Battle: Yung Venuz's Crib

In the YV battle, Irongutta spawns at I15, scoots to H12, and buffs both Star and himself using Fury!

Heck, Edit:
Change the Shattering Storm's variable Pierce resist to Crushing.

YUNG VENUZ'S CRIB:
Remiel will spawn in with Acacia at L14, and gets the Vengeful mutation (rolled here). Acacia should use Gaiaflame to get to 4 stacks of Overgrowth, then take any extra MP she needs from Remiel, and then chuck a Siege Spire at the Throne. Remiel will Wide-Eye Watchful Eye centered at K9, though it'll only affect I8 to M10 due to basicattack range limitations. Rem will also Encapsulate its own MP, to maybe counteract a Guardian attack or something.

INFESTED MOUNTAIN:
(posting for Tazz)
Venia will spawn (setting Basic Attack range to 4-6) and move to M18, then Kickstart My Heart to gain Ordo and Purge straight to the North.

<ROUND 322>

Adria experiences alcohol-based pain. As Adria drops to the ground from hangover x somnum induced shock, Omorika equips and throws the time traveler a flask full of water. Adria probably doesn't catch it, but even if it lands on the ground... it's a flask. The cap's still screwed on.

OMORIKA: Ah, right. If you're not prepared for the shock, my spell can certainly be a bit... disconcerting.
OMORIKA: This should help with the nausea. My apologies.
OMORIKA: Do you require anything else? We have a few light snacks that shouldn't upset your likely tumultuous stomach.

Meanwhile, out on the town, Hannah discusses the Iti (or lackthereof) with the friendly neighborhood Railsniper. Far as they can tell, with all four glyphs firmly in the party's grasp, WARE has decided to go on the defensive. Either that, or he's preparing the biggest wave of Iti ever seen to wipe out the entirety of the city. Or worse!

RAILSNIPER: Uh. That's, grim.
RAILSNIPER: We can only hope that they're going on the defensive.
RAILSNIPER: I hope you Spherebreakers have a plan if they're planning to siege the city with numbers never before seen.
RAILSNIPER: We Rebels... well, there's only so many of us.
RAILSNIPER: Even if we worked with the remainder of the Chairian military, there's only so much we could do.

Hannah then looks out into the city, sighting a certain royal mess. Her shadow disjoints from her body, rolling over to the fancy carriage. Hopping on top of it, she can't help but ask the Eviscerator; why waste her time on this 2x4?

EVISCERATOR: Trust me. Doing this is helping people.
EVISCERATOR: We can't let these unhinged royal gorillas walk around freely.
EVISCERATOR: And, besides. She's the daughter of the dictator who literally tried to have us all killed!
EVISCERATOR: Maybe she'll try and finish the job. And hell if I'm going to let that happen.
SAKURA: W-Why, the nerve!
SAKURA: All I want is to get out of here, so psychopaths like you don't burn me at the stake for the heinous crime of being his daughter!
EVISCERATOR: Princess, please.
EVISCERATOR: You've done plenty more crimes than that.

As tensions grow, Hannah roots through the Carriage for any potential valuables, like a raccoon in a dumpster. The useless credits give way to a few useful goodies: 5 Royal Rations, 3 Ancient Yggcrawler Nectar, and 2 Magia Detonators. Those last things are...

SAKURA: H-HEY! Stop rummaging through that!
SAKURA: I-I'll have you know t-those are my belongings, and to take those would be punishable by-
EVISCERATOR: Eh? Are you one to talk about stealing at the moment?
EVISCERATOR: The answer is "definitely not".
EVISCERATOR: And why are you lugging around experimental weaponry, anyway? Got some nefarious plans up your sleeve?
SAKURA: W-Well, you never know when some savages will assault y-your caravan!
EVISCERATOR: Would you really use things like that on civilians, miss Sakura?
EVISCERATOR: For shame.

The tension on each combatant's weapon increases as their grips tighten. For good measure, the Eviscerator also equips a few of their trademark poisoned knives. As if they'd ever use those instead of backstabbing for a billion damage, though. Eviscerators probably have some of the most downs among any enemy type.

As pandemonium continues to occur, Mari and Adria continue to blissfully chill in space, oblivious to whatever's going on. The two of them decide to retire for the night. Mari bobs her head, also absorbing praise like a sponge does water.

MARI: Heh, did I really do that good?
MARI: Glad that I have such a good teacher!

Mari gives Adria a pap on the back, before the two of them depart to the main area's drop pod sort of system. Mari snuggles herself into a seat, sinking deep into it. She also equips a seatbelt. Very important.

MARI: Ooh. This thing's actually kinda cushy. Nice.
MARI: Better than the one I was shot at the planet with, at the very least.
MARI: Like, we actually have safety features! Fire extinguishers n' gorilla!
MARI: Fire safety is no joke! Unless you're in enemy territory, then do whatever the hell you want!

After a few final safety checkups, Adria launches the pod down towards the earth. Though they're going from orbit down to the planet's surface, it feels quite like a cozy elevator ride.

MARI: Needs elevator music. Gotta complete the feel.

But soon enough, the two of them touch down somewhere near the house. Now begs the question; is this the point to end their little excursion? Perhaps there's a few more words to be said before their little journey is cut off. It was a good journey, though. Quite comfy.

:comf:

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Hexagon does a vareity of tasks! First, he goes shopping. buying 5 Panaceas and 5 Stardew Potions from Yung Venuz. Who he's currently fighting, but that's a minor issue, right?

YUNG VENUZ: YOU BETTER NOT USE THOSE AGAINST ME!
YUNG VENUZ: ACTUALLY... YEAH. FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

He non-discretely slips a few Rads into the purchased goods. While Hexagon ponders the legality of this, he knows that another merchant isn't being legal in the slightest! He contacts Chaos, telling him that a small business owner is undermining capitalism by selling FAKE goods!

GASP: gasp
CHAOS: how dare
CHAOS: i will remedy [t]his si[t]ua[t]ion
CHAOS: one se[c]ond

Chaos clips through the ground, glitches into the scammer's cart, and fixes their goods before teleporting back to his stand. He has done it with the precision stealth of someone from a Metal Gear game. That being Revengeance.

CHAOS: [t]hank u for repor[t]ing [t]his issue
CHAOS: [c]api[t]alism [t]hanks you, [c]omrade
CHAOS: have [t]his on [t]he house, honorable defender of [c]api[t]alism

Chaos inserts 1 Credit into the inventory, ruining absolutely everyone's day.

Finally, Hexagon escapes his jail cell, advancing to the ladder! The result of his 8,000 page quest is coming to fruition... as he realizes the passage has sealed up as a result of him leaving his cell. Dejected, Hex returns to his cell. Perhaps one adventure later, he will be able to go down the ladder.

tragedy

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Destiny asks Chloe for some Iti Idol Bathwater. Chloe blinks. It takes a few seconds for her to properly process what Destiny just requested, her face going a flush pink.

CHLOE: P-P... Pardon?
CHLOE: I-I'm... not sure if I'm physically capable of getting t-that.
CHLOE: T-There's only one Iti idol I know of, a-and... w-well, to steal her bathwater...
CHLOE: I d-don't wanna be branded a-as s-someone who... y-y'know, does that! A-And she's more than capable of beating me up i-if she catches me
CHLOE: Uuuu...

Chloe runs from her station, wheelbarrow wheeling behind her. A long, awfully quiet hour later, Chloe returns with a wheelbarrow full of some sort of liquid.

CHLOE: s-she almost saw me
CHLOE: i think i've lost a year off my life
CHLOE: p-please enjoy responsibly

...With this bath water, Destiny creates 3 cans of Monster Energy! Chloe says a silent prayer for whatever poor soul might end up drinking this concoction. Also, Destiny makes a rope. That's not nearly as interesting as the Bath Water, but Ette seems to enjoy it. She pretends that she is now THE cowboy. The pumpkin cowboy. Such a legendary hero that she now aspires to be.

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Asha casually mentions that she eats triangles for breakfast. YV stares blankly at her.

YUNG VENUZ: MA'AM THAT'S gorillaED UP

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Verdana crisps a salad. A few frostleaves, potatoes, some chunks of wheat, Yggherbs, a Yellow Sap Blob, and a bucket of salt water are thrown into a bowl. This spontaneously turns into salad. Delicious? EN-913 also spends some time gathering Red Sap Blobs rom a tree with her giant spoon. Though her SPOON IS TOO BIG, she still harvests all 25 blobs from the tree. It looks like jello. Wonder if it tastes like jello, too?

Then, over at the big city, Calibri continues to purchase Chaosdogs. 300 Credits are exchanged with Chaos, 3 whole hotdogs being obtained. They're all just as high quality as the last ones. Calibri has also had one additional Chaosdog placed on his head.

CHAOS: how many of [t]hese bad boys do you [t]hink i [c]an s[t]a[c]k up [t]here
CHAOS: if i pla[c]e enough on your head, po[t]en[t]ial [c]us[t]omers [c]ould see you from miles away
CHAOS: and i would make a billion million dollans

Caibri feels an incredible weight placed upon him, in the mental sense. If he were to move, what would happen to the poor hot dog on his head? Must he stand here and be subject to Chaos's advertising experiments? As Chaos continues to pile hot dogs higher and higher, perhaps he will realize. This is now his fate.

Lato meanwhile, does something slightly more productive. They do their best to mediate the situation, asking what exactly the Rebels want from the outpost.

REBEL: Specifically, we require their supplies of explosives.
REBEL: We wish to create a minefield of sorts to fend off entire hordes of Iti at once.
REBEL: In addition, any spare rifles, bows, or whatever else they have would be well appreciated. We'll need many troops on the northern wall if the Iti pull anything.
REBEL: The more guns we have, the better.

Lato then asks the Legionary what sort of authority they recognize at the moment.

LEGIONARY: We... lack any real leading figures at the moment.
LEGIONARY: But to simply give up this position to the very forces that killed dozens of our own... how could we?
LEGIONARY: Who knows what they would do with those explosives, anyway?
REBEL: Hey, HEY! We're not gonna like, blow up houses or anything!
REBEL: We have a common enemy at the moment!

Trust issues? Trust issues.

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<YUNG VENUZ'S CRIB, ROUND 2>
Word, the Throne has some nasty Area of Effect damage. Get some healing up right away, or you will rot away. Also be sure to make use of those Mutations; they'll be essential to surviving this battle, and beating the Throne to death!

<INFESTED MOUNTAIN, ROUND 2>
Thanks to a frankly excessive amount of stuns, the first round went off without a hitch! Take care now, though- minions are flowing in! Can you suppress the entire map and kill minions at the same time? Probably not, so be sure to prioritize things carefully!

<VS DROPLET, ROUND 2>
You're on your own here.

Kalis adjusts their trait: instead of granting +25% MP restoration at 12 SPC, it grants +3 MP Restoration. They also switch Skeletal Toss for Fury.

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Kalis spawns on K19, moves to I15, and uses the Mimesis Membrane to split, spawning Kalis2 on J14.

Kalis2 casts Focus Energy on Kalis1 as a bonus action. Then they Sprint + use their 1 remaining movement to move to I19.

Kalis1 casts Focus Energy on Destiny (who should be on I16) as a bonus action, casts Pow Hammer as a bonus action on the Left Eye with ricochet active, and then Sprints + uses their 1 remaining MOV to move to I20.

Due to this post's terminal lateness, I've been told to split this post into two halves, to be processed on different rounds.

<Round 322>



Berg joins the YV battle, equipping a Warpmelon and an Everfruit. He moves to O11, attacking on ThroneGuardian2

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<Round 323>

Berg continues talking to the Evicserator.

cA: Yes, I'm sure she doesn't deserve this. I don't believe self-defense is a crime. If you have crimes to list that aren't born of hearsay or your biased hatred, go ahead and list them. And simply being a royal doesn't count.

cA: And on the subject of being a "parasite", as you say, would you stand up to her father's decisions towards her, if you were in her position? Not just speaking in terms of comfort, but opposing Spark, in any way? And even if she simply ran off, where was she supposed to go? To the Rebellion?

cA: If you wanted her dead, those would be sure ways to do it. You blame her for something she had no real choice in.

He then turns to the Chairian royal.

cA: And the rebels aren't "burning gorilla because they feel like it". Many of them have legitimate grievances with the Highchair. I wish they had gone through it in a less destructive manner, but that is not my business nor my authority.

cA: ...Your father was a madman, Sakura. I was there, in his final moments, and... if he had ever been a just, reasoned ruler, he was not anymore, in any capacity. You may hate the Rebellion - by Ymir, I have things to say about their methods - but they have reason for their anger and resentment, and for their fight against the Highchair.

cA: And if this rebel tries to kill you, he'll have to go through me. I will not have slaughter and chaos in the streets.

He pauses for a moment, then turns towards Chaos.

cA: ...Except for that one. Would be near impossible to stop him. I don't think even the apocalypse has slowed him down.

cA: Business going well, I suppose? I would think that not many would be interested at the moment...

He looks around at the currently burning city, with Chaos' hotdog stand intact amongst the rubble, opposite Calibri, who has a worrying number of hotdogs on their head.

cA: ...but I've never been a merchantman.

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Berg first takes the Rhino Skin mutation. Then, using a Royal Insurance/Eager Beaver combo, he spawns at J10, then moves normally to K7, atop the Nuclear Throne.

cA: Venuz! If I stay up here long enough, do I become the new "Gun God"? Can I keep the Throne?

cA: I have to say, I feel that I look more impressive sitting here than you do. More imposing.

...Under his breath, he whispers to himself.

cA: ...Focus on me, Venuz. I can take it.

He then casts a Watchful Eye (Wide-Eyed) at K11, and throws a Managlaze Yggapple to Asha.

Infested Mountain

Adria fires a Hypercharge at the Sleuth, granting him Mending32, Energized16, and Guardian10 for three rounds. Whew, bulky boi!

She then slaps her Exosuit with an Eterna Tea, somehow restoring it to full.

Adria then waits to go last again.

She applies another Sands of Time Stop on the Right Claw and Eye for the last of her Chronodust. The Exosuit continues charging Acceleration.

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Adria Stuff

Mari (End?)

The drop pod fortunately land outside of Zone 0's boundaries. It'll probably warp itself away overnight either way.

The door opens for the two and they presumably leave the comfort of their seats. They didn't even feel the impact all that much.

ADRIA: And that's that! At least for now.
ADRIA: Now, about those games...
ADRIA: I may not be the best at them, but I'll give it a good go!

Something tells Mari that Adria is secretly very good at video games. And that a Timeskip to tomorrow is coming up.

Morning Coffee

Adria indeed fails to catch the flask. Though after a while, it becomes apparent that she doesn't require it. She stands back up slowly, picking up the flask as she does and placing it on the counter next to the coffee. She shakes her head once.

ADRIA: N-no, no, that's quite alright, I'll be fine.
ADRIA: Luckily, I have the tech to help with things like this.
ADRIA: While I normally don't use this kind of thing for hangovers, it's kind of an emergency...

ADRIA: I'll grab a bite to eat later.
ADRIA: Thank you for asking, though.

She continues to sip the coffee, still hurting a little bit.

ADRIA: Normally, I'd be asking you why you aren't at the Citadel yet, but time's weird here. You're probably already there.
ADRIA: Well, I'll hopefully be there rather soon.

For now, though, Adria seems content with sticking around for a while. After a few moments of rest, she goes back upstairs to get a meal...

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Seatopolis

Railsniper

Hannah nods.

HANNAH: Here’s hoping.
HANNAH: But I think we got this if they go on the offensive. Worst comes to worst, we’ll send in some of our heavy artillery. Or literally construct a new thing on the spot.
HANNAH: We’re kinda nuts like that.

Sakura

Shadow!Hannah glares at the stuff she pilfered. Very few rations engineered to be tasty? Actual drugs? And to top it all off, experimental weaponry?

She looks at Sakura. Then at the stuff. Then at Sakura. A look of sheer disappointment dawns on her face.

HANNAH: Drugs, money, one-use weaponry that isn’t guaranteed to be useful, and a minimal amount of food?
HANNAH: If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were heading to a ball or party, not going out on a hike through hell.
HANNAH: You obviously didn’t plan very well.

And yet, the way she’s looking over her… she leaps off the carriage, landing gracefully on the ground below.

HANNAH: Though… the lack of training and know-how in a time of crisis like this… it reeks of neglect.
HANNAH: Neglect from your deadbeat dad, probably prime among them, but I wonder if there’s a little more behind this story…
HANNAH: A little… “incentive” to keep your mouth shut and hands away from the training dummies, perhaps…?
HANNAH: Wouldn’t put it past the madman.
HANNAH: Whatever, speculation. Happened with other royals, probably happening now.
HANNAH: It would explain the constant partying, at least.

She glances toward the citadel.

HANNAH: That being said, you aren’t entirely blameless.
HANNAH: Not all the self defense parts, I’d do the same in your position.
HANNAH: More in the sense that you… chose to not help. At all. Not even a scrap of food given from what I can only assume is a whole stash of the stuff.
HANNAH: Nobody’s gonna be there to spoonfeed, coddle, and spoil you at all times. Especially now.
HANNAH: Now that you’ve effectively been thrown out of luxury - let’s be real, the first impression of being Spark’s eternally partying daughter is enough for everyone not to vote you back in or perhaps even hire you - what the heck’re you gonna do now?
HANNAH: You’ve got nothing to your name except the clothes on your back, a few weapons you have no idea how to use, a pile of money that will run dry if not end up completely worthless, drugs, and so little food you may as well be starving. On top of that horrible first impression.
HANNAH: You might not even have all of it if you really did steal this stuff. Which is a whole other can of worms.

She gestures around the place. The battered homes, the hungry citizenry, the Rebels holding the line on the walls, and even the Eviscerator standing right next to her.

HANNAH: This. This is the hell everyone’s been going through while you did nothing.
HANNAH: Hunt or scavenge food and money. Train to better fight off an encroaching monster or two. Living in run-down housing or worse. Every day, fearing what lies ahead, what lies in the unknown, and the moment where everything ends.
HANNAH: So they attack those who would threaten their livelihoods to survive. Probably, anyway. It’s more of a desperation move most of the time. Desperate for things to get better, in this case.
HANNAH: At least half of this could’ve been avoided if someone did something, anything, around here.
HANNAH: I know exactly how this gal feels. We’re running out of time. The Sphere is set to blow today.

The shadow makes no sudden movements as she approaches the scene.

HANNAH: Now, you have a couple options here.
HANNAH: One: Keep running from your problems and probably die before getting anywhere significant. I’ll even return the things I pilfered just to prove my point.
HANNAH: Two: Fight the people who once relied on you royals, and in turn you relied on. You’re going to die horribly, and you’ll go down in history as the one who did peck all.
HANNAH: Or three: Actually start helping for once, try to clear your name in spite of being Spark’s partygoing daughter, understand what the hell’s going on here, maybe even put in some work in stopping the Sphere from going kablooey.

HANNAH: …You can probably see where I’m going with this.

She stops just out of reach of Sakura’s naginata, and nods at Auth and Berg, then addresses the Eviscerator in the room.

HANNAH: Yeah, I get it, you’re scared of what could happen.
HANNAH: But dear god, does everything seriously have to be a witch hunt!?
HANNAH: And with how little power this “princess” has right now, it’s pointless to even attempt a kill. She’d’ve been kicked out anyway even if she didn’t make a run for it into nowheresville.
HANNAH: It’d be a hollow, pointless victory at best. A victory that does… well, nothing.
HANNAH: Compared to Spark’s death, where a known madman and tyrannical ruler was slaughtered.
HANNAH: Nothing will change here, except there’s one more corpse and some very, very short-lived catharsis.
HANNAH: That’s what I mean by doing something more worth your time.

She glares at the weapons the two were holding. Watching their every move, their every twitch, more than ready to step in should things spiral out of control.

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Symphony Hall (End?)

Hannah reacts with the face of disgust at the mention of a report.

HANNAH: Oh god, reports...
HANNAH: Watched someone write one of those before, and I fell asleep just watching them!
HANNAH: Go on ahead, don't let me keep you.
HANNAH: It was nice meeting you!

She waves goodbye. Once the Warlock vanishes, she addresses the Scion's question. She shakes her head.

HANNAH: Nothin' right now. But I might bring Dorothy when I decide to visit again.
HANNAH: So long as that's alright, anyway.

Hannah stretches as she waits for the Scion's response, accompanied by a loud yawn.

HANNAH: Ugh... it's late on Sussui. I gotta go to bed. Good timing on the meeting, really...
HANNAH: I'll hopefully be seeing you guys later. It's been nice to get off that log for a bit. And to meet a few faces.
HANNAH: Here's hoping everything goes decently alright.

Hannah hops off her seat and heads to the door. Before exiting she waves goodbye.

HANNAH: See you!~

She exits and closes the door behind her. A relaxed Hannah does what she needs to to deactivate the door, and mumbles to herself.

HANNAH: Aegra... hm.
HANNAH: Cool.

And with that, she prepares to sleep, resolving the timeline.

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Rosen Catacombs

Now that the Fell God is being dealt with, Michaela's services were no longer needed. So she walks to somewhere where here services would be needed. That being standing in one spot for a bit.

She approaches Hexagon in the jail cell and sighs.

SHELLY: Alright, sure, guess I'm doing this now.
SHELLY: Come get us when you're done.

She lets Hexagon out of the cell and walks in herself. She locks herself in and... starts fiddling with a hardlight display of some kind. She looks bored out of her mind.

I'm back...ish.

Respec Duty:

Marron slot has been used to make the Cobalt Launch Core, a T8 trinket that has the same stats as the Accelerator Iris plus two new effects:
Projectile Airdash: Up to X times per battle (up to ire, maybe 3 or 4?), a basic attack or item use can be turned into a 1-4 laser that starts on the tile targeted by the action. This cannot be used for multi-hit or AoE items/basic attacks. (range increases apply to how far out the item can be tossed, not the size of the laser)
Cobalt Butterfly Strike: Chloe and Echoss have worked out a special team attack together. If they are within Range1 of each other, Echoss can use Chloe as an item with Range 1-5 usage. Upon use, Chloe basic attacks the target benefiting from all buffs Echoss has to item actions and teleports to a tile within range 1 of the target. Just in case: cannot be used more than once a round.

The Accelerator Iris is swapped out for the Cobalt Launch Core.
+1 KP into STR (21 total)
+6 KP into SPC (24 total)
+2 KP into DEF (8 total)
Unset Magic resistances are set to: 20% resist in everything except for Light and Dark


Retroactive RPs:





not retroactive RP:


Echoss interrupts a murder
A swarm of golden butterflies soars across the sky towards Seatopolis, most of it coalescing outside the gates into one Echoss Ravenstar.
A number of other butterflies scatter in through the city to investigate places where things might need to be handled. One of the butterflies casts a quick-swapped Cure onto the Chairian who got run over close to the spire, it might not get them back up but it means any injuries will likely be stabilized until they can be tended to more directly.

Echoss himself comes across the confrontation with Sakura.
...Can I ask what exactly is going on here?


Echoss observes a duel
A butterfly settles down above the arena where the duel with droplet is taking place. Echoss needs to talk with Droplet, but interrupting the match seems ill advised. And very, incredibly rude.


Echoss joins the YV battle!
Spawn: Cat familiar spawns with me for 30 MP, chimera used to swap out Nuzzle for Hopeful Glow
Move to I15, cat moves to H15
Shared Perspective Eagle Eye on myself and Acacia, granting both of us Focused6 and myself Empowered6
Alter Reality empowered into enlightened
Warp Ring is cast on Rad Sphere 1, chucking it full range southeast. (made possible by launch core)
Cat casts Hopeful Glow (enlightened) on Acacia
Resourceful Satchel upticks Scavenge counter
Echoss then chugs both of his resourceful satchel energy drinks, restoring his MP to full.

DROPLET DUEL
Destiny moves to N15, Phase Shifts with Yume, moves to M15, Observes Yume and uses Phantom Blow and stabs Yume, then retreats to N16.

FELL GOD
Destiny moves to F14 and stabs Fell Beast 1 before retreating to E15.

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Destiny buys all the Stasis Orb upgrades. Like. Right now. She also sets Cypress to work on Accelerate Decay.

also oops forgot to respond to Cypressss
SCALTA: Most interesting. It seems that the people of LOCAA are naturally attuned to magic. Mankind is much less so, and unless they are kin to the children of Arduos humans are unable to wield magic without tools. Magic can best be compared to a sort of energy that can only be harnessed through special technology. Mana is funneled into runes and crystals to create spells, gadgets, and all sorts of wonderful things. About 60 years or so ago the Great Demon War forced us to rapidly accelerate their level of technology.
Mankind seems to be adapting well.
SCALTA:To move to the most pressing topic, my fellow deity Crya has promised the priestess Taeda an exchange of sorts. Culture, technology, those such things. I thank you for the information you have given, and once the threat to reality no longer exists, I harbor excitement towards what you can show mankind, and possibly if our systems of mana are compatible. There is great wonder to be held in this unknown, and so many more pages to be filled.

Infested Mountain
Play Soft Chime Perseverance.
Move to F13.
Last Dream FBeast1.
Retreat to F14.
Power Nap self.

Rosen Catacombs: Hexagon salutes the brave sacrifice of his teammate in the cell. Heart hardened, he ventures onward into the revealed secret passageway- preparing to unveil the ROSEN SECRETS.

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The Big City: Hexagon politely flies over to the Temple of Helix and informs them that a polite merchant has decided to donate a GENEROUS stock of Gaiadimond Dust and Godblossom Extract to the healing efforts around the city. Well, he's charging dirt cheap prices for them, but it's obvious what his intent is! He hands them a map and makes sure they know exactly where to find this man's wares.
/working

Infested Mountain
MISSILE1: Fly up to P15. Hit Reclaimed for 50% of Hexagon’s basic attack damage. Apply Blind4 for two rounds (see Weapon Passive). If Mimicry Massacre can activate from a missile..
- Heals Adria for damage dealt, and applies opposite of Blind4, Focused4.
- Hits Fell Beast for pitiful damage (halved damage of a halved damage missile), also applies Blind4.
MISSILE2: Fly to P17. Hit FellBeast, apply Ensnared4. If Mimicry Massacre can activate, same deal as above- heal Adria, grant her Evasive4. Taeda is also in the zone here, so she also gets Evasive4 and a small heal.

HEXAGON + MEXAGON: Move to O17 and P17, respectively. Hexagon Basic Attack Fell Beast, Mexagon Basic Attack Reclaimed. Mexagon’s Mimicry Massacre hits Fell Beast. Both activate Vitalstrike on main targets of their attacks.

Use Bonus Action Foam 1 on Adria.

NPCS:

Sleuth: Activate SEPULCHRITUDE. Feed Rib 4 a Bone Hurting Juice.

Taeda: Activate Special!

Mari: After getting thrown by Kalis, casually walk to S11, then activate Devilish Distortion on Nanostorm, and blast R5. This should earn a achievement. Then retreat to T12.

Chi

Asha decides to see Cypress about an issue he may be able to help with. He seems a bit busy, so he tries to grab him at some point in the immediate timeline when he's free.

"Hiya, Cypress!" She waves in a friendly manner as she approaches. "I don't think we've been properly introduced, but I've heard a lot about you! From what I've heard... you have a specialty in modifications and bionics, right?"

She holds up her left arm. It's a somewhat strange sight. The hand looks immaculately made, artisnal even, with decorative grooves and pointed fingers- barely a scratch on it. The same cannot be said for the rest of the construction. Her forearm is simply two metal rods connecting the hand to her elbow joint, with wires strung between the two. If not for the damage it had suffered in Zone 3, her forearm would look pretty sturdy in comparsion; however, the panel protecting her "blood regulator" has since been caved in, rendering it inaccessible. Fortunately, she has no need for that now that her blood has been returned to normal.

"I was wondering if you could take a look at my arm for me, and maybe provide some improvements? In return... well, I guess you can check out my hand! I didn't make it myself, so it's 100% bona fide alien tech. Or uh, whatever-lived-on-my-planet tech. Either way, there's probably a lot to discover about it if you're interested. What do you say?"

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Turn order for this round!

Ette
Bergilmir
Bauhaus
Asha
Acacia
Echoss
Remiel
Lato (Move + Item Action)
Star
Lato (Action)
Irongutta
Cypress

- Asha switches to Slash Stance (+10 SP)!
- Bone Hurting Juice on the Throne to apply Aching(10, 3)
- Always Watching (5 MP) to apply (Ensnared4, 2)
- Deepen Cut (Rend Heaven; Ensnared gets +1 intensity)

- (Stabpierce4, 2) from Identify Weakpoint.
- Always Watching (again!) to apply (Unlucky10, 2) for 5 MP.
- Infinite Infection, spreading the throne's various debuffs to YV and TGuardian2.
- Timestop Hat, +50% DGE and CNT.
- Retreat to O10.

- Slash Stance activates, dealing 40% of the HP damage she dealt again as Direct Damage.
- +8 HP and +4 MP with Soul Hauler.

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NPCs!

Ette will waddle over to I11, use a Spiteful Serum on Irongutta, Safety on Bauhaus, and self-casts Curaga. She then picks up Rhino Skin!

Cypress will move to H17 and use Manashock on YV. Due to moving less than 3 tiles, it has Unavoidable and +10 CRT.

BATTLES - DROPLET DUEL

Star waits for Calibri to cast Fury.

Once that happens, Star flies to S13 and throws an Infinidagger at the Dream Zweet. They then fly to R13, cast Soaring Rush to move to N14 (with four buff levels from Lance form), switch to Gladius form as a bonus action, and smack Yume, benefitting from max trait stacks, the Soaring Rush, and the Empowered.

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BATTLES - YUNG VENUZ

Star moves to G4, Leyline Strides to F20, and casts Purify on Lato. They then self-apply an Infinisyringe.

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BATTLE RP - DROPLET

Star shakes their head at Droplet's taunt.

STAR: The numbers they cannot triumph over brilliant Spherebreaker teamwork;
STAR: though we iti are many numerous we lack true bravery and companioningship...
STAR: But I have learned, these beautiful gold things~
STAR: ...Hello again Droplet

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ZONE 6

Star approaches Maxim at the gates to the city.

STAR: ...I was dispatched to know you are Maxim The Eliti
STAR: do you wish to enter the chairian abode,?
STAR: I also worry of being attacked but mayhaps I can fly you to the serene tower

< DROPLET >
Bauhaus moves to L15 and basic attacks Yume with the Greatsword!

< THRONE >
Bauhaus uses a Glitchtoxin Needle on the Throne, and basic attacks the Throne!

Acacia should mutate Rhino Skin, then move to I16. She should use Gaiaflame to reduce her HP to get the fifth Overgrowth buff level, then Siege Spire the Throne again (take 23MP from Remiel). Wait for Piono to act, then Remiel will basicattack YV.

House

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Zone 6

Calibri raises an eyebrow to the point where it physically detaches from his sprite and flies off into the upper atmosphere. There's a pause, in which he looks very silly with one missing eyebrow, then it pops back where it's meant to be without any warning.

"Stacking hotdogs on my head...? I'd say you'd be able to fit about 50 up there. 51 would be ridiculous."

Beat.

"Wait, why even stack hotdogs in the first place? You could just make a really big sign instead. Then you could sell the formerly-stacked hotdogs as regular produce."


The hotdog tower is probably a starkly contrasting background event to what Lato is doing, namely trying to mediate between two different groups without accidentally offending one or the other.

"I see, I see. Perhaps we can sort out some form of agreement here. Perhaps... I have an idea."

A pause. She indicates to the legionary.

"In my honest opinion, even if the rebels have undoubtedly killed many of your comrades, the iti can, will, and likely have already killed far many more. They are the bigger threat at present. Thus, I would ask of you to coordinate with the rebellion on this matter, both in terms of supply and in terms of their plans. I do not ask that you be comfortable with doing so, but if you distrust them as much as I think you do, would it not be better to have some level of insight and/or oversight regarding their operations?"

Then, to the rebel.

"As to the matter of what I can offer the rebellion from this deal... Well, the Spherebreakers have certainly accumulated a reasonable supply of hardware over their adventures here. Since I am affiliated with them, I may be able to requisition some copies of aforementioned hardware. Perhaps it would be best to arm up on an individual preference basis, but if that would take too long to arrange, I am sure mass acquisitions would not hurt..."

Then, she finally glances up from the clipboard, her eyes glancing between the legionnaire and the rebel.

"Are there any amendments anyone would like to make regarding that arrangement?"

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Dropkick

"Those Chronoshades..."

Calibri's definitely thinking things up now. Is this his first time seeing those? It might be. Either way, he's furthering the development of his ideas.

Good thing he can also multitask the actual fighting part of the battle, moving to N16 and activating Fury on Star (then using Shared Rage to get his own copy of Empowered7). Then, given he has the MP to spare, he also bonus action Focus Energy's himself.

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Dual instance - triangle

Lato winces when impacted forcefully by the crit toxic bow, though thankfully the shield lets her pull the arrow out and throw it aside. Still, now that's poison coursing through her system and a depleted shield to deal with. And, once the throne intervenes, the loss of her Artillery weapon mode.

"Hm. Inconvenient. You are making this more difficult than it needs to be."

Despite the several setbacks, she gathers herself and prepares to act.

Lato moves to J20 and sips on a Fizzy Beverage, taking her sweet time doing so. Then, once Star inevitably comes along and removes the downside of doing that, Lato then selfcasts Overload and summons a mirror image of herself on I21.

"Greetings."
"We meet again, compatriot mine."

The mirror image, affectionately known as Latwo, budges over to H22. She seems content to vibe.

With tensions rising, Auth walks between Sakura and the Evisceratior.

AUTH: Now, let's not fight. You're not children, I'm sure you're both better than this. Let's lay off the insults and the taunting, yes?
AUTH: Don't make me take your weapons away, I'm sure nobody would prefer to go unarmed right now.

Auth sighs loudly, with everything happening right now.

AUTH: You will notice that I specifically did not mention the morality or legitimacy of her actions, because it is irrelevant to the matter of ganging up on her as a group.
AUTH: As for what she did... you said she tried to steal from the treasury, and she tried to flee from here when things started to go badly.
AUTH: While I think attempting to flee is probably riskier than staying put, I honestly can't really blame her for doing that. She's basically a princess, as you've implied, and the people around royalty tend to keep them unaware of the actual situation outside their ivory tower.
AUTH: Easier for manipulation, I'm sure you probably understand. And things are definitely going badly for the current establishment. I wouldn't really hold trying to run away against her, many in her shoes probably would have ran sooner.

Auth glances at the pile of loot, and looks disdainfully at the theft from the pile. Regardless of who this belongs to, theft is bad.

AUTH: And you're absolutely, positively sure this isn't hers? I suppose one could cogently argue that anything Spark gave her of public funds isn't hers, regardless of how legitimate it is on paper, but... what you've said has a different connotation. One I'm sure needs not be stated.
AUTH: Who are you, exactly? You sound too well-informed to be nobody.

Auth thinks for a moment.

AUTH: I'm not exactly sure what to add about having rations diverted for her own purposes other than a general "Yes, that's bad". It shouldn't have happened, but it also shouldn't have been allowed to happen.
AUTH: I think as much blame lies with the ivory tower for enabling such behaviour as Sakura herself for engaging in it. So let's calm down, yes?
AUTH: Maybe we can talk this through and have everyone reflect on our actions.

Auth hopes that this will help defuse things and not agitate further into a full-blown battle. He really wants to go and help in the Church but this needs to be done and there's not many people capable of speech checks like he is.

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Battle Action! Auth stays exactly where he is, and then applies Toxiveil to Venia.

Previous Day

"Venny's here?"

-later FOR REAL-

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This day

-later and maybe-

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It's Not Grima I Swear

Venia targets Eye1, the Left Eye, with three uses of Phantasmal Force, downing it through the 90 bonus SHP and giving Venia her special buffs.

Venia then shimmies over to Q15 with her actual action and pulls out Material Transfer, using Needle Conjuration to move the Needle over a tile just so it can hit the Right eye (Eye2), both with the Piercing Damage and the Healing, which also damages the Eye as it's undead. She retreats to R15 by virtue of Not-Grima not having ZoC.

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Niaaaaaaa stuffffff

-tbd-

Battle: Yung Venuz's Crib

Irongutta obtains a mutation, choosing Trigger Fingers!

Irongutta wheels around to L12, uses Together We Dance and chops Throne Guardian 1. Since this will down, he'll then move to M11 to hit Throne Guardian 2, and if this downs, move further to M10 to hit The Nuclear Throne itself!

Quick Reply.
Merc shoots Left Claw to stun.
Daskter moves over to Nanostorm Fellbeast on Nidra.

Kalis2 moves to O20. One eye glows blue.

KALIS2: Hey Mari we've got a plan
KALIS2: We can get you in position but I need to throw you
KALIS2: Trust me it'll be safe I have 3 SPC
MARI: :mariwhat:

Without waiting for a further answer, Kalis2 casts Skeletal Toss, throwing Mari to U15.

Kalis1 moves to G17, casts Focus Energy on the Mercenary, and meditates.