Battle: Cellblock Omega

Acting after Nia, Irongutta first finishes off Chosen1 with a Searing Bomb.

Irongutta then moves to H5, gaining Unstoppable Force with a 25% total damage bonus! He brutally gives Executioner1 a proppa smack. "Eat dirt an' die, ya miserable grot!"

Wyvern one ups the Koolaid man and busts through two walls as he flies to E19, and greets the Chairian friend.

WYVERN: Hai. I'm Wyvern.
WYVERN: Give me two seconds, I'll get you out ot there.

Wyvern turns away and uses evolve strain, as to not startle the Charian with the growth of his symbiotic claws. It was lucky his arms were covered by his armour and sweater, or they'd likely be a mass of writhing black symbiote beneath his flesh. It was lucky he was able to control it, but it is curious how exactly his body was capable of having the symbiote return to its original size after every battle... if it did, at all. Regardless, Wyvern then uses Fury on the Charian, and on himself, before freeing the captive Firefighter.

==BATTLE==
Arthur joins the Hybridization Lab battle, with a Poison-elemental Armistyx!

He moves to O16, shakes up his scythe and hurls a POISON GRENADE SCYTHE at the Old Guard, then retreats to P17.

He also pops a Searing Bomb into his Bubbling Maw.

==BATTLE==

Pope Bill joins the Hybridization Lab battle!

He spawns at M16. He casts Sword Beam on himself, then uses Basic Attack on the Old Guard!

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED NINETY FIVE>

<Placeholder text referring to how many stat spoilers we have. Don't forget to be funny!>



<Funny remark goes here. Remember, if you're not funny here, you will be lynched!>

<Something about going onto the actual posts.>

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Echoss does a variety of tasks. First, he gets his Golems to slap together the foundation for the second floor. It seems to be going rather well! He then decides to go and harvestplant the farm. This yields...

• 30 Pretty Flowers
• 49 Silkweed
• 30 Yggherbs
• 7 Lumipods
• 3 Fragapples
• 40 Fresh Manabloom
• 40 Manabloom Seeds
• 25 Uniform Logs
• 12 Refined Wood

He then plants a really wide variety of things. He also commissions some items, but like last time, these have been handled in the above spoiler. Pionobot then decides to mine some stone to make progress towards the Rubies. This is honestly probably the safe option.

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Venia too, does a variety of things. Five whole non-battle sections? That's... quite the load you're asking, there. Whatever. It's my job. Let's begin.

First, Venia continues on her date. Instead of being potentially smart and ceasing her cuddling with Nia, she decides to attempt fishing via telekinesis while cudding Nia. It's unclear what made Venia slip up. Maybe it was Nia kissing her again. Maybe it's because there was a Shellfish that launched the line clear out of the water. Either way, the two of them get tangled up in fishing wire, and it takes Venia moment to untangle them. Nia can't help but giggle throughout the entire process.

NIA: Pfffft!
NIA: God, I have no idea how you did that... but we should do it again.

NIA: Eeeexcept maybe we'll sit by the water, and I'll just lean on your shoulder so that you can actually cast a rod normally.
NIA: Wanna try that?
NIA: I mean, you'll need a new rod, and I'll also need a rod so that I can also catch something, but whatever.

While the two of them maybe go fishing, Venia also shows Mari the inventory as a whole. She takes a good look at some of the electronics she has available to her, and makes a few decisions.

MARI: When the time comes, I could probably break apart those AI Cores for some good parts.
MARI: They seem advanced enough, anyway. It'd help if we had more, but oh well.

Then, to help with the ideal of getting a small nuclear reactor, Venia commissions both Chloe and Echoss to go find a... well, a small nuclear reactor. Echoss and Chloe both blink at Venia's request

CHLOE: A... nuclear reactor? Are we cleared to build those?
CHLOE: Are we cleared to just go and GRAB one of those, either?
ECHOSS: ...I don't think we could smuggle an entire fusion reactor into the thymefield.
ECHOSS: ...but we COULD maybe smuggle the parts in.
ECHOSS: Allow me to check with the engineers.

Echoss retreats to the portal, and types things out, apparently having a conversation with somebody on the other end
A few minutes later, two trays come through the portal separately, one is a large collection of metallic and electronic parts, the other is a small container full of tubes of... water?

ECHOSS: The reactor will need some pieces filled in, we could only sneak the tech through if we gutted some pieces we can probably make up for here on Sussui.
ECHOSS: The power cells are fairly complicated as well, they run on ordinary freshwater but the tech in them is irreplaceable.
ECHOSS: Hopefully this is enough?
CHLOE: Freshwater power? Wow!
CHLOE: ...I don't know how that'd even work.

Two Harvest Forms used to obtain 20 Reactor Components and 10 Fusion Cells! She also asks the not-couple to go and grab some Fluxblade Scrolls, and maybe some potentially painful weapon consumables. Instead of buggering off to go and grab them, they retreat indoors, and eventually return with 2 new Fluxblade Scrolls and 2 mechanical devices that Chloe calls "Calamity Crystals".

CHLOE: We decided to improve on those old Crystal Bomb Shells we have!
CHLOE: Naturally, in the world of explosives, bigger is better! Right?
CHLOE: I mean, it depends on the use, but if you're trying to maim something, bigger is usually what you want.
CHLOE: Enjoy!

Mr. Krabs then decides to visit the Abandoned Armory, then loots the entire room because we can't have nice aesthetics. This yields 12 Weapon Storage Lockers, 30 Assorted Chairian Weapons, 2 Broken Cryotubes, 1 Cryotube, and 50 Red Rock. Everything is looted, save for the remnants of the Projection Box, as the room needs some furnishing.

To wrap this up, Venia's Maid steals and yeets a duplicate Failed Experiment at the Observer, absorbing and violently destroying it. She then investigates the room, and.... finds nothing else that's notably dangerous, besides sharp cave rocks. All cave rocks are sharp. This is not a concern.

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Toast congratulates Ette on her new body! Ette blushes lightly with the praise.

ETTE: Yay! Thanks, Toast!
ETTE: Having a body feels overwhelming, but it feels great!
ETTE: Did you know that it's actually a bit chilly on Sussui? I didn't!
ETTE: I always assumed it was warm due to all of the trees n' stuff.
ETTE: Nature's weird.

Toast then asks if she can hug her. Ette nods.

ETTE: Yeah! Hug!
ETTE: I'll... probably be fine!

The two of them then likely share a hug. Perhaps the one downside to Ette losing her puppet body is that she's a deal less floofy, and therefore has lost her +7 to hugs. Still though, her outfit makes her cuddly enough. Ette then accidentally nips her arm on Toast's crystal arm. She recoils from the sensation.

ETTE: O-Ow!
ETTE: I-It's alright! I wasn't expecting that.
ETTE: ow ow ow

While Ette's busy applying a disproportionately high amount of healing magic on what's basically a glorified paper cut, Marron takes a good look at her right currently-metallic arm. She then examines the remaining ritual materials. There's still a bit of the rare substances left. Could it be useful?

MARRON: Hm.
MARRON: Maybe I could like... use this to regenerate my arm?
MARRON: Sure, having an arm that can't feel pain is nice, but it's not as dexterous as my left...
MARRON: Plus, it'd probably be better for cuddling with Toaster n' gorill-

Without warning, Chaos slams a lit lightbulb violently against the wall. Marron scoops up the materials, then rapidly approaches Toast. She tugs on her arm, then presents the materials to her girlfriend.

MARRON: Tooooaster!
MARRON: I have an idea!
MARRON: Arm! Magic! Regeneration!
ETTE: Huh?
ETTE: I don't get it.
MARRON: Oh, uh...
MARRON: So basically, you know how the ritual made Ette a new body?
MARRON: What if we could modify the ritual, and upgrade one of your arms?
MARRON: We probably have enough stuff to do that!
MARRON: Wanna try it?
MARRON: ...Not that I know where to begin, but we could figure it out.

An interesting offer! While Toast (probably) considers it, Ette instantly expresses her approval.

ETTE: Ooh! Yeah!
ETTE: Do it! Do it! Then I could hug Toaster without life-threatening injuries!
MARRON: ...Ette, that's like, a paper cut.
ETTE: shhhhh

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Auth continues his chat with Omo and Nana. He asks why Nana seems to be so opposed to Chloe. She whispers her response into his hear.

NANA: W-Well, when Omorika s-suggested that Chloe w-were to kiss you...
NANA: I-I don't know! It felt wrong to hear her suggest to use h-her again.
NANA: Is that b-bad?
NANA: Sorry...

He then takes a moment to see if he can feel the tingling sensation within his palms. Surely enough, he can feel it! He isolates the sensation, but he can't really do much with it...

OMORIKA: Ah, good.
OMORIKA: Ah, just as an exercise to try before our meeting...
OMORIKA: While you're focusing on that energy, try to... move it.
OMORIKA: I have described it before as an "additional limb" to younger students. Though that is factually incorrect, try imagining that energy in your hands is connected to your body in such a way.
OMORIKA: See if you can manipulate it at all. Your fingers can help guide that energy, but for now... don't worry about that.
OMORIKA: Just see if you can move it.

OMORIKA: I am... not familiar with the sensation in the chest, however.
OMORIKA: Perhaps that's something specific to your situation?

Nana brushes her left hand against Auth's right ever so gently. It seems something's on her mind.

NANA: O-Oh, um...
NANA: Do... d-do you think we should do something about the blades in my arm?
NANA: T-They're helpful i-in battle, b-but once the Sphere's gone, w-won't they just make me freakish?

NANA: Do you k-know that some people look at Morphs i-in a strange light?
NANA: I-It's because they m-modify their bodies, a-and although powerful, i-it's seen as weird, and creepy...
NANA: S-Should I get them removed?
NANA: How w-would I do that, a-anyway?
NANA: I-I mean, unless y-you think they're... c-cool, or...

Nana fiddles with her right arm, which is mostly covered by her sleeve.

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In the midst of battle, Chloe and Echoss are hit with the Switched Flux Mutation...

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<CELLBLOCK OMEGA, ROUND THREE>
More Old Guards have arrived, along with additional lighter reinforcements! Do your best to deal with them- those other Old Guards are required for the objective! Anyway, play your cards right, and you should be able to beat up (and capture) Magnolia! That'd be a huge step on the way to victory!

<HYBRIDIZATION LABS, ROUND TWO>
Thymebent has been activated, because I'm 99% sure that was the plan. If you object to this, no worries- I'll spawn normal foes if there's enough requests for it, and despawn the Gallow. Speaking of the Gallow, THEY'RE BACK! And also more terrifying than ever. They have some serious attack power, so watch out for that!

Map Entered: Hybridization Lab

[Fill in with filler later]

Tsar'ina spawns at N18 and moves over to O14 and smacking Scarred2.

I notice that I have a word-deficit, and need to pay the wordbank with words
So I do
Having now drowned the bank/repaid my debt, I move on to other things.


Overworld:
In the Everground, Pionobot carefully slides the rubies into his inventory, which is much easier now that they're exposed on two sides. They slide along just like being on rails. Neat.

At the house, Echoss' golems work on more of the house, using up another pile of materials to fill in a lot of the space on the second floor.

One of the golems takes some time off to go trick-or-treating at YV's spot near the house, since it's been a month and the jackolanterns are probably about to explode.

Nia is commissioned to upgrade:
Omo's Silverwood Clogs
Marron's Weaver's Palm


Echoss (currently Chloe) waits until Nia and Nana have both acted then whirls around and unleashes a blazing swordbeam at Magnolia then retreats to Q15.
Chloe (currently Echoss) will move East and weapon skill fire a slashing clockwork bomb at Magnolia. This is after Echoss's turn.

Crya eliminates Chosen 3 with a Lumipod.
After Crya does this, Cheerleader Nia runs to U5.
Crya follows by going to V5, Confuse Raying the Old Guard, and retreating to T5.

Niaaaaa

"Sound's alright to me," Venia says, pulling out two more fishing rods and handing one to Nia. "Hopefully we don't repeat that, as funny as it was the first time..."

Venia stands up, holds the rod firmly, and does a fairly convincing rod cast into the pond.

"... At least the rest is intuitive. Bobber goes under, fish has bitten, reel out," Venia says, sitting down.

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Everground

The Maid heads into the room, freed of Observer Tyrrany, and hops down right next to the Divinity Gems. Their arm transmogrifies into a bubbling sort of blob that happily congeals around the holy gems, and contract around them, eating at the dirt and leaving the precious mineral intact. When a sufficient amount of the material has been retrieved through this method (hopefully all of it), the metallic blob reforms into the Maid's body, gems instantly transferred into the inventory.

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Rosen Catacombs Cleanup Crew

Just so we all know-Venia shoos away Maria and asks her to head home with Cushion. She can play with Marron and Ette and Chaos.

With that important little tidbit dealt with, the maids downstairs continue cleaning up and ruining Ire's aesthetic, by moving into the Tank room. "Oh, hey. Uh, I never got your name, what is it?" Venia says, waiting for a response. "Oh, cool. I'm Venia. Or, well, I guess these are my maids... In any case, uh, I recommend leaving. Just head out of this room into the hallway over there, take the right at the large intersection and get out. I'm intending to blow this place sky-high once we're done routing the Rose."

This said, the Maids prove that even the fact things are inoperable and already looted does not stop the thing itself from being looted, and simply crams the decayed tank into the inventory for whatever worth it could possibly have in this decrepit state.

This done, they turn to the Electrum Cart. Mr. Krabs krabbily kracks krusty klaws, killing killer killing kasted kalamity kircles, kankerously kranking kelvin-increasing kruelty kasually, kritically kritzkrieg'd and kandidly krashing kollectible kontainers. The alliteration magically dissipates the runic circles on the Electrum Cart, enabling easy retrieval. And also, Mr. Krabs firing a flamethrower laced with antimagical slime for fuel. The Maids then telekinetically rip the ore from the cart into the inventory.

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Battle: Cellblock Omega

Venia uses Terraform, right where she is. Thanks to the +4 Buff Levels of Fading (I checked), Venia can remove up to nine tiles, which she does. She turns U8-11, S10, T10, V10 and W6 into Plain tiles, and transmogrifies the tile beneath her Ghibli into a Power Well. "A senior Rose Cultist is outside. They're especially dangerous, but the Rose Cult will be demoralized and disorganized with each one dead."

Lacking anything else, Venia cheekily detonates the Martial Scarred via Converge and retreats to W8.

Venia's Ghibli chucks a Lumipod at Executioner2 thanks to the power of the walls being gone, then stays put and fires its Basic Attack at the Old Guard thanks to the Wallhack.

Venia then barks a few orders:
-Nia should move up to N11, toss a Crushing Clockwork Bomb at Magnolia, then Phase Shift with Magnolia, and then bash Niessence2 with Hidden Eye.
-Nana should move back to P8 and give Omorika an Empowering Dart.
-Omo should use the Empowering Dart to basic attack Magnolia, which should mark her, allowing her summon to move up and Basic attack in kind.
-Chloe and Echoss should probably wail on magnolia too but I'll let them decide those details.
-Ette will detour to delete the Old Guard's body.
-The Scarlet should probably hack at the Old Guard.

"Everyone, we can do this! The more they commit, the more we make them bleed!"

Nidra Power Naps Summa, then moves to S13 and attacks Onlooker2 twice.

Dorothy's Mirror Image mobilizes to (D15), Elemental Blasters the door Wyvern and Co. are in, and Hidden Flows Smouldering 2. They "retreat" to (C16).

Dorothy herself moves to (E14), self-Helix Totems, and Hidden Pixels (Tentacle Gift for Dark damage) the Old Guard nearby. She stays right where she was, not wanting to be in the way of the Mawstems.

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/working

At L17, some strange and almost ghostly visage of a pink-haired foxgirl appears... one that seems all too familiar.

Did you really just buff an enemy?
Well, what did you expect? It's my first turn, Hoshi.
Fair enough. Now let's rock these fools!

Also, I'm noticing a familiar face... hey, Author. I mean, if you can hear me from all the way over here.

For story-related purposes, The Mirror Image at L17 switches to Hoshi, moves to H18, and casts Material Transfer, using E19 as the spell's startpoint. A gust of wind blows the Thyme Matter at H18 away, pushing it to G18 to make a very temporary barrier...

Elsewhere, Angel moves up to M13 (dashing around the Scarred2 if necessary, since it is possible), and riddles the Support Unit 3 with a few holes courtesy of katana bullets.

Toast barely hesitates when Marron makes her proposal.

"Yes! I would love that! I've been wanting to get rid of this thing forever!"

She hops excitedly on the spot for a moment before calming down enough to work out the deets.

"So... how would we do it? I don't have any blood of a rela-- actually, wait here."

She runs upstairs, disappearing for a few moments. As she comes back down, she's rummaging through her backpack, looking for something. She pulls out a hex wrench, then a dye canister, before finally, an opaque vial- probably about the size of a test tube.

"This is pretty much all I have of my actual blood. It's got an anti-coagulant in it, but it should otherwise be the same stuff. I haven't opened it since I got it, due to the reaction it has with my crystal arm, but maybe it's finally come in handy?"

~~

Nettle moves to O17 and evicerates Niessence2 with a basic attack. She's surprised by how naturally the motion comes to her, and realising that her body shifts to accomodate the blades- much like a Morph. It disturbs her, and she glares daggers at Nana, intent on confronting her after this battle.

Kalis moves to L13. As they pass through L11, they pause and check their battlemap in confusion. There's supposed to be something called an Eyestem on this square? They scroll through its statblock, trying to figure out why nothing seems to be there. Its HP isn't 0, so it can't be a corpse that was prematurely removed from the map. It's not exerting a Zone of Control or even blocking movement through its own square, so it can't be invisible...

> Hallucination? Probably doesn't exist.

They finish moving to L13 *extremely quickly*, glancing back over their shoulder at the seemingly empty square. Then they try to get someone's attention- wait no VERY BAD choice of wording. They try to get an explanation from someone:

KALIS: "Um. Can someone tell me what Attention is and how I avoid getting any?"

Then they activate Chaos Control and fire a Chaos Bolt at Magnolia. If Magnolia's already dead, they Chaos Bolt Niessence 1 instead. If Niessence 1 is also already dead, they Chaos Bolt Smoulder 1. No point wasting perfectly good chaos.

Laranei joins the Hybridization Lab battle! She spawns in at N18, then asks Marron if she can toss her a Celefruit. Then, assuming she gets Celefruit'd by someone, she moves to N13, tosses a Soda Bomb at the Supply Unit at O9, and shoots it twice.

The Lab Raid:

After Marron and Mari move

Conscript moves to L16 eats a ration
clones itself at K16 (Dont forget to clone the status effect)

Daskter moves to M19

summons a Pioneer at M18

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bhm...t#gid=352256278

Settings: Attack: FIre
Resist: 60% Psychic
Weak: 40% Slashing

Lukas moves to N21, basic attacks Sinner1, pays the 8 MP to refresh, basic attacks Sinner2, pays the 8 MP to refresh, and then charges up Purge.

Chaos Awards 4: Thymecon Live

Welcome back! If you haven't yet, please read the nomination announcement post here! Anyway, enjoy the madness that this awards show always is!

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...After a brief intermission for online voting, a new countdown appears on the screen! It’s counting down from ten, like last time. And of course, people are still yelling in the background. Nothing’s changed, it seems. Although, there’s a noticeably higher amount of rumbling and shaking! Before the countdown even finishes, the countdown timer falls forward- it seems like it was actually just a modified kitchen timer placed in front of a camera. Both Chloe and Mari can be seen arguing in front of Mari’s broadcasting desk.

CHLOE: W-WHY IS EVERYTHING SHAKING!?
MARI: Oh, yeah.
MARI: Marron forgot to start the launch sequence, so we’re a bit behind schedule.
CHLOE: T-That doesn’t answer my question!
CHLOE: Also, Marron can’t do much of anything at the moment, because you ROCKET PUNCHED HER INTO A WALL!
MARI: Eh, she’s fiiiine. She’s not a total gorilla.
MARRON: Yeah, I’m not.

Marron walks into the frame. She has a few bandages wrapped around her head, but otherwise she’s alright.

MARRON: Chloe, were you gorillatalking me behind my back?
MARRON: God, I didn’t think you were the type to do that.
MARRON: I can take a punch, y’know!
CHLOE: You were knocked unconscious. I’d hardly call that “taking” a punch…

MARRON: Hey, I can take them better than you!
MARRON: C’mon, I’ll prove it! Let’s fight, right now-
ETTE: Nuh-uh! Bad!
ETTE: You can fight her and lose once your injuries have fully healed.
ETTE: We’re going! Back to your station!

Ette picks up Marron in a bearhug, before hoisting her sister above her head. She runs out of the frame, with Marron kicking and flailing in an unsuccessful escape attempt. Chloe breathes a sigh of relief.

CHLOE: Thank goodness that’s over...

CHLOE: ...Oh yeah! I almost forgot.
CHLOE: WHY IS EVERYTHING SHAKING!?
MARI: Simple.
MARI: We’re taking off. Into the sky.
MARI: We’d have taken off earlier if Marron wasn’t slacking.
CHLOE: Again, you knocked her out.

CHLOE: Wait, W-WHAT!?

Mari views her arm terminal. She grins, then pulls out a big red button from beneath the desk. She flips open a glass protective casing.

MARI: we have
MARI: <span style='font-family:comic sans ms'>LIFDOFF</span>

The scientist slams the button with enough force to… well, she can’t actually hit things that hard, so she actually just ends up hurting her hand. There’s a few seconds of her waving her hand around in pain before the camera feed shifts. Chaos’s face fills the frame, but he then turns the camera around. A small building in a grassy meadow fills the frame, taken from the ground level.

The ground around the building splinters and cracks, and the earth itself trembles and heaves as the building rips itself from the ground, slowly levitating into the air. It seems that a large concentration of Gravcore Ore is located beneath the facility. Now part of a small floating island, the facility lifts itself into the air. Chaos runs towards the pit left behind, and zooms his camera into it.

CHAOS: yep [t]hat’s a hole
CHAOS: ni[c]e bedro[c]k pa[t][t]erns. [t]oo
CHAOS: anyway, now [t]o ge[t] ba[c]k [t]o [t]he studio
CHAOS: …
CHAOS: wai[t], [t]hey’re flying away
CHAOS: i [t]hink i’m being di[t][c]hed

In fact, Chaos is being ditched. He shrugs.

CHAOS: eh wha[t]ever
CHAOS: [c]on[t]inui[t]y is dead so i’ll jus[t] appear ba[c]k in [t]here whenever
CHAOS: …
CHAOS: any se[c]ond now

Meanwhile, back in the news broadcasting room, Mari is fiddling with her arm terminal again, whilst Chloe clings to the desk for dear life.

MARI: Chloe, can you stop screaming for one second!?
MARI: You’re making it hard to concentrate.
CHLOE: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-
MARI: ...God, fine.
MARI: I’ll stop accelerating. We’re high enough.

With a few more taps on her arm terminal, the island stops its vertical ascent suddenly and abruptly. Chloe (but not Mari) is catapulted into the ceiling. She remains stuck to it for a few moments, before eventually flopping back down to the ground.

CHLOE: O-Ow…
MARI: Should’ve worn a seatbelt. What can I say?
CHLOE: T-There was only one chair in the room, and you were on it!

Mari taps some coordinates into her arm terminal.

MARI: Okay, so the votes are IN!
MARI: Now we just need to make a quick pitstop to pick up all of our winners, because if we invited everyone here beforehand, god knows one of them would leak our location.
CHLOE: ...That seems inefficient.
MARI: I mean, it does minimize the body count.
MARI: Like you wanted.
MARI: So basically, you have no right to complain.
CHLOE: Wait, we’re doing it like this to minimize casualties?
MARI: Yeah. That’s what I just said.
CHLOE: So… you did this for me?
CHLOE: That’s so sweet of you~
MARI: Yeah. It’s sweet.
MARI: If you bring this up to Marron, I’ll launch you off the island.
MARI: We have cannons specifically for that purpose.
CHLOE: O-Okay!

The camera feed switches to Marron, who appears to be in a hangar of sorts. Her scarf flutters violently in the wind. Ette is there with her, having equipped a red sweater and a pair of equally red fluffy earmuffs. Behind her appears to be a gigantic cannon (conventional), and another gigantic cannon (harpoon). Marron appears to be complaining about something to her sister.

MARRON: Wait, wait.
MARRON: So I’m meant to use the harpoon cannon to-
ETTE: Yep!
MARRON: I-I only have 31 HIT!
MARRON: HOW THE HELL AM I MEANT TO HIT THAT!?
ETTE: The earth below has 0 DGE, silly!
ETTE: I believe in you! You can do it!
MARRON: ...Don’t blame me if I kill the winners, alright?
MARRON: Whatever.
MARRON: Let’s do this.

While Marron runs off to the cannon, Ette gestures to the side. A graphic appears over her, instead of to where she’s gesturing.

ETTE: Hi, hi! It’s Ette!
ETTE: I’m here to present awards!
ETTE: And I think Chloe’s meant to be here, too!
ETTE: Not that anyone’s doing there assigned jobs…

ETTE: Since she’s being slow, I’ll just do the first one!

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Best in Murder
ETTE: This person is really good at doing what I’m not doing!
ETTE: Violent, messy murder!

ETTE: Sis is good at that.
ETTE: If I was legally allowed to nominate people, I would’ve voted in sis.
ETTE: But anyway, our winner is...

ETTE: …
ETTE: Uh, so...

The harpoon cannon fires with a deafening boom! Ette raises her heads to cover her ears. The camera switches to a GoPro that’s been mounted on the gigantic Unnamed Tier 8 Metal harpoon. It zooms through the skies, before slamming into the earth, within a wooden area. The camera switches to back onto the floating island, and the chain of the harpoon begins to zoop back into the air.

MARRON: Haha, YES!
MARRON: I hit it!
MARRON: I probably didn’t even crush our winner!

...It seems that the harpoon is carrying back a small island with it. Upon it is Nettle, who is shaken by the proceedings. Marron conjures a string around Nettle’s leg, then flings her into the hangar. She lands a few feet away from Ette. As the Chairian regains her bearings, Marron presses a button, and the island she stole from the earth casually slips off the harpoon, and falls to the earth.

ETTE: Our winner is miss Nettle Moroides!
ETTE: Sorry for the sudden pickup! How are you?
NETTLE: I'm fine. I guess.
NETTLE: You could have just asked me to come, though. I'm sure Bill's cane knows a teleport spell.
ETTE: Maybe if you had a phone… and maybe if we didn’t blow all that money on the harpoon.
ETTE: It’s like, at least 80% of our budget in one move…

ETTE: Anyway, here you go!

Ette pulls a golden trophy out of a cardboard box. It’s surprisingly high quality- a golden statue of Sussui upon a mahogany pedestal. She hands it to Nettle, who takes it, then looks at the camera with slight annoyance.

NETTLE: Thanks, but isn't there supposed to be an audience?
NETTLE: I was hoping someone would say something dumb about how I don't murder people.
NETTLE: The implication being that I could use them to prove otherwise.

A prompt appears on screen, telling the audience to say “BUT NETTLE, YOU DON’T MURDER PEOPLE!”. As you’re technically watching the livestream, even though it’s in text based form, you are required by law to yell this out in real life. Fortunately(?), this is a livestream, so Nettle is incapable of a murderous root-filled rebuttal on you, or anyone else for that matter. She does however, manage to impale Chaos, who is in the next room over, using the roots of a potted plant.

NETTLE: Anyway, its nice to finally get some appreciation. I don't get that a lot. Thanks.
NETTLE: Wow, it's good this is non-canon.
NETTLE: It means that being sappy like this doesn't have to be part of my character arc, and I can go back to being spiteful and destructive once this is all over.

With a slight wave, she exits. She sits offscreen, waiting for a way to get back to Sussui without jumping into dead space. Not that you can see that, because, you know, it's offscreen. With that out of the way, Ette wastes no time explaining the next award.

(1st: Nettle, 14) (2nd: Irongutta, 8) (3rd: Venia, 7)

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Best in Roleplay
ETTE: The person who wins this category is really good at roleplaying!
ETTE: This also probably means you’ve had a romance subplot!
ETTE: When do I get my romance subplot?

Marron, in the background, uses Death Stare on the camera. The camera is suddenly and violently inflicted with Instant Death, so the camera feed jumps back to Marron while Mari is forced to run in and repair the camera. Fortunately, Ette is still around to deliver commentary.

ETTE: Anyway, we’ll reveal our winner once my sister grabs them!
ETTE: And your winner is...

Marron fires the winner collection harpoon again. The harpoon yanks itself back with surprising speed once it’s stolen its next landmass, launching not one, but two people into the hangar. One is a now dizzy Chairian woman, while the other is a alarmed and somewhat confused Chairian man. Ette walks over to the man’s side, and helps him up.

ETTE: ...sir The Author!
ETTE: Wait, is it “The Sir Author”, or do I just drop “Sir” all together, or do I replace “the “the”…? I dunno.
ETTE: Sorry about interrupting your date with Nana.
AUTH: Um, well, it's... a little warning would be appreciated next time.

Ette pulls out another award, then hands it to the Author, who <takes it>. After shaking away the dizziness, Nana heads to Auth’s side, and gives him a hug. Whilst the two hug, Ette holds a microphone next to Auth. Speech time?

AUTH: Um... I'll keep this relatively brief. I'm still kind of in shock that I won.
AUTH: I wasn't actually expecting it, but I am deeply humbled that I have been chosen for this award.
AUTH: I would like to thank everybody else here, since it would be impossible for me to have won this achievement without them.
AUTH: I would also like to thank everybody who voted for me. It means quite a lot to me that people decided I had done the best RP here.
AUTH: Thank you, everybody.

The two of them decide to go and explore the studio, as there’s no easy way down from the island whilst its in motion. Ette meanwhile, takes a moment to ponder life’s questions, like “where the heck is my co-host”.

ETTE: Mari?
ETTE: Could you please grab Chloe?
ETTE: It’s… a bit lonely right now.

As if on cue, Chloe suddenly walks onto the stage. She smiles sweetly and innocently towards the camera.

CHLOE: Heya, Marron’s sister!
ETTE: M-My name didn’t change with my body, you know...
CHLOE: Sorry for being late- I was doing... girl stuff.
CHLOE: Eating burritos in a single gulp, Rejecting Nia’s advances...
CHLOE: Those things.
CHLOE: Anyway, let me handle the next award~

(1st: The Author, 14) (2nd: Venia, 9) (3rd: Echoss, 5)

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Best in Shenanigans
Chloe gestures to the side. She seems to be looking elsewhere than at the camera. A pounding can be heard in the background.

CHLOE: We're proud to introduce the winner of the Best in Shenanigans award, who we're all so very delighted to have.

A small grin emerges on Chloe's face, and her voice begins to shift ever so slightly. It's obvious something weird is going on. The background pounding intensifies, and something begins to buckle and crack.

CHLOE: The masterful king of liars!
CHLOE…: The ever present vessel of chaos!
CHLOE?: The ultimate supreme leader!


Chloe reaches up to the back of her head, taking hold of something, before moving her hand down with a zipping sound. Her body seems to fold and fall forward to the floor, revealing a wildly grinning Kokichi, standing on a small stool. It is unclear as to how Kokichi was able to walk here whilst standing on a stool.

KOKICHI: Kokichi Oma! Congratulations!
KOKICHI: I would thank you all for voting for your leader, but…
KOKICHI: I already knew I was gonna win though. I'm me!
KOKICHI: Nee-hee hee~

Ette stares at Kokichi in disbelief. It seems that grabbing a trophy (or saying words) has failed to cross her mind. Especially since that pounding noise is getting louder. The camera feed shifts, revealing a highly-damaged airlock door. A hole is forced through the thick metal, and the actual Chloe pushes on through, wielding a newspaper enchanted with Sword Beam.

CHLOE: KOKICHI YOU LITTLE gorilla, GET BACK HERE!
CHLOE: MARRON, CUT OFF HIS ESCAPE!

Kokichi begins to rapidly neeheehee away, or at least until Marron conjures some strings around his legs, causing him to fall over. Before he can escape, Chloe scoops him up, and runs towards the previously unused regular cannon. It turns to the side, revealing a person-shaped hole.

CHLOE: This hole was made for you!
CHLOE: ...Okay, it wasn’t, but… get in!

Kokichi is shoved into the hole in the cannon, where he slowly slides on through. Once he’s in the main chamber, Marron mans the controls, and aims the cannon down towards the earth. Chloe relocates herself to the tip of the barrel, standing upon it. She points her newspaper earthward.

CHLOE: FIRE THE CANNON!
MARRON: …
MARRON: Nah.
CHLOE W-Wha? Why not?
MARRON: I think it’d be funnier to keep him in there.
MARRON: It’s a tight fit- it’ll take him like, at least an hour to break out.
CHLOE: That seems cruel...
MARRON: And firing him off an island isn’t?
CHLOE: I-I mean, I guess that’s way more cruel...
CHLOE: He’ll have enough time to think about what he’s done in there.

With Kokichi’s punishment doled out, Chloe hops off the cannon, and heads to Ette’s side. She discards her weaponized newspaper off the screen.

CHLOE: Heya, Ette!
ETTE: Hi, Chloe! Nice to see you again!
CHLOE: Sorry for being late- I was doing stuff.
CHLOE: Attempting to break out of the washroom after Kokichi taped it shut.
CHLOE: Chasing him down with a newspaper.
CHLOE: Getting someone to enchant it with Empowered7.
CHLOE: Those sorts of things.
CHLOE: Anyway, I’ll handle the next award?
ETTE: Sure thing!

(1st: Kokichi, 12) (2nd: Venia / Echoss, 7) (3rd: JOEbob / Toast, 5)

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Best Normal Encounter
CHLOE: So, okay…
CHLOE: This award goes to the ones who hosted the best encounter!
CHLOE: The best instance of people trying to kill us.
CHLOE: ...Why are we voting on this, again?
ETTE: I liked it when those ladies who were pretending to be you tried to fight us.
ETTE: They were really funny!
CHLOE: I-I… found it embarrassing.
CHLOE: Also kinda flattering, b-but…

CHLOE: …
CHLOE: M-Marron, please grab our winner...

Marron nods, diverting her attention from ensuring that Kokichi stays trapped in the cannon to actually doing her job. One shot and one pull later, and Marron has ripped a gigantic tree from the earth. A few Chairians are dangling from the roots.

CHLOE: A-And the winner is the Chairians at Scale Yggdrasil!
CHLOE: M-Marron, put them down!
MARRON: Uh, alright.
MARRON: Jeez, didn’t think I’d rip up the entire damn tree-

Marron is interrupted by the buzzing of something in her pocket. She pulls out a cellphone, which she has as this isn’t canon. A push notification!

”ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Universe Eater”

Marron is suddenly gifted with a Secretary Slicer, which gently drops into her hands. She stashes it in the inventory for later use. She then gently begins to lower the chain, whilst simultaneously kidnapping a male dangling Chairian with a thread. They’re yanked into the hangar. They get up, only to find themselves face to face with a mic and a blonde swordfighter. Upon analyzing the situation for approximately zero seconds, they snag the mic.

GUM: hey hey people, gum here
GUM: today i’ll be reviewing whatever this is
CHLOE: Oh, this is an awards show.
CHLOE: Congratulations on winning the award for Best Normal Encounter!
GUM: cool
GUM: i always knew that i was an entire encounter
CHLOE: U-Um, the award is meant for your squad-
GUM: i’m gonna hang this trophy on my fridge
GUM: see you
CHLOE: Wait a sec-

Gum, without any sense of hesitation, walks further into the studio. The camera doesn’t follow him though, so it’s unclear as to what he’s doing.

CHLOE: ...Should we be letting so many people into the set?
ETTE: The more the merrier, I say!
ETTE: Also, we’re low on staff, so Mari’s probably going to conscript him into our live studio orchestra.

Suddenly, a siren’s song of a melody consisting of a single kazoo plays over the livestream. This continues, and will likely continue for the remainder of the livestream. For accurate reading, from this point onward, please go find Tsuko G’s channel on YouTube, and listen to the entire Kazoo’d series. Don’t question how one person is capable of playing eight kazoos, please. It’ll ruin your immersion.

ETTE: Moving on!

(1st: Scale Yggdrasil, 16) (2nd: The Caravan, 12) (3rd: The House Siege, 7)

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Best Boss Fight
ETTE: Now we’re going from “tried to kill us” to “tried to kill us but more!”
ETTE: Boss fights are always really weird, because they’re big and imposing, but then Echoss throws like fifty fruits at them and they die of cardiac arrest~
ETTE: Ette is learning medical terms!
CHLOE: ...That’s not what causes cardiac arrest.
ETTE: ...Ette is not very good at learning medical terms!

ETTE: Anyway, if we talk about this for too long, the boss will appear and kill us.
ETTE: So I’m just gonna read the name.
ETTE: The winner of this award is...

A pool of red liquid seeps in from off-camera. A red figure with black hair forms from out of the liquid behind Ette, who hardly seems to realize that she’s being ambushed. The temperature drops, and a blizzard suddenly begins ripping through the hanga-

ETTE: ...is not Nia!

...Persephone (or Her, as she was once called) flops and faceplants into the ground behind Ette. The storm suddenly dies down, and Nia walks into frame, disappointed.

NIA: W-Wait, really?
NIA: Chaos told me I should have a really cool entrance ‘cause I was gonna win, so I used my special and everything…
PERSEPHONE: ...How annoying.
PERSEPHONE: Perhaps another time, then?
PERSEPHONE: At least it was nice to get some screen time.

Persephone flows back into Nia’s body in a disappointed fashion. Nia shrugs, then decides to investigate the cannons in the back of the room, joining Marron.

ETTE: Our actual winner is the guy at the Church of Helix, Mr. Husk!
ETTE: Anyway, it might be hard to go and actually give him an award, as he’s… dead at the moment.
ETTE: Oops.
ETTE: So, we’ll just email him his trophy via the cannon-cannon.
ETTE: Sis! Catch!

Ette lobs the trophy towards Marron, much like a football. She catches it, then tosses it to Nia, who slams it into the non-harpoon cannon. The wizard aims it down towards the planet. presumably towards the Sleuth’s shack, which is yet to be weaponized in this dimension.

NIA: FIRE THE CANNONS!
NIA: ...Wait, I’m the one who gets to fire it.
NIA: Boop~

CHLOE: W-Wait, isn’t Kokichi in the-

Both Kokichi and the trophy are flung at high speeds off the island. In the distance, a tiny shack is pulverized by unconventional ammunition. Nia seems somewhat alarmed.

NIA: Wait, Kokichi was in there?
NIA: ...Oops.
NIA: If I knew, I would’ve fired him off with way more fanfare.

(1st: The Church of Helix, 12) (2nd: Upholstered Chamber / Omorika’s Office, 11) (3rd: The End of Creation, 5)

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The Lightning Round
CHLOE: ...So, we have a few awards to quickly go through!
CHLOE: We’ll be getting our small onboard crew to announce these, while we make… preparations for what sweet hell we’ll be raising in a matter of time.
CHLOE: See you later!

The camera feed doesn’t swap. Mari comes onto the set.

MARI: So, if we’re to minimize danger during the Best Girl Contest, we should install turrets all along the-

The feed (finally) swaps to a roaming shot. Someone’s holding a camera- probably Chaos. He busts into a break room, where Taeda, Bass, and R-8733 are sitting. He kicks Bass’s coffee off the table for no apparent reason, before slamming down the camera at the opposite end of the table. He then discretely noclips through the ceiling, before returning with Nana, who’s deposited into a chair. Chaos then backwards long jumps through the corner of the room, and out of this plane of existence. It is theorized that at this moment in time, Chaos is now in low orbit around Sussui, about 4 QPU to the left.

TAEDA: ...Why are we being filmed?
TAEDA: I thought we weren’t going on air?
BASS: no plan survives contact with the enemy
BASS: or this case, Mari’s scheduling practices.
NANA: W-Why am I here? I-I’m meant to be o-on a date!
R-8733: Why are any of us here?
R-8733: ...Not a philosophical question, by the way.
BASS: anyway we’re going to be shoehorned into doing dumb stuff
BASS: i’m ready
BASS: mostly
BASS: just gotta replenish my beverage

Bass stands up, heads to the company fridge, appreciates the trophy that’s been nailed to it as of a few moments ago, then pulls out a piping hot coffee from the icebox. He then grabs the coffee cup that Chaos kicked over, pops open his new coffee, and refills his old cup before returning to the table. Just then, a few letters materialize on the table, as well as some instructions. Taeda helps herself to the instructions.

TAEDA: “Read the letters, they have award winners.”
TAEDA: “Don’t worry about grabbing the winners- odds are, unless he’s busy slacking, Chaos will deliver them to you.”
TAEDA: “Also, if you’re not reading this aloud, it won’t make sense for the viewers, so I hope you’re doing that.”

TAEDA: Bass, why don’t you start with this letter?
BASS: sure

Bass grabs a letter that Taeda wasn’t pointing to. He had one job.

Best Flavor Text
BASS: the item with the best, funniest, or most <something> flavor text!
BASS: this is not related to item taste.
BASS: if it was, the winner would be the ration.
TAEDA: You like the rations?
TAEDA: I can’t stand them...
BASS: after eating spider meat for like fifty days straight, anything is better

Chaos suddenly flashes through the room for a brief moment, depositing a weapon and an intangible concept onto the table.

BASS: anyway, your winners (plural) are the weapon, Reactor Rifle and the perk, Know How to Use It!
TAEDA: Congratulations! I’d give them this here trophy, but… well, they’re not exactly animate...

NANA: ...H-How’d he place a perk on the table?
R-8733: Dunno.
R-8733: What I wanna know is why the perk is shaped like a hand grenade.
R-8733: One that’s about to go off.
NANA: ...W-Wait, what?

Nana grabs the intangible concept, slashes open the break room door, and lobs the perk out into the hallway. She also nabs R-8733’s blast shield, and straps it to the doorway. The perk explodes into a gigantic fiery explosion, wiping out the hallway and launching R-8733’s blast shield out from the doorway. It smashes through the opposite wall, creating a stylish new way to enter the break room from the studio gym.

R-8733: Dibs on the rifle, by the way.
R-8733: And the next letter!
NANA: I-I swear, these letters will result in nothing more than calamity...

R-8733 prepares to read the next letter...

(1st: Reactor Rifle / Know How to Use It, 4) (2nd: Spider Pheromones / Eternal Guardian, 2) (3rd: Soothing Token / Splinters, 1)

Best Story Moment
R-8733: This is the best moment in the story thus far!
R-8733: It likely had an explosive flair to it, or was otherwise mindblowing!
TAEDA: ...Were those explosion jokes intentional?
R-8733: Nope! They’ve planted themselves into my speech patterns, and I’m not even C4orcing them.
R-8733: ...Okay, that last one was totally intentional.
R-8733: Anyway, your winner of Best Story Moment is the appearance of The Combined!

Nia is thrown into the room by Chaos, through the newly opened entryway from the gym. After taking a moment to dust herself off, she cheers, jumping and raising a fist into the air!

NIA: Heeeeeyoo!
NIA: I did it! I won a thing!
NIA: ...I’d summon Persephone as she was a huge part of that bit, but… I already used her up, and I need to go beat up some Seekers for like an hour if I want to recharge her.
NIA: And I do not have time for that!

Taeda rummages through a cardboard box, and hands Nia a trophy.

TAEDA: Here you go!
TAEDA: You earned it!
NIA: Aw, thanks!
NIA: You’re so sweet, y’know?
TAEDA: Aw, you’re being too kind…
TAEDA: I’m just doing my job, is all!
NIA: In fact, I bet you’re so sweet, that you’ve won the next award!
NIA: Nana! Read the thingy!
NANA: R-Right away!

(1st: The Combined, 6) (2nd: Lucid and the Ashen Knight / Nia's Retrieval, 3) (3rd: The Ritual, 0...)

Best Minor Character
NIA: ...Oh, it IS a category that Tae can win!
NIA: And here I was, thinking it’d be an award for the best shade of blue or something.
NIA: #vote00ccff
NANA: A-Anyway, this award g-goes to the best character w-who isn’t a player or full blown NPC!
NANA: A-Ah, I wonder w-who it could be?

Nana cautiously slashes open the letter with one of her bladed tendrils. She pulls out the piece of paper within, and her eyes go wide.

NANA: A-Ah, um…
NANA: T-Taeda? Read this.
TAEDA: U-Um, alright.

Taeda takes the contents of the letter, then her face goes flush.

TAEDA: A-Ah, um…
TAEDA: T-The winner of Best Minor Character is… me! T-Taeda!
TAEDA: I-I don’t know w-what to say!
TAEDA: Thank you, e-everyone! I’m flattered that all of you appreciate my company, a-and I appreciate all of you a-as well!
TAEDA: I-I hope we’ll keep being friends, f-forever!
TAEDA: U-Um...

Taeda begins to cry, a smile affixed on her teary face. Nia decides to take her side, giving the Chairian priestess a hug.

NIA: I was right! You are a total sweetheart!
NIA: Congrats, Tae! You earned it!
TAEDA: T-Thank you s-so much!
TAEDA: I-I’m… h-happy...

(1st:: Taeda, 8) (2nd: Nana, 6) (3rd: Bass / Maple, 5)

As Taeda continues to sob, the camera feed shifts back to the hangar where Chloe, Marron, Ette, and (now) Mari are located. It seems the Hangar’s gone under a slight redesign- mostly because it’s been decked in layers of flak turrets, as well as a few anti-personnel turrets for good measure.

CHLOE: Hey, um…
CHLOE: If we’re doing the whole airship thing, which is minimizing casualties… why do we need turrets?
MARI: Remember like, at least fifty billion paragraphs ago, when the island took off?
MARI: When Chaos looked into the hole, there was bedrock at the bottom.
MARI: Some maniac recognized the bedrock pattern, said they’d see us soon, and now our location’s been leaked.
CHLOE: Are you sure the trolls aren’t just getting creative?
MARI: I mean, maybe-

A Scarlet flies into the hangar. Their eyes light up when they see Chloe- it’s Maple!

MAPLE: Oh, heya!
MAPLE: The coordinates WERE real! Twitch chat never lies!
MAPLE: Can I be a part of the show?
CHLOE: S-Sure! We need more hands backstage!

She turns to Mari, and whispers something to her. Closed captioning allows you to understand their whispers.

CHLOE: Mari, I think we need more guns.
MARI: Yep.
MARI: We also need anti-air guns that are actually outside of the goddamn hangar.

Mari directs the camera feed towards herself, and makes an announcement.

MARI: Soooo, recent developments are making us assume DEFCON 1, because the Best Girl Contest is happening soon, and SOMEBODY KNOWS OUR LOCATION.
MARI: Foooor now though, as we stack up our defenses, we’ll be cutting to Creation for a special announcement!
MARI: Enjoy!

Before the camera feed shifts, there’s a few seconds of pure pandemonium as Temmie constructions rush the scene.

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Impending Threat!

Soon, the audience is treated to a view of Creation’s front cockpit- the Update Terminal! As per usual, the space station is looking down upon Sussui. The Operator sits in front of the Update Terminal in a Chairian crafted armchair, with red velvet cushions and an ornate mahogany frame. An almost completely clear glass table sits in front of him, with a steaming hot cup of tea upon it. His hands sit folded upon the glass surface, his face… revealing nothing, as it’s blank.

THE OPERATOR: Good evening.
THE OPERATOR: I am the Operator.
THE OPERATOR: Today on Thymecon Live, I will be announcing the results of the Impending Threat votes.

He “stares” at the camera.

THE OPERATOR: If you’re wondering why everything seems to be in order for once...
THE OPERATOR: It’s because unlike miss Mari, I actually prepare ahead of schedule.
THE OPERATOR: Let us begin, shall we?

The camera pans exactly thirty degrees to the right. A record player is sitting upon a small mahogany sidetable. A Secretary lowers the needle of the player onto a spinning record, and calm, elegant classical music fills the room. The camera then returns to its neutral position. A graphic stating the next award appears beneath the Operator, keeping his face and his upper body in frame. It’s not even covering him.

Impending Threat: Passive!
THE OPERATOR: ...A Secretary upon the floating island that miss Mari is piloting is telling me that she’s throwing a fit.
THE OPERATOR: A fit caused not only by her negligence, but my… “surprising” competency in holding a segment for this show.
THE OPERATOR: Mari.
THE OPERATOR: My presentation is simply average. Nothing surprising.
THE OPERATOR: The only thing surprising is your incompetence.

THE OPERATOR: ...Ahem.
THE OPERATOR: The passive. Of course.

He grabs the teacup, and takes a sip. The fluid absorbs straight into his face. He gently sets the teacup down. A secretary in an (ill-fitting) maid outfit comes by with a teapot, and refills the cup before running off.

THE OPERATOR: Creation enjoys a fair battle.
THE OPERATOR: As it is creating a boss, it wishes to adhere to the “Tactical Suicide Theorem”.
THE OPERATOR: For instance, if a boss has a tragically, painfully obvious weakpoint, they will do everything in their power to ensure you get to hit said weakpoint.
THE OPERATOR: It is unclear why these patterns seem to emerge in nature.
THE OPERATOR: Now, all of you had a chance to vote on a weakness that you preferred.

A pie-chart appears on the left hand side of the screen, revealing voter distribution.

THE OPERATOR: The selected passive is Elemental Decay.
THE OPERATOR: This means that your opponent shall cycle through elemental weaknesses.
THE OPERATOR: Congratulations. I’m sure you will all find a way to properly abuse this weakness, and cause everyone here to regret giving you the option.
THE OPERATOR: Now, for our second annoucement of the evening-

Suddenly, Chaos, from out of nowhere, slams into the cockpit of Creation, splatting across it much like a bug against a car’s windshield. He waves to the audience. The Operator facetentacles.
THE OPERATOR: ...Pardon the interruption.
THE OPERATOR: Creation, would you mind ridding us of this miscreant?

A puff of green flames conjures a gigantic windshield wiper, which sweeps across the glass of the cockpit. Chaos is scrapped off, and flung off the livestream’s feed! He appears moments later, rather suddenly tumbling directly into the Operator’s glass table, shattering it. Chaos is doused in piping hot tea, but he doesn’t seem to mind the tea or glass shards as he stands up.

CHAOS: hi twit[c]h [c]ha[t]
THE OPERATOR: ...Of course you had to interrupt.
THE OPERATOR: While I would try and dispose of you, I know that the Narrative would not allow me to get rid of you.
CHAOS: [t]he narri[t]ive and i are on a firs[t] name basis
CHAOS: we’re [c]hill
CHAOS: we play smash bros every [t]uesday
THE OPERATOR: Sure you do.
THE OPERATOR: Anyway, I shall continue with my show, and pretend you’re not here.

(1st: Elemental Decay, 8) (2nd: Overloaded Core, 4) (3rd: System Failure, 2)

Impending Threat: Special
A Secretary comes by with a broom, and begins sweeping the glass of the table away. Another one vacuums the glass shards out of Chaos as he stands uncomfortably close to the camera, in the center of the frame. The Operator tries to move him, but it seems he has anchored himself to those coordinates. He sighs, and continues with his script.

THE OPERATOR: Now, Creation wishes to adhere to a second theorem.
THE OPERATOR: It is known as the-
CHAOS and [t]he winner is [t]he arbi[t]ers of [t]he beas[t] eeeyyy-

Chaos’s head is messily obliterated by a rapid fire barrage of tentacles to the head. His decapitated body shrugs.

CHAOS: ow
CHAOS: did i really deserve [t]ha[t]
THE OPERATOR: Yes.
CHAOS: fair enough

Two Secretaries come over, wearing police hats. They grab Chaos, and throw him into a freshly-created cage.

THE OPERATOR: Well.
THE OPERATOR: Mari’s certainly going to have a field day mocking my performance.
THE OPERATOR: It’s almost like she hired you to sabotage me.
CHAOS: a[c][t]ually she did
CHAOS: [t]wen[t]y [c]redi[t]s is [t]wen[t]y [c]redi[t]s
THE OPERATOR: …
THE OPERATOR: Of course.

He gestures to the Secretaries.

THE OPERATOR: Please ensure that Chaos doesn’t escape this cell.
THE OPERATOR: He shall be locked away for-

...Chaos has escaped the cage. It is unclear as to whether he’s still on Creation or not, but he’s spray painted his name onto the cockpit’s viewport.

THE OPERATOR: …
THE OPERATOR: Mari. Chaos.
THE OPERATOR: I’ll be seeing the both of you soon.

The feed cuts to black, and the normal livestream resumes from the hangar.

(1st: Arbiters of the Beast, 8) (2nd: Minus Strike / Off Waves, 3) (3rd: nothing, N/A)

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The Best Girl Contest
Mari has entered full panic mode. Despite the increased militarization of the hangar, the fact that the Operator himself is coming for her is enough to drive her mad. It also doesn’t help that they’re likely being approached by rabid fans, who want nothing more than to see their waifu of choice be declared the best.

MARI: Oh, god…
MARI: Note to self: NEVER HIRE CHAOS FOR ANYTHING AGAIN, EVER.
MARI: I told him two things: one, sabotage the Operator’s smug gorilla, and two: DON’T TELL HIM THAT I ORDERED THE HIT.
CHLOE: W-Well, what do we do now!?
MARI: We SHOULD have enough time to gather troops before the Operator arrives, so if we’re quick, we can grab Toast, and maybe prep One Hit Wonder aga-

The Operator teleports behind Mari.

THE OPERATOR: Hello.
MARI: Haha, gorilla.

The Operator delivers a simple, yet decisive chop to the top of Mari’s head. Her vision goes cross eyed, and she falls forward, unconscious. The Operator bows.

THE OPERATOR: That will be all.
THE OPERATOR: Good day to you all.
THE OPERATOR: I have a certain glitch abomination to visit.

He turns to face Chloe and Nia, whose weapons are pointed towards him. Two tentacles surge out, immediately disarming the two of them. He casually delivers a message to them as he cleans a bit of Mari’s blood off his hand.

THE OPERATOR: Also, I thought you should know.
THE OPERATOR: Roughly twelve dozen ships are closing in on your position.
THE OPERATOR: In fact, the Sphere itself is in pursuit, as apparently it has an idea on who should be Best Girl as well.
THE OPERATOR: If you conclude the show now by announcing the winner of the Best Girl Contest, you might be able to avoid an incredibly high number of casualties.
THE OPERATOR: It’s hard to be Best Girl if you’re dead, and you can stop others from assassinating best girl if you protect them.

THE OPERATOR: Once the results are announced, no amount of bloodshed and fighting can change them.
THE OPERATOR: They may just go home.
CHLOE: U-Um, sure?
CHLOE: W-Wait, HOW MANY SHIPS?

The two of them run out towards the cannons. Marron is still on the harpoon cannon, looking into the distance. A storm has begun to brew, and in the occasional flashes of lightning, the silhouettes of many ships can be seen.

MARRON: So, uh.
MARRON: I think we’re gorilla.
MARRON: Especially since the turrets won’t activate until Mari presses a button.
MARRON: Good design, right?

MARRON: Anyway, got any ideas on how we’re gonna live this?
CHLOE: W-We gotta end the show!
CHLOE: If we end the show before they get here, m-maybe they won’t kill us and/or eachother!
NIA: ...I’d like to say that this plot is dumb.
CHLOE: Tell me about it.

CHLOE: So…
CHLOE: No time to lose! Nia, annouce the winner!
NIA: Alright!
NIA: ...

Nia’s expression goes blank.

NIA: So, uh.
NIA: Chloe, who’s the winner?

Chloe’s expression also goes blank.

CHLOE: I… I don’t know.
CHLOE: Mari didn’t want to know the winner right away, so she calculated the winners on her arm terminal, but did it in such a way that all the winners wouldn’t be revealed to her until she said so.
CHLOE: Like… a ||text spoiler||, I guess.
NIA: So you’re saying we need to cut Mari’s arm off to get the terminal?
NIA: I’m game.
CHLOE: W-Who said anything about c-cutting her arm off?
CHLOE: We can just politely ask her who the winner is!
CHLOE: Or use her arm terminal.
NIA: Oh, right.

NIA: Wait, where’s Mari, again?

...The camera pans, revealing that Ette has just dragged Mari through the battered airlock doors, likely towards the Medbay.

MARRON: Damn it, Ette!
MARRON: Why couldn’t you NOT do your job like the rest of us!?
MARRON: Ugh, whatever. Let’s get goin-

A squadron of five Floofknights pops out of the stormclouds, and begin rapidly closing in on the hangar! Marron mans the harpoon cannon, then points to the hangar doors.

MARRON: Chloe! Nia!
MARRON: I’ll hold them off! You guys go grab Mari!
CHLOE: A-Alright!
CHLOE: Thanks, Marron!
NIA: We’ll never forget you!
MARRON: ...What, you think I’ll let them kill me?
MARRON: Please. I’m gonna be the first person in history to not only hold them off, but LIVE!
MARRON: Now go!

MARRON: ...And take this camera with you!
MARRON: It should be good television.
CHLOE: O-Okay?
CHLOE: Thanks again!

Chloe and Nia begin rushing after Ette, whilst Marron prepares to fight off the Floofknights. Before she can fire the harpoon, a Floofknight immediately jams the mechanism by shoving a gigantic bolt of cotton into the works! Marron pulls out Hypertherma, and prepares for combat! She rains a hail of bolts upon the approaching Spiralfloofs, but their fluffiness (and SHP) proves too much for her to overcome!

She rolls backwards, narrowly avoiding the Spiralfloof that barges through the harpoon gun, destroying it. The fluffy death machine makes a cute purring noise as it leaps towards Marron! The puppeteer pulls out a needle, and whilst darting to the side, plunges a needle into the beast as it goes by her! Of course, SHP tanks it again.

As her arm brushes against the creature’s fluff, she can feel her willpower begin to dissolve. The Floofknight drifts(?) across the Hangar floor, kicking up metal panels. The Spiralfloof then barrels into Marron, winding her and knocking her to the ground. Before she can recover, the Spiralfloofs close in on her. Before she fully understands what’s happening, she’s pulled between the fluff of five whole Spiralfloofs! It’s too much for the puppeteer, who’s will completely dissolves. She’s reduced to a happy mess, cuddling and snuggling up to the fluffy creatures, trapped in a wonderland of white fluffiness.

...It seems the knights are Marron supporters. How could they not resist ensnaring Marron in such a cute and cuddly way? Plus, it seems the Spiralfloofs are enjoying playing with Marron, so they don’t really have reason to pursue Chloe and Nia. It seems that Marron’s accomplished her mission, sorta.

In their pursuit to track down Ette, Chloe and Nia come across the destroyed hallway that was caused by the explosion of a perk during the Lightning Round. The fissure’s revealed a pit down to the skies below- falling in would surely be lethal!

CHLOE: T-The infirmary is this way!
CHLOE: We just need to cross this gap!
NIA: How the hell did Ette cross it!?
CHLOE: I-I don’t know!
CHLOE: Doctor powers, maybe?

CHLOE: J-Just like… make an ice bridge for us to cross!
NIA: One ice bridge, comin’ up!

Nia waves her staff around, and a bridge of ice forms across the gap. The two begin to walk violently slip across the bridge. Before they make it over, a group of Scarlets appear beneath the island! They force themselves through the bridge, shattering it! Nia is knocked across to the other side, while Chloe’s less fortunate, pulled into the grasp of several Scarlets.

NIA: C-CHLOE, NO!
CHLOE: N-Nia! Keep going!
CHLOE: Go on without me!

...Chloe is carried by the Scarlets to the other side of the bridge, where she’s immediately presented with… dozens of random items that the Scarlets want her to sign. She’s handed a pen as well. It seems that Chloe’s journey to save the universe from rabid fangirls has come to a close. She sighs, puts on her peppiest, bravest face, and begins to sign autographs at a surprising rate. Many a Scarlet’s day is made, whilst Nia makes her escape.

As Nia roams through the halls of the floating island (and realizes that Ette probably took the route a few feet to the right), she finally comes upon the infirmary. She kicks open the door, and finds Ette there, applying a few bandages to Mari’s head. She runs over to Ette, and begins yelling towards her.

NIA: ETTE I NEED MARI’S ARM OR WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE
ETTE: I think it’ll be more “slightly inconvenienced” than “killed”, but sure.
ETTE: ...W-Wait, do you want me to cut it off, or-
NIA: Oh, I just need to look at her terminal. Real quick.
ETTE: O-Oh, good!
ETTE: I’ve n-never used a bonesaw, a-anyway...

Ette allows Nia to approach Mari. The wizard gives the terminal a gentle shake, revealing… no login screen, as it seems that Mari doesn’t practice proper computer safety. She’s able to directly access the winners of all of the Chaos Awards.

NIA: There it is!
NIA: Finally, we can end all of this!
NIA: Uh, so… if I just tap this, I should be able to see who the winner is!
NIA: It’s so easy, it makes me wonder why I’m monologuing about it and oh goddamn it-

The entire island is violently hip-checked by the Sphere. The entire island shakes, and Nia falls over onto the ground. Ette is forced to cling to Mari’s bed for support.

NIA: G-GAAH!
NIA: O-Of course something w-would’ve happened!
NIA: ETTE! READ THE WINNER!
NIA: YOU HAVE VOCAL CHORDS NOW SO IT’S TOTALLY LEGAL!
ETTE: R-Right!
ETTE: F-For… everyone?
ETTE: I… I really don’t think we’ll die if I don’t read it, but...

Ette pokes the terminal, revealing the winner of the contest to her. Her eyes light up.

ETTE: Ooh!
ETTE: That’s really unexpected, wow!
ETTE: I’m surprised!
NIA: JUST READ IT!
ETTE: O-Okay!

Ette clears her throat, and stands up straight and tall. She also makes sure that the camera Nia had on her is pointed directly towards her.

ETTE: The winner of the Best Girl Contest is…
ETTE: ...Nia and Chloe!
ETTE: You two tied!
ETTE: Congratulations!~

Nia is left stunned by the revelation. Somewhere down the hall, the bunch of Scarlets that were crowding Chloe begin to squeal with joy, celebrating the win of their idol! The Sphere itself sighs as it realizes that Droplet won’t be winning this year’s Best Girl Contest, even though she wasn’t even a legal vote. It flashes its reverse lights and backs up into the storm, which abruptly resolves itself as whatever was causing the storm is placated.

The Scarlets carry Chloe across the gap in the hallway, allowing her to meet up with Nia. The wizard gives the swordswoman a big hug, the Scarlets crowing not too far away from the duo.

NIA: Congrats on your win, Chloe!
NIA: I knew you’d do it~
CHLOE: I really thought you’d be the one winning!
CHLOE: And to be fair, you did, but I didn’t think it’d be like this.
CHLOE: Is it even legal for both of us to win like this?
NIA: I don’t think there’s anything strictly against it.
NIA: Besides, I’m fine sharing Best Girl with you!
NIA: Cuz’ you’re the best~
CHLOE: Aw…
CHLOE: Y-You know, you’re get Venia to hunt me down at this rate...

The two of them decide to return to the Hangar, with Ette tagging along with them. They find Marron sleeping on the floor, covered in residue Spiralfloof cotton. Mari meanwhile, remains in the infirmary. Karate chops are serious business. They stand over Marron.

CHLOE: ...Should we wake her?
ETTE: Nah. She’ll be a bit grumpy when she finds out she didn’t win.
ETTE: Besides, she looks happy.
CHLOE: Yeah, she does!
CHLOE: I guess she succeeded at holding them off.

The two best girls decide to leave Marron undisturbed. With clear skies in the background, Ette sets up the camera, and both Chloe and Nia decide to wrap up the show.

CHLOE: Alright, everyone!
CHLOE: That’s it for this year’s Chaos Awards!
NIA: Tune in next year for a Best Girl Battle Royale~
CHLOE: I-Is that what we’re planning!?
CHLOE: T-That sounds… dangerous.
NIA: Nah, it’s not.
NIA: It’d be fun, though!
CHLOE: Maybe we have different definitions of fun...

Nia pulls Chloe close, left arm wrapped around Chloe’s back.

NIA: Goodbye, everyone!
CHLOE: Bye!

(1st: Chloe / Nia, 17) (2nd: The Sleuth, 13) (3rd: Ette, 12) (4th: The Author, 11) (5th: Marron, 10) (6th: Omorika: 8) (7th: Nana, 6) (8th: Mari, 4) (9th: Maple, 1)

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...The livestream hasn’t ended.

CHLOE: U-Um, Nia?
CHLOE: I… I don’t think the stream’s ending.
NIA: Oh, Mari must have a command to deactivate it on her arm terminal.
NIA: Just stand there, and look cute?
CHLOE: W-Wait, I’m coming with you!

Chloe runs after Nia, out of frame, and offscreen. With nobody else capable in the room, Ette decides to take center stage.

ETTE: So…
ETTE: I'm gonna get a little meta here, so bare with me!

ETTE: Thanks to everyone for all your support!
ETTE: Project Thymium couldn’t happen without all of your love, support, and feedback!
ETTE: Seriously, you guys rock!
ETTE: An extra special thanks to the Co-GM’s, who make operating this game way more fun!
ETTE: Here’s to another year of Thymium, everyone!~

...Ette strikes a pose, standing triumphant with a fist in the air. The live stream then finally fades to black, putting an end to this chapter of the Chaos Awards.

At the Hybridization Lab...

Summa saw the Supply Unit 3 in front of her, thinking for a moment. This was just a glorified alchemy lab, right? All sorts of... Things... Tsar'ina was one for many things, but alchemy wasn't one of them. She'll punch any motherflower that told her alchemy and elemental engineering were the same thing. After some consideration, she decided that the best course of action was to smash the thing. It's been working out well for her for the past couple days, so why stop now?

Tsar'ina moves one tile to the left, onto N14, She raises her hand, lifting up the Supply Unit 3 with Skeletal Toss.

"GET OVER HERE! Hehe..."

She brings her hand back and perfectly throws the Supply Unit, having it land right next to her at O14. Tsar'ina didn't have the time to pull out her massive sword and smash the thing by hand, but she went with the much more cooler option, pulling out a Clockwork Bomb.

"I really shouldn't be using this so close to me."

Just like that, Tsar'ina tossed the Clockwork Bomb at the Supply Unit. No need to throw it, it was right in front of her.



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Summa moves to N14, uses Skeletal Toss on Supply Unit 3, bringing it over to O14. Uses Clockwork Bomb on Supply Unit 3

Battle action:

"Oh, that's convenient."

With Supply Unit 3 yeeted over to somewhere quite convenient, Calibri promptly moves to N13, shreds Supply Unit 3 with a very beefy basic attack, and turns around to retreat to L12.


Not battle action:

Back at the house, Verdana throws himself into the kitchen room, then floats over to the counter. He is planning on... something.

"...I've thought of something now! Sure hope this goes well..."



After that crafting is done, Verdana contemplates what to do next. He contemplates contemplatively. He's lowkey proud of his creation, so maybe that pride is making him emit happy aura feelings or something.


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