Zed moves to G8 and meditates.

Originally posted on 2018-01-10 23:16:00

Auth moves to S3 and casts Hope on Destiny.

Originally posted on 2018-01-10 23:54:00

<ROUND TWENTY>

Verdana suggests something. Namely, that if he met up with Taeda in the future, they could team up!

TAEDA: I sorta doubt it...
TAEDA: T-They'll be questioning all of us once we return with so many m-missing.
TAEDA: L-Lady Acacia will also s-surely question why we called her earlier.
TAEDA: I... d-don't know what'll happen to any of us...

She doesn't really have much to say to EN, but nods at her request.

TAEDA: Nobody would have a problem with you taking down the Iti.
TAEDA: T-There might be some problems from the Council if you go after the Sphere itself... b-but if you're just fighting Iti, you'll likely be fine...

She then tends to the nearby Chairians, motioning for some of them to load into the wagon. She ties a few Splinter Spiders to the front, letting them draw the cart. She's ready to leave! Just to be safe, she takes a look a few tiles to the east. Of course, there's a gigantic battle going on.

TAEDA: ...Oh.
TAEDA: ...W-Well! I guess we're waiting for a few minutes, whether we want to or not!
TAEDA: O-Oh, Verdana! EN! Um, there's something you might wanna know...
TAEDA: I-If you are heading towards the Sphere, the woods to the northeast are by far the fastest [small][small](and only)[/small][/small] way there!
TAEDA: ...T-There's the small problem of a h-horrible Iti that lives there, though. I-It's so cruel, that it even displays the bodies of those it kills as trophies i-in the trees...
TAEDA: I-It's not always active, b-but be careful if you do go there, alright?...

Toast then goes to the Forest Crossroad, and bottles a few bottles of bottled water, obtaining three. Bottle bottle bottle. She then heads to the Hidden Grove, and lobs one of those bottles into the well. She doesn't hear it touch the bottom, but a small, smoking stone pops out of it. Signal Rune obtained! What could it do?

And that's it for this part of the update! Let's go hit Nia with sticks!

<RIVER CROSSING, ROUND FIVE>
As the battle winds down to a close, the game decides to speed itself up by letting Chloe act right away. She runs up towards her friend, kicking up dirt as she readies her rapier. Nia's too slow to react to her thrust, the blade piercing directly into her chest. Nia lets out a gasp, and stumbles backwards from the impact. Sparks are bursting out of the wound. She stands there for a moment... only moderately surprised.

NIA: Whoa...
NIA: This is FAR less painful than I expected. I'll be fine...
CHLOE: O-Oh thank god...
NIA: Which is bad... as my body still wants to kill you.

Her foil thrusts forward, nicking Chloe's right cheek. A trickle of crimson begins to roll down her face. Before she can follow up, she freezes up, her body blurring and fading to static for a brief moment. Her right arm trembles as the foil fades from being. In a panic, Nia begins to plead with... something.

NIA: Wait, wait wait! Don't blame me for your loss!

Her fist flies forward into her face. She promptly combos herself across the field, eventually falling to the ground. She's relatively unarmed, but sufficiently rattled.

NIA: Okay, I might've been actively sabotaging you, b-but is this really-

She keeps beating herself along the ground as a gigantic spike of ice materializes above her. Panic fills Nia's eyes as she struggles to get out of the way. There's a brief moment of clarity as she suddenly regains motor control of her servos. Unfortunately, she's unable to get out of the way fast enough as the spike comes down upon her, tearing off her right arm in a flurry of sparks. She doesn't even cry out as the appendage tumbles to the ground. She remains on the ground, motionless.

CHLOE: N-Nia?
CHLOE: NIA!

Chloe sprints to her friend's side, shaking her friend's body violently. Tears are streaming down her face... and Nia is moderately irritated.

NIA: C-Chloe, you know I'm conscious, right?
NIA: Just... in quite a bit of pain, not gonna lie.
CHLOE: O-Oh.

Chloe helps Nia up, sitting her down on the ground.

CHLOE: A-Are you a-alright? Y-Your a-arm... i-it's... it's...
NIA: I'm fine, I'm fine! Really!
NIA: That... thing. It's left my head, at least for now...
NIA: And... well, I've lost arms before! Xavier has back-ups. It shouldn't be long before repair bots get here.
NIA: Don't sweat it!
CHLOE: ...T-There's no way you're alright after all of that, dummy!
CHLOE: I-I've been worried sick about you f-for so many months...
CHLOE: I-I can't just be alright after... this!

Nia takes a moment to comfort Chloe, letting her cry into her chest. Whilst tending to her friend, she decides to take a moment to address everyone.

NIA: S-So.
NIA: I have a lot of explaining to do, don't I?
NIA: To start... hiya! My name is Nia. I'm sure you already know that, given that we've... y'know, fought and everything.
NIA: I'm sure you're wondering why I'm here... and other things.

Why She's Here, and Other Things

NIA: I wish I could tell you what happened before I got here; it's all sorta a blur, really. I'd ask Chloe about that. I recall fighting and me eating copious amounts of gorilla. It's all sorta a blur.
NIA: Anyway, Xavier's come here for what he's called "atonement"; hunting down and killing his old AI.
NIA: He's... far from happy about what happened to it. He really cared about this one, and, well, now it's a gigantic ball of wood! A sentient, evil gigantic ball of wood! He says that he needs to be the one that puts it down, no matter the cost.
NIA: Meanwhile, I'm here because he needed an assistant, AND because he wanted to perform a trial run of my systems. It's been a fun little trip, apart from the times my head gets violently overtaken by that thing. The thing that tried to impale everyone.

NIA: S-Still sorry about that! Can you make sure Chloe's alright when I leave? She's a good girl, trust me! She doesn't stab people often, despite the evidence we've seen here today! She's more of a "punchy girl", I'd say.
NIA: P-Please forgive me...

NIA: In the couple of days he's been here, he's learned a few things. Important things!
NIA: One! There's no way he can get to the Sphere unless he assembles all 4 "Glyphs" or whatever this MacGuffin is actually called! Apparently, it'll let him teleport in and stuff. Getting in is incredibly hard if you just directly siege the Sphere. We tried that. I lost arms and legs.
NIA: Two! The ladies here are really cute for blocks of wood. Seriously!
NIA: Three! The Skylab is freaking impenetrable. He's been constantly working at it for like a week now, and he's only made it halfway to that place's Glyph.
NIA: Have I mentioned that the Glyphs are spread out everywhere? It's like, perfect quest material! Venture to the four kingdoms! Smite evil and find true love along the way! I'd play that game! If it existed.
NIA: Aaaaand then Four! Avoid the Rose Cult at all costs! They're really creepy. We've bumped into a bunch of them. They're like these spooky generic doomsday cultists... that seem to be really obsessed with me! They're everywhere, too!

NIA: He also said that they're responsible for lots of weird gorilla around here. Something about "appeasing their god" or whatever. He told me that somebody told him which he killed that they made a creepy well or something, amidst other things.

NIA: A-Anyway... I have a request.
NIA: C-Could you please... stop Xavier for me?
NIA: I can't hope to stop him... mainly because he could turn me off if I rebelled against him. Tough life.
NIA: I don't want to see him hurt, even if he's done... this to me. Or even though he's killed a staggering amount of Chairians. I don't think he actually considers them to be real people. Which is gorillaing cruel, I'd say!
NIA: A-And... keep Chloe safe, alright? I-I've already hurt her enough, and I'd hate to see her hurt again...

NIA: I guess I'll be going soon...
NIA: Xavier's gonna want a report, and I think my communications array got damaged during the fight. The drones should fix that up, which means I'll be able to reconnect with him...
NIA: If you see him... don't tell him about my request, alright? He'd get pissed!

NIA: A-Anyway, that's it! Any questions, class...?

...Anyway, with Nia out of the way, your first Boss Battle is officially over! Be sure to spend those skill points you've acquired, and begin journeying to the north, the east, and all the other important directions! During the next update, a balance patch will be rolled out. It might be wise to wait a moment before spending those skillpoints! I'd also highly suggest asking questions; maybe you can learn about the history between these two? There's plenty to be explored!

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 01:01:00

uA: Oh, you know Miss Willow? Interesting... can you say hello for me, Miss Taeda, next you see her?

A Spectre snaps back after a brief lapse in function.

uA: I don't think I had the opportunity to introduce myself when we met, but I think I'm fairly distinctive.

The Spectre missed some of the previous conversation, though hears the proposal of teaming up. He pops over to speak his mind further.

uA: Before you go, may I voice my opinion? I think it's less impossible than you think. Just make sure you stay safe! We'll find a way to get around to it when we have an opportunity.

The Spectre turns around, before sighing and smiling.

uA: And that's the show, as they say. It's safe to go on, Miss Taeda. Safe journeys.[/b]

[b]MEANWHILE AT THE BATTLEFIELD

Auth slides over to Nia after the Glacier falls on her, sweeping the ice crystals out of the way.

uA: Repair drones on their way, huh? Well, there's a person who's entire job is to do as they do right here. Let me do my best for you, okay?[/b]

Once Nia hopefully agrees to let Auth help, he begins by using Valiance on her, to try and restore her body to a just-about-usable state. The pulse of black ink helps to patch up Nia's broken body. Auth then focuses a flow of ink over the breaks in Nia's body to try and put it all back together.

[b]uA: Uh, I'll do my best to help fix you up before the drones get here, but I'm just doing what I do for everyone else. I don't really know what else I can do...[b][/b]

Author also puts his Skill Points into INT and MP.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 02:32:00

First, Teag puts his points in STR and SPC.

He then begins his crafty process.
First, he takes his Scouter. It's good, but not good enough. He puts in a Central Processing Unit which should increase the processing power to make better trajectories, which somehow increases STR. He then makes a visor with 1 hardened glass he buys from the drone, to better display this information. He uses 5 Wire Scraps to wire it all together and do electrical things.
After this, Teag does some more ambitious crafting, namely upgrading his Tactical Vest. He smelts down 3 Titanium to create a circular shape, into which he fits a makeshift deflector by putting 2 incendiary scrap pieces to plasmise the air inside, causing it to fly out and reflect attacks.
"It works theoreticallyish."
He uses 10 wire scraps and 6 circuit boards for the highly demanding electrical needs.

Input: 1 CPU, 1 Hardened Glass (20 Credits), 5 Wire Scraps
Output: Targeting Visor (T2)

Input: 3 Titanium, 2 Incendiary Scrap, 10 Wire Scrap, 6 Circuit Boards
Output: Active Reflector (T2)

Teag equips his newly-made gear and throws Nia at the stage explores north.



Originally posted on 2018-01-11 03:50:00

Mr. Krabs moves to J5. First, he removes his arm. This causes him nothing more than exceptional discomfort, without any damage or pain. The arm he just removed regrows on his crab-shoulder, causing no lasting damage. He then repeats this process one more time, having the second arm grip the first and regrowing a third arm. With this third arm, Mr. Krabs manipulates the other two to use the first to grab a bottle. Mr. Krabs then memes his way into shoving the Ctech into a bottle with this odd manipulation, then memes again to manipulate bottle into another bottle, creating Bottled Bottled Ctech.

"I have a lot of questions just looking at this glitchy thing! The last time that's ever happened was during the Werebarnacle Plague... If it's anything like that, though, then this whole thing is already in the bag, ahahahaha!"

If he even can after that, he then smacks Nia with a warchair before retreating to J6. he doesn't need to so this totally doesn't happen.

He turns to Chloe and Nia. "Speaking of questions, now that this fight is over... Perhaps you may enlighten us on what, exactly, happened between Nia and you? It appeared something very unfortunate happened... The knowledge, It might come in handy. Especially since I think Nia's got worse on the horizon in regards to horrific body possession. Also, data information we received by scanning her reveals her murderous impulses, for now, are mostly triggered by heavy stress, so if there's anything trigger-worthy, it's best to just know now so we avoid it in the future."

"Also, what the blazing barnacles was going on before with you at the end there, you crazy girl? At the very least you're not going to be trying to murder others now..."

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 03:56:00

"Holy smokes," Simeon says. From his point of view, he just saw someone get torn apart. He runs over to where Nia fell. "Are you alright? Did you hurt yourself? Did you hurt your own body? Can you get home by yourself? Can you get home alone? I did not expect that to happen."

"I know you have to go soon, but I have a very important question. If we ever have to fight again, what should we do?"

Simeon feels himself get slightly stronger and durable. (+1 to STR and MHP) He walks over to the Fortified Cavern, where he heard there was a crafting station. It was time to do some work on Griever.

---

Simeon unbolts the piece of iron, and melts it down over a High Sun. He then cuts sixteen grooves along the two sides of the blade. He then pours the liquid metal into the leftmost groove, making sure that none of it spills into the others. When it solidifies, he repeats the process along the other side.

Taking one of the many Goddess's Servant Pistols, he tries to melt the Chromium plating off, but fails. The thing is, Chromium has a melting temperature of nearly two thousand degrees Celsius, which made the actual gun melt first, which was bad.

It was time to try something else.

Using a compass, Simeon draws two small circles, side by side. Then, he goes outside and into the forest to find a resinous tree, which doesn't take very long, considering that this a giant tree-world. Finding a gooey glob of golden resin, he takes it back to the Fortified Cavern, where he uses it to fill in the circles he traced earlier.

With that done, he throws a Goddess's Servant into one of the circles, and closes his eyes. A sizzling noise is heard, and when he's done, two pistols sit on the table, one where each of the two circles used to be. He touches the pistol he threw in, which crumbles away at his touch. Perfect, that's the one he wants, the other one's the actual pistol, which was transported sans Chromium plating by the messed-up teleportation circle he just made with unaged amber, which annihilated itself in the middle of doing it's thing, causing this phenomenon. He melts down the chromium dust with the High Sun, and pours that metal into another set of grooves along Griever.

There. That was all he could do, other metals would come later, this is good for now.

Materials used
1 Griever
1 Goddess's Servant
1 High Sun

Griever
One-eighth done nao
(8-10) Slashing
Range 1-2
Retreat 2
Counter 2
Hit 4
WEAPON SKILL: Nick the Soul. Attack a foe within range for (5-5) Piercing Damage, with Armorpierce2, whih scales at INT at a half rate. In addition, you may apply one of the following effects:

Effects:

• Apply Weakened3 for three rounds.
• Apply Manaburn2 for two rounds.

*Censored
**Between One and Infinity

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 04:07:00

...hey, Chloe, you should invest your skillpoints. Even if you're waiting...you can just move them later.
[small]...wait, what does any of that even mean...?[/small]

---

Comet grabs the Aero Core and a few pieces of titanium and wire scraps, takes off her Weaponized Aeroskates™, and prepares to craft. Once again, she takes apart the Aeroskates™ and has a look around. They're surprisingly undamaged. Titanium was tough, but not that tough... some sort of magic, of course. Magic... magic... It still seems surreal, even though its existence had been proven during the War, and she had seen tons of it in the past couple days. Hell, she's probably magical herself now in some way... Still, her gear had yet to be. Time to change that. It'd be foolish not to embrace magic with it so easily accessible.

Comet looks over the Aero Core again. Okay, it wasn't technically magic either, but it was close enough. Chloe's brother may have little regard for ethics or safety, but it was hard to deny he was more experienced in at least this aspect of engineering. Not entirely sure of how it might interact, Comet settles for simply replacing the mundane power source of the Aeroskates™ with the Aero Core, connecting it to the wiring with the wire scraps, and securing it with the titanium. She takes them for a test run. They work...too well. Somehow, even though the energy output was pretty much the same, they deal nearly twice as much damage to the environment. Yes, the waste energy was (somehow) largely wind instead of heat, but that would only account for a part. No, it was the same magic as the Safety Goggles. She still didn't really get how that worked, how increased access to knowledge somehow made her deal more damage. It was another question that would have to wait.

---

Aeraskates™
Identical, except it scales with INT instead of STR.

---

Comet switches out Sonic Wave for Medkit (Life Essence Augment). She also takes 1 point out of AGI and puts three points into INT.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 06:42:00

"NIA: Two! The ladies here are really cute for blocks of wood. Seriously!"
...
Mark my words. DTG will eventually reach a gay singularity. It will be so gay that Korra will look like Republican propaganda in comparison.
--CRAFTING(st'd've): Illuminant Brew--
INPUT:
- Illuminant Scope
- Traveller's Flask
- 1 Incendiary Scrap

PROCESS:
Terry brings out his Illuminant Scope, then pops off one of the lenses. He then summons a Traveller's Flask from the Bunker, and then pours the liquid into the Flask. He summons a Stick, then uses it to stir whatever is in the flask now. Before he forgets, Terry lasers the popped lens back into what is now the Ornate Scope.

Terry closes the flask, and then shakes it, just to be sure. He then opens up the flask, then drops an Incendiary Scrap into it. Now it's cooking. After a few tens of seconds, the flask is ready.

OUTPUT: Illuminant Brew - it's just a juice bro
(+1 MP Regen)
(Sip 2.0) - Once per battle, you can use your action to gain Mending3, Energized2, Focused5, and Empowered2 for 3 rounds.
(x2 Slot) - Takes up both trinket slots!
Resist: 10% Fire

Terry unequips his How to Roll, throws it at the Stage, and equips the Illuminant Brew.
----
Terry boops the Memory Weapon and the Memory Equipment, hoping for Crystalline Claw and Adaptive Shielding Unit.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 08:54:00

The Toast at the Hidden Grove hears the sounds of battle nearby stop.
I guess that's my cue.
Leaves swirling around her, she begins to channel magic. As it reaches its peak, she steps backwards- vanishing back in time.

~~

Meanwhile, in the present, Toast puts both skillpoints into SPC. This gives her 'Healing Allies' as a fill condition, a clean 480 SP cap, +1 MM Stack Cap, and all the bracketed bonuses in her Augments. Additionally, she switches Illusory Trap for Twilight Singularity, and Terraform for Ignite Blood. That should be her spells for a while.

She speaks to Nia while she's around, "You say this 'Rose Cult' is obsessed with you. When you say that... do you mean 'you are my queen' obsessed, or 'you are my queen so i will sacrifice you to the gods to grant you divinity' obsessed? That's really all I wanted to ask."
After, she steps over to the river, takes off her boots and places her feet into the water. After sitting there for a little while, she is reminded of another question.
"Actually, Nia... have you seen a pink-haired girl anywhere here?" she looks down at the water rushing past her feet, "Or just... anywhere at all, really."
She sticks around if there's any more discussion with her. Otherwise she stands up, reequips her gear, then goes east.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 10:41:00

Emerald sighs and stutters out of time for a second, afterwards having a noticeable lack of ice shards and wounds. Convenient. Would be more helpful if it wasn’t just flavor text for afterbattle healing. He walks over to Nia, looking at her for a bit ”...Sorry it had to come to this. I’ll admit, I’m not very good at talking so... get better, Alright? We’ll probably see you around again” He then +2’s his DEF because screw waiting for a patch, it’s what he’s going to do anyways

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 11:23:00

JOE shrugs. looks like things went fine.
he then gets an idea, and walks off to the Fortified Cavern...
Only to see someone's already started the idea. weird.
As such, he looks around. the rooms mostly done, but Iti might come... wait, whats that over there?
Somehow, by a combination of good memory, (descendant powers), and luck, JOE notices the Abyss crawlers, and calls home. after a short conversation where they promise that 75% of the resources produced here will go to JOE/ the players, and explain why they're using Abyss Crawlers and other ROBOTS brand beings, JOE gets an idea. The Thymefield weakens the crawlers to nearly useless, true... but it doesn't do that to weapons from inside the field, or, for some reason, his shield... eh, whatever. anyway, doesn't do that to in-shield weapons.
and some in-shield weapons give us an infinite supply of them.
Like the drone control unit.
which auto-summons blade drones.
JOE then hands each abyss walker a drone control unit. Hopefully the Iti won't show up, since if they do it'll likely be a massacre.
The total number of walkers here is 15, because I vaguely remember the stalkers in the book numbering at 1500 and 1500 is too many so I divided it by 100.
So thats what JOE did today.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 12:48:00

"Mm... That's that, then."

Calibri watches for a while to make sure everything in terms of battle stuff is over and done with, twitching faintly when Nia lunges at Chloe, and looking mildly interested at best when Nia punches herself across the battlefield... And then when he sees that ice spike appear, his eyes turn black and once again, a failed flickering of something appears behind him. Once again, it fades out, although it seemed more stable than last time...

"..."

This time, he doesn't say anything. Not even quiet whispering. It's just too hard, apparently. After some time of consideration, he shrugs, forcing his eyes back to their normal colour, and heads over to see what Nia has to say. At the same time, he decides to call someone just to keep communications going...

---

Verdana seems to recognize the issue at hand almost immediately. There's a long pause... Then, he snaps his fingers.

"Aha! I have an idea! It might be slightly dishonest, but just blame losses on large Iti forces! They're... debatable in the intelligence department, I'm sure they're not going to mind! Except maybe if there's something about them I don't kn- are there any Iti Diplomats or equivalent such beings? Stupid question, but it has to be asked now that it's on my mind!"

EN nods in understanding about the sphere.

"A'course some o' them would... Yeah, it's entirely possible we mightn't be left with a choice in the matter. If it turns out th' sphere itself is the doomsday device, or really just any ol' sorta somethin' equivalent to that, there ain't anythin' for it but takin' the thing apart. Preventin' mass death and destruction's kinda higher up me list o' priorities than lettin' people mess 'round with that kinda power."

Then, the mention of a particularly horrible and cruel Iti briefly sets Verdana on edge and gives EN an expression of concern... which is interrupted by the sound of what seems to be some sort of song that could play when you clash with Calibri ringtone. EN blinks, then pulls out a device and tosses it on the floor, a holographic display of Calibri's entire body appearing in the air near her, Verdana, and probably also Taeda if she hasn't left yet... Which she probably hasn't, so. Guess she gets to listen to the call.

"Ya might wanna sit tight fer a bit. Might wanna have some input from someone more... familiar with things 'ere, yanno? It'll be a minute or two at most, ah'm sure."

---

"Sup, we beat Nia, and she got some things to say."
"Good job! I hoped everyone over there could pull that off! Teamwork is a great power."
"Mkay, what's she sayin'?"
"Beyond something about an evil gigantic wood ball... Firstly, attacking the sphere to get in isn't going to work."
"Ah, bummer."
"Also, something about four Glyphs. Didn't say what, so I guess we learn that later..."
"Or we politely ask Chairians until we find one who knows!"

Verdana glances over to Taeda half-expectantly, half-excitedly. Once and if she replies, the conversation then continues.

"Alright. Second... she apparently finds the women here cute."
"Ah'm agreein' with her on that one."

EN decides to be a tease, turning to Taeda and winking at her just to see what reaction she could pull from that, then goes back to listening. Calibri facepalms.

"Once you're done trying to fluster people... thirdly. Nia's boss, Xavier, is trying to grab the Glyphs."
"Ooer. What's 'e gonna do with 'em once he gets 'em?"
"Not sure yet. Probably something involving the sphere... which means we can't afford to let him have those Glyphs."
"Why? What's the worst-"
"He accidentally sets off a doomsday device much earlier and we all perish. Or uses it."
"Oh! That is incredibly bad! I'm sure we can talk him out of doing it, though!"
"Mkay, ya try talkin' to Xavvie, see where that gets ya, then let us do the actual successful things."

Verdana makes an oddly cute harumph noise and pouts. Despite wearing a mask that hides his expression still.

"Fourth. There's something called the Rose Cult lurking around... we need to be really careful."
"Lemmie guess. Doomsday cult. That, or sphere worshippers... prolly the same thin', though."
"Probably. They're obsessed with Nia, and given the state she's in, that promises... bad things. That, and they're up to... something."
"Mkay. How do we tell who's part o' th' rose cult, though? Kinda missin' a detail there..."
"...Uuuuuhhhhhh. Good point. Is there anyone around who might know?"

There's a pause in the conversation as EN and Verdana (still pouty) take a look around. Mostly at Taeda, just in case she might know something, but in general they have no idea who'd be remotely qualified to bring information on that up. If someone speaks, they'll listen, but otherwise, it's time for the other part of the call.

"Okay... anything else?"
"Yeah, one or two thin's. We're gonna end up goin' northeast if we wanna go spherewards. Somethin's in the way, though."
"We handled Nia, I'm sure we can handle whatever blocks the path."
"It's an Iti. Taeda seemed kinda scared when she mentioned it... Ah'm willin' t' bet it's like ol' salty boi back in th' cave, yanno?"
"I remember. The second Eliti, then? Once we get a look at it, we'll have to decide which of us goes forth to fight."
"Ah know. Say... ya ever gon' let Verdana take part in a fight? He ain't gonna get much better at his job by just... bein' here."
"...Maybe."

There's another pause.

"If that's all we've all got to share, I guess it's time to end the call and move on."

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 14:54:00

Boshi and Co. were relieved it was finally over, Nia incapacitated and unable to fight, but still conscious. The duo was still worried about her, but seeing that she was about to get help soon, it didn't concern them.
However, Boshi seizes this opportunity to have Nia relay a message to Xavier.
"(Hey. Nia, was it? I've got something to ask...)"
He looks over to the CTech Krabs just bottled. "(What the heck was that? I could feel some sort of energy comin' off it.)"

Hat Kid also catches a glimpse of the terrifying energy radiating from the nearby tech before Krabs bottled it. She knew the party had to dispose of it somehow, but how...?

After talking with Nia, Boshi moves to YV's position.
"(Hey can I get a Trash Can and Teslathrower? Here's the required funds [150 + 1 coupon]. Thanks.)"
After receiving the stuff, he returns to the River Crossing.

Hat Kid also does some crafting.

-Ninja Hood (Base)
-Bloody Scarf (It's one of the only real decent sources of red fabric and fabric in general, I'm sorry)
-Incendiary Scraps (x2)
-Titanium Ingot (x1)

Hat Kid looks at the Ninja Hood. Hm, not fast enough. And awfully boring too. She knows the perfect fix for boringness and quickness, though!

She simultaneously unravels the Ninja Hood and another (washed) Red Scarf, and interweaves the black and red strands together. She also manages to draw a third of the titanium into a thread, and weaves that in too.

Hat Kid creates a red, black, and silver headband-like piece of clothing (Spoilers: it is a headband) through the process of masterful knitting, weaving in and out and making the fabric tight enough to withstand being shot, cut, etc. She uses the rest of the titanium and the incendiary bits to make two small, feathery wings. She ties them both to the side of the headband.

The speedy energies of the black yarn of the ninja hood quickly took a liking to the headband, the band lowing brightly before fading back to its original colors. Except it's no longer got any black on it. Rather, it's entirely white and red, with the wings being shockingly feather-like. It also seems like it'll make its wearer much faster than usual.

CRAFTING COMPLETE!

Sprint Hat (T2) - Doesn't create scooters out of thin air. Not yet, anyway.
+4 AGI
Air +20%, Electric +20%, Physical -10%

The duo equip all of their new gear (Sprint Hat, Trash Can, Teslathrower). Boshi puts a point in AGI and one in STR.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 16:46:00

The Man notices that the Hidden Grove is still listed as unsafe. Somehow. He concludes that there must be something in the well. Somehow. He proceeds to go to the Hidden Grove and jump into the well.

Oh yeah and he puts his skillpoints into DEF.

Originally posted on 2018-01-11 22:09:00

The Voice brushes himself off after that intense battle, and starts looking for things to do.

First of all, he notes that the Memory Weapon & Memory Equipment are still unsullied, so he gives them a nudge into whatever forms won the player poll -- I seem to remember that the Crystalline Claw and the Head-Mounted Sentry won? Nevertheless, Ire should check the poll to make sure.

He then notices the savepoint, and goes over to save the game.

He subsequently decides to go on a resource-gathering spree. Those barricades from the initial area, one damaged and one pristine, both made of what appears to be heavy dark oak, get the knife. Where "the knife" is an axe of pure psychic energy, getting swung . by the Voice's inviolable will. He slowly hacks them up into their component parts and adds said parts to the inventory, to be used as scrap by others or by the Voice himself.

The fruit tree in the River Crossing is the next to go. The Voice carefully controls his stick's drone to grab each fruit and bring them, unharmed, to the ground, where the Voice gingerly touches each and adds each to the inventory, scanning the first one before doing so to figure out exactly what the fruits do and describe them properly in the inventory.

Next up, the Voice decides to gather some sap from the sap tree, carefully holding various bottles of indeterminate origin to the largest cracks and letting the spice sap flow.

Once the Voice has enough sap, he takes a short hike over to the Gold Ore and offers the Splinter Spiders some sap, dark oak, and/or iron ingots for mining rights to the ore under their tree.

Originally posted on 2018-01-12 00:14:00

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Originally posted on 2018-01-12 01:53:00

Zedros, after meditating last turn, has been inspired with an idea. Zed prepares for some crafting by purchasing a Pocket Scanner from YV and retrieving various equipment from the inventory and Bunker, and then heads over to the Fortified Cavern. Zed heads to the Workstation. Realizing that an air elemental made of thunder clouds might make a little too much noise, he attempts to remove the broken door from it's remaining hinge, and then set it out at the entrance of the cavern to be salvaged later. He casts Terraform to place doors at BA32, BB31, and BC31. Feeling more secure, he begins to craft.



Originally posted on 2018-01-12 02:44:00

The battle now over, Berg sets to work on a very risky procedure. But he has confidence. Perhaps too much, but confidence nonetheless.

He takes out Nia's arm. Since the difference in scale between a human-sized girl and an ice giant is obvious, he first forges a new shell for the arm out of 3 titanium ingots. Then, he does something only a madgiant would do. He cuts off his right arm.

Everyone turns in shock, because holy gorilla. Like, HOLY GORILLA. Especially Nia, who looks moderately freaked out when she sees her old arm. And also Berg's old arm, now on the ground.

He quickly puts the robo-arm up against his shoulder, and through the powers of his new Amulet, is able to boost his Cure to a level that the arm fuses with him. Almost. Perhaps a short occurred during the integration. Maybe the difference between Nia and the Ice-Berg was more than one of scale. Whatever the case, it was a bit too late to find out now that he had finished. He sighed, and quickly stood back up. And saw all the shocked faces.

cA: ...I guess you can still... research it? If you wish? To find other uses for it. I'd be chill with it.



Originally posted on 2018-01-12 03:32:00

Seeing Mr. Krabs put the C-Tech Part into a bottle, and than another bottle, decides to reinforce the containment of that part. Using the Reinforced Iron Door, he bends it into a box shape, with an open top, before putting the bottle in, closing the Box by making it a pyramid by crushing the four points of the open side together. Yes, this is entirely necessary when dealing with random body parts twitching, filled with dangerous energy. Perfectly necessary. . .
He goes on over to Nia, noting that Berg has just stuck someone else's arm into their own. "Yes Nia, I do have some questions, I would like you to take a look at the entry on you in the Codex Monstrum," I pull out a tablet from thin air. "It says that you hear a voice in your head, and judging from how your the control of your limbs was removed from you, and the word 'CEASE FUNCTION YOU IMBECILES in a completely different voice color, that there is still a voice in your head. Can you enlighten us to who/what you think it might be? Also, one request and another question. Can you slap Xavier for me, since he was an idiot for thinking that voices in peoples head just randomly solve themselves? Also, if/when you do find him, can you tell us where he is, so I can slap him personally, or will he brutally break every ceramic bone in my body if I try?"

Originally posted on 2018-01-12 23:59:00