Bauhaus moves to K21, and 360-no-scopes [REDACTED] with a Greatsword basic attack.

House

Blacklight sighs. This is going to be a long and arduous... not exactly babysitting, but something like that.

"It's... rather unsafe out there at the moment. Perhaps you could handle a few Iti, but when is there ever only a few?"

He contemplates whether he really believes that. Given the shenanigans going down in the Sphere proper, it's honestly unlikely to him that the iti would be making any large-scale movements. But... best not to risk it. He'll have to keep Sakura from wandering off. And that'll best be done if he can keep things at least interesting for her. He sits himself down on the floor nearby, even though there is almost certainly a good useful couch or chair in the area.

"...Never mind that. I sense this will take some time... What do you normally do for entertainment? Or as a hobby, I guess.

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Zone 6 - The Eclipsed Citadel

Mission success!

"We have acquired karma and sandwiches. I shall consider this successful, even though it is not originally the goal I intended to achieve."

Beat.

"...Speaking of which, I never did check that area blocked off by the Sentinel plants... but perhaps something else can be of interest for now. Perhaps the mollusks by the fountain. Or perhaps go around and take some miscellaneous commissions... or acquire some rest..."

Lato is now in the "wondering out loud to herself" phase of action decision.

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Battle in the Sphere - Heart of the Sphere

Lato inspects her wounds. She got pretty badly beat up there. But she lived...

"And goodbye."

She promptly disappears, Calibri porting back in and hanging out where he ended up on the battlemap. He apparently has the whatever-his-species-is equivalent of a headache.

"...250? Seriously, man? Ugh..."

He moves to W14, then tosses Vulcan a Genericola and casts Reinvigorate on her to give her double action.

"Hi. Dunno if we met yet. I'm Calibri. Have fun with those things."

He then retreats back to V15 and peeks past the bookshelf, keeping an eye on the battle.

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Sphere Waiting Room

"The back of the couch is comfy" :D

Lato appears back in here again, replacing Calibri once more. She got the absolute tar smacked out of her earlier, so resting up would be best for her.

"...That stung."

She heads over to the long short table, taking a look at some of the games on offer. She hopes Risk is there. But if it's not, she could just try to rope someone into a game of chess. Or perhaps exploding kittens. But when she looks at the exploding kittens game, she can't help but also glance over at Pastry, perhaps being understandably wary of the game's content in the presence of an actual cat.

!!!!Act directly after Cypress.!!!!

MEXAGON: Move through the Vortex to O22. Foam Teag.
HEXAGON: Power of Friendship (MP) Asha. Down a Stardew Potion. Then, activate Special. Before the effects of Special, trinket grants
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(Lucky5, 3)
(Empowered4, 3)
(Enlightened4, 3)
(Focused4, 3)
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Then, actual Special. NOTE STACKING RULES. Joe, Mirror JOE, Teag (Growing Strength), Hexagon, Mexagon, Calibri, Star, Bauhaus (Charged Consciousness), Zahlia, Keane, Remiel, Asha (+duration), Chloe, and Reisz ALL receive
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(Empowered7, 3)
(Swift2, 3)
(Vampiric2, 3)
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Then, from the location of all Foamed individuals, more buffs roll out. Stacking rules still apply.
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(Empowered4, 3)
(Vampiric2, 3)
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JOE: ?
MIRROR JOE: ?
TEAG: Echoss
HEXAGON: Asha (+duration)
MEXAGON: Teag (Growing Strength)
CALIBRI: Omorika
STAR: Rocketeer2
BAUHAUS: Berg
ZAHLIA: Keane
KEANE: Zahlia
REMIEL: Adria
ASHA: Bauhaus
CHLOE: Maple
REISZ: Keklechaos3
```

Heart of the Sphere
Return pillow to self.
Move to I24.
Basic attack Patche3.
Power Nap self.

Zahlia moves to U22 and deletes the Predator.

After being buffed by Keane and Hexagon, Asha switches to Blunt stance, moves to J22, and attacks Pagelisk9, applying (Exhausted3, 2) and (Slasblight4, 2). She then uses the Ainfini.

Remiel basic-attacks [REDACTED]. Gimme ur hecking MP :gun:.

Remember Remiel inherits Asha's buffs. If the things next to Asha are still alive, use Struck by the Rain to hit em with Remiel's attack. Missiles spawn wherever's good.

Also, Remiel should be at two Divine Shields, since that's gotten missed a couple times.

<ROUND 339>

Adria seethes without coping. She yells at the parasite (doing whatever it is a WARE does) above her. Does it truly dare call itself a god? Not that it matters- she's going to rip that smug look off its nonexistent face.

WARE: What is a Descendant, if not a god?
WARE: What is a product of the ultimate being's very will, if not a god?
WARE: Deny us all you want. It will not change your fate.
WARE: A physical god does not cease to be should you deny its existence.
WARE: You cannot deny our truth.

WARE's throne flaps with a steady rhythm. It's still rooted to the ground by a wooden arm. The wings must be cosmetic. Somewhat intimidating, but ultimately cosmetic.

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JOE objects to WARE! He never responded to his farm argument!

WARE: We did not respond to your argument for one simple reason.
WARE: Your argument is stupid.
WARE: Just like your farm.
WARE: We trampled your farm because you, like your farm, are stupid.

WARE: ...This is the best you could come up with? Calling him stupid?
WARE: Unbelievable.

The WAREchair begins to really amp up its field trampling game, reaching a stamping frequency of 5Hz. Truly, they're almost as big a menace to a farm as an unchecked Ravager or five. WARE also plants a Seeker in the ground, giving it a pat. Perhaps in a few rounds, it will grow into a Seeker Tree. JOE then continues to craft more items- at least until WARE smashes whatever surface he happens to be crafting on with an Efficiency V Wooden Axe.

WARE: ...Stop that.
WARE: We're not just going to sit here and let you craft whatever it is fits the situation.
WARE: You should've prepared before locking eyes with the enemy trainers.

What WARE's unable to stop though, is JOE growing more crystals in the Crystillery. JOE plants a few dozen crystals. How many harvests will he be able to sneak in before the game ends? Ah, also. JOE steals WARE's tears with a vacuum! This grants 2 Royalmatter! Huh. It's actually a slightly different material, but Royalmatter fits the bill well enough.

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Auth asks Nana if she needs a lift. She nods furiously, trying her best to climb up onto Auth's back. Not the exact best position to fire upon Iti, but...

NANA: Y-Yes, p-please!
NANA: T-There's... s-so many I-Iti! S-Save me!

:nanahhhh:

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Venia continues her roast of the Chaos Butterfly. She of course, immediately begins by disrespecting the Psi Godmodder's name. The third eye from WARE's forehead lurches forward, ripping chunks from his body as it twists and contorts, a crimson glow befalling Venia.

WARE: INS<0>LENT W<0>MAN. DID I MAKE MYSELF UNCLEAR?
WARE: BESMIRCH HIS NAME <0>NCE M<0>RE AND PERISH. THIS IS Y<0>UR LAST WARNING.
WARE: ...Ahem.

The eye recedes to its previous position.

WARE: Why do you think us wrong for using our power?
WARE: Those without power exist solely to be trampled over by my master and I, paving the road to his utopia.
WARE: None can even begin to compare to his majesty and grace.

WARE: And why do you believe this shell to be so innocent?
WARE: He has caused suffering untold to his people.
WARE: Really, I'm quite envious of the chaos he's brought into this world.
WARE: If only I could have intervened. Then he wouldn't have left behind any stragglers.
WARE: One more disgusting species removed from this impure world. Wouldn't that be grand?
WARE: Why, had I been able to give my input, we could've driven this planet to extinction.

Ah, Venia then calls the Psi Godmodder her piss. I don't see how that's a possible comparison, but okay.

WARE: ...I wasn't aware that you, the wielder of Order, were so immature.
WARE: A helpless child, stumbling and faltering in the face of a real threat.
WARE: Be not afraid, child. Cease your struggles. Perhaps I will kill you slightly faster than intended.

...Nope. That's a lie. It's really quite obvious from the tone, which is so-clearly indicated through this textual medium. We need like, a new form of exclamation mark or question mark that declares malicious intent. Perhaps the Interrobang will work‽

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Blacklight continues to babysit a princess. It's imperative that he keeps Sakura from wandering off, violating her house arrest, and getting violently murdered by Iti, wandering Chairians, or perhaps a remnant giant angry beaver. So... what does she usually do for entertainment? As a hobby.

SAKURA: Why would you want to know?
SAKURA: But if it interests you so much, I do quite enjoy gossip.
SAKURA: Like, I hear that Cypress is totally dating his secretary! Scandalous, right?
SAKURA: Of course, nobody can prove that, except it's totally true! She's hot!
SAKURA: They've even been seen going off together privately! Tell me they're not dating!

Nobody tell her about the Rebellion or anything like that. Or maybe do.

SAKURA: Oh, I've also heard that the ladylike, reserved Omorika is a huge alcoholic!
SAKURA: I've tried inviting her to a party so I could get her wasted, but she's too prim and proper for me to test this hypothesis.
SAKURA: There's also been like, rumors of a crazy-gorilla priestess with a gun!
SAKURA: But that one's totally untrue. A priestess with a gun. Isn't that crazy?
SAKURA: Everyone knows that healers can only use staves. It's the law.
SAKURA: Not a codified law, but it should be!

She leans in close to Blacklight, swishing her long pink blossom-filled foliage.

SAKURA: So, got anything spicy to talk about?
SAKURA: Like, is Echoss Sophia's dad? She's totally in denial.
SAKURA: What sort of crazy family drama do they have going on? And that "Adria" lady is the mom, right?
SAKURA: Don't tell me. They're divorced, right? That's totally what's going on!

Elsewhere, half a dozen zones over, Lato obtains sandwich. This is the greatest day of her life. She's not going to question how a coupon for 3% off a Chaosdog snuck its way in there. Or why it's so crunchy. But with sandwiches in hand now, what's a girl meant to get up to? Marron, inbetween a sandwich bite, pipes up.

MARRON: Uh... dunno.
MARRON: Wanna go visit the house? Maybe that Sakura girl's being a menace to society or whatever.
MARRON: Or maybe we could go on patrol?
MARRON: While we're sieging the Sphere, I kinda doubt WARE's going to leave everyone down here alone.
MARRON: Maybe he'll try and split our attention by attacking the civilians.
MARRON: Were I an evil overlord, that's what'd I do!

...She seems oddly proud of herself for coming up with that plan.

MARRON: H-Hypothetically, o-of course!
MARRON: I already tried the evil overlord bit in the mindscape. Kinda got my butt thrashed.
MARRON: Also, there were no civilians to terrorize.
MARRON: ...The Temmies are not to be trifled with. Ever.

She shudders. Shoplifting has never been so painful. They literally tore her arm off for it. Her plushie arm, sure, but still. Temmies do not mess around in matters relating to capitalism, even in the slightest.

Finally, Lato investigates the Sphere's supply of board games? What's there? Why, a copy of Risk, just as she hoped! Though, this appears to be a custom edition of Risk; Thymium Edition! Instead of continents, there are the six zones of the game, as well as bonus "auxiliary maps" representing the House and Creation. There are even little pieces modelled after the Spherebreakers! And like, five hundred Seeker troop pieces. All purple. It's unclear how this variant of Risk is meant to work. There's no rulebook.

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<HEART OF THE SPHERE, ROUND 7>
And so we continue onwards. A few key things to be wary of:
[list][*]The Arbiter. She's about to "morb" as they say- come the end of her next turn, she'll invoke the Meltdown of Pillars, dealing generally just a lot of damage to everyone. Try and either kill her or zone her out!
[*][REDACTED] is sheltering quite a few foes, including WARE. It might get increasingly difficult to cast Guilt safely if you dawdle, so make the decision; fight WARE and take some Mana Damage, or wait on it! Or maybe just kill [REDACTED] right now. I dunno.
[*]WARE is invoking immense amounts of chaos. This could get dicey- it might be worth just rushing down the remaining Eliti right now in order to mitigate the long-lasting effects of this move. Planar Interposition will take the disasters with it, so that's a valid strategy!

this post is for the previous dop just to say keane does what tazz said he did in his post (Give 1Luck to yourself, Use Fair Trade on Sephirah7 (CogFilter proc removes 15 MP), then retreat onto a Blue Geo and Bonus Action attack Sephirah7 (CogFilter proc removes 15 MP). Then, use Special to horrendously buff Asha.)

asha gets focused mending guardian and evasive

In The Final

Adria refuses to speak to WARE further. In spite of all the eyes watching her now.

Adria moves to (M22) and drinks a Managourd Brew. She then chucks an Expel at [REDACTED], gritting her teeth in agony, just barely keeping it together as she obtains severe Manaburn.

ADRIA: fffffhhh... I-I've... e-experienced... w-w-worse! I-I-I'm fi-ine! Tr-Tru-ust me!

Tem uses The EGO Inside Me and a Songstress Record for the fabled Triple Action. Tem then moves in to (N20), then goes ham by swinging North. A lot. 4 times after Venia's refresh.

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I have gotten permission to post for Tazz this round.

Venia spams Phantasmal Force, all focused on [REDACTED]. That's 4 uses. She then moves to (O23), out of Meltdown range, before casting Salvation - Reinvigorate on Tem Mist. She then uses Kickstart My Heart to regain Ordo.

Once MainJOE ends his turn on (P24), Venia shoves him to (P25).

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The Waiting Room

Hannah's been standing near her workbench, mulling something over in her head. She fails to even notice anyone nearby. Whatever it is... it must be a big deal. Or a big idea. I guess that also counts as a big deal.

She scribbles down stuff on a note. It's basically chicken scratch, but it details a recipe. A recipe consisting of various biohazards, and apparently a missing component marked with an array of questionmarks, but a recipe nonetheless.

Also there's an <O> with a menacingly cute, crudely-drawn doodle of Hannah stabbing a needle through its eye. The intent from that alone is clear. Probably.

/more later???

[Battle - Tentative]

The following should occur before Destiny moves.

MainJOE burns 30 HP on Overgrowth, spends 3 of his roundly GP on Yggherb, moves to D15 (using the Vortex to warp from D13 to D15 with only 1 Mov for peak efficiency), then eats a Warpmellon to E18.

The Following occurs at some point after Destiny's actions and after Echoss throws items everywhere. (Destinys Mana-based Heat Death downs should restore item charges, because Farmland gives enemies the property of restoring Party resources when downed, not specifically when downed by party members)

Destroyer2 moves to K6(The Vortex gives an effective extra tile of movement, warping from O5 to M5), Elemental Snipers Nana twice with Air damage, and uses its action to move the Red Strings to Patche3 on H8; and retreats up a space to K5. This concludes Destroyer2's turn.

MainJOE then uses cherry energy on the Rebel Rifler, once(with mana, not for free), and throws a Gre-blade with Slashing to E16. With his damage buffs of Farmland and Symbiote, that's (11-12)*(1.58+0.1)=19-21 damage. The Rifler goes down, restoring 2 consumables. Both assassins go down if they rolled 20 or 21 on the damage roll. JOE then spends 2 more GP on Cinderfruit, and hits Fumore3, with either Mana or Slashing, whichever's enough.

If Assassin1 or 2 is still alive, the surviving Assassin(s) receive Cherry Energy to the face. MainJOE then eats a Warpmelon to D15, retreats through the vortex to P24, and Swift-casts Terraform, putting a Mana Well under the spawn tile at P25, and 3 more Mana Wells wherever other allies are ending turn outside of REDACTED's cognition filter i can't actually be any more specific because not everyone has posted yet. Obvious priorities within these requirements include Daskter, Hexagon, and several other low-MP allies which aren't all that likely to be in range.
MainJOE then turns off Reality Lens: Endless Farming.

MirrorJOE buys 2 more levels of Goneblossom and 1 more level of Manabloom, Alter-Realities Empowered->Enlightened, then moves to P3 and full-casts Terraform, creating:
Cover on the 4 tiles around Purple Star (O8, O10, N9, P9) and Glass on 7 tiles further-around it(P8,P10, O7, O11, N8, N10, M9), If Glass reduces Mana damage (it should, mana isn't unmoddable or whatnot, and Glass isn't element-specific!).
Or, if Glass doesn't do that and he can make Green Geo Tiles, creating a Green Geo Tile on Y3, Cover tile on T3, X3, X4, Y4, Mana well on O3 underneath the Spawn tile, Mana well on K6, and Mana Wells wherever any allies he's in range of ended turn in no particular order.
Or, if he can't make Green Geo Tiles, Cover tile on T3, Mana well on O3 underneath the spawn, Mana well on K6, and Mana wells wherever any allies in range ended turn in no particular order.





[Battle?]
JOE grabs WARE's efficiency V wooden axe(holding it by the back of where the blade is, to not get cut) before WARE can pull it back, and engages in a brief tug of war to put it into the inventory.

[World]
Meanwhile, JOE tries all the crafting he tried to do last round, except this time he explicitly does it in places that aren't inside the sphere using the magical multilocational powers that let him put things in the Crystillery.

BATTLES

Star moves through the nearby Vortex to N21, where they throw a Mana-damage Infinidagger at Pageling13 to finish it off. They then move to O25 and cast Purify on Chloe without removing her buffs.

Destiny moves to M17 before using Gravity Crush on [REDACTED], Fumore1, then Fumore2. She proceeds to use Heat Death centered on Fumore 3. She then retreats to J16.

Teag dips through the nearby vortex, comes out the one in the east, taking up position at V12. Continuing to make the GM regret their decision to regret their decision of adding Autoloaders, he uses one and makes a Psychic-type attack on REDACTED using Timestop Hat, Plate Penetrator stratagem and Vitalstrike.

The new entry to the Spherebreaker's Breaker Room stomps her red heeled shoes in mild frustration.

ALICIA: Oh, come on! I know that I was here all subtle-like but I figured someone would notice I just showed up!

Alicia tuts from across the table from Lato - wait, that's not where she was! She grins gormlessly from her new location, waiting for someone to notice this stranger who has suddenly appeared.

She taps her foot cautiously on the purple goo over in the corner... which isn't where she just was either...

ALICIA: I didn't think this could freeze when I was watching from home. Not that I'd have tried to, but then again, I'm not the only Ice-focused mage.

Maybe just appearing around the room will get someone's attention. She peers into the bookshelf, wondering if she should... borrow the books out of the bookshelf before this room collapses for Auth. And, yano, the place they are, but...

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Auth stares at the red strings around Nana. Something possessing her. Again.

AUTH: Does bullying the poor girl amuse you? I'd be shocked if you didn't know that Nana's already been subject to this sort of thing.

Auth's eyes lock onto WARE.

AUTH: I do not find this particularly amusing. Cut it out.

Auth floats to L7, and casts Kindness on Irongutta. He would like to heal Nana, but the requirements are not something Auth can do easily and he knows that. Auth directs his extra MP to anyone nearby come regen - excluding Nana since she gets a passive regen.

Heart of the Sphere
Move to F22.
Last Dream Lamia3.
Power Nap self.

Asha, now hopped up on the finest Ainfini, switches to Pierce Stance. She practically teleports to (K19) and activates her suite of debuffs, before attacking [REDACTED]! Toxin Coating (8 MP) for (Brainburn14, 3), Identify Weakpoint for (Slasblight4, 2), Always Watching for (Mentblight6, 2) and (Ensnared8, 2).

This attack has +70% buff-type damage from Fervent and Empowered. Also, here are the debuffs in a nice easy-to-paste format.
(Brainburn14, 3)
(Slasblight4, 2)
(Mentblight6, 2)
(Ensnared8, 2)

This costs 18 MP total, and those debuffs don't take effect until after her attack. Afterwards, she hits WARE with her Brewing Hat, reducing the cost of Guilt to 35. Before she can process the [REDACTED] of [REDACTED] and how [REDACTED] [REDACTED], she activates Mirage Storm! She switches to Guard Stance, clearing her Manaburn from [MENTAL CORRUPTION] instantly with Afterimage.

This also gives her Guardian and Empowered +1 Duration and Stubborn for the round. Finally, she uses the Ainfini again and retreats to I20.

She also volunteers to take on We All Become!

~~

Echoss' cat moves through the nearby Vortex to the Blue Geo at (X13), then uses Hopeful Glow on Calibri!

Meanwhile, Echoss himself moves to (M22), Alters Reality to get Enlightened6 and uses Itemstorm! The targets are as follows!
Don't forget to roll for crits, and don't forget the Blue Geo bonus to MP healing! Also, each item with a conserve chance has a 20% chance to be used an additional time on the target.

REDACTED: Morphbullet (guaranteed conserve due to Item Conservation)
Berg+Echoss: Holy Dew (can use it on himself too thanks to the Self-Item modifier) 75% conserve
Berg: Yggcrawler Nectar 0% conserve
Daskter: Yggdrasil Vessel (doubled, restores MP twice due to Blue Geo) 0% conserve
Hexagon: Stardew Potion 30% conserve
Destiny: Simple Healing Potion 45% conserve
Calibri: Eggnog Carton 45% conserve
Destroyer2: Yggdrasil Vessel (free) 0% conserve
Teag: Rosewater 15% conserve
Kalis1: Yggvessel 0% conserve
Ette: Yggvessel (free) 0% conserve

Finally, he scavenges a Spiteful Serum from somewhere, resetting his scavenge counter.

~~~

Ette moves to O16, Warp Rings to L15, and gives herself a hug to restore HP. She also grants safety to Destiny.

House

Blacklight rubs his hands together. This is going to be an interesting time.

"...Interesting theories. Regarding Cypress and the secretary... I'm not inclined to know much of his marital status or lack thereof. However, I do recall an alternative... rumorish thing. Namely that he's actually secretly working with the Rebellion under a false identity. Not sure about the secretary, though."

"As for Omorika... I'm not sure if she would be alcoholic. I've picked through a few of my counterpart's memories before and apparently she has a severe coffee addiction instead. Is coffee here alcoholic? I wouldn't be surprised if it was, but hmm..."

He needs a moment to think. What was that about a priestess with a gun... wait...

"By the priestess with a gun, do you mean Taeda? Apparently EN-913, one of the first arrivals here, had something to do with that development. Speaking of whom, I wonder where she's gone to... Not out of concern or anything like that, just that EN is a bit of a lunatic in some aspects. Besides giving a priestess a gun, she also made... this thing."

Blacklight puts extra strain on his voice to emphasize his sheer disgust, then pulls out the Atrocity and sets it down a safe distance away.

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Zone 6 - The Eclipsed Citadel

Lato thinks about the situation. While she has no reason to know for a fact, she's pretty sure the house is covered for now. But the patrol routes...

"...We certainly could go on patrol. The only question is the routes that we would be taking. Which, in turn, is dependent on if there are any important gaps in existing security measures that require filling. Perhaps we should consult someone before setting up."

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Battle in the Sphere - Heart of the Sphere

Calibri has recovered by now. And he senses he needs to do a few things. He steps to U16.

"Hey, 'cacia. Looks like you need a hand. I can't exactly revive, but I can put you somewhere a little safer."

He drags her over and leaves Acacia's body on V15 (or V13 if that's better), then completes his movement to X13 and basic attacks Patche2 before retreating to X11.

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Sphere Waiting Room

"I am running out of placeholder dialogue"

"...Hm."

Lato stares at the modified Risk game in bewilderment. She has no idea what to do with it. She glances around the room for a moment. She notices Alicia this way.

"Hm...? Ah, yes, that stuff over there. It is capable of freezing. Most forms of matter are when exposed to sufficiently cold temperatures."

Remiel missiles never spawned, but they're in range to hit Redacted. And, uh, they should shoot Redacted.

Oh, and Remiel should've gotten the divine shield back during Regen, since i'm pretty sure they had (or were supposed to have) two last turn and they lost only one.

After Hexagon: Remiel unmantles to S9, and pokes Purple Star with a Basic Attack. Which doesn't do much, but Struck By The Rain kicks in to hit both adjacent Patches for, if I did my math right, minimum 24 Mana damage each as long as no glance. (Be sure to add Opening Act.)

New missiles should spawn, Divine Shield regen at the end of round.

Battle: Heart of the Sphere

Irongutta takes the Vortex at N5 to the Vortex at P23 so that he can move to N21. Boosted by Unstoppable Force and restored health, he tosses a Greblade at REDACTED, attacks Fumore2 and targets it for Zzap! from his hat.