Not!Echoss continues his grocery shopping in zone 4.
He collects 3 blockmelon from The Passage, 7 yellow sap from the village walls, and the wreckage of the mechonis we left in the passage.

They then notice the pack of fell beasts. Deciding to give Venia a hand, they quadruple backflip-jump high up into the air, then freeze in position. A mouse cursor hovers over them, and click and drags. One of those slingshot game "best guess trajectory" things shows up (you know the ones), and as it drags, points it directly at the mountain side.
When it releases, Not!Echoss blasts into the top of the mountain at very high speed. The fell beasts become alerted to Not!Echoss having done this by the sudden presence of lots of falling rocks being ejected from the other side of the mountain.
Rocks having been dumped on the Fell Beasts, Not!Echoss clambers up to the top of the mountain and begins chucking grenades (Who knows where he got ones that work in the thymefield) at the fell beasts. Well, more firecrackers, but those still hurt when they explode in your face.


Amidst the Clouds:
Pionobot is a bit too busy being unconscious to be helpful, sorry my dudes.


The Great Morning Todo List:
Mining the wall near the mollusks (Just a note for myself to get back to it.)

Zone 3:
Talk to Lutea

It's not that I was Trying to stall. It's just that I seem to have become mildly outmatched at some point around when Doomed turned into an advanced Status and I lost the ability to kill a Mechonii as a bonus action, and from that point any hope of victory requires first uh. not dying. so.

3 GP is spent on the Shield skill, granting me some extra SHP, AC. If I have extra GP, it goes into Ingrain.

Mechon1, my old friend temporarily corrupted ally. Fire on Eviscerator2 with all due haste. then use the Elemental Blaster [ice] on Eviscerator2.
I now run to I12, use the Yggdrasil Vessel twice, then retreat to J13. I also, at some point here, as a bonus action, use the Poetry Pamphlet to Heal my Trion (and in the process reduce my quantity of Wounds), and apply Autorevive (3) for 3 to myself.
JOE then glances over to the medic, and looks at them with the sort of look you give a hypocrite. It's a look that asks "you do realise that you guys just killed that wacky guy? probably more intentionally then when I killed some of your people? Well, he's not actually Dead dead, but that's because immortality. If this were a level playing field, you would be murderers just as much as I". Well, I say the look asks that. Really, the look itself is incomprehensible. It consists of looking at them with half-lidded eyes, looking up and to the right as if in thought for a few seconds, looking back at them but more past them like still in thought, refocusing on them, and frowning. The part that asks that is JOEs mouth and trion-based genuine imitation vocal folds, which says something roughly along those lines in time with the appropriate facial expressions.
Then the look breaks into an emotion that looks like someone tried to grin, but their facial muscles are incapable of doing so since some tragic accident a few minutes ago, and JOE goes on to ask whether Mechonii are rideable.

Just before my action goes through I should have Aquaveil9 for 3 rounds, Focused6 for 2 rounds, and Enlightened10 for 2 rounds.
I move to X10, trying to steal the flag on the way, then Encore (Salvation becoming Resolution aimed southeast) followed by attacking the Carrier Core.

The Battle in the Skies
Daskter starts by using Pep Talk on the Rocketeer then he tosses a Stardew Potion to Destiny. They move to (N23) using the Teleporter Node to skip tile (Q23); they use Creation Singularity on (F22)

Rocketeer flies over to (O23), and it activates Overclock. It unleash two Elemental Splitshots upon the Amphi.

BATTLES

The Reflector moves to N14 and basic attacks Morph2.
The Mirror Reflector uses a bonus action to fire the Twin Railcannons at the Carrier ship, then uses their action to give our own ship's core Shields Holding, if possible.

Nidra:
Basic attack Aello8 and the Electrophorus.
Power Nap Maple.

Asha chugs a Yggdrasil's Vessel then boops to P15 with Historia, (losing Elecveil and her DoTs, gaining (Empowered8, 1), and her other buffs gain +1 Duration). She then meditates.

Brutishace makes several undignified noises of terror as he struggles to get away from the Electrophus before he gets within extra-dangerous close proximity of the thing!

He moves over to O16, notices Hexagon at his feet and quickly casts Resurrect him to get him back into the fight.

Brutishace stays put after the revival in case anyone wants to take advantage of Asha's spellcasting aura, noticing the corpse of the Harpy at M16. He quickly zaps it with Soul Siphon to grant some extra HP to Hexagon as he returns to action.

Destiny uses the Helix Totem to start off.
Empower me, fellow deity.

After that, she runs to S17 and uses the Teleporter Node, teleporting to E9. and using Whirling Blades to E8, D7, D6, D5, and E4.

Hexagon lets out a whir as they get poisoned to death, their metallic body melting.
..and then they get resurrected. Their body knits back together, though the wounds of the poison is still there.
HEXAGON: ..THANK YOU, MR BRUTISHACE. YOUR AID IS APPRECIATED. I WILL ATTEMPT TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS REGARDING MS. HANNAH’s IN THE FUTURE.

Moving before Nemuri!
Hexagon takes a few steps to Q14, then extends their poison-scarred arm, and summons forth the power of Ember. Fire flickers around them, summoning forth a power well on P13, lending +10% damage to Nemuri’s attacks. This expends 2 Ember.

NEMURI: Ooh, Nemuri's feeling pumped up!

Nemuri turns to Hexagon, gives a smile, and then turns to Morph1.

NEMURI: Guess what? . Want to reconsider being here? Okay then, Nemuri is about to have some fun~
She proceeds to send Morph1 to ooftown with a +4 buff leveled Hidden Toxin, which if it doesn't miss is a guaranteed lethal. If there is anything in range that won't burn to ashes from a Hidden Flame proc, she uses it on said thing.

(LaTeX render courtesy of quicklatex.com.)

Auth sighs, nodding to Taeda.

AUTH: They tend not to like me. I believe it's because of my origins, as...
AUTH: ...Hm. I'm not sure if Chairians have an equivalent. Would you happen to have stories of a creature that looks like a Chairian, but subsists on their sap almost exclusively?
AUTH: Probably supernaturally charismatic and physically powerful, and... sparkly...

Auth has described a Vampire as best he can...

AUTH: But yes. I appreciate that, Taeda. I can't say if Helix has an opinion on me, unfortunately.
AUTH: By the way - Omo may be technically correct, but... well, all I'll say is that human Holy Water burns me, and regular water doesn't.
The water itself is no different, but it definitely does have holy power. It doesn't need to be substantially different for humans - the Holy is the important aspect, not the water.

Auth sighs again.

AUTH: It's not... religion itself I have a problem with. It's...
AUTH: How should I phrase this... imagine if everything that ever meant anything to you was uprooted and devastated because of it.
AUTH: I still bear scars from that night, both physically and mentally. My sister.... you haven't met her, but. She has a permanent limp, and she uses her staff to help stabilise her walking. My home was burned to the ground, we were fortunate to have somewhere else to go... my father died as a direct result of what happened.
AUTH: It's trauma, mostly. It's in my nature to be wary of holy places already... but I confess that it was difficult for me to be near the Church of Helix, or even in the Rosen Catacombs, because of it.
AUTH: I had this... creeping feeling the whole time, like I was going to get struck by lightning or something. Perhaps it's paranoia, but... well.

Auth shudders slightly. He's spoken about it, at least. Auth nods to Taeda's request.

AUTH: Sure thing. I don't mind. Nana and I can go and get the flower after you get there.

---

Auth laughs slightly.

AUTH: I've very sorry for startling you. Sneaking up silently is something I've been trying to unlearn - it causes some annoying complications when I manage to "just appear" before people realise I'm there.
AUTH: Please forgive me.

Auth smiles.

AUTH: Magnolia helped me find the Rose Cult's secret reserves of Godblossom Extract... and it just so happens they had a flower growing atop the mostly-dry pool. Something that looked almost too-well tended to to be just any old weed. I admit I'm jumping the gun, but context clues are telling me "This is one!". Besides, it was glowing, so it's probably going to be important either way.
AUTH: I appreciate the help, Nana. There's just one thing we'll need to do before we can go pick it up - I asked Taeda to help care for it too, since she's a priestess and can make holy water for it. We'll need to take her to a nearby chapel.

Auth grins happily as he listens to Nana.

AUTH: Well, I'm glad you slept well, despite the chaos of the Rosen Catacombs.
AUTH: I appreciate the compliment, truly. You were brave too. I was worried about you when you got snatched by the Netwyrm.

Auth chuckles, but deflects the question about sleep.

AUTH: I'm okay. Oh! Before I forget to mention it...
AUTH: I mean, I do prefer to go by Auth, mostly because it's what I'm used to after so many years, but you probably ought to know... my actual name is Peter.

When Nana mentions that she liked the French Toast Marron prepared, Auth laughs loudly, and then takes a deep breath and an obviously fake angry expression.

AUTH: The French! I can't believe them! Hundreds of trillions of kilometers from Earth and they bedevil me here!
AUTH: The very nerve of them! I can't believe they would choose to try and steal the heart of my girlfriend like this!

Seems Auth couldn't even keep a straight face for it, breaking down into laughter after getting the lines out.

---

Auth sighs, and nods.

AUTH: Well, if you say you won't need the fancy stuff.
AUTH: I guess I'm something of an overworrier, then... but if you're sure you'll be fine without it... is there anything else, other than those sort of raw construction materials, that you'll need?

When he's asked how he got there... Auth points to the wings on his back.

AUTH: I don't suppose you'll believe I flew? It's the truth, honest.

---

Auth nods, and watches... with alarming concern as Redbud coughs up what seems to be her own foliage.

AUTH: Are you sure you're okay? That doesn't seem like something... that happens when you're okay.
AUTH: It is nice to meet you too, though.

Auth listens intently as Rosebud tells Auth the team's injuries. He nods, taking notes about what needs to be tended to, listening intently.

AUTH: Of course, I understand. I'm more than happy to treat all of you, there's more than enough to go around.
AUTH: I'm not shocked you guys have taken a pretty nasty blow to morale. I might have a suggestion, if they're still worried about it, but it's probably something to talk about after you've been healed up. One minute.
AUTH: I can say with some certainty that you guys are all going to be fine.

Auth, at this moment, greets the other Scarlets, and asks them to show him where they've been injured. It doesn't take much effort for Auth to do that, and his powerful healing would treat the relatively minor injuries of the Scarlets in the blink of an eye. When everyone else is treated, he talks directly to the Scarlet clinging to Redbud.

AUTH: Heya... would you mind doing me a favour?
AUTH: I wanna fix your friend's leg, but it's gonna be a little tricky if you're holding onto her. She's gonna be okay, you're all gonna be okay, promise.
AUTH: You can stay close, I just need access to her leg. Mind letting go for a bit?

Assuming the Scarlet does let go, Auth's expression changes to one that's more serious.

AUTH: I'm going to fix your leg, Redbud. It's not going to be difficult for me to do, but...

Auth offers her some fabric.

AUTH: I don't have any anaesthetic, and I honestly don't know what I could use that would work. I am a medic, not a doctor.
AUTH: I'll give it to you straight. This is going to hurt. A lot. I need to get your leg set back into place so it heals properly. For about ten seconds, I hope this will be the worst thing you ever feel. But then it won't hurt at all anymore.
AUTH: So... brace yourself. Bite into that, while it hurts. It helps take your mind off it. It'll feel like forever, but you'll be okay afterwards. You won't even notice that you were hurt.

Once Redbud has prepared herself for it, Auth quickly pulls her leg back together, filling in the crack with ink and healing up her deeply injured leg. Auth works as fast as he can, to make sure that Redbud would be in pain for as short a time as possible. Once her leg is healed, Auth backs up a little.

AUTH: Better? You okay?
AUTH: It should be okay for you to walk on it, I think... try not to stress it too much, though.

Once Redbud is certain she's okay, Auth smiles.

AUTH: You might have heard, but Maple is with us now. I don't want to speak on behalf of our party, but... if you wanted to set up camp near our base, I think we'd be more than happy to look out for your group. We have space around the base for you to set up in, if you wanted.
AUTH: I'm just thinking, it might be safer for our groups to stick together, since neither the Legion nor the Rebellion are fans of us, are they?

Auth chuckles slightly. He waits for a response after proposing the idea.

---

With Venia, Auth nods, following her in the air.

AUTH: I'm more than happy to help fight off the Fell Beasts. At least, as much as I can.

Auth floats in the air, watching over the area with Venia and the Legionnaire, in case something happens...

---

Auth floats up to O19, and points at Hannah's unconscious body, causing her to be revived for the last turn on the ship.

Remiel moves to S17 and takes the Teleport Node to A18. They cast Relinquish Will on Morph4, clouding the Morph's mind.

Battle: Admist the Clouds

Venia realizes that she's not going to be more useful than she's made herself on the high ground and starts moving-she herself towards S17 and the Vic Viper towards T18. The Vic Viper fires upon Morph 3, hopefully downing it if not already. (If it is, it shoots Aello2 instead). Venia continues her move to Z18-her Hat pings Morph3 in the process. She then casts Material Transfer on Morph 3 with any healing transferring itself to Nidra. If Morph 3 goes down at any point, targets shift to Morph 4, and only if this occurs will Venia retreat to Y17.

---

The Old Pass

Venia catches onto the hubbub that Not!Echoss (whoever it is) just made, and decides that now is a very obvious time to get a move on, with one extra addition as she grasps a tome of Terraform-and immediately puts as much magical might as she can into expanding the stone wall until it meets up with the market stall.

"Gogogogo, no time to waste!" Venia force-whispers, half-guiding half-dragging the soldier along with her towards the town gate! If she manages to get herself and the soldier there unmolested, she immediately whips out a scroll of Skeletal Toss and uses the skeletal hand to grasp the gate's crank with psionic power, forcing the gate down and ensuring the beasts can't get anywhere. (Her remaining allies can fly, so this shouldn't be an issue for them.)

---

Gibbet

"You want more food, huh? Need to get big and strong so you can fight, huh? Alright."

Venia rustles around in the inventory and pulls out a unit of Yggcrawler Meat, plus two units of Mental Clusters, which she grinds up for seasoning, which she then presents to Gibbet.

"Now, I'll get you when you're ready to be trained.."

---

Mariaaaaaaaaaaa

Maria wanders downstairs after having her time dealing with Cushion, the Spiralfloof now in tow along with her horde of cats, as she spies Piggo. "Piggo!" She says, rushing to meet and pet the wonderful little pig, who last she saw was pretty dead.

Now, Maria isn't perfectly aware that Piggo is hungry, but she's the kind of person to give animals food, so she wanders back into the house and tries to find Chaos. She only technically succeeds, stumbling onto Reflector!Chaos after a minute of looking around Chaos's stall. "Oh! Oh! Mister Chaos! Do you have piggy food?" She says, eyes gleaming.

Battle!

Irongutta uses the teleporter at T17 to move to AA17 on the Carrier. There, he targets Aello8 with the Magezappa Lens and opts to guard.

I exist. And also now have a placeholder here. Let us hope I actually do something with it.

<ROUND 234>
Boshi's Daycare continues about their business. With the fisherman back in Zone 1, Boshi thanks them for the info, then poses a theory about how Electrophorus reforms. Perhaps it takes shelter somewhere at the Skylabs? The fisherman shakes their head.

FISHERMAN: We don't quite know how it reforms, actually.
FISHERMAN: It's a hard beast to track with its electromagnetic interference, but we know that it actually strays away from the Sky Labs when it does try and reform.
FISHERMAN: I also believe that if it was somehow sapping power from the Sky Labs, we'd know about it, or at least notice issues regarding our power supply.
FISHERMAN: As for the lake, it seems to come down here when its low on water.
FISHERMAN: Not that there's a shortage of it up there, since there's clouds and all, but if it gets dangerously low, it seems to return here.

At Zone 2, Sophia succeeds in being cute, and continues to be cute as Auth arrives. This cuteness fails to last through Redbud's description of the Scarlet's worries. In response, Sophia pulls out the Hat Kid Plushie, and hands it to the terrified Scarlet. Quietly, they let go of Redbud's leg, and give the plush a tight hug instead. The terrified Scarlet is still wordless, but it seems that they're at least beginning to calm down.

REDBUD: Oh, thank you!
REDBUD: My leg thanks you, too!

REDBUD: I think that'll help her through these tough times.
REDBUD: Just a little something she can protect and cherish would go a long way.

Redbud bends over, and gives Sophia and the Scarlet a gentle headpat. After receiving this blessing, the terrified Scarlet opts to curl back up in her sleeping bag, still clutching the plushie tightly. Finally, in the house, Adria sneaks into the kitchen and grabs a piece of french toast. She grabs a piece and sits herself a fair distance away from Chloe. The sound of Adria moving the chair grabs her attention, drawing her vision up towards Adria. Chloe's eyes widen, and she suddenly sits up straight against her chair.

CHLOE: O-Oh, hello! Adria, right?
CHLOE: Was that you I heard earlier? And-

Chloe notices the mangled scar on Adria's forehead. She winces internally and externally, a bit of a shiver rolling through her veins. A deep breath later, and her only worry now is that she's offended the child. Wait, is Adria a child? She can't really tell. Nonetheless, she speaks calmly and soothingly.

CHLOE: Are you holding up alright?
CHLOE: It must've been rough last night, but I hope you're feeling better.
CHLOE: Here, help yourself to some juice.

Chloe slides a pitcher of orange juice across the table, as well as a glass. Suddenly, a gentle yawn leaves Chloe's mouth. Like Adria, she too seems to have some baggage under her eyes. She rubs her eyes, before taking a deep breath and returning to her breakfast.

Finally, down in the Everground, Hannah yeets some corrosive materials down at the Eyestalk. They explode into toxic clouds, and a roaring echoes throughout the cavern, reverberating the stone and causing stalagmites to fall. One of these nips Hannah for (3) damage. This isn't enough to stop her from firing off Yew against the Eyestalk, the bow cackling madly as it corrodes the eye itself, beginning to melt it. Poison then begins to visibly trickle through the veins of the eyestalk, travelling down along it.

As it roars madly, its movement suddenly and violently ceases. Somehow, the eye has been severed from its stalk, as well as the entire infected portion. The newly formed stub slinks back into the cavern walls. On the other hand, the eye falls into the abyss, a wet, sticky, noxious splatter forming on the cavern floor. The sound it makes is quite audible; akin to a water balloon popping, except the water balloon was filled with blood and organs.

...Audible? The floor of this area must be nearby, then. Onwards and downwards?

---

Not!Echoss continues his gathering, this time in Zone 4. He nabs 3 Blockmelon from the Passage, 7 Yellow Sap Blobs from right beyond the town's gate, and then 8 Titanium, 4 Hardened Glass, 4 Durasteel, and a Small AI Core from the Mechonis wreckage.

Not!Echoss also opts to take action against the Fell Beasts, firing themselves into the nearby mountain with frightening speeds. As rocks tumble down from the mountain, the Fell Beasts immediately take off away from the rockslide. One of them gets caught up in the rocks, making them an easy target for a few dozen firecrackers. This slays one of them. This whole process however, brings the Fell Beasts closer to Venia and the random soldier. Not good. Still, at least one of them is down.

---

Auth talks with generally just a lot of people. With Taeda, he explains exactly why the gods hate him. Specifically, vampirism. Taeda doesn't seem to get it. Nor does she have any sort of creature that fills in those roles.

TAEDA: I... don't know any creature of the sort.
TAEDA: There's probably some sort of Iti that does that, but nothing like that before the Sphere.
TAEDA: It sounds... gruesome, though.

He also laments about some past events in his life. Trauma and scars from some sort of event, one that left him weary of religion. The priestess is the slightest bit distraught.

TAEDA: I-I'm... sorry to hear that.
TAEDA: I c-can't really pretend to understand what you've gone through, b-but I can respect how you feel.
TAEDA: It's fine if you don't want to accompany me to the chapel, you know. Especially if it makes you uncomfortable.
TAEDA: No need to push yourself. I can find another escort if you need it.

Taeda decides to prepare herself to move out. The small priestess, and her equally small (perhaps not when compared to her, but in the grand scale of guns) SMG. She also prepares herself with a canteen of water and a quick snack, just in case.

TAEDA: Anyway, I'll be moving out to the chapel soon.
TAEDA: No hard feelings if you don't want to accompany me, alright?

While Auth possibly debates travelling with Taeda, he also spends some time with Taeda, apologizing for startling her. While she's still not sure how he got there so silently (apparently, Shadowy 215 is one hell of a drug), she giggles it off.

NANA: I-It's alright! No worries!
NANA: Now, if you spooked me during c-combat, then maybe we'd have issues.
NANA: T-That... c-could end messily.

A bit of panic flushes her face as she imagines accidentally impaling Auth once again. Once she's settled down a bit, and had a few more sweet bites of toast, Auth explains how he came across a Godblossom. He found an ancient pool of the stuff somewhere within the Catacombs. She nods.

NANA: Alright.
NANA: I wonder what reasons the Rose Cult has to watch over a Godblossom, though?
NANA: I-I wonder if they were planning something scary?
NANA: A-Although, as a holy flower, I-I don't think it's really their style, t-thankfully!

He also notes that he'll be grabbing Taeda for the trip, as she's a priestess who can produce holy water for tending to the planet. An escort mission? The apothecary seems the slightest bit worried, her boots tapping together beneath the table.

NANA: I-I guess I can accompany you two!
NANA: Hopefully, it's n-not too far from the House.
NANA: I-It's hard to tell how many Iti can be hiding in the ruins...

After a few more bites of toast, and a few sips of some Serenea tea that she's prepared, Auth mentions to Nana his real name. Peter. Nana blushes gently, green illuminating her cheeks.

NANA: Peter? W-Well, hello!
NANA: I don't have any cool sort of secret name, s-so you can just keep calling me Nana!
NANA: Peter, though? I... I like it.
NANA: It's so weird and... h-human? I-Is that a way to describe a name?
NANA: Maybe it is now!

She giggles, her blush glowing a bit stronger. As Nana polishes off her piece of toast and complements it, Auth mock-rages at the French for winning over her girlfriend. Still not knowing who French are, the apothecary grows a little more confused.

NANA: W-Well, e-even if they're really good toast, t-the French won't win me over that easily!
NANA: E-Especially if... u-um... o-outsider t-toast? W-Wait, I-I-

Chloe, who's still nomming on Toast in the same room, speaks up.

CHLOE: British. He's British. I think.
NANA: O-Oh! B-British toast!
NANA: I bet British toast is e-even better than french toast!
NANA: I-I want to try some British toast! Could you make me some?

...British toast, huh? Elsewhere, Marron suddenly obtains visions of Asha wearing a monocle, whist sipping a cup of tea. Finally, at some undisclosed place in the timeline, Auth goes to tend to Redbud and the other Scarlets, noting the team's injuries. It doesn't take much effort at all for the other two Scarlets to be fully healed, their injuries quickly fading when exposed to his magic.

REDBUD: Ah, you must be one of those Devouts!
REDBUD: Or something like that, anyway.
REDBUD: Devouts are truly wonderful people. A shame that none of them came to the Rebellion.
REDBUD: Actually, we never really had many spellcasters come join the Rebellion. They would've been helpful.

Auth then notes to Redbud that he'll be fixing her leg now. It'll just hurt. A lot. Redbud pales at hearing this, a worried smile crossing her face.

REDBUD: U-Um, I-I'm sure I'll be fine!
REDBUD: I-I've taken some pretty n-nasty hits! T-This'll be nothing, I-I'm sure!
REDBUD: Here. I'll get ready. I-I'll be fine.

Redbud lies down on her sleeping bag, and bites down on the fabric, preparing for Auth's treatment. When it does hit, Redbud's screaming is barely muffled by the piece of cloth, the sound causing the terrified Scarlet to pull deeper into her sleeping bag, pulling the plushie she just recieved all the tighter. At the end of it though, Redbud pants heavily as she trembles on her sleeping bag, still reeling from the pain.

REDBUD: T-That... w-was...
REDBUD: ...I'm just g-gonna... l-lie down for n-now, if that's fine.
REDBUD: D-Don't think I can w-walk after that, a-anyway...

She slowly gains control over her erratic breathing as Auth notes how Maple's doing. About thirty seconds or so after he's done speaking, she's gained enough control to respond.

REDBUD: O-Okay.
REDBUD: At least Maple's alright. We were worried t-that they were going to have h-her executed!

REDBUD: A-As for visiting your base, though...
REDBUD: I don't think that'd be wise. In fact, you might want to consider relocating.
REDBUD: Last I heard, before I left, the Rebellion was searching for your base of operations. I have no idea if they've located it yet or not, but they're setting aside a large division of troops for an all-out assault on your base.
REDBUD: Duneyrrs, Ashstormers, e-even us Scarlets...
REDBUD: They kinda want you dead.
REDBUD: Assuming they've located your base, I'd assume that they'd be ready to attack by... tonight?

REDBUD: Neither of us really want to face off against our former allies, e-even if they did try and kill us.
REDBUD: Hopefully, you understand.
REDBUD: Besides, I don't think the Rebellion will find us out here. Plus, it's remarkably free of Iti.
REDBUD: I heard that at one point, there was this terrifying Eliti here. Apparently, that's not the case anymore.
REDBUD: Convenient for us!

Well. Looks like there'll be a siege tonight. That can only spell fun, fun, and more fun. Of course, you have the entire day to prepare.

---

Venia makes use of Not!Echoss's distraction! She casts Terraform, making use of the rubble to easily create a large barrier that prevents the Fell Beasts from advancing. With that distraction in the way, Venia advances through the gate, psionically cranking the gate closed. Hopefully, all should be well.

At least, until the ground to starts to rumble. The Fell Beasts seem to be making a stink, letting out loud calls into the sky. Some sort of gigantic, sap-caked beast stumbles out of the town, a feral look in its eyes. It seems to be similar in build to the Fell Beasts, if scaled up two or three times. Well, there is one notable deviation- raw muscle mass. This thing could probably rip a Chairian in half without a sweat. The soldier that Venia's grabbed panics.

LEGIONARY: Oh. Oh Helix.
LEGIONARY: I think they've called their mom.
LEGIONARY: I really, really hope you have some high explosives on you.

The "Fell Behemoth" as it seems to be called on the map, begins to stomp south, examining the terrain. Interestingly, it's giving some special consideration to the guard tower. As the Legionary has suggested, high explosives might be good for killing the darn thing.

Finally, Venia decides to give Gibbet a gift of foob. Yggcrawler Meat, sprinkled with 2 Mental Clusters. Nom. The meat is gobbled up surprisingly quickly. They tweet happily, content with their meal. Now, maybe when you have a moment, you could try training its magic a bit more? All it can really do is lift things and obliterate necks. (Which isn't exactly good for being non-lethal.)

---

<AMIDST THE CLOUDS, ROUND SIX>
You're just about at the Sky Labs! Hold out for one more round! Of course, the battle might not be over the moment you reach the labs, so be prepared for that! Also of note is that Electrophorus really refuses to die, and has returned as seven individual segments, known as Phosphites. Strike them down if you can, but it seems that they'll be leaving rather soon. Otherwise, just keep things up!

<FARM RUINS, ROUND FIVE>
In the next set of patch notes, I will fix a bug that prevents JOE from dying. There's probably a glitch in the system, or something. That's the only logical, sane explanation for what's going on right now.

For the above update:
==BATTLE==
Crystal activates Universal Cognizance, spending one use. He teleports himself to J21, then M22. He then reminds the universe he has Empowered6 and should have more than base damage, activates Sol, and slashes Electrophorus' head with a one-two basic attack combo of main-attack and War Scythe, healing himself with both. He then uses Light Eternal to convert the Empowered into Ordo.

(Posting for Pope with their permission:)
Pope Bill smacks Electrophorus at J20 with his Netlash, then throws all his Pustules' bonus actions at the same tile. He then grows one final Pustule.

(ABOVE INVALIDATED THANKS TO ELECTROPHORUS BITING IT)

Ow. Man, Rosemary gets to deal 500 damage and all I get is murdered for my horrible decisions. I'm going to make my own Rosemary build. Or, one might say.... a Fauxmary.
[I am not actually changing names.]

Zone 1 - Boshi

"(Aye, that would make sense, wouldn't it...)"
"(Though if it does hang out in the sky while reforming, doubtless we'll encounter its segments again.)"
"(Still probably won't live to see tomorrow, though it'd still take a while.)"

"(...Sounds like they've split it apart. Chances are they'll start targeting the split segments now.)"

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Zone 2 - Sophia

Sophia smiles as the terrified Scarlet takes the plushie, holding it tight. She welcomes the headpat, grinning a little. "Happy to help!"
"The... the plushie's special, in more ways than one. If y'ever end up sad again, just give it a hug!"
"It's also a lil' magical, so it'll come to life if you're somehow really in a bad spot, and protect you!"
"...It's stronger than it looks, I swear."

Sophia then turns away and covers her ears as Redbud's leg injury is tended to, wincing at the sounds of the operation. She shivers when it's all done, and turns back around.

Then she hears about the rebels' plans, and starts thinking. It would be foolish to keep the non-combatants at the house tonight. Though, maybe, it would be fine to let them stay around here tonight, with the scarlets?

"Um, there's... a lot of people at our base who can't fight, or don't wanna fight. I can fight, but I don' wanna. I was... thinkin' we could stay around here tonight?"
"It's not the best place, b-but... it's kinda safe."

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House - Adria

Adria was, in fact, not a child. Though she does look simultaneously older than and about the same age as Chloe, scar notwithstanding. Unfortunately, whether by choice, genetics, or forceful starvation, she's very thin.

She absentmindedly nods at the first two questions, almost spaced out as she eats away. She accepts the juice prior to answering the other questions, and pours herself a glass a little unsteadily, smiling just a little, her voice shaky. "...Thank you, dear."

She then gets to the other questions, trying to remain calm, but obviously struggling somewhat. "It was... nice to finally have some rest after... um, what's today, anyway? I don't remember, I lost track..."
"...The n-nightmares... well, they haven't helped. I-I'm gonna be having them for months..."
"I'd... prefer not to talk about them right now."

She continues eating the food, still very much enjoying it. She takes a sip of juice. "The food has been a nice surprise to wake up to; it tastes wonderful! Did... did you make it, miss...?"

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Everground - Hannah

Hannah seems disappointed that the eyeball detached itself before it could poison the main body. Whatever that was. "Aww."

Hannah lowers the platform down to be about level with the cliff that formerly had the airstream, then looks down below it to figure out what's down there. Right now, she can't decide if she wants to keep going down or check out the room she just blocked off, so she uses the rest of her turn to mend herself up.

"...What the hell even was that thing a part of? It's got entropic vibes or whatever, but at the same time... I'd think it'd be connected to the First Sin, but no... it's dead, while that thing's still alive... hm..."

She's talking to herself...

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Battle - Amidst The Clouds

Mirror!Hannah moves to (P16) and shoots Phosphite 6.

Hannah works the Weapons Console, firing Twin Railcannons at Phosphite 6. She moves to (P14) and fires at Phosphite 6.