Hal Henderics

"I'm an aspect of Earth's Pure Essence, an Earth Elemental Being. My true body is this flame, while the rest of my stone components are merely a useful shell." "I am Gozer, and my Dim! Witted! Companion!" Gozer pauses to yell to Dackly, who hops to attention and comes over. "Is named Dackly, and she is a Gorgon whose flesh has been transmuted to plants, and whose face has been cured of it's inherent petrification by Actor Training to make it look better and put her facial muscles under her control, which paired with her pliable plant matter face, enables stunning transformations." "And she is going to apologize and stop half-pretending she didn't just prank you." "I just couldn't help myself, All humor is derived from fear and confusion, after all!" "I'm Dackly!" Dackly says, holding out her hand with a cheerful close-eye'd grin. "I already introduced you." Gozer says and is promptly ignored at Dackly's Convenience.

--Throne Hall-- Dackly screams too, spinnging around rapier already twirling in a way no real fencer would twirl it in. "Who's there, you stay away from my new friend!" She shouts, immediately assuming someone was behind her, rather than the logical conclusion. The Stone Being underneath her clamps a face firmly to it's head. "Dackly, she is clearly referring to-" "Not now Gozer, our dear friend is currently under attack by some horrific invisible monster, and I won't stand by it!" Dackly shrieks, miming a parry over and over. Gozer looks deeply emberashamed. "Please Forgive us, she does not know the meaning of Tact, or Personal space." "Gozer, please do not demoralize the girl, I know all about tactics, I snuck up on her and spooked the shit out of her didn't I? Now excuse me while I try to find this invisible assailant, their ability to keep quiet must imply ninja shoes, which I want. I want those shoes more than life itself." She does not have feet...- She hops off Gozer's Back and begins her arduous search, combing, poking, and prodding the Throne Hall's various buttons and leavers, searching for an invisible being that is clearly not there. Gozer has the presence of mind to look sheepish, his Green Flame staring into Hayle's eyes. "So, you are an Ice mage?" Gozer Asks Awkwardly.

--Throne Hall-- Dackly slithers between equipment, while Gozer assembles himself into an innocuous pile of blocks nearby. Whenever Hayle's attention waivers, the blocks get closer, shifting over slightly, and the black shape out of the corner of her vision slithers by. Eventually, Dackly makes herself known, leaping up atop Gozer in full form right behind her. "Hi there! Welcome to the Gang!" she shouts suddenly.

--Kino-- Kino and Enma leave through the portal, and it is then shut down to conserve power. (PLOT END~<3)

--Gary-- Gary Poofs away, whoooooooooooooooooooooo.

--Ritsu and Mitsu-- Ritsu and Mitsu pass through the portal, Comically High Piles of Lumber and bundles of Flowers in hand.

--Alexandria + Jade-- Alexandria and Jade both return to the castle, taking the Blueprint Slablet and The Master Portal Relay with them, among other things.

(16, 19) It is locked, and kicking it causes a loud ticking noise to start sounding off cheerfully.

--Alexandria-- "Yeah man, It's my Muse, a small little critter, about yea high? covered in the most beautiful glowing golden fur, and shining like the moon..." "I won't be doing any art without her to inspire me..." With a hand, he demonstrates something coming up to above his knee.

--Mitsu-- The Forest is Peaceful, the ground smells sweet, Flowers are abundant enough. Mitsu gathers up (2+1d4=2+1) 3 Bundles of Flowers. (17, 17) A Bundle of Tulips, yellow and nice smelling (10, 18) Dandelions are Flowers, right? (20, 14) And lastly, A bush of Purple Roses, growing near a patch of Dark Eco. Mitsu is tempted to just overlook them entirely, due to Dark Eco's Rampant Mutagenic and Destructive nature, but something resonates with her, the idea of something beautiful and full of life not just surviving, but thriving on a force of destruction. It must be tempting to take those along as well. Considering what they represent. --Ritsu-- Harvesting two metalhead carcasses, Ritsu obtains (1d2+(1/4 Int)=2+2=4) (1d2+(1/4 Int)=2+2=4) 8 different items. (20, 14) The first thing she finds is an Egg. Rather Gruesome, but it seems to be completely developed, a Black Metal Oval-ish shape that is unmistakable. (5, 14) She finds a blob of Dark Eco, Ouch! she takes 5 damage and (5961) Feels absolutely no different than she did before... Lucky! (11, 11) She also finds a Metalhead Skull. Obvious, but these skulls are rather durable, being made of a biological Metal Alloy. (19, 16) She also finds a Skull Gem, this glowing yellow gemstone is good for trade, and can also be exploited as a power source. (10, 11) She finds another Blob of Dark Eco, but is not fooled this time! She avoids it, swatting it away with the metalhead skull, finding it to be more than resistant to the dark energy. (4, 7) She finds a pile of Guts. Worthless for the most part... Maybe there is some odd use for them somewhere. (9, 18) She finds an even bigger pile of Guts... (20, 6) Lastly, she finds a combo pack, a Solid Steel Spinal Collum from one of the creatures, perfectly intact, and it's bimetallic nerves, which are carefully left attached. --Alexandria-- "*Sniff Snort* I lost my muse Man, she ran off and now I can't find her, This art's never getting done if I can't find my muse again..." He slumps back over, like the lunk he has become. --Jade+Kino+Enma-- (3, 13) Enma would find very little else aside from this corridor and that of the other catacombs, it seems they are all isolated from one another rather intensively... Moving on, the Trio are Impeded by a locked door, Mundane, but seemingly eternally potent, the lock looks clean and un-rusted.

--Kitchen > Smeltery > Outside-- At the same Time, Dackly and Gozer are busy at work, this time, dealing with matters they should have taken care of much earlier, gathering rice and iron, one for sacrifice, and one for construction, the pair create an iron altar, and Dackly turns it to stone, as Gozer turns the stone to the darkest color he can. Scraping can be heard along the halls as Dackly Drags the Stone Altar outside, under the moon's Full Light. --Mar-- Mar's Sphere Explodes in a massive and loud conflagration of white light and energy, leaving floating shrapnel in the air, glowing purest silver, and radiating pure energy. Mar collects (20) Tier 3 Level 20 Small Moon Silver Shrapnel Shards: Shards of Glowing Silver, Synthesized by intense magical and lumal pressure by concentrating magic and a full moon's light onto silicon, this material seems to completely defy gravity, at least at night, it also glows with an earthly light.

Ritsu has no luck escaping monstrous belligerent things, (17, 11) unfortunate for them, that is, considering Ritsu is able to mow through them like screaming wheat. She obtains a Rick of Wasteland Deadwood: A stack of wood measuring four feet high, eight feet long, and roughly sixteen to eighteen inches thick. When used, grant a target +10 MHP for one Combat, by piling it in front of them as a barricade. She also obtains 3 Metalhead Carcasses: A corpse of some metallic monster. Can be Harvested for 1d2+1/4 Int Materials/Items.

Ritsu would find her larva and honey, and more importantly, (9, 14) She would find a swarm of angry Corrupt Combee, who are not ignorant of Ritsu's thievery

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Entering the Catacombs, they would find Jade, back turned to them with a torch made of a spiked club burning brightly. Ahead of them, the hall stretches on a ways, and holes in the walls are sheltered by the darkness, hints of torchlight reveal corpses long dead and set to rest, slid into these holes.

They would find that the graveyard is well used, Dark Eco bubbles up from the ground, and bones rest against dead trees. A few Catacombs are also dotted around, and one of them appears to have been opened.

"Well here ya go." the bumbkin says, handing over two jars of white liquid as Ritsu hands over the goods. "A pleasure doin' business mayum." he says, stumbling back into the shack.

(9, 3) Alexandria patrols the town, looking for something to do. She spots a man standing in front of a half finished piece of artwork. He looks extremely sad about something, and isn't working on the art, instead, simply resting arms crossed on a table next to it, hammer and chisel in hand.

A straw-hatted fellow lacking in teeth and abundant in smile bursts through the door, disoriented, he lacks any protective equipment, but has very tough looking skin. "Yeah? I got it. 10 Precursor Orbs a Jar. Whatchu needin' it fer?" the confused hill person says. He scratches his head, seeing the Giant Grub beneath Ritsu's Arm. "Well Dang." "Looks like you need you an edeu-kation." He goes into the shack, digging out something that looks an awful lot like a blunderbuss. "Rocksalt, for when they get uppity." He digs out another thing, a wood square, made of 4 planks of wood. "Wooden Frames, you need these-uns for little bees, but for a biggun, you will need to make a real big frame to hold the fella. Like, a whole dang room er something. You make sure they got a frame for every lil thang, one frame for the queen and the lar-vay, one fer the worker bees ta store the honey, and another for this and that. Just get a buncha frames." He digs out another thing, A bundle of flowers, why are those in there? "Bees need Flowers a whole lot. And they need a whole lot of em'." He digs out a final thing. "Startin Tab, 's just a bit of wax to encourage em to build there. You'll need to get some wax that it likes to slather on the inside of the frames so they's know to build there. Just a dab'll do." He pauses. "That help ya figure it out?"

--(11, 16) Catacombs-- Jade enters the Dark Depths of the Catacombs, Cobwebs and Pebbles line the hall which slants downward, open shelves embedded in hard rock proudly display darkness, due to the lack of sunlight touching them. The Catacomb hall goes deeper into the darkness, it is hard to see far in this darkness. (7, 2) Jade Spots a piece of wooden rigging in the ceiling, it is so fragile that it would have smacked him on the head if he had disturbed it.

--Smithy-- Mar Stalks his way into the forge, he looks tireless as always, and intent on doing yet another strange project. Even on the way there, he seems to be manifesting a blue-grey metal in his hands, a small chunk, slowly growing. --Kitchen-- Dackly and Gozer Bow, having finished their project. The two of them Patrol the entire castle, picking up garbage and generally cleaning, putting it all in a giant plastic bag from the kitchen. Dackly whistles a cheery tune as they work on spring cleaning. Minutes later, Dackly's Deranged Laughter Peals through the Castle, followed by an explosion of horrible odor, coming from the Alchemy Lab. Anyone near it would see a Twisted Stone Monster, in a pool of bubbling acid and a horrible acrid scent of melting garbage, held inside a strange Glass Contraption with Articulate Glass Legs, a Giant Jar, and Metal Wheels. It looks like if someone made a Spider out of Sculptures of garbage. At the same time, Dackly Shoves a Giant Glass Jar with a Tiny Earth Fire Snake in front of Aurora. "Made you a present! be careful, this fella can burrow through solid rock!" They promptly leave, leading their Spider Abomination away.

Lua Da easily produces a working product, This is much simpler, overall. Nextly, Lua Da sets up her Laboratory's Portal Rail, inputting data from the group's radiant energy, and creating a one way trip to The Castle. A Swirling portal is opened, which can be gone through at any time. After going through, Grassweed Forest will remain Accessable so long as you have a Prime Portal Relay set up on your Ship. --Jade-- Jade Enters the Graveyard, it looks rather dismal, and even without the Corrupt Plants, Dark Eco remains abound. Jade is forced to sick to the main path, as several blobs of Dark Eco occasionally bubble up from the ground, and there are a few Darc Eco Crystals and Crates as well. Several Catacombs also make this place their home, and Large monster bones stand up from the ground around dead trees.

Gozer gently picks up the cloth with care. He drops it in the soup, and the Crackpot Explodes in pure white light, before leaving a small puddle of pink liquid. This is poured onto the table, resulting in a Shining Silvery Roll, with a faint purple tint along the sides from the glue. "And that's how you do a thing!" Dackly says, tossing the roll of Glowing tape up in the air. She has a strong urge to lick it, just to see what it tastes like.

"White or Silver. Reflects the most light, which makes it last longer." "Wide, about as wide as your hand should do." Gozer bows his head at the request.

Dackly nods, and subtly- in her eyes at least -rubbed her forehead as she set them to boil, the hissing and frothing eventually giving way to a bland something-or-other. Dackly then mixes this toxic cocktail with the whitish glue, pouring them both into the crackpot, where they become a bright purple liquid, glowing in the bottom. "Now all we need is the Silk Ribbon, and it should be complete." Gozer comments. A drop of the liquid is poured out, just a tiny drop, and he sticks two pieces of metal with it, affixing them together. "Dackly, try to separate these, if you would." Dackly nods, and getting into a position of impossible leverage with her flexible spine, she attempts to rip the two pieces of metal apart. Eventually, she manages it, however, the glue was not de-bonded, but rather, a chunk of metal torn off under the strain. Dackly looks very proud of this. "Good. All that remains is the Silk Ribbon." Gozer says, simply.