(In case I somehow forget to make an actual post:
- Monika equips the Crystalline Claws.
- Monika subtracts 1 point from INT, adds 2 points to STR, and adds 1 more point to RES. (+1 RES, +2 STR, -1 INT))

Originally posted on 2018-01-17 01:08:00

<ROUND TWENTY-TWO>
Destiny decides to upgrade her Hookshot Daggers into their Titanium variant, using 2 Titanium, 1 Uniform Log, and 1 bolt of Leather. Moniker then moves in to attack Nia, who promptly interjects before he can strike.

NIA: W-Wait! We're done fighting!
NIA: N-No need to keep fighting, geez!

Mr. Krabs then does things. First, he encourages Chloe to use... Encourage. Which he calls a skill.

CHLOE: ...Encouraging people is a skill? Like, a magic skill?
CHLOE: ...That's not how encouragement works. At least, I don't think so, anyway.

He then proposes to Nia a project; a separate body. She shrugs.

NIA: Didn't I already answer that...?
NIA: Just like, scroll up on your chat log. I can do that, anyway!
CHLOE: You have a chatlog?
NIA: Yep! Automatically puts everything I hear and say into a log.
NIA: I'll... probably delete these logs before Xavier can read them.

Mr. Krabs then does entirely too much crafting in one post, along with a special switch, but we'll go and process all of that anyway. The Chilling Chairclaws are created, failing to tier up because seriously didn't I say something about there already being too much T3 gear already? They eat up the Warchair and the Titanium Ingots.

He then creates the Robot Glass Dress using 8 Wire Scraps and nothing else. This goes through properly. He then creates a Keldeo Ice Sculpture using... an iron pipe. Okay. Why not. And since we're not done yet, Mr. Krabs goes and throws the Signal Stone at the stage. The stone crumbles upon impact. A few seconds later, a bottled of Bottled Water falls from the skies, smashing into the stage at terminal velocity. Glass shards and water go everywhere, the Stage suffering minimal damage because it's a structure. He then tries to sprint through the Forest of Departure and skip the encounter... but of course, this fails. He instead runs directly into a battle... with nothing, apparently! He'll need to explore these woods, and make it to the other side the old-fashioned way.

STRIFE???

Terry then buys some Santa Hats, and also takes a fruit from the tree at the River Crossing, before tossing it to (AD20). He, of course, can't reach that tile, so it bounces off the trees and nails him right in the face. Except he also can't do that, as there's no more fruit on that tree. He also scans The Author into the database.

>Codex Updated!

...Terry promptly obtains the "Oops" accomplishment. Toast meanwhile, explains things to Nia. Nia sounds disappointed.

NIA: Not your girlfriend? Aw. That would've been seriously romantic!
NIA: But anyway... I'd love to access the feeds, but my communications array got totaled during that battle.
NIA: I might be able to use one of the leftover drones, though! Hold on a sec.

Nia picks herself up, and walks over to a nearby drone. She crouches down, and opens up the innards of the drone. She fiddles around with it for a moment...

NIA: ...
NIA: I'm gonna be honest, I have no idea what I'm doing.
CHLOE: Oh, I might have an idea!

Chloe sprints on over, and helps Nia with one of the smashed drones. She re-arranges several wires, re-attaches vital components, and re-constitutes the drone. While it's unable to fly, Nia is able to manually interface with it, her hand sticking into it like a USB into a port.

CHLOE: So... did you find anything?
NIA: ...Nope. Nothing.
NIA: We do however, have exceptional amounts of those "shopping drones" on the feeds.
NIA: Seriously! Random crimson drones, flying around and selling items.
NIA: Who had the great idea to profit off of this horrible mess we're all in!?
CHLOE: Really? Some people have no respect!

Several screens appear in-front of Nia, displaying several images of the shopping robots. There's apparently dozens, if not hundreds of them throughout the planet. In one of the pictures is the backsides of three cloaked figures- one tall, one middling, and one quite smol.

NIA: Oh yeah, there's people in that one.
NIA: Maybe they're the drone people! Or your friend!
NIA: Can't see their faces, though.

After this, Toast decides to create herself a hat from 3 Green Sap Blobs, a Luminous Crystal, and a block of Refined Wood. She then promptly almost loses it due to it being invisible. She then shells out 250 Credits; 60 to the shopkeeper drone, and 190 to YV. She obtains a wide variety of goods in return. Simeon, meanwhile, boils up one freshly harvested unit of Green Sap, and offers it to the spiders. The spiders crawl over and accept your offering, licking up the sap. Can spiders lick? Probably not, but they eat it anyways. Maybe now's the time to make a move on the tree. JOE then improves his defenses at the farm-area. Will this be effective against a full-on horde? Only time will tell.

Emerald then salutes Nia, obtaining a salute back.

NIA: Yeah! I just hope the next time we meet, I won't be assigned to kill you, eheheheheh...

Emerald also scans himself... but gets no interesting results out of it. How sad. Irongutta then attempts to craft something... but the thing he's creating has a few problems; namely, it has quite a few bonuses (and a strong "free action" attack) for its tier! Especially given that potential DPS increase from Static Discharge. I'll also suggest removing the "spaces moved" mechanic; that's clunky, and a pain to track. Perhaps just make it so that if you move (x) spaces you can get the benefit?

Boshi then min-maxes himself, and also heads to the East. There, he finds a delightful looking campground. There's nothing here to kill the party for once, which is nice. He then tosses one of the fallen drones into his trash can. Zedros then expends 70 credits to get a bit of crafting materials, and 50 to YV to obtain some Blood Vials. He then uses a blob of Thyme Matter, 2 Uniform Logs, 2 Ingot Ingots, 3 Circuit Boards, 5 Wire Scraps, a Waterdrank, a CPU, and an Incendiary Scrap to create the Lightning Rod! The Blood Vials fail to be consumed.

Miyuki and Shizuki then toss in 80 credits to the drone for a CPU and a plate of Hardened Glass, and then take an Iron Ingot and 2 Gunpowder. to create the DAR-403. The Artist then talks with Nia.

NIA: It's blue? Well, that makes sense. Teal's a cool color, though!
NIA: I would know. I dyed my hair that color.
NIA: I'll definitely bring it up with him once we get together again, though. It'd be dumb not to!
NIA: And... uh, even if you're mostly liquid, getting juiced wouldn't be pleasant!
NIA: He holds you in the palm of one of his gigantic floaty fist things, then drills the other one into you. It's gruesome!
NIA: Fortunately, it seems like a quick death... even if it is needlessly messy.

He also tosses her a copy of the Codex Monstrum (somehow), which she promptly ctrlc + ctrlv's into her database. Don't ask how that works. To round off his turn, he heads up to the Forest of Departure, and loots the Feather and three Lumipods, which appear to be the fruit of the tree. The Man then lobs a missing poster into the well. It drifts down into the nothingness, before a Signal Rune jumps out of the dark. Brutishace then scrounges around for a few Soulblossoms... and to his delight, he finds exactly one, hidden near the roots of a tree. He also finds one Goneblossom. Monika then rotates gear. Verdana and Calibri then run off into the woods, EN draging along behind them.

...As everyone finishes their actions, the sound of buzzing fills the River Crossing. Nia looks into the woods.

NIA: Oh, look! There's my pickup!
NIA: I... I guess this is it, then!

About half a dozen repair drones soar out of the woods. In unison, they envelop Nia with blue beams of light, lifting her into the air.

CHLOE: W-What are they doing!?
NIA: Tractor beams! I mean, I'm not THAT damaged, but hey; beats walking!
NIA: I think I'll be seeing Xavier soon. I'll be sure to have a good, long talk with him!
NIA: See ya, Clo!
NIA: Everyone! Take good care of her, alright?
CHLOE: W-Wait! You can't just leave-
NIA: Yes I cannnnnnnnnnnnnn-

Nia floats aimlessly about in their light, as the drones carry her away, above the woods, and likely to safety. Chloe's left staring into the treeline, watching the last glimpses of her friend being taken away from her once again.

CHLOE: So...
CHLOE: I... I can't believe she's gone again.
CHLOE: B-But...

She stands up straight and tall.

CHLOE: W-We're going to need to fight again, aren't we?
CHLOE: I know; I know what I said about fighting and wanting to avoid it, but... if both Nia and Xavier are in this much danger...
CHLOE: I'll... I'll do anything to help!
CHLOE: P-Please! Let me help! Even if I'm not a natural-born fighter, or some sort of heroine!
CHLOE: I'll do whatever it takes! Even if it means going as far as to destroy the Sphere... I'll do it, as long as we help them!
CHLOE: So please! Let me aid you!

...It appears that Chloe wants to formally join the party, rather than be an escort quest. There's probably no harm in letting her into your group... right?

---

More people use skillpoints! We'll list the applications here.

<FOREST OF DEPARTURE, TURN ONE>
...This is only slightly spooky. Anyway, your goal is to make it to the exit up there. Well, actually, five of you need to make it there. It shouldn't be TOO hard, but maybe you'll want to stick around and find some loot? Who knows. Just be wary of all the Iti in the area!

Originally posted on 2018-01-18 03:04:00

JOE decides the farm is good enough for now, and quickly walks to the previously planted Soulblossom plant. tearing off 7 of the 8 flowers, and leaving the last one there for the plant to keep growing again, He then, somewhat excited, half-sprints back to the Fortified cavern (Inside), Digging the seeds out of the Blossoms center and planting each blossom on a different tile of the eight. he then Discovers the existence of another Goneblossom.
[Meanwhile....]
[Alpha-99 scuttled across the ground outside the Fortified Cavern (Inside). it had been grueling work, but the little butcher had finally managed to crawl its way through one of the view-ports of the barrier.]
[The bug looked around for a moment, then activated the recorder and status radio, before scuttling directly south to find out what's there, taking 10 pictures within an equal number of seconds before settling down and hiding for further orders.]
[if Alpha-99 had our out-of-character perspective, it would be very relieved that it had chosen to head south, as north is easy to reach by going east from River Crossing]
[ Alpha-99 is a ROBOTS brand trion soldier, copying the "Repo-Borg" group in almost all factors, including name. Alpha-99 is small, about the size of a human hand, and skilled at camouflage for unknown reasons, as its skin is neon yellow, yet it somehow hides from anything not specifically searching for camouflaged targets. they are useful for both Scouting and battlefield healing. This specific Repo-Borg arrived some time ago, helped Ol' Thunderbutt And Quarrybot unit 2 turn their bodies into the clear shield material, then was mostly forgotten about as Noise became an issue, which led to the release of several Abyss stalkers, and people stopped paying attention to it.]
[Meanwhile...]
JOE finishes jogging to the Lumipod tree, despite being half-exhausted, and grabs some of the black vine things, then trys various ways of planting the blossom in the vines, surrounded by the vines, in the dirt the vines where near, and in a mix of crushed vine thing and dirt, thought he only uses about half a vine for all these tests unless it seems impossible to do them without using more.

Originally posted on 2018-01-18 17:23:00

Error: There’s still no way to provide dialogue. Nobody has thought this through.

Like heck I have, give me back that control. No quirky dialogue does not mean I will not find a way to progress this story.
...Even without a snarky narrator to mock me. Oh, no. How am I going to make character interactions without characters? And more importantly, is there anything more important I could be doing right now?

Yeah! You could've been hanging out with us, Angel-san!

I had to open my mouth. Sinai, I’m dealing with a lot of things right now, can you please leave and come back, I don’t know, tomorrow?

No, of course not! I had to tell you about what I saw for you in my dream last night!
Of course you did. And what, pray tell, did your dream include?

Well, it looks like an adventure is going to start, with you at the helm controlling a new friend while many people join you on your quest! That’s where I come in!


It already has. Now help me spy on your other fox friend, we need to get this ball rolling.
...I don’t know why I say this when I effectively have control of the plot. Here, let’s move to that scene, shall we?

---

Meanwhile, with the other two…

Convenient. Looks like they’re not chatting with the program.

Uh, Hoshi, I don’t think this is a good course of action. Do you really think-

Nonsense, my friend! We both know that it takes serious risks to perform serious actions, and if we want to show these guys what we’re after, we need to patch this information in! Between the two of us, this will be a cinch!

Ahaha. You’re surprisingly energetic. How are we going to get into the database, anyway?

I’m glad you asked, Monika! We’re going to get into it with an ancient art of hacking that has been developed over thousands of years that will break a hole in two for us to inject our code directly into the system itself! I assure you, this is a foolproof mechanism!

...And what is this so-called hack?

Hoshi pulls out from behind her…
A Super Mario World cartridge?
[small](Hey, be quiet! You’re going to ruin our location and therefore illusion that we’re peeking from a crack in the door to where Hoshi’s located!)[/small]

Super Mario World Arbitrary Code Execution.

But how is that going to work? Surely, this scanner wouldn’t be able to run that kind of game.

Then we’ll just have to make it! That’s what we do, Monika! Neither of us stand down to what we see as impossible tasks! If it can’t run the game, we’ll just have to make it!

And thus, a descent into madness happens as Monika finds herself holding said Super Mario World cartridge.

Okay, the first thing we need to do is actually plug the thing in. Is there anywhere you could plug it into?

...Hoshi, this is a gun? Do you really think there’s somewhere we could-

Monika, what did we just talk about?

That neither of us stand down to impossible tasks?

Exactly! And if it’s a gun, just add the slot to the bottom!

Okay then. I’ve done this once before, I can do it again…

QUOTE (Code:)

Let’s see if this works. select.sheettab (“Inventory”) ...Oh, I should probably back it up just in case. copy.tilesfrom (“A12, F14”) paste.tiles (“H16, M18”) Alright!  Now that’s all sorted out… edit.description (“A, 12”) Edit.descriptionto (“A small metallic device, shaped like a hand gun, complete with slot on the bottom.  The slot appears to be for electronic add-ons instead of conventional ammo.  It has the ability to scan lifeforms, and pull information about them from a database. It also has access to said database, for quick reference.”)

...Wow. That was actually kinda tiring.

We’re not done yet, Monika. You’re going to need this list of inputs.

Still having a chat window open, Hoshi pastes an absurdly huge number of button inputs into it to give Monika.

Am I really supposed to push all these? You should get a bot to do it… Ahaha.

Don’t worry, I’ve planned for that! There’s no way this thing is going to run the game at more than 1 frame per 2 seconds!

...I don’t see how that’s going to help me. It’s going to take far too long to put it in.

...Change of plans! We’re going to need to do this in real-time, and I think I have a solution!

I’m still not going to be able to hit all those inputs, Hoshi. What are you thinking about?

Just plug in the cartridge and I’ll handle the rest!

Almost hesitating, Monika decides to at least trust Hoshi this time and plugs the Super Mario World cartridge into the newly-hacked in slot. Hoshi brandishes a Super Nintendo controller and gets to work, her perfectly synchronized inputs being sent directly into the system.

Whoa, Hoshi! How are you doing that?
You really think I gave you a normal cartridge?

And, as soon as the button slamming started, it seems to end. The display on the gun is replaced by a graphic of Hoshi with the caption “GET HACKED, NERDS” in Impact font. The entire thing feels like it was stolen from the memes of last decade…

[big][big]I’M IN.[/big][/big]

...You hacked a database with a Super Mario World cartridge. That’s incredible, but insanely weird at the same time.

You’ll get used to it. Let’s crack this joint and send the payload.

(How many hacker movies did she watch?)
(Judging by her lingo? I’d say two or three in the past 36 hours.)

...If you don’t mind me asking, what even is the WARE?

I’ve seen it. It’s real bad news. The stuff of nightmares. I don’t even think I remember what it is entirely, myself. All I know is that it was some kind of brain tumor on this Chaos guy, which is another story entirely, and in order to not have bad things happen, me and some other people punched it until it died. Now we have to chase it and some other, probably related thing called the Chaos Butterfly, so people don’t die or whatever.
At least, that’s what I can give you. I had a vlog setup just to capture this event, of course, but I’m sending that into their database as well.

Why are you sending them a vlog as evidence?

After the Logan Paul incident, I’m sure they won’t dismiss vlogs as fake!

(WOW. LOW BLOW, HOSHI.)
...The actual vlog itself is not exactly one to talk about. It looks like it was recorded with an old camcorder, but over half of the video is pointing toward the WARE and Hoshi’s increasingly strange faces of reaction to it, alongside the standard callings of Hoshi asking you to subscribe to her Nico Nico Douga channel or whatever. I’m not going out of my way to make a transcript of it because I’m sure most of you have already played Chaos. If you haven’t, go find the thread.

Now that we have that set up, all we have to do is actually send in the statsheet, and I have a copy right about… here!”

Hoshi brings out what I hope is her last tool of the night; an old booklet of monsters, taken directly from her adventure in the mindscape. She flips to one of the boss pages and lands on the WARE entry.

And this is what we’re sending them?

Yep! And with my already-connected controller, it should be sent in about… ten seconds ago.

Wait, what?

And sure enough, if everything has gone according to plan, all this evidence has been sent into the database through Hoshi and her somehow functional Super Mario World hacking skills. It’s also convenient, since unplugging the cartridge will immediately end the game, and thus effectively burning the evidence aside from what was just sent.
If this isn’t enough still, Hoshi loudly yells at Author to get his attention and loudly explains more plans. Shut up, I can't hear what she's saying. Whatever she says, Monika takes a picture of The Author (who is presumably being messaged by Hoshi as well; they’d know each other) holding the same entry in the Bestiary with her cellphone, because common people just have them, and puts said phone down on the ground with the picture opened up. And scans it. Considering who’s phone it is, it’s likely to be marked as a threat as well.

(...Wow, Angel, you’re really good at narrating! You should be some kind of TV show host!)
(Not yet. Hopefully, I can get back into my regularly scheduled programming soon enough so I don’t keep doing this.)
(Can I join?)
(...Sure. I need someone to make sure I don’t mess up and get angry, after all.)
(Yaaaaaay!)

Originally posted on 2018-01-19 02:51:00

uA: Ah, hel- Miss Lyra? Is that your voice I hear?

With a swift turn, Auth stops looking at the Scanner, with the message patched in from Lady Omorika... a familiar name to him, and turns directly to Monika. It's a bit of a surprise though, hearing his friend's voice from...

uA: Oh, you're speaking through a... phone? Something? On this girl. I'm getting distracted, what can I do for you, Miss Lyra?

A brief explanation of the situation causes him to draw a thick, blue notebook out of a pocket close to his chest. It possesses a multitude of dividers and tags, on the inside detailed notes and diagrams. He flicks to a page, writ in deep purple (like the rest of them), and displays it.

uA: These are the notes I took on WARE. If you need them, please, go ahead.

Then he pauses, and takes out a blank piece of paper.

uA: If it's not too much trouble... could you send this along as well? Wh-when I finish writing it.

After a matter of minutes, in deep purple, a letter is written to "Lady Omorika".

To whom it may concern, though primarily to Lady Omorika, as I know your name. To begin, I shall introduce myself. I am The Eternal Author; I am the one on your systems. I intend to answer your question for you in the best way I can. While I cannot hope to speak for us all, I can speak for a core part of us. We are here to perform a duty to a being no longer with us. This duty is to save all of reality from collapsing in on itself. We are here to destroy the sources of entropic corruption that we believe is infecting the planet.

I've seen your comments within your database, on the Iti, and Outsiders... and myself. You seem to be of a profession of which information is crucial... perhaps a librarian? I have some for you, about that which we seek to destroy. Information which we hope may persuade you to call off Lady Acacia and her intention to destroy us. The effects of entropy, that which we are looking for. We have noticed that those influenced by it... the first noticeable effect is a predilection, perhaps a colour scheme, of red. A person influenced by chaos has quite a lot of red on them. We know that the chaos appears as a voice in the minds of those influenced by it. The voice is violent, calling for the person being influenced to kill everything around it. At later stages of corruption, it can even fully possess a body. We've seen the entropic energy form dangerous, highly adaptive and deep red energy. This influence only gets worse, with the power ballooning to an apocalyptic level of strength eventually.

We believe it necessary to establish that this influence is, at present, only in the minds of those you call Outsiders. However... we worry that the influence has the capacity to spread. The energy has the predisposition to possess those with an extraordinary talent for or prospective for magic. Their power is then multiplied to phenomenally dangerous levels, which I'm sure we could all agree is something we wouldn't want, given the Chaos' influence.

You are now aware of the danger the chaos we seek to destroy, but there is one other infuriating point in it. There is no way to quarantine this influence, which I believe is capable of being called a disease. At the very least, nothing conventional is effective in the least. Anything you could think of, the energy could adapt to and evade. This escape means that it could leak out and become an influence on more people. It's a horrifying prospect, which you must agree should be disturbed.

I also have another thing to say. We have no association with Xavier Elem, an outsider we are aware is present on this planet and has killed a multitude of your citizens in the Sky Temple. We mean your people no harm. In fact, we mean the absolute opposite, we intend to help your people. We would appreciate it greatly if you were to leave us be in order to perform the duty bestowed upon us. For the good of all of us involved.

After that long piece of paper, Auth returns to his in depth thought about what to do about Lady Acacia, who is coming his way. What to do, what to do?

/postingsoidontlosemylongscript



Originally posted on 2018-01-19 08:37:00

Meanwhile, in the past, Toast makes the appropriate reply I mentioned before.
"A-aah! That could be them! (even if there's three and that doesn't make sense- there's still hope). Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!"
She glomps both Nia and Chloe, careful not to hurt them by doing so. Eventually she disengages from hug mode, and stands back up. As the repair bots come in, she waves a last goodbye to Nia.
"I won't forget this!"

Once Nia has left, and other things have happened, (yet also in the past somehow) Toast evaluates Chloe's request to join the party, employing the finest techniques of analysis and fore-- "Heck yeah! Come along we'll beat the heck out of the bad guys together, and find Marron in the process! And also save Xavier and Nia! And reality also!"
Toast somehow finds a cool way to transition that into "So, right now we're gonna be heading into this forest up north, where there are apparently a ton of Iti, and also our way towards the Citadel. It's gonna be hella dark- so if you feel like coming, I recommend sticking close! (I guess you could stick close to me but the only support options I have are fireballs and my amazing moral support.)"
She smiles, and having been re-inspired by Nia's news, she starts heading up to the Forest, potentially with Chloe joining her.

If none of that makes sense temporally, I'm just gonna explain it with timeclones.

In the actual present:
Unaware of scenarios unfolding nearby involving hacking and letters, Toast enters the Forest of Departure at G28 and follows the river as far as she can without leaving the battle. Upon entering the dark forest, she suddenly loses a lot of the spunk she had earlier.
oh god i dont want to be here when night falls but i need to get to that guy before the charians do gahh
To comfort herself, she decides to expend a preposterous amount of resources to cast Incantation. First, she uses Unsealed Spellbook, gaining Intellect5 and losing 200 SP. An emerald light swirls around her, granting her focus as she continues. She then activates her Intuition Augment, expending 4 Metamagic to cast Incantation. Then, she also uses the 5 Intellect Points in her Mana Well. Overkill much?
A Summary of Expenditures:
- 15 MP
- Mana Well (5 points).
- 200 SP.
- 2 Metamagic. (Total; she expends 4, but gains 2 by using Unsealed Spellbook).



A pinpoint of light appears in the air, before growing to a circle, then an orb. A bright yellow wisp of light now floats before her, illuminating the area and bubbling in a vaguely cheerful tone.
Will o' Wisp summoned! It will appear as close to the centre of the map as possible, but will also remain within Range 1-2 of Toast.

Originally posted on 2018-01-19 10:58:00

Emerald grins at Nia ”Same here.” He then quietly chuckles.

He spawns in at G27 and sprints fast over to G15. This is assuming the bonus for Sprinting takes place before the x2 movement multiplier

Originally posted on 2018-01-19 11:44:00

miyuki_s: So, um... could someone explain what's going on please
AsukaNinomiya: The whole story, or just what is going on right now?
miyuki_s: The whole story
v4_flower: yeah im confused >_>


Originally posted on 2018-01-19 15:31:00

Boshi and Hat Kid decide to raid their surroundings; the tents, campfire, crate, fishing pole, the dock itself, and thyme disc. Boshi proceeds to remove the supports from the dock and ties the rest of the dock together with a vine or two, creating a raft. Meanwhile, Hat Kid uses the supports and, after beating apart the crate (and looting the possible contents), two planks of wood to create oars. Boshi then puts the raft into the water and jumps onto it, Hat Kid taking out the oars and putting them into the water, trying to go farther east via the river. "(ADVENTURE!!!)" "Whee!"

Originally posted on 2018-01-19 16:11:00

Simeon feeds the spiders and tries to talk to them.

"Hey, that tickles!"
"TIL: Spider tongues are actually quite soft."
"So, what now?"
"You've decided to eat from my hand, which clearly means you trust me."
"I could try take the gold, but that'd ruin your home, wouldn't it?"
"Plus, I'm totally not in a position to do that. You could just totally bite my hand off right now."
"What to do, what to do?"
I really do want that gold, though."
"Can you even understand me?"
"Agh, I don't know."

After the splinter spiders have drank all the sap, Simeon gets the Map Book and writes something in the Ashen Canopy section:



Now, he goes over to the Forest of Departure, and tries to look into the darkness.

"Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope."
"I'm not ready to leap into the unknown."
"Not today."

He closes his eyes, so that he can sift through the inventory for an appropriate weapon, when his metaphorical eyes fall upon the Illuminator. Perfect. He pulls it out from whatever hammerspace dimension it was stored away in, and enters the the "battle" on G27. Lifting it up, he launches a bulb into the dark, towards M25.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 00:08:00

Terry's Finalspark Vest starts glowing, due to there being Luminous Crystals involved in its creation.
"200 IQ."
----
Terry spawns at G27, moves to N27, and then throws a Lumipod at N22.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 03:58:00

Bergilmir moves to L26 H22 in the Forest of Departure! I also put 2 points into MOV!

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 04:04:00

Mr. Krabs spawns in at G27 and moves as close as he possibly can to J20. He spends his initial Growth Points on Intellect.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 04:06:00

Comet joins the fight and rolls to F14.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 04:21:00

Brutishace takes the Soulblossom he foraged for and works on a way to use it to improve his Shroud of Dusk. He tries some of his magic, taking energy from the flower. After some amount of wondering, he imagines the perfect way to combine these objects! He intertwines the energy from the Soulblossom into the Shroud of Dusk, weaving the materials of the flower within the cloak's. The piece of headgear comes out with more of an aura than it had before!

Brutishace now has a Shroud of Gloom!

"Wonderful! It's nice to feel something refreshing other than this bottom-tier stuff I had before. I'll have to work on the robe sometime soon, though."

With that done, if possible, Brutishace swiftly joins in the encounter in the Forest of Departure, draws his Serpentine Pistol, and cautiously moves over to G21. Is it just him, or is he feeling a significant speed boost? Regardless, he feels like he'll be hanging back and keeping his distance from any targets.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 04:58:00

Zed grabs a couple of the crystals from the "campfire" and puts them into the inventory. If they are too hot to pick up, he puts them in two layers of bottle and tries again. He then picks up and reads the diary in the tent, then gaffles some sap and vines from the Crossroads and Untamed Woods. He next tries to use the fishing rod to catch some fish. After that, he heads to the Lumipod tree and attempts to harvest the black "vines" and inventory them. Finally, he heads north of the Peaceful Riverbank.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 05:48:00

Teag spawns in at E27 (heck this map is big) and runs to take cover in E23, and guards.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 06:27:00

The man spawns in at G27 and does the running thing over to J19. And guards.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 20:01:00

Irongutta lazily copy-pastes his craftpost with Ire's permission tries crafting the Charging Vest again. The rebalancing involves tacking off one stat point (-1 DEF) and changing the Static Discharge ability.


Resists: Piercing (20%), Ice (-20%)

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Irongutta then equips the Charging Vest and spawns in the Forest of Departure battle at G27. He then aims to move near Toast (within Range 1-2, or perhaps around L23. Whichever works out better), and casts Fury on the Will o' Wisp she summoned! Irongutta's Fury spell also self-casts on him now.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 22:14:00

The Voice enters the Forest of Departure, moves to G23, and summons an Exploration Bot at F23. Stats are in the import location on my work & planning sheet.

In sum, though: Spells are Hidden Glow / Shade, Cure, and Intimidation, attack type is Blaster (Light), the trait is Veiled, I put 12 points in SHP and 6 in HIT, and 20% free resistance in each physical damage type.

Originally posted on 2018-01-20 23:56:00