Oriko looks at Marron, before hearing Chaos' excuse of a story. Chaos is a terrible fiction writer, and nobody deserves to be in his poor excuses of a story.

"Why don't you go into your supposedly existing one-winged angel mode to get out of this barrier?" Oriko asks, before creating a massive line of orbs behind her, reaching out of the Cave of OCs. She stops if DarkSide has successfully managed to rescue Marron and taught how to be actually good at attacking, but if that doesn't work, she Orbs the weak points of the barrier, destroying orbs, and creating new orbs, again, and again, with less than second in between each shot, again, and again, for as long as possible. Orbs have proven themselves to be somewhat dangerous. This should make more than 0 percent progress, unlike pelting it with a bunch of useless things.

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 08:30:00

OK, I have a full skillpoint and Descendant is VERY tempting, because at 12 stats (ANY stat) that's a potential 31-damage nuclear bomb with range 5, which, given it's 10 mana as opposed to 14, is generally better than Mindcrush on non-psychic weak foes. The real question is, is if I can spend 3 gold to buy a TMR so I can USE this spell immediately, and use the skillpoint to buff up AGI so I can take the robe. We do have stuff to sell...So do we?

Regardless of that, I head to the OC Cave. I just leave DarkSide to do his work and instead inspect the Memory Orb. I then face the sky to presumably have a chat with our favorite minds©ape mas(t)er. "Yo, Parenthesis jerkface! What's with this? If you say right now AND gimmie a skillpoint, I won't shove this in your face later! >;3"

Roxxanne WOULD join a fight but the increased caps have forced her hand, so she's just gonna stand back and let DarkSide do the heavy lifting.

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 17:18:00

...I'm invisible.
I USE MY NEWFOUND INVISIBILITY POWERS TO GO AND ENGAGE IN AERIAL BATTLE WITH THE GLITCH CRIMERAS.
(Pit Lord)

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 19:11:00

I take the HP orb. I move to K10 and attack the Crimea.

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 19:14:00

The Operative glances upwards at the sky for the entire portion of time where Chaos is talking about his OC's backstory. Silence falls for a moment. Then, for the first time here, he speaks.

"In terms of writing quality, I'd say that's not actually too bad. However. Criticism. The scale of destruction near the end part of that backstory was excessive. 9 galaxies is just a bit too much for one human-sized character to realistically go destroying in a single fight scene. Especially if that was all collateral damage, as was implied. So that's a point off. Inserting random comments into your writing is also a minor issue here. People read for her backstory, not for your remarks about her. Second point off. Thirdly, and I'll admit, I've been guilty of this myself, the main bad guy of the story has far too generic a name. I'll only deduct half a point for that one, seeing as it's not too big of a deal in regars to the overall backstory. My final score regarding that backstory is a 7.5/10. Like I said. Not too bad, but there's room for improvement."

...Some people might recognize his voice from elsewhere...

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 20:55:00

...

INITIATE CRINGING PROTOCOL

NotMary then cringed at the sheer amount of Mary Sue Chaos dumped

NO WONDER WUB WAS AGAINST YOUR SIDE... PLEB

Figuring that the player cap received enough abuse in the Landing, NotMary jetbooted over to the Cave of OC's to see if anything could be done...

That, and find some Meld for him to use...

BZZT, NANITE MODULE ONLINE (new skill, since I forgot about adding a second)

(PS: Ire said that the post above mine is now one of his favorites)

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 21:11:00

I'm probably going to chill between battles, shouting,
[big][big][big]"[b]HEROES NEVER DIE!"[/big][/big][/big][/b]
obnoxiously and reviving people. Anyway, speaking of healing and stuff, I thought of a skill.

Toast joins the Island Core Battle at N6, and goes to murder the Pro-

FC: WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE FIRE RESISTANCE?!
FC: WOW.
FC: THIS IS INCREDIBLY DUMB.

Instead she spawns in at N8, moves to L10, maybe-murders the Glitch Crimera. She then flails all the way to F8.

I think I will infuse the Jadesaw with a bunch of different elements that I can change between at will, so it's always super effective. Because honestly Fire is generally just a terrible element to be attacking with. I feel slightly useless for that reason.

Originally posted on 2016-06-07 22:20:00

[Saving dis post for clearing fight. spoilers, that secretary is not going to be able to take advantage of that square.]

[Also, would like clearance to waste 2 gold on an Energy Circlet for Hollowed Wood + Hatstack + that same circlet crafting, because I need some kind of decked-out armor.

And i'll take Toastermage's thoughts as enough, because required things.]

Seriously? That's the best you can do? Trust me, we're just getting started on Dr. Patch's wild ride!

I'd make a Patchouli Knowledge joke but I'm still not well versed in Touhous.

MOVE: I3
ATTACK: That Secretary
APPLY: Badly Poisoned (because special attack)
RETREAT: F3

You are now unable to attack me on that superbuff square.

Sorry about that, Lin. I'd heal you, but Patch doesn't have that much INT yet. Unless... hey, Patch, can you remove 3 MP and add that to INT? You'll get 2 MMP back for that.

Despite the apparent rage, Patch tries to comply.

Thank you. Now, let's earn myself an all-new skill...

Transfusion: 2 MP. I take X amount of self-inflicted damage as chosen by myself, but can then heal any ally within Range 2 for that same amount of damage I took.

Also, hey, Patch, let me see that Hatstack. And 2 gold. And that hollowed wood.

Mistri takes those hats off of Patch during the obligatory downtime, and removes 2 gold from the inventory to throw at Bill for an Energy Circlet. She then takes the Enchanted Hatstack, the Energy Circlet, and all the Hollowed Wood in the inventory to create...

-The Hollowed CircleStack-
+1 MHP.
Double length SP bar.
25% chance to resist status effects (down from 50%)
Automatically drops HP to avoid Derivation or Divide by 0 attacks as needed.

Now with that out of the way, I'll move to E8 and immediately use that new skill to patch Lin up for (6) damage so that both of us can breath easier and survive, but since Darkside is currently in line for a Divide by 0 (and so am I, which is why I'm doing this), I think we're safe for now.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 02:23:00

CAC: yeehaw.
CCP: yeehαω
CAC: yeehaw.
CCP: yeehαω

/yeehaw

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 03:05:00

Update's done.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 03:22:00

I suddenly flip the (REDACTED) out because I am in the Cave of OCs instead of on the wooden crag.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 04:03:00

@Pit
I was actually in line for a Divide By 0 OR a Derivation, because 40 is divisible by 10 AND 4, so if I didn't prick myself with a splinter there, I woulda been done for.
/null

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 04:10:00

@Redstone: You do know you can move infinite rooms in a Zone Map per turn, right? You shouldn't be flipping out about that, of all things.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 04:28:00

I warp myself to the Island Core and spawn in B8.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 07:29:00

QUOTE (PitTheAngel @ (time=1465349036))

I'd make a Patchouli Knowledge joke but I'm still not well versed in Touhous.

(You're lucky I play Touhou Project games... Mukyuu~)

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 16:20:00

I move to D5 and heal Lin Rin with my shard forme magic healy powers.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 20:58:00

@NotMary: Welcome to the club of Touhou fans. I hope you enjoy.

Actual post coming tomorrow.

Originally posted on 2016-06-08 21:18:00

[Still asking if I have clearance to waste 2 gold on Energy Circlet crafting funtime extravaganza. We have 7 gold for reference and it costs 2, and should drop to 1 gold once I buy it.]

[Nevermind it's done, edited the post.]
/null

Originally posted on 2016-06-09 00:52:00

The Operative takes one long look at the Secretary, then slaps the weird being in the face-region-thing with his katana blade, before using that one rule where attacking without moving lets one use their movement value instead of their retreat value to run away to L11. He stands there, catching his breath (wait, why does a cyborg need to breathe? Or does he?), noticing the Glitch Chimaera there and getting into a defensive stance.

...Hmm... Idea. Chaos Drone Dome + Platemail + Personal Cloaking Device + AGI orb (once we get a spare one) = super-tanky lightning bruiser?

Or the PCD could be swapped out for a Rabbit's Foot, seeing as that basically has +5% dodge increase, and +1 hit/crit(?) chance. Plus it'd go hilariously well with the passive from 8 AGI score. Autododge the first attack sent one's way, autosurvive one killing blow.

Originally posted on 2016-06-09 01:15:00

@Pit I reckon it's fine. It works quite well with your special.

Originally posted on 2016-06-09 01:15:00