STATS

Star +8s their DEF.

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CRAFTING

Ire has decided to make craftposts unnecessary this update. However, I have already written one, so that one's staying in.

1. Wayfinder's Lens (Harlequin's Cap upgrade): 1x Abyssal Essence, 3x Creation Meteorite, 20x Dream of Unity Fragment.


2. Cosmological Constant (Wings of Bifrost upgrade): 20x Darkmatter Clusters, 25x Dream of Unity Fragment, 10x Darkweave, 1x Void Liquid


3. Starfeather (Shadow Plume upgrade): x5 Shimmering Clusters, x4 Starite, x1 Creation Meteorite, x1 Order Singularity

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PROTOFORGE

A Prototype: Azure Bomber is put into the Protoforge so that we can finish Cypress's achievements soon. It will have upgrades A/A, since I don't think anyone's actually going to use it.

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ZONE 5.5

The Reflector loots the remaining Arkalloy in the cart on the third floor, then heads down to the ground floor of the Central Sky Labs and loots the cart full of electronic parts there.

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END OF UNITY - AFTER THE BATTLE

An explosion.

And then, nothing.

Star limps away from the battle with the rest of the Spherebreakers, still shaky from getting stunned and badly beaten. They have been silent for some minutes now.

Star turns, gazing back through the partially leveled forest. They speak to no one in particular, but to anyone who will listen.

STAR: The chairian king
STAR: ...
STAR: He was overtaken by his mad-cravings;
STAR: overtaken by purple
STAR: I have visioned my kin-creatures eating or body-using chair-vessels but not this
STAR: he had joined with the purple kin by himself.
STAR: ...
STAR: You Spherebreakers knew Reisz from another world
STAR: Are we nothing but stolen creatures, redrawn by the Purple One?

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PATHFINDER

After a while, "the Scion" finishes her character sheet.

"THE SCION": Umm... here's my character...
"THE SCION": She's, um, an elven fighter!
"THE SCION": And she uses a whip to disarm people and steal their weapons...
"THE SCION": I think she might have a weapon collecting addiction...?

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Zone 0 - The House

The moment the trio (and Blacklight) get home, Verdana and Blacklight both move to the nearest couch and flop onto it in the peak picture of exhaustion, Lato wanders off to the training room for reasons (which judging by the sound are almost entire centered around "beat the absolute shit out of a training dummy", and Calibri heads down to the Workstation Prime.

"I have work to do... A lot of work."



"...Not done yet."



"...One more."



...I'll probably do stats later. This is just getting the equipment ready for Calibri (and also powering up Chloe's weapon). I already have stats in place, sure, but I still need to sort out some details, and also there's like 9 pieces of equipment to fix up all at the same time and I genuinely don't believe I'd get away with doing them all at once.

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The Old Pass...?

"...Y'know, ah'm naw one t' jinx it on purpose, but ah'm gettin' real bad vibes now."

EN glances around whatever viewport she can access. If anyone had a Geiger Counter, it'd be starting to make funny noises now. But in this submarine, there probably isn't one. At least, not for measuring on the inside.

"Kinda git th' feelin' we'll be seein' somethin' real weird happen wit' tha' there dead fella. Or somethin' related t' it. 'Specially wit' th' rumblin' jus' as one o' us grabbed a fang."

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Tabletopian Border

Engie ponders this for a moment...

"Yeah we're done here."

He proceeds to pick up his truck from way earlier and run off into the distance. The animation for him doing so is beyond terrible for some reason, it's like someone took a gravity gun and sprinted while carrying a ragdoll.

Destiny crafts some stuff.







Besides that, Destiny takes 1 point out of STR and SKI. She also removes Mobile Fighter from her kit. She then puts 5 points into HP, 3 into MP, 1 into AGI, and 4 into DEF. She switches out Endorphin Rush for Soul Hauler. She switches out Augmentation for Phase Shift again. She lastly requests Cypress to start researching Yggdrasil's Jug.

Nidra puts two points into INT, three into Last Dream, and three into HP.

She then grabs a small fortune of miscellaneous high-tier non-unique crafting materials, melts them down in a cauldron, takes off most of her gear, and mixes them in the abstraction-of-power stew until they've been upgraded.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iJq...dit?usp=sharing.

Character Statsg
Replace one of the Preparedness with Abyssal Breathing (-2KP)
Place 6 into INT (-6KP)
Place 1 in both HP and MP (-2KP)
Remove 2 from SKI (+2KP) for a total of 0 change due to the Hat.

Replace Obsoletion with Flicker of Insanity

Equip: The Broken King's Crown
Also rename Tactics to Strategy on my weapon passive.
Trait Rewording:
Lvl 1: Smoke Grenade is now a bonus action, but it can only be used once per battle by the summon.

Special rewording:
Pick one of two effects. remove: ~~Each can only be activated once per battle.~~

Veteran:
Cast Incantation. The summon does not count towards the Summon Cap. If there is another Veteran summon, remove the first summon. ...Multiple summons can't be on the field at the same time.

Replace Reserves with Unity
- Whenever your one of your summon uses an action the other summon also repeats the action (each summon can only repeat an action once)
- Your Summons gain (Guardian7, 1)
- Your Summons gains (Empowered 10,1)
- Bonus Action

Crafting Stats:
Recipe for Fedora of Strife:
1x C.C. Kepi
1x Great Cape
1x LivingWood
2x King's Armor Fragment
5x Replicant Matter

Recipe for both trinkets:
1x Pocket Abascus
1x Radio Net
5x Structure matter
1x elemental prisma
2x mythril ingot

Venia Respec: FINAL

Stats:
-1 INT
+3 AGI
+4 SKI
+2 STR

Items:
Link to templates for all crafts: Here
Coat of the Spherebreaker: Grand Duchess's Coat, Royalmatter(x20), Replicant Matter(x20), Creation Meteorite (x2), King's Armor Fragment (x10)
5D Knight: ASSET_DATA_CORRUPTED(x1), Orchid Jet (x1), Praetorian Dogtag (Plastic's if it matters) (x1), Lily of Infinite Quietus (x2), Eversteel (x1), Soulblessed Alloy (x1), Mythril (x1)
New Rosen Oath: Eversteel (x4), Elemental Prisma (x3), Lily of Infinite Quietus (x3), Soulblessed Alloy (x25).

... In slightly different news, Venia 'officially' (for expidency's sake it already happened) spends 50 Flux to create the Revelation's Ruin. The pinnacle of all her work on Entropy since she got here-combining ancient secrets with the most sophisticated technology she could, to create the ultimate weapon of Pulchritude-of Order.

Spells:
-Switch Vampiric Venom for Pow Hammer

Specials:
Phantasmal Force... Remains mostly the same in terms of function. The biggest change is to the Degrading Reality modifier: it now applies either Blind or Ensnared for two rounds, which is chosen on-cast. Intensity of the status chosen is equal to the number of uses divided by two, plus one. If used at the cap of 20

Hopeful Heart, meanwhile, is replaced entirely by Unexisting Theorem. The circle of Special is complete.

Unexisting Theorem:

When used, Venia immediately gains +10% MHP and MMP, plus one use of a new Free Action ability to move any target in Range 1-5 one tile. Both of these cap at 5 uses (so +50% MHP, MMP and 5 tiles of forced movement), and all boosts last until the end of the battle. After 5 uses, each use will restore 50% of Venia's MHP and MMP per cast. Free Action. 120 SP per use.

Base SP Cap: 360
Modifiers: -1 SP to cast per SPC. (Cap of 100 SP cost.)
+1 Charge Limit per 8 SPC. (Gain enough SP Cap to earn another use of this special.)
Arachne Sense at 15 SPC. (Whenever you use this special, gain +1 to all non-MOV substats for the rest of the battle. On the fifth use only, gain +1 MOV.)

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House

At Longavea's plight, Venia hooks her arm around both of his, giving him some support. "You must still be tired, but you do have to acclimate yourself to walking again... Just use me for support. I'll walk you to the couch."

Either way, Venia guides/carries Longavea to the small couch... Not couchtron, where Gum and Aoki are at, and lays him down there. "Get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a very important day... We did it-we got the final glyph. All four are ours, now. And I've... I found the Old Rosen Oath. I can show it to you-and I have taken what I've learned, and..."

Mariaaaa

The answer came to her immediately. "Magic! Magic! Magic! I want to be the magicest! I want all the magic! ... Oh oh oh, maybe we can like, use Venny's snowball wand thingy, but make it super duper mega hyper ultra awesome?! We could do that couldnt' we?"

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Time to smash some gear together and hopefully get something good.

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With crafting out of the way for now, I'm going to wait for someone else to tell me how to assign my extra skill points.

Auth nods slightly, expecting the question from Taeda.

AUTH: Well, you know I worked with Aoki to make the video we played for the Citadel to work against Spark, right? Initially, the topics we were to discuss were switched. I admit I'm still not clear on why I was supposed to talk about what we did after the destruction of the Sphere, but even so...
AUTH: I suppose having had such questions posed to me, what their prospective answers are still plays on my mind. Is that a sufficient answer?

Auth makes a mental note, although he isn't clear on the exact order of events as it comes to the death of some Highchair members. His knowledge is incomplete and he knows as much. Still.

AUTH: Omorika isn't that much older than you, though, is she? You've got plenty of talent and skill.
AUTH: Everybody is their own worst critic. You never really notice all the awesome stuff you do and focus on all the big moments that everyone else gets. Especially in the role of combat support, like we are.
AUTH: Omorika would definitely be willing to help guide you if you ended up on the Highchair. Last time I checked, Omorika was good at her job. As I said, I don't think it's that much of a pipe dream, you've shown yourself to be reliable in crisis situations and what might normally be considered normal will probably go out the window, at least to some extent, before things settle properly.

Auth feels like he dropped enough heavy-handed hints that Omorika had headhunted her for a Highchair position, whether Omo would like to come and finish the job is up to her.

<ROUND 313>

Up in the Dream of Unity, the Operator is only able to utter one word in sight of the atrocities that are about to be committed against his schedule.

THE OPERATOR: gorilla.

It's time for the RESPEC APOCALYPSE: ENDGAME EDITION.

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Okay. Only took a dozen or so days to reach this point! Hex returns to the game! As he's been fishing for the past few hours, he's accumulated quite the haul! 10 Bass Bass, 10 Barkfins, and 5 Skyscales! While maybe he should logically have more, he's pretty sure that the game's AFK detection has been messing with him for the past few hours. As in Chaos. The man has stolen far, far too many fish.

But anyway. Hex asks the Legion exactly what time it is. The Legionary doesn't exactly have a watch. In fact, they're probably on orders to beat up the Spherebreakers, except most of the soldiers know better by this point in the game. They look up at the sky. The moon shines down upon the former battlefield that is Sequoia's lake.

LEGIONARY: uh.
LEGIONARY: definitely too late to be out fishing
LEGIONARY: the iti tend to be more active at this time, y'know?
LEGIONARY: or at least, it definitely feels that way
LEGIONARY: as it turns out, pure-black creatures on a very dark moonlit backdrop are kinda scary
LEGIONARY: even a tiny seeker can be terrifying if it drops on your face from a treetop
LEGIONARY: you should get going.

LEGIONARY: also you're kinda scaring some of the other boys
LEGIONARY: they want to fish too, but you've been fishing there menacingly for the past twenty four hours
LEGIONARY: like, they've checked, and they're unsure if you even blinked during that time
LEGIONARY: creepy stuff

He really should get going. And so he does. As he returns home, he gets the... weirdest of glares from Acacia. The sort of glare that conveys the desire to paint someone across the walls, but also incredible fear? A natural mixture of materials.

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Echoss does a variety of things. To begin, Echoss does his best to reassure Aoki. Really, she was doing incredibly well before she was shot by perhaps the most powerful foe the Spherebreakers have faced thus far. Though her head still spins, Aoki can understand the rationale somewhat.

AOKI: T-That is... one way to interpret it, y-yes...
AOKI: Even then, I... s-still feel the sting of f-failure nonetheless.
AOKI: B-But... thank you.

She doesn't appear to be wanting for anything else- perhaps she's content to just rest now? It only it wasn't so noisy up here, with everyone returning to the house and all. Not exactly the ideal environment to rest, unless you happen to be a social butterfly. Which Aoki is decidedly not.

Then, just outside of the house, Echoss equips and slams down the Party Package! It violently explodes, sending a variety of party goods all over the area! A barrage of streamers assail the house, dealing (47) Antistyle damage. Given the nature of Antistyle Damage, this boosts the fabulousness of the house. A large amount of furniture also places itself outside of the house... as well as one entire dance floor. It even appears to have a built-in DJ! Huh. They look rather familiar.

Also, Not!Echoss does a few quick tasks. First, he asks Nia to upgrade some weapons! The Planck Underflow and Andre's Occult Foam Hammer are handed over to her, and promptly upgraded. This results in Andre's Occult Foam Plasma Pistol of Banning, as well as the Max Slash Min. Both are equally horrifying weapons that should not legally exist. But Nia does not care for the rules. Nia simply is™. Also, a Meteos is thrown into Droplet's deposit box. It immediately flies off into the building, probably causing degrees of property damage that'd make Taeda faint.

DROPLET: Uh. Thanks?
DROPLET: I have no idea if that thing's the bottom of the barrel or not.
DROPLET: It didn't even stop to say "hey".
DROPLET: Not that most of these guys can speak.
DROPLET: That's... probably for the best.

Finally, as Xavier decides to leave for the... somewhere, Echoss stops him. Perhaps he should take a few supplies with him. Xavier rather awkwardly halts his dramatic departure of the hillside, back-up lights flaring to life on his damaged God Hands. They really can't move very fast at the moment. He stops an uncomfortably short distance away from Echoss.

XAVIER: ...Sure. Why not.
XAVIER: Pretty sure I can get everything set up on my own, but I guess a few extra items wouldn't hurt.
XAVIER: Let me see what I can find...

20 bars of Arkalloy, 3 Crystalline Conduits, and a Fusion Weapon Prototype are extracted from the inventory. A horde of nanomachines shoot from Xavier's armor, swiftly breaking down the provided materials and applying repairs as needed to the God Hands. They're still... mostly non-functional, but the thrust systems have been completely repaired. Xavier is also gifted a portal rune so he may return to the party. He accepts the gift, though he gives the rune itself the evil eye.

XAVIER: Appreciated.
XAVIER: However, I hope you realize that by this point, I've nearly mastered portal-based technology.
XAVIER: Based solely on observations and data I've collected today, I should be able to utilize some magical components to create portal-based gateways between any two locations I so desire.
XAVIER: You would be surprised how much humanity (or specifically, myself) has progressed in the past three to four business days.
XAVIER: ...None of which was thought up by Nia. Definitely none of it.
NIA: Translation: all of which was thought up by Nia, and definitely not the Butterfly!
XAVIER: Yes. That.
XAVIER: Legally speaking, as the one who was responsible for implementing the Butterfly in such a way to give you those ideas, I should have credit for the-
NIA: No. My credit.
NIA: It's the least you owe me for making me into a robot.
XAVIER: ...Fine.

The two awkwardly stare at one another. They'll probably have some things to talk out later, won't they? Just like how Echoss wishes to talk to Xavier about something once the Sphere falls. He has... a bit of a request.

XAVIER: ...I suppose I could make time for that.
XAVIER: My schedule is rather packed in terms of tasks to perform once the Sphere is destroyed, but maybe I'll find time to slot you in.
XAVIER: ...Most of which involve the police.
CHLOE: Y-You've, um.
CHLOE: M-Made this kinda awkward?
XAVIER: Yep.
XAVIER: The police shouldn't be as hard to avoid as the IRS, though.
XAVIER: Still. It's gonna suck.

He sighs. Chloe blinks. What was that about the IRS? Before she can ask, Xavier's already floating off, this time at a far higher velocity. He looks back at Echoss.

XAVIER: ...But yeah.
XAVIER: Good luck to you as well.

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Adria decides to tend to Mari. Though the fighting was intense enough to knock Mari out, she doesn't seem too much worse for wear. Besides all the blood flowing down her face, and into her eye. That's a bit of a problem, but nothing a few nanomachines can't patch up. It doesn't take long for Mari to come to afterwards.

MARI: I'm up, I'm up...
MARI: Don't worry about me too much. Not the first time I've eaten gorilla like this.
MARI: Like, I almost got murdered by a sentient Christmas tree once.
MARI: Not... not my proudest moment.
MARI: You kinda lose your ego after something like that.

Mari shudders. She has never looked at trees the same way since then. Adria helps her wounded comrade onto a sort of recliner. She doesn't complain in the slightest as she's hoisted up, and then down. One of Mari's drones buzzes over to her, and wipes away the blood that's marred her face. As she continues to clean up, Adria suggests a string of upgrades. She can't complain, bobbing her head.

MARI: If you're offering, why not?
MARI: It'll probably stop me from getting bodied in the future too, so... yeah. Go ahead.
MARI: Let me make something for you too though, alright?
MARI: Like, I can't be the only one getting cool science gorilla.

Mari decides to work on Adria's Chrono Blazer, which is honestly looking far worse for wear after the battle. Guess that's what happens when you almost die multiple times. She throws together 5 King's Armor Fragments, 2 units of Gaiadiamond Dust, and a Core Regalia. She formulates this into some sort of device that recycles Chronodust found on Adria's person, while also allowing it to be used in a variety of strategic fashions. Chronodust Continuum created!

MARI: Is this acceptable?
MARI: Not exactly an expert on Chronodust for probably obvious reasons, but I think this'll work out?
MARI: The method of harnessing its power is definitely unoptimized, but from initial experimentation it seems to work well enough.
MARI: I'm sure you're smart enough to tune it to make it actually work.
MARI: Especially since there's probably a better way to use the dust than "spray it on people and see what happens".

It's not exactly sophisticated, but it's a new field of science for Mari. Perhaps Adria can provide a few design tips? Mari's certain there's some way to extract and use the power of Chronodust better, but she's out of ideas on that field. She doesn't exactly have all the time in the world to experiment, after all. The Sphere's looming ominously, and she wants it to loom just a little bit less ominously.

Also, over at the cafe, Mari and Adria continue Tech Talk™. The number one show where two nerds discuss science for entirely too long. Adria mentions that though the force field does capture Chronodust, which does prevent it from interfering with machinery, it makes it hard to use chronodust-based tech outside of the desert.

MARI: I guess that would make it hard to explore outside the city walls, wouldn't it?
MARI: Or at least, it'd be a pain to use the equipment without hauling another shield generator everywhere.
MARI: ...For some reason, I feel like that'd be hard to do.

Mari is then taught about some of the groups that outline the desert of Adria's hometown. There's the pirates who survive in the farthest off, most obscure locations. The Nomads who roam the desert, wheeling and dealing amidst the sands. There's also a kingdom known as the "Peacewalkers", who specialize in magical powers. Mari glares at Adria ever so slightly.

MARI: That sounds... oddly familiar.
MARI: A kingdom that focuses on technology. A kingdom that focuses on magic.
MARI: You sure you're not just Chairians and Tabletopians in disguise?
MARI: Actually, no. That can't be the case. You're not killing each other for basically no reason.

MARI: Must be a nice place though, the Sapphire Skyline.
MARI: To visit, I mean. Don't think I could live in a low-tech area for more than a few hours before going insane.
MARI: Like, thank god Locaa has this goddamn laboratory.
MARI: Do you know how useless I felt in those arid, cultist infested catacombs?
MARI: ...Not that useless, but there was nothing to hack! Unless you have a sword!
MARI: I don't have one of those!
MARI: Weirdly enough though, that place also sold coffee. Wonder if it's good...

As it turns out, Mari is also into the good gorilla. It seems they're both coffee connoisseurs. Add Omorika into the mix, and they could probably form a club. Mari's head bobs, followed by another sip of her joe.

MARI: Aw yeah.
MARI: ...Come to think of it though, it's kinda late for a cup, isn't it?
MARI: I'm defo not getting any sleep tonight, that's for sure.
MARI: Whatever. More excuses to drink coffee.

Slurp. Mari does not give a damn.

MARI: Tomorrow morning, let's both have a nice cup.
MARI: We're gonna be raiding the Sphere, so we're gonna need all the juice we can get!
MARI: I wonder if there's like, any specialty drinks here in Locaa? Maybe Omorika knows some sort of fascinating drink that we mere mortals can't handle.
MARI: I'd love to try it.

Her head's in the clouds a little, it'd seem. Probably dreaming about that one mythical cuppa that'll blow her mind. On another note though, perhaps it's time to bring their little chat to a close, and cut to the present? The timelines are getting a little strained at this point.

Finally, down in the mountains of the Old Pass, Shelly decides to go and begin drilling at the root of the tooth! It's one hell of a resilient tooth! One could probably build an amazing greatsword out of this baby. It'd probably have at least blue sharpness. After about a solid minute of hacking away with the drill, the tooth finally breaks loose. She wraps the chain around the tooth, and signals to pull it back onto the submarine. Tooth of the Godslayer obtained.

Once again, the cavern rumbles. The Migi that had attempted to cling onto Shelly are pulled back into the corpse of the Fell God by a powerful vortex that emanates from the maw of the Fell God. Fortunately, by clinging onto the tooth, Shelly is able to resist the pull. The flesh of the Fell God begins to bubble. Horrid, dark-purple pustules form and burst in seconds, thousands of Migi spewing from each one. These too, are pulled into the body of the Fell God.

And then, it exhales.

CHAOS: nope nope nope nope
CHAOS: abor[t] abor[t] abor[t]

Chaos drifts the submarine through the water, avoiding a breath weapon of sorts. Not a spray of fire, acid, or superheated water, but of pure Migi. They ripple through the water, their bodies tearing into the stone where Chaos's submarine once was. Chunks of rotten flesh emerge with the breath attack, painting the back wall an unsightly hue of purple and red.

The maw of the Fell God clamps shut. An amethyst glare shines forth from its otherwise cloudy, singular remaining eye. Millions of Migi now are clambering across the exposed skeletal structure of the Fell God, forming makeshift muscles and joints. A limb that was practically detached earlier is now reconnected to the writhing mass that is the Fell God. The gaps in the wings are stitched together through an organic infusion of Migi. Silently, the Fell God watches the vessel. Parts of the exposed brain can be seen, Migi pumping through the spaghetti-like latticework of its mind.

Chaos's submarine comes to a standstill in face of the reborn Fell God.

CHAOS: wha[t] a [c]li[c]he [t]wis[t]
CHAOS: i[t]'s no[t] dead
CHAOS: i mean i[t]'s very dead
CHAOS: i[t]'s jus[t] under new managemen[t]
CHAOS: any brigh[t] ideas?

The party gets this feeling that if they retreat, they'll be seeing this thing later. Perhaps they could try to engage it now, though? Through roleplay centric attacks and the like. Or maybe an actual battle could start? Who knows. Take your pick. Start a battle, or fight through roleplay? Point is, God is not dead, and they're pissed.

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Staaaaaaar! They do things befitting an Iti that has just witnessed the Chairian king die in a rather over-the-top fashion after becoming an Iti. They question their very own existence. Are they nothing but stolen creatures? And... is there anyone to listen? At the very least, there's a Mari. She tilts her head as she ponders a fallen Star.

MARI: Stolen creatures?
MARI: Some of the Iti are clearly inspired by things from other works of fiction, but... a lot of them are original enough.
MARI: Like, take the Seekers for instance. I've never seen anything like them.
MARI: I'd say they act like Zerglings, but Zerglings aren't weird lil' goblin people.
MARI: Weird goblin people is infinitely more terrifying, I've gotta say. Gonna... steal that idea.
MARI: Far as I can tell, you're pretty unique.

Elsewhere, the Scion finishes up their character sheet! An elven fighter who makes use of a whip to steal people's weapons! Odds are, they have a weapon collecting addiction. Chloe claps her hands and smiles, beaming for miles. Today, she's a proud mother by proxy.

CHLOE: Ooh, that's a good one!
CHLOE: If I lived in a fantasy world, I'd collect weapons too. There's so many pretty, weird heckin' weapons, and I wanna put them all on my wall.
MARRON: Huh. I kinda assumed that you were already the type to do that.
CHLOE: I-I mean... I do. J-Just a few, though!
CHLOE: And I don't mount them on the wall. Yet.
CHLOE: Maybe when I get my own place.

CHLOE: But yeah! Great job!
CHLOE: Does anyone else want to present their character?

Ette meanwhile, is excited to present her own character. She's spent the past few minutes doodling a... beefy man in some decently hefty armor, with a chonker of a mace that appears to be wielded by the character's amazing beard. Of course, this is all in crayon, so it's a... bit hard to tell. There's also a red plus symbol doodled onto the person's armor.

ETTE: My turn, my turn!
ETTE: This is Mr. Limbeard, my dwarven cleric!
ETTE: He's a really nice old guy who casts holy magic so that everyone feels better!
ETTE: He's a super nice grandpa. If I had a grandpa, I would want it to be mister Limbeard.
ETTE: With his beard, he can hit people!

Chloe wonders the logistics of how such a beard could be wielded by a dwarf. Whatever. It'll work.

CHLOE: Oh, cool!
CHLOE: And here I thought we were gonna get an all female party.
MARRON: Well, Ette's too creative to stick to your norms!
MARRON: Great job, sis!
ETTE: Yaaaay!

CHLOE: Anyway, just Marron and Asha left.
CHLOE: Asha, why don't you introduce yourself?

It's time for Asha to unveil her secretly minmaxed character. One that will make GM's tremble in fear. I mean, it might be minmaxed. I don't know. I don't dictate Asha's fate, unless I'm rolling HIT against her. In which case I kinda do, but shush.

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EN gets bad vibes. Of course, given that some events™ have happened earlier, Chaos stares at her. Not that she could've reacted to this, given the play-by-post nature of this game.

CHAOS: a[c][t]ually [t]he dead beaver god gives me very, very good vibes
CHAOS: i'm sure [t]hese vibes will be improved on[c]e i[t] ea[t]s [t]he submarine

There's also a VERY large roleplay segment that I'm not entirely sure if I can respond to or not. All I know is that Adria is QPU misaligned, except in the sense of timelines. Though that's probably fine. Also, the fusion may or may not be a five-man band worth of people now. The GM is not mentally prepared to juggle that many character sheets. Nobody is prepared to juggle that many character sheets.

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Venia carries an old man to a couch. Longavea is placed upon a small, decidedly non-sentient couch. This is likely the first piece of furniture that the man's sat on that hasn't been sentient. Though, perhaps the Rose Cult did have a point with the sentient chairs- they were pretty comfortable. He's told to get some rest.

LONGAEVA: Of course, miss Praefortis.
LONGAEVA: I look forward to hearing of your discoveries tomorrow.
LONGAEVA: For now... my mind is rather cloudy, and yet ever so clear.
LONGAEVA: History is beginning to flood back into me, and... I am not so sure how much I welcome it all.

LONGAEVA: ...We may need to talk in the morning, Venia.
LONGAEVA: I... may wish to talk about this.

With that, Longaeva slumps over, sinks into the couch, and falls asleep. Just upstairs meanwhile, Maria has immediately decided how she wants her Lego warmech to be armed. Magic. The snowball wand that Venny made. Could he make use of that? In response, Chaos pulls out the Max Slash Min from the inventory, and tapes it to the mecha. Given that this is now a Tier 8 snowball wand, the lethal power of the mech has gone up exponentially.

CHAOS: by george
CHAOS: i[t]'s perfe[c][t]
CHAOS: i would make [t]he wand more awesome bu[t] [c]ommon sense and also arbi[t]rary limi[t]a[t]ions [t]ell me i[t] [c]an'[t] be more awesome.

It's beautiful. A weird mish-mash of Lego blocks, an animatronic skeleton, and now a snowball wand. Though, uh... does this thing actually work? It's entirely unclear. Like, they used normal lego blocks, and none of those fancy technical bits. It's basically a statue. It's absolutely nothing Chaos can't fix, but still.

CHAOS: hmm
CHAOS: [t]omorrow morning i shall finish [t]his up for you
CHAOS: how does [t]ha[t] sound?
CHAOS: for now, you [c]an go say hi [t]o venia, who i'm pre[t][t]y sure has jus[t] killed spark

Nia perks up upon hearing that. They killed Spark? Nia hops downstairs, ambushing Venia from behind with a sneak attack hug. This deals 5d6+4 points of Crushing Damage to Venia's ribs. Though Nia took a beating earlier in the battle, it seems Chi was able to completely patch her up. Save for a band-aid that's on her nose. It's likely she's keeping it there just for style, though.

NIA: Veeeeenia! You're back!
NIA: You alright? Did you really kill Spark?
NIA: I bet that old geezer didn't stand a chance after you broke his ship in half!
NIA: How'd it go? Tell me!

She demands storytime. DEMANDS.

---

Auth continues his conversation with Taeda. He sort of expected the question about where the question originated from. He notes something about how needing to work with Aoki brought these sorts of this to the forefront.

TAEDA: Oh, I see!
TAEDA: I'm flattered that I came to mind then!

Taeda smiles, ever so gently. Auth then answers the question- is she old enough to join the Highchair? Well, Omorika truthfully isn't that much older than her. Taeda shakes her head.

TAEDA: I-I guess she's not older than me, b-but when I look at her... I see someone who's wise beyond their years!
TAEDA: Each member of the Highchair is s-so powerful, in their own way... and I'm just a little priestess.
TAEDA: With a gun. A priestess with a gun.
TAEDA: B-But... I guess you're right. I-I've done a pretty good job, haven't I?
TAEDA: And Omorika... she'd be a great tutor for me, wouldn't she?
TAEDA: Ah, I wonder what she'd think of this idea? I-I wonder if she'd really think so highly of me...

She blushes ever so slightly. And yet, it seems she's oblivious to the fact that Omorika was the one who commissioned the Author to come here. Perhaps he should go and grab Omorika herself to... "go in for the kill", so to speak?

---

OH MY GOD WE'RE ACTUALLY DONE. We'll have one or two more updates dedicated to this night time cycle, and then I'll load in the next chapter! Or a home invasion. One of the two. Maybe they go hand in hand. Who knows?

Zahlia does a new Respec:

Exchange the Pop Pops for "Eager Beaver" and "Opening Act" (Net 1 Skillpoint used)
Add 5 Skillpoints to SPC, 1 to HP and 1 to SKI.


"Longinus" is upgraded into "Grandiflora".
T7 Grandiflora
"No King rules forever. No Rose blooms forever."
(+3 SKI)
(Thorn: If an enemy attacks you within Range 1, deal (7-10) Slashing Damage to them before their attack connects, scaling with SKI at a third-rate. This also applies Weaken2 for two rounds.
If this downs / kills the target, you don't take damage. This activates regardless of a successful counter.
Triggers once per round.)
(Shear: You ignore 20% of a foe's Slashing Resistance. Against targets with no Slashing Resistance, your Slashing attacks apply Armorbreak3 or an Elblight2 of your choice for two rounds.)
(Prune: As a bonus action, you may deal (8-8) Slashing damage in Range 1, with +50% HIT. You may instead use your full action to deal (14-14) Slashing damage in Range 1, with +100% HIT and +10 CRT; this is Unavoidable and Lethal to any target with 33% MHP or less. Both of these scale at a half-rate with STR. Using either of these disables Thorns for this round.)
(x2 Slot)
Slashing (20%) Piercing (20%) Fire (30%)

Materials Used:
Spiritloom, some combination of Soulblessed Alloy and Elemental Prisma, a Fourth Coffin's Nail

"RAMBO Sweatband" upgraded into "WUKONG Headband"
T7 WUKONG Headband
"Totally not keeping you from going Super Saiyan. No siree."
(+6 STR)
(+2 AGI)
(+4 SPC)
(Wu Xing: Twice per battle, as part of movement, you may teleport to Range 1 of an impathable tile within Range 1-5 if you're also in Range 1 of an impathable tile.)
Fire (20%)
Earth (20%)
Air (20%)
Water (20%)
Materials Used:
Void Liquid, Darkweave, Mythril

Finally, "Yamato" is upgraded to "Requiem Ultima"
T8 Requiem Ultima
"See this through to the end."
WEAPON PASSIVE: Conviction. Passively, your basic attacks deal additional Mana Damage equal to 71% of your damage roll. Dropping a foe to 0 MP with a Basic Attack will cause you to deal (58-58) Piercing Damage to them, then fully restore their MP if they live. Won't work on foes without MP gauges. +1% Mana Damage per SKI. Damage from this passive scales with STR at a x2 rate. You may also gain stacks of Concentration.

You may now obtain up to 3 stacks of Concentration. A single stack is gained by hitting a foe with your Basic Attack, or having a successful meditation. You may only gain one stack a round.

You may expend Concentration to gain various effects.
(1C) Judgement Cut: You may perform a Basic Attack at a range of 1-4. Optionally, you may teleport to Range 1 of your target after the attack.
(1C) Mirage Edge: Deal (10-12) Mana Damage to a target in Range 1-4. This scales with STR at a 2/3rd rate. Bonus Action.
(1C) Devil Trigger: This round, gain Empowered4, Evasive4, Focused4 and Vampiric5. Bonus Action.
(3C) Cast Judgement: Perform a Basic Attack on all foes within Range 1-3. They cannot counter. Your entire weapon gets Reloader1. All buffs have a halved effect when you use this.

Base: (14-14) Slashing
Range: 1
Retreat: 3
Counter: 6
Hit: 8
Stat Changes:
(+2 AGI)
(+2 SKI)
(-2 DEF)

1 Elemental Prisma, 2 Mythril, 1 Fusion Weapon Prototype, 1 Royal Magus Spelltome, 1 Creation Meteorite, 1 Eversteel

CRAFTING

1. Sol Ultima (Sol Aeterna upgrade): Sol Aeterna + 1x Creation's Flames

2. Codex Hammer+ (Codex Hammer upgrade): Codex Hammer + 5x Praetorian Dogtags + 5x Ohmetal + 3x Reaper's Souls.

3. Unforgotten Circlet+ (Unforgotten Circlet upgrade): Unforgotten Circlet + 1x Lily of Infinite Quietus + 1x Gaiadiamond Dust + 3x Mythril Ingot.

---

STAR CONTINUES TO PONDER THEIR EXISTENCE

Mari's words of comfort sink in, but Star is still not fully satisfied.

STAR: The purple haze it has been long since I dreamt of it
STAR: ...Or only a fleeting-momentous-time?
STAR: Thank you blue human
STAR: now; now I have words to share for the swirling sensations of my mind
STAR: You brave Spherebreakers, in your quest
STAR: have slain many of mine kin
STAR: i do not blame you for they are afflicted by His madness;
STAR: But the chair-king's behavior reminded me that any being can be wrong-led by purple nightmares
STAR: Please, spare all thinking Iti from now
STAR: Capture them like Calypse if it must be done but do not slay them like Daikon
STAR: we can save them, I know it

---

Hexagon immediately.. well, switches out the Foam Hammer for it's upgraded form. He then drops a point out of SPC and switches it to STR to preserve that sweet, sweet 20 SPC. Aw yee.
(He also notes that the trinkets he's made and equipped are listed somewhat incorrectly in the inventory: he's equipped them, yet in their listing they are listed as 1 /1 Available, even though they also have a note saying he has them equipped. I think this issue might be on a few other things in the high tiers too, unsure.)

---

The House - Hexagon squints at Acacia awkwardly.

HEXAGON: HELLO, CHAIRWITCH. YOU SEEM ODDLY PERTURBED FOR ONE WHO HAS JUST ASCENDED, LEGALLY, TO BE THE LORD OF THE LAND. "TECHNICAL CHAIRHEIR", YES? AND EVEN BEYOND THAT, SOMEONE WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT MUCH IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. IS SOMETHING THE MATTER WITH OUR CENTER OF OPERATIONS, PERHAPS?
HEXAGON: (WAIT IS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SECTION CANON OR NOT SHOULD I BE ABLE TO READ THAT UH OH)
HEXAGON: (ALSO SHOULDN'T SHE HAVE EYE OF THE STORM IN HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS?)


He vaguely considers feeding IKEA's head a fish. It is extremely tempting. Very very tempting. Maybe he should ask the DJs the etiquette for severed head diets.

Sequoia's Lake - Hexagon gives the Legion member at the lake a glance, and shakes its head.

HEXAGON: AH. THE ITI. NO WORRY THEN. I AM QUITE WELL ARMED. COMES WITH THE PROFESSION AND THE PRODUCTION. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES OF THE SPHERBREAKERS THE PAST FEW DAYS?
HEXAGON: ..CURIOUS. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCES I HAVE CAUSED. NO TROUBLE INTENDED, TRUST ME! FEEL QUITE FREE TO PARTAKE IN FISHING AS WELL, DESPITE MY PRESENCE. IF ANY ITI MAKE THEIR MOVES, I WOULD BE QUITE WILLING TO CLEAR THEM UP.
HEXAGON: IS IT THE TRADITION HERE TO PAY RECOMPENSE FOR INCONVENIENCES CAUSED? IF I HAVE DEPRIVED YOUR UNIT OF A DAY'S FISH, THEN PERHAPS I COULD PAY IT BACK- FOOD FOR A NIGHT, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. I AM UNSURE OF THE EXACT CUSTOMS HERE.
..He's somewhat missed the point.

---

With all of the actual talking done, his eyes flare red for a second, doing a quick check of all the information and areas the Spherebreakers have gathered, using that.. nebulous info-sheet we have. I don't know the IC status. Right. A small checklist appears in front of him, and he mutters something before glitching out again.

In the Rosen Catacombs, a fuzzy Hexagon clone pops into existence in front of the cooking Maw. It slowly edges towards him, then reaches into thin air to retrieve 100 Credits. It then chucks it over to the Maw and politely waits. This will be tasty, it probably thinks. Or not. Random shenanigan robot clone's minds are weird and mysterious. if anyone asks its just the out of combat application of hexagons trait

A second clone pops into existence in The Forge, and slides on over to the suits of sentient armor discussed in the Description. It casts Terraform once or twice to carefully pop them out of their stands and against the wall, then gives them a look and waves.

HEXAGON: HELLO. YOU: ROSE CULT ALIGNED? ME: SPHEREBREAKERS. "ROSE EATERS", TO BE.. POETIC! THAT IS THE TERM, I BELIEVE. YOUR LEADER HAS BEEN RECENTLY VANQUISHED. CAST DOWN AND OBLITERATED. OPINION ON THIS? ARE YOU HAPPY IN YOUR STATE OF METAL? DO TELL.

At the Vault Ruins, yet another clone walks out of thin air, glancing at the impressive smoking ruins. Wow! This Spark really knew how to cause a lot of pointless destruction. The clone takes notes for a moment, then gets to its actual task. Resource collection! All those handy Creation Meteorites, just lying there. So careless! The clone reaches into the vague inventoryspace and pops out the Everdrill, appreciatively tapping against the floor. Gazing down at the floor, it manifests a set of Praetorian Armor just in case around it as it spots the Meteos, spitting water, and- well, actually, this entire area just in general. Hm. Y'know, none of this is up to code!

Reaching into thin air, the Hexagon clone pulls out.. a thing of caution tape. The bright yellow stuff. Speeding around, it puts that 6 MOV to use quickly cordoning off the entirety of the ruined area. There! Everything should be good now. The pure SAFETY radiating from the safe inspires it. Everything is up to regulation now!

..oh yeah, except for the burning meteorites. And meteor Iti. Y'know, the tape might not be the most efficient? Uh. Hm. The clone looks from the Drill, to the crater, to the ore, and sighs. Oh well, actual work must be done. Just in case, they whack the Everdrill with the Foam Pistol Hammer Whatever, giving it the mystical one shot power. Now armed, it activates the flight systems on the armor and carefully hovers down into the ruins, gaping- There are children here! Actually, with a second glance, the children seem very well armed, so the clone just.. slowly floats away from them and starts mining away at the ore with the Everdrill, zipping from Meteorite to Meteorite and collecting as much as it can. He occasionally recovers a tome of Terraform from.. I dunno, robot Hammerspace or something, using it smooth out the ground, clear rubble, and move Meteorites over to him. If any of the Meteos attack, he just quickly zaps them with the Everdrill- or failing that just shoots the Foam Pistol at them until they cease life.

Stats

Adria immediately equips the Chronodust Continuum, ecstatic with the result.

She removes 1 KP from STR, DEF, and SPC. She reallocates them into 1 AGI, Manafuel1 for Abyssal Vortex, and Manafuel1 on Watchful Eye.

She also swaps some resists around.
-Spark of Creation+: A 40% Electric resist to 40% Water, and 30% Water resist to 30% Electric
-Mana Flower: 20% Ice resist to 20% Water

Weakness: Piercing(10%)
Resists: Electric(100%), Ice(90%), Water(60%), Dark(50%)

---

Mari

Up in the Skylabs...

Mari notes that a portable shield generator in the same vein as the one surrounding Stasis City would probably be difficult. Adria nods.

ADRIA: You presume correctly.
ADRIA: Though while most tech doesn't work outside the barrier, we've developed a medical band that slows a seriously injured person's body to the point where they don't bleed out, giving time for medics and surgeons to do their work.
ADRIA: It only last a short time after activation outside the barrier, so whoever's out there still needs to act fast.
ADRIA: ...But yeah, the barrier takes a lot of energy. Smaller barriers would still take far too much as they are now.
ADRIA: Maybe once we get you up to speed on all the intricacies you'll have an idea for it, who knows.

Mari then comments that the Peacewalkers and Cityfolk almost seem like Chairians and Tabletopians, except not at each other's throats 24/7/365. Adria shrugs.

ADRIA: Just an odd coincidence.
ADRIA: Neither of us particularly like the idea of fighting each other. Especially when danger's already literally everywhere like it is.

Mari mentions she'd probably go stir-crazy after a few hours in the countryside.

ADRIA: Haha, yep, same here.
ADRIA: Except maybe not quite as extreme.

Mari then notes that she's probably not gonna get sleep tonight, and also offers to join Adria for a cup of coffee tomorrow morning before they head out.

ADRIA: I'm probably not gonna be able to sleep either.
ADRIA: ...O-obvious reasons.
ADRIA: But I'd love to join you for a cup tomorrow!
ADRIA: I wonder if Omorika does have some sort of crazy coffee available, like you said...

Someone's eager.

Adria briefly checks a hardlight display as she finishes the chips and Mari finishes the coffee. It looks... complicated, even by science standards. Though that's likely just because it's an unfamiliar field to bystanders.

ADRIA: I think we should catch up a bit "later". We're starting to veer into unsafe conditions for this timeline.
ADRIA: It should immediately fix itself once we split up. But we should be fine to meet up again after that.

ADRIA: So um... see you "later".

Assuming there's nothing further (in which case she sticks around a bit longer), Adria gets up and starts walking off, waving goodbye to Mari on her way out.

The timeline should hopefully repair itself at this point.

---

Meanwhile, on the ground (and probably heading back to the house)...

Adria beams a smile at Mari as she produces a new coat for her. She immediately starts pulling it on.

ADRIA: Wow... this is a phenomenal job, especially for your first time working with this stuff!
ADRIA: We used to use a lot of this type of thing back when we didn't know the full extent of everything around us, or how to efficiently harness the energy like we do now.
ADRIA: While we don't know our full history form very far back, we still have a ton of old tech lying around in bulk storage and museums and such.
ADRIA: You should be able to figure things out in no time at all!

Everyone around the duo may start to feel a tingle going down their spine as Adria inhales rather deeply.

Oh boy here we go again



Adria relaxes, finally done with her ramble.

ADRIA: Anyway...

She notices the party setup as they approach the house and tilts her head.

ADRIA: Um... okay? When did all this get here?

---

Hannah

Somewhere above the house...

Hannah circles a few times overhead, trying to spot any intruders before she heads down. She's not sure why there's a party area nearby, nor who even had the time to set it up, but she figures it's probably best not to question these things in the off chance it's Chaos' doing.

She lands behind the house, slowly coming to a stop on the ground. With a sigh, she hops off and shoves it back into the inventory. Was she even that useful, all considered...?

She hears the smacking of a broom from up on the roof, and parkours up to investigate. Despite not being as agile as Sophia, she's still more than able to jump from windowsill to window siding. She grabs onto the rooftop pretty effortlessly from there.

Once she's hoisted herself onto the roof, she sees Lutea struggling with a Harpy. Well, not really, more like the Harpy was having trouble with her instead. Regardless, Hannah decides that the best course of action would be to calmly walk forward and stab the Harpy in the head with her spear. With Lutea holding them down it's a pretty easy kill.

HANNAH: Ugh, harpies... I've seen enough of them to last a lifetime.

She shoves the resultant corpse off the roof. And with another sigh, she addresses the duo next to her.

HANNAH: Hey, you two alright?

---

Sophia

After running around for so long, Sophia needs a break. But there ain't much for a kid to do around here.

Fortunately for her, it's party time at the house! She runs out of the house and straight into the party atmosphere, and she's immediately awestruck. After a quick wave to Adria (who waves back) and Mari, she hits the dance floor.

She then starts dancin'.

---

Dorothy

Dorothy trails a good deal behind Sophia. After today, unlike the other two girls, she was exhausted.

Running around in a superheated wasteland was one thing.

Watching her friend get nearly killed in front of her is a whole other can of worms, and she's very clearly still stressed about that. Even the gentle flow of the small amounts of water in the basement are enough to make her more than a little on edge.

She's about to go upstairs, but then she hears the noise of the party pack and stops for a moment.

DOROTHY: (u-um, maybe not. noisy...)

But uh... what now? Well, Dorothy notices a certain Scarlet nestled inside a chest. While normally she'd question the safety of such a place to rest, she seems rather comfy in there. It's probably fine. Especially since Dorothy's there to provide air should the lid accidentally close.

Dorothy pulls the nearby bed over to the chest area, jumps onto it, and flops facefirst onto the pillow, instantly fast asleep.

It's hard being moral support.

---

God

Shelly almost gets clipped by the beam of pure Migi, grabbing onto the chain and yanking herself away.

SHELLY: Nh... too close-

And then the corpse of the fallen god begins to reanimate. Under the control of the millions if not billions of Migi, the parasites form the muscle structure necessary for mobility, and the wings stitch themselves back together.

It's pissed.

And even then, Shelly could only manage a sigh.

SHELLY: ...No. No this is way too much for us three to handle on our own.
SHELLY: Even considering Chaos'... shenanigans.

She pulls herself quickly into the sub. While she seems only mildly bothered by the radiation at the moment, that could quickly change...

SHELLY: Full speed retreat. We're gonna need backup. And more favorable terrain.
SHELLY: It's probably going to come out later, considering how pissed it is. We can take it on outside.

If Chaos hasn't already done so for some reason, she shoves them out of the way and pilots the sub herself to try and get everyone out of there alive.

Kalis's eyes stop doing the apple cursor loading thing as they snap back to playing the game and start poring over the patch notes to update their build. They've got to say, this world's mechanics are really well designed.

- Upgrade Entropic Accumulation to level 3: The line "Full action spells casted through this will prevent you from using another full action spell this round" is removed. Entropy now grants +4 CRT per stack rather than +3. (MP restoration is not increased.) In order to patch an exploit with Force Nail and self-cloning that I found, the trait recieves the following addendum: "- This trait dos not proc (neither grants Entropy nor cashes it in) if the attack was a crit which was guaranteed by Primed which was applied by Kalis this round."

- Swap Operator's Suit for Mitosis Membrane. Craft the Mitosis Membrane up to the T7 Mimesis Membrane, using 5 Royalmatter, 10 Replicant Matter, and 2 Biosamples. It gains +1 MHP and +1 MMP on top of the original, and the first two paragraphs of the split ability now read:

CODE

Once per battle, as a Bonus Action, you may split into two. Each copy of yourself has 50% of your MHP and SHP, but full other stats. These halves cannot take full/move/item actions on the round they form if you have already taken that kind of action this round. This consumes both of your summon slots. You may control both halves of yourself. Each one deals 50% DMG, applied as a final modifier. As a Bonus Action (for both halves), if your halves are within Range 1 of one another, they may re-merge into the full you. You cannot take full/move/item actions on the round you re-form if either of your clones have already taken that kind of action this round.

- Craft the Lucky Infinity into the Lucky Singularity, consuming an Order Singularity, a Lily of Infinite Quietus, 7 Entrophies, and 2 Eversteel. New stats:
<i>Precisely one luckier than the universe could handle.</i>
+10 CRT, +3 DGE, +5 CAV, +1 SPC

CODE

Luckiest You: Whenever you are attacked, you have a 20% chance to gain 20 SP. If this triggers, and the attack would down/kill you, you will survive at 1 HP. Still works at 1 HP. SP gain will only occur once per round, unless the attack would down/kill you. This will automatically trigger the first time in a fight that an attack would down/kill you.

- Craft Wild Magic into the T8 Wild Light, consuming 1 Creationmeld, 1 Elemental Prisma, 1 Mythril Ingot, 1 Orchid Jet, 6 Gaiameld Ingots, and 1 Yggdrasil Splinter. New stats:
+2 CRT on top of the +6 it already has.
Base damage (15-16), damage type changed to Light.

CODE

WEAPON SKILL: Flux Cascade: When casting a single-target offensive spell, you may opt to make it deal 50% DMG, and then Bounce twice to targets within Range 1-2. Passively, grants +1 Spell Slot, and when you roll a minicrit, you have a 1 in 3 chance to get a full crit. Spells that fullcrit that you spent mana to cast instead act as a minicrit, then recast themselves on the same enemy for free. (Flux Cascade's active is not applied to recasts.)

- Upcraft the Chaos-Binder's Squarelet to the T7 Chaos-Binder's Halo, consuming 5 Eversteel, 4 Luminous Crystals, and 6 Soulblessed Alloy. It gains +3 RES on top of its previous +1, as well as 20% Glitch resistance.

- Dupe the Helixian Processor and swap the Heavenbloom for it.

- Remove the level of Manafuelled on Chaos Bolt (total +1 KP)

- Select spells as follows:
Chaos Bolt
Focus Energy
Skeletal Toss
Force Nail (I did patch my treat so it doesn't break it but it's still just good)
And in the buffed slot from Powerhouse of the Cell, Pow Hammer. I then buy one further level of Manafuelled on it. (This is because it will now hit 8 Buff Levels when under the effects of both Loaded Spellbook and Helixian Processor, even with half SHP from being a mitosis clone.) (total 0 KP)

- Swap Endorphin Rush for Soul Hauler (total -1 KP)

- 3 KP in DEF to cancel out Mimesis Membrane's drawback (total -4 KP)

- And the last 9 KP in AGI (total -13 KP)

Destiny proceeds to craft harderTM.



Destiny, done with all her crafting, suddenly teleports next to Marron.
DESTINY: I need to borrow your arm. You can have this in the mean time.
Destiny proceeds to slap Bergilmir's Right Arm on the table, and in a quick motion takes slices the Weaver's Palm from Marron. Destiny proceeds to craft.





Destiny comes back with Marron's new arm.
DESTINY:I'm back. It should be quite more powerful now.
DESTINY:... I'll let you put it on.
Through the power of the equipment system the arm automagically attaches, and works like normal. Berg's arm warps into the Inventory again.
DESTINY: ...or that.

"Okay, my turn!"

Asha pulls out her character sheet. It's... surprisingly normal. There's no quadruple multiclass to get everything scaling off the same stat.

"Okay, so my guy is named Sir William Pummelton. He's a tiefling who was orphaned at a very young age and taken in by a group of monks. He learned ancient monk arts and became the strongest of the trainees! But not the actual monks. They're probably higher level than him."

"Also! Due to his tiefling heritage he has cool bird feathers on his face and back! They don't do anything, but they look cool, so I decided to invest a bit in Charisma to represent that. Alsoooo he's a Sir because at some point he got knighted. I'm not sure how that fits into his backstory but I was hoping Chloe could help me with that."

"I just really want him to be a Sir."

Chloe probably breathes a sigh of relief that Asha's character isn't really that minmaxed- she just wanted to make a character that looked cool.

"So, in combat, he's gonna be up front and punching, with a bit of monk magic in there for utility, and out of combat he'll be a good face for the party due to his charisma. Although, he's not very book smart, so I might have to rely on you guys for that!"

~~

While everyone else finalises their characters, she excuses herself for a moment to speak to Chaos.

"Chaos, I've come to bargain." She chucks down the Replica Dreamer on the counter of the shop, then puts on her best poker face. "How many cool swords will you give me for this?"

Chaos claps his hands. Now this. THIS is a work of art. Sure, it's a crudely crafted piece of wooden trash made by Spark, but it's a crudely crafted piece of wooden trash made by Spark. This will look absolutely amazing on his mantle. Given that Chaos lacks a fireplace though, he'll probably just tape it to the roof of his shop or whatever.

CHAOS: hmmmm
CHAOS: i'll give you [t]hree swords and a [c]an of bepis

Chaos deploys the can onto the shop counter, immediately followed by three swords. The can is eviscerated by the blades. Delicious, cold bepis spews onto the countertop. A tragedy. Asha strokes her chin sagely. The delicious, cool bepis leaking onto the counter is a hard deal to beat, but she tries her hand at haggling.

"Make it three more eviscerated cans of bepis, and we have a deal."

She's crazy. She knows she's asking for too much, but she has to give it a shot. Chaos snaps his fingers. They clip through each other weirdly instead of making any sort of noise, but he's pretty sure he got the point across.

CHAOS: you s[t]rike a hard bargain
CHAOS: bu[t] deal

Chaos stacks three more cans of bepis onto the shop counter. The cans have come pre-eviscerated, as Chaos keeps a myriad of products for all situations on hand. Despite being pre-eviscerated, bepis spews forth from them nonetheless. Asha awkwardly picks up the three swords and four eviscerated cans of bepis in a workplace-health-and-safety-inappropriate manner, covering herself in bepis in the process, then bows to Chaos.

"As always, it was a pleasure doing business with you. Please enjoy your... thing? Yes."

Chaos bows back. As he bows, he slams his face into the shop counter, absorbing multiple cans worth of bepis into his face and into his cellular(?) structure.

CHAOS: yes

Asha hobbles back to the group with her prizes, still covered in delicious, cool, acidic bepis.

The stats for the three swords are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_xo...75807&range=A44
Since copying them into a spoiler would be a pointless endeavour.

She also gets four eviscerated cans of bepis from her exceptional bargaining skills.

~~

She purchases a copy of the Operant Emblem, making some slight tweaks to change Eyeless Gift to Relentless Chase. The stats are also in the sheet above!
Materials used: x2 Starite.

Speaking of the sheet above, Asha replaces Nettle and respecs into that. (Purchasing the necessary Kid's Hat.)

"So, this is your house." Bauhaus looks at the House, and all the stuff strewn around it. The DJ Headz animatronic plays ear-destroying dubstep in the distance, probably.

"I will be keeping watch." He turns his back on the house, and looks out for anything particularly suspicious.

...Boy oh boy, I wish I could find that irritating seed of self-doubt inside me and excise it from my system. It's really starting to get in the way at a crucial time.

---

Zone 0 - The House

It is done. Several items of use to Calibri have been assembled. That is good. He contemplates his creation for a while...

"..."

"Hey, are you done yet?"

Calibri flinches, turning to Verdana and only bothering to reply with a quick nod. While this does prompt Verdana to headtilt in turn, he decides not to question it, simply moving aside to let Calibri leave the area. After that, Verdana turns to the workbench, cracking his knuckles and preparing to get to work...

...A shame my motivation isn't helping me out here. I'll need it for the T8s.

---

Meanwhile, Calibri wanders off to go track down Chloe. After all, there's things to discuss. Namely the matter of swords... Once he's found her, well, he has no idea what to say at first. Better hope he can improvise something.

"...Heya. So, uh... People seem to be getting their gear sorted for tomorrow. I've drawn up a few plans myself. There's just... a thing I need to check with you."

Here comes the hard part. Calibri feels awkward about this. It probably shows on his expression and mannerisms.

"...Can- uh... m- may I use the Azure Faith? It by all rights should be yours, so I don't blame you if you want it for yourself instead. It's just... Really fitting. For what I wanna be doing. And I've done up an upgrade to the Excal, so..."

He trails off for a moment, then promptly buries his face in his own hands and makes several bizarre noises. Once he gets himself together again, he sighs quietly, refocusing on Chloe.

"...So... yeah. Your call."

---

Lato feels something change. She's in the middle of training herself, and thus freezes up during the midpoint of slicing a dummy in twain, hovering in place with the sword buried halfway through it.

"...Hm."

She soon figures out what prompted that feeling. Somebody used her primary form in crafting. Still, nothing to worry about...

---

The Old Pass...?

"...Calm, calm, jus' gotta git calm..."

EN appears to be having a bit of a rough time with stress at the moment. Understandable, given the circumstances. The radiation coming from her briefly spikes, then slowly fades away, which probably doesn't help with the contents of the room but at least should help ensure she doesn't accidentally poison everyone around her by accident. The consensus to flee at least helps. Though, considering the situation, things could get bad...

"...Full support for leaving and coming back later. But if you two need more time or room to flee, let me know."

She dropped her accent. That probably isn't good, given the context.

More crafting!





And, with that, the final assignment of KP:

+2 SKI, +2 HP, +4 DEF.

---

Auth nods.

AUTH: I couldn't think of too many better candidates myself.
AUTH: You've stuck with us the whole time with nary a complaint. At least, none I am aware of. That's some serious loyalty and courage that you've shown, and those are good traits for someone in the Highchair. And you have specific driving principles and perspectives due to your experience in the Church of Helix that I, at the very least, think would be useful in the near future.

Auth nods at Taeda's complaint.

AUTH: A lowly priestess with a gun who can invoke your leading deity personally. I've felt pretty unnerved with some of your Special tricks that you pull off, there's definitely something divine in it.
AUTH: Omo would definitely be willing to tutor you. And even if you didn't end up joining the Highchair, I personally would be outraged if the Church of Helix didn't bestow you some incredible rank.
AUTH: Thanks for talking, Taeda. I've got some peace of mind with having some answers to provide for that question.

After goodbyes, Auth floats back to Omorika and gives a thumbs up.

AUTH: I think she'd be willing to do it if you asked. Maybe you should have a word too, to verify my thoughts?

Crafting and stats time, yahoo!







With the remaining 8 KP, the following stat changes are applied:
+4 STR
-Indomitable, swapped out for Opening Act

And lastly, Level 3 Unstoppable Force receives the following buffs/additions:

+30% base bonus DMG (up from 20%)
Whenever you down someone while under the effects of Unstoppable Force, extend the duration of all Basic Buffs on you by one round. This can only occur once per round.

Remiel swooces on down to the Chem Lab and grabs some extra vials of Teleportatium and Void Liquid.

Remiel Changes:

KP Allocations:
14 HP
14 MP
14 STR
12 INT
14 SKI
20 SPC
Opening Act
Helixical Blessing
Anomalous

Swap Terraform to Bag of Tricks (where doing it man)

Upgrade Mana Manipulator to Reality Reckoner:
I am falling, I am fading.
Replace Mana Leech and Prototype with Passive: Can't Take It With You. +1 Spell Slot. Excess Mana damage is converted to Glitch. Restores MP to self equal to total damage dealt. Damaging MP/SHP/HP lowers that stat's max by the same amount.
[Note: The Max MP/SHP/HP reduction probably doesn't work against bosses. Maybe it reduces by a %, or does something else?]
Materials: Creationmeld, Void Liquid, Darkweave, Crystalline Conduit.

Swap Dream of Dreams to Providence's Topper (buy from Temmie Shop).

Swap Managloom to Birthright (buy from Triangle Emporium).

Upgrade Power-Kore Spike Storm to Shattering Storm.
Over the thunder of denial.
Replace (Spike Storm) with (Lonely Storm). Your Basic Attacks also damage all foes within Range 1 of you and all entities you directly control for 50% damage. These areas may overlap.
Change Phys Resist to Piercing.
Materials: Gaiadiamond Dust, Lily of Infinite Quietus, Host's Emitter

Trait upgrades to Requiem for Raindrops.
Remiel's special will probably change too, but I'll work on that next round.

(Flavourtext to come later)