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"Who's that?" She made a mental note to ask Miguel what fighting Jesse had referred to after this was over. "For that matter, what was a plot hole doing in Kansas? Did you wander onto Gale property or something?"

She leaned forward slightly in her seat. "That sounds less like a partnership than it is a dictatorship. And, uh..."

Sonia looked over to Harris, who was now chatting with Apecian. "Sorta-not really. I mean, I'm still doing my work, he does his work, but I shadow him to make sire he doesn't destroy anything or get himself killed out there. He's... actually not as bad as most people think he is. He's quite conpetent and a quick thinker and funny and..." she trailed off as she realized that she was talking a little too much. "Yeah. Um."

((Edit: spelling))

Steele looked around to see if there was anyone who looked like an Alleb. Hmm... well, she never was any good at telling someone's name from their face before she'd learned it. After a bit more of a wait, she decided to see if her card had directions... well, would you look at that. It did! Following them led the deer-girl to a table occupied by a very strong-looking female. "Hello! Are you Alleb?"

(I learned from my mistake last time! Here's a mostly SFW description of Steele: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kXo-LT7IYel7FwPiJN_x9U3Y93fc4N9QcIskqJytMNg/edit?usp=sharing. There were some things about her that I really kind of wouldn't have felt right leaving out, but anything that I deemed NSFW had been highlighted in black. These are optional reads, mostly there as a sort of "if one studies the right spot, one can see..." thing.)

"Steele and I have two jobs, almost. First off, we're Floaters - though from what I've heard and seen, most Agents are. Secondly, we were recently made into a trio - girl named Calliope. So we're also trying to make sure she doesn't die."

Lu glanced away from her date for a moment. "Question of mine, now... would it be - rude - if I asked what you are? Biologically. You look a bit... that is, you look like a hybrid, or you would be, if..." Lu promptly shut her mouth and stared at what was probably a spot past Cat's left ear.

'But call me 'Finch,' everyone thinks it-s less of a pain.' Finch didn't really see the problem, himself. He thought it had a nice way of hopping out the speakers.

Finch ran 'Grishaverse' through the archives. He came up with one result, and that was from when his sentence formation algorithms mixed up and he spent five hours babbling straight, until the technicians finally figured out what the issue was. He babbled a little bit afterwards, but that was out of regular anger that it took them five hours to find the "self-fix" program. 'I-ve not heard of it, so I suppose you-re right. It-s better, anyhow, not coming from something with much of a fandom. Makes it easier to distance yourself from all the bloody weird nonsense.' He began to turn the opposite direction, but stayed enough to face her. 'You want a table, or something? I-m fine without one but, then, I don-t have any arses to put on any chairs or legs to feel tired.'

((If you want to blame anyone for my jumping to that assumption, blame the Good Mod Addict. And Aegis. They'd suck the innocence out of a teddy bear orphanage. They'd find gutters to stick their heads into on a hot air balloon. They've come up with four innuendos within this message alone, by now, I don't doubt. Ahem. Pardon me!

Also, that series honestly does sound really bloody interesting. Is the world actually as interesting as the brief snippets of Wiki I've looked at suggest? I'll look into it, anyhow, maybe despair a touch as my reading list grows ever larger!

And, you know what, I will admit: Finch would make for a really spooky horse.))

"If anyone wants to carry anything we may need later, place it in this bag. Carefully," he added gruffly as he went to inspect the weapons and armor for something he could use.

She then proceeded to examine the armor for something she could use, specifically some kind of bracers or gloves, or maybe an upgrade for her belt.

Virro: (9) Looking at the map you notice it is fundamentally different to the other maps you have seen in the other rooms of the dungeon. Passages and even entire rooms are shown on this one where there is naught but empty space on the others. Given what you've seen so far, the orange lines indicate normal doors, purple lines are hidden doors and black lines are the walls. Unfortunately you cannot find a way to remove the map from its frame and you suspect such a thing may be all but impossible. https://s7.postimg.org/ymlalaky3/SWATCOTHAfullmap.png

Evard: ()

Uriel: (5) You search the room, not looking at any specific, but you do find that there are no more traps in the room and that there are no other doors out of the room.

Keegra: (8) Of the 3 potions you pull out, 1 seems to be some kind of healing potion, The second looks like some kind of elemental resistance potion, you can't quite tell without trying some. The third potion is a bit of a mystery and you have no idea what it does. Each potion has enough for 3 doses inside.

Xiv'riit: (10) You are able to pick up and look at 4 scrolls. Each scroll is a single use and essentially casts a spell on the rest of the occupants in the room. You know that generally Scrolls are also more powerful than potions. The first Scroll has a healing spell on it, the second some kind of fear spell on it, the third Has a scroll that will reveal anything hidden in the room you are in and the fourth... Well the fourth looks like a recipe for some really delicious Chicken Broth that a previous adventurer has left in the chest. Perhaps once you get out of here you may try and make it.

Kali: ()

Yeleni: ()

Priya: ()

Bellas: (5) You walk into Room 6 and start to look around. You manage find a decent looking Short Sword(+2), You hold onto it just in case, but it doesn't look any better than your own Swords.

Centorea: (7) You search through the armours and find what looks like a nice set of Heavy Armour. However, as you touch it, an old illusion falls off of it and you see that it is fairly rusty and battered and that your current armour would offer you more protection. You pick it up anyway, just in case.Gained Banded Armour(+1)

Davug: (5) You hurry over to the weapon racks and find yourself a decent looking Handaxe(+2) that should go nicely with your mace. Whilst your looking through the weapons you do glance over at Keegra a couple of times, which is probably why you were slightly distracted.

Shaban: () You wait in the Room 4 for Virro's next orders

Room 5: There are five male warriors standing a little bit back from the door in a line. The outer two are Lizardmen, whilst the other three are all dwarves The dwarves are clad in plate mail, and wield a shield and an axe each, the two Lizardmen are wearing some kind of Heavy Armour and are wielding Greatswords. Each of the Lizardmen are also holding the collars of a Guard Dog and seem ready to release them at a moments notice. Further back there is a female elf wearing Leather armour, wielding a Longbow with a full quiver of arrows on her back, Next to her is a female Centaur wearing Mail Armour with some Javelins strapped to her back. Finally, almost out of sight is a small Kobold in Light armour with a sling. The room itself is another long rectangle, although this one is thinner than room 4. There do not appear to be any other doors in this room, although a lone painting seems to stand out almost at the far end of the North Wall and two lighter shades of stone are almost opposite each other on the North and South Walls about a third of the way down. The rest of the room looks well used, a temporary smithy/kitchen seems to have been set up alongside some benches and desks with things going on on them and a small sleeping area. Noticing you are not Undead, the Warriors seem to relax slightly, and bid you welcome to, as they call it, "The Last Bastion."

Room 6: The room is relatively small, probably the smallest room you've been in so far, although the contents of the room may make it feel smaller than it actually is. In one of the corners there is a massive amount of weaponry, in another a massive collection of armours, a third has rings, belts and amulets galore, whilst the fourth corner holds a single chest. Directly opposite you is a map that looks different to the ones you have seen previously. The door that lead into this room has mysteriously disappeared, and in front of the now vacant doorway is a small rectangular welcome mat. This must be one of the treasure rooms scattered around the dungeon that you have heard about.

Rudig: () Arms full on new armour you take it back to The Last Bastion to begin Improving and fixing so that it'll fit who it needs to.

Gikur: () With Rudig's arms full of armour you go and search through the weapons in case anything is better than what you, and the rest of The Last Bastion currently have.

Urouk: () You stand guard, looking out of the known entrance to The Last Bastion.

Trijask: () You continue to guard the door to The Last Bastion and watch for enemies to kill.

Gantuxuz: () You stand in room 6 watching out for any traps, and offering a hand to Gikur to help him carry the weapons back.

Guard Dogs: () you wait for Trijask to give you an order and attack.

Renna: () You move over to where Rudig has put the armours down and help him go through them.

Prilanos: () You move back to The Last Bastion and move to help Rudig.

Blearm: () you giggle quietly, the normal people in The Last Bastion ignore you as they always do, you know you're not right in the head, if you were you wouldn't be where you are.

Characters:

Virro: Weapons - Pure Longbow (+8 (5 + 3), +1 Dam against Undead) Quiver(35 Arrows), Armour - , Other - (+1 Cir when guarding a door or doorway), Orc Bodyguard (You control what your Orc Bodyguard does each round), Undead Orc Bodyguard, Necromantic Genius (+2 Cir when trying to raise undead), Necklace of Poison Immunity Health 26/26

Evard: Weapons - Dagger(+2), Dagger(+1), Armour - Studded Leather Armour(+4, Invisibility), Other - Invisibility (Can turn invisible for one round (counts as a passive action), Cannot be noticed or attacked by enemies whilst invisible, +1 Circumstance when attacking whilst invisible. Invisibility can be activated once every 4 Rounds (Rounds Remaining 0, Invs ready to activate)), Health 27/23

Uriel: Weapons - Club(+2), Armour - Sturdy Robes(+1), 2 Leather Armour(Light +2 Can't be Worn) Other - Belt of Advanced Monk Training (+3 Dam when unarmed.), Knife-Hand (+2 Dam when Unarmed, Can only hold items with one hand, Improved.), Club(+2, Not used), Tea, Ring of Hardened Skin (+2 Armour) Health 37/29

Keegra: Weapons - , Armour - , Other - Ring of Thur ('Rub thrice and drop it' and a mysterious stranger may arrive to help you for a turn, One use only), Belt of Monk Training(+1Dam when unarmed), Undead Bane (+3 Cir When fighting Undead), Rudig's Horn (Can be used twice to summon Rudig and a random number of others from the Last Bastion to help you until the end of the fight, can be used as a free action whilst in a fight), Healing Potion (3 uses left), Elemental Resistance Potion (3 uses left), Mystery Potion(3 uses left). Health 26/22

Xiv'riit: Weapons – Spork(+3), Fatal Touch (+6, Lethal Touch, Return Policy), Armour - , Other - , Ring of Thur ('Rub thrice and drop it' and a mysterious stranger may arrive to help you for a turn, One use only), Known Enemy (+2 Cir when interacting with Zombie Lords), Undead Bane (+2 Cir when fighting Undead), Lethal Touch (Once per room you can activate Lethal Touch to double the attack bonus you gained in the round you activated Lethal Touch and the damage dealt by Fatal Touch in that round, this is done before the dice roll for combat. However you lose 1D6 Health every time you activate Lethal Touch), Return Policy (If the item with this rule is not in your hand, or on your body it will automatically return to your hand (if one is free) or sheath itself to your side (otherwise). Bag of Holding (Inside, spiked metal ball) Health 28/28

Kali: Weapons - Deer Shot(+3, Deer Fling), Armour - Leather Armour(+1), Other - Deer Fling (Once per room, you may fling a Deer instead of a stone at an enemy. This does +1D8 damage, and the difference between the offence and defence scores (either way) is taken as damage by the Deer. If it survives this it stays around as a permanent companion following your orders), Health 16/12

Yeleni: Weapons - Quarterstaff(+2), Armour - , Other - , Health 30/26

Priya: Weapons - Monk's Spade(+2), Armour - Banded Armour (Heavy, +4), Other - , Health 19/25

Bella: Weapons - Shortbow (+5 (2 + 3)), Quiver (99 Arrows), Short sword (+2), Short sword (+3), Short Sword(+2, Not Used) Armour - Sturdy Robes (+1), Other - , Health 16/12

Centorea: Weapons - Long sword (+4), Armour - Shield (+3) Studded Leather Armour (+3), Banded Armour(+1, Not Used) Other - , Health 24/20

Davug: Weapons - Mace(+2), Handaxe(+2) Armour - Studded Leather Armour(+3) Leather Armour(+2, Not Used), Other- Admirer(+2 Cir when fighting alongside Keegra), Health 22/26

Shaban: Weapons - , Armour - Leather Armour (Light +2), Other- , Health 3/7

Gikur Ironfeet: Weapons - Waraxe(+2, Improved), Armour - Full Plate(Plate, +7), Shield(+3) Other - , Health 25/21

Udouk Goldtank: Weapons - Waraxe(+2, Improved), Armour - Full Plate(Plate, +7), Shield(+3) Other - , Health 28/24

Rudig Stoneheart: Weapons - Waraxe(+2, Improved), Armour - Full Plate(Plate, +8), Shield (+4) Other - , Health 29/25

Trijask: Weapons - Greatsword(+3), Armour - Banded Armour(Heavy, +6), Other - , Health 33/29

Gantuxuz: Weapons - GreatSword(+4), Armour - Banded Armour (Heavy, +7), Other - , Health 22/18

Guard Dog 1: Weapons - Teeth(+2), Armour - , Other - , Health 10/6

Guard Dog 2: Weapons - Teeth(+3), Armour - , Other - , Health 8/4

Renna Liaran: Weapons - Longbow(+5 (2+3), 99 Arrows Remaining), Armour - Leather Armour(Light, +3), Other - , Health 29/25

Prilanos: Weapons - Javelins(+1, 22 Remaining), Armour - Holy Scale Armour(Mail, +4, +2 Cir When Healing/removing injuries, +4 Health given when restoring Health), Other - , Health 31/27

Blearm: Weapons - Sling(+2), Armour - Padded Armour(Light, +3, Can only be worn by Kobolds, Goblins and Halflings), Other - Hyperspace Market Stall (Can trade with people), Health 14/10

Loot in Room 4: 2 Leather Armour(Light +2), Mace(+1), Scale Mail(Mail. +3)

Lu didn't seem very interested in the event's stated purpose, but good only rarely came from lying, even lying for the sake of smoothing over a social interaction. Humans did so compulsively, she remembered -- Sarah sprung to mind, with her countless "he didn't mean it"s and "I already have plans"s -- but there was no reason for Lu's species (whatever it was) to expect the same.

"I'm looking for romance," she said, "But if you're not enthused by the idea, I'd settle for a conversation with someone interesting. What is it that you and Steele do for the PPC?"

((EDIT: Apology accepted :)

--Key))

She was careful to keep her palms clearly in front of her and kept her tone gentle. She imagined that she was dealing with a spooky horse, albeit one more articulate than she had ever come across back home. "Actually, it wasn't Thorn originally, but Standard Translation took effect while I was filling out forms and, well, everyone calls me Thorn now. I hear that names don't usually translate, but I suspect the translators don't deal with Zemeni very often -- the Grishaverse fandom is pretty small, I hear -- so it's probably full of bugs. So if I say something ridiculous, blame DoSAT!" She laughed a little. "And who are you?"

((The Grishaverse is written by Leigh Bardugo and consists of the Shadow and Bone series (YA trash, better than Twilight but that's about all I can say) and the Six of Crows duology (YA at its best, better than waffles, the current love of my life, I borrowed them from my friend a month ago and refuse to give them back. It's this great tightly-plotted adventure story that's also about dealing with trauma and addiction, and has complex psychology and good writing -- really good writing. I don't want to oversell it because then you'll be disappointed if you read it, but. . . it's important to me). The universe is the best thing for making OCs in: it's many-faceted and interesting, but not fully developed, so there's lots of room for a fanwriter to fill in the gaps!

And by "inappropriate" Thorn only meant not appropriate to the situation! Like how Bingle behaved inappropriately by launching into an intense discussion of weird universe-bending math stuff and folded a table, not like how those people who asked about a "knobbo-wand V44 with tentacle attachments" behaved inappropriately. And there's lots of ways to do the former (and clearly you can think of at least one way to do the latter).

--Key))

"Good afternoon, Michael," he said. "I, Michael, am pleased to meet you. How are you, Michael, doing this evening?" He reached across the table to shake Michael's hand.

((Ooooh, yes it is. - Granz, the Very Amused Monarch.))

He hovered a touch lower, a touch gentler. His engines thrummed slightly quieter. The heated air spewing from his ventilation shafts spewed out more a bit more politely. It all still had enough power, of course, to enable Finch to shoot off into the distance at a speed that would make missiles jealous if he needed to, but it was the thought that counted. 'Oh, brilliant! This date-s off to a bloody fabulous start, then, I-d say.'

He hardly even noticed the 'inappropriate' part. It was washed off and away by his happiness at that sudden turn of events - the fact that his existence had been guaranteed an extension of at least a minute, or two. 'Who-re you, then?'

((So, where's Thorn from, might I ask? If that wouldn't bugger up the flow of the RP or anything like that or some such, of course. I'm also somewhat curious as to how you could be inappropriate towards a vending machine.

Er. Not that I'd need to make use of that knowledge or anything like that.))

He was still laughing as he fell into his new chair. His sides now aching, he reached a hand across the table, not looking up. "Hi, Michael! I'm Michael." This was going to be great.

((-Alleb))

"Steele..." she muttered. "I certainly hope he is not a sword." Still muttering to herself, Alleb wrangled her skirts into submission and sat down to wait.

((-Alleb))

Alleb stood and took the hand. She gave it a firm shake, hoping she hadn't hurt the man's feelings with her own ineptitude. "Take care, Master Bingle," she said. As she moved away to find her new partner, she said, by reflex, "Never alone!"

She hoped her next partner was a better fit.

((Pfft, that was fun. I somehow don't think Alleb and Bingle are meant to be, but that was fun to write.

-Alleb))

((I'll wrap things up with ST and then Michael will be over to meet Michael. Sorry for the delay!

-Alleb))

He took it out, and looked at it. "Ah, yes," he said. "So it appears. Well, it has been a pleasure meeting you. Perhaps I shall see you again sometime, perhaps not, but still, it was a pleasure." He extended his hand to shake one of the robot's.

'Oh, I don't doubt that, Miss Nalleb! There are continua where they have female knights, of course.' He blinked, as he realised that he wasn't actually aware of any specific ones. 'Well, I'm quite certain, anyhow. There must be at least one. Or two, maybe three. A spin-off of one.' He suddenly paused, like somebody had tapped him on the shoulder. He slipped a hand into his pocket, bringing his card out, looking at it. He brought it down and looked at Alleb.

'I believe we must move on to our next partners, assuming my card isn't glitching terribly.' He went to his feet, made a faint little bow that was concerned only halfway with politeness, the other half concerned with not stressing the spine too much and snapping it in half. 'It has been a pleasure, Miss Nalleb! I do wish you luck, and hope you encounter someone more suited to you, in terms of tastes, age, and general state of mortality.' He extended a hand and smiled.

His ocular spun slowly as he searched for the name. 'Detective, I think. Got some Sueness in him, so one-ve the agents,' he paused, and considered this. 'Well, I-ll assume she was an agent, considering the violence and shouting. It was a bloody mess, let me tell you. Had the bugger against a wall and yelled, and-' He went silent and froze. After finally deciding that he was safe, he flicked his ocular to his card, which had been placed on the table.

'Got to move on, mine says,' he said, looking up at Michael.

The hybrid pulled out her chair and sat, unhappy at being forced to pull her tail into a weird angle to avoid sitting upon it. "I was dragged along by one of my partners. Steele is the only one genuinely excited to be here."

Lu unconsciously leaned towards her 'date.' "My question is, what or whom are you looking for? If you're looking for anything, that is."

(Oh, gosh... I completely forgot about that! I am so sorry. More than I can express over text.)

"Don't worry; I'm unarmed," she said, "I don't blame you for being cautious though; you never know what some agents will think is appropriate for a social event. I'm in research, though, so" -- she smiled -- "at least my sort of inappropriate isn't dangerous." She waited a moment to see how Finch would react to that. No need to rush anything.

Cat didn't recognize her first date's species, but Lu's appearance heartened her. Humanoid, seemed to share a few basic cultural norms -- she could easily be from Cat's own continuum. Flirting would be (to borrow the latest unnecessarily colorful human idiom she'd picked up) a piece of cake.

The Vulcan woman leaned forward, propping her chin up with her fist. She wiggled her slanted eyebrows up and down, and one could almost claim she was smiling. "So, what is it you're looking for at this event?"

((Let me know if you want more description of Cat's appearance. Also, thank the great bird of the galaxy that I didn't open your links at school -- I do not need a teacher glancing over my shoulder and seeing a detailed description of a succubus' breasts :P

--Key can actually be really squeamish about that sort of thing and probably wouldn't have clicked that link if she'd been warned))

"Looks like I've got a match." The hybrid cast her eye around the room, looking for some indication of where she was supposed to go.

There.

Lu strode towards the table that had seemed right to her - occupied by a female, what a coincidence - and came to a stop behind the open chair. "Would you be Cat?"

(A proper description of her usual state can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HPnHDXYqKt9q_aJfY1pvpa86VlV6zg0J3jKFgONzoso/edit?usp=sharing), but it's more understandable if you read the description of how she originally looked, which can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aPrhhHYnkmF1pjYXsDPE6JWC2Hzrz5vYsM5QbZMVTIU/edit?usp=sharing). Note that both are written from her own perspective.)

"Very similar to a knight, except, well," she gestured to her dress, "obviously, I am not a man." She certainly hoped it was obvious in this ridiculous outfit. She knew her shoulders sometimes confused matters, but a dress was a dress.

((Sounds good to me. The last word is yours, if you wish. bows with a flourish

-Alleb))

"Uh, standard for me is... Um, Mia gets mad at me, we barely manage to coordinate enough to take the Sue or whatever down, and she never lets me anywhere near the charge list. And then, next mission, we do it all over again." He frowned thoughtfully at his travel mug. "It's kind of like a bad sitcom." He glanced over at Harris. "Is he your partner, then?"

((In which I give the "formula" for Michael and Mia missions despite the fact that there is only one Michael and Mia mission.

-Alleb))