This can't possibly be moral to eat... but damn, does it look appetizing! Whispering Quiche obtained! Kokichi then greets R-8733! I mean, I assume that's who he's talking to.

R-8733: Hello, strange person!
R-8733: I suppose I am a rebellious rebel, rebelling against the equally rebellious Rebellion which is rebelling against the Sphere, which you could say is just the rebellious Ire rebelling against us!
R-8733: I am R-8733! It's great to meet you too, sir!

He does not accept the handshake, as that's lewd as hell.

---

Auth pays a visit to Taeda. He inquires to her current condition. Taeda checks herself over- she's not wounded much, but she has a killer headache at the moment.

TAEDA: I'm fine. I think.
TAEDA: My head really hurts, though...

Cue Auth attempting to heal Taeda with the Inkscalibur. This appears to be successful, and the priestess sighs with relief as the pain seeps out of her head. Auth then asks if she remembers much about the battle.

TAEDA: Oh, thank you, Auth!
TAEDA: I'm not sure what you did, but it helped a lot!

TAEDA: As for the battle... I don't know what happened. It's all a blur, really.
TAEDA: It seems like w-we destroyed t-the floor of the church...
TAEDA: This place is my home, you know. I wish you all would've been more careful!

Taeda remains sitting, not wanting to exert herself too much. Around the same time, Auth responds to the totally-flustered Nana. She seems thankful for Auth's kindness and that he's fine without a present, but is incapable of using words at the moment.

Auth then accepts her confession of feelings for her. She manages to calm down for enough to listen to what he has to say to her, without freaking out. As she learns, while he didn't understand the meaning behind the sleeve, he really did mean it. The apothecary turns to face Auth, looking him in the eyes.

NANA: I-I...
NANA: Y-You... f-feel the same way?
NANA: I-I... d-don't know what to say...
NANA: U-Um...

She scoots closer to Auth, leaning against him. Her hands fidget, and brush against his. Despite this, she seems uneasy.

NANA: I-I'm glad, don't get me wrong, b-but...
NANA: I-Is it... improper?
NANA: For a Chairian to be together with an outsider?
NANA: W-What will h-happen? A-Are we allowed t-to be together?
NANA: W-Will people... l-look down on us?
NANA: I-I... d-don't... know...

Things are silent. Nana's verdant blush still encompasses her whole face. This is the first Chairian-Outsider relationship, isn't it? A bit of reassurance would go a long way.

...As she sits in silence, she attempts to take hold of Auth's right hand with her left.

---

Chara violates the air around her. This sucks the air from the room, causing Chloe to experience a few brief moments of oxygen deprivation. She panics and attempts to do something- while her mind certainly thinks about impaling the child, that's not really a moral thing to do. She's left coughing and sputtering once air returns to the room.

CHLOE: W-What was t-that for!?
CHLOE: I-It was... *hack* j-just a question...

She doesn't say much as Chara flees the room. Chloe spends the next few moments enjoying the luxury that is clean, breathable air. She gives the book a glance, before shoving it away in a huff. She's really not in the mood for calm reading at the moment.

Maybe later.

---

Irongutta rushes a statue! He uses the door of the room to tank the laser, then smacks the statue with a Sanctified Round. The statue spews a red mist, then promptly converts into a solid block of red rock. Statue slain!

Irongutta and Piggo then visit the Explorer.

EXPLORER: ...
EXPLORER: ...
EXPLORER: Oh, you're not one of them.
EXPLORER: How fortunate.
EXPLORER: Do you perhaps know a way out of this complex?
EXPLORER: It seems I've... grown separated from my co-workers. They're likely worried about me.
EXPLORER: I came here through a box in the north. I don't believe the box is there anymore, so escape is problematic.

While the Explorer awaits a sort of response, Irongutta gets to lootin'! He searches the tank for usable materials, but most of it is rusted, damage, or already pilfered. That doesn't stop him from finding a few things, though!

Looted:

• x30 Sanctified Rounds
• x17 Silver Gears
• x6 Sanctified Alloy
• x1 Sanctified Shell

---

...After the ninth failed attempt to crack an egg, Marron begins to get restless. She overhears some of the people moving through the house talking about Rose, and imagines skewering some chumps. As much as she wants to sate her murderous impulses, she's gotta keep an eye on her girlfriend, and make sure she doesn't almost burn down the kitchen for the third time.

Third time.

Time.

MARRON: ...Hey Toaster, does your time magic only work on you?

Toast disintegrates yet another egg against the pan, marking her tenth failure.

TOAST: It doesn't... but I think using it on these eggs would probably be a waste.
TOAST: Or maybe not?
TOAST: I don't know if my time magic can really revert things like that...
MARRON: Oh, cool.
MARRON: So, apparently, we've discovered the Rose Cult base, and I really wanna beat their faces in, but I also wanna spend time with you.
MARRON: Think you could help with that?
TOAST: Never time travelled with anyone else before... but I don't see why not.
TOAST: So uh, if you catch me after you're done... then I can send you back to now... and then I'll cook with future you!

The puppeteer nods understandingly. Except, she doesn't understand how time travel stuff works, and it's all just a bluff.

MARRON: Sounds good!
MARRON: So...
MARRON: ...How do we do the time-thingy?
TOAST: Well, I...

She thinks for a moment, trying to put the way her time travel works in layman's terms.

TOAST: ...Do stuff, and then you'll be thrown back in time to now.
TOAST: So like... if you want, you could just go deliver royal beatdowns, and then in the future I'll send you back in time to the present so we can still cook!

Marron nods.



Marron runs off to go murder some cultists. A few seconds later, a new Marron blinks into the timestream, face-planting into the ground. This somehow manages to slay the eleventh egg of the day. The puppeteer dusts herself off, then promptly grabs a towel to brush off some egg residue.

[color=#cb7000]TOAST: So... how did it go?
TOAST: Wait, don't tell me. That might cause paradoxes, or something.
TOAST: But did you kill like, at least one dude?
MARRON: Spoilers!
MARRON: ...Also, I don't know how the kitchen is in the future, but I have this gut feeling it'll be grim.
MARRON: At the very least though, I feel like you're gonna have a successful meal.

The two then return to horribly murdering eggs in a graphic fashion. Ah, love.

---

<BOOZY BARRACKS, ROUND TWO>
Pretty smooth sailing so far. An Exhibition has revealed themselves, so be sure to take care of it if you can! Otherwise, its area of effect damage could ruin your day! Also maybe consider removing Bleed from Lukas- as he's Decaying, he can't heal himself back up! Careful with him!

<CLOWNVERTED BARRACKS, ROUND TWO>
...This has already taken a turn for the worse. Auth's been slain via method of light-elemental balls, and now Nana's going to freak out. Consider reviving him? Also, the current beatmap will let the Discolossus perform his charge attack! Be wary of where you stand!

<SCALEFUSED CHAMBER, ROUND TWO>
Magnolia's been slowed, so be sure to take that into account when planning your movement. Try and deal with some of her lackeys this round, maybe? The Scalewind could be a pest, and the Executioner has some rather frightening attacks. Just be sure you have a plan to deal with the undead and the Scalenoids!

Overworld:
"I believe that panels outside to debuff opponents would likely be better, though I believe we have enough panels that unless that would take inordinate extra effort we could place a small handful right at the windows where our ranged members would be standing to empower their shot."

Echoss looks over at the Blossom, casts Shopping Spree and then walks over, triggering a small 1-person battle. The blossom is promptly introduced to KNIVES and dies. Who needs friends indeed.

Since I missed a tile of farm the last one is planted with Lumipods.

In the Everground, Pionobot collects the other Elderwood tree and then dunks his cache into the bucket.

with the trio, Echoss nods solemnly.
"I would send best wishes and apologies if such a thing were proper. It pains me that we are forced to fight the legion like this."
And to Clausa:
"Hmm... we did not fight a massive one but I'll keep an eye out. If any of them come nearby I'll let you all know so you can get out safely."


RP with Droplet will probably happen outside of posts

Battle
Echoss goes after:
Nia, Chloe, Venia. Chloe is requested to use the helix totem on Echoss while she does her turn. Nia is requested to use a bottled luck on me while she does her turn.

Echoss raises an eyebrow at Magnolia.
"My my, overconfident aren't we."
A circle of 5 searing bombs appears behind Echoss. He lights his hand and the circle spins up and moves above his head.
"While I normally wouldn't approve of using fire on Chairians I'll make an exception for you."
All 5 searing bombs (item action, Pockets+, 3x PCI) slam into Magnolia, one after the other, blossoming into a massive fireball.

amemiya_v25 reminds the GM that she really should have the perks she wanted to pick up last turn, and therefore not as many skillpoints in HP.

The Attack of the Clowns!
A tricking amount of reinforcements are still arriving upon the battlefield... We need to hold them off until we can rally up.

The Shocktroop simply steamrolls over Jester1,
and quickly pops a couple of shots at the Wildcard with its pistol (Turret Mounts Passive)

Daskter moves to M9
calls in Conscripts at M10

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bhm...488781&range=A1

Conscript Settings:
Attack: Crushing
Weak: 20% Crushing

Time for an action that uses IQ.

Ninja Nia acts before Crya, running over to M7 around the cover and swapping with Crya before retreating to O10.
Crya then skates around Chosen 3 over to I8 and Confuse Rays Chosen 1 before retreating over to J6.

Bow Kid realized that the Carnival's Beatmap is very favorable for her...

She begins dancing!
STATUS - It's gonna be only her. (Attacks next round gain Empower/Enlightened/Manafuelled1 and apply Manaburn2)
MOBILIZE - To (I13)
ATTACK - Store
MOBILIZE - To (F11)

She then uses the Warp Ring to teleport behind Juggler3, landing at (C9). She begins furiously booping the Juggler for no damage, but it probably annoys him.

This is also going to suck for that Juggler come next turn...

---

A massive spike in Smug energies manages to catch Sophia off-guard. Two areas, both around the Church of Helix. One of them was very obviously Bow Kid. But the other... who the hell could be almost as smug as her or Bow Kid? She decides to go check it out, sneaking out of the house, and heading up the tower Droplet was at.

Using the Plushie wrapped around her arms to see people, she heads up the tower to find...
...Droplet. Though she doesn't seem to recognize her, Droplet definitely would recognize Sophia.

"S-so smug... Imma join~"
She hops up on the edge of the tower, balancing on the edge, puts her Plushie down, and the both of them begin smugdancing, with a healthy application of a smugface. The Plushie's face also changes to a smugface as it dances.

While Sophia was incapable of manipulating the smug like Bow Kid could, the sheer amount of smug probably causes something up there...

---

MU spends almost the entire round making as many Iron Chains as she could with 10 ingots, to try and reach the bottom.

Once down there, she examines the fiery pile of crystal in front of her.

Nidra plays Soft Chord: Perseverance, then starts building up Super Soak. She then passes her Pillow to Chloe and Power Naps Venia.

The good thing is that the third Jester's close to death at this point. Things aren't all perfect, however- Auth actually IS dead, and Brutishace will be too if he doesn't get out of vicious murder distance. Time to act quickly.

Brutishace moves out of the foes' melee distance to N11 and uses Resurrect to revive Auth, placing him at O11 where he should be safe from harm. Or... safer.

Brutishace also decides to use up Civil Unrest this turn to summon a skeleton to L11, which Brutishace immediately destroys for a health boost.

The masked person goes to the entrance of the Destroyed Barracks, and starts punching the Bronzewood barricade.
----
Lukas' arms begin to unravel into vines and flowers.
----
Lukas fires a (Fire) Elemental Blaster shot at the Scarred, and then follows up with a vibe check to their head, with the back end of the Key. The Scarred's vibes get checked so hard that Chosen3's vibes get checked too.

Auth looks almost serene while... dead. That is right until he's dragged to L11, where there is a sudden, brilliant golden glow before Brutishace can actually pour and revival power in.

His MP is still taken though.

Auth stands up, looking rather infuriated. Although, it would be hard to tell that he was, the only indication being slightly furled eyebrows, and light faded in his eyes. A warm smile is still given to Nana, though. A different expression than he might've given before.

AUTH: Nana, I'm okay. Look, I'm okay. I've suffered worse than some donkey throwing a few light orbs at me, you know?
AUTH: I'm sorry for scaring you so badly. I'll try not to do it again.

Auth gives Juggler2 a death glare. He turns around, and flies. High. And there's a lot of light around him.

AUTH: Now, you. I hope you know what you've done. Repent.

Auth takes a deep breath, and manifests a shield of ink around himself. A black one, which blocks out the light. He's livid, but waiting. Waiting.

----

Auth thinks to himself. He remembers the battle clearly... although Taeda had a different mutation. He seems... confounded.

AUTH: Well, Taeda... I can fill in the gaps, if you'd like? Maybe that'll help restore your memories and then I can ask my own question...
AUTH: As for what I did? Put my new sword to use. I did a basic healing thing, and it worked spectacularly.
AUTH: Or, well... I suppose I can bring it up now...

Auth sighs. Something is very evidently troubling him.

AUTH: I got mutated in the battle, you see. Different then yours. But even after the battle... I could feel something fundamentally different about myself.
AUTH: I don't know what it is, see... I don't even know what it could be. If it's a result of the mutation itself, or something more or different than that, it's just... Something feels different. Wondering if I could ask you if you had the same feeling? I'm trying to see if it's just me or...

Auth waits to see Taeda's response. Seems like something important to him, at the very least.

----

Auth nods, smiling to Nana, confirming her question.

AUTH: I do. I feel the same way as you, and I'm entirely serious about that. I... don't think you need to say anything in response. We know how we feel about each other...
AUTH: And I think we both accept those feelings, If I can presume a bit.

Nana then asks a very important question. Is it improper for an Outsider and a Chairian to be like this? Auth thinks quietly... smiling as Nana leans onto his arm. He watches her fidget.

AUTH: I came up with a few answers to that, but... really, what all of them had in common is "Who cares what anyone else thinks"?
AUTH: Who cares if they look down on us? I certainly haven't heard anything saying we can't, at least, not during the time I've been here. Heck, I feel I've been mildly encouraged.
AUTH: I think we'll be fine. And if it does become a problem? Well... I can show you things, amazing things, beyond the scope of your imagination. We can go anywhere together. It wouldn't be a problem.
AUTH: ...Although, I don't think we have anything to worry about here. Somehow... it'll turn out just fine.

Auth smiles as he sees Nana trying to take hold of his hand. He allows Nana to take hold of it... smiling happily. Auth thinks that the pair will be amazing together.

RP: Droplet

... Is probably gonna be a big thing later.

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Mariaaaaa

Maria, if not stopped by Mari, will wander into the base of the southern tower, look around, and just wander straight up the stairs, still booping and beeping.

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Battle: Scalefused Chamber

Venia violently throttles the initiative. Or, well, her summon does. It moves to I19 and brings out its huge cleaver, and in basic violation of your expectations, grips it with both hands and brings it down on the chumps in front of him like it was a guillotine. The Smoulderings are crushed to inevitable death, while Magnolia gets off with a smattering of debuffs, which it then adds to by applying... Bone Hurting Juice? Alright. It should be Aching10, or Aching20 if Magnolia counts as undead for some reason.

Venia in turn moves to G18. Hat resumes scanning work and pings the Scalewind, while Venia herself scans Magnolia, before she retreats to F19. Low damage turn, huh?

Venia's chibi self chucks a Lumipod at the Scalewind this time.

"Chloe, Nia, tag team Magnolia!" Venia calls out.

They should also do their things before Echoss. Just in case.

Laranei decides to concern herself with hurting her enemies before worrying about being doomed. She uses a Wither Sphere on the Fractal Garden, and then shoots it twice.

A ripple appears in the air over square O8. It rapidly expands into a multicolored rift of turbulent energy. Out tumbles Kalis Aixos, wild mage extraordinaire, purple robes smoking faintly.

"Well, crap. That was not supposed to happen."

They quickly scan the area. Evil clowns. Giant mirror golem. A grid of glowing floor tiles. Several magic tomes. And an unlikely assortment of characters battling the room's inhabitants.

Yep, this is definitely a dungeon.

Looks like the adventuring party here is... Bard (Bow Kid), Necromancer (Brutishace), Summoner (Dakster) and Cleric (The Author). A bit of an unusual party comp, but okay. Then there's an unusual assortment of constructs with them, two wooden (Nana and R-8773), two metal (FSentry and Shock Troop), although not metal worked in any way you've seen before. Given that their cleric appears to be in the process of being revived, they could probably use a little help.

Kalis remains in place and casts Deep Thinking as they try to figure out where they've ended up, what's going on, and how they can help.

Kalis's character sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16DP...sUtc/edit#gid=0 (Some references are pointing to empty cells but should go back to normal once the sheet is in the main doc. I ended up copying the main doc, building my character in the placeholder there, then copying that to a new sheet.)

Tazz requested crit quotes, so here's an attempt (hex color pending):

Attack crit 1: "Take that! And that! And... Whatever that was!"
Attack crit 2: "Looks like it's not your lucky day."
Attack crit 3: "That one certainly worked."
Attack crit 4: "Now that's a spell." (Replace "a spell" with "an attack" if it was somehow made with a non-INT weapon.)
Chaos Bolt crits for Glitch damage: "I didn't even know I could do that."
Support crit: "There we go."
Bag of Tricks spell crit that harms an enemy/helps an ally: "Thank you, RNGsus."
Bag of Tricks spell crit that helps an enemy/harms an ally: "CrapcrapcrapsorryIdidn'tmeantodothat-"
Bag of Tricks harmfully crits self: "Ow. Ow. Ow. I really need to be more careful with that."
Apocalypse Bag is (somehow) cast: "Um. That's more magic than I meant to- Take cover!"

<ROLEPLAYDOP>

And now, a roleplaydop featuring Venia, Echoss, Auth, Verdana, Amemiya, Droplet, and Nia!

WARNING: Due to the "Christian Minecraft Server Act" of 2015, we are legally obligated to tell you that this roleplay contains uncensored swearing, because Venia's edgy emotionally charged. You have been warned.

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We now return to our irregularly scheduled problem atop the North tower, where Droplet finds herself drowning in a slowly increasing number of Spherebreakers. Most recent acquisition? Amemiya_v25 in disguise as Miki-chan33, joining the ranks of the icy wizard, her rather still duchess girlfriend, and a butterfly that's also a man. Venia is shaking just a little-at what its hard to say. Her gaze does not falter. Her lips tighten. Her grip remains on Nia’s hand. Droplet sighs. She should’ve installed a lock on the transept doors days ago.

...Before anything much happens, Amemiya equips a jukebox, and begins playing some beats.

PLAY: Reconfrontation! Droplet (bgm_178.ogg) - Project Thymium

DROPLET: So.
DROPLET: Is this a gank squad, or Venia’s harem, or something?
DROPLET: There’s an awfully high amount of you here, and all I know about you lot is that you really love to spill some blood.
ECHOSS: No, I believe it's just the party's inexplicable ability to find... 'interesting situations' and jump into them, whether they really should know it's happening or not.
ECHOSS: I believe proper introductions are in order for the two of us Miss Droplet is unfamiliar with. Miss Amemiya?
AMEMIYA: (as Miki-chan33) gah, you blew my cover!

“Miki-chan33” dissipates into a fine mist of pixels, then reforms into the usual form amemiya takes - a normal human girl with robotic markings.

AMEMIYA: So. I’m amemiya. Pleased to meet you. I believe my predecessors were... familiar with you in some way, which is how I know about what happened.
ECHOSS: My name is Echoss, I'm a newer member of the Spherebreakers and did not join the party until the day after the fight with you and Daikon.
ECHOSS: A pleasure to make your acquaintance, albeit the circumstances being unfortunate.
DROPLET: ...A pleasure.
DROPLET: Sure. Call it what you like.

If one listens closely, they might hear the sound of something approaching from further off. And then, moments later, a red-and-white-coloured… hoverbike(?) flies in over the railing, coming to a stop fairly quickly. It flickers for a moment, then transforms into Verdana. Because of course it does. Venia visibly flinches.

DROPLET: Oh goddamnit.
VERDANA: My significance sense was tingling. Came as fast as I could.
VERDANA: ...Something feels a little off with my voice… Ehh, nothing to worry about.
ECHOSS: ...yes, of course. Why not. If anyone else would like to make an ill-advised dramatic entrance please do so now.
DROPLET: I swear to god, if anyone else swings on by-

The sound of wings. Two pairs of them. Fairly quiet, but in the silence after Droplet speaks, they’re audible. Auth appears, flying over the top of the railing at the top of the tower.

AUTH: I thought I sensed trouble. I came to see what was going on.

There is a tiny audible slap as the Echoss hologram facepalms. Droplet begins continues to weigh the pros and cons of attempting the murder of everyone here.

ECHOSS: Yes, hello Auth. Perfect timing in a certain sense of things I suppose.
ECHOSS: If anyone else tries to come up here, can we agree to shoo them off instead?
VERDANA: I’m not the shooting type, but I can just throw them off the tower entirely. :3
ECHOSS: ...that's… nevermind.

Quiet. The wind blows Venia’s bangs over her face again, making her expression incredibly difficult to read. She doesn’t react to move them aside. Her eyes are on Droplet, as they have been.

AMEMIYA: So. I hear you need help with... involuntary time shenanigans, basically.
VENIA: … Yes. She seems… A little eager to mock and belittle her immediate provider. Just, just a teensy tiny bit.
AUTH: And why is that? It’s not often one bites the hand if they need help.
ECHOSS: I assume that it has to do with the particular hostilities it seems Miss Praefortis leveled during the battle with Droplet and Daikon.
VERDANA: Speaking of which, where is he? Daikon, I mean.
DROPLET: Oh, he’s just downstairs.
DROPLET: Oh wait, he can’t be.
DROPLET: BECAUSE YOU MURDERED HIM.
VERDANA: ...Then… how are you alive? Pretty sure you ran out of health too.

VENIA: Daikon’s an ugly purple stain in the library. Auth killed him. Droplet escaped thanks to the same trick that got her into this mess. The temporal one. Not the Gray Iti one.
DROPLET: At the very least, he’s a beautiful purple stain. Give him some credit.
AUTH: Way to throw me under the bus, Venia. Thank you.
VENIA: She should already know if she gave a gorilla. I just… Mocked her sufficiently to make her forget about everyone else.
ECHOSS: Miss Praefortis, if I may. It seems to me like you staying up here might not be conducive to keeping things civil?
VENIA: She needs a time mage. I’m the only one in the party.

And she stresses only one as if to suggest that Toast simply ceased to exist, and should remain as nonexistent as humanly possible… Somehow. It just seems to spring to mind that Venia definitely wants you to think that.


AUTH: Time problem? Perhaps not as much the case as you think, Venia. Firstly, I should remind you that Toast is around, and is talented too. Secondly, I have, perhaps, an alternate solution.
VENIA: ...auth literally fuck you for real.
ECHOSS: Miss Praefortis. I will ask politely, once, for you to remove yourself from the situation
VENIA: echoss fuck you for real too.

Venia flips Echoss the bird, quite suddenly. She’s trembling with rage. Droplet snickers smugly at the commotion.

VENIA: I am literally surrounded, can’t fly, can’t leave Nia alone with this piece of work, I cannot leave. Or is all of your time as a fucking bug making you forget not everyone can just fuck off to wherever whenever they please? Can it! CAN IT YOU MOTHERFUCKER!
NIA: Venia! Please, calm down!
NIA: Y-You’re… look, now’s not the best time for this!
NIA: Yelling at people is only gonna make things worse.
NIA: So please, just take a few deep breaths, or whatever helps for you!
VENIA: … I… Fuck, fuck, fuck.
VERDANA: You sure you’re okay to continue here, miss Venia? Just concerned.
VENIA: LITERALLY SURROUNDED. DID EVERYONE GO BLIND?

At this Venia points to the confused horde of gray Iti surrounding her and Nia, IE the only two people here incapable of flying.

DROPLET: gorilla, you’re surrounding me.
VERDANA: I don’t think they’re gonna be attacking us anytime soon. And if things go bad, well, we can probably beat them all things considered.
AUTH: They… appear to be at the command of Droplet. Basing on our last encounter. Now, if we don’t give her a reason to want to attack us, then we should be fine.

Meanwhile, amemiya curls up in a corner and waits for the commotion to be over. Venia seems to instinctively notice, turning her head just enough to catch it at the corner of her eye. Verdana also notices, hesitantly glancing around for a moment before wandering over to give amemiya a hopefully-reassuring pat on the shoulder.

ECHOSS: Are we done with the petty infighting? Can we resume figuring out how we're going to resolve this?
AUTH: As I was going to say… I might have something that could help. Possibly.
VENIA: Let me see. I can judge

Auth rummages around in his pockets, before producing the Chronopiece trophy from Daikon.

AUTH: Right, after our encounter with you and Daikon, I found this. I thought to hold onto it, because I thought it might come in handy later on. There is a flow of time energy coming out of it.
AUTH: I’m willing to give it to you, even if it won’t help. As a memento of him, if nothing else.
VENIA: i said-

And in a flash, a telekinetic force displaces the Chronopiece, flying from Auth’s hand to Venia’s. She brings it up to her eye. Echoss begins to twitch slightly.

VENIA: …
VENIA: It has Daikon’s essence on it. His power over time.
VENIA: As the originator of Droplet’s problem, all I’d need would be some properly-aspected energy.
DROPLET: Oh, so you looted my boyfriend’s corpse.
DROPLET: Cool.
DROPLET: Somehow, I’m not surprised.
VERDANA: Honestly, we take trophies from literally everyone of note. It’s a habit.
DROPLET: As I said. Not surprised.
VENIA: Still something you should be thankful for, now. This could rapidly expedite the process…
VERDANA: ...Mind laymanning that? Most of us aren’t super duper chronomancer experts.
VENIA: Its his power. He caused Droplet’s condition. His power can undo it, directed right.
AUTH: That was my thought as well. Hence why I brought it up.
VERDANA: ...Cool. So what are we waiting for?

It’s pretty obvious in Verdana’s tone of voice that he… really doesn’t grasp the full extent of the issue at all.

VENIA: I don’t know. I’m a useless hypocritical piece of garbage… She’s right and I absolutely hate it.
VENIA: Daikon’s hardly the worst thing I’ve done or the worst thing I’ll ever do, I’ve murdered people for causes I don’t believe in, and I’m a traitor to my nation and a miserable person who clearly never understood what love is to begin with. All I ever came here to do was kill monsters and die and I can’t even do that right.
VENIA: What a joke! What a joke. The best kinds are true, and Droplet you are a comedian.
VENIA: …
VENIA: But you ever fucking insult Nia again and god, by god, I don’t even know. My imagination’s rushing. I can’t even begin to guess. You ever insult her again, in my presence-I don’t even know.
VENIA: I just know that beyond all doubt that you will die screaming. If you die at all.
DROPLET: Big words, coming from a-

PLAY: Battle of Words (bgm_152.ogg) - Project Thymium

ECHOSS: THAT IS ENOUGH MISS PRAEFORTIS. You may not have noticed but the object that Miss Droplet is offering is one that SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS.
ECHOSS: And if you have forgotten, you did the exact same to her and Daikon, I can read it on your face.
ECHOSS: So if, perhaps, you would kindly not throw away someone else's last chance for petty spite, and start acting like a member of the TEAM, then I will come up here and remove you MYSELF, THYMEFIELD BE DAMNED.
VENIA: ECHOSS YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
VENIA: YOU HAD TO FUCKING SAY IT ALOUD!
VENIA: I DON’T CARE WHAT BRAIN-DEAD SHIT YOU THINK YOU NEVER SAY WHAT WE NEED ALOUD! NEVER!
VENIA: GOD DAMN IT!
VENIA: GOD DAMN YOU!
VENIA: YOU WANT TO GO?! COME ON!
DROPLET: wow, at this rate i might not even need to kill anyone myself
NIA: V-Venia!
NIA: C-C’mon, stop that!
NIA: Please, j-just…

...Nia’s trembling. Odds are, she has been for a while. The sight of Venia beginning to lose it is certainly far from reassuring. And of course, being surrounded by a horde of grey Iti (who in turn, are surrounded) also doesn’t help. amemiya is now curled up so tightly in the corner that the pixels making up her head and knees are overlapping.

VERDANA: ...I’m not liking where this is going.

The air seems a little heavy and hot around Verdana’s body. Auth, meanwhile, at the sight of something going down, starts to glow. Venia turns and sees these things, and sees herself shaking, and realizes what she’s doing. Nothing has to be said, its enough. She turns from Echoss and back to Droplet.

VENIA: …
VENIA: … Droplet, do you want to get cured or not? I can do it, if I am given just a little bit of time alone.

And at this she turns to Echoss’s little butterfly and gives it a withering stare.

DROPLET: ...Sure.
DROPLET: The sooner, the better.
ECHOSS: Very well then. But Miss Praefortis?
ECHOSS: If you EVER pose a risk to the rest of the party…

The room seems to grow darker for a moment. The Echoss butterfly appears to be a looming presence, despite being the smallest thing in the room. It suddenly stops and the butterfly seems to smoke slightly.

ECHOSS:...nevermind. That's not a threat that's my place to make. I am, after all, a 'worthless sack of GORILLA'. The best jokes are the ones that are true Miss Praefortis, I suppose you must be a comedian as well. Good lu-

And abruptly the butterfly is gone. Nothing more than a shower of golden sparks.

VENIA: …
VERDANA: ...Are things cooling down now?
AUTH: I think so…
VERDANA: Okay, good. Just felt a little…
VERDANA?: ...Off…
VERDANA: …Just want to be sure. Feeling not very Confident right now.
AUTH: Me neither. We can hope.

amemiya looks up, and quickly transfers her location closer to Verdana and Auth.

AMEMIYA: Is everything better now?
VERDANA: ...Feels like it might be. I’m keeping something ready, just in case.
AUTH: We… should probably leave. You heard what Venia’s terms were.
NIA: Y-Yeah...
VERDANA?: I don’t care. Verdana wouldn’t leave her alone with Droplet, and neither will I.
VENIA: You will.
VERDANA?: I’m not so sure I can trust you, to be honest. You clearly do not like her.
VENIA: If you couldn’t trust me, buddy, you wouldn’t have a say in the matter to begin with. Nor would he.

And at this, Venia pulls out something behind her back, out of some pocket space. It is a magical tome bound in Rose Cult crimson, labeled ‘Relinquish Will.’ It is possible that Venia had intended to share it with the party. It is possible she pulled it out just for the occasion. It is possible she just had it on her when it all broke out.

It is possible that it was very well her intent to use it to make Droplet jump the cliff. Or worse.

…

She wordlessly tosses it behind her. It falls behind the railing. Nia peers over, watching it slam into the bricks below.


VERDANA?: ...Commendable moral integrity. He would be proud of you.
AUTH: Alright, let’s settle. We need to have some faith here. At this moment, she’s the only one who can help Droplet. Venia, if there’s anything left of it when you’re done, please let Droplet keep the watch.
VENIA: You can stay, Auth, if you need to. You’re a calm hand. You don’t have an agenda and you don’t have… Whatever Verdana has. I just… No. Echoss can’t be there acting like he’s the boss or some shit. Or me. Neither of us should be leaders…
VENIA: … Bleugh. Fuck. No. I fucked up…
VENIA: …
VENIA: But… But you and Nia can… K-keep me real.
AUTH: I understand. I know you’re probably upset, I can’t say I wouldn’t be after being accosted for some time either. I know you… probably didn’t mean to be so hostile. Stress builds. I’m glad that we could solve this without… a fight, more or less.
NIA: It’s fine to be upset, Venia. But we’re here for you!

Droplet, while mostly silent, is still clearly enjoying the commotion. amemiya turns to Venia.

AMEMIYA: Should I stay? I mean, things are calmer now...
VENIA: … You weren’t handling it very well before. If you think you can, please. I just can’t have… Our excitable members around.
AMEMIYA: I’ll just watch, then. I do want to see how this happens.
VERDANA?: Hmm…
VENIA: … Who are you?
VERDANA?: ...I guess I do need a name distinct from his. Haven’t thought of one yet…
VERDANA?: I was considering Blacklight, assuming that’s not copyrighted.
AMEMIYA: Hmm. If you look the same as Verdana, then perhaps you could call yourself Tahoma. Since the two fonts are similar.

The person who is in Verdana’s form right now pauses for a moment, closing his eyes to consider something. The albino’s body flickers… When he opens his eyes again, they’ve turned black.

VERDANA?: I’ll consider it. In the meantime… is it better I keep control right now, or let Verdana have it back now?
AMEMIYA: Alright, so... I’ll let you begin, I suppose.
VENIA: I’m not doing it literally now. I need to calm down. A… Apologies… I…
VENIA: I heard her call Nia a puppet and…
VENIA: … You’d think after everything I’d…
VENIA: …
AUTH: No, I understand. If… I can’t say I wouldn’t react similarly under the circumstances. Just… can I say something? Please don’t get mad, but I feel like it’s important.
AUTH: When you feel yourself getting angry, you should think about the people around you. Anger clouds judgement. You might accidentally hurt someone in a way you don’t mean to. You asked before how I stayed calm, right? That’s part of it.

Venia looks to Nia, and looks back to Auth, and back to Nia again. Amemiya sits in her corner and watches, then loads a new music track.

PLAY: Promises Unbroken - Project Thymium

VENIA: … Before we begin, uh. Can. Can. C-can I… Talk to you about… That?
VENIA: I totally understand if you don’t want to deal with me ever again or-
NIA: D-Don’t say things like that!
NIA: I love you. You know that.
NIA: I know that things are hard for you, and that you might… well, snap at people at times…
NIA: But to be with you, I need to understand these things, right?
VENIA: …
VENIA: … R-right. Can we, talk more, downstairs? In private?
NIA: Huh? Sure.
NIA: Although… well, I guess we’re not really in a state to talk with Droplet, are we?
DROPLET: Wow, you think so?

VENIA: … Droplet, I’m gonna be brief. I was not joking about what I said. I was wrong, you were right, I feel like a complete idiot now and now I’m going to heal you anyways, and probably would have even if you didn’t offer that Godblossom Extract.
VENIA: Can you just. Enjoy that little victory that the horrible bitch is in fact a horrible bitch and-
NIA: Please stop saying that. Like I’ve said.
VENIA: … Can you let us go?
DROPLET: Sure.
DROPLET: I can tell this is going nowhere incredibly fast. Go downstairs and… dunno.

In the background, Verdana’s eyes revert to their normal colour. He looks a little ill, probably owing to having been taken over for a short time by someone who’s basically his living Antithesis. He leans on the railing, still managing to stay on his feet for now.

VERDANA: What about the rest of us? We good?
AMEMIYA: Hmm... I would prefer to stay up here, but... yeah, I’ll go wherever.
VERDANA: ...Probably staying here for a while. Not feeling entirely ready to move.

Venia doesn’t deign another word. She keeps a hold on Nia’s hand and walks downstairs, trembling.

VERDANA: ...Alright then. See you later, miss Venia, miss Nia. Hope that talk goes well.

==BATTLE==
Arthur moves to K9, chucks an Alchemist's Fire at Seer 2.4, then casts Twin Serpents and splits shots across Seers 2.3 and 2.1.

Wyvern downs a Celefruit Mix before activating another evolve strain. He'd mostly grown used to the first three or so. After this he takes a moment to analyse his targets. The Chosen who threatened Laranei... it would be better if he could get it to come for him, who it was much less of a threat for. He also watches her fire at the Fractal Garden, and as such, decides to follow up on it. Wyvern takes a deep breath, crouching in a sprint position, then looks up. In an instant, Wyvern launches off the ground, flying at breakneck speeds towards E4 and delivering a strong horizontal swipe to the Fractal Garden. He then strafes to F5, blocking its exit. He activates Riposte, letting out a primal screech in the Chosen's face.

Pope Bill moves to J10. He launches his basic attack against the Exhibition, then quickly retreats to K10!