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Originally posted on 2016-12-25 20:17:00

Oriko Bet moves to K9, and smirks, before changing weapon to Spear form, as Oriko Alef changes weapon to Spear form as well.

Originally posted on 2016-12-25 21:17:00

<TURN TWO-HUNDRED>
Battlefury opens the Wooden Crates, and finds a total of 1 Gold, 6 Iron Bars, and an Aglet. You know, the tip of a shoelace. The Author then +1's his AGI, while Chlorin pieces together 6 Titanium and the yeehaw to create the Outlaw Hat. You're almost certain you still yeehaw. You also then +3's your STR, and +1's your AGI at the cost of 1 HP. Darkside then joins the Chairitomb fight, and then crafts the Black Widow's Battlearmor using the Obsidian Swordfish, 2 Toxic Fungi, 3 Leather, 20 Titanium Ore, 5 Obsidifish, a Gold Ingot, a Spider Web, 2 Medical Herbs, a Soul of Fright, a unit of Phase Matter, the Hard-Light Projector, and a combination of 26 seperate Metal Plating's, Healing Auras, and Mana Circlets. You slip it under the tree.

HealerX then adds his request to the Walkthrough, and gets confirmation that Auto-Revive does work with the Binding Hatstack. It's pretty good. He then upgrades Soup's Energy Circlet into the Terry Crews' Power Helmet, but fails to steal and shove it under the tree; Soup kinda needs that right now. The upgrade took 231 Knight's Helmets, 5 Durasteel Ingots, 10 Titanium Ingots, and 2 Hallowed Bars. You also then expend 1 Origin Blaze Rod, 5 Cinder Logs, 5 Hollowed Logs, and 2 Iron Ingots in making some Origin Blaze Power, and some Cinder and Hollowed Knives. You slide a box under the tree for... uh... someone.

Alt then plops together 7 Leather, 20 Silkweed, and 6 Titanium Ingots to make Puppet Armor for Ette, which is then put under the tree. You then put a seriously huge box that can't fit under the tree, under the tree. Somehow. You address it to Chaos. The moment you look away, the gift is gone, and a piece of gold has taken it's place, which you take. Insert then joins the Chairitomb Fight with Crystal in tow!

<BATTLE: THE PARK, TURN THREE>
The Scale is shattered, and the Behemoth has left. Victory! You do feel like you're being watched, though. That's almost certainly not good.

<BATTLE: FINAL GATE REDUX, TURN TWO>
Well, first off, you've lost two players. You should probably go and mend them-
cc: here's an idea
cc: ©hris(t)mas. (t)ha(t)'s pre(t)(t)y ©ool.
cc: how abou(t)
cc: we have a ©easefire
cc: and have a par(t)y
ga: How can you suggest that after you've killed a bunch of people!?
ga: Potential party-goers, at that!
cc: be©ause i ©an
cc: also (t)wo isn'(t) a bun©h

He seems to be serious. Chairitomb didn't fire any missiles, and seems to be acting somewhat docile.

cc: ...okay mainly be©ause i'm going (t)o ©rash (t)he hell ou(t) of (t)he par(t)y
cc: bu(t) go before i ©hange my mind please

...You all decide to vacate the fight, partially because party, and partially because Chaos is threatening to Zetta you all if you don't go and attend the party. When you arrive at the "Christmas Party House" down south of the Final Gate, snow begins to drift down from above. You also notice a large amount of noise coming out from the doors. Upon further examination, it seems like a good deal of the inhabitants of the Mindscape have arrived at the party already!

<CHRISTMAS>
Chaos has posted a few notices to the door...

>EASY CRAFTING ENABLED
(t)o relieve (t)ha(t) fren(t)ic feeling of las(t) minu(t)e shopping, i'm le(t)(t)ing you ©raf(t) wi(t)h less effor(t) and ma(t)erials. whoa. don'(t) ask how (t)ha(t) works.

>VARIOUS BONUSES
speaking of ©raf(t)ing, gli(t)©h (t)em is giving ou(t) free s(t)uff. well, i paid for i(t), bu(t) i(t)'s free for you. i fel(t) (t)he need to ©api(t)alism ya know? (t)here's also some ni©e foob. (t)ake some.

>SNOW SCULPTURE CONTEST
know wha(t)'s grea(t)? me. make a snow s©ulp(t)ure ou(t)side. (t)he bes(t) one wins, bu(t) i(t) mus(t) fea(t)ure me. gli(t)©h (t)em is judging, so i ©an'(t) be biased. (t)he s(t)a(t)ues s(t)ill go(t)(t)a involve me, (t)hough. also, here's a des©rip(t)ion of me. whoa.


also i'll give (t)he winner ©ool s(t)uff. everyone who pu(t)s some effor(t) in ge(t)s s(t)uff, (t)oo.

>ANTI FLIRT OS IS TURNED OFF
why (t)he hell did i do (t)his

...i(t)'ll be ba©k af(t)er ©hris(t)mas mark my words

>CEASEFIRE
no figh(t)ing (t)oday. we've done plen(t)y of (t)ha(t). also if you figh(t), i ©an'(t) ©rash (t)he par(t)y. so, uh, don'(t) do (t)ha(t). i'll be here soon.

(The Chairitomb fight will not progress this update. Simply take some time to do some crafting, socialize, snow-sculpture, chill, ice-pun, explore some of the new stuff in the Christmas Party House Zones, located to the south of the Base. Also, sculptures will be judged on Turn 202.)

(Also, for those of you who've gotten things, go open your presents! They probably have nice stuff. If you didn't get anything... maybe go talk to Glitch Temmie? Tem will probably spare you something.)

(You've all also obtained 1 Skill Point as another little treat. Merry (late) Christmas!)

Originally posted on 2016-12-26 00:33:00

Teag first walks in to the house, snickering as he sees what is above Chloe. He then walks out on to the balcony-
-Teag notices a potential salvageable object, namely the destroyed Chaos Drone. Oh god.
SALVAGING INTENSIFIES
He also grabs the piece of mistletoe, and bottles some ink because why not.
Teag then goes and grabs two cups of hot chocolate, one of which he adds to the Inventory, and the other one he starts drinking. He then heads in to the Entryway, and takes a seat on the couch. He then pulls out the consoles, and plugs them in to a TV with an infinite amount of input ports that everyone suddenly noticed was there above the fireplace. He also puts the video games in several neat stacks based on their respective consoles.

Teag2, on the other hand, is busy researching if Xavier had any schematics on forcefield generators, as he has an idea.

Originally posted on 2016-12-26 01:16:00

I open any presents addressed to me under the Christmas Tree, then move to the Christmas House and buy a Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Pack. I then snag some hot chocolate.


I then decide to make some crappy presents. I firstly convert 30 wire bits to 10 circuit boards, and take 7 iron ingots and 3 titanium, wrap them in a plastic container, throw in ten wire bits, then address the result to Mari as a "build your own robot kit." Next, i hollow out some incendiary bits so that they can be fitted over the adamant bolts used by the Adamant Therma, somehow imbue them with the power of all the flarefish in our inventory, and wrap it, then address it to Marron.

Originally posted on 2016-12-26 02:02:00

Roxxanne assigns her Temmie self to check on Mari. Just in case. Because she will forget to do this later, she switches out Enchant: Light for Enchant: Fire, because you know. Chairitomb is incoming after this. Roxxanne grabs Mari's present and delivers it to her, with a hug. "Merry Christmas, colon three!" Roxxanne does likewise with Marron's present, and likewise hugs Marron. "Merry Christmas, colon three!"

Roxxanne ninja's a Temmie Tea from the concessions. Finally, fearing the relative odds of a very lethal present amongst those addressed to her, Roxxanne opts to open Gladius's first, hopefully admiring it. She then casts Guardian on herself because noncombat, before carefully opening Marron's gift to her. Unless that would tangle her up somehow, she the pulls out a lockpick, a spear from the generic inventory, and then opens up her present from Chaos by lockpicking the chain, and then if this does not release it, opening the box, carefully, with the spear.

"Christmas should not cause paranoia! Greater than colon v!"

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 03:01:00

"[EXPLETIVE DELETED]! I forgot to make my present!" I take 1225 Attack Notices, erase all of the writing on them, and write the entirety of War and Peace on them. I then staple all of them together, bind the book in leather, and wrap it. I then add a tag that says "From Jon to the Secretary Book Club." I then run to the Secretary Book Club and drop off the present.

Resources Expended: 1225 Attack Notices, 1 Leather.

Item Created: War and Peace

I then snatch an Eggnog.

oh yeah skillpoints

i put three skillpoints into INT and the other into HP.

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 03:16:00

The Operative smiles faintly.

"That's that battle over with, and now I could use some way to relax and unwind. Speaking of which... Seems like it's that time of the year."

He proceeds to defy physics by jumping really high in the air, sailing through the air, and descending down near the balcony section of the christmas house... aaand he promptly fails the landing and crashes into the snow outside in a heap of wire and metal, probably to the amusement of those who know damn well he's not gonna die of fall damage. Or those that just like seeing him get hurt once in a while. A moment passes.

"Ow."

He stands up again, wires reconnecting themselves to his body, then turns and walks around the house to the entrance, proceeding to have some trouble with the door until he figures out whether it's supposed to be a push door or a pull door. Then, once inside, he sighs.

"Smells like Christmas. I wonder if there'll be food."

Then he sees the confections room.

"Yay, food. Not that I strictly need it. I'll decide what to have later."

After he's had a look in there, he wanders back to the main room, taking a look around. Then, he sees Chloe. Also, the Chaos Drone holding up a piece of mistletoe over her head. He already knows where this might be leading, so he heads on over to her. If there's room on the couch, he sits down beside her, whether it be on actual couch surface or one of the armrests. If not, he'll just sort of... I dunno... Turn into a collection of wires and sort of curl up on her lap like a cat? Or, you know, sit on the floor, like a normal person would.

"Hey Chloe. I see everyone's enjoying themselves here now... So, uh, don't know if you're aware of this, but there's a Chaos Drone holding a piece of mistletoe over you. I... don't actually know what that means. Does being under mistletoe mean something special or something?"

...He doesn't know how traditions work. That could be cute. Or just plain sad. Dunno.

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 03:22:00

Yoooooo, snow competition? Alright, let's get this stuff on!

Lyra +1's her STR, then +2's her SPC for that sweet summon bonus.

Lyra feverishly gets outside and fashions her own kind of snow sculpture.

After roughly 5 minutes, Lyra smiles, hangs up a curtain (somehow), and gets down to real buisness.

For all of 12 seconds, when it's done.

...Oh, she is really trying hard to be that person. It's an entire, massive "plate" of snow vertically stretching far up high. It's actually harming your neck a little to see all the way.
There are shards of ice added as detail to the 'points' of this sculpture. The main part of this "sculpture" is the letters carved into it, desgined to resemble ASCII-like lettering. They spell out the following words:
This is a snow sculpture. All materials are of the highest quality. It's points menace with shards of ice. The sculpture is of a team of heroes all sitting together at a table. The table is decorated with Eggnog. The table is decorated with Turkey. The table is decorated with Mashed Potatoes. The table is decorated with a small pile of Candy Canes. The table is decorated with a glass of Hot Chocolate. A red figure (t)ha(t) (t)alks like (t)his is crudely painted onto the window at the edge of the painting.

[color=#3333CC]Lyra has clearly taken a rather unique approach to what constitutes a sculpture. Lyra also gets to work, for lack of a better word, "reforging" the Chroma Hammer.

Lyra straight-up dissassembles it piece by piece, leaving only a bunch of scrap metal. That won't do, and it is not anywhere close to what Lyra needs to make this new, fancy item. Lyra trades in to collect all the material she needs, which measures up to:

• X "Like a Bunch of": Colorful Transparent Plastics
• X 7: Gemstones
• X 5: Steel Ingots
• X 25: Durasteel Ingots
• X approximately 2 Metric Tons: Kitsunium (wait, what?)

And with these, Lyra goes to work. She takes each Colorful Transparent Plastic and begins putting them together, having to cut them up by a bit to make them fit into the shape she needs. They bend rather easily, though, which gives off the impression that these would be more suitable in children's toys. Lyra then takes some of the Durasteel Ingots and crafts them into a small pole. The thing could fit between your fingers, and even then it's missing a top. Lyra then takes the Steel Ingots and carves it into a much more ornate design, which she then attaches to the end of the Small Durasteel Pole. Lyra then takes the 7 colorful gemstones, which each obviously-not coincidentally line up with the colors of the transparent plastics, into the seven, diamond-shaped small holes on the pole. It looks very... fan-like. Lyra then attaches the small pole to seven different, much smaller Durasteel poles, each with a small slot of leftover plastics on. They get attached to the ends of the seven original Colorful Transparent Plastics. It now is practically a fan, except for the fact that there is no way those plastics will fit into the fan for compression. I... I guess that's where part of the use of Kitsunium serves, but I'm pretty sure, considering who "created" it, the most likely guess to what this does is that it's basically whatever Lyra would need at the mome-

...

...

...

Cower in fear. Either way, with the pura broken of the Kitsunium, the fan now actually functions as one of those fans. Press the center button, it folds back up into the pole. Press it again, and it fully unfolds. It looks sleek, too, practically futuristic. I mean, it is, since it's definitely based on some future pop idol.

Luminescent Fan
Basically as powerful as the Chroma Hammer, maybe, but looks far more sophisticated. A sophisticated thwacking tool for a sophisticated foxgi- pffffffffff. Sorry, I couldn't say that without a straight face.
(7-8) DMG, 2 Range, 2 Retreat [It's not a hammer no more...]
SKILL: Ruri Iro Setsuna (A Flash of Azure). {INSERT OBLIGATORY PAINTBRUSH STUFF HERE, EXCLUDING THE CHROMA HAMMER'S SPLASH. THE APPLICATION IS NOW A SKILL AND IS IN A CONE, THOUGH.}
PASSIVE: Indigo Destiny. +1 DMG for every 2 enemies you hit (max 3 stacks) Effect cancels if you take damage equal to 25% or more of your Max HP, rounded up. Can be dispelled like a regular effect.

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 03:29:00

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

I have plans to use up the Origin Bone. If anyone wants it as a trinket, please say so. Elsewise, I'll be fusing it into the Sniper Charm with Mythril sometime soon.

[otherstufftocomehere]

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 03:49:00

Mabuz returns from wherever and enters the Christmas Party House, clearly in the festive spirit as he is now wearing a Santa hat and a ragged, fake beard that hangs loosely from his skeletal face. "Merry Chrimbus everyone!" Mabuz is clearly ignorant of the holiday's real name, though he actually seems rather cheery considering his usually dry mannerisms. It is probably the chilly season that has him in such high spirits, but either way it is rather odd. He wanders into the Confections Room and sneaks some candy canes into his false beard.

He puts three Skill Points into SPC and dumps the rest into HP. It was a good way to go.

[MORE TO ARRIVE]

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 04:02:00

Auth wanders idly around the Party House. He shares Chaos's disapproval of turning off the Anti Flirt OS.

Chaos, good sir, are you certain that disabling the AFOS is a logical course of action? I can't help but think that this will end poorly

Auth sighs, and decides to check on his friend, Roxxanne, as she delivers the gift to Mari.

Ah, Roxxanne! Would you be angry if I were to follow you around during the length of this party? I haven't anything better to do.

As Roxxanne opens her potentially dangerous presents, he stands by her, also noting that paranoia isn't becoming for Christmas, and that Roxxanne should be rightfully nervous about Marron's and Chaos' gifts.

Sadly, Roxxanne, your paranoia is warranted here.

Auth puts his hand on the Inkblot as they're opened.

Not a placeholder anymore. Bit short, not sure what else to say.

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 06:14:00

Placing crafting and Limit Break flavour in spoilers.



Toast then wanders down to the christmas party, fistbumps battlefury for setting it all up, then quickly makes a snow sculpture:
It's an upside down chair that's missing a leg. Toast says that it's abstract ...but the real question is how it's standing up while upside down.

Afterwards, she has a brief discussion with Alt about doing Charitomb while she sticks around at the party. Alt agrees, but spends some time to enjoy herself for now. So, she dashes over to the tree, grabs her present for Ette and dashes back to the Couch of Questionable Existence, which I now define as its legal name and correct identification. Anyway, Alt hugs Ette, and gives her her present with a broad smile.
Merry Christmas Ette!
She hands Ette the box, and adds, It's something that you can decorate, too! Just in case you find it a bit too drab.

Meanwhile, Toast takes off Fallen Angel and the Metalhead Crown for now (so she's not uncomfortable), instead revealing a two-tone brown and orange hoodie with tan-coloured jeans. She then enters, grabs a cookie and some tea from the table, then makes her way over to Marron.

Merry Christmas!

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 06:16:00

HealerX +1s his MP, and gets to work on snow sculpturing. He redirects all energy to speed/efficiency, retroactively FALCON PUNCHes JOEbob, and pieces together a snow/hollowed bark hybrid sculpture.

The sculpture is of a hybrid between Chaos and Wood Man from Mega Man II, with a floating speech bubble that says "ice." The sculpture seems to be holding up a hollowed bark sign that says "[I only build high-quality snow sculptures.]" Oh, and the sign has a radio attached to it playing Snow Halation nonstop.
----
After the scuplture building, HealerX attempts to open one of his gifts, then claims his free stuff from Glitch Temmie. Specifically, the Anklet of the Wind.
"Wow, +hanks!"

He casually drops an Eggnog into the Inventory.
----
HealerX then decides to abuse the Easy Crafting event.
-Crafting: Pannenkoek's Ammonomicon-
INPUT: 1 Ammonomicon, 1 YV Statue, 1 Engineer's Blueprints, 1 Magical Cardboard, 1 Spelunker Potion, 1 Random Floating Target, 1 Strategist's Emblem, 7,777 Attack Notices

Process: HealerX takes the Ammonomicon, shoves 7,777 attack notices between its pages, and puts it in the center of an Infusion Altar. He places a YV statue, the Engineer's Blueprints, the Magical Cardboard, the Spelunker Potion, the Random Floating Target, and the Strategist's Emblem on the surrounding pedestals.

He right-clicks the Runic Matrix. It starts glowing, and a bunch of essentia bottles pop out of nowhere.

"+elum."

The light-red bottle empties out into the Runic Matrix. The Ammonomicon's weapon knowledge expands.

"Machina. +erra. Mo+us."

The green, cyan, and grey bottles empty out into the Runic Matrix. The inner workings of the universe, mechanical and natural, become clear to the book.

"Every o+her aspec+ +ype relevan+ +o +his book!"

A rainbow of essentia flows into the Runic Matrix. The Ammonomicon shakes heavily, then stops. The surrounding items on the pedestals slowly fade into dust, which flies into the Runic Matrix. Except the Strategist's Emblem, which remains on its pedestal.

The Infusion Altar retreats into the ground. Only an upgraded Ammonomicon remains. But it has a hole, in which HealerX places the Strategist's Emblem. The book glows, then stabilizes, showing that it is complete.

Pannenkoek's Ammonomicon: But first, we need to talk about parallel universes.
Effects: Silence Immunity, +2 DMG for Ranged non-magic weapons, +1 SPC, -1 Shifting Sands cost, Psychic weakness. You may choose to dodge-roll instead of move for the turn, which moves you one space, and gives you +20% dodge for the turn. This also slightly buffs your special in a vague, non-specific way.
----
HealerX returns his build to normal, and jump-jets to the Balcony, next to the Hooded Figure.
"Hello, hooded figure guy! Girl! Apache Helicop+er! I don'+ know!"

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 07:50:00

i compress dog residue and blocks and such as much as i can.
i ask where the list of free items is, if there is one- if you can just take whatever from the shop for free, then i buy as much awesome sauce as i can before it stops being free.
if i can use any item in the inventory, then i combine hollowed log and incendiary bits, then probably combine the result with a diamond.
for the ice sculpture, i carve an elaborate room, 5m by 5m, with a sculpture of chaos, his smile far too big, with a space in his eyes to put any bright red thing i find. he also has a cape, ripped and tattered. the room is elaborate, doubling as a room and a giant crystal, rainbows all over the floor when the light strikes it. the walls and ceiling have many shapes, a snake, a chair, a demon, and many more. 8 in total. there are several small bumps in the floor, though none of them get in peoples ways, and when chaos enters the room, he will be struck by chair lighting, but there’s a sign saying "NO CHAOS ALLOWED!", so take of that what you will. also, lightly stencilled into the floor are several dips, each playing tricks on the eye. anyway yeah that’s the sculpture.


Originally posted on 2016-12-27 11:07:00

Chlorin attempts to shoot the nearby Chaos Saber, but fails due to his gun suddenly not working. He promptly remembers Christmas and goes to make a present.

Chlorin gets to work making a present. He gets A Mage Robe and cuts off the hood. He sows the 2 ends of the Mage Robe together and then bleaches the sown robe. He bleaches the hood as well. After that ,he begins to fold the hood into a shape, which comes out as what looks like a nurse hat. He uses the crafting station to make it so that it doesn't unfold back into a hood. He uses 3 Redstone Dust to paint one small Red Cross on the nurse hat on one big one on the nurse robe. He puts it all in a present box that suddenly appeared. He summonifies a tag, and writes:

To: Healerbot

From: Chlorin

He puts the present under the christmas tree.

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 19:25:00

I'm sad. The only reason I started commanding Oriko again was because I wanted to go kill the final bosses and stuff. Oh, well, Oriko Alef sleeps next to the Gate and Oriko Bet goes to go build a snow sculpture of waifu Chaos.

Originally posted on 2016-12-27 22:35:00

Christmas stuff's goin' on, and you better believe that Dark's joining in the fun.
He rushes over to the party, basically. He then proceeds to greet everyone with a hearty "Merry Christmas!"

He hands Chloe's and TOFS' gifts to their respective owners. "Hope ya like!"

He then takes Chloe's present addressed to him; a bottle-shaped gift that I can guess is a HP version of the Esthus. He unwraps it. Either way, though, he still thanks Chloe for the gift, and could be seen tearing up slightly. Is he really that soft on the inside?

If asked why he's tearing up, he just says (re: exposits);


He then takes a Hot Chocolate. Because that stuff's delicious. Soothes the soul.

[SWITCH TO: 1ST PERSON]

I then notice that a snow sculpture contest is going on.
"...Eh, why not. But snow? That's generally difficult to work with, and doesn't look the best to boot. I'd like to one-up that."
I begin what looks like a shout. And you would be right.
"Iiz..." My breath becomes icy. "...Krah DIIN!"
Aimed directly at the ground, the massive ball of frost instantly solidifies into a rather large, usable block of ice in mere moments.

Taking a moment to catch my breath, I form a beam of plasma so thin, yet so short, on a strange tentacle-like appendage emerging from my back, and begin to carve an Ice Sculpture, getting all the fine details in, changing the length of plasma needed for the details. It's all etched out in my mind, which happens to directly control the flow of the aforementioned plasma torch tendril. As time was short, more of them begin appearing and helping cut through the ice.

Until, at long last, the sculpture was completed. It depicts Chaos leaping towards a familiar-looking dragon, who also seems to be charging up a shot of... a certain liquid substance. Chaos was leaping towards his opponent with the Infernal Torment (and is inexplicably being held in place with nothing attaching it), the dragon, on all fours, and the arena half-covered in code thorns, another half, in some sort of runed surface. Careful detail to the source material was given to this piece; the ice was smooth where it was required to be, and rough where that was needed.

Interestingly, the ice, soon after the initial shape's completion, began to show color... or the reduction thereof, in some cases. The dragon becomes a dark grey, with piercing red eyes with a chaotic, black fissure through them. The liquid sorta just stays the same color as the blue ice. Chaos becomes his usual red, as do the thorns. The runed surfaces are a light-draining black, with the engravings glowing a blueish-green.

Very confusingly, though, a strange purple, blue, yellow, and black creature that looks like a cosmic gas cloud is spotted on the sculpture, and after closer inspection, it is, in fact, a Cosmog. Pew. And it's smiling as it's watching the battle, popcorn in its mouth.

At the base of the statue, it reads; "A Battle of the Underdogs... and Nebby With Popcorn. - DarkSide".

Originally posted on 2016-12-28 08:12:00

<TURN TWO-HUNDRED AND ONE>

Welp, computer decided to refresh. So I'll summarize some bits, but go and recreate the dialogue.

>Teag: You salvaged some things from the Chaos Drone, got some hot chocolate, set up some consoles at the TV, and got Mari to shrug and project her personal barrier.
>Battlefury: Opened the MSG Pack, getting some cards. (Seadevil Stinger, Daring Reporter, Smuggler's Crate, Crystalweaver, Madam Goya) Gift crafting failed! First one due to no wire bits, second due to serious lack of effort. You also opened Marron's gift, obtaining a really cute Annoying Dog plushie. You also got some sweet, sweet, hot coco.

I'll go and recreate Tazz's post, though. Which is also where it refreshed.

Roxxanne proceeds to switch Enchant Light for Enchant Fire, because it was a good way to go. Your Temmie-self then goes to check up on Mari, who isn't doing anything particularly bad, besides loitering. You then head over and deliver a gift in-person to her. Mari shoves you away as you hug her, then snatches the gift up, not even showing a bit of thanks for your delivery. She begins to fiddle with the wrapping, slowly ripping the gift box open.

ut: Wonder what useless trinket you got me...

She pulls out the Magitek Armband and the MX-Drone. She slips on the armband, and lets out a faint smile as the MX-Drone whirs to life, floating just above her right shoulder.

ut: I mean, it's not terrible.
ut: Thanks, I suppose.

She dismisses you, and you head off to deliver your gift to Marron. She eagerly (but thanklessly) grabs the gift from your arms, and rips the box right open. She holds up the Energy Poncho, and begins to blush, her face lighting up with a crimson glow. She seems ashamed.

tc: I-I-It's really nice.
tc: Well.
tc: Now I feel like a piece of gorilla.

She face-desks into the table in-front of her, her groans somewhat muffled as she moans into the hard oak of the table. About seven seconds later, she raises her head up slightly. avoiding eye contact with you.

tc: I-I'm going to say "sorry" in advance for my gift.
tc: Hopefully you'll get a chuckle out of it at least, or something...
tc: L-Look.
tc: Just so we're even, I'll get you something nice later, alright?
[small][small]tc: Also, my gift isn't actively dangerous or anything like that, so... don't worry about that.[/small][/small]

She plants her face back into the table, as you remove the wrappings from her gift. Inside is an ornate spruce music box, seemingly hand-carved and made with expert craftsmanship. You release the golden lock on the front of the box, revealing a circular oaken platform where a bundle of cloth rests. The platform begins to spin as a cute child's song begins to emanate from the box. As the song progresses, the little of bundle of cloth slowly rises up, eventually becoming an outstretched arm by the end of the song. Once the song ends, the arm leans towards you, rotates it's palm away from you, and pauses for a second.

It then proceeds to flip you off, and slams the box shut. What a wonderful gift...? Marron doesn't even laugh upon hearing the box slam shut, and just asks you with an upset tone for you to leave her. As you turn to leave, she discards her cloak into the inventory, and equips the poncho, before burying her face back into the table. You then opt to retrieve and open Chloe's gift for you, finding a tall bottle of... something. You decide to read the note included with the gift, grabbing some tea as you do so.

"Heya, Roxxy! I heard you complaining about a lack of delicious goods one time, so I decided to get you a little something! It's a bit of "sparkling apple juice"; it's not alcoholic or anything like that, and it's super sweet and fizzy! Just for you, I also hyped it up with a lot of sugar... which should have interesting side effects. I hope you like it!"

You add the juice to the Consumables section of the inventory, before self-Guardian-ing, and producing a spear from Basicitemlandia. You then head over to Chaos's present addressed to you, lockpick the locks, and then hit the box open with your spear. Once the open busts open, there's a small confetti-esque burst of fur as something inside suddenly sits up straight. Then, a pair of familiar eyes focus on the spear point.

Boo. ... Mind putting that spear away though? I put a few extra points into my HP, but that would still probably two or three shot me.

...It's Wilson! He patiently sits outside of the box, listening to Chaos being disappointed.

cc: goooooooood damni(t)
cc: i wan(t)ed you (t)o s(t)ab (t)he box or some(t)hing
cc: (t)ha(t) would've been grea(t)
cc: merry ©hris(t)mas i guess

So, unless Talist changes his mind last-second, Wilson has rejoined the game! Hurray! He has a feeling that Chloe / Gladius might want to see him.

Jon then fuses 1225 Attack Notices with no writing on them, and a piece of leather to make a copy of War and Peace for the Secretary Book Club. The Secretaries toss you their gift, which appears to be a spell tome, called Binary Operation. The Secretaries then head to a corner, and begin reading through the book together, completely silent as they do so. You then snatch an eggnog. The Operative then does... STUFF. The first round of stuff involves arriving at the house, and then talking with Chloe. She immediately invites you to sit up with her on the couch, which you do. You then both ask her about mistletoe, and inform her that there's a Chaos Drone with said plantmatter above her. She immediately panics, ignites violently, and slings a fireball at the drone, which misses it. Ette quickly sprays down Chloe with the extinguisher, and the immediate area where the fireball hit. Chloe coughs for a little, before attempting to explain mistletoe to you.

ga: Uh, well you see, Mistletoe hanging above somebody's head means...
ga: Uh...

She blushes, her Flustergauge rising to 100%. She begins to ramble, sounding both confused and embarrassed.

ga: W-W-Well, you see, normally what you do when there's a piece of m-mistletoe is kiss the girl under it but you p-probably already knew that oh geez is this just some ploy to kiss me I mean I wouldn't mind really but it just seems so sudden we haven't even gone on a proper date or gone out for dinner or anything like that b-but if you really want to you can go and do it in front of everyone I mean I wouldn't mind b-but Chaos is going to make it really awkward for me somehow and uuuughh Chaos why'd you need to do this why couldn't you shiptease the Author and Roxxy instead but just remember Operative, that this doesn't mean that I don't want to kiss you or anything in fact i'd be fine with it but it's just so aaaaa-

She buries her face into your lap. A few seconds later, she rises up, reassumes proper posture, and tries talking to you, her cheeks still glowing like lava lamps.

ga: ...Sorry about that. Heh.
ga: I have no actual problems with it, but if you really wanna do it, can we do it outside in the snow?
ga: Mainly so it'd be less awkward just in case Chaos does something, and also because I might accidentally burn the entire party house down after getting excited like that.
[small][small]ga: Plus it'd be at least eight times more romantic in the snow, hehehe~[/small][/small]
ga: ...
ga: I'm gonna get more hot chocolate.

She picks herself up, and tries to look casual as she walks over to the concessions. Lyra, probably on the other end of the flusterspectrum, +1's her STR and then +2's her SPC. You then head outside and build the dwarfiest snow sculpture to date. You then exchange the Chroma Hammer for some parts, creating the Luminescent Fan! Mabuz then becomes the Chrimbus Party Master + Collector of Candy Canes, and invests some points into SPC and HP. The Author then expresses disapproval with the turning off of the Anti-Flirt OS.

cc: deal wi(t)h i(t) nerd
cc: bu(t) yeah i(t) was a (t)errible idea

Toast then decides to set up Massacre before leaving for the party, and makes a cute little Ranger's outfit for Marron's Puppet Charm, using 4 Silkweed. She sticks it in a box, and then uses 100,000 attack notices to create an equal amount of paper. You then create an abstract snow chair that's missing a leg and is also upside down, before grabbing Ette's present and delivering it to her. She rips open the present, and instantly dons the armor that you made for her. Ette then pulls you into a warm hug, keeping you there for a literal minute. She then lets you go, and addresses you to the tree. She'd like to go and grab her present for you, but she'd like to remain in the house just in case Chloe lights something on fire again. She follows you as you head over to Marron. You greet her a "Merry Christmas!" as you deliver the puppet costume to her. She happily greets you, having perked up upon seeing you.

tc: Sup! Merry Christmas to you too, Toaster.

She happily takes the costume, and slips it onto her Puppet Charm. Based off her reaction, the charm looks absolutely adorable with the costume on.

tc: Hehehe. What should I learn? I have so many possibilities!
tc: ...should I make some sort of trapping skill, or just a support skill of sorts? I'll let you pick.
tc: I should also thank you for making something for my sis. The armor looks nice on her.

Ette grabs you both a plate of Candy Canes (and one cookie, which enters the inventory). Marron happily digs into one cane, talking to you with her mouth full.

tc: Anyway, I got you something. Wanna open it?

She hands you a present, which you quickly open. Inside is not one, but TWO Jadesaw Upgrade canisters; one filled with feathers and growing green, the other apparently filled with what looks like a brain, and glowing pink. She takes the time to finish swallowing her food before addressing you again.

tc: Surprise! I made you TWO, because we're both awesome.

Marron seems perfectly content to just sit with you and socialise. Ette also takes a seat, watching Chloe like a hawk just in case she ignites again. Meanwhile, HealerX +1's his MP, and falcon punches JOEbob. This doesn't really seem to deter him from doing his actions. You then build a nice sculpture of a Chaos Woodman fusion, which is very ice indeed. You then claim an Eggnog and an Anklet of Wind, and construct Pannenkoek's Ammonomicon, using the Ammonomicon, the YV Statue (somehow, but it isn't destroyed), the Engineer's Blueprints, 1 Magical Cardboard, the Spelunker Potion, the Floating Target, the Strategist's Emblem, and 7,777 Attack Notices. While it seems that the crafting was a success, only the +1 SPC and the Vague Special Buff were added to the Ammonomicon. You'll also need Mythril to go further. You then go to greet the hooded figure. Your vision goes black for a second as you try to get visual on the figure's face. When your vision returns, the figure is gone, and there's a quiche in it's place. You loot the quiche.

Joe then attempts to compress some Dog Residue. The Residue decides to compress you into a meaty cube instead. You respawn, with no ill effects for whatever reason. This does deny you from finishing your action, though. Chlorin then expends a Mage Robe, 3 Redstone Dust and... that's it, to make a present for HealerX! It'll probably act like a normal nurse hat. Oriko Bet then builds a simple statue of Chaos. Boring, but it's Chaos, so...

Darkside then gets into the festive mood, and hands Chloe her gift! She gives you thanks and a quick hug, and opens the package to reveal the Flarefin Koi bowl! She holds the bowl up, admiring the beautiful fish inside.

ga: Hehehe, it looks just like me!
ga: ...I mean with the fire and stuff. Thanks, man!
ga: I hope you enjoy my little present to you. I'll be sure to take good care of yours! Come to think of it, I should go bring it somewhere where it can't be hurt...

She leaves the building for a second to place the bowl down at the Base. While she's returning, you opt to give the Black Widow's Battlearmor to TOFS. It slips into the armor quickly, lets out a happy noise, and "hugs" your leg by clinging onto it. TOFS has obtained massive upgrades! When Chloe comes back, she escorts you inside, and hands you her present. Upon opening, it seems to be near identical to Roxxanne's. The note's different, though.

"Heya, Darkside! I've decided to pack you something that'd help you alleviate one of your weaknesses even further! It's a bit of "sparking apple juice"; it's non-alcoholic, so don't be worried about that. Anyway, with the help of our resident friendly spider, I managed to make some nice anti-venom, which shoooould help you whenever you get poisoned. Hope it helps!"

After having a bit of a breakdown, you then scoop up some Hot Chocolate, and create a fabulous ice-sculpture with Chaos, a dragon, and Nebby. While Chaos questions your usage of ice in the build, Glitch Temmie seems to be fine with it.

...From the distance, Chairitomb lets out a noise. You all realize that you should go and attend the battle... but your clones can still go and party!

<BATTLE: FINAL GATE REDUX, TURN ERR>
The battle has resumed! No missiles have been fired due to festivities, so it'll be a rather calm turn today. Once more, happy holidays!

Originally posted on 2016-12-29 01:03:00

i move to k7, stab the cannon, then retreat to J9

My clone heads to the christmas haus/roxxanne's current location give roxxanne a white and pink (actual!) puppy covered with light pink hearts to Roxxanne. It then does the same with Ette, giving Ette a bulldog puppy.

Originally posted on 2016-12-29 03:33:00