Normally I'd teleport out for a moment, gotta keep up with the battle after all.
But honestly there doesn't seem to be much to actually help with this turn. The other Players at least have things to where it's not terribly urgent, oh well, I'll take the opportunity to Charge.
+3 CP, All Actions spent Charging!
Total CP: 6 CP!
I find a smile on my face, that's a large step towards my goal.
"I vote for Project Phantasm and Project Loaded Dice, both sound extremely useful."
Business taken care of for the turn, I focus back on our conversation.
I frown, rubbing the counter as I try to think of a way to improve upon the failure. He was warping reality sure, but that still didn't quite feel right...
I shrug. "Doesn't bother me, Kyleruler and Paradoxdragonpaci feel free to join us and order a drink. It's free and if you want something to munch on Winkins brought some fish and rice." I give the both of them a friendly tip of the hat, before gesturing to the foam containers. After all there's no reason to turn them away, so doing so would feel quite rude.
I give Sushi an appreciative scratch before he hops back over to Winkins. "Thanks, it'll take some time before I have enough CP to be comfortable with my chances, but it'll be fantastic to have your support."
"Can't believe I didn't think about Friendly Fire when I made those stupid Mines." I grumble, nibbling on a piece of fish. Wonder what kind it is?
The bartender frowns. "Now normally I wouldn't have a problem with giving you another bottle, but I just heard you guys wanting to use it to damage the Godmodder. If you clear it with Quinn I'll gladly give you some, but this feels a little above my pay grade."
...Salmon? I think it's salmon.
I hum to myself, Player Power differing between people...makes sense, but makes helping pionoplayer far more difficult. I sigh before answering Winkins question.
"I lead a number of Summonings, participated in far more. They varied greatly in power, scale...and success." An involuntary shiver runs down my spine, I may have blocked out the worst of it, but a deep part of me learned to be cautious with this stuff the hard way.
"...I'll give it a shot next time, a touch of familiarity might help the process." An idea enters my mind, sending a smile creeping across my face. "...you have given me a fantastic idea, regardless of your idea's success. Hopefully it'll turn out, not horrible."
I quietly listen to Winkins and pionoplayer' conversation. Silently evaluating everything, and ignoring Algot's intrusion.
"Moving past the whole 'generator' conversation, Winkins mentioned how he summons is different from how I summon. So it's likely that everyone expresses it in their own way. With that line of thinking I say we drop down to the basics, and see where to go from there."
I extend my hand, palm up, and slowly Light-Orange energy begins to crackle in my palm. "It's not impressive at the moment, but this is all I can muster with the spare Power that lingers between Turns, allowing us to summon casually. This energy, as far as I can tell, is what fuels Player Powers and allows us to maintain ourselves. If you can tap into the Power that's coursing through your body, then you at least have a starting point."
But honestly there doesn't seem to be much to actually help with this turn. The other Players at least have things to where it's not terribly urgent, oh well, I'll take the opportunity to Charge.
+3 CP, All Actions spent Charging!
Total CP: 6 CP!
I find a smile on my face, that's a large step towards my goal.
"I vote for Project Phantasm and Project Loaded Dice, both sound extremely useful."
Business taken care of for the turn, I focus back on our conversation.
I vote for Project Loaded Dice and charge up 3 CP.
Piono nods at spicey serious's words.
"Alright, that sounds a bit similar to standard reality warping but I'll try it again."
Piono closes his eyes and focuses. The room wavers and shifts around a bit, as if something powerful were shifting through the fabric of reality... but nothing gets summoned.
Piono sighs and opens his eyes.
"Nope, it's not working."
I frown, rubbing the counter as I try to think of a way to improve upon the failure. He was warping reality sure, but that still didn't quite feel right...
Seeing the trademark paradoxing that poofed out the hangover pill, I look around if Paradox was around. Which didn't take too long to find as Paradoxdragonpaci was right behind us.
"W-woah!" I jump a bit in my seat as I noticed the dragon that was gaining more stares by the bar's patrons. "Geez... Say something at least if you wanted to join us... Oh, and thanks for giving Spicy Serious that pill." I ponder a bit and shrug, better to be sure after all. "Hey Spicy Serious, is it alright if they join us?"
I shrug. "Doesn't bother me, Kyleruler and Paradoxdragonpaci feel free to join us and order a drink. It's free and if you want something to munch on Winkins brought some fish and rice." I give the both of them a friendly tip of the hat, before gesturing to the foam containers. After all there's no reason to turn them away, so doing so would feel quite rude.
I also nodded at the mentioned of the deceased sheriff. "Aye, I was actually debating on upping the sheriff before the Starbucks incident... You said that you'll fix that soon right? Well, whatever it is, I won't pry but just ask me and I'll help you out in whatever you're doing." Sushi wiggles a bit in my grasp and jumps out of it to land on Spicy's lap. It soon vibrates, as though trying to imitate a cat purring...
I give Sushi an appreciative scratch before he hops back over to Winkins. "Thanks, it'll take some time before I have enough CP to be comfortable with my chances, but it'll be fantastic to have your support."
"Can't believe I didn't think about Friendly Fire when I made those stupid Mines." I grumble, nibbling on a piece of fish. Wonder what kind it is?
"Well, I suppose it won't hurt to have a bottle of it on hand. Hey! Bartender! Pass us a bottle of the stuff you gave to my top-hatted friend here!"
The bartender frowns. "Now normally I wouldn't have a problem with giving you another bottle, but I just heard you guys wanting to use it to damage the Godmodder. If you clear it with Quinn I'll gladly give you some, but this feels a little above my pay grade."
...Salmon? I think it's salmon.
"So that's how you summon your entity Spicy?" I put down the sushi and half-finish bottle of wine and get and take a thoughtful look. "I used to be an artist and when I attempt to summon my entities, my mind conjures an imaginary set of colors paints in my head and proceeds to paint the entity with a bunch of notes on the side when I want to add more mechanics to the said creature." Soon, my face lights up a bit from a sort of realization. "Maybe it depends on the person how your entity summoning works? Spicy, you were a cultist right? Have you done any sort of summoning rituals before? Maybe tried to summon a being through the very method you explained to Piono but in a ritualistic scale?" I ask a bit excitedly.
I hum to myself, Player Power differing between people...makes sense, but makes helping pionoplayer far more difficult. I sigh before answering Winkins question.
"I lead a number of Summonings, participated in far more. They varied greatly in power, scale...and success." An involuntary shiver runs down my spine, I may have blocked out the worst of it, but a deep part of me learned to be cautious with this stuff the hard way.
"...I'll give it a shot next time, a touch of familiarity might help the process." An idea enters my mind, sending a smile creeping across my face. "...you have given me a fantastic idea, regardless of your idea's success. Hopefully it'll turn out, not horrible."
"Well, okay, I should probably be honest, I DID figure out a way to get my player powers to work at one point, but I had to use a proxy."
"It was originally an infinite improbability drive, I reworked it to do other things because it has way too many odd side effects to be reliable in its normal form. Turns out, that kind of strangeness is perfect for picking up player powers."
"I... never figured out how to get it to summon what I wanted though. It'd always just summon totally random things. It spent half of the fight up on the surface charging something, and wouldn't release it even during the Charmzard fight. Like, I had several hundred charge saved up and the stupid thing still wouldn't release."
Piono looks at his "watch"
"This stupid thing used to keep me in contact with it and let me know when it was about to summon something. But I lost contact with it about the time that the Hexagonastorm became a thing."
I quietly listen to Winkins and pionoplayer' conversation. Silently evaluating everything, and ignoring Algot's intrusion.
"Moving past the whole 'generator' conversation, Winkins mentioned how he summons is different from how I summon. So it's likely that everyone expresses it in their own way. With that line of thinking I say we drop down to the basics, and see where to go from there."
I extend my hand, palm up, and slowly Light-Orange energy begins to crackle in my palm. "It's not impressive at the moment, but this is all I can muster with the spare Power that lingers between Turns, allowing us to summon casually. This energy, as far as I can tell, is what fuels Player Powers and allows us to maintain ourselves. If you can tap into the Power that's coursing through your body, then you at least have a starting point."