Mana P4y1s06

Mana: And so it was written: Pokiehlmeber 4th, Year 1, Undine's Day. In the depths of the shade, in the Forest of Monuments.
Mana: Even after the monsters are slain, there's a weird, tense feeling in the fog-shrouded city.
Mana: The distant jingling of golden bells, the standing of hairs on the back of the neck.
Toth takes back to the shadows.
Mana: A cobblestone road leads towards a crossroad square.
Wilhelmine shrugs the feeling off. It didn't stop her in her earlier studies, and it won't stop her here.
Toth: "(Right, well.)" He continues along, keeping close to buildings.
Mana: A fountain burbles quietly - one road is barred by a fallen building, its glass windows shattered. Another leads to where a ship juts out from a cavern wall, seemingly having crashed through rock.
Mana: The third road is lonely, dark - a subterranean wind pulls a flutter of pages along it.
Wilhelmine points down the third road and glances in Toth's direction. A quiet suggestion that's where his destination lies.
Toth nods in confirmation, and shuffles across the way towards it.
Wilhelmine quietly whistles a tune for herself as she walks down, following Toth.
Mana: A decrepit building - marble pillars worn down. Blank pages strewn down its steps, the frieze above its entryway inscrutable with time.
Mana: There's a slow, dull grinding sound coming from within it, like a watermill driven by several tonnes of flowing tar.
Toth enters, taking his time, and peers around inside…
Mana: You can call this place the [Copperplate Colony]. Gears and latches and long arms on wheels are turning inside, dense along the floor and the walls.
Mana: It's lit by the glow of bare wire filaments, glowing white hot, embedded in the works here and there.
Toth: "Uh… hm."
Wilhelmine strolls on in, and abruptly stops her whistling as she enters. " - Oh. The outside sure seemed like a Sage's residence."
Mana: A bit of the machinery sinks at the first step upon it - ink oozes out around Toth's shoe.
Toth: "Eh?" He calmly steps away from it.
Toth: "Might still be. Maybe this is all an elaborate printing press he used to have."
Wilhelmine: "Seems more like a printing - "
Wilhelmine clears her throat.
Toth grins.
Toth heads back in, and continues further.
Mana: Hammers strike movable type onto paper-sheets on the left wall as the passageway snakes deeper into the works of the thing, tubes pulsing and driving with ink and etching-acid. A sheet of paper falls out onto the hallway before you, over and over, "The elements are indicated en-corpus both by their presence, or by their lack"
Mana: Until some strange needle-work catch, like the flexing arms of an urchin, feeds them into the floor to be brought elsewhere.
Wilhelmine: "Or possibly for textbooks for the KKC."
Toth: "Have to come from somewhere. Let's see if we can get our hands on a bound copy."
Mana: A huge, open circular room, full of assorted books. There's a huge machine jutting from the ceiling, twitching this way and that - a rotating arm that sweeps shovel-fuls of books into its maws, the works behind it unbinding them, parting them, dousing them in some frothing bath that seems to leave them blank and dripping as they're carried off.
Mana: Another hallway leads further on.
Mana: Two strange black droplets sit in the middle of the room, out-of-place. One of those black owls watches them.
Wilhelmine raises an eyebrow. Are there bells around its neck?
Toth looks left, looks right, does it look like he can get to where the arm is shoveling books into a machine?
Mana: There definitely are bells around its neck!
Mana: And yeah, the arm is just sweeping around the room doing that - the machine is just held on the other side of its maw, like some weird brass throat.
Toth attemps to time grabbing some books before they're pushed around by the arm.
Wilhelmine gives the owl a sharklike grin and a wave. "I'll keep you covered."
Mana: Toth - you manage to nab one, leaving the arm clacking - disappointedly? - as the owl takes flight, and the two spheres of liquid on the floor rise up, yellow eyes opening in their centers.
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Bad Omen Bird [F]:14 Orbus A [F]:17 Orbus B [F]:17
Mana: Status for Bad Omen Bird [F] : [==========]
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [==========]
Mana: Status for Orbus B [F] : [==========
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine drops into her usual stance in preparation. [Dragon Dance, 15D]
Mana: The Bad Omen Bird swoops in and flaps about Wilhelmine!
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 40 ( Total: 40 )
Mana rolled d8+72 and got 2 ( Total: 74.0 )
Mana: For 74 physical damage! The bells ring - [Siren 5/6]!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:0 Orbus A [F]:2 Orbus B [F]:2 Bad Omen Bird [F]:31
Mana: Wilhelmine! Toth!
Toth: "Those bells sure are close."
Wilhelmine slams a fist into the bird! [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 76 ( Total: 76 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8+90 and got 2 ( Total: 92.0 )
Toth thwaps the Bad Omen Bird with his staff! [Attack, 28D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 55 ( Total: 55 ) for 80
Mana: Wham! [92]! It's a hit!
Toth rolled 1d10+80 and got 3 ( Total: 83 )
Mana: Orbus A leaps at Wilhelmine!
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 19 ( Total: 19 )
Mana rolled 1d10+96 and got 6 ( Total: 102.0 )
Also rolled 1d100 and got 55 [Total: 55 (High), Avg: 55.00]
Total: 157.0, Avg: 30.50
Mana: Hitting for 102 physical damage! It splatters - She's Slowed (2)!
Mana: Orbus B begins casting [Waterspout - CT15]!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Orbus B [F]:7 Toth [F]:18 Bad Omen Bird [F]:21 Orbus A [F]:37
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine stands up straight again and grabs Toth by the collar as the flames around her fists disappear. [Dragon Dance ended! And escaping! 20D]
[OOC] Wilhelmine: wait no CT10 first
[OOC] Mana: CT12, because you're slowed!
Mana: Orbus B casts a spell, and a burst of water explodes from beneath Mr. Toth!
Mana rolled 1d12*0.5+126*0.5 and got 2 ( Total: 64.0 )
Also rolled 1d100 and got 15 [Total: 15 (Low), Avg: 15.00]
Total: 79.0, Avg: 8.50
Mana: Hitting an Undine resistance for 64 magical damage and Deshell (4)!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:6 Bad Omen Bird [F]:9 Orbus A [F]:25 Orbus B [F]:26
Mana: And Wilhelmine's outta there!
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth shrugs at the Orbus B and turns to run! [CT 10]
Mana: The bird flaps about Mr. Toth -
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 42 ( Total: 42 )
Mana rolled d8+72 and got 8 ( Total: 80.0 )
Mana: Fluttering about his head for 80 physical damage.
Mana: The bells ring, and -
[OOC] Mana: Siren's answered!
Mana: Lightning explodes across the machinery as the copper hinges and gears twist and pulse, running up the wall away from a wave of blue light that's seemingly burst out of nowhere.
Mana: A cold summer stormwind howls, carrying phantom leaves aloft on it, damp and frantic as an enormous beast stampedes out from the inner depths of the [Colony] -
Mana: A six-winged beast with the upper body of a woman, draped in long black hair, and the body of a lion from the waist down - she carries a harp in one of her feather-draped arms, and her eyes spark: red, dark and shining.
Mana: …And Mr. Toth escapes!
Toth: "Ohhhh… fuck."
Toth books it way the hell out of there, pages fluttering behind him like disturbed doves.
[OOC] Toth: hold on
[OOC] Toth: I want an initiative list 1 tick before my turn)
Wilhelmine halts at the door to keep behind Toth as he flees. It gives her a chance to see what exactly has arrived.
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:1 Moel Stram [F]:4 Orbus A [F]:10 Orbus B [F]:11 Bad Omen Bird [F]:26
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====================]
Mana: Status for Bad Omen Bird [F] : [====== ]
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [==========]
Mana: Status for Orbus B [F] : [==========]
[OOC] Mana: here you go
[OOC] Toth: yep I'm okay
Mana: Mr. Toth books it!
Mana: The beast stops at the door to the hallway, reaching up with her foreclaws to force the machinery apart. It grinds and bows, the gears straining, chugging wildly to try to resist the opening.
Mana: She flashes a grin at Wilhelmine, as she spots her.
Toth: "Quit wrecking the place!" he shouts, undigified, as he continues to run.
Wilhelmine returns the grin, then disappears out the door with a taunting wave. "Oh, you seem fun. I'll be back for you, alright."
Mana: The entryway of the colony - facing out onto the streets of the forest of monuments.
Mana: There's still a frantic clanking coming from inside the building. A fell wind is blowing.
Wilhelmine trots up to beside Toth. "Back to the safety entirely? Or do you think this expedition's not over yet?"
Toth: "I say let's take some chances. Now that we know the bell beast is -there- we can be -anywhere but-!"
Toth: "…then again, how are you holding up?"
Toth: "Probably best to buy some restoratives."
Toth: "…and maybe some stronger weapons."
Wilhelmine: "My thoughts exactly. The store we met at earlier, perhaps?"
Wilhelmine: "I'm fine on weaponry."
Mana: The tiles on the roof of the building start shaking. Some of them cascade out onto the steps, shattering.
Toth: "Away to Distant Sky Imports!"
Wilhelmine nods and doubles her pace!
Mana: Running 70 if you don't mind, Wilhelmine?
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 15 ( Total: 15 ) for 70
Mana: The beast bursts up into the sky, hunting, searching - but you and Toth have already disappeared into the alleyways, and then up to the passageways above.
Mana: The cold wind stops blowing when you pass the entrance to Hexagon Land. It's an easy trip back to the Imports shop, over in the Market.
Mana: (By the way, the book you snagged is the [Nightbound - PWR9 - Shade-elemental. Charge effect doubled when a monster is slain.]
[OOC] Toth: score
Mana: "Welcome back." The Importer says.
Mana: "I've heard this city has eight palaces… but I suppose most of them must be hidden underground. What can I get you?"
Toth: "Who knows where those palaces are…"
Wilhelmine tosses a bag of Lucre on the table. "Twelve pieces of candy."
Toth: "And eight for me."
Mana: "Calls for a bakers dozen, I think." The importer opens a tray in his counter, and passes over a bag of thirteen black gumdrops.
Mana: He counts out another bag full of eight, laying them out for Mr. Toth.
Toth plops down the lucre.
Wilhelmine: "Wouldn't that be a confectioner's dozen? - And thank you." She promptly turns around to lean on the counter and scarf down four.
Mana: "Confectioners can count."
Mana: He gently slides the bag over.
Toth: "See you again." He gnaws on two of the gumdrops.
Mana: "Come back alive, now."
Wilhelmine chuckles as she steps from the counter and gives a wave over her shoulder. "Can't be killed."
Mana: "The perfect customer!"
Wilhelmine rolls her neck around. "Dunno if you noticed, but the whole 'amazing combat prowess' thing is mostly strategy, not raw strength."
Wilhelmine: "Get the drop on someone, finish them off before they realize what's happening, get out."
Toth: "You understate yourself, because it does take a measure of strength to what you did at that speed."
Wilhelmine: "I think we can tackle that crazy god-beast, given the right start. That just - wasn't it."
Wilhelmine: "Once more?"
Wilhelmine starts strolling right back to the Forest regardless of Toth's answer.
Toth: "With feeling."
Toth heads along too.
Mana: The Forest of Monuments - atop the peak of a fallen skyscraper, astride it like the rock of a promontory, sits the beast, her eyes glowing in the darkness, scanning the city beneath her from the center of it.
Mana: That cold stormwind is blowing.
Toth: "Should have bought a bell."
Wilhelmine gives the beast a sharp whistle in greeting. She won't have to look far.
Toth: "Then we could summon it to us."
Toth: "Or that."
Mana: With a gigantic flap - the wind hits you, even from this far - the beast takes off, swooping down to the street before you.
Mana: "So you return! Bold ones."
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:12 Toth [F]:19
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====================]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine drops into her usual stance - small orbs of flame dance around her wrists and up her arms. [Dragon Dance 15D]
Mana: Moel Stram nods, strumming at her harp. [Riptide in CT10]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:4 Moel Stram [F]:7
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====================]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
[OOC] Mana: Oh wait it's CT15 isn't it
[OOC] Toth: yeah lol
Wilhelmine leaps up the skyscraper - in several bounds, one, two, three - to deliver an uppercut to Moel Stram. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Mana: More like: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:4 Moel Stram [F]:12
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 98 ( Total: 98 ) for 80
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Sneak Attack builds! Cloud Kata doesn't.
Toth strikes at Moel Stram with the Nightbound! [Attack, 18D]
Mana: She flaps her mighty wings, too strong to approach just yet. Mr. Toth!
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 98 ( Total: 98 ) for 80
Mana: And another bat of the wings.
Mana: "Brave… I'm uncertain it'll suffice."
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:2 Toth [F]:12
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine leaps higher, this time striking from above with an elbow drop - [Sneak Attack 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 57 ( Total: 57 )
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.25+90*1.25 and got 8 ( Total: 122.5 )
Mana: Hits a Salamander weakness!
[OOC] Mana: 171]!
Mana: Singed feathers fall away as Stram slides back, hissing in pain.
Mana: She finishes plucking at the strings, and a swirl of phantom water appears around Wilhelmine, dragging her backwards - [ Riptide! ]
Mana rolled d8+168 and got 2 ( Total: 170.0 )
Mana: Crashing into her for 170 magical Undine damage and Riptide[42](U).
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 313/474, MP: 155/474, SoS: 118
[OOC] Mana: You take 42 magical Undine damage when targeted by Moel Stram.
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:2 Moel Stram [F]:2
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [=================== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine slows momentarily, but resumes her assault soon enough. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 87 ( Total: 87 ) for 80
Mana: With a swipe of a mighty claw, she forces Wilhelmine back. "Luck isn't on your side, is it…?"
Toth swings his book at Moel again! [Attack, 18D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 66 ( Total: 66 ) for 80
[OOC] Toth: shade wria
Mana: It's a hit! She's Shade-resistant!
Toth rolled 1d8+90,50% and got 3 ( Total: 46.5 )
Toth: "Alright, enough of this mess."
Mana: Moel Stram smiles darkly, plodding away as she strums at her harp. [Heart Catch in CT15!]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:7 Toth [F]:10
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [=================== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine pauses for a moment, unwraps a candy, and taps her foot as she chews it, staring upwards. [+80!]
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Also, 10D.
Mana: Tastes pretty good!
Mana: Moel Stram turns sharply and glares a smile at Mr. Toth -
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 80 ( Total: 80 ) for condition at 90
Mana: Phantom ivy wraps about his chest. [Heart Catch: Next damage you deal to Stram is also dealt to you, Dryad-elemental.]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:7
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [=================== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine! Mr. Toth!
Toth: "So what you're saying is… I need to win this in one shot."
Mana: "Ah, is that what you're going to try…?"
Wilhelmine tosses the wrapper. "Essentially. Feel like gambling it?"
Toth: "Something like that."
Mana: "Even if I'm imprisoned, I might as well decorate my cell with bones. Come on, then."
Wilhelmine: "Start the dance, Mr. Toth."
Toth swipes his book at Moel! [Attack, 18D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 8 ( Total: 8 )
Toth rolled 1d8+90,50 and got 7 ( Total: 48.5 )
Mana: It's a hit! She's Shade-resistant! [48]!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: And 48 dryad to him?
Mana: Stram blows a kiss, and the phantom ivy vanishes, thorns pulling tight for 48 magical Dryad damage.
Mana: Hits weakness for 72, I believe?
[OOC] Toth: yup yup!!
Toth grimaces, and his mail shimmers.
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:7 Toth [F]:18
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [=================== ]
Wilhelmine hops back up to begin another assault on Moel. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 55 ( Total: 55 ) for 80
Mana: Hits the weakness!
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 2 ( Total: 138.0 )
[OOC] Mana: 138]!
Mana: Moel Stram pulls her fingers across the harp. [Thunderclap in CT15!]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:8 Moel Stram [F]:12
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [================== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Mana: "What's your name, then…?"
Wilhelmine replies, one syllable per strike: "Wil-hel-mine." [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 93 ( Total: 93 ) for 80
Toth: "I'm Mr. Toth." He swings the book! [Attack, 18D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 13 ( Total: 13 )
Mana: She sends a blast of lightning up at a windowpane above, storming down shards of glass as she evades backwards.
Mana: "Charmed."
Toth rolled 1d8+90,50 and got 8 ( Total: 49.0 )
[OOC] Mana: 49]!
Mana: Wilhelmine, again!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:2 Toth [F]:16
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [================== ]
Mana: "I am Moel Stram. A beast of catastrophe."
Mana: "I'll be seeing much of both of you, won't I? Ahahaha."
Wilhelmine leaps up again and grabs onto Moel's waist, sending her hurtling to the ground with her - never to hit the floor, however, but into another void. [Pursuit Gate, 10D]
Toth: "Not if we can pull this off…"
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 22 ( Total: 22 ) for 80
Mana: Hits! She's Shade-resistant!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Does Dragon Dance Salamander or Pursuit Gate's inherent Shade take priority here?
Toth: "Ah-?"
[OOC] Mana: Shade, so that DD doesn't completely lock you into Sala
Wilhelmine rolled d8*.75+90*.75 and got 1 ( Total: 68.25 ) for 1xCloud Kata, Resist
Mana: Battle order: Moel Stram [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:8 Toth [F]:14
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [================== ]
Mana: The two of them disappear, hurtling through a star-flecked void - She laughs, flying madly to escape punch after punch from Wilhelmine.
Mana: "This kind of trick - I'm impressed! Honestly, honestly, I'm impressed!"
Mana: She waves her wings, and thunder explodes outwards -
Toth: "(I forgot she could do that…need to pay more attention!)"
Mana rolled d8*0.5+210*0.5 and got 7 ( Total: 108.5 )
Mana: For 108 magical Jinn damage to the resistant Wilhelmine!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 305/474, MP: 107/474, SoS: 118
Mana: The deafening sound can't reach the real world! (-40 CoS effect cancelled)
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:4 Toth [F]:6
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [================== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine leaps onto the beast's back to regain her hold! [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 69 ( Total: 69 ) for 80 - also ending Pursuit Gate after this action
Mana: Hits! Salamander weakness!
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 7 ( Total: 145.5 )
Wilhelmine slams her into the ground as they exit the void and leaps away.
Mana: A hole opens up in the sky and Moel Stram roars in pain as she's pile-driven down into the street to the tune of 145 damage!
Mana: She smiles slyly, gathering herself after a brief coughing fit - "Certainly strong, Wilhelmine…" [Heart Catch in CT15 on Wil!]
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:4 Moel Stram [F]:13
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [================= ]
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth opens his book and does a funky stance, like one you'd see in a videogame where a character is charging a spell! [CT15]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:9 Toth [F]:11
Wilhelmine leaps up to kick the beast! [Sneak Attack Kick 19D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 72 ( Total: 72 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d10*2+120*2 and got 3 ( Total: 246.0 )
Mana: Slam! It's a hit!
Mana: She spits a spray of black ichor at the force of the blow, laughing as she wipes her face. "You… you… Ahahaha!"
Mana: "I'll eat your head last, you know! I'll make you watch!"
[OOC] Mana: 246]!
Mana: "Or… is that too cruel?" With a final stir of the strings and a pause, ivy wraps about Wilhelmine -
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 43 ( Total: 43 ) for C90
Mana: Heart Catch sticks!
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:8 Moel Stram [F]:8
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [================ ]
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth points the open book at Moel, and bolts of fire streak into the monster! [MB Firebolt, 23D]
Wilhelmine: "But then there'd be no second date."
[OOC] Wilhelmine: 1 stack of Infinite Pathways!
Mana: She grins. "And why do you say that…?"
Toth rolled 1d12+180,275 and got 9 ( Total: 519.75 ) for +75% book charge, +25% staccato, +25% infinite pathways, +50% weakness
Wilhelmine: "Ah, no, I'm mistaken. There would be."
Mana: It sears her for a tremendous [519]!
Mana: Burning feathers twist this way and that.
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:0 Toth [F]:15
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [============= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine hoists Moel by the waist for another ride through the [Pursuit Gate 10D].
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 83 ( Total: 83 ) for 80
Mana: She leaps up into the air, briefly taking flight!
Mana: "Got to be faster than that!"
Mana: She flaps her wings, and razor-sharp feathers shoot from them, firing in a spray - [Dart Fan]
Mana rolled 2d100 and got 95, 5 ( Total: 100 ) for 80-evasion vs Toth and Wil
Mana rolled d8*0.5+81*0.5 and got 6 ( Total: 43.5 )
Mana: Hitting for 43 physical Jinn damage to Wilhelmine!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 282/474, MP: 59/474, SoS: 118
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:5 Moel Stram [F]:7
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [============= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine blearily looks up at Moel, then pops open another gumdrop candy after deciding she could use some more energy to stop being so sluggish. [+80! 10D.]
Toth hurls his book like a discus at Moel! [Attack, 18D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 54 ( Total: 54 ) for 80
Toth rolled 1d8+90,50 and got 4 ( Total: 47.0 )
Mana: Hits for [47]!
Mana: Moel Stram starts casting [Thunderclap - CT15]!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:12 Toth [F]:13
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [============= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine pops another!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: 10D.
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:2 Toth [F]:3
Mana: And again!
Wilhelmine: As soon as she tosses the wrapper, she's off in a flash again. [Pursuit Gate]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 36 ( Total: 36 ) for 80, also 10D
Wilhelmine rolled d8*.5+90*.5 and got 4 ( Total: 47.0 )
Mana: Hits for [47]! Into the void - Moel Stram smiles and waves her hand, beckoning, as the ivy-chains snap around Wilhelmine's weakness for 70 magical Dryad damage!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 392/474, MP: 11/474, SoS: 118
Mana rolled d8*0.5+210*0.5 and got 1 ( Total: 105.5 )
Mana: Thunderclap blazes for 105 magical Jinn damage to Wilhelmine!
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:7 Moel Stram [F]:11
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [============= ]
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth bides his time and smiles. [Wait, 5D]
Mana: Again!
Toth opens his book and begins casting! [CT 15]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:4 Toth [F]:13
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [============= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine punches Moel through the Gate's exit! [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 66 ( Total: 66 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 6 ( Total: 144.0 )
Mana: She smashes into a wall on the other side for [144]!
Mana: Moel Stram picks herself up, shakes her hair a little - "Getting flung around quite a bit, aren't I…?" [Thunderclap in CT15!]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:3 Moel Stram [F]:9
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [============ ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine: "Aheh." She shrugs at Toth - can't stop that one.
Toth: "It's okay, now it's a race!"
Wilhelmine leaps after Moel to pin her to the wall! [Blindside, 16D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 38 ( Total: 38 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.75+90*1.75 and got 3 ( Total: 162.75 ) for Cloud Kata + Weakness
Toth launches the firebolts! [MB Firebolt, 23D]
Mana: Slam! Hits the weakness for [162]! She winces, trying to pull herself free as the trio of fireballs hit her!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: 2x IP! Blindside!
Mana: Hits the weakness!
Toth rolled 1d12+180,275 and got 11 ( Total: 525.25 ) for +25% spell charge, +50% infinite pathways, +25% blindside, +25% staccato, +50% weakness
[OOC] Mana: 525]! She pushes herself free, calling down a clap of thunder across the battlefield!
Mana rolled 1d8+210 and got 5 ( Total: 215.0 )
Mana: For 215 magical Jinn damage to Mr. Toth, and 107 against Wil's resistance!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 220/474, MP: 11/474, SoS: 118
[OOC] Mana: Next spell is at -40 CoS unless it's hers!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:5 Toth [F]:10
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [========= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine winces from the thunder, but leaps back towards Moel just as quickly. [Sneak Attack Punch]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 79 ( Total: 79 ) for 80, 10D
Mana: Hits the weakness!
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 1 ( Total: 136.5 )
[OOC] Mana: 136]!
Mana: Moel Stram begins casting [Heart Catch - CT15]!
Mana: "Got another curse for you, Mr. Toth…!"
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:10
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [========= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine follows up with another! [Sneak Attack 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 64 ( Total: 64 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2+90*2 and got 5 ( Total: 190.0 )
[OOC] Mana: 190]!
Mana: Toth!
Toth bides his time. [Wait, 5D] Twice. [Wait, 5D] [Staccato]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:0
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [======== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine! Mr. Toth!
Toth waits -again-. What is he, a waiter? [Wait, 5D]
Wilhelmine continues her assault! [Sneak Attack 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 100 ( Total: 100 ) for 80
Mana: Moel Stram laughs, finishing her spell and smiling at Mr. Toth -
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 64 ( Total: 64 ) for C90
Mana: Heart Catch sticks!
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:5 Moel Stram [F]:5
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [======== ]
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth swipes his book at Moel! [Attack, 18D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 77 ( Total: 77 ) for 80
Toth rolled 1d8+90,50 and got 7 ( Total: 48.5 )
[OOC] Mana: 48]! Heart Catch snaps for [72]!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:0 Toth [F]:13
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [======== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine continues still! [Sneak Attack 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 67 ( Total: 67 ) for 80
Mana: Sears, hitting the weakness!
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2.25+90*2.25 and got 3 ( Total: 209.25 ) for Cloud Katax1, Sneak Attackx2, Weakness
[OOC] Mana: 209]!
Mana: She takes a deep breath, and begins strumming once more… [Thunderclap!]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:3 Moel Stram [F]:5
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine hurls Toth a piece of Candy! [+80, 10D]
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth also eats a candy! [Item, 18D]
Mana: Thunder explodes across the battlefield!
Mana rolled d8+210 and got 2 ( Total: 212.0 )
Mana: For 212 magical Jinn damage to Toth, and 106 to Wil!
Toth is slightly protected by his shimmering armor!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 134/474, MP: 11/474, SoS: 118
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:7 Toth [F]:11
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
[OOC] Mana: Vs shell for 159, if it's up!
Wilhelmine starts chewing on some more candy, herself. [+80, 10D]
Mana: Moel Stram fires a cluster of feathers at Mr. Toth! [Air Dart]
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 55 ( Total: 55 )
Mana rolled d8*0.75+81*0.75 and got 2 ( Total: 62.25 )
Mana: For 62 physical Jinn damage!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:1 Moel Stram [F]:9
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine tosses Toth another candy! [+80, 10D]
Toth opens his book and sparks begin to fly! [CT15]
Mana: She smiles at Mr. Toth as her wings fire shot after shot!
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 12 ( Total: 12 )
Mana rolled d8*0.75+81*0.75 and got 7 ( Total: 66.0 ) for thunderclap's up btw
Mana: For 66 physical Jinn damage!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:6 Moel Stram [F]:11
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine strikes Moel! [Sneak Attack, D10]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 73 ( Total: 73 )
Mana: Hit!
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth has no choice but to shoot for the moon! [MB Firebolt, 23D]
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 2 ( Total: 138.0 )
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 64 ( Total: 64 ) for 60
Mana: With a roar of thunder, Moel Stram flaps her wings and blows the spell back!
Mana: Hits teh weakness for [138], though!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:1 Toth [F]:19
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [====== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine keeps up the assault! [Sneak Attack, D10]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 11 ( Total: 11 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2+90*2 and got 2 ( Total: 184.0 )
Mana: Battle order: Moel Stram [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:9 Toth [F]:18
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [===== ]
Mana: Moel Stram bows her head. "Thunder should suffice, shouldn't it…?" [Thunderclap in CT15!]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:6 Toth [F]:9
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [===== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine doesn't stop. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 19 ( Total: 19 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2.5+90*2.5 and got 1 ( Total: 227.5 )
Mana: Slam! It's a hit - [227]!
Mana: Moel Stram cackles, yielding more ground, pacing around the fountain in the square - a stroke of lightning here, an arcing blast there - it's Thunderclap!
Mana rolled d8*0.75+210*0.75 and got 1 ( Total: 158.25 ) for shell's still up, right toth?
d8*0.5+210*0.5: 4 [Total: 107.0 (Low), Avg: 4.00]
Total: 265.25, Avg: 2.50
Mana: For 158 magical Jinn to Toth through Shell, and 107 to Wilhelmine!
Toth: "How many of those… do you have…"
[OOC] Toth: HP: 0/450, MP: 233/474, SoS: 112
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:1 Moel Stram [F]:9
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [==== ]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:8 Toth [F]:39
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine pops another gumdrop in her mouth. [+80, 10D].
Mana: Moel Stram cackles. "A fine showing, though. A fine showing…" She strums - [Heart Catch in CT15!]
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:13 Toth [F]:29
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine: And another. [+80, 10D].
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:3 Toth [F]:19
Mana: "Going to rot your teeth, you know! Ahahahaha!"
Mana: She spits out a mouthful of ichor out onto the street.
Wilhelmine pops in her last one and rolls her neck. [+80, 10D.]
Mana: She plays a little, airy song as phantom ivy winds through the air -
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 21 ( Total: 21 ) for C90
Mana: Heart Catch sticks!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:3 Toth [F]:9
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine looks up at Moel. It's down to the wire. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 17 ( Total: 17 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 8 ( Total: 147.0 )
[OOC] Mana: 147]! She pulls at the chains - Heart Catch burns for 220 magical Dryad damage!
Mana: After weakness.
Wilhelmine winces at the chains, but presses on.
Mana: Battle order: Moel Stram [F]:0 Toth [F]:6 Wilhelmine [F]:7
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [=== ]
Mana: She fires [Air Darts] at Wilhelmine!
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 35 ( Total: 35 )
Mana rolled d8*0.5+81*0.5 and got 1 ( Total: 41.0 )
Mana: For 41 physical damage!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:5 Toth [F]:39
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [=== ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Mana: After Jinn resistance.
Wilhelmine strikes at Moel again, doggedly determined to finish this. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 21 ( Total: 21 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 4 ( Total: 141.0 )
Mana: Hits the weakness!
[OOC] Mana: 141]!
Mana: Moel Stram smiles, bleeding from her side.
Wilhelmine: "Came here looking for a challenge. Glad I found it."
Mana: "Wilhelmine…" [Heart Catch in CT15]
Mana: "You certainly did."
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:10 Toth [F]:29
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [== ]
Wilhelmine strikes once more, controlling Moel's movements so she's in position for this next blow - [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 39 ( Total: 39 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2+90*2 and got 7 ( Total: 194.0 )
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Moel Stram [F]:0 Toth [F]:19
Mana: Status for Moel Stram [F] : [= ]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine: Her eyes glint as she deals this potentially last blow - [Sneak Attack Kick, 19D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 27 ( Total: 27 ) for 80
Mana: It's a hit!
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2.5+120*2.5 and got 2 ( Total: 305.0 )
[OOC] Mana: 308]!
Mana: The kick arcs perfectly through the air -
Mana: Light streams from the wound, the beast beginning to disintegrate into plumes of light.
Mana: "I'll…"
Mana: A smile.
Mana: "I'll remember the name!"
Wilhelmine wipes blood off of her lip. "Same."
[OOC] Mana: Got 30 AP. Got 9000 EXP. Got 1800 Lucre.
Wilhelmine bends down to pick up Toth and bring him to somewhere he can rest. Hopefully there's no need to run from the place this time.
Mana: An amulet drops to the ground - a feather in glass cameo, over a backing of pyrargite. [Disaster Crescent - Condition Clear, Aurora Curealis, Veil, Overtime. R: Jinn, W: Luna.]
Wilhelmine picks it up and stows it in her pocket.
Toth gasps to life.
Wilhelmine: "Hey."
Toth tries to catch his breath, giving a few seconds before responding, and he grins. "Got it, eh?"
[OOC] Mana: Way to go!
Wilhelmine: "Certainly did."
Toth: "Let me just peel myself off the floor here…"
[OOC] Toth: HP: 100/500, MP: 289/530, SoS: 125
Wilhelmine: "Okay, so now that you know the place is safer - "
Wilhelmine: "Good for a rest and a revisit?"
Toth: "Yeah, yeah I'm good for that…"
Wilhelmine: "Could use a drink."
Toth: "To Gnome?"
Toth: "Drink and a hot spring?"
Wilhelmine: "Sure."
Mana: There's an uneasy feeling in the air as you hike back to Gnome.
Mana: Once in, though, it's a bit nicer. And the hot springs are welcoming!
[OOC] Mana: I'ma just BRB real quick, feel free to bathe.
Toth pays for them both, it's the least he could do. (really, he could do more)
Toth is pretty quick to slip out of his armor and start scrubbing at his wounds. This somehow doesn't open them more.
Toth then dips into the springs proper for a solid soak, and "Do they serve sake at these springs, my friend and I need doubles."
Mana: Some sake is brought to you, in rope-wrapped jugs, kept hot.
Mana: You have the men's side to yourself now, though a turtle is swimming around.
Mana: Over on the women's, Captain Millions is sleeping in the hot bath, underneath her hat.
Wilhelmine contemplates waiting until later on seeing Millions, but decides against it and slips into the bath anyhow.
Mana: After a long soak…
Mana: HP/MP full!
Mana: Millions nods, almost impercertibly, beneath her hat as Wilhelmine enters.
Mana: There's sort of a "hmph" noise.
Wilhelmine: "Good morning."
Mana: "Mornin."
Mana: "…You smell like blood. Well done."
Wilhelmine: "Partially thanks to you. I certainly don't have buyer's remorse."
Mana: That's almost a smile: "Hey, no guarantees or anythin'."
Wilhelmine: "No need for them."
Mana: One of the workers carries up a small jug of sake, offers it to Wilhelmine - "From your friend."
Mana: Millions sinks into the bath a little lower, tugging her hat down.
Wilhelmine nods and takes the jug. "Thank you." To Millions: "What has you here so early in the day? I figured someone with your stamina would be more of an evening bather."
Mana: "…"
Mana: "…"
Mana: "…Goddamn dragons is what."
Wilhelmine: "More of them after last night?"
Mana: "Yeah, yeah. Venetia's alright, though. Hmph."
Mana: "And what kicked you in here?"
Wilhelmine: "A six-winged beast of some nature."
Wilhelmine: "Though to be fair, I went looking for it."
Mana: She nods. "Harp, right?"
Wilhelmine: "Yes."
Mana: "Yeah, I met a few of those."
Mana: "Get screwed up by your magic bad enough, wings happen, end up a monster."
Mana: "Losin' bargains with spirits'll do it too."
Wilhelmine: "Good to know."
Wilhelmine exhales and takes a sip of sake.
Mana: She's quiet, after that.
Wilhelmine is, as well.
Mana: …Anyway, whenever you're ready.
Wilhelmine stands up to exit and wait for Toth.
Toth finishes up his soak and clambers on out, suits up, and meets Wilhelmine in the lobby.
Wilhelmine: "Lead the way again."
Toth: "Back down we go." Heading for the ruins yet again, will they ever learn or care?!
Mana: A long hike back to the [Copperplate Colony].
Mana: …The machinery isn't moving anymore.
Toth looks about, any black drips or birds?
Wilhelmine also keeps an eye out. A hopeful one. Just a little more -
Mana: The birds are gone (for now). But there are those two black-liquid things waiting for you in the round-library room.
Wilhelmine rolls her neck again. "Alright."
Toth: "It's a step down, really. What did these do again, spells?"
Wilhelmine: "Hell if I remember."
Toth reequips his staff.
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Orbus B [F]:16 Toth [F]:20 Orbus A [F]:20
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [==========]
Mana: Status for Orbus B [F] : [==========]
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine drops into her usual stance. [Dragon Dance, 15D]
Mana: And again!
Wilhelmine strikes out at Orbus A. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 82 ( Total: 82 ) for 80
Mana: It briefly splits in two to evade!
Mana: Orbus B begins casting [Waterspout - CT15]!
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Orbus A [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:5 Orbus B [F]:11
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Wilhelmine: Toth hits Orbus A with his staff!
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 82 ( Total: 82 ) for 80, also 28D
Mana: Orbus A begins casting [Dark Force - CT15]!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Orbus B [F]:6 Orbus A [F]:10 Toth [F]:23
Mana: Wilhelmine!
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Or wait is it 18D?
[OOC] Wilhelmine: no
Wilhelmine rears back her fist to strike at Orbus A! They'll hit this time, honest. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 89 ( Total: 89 ) for 80
Mana: It boings away!
Mana: Orbus B calls up a [Waterspout] beneath Wilhelmine!
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 26 ( Total: 26 ) for C75
Mana rolled 1d12+126 and got 10 ( Total: 136.0 )
Mana: For 136 magical Undine damage and Deshell (4)!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Orbus A [F]:0 Toth [F]:13 Orbus B [F]:27
Mana: Wilhelmine!
Wilhelmine rolls up her sleeves and starts assaulting B instead. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 11 ( Total: 11 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8+90 and got 4 ( Total: 94.0 )
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Assuming neutral WRIA!
Mana: Hit! Fears Salamander!
[OOC] Mana: 141]!
Mana: Orbus A gleams, its eye staring at Toth as [Dark Force] burns into him!
Mana rolled 1d12*1.5+126*1.5 and got 12 ( Total: 207.0 )
Mana: Burning for 207 magical Shade damage!
Toth reels, his armor shimmers!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:3 Orbus B [F]:17 Orbus A [F]:21
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [==========]
Mana: Status for Orbus B [F] : [======== ]
Mana: Wil!
Toth thwacks Orbus B! [Attack, 28D]
[OOC] Toth: oops do that wil
Wilhelmine does that! [Sneak Attack 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 60 ( Total: 60 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled d8*2+90*2 and got 1 ( Total: 182.0 )
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Against B, obviously.
[OOC] Mana: 182]! Mr. Toth!
Toth thwacks Orbus B! [Attack, 28D]
Toth rolled 1d100 and got 65 ( Total: 65 ) for 80
Mana: It's a hit!
Toth rolled 1d10+80 and got 1 ( Total: 81 )
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Orbus B [F]:7 Orbus A [F]:11 Toth [F]:21
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [==========]
Mana: Status for Orbus B [F] : [=== ]
Mana: Wil!
Wilhelmine sends Orbus B flying with a kick! [Sneak Attack, 19D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 23 ( Total: 23 ) for 80
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 31 ( Total: 31 ) for d10*2.5+120*2.5
[OOC] Toth: not quite
[OOC] Aleithilithos: 307 if you make the d100 a d10
Wilhelmine rolled d10*2.5+120*2.5 and got 2 ( Total: 305.0 )
[OOC] Mana: 305]! It pops, defeated!
Mana: Orbus A begins casting [Waterspout - CT15]!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:2 Orbus A [F]:7
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [==========]
Mana: Wil!
Wilhelmine turns onto Orbus A, fists a-swingin'. [Sneak Attack, 10D]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 74 ( Total: 74 )
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90 and got 5 ( Total: 97.5 )
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 5 ( Total: 142.5 )
Toth levels his staff towards Orbus A - sparks gather at the tip! [CT15]
[OOC] Mana: 142]!
Mana: Another spout of water explodes up from beneath Wil -
Mana rolled 1d100 and got 18 ( Total: 18 ) for C75
Mana rolled 1d12*1.25+126*1.25 and got 7 ( Total: 166.25 )
Mana: Hitting into Deshell for 166 magical Undine damage!
Mana: Battle order: Wilhelmine [F]:0 Toth [F]:7 Orbus A [F]:28
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [======== ]
Mana: Wil!
Wilhelmine continues her assault! [Sneak Attack]
Wilhelmine rolled 1d100 and got 73 ( Total: 73 ) for 80, D10
Wilhelmine rolled d8*1.5+90*1.5 and got 5 ( Total: 142.5 )
Mana: Oh, and Deshell is refreshed - (3) now, (4) before you acted.
Mana: Battle order: Toth [F]:0 Wilhelmine [F]:3 Orbus A [F]:21
Mana: Status for Orbus A [F] : [===== ]
Mana: Mr. Toth!
Toth fires a firebolt volley into the staggered Orbus A! [MB Firebolt, 23D]
[OOC] Wilhelmine: Oh wait, I actually think Deshell wore off before
Mana: Hits the weakness!
Toth rolled 1d12+180,200 and got 4 ( Total: 368.0 ) for staccato, weakness, IPx1
Mana: It explodes!
Toth tosses Wil 4 Candies.
[OOC] Mana: Got 4 AP. Got 1650 EXP. Got 330 Lucre.
[OOC] Wilhelmine: HP: 301/530, MP: 449/530, SoS: 132
Wilhelmine: "I need to find a rabite or something."
Toth: "You and me both."
Toth eats two candies, himself.
Wilhelmine scarfs down 3.
Toth: "Down to 1 again."
Mana: The way onwards, deeper, is clear.
Mana: The workings of the Copperplate Colony are silent.
Mana: As one element exists as the opposite of its pair,
Mana: The elements exist in opposition to winter.
Wilhelmine follows behind Toth, her own goals for coming almost completed.
Toth briefly flips through the book he picked up earlier.
Mana: Eventually, you reach the depths of it - a floor caked and piled with pages, with the printing press at its heart.
Mana: In the middle of it is a huge glass tube, shattered, six gold chains falling apart in it.
Toth pockets the book in interest of finding the printing press…
Mana: A strange wind howls through the glass tube, even now.
Mana: The property that the elements have in common, that sets them apart from winter-
Mana: Is the energy of a story: We can call this tragedy,
Mana: But in writing, I choose to term it "Disaster" .
Toth: "What is this…?"
Mana: The sorrow and pain that impels the universe forward.
Toth can't help but go closer to the shattered tube, the printing press, the gold chains.
Mana: Traces of feathers are caught in the glass. It was here that that beast was caged.
Wilhelmine: "Six bell chimes. Six broken chains. The remnants of the time bomb we defused."
Toth: "I'd say it went off, we just survived the blast. Were they waiting for us… or just someone?"
Mana: The chains twitch as the glass begins slowly sealing itself up.
Mana: The machinery twitches to life.
Mana: Slowly, slowly, the press pieces together another book, dragging in pages and gouts of ink from elsewhere in the colony, on hanging conveyor-belts and murky troughs.
Mana: I am Sage Joch.
Mana: Preferring catastrophe to winter, I now create my ultimate work.
Mana: You who live in these words, I summon you. You view them not as I view them.
Wilhelmine: "Just someone, I believe. Is it … making another?"
Mana: When I was alive, I viewed them not as I view them now.
Toth blinks a few times, stunned. "…it's like I understand what is happening, without any words or…"
Mana: I weave myself into the heart of this universe, forging history as once the Emperor did.
Mana: Eternally, I will be his opponent.
Mana: Eternally, you will defeat him.
Mana: Slowly, with a glimmer of light in the air, feather after feather is stitched in place within the tube.
Mana: This world, Titania, is forged upon a sin. Crafted of a falsified patchwork.
Mana: Metal hammers press ink spot after ink-spot into place on fluttering pages.
Wilhelmine: "As if Sage Joch still resides here, hm?"
Toth: "…something like that."
Mana: Twisted, buried deep underneath the ground, it grows as a seed that seeks to consume all dreams and reality.
Mana: A winter seed, for a Winter Emperor.
Toth: "Why would the printing press continue to print books, if only to have them wiped clean upon going upstairs?"
Mana: (Maybe those are pre-existing books…? The Nightbound doesn't seem to be something this press would make.)
Mana: All spirits and monsters of the world, I call you.
Toth: "You can't tell me you didn't sense that one."
Mana: But mostly, I compel you: The pure of heart.
Wilhelmine: "Never said I didn't."
Mana: We are one another's only hope.
Toth: "I think I'd prefer it more if disaster was closer to, 'oh no, a rabite ate the pie on the windowsill.'"
Mana: A universe may only survive through its destruction.
Mana: And a story bends only towards cruelty and sorrow.
Mana: This is what it means to live within the light of the Goddess.
Toth: "It… was a pie for their grandchildren. They like cherry."
Mana: All rules must be broken, and punishment must be decreed.
Mana: All fears must be answered.
Mana: All bonds of friendship and love must be tested.
Mana: That which is longed for, cannot be attained.
Mana: This is the nature of a story.
Mana: Slowly, the beast you defeated is stitched back together, from light and wind, back inside the glass tube. She glowers, bound.
Toth: "And all stories also end."
Wilhelmine gives Moel a wave.
Mana: And all stories end.
Mana: And winter always nips at our heels.
Mana: But:
Mana: For a world to be constructed,
Mana: Crafted,
Mana: Wrought,
Mana: To fall into winter without a dying flicker.
Mana: This I cannot allow.
Wilhelmine: "Are you looking for some sort of disaster equilibrium for things to keep going? Or just an alternate means of oblivion?"
Toth: "A perpetually sustained disaster, perhaps."
Mana: The world may yet survive, wracked by disaster.
Toth: "Which, despite my best efforts…a giant iceburg still floats in Undine."
Mana: By war. By revolution. By hunger, by fire -
Mana: By loss, by life.
Mana: By pain, by the sun and stars.
Wilhelmine: "By the elements."
Mana: By hope, by scorpion-venom, by invasion, by sickness, by dissent -
Mana: By death without meaning,
Mana: And death for great cause.
Mana: That there is pain in being apart from one another,
Mana: And yet there is pain in being together.
Mana: The world may survive in this way.
Mana: Winter one day will come.
Mana: But I will not let it come like a guttering flame.
Wilhelmine inhales deeply, then nods.
Toth: "I see."
Wilhelmine: "I hope I've made it clear that I welcome disaster, and strive to fight through it. Moel here can certainly attest to that."
Toth: "Yeah, well…that'll do for now." He lays his staff across his shoulders, and rests his hands on it.
Mana: Heaven was built by men of ice. Heaven is lit by the flame of a heart. Heaven's gate is a wound deep beneath the earth. Heaven's nail is a curse against the sky.
Toth: "But not too long ago I thought the world was always just there. And then, Pure Hearts can shape it?"
Mana: Titania must be shred apart,
Mana: And returned to the light of the sun.
Mana: Where Heaven cannot reach it.
Mana: …
Mana: A copy of Joch's prophecy slides out onto a tray in front of you.
Mana: The machine throbs, all around you.
Wilhelmine: "I'm reminded of my earlier conversation in Gnome."
Toth retrieves the prophecy.
Mana: Moel Stram smiles within her prison.
Mana: "…Watch out for the bells, now."
Toth: "(Can we just toss her in a river or down a ravine…?)"
Wilhelmine shrugs. "I might just start shaking them myself."
Wilhelmine glances over at Toth. "Did you get what you came for?"
Toth: "Yeah, I think that'll be it for here."
Toth pockets the printed prophecy and heads back up.
[OOC] Mana: +1 KP
Mana: Nicely done there, by the way.
Mana: And so it was written.
Mana: And is written.
Mana: Even now.

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