CYOA MLP: Forevermore Inverse Morning #5 Lost in Space

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>>29512419
Last time, on My Little Pony: Forevermore Inverse Morning.

>OH SHIT COOKING CONTEST
>TWIGGLES SAYS IT'S FOR HEARTHSWARMING PARTY
>OH SHIT SUSHI'S GOOD
>OH SHIT BURGER WAS OKAY
>OH SHIT TWILIGHT WINS THE WRONG CONTEST
>OH SHIT TWILIGHT TECHNICALLY WITHHELD INFORMATION
>OH SHIT PINKIE'S BLUE NOW
>OH SHIT SO IS TWILIGHT
>DAY 3 MOTHERFUCKERS
>TIME FOR THE GA-
>STOP
>WAIT A MINUTE
>OH SHIT THE SUN'S NOT UP
>OH SHIT TIME FOR AN INTERPLANETARY ADVENTURE
>OH SHIT IT'S TWALOT SPARKEL'S BALLOON (TM)!
>OH SHIT WE GOT REKT BY MOON MAN
>OH SHIT WE'VE BEEN SEPARATED
>OH SHIT PONKS'S TRUE FEELINGS TOWARDS US
>OH SHIT KEYBLADE GRAVEYARD
>LOOKS LIKE SORA FAILED SOMEWHERE
>OH SHIT KEYBLADE GET FINALLY
>OH SHIT WE WALL-E NOW
>OH SHIT NEVER MIND
>IT'S JUST GARBAGE
>OH SHIT WRENCH TO THE GUT
>OH SHIT DAN
>DARKNESS!
>OH SHIT DAN AND SPIKE JOIN THE TEAM
>OH SHIT FIRST HEARTLESS BATTLE
>YER A WIZARD, ANON
>OH SHIT WE ROIDED ONE OF THEM
>OH SHIT HOMERUN TO VICTORY
>OH SHIT OUR GUMMI RUNS ON THE SCREAMS OF CHILDREN
>SOUTH OR EAST
>WAT DO?

We now return to the intended content, with all the new adventures within.

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>>29512419
“Heads up Dan!”
>You shout as you jostle him aside giving you a clear shot at the shadow wriggling on the ground trying to flip itself upright again.
“Not today punk.”
>you say in your best dirty Dirty Hary growl as you kick the shadow up into the air like a hacky sack.
“Say high to the fans in the cheap seats for me!”
>Your keyblade glows and a rush of energy flows through you as your weapon connects with the heartless’ bulbous head.
>A loud crack rings out in the junkyard like a gunshot as the little heartless hurtles through the air and scores a direct hit center mass of the hulking rubber suited monstrosity.
>The shadow explodes on contact in a burst of smoke as the toxic trooper staggers back bracing itself with its oversized clawed hand.
>As its comrade explodes the last shadows eyes flash as it leaps at Spike, determined to bring the little dragon down.
>Its claws hit home but instead of dodging the little dragon takes it in the chest and grabs the shadow by its limp spindly wrist.
>”You aren’t getting away from me that easily.”
>Spike growls as the claws dig into his scales and in response he draws back his fist and staves in the heartless’ head.
>”Just one to go!”
>Spike shouts as he looks to Dan squaring off with the toxic trooper.
>”He’s all mine.”
>Dan snarls venom dripping from his voice as he clenches his wrench with both hands and sends the lump of metal crashing into the heartless’ exposed face.
>The force of the blow sends the staggered monster crashing to the ground where it shakes and seizes for a few seconds before its body is consumed from within by a brilliant light that bursts out and flies off into the sky as the heartless vanishes.

>>29512482
Perform seppuku and magically make a clone of yourself with your own blood.

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>>29512493
“What the hell was that?”
>You ask pointing to the patch of sky that the light vanished into and Dan shrugs in response.
>”Beats me, never seen them do that before.”
>He says nonchalantly as he walks around the pile to the exposed back of the van, the hate in his voice gone as quickly as it had come.
>”Now let’s see if this climb is going to be a total wash.”
>Dan grunts as he pries open the engine compartment.
>”Ah HA! PERFECT!.”
>He shouts as he reaches in and fiddles with the inner workings of the van before he pulls out a complicated looking piece of machinery.
>”Gentlemen we’ve found our power supply.”
>He says with a grin as he slips the power plant into his pack and grabs one of the heavy yellow canister scattered around the clearing.
>”Grab a canister; we’ll drop em off as we pass the garage on the way to the next site.”
>He grunts as the two of you pick up canisters of your own and follow him down the hill back to the station.
>One uneventful trip later and the three of you are stacking your fresh swag in a corner at the back of the garage.
>”Okay so, we’ve got a couple more places we can try before we need to resort to the crane.”
>Dan says as he pulls out a rough hand drawn map.
>”We have an option to the east and the south of here.”
>Dan says as he points to a couple of crude drawings nearby what looks to be the gas station.
>”Now I recommend we hit the one to the south, It’s a little bit more of a walk but the spot in the east is the closest to the crane so we might see heavier heartless activity there than usual.”
>Dan rubs his goatee in thought as he looks at the map.
>”Any thoughts guys?”


>Where do you want to head next? Feel free to ask questions of Dan before making a choice.

(Obtained Scream Power Plant & Scream Canisters)

>>29512508
Can we get a recap of what we wanted to ask again?

I don't think we'd really decided on any questions yet. Personally, I vote for the south, cover all of our bases before we get to the crane. That's feeling like a story area.

>>29513252
Do we want to have dan do something with that gem? He did say he thought he could do something with it. And do we still want to attempt to draw away heartless?

>>29512508
I would like to repeat my suggestion towards using the Keyblade as a distraction to lure some of the Heartless to the East away, when we get there.

Obviously we're going to the South first.

>>29513252
Agree on taking the route to the South, personally I'm completionist enough that even if we get what we want from the other sites, I'm going to want us to at least scope out the Crane and see if it's worth going.

>>29513305
I feel nervous about letting the Keyblade out of our sight, but it might be worth a shot.

>>29513294
Oh yeah, we should have Dan look at that since we've got a spare minute. At least get his assessment on it and how long he'd need to work with it, if nothing else.

>>29513454
We can always summon it back if we need to. It seems to move instantaneously, so we can make a quick retrieval regardless.

>I'm going to want us to at least scope out the Crane and see if it's worth going.
We're in an RPG, lad. 'Tis always worth going.

>>29512508
I'd say we should check out Twi's notes a bit more, a bigger spell pool can't hurt if we come across more enemies.

>>29513305

Honestly, I disagree. I mean even if we draw away the Heartless by leaving the keyblade somewhere away from where the heavy Heartless activity is going we what? Get them to go somewhere else, circle around (presuming the keyblade doesn't dissipate upon getting a certain distance away from us) and then have a fight? When the Heartless will come running and arrive halfway through?

I'll be honest, I'm not seeing the strategy to this plan.

>>29514273

Seeing as magic is our main method of attack, I feel like learning more as fast as possible is a good idea.

>>29514509
I mean, assuming there's like 10 Heartless at the Crane, using the Keyblade to lure even 3 away means that we could divide and conquer if wading through sheer numbers is a poor idea.

That's why I'm only suggesting it. I just can't help but think that the fact that the Keyblade lures Heartless can be used as an advantage in some way.

>>29514561
You see, what I'm worried about is time sensitivity. I'm worried that taking the time to set this up, circle around and then confront the Heartless heavy area. That ultimately the risks or loses associated with this plan are much less than risking Spike dropping the lance again or spending more MP on multiple Thunders in a row. We have AOE attacks in this exact event. It might be better if we could lure the Heartless into a trap of some kind, which would kill them upon being attracted by the keyblade, but again, time sensitivity.

The Heap sounds like the Compton of these many worlds and it should be swiftly exited.

>>29514589
That's a fair point. Still, I'm gonna keep that idea on the back burner. At least until we find out more about the Keyblade's capabilities.

>>29513454
>>29514273
It would take stopping for an extended period in order to have Dan finish work on the wolf's tear and for you all to learn a new spell.

>>29515151

Oh well, let's not then. Southward bound we are.

Anon is a faggot

>>29513252
>I don't think we'd really decided on any questions yet.
Didn't someone suggested to learn more of "first human we see after a long time" Dan's past in previous thread?

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>>29512508
>Dan grabs a bottle of aspirin off of a nearby shelf and pops a couple tabs while you try and make up your mind.
“Well, if we go to the south maybe the keyblade will draw some heartless away from the crane, then we can take them out while the odds are a little more even.”
>You say as you tap the southern circle on the map and Dan nods in agreement.
>”Not a bad plan stretch, if we’re going to do it though we need to hustle. The longer we take between hitting these points and heading for the crane, the more time the Heartless have to regroup.”
>It already looks like Dan is feeling less bothered by the hits he took in the earlier scrap as he turns to head back out into the heap.
“Wait before we go, what did you have in mind for this?”
>You ask as you pull out the wolf’s tear and set it down on the map.
>”I’m not even sure if I have the parts for it here but I think I might be able to rig up some kind of hands free scope for you.
<Dan scratches his head running through a mental inventory of what he has on hand before waving his hands and dismissing the idea.”
>”like I said though, time isn’t on our side. I’ll look into building it when we get everything we need to escape from this sub Detroit hell hole.”
>You and spike nod in agreement and follow Dan back out into the wasteland.
>The three of you make your way further south between stacks of rusted automotive frames that seem to go on for miles in either direction.
>And as you walk a thought occurs to you.
“Hey Dan, I’ve been wondering; how did you survive the end of your world?”
>you ask as the three of you squeeze through a particularly narrow passage and out into a clearing beyond.
>”Probably the same way you did, I got lucky. Or maybe I was just stubborn.”
>Dan grunts tersely as he shields his eyes from the harsh sun as it climbs further into the sky.

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>>29515939
“Look if you don’t want to talk about it I get it.”
>You say easing back off the topic.
>A few more minutes pass in silence before Dan finally sighs and speaks again.
>”Look it’s not exactly a complicated story. When I saw the signs I turned my apartment into a panic room. I tried to get Chris and Elise to do the same at their place or at least join me, but Elise convinced Chris this was me being crazy again and I couldn’t get them to come.”
>You and Spike can’t see it from your place in the marching order but Dan grimaces as he processes that thought.
>”They’re dead now for all I know.”
>Dan manages to spit the words out through clenched teeth.
>”Anyway in the end all my planning didn’t do me any good. When It all went down I was down at the Burgerphile when the sky went black and there was this crazy light filling the sky over the city.”
>”Before I knew it the restaurant had been torn out of the ground and was being sucked up towards the light. The next thing I remember is being alone in the torn off front half of the Burgerphile perched precariously on a mountain of junk.
>Dan says as he waves his arms at the piles of garbage around him to illustrate his point.
>”It’s been months since then and I’ve spent every day trying to escape this place.”
>Dan’s fist clenches as he finishes and you open your mouth to try and apologize.
“Look…”
>But Dan cuts you off.
>”I’m the one who decided to share and it wasn’t for your damn sympathy. As the only known member of the Keyblade’s chosen you need to know the stakes.”
>Dan says coldly as he points towards your destination.
>”This next spot has something that I honestly could have carried back by myself any time. The problem is actually getting it.”
>Dan becomes increasingly animated as he explains.
>”See I think this is the bridge of some destroyed ship and I think we can use the navigation system for our ticket out of this dump."

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>>29515967
>The little man turns to face the two of you as he continues along backwards through the trash.
>”This is where you two come in; I need you to keep them off me so I can grab what we need and get them out of here. Think you can handle it?”
>”Between the two of us we can handle whatever this place throws at us.”
>Spike says with a confident grin as he thumps himself on the chest; you simply nod in agreement with the little dragon.

>The three of you arrive at the end of the clearing, which terminates in a huge trash wall.
>At the base of this wall sits an unusual alcove.
>One made of what was once shining plastics plexiglass and steel now covered with layers of grime.
>The trash covered floor of the canyon gives way to a smooth even floor tilted back at an angle leading back to a lifeless console array lining a long wide window.
>And while the window may have once offered a stunning view of the stars all it displays now is the wall of trash that this structure is buried within.
>Half of the ruined bridge’s celling is still intact and right at the edge of the ship’s snapped superstructure there’s a cylindrical shape protruding from the otherwise uniform surface.
>By the window you can see what must be a faded diagram of the ship back when it was whole.
>At the top you can just barely make out the word AXIOM at the top of the plaque.
“So what do we do? Just pick a fight with the Heartless?”
>You ask as you survey the destroyed bridge.
>”Well you could do that but those fuckers are going to come anyway once I trip the system”
>Dan says as he removes his pack and pulls out his tools.
>”So what I recommend is that you two come up with some preemptive countermeasures before we kick this off.”
>As he says this Dan slides you a spare tool kit to work with.

>Any countermeasures you want to set up or are you ready for Dan to get to work now.

>>29515975
welp, poor fat humans and cute robots

Not much to re-equip for that situation, and barricaes are useless against shadows, maybe cast the Thunder Bulwark preemptively on both us and Spike (how long it lasts and how much it costs btw?). We should search around for anything useful, and probably flammable, for us and Spike to use in fight too. Scan?

>>29502430
Took longer than i expected, but i just caught up
I love it so far
Despite the new setting and, i assume, new gm, it has a sort of familiar feeling, like...a certain other adventure
I can't wait for our first drive form
Do you guys think it'll be spike, one of the girls, or one of the various friends from oher worlds?
What kind of keyblades do you think we'll get?
What do you think pur drive forms wil be like?
What kind of crazy high-level spells do you think we'll get at the endgame and postgame?

>>29515975
I smell either a boss fight or a "defend this area" mission coming
We could try making some barricades and casting thunder bullwark on them

>>29516265
>What kind of keyblades do you think we'll get?
Now I'm thinking what keyblade we'll get for "clearing" that... world.
>Do you guys think it'll be spike, one of the girls, or one of the various friends from oher worlds?
And now I'm thinking how devastating will be Drive with Spike. Burn, baby!
>What do you think pur drive forms wil be like?
They'll be related to masks probably. Time to remember all disney cartoons with masks

A good question is, how long does Thunder Bulwark last?

>>29515975
>we technically Wall-e now

Damn my uncreativity. Don't suppose we could get away with a few pitfalls or tripwires, could we?

I think if we can knock some cars onto the open passages to this clearing, that would be helpful. We could delay bigger heartless trying to come through and force smaller ones to sink into the ground and come after us, so we know where they're coming from.

Man, coming up with combo attacks for Dan is hard, mostly because Dan is an inarticulate ball of rage in terms of fighting. That said, maybe Dan throws his wrench at an enemy, it ricochets to us, and we rebound it back to him off of the enemy while electrifying it? It'd probably be complicated, though, that's a lot of variables.

>>29515975
Does the ship have anything in the way of defenses, or is it all trashed? We might be able to power them for a second or two, given a good arcana roll. Or maybe there's some more conventional defenses laying around, like >>29517095 and >>29516293 said. Can heartless be deterred by light? I assumed not, but if they can that's worth a shot too, see if we can find anything that'll blast a floodlight on them. At very least it could be useful for blinding them.

All depends on what's around, unless of course we want to try a hand at spellcrafting an ability that can act as a trap.

Could we get a grid for this area? I feel like it'd be easier to come up with modifications if we had a better feel of the place.

Also, can we even do a bulwark? I was under the impreion we just learned raw thunder and started on the bulwark but fell asleep halfway

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>>29517740
"Ball of rage"? You say that and I'm reminded of a particular looney tunes character who was in a fact a literal ball or rage and destruction.

>>29517827
Yeah, we fell asleep before we could finish the Bulwark section. And I don't think we've much time to kill reading right now.

Planning bumpa

>>29517827
I'll throw up a grid for you guys here in a bit. In the meantime I'll clarify that you can't cast bulwark right now.

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>>29517827
Here's the map as it stands right now. the circle is the object on the ceiling of the bridge and the jagged line is where the ceiling juts out past the trash wall it's embedded in. Dan is back near the command console whereas you and spike are milling about looking for supplies.

An investigation roll allows you to uncover several quick discharge capacitors out in the nearby wreckage along with some chunks of hull that could be used to erect barricades or other forms of cover. You also find plenty of high strength cable that could be used for tripwires or snares. You also find what looks to be a cracked fuel cell that would probably explode pretty good if overloaded.

>>29520565
Sounds like we could use the cable with the discharge capacitators to make some shock traps/snares.

We could utilize the hull chunks to make chokepoints for the non-Shadows. Perhaps set the shock traps in the gaps. The fuel cell looks to be our free AoE that shouldn't backfire as bad as the Scream Canister did. Perhaps we could keep it somewhat close and have someone toss it while we light it up?

>>29520728
I was thinking more something like we bury it out there somewhere that it won't blow our asses up and drop a lightning bolt on it to turn it into a land mine.

>>29520753
We could. I'm just worried that burying it might make it harder to overcharge with lightning. Might be misunderstanding how buried things react to lightning, however.

>>29520872
Well maybe not bury exactly, but at least pre place it before the fight.

>>29520920
So where whould we place it, in congruence with the tripwires/snares and barricades? In front of them? Behind them?

>>29521182
I'm thinking bomb furthest out then barriers to hold up as many heartless as we can in the bomb blast then electrocuted tripwires.

>>29521209

Let's go with this, but I would propose switching the order.

1st Defense: Bomb
2nd Defense: Tripwires
3rd Defense: Barriers

Take out the maximum amount of heartless first with bomb, fight them off from a distance as the hit electrified tripwires, and then retreat behind barriers to hold the line with Spike, until either they realize the siege isn't worth it or we can skedaddle with the part.

>>29521494
I like this plan, though I have another question: how fast can we recall our keyblade and then use it? If we can get it back and then cast with it in the same turn, this might be a good time to try the baiting strategy by putting the blade on top of the explosive trap.

>>29521596
I can see that, but the issue is we need the keyblade to cast magic, so not having it on us could be dangerous.

>>29521746
>>29521596

We should keep it on hand. Risking maximum distance doesn't seem smart when we don't know for sure if we can.

>>29520565
>>29520565
>>29520565
Are any of those chunks of hull small/light enough to be usable as a shield or as armor?

If we're setting up barricades, it might be a good idea to set up some protection for Dan.

I really like the idea of using the barricades to make bottlenecks and generally limit their mobility. Spike's charge attack goes in a straight line, so we can make "hallways" to take advantage of that. Maybe we can even set up higher ground so that Anon can safely spam Thunder and keep an eye on the battle.
Let's go tower defense on this.

That said, I get the feeling that shadows won't give a shit about the barricades and will simply sneak across them, so I propose that we set most of our tripwires near Dan to defend him from anything that may slip through Spike and Anon.

>>29522733
Some are small enough to be used as a shield but you don't have any way of reliably setting up something to hold it with.

I should point out on this tower defense strategy those capacitors will not only electrify trip wires, if you set them out in the field and drop a targeted thunderbolt on them then they will discharge electricity in a 15 foot radius around them allowing you to effectively drop a thunder at distant locations instead of just directly on top of Anon.

Nah, in a defense scenario like this, you really want to maintain a fair amount of maneuverability / mobility, especially with enemies who can basically tunnel under most stationary defenses. The problem with the Tower Defense strategy you've got going on is that there's little to no way to keep the Heartless on a track or prevent them from bypassing the "sentries" comprised of us, Spike, and the tripwires.

>>29522768
Ah, right. Do we have the tools to be able to fashion a strap out of the cable we found?

>>29522816
It could help manage the Hearless that can't tunnel through. But you have a point, if most of the Heartless are shadows like last time then we would be fucked.

For what it's worth, I think >>29521494 is a pretty solid plan.

>>29522979
>Strap
Not really, the cable would work the problem is attaching it to the hull plating.


So are we cool with >>29521494 or are you all still deliberating?

>>29523032
Works for me

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>>29523032
There's no brakes on this strategy train.

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>>29515975
>You and Spike get to work trying to erect what fortifications you can with the supplies on hand.
>”Do you think we’ll really be able to do anything with all this junk?”
>Spike asks as the two of you sift through the refuse.
“Well we won’t know till we look.”
>And while you force yourself to sound optimistic when you reply to the little dragon, secretly you share his misgivings.
>Or at least you do until you begin to discover all kinds of high technology scattered around the clearing.
>Looks like picking a fight near a crashed spaceship has its advantages.
>When everything is said and done you uncover several quick discharge capacitors out in the wreckage along with a few chunks of hull that could be used to erect barricades or other forms of cover.
>You also find plenty of high strength cable that could be used for tripwires or snares.
>Finally you also find what looks to be a cracked fuel cell that you think would probably explode pretty good if you can figure out a way to overload it.
>You lay what you’ve managed to gather at the edge of the ruin bridge and the two of you get to work assembling your defenses.
>You leave the fuel cell half way down the clearing after covering I with chunks of scrap metal.
>”Is this like a camouflage thing?”
>Spike asks as the two of you return to the bridge for more supplies.
“Partly, mostly it’s to add some shrapnel to the mix when we set that puppy off.”
>You reply as you drive one of the cable wrapped capacitors into the ground.
>Spike grins as he drives his anchor into the ground and the two of you tie off the cable.
>After repeating the process a few more times the two of you finally get around to setting up Barricades at the entrance to the bridge.
>When the two of you are satisfied that your makeshift wall will be able to keep the Heartless at bay you turn to Dan.

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>>29524130
“I think we’re about as ready as we’re going to get, let’s get this show on the road!”
>You call to the back of the bridge as you draw your keyblade and spike drums his claws on the haft of his lance.
>”Brace yourselves boys shit’s about to get nuts!”
>Dan shouts back as he yanks a panel off the side of the command console.
>As soon as he does you hear an emergency power source hum to life and the instrument panel begins to flicker.
>Unfortunately the flickering displays and computer readouts are accompanied by a hiss as a pneumatic panel opens in the protrusion on the ceiling.
>What emerges from the hatch looks like a mechanical ship’s steering wheel covered in a cracked and yellowing plastic coating with a glowing red eye in the center.
>It slowly scans the room and freezes when it sees you and spike.
>The glowing red eye flickers as the wheel starts to speak.
>At first the voice filling the room seizes up as the decayed speakers pop and strain to accomidate the unexpected demand but when they finally kick in the machine’s voice is surprisingly deep.
[IIIIIIIINTRUDER DETECTED…ACTIVATE COUNTER MEASURES…]
>There’s a lot of popping and sputtering as the counter measures on what remains of the Axiom try and fail to come on line.
>”Looks like this might be easier than we thought.”
>Spike says with a grin as the wheel spins near the ceiling unable to do so much as come lower and swat at you on its rusted railing.
>The wheel turns to you and you can briefly see the same symbol that adorned the chest of the hasmat suited Heartless in the emotionless mechanical eye as it speaks again.
[COUNTERMEASURES INOPERATIVE… ACTIVATE DISTRESS BEACON]
>As it finishes speaking you hear the sound of space bending that typically accompanies a heartless popping into exisistance.

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>>29524142
>You turn to look out past the barricade and you see not just a heartless but 10.
>You can see four heartless you’ve never seen before, dark blue with sharp maroon claws and a silver, almost comically ill fitting, helmet with a crooked spiraling antenna hiding a pitch black face with glowing yellow eyes.
>these four inept looking soldiers are soon followed by four familiar shadows pulling themselves up out of the trash, but they aren’t the last to appear.
>The final thing that you witness is a pair of shining ovoid shapes pulling themselves up out of the trash.
>At first they look like something off an apple assembly line gleaming white and perfect, but as you look closer you can see the cracks running through their surface.
>The second one even has a huge hole smashed clean through the bottom of its egg like frame leaving it’s inner workings exposed
>A hiss of smoke issues from the top of these machines as a pair of arms and a head begin to float separate from their bodies.
>A heartless crest lights up on the front of what passes for the chest of these derelict robots and you can finally see their cracked faceplates flicker to life displaying a pair of lifeless yellow eyes.
“You just had to open your mouth didn’t you spike.”

>Party vs. Heartless Tide
wave 1
Shadows x4 10 HP
Soldiers X4 15 HP
Enemy Vanguard Executioner X2 25 HP

AUTO: HP 50 (out of range)

>>29524147
Do we want to set off the bomb turn one or should we wait for a better grouping?

>>29524584
Give it until our next turn

Let's not set off the bomba just yet. I say we just electrify some of the tripwires with Thunder since the heartless are gonna take at least a couple turns to come

Yen, would we be able to tell or make an educated guess as to the range this bomb has? Because if the range is large enough, we may want to ignite now. If it's only like 10 feet for range, probably not.

>>29524147
What do you mean when you say that AUTO is out of range? Is he too high up to hit with the Keyblade or something?

>>29525447
Just throw Spike at AUTO

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Having just watched fucking Wall-e, I'm a little mad I didn't respond sooner about AUTO probably still being around. After we take out this first wave, I'm voting we scan and see if we notice pic related. Maybe we can deactivate him and stop more unnecessary waves of heartless from overrunning our position? Alternatively, just fling Spike up at him and tell him to start mashing triangle!

>>29525447
AUTO is too high up to hit among other things.

>>29525479

>Too high up

Fuck that shit, Let's use Spike's Rocket charge pointed upwards to go full final countdown on his once shiny ass

>>29525657
Much nastier and worse small problems comes first. Especially with two guys that probably have range attacks and can't trip over vires and traps, floating around them

>>29524147
First, I'd like to point out that this is "Wave 1", and while we have no guarantee that there will be others, we should be cautious about blowing all of our traps on the first wave unless we're getting good value from them. Note: I end every Final Fantasy with a billion Elixirs by following his logic, so take that into consideration.

Second ,I really REALLY want to thrust our keyblade deep into the delicate exposed circuitry of that EVE and overload it with electricity.

Third, if we're going to venture beyond the barricades we set up, I'd say we shouldn't go too far beyond the left-hand gap, as most of these guys are melee and probably can't close the distance to us and attack in one turn. Left gets us close enough to probably hit all three of the front wires next turn, and hopefully draws them away from Spike's side so he can set up a good angle for his charge.

Yo Yen, do we get to know the initiative now or do we find the order out on first turn? I've seen both done, just wondering which setup we're going with.

>>29525469
Even if we can't shut him down, maybe we can reason with him long enough to buy Dan some time to work? Ask him to reboot in safe mode, return manual control, or calculate the final digit of pi. Maybe we can trap him in a logic loop by shouting paradoxes at him. If nothing else, it'll be entertaining.

One thing we could do, if/when AUTO comes back down to scan, is throw/jam our keyblade in between some of his parts so that it'll get stuck on the ceiling once he tries to retreat and stop him

That is, of course, assuming he can't exert enough force to damage our keyblade. I know Yen said it could take a lot of punishment but you know.

>>29526042
We are talking about a weapon that can parry Leon, Cloud, and Sephiroth's attacks, as well as innumerable other things without a scratch.

>>29525998
>reason with him to buy dan enough time to work.

I'm kind of under the impression that all Auto can do is call heartless. If he could have done something directly I think he would have

>>29527972
Well, yeah, he tried to do "something directly" already and failed

So, what exactly is our plan? Wait for next waves or more heartless before blowing up bomb (and try to learn it's range), go to barricades and maybe even further, wait for heartless to come closer to stumble upon first row of tripwires and\or line up perectly for Spike's charges and our swings, scan everything to get to AUTO sooner my bet he is going to come out every time to spawn next waves and be vulnerable at these moments or try to trick him (yeah, right), probably tell Dan to work faster, anything else?

So what's our range on movement and spellcasting?

As of right now, we can reach the first tripwire by moving 15 feet. first diagonally and then directly and then we are out of the barricade. The very first heartless are 30ft away from that same spot.


Do you guys think we should move out of the barricade so we have better access to the tripwires that we may electrify and the bomb to set it off whenever we want? We can retreat behind the barricade when the shit gets too near the fan.

>>29528317

Yeah, let's move a little further out (not past the trip wires) and keep Spike back to get the best general combat options.

>>29528317
If we activate the tripwires do they still do an aoe burst when we hit them?

>>29528317
Yen said lightning has a 20ft (4 squares) range when used a la KH1. We'd have to move outside the barrier to hit all three of the closest wires in that way; I'm assuming from the way it was described that we can electrocute them and have it damage anything caught in the wire, right? I'm understanding that correctly I think.

We could try a horizontal lightning bolt, but it would probably be harder to control the longer the range we tried to use it at. I'm fine waiting to see what range the enemy has before we attack, to conserve mana, but we probably have enough juice to try pegging a Soldier from range. Other than that, I don't think we can get close enough to attack without getting mobbed in response.

>>29528317
We can probably trust that the Soldiers and EVEs are going to be at least slowed down by the barricades, but remember that the Shadows could slide right under the trash in the last battle. Just sayin', we shouldn't count the fortress impenetrable just yet.

>>29529146
with them wired up like this it's not a particularly large burst but yes anything standing within five feet of a capacitor gets a jolt when you activate a line.

And it looks like the plan is to have anon move up and activate the lines while spike hangs back and defends one of your choke points?

>>29530297
What happens if we activate the lines, again? Getting the tripwires ready to release electircal shocks or something?

>>29530347
that's right, enemies that run into it get electrified, charge lasts up to five uses.

>>29530356
Cool, I agree with that plan.

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>>29524147
“Hold down the fort spike!”
>You shout before the heartless have a chance to react as you dart out past the barrier and over the final tripwire and you put the keyblade to work activating your countermeasures.
“Get ready to ride the lightning!”
>You shout as you use your newfound mystical connection to call down bolts of electricity from the heavens.
>You barely manage to dodge a stray ark of electricity from a nearby capacitor as it hums to life and your tripwires begin to buzz with your high voltage fury.
>One of the two hovering robot heartless isn’t nearly so lucky as electricity arks from a nearby capacitor and strikes it center mass causing its crest to flicker momentarily as the heartless flails in midair.
>As sparks fly from the short circuiting EVE unit the four heartless submerge beneath the trash of the battlefield and disappear.
>Two of them however reappear again in short order as they crash into your tripwire’s capacitors flinging one of them from the ground and back into full material form both smoking slightly from its high voltage encounter.
>The second shadow is unlucky enough to get itself wedged between two capacitors at once and explodes in a puff of black smoke as the trap destroys it entirely.
>As the soldiers see one of their companions vaporized they rush you from all sides.
>The two on the left both manage to hop over the first tripwire but crash directly into the second one sending the pair into convulsions.
>But that isn’t enough to stop one of them from picking itself up off the ground and flinging itself at you in a flying kick.
>Unfortunately for this poor soldier you manage to deftly sidestep the attack and it sales into a second tripwire electrocuting it a second time.
>the soldiers on the right do much better, one is held up by the outermost tripwire but the second deftly leaps over every trap in its path before launching a flying kick of its own your way.

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>>29531382
>But you’re ready for it and side step this attack as easily as you did the first.
>Regrettably there isn’t an electrified power cable ready to catch this heartless.
>”Hold em off as long as you can boys, use this if you need it!”
>Dan shouts as he tosses a bottle of aspirin over his shoulder at spike before continuing his work.
>Meanwhile the two robotic heartless take aim at you as each of their right arms transforms into some kind of plasma cannon.
>The EVE you managed to electrocute earlier is the first to act as it charges up its cannon and fires a single massive bolt of energy your way.
>The electrical charge slams you center mass with enough force to nearly send you stumbling back into your own tripwire, but you manage to barely maintain your balance at the last second.
>The second heartless machine fires a salvo of three smaller bolts your way but the shots go wide and impact harmlessly against the barrier behind you.
>As soon as Spike sees you stumble he runs up to one of the chokepoints in your perimeter and brandishes his lance ready to charge.
>”Just say the word and I’m all over ‘em big guy!”
>The baby dragon growls ready to come to your defense as the two of you prepare for the next clash with this battalion of heartless.
>As you square off you can hear the strained bass voice of the ship’s wheel in the background.
[-ERVES FAILING… PRIORITY ONE ORDER…ELIMINATE INTRUDERS…]

>Party vs. Heartless Tide
Anon: HP 24/31 MP 52
Spike: HP 37/37 MP 30

wave 1
Shadow 1 : vaporized

Shadow 2: 4HP

Shadow 3: 10HP (Submerged)

Shadow 4: 10HP (Submerged)

Soldier 1: 11HP

Soldier 2:

Soldier 3: 15HP

Soldier 4: 9HP

EVE 1 25/25 HP

EVE 2 18/25 HP

AUTO: HP 39 (Out of range)

>Gained aspirin, 20 charges, can only use up to twice per day per character otherwise works as potion.

>>29531388
Can we roll an investigation check to figure out why Auto lost like 11 hp out of nowhere?

>>29531413

He's probably losing HP because of Dan messing with the system. When he reaches 0, Dan gets the navigating system and we win, we hold them off until then.

>>29531388

Baller.

Get another Thunder off and then go left to cover the other chokepoint, have Spike Fire Breath at the nearest EVE

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>>29531382
Damn, so many fried enemies. Let's try to not step onto these wires by ourselves

And by the way, what do you think our six pone friends doing right now? They probably ended up in different worlds, with different flow of time, and nopony familiar around. What they would do in such places for such a long time? Aside from Twilight, she's probably practicing how to pronounce DARKNESS right far away from all of us

>>29531809
Flutternutter is probably hanging around Zootopia, simultaneously trying to avoid pissing off a carnivore and wanting to hug literally every resident.
Durarara is having a grand old time with Charlotte and dreading the inevitability of having to go out in the swamp to help her find Tiana.
Snappleback is hilariously unaware of how racist Songs of the South is, and is enjoying being around some of Anon's people who actually talk right for once.
Panko Fry is teaching Taran and Eilonwy some fun songs to sing while trapped in a dungeon, surprised that she wound up in like the only movie from that era that doesn't have any musical numbers.
Top Cunt is having the time of her life playing pirate with "Captain" Silver, unaware that she's on the wrong side of this particular conflict just yet.
And Twi-Fi is probably hanging out with Bill Cypher, Dr. Facilier, The Horned King, and some other shadowy figures, trying to figure out how to move troops efficiently to each world so she can get all of her friends back together and rescue Anon, who'll be so grateful for the rescue that he'll mount her basically on sight.

Y'know, either that or Xyrriat, Jax, Thrystuflex, Pixiken, Winxroba, and Xalperks are all sitting in a pure white room trying to figure out what it felt like to be Kind or Honest or Loyal etc. etc., with their Heartless roaming other worlds yearning for the strong hearts they used to possess.

>>29531388
So it looks like, when the next wave comes in, that we should activate the bomb immediately, since in one turn they managed to completely avoid the range.

>>29531692
I wonder if it's less because of dan and more because the axiom is fucked in general and auto is dying from lack of power. If so I wonder if we can play to our bitter enemies into friends path and recruit auto saving him from this fate.

>>29531388
How much health does Soldier 2 have?

>>29532475
The electricity seemed to revert EVE for a second, we might be able to get a robot out of this if not a Ship A.I. I'm still down for trying to reason with AUTO in some capacity, maybe convince him that in absence of any crew or passengers within range of his sensors he should assist us in our mission until his prime directive becomes relevant again.

>>29532481
My bad, he's go 12 hp

>>29512419
Source for the boss fight in the opening pic.

>>29532897
This story, it was our first boss during Anon's dive to the heart.

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>>29532897
>>29532954
The art was done by our resident artists Namine and xion who have done several other scenes and stand alone pieces for us such as Anon and spike's first fight together.

here's a link to the image in the booru where you can find our artists proper handles https://derpibooru.org/1362036?q=kingdom+hearts

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>>29533015
And we have this scene with the parasprites from our first day in ponyville.

We might want to make some distance between us and the tripwires. That EVE shot almost charged us more than we got.

>>29534412
We'll have to clear a path to move though. If we cut and run now we're going to take at least two if not more attacks of opportunity

>>29534437
But after clearing path we must get away from wires, and Spike too. Aside from range bots and soldiers there's two shadows hidden and waiting to get to us, and stumbling into thing that can KO shadow in one zzap sounds like a bad thing

>>29534593
It was technically two zaps. Two zaps that hit the only soldier that got tagged twice with 6 damage. So I think the shadow may have just got an unlucky break on its rolls.

>>29531789

>49.99 for a qt evil self aware robot

Apple has gone to the light side? I wouldn't expect a penny less than 249.99

Also nice work namine, I like the black heartless smog as the "neck"

Anyway, so WHAT are we doing exactly?

>>29535125
The only plan I've seen so far is thunder and run from Anon and then fire breath for spike.

Is that what you guys wanna do?

>>29535395
I feel like spending the fire breath this early with two more areas left is irresponsible.

>>29535395
So, I think if we run, we're going to incur attacks of opportunity, no? Might be in our best interest to attack first, magic or not. I know we're generally immune from our own magic, but are we immune from the wires if they're powered by our magic?

Thunder will hit 4 of the 6 enemies we can see, I'd say that's excellent damage economy. Spike is unfortunately bottom of initiative order, so he won't be able to assist us in getting out of our bind too much this turn.

>>29535578
Careful of Elixir Syndrome, but yeah, it's pretty early in what could be a long fight or string of fights. Even without the charge, Spike had some good damage on that lance, let's have him smack down the Soldier on our right and maybe open the way for an escape next turn, if between the two of us we can get it gone.

>>29535790
Unfortunately since your tripwires are machines you are subject to damage of you get caught in them. That said your save to get over them is much easier than the Heartless'.

Do you or Spike want to make a persuasion check on Auto? You can do it as a bonus action if you're interested in trying to talk him down or recruit him. If you're interested let me know what you want to say to try and persuade him.

>>29535971
I don't think it matters who does the persuasion, but I think we should do something like >>29532521 and >>29532475, where we tell him that the Axiom is broken and slowly dying. Whoever gave him his previous orders is probably long dead.

If we have to choose a person to do the persuasion, I vote Anon, as long as he isn't shocking himself to death at the moment.

>>29535971
I don't have anything specific, but asking him if he would like to fly/pilot again sounds like a good idea. For someone whose job it was to guide people across the stars (I assume we can at least understand that he was some sort of navigation system, but I may be assuming too much) he would want to be put back in a ship to help and guide people.

>>29536022
>>29536040
I can work with that but if anyone can come up with a good line to say then you can pick up bonuses on your persuasion roll.

>>29535971
How about something to the effect of:
"Hey, computer thing! Why are you summoning Heartless? I doubt this is part of your base programming, state your prime directive and how your current actions contribute to its accomplishment! As a navigation computer, do you not have an obligation to assist in directing humans to a destination? "

>>29536296
This is pretty good, let's go with this.

>>29536296
This sounds pretty good for our good lines for >>29536201.

>>29536296
Anon don't even know if that's a humans ship. And AUTO called both humans and dragon "intruders", no difference for it. Maybe better just tell him that ho one left to save or protect (aside from trio of us from even bigger number of actual intruders)?

>>29536915
A good old fashioned your ship is dead, your mission is failed, and you have no one left to protect. type of speech? I can dig it.

>>29536915
This is a valid point, maybe instead of the bit about serving humans, we suggest that he "reconsider your directive in the context of the current situation! On a crashed ship with no passengers in range of your sensors, what do you mean to defend with your 'defensive measures'?"

Ultimately this would work a lot better as a protracted conversation, but we're kind of busy with fighting and can't really afford to have this chat over the course of 10 rounds of combat.

>>29532475
If that recruiting by any miracle will be succesful, we will get not just running on a kids screams gummy ship, but with way too dangerous and greedy for power AI on it as a bonus... I wanna see that now

>>29536974
Then we need to summarize all that into proper short and logical for AUTO lines.

>>29537033
I mean it's not like we're hooking him up to life support or anything. What's the worst he can do change the stereo to something shitty?

>>29537033
>Anon glaring wearily out the front of a powder-blue Nissan Stanza as it rockets through space
>Dan playing with the window switch that has been wisely disabled so he doesn't bleed the atmosphere of the ship into the abyss
>Spike sitting in the back seat, buckled in and patting his legs rhythmically as he hums a song to himself
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh--
>Anon turns on his blinker and banks the ship left, spinning AUTO's wheel that has replaced the standard-issue steering wheel
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh--
>Dan yawns, leaning his seat all the way back and turning in it to find a comfortable position
>Anon yawns too, because it's contagious
<WARNING CAPTAIN: LETHARGY CAN CAUSE INCREASED REACTION TIMES DETRIMENTAL TO THE IDEAL FUNCTION OF THIS VESSEL.>
>the volume knob on the radio spins to the right on its own accord
>the only radio station you can pick up is 99.3
aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!
>Terrified Children Radio, broadcasting from your engine block as a product of inefficient scream energy conversion
<THIS WILL ASSIST YOU IN REMAINING ALERT.>
>Anon blinks slowly,
>"I hate this song," Dan grumbles as he closes his eyes and tries to sleep, "they've played it three times in the last hour."

>>29537138
if AUTO becomes a regular character we really need to dig up a MacInTalk program so we can do his lines.

>>29537033
"Yo, ship computer thing! Why are you calling Heartless? This ship has been heavily damaged and abandoned, what do you think you're defending? What prime directive could you have that makes attacking the only living things in sensor range logical?!"

Something like that?

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>>29531388
>You realize that being trapped between a pair of heartless and an live power line probably isn’t the best place in the world to be.
>Maybe charging out alone was a bad idea.
>Nahhhhh no risk no reward right? You think to yourself as you raise the Mysterious Stranger above your head.
“Let’s keep this party high energy!”
>You shout as the tip of your keyblade glows a brilliant yellow once more and lightning crashes down all around you.
>The floating gun turret that just blasted you in the chest takes the worst of it as a bolt of lightning catches it in midair.
>The heartless convulses before crashing to the ground, the black screen depicting its eyes reduced to a softly crackling field of static.
>Three of the four soldiers are also caught in the salvo of electric judgment and the one to your right explodes in a shower of sparks.
>To your surprise a glowing red light emerges from the smoking remains and floats off into the distance just as it did with the hazmat heartless.
>Luckily for you in the smoking space where the heartless once stood there’s now a brand new escape route for you to capitalize on.
“Anon family secret technique go!”
>You shout as you hop over the electrified wire.
>The remaining nearby soldier takes a swipe at you as you flee but you manage to duck around him and take cover at the second chokepoint
>As you lean up against the barricade you look up at the ship’s AI hanging suspended from the ceiling.
“Hey, why are you even bothering with burning up what little power you have left on this?”
>You shout up at the wheel as a pair of shadows leap into the air, slashing at the space where you used to be standing.
>’used to be’ being the operative phrase, the two shadows sail through the empty space and crash into the waiting tripwire leaving them twitching in the trash.
>The third shadow at the far end of the field trips as it tries to leap over the tripwires separating it from the rest of its compatriots.

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>>29537536
>It’s bulbous head smacks directly into the live wire it was trying to hop over and the shadow convulses before the direct current flowing through the line directs it straight out of existence.
>The wheel rotates slightly to the right, giving the impression of a dog cocking its head in confusion as its glowing singular eye fixates on you.
[YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL. UNAUTHORIZED PERSONEL ARE NOT PERMITED ON THE BRIDGE.]
>The AI responds as though that should be obvious.
“What bridge? It’s been blown in half!”
>You shout as you wave a hand at the trash field outside.
“The Axiom is dead and you’re living on its death throws! If you don’t believe me just check your sensors!”
>you shout pointing an accusatorial finger at the AI as the solder that tried to take a chunk out ov you earlier hops over the tripwire and tries to take a swipe at you.
>Unfortunately for it you’re more than ready for it as you block its attack with your keyblade forcing its claws to clatter harmlessly off your weapon.
[INSUFFICIENT DATA, HABITAT SENSORS INOPERATIVE.]
“Whatever mission those protocols were meant to preserve has failed, whatever people they were meant to protect are gone!”
>You punctuate your speech with a swipe of your hand as a second soldier clatters up beside you and launches a spinning kick as you’re distracted by shouting at the AI.
>You gasp for air as the foot collides with your stomach knocking the wind out of you but the padding of Rarity’s jacket softens the blow.
>The AI has no response for you this time; it simply sits there, its eye flickering and its wheel spinning back and forth as it thinks.
>Meanwhile a third soldier tires to amble towards spike but its herky jerky gate leads to it catching a foot on a tripwire.
>The resulting high voltage discharge sends it flying back where it bursts, releasing a crimson light of its own into the sky.

>>29537546
>”Look I know you guys are trying to reason with the robot trying to kill us and all but can you keep it down? This shit is harder than it looks!”
>As Dan finishes shouting the mostly fried EVE unit reboots, the silhouette of an apple flashing on its screen before the black field with flowing yellow eyes snaps back into place.
>It levels its blaster at you but its arm spasms as it fires sending the bolt of electricity flying harmlessly wide.
>The second EVE’s eyes flicker out and are momentarily replaced by a red crosshair symbol as it effortlessly locks on to you and spike sending a rapid fire salvo of shots towards the two of you.
>The first shot impacts your shoulder sending a tingling numbness racing down your arm as you struggle to move it.
>The second two shots wash across Spike, the sudden electrical shock sending the dragon down to one knee as he braces himself with his lance.
>”Is that all you got?”
>Spike grunts through gritted teeth as he pulls himself to his feet.
>”GRAAAAAHHHHHH”
>Spike roars wordlessly as he hefts his lance over his head and brings it crashing down on the shadow twitching at his feet.
>a wisp of smoke billowing out from beneath the spire of rusty metal as the shadow dissipates and spike pulls the lance back into a ready stance.
>”You doing okay over there big guy?”
>The little dragon calls around the barricade to you as you clutch your side.
>The AI looks at you and breaks its silence
[IF THE SHIP’S INHABITANTS ARE MISSING THEY MUST BE LOCATED.]
>You take a deep breath through the pain and grin as you stare back at the AI
“Better than I thought I was Spike.”
>Party vs. Heartless Tide
Anon: HP 16/31 MP 46
Spike: HP 27/37 MP 30
wave 1
Shadow 2: Edisoned
Shadow 3: 5HP
Shadow 4: 5HP
Soldier 1: 11HP
Soldier 2: all tripped up 0HP
Soldier 3: 5HP
Soldier 4: thunderstuck 0HP
EVE 1 25/25 HP
EVE 2 2/25 HP
AUTO HP 24 (out of range)

>>29537583
for some reason 4chan is being fucky tonight and wont let me upload pictures now and wouldn't let me post at all for about half an hour. so I'll throw up the map for the next turn tomorrow

>>29537591
By the way AUTO was set to summon another wave when his hp hit 25 but this talk you're having has distracted him. Good job

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>>29537536
>Gif
>Using magic on magicians
If our Anon would do something as stupid as that, we would probably hear the loudest of facehoofs of one purple nerdy librarian from another side of the post-KH universe

Also damn, if that's not just a dicemaid being way too nice to us, we should totally learn or create magic mines\tripwires related moves. It zapps all the DARKNESS shit out of poor fellas

>>29537583
Without sensors... or anything stable and working for that matter, it's gonna be hard for you, AUTO. Especially with how much time left for you. Wanna go full 'auto' and join our party to find your friends (and probably kill us one day but that's not a big deal)?

Between Photon bomb and tripwires, It seems like anon's favored Combat method is mine-based. I'm cool with it.

Fire off another Thunder then pop an aspirin, we are getting low

Should we have Spike pursue an EVE or hold the line? There is one That's been taking potshots at us unimpeded by the wires

>>29537788
Can we do both Tunder and Aspirin? I feel like, if we have to prioritize one or the other, then the healing should come first.

>>29537583
You won't be able to locate the ship's inhabitants if you waste the rest of your reserves on this wreck. We're looking to make a new ship to find our friends who're lost out there, we can help you as well.

>inb4 AUTO goes berserk later, since we probably won't find them

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I just had an idea.

We could keep playing off the Mine Hazard theme with our future spells, here's an idea: once we learn how to cast Fire, we can find a way to shape it into a ring and cast it around an enemy, and then detonate It remotely so It takes out any enemies around our target too. I can only assume the brunt of the damage would go to the middle target, but still could be useful for crowd control. Pic related

Also, we gotta learn how to combine Blade and bulwark/shroud to cast Blade barrier

>>29538000
I could see that being really useful. Maybe have it be a ranged attack with relatively low initial damage, but it marks them for X turns, and if we kill it in that time, the mark explodes for AoE damage? That way other allies could trigger it too. Higher levels of the spell could even chain the effect, so killing something with the AoE damage causes them to emit AoE damage too.

>>29538039

I kinda pictured it as a timebomb of sorts, we just set it and then it blows on its own but the mark idea is neat.

We could use it with all three elements for different effects too. A frost nova bomb with blizzard to maybe freeze heartless would be nice

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Here's the map now that images are working again

>>29538703
Looking at this, considering how we're the only thing standing between the Soldiers/Shadows and Dan, firing off another Thunder seems the best course of action.

If we can heal ourselves with the Aspirin as well, then I'd like to do that too.

>>29538703
How much does a Full Swing do in terms of damage? And do we have to choose between Aspirin and attacking? Also, which EVE and Soldier are the most damaged? Because the one directly to our north is set up to take some serious damage from the capacitors if we hit them with another thunder.

Yen, can Spike take a 5-foot step without penalty? Because he could mow down 3 in a row if they don't move this turn, or he somehow moves before them. Might be better if we could get input on Spike's actions after the Heartless act rather than before, whatever plans we make with him can easily be outdated by the time his turn rolls around.

>>29537583
"To our knowledge, we're the only living things on this planet. If the ship's inhabitants are alive, they sure as shit aren't here. So I have a proposal for you: would you be willing to accept one of us as your acting captain while all other registered personnel are unavailable? We need a guidance system, and you need a crew."

Thoughts on saying something along these lines to AUTO, guys?

We definitely need to talk him down or we're going to get another wave of these assholes. Let's try agreeing with Auto. Something along the lines

"We're looking for people that's why we need some of these parts. We can take you with us and look for your passengers together. That's the only way you'll ever find them. If you kill us then you'll be left to rust here and NEVER fulfill your directive."

I imagine he'll want some reassurances after that, but it's a good intro. We can offer to fix his sensors and promise to give back whatever parts we took once his passengers are found. We may need to repeat that 'working with us is the ONLY way to achieve your directive' more than once to drive that point home. He should value that more highly than a minor subroutine devoted to keeping the bridge free of unauthorized people.

Guys, AUTO is a fucking dick. Why would you ever want him as our nav.

Let's just let Dan steal his ass

>>29539336
Can a computer really be a dick though?

>>29539336
Because of >>29537138 senpai

>>29539336
Because he was only following his programming, man. The real villain was the corporatist asshole who gave up early.

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>>29539349

>Can a computer really be a dick though?

Well gee anon, that is a tricky question, truly. However--

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>>29539349
>>29539497

--I feel like in this dire situation we should look at previous tales, and as such I don't feel like it's pushing it to mention--

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>>29539349
>>29539497
>>29539504

--That there could be cases in which a computer's behaviour could push it a little farther than just "not in our best interests".

>>29539497
>>29539504
>>29539510
In some cases sure, but in this case AUTO is going to end up as little more than a glorified garmin.

>>29539336
I wanna go full 'Lord Genome's Head' route with AUTO.

>>29539523
Personally I agree with this, we can have him start as literally a system for navigating and not much else, and if he proves himself as something other than a murderbot we can consider giving him more control. Plus poor dude is just doing what he was told, I think we can give him better orders that would make him less human-hostile.

>>29539497
HAL was just following its programming, though. If we hadn't programmed it to follow logic to a T, then all that garbage wouldn't have happened.

>>29539510
The machines in the Matrix were retarded, Bad example.

Bumpaga

>>29539075
I'll do a break mid turn for spike.

Full swing does the same damage as a normal attack it just lets you hit all the enemies in front of you at once.

Yes spike can five foot step without penalty.

You will unfortunately need to choose between healing and attacking with the aspirin. Unlike potions you must take it yourself it can't be used on you by a party member.

The damaged Eve is the eastern one. I forget which soldier is the most damaged at the moment though.

The next turn I'm thinking of is a combination of what many other people have said, however this does assume that we can use aspirin and attack in the same turn.

First; Pop some Aspirin
Second: Have Spike five-foot step northeast (doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity) and charge those three Heartless that are in a line.
Third; have Anon Home Run that other Heartless into the very damaged (2 Health) EVE bot.
Fourth; Convince Auto to come with us via the fact that the only way he will find his passengers is to come with the group and accept us (Anon) as acting Captain. >>29539075 Has a good quote about being active captain. Speaking in precise terms Auto can understand is likely going to be important.

>>29540525
>>29540550

With Yen's info, I suggest we forgo healing this turn in favor of this maneuver. I don't think we'll get another chance like this.And it just occurred to me I don't know what the range on our Home Run is. Heartless can't weigh too much, can they?

>>29540584
Fat Bodies are probably pretty heavy.

>>29512419
> took the staff
he deserves to die

>>29540615
You can thank the other players for that. Rod was a more or less unanimous pick at the time.

>>29540615
r00d. If anything, it's been helping out so far.

>>29540615
>Not risking your life every time there are more than 3 Heartless on the field at the same time
It's like you hate fun. And by fun I mean mortal danger.

>>29540550
This relies a bit on Spike's charge, and he doesn't go until after the heartless. Hence why >>29539075 requested input at Spike's turn instead of Anon's, I think. Anon can probably survive a couple more hits as long as he's not swarmed (and finds cover from the EVEs), so I'm still down for trying to homerun a twofer, and talking is a bonus action, so no complaints there. Let's decide Spike's action when it's his turn though.

up ye go

>>29540984

That does sound better, let's just go for the home run derby then

You know guys, you still have that inspiration point you gained from opening the watch. If you want to spend it now I'll let you use it to inspire spike to act on your initiative roll for this turn.

>>29541873
I like it, if no one is against it. We could easily take the offending Heartless out if we did.

>>29541873

Go for my original plan for a measly inspiration? Count me in, boss.

>>29541988
and then we could move up to thunder both the EVEs. maybe even the last soldier too.

>>29542029

Our current plan is to homerun the heartless Spike won't get with his charge into the damaged EVE, leaving hopefully just one full health EVE, maybe a low health smaller fry or two.

>>29541873
Sounds good to me, I don't think we'll get a better chance than this for Spike to charge without putting himself in danger afterwards.

Someone was asking earlier how distance was determined for home run derby.

Well basically home run derby trades damaged rolled for distance traveled. the magically enhanced version negates that trade. it's simply you travel distance equal to damage done.

The specifics depends on size category.
Shadows, elemental heartless and other small heartless are 10 feet per 1 point of damage.

Medium heartless like soldiers and bandits are 5 feet per damage

large heartless like large bodies and fat bandits travel on a one to one ratio. one foot per damage done.

>>29539504
speaking of skynet, we're going to star command eventually right? maybe we can pick up a robot body for Auto there and turn hm into a full blown party member. go all terminator on the heartless

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>>29537583
>Your grin quickly fades as you turn around and see what looks like every heartless left on the field looking your way ready to collectively tear you a new asshole.
“On second thought I could really use some fire support here little guy!”
>You shout to the little dragon as you brandish your keyblade ready to try and make your last stand against the heartless converging on you knowing spike won’t be able to reach you in time.
>”Don’t sweat it, I got your back big guy!
>You hear spike shout back to you as Spike digs deep and darts out around the shadow trying to pin him into your makeshift base.
>”You aren’t touching my friends on my watch!”
>Spike roars as he twists the throttle on his dented wreck of a lance and the thrusters blaze to life wreathing the dragon in flame.
>The dragon’s battle cry is drowned out by the roar of the engines as he shoots forward into the row of heartless trying to bum rush you.
>You blink in shock as spike shoots across your field of vision his heavy lance smashing through the shadows with ease and knocking the solder before you into the ground where the roaring backwash of the lance toasts the heartless finishing it off.
>Spike skids to a halt leaving a trail of cinders in his wake before turning to face you sporting a cocky grin.
>The little dragon wipes laughs as he props the oversized lance up on his shoulder.
>”Like I said before, let’s see the wizard do that.”
“I stand corrected, I guess you really can bring the heat little guy.”
>You say with a congratulatory smile while internally you try to figure out a way you can pull that off with magic.
“But can you do this?”
>you fire back at the little dragon as you pump energy into your keyblade and whirl around on the last soldier catching it off guard.
>The keyblade slams into the back of its helmet caving it in as you channel the spirit of the great bambino sending the soldier hurtling through the air like a ballistic missile.

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>>29543409
>”Yeah yeah, I already saw you do this earlier today.”
>Spike says clearly unimpressed with your wicked homerun prowess, but you hold up a finger to cut him off.
“Just watch I’m not done yet.”
>As you finish speaking the soldier crashes into the damaged EVE unit pointy helmet first.
>The improvised missile pierces straight through the jagged heartless crest on its chassis and the robot smokes for a second before exploding in a shower of sparks.
“See, this home run comes complete with celebratory fireworks.”
>You say with a grin before turning back to face the ship’s AI.
“And don’t go thinking I’ve forgotten about you.”
>You say as you point the keyblade at the AI’s housing.
“You’re looking at the only living things on this shithole Detroit forgot; so if the Axiom's inhabitants are alive, they sure as shit ain't here. The Axiom is going nowhere in a hurry so that’s out as a means of leaving this world and locating them. Without assistance the only option left for you to do is fail your mission as you wait for the last of your emergency power cells to die.”
>As you mention the power the lights at the command console flicker as the AI’s glowing red eye momentarily dims.
“And by the looks of things that’s going to be sooner rather than later.”
>The wheel rotates back and forth as the AI’s glowing emotionless eye stares down at you.
“We need a navigation system and you need a ship and a crew. So I have a proposal for you: register my friends and I as crew and accept one of us your acting captain. If you do that we’ll hook you up with a new ship to navigate and we can all get off this heap."
>”Guys, you really might want to keep your head in the game!”
>Dan shouts back to you as AUTO silently contemplates your terms.
>”I don’t think he’s going for it!”
>Spike calls from behind you as the Last EVE unit’s blaster hums to life preparing for another salvo as you stare down the emotionless machine.

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>>29543417
“It’s either that or you fail your mission and we leave you to rust here till this world’s star goes out.”
>You say, your voice cold as you refuse to give an inch.
>Seconds seem to stretch into hours before the robot finally speaks.
[YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTED CAPTAIN.]
>You can hear the buzz of the blaster behind you die as the final EVE unit shakes in the air before exploding raining down chunks of smoldering metal on the field of trash.
>”Jeeze you could have just shut it down.”
[NEGATIVE COMMANDER. UNIT WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO SHUTDOWN COMMANDS. ACTIVATING THE UNIT’S SELF DESTRUCT WAS THE ONLY VIABLE MEANS OF CEASING HOSTILITIES]
>The wheel responds to Spike’s stray comment as it descends down to eye level for the first time, the worn armature supporting it straining to extend to its full length.
[AUTOPILOT REPORTING FOR DUTY, REQUEST PERMISSION TO ENTER STASIS AND PREPARE FOR TRANSPORTATION CAPTAIN.]
>”Hold on how come Anon gets to be captain? I have seniority on this shithole!” necessities
>Dan shouts angrily as he marches up to the wheel that until a few seconds ago was trying to kill him.
[THE CAPTAIN LEAD YOUR UNIT INTO BATTLE WHILE THE CHIEF ENGINEER ATTENDED TO THE TECHNICAL NECESSITIES OF THE MISSION. THE CAPTAIN IS MOST FIT TO BE CAPTAIN. THE CHIEF ENGINEER IS MOST FIT TO BE CHIEF ENGINEER.]
>The AI says in the same way that one might say the sky is blue before turning back to you.
[REPEAT REQUEST CAPTAIN.]
>The AI is waiting expectantly but something doesn’t quite seem right. It may have told you it’s the Autopilot but you still don’t feel as though you’ve been introduced.”
“Autopilot is kind of a mouthful, is there another designation we can use for you?”
>You ask as you try to get a handle on how to refer to your new crew member.
>The AI’s wheel begins to spin in random directions again as it considers how to respond.
[ALL PREVIOUS CAPTAINS OF THE AXIOM DESIGNATED THIS UNIT AS OTTO]

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>>29543424
“Very well permission granted Otto.”
[AYE AYE SIR]
>Otto’s eye flickers rapidly for a few seconds and then finally goes dark.
>For a moment you’re afraid that you took too long and the AI’s power cells died as you stood there talking to it.
>Then there’s a pop and a hiss as Otto’s eye is ejected from the yellowing cracked housing of his wheel.
>Behind the once glowing red eye there’s a sturdy semitransparent cylinder revealing a glimmering processer the likes of which you’ve never seen before.
>You can only assume that the object you’re now holding in your hand is Otto’s brain.
“Well Dan I guess you have all the time you need to pull out the navigation system now.”
>You carefully tuck the AI’s core into your jacket pocket where it will hopefully be safe from harm.
>”You sure it’s a good idea to keep that thing stretch? When has dealing with an AI ever been a good thing. Remember Hal, Skynet, The matrix? All monsters with one thing in common, robots.”
>Dan says as he points to the lump in your jacket.
>” we ought to just smash the thing right now and be done with it”
>Dan brandishes his wrench in an attempt to drive the point home.
“Relax Dan it’s just a computer acting according to protocol. The only thing Otto is guilty of is doing what humans like us told it to. I doubt it’s even capable of malice. Besides it’s not like we’re going to hook it up to life support or anything.”
>You say as you try to persuade Dan that Hollywood is not real life.
“Otto is essentially a glorified garmin what’s the worst he can do to us?”
>Dan lowers his wrench and weighs the risks and benefits of incorporating the AI into your merry little group.
>”UGH fine, but if he so much as directs us down a wrong turn at Albuquerque I’m smashing him!”
>Dan says before he returns to the instrument panel and continues hauling out the parts you all will need for your ship.

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>>29543435
>With the pressure off Dan takes extra time to procure parts to support Otto and upgrade your ship with a few extra bells and whistles.
>You and spike try and ask what those bells and whistles are but every time you try and peak he swats at you with his tools and insists that its a surprise.
>By the time Dan completes his work it’s already late afternoon and the shadows cast by the rows of stacked cars at the end of the clearing have completely enveloped the remains of the Axiom.
>”Well I think this well has just about run dry.”
>Dan says as he stands up from the gutted console with a pack full of navigational hardware.
>You and spike get up from the tic tac toe board you've scratched in the floor of the Axiom and turn to follow Dan out.
>As the three of you leave the remains of the ship Dan asks you a question.
>”Do you boys feel like calling it for the day or do you want to press on to the last site? “
>You and Spike exchange a glance, the two of you are a little banged up from that fight but you figure you’d probably be able to soldier on through one more battle.
>Especially if it meant getting the last thing you all need to get off this rock, a vessel to install all this new loot in.
>Then again it might be best to take the time to brush up on some more magic skills and hit it in the morning fresh armed with new toys.


>Back to base or off to the eastern zone?

>>29543447
Holy shit, we actually did it
How are we doing on hp?
Going by kingdom hearts level structure, if this is the side mission, the eastern zone is the boss fight
If we're 50% or lower, i say we head back to base

>>29543471
Anon is at 16/31 and spike is at 27/37

you guys rolled hella well and Otto rolled poorly on that last negotiation check. so he was forced to bow to your logic.

And I should point out, the Eastern zone is the third place Dan scouted out for parts in an attempt to avoid the crane area which is usually crawling with heartless.

>>29543478
Im opperating under the assumption we need to clear the crane area to clear the world. So i think I want to go ahead and hit the east zone so we can rest up and be at 100%

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>>29543471
No, it's the third side mission, just the hardest one due to being near center of heartless biggest swarm at crane

I would say that we should take some aspirin and go finish east zone before calling it a day. We did south zone way too well (Twilight and Pinkie is surely proud of us) with just Spike and Anon, but Dan is fresh and new active party member again. Healing Aspirin works with per-day-per-character restriction, so if east baddies will be too harsh on us (and they surely will), better have a full night rest and fully restocked healing items before trip to even harder crane

>>29543478
why I have a feeling after that Axiom fight that Monsters Inc. fight was planned much harder? And that we were just way too lucky to buff monster with canisters only once? How scary "sub-boss" would look after all 5 canisters triggered?

I am very eager to learn more spells, so I want to rest and at least finish the bulwark section and maybe get started on shroud. But majority rules

If we're going to be studying up on magic should we expand our elemental repertoire or should we just be really fucking good at thunder based magic?

>>29543929
>>29543478
How much MP we have left? If low, then it's probably for the best to call it a day earlier, even with a good run so far. Still no Ethers for us, only healing stuff, and with no magic our butts gonna be kicked fast and painfully

>>29543936
Considering that everyone have weaknesses, it's probably for the best to have more at least basic options. We tried Thunder already, and with Spike's breath only Blizzard left to try out

I agree, we should pop some aspirin and move along to the Eastern Site. Sleep afterwards and have only the crane fight left.

>>29543959
Thunder (with the half-MP bonus from going magic stick mode) costs 8mp,and we have 46, so that's 5 casts plus a little to maybe put towards empowered keyblade moves. Do we recover all our MP during a long rest, or is it recovered like HP where we have a dice that determines replenishing rate? That'd be my limiting factor, since Aspirin will clear up our HP issues from this fight.

I feel like whatever benefits we get from quitting now will be offset by the fact that more heartless will have wandered to the east site.

>>29543936
More elements mean more creativity when it comes to using our spells, though I would definitely like to get to the end of the Bulwark section before starting on anything else. Damage reduction is something our scrawny ass could definitely use more of.

>>29543478
Acknowledged, but even if we don't HAVE to go to the Crane, we're probably going to at least try to scout it out to see whether there are any pieces there worth the effort of clearing it out to get. I'm picturing us sneaking up, letting Dan peek at the stuff with the Wolf Eye, and if there's something he says might be worth risking his skin for, we'll strategize from there. We defer to his ship-building judgment.

Remember that we already started on the bulwark section though, and seeing as how we are Wizards and have been getting swarmed learning protection isn't bad at all. Also we are in a place with loads of metal and circuitry so getting more adept at Thunder Magic could prove more useful

>>29544028
That sounds good to me.

>>29544408
Actually, belay that. Are we talking about the East area like the Crane, or another area before the Crane?

If there's only the Crane left, I say we fall back and rest for the night, studying the Bulwark spellcrafting.

>>29544418
"Crane" and "east area close to crane" are two different locations

>>29544445
So,

>”Do you boys feel like calling it for the day or do you want to press on to the last site? “

Refers to the Eastern area before the Crane?

>>29544481
Yip, last out of three "not a crane and yet have some gummy parts" locations

>>29544496
That doesn't sound too bad, then. Might as well have Spike pop an Aspirin as well, then, since his low INT will make it less effective.

>>29544481
>>29544445
That's what >>29543478 is saying, our whole point of going to the Axiom, getting the Scream Canisters, and now going to the Eastern site, all that was to avoid the Crane. Whether it all winds up being for naught because some essential piece we need to launch is at the Crane remains to be seen; that's how most JRPGs go, but nothing says Yen has to follow that convention.

>>29544535
My bad, must have skipped it. I have a bad habit of reading past some things.

>>29544535
>Implying that we will not check that location by ourselves, out of curiosity and to 100% that world after beefing enough at side quests and making our own gummy ship to have at least kinda safe spot from the Heap "inhabitants"

I mean, there are sweet things, just guarded way too well for us to go there without preparations. And it's not like we have a direction to fly... yet

>>29544388
I'll point out now that you won't be able to learn thundara from the journal.

>>29544602
I would certainly hope not. That would be insane to have Thundara before our first Keyblade boss fight,

>>29544602
I didn't mean that, I meant being able to do other thunder stuff like blade, bulwark and shroud

Speaking of which, once we learn how to do a bulwark we can use it for all elements, correct?

>>29544730
Correct. Spellcrafting abilities are learned independently of elemental magic.

>>29544749
Is there a point where we'll be able to come up with our own spellcrafting stuff?

>>29544794
Indeed there is. Once you learn these three basic forms you'll be able to start creating your own.

>>29544831
What if we try to add an element to the big swing?

>>29544939
I assume it would do elemental damage on top of physical.

>>29544831

Baller. We should keep track of what we want to try

We should definitely get on trying to learn ring form and Mine form when we can

>>29544939
>>29545107
That's something you can do now with any elements you learn. It'll cost you 2 MP to add 1d4 elemental damage to your attack. Like all elemental damage that d4 gets bumped up to a d6 if you hit an elemental weakness with it.

>>29545154
You know, something just occurred to me: do our spells allow for friendly fire? If not, we could cast Ring spells (once we figure them out) on allies just as well as enemies and give Spike the ability to charge in and Aloha Snackbar them with our spell. Even if they do, dragonbro's fire immune so we could still cast the fire variant on him without penalty.

Come to think of it, that logic should make Shroud our next priority, we can give him a deterrent for enemies to attack him without occupying his hand with a Bulwark.

>>29545381
That's a good point, but we'd have to learn Fire in order to do that well.

>>29545381
Raw elemental spells with large aoe effects don't tend to have friendly fire. The magic knows your intent so you'll find the random thunderbolts from your thunder spells mysteriously missing your friends. Tighter aoe effects that you have to aim don't have the same luxury to just mysteriously miss an ally outright. But you will find ally's have an easier time getting out of the way and can often save for 0 damage as opposed to half. The magic is an extension of your will so if you aren't trying to hurt them the magic is going to try to not hurt them too.

Spellcrafted effects are a whole new ball of wax though. The act of forcing wild magic into that regimented form separates it from its natural state as an extension of your will. It's like programming a computer. If you tell it to explode on contact it will, regardless of who it makes contact with or who might be caught in the explosion. as such friendly fire is something you're going to need to consider when it comes to spellcrafting.

>>29545447
We'll also have to learn bulwark shroud and blade before we can start developing ring.

>>29545655
Well, time to make a spreadsheet with all combinations that anons wants to try out, for future use and to not forget successful moves and their cost if we'll make any

>>29546390

So if we get to start developing new shapes and uses when we master crafting magic, do we get to alchemy stop, cure and gravity after we master the basic three elements or do we have to search around for those?

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So no meteor?

>>29547147
you're not going to be able to pull complex magical elements like that out of thin air. As for how you get those elements, let's just say you'll find out.

>>29547236

>Not Comet/Fantasia

Step it up bro

I'm glad we can talk enemies down/recruit them. This might backfire sometimes, but it tickles me that fighting isn't always the only answer.

Okay, what kind of spellcrafting forms do you think we should aim for?

So, anything you want to talk with dan or spike about on the way to the next location? You guys have some time to talk here as you pick your way through the heap.

>>29548633
Well, since spike is most likely coming with us, let's talk to dan
First thing's first, we'll see if there's anything else he knows about keyblades and our current situation

>>29549177
>Since spike is most likely coming with us
Holy shit are you planning on leaving Dan behind on this wasteland after stealing the ship he's worked months to build?

That's cold son.

>>29548633

We can Ask Dan about how he wants to approach the site. What dangers it has, what we could find there and if he needs us to cover him while he retrieves whatever he needs.

Also ask him if he knows where do those robots and the remains of the ship come from.

>>29548633
Do we know how he became such a good mechanic? If not, I'd like to hear the tale.

>>29537788
So THAT"S why Aqua spoke to us!

>>29538000
>Blade Barrier
Okay Emiya.

>>29540615
>not taking the one that gives you more max MP
SUBMIT yourself.

>>29544749
Is this system inspired by Bravely Second, by any chance?

>>29548523
Some sort of stalagmite, something with homing capabilities, and some sort of floating mine that homes into enemies that get close, like in Soul Sacrifice.

>>29549407
Its more a convergent evolution than directly inspired by bravely second. I honestly wanted to use a different name for the system but I got lazy with it and ended up going with spell crafting because it was the most straight forward.

>>29549335
You only have so much time before you reach the next site so that might have to wait till this evening. but I'll be sure to have you float the question by Dan before the day ends.

>>29549207
Nah, i just assumed that he'd be stuck here because kingdom hearts logic
So if he is, i figure we should talk to him while we can

I don't have anything to say, I don't think other people do either

>>29548633
What the fuck has Dan been eating in the literal months since he got here? Heartless poof into shadows when you kill them, and I hope for his sake he hasn't been reading Burgerphile leftovers, that shit was probably killing him when when it was fresh. Has he just been scavenging whenever a world dumps something remotely edible and rationing it out, or what?

>>29549504
Hopefully it'd be far less broken if it had been based off of Bravely Second. Spellcrafting in that was too powerful.

>>29549579
Yeah I thought that was probably going to be the case, it's not like you all have learned much new since the walk out to the Axiom.

>>29549597
Again this will come up tonight, but the short answer is Dan was lucky enough to find a truck full of canned goods after a few days of surviving on what he could scavenge out of the burgerphile, ketchup packets, leftover burgers, ect.

the shorter answer is he subsisted on the power of plot armor so he could be alive here when you arrive

>>29549504
Fair enough, was gonna compliment your taste. Even though I want to beat the shit out of Yew every time he mentions gravy. SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT GRAVY YOU FUCKING AUTIST.

>>29549666
>Dan was so angry his body refused to die of starvation

>>29549701
Oh I played me the shit out of some bravely second, It just straight up wasn't on my mind when I was coming up with your magic system. it didn't occur to me i was doing something similar till after i was halfway through writing the bit where twilight is showing off the magic mechanics.

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>>29543447
>You and spike are a little roughed up after that last fight, maybe you should call it quits for the day.
>You know what, on second thought, fuck that.
“Spike, hit me with that bottle of aspirin.”
>You hold out a hand to the little dragon who promptly deposits the mostly empty bottle of pills in your outstretched palm with a slight rattle.
“How quick can we get to the last site?”
>You ask Dan as you pop open the bottle and shake a pill into your hand before gulping it down dry.
>Dan slows down for a second as he thinks about the answer to your question.
>”Well if we go back to the station and drop off our loot it’ll take a couple of hours.”
>Spike groans at the revelation and you can’t help but wonder if that’ll cut it too close for comfort with the approaching nightfall.
>”But if we go straight there from here we can probably be there in like twenty minutes.”
>Dan ignores spike’s grousing as he finishes his thought and points off to the north east through the rows of ruined cars.
“Well then what are we waiting for, the sooner we get this done the sooner we can get out of here right?”
>You ask as you peel off down the alternate path.
>Dan readjusts his pack before shrugging and following you down the path.
>”You know what fuck it. I can carry this shit for a little while longer.”
>Dan says with a sigh as he and spike join you on the path to your next and hopefully final acquisition.
>Shortly after Dan resumes his place leading the three of you through the labyrinthine stacks of rusted metal the weight of Otto’s core in your pocket prompts a rather unpleasant thought.
>What if you come from that world, and the wreckage of the Axiom is proof that it’s already dead?
“Say Dan, do you know anything about where that ship we just looted came from?”
>”Why the hell would I?”
>The irritation is plain in Dan’s voice as he replies.
>”The only thing I know is that it has the aesthetic of a Steve Jobs wet dream.

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>>29550270
>That, and every time I’d try and salvage parts from it a god damn homicidal steering wheel would drop out of the ceiling and sick a squad of heartless on me.”
>”You know, the same killer robot you decided to get all buddy buddy with “Captain”?”
>Dan’s voice drips with sarcasm as he makes air quotes around the word captain.
>You aren’t really sure what to say to that as you look down at the lump in your coat made by Otto’s core.
>”If you really want to know I’d ask the robot once we get it turned on.”
>You look up shocked.
>Dan hates this thing, what’s he doing being so accepting of the idea of bringing it on board?
“What gives, I thought you’d want to smash it in the night or something?”
>”Well at first that’s exactly what I was planning, it was on my list after all.”
>Dan says nonchalantly as he squeezes between an unusually close pair of stacks.
>”But then I got to thinking about what you said about it not being able to do anything to us anymore. I figured being reduced to the function of map is a humiliating enough revenge.”
>”Plus I don’t really think a computer will really get the concept of just deserts, so an elaborate scheme is really wasted on it.”
>That makes sense in a weirdly vindictive sort of way, you think before shrugging and following Dan through the gap.
>At least he’s not gunning for Otto anymore.
>After Dan reassures you he isn’t planning on going all Lee Harvey Oswald on your new navigator a few minutes pass in silence after before you finally break the silence again.
“So what exactly are we going after this time?”
.>You ask trying to change the subject.
>”This is our second shot at a vessel since the van was a bust. As pissed as I am about losing such a comfy ride, this one is honestly probably a better vessel candidate.”
>”What do you mean better candidate?”
>Spike chimes in from his position trundling along as the rear guard.

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>>29550281
>”I mean the car looks like it’s a fuckin space ship, it’s got its own turbines and rocket thrusters and everything!”
>Dan’s excitement begins to build as he describes the car you all are going to collect.
>”It doesn’t even look like it’s damaged at all really, slick black coat of paint with a cobalt blue section on the hood and a big red circular turbine feeding the engine. It’s pretty rad.”
“If it’s not damaged why not just try and drive it back to the garage?”
>You ask, interrupting Dan’s fantasies about the sick set of wheels you’re going to collect.
>”Simple, I couldn’t get in. The glass is bullet proof or something.”
>You stop for a second confused.
“Wait, so if you couldn’t get in before, what’s changed now?”
>”Simple stretch, you’re what ‘s changed.”
>Dan says as he turns and points at you over his shoulder.
>”Or more specifically, you and that keyblade.”
>That wasn’t a particularly helpful explanation, is he expecting you to use it as a slim jim or something?
“I’m still not following here.”
>You reply hoping to coax more information out of Dan.
>”Ughh this is day one stuff here man, the keyblade is supposedly capable of opening any lock.”
“This IS day one here for me Dan. What else do you know about this thing that I don’t?
>Dan rubs his scraggly goatee for a minute as he mumbles to himself.
>”already mentioned the keyblade war… just did locks… only way to defeat the heartless for good. OH, apparently the keyblade is capable of opening the way to other worlds whatever that means.”
>Dan says as he plops his fist down into his palm in a little ah ha motion.
>As you go to open your mouth and ask why the hell we didn’t just do that in the first place Dan cuts you off.
>”Didn’t mention it because I have no idea how it’s done and figured if you did you wouldn’t even be on this shitheap.”

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>>29550294
>”I think that’s just about all I got on the keyblade specifically.”
>Dan shrugs as the three of you draw closer to a light at the end of this shadowy rusted labyrinth.
“Fair enough.”
>you say begrudgingly, frustrated that your only guide to the larger world doesn’t know much more about it than you do.
“So anything we need to know about this Car we’re going to get? Anything dangerous guarding it like Axiom security?”
>You ask turning your focus back to the task at hand.
>”Nothing beyond normal heartless bullshit, and we may not even run into those fucks.”
>Dan says rubbing his hands together gleefully.
>”It’s literally sitting there waiting for us to take it!”
>Dan laughs as you exit the stacks and rejoin a clear path heading off to the east.
>”But why take my word for it when you can see for yourselves; behold, our new ride!”
>Dan waves his arm like a magician revealing his hidden assistant as the three of you round the corner.
>Only to discover an empty clearing as Dan stands there eyes closed with a smug grin on his face as his arms frame a car that isn’t there.
>”Uh what ride Dan?”
“Yeah are you sure this is the right place?”
>You ask as you walk past Dan and look around the clearing checking for signs of this supposed supercar.
>”WHAT!”
>Dan’s eyes snap open as he wheels around on the clearing finding it to be exactly as vacant as you describe.
>”But it was right here!”
>You follow Dan as he runs over to the edge of the clearing.
>Once there you discover depressions where clearly a car once set along with scrapes and gouges in the surrounding scrap.

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>>29550304
>Dan did say all the best stuff seems to end up at the crane, now you know why.
“Looks like the heartless got hold of it.”
You say as Dan seethes with rage.
>”HEARTLEEEEEEEEESS!”
>The manlet bellows, silhouetted by the slowly setting sun as he throws his fists skyward.
>Suddenly a loud crashing noise interrupts Dan’s incoherent shouting.
>When you turn to see the source of the noise, you see something incredible.
>There, cape flapping in the breeze as it stands in a perfect three point landing, is what appears to be an honest to god super hero.
>But as you examine the motionless figure something seems off, the vibrant blue and red suit seems to hang off of his body as though the individual inside had withered away down to nothing.
>You cautiously start to approach the figure as spike bounces up and down excitedly stammering about how it’s a real life super hero.
“You okay there guy?”
>As you ask your question the figure slowly stands revealing on its chest a familiar red and black crest.
“Ohhh shit.”
>Spike goes quiet as you jump back summoning your keyblade in a flash of light.
>The heartless stands, the single spit curl antenna sticking up from behind its simple cloth strip of a mask bouncing as it looks at you from behind a pair of spiraling eye holes cut in the fabric.
>It’s gaunt lantern jaw tightens as those sunken spirals flash yellow and a squad of shadows rise up from the trash accompanied by a pair of soldiers popping into existence.
“You just had to go and speak of the devil didn’t you Dan?”
>You groan as the three of you fall into a formation against the advancing horde.
>Dan, meanwhile, isn’t listening as he pulls his wrench with a grin.
>”This is going to be the easiest revenge I’ve ever gotten.”

>Party vs Super Patrol
Anon 27/31 hp
Spike 27/37 hp
Dan 30/30 hp

Heartless
Shadows x 4 10hp
Soldiers x 2 15 hp
Fallen Hero x1 30 hp

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>>29550317
Oh my, looks like things are about to get...

...Incredible.

It'd be smart to start zapping to weaken the mob. Spike should get a fire breath off on the Fallen Hero, since we're gonna be resting for the day after this. Since Dan has done nothing but scavenge, he should be fine going after the Soldiers.

>>29537788
>>29549407
Aqua's spirit lives within us and our blade. Don't forget to learn balett moves and how to cartwheel.

Anything new to draw? Aside from new "Fallen Hero", already started that

>>29550527
Well, unless yen-sid already has an idea in mind, i'd love to see your idea for our ultima weapon

>>29550539
Ultima weapon tends to be pretty visually similar from game to game so probably pretty close to kh1's ultima weapon with our wayfinder's question mark worked in. Maybe a pale green to white gradient on the color with gold accents and filigree.

That said it's probably a little early for an ultima weapon. Seeing it now would almost feel like a spoiler imo.

That said what I'd like to see in the way of trinket sort of items is Otto's core.

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>>29550317
>that heartless.

I'm getting a distinctly mighty vibe off of it.

>Spell crafting with several basic elements to create new crazy explody magics
We Little Alchemy now

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>>29550623
welp. At least it's not waifu-heartless

>>29550378
Carlos you son of a bitch.

>>29550317
Map and turn order when you have a moment, Yen?

>>29550378
I agree with all this, actually. Though I'm a little concerned about how we haven't seen the Hero do anything yet, hopefully he doesn't have a team backing him up that we're not seeing.

>>29551392
I'm not sure I can make a map here at the office but I'll see what I can do.

another form we should craft eventually is chain, we can use it to make tripwires and barrier

chain + bulwark could be barricades and chain + blade a spike barrier

>>29551941
Have we already talked about Bomb spellcrafting, where we can shoot the spell as a sphere that explodes on impact?

>>29552048
No, we've tried to think how magic mines could work, and talked about timebombs (put any element on an enemy or ally with immunity to that element (ring of fire, frost, bolf of lighting) and it "detonates" later while bad guy in crowd) if I remember right. Still trying to collect all spells and mixes of spells ideas mentioned in threads

>>29552189
Do you think we'll be able to allu ahkbar anyone besides spike?

>>29553013
Not without some decent resistances or world-specific teammates.

I doubt any pony teammate is immune to Ice or Thunder.

>>29553026
We could get around it by learning Reflect, if that's a spell in this game. Just cast Reflect on them and (assuming it lasts 'til next turn) drop a Firaga on them afterwards. Doesn't confer elements if it works as it does in KH2, but I'm sure with a little spellcrafting we could modify it to do elemental damage.

>>29553140
Just buy enough "Name_of_Element resistant" trinkets

Bumpa ring

By the way, we need a cool way of calling out our construct magic.

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>>29551713
>>29551392
Here's our map for the fight. initiative order I think we'll be waiting till the after the first round to reveal that.

On the note of initiative. would you all find it more fun to roll initiative each turn for a random order each round or do you prefer it the way it is now with a static order set at the start of the battle?

>>29554708

>heart shaped

heh.

If we do a called thunderbolt away from us, does it become single target or can we still get AoE damage?

>>29554790
You get a little more damage and a cost reduction out of a single target thunder but you can't drop aoe at a distance.

that said things change when we get up to thundara and thundaga

>>29554708

The fact that the smaller heartless are surrounding the big one makes me nervous

Since this is the last fight of the day, you guys think we could get fancy?

Have anon move two squares forward and drop off a Thunder

Spike moves two squares top-left and then uses his lance charge to hopefully fuck up all three lined up shadows

Dan charges forward after him and try to get his wrench on the soldier's ass

As for initiative, while it sounds interesting to have a new one each turn it feels like it also kinda complicates some things on your end Yen, would that slow down the fights?

>>29555073
>>29554708

Wait, I'm retarded. The middle heartless isn't lined up with the other two, it's a square off. Shit.

Anyone wanna get on a defensive stance until the heartless converge on a better position?

>>29555085
It'd give us a chance to see what Fallen Hero will do, but understand that those Shadows have a high chance of sinking in the first turn, and it might be wise to take at least one of them out this turn.

>>29554708
Let's stick to what we've been doing for the past battles in terms of initiative. That's worked well enough.

>>29555073
I don't think variable initiative would really slow me down. My chief concern is hindering your ability to strategize.

>>29555418
>>29555234
>>29555073

speaking of variable initiative what ever happened to that stance combat system? it seems like we've just kind of abandoned it in favor of full control at all times.

>>29555996
It's still there, and we can do that if we want as far as I can tell. We've used it for the Shattered Mirror and Cinder Wolf fights, but not too terribly recent.

Perhaps full control became more popular due to the maps?

>>29556089
I honestly think it's mostly because the more granular full control is just more engaging

I'm not sure about a consensus here, it looks like you all are after advancng to lay down some thunder while spike gets into position for the most damaging rocket charge he can? while Dan smacks a soldier with the wrench.

>>29556358
Sounds good to me

>>29556358
Oh ye.

Unrelated kind of side note. maybe you guys would like to come up with some cool one liners you use when you set off a magic spell. I feel like it'll get dull if i lean too much on generic THUNDER FIRE BLIZZARD for your casting.

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>>29556567
Fire
>Hot enough for you?

Blizzard
>Chill out!

Thunder
>By the power of Grayskull!

>>29556567
there are some good fire based quips we could use here and also some useful stuff for the future assuming we find Rarara and she joins the fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krcJDv2A9P4

>>29556567
>Fire
"Burn, baby, burn!"
"Let's turn up the heat"
(In a really thick british accent) "YOU'RE UNDERCOOKED!" (Best for finishing blows)

>Thunder
"Bringin' the hertz"
"I'm all charged up!"
"You've been......THUNDERSTRUCK!" (Best for finishing blows)

>Blizzard
"What's cooler than bein' cool?"
"I'm...too much" (also works for fire)

>>29556567
>"What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!"

>>29556567
>A funeral pyre, just for you!

>>29556567
>time to render you cold and cadaverous!

>>29556567
>I am the winter of your discontent!

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>>29550317
>Something about the way that the heartless are surrounding the emaciated mockery of a super hero makes you uneasy.
>Like they might be setting some kind of trap.
>Maybe the three of you should hang back and play it safe; try and see what the heartless are up to.
>Then again it occurs to you that it’s pretty hard to set off a trap after your ass has been lit up by 10,000 volts.
>The tip of your keyblade is already glowing a brilliant yellow as you finish the thought.
>You rush the shadow standing in front of you brandishing the keyblade as though you plan to smash the little heartless.
>But at the last second you stop short and thrust your weapon into the air, showering the field with thunderbolts.
“Time to bring the hertz!”
>You shout as a bolt of lightning catches the fallen hero in the chest while two of the three shadows caught in your electric fury explode on the spot.
>The third shadow manages to twist out of the direct path of your lightning and avoid his companion’s fate, but rather than the sweet breakdancing of the third shadow it’s the fate of its destroyed counterparts that catches your eye.
>Instead of dissipating in a cloud of smoke as all the shadows before you have done the cloud of darkness they leave behind swirl inwards toward the fallen hero enveloping it a seething dark aura.
>It looks at you and you can see a pair of pitch black twinkles in its eye as its crooked zigzagging mouth twists up into a grin.
“Ohh man that can’t be good. ”
>As you warn the others the soldiers charge down towards you past the imitation hero.
>the first one lunges at you with its claws while the second launches itself into the air in a flying kick.
>As you knock the claws of the first soldier aside you fluidly sidestep the second heartless’ flying kick leaving the monster to crash land next to its counterpart.
“I set ‘em up you knock ‘em down Spike!”
>You shout as you turn to the little dragon who shoots you a thumbs up in return.

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>>29557020
>”Let’s see if you guys can take the heat.”
>Spike says with a grin as he wrenches the throttle on the heap lance sending him blazing forward wreathed in the lance’s burning after trail.
>The careening rocket powered lance crashes through the pair of soldiers and sends Spike flying another 20 feet before sputtering out directly behind the fallen hero.
>”You’re ne-“
>Spike starts to taunt the creature it’s aura pulses as it twists around to look at spike, its eyes blazing with an unnatural sickly yellow glow.
>”-xt.”
>Spike chokes on the end of his sentence as a pair of lasers rip from the heartless’ eyes blasting the little dragon sending him flying back several feet into the trash.”
>“Oh my god it killed Spike!”
>But before you’re able to reflexively shout back you bastard the heartless whips its head around sweeping the laser across you and your diminutive mechanic.
>You wince as the searing yellow light cuts into you, but as quickly as it began the light flickers out and the hero’s aura seems half as strong as it was before leaving a single twinkle in the monster’s eye.

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>>29557029
>You get ready to rush across the field to check on the little dragon, but before you can make your move Spike pops up out of the trench he had been blasted into and dusts himself off.
“Glad to see you’re still in one piece little buddy.”
>You say as you breathe a sigh of relief.
>”Yeah, looks like that scale shine came in handy after all.”
>Spike groans as he looks the charred spot on his belly.
>”So what if its got lasers, we just need to kill it before it has the chance to shoot off any more of those things!”
>Dan shouts as he runs up and catches a soldier in a pincer movement with Anon before ringing the monster’s bell with his trusty wrench.
>After witnessing the crazy shit the three of you just went through the trio of remaining shadows vanish beneath the trash as they assume their two dimensional form.
>”See we got ‘em running scared.”
>Dan says with a smirk as he drums his fingers on his wrench preparing for the next assault.
>Party vs Super Patrol
Anon HP 17/31 MP 38
Spike HP 22/37 MP 10
Dan HP 20/30

Heartless
Shadows
1 10
2 0
3 0
4 3
5 10
Soldiers
1 4/15
2 7/15
Fallen Hero 27/30

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>>29556692
What really killed the dinosaurs

What if we can pin the hero between two destructive forces? Have anon move so that he's in line with spike and the large heartless and prepare a magically enhanced home run bat, while have spike use the last of his mp to charge at the hero dead on.

>>29557231
Is it finally time for that double lariat I said we should do three threads ago?

>>29557033
So the Cyclops attack dealt 10 damage to Anon and Dan. Fucking yikes.

Since we're gonna rest, I see no reason to be anything but liberal with our Thunder use. Spike should make his way behind the Fallen Hero for a flank atack. Dan should either finish off the Soldiers we potentially miss, or make some distance between us, since that laser's dynamite.

>>29557033
Hmm. First, I have to wonder what the rules are for him gaining charges of his laser eyes: it definitely seems to be a retribution thing, but is it only for shadows or soldiers as well? Maybe the soldiers do something else, like buff his strength? Also, he only has two eyes, can he have more than two charges built up? This could be a crazy fight if we're not careful.

First, since we didn't think to last round, let's get the lay of the land with an investigation check. The real question though is whether we want to risk attacks of opportunity leaving the Soldiers to go smack down the Hero, or whether we destroy the soldiers and risk what happens as a result of that. I think we along with Spike should focus down the Hero while Dan weakens the Soldier that's at about half, and hope we can combo it out of existence before the Shadows pop up again.

We're actually in a good position for it, so I'm totally down for >>29557469. But, y'know, with swords. Might as well add some lightning damage to it too, we've certainly got the MP to spare. Is that still a double lariat?

Fallen Hero has a cape. We could do a "no capes" moment and snag it for a while. We might even be able to swing it into things.

>>29558346
Pin it's cape with our keyblade, then have spike charge it

That hero is clearly getting stronger/madder as we beat the weaker shadows

Dan should taunt the soldiers and keep them busy while anon and spike go to town on his ass

have anon do a single target thunderbolt and then Spike can do a fire breath, just wail everything on the fucker. If he can set fire to his cape even better

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I want to save Nyx and Xion

>>29560130
>setting the cape on fire
>not using it against him

Capes are fun things to snag. But I agree about not killing anything else until we kill the shit out of the Fallen Hero.

>>29560198

But anon, if we set the cape on fire he's gonna be taking fire damage every turn until it burns out or at least he should, it makes sense to me

Also, he's a super hero, he clearly has super strength. If we snag it he'll just piledrive us

When will Sora stop the hurt?

>>29560386
When you realize all that he's done, he's done for you.

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>>29556679
>"I'm too much."
Kek.

>>29556567
"Ashes to ashes." (fire finisher)
"Crack the sky!" (thunder)
"I'm on fire!..and so are you." (fire)
"There's SNOW way I'm letting you get away with that!" (blizzard)
"Now here's (an ice/a nice) attack!" (blizzard)
>"BURN TO THE GROUND!"

>>29560222
We actually don't know how strong he is, I'm kind of running with the theory that the Soldiers are going to buff his physical strength while the Shadows give him laser eye powers. But yeah, let's pin him with the cape and give Spike a good shot at full damage; maybe knock his knees out and then pin the cape under our foot?

>>29561056
I'd think pinning it with the keyblade would be better than a foot.

Whenever we finish something with an explosion spell, just say "Nice." as it goes. exactly like in the megas xlr theme.

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All this talk about catchphrases makes me wonder if we should also think up of some general ones to say whenever we do something cool or non elemental/high level magic.

I recall that Sora shouting "LIGHT!" and "GIVE ME STRENGTH" and then proceeding to go into a drive form or using a flashy combo finisher like pic related was weirdly hype, like he was literally tapping into the raw force of light to fuck shit up like Ansem and Riku did with DARKNESS

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>>29562199
I mean, our bonds with our friends are probably where our strength is going to come from, so things like "That's teamwork!" for a combo, "Out of my way!", or
>pic related

>>29562418

Don't forget that we picked JUSTICE as one of our answers at the beginning, so a phrase with that could be cool, too.

That said, I really do dig "Out of our way!" and "I fight for my friends!" as our high level battlecries. We need to come up with suitably overpower spells to use those on, of course.

>inb4 anon's ultimate combo finisher is just carpet bombing the map wasting all his remaining Mana for a true "fuck EVERYTHING in this area" finisher

>>29562488
I like the idea of weaponizing the unlock beam like how Sora and Riku did in 2. Perhaps make it so it can bounce around the field like a trick shot.

>>29562696
That would be fuckin sick.

just got back from game night shenanigans. looks like we're going with
Anon, pin the cape,
Spike: Rocket charge the hero
Dan: Taunt the soldiers.
action up shortly