DCCCV stabs Glitch Creeper 1. If the little fuzebox has already been dispatched, then he stabs Zetta instead. Either way, he'll retreat to P15.

Originally posted on 2017-08-28 22:37:00

There's a long silence when Zetta pretty much annihilates the poor kitty. It's too quiet. Oppy has a dark look on his face. The kind of look he had just before the overkill on the placebomodder, if anyone remembers that. He slowly trudges over to Chloe in absolute silence, winding up at M12, then he turns around and faces Zetta again. There's a pause.

"It's written in the walkthrough that you aren't fated to die here."

Oppy cracks his neck. The sound conveniently serves as exactly enough time between his first and second dialogue lines to add emphasis to the second.

"When I'm finished with you, that section of the walkthrough is going to need rewriting."

He proceeds to turn to Chloe, his expression softening as he gently hugs her... and cue a blinding flash of firey-electric light as he fuses with her, hoping to high hell and back that she'll be able to direct the fusion while he's disorientated. Turning into somebody else's armor is not exactly great for the sense of direction, or anything else really, and it's probably not going to get easier when being used on somebody who's already boss-tier awesome.

Oh also if there's a spare action lying around and soup is still stuck in a root I guess the first thing for the newly-made fusion to do is burn away that rooting.

Originally posted on 2017-08-28 23:01:00

"Hey! That's rude! Non-consensual teleportation is illegal!"

Lyra moves to D8 and takes a very, very messy kitchen knife out, likely back from her impromptu cooking session. Lyra then cuts the roots attempting to choke Battlefury out, freeing him.

<Battlefury's Root status was dispelled!>

Originally posted on 2017-08-28 23:38:00

I take a mighty whack on Zetta with my axe!

Originally posted on 2017-08-29 00:28:00

This action takes place after Auth's. If Auth is too busy conversing with young maids? FML.

Rikoriko's going to do it again. Like, that wasn't even a question. Of course she would. She begins to chew on the husk of the Hollowed Cigar, quickly consuming it, before she moves to P6 and uses Kirika on O6, with her later stats, as PMed to Ire.

She then flicks her hand, and attempts to drive pure intent and warped essence into the world - some mystical liquid dripping into her hands. She manifests a bottle, and attempts to add a Potion to the inventory.

Originally posted on 2017-08-29 22:25:00

Hit Ette with Violant and Guardian(3).

Now what is this about young maids? Nobody in the Mindscape to my knowledge is a maid.

Neither is his family.

That's really out of left field.

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 00:00:00

<TURN TWO-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE>
Clone Dimitri decides to piece together a dagger out of 6 Iti Fragments. He gives it a swing, and the whole blades falls to pieces, refunding the fragments. It doesn't seem like the matter of dead Iti is a very good crafting material. Alt then makes a purchase from the Shop, obtaining 2 Life Bottles for 2 Gold. She then asks Glitch Temmie about the Entropic Interference Detector.

"Ah, that? We started producing them once we learned that the Chaos Butterfly was becoming more... active. We believe that it's near full strength now. The tems have been getting somewhat scared of the Butterfly, so we developed a low-cost method of detecting entropic interference. Higher levels mean that the Butterfly is closer to you. It doesn't do anything to ward the beast off- it wasn't designed to, but it does provide a bit of early warning. Maybe enough time for one to get away or prepare for combat."

Hezetor then continues talking with Omo. She doesn't seem to be the most impressed. Or still even emotional.

gg: What makes you so sure you could annihilate all life on that planet?
gg: We've had some legends in our time. The traitorous heir, the Tabletopian king IKEA... there's certainly been beings of immense power there.
gg: But I suppose that's besides the point.
gg: I'm not... exactly in the mood for combat, so I'll just stay right here.

She watches the projections of the battlefield that Hezetor has created, sitting idle.

<BATTLE: ZETTA, TURN THREE>
Zetta has transformed into the Sleuth! He has a slightly altered moveset, new passives, and new resistances! Be careful with what you do, now. Also, if Zetta kills somebody AND loses his form this turn, he'll be able to use Mindclaw next turn! So also be prepared for that; maybe kill his summons?

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 01:19:00

Crystal and Crystem prepare for something... if they're both still things by the time doptime finishes.

And they survived. YEUS.

Crystem moves to N16, Crystal moves to N15!

They both activate Understanding! This one is different than the last use... they actually seem to be rising up into the air within an aura of ENTR<0>PIC code fragments. Looks... fun and unconventional.

Crystal decides to hack into Zetta's move coding. Zetta becomes surrounded by an aura of code sinking into the base parts of his being as one of his moves alters itself for the turn. Bounty of Death is now guaranteed to pick SOUL and Lingering Idea as two of its three discoveries this turn, assuming this goes through!

Crystem adds another layer to the coding shroud, hacking into the very probability engine of the game itself. The chances of Lingering Idea picking SOUL as the random other discovered skill to use are now 100%, instead of 50%, assuming this goes through!

In other words...

Zetta's about to rip out his own soul, (or whatever else the SOUL move does,) and there's practically no way he can stop it.

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 05:23:00

Chlorin moves to Q13, shoots Glitch Zombie 2 and retreats to P13.

I then take a controller out, plug it into my laptop and press [].

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 23:13:00

Move to P9, attack the zombie, retreat to Q9.

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 23:44:00

Emerald moves to M10 and throws the Not Particularly Large Stone Middle Finger at Zetta, then innocently waves, casting Counterhappy

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 23:48:00

Toast should have lost 6 MP from casting Shifting Sands. Also, due to positioning, she should have hit the Oblivion Spire with Massacre, meaning that Massacre should also be a Rank 4 buff.

~~

Toast peels herself off the wall, and cracks her neck. With a toothy grin, she shouts back at Zetta. "Try me!"

At that, she pushes off the wall, dashing to H10, then uses Promise Upheld!
>Fossil's Guidance.
>"Retreat" to M10.
>Coded Heart (self).
>Chairnado Spinstrike.
Revive Priority: Ashes > Fallen Angel > Manifest.

With the Zombie dead, Marron can now get the heck out of there. Rather than stating her plan aloud, she signs the following to her:
(Take Ette, and get away from Zetta. While I'm hovering here, the zombie can't follow. When I die, which will happen, shoot my ashes with your rifle, and I'll be back before you know it!)

She turns back to Zetta, the warpaint from Massacre doing nothing to hide the fire in her eyes. (Metaphorically speaking)

---

I don't really need healing this turn. I have burritos, which will let me survive Git Gud. Then, my plan is to be killed in Ashes form by Just Shoot Them, before being revived by Marron's rifle.

Originally posted on 2017-08-30 23:49:00

Srovy moves to F16 and uses delay (1); loop (turn) "1";
I check my glyph sack and decide that since I've got srovy all situated, I'll just use whatever.
if toast thinks they need more healing, I drop 2 order glyphs and one holy glyph on them before they act, moving if necessary, for total heal of either 36 or 48. otherwise, I move to 11J, toss 2 fire glyphs at toxic crawler (killing it for sure) and 1 earth glyph at Zetta if the average damage of each attack this round,with them all added together, is over 205 but under 225. if thats not an acceptable filter, or if the average damage of all attacks added together is not in that range, I just attack oblivion spire 1 with an earth glyph, "Because slowing it down matters soooooooooooo much. yes, its not just to maximise damage. no really.

Originally posted on 2017-08-31 01:38:00

Auth nopes away from the Hydro Cannon target over onto L16, then hits Marron with a mixture of Violant and Gant.

uA: (Marron!)[/b]

Auth deftly signs.

[b]uA: (Be at ease, okay? You have Ette, Toast and myself looking out for you. Even if Zetta is close, you're gonna be okay, right? So do as Toast suggested. We'll be okay, but we can't panic, lest we lose our capacity for reason. Once you and Ette get out of the way of Zetta, take some breaths, okay? Relax.)[b][/b]

Originally posted on 2017-08-31 04:31:00

DCCCV thinks about his next move. Dang, he needs to make an impact here.

He stabs Zetta, hooks onto him and warps to M10, and then retreats to G12.


Originally posted on 2017-08-31 04:52:00

Dimitri strafes over to I14, unroots the Origin's Embrace, uses the Creofall Remote to drop Creo in at L10, then moves to I15.
DimiHeart moves to I16.

Originally posted on 2017-08-31 09:56:00

Considering Zetta's talkativeness in the past turns, his abrupt silence upon Crys's action is either the harbinger of his demise or the demise of everyone else. The odd onset of stoicness makes nothing clear.

Roxxanne can't even comment on this. Zetta deserves it but Roxxanne was the one who gave him that in the first place. She has mixed feelings. "...Uhh..."

No, I do not know how this is going to go. Ire may have baited Crys and Riko to the max and we are about to experience hell incarnate. Or something good happens and we get to insult Zetta big-time.

Roxxanne will bash Zetta thrice. Four times, if Zetta's HP dips below 100 for a Heaven Breaker. She will then move to I14 and grant OpChloe the grand boon that is +1 Range, before retreating to K13.

Temanne will head up to M10 and see about pounding Zetta into the dirt some more with a double punch (Triple if Heaven Breaker has activated) before moving to J12. The Glitch Skeleton moves to F12 and fires an arrow at the Toxic Crawler. The Scale Serpent will move to I10 and Entropic Fang the Toxic Crawler, then moves to H10. The Temmie Hero moves to G11 and uses Spinning Flakes to restore HP to both of them, and then stays put.

Originally posted on 2017-08-31 13:36:00

Lyra moves to I11.

Originally posted on 2017-09-01 00:42:00

"ow"

Upon the TARDIS's explosion, yet more weird stuff happens. When the dust settles, Dark's nowhere to be seen... well, unless you count the temporal glitching out up above the battlefield a nanosecond later as seen. Nevertheless, after that fit, he returns to his normal position, seemingly no worse for wear. He goes into thought for a second, before speaking to Chaos; "One, that hurt. Two, the damage has already been done."

Then, he smiles. "Three... thanks for destroying the temporal chains between myself and Paranoid. Confused at that? Don't blame ya. But that's not important to anyone at this moment. Just know I'll be staying here now as well, serving as a protector. And, well, I've grown quite attached to this place, to be honest. My goal this entire time was to help my allies here escape... if they wanted. I have no problem with this change of plan."

And then, just watching the Origin's Embrace appear and the reaction of Zetta was enough to make him chuckle. He decides to be a bit of an asshole to Zetta. "Aw, is the 'invincible' master of the mindscapes quivering in his boots? Doesn't matter. Everyone dies at some point, whether you like it or not. Invincibility is an illusion; it simply doesn't exist. And besides, you've got more than a few people here out for your blood. And... well... you know the rest."

-Action: Dark and TemSide proceed to dual-melody the Origin's Embrace, Dark then moving to (K16), TemSide to (I16). The sentries acquire their targets... Sentry 2 fires at Oblivion Spire 2, and Sentry 1 fires at either the Toxic Crawler or Glitch Zombie. If nothing exists, then phooey. Action End-

Dark continues to talk, still stupidly calm and oddly reflective... weird time to be doing either.

"Such arrogance... you remind me of an alternate, past version of me. Except static; unchanging; a worthless husk of a man, if one could even call you that. Nothing but a well of hatred, violence, mal-intent."

"Hypocritical of me, sometimes acting out of what is obviously impulse? Mayhaps. But if it could be avoided, unhindered by impulse, I would not choose violence. Thing is, in this uni- no, MULTIverse overflowing with violence without non-malicious reason, even having any moral standard - justified or no - is enough to warrant suspicion... breeding more violence. A vicious cycle."

"And I'm sick of it. It's become an overwhelming cliche of this reality. I just want some [b]gorillaing peace for once, after seeing all the gorilla go down outside the mindscape's boundaries."

"And while I'm no longer linked to Paranoid, I know he feels the same."[/b] He glances vaguely in Roxxanne's direction for naught but a second, but enough for anyone to take notice.

"But seems you're very much unable to be reasoned with properly, I suppose violence it is. Because that's the only thing your kind truly understands."

"Just a reminder, that kind of arrogance got me destroyed many times over. I expect no different here."

Originally posted on 2017-09-01 03:21:00

I stay where I am, and say a prayer to the cold. Enchant:Ice on my axe!

Oh Ymir, grant me strength in the fight ahead.

Originally posted on 2017-09-01 03:37:00