Battle Actions First:

In the Anniversary Hangar: Auth flies to R14 and casts Purify on Mari.

In the battle with Monika: Auth revives Mari using Valiance. Auth then throws a Piercing Clockwork Bomb at Scalewind 2.
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- The Hybridization Lab
Pope Bill runs to AD16 using Momentum Lock. He then shoots Niessence2 with his basic attack, before retreating to B16.

- The Awards Hangar [after Speed's action]
Pope Bill teleports to V16 using his trait. He apologizes profusely to Mari for bumping her off her tile, saying, "Sorry about this!" Next, he attacks Protemitor Hand 2 through his marked tiles.

<ROUND ONE-HUNDRED NINETY-NINE>

...No stats?

This means I have room to SHILL!

I've been working on a game for the past two or so months: LumenTD! LumenTD is a tower defense game with a unique twist: the bullets fired from your towers are weak, but can be improved and cloned by Panels! Turn a single bullet into a storm that flies around the entire map! This beta contains eight levels of increasing complexity and difficulty.

Download Here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/7krpmoyvlryv...v0.2.0.exe/file

okay now that I'm done shilling

back to your usual program

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Echoss makes a request to Chloe. She accepts, happily letting the butterflies flutter onto her shoulders.

CHLOE: Alright!
CHLOE: I should be able to lead the prisoners out of here by myself, if that's what you want me to do once you've gathered them all.

CHLOE: ...Also, having random butterflies on my shoulder is totally making me feel like a Disney princess.
CHLOE: I'm gonna get sued, aren't I?

Chloe stands at the exit to Cellblock Omega, awaiting escapees. As Echoss sends a butterfly around the cells to free the prisoners, they all find their way to Chloe. Although they've arrived, the swordswoman decides to wait for further orders. Or for Echoss to retroactively tell her to go and direct them to the exit. One of the two.

Echoss himself then decides to go and jump into a cell. The airstream below the cells carries him a ways off. It's not a stable ride at all- try as he might, he's smacked against smooth stone walls, and sent spiraling into the unknown. He pops out into an incredibly small prison cell. A Chosen takes notice of the shipment of another prisoner, and spends his action taunting Echoss, making fun of his small brain.

Some golems then work on the house, looting a window from a frame, then filling in the frame. This is repeated a few times, expending 30 Uniform Logs to fill in the holes in the walls. This is basically immediately refunded when he removes a wall from the house, creating a passage between the two rooms. The windows from earlier, as well as 7 Glass Sheets are then used to create new windows around the house.

Then, to conclude, Pionobot drops into the Everground, and rocks the world of a single Harpy, sending it spiraling into the blast zone, its death signified with a purple plume of flame. The two other Harpies in the zone close in on Pionobot, grabbing onto his arms! They then begin to fly upward! If Echoss is raised by the Harpies too much... it may be catastrophic!

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Venia does a number of things. First off, she continues with Nia, going on about what Transcendence does. Nia shrugs.

NIA: ...I forget if you told me that before or not.
NIA: I feel like I have...
NIA: Eh, whatever. Never hurts to stay informed.
NIA: I wonder what we'll need to do to make you into one, though?
NIA: I remember you were running research before, and you made me splash you with a buncha water.
NIA: Where were we in doing that, again?

Venia then notes that she'll be withholding her magic until Magic Club resumes. The wizard pouts towards Nia in an incredibly cute fashion.

NIA: But I wanna see it nowwwww!
NIA: Meanie.

NIA: So, should we gather the troops?
NIA: I don't remember who attended last time, but maybe we should make an announcement?
NIA: It'd be fun to get together again!

While the two likely begin their plotting, Maria decides to talk with Magnolia. The axe seems to be surprised with Maria's appearance.

MAGNOLIA: Whoa, a tiny person!
MAGNOLIA: I was a tiny person before, too!
MAGNOLIA: The Rose Cult doesn't have many tiny people anymore...

MAGNOLIA: ...Oh, right!
MAGNOLIA: Hi! I'm Magnolia! I'm like, a couple hundred years old, and an axe!
MAGNOLIA: It's nice to meet you!

Maria asks why Magnolia's an axe, mentioning that her dad sounds super mean. Confusion.

MAGNOLIA: Huh?
MAGNOLIA: Why would making me into an axe make my father mean?
MAGNOLIA: Being an axe is super good and cool!
MAGNOLIA: Your dad would do the same thing too, if he was super cool and good!

Venia then asks if there was anything prior to his decision about the whole "axe" thing. The axe goes silent for a moment, seemingly pondering things. A few seconds later, she begins to speak again.

MAGNOLIA: Uh... I dunno.
MAGNOLIA: I remember like... maybe a day before I became an axe, he was really unhappy.
MAGNOLIA: He was saying that nobody was being cooperative with him, and that nobody believed in him. Or something.
MAGNOLIA: I dunno why people wouldn't believe in him. He's super smart!
MAGNOLIA: It was a long, long time ago. It's hard to remember anything more specific...

Ette continues to remain on standby, waiting for Maria to climb onto her back. She's been crouching for the past two minutes, and now she feels really awkward. Speaking of awkward, MR KRABS CONTINUES TO VIOLATE MY AESTHETIC. 60 Uniform Logs and 30 Refined Wood worth of Bunk Beds are shoved into the inventory, then stuffs a door into the inventory for 8 Titanium Bars of stuff. I forget what the doors are actually made of, but I think it'd be funny if they're all just made of random stuff.

He also offers the Cartist a thing of Candy Corn Liquor. He happily snatches the bottle, and immediately maxes out his surprisingly gigantic Imagination gauge! The Cartist suddenly ascends through the roof, becoming Godhead Cartist. They fondly regard creation for a few moments, before being shot back down into the planet by Lord Helix, who is at least 25 God Levels above him. His corpse splatters on the ground, his blood yielding... two bottles of Candy Corn Liquor. This also leaves his Stone Rose unattended, so it gets shoved into the inventory.

Then, because THE RIDE (or Tazzpost) IS NEVER OVER, Mr. Krabs decides to make a nuclear reactor: a Tactical Nuclear Power Plant! This consumes 20 Reactor Components, and 10 Fusion Cells. The reactor is presented to Mari posthaste.

MARI: ...
MARI: You know, it didn't NEED to be a nuclear reactor.
MARI: It could've been like, a really advanced crystalline power generator, or something.
MARI: In fact, that probably would've been easier.
MARI: ...Whatever. This works.

MARI: So, I've been working on gathering computer parts, aside from the processor...
MARI: I think I've assembled something strong enough to actually USE the processor, and something strong enough to handle something that generated as much power as a nuclear power plant, so...
MARI: Yeah.
MARI: Now I just need a place to put all of this.
MARI: Can't just build a computer in the middle of the place that we're gonna blow up, because I'm gonna take this thing once we're done with the Sphere so I can play Minecraft.

MARI: ...
MARI: Also, the schematic should be roughly 3x3.
MARI: Huge power requires huge computers.
MARI: Where to put it?

...It seems like you can select an area in the house to put the computer. There's a chance it'll draw attention of a sort, so choose wisely, maybe?

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Kalis does some crafting! 2 Spiralfloof Floofballs, 2 Ashen Crystals, 2 Fluxblood, and 2 Fireproof Silkweave is thrown at it, transforming it into the Opaline Kimono. As a note, they'll need to equip it once they're not in a battle, but hopefully that shouldn't be too far off!

For those playing at home, Opaline is like, opaque or colored glass. Is that what Opaline in this is referring to? Probably not!

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Irongutta asks Magnolia about age an' metal. The axe attempts to elaborate with their limited understanding of the question.

MAGNOLIA: Oh, it's like...
MAGNOLIA: Metal's super strong, and lasts for a long time, but the body of a Chairian rots eventually?
MAGNOLIA: Since I'm made of metal, I can last a long, long time!
MAGNOLIA: Imagine an axe made of wood. That wouldn't be very good!

MAGNOLIA: ...Also, why do you talk like that?
MAGNOLIA: It sounds funny.

Magnolia doesn't seem to understand his accent. Perhaps she assumes he's just bad at saying words.

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oh god oh frick surprise respec

Uh, so... Ziah rejoins the game, as Ziah! Welcome back! This furthers your identity crisis. Switch off again, and that'll be three whole Ziah's in Identity Crisis. (Just wait until Monika gets her hands on them!)

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<HYBRIDIZATION LAB, ROUND SIX>
Thanks to the Twitchy Glyph, casualties this round are at a minimum! See if you can capitalize on this! In addition, Chara's shenanigans have brought back the Hybrid! It seems that they'll mostly be going after Chara, but the lower Failed Experiment will likely be heading down south. Steer clear! Also, you're almost done cutting down the Rose, but Monika's Spawn Point will provide a steady stream of threats. See if you can press forward?

<THE AWARDS HANGAR, ROUND THREE>
A few small changes! Physical and Glitch attacks are now far more effective than they were! Still, strategically-timed Elemental attacks are the way to go! You'll just be better off if you don't have those options. Also, while getting Protoenergy is well and good, dying is not. Try to not die. Protip of the evening.

First and foremost, this is non-canon. Ziah isn't actually here yet, but he will be after this battle. With that out of the way.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uVE...it?usp=drivesdk

First sheet on there, I apologize for multiple things. I don't have special fill conditions set up properly, and I have two items that don't actually exist in game yet. However, since I got the go-ahead from you, I'll assume it's fine.

Ziah makes his debut! He twirls a pistol around his finger, flinging it into the air... and catching it this time! Character motifs POG. He isn't going to use that obviously, but it's a fun throwback. Anyway, he moves to P15, and uses Ordo! His hair and eyes... well, eye, both turn a pastel pink. Pretty. He also activates Limit Break. His eye glows a blinding white for a moment, before fading back to pink. A faint white trail of light can be seen coming from his eye, however. After this, he places his free hand in his pocket, resting on the hilt of his keyblade.

Echoss retroactively confirms:
"Yes please, I need to go pursue the other ones and make sure they're alright."
His butterflies finish and gather the chairians from the cellblock to the West and bring them to Chloe, who presumably leads them up to the surface.

Meanwhile at the chairian holding cells, Echoss smirks.
"You seem very confident for someone in butterfly range."
A butterfly materializing in his palm, and before the Chosen can back off, the butterfly turns into a thin spear of golden light that Echoss punches right through the Chosen's chest.
"Get over here."
He yanks on a string of light, pulling the Chosen over to his cell hard enough to dent the cell door and probably at least knock them unconscious.
Echoss proceeds to pick the Chosen's pockets for the keys. He pulls the keys out and unlocks his own cell door, only for the door to not open.
He pushes against the door, but no luck. At this point he realizes that he bent the door out of the shape and it's probably just stuck altogether. Oops.
Echoss sighs, and expends another butterfly to just cut the door off its hinges. The door falls forward with a clang. Echoss is free!

In the house, Echoss's golems smooth out a bunch of stone brick blocks and uses them to make some very fancy nice tile flooring for the bathrooms in the North of floor 1.

In the everground, Piono just straight up bursts into flames. The fire burns away his shirt (which regenerates before we can get that sweet blocky shirtless scene) and also completely immolates both of the harpies, dropping him back down to the island.


NPC Services and shopping:
We purchase a Radvessel.

Additionally, Marron is commissioned for two trinkets for Summa
(T5 Trinket) Every Elemental Earth
I've got a jar full of sand! Guess what's inside it?!
(Elemental Excellence) (Elemental Eclecticity)
(30% Earth) (20% Magical) (20% Magical) (-20% Crushing)
Elemental Excellence: While you have any Elveil, Elblight or Enchant:Element applied to you, you gain the effects of Empowered2 and Guardian2. (note: you do not actually have Empowered or Guardian, but instead act as if these statuses give you equivalent effects).
Elemental Eclecticity: Twice per battle, as a bonus action, you may immediately change the element of any Elveil, Elblight, or Enchant:Element that anyone in Range 1-3 currently has. If you do this, boost their duration by 1. (Note: this can self-target.)

(T5 Hat) Prismatic Star Scarf
Wear the rainbow! Taste the rainbow.
(+2 MMP) (+2 STR) (+2 INT) (+2 SPC) (Cosmic Consumption)
Fire (20%), Ice (20%), Magical (20%), Magical (20%), Physical (-20%)
Cosmic Consumption: As a bonus action, if you have any Elveil, you may immediately dispel it and gain Mending(2x + 3) for (Y) rounds, where X is the intensity of the status and Y is the duration. You may also do this with any Enchant:Element, in which case X = 4.


Battle:
While I try and figure out what I'm doing, I shopping spree 4 dark El-Ite Knives

The Clustereverything Lab

Daskter moves to AA21
Target fires Chosen4
Retreats to AA20

Pioneer teleports Chosen3 to V22
retreats to X16

Conscript1 moves to X17
Pew Pews Chosen4

Conscript3 moves to Y18
Shoots Chosen4

Conscript 2 moves to Z20
Finish off Chosen4.

Conscript1 will use an elemental Blaster if Chosen4 survives on less than 9HP

Katyusha moves to Y12
Starts chunking pieces off of NetwyrmHead2

The ProtoEnergies
Daskter summons another Katyusha at D17 (same settings) except Spell is Fire damage

Katyusha moves to E16
and starts the rain of light everywhere (Elemental Splitshot)
Target priority: Cspirit7, Cspirit3, and Arbiter1.

Battle - Hybrid Lab:

"Sol Aeterna... Huh. I feel like..."

Calibri trails off, closing his eyes. The air around him swirls faintly, a few of the shadows around him seem to grow longer and more noticeable, and there's just the sense that something is... resonating, for lack of a better word. The room darkens further, leaving only silhouettes visible.

There's two glows. A powerful blue one, coming from a lightly-cracked orb located somewhere in Calibri's form. And a similar but completely intact yellow one, coming from the aforementioned weapon. Two pieces of the same soul. Two components of the same puzzle. A truth laid out bare for all to see. And briefly, the weapon seems to have a humanoid feminine silhouette, the shape of a person it doesn't yet have established... Then, the room rebrightens, and Calibri opens his eyes again.

"Knew it. Hey, are you awake?"

There's a pause. Then comes a reply from Sol Aeterna.

"...Yes."

And now let's just cut the narration and cue the conversation, shall we?

"This is strange. The surroundings. They feel different. I cannot explain how..."
"Yeah, you're not in the mindscape right now. Long story."
"This is observed. But this does not explain... How has this happened? The plan..."
"Might have to give up on whatever you had planned. And, uh. Also maybe explain who you are to the people around here."
"Ah! There are other people present... Greetings. I am commonly called Sol Aeterna. However, I have decided on an alternative name. Lato. Maybe some of you were the Operative's comrades in a prior circumstance?"
"Alright, thanks. Anyway, further context, there's a fight going on. You're currently being wielded by an enemy."
"...I see."

After the reveal of allegiances, Lato's tone has gone icy cold. The living weapon's form shifts, an eye sprouting from it to glare at Monika. It seems she's quite pissed off, for lack of better phrasing.

"...It is rude to wield a girl without asking her for permission. Unhand me immediately."

Meanwhile, Calibri himself slides to P14, lashes out with his sword to behead Chosen6 with the last bit of Sword Beam left, then retreats to P12 while eating a Chocolate Spiced Porridge. Then, he fixes Monika with a look. Not really an emotional one in any way. Just a blunt look.

"Yeah... If you didn't click by now, I'm gonna have to ask you to let go of my sister."


Battle - Awards Hanger:

"Alright, I think I have an idea! The idealist of ideas, might I add. We're going to shove a nail into that big glowing construct thing, then smack it with a hammer! It's foolproof! Unless I die, but there's really no chance of that happening with how much health and armor I've got!"

Fusion Verdana seems quite excited for some reason. Probably because he had ideas and is doing them. He moves to P10 (sorry, bow kid's mirror self) and casts Force Nail on the Protemitor. Right in the middle of the thing, if you're wanting specific targeting locations. Or the eye. Whichever would get the funnier reaction.

"Oh yeah! Might as well use this too."

He proceeds to zap Summa's downed body with the free Shock Therapist use he's got saved, because one might as well use the assets they have.

Verdana's Chibi Nia moves over to L13, clearly frightened by the numerous dangerous things going on and also her being on low health.


Outside of battle:

"Been a bit since ah've gone an' done somethin', ay."

EN decides to go do something, investigating the inventory for a bit. She soon finds something that absolutely takes her interest, and soon runs off to the Dueling Hut to use as an impromptu crafting locale. That's pretty much what it's good for since nobody actually duels there.




Also outside of battle:

An Engie drone teleports into Cellblock Omega, initially spawning in a GLORIOUS T-POSE before gaining proper model animations and just standing around for a moment.

"...The decorations here are shit. I'm taking these, by the way."

He proceeds to steal every empty cage in the room, then yeehaws out of the cellblock via plowing face-first through the ceiling until he reaches proper land. Some time later, he walks over to the front of the Church of Helix, staring at it for a moment before shrugging and looking for things to do. He soon notices the the towers, and notices that there's stuff on the South tower. As such, he places a cardboard cutout of himself down to obstruct the view to him, then a cardboard cutout on top of the South Tower draws attention to itself, causing the cardboard cutout down on the ground to vanish. He then takes down the cardboard cutout on top of the South tower, dropping down to investigate the telescopes closely.

"By my professional opinion, these are telescopes."

Engie quickly uses a Shimmering Cluster to shine a light through the one entropic telescope just for the hell of it, then promptly turns into a minecraft avatar of himself, bridging his way over to the North Tower via a long line of cobblestone that shouldn't work by normal physics but definitely works by Minecraft physics. Upon arrival, he reverts back to normal, and is about to step onto the tower proper before realizing he's come face to face with a particular Harmonizer.

"Oh hi there."

Then, he notices Droplet, and the other gray Iti in general really. He takes a step to the side, then steps forward, ignoring the fact that he was briefly held up by empty air as he steps onto the tower proper.

"Hi to the rest of you too. So, that grayness thing seems to be working quite functionally. Not bad. Anyway, I was looking through the inventory recently, and I found this."

Engie tips a fuckton of silkweed bundles out onto the floor.

"And also some sleepy girl who's apparently turning gray or something."

He then withdraws Disconnected Yume from the inventory, very carefully placing her down onto the pile of silkweed in a way that he hopes is comfortable despite knowing nothing about how to silkweed bed. Once that's done, he shrugs.

"...Yeah, despite probably being the cause of things turning gray, I have no idea how this actually works in practice. Do any of you happen to know a thing or two about this process and how to make it work? And are there any upcoming Iti or Eliti of particular note also turning gray that you've heard about? Or, you know. Things you all might need. Or want."

Monika Fight:

Kalis will move to N7 and cast Static Overcharge on Keiko. This benefits from Loaded Spellbook, as their last spell was Chaos Bolt. They will also throw a Lumipod at Patch to make sure they die before they get to take their turn.

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Protemitor Fight:

Kalis waits for Irongutta and DarkSide to move. If Creation Spirit 8 is still alive, they attack it and Tap. Then they move to V10 and cast Aerobeam. It will first head up and left, striking the Hand at U9 and T8, then turn to head due left at R6, striking the Protemitor at R6 (with Turning Turbulence), Q6 and P6, then finally turns to face straight down at M6, striking the Hand at M6 (with Turning Turbulence) and M7, before finally hitting Arbiter 1 at M8.

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Crafting:

Kalis clarified that they meant "looks opal-y" by "opaline."

Nettle moves to K12 and billcasts Deep Thinking.

Crya moves to K8 and casts Ice Stalagmites at O4. How do crystals form in thin air? Don't ask me. She then retreats to I10.

Chibi Nia runs to G10.

Dorothy waits for nobody! She moves first! Or at least, before Persephone and Kalis.

Her mirror self runs up to (N9), next to Persephone. She flings an Aerablight into the Protemitor, then "retreats" to (P11) once Venia's Ghibli moves.

The aerablight:
Base: (11-11) Air, Aerablight6
Buff Levels: +1 from Protoenergy, +10 from Protoaura, x0.6 Mirror Image
New: (14-14) Air, Aerablight10 (Aerablight 5 effective)
After weakness (and UNIQUE beat stored): (50-50) damage

Dorothy herself then nonchalantly meanders to (N9) as well, and explodes with Tranquility energy! "I don't have to prove myself to anyone!" activated! Kinda ironic considering she's gonna be dropping a nuke. Hidden Flow on the Progenitor, after expending these beats:
ATTACK (x3)
MOBILIZE (x1)
STATUS (x2)

She then makes a massive retreat to (R15). "All Aerobeams - FIRE AWAY!"

The Hidden Flow:
Base: (17-19) Air
Buff Levels: +2 Manafuelled, +5 Protoenergy, +10 Protoaura, +10 ATTACK tranquility. Oh boy.
New: (76-85) Air
Weakness (+ UNIQUE stored): (310-346) damage + BadlyAching15

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Meanwhile, in canonland...

Dorothy takes a peek at what's north of The Chapel. If there's a battle, she does NOT initiate it, and immediately ducks out.

She then joins the Aesthetic Slaying by heading to the Clownverted Barracks, and working on uninstalling the DJ Station, using the equivalent of wire cutters and a crowbar (made of iron) to pry the station from the ground it's presumably connected to.

She then uses the crowbar to start prying up the dancefloor tiles. She also takes the time to loot the documents... not that they'd be of much use.

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MU's Amphii Wall Trophy sentry moves its head towards any Harpy that survived Pionobot's attack, then shoots it down with a laser. MU herself starts building the chain lower with more iron.

Hanger
Move to K10.
Use Sheep Counter on self.
Double basic attack Hand1.
Retreat to L11.
Power Nap Venia.

Lab
Move to O6.
Power Nap Summa.
Have a Slumber Party with Terry, Comet, Chimes3, and NWHead1.
Retreat to O7.

Date

"I think Toast's the one in charge of that, so we'd have to ask her. Or maybe we could start it on our own if Toast is still busy. I bet Maria would love it, too," Venia says. "Let's go!"

Venia takes Nia's hand and runs off back to the house. Behind her, maids roll up the picnic blanket and any leftovers to stash as appropriate.

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Magnoliria

"... I don't really mean to shock you but, uh. Err. Longavea wasn't willingly turned into a gauntlet. We found him shoved inside a small box, he didn't look like he'd been touched in ages... And if he's been a gauntlet for a couple hundred years, well... Uh, yeah, that's basically torture. I think the Rose Cult in this day and age apparently use it as a form of punishment. We've only found one other like him, in the same condition as well, and neither of them have had your bodyjacking power... Uh, I apologize if this comes off as a shock to you..."

"... This just all means we have to stop this, at, like, as soon as we can. Like, no-one deserves to be, uh, shoved in a tiny box for eternity or turned into things against their will. That'd just be, like... It'd just be super-up there for meanness..."

Maria, as this conversation has gone on, has grown quiet, and has ran back to Ette. "I wanna piggyback ride, I want one please," she says, sticking out her pinky finger for some reason.

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Mari

Mr. Krabs pinpoints the exact location to Mari, this being the AA29 to AC31 selection of tiles in the house, by grabbing her and immediately placing her dead center. "Right here, lass!"

You get the feeling Venia wouldn't be happy with him for this.

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AESTHETIC SLAYER

Somehow simultaneously, Mr. Krabs destroys Ire's soul even further and enters the normal washroom. Wait, no. Oh god. Mr. Krabs, NO! You can't do it, its the only even remotely decent washroom in the entire Rose Cult base that we know of! But alas its too late-Mr. Krabs and the Maids are already removing the sink, mirror and the normal toilet, as well as whatever piping is connected to these. As for the toilet with the maw in it, Mr Krabs and the maids prepare a large sack-and then Mr. Krabs takes a Sanctified bullet from the inventory, mixes its gunpowder with a Cinderfruit, and lobs it into the maw. One explosion later, and its contents will hopefully all fly into the sack, whatever they are. Its bound to be disgusting, but that's why it'll be in the sack.

Mr. Krabs then takes the door as he leaves on the way out, as well as the door in the northernmost room, having totally SLAIN the aesthetic of the entire southern hall. "AESTHETIC SLAIN!!!"

>Arthur+Pope action as I promised

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ASSET_DATA_CORRUPTED: MONIKAMMMMMMMMMMMM

By rights granted to me by Sp33d0n, I get to move Auth. Before Nidra moves, he'll fly over to Q13 to apply Purify to Nidra, annulling her stun and allowing her actions to go forth unimpeded.

Venia whips to attention at the mention of Source Code and Sol Aeterna. "Wait they're the real deals what hold up."

Venia moves to (Y14) and prepares herself thoroughly for the future. She uses Affidavit Adjudication on herself twice, to apply Guardian5 and Empowered5 for 3 rounds, and then follows up with her Ordo weapon skill to get the titular status for four rounds. She also uses one use of the Princess Special in the bargain.

"... Apologies about Chara, they're an edgy teenager! In any case, could you please seriously consider parting with one of those? Like, if we win? I'd love to see the Source Code up-close, and I think Chloe would love to get her hands on Sol Aeterna. Like, you even get to pick, does that sound OK? I mean. You wouldn't be having this fight if you didn't want to be convinced to the contrary, right? Like those things look so gorillaing cool!"

Venia sees selectively oblivious to the well-detailed and intricately made lightsaber-slash-laser rifle she holds in all of this, fixated upon the distant Monika's weaponry.

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Battle: Protemitor

Venia waits for Kalis to move! Mari, meanwhile, has an action so good that she can use immediately that I'll just put it here. She'll move her 2nd MX Drone to S12 (where it will apply Restorative Spray to Auth), her 1st to X8, and then activate Drone Swarm! A new drone pops out at S10, flies to O8, and applies some Restorative Spray to Venia. They then fire off all of their attacks at either Protemitor Hand 2, Protemitor Hand 1, or Protemitor itself, depending on which are alive/downed. Then, Mari moves to U11, activates her Worshipper ability for buffs, and casts Aerobeam to the north! She turns the beam on U9 and then at R6 thanks to Kalis's Protoaura giving her +1 Turn, hitting the Boss 6 times (twice on Protohand2, thrice on the Protemitor itself, and once on Protohand1).

As I have been given rights to move a few other PCs (Auth, as mentioned above, Arthur, thank you Crys, Pope, thank you Pope, and also Chara, thank you Fran), I do them now as well.

Chara will stand where they are and slay Creation Spirits 1 and 2, Tapping to accomplish this. Afterwards, they will fire the "Empty" Gun at Protemitor Hand 2, without retreating.

Auth will tactically wait for Angel to step up to revive Laranei, then move to S14, tap Creation Spirit 4, and then apply Hope on Q9. He'll then retreat to T13 to avoid Elemental Mastery: Air.

Arthur will use Elemental Regeant to swap an airstrike flare's damage from Fire to Air, and thusly done, kills Creation Spirit 6 then Taps to basic attack Protemitor Hand 2, then fires the aformentioned Air-elemental Airstrike Flare on Q5. He then retreats to Y10 to avoid Elemental Mastery: Electric.

Finally, Pope will warp to N9 via trait, then attack Protemitor Hand2 via T11, taking advantage of both his special and Protoaura. He will then warp back to V16 for even more Protowell action.

After Kalis has moved, Venia takes action and uses Affidavit Adjudication twice on herself, emptying her first SP Gauge to nothingness in exchange for Toniveil5 and Guardian5, for 3 rounds each, applied to herself. She'll also take this moment to apply a Fruitcake Square to herself for more healing.

Then, she moves to P8, not finishing her move but instead chucking out Bonus Actions. She uses her hat's ping against Protemitor, applying Unify and chipping it. She will also use Unexisting Force against Arbiter1 twice, picking her Force Stacks up to 5 and dealing a great deal of damage to it (if it is alive! If not, Venia will sigh and target a not-dead Protemitor Hand, or if both are implausibly downed, Protemitor itself). Don't forget Protoaura because she's still inside it! She'll then complete her move at Q8, where she will shoot Arbiter1 dead if it didn't already die (if it did, see previous retargeting). The hope is that Venia gets the kill and refills her entire SP gauge from nothingness. She then retreats to P9.

Venia's Chibi self moves to S14 and gives the Ghibli its buffs. The Ghibli moves to N9, then fires a Basic attack with Wing Swipe at Protemitor Hand 1. It can't really retreat. Just huff in irritation.

Within the Awards Ceremony, Hoshi suddenly starts walking out.

"Okay, that's my half of the battle. You're up, Angel."

Switching off with Angel now in control, she moves to N9 to Resurrect Laranei, before backflipping to P10. Power Wells appear at O10 and and P9.

-~-<MEANWHILE>-~-

The other Angel in the Hybridization Lab recognizes that they're fairly pinned down, and decides it's better to take out the other source of madness in the vicinity by using its' weapon against it. Bag of Tricks invokes itself once more on Scalewind1!

Also, the mirror sneaks around the back to reach O9 and snipe the Chimes3 with a basic attack.

TODAY THE PLAN IS SIMPLE

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--PROTEMITOR--
- Lukas ults (uses Pink Like Petals)
- warps to S10
- basic attacks Arbiter2

--MONIKA--
- Lukas2 moves to O14
- both Lukases beat up Scalewind1

Questionably Canon Battle: The Awards Hangar!

Irongutta moves all the way to O7 (taking the route of U11, T11, and S11 to avoid Protemitor Hand 2's zone of control), gaining the maximum benefit of Unstoppable Force.

He then slices the Protemitor with great power!

<CHRISTMAS!>

It is not snowing. It's still the middle of October, actually. Nothing has changed. And yet, Ette has dawned a santa hat. She drags a pine tree in through the front door, which is in remarkably good condition. She conjures a few threads to help hoist it up, humming as she does so.

ETTE: Hmm hmm hmm~

These threads lift and plant the tree straight into a cauldron of dirt, which she prepared earlier. The former puppet then heads over to Chaos.

ETTE: Chaos, I got you the tree!
ETTE: Can I have some lights, please?
CHAOS: yes
CHAOS: also, i have ornamen[t]s
ETTE: Hurray!

Lights in hand, Ette gently wraps the tree. A dazzling display of red and white patriotic lighting envelops the pine needles. For good measure, she throws on a few of those classical round Christmas ornaments onto the tree.

ETTE: Needs something...
ETTE: Um...

Marron runs towards her sister, hoisting a small wooden sculpture of the Sphere above her head.

MARRON: H-Hey!
MARRON: I saw you were decorating for Chaos's weird semi-daily(?) christmas thing, so I went and got you a tree topper!
MARRON: I mean sure, it's literally just a ball of wood, but-
ETTE: Oh, it's perfect!
ETTE: Thanks a bunch!

Ette pulls Marron into a large hug, sweeping her off the ground. Marron's legs dangle in the air as she melts into her sister's arm's for a moment. Soon enough though, Ette is hoisting Marron up on her shoulders as the seamstress precariously balances the wooden orb atop of the tree, sliding it onto the tree.

MARRON: And there!
MARRON: Merry kinda-maybe-not-really Christmas, sis!
ETTE: Merry Christmas to you too!

The Christmas Tree has been planted! It's mere presence provides a passive aura effect that massively reduces the effort and costs of crafting while it's around! You may also place gifts around the tree by PMing me messages either on here or Discord, detailing a few things:

• Who are you giving the gift to?
• What's in the gift?
• What does the gift box(?) itself look like?

Make use of this gift: odds are, the tree will spontaneously combust come some random time in January. For now though, enjoy the holidays! And be sure to leave gifts for your allies!

At the Hybridization Lab...

Summa stands around, not wanting to move around. She stabbed the Silver Maria into the ground, raising both her hands. As she raised her hands, Keiko starts to feel themselves get lifted up, and thrown towards R12.

"BYE! HAHA!"

EZ 2 Read Info:

Summa doesn't move, but uses Skeleton Toss to move Keiko to R12

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At the Awards Hangar...

Okay, yeah... Things weren't going to plan. Ignoring the absolute horror of her being revived with electricity, she tries to go retreat to N12, limping her way over. Anyone that looked at her could see her "melting", the slime rolling off her as she walked off...



EZ 2 Read Info:

Summa retreats to N12...

- The Awards Hangar
Pope Bill warps to N9. He does a basic attack at Protemitor Hand 2 through T11, then warps back to V16.

- The Hybridization Lab
Pope Bill moves to E16. Following this move, he acts through L11 via his trait to punch Chosen6 with a basic attack then warps to L11!

<ROUND TWO HUNDRED>
CHLOE: W-Wait, it's Round 200?
CHLOE: Aw geez, how are we meant to line up two- no, THREE big events at the same time!?
CHLOE: Christmas, the game's anniversary, and a two-hundredth round thing- what are we gonna do!?
NIA: Uh...
NIA: Pray that nobody notices the round number?
CHLOE: I mean, just by talking about this, we need to acknowledge it...
NIA: Ah, gorilla. You're right.
NIA: So... how do we un-talk about this?
CHLOE: I-I don't know!

Chloe lets out a loud, exasperated sigh.

CHLOE: We should probably shut up and just let the update happen.
CHLOE: You with me?
NIA: Alright!
NIA: Happy Round 200, everyone!

NIA: also i found a cool rock

2 Raw Thymium added to the inventory!

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Echoss busts out of prison! He messily impales the Chosen that's taunting him, flings them into the cell door, and then loots them of keys. The keys don't work, as the door's bent out of shape. He then breaks the hinges of the door, causing it to fall forward onto the Chosen he flung into it. Chosen slain!

At the house, his golems grab 42 Stone Brick Blocks, and create some fancy stone flooring for what's to become a washroom on floor 1 of the new section of the House. This is immediately laid into place.

At the market, a Radvessel is purchased, increasing the Skillpoint Softcap by 1! Marron is also given a few commissions, and 200 Credits. She manufactures some Every Elemental Earth, and a Prismatic Star Scarf.

MARRON: A scarf, huh?
MARRON: Ooh, that reminds me! Gotta do something for Toaster.
MARRON: It'd probably be cooler if it was actual Christmas, but who really cares?

Then, down in the Everground, Pionobot lights on fire. This crispy-fries both Harpies clinging onto him, killing them! He drops back onto the island below. Whew.

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EN does some crafting! They decide to make an entire goddamn tank using the Stripped Down Tank, 10 Rosetainted Metal, 5 Rose Weave, 4 Sanctified Alloy, 40 Circuit Boards, 40 Wire Scraps, 2 AI Cores, 4 Fluxfuel Cells, 20 Fluxblood, 3 Joltwire, a Weapons Storage Locker, and 4 Mortar Shells.

(While this may seem expensive for a Christmas-event craft, allow me to remind you that you're making a goddamn tank.)

...The tank begins to creak ominously. Is it working? You've put so much dangerous Entropic material into it that... well, basically, you've probably created a deathtrap. Or maybe it's okay. Maybe try talking to it? Then again, there's a fair chance that it can't talk. Or maybe it's trying to bait you closer. Or maybe that Sanctified Alloy is preventing it from killing you? Or maybe I'm just trying to get you to be really, really, paranoid. Also, by default, I'm playing this maybe-deathtrap outside the house. Have fun with it!

An Engie Drone then suddenly exists, and decides it wants to rob everything why do you want to hurt my aesthetics. They attempt to loot some cages, but these are the sorts that are built into the room. To loot these, you'd need to loot the room! Also, looting them would likely compromise the structural integrity of this area, which would likely squash Chloe, among others. And that's not nice.

They then decide to press a Shimmering Cluster against the Entropic Telescope, but no light wafts through its other end. How frustrating. They then decide to bridge on over to the other tower, then greets Droplet.

DROPLET: ...Who the hell are you?
DROPLET: I mean fine, I guess whoever the hell wants to can come and visit. Sure.

DROPLET: You know there's a stairwell, right?
DROPLET: Now I'll need to get rid of that unsightly pathway you've built...

Droplet goes out onto the cobblestone limb, and breaks it apart, piece by piece. While she does that, the drone reaches into the inventory, dumps out a small pile of 20 Silkweed Bundles onto the ground, and then plops Yume out onto it, who is still napping. Droplet crouches down, glaring at the sleepy Eliti.

DROPLET: ...Uh.
DROPLET: What?

DROPLET: Hold on.
DROPLET: I think I've seen her before in the Sphere.
DROPLET: Were we manufactured around the same time?
DROPLET: Apparently, WARE can only "charge" so many entities at a time...
DROPLET: No idea what she actually does, though.

Droplets stand back up, and shrugs.

DROPLET: Thanks, I guess?
DROPLET: Sure, you've given me the gorillaiest Eliti to ever exist, but the more the merrier.
DROPLET: You probably want compensation. Here.

16 Samples are added to the inventory. You'd think an Eliti would be worth more, but to Droplet, Yume is no more than a sleepy person. The drone then asks a few quick questions. How does the turning Grey thing work? Are there any Eliti she's interested in?

DROPLET: Grey.
DROPLET: I'm still asking that question! Why would I know the answer?
DROPLET: You guys are probably the thing that caused it! I should be asking you!

DROPLET: As for Eliti...
DROPLET: There is one I'm interested in.
DROPLET: Have you heard of Electrophorus?
DROPLET: It's this big water snake with electric features.
DROPLET: It'd probably kick all of your collective gorillas. It's huge, fast, and can do some wacky gorilla.
DROPLET: Good luck catching that.

It seems that she doesn't know about the fact that the party's casually dropped 9k damage onto the Bonus Boss. How sweet. How innocent.

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Dorothy explores north of the Chapel. The hallway is thankfully devoid of threats, but what it isn't devoid of is coffee. Seems there's a trendy coffee shop here. They then immediately leave, and decides to join in on ruining my aesthetic. They use a crowbar to wrench 9 Dance Floor Tiles from the Clownverted Barracks. They also loot the DJ Station, which due to the damage its sustained, breaks apart the moment it enters the inventory. 8 Speaker Systems, 8 Joltwire, 12 Circuit Boards, 20 Wire Scraps, and a DJ Turntable.

Mustache Girl also decides to continue their chain downwards. Climb. Clamber. And now they're on the island. Nice.

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Venia continues her list of discussions. With Nia, the two of them travel back to the house. Nia quickly locates Toast, who may or may not still be with Marron and Ette.

NIA: Heeeey! Toast!
NIA: Could we host Magic Club? I wanna do magic and stuff.
NIA: Or like, could you gather everyone? It might be fun!

Back with Magnolia, Venia points out that Longavea (or Ga'aunt) wasn't willingly turned into a gauntlet. Also, he was thrown into a box.

MAGNOLIA: ...Huh?
MAGNOLIA: Are you sure he didn't do it willingly?
MAGNOLIA: Maybe it was like, a surprise gift! Or maybe he forgot!

MAGNOLIA: Um...
MAGNOLIA: I wonder if I'm an axe for a different reason?
MAGNOLIA: W-Wait, no! Father's nice.
MAGNOLIA: Father wouldn't put me in an axe as punishment.
MAGNOLIA: At least, not an axe this shiny!
MAGNOLIA: I was a good girl before I was an axe! The best!
MAGNOLIA: I helped all of the elder Rose Cult people with their work, and I was very attentive during our meetings...
MAGNOLIA: I'm really confused...

Also, Maria is given a piggyback ride by Ette all the way back to the House. Shortly after she arrives, Ette sets up the Christmas stuff. Has Maria witnessed a Christmas before? I dunno. Has she ever witnessed two Christmases in a short timeframe? I also don't know!

Mr. Krabs, around the same time, dumps Mari into a room. The programmer wastes no time slapping together the computer, all of its components already assembled. To be frank, her computer looks more like some sort of futuristic death weapon than a computer. At least there's a terminal on it. She's also set up a small containment tank with the Sleuth's head in it.

MARI: Okay, so... computer's done.
MARI: Any sort of last preparations you want to do before I run this thing?
MARI: We need to be prepared for either an attack, an EMP burst, or maybe just some killer explosion that this thing will launch.
MARI: Probably the latter. Or the former. Hell, why not all three?

Mari continues to tinker with the computer. She's ready to regenerate the Sleuth at any time, but perhaps as she's said, it'd be worth preparing for something. There's no way this won't cause some sort of problem. It might not actually be a battle, but still... prepare yourself?

A good way to prepare for this would be to NOT RUIN MY AESTHETIC. The Normal Washroom is promptly vandalized. A Toilet, and a Sink enter the inventory- the mirror is too broken to count for anything. He then combines a Cinderfruit and a Sanctified Round to go and murder a Stone Maw. A sack is then prepared, and placed over the maw as it's murdered. 400 cubic gorillatons of gorilla enter the sack. 1 Bag of gorilla obtained! Also, a gate is looted, and made into 5 Rosetainted Metal and 5 Iron Ingots.

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<HYBRIDIZATION LAB, ROUND SEVEN>
Monika's Core Files are all down! This means she's fully vulnerable to attack! However, this has come at a cost: four players bit the dust this round, with varying degrees of deadness. Either revive your dead, or stake it all on an all-in attack against Monika! Just be aware that Zones of Control have been abolished, and uses of Bag of Tricks may or may not kill your party.

<THE AWARDS HANGAR, ROUND FOUR>
Only one round after this one! No more Arbiters will be spawning, so make use of the ones you have! Other than that... there's not much to note! Just keep building up Protoaura, and keep stacking on that damage!