Operative uses Guard. Outside of combat, somehow. Mainly for the heals and mana regen. He doesn't seem to care too much about the ambush, although that may change if it takes too long to resolve...

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 00:46:00

This award means so much to me... I'd like to thank mr skeltal, the alternate timeline toasts, paradox burritos, and mythril ingots. Also temmie flakes, because you should all support local businesses.


woot.
EDIT: Holy shit 19 people watching the thread; what the heck is going on?

EDIT3:
Toast casually switches the Aetherian Jadesaw and Strategist's Emblem to the Infernal Torment and Origin String respectively. Just in case someone is a goof and needs to git gud at diplomacy.
[small](i honestly don't see what's stopping me from nuking this zone)[/small]

SOUL grabs the Rejected Meat Slab and the Blue Herring and moves south of the Wall.



Originally posted on 2016-09-16 01:09:00

I quickly carve ©haos's face onto a pumpkin, infuse said Pumpkin with Glitch matter, and cover the insides in Glitch Gel.

battlefury: can something kill teag he is being suicidal

I then dunk teag into lava, before using dog residue 1200 times. I use the dog produced by this to create a dog cream. I then infuse the dog cream with weapon enchantment majjicks, and using 2 iron for each create a bunch of Dog Cream canisters, which can either do a weak enchant weapon (2-3 damage, dog element, user takes two damage), or be used as crafting materials. I then use the remaining dog residue 10 times.

I then quickly copy Chairitomb's stat down and shove them in Marron's face.

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 01:47:00

A crimson SOUL appears in the Hallow.

< :| 3 I would have a regular red color, but then the dogs threatened to sue.
< 3 Now to go on a spree of random things!

Redstone does these things in order from 1st to last:

1. He asks if Chaos has any Cat Poop or Ingots or any Cat related item so that he can make an Anti-Dog Amulet in case of another dog-related accident.
2. He decides to trigger Roxxanne by calling her Drunk Lady.
< 3 If you get the reference.
3. He asks the local Secretaries for a PC or laptop to surf the internet.
4a. If he gets access to a computer, he makes a deal with Chaos to set up Idiot Products^TM finally makes an Instagram account.
4b. If not, he insults Chairitomb by saying that the Time God is a better robot.
5. Binge watches the whole season of Stranger Things.

EDIT: < D: 3 Wait guys I think that weird 6 puppet is a ware or some kind of miniboss.

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 05:37:00

>HealerX: Shoot yourself in the face.
You get healed.

>HealerX: Stand very still. You don't want to anger the puppets.
"NOPE."

>Redstone: I don't get it.
What is what the refrance?

>Chairitomb: /totallycode
if redstonecomp = false
{missiletarget = Hollow}
else end
/endtotallycode
This is not going to work. I can feel it.

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 08:59:00

< >:T 3 Fine I'll explain it.
< .3. 3Roxy Ladlone.

/null

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 16:01:00

Roxxanne fails to be triggered, as she's not as stupid as the last incarnation of Yamata-No-Orochi, and is a Rembrandt, and also her name is spelled differently. "Git gud, Redstone!"

"Marron, there are two ways we can go about this, but before we discuss that, this: The entire reason you are in the lousy situation you are in right now is not even ©haos's fault-he's just another victim of the REAL mastermind here. I'd say his name but that might be...Bad. His name is a Curse, and Curses aren't meant to be said aloud lightly. But, he's in charge of those 'Scale' and 'Ware' entities that you may have heard of and they're total assholes. Point is, killing those morality cores is exactly what this guy wants out of you. I think ©haos would have already just let you up and leave if NOT for this guy and his ridiculously negative effect on him. He's the reason behind basically everything here."

"I will 'reveal' his identity to you through his own works, as that won't explode existence, if you decide to shelf the complete genocide idea and just come along and help us out here. I mean, you can't beat Chairitomb as it is, one of the cores can just teleport away as he pleases, another is basically guarded by an army of spiders to make your army of puppets look like a puddle, and Gladius is somewhere that you can't reach without our permission anyways... So, why not just get MORE help anyways in breaking out of this joint while flipping the bird to the real mastermind (and likely ©haos anyways)? Plus, again, breaking those cores only empowers the thing that is REALLY behind everything here." Roxxanne said. "Alternatively, Toast here has Infernal Torment - which is a very explosive flaming railgun - and we've been sick and tired of almost everything else trying to kill us, so if you think you can survive the shot, go ahead and try to kill us, but you have 24 HP and this thing's damage range on an exploding shot is 20-25 on splash 3, so there's a 2-in-5 chance you instantly die and a 3-in-5 that a stiff breeze could kill you afterwards, to say nothing of the puppets or Ette. If you want to attack us, we will be officially more than ready to attack back. Its either help us break out and deliberately defy the REAL monster here, or attempt to kill everything, helping the monster behind everything in the process and more. Your choice, Marron!"

"...While I'm at it, what's with the number six puppet over there?" Roxxanne asks, gesturing to it. Roxxanne, conveniently, is standing as far as she can away from it.

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 17:01:00

Teag opts to go west from Near The Summit.
After some inspiration from Discord (thanks toast), Teag begins crafting.
Teag uses the Dog Residue. A lot.
Approximately enough times to make 387,420,489...compressed compressed dog blocks.
This inevitably floods the inventory, so Teag immediately compresses it all eight more times in to 9 Ultracompressed Dog. This is the ultimate upper limit to dog compression. Each piece has a surface gravity countering the mindscape if you get close to it. Teag builds a Dog Matter Compression Chamber out of iron and places the Ultracompressed Dog inside, but doesn't activate the compresser yet, as that would combine them all in to an Impossibly Compressed Dog Block. It would instantly decompress and fire 31,381,059,609 Dog Ingots at speeds approaching the speed of light, releasing an impossibly huge amount of energy and make a rather large explosion.
Not only that, but the force of gravity from the leftover ingots will cause it to likely compress in to a star or small black hole.
Yeah. It's called the Dog Matter Bomb. Don't detonate it.
It probably won't even fit in the inventory, it has the weight of a small planet.

Clearly, the only way to draw attention to myself from anyone in this game is by doing something ridiculously dumb. Teag also gives 0 fucks as to what Oriko is attempting to do.

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 18:37:00

"Wow. Just wow. Really good thing Marron hasn't spotted me. Then again, I'm sure that house I just fixed the door to has some relation to her, since Ette was there and all. She'll appreciate that when she finds out, right?"

Lyra abuses synergies by throwing out the Penguin Leg (into the inventory, chaos.) for the Dreamer Fragment and switches her not Blade Rush spot skill for Eternal Nightmare. Be afraid. She then climbs under the Loot Chest to Metal Gear Solid into the east gate and out again so as to get a feel for the area without accidentally starting a 1v# battle.

Originally posted on 2016-09-16 23:33:00

I poke the puppet labelled six to see what happens. Brobot goes west.

Originally posted on 2016-09-17 00:02:00

So, here's likely what we should try to find: the Soul of Ender, Healing, and Revenge are probably our best bets. Since Chairitomb's AC is equal to #SOULS^2, then if we kill one, we've already dropped it to 9 AC. We kill another, it's 4. Kill another, 1, which is basically the same as 0 at this point. The 4th is absolutely optional.
---
If Roxanne's persuasion works, then I just stand in the background and Augment in case something happens. Dragon forme on standby.

If not, I chime in.
"...You're not too keen on the whole strategy department, are you? They say you must know thy enemy before going in guns blazing. We say that Chairitomb has 1000 HP, 25 HP regen, no weaknesses, a form of counterattack, and 16 AC.
BELIEVE THIS. Your small army of dolls will do nothing to that hulking giant.
Roxxanne says the death of the morality cores is the TRUE mastermind's goal all along.
BELIEVE THIS. She seems to know a lot about this kind of stuff for some reason.
You attack us or Gladius? We WILL kill you with little difficulty."
I flash a draconic claw.
"BELIEVE THIS. We have firepower to obliterate that entire army and more, and some of us have the capability of one-shotting you. Oh yeah, and remember who got you out of that cell in the first place? Yep.
You will be better off coming with us, and helping us get out of this hellhole with no more pointless blood being shed. Or you could just form a truce between us and your clan, because that also works.
Don't think of yourself as a god, Marron. However, you come with us and help, and we could likely MAKE you into a god, and take down that TRUE mastermind Roxxanne speaks of. Seriously, the benefits are literally endless!
And we could likely go from there, and brutally destroy ©haos once we get out.
But, really, it's your choice."
And then I augment myself in case she doesn't want to cooperate. Dragon forme on standby.
Please default to the first statement. Though, if it does fail, you'll see Dark with a headache.

Originally posted on 2016-09-17 00:37:00

Why do I think something's up with Marron's HP? She doesn't seem like the type to be that easily defeated and I'm not one for mindscape mechanics, but Chaos does place quite a bit of importance on his OC writing skills and her, or perhaps I'm just misinterpreting things / being terrible at Chaos, as per usual.

The Oriko near the summit sneaks after Teag, while Oriko Prime teleports to where she is via descendant magic, in the exact position that Oriko Paradoxical was. Oriko Near the Summit suddenly switches to a copy of the Dark Orb, made of paradox, before rushing towards Teag as he attempts to use the Dog Residue. She explodes into a wave of paradox, stopping Teag from dogging everything and causing two Barknemesis incidents in two turns. If anybody has moral obligations with this then team tr8tr.

Originally posted on 2016-09-17 21:17:00

Pi explores one of the new zones. Which one? I don't care.

Originally posted on 2016-09-17 21:44:00

<TURN ONE-HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE>
"i play dtg chaos for intense(?) political action"

The Operative opts to guard outside of combat. This somehow heals him slightly, for (2) HP and (1) MP. He also fails to care about the ambush. Toast then swaps to the Infernal Torment and the Origin String. Battlefury then thinks about what pumpkin, then casually pulls out a pumpkin, carves Chaos's face into it, infuses the pumpkin with Glitch Matter, and covers the insides with Glitch Gel. Chaos Pumpkin obtained. You bet it'll vanish next round. Battlefury (and others) prevent Teag from Dognukeicide.

The Dogheir then uses the Dog Residue 1200 times, creating 8400 Residue. This is then somehow refined into Dog Cream at a 1200:1 ratio. This is then enchanted with weaponstuff and 14 Iron, creating 7 Dog Cream Canisters. They're only craftables, sadly. Battlefury then copies down a bunch of stats, and forcibly slams it in her face passes it to Marron.

tc: What's this, even-
tc: Oh. A stat block. This one looks a bit like yours, Ette. Like in formatting.
tc: 1000 HP, 16 AC, missiles, HP Regen...<br /
tc: This is clearly fake. Nothing is that strong. Idiots.

Redstone then asks Chaos for Cat Poop. A vortex to the Elemental Plane of Cat Poop opens up right above Redstone, and rains its contents upon him. It's warm. And disgusting. Redstone then tries to trigger Roxxanne (and fails). The rest of his actions are with SOUL, so they'll be covered in Zone 6. HealerX then faceshoots himself to recover (11) HP. Roxxanne then attempts to talk some sense into Marron.

tc: Scales? Mastermind? What, you mean the Butterfly?
tc: Ugh, don't remind me of that... hideous beast.

She looks up into the sky. You look as well; there's a few floating specks of red above, glistening with the colors of the ever-flashing cracks of the Mindscape.

tc: I've seen it up close; it... it...

Marron shudders, and remains silent for a bit.

tc: ...wait, it WANTS you to kill the cores?<br />tc: Suuuure it does. Prove it.

Before Roxxanne can make a move, Toast walks up and shows off a relevant section of the Walkthrough; Ware Entry 1. (as confirmed through Discord.) She reads through it...

tc: This can't possibly be real. It's surprisingly detailed, though...
tc: So, another lie? How stupid do you think I am-

Toast (again, through Discord and the power of real-time politics) does a thing, requesting an increase in font size. A surge of entropic energy courses through the Walkthrough, as the font size increases by 1pt. The entropic energies end up coursing through Marron's body, causing her moderate discomfort, but having no negative effect on her. At least, not physically. A look of fear covers her face, only growing as Toast requests the Anti-Glitch Rifle description, the number of pages in the walkthrough growing.

tc: ...
tc: ...gorilla, this thing's the real deal, isn't it?
tc: Magical-cursed walkthrough. Why does that even exist? It must be a trap. It should be a trap.
tc: It shouldn't... It shouldn't...
tc: gorillaING BUTTERFLY-

Marron attempts to lungs for the Walkthrough, presumably to destroy it, but is stopped by a simple grab from Ette. She proceeds to comfort Marron via bearhug, before allowing Roxxanne to continue talking.

tc: ...
tc: Let's not talk about this. Ever.
tc: Please.
tc: Honestly; if the butterfly wants me to drop some cores, I'm not sure if I should...
tc: ...on the other hand, that means I wouldn't get the sweet satisfaction of actually killing Gladius...
tc: ...I bet Chaos would be fine with just ooooone less little gorilla in his head, even if it's an important one.

She sneers. Roxxanne then proceeds to practically spit on Marron by talking trash about her puppet army. Namely, how they're a puddle to a bunch of spiders. She naturally flips out.

tc: You think I'm- no, we're just pushovers, don't you?
tc: Pieces of trash that can't hold their own in a fight?
tc: Why you-

Before Marron can even attempt an attack, Ette proceeds to bearhug Marron once more, mobilizing her. She then waves her arm around to communicate with Marron again, before releasing her from her literally silky arms.

tc: Ah, that's actually a pretty good idea.
tc: I have an idea. Something a bit more... civil than a simple brawl out here.
tc: Why don't you... fight me?
tc: If you win, I won't go after your precious little gorilla. Maybe I'll even throw in a bit of a reward.
tc: If I win, I'll just casually loot your corpses and go after Gladius some time later. Maybe then you'll take me seriously.

She turns towards the Dollhouse, and marches off, puppets following her.

tc: I also wouldn't touch that puppet back there if I were you. The one labeled "6."
tc: Chaos left it for me as a present, and even as one who's used to creepy-gorilla puppets, it scares me. Don't take your eyes off of it for a second.

Ette lingers behind as Marron walks off. She elegantly bows to Roxxanne and Toast, then pulls out a sheet of paper. She writes something down, then hands it to Roxxanne before running off to catch up with Marron. The paper's writing is almost chicken scratch, but you can read it...

"thank you so much for just not attacking her right away! sorry for suggesting the fight; i just didn't want to start an all-out brawl, which might hurt her, you, and all of our friends! just please don't kill her during the fight; i'm not sure what i'd do without her...

The writing suddenly becomes a good deal more legible.

"I'm not sure if you or I would want to find out, anyway."

She also left a piece of gold with the note, which you promptly loot. Teag was denied earlier from building a bomb, so he fails! Lyra then sneaks through the east gate in a Loot Chest. While the sneaking was totally unnecessary, it felt cool. Lyra crawls into a forest of Cinder Trees. A house can be seen peaking over the treeline, but something's off. It's probably the X-Sabers that's making it off. There's two; they're both active, and on guard...

Lyra also switches items, because she can. Jon then pokes the puppet labelled 6. Nothing happens. The moment he turns away, his eyes are stitched shut, and he's also very dead. He respawns back at the ship. Brobot promptly vanishes due to Jon's death, but you'd need to resummon him again in battle, anyway. Darkside then augments. Pi then explores his way to the east of that area Near The Summit.

<ZONE 6>
SOUL grabs the Rejected Meat Slab, and the Blue Herring, and moves South of the wall. There, it finds an endless expanse, going on for miles(?) in every direction. A crashed drone lies near the border of the endless, oozing a red (well, it's probably red, again, everything is monochrome) substance. SOUL then obtains a laptop from one of the friendly neighborhood secretaries, and makes an Instagram account. Good... job? He then attempts to binge watch all of Stranger Things, but before you do so, Chaos spoils every last plot point. SOUL takes (1) point of emotional damage, which doesn't really do anything.

I should probably mention that clearing Zone 6 before Zone 4 is over will get you some nice stuff. Shouldn't be too hard to clear.

<CURRENT STATUS>
Alright, we're back to proper exploration. Find the SOULs, and once you feel Chairitomb is weak enough, go and fight him! There's plenty of other things to do around here, though.

cc: ...(t)his is (t)he very las(t) zone.
cc: i (t)hink we need some ©hill.
cc: besides, no amoun(t) of prepara(t)ion will save you from me or ze(t)(t)a
cc: we are skillz in©arna(t)e


...The timer has stopped. Chill is eternal. But the Player Cap is, too.

Originally posted on 2016-09-18 02:15:00

Toast switches back to the Jadesaw and Strategist's Emblem, since there's fewer enemies than I anticipated.

~

The Walkthrough is placed back in the inventory.

I feel like I handled that perfectly.

Toast moves back to the MW, tells Gladius what happened, and grabs the moneh. Afterwards, she flies back up the mountain to the Dollhouse for the duel.

You have no idea how fun it is to be able to fly. Anyway, I'm here, so lets rock, Marron.

~

SOUL grabs/reads the archive thing. It then scoops up the red goop with the crashed drone, then dunks the blue herring in the goop, before placing both articles in hammerspace. After that, it inputs '0000b3' into the Color Terminal. If that fails it does it again in caps.

Originally posted on 2016-09-18 05:02:00

Redstone makes a SAVE of the current ©haos and his mindscape (as well as everything within it) before doing the following.


EDIT:

I'm kidding, okay?

Redstone takes the cat poop and cooks it to make...

Hardened... Cat... Poop?

NEW ACCESSORY FOUND!

...
What the heck.

Hardened Cat Poop: Prevents the user from using Dog Related Spells and Dog Related Items.

Well, I guess that'll be sorta useful.

He then slaps Battlefury before he burns his ~ATH.

Dude, I run on that code!

Redstone moves to the random rundown house on a mountain.



Originally posted on 2016-09-18 05:52:00

I wait to be revived. I realize I'm alive. I then head north and then west.

Originally posted on 2016-09-18 05:53:00

@Jon: You're pretty alive.
@Redstone: You too.

Originally posted on 2016-09-18 05:55:00

I quickly buy the half off mythril ingot. before reminding. everyone i have dibs on the next.
I quickly move to the doll house and join in the duel, but before, i invest three points into HP and swap out for origin flesh
i then burn redstone's ~ATHs. All of them. i then deploy the chaos pumpkin in the part

Originally posted on 2016-09-18 06:03:00

I apply a Votey Downo to Redstone's ~ATH, forcing him to not do it. I do likewise to Battlefury's counter to all of Redstone's action. I have a better idea...

Roxxanne goes to the Dollhouse, ready to do the duel, unless someone else steps up in her steed. She also requests a section for Scaleform and the Glass Dagger, as well as the Thyme Memory Orb and the Memory Shards. Funny, how she's usually wielding weapons noted to be behind adversaries directly connected to Psi in some fashion...

Once ready, Roxxanne opts for the dramatic. "Alright, Marron...You face Roxxanne Orochi Rembrandt, she of the name of Yamata-No-Orochi! I won't really be going all-out, this world is like a leash on true potential...That and it'd be too big to fit in the map! But it's not like I'll need it. As long as I want it hard enough, I will have it!"

"Oh, also, if you win we'll give you free reign over the vandal if you keep our corpses alone." Roxxanne adds.

Meanwhile, Super Greed tags along with HealerX.


Originally posted on 2016-09-18 06:55:00