Chinook moves to P5 and prepares to give Ristretto some fire support when she goes to get her axe.

Ristretto drops back to M7 to grab her axe and receive some empowerment from Chinook. Then, she dashes back to her spot at N9 and throws the axe she picks up at Assembly4, retreating to P9. I'm honestly not sure where she's keeping her axes. Maybe she's wearing like, a belt or something?

Gonna do a small change to Ristretto's special mods:

You're On My List at 16 SPC (The first activation is Lethal at the centre.)
becomes
You're On My List at 16 SPC (The targeted area is now Range 1-2. It's still limited to within the X.)

Morningstar moves to E13, putting trait debuffs on Assembly3 and the F12 SWMech.

Morningstar: Pardon me for overestimating you. I expected to be facing a sentient, not just pre-programmed responses.
Morningstar: In that case, there is not much diplomacy to be attempted.
Morningstar: After all, what can I do to persuade a glorified if/else chain like you?

Morningstar slams his hammer into the corner of Assembly3.

'Splodimus walks to (L7) and fires at the Repair Drone1.

Latte notices the drone and decides she doesn't want anything to do with it. She moves around the assembly to G5, giving it another stab, or two. Latte then retreats to D3, using the boosters, just to be safe.

Mocha looks around and, figuring she's perfect where she is, meditates.

Contritum - Round 21

Why does this place have to have such terrible internet connections...


This one's mostly a battledop, so. No need to worry too much about RP stuff in here, mm? Although it would be nice to have a bit more outside of the battle alone to work with... maybe once I'm back from vacation and can process it all again, eheh.

Battle has been processed.

Round over.

Chinook moves to R8 and shoots Assembly4.

Ristretto wipes some mud from her jaw and grins.
"Anya! Hit me again!"
She picks up her axe at O10, returns to P9, and finishes off Assembly4. If Chinook kills it on her own, she'll instead strike the Mech closest (i.e. the one at like 3 HP). In either case, her trait (almost certainly) procs, and she gets some additional SP for her trouble. After, she'll retreat to O9.

Strix moves to I8, and guards.

Mocha moves to N8, and takes notice of Ristretto, who seems to be wounded. She frowns, slightly.

"Here... let me fix you up~"

She places her hands together and closes her eyes before pulling them back apart, creating a strip of pink light between them. She continues to stretch this until it looks something like a bandage, which she tends to Ristretto with. Mocha beams at the sharkgirl.

"There you are! All better!~"

'Splodimus runs to (I9) and fires at Assembly 3.

QUOTE

PLANNER: "...What is this mess I have encountered?"

Morningstar: Don't call IRIS a mess. It has emotions too.
Morningstar: Just kidding. IRIS is a simple automaton, possessing not even a teaspoon of emotional range.
Morningstar: It stated its preprogrammed purpose is the elimination of all unknown forms of entity.
Morningstar: As we are not in its database and thus register as unknown, it has begun creating Abandoned to combat us.
Morningstar: (Why it waited until we got here to begin creating reinforcements is a mystery.)
Morningstar: Fortunately, if we disable all of its Assemblies, it should be fairly defenseless. It even may be reprogrammable if its software defenses are weak.
Morningstar: Of course, given its questionable programming, it would be unsurprising if it reveals its full name as the "IRIS Core-inator" and promptly self-destructs.
Morningstar: Oh, it did tell us one useful thing. The Glitchstrider isn't the only one of its kind.


Morninstar bigslaps the third Assembly again. Trait debuffs haven't changed, unless something moves into my ZoC.

Latte shrugs at her coil bindings, stabbing the Assembly again.

Contritum - Round 22

"finally, engie gets around to doing the dop", some might say. To which I say... have you ever tried loading google sheets on a desktop which can barely remember what's in a tab after a few minutes have passed? It's a bloody nightmare.


Battle has been... almost processed.

Round (officially) over.

Chinook moves to O10 and bunkers down.

Ristretto grins thankfully at Mocha. Is that possible? I don't know. Anyway, the sharkgirl moves to K8 and attacks Assembly1. She holds back on countering at Range 3-5 until she gets another axe.

Morningstar gives Assembly3 another solid whack.

No changes to trait debuffs.

There's a loud boom as a speeding comet nearby breaks through the sound barrier. However, short after, something becomes increasingly clear. The object isn't a comet, but a white pod with red lights, on a collision course with Contritum-1. Only moments after the boom, the pod is racing towards the Assembly, drawing nearer and nearer, somehow not catching on fire during the re-entry. The pod begins to slow itself down, deploying two small but powerful jets that roar as the pod nears the ground, before dropping to the ground at I3, sending the surrounding earth upwards. With a loud hissing noise, some of the parts of the pod shift mechanically, creating an opening. From it emerges a somewhat tall figure; a rather fierce looking figure with a tight, white suit wielding some kind of blaster. Her floppy, cream coloured bunny ears in her dark brown hair are the only things stopping her from appearing livid. She steps forward, holding her shoulders back and her chest out, heroically, before shouting to nobody in particular.
"I'm not here to mess around. The trip here was infuriating, and so if this isn't worth my time..." Frappe fires a jolt of electricity from her blaster at Assembly1, seemingly just because she can. "I'm gonna be pissed."

(Take 2, Frappe spawns at I3 in Zero Suit form and fires at Assembly1)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P0S...it?usp=drivesdk

'Splodimus gives Assembly 3 another shot in the face.
It doesn't have a face? Well it does now, so eh.