Siria pops a stack of Overclock and just kinda unloads into Rikoxxy until death, peppering anything living and non-Vein nearby with the shots left over.

Originally posted on 2017-05-12 23:57:00

I decide that I'm not done building things yet, and decide that my current Trinket is kind of... boring. Let's make something new. So some Celestial Essence, Memory of Light, 20 pieces of Hardened Glass, 3 melons, exactly two diamonds, 100 Compressed Dog Blocks, 6 cobalt, and.... lets go 10 adamantite. I have no idea what I'm doing but let's make things anyways. I'd use Entropic Shards, but I'm saving those for the weapon upgrade.

For the beginning, let's take the Memory of Light. Now then, I take the Celestial Essence, and, putting the Memory in one hand, and the Essences in the other, and, using my body as a conduit, absorb the Celestial Essence, transferring the essence into the Memory of Light, creating a thin, hard outer shell around it that glows very slightly. I then eat a melon in order to recover some energy. Turns out celestial essences are rather essence filled. Drained a lot of energy to absorb it.

I take the Celestial Memory, which is what I'm calling what I just made, and the 100 Compressed Dog Blocks. Why did I take these? Oh, right. I then Compress the dog blocks even further. And then some more. And more, creating some very compressed dog about the size of the Celestial Memory. Then I tear off small chunks of it and surround the Celestial Memory in the floofy fur of dog, creating a Memory of Celestial Dog. It's now about large enough to fit in my hand.

For the nearly final step, I take the Memory of Celestial Dog and the diamonds, crushing the diamonds into a fine powder via the power of saying I do something. And lo, the diamonds are crushed into a powder... about 3 hours afterwards. I eat another melon. Nom nom nom tasty melon. I take the powdered diamond, and spread it all over the Memory of Celestial-Ow! Ok, powdered diamonds are rather painful. I put on some gloves, then spread the diamond powder over the Memory of Celestial Dog. The Memory of Celestial Dog now has a bunch of diamond dust in it. It's still glowing somehow.

Now for the final step. I take the Hardened Glass, Cobalt, and Adamantite. I melt down all of the three, creating a translucent, purple-ish liquid, which I then plot the Memory of Celestial Dog into. And now comes the true genius of why I used the Compressed Dog Blocks. You know how Dog fur is really good at absorbing liquids? Like, annoyingly good? Yeah, I'm taking advantage of that. The liquid seeps into the Dog fur, absorbing quite nicely. After several hours, and another melon later, its hardened into a protective shell, purple in color, vaguely translucent, flecked with diamond dust, and glowing slightly.

Soul of Perseverance created!
Grants the following effects:
When healed, healer gains HP equal to half the HP healed. +1 AC. +10% chance to revive as a dog upon death (Additive). +1 HP regen. If you need to buff it, add to the health regen

Originally posted on 2017-05-13 01:51:00

<TURN TWO-HUNDRED AND FOURTY-ONE>
Alt begins by handing Marron four pieces of Gold. She counts it up, and promptly drags Alt (and Ette) into the Temmie Superstore.

tc: Yes! Thanks, Toaster!
tc: It's been a while since I've been able to splurge a little...
tc: Let's go and...

She leads the team around the massive complex labyrinth of shops and stalls, stopping every so often to pick up some random silly items.

x1 Spinning Thing obtained! I saw a few tems playing with these. Plus, Ette wanted it.
x1 Prop Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle obtained! Auth's pretty chill. Maybe he'd like this?
x1 Bag of Pretzels obtained! Snacks are important, I feel...
x40 Gear Bits obtained! Always pays to have a few of these around; I made a box to flip off Roxxy with some of these...
x1 Canister of Zombie Repellant obtained! ...This exists? Wish I knew that earlier...
x1 Spell Tome: Status Cloud obtained! It was in the bargain bin. Maybe Lyra could find a use for it. Or maybe Auth.

Then, she stumbles upon something actually pretty nice...

tc: Hey, what's this now...?
tc: ...I think this is from that comic that Chaos hates.
tc: Score! We should totally stab him with it!

x1 Top Half of Caledfwlch obtained! It looks like a pretty neato crafting material.

After what seems like hours, Marron finally puzzles her way out of the Temmie Superstore.

tc: Well, that was quite the trip.
tc: Hopefully, you can find a use for some of these knick-knacks.
tc: I think I'll just go and rest until we go North or something, now...
tc: That is, unless you wanna do something. If you do, I'm all ears!

She takes Alt back to the Clearing in Zone 1, as it's a pretty chill place to rest. Dimitri then decides to use that Mecha Frame that never got finished, and decides to finish it! It does consume a Seat, a Broken Stasispod, a Floating Platform, 15 Celestial Essence, 5 Circuit Boards, 5 Wire Bits, 19 Restone, 9 Hardened Glass, 13 Cobalt Bars, 6 Souls and Lord Dome's arm, but hey; MECH. SUIT. For ease of convenience, you also opt to make a "Calldown Remote", which can summon Creo's Mech with the press of a button. Creofall Remote obtained as an Offensive item! It's reusable too, which is nice.

Lyra then expends a Bar of Mythril after cloning herself multiple times, to the distress of probably Roxxanne. This was probably a bad idea, but it certainly seems like a capable murderfan. Both the Operative and Roxxanne then update their specials! To end this part of the update, Emerald tosses together 5 Celestial Essence, a Memory of Light, 20 chunks of Hardened Glass, 3 Melons, 2 Diamonds, 100 Compressed Dog Blocks, 6 Cobalt Bars, and 10 Adamantite to create the Soul of Perseverance!

Whew. That was a heckofalotacrafting. That takes time to process for some reason.

...Roxxanne also radios some information to Chloe and the others, despite being dead and stuff.

ga: W-Wait, instant death?
ga: ...Who's being targeted by that?
ga: Hopefully, none of you were hurt by it...
ga: R-Roxxy! Don't lose hope!
tc: Nah, let her lose hope. It'll be funnier that way.
ga: What do you have against Rox-
tc: SHUT UP
[small][small]ga: okay[/small][/small]
tc: But still. Go make yourself useful and kill that thing before going insane, alright?
tc: Instant death doesn't sound fun in the slightest.
[small][small]tc: please target chloe over me okay thanks[/small][/small]

Meanwhile, Mari's gives a sleepy "gee, that sounds fun" before nodding off to sleep. The other two girls (and Ette) keep on listening in. Chloe frantically picks up the radio and speaks into it.

ga: ...Everyone is okay, right?
tc: Probably. Who cares.

...There's a pause. Marron snatches the radio.

tc: Hey Roxx! Someone!
tc: Give us a play-by-play! It'll be funny!

She sets the radio down.

<BATTLE: HEARTS IS A BAD CARD GAME, TURN SEVEN>
63 63 3a 20 44 4f 20 4e 4f 54 20 6c 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 68 69 74 20 30 25 2e 0d 0a 63 63 3a 20 49 66 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 2c 20 79 6f 75 27 6c 6c 20 61 6c 6c 20 64 69 65 2e 0d 0a 63 63 3a 20 41 6c 73 6f 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 4e 45 45 44 20 74 6f 20 6b 69 6c 6c 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 69 6e 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 74 27 6c 6c 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 6f 66 66 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 6d 75 63 68 20 65 61 73 69 65 72 2e 2e 2e

...Chaos takes a moment to speak up.

cc: say, on©e you ge(t) i(t) low enough, (t)here's some(t)hing i've been meaning (t)o (t)ry
cc: i(t) involves me res(t)ri©(t)ing des©endan©y ex©ep(t) no(t)
cc: (t)akes a lo(t) of (t)ime and energy, (t)hough
cc: and should only be saved for despera(t)e si(t)ua(t)ions, (t)hough
cc: so we'll wai(t) on i(t)

...Meanwhile, Chloe is blissfully ignorant to the fact that the Operative died again. Maybe he should tell her or something, unless it'd worry her a lot.

Originally posted on 2017-05-13 01:59:00

I mindblast the C7 vein

Originally posted on 2017-05-13 03:11:00

@JOE you have an extra skill slot
----
A huge "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" is emitted from Creo's ghost mouth as soon as he sees his mech complete.

"THANK YOU DIMITRI!"

"So when is Creofall time?"

"Later. +hings are pre++y shaky in +here."

"Aww."
----
After the Chaos Drone acts, Dimitri uses Death Defying Moment to revive Roxxanne (J15), Operative (I15), and Jon (I14), then pops a Manacannon on the 7.1 tile.

Originally posted on 2017-05-13 03:23:00

wait a second...
[puts revive in that skill slot]
No I don't!
.thinkg

Originally posted on 2017-05-13 10:48:00

I put the Zombie Elf up for Confession, as I doubt there's another two veins to kill in time.

I tell the Zombie Elf to do what Tazz says from now on

I move to Q7 (flight is very helpful here), and use Shifting Sands on the Deleted. Bye bye Deleted... unless it somehow survives. Which it probably will. Anyways, I turn to Null "Surprise!", move upwards one space, and cast Pushback on the Null

Originally posted on 2017-05-13 12:13:00

Alright, so...

@Zombie Elf: Move to G9, and use Christmas Spirit on the Temmie Hero.

@Chaos Drone: Fire on the Glitched.

@HealerbotX: Use your special to rez a lot of people. I'll leave it to your discertion but it's very obvious that Jon can't be revived as he is. Then fire on the Glitched when it appears at 7.1 via your Manacannon.

The Temmie Hero, once the Glitched appears at 7.2, proceeds to use Temfist. Eat 30 damage, Glitched, and git gud. The Tem Hero will then move to G9, Spinning Flakes, and move to F8.

@Siria: Pop the arms you're in range of.

@White Cleric @Toast @Chaos Ray: With your powers combined, kill the C15 Vein!

@Battlefury @Lyra: With your powers combined, kill the C7 vein!

EDIT:

Roxxanne has revived at J15. She'll move to I13 and triple-punch (Heaven Breaker included) the Shattered directly. There is a reason for this: Given that this thing gets actions if we drop it to 0 and we'd need a final effort to finish it off, it means we have to do about 55 damage, which between me and the Operative, we can do. "Taaaake THIIIIS!" She'll retreat to I14 afterwards.

Meanwhile, back with the others, Temmie! Roxxanne is not bothered by Marron's request for a play by play. She has become totally distracted by the sight of Cupcake playing with a stick. "So adoriboooooooooooooooooo," Roxxanne says, enraptured as Cupcake lays down and gnaws on the stick.

"...Oh, right. Uh, was dead, missed some of the action. Healerbot Xenogenesis-full name-revived me, Oppy and Jon. We all died to weird stuff-Oriko ate me due to some weird WARE thing she got infected with and we were merged together for a while, but that's over now; Oppy got inflicted with some 'kill ally or die' disease, which was explosive so that actually bit the merged 10-13 combo in the tushie, and Jon just got really unlucky with number 12... Uh, 12's gimmick is that he, being the Deleted, uh, 'deletes' part of people? Ability to buff, ability to move, ect. Oh, and it's just the 'Telltale Heart' and the Deleted left before we get to the big guy," Roxxanne says. "Oh, and the Telltale Heart looks kinda like this," Roxxanne says, creating a drawing of the Telltale heart. It's rough and without color, but it gets the job done; two faces, ten arms, heart-based body, and a stick figure for size comparison. The stick figure in question is flipping the bird at the Telltale Heart, and vice-versa.

She returns to cupcake gnawing on his stick. "Whu's a widdle adoriboo? Whu's a widdle adoriboo? You are, yes you are, colon three,"

Originally posted on 2017-05-14 05:49:00

I was going to do the radio thing, but I lost my post twice, so rip.

Toast moves to E15 and uses Button Mash Rose's Grace! She starts off this graceful maneuvere by using Semi-Auto Rounds on the Arm at F15 and the Vein at C15.

- If both shots hit:
Toast uses High-Recoil Round on the Vein, taking her to H15. Here she uses Compact to move to J13, then casts Shifting Sands on The Grue, sending it into the abyss. She does the Vriska-waving-goodbye-as-it-plummets-into-the-abyss thing since that's a thing that she can do. Finally, she finishes by retreating to P16.

- If the Vein shot misses, but the Arm shot hits:
Toast uses Launch Forward, moving her west, then using that momentum to Spear the Vein, before retreating to B15.

- If the shot on the Arm misses, regardless of whether the Vein shot missed or not:
Toast uses High-Recoil Round on the Arm and uses the momentum to Spear the Vein. She then retreats to B15.

When Auth comes around with the rifle, Alt admires the handiwork.
Woah, that is one hella sweet rifle. I still prefer my spears and chainsaws and all, but... dang.

She nudges Marron, gesturing towards the rifle. She should totally try it out.

Originally posted on 2017-05-14 06:38:00

I sit around being ded, then note that I was actualy going to try to exit the map through the hole near the character names& boxes, except I died.
"TODAY'S THOUGHT: This rift in timespace isn't cosmetic. Also, Brutal End is active. Careful."
so it looks my idea was either right, or horribly, horribly wrong.

Originally posted on 2017-05-14 11:31:00

The White Cleric moves to D13 and attacks the vein.

"Ugh...owowowowowowow.
You would not believe how much that hurt."

...It appears sir Ikari has a few problems narrating right now. I shall do my best as his acting replacement.
Lyra moves to E8, attacks the vein, applies Primed, and waits.

Originally posted on 2017-05-14 18:16:00

Auth finds a (clearly fake) Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle in the Inventory. His eyes light up.

Oh my! Incredible, an Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle, I've heard the legends about what this did to The Rifles and the 78th... I have one of these at home, shame it's fake.

Auth has an idea, but he'll need some time. Auth spins his black blade, and he points it at Lyra, splashing her with the deep, dark blue of Peligin and the bright, blood red of Violant. Auth salutes, before dropping an Ink Specter on the spot he's standing on.

I've some errands I should take care of, but treat this Spectre like it's me, I'll hear you.

Auth waves, before running out of the Battle and Zone, back to Zone 4, and then to The Base. Auth makes a high-pitched whistle, and all of the Masters are there soon enough. Mr Iron asks before the other Masters can get a word in.

SO, AUTHOR. WHAT DO YOU WANT?

Auth gleefully claps his hands, seemingly in high spirits.

And, dear Author, where is your coat that I so carefully repaired? Or the dress I had made for your dear friend?

Somewhere safe, and with my coat. Now, to Mr. Iron's query...

CRAFTING: Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle.

Materials Used: Infernal Shartshooter's Rifle Prop, Clay (if I can get some), 20 Gear Bits, 3 Souls of Fright, 21 Souls, 15 Cinder Logs, 1 Gold Ingot, 3 Correspondence Tablets, 10 Iron Ingots.

Stats: (15-16) Fire Damage, 4 Range, 0 Retreat.

Weapon Effect: Infernal Reputation: Upon hitting an enemy, apply Fear and Burn for two turns. Takes one turn to Reload. You can "bonk" while reloading, as a Range 1 Retreat 1 attack which deals (4-5) Fire damage. Scales with STR at a X2 Rate.

We're going to turn this prop rifle into the real deal!

THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.

Auth glares at Mr. Iron, before pulling out the prop rifle.

SO! I'm gonna need your help for some things. Mr. Iron, I require your expertise in weapon-working, and Mr. Pages, I need the blueprint to a real Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle. I know you've got one, you're Mr. Pages, you've got so many books I'd be surprised if you didn't. Mr. Mirrors, I require you to find me a Devil. The Infernal would also be a great help here.

Ah, because I can go to the Parabola? I can do, Author.

I also need you, Mr. Cups, to acquire some clay.

Mr. Mirrors/Cups gives a thumbs up as they walk away.

Mr. Fires, I need you to get me some sort of wood.

What? Why me!?

You import some wood to the Neath, don't you? You are the Master in control of imports.

Y-W-You... Fine. But this had better work.

I trust it will go swimmingly.

Mr. Fires follows suit with Mr. Cups leaving.

My contribution.

Mr Stones drops a Gold Ingot and three Correspondence Plaques on the table.

Should I even ask?

They were shiny.

... Fair enough.

Ah hah! I knew I had this with me. Author, my most Reliableness, please, take this!

A blue roll of parchment is handed to Auth. He opens it, and looks at it, seemingly comparing what's on it to the rifle he has there.

Thank you, Mr. Pages. This was very informative.

Auth grabs some (surprisingly to him) Nevercold Brass Gear Bits from the stack. He takes them, along with some Souls, to the table with everything else. As he gets back, Mr. Mirrors and Mr. Fires return. Mr. Fires is carrying a stack of Cinder Logs, and Mr. Cups has a large brick of clay in one arm, and is carrying a Devil resembling Auth with the other. The Devil is tied to a chair while he snarls, and then the clay and logs are dumped on a table.

What about me, or Mr. Apples or Mr. Hearts? Or Mr. Wines? We don't have anything to do with this!

Indeed, though I bet you have an idea for us!.. right?

Actually, not really. I mean, Mr. Apples, if you wanted to make snacks, that would be very much appreciated, but I've got no ideas for you guys.

Ah, alright. Quite fair! I'm off to get something to drink then!

You always are, Mr. Wines. Now, allow me to bring your collective attentions to this, this prop of an Infernal Sharpshooter's Rifle perfectly matches the dimensions of the real deal, see?

Auth points to the blueprint, and gestures at the prop rifle.

So is that why I'm here?

Yes, quiet now. So, what I'm going to do, is I'm going to use this clay as a sort of inverse mold, like so.

Auth places the rifle on top of the brick of clay, which is larger than the rifle. He uses a pen-knife to carefully shape the clay so that the shape matches exactly. Then, he places Cinderwood Logs over the top, so that the logs are larger but don't fall off. He proceeds to carve the logs into the shape he needs, of the rifle's stock.

Now, this Cinderwood works well for the body of an Infernal Rifle because it cannot burn, as it already hot. So Mr. Fires got the best type of wood for this job.

Auth eventually finishes the basic carving, ending up with two, large, hollow halves of the gun.

Firing mechanisms go in here, of course. And that is what the gear bits are for.

AND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO USE THEM?

Well, Nevercold Brass is very malleable, so...

Auth carefully bends the metal, demonstrating.

However, it is also very strong, so... I can't break it. Also, it's only bendable like this.

Auth tries to press in the face. It doesn't work.

As you can see. So, what I'm going to do is...

Auth takes the gear bits, and bends them to form a firing system in one half of the rifle. The trigger extends out of the bottom, and Auth carves the base out to allow it. Auth then goes to put the stock together.

Stop, you've missed something.

Hm?

We're hell. Infernal Weaponry sometimes use Souls as a fuel source, and it usually is the case for rifles.

Auth closes his eyes, laughs, and smirks.

Thought so, thanks for confirming that. So, how do I go about doing it?

Press the open soul-bottles against the mechanics.

Oh, and those abnormal Souls, the... err... Souls of Fright? Ones that aren't the Souls we take? Use them too, they'll be useful, I happen to know that they're usually used in flamethrowers.

Auth nods, doing as the Devil suggests. The mechanics glow a dim orange, and causes the wood to glow slightly orange as Auth places the other side on top. Auth carves the end of the stock off, taking the gold ingot. He brings out a crucible, and melts down the gold bar.

Naturally, I'm going to...

Auth pours the liquid gold into a mold, and it carefully, perfectly matching the pre-carved rifle stock.

We'll let that cool. Now, we do need to add the barrel. So, we're going to melt down this iron here to...

Auth also melts down the iron bars, and then pours them into a metal tube that expands at the end. Auth lets that cool as well.

forge a barrel. I've got it to expand at the end so that I can place these thin plaques inside it, to further heat the bullets that fire out.

Unconventional... but it sounds like that should work just fine to me.

After the metal cools, Auth takes the iron tube out and places it on the stock, where it fits perfectly. You can see the hammer on the other side of the stock.

Now, I take it out...

Auth takes off the barrel, carefully attaching everything together firmly with some glue. Auth picks up the gun, and Mr. Veils picks it up, placing it back on the table.

Wood stain, now please.

Why's that?

I'm going to be the one detailing, stupid.

Ah, alright.

Mr. Veils carefully, determinedly, slowly stains patterns into the wood. It is a spectacularly intricate and precise pattern, that then proceeds to glow.

Spectacular. Now, the only thing we need to do is test it.

INDEED.

Auth picks up the rifle, aims it outside of the base, and pulls the trigger after putting a bullet in. A bright stream of flame erupts from the end of the rifle, and the bullet is left in the ground, perfectly accurate. The Devil shuffles back. Auth smiles confidently.

Spectacular! Well, now, thank you all! Feel free to go!

CRAFTING COMPLETE!

The Masters leave in no particular order, and Auth carries the rifle away, to Zone One. He isn't sure why, but he eventually comes across Marron, Ette, Mari and Chloe.

Oh, hello, you lot!

Auth greets them. He lays the rifle down by Marron.

I just made this rifle, using the prop one I found as a base. Would any of you like it? I think the rest of us are happy with the equipment we have for now.

Auth waves at Temmie Roxxanne.

Hey, Roxxanne! I'm glad you're okay, thanks for the message. Just a little more now, right?

After someone decides to take it, or if not, Auth walks back to Zone Five. He notices the Library, and Auth gets excited, his eyes lighting up, as this reminds him of his home. Auth dashes towards the library, carefully and quietly opening the door. Auth immediately walks up to the Librarian, not recognizing them. He smiles for her.

Hello! How are you?

If there is a seat nearby, he sits in it.

I am The Author, feel free to call me Auth. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss...?

Originally posted on 2017-05-15 08:56:00

Okay, due to bridgebuilding for school, I can't update today. Making bridges is fun rewarding agony.

Originally posted on 2017-05-16 01:46:00

Siria pop pops the Arms at H18 and F15, aka the two arms closest to her.

Originally posted on 2017-05-16 17:01:00

Move to I13, whack the Shattered, retreat to H15.

Originally posted on 2017-05-17 00:01:00

Just after Chloe asks if everyone's okay, the sound of something crashing down against a nearby tree can be heard. Naturally, one might turn to look at it. Oh look. It's a christmas tree- no wait that's The Operative in one of his more exposed-wire forms draped over a tree. He just remains hanging there for a moment, then slowly starts to pull himself off of the tree.

"Oww... Exploding violently hurts."

Then, he pauses awkwardly when he notices that Chloe is nearby. A moment passes in silence. He quickly hurls himself off of the tree.

"Uh, I mean, I'm okay. No need to worry. Anyway, there's a big scary... heart... thing... that used to be... well, you remember That One That Got Stuck In The Security System And Proceeded To Get Dragged Out Via Telekinesis? Yeah, that's one of the two component parts of that entity thing. And apparently it's kinda pissed off as it appears to want to kill you."

He then turns and darkly glares into the portal to zone 5.

"I'm not going to let it do that."

He quickly gives Chloe a tight hug, then charges off into the portal to go rejoin the battle. A moment later, he tosses out something that will probably end up landing roughly near Mari,
that being a screen displaying a video of what went down during the battle... with some conspicuous avoidance of Oppy himself during the part where he got targeted by Unbearable Noise. However, she'll probably be able to piece together what happened over there when the big explosion happens and wire bits can be seen flying all over the place.


Later, at I15, Oppy proceeds to face the Shattered.

"Eat a rainbow of shit, you oversized organ."

Cue him hurling a Pulse Grenade into the K11 tile.

Originally posted on 2017-05-17 00:08:00

After zoning back in after... something... DarkSide heads off to the Waterfall area (or what used to be that area) and inspects the red gemstone. He then starts cleaving through the rock (AKA mining it) with the Reaver Shark, using some wood for supports as needed.

Originally posted on 2017-05-17 00:48:00

<TURN TWO-HUNDRED AND FOURTY-TWO>
JOE equips Revive. Roxxanne then gives a rather nice play-by-play of the action.

tc: Oh wow, you actually went through with it.
tc: Thanks.
ga: Wait, Op... E-E-EXPLODED?
ga: N-No! That's such a terrible way to go I should've gone with him what if I could've prevented it I could've protected him I could've-
tc: Oh relax, exploding wasn't as nearly brutal as his last death.
ga: ...
ga: L- Last... death?

Still sounding moderately chipper and sociable, the puppeteer blabbers on.

tc: Yeah, I got to-

Chloe spontaneously combusts, as she usually does. Her flame today is incredibly powerful, the sudden surge of heat shocking Marron. Her face is the embodiment of "oh gorilla".

ga: "I got to?"
ga: I got to WHAT?

Marron finds herself face to face with a ball of flames. A ball of flames with a hammer, which has suddenly transformed into a rather painful looking gladius. She stutters and stammers as she backs away step by step.

tc: I, uh, got to...
[small][small]tc: ...got to go.[/small][/small]
tc: H-Hey look! Auth made a cool gun!

Marron absconds from a soon-to-be supernova Chloe, going over with Alt to inspect the Author's handiwork. While he expended the prop rifle, 20 Gear Bits, 3 Souls of Fright, 21 Souls, 15 Cinder Logs, 1 Gold Ingot, 3 Correspondence Tablets, and 10 Iron Ingots, it was certainly worth the price; the weapon is a true work of art! Marron snatches up the gun, putting the Adamant Therma in the inventory. She inspects the weapon and in a panic, sputters out a few words.

tc: T-Thank you!
tc: I-If you excuse me, I'm gonna go... hide.
tc: Ette, don't follow me. You can't block flames well, and she'll...
tc: ...J-Just don't follow!

Marron absconds the hell away from the Clearing, and goes somewhere else. Auth probably goes "well that was nice", and then takes an adventure to Zone 5, where she goes and visits the library. He greets her, looking for a seat. Of which there is exactly one; really plush, too.

gaiaGuardian: ...I'm fine.
gg: Most people call me Omo. The first name's not important...
gg: This... place.

She raises an arm, gesturing to the whole library.

gg: It used to be beautiful.
gg: But now there's nothing.
gg: It's all thanks to him. We were fools to trust him.

Despite her words, she hardly shows a hint of emotion. Her voice is mostly monotone, and her facial expression could only be described as uninterested. She yawns, then pulls out a tome and mutters some words. An aura of blue light surrounds her, which soon fades. She suddenly seems re-energized.

gg: So, Mr Auth...
gg: What brought you to this place?
gg: There's nothing here.
gg: Everything worthwhile was destroyed.

There's the sound of surging timber and the shattering of an orb from behind Auth. A vile looking creature is now suspended in the air by a wooden pillar. It shudders and spasms as its body fades away into nothingness.

gg: So, tell me.
gg: What brought you here...?
gg: Curiosity? Desire?
gg: ...Revenge?

She awaits an answer, tome in hand. She seems somewhat... disconnected from the world, for a lack of better words. While he's thinking of an answer, the Operative crashes in through a tree. Chloe's flames die down a little, and her eyes begin to water up as he comes closer.

ga: D-Didn't I just tell you to be careful!?
ga: ...
ga: I'm glad you're okay, though...

She listens to what he has to say, and when he hugs her, she hugs back. While embracing, she takes the time to ask a question, sounding a bit distraught.

ga: W-What did Marron do to you?
ga: I think she did something. She probably did something.

Then, timey-wimey stuff happens, allowing him to respond before he returns to the fight, all in the span of one post. Whoaaa. The Operative also ends up tossing a screen displaying a video of what happened during the fight, which promptly breaks as it lands near Mari. This naturally shocks Mari awake. She lets out a sleepy mumble which doesn't really qualify as words as she scans the monitor... before questioning who was dumb enough to toss and break a perfectly good monitor. Her head then snaps towards the Operative, significantly more awake. The one word she speaks probably has something to do with donkeys and ditches.

ut: gorilla.

She groans as she stretches, and takes in the sights around her for a moment. Then, Darkside takes to the caverns after zoning back in, and and cleaves through a ton of the rock with the Reaver Shark, gaining 400 Cobblestone in the progress AND freeing up the passage! He also inspects the Red Gemstone, identifying it as a Venom-Ruby. That's probably not how venom rubies are found, but Chaos is dumb. 10 Wooden Planks are expended for supports.

<BATTLE: REEEE, TURN EIGHT>
Finish off the Shattered! If you manage to make it to any of the yellow tiles on the Shattered and stand upon them, you can write up a DTG-esque attack and deliver a finishing blow to the Shattered! Of course, it'll probably take multiple finishing blows... and maybe a few vein kills to truly kill the thing. So you can't exactly rest too easily yet; somebody will need to kill the turrets to make a path to the tiles, and some people might want to slay the veins!

Originally posted on 2017-05-17 02:02:00

if no one's going to make caledscratch with the top half of caledfwlch and the radio set before the final battle, i will be very disappointed
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Dimitri just stands there and guns down a nearby turret, Manacannon included.

"Being a simple comba+ medic, I'll ignore you. I+ seems you already have enough problems on your many hands."
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Suddenly, Creo's mech appears, picks up Marron, and runs away from Chloe.


Originally posted on 2017-05-17 05:29:00

I mindblast the Shard Sentry


Originally posted on 2017-05-18 00:11:00