I plan to put it up later tonight, once everyone has had time to do whatever it is they want to do.

(also I know the calendar is late, but I need to see when we finish this thing before I can put a specific event on the calendar, so it'll go up once this post finishes)

I'm still proud of how well we've kept the NPCs alive so far.

good job :|b

though a PC died to save them this time

priorities

We've failed entirely at the "No PCs die" achievement.

well

eh

Crona you will be missed. Ragnarok you were a dick but I guess you'll be missed too.

If things remain as they currently are, Ikuri probably won't be doing anything else. Ironically Rag's last scream attack frayed her a little bit, and now she's kinda in shock. :'D

If you were of a mind to do it and she were in better shape, you maybe could've ordered her to give chase, but...I think maybe we've got the fight out of her now. Not sure about the idea of urging it back in,

if you'd even want to.

didn't the no pcs die achievement fail way back before I even joined?

Not sure what Mitellux can contribute so I'm gonna forgo my tag unless somebody wants to ask for her to do something

yes Night died back on like. day 160ish

(And some of those drops might have died too :x )

but I don't think we've lost any friendly NPCs?

and let's face it Byakuya isn't equipped to survive in this environment he's dead meat if he got lost on the skyway

skyway drops wouldn't count as 'death' tho

I'm just saying some of them probably died p:

but yeah we ahve at least one confirmed eath as was said

before Crona's

yeah, night died, and we had some npc deaths before game start

yeah they probably did

prequel npc deaths don't count for the achieve right?! XD

nope

also I am just imagining a really sad/alarming procession back into the Bastion.

like we've got two wounded who'll probably need help walking (once Rob's adrenaline finally wears off??), two traumatized-looking prisoners, Ikuri's covered in blood, and then someone carrying Crona's dead body

BUT WE GOT A CORE EVERYONE HOORAY

OH YEAH ABOUT THAT

?????????

don't worry, I predict no nasty surprise, just an addendum to that part:

lol

for a second I was all WHAT are you about to tell me it's not even a real core???

so who's carrying the crona body anyway

but at what price, yinza

at what price

OH YEAH ABOUT THAT. (redundancy intended)

Ikuri's not only covered in blood, but probably a bigger mess than you've yet seen her. |'D (Thanks, Ragnarok.) Mentioning it here in case no further tags come to clarify it:

She's in enough of a state of shock to be somewhat unresponse at first - and if someone tries to pick up Crona's body or the like she's going to flip out a little bit. Not battle-berserk again but like

"NO MY FRIEND DON'T TOUCH MY FRIEND D:"

and still doing that silently-begging-to-be-alright breakdown thing. won't want to let anyone near the corpse at first.

...does Ikuri want to carry Crona

Either way, you'd have to talk her down a little bit, explain the necessity of things etc., but you can convince her to get back on her feet. And actually...

Without objections, I'd say that little her carry Crona is a good idea. It'll help keep her mind off your prisoners.

Said meaningfully, because if you leave her to her own thoughts and devices she's going to be making deathglares. And fingering the sword hilt.

sorry ikuri you're going to get ragnarok literally dripping out and dying all over you

Zuko is not sure she'll be good for much else so.

oh god

she's already messed up, what's a little more going to do right :|b

it's probably not much of a spoiler, but after shock's gone, the real weight of all that's happened is going to come down on her later.

when it sinks in? really sinks in? upset. big time.

yeah Tobias is pretty numb right now

don't blame him at all, totally natural reaction imo.

(Suddenly very very glad I did not take him from end of canon...)

ACTUALLY, SINCE YINZA MENTIONED IT - wouldn't it be funny as hell if after all this that really did end up being a fake core

Zuko is just. trying to take care of everyone who's left, she thinks she's your leader and therefore her responsibility

also that would be very sad and possibly some of them would ragequit

hey let's make this more messed-up
while ya'll are walking, Ikuri's talking to the corpse under her breath. BDb

NOT SAYING IT'LL HAPPEN, just a sudden thought

but why not make the trek back even worse

sure why not

I will reassure you, it's not a fake core |Db

it's legit

well there's that at least. :|b but what if Ragnarok's blood got on it again at some point during the fight and ruined it just like the other core, wouldn't that be funny

shhhh

i mean he did splash everywhere

That would be terrible can we do it?

gosh you guys...

I am disappoint that another Thing didn't happen but I guess this was sufficient suffering for the moment

hahaha

besides we already did the corrupted core thing once

i am always up for more terrible

And Rob will be chugging potions and panicking now that he has nothing to focus on

On mobile right now so tags unlikely atm

:< Tobias will try to calm Rob down. He seems the least familiar with combat situations and boy does he know this feel.

it's okay Rob you get to join the horribly scarred club

One of my goals since I brought him here tbh

(want more and bigger scars though)

if Rob pisses off Mitellux enough maybe you can add some acid burns to him 8D okay no that would be a dumb idea she'd probably rather kill him if he starts ticking her off

Rob's smart enough to not piss off a dragon

fffff

Home and Rob needs a black tonic, stat

No but we have a black dragon

(He didn't expect to be using Heal Litany at all if there was any injuries so he doesn't have one himself)

Those are not the same thing. Not even close.

(okay but what's black tonic)

they give an extra daily use of abilities

oohhh right

I remmeber those, just not the name

you guys can keep doing your thing in that post too, I'm going to set up the return post

/cry, is gonna be out for a few hours here in a bit. Will get the return post when he gets home.

it's okay <3

hmm-hmmm. awake now, let's see what I can get up...

Made a couple assumptions; like always, I hope they work.

:< Ikuri...

kinda broken. ='D

... would an Ibuki help?

Granted Ibuki would be a bit freaked out at seeing a dead body...

...wish I could tell ya, but I honestly don't know. It may, or it may not. :'D
(NOT JUST THE DEAD, BUT SEEING IKURI TALK TO IT)

(and hold it and hug it and laugh like it were still alive, how about that)

Your own judgment there. :'D

...It might be best if Ibuki kept away right now, actually. Don't wanna discourage you from taggin', but on the honest side of things, adopted babbu's not in the best shape. :'D

and naturally, later on, one of the connections she'll inevitably make is the possibility of losing Ibuki in similar fashion

:<

Would Ikuri like a cute Pokemon to try to calm her down?

At this interval she'll probably ignore it. Later on, in another thread/log, would be a very good time, though. (It'll do the most good when she's open to it.)

With all that said - even if your kids don't tag in, you guys are totally welcome to assume they witnessed these goings-on.

(You can tag in anyway, but she might ignore you. :'D I think she'll end up selective in who and what she responds to.)

Haha, I was just thinking that AZ might be able to talk to her. ... He's seen a lot, after all, so.

if you think it'll help, go for it. :|b you never know, he just might.

Please don't go nuts and build a revival machine, Ikuri. He made that mistake. 8D;

when she goes nuts, she's likely to seek the opposite of revivals. :'D

Building isn't really a thing she does, either, at least not of her own initiative.

... now that I think about it I guess it's not really a good idea for Ibuki to be exposed to all this death and bleeding, she's still kind of recovering from her memory regaining

Aye, that's what I was thinkin

enter key

"YOU CAN TAG IF YOU WANT but there's like no possibility for happy things right now; ironically your presence might make things worse"

When eventstuff is completely concluded, I'm very much thinkin' there'll be an aftershock log wherein her grief finally fully sets in; you might be able to do some good then.

Well, no possibility for happy in Ibuki's case. I'm thinkin' the most good could probably come from those who know how to handle this; whether she responds or not, this situation's about knowing what to say.

At least Ibuki ... never talked to Crona so ... there won't be much emotional damage to her when she finds out somebody died but... XD;

There's that at least. :|b

also tempted to kinda be an ass and write a gagtag to the OOC entry. WHAT UPGRADE DO YOU WANT NEXT - "a revival machine."

thanks mate |')b

hahaha

before I dash off to workland REMEMBER TO CHECK THE BODIES