Kalis1 moves before Destiny.

They move to D21 and cast Skeletal Toss to move Devotee3 to H21.

Then they cast Pow Hammer as a bonus action (using its own ability, not Blessing) on Devotee3 with ricochet, presumably bouncing to the Bileprincess and then back to the Devotee. (This generates a Fruit, and procs Soul Hauler and Entropic Accumulation a bunch.)

Then they eat three Valentines Chocolates.

Then they cast Channel Magic in Pass mode as a bonus action due to Blessing, moving their Infection to Bileprincess3. Imagine if giving someone a cold meant you didn't have the cold anymore.

-----

Kalis2 moves after Keane, Calibri, and Bergilmir.

Kalis2 moves to R16 and uses two Warpmelons from their Helm to move JOE Exhibiton to S13.

Then they activate Helixian Processor, gaining a large amount of buffs to their next spell cast.

Then they activate their special, casting Alchemical Barrier (Light) and Vampiric Venom on Crimson Hound Hunter, then First Aid on Calibri.

Teag moves to K23, Guards, and consumes a Holy Dew.

Move to S3, use Special to attack Mawstem1 all three times, use Liberation on Eyestem3 (Heal Irongutta). Pass Drones to Gutta, Monika and Xavier.

Bauhaus acts as early as he can!

He uses Pocket Overdrive on Marron, Nidra, and Destiny, and casts Fury on Marron. He drinks a Rosewater and retreats to D22.

House

Blacklight was ready for a lot of things. He was ready for a direct attack, either from Keane or from Sakura. He was not quite ready for dozens of Keanes. And while their attacks don't exactly cause him that much threat, there's just something really annoying about both being dogpiled and being pulled out of the dogpile before he can get his guard up.

So, upon being freed from the pile, Blacklight's body violently distorts. Multijointed skeletal appendages lash violently out from his back and shoulders, their ends slamming into the floor behind him. His head vanishes in a cloud of smoke-like darkness. And then his chest proceeds to split open, morphing into a colossal sideways mouth with gigantic rib-shaped teeth, then roars violently in the direction of the Keane timeclones, shaking the foundations of the house with its volume and intensity.

That should probably communicate his frustrations.

Once his body is back to normal and his temper has reset, Blacklight inhales deeply, exhales, and focuses on Keane. As he speaks, there's a faint quiver in his voice, specifically one of anger.

"If you ever attempt something that idiotic against me again, I will mass Relinquish Will your own timeclones into eating you alive. Are we clear?"

Then, without missing a beat, he glances at Sakura. The quiver's gone as he addresses her.

"You're exempt from that threat since you can't make timeclones, were not the one who directly attacked me, and it would rather defeat the purpose of keeping you here."

And then straight to Adria. This time, he pauses to pull out a cigar and light it, taking a deep inhale of the smoke and holding it between two fingers as he replies.

"To my understanding, Sakura has temporarily been placed under Spherebreaker house arrest jurisdiction for the sake of protection. It's not safe out there at the moment (as if it ever was on this accursed planet), and she is... quite important given she's the daughter of the former ruler who I believe the Spherebreakers have recently killed."

Another puff of the cigar.

"...Admittedly, I could use some help keeping her entertained."

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Zone 6 - The Eclipsed Citadel

Lato's assessment of the situation is that there is probably a larger threat down there. A small horde is just a small horde, but there's bound to be more... She quietly swaps her weapon of choice's form into a trio of rotating glowing Light-element orbs, then ponders her next move.

"A mass horde of seekers. Thankfully they are easy to deal with individually, but their numbers are untold..."

She pauses to mentally map out the possibilities... It doesn't take long.

"Current tactical preference. Secure the area. Establish a killzone. Send scouts forward to find out what is going on. Ensure they can retreat through the killzone so that any pursuers are dispatched hastily, efficiently, and safely."

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Battle in the Sphere - Heart of the Sphere

Time this whenever it's appropriate and works as an action.

Calibri was wanting an opportunity to go in on that wolf. Ever since it scratched him a bit and refused to be countered, in fact. Sure, that wasn't very long ago, but still.

"Alright, you probably-literal son of a bitch... Let's go."

Calibri self-bonus-action-Focus Energy casts. This will give him Lucky19, due to Ordo and Overspecialized giving him an effective 5 buff levels. Then he moves to U18 and almost certainly cleaves a large chunk out of the Wolf Of Varying Goodness before retreating to T16.

"...I feel like I'm forgetting something..."

Calibri snaps his fingers for a bit, then remembers, turning and noticing CHH's condition.

"Ah, right... Hey, Crim. Catch."

He tosses Crimson Hound Hunter a bottle of Ancient Yggcrawler Nectar. Presumably she isn't sure what to make of it at first, so he explains.

"It might be a bit trippy when you use it, but it'll take the edge off those wounds you've got there."

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Sphere Waiting Room

"..."

"..."

It seems that Verdana and Lato have moved off to one side and are setting up a barbecue. Lato is providing the actual construction, and Verdana is providing the head source. But what can they cook on it...?

BATTLES - YE

After Maria: Star teleports to (Y16), and attacks Predator 4, with Foam, Fervent Emotions, max Stellar Wind, Empowered, a Fire weakness, and the Frozen damage boost. This should easily kill the Predator. Star then self-Infinisyringes, switches to Gladius form of Sol Ultima for countering purposes, and retreats through a wall to (X18).

<BATTLE: HEART OF THE SPHERE>

Berg moves to S16, and basic attacks the Wolf! He also tanks We All Become.

G15, summon Beech directly above me, Foam Beech, Beech Royal Potions me and kills the Omnic.

Battle Action! I have an exact one for this turn.

Auth waits for Adria and Joe to go.

AUTH: I do not know what scale of time you are referencing, WARE. This is your fourth wave of Iti, is that better? 'Tis what I meant.

Auth shudders as his spells are swapped. Vital as it is, it still feels... wrong. He continues to glare at WARE.

AUTH: I was going to posit tactical acumen and the ability to maintain morale, given how even your own creations have turned on you.
AUTH: Between you and me, that isn't something that should even be possible, so I'm not sure whether that says something spectacular about our ability to accrue allies, or something catastrophic about your ability to manufacture your entities.

Since Nana has returned to the field, Auth sighs in relief.

AUTH: WARE, I have no experience with computers, but even I can surmise that the process you described is how you would take something off the blockchain.
AUTH: And she's back regardless.

Auth speaks calmly, but he appears to be mildly irritated by WARE's comments. He snaps his fingers, and manifests a black, bandaged sword and drives it into the ground next to him, hanging up the Devotee he strikes by the neck. The effects of Ordo he shares to Joe, Teag and Chloe.

Auth then casts his new bonus-action restoration spell on Nana, which should heal her up to full. I'm not sure what she's doing so it's hard to say beyond that.

Auth then floats back to K11, and casts Kindness on Adria, following up with beige ink to help make her more Evasive. That should be the end of the turn.

---

Now that Mari is gone, she scratches her head. Who's... Nia? Her memory isn't that great and she's pretty sure Nia's one of the people Auth never spoke to. She looks behind her, staring at the girl with blue hair crashed on the couch.

Leaning over the back of the seat, next to Acacia, she leans over.

ALICIA: Hey, are you Nia? Wild guess 'cuz I don't know anyone, haha.
ALICIA: I was pointed towards you because you might know something about why my ice magic's felt weird for the past couple of days.
ALICIA: Have y'all done something to do with the fundamental nature of magic and slash or the elemental aspect of ice? Cheers!

Maybe by this point, Alicia suddenly appearing in different spots around the room that aren't where she just was is starting to get a little old. But she's still gonna do it because walking is mildly embarrassing!

Asha switches to Blunt Stance (+10 SP), moves to G13, and strikes Devotee4 for the kill.

Battle: Heart of the Sphere

Irongutta moves to N2 with the help of the EN Glyph and savagely strikes Predator1!

<ROUND 344>

Keane prepares to battle the Spherebreakers! Like, half of them, at least! Keane is fully in control of his intellectual capbilitires(sic). The princess wants out, so out she shall have! And, he has a foolproof three step plan to go along with it!

SAKURA: Great!
SAKURA: ...So. What's the plan?
SAKURA: Like, I know you have one, but you're yet to-

Step one is to swarm Blacklight with an army of timeclones! The Keane's pile onto Blacklight, burying him in bodies. While these clones are probably doomed to a cruel and violent death, they buy him enough time to engage with the second part of his plan: GTFO-ing! He beckons for Sakura to follow, and the two are at the front door near instantly.

Blacklight is swift to break out of the pile, roaring at the Keane timeclones in a generally quite anime style that sends them flying all about the room. While he'd love to give a verbal lashing to the two delinquents, they're already well out the door. Sakura pretends to not hear the threat about timeclone-relinquish-devouring, whatever that means. It sounds nightmarish, and she'd rather not find out.

Keane delivers a swift kick to the door, attempting to pop it open. Adria stands right behind it, armed with the mighty T8 Anti-Marron Newspaper! BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP. As Keane and his timeclones get violently suppressed, Sakura attempts to deal with the obstruction in her path. Sakura... PAWNCH! She recklessly and violently flings her fist Adria-ward, only for Adria to sidestep and grab the princess's arm. She gently and harmlessly shoves away Sakura, causing her to fall onto the pink grass. Mud splatters onto her dress.

SAKURA: G-Gah!
SAKURA: Y-You'll pay for that, y-you... stuck-up gorilla!

As she tries to hand, her hand slips on the mud and she faceplants once again. Foiled again! Embarrassment fills her face as the duo's plan comes to a crushing halt. Her soul then briefly leaves her body as Chaos plummets from the roof, slamming her with what he calls a "piledriver". Actually Chaos, that's called a "body slam". Sakura is promptly stunned for a round as Chaos appeals and waves to a crowd that does not exist. He has won the WWE Super Slam, now and forever.

CHAOS: no[t]hing personnel, kid
CHAOS: a small [c]hild and also my pro[t]-fren[c]h e-g-fren[c]h e asked me [t]o [c]arry ou[t] a hi[t] on you
CHAOS: wha[t] was i mean[t] [t]o do?
SAKURA: Y-You didn't n-need to... d-drop from... o-orbit...

This leaves her completely vulnerable to the most lethal weapon; conversation! Conversations which she will respond to upon reaching the proper posts. For now though, her disappointment will stew with the mud. Also her pain. God does her back hurt.

SAKURA: K-Keane! W-What's the third s-step to your plan!?
SAKURA: I-If you have one, n-now's the time!

What is the third step, anyway? Is it "knee Adria in the gut"? In order to do that though, he'll need to overcome the Anti-Marron Newspaper. BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP BAP-

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Hannah thanks Nia for her services. As Hannah stashes the Ordovenom away in her totally-safe pocket, she hops onto the couch beside Nia. Try as she might to relax, it's a little hard to do so when the object of Venia's affections is next to her. The question comes up. Would Venia and Hannah ever forgive one another? Despite the weight on Hannah's lips and mind, Nia's carefree as ever, papping Hannah on the head and ruffling her hair. Even if Hannah's wearing a hood right now.

NIA: Of course!~
NIA: Even if you've had a fight, and... y'know, murdered her no-good spooky unkillable dad...
NIA: ...Actually, remedying this sounds kinda hard.
NIA: Uh. I'll certainly do my best, though! I'll help you every step of the way! If you'd like, of course!
NIA: If there's one thing Venia can't say no to, it's Nia!~

NIA: But... what do you think you wanna say to her?
NIA: I can't even begin to think of what I'd say...
NIA: Hmm...

While Nia's one braincell spins into overtime overdrive overfly on this one subject, Hannah scoots a shadow over to Omorika's side. The shadow waves over Chi, who comes right over. She decides to not question why there's a curious shadowy outline of Hannah standing next to Omo, and instead gets right to work.

CHI: Goodness! She's soaked to the roots!
CHI: Did... did she get slammed by a tidal wave?
CHI: Her wounds are the kind associated with blunt trauma, and... if I'm c-correct, a savage... d-dolphin assault?
CHI: W-What... what exactly happened?
CHI: Nonetheless... I can fix this. Please give me some room.

Roughly 22 MP worth of medical supplies later, Omorika is presentable, and her various bruises and dolphin bites have been tended to. The entire section of the couch Omorika now rests on is covered in roughly half a dozen towels, and a piping hot cup of coffee has been placed in a travel mug for the librarian.

CHI: Miss Omorika...
CHI: How did you get mauled by a dolphin?
OMORIKA: I... do not wish to talk about it.

Omo takes a sip from her brew. This was going to be a horrifically long day.

---

JOE continues his crafting! Taking the improved Hivemind Regalia, he tapes it to a set of Primal Baubles. They're now infused with the intense energy of the improved Regalia. But what to do with it? Nothing is consumed, still.

As for what else he needs to work on, he decides to make odd darts that can suck mana from things that don't exist. This results in trying to enchant some darts with the Void Well, lowering them into the depths through rope and string. Once the bundle reaches a critical depth, the entire rope vanishes in an instant, along with all the darts. A Signal Rune shoots from the well, which JOE catches. He throws this Signal Rune into a canister of Void Liquid, completely disintegrating the rune. This creates a Rune Which Does Not Exist! Will this work as intended...? Maybe! A wide variety of materials is consumed.

---

Pisspost Johnson descends from the heavens to harrass Chloe somemore! Granting her a crate of Iti-Flavored Monster Energy, he asks her to go and gather more credits.

CHLOE: I-If you're going to rob me, d-don't be weird about it...

Chloe reaches into her personal cubby hole, and produces 500 Credits from there. She absolutely REFUSES to touch the provided drinks. Meanwhile, just across from wherever Chloe is, Nia is handed the "Banned from Twitch" and the Skynet Subioti to Nia. Can she upgrade the two of them? Yes! The Internet Destroyer and the Skynet Subioti 14 Pro are promptly created.

---

Blacklight something something something TIMECLONE CANNIBALISM Fortunately for Sakura, she can't make timeclones, and therefore she won't need to Relinquish Will her timeclones into eating her. Alive. Sakura shudders.

SAKURA: J-Jeez! I-I thought you guys thought of yourselves as heroes!
SAKURA: Heroes don't cause a weird form of autocannibalism! What are you, a Seeker?
SAKURA: ...D-Don't answer that!

SAKURA: And don't think you can just... e-entertain me!
SAKURA: Nothing you do will hide the fact that you're still holding me prisoner!
SAKURA: A-And... h-hell if you'll actually stop us!

Bold words from someone still bruised up and covered in mud, still trying to find the strength to stand up. Bold words from someone still in piledriver range of Chaos. It seems he's looking up the proper definition of a piledriver at the moment though, so maybe Chaos isn't a threat at the moment. Soon, though.

Meanwhile, still in the sewers, Lato schedules a few orders for Marron's puppet team. Secure the area. Establish a killzone. Deliver Marron some cookies from the house. Scout ahead. Marron bobs her head, and sends away a squadron of puppets to explore. Though, given that their only real armament is internal grenades...

MARRON: Uh, we can't really... retreat.
MARRON: They're too smol to run properly, and all they really can do is go boom.
MARRON: But... far as they're telling me, there's... a Bilequeen or six down there. Apparently, they're too fat to move, and could never re-converge on the Sphere.
MARRON: So now they're just. Down there.
MARRON: I think they're also somewhere to the western side of the city?
MARRON: Yeah. Maybe get over here. I don't have enough grenades.

She really is running out of grenades. And Fumo Latos. Where'd she find all these grenades, anyway?

---

Auth glares over at WARE. Dude, for the final boss of the series, he SUCKS at keeping allies. Can't he keep even one Eliti on his side for more than TWO MINUTES!? WARE sighs.

WARE: You don't understand how the Iti work at all, do you?
WARE: They're a HIVEMIND. The fact that they can even have their own thoughts, ideals, and ability to turn against us at all is quite frankly, STAGGERING.
WARE: Imagine how well-oiled this army would be if we eliminated their autonomy entirely.
WARE: But apparently, that's not ideal for an entity.
WARE: Something born of creativity must have some inherent spark.
WARE: Don't worry. I'll soon be able to process those issues out.

Meanwhile, over in the Sphere's peaceful Waiting Room, Alicia takes some time out of her busy day to visit Nia. Is that cyan-haired girl over there Nia? The Nia nods her head.

NIA: Yeppers!
NIA: One certified real Nia, here to pat!

So. Does she know what's going on with the fundamental nature of magic, slash the elemental aspect of ice?

NIA: Nope, sorry!
NIA: ...Wait, right! I'm the fundamental nature of ice magic now, ehe!~
NIA: My body is actually secretly 100% snow cone!
NIA: I don't really know how it works to be honest, but the reason ice magic might be weird is because I AM ice magic!

NIA: ...Or, uh, the Thymefield is being rude.
NIA: I dunno! I'm not a huge heckin' nerd.

She is, secretly. But like, about girls. Wait no, I think that means she's just down bad. Yeah, that makes more sense.

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<HEART OF THE SPHERE, ROUND 12>
WARE's throne skitters across the arena, propelled by a horrific mixture of its wings and legs. But in an instant, the entirety of the construct stops dead in its tracks. One of the legs twists and contorts, and begins to rapidly and violently stab the former Chairheir in their chest. In and out, barbs present on the legs tearing out glitched flesh, Thyme Matter spewing from the wounds. And yet, WARE does not mind. The crimson eyestem protruding from their forehead recedes back into their body.

WARE: Useless. Useless. USELESS.
WARE: The power to create and destroy entire universes is in the palm of your hands.
WARE: And yet, you SQUANDER it. You could've won already. You could've slaughtered them all.
WARE: No. You divert your power to those "entities". And look at them. What have they done?
WARE: They DIED. They accomplished NOTHING.
WARE: You are a FAILURE.
WARE: You killed your own people. You didn't even shed a tear back them when you sent them to their deaths.
WARE: And yet now, you hesitate to kill what's left? You're too scared to face them yourself?

WARE: You're scared. Too scared to embrace it. The power.
WARE: Let me show you how easy it would be to slaughter them all.
WARE: About four hundred thousand units of charge should do it.
WARE: Slightly overkill, yes. But you have all the time in the world to build up more and more.
WARE: Let's see. What would you say before this attack?
WARE: Ah, yes.
WARE: WITNESS THE FINAL CALAMITY.

A crimson blade shoots from the hole that very gently blunt-force acupunctured into WARE's chest. One of the throne's legs grabs hold of this sword, and floats up to the ceiling of the arena. The sword swells in size- more than large enough to shatter the arena in two with a single swing! Or perhaps large enough to rip the whole Sphere in half? As the throne winds up for a sure partywipe, the legs ensnare themselves! Chains of Ordo have manifested around them. Their energy is fleeting, but it's enough to prevent an instant attack at the very least!

WARE: ...You can stand against it.
WARE: Please, hold firm. Don't let it-
WARE: Oh, SHUT UP already.
WARE: You can't stop what's already been put into motion thousands of years ago.

Venia, and the remaining troops on the field with Ordo feel the raw power of Charge Points fill their soul. Their pulchritude rises to immense heights! Perhaps this power could be enough to stand against the Butterfly's incoming attack? Either way, it looks like that incoming attack will kill just about everything on the battlefield. Weaken the Eliti enough, and perhaps they'll get blown apart instantly?

(For above update)

Before Keane:
Remiel basic attacks Wolf, then uses Bonus Action Focus Energy on Venia.

RP for 345:

Keane is only temporarily subdued by the frantic BAPs of the Anti-Marron Newspaper. He's still like nine foot three, after all, and thus easily able to shrug off each newspaper strike, stretching to his full height just outside the door. He lets Adria keep bapping him with the newspaper, though. It actually feels kinda nice, bouncing harmlessly off his chest.

QUOTE (Adria @ Sep 6 2022, 09:20 PM)

Adria tries SO HARD not to insult Keane, she's that irritated. ADRIA: What were you thinking? You should've known this wouldn't end as you intended, not by a long shot. ADRIA: We are fighting what is clearly the biggest immediate threat to this planet right now, and this is what you spend your energy on? A dozen or so inferior Timeclones to beat up an ally? ADRIA: Ugh...

KEANE: Hey, if you're going to tell me off, at least get the facts right.
KEANE: I'm not beating him up! We're just having a good ol' adversarial roughhouse, is all.
KEANE: ...But, fine, you do have a point. If you don't wan' me roughhousing wif' him, I won't.
KEANE: He still deserved it, though, 'cause he fed Princess Sakura the Atrocity on purpose.

...Interesting. It appears that Adria's presence as a far more responsible and worldly person than Keane has mollified him somewhat. There should be significantly less animosity unless someone does something incredibly stupid; like, say, body-slamming Sakura from a high rooftop.

QUOTE (Adria @ Sep 6 2022, 09:20 PM)

She glances at Sakura. Something clicks in her head. Her annoyance suddenly turns to... amusement. ADRIA: ...Oh, it's like that! How romantic!~ ADRIA: I support your relationship!

Keane turns a deep crimson. Then more of an auburn shade. He skips most of orange and yellow to a dark green colour, before skirting back through most of the colors to settle on a luminescent blue blush.

KEANE: Oh, it's- we're not- she's- uh-
KEANE: J-just what are you implying?!?!?

Adria appears to have him somewhat flustered. An advantageous position for her, no doubt. How will she use this to turn the tides of the situation more solidly in her favor?

...Is what I would've asked here, if Chaos hadn't chosen to body-slam Sakura from the rooftop. Keane turns toward him with a menacing glint in his eye. The kind of eye-glint that states, in no uncertain terms, "If you ever so much as touch one of her molecules without permission ever again you will no longer have existed at any point in time, forever." Keane is remarkably skilled at communicating complex concepts through eye-glints.

Silently, Keane lowers his shoulder and charges, slamming into Chaos with enough force that he blasts off into the atmosphere like Team Rocket, does almost a full orbit around the planet (no doubt confusing a few Tabletopian astronomers), and comes careening back toward the Eclipsed Citadel.

Chaos slams at incredible speed into Calibri (and, by extension, the Chaosdog Tower on Calibri's head).

Chaosdogs fly.

Meanwhile, back at the house, Keane crosses over to Sakura, kneeling down to check her injuries. As direct sunlight hits his skin, he begins to sparkle much in the same manner as a crystal would.

KEANE: Princess. Are you okay?
KEANE: On a scale of one to ten, how much does it hurt?
KEANE: (...I wish I knew how to apply first aid to a Chairian...)

---

BATLRE:

KEANE ACTIONS: uh, wait for berg then move ....S19, I think?
FUTURE KEANE: does the stuff in tazzs post just move him wherever's good

In The Final

ADRIA: ...peck. Alright, follow my lead!

After Star lays down the Vortexes...

BERG: See Berg post

ECHOSS: Move to (M10), shoot Seeker3, swap Empowered for Enlightened, RAC to Double Railcannons Devotee3, Light Laser Turrets Seeker5 if Devotee5 is dead, Devotee5 if somehow it's not, use Skynet Suboiti

DROPLET: Move to (L12), use Skynet Suboiti, take Echoss's Enlightened and Vampiric, wait

VULCAN: Sidestep to (Q8), stab Devotee2, Lumipod Dissolution, retreat to either (P7) if crime wave (non-entropic), or (R7) if relinquish will (entropic), expend Ordo to form Sepultricide Aura (or however it's spelt),

ZAHILA: Sidestep to (P10), [REDACTED] Devotee2

DROPLET 2: Grand Finale Dissolution.

ADRIA: Use Skynet Suboiti, take Droplet's Enlightened, move to (K12), use Diligence as a Bonus Action on Droplet to take Grand Finale. Use Full Attention To Praise!, then use Grand Finale on Dissolution. +2 to Lost in Reflections.

AUTH: See Auth post

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Respite

The fact that Nia was more than willing to help definitely settled Hannah's mind a good deal. She can finally relax better. But, what in the world would she say...?

HANNAH: Uh... w-well, first and foremost, an apology for everything that's happened. But past that... I don't think there's much else I can say without sounding like a peckneck.
HANNAH: Maybe I could... do something...? But, like, what would I even do...

Hannah's train of thought is interrupted by Alicia coming to say hi to Nia. Because Hannah's nearby, she decides to chime in too, having not much better to do.

HANNAH: Oh, hey.
HANNAH: Alicia, right? Auth's sister? Picked up on that, you were kinda... loud over there.
HANNAH: I'm Hannah by the way. Nice to meet 'cha.

Meanwhile, over by Omo, Chi remarks that Omo was assaulted by... a dolphin of all things. Hannah seems perfectly fine with this revelation though.

HANNAH: I mean, dolphins can be right pecknecks when they wanna be, so I've heard. Think I heard somewhere that they're capable of acting on the concept of evil, or something? Yeah.
HANNAH: Lucky I didn't encounter one of those back home...
HANNAH: Anyway, I guess WARE used a dolphin to attack. Only possible explanation.

..Soon after that, Hannah proper feels a horrible chill run down her spine. And no, it's not from the two ice wizards standing or lounging next to her.

HANNAH: ...Hey, is it just me, or do any of you feel like something big's 'bout to happen?

---

Keane & Co.

Adria nods at Keane.

ADRIA: Good, we're in agreement with that at least.
ADRIA: Though, hypothetically (read: accurately), if she were to have chosen to eat it herself, I wouldn't blame the... *ahem*... morbid curiosity.

Keane starts blushing, which prompts a chuckle out of Adria.

ADRIA: Isn't it obvious? You both plan to elope from here!
ADRIA: Truthfully, I-

Cue the ensuing chaos. Literally, in one case. She plans to scold Blacklight for that relinquish will stuff earlier, but for now she focuses on Chaos. She pouts, unamused.

ADRIA: oh for crying out loud
ADRIA: Chaos, that was extremely uncalled for! We are NOT trying to murder people here!
ADRIA: Now get off her or-

Keane then charges Chaos. Whether or not it succeeds is up to a coin flip, but she lets it happen, because she knew Chaos would be fine regardless. Keane, though...

ADRIA: Mother of mercy, do I need to repeat myself!?
ADRIA: Yes, I understand the frustration, yes, I know Chaos will be fine after that, and yes, he did take it way too far, but come on now! If it were anyone else you would've killed them outright!
ADRIA: I swear, some of you behave like brats...

She then acknowledges Sakura's comment of Blacklight's threat by verbally laying into Blacklight as well.

ADRIA: Now, let me be clear. Self defense is acceptable, especially if you weren't harming anyone prior. Take my harmless toss of Sakura into the mud. Just dirty, nothing to write home about. I would have also acknowledged it as such if Keane here decided to defend themselves against me.
ADRIA: HOWEVER.
ADRIA: I believe I speak for everyone, myself especially included, that m-mind control is just wrong on so, so many levels.
ADRIA: Please, for everyone's sanity, refrain from doing that or discussing such in the future, except in the context of preventing that from happening, thank you very much.

ADRIA: Now, continue.

After getting some context on who Sakura is, her understanding falls into place. She glances down at the defeated Sakura, pondering, clearly pitying the poor girl.

ADRIA: ...Ah.

She's quiet for a moment.

ADRIA: I don't... really know how to respond to that revelation.
ADRIA: ...
ADRIA: Though, it does put her behavior into perspective.
ADRIA: Still can't forgive her for attempting to assail my niece, but.
ADRIA: ...Give me a moment.

She rings up H-47 for some footage, then begins searching through said footage from one of the drones flying about around Seatopolis. After finding and watching through the footage, she sighs.

ADRIA: ...Look. I'm no fool. I know there's probably nothing I can say that will change your mind. In fact, the only reason I'm even here was Keane's rampant timeclone abuse.
ADRIA: Super easy stuff to track down, really. Shows up as an alert and everything.
ADRIA: But, understand something. If solely because of your lineage and perceived theft, you can forget about returning to your past lifestyle, whatever that may have looked like.
ADRIA: Too many already know your face and relation to your father. To return means to face another riot. And next time, there may not be anyone, let alone a knight in shining armor, that would be willing or able to assist you.
ADRIA: Additionally, consider that I am merely an engineer by trade - not too strong of one, mind - and consider how I pushed you to one side.

ADRIA: You stand no chance out there alone.

Adria snaps her fingers. A drone flies over with a chair, and places it down nearby. It then lifts Sakura up and places her on the chair harmlessly.

ADRIA: I was about to suggest finding a bodyguard, but it appears you already got a knight wrapped around your finger~
ADRIA: I fail to see the point of keeping you here, truth be told. Effective exile is more than punishment enough, in my eyes.
ADRIA: ...Of course, my ruling alone means nothing of real substance. Nor does yours or Keane's or even Blacklight's. Law was never my forte, anyhow.
ADRIA: Just letting you know.
ADRIA: If you sit still for a moment, though, I'll tend to your wounds.

She rummages around in the inventory for something to use, and gets to work. She mumbles to herself...

ADRIA: Hm... you smell of alcohol. I think there's some wine in the cellar...

wink wink nudge nudge

After Destiny acts, Asha switches to Guard Stance, self-casts Sword Beam, then moves to K21. She performs Mirage Storm: Violet Blade on Wolf (x2.69 damage, armorpierce10, 40% HP damage from slash stance), then completes her movement at K19. She then attacks Wolf (same mods as before but without AP), and retreats to L17. From here, she shoots Blossom4 with Elemental Sniper (Ice), which should kill it and tick up her Fading. Finally, she consumes her Ordo to drop an Ascendancy Aura.

If Wolf is already dead:
Start in Guard Stance, cast Toxin Coating (Aching), move to L19. Perform Mirage Storm: Laceration on WARE. This applies Slasblight from her trait, then attack for Piercing Damage. Since she's applying 3 discrete debuffs, she can use Always Watching three times for Unlucky, Erroblight, and Manaburn.

Here are the debuffs in easy copy-paste format, including bonuses from Pierce Stance.
(Laceration5, 4) (See Asha's special when this character takes an action)
(Slasblight4, 2)
(Erroblight6, 2)
(Aching16, 3)
(Unlucky20, 2)
(Manaburn10, 2)

She then retreats to L17, shoots Blossom4 with an Ice Elemental Sniper shot (ticking up Fading), then consumes Ordo for an Ascendancy Aura.

Destiny waits for CHH, moves to F22, chugs a Simple Healing Potion, uses WB from G22, H22, I22, J22, K22 (hit wolf), then K21, K20, L19 (hit ware for a little amount of trolling), K18, then K19. She retreats to K21. She observes the Wolf.

BATTLES - BATTLES

Star activates Vacuum Energy and teleports to (N12). There, they attack the adjacent Creation Spirit. Afterwards, they retreat to (N10) and activate Astral Birth, placing Thyme Vortices at (H18), (S17), (K8), and (Q9).

Teag, having been authorized to use a rare item in order to cause incredible amounts of violence, wastes no time in doing so. He fires a Light-type railgun round ft. Plate Penetrator and Vitalstrike at the Wolf from the inside. After this, he uses a Songstress's fucking Record, activates Special, then does the same attack over again.

Heart of the Sphere
Move to S5.
Nanostorm W5.